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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20
HOW MAUREL LEARNED TO ACT
Friend of Great Barrytone Told Him
OF His Shortening, to Very
Good Effect.

London.-The secret of Chaliapine
(the Russian singer who has been SO
successful in LondOn) seems to be the
same as that of MaureI, one Of the
first of the great modern opeTatic
barrytones.
Maurel began as a star singer in the
old style. One day when he was prac-
ticing in his hotel >he received a visit
from a painter who lived in a stdio at
the top of the hotel The painter
came to say how much he had enjoyed
the singing of the great barrytone.
Your voice enters my room like a
ray OF sunshine. have bought a seat
for tomorrow TO hear you in William
Tell"
MaureI did not see the painter again
for some time and when he met him
in the street some weeks afterward
he asked him If he had been to Will
liam Tell The painter seemed very
cold about it. He complained that
Maurel had not given the impression
Of the character of the fearless hunt
er" MaureI took this to heart and
from that time studied the art OF act
ing until it was said of him that he
was IAN artist who could act and paint
with his voice"
Verdi said Of MaureI, after the first
performance of "OteIlo," When he
sings his best he makes one forget he
is singing" It seems to be the same
with Chapiapine-
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Not Ear From the Truth.

Mrs. KnoaI was greatly puzzled
and not without reason. The fact is,
she happened to meet Mr.. NewIywed
one morning as he was rushing to
catch his train. and ventured, with
her usual solicitude for other folks
affairs, to hope that Mrs. Newlywed
wasn't having trouble with her ser
wants.
"Oh, no." said Mr. Newlywed.
We've got three!"
Then he dashed of, leaving Mrs
Knoall gasping. Three servants. in
deed! Why, it was common knowI-
edge in Suburbville that the Newly
weds were anything but rich. How
on earth, then, could they afford to
keep three servants? Mrs. Knoan felt
forced to call on the bride that after
noon to make investigations.
On his return home in the evening
Mr.. Newlywed was greeted with this
question:
John, whatever made you tell Mrs.
Knoall this morning that we keep
three servants?"
John smiled
We'll. don't we, my dear?" he
asked. Tt seems to me that we al
ways have one going, one coming and
one herei"
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Leaped Lightly over the Rail.

