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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16
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| FOR SALE One good upright piano, only
three years from factory; price. sl35; one
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LOOSE HAY FOR SALE-Inquire of viii
S. Page 81 South Main street. 54tf
FOR SALE-Good new milch COW, full
Holstein blood. Brusa, Is Howard street
54t2"
MANURE TO SELL by the year. Papin
Bros. livery 54t3
FOR SALE 500 feet Of hernlock 2-inch
plank, extra wide and good ones. Inquire
of d. A. Perry. 54t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16

n, j., club of the Atlantic league. He
was secured by Bloomfield through the
Bloomfield Board of Trade.
Manager Herzog of the Redland team
says that he will not take any steps to
interfere with his players who desire to
jump to the Federal league. He figures
that it will be benefit to the team to
rid it of those who are dissatisfied.
The Detroit Tigers have on their roll
a large number of recruits who never
saw New York until their present series
with the Highlanders.
According to keen critics Of the game,
Charlie Doom has corralled group of
pitchers who compare favorably with
those of last season in face of the loss
of Seaton, Brennan and Camnitz, who
jumped to the Federal league.
Fans are beginning to wonder if the
worlds series fame has spoiled the
youthful Bush and Schang battery Of
the Mackmen.
The Federal league may abandon Kan
sas City, Indianapolis or Pittsburg, or
perhaps all of them before next season
if attendance is not better.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16

FOR SALE-Good new mich cow full
Holstein blood. Brusa, Is Howard street.
5lt2s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16
SPORTING NOTES.

According to a statement made at Gin.
cinnati this week by Johnny Evers
Johnny King, the former Cub catcher
has Just spurned one of the biggest Of
fers ever made to anyone in the big
leagues. The offer was from the Pr
rates, but Evers says that King will
remain loyal TO his retirement pledge
Evers declares that Pittsburg is pennant
made and it's only hope is lodged in Glib
son, who will be forced to do all the
catching. With Gibson disabled the Pr
rate team is shot to pieces. In Pitts
burg with the addition of King there
would be no doubt of the pennant
chances. King, it is said, refused be-
cause when he received his unconditional
release he promised Gerry Herman that
he would play only with Cincinnati if
he returned to the game.
Trinity defeated Norwich university in
baseball on Thursday, to 4.
Andy Coackley, the former big league
pitcher, is now baseball magnate. He
is owner and manager of the Bloomfield,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16

MANURE TO SELL by the year. Papin
Bros livery. 54t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16

"Red" Murray, the star Holy Cross
pitcher, has another year in college
Then it is expected Connie Mack will
secure the youngster for his Athletics
Murray has been one of the mainstay
pitchers. of the Holy Cross team fol
three years and this spring his work has
attracted the attention of big league
scouts.
The Dartmouth football schedule viii
he prolonged this coming fall. The Green
&ill meet Syracuse on November Il at
the Boston American league grounds.
This is the first time Dartmouth and
Syracuse have ever met on the gridiron.
Last fall the freshman teams OF the
schools played at Hanover y
Tufts won in the dual track meet with
Rhode Island State this week, 90 to 80.
In an effort to reconstruct the Chicago
Cubs, the management is trying to get
Pitcher Sallee, Outfelders Magee and
Wilson and Inielder Miller of the st.
Louis Cards.
After winning 10 straight games,
Lynn met defeat at the hands of Law
renee Thursday. The Lynn team still
maintains a commanding lead in the
New England league race.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16

LOOSE HAY FOR SALE-Inquire Of viii
S. Page. 81 South Main street. 54tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16
PLAINFIELD.

Having bought the livery and feed
stable of w. H. Worthen & Son, l pro-
pose to move TO the old stand occupied
by Parks, opposite the drug store, and
go into business. Shall be ready TO do
business night or day. Have an auto
mobile in connection. Commercial men
solicited. Aldro A. Batchel.
der, Plainheld, VT.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-16
TALK OF THE TOWN

See Abbott's SOC silk hose in colors.
Special cleanup on separate skirts at
Abbott's.
For -Sixteen-foot canoe, at So
Maple avenue.
You viii find it pays TO buy your
waists and dresses at Vaughan's.
Fresh Strawberries and marshmallow
toppings on college ices at the Red Cross.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-15
Supplement Hays Free Press Saturday. August 49, 1914
NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX

