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Touring In Holland.

There are some things about
trip through Holland that you recall
when stopping at one of our modern
hotels said a recently returned trav-
eler.. In many places the hotels are
run as they have been for ages, and
candles still are the vogue
Rooms with bath are unknown In
stead they charge you about 40 cents
in American money for a bath. You
ask for the privilege of using the tub
and they send up a maid. who brings
with her towels and soap if you have
none, for you are supposed to carry
both with you. She fills the tub, has
1t about the right degree of heat, and
the faucets are locked, so that If you
want any more water you don't get
it; also there is no chance for your
travelling pal sneaking in and enjoy
ing a bath without coming through
with another 40 cents.
You are provided with one candle
a day and charged for it. The lights
go out early in the night, and if you
happen to get up or want to read you
have to use a candle This does not
apply to Amsterdam, which is a met
ropolitan city"
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KING OF BRITISH TESTERS
George Bernard Shaw Has Succeeded
in Ambition to BE Much-Talk-
ed-of-man.

4 love order in all things" said
George Bernard Shaw, at a public
meeting some time ago For this rea-
son l am not content with ordering
my life; I also order my personality
1 have cocoa coloTed hair, SO l wear
cocoa colored clothes and drink
cocoa Shaw today has reached the
position of becoming a public institu-
ton For more than twenty years he
has succeeded in fulfilling his boast
that every day some leading paper
would have something to say about
him George Bernard Shaw is the jes-
ter at the court of King Demos. When
years ago he was appointed dramatic
critic TO a well known journal he re-
fused to obey the irOn-clad regulation
that occupants of the stalls must
wear evening dress. The first night
he was stopped at the door Of q the
object to-" inquired Shaw. My cocoa
colored iacket?" The attendant as
sented- Very we'll, then said the
critic I will remove it" And the
next moment he was striding up the
aisle in his shirt sleeves. That won't
do, sir" shouted the attendant, TuD-
ming after him. Won't do?7 exclaim-
ed Shaw, with a fine assumption OF
Indignation. DO you think I'm going
10 take of any more?" The non
plussed attendant handed him his
jacket, and Shaw took his seat in the
stalls triumphantIy-L Life
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13
SMILES NOT FOR "FLASHY''
Masculine Charmer Convinced He Had
Made Mash, but He Had
Wrong Impression

Il got a good one on Flashy, said
Squirt as he shot the fine stream into
the ice cream soda and pushed it over
the marble counter.
Who and what?'' asked Squirt's
friend.
You know Flashy," continued
Squirt He of the ice cream suit and
high browed hat He was sittin' in
here this afternoon when up floats
the classiest little dame you ever saw
and stops right outside the window
She cocks her head over on one side
and smiles, her face right up close
to the glass. Flashy frightened up his
wash tie and Strengthened up his coat
lapels. Ali the time the girl was
smilin' and rubin her nose. with the
palm of her hand
''F1ashy smiled back two or three
times and then he up and dusts out
the door. Right up TO her he went
and purses up his pretty lips and lifts
his hat. Say, you ought to have seen
that girl do the rockbound glide away.
She elevated her nose on a level with
her eyes and drifted right off down
the street
-Flashy was crushed. The woman
had a powder rag palmed in her
hand She had been smilin' at her
self in the plate glass;
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ECZEMA SPREAD OVER BODY

Roxbury, Ohio.-"When my little boy
was two weeks old he began breaking
out on his cheeks. The eczema began
Just with pimples and they seemed to
itch so badly he would scratch his
face and cause "a matter to run
Wherever that matter would touch 1t
would cause another pimple until II
spread all over his body. 1t caused
disagreement while IT lasted. He had
fifteen places on one arm and his
head had several The deepest places
on his cheeks were as large as a sill
yer dollar on each side. He was SO
restless at night we had to put nit
tens on him to keep him from scratch
ing them with his finger nails If he
got 8 little too warm at night 1t
seemed to hurt badly
We tried treatment and he didn {
get any better. He had the eczema
about three weeks when we began
using Cuticura Soap and Ointment
bathed him at night with the Cuticura
Soap and spread the Cuticura Oint-
ment on and the eczema left"
(Signed) Mrs. John White, Mar. Is,
1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston ADV.
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He WASATRUE man
What Eastern Miner Learned
When He Made Pilgrimage
to Old Home.
BY VICTOR REDcLiFFE.

