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all but dismissal. She began 10 real
lie that she had been cruel, that hers
was the fault. One day, cOntrite and
tender. she wrote again. There was
no reply.
He has forgotten me. Perhaps-he
only wished 10 ~ rid of me. Oh, the
sting of having humbled myself in this
naughty than ever grew that Maynard
heart.
And nOw-he had come back -
ROcktOn. They had met face TO face.
He looked older, Sadder. He had lifted
his hat, but with his eyes dOwnCast, as
Miss Leslie, her head high in the air
passed him as too contemplate to no.
tice and he dared not face the ordeal.
His unexpected presence disturbed
her The next day Ina learned that
he had taken q small cottage in lone
" spot remote from the village center
And what do you Think" chartered
her vOluble informant, 'he has a baby
with him."
Ina stared in silence, n strange chill
at her heart.
People think" resumed the gossip
or. that he is a widower. He must
have married since he left ROcktOn."
"And the-Child?" muttered Ina. half
conscious that she spoke at all.
a pretty little girl about two years
old. those say who have seen her. Isn't
il strange, his having the care alone of
the little mite? You know the old cot
tage is lis own. / suppose he got
heartSick and hOmesiCk after the death
of his wife and lOnged for old friends
and the like"
To Ina all this was direct affrOnt.
How dared Bayne Wetherell intrude
upon her sorrow, her contempt. she
put il. after baSely DESERVING her, 1t
was well the public did not know the
raging tempest in her Utmost soul. She
avoided any further inquiries regard
The herald., 1917-06-21
Tomochichi.

TOmOChiChi was noted Indian chief
of early Georgia. ruling the Yama-
cawS. a branch of the Creek Indian
cOnfederacy. After n dispute with the
cOnfederaCy he moved his town from
what is now near Columbus. Ga, to
Yamacaw bluff, on the Savannah riv-
er. now part of Savannah. Here he
entered into the famous treaty of
friendship with Governor OClethCrpe.
and in 1873 his influence brought
about a ccSSiOn of territory by the
Lower Creeks. In 1884 he visited Eng
land with Governor Oglethorpe. There
Is monument To him At Savannah
The name is pronounced To-mu-chee-
chi. the and being short and the
accents being on the first and third
syllabIes.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The herald., 1917-06-21
CASTOR BEAN
(Ricinus)

The caStor-oil plant commonly spo-
ken Of as the castor bean. is eSpe-
cially valuable because it is one Of the
few ANIMALS which can be used TO
produce seInitropiCal effect. Its
rapid growth and large size make IL
valuable as the central object in
groups where rich, luxuriant growth IS
required. The variety Of color In the
foliage Of the different sorts of castor
bean is Of value in giving contrast. and
when used in combination with cannas,
caladiums, coeus, or scarlet sage most
striking effects of contrast can be pro-
duced. As background for lower
growing plant= the castor bean has no
equal among garden ANIMALS. Only
the annual climbing vines, when pro-
The herald., 1917-06-21
CAUGHT an aoo-Pound Shark.

Mrs. otto Jaeger of MOntclair
hooked Il 12-fOOt shark with a rod and
reel from the end of the fishing pier
according TO q Palm Beach (Fla.) cor
respondent Of the New York Evening
Post. Mrs. Jaeger's shark weighed
nearly eight hundred pounds and gave
battle to her for two hours, during
which time she refused assistance
from anyone. The big fish, finally
played out rose TO the surface where
a pier employee put several bullets
through it with a rifle, after which It
was gated and raised with O derrick
TO the floor Of the pier.
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water" he said Its not very good"
Then don't cry" said little Mr.. Hop
ping Toad. a. he called from the side
of the pond in his queer grunting voice.
II heard your speech and it was very
sad. But dear Grandpa Frog, you have
made a mistake. That saying does
not mean that you are to have many
happy returns Of this very day, but
that you are 10 have many happy re-
turns Of your birthday, Sec!"
"Oh, joy" blinkcd Grandpa Frog.
as that what it means? Oh, hurrah,
goog-a-rOOm."
And 50 the birthday party ended
happily owing 10 the kind Mr.. Toad;
and the delicious birthday party sup
per of bugs was not washed away By
the tears Of Grandpa Frog.
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ties suit them well for backgrounds
and screens. Their long stems and
extraordinary lasting qualities make
them Of value as cut flowers
The seed should be planted in the
open garden in spring, at about the
same time that corn is planted, and
the plants thinned 10 stand from two
to four feet apart, according as the
plant is dwarf or tall growing. There
is wide variation In the height and
habit Of growth of the different varie-
ties. which range from two 10 ten feet
in height, with from one to many flow
prS
The herald., 1917-06-21
Not So Friendly

