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The Commoner.
VOLUME' 6, NUMBER 6
ler LaTourette come within the clas
sification of "young people."
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That Corn Problem
Tho editor of this department has
been flooded with answers to tho re
cent corn problem propounded in these
columns. To print nil of tho lotters
would more than fill an Issue of Tho
Comnionor. "A BucKeye o the Corn
Holt," who propounded" the problem,
is F. M. Marqula of Milwaukee, Wis.
Thveo-fourths of tho ropiys were prac
tically correct.
But Carl Fay of Eminence Kan.,
sends a clipping from' the Eldon, Mo.,
Advertiser which relates that Mr.
J. B. Allen brought to tho Advertiser
ofllco a porfect ear of red com contain
ing thirtoon straight rows of Kernels.
Tho editor of this department Is a
natiVo born Missourlan and ho ia
nover surprised at anything big com
ing from that stato. But as to that
fcJifrteoiM'owod ear of corn wojl, ho
is a Missourlan and will have to bo
shown.
Mr. Marquis submitted drawings of
cobs with a different number of sec
tions, but these can not bo repro
duced. But ho gives this reply to the
problem ho propounded, and addresses
it to "The Young Readers of Tho
Commoner."
"Although many of you may not
liavo given a second thought to the
quostion propounded, I wisli to assure
you that you will bo tho better pre
pared to solve tho complex problems
which are sure to conrront you later
in lifo by .reason of having probod
into this simple problem. The rea
son why the rows of kernels on a cob
aro always oven is "Because twlco
one is two." You may say that this
is simply a quotation from the multi
plication table. True and the multi
plication table is morely a physical
demonstration of a mental fact. If
you will examine a cod you will dis
cover tho structural portion is divided
into sections running lengthwise. Two
rows of grains germinate and grow on
each section. (Why is another prob
lem.) Theso sections may vary in
number from four up to sixteen or
twenty. But no matter whether odd
or oven, tho rows of kernels are al
ways oven because twice any number
is always an oven number. Multiply
any number by two, and the product
is an oven number, a simple fact,
it is true, but a fact that is a truth,
ami a truth that must bo recognized
accepted and mado the basis of the
solution qi; evory proDIom in higher
mathematics, and tho recognition of
this mathematical trutn which is man
ifested and demonstrated in every ear
of corn may prove to bo the correct
starting point in the solution of some
of tho higher problems of life."
Tho problem was propounded to tho
young people," imd by that was meant
the boys and girls. But T. P. Huff a
teacher in tho public scnools of San
Antonio, Texas, sends in such a clear
answer that it is printed. Mr Huff
says:
"I s.end a solution to tho 'Corn
Problem.' -
Ihq general appearance of tho corn
cob is: that of a rignt cylinder, but
by stripping the husks from the outer
part pf tho cob the moro solid part
s fouud to bo a regular prism. If
the upper and lower rnises of this
BETTER THAN spanking
Spnnklnir does not cum children f .,!
f it lllll liero WUl(l bo fow r lTrnn M, W0" "
it. Tiioro is a constitutional en RfUm.Vj'0Ulrt do
M. Summers. Box 18 Sffi V thi?' ,r8'
lr homo tnmtinoit to an? n,o or 'siS111, 8onU
you in this wny )onVbtt ..dr??. troUbl
chances aro It ca n't hoi?) It " tho chl,U; ,J'U0
regular prism are hexagons there will
be six lateral faces, If heptagons there
will be seven lateral races, if octagons
there will bo eight lateral faces. Up
on each of these lateral faces there is
always found two rows of kernels,
consequently there is always an even
number of rows. This may also
be seen by taking a cross or right
section of the ear wnile tho kernels
are still on it. This right section will
also show that the pith In tho center
of the cob forms a regular prism with
tho same number of lateral faces as
that formed by the- more solid part
already described.
"Now, I think that I have solved
the problem so far as it applies to
mathematics, but it seems to me 'that
there might be somo natural solution
as to why two rows of kernels grow
from one lateral face. I read the ques
tion when you brought it out in The
Commoner, but did not try to solve
it until yesterday, after reading your
statement that it was a mathematical
'solution.
"I have shucked and shelled many
ears of corn during my boyhood days
upon tho farm, and have also studied
mathematics some, but I never thought
of this question until propounded by
you in The Commoner.
