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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
DOCTOR AND NURSE
Formers Love Stood the Su-
preme TEST at Operating Ia
BILE in Hospital.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Nurse Glynn tapped quickly at the
door of Doctor Bentley's room in the
Central hospital, and then entered
without further ceremony. The doctor
was seated at his table, writing; he
had not heard her knock AS she ap-
preached he turned round in his chair,
got up, and took her in his arms and
kissed her.
I'm wanted?" he asked.
Yes, dear An emergency case
A child has been knocked down by an
automobile. His leg is broken and
there are internal injuries"
Are they getting him -eady?" asked
the doctor, slipping into his linen
overalls.
He's being anaesthetized now"
Nurse GIynn answered, and kissed
him again. 20 my dear, how glad
shall be when Easter comes. Then
we shall be together always-no more
Of these hasty meetings.
She went out noiseIessIy, and Doctor
Bentley, having completed his pre-
parations, followed her into the oper-
ating room. The little patient lay
upon the glass table, ready for his
scalpeL At the head sat the nurse,
pouring out, from time to time, a few
drops of ether upon the mask which
covered the lower part of the face.
But although she watched the boy at
tentively she also watched the doctor;
and she watched him with some sort
Of intuitive faculty of sight, so that,
without failing in her duty, she was as
conscious Of him as of the child.
For this was to be the supreme
measure by which she might under
stand his love for her, whether strong
and abiding, or pitiful thing born Of
loneliness on the one side and propin-
guilty upon the other. She was not
sure of him; she could not be sure IN
til he met the mother of the child on
his way out.
He did not know that this was his
own child upon which he was operat-
ing SO deity. His skiIful fingers
picked up the shattered flaments of
muscle and flesh, uniting them for his
assistants sutures. His scalpeI cut
into the bruised tissues, but merciful-
~, and only to lay bare the shattered
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

bones within. None at the Central
deft and careful surgery as Doctor
Bentley.
They had been engaged three
months. She knew what was a COM
mon report, that he had been married
before, unhappily; that his wife had
gone west and obtained a divorce upon
the technical ground of desertion; that
she had returned, to marry Anthony
Blair. the millionaire, who could af-
ford to give her those Injuries which
her butterfly soul desired, and which
the doctor, immersed in his work,
had never dreamed of as necessary
to her, nor been able to crafty.
But that there had been a child she
did not know till that evening when
Mrs. Blair appeared with white face
at the hospital gates and pleaded for
the crippled baby that had been
knocked down. She carried it in her
arms. and Nurse GIynn would never
forget the look of terror upon her
face That it was the doctors child
she knew, for 1t must have been four
years old, and it was only three years
Since the couple had separated.
Well, when he knew, would his
heart turn with yearning toward his
child and cast her out utterly, even
though he knew that the past could
be undone?
The operation was almost ended.
The last instrument was replaced in
the tray of bubbling water; Doctor
Bentley was sponging the sewn It's
sues with the perchloride and pulling
! off his gloves. He Invested himself
| of his linen garments and stood up
once more conventiona1ly clothed.
| Nurse Glynn removed the mask. The
| little patient moaned and stirred.
Hell do finely now,'' she heard the
doctor say Take him up to the
ward, nurse. goodnight"
She wheeled the table into the adj
Joining room, transferred the child to
| the stretcher, and began pushing II
through into the passage. The wo
man was waiting there-Mrs. Anthony
| Blair. Nurse Glynn hesitated involun
| tariIy. She heard the doctor at hel
heels; in another minute he would
know
/ The night nurse took the stTetchel
from her. She turned away and lin
gered a moment near. Then she saw
the doctor start and heard the wo
mans agonized cry.
"Oh, doctor, is he dead? He is no
dead? He will live then? You mus
save him." Then came the little ex
cIamation of recognition and the1
silence The two were standing alone
For the news OF the meeting hat
spread among the other nurses ant
the hospital staff, and they tactfull!
disappeared.
-Oh, it's you the nurse heard Mrs
Blair excIaim, in an embarrasse,
ve'ce.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
DRAIN WET SPOTS IN THE FIELDS
a Few Tile JudiciousIy Used Will
Make That Idle Land
Profitable.

