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"No. that's true" she replied. And
so you are going to let 1t go and say
everything is squareT
"What else do you want me to dol"
he said helplessly. 81 can't undo the
past only wish could"
81 want you to go back to college,"
said Mabel earnestly. "Clean up the
fraternities and clean up athletics.
especially the gambling part OF 1t. l
know you can do 1t. and it's the only
way to make things square,"
"You don't realize what you're ask
ingw he cried. go back there after
what I've done? | can't. Mabel"
"It's the only way" she said.
Harold buried his face In his hands.
After long time he Strengthened up.
81 used to think all life was for was
TO have fun" he said "And I guess
/ had my share. But 1t seems that ev-
cry one has to have his share of hard
knocks, too, and it seems to be my
turn now"
He hesitated a moment longer and
then slid to the ground. "Goodby," he
said Pm going back to school" And
he hurried away.
Almost another year had passed,
and all nature was bursting into bloom
at the magic touch Of spring Gladys
was sitting NJ the study table in their
little room on the top floor Of the girls
dormitory trying hard not to get the
notes of the robin outside her window
mixed up with her troublesome French
verbs when Mabel brought her let
ter.
She gave a little cry Of dismay as
she read 1t. 1t was from her father.
Her mother was sick, he said. He dis
liked to ask them to break in on their
school work, but could one Of them
come home for a few days? 1t
wouldn't be at all necessary for them
both TO come.
Gladys threw down the letter and
fshed her suit case out Of the closet.
Where are you going?" asked Ma
bel in surprise.
Home" replied Gladys laconically,
pointing toward the letter.
Pm going, too" announced Mabel
after she had read it.
1t was only by dint Of much argu-
ment Gladys finally persuaded her to
stay, and then only after she had prom
Used to telegraph at once if there was
any danger
1t seemed to Gladys that it was
weeks before the train reached the
little town that she called home Her
father laid a warning finger on his
lips as she entered the door.
Hush he said. "Shes asieepP
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The PIankton.

When the voyager across the Allan
tic watches the surface Of the sea day
after day and notes how few are the
signs OF life In so vast an expanse
Of waters he IL apt to conclude that,
as compared with the land, the ocean
Is a desert But he has been looking
for fish and has not seen the real myri-
ads Of the ocean. IL the voyager had
microscope eyes he would perceive
that the liquid mass through which
his ship plows her way is filled with
prodigious multitude Of minute or
ganisms-the plankton. The name
comes from a Greek word meaning
vagabond. The plankton forms the
food OF an enormous number OF ma
rine animals and has been the subject
of much scientific investigation. There
are two kinds Of plankton, the vegeta-
BILE, or phytoplankton, and the animal.
or Zooplankton. AS In the world Of
higher organisms, the animal feeds
upon the vegetable The importance
OF the phytoplankton to the life Of
the sea depends upon the fact that
like the leaves Of land plants, it has
the faculty, under the influence Of
light Of assimilating inorganic sub
stances and rendering them available
for the food OK Youths Com
panion.
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you've taught me to look at things diff
ferently. Did you hear about-about
what's been going on at Iowa City,"
81 read in the paper something
about a big mass meeting where Har-
old Du Val made a speech the like Of
which had never been heard at the
university before and where the stu
dents agreed unanimously to put a
stop to betting on athletic events"
she replied. "Why didn't you ever
write and tell me what you were do
ing?"
81 thought you'd find out anyway II
I did anything worth while" he said
"and If 1 didn't you had better not
know"
81 think It was glorious" said Mabel
do you think I've squared things
now" he asked
Eyes, believe you have" she re-
piled, land more too"
"And now may have my rewardY
"Your reward?' she said inquiringly
isn't it enough reward to be deserv
eddy the most popular man in great
university"
"That isn't anything" he replied
81 didn't do 1t for popularity, Mabel
and I'm afraid l never would have
done 1t just to even things up, but
did 1t because a certain brown eyed
girl told me to. And the brown eyed
girl is the reward l want, Mabel. Cant
you tell me that you care for me just
a littleT
Mabel looked up at him gravely
"Are you quite sure that 1t ISM
Gladys that you care for?" she asked.
Perfectly" he answered. ut was
that other Harold that cared fol
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NOTICE OF HEARING CLAIMS BEFORE
COURT.

