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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
Found Granny's Hoard.

There is a certain class of persons
who never will trust their little for
tunes to banks-the old blue teapot
or the wooden sock seems safer to
their minds. And then, perhaps, there
is a misery streak in their makeup
which encourages them to keep their
money at hand where they can actual
ly see 1t when they so desire. And
often circumstances are such that
these private boards are lost and
money that might do good to needy
relatives and friends never comes to
light. Granny Krag of Fort Plain, N.
Y, loved her son Henry and his chill
dren. She always had been of a saw
ing disposition, but when she died sud-
denly on February rs last relatives
had no idea what she had done with
her savings On March Is the house
cat chased a mouse under an old foot
stool that had often been used by
Granny as she sewed carpet rags.
The cat didn't catch Mr.. Mouse; but
in reaching into hole in the lining,
the cat drew out $50 bill Further
search brought to light $S70-alI
Granny's little hoard.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
COULDN'T BE CONVERTED
Pastor of Church Confesses His Inabil-
Ity to Pass a Counterfeit Sill
yer Dollar.

The minister walked solemnly to
the front of the platform, and after
gazing intently at the congregation
for some moments he cleared his
throat and spoke.
'I am sorry to have to announce,
he said slowly, that some member of
this congregation on Sunday last put
a counterfeit silver dollar in the con-
tributfon box. What his motive was
1 know not He may have assumed
that for the heather a spurious dol
lar was as good as a real one, but 1T
should not be understood that the
actual money we take in here does
not go directly to them. and l hope
that the individual who gave the
spurious coin will be good enough to
redeem it. / am sorry to have to
make the request, but the fact is that
I have tried three times to pass the
dollar in question off myself, and In
every case unsuccessfully, wherefore
1 consider that it is up to the donor
to make good"
81 am the guilty party, parson,"
said a little red-headed individual sit
ting in the third row of pews, rising
and taking a genuine dollar out Of
his pocket. 81 had hoped, sir, that
a man of your strong powers of ex-
hortation, who has made a good man
out of such unpromising material as
myself, would be able to convert that
dollar"
You will please resume your seat
Mr.. Skinnerton," said the clergyman.
The treasurer Will negotiate the ex-
change at the conclusion of the serv-
ice. The ushers will now proceed
with the collection, and while they are
about it please let me say that, as be-
tween counterfeit money and suspend
er buttons for the collection plate,
most unquestionably prefer the latter.
The suspender button can be made
useful, but spurious money is not only
useless, but involves the clerical con-
science in too great a strain, consider
ing the size of the average minis
terial salary.'-Harper's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

years training. When they grow up
they can be placed in homes and
farms for feeble-minded adults. The
men can work in shops and on the
farms. The women can sew and work
in the orchards. Many of them can
be permitted to return to their own
homes. The greatest danger today is
that feeble-minded persons when they
are allowed to return to their homes
bring more feeble-minded people into
the world. But unsexing them will re-
move this danger and within a few
decades the community will have to
deal only with the occasional feeble
minded child who is born to normal
parents
We are not ready to adopt the old
Spartan custom of putting to death
the feeble-minded and the physically
unfit, although there are some per-
sons who believe this should be done.
We cannot continue to house them
The expense is already greater than
the state can bear. We must put an
end to the breeding of feeble-mind-
ed children as far as possible and
train those we have and those that are
bound to come to be self-supporting.
The training school at Vineland is
the only institution in America that
is scientifically and systematically
studying the problem of checking the
increase of feeble-mindedness Elab-
crate experiments are constantly be-
ing conducted there with a view to bet
tering the condition of the inmates,
who number approximately 400. A
few years ago it was discovered that
the cretin type lacked the thyroid
gland, and that feeding them the thy
roid gland of a sheep produced a dis
tinct Improvement 1t is now be-
lieved, in fact. it has been demon
strated in many institutions, that if
the thyroid gland be fed to the cretfn
type at an early age their efficiency is
greatly increased
At the present many feeble-minded
children of the Monaghan type ESQ
called from their slant eyes) are be-
ing fed with pituitary glands and 9TH
srs with mixtures of the pituitary and
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Soul in the Corporation.

