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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
MENTAL LABOR IN OLD AGE
Writer Points Out How Impossible 1t
Is to Mark eliminating Point
In Mans Career.

Who talks Of fifty years as the cul-
minating point in mans career? Were
all the great work performed by men
even beyond seventy erased from his
tory the human race would be bereft
of some very proud achievements.
Jefferson founded a university by
his own activity after he had passed
three score years and ten. John
Quincy Adams, although he had been
president of the United States and
five times a foreign minister, wrought
as a congressman by far his greatest
deeds after he was sixty-fve. His ro-
bust father sat in a constitutional con-
ventfon when he was almost a mona
genarian. Franklin did valiant serv-
ice in helping to frame the Constitu-
ton Of the United States after he had
turned a serene and contented eighty.
Seventy saw Gladstone SO vigorous
that he was still good for the greatest
battle of his political life and a pre-
miership England's foremost living
historian, Sir George Otto Trevelyan,
who is even now completing his mon
umenta1 story Of the American revo-
| luton, occupied seat in parliament
phew of Lord Macaulay has done his
best writing since reaching seventy.
Germany's first emperor, the veneer
able William, saw Waterloo as a sol
der, but ffty-fve years later he was
directing armies at Sedan and welding
an empire after the fall of Paris. John
| Bigelow at four score was mentally as
viriIe as a boy, and his powers as an
author were not dimmed
Our own Frederick Fraley was an
active business man, president of a
| bank and the national board of trade
since the Spanish-American war, and
yet he was prominent enough in 1874
to serve on committee that wef
coined to Philadelphia Daniel Web
Eter
Science is making lives longer than
they were in the days of our grand
fathers, and also far more comfort
able The same agency that prolongs
bodily vigor will surely lengthen the
age Of mans most virile mental labor.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
TAKE PERUNA FOR
COUGHS AND COLDS

TO do great injury. After the expectorS-
ton has been properly removed the cough
VIII stop itself That Is the only proper
way to stop cough
Occasionally cough depends upon an
irritable condition of the larynx or bron-
chial tubes, IN which there Is little or Ne
expectoration-
The problem of stopping such q cough
Is slightly different one Even in those
cases Peruna ought TO be taken, but some
times it is Necessary that local treatmenA
be added.
But IN any case Peruna Is needed. You
do not have 10 stop to write me. Get
Peruna at once and commence taking It.
You can get nd of that cough SOONER
believe than In any other way.
Should you wish to consult me at any
time while you are taking Peruna you are
at perfect liberty to write me. Your let
tiers viii be held strictly confidential and
You viii receive prompt answer.
I want to stop that cough of yours.
I want to stop it before it really begins.
I want to stop 1t before It has a chanes
to injure your lungs, an injury that you
may not recover from during your vhoIs
life. Yes, I do. You do your part. I
viii do mine. No. "a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
BOY IS WIRELESS CHAMPION
New York Amateur Picks Up Mes
sage From Steamship lmperator
at CuxhaVen, Germany.

New York-The amateur cham
pionship of the world at long distance
wireless telegraph is claimed by W
J. Howell, a nineteen-year-old opera
tor, who from a station Of his own
design at his home in the Bronx, as
serts that he picked up a message
from Germany.
Young Howell says he heard the
new 1,OOO-foot steamship Imperator,
which is nearing completion at Cux-
haven, Germany, while the steamship
was testing its wireless equipment.
MY aerial is only 48 feet long" he
said, which makes it very remark
able that 1 could hear the steamer at
such a distance. It was communicate
ing with high-powered stations here
1 interrupted to ask the local station
who it was I overheard, and I
learned it was the Imperator, which
I verified by other inquiries"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
AS TO FAVOUR.
Found Her FaVorite Again.

