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days wages counts. If let mother
know had missed one, it would upset
her for week, with the added dread
that it might lead to my losing work
altogether. I must not go home until
night. and I must keep the truth from
mother"
A plain story, but infinitely pathetic.
it made Sidney Harper think Then in
half humorous, half serious tone he
said:
Miss Hope, this is our day OF CO
medicines. We miss work together,
you have house, own a lot We
are like dull children given a holiday
and not knowing how to enjoy IT.
Won't you help me find a way?"
The clear frank eyes of the girl
looking into his own saw there only
manliness and respect. She entered
into the spirit of the proposition
smiIingly.
4 am as unused to holidays as your
self" she admitted.
Just forget your dear mother. and
all your troubles, and the days work,
for few hours, Miss Hope" advised
Sidney. Help me make it pleasant,
restful day for both of US"
Children of the heart, with nothing
sweet in the city for them but the pa
tient lives of the poor, it seemed as
If the sunshiny, golden hours drifted
them into a veritabIe fairy1and of en-
joyment.
Never would Muriel forget the rare
wonder and novelty of the pleasure
park, where her courteous escort made
her see everything worth seeing.
where they had a delightful lunch in
d water pagoda to the strains of sweet
music, and then a long row on the
dreamy lagoon.
Murfel with bright laugh emptied
out the tell-tale lunch she had brought
from home, her beautiful eyes suffused
as she spoke softly of ''deceiving poor
mother" There was the lovely flush
! of excitement and JOY in her cheeks as
they neared her home.
Miss Hope" said Sidney, you have
given me the most delightful day of
! abruptly.
Why. yes" responded Muriel, won
| dering at his startled manner.
Sidney Harper smiled strangely.
You own the house." he said, "and
next to it is the lot I told you about.
Another coincidence, is it not?"
Their eyes met and their souls
thrilled, and in the mutual glance was
| the serene promise of closer friend
ship.
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
European Medical Men.

It is estimated that the total num-
Der of medical men in the whole OF
Europe at the present time amounts to
about 100000. With respect to their
distribution as between various ma
tons, England is said to have both the
largest absolute number and also the
largest proportion relatively to the
population namely, $500 altogether
and rs per 10000 inhabitants. Bull
garia has the smallest number of prac-
titioners-onIy 0.47 per 10000 inhab-
itants. In Germany the total number
Of practitioners is 500, or 5.6 per
10000 inhabitants; in France the total
number is 1880, giving 81 per 10000
inhabitants; and in Italy the total
number is 1920, giving Sc per 10000
habitants-Lancet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
MURIEIS HOLIDAY
1t Was Enforced, but Brough.
Happiness Instead of Ex-
pected Sorrow.
BY AUGUSTUS GOODRICH sHER-
WIN


With clang great gate went shut,
and a shrill whistle and the harsh
boom Of bell told that the giant fac
tory had begun the noisy grind of the
business of the day. The infexible
rule Of the plant was applied on the
exact second-tlhe worker who was
not inside the walled grounds on the
stroke of seven need not apply for
admission until the next morning.
Half a dozen scurrying men and
women had crossed the dividing line,
grazed and all but knocked PROSTATE
by the sliding barrier. A pretty, neat
ly appareled girl reached the gate to
grasp its handle just as the lock shut.
A young man, hurrying too, halted
with a shrug of his shoulders, one-haIf
dismayed, one-half resigned. These
two were shut out. Others came strag-
Cling along in the distance, but turned
about and retraced their way home
wards, realizing the futility of seeking
admittance.
While Sidney Harper, stock clerk,
took the forced idIeness of a day rath-
er indifferentIy, in fact with rather a
sense of enjoyable novelty, Muriel
works. paled and her lips quivered. A
sigh that was a sob but half sup
pressed left her lips. Her eyes filed
with tears, and with a respondent
step she started slowly from the spot
Sidney Harper construed Alright the
girls deep concern, and his sympathy
was awakened. He was a man who
had steeled himself against pity, but
he could not help but be interested. He
knew that low wages and ceaseless
work held most of the employees of
the works bound like slaves to a
wheel. With many of them the loss
of a day meant the loss of some other
days meals. Then a memory of a
dark passage in his life that had made
him a lonely, resentful being on the
! fair threshold of manhood, caused him
| to crowd back his interest in the girl.
| Once he had loved. 1t was all over
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While engaged in loving your enc
mics, don't slight your friends.
HER "BEsT FRIEND"
a Woman Thus Speaks Of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends
those who treat US best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that It is one of the
meanest OF all enemies, for it stabs
one while protesting friendship.
Coffee contains a poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets
up disease in one or more organs Of
the body, if it's use is persisted in.
81 had heart palpitation and nerv-
BUSINESS for four years and the doctor
told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it on,
but thought I could not" writes q
Wis lady.
"On the advice of a friend I tried
Postum and it so satisfied me did not
care for coffee after a few days trial
of Postum
Gas weeks went by and continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from 90 to 11e pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. I have used it year
now and am stronger than I ever was.
I can hustle mp stairs without any
heart palpitation, and I am free from
nervousness.
My children are very fond of Post
um and it agrees with them. Ny sister
liked it when she drank it at my house;
now she has Postum at home and has
become very fond of it You may use
my name If you wish, as I am not
ashamed Of praising my best friend
Postum" Name given by Pustum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich.
Postum now comes In new concen-
trated form called Instant Postum. It
Is regular Postum, so processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful OF Instant Postum with
hot water. and sugar and cream TO
taste. produce instantly a delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book. THE Road
to WeIIxi1e..
There's a Reason" fog Postum
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
CORN STALKS MADE CEILING
Weary Traveller Slept soundIy Amid
Primitive Surroundings in "HoteI"
in Mexico.
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. Chapman)

