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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-22
Am FREE---Y0U CAN BE FREE

Ny catarrh was filthy and loathsome.
It made me i'll. It dulled my mind. It
undermined my health and was weak
ening my will. The hawking, coughing,
splitting made me obnoxious to all, and
my foul breath and disgusting habits
made even my loved ones avoid me Sc
cretly. Ny delight in life was dulled
and my faculties impaired. I knew
that in time it would bring me to an
Untimely grave because every moment
Of the day and night it was slowly yet
surely sapping my vitality.
But ] found a cure, and am ready
to tell you about it FREE. Write me
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
Extraordinary Football Feat.

B P Walker has a theory that per
sons who know nothing about foot
ball should not attempt to describe the
game He writes: "A late novel by a
Kansas author depicts football game
in which the hero is the shining star
The score stands 3 to in favor of the
hero. Suddenly the quarter back Of
the opposing team skirts the end and
eludes the whole hero bunch. He tears
down the field like a flash and is with
in two yards of the hero's goal Just
then the hero comes to life and shakes
OF the tacklers and makes few
mighty bounds The last bound is so
fierce that he lands out in front of the
flying quarter back and brushes him
to the ground only a yard from the
goal. That, brethren, is some run
ming, even for hero. Just why the
tacklers of the offensive team were
taekling the players on the defensive
team the author does not state. kan
sas City Star.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
ERUPTION ON cHILD's BODY

R. F. D. No. 2, Jackson, Mo.-"Our
daughter who is ten months old was
suffering from an eruption all over
the body. In the beginning they were
small red spots and afterwards turned
to bloody sores. We tried all sorts
of ointments but they did not procure
any relief for our child. She cried
almost day and night and we scarcely
could touch her, because she was COW
cred with sores from head to foot.
1--WE had heard about the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and made a trial
with them, and after using the rene
dies, that is to say, the Soap and the
Ointment, only few days passed and
our child could sleep well and after
one week she was totally well.
CSigned) August F. Bartels, Nov. Is.
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston" ADV,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
New World Democracy.

The story that the kaiser loves most
to tell his intimates, declares Mr.
William Armstrong in the Woman's
Magazine, concerns the visit of his
brother, Prince Henry of Prussia, to
America
The incident happened just as the
prince was landing at New York. Be
side him on deck stood Admiral Won
Tirpitz. On the dock was dense
crowd. From its midst a stentorian
voice called, Henry! Henry"
The prince did not understand that
the hail was meant for him until the
admiral. smiling broadly, said. Your
royal highness, 1 think some one
wants to speak to you"
Then Prince Henry looked over to
ward the human megaphone, who still
, continued to bawl out his name. See
ing that he had caught the royal
gaze, the owner of the voice shouted
''How's BiIl?''-Youth's Companion
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BY FRANK FILsoN.

Mary Seaton set down her full pail
and stared over the distant hills.
She had lived all her five and tweD-
ty years IL the little, sordid settle
ment in the plains. Ever since child
hood she had longed to cross the
mountains which seemed to shut her
in and press on her until they became
intolerable.
She knew that beyond them no man
had set foot, except the wandering
traders and trappers of the northwest
There lay freedom. Perhaps it was
from her half-IRdian mother that she
inherited this love of freedom. Her
father, the Woodworking old Scotch
farmer, had lived in the village for
20 years He was satisfied with his
lot. He never wanted to go further
nor Joe, either, Joe who, at her IA
theirs insistence, had wrung from her
and unwilling yes" to his suit a
month before.
They were to be married the follow
ing Monday.
Mary" called her father sharply
What are you doing, lass? Dreaming
again?"
Mary took in the pail and sat down
to the cherries supper.
The village of Elkwood lay in a val
ley, just below the new, huge govern
ment dam, now nearing completion,
! wherein all the head waters Of Rock
river fretted and surged. Soon they
would be led out through a score of
| .ssperfUfe s- 70 carry moisture to the
thirsty fields. Mary hated the dam,
| because it would mean more self-sat-
isfaction to Elkwood. With the new
prosperity that it would bring there
would be no hope that Joe would ever
| take her away.
And she hated the prison, of mason
ry, built at the head of the valley.
| She hated it because she knew that
| it held imprisoned men who longed
/ for freedom even as she Ionged for it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
Men Become SeIf-ReIiant by Relying
on ThemseIVes-Gain Clear
Opinions.

