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Evening star., 1918-02-10

Manager Griffith yesterday completed
arrangements for an exhibition game
with the Phillies at Camp Sewer
Greenville. S. G.. on Wednesday, April
10. This makes three games the Ma
tionals will play at Army camps An
1.ner at Camp Lee, Petersburg. Va. for
Thursday. April IL. is pending.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

for hope you do not mind if call you
q bug"
The pygmy anteater shook his little
head Call me a bug if you will 1t
doesn't matter to me. But I'm wise,
Oh, so wise, 1 know what is good to eat.
And that is wisdom. All, to know
what to cato always know what to
eat-it's great to be such a creature"
''But, Mr.. Bug" said the other in
sect, you said a moment ago that
you could eat as fast and as quickly as
possible if the meal were of ants"
THAT'S what I said. am glad you
paid attention TO me. By listening to
me, you may learn wisdom" he ended
conceitedIy.
"But you were wrong in what you
said. That is you said the same thing
twice For to eat fast and to eat
quickly is the same"
"WeIl, if I said the same thing twice
end the thing was wise to say, it
makes no difference" said the pygmy
anteater.
"Ten me your story then,'' said the
insect, ''for can see you are longing
to talk about yourself"
"OnIy because at the present mo-
ment have nothing to eat" said the
pygmy anteater.
''WeIl, don't bother about your ex-
cuse, go ahead and talk" the insect
said.
81 am the pygmy anteater." he be-
gan. ST hold my paws before me
when am not eating and think OF
the ants 1 am going to eat and Of
the ants have eaten
at am gray and brown, as you can
see if you take a good look at me. 1
work at night only. have four feet,
one nose, one tail, two eyes, one mouth
and very happy stomach when filed.
and a very unhappy one when empty.
"But the interesting part of my story
is this: have enemies. have always
had them and suppose 1 will always
have them,
''who are your enemies?" asked the
insect.
'aThe ants" said the pygmy ant
eater.
''Wen, I don't know as 1 blame
them for being your enemies, when
you love to eat them" said the in
sect.
''YOur brains don't amount to much,
poor little insect" said the anteater.
for it shows what a lot I think OF
ants when I like to eat them better
than anything else"
'sThat depends on whether It is your
turn to speak or the ants turn to
speak," said the insect. eff the ants
were talking they would say that it
was no compliment to be eaten Or If
you thought It was a compliment, they
didn't"
'Poor stupids," said the anteater.
'WelI, no matter, don't care wheth-
er they are bright OF not as long as I
can find the little dears to eat.
"Ah, but you are right, they don't
consider my love for them q compli-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
HOW TO SELECT BEST LAYERS
Methods Outlined to Determine Which
Fowls Are Fit 70 Keep for
Winter Producers.

prepared by the United States Depart
nent of Agriculturel
AS hen stops laying there is q
tendency for her to take on fat. This
Is noticeable in examining the pelvic
bones, the two bones which can be
felt as points on either side Of the
vent When the hen is laying these
homes are comparatively thin and fex-
fhle- When she is not laying they feel
thicker and less flexible, due TO the
fat which has accumulated there The
spread or distance apart Of these pei
vic bones is also a valuable indication
of whether or not the hen IS laying
When laying they are wider apart
than when not laying This spread
can be roughly measured for practical
purposes by determining how many
fingers can be laid between the bones
If the spread measures two fingers
or less. the probabilities are that the
hen is not laying, while if the spread
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
~
s lIWlk
IN IA
I~ta%e AZ
SANITATION IN THE HOG LOT
important as Preventive of Cholera
and Other iseases-Cieanliness
Is Relied Upon.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The greatest drawbacks to the hog
industry that breeders in this country
have to contend with are the losses
through hog cholera, tuberculosis, and
the infestation of the animals, especial
Iy young pigs, by parasites Were it
not for the fecundity of swine their
profitable production in the presence
of these serious diseases would be out
OF the question. In the following re-
marks on sanitation no attempt is
made to go into the details of the dis
eases affecting hogs or their treatment.
The object is merely to call attention
to the simple measures which may be
used by any farmer to avoid to a large
extent, the defamation Of his herd by
epizoOtics. Cleanliness and rational
methods Of management are relied up
on by thousands of farmers to keep
their herds in health and vigor. They
are the marks of the good farmer and
successful hog breeder.
Hog cholera and swine plague, both
highly fatal diseases characterized by
fever and heavy mortality, are so very
similar that the breeder may regard
them as identical so far as his practi-
cal management of the herd is con-
cerned. Positive differentiation be-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
WOMEN ARE GOOD MECHANICS.

