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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
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made to your correspondent by General Gorgas
which was nothing short of startling in its ma
ture- He said: IF the governments of Vene-
zuela and Ecuador would spend few thousand
dollars to stamp out yellow fever there never
would be another of the disease known 10
the world"
For some reason or other the South American
countries in which the yellow fever still exists
will not spend the money necessary to stamp It
out So it is that long the disease exists
there it is possible for some man, perhaps a
sailor, to be bitten by a feverIaden mosquito
just before he sails for another port and to carry
with him the poison. 1t is held by the high think
that the countries of South America where
yellow fever exists should be forced to stamp
out the disease in order that the rest OF the
world may be safe for all time from the menace
of the dread yellow jack"
Some time ago, during a process OF dredging.
low spot on the zone was turned into marsh,
and almost instantly the malaria mosquito be-
gan to breed there abundantly. Literally mil
lions of the insects appeared Now, there was no
danger that they would spread malaria among
the zone people. because the insects had to be-
come charged with the poison first; but Of course,
it was necessary to determine how far the crea-
lures could travel. and this is the way they
found out:
was put into a mosquito net tent, where he sat
and acted as bait He was paid certain amount
of gold for his batting work and he. with others
who afterward were employed, said it was easy
money.
When the tent had a million mOsqui-
toes in it the native came out and the entrance
was closed. Then the scientists sprayed the
tent and it's confined mosquitoes with cOloring
matter. The spray fine that it did not
drown or even drench the insects. but they re-
ceived some coloring matter on their wings and
bodies.
Other tents were pitched and in each was sta
toned human bait. These tents at GER
tain distances apart All the mosquitoes in the
first tent were released and they were traced
by color from tent to tent until none found.
In that way they found out how far the malaria
fever mosquito would travel
Surgeon General Gorgas makes his headQuar-
tiers in Washington, but he is soldier constant
ly subject to orders and also to the dictates Of
his own judgment Any day ne may be obliged
to go straight TO the front, not to meet the hui
man enemy. but the disease enemy. His is the
responsibility for the health OF the soldiers in
Texas, in the Canal zone, in Hawaii and in the
Philippine islands. It is his to meet, physician
like and soldierlike. any emergency which may
arise. He is Of the gentlest known to
the service and he is also one OF the bravest-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take Glass Of Salts to Clean Kid
neys n Bladder Bothers You
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says a wellknown authority.
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys, they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts OF distress. particularly backache
and misery in the kidney region; rheu-
matte twinges, severe headaches, acid
stomach, constipation, torpid liver,
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary ir-
ritation
The moment your hack hurts or kid
neys aren't acting right, or if bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces Of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in q glass Of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes a delightful efferFescent Iithia-
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Ad7.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
DkAlZH MnSQZIZ0
SkIqH1 M CZIZ7H@

tober 3, 1854; was educated at the University of
the South at Sewanee, Tenn, where he studied
from 1869 to 1875, graduating with the degree
of bachelor of arts. He graduated in medicine
at the Bellevue Hospital Medical college in 1879.
He served the house staff of the Bellevue
hospital from 1879 to 1880; entered the United
States army in 1880, and served in Florida and
on the western frontier until the Spanish-Amer-
lean war broke out in 1898. He went to Cuba
with the expedition which captured Santiago
After the fall of Santiago General Corgas con-
tracted typhoid fever, and sent back to the
United States. He went with the expeditionary
force which occupied Havana in December, 1893,
where he remained health officer until the fall
of 1902. During his incumbency as health officer
of the city of Havana the army medical board
made discovery with regard to yellow fever
and found that it was conveyed by the Stegomyia
mosquito. AS health officer with his sub
ordinates he devised plans and measures whereby
this discovery put into practical service.
AS a result of these measures Havana was
freed from yellow fever entirely in about eight
months, although the disease had been there
continuously for the previous $50 years. For
this work he promoted by special act OF
congress from the grade Of major to that OF
colonel
For ten years Doctor Gorgas stationed in
the Panama Canal zone, the chief health Of
fcer of the isthman canal commission. He was
ordered to Panama in March, 1904, and three
years thereafter Theodore Roosevelt made him a
member of the commission He chosen for
the Panama work because of his record. He
made Panama OF the healthieSt places
the world and, than this, he made the Ifv-
ing conditions of the laborer the isthmus as
sanitary, as comfortable and as desirable as the
conditions surrounding the laborer anywhere in
the world.
Two years ago when General Gorgas' term Of
service the isthmus drawing to a close
because of the approach of the day of COM
pletion of the waterway, your correspondent Wis
tied the Canal While there he was taken
with some friends to visit a hospital on an is
and fP he had hnor7 bf1iTf-
by the French When General Gorgas went to
the isthmus he took the building, put it into
perfect sanitary condition and made it a place
of reception for convalescents. The hospital
never was full, because there wasn't enough
sickness in the to produce convalescents
enough at any time to tax the hospital facilities
The fact that this particular building was
crowded, and that 1t small building at best,
perhaps furnishes one of the best proofs possible
of the commanding medical work which was
done in place generally accounted of
the most unhealthy the face of the globe.
During the visit to Panama statement was
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Hopes Women Viii
Adopt This Habit
As Well As Men
Glass Of hot water each morn
ing helps Us look and fesI
Clean sweet, fresh.

