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THE Cornstalk Soldier" is a tender
life-lyric in the New York Mail by C.
L. Edson
THE days of youth are golden; o
doubly so were mine.
The morning was a conjurer, the night
was mellow wine.
The days of youth are holy, for they
thrilled with hope divine.
81 toiled amid the cornfelds, on hill
dewy dell;
The voices of the corn leaves, they
wove farie spell;
I heard the living whisper of her !
loved so we'll.
"a hundred wild empires within my
heart were born;
l was mighty emperor, my soldiers
were the corn;
My herald blew a signal blast-upon
the dinner horn.
But time has wrecked my empire, my
people all are slain;
All, vanished boyhood yearnings ant
dreams that died in vain.
Like broken cornstalks blowing about
the wintry plain!
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Americas Great Opportunity
New York Globe.)

A-'Nh Vi n O4OCN'J
| We must not lose sight of the faci
that Uncle Sam is a resourceful shop
keeper. Even if he loses his best Gus
toners he will hustle after others.
There are many to be found in South
America, for instance; and now that
Germany and England, who do the
! largest business there, will have to
quit for some time at least. Uncle
Sam should be able to pick up quite q
few new accounts. South America, in
fact, offers a very fruitful field for
us Just the other day the department
Of commerce issued a bulletin showing
what an opportunity we were missing
in canned goods alone. Of the $4,000,
600 worth imported annually by that
country We heave been supplying only
$2,700OOO principally in canned sal
mon. 1t is the same story practically
with everything else South America
imports.
The scarcity of ships to carry Am
erican produce, of course presents d
grave problem, but Washington is
meeting this as far as possible b.
rushing bill through congress which
will open wide the door to American
registry for foreign ships. If all the
European nations become embroiled
the ships of neutral countries now
plying the Atlantic will be able to
handle but II per cent of the normal
American transatlantic traffic. Brit.
ish ships have been carrying more
than 80 per cent and German boats Il
per cent of it. Just how many foreign
ships will register under the American
flag it is impossible to foretell, but the
number undoubtedly will be consider
able, and we shall then have the nu-
elus of an American merchant marine
of very respectable proportions. AS
for scarcity of labor, it is unlikely
there will be any. However much the
foreigners here might want to go back
and fight for their native countries,
few of them will be able to get pass
age across the sea.
Altogether, while the clouds just
now appear ominously black, they all
have their silver lining if we will but
look for it. Faced by the gravest in
ternational situation in our history, it
is no time for pessimism. Big ques-
lions confront us and we must handle
them in big way. We never were in
a sounder position financially. There
has been some criticism of the closing
Of the stock exchange, but few outside
of those spectators who have sold
thousands of shares they did not own
think the governors acted unwisely.
We need to conserve our resources
and credit just as the moment, and it
would be senseless to bring abouc
needless sacrifice of values. A man
plunging headlong into the chasms and
watery depths might be a fool to be
an optimist. But man is not a fool
to be an optimist now. The end of the
world is not yet The great American
nation wah built up by optimists, and /
we may thank our stars that the coun-
try is still overrun with them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-18

All Georgia has head the clarion call
SEND SLATON TO THE SENATE"
Reports from all sections of the state
indicate that the voters of Georgia
have hardened to the call and are going
to send the present governor to the
upper house of Congress.
Governor Slaton easily stands the
best man for the place. Without re-
fiecting on the gentlemen who are OPP
posing him, we are frank to state that
Jack Slaton is the pick of the field and
the man who will serve his state best
in Washington.
Long years of training have qualified
him for the Office. Jack Slaton viii
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Parrot MadA YrnIihiA

The entire street railway system OF
city in Australia was tied up when
pet parrot escaped from its home
and dragged its chain across two
wires. causing short circuit.
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enter the senate qualified to get down
to business Immediately. Unlike the
other candidates, he will possess a
knowledge of what Georgia wants and
needs which will make him valuable
the minute he takes his seat in the
senate.
Georgia is not blind to worth and
for that reason we make our statement
that Jack Slaton is Georgia's next jun
Tor senator If you want to cast your
ballot for the man who is best fitted
fer the place and for the man who is
GOING TO WIN vote for Slaton and
help the thousands of voters of the
state SEND SLATON TO THE SEN
ATE.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-18
JOY OF LIFE

(From Life.)

