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orders on 25 rounds yesterday after
noon. Malone viii be at the ringside
on Tuesday Judging from indications
the heavy betting viii all be done at
practically the last minute.
Nelson's toothache eased up a bit yes
terday and the Dane had a chance TO
get back into the harness again after
a layoff of two days. A big crowd
forced its way into the Colma gymna-
SUM to watch the Battler go through
his stunts and everybody was surprised
at the speed he showed. They all
agreed that he worked better than they
ever saw him work before.
Bat took on Abe Silverman, Joe My
ers and his brother Arthur for' two
rounds each. All of his sparring mates
We're inclined to back up just as soon
as Bat rushed at them. All those who
were of the opinion that the Battler
has been loafng or stalling left his
training quarters convinced that he is
a better and faster fighter than he
ever was before.
TOMMY MURPHY ARRIVES
Harlem Tommy Murphy, the New
York lightweight who is billed TO go 20
rounds with owen Moran in this city
on the evening Of February 2S. arrived
last night. accompanied by his manager,
Jim Howard. This is AIurphy's first
visit to the coast, though several of the
local promoters have tried to bring him
out here TO box Lew Powell
Shortly after his arrival Murphy
called upon Promoter Jim Coffroth. Tiv
Kreling. representing Moran, was also
present and within a few minutes they
had agreed upon Eddie Smith of Oak
land as the referee for the gfiht. Eddie
viii be a very busy man, as he also has
the Nelson-W olgast affair en- his hands.
Murphy viii start training this morn
ing at Al Whites gymnasium, which ad-
joins the Oakland coast league baseball
park lie is in fair condition right now,
having fought Sammy Smith in Phila-
delphia only a week ago. He and
Moran have fought three times, two 10
round no decision contests in New York
and one u round affair in Boston, in
which Moran was given close de-
cision though Murphy claimed he got
the worst of it.
Moran started to work yesterday
afternoon at the beach, boxing seven
rounds with jeff Perry and another
youngster who reported on the job.
Moran looks TO be in good shape. and
the chances are that ne will open a
pronounced favorite over the shifty
young fellow from New York.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-18
Jeffries Sued for $4,000
Gambling Debt
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

NEVADA CITY, Feb. 17-James ].
Jeffries is defendant in suit over a
gambling debt alleged to be due Charles
j. Stout and Charles }. Miller and the
pugilist has been summoned to appear
in court here February % to fight the
case. Stout and Miller allege that JEFF
fries gave them his Il o Ue for $4,000
Jeffries declared the dice We're loaded
and refused to settle.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-18
Worlds Chess Games
End in Tie Match
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-The worlds
chess championship games at Vienna
have been finished and resulted in a
drawn match. Ten games were played
in all Doctor Lasker won one game,
Schlecter won one and there are eight
drawn.
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THREE wEsTERNERs WIN

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 17.-Three
western players won their matches in
the first round Of the south Florida
golf championship and two went down
to defeat Walter Fairbanks, r. II.
McElwee and c. J. Schmidlapp are the
survivors. The other two win play in
the beaten eight division.
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Rube Haley and Graham
Come to Terms
[SeeeiaI Dispaleh o The CaHl

Especial Dispdich to The Call
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 17.-Manager
Charles Graham today came to terulsi
with Rube Haley of last years Vernon
team and Haley will this coming sea-
son hold down second base on the Sac
ramentO State league team. The con-
tracts of Darringer and Deacon Van
Buren were also received today for
the Coast league team.
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WESTERN LEAGUE ADJouRNs

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE schedule
committee of the western league met
again this afternoon, but as no sched-
uie oilered was at all satisfactory the
meeting adjourned until tomorrow.
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HEAVY BETTORS HOLDING OFF

