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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
NO LACK OF WINTER WORK ON THE FARM
GET THINGS READY FOR NEXT SPRING
Attention Given Odd Jobs During the Cold Weather VIII Save
Much Valuable Time When the Rush is On During the
Spring SeasOn-SOme Timely
Suggestions
perintendent. X. s. A. CT


the owner. Now is the time to get
some material and make a frame that
VIII be a credit to your business The
harness is q part of the equipment
that should be watched. The safety
of yourself or family may depend
upon it some time. Replace the weak
straps and snaps with good ones. The
names and especially the hame staples
and hame straps will need replacing
After making the repairs, wash the
harness and apply a coat of good har-
ness dressing.
If there are any waste corners in
your fields, clear them this winter A
few sticks OF dynamite viii do away
with those stumps OF rocks you have
been farming around before. Twenty
pounds of 40 per cent dynamite viii
cost, with fuse and caps. $500, and
will save much time and labor. If
you are so situated as TO have a rock
quarry at hand. get out some stone
and construct that retaining wall OF
eulvert. Make those spring freshets
go where they will do the least dam
age.
On days when it is too disagree
able to work out of doors, plan your
spring work Decide what you are
going to do when spring opens If you
have been so fortunate as to have
kept a set OF books, get them out and
study them See where you could
have made more money, or where you
could have done work cheaper Many
times a few hours spent looking over
the past viii count for dollars and
comfort in the future At this time
write to your State Experiment Sta
ton and have your name placed on
its mailing list. These publications
are for you, and contain information
that Will help you While writing.
drop a card to the Z. S. Department
Of Agriculture, Washington, D. c, and
have the Monthly List OF Publica-
tons sent you These cost nothing
and when you see the name of a pub
LEGATION dealing with farm machinery
or crops, send for 1t.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
WIFE WON
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some people are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then
generous enough to give others the
benefit of their experience. A wife
writes:
mo slave in chains, it seemed to
me, was more helpless than I, a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerabIe
warnings from a troubled
sleep with a feeling of suffocation, al
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
of palpitation Of the heart that fright
ened me.
(Tea is just as Injurious as coffee
because it contains caffeine, the same
drug found in coffee.)
AT last my nervous system was So
disarranged that my physician ordered
no more coffee I capituIated.
Determined to give Postum a fair
trial. 1 prepared it according to direc-
tons on the pkg, obtaining a dark
brown liquid with rich snappy fla
YOUR similar to coffee. When cream
and sugar were added, it was not only
good but delicious
Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it-aIl
except my husband, who would not adj
NIT that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which I drank
Postum two or three times a day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: Z have decided to drink Postum.
Your improvement is so apparent
you have such fine color-that 1 Fro
pose to give credit where credit is
due And now we are coffee-slaYes no
longer"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to Well
VILE" in pkgs-
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum-must be boiled.
Instant Postum is a soluble powder.
A teaspoenful dissoIves quickly in a
cup OF hot water and. with cream and
sugar. makes a delicious beverage
Instantly Grocers sen both kinds
There's a Reason Tor Postum.
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Observation-Disclosures
He WON THE PRIZE
BY CAROLINE pIeRY.

Sometimes" said Nancy Milford,
"a girl gets tired Of working. Jim
Meaning inquired Jim Rogers.
with the smile that always angered
! Nancy, because it betokened perfect
comprehension, whereas Jim under
stood her about as well as-well, less
| than any of her friends.
You know the saying about all
work and no whirl making a slow
girI?" Nancy inquired politely. We'll,
Jim, because I've been engaged to you
| for nearly two years doesn't seem to
me any reason why l shouldn't let
other men take me to theaters once
In a while. I'm not a sacrifice, jim
I'm not cut out for one"
"All right said Jim. 81 guess 1 am
slow, but the girl I marry isn't going
to fool round vita men like Hooper
Give me my ring"
what do you mean? How dare
you!" exclaimed Nancy, paralyzed
with establishment Then she took of
the gold band with it's solitaire and
threw it at him. "Therei" she said.
Now go and give it to some girl
who's as slow as you are"
Thanks said Jim, and left her.
AS soon as he had gone Nancy sat
down and cried her heart out. She
did love Jim. But Jim was only earn
ing twenty dollars a week in a big
law Office. and they couldn't get mar
ried on that And Nancy was book
keeper for the Cleaves-Smith COM
pany, where Mr.: Hooper was depart
mental manager. He knew how to
give girl a good time. OF late,
though, there had been something in
his manner that had rather frightened
the girl, and once he had invited her
to a rather fiashy restaurant Nancy
had declined Indignantly, but now
well, she preferred that sort Of man
to slow, easy-going Jim.
AS a matter of fact, Jim was to be
promoted to an important position
that fall at forty dollars. He had
meant to keep the news as a surprise
for Nancy, but after she had insisted
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
IBy B. S. wilson, Farm super


