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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

shelves was bare, and the show
cases was empty. and they was
looking around to see what could be
had.
III take that boiler!' shouts Sam,
pointing to an old, rusted-out boiler
in corner, which nobody had thought
Of buying. How much, Cy?'
Fifty dollars says Cy. and away
goes Sam ahead Of Abe. Abe looks
round with a worse glare than ever
in his eye.
I'll take the fttings!' he yells,
triumphant nke. How much for the
shelves and show cases, Cy'
Two hundred and fifty answers
Cy, coolly, and Abe gets the lead once
more, and then there didn't seem to be
anything left to be bought. Abe sits
down and pulls out a fifty-cent cigar,
and Ieers at Miss Mabel as though he
owned her.
THE boys had been SO interested
that nobody had thought to go down
to the coach Office, but just then a
stranger, who had come in on the
stage, stroIIs into the store. He was a
sort of dude, built like Samson, six
feet five, or Whereabouts in height and
with muscles like three trunks run
ming all over him.
"'Can you oblige me with package
of cigarettes? he asks Of Cy, mild
like; and all the boys grins. The Gig
arettes had gone in the first week,
when the offers were low.
Sorry I'm out of cigarettes just
now Cy answers, winking at US.
Dear mel says the stranger. How
unfortunate! Haven't you got any
thing to sell at alp
I'm closing up for good Cy al
swers. 'Tonight's the last. 1 sell out
and get out
well, 1 guess I'll take the store,
then answers the stranger How
much?'
"Ten thousand, answers Cy, and
the fellow pulls out a wad and filings it
down.
There was a silence for about two
minutes, and then something hit the
floor. 1t was Abe's cigar, and, what
strange, he never picked it up again
That's all, mister. The stranger
takes Miss Mabel by the arm and
leads her to the coach Office, and some
how nobody didn't feel like doing any
thing about it. heard, though, that
Miss Mabel had left a husband back
east, and that Cy Holmes was a sort
of connection of his. But you hear
such lies nowadays you never know
what to believe. However, when Sam
and Abe gets their new stock in next
week 1 guess things will be booming
some'
Copyright 1913. by W. G. Chapman)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
The Boiler

Topnoody made up his mind that he
was not going to be henpecked any
longer, so when he went home to
dinner he called out, tmperiously:
Mrs. Topnoody!"
Mrs. t. came out of the scullery
with a rag tied round her head and q
rolling-pin in her hand.
We'll. sir" she asked. what's your
good wiIl?"
Mrs. Topnoody, want you to IN
derstand, madam'-and he tapped his
chest dramatically" I am the
engineer of this establishment"
"Oh, you are, are you? Well, Top
Ply, want you to understand that I
am the boiler that will blow up and
sling the engineer over into the next
county. Do you hear the steam es-
Gaping, Toppy?"
Toppy did hear it, and meekly in
quired If there was aEy assistance he
could render in the house.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
Tree Earns s.. pos

What is probably the most valuable
tree in the world is an alligator pear
tree at Whittier, Cal, which netted
its owner profit of $3,2O5 in one
year. This tree was planted in 1905
and began bearing in it's fourth year.
In 1912 it bore 5000 pears, which sold
for $1,000, while the sale of buds dur
ing the same year amounted to ST.
705, making the total given above.
The tree is a Seeding. the seed hav-
ing been planted with a quantity OF
other seed which had been imported
presumably from Mexico. Another
tree which was planted at the same
time, and which stands close to this
phenomenal bearer, has never borne
more than SO pears in season. This
valuable tree is now protected by a
high fence built on an octagonal plan
The pears weigh from eight to twelve
ounces each.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
FAMILY Or FIVE
All Drank Coffee From Infancy.