tramp who had been put on a
Rock Island train fell into a vat of
boiling water while seeking a place to
sleep. The whole train schedule was
disarranged in order that a special
train which rushed the tramp to a
hospital should have the rfght-of-way-
The soullessness of the soulless cor
poration has its frontier. 1t may be
without heart in the competition for
business, without conscience in gain
ing its earnings out of passengers and
shippers But when the appeal of hui
man suffering is made to 1t, 1t can for
get that its policy Is to keep labor
at its lowest wage to pay for personal
hurt only If it must, to gouge and.
sometimes, to cheat Where spontan-
&c /; impulses are generous there is
no real danger that any policy of in
dustry, developed out of commercial
conditions, viii ever become fixed.
however profitable its meanness and
cruelty may prove to be-Toledo
Blade
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

inal founder of the family, a criminal
who came to America in the latter
part of the seventeenth century. were
criminals. feeble-minded persons or
degenerates. This family being stud
led by Prof. Goddard shows an
even higher percentage of feeble-mind-
ed members. DR.. Goddard has already
spent three years in compiling and
classifying the information about this
family, gathered by seven trained in
vestigators who have been constantly
In the field. Another year will elapse
before the record of every member
of the.family is traced and the work
completed, but the facts gathered so
far enable DR.. Goddard to declare the
case of the Jukeses is not an isolated
one-as many have beIieved-but a
typical one, In fact, every state in
the Union will furnish several fam
lilies. he declares
For obvious reasons it is impossible
to give the name of the family, but in
1882 a young man of a proud New Jer-
sey family wronged a feeble-minded
girl in the village near his home Then
he went his way, married girl of fine
family. reared children and died. high
ly respected. in 1887.
But the feeble-minded girl gave
birth to a son of feeble mind. and this
son became the father of 13 children.
seven of whom were idiots One of
the feeble minded sons married
feeble-minded woman and all their
children were idiots In the next gen.
GRAFTON one of their feeble-minded
sons (tO follow only one branch of the
family fell in love with a feeble-mind-
ed woman. Nobody prevented them
: from marrying They brought IL chill
dren into the world. And one of their
idiot daughters bore II children
And the last in the direct line of
horrors is girl of IA in the train
ing school at Vineland who has the
mind of a child of two. This, mind
you, is tracing only one member of the
family in each generation That one
youth who wronged that feeble-minded
girl more than century ago became
the ancestor through her of 1,146 hp-
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Terrible Suffering
Eczema All over naby,s BODY.

when my baby was four months old
his face broke out with eczema and at
arms were in dreadful state. The
eczema spread all over his body. We had
to put a mask or cloth over his face and
tie up his hands. Finally we gave him
Hoods SarsapariIla and in few months
he was entirely cured. Today he is
healthy boy" Mrs Inez Lewis, Barring,
Maine.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood diseases
and builds up the system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
sAocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
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1evAnn
GS sSnW'

and limbs were Hfe1ess and there
were weeks when 1 could not put my
feet to the floor or stand alone. AS a
last resort, I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. In six weeks I was as
free from kidney trouble as if l had
never had it."
when Your Back Is Lame, Re-
member the Name-DOAN'S." soc. a
box at all stores. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo. N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
LEWIS, ~slNeLE HlNDER.-

A handmade cigar fresh from the
table, wrapped In foil, thus keeping
fresh until smoked A fresh cigar
made of good tobacco is the ideal
smoke. The old. well cured tobaccos
used are SO rich in quality that many
who formerly smoked 1Oc cigars now
smoke Lewis Single Binder Straight
&c. Lewis Single Binder costs the
dealer some more than other &c cigars,
but the higher price enables this fac
tory to use extra quality tobacco.
There are many limitations; don't be
fooled. There is no substituted Tell
the dealer you want a Lewis Single
Binder"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

lions. If you sus-
pect your kidneys,
begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills at
once. Mrs. J. l..
Warrick, 406 w.
Mulberry ST, Lee
banon, Ohio, says:
mo tongue can
tell the agonies /
suffered. NY feet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
When the World Was Made.