-,fIi... of County Treasurer Of Ellis county Kansas
Hays. Kansas, July 10th, 1914
Notice is hereby given that the taxes for the
year 1913 the following tracts OF land and tow
lots situated in the county of Ellis and state OF
Kansas are now due and unpaid and that unless
the same are paid on before the first Tuesday
in September toxEc- Tuesday, September the
Ist Ijl4 will on that day and the next succeed
ing days until all of said tracts of land and town
lots are sold proceed to sell at public sale at my
office in Havs Ci4y Kansas, so much OF each tract
of land and town lot is necessary ID pay the
taxas of the year 1913 and the penalties and costs
thereon
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-15

rates as can Be obtained
IL - -
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-08-15

In witness whereof have bereunto SCI ny
and and affixed my Official seal this 18th das 5f
uly A D. 1914.
PHILIP JACOBS
Treasurer. Ellis County r s-z
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21

produce an excellent vinegar. while
from the ripe fruit delightful corr
dial liz obtained. Dried ripe bananas
are said to be superior to lgs. weigh
only about one-ninth a. much ~ the
punches and occupy correspondingiy
less space In shipment. In other
words, the banana has many kinds OF
food values ~ yet but little known In
the country which consumes tho most.
Banana culture II really one OF the
oldest OF industries. 1t seems to have
been known almost since the origin
Of the human race. Long before the
dawn OF history in the old world, per-
haps before the old world rose from
the waters, man lived ON the fruit Of
the musas. The banana was generally
considered q native OF southern Asia.
and to have been carried into America
by Europeans. until Humboldt threw
doubt upon its purely Asiatic origin.
quoting early authors who asserted
that the banana was cultivated in the
Americas long before the Conquest.
1t in claimed that bananas formed one
of the staple foods Of the Incas OF
Peru who lived In the warm and tenn
perate regions of the Montana. It
seems that almost all tropical coun-
tries claim the fruit as indigenous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
By the Way

This department will have to stop the
use Of the abbreviation, ~. K. We
thought the meaning OF ~. X. was we'll
known. but It seems that Il isn't. The
fayortte guess Of . number who dis
cussed the matter was .'weak.kneeds-
70 It's time to quit.
However. We can spare same. 1t
wasn't original. This department pinch
ed It from q ~. X. Chicago paragrafer.
and 1t 10 q W. X. fact that he didn't
think OF It Nrst.
One may gather from magazine adj
vertising that perchance 4 man can
pitch curve, write q book, sing grand
opery or perform any one Of = number
OF other Incorporating stunts. he
doesn't have to pay for his smoking
tobacco.
One OF Governor Glynn's experiment
tar farm hands, who had never seen
q farm except from the rods Of . box
car, demanded 30 beans per month and
board. although he didn't know tho
nrst thing about the duties OF an aE-
ficultur1sts secretary. Hondo Murphy,
VINO has tried it, says the mans ignor-
ance or farm work was what led him
to set the price 80 low.
Maze Harvey thought he was OPEN
ing the Kansas fishing season when
he caught two sardines ON Friday.
March IL, but It seems that q lady at
Belle Plaine opened the season ear
lier, and has = fine string Of suckers on
exhibition.
After daily cussing the backsliding OF
spring, hesitate long enough to admit
that 1t has delayed the visit OF the
musca domestica and Doc Crumbine'a
Hood OF advice to swat same
II Mr.. Cooper. yclept jackson street
Lotharfo." had to revise the lines, he
would probably write it: wives may
come. ana wives may go. but the ALI
mony goes on forever"
It IS rumored that the North To-
peka preacher who spots disorderly
houses as a side line. had reasons for
requesting that his name be with
held. It appears that his Job as a
preacher has been soaped, and is slid
ing from under him.
That. as may be pointed out, will give
MIN more time for ,spotting, and the
general circulation of his name il not
considered an asset by a spotter.
Prospective Mayor d. CASTOR is go
ing to farm out his colyum to anna
tours for day. Sometime we may fol-
low the same plan. but for other rea-
sons. Mr.. Gaston's idea is to take
rest-ours to give our readers one
Polk Daniels: Yep, when we 20 on
the job. you will be absolootly safe in
this village. But don't wait for that;
we can protect you to a certain ex-
tent now.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
Jayhawker Jots