A tourist who was tramping over
Mexico last year was put up" for a
night at a lazy, rickety little shack
that was called hotel 1t was in the
country; in the northern part of Nuevo
Leon state.
At that hotel" the tourist said, 'the
old stage joke about stopping on the
outside was no joke at all Very much
traveI-worn, I arrived late in the af-
ternoon There we're only two rooms
in the 'posada, meaning in Mexico
the hotel'-a large dining room, and a
much smaller side room, which was
kitchen and everything else connect
ed with the hosiery.
Il did not find out until after 1 had
paid, little matter that was demand
ed in advance with such a flourish of
courtesy that I could not hesitate.
spent several perturbed moments, OF
and on, wondering where I was to
sleep. However, there were three 9TH
er guests, Mexican, who did not ap-
pear to be worrying so 1 tried to be
patient.
Supper. an affair of lots of pepper
and little food, was served by the
prOprleCOrS VIE. Shortly after night
fall the proprietor, with much bowling
and gesturing and Senior Americana
ing, signifed to me that he would
take pleasure in assigning me to my
room. 1 followed him-out of the no
tel and into small corn patch behind
the building.
In a corn row, at spot where the
overlapping top blades were thick
enough to form canopy that was al
least dewproof, my landlord halted anC
pointed to an old blanket which had
been spread in the hollow between
| the rows, and, bowling and Senorins
some more, commended me to the
care of the saints and departed.
That was my room. There was al
old frayed mat for pillow and di
| Iapidated blanket for covering.
Did 1 call up the Office and kick. OF
| the room? 1 did mott The earth was
dry and warm, and having been re
| Gently hoed, was not hard; and being
dead tired turned in at once and haC
a dandy sleep.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
BALKAN war BEGAN IN 1ess
Conflict Of Races Started Long Ago.
Seems Destined Now TO Be Fought
70 4 Finish.

An Italian newspaper reminds US
usefully that the Balkan war began
centuries ago In the state archives
at Vienna is the declaration OF war
sent by Sultan Mehemet " TO EN-
peror Leopold in 1852. BE it known
to you. the heir OF the Caesars. to the
king Of Poland. and to your allies
and omnipotent emperor Of the east
and west, is on the point Of
invading your paltry territories We
shall bring 100000 soldiers. on horse
and foot, to. crush you utterly and lay
waste all your domains. We command
you to await our coming IN our our
residence in Vienna, where it is our
intention to have you beheaded-"
But the war was even then an old
story The delightful writer who con
tributes The ONCE Window" 10 the
London Daily Chronicle tells US that
while searching through some of the
earliest newspapers printed his eye
was continually diverted TO news let
tiers from the continent giving &C
counts Of the unhoIy war which TuT-
key was waging on Hungary and Aus
tria. Almost at random he copies the
following from the Nerves Of Septem-
Der II, 1888, a grim reminder that the
Turk has remained unchanged and IN
ehangeable for these $50 years Al
least:
Vienna. Sept. 6.-In Austria every
Fifth Man is to bear Armes. and they
hope to raise 10000 Men upon that
Levy to secure the Frontiers. At this
instant comes fresh Intelligence of TO-
900 Turks. and as many Tartars. pass
ing the Waegh, and that they carry
all before them with Fire and Sword
And again: I'VE hear that upon the
third instant the Enemy has beaten
Dur Foot by the River Waegh, and
Possessed himself of the narrow Pas
sages between the Hills, where he has
burnt divers Town and Villages. and
Massacred many Thousands of People.
striking OF the heads OF some. putting
others in Chains and cutting
to pieces Young and Old without Dis
Gnction> or Mercy"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
EIeotrieEtx and PIant Lie.