ly over the rail There was a second
splash Nina screamed again.
with apologies from BOTH OBJ
served Croft with faint smile as he
held the wilted and bedraggle feline
towards her
"Oh, why did your cried Nina, her
eyes sparkling, her lips distended, her
hand resting gratefully on his arm,
dripping as 1t Was-"but oh! how
grand,"
1T was worth it-for the cat" de
clared Croft as Nina caressed the res
cued animal She flushed and tried to
change the direct theme.
You know I teach music in the vii
lage," she went on in her artless way.
Croft did not know it, but he was glad
to know all about herself she would
tell. Some boys were tormenting the
poor miserable creature. Poor thing!
Probably hungry, homeless. Oh, you
poor friendIess dear" and Nina fond
~ placed her cheek against the shiver-
ing feline with a tenderness that made
Croft thrill with envy. But how heed
less 1 ami" she interrupted herself
with a dismayed glance at her drip
Slightly" bowed Croft, trying to
look the martyr and wishing he was a
kitten.
II would ask you to the cottage -
proceeded Nina in deep embarrass
ment, but you must be-dried."
The sun will do that" insisted
Croft gaily. The cottage-your home
l presume? And in this lovely spot
l should like to see it," and thus, I'm.
kempt as he was, the venturesome
Croft glided along by the side of the
dainty little miss, an insistent and ad
miring cavalier, and-caught the cold
of his life.
He went to sleep that night dream
ing of a stroll to that same woodland
cottage. He awoke with sore throat
and a fever and doctor sent for More
than once, after a day or two when he
was over the crisis, he heard a gentle
feminine voice speak in the outer
apartment His landlady told him IL
was Miss Vincent.
Then there was a beautiful bouquet
of wild flowers brought to him each
| day One morning a card photograph
Was let IOE A1m II plCtuESu q Cat
the cat, looking quite respectable with
a charming cherry riband about its
| neck
That same day Croft was able to be
| up and about The next he essayeC
one Of his customary walks-of course
[ towards the woodland cottage. He
passed by it several times. 1t be
longed to Miss Nesbit, the aunt o.
Nina An up hill down dale tract Of
arabic land went with it, the sole pos
session of the maiden lady in question
Croft ventured to intrude upon the
| general domain. Then he caugh
sight OF the futter of dress in amont
8 nest OF shrubbery. It acted like {
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magnet He climbed q fence and
reached spot where the object Of his
interest sat upon fallen tree.
Nina was crying. 1t seemed his fate
to come across her always in some
girlish ingenious pose. She sprang to
her feet and impulsively extended her
hand, the tears chased away by genu-
inc pleasure over his conYalescence.
She was still so grateful for his kind
ness! She had chided herself as the
to check herself with a conscious
blush in the midst Of telling how he
had not left her thoughts.
Hence these tears?" he intimated
smilingly.
"oh, dear, no." she disclaimed-''it
Is Cleo"
"Cleo?" he repeated ignorantly-
Cleopatra, the black cat"
"Ah, 1 understand now" bowed
Croft In trouble again.
In dreadful trouble declared Nina.
and the corners of her pretty mouth
drew down dismalIy. From the first
aunty has rebelled-says a black cat
brings bad luck that we have enough
mouths to feed. I think she drove it
away purposely. I know she scared
poor Cleopatra
Who has gone back to be pelted
again by the street gamins I suppose?"
inferred Croft,
''Oh, dear, no. I have traced Cleo
patra to burrow over near the creek,
but 1 can't coax her out"
Let me help you
Behold the convalescent, lively as a
cricket, one-haf an hour later bending
over rock strewn spot with a match
and looking down a caYernous hole
where two bright eyes glowed
I've got her." he announced, and
drew out the truant AS Croft did so
he dropped the lighted match into a
little pool at one side. There was q
fash.
oil" he said, in some surprise.
Quite find. Miss Vincent, wish to
investigate this
One week later Miss Clarinda Mes
bit walked into town to sign over the
old farm for royal sum to the great
oil monopoly.
She carried in her arms, tenderly
cherished, the former token of misfor-
tune, of i'll luck, now transformed to
her glorified vision into a veritable
mascOt-CleOpatra.
And in her wake like cooling lovers
trailed Croft and Nina. She wore an
engagement ring, and he the cherry
riband stolen from Cleopatra through
whom golden fortune and happiness
had come
Copyright. 1913. by W. C. Chapman1
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Ground floor of model dairy barn.

( But the floor of the NOW must be
tight. Some of the best dairy barns
are One-story, for the reason that
chaff and dust sift through the floor
of the loft into the milking room. But
a twO-story barn can be made just as
sanitary provided a. tight floor is made
in the loft and the rafteTs sealed with
match ceiling underneath. A tight
ceiling and floor can usually be made
cheaper than an extra barn for storing
| hay.
| ventilation in dairy barn is I'M
/ portant. The King system is the most
/ perfect in use today. That's the sys-
/ TEN We have in our new barn The
principle of it is to have outlets near
I the floor of the barn for foul air The
| inlets for fresh air should be near the
ceiling The outlets and inlets are so
arranged that there is no draught over
! the cows.
The managers we have in our barn
are what are called continuous man
gers-one long manger for each row
/ of COWS. These should be about two
I inches higher than the stall floor and
need to be only a few inches deep. By
Khaving this kind of a manger it is
cleaned easily and in a few minutes
| To keep the COWS from robbing one
another of their food we have parti-
tons for every one. These partitions
are of sheet iron and joined together
so they can be raised when the man
! ger is to-be cleaned.
THE silo should be built a. one
end of the feedway, outside the barn,
and 2 feed rom Iopated ar the othar
end. The eight-fOot feedway gives
room for a silage and feed cart
The box stall and bull pen may
each be 11xS feet; the feed room Tx
/ II feet; the milk room 11x10 feet and
the calf pen 11x1S feet A three-angIe
roof gives much more room for stor-
age Of hay At one end of the loft a
! hay fork should be built in. The illus
trations show the general construction
OF the barn.
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no better. They told me there was no
help without an operation. have used
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and it has helped me wonderfully.
/ do most of my own work now and take
care Of my children. recommend your
remedies to all suffering women. -
Mrs WILLARD A. GRAHAM, Care OF
ELLSWORTH FUTILE, Bovina Center, NY.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful
drugs, and today holds the record Of
being the most successful remedy We
know for woman's ills If you need such
medicine why don't you try 1t?
If you have the slightest dOube
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegefa-
bic Compound Will help write
to Lydia E.Pinkham MedicfneCo,
(cOnfdentiaD Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter viii be opened.
read and answered by a woman.
and held in strict confidence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20
IN CHURCH FONT
Feline YowIs in Fright and Interrupts
the Pastors Sermon-Res-
cued by Usher.