Many farmers have been compelled
to leave wet spots in their fields IN
cultivated, this spring, on account Of
bad drainage. In some cases the wet
places make it necessary to cultivate
the land in irregular tracts method
that is very unsatisfactory. Some
farmers pillow through the wet spots in
preference to turning in the field.
Where this is done the soil turns up
slick and bakes hard. Such areas
will not produce profitable crops.
H B. Walker, drainage engineer at
the Kansas Agricultural College, urges
the thing of these wet spots. The
land would be valuable If it were not
wet. A string of tile 1000 feet long
will drain three or four acres N the
middle of low field, and the increased
crop the first year viii pay for the
Improvement, AIr. Walker says.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
COULDN'T KEEP ANY GOODS
Country Storekeeper Pretty Well Dis.
couraged at the Perverelty
of His Customers.

Have you crackers of any kind ?"
asked one of an automobile party as
he entered a little store by the road
side nine miles from the nearest town
No, I'm just out O. crackers" was
the reply. Il had some last week, but a
man come along here the other day
and bought all I had-darn it ALL
Seems like as soon as 1 lay in a stock
Of anything some one comes along and
buys it all O. me, an 1 got to bother
round gittin' more.''
Have you any sardines?'
Not a one. 1 got a dozen boxes
SOuple O. months ago, but some feIlers
oa fishin' touse come along the other
day an bought the last two boxes
plague take 'emt Seems as though I
can't keep nothin' on hand fer my
customers!"
We'll, have you any oranges or fruit
of any other kfnd?"
mo, l amt. I got half a box o
oranges two or three weeks ago an
a auto load O. people came along and
grabbed up the last Of 'em the other
day I told 'em that If they TUX 'em
all I'd jest have to git some more, an
I'd a good mind not to let EN- have
Iem''
MY wife wants a spool of white
thread. Have yod any?"
sold the last spool I had Sat day.
dang it all! tell ye. this keepin' store
is mighty discouragin' biziness. Soon
as you lay in a lot O. stuff some one
comes in an buys it all or'n you an
you got to hustle around an git more.
A ~ IN
bought the last bit O. cheese I had, an
here l was 'lottin' on havin' it last a
couple O. weeks yet. 1t discourages
me SO selIin' things most as soon as
git 'em on the shelves that I've a good
mind to sell out an go back to farmin'
where you amt pestered the way you
are when you keep sto'. I'm plum
discouraged Puck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
DOCKING WASTE Is HUGE
New York Commission Seeks Better
Handling of PerishabIe Food
Loss Is $500, OOO, 600.

New York--As a step toward the
solution OF the problem of the high
cost OF living Mayor Gaynor's ma
ket commission hopes to find sor.e
way Of providing better terminal IA
cilities for handling perishabIe pro-
duce. 1t is estimated that under the
present docking system there is an
annual waste of s20O,OO0.OOO. This is
demonstrated by the report of con-
formations made by order OF the New
York board Of health, showing that
last year 100000 pounds OF fruits
were destroyed; 2,5OO,OsO pounds Of
vegetables. $4,000 pounds Of eggs,
$4,000 pounds Of fish and 5000
pounds Of miscellaneous market prod
ucts.
The COMBINATIONS made by. the
100 inspectors of the health depart
ment represent only a small fraction
of the real waste in the markets of
the city. The waste in handling eggs
is estimated at 10 per cent, or $50
100000 a year, and the loss in poultry
is more than S25. 900 600.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
PREPARING FOR
new SETTLERS
EXTENDING THE AGRICULTURAL
AREA In WESTERN CANADA.