Le Roy Scott, Clinton, Mo., sends
tho following answer, and Le Roy has
given what tho "corn editor" thinks
is the very best answer submitted by
tho "young people." He writes as
follows:
"Noticing in your paper of the 2d
inst., the question, 'Why an ear of
corn has an even number of rows
and following the advice given there
in, I have found the rollowing reason,
which I think is worth submitting to
you for your decision in regard to its
being correct.
"Every grain of corn has a fibre
or vein running from it into the cob.
In Hearing the center this fibre joins
with another coming from a grain or
lcernol in the next row; these con
tinue as one to the pith, where it
receives nourishment to develop the
grain.
"This is also why a cob, when brok
en, can bo broken into sectionsthe
least section contains two rows of
corns, or room for two rows.
"Although' this may not be right
s J;hQL only notorial reason I can
llnd that the fibre or each grain of
corn in one row combines with 'the
fibre of tho immediate grain in the'
next row, to carry nourishment from
the pith or heart of the cob, consid
ering that the fibres or all succeeding
grains of that row combine with the
roots, veins or fibres of immediate
grains in the same row as the first."
tJ Jl f.La Touree, of Covington,
Ind. sent m an answer which is en-
S Lef? t(L ra-nk with that, of Le Roy
Scott, although it does not quite go
ln, fs" detail. But it shows care-
ThnBt?ni? a COrnco,D' 3ust the same.
2?wJll0Wll)B ?mm thG . Woa of
" wu lb two,' ana stated that
- ia wtii-u even Decause two vows
grow on each section or cob-
Adlal Hugo, Reelsvllle, Ind.- L C
Powers Villisca, la.; Eugene Boago
land lex.; Henry MInner. Harrinir.
a"' Wl iLSSel Falln' For 5
ia., Willie Altheuser, CaledonH tvi .
gJ ft Spangler, SS, Md
Bessie Quinn, Waltonviile, Ills ffih
P. Murphy, Mohawk. N Y t V -A
Pleasantvllle, la.; John f. BenPo'
mona, (state not given) y' Po
As stated before, some or rlir.o
SWOl'S look Ulrr. ih'J, 1.1 1 ?l lVp. n'
adults, but the "corn Uor" s 1 7
The Difference
Having read that "chatty covereth
a multitude of sins," the great finan
cier drew his check Lor ten million
dollars, and after having called it to
the attention of the newspapers, gave
it to a groat institution oj: learning.
"There," said the financier, "I have
made good for many of my transgres
sions." "Not so," replied Conscience. "That
was not charity; it was merely advertising."
Successful
"I remember Johnnie Cutely," said
the returned wanderer as he talked
with an old acquaintance in the home
town of his youth. "He was an awfully
bright young fellow, anu the village
cut-up. I often wondered why Johnnie
didn't go on the stage."
"He did."
"What line? And did he make a
success?"
"The Bowerville and Hunktown line.
And he's the best driver the stage
company has got."
To Be Sure
Boasterry "If there is anything I
can't abide it is a fellow who hasn't
got the nerve to come right out and
say just what he thinks. The mean
est man in the world is the sneaking
'backcapper.' "
Thinkerly That's Just what I think.
By the way, here comes Squareman;
let's ask him what he thinks about
it."
Boasterly "Excuse me, but I don't
want to meet Squareman just now. I
don't like him very well and I sent
him a comic valentine yesterday. He
may have recognized the handwriting."
Mixed
Father "What do you mean by be
ing saucy to your grandpa?"
Son "Grandpa is the meanest ol' "
Father "Look here, young man;
you mustn't talk about my father that
way. I want you to understand that
my father is enough sight better than
your father ever was, and that is, I
mean that I am better than my look
here, young man, you chase right off
to bed and don't let me hear anything
more from you tonight!"
Brain Leaks
When you want to see real faults,
look in. '
There is a difference between cur
iosity and investigation.
We have eaten biscuits that were
perfect sonatas, ana listened to so
natas that were awfully yellow bis
cuius It is idle to argue with a man who
sSislicf11 fr inVenthlS his
Whenever you hear a machine poli
tician saying he has "retired," just
look around and you will see plenty
of signs that he was snoved.
Talk .about misers who hoard their
goldever see a housewife that just
wouldn't open her preserves'
You never realize what good neich-
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Joun not lift up without reach-
God's hand is always extended down
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Perfunctory prayer stops at the ceil-
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