I'VE are looking for a good candi-
date for mayor, and we're come to
you
The speaker was one of group of
q dozen husky miners, rough, red
shirted, lacking all the formality Of
the average Committee but repre-
senting not only the Drawn but the
brains and enterprise OF Lucky Gulch.
Ransome Jordan's eye glowed for a
moment, he threw back his head in his
characteristic blun and Independent
way. Pride and pleasure showed for
a f1eeting moment in his handsome
full bearded face. Then it faded, slow
ly, steadily. until those of the men
who viewed him became as grave as
his own from some innate sympathetic
sense.
Boys he said, and his full clear
voice was broken from some intense
emotion. 4 thank you, butt cannot
accept"
See here, Ransome Jordan!" cried
Big Ben, leader of the crowd, the gil
ant irresistible champion of a man
when he was his friend, you'll run.
There isn't a man in the GuIch who
doesn't want you"
Ben" interrupted Jordan in a tone
of unutterable pathos, Il can't do it.
There is a reason. Next time maybe,
but not until"
Until what?" challenged Big Ben
stormily.
'Until-later,' fa1tered Jordon.
Don't press me. boys. It's an honor
that fills my soul with pride and graf
itude- Pass it up till next year. Then
maybe"
That was the way that Ransome
Jordan turned down what his friends
called the chance of lis life. The COM
mittee retired, less worked up as Big
Ben expressed it than uneasy. There
was a reason, Jordan had told them.
He held his secret and his loyal
friends respected it.
"Ransome, dear, why?" were the
words that greeted him as the wife
who had overheard all met him at the
doorway, and that was the hardest
part of it all
She was little dark woman, the
daughter of an old prospector who had
picked up Jordan in the old days when
he was sick and poor. 1t was Nance
DalZien who had Dursed Jordan back
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to health. 1t was she who had staked
him with a claim that PANIED out big,
and married him after she had turned
him from his old reckless ways.
Now those clear searching eyes of
hers challenged his soul His love,
his gratitude, his loyalty spoke in his
fervent returning glance
Don't ask. Nance!" he pleaded.
See here, it is you who made me what
1 am. The boys have helped, 1 don't
know why"
Who could help it, gently muir
INJURED Nance, stroking his great
brown hand caressingIy.
Now they want me to be mayor
In these new days of progress, that
means something. 1t means schools,
churches, good roads, better citizens
instead of saloons, gambling houses,
road bandits and roustabouts. A man
of clear record, who will make the
district proud of him, deserves the
Office"
is there a better one than youi"
cried Nance, her eyes sparkling with
pride. rs there man who has made
Lucky Gulch clean and respectable as
you have done? What is it, Ransome
what is troubling your"
1T is-no. can't tell even you" de-
clared Jordan. AT least not now
not yet, Nance. do you trust me?"
ITO the death-and after"
IF l go away-away too pay a
debt, to clear the books, to take my
medicine like a man so that when /
come back and can look every man
in the face and say honestly l owe
the world nothing, what will you say ?'
Nance gave her husband one look
of ineffable love and faith Then she
stood back with set lips and steady
eyes.
"Ransome" she said resolutely,
how soon shall l help you pack up
for your Journey"
And thus began the pilgrimage OF
Ransome Jordan. 1t was no brief one:
over the ranges, past the prairies. the
great lakes, the eastern ranges, and
one evening the train to Easton, a
little New England town, halted to lei
on the pilgrim arrived.
This was his Mecca-perhaps his
Gethsemane. he knew not, but was
sturdy for the outcome, be it what il
might Dusk was falling. In a Ger
tain furtive way Ransome Jordan
| strolIed through his native town. and
| every step he advanced seemed ac
/ companied by dim lowering Wraithf
| of the past
Several times he passed under the
red lamp of a police station. Finally
he entered the place. asked for the OF
| fcer in charge, and was shown into
the captains private Office The off
| cial glanced admiringIy at the bronzeC
| stalwart specimen of humanity
Il am from the west" stated Jor
can without ceremony. i have come
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Buffalo lacking in Sympathy.