The theory has been advanced and
backed up by experiments which are
at least interesting, that pointed
leaves standing up at the top of grow
ing plants attract electricity from the
atmosphere and that such electric
forces aid materially in the growth Of
plants so equipped by nature. One in
vestigator, R. E. Dimick of Almena,
Wis, reports that vegetables which
were well cultivated have shown q
smaller growth than the normal when
they had pointed wires stuck up
among them to act like lightning rods
in drawing on the electricity which
Mr. Dimick believes to be attracted
by points and needful to plant life
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
Generous Reformer.

Miss Augusta De Peyster is {
charming young lady of Knicker
booker descent who does noble mis-
sionary work among New York's float
ing sailor population.
Miss de Peyster's work is unique in
that she believes in helping the sailor
no matter how prodigal or dissipated
or nOnconforming he may be- She
also believes in very generous, very
liberal type OF charity.
Often her views are expressed il
epigram, as:
Don't scoId a reprobate. for men
are like eggs-left in hot water they
harden"
Or again:
CAS- long as virtue is its own reward
il is apt to be spasmodic.''
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rlm. ia sometimea kInd-

Father Time is not always a hard
parent. and, though he tarries for
none OF his children. often lays his
hand lightly upon those who have
used him well. making them old men
and women inexOrably enough but
leaving their hearts and spirits young
and in full vigor. With such people
the gray head is but the impression
Of the old fellows hand in giving
them his blessing. and every wrinkle
but q notch In the qaiet calendar
of a Rell-spent life-From Barnaby
Ridge.
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well and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds I feel very grateful that
I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter if you wish. 1
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge of Gray Co. Yours truly,
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan
Correspond with Judge Miller about
this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.
Buffalo, n. 7. 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, 1913-06-07
Only Make Believe,

A visitor at the home Of a famous
author was greeted by little daugh-
ter Of the latter. Engaging the little
girl in conversation, the visitor OBJ
served:
Aren't you proud to think your
papa is famous?'
The little girl nodded
He writes stories, doesn't her"
Lowering her voice. the child re
piled:
They're not real stories; he just
makes them up himself"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Agitation is renewed every now and
then for better word than Hello" as
q telephone SALVATION. That is a very
elegant word as compared with some
the telephone often provokes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
Nabs suraIars WIth PsneII.

New Haven, Conn--Henry Wedland
and Alexander Drummond we're cap
tured by R. L DAVIDSON OF Dayton.
Ohio. a Yale senior, at the point Of a
silver pencil, while they we're ransack-
ing his room In Vanderbilt hall on the
Yale campus They thought the pen
eli was q pistol WedlaRd had a load
ed revolver at the tine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

my breath was
short and I had
chiIls and back
ache. I took the
pills about a year
ago and have had
no return of the
palpitatiOns. Am
now So years old,
able to do lots OF
manual labor, an
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

The reported discovery of an egg
containing a half-karat ruby smacks
very strongly of an artful attempt to
boom the Ianguid summer market for
ieggs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
More important.

Two village worthless were discuss
ing mooted point in grammar as to
whether a hen sits or "sets" when
She takes to her nest. Seems to me
It's a heap more important" inter
rupte6 a Outstanding farmer, twheth-
er she lays or lies when she cack-
les
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Two admirals met in the streets of
Rome and engaged In a lively scrim-
mage until separated. Their conduct
was most unprofessional in starting
b land fight.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Evidently the Aiaskans have arrived
at the conclusion that it is not good
for man to be alone. They have grant
ed the ballot for women and given
them exemption from jury duty.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

A Columbia professor proposes that
the school teachers of the country or
ganfze in an immense union. When
they do. Young America will spend his
evenings praying for a strike.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
A Rare convenienoe

"How do you like this apartment
house? Service good?'
Best ever. Why, the janitor even
has a dress suit and makes a good
emergency man at bridge"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

New York has been shaving of the
fronts Of costly buildings that project
ed too far into the street. The prece-
dent is enough to spread alarm among
careless property owners everywhere.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

The person who pays as he goes.
perhaps does not get as far as some
others, but it probably is the best
thing for him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
Too Much in Earnest.