A bright young lady tells how she
came to be acutely sensitive as TO the
taste of coffee:
Ny health had been very poor for
several years." she says. 'I loved
only learned by accident, as it were,
that it was the cause of the constant,
dreadful headaches from which suf-
fered every day, and Of the nervous
ness that drove sleep from my pillow
and so deranged my stomach that
everything I ate gave me acute pain
CTea is just as injurious, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in cofTee.)
My condition finally got so serious
that I was advised by my doctor to go
to q hospital There they gave me
what I supposed was coffee, and
thought it was the best ever drank.
but I have since learned it was
Postum I gained rapidly and came
home in four weeks.
Somehow the coffee We used at
home didn't tastef right when I got
back tried various kinds, but none
tasted as good as that I drank in the
hospital. and all brought back the
dreadful headaches and the 'sick-aII-
over feeling.
zone day got package Of Postum,
and the first taste OF It I took. I
said that's the good coffee We had IN
the hospital I have drank It ever
since, and eat Grape-Nuts for my
breakfast. have no more headaches,
and feel better than have for years %
Name given upon request Read the
famous little book, "The Road to Well
VilIe," In. pkgs. There's a reason
Postum now comes In concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
It is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in a cup OF hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream TO
bring the color TO golden brown
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour Is al
ways Uniform Sold by grocersHz5
to 50-cent tin 80 cts, 80 to 1OO-cup TIN
SO cts.
A soup trial tin mailed for grocers
name and 2-eent stamp for>oostage.
Postum Cereal CO. Ltd. Battle Creek
AEichs-AdT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

DRY, he still maintained the same
assurance. ImperturbabIe, suave,
courteous, jolly, Lin Loo was a social
asset In our town
And then the missing cousin turned
up just as Unexpectedly as he had
gone. One evening Lin Lee stepped
into our parIor, his basket on his
arm, as though he had only left US the
night before. and received the red
paper from my mother. Then he an
nounced:
Me going to leave tomorrow No
more wash My cousin. Sam Hong,
has bought my shop
And your other cousin-Lin Loo?"
we asked.
He go away" replied our visitor.
No see any more"
That was all. Sam Hong was q
very "ornary'' kind of Chinaman, with
a thick pigtail, q surly expression.
and an ugly cast in his eye. He
was a rank heather and was sus-
pected Of smoking opium in his little
shack behind the store on Sunday
afternoons. Our interest IN the Celes-
tiai race rapidly eVanesced.
1t must have been nearly a year
after our friends departure that bust
ness called me to Richmond. 1 was
strolling down one of the side streets
when 1 caught sight of Lin Lee be-
hind the glass window of a laundry,
ironing as hard as ever. 1 walked
in.
He greeted me with the same cheer
full smile as ever. We shook hands
and discussed old times.
why did you leave US so suddenly,
Lin Lee?" I asked. I'VE all miss
you in our town. What was the mat
ter? Didn't we treat you well?"
"Sure-fne," answered Lin Lee
with a broad grin. Il come to Rich
mond to open bigger place, more bust
ness. 1 get married"
Then I ventured upon a very bold
experiment I asked if he would pre-
sent me to Mrs. Lin Lee. 1 knew 1t
was not Chinese etiquette and I was
not surprised when he told me that
she was out.
But she wasn't out, because at that
moment the door opened and a
Chinese woman, with little, black
haired, squint-eyed baby in her arms,
peered out 1 knew her too. 1t was
Mrs. Lin Lee-Once Mr.. Lin Loo. She
nodded and smiled and shut the door
in my face and said goodbye quickly
and went out.
Now hold no brief for or against
Cinnamon, but 1 will say 1 was of
Tended at this horrible deception at
the time. But afterward I began
thinking; could he have been assured
of his wife's safety, living alone in
our town, the only Celestial within
twenty miles? 1 think he could;
know he could. But 1 can imagine
what dangers he may have feared
for her-the young husband, called
back eight thousand miles to fight his
cOuntry's battles, with all he loved
dwelling alone among white-faced bar
barians.
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapnlan-)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
Only Five Dollars Worth of @Dan,ns."

