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Soil wash ■ <. i** v ashing away of ihe surfact • it-* bugbears of corn growing—is • ■< u by systematic means such as t . i: : aid of a fo;v years ago. - . • -i»i -.»i .if fertilizers is one w hich » eery heart of the corn-growing '* . • 1 •• ex|»erts in and out of the g »v.-r ai n -v. vlce ha< e prepared vert’ ex •" ■ t : ~ for enabling the corn grower • till s .,.)ii nitrogen or whatever other A *t. most needed to produce the *tic**i? i ears of eon’. It has been i I*; :y n inrertiga. ion that many farmers i *rj differeu’ ideas as to how corn 11 • e dented arid cultivated but at the • i • :ti i' has been discovered that, nc i ti ■• •1 fast rules can be laid down as ap >d:i nd- <i the w hole country. -The core ;i «'to * cultivating a deep soil in a sec • *i ■ t-i*- here is prolonged dry weather will •i*i ■ ■ <ly ; ave to proceed on a different the • . • uti the mar. whose land is low and wet '• * n hat is being driven home is that a- at fner must study his own particulai r==* -- yca&ststJi/PVTsrfR ^ Z£> An odd circumstance In connet 'k a wi h this ' i.u-se of 'he crusade for better methods of ■ ; pifling the corn crop wcs the discovery by l'n le Sam's investigators tha* .-nrn growers .-i a >'ass are very conservative, altogether conservative, indeed, for their own good. Tt jiapi. iionts and methods employed in tu.. . are entirely different fr nn those of Con n-'cricut and the la.ter, in turn, are dissimilar to tin ie in use in Georgia. No -ection has a monopoly of ail the good things in methods .itei machinery and in many instances a prac ♦ i,-e iti vogue in one locality could be profit v,ij u-;t>d -;n another district which had remained :a ignorance of it. Ail this bids tair to bo < hanged. however, under the present awaken ing. Wide-awake corn growers are paying visits to other corn-protlncing states than their own and the result is likely to be a general - discarding of poor and adopting of improved met hods. The depth of planiing. the distances be tween rows and hills and the depth and fre quency of cultivation are all corn problems that are being solved aiong dependable scien tific lines alter a century or more of (discus sion and dispute. Meanwhile the improvement of corn cultivating and harvesting machinery has worked wouders In bringing about the new era in the com fields. Mechanical corn harvesters have developed more slowly than the machines for wheat and other cereals, at tempts to solve the problem of mechanically handling the corn crop dating from 1820. whereas it was not until 1S31 that Cyrus Mc Cormick made the first reaping machine. Despite the fact that there was almost eon tmuous experiment in the sphere of corn har vesting machinery from the date above men tioned it was not until 1892 that success crowned the efforts of the inventors. The principle in corn harvesters and binders which was destined 10 prevail appeared in the year mentioned, the invention of an Illinois man. In its element ary form it consisted of a corn harvester with the two dividers passing, one on each side of a row of corn, which was cut and carried back in a vertical position to the binder attach ment bv means of chains and gathering arms. Latterly various improvements and modifica tions of the design have been made and new inventions along the same line have been in troduced. In some of the machines the binder is in almost horizontal position instead of vertical. Naturally, badly tangled fields make the progress of a corn harvester somewhat slow, but it Is remarkable with what precision the machine will right the staiks. Owing to the great variation in the height of the corn, even in the same field, the binding attachments are given great range of operation and in some machines they are placed as high as 32 inches. The machines weigh from 1.400 to 1,800 pounds each and cost, on an average, $123. The average uumbe- ot acres cu: per day by such a corn binder is upward of eight and the total cost per acre of harvesting the corn by this method tallowing for cost of ma chine, wages of driver, outlay for twine, etc.) averages about $1.50. Corn shockers cost about as much as corn binders and weigh ap