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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

is SENTIMENT LAW?
BY GEORGE MuNsoN.

But law and sentiment are the
same thing" said Rogers, the old
corporation lawyer. Somebody had
been lamenting the average iuryman's
inability to bring in a verdict upon
the evidence alone. Sentiment is
law" Rogers repeated 1T is law
in its embryonic state, ancrystallized.
but often better law than written
codes
Do any of you remember the Bright
murder trial of the late seventies 2"
he continued, looking round at us.
No? Well, there have been many
murders since then, and doubtless it
was not of epoch-making Importance.
Yet was led to undertake the defense
Of Howard Bright through sentiment.
1t was pretty Lorna Bright, the
cousin OF the young man, and secretly
engaged to him, who persuaded me,
by her protestations of Towards in
nocence, to undertake so desperate a
case. Old Charles Bright had driven
his son from his home, because he
preferred the life of musician to en-
tering his business, and had forbidden
Lorna, his niece and adopted child, to
have anything more to do with him,
under penalty Of being disinherited
also. That was six months before the
murder occurred.
Charles Bright was one of those
cantankerous old men who are cordial
ly hated by their neighbors. He had
a big estate at Lanark, Md, to which
he retired after having disposed of
the business which he hoped Howard
would inherit, at a price of two or
three hundred thousands. Among
those who hated him most strongly
was Pete Jones. small farmer whose
lands he had taken when a mortgage
fell due. Jones was a violent, and
also a crafty character. He had made
no open threat of violence, but the
old man had been in sufficient fear of
him to have him arrested once as a
vagrant. The charge fell through, and
Jones lived around the village, doing
odd jobs, and cherishing a burning
hatred of old man Bright.
Now we come to the murder. On
Thanksgiving eve, 1875, the servants
of the old man were aroused by cry
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
RUN WIRES UNDER GROUND
Telephone Cable System, Connecting
Ten Large Cities, Put Beyond
Reach of Disaster by Storm.

One of the big intercity under
ground telephone cable systems in this
country, with ten large cities on the
main trunk line. has just been COM
pleted and for the first time the tele-
phone of the northeastern part of the
United States is safe from the winters
SHOWS and winds.
This underground telephone cable
runs for $50 miles from Boston, the
headquarters Of the American tele-
phone and Telegraph company, to
Washington, the capital of the nation.
1t runs through and connects the
cities of Boston, Providence, Hartford,
New York, Jersey City, Trenton, Phil
adelpnia, Wilmington, Baltimore and
Washington.
Practically the first serious consid-
Grafton of the necessity of such step
was given after the blizzard of March
4, 1908, when so many cities were cut
off entirely from the outside world,
both in transportation and communica-
ton.
In this actual construction of the
cable line, in forty-mile lengths, the
amount of material used was enor-
nous. There were 4 $50 reels of cable
required, with a total weight of $500
tons, load for 1872 freight cars. The
weight Of the copper wire was $780,
900 pounds and the total length of the
wires is BAT $4,000 feet. The lead
sheaths for the wires total 100000
pounds and would cover an area OF
169, 400 square yards.
Each individual wire is wrapped
along its entire length with specially
prepared tissue paper, and the amount
of the paper used would cover an area
| of 100000 square yards. In the cable
are seventy-four pairs of duplex cable
wires.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Rubber Armor for shlps.

Vienna@Tests are soon 70 be
made with rubber aTmor" for battle
ships. The theory Of using rubber
for this purpose was advanced here
at recent scientific gathering by Dr..
Rudolph Ditmar OF Gratz, Austria he
demonstrated that when q belt OF
resinous Caoutehouc or GnvuIcanized
rubber is penetrated by bullet OF
shell It immediately heals up o.
closes and lets little or no water in
He believes that the same results
VII be obtained whs1 thick rab
Der belt Is penetrated by 4 shot from
Big grs-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Worry Has 4 Value

There must be a way of taking
worry rightly, so that it shall do US
good and not harm. Worry, rightly
taken, should train to quietness, hui
miIity, patience, gentleness, sympa-
thy It ought not to eventuate Though
it naturally does) in making others
suffer because we are uncomfortable,
In making US source OF painful worry
TO others because we are worried our
selves.-A. h K. Boyd.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Bringing Down the Hay in Winter.

