Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1919 — Page 2

PUREST BLOODED JEWS ARE EXILES

Highlanders of the Caucasus Who Have Kept Free From Gentile Admixture. SCORN THE PLAINS PEOPLE e - Their Language and Many of Their Customs Are Peculiar—Date and of Settlement in That Region Unknown. London.- -Of all the scattered tribes rind remnnnts of the Jewish people, none Is less known to the world Mt large, and certainly none presents a more striking contrast to the ctrnrrimn 'conception of the modern children of Israel than the Jewish Highlanders of the eastern Caucasus. Yet there are probably none in all the world who have kept tb.e Jewish blood more pure and free from gentile admixture, nor any who have more faithfully preserved the traditions, beliefs and customs of the'times before the exile. Indeed, they hold themselves quite aloof from the other Jews of the Cnucasus region, refii -in ti t< > in=ern ihr i y —with them, to uoTsliip nitli them, nr even to have social or commercial ln"fercotirse with them beyond the limits .of the barest necessity. No Scottish Hlghlpn.lo. «-v<t .xeo rm-11 th«- Lo-wlamler one-half so mu'<?h as these Hfghland~er Jews —sCi-nt tlnTr k 1 tismch of the plains and of the urban ghetto. - t heir sett Icmm 11 In the Can on su s h!fch - lands are unknown, even in thelr own traditions, but it iy certain that they —have been there for nearly a iltousami years. In that -thitv Ihelr physimil characteristics, have been mun-ri»lly - modified —by their environment — and mode of life; With characteristic Jewish faces and complexion, they have tail, stain art, muscular bodies, resembling the best of the Hill men of India, or some of the giant Highlanders of Scotland. Their life is of course purely rural, since they have rib considerable towns, and they.devote themselves to agriculture. and the growing of grapes and tobacco.— From—tlie grapes they, make both wine and Tiramlv, are heavy drinkers. Indoor they liaVF the unenviable reputation of being the hardest drinkers in all that part of the world —which might easily be. since the Mohammedan tribes around them are almost entirely total abstainers. However, drunkenness is little known among them, if at all. ‘ They are also great lighters. That is generally a churaeterkstic of mouhtaineors. and in these highland Jews it is highly developed. They always go armed, as do the Montenegrins, and are never backward in using, their weapons for defense. They do not. however, share, in any of the blood feuds of the Circassian tribesmen, nor do they Join in their raids and quarrels. Their language is neither Hebrew nor that °f, the country in which they live, but rather what philologists term I’nrsi-’ftirtnr. or a mingling of old Per- . sjari i. and Tartar. From this circumstance it is inferred that their ancestors went to the Caucasus from Persia in the dats of Pvrn< the Great. i>rfroiil lTr<:;itT ■ aptivity: <>r else they--rather than back so Palestine. There is indeed one ancient legend which tells that they wandered northward in quest of Mount Ararat apd the remains of N'oah’s -ark. "Die patriarchal mode of life prevails among them. When a son marries he does not* establish a home of his own. He simply builds a wing on his father’s house and lives in it. In this fashion there are often three or ■ four generations living in a single house, which consists of a single spread over a- large area of ground. Each housi has its own allotment of land, comprising— grain—field.—tobacco geld.-vegeial’io garden and iliiimnd;' and all are kept in a high state of culrlvation....iijotmh. .m iili.- prim-Uice meth--ods. Each garden is inclosed within ; a wall <>f rubble and clay about six feet high. ■ - .... These high’mnd Jews .have'rm rabbis end no. Tel!grin s head; They have no