The grandmother Of Billie had been
away some weeks visiting. On her re-
turn he climbed up on her lap and en-
Unused over Il watch fob that cost <
cents. Grandmother said little BOYS
didn't need watch fobs, but he could
have the cents for pencils or some
thing useful. He was quiet for few
moments, then in Il much injured tone
of voice said: Grandmother. you are
not as friendly rs you used TO be be.
fore you went away"
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of dwellings cannot be too highly es-

of dwellings cannot be too highly es-
timated. Indeed. perfect health IS
nearly rs much dependent on pure sun
light as ii is on pure air. Sunlight
should never be excluded except when
eyes. And walks should be in bright
sunlight, 50 that the eyes are protect
ed by veil or parasol when incOnveni-
emily intense. y sun bath is of more
importance in preserving Il healthful
condition of the body than is general
Is understood.
The herald., 1917-06-21
Ageratum.

dinarlly used in bedding and borders
in contrast with such plants as gerani-
ums, perillas, amaranthus, etc, the
rose, white. and blue ageratums are
exceedingly attractive when mingled
with alyssum. candytuft, and similar
plants. They grow well upon almost
all soils and through a wide range of
climate; for that reason many COM
The herald., 1917-06-21
Where Fleas Originate.

Marjorie had Just come from Sunday
school. She rushed to her mother.
Mother, did you know it says in the
Bible that hcas come from rats?' she
cried.
WHY. no. dearie. That is news to
ne. Who told you that" said her
mother.
Its right In the lesson today sal |
the little girl, handing her mother her
Sunday school paper. And the mother
smiled when She read this line, Flee
from the wrath to come
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yelled in heliOtrope haze.
Well Named Dead Sea.

When clouds drift over the noun
tainS and cast their shadows on sea
and desert, the view from the north
shore Of the sea is magnificent. The
scene is a picture in a very high key.
play of strong color contrasts and Of
bright light. When the waters of the
sea are quiet the clouds above are
mirrOred on its green surface. and
across. the purple mountains stand in
the sphinXlike silence of the desert.
The bluiSh-purple cloud shadows fall
ing on the desert intensity color effect
and transform the whole scene into
one of subtle enChantment. Down at
sage and greasewoOd remind US that
this body of water well deserves its
name, the Dead sea.
About six miles east of Mecca is the
tant Watering place on the old Chucka-
walla trail. from Mecca 10 Phoenix. via
the EhrenhurG ferry. 1t is about six
miles north of SaltOn station. AZ a de-
preston Of about 80 feet below sea
level. Native fan palms grow near
the spring. as well as an abundance
of salt grass feed for animals. Also
there are several acres of cat-tails
and reeds. When the mines were in
operation in the Mccoy mountains
northeast Of Dos Palmas. rOadhOuSe
was kept near the spring. and in those
days Hotel Dos Palmas was popular
stopping place for the desert rat or
proSpectOr.
Although the summers in the Salton
basin are almost unbearably hot. the
spring. fall and winter are almost
ideal. and this, coupled with the fact
that II is one Of the most healthful
spots on earth. brings many into this
region. who, once falling under its
spell. find it hard TO leave The Land
Below the Sea"
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binatiUnS with them are possible. The
plants are neat, huShy, and erect, with
a continual ProfuSc clustering of pref
" brushlikc flowers throughout the
season. The dwarf blue sorts make
fine borders and are much used where
contrasting color effects are desired
For early bloom the seed should b"
sown in cold frames or in boxes in
the house early in the seaSon-March
but for summer and fall bloom The
seeds may be sOwn in well prepared
beds in the open. Seeds grown in Au-
gust will produce good plants for win
ter towering.
The herald., 1917-06-21
Grammar Lesson.