Many great qualities come to their
best in a life of comparative isolation.
A big tree, an oak or elm, standing out
in an open field has a toughness of
fiber, a spread of boughs and round
ness of shape that is never seen in
tree that stands in the woods. So
people get individuality by being much
alone. They become self-reliant by
relying on themselves. They gain clear
opinions by thinking things over, and
thinking them out to their necessary
conclusions. They acquire inf1eXibil-
ity of purpose by facing obstacles and
cOnquering them The pioneers of
our country and the fathers of the
republic were such men. The projec-
tors of great undertakings carried
through triumphantly have acquired
their power in this way. The country
is the natural nursery of such quail
ties. People are wanted on the farms
to raise corn and grow stock for the
markets; but they are wanted there
far more for the training of manhood
and womanhood in moral worth, in
religious sensibility, in all the traits
Of a strong, upright personality. In
the future as never heretofore our
cities with their multiplying wealth
and lavish luxury are likely to need
the country for that steady renewal
of their better life which shall keep
them from relaxing into sensuality
and sinking into decay.
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COULDN'T FOOL THE GUARD
Man of Experience Easily Saw That
Couple Were on Their
Honeymoon.

1T is just as easy abroad as here to
spot bride and bridegroom" says a
New Yorker who spends a lot Of time
on the other side. AN English girl
1 know told me of a case in point.
We tried she explained, in tell
ing me of her railway experiences
while on her honeymoon; we tried
to keep the railway carriage to our
selves. But at Birmingham the
guard opened the door, and, despite
my husbands growls, lifted a small
girl into our compartment, at the
same time offering rather embarrass-
ing apologies.
She was a little girl, about seven
years of age. She sat on the edge
of the seat and stared about her
What's the natter asked my
husband.
u don't see the BIRDS said the
little girl, as though disappointed.
'Birds-what birds?' asked my
husband
When 1 came from the other
train your guard said to my guard
oh, shove her along with the love
BIRDS"
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PLAN FOR MEMORABLE TIME
tuberculosis Day, December z, is to
Be Participated In by Hundreds
Of Thousands.

Nearly 100000 members of the
Young Mems Christian association Of
the United States, including several
thousand members of the allied health
leagues. hundreds of physical direc-
tors and 345, 600 members of the phys
ical departments will be urged to Co
operate in the tuberculosis day cam
paign during the week of December
Z. according to an announcement made
from the headquarters Of this move
ment in New York.
Lectures and discussions on tuber-
culosis will be held on Sunday after
noon, December Z, and during the
week preceding or the week follow
ing that date, by many organizations
connected with the Y. NJ. G. A. Prom
inent speakers in various cities of the
country will address these meetings.
The details OF the program are being
worked out by DR.. George ]. Fisher,
director Of the physical department of
the international committee Of the
association.
Secretaries of the local branches OF
the Y. NJ. c. A, or members of the as
sociation who are interested in this
subject can secure literature, free OF
charge, from the Office of the Nation
al Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of tuberculosis, los East
Twenty-second street, New York city.
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HISTORIC OLD TOWN
Port of Southampton Has Pic
tureSque Attractions.
No Place on South Coast of England
Situated SO Beautifully as This
Ancient city-WooI House on
Quay One of the Sights.