proximately the same. These are the ideal machines for owners of small farms who do most of their own work. A man with three horses and a corn shocker can cut about five acres of corn per day at a total expense of $1.06 per acre as against $1.50 per acre with the machine previously described. The fundamental features of the corn shocker are the oifcular rotating cutters which cut the corn as the machine advances and the circular rotating table upon which the corn is collected vertically to form a shock. A loading device for handling the shocks adds greatly to the efficiency of the modern ap proved type of .machines. Coru pickers, ma chines which remove the ears from the stalks (which latter are left in the field) cost $250 each and are operated at an expense of $1.81 per acre. Combined huskers and shredders are the latest additions to corn handling ma chinery and on up-to-date farms these are in many instances operated by gasoline engines. Nervousness—A Lack of Control • *~m tJuo *rwt wbu I •»* |'!u« A M14 ■*rrtiu Wlul 1 hrj j • J» BBt-aa I* *JM* •*»•-» t re run ] tr I <» IW (if, «*. b»t I 1 Oii'a tin* ■ La# A Kiaaii «rar b»* of * t »f i >■<■>! ait-l >r* h. 1 «:th khu4 C ul U*r Mf;.< *b«» «fcr »f*»r « « |4>im U M»; n-ri-j«l* *1 tit- tack of t*~rv« c-**-tr«t mu] I it tiiafl n nn ».* >ir> Hot*» ure-t. •t k taif a (rtttf - r •« cry at irlnal I tut M tMi.' t '.on t.i a** i* aii'O jr Ie 1 iif “U*-* It;'**.” or lo worry 0. ~r I *1 or fa*wi<*i riisfcta Muir » M«Oi w * a ft tu.M> IkfnKl'it nw ( luu lk*> «r - oak \ »■ it »'i*k a !rt«ci it* Joy In Ih" Mi t * tu« rlrt •* <4 thr I tt w lim o-1 Ktn •"cry uwHWiii o' IV- vit** .si.- » - *i<» . <bii»< | . t-£* t-KNt* m < --:■•! t» k a* i.ial.*** *U WMSKt. 1 rlBIJJ I' »l rw ut4 a* a |Qfea a*4 oritfh.al 1, I ita (tei waj are now fcrrcigfet up I ' t’ttMlaoa u4 poaJt*4 o»jf 'in'll C r «nu«oaa t—rtacra hrf.il' of tbc yrvH«r of a bfcidoa nruisc 3bt ti titte fca* boot a*H UB*l! f-hipud I, ■ . houghtless sen ihIk ,ia <!> sung. -»'• i -r» - ■ omen are the ones wlin an- n.n* n.'alljr - irin-nted with th • demon >f If one of them -Lv> Ui mhIo ■» ii'-et her husband on !*•* «• .**< «.nk.rx with another wo i .tu. h-.1 ■« urtjrtn lecture he re " 1” 'h e - . riit. or if not that, he fm i» i. vii ■ . -anr.R the air of one *rh « oKHdriei ler-eif much abused. T*” -st • f the case may be 'is*. V r i i'.oai «:-t the other wo . '•• *** ••;*« • d*-at!y and, as they r ft- -t line . i true direction, he i iota in>i i - •>■, a liking with her with ; <*“' '"•"!« :* *1 rude In this age linen ui'iki *d '• ■•,-iiy have business t« m.-it'-lHu-f -'i*'I women. It is a I rommon •< n •• .or two men to Into-b tog ‘t! - in order to have a chance to ,ver some important twain f t, iaal r without fear of Inter ruption Thi r - Is no reason why a man and worn m might not do the c-uue. and ye i iw Impossible it would U* to convince the jealous woman that this was tfce -naH. To be jealous Is to acknowledge the superior charms of the other woman. “If I cannot hold you against all women, then I do not want you," Is the right thought. If you think some other woman is at tracting your husband, wake up and beat her at her own game. Do not sit idly in the corner and complain. A woman who is nervous does not usually realize what is the cause of her condition. When excitable and ir ritable and suffering from a nervous headache, she takes various remedies to deaden the symptoms Instead of looking the matter squarely in the face and going after the cause. Many women need a hobby to take up their spare time, if their minds were oc i cupied and their bodies kept in a good condition by proper care, they would i soon gain control of their nerves. (Copyright, 1910. by W. O. Chapman.) Accepted at Last. Poet—My epic on the coming cor onation has been taken. Wife—Oh. darling. I’m so glad! Who’s taken It? Poet—Mary took It this morning to light the study fire with!