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Dr, Parkhursts Article on
Agricultural Science
Dreaded Bacteria Used as Fertilizer Generates Nitrogen
and Turns Barren Land Into Highly Podu'ctive Soil.
Hy O. H, PAnKHl'ltHT.
Kvorythlpg lias, Its uses. . What vie call
nuisances, -such jih snakes. mosquUoeH.
nnd Hit. are, useful things, but whose
usefulness we have not yet succeeded In
discovering. Science Interrogates tlietn
n n rt finds what
they ire good for.
Agricultural
science Is now- turn
ing to good ac
count little , nil-
croscoplc objects
In nature known as
bacteria It lids
found what they
can do. has caught
them 'and seb them
to work producing
forage and kitchen
vegetables They
do not know that
they are working
and render all the
better service for
that very reason.
Some of the read
era of The Bee know all about this some
do not. Even nil those who are raising
crops do not, for they are rather a con
servative claSB and do not always take
kindly to new Ideas and methods.
They all knqw this, at any rate-that
poll that has In It lio nitrogen, no potash,
and no phosphorus particularly nitrogen
Is unproductive. And nitrogen Is ex
pensive, thei most so of any fertilizer
when purchased In the market.
Now thoso little bacteria make nitro
gen, and thq .beauty of the arrangement
Is that they work for nothing.
When I fay that they make nitrogen
.mean It in the sense In which oysters
make pearls, or In which rainmakers, if
there are any such people, make rain.
They" do not manufacture rain, but
merely draw It down out of the sky. Po
these bacteria do not literally make nltro
gcn.'they extract It from the atmosphere
and lodge It upon the roots of clover,
alfalfa, peas and beans In the shape of
nodules that fasten to the roots, and feed
them; so that If. beore planting, the
olover seeds nr beans are mixed with the
proper variety uf bacteria, the seeds will
come up and flourish oven though planted
Jn meal or sawdust or even Jersey sand.
So that there is agricultural hops even
for Jersey.
The ruason why, under ordinary cir
cumstances, soil becomes less and less
productive Is that the nitrogen that la In
It becomes moro and more exhausted by
each successive crop that Is ruiaed upon
It. That Is whero these little creatures
come Into pUy
The Slim Woman
Is Winnin
The day of the slim woman's triumph
nas arrived. "The thinner one li th
more stylish," say the dressmaker!.
This would have been aad news for the
fat woman a year ago. Fhe would have
had to try dieting: or exercUt. Nowa
days, however, the woman who la too fat
for the style roes to a druggist and geta
a case of Marmola Prescription Tablets,
one of which she takes after each meal
and at bedtime, and so reduces her su
perfluous flesh quickly.
Thrse tablets, being mad In accordance,
with the famous prescription, are per
feciv harmless, and they are. also, the
r . economical preparation a person can
l'i' . for they cost only 76 cents a large
us. one of which Is frequently enough
to rtart a person losing fat the rate of
1) to 14 ounces a day. Pretty nearly
every drusrglst keeps this tablet In stock,
but should yours be sold out you can
easily obtain a ease by sending to the
makers, the Marmnla Company, Farmer
rttilldlmr. Detroit. Mich.
to Be Married
WELL. rLL,
0 TOU IM
OIN; OVER.
To the club
POR Dinnpp
En I'll come
OUT1
In considerate way. although not
knowing that they are considerate, they
make good to the soli what the previous
crop takes out of it, and under certain
conditions even more than mnke good, so
that Um transaction .of, raining ti crop
Miows a credit Imlunct;, .enriehe the fcoll
Instead of Impoverishing It. thus solving
what is so serious a problem that of
keeping the soil up to a permanent con
dition of productiveness. . , ; r
And bacteria' nxo cheap,-too. ' I nip. told
that i- worth of them will uitrogenlze
an acre, . . .
