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The Press., 1922-10-19
Crabapples and Love
By cLARIssA MAcKIE

SSCyCvCIOVOVSVOvSVS~ONS~~N~ @, 1s22, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
 "Hello!" hailed Ben TOmpkins, as he slowed his speedy little boat to stop at Jane Dale's back fence.
 Good morning, Ben," said Jane se- dately, from the stepladder where she was standing as she broke off clusters of crabapple blossoms. She might not have known Ben was going after shrimps that morning, but the creek that ran past Bens orchard followed its course to the bay and touched last of all James land. 1t was beautiful day-bIue sky, fresh wind, racing clouds, birds singing and the air was sweet with blossoms.
 "Too early for shrimps," she called to the bronzed young man in the boat.
 He grinned sheepishly. Il know it just going to scout around the bay and see how things are coming along going over to the island to look after my nets and lobster pots. Come along?"
 "NOt today-Tm busy" she evaded'
 His glance sharpened. Don't pick your blossoms, Jane."
 "Why not? They're fnine." People did say that Jane Dale was too out spoken. Sometimes Jane (secretly) be ueved them "I love the smell-they're so delicately sweet!' She buried .hel fair face in the pinkish bloom.
 Cant have your blossoms anC fruit, tOo-hOw about crabapple Jelly later?" He eyed her shrewdly.
 Jane firted a careless hand at him q will remember the fragrance of tho blossoms and do without the jelly she retOrted.
 "Humphl Wasn't there some poe chap that said if he had loaf O bread he'd sell 1t and buy hyacinths O dnffodils, or something foolish? Fl bet that before night he'd he around trying to sell his pOsies for bowl o bread and milk-hang 1t all, Jane you're laughing!' he ended wrathfully
 "YOu are so funny, Benjamin. v
 shows over," he retOrted grutti as he started his engine, "You vii
The Press., 1922-10-19
Elephants F oot.

Sometimes, during the war, we had rather curious bread, but we were never-sO far as we kn0w-treated to "Hottentot's bread" This Is the name of tropical plant, q name given to 1t because its root-stock is used as food by the HottentOts. And because this rOot-stock is a large, fieshy mass cut off at the end, and covered with a corky, cracked bark, the plant IS also called elephants foot" Out of this rough foot" springs climbing stem, bearing leaves and flowers.
 The name of elephants foot" is also given to a genus of plants found in India, having rOOt-leaves which bear some resemblance to the foot of an elephant.
The Press., 1922-10-19
FRAGRANCE ON PRISON AIR
Electric Perfumer in Cleveland County Jail Arouses Mind to All Kinds
 of Possibilities.

Altar of roses and sweet scents of Araby! There's an electric perfumer at the county jail. It casts all kinds of sweetness on the prison air. Just turn the button and the jail becomes a garden of roses or fragrant with the scent of orange blossoms.
 The other day the. atmosphere of the jail reflected the aroma of the for est cedar It might have been Norway pine, sassafras, crab apple blossom, but it just happened that the perfumer was charged to dispense an aroma tinged with forest cedar.
 The machine has possibilities, the sheriff believes. It might be employed to awaken the prisoners each morning with scents of viOlets and sOothe them at breakfast with OdOrs of ham, eggs, corn fritters, grapefruit and other viands not on the regular morning menu of coffee and butterless bread
 Oh, yes, indeed, the machine has pos abilities. At night 1t could discharge the odor of pineapple or figs or dates, and any prisoner with good sense of smell and a strong imagination could readily go to sleep and feel that 6e was in Hawaii
 But the perfumer is in jail only on trial.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1922-10-19
Orinin of Tea.