" o THE average farmer winter is
considered a time for leisure.
There are many things. how
ever, that can be done at this season
that viii Increase the value of the
farm, and keep up the equipment.
The farmer should try to lessen every
chance for anything to occur that will
delay operations when spring work be
gins; for instance, chop the summer
supply of wood.
Every farmer should go over his
machinery, and make a list of the re-
pairs needed When each machine
was placed in the shed at the end OF
the season, a list should have been
things are always overlooked, or are
hard to find after two or three months
have passed. Notice, especially, the
sickles of the moving machine; have
the shares or shovels of the pIows and
cUltiyatOrs sharpened or replaced with
new ones. Sharpen and reset the
teeth on the harrows and examine
the binder Note the condition OF
the canvases, chains and bookings. Go
over ali of the implements and re
place worn bolts and tighten nuts All
of these, and many more, mean loss
Of time when most valuable, if not
looked after now.
A coat of paint will make an i'm
plement last longer. Take the wagons
for instance; the wheels should be
Thoroughly cleaned and dried, then
placed in a hot bath of Iinseed oil.
Run the fellows in a pan filled with
oil set over a fire. and use a paint
brush to get the oil around the spokes
at the hub. After filling all cracks
with oil. apply a coat of good paint.
If you have any equipment that paint
or repairs cannot make useful, get rid
of it and get something that can be
used without being watched all the
time. Many farmers have one or two
hay frames OF some description.
In many instances these will hardly
hold together and are a disgrace to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The district farm demonstration
work in southwest Kansas will be con
tinued- q. Z. Thompson, demonstra-
ton gaent for this region, who has
been comparatively employed by the
Kansas Agricultural College, the San
ia Fe railroad and the United States
Department of Agriculture, who re
signed his position to become field SUI
perintendent of the Kansas sub-sta-
tions, has been succeeded by Lee H.
Gould, a graduate of the Kansas Agri-
cultural College in the class OF 1912
Mr. Gould has managed a large farm
since his graduation. and also an ele-
vatOr and general store.
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self, dashed into the waiting room
The megaphone was just announcing
the departure Of the Chicago train.
Jim hurried round, CHANGING wildly
about him. He could not see Hooper
or Nancy. The travellers were stream
ing toward the gate. Yes! There,
waiting timidly behind pillar, he saw
her He sprang toward her.
Nancy! You were going away with
that mani" he cried.
What is that to you?" demanded
the girl, in trembling voice
I'll show you. Where is 1e?"
Hes getting the tickets" she fall
tered. Listen, JIM He loves me.
He wants me to go with him We
are to be married on our arrival Jim
please don't make a scene. 1t isn't
wrong, JIM"
She was half crying, and the reac-
ton bewildered her She hardly knew
what she was saying Jim waited
grfmly for Hooper to come. He had
forgotten his companion.
A cry, confusion, and everybody was
streaming toward the entrance. jim
saw the porters running. There were
calls Of ''Police!" He could see moth
ing for the crowd. Presently it dis
persed, and a grinning mob made their
way back toward their places.
What's the trouble?" Jim inquired.
Gust a man and wife fight" an
swered a porter. Little woman in
black-fve feet nothing. Big man.
six-footer. Name of Hooper. I fancy,
and he'd abandoned her She had him
down by the throat and was choking
the life out of him when the cops
came"
Jim looked at Nancy, and then an
infinite pity for the girl came over
him. He had failed, not she; for she
needed the love and guardianship of
a strong man. Henceforward, he
vowed, he would command, not sue.
because her nature needed that. And
with his pity came a renewal of his
love which, he knew. would never
leave him.
He put his arm round her and led
her from the station.
Copyright, 1913, by W. G. ChapmanO
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
Eavors Puttina Gravity to work

1T is only q question of time, -
didactically began the professor, 'un-
til gravity is put to work pumping
water to irrigate arid lands and per-
forming other tasks. 1t will do the
work now done by many men and a
multitude of horses, and Good
notion," mordaciousIy snapped the
Old Codger There is without doubt
enough gravity loafng around in this
vicinity in the course of a year to
reach from here to the moon. refer
to the deep. portly gravity that lives
in comfort because the rest of US mis-
take unctious turgidity for great wis
dom. This goes for the average states
man, the organizer of new fraternaI
orders, the gentleman who inf1ict lyce-
um courses on US, and that solemn,
empty son-in-law Of mine, dad-burn
hint"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
Il BELIEVE
PE-RU-NA SAVED
Wife