Gracc's uncle met her on the street
one spring day and asked her whether
she was going out with picnic party.
"No." replied his eight-ycar-old niece,
81 amt going
MY dear" said the uncle, you
must not say, I amt going" And
he proceeded to give her a little les
son in grammar: You are not going
He is not going We are not going.
You are not going. Thoy are not go
Ing Now, can you say all thatt'
Sure l can" responded Grace, quite
heartily. There amt nobody going"
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The salt works were soon covered, set
tiers were driven from their homes, the
nilrOad had TO move its line farther
and farther back, and at Mecca, the
town itself was in imminent danger of
lnundation before the flood was finally
checked. Then the sea began to re-
rede again, until its present boundaries
we're reached. some 40 miles long and
z miles across, with the water surface
some 225 feet below sea level.
Al Mecca the depression below sea
level Is 1S9 feet and the distance to
The present shore of the sea is about
s1 miles. In the open desert, just out
Of Mecca, II one will stand up on one
Of the clumps OF sagebrush around
which the wind-blOwn sand has piled
md look of over the desert TO the
Suiheast. in the distance the sea can
be seen shimmering in the desert sun
light This shows how evenly the
desert slopes into the bottom Of the
basin.
Along the Mud hills. some five or
VIZ miles from the north shore of the
sa, Is perhaps the most weird, desc
ate and peculiar part of this mysteri-
eos desert land. The Mud hills are Of
cay formation, and through them are
cut many extraordinary canyons.
anong which Painted canyon and
Savers, or Box canyon, are the most
distinctive.
As Is Characteristic of all desert re-
cons storm waters pass off with a
nash and this rush of water has cut
me canyons through the soft clay
n'mation Of the Mud hills with very
Fedpitous walls. In ShaverS and
fshted canyons this is very marked.
sno the local erosion of the walls has
o'Ved In the many-cOlored clays fig
aes and forms that are at places very
nn'astic and spectacular.
rainted canyon possesses some of
~e most wonderfully colored walls in
nSenee, hence its name. Maroon,
The herald., 1917-06-21
What We Live For,

mere Is always something which we
:. u'ing for, some prospect which
IS and futters in the cage Of our
VII The secret thing for which we
Wing might seem to others. if they
.-eS OF 1t, to be a tritlinC and ridicu-
~ uihg' Ike the joys Of the poor.
~ ue heart which knowcth its own
0ss knows also its own happiness,
IN mis- life Of ours that is light.
ISn enables US TO see our way.-Rcv.
"a Hutton, NJ. A., D. d.
The herald., 1917-06-21
sc'eal Problems Medina Solution

L. recent meeting Of the French
~ uas Of Sciences Henry lie Cha
a,,s. urged that list Of problems
-. Ing immediate Industrial interest be
A., y scientists with a request that
~ y solved before purely theoretic-
so,. Aamples of problems calling
id,s., .0' solution, he mentioned The
On In glass-maklng. the limits
b ,,,r. ''anon Of viscosity ot glass
hl 80 OF temperature and chem
s,ssssrsosiuon; in metallurgy, the
auns' the caloyific conduct
The herald., 1917-06-21
The Trouble.

A Golfers writer describes n violin.
list as rendering sweet strains by
drawing the bow at right angles with
the f string" The trouble with sc
many of our younger players. we
gather, is that they try 10 manipulate
the bow parallel with the strings. as
is the rule in playing the tuba and
the soprano drum.-Eychange.
The herald., 1917-06-21

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The herald., 1917-06-21
Sunless and SunIit Rooms.