Although record is lacking, 1t Is be- lieyed that coarse variety of tea plant existed in Japan from time i'm memorial. The custOp of using Its leaves as beverage, however, seems to have come from China with the intro duction of Buddhism. The story runs that the use of tea in China had been known since the early times, espe- cially among the Buddhist monks, by whom 1t was used in order to keep them awake during their vigils. In the Twelfth century, Elsai, cele- brated Japanese priest, brought a book of directions from China for the culture and curing of tea, together with jar of choice seed, and from that time the beverage came into ia vOr among the upper classes. Tea culture subsequently became exten- sive, and its use as a beverage gradu- ally universal-East and West News
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parents
 W-h-h-e-e-e-e-e-e-! What blessed sound was that? She hallOOed as loud as she could.
 A faint sound answered her.
 "Benw she called valiantly.
 "Coming!' came the stentorian reply.
 In a few moments the sturdy little launch had caught up with the run away skiff and Ben's strong arms had skillfully transferred Jane to his boat and then he scooped up an armful of drenched crabapple blooms and tossed them around her.
 "Let the, old skiff go-let her sink," /" urged Jane.
 Never! I'll tow her home; didn't she chase me most to Bayberry Island with load of blossoms"
 "BenV"
 "ro tell me that after all-
 "Ben, dear!'
 "Alrs well," sang Ben joyously, as he leaned toward her, and the gay little launch bore them swiftly back to Jane's garden, where the crabapple tree stood like a pinkywhite bridal bell waiting for them.
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find out some day, Jane, that I'm right about several things, such as saving some of your blossoms for the fruit time and not wasting love by playing with 1t, too long,"
 What will happen if l dO-that" she called, her voice cool and thin and provoking.
 Why" as he bent over the engine and then suddenly strengthened up and faced her, "why, some day when you are ready to take love seriously you may find it has become tired of wait ing and-gone On!" With chatter and fuss the little craft leaped for ward and disappeared around the bend of the creek.
 Jane's voice came to him across the
 intervening space. Il hate you, Ben
 Tompkins," and when he heard it the
 grim smile faded from his face and
 left him looking very anxious and
 tired.
 Jane descended her ladder dPliber-
 ately and looked at the spray of crab
 apple blossoms in her hands. She laid
 them down and went to the water $
 edge, where the little tree leaned over,
 and dipped some of its pink blossoms
 in the tide An old f1at-bOttOmpd boat
 was mOored there, its rotten painter
 tied to round stone on. the bank. By
 standing In the boat Jane could easily
 reach the other blossoms, and the
 apples on those lower limbs never
 amounted to anything, after all. Of course she would never let Ben know that she needed his advice. She
 stepped down into the skiff anC reached for the branches. The boat moved under her weight and the ole
 line snapped. The ebbing tide snatcheC at the skiff and swung it into the cur
 rent and in q moment they were rock ing down the creek at an increasing speed Jane had iopped down into the bottom of the boat. A single oar there might be used as a rudder. Jane was handy about boats. All she could dC now was to keep the nose of the Ol( skif in midstream and hope to se' some man or boy along the shore. x" one was in sight. The boys wer' all at school and the men were bus! III Inolf Sdfu6uS or Idu SpIS OuL VI ! Hhe bay. as Ben Tomplins had done r Ben TompknS. If it hadn't been I tO1 him this would never have hap Pened. How glad Jane was that she
 HIad refused to listen to his tale O1
 IOver She had always put him of I with d jest or an excuse. He was $ tyrant-an unbearable tyrant! Jane grew SO indignant musing over Ben's
 faults that she forgot her peril unti | suddenly the boat bounded out of the N .creek and ventured out upon very II green and, nasty looking bay.
 Over ini the southwest the sky was | idarkening. and somewhere thunder Y 'sgrOwled. Along the horizon lightning ',i .f1ickered lintermittently.
 Y; Jane detested thunder storms. GA The, b0At fOundered around of \ AhOre iamong the choppy waves, anC
 Zane was uncertain whether the! @OhldSbe stranded in the salt grass O the msersh @r drowned in the deepe N water. Sheiwas certain however, tha IAsOmething ttTrible was going to hap II apen to her, and among other thoughts l caIue la Eer many times spent witt Ben T0mpkins -there wasn't anothe 4 man in the world she would marry- 4 but never mind that, she was going t drown, 4ngMay-and she hoped he
The Press., 1922-10-19
PraIImjnaric6.

''NOw, don't forget" said the lawyer who was coaching his fair chenl "When I scratch my right ear that's a signal for you to faint"
 "And If you rub your chin with your left hand that means must burst int" tears?"
 "Yes, and-ahem-If you see me plucking at my right tronser leg it will indicate that the gentlemen of Sre jury have been sufficiently edifed h> the hosiery display, and you might rhAh@f your attitude so they can c"nrehtrat" their minds on the evidence. VI Bir mingham Age-Herald.
The Press., 1922-10-19
Meteors Fall in Saskatchewan.
Huoe JelIyhsh.

A iellyfish of beautiful, translucent blue, weighing close of so pounds, was washed ashore on the south of Eng land coast recently. The creature has seven odd-looking pink-hued tentacles protruding below the body of 1t and had two orifices resembling gills to breathe through Some of us have vivid recollections of being stung bad ly by small ones and tremble to think what such a big fellow as this could 2do.-ExchanRe.
The Press., 1922-10-19
In Ahn AirIN naNn.