Only Five Dollars Worth of "Damns."
The world must yield the palm for
clean language to the little community
of Midtown, n. ]. It appears that
there is an automobile tire factory In
Midtown, in which there is employed
a clerical force numbering 100 A
rule was made that for every profane
word uttered during the year 1912 the
swearer had to drop one cent into the
"profane box" the proceeds to go to
the Salvation Army.
The box was opened on Christmas
day. and was found to contain only
81 SO, so a clerk inundated himself to
the extent Of emitting two "damns'' In
order that the fund might reach the
round figure of five dollars. The re
cording angel will never hold those In
ocuous "damns" against that clerk, but
that is beside the point
The real nub of the affair is that Il
those clerks only averaged i've pro
fame words apiece during an entire
year, they deserve to go right to tbs
head Of the procession Of the Clean
Language league recently formed
| and their fame should be trumpete6
to the four corners OF the earth
Chicago hksr Ocsan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
ASKS OLD PRIZE MONEY
Milwaukee Woman to Carry on Fight
Begun by Mother, Now Dead, for &.
$4,000 Due From England.

st. Louis.-Mrs. Stanley Green of
Milwaukee has announced that she
will continue the legal fight begun by
her mother, Mrs. Theresa Blennerhas-
set-Adams, who was buried here, for
$4,000 which has been tied up for
more than 100 years IN the admiralty
court in London.
The sum was awarded as prize
money to a brother OF Mrs. Blenner-
hassett-Adams' father by the English
government for the capture of a
French ship in 1911, but as he died a
few weeks later, he did not receive It,
and it was only recently the heirs be
gan a fight for possession.
Mrs. B1ennerhasset-Adam was a de-
scendant OF Harmon Blennerhasset.
who was connected with Aaron Burr
in a plot to set up a republic In the
Mississippi valley.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Nc turned ROUND ana WllSIl0O anu an
other Chinaman came out of the dark
ness
My cousin, Lin Loo he volun-
teered. He washee well-as well as
me. He take your laundry tonight"
Where are you going, Linz" asked
my father.
Lin grinned Me going to China,
he said. Me fight in grand army of
the republic"
This sounded a little like blasphemy
to my father, who was Grand Army
man, and fought under Grant, though
1t cost him his estates to do so and he
was boycotted by the neighbors until
an Indefinite time in the seventies
However, all that IS forgotten now,
thank God. We understood that Lin
Lee had felt, the breath of patriotism
stirring in the dry, sapless bones of
his native land and wished to enroll
himself under the Dragon flag to fight
against the tyrant, and, as patriotic
Americans, we could not but approve
his choice
Lin Lee disappeared just as mys-
teriously as Lin Loo had come, but
that made no difference. Lin Loo
was just as capable a laundryman as
Lin Lee. The ladies Of our family,
in fact, maintained that Lin Loo had a
special genius for interpreting the
laundry needs of their own garments
and, as a result, Lin Loo was to be
seen ironing until far into the night
in his little store on Main street.
1t is strange, by the way, isn't it,
hof oIT
ing and never washing.
Lin Loo was also an sEpiscopaIian.
we found, and when he made his first
visit to our church everyone sat up
and gasped. He was attired in quite
the extreme of fashion, in a silk hat
and frockcoat and patent leather
shoes. He carried a silver-head cane
too, and was very devotional In the
responses. The rector took a great
fancy to him and invited him to his
home to discuss theology Mrs
| Stubs. his wife, was equally attached
to him.
Yes, it was odd what a general fav.
orite Lin Loo became. OF course
ladies are apt to take a fancy tc
| Cinnamon, especially when they are
converted. People say that they only
pretend to believe, for the sake OF
advantages. 1 don't know much about
that, but anyhow, the ladies all liked
him and. what is stranger, the mer
too. Lin Loo was astonishingly vel
| posted In western ways. But he
wouldn't drink and wouldn't swear
None of US thought the less of him OF
that account.
ANY news Of your cousin, LOOP
we would ask, as we stopped in t.
watch him bending over his iron anC
pressing with his scrawny arms. And
Loo always looked up and smiled anc
shook his head.
Whether or not any news of tn,
missing cousin filtered through t,
him, he always denied knowledge o
his relative. Yet somehow he neve
seemed to doubt that Lee would re
turn. And when a year had ROLES
by and Lin had become only 3 mem
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Pills cured me Of that and the Kidney
Trouble. take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache. /
am II years old and q farmer. You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial.
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with It" Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC. per box az
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and reci-
pes for dainty dishes. All sent free
Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
willie Discovered a New Game.

