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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
PIGS sQUEAL MAY BE USEFUL
St. Louis Pastor Says He Can Tune
Piano by Mules Bray or
FIy's Buzz.

ST.. Louis, Mo.-The scientists who
for ages have tried to evolve a. use
for the squeal of the pig, on the
theory that all other parts of the said
pig have been made useful by the
packers, may get some comfort from
the statement of Rev. James A Dill
lard pastor of the Delmar Avenue
Baptist church, that even the bray of
a mule and the buzz of fly possess
musical qualities and can be used to
tune piano. Hence the squeaI of the
pig may soon send the present meth
DDS Of tuning a piano into the discard
along with the tuning fork. :
All animals have a musical cry"
said DR.. billiard. For instance as 1
run the scale on a piano can strike
a certain note that is in harmony with
that carried by the dog and he will
answer with howl in the same
note"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
RATS FOOL VICTIM BY. RUsE
One Leers at Engineer Until He
Chases 1t, Then Companions
Seize Food.

Cleveland.-Three big wharf rats,
grown gray in iniquity, stole John
Gibbons lunch from him in the base
ment at police headquarters after
fooling their victim by a clever ruse.
Each Ieered at Gibbons and deity
wiped the evidences of the repast
from his white whiskers before dis
appearing into into a hole.
Gibbons is. night engineer at head
quarters, and when he opened his
midnight lunch he saw a gray, dissi-
pated appearing old rat looking at
him
Cit out" yelled Gibbons, but the
rat only looked Indignantly toward
him and shuffed toward the lunch.
Catching Up a stick Gibbons started
after the rat. He was not five feet
away from his lunch when two more
pests popped out of holes. While
Gibbons was chasing one, the other
two ate. and by the time he had con-
WINGED himself that he is not a rat
catcher all the food was gone The
three rats seemed TO; bow hooking
farewell as they slipped back into
their hiding places.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
CHILDREN LOVE
SYRUP Of FIGS
1t is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The chiIdren's revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little 'insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action Is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle. Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
CANADA WINS AGAIN
This Time at the International
Soil Products in Oklahoma.

Last year and the year before, and
the year before that, the farm prod
ucts of Western Canada carried on
first premiums, championships and
honours, together with medals and di-
plomas, feats that were likely to give
a. sweIled head to any other people
than those who had so much more be-
hind. At Columbus, Ohio, and then
again at Columbia, North Carolina,
farmer of Saskatchewan carried on
the highest prize for oats, and in an
other year, will become the possessor
of the $1,000 Colorado Trophy; anoth-
er farmer made two successful eX-
hibits of wheat at the biggest shows
in the United States; another farmer
of Manitoba won championships and
sweepstake at the live stock show in
Chicago, and this year expects to du-
plicate his successes of last year.
These winnings are the more credita-
BILE as none of the cattle were ever fed
any corn, but raised and fattened on
nature grasses and small grains.
At the Dry Farming Congress held
at Lethbridge in 1912, Alberta and
Saskatchewan, farmers carried on
the principal prizes competing with
the world. The most recent winnings
of Canada have been made at Tulsa,
Oklahoma, where seven of the eigh-
teen sweepstakes rewards at the In
ternational Soil Products Exposition
were taken by Canada In competition
with eleven states.
The chief prize, a thrashing ma
chine, valued at $1,000 for the best
bushel of hard wheat, went to Peter
Ger1ack of Allan, Saskatchewan. Mon
tana took four of the sweepstakes,
Oklahoma four, and Nebraska two.
Russia sent one delegate, Spain
had two, Belgium three, China four,
Canada fifty, Mexico five, Norway one,
Brazil three.
In the district in which the wheat
was grown that won this prize, there
were thousands Of acres this year that
would have done as well. Mr. Gerlack
is to be congratulated as well as the
Province Of Saskatchewan, and West
sern Canada as a whole, for the great
success that has been achieved in
both grain and cattle,-Advertise
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TO MAKE SEA SAFE
Remarkable New Invention is
Wireless Long Distance Mirror.
It's Purpose Is to Convey an Image in
the Same Manner That Sounds Are
Now Communicated to Dis
tant Points.