(From Life.)
When life is all sunshine and laughter.
And happiness sparkles like wine,
Why fret about what may come after,
Or dwell with regret on lang syne?"
Drink deep of the goblet of gladness
Let youth have its fling while you
may;
Tomorrow may bring with it sadness.
So take "all it's worth" from today,
So long as the glad sun is shining,
So long as the stars glimmer bright.
'Twere folly to waste in repining
The house that were made for de-
light,
So long as you hear the birds singing.
So long as fair flowers bloom in Nav
Let voices with laughter be ringing.
Il was outspoken in my sentiments
at the club this afternoon" said Mrs.
Garrulous to her husband the other
evening.
With look of establishment he re-
piled, Il can't believe it, my dear! Who
outspoke you?"-National Monthly.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

T ley'ye passed a prohibition law q 'yn thar at Little Rock, that's r lsed more kinds of billyhelI than would an earthquake shock. It's jared the State from end to end, and twisted it awrack, and made the moss stand right up straight upoG traditions back. It's plumb ag'n in all preecee-dent our liberty it wrecks, and walks in tones of thunder on the hon. est voters necks. The State will soon a Sarah be, just like that distant land whur Arabs ride on camcls' hun ps across the burnin' sand. Aw, yes. of course
 we hate 10 leave. but pos-al-
 'neLtyjma . we're hibiu' ~Lt
 I'save our lives. and goin' while
 Se can. We're amin for some
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

From Puck: We're movin out of Arkansas, the grand old com monwealth; we're exodustin' some'rs else, and goin' for our health. We've sold the farm al d called the dogs and tied the COW behind the wagin, and a moister land is what we low to find. We've packed the children in the zig, a-settin' soft on hay; we ,l,n't know whur we're going 10 but we're surely on our way.
 here's me and Jeff. Bill, Dick n q Sal, and Beauregard and flaw art Grover, Dewey Braxton
 -agg, all leavin' Arkansaw.
 nd Kate and Cute, two sets of
 ius, and William Jennin's By
 .. a.drivin' from the dangel z ne and wishin' we was flyin'
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26
A stockholder in a we'll man

A stockholder in well man. aged corporation receives an ac counting of the funds aandieC and a report of the tinancia standing of the concern A stockhoIder in Arkansas citizen ship under the present laws re- ceives no accounting or report unless he takes it from the books and records himself. It would be evidence of just as good Judg- ment to say that money expe"d ed for auditors. bookeepels, printing and mailing of reports to stockholders of corporations is wasted as to say that money spent to give an accounting of public affairs is wasted. Mill ion for graft not a cent for pub- licity," might we'll be the slogan of some who take the stand that the state should SAVE the cost of accounting to the peo' pie, refusing to spend money is not necessarily economy. For instance. would it be true econ' omy to stop buying clothes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26
DO IT NOW

Prescott People Should Not Wait
 Until It Is Too Late
 The appalling death-rate from kidney disease is due in most cases to the fact that the little kidney troubles are usually neg lected until they become serious. The slight symptoms often give place to chronic disorders and the sufferer may slip gradually into some serious form of kidney com plaint.
 If you suffer from backache, headaches, dizzy spells; if the secretions are irregular of pas sage and unnatural in appear ance. do not delay. Help the kidneys at once.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are espec- ially for kidney disorders-they act where others fail. Over one hundred thousad people have re- commended them.
 Here IS one of many cases Tn this vicinity.
 A. S. Blythe. 2)S w. Sec'1d St. Prescott, Ark, says: About a year and a half ago, l used Doan's Kidney Pills for kitHry trouble and was relieved. l haven't had any Ri hey ailments since. I know Doan's Kidney Pills are reliable remedy and worthy of all the praise given them. 1 publicly recommended Deans Kidney Pills some time ago and you may continue to use that statement.
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for kidney remedy-get Deans Kidney Pills-the same that Mir. Blythe had. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, New York.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