For sometime past the Canadian
government has had surveyors at
work plating new areas for the 40
commodation Of the largely increa$
ing number of settlers coming in to
occupy the agricultural districts of
the three prairie provinces. There
we're those connected with the work
Of securing settlers for western Can
ada who last spring prophesied that
there would be as many as 175,000
new settlers from the United States
to Canada during the present year
and there were those who doubted
that the previous years figures o
$4,000 could be increased. Recen.
computation made by the officials o.
the immigration branch at Ottawa
show that the largest estimates made
by officials will be beaten and that
the 100000 mark from the United
States viii be reached AS great an
increase will be shown in the figures
Of those who will reach Canada from
other countries this year The re.
suits of the years work in Canadian
immigration viii give upward of a
total of 100000 souls.
LoOS tIA4S Is HOL 10 De AOuQSISQ
when it is realized what is offering in
the three prairie provinces and also
in the coast province of British Co
lumbia, which is also bidding strong
ly and successfully, too. for a certain
class OF settler, the settler who
wishes to go into mixed farming or
fruit raising. When the central por-
ton OF this province is opened up by
the railway now being constructed
there will be large areas of splendid
land available for the settler.
Reference has frequently been made
Of late by those interested in develop
ing the American west to the large
numbers who are going to Canada,
high officials in some of the railways
being amongst the number to give
voice TO the fact The more these
facts become known the more will
people seek the reasons and these
are best given when one reads what
prominent people say of 1t. What the
farmer thinks Of II and what his
friends say OF it James A Flaherty,
supreme knight OF the knights of Co
lumbus, was in western Canada a
short time ago He says:
IF I were q young man I would
sell out my interests in less than two
months and come right TO the Cana
dian Northwest, where so many op-
portunities abound "-Advertisement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
THE LITTLE BROWN CHURCH
Religious Song Was Inspired by EdI-
fice Erected In Iowa in
1885

Boston.-Oone OF the acts Of the
neon and religion forward movement
has been to revive a once popular
song about a little brown church in
the vale" The church itself that in
spired the song babe fair to suffer
eclipse, but was preserved through
the sentimental regard of its old
friends, as The Congregationalist
(Boston) tells US:
Some forty or fifty years ago a
song known as The Little Brown
Church in the Vale caught the popu-
lar fancy and literally went around
the world. The president OF the Ma
donaI Music Teachers association be-
longing to a sturdy Scotch family
used to join heartily with his seven
brothers in singing the song with no
thought that any particular church
was meant Later. he was astOnished
to learn that the veritable Little
Brown Church was not far from his
Iowa home. 1t is a real church, a
Congregational church, and is at Brad
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

Little Brown ChuTch IN the Vale
Which inspired the popular song Of fifty
years ego
ford in northern Iowa Some pioneers
in northern Iowa met for worship in
a log house for some time and finally
organized a church. In 1859 Rev. J.
K. Nutting became pastor and it was
determined to erect a house OF wor-
ship This required much sacrifice.
for all weTe poor and there was, &C
tually, almost no money in circula-
ton. Those sturdy farmers made the
frame from timber growing along the
Cedar river The boards for the sid
ing and what hardware was used had
to be hauled over the corduroy roads
and through swamps from McGregor.
sixty miles away. The dedication was
a great event Many people drove
forty miles to be present. The church
prOspered and soon after Bedford
Academy was erected so that the CON-
munity became an educational and re-
hgiOus center When the railroad
came. it ran on the opposite side o.
the river. Nashua sprang up and
gradually the people moved 10 tho
new town and Bradford disappeared
from the map The academy building
Is going to decay, but sentiment mas
prompted the people to preserve The
Little Brown Church, and It is in a
good state Of repair. DR. W. s. Pitts
was one Of the pioneers that came IN
der the influence of this church IN
the early days and he did more thar
any one else to make It known
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
SOME THINGS ABOUT TREE PLANTING
WHICH THE FARMER SHOULD CONSIDER
Charles A. Scott Forester Tells How Tranpant-Ease to
Start Small Trees Than Large 0nes---Thorough Cultva-
ton Necessary to Trees as it
is to Other Crops
"OR ALL planting in a priarie re-
liz, -. .h-.,,I.a