I have a dozen letters In my possession
written from all parts of the country,
showing what this method of fertilization
will accomplish. They are almost enough
t;o make pne want to qut the city ami
go Into agriculture. ', :-
One of theso letters I give entire, show
ing that acid soil requires to be liberally
overspread with lime and that by "In
ocuhited' the writer means-mixed with
bacteria. This one is expressive of the
same sentiment as the rest and Is se
lected In preference to the others, be
cause more detailed In ItR statements
and emanating from one whose agricul
tural experience enables him to gpenk
with authority:
"Uouislana State University, College of
Agriculture and Agriculture Expeilment
Stations.
"Somo time ago I , wrote you stating
"that I would send you results of my al
falfa experiments as soon as I obtained
the data. In North Louisiana, In the hill
region, an acre was planted which gave
excellent results. The results of this plot
aro as follows:
"Plot No. 1 One-fiuartrr acre. Inocu
lated and limed at the rate of 2,500 pounds
to the ncre, gavo a yield for four cuttings
at the rate of 6,004 pounds per acre.
"Plot No. 2 One-quarter acre, limed,
but not Inoculated, cave at the rate of
Mn pounds per acre.
"Plot No. 3 One-quarter ncre. Inocu
lated, but not limed, gnve at the rate
of .X0 -pounds per aero.
"Plot No 4-One-quartcr ncre, not
limed, not inoculated, gave at the rate
of (30 pounds per "'acre.
(Signed) "O. r. KDOKitTON.
"Plant Pathologist."
If the facts nio nil that this letter Im-plles-and
they all tell the same story
and come from places ns widely scattered
ns Massachusetts. Oeorgla, ICansas. Nou
Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania.
Montana, North t'arollna. ctc.-then there
in offered In these highly-bred bacteria
and In the newtywllscoverrd mode of
their transplantation reasons for antici
pating tho communication of a new im
petus 'to agricultural Industry and such
an augmentation of agricultural ef
ficiency as will Increaso the product and
reduce its expense.
Advice to the Lovelorn
Hy HKATIMCK l-'AlltPA.Y.
Slip Duran'l t urV for Von.
Hear Miss Fairfax : I have known a
, young lady for the past tliice years and
for six montliM hum i... imion. ...i.i. .
pretty steadll. At a friend's house the
other day, I asked her to dance. Khe re
plied that she wanted to dance with an
other J i-allad her up next day and told
her It would be a long time before I
aked for a dance again.
I-ater, I took her a another friend's
house, and whilo there asked if 1 could
call on a certain date. Hhe aald yes
and about five minutes later asked one
of the other boyH to uome up that even
ing I told her I didn't like her action?
In either case. She said 1 havo no right to
reprimand her and she Is under no ob
ligations to me, and does not have to
upologizo. Amlta.
I think that girl doesn't like ou and I
showing jou In a manner that Is far from
considerate, that she doesn't care for your
attentions.
Don't pursue her with them: There are
many other girls who are as nice. Per
hups you may learn to love one of them.
Crrtnlnlr.
Dear Miss Fairfax: Would It be propel
for mer to give a very dear girl friend
of mine an onlargmi picture of h membei
if b. r family, who died recently fur her
birthday.
I have known thin girl -vr kliie w
were "kids" k-Hik to wchwil "urnl thins
an awful tot of her. I kiww that khe will
be wry much pleawtd with the wieture
"PirZI.KD"
It wi.uhl In- muri than pioptr It w.nH.I
i ft" a I "f th" iKlif'i'n. -- il, i v,
l pi' tst ti' t find oil it i , in l
i opyrlght. ISIS
nBv ' . I I I Ovf MP twa MIINIVTER AND Hl? WAV x S notc " ..Z
f f " ' " n ' ' &OXE OF Cl5AR I 'FE ARE HERD I j 1 OUT' IflX' J T WAIT MERP r"
S VE CAN ' ' 1 SOME POKER V y j J . M I PO HIM
can't we ; ;t;i i N
Replies ta Critic on Corporal Punishment
"Love, Not Rod, Should Rule Public Schools"
JJy V'KAXCKS L. GAKSlDi;.
I honor tlit-m all; but 1 honor. t"u
Tho Infinite Wisdom's plan
Uf putting a man behind the gun.
