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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

low compare favorably with the yields
from the bare summer fallow And
in the writer's Judgment, this method
of following will soon be generally
adopted and will solve the problem,
for a long time at least, of increasing
the organic matter and maintaining
the prOductiveness of our Western
lands.
This method of green manuring
and the rotation of crops will largely
prevent soil drifting. the control of
which is very serious problem in
Western agriculture Our experience
at the Western Kansas Experiment
Station, at Hays, has demonstrated
also that large areas in wheat may be
protected and largely prevented from
being injured by the drifting of soil
within the field itself. The spreading
of straw or coarse manure and pack
ing the straw into the soil with the
subsurface hacker was the most
effective means employed for pro-
tecting the fields from injury by
winds, last spring, 0911). The sub
surface packing alone helped TO pre-
vent the starting of the drifting soil
within the field, but was not very
effective in preventing the soil from
adjacent fields from sweeping over
the wheat field. but the straw covered
area actually stopped the drifting soil
causing it to lodge and thus protected
the field beyond the straw barrier.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
No Medicine So Beneficial to Brain
and Nerves.

Lying awake nights makes it hard
TO keep awake and do things in day
time. To take "tonics and stimulants"
under such circumstances is like set
ting the house on fire to see if you
can put it out.
The right kind Of food promotes re-
freshing sleep at night and a wide
awake individual during the day.
A lady changed from her old way OF
eating Grape-Nuts, and says:
For about three years I had been
a great sufferer from indigestion.
After trying several kinds OF medicine,
the doctor would ask me to drop on
potatoes, then meat, and so on, but in
few days that craving, gnawing feel
ing would start up, and I would vomit
everything I ate and drank
when started on Grape-Nuts, vom-
iting stopped. and the bloated feeling
which was so distressing disappeared
entirely.
My mother was very much bothered
with diarrhoea before commencing the
Grape-Nuts, because her stomach was
so weak she could not digest her food.
Since using Grape-Nuts food she is
well, and says she don't think she
could do without it.
1T is a great brain restorer and
nerve builder, for can sleep as sound
and undisturbed after a supper OF
Grape-Nuts as In the old days when
could not realize what they meant by
3 bad stomach There is no medi
CT so beneficial to nerves and brain
as a good nights sleep, such as you
can enjoy after eating Grape-Nuts' -
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, 1.-The Road to WellviIle."
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one appears from time to fissae They
sre genuine true, and fun Of hun.Ra
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preferably during the year of fallow-
ing.
We are beginning at Hays the prac-
tice of method of green manuring
and partial summer following which
l believe to be superior to bare sum-
mer following and which largely over
comes the objections to summer fall
lowing
The plan is to plant some fall crop
or early spring crop and plow it IN
der late in May or early in June,
practicing a summer fallow with sur
face cultivation for the rest of the
season, until seeding time.
Certain crops adapted to the West
are being tested for this purpose with
some degree of success. The more
promising are, Sweet Clover, Sand
Vetch, and Winter Rye for fall seed
ing and field peas for early spring
seeding. These crops are hardy,
rapid growers, and somewhat drouth
resistant and may be used also in
part for pasture, thus giving some
return other than their fertiIizing
value. Some experiments have al
ready been made at the Fort Hays Sta
ton and the yields of wheat secured
from the green-manuring summer fall
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Within the last few years kaffir
has become one of the large crops of
Kansas, especially in the southern
part of the state. This is due TO the
fact that it is rather easily grown and
at the same time can withstand the
drouth and hot winds much better than
corn. Aside from this it has been con-
sidered to be more or less resistant
TO insect attacks, Cor as a rule chinch
bugs and grasshoppers leave it until
the last.
This spring. however, the Depart
ment of Entomology of the Kansas
Experiment Station has received
number of complaints from southern
Kansas that a small ant was eating
out the meat of the seed as fast as it
was being planted, thus preventing
a stand. Many farmers say that they
have replanted as high as four times
and now have only about one-haf
stand.
About the middle of May I went to
Derby and Mulvane, Kansas, and in
vestigated these reports with view
OF learning the habits of this insect
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
TOO MUCH WASTE ON THE FARM

There is far too much waste on the
average farm. Often the work is not
planned. Men trot Nau around the
farm, making great efforts to do
work, but not getting very much &C
tual work done. The buying of grade
stock or cheap implements may be
necessary at times, but it is poor prac-
tice The building Of cheap sheds
never pays. Many little things count
more than they might seem. A cut
on colts leg from a loose wire may
lower the animals selling price $75.
Going long distance for water is
wasted effort when few dollars
worth of piping. or the digging Of a
well, would save hours. of time; al
lowing the fences to get out of repair
with the possible chance that the
stock will destroy a crop or even kill
themselves; wasting the manure:
These are a few of the things that
may be considered in studying eco
nomic conditions on the farm. 1t is
not so much for what the farmer sells
his different products as how great is
the profit This is tie basis of sue
cess on the FARM. T. P. in Indus
triaiist.
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those times, and said that ought to
have an operation. would not listen to
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkhan's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, 1 was willing TO take it.
Now 1 look the picture of health and feel
like it, too. can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
It has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all othermeans
have failed Why don't you try it?
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where He Drew the Line.

