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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Help for Belgium.

Seven million people in Belgium,
mostly women and children, are starv-
ing. They are suffering through no
fault of their own, neutral nation in
the terrible European war. Kansas
must send help from its abundance.
Every town in the state and every farm
must answer the call for food as other
states are doing.
The situation is such that America
must supply the largest share of this
help and arrangements have been per
fected to ship promptly, free of charge,
everything contributed.
The Kansas Belgian Relief Fund,
with headquarters at the Commercial
Club, Topeka, are directing the relief
work in this state. Governor Hodges is
president of the fund and w. R. Stubs,
former Governor, is chairman and Chas.
Dillon is secretary. Telephone service
on the Bell and Independent lines is free.
The railroads are carrying shipments
from your town without charge. Direct
ions for such shipments will be given
upon application to the executive COM
mittee in Topeka. Every leader in
every county is asked to report next
Thursday, November 10, what he has
done and what he expects to do.
The chief thing is to get work started
Immediately in every county. The
newspapers alone can bring this about
Organization and quick work are i'm
peratively needed. Without regard to
denomination the churches and Sunday
Schools will have to do the heaviest
work. Calls for help in the past have
always been answered by the christian
people of every nation as this call will
be answered. Help is also asked from
every labor union, fraternal body, wo-
mems club, every farmers institute
and every grange. Kansas must send
a first contributions of 100, 900 barrels
of -four and it must go within the next
week. Bread is the chief demand and
the people of Belgium need it while we
are writing and talking. The first con-
tribution of LOG, 900 barrels can be gotten
together with small effort. For in
stance, the Congregational church in
Lawrence gave 145 barrels of flour
Sunday morning. Every church and
Sunday School should take definite act
ion by Sunday, November q.
! Wherever practicable the Y. NJ. C.. A.
plan used in getting money for build
ing will be the best, A leader in every
county should appoint ten captains, who
in turn will appoint ten more, and these
should visit every house. Every farmer,
every wage Garner, every merchant,
should contribute. One bushel of wheat
to every 200 bushels raised by farmer
would give 250, 600 barrels of flour for
the hungry Belgians, If you cannot
give barrel of -four buy sack of it.
A barrel of flour costs about $3.50, a
sack of -four costs about S1.16. Two or
three men working on low wages might
buy sack of -four if they can do no
better. When the contributions of
each county or county seat have been
gathered to central point notify the
Kansas Belgian Relief Fund, at the
Commercial Club, Topeka, and instruct
ions will be given.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Beat Him to II.

Mary" said Mr.. Thomas, when a
silence fraught with unpleasant mean.
ing had followed his first alteration
With his young wife
.Yes?" said Mary. interrogatively.
When a man and his wife have had
"a difference" said Mr.. Thomas,
With a judicial air, and each eonsid-
ers the other at fault, which of the
two do you think should make the
first advance towards reconciliation %
The wiser of the two" said Mrs.
Thomas, promptly; "and so, my dear,
III say at once that I'm very sorry"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Ditto.

At an Inauguration in Washington
a couple Of negro vendors were OBJ
served passing through a crowded
street. one about ten feet in advance
Of the other, and both endeavoring TO
dispose Of their wares to the passers-
by.
The first negro would cry out:
"Heah's wheah yo' get yo' cigahs and
tobacco, candies fruits and nuts"
Each time he called this out, the
negro shutting along In the rear would
cry: Same heah, same heah, same
heah."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
whispering Galleries.

Famous whispering galleries are
lose in the capitol OF WashinEtoa
Id in Gloucester cathedral, England.
n the former, persons standing 66
Get apart may distinctly hear each
ether speaking in whispers, and IN
ne latter, the gallery, which f. O.
agonal In form, conveys q whisper
Cross the nave. q distance OF 70 fest
-PathHndsr.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

The wonderful echo of the suspen-
sion bridge across the sEenai strait I'm
Wales has made the structure famous.
II one Of the main piers CT the bridge
is struck by a hammer the sound OF
the blow IS returned in succession
roadway and from the opposite pier
standing SO feet distant At the same
time the sound is rejected back and
forth between the water and the floor
of the bridge at the rate of IS times In
i've seconds.-Pathfinder
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
MIGHT Take one PreeautIon.