isfaction with the 1913 summer, while
the Ticinese resorts, south Of the
Gothard Lugano, have had a so-called
autumn season, which began in July
and continued throughout August.
The years autumn season in the
inaccurately named italian Lakes
district" of Switzerland, although not
a record season, as was that Of last
year, has nevertheless filed the no.
tells as at one time they were not wont
to be filed in the months of July and
August.
The Swiss summer OF 1913 has not
been so much a wet as an abnormal
" cold summer. In my opinion, 1t
has been far pleasanter than that Of
either 1912 or 1910, when 1t rained
constantly In streams. From the hotel
keepers point of view, however, 1t
has not been much, If at all, better
than these two years Of disgrace.
This year, instead of rain falling at
the lower attitudes, snow fell in the
higher parts.
The observatory on the Saints noun
tain (S,215 feet altitude) has never.
during the 80 years Of its existence
known so much snow in July as was
measured this year In the middle OF
the month"; depth Of eight feet.
which even In the exceptionally cold
summer Of 1910 was not reached by
about 20 inches. On July it was
showing down to below 5000 feet, the
Wengernalp and Schneidegg being
entirely showed under, with a tenn,
perature of three degrees below zero
This July, in fact, was the coolest
recorded since 1926 in Geneva, a
warm and sheltered spot, and it was
also the coolest ever known in Zurich
since the establishment there Of the
headquarters of the Swiss Meteorolog-
ical Office. To show how cold the
summer has been may mention, fur
ther, that the Aare, the river running
through the plans of Berne, which is
often bank high and even overflow,
| ing when the SHOWS are melting, has
never so much as threatened to over.
! flow this summer, and has often been
| positively low. Again. the Purka
| Pass, which is usually a garden OF
Alpine flowers for three or four
months every summer, or even long
er, was so heavily showed under this
/ year that for nine days in July the
diligence could not run, and for three
! consecutive days there was no com
munication between Gletsch and the
Grimsel.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
'CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning
Get q Decent box.

Get lucent DO1-
Are you keeping your bowels liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
With Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills. Castor Oil or
PurgatiTe Waters?
Stop having q bowel w2sh-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out OF the system all the
constpated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight VIII make you
feel great by morning They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents q box from your store.
Millions of men and women take q
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, BiliousRess, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach Or
Constipation Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The La EIeche fowls of France, says
a writer In the Country Gentleman.
are in demand In very wealthy house
holds and In high-class cafes Fine
specimens sometimes bring ten dol
lars, and a very general price Is five
dollars each Probably no other eoun-
try has a market for chickens at such
prices; the French gourmet must have
what he wants regardless OF cost
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
4 SEASON In THE HIGH ALPS
End OF Long and AbnornaIIy Cold
Summer in Switzerland
Mountains

Berne, SwitzerIand.-In general It
may be said that the high mountain
resorts. with the exception OF Ter
matt, where the weather is much
more settled and much drier than In
central Switzerland or the Engadine,
have not had an altogether satisfac-
tory season Places at attitudes of
from 1,500 to 1000 feet, such as Luz
cerne and Interlaken, for instance, az
well as all the larger Swiss towns.
have also not much cause to feel sat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Modern Drama.

And have you heard all about Mel
lie Smith ?''
"No-do tell me about her. I re-
member everybody used to think she
was so brilliant, and We predicted that
she would make her mark in the
world"
We'll, she's done 1t. She has writ
ten a very successful play"
What? A successful play2"
Yes, indeed"
ITO think of it, And We all used to
think her such a pure-minded girl -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

good likeness of President Wilson, together
with certain symbols indicating it's destination
The clerks of the railway mail service had no
difficulty in deciding where it was to go, and
sent it to the Washington postomce- When 1t
reached here it was sent to the White House
The president smiled when he saw it, but made
no comment Who sent the letter is mystery
There was nothing inside, although the en-
velope was marked personal" Several years
ago. when Theodore Roosevelt was president.
a similar letter received at the White
House It had no written address, but merely
q pair OF large eyeglasses and set OF prom
inent teeth which had been made popular by
the cartoonists- Its detination plain and
it arrived at the White House without delay.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
An Obstinate rheorist

10 Struthers is a reformer, isn't
hep"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
but he's one of those reformers who
don't get anywhere. He'll stop a lot
O. men who are tryin' to Tx mudhole
in the road and get 'em all worried
over his suspicious about what's bein'
done in Wall street.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
She Was Lono.Headed

He asked her In yearning, pleading
tones II he could not give her an en-
gagement ring as Christmas present.
But she comes Of q thirty and far
seeing family. which never loses its
presence OF mind mo. darling" she
softly whispered; Il win take the ring
now Let Christmas bring its happy
surprises. just as usual 'zIsppaneott's
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
p.euIiarity Of the mississippi.