London. - The fifty-third annual
church congress, which opened on
September 80, had for its place of
meeting the historic town and port Ct
Southampton; still, in spite of the
vast developments OF docks and ship
ping which render it a rival even Of
Liverpool, a town of much pictures
que attraction. There is no place on
the south coast of England situated SO
beautifully as this ancient port; and
the voyage from it down Southampton
water, displaying scenes of quiet
woodlands, pastures and sunlit fair
way, adds another pang Of regret to
the Englishman's departure from
home, just as the passage past the
Needles and Calshot Castle, between
the Wight and the mainland, and up
to Southampton heatens the wander
er's return from overseas.
This way came the Romans voyag-
ing to and from their port of Clausen-
tum, identified now with Bitterne,
some two miles higher up the estuary
of the Itchen, a spot where the coins
of the Caesars and the potsherds of
dead and gone civilization are yet
plentifuIly found, The Saxons, follow
ing their usual custom, established
themselves on a new site when they
came here, and left the ruined and
deserted Clausentum to the spirits of
the dead and the evil things which
they ardently believed Inhabited the
deserted homes of men Thus South
ampton arose where we now find it.
We do INV
remains here, although in those days
this was a place of Importance, and
| the building called Kings Canute's
| Palace is later than his time. 1t was
here-as that monkish chronicIer,
Henry of Huntingdon, would have US
/ believe-that Canute, the immediate
| successor of the Saxon monarchs, put
! the gross fattery of his courtiers to
! the test. They had told him his pow
| er was so great that if he command
! ed the sea to retire it would obey.
! This appears to have been too much
even for a Danish king of the tenth
century to believe; and when he put
it to the proof, and the sea continued
to come on, we are to suppose that
those courtiers experienced a bad
time. 1t is a story which has been
seized upon with enthusiasm alike by
moralists and humorists; and ii
would be difficult to say which have
had the best turn out of SO promising
a subject.
We may readily trace the western
defences of the town, made trebly
strong after the French and other al
lied fleets had suddenly descended up
on it, midway in the fourteenth cen
| fury, burning and Staying until hall
Southampton lay in ruins. The curious
deep-arcaded walls are relics of thai
time, in the determination of the
townsfolk to build SO strongly thai
no sudden foray should find them IN
| prepared.
Here. also, is a very curious anC
archaeologically valuable old build
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lid as snow, his sineEy arms out
stretched, while the water rippled
round him. Painfully the girl crawled
toward him. She bent over him, and,
as she did so, his eyes opened.
For moment he stared at her, and
then consciousness returned.
The food" he muttered. Where
are they?'
They are all dead" she sobbed.
and all at once the sense of desola-
ton came upon her. Her father,
tyrannical though he had been, had
been all she had ever had And they
two alone survived out of thousand
Il was with the wagon" he NUT
tered. The food struck me. 1 knew
nothing more"
That was how he had escaped; as
for those shut up in the prison, not
same fortunate accident that had
saved him had saved the girl; the
ruins of masonry had held fast and
formed a barrier on which the float
ing debris had accumulated.
All day they covered there. and
by nightfall, when the water was
lower, they managed to wade to land.
They had found a box of canned
meats, and flour, but little damaged
by the water. While they ate he told
her his story. He had been a trap
per; he had been arrested on a charge
of burglary, trumped up by a store
keeper with whom he had Quarrelled,
and sentenced to two years imprison-
ment. He had served three-fourths
of his time
Where will you go?" she asked.
Home" he answered simply, point
ing over the mountains. His home
lay there; the plains and forests were
his, and all the boundless prairies
his domain.
- He took her by the hand and they
Jared forth like two children. Each
had an infinite faith in-the other, for
it takes two to make a home, and
so there was no need for any formal
questioning.
Copyright j191s. by W. G. ChapmanO
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
Old Wool House, Southampton.