n OR ALL. planting in a priarie re-
gion small sized trees should be
used. The great difficulty with
many planters in getting trees to
grow successfully has been largely due
to the fact that they have planted
trees that are too large. When con-
sidering tree planting always bear in
mind the fact that it is the roots that
support the plants and gather food
for its growth and development, and
that the root system must bear a def
mite relation TO the top.
In transplanting trees practically
nine-tenths of the entire root system
is left in the ground where the tree
originally grew, and consequently the
One-tenth that is carried with the tree
is called upon to supply the needed
nOurishment to sustain life and
growth. Then this being the case, the
larger the tree at the time it is trans
planted the more difficult it is for
the roots to supply the needed nOur-
ishment, as large tops require more
food than the smaller top. This being
the case, it stands to reason that
smaller trees with large proportion
of roots are more likely to succeed,
and such has been found to be true
in tests.
When planting broad leaved trees,
it is very necessary that the top be
cut back in proportion with the roots
However, it is few planters who are
willing to cut back like proportion
Of the top. Merely cutting off the
ends of the larger limbs and the top
of the leader is not sufficient, and af-
ter weeks of desperate struggle, the
tree finally dies before the roots have
had an opportunity to become estab-
Hshed.
In the case of conigers, which are
evergreens. ton pruning is not adj
visable and for this reason still small
er stock should be used.
Another point that I want to en-
phasize in this connection is the need
of thorough cultivation and care of the
trees after they are planted Trees
demand just as good cultivation as
any other planted crop and they re-
spond just as quickly to such treat
ment. They must have moisture If
they are to grow and develop, and
this moisture must be kept in the soil
by means of cultivation. Never toll
crate grass or weeds to grow within
three or four feet of the tree. and
never allow the surface of the soil
to become packed or baked around
the tree.
Another point that should be en-
phasized is the need of protection to
newly planted trees The first pro-
lection is that against the winds and
especially in the case of the ever
green trees. 1 have seen evergreen
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
PRIEST FINDS 5 81 600 BILLS
Person Who Left the Big Fund for
Poor OF New York Parish Is
Unidentified.

New YoTk-Until recently the
largest amount that the pastor of the
Roman Catholic church of Our Lady
of Guadalupe on One Hundred and
Fffty-sixth street, ever had taken out
Of the poor box was about 50 This
week, however. when he opened the box
he found inside, nicely folded tOgeth-
er, five crisp $1,000 bills
The priest never had seen $1,000
bill before, and when he saw the fig
ures he could hardly believe his eyes,
but soon found he had a fund such as
he never had expected for the relief
Of the poor in his parish.
The person who put the $1,000 bills
in the box did not leave any clew to
his identity
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Safety In Eriendshfn.

An intimate friendship is at once
a safeguard in recreation and social
enjoyment, for a man thinks twice be-
fore he plunges into surroundings
which he knows his best friend would
condemn. It is stimulus, because
in work or business. or even play, a
man does not. willingly. lag behind
while the friend is forging ahead. In
common endeavors for good causes,
religious or social or political, friend
ship is a powerful inducement TO self
forgetting activity.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Recent Indian Horrors.

The lecturer was crfticising Uncle
Sans method of handling sthe affairs
of certain tribes.
Pardon me for 1nterrupting you -
spoke up an auditor, but do you main
tain that we are our Indian brothers
Chero-keepers %
"I have no hesitation. sir" an
swered the lecturer, frowning At him,
in pronouncing that the ChoctawfuI.
est pun. ! ever heard
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Still Untasted.

What, asked Mrs. OldcastIe as she
picked up a volume of Limp Feather
Edition of the Classics. do you think
Of Thucydides2'
4 really don't know" replied Mrs
GottalOtte, after she had Strengthened
a corner of her 5000 royal Persian
rug; we've never had any. Josiah
says they're no good unless you get
them fresh, and our grocer never
seems 70 have any except the ones In
cans -Exchange
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Beans in His Had

Two beans, one of which had
spTouted into an embryo plant. were
removed from the head of a Mexican
laborer at San BernardinO, Cal, by
physician For months the man had
CO = laiped of severe pains The
beans had entered his head through
his left ear The growing plant was
nearly an inch long and apparently
had fiOurished in the ear tube
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
II RICH WOMEN ON A JURY
Court officer in Kansas Makes Up an
Odd Panel for a Case of Dis
orderly Conduct