No article Of furniture should be put
in a room that will not stand sunlight
for every room in q dwelling should
have the windows so arranged that
sometime during the day a food OF
sunlight will force itself into the apart.
ments. The importance of admitting
the hight Of the sun freely to all parts
The herald., 1917-06-21
Meaning Of "Veldt."

Veldt is a changed form Of the
Dutch weld" the same as our Eng
liSh word field. II means simply open
ground. or prairie. WestervcIt means
welt. blue field. There are other Dutch
names ending in welt" and many
parallel names in German and othe.
tongues.
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Irreconcilablc,

They had just finished their first
quarrel. subsequent to the honeymoon,
and she was in tears. "If," she s0bbcd.
IF you had had the tiniest spark OF
love for me you would never have mar
ried me-"
The herald., 1917-06-21

vided with suitable supports, equal IL
as low screen. 1t can be used with
good effect in groups, as masses along
shrubbery borders, or as belts for COW
ering and shutting out an undesirable
view.
At the North the castor bean is mOS
satisfactory when started in March or
early in April in a gentle heat. A
hotbed greenhouse or living room can
be made use of for the purpose. As
The herald., 1917-06-21

there is a rain
bow. No, | cannot
have many happy
returns of this
day, because this
day will never re-
turn"
Grandpa Frogs
great eyes filed
with water. One
tear trickled down
and he swallowed
il, And then he
swallowed quite a
few. II am get
ting 10 drink tear
The herald., 1917-06-21
Locking for Something Easy.

"De man dat alluS wants 10 be boss"
said Uncle Ehcn. lis mos generally one
dat ain learned no regular work an is
tryin' TO pick out somethin' easy
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The herald., 1917-06-21

Deposits of a peculiarly hardened
peat that burns almost as well as coal
have been discovered in southern New
Jersey.
The herald., 1917-06-21

bility of porous substances. such as
friedrich; in agriculture. the laws Of
termination of grain. in terms of hu-
miGity, temperature and oxygen sup
ply.
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AGERATUM

For strengthening the gardens
color forces in blue, no annual is so
good as the ageratum." Though or
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20

In the Woman's Home Companion q
writer says:
Most people stand somewhat In awe
Of walters, l find. They tip more than
they can afford because they do not
Gant to seem like piker' In the wait
er's eyes. Well, ! am done worrying
about what walters are thinking about
me. / make 1t point now to let them
worry about what think about them.
In the first JOY Of finding that could
get my rights by standing up for them
I kicked to the captain Of dining
car about the conduct of waiter and
later sent back some unripe fruit with
perfect composure. The captain cor
rected the waiter. The unripe fruit was
removed from my bill. II wasn't
bit OF trouble. didn't even raise my
voice. But there was no mistake about
what / meant.
"Since then waiterssha had no ter
rors for me. When. l don't get the
treatment / ought to have / call the
captain, or the head waiter, and ask
what is the matter. He does the rest.
And tip regularly, but not lavishly."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20
President Fillmore.

Present day passion for setting unap-
preciated historical characters In new
light has now reached President Mil
lard Fillmore. A symposium by six
teen American publishers says Of him
He abolished debt Imprisonment and
religious test oaths for witnesses In
court. He fostered new postage rates
and induced congress to make an ap-
preparation for testing the electric tel
egraph. He sent Perry ON his famous
expedition to Japan, with instructions
for action that won the "open door"
and laid the foundation for American
japanese friendship. In his retirement
as a citizen Of Buffalo Fillmore laid
the foundations of most Of its present
cultural institutions. Always he was
an opponent Of war and a constructive
statesman. But he lacked those quail
ties as a man and those ambitions as
a politician which might have made
him popular while he lived and read
about today.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20
Y. w. c. A.

A pot-luck supper was enjoyed by
about thirty young women. members Of
the Y. w. c. A. in the association
rooms. Wednesday evening. at which
time. Miss Mande Trego,i of Chicago.
one of the secretaries of the town and
county work, gave q short talk. Her
talk was chiefly on clubs and what Is
being done In that line in other cities
b size of Owosso. She will remain In
the city the balance Of the week and
" | confer with members Of the board,
the members of the association and
otehrs in regard to the extension of the
work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20
THE OWOSSO TINES
xDNUND O. DEWEY. PROP.
OwOssO, MICH. JULY 30. 1917.
What n. ppened to National Pr ohibi
ton.

