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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

will find me still her father. But until
then l shall cease to interest myself
In her whereabouts"
Dorothy read that on the beach, and
she burst into bitter tears. The
enormity of her behavior suddenly be-
came clear to her. She had run away,
not to avoid a marriage which was be-
ing forced upon her, but to become a
popular heorine. She must write to
her father and go home. But az for
Harold-never, neverl
A step at her side made her look up.
The young fisherman was standing by
her.
I'm trouble, miss?" he asked, seeing
her streaming eyes
Il don't know what to do" sobbed
Dorothy. ooh, / wish you were a
woman, SO that l could tell you about
1t. l am in such trouble. IL"
To her amazement the fisherman
had calmly sat down at her side and
taken her hand in his. Then, to her
further amazement, she felt his arms
about her.
Dorothy, don't you know me?" he
asked. Don't you remember that
evening at my fathers house?"
Harold" she exclaimed, staring at
him in CONSERVATION. 20, what a fool
l was!" Then she tore herself away
and her anger began to rise swiftly.
But you-how dared you take such
a mean advantage of me?" she de-
handed hotly.
Forgive me, Dorothy" he pleaded
humbly. 81 learned that you were here
and telegraphed to your father
yesterday. I've loved you all the time,
Dorothy, and wanted you mighty bad;
and now I've got you I'm going to
keep you, because l saved your life
and it's going to be mine"
And Dorothy thought this reason
able.
Copyright, 1914, by w. G. Chapman.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

his district; yet he, on the quiet, ap-
pealed to the department for aid.
A representative visited the farm
and found it apparently in good condi-
ton, supplied with good buildings, and
annually yielding bumper crops Of
grain and roughage, 80 bushels Of
wheat, 60 bushels of corn and two tons
of hay to the acre.
1t was a different story, however,
when the expert examined the live
stock. The dairy COWS were scrubs Of
the worst variety, with staring coats
and every rib showing, and with I'D
ders not larger than a mans two fists.
The swine and horses we're also in
ferior specimens of twentieth century
live stock, while the supply of farm
machinery was in no sense modern and
efficient. Here was a case of a coun-
tryman who was exerting all his ener-
gies toward the production of profit
able crops, only to feed them to I'M
profitable live stock.
From ~ COWS he obtained only
enough milk to supply the need Of his
family OF six persons. The department
showed him where the leak was, and
explained to him how he could har-
monize all his operations and render
his farm more fertile and profitable by
maintaining better live stock. He &C.
ceded to their advice and today is
gaining a profitable livelihood and
yearly fattening his bank account un-
der a standardized system of manage
ment.
Farmers Take Kindly to the Plan.
The popularity of this movement to
~rejuvenate sick farms increased to
such an extent that a year ago the de-
partment organized the Missouri Farm
Management association, the pioneer
society of its character in America, The
members being recruited from among
the ranks of the owners of Improbable
farms who desired to nurse all the OPP
~erations on their acreages back to a
wage-earning condition.
The object of this association was
to organize and combine the farmers
of Missouri who were interested in
practical system of farm management.
1t aided the department In so much as
the countrymen who needed and want
ed help were centralized In the organi-
cation. while it aided the farmers in so
far as the department experts prom
ised to visit and replan each place in
turn. Two hundred earnestly interested
farmers Joined the society the first
year, while at present the enrolment
is double that number. Each country
map pays s1.25 membership fee-the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
BY GEORGE III. DACY :