Owing TO the shaIlowness Of a Ger
tain harbor in England, the ships trad
ing to and from It have to be built
with a light draft. Commenting on
this fact one day, a faeetious individ-
ual remarked to the skipper Of q
steamer:
reckon, captain, you would think
nothing Of running your ship across
a meadow on a deEy night?"
Nothing at all" came the reply;
though, to make sure, might send =
man ahead with q watering-can"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
THE CHURCHES.
Methodist Notes.

Rev. Hale will use for his subject,
"Saving Life" in the morning worship,
and in the evening, Horse Sense.
Attention is called to the Wednesday
Food Sale to be at the George Grass
store. All things you will need for your
Thanksgiving dinner will be on sale.
The ladies want to furnish you pies
cakes, cookies, chickens and turkeys
Watch this sale on Wednesday ali day
Do not forget the Thanksgiving Ser
vice Thursday evening
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
A Circular Tour.

Mary had little ring, twas given
her by Joe, and everywhere that Mary
went that ring was sure to go. She
took the ring with her one day. when
she went out to tea, where she might
show it to the girls. who numbered
twenty-three. And when the girls ali
saw the ring they made a great ado,
exelsiming with one voice: HAS It g
last got round to your
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
ciddv Amusement

A young working class mother was
overheard proposing fresh entertain
ment to a family party consisting of
three Or four children and a grown-up
sister. sCope on she said, "and IN
take you TO see your grandma's
grave" 'T don't see much In that, :"
dissented her sister. Well" replied
tbs mother. thoughtfHIly, I'D rather
see g grave than a wedding. Do yc1
know that's the end Of tt-"-Manchss-
ter GuardiaE.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Clipped Rugs by = New Process.

Consul Homer NJ. Byington OF Lesds
writes that clipped rugs which fog
many years, heretofore, have been
made by hand In Yorkshire, are now
proposed to be made By q new proc
ess. whereby they can b turned cat
by machinery at the rate Of sixty To
seventy per hour, and q syndicate is
reported t. contemplate starting & rug
making industry In some town nearer
to the center Of the West Riding o1
Yorkshire.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
InanIratinn

Half the difficulty Of fighting any
severe battle or accomplishing any
hard task yanishes when a man feels
that he has comrades at his eide fight
ing Ia the same cause. or that the
eyes Of those he loves are upon him.
eQd their hearts praying for his We
toZ-o ] Perry.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Baptist Church Notes.

1000 a. m. Bible School
HOO a. m. Preaching
6:45 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Subject: A
JOYOUS Life. Joel 2: 21-2.
7:30 p. m. Preaching
Prayer meeting at 1880 Wednesday
evening.
Union Thanksgiving service sermon
by DIR. Lewis at G. A. R. Hall at 8. p.
M, Thursday evening.
The chicken pie supper served by the
young people, Tuesday evening, at the
home of w. A. Smith, was largely at
tended and all enjoyed the occasion.
Come to these services. You are
welcome.
C. T. Mckee, Pastor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Real Estate and Bargains.
LOUIS BURNS, Manager.

or trade. Nothing too small or too
large for this column to handle. A
small per cent will be charged if
sale is made. No charge for adver-
Using.
Thirty-five (35) quarter sections, ali
good, rich wheat land-unimproved.
This land is Smiles from the county seat
and 8 miles from another good town.
The Santa Fee railroad is the north
line of this tract. VIII be sold on crop
payments. Who wants it? This is a
bargain and within the reach of any
man of energy and push. Sold in tracts
of quarters or half sections.
A 400 acre stock farm in easy reach
of Hays. Running water on farm; 10
acres of timber, also good wells with
wind mills.
Two quarters of land to trade for
Hays City property. One within an
hours ride of Hays-imprOved and
fenced, good house and barn. The 9th
er a fine quarter all under irrigation.
Twenty-Five (22) acres of land, well
improved, close to good town. A bar
gain.
A good section of land in Cove county.
All fenced. Price $1,000 cash, or will
trade for cattle.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
To Wash varnfshed Paoer