New York--A remarkable invention
pregnant with useful possibilities is
the wireless Iong-distance mirror. Its
purpose, in brief, is to convey an i'm
age in the same manner that sounds
are now communicated
1t is a radical improvement on the
old-time camera obscura, a structure
in which the real image of an object
is projected upon a white table or 9TH
er plane surface Not only does the
new apparatus reflect on mirror all
objects located and all happenings oc-
curing within a much greater area
than the camera obscura, but it oper-
ates at night
Just how the machine works has not
yet been revealed, but the machine is
known to consist of a web Of wires at
tached to a tall mast, and it is this
web of wires which receives the i'm
pressions and projects them on the
mirror located at the base of the
mast
The principal value of the new ap-
paratus will be in its application to
ships. 1t is expected to prevent col
lisions with other ships, icebergs or
derelicts by disclosing the where
abouts of such dangers to the lookout
long before the vessel comes within
striking distance The image of every
object within a radius of two or three
miles is thrown on the mirror, and at
night or in fog the value Of such an
apparatus to the mariner could hardly
be overestimated.
1t is claimed, too, that the long-dis-
lance mirror would prove a valuable
aid to armies in time of war, reveal
ing the whereabouts and movements
of the eenmy in a manner which
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
BECAME "R0UNDER" AT FIFTY
Sunday School Head Stole 10000
From Cemetery for Journey on
White Way.

New York.-Trusted for more than
80 years by his employers, and given
an increase in pay and a vacation to
celebrate his fiftieth anniversary, Ma
thaniel Laird, Sunday school superin-
tendent, and for 80 years bookkeeper
for the Kensico Cemetery company,
reaped a sentence to Sing Sing prison.
He was sentenced by Judge Grain, in
the court of general sessions, to not
less than one year, nor more than
two.
Laird lived at 3O4 West 123d street
with his wife and four grown chill
dren. He was in charge of the Sun
day school of the st. Nicholas Avenue
Presbyterian church. Two years ago
he received the increase in pay and
the vacation. His vacation he spent
among the white lights and he
learned to like them.
The cemetery company found that
he had spent in two years $4,000 Of
their money, and he was convicted of
grand larceny.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
PRACTICALLY BUT ONE HOPE
Under the circumstances, Agent Gould
Do Little for Unfortunate
Mrs. FourthbeII.

Il tell you what it is said Mrs
FOurthbelI, as she paid her rent
things are coming to a pretty pass.
There are about sixteen children run
ming up and down the fire escapes all
day long"
Complain to the janitor," said the
agent, as he wrote out the receipt.
Then the people in the fat under
US do nothing but talk all night long
close to the shaft. We can hear every
word they say and cannot sleep q
wink"
You would better complain to the
janitor,' repeated the agent
The servant girl in the fiat above
shakes her mats out of the front win
dow, and our parlor is full of dust"
Complain to the janitor,' said the
agent, mechanically.
But that isn't the worst of it," con
tinued Mrs. Fourthben. The janitOT
himself doesn't do anything he ought
to do. Half the time he doesn't take
the ashes of the dumb waiter, fOrgets
to light the gas in the halls, keeps our
letters in his pockets, and never can
be found when wanted"
In case like that said the agent,
as he started to go, u don't see that
you can do anything, but-just pray."
Puck.
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ley, the alleged site of the Garden of
Eden, and then on to Mosul, that
fOurishing little village that has
sprung up upon the ruins of ancient
Nineveh, while Bagdad, the engineers
tell US, will be reached within three
years, near which lie the remains of
Babylon, that mighty city reared amid
such splendor by Nebuchadnezzar.
This linking up of Syria, Palestine,
and Mesopotamia with all their sacred
and historical cities with Europe is
one of the most interesting, features
of this great undertaking.
Before describing the progress
which has been made during the past
few years, some reference to the his
tory of the undertaking is essential.
Indeed, it is safe to say that no enter
prise has caused European statesmen
so much anxiety as the Bagdad pro.
ject. Here it should be explained that
the railway is being built by the Ger
mans, with German material, and by
German engineers on Turkish terri
tory, with the full sanction and ap-
proval of the Ottoman government.
Ah0 hlOH0S " CdIIy Oh the WOFh mas
been advanced by German banks up
on guarantees being given by the
Turkish government. So far. about
6 1O,000,000 has been sunk in the en-
terprise; but it is clear that another
e1O,00O,G00 will be needed to carry
the rails into Bagdad, which, if the
present rate of progress is main
tanned, should be reached within the
next three years.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your Halrl Get a IS Cent Bottle
of Danderine Right Now-AIso
Stops Itching Scalp.

