Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1913 — Page 2

MONKS WANT PUNTS

Clerics Tto on Big Strike to Get Trousers. Economies of Head of Russian Monastery Provoke General Rebellion—--Fixed Ideas” of Head of Institution Starts Trouble. London. —A St Petersburg dispatch says that the monks of St Michael, near Maikop, in the Caucasus, are out on a strike and demand more food, more leisure and a supply of trousers. They are determined to enforce their rights, and as long as justice is denied them services will not be held at the monastery. The bells are silent and the cloisters dark and forsaken. The trouble has arisen owing to the possession of “fixed ideas” by Father Ambrosio, who is the head of the monastery. His ideas do not stop at the ordinary fulfilment of the monks’ obligations to be devout, chaste and temperate. ; V, * ..... _ He has the Impression that devotions are the best substitute for daily bread, and so the worthy father lengthened prayers and shortened rations. In the intervals between the devotions and the ever-decreasing meals the monks are called, upon to perform hard work in the fields. This is found very trying, because the Russian monastery dweller generally possesses a human leaning toward an abundance of food and drink and extended leisure In which to play cards. Given these, he occasionally contrives to find a little time for the devotions that make him a complete monk. But a denial even worse than those already described was inflicted upon the long-sufTering monk of St. Michael. The supreme shock came when Father Ambrosio refused to supply trousers to the dwellers within the convent walls. The ecclesiastical dictator ruled that those articles of apparel were a luxury. The latest cur-

tailment caused much discomfort, and x in cold weather the parades were the source of considerable unpleasantness. The sans culotte regime was endured for a month or so, but a particularly cold day arrived and the strike was resorted to. While working in Undignified garb In the field the brethren of St. Michael’B “downed their tools." The maneuver was skillfully planned, for just at that time a large number of pilgrims had come to the district and monastic services in the chapel of St. Michael’s convent were greatly in demand. The strike was complete and was keenly felt by those at whom it was aimed. The monastery authorities, who, it is said, believe in frugality and economy, are still holding out in the matter of trousers. As for the monks, they get plenty of food from their sorrowing friends and are going about arousing indignation, sympathy and interest at the protest meetings which they address. ' V

STREET OF SUMMER CAPITAL

Picturesque Scene In Quaint Little Town Where President Will Spend the Heated! Term. Windsor, Vt. —A glimpse of the picturesque main street of the little town of Windsor, Vt., where the “capitol” of the United States will be located during the summer months. The little village is already beginning to feel the weight of the responsibility of being the capitol of the United States, even

Summer Capital Street.

for a few brief summer months, and the only hostelry In town —the Windsor hotel —is making every preparation for the Influx of notables who usuaJJw travel In the train of the presidentW the United States. The “summer capltol" Is removed from .the "summer White House,” located at Cornish, N. H., across the border lino about five miles, and the villagers are putting Into condition the road that connects the two-places, so that traveling to and fro will be pleasant to the pßesident.

Rich Land for Japanese.

Stockton. —J. K. Oda and H. Wyeka, 'Japanese farmers of the delta region, Iparehased 100 acres of rich delta land Inear Termlnous, tor which they paid IfM.IOO. In view of <f»e anti-alien land legislation this may be the last transaction of this kind In the history of fthe state.

GOING TO EXPLORE CROCKER LAND

The steamship Diana, Bhown in the photograph, sailed from Brooklyn navy yard on July 2, carrying a party that will explore Crocker Land, the supposed arctic continent. The expedition is under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History and the American Geographic society, which are co-operating with the University of Illinois and the navy department.

DO MIRROR WRITING

Physicians Puzzled by Two School Children. Youngsters Reverse Every Letter and Word on Paper—Both Are LeftHanded—Riddle Difficult of Solution by Experts. Cleevland. —Two true cases of socalled “mirror writing” have been found among pupils of the public schools by physicians engaged in taking a census of left-handed children. Cleveland medical men are puzzling. Both pupils are left-handed. One is a boy, six years old. He entered the first grade last September. In writing, the boy holds the pencil in his left hand, begins at the righthand side of the paper and writes every letter and word reversed. The phyiscian who discovered him wrote Hie word “all" on a sheet of paper, and the boy could not pronounce it The physician then wrote “11a” on the sheet, reversing the letters so that they would show properly only in a mirror, and the boy pronounced it “all.” The physician learned the boy’s mother also is lefthanded. >