To wash vanished wall paper use
two tablespoonfuls Of liquid ammonia
to about half pailful of warm water
applied with a soft flannel or sponge.
Inen wipe the wall down with a
cnamo1s leather, wrung out Of clean
water to which has been added two
tablespoonful of turpentine. The tur-
pentine gives a polish to the paper.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
sIans Of the Times.

There is a promising cafe on South
street, Kept by a ~Frenehman" who
can speak only Yiddish- In badly
spelled signs it promises many things
in the menu line which 1t rarely -
able to supply. Among the signs one
reads: Coffee, plane, cents;
Coffee with supe, 10 cents" "Cof.
fee, bred and butter, with children, Is
cents" And this in the heart OF our
humane metropolis. - New York
Times.
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instiII Justice.

Justice is the great principle Of the
business and social world, and you viii
be rendering one of the greatest pos.
sible services to your child if you i'm
plant it within his soul as q young
child. By this same principle Of JUS
tice he win not only learn later what is
due to his fellows, and how to grant
it, but will also know what is due to
himself, and how to exact It.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
ThouohtfuI If Mo.h.-

Harry. aged four, does not Ike thu1-
der storms. but on account Of his
manly pride the fact is not rsferrsS
TO. Recently during a storm tz ths
night he was awakened by . ire
nendous clap of thunder, and hastily
climbing out OF his bed into his moth
er's bed he grabbed her tightly around
the neck and said: Didn't I told ycu
1 would take care Of you when it thun-
dered?"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Edueauna

The stored mind is strong, mentality
grows, like the body, by being fed.
knowledge is a tested route to Wis
dom, but meditation is a surer. What
digestion is to food, meditation Il 70
knowledge. The end Of all education
is to teach a person to think clearly,
strongly and practically.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

Men OF thought" are the thinkers.
the creators cf ideas. the men who
furnish the inspirations and theories
while men Of action" are the workers,
who carry out the plans furnished By
the others. Sometimes the two are
combined n one, as In the case Of Ma
poleon, Caesar, Da Yinci, who were st
one and the same tine great IN both
theory and practice.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
cnnsiderinn The Ant

A sapper Of effectiveness Is the hab-
It Of thinking ourselves busy, says 8a
Nevada Post Its confusion Of thouEnt
IS certain preventive Of secompl3ah-
me1t The ant which frazticaIly fuas
up 2 grass stem and then runs down
again is doubtless racking his nervozs
system with the idea that he IL busy,
but he is gathering no food for the col
ony.
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Lutheran Notes.

At the Sunday School hour, the pri-
mary department will render thanks
giving cantata entitled Tommy
Thanksgiving Everybody invited.
The morning sermon theme will be
e'Why ought we to become Christians?
The evening theme, "Our English Bible
and how we got it, the second sermon
in the series.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Why Animate chanae coIor.

As has long been known, the chame-
leon and several other cold-blooded
creatures are able to change color at
Will Science ascribes this ability to
minute cells situated in the CUTS and
called chromatophores. They are filed
with the pigments OF the various col
ors, and capable of contraction or en-
largement while the process OF color
change is>going On.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21
Made Imnediate suecess.