Happy, bright, alert-Yigorous ana
viTaciOus-a good clear skin; q nat
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only By clean,
healthy blood II only every woman
and likewise every man could resIizs
the wonders of drinking phosphated
hot water each morning. what = grit
flying change would take place.
Instead Of the thousands Of siekIys
anaemicIooking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions; instead OF the multitudes OF
nerve wrecks" 'rundowns," brain
Tags" and pessimists We should see q
Virile, optimistic throng OF rosy.
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking,
each morning before breakfast, q glass
OF real hot water with q teasDoonfuf
OF limestone phosphate In It to wash
from the stomach, liver, kidneys and
ten yards Of bowels the previous days
indigestfble waste, sour ferme11afi01B
and poisons, thus cleansing, sveete1-
ing and freshenfng the entire alimen-
tary canal before putting more food
into the stomach
Those subject to sick headache, bill.
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and particularly those who
have a pallid, sallow complexion and
who are constipated very often, are
urged to obtain a quarter pound OF
limestone phosphate from any drug
gist or at the store which viii cost
but trifie but is sufficient to demon
strate the quick and remarkable
change in both health and appearances
awaiting those who practice internal
sanitation. We must remember that
inside cleanliness is more important
than outside. because the skin does
not absorb impurities to contaminsts
the blood. while the pores N the fhir.
~ feet of bowels do.-AdT.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

tarily of his own achievements on the sickness
stricken field. he is writing of one of the most
famous of any nation. He does not belong
to Washington, yet to the United States, but
to the world.
Here is doctor and a soldier whose record
stands unique. In order to honor him congress
In a way upset it's traditions and changed a line
of legislative action which for years
unvarying course. Last spring the congress of
the United States paid General Gorgas the high
est compliment that it is within its power to pay.
1t gave him the thanks of the congress of the
United States; it promoted him to the grade Of
major general, and it changed established
custom to enable him to remain at the head
OF the medical crops of the army for
months after the four years allotted for such
service shall have expired
In other words, through the action of congress.
General Gorgas, instead of being surgeon general
of the army for the term of only four years, will
hold that Office until he retires from active work
at the age of sixty-four years
The thanks of congress, promotion to the rank
OF major general and the provision which would
enable the incumbent to remain surgeon general
for longer period than the usually allotted time
came to this doctor, the resolutions of con-
gress show. because Of his great work in routing
disease from the Panama Canal zone and in max
ing former plague spot of the most health
full districts in the world.
It is virtually impossible to get the records of
all the great scientists of the world for purposes
of immediate comparison, but it seems to be
safe to say that other has been hon
ored by educational institutions and by learned
societies has William Crawford Gorgas. He
received his modest A B. from the University
of the South at Sewanee. Tenn, in the year
1875, and his NJ D. from Bellevue Hospital Med
ical college in New York city four years later.
From that time to this honors have been piled
upon him, and he has borne them all with mod
esty that resembles meekness. 1t is held by
many that doctor of science is the highest honor
which any institution of learning confer
upon Seven great universities, including
Oxford, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Brown and
Princeton have conferred the doctor OF science
degree upon this American army doctor.
To him have come LII. DIS from Johns Hop
kins and from many other universities. By the
decree of Yale. Georgetown and Washington uni
versties he is doctor of laws. He has medals
from societies. from medical associations and
from national academies of science for dis
tinguished achievement in the interest of
kind" He has the Seaman medal from the
American Museum of Safety, and he has the
Mary Kindsley medal from the Liverpool Eng
Iand) School Of Tropical Medicine He is a MEM
ber either active honorary, OF virtually every
great scientific society in the world. The hon
ors have sought him out He has gone on with
his work seeking nothing except that which will
benefit his FELLOW man.
General Gorgas was born in Mobile Ala' DC
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
In Memoriam.