—London Opinion. To Raize Old Pans Fortress Fortifications Now Useless—Undesir able Persons Rent Space From Gov ernment and Attack Pedestrians. There Is talk, as there has been talk for years, of leveling the fortifi cations of Paris, which are perfectly useless now in the Improved condi tions of modern warfare, and of building houses on the large tract of ground which would be set free right round Paris. At present the fortifica tions are not only useless as a pro tection to the city In time of war, but they are absolutely dangerous to the citizens in time of peace. According to the law a large space around the lortifications Is kept free of all stone buildings. This military zone, as it is called, has no houses upon it, but little one-story huts are allowed to be built there and are rented at tiny rentals by the military authorities. Their cheapness and discomfort at tract undesirable tenants, and the Paris apache has for years made a hunting ground o* the fortifications. Only a few days ago a rich Rus sian, M. Ivanoff. had gone for a drive In a taxicab. The motor broke down near the fortiflcatier.3, and while it was being put right M. Ivanoff went lor a stroll. He was not more than a couple of hundred yards away from, his cab when two men and two women attacked him. stabbed him in seven places, robbed him of all his money and his watch and chair, and a val uable searfpln. and left him for dead The two women have been arrested, but their companions arc still at large. The incident is being used as another argument for the leveling of the fortifications. Another argument still is. of course, the great value or the land for building purposes. A Suggestion “If the sea had a milky way as well as the sky wouldn’t it be convenient for the sailors?” “In what way?" "They could have floating dairies when their boats skimmed the waves." -------! Those Familiar Phrases tytutew That Art Kaariy Always to 8* Fount ho ttovth Writ l,B 9f |Vm sro ~praod." sad isdln* with •a Istfflrrt aos# bar* “a para. I^coj. iorf'J «jataa's faro. »Hb fU> tloaa ana' **1 »)m * Hcroinas »r* rhalrs oa •bn.othar bartL »r, Se*9 ~ Md «ft«r U»a a.---«a»t or* ■ • twl ' ****** «'*rry Elsie's slight figure to a deep chair." In the Important matter of costume, emotional drerses are worn, and rlr girual thoughts go with white frocks. 'CUcglag while draperies" are essen tial to the heroine and "colors'* are net worn. Eyes are eatremely significant. The heroines bar* “glorious dark-blue soul-tit womanly eyes." Ladles of a eillionous type, os the other hand, are recognizable by their “green eyes.” On encountering at a country house eyes "scintillating like emeralds,” a bachelor should dispatch a telegram summoning himself to the deathbed of "his grand-aunt. Barbara Batley." in Chapter 34 Green Eyes are “unmask ed.” Heroines with “pansy eyes,” la dies with orbs “misty with unshed tears,” are delicate and unlike any thing on earth. Though they hare shortened their hair and lengthened their skirts, “as yet no thought of lore has. entered their bright young lives." and "all that seemed too far away from their young glorious thoughts." Gentlemen with "the most expres sive dark eyes." lead a harassed life. Value of Fads. Whatever our*occupation or profes sion In life may be. It la most desir able to create for ourselves some other special Interest. In the choice of a subject anyone should consult his own instincts and Interests. I will not at tempt to suggest whether it Is bet ter to pursue art or science; whether we should study the motes tn the sun beam. or the heavenly bodies them selves. Whatever may be the subject ot our choice, we shall find enough. tail more than enough, to repay the devotion of a lifetime. Life no doubt is paved with enjoyments, but we must all expect times of anxiety, of suffering and of sorrow; and when these come it is an inestimable com fort to have some deep Interest which will, at any rate to some extent, en able us to escape from ourselves. PLAYING DETECTIVE By CLAUDINE SISSON (Copyright, xgii, by Associated Literary Press.) Miss Ciao Gates was visiting her sister, .Mrs. George Marshall. Mr. Mar shall was general manager of the de partment store of Moses & Wainright. Therefore, Miss Cleo heard much shop talk. About the only thing that interested her, however, was the talk about shoplifters. The store was constantly troubled with them, and it was only at long intervals that one was caught, although a store detective was supposed to have her eyes every where. One