It is common thing in this country
to see whole families growing up with
nervous systems weakened by coffee
drinking
That is because many parents do
not realize that coffee contains drug
-caffeine-which causes the trouble.
(The same drug is found in tea.)
There are five children in my fam
ily,'' writes an Iowa mother, "all of
whom drank coffee from infancy up
to two years ago.
my husband and had heart trouble
and were advised to quit coffee. We
did so and began to use Postum. We
now are doing without medicine and
are entirely relieved of heart trouble.
caffeine causes heart trouble when
continually used as in coffee drink
ing.)
Our eleven-year-old boy had weak
digestion from birth, and yet always
craved and was given coffee. When
we changed to Postum he liked it and
we gave him all he wanted. He has
been restored to health by Postum and
still likes it,
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for the little
book, "The Road to Wellville.''
postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postunn-must be boiled.
instant Postum is a soluble powder.
A teaspoonfuI dissoives quickly In .
cup Of hot water and, with cream and
sugar. makes q delicious beverage
instantly. Groeers sell both kinds.
sThere,s resson for Postum
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
HAS LIFE AND DEATH TOUCH
Child Is Born Beside Its Fathers Open
Grave in a Cemetery in
Chicago.

Chicago.-Life and death touched
hands for an instant at Mount Green
wood cemetery the other day, for a
few minutes after the body of Bruce
Merrick was lowered in the grave
there was born to his widow another
Bruce Merrick
Broken-hearted Mrs. Merrick insist
ed on going to the graveyard. though
urged to remain at home At the
cemetery she cried:
Leave me out Of the carriage.
must see Bruce buried" She had
nearly tainted, but reached the car
riage. and there the boy was born be
fore physician could be summoned.
Mrs. Merrick was taken home in the
undertaker's ambulance.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

a kind-hearted girl; she didn't want to
king her choice.
81 tell you what Wen do. boys she
said one evening, bluSaing prettily. I
love you all, and when Mr.. Holmes
goes back east next month I'd like to
get married. But 1 can't choose. That
wouldn't be fair, when you're all so
good to me- And then she outlined
her plan, which was nothing less than
this: Mr.. Holmes was to give coupons
with all his sales, and the purchaser
that had bought the most by six
o'clock on the night before he closed
up and left town, which would be in
just a month, was to have Miss Ma
bel.
You can guess what a sensation
this made in Coyotes Despair Old
Jim Weatherbee, eighty5nine last birth
day, packed his kit on his old mule
and hiked out to find the lost gold
mine that everybodyIs been looking
for these fifty years and more As for
the rest of US, we soon saw that It
would simmer down to Abe Finkel
and Sam, who were the richest men in
town. However, Miss Mabel wanted
it that way, and after a while we got
sort of reconciled.
That was the busiest week that Cy
Holmes had ever known, but the next
three were buster. AS for SaIa and
FinkeI, they didn't do ten cents worth
of business a day. and didn't seem to
care. Morning, afternoon AID eve
n oil
buying out his stock Everything was
marked at its price, according to
agreement, so that there could be no
crooked business, and ever- purchase
was marked on a slate ard hung IN
the middle of the store.
'Of course, there was a few who
tried to win Miss Mabel as we'll as
Sam and Abe; but they soon give up
when, at the end of the first week,
Abe had a total of $1,26519 to his &C
count, while Sam was running him
close with .s1,242. Then Sam made
a squirt, and at the end of the, second
week had gone up about $50. ahead of
Abe. By the middle of the third week
it was neck and neck race, along in
the two thousands, and Abe and Sam
had got so that they wouldn't speak to
each other when they met
''As for Miss Mabel, she just sat
there behind the counter, when she
wasn't busy getting down things.
which wasn't often, and smiled on all
the boys impartial like.
I'VE had a sweepstakes on the re-
suit. as we'll as little money out, and
the general opinion was that, although
Abe had a little more money than
Sam, Sam would win out by dogged-
ness Try as hard as-he would, Abe
couldn't get away from Sam. BY the
end Of the third week they were run
ming neck and neck, Abe with 100000
and Sam. with $2,999.75. And when
the end of the fourth week come, and
It was within a couple of hours OF
closing time, Abe was s4.S17.09 and
Sam was s4.e14 even.
They stood Elsring at each other In
side cy's store. which had been pretty
veil dixested pr everything The
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
THE DEATH OF "LITTLE JIM"
Ancient Cottage That Housed Scene
Depicted by Farmers Poem to
Be Torn Down.
LOndOn.-The lines run:
The cottage was a matched one,
Ifs outside old and moan