One OF the most peculiar things
about the Mississippi river was figured
out by 3 government engineer He
saws that It would be possible for a
man to take light canoe at Green
Vile, Miss, and by floating down
stream 80 miles and portaging four
times he would ind himself 40 niles
upstream from where he started
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

A woman In Reno wants a divorce
from her husband because she says
he is too. much of a gentleman for
her and she needs brutality for her
control. With such self-made dag
nosis of her case she ought to get the
medicine which she Graves in liberal
doses, IL the law did not forbid it
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
o. Local lntsrsat.

Philadelphia banker has distin-
guished himself by giving a supper
party at which monkeys mixed with
the guests To azoid confusion. the
guests wore evening dress-Puneh-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

In California women who vote must
tell whether they are married or not
but the horrid men have not as yet
arranged it so that the ladies will
have to state how many children they
have.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

In times of depression and despair
Tor the national character one likes to
think OF the conscience fund" in
washington and the cheerful habit it
has Of growing despite the pessimists.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17


In to whale his school with unyieldng
which deals with
The
little old
ledge
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The Nobel prize for literature goes
to Hindu named Rabindranath Ia
gore, and almost any one will agree
that man with such a name who can
still think in poesy deserves well.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The famous London actress who
claims that men ignore "brainy" girls
must have gone through a persistent
siege of holding hands by herself.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

A scientist says time passes slowest
at the equator, but we don't suppose
that scientist ever hung around Wash.
ington waiting for a federal appoint
ment
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

a Los Angeles man called in doc
tor to treat him for nerve trouble
and before he departed borrowed a
dollar from him. Quick cure, that.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

1t was an Irish philosopher who OBJ
served that sometimes the man who
digs a pit for another is hoist 6y his
own petard.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17


was urchas for the of
Of The girls
OF lie o
Model House will be
in O
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

What a good time the children will
have. after passing through the ordeal
of being. taught by civic organizations
how to p1ayi
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

in
Uncle United
reading
sfen reach
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

A western professor advises people
to pickle eggs and thus save them
Where are we going to get the eggs
to pickle?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

That man who escaped from a
Niagara Falls lookup by lifting up the
entire roof would have made a fine
understudy for Samson.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Slit skirts are said to be going out
OF style and farsighted male citizens
are thinking of locking up their extra
trousers in safe deposit vaults.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The cautious man who always car
ries his umbrella may not get rained
on, but he misses a whole lot Of inter.
esting and healthful excitement.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

An Oklahoma COW has swallowed
$3.50. Which raises the question: How
big must roll of bills be to choke a
COW?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Don't blame that man for asking
for divorce because his wife wouldn' t
cook his meals. She gave him a raw
deal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

A self-sacrif1cing wife has divorced
her husband in order that he may mar.
ry one he loves; but isn't that a bit
hard on the other girl?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

ing jiu-jitsu and a merry time is ex.
pected.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

the sacred southern tradition that no statesman
should appear in anything but large black felt
SLOUGH hat.
"Jedge" Adamson prefers fiat, drab golf cap
which he wears with the same nonchalance that
he wears his large and impressed trousers of Car
roll county (Ga.) design.
Once, long years ago, the little William Adam
taken to school for the first time by his
parents 1t a country school where the birch
rod had full sway. Little William being left TO
his Devices made experiment with his hands
He patted the top Of his head and rubbed his
stomach at the time, which requires great
muscular control.
The big boys and girls around him caught sight
of the phenomenal exhibition and in less than ten
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Gambling in food products is no
proper pastime.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The Chinese republic must be sail
ing along smoothly No word to tn,
contrary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Now that a drove of bison is to re
stock the west. our leading movies
might complete the recrudescence BY
shipping out a few cowboys
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

