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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
MATHEMATICS VS.. THE ARTS
Association Is Awakening to the Fact
Study o. the Former 10 Not
Attractive.

The Mathematical Association of
America has discovered that interest
In the study of mathematics in high
schools and college preparatory insti-
tutions Is tagging.
Under present methods of teaching,
only the automatically inclined are
able to pursue the courses with any
degree of interest or enjoyment. 1t
will be good news to thousands Of stu
dents, badly winded after feverish
pursuit Of the elusive x, to learn that
the association plans reforms.
Mathematics has been dry Cor most
students. Young minds that thrill to
the mysteries revealed by physics or
chemistry have been found singularly
calm and considerably cloudy after
contemplation Of the binominal theOr-
en-. Extracting the cube root Of
an incomprehensible number has
been the dullest sort Of drudgery COM
pared with the study of the Ma
pOleonic wars or the glory that
was Greece and the grandeur that
was Rome. The melodies Of dead
poets and the masterpieces Of literary
geniuses have warmed hearts and
fired minds which Euclid leaves cold
and calm. The energy expended and
the brain cells shattered in prOdigious
wrestling matches with decimal frac-
lions, lOgarithms, algebraic absurdi-
ties, geOmetric Obscurities and trig-
onOmetric absurdities have constituted
an enormous waste.
1t Is well that the mathematician
have awakened to the fact that their
speciality needs humanizing.-TOledo
Blade.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
ISLANDS FOUND BY SPANIARD
SoIomons, In the Southern Pacific,
Were Discovered in 1867 by
Aware de Mendana.

The Solomon islands, In the south
ern Pacific, long before Australia was
discovered, were known to daring
voyagers. In 1857 a famous Spanish
navigator named Aware de Mendana
sailed from Peru to discover a great
south continent. Three months cruis-
Ing brought him to the SolOmOns and
ISABEL island, which he named, as his
log states. "after his much-loved
wife,"
Mendana cruised for six months In
the group, and was so impressed with
tho richness and fertility Of these
tropic lands that he named them the
Solomons, In the hope that on his re-
turn his countrymen would believe
they were the source from which King
Solomon obtained the gold for his
great temple. This story, he thought,
would encourage the colonization Of
the islands, and he conceived the
vaingloriOus ambition Of becoming the
king Of new Spain. On his return
home, so brightly did he paint the
prospects that he was soon able to
prepare an expedition Of many hun
dreds OF settlers, including his wife
and her three brothers. In the party
were also two sailors, afterward
known to fame as connected with the
discovery of acknowledgements de
QuirOs and Fuis Vaes de Torres.
The expedition failed through sick
ness and bad management; In fact.
1t never reached the Solomons mt all,
but instead-Owing to faulty naviga-
tion-arrived at the northern islands
Of the New Hebrides group. Here after
few months. .Mendana died. dlsap-
pointed and broken-hearted man.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
GREAT TUN OF HEIDELBERG
Constructed in the Middle Ages, Mon-
ster Receptacle Held 52a Hogs
heads Of Wine.

The construction of the great tun Of
Heidelberg, in the castle Of the Princes
Palatine OF the Rhine, was begun In
1889 and was not finished until more
than two years later.
It was composed Of beams twenty
seven feet long and had a diameter Of
eighteen feet. The iron hopping was
LOO pounds In weight, and the cost,
figured in our money. was nearly
$4,000. It could hold 528 hogsheads
and the value at that time Of the wine
1t contained was in the neighborhoOd
Of $4,000.
When the cellarer drew wine out Of
the cask he assembled several flights Of
wooden stairs leading to the top;
about the middle was a bunghole, into
which was inserted an instrument
made In the form Of spout, with
which the wine was drawn up and
placed in a vessel provided for the
purpose.
There was another tun built. evident
ly succeeding the one Just described.
IN 1751 this was 36 feet long and "A
feet high, with a capacity of 800 hogs
heads. or 2S3, 200 bottles. This cask
has not been In use since the latter
part Of the Eighteenth century.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Why Many Are Color Blind.

