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?HERE is no bran,chof agricultural activity in the United States where th? past few yea!rs has' witnessed greater improvement in methods of cultivation and har vesting than in the. sphere of corn growing. This is as it" should be for corn is easily one of our most Important crops. Indeed, although the fact is not generally recognized, it is a greater wealth producer-considered in the broad sense-than is the wheat crop. The advance which has been made concerns ?Mt only the methods employed in nurturing and handling the corn crop but also the means lamployed, that is the machinery which \is do .iag so much to aid human brawn in caring for ?the golden kernels. Whereas progressive farmers have In m?ny 'instances worked out their, own salvation as regards the improved methods of corn cultiva ??Mfl, it is perhaps only fair to give the major .portion of the credit to the United States department of agriculture, which has worked lin co-operation with the State Agrjultural col ?Seges and experiment stations to bring about a Ihetter uuuerstanding of She requirements of '.tte corn crop. Many an old-fashioned fanner has been wont to assume that every tiller of ;the soil knew from his boyhood apprenticeship ?cn the farm all that there is to know about ifrowing corn and yet the experts of the agri culture department found that in reality there .was more widespread misconception regarding |the needs of corn than about any other leading farm commodity. For the purpose of putting our farmers on Jthe rb:ht track in their corn growing Uncle 8am during the past few years had field agents jcr demonstrators traveling about the country ian the while to give advice and assistance to jthe corn growers who do not annear to ho doing the thing the best way. At first there was a disposition to regard with distrust if not with suspicion the advice of these "book farm ers," but gradually as they proved that they could double and triple corn yields with scarcely a cent of extra expense, ihey won over to their side a considerable portion of the farm ing "community and this "missionary work" is now _ being_ex t e_nd.ed.. ix aUL Ja - time it-w4H em Brace the "corn belt" where strange as it may j seem the farmers are not getting nearly all j that they should out of the land-that-4s if (ytm let these government sharps tell it. j The first boost that was given to the Amer llcan corn crop came through improvement by I seed selection. The experts have induced the farmers to select their seed corn \with great .care In the field instead of merely making'use (of what happens to remain in the crib at plant ing time and the Improvement from this cause alone has approximates -at least twenty*" per cent. Most of the progressive corn growers, .have also awakened 'to the wisdom of properly .preserving seed corn by keeping lt dry during, itne winter in a special seed house instead of ?erely entrusting lt to the corn crib in the old haphazard way. It has now come to the pas? Cwhere the best quality of corn is'worth $25T)er ??bushel more for seed purposes than unselected 1 cora. A second, effective method of improving our i corn crop has as its purpose the improvement . cf the condition of the soil in accordance with the studied requirements of cern cultivation?. Modern science* l? "teaching the farmer that lt ,?Imply will not pay to attempt corn growing ?cn poor land until it ls brought into a fertile ^condition'by-the gnowing ahd> plowing? under of Nervousness---A Lad How often we meet women who plain of being nervous. \V.ha.t they really mean is that they have not con trol of their nerves, but let them run v.?Jn*n-.m*y De ofi.a nervous tperament and yet have such good troi ot her nerves that she never plains of bi mg nervous". This lack of nerve control mani fests itself iu various Ways.'Sometimes lt ls only a tendency to cry at trivial atngs or an inclination to despondency have "the blues," or to worry Teal-or-fancied--slights. " ? 