NOTICE OF HEARING CLAIMS BEFORE
COURT.
First insertion Nav IL.
THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF
GRATIoT.
In the matter of the estate of Lester II. Hayt,
late of Pasadena. California deceased.
Notice is hereby given that four months from
the 25th day of April, A. D., 1910, have been
allowed for creditors to present their claims
again st said deceased TO said court for examina-
ton a nd adjustment, and that all creditors Of
said deceased required to present their
claims to said court, at the probate Office in the
village Of Ith AGA in said county, or before
the 18th day of August, A. d. 1910, and that
said claims will be heard by said court on Thurs
day the 18th day of August A. D., 1910, at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon
Dated May 9th, A ID. 1910.
ISAAC S. SEAVER
l627-3t Judge of Probate.
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y. Gladys dropped to her knees In
'front.' of the bed and threw her arms
lbout her mothers neck.
"Oh, mommie, mommie!" she cried.
It's Gladys, your own little girl! Don't
,ou know me"
mo, 1t can't be Gladys" her mother
answered. GLADYS and Mabel are
iway to school, and it's so lonely"
Gladys soothed her to sleep again
md then sent her father to bed to
get some much needed rest. All
through that long night her mother
ossed and talked at intervals, and the
watching girl realized for the first
lime just how much of a sacrifice 1t
had been for this quiet little mother
20 give up her girls to the great, hun
Try college.
In the morning the doctor came and
pronounced Mrs. Sanders better.
"Just you stay here and take care
If her, young lady," he said, "and I'll
guarantee that she'll get well all
light It's just this everlasting loneli-
hess that's got on her mind and made
her sick in the first place."
The doctors prediction seemed to be
correct, for Mrs. Sanders slowly but
surely improved from that time on.
In a couple OF weeks she was able to
sit up. and her eyes lighted up with
pleasure as she watched Gladys fly
ibout the room setting things to
tights and lending brightness to the
house that was so pitifully lacking
when she was away.
You don't know how much good Il
Ices me to see you here" her mother
Iaid one day as Gladys came in with
big armful of blossoms. ito bring
outdoors In TO mommie." as she said.
Gladys dropped the flowers and
.ame over and kissed her, 'Tm going
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II
IA lege with the determination
wv of earning money to pay his
gambling debts ii was with
o very hazy idea of how he was going
TO do it. OF one thing he was deter
mined-he would go so far away that
there would be little danger of his be-
ing known. 1t was still without def
mite purpose that he boarded a train
and started west At Salt Lake City
he stopped and spent several days
looking for work only to find that
every position had half a dozen men
waiting for it.
AT last in Encouragement he took
the train again, this time not stopping
until he reached Seattle. Here his
search for work was Of little more
avail than at Salt Lake City. One day
when both his money and his hopes
had almost reached their lowest ebb
he wandered down to the wharf and
stood idly watching a sealer making
ready to sail.
He was suddenly startled by heavy
hand on his shoulder and turned quick
ly around to be confronted by a rough
looking, bearded seaman. The sailor
looked Harold over critically for a mo-
ment without speaking. nodding ap-
provingly as he noted the we'll built.
athletic form.
"Do you want to ship with usT' he
asked at last.
Harold looked from his rough ques-
toner to the dirty little ship and shud-
dered. winter in the arctic circle
with a crew of quarreling sailors for
companions was not exactly what he
had had in mind when he started west
to earn that 5000. Then he remembered
Mabel's last words, Il know you can
do it, Harold and the disappointed
look in Gladys eyes the time she said,
1.-THE kind of boys like are those who
can do things" He turned and looked
the shipmaster squarely in the eyes.
'T'll CO." he said. How much?"
"a hundred dollars a month and
your share of one-fourth of the net
profits. BE ready in half an hour"
The history of that sealing trip
would make story in itself There
were times when Harold almost wish
ed that he could loose his hold Of the
greasy rail and drop into the water,
where he could rest. The days were a
confused tumble Of nerve racking toll
and the nights a brief moment of OBJ
hvious slumber. The hardest training
on the football field had been play
compared TO this. But Harold was
blessed with strong constitution, and
before they had been out a month he
could hold up his end Of the work
with any man on board. 1t was a hard
trip for boy who had never worked
before, but 1t did much to make
man Of him, and he came back a great
ly changed Harold.
1t was summer again, and Mabel
was sitting on low hanging branch
of one Of the apple trees reading one
afternoon when she was startled by
a merry hello from the ground below
and, glancing down, saw Harold look
ing up at her.
The eight months he had been away
had made great change In him. His
mouth was firmer. there was a strong
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-07-07