London Quakers and East End Jews
are said to be more liable to color
blindness than any other people, re-
ports the LONDON News Prof. Henri;
NJ. Leon told the color circle Of the
International College Of Chromatics
that this may be because the original
Quakers were opposed to brilliant
colors, and because Of the poor envi-
ronment in which many Jews have
had to live.
Men are more subject to color blind
ness than women, he said. Four men
in every 100 are so afflicted, but only
one woman in every 200 is color blind
probably because women are used
to brilliantly colored clothes. There
Is no cure for inherited color blind
ness.
Professor Leon said there were
three kinds Of color blindness-fail-
ure to distinguish color at all, the
confusion Of red with green, black and
brown and the failure to distinguish
shades, such as blue and violet.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
AS TO FACTS AND FIGURES
Nature Seems to Have Laid Down
Some Rules to Which She Rath-
or Rigidly Adheres.

Why do tall persons have narrow
noses? There are many exceptions,
but this is the rule.
The type of the nose that we call
"aqulline" Is much more common in
tall people than in those Of short
stature. On the other hand, short
people are much more apt to have
flat or snub noses.
Tall men are usually long-headed.
while most short men have round or
broad heads.
Tall persons usually have small
mouths. 1t Is the short people who
mostly have big mouths.
Short people In a great majority of
instances have short or round faces.
Long faces go more often with supe-
riOr height.
This Is not at all surprising. Tall
people have a tendency to longness
throughout their anatomical structure.
Usually their noses are long. Their
arms and legs are hong. The height
of most very tall persons is mainly
In their legs. Short people, on the
other hand, are apt to be short In all
parts Of their physique.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
WHY
Loyalty Is One of the Greatest
Human Attributes.

When a man Is loyal, he has found
the summum bonum Of life, writes
Nathan Howard Gist In PENNSYLVANIA
Grit. More than good. he is good for
something. His loyalty warns his heart.
1t wins the confidence Of others to-
ward him, whether they love or hate
him. His loyalty shines out as the
finest Of qualities. When a man IL
loyal. there Is no domestic strife so
fur as he Is concerned. When a wom-
an Is loyal. her husband trusts her
everywhere, and justly so. Loyalty
Is the antidote for divorces.
When man Is loyal, he has no trou-
BILE to speak Of In his industrial plant.
His employees love him, and every
man In his employ would cut Off his
right arm for him.
When a man Is loyal, he gives his
employer the best he has. He may
find his work distasteful. His hours
may be long and badly arranged for
him. His general surroundings may
be anything but pleasant. But while
he is in the employment Of that man,
he has sense enough not to condemn
his employer. His loyalty puts a pad
lock on his lips. and he frowns on any
suggestion at insurgency.
When a man Is loyal, he despises
the finger Of scOrn. He places damp
err on the devilish gossip that posons
the whole community. He plucks ev-
cry thistle he sees, and plants a rose
In Its place.
When man Is loyal, he Is the in
veterate foe of malice, or friction, Of
the divisions Of opinion that separate
men.
When a man Is loyal, he is true to
his country--in time Of war, which Is
occasional, in times of peace, which
Is nearly all Of the time. His best
patriotism is the patriotism of peace.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
MosIems Ignore Mourning.

No mourning is worn Sy the ortho-
dox Turks Of the Moslem religion, nor
are periods Of seclusion observed by
the Osmanll tribes or by most other
Moslems after the death Of rela-
tive. Women friends pay visits Of
coincidence to the harem, but the In
mates-after thanking their guests for
their formal expression Of sympathy
and good wishes for their future ex-
emption from bereavement speak
calmly and resignedly Of the departed.
II a child has died the mother and
her relatives even rejoice before their
friends. For according to MOslem
tenets II Is considered sinful to show
expressive sorrow over the death Of
a child. To do so Is also thought det-
rimental to the repose Of the child's
soul and his happiness in paradise.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Intelligent Geese.