Y. W. C. A. FURNISHES ARMENIAN WOMEN WORK AND HOMES

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a scroll of the law, but it is used only for reference. They observe the Sale bath in the strictest 'Mosaic fashion, doing no work and cooking no food, all food requiring it being cooked on the preceding day. They keep the Passover, not by eating unleavened bread, becu uae -ell ?h~erF breftd is ml leavened, but by eating an evening men I in common in the open air. The Feast of Tabernacles is similarly ohserved, ami they have a special ceremony «.f th. ir own a t eachtiewunoom- - <>trla fftwava tw hetr<>tlu*d. ffttr six menilis before marriage, and the bridegroom, instead of receiving- .a dowry wirh fits bridSTThust pay her" ■ father a price for her. Thlti Is usually" paid for In sheep, cattle or horses, but always in eightbens or some multiple thereof. Tile price. may _be 18 sheep or lltl head of eatlle, or I f the bridegroom is rich It may be 72 horses, but for some reason, the origin of which is lost in antiquity, the number must always be eighteen or ti multiple of eighteen. There Is no religious marriage ceremony, but a civil contract if written and signed. When a child is born it is laid upon a platter, sprinkled with salt and exhibrtetl t<> micsts. W<itnen go unveiled and speak To tnen as freely as in western lands.. A man is permitted to have ns many as three wives .at once, though by no means all of them avail them-selves-es- the privilege. iMvoree is seldom if ever practiced. At death tiff- body-is riot”eneoffiried but'is mere-' .ly wrapped ii. a r.hroud and burled. -whilc-Uuv-wirtnen wifFi a dirge; One of the most curious of all their. customs is trial of having the women of the household occupy rooms which are accessible from the, rest; of the, iioitKe n- : lu-oiivli v.-u l:i r holes t the i;ottom of the w»<i, not njere. than twuTfeCL high. ; for at i th e worhl ITke the mo ram-.s—to—alag— kennels. When a guest calls at a house he is wehomed iiF a spacious reception room, and then the host gets down on hands .and knees and crawls through a hole in the wall in search of his wife, or wives, as the ease may he. and presently comes crawling back, followed .by the ladies of the household in th# same undignified attitude. The women dress in jackets and loose trousers after the'oriental fashion.

FIND BONES OF DWARF RACE

Squaw Creek Mesa Near Grand Canyon Burial Place of Ancient Tribe. Prescott, Ariz.—That the Squaw creek mesa, 45 miles east of* Grand canyon, was the burial ground of an ■ancient tribe of dwarfs, is the opinion of 11. L. Loomis, prospector, who says he recently uncovered portions of 19 skeb'!..r,s there. ~ In the old graves the prospector found a cupful of 'tuquoise and small pieces ’of ancient pottery, some of which have been sent to the University of Arizona and the remainder to the Smithsonian Institution. All the bones found were those of a diminutive-race, Loomis said.

Storm Cures a Paralytic.

Boston.—Frightened by a crash of thunder and a bolt of’liglrtning during a storm at North Adams, Mrs. Willinni Pnddoeli of .laelnnuville, Vt:, whff tumped from her-chnir in the kitchen and walked across the Itoor.

Lazy Husband Roundup Due at Yakima, Wash.

Yakima’. Wash. —A round-up of “lazy husbands” .is threatened here by local officials, Washington state has a law which pursHnzy husbands at work ami gives the family of such men their earnings. Officials say " the county is so plagued, with men liable far pi-,.-..'.-ntion imitpr Thi> Ifl'V tliiiiafo’u nd- tip" wi 11 soon” s tarti - TJrie case cited here husband who rode around the reservation in an automobile while his wife drove % hay rick for a laborer's wage.

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Attempt to Be Cave Man Leads to Arrest

Portland, Ore.—John Law la always spiiling romance. Just when Ernest Fix tried to pull a cave-man stunt and fix it up for him ami XUsk Eolly Eq-. gle to wed the bride-to-be went aud had him arrested. "life used to sit on my porch with a gun and threaten to kill me unless I married him,” she triJit tlie court. Then Ernest, who is seventeen years old, was held under J2.U00 for investigation by the grand jury.

SUE FOR INDIAN OIL LANDS

Property Wcrth SOO M Hlion Dollara ta Sought by United States Dis1 Oklahoma will be filed tn the United States district CQlirt oq behalf of the Indian owners by John A. Fain. United States district attorney, for fifteen sections of Indian oil lands extending south to the old bank of the Ked river, said to be valued at 300 TTrfHion -dolla involvlng-SOjne of the richest oil lands In the country. The move was decided at a conference in Washington at which Attorney Gen--eral Palmer,. Mr. Fain and a Texas representative were present. The suit Ihvqlves the determination of the old river Tied which was the border. There are thirty-two Indiah properties on the land, extending for sixteen miles, Tain says. It is opposite the best field—ln the Burkburnett field.