er curve to his chin, and his eyes had
taken on a resourceful, self reliant
look In place Of their old stiffness.
MAY come upT he asked, and
without waiting for an answer he
swung himself up to a seat beside her.
"You don't need to tell me you've
succeeded" said Mabel 81 can see
that for myself"
"Yes," he cried enthusiastically,
I've paid Off those old gambling
debts-to the last cent / guess that
squares me now"
Mabel looked at him. Does itr
she asked meaningly.
"WhyT he inquired in a surprised
tone. "Pve paid every cent I owe
the fellows. Doesn't that make 1t all
right?"
What about the stain you left on
your fraternity, on the football team
and on the reputation of the school
for being fair In athleticsr
He WINGED. That's all past now"
he said lamely. Money can't pay
that"
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n
/ Among the
/ Apple Trees
n Story Of Farm
Life
! By CLIFFORD v. GREGORY
Copyright. 1910. by American
Press Association
CHAPTER XI.
Copyright. 1910. by American
Press Association

CHAPTER XI.
u WIEN Harold Du Val left col
IA lege with the determination
wv of earning money to pay his
gambling debts ii was with
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CHAPTER III.

THE first glance told Gladys OF
the suffering that her father
had been through. His face
was haggard and worn, and
his shoulders were stopped YEARLY.
81 didn't want to take you out Of
school," he said, but mothers been
calling for you and calling for you I'M
til just had to send"
Gladys tiptoed to the room where
her mother lay sleeping. She was toss
Ing uneasily and muttering incoherent-
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Gladys. That was before had learn
ed to know what true woman's love
Is really worth. But know it's hop
Ing too much" he added bitterly, turn
ing his head away.
THE only way to get things is tc
ask for them," she replied, with a lit
tie laugh, "or just take them"
he turned quickly toward her
Then he cried.
She nodded.
And then the auto wandered along
at its own sweet will until the spark
coll obligingly burned out just as they
reached the most secluded spot in the
whole road, and only an inquisitive
owl In a nearby tree heard the rest.
THE END.
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THE END
Innocent.


Clifford" asked the teacher, who
wrote the JuniIs letters?" 'I--I don't
know. ma'am," answered the terrified
little boy. II didn't"
Engines Deep Plunge.
The turning OF a switch at the Ham.
mond colliery siding of the Reading
company at Shenandoah, Pa, sent
locomotive in charge of Engineer
Koran over 50-foot embankment
with the crew and two "battle-ship"
cars. The runaway was so sudden
that the engineer and four others OF
he crew were unable to jump. For
tunately the ground was soft and the
engine did not upset thus saving their
lives.
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FV/FFfE "AU " FFS
f0u| 5fage5 : N<7e Beetle.
EQl Grrub amt Pkto0.

