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VOLUME 11.
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Clerics Go on Big Strike to Get
Trousers.
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Economies of Head of Russian Monas
tery Provoke General Rebellion— .
“Fixed Ideas" of Head of In
stitution Starts Trouble.
London. —A St. Petersburg dispatch
says that the monks of St. Michael,
neir 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 de
nied them, services will not be held at
the twCastery. The bells are silent,
and “She cloisters dark and forsaken.
The trouWe 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.
He has the impression that, devo
tions are the best substitute fbr dhily
bread, and so the worthy father length
ened prayers and shortened rations. ■ <
In the intervals between the: devo
tions and the ever-decreasing ,
the monks are called, upon .to perfonn
hard work in the fields. This is found
very trying, because the , Rpssian mon
astery 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 lit
tle time foi d4votsnr tliat make
him a compfete monk. . - »
But a denial even worse than those
already described was inflicted upon
the long-suffering monk of St Mich
ael. The supreme shock came
when Father Ambrosio refused to sup
ply irohSers' 'to the dwellers within the
convent walls. The. ecclesiastical dic
tator ruled that those articles of ap
parel wr^>a luxuyy# T^e .latest ,cus
tailment caused much discomfort, and
in cold? 'weather the parades .were the
source of considerable unpleasantness.
The sans culotte regime was , em
’ dured for a month or so. but a
Vlarly cold day arrived and the strike
v/was resorted to. While working in.
’ undignified garb in the field the breth
ren of St. Michael’s “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.
v The strike was complct^ and was
/keenly felt by those at whom'ft was
'aimed. The monastery authorities,
’ who, it is said, believe in frugality and
: economy, are still holding out', in Sthe
•matter of trousers. As for the'nionks,
’-•they get plenty of food from their sor
rowing friends and 'tMer gblif^ ' klSout
■'arousing indignation, sfrfiprft'rf^Md in
. terest at the protect' infectings!' 1 Which
they address. ' f ' ' ’• •
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Silver Tag on Turtle.
Scandia, Kan. —While fisting on the
■Solomon river, Fred'Math'e'Ws'caught
a land turtle nearly a foot broad,
which had attached 'to its shell a sil-
• yer tag. The inscription on the tag’
was badly worn, butTit'i^ believed that
It originally was a silver Catholic med-'
al such as many Catholics wear. The
medal was fastened "to' the turtle’s
shell with a silver ring and judging
from its appearance it hh'dbeen on the
reptile many years.
Rich Land for Japanese.
Stockton. —J. K. Oda and H. Wyeka,
Japanese farmers Os the delta region,
purchased 200 acres of rich delta land
near Terminous, for which they paid
$25,100. In view of the anti-alien land
legislation this may be the last trans
action of this kind in the history of
the state.
PARROT “CUSSED” A JURIST
Case Was Going Well for Bird’s
Owner, When It Talked Entirely
Too Much.
New York. —When Armando, the
parrot of Mrs. Johanna Vogt, became
a witness in his own behalf before
’ ..Magistrate Geismar when an effort
was made to prove that he was an up
right 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 .minjite
it gets to be morning he begins' to
scream and chatter such language!”
Mrs. Jandro clucked her tongue sev
eral 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 w’ould
be a rest cure compared with. the
Vogt^ heigfibothobife- * ■ ’ “
“He starts right In first thing with
"Go to hell! Go to hell! Brrrrrrrrlpp!
Hell!’ And he keeps it up! If you
NUMBER 30.
/ GOIMG TO EXPLORE CROCKER LAND
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The steamship Diana, shown in the photograph, sailed from Brooklyn
navy yard on July 2, carrying a party that will explore Crocker Lan;!, the
supposed arctic continent The expedition is under the auspices of the
American Museum of Natural History and the American Geographic socie
ty, which are co-operating'with the University of. Illinois and the navy de
partment .. .
DO MIRROR WRITING
Physicians Puzzled by Two
, School Childr^i. —’b,
Youngster* Reverse Every Letter and
Word on Paper—Both Are Left-
Handed—Riddle Difficult of
Solution by Experts.
Cleevland. —Two true cases of so
called “mirror writing” have been
,found agMpgvPUPUs. of tbe jpiblic,
schools by physicians engaged in tak
ing a ceOsus. of left-handed. chJ^ren.
Cleveland medical men are puzzling.