Matt Malone, the man who viii han
die all commissions at the ringside, is
in receipt Of several hundred dollars.
which he has been instructed TO place
on Wolgast as soon as the odds fall to
2 TO ] or better. He also placed several
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of nitrogen Is NAV be seen from the fact that
a 100bushel crop Of corn takes from the SOIL
almost 100 pounds Of nitrogen In the corn and
about 4S pounds in the stalks. Rich, wellbal
anced land in the corn belt contains about
5000 pounds of nitrogen. Therefore, If the
process of subtraction of nitrogen goes on
year after year with never an addition, it can
be seen clearly that the farmers finances can
not multiply. Rotation plans for grain farm
ers always should include crop of lesumes.
Wheat, corn, oats and clover Is a satisfactory
rotation; also wheat, corn and cow peas; also
cotton corn and oats and COW peas. The first
of these rotations should include catch crop
of clover seeded the first year and plowed un- (
der for corn as late as practicable the second
year The other two should include eaten
crops of legumes whenever possible. Legumes
when plowed under perform valuable services
besides supplying the soil with nitrogen-as
they decay they supply organic matter to the
soil which helps other elements of plant food
to free themselves from the earth and into the
farmers bank account
Now that the, question of nitrogen has been
outlined. suppose we turn to the problem of
phosphorus the only element of plant food we
ever shall have TO buy AS to the Importance
of the use of phosphorus upon the common
soils of the United StateI,.N DR.. Hopkins has
this to say:
ePhosphorus is the key to permanent ag
ricuture on these lands. To maintain or IN
crease the amount of phosphorus in the soil
makes possible the growth of clover or other
legumes and the consequent addition of nitro
gen from the inexhaustible supply in the air;
and with the addition Of cscaying organic mat
ter in the residues OF clever and other crops
and in manure, made in large part from clover
hay and pasture, and froEn the larger crops OF
corn and other grains wsich clover helps to
produce comes the posY bility of lberating
from the immense suppliaa in the soil sufficient
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+ha+ only? Improved SSeo' mp ,"
80 ;.rioation even crop rotation, all are
cry So extracting from the soil the rich
80 80 60 in IT. not for returning any OF the
go Elements of grain building. All OF these
,oothode of soil stimulation are exceilent IN
+boir wav if used in connection with meChods
of .o+,,rninp the elements of plant food; but
70 ueed without them they are means OF
Fastening the impoverishment OF the SOIL.
IN return to the question of limestone, one
ton TO the acre finely ground will correct the
acid condition of most soils. IL is, however
in the end cheaper and easier 10 apply mote
and TO apply it less often. AS much as ten
TONS TO the acre was applied to the soil of one
of the experiment fields in southern Illinois
and the crop yields there have been greater
than upon any other fields in that district.
question that has been given much at
tention lately is the question Of crop rota-
ton Undoubtedly it is absolutely essential
for successful grain farming but 1t is not
the universal panacea some would have us be-
lieve. For instance, group OF theorists
have declared that fertilization is unnecessary,
that crop rotation will keep the soils in per
feet condition The idea is that plants do not
iniure the soil because they use its plant food
elements but because they throw off poisonous
excreta as animals do Therefore a socalled
WORKOUT soil simply has become saturated
with this excPeta. Plant a crop which will
neutralize the poison of the last crop and the
soilsol will be sweetened and the breasts of
Mother Earth kept dripping with plenty for
ever. This is very attractive-as theory. 1t
has, however. no foundation in fact. AS Dr..
Hopkins has said the rotation of crops has just
the same effect upon wealth in the sooil as
the rotation of the check book among the
members OF the family has upon the wealth
in the bank Plant food elements cannot be
used up aud not returned without resulting
in impoverishment OF the soil
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let us consider few fundamentals of crop
growing
First, there are six positive, absolutely es-
sential factors. They are: I'D the Sted,
ca the plant home (3) the food of whics the
plants made. a. moisture, go heat, 60 light.
Now, except in the case of the seed and pant
food these factors are largely beyond the isrm-
er's control. Dame Nature can, however. be
trusted to attend to them satisfactorily. How.
then, has the farmer made use OF his ability to
control the two factors? BY exercising jldg-
ment and care In the selection of seed and by
ignoring the matter Of plant food entirely The
result? When the land was worn out and had
no plant food to give the good seed the agricul-
turist arose irately in farmers institute and
told what he thought of the seed seller. The
trouble all the time was not with the seed but
with the soil, which had had the elements of
plant food removed in previous crops, and as
q consequence could not respond to the call OF
the seed.
What are these elements? There are ten
in the list, but eight are provided abundantly.
Three-oxygen, hydrogen and carbon-come
directly from the air and water. Most nor
NAL soils contain enough potassium, magne-
sum- iron, calcium and sulphur, although some
times the first must be supplied The problem
of plant food, therefore, narrows itself, In most
cases, to maintaining and increasing the phos-
phorus and nitrogen.
Now nitrogen is as easy to catch as the
measles if one knows how. The air contains
it in uncomfortable amounts. DR.. Hopkins has
estimated that the air above an acre OF ground
contains about s10OO0000 worth. IL sold over
the counter at ordinary commercial rates. In
order to induce this nitrogen to enter the
earth. where it may reappear as food for man.
all that is necessary is to plant clover, alfalfa
peas or any legume. BY means OF the bacteria
anon the roots these legumes draw the nitro
CON into the soil How necessary che element
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MODES Of 0he MOMENT