ering the way to conquer pair OF these
precious rascals that DR.. Forbes has made
his most valuable single contribution to sci
ence. They are the corn field ant and the
corn root-aphis or, as it Is better known.
the corn root louise. For a long time they
were the particular scourge of the corn
grower who supposed that they operated each
on its own account Through the research of
Dr. Forbes it is now known that one is help
less without the other. The resourcefu1 and
industrious ant is entirely unable to extract
the coveted sap from the corn root, and the
stupid aphis would, if left to itself, starve in
the very presence Of the corn. But the ant
can carry the aphis to the corn root and de-
post it thereupon; the aphis can extract the
sap and then exude it, thus passing 1t on to
the ant. Therefore it was not a problem of
exterminating two foes but of outWitting the
clever little ant. Were it banished the aphis
would soon disappear. The wretched little
soft-bodied hunk O. creation can do nothing
for itself except lay eggs and suck corn sap
The ant gives 1t a home in its own burrows
matches its eggs for 1t, carrying them to the
warm surface II they are slow, bearing them
farther into the ground If they threaten to
hatch before its food supply Is ready. And
this protection extends through the aphis life
II, because OF blowing or other inadvertence
the ant finds its charges scattered It will
cheerfully collect them and reconstruct its
home if that has been molested also The ant
has nothing else to do and it is as active as
an outraged Puritan conscience However,
methods of control have been found The use
OF the disk and crop rotation will exterminate
them The root-aphis refuses entirely to oc-
cupy ground planted to oats SO this crop is
Of the greatest Importance In clearing fields of
them. Also by disking two or three times
with 20-inch disk in spring, especially on a
sunny day when the ants are likely to have
their charges near the surface they will be
killed and scattered and their nests so broken
up that even the enthusiastic little ant cannot
reconstruct the colony
Another enemy Of the corn that DR.. Forbes
has caught by cultivation is the bill bug. as
certain beetles are called because of their
long, hard snouts which they poke into the
farmers business to ruin It. This time the
cultivation must be with the pillow instead of
the disksan in the autumn instead OF spring
and In the fields Of grass where the bill bugs
breed These bugs are distinguished by
oelllgerency which is only equaled by their
strength OF claw. One variety appeared In
Illinois which looked SO large to the harassed
farmers that 1t was christened elephant bug"
Chickens turned into the fields to feast upon
them fed In Tapping, eomical fight, unable to
relieve their terrified souls by squaWk, as
their bills were tightly held together by the
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consequently letters were sent among the
farmers, asking for boxes of sound hugs.
lhese bugs were to be given the disease and
returned with directions for spreading it. The
response was surprisingly Immediate Boxes
VI bugs poured into the express offices and
YET more boxes OF bugs. Farmers from neigh
boring states heard of the offer and they too.
went bug hunting The express companies
worked overtime. The assistants in the ento-
mologtsts office became mere undertakers for
ougdom The mouldy bugs were sent out on
their Denencent mission of destruction Then
the results came in. They varied: thew did
indeed Some thought the entire entomolo-
gist's Office should be fitted out with a golden.
glorious halo as the rescuer of its country.
others alasi thought fools cap would fit the
case more exactly.
But although the disease project could not
be called complete success, means were
found which make 1T possible to raise grain
even In the very worst of the chinch out
breaks. The barrier methods and sprays with
kerosene emulsion will catch them every
time Just after harvest the scarcity of food
IN the wheat fields arouses in the chinch an
instinct to migrate. On foot it sets out to get
an appetite for corn. This is the time to make
a ridge beWeen the infested field and the field
the chlnch desires to fnfest. This Is done by
ploWlng backward furrow which is packed
with light roller or by hand and has a line
OF tar poured upon 1t from can with a
tubular spout. Post holes are dug at intervals
OF about twenty feet By keeping the tar
line fresh his chinchship cannot cross. but will
follow 1T to the posthole into which he speed
lily tumbles. 1t then is merely pleasant recre-
alton for the farmer to travel out and pour
a weak solution of kerosene upon his -accu-
mulated enemies. Kerosene is an excellent
death dealer for these pests When they get
INTO the cornhelds the farmers of Illinois sallv
forth with an emulsion containing four per
cent. of kerosene and half as much whale oil
soap mixed by five minutes simple beating
with a stick. This is frted by hand upon the
corn In the cool of the day when the insects
feed most thoroughly and when there is less
danger OF injury to the corn Sometimes a
single application does the work: when the
infestation is very bad two and even three
may be required,
Now let us talk about corn exclusively for
a while. With that staple at its present price
and with the grave gentlemen who produce
statistics as hens produce eggs-the louder
the cackling, the smaller the statistfc-assur.
Ing us that it is on its lofty perch to STAY. It
seems that the farmer will have to cultivate
automobiles and bad habits as obesity cures
for his bank account. But, halt! Nature pro
V1des several. There Is the weather more ex.
asperating and with Tess regard for a poor
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was flying and whizzing. Telegraph
poles on the side of the track looked
like row of cornstalks, and trees
appeared to be a mud-bank, and all
the time the exhaust of the old ma.
chine sounded like the hum of a bum.
ble-bee. l tried to yell out, but my
tongue wouldn't move. He went
around the curves like bullet.
slipped an eccentric, blew out his soft
plug-went down grades fifty feet to
the mile and didn't touch the air once.
She went by the meeting point at a
mile and half minute, and calling
for more steam. My hair stood up
straight, because l knew the game
was up.
Sure enough, dead ahead of US was
the headlight Of special In a daze
I heard the crash as they struck, and
saw cars shiyered into atoms, peo
PIE smashed and mangIed and bleed.
Ing and gasping for water. I heard an
other crash as the French professor
struck the deep keys away down on
the lower end of the Southern division.
and then | came to my senses. There
he was at dead standstin, with the
door of the fre-box of the machine
open, Wiping the Precipitation of his
face with hunk of waste, and bowling
to the people before him. If I live to
be 1000 years I'll never forget the
ride that Frenchman gave me on n
plano"
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GREAT run WITH
THE GRAND PIANO
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER TELLS
HOW he WITNESSED THE MA
CHINE GO SOME.
GETS EXCITED AT A CONCERT
Professor Knew His Business, and
the Way He Tore Through the
Yard and Down the Line Was a
Caution.