It is much easier to lead people than it is to drive them. We of ten hear it said that a person was driven to destruction" As a rule this person was led to des- truction. TheresGare so many snares and pitfalls in the high way of life, and so many are ltred to destruction by those who enjoy seeing others brought to their own level. The guide boards set :up by our churches showing to the young "the straight and narrow way" is the only safe path.
 It is well to remember that ouly the good believe in the good and to the noble is given the power to recognize the noble.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Start right, boys. To be any- bo ly, to accomplish anything for yourself or the community, you cannot be idle. Don't drink liq- uor, it destroys the mind and body. Don't gentlemen do not. It is low and vulgar Don't read trashy literature. Il leads to the devil Don't hang around saloons. Good men are not made that way. Whenver you see a man lying around q salo,H
 ha devil IS after him and vi.
 .et 1 i'm sooner e. ia,er.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26
NOTICE

The first of May 1 will De 0' te road filing Gins. l have 'n' IT ost complete outfit for gun ming and filing ever in sou." west Arkansas. Many ol 'ns :. small ginners have listed '"'n T hwo gin systems with me 'o ''a as they are going to pat m 'ea, gin systems. all that are pra01' v, cally good am going to sell. ', = you will do well to see me II " co,tc',, 0la.n hnvino am '
 ing seconu hand boilers ana " zines. Jas. Snodgrass,,
 ? Prescott Ark
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Act No. 3 will accomplish nothing worse for the state of Arkansas than the enlightenment of her people on public affairs and the reduction of tax s through the elimination of graft and extravaganza which cannot he conducted in the light of day. V
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

A printed invitation for a banquet" given few. days ago by some of the colored folks, con- tanned the menu for the occasion. The final article of diet was French Petticoes," but t h e printer put it French Petit coats. Needless to say, every, one who received an invite Wa> on hand and stayed fer the fiaa course.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Wanted: Active representa- .ives in every community earn from $50 to $153,, oa.h'yss repre- ;eating the only magazine pub i;sked in the interest at Southerl women. An extraordinary l;a gal proposition for ambitious 5eop,", ts yoaf spa Q mono,
 ols into dollars. Write fer tal ,articulars to d d y. Southern Voman's Magazine. Nashville, fem.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26
FOR EXCHANGE

40 Acre Farm, located 6 miles from Doniphan Ripley County, Missouri, lays we'll. ,..rich loam soil, good location and improvement. Price $2OOO want pure black land. would pay difference for more acres. Owner, c. L. King, Suc- cess Arkansas.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26
: oring uD ! ci.ild in the va,

T. bring up , c!.ild in the va>
 a ,tt.u,I ga. travel that We. yourself. Stories first heard a' motbey's kace ays ' ever who'll! org3lt.r; 3 'i;tie spring that ever d ias ap or onr journey trough ssprching years Int sooner you get 9 child to be 6 av into himself, la" sooner you aake mar of nim. Children lced models more than criticism. He can n, yer check what $ il the young unless we c h CT s h what is good in them.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Act No. 3 provides some pat ronage for the newspapers. to be sure; but it checks graft and ex- travagance and tends to eliminate those very expensive evils from the affairs of state.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Act No. 3 doesn't provide for the publication of every public transaction, which perhaps should be published, and it provides for no publication of public transact ion which should not published.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

The crooked politician who pro- fits by graft is naturally opposed to Act No. 3
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

other State, some safer, sanel land, whur snake bites and lhen '. certain cure go daily hand ID hand.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

How can citizenship have res- pect for a law which that citizen ship is not formed?
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

The people have a right to know. Vote for Act No, }.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Those who fear the light of day are opposed to Act No. 3.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

The oyafter fears publicity that's why he is against Act No. 3.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