And a wdman behind the man
When asked what shu thought of tin
plan proposed by Prof. Frank II. ,M
-Murray, director of elementary ertue
tlon of Columbia university, for the t
ftoratlon of corporal punishment In pui
Ud schools. Mrs. Robert G. Weber, living
at No. 490 niverslde Drive, quoted i1.
above little poem and laughed softly.
"I think," she eald. "that If It wc
not for the women there would be ii
fcchoota nnd t lint ns the women pruritic,
the children that fill them It should in
their privilege to say how the school
should be conducted. The men hnc
their theories. Tlnit is all right. It rims
them good to express themselves occa
sionally, but have you rver noticed that
while the men may talk nnd Iheojlzc It
Is always the woman who decides? '
Mrs. Weber Is an Ideal inotjver. nnd no
one Is better flttfri to. judgC'ftfwliat !
the best help In the training of ctiliriret
thnn she. Horn of one of the first fain
llles In St. Ixiuls and an extensive trav
eler nil her life, alio lias had the environ
ment and the opportunity of observation
that mako opinions Invaluable. Alwas
a thinker on such subjects, a devpted
lover of children and absorbed to the ex
clusions of iinduo social activity In the
training of her three little ones. kIu
speaks from an experience that knows
none of the narrow limitations tlnM
donilnntc the average woman' life.
"In every city of any size In the world."
Rhe said, "thero aro societies that have
for their aim the piotcctlon of dumb ani
mals. They are the outcome of the
knowledge that a dumb brute can be con
trolled without the use of tho lash. The
controlling power is love; that Is the
thought tlint Is pounded Into the head of
tho man too Ignorant to absorb It. He
Is taught thnt his home will obey quicker
IhrouKh lovn than through fear.
"isn't a chili) as Intelligent as a horse?
To say that a horhe shall not be beaten
on tile streets- and a child may be beaten
In schools, Is to ascribe to the horso a
gl eater Intelligence, a greater receptive
arcs than to the child.
"The Idea Is both slanderous and rldlcu
Ions. If based on truth then no ope
may claim that the human raco has pro
gressed. 1 have three children and I rule
tliem solely by love. I havo never whipped
one of my children, nor have I laid an
angry hand on one of them, yet. I ,douht
If there are any children who are' moTo
loving or tractable, and I am sure there
are no children who are happier. If I
admitted that I had to whip to enforce
my rules then I would also admit that
my physical strength Is all tho strength
I possess; that I am weak In mind 'and
without will power.
"That Is practically the confession
made by every teacher Who demands tho
restoration of the rod In the public
schools; he or she depends solely upon
Physical strength, and that. In the control
and guidance of children, Is tho weakest
How the Devil Works
The Good People of Earth Could Have the World Run
ning Smoothly, Justly, Happily, if They Wore as
Much in Earnest and as Sj;tematjc and Per
sistent as His Satanic Majesty.
X
Hy KlihA viii:km;u WILCOX.
Copyright. l13. by Star Company.
The decade before 1S12 had been a busy
and mircomfiil one fur the devil, lie had
organized sexeral new trusts, raised the
prleea of fowl, fuel, clothing and -. nts
anil kept the aei-
Sge wage of the
working girl ilutn
to JO a week
Kverytbing li a d
moved satisfactorily
In hih central off I. r
and In his branch
fetatlons on t-arib
Ills emibsarles
had crealii! t h l s e
atarulaiilR of life
anil men and wo
men In high
rlea had g
innuev mad
Wasteful isi
ii
: a-
gun i
li (urnl
a ir' 1
nut
National News Aatochttlon
MUS. HOHHHT G WKBUR.
Tin- mother of several i hlldien herself, and n deep student of all questions re
latlliK to child government and Welfare, Mn Weber sass that Professor Mr
Murray of Columbia, Is wrong In pioposlng the return of the rod Into the
public schooli.
of all weapons, and tho one they leain
soonest to despise. One must havo a
strong will, and he firm and Just nnd al
ways tender and merciful.