ing: a roofiess ruin, It is true, but
with its external architectural fea-
lures we'll preserved. This is the So
called King Johns Palace "a Late
Norman house Modern times have,
from the picturesque point of view,
distressfully qualified the ancient pic
turesqueness of this western shore
In the days when Henry the Fifth's
army of pikemen and bowmen en-
parked for France, for that campaign
which gave the English the glorious
victory of st. Crispin's Day, they went
aboard directly out from under the
arch of West Gate. That same veri-
table archway remains, but a roadway
now runs along outside the walls
those walls whose feet once went
sheer into the sea, and were washed
by every tide.
This landmark brings US into the
middle of the town. where the church
of Holy Rood stands, with its lofty
spire-one of the two old churches OF
Southampton. The other, St Mich
ael, is on the right, in St Michael's
Square, and is remarkable for its
twelfth-century font, enc of the only
seven black marble Belgian fonts in
England. The finest of these is in
Winchester Cathedral Among the re
naming sights in Southampton are
the so-ealled Tudor house" near St
Michael's church, recently opened BY
the corporation as a museum; and the
old Wool house on the Quay. well
known locally as the Spanish prison
from its having been used to house
the prisoners of war in the eighteenth
century
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E2aSIlgY a1:SsS: E7! FOO 6RH Eyes
NEAT WAY OF PUTTING 1T
Remark of Small Brother Must Have
Driven Last Hope From Poor
-. MIR. BIinks.
II vas a cfear case OF nnrenufted !

1t was a clear case of unrequited af-
lection; but, despite numerous set
backs. Blinks persisted in his calls
The lady's name was May, but her at
titude toward him was December. Her
ten-year-old brother Billy received
poor Blinks the last time he dropped
in.
is your sister at home?" asked the
sutton.
No, she's gone out"
"Ah, SO I've come to the cage only
to find the bird has flown"
mo, you amt" retorted Billy. But
you're like the month of June
"How's that?"
Every time you come in May goes
out"
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There dweIled all those for whom civ
ilization meant servitude, men whose
whole lives had been warfare against
this SNUG, self-satisfed society of the
plains.
There was one mana tall, 1.-THE,
dark-haired fellow, whose eyes seem
ed to her like those Of a captive eagle
which her father had once possessed.
he was trusty. Sometimes he drove
the prison van down the hill, filed
with tits goods, OF prison making, tc
the railroad terminus. She knew that
he was one of those untamed souls
whose home lay on the other side of
the mountains.
After supper Joe came-Joe, with. his
smooth, sleek face and air of owner
ship. He had not courted her-he had
courted her fathers favor, and her
father hadI given her to Joe.
You'll take Joe,, my lass" he said
to her. He's a good farmer and has
the best land in Elkwood. You'll take
him next month"
Obedience had always been neces-
sary to Mary; because she knew the
futulity of rebellion. There was no
place than Elkwood.
She went to bed and in her dreams
she was with the eagIe-eyed man OF
the prison. He had saved her from a
crashing world, and they two stood
alone together upon the crests of the
mountains looking northward over the
plains.
This is our home, Mary" he said,
and kissed her.
She started from her sleep. That
crash had been no dream. 1t seemed
as though the. whole universe were
roaring into ruin. There was the
noise of a hundred avalap ches.
She had barely thrust on a few
clothes when her father ran scream
ing to the door,
Mary Mary" he yelled The
dams burst. God help US! The wa
/ ter will be here in twenty seconds! -
Mary looked at him in quiet joy.
The water! That meant the end of
Elkwood, the end of all she feared and
hated. 1t meant death, too, but death
could bring no unhappiness.
Suddenly, with the force of a bat
tering-ram, the floods smashed down
upon the house, and timber and stone
went crashing into a heap of rubble
and spIinters.. The floor yielded, the
| floods surged and sWirled around her
Inconsistencies black, barren, and
all enveloping, took possession of her
Yet her last sensation was one Of in
! difference
She opened her eyes long afterward
| 1t was daylight; the sun was rising
| over the plain and touching the tops
of the hills with gold. She was lying
upon a heap of what had once been
beams and girders, but was now only
a heap Of wood, caught between two
islands Of masonry that rose out OF
the swir1ing flood. And all around
| her was water. Not a house was left
in Elkwood- The valley had become
a river; the stream had forced its
way through the weak spots in the
masonry and was roaring on its thou
sand-miIe journey toward the sea
And where the prison had been was
only a pile of shattered stone.
Suddenly she perceived something
that made her heart beat quickly
Upon the other side OF the pile o.
masonry lay the body Of the prisoner
He lay there as II dead. his face pal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
CIericaI Humor