Mrs. Charles Anspaugh, R. R. l.
Kimmell, Noble Co., Indiana, writes:
"Peruna has been godsend to me-
I can feel safe in saying that it saved
my life, as 1 was all run down and was
just miserable when 1 commenced TAX
ing your Peruna, but am on the road
to recovery now 1 cannot thank you
too much
Those who object to liquid medi-
cines can now procure Peruna Tab
lets
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Lucky Day Almanac for 1914.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
THE GRASSHOPPER SITUATION IN KANSAS

Kansas State Agricultural ColIege-I
sects that only few of them escaped.
The following report of the amount
Of poison bran mash used in the grass
hopper control work is taken from
the reports of the county officials who
were in charge of the county work:
Ford. SO tons; Kearny. %; Finney,
70; HOdgeman, 28;; Gray, 60; Ed
wards, SO; Pawnee, 1I2; Ellis. 1853;
Irego. IA; Rawlins, 5S; Scott. %;
Cove, 81; other northwest counties,
so; other southwest counties, 40. To
tai, S74.
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-----l5 Jul ?
resolved to try them. 1 did, and took
only two boxes, and am now sound
and we'll 1 regard my cure as remark
able. can recommend Dodd's Kidney
Pills to any one who is suffering from
Kidney Trouble as was" Write to MIR.
F1eenor about THIS wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills. SOC per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co,
Buffalo, y. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German Words) and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All sent free
Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
Could See the Ioke

Sir George Reid, the former premier
of New Zealand, is a very big man
On one occasion he delivered a long
speech. In addition to being very long
it was very dull. He spoke of his de-
clining years, and said, emphatically:
In a short time shall have passed
away, and will be no MORE
Then the fat will be in the fire.
yelled a voice from the gallery, and
the big orator himself laughed heartily
at the humorous sally.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
Entitled to e5 in Table Manners.

E. E. Kelley of the Toronto Repub-
ican, who delivered an address at the
University Of Kansas recently, writes:
The Missus wishes to know if We
made any table breaks at the Greek
letter fraternity luncheon. You see,
several years ago we were invited to
a tea where the writer happened to be
about the only man at the table. We
got interested in conversation as well
as the victuals, and in the course Of
about five minutes had five forks at
our plate. We kept every fork that
came to US in a dish. 1t mortified
the Missus awfully, and she has never
quite forgotten it. We only made one
break at the luncheon We were busy
talking and all at once we noticed the
fellow folding napkins. Our napkin
seemed in some way to have crawIed
under our plate and spread itself out
there We slid it gently from under
the plate, folded it beside our plate,
and what was our surprise on rising,
to find our napkin had been on our lap
all the ei'-Kansas City Star.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20
ActoTe Po,,er

A great actors sensibilities are
stimulated beyond the common scope.
and ne may express them passionate
Iy or profoundly in terms Of his own
personality; and, again, an accomplish
ed actor can create something as con-
crete as a character in Dickens and
make it true to itselflThe Manches-
ter Guardian.
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cannot be considered safe from a
chinch bug invasion
Kansas grew fsterita first in 1911
at the Fort Hays branch experiment
station. Since then it has been grown
in many other parts of the state, and
has proved to be unusually drought
resistant. This sorghum receives the
same treatment as kafr. and natures
thirty days earlier.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Popcorn as breakfast food is recon-
amended by the agricultural depart
ment as a way to reduce the high cost
of living. 1t would no doubt cut down
the appetite If some manner of pop
ping it after eating could be devised
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The education OF a colt ought to
begin the day he is born. If the anil
nal is handled properly, it is not
usual way; there is but little trouble
in getting him used to the harness il
he has been handled firmly and gently.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Wooden shoes, which are attaining
some popularity in this country
would be great for bedroom wear in
old fashioned homes where the carpet
tack occasionally directs its point up
ward through the night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The incident OF splitting a dish Of
hce cream into a young lady's lap
(which resulted in a wedding might
mot have had the same romantic con-
lcIusion with a bottle of ink substi-
ituted.
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TO quit work, and
doctors failed TO do
me any good. I kept
getting worse all the
time, and it at last
turned TO inhamma-
ton of the Bladder,
and I had given up
all hope, when one
day I received your
little booklet adver-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Census figures show that man of
forty is not past his prime and that he
is still liable to come back" The ca
pacity for work of good quality in q
man after all depends very much on
the man, for youth, like other treas
ures, can be stored up or 1t can be
squandered.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