An old resident of Heller, Kan.
speaking of the early days on the Kan
sas plains, writes: "On one trip that
we took after buffalo hides we had
with us an Englishman fresh from
London. The main herd of buffalo had
just passed through and as the hunt
ers had been after their hides, every
where on highland and lowland we're
the skinned carcasses of buffalo The
Englishman was amazed at the waste
of meat Finally, seeing a small herd
of old bulls travelling along, he arose
TO his feet and. taking OF his hat
said: Boys, this is awful ! should
think that the living buffalo would la
ment TO see their comrades lying
thusi"
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stroyed by the animal
The most practical plan for growing
cOw-peas for green manuring purposes
is to plant in wheat or oats stubble,
plOw the crop under before heavy
frost in the fall and follow with corn
next year The ideal practice of seed
ing in economy of time is to follow
the binder directly with a single disk
drill, or if the stubble is weedy OF
trashy, it is advisable to disk ahead
of the drill behind the binder. The
objection to this practice is the
amount of labor required at harvest
time. 1t is possible 20 SOW cow-peas
after oats or wheat have been threshed
or stacked if the grain is removed
from the field at as early a date as
possible. 1t is not advisable, however,
to delay the seeding Of the cow-peas
much after July 10 in Eastern and
Central Kansas.
In ordinary seasons in Eastern Kan
sas a good crop of cow-peas for green
manuring can be secured by planting
after wheat and oats. This practice
cannot be recommended for the west
ern third of Kansas and will only
prove profitable in Central Kansas in
years when the late summer rainfall
is above normal.
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plants may not secure. Much of this
plant food which the roots of other
other crops planted after the cow-peas.
The cOw-pea has an advantage over
other crops which are not legumes, in
that it is able TO use free nitrogen of
the air through the aid of bacteria
which live upon its roots. The plOw-
ing under of a crop of green cow-peas
will greatly increase the supply of
humus and nitrogen in the soil, and
even when the crop is harvested for
hay or seed some increase in soil
nitrogen may result from the decay
of the roots left in the soil
In many soils in this state nitrogen
is the limiting element of fertility and
anything that will increase the nitro
gen supply in the soil will increase the
soils productiveness. The cow-pea
having the ability to secure nitrogen
from the atmosphere, not only pro-
duces more abundantIy than any crop
not having this power, but leaves the
soil in better condition for the crops
which follow
Growing cow-peas is a practical way
OF maintaining the nitrogen and
humus supply of the soil, especially
on farms keeping little live stock. but
upon a stock farm ! green manuring
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13
SOUR FIELDS HELPED BY THE USE OF LIME

in Soils, Kansas Agricultural College. 7
and for this reason lining and the use
of manure or green manuring crops
go Agether, but both should never be
applied at the same time or the caustfc
condition of the lime will cause a loss
of nitrogen. 1t is best to allow a
period of six months to one year to
elapse between applications of lime
and manure.
Whether to use raw, finely ground
limestone or burned lime is usually
determined by the cost of these forms
of lime. If finely ground limestone
is used, it should be applied al least
a year before benefits are expected
to be derived from it The burned
lime, however, does not need to be
applied so far in advance.
Finely ground limestone should be
spread over the surface of the soil,
after blowing, with a manure spreader
or by spreading it with a shovel from
a wagon at the rate of from two to
four IONS per acre, every four to six
years, or once in a rotation After
spreading, the lime should be incor
pOrated into the soil by the use of a
harrow
AS the burned limestone contains
more calcium than the ground lime
stone, from one and one-half to two
tons will give good results on the
average soil.
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DEHoRN THE CALVES EARLY.