We have always held that Charley Wooster broke the westeEnl record when he broke prairie one summer in the early 'T0s, logged out in blue den inns, going barefOOted and wearing a silk tile, but the Atchison Globe tells of a man named Paswell who lin. 1880 came into possession of a elawham, mered suit sent in relief box from. Boston and wore 1t all summer for every day on the farm. He wore his Overalls to church. State Journal.
The Press., 1922-10-19
Driven by "Divine Discomfort" ,"

Exceptional men in the world of success are said to be urged onward by divine disc0ntent."
 Hens show it, too. Our record lay CTS are record workers. Highest egg record hens are the first ones search Ing for feed in the morning and the last to retire to rOost. Their every movement Is alert, vigorous and snappy. They are never at rest. Where permitted this restIessDeSs car ries them far atield in search of egg making material. This wand dering Is so incessant as to consume Ro much energy and egg production Is found to he greatest in limited range.
 Owners of phenomenal goats will recognize our description of gEeat men and great hens Sukey NaAnie be hayes that same way. For such goats limited hours. in the pasture will un- dOubtedly produce the best results From the Goat World.
The Press., 1922-10-19
FOR EAST IS EAST
This Chinaman Couldn't Under-
 stand Foreign Devils"
His Description of Feast About as Hu- morous as if 1t Had Been Writ
 ten With That Idea.

An old man, who declared he had been to Shanghai, told how the tOr- eigners there feasted, according to "A Fortnight on Cargo Boat, by Will liam L. Hall, in Asia Magazine. Men and women all sat together at a long table. The table wore white clothes and was covered with fine bowls and foreign chOpsticks. A man would not sit by his own wife, but chose to SlC by the wife of some other man. The men all drank wine out of foreign wine cups and before they drank they all stood up and held their cups out to the women. Some of the women had small wine cups and drank with the men. Some of the men smoked tobacco that was rolled into long tubes and others had their tobacco in rolls of white paper.
 His cousin was working at the inn and he was invited into the cOOkhOuse, where they were washing the bowls and chOpsticks. When the wine cups were brought in he tasted some of the wine that was left in the bottom Of the cups. Soon after tasting the wine he forgot all about where he was and tried to go out into the street alone. He could not tell whether his feet were trying to climb up his body or his head was trying to bite his feet.
 When the feast was eaten the men and women went into another room, where some foreign men were making a noise on all sorts of foreign frames. When the men made the noise all the people jumped up and ran about the hOOr When the noise stopped they all ways stopped, too, and then they would stand still and hit their hands together. Then the women would grab the arms of the men and they would all walk around the room, talking and laughing, l until the noise began again. Some of the women had forgotten part of their clothing, but-s0 his cousin told him. ! they did it on purpose to please the men. When the noise was not going, or some of the men were not running about the floor with the women, they would go into another room and drink wine at a long, high table. The men l were always in hurry to drink when l they were at that high table; for they would pick up d glass, open their mouths and try to throw the wine down their thrOats.
 When everybody was tired of run ming about the floor each man picked out his own wife. and they went away in foreign carts. Some of the men, 1 who had no wives, kept drinking the wine and burning the tobacco tubes until it was almost time for the city gates to open. Then they went off down the road, holding to one an others arms and all trying to sing q foreign song.
 Meteors Fall in Saskatchewan.
 A giant meteor plunged into the Big Quill lake, near Wynward, Saskatche- wan. A fiery body was seen-b many in the district to drop from clear sky and clouds of steam rose from the lake for some time after it had sunk in the water. Other meteOric disturb ances are reported from Vanscoy, Sas- katchewan, southwest of Saskatoon
 People in the neighbOrhOOd heard five
 or six loud explosions and the earth
 between Vanscoy and Pike lake was
 sboI,ar MonfrpaI Gazette
The Press., 1922-10-19
LANE VARIETY STORE S5 to S7 Main St.
 Phone 52-l2. HOME SHOPPING PAYS