An English earl, lately deceased,
who had no family, was notorious for
his hatred Of children, and on one
occasion he engaged as lodge keeper
an army pensioner named McAicken-
Some few months later McMicken's
wife presented him with son and
heir. On learning OF the occurrence
his lordship rode down to the lodge in
a terrible rage.
81 hear" said he to Mr.. McMicken,
that your wife has 2 SON"
Yes, my lord" said the man proud
".
well, now, look here, McMicken;
when 1 put you here, it was to open
and shut a gate, but by the Lord HaE-
~, not to propagate"
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The Typical Holland Costume.


ton. just as soon as the days busi-
ness Is over, as many of the boys as
can crowd into the building. They
proceed to the floor of the exchange,
where pursuant to this odd custom
they are permitted to march about,
singing and beating upon their drums.
The origin of this custom, it is
said, is as follows:
One afternoon in the year 1922 a
crowd of boys blaying in the Dam
lost a ball in the canal that in these
days skirted one side of the square.
One of the lads, while climbing in
among the piles on which the building
stood, found instead of his ball a
boat moored in a dark corner and
loaded with boxes of gunpOwder. This
showed clearly enough what was after
ward ascertained with certainly, the
intention of the Spanish conspirators
to blow up the Stock Exchange while
1t was crowded, as it was every day,
with the leading citizens Of the city.
The boy who stumbled upon the
gunpowder at once hurried to the
town authorities with his news. The
boatload Of explosives was quietly
sunk in the canal and the Spanish
plot thus frustrated
When the burgesses asked the boy
what reward he desired for the serv-
Ice he had rendered the town he re-
piled that so long as there was
Stock Exchange in Amsterdam the
boys of the town would like to be per
mitted to make the floor of the ex-
change their playground during a GER
tain part of the year. The request was
granted and so the custom survives.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
Cheerful Outlook.

Father, dear said Amaranth.
Willie Smithers is going to call at
your office this morning to ask you
for my hand Isn't there some little
hint 1 can give him before he goes
so as to make It easier for him?"
Yes" said Mr.. Blinks, tell him to
take ether before he comes It viii
save him much pain-"-Harper's
Weekly.
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Singing and the LUNGS

It is well Snown that singing, like
whistling, is a fine exercise for the
lungs, and some doctors advise those
who fear consumption to go in for
singing for this reason
At the same time they, of course,
do not advance the claim that singing
alone will save anyone from or cure
consumption. Acquire the habit OF
taking the big deep breath, which is a
primary requisite of any kind of sing
ing, bad or good, and the physical
Joy derived from it will never allow
you to relapse into lazy breathing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
QUAINT CUSTOM OF DUTCH
Originated in 1862, When a Boy Dis
covered a Plot to Blow Up
the Stock Exchange.

Amsterdam, Holland.-Of the many
quaint and curious customs, traditions
and privileges prevailing in Holland
none is more extraordinary than a
certain privilege that has been en-
1oyed by the boys OF Amsterdam for
nearly three hundred years.
At fixed time each summer these
boys gather by the hundreds In the
great square called the Dam, situated
In the center of the city. Each boy
has a drum slung over his shoulder.
Facing this square is the Stock Ex-
change. and, on the occasion in ques-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Trees should not be planted on a
high slope, for the soil is likely to be
too thin. The best place to plant de-
ponds on the kind of trees. Willows
grow best near stream. Red cedars
grow well on limestone hills Some
trees grow best in shaded places.
Others need plenty of sunlight. Some
varieties make the greatest growth on
sandy SOIL, some on heavy clay, and
others on Intermediate soils.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
Her snscIaI Aduantanea

James Fullerton Muirhead in his
book, THE Land Of Contrasts" tells
Of an American girl who was patroniz-
tngly praised by an Englishman for
the purity Of her English and who re-
piled: well, 1 had special advan-
tages, fnasmuch as an English mis-
sionary was stationed near our tribe. %
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Same Purpose Accumulated.

ooh, Georgie!" exclaimed a fond
mother, when she saw her small boy
considerably battered up and dirty.
you have been fighting again! How
often have I told you that you
shouldn't fight?''
WELL said he, what are you go
ing to do when a fellow hits your"
why, keep out of his way" said
the mother
q bet" said the youngster, he'll
keep out of mine after this"
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Willing to obIlqe.