deliberately. 1t is not the same quail
" as is used for the street costume.
is lighter in weight and is attractive
combined with satin or velvet. Cash
mere de sole or silk cashmere is the
most fashionable of all, and in an odd
shade OF green, Natter blue and a
dull wood color is in great demand.
Then black is made up in most effect
I've fashion combined with ecru or
cream lace, while If light color is
preferred there are lighter shades OF,
the colors already mentioned or one
OF the many different tones of white.
the oyster white, which has the gray.
ish tone, Is very smart and this Isl
embroidered in gray, and also has
touches of black to give the so pcpu-!
lar note of contrast. A becoming
shade of pinkish mauve is sometimes
used in preference to black. but the
latter is really smarter.
Draped effects are easily obtained
with these soft-fnish cloths, and an
endless variety is to be noticed in the
different models. 1t is a mistake to-
attempt the too classical draperies:
they are. not practical, and in fact
are not becoming to the average wom-
an and are most difficult to attain to.
NOT one dressmaker in hundred I'M
derstands the art of becoming draper
les, and when she attempts to drapel
modern figure with the classical
draperies copied from some ancient
piece of statLary the result is most
ludicrous
The "HobbIe" Band.
The band around the bottom of the
skirt is to remain in fashion for al
while longer, but it's width is depend
ent entirely upon what is becoming
to each individual. 1t may be so wide as|
to half cover the skirt or it may be so.
narrow as to look almost like turned
over hem Oddly enough. two bands
are not nearly so effective as the one,i
even If only Of narrow width, and the
wide band does not cut the lines of
the figure If put on properly and HI
it is narrower than the upper part OF
the skirt. This is not to recommend
the exaggeratedly tied-in skirt, which
could never be made becoming, only
to indicate how the fashion can be
carried out in such modified degree
as to insure it's popularity for time
and to mark contrast in the plain
straight skirt of last winter.
In Smoke Gray Serge.
The dress shown in the illustrations
is of smoke gray serge; the skirt has
a panel down front, which begins
very narrow at waist and wIdensi
slightly as it reaches the deep band
at foot, that is cut in with it; the
slight fullness at sides and back rs
eased in at waist and upper edge of
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county Office and he shouted his So
gan to some native playing baseball
up the creek, to the porches OF the
houses as we passed, and when we
met a voter in the road he stopped,
while rode discreetly on, and ne new
er failed to overtake me with a wink
of success. I'd like to wager that the
brother won. Hell-fer-Sartain Creek
had once deserved its name, he said,
for there had been heap OF devil
ment" done UP there. There had been
several fights in the schoolhouse
where where had heard preaching,
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of the stream, but some fernlike name
that was easily traceable to some
shocked feminine taste from the outer
world Half a mile on I got a dinner
Of cold beans and cold cornbread. and
joined by 20-year-old school teacher
on big black mule, turned my face
toward Jackson. This young school
tive mountains in order to study law
outside; he had gone to school in the
Bluegrass and. he knew my books.
Just then he was, electioneering for
his brother. who was running for .
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band; this is edged with fancy trim
ming. On the bodice the upper parts
of sleeves are cut in with sides, tho
center front and back being composed
of a yoke of tucked chiffon with MAJ
terial from bust to waist; trimming
is sewn on to match skirt; bands OF
chiffon are set to the sleeves below
the elbow.
Hat Of coarse gray straw trimmed
with black satin ribbon.
Materials required: yards serge
46 inches wide, 6 yards trimming. ~
yard tucked chiffon.
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ARaG2ZRla