We invite you to come in and shop. Just come in occasionally to look around to see what's new and you'll learn what variety we really have.
 A variety store is a convenient place. Here you can find many things which are in every day use, brought together so that you need not hunt from place to place to find them
 The LANE VARIETY STORE carries number of useful things not to be found elsewhere. We offer moderately pliced goods, and they must be service able and satisfactory to our cus. toners because our policy is "money back if not satisfied ' Our regular prices are low. To show this let us point to: 70 Sheet Rolls Waxed Paper, Toe Galv Gallon Oil Can, 29c 7 Inch Flower Pot and
 Saucer l9c 2b Qt. Nickeed Tea Pot Csc 2Qt. Aluminium Double
 Boiler, $l.25 Cooks linoleum square yd. 75c Reversible 6 Smyrna Rugs, $496 3OxGo in. Wool, new patterns. MANY MORE MONEY SAY ING PRICES AT ALL TIMES. OUR PURE CANDIES are low priced too, and they are kept fresh
 Canada Mints, 25c lb.
 Cocoanut Fudge, 25c lb.
 Hershey's Milk Chocolate
 Kisses, Soc 10. Kibbe's Crystalized Cream
 Waters, BOG lb. Bonanza Caramels, 25c lb
 COcoanut Bars, 4Oc lh ' Blue Banner Chocolates, 45c Ito. Come in and see for yourself that these lads" of ours tell the truth. When we offer iobs or sec onds we say so.
The Press., 1922-10-19
Really Only One Occasion

It has often been matter of sp"rula' ton as to when, if any time, Imn would feel perfectly at ease carrying '" doll. This perplexing question one 'lat has no doubt disturbed the mental "qui lihrium of many psychologists. Was solved the other night by tw" gentle men who had given the matter much thought. The solution of th" prob lem was that the only time that q male biped appeared unabash"d while transporting a doll in his arms Nos when he was returning, In triumph from one of the booths at nrarhN amusement park.-WuShtugtw Star
The Press., 1922-10-19
Climax of Carrier Pigeons Career.

Climax or Carrier PIoeohs SaTeeT'
 The climax of elle pigeOnS carrier career was in the seige of Paris in the Franco -Prussian war. Something like 36O birds were sent out and D came in with messages before the bal loon service was developed, Scien- lists photographed down Is folio pages to go into single pellicla weighing less than one gram, so thet single bird on one trip might carN us many as 5000 short messages. The Ger mans trained falcons to fOlloF and kill the French pigeons, and the French had forgotten or did not &nGw that centuries before the Chines@had used whistles and bells on their Ngeons to scare off predatory birds. Tradition has it that in SOlOmon's timN betting on the speed of these hirdd was so common that 1t had to be chs0ksd. The Greeks used to send to all tfair cities the names of Olympic visitors by hon. inp nipeOpS
The Press., 1922-10-19

Cohune nut oil, which Is obtained from the fruit of a variety of palm tree that grows in Central and South America. has been examined by the Department of Agriculture. It re- sembles coconut oil and can replace It for many purposes. The supply of these nuts is, almost unlimited and several firms are now attempting to establish the manufacture of the oil on a commercial basis.
 Although during the war there was scarcity of fats and oils in some countries, it seems that there are plen- tv of sources from which to obtain them in this country and many other parts of the world.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-14

explosion left little doubt but that 1t was a case of spontaneous com bustion. The coal in the hold came from | Welsh mine where the coal is noted for it's oily quality, and was loaded aboard the ship while the rain poured down. making the coal soggy and causing heavy gases to generate.
 Many Signs
 A number of seawise passengers aboard the Adriatic said yesterday that there was a, number of signs at. tending the sailing of the ship which were construed as ''jinxes" by the sailors Among these were:
 The ship lost an anchor in the Mer. sey:
 Nearly hit the Holleyhead- Dublin ferry:
 The birds refused. to fly aboard the ship,
 And the explosion occurred very close to the spot where the TitAntic went down in 1912.
 The story is being told of the el- derly man who was nearly panic stricken and when asked jocularly what he was afraid to die for. said in a shaky voice. I've been trim. ming people all my life"
New Britain herald., 1922-08-14
Corrigan Enters Burning Hold.