When Lottie returned from her first
visit to Sunday school she was asked
what she had learned.
God made the world in six days,
and was arrested on the seventh day."
was her version of the lesson impart-
ed.-Lippincott's.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28


Idiocy - feeble-minded-
ness. is simply another name for it
is matter of heredity.
There has been a terrible increase
In the number of feeble-minded chill
dren in the past few years.
Feeble minded mothers are twice
as prolific as normal women.
1.-The country cannot build institu-
tons rapidly enough to house and take
care of the feeble-minded.
The only solution of the problem Is
the unsexing of all feeble-minded per-
sons to prevent them from breeding
more feeble-minded children, and the
training of the feeble-minded who are
now here to be self-supporting.
These are few of the conclusions
reached by Prof. E. R. tombstone
and DR. Henry H Goddard of the
training school for feeble minded chill
dren at Vineland, N. j., after a care
full study of more than ESQ families
In which feeble-minded children have
been born for several generations. In
four of these families the records of
2.700 individuals were traced, of which
number 687 were feeble-minded, or
nearly one-fourth of the entire num-
Der.
AT the present time DR.. Goddard,
who is in charge CT the research de-
partment of the institution, is engaged
In tracing the records of the members
of single family which promises to
rival if not actually to surpass the rec
ord of the notorious Jukes family
Jukes. 1T will be remembered, is the
famous family of criminals usually
cited as the most glazing example of
heredity in crime. More than two
birds of the descendants of the orig
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAk7

There are two ways to tell if you
have weak kidneys. The first is
through pains in the back. The sec
ond by examining the kidney secre-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
NORMAL.

he of
a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

Mrs. Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiammar
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

Some of us could wrap our good res
olutions in cotton, and even then they
would get broken.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

Don't cry-unless there's some one
around with a tear mop.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

Color Of Butterflies.
The colors of butterflies are M
ffuenced by the temperature of the
air in which they Hive.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

DIR. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
ate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
The Best.

The Best.
What do you think would be q
good motto for the motorists"
Wrecks to the recklessi"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28
THE CURSE
OF
HEREDITY

HREE HUNDRED THOU
sand feeble-minded per-
sons are running at
large in the United
States. Eighty per cent
of the feeble-minded chill
dren come from 10 per
cent of the community.
Idiocy - feeble-minded-
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SEVENTH GENERATION

FOG INSANE DESCENDANT
TRACED AND 2O4 EITHER
EPilEPTtCS OR NORMAL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-10-28

SIXTH GENERATION
F2 OF THESE SAP CHILDREN
WERE INSANE OTHERS ePlLEPTlc5.
REMAINDER N6RMaL
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16

Above all. do not allow roup 10 get
a foothoid. for nothing will stop their
laying any quicker than this II YOU
have any puilcfs affected remove
them AZ once from the flock. for roup
IL very contagious. II would be well
90 dose the drinking water Of these
affected ones with a good roup cure
for two or three days.
Have you made tho nests nfirac-
uvc7 n not. this may b. another rca
ron why they have not begun 60 las
~ yet They .houid have plenty -
nice clean nests each prov ded Wifh
o. most ceE AZ sock hirds should Be-
crf away unfi tho breeding season.
for excitement or unrc " any Kind
IL harmful o. fhc unmafnrcd Ron n
You have erred in bringing 49, this
years priicfa. 30 ucf make tho same
mistake newt year.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16

years afterward is Anthems tine
toria Kelwayi. The plants are easily
started from seeds. grow a foot high
and bloom freely. the flowers being
Daisy-like. two inches across. and OF
a rich golden color. A big plat OF
this elegant flower was in bloom at
one OF the seed gardens at Erfurt.
Germany. when the editor was there.
and II was sheet OF gold. gorgeous
beyond description.
This flower likes sunny exposure
and rich. porous soil The seedlings
may be raised in windowbox. hot.
bed or garden bed. and transplanted
when large enough. setting the plants
eight inches apart each way They
will thus cover the ground. and be
come a glorious mass OF flowers Even
the foliage is beautiful. being OF grace.
ful form. elegantly cut or fringed.
says Parks Floral Magazine. The en-
craving represents plant in full
bloom. and will afford a good idea
OF its foliage and flowers. The seeds
may be obtained OF most any repu-
table dealer at : cents per packet. 1t
Is always greatly admired by those
who are fond OF golden flowers
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
, r E M E M = e r
;H/EA.z5
for COUGHS Z COLDS {
REMARKS BY THE CHILDREN
Amusing Comments That Have Been
Gathered by London
Woman.