London.-The lines run:
The cottage was a matched one,
It's outside old and mean
And as the years have passed it
seems to have got older and meaner,
until new it has been condemned by
the sanitary authority.
1t is the scene of the death Of Lit
tie JIM" whose departure from this
life has been described many thou
sands Of times in the words Of Ed
ward Farmers verses-'He was a col
Her's only child, they called him Lit
tie Jim" The old recitation still
runs I'VE are seven" and you are
old, Father William" very hard in the
race for popularity.
The cottage is in a narrow lane
which runs from the town Of Poles
worth to the mining village of Dor
don. 1t is in the center OF the War
wickshire coal field, and stands upon
some land which was recently bought
by the Warwickshire county council
for small holdings. The local SAM
tary authority having condemned it as
being unfit for habitation, the county
council decided to offer it for sale,
and it has come under the hammer
1t is picturesque old place, and the
local people are anxious that it should
which has been told so often as to
have almost become a classic in the
third and fourth standards Of our
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
SUN WILL ABSORB WORLD
Professor Fauth, British SaVant
Thinks New Solar System VIII
Be Created.

Berlin.-The whole Of the present
solar system is ultimately to fall into
the sun, causing an explosion that
may result in a new solar system.
Such is the theory put forward in the
Weekly Journal of Natural Science by
Prof Philip Fauth, a weIl-knoWn as
trOnomer. whose reputation has rested
principally upon his researches into
conditions on the moon.
The novel feature of Dr. Fauth's the
DRY is that it is based upon the suppo-
sition that a great part of the known
solar system, including especially the
planets Jupiter, Uranus and Saturn,
are not composed of mineral matter
at all, but are tremendous masses of
ice, or balls of ice surrounding a min
eral kernel furthermore, he de
claTes, part Of what is now known
as the milky way is not mineral or
gaseous, but "a ring OF ice dust, "
masses of particles of ice suspended
in space, the outer planets receiving
a constant addition TO their ice mass
from this source.
Professor Fauth declares that the
world already at some remote period
has had a similar experience, result
ing in the death Of nearly all animate
nature and that all species of life as
we know it have arisen since then.
Eventually the planets swinging
through their narrowing orbits will
fall into the sun. causing a new ex-
plOsion and perhaps the birth of a
new solar system, but for thousands
of years before that time all life, Ell
Their on earth or elsewhere, Will have
disappeared
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Kidney Pills the swelling disappear
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew
eral months later he wrote: I have
not changed my faith in your remedy
since the above statement was author
lied. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes.
Top about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent free.
Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
Taking no Chances.

"Popsy, dear, I might win rich hus-
band if you let me go to the seashore
this summer"
But, my daughter, you have been
going to a different place each year.
Remember, a rolling stone gathers no
moss"
e know, pOpsy; but this time I am
going to a place where 1 will be the
only pebble on the beach."-Judge.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
CASCARETS" FOR
4 BILIOUS LIVER
For sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach ard
constipation.
Get a Decent box now.

G0I q LUCENT DO4 now.
No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort-
able you are from constipation, indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other distress /;
cleanse your inside organs Of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happf-
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days of gloom and distress
if you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the children-their little in
sides need a cleansing, too. Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
Jana In Hawaii.

In Hawaii one-third OF the total en-
rollment of $4,000 school children il
japanese, and the Japanese are In
creasing their attendance more rapid
Iy than any other race Americans
and other Caucasian races, exclusive
Of the Portuguese, constitute only IA
per cent. Of the enrolment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Baltimore.-Physicians at st. 10
seph's hospital have succeeded in
building q new nose from human ritL.
An incisioD was made in the side Of
Lynn Davis, a railroad employee. and a
piece OF cartlege q little over two
inches lang was cut from the third
sfb and shaped for the shattered nose
bona. TIE nsss 8 Haz - IS normal
shape.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
The Intent.