'Many i -women waste so much time thinking .rer things that are past and gone. A Tisit with *a friend loses its Joy lu the afterthought, for this victim, of the aenres lives over again every moment af the visit. She recalls everything that has been said and wonders if a efferent meaning was meant. Things Oat were said as a Joke and original ly taken that way are now brought up for criticism and pondered over until the woman convinces herself of the .presence of a hidden meaning. She is sot satisfied until she has bent and shaped tepee, lt These *vho ar the den should the str man, *? celves i finds h: who cc The re that h? man - qi were g could n out bel men m transar commo lunch chance businei ruptlor man a same, ? be to c this w What They Wea Seemingly There Are New Fads at ' . the Great English School This Season. Fashion at Eton this term is said to he just a little more pronounced than ?asnal, writes a London correspondent. The creed of clothes ls more strict than you will find it at Ascot. The topper, for-example, must be rammed hard and well back upon the head. In the only I them. Ame it is ] lowtai narrow invisil A v right comps leguminous crops, the application of manure, etc. In not a few instances corn farms have been rendered more profitable,.by rearranging the fields in order to make them more uniform as regards moisture and soil fertility. Soil wash ing^, that ls, the washing away ot the surfa^ soil-one of the bugbears of corn growing-is being prevented by systematic means such as were almost unheard of a few years ago. The big problem of fertilizers ls one which touches the very heart of the corn-growing .industry and. tba. experts in. and-out ot.rthe government service have "Nprepared very ex plicit directions for enabling the corn grower to add to his soil nitrogen or whatever other ingredients are most heeded to produce the longed-for prize ears of corn. It has been found upon investigation tha* many farmers have-had very different ideas as to how corn, ' should be'planted and cultivated but at the same time It has been discovered that no hard and fast rules can be laid down as ap ' plic?We to- the* whole . counlry: ' The corn grower who is cultivating a deep soil in a sec tion where there is prolonged dry weather will obviously have, .to proceed'on. a diff?rent the* ory from the man whose land is low and wet. The point that is being driven home ls that each farmer must study his own particular . needs. v * ' - . .. : of Control the original thoughtless sen ito. an. ugly, sting. . ? . ? . nervous women are the ones e continually tormented with ion of jealousy. If one of them suddenly meet her husband on eet walking with another wo rhat, a curtain ' lecture^ he r? that evening; or If not that, he ki-wife wearing the air of" one mslders herself much abused, al facts of the case may be jr husband met the other wo arte accldently and, as they oing in the same direction, he ot avoid walking with her wlth ng positively rude. In this age ust of necessity have business :tions with women. It. is a n occurrence for two men to together In order to have a to talk over some important ss matter without fear of Jnter I. There Is no reason why a nd woman might not do the and yet how Impossible it would ?onvlnce the Jealous woman that as the case. To be jealous ls to acknowledge tb 'the*1 other ' woman, you against all w want you," ls th' you think.some trading your hus beat her at her 01 idly in the corne A woman who usually realize w her condition. "W rltable and suffei headache, she tal to deaden the sy looking the mat face and going a women need'a~h'( spare time. If t cupied and their condition by pro? soon gain control (Copyright, 1910, Accept Poet-My epic onatlon has beei Wife-Oh. da Who's taken lt? Poet-Mary to light the study Opinion. ir at Eton i small boy the brim must not ;ouch the ears, but bend over mg the swells of the slxt.i form permissible for the black swal 1 cr>it tc be ornamented with a v Ftripe, almost but not quite )le. ..hJ'.e soft-fronted shirt ls the tiling, with its harmonious ac tnlment of high collar and white butterfly bow. waistcoat, light 1 small but per trousers creased of electric greer ent leather sho< I upper school bel To Stud The Deutsche Schiffahrt annou leal expedition from Germany t 4 /Wan?/* CO/?St/M/?V?"0TJTR An odd circumstance In connection with this phase of the crusade for better methods of handling the corn crop was the discovery by Uncle Sam's investigators that corn growers as a class are very conservative, altogether too conservative, indeed, for their own good. The Implements and- methods . employed In T^.T~O are .entirely d?"*jr?^~?*^^ose of Con necticut and th^raxCarrTn turn, are aisslmnat to those in use in Georgia. No section has a monopoly of all the good. thingB in methods and machinery and in many instances a prac tice in vogu? in one locality could be profit ably used in another district which had remained jp ignorance of iii .?ll this bids fair to be changed, however, under the present awaken lug.