According TO report of the national industrial
conference board, women In wartime employment
are showing a remarkable adaptabilfty for ma
chine shop work. The report summarizes infOr-
nation obtained from 131 establishments employ
ing 335,O15 men and 1888 women and including
1867 women engaged in work formerly per-
formed exclusively by men.
Their labor, says the Christian Herald has
ranged from the operation OF drill presses and
lathes to cOremaking, inspecting and assembling
mechanical products and performing many pre-
else machine operations. In the main 1t has been
confined to the lighter processes requiring rapid
fty and dexterity, and In such work their output
has proved equal to and frequently greater than
that Of male employees. This was notably true
Of wOmen's work in automobile manufacture and
IN a munitiOn plant manufacturing fuses, where
women operatives drill presses and milling
machines were from % to 80 per cent rapid
than men.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
SINGLE SHOES NOW SOLD in LONDON.

One of the many pathetic side lights on our
war is reflected in advertisements published nv
British shoe merchants, which wildly impress
upon ones mind the sacrifices that many OF our
sons and their comrades are CALAMITY making
Owing to the large number OF crippled veterans
of the western front, London dealers in mems
footwear sell single shoes for one-half the
urfces OF pairs. To quote advertisement that
recently appeared in a fashionable illustrated
magazine: Wartime boots at 26I3 a pair or
1872 boot The single boots, rights or Iefts, are
for those men who have been so unfortunate as
to lose a leg"-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
GIVING LAMB A GOOD START
Ewes FIanI<s and Udder Should BE
Sheared to Prevent Wool Getting
into Lambs Eyes.

Before the lamb is given the teat
the ewes TANKS and udder should be
6heared. IF this is not done the lamb
is likely to injure its eyes with the
wool or perhaps get the wool In its
mouth and then refuse to take the
teat.
Shepherds do not all agree as to the
best time to do this. But 1t will gen.
orally be found best to wait till the
eve drops her lamb, but before she
RECEIVERS strength to resist the shear
ing. Care is always necessary not to
cut the udder or serious injury may
result.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

With walls but two inches thick, q
concrete motion picture theater SOx45
feet and Is feet high has been built In
England.
The New Zealand government is de-
veloping its telephone system with up
to-date equipment, much OF which has
been obtained from the United States.
In a protest to the Dutch parlia-
ment against a war tax on tobacco,
the Bund Of Cigarmakers in the Meth
eriands represented that over 5000
people make = living out CT the rolled
weed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
AMERICANS BUYING DIAMONDS.

Among facts disclosed in the investigation CON-
Quoted by the council of national defense TO learn
the buying trend In civilian trade during the war
are a decided increase in sales OF small diamonds
and a falling OF in sales Of sizes from one-haIf
carat upward. This is attributed to the great
increase in price and the tendency OF people TO
buy diamonds by price alone; that is, they have
perhaps, s75 or 500 to put IN a stone and If
brings them much smaller jewel than the same
amount would procure a year or two ago.
Watches are IN great demand, especially wriSt
watches. which have been enormously popgIarizeJ
by the war.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

Pigs Kept Under Sanitary Conditions
tween the two diseases can only be
made by the most careful bacteriOlog-
ical tests, and by employing the assist
ance offered by a fully equipped lab
Oratory. However, sanitary preventive
methods which are found beneficial
with one of these diseases will prove
equally efficacious with the other.
There are a few fundamental facts
which the breeder must remember If
he is to avoid losses through hog chol-
era or swine plague. The first is that
they are specific diseases caused by
germs, and the contagion cannot be
spread from one animal to another or
from one herd to another except
through the agency of these minute or.
ganiSms. They may be carried in a
multitude of ways-by the hogs them
selves. on the clothing of persons, on
vehicles, in feed, by birds, dogs, and
other animals, or by streams. The
breeding or feed of hog cannot cause
either disease, although bad methods
may SO weaken the constitution and We
tality that the animal becomes more
susceptible to them than would other
wise be the case. Since these diseases
can only arise from the presence of
their specific causative agents, it can
readily be seen that dentititon and the
presence OF supernumerary teeth or
black tusks cannot, as has been sug-
gested by many, play any part in their
Development. A second fact to be borne
In mind is that diseases caused by
germs may be best prevented or con-
6olled by thorough disinfection and
scrupulous cleanliness.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

ment. And they
are my enemies
They hate mel
Oh, how they
hate mel They
think I am q ter
rible creature, an
ogre, or some
thing awful. I
don't know what
an ogre is, and I
don't believe any
one else does, for
I've heard there
were no Su c b
things, but any
way, the ants
think I am quite
the most dread
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

A process has been invented for
treating fishing lines with mercury to
make them heavier and thus enable
smaller lines to be used than ordinar-
ny.
Swansea CEngland) harbor trustees
have given all their dock employees
seven days notice. after which en-
ployment win be from day to day.
The helmets used by the allied sol
clers In the trenches as a protec-
ton against Shippers and shrapneI con-
tain considerable proportion Of alum
ieW
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

Is greater she is probably laying. In
measuring the spread the size OF the
hens of different breeds with the cor
responding difference in the spread
must be kept in mind
The distance from the rear end Of
the keel bone TO the pelvic bones in
Creases with a consequent increase in
size Of the abdomen A spread OF three
or more fingers in the smaller breeds.
as the Leghorn, and four or five fin
gers in the larger breeds. such as the
Plymouth Rock, indicates that the hen
Is In laying condition. A spread OF
less than two fingers in the smaller
breeds and less than three fingers in
the larger breeds indicates that she Is
not in laying condition.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
PosTscRIPTs

Japan has found valuable deposits
of coal on an island in Nagasah har-
LOr and close to its Sasebo naval sta
ton
Flexible tips feature new umbrella
RIBS which their inventor claims VIII
prevent an umbrella being blown in
side out
Investigation shows that women Op-
eratives on drill presses and milling
Tachines are from . TO 50 per cent
frster than men.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

1t is the ambition of most sea cooks to get on a
big ship. In wartime cooking on the smallest
vessel is essential calling, but the big vessel
with its modern equipment and efficiency organi-
cation appeals strongly to the type OF young
now taking up sea cooking for Uncle Sam.
The large vessels carry several cooks. a 5000
ton freighter has chief cook, a second cook, who
Is also baker, and third cook or cooks mate.
Inc chief cook is usually the meat cutter also,
and In these times scientific meat cutting well
as cooking. is required the merchant fleet and
taught in the shipping boards floating cooking
schools.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
CONVERSATIONS

India Is making earnest efforts to
revise its long-negiected indigo indus
Try.
Mahogany. oak and ebony are all
heavier than water and consequently
sink.
To save fuel, a new cereal cooker
can be inserted into the top OF tea
kettle.
A railroad Is projected to reach the
TOP of scotland's highest mountain,
Ron Nevis.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

ful OF creatures
81 can't say blame Them" said the
insect IF I were an ant I'd hate you
too"
Joy" said the anteater at only
wish you were an ant, for instead OF
talking to you could eat yOu-that
would be much more satisfactory. That
would be more sensible, too.
1T Is glorious to have enemies-and
still more glorious to be able to eat
your enemies. All, Tn the pygmy ant
eater, my first name meaning that I
am small, but I can hold many ants, I
can' and 1t gives me joy, great joy, to
do So"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
Two crops From Sheer.

Sheep produce two cash crops q
year-wool in the spring and lambs In
the fall. They can be grown and
maintained upon a smaller percentage
OF roughage and a smaller percentage
of grain than any other class Of live
stock.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
Wanted Her Teaeher

Little Helen was passed TO the next
grade, but had formed strong attach
ment for her secOnd-grade teacher.
~Oh, Miss Daley" she exclaimed, ST
do wish you knew enough TO teach the
third grade. so you could be promoted
With me-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
Looking Ahead.