When Rev. Doctor Snow rose to ad-
dress his evening congregation his
voice was slightly husky.
my friends he said, Il have al
ready preached one sermon and made
two long speeches to societies in diff
ferent parts of the city, and before l
have finished this evening you will
think I am a wheeI-the longer the
spoke, the bigger the tire"
Only a few appeared to see the
point, however, and the good doctor
scorned to furnish a diagram.-Chica-
go Tribune
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startling Order TO RaiIroad Msn.

Chicago. of wives. sweet.
hearts, mothers or babies on the crys-
tails of watches carried by engineers.
conductors and other employees of the
Illinois Central railroad are no longer
permitted. Officials OF the road hand
ed down an order against them, saying
these faces on the watch crystals dis
tracted the attention Of the employees
from their duties
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
slit skirt Loses Teacher Her Job.

PIainfeId, N. declaring that a
slit skirt worn by Miss Florence Kirk.
twenty-one, a public school teacher
here, caused pupils to lose interest in
their studies, a delegation of mothers
complained to the principal. who asked
for Miss Kinks resignation She sent
it in with declaration that If she
cared ito wear a slit skirt it was her
own business.
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What He Misses.

whats Wombat irritated about
now?"
These shocking transparent skirts"
why should they make him peeY-'
ish ~
HE hears about 'em, but never sees
any."-Pittsburgh Post
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-11-29
Without Hamlet

$50 this is Homecoming week in
Hodgeville?'
Eyes. but the only man who ever
succeeded in putting this town on the
map won't be here"
'Unavoidably detained?"
YES; he's in the penitentiary."-
Birmingham Age-Herald
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Usual WAY.

who are we going to blame this
wreck on2''
Anybody killed?''
Zone man"
Blame it on him. OF course"
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The lest

Friend-Don't you think athletics
in school make a boy strong2
Mother-WeIl, they haven't made
our boy strong enough to bring up a
bucket of coal
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The Indian ocean in its deepest
parts is 1882 square miles
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Nn2

No?
Darling" he said, what would you
do if I should die? Tell me-
please don't suggest such a thing"
said his wife. 81 can't bear the thought
of a stepfather for our little Johnny"
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His Preference.

Dealer-You want a ton of coal?
What size?
Customer-WeIl, if it isn't asking
too much, I'd like a 2,OOO-pound ton.
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Not Desired.

What course did your son take at
college this year,"
The mumps''
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BIRTHPLACE OF INDIVIDUALITY

CCopyrightJ1s by W. G. Chapman)
The Monte Vista journal., 1913-02-01
WHAT DID WALL
STREET THINK?

Did Wall street think Woodrow
Wilson was political crook? Did
it think he was a political liarl
Did it think he was political con-
fidence man engaged in buncoing
the American people? Did it be-
lieve that he was seeking the Pres
idency under false pretenses and
would sell out as soon as he was
elected? The protests that have
followed Gov. Wilson's speech at
Chicago admit of no other con-
struction. Gov. Wilson said moth
ing at Chicago at which any honest
business need take alarm. There
was no menace of reign of terror;
no threat against legitimate indus
try or legitimate finance. The
speech in the main was an appeal
to the business men of the country
to join forces with the Admins
tration in eradicating abuses con-
cerning which the public mind is
fully made up. 1t was a plea for
honest counsel and honest cooper
alton. 1t revealed a Chief Execu-
tive trying to judge with the mind
of just and upright Judge. This
is the speech and this the appeal
Wall street denounces. There can
be only one Interpretation of this
critic is m. Either Wall street
thought Woodrow Wilson was a
coward or could be scared, or a
demagogue who could be dealt
with, or snob who could be fiat
tered, or a corruptionist who would
traffic for the favor of Big Busi-
ness, or traitor to the principles
of government which he advocated
throughout the campaign.-New
York World.