Senator James X. Vardman, demo-
crst of Mississippi, in answering a re-
quest from the Anti-Saloon League of
his state to do his best for bone dry
war measure to include beer and wine,
sent the following telegram. which
later appeared in the Congressional
Record: 1.-The good old chip Prohibit
ton, heavily loaded with the hopes of
millions Of consecrated women and men
for Nationwide prohibition, sailing
with fair winds and good prospects to
the pert of victory, was Summarized
day before yesterday by the President
of the United States. 1t is now lying
on the bottom beneath about 40 fathoms
of beer and wine, with one whole side
knocked out. I am afraid some of the
officers of the crew deserted before 1t
went down. Will do my best to save
the wreck. But 1t Is my deliberate
Judgment that no power on earth ex-
cept the people can raise it..
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20
from the Grand Rapids Herald.)

from the Grand Rapids Herald.)
It Is difficult to understand why
northern National Guardsmen should
be modified in far southern concentra.
ton camps as it is to understand why
the draft census" upon which Is based
each states quota in the draft army
should have been multiplied for north
ern states and reduced for southern
states. 1.-The south in the saddle" has
been literallyaruthful political dag
nosis for better, than four years. 1t
would be desperately unfortunate If any
such slogan should come to truthfully
apply to war preparation policies. The
nation as one great indivisible unit is
not only our patriotic American ideal.
1t is our vital American necessity.
So far as the concentration camps
are concerned, the facts are as follows:
The Michigan Wisconsin division, for
example. will be ordered to Waco,
Texas, for perhaps three months pre-.
cedent to embarkiug for France. These
three months are the cream Of the year
in northern climate; the pest of the
year far south. One of the finest camps
in America is at Crawling. To go to
France In November via Grayling in
August, September and October-as
compared with summer internment at
Waco las hot as it ia hospitable) would
save perspiration, danger Of heat i'll
neeses, and q tremendous transportation
expense Ito say nothing of the propriety
of leaving the boys as near home as
long as possible.) The Waco plan is
principally good for Waco
So far as the draft census is concern
ed, the facts are as follows: The ap'
portionment of quotas for each State is
not based on actual population. 1t is
based upon an arbitrary. fictitious cer-
sus which is supposed to take account
OF and equalize the number OF mill
tary eligibles. Thus, northern indus
trial states, which have a greater per-
centage of eligible young men than
southern agricultural states, And their
population" marvelously swelled in
the census" upon which draft quotas
will be figured, whereas southern states
frequently fall below actual population
levels. Thus Detroit's population" for
draft quota purposes is 100000
nearly twice the actuality, while the
population" of Tennessee, for exam.
pie, is about 300 900 below normal. In
arriving at these new figures, the Gen.
sus Director (from Carolina) figures
aliens as population 1.-THE average alien
population in the south Is per cent
aud In the north from Is to 20 per
cent?; but aliens cannot be drafted.
All of which seems to precipitate
rather unequal distribution Of the load.
The north will not "welcb." These
are poor times to emphasize the old
lines which cut America In two. We
have enough to attend to abroad with
ont starting q domestic shindy. But
the points here outlined have been
squarely raised. It does no good 10
ignore them. We hope to see clear
exposition from Washington which will
show that the south In the saddle"
politically has no relationship to the
details Of the war program. It will be
best to kill this sort Of suspicion quick
ly-and to see to IL that II there has
bsen cause for suspicion, 1t be removed
past, present and future.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-07-20
How Frjsnds Are Mao.-

Two women with babies In their
arms sat beside each other in trolley
car.
First one baby numbled something,
then the other until they became real
friendly. Then one mother told the
other how cute the babies got along
together
Before the car had reached the des-
tination of the first woman each had
invited the other to call.-Newark Ea-
Gle