Frank D. GiIdersleeve, assistant
passenger agent of the Baltimore &
Ohio, is trying TO get by" with this
one:
Pat, a newly created section boss.
was taking his old friend Mike over
the route. They passed a mile post.
1t read:
Baltimore ~ miles,
"Phwat does that mean?" Nike in
quired.
Now" says GildersIeeve. Fat did
not know, but he would not betray his
ignorance. With true Irish aplOmb he
rose to the situation.
Yer ignorance is horrible he told
Mike. Take OF your hat to the dead.
Sure, his name was Miles, he was a
years old, he lived in Baltimore, and
they buried him where he was kilt
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
"CASCARETS" ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biliouSneSS,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters2
Stop having q bowel wash-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
constipated 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 box from your store.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Sorry He Smoke,

featuring concerns came through the
store and noticed a boy sitting on a
counter swinging his legs and whis
ting merrily. The senior eyed him
severely, as he confronted him, and
inquired: rs that all you have to do?'
Yes, sir
Very we'll; report to the cashier
and tell him to pay you of. We don't
need boys like you around here"
But, sir" said the astonished boy
81 don't work for you. 1 have just
bought some goods and am waiting
for the bill."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Sofia, the Bulgarian Capital.

respect than is at first apparent The
streets. which are well paved and
beautifully clean, are too narrow for
the adequate display of the fine pro-
portions OF the cars palace. the Ma
tionai theater. the general post Office.
the war Office. the Bulgarian National
bank, the William Gladstone high
school for boys, the Grand Hotel de
Bulgaria. the National Agricultural
bank. the Sobranje, and many other
public buildings which are Of fne
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
TRY THIS EASY WAY
TO CLEAR YOUR SKIN
WITH RESIN0L SOAP

Battle your face for several minutes
with Resinol Soap and warm water,
working the creamy lather into the
skin gently with the fnger-tips. Then
wash on with more Resinol Soap and
warm water, finishing with a dash Of
clear cold water to close the pores.
Do this once or twice a day, and you
viii be astonished how quickly the
healing. antiseptic Resinol medication
soothes and cleanses the pores, re-
moves pimples and blackheads, and
leaves the complexion clear, fresh
and Telvety. In severe cases little
Resinol Ointment should also be
used Resinol Soap is sold by all
druggists.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
His summer Exnerfence.

do you have many servants a.
your summer home, Hawkins?" asked
Wiggiethorps.
We'll, last year we had eighteen
said Hawkins.
"Eighteen!" echoed WigglethorpS
Great Scott, man. how can you mad
age that number on your incomeF
"Oh, seventeen OF 'em are cooks
that stayed on an average Of I've days
apiece" said Hawkins. The rest were
our hired man"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
His Altitude.

81 fatter myself" remarked the sue
cessful candidate. that I did not seek
Office"
Yes. saw you shaking hands with
the voters right and left, acting as
Judge at baby shows. presiding at vel
fare meetings and giving out numer-
Gus interviews to newspaper report
ers-"
Hum- That was merely to show
the public that while scorned to sect
Office. would be ID receptive mooa {,
the once sought pa
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

No city in the East has undergone
such a magic transformation as Sofia
Prior to the emancipation Of the Bull
CARS it was a small Turkish town of
10000, with narrow. dirty streets
There was practically no trade and
the people were in a hideous state
of poverty. The city which has now
risen up has a population Of about
125, 900 and is rapidly becoming one
of the best in eastern Europe. Ar
chitecturally. it has Tar more claims to
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
ALWAYS LOOK YOUR BEST
As TO Your Hair and Skin by Using
cuticura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal. These
fragrant, super-creamy emollients pre-
serve the natural purity and beauty
Of the skin under conditions which, if
neglected, tend to produce a state of
irritation and Disagreement
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere=AdY.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

sandstone The ecclesiastical edifioes
are OF remarkable beauty. especially
the new cathedral.-From THE Bull
garians and Their Country" by Oliver
cambridge. in the American Review
of Reviews.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Made Him Hot.

81 saw you talking with a well
known reformer yesterday"
Eyes. We had quite lengthy dis
cussion."
We'll, did you feel uplifted?''
mo, but some Of the remarks he
made raised my temperature consid.
erably."
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Ion Conscientious

THAT policeman is too conscien-
tfous to be a gardener
What do you mean2"
He arrested the growth of vine
on his house when he found it climb
ing through a window"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Somewhat piFarent.