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf
There is nothing SO destructive to
the hair as dan6ruff 1t robs the hair
of its luster, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching of the scalp, which
if not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight-now-any time-win surely
save your hair.
Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life, Iuster and Iuxuriance
which is so beautiful. It will become
Wavy and fluffy and have the appear
ance of abundance; an Incompatible
gloss and softness, but what viii
please you most will be after just a
few weeks use, when you viii actual
" see q lot Of fine, downy hair-new
hair-growing all over the scalp. Adv.
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avoided, for at best their effect is only
for that day, while a genuine remedy
like Syrup Pepsin acts mildly but per
manently-
1t can be conveniently obtained at
any drug store at fifty cents or one
dollar a bottle. Results are always
guaranteed or money viii be refunded
You will find it gentle in action, pleas
ant IN taste, and free from gripping,
and its tonic properties have distinct
value TO women It is the most widely
used laxative-tonic in America today
and thousands of families are now new
er without it.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain IT postpaid by
addressing DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 20S
Washington St, Monticello, III. A
postal card with your name and adj
dress on it will do
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

A colored Baptist was exhorting.
Nov, breddren and sistern, come up
to de altar an hab yo' sins washed
away"
All came but one man.
why, Brudder Jones, don yo' want
yo' sins washed away?"
Il done had my sins washed away"
"Yo' has, Where yo' had yo' sins
washed away?"
"Ober at de Methodist church.
"Ah, Brudder Jones, yo' amt been
washed; yo' jes' been dry cleaned" -
Lippincott's Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
SEEKS 1925 FOR BOARD
New Yorker Sues Ledger in State Su-
preme Court to Recover in
All S4,ooe.55.

New York-Joseph James Hughes
has brought suit in the Supreme court
for the recovery of $4,0O9.55 from
George H. Robinson A big board bill
figures in the action. The complain
ant says that Robinson agreed on
August %, 1909. to board with him
in an apartment on Central Park
West and to pay him S25 a week His
board bill now amounts to $2.s29, &C
cording to Hughes.
In addition Robinson, Hughes says,
became dissatisfied with life in New
York and persuaded him to move to
South Orange, agreeing to pay for the
unexpired lease. This, he says, adds
$500 to the bill Then Hughes also
wants to recover for a loan of $4S4. SIS,
which makes the grand total sued for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Second ST., ". s., Streator, Illinois.
Philadelphia, Pa. cit was at the
sChange of Life that turned to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
using it as tonic to build up my sys-
tenn, with beneficial results. % - Mrs.
SARA HAYWARD, 1925 W. Venango St,
CTioga) Phila., Pa. =. =
San Francisco, Cal.-ffI have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for many years whenever I
would feel bad. I have gone through
the Change of Life without any troubles
and thank the Compound for it. I rec
ommend it to young girls and to women
of all ages. Mrs. C. BARRIE, 1852
18th ST., San Francisco, Cal.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Wireless Night Mirror.