The best way 10 denOrn a calf is to
prevent the growth of horns, before
they get start, by the use of little
caustic potash. The operation should
be performed when the calf is from
one to three weeks old, or as soon as
the button of the horn can be distinct
" felt when rubbing the hand over
the poll.
The only articles necessary are a
sharp pair of shears or clippers and
a few sticks of caustic potash and a
little water. Back the calf into a cor
ner, OF into any narrow place and
put its head between your legs, hold
ing it firmly. Find the out-growing
horns and clip the hair from the spots
about one inch in diameter. Then
take a piece of caustic, wrapped with
paper at one end to prevent burning
the fingers, and mOisten the other end
slightly and rub on the coming horn.
Be careful to get none on the skin Of
the animal except over the budding
norn.
The ease with which this can be
done. It's Tapidity in healing, and the
minimum amount Of pain IT causes the
animal, make IT one OF the most hu-
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KEPT LIVING BY MAGNETISM
French Physician Makes Public AS
sertion of Remarkable Sue
cess of Experiments.

DR.. Henry Durville of Paris, whose
feats of mummiication and preserva-
ton of animal and vegetable bodies
by the magnetism that passes from
his hands are attested by welI-known
physicians, now asserts that by SINH
lar passes he has been able to extend
in an extraordinary way the results
obtained by DR. Carrel in preserving
life in the detached parts of living or
ganism.
According to DR.. Durville, he has
succeeded in keeping a frogs heart.
immersed in a seven-tenths of 1 per
cent solution OF salt water, beating
for. twenty-four hours and more by
"magnetizing" it with passes from
time to time. In this way he says,
he also has succeeded in making the
hinder parts of a frog respond to an
electric current fifteen days after kill
ing the animal, three days being the
extreme limit under normal cfrcum-
stances.
He further declares he tested his
theory with two frogs hearts. One
of these which had ceased to beat he
put in a magnetized serum; the other,
still beating, was immersed in an or
binary serum. At the end OF several
days the magnetized heart began to
beat and continued to beat at the con-
tact of an electric current, while the
other was completely dead.
DR.. Durville began his experiments
with a study of the effect of magnet
ism on microbes, and says he is able
to stupefy or even kill cholera germs.
He says also that he has completely
mummif1ed a human hand by passes.
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pueatIon Of Hearing.

The burly farmer strobe enxiously
into the post Office.
Have you got any letters for Nike
Hover" he asked
The new postmaster looked him up
and down
For Who?" he snapped
Mike Howei" replied the farmer
The postmaster turned aside.
You don't understand" roared the
applicant Cant you understand
plain English I asked you if you've
got any letter for Mike HoweI"
We'll, ] haven't" snorted the post
master. Neither have I a letter for
anybody eIse's cow Get out
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13

IBy r. I. ThTockmortOn, Assistant
Hundreds of farmers in Eastern and
Southeastern Kansas have failed many
times in their attempts to grow clover
and alfalfa Most of these failures
are due to the condition Of the soil,
for acid or sour soils do not furnish
4 favorable home for these or other
Ieguminous plants, or for the bacteria
flora which is so essential to their
growth Many field and laboratory
tests have been made of the soils of
Southeastern Kansas, and invariably
they have been found to be acid.
These tests, the growth of sorrel and
other acid loving plants, and the lack
Of sweet clover indicate that the soils
of that section are sour and must have
lime if alfalfa and clover are 20 be
grown.
Lime in some form must be used
to correct the acidity or sour character
Of the soil The lime acts as a base
and neutralizes the acids present.
Lime also has beneficial influence
on the growth of bacteria in the soil,
these being necessary in the produc-
tion of plant food. Besides these .bene-
fits, lime reacts chemically with the
minerals in the soil, Hberating and
making other plant foods, especially
potassium, more available
Physically, lime has the power of
causing the finer particles of the soil
to unite in floccules or granules, thus
improving the filth and giving heavy
soils a lighter nature. However, con-
tinuous heavy aDDIications of lime
cause a burning out of the humus,
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His Advice.