Within five minutes from the mo- ment of the explosion eight lines of hose were playing into the hold and it was then seen that one of the men was still below. Another who had been lying on top of the hatch asleep is still missing and it is thought he was blown overheard with part of the hatchway. Captain David then ! called for volunteers to make an effort to rescue any men who might still be in the hold and line of seamen and officers volunteered. Before Captain David had opportunity to designate anyone James c. Corrisan, senior second engineer, jumped to the lower deck and started toward the hold which was belching smoke.
 There's one of my men in there!' he shouted.
 Don't go in there yet it's full of gas and you'll never get out!" shouted Captain David.
 Damn the gas" was the reply IS Corrigan disappeared In the smoke and fumes.
 The other men were ordered In to follow Corrgan if possible, and they took a line of buckets filled with Wa ter and made their way below decks where the bulkhead doors led to the blazing hold. As they crawled along close to the floor they met Corrigan coming out carrying the body of Leslie Ablitt, an electrician, who later died from burns. Handing his burden to some one outside the hold Corrigan joined the men going In and again en- tered the gas filled hold, this time carrying bucket. In few minutes the men had extinguished the fire in ~ hold and went back to their sta tf6ns Meanwhile the other members of the crew had climbed aloft and put out the fire in the mast rigging. Capt David had stopped the ship at the first outbreak of the explosion and fire, and drifted until the signal All clear was flashed by the fire crew.
 True to British Traditions
 "The discipline maintained by Capt. David was most wonderful. Gov. Glynn said yesterday and coupled with the daring and heroism of Cor rigan and Engineer F. w. Puddle. was a tnlnR WnlCn nelu tlue to tHe hhcst traditions of British sailor men, The work of the crew in taking their posts and in reasuring the passengers that vas In order was almost remarkable. Most wonderful of all, | however, was the heroism of the | women and little children who were with them. I thank God for the way | they acted and am proud to say that the majority of them were American women They were far more calm than the men for that matter and acted splendidly in the face of what might have been a terrible marine disaster"
 Only about a score of persons went
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to the deck when the explosion oc- cured and many on the port side of the ship were not disturbed by the blast. The first man among the pas sengers to get to the deck were Gov. Glynn and Al Herman, the blackface comedian It was Herman who pick ed up the battered body of Donnelly and later of Howley and carried them to the ships sick bay And it was Mrs. Ethel Friml wife of the com poser. who made the remark Capt, David will bring us through all right" which did so much to quiet any pas sengers inclined to become nervous and hysterical.
 Eighteen Answers to $ Q s.
 Eighteen replies were received from vessels answering the O s, sent out by Capt David, and although no as- Lafayette of the French line followed the Adriatic to the rear, the rest of the way across, ready to come to the relief at once if necessary The light of the explosion and the ensuing flames could be seen by other ships within a radius of Is miles or more, according to reports from other ships travelling in the lanes.
 According to the charts the explo sion and fire occurred within one de dree of the spot where the Titantic struck the iceberg in 1912, and several of the passengers who had made many trips recalled this fact Another slight scare was experienced by the pa ssengers on Saturday night when the ship was slowed down and stop ped because of a heavy surface fog which hung on the water and made speed dangerous because of the large
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number of ocean liners which were In the zone
 One story of the cause of the ex- plosion had 1t that Ahlett, who was sent into the coal hold to string an electric light wire over the door, had caused a spark which ienited the gases in the hold. Another report was that he repeatedly said It was my fault" before he died in the ships hospital, but officers of the ship and man who worked with Albeit state that the nature of the flame and the
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52 IT zo D 'One out when winning run was scored.
'Ran for Guisto in sth.

sRan for Gulsto Tn gth
 Cleveland " on1 oo1 o01-3 Det roit - 900 o2O o00--2
 Two base hits. Rigney Speaker, Cobb uhle; home runs JAmieson: stolen base, CutshAw: sacrifice Dauss; double plays wambsganss, sewell and Guisto 2; left on ba ses, Detroit s, Cleveland 8; bases on balls. of Uhle 2. of Dauss 1; struck out. by Uhle 2. by Dauss 8; uinpires, Owens ana Evans; time. 1:b5.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-14

Two base hts Mullisan, sisler, sheey;
 three base hits, Sheely. Hooper; stolen bases Nulligan. Johnson; sacrifices, sisler, Falk; .left on b0Des St. Louis g, Chicago lo haA. on balls, of Leverette 3, of Bayne
 l. of Pruett 1 struck out. by Leverette 1, by Bayne 3, by Faber l. hits, of Vansil- der In 1 2-3 innings, off Pruett In 1
 inning. of Lererette 5 in Innings. off
 Bayne 3 in l-3 innings, off Faber In 5
 innings; hit by pitcher. by Vangilder (Schafk); by Bayne (Johnson); winning
 phcher, ,Leverette; losing pitcher, Vansil-
 der; umpires Moriarity and Hildebrand time, 2:07.
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REDS STOP WINNING
 STREAK 0F PIRATES
1Continued from Preceding Phge)

'
 Two base hits, Henline, Schmandt; sac rifces. Williams. Walker, Schmandt, Rue ther; double plays, Johnston, Olson and Schmandt; Olson. Johnston and Schmandt i; lefy on bases, Philadelphia z Brooklyn G. base on balls. off Weinert 3, off Ruether ?. struck out. by Ruether 4; hits. of Vein ert In 13 innings of G. Smith none losing pitcher. Weinert; time, 1:37.