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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Adds BLAKE
How a Carrier Pigeon FoiIed the
Plotting of a Scheming
Lawyer.

81 declare, Marie, don't know how
muck longer I can stand this" ex-
claimed Miss Belinda Dawes, spinster.
and aunt of the lovely niece she had
arraigned before her.
Marie Powers, with her sweet face
and gentle, coaxing ways, did not at all
resemble a culprit. She came smiling
ly up to her aunt, who stood wringing
her hands over garden box, the dirt
Of which looked as if a colony of rats
had been sporting across It. Marie
put her arms quite around her COM
planning relative.
Dear aunt" she said soothingly,
don't scold this time. 1 faithfully
promise that Juno shall be kept closed
in her box until your special seeds are
all fully sprouted
Juno. For mercy's sake, Marie,
have you given that outlandish name
to a rubbish, common. every day
pigeon?"
why, no-he-tEat is, Mr. Blake
called two of his pet dove mates Juno,
the other Venus
"H'm-so that's the secret of your
fondness for that audacious nuisance
imported, too! l wouldn't moon
much over that young man if 1 were
you, Marie. They tell me he never
worked a day in his life, and all his
father left him was a lawsuit"
Marie blushed to the roots of her
hair, FASTENED to her room, and coaxed
to her finger a dove pecking at some
cage crumbs on the sill. 1t had q
hamper to one foot, so it could not fly
nor wander far away. Marie placed
it in the grated box resting on the
porch roof, first fondling it caress-
ingly
She sat down and covered her face
with her hands at a remembrance of
her aunt's illusions, and a thought of
how much, indeed, she cherished the
dove. Her aunt knew only a part of
the story. Marie secretly wondered
what she would say if she knew all Of
It
She had met young Adds Blake at a
village party two months previous.
There never seemed a pair so mated
as they to one another. After a week
Of picnic pleasures and woodland
roamings that now came up before
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Her SHARE IN THE WORK
Mr.. Younshusband Certainly Has
Right to BE Proud OF His
Practical Little Wife.

She had made him q present Of .
pair OF green. red. and blue carpet
slippers for his first birthday since
their marriage. and he was in costa
sizes over them
Il know you'd like them. Harry
she smiled, If for 10 other reason
than that made them ali myself"
What" exclaimed Harry. You
don't mean to say that this is all
your work? Great Scott What a
genius of a wife I've married."
OF course" qualified the young
wife, 4 bought the uppers. and Mary
sewed them together, and 1 got a
man to sole them, but 1 put on the
bows and did chem up in the box
and. do you know, Harry I think you
ought to be very proud to have such a
practical little wife
And he was
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
San lose Under Central

San Jose scale, though under con-
troll, is now doing damage in about
u. widely scattered districts in Kan
sas It will develop, once it gets a
start, wherever fruit trees are grown
The scales are carried from state to
state, principally by infested nursery
stock, buds or scions, and locally by
small animals and birds. Some trees,
such as peach and pear, are Of no
value after one or two years infesta-
ton with San Jose. Though this pest
is under control in Kansas, new In
festations are discovered occasionally.
Careful spraying and close inspection
are necessary to prevent its spreading.
In some sections of the state the scale
has been eradicated by spraying.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
beamingIY
When Rnhhia Lost Faith.

The illness of the feminine head OF
the household left Bobbie to the ten
der mercies of the nurse, who pres
emily reported that the youngster re-
fused to say his prayers. Papa
started an investigation
why don't you want to say your
prayers, sonnie?"
"Aw," squirming and wriggling,
prayers amt no good"
why, Bob! Your mother would be
shocked to hear you. What makes
you think that?''
A long moment of silence before
Bobbie, half angry. half crying.
blurted out:
why, cause I've been prayin' for a
dog for long time, an here I don't
get no dog, but mamma gets a red
baby that just kicks an squalls!"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

be zone of them professors" So when
he went home he began to taIk-no; it
wasn't talk; it was knock, with
capital K The first man he met was
the president of the biggest bank in
his little town. He met him first be-
cause he-the farmer-had entered
the bank to renew a note and get a
little more money. And the way he
did knock was a caution. 1t would
have driven out an anvil chorus.
'FWhy," said he, putting on his Oldest
sheer and laughing so that the inter
est on his old note went up two
notches, they wore white when they
MIXED the COWS. And they weighed
the milk and entered it on a sheet.
They talked lot about COW testing
association
And lot more Of the same kind
The banker listened patiently, like a
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
CLEARED AWAY
Proper Food Put the Troubles Away