Act No. 3will turn on the light.
The Nevada County picayune., 1914-06-26

The grafter is against Act No.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09

and naturally eliminate all the non
essentials, while a few have a mind for
details and repeat accurately the whole
narrative
Eye Tests Differ.
In giving a similar EYE test a great
difference Is found in the ability OF stu
dents to remember what they hear. and
what they see Some are able to repeat
a longer list Of figures II they have seen
it and others are able to repeat more &C
curately what they have heard.
painting OF The Cleaners" was
shown a young woman yesterday in the
school and she was told to examine It
closely for a minute and then told to
give what she had seen. She gave 1t all
quite accurately. down to the cart stand
ing on the field.
How many wheels do you see on the
Cart asked the professor
why. four. OF course" she replied
with confidence, and was considerably
embarrassed when she was Informed
that she had seen only two.
Couldn't Grasp Details.
Now. she had a mind that retained
the essentials and that did not grasp
details" Prof. Helm explained
Such simple thing as asking a pupil
what he received last Christmas has
been found to prove a valuable mental
test One student will reel on a list Of
a dozen articles without hesitation.
while another will have to stop and think
OF them. one at a time.
Indeed, it has been found that BY ask
ing questions Of their home life the stu
dent unconsciouSly gives information
which accounts largely for his dullness
in studies Much illness, being INDUCED
and petted at home. are responsible for
some Of these cases.
Excessive timidity is also frequently
found to be what ails a student, instead
Of dullnesS
I'VE have q rather brilliant boy with
terrible handicap OF self-consciousness
and shyness," said Prof Helm. The boy
has a remarkable mental capacity, q won
derful retentive memory. but becomes so
frightened the moment he hears his own
voice, particularly In a room full of people,
that he losses almost every bit of knowl-
edge he possesses. His intense self-con-
seriousness makes him appear both dun
and stubborn. but his ability Is above the
average"
Even laziness. which may be due to .
variety Of causes, has its own antidotes.
One Of these, Prof. Helm admits, Is to
leave school. either to another school or
home. for a change Of environment"
II find that individual treatment In
necessary in this work. It cannot be
done in classes. In each case our object
Is to ind the avenue OF approach for each
student So imperative Is It to ind out
the causes Of dullness, or seeming inabil-
ity to learn, that I believe some system
Of mental measurements in the public
schools will finally be a necessity
II was stated also that physical causes
are occasionally responsible for dull
ness" and that an anaemic condition Of
the blood is one Of these causes.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09
HOW Do YOU SEE;
BYEAR OR Mind?
After Determining This, Then
What Are Your Mental
Measurements?
ANTIDOTE FOR LAZINESS
These Queries Are Not Freakish. They
Form Part of Psychological Dis
covery by an Educator.
ANTIDOTE FOR LAZINESS

Chicago, Aug. S-There is nothing
freakIsh about these queries. as they
form part Of a discovery made by Prof.
Nathan Wilbur Helm. principal Of
Evanston Academy. that may figure
largely in school life Of the future.
As Dr. William ]. Hickson, head OF
the psychological laboratory of the Chi
cago Municipal Court. ascertainS by tests
whether his patients are neuropaths.
and makes recommendations accordingly
to the Juvenile Court. so does Prof.
Helm classify his summer scholars and
adapt their studies and teaching to their
revealed minds.
So certain is Prof. Helm that his
mental measurements are a success
that he intends making the tests a reg
ular feature of the Evanston Academy
records, to be filed with the physical
figures compiled by Athletic Director
Lewis Omer.
Many a so-calIed duIlard has been
found by Prof Helm to be "eye-minded" /;
that Is, one who remembers things he
sees; or "ear-minded," who only retains
things in his memory that he has heard
Of A changing Of the teaching method
pupils are as bright
as any.
First a student Is given the "ear test"
Repeat after me now" he says, rs,
Is, 81
Most pupils can repeat that number
without hesitation
Now repeat: q, s., 81, g.
Once in q while a student will be found
whose memory is not retentive enough
to give four numbers, but others will oe
found who can give five, six or seven
numbers IN their proper consecutive or
der.
The student Is then told a narrative of
moderate length and Is asked to repeat
It as accurately as possible. Some have
been found to remember certain incense
quential matters and miss the main facts
Altogether. Others grasp the essentials
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09
PREMIER APPEALS
TO WOMEN OF FRANCE
TO FINISH HARVEST