Under the direction of the physician the teacher is gradually instructing the boy in putting letters and words on paper in their propor position. The task of teaching him to read sentences printed from left to right is more difficult A less complicated case Is that of a girl, an eleven-year-old pupil in the fifth grade. She entered the public school three years ago, having spent some time in a parochial school. She was left-handed, and wrote from right to left with words and letters reversed. Under constant instruction she learned to use her right hand in writing, and at the same time was taught to put the letters and words in proper position, from left to right. The physician who discovered her case said she is able to use either hand in writing now. When she uses the right hand, her writing is normal. But when she uses the left hand, the old peculiarity asserts itself, words and letters are reversed and the sentence can be read only by holding it up to a mirror. It was suggested that the cause of this condition lies in the fact that these pupils are unable to visualize properly the images which strike the eye. All Images, it was said, are really seen inverted and are turned in the proper position by an unconscious mental process. This explanation, physicians contend, would not explain the case of the girl who has learned to see objects as other children see them.

LOST MASTERPIECE IS FOUND

Painting by Dole! In Philadelphia Collection Discovered to Be Famous Allegorical Work. Philadelphia, Pa, June 30.—1 t haa Just been discovered that a famous allegorical masterpiece which has been missing for centuries has been hidden in Memorial Hall In this city. For years this painting has been known under another name. Instead of the beautiful painting which depicted one of the famous pictures of the sacred history of Christendom as created by Carlo Dole!, its beauty, its character and significance were so altered by daubs of paint smeared upon Its that even the greatest art experts of the world failed to recognise what the picture really was and no one kneW of the existence of the work. Listed in the noted collection as the property of the city, this painting for nine years hung upon the walls of the gallery as “Youth- and Love” by Carlo DolcL In 1904 John O. Johnson, while abroad, bought it with 84 other vainable paintings, and presented it to the city upon his return to Philadelphia. In this collection were some paintings of unusual Importance, examples of the Italian and Flemish schools. Be-

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cause of the great value of some of the other painting by better-known artists, this Dole! painting was not thought to have any particular significance and for years it remained just as it came from Europe. With the idea of improving some of the ftimous paintings in the collection, Mr. Johnson, as the head of the city’s art commission, engaged Pasquale Farina to restore some of the works of art that adorn this gallery in Fairmount Park and it remained for Farina to discover that f;he Dolci painting was one of the lost masterpieces of the world.

PARROT “CUSSED” A JURIST

Case Was Going Well for Bird’s Owner, When It Talked Entirely Tob Much. New York.—When Armando, ths parrot of Mrs. Johanna Vogt, became a witness in his own behalf before Magistrate Geismar when an effort was made to prove that ho was an upright bird of decent birth, Armando certainly spilled the beans. “Why, judge," said Mrs. Ormsby Jandro, “this parrot is a loafer and a rowdy. There’s no living in the same block with him. Just the first minute It gets to be morning he begins to scream and chatter such language!” Mrs. Jandro clucked her tongue several times to indicate the unspeakable character of Armando’s soliloquies and stuck her fingers in her ears, wagged her head and rolled her eyes to indicate that a boiler factory would be a rest cure compared with the Vogt’s neighborhood. “He Btarts right in first, thing with ‘Go to hell! Go to hell! Brrrrrrrripp! Hell!’ And he keeps it up! If you shout ’Shut up!’ he answers right back, ‘Go to hell! Go to hell! Brrripp! To hell!”’ “Are you sure he says Tfo to hell?’" asked the court Just as Mrs. Jandro' was about to answer Armando ruffled h»s feathers, cocked his head to one side, blinked at the magistrate and said shrilly and clearly: “Go to hell! (to to hell! Brrrrrrrrripp! Hell!” “That’s all,” cried erunrel for Mrs. Jandro, triumphantly. Mrs. Vogt burst into tears. Armando fluffed his feathers defiantly and began anew: “Go to ” “Officer, take that bird out of here,” broke in his honor. The door of the corridor closed ,on a smoth«%il "Hell!"