A story comes from a town where
firms advertise to sell fish direct to
small purchasers. The glowing ad-
vertisements asked for the sending
Of half a dollar with list of the va
rieties Of fish preferred. One letter
read:
Il want two salmon, a dozen whit
Ing, a dozen fresh herring, some floun-
ders, and if you have them you can
add a lobster"
The next day the lady received
letter, which ran:
Dear Madam: Please send another
dime and we will forward the fisher
man.'-Dallas News.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Silage furnishes a succulent ration
much appreciated by young cattle.
They will maintain a snappy, sleek
thrifty condition through the winter
season when literally fed on ration
consisting of silage.
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EXPLANATION.

Lottie-HoB dare you ask Mrs. Bull
lion to a one-cOurse luncheon?
Hattie-She won't know it She's q
Fletcherite. and by the time she has
finished she'll have to move on to
some five o'clock tea.-Harper's Bazar.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

How Mrs. Bethune was Re
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Sikeston, Mo. e For seven years I |
suffered everything. was In bed for

four or i've days at a
time every month,
and so weak / could
hardly walk. I had
cramps, backache
and headache. and
was so nervous and
weak that I dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move IN
the room. The doc
tors gave me medi-
cine to ease me aft
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odOrs and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled. At drug
gists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
Stern Call of Duty

Reform is not joyous, but griev-
Gus; no single man can reform him
self without stern suffering and stern
working; how much less can a nation
of meni-Carlyle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
STANDARD of Sanity

Shakespeare was asked If Hamlet
was sane.
AS sane as the Fourth Of July" he
replied
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Welt Defended

He whose study is among the shad-
ows and lights OF nature has an IN
suspected coat Of mail defending him
among all the turmoiL-Mrs. Oliphant.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Every invention is an instrument
through which the human will reaches
out toward tie mastery of nature.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03
And Priced Above All.

Other things may be seized by
might or purchased with money, but
knowledge is to be gained only by
effort.-Landor
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

The germ of suspicion is often fatal
to the microbe OF love.
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When in need OF q good laxative give Gar
field Tea q trial and be convinced Of It's meritz
It is made entirely from pure herbs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

The favor OF a cup of cocoa is often
made more delicate if the least bit of
vanilla is placed in it.
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Helpmates and souImates are not
always synonymous.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

The reason a girl won't let a young
man kiss her is because she wants
him to.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

The detective says his after thoughts
are the best
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Important it is that the blood be kept pure.
Garfield Tea is big enough fSrthe job.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Would you say money paid for sheet
music is invested in rolling stock.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

After they reach the age of 40 WON
en- laugh only when they feel like it
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Your working power depends upon your
health. Garfield Tea helps toward keeping it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

Provided your COW is good one.
the more she is fed along right lines,
the more she VIII give.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

LEWIS Single Binder straight Sc cigar.
You pay 1Oc for cigars not so good.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

British South African Empire.
The South African possessions OF
England require 100000, 900 postage
stamps per annum
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

The woman pugilist knows just how
to assert her rights"
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Love may find the way-but it isn't
always able to pay the freight
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I've IndIspensabIe suppor

Two Indispensable Supports.
OF all the dispositions and habits
that lead to political prosperity, re-
ligion and morality are indispensable
upports.-George Washington.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-08-03

He who besitates is lost-especially
when he is found out
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Bears the

Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that il
sts ass5i te OF GM1zZz<
h Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
BRIDE OF TWO WEEKS
HAD HUBBY ARRESTED
Fred WardIoW, Young Man From
Clark County, Missouri, Spent
Night In jail.

Fred Wardlow, young man from
Clark county, Missouri, married in
this city two weeks ago, came to grief
in Keokuk when he landed here on his
way home to his bride. He was locked
up in the city jail over night, but yes
terday he satisfactorily explained his
actions and was released from jail
While the bride and groom went their
way as happy as two bugs in a rug.
Wardlow was married July 9Th, and
alter four days soiourn among reir
tves. came to keokuk to look for
Work, leaving his wife with her peo-
pie. He found no work here nd went
TO Davenport, and the wife became
suspicious. She came to Keokuk and
not finding her husband here, had an
Information Issued for him charging
oesertion. He came through KeokulS
on his way to his bride. having found
work ia Davenport, and was picked up
by the police. Mrs. Wardlow be-
came alarmed when she failed to re-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
PERSON AIS.