Our own troubles always seem more
severe than any others. But when
man is unable to eat even light
breakfast, for years, without severe
distress, he has trouble enough.
It is small wonder he likes to tell OF
food which cleared away the troubles
am glad of the opportunity to
tell of the good Grape-Nuts has done
for me-" writes \. H man. For
many. years I was unable to eat even
a light breakfast without great suffer
ing.
after eating I would suddenly be
seized with an attack of collie and
vomiting. This would be followed by
headache and misery that would some
times last a week or more, leaving me
SO weak I could hardly sit up or walk
Since I began to eat Grape-Nuts l
have been free from the old troubles.
I usually eat Grape-Nuts one or more
times a day, taking it at the beginning
of the meal Now I can eat almost
anything I want without trouble
when I began to use Grape-Nuts /
was way under my usual weight, now
weigh 80 pounds more than I ever
weighed in my life, and am glad to
speak of the food that has worked the
change Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Cre@. Mich Read the little
booklet, Tae Road 10 WelIviIIe," In
pkgs- There's a Reason"
Ever reaa the shove Ie9fers A new
are ge6aIse. fr1e, ana f1n Of hzmEa
h4eeeG2
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Settled His Doubts.

Philo Case is one of those old
fashioned men who know every one
who lives or ever has lived in the
village not far from Bridgeport,
Conn, where he has driven the town
hack for more than a half century.
A former resident went there to call
On some old friends. Philo, who had
known her as girl and matron, and
until she moved from the village some
years ago, greeted her effusively as he
helped her into his rickety old carry
all"
And how is Mr.. Jones?" he asked
beamingly.
why, PhiIol I'm certainly sur
prised. Didn't you know that Mr..
Jones died nearly two years ago?"
Well, well. Y-e-s-s. 1 did hear
that one of you was dead, but didn't
know for certain which one of you it
was"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Unframed by Leap From Train.

Leaping from an express, q sleep
walker had narrow escape from
death near Cape Town, Transvaal, on
a recent night. AS the express from
johannesburg was speeding along at
As miles an hour, some of the diners
in the saloon were Mortified to see the
white-clad form Of a man fly from the
train on to the weld. The train was
pulled up, and Ave miles back a Eu-
ropean, dressed only in pajamas, was
met striding along singing a lively
song. He proved to be the passenger
who had left the train in so extraor-
binary manner. Once aboard again
he explained that he was a confirmed
somnambulist, and that he had dream
cd a collision was imminent and that
the guard had told him to leap for his
life. Stranger still he escaped with
practically no injury
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
HASTE MAKES WASTE

If there is one single cause more
than another which prevents the anna
teur doing good work, II is hurry. de-
sire to see results, and failure 10 lay
of work properly. Il is much better
to spend five minutes laying OF z saw
cut and one minute saving II than
one minute laying it of and i've min
utes saving it No tool work ought
ever to be Notwithstanding Amer
lean.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
It was the other Kind of Hitch

a descendant OF the fatherland in
Mcpherson, Kan, went to his family
physician for a prescription for his
son, who was afflicted with an irrita-
BILE skin disease.
The trouble" he explained, ''is in
his side, Doc. 1t bitches him once"
''Oh, I see." replied the learned gen
tleman. Amy cough?"
No, no; it just bitches him yet
Severe pain when he breathes, !
presume?"
No, no. Doc; it scratches him once
already" exclaimed the impatient
caller
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
students loo LublIant

Singing and cheering in the "wee,
small hours" supposedly the InaIien-
able rights Of college students, has
raised q howl of protests from the res
ideDts of One Hundred and Thirteenth
street, New York, who object to the
goings-on il the ten fraternity chapter
houses maintained by Columbia stu
dents in that thoroughfare.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

When the world looks a bit bIue,
don't start for the pill box. Start for
bed, and rest. You are too tired. An
the kinks Of life, and leave you IN TAR
better condition than If you had taken
some drug which would do nothing
except frritate your tender body and
shorten your days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Undesirable Neiohbors.

There's a foreign couple living in
the fat next to US, and they are sim
ply torment to my wife"
why so?"
'They quarrel necessarily, and she
can't understand a word Of it."-LOuis-
vile Courier-JournaL
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Accurate Forecast

Wilbur Wright was talking to-
Dayton reporter about a very swift but
very unsteady mOnoplane-
1T is a dangerous machine" he
said.
Plank adores it, though" said the
reporter He is all broken up over
it"
One of these days" said Mr.
Wright, hell be all broken up under
II"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Kafr for seed should be famed and
sacked as soon as It is threshed. The
tanning mill should be equipped with
a sheet-metaI sieve, having a long,
narrow slot instead OF a round hole.
The slot should be wide enough 20
let cracked grains through, but n5t
whole grains. The Rahr also may
be cleaned by sitting the cracked
,srain through a screen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Simply Couldn't Come