"why did you quit that barber? His
talk is harmless"
ST could stand his talk But, with
a razor in his hand. didn't like bic
emphatic. gestures"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

A Nebraska man goes to the hospi-
tai for his sixteenth surgical opera
ton. Here's hoping he beats the best
the doctors can do.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

When a woman can arrive at sat
isfactory conclusions without express
ing them, that is wisdom
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Now it has been discovered that
laughing gas may be self-administered
There are lots of grouches who may
profit by the discovery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

A legless porch climber has been ar
rested in New York Now will some
kind officer arrest an armless pick
pocket?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

''Hay-foot. straw-foot' heard in the
army will have to go by the board
now that "starboard" and port have
been given the kibosh in the navy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Our daily pleasure sitting in NOV
Ing picture show and hearing some en-
frightened person near US telling what
the next scene will bring forth
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

| Our daily pleasure-to stand IN a
crowd and being unable to get away
in these days of green onions
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Speaking of figures. 1000 men sat
down to a banquet on the twenty-sev-
enth floor of the f1fty-seven-story
Woolworth building
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

We seem to notice that the girls
with the prettiest faces wear their
dresses cut highest in the neck.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

With tuberculosis serum, cancer
serum and others being developed
these days. why not produce a serum
for the cure of joyriding?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

An eastern scientist has discovered
substitute for tobacco. Possibly its
five cent cigar.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

With a new alphabet and a new con-
Btttution China exhibits a decided pur-
pose to catch up with the rest of the
world.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

While adoptings those dinky little
hats the dear women cling obstinately
to the old long range hatpins.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

The report that extravaganza in
lwoman's dress has ceased to be fash
ionable does not seem to be borne out
by the facts
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Pennsylvania professor in compli-
menting the poets, says they are not
crazy. The proofs, professor. the
proofs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

The Jury that appraised the value of
2 wife's love at 15 cents had in mind
one particular wife
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

We should not overlook the fact that
our dear friend, the iceman, should be
Included among the cubists
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

London doctor says. Lacking love.
you ought to be drowned" In the
sea of matrimony?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

It is not strange that the street rail-
way owner who was hit by a street
car fender. should say that he was
very much taken up with it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Nothing will awaken a man quicker
than to hear the baby's cry at night,
which accounts for his rapidity in wax
ing wife
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

If only honest men took hand in
the political game it would be some
thing like solitaire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Any woman will tell you that it is
an awful strain to have husband who
thinks he can cook
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

There are 1000 males to 900 females
In the world. And still there are
those who would tax the bachelors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

One way to avoid cholera seems to
be to avoid war
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

We feel safe in making the positive
announcement that the frost is all out
Of the ground.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Motto for the office boys-"n BUSH
ness interferes with baseball. quit the
business
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JUDGE CURED. HEART TROUBLE.

took about boxes of Dodds Kid
ney Pills for Heart Trouble from
which I had suffered for years.
had dizzy spells, my eyes puffed.
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When fiction gets busy facts become
ashamed of themselves.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Love may laugh at the Iocksmith,
out it viii refuse to smile over a lock
Of the wrong wOman's hair.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

The baseball fan b'iles and the farm
er smiles-when it rains.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07
Not Bad Case

SO that is your avuncular rela-
ton
He was. but the new doctor We got.
cured him
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Some men say they have a hobby
for attending ball games. That's no
hobby. for everybodys doing it.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

1t is all right for charity to begin
at home. but it should not end there.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

neck as a thing of beauty" What
about the "roughnecks ?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Government experts have ruled that
shellac is food, but it will take a culttz
waited taste for nick-nacks to relish It
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Men frequently see Tisions-of the
blonde or brunette type.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-06-07

Literal Nomer

Literal Nomenclature.
why do you call your sketch
Wrinkles -
Because it Is a head liner"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-10
BATTING BRYAN.
Orion the New York world. 5.

s On the score Of good taste as sec.
rotary OF state In seeking to make
money as a Chautauqua lecturer Mr.,
Bryan is open to, criticism. But
that he has seriously neglected his
duties or through absence from Wash
ington caused confusion III the. az.
fairs Of the government is a charge
that his critics cannot Justify.
Secretary Knox was away from his
desk more than Mr.. Bryan. During
his tenure Of office he was a noto-
rious absentee, but the deyotees of
dollar diplomacy never complained,
Mr.. Taft INDUCED in the joys Of the
road on the slightest provocation
and never seemed to be at rest sex-
cept when on wheels. Compared
with him Mr.. Bryan has been$a pos
tive recluse. ss 55+t
Some Of the criticism directed
against the secretary Of state is POI
litical, some personal, but batting
Mr.. Bryan long since ceased to be
pas time and became an industry in
certain quarters. n s. t.s II 53 s*3;i: