The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-02-09
THE MISSING LINK
By M. H. ].

germ OF man started (who started
IT'D in the mud of an incomprehens-
bic past and arrived at the develop
ment of the Garden, he was covered
with hair like the gorilla, with a fiat
dome of thought, huge, outstanding
ridge for a brow, and sunken eyes
that, in short, he was an animal,
without shame, and needed no fig
leaf; whereas, the bible, which tells
the truth about eSeyrthing and never
lodges, says-what does it say? And
Jehovah God formed man of the dust
of the ground and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life; and man
became a living soul; and Jehovah
God planted garden eastward, in
Eden, and there he put the man
whom he formed.
Here we have the truth about the
origin of man-the most stupendous
miracle in all the universe of God;
first, the infinite purpose, then man,
after his own image, in the dignity
and glory Of his perfected person.
1t is said of Daniel Webster in the
one visit which he made to England,
that, as he passed along the streets
Of London, the hod carriers and
mortar mixers rested their tools upon
the ground and turned and looked
upon him in admiration and wonder
ment, as much as to say: There goes
a man!
Webster visited Carlyle and on his
departure the old Scotchman said of
him: When it comes to logic that
man can split hairs with any of them.
Webster once sat in a congregation
of rural worshippers, and as he sat in
respestful attention to the services,
his blazing orbs fastened upon the
preacher so disconnected the poor man
that he was unable to proceed with
his discourse.
Do you believe that Webster had
descended from a breed of gorillas?
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George Philip has in his office the
wings of an eagle, taken from a bird
q
town where ne had plucked the tail
feathers and cut one foot off and left
the rest of the carcass. The bird
measured seven feet from tip to tip.
There is a law against killing an eagle
and it is supposed that the hunter
knew that fact and abandoned the
bird after he had taken the tail
feathers, which are said to have a
market value of fifty Gets each, and
so, for a trihing gain the hunter Will
place himself in jeopardy and destroy
our noble and nationally symbolic
bird. This offense Is on par with
the man who will kill the buffalo or
any other large game for the tongue
merely, and if such an offender can be
identified it is the duty of any good
citizen to report him.
OOoOO
The Washington conference for the
limitation of armaments has closed
leaving Baron Kato with his poker
face;" with many strings tied to
Japan's return of Shantung, Man
churia and Siberia; with everybody
convinced "that much depends upon
the sincerity and good faith of
Japan" and with the general convic-
ton that the essence of all Japan
diplomacy is never to settle anything
conclusively.
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The savage, in the whim of an idle
hour, cuts child's symbol on the face
the the rock; and two thousand years
afterward the press agent comes
along and makes a prolonged, absurd
story out of this nothing.
There should be a crusade of the
Christian nations against the un-
speakable Turk to drive him from
Europe utterly and rescue the rem
nant of the Armenian nation from
the slaughter. We believe a call for
volunteers for that purpose would be
effective, and that the enterprise
could be financed War ought not to
cease until that object is accomplish
ed.
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In this semi-arid region shade trees
are one of the prime necessities, and
in this connection we renew our sug-
gestion that the city of Hays change
former plans for an attractive and
desirable use of the Treat Play
ground. The race track, if the author
ities consent, might be shaded from
both sides and groups of trees care