Many are the cases on record Of
geese whose masters or mistresses en-
deared themselves to them and an a
result were followed about everywhere
by the geese just as they might have
been by dogs, and dogs are supposed
to be the most intelligent Of animals.
There Is the historical case of the
aged blind woman who was piloted to
church on Sundays by her goose. The
little old lady would totter along. and
when she would be on the point Of
taking misstep the silly goose would
pluck her by the skirt and guide her
In the right direction. In the steps
of the church the old woman would
be guided to her pew by her neigh
bOrs, while the goose retired to the
nearby cemetery to nip grass. When
service was over the goose would be
beside the church steps waiting to
guide Its mistress home again.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Surprising the Empress.

An amusing story is told by Angus
tin Filon In his "reminiscences Of the
Empress Eugene.
One day, when she was lying in a
hammock, an over-zealous aide-de-
camp ut was not his first blunder)
noticed an old japanese parasol which
was lying long forgotten at the foot
Of tree, and which had become, by
the accumulation Of years, the recep-
tacle Of a varied collection of living
and dead insects.
Advancing with the movements of
a slave Of the harem tanning a sui
tana, the officer opened the parasol,
and perfect deluge Of grubs and
caterpillars rained upon the empress,
who uttered a shrek of terror and
sprang out of the hammock like
lightning.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Psychic Too Much for Her.

II do wish this psychic, or what
ever-you-call-it fad was over" said a
reader. She put down a popular pub
lication.
"Why, when the dog used to snore
under the couch, or some naughty boy
played tick-tack on the windows, or
the potatoes took little slide down In
their bin In the cellar, the entire fam
lily knew ut once what the noise was
and calmly went about their business.
Now they say mysteriously. 'Hark.
what's thatT and we all 60 to listen
ing as II We expected to see an appa-
rition. Call 1t your 'subconscious self
or ghost that makes every slight
disturbance in the house and you're
sure to be jumpy, and for one will
be glad when the psychic business Is
passed and We ascribe ordinary rea-
sons to ordinary noises once more"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Why Mountains Arc Loved.

All the world loves the mountains
loves them as color patterns on the
blue, as marvels Of light and shade, as
symbols Of peace and purity-loves
them. In other words, as one might o
picture. That there Is supreme
grandeur about the peaks and great
beauty In the lesser hills every one
will acknowledge. But the grandeur
Of the peaks Is as hard to capture with
the brush as the beauty Of the hills
with the pen. The landscape-painter
and the writer have had very moder-
ate success in portraying them. The
great features Of nature seem defiant
Of representation.-Jo G. Van Dyke.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Impressive Thrift Lesson.

The father Of ten-year-old boy in
New York was besleged by his young
hopeful to buy certain plnything
amounting In value to 500, says
Thrift. Day after day the father was
coaxed, cajoled and threatened. He
put up numerous defensive arguments
that were brushed aside with scorn
and bitterness. Finally the father
said: "Son, which would you rather
have, this toy or so cents a month as
long as you liver"
The boy chose the so cents a month
for life. The father invested 500
in gilt-edced security yielding six
per cent and the boy was given II les
son in thrift and the value OF money
that will be of untold value TO him as
long as he lives.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
French Like Civil Weddings.
A French marriage is a thorous

A French marriage Is thorough
going affair. 1t Is real partnership.
To begin with, the ceremony Is usu-
ally civil one. Comparatively few
weddings take place in church. There
are no vows as to mutual liberation for
better or for worse. But the French
husband and wife marry to take up
each others burdens, and then carry
them together until the end Of the
journey.
This can be traced to several cases.
One Is that young people are linked
together in France with view to
their practical well-being as well as to
their sympathies. A girl who is an
artist does not marry a bOotmaker.
And a shopkeeper rarely thinks Of
joining his fortune to any but a shop
keepers daughter or business girl.
The classes do not intermingle in
marriage, not because of snobbishness,
but because 1t Is not practical.-FrOm
the Continental Edition Of the London
Mail.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Why rhermomstsr. Vary.