"The trouble with the public school
system is that It deals with chlldrun
Just as a farmer deals with young cah
bagj; plants, lie puts all on the same
plot of ground, where tho dlstllhutlon of
Minshlue and rain Is equal. He novcr
differentiates In ills trentnient. necnure
cnbbage (ilants bear no sign uf Individu
ality. "Hut children aro not like cabbage
plants. Two plants are alike and will
mature under the same treatment, but
thero never were two children who were
alil'e, yet the public school system clase
IflcH them so. Thn children In achool to
day are given the tame treatment ns that
given tho olilldrcn of generations past
Your child must bo like mine, the public
school system decides, nnd that Is not
all, for it must be like the child of n
century ago.
J
oral appetites, and an .utter disregard of
the rights of others characterized th
financial ami social world.
Then came the rumors to the central
office of great uniest among the people.
They wero waking, they wero thinking.
lalKjr unions, co-onerntlv-n auiteiufinna
, singio tax organizations wero becoming
l alive and active. '
The devil was at onco ulort and on the
defensive.
He rend over the reports snt In from
earth and was concerned as ho noted the
growing tendency of tho modern re
f jrmer to nay mtlo of the rewards await
ing the toiler In heaven, and much of
he riKhts of each toller to an acre of
earth and free sunlight and air. and of
the turning of the minds of the world's
workers back toward nature and the
r n.ple life.
This will never do-It will never do "
ouulh he "Hefore the w.irklni; pcipl.
in-... me Inoiiilatxl wilh this Iml.. ,
"." t-lue u must Ini", u iraeitv t
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
"The teacher with forty or fifty rest
less chlldi cn In her cure Is not to blame
for this classification. Sho does the best
she can 'under such conditions, but the
result is not a credit to the Intelligence
of tho people.
"Hut, as I said In the beginning, all
this theorizing by' the men will not re
rtoio corporal punishment. Why, 1 will
wager that If Prof. McMurray has a wife
she has told hlin since he made his
opinions public that no timelier shull ever
whip her children. And that Is what all
trill) mothers Ulll say. lfour children
aro to be, whipped, let ua do the whipping.
And too much emphnsls cannot bo laid
on this statement; no inqtiier who Is fit
to have thn care of children will ever
whip them.
""The world owes great homnge to the
man behind tho gun, but there Is a
greater debt due the woman tlelilnd tho
man.
'And that Is the welfare and happiness
of childhood." '
must stimulate their taster for some of
tho 1oy of earth "
So the devil arrayed himself In evening
dress, nnd ho sallied forth to inako calls
upon the working girls In tho tenements.
Wherever he went he talked of the
(healer, the opera, tho cabarets, tho gay
motor rides to road houses; the shimmer
of silken gowns; the gleam of Jewels, and
the pity of letting youth pass with none
of theie pleasures.
Then ho ma.de mtnornnda of tho girls'
wrtgeg-ic a week am! below he placed a
little Item of 3 a week which a friend
would, gladly contribute, to Increase her
Income for awhile, and later on she could
pay him hack. Then, leaving hor to
think It oier. the devil went his way
smiling.
And his smllo was one of Irony, think
ing how easily the good people of earth,
could have the world running smoothly.
Justly, happily, ultli peaceful homes,
wholepotne food, healthful, well-paid toll,
and time enough and money enough
for pleasure and repose, If thoy
were as much In earnest and an system
atic nnd persistent us he, tho devil, had
been In hie own affair.
A pim-iikIiik tin- Doctor,
"I thought 1 told you 'not to eat any
porterhouse steak without my pernua
tlon."
"Ho you did, doc; no you did "
."Then why are you tllnobeylng my or
dei ?'
Thin n,,iit del.n the paying .if v ,n.
i.lll dm Tint Hi.uk u being paid fu.
my fried lure' -lluust'Jii Pew
Eat Less and Be Happier
and Stronger
Scientific Investigation Proves Truth of Mr. Edison's
Contention that a Little Food is Better Than
a Great Quantity.
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Kv (JAHltKTT I". SlIUVIKS.