What do you think? I called Jims-
by hard name and he looked
pleased"
That's funny What did you call
him?''
"A brick
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ing, was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 5
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Sharp points on the inside of the
lid Of new egg cup cut the smell
away without disturbing the contents
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
An Instance

Like doesn't produce like and 1 can
prove it"
Then do it,
health?'
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Equal Feat

Did you ever get away from 4
.man-eating shark as did
NO, but I've succeeded In lodging
nay wife when che wanted 1aonsz aps
bargain shopping
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Coughs come from inhamed Bronchial
Tubes. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
heal the irritation-5c at all Drug Stores
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
A Great Ace.

What are you working on noH?"
AN XTay lantern for policemen
You can project it through a bank
wall and see if any burglars are in
side"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
A cLEReYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton, Pa, suffered from Dropsy for a
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and pulled He had heart futter-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

1t is easier for a country minister to
earn his salary than it is to get it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, allays pair, cures wind collie 25c q bottIelsS
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

The henpecked man often takes it
out on the employees at the Office.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06
Little Jim's" Cottage.

elementary schools. The amount to
be raised is not excessive-about $50
would cover it. Some of US who are
older may remember the lump in our
threats as we heard how
The cottage was matched one,
Its outside old and mean.
Yet everything within that cot
Was wondrous neat and clean:
The night was dark and stormy,
The wind was blowing wild:
patient mother sat beside
The deathbed of her child;
a little WORKOUT creature.
His once bright eyes grown dim:
He vas a Golfers only child.
They called him Little Jim
She saw that he was dying,
The child she loved so dear
Perhaps, in spite of a hard-hearted
but public-spirited sanitary authority,
Little Jim's cottage may yet o.
spared.-London Chronicle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

These Sympathetic Husbands.
''She said I was an old cat!"
Don't get peeved, dear, you are no
kitten"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

A pessimist would rather be a wet
blanket than be able to set the world
on fire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

There are things that money won't
nobody viii have them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

Bears the II
The Reason.

why do these reporters give such
highly coIored accounts of things?"
so they will keep on being read"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-06

The first public telegraph ONCE was
TOD, D. C., April 1, 1s45.
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State Reasons.
Kings should never be bald

Why kings especially"
Because reasons Of state make il
necessary for them to have heirs ap-
parent"
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No Danger.

No Danger.
4 see our nefghbOr, the detective,
has got himself an automobile and
he's going to kill somebody
Don't be afraid He'll never run
anybody down"
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ASK FOB ALIENS FooT-EAsE,

the Antseptic powder 70 shake into your shoes Re
Heves CONS, Bunons. 1nErOEinE Nails, Swollen and
Sweating feet Biisters and CalOus spots Sold every
where &c Don't accept any substitute. Sample
FREE Address, A & Olmsted, lie Roy, N 7 Adv.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12
DON'T LET WRINKLES COME
Woman Should Use Preventive Meas.
ures to Keep Her Face Smooth
and Clear.

l once heard woman say: 1.-THE
best way to treat wrinkles is to avoid
getting them" This may sound ab-
surd, but it is true. Wrinkles are
caused by facial habits.
Laughing, crying. frowning or smil-
Ing will not make you wrinkles, unless
you do one or the other habi.ually,
then the face becomes "set." To keep
the muscles Of the face exercised will
not give you wrinkles. Scowling and
wrinkling the forehead when reading
or studying, or when conversing, will,
II continued persistently. soon show
deep wrinkles in the forehead and
about the eyes. You can check your
self Of these habits and thus avoid
acquiring wrinkles.
II the eyes are weak or overstrain.
ed, 1t Is easy to fall into the habit of
drawing the forehead down in wrin-
kles about the eyes. thus giving your
self a cross look that you probably do
not deserve. Pressing gently the
nerves around the eyes and stopping
now and then to close the eyes, Is very
restful to them. II your eyes are
troublesome, however. better consult
an oculist.-Mme. Jeanne La Place, In
the Woman's World.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12
BUY TIMARCHUS SILVER COIN
British Museum Acquires Relic Of
eabylon-Is Very Rare and
Highly Prized.