HICKORY NUTS ON GRAPEVINE

Missouri Farmer Produces a Wonder of Vegetable Life That Would Astonish Luther Burbank. iM’nriett, Mo.—According to W. T. !?<>>]>iri<» rei’ordar of deeds of I Hinklin icwmffyfTrirrncrlTurbank rms"been oiit* done on tiiv farm of F. M-. McNeil, where a wild grapevine, growing around a hickory tree, has produced hickory nuts in the place of grapes for two consecutive seasmts. The vine was also seen by J. P« Nations and A.’W. Winters, who accompanied Recorder Romine on a search for peaches. It is not claimed that the hickory nuts grow in clusters same -as- grapes, -but many people in the neighborhood will testify to the •t u Uu‘i4ll city. tis. lhe. sLory,.as ..Lt to lie one of tlie peculiarities of nature caused by the “crossing” of the vine and tree.'

SARAJEVO MONUMENT RAZED

Slavs Tear Down Shaft Marking Spot Where Archduke Ferdinand and Wife Were Killed. Sarajevo, Bosnia.—The Slavs havo torn down tlie beautiful of granite and bronze which the Austrians erected to the memories of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Sophia, duchess of Hohenberg. which stood at a corner of the bridge here where their assassination by Urinzip furnished the spark that set off tlie world war. It bore a bronze plaque showing the figures of both Ferdinand and Sophia. Sarajevo seems almost to have forgotten the assassination and is well on its way toward making “business as usual.” As a demobilized soldier said, ■■wi-’ro rill sick of trie war business-!”-

Indian Gives Girl Saddle.

Tvndail, S. IX—What without doubt is one of the finest and most valuable saddles in the whole Northwest has been presented to Miss Anna Kirk of this city.by an old Indian friend. The saddle is entirely covered with beads, red white and blue, fashioned in different designs. The saddle shows wear, and evidently had been in use in the tribe for some years. The work on it indicates that many months and perhaps years, were required to make the saddle and fashion the headwork designs upon it. Miss Kirk refused an offer t»f $l5O for * he saddle, which thought to be one of the finest exam-

Band Weighs 3½ Tons.

Los Angeles, Cal. —Los Angeles claims the world's heaviest band. It is the police band of 32 members, the lightest weighing 200 pounds. Total weight, three and a half tons.

GOOSE PITTMAN DEMONSTRATED HOW HE COULD HIT WALTER JOHNSON’S CURVES

Walter Johnson, Who Throws Remarkably Fast Ball.

Louis Lamer, who played independent ball in California after leaving "college and might have ■ been in the big league had lie not decided that he. preferred = to settle down -in Los Angeles and make more money at something 'else, sends this one as the funniest thing he ever saw in a ball game, and it must have been a splitter at that: “Walter Johnson came out to southern California after the 1910 season closed in the East and was engaged to pitch for an independent team at Santa Ana. The manager of the team Johnson was with booked dur ball club for a game and we were all. wondering If we wotn<r~l>Fabte to.get a f< >ul off Johnson, who was at topnotch form. Pittman Was a Character. “On our team was a player we called Goose Pittman, who was quite a character. He talked about what he could do and just how he could hit Johnson’s speed. He had it all figured out. “Johnson put over the first two strikes on Goose so fast he did riot

REB” RUSSELL HITTING HARD

Former White Sox Twirler Knocks Ball Outside of Park in Recent Game at Toledo. F" * “Reb” Russell has established a reputation in the American association as a hitter, at any rate. In one of

“Reb” Russell.

the games? played by the Minneapolis team at ‘‘Toledo hejMt the ball outside the park, the first time it had been dope this season.

RALPH WORKS PANS HUGGINS

Scrappy Little Manager of New York Yankees Is Blamed for Poor Showing of Team. Ralph T. Works, who has a large following in St. Louis as a writer on baseball from the “inside” angle of a player, has some sharp criticism of Miller Huggins in his daily column in St. Louis Republic, in the course of which he says: A few weeks ago I wrote an article tn which I stated the New York Yankees were not playing smart enough baseball to win the pennant in the American league and would not stay up in the race unless they changed their style. That 17-inniqg game Thursday surely vindicated statement. There is just one man responsible for that defeat and in my mind that person is Miller fluggins. , Huggins is no doubt a fine fellow personally, but. when It corries to managing a ball club in the American league he appears to be in a position too big for him. , '

even see them, but then Goose began to work his system. He sort of squatted down and took agood beadon the pitcher’s box, with his bat ready to swing and waiting. He was going to slam away as soon as he saw Walter winding up. figuring he’d about get his bat around when the ball got to the plate. Fired Ball to First Base. “Johnson brought his arm up and fired the ball over to first bage, trying to nab the runner there. Goose was all set and as he saw Johnson's arm go up he swung wildly, going all the way round. Of course he hit nothing but the atmosphere. The crowd roaredand Goose threw down~hisi bat and shook his head. ‘My Gawd I such speed,’ he said,/I never even saw it.’ “And then, Johnson, having got the return from first base, really did pitch one over and the umpire said it was the third strike. “Pittman had to take a lot of joshing for being the only man who was ever known to swing at a ball that had been thrown to first base.”— Sporting News.