The Arabian Nights did not be-
come familiar to Europeans until 1904,
when Galland translated them into
French Scholars cast doubt on the
authenticity of some OF Galland's
work, accusing him-like Fitzgerald
and Omar Khayyam-of inEentinz
rather than tTanslating, but with the
public the success of the tales was
immediate and immense.
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FnOn SALE

On next Wednesday at the Grass
store the ladies of the Methodist church
will have Food Sale. Chickens, tur-
keys, pies, cakes, cookies and other
good things for Thanksgiving cheer.
Sale commences at 10 o'clock.
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HW@~'
Eighty acres Of land near q good
travelled road. Plenty Of water.
o24t2 81. c. FREEsE.
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SOFIE THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

The thought conveyed by the expires
sion universal law" is generally &C
cepted by thinking people of today
The laws coming under this general cap
ton have not been codified nor printed
on the Hoe rapid-fire press: They have
not been bound in legal sheep. But
nevertheless the laws are everlasting
and they demand exact obedience. Man
have been for centuries saying eff it
please your Honor, we object. But
these human, ignorant pettifoggers
have heard more than once the univer-
sal Judge say "The objection is over
ruled" Some day enough men will
learn that humanity is governed by
loving Father and then they will make
our local laws coordinate with the uni
versal law. There is a natural law
against using alcohol but we still have
those who will persist in using it when
they know there is deaths head and
cross bones" in each drop of it. They
think they can beat the law. Our town
has enough witnesses to prove its sure
results and enough whiskey picked hui
man devils to make an arch-angel weep
and the fends of hell to rejoice. and yet
we have men who by word of mouth and
example after meeting these human
wrecks, to say that they can beat this
universal rule. Each year these fund.-
mental laws are being discovered. Cen
turtles ago our forefathers taught that
typhoid, black plague and smallpox
were visited upon US by our heavenly
Father, but today we know they come
upon us for breaking the universal law
of sanitation
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

Several good milk cows for sale. For
information apply to E. Albert,
n21t2 Hays, Kans.
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PERSONAL PROPERTY.

One set of Single harness, brass
rnounted-good as new. One bay horse
3-years old, Hambletonian bred.
One house 16x24, 9 feet high, two
front windows one In the south side
and one in the east side, painted gray
This building is built to move having
double sides.
Five hundred 5000 feet fve-eights
rope, two double pullies and two single
pullies.
One secondhand organ in good condi-
ton.
One secondhand piano in good con-
dition. Cheap.
Ten head of coming yearling bulls,
sired by registered bull, from thorough
bred cows. Weight 800 pounds each.
One yearling bull registered, and one
Swear old bull, registered. The above
cattle are all short horns.
House with rooms; three below and
two above. Good well with wind mill,
cement cellar, good barn with room for
eight horses.
A modern home-9 rooms below and
4 above, cement porch in front; hot air
heated. Would sell carpets and cook
stove-a Majestic, only been used two
weeks. Also one small house on same
lots, rents for So per month; wood and
coal shed, city water, MIGRANTS,
wind mill, blue grass yard, plenty Of
shade trees. VIII be sold cheap If taken
soon.
One good residence 21s lots. bath
room, two halls, good cistern, well with
pump, good barn.
House 1,,,+b 6va vooYns harm fT11it
trees, plenty of shade trees, good 12x12
cellar. Good well handy. Also good
lots in another block.
One splendid modern residence, block
of lots, fruit trees, good water, barn.
Will be sold at a bargain.
A good room house, barn and three
lots. A bargain.
A brick store room 25xsO feet and q
40 foot lot back.
Five lots with house 24x36, rooms
Best location in Lexington, Okla.
Three unimproved lots in east part OF
Hays.
One hundred full-blooded chickens
Partridge Cochins and Rhode ISLAND
Reds.
Stone store building 65x25, with base
ment, counters and shelves.
Four lots with small house, with pipe
and two hydrants.
Two vacant lots in west part of Hays
One frst-class business lot in Hays.
One 1-horse wheat drill, good as new
One threshing machine serarator-
I.~Case-run two years, in good condi
ton. VIII sell cheap.
One spotted stallion, 8 years old
weight 1900 pounds.
One mammoth black jack, nicely
point, large point.
One spotted pony stallion 46 inches
high, 4 years old. Absolutely safe fol
woman or child.
$4,000
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Residences for Sale or Trade,

Residence for Sale or Trade.
will sell my residence 2 blocks
north of the Catholic Church. For
further information inquire of Lou
Ellis, Hays, Kansas. o17w4
Riverside Ranges.-Winters'.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