London.-The British museum has
just acquired a silver coin Of Timar.
chus. Satrap Of Babylon. part Of the
Syrian empire. Timarthus on the
death Of the reigning king Of Syria,
Antiochus w.. In 1872 B. c., usurped
the throne, refusing to acknowledge
Demetrius and his wife, Laodice, the
legitimate successors. Timarchus
reigned only one year, during which
time he struck few coins, which are
now very rare. OF these one is q
unique gold coin now In the Berlin
museum; another a unique silver coin
Of one drachm, which is in the Brit
ish museum. Until recently no speci.
men Of the larger four drachm silver
coin was known to exist except one,
which had been taken by the legiti.
mate rulers, Demetrius and his wife,
and restruck with their portraits. Last
year coin bearing the effigy Of Tim.
archus was sold at an auction in Ger.
many, and another example, taken to
the British museum short time ago,
has now been secured for the national
collection.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12

permitted The blood to How. Inside Of
five minutes there was a complete re-
turn of life, and the dog soon was
yelping in an entirely normal way.
Other experiments with dogs have
Yielded results as amazing.
When the way has been found to
connect directly with the left side of
the heart medical science. will be able
to restore human beings to life after
all animation has been suspended. pro-
vided there is no organic trouble. The
resuscitation will be effective in cases
of gas or drug poisoning hemor-
rhages, and such diseases as typhoid
fever and pneumonia. Sudden deaths,
by accident, when no vital organs
have been crippled, will fall within
the scope of the TRANSMISSION method.
Under the new science it will be
possible to restore life after it has
been extinct for half an hour. l am
devoting most Of my time to these
experiments and hope before long to
be able to make an important an.
nouncement to the world of science"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12
nad entirely ceased In The patient and
the body was apparently moribund.

had entirely ceased In The patient and
the body was apparently moribund.
After explaining his experiments
with TRANSMISSION of blood in animals
Professor Soresi said:
An experiment with . pneumonia
patient was perhaps not as spectacu.
lar. This patient was entirely without
respiration from all known tests ap
piled, and therefore actually moribund
to all human knowledge, when | made
TRANSMISSION of blood from a normal
man through the jugular vein Of the
patient. The return to life was
prompt and recovery followed In due
course.
If such transfusions could be made
promptly the loss of life could be ma
terially lowered
In a recent test 1t Flower hospital
pumped all the blood from a dog
until the animal lay absolutely life
less. For fifteen minutes I allowed
the animal to remain without q spark
OF life. The heart had stopped beat
ing and every function of life had
ceased.
Il connected the blood vessels Of
the dog with those of another dog and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12
R|N0DEAD TO LIFE
Nv Yogk Doctor Claims to Have
informed Act.
loed Isnn (psion Revjvified Pneumo-
NJ Vlo&Ep After Respiration Had
coooDr. Soresi Talks Of

Nov E0f1 The miracle of bringing
10 DEAD 6Gck to life, DR.. A. L. Soresi
Boed1G6 university thinks. will be
scientil y achievement of the future.
d. 0ogV attached to the stafi of
lows 1tal, has for five years
IndHe periments of TRANSMISSION
ko0 results. he says. that
Proe1oo 0resi told Of saving the
n q lent stricken with pneu.
Ipnla N te9nsfusion of blood to the
g slde e4Ae heart after respiration
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-07-12
hhs Ginger man.

Sometimes the weather puts ginger
into some men. Then there Is q kind
Of man that Ill the time puts ginger
into everybody around him. Nobody
In this old world is more useful to II
than the chap who gives his fellow
men shots Of ginger In all kinds Of
weather