BASEBALL NOTES

Dan Howley is an able vocal substitute at the coaching lines for Hughey Jennings. * * ♦ Pitcher Lou Dressen, who has been overseas for more than, a year, has. rejoined the Des Moines club. ♦ * * One of Chick Hartman’s first moves when he resumed the niHiiiigmient of, A New York paper says President Grant of Boston can’t be blamed for swapping Art Nehf, since the Boston fans were shy on supporting the Braves. , • • « Reading, Pa., will have to get along without Sunday ball, according to a court decision. Property owners put over the decision after the reformers had failed. • * * Angeles fans are inclined to criticize Manager Killefer for letting Maurice Schick go to San Francisco, now. that the youngster is playIng such fine ball for the Seals. ~ '. . * *. * ' Being manager doesn’t seem to bother Tris Speaker a bit. In fact, one scribe who has watched him in most of his games declares the leader of the Indians is playing the game of his life. ■; ■ ' • * * < • t Salt Lake, fans “have become so enthused over the recent showing of the Bees that they talk of raising a fund of SIO,OOO to be presented the players if the Coast league pennant is won. ——— The Mobile club lost Homer Summa, but still is under obligations to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jake Miller, for this youngster. is 'going big and looks good enough for a recall to the big show this fall. * * * .. ,—.— Eddie Reiter, who made a reputation as a third baseman with the'Tufts college team, has been signed by Binghamton. He was with Buffalo awhile last year, then quit baseball to enter the aviation service. « • * —,' President George Washington Grant of the Boston Braves says it won’t be his club that’s transferred to Totxmto for next season. ' The denial was in reply to rumors out of New York that the Braves might forsake Boston ’for greener fields.

HAS PROVED WORTH OF HIS DAD’S JUDGMENT

Young Robert Kinsella, _ son of the (Slants’ famous scout, has proved the worth of his dad’s •judgment. Father Kinsella had watched his bojr develop on the lots of Springfield until he considered him worth a professional tHal, whereupon he sent him to Little Rock. There Bob has made good and the “old man” will keep his promise and give the boy a chance with the Giants in the spring training trip. The **sale” of Bob by Little Rock to New York has just been announced. The son of his father has been hitting .280 in the Southern league and is one of the fastest men on bases in the circuit. Pretty good for a 19-year-old boy.

ELMER OLIPHANT IS GREATEST ATHLETE

Returns as Coach at West Point, Where He Starred. His Coaching Ability Proven at Camp Benning—Will Make Football, Basketball and Baseball Teams : Greater Than Ever. Elmer Q. Oliphant once more is an active lieutenant in" Uncle Sam’s, prmy. and is on the Cracker ineligible list. His time" with the has expired- bls furlough is up and he will return to Camp Benning. From there he goes to his greatest achieve-

Elmer Q. Oliphant.

ment, that of coach of athletics at West Point. Oli is tickled over his being able to once more get into harness at the point. His stay with the Crackers has been highly successful and the big bosses of the Cracker'S are highly pleased with his 20 days’ show. He has played errorless ball and fielded in a most spectacular fashion. Oliphant is the greatest college athlete ever developed in America and he starred exceptionally at West Point, His coaching ability h a s b<?«m proven football gained in eight years on the gridiron, his basket-ball experience equally as, extensive and professional baseball experience will make West Point teams better than ever.

SCHULTE NOW WITH TORONTO

Takes Job With George Gibson in Preference to an Offer From Cincinnati Reds. Frank Schulte, who recently resigned as manager of the Binghamton team, signed a contract to play the outfield for Toronto, taking a job with

Frank Schulte.

George Gibson in preference to hn of-. fer freer the Cincinnati Reds, so the report has it, though that doesn’t cound reasonshi®*