Riverside, CaL-Unusua1 presence
Of mind was evidenced by DR.. G. E.
Holt. pastor Of the First Baptist
church, when his secondly and thirdly
were rudely interrupted by the yowl-
ing Of frightened cat Adjuring his
parishioners to pay no heed to the IN
earthly noise, which grew more ear
splitting every moment, the preacher
raised his voice and went ahead The
ushers, meanwhile, went on a quiet
hunt for the intruder, and after a long
quest one intrepid seaTcher discovered
a kitten struggling desperately to keep
its head above the water in the bap-
tistry, which had been used earlier in
the evening in connection with the re-
ception OF new members. The rescuer
resolved the thanks Of the pastor and
3 meow OF gratitude from the sbiver-
ing feline.
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the conditions of early summer when
the cows are at their best OF course
that's not easy to do. But you can
give the cows the sunlight, fresh air
and freedom of movement that they
get outside. And those are the most
important requirements of a modern
dairy barn.
"I like to have just as many win
dOws in a dairy barn as 1 can get,
said Mr. Reed. It's the one thing
that will keep the barn sanitary. Sun-
shine drives out the dampness and
leaves no place for bacteria to thrive.
You should have az least four square
feet of glass for every COW.
Choose a site for the barn which
is well drained The yards cannot be
kept in good condition if the drainage
is poor. Of course, you must consider
the convenience of your barn, too. A
rectangular barn should stand prefer
ably north and south, making it pos
sible to get sunlight on both sides at
some time during the day.
"a barn large enoEgh for the herd
mentioned should be about 30x66 feet.
The length will vary according to the
size of the stalls. For Holsteins stalls
should be three and one-half feet wide,
but for Jerseys three feet is wide
enough. The size also depends on
whether you desire a small milk room
and a bull pen in the barn. With
these added and allowing also for a
box stall and a pen for calves, the
length should be about sixty-six feet
for twenty Jerseys.
The barn being thirty feet wide
would permit of the COWS facing one
another with an eight-foot feedway be-
tween the two rows of stalls. The
managers should be two feet wide;
platforms for stalls four and one-hali
feet; cutters eighteen inches and a
passag eway back of the COWS three
feet wide Some prefer to have the
cows face out, giving for the reason
that they will have more light and
also that the manure cutters will be
in the center and the manure can be
handled more easily. If the barn is
lighted as it should be the COWS will
have sufficient light when facing one
another I prefer to have the COWS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

1t is a well known fact that there
is great difference between mixers
That good mixer can get more milk
from COW than poor mixer is very
evident, but il is also fact that there
is a difference between good mixers
This difference is usually due to the
individuality OF the mixer In a re-
cent butter test one Of the winning
cows would never have won the honors
she did had it not been for the fact
that she responded to a good mixer.
The man who MIXED her could get
more milk from her than another
mixer who had charge of her for a
time. Both of these men handled test
cows, but in this particular instance
one man could get more from the best
COW than another man.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20
MANNED BY BUFFALO
Elephant Hunters Experience In
the Belgian Congo.
Shoots Animal When It Appeared IN
Range and Follows Quarry Int
Jungle Only to Be Set Upon
and Nearly Killed.