Thermometers vary in their indica-
tons mainly on account Of exposure.
assuming that the instruments them
selves register similarly under like
conditions. The height above ground
Is an important factor, particularly
on still nights, when radiation Is quite
active near the earth's surface, at
which time important differences be-
tween thermometers located only short
distances apart are recorded. When
there Is considerable air movement
these differences disappear to a great
extent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Order Of Publication.
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY.
Probate Register.

State Of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee.
At a session of the Probate Court for said coun.
ty. held at the Probate Office. in the City of Cor
unna. on Thursday. the 18th day of June. in the
year one thousand nine hundred and twenty -one
Present-Matthew Bush Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of George A. Wal.
lace. deceased
On reading and fling the petition of Dora M
Wallace praying, that administration of said estate
may be granted to the petitioner or some other
suitable person.
1t is Ordered. That the 18th day of July.
next. at nine o'clock in the forenoon at said pro.
bate office be assigned for hearing said petition
And it is Further Ordered That a COPY of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day Of hearing. in The Owosso Times
q newspaper printed and circulating in said
County Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge of Probate
By CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Why He Was Let Out.

"What was the trouble with that
young man that you let him GOT I
thought him particularly clever"
"That was the trouble. He seemed
TO have the idea that he was clever
enough to hold n job here without any
actual physical exertion."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Order OF Pu blicatiou.

State Of Michigan-The Probate Court for the
County of Shiawassee.
J At session of the Probate Court for said coun-
ty. held at the probate Office. in the City of Cor
unna. on Thursday. the 10Th day of June. in the
year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one
Present-Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Susan Eldridge
deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of Charles
w. Jennings praying for license to sell real estate
to pay debts.
1t is Ordered. That the 18th day of July next
at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at said probate
Office. be assigned for hearing said petition.
And it is Further Ordered. That copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing. in The Owosso Times
newspaper printed and circulating in said
County of Shiawaosee.
MATTHEW BUSH.
Judge of Probate.
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
Commissioners' Notice.

In the matter Of the estate of Anna E. Bach
elder. deceased.
We. the undersigned. having been appointed by
the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate in and
for the County Of Shiawassee, State of Michigan
Commissioners to receive, examine and adjust al
claims and demands Of all persons against said es
the Union State Bank in the Village of Langs
burg in said county. on Monday. the 25th day
Of July. A. ID. 1921. and on Monday. the 26th day
OF September A. D. 1921. at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each Of said days. for the purpose of re.
ceiving and adjusting all claims against said estate
and that four months from the 2Ordday of May
A. ID. 1921. allowed creditors to present Their
claims to said Commissioners for adjustment and
allowance.
Dated the 23rd day of May. A. d. 1921.
SHERMAN HASKINS,
GEORGE POLAND.
1918 Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
RESOLUTION.

Resolved, by the County Road Com
missioners of Shiawassee County, that
the following described road be aud is
hereby taken into the County Road
System for construction and mainten.
ance: Commencing at the center of
section 10, Shiawassee Township, and
running thence south 2i miles.
AMOS PARMENTER,
w. Fl. CLINE,
FLOYD e. WALWORTH,
Board of
10 County Road Commissioners
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22

statesmen WANTED to solicit or.
ders for lubricating oils. greases and
paints Salary or Commission. Ad-
dress The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22
HUMPHREYS

HUMPHREYS
Doctors Book on the treatment
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English, Trench, Spanish, Port
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i 3. Rheumatism, Lumbago
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10. Catarrh. Influenza. Cold in Head
90. Whoopind Cough
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-07-22

SALE OR ExCHANGE-2, $50 acres cut
over hardwood land, grayelly clay loan
soil. Good productive farms adjoining
near Rose City, Ogemaw county, MicL
Address. John York. 1O2 Belmont Ave.
Detroit, Mich, -Ady
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
FIGHT
TO KEEP LEAD
Hope to Return Home for Sum-
day Game Still Riding In
First Place.
BY LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