LIGHTNING BROILS A STEAK

Kills Woman, but Finishes a Job Shs has in Hand —Child Is _ Stunned. Carnegie, Pa. —Lightning played a peculiar aa well as a fatal prank here when it struck the chimney of Henry Waters’ house on the Steubenville pike, and after running down the chimney to the kitchen range, killed Mrs. Waters and broiled a steak whidh she was putting on the broilingirons at the time. Mrs. Waters bad picked up the steak, walked over to the kitchen range and laid it on the irons. She was evidently about to light the natural gas burner, when a terrific peal of thunjderj shook the house, and the lightning zigzagged down the chimney;. Every stitch was burned from Mrs. Waters’ body. The steak was browned perfectly by the lightning flame. A six-year-old child, who witnessed the accident, was severely stunned, but will recover.

Silver Tag on Turtle.

Scandta, Kan. —While fishing on the Solomon river, Fred Mathews caught a land turtle nearly a foot broad, whioh had attached to lta shell a silrer tag. The Inscription on the tag was badly worn, but it la believed that it originally was a silver Catholic medal such as nkny Catholics wear. The medal was fastened to the turtle’s sheU with a silver ring and Judging from Its appearance It had been on the reptile many years.

FOR ECONOMIC LIVING

Conference on Agriculture and Country Life at Indianapolis Proves Big Success. Purdua University Agricultural Extension. The first conference on agriculture and country life held In Indiana at Indianapolis, June 3-4, was brought to a close with an address by Prof. G. I. Christie, superintendent of the agricuTtural extension department, Purdue university. Professor Christie called on the people of the state to put their shoulders to the wheel and make the new vocational educational law a success. He urged the delegates to go back to the communities as returned missionaries. He said that he wished the governor would name a day In which meetings would be held in every school house in the state where the people’ should gather to discuss Che subjects which were talked over at the conference. ———•—- The conference adopted a set of resolutions calling for a crusade for more economic living. The resolutions Btated that the much talked of high cost of living of the present time was directly attributable to the extravagant . habits into which the people have fallen. “Back to the simple life, to sensible clothing, to clean and healthful amusements; back to the first principles of living, which will In a large measure solve the high cost of living.” The conference also recommended that wherever it was possible that the country churches should consolidate, a strong, active country church being one of the greatest needs of the rural districts of Indiana. The conference recommended that the young ministers turn their attention tp the country churches as the great place for opportunity; that the attention of the people of, the country be turned to the great importance of securing a strong resident pastor; that those attending the conference pledge themselves to “promote the full development of the country church and the rural school, and the building of a contented, abiding, intelligent, successful country life.” The vocational educational law, passed by the last legislature was also endorsed.

George Woodruff, president of the First National bank of Joliet, 111., addressed the conference on “Farm Credits.” Mr. Woodruff was a member of the commission that went to Europe to investigate the farm credit system there. He gave three reasons lor the high cost of living in this cbuntry other than the one already given. He said the three things responsible for the present high cost of living are the increasing gold supply, the breaking dewn of competition and the per capita production of the soil. He named increase in wages as the remedy for the first cause: trust regulation and control of middlemen for the second and for the third increased available acreage and increased production to the acre. Improved farm finance, Mr. Woodruff said was one of the most important methods for applying the third remedy. President W. E. Stone of Purdue nniversity made a straightforward and lomprehensive analysis of vocational education and explained the provisions of the new law, the difficulties In the way of its administration and forecasted the splendid results that may follow its wise interpretation and enforcement He, too, exposed the fallacy of our national boast of industrial superiority and declared that whatever of such supremacy we may have had In the past was due to three things—the exploiting of national resources, the leadership of exceptional men and the artificial aid of legislation. Because these three Influences are limited by their very nature we must expect permanent industrial efficiency to be based on adequate preparation for suitable life work.