night when the manager came home to say that goods worth $200 had been lifted that day from un der the ncse cf the store watchdog, who was a young woman of 25, and that she would be discharged at the end of the week. Miss Cleo announced, in a very serious tone: “I am a natural born detective." A laiysli greeted the words. "1 ha\e solved several difficult cases." More laughing. “A year ago when this diamond ring was suddenly missing, father and moth er said i: was a case that would never be solved. After devoting one day to thought I walked into the kitchen and told the cook she was the thief. She broke down at once.” "That is, she confessed?” said Mr. Marshall. "No, she did not confess. She turn ed red and white and burst into tears, and within an hour she skipped out." “And the ring?’ “I found it on the shelf over mv lav atory. She. of course, had placed it there on finding that she was sus pected. Father said the police could n't have worked the case better.” “Keenest, brightest thing 1 ever heard eft" replied 'he manager. “If Picked Up One After Another. •ve only had you in the store we could All a po'ice station with shoplifters in side of a week.” The natural born detective felt hurt at the words and would say no more, although invited fo relate some of her other cases. Her mind had in stantly been made up to a certain thing, however, and next day she pro ceeded to carry her plan into execu tion. With no hint to her sister, who would oppose it, she made her way to the store of Moses & Wain right. She wanted to get an eye on 'he afternoon shoppers. She had a feeling that she could tell a shoplift er on sight. The criminal might be a well dressed woman with diamonds n her ears, and she might pretend to he at ease, but there would be a fur tive look, a something in look or walk to give her away. *■ Miss Cleo passed from "counter to counter, looking for guilty parties. She spotted and followed two or three about, but they seemed to receive a mysterious warning and kept hands afT. There was one old dame who might nave pocketed three yards of lace If she hadn't looked up and caught the girl's eye on her. Miss Cleo finally retired from the store with the feeling that if she had caused no arrest she had at least frightened a number of shoppers into being hon est. At dinner that evening, she iidn't feel so self-satisfied, however. I Mr. Marshall reported that never had the shoplifters been so busy. There had been no less than seven cases right under the noses of the brightest salesgirls. ' Should that report discourage a nat ural born detective? Not in the slight est. It should stimulate her to great er exertions That's whsi it did in Miss Cleo Gate's case. She had been put on her mettle, and she would astonish- her brother-in-law and oth ers. \ ery few good looking young women who have set out to astonish folks have made a failure of it. It was back to the store the next after noon for Miss Cleo." A bright thought struck her as she crossed the thresh old. From all she had read an3 heard the shoplifting business was confined to her sex. The store detective had her eye on the women. Why not watch the men? Miss Cleo saw a young .nan saun tering about. She first noticed that . he was well dressed and had a fair face; then she saw he was looking about in what she considered a furtive way. Then he walked up to the jew elry show case and drummed on the glass. Then he went over to the per fumery counter and asked the price of a bottle of cologne. Thence he walked to the door and loosed up and down, as if to see whether there was a policeman about or not. Being satis fied on this point, he walked back to the book counter, picked up one book after another, and finally walked off with one in his hand as bold as brass It was a valuable book. Miss Cleo should have stepped for ward at this moment and laid her | heavy hand on the shoplifter and made an arrest but her heart failed her. He would deny and resist She would let him go and trail him and then report to her brother-in-law. She hadn’t far to trail. With a quick glance up and down the street, the young man crossed. At the entrance to a stairway he paused a moment to look back, and then climbed the