Independence, Kan-Twelve Of the
wealthiest and most prominent women
OF this city we're sumpOned to serve
On a jury in the case of James Blue.
charged with firing q shot through
the window OF an interburban car
near her. endangeTing the lives OF the
passengers. among the women sum-
moned by the court officers are the
wives of two millionaire oil operators.
two bankers wives and two suffragist
leaders.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

trees newly planted on which the
foliage was completely dried out and
turned brown in twenty-four hours.
all due to the exposure to the wind.
The wind is the most Objectionable
factor in the country TO the growth of
trees. If a dry period follows the
planting, the trees are almost sure TO
suffer unless well protected. The
best means of protection is here IL
lustrated. This is a veneer wooden
tree shield, which entirely encloses
the tree and is held in place by the
wire tie, as can be seen. The wind
is liable to blow this off unless they
are fastened down more securely. This
can easily be accomplished by driving
a stake inside the shield and lacking
the two together with a single nail.
This shield is sufficient to protect the
tree against winds, rabbits or any
other source of danger for three or
four years. After this time, il should
be entirely able to take care of itself
and endure the climatic conditions OF
this country.
The same shield, except in large
sizes, is one of the best means of
protecting the broad leaved trees,
whether fruit or shade trees, against
attacks by rabbits. The cost of this
protection is very slight, as these
shields can be secured at $3.50 per
thousand plus the express charges.
For wind break or protection plant
ing, the trees should be set about
eight or ten rect apart in rows at
least eight feet apart The trees Of
one row should fall in the spaces be-
tween the trees of the adjacent row
When spaced in this way, three rows
of evergreens make a very efficient
wind break. For yard planting. the
trees should be set at least twenty
feet apart, and arranged more or less
promiscuousIy about the yard. For
street planting they should be set
from thirty to forty feet apart There
is no general rule for the distance at
which shade or ornamental trees
should be planted, but they should be
spaced so that they will have enough
room to grow.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
A cow STORY.

This is the story Of a cow Maid
Henry is a thirteen-year-old HOIstein
owned by the Kansas Agricultural Col
Iege. And, to jump right into the in
teresting figures, she has made, a net
profit of $562-56 for her owners in tie
last ten months. Her output in that
time was 1906 pounds OF milk, or
S,532 quarts, which sold in Manhattan
for eight cents a quart 1t would have
made 726 pounds of butter
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Much Like Sarcasm.

The conceited visitor had talked a
long time. and small jamie was duly
Impressed with the breadth and varie-
ty of his knowledge. At last the
talker made the senteRtious statement
that one-haIf the world does not know
how the other half lives. why don't
you teach them?" was the innocent
question that made the visitor blush
and his other listeners struggle with
scarcely suppressed chuckles.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

Germany has already produced syn
thet3c milk and synthetic rubber, and
the synthetic cow cannot be far away.
Then artificial beefsteak shall ush-
er in an era of good feeling and ar
4ificial teeth:
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

Before many years there won't be
many prairie dogs in western Kansas.
The poison that the Agricultural Col
1ege has been sending out for a num-
Der Of years gradually is exterminat-
ing them. In the last year only $1,000
worth of the poison was ordered. a
few years ago it was sent out at the
rate OF $1,000 and $4,000 worth a year
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

If your son doesn't think you are the
best and wisest man in the neignbor-
hood. 1t is time you had a session with
yourself out behind the woodshed to
find out just where you have fallen
down-IndustriaIist
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

A soldier who deserted two months
ago to be married has surrendered
and asked to be returned to his post.
Evidently he prefers the chance of
facing powder in the field to the Ger
tainty of facing it in the boudoir.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

Germany talks of creating a feet
OF 20 Zeppelin airships, each capable
Of carrying and discharging one ton Of
explosives. travelling 81 miles an hour,
and remaining aloft for four days and
nights without an inteFmediate-iand-
Tag, is bound to give England another
bad case of the twittsrs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

A New York modiste thinks she has
discovered law enabling her to copy
right styles. Since such a law would
restrict the circulation of certain
styles it is a consummation devoutly
to be wished.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
This IS Unkind

thinker
POp-A freethinker. my son, is any
man who isn't married--PhiIadelph
Record.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18
Introduces New Dinner.

adeiphfa-Among the novelties
introduced at a dinner party given by
Mr. and Mrs z T Stotesbury was
The placing of. bachelors all at one
able and permitting the women guests
70 smoke cigarettes with the men.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-01-18

The guest of a Paris host. stabbed
the gentleman who was entertaining
him when. after a sumptuous repast.
ne refused to allow his visitor SO
smoke his. pipe. :, Why didn't he at
tempt tc borrow his tooth brush?