- -Wide-awake-com' growers are paying visits to other corn-prcducing states than their own and the result is likely to be a general discarding of poor ant- adopting of improved methods. The depth of planing, the distances be tween rows and hills and ihe depth and fre quency of cultivation are all corn problems that are being solved along dependable scien tific lines after a century or more of discus sion and dispute. Meanwhile the improvement of corn cultivating and harvesting machinery has worked wonders h bringing about the 'new era in the corn fldd'J. Mechanical corn harvesters have developd more slowly than the machines for wheat ind other cereals, at tempts to sjlve the proilem of mechanically handling the corn crop dating from 1820. whereas it was not untl 1831 that Cyrus Mc Cormick/made the first eaplng machine. Despite the fact that here was almost con tinuous experiment in tb sphere of corn har vesting machinery from the date above men tioned it was'not until 182 that success crowned the efforts of the inventrs. The principle in corn harvesters and bincrs which was destined . to prevail appeared in tb year mentioned, the Invention of an Illinois nan. In its element ary form lt consisted oft corn harvester with the two dividers passing one on each side of a row of corn, which wa cut and carried back e superior charms of "If ^1 cannot hold omen, then I do not e right thought. If other woman is at ?band, wake up and VD game. Do not sit r and complain, is nervous does not hat is the cause of hen e'xcltkble and Ir ring from a nervous n?s various remedies mptoms Instead of ter squarely in the fter the cause. Many ibby (o take up their heir minds were'ob-7 bodies kept in.a good per care, they would . of their nerves. * ' by W: G. Chapin-n.) ed at Last. : on the coming cor i taken. rling, I'm so glad! ok lt this morning .to fire with!-London To Raize Fortitatlona Now Useless-I able'ersons Rent Space Froi erment and Attack Pedesti Th<e ls talk, as there h. talk !f years, of leveling th( catloi of Paris, which are r uselei now in the improver tionsof modern warfare, build g houses on the large groui which would be set fr roun?Paris. At present the tlonsare not only useless ai tectU to the city In time of theyire absolutely dang?rou citizis in time of peace. A to ti law a large space aro formations is kept free of t buil<ngs. . This military zon ls cied, has no houses upor little one-story huts are alb be tilt there and are rented rends by the military aut The^'cheapness and discon trad" ind?sirable tenants, a Part apache has for years hun*g ground of the fortlf OT* a few days ago a ri Add to this a fancy blue for choice, and a letratlng buttonhole, to a razor edge, socks i ribbed silk, and pat ;s, and you have the "ore you. ly Upper Air. Zietschrift fur Luct nces that an aerolog will shortly be- sent o China. A base sta tion to be established at whee for a year daily obse of 1 : upper air will be ma kite! ad pilot balloons. The tere] ig fact, however, in co witjrfls undertaking is that mui^l balloons are to be us< eveLvorable weather preval en ts from Pekin. I rincipal work will be ing[ the! olo*^ it is expected that n riortP geographical and eth ical formation will be colW i he I onauts. in a vertical position to the binder attach ment bv means of chains and gathering arms. Latterly various improvements and modifica-, tlons 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 iii almost horizontal position instead of vertical. natu., t^Mixi/ ibugteu nclu. uittac VUTT progress of a corn harvester somewhat slow, but it is remarkable with what precision the machine will right the stalks. 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, $125. The average number of acres cut per day by such a corn binder is upward of eight and the total cost per acre of harvesting the corn by this method (allowing 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 pei 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 circular 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. Corn pickers, ma chines which remove the ears from the stalks (which latter a-<? '?ft 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 handiiug ma chinery and on up-to-date farms these are in many Instances operated by gasoline engines. Paris Fortress sian, M Ivanoff, had gone for a drive m a taxicab. The motor broke down near the fortifications, and while lt was being put right M. Ivanoff went for a stroll. He was not more than a couple of hundred yards away from his cab w?en two men and two women attacked him, stabbed him in seven places, robbed him of all his money and his watch and chain and a val uable scarfpin, and left him for dead. The two women have been arrested, but their companions are still at large. The Incident ls being used as another