IS. In sections there words used among
them that are almost unknown to the whites and
it would be impossible for a northern visitor to
comprehend word of their speech
Tracing back the occurrence Of similar words
among the Jamaica negroes, he has arrived at the
conclusion that many of them did not come di-
rectly here from Africa, but that their ancestors
were first imported to Jamaica and their descend
ants brought over to the coast of Carolina
He tells of some odd words of their manufactur-
ing. In case in court the defendant, tried for
assault, husky whose jargon most
difficult to understand He had tried to brain a
companion with When asked about the
matter he squared himself on and replied:
We'll, jedge, 1 seen him coming round the cor
ner so stropolous, and he got catacopus
Wild de ak" Another culprit negro boy, condemned
ed by the sheriff If he wished to say anything be
his head The culprit looked wildly around for
rked:
xnu all that thase here doings will shnlv be les
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

One reason why a fat is bad for
family life is that there is nothing
for a man to do but wipe the dishes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

France has one saloon to every 81
people, but then drinking in France
is a ceremony.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

That fellow who tried to swindle a
lawyer out of money should be sent to
an asylum, not to Jail.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The modern young man serenades
bis best girl with an auto horn.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Some men are living examples,
others are living excuses.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The fact that woman was shot
while cooking pancakes is no argu-
ment against pancakes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

House at a previous meeting decided that the In
spection should follow public reception In Neigh
borhood House that date
Model House" is twO-story, four-room build
ing typical of the ALLEY houses" Of the capital
in which many Of the city's less prosperous are
forced to live In this house the settlement work
ers are to carry on series of experiments TO de
termine the cheapest and best way for the poor
man and his family to live
The carpenters worked hard to bring the house
I'D to the standard of sanitation that the workers
feel should be demanded of every landlord Then,
it was to be furnished a scale that 1t was
figured the man who supports family Of wife
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

When a dictator cannot dictate, he
might as well buy his ticket to Paris.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

1t is in order TO publish recipes for
mock omelets.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

A passion for bungalows keeps the
real estate men active and the furni-
ture dealers on the alert.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Politicians ought to make good tan
go dancers-they are expert side-step
pers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Cold-storage is a necessity and so is
chloroform. Yet each lends itself read
lily to abuse.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Some peoples idea of modesty is to
make it as conspicuous as possible.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The man who has something to say
doesn't have to take much pains with
his literary style.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

a dun fellow can seldom carry his
point.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The Up-to-Date Child.
Papa-Wen travel in Sunderland.
Kid-Then well go in sleepers
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

What is worse than a drunken
chauffeur" asks an exchange. Oh,
two drunken chauffeurs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

Stubborn Throat troubles are easily re-
heved by Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
They act Ike magic-5c at all Druggists
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

says people can catch cold by kissing.
Who minds a little thing like a cold
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

The people who have set out to beat
the egg trust to a custard will not fail
If good wishes help any.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Georgian Defies a Sacred Southern Tradition

WILLIAM ADAMsoN Fourth district OF Georgia and
w his the
who dea
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Traces Peculiar Dialect of the Southern Negro

REPRESENTATIVE JAMES L. BYREs of South Carolina from
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
Letter With Picture Address Reaches President
son to me-.

letters arrive the White House mail bags
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17

An Accommodating Boss.
How about my back pay?"
81 can't give you that just now, but
I'll give you a promotion"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-17
To Work Out Problems Confronting the Poor

VI sociological laboratory
Washngos public
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-14
TOO RAW FOR KING ALBERT

The following dispatch has a
meaning all its own.
Brussels. March Is At the court
ball tonight the o%bservant eye of
King Albert espied a woman enter
ing the ball room with an extreme
slit skirt. The king whispered to
the court marshal, who offered the
woman his arm aad led her out of
the room. the marshal bowling to
the woman, said:
"His majesty noticed that you
had torn your dress upon one side
and requested me to escort you to
your carriage SO that you may re-
turn home and have the damage re-
paired"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-03-14
AGREE TO
DISMISSAL OF CASE

Attorney General Thatcher yes
terday appeared before Judge Far
rington in the federal court and
moved for a dismissal of the case
of tie Southern Pacific railroad
versus II. f. Bartine and the Rail-
road Commission Of Nevada, says
the Appeal. The case was in con-
nection with the three cent fare
order of the commission on trunk
railroads in this state. By agree
ment with Judge Brown represent
ing the Espee an order of dismiss
sal was entered. The action of, the
attorney general will pave the way
for the Nevada Railroad Commits
sion to perfect its plan providing
for a general slashing of passenger
rates on the main and branch lines
OF tht Southern Pacific company
within this state.