First Girl wonder If it is true
that the young widow has promises to
marry old Gotrox?
Second Girl-No; but / understand
that she has threatened to marry
him
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Losses CurtaiIed.

you prefer an automobile to
horse?"
Yes" replied young Mrs Torkins-
It's much more economical There
isn't so great temptation for Charley
to bet on an automobile
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
What Hannened.

$50 our friend speculated once too
often?''
YES" replied Mr.. Dustin stax. He
started a big game OF freezeout ana
got caught in his own frost
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
sIinnino one over.

Convict 1103-The doc told me Il !
did not quit smoking I'd croak EithiE-
two years
Convict 11o4-Going to quit2
Convict 11O3-Nope; the Jokes on
the doc: I'm going to be hanged nex&
month.-Chaparral.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
A Winter camnainn

Cant you get rid of the cook?"
We'll, we are preparing for drive
against her"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
pInersnt From Her Ma.

He-Why is it that there's never .
match in this house2
She (curtly)-I can't make matches
He-That's strange; your mother
could.-St Louis Globe Democrat
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 30 years
ago They regulate liver and bowels.-AdEs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

The herring catch OF England last
year exceeded by far that OF any pre-
vious season.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

Remember that the money you in
tend to save doesn't draw any inter
est.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

If a woman nags her husband it's up
to him to supply her with plenty Of
cause
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

The patches that decorate the
trousers OF a calamity bowler are
not ON the knees
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

It's a poor variety Of widows weeds
that will not produce orange bios
SONS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
Eue cAJN4k EA@oNEES
BY EDWARD 3. cLARk


Al. GEN. WILLIAM CRAWFORD
Gorgas, chief of the medical crops
OF the United States army, is by
many men accounted the greatest
soldier of them all. He has met
and overcome disease on many
fields, and disease is accounted,
even in war time. the greatest
enemy of the human race. When
one writes of this modest-appear-
ing man, who never speaks volun-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

Piles Relieved by First Application
And cured i; 8 to days by PAZO OINTMENT
the universal remedy for all forms Of Piles.
Druggists refund money II IL fails. soc
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

Clean sEeepers-a new broom, and
a straight flush.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22

Many a mustache is pulled too soon.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11

vanced pacifists that this country pef.
Insists in keeping out of war withou,
their assistance.
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Milwaukee, it is said is threatened
w'rh a water famine, but is under
stood that the inhabitants have long
prepared for such an emergency.
-:-:-:-:-:-
Mexico is a most contradictory
country. between the hirsute Carranza
and the Mexican hairless dog. 1t
ought toHlearn to clam down and
strike averages.
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Even in his most fanciful dreams
about that Vice Presidency John NJ.
Parker has not thought Of asking
Bryan to run for President.
-:-:-:-:-:-
Britains are good actors or they
could never have asked Uncle Sam to
class the unarmed Deutschland as a
warship and kept their faces straight.
.:s:.:-:.:-
Uncle Sam should not begrudRe
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11
The Prince of
CrauStark
Continued from page g.
Continued from page g.

Schmidt" she said alri7y.
He picked up the thread once more.
GAS a matter of fact, I've heard it
said that Miss Blithers refused to
marry the prince"
els it pOssible?" with fine irony.
els he such dreadful person as all
that?"
~'m sure 1 don't know" murmur-
cd Robin uncomfortably. "He may
be no more dreadful than She"
SWELL. l hope she doesn't marry
him." said Miss Guile.
$50 do l." said r. Schmidt, and
their eyes met. After a moment she
looked away, her first surrender to
the mysterious something that lay
deep in his.
Suddenly. and without reason, she
appeared to be bored. AS matter of
fact. she hid an incipient yawn be-
hind her small gloved hand.
Il think l shall go to my room.
VIII you kindly unwrap me. Mr..
Schmidt?"
He promptly obeyed. and then as
sisted her to her feet. steadying her
against the roll of the vessel.
"I shall pray for continuous rough
weather." he announced, with as gal
liant a bow as could be made under
the circumstances.
"Thank you," she said, and he was
pleased to take it that she was not
thanking him for a physical service.
A few minutes later he was in his
own room, and she was In hers, and
The Glasgow courier., 1916-08-11
Ginger Snaps

There appears. to be shortage in
the American crisis output. We
have not had one for several days.
-:-:-:-:-:-
members OF submarine crew would
seq nothing startling in the words
" everything under water"
-:-:-:-:-:-
Before that government investiga-
tion can reduce the price of gasoline
it may have to invent few substi-
tutes.
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1t must Re humiliating to the ad.