funds being used to aid the depart
ment in its work.
Farmers Cooperate With Department.
After his farm has been inspected by
the department, lin case a member of
the society follows out the suggestions
of the experts (although he is not in
any way bound to carry out these sug-
gested changes) he becomes a coop
orator. The majority Of the co-opera-
tors adhere strictly to the advice of
the department.
Each year the department selects
the best cooperative farm in each
county and makes 1t a demonstration
farm which conducts local experiment.
al work under the direction of the ex-
perts. In the case of the demonstra-
ton farm, the department assumes the
initiative and devotes as much atten-
ton to the place as is necessary to
make 1t prominently successful, and
spares no pains in assisting the opera
tors of these farms to bring them to
the highest possible state of fertility
and to the maximum point Of profit
dDlel6SS.
On the other hand, co-operator must
take the initiative in all phases of his
work, although he receives aid and as
s~istance from the department experts
when he stumbles onto a knotty prob.
lem. At present there are rs co-opera-
tive and five demonstration farms in
the state, and each summer, public
meetings are held on the places of the
demonstrators, where typical and IL
Illustrative results have been obtained.
Farmers from all parts of the coun.
try are invited to attend these meet.
ings at which prominent agricultural
experts and authorities on farm man.
agement discuss the various lines OF
farming practiced in Missouri. AT
noon, a basket lunch is served by the
ladies of the county in which the gath.
ering is held, and in the afternoon the
men visit each individual field, study
the crop, and informally discuss the
efficiency of the methods Of seed bed
preparation, planting and cultivation
which have been practlced in the de
velopment Of this crop.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

An experiment in growing COW peas
with corr on one of the demonstra-
ton farms. The peas will fatten
from six to 10 western lambs at a
profit of $40 per acre.
The department was organized in
1906 under the direction OF Prof. w. j..
Spillman of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, and F. b. Mum
ford, dean of the Missouri Agricultural
college, For four years it's work was
confined to an accurate study of local
farm conditions-a resume Of the
knotty problems of the Missouri farm
er and how he could be best aided In
solving them.
Then when the force was thoroughly
conversant with the "star boarder"
farms of the state and had planned an
efficient campaign whose object was to
eradicate the evil features of the I'M
profitable farm, they offered t o help
the general farmer re-map his system
OF management. his crop rotations. his
methods of marketing his produce, and
to adapt his line of farming to the
region in which he resided.
Confidence In Organization Grows.
1t was a case of FIRST come, first
served" and after these business man
agement doctors had cured a few Sc
we're cases of 'loafer" farms and made
them profitable and more productive,
applications requesting aid came ir
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24


Furthermore, if he made good on
his assertion he would win your ever
lasting gratitude and perhaps you
would recompense him with a little
cash bonus. Now this is just the OPP
portinity that the farm management
department of the Missouri Agricul-
tural college is offering to the farm
ers of the show me" state.
The department says: ASK for our
aid and we will show you how to tonic
your sickly bank accounts and how to
increase the profits of every branch of
your farm" Even the most skeptical
who, to begin with, made fun of the
proposition have been silenced because
the Missouri farm management depart
ment has made good on all its asser-
tons.
Today some 500 local farmers are
annually recording greater profits on
the credit side of their ledgers as a
result of following the advice and
plans mapped out for them by the de-
partment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Famous Library to Be Sold.

In order to s~traighten it's financial
affairs the vestry of the Marien-
Kirche, in Halle, has decided to sell
its famous library. This library con-
sists of $4,000 volumes and contains
also the most complete collection Of
manuscripts in the handwriting of
Martin Luther and his co-reformers.
1t also possesses the only original
death mask Of Luther. Most of the
books are on theology and a few Of
them are said to be worth as much as
$4,000. In spite of tempting offers
from the outside, 1t has been decided
to offer the entire library at a com
p~aratively low price to the city OF
Halle in order to keep it. if at all pos
sible, at home"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Indian Lenend Of Intsrest.