They had lived in a fat all OF VII
lies short life, so that the little boys
knowledge of fauna and fora was
limited to canary birds and flower
boxes; and when they went to board
in the suburb where there was large
yard, Willie very enthusiastically start
ed in pursuit Of a chicken, armed with
q stick and other missiles
When the hostess protested to his
mother, she turned from the window
and said indulgently:
You'll have to forgive dear Willie
he doesn't know that's a chicken.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
Julius Caesar.

The almost unanimous verdict of
ancient and modern times is to the eff
feet that Julius Caesar was what
Shakespeare calls him: THE fore
most man of all this world Never
before or since has any one exhibit
ed in so high a degree all the quail
tiles of a born ruler of men. And
never had any man a grander role to
play. To preside over the most i'm
portant crisis in the history Of the
most important branch of the human
race was a task that none by the
greatest of men could successfully
perform. Caesar swept one obstacle
after another aside, and stood at last
where he meant to stand.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Compound and l purchased a bottle
Before it was gone the bloating left me
and was not SO sore. continued tax
ing it until had taken twelve bottles.
Now am stronger than have been for
years and can do all my work, even the
washing. Your medicine is worth its
weight IN gold. I cannot praise it
enough. If more women would take
your medicine there would be moro
healthy women. You may use this let
ter for the good of others. Mrs. D.
II. BROWN, 500 n. Walnut St, lola, Kan
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of a woman's existence
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
so successfully carry women through
this trying period as Lydia E Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia e Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter viii
be opened, read and answered by
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
SKATERS RACE WITH TRAIN
HeIIanders Travel over ice From The
: Hague to Amsterdam and Back
In One Day.

Amsterdam-Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle tells how he learned and how
he crossed an Alpine pass on ski in
an entertaining little volume of com
pilations on winter sports.
E. de Amicis contributes to the vol
nme an article on skating in Holland,
in which he says that it is not merely
a favorite amusement, it is a common
mode Of locomOtion. The peasant
skates to market, the mechanic to his
work, the tradesman to his business,
whole families skate from their coun-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
Not AItoaether a csc Of Love.

Here is a story to illustrate the
point that one never can judge by ap-
pearances-
"A young boy with golden curls, a
regular cherub in appearance, was on
the front porch playing with a little
dog and putting him through a lot OF
tricks A minister passed by and
was struck by the appearance of the
little chap and the celebrity with which
the dog Obeyed all his commands.
All. little boy he said, you must
love your dog. Are you good to
him?'
'SureI answered the cherub
And I suppose he loves you,
too, and that's why he minds you so
wenT
Well, If he didn't mind me, I'd
knock his blooming block on was the
unexpected retort Of the child"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

try homes to the town, with their
bags and baskets on their backs, or
In sledges they draw along with them.
Skating is as easy and natural to them
as walking, and they skim over the
ice with such speed that the eye has
some difficulty in following them. In
former years wagers were often laid
among the most swift Dutch skaters
as to who could keep up with stated
train, skating upon the canals that
run parallel to the railway, and in
most cases not only did the skaters
keep up with the engine but they
would at times shoot forward and
keep ahead of it for a few minutes
People skate from The Hague to Am
Bterdam and back again the same day;
the Utrecht university students leave
that town in the morning. dine at Am
sterdam and are at home before night;
the wager of going to Amsterdam to
Leyden in little more than an hour has
several times been laid and won. And
it is not only the wonderful speed but
the unerring surefoOtedness with
which such long Journeys are accom-
plished that is worthy Of admiration
There are peasants who skate by
night from one town to another
Young men go from Rotterdam to
Gouda; at Gouda they buy long pipe
of chalk and skate back to Rotterdam,
carrying it safe and sound in their
hand. Sometimes as one is walking
by a canal a human figure will be seen
to shoot past like an arrow
Here, indeed, is the place to enjoy
winter. The dry, feathery snow de-
scends, but no one heeds it. We turn
I'D our coat collars and drive on
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Yes. mean what I say. 1t pre-
vents cough A cough is an effort TO
expel catarrhal discharges in the bron-
chial tubes. There would be 10 catarrhal
discharges in the bronchial tubes if Pc
runa was taken at the beginning OF cold,
therefore there would be no cough. Don't
you catch the point?
After the cough begins Peruna viii
stop it just as quickly as 1t ought to
be stopped. To stop a cough before all
of the e1pectoration has been removed Is
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
vie Exeused Erom Jurn.