Some amusing remarks by children
are told by Mrs. Bull (London).
A little girl of three and one-half
years defined a wedding as It's when
a lady goes into church with a cur
tain on her head and comes out with a
man"
Another little girl remarked to her
grandpa that her doll was stuffed with
sawdust. Grandpa asked: And what
are you stuffed with, Dorothy"
whereupon this sage of three replied:
Il don't know. God stuffed me-"
Another little girl was talking about
her Sunday-school lesson and the two
Johns of whom her teacher had told
her. There was John the Baptist"
she repeated, and John the beloved
disciple" There were three" her
younger sister gravely corrected.
You didn't name John Bull"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
RAISING Colts.

Colts should have plenty of exercise
to make bone and muscle. and should
be allowed to run on pasture or the
winter wheat field as much as the
weather will allow. They should be
sailed frequently and given plenty OF
good. pure water TO drink. They
should be kept in warm stalls when
the weather is too severe to allow
them to run out. There is no animal
on the farm which will return so good
a profit as the young colt. II II is
developed property II must have plen-
" OF feed and attention.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16

the clay away until the opening is
large enough to admit a small bird.
Place the pot bottom side up on a
board that is three inches wider than
the diameter of the largest pot used
and fasten It to the board with wood
cleats and brass screws. Fit the
cleats to the sides OF the pot as close
as possible. writes William F. Stecker
OF Massachusetts in the Popular Me
chanics. one or more pots may be
used. as shown in the sketch
The board on which the pots are
fastened is nailed or screwed TO a post
or pole 10 or ~ feet in height. The
board is braced with lath or similar
strips Of wood. making a framework
suitable for roost In designing the
roost. he lath can be arranged to
make it quite attractive. or the braces
may be twigs and branches OF tree to
make rustic effect.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
SIecpino Quarters for Hogs.

The sleeping quarters for hogs must
be clean and dry and separate from
the feeding floor. and II quite a little
apart so much the better. as it will
not injure the pig even in pretty
deep snow to go from its sleeping TO
feeding pen and return. but a sleep
ing place for pigs must be comfort
able In fact. no kind of stock can
be profitably kept in a sleeping place
full Of cracks and damp. Pigs do not
need much bedding II the floor and
sides are free from cracks and the
roof is good. but these things must
be seen to if a profit is expected from
winter feeding. And then the feeder
must not be lazy or irregular Feed
ing must be at regular hours and a
regular amount and everything must
be kept clean.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
i a[iaSjI!$s9!l 81 lA:I5l!1l; M!
K-,.HEAHIEissg1s.:H1.'

Dehorning makes old trees become
as new
A strawberry plant is naturally ar
evergreen.
Not everyone who farms has a good
family orchard
Intelligent pruning is also very nee
essary TO raising fruit.
The first warm days OF spring give
gardeners an inspiration for flowers.
In general. the best results are OBJ
tanned from spraying applications
made I'm cloudy weather
Spraying IL at least half Of fruit
growing as we'll as "a good part OF
gardening and truck farming
Pruning the farm orchard n n
knoify problem 90 the beginner. in
fact the older heads are bothered
&c. sure a. spray the trees from al
aides and cover every portion from
tho ground 10 tic ends 81 the
hranchcs
For curraufs mako ground rich by
liberal nsc ~ harnyafd manure md
commercial fertilizer. having plenty
~ potash.
A. a. The spraying ~ tho farm or.
rhard there o. no question but Whnt
&, Will uay and tho moro thorough YOU
are tie beffcr fhc results
Tho ooging out ~ Tho sap from
cherry and peach frccs. forming drops
or Iuruus ~ gum. arises from dis
caeed condition ~ ftc frcra.
f'rrrr up the rrnfting " not done
t--, suouth \ paste ~ COW manure
n-d clay. bound on To- partially
= rfrfIed tree trunk. will often save the
tree
Pruning shouid b. an annual affair
and the best time o. 10 % q late IN
N. winter or Just before the buds
omen. II should hcEiu when the tree
Ia rrst planted
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
GROWING OF SUMMER APPLES
Department Of Agriculture Makes
Study Of Industry in Middle
Atlantic States.