not the man with the hayseed in his hair who
feels it first but the man with the pen behind
his ear. Month by month the price of each
separate commodity puts little large pune
ture in his salary until by the end of the year
his savings which began hopefully as an I'M
known quantity, have ended as "X - nothing"
He it is who knows the cold dread of middle
age; for unless the land can be induced to
yield abundantly prices will not settle down to
the point where the man on a moderate salary
can live free from fear Farmer and clerk
Ealike, we are all vitality concerned in this
problem of maintaining and increasing the fer
tiity of the soil that is fertile, and of restor-
ing soils that have been cruelty exploited.
Fortunately they can be restored Intelli-
gence is more potent than avarice and can
undo the evil it has wrought. Even those soils
that have been exploited to the point of appar-
emit ruin can be nursed back to health DR..
Cyril Hopkins. head of the agronomy depart
ment of the University of Illinois. soil spe
cialist of national reputation and the author of
numerous pamphlets and book entitled Soil
Fertility and Permanent Agriculture" is one
of the most enthusiastic workers along this
line He is "a man of hard facts and loves
pretty theories even the devil loves holy
water Every fact that he gives out must
prove itself over and over again in tests upon
mis- own farms or those belonging to the uni
versity or upon one OF the various experiment
tai plots. There about thirty of these plots
scattered through the state OF Illinois, where
the soils are carefully examined and then
cropped according to their needs. l could tell
you tales Of what Mother Earth has done in
the way of corn wheat, oats, or clover when
she hasfreceived proper treatment that would
set you to building castles in the air upon an
earthly foundation. The corn yield upon one of
the university farms i'll 1909 was 81 bushels
70 the acre, due to treatments with limestone
and Dbosphorous But before we go farther
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had been to Hell-fer-Sartain. and
! had heard preaching there. Ii l
went hack now the way ! had come l
should save six long weary miles. i
was tired was Old Faithful, but
had not been to the mouth OF Heller
sartain and / had not seen the cnurcn
there, and while my curiosity was sat
isfied, my conscience wasn't. and SO
from sheer stubbornness l saddled Old
lMnithful and rode on down Hal-fer-
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On HeHFer-Sartan Creek

Sartian through an avenue OF cucua-
Der trees. Never had seen so many
cucumber trees in my life as were on
that one rocky road, and had they
only been starred with their great
creamy blossoms they would nave
been compensation for the whole toll
some trip Disappointment awaited
me at the. mouth of the creek. The
church there was closed, and above
its doors was not the picturesque title
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The CeIt In Mexico.

OF prominent Irish families who are
now quite as much Mexican as Hi
bernian we have the Greens, Lynches.I
Lonergans, O'Gormans. Morans. Nor
phys. Braniffs. knights. Whites. Keli
Tvs. O'Reillys. Hopes, Wilson's. ETC.
Some of the Irish families are de-
seconded from the famous colony OF
exiles from the Emerald Isle who set
tied in Cadiz. Spain. toward the close
of the eighteenth century.-Mexican
Herald.
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Which

II understand that some OF the Sol
cialists have begun to distrust Mr..
Bernard Shawn
Yves. They think he is confusing
the issue, when he is only confusing.
them" ~.
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Human lmperfectIons.

It is not human to be perfect. r-i
ritability. intolerance, conceit. fool
ishness, irresolution. love of pleasureI
all are qualities shared in greater
or less degree by most of the humanl
family.
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Thouahtfulness.

Ashley--My doctor is one of the
most thoughtful men I've ever seen.
Seymour-ln what way?
Ashley--Why, he always prescribes
heart stimulant Just before he sends
Is his bill.
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-Four THINGS 70 Cultivate.