Why don't the Kansas Democrats
persuade some one to run for United
States senator? asks the Atchison
Champion.
The Norton Telegram waxed SO en-
thusiastic over st. Patrick's Day that
1t printed its issue off Tuesday on
bright green paper.
Nor IL Ray Millman. editor of the
Liberal News, alone when he OBJ
serves: We have our worries, but the
price OF mutton never disturbs the
situation, however erratic.
In the days of hoopskirts, says the
South Kansas Tribune. a piano box
was a handy thing in which to pack
a woman's wardrobe; today's gar
long will it be before q clarinet case
will be Of sufficient sixe7
There goes q woman" remarked a
Toronto man to his wife, according to
the Toronto Republican. who il SO
and keeps her shape like q woman
most any woman Of so could look like
that II her man would buy her an IS
corset, made to measure
The kind OF team work that has put
Kansas in its place Of prominence on
the agricultural map IL suggested by
the Catlin correspondent Of the Flor
ence Bulletin, in the following item:
Most OF the farmers are busy sowing
oats and the women are busy caring
for little chickens and making garden.
Mrs. Homer Hoch tells. In the Ma
rion Record, Of a 7-year-old boy in
Marion who said to 5-yeaf-old:
who you goin' to marry? ?" "Oh,
amt goin' to marry anybody" you'll
be an old bach them" mo. won't.
I'm just goin' to always live with my
mother and daddy and then won't
be an old BACH well, was kinda
thinking Of dom that way myself"
A la Bingville Bugle, via the To-
ronto Republican,: Will Riley. the
suave. gentlemAnly and popular tom
serial artist who for the past two
years has welded the razor in the
Southside shop. has accepted q posi-
ton in the ]. q. Beardsley Shaving
and Haircutting Emporium. In ad-
dition to the foregoing, William is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21

AW1re6 kept him from making the
GREETINGS likewise goodbye.
The afternoon waned swiftly. A.
dusk and dew fell he turned his horae
homeward, ful1 OF lne6abte sadnean.
yet somehow comforted In SORT He
had touched Mother Earth, and been
strengthened Il not healed
After all. he was young. life was
precious-though he had been % hard
hit, he would make the best Of It
Thus he thought. riding Mack-redned.
with hanging head. now and then
e smiling 1aint wnim,scai smile q
the memory OF It'd. Ine child was
positively uneAnny-he loved her
deariy-she had seemed to him
promise Of other chiidren-his and
Jess1ca' s-who might make lito conn
plete. She had done him service
some day he would remind her Of it,
and reward it - It deserved. Then
he half-roused to = consciousness that
ne was ten miles trom home. ana
night coming faster that his spent
horse could move.
So he drew in beside lush orasos
dtsmounted, ana let: his horse crop
sweet grass-he himself had no sense
OF munger. but SalAdtn was not croeo-
Cd IN love. Lying ct $3.50 while the
sood beast feos he caught the burning
OF rapid wheels. Almost ~ ho recog-
nixed the sound. there came across Il
smothered ocraAm-A Woman'e
scream quickly and suddenly checked.
Then he mounted and rode toward the
sound. He came upon q matl-phaaton.
halted. the span In front Of Il laboring
Tor breath-the two dguroo within It
engaged In = struggle. Daniel had his
arms locked tight about Je91lcA. with
one hand upon her throat. the other
holding her last.
Maynard leaned from saddle, caught
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21


MEN or THE STONE AGE.
They. herded sheep upone our Sussex
Th:y tfod. hsmsfasins. BY our English
lanes,
Ana BIASED ne Grads across the virgin
plains
OF unknown England, pioneers Of towns
And roads that are toeay. The quiet
years f1ll
with slssD; ana long ago they went
But q the chalk We tread their tracks
And o. the downs the sheep are feeding
still.
g %se sgps: e II nssS 2. ,o4s e.
The centuries tan and nm. and. IKE =
Change blows about the world: but stin
We know
The hopes and fears ana needs you knsw.
who share
The changeless ve4ities Of life and death.
-E. q. Bucker5dgo. in the Pail Mall
Gazette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
Globe Sights
By THE ATCHJsoN cIoDA