Chicago.-T was lettering around
the streets one night" said Jim Mel
son, one Of the old locomotive en-
gineers running into Chicago. "As l
had nothing to do dropped into a
concert and heard sleek-looking
Frenchman play piano in way that
made me feel all over in spots. As
soon as he sat down on the stool |
knew by the way he handled himself
that he understood the machine he
was running.
He tapped the keys away up one
end, as if they were gauges and he
wanted to see if he had water enough.
Then he looked up as If he wanted to
know how much steam he was carry
ing, and the next moment he pulled
open the throttle and sailed onto the
main line as If he was half an hour
late. You could hear her thunder
over culYerts and bridges and getting
faster and faster, until the fellow
rocked about in his, seat like a
cradle. Somehow I thought it was old
935 pulling passenger train and get
ting out of the way of a general mana
gers special. He worked the keys
on the middle division like lightning.
and then he few along the north end
of the line until the drivers went
around like buzz saw and / got ex-
cited.
About the time I was fixing to tell
him to cut her off q little he kicked
the hampers under the machine wide
open, pulled the throttle way back in
the tender, and how he did run!
couldn't stand 1t any longer, and
yelled to him that she pounding on
the left side, and If he wasn't careful
he'd drop his ash-pan. But he didn't
hear. No one heard me. Everything
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Quotation Marks.

Senator Beveridge, in an after
dinner speech in Cleveland, said Of 4
corrupt politician:
"The mans excuse is as absurd Is
the excuse that a certain minister Of
fered on being convicted of plagiaF
ism.
Brethren said this minister, It
is true that I occasionally borrow for
my sermons, but I always aeknoHl
edge the fact In the pulpit by raising
two fingers at the beginning and two
at the end of the borrowed matter,
thus indicating that it is quoted"
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Dog Buried In $50 caak.,.

Joplin, Mot remained for "Bahe y
little yellow cur puppy, to have the
most expensive burial ever given q
dog In this section Once a canine
Wa1f, the dog was picked up on the
street by nine-year-old Martha Odall
daughter OF 0. M. odell, formerly
commercial agent for the Missouri pa.
cffic railway. After several month"; y,
prosperous life, the pup died and n
was buried with ceremony In a $40
rosewood casket in the odell fantIv
lot at Nevada, Mo.
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