If you wish success in life, make
perseverance your bosom friend. ex-
perienea your wise counsellor, caution
your elder brother and hope your
guardian genius--Addison
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potassium, magnesium and other es
sential abundant elements supple
mented 10y the amounts returned in
manure and crop residues for the pro-
duction of large crops at least for
thousands of years; whereas if the
supply of phosphorus In the soil is
steadily decreased in the future N ac-
cordance with the past and present
most common farm practise. then
poverty is the only future for the
people who till the common agricultu-
raj lands OF the United States"
Phosphorus may be applied in lib
eral amounts--as much as 1000 pounds
to the acre every three or four years
and it costs about 81 ton.
After the problem of returning the
elements to the soil has been solved
the farmer may find another condition
of the soil which must be corrected
before his farm will produce as 1t
should. This is the tendency of GER
tain soils to acidity. Clover, alfalfa
and other valuable legumes cannot
thrive upon soil that is sour. Some
times on acid soils when applications
of farm manure are made, the legumes
will seem to grow well, but examina-
ton reveals the fact that the nitrogen
gathering bacteria fail to deve op
properly. Hence the most valuable
contribution the legumes have to make
ito the soil is largely lost. Upon Ger,
tain fields belonging to one OF the
most famous agricultural stations in
the world, that Of Rothametead, Eng
land. applications of natural limestone
were made century ago. They are
still moderately productive, although
other fields near by, which have never
received the application. are extreme.
ly unproductive'
Care should be taken that lime
stone is used for the one and only pur
nose of correcting soil acidity.
And while we are upon this
subject of soil stimulation, have you
ever thought that most of our in
movements have that in view and
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First and Foremost.

my wife has a great deal to say to
me about her first husband
Nonsense; you're wife was never
married before.
Il know it, That's what makes her
reflections so painful. Puck.
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but everything had quieted down
there, as it was quieting down all
through the mountains, except over
toward Jackson Yes, the good old
times were gone.-John Fox, Jr., in
Sclibner
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City Streets.

DR.. Johnson would have said
wise thing had he said what somebody
said later for him: Come, let us take
walk down Fleet street," 1t sounds
commonplace. but often a common
place is concentrated wisdom; and
that is how. in our careless day. mas
ter OF the commonplace gets to be re-
garded as an oracle. If you want to
understand a people. just do take a
walk-many walks--in their great
highways of traihc.--James Milne,
In the Fortnightly
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HE fashion for short
skirts continues to
be decreed, and even
the most expensive
materials are made
in this style, but that
the fashion will last
is not to be too
strongly relied upon.
Dressmakers h a v e
reached a marvel
lous proficiency in
their art, when they
can turn out short
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address from his relatives Of the SOIL
for fear they would bring their eartny
smell into his new residence.
With quiet Indifference old Mother
Earth endures this ingratitude. but
the time comes when she has nothing
for his greed. What happens then!
Look to India for one answer. Ten
million of our own Aryan blood starVe
there in a single famine year-starve
upon a soil that once was, and still
could be, almost inconceivably fertile.
Russia offers another reply. where
with stomachs empty men enter
world that never fills them. Yet an
other answer, centuries old, may be
found in the Tigris-Euphrates valley,
which, once marvelously fertile, now
scorches useessly in the tropic sun.
The necessity Of man forged weapon
that brought him plenty; but the greed
OF man forged weapon that brought
him pepury. For do you think there
can be prosperity when the earth no
longer yields? Do not forget that the
shame of Rome was coincident with
the time when one bushel Of seed re-
turned but four in the harvest. When
the soil exploited, that is when 1t
is SO farmed that the essential ele-
ments are taken out in crops S2d moth
ing returned to build it up. the result
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is exactly the same as when men are
exploited in workshops and nothing
returned to build up their bodies. You
cannot haul phosphorus and nitrogen
Ia oats and wheat and corn from your
farms year after year and maintain
the fertility of the soil, if you give
back no phosphorus and nitrogen in
return. Twelve thousand abandoned
farms In the state of New York alone
testify to this. After sixty years of
cultivation the lands of the corn belt
are beginning to hint at the same
thing