The Unless you have a
most satisfying excuse I shall have to
fine you for contempt of court for
falling to respond to the jury sum
mons" The TalesWoman-'I meant no
disrespect. Judge, but I hadn't a thing
suitable to wear. and I couldn't find
q ready-made jury costume any place.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

with philosophic acquiescence, if not
absolute enthusiasm. the dictum of DR..
Blackford that brunettes are the best
working girls.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Paris walters have won the right to
eat their luncheons elsewhere than at
the restaurants where they work But
what the patrons do not know perhaps
will not hurt them
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Now that the, or rather some. of the
women are using the suspender skirts.
It is to be hoped that they are not try
ing to perpetrate another of their IA
NOUS hold-up games.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Women who constantly wear wells
suffer in time from deterioration OF
features, says a London physician At
ter that stage has been reached the
wearing of wells should be made OBJ
ugatory by law.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

A correspondent says "a good way
to lose an old umbrella is to take II
with you to restaurant and forget
it" To lose a good umbreIIa-but no
body needs any formula for that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Mexican Indians have been tortur-
ing people. Little can be done about
it just now because the Mexican In
dians are outside the humanizing III
f1uence of baseball
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

And now it comes out that silk il
part tin-accountfng for the rusty
black, perhaps.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

The automobile knee is the latest
physical complaint to be discovered by
the physicians But it is to be feared
that putting more seats in the auto
mobiles won't help any.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Now comes an expert and declares
that much riding in automobiles is the
cause of fat feet. But. in the opinion
of most automobilists. that isn't as
bad as fiat tires.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

The New York girl who spent seven
years looking for a real man" may
have heard of Napoleon's confession
of unfaith: Good Lord! how rare
men are"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

A southern young man drove two
miles alone before he discovered his
sweetheart had fallen out of the buggy.
And then they rave about southern
chivalry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Eastern divine alleges women are
not progressing morally as rapidly as
men. How can they when one con-
siders hobble skirts?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

A Kansas medical scientist is go
ing to try two-year, cOld-storage eggs
on a squad of men They are luckier
than most of US, who have to take the
older brands.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Many good. careful farmers ind It
practical to hog on some Of their corn.
It viii pay you 10 look into this gues-
ton, If you have not already done so.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Straphanger is noun that has long
been heard. Invent your own term for
those who have to hang on to the
seat back handle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Now that soda water season has
opened, it is well to remember that.
although all drinks are charged, yOn
will have to pay for them just the
same.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

A life-preserving suit. with food and
water supplies, has been tested in the
Hudson and may become a competi-
tor of the New York hotel
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

If that proposal to require the dat
fng of eggs is carried out 1t may be
come necessary to teach the hens to
read and write and to provide each
with a fountain pen.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

New York has only 5.332 900 inhabi-
tants, owing to the freakishness of
law which forbids it to annex Connec-
ticut and New Jersey.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

No woman, it has been ascertained.
can live on less than IS a week. but
mans minimum stands unexplained
and uninvestigated
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

doing. Thousands are doing it every
day and making money at it. Don't
be in the Cant Do It. class. That
class doesn't stand one-twO-three any
more in this busy world. Get a great
big move on you and know your bust
ness. The whole country is talking
about you and your methods, Show
the world that your ears and your
hands and your brains are AL.
Not long ago a FARMER visited the
agricultural college to see things for
himself. The man who showed him
around CHANGED to have on his Sunday
clothes so the visitor believed him to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

With a new alphabet and a new
constitution the republic of China has
laid deep the foundations of a free
press and practical politics.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

That youth who married a girl to
keep his father from marrying her
certainly set an example of self-sacri-
fee seldom seen these days.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Did you ever notice how difficult it
is for. woman to be very friendly
with any other woman her husband
ever was engaged to?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Nobody ever receives a Carnegie he
70 medal for wearing the first straw
hat OF the season. Mr. Carnegie is
too narrow In his views
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Physically Impossible.

at is all nonsense to talk about a
starved-looking working horse"
"Why is it,"
Because one can see at first glance
that a working horse always has a bit
in his mouth"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

An inveterate gambler was SEN
fenced by judge to gamble with no
one but his wife. Nice way of keep
ing the money in the family.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Some of the new feminine styles
seen on the avenues are genuine tor
ture TO a man with stiff neck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

The scheme of an organization or
women to dress husbands on a total
expenditure of fifty dollars a year
looks like a conspiracy with the wives
To be the chief benefciaries
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Now. a seIf-made woman may be as
admirable as a self-made man. but one
must draw the line at self-made wild
.OWs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

While four French aeronauts were
sailing over the Sahara desert In aero
planes five others were killed In a bal
looms collapse in France. 1t Is get
ting so that danger cannot be graded.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

1t is self robbery TO take dairy COW
Arough the winter when It gives milk
only five or six months out OF the
whole year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

At any rate the croaking of frogs
is more somnolent than the popping
OF the gasoline engine
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Anyhow. a king has a heap more of
worry than president-exceptin OF
course, a Mexican president
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

1t is to "laf" at the persistent but
unavailing efforts of those who seek
to change our spelling.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

The looking glass reveals our de-
fects to ourselves. The wine glass
discloses them to others
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

LEWIS Single Binder. straight 5c-mauy
smokers prefer them to IOc cigars Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

No class Of people have more com
petition than liars
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

Mrs WInsIow-s Soothing Syrup for ChIIdrea
eeething, softens the gums, reduces inhamus-
ton aIIays pain, cures wind COLLEGE bottle-Sa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

You can't tell by the load a man is
carrying where he got it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Probably Not.