Paris, Aug. S-Premier viviani has ad-
dressed an appeal to the Women Of
France" asking them to complete the
work of gathering the crops left I'm
finished by the men who have been called
to arms"
The wheat" said the premier, stands
unreaPed and the time Nof, vintage ap-
proaches- 1 appeal to your hardihood
and to that Of your children whose ages
alone, not their courage. withholds them
from the fighting line. I ask you to
maintain the life of our fields, to finish
this years harvest, and prepare for that
of the next year. You cannot render a
greater service to your country"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09

body OF flesh itself was changed and
took on a new nature.
This Is why the sun has ever been
taken as the symbol of the rising Christ.
and why, in Easter hymns there Is con-
slant reference to the rising Of the Sun
OF Righteousness So also is II written
Of the triumphant Christ: Il am alive
for eyermore. Amen: and have the keys
OF hell and Of death"
The Ascension of the Christ.
The Ascension Of the Christ was the
Mystery of the third part Of the Spirit
ual body, the putting on of the vesture
OF Glory, preparatory to the union Of the
Son with the Father. OF man with God
when the Spirit re-entered the glory II
had before the world was" Then the
triple Spirit becomes one, knows itself
eternal, and the Hidden God is found
That is imaged in the doctrines of the
Ascension. so far as the individual is
concerned.
The Ascension for humanity is when
the whole race has attained the ChGst
condition, the state OF the Son, and that
Son becomes one with the Father, and
God is all in all. That is the goal pre-
figured in the triumph OF the Initiate
but reached only when the human race is
perfected.
Studying the doctrines OF the Atone
ment, the Resurrection, and the Assem-
sion, We reach the truths unfoIded con-
corning them in the Lesser Mysteries,
and we begin to understand the full truth
of the apostolic teaching that Christ was
not a unique personality, but the first
fruits Of them that slept" and that every
man was to become a Christ.
The Initiates have ever been regarded
as these first fruits, the promise OF a race
made perfect. Not to be saved by an
external Christ, but to be glorifed into
an inner Christ, was the teaching OF
esoteric Christianity. Of the Lesser Mys-
teries.
How narrow, weak and poor. indeed,
appears the latter day teaching Of the
churches when placed beside the grander
gospel and ideals OF the past; what
celestial fragrance is breathed as We lift
but a corner of the veil that shields the
holy place from profane touch.
The subject next Sunday will be the
Early Advent Of World Teacher"
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09
RUSSIA AIMS AT BERLIN.
Advance on German Capital BE
Iieved Cars I'Inn.


1ieved Cars IIan.
London, Aug. S.-The military expert of
the London Times discusses the German
Austro-Russian military situation today
as follows:
"On Germany's eastern front Russian
armies are mobilizing more rapidly than
was at first expected. Twenty days from
last Sunday were allowed before the ag-
gressive advance can begin, but the Rus
sian railways are working well and the
main lines are said to be giving forty
trains a day.
IF this rate can be kept up, the Rus
sian army. which we assume to be con-
centrating beyond the Vistula, will be able
to advance. We do not know the Rus
sian plan Of campaign, but as Berlin is
the center Of gravity. il is likely the main
Russian attack will he directed at it and
the campaign against Austria will De
defensive in principal
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09
DRAIN ON BANK OF ENGLAND.

London dispatches yesterday brought the
weekly report Of the Bank of England.
covering the period of acute alarm
abroad over the European war, in which
there occurred serious run on the bank.
This report showed for the panic period
withdrawal Of $780, 900 in gold from
the institution, and a reduction in re-
serve-gold and notes-of $s4, 100000.
The notes held in the banks reserve
were reduced by more than so per cent,
from q total of s15s,2oo,ooo to 81, 900.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09
FOREIGNER SHOT DEAD.
Acting Stranger in
English City.

Newcastle. England. Aug. IA British
patrol on the high level bridge over the
Tyne shot to death q foreigner who
seemed to be acting in a suspicious man
ner early today. The man was first no.
ticed shortly before dawn. He was
watched for some time, and was finally
challenged.
He Ieaped down the steps Of the bridge
when accosted and jumped into a small
boat. He was ordered to stop. and on
his failure to do so was shot dead.
The bridge is near the government ship
building yards.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09

Claire c. Barnes. OF the night proof
force, will leave this week to take
part as a member Of his battery in the
artillery msneuvers in the State of
Pennsylvania.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-09

Copy Editor James H. Albertus was
deprived Of a tour of Europe which he
had mapped out and for which he had
procured transportation by the out
break Of the war.