When the Creek or Muskogee In
dams adopted into their tribe the rem
nants of other tribes which we're
nearly extinct many superstitions
were found among them. One of these
tribes was the T~uckabatches. The
legends of the Creeks state that the
Tuckabatches brought with them sew
en- plates, the origin and object of
which have puzzled scientific men
for centuries. The T~uckabatches
claim that these plates were given
them by their ancestors. They were
not to be handled by all persons, only
by particular men, and those chosen
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

These meetings have been fittingly
termed SHOW Me Institutes on Legs"
and are really regular motion picture
shows minus the nickel.
Woman's Work Included In doctor
Ing"
While the men are busy with their
field study, their wives under the d.
rection of an expert in home eco
Monies occupy themselves with the
problems of the farmhouse. Efficient
methods of replanning the home, home
decoration, modern methods of cook
cry, the elimination of wastes and the
utilization Of byproducts, handy aids in
the kitchen, and the Identification of
the farm yard are explained and dis
cussed in detail.
The woman expert in charge Of this
work occupies herself throughout the
year In visiting and remapping the
systems of home-management prac-
ticed by the housewives who request
her aid. She is a sort of a travelling
home economics department which
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

be no financial interests" or "afllia-
tions" when the right man came along.
Dorothy would marry him for love and
for nothing else. She was dreaming
of him now as she lay in the little
cave. half asleep, until a splash and a
trickle of moisture into her shoe
caused her to leap up with a scream
The tide was tapping against the
mouth of the cave!
She looked out in horror. Dorothy
could not swim, and the fr~eshening
wind was sending huge rollers break
ing into the mouth of the cave, which
would, she knew, be entirely filled at
high tide. Dorothy screamed again and
again. She lost her presence of mind
completely, for there was no refuge,
and in half an hour she would be
looking death in the eyes,.
, The minutes rolled by. Now she
was crouching. pressing her hands
against the roof, and the water was
swirling about her knees. Suddenly a
black speck appeared round the dis
tant rocks. 1t was a boat! Dorothy
shouted, and she saw the speck grow
larger and urn inward. There vas a
man in it, and he was pulling hard to-
ward her. Presently, with a few quick
strokes, he sent the boat gliding
against the cave.
Jump inl" he said.
Dorothy stepped in and sank down
exhausted in the bottom Of the boat.
Now that the danger was over she
felt ready to faint from relaxation aft
er the nervous tension. She must have
tainted, in fact, for the next thing she
knew the boat had grounded and the
young fisherman had lifted her in his
arms and vas carrying her ashore.
This was a humiliating situation.
Dorothy felt almost angry when he set
her down and stood smiling over her
from his superior height.
THAT vas a narrow escape you had,
miss" he said, in the quaint information
of the New England countryman.
BEST not go on the rocks agen until
you know this coast. You're staying
at Mrs. Jones, amt your"
Yes" answered Dorothy resentfully
"Then I'll jest take you there" said
the young fisherman,
Dorothy heard his story and duly
listened to Mrs. Jones motherly
seedlings. Her spirit was ch~astened,
ard she felt thoroughly disguised with
herself. This young mar apparently
regarded her only as a wilful girl
her, Dorothy Lamont, who was being
sought for all over the country. Worse
than that, the papers, which had been
filled for days with the tale of her
flight. suddenly ceased to feature" the
news.
Then came a blow which fairly
crushed Dorothy's spirits. 1t was the
report of an interview with her father.
and contained these words:
81 do not believe that my daughter
has come to any harm, and I am sure
she has gone away OF her free will.
shall. therefore. make no further ef
fort to find her. When she is ready TO
come home she may do so. and she
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Fact of the Flood

There is no doubt about a greats
flood early in the history OF the hui
man race, somewhere near its place
Of beginning. The Baylonian tablets
tell the story; Chinese literature holds
It; Central Asia cherishes the tradi-
ton; the North American Indians, who
probably came from the same region.
bear a legend of similar purport. The
late President Harper sets forth the
history OF the deluge as follows;
I'VE may regard the deluge Al 9
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Antique Watches Sell.

A sale of seventeenth century
watches and miniatures realized about
$4,000 at Christie's, in London.
Pawsey paid $525 for a miniature
of a general Of CromwelIs time, by
s. Cooper, dated 1649, and 1856 for a
miniature of a gentleman, by ]. Hos
kins, 1859.
Holmes ave 1912 for al early sew
e~nteenth century watch. by c. Peiras,
with a silver dial engraved with the
heads of cherubs, birds. squirrels and
foliage; the watch is in a crystal case
with silyergilt borders.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
spank-Powe Motor.