When q man is SO full he IL soulful.
And other romances have squauing Gull
limitations.
A business result Ii usually the survival
OF the nttest.
lot Of people who say It Is for tho
best really don't believe 1t.
In the advertisements a locomotive en-
gineer's clothes are always clean.
Just when q growing girl II the most I'M
calmly she wants to be seen the most.
spring poem received 1t this Office
today made sausage rhyme with massage.
Even the devil is occasionally. misquot-
ed SO don't repeat 20 much Of what you
hear.
There are plenty of cowards,-- but no
mans hair stands up unless he combs 1t
that way.
Nearly everyone has . bunch Of clip
pings he expects to paste in Z scrap book
some happy day.
And here are women who might accom-
plish something in the reform line by d.
vorcing men they have captured.
Chtil lot Of useful work II attended to
on the outside, we won't have q great
deal Of time for the prison reformers.
You may have observed that the man
who Is pulsating to right the Great
Wrongs OF the people, expects to be paid
liOerally-
Municipal governments are seldom sup
ported by fines from those patriots who
insist that splitting on the sidewalk il an
inahenable right
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21

THE GREAT GAS MYSTERY.
Sherlock Holmes was an uneApect-
ed visitor at this ONCE early Friday
morning. when the thermometer reg
istered IL. He staggered in. wan and
Also happened to be on hand. and he
cringed perceptibly as Sherlock
slipped his trusty hypodermic from a
vest pocket and jabbed It into his
arm. His professional instinct told
him that this was all wrong. but he
tolerated 1t without protest because Of
tho magic effect It had on his friend
In rousing him from the depths of
near-dissolution.
What sort Of a case has been tax
ing your supreme powers to the point
Of such exhaustion" the doctor
asked In q most solicitous tone.
professional etiquette demands
that remain silent" answered the
self again with his joy-needle. But
feel, my dear old fellow, that can
fully trust you and our friends present.
I've discovered that most OF the peo-
pie Of Topeka are again using nat
ural gas for heating purposes and are
thereby trying to exc through the
balance OF the chilly weather without
having to call on the coal man again."
'.So!' exclaimed Doc Watson. Won
derfu! Wonderful! But by what
line of astute Investigation. by what
method of circumgyratory reasoning
have you reached the Illuminating de-
ducffon that thu y1onnlo nf Tonelro ara
again using gas for heating pur-
poses?"
There isn't any," murmured Sher-
lock. az he settled deeper into the re-
cesses of his chair, mot even enough
to boil an egg"
"Marvelous." CALCULATED the doctor.
And even the ONCE cat sat up and took
notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
BANANAS.

Everybody that eats at all eats
bananas-that is. almost everybody
From the rare luxury and tropical
curiosity Of 40 years ago the banana
has become almost as common and
well known as the apple and, taken
the year round. considerably less ex-
pensive. From the crowded markets
of New York to the crossroads coun-
try store of Arkansas the yellow
bunch is as familiar as is the homely
barrel Of potatoes, and the enormous
quantity Of this nourishing fruit con-
sumed by the people Of the United
States is astounding.
III you did not eat 40 bananas last
year, you did not have your SHARE"
Monthly Bulletin Of the Pan American
Union. lover 100000 punches. or
more than 3.50O.000,0O0 bananas,
were imported by the United States
in 1913. The immensely of these ship
ments can be more readily grasped
by the statement that they would
cover an area over 20 feet wide reach
ing from New York to San Francisco,
or, placed end to end. would extend
more than thirteen times around the
earth at the Equator. The slip in
the peels would launch the ships Of
the world. The wholesale value of the
1913 importation, at point OF export,
was over $15,3s3.O00. while in all
probability the consuming public Of
the United States expended over $40.-
100000 for this delectable fruit
With the increased cost Of living
owing to the proportionately decreas-
ing food supply. the banana comes
forward as an important factor in the
worlds economy. While its use an =
food is limited In this country almost
entirely to its consumption in q raw
state, in localities where 1t grows It IL
frequently fried or baked and IN also
used for making nour. delicious con-
fectlons. ETC. Placed In a closed bar
rel and allowed to ferment. bananas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.1