Daily Optimistic Thought.
Az many suffer from too much -
too little.
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Do not be an anachronism. Catch up
with the times. Some ministers are
trying to choke 14th century theology
down our 10th century threats. Some
preachers and most people have not
learned that the rich and the poor, the
learned and the harvest hand-all shades
of people, will be saved or lost together.
The world will learn some day that the
best of US are not safe and saved until
the worst of US are safe and saved. We
must learn that an injury to one is an
injury to all and that the old gospel
newly stated is leach for all and all for
each" 1t is time for US to learn that
we have passed the vulture age 1t is
true we see few old carrion birds still
sitting around in social trees of society
waiting to attack some unfortunate vic
tim, but it viii not be long until this
specie will be as scarce as the American
buffalo. This is an age of prevention.
We have the gospel of hope preached as
never before. Even the doctors who
have ever been slow to change their
doses are now working on the rule of
prevention as never before. Their slo-
gan is keep the world clean" The
most advanced ministers are doing like
wise. They say "Save and keep the
people saved" The old idea was to let
the people go so near hell that they
would get scorched, then snatch them
as brand from the burning; but today
we say drain the pits of vice and flush
the hell-holes of society. This is spirit
ual sanitation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-21

The papers seem to be full of advice
to the rural folk. The aim is to make
the country a better place in which to
live. We are told that agriculture has
gone through 1000 years of evolution
and is still in an experimental stage and
that the greatest problems that con-
front the farmer, are distribution and
and diversifcation. But in my opinion
the one problem, preeminently above all
others, is to learn the lesson of old
fashioned honesty. There was time
in the history of the race when man
prided himself on his spoken word, but
to-day you must have his word on oath
under seal, and then you are not sure of
it half the time if there is a money
consideration in question. We need
more christianity and less gold, fewer
automobiles and better churches and
Sunday School goers, which would make
the world happier and safer place in
which to live. The rural population
to-day Is furnishing its full per cent OF
the criminal class Of our nation. :
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Enthusiasm is a hidden power in US
that keeps this age-old world young. 1t
makes the wheels of life move with vim.
1t is the driving power of man and a
general medicine for our defects. 1t
drives the wolf away and makes our
yesterdays disappointments look like
thirty cents. 1t excuses our mistakes.
1t fights our wars, digs our canals,
grows our crops, graduates us from col
lege, gives US our visions, and does the
worlds work. You can measure the
possibilities of any man by the enthus-
iasm he manifests. If you want to take
a measure of yourself, just take stock
of your enthusiasm and you will be able
to tell how near you are out of the game.
If you cannot enthuse over baseball,
football, broncho riding and racing, you
are rundown physically. If you cannot
enthuse over politics. ethics and relig-
ion, you are all in politically, morally
and religiously. If you cannot enthuse
over music, general education and
science, you are Intellectually frost bit
ten. When you fail to enthuse, no mat
ter at what age, then and not until then
you are out of the game. When you
fail to enthuse you lose. You are then
ready to be turned out on the range to
die
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$4,000

worth of first-class, up-to-date furni-
ure; comprising upholstered chairs,
and lounges; bedsteads, rugs, carptes
all wool mattresses, folding beds, piano,
organ, refrigerator and other house
hold articles too numerous to mention.
See Burns early and get your choice of
thsse goods. You know about the
early bird He got the choicest.
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Presbyterian Notes.

Sunday School 1000 a. m.
Christian Endeavor $50 p. m.
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If the reports are true the German
Emperor is doing fiourishing business
in turning out Iron Crosses" It may
stimulate greater courage among his
soldiers, causing them to offer up their
lives more freely than they are doing,
but it is very small compensation, a
tremendously cheap prizes to pay for a
human life. Then he is distributing
them 80 freely that such q recognition
for valor loses its distinction. Some
day men viii laugh at such crude rec
ognition fer real bravery.
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WANTED no BUY.


Some short horn heifers.