argument for the leveling of the fortifications. Another argument still is, of course, the great value cf 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." Above the Law. A magistrate rules that man is the boss in the home and will back him up with the law. Nevertheless, if the woman decides that she is boss she If going to be the boBs, law or no la\T -New York Herald. One Advantage. First Hobo-There are some advan tages about our life. Second Hobo-That's true; nobody can accuse UB of being connected with the bathtub trust. Finding of tbe Book of the Law Sonday School Lesion for Joly 30, 1911 Specially Arranged for This Paper LESSON TEXT-II Chronicles 34:14-33. MEMORY VERSE-21. GOLDEN TEXT-"Thy word have I hld In mine heart, that I . might not sin against thee."-Psa. 119:11. TIME-B. C. 621. In the ISth year of Josiah's reign, when he waa 26 years old. Stage IV of the last lesson. PLACE-The Templo and Palace at Jerusalem. PERSONS-^Toslah the king. Huldah the prophetess. Hilklah the high priest Shaphan the scribe or secretary. With hundreds of millions of Biblea In existence and several millions more printed every year, it is somewhat dif ficult for us to Imagine how knowledge of the written Bible, .and of the exact tenor of its teachings could be lost Some facts will help us to understand. There were at that time very few copies of the sacred books 'in . .exist ence. They were very expensive. It was customary for these copies to bo kept In the temple, while the copy which (according to the law) was made for the use of the king, would most certainly have perished under such kings as Manasseh and Anion. Very few of the people could read the law even if it had been within their reach. A modern Illustration ls the case of Europe before the reformation, where even In the monasteries the Bi ble was almo3t an unknown book. Lu ther was twenty years old before he ever saw a copy. It is plain that the finding of this book "was not the discovery of some thing unknown before, but the rescu ing of the temple copy of the law from the hiding place In which it had long Jain.". It must have been the ancient copy of the law,- and not a book writ ten, as some critics think, by unknown persons in the reign of Manasseh, never seen or used among the Jews before. That an unknown book with no authority behind it should produce the effect on Josiah and his people, which this book of the law produced, borders on the absurd. Moreover many of thc laws must have been familiar to Josiah for they had been acted upon by his ancestors in every reform, and by himself in the reforms he began six years before, in the twelfth year of his reign. It would have been Impossible to impose upon the people, and make them believe that a new book, never before heard of, was the law of their kingdom, from God. When they brought out from the old chests in the temple the money con tributed for repairs, which had been, deposited in the safest hiding place, Hilklah the priest, who had charge of t?e money, In searching the chest found at the bottom a book of the law of the Lord, the law given by Moses. Hilklah delivered the book to Shap han, King Josiah'! secretary of state, as the fitting penon to show it to the king. When Shaphan reported the contributions and the work on the tem ple, he brought the book with him, told how lt had been found, and read lt to the king. The king heard the book read, and he assembled the elders and priests, and the L?vites. They made a public covenant and pledge. The king him self first made a public covenant be fore the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, with all Ms heart. This was very similar to the great meeting under Joshua on the slopes of Mount Ebal and Gerlzim eight centu ries before, on taking possession ol the Promised Land. The same motives were presented, and the same cove nant made. And tho king might well have said to the people as Joshua did: "Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have, chosen you the Lord, tc serve him." And they said, "We are witnesses." The covenant was made under th? power of the strongest and best mo tives that could be brought to beai upon them, when their minds were up lifted Into clearest vision, above the smoke and clouds of earth. That waa the right time to make a decision. God has given us feelings on purpose tq move us to decide aright Josiah restored the regular tempi? services under the priests and Le vites; and he celebrated a passover, such as had not been celebrated from the days of the judges that Judged ls rael, nor in all the days of the klnga of Israel,'nor of the kings