V Iml tile hllUfir. tlHIIIi 1 1 Ull II-' I' '
tlgln. ning Ills hell Tli'inni ' I- ilinon
lilli .iihleved. in cm ding In III" own Stllle
ui-'it b HiiipreNHlnu IiIh iniiriiti In
I iltli . IISCM the II'-
i 1 1 i ntitiin
thin 11 the Ktnlll
in h Mr Kills, ,n
iiM'in I .nit with
Mm the i-uiiti.l'
I Ion Is pei main nt
ami bits this luil'ii
iihiiII that hi 0i
hi i es less f ioil rut
I I'M- and fei'ln I n't
tii Nuturnlh. the
t r a m p tines not
lake so phlluhn
Hih ill a iuw of
the unutfi us I m
the great Imi'iiloi.
and has no desire to produce n lasting
diminution of the aiea of Iiih Htuinin Ii
.Mr Kriisoii's concliinliiti iiliout the bene
ficial effect of iIIhcoiii aging the linndl
imte demands of the itiuniich Iiiih re
cently been e-ortoboi uteri b the rxpeil
inents of a Oerman physician, Hi Hu
dolpli lenh'iff. who hns found that arti
ficial compierslon of that organ causes n
decteiise In the quantity of food required
to produce a sense of satiation. The
body Is Juki as well nourished by the
smaller quantity of food, anil the only
sufferer Ii Hie stomach, when It re
turns to Us expnnded state. In which It
demands more food solely for lis own
satisfaction. ,
It Is a matter of coufmon observation
thnt overloading the Momurh usually re
Hittts In an expansion of tho orgun. It
calls for more and more food, which Is
not at all needed for supplying the re
quirements of the more Important organs.
The larger the stomnch becomes the
more It demunds for Itself, but. the extra
quantity e-onsumcd Is of no heneflt to tho
muscles or the brain.
Dr. I.enhoff's method of experimenta
tion Is In Itself Interesting. II rnnkcs usu
of the revealing Jiower of tho X-rny. Hy
mixing metallic siiIIh with the food of his
patients he win able to truce Its progress
through the stomach by means of radio
graphs, or X-ray photographs. Tho
metallic particles being npnquo to tho
rays, produced shadow a In tho photo
graphs which disclosed the operations of
the stomach. That orgnn wu seen to
The Second Coming
iij i:ma viii;i:u;u wilcox.
Copvrlghl, 1313. by Hie fitar Company.
(Copyright. 1HIS. h tho Htar Company,
llow will Christ come back agiitnY
lluw will He, be seen, and when?
Where Ills chosen way?
Will He come at dead of night,
Shining In ills mlim of light,
Ur nt dawn of day?
Will it be at Chlrstmas time.
When the bells arp all a-chllne,
That He Is reborn?
Or will He return and bring
Wldo and wondrous wakening
On putne Knster morn?
When will this nail World tcjutco,
Listening to that golden voice
Speaking unto men?
I, Ives there, one who yet shall cry,
lyouri to startle passtirshy,
"Christ hui come again?"
I,lst the answer. Christ Is heie.
Seek and you shall flnri Htm near.
Dwelling on the earth.
Hy the world's awakened thought,
This great miracle In wrought.
This tho Hccond Hlrth.
Whllo you wonder whero anil how
Christ shall e-omt behold Him IJ0W,
riitlont. loving meek,
looking from your neighbors' oya.
Or In humble tollers' guise;
XiO the Christ you seek.
Reurch for Him, in human hearts,
III thn shops and In the marts,
And beside your hearth;
So-iroh, mid rpeak the watSbworri
"Ijve."
And thn Christ shall rtio and prove
Ho has cquiH to earth.
Sorrowful ofttlmea Is lis
That wp have not i-ypa to see
Havo not ears to hear;
Ah we cull to Him ufar,
Out beyond some distant star,'
While He standi no near.
"Seek Him. seek Him. wher he dwelt,"
Chime the ulceH of the hells
(Hi tin i 'hi'istiiias air
I'lniM ha mint, to earth again.