ALFALFA CULTURE

By J. C. Department of Boils and Crops, Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station. The interest in alfalfa culture Is rapidly Increasing in Indiana. Farmers are realizing more and more that much of the profit In livestock husbandry lies in the production of homegrown feeds, especially the leguminous crops which furnish feed of a high protein content By growing crops like alfalfa, dairymen and other stock feeders may greatly reduce the need for purchased grain of high protein content, and thus greatly reduce the cost of production. It is sometimes hard for the man unaccustomed to feeding alfalfa to fully appreciate Its worth. But few can realize the great value of this crop until feeding results have proven to them that It is worth as much aa wheat bran for feeding milch cows and sheep. When farmers know that they can grow four or five tons of alfalfa to the acre that is worth aa much as wheat bran then they will be willing to spend, a few dollars an acre to get a field started. Alfalfa culture Is not so difficult If the needs of the crop are well under stood and given careful attention. But without careful consideration of Its needs, there will be. many failures this year, just as there have been in previous years. With good drainage, sufficient lime and organic matter, Inoculation and plant food, there will be no failures, but the lack of any one of these essentials la sure to result in failure. Land that Is sufficiently well drained tor corn and wheat may or may not be well drained for alfalfa. On ao-

count of the deep rooting habit of alfalfa, which makes it susceptible to “soil heaving,” tt requires better drainage than Is needed for corn, wheat or clover- Alfalfa will not thrive successfully on soil that remains saturated with water several days after a rain. Therefore, when selecting a field for this crop see that the one chosen is well drained. Lime is so essential to the snocess of this crop that few fields Bhonld be seeded without lt v It is probably safe to say that lime would now greatly benefit general farm crops on more than 30 per cent, of the land In Indiana, and certainly alfalfa nafeds lime more than other crops. The far vorable results obtained from lime are so universal that we nearly always recommend that an application of two or more tons of finely ground limestone be made to each acre before seeding to alfalfa. Lime corrects acidity, improves the physical condition of the soil and increases bacterial activity; all of which aid in increasing the growth, vigor and durability of this greatest of all hay plants. While organic matter is not so important as drainage or lime, its presence in the soil greatly increases the growth of the crop and a fair supply of this ingredient is essential to the proper bacterial activity. Furthermore, organic matter increases the moisture absorbing and retaining power of the soil and by so doing increases the supply of moisture available to the plant This makes a more vigorous growth of alfalfa and a larger crop of nay. To supply this, rye, oats, cowpeas, soy beans, clover or any other green crop may be turned under. When sufficient barnyard manure Is available there is nothing better, because it adds both organic matter and plant food. Unless the soil is already well supplied with organic matter, it should by all means be added in some way. “One thing thou lackest yet, go sell what thou hast,” If necessary, and buy phosphorus in some form. Acid phosphate, steamed bone meal or phosphorus in some other available form should be applied at the rate of 200 to 400 pounds per acre. Potash in small quantities may also be used to good advantage especially on sandy and sandy loam soils. With careful attention given to its needs, alfalfa will produce from 3 to 5 tons of the highest quality hay per acre each year.

TREATING DISEASES

By OTIS CRANE, Lecturer on Poultry, Purdue University Agricultural Extension. ( Fowls, like human beings, are subject to diseases and death. By the violation of nature’s laws many troubles are brought on unnecoessarily. Who ever heard of a robin having the roup? It has vigor and strength and fresh air to breiathe. By ths use of proper food, much of the digestive troubles of both men and animals could be prevented. There are four ways of treating diseases of /owls; by neglect, by doctoring,' by decapitation, or by prevention. Too many employ the first method and too few the last Prevention Is the most succesful and the cheapest way to treat poultry diseases. Sunshine and fresh air are the cheapest and best disinfectants, clean food and pure water are the best medicines, and exercise the best tonic. . Administer these with common sense and watchful care and half your troubles will be solved. But any poultryman is liable, through neglect, to have a sick fowl and should know what to do in time of trouble. If a fowl ir very sick, it would take more time and expense to cure it than it would be worth, the best thing to do is to kill at once and burn it If a remedy is decided upon, remove the sick fowl from those that are well and place it in a dry, well ventilated room. Try to determine the trouble before giving any treatment. Give medicine suited to the case. The following treatments have proven valuable in many cases Cold and Roup.