of Judah. From all parts of the land the people flocked up to the renovated temple ano* Joined with every demonstration ol gladness In the eight days' festivity prepared for them. Thirty thousand males of full age attended. During all these days the services of the temple choir were brought into requlistlon the singers of the famous clan of Asaph chanting, in relays, the psalms for the season, appointed centuries be fore by David, Asaph and Jeduthun. The Bible may be lost today by neg lecting it-neglecting to read it daily, Neglecting family reading and prayers. Neglecting to read its stories to little children. By disobeying lt. Disobey ing Ls precepts dulls the conscience, and the whole moral nature, so that lt may be said, "Eyes have they, but they see not, ears have they but they hear not." By being so absorbed In worldly things that while he heareth the word with his ears, "the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruit ful." By keeping the Word far from daily life, so that all Its blessed truths are admired, but not geared on to right action. They are to be hearers "as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear thy words, but they do them not." By making the Bible unattractive. I have heard a number of ministers read the Bible so poorly that people were not interested in it, listened careless ly, and liked it less than if lt had been unread. Then the printing of the Re vised Version ls so solid as to be un attractivr and difficult to use. By les sening Its authority. It makes a vast difference In the power of tho Bible, whether it is received as only the thoughts of men, or as a message from God. By neglecting all the light that Is shining upon It from many sources, N0T A "FULL-LENGTH" Child Wanted Original of Portrait Had Been Made So Familiar to Her. \ An amusing' incident ls related ' a young service matron who had' line.uisb.ed her husband for two y^r and who, having before his depart? insisted on a good photograph, ; herself assiduouly to the upbring of her two-year-old baby wU^i a v to the child's familiarity with her tlnguished father. Earh day she wot call the baby girl to her and, kneeli? beside her, would hold up the phc graph, pointing out each ' feature the child. One day the officer came home? the baby girl, then four years was summoned. "Come, dear," the mother in glee, "papa has home at last!" The. child survej the officer in perplexity and fir shook her head. "What is the matter, dear?" ?sl her mother. "Well," replied the.ch^ "he looks something like my papa, 1 my papa hasn't any legs!" " DISFIGURED. WITH CRUS] "Some time ago I was taken wj eczema from the top of my head my waist. It began with scales on : body. I suffered untold itching buming, and could not sleep. I greatly disfigured with scales crusts. My ears looked as if they been most cut off with a razor, my neck was perfectly raw. I suffelj untold agony and pain. I tried doctors who said I had eczema inj fullest stage, and that it could be cured. I. then tried other edies to no avail. At last, I tried of the genuine Cuticura Remec which cured me of eczema when j else had failed, therefore I praise them too highly. "I suffered with eczema about months, but am now entirely and I believe Cuticura Remedies the best skin cure there is." (SU Miss Mattie J. Shaffer, R, F. D. 1, 8, Dancy, Miss., Oct. 27, 1910. "I had suffered from eczema.a] four years when boils began to out on different parts of my bodj started with a fine red rash, back was affected first, when lt j spread over my face. The itching almost unbearable at times.' I different soaps and salves; but nol seemed to help me until I begi use the Cuticura Soap and OintJ One box of them cured me entire recommended them to my sist her baby who was troubled wi eczema, and they completely c baby." (Signed) Mrs. F. L. ger, Drehersviile, Pa., Sept. Although Cuticura Soap anc ment are sold everywhere, a of each, with 32-page book, mailed free on application toj eura," Dept. 4 L, Boston. AT THE BOARDING HOUl "Who is that man," asked boarder, "who ls making such because he has swallowed bone?" "That's the sword swallower) dime museum around the corne Making lt Legal. "We den't know what to doj Piute Pete," said the Crimson! citizen. "He was a real goodf but he would be careless abouti in' up the populace." "Did you straights out th" ter?" ' "To some extent; we electt sheriff, thereby makin' it look more legal." Would Need lt. "Gracious, what is all thatl for?" "I had a chance to get it atl g-.in, and, you know, my husbaf In for the flying!" 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