If men wore knickerbockers they
would not need to send those gar
ments to the pressers every fed days,
and the reform might therefore in
cur the opposition of all the United
pantoriums and pantitoriums.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Many June bride who had never
hifted anything heavier than an en-
lbroidery needle is now swinging a
shovel between the coal bin and the
furnace
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

It is said that women will wear
mems vests this fall 1t may be the
time will come when it will be pos
ssible to stop a woman and ask her
Gor a match
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A German prince who said bad
words over the wire about the service
twas fined 81 for beamtenbeleidigung
sOne thing that is cheaper over here is
mtenbeleidigunging.
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It may not be very glorious for the
new gunboat Calax. just finished al
the Mare Island navy yard. to be sent
across the Pacific boxed up in crates.
But that is the safest and the most
economical way, and will be adopted
with her and the Necnocacy. to be
finished in few months more. Both
are gunboats that run on next to nc
water at all
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

There are many things which can
be said in favor of and against the
fall planting of fruit trees. and the
adherents Of either practice have
strong arguments to substantiats their
views.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The advantage about taking advice
IS that you have somebody to blame it
On If things don't turn out right.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

From the example of distinguished
men, the recipe for continual youth
seems to be hard work and plenty
of it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

A hunter has been shot in mistake
for squirrel. This is combining in
suit and injury.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Scientists have discovered that pig
skin is a good substitute for human
skin. Queer that they overlooked that
so long
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The price of snakes has advanced
IS a foot We wouldn't care if the
price of snakes was 81 GOO an inch for
boaconstrietors
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A man may be able to make money
with a common-school education. but
his son must have a college education
ITO know how to spend it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Suppose bogus foods were generally
known by their real names: Kindly
pass the synthetic ether.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Crows feet" may make Missouri
marble unavailable for that states
capital Here's a chance for the
beauty doctors" to make good.
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Incorrectly pesianated.

rs this the bureau of information"
NO" said the weary young man as
he wet his thumb and riff1ed the pages
of the railroad guide. This is a
time table library"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The Paris decollete dress for men
has triumphantly thrown the diaph-
anous and slit skirts into the shade.
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SUFFERED FOR IS YEARS.

Mr.. R. II. F1eenor, r. F. D. 80, Otter
bein, Ind, writes: 81 had been q suffer
er from Kidney Trouble for about p
years. I finally got so bad that had
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Some family skeletons have been
getting lot of exposure since the
diaphanous gown came into vogue
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

1t is said that the tango will be the
kavorite society dance this winter So
ciety never was much of a place fer
an old man
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Urging Yuan Shih-kai to employ
drastic methods, as certain of his sup
,porters have done, is equivalent to
urging him to be Yuan Shih-kaI.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

A Western man is suing a railroad
president because the latter's road
smashed his trunk. At last, the worm
Is turning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The fellow who pfties himself gets
no sympathy from anybody else.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The farmer who used to be a terror
IN horse trade is at the mercy of
the automobile salesman, just like the
rest of us.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The reason a woman wants money
is because having it enables her to
get rid of 1t in exchange for other
things.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Let US hope that the fellow who
wears velvet tie isn't as big a mutt
as he looks
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Time has overcome distance. and
the marketing problems are deter
mined more by the transportation IA
ciIities than by the markets them
selves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

Fashion says, Wear a certain sort
of thingumbob on your hat" and
every woman in the land wears it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

1t Is impossible to convince some
people that music and playing on a
piano are two different things.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

The price of caulifiower is said to
be going up. Let her soari
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

It isn't a good plan to burn your
bridges behind you unless you are a
good swimmer.
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Pain in Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands To eff
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause Foley Kidney Pills begin
to work for you from the first dose, and ex-
ert so direct and beneficial an action In the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

In the bright lexicon of love there
Is no such word as eUgenics-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-20

-WinsIov's Soothing Syrup for ChiIdren
teething. softens the gums, reduces infazna-
tion.allays pain.cures wind collie, sc bottlstss
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Found II.

What became of that friend Of
yours who was always looking for a
soft thing?"
He's in a padded cell, poor chap -
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The American demand for pearls is
greater than the supply and the prices
are soaring
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Concerning the aigrette war on re
turning tourists and on visitors, the
lighters of the customs forces are
properly classed as featherweights.
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ITO THE average farmer winter is Z
considered a time for leisure. /