Mrs. C. F. Skirvin and son Junior
will arrive home Monday evening
after a several weeks visit with rela-
tiyes in Creston.
j. Ross Swigert of Carthage, H.,
was in the city yesterday.
Burlington Gazette, July 10: Mrs.
r. E. Smith arrived in the city from
Keokuk this morning and will leave
for Omaha this evening. Mrs. Smith
reports her father, Mr.. Ed. Walsmith,
as somewhat better.
w. II. Reimbold. past exalted ruler
Of Keokuk Lodge No. log, B. P. o. e.,
arrived home Friday from Portland,
where he has been attending the
grand lodge meeting of the Elks, be-
ing the delegate from the local lodge,
He reports a most excellent time ana
very fine meeting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
So so RECIPE FREE
FOR WEAK MEN
Send Name aid Address Today-You
Can Have it Free and be strono
and Vigorous.

have In my possession prescr,n.
ton for nervous debility, lack of viyor
weakened manhood, failing memorr
and lame back brought on by er.
cesses, unnatural drains, or the fcIli,.
of youth, that hs1 cured SO MANY
worn and nervous men right In the;r
own homes--w;thout any additionaI
helm or medicine--that think every
man who wishes to regain LIS mani,
mower and virility quickly and nuiat
iy should have copy. So have
determined to send copy of the me-
scription free OF charge, in a riain
ordinary sealed envelope to anv MN
who will write me COR 1t.
This prescription comes from a NV
sician VINO has made a special stndy
of men and am convinced /. 10 49,
surest.acting combination for the cura
of deficient manhood and vigor fail.
ure ever put together.
| think owe 1t to my fellow mo,
to send them copy In conf, nee On
that any man anywhere who is veal,
and discouraged with repeated fa.',ras
may stop druf 'ng himself with harm.
full patent medici g. secure whit +
believe is the quickest-a Sing restore.
tive. upbuilding SPOT.TOuCHINc
rer,edy ever devised. and SO ere
himself at home quietly and quickly
Just drop me line like this:Dr. A,
E. Robinson, 1881 Luck Building De
troit Mich. and will send Won 4
copy of this splendid recipe IN pla,n
ordinary envelope free OF charge. A
great many doctors would charge
$500 to $3.50 for merely writing out
entirely three.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
Recall and Referendum.

To the Editor Of The Gate City:
The Recall and Referendum is
myth and used in party platforms and
statutes to deceive; at best is only an
additional method to Gust an officer
from office for incapacity, maladmin-
istration or otherwise; is too cumber-
ome-impracticable, expensive and
unfair to be used by a free and fair
people. To GUST public officer for
administration or otherwise, our
law provides that upon the petition Of
five electors of the county, any officer
for maladministration or otherwise
may be removed by the court after
notice and full and complete hearing
upon the law and facts. The county
attorney or attorney general of the
state must appear and prosecute the
case in an orderly and fair manner as
provided by law. This court method
is conducted by due course of law
without prejudice and passion.
July 20, 1912.
w. B. COLLINS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
Illinois and Iowa Divisions Meet Over Raging
Torrent and Superintendents Clasp Hands
on Big Timber.
HISTORIC Event IN |NDUsTR|AL|SM
Workmen Are Now Passing from Illinois to
Iowa Shores via the Dam Instead Of
by Trolley Car and Bridge.

With the river running through the
evenings left for 1t like the current
i the edge Of Niagara Falls. the gap
hetween the Iowa and Illinois divi-
s,ons Of the greatest water-power on
earth was bridged at S:47 o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
Superintendent Dexter F. Cooper OF
+be illinois division and Superinten-
dent II. T. HeTrick, Of the Iowa diyi-
Sim. met In the middle Of the timber
spanning the gap and shook hands
While they received the congratula-
,ion Of Chief engineer Hugh l. Coop
q they began work mile apart
over two years ago.
Last evening workmen were pass
Ing back and forth across the Miss
Issippi on the structures being built
IN the bottom of the river.
Personagcs in History.
The first man to cross the Miss;
issippi on the colossal waterpower
works was Dexter P. Cooper who
came on across from his Illinois divi-
sion after greeting Superintendent
Herrick in the middle of the last
timber spanning the two halves OF
the continent.
AS soon as the last crib OF the cot
ferdam coming from the eastward
was completed a timber foot square
was placed across the short chasm
through which the water was pouring