stairs. The girl had the criminal run to earth. She re-entered the. store, was taken up to the manager's office, and aston ished him with announcing: "George, I have been doing detec tive work downstairs unbeknown to you or Sarah, and I have caught a | shoplifter. He may be the head of the gang!” “You don’t tell me! Where is he?" “I didn’t want to create excitement in the store, and so 1 trailed him to his lair." uooa gin. w uere is u: “Right across the road and up stairs. He can be arrested in five minutes.” ■■You'll have to come along and point him out.” "Oh, I’ll do that.” At the store doors they picked up a detective. When the trio nad cross ed the street and the stairway had been pointed out, Mr. Marshall said to the girl: “There are a dozen offices up there, and a studio or two, and we mustn’t bungle this case. Sure you can iden-j tify your man again?” “In an instant.” “I can’t believe that any of these people are shoplifters. We'll look in on Paul first and ask him what ho thinks. Right in here.” They entered a studio. At a desk sat a young man with an open book before him. There were paintings on easels and paintings on the walls. "Hello. George!” from the young man to .Mr. Marshall. “Hello, Paul. "That is the man and there is the book!” exclaimed the natural born de tective as she stood erect and pointed an accusing finger. Ten seconds of intense silence, and then they broke into laughter. "What—what does this mean?” de manded Miss Cleo. "Mr. Paul Wainwright, this Is my wife's sister. Miss Cleo Gates, in town on a visit, Mr. Wainwright is the son of his father, who is the Wain wright of our firm.” It took five long minutes to make it clear that Mr. Paul Wainwright had borrowed instead of shoplifted, and that there was nothing coming to him in the way of punishment, and there were apologies and “don’t mention its” and somehow Mr. Paul got the idea that he must call on the young lady and talk the case over. He is call ing yet. well Applied. William Dean Howells, the noted novelist, was talking at the Authors' club in New York about a charge of plaigaism that had been brought against Mark Twain. “A big man like Twain stealing from a little man like Blank!” said Mr. Howells. “This, surely, is a case for applying the old Hindoo proverb: ‘The plagnrist.”' “The ass beard the lion roar, and cried: Not Hard to Die Rich. “In fact, it is inconceivable what sums may be collected by starving only, and how easy it is for a man to die rich, if he will but be content to live miserable.”—Henry Fielding. EXPRESSING HERSELF WRONG - * Persons That Didn’t Know Mis’ Par kins Would Have a Different Impression of Her. "Some folks." commented Mr. Peas lee. judicially, "seem to be gifted In the way of expressing themselves wrong.” Mr. Blake concurred, and even went so far as to mention his own wife as a good example. But Mr. Peaslee did not allow himself to be di verted. "Now there’s Mis’ Parkins." he went on. as if he alone had spoken. “1 don't a’pose there's a neater woman in this village, if there’s one as neat as Mis' Parkins. An' yet I hear her say something this mornin' that ’ud give a stranger, or a pusson that didn t know her. an entirely different idea “I went in there for a moment this mornin' to see that niece of 'Ush Par kins—the one that went to York state 14 yeans ago." continued Mr. Peaslee. warming to his recital, 'an' she an Mis' Parkins was a-talking over old times. 1 “I don’t know wliat the event was that Mis' Parkins was tryin' to call 10 the girl's mind. It don't make no odds what it was. What I want to tell you was how she fixed the date or whatever It was. "It seems that the girld couldn’t Just remember all about It, an' Mis' Par kins was about on the edge of show ing a little out o' patience with her and at last she—Mis’ Parkins, I mean —bust out at her. She says: " ‘Why, Ellen, of course you re member! Don't you remember that awful hot day 16 years ago—the da* I washed 'Lisha's shirt?' ' Now,” demanded Mr. Peaslee, "what would a stranger have thought or that?”—Youth’s Companion. City Life. "What a cunning chiffonier!” "Yes," said the fiat-dweller, “isn't It! That was our reception-room and we had a set of drawers made to fit it” —Ufe.