would make all other forms of recon
noitering seem entirely inadequate.
A test was recently made at Vale
10, Cal, and the instrument was said
to have accomplished all that had been
claimed for it. The night was dark,
but a perfect picture of the district
within a radius of two miles was clear
ly shown on the mirror All the activ-
tiles of the Mare Island navy yard,
railway trains passing up and down
the valley, and pedestrians in the city
streets were clearly shown.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
New School of Paintinn-

A painter of the 'impressionfst'
school is now confined in lunatic
asylum. To all persons who visit his
studio he says: Look here; this is
the latest masterpiece of my com
position" They look, and see moth
ing but an expanse of bare canvas.
They ask: What does that repre-
sent?"
That? Why, that represents the
passage of the Jews through the Red
sea-"
Beg pardon, but where is the sea?'
ct has been driven back"
And where are the Jews?"
They have crossed over"
And the Egyptians ?''
will be here directly. That's the
sort of painting 1 like; simple, sug
gestive, and unpretentious."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
CITIES ON BAGDAD RAILWAY
line viii Enable One to Journey by
Rail From Any European Cen
ter to Damascus.

London.-Althoug much has been
written upon the political significance
Of the great Bagdad railway, little or
nothing has been said about those old
historical or sacred cities it will be
the means Of linking up with Europe
by an iron road. Indeed. within the
next two years one ought to be able
to journey from any of the great rail-
way -centers of Europe, such as Paris,
Berlin, or Vienna, to Damascus, the
oldest city in the world, by rail over
the Bagdad line, and also to the sa-
cred cities Of Palestine, to say nothing
of taking a peep at the Euphrates val
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
SHOULDN'T TAKE Hum LONG
mark Twain's Occupation, According
to Little Daughter, Wovlds Have
Been Brief. i

Mark Twain, about the time that he
was working hard upon one of the
earlier books that brought him fame.
sailed for tour of Europe with his
family.
He kept up his writing on shipboard
and only left it at intervals for brief
recreation.
One day an approaching storm drove
him inside the cabin and he went
back to work, leaving word with his
daughter, then very little girl, to ex-
plain his absence. y
IF they ask for me- he said to her
Say that 1 won't be long@ am only
going to write an anecdote.
A little later the child was accosted
by a passenger.
Where has your father gomez" was
the inquiry
He won't be long" lisped5the child
HE saith he it'll only going to ride a
nanny-goat."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
What IS Woman S
Beauty but Health ?
And the Basis of Her He0IfH and
V5gOr Lies ia tIIe Careful Reg
uL0fiOH of fIIe BOzCeLS.


If woman's beauty depended upon
cosmetics, every woman would be a
picture OF loneliness. But beauty lies
deeper than that. 1t lies in health. In
the majority of cases the basis of
health, and the cause of sickness, can
be traced to the action of the bowels.
The headaches, the lassitude, the
sallow skin and the lusteTless eyes are
usually due to constipation So many
things that women do habitually con
duce to this trouble They do not eat
carefully, they eat indigestible foods
because the foods are served daintily
and they do not exercise enough But
whatever the particular cause may be
it is important that the condition
should be corrected.
An ideal remedy for women, and one
especially suited to their delicate re
quirements, is Dr. CaldwelFs Syrup
Pepsin, which thousands of women en-
dOrse highly, among them Mrs. C S
Vance, of 511 S. Ray ST, New Castle,
Pa At times she had spells of indi-
gestion so severe that she thought she
would die. Syrup Pepsin regulated her
stomach and bowels, and she attrib-
utes her excellent health today to this
remedy.
All the family can use DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin, for thousands of moth
ers give it to babies and children. 1t
is also admirably suited TO the require
ments of elderly people, in fact to all
who by reason of age or indrmity can
not stand harsh salts, cathartics, pills
or purgatives. These should always be
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
sac Monan.s. .oresg Is Pretty.