A West Virginia schoolma'am has
installed a small isolated plant in an
anteroom of the schoolhouse. 1t is
necessarily a heating plant because
it is an electric "spanker,' This en-.
CINE delivers 5 s. b. p. $. Is sharp
blows per second). The lady .engi.
neer say that while the run is short
it is long on efficiency. Central sta
tons might adopt the "spanker." says
Power. as a means Of building up o
day load.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

historical fact preserved in a multi
tude Of forms. an actual and terrible
event. which made 30 powerful an i'm
preston upon the imaginations of the
first parents of u species that their
descendants could never forget it.
This cataclysm took place near the
primitive cradle OF mankind and previ-
u to the separation of the families
from whom the principal races were
to descend The deiuge was q fact;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
carIyIe's srevIty.

How often have we seer some such
adventurous and perhaps much-cen-
sured wanderer light on some outly-
ing neglected. yet vitality momentous
province. the hidden treasures OF
which he first discovered, and kept
proclaiming till the general eye and
effort were directed thither. and the
contest completed-thereby in these
his seemingiy 80 aimless rambles.
planting new standards. founding new
habitable colonies. in the immeasure-
able circumambient realm of Nothing
ness and Nightg- Carlyle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
HsredItx and Insanity.

Heredity accounts for about fifty
per cent of the cases of insanity. This
is encouraging. 1t shows that the
shocks and conditions of modern life
do not make people insane; the siren.
uous life merely brings out the insan
ity that is latent in some persons as
a result of heredity. A noraml per
son cannot be driven insane by any
Of the conditions OF modern life.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
sounded Alike.

Mrs. Devere-Jones--Why, Mrs. Hoot-
son, your daughter plays more bril-
liantly than ever.
Mrs. Tootson-My daughters Jul OF
town. That's the piano tuner you
heari-London Opinion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

works according to the theory that if
you cannot bring the farmers wife to
the college then take the college and
science to the kitchen of the house
wife.
She plans out the management Of
each home as practically and systemat-
ically as the home po%cketbook will per-
init,
The Missouri farm management de-
partment also maintains a farm ac-
counting branch which teaches the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

It was a part of a great plan; It's rec
ord as handed down to US in the He
brew Scriptures is the n clear, dis
tinct account, and when compared with
the other accounts bears on its face
the indications of its divine origin"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
Number Of Horses increases.

The output of horseshoes in thiH
country in 1912 was 10 million.
From 1900 to 1910 the number of
horses In the United States increased
from IS million to 21h million. while
their value during that period 0 8
from an average Of s42 a head to 500.
In 1900 the government reported the
mule population to be IA million. In
1910 It had doubled. 1t Is estimated
that the number of work horses. not
counting those on ranges, increased
465. 900 last year.-our Dumb Animals.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

F you were a countryman
whose farm was not pay
ing very we'll and an ag-
ricultural expert came
along and said: Let me
show you how you can
double and triple your
present i%ncome;" if the
man looked sane and in
telligent, you would doubt
loco iump OF tho nhance
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24
The Efficiency Craze.

Our boss Is a crank on efficiency"
Whats he up to now?"
Trying to teach the s~tenographer
to chew her gun In two movements,
less per minute to the lower law
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-01-24

like hot cakes from countrymen in all
portions of the state.
AS an illustration of what these ex-
pert farm managers could accomplish
in rehabilitating a good farm which
was run down. due to mismanagement,
take the case of Jim" Brown, who was
considered one of the best farmers in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-22
Eugenics
BY GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF AT Good Old Siwash.7