SCI have invited the professor over
to hear my daughter sing"
Don't you ike him2"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31

It Is only a very hungry man that
can eat with relish poor cooking
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
Proper Kind.

What kind of a dog do you think
best to guard a hen roost?"
Why not a setter?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
ia ALLEN,S E10I.EASE.

he autisep-ze powder % be shaken into the Enoea-
II you want resI s16 o0zfort for tired. schias.
swollen. sweating feet uss Alens Fo0t-Esss- II ~
bIistsrs- and caozz sPosss I1st the thing for
DarSilg Parties. Patent Lsa1hsr Shoes. and for
Breaking in New shoes = IS the greatest coE11nEt
discovery OF the Try i today. Sold
sets Don oceegf any sEbsfsfEts For FE2EH tE1a4
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
DON'T BE IN THE "CAN'T DO IT. CLASS.
BUT KEEP TAB ON EACH cow IN HERD
Provide Yourself With Proper PAIL Pair of Spring Balances
and Milk Sheet and Then Proceed to Find
Out BY Observation What Each Cow
Is Doing For You.

ONT LET anyone talk you into
the idea that you can't keep
rooordS Of uba+ x-o,rr oov-- ara
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-05-31
TASK CALLS FOR BRAVE MEN

copyright. 1913. by W. C. Chapman.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02
Bell

"The new telephone directory, COM
bined book of the Central Union Tele-
phone company and the Quincy Home
Telephone company s subscribers, has been
distributed with a special notice printed
on slip pasted on the cover that it is not
to be used until Sunday morning, day af-
ter tomorrow, when all subscribers lines
will be connected with one switchboard
at the former Home central exchange,
Sixth and Broadway.
"As compared with the old book of the
Bell company, the new one contains A
additional pages, the old one having had
108 to the new ones 152, and each sub
scriber is brought into practically instan-
taneous communication with any of $500
other subscribers at their homes and over
1900 IN offices, stores, factories, studios,
schools, colleges, business houses, etc. In
fact, the subscriber now is in almost in
Simultaneous connection with everybody
and every institution in the city.
The system, the greater part of the
wiring Of which is in copduits under the
ground. ought to be as nearly perfect as
any system in the country and this is what
has been promised and what is expected.
The city has gone through one expert
ence with double telephone service and
that viii last long, long time. If ever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02
ORION

B. ]. Richardson and son, George,
returned Saturday from their summer
tour with the Jessie Cotton Theatri-
cal company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Streed entertained
their great-uncle, Thomas Farley, of
Rockford, and their cousin, James
Sprague, Of Columbus Junction, Iowa,
over Sunday.
Mrs. A o. MARI is visiting with
friends in Peoria this week.
Miss Mearle Larson and her brother.
Jack, are quite sick with typhoid fever.
Mrs. MILFORD Anderick has returned
from Chatsworth, where she visited
her mother, Mrs. East.
Miss Lille Swanson of Sherrard
visited over Sunday with her father,
Albert Swanson.
Harry Terry of Aledo spent Sunday
at the home of John Peterson.
Mrs. Anna L. Nelson is spending
the week with her son, Nelvine, near
Woodruff.
DR.. and Mrs. Will Chapman of Sill
Wis spent Sunday with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Wayne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-02
Better Telephone Service for Quincy
System

there was a nuisance unmitigated the
double telephone has proved to be it
with the little word spelled with big
capital I. And this is not knocking the
Home company either, for to give credit
where it is due, the Home company gave
a superb service until the plant came to be
torn to pieces preparatory to the amalga-
nation soon to be completed. Nobody
can knock on the Home system for it was
splendid one. 1t was the double system
that was wrong. A city can never grow
big enough to make more than one tele-
phone system as convenient as one system,
and in a city Of Quincy's size double
system Is not only nuisance, but it has
proved costly without compensatory re-
suits for the added expense to subscribers.
In a very few days the combined sys-
tend will be in working order and Quincy
will have service that will prove second
to none. And this will be another point
In making Quincy desirable city of resi-
dence and business.
The telephone has become a necessity
and the nearer it approaches perfection,
the more general will be its use.
The people will learn that they can
not keep house very well nor transact
business very well without one of the IN
struments on wall or desk. Quincy, III,
Herald, Aug. %, 1913.