The portly lady had accidentally
taken a rear seat in a surface car re-
served for smokers With uncon-
ceaIed indignation she watched the
man beside her I'LL his pipe.
Sir" finally came her frigid tones
smoking always makes me feel sick
Does it now, ma'am?" said the man
as he carefully lighted up Then take
my advice an quit smoking
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Lomy, Kansas Agricultural College-1
per cent of che organic matter is de-
crop should not be expected to replace
barnyard manure, but rather to sup
plement it Upon stock farms where
cow-peas are grown as q catch crop
after wheat or oats for soil improve
ment, it will be found more profitable
to pasture the cow-peas rather than to
plow under the entire crop, While
some of the beneficial effects of the
cowpea is lost by this practice, yet by
pasturing, the droppings Of the ami
mails remain upon the field and in this
way so per cent of the nitrogen Sc
cured by the plant from the air is
added to the soil, although at least so
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Only a TriHe.

rs it true that both your husband
and the man who lives next door to
you have failed in business" Yes,
but Ned's failure isn't nearly so bad
as Mr. Naybor's. He failed for fifty
cents on the dollar, while my husband
failed for only ten cents on the dol
lar'-Boston Transcript
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one-sIded Deal.

What are you and your wife al
ways quarreling for? When you mar
ried each other, it was with the under
standing that you we're taking the
step for better or worse, wasn't it2"
Yes. and that's the trouble NJ
wife keeps complaining that ever since
she's been getting the short enc Of
the transaction
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~
- OW-PEAS pIowed under as a
green manuring crop preceding
corn increased the yield of corn
nine bushels 20 the acre on an average
of four years trial at the Kansas ex-
pertinent station, and increased the
yield Of wheat following corn more
than one and one-half bushels an acre.
There seems TO be no crop adapted to
our system OF farming that is of
greater value for green manuring pur-
poses than the cow-pea
The growing of cow-peas greatly i'm
proves the soil Being a rank feeder
and deep rooted, the crop is able to use
plant food whihc the roots of other
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Nearly everybody is willing to con-
cede that the earth revolves around
the sun, but when the astronomers in
sist that the sun is farther from the
earth in summer than in winter they
pursue a perspiring populace too far!
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Small chance.

Waiter" called the customer in a
restaurant where an orchestra was
playing
Yes, sir
Kindly tell the leader of the or
chestra to play something sad and low
while I dine 1 want to see If it viii
have a softening influence on this
steak
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A decline in the use of playing cards
In Illinois is reported as probably due
to the greater attraction OF the mo
yies," the cabaret and the tea dance
Reformers may be left to figure out
whether this is a gain or loss.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13

II you want a simple delicacy 20
serve to callers, stuff dates with pea
nut butter or maple-sugar butter. The
materials are easily kept on hand, 50
only a short time is required for prep
aration
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In the Woman's Home Companion,
iona Gale. writing an article entitled
Ethics and Cooks, says. The family
OF the legumes, the poor mans meat
the peas, beans, Ientfls and peanuts
are found next in importance TO
meat and eggs, with peanuts one OF
the best balanced foods available, and
a peanut butter sandwich is quite as
nourishing as a nam sandwich
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Most of us who are more fortunately
situated like to tell ourselves that the
gentlemen who dig the bitches and
stoke the furnaces at SO in the shade
get used to it and do not mind the
heat
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A Cornell university scientist ad-
vises men and women to marry and
live longer. Plenty of people who have
tried the experiment would be glad
OF a short life
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An ostrich escaped from a circus in
an English town and was captured aft
er chase through the streets Fine
chance for motorcycle cop to show
Just what he could do.
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A few drops Of lemon juice in the
drinking water will often reach the
thirsty spot when pure water fails
An old toilet-water bottle with a drop
per cork is the very thing in which TO
carry lemon juice when travelling.
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How He Knew.

I have got to quit smoking"
Doctor order you to-"
-Ob. no.
Then how do you know you have
TO quit2"
'.Hy wife told me So"
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Save small, screw-top Jars, as vase
line and peanut-butter jars, for hold
ing preserves or jelly for the school
luncheon. They occupy but little space
and do not allow their contents to
slop out
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13

Man is machine" says an expert
in the bureau of chemistry. Well. we
know some machines that can't be
made to work
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-13

Vestigation of the invisible govern
ment' which mysteriousIy finds out
when he has been breaking the domes-
tic rules.
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Some of the highest notes trilled by
a grand opera prima donna are hardly
worth the money when it is possible to
hear wood song from a birds throat
for nothing