TT TAKES a brave man to talk
about EuCenics and a still drawer
= one to listen.
Eugenics is the science Of producing
are being followed in this country. one
crowd brings I'd children scientifically
crowd takes the babies after they are
born and perfects them according to
the best modern knowledge The other
crowd takes the prospective parents
and puts them through a stock Judg-
ing class. If they score enough points
they are allowed 10 marry II not,
they are only allowed TO live and this
is regarded as somewhat Of a conces-
sion.
The latter is the real Eugenics sys-
tenn. the former being only the old
fashioned job Of bringing up children
The Eugelists have the greatest faith
in herediry. They believe that when
heredity and environment meet the
latter goes TO the mat for the count in
the first round They believe that by
allowing only perfect men and women
to marry. only perfect babies Will ar
rive thereafter and that we viii in time
become a race Of physical gods and
EOddesses immune to chickenpoX and
appendicitis. and able TO run 80 miles
an hour while chasing a street car.
Some states have already begun the
process OF perfecting their citizens by
demanding physical examinations be
fore issuing marriage certificates. But
the real third degree EuEenists go far
Their than that If they have their way,
the thin. puny poet. and statesman
viii be given the coarse guffaw when
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-22
In the Web of Life
a Meu Short Serinl SforY
BY VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER
Author Of The Two Sisters" etc.

his word TO his fiancee, ruin ~. P ,2t.,.,-
again. She was dhloy - ~ .el. - p
| change OF plans ana Lo-llu ~ 49,
TO regain her good nuHOI- - -,
bs,-s !. vI-Toia evening without any com
many ..F}1Its with a sudden smile per
! hans Ralph will run over Tor HHl4s,
II 50. / shall not miss Iom' Ior halpH -
- Constance looked at her. reproach-.
fully Won do not mean that dear
she said gently you VIII mss On
less if you have solleoouL eIse ny -
but won know that you VIII miss nllll
nevertheless. and that Ralph cannot
.,VeiI h ne could. he would fill It
better than rom Goes Eui - ..I f,,-
half in fun. half in veXauOn- but
come along and play some Jolly tnlns
for me and chase away my blues
While Cons once Medford sat az the
pfano complying with Edith Hale s re-
Guest her thoughts were busy she hdu
been living in this beautiful nome
siDca the death Of her father year
40. Her mother had died when she
was a child Now the girl was ieIt
with very little money. but win
knowledge Of music that cOuld 1e
turned 10 profit Her aunt ana uHcle
had insisted upon her making her nome
with them. She did not want 70 pc a
dependent. she protested, but John Hale
and his wife had tried TO impress upon
her the fact that her presence IN luei5
house was joy for which Iney @ '1Id,i
gladly have paid what John aale c1-i4S1
"a good round sum-
You are an unspeakable coTnIoEt
to US all" her aunt had declared
"and YOU cost US nothing
Constance had accepted the home Dut
had lost no time in securing music
pupils among the children Of the pros
DerolIs families in Homewood, and sne
had the satisfaction Of knowing Ihal
though she was not allowed TO pay
board. she was able to buy her own
simple clothing. she hoped thaL she
might soon begin TO lay aside little
money each year so that she need never
be a burden uDon her kind relatives
She could not help knowing that IheL
all loved her and that she had proved
helpful in many ways since sne nag l. Pc
come one Of this household Edith
found her q safe colfidant. and en-
loved her companionship. although tAe
two girls were dissimilar in tastes ana
character Constance was fond OF her
pretty. brown eyed cousin. and she vas
ALWAYS ready TO make excuses Tor neI
sudden wayWard impulses and swirl
changes Of mood
This afternoon, however, as the tWo
girls sat in the gathering dusk-one
playing gay little'tUnes, while the otner
listened, beating time with the I'D OF
shapely slipper-the orphan found her-
self wishing that Edith appreciated
more the depths OF feeling Of which
Tom Morton was capable Coul1 noL
the girl see. she wondered. thaL ttaipn
was attracted to her. and that he was
thought that fin doing so he was not
quite hCnora BILE; that he was looking
with longing eyes upon the woman
who had Just become enga Eed TO n man
who was his cousin and his friend2
CTO be contluued-)