Washington = "Women's clothes
we're never so pretty and sensible as
they are today" said Mrs. David Hous-
ton, wife Of the secretary of agricul-
ture, when asked for her opinion of
modern dress for women Mrs. Hous-
ton also defended the tango and other
modern dances. saying: THE tango is
one, of the most beautiful dances l
ever saw"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
Three Bishops III at Same lime.

New York-Three bishops and one
clergyman are Ill at st. Luke's hos
pitaI here They are Bishop Junius
M. Horner of AshevilIe, n. c.; Bishop
Robert Strange Of North Carolina;
Bishop Henry D. Robinson Of Nevada.
and Rev. Hugh L. BurIeson, who de
cIined election as a bishop All have
been confined to the institution since
the recent Protestant Episcopal COZ
vention here
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
RattIers Put cons to FIiobt.

Altoona, Pa.EFinding a leather trav-
seling- bag on a street corner Patrol
man Sherlock took it to the central
station. When it was opened all hands
made a grand rush for the exits, as
half dozen rattlesnakes inside began
teuncoiI. The bag was closed with
a pole, then hurled into the furnace
IRE. = - =. -.
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Important 10 Naothere


My old barber has left the city"
You seem to be very regretful."
Yes; he had been trying to sell me
a bottle of hair tonic for the past Is
years, and so far I had succeeded in
standing him of: Now / shall have to
start the battle all over with a new
man.
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Beneath His DIGNITY.

Mr.. Job Lott-Why isn't the store
opened? What are you waiting for?
His Most Recent and Junior EN-
ploye-For the boy 1 have engaged to
take down the shutters.-Puck
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13
His Pronosition

He was not very sober and had rid
den for an hour or two in the taxicab
when the chauffeur stopped.
How much do 1 owe you, driver?''
asked the passenger.
Ten dollars and eighty cents, sir 3"
well, say, driver" was the reply,
Just back up and keep going back
ward until you come to 80 cents, will
you? It's all I've got
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haSnO21

Was the new play a f1asco?"
No. 1 think it was a melodrammer' -
Baltimore American
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You'll always have a dull ak if you
wait for volunteer to turn the grind
stone.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, sOftens the gums, reduces inhamma-
tiOn.allays pain, cures wind collie sc bOttleAcs
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease. the Antseptlc powder for Tired.
Tender, swollen, nervous feet Gives rest and
comfort Makes walking delight Sold everywhere,
25c- Don't accept any substitute For FREE
pie, address Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. 7. Adv
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-12-13

Stubborn Colds and irritated Bronchial
Tubes are easily relieved by Deans Men
tholated Cough Drops-5c at Druggists.
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pound Wherever I
go. It has done me
so much good at
Change of Life, and
it has alsohelpedmy
daughter. 1t is one
of the gr a nd e S t
medicines for wo-
men that C AN b e
bought. I shall try
to induce others to
try it. Mrs. J. H.
CAMPBELL, 206 n.
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A Good Place.

Here's a story of sailors raising
chickens on shipboard''
Why not? There's the hatchway."
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An Excention !

"All scientists are minus. a sense
of humor."
Nonsense! Didn't they call thisathe;
temperate zone ?"-Judge.
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Proof.

do you believe that poets, are born,
not made?"
Sure. Who'd be so crazy as to
make a poet?"
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correet Point of View.

Jack-Did you tell her that she was
necessary to your happiness?
Tom-No; tried to perezade her.
that was necessary to hers
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Sometimes a woman can fiatter q
man by telling him that she can't.
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THREE WOMEN
TESTIFY
10 the Merit of LydiaE Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Streator, Ill.-''I shall always praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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Pain in Back and Rheumatism

are the daily torment of thousands To eff
fectually cure these troubles you must re-
move the cause Foley Kidney Pills begin
TO work for you from the first dose, and ex-
ert 50 direct and beneficial an action IN the
kidneys and bladder that the pain and tor
ment of kidney trouble soon disappears
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His Appearance.

What does the Knockout champion
look hke?" =. >
HE is stunning sort of fellow =.