On nearly every farm summer ap-
pies have had a place since very early
days, and varieties have been develop
ed extending the season of apple pro-
duction over the entire summer, as
well as autumn. While as a rule this
fruit has been grown for family con
sumption, the surplus has found its
way to market. The marked DECLINE
in the production OF peaches within
the past few years has brought about
considerable extension OF the early
apple industry on a commercial scale.
which extension has been most mark
ed in the middle Atlantic states. where
especially advantageous Transports
ton routes both rail and water and
the proximity of large markets have
stimulated the enterprise. which has
its center in the truck producing re-
gion near Philadelphia. The United
States department of agriculture, as a
result of this extension, has made a
study OF the early apple industry, with
the middle Atlantic states as a field,
and published the information collect
ed in bulletin entitled Summer APP.
pies In the Middle Atlantic States" is
sued by the bureau OF plant industry.
This bulletin is a compendium of in.
formation covering all phases OF the
question OF early apple production, in
GLIDING soils. climate, culture. picking,
packing. marketing. etc. Numerous
varieties are described, and seasons
and other data conveniently presented
in tabular form.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-16
SUGAR BEET IN EXPERIMENT
Net Profit Of s24.s2 Represents About
Best That Can Be Expected
From Culture.

This is the time to think seriously
about hauling out the manure and APP
plying it to the beet land for by this
time we are all agreed that we can
not keep on growing sugar beets with
out replenishing the soil. We have
had plenty Of demonstrations TO cinch
this manure agreement so that there
need no longer be any question about
it. In all the sugar-coated talk we
get from the trust nothing is ever said
about the disastrous deterioration Of
our soils under culture and it is mat
ter we can no longer sidetrack. Last
year in Otero county field contain
ing 81 acres Of cultivated land was
planted to beets. The soil Ia black,
heavy adobe, easily cracked when be-
coming dry so that frequent irrigation
is necessary. The preparation of the
seed bed, seeding. cultivation and ir-
rigation were carried on promptly and
thoroughly regardless of expense, as
It was desired TO raise the crop ac-
cording TO the standard method OF the
valley.
Ten acres in this field was fertilized
with ten tons of stock yard manure
to the acre during the previous win
ter. On these ten acres which aver
aged 17.5 per cent, sugar about two
acres were sprayed with double
strength bordeaux mixture in order TO
prevent leaf spot. While the disease
was not entirely prevented 1t was
checked to considerable degree and
the PSI tons harvested from this part
of the field containing 1872 acres aver
aged 1854 tons the acre with ISL per
cent. sugar.
The second patch also contained
ten acres and was fortified with ten
tons of lime the acre from the factory
settling basin but not MANFRED. The
increase OF GO tons on each acre OF
this land was very marked. Still II
must be said that where the lime was
used more irrigation was needed dur
! ing the season. The third patch con-
tanning five acres was not MANFRED
or lined The yield was fraction
| less than ten tons the acre and prob
ably represents very closely what the
whole field would have yielded if nc
manure or lime had been supplied.
The remainder OF the field con
bdiHSu - aSASS' mn -
with ten tons of stock yard manure
the acre. This tract showed an in
crease OF 236 tons the acre over the
adjoining tract not MANFRED. The
total cost TO grow and harvest these
beets. not including rent. was 1882.
the acre. which left net profit o.
s24S2 and this result comes very neal
representing about the very best tina
can be expected from beet culture II
this country when the best efforts arr
put forth to bring 4 crop through.