NEW YORK, April 28.-The
Washington Griffmen, thanks to an
indomitable courage in the face Of
hard fate, are today riding out in
front Of the American League pen
nant race. When the Detroit Tigers
succeeded in winning from the
Cleveland Indians in ten innings yes
terday, the victory over the Yankees
decided by Duffy Lewis bat in the
ninth inning at the Polo Grounds
had showed the Washington club to
the very top Of the league struggle
INTEND TO STICK.
Battling their way from a defeaI
on opening day to frst place in
twelve games is the story in a nut
shell and today. for the first time
since Clark c. Griffith has had any
thing to do with the Washington
club. the team is in first place. Fur
thermore, the players are intent on
hanging on to the very last and are
certain to OFFER the most strenuous
sort of opposition TO all comera
In 1912, when Clark Griffith intro
duced real major league baseball 10
the Capital for the FIRST time. the
Griffs succeeded once in getting with
in three games of first place. The
Boston Red Sox, later to win the PEN
nant, were in first place and man
aged TO stave OF the attack OF the
washJngtonians. = Then came an in
jury to Ray Morgan's ankle and de-
feats were sustained until, with tho
close of the campaign. the Griffs had
slid back some twelve games, though
they finished in second place.
1t has always since then been the
ambition Of the Griffs to, reach first
place. IL only for a day. They have
now that honored and much sough;
berth. They are prepared to put up
a hot scrap to hold It.
When the Griffs left the Polo
Grounds at the close of yesterdays
victory they knew nothing of the out
come in Cleveland. Getting down to
their hotel they found that the score
Continued on Page IS. Column ~
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
YANKS BOTTLE
GERMAN TRADE
Millions Behind Gigantic Scheme
To Furnish U. S. Materials,
Says De Fries.
BY FRANK E. MASON.
ationaI News Service.

BERLIN, April 1--WE have
laid the foundations for a great in
dustrial business between our coun-
try (the United States) and Ger
many to supply Germany with raw
materials"
This declaration was made today
by Lafayette De Friese, one Of the
American business men who were
said to have been responsible for
Germany's original plea to President
Harding for mediation in the indem-
nifty controversy.
HAS CONNECTIONS HERE.
De Friese is a lawyer. He II
reputed to be related to Herbert
Hoover as well as TO Joseph Do
F'riese, of Washington, president OF
the United States Chamber of Com
merce. De Friese is said to repre-
sent millions in American money
and is generally given credit for
being the leading figure in the ar
rsngements to have DR.. Simons, the
German foreign minister, make q
direct appeal to President Harding.
SAILS FOR WASHINGTON
Following conferences with Lord
DAbernon. the British ambassador;
Ellis Loring Dresel the United States
commissioner, and DR.. Simons, De
Friese announced that he would leave
Berlin some time during the day. He
will sail on the Olympic and will 60
direct to Washington.
II am we'll satisfied with the result
Of our negotiations in Washington.
said the American lawyer. II am able
to say without qualification that all
large consumers of raw materials In
Germany, including the Krupps, are
back of us and are assisting. We arc
seeking an outlet for Americas bur-
dening stocks Of cotton. wool, copper
and rice"
The Washington times., 1921-04-28
BRITISH EXECUTE
-FOUR S|NN FE|NERS
Die in Pairs as Relatives Pray
Outside JaiI-Protest Sent
To Harding.

DUBLIN, April 2s.-Four Sim
Fein leaders, who were found guilty
by a British court martial of levying
war against British crown forces
from ambush, were executed in the
military barracks yard at Cork this
morning. They were executed In
couples. the first meeting death at s
o'clock; the second fifteen minutes
later.
Relatives and sympathizers knelt
in prayer outside the execution
ground while the death sentence was
being carried out.
The four men were Patrick O'Sul-
livan, Maurice Moore, Thomas Null
cahy, and Patrick Ronayne.
The municipal corporation council
and the Cork harbor board adopted
resolutions of protest against the
executions and announced that copies
had been sent to President Harding
a; Washington and Pope Benedict
Nv at Rome. The protest was based
upon the contention that the con-
demned men were not ordinary Grim
inals but prisoners of war.