<jfh pupils are left-handed, pne is
abo'y**!^ years old. He entered the
first grade ’last ’September, it
In writing, -the boy holds the pencil
in. •‘hisj left hand, bggins/at ’fire r(ght
hand side of th,e paper and writ^ ev
ery letter and w^d reversed.
The phyisclan who discovered him
wrote the word “all” on a sheet of
paper, and the boy could not pro
noypcg it; The, physician then wrote
“Ila” $$ the sheet-, reversing the let
ters sp that,they .would show properly
only in a mirror, and the boy pro
nounced it “all.” The physician
learned the boy’s mother also is left
handed, .4 r ; ?3 .
• ’ Under the direction of the physician
the teacher is gradually instructing,
.the boy In put’ting' letters and words
on paper In their propor position. The
' task of teaching him to read sentences
printed from left io right is more dif
ficult. ...
, A less complicated case is that of a.
girl, an eleven-year-old pupil in the
fifth grade. She entered the public
school three y^ars.ugQ, haying, spent
some time in & .parochial sphoof. .Stie
"Ws Te'ftdiahded, and wrote from right
’to left, with words and letters re
versed. '
Under constant instruction she
learned to use her right hand in writ
ing, and at the same time was taught
to'put the letters and words in. proper
position, from left to right. ■ 1
* The' physician who discovered her
case said she is able, to use either
hand in writing now? When she usps
the right hand, her:_writlng is normal.
But when she uses the left hand, the
old peculiarity asserts itself, words
and letters are reversed and the sen
tence can be read only by holding it j
up to a mirror.
It was suggested that the cause of
shout ‘Shut up!’ he answers right
back, 'Go to hell! Go to hell! Brrrlpp!
To. hell!’.” .. -
“Are you sure he says ‘Go to hell?’ ”
asked the court
Just as Mrs. Jandro was about to
answer Armando ruffled his feathers,
cocked his head to one side, blinked
at the magistrate and said shrilly and
clearly: "Go to hell! Go to hell!
Brrrrrrrrripp! Hell!”
“That’s all,” cried counsel for Mrs.
Jandro, triumphantly.
Mrs. Vogt burst into tears. Armando
fluffed his feathers defiantly and be
gan anew: "Go to —y-" !
“Officer; take that Bird -out of here,.”
broke* in his. hoiior? ,; .: i
Flier Scared a Cow to Death.
Paris. —The first ^aerial- live stock
damage suit as -brought when Brinde
jon Moulinaise, the aviator, deceived
a communication demanding SSO for
killing a cow. He recently flew from
Parts’ to Copenhagen and a German
farmer near Coesfelt, where the flier
made a landing, alleged that the aero
plane frightened his cow to death.
the
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913.
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 Dolcl In Philadelphia
Collection Discovered to Be Fa
mous Allegorical Work.
Philadelphia, Pal; June 30.—1 t has
just been discovered that a famous al
legorical 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 pic
tures of the sacred history of Christen
dom as created by Carlo Dblcl, its
beauty, its character and significance
were so altered by daubs of paint
smeared upon its that even the great
est art experts of the world failed to
recognize what the picture really was
and no one knew of the existence of
the work. Listed in the noted collec
tion as the property of the city, this
pajnting for nine years hung upon the
walls of the gallery as “Youth and
Love” by Carlo Dole!.
Ip 1904 John G. Johnson, while
abroad, bought it with 84 other valu
able 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
cause of the great value of some of
the other painting by better-known
artists, this Dolci painting was not
thought to have any particular sig
nificance and for years it remained
just as it came from Europe.
With the idea of improving some of
the famous paintings in the collection,
Mr. Johnson, as the head of the city’s
art commission, engaged Pasquale Fa
rina to restore some of the works of
art that adorn this gallery in Fair
mount Park and it remained for Fa
rina to discover that the Dolcl painting
was one of the lost masterpieces of
the world.
LIGHTNING BROILS A STEAK
Kills Woman, but Finishes fl Job She
has in Hand —Child Is
Stunned.
Carnegie, Pa.—Lightning played a
peculiar as 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 apd broiled a steak
which she was putting on the broiling
irons at the time.
Mrs. Waters* had picked up the
steak, walked over to the kitchen
range and laid it on the irons. She
was evidently about to light the nat
ural gas burner, when a terrific peal
of thunder shook the house, and the
lightning zigzagged down the chim
ney. 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.
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Beautiful line of Linen Dresses, in all
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