One of the most common diseases of grown fowls 1b colds which sometimes develop Into roup. If a watery discharge of the nostrils Is noticed, it is evident that the fowl has become too hot and then chilled, or has roosted in a draught Move to better quarters. Dip the fowl’s head In a pint of warm water into which has been put one Uaspoonful of creolln, or Inject It Into the nostrils and roof of mouth with medicine dropper. It Is well to place enough permanganate of potash In the drinking water to givs it a purple color. This treatment Is generally successful. If pus forms In the air passages above the nostrils, open through the face with a sharp knife and after the pus is removed wash with diluted creolln. Gapes. Gapes is caused by a small worm that fastens Itself to the Inside lining ot the chick’s windpipe. These worms <i*e sneezed out after they have performed their life’s function, being full of eggs, or else are swallowed and passed off with the droppings. The eggs or worms are taken in with food or drink by other chicks. Manure piles chip yards, damp, shady orchards are all fine places for gape worm preparation; but dry sunshiny yards are unfavorable to them. In this disease prevention is the most satisfactory way of dealing with it, and can be successfully accomplished. If chicks are not allowed to run on infected ground, they will not hare gapes. And If the chicks are kept la a Bnoil inclosure this limited apaee can be thoroughly disinfected by twine one of the coaftar dips. I know this Is a sure and satisfactory way to deal with the pest. ,

The QNLOOKER HENRY HOWLAND EATING and LIVING

The busy professors are always Explaining old notions away; They tell us that people may fatten On less than a quarter a day. 'One says that an egg or an onion Contains enough strength for a meal, A cupful of rice, says another, Will furnish us muscles of steel. .. . 1 We hear that sea water will give us The life everlasting we crave; They tell us that things which tasta pleasant All hurry us on to the grave. Whatever appeals to our palates They earnestly warn us to shun; We are told that the pancake Is deadly. That suicide lurks In the bun. We must chew every mouthful a minute* If we drink at our meals we will die; The wise men of science Inform us That bombs are less deadly than pie; They say we must turn from the oyster And also eliminate fish; Torpedoes and mines are as nothing Compared with the dread chafing dish. Perhaps they are right, but no' matter; Processions still wind to the graves, Therefore let’s eat, drink and be merry, Let the appetite have what It craves; For, with flretraps, trolleys, grade cros*» 1 ings, The switches misplaced, and the gay, Glad assassins out automobillng. What show could we have anyway T

Evidently Not.

“My dear fellow,” Baid the manage* to the young author, “there are some witty lines in this musical comedy of yours and It has a much better plot than such things generally have, but it will never do. I couldn’t think of producing it” “What's.the main objection?” "The Beene is laid away up in the polar regions, and of course it would look ridiculous If we didn’t have the chorus pretty warmly clothed. It would never do for girls whose skirts reached only to their knees and whose waists were cut very, very low to come dancing in where everything was supposed to be covered with snow and ice.” “But why not let the ladies be dressed as if for' cold weather?” “What? Say, I guess you don’t know why we have musical comedy, do you?”

Alas!

“Why do you take it so hard? Being divorced is very common. Nobody will think anything of it after the first week or two.” “I know, but it is going to be awfully humiliating. You see my husband and I are both just ordinary people. I have never written a book or developed a talent for the stage, and he is nothing but a business man, so neither of ub can set up a claim to the possession of an artistic temperament.”

Appreciation. There was a man In our town, And he was wondrous wise. But he was punk at pulling down Three-baggers or long flies. Therefore nobody seemed to cars How very wise he'd grown: His neighbors were all unaware That he was widely known. A third-rate catcher made us glad, We praised hlw for his vim. And gave, with all the cheers we had. A fine gold watch to him.

Where It Probably Came From.

“It was Napoleon, wasn't it, who said, ‘God is on the side of the hear* lest battalions?’ ” “It is supposed that Napoleon said it, but the fact probably Is that cheap young man who wrote the Cor ■lean’s magazine articles Invented the saying” . - "to <£■"

Sure to Win.

“What makes you so pensive Geraldine?” I “I was jost thinking,” replied the sweet girl, “w&kt a lovely plan it would be to give trading stampe with every proposal when I go to the ee» shore.”

Last Chances.

The ordinary man feels that if he Calls at everything else he can make a good living raising chickens. The avenge woman feels that if worse ever comes to worst she can take roomers.