One day my son, William, had been
unusually naughty, and 1, growing i'm
patient, exclaimed: so, If you were
only q girl, instead OF a boy, how
happy would be-"
William looked serious and an
swered quickly: Mother, when I join
the army and get decorated for bravery
you viii be glad you have q boy
Chicago Tribune.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

pFgmy aDteater
to the other in
sectS in the ZOO
Now, the giant
anteater e q { s
ants. That shows
his good sense
The t-b e ar
doesn't eat ants.
That shows how
stupid he is, and
I love ants and
eat them as fast
and as quickly as
is possible There
fore 1 am very,
very wise. 7"
my dear bug"
said one of the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
IMPROVE QUALITY OF STOCK
Difference in Expense Of Keeping
Scrubs and Good Producers Is
Not Very Large.

Better breeding stock must be kept
II we are to improve the quality Of
our farm animals. There is much Diff
ference in the price OF a fine draft
horse as compared to a scrub pony
the value Of the flve-gallon cow when
compared to an animal that produces
but one gallon is striking, and yet the
difference in the cost of keeping the
scrubs and the good producers is not
great.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
GREEN STUFF FOR CHICKENS
sprouted Oats Are Exee!Ient-Hen.
Also Relish Cabbage, Turnips,
5eets, ManaeIs, Etc.

The hens should be furnished some
form Of green stun when they are kept
up Sprouted oats are probably ths
best, but cabbage, rurnips, beets. man
gels, etc, win be readily deFou-ed bx
the hens and VII answer the purpose
for Ereen Ted.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
DEMAND FOR YOUNG GUINEAS
Big Call for Birds Weighing From One
to Two Pounds in Late Sum-
mer and Fall.

The biggest demand for the guinea
fowl is in late summer and fall. AT
this time there is a big call ia the
city markets for young birds weighing
from one to two pounds each The
usual method is to place them on the
market unplucked.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
ANIMAL FEED FOR CHICKENS
Bone Meal. Beef Scrap and TanEcazs
Furnish Good Msterial-SLcim
Milk Is Excellent.

We can supply the hens with animal
feed by feeding bone meal, beef scrap
and tankage- Skim milk is also excel
lent for laying hens In cold weather
the milk must only be put out In small
quantities or IT viii freeze before they
have time TO consume II.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
POULTRY AS WAR NECESSITY
Central Thought Should BE Means az
Converting Waste Materials into
Good Food.

The central thought to be borne In
mind In considering the growing OF
more poultry as a war necessity is the
fact that the keeping OF poultry Is a
means OK converting into good food
materials that cannot be utilized By
man, that cannot be eaten By any other
kinds OF stock and that, without tbs
poultry, would be absolute waste.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
TURKEY IS ACTIVE FoRAeER
Fowl Must Have Plenty of Range and
Chance TO Feed on Roughaae-
Picks Up Own Food.

Turkeys are active foragers and
must have a chance to roam and feed
on rOughage at will. In so doing they
viii pick up a greater part OF their
food. which is far better for them than
that which is given them, and Is Of
considerable value. !
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

Il IS easy enough to be pleasant
when life goes by ike a song. but the
maD worth while is the man who wiz
smile when everything goes dead
EronZ-Rley.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
CALLING A HALT.

Senator Fudge relates amusing anecdote-r
Elf it's new, all right But I don't care IL
listen to a stale story just because 1t is tackled
onto United States senatOr.T-Kansas City
Journal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
Inereaaed pemand for Horses.