If. Ii in the h.aiti "t men,
Seek and find lllm there
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iiihtiact In order to bring the iiiecsuro
of im wall upon tlie Included food Winn
th.' quantity Is small more cmiti e Hon Is
needed. If the orgnn Is habitually ex
I'niiilcil It would nppcnr that the power to
i lose contraction Is diminished, and the
ii urcuter quantity of food Is demanded
to i nnblo it to do Its work with fin tun
I'.it this eiuiiiiltty may bo Imrcised fa
i.i Mind the needs of the system, and win
thru serve only to clog It. mid to Incrcirr
ii already Inordinate demniids ns wen
in the size of the stouidcli.
i 'i I.enhoff's experiments also iiuow
mil upon Hip part that persistent h-u
mr Idays In the effective absorption of
riiml 1t Iiiim gchcrully been thought trun
t e great value of thorough mastlr itiou
lea in the Increased quantity of i.Umi,
ti nt Is ml.Md with the food, as wed in
.. the hcncflcliil effects or complnn
,r "tlon. Hut I.enhoff hns trhsorri
that the mechnntciil motion of the juw.,
together with the act of nwullowlng ex
rts a ,r..fex action uj,,,,, tlu Htoni,nCll
i aiming It tn contract inoi o rapldlj thus
producing a quicker nlnorptlon of ho
fiHid. nnd nn earlier sense of satiation
Uiiulri foods, which require no njaati
union, nnd relatively little exeitton of
tho muscles concerned In su allowing.
caiiHe less contraction of the siomach
and must be tulmlnlsterpri In larger
qimntllleH to etiii.10 satiation. When such
foods aie Introduced Into, the stomach
through a tube, tmt t1Pro , nct
of swallowing, twice ns great a quantity
Is required to produce satiation as la
needed when the food Is swalowed In the
ordinary way.
Thousands of peupln hnvo probably dls
covered during tho recent lelgn of high
prices, that usido from tho mere pleas,
ures of the tnlile, they can live junt as
well, and bo Just us cnpiiblo of work,
tiKin two-thirds, or ono-hnlf, tho quan
tity of food which they formerly regarded
as absolutely ncccssnry to their comrort
and well-being. It Is all a matter of
practice.
Kxplorers undergoing extreme exer
tion, but utiuhlo to obtain a large supply
of food, havo found themselves in a
surprisingly good Htuto of health aul
activity notwithstanding, nnd possihly In
consequence of, tho doprlvntlon And It
Is noteworthy that such persons almost
Invariably wear belts which they habi
tually tighten when the food supply runs
low Then the demunds of the stomnch
for Its own gtutlth-Atlou are disregarded
and that self-ludulgent and Importunate
organ Is taught that It Is only Intended
to h a purveyor to the physiological
army and not a consumer on Its own ac
count.
; 5
BEST CATARRH DOCTOR
Hits llcnc-fiunl TIioiimiimK Will lr
I he Hump Km- Vim or Money Unck.
Tl is la the IIVUMM
i I aler, tho llttlo doctor
unit bus cured many thou
in .is of sufferera of a
,j il. nuiffles, brom huts,
ighs und colds
1 1 eusy und pleasa t
i are yourself mill
IH'iMKI Just pour j,
ie vt drops in the inh r
. I loeathe It In 1 tie
eating, hoothlng and net
l-ci'ii. nil- will rem h every
.' "ii ii ud crev Ice of ii-o
en . "i membrane of the
ami throat . will nt p
e in nation almost lin
.conn. I , will allay ilio
. i iiniiiul ion, ilrlie out
foul eirior; kill
t h o
Kt'ii.a Hiid banish
I jca-c
to
Mi wife has
been
i.Mni! I1YOMKI for
two
avl
blio
ramirniigiimia
I months for catarrh
Exact Size, ..uimonary trouble.
ha-, 'citvc'i m.iir relief and henen;
than fr.1,,1 nt oilier treatment." K. H.
Parren .leffersonville, O.
"lfYuMr;i has i u reel me of terrlb'o
earache and buzzing in tho head. I
would not be without it In the house
fur A Mingle night." Mra. S.
P Fuller.
IIVOMr I
Coll mbiu. S. C.
lirtiggiMta everywhere sell
(pronounced III jli-o-nie) A
ompicio
outfit, Including 'nhaler, tmlv io-i
(I 00. and an extra bottle If aftcr-
wardu needed, is Jiui. &Q cents,