Iondon.-A terrible experience With
buffalo recently befen q weIl-known
elephant hunter In the Belgian Congo.
He was after elephants when the ami
NAL appeared within range, and, con-
trary to his usual custom, the hunter
fired. The shot took effect and the
buffalo disappeared into the Jungle
The hunter, who is a dead-shot, and
expected to find his quarry dead. fol-
lowed Suddenly without the slight
est warning, the wounded beast
charged. believing with rage and pain,
from behind some bushes so close at
hand that the hunter had 10 time to
raise his rife and FIRE
Throwing aside the rife, he sprang
into the air and clutched at a branch
Of tree beneath which he was stand
ing, and by drawing up his legs just
managed to escape the buffalo's horns
But worse was to come. The buffalo
turned and surveyed its foe hanging
helplessly overhead and Immediately
bounded into the air. its terrible horns
searching madly for its victim.
The unfortunate man could climb no
higher, for the tree was q small one,
and one Of the horns caught him on
the thigh. ripping it open Ike knife.
Again and again the beast sprang at
the man, and again and again the re-
lentless horns tore at his thigh and
leg.
With wonderful strength and cour-
age the hunter bore about fifteen ag-
onizing moments Of this torture, until
at last the bullet took effect and the
animal dropped dead on the ground
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20
STILL MANY USERS OF SNUFF
Manufacturer Corrects Impression
That Custom Is Dying out-Some
Incredibly Expensive Grades.

millionaire snuff manufacturer sat
in his $4,000 French car watching the
bathers
And so,'' he laughed, you think
snuff taking is dying out, Ell? You
think the snuffmaker's trade is ex-
tinct, like that of the armorer? Well,
you're off-off, Off
'Snuff-taking increases l ad-
NIT, in Fifth avenue or Rittenhouse
square But it increases. I sell more
snuff today than 1 ever did. The
Chinese, especially since the abolition
Of opium smoking among them, have
taken UP snuff.
But the rich Chinese, the man
darins, don't get their snuff from me.
No, they get it from Portugal, from
families owning secret, Old-time reci-
pes, who charge as much for the ex-
quisite melanges as $500 and 5000 a
pound.
This snuff the Chinaman ages like
wine. He carries it about with him in
priceless bottles of jade, of agate and
rock crystal. He hands it about only
at state banquets.
This Portugal snuff, at $500 a
pound is the best The worst is the
snuff of Symrna, which is made Of Is
per cent walnut sawdust, 10 per cent
brown earth, per cent. oxide of lead
and so per cent. cigar stumps.
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NEEDED SOME TOUCHING UP
Father Evidently Has His Own Opin-
ion Of What an Honest Man
Should Look Like.

Outside the photographers estab-
lishment in the little country town
stood two figures evidently father
and son. At last they went in 'Oi
want yer TO take a picture Of our
Joseph ere. MASTER said the fond
parent, and Joseph was promptly
placed in a chair and requested to
compose his features for a while
The photographers specially was
quick developing. and soon several
negatives lay before the purchaser
The father gazed uneasily at them for
a space, and then said, neTvOusly:
You say in the window, master, as
'ow yer can touch up the pictures TO
give any effect agreeable to yer Gus
toners" That is So, assented the
artist, readily, fastening to add. with
his best professional smile: But in
you sons case any retouching is abb
sOlutely unnecessary" COW, aye"
said the father That be main like
Joseph, but to telIee truth, he's got
to send IN wi his testimonials for
job. and I'd like yer to alter his pho
TO to make him look bOnestlikei
London Tit-Bits.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20
HERE'S A MODERN TWO-STORY cow BARN
THAT CAN BE BUILT COMPLETE FOR $500
Building Recently Constructed the Coege-Peny of Light
and Air for the Cows is Most Important Require
of Modern Dairy Barn.

face the feed alley. because it viii re-
Quire less work to feed. Hay, silage
and grain are all handled separately,
whereas the manure is handled in one
container.
The barn can be kept much more
sanitary by making the floor Of
cement. Where plenty of bedding is
used there will be no bad results from
hard or cold floors. The cement should
be finished rough. so that the cows
Will not slip on it. Cutters may be
four to six inches at the high end and
ten to twelve at the low end. Swing
ing stanchions are much better than
the rigid kind. The COW can get a
great deal more comfort in q swinging
stanchion
'T like the two-story barn because
it allows a big, roomy NOW for hay.
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q N UP-TO-DATE. two-story dairy