HEISGGaoCU bStIEaIss TOT EtUsocSs
Increased demand and higher prices
on purebred stations always follows
year behind increase IN prices On
market horses. Farmers should be
awake TO the situation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

OOKING at sea is not what it useu
TO be in the good old days" that we
read about. "a hard biscuit and
slice of cold salt beef" which Dana
mentions in 1.-Two Years Before the
Mast" as his usual meal after a
long, hard watch off Cape Horn, is
no longer the diet of the American
merchant sailor.
The modern sailor man is we'll
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07
SGF[NINGl
FAIRY Al[
PYeMY ANTEATER.
s. hAG 0AHAi1B0y&

'0There is the giant anteater, the
ant-bear, and myself" announced the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-11-07

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricuiturel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-07

had reached $50, including 40 mem
bers Of the crew.
All the medical men at Larne, on
the eastern coast of Ireland, where
some of the survivors landed, were
requisitioned.
Women volunteer nurses at Larne
attended to slightly injured men.
Wards were improvised in hotels.
Thirty seriously injured men were
dispatched to local hospitals where
they are receiving careful treatment.
The resources,of IHr4g were taxed to
the utmost to PROVING food and cloth
ing for the survivors. One of the men
who swan about for two hours before
he was rescued, jokingly said he.had
enough sM4ning to satisfy him for
the rest of his life.
Londonderry, Ireland, Feb. Proof
of the order which prevailed on the
Tuscania is given by the landing of
two typhoid and two pneumonia cases
without bad effect.
Forty of the survivors were taken to
hospitals. In the majority of cases
they are suffering injuries as a result
Of accidents in the lowering of life
boats or in consequence of sliding
down ropes.
The survivors are proud of the be-
havior of the only two women on the
Tuscania They went down a rope in
fine style, laughing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-07
PEACE MEET,
PRESUMED,
.T0BESECRET
With Break of German Boil
sheviki, Negotiations May
Be Yelled.

London, Feb. THE resumption Of
the peace negotiations at Brest-Li-
tovsk today, If it occurs, will take
place in a fog of vague reports and
contradictions as far as the outside
world is concerned.
Statements in many German news
papers indicate a probable breach be-
tween the Germans and the Bolsheviki
and the conclusion of a separate ar
rangement between the central pow
ers and the Ukraine. No light on the
situation comes from Russian sources.
Foreign Minister Trotzky is report
ed to be at Brest-Litovsk but nothing
has been heard from him.
In the meantime the Bolsheviki con-
tinue to circulate by means Of the
wireless, statements regarding the tri-
umph of the Bolsheviki rada in the
Ukraine. A statement issued yester
day says that the seat of its govern
ment was transferred to Kfev, on Sun
day, and that agreements had been
reached between the Bolshevfki gov
eminent in Russia and the rada re-
garding federal union with Russia and
the complete unity Of foreign and in
ternal affairs 1t is added that repre-
sentatives of all the armys fcDts have
recognized the Bolsheviki rada as the
sole authority in the Ukraine. An all
Ukrainian congress will be held at
Kelvin the next few days.
Claims also are made by the Bolshe-
wiki government that all authority in
the Crimea is in the hands Of the Cri-
mean council of workmen's and SOL
diers' delegates.
Bolsheyiki Claim Upperhand.
Elsewhere the Bolsheviki claim to
be winning and they report the cap
ture of Bobruisk near Minis. 1t is
added that the Ukrainian soldiers are
joining the Bolsheviki armies.
The Bolsheviki government, accord
ing to Petrograd dispatch to the
Times, is proposing to revolutionize
China by supporting the movements in
the southern provinces against the
central Chinese government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-07
Dutch Craft Is
Held as Search
rSpySM Made

An Atlantic Port, Feb. For the
first time in the history of this port a
spy search on board an arriving pas
senger ship in transatlantic service
was conducted today when the Nieuw
Amsterdam of the Holland-American
line, reached her dock here. Federal
authorities in charge declined to rec
ognize customs and barred zone passes
at the pier and an examination, which
may not be concluded until tomorrow,
was begun Of passengers and bag
gage.
Agents of the department of justice
and the treasury department met the
vessel down the bay last night The
ship was the first neutral one to arrive
in America since the European war
started that had not been subjected To
a search. such as today's, either at
Halifax or at Kirkwall
The Nieuw Amsterdam brought
about nine hundred passengers. Gov
eminent officials declined to say
whether disclosure of anything spe-
cific in the way Of spy activity was
anticipated.