Seattle, Wash.-Though both Mr..
and Mrs. J. Dean insisted that neither
would influence the other In jury
work, for which they were drawn.
Judge Gillian in the superior court
decided that husband and wife should
not sit on the same case and Mrs. Dean
was excused.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
Distinction.

Cora was fond of all-inclusive pray
ers. and one night she offered the fol-
lowing discriminating petition: Lord,
please bless mother and father and
all of us. and give us everything good;
and please bless our friends, and give
them what is good for them!"-Har-
per's Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Don't expect tips from big men, d
says a hotel employe. They are too
busy to think of such things Which
again proves the old adage that by
looking out for pennies results In for
tunes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

A British specialist says that Ma
poleon died from the effects of can
Ger. Post-mortems held 100 years aft
erward are. however, unsatisfactory as
a rule.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Theoretically. according to govern
rment figures. each person in the
United States possesses $34.72 It is
TO be hoped the facts are no less con-
soling
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

fore Itook your med
icine I could not
bear the weight Of
my clothes and was
bloated very badly
Idoctored with three
doctors but they did
me no good They
said nature mus t
have its way. My
sister advised me to
take Lydia E. Pink
hams We G e bic
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Beachcombers have recovered So, 900
worth of watches and diamonds from
the beach at Rockaway. But what
does anybody want to wear watches
and diamonds for when they go In
bathing?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Food may be digested in the stom-
ach of a cat thirteen hours after its
demise. Wonder if the eight remain
ing lives have anything to do with
that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

What is the janitor of the apart
ment house going to do about it when
the postman refuses to deliver eggs
and butter at any place but the front
door,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

not think 7 would be
alive today If Il
were not for Dodd's
Kidn ey Pills. I
strained my back
about forty years
ago, which left Il
very weak I was
troubled with inham-
nation Of the bIad-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

A Massachusetts centenarian says
the way to reach the age he has at
tanned is to eat Johnnycake But
anybody who can eat Johnnycake is
hardy enough to live that long, any
how
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Brooklyn girl set fire to a house
seven times in as many weeks because
she was sad If she'd felt real badly.
probably she would have committed
murder.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01
Sent to Hospital Twelve Times.

New York=Police here are seri-
ousIy thinking of providing a special
ambulance for Miss Jennie Rich, the
nineteen-year-oId girl, who has been
ia zen from street in a faintfng 1T
and removed to . hospital twelve
times.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

If you used Pc
runa at the begin
ming OF every cold
you would then ap-
preciate the value
of this great rem
edy- Do not wait
until the cold has
fastened itself up
on you Take It at
the first symptom
This is the way TO
ward of the cold
so That II does you
no harm.
Peruna used IN
the beginning OF q
cold prevents a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Berlin reports that airmen have
been forbidden to fly over the palace
at Potsdam and other castles of the
nobility. The time is fast approach
ing for aerial police.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

The former sultan of Morocco Jailed
3 dentist who persisted In dunning
him for work done. One is lucky to
be a sultan. even a deposed one.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

An English baronet has an ancient
deed permitting him to kiss all the
brides among his tenantry. He has
Just found the deed. but is now eighty
two.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Boston papers are making a great
TODD over the discovery of an unkissed
girl. However, we want to get a slant
at her before expressing aurprise
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-03-01

Corsets have been abandoned by So
ciety bellies in Washington. but wheth-
er it is fad or due to a rise in the
price of whalebone is not evidenced.