EF,rom the Chicago News.1
A kissible girl always pretends that she
doesn't want to- 81:
Often q woman's silence il more sig
nfficant than q mans words.
The open season for Office hunting Is
twelve months long.
Some people seem to think . philan-
thropist merely an easy mark.
zen Q woman considers her husband
q necessary evil marriage Is failure.
What the yisest Of US nay IL of tar less
importance than what We leave unsAad.
II marriage b q lottery. that may ex-
plain why the Law intefferes In % many
cases.
OF course It ~ less. trouble to make enc
mics than fr1ends-but friends ere worth
the trouble.
Occasionally thu hsealins a an easaes-
ment enAbleG both parties TO nve happily
ever after.
Faith may be al right In its place. but
It may not enable . man to deliver the
goods ON schedule time.
Many z girls mAtximoniAl chances
would bump the bumps II young man
could zee her ~ her mother sees her.
Il 1t IL true that there are no marriages
In heaven. the old bachel0ss-lx they oct
there-Won't be able to CROW over the
other felloW1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21

MORAL COST OF HIGH LIVING.
It happens to be in today's paper. but
1t might be in any days paper. and
particularly in the reports of the d.
vorce courts, as it is in this instance.
writes a contributor to THE Point OF
View in the April Scribner. There are
cases, many of them. in which. domes-
tic unhappiness having transpired into
litigation. the trodden worm will turn
and submit a counter-affidavit which
IL likely to carry strange illumination.
Said the trodden worm Immediately in
question:: ITO Judge from the afffdav-
it's I have been guilty Of everything
under the sun. plead guilty to but one
crime, and that is the heinous one OF
being unable to supply my wife with
autos. theaters. late suppers, and ev-
erything in that line that goes to make
q New York woman happy"
The pathos Of this is perhaps weak
ened by the explicit expression Of it
which follows in the mercenary rhet-
davit-maker. Hopes for the future
have long since been shattered" Aft
er the previous revelation that might
perfectly have been left to go without
saying. And speaking largely. why
New York woman" The aggregate
of money thrown away in the manners
described is necessarily greater in New
York than in other cities. purely by
dint of the magnitude of the "metrop-
Oils" But the per capita expenditure
upon foolishness Is probably no greater
than in other cities, and certainly the
tendency to extravagant and silly ex-
penditure is no greater. Silly woman
Of New Haven, Atlanta, Oshkosh. Pc
oria, Of thee the fable is narrated, az
the divorce records Of those commune
ties amply prove. 1t was, in fact. q
Minneapolitan philosopher and mag
nate'' who said: 1.-THE high cost Of liv-
ing-you mean the cost Of high living. -
One would wish for a course Of the
philosophers to be inculcated upon silly
women. II silly women ever listened to
philosophers. For the root Of the mat
ter is that silly women insist upon ex-
penditures which ruin or craze or de-
prave their husbands. as the case may
be, not because they enjoy them. but
because other people do them who may
or may not be able to afford them.
"As well be out Of the world as out of
the fashion is damnable saying
which is in the mouths Of many we'll
meaning women. and the application Of
which has tragical results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21
Journal Entries

Most Of the mind-mannered men are
married.
= = .
Too much praise is rs bad for a
person az none at all.
Her father IL occasionally the happy
man when Q girl gets married.
If you show q willingness to meet q
man halfway, he will want you to
come . little further.
In every neighborhood. there's the
man who Is distinguished for being the
first to shovel the snow on his side
walk.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21


IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The rat should enaw good thing when
he secs It.
Cooks tourists..the cannibal. when he
doesn't eat 'em alive.
"A genius Is man who can make ms -
ievo he knows more than we do.
Distance lends enchAntment to the view.
even where some people are concerned.
1t takes two to make quarrel, but that
Is right.
There Is no reason why even the UNI
brellA manufacturer shouldn't make hay
while the sun shines.
limitation u the sinceFest form Of flat
tegy.'' quoted the Wise Guy. Yes. but il
doesn't go 1t the patent OFFICER added tn
Simple Mug.
Hlobbs-.'Hardupps h always boastine
about his watch being Wa1ertight" 9loh6S
- 4t ought to be. considering how often
he s,rts IL in soak
what do you consider has been the
Ereatest help to American letterD!s aaled
the literary individual. Postage stampa,' .
replied the mere man.
Nuexins-s'with the high cost Of liviue
Ie arg settine peere. an1 pcerer:. Bus
even my blood II impoverished
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-21

kansas is all right" insists Henry
James in the Los Angeles Tribune. and
ne continues: That old question about
Kansas is not being asked any more.
There's nothing the matter with the
state. In the whole commonwealth
there is not a single fortune that would
be classed as swollen but there is
an automobile for every forty-eight
people. That Is to say, Kansans have
all the money they need and none left
over to fret about"