q n UP-TO-DATE, two-story dairy
"A barn, large enough for eighteen
to twentyfour cows, can be
built for 5000 if you work on it your
self, according to o. E. Reed, professor
OF dairy husbandry at the Kansas
Agricultural College. A barn that size
was completed not long ago at the
college. It is a model for the average
farmer. 1t is being used for a calf
barn now, but that only necessitates
changing the inside fixtures a little.
Farmers who are contemplating build
ing a modern barn in which to house
their COWS would do we'll to investi-
gate this structure, which has proved
to be highly satisfactory.
The first thing to think about in
planning a dairy barn. Mr.. Reed says,
is this: Try to initiate, in your barn,
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beneath its half-dead enemy-none too
soon for the man.
Weakened by pain, loss of blood,
and the strain of his position, his fin
gers slipped from the branch, and he
fell fainting to the ground, almost on
top Of the mighty horns, which were
red with his own blood.
His boys, who were unaTmed and
helpless during the attack, bore him
to the camp. and q runner was sent
for the nearest doctor. He managed
to surve his terrible ordeal, but is a
cripple for life.
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Look to True ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

An idle mind is possible with busy
hands: so often this is forgotten. We
may do many things and accomplish
little, simply because the activity is
skin deep, outward. superficial We
want rest for our attachments to sink
in, to gather our harvest, understand
and sift it. We may see too much
to see anything clearly, bear too
much to really listen; with much
Fastening we do not always arrive.
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They had been talking as they
walked. She had remarked pathet-
ically: oh, it must be terrible to ,
man to be rejected by a woman!"
Indeed it must" was his response.
Then, after while, with sympathetic
righteousness, she exclaimed: 1T
doesn't seem that 1 could ever have
the heart to do it" And there cams
a silence between them as he thought
1t over
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

Some one is going to spend S., 900
in Boston to see how far a street car
company can carry a man for a nickel
and make a profit He must not have
much use to make of his money.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

1t is only fair to the much abused
cantalOupe to record the conviction
that in nearly every case it would be
all right and a joy to mankind if per-
mitted to stay on the vine just few
days longer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

A thrice married New York man is
being sued for nOnsupport by his first
wife. "Only he who is without wife
or has many wives rides far into the
desert"
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she was deserted by her husband on
her wedding day has a just cause for
complaint. He should have waited
q week at least
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Under a fully reformed system
the word chilled" would be spelled
child would it not? A shivering
youngster, therefore, would be de-
scribed as a child child Slightly puz-
zling, but it saves two letters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

Red heads may be great people, as
a certain eugenic professor has pro-
claimed. But we know many peo-
pie who would prefer to remain IN
known.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-09-20

In view of the way in which bichlor-
ide of mercury tablets are still being
taken in mistake for headache rene
dieA, it would be well for housekeep-
ers to lock Up the poison in a way to
make it difficult to get at and thus
arouse time for reflection in the mat
ter. After all the dreadful warnin e
which have been given, blunders IN
the matter are practically crimes.
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Gradually, it is said. the parcel post
limit will be raised to 100 pounds
Before long it will be possible to put
q stamp on the children and mail
them to grandmother
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When watering lawn plants or trees
allow the water to run about their
roots until the ground is thoroughly
soaked Then rest the next few eve
nings while the neighbors sprinkle
theirs.
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Vacation means a change great
deal OF it, in fact
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MOTHER
so POORLY
Could Hardly Care for Chi
dren Finds Health IN
Lydia E Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound.
Bovihs Center, NY" For six years
I have not had IS good health Is havs

now. i was very
young when my first
baby was born and
my health was very
bad after that I
was not regular and
I had pains In my
back and was SO
poorly that I could
hardly take care Of
my two children I
doctored with sew
eraI doctors hut cot
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If teams have been used on the
graders a roller is necessary for newly
made roads. When engines are used
they leave the roadbed firm and solid
even better than roller could do.
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The state statute on roads reads
that all general road-work should be
done between the first of April and the
first of October.
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Many wives say smart things, but
that one who called her husband by
her affinity's name certainly deserves
credit for arousing the height of in
dignation.
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Though Cleveland is 1T years old
there is nothing decrepit about it.
ball playing.