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AUGUST 6, 1920
TREASURES OF BUDDHIST ART
Marvelous Collection Presided for
Ccnturle in the Temple
' Daicjoji In Japan.
PalpoJI, the hend tempi of the Ono
school of the Shlngon sect of Bud
dhism In Japan, sltua'.ed not far from
Kyoto, in the UJI district, sujwests by
Its mime Is relation to Kmperor
Dalgo, who reigned from 8S8 to l)'tt.
Its nmne originated from Lie fnot that
Its founder. Abbot Shoho, came to this
iVlllnjie and exclaimed after he drnnk.
from nn old fanner's spring: "The
water was as "good an dalgo 1" It Is a
Buddhist word meaning an unctuous
rich liquor. The posthumous title of
the emperor must have originated
from his devotion to the temple and
Its founder, as well as from his burial
in the temple grounds.
Rare specimens of Buddhist art and
literature, carefully preset-red as the
temple treasures of Dalgojt. and ex
hibited recently at Torlo, throngh the
efforts of Ir. Katsuml Koroita of
the editorial staff of hlstorlographical
materials in Tokio Imperial university,
bring the story of the temple down
:to 300 years ago. Among the pecu
' liar paintings in the temple are the
' "flower viewing screens," pictures of
horse training and A collection of fan
paintings said to be rare treasures. .
In the literary collection there Is
an illustrated copy of the third roll
of "Scripture of Cause and Kffect of
the Past and the- Present." It was
made nearly 1.2l) years ago. but the
colors In the picture are as fresh as
the present day pigments. This scroll
is considered the oldest thing extant
In Japan of colored art on paper.
TREES GIVE MILK LIKE JUICE
Tropics Provide Pretty Fair Substi
tute for the Animal Product In
Uae in Northern Climes.
In Brttish Gulnna and the West
Indies, particularly on the banks of
the River Demerara, there grows a
tree known to. the natives as the hya
hya, which yields from Its bark and
pith a Juice slightly richer and
thicker than cow's milk. The tree Is
about forty feet high and eighteen
Inches In circumference when full
grown, and the natives use Its Juice
as we use milk. It being perfectly
harmless and mixing well with water.
The Cingalese ' have a tree they
call It klrlaghumu which yields a
fluid In all respects like milk; while
in the forests of Para grows a tree
. called the mas-nodendron, which
gives a milklike Juice. It can be kept
for an Indefinite iimennd shows no
j tendency to become sour.
On the other hand, certain trees in
; the valleys of Aragua and in Cauagua
yield a similar fluid, which, when ex-
. posed to the air, begins to form Into
a kind of cheese, which very soon
becomes sour.
In the Canary Islands there Is a
tree galled tabaya dolce, of which the
milk, thickened into a Jelly, is con
sidered a delicacy.
HALO DUE TO MISCONCEPTION
Explanation of Luminout Circle About
the Heade of Saints la Some
what Humorous.
.For centuries It bus been nn nlmos't
universal practice among artists to
paint haios above the heads of the
saints In their pictures. Some char
acters have been so depicted, even
though not officially canonised or pre
vious to that ceremony, when the ar
tist wished to Indicate special spirit
ual qualities or holiness, as for In
stance, In .the case of Joan of Arc.
During the eleventh and twelfth en
turles there was a great activity In the
building of churches and cathedrals,
and it was a common practice to erect
around the outside of the buildings
statues of the saints, which were
placed Just under the eaTes. As the
Images became discolored by the rain
which fell upon the roofs and then
poured over them, th authorities, as
a means of protection, placed over the
heads of the flguees wooden disks of a
shte sufficient to protect them. Gltto,
jthe great artist, began to paint holy
pictures when only a country boy, and
In his ignorunce assumed thnt the
disks were0 essential parts of' the
Images of the saints. Hence his earli
est paintings represent each sacred
figure wearing over the head some
thing that looks like the bottom of
a tub. Later on he Idealized this Into
a mere circle, dark at first, hilt grow-In?
more luminous with each production,
until finally he developed the circle of
light thnt has come down unchanged
through generations of painters s
the badge of sanctity. Xew York
Tost.
DREW LAUGHTER FROM GRANT
Witty Remarks of Mark Twain Broke
Down Reserve Characteristic of
the Famous Soldier.
Responding to the toast of "Babies"
at the memorable Chicago banquet In
honor of Gen. Grant In 1879. Mark
Twain concluded with a sentence that
set the gathering in an uproar. In
his Inimitable drawling voice he said:
"In his cradle, somewhere under
the flag, the future illustrious commander-in-chief
of the American
armies Is so little burdened with his
approaching grandenrs and responsi
bilities, as to be giving his whole
strategic mind, at this moment, to
trying to find some way to get his
own big toe Into his mouth, an achieve
ment which (meaning no disrespect)
the Illustrious guest of this evening
also turned his attention to some
fifty-six years ago. And If the child
is but the fafher of the man; there
are mighty few who will doubt that
he succeeded."
At that conclusion the audience
broke Into cheers and roars of laugh
ter In which even the reserved Grant
Joined.
DUE TO BODILY DISORDERS
Scientist Thus Explains the Striklnfl
Differences Between Various
Races of Mankind.
Assuming that the various existing
races of mankind are descended from
a common stock, how are to be ex
rla'nei such striking differences ns
'these that distinguish, for example, the
Chinaman from the Anglo-Saxon, and
the Anglo-Saxon from the negro? Prof.
Arthur Keith recently discussed this
question In an address before the nn
thropologlcnl section of the Brit
ish association.
He believes that the key to this prob
lem Is to he found through studying
the disturbances and disorders that oc
casionally affect the development and
growth of the human body; especially
those due to a functional derangement
of one or more of the glands of Inter
nal secretion the pituitary, thyroid,
pineal, adrenal and other glands. In
some manner not yet understood, the
functions, carried on In their glands
regulate not only the dimensions of
the body, but also the shape and size
cf each Individual part.
" The racial features of the Mongo
lian type are Imitated by growing Eu
ropeans who are affected by deficiency
disorders of the thyroid gland. The
features of the nejtro enn best be ac
counted ' for by the nature of the
growth-regulating mechanism centered
In the thyroid and suprarenal glands.
Kuropenn features are connected with
a dominance In the functions or the
pituitary.
Scientists hope thnt a thorough
sludy of the still obscure subject of
the so-colled "ductless" elands will pro
vide the means of regulating to some
extent, the future evolution of the hu
man race.
Unusual Tires
TIRES that arc different in their
distinctive good looki and in their
construction. An extra ply of fabric,
an extra heavy tread and generous
oversize niako a tiro of remarkabla
endurance. . , (
Next time BUY FISK
from your dealer
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BEETLES AS HAIR RESTORERS
Unpleasant Dreams.
A LoDdon chemist, dreaming that
he had swallowed poison by mistake,
rose from the chair In which he had
fallen asleep and, so vivid had the
dream been, he went to the shop and
took an antidote. But this, in the
absence of real poison, began to poi
son him, and before he realized the
mistake the error was beyond repair.
In another case a man, after a heat
ed argument with a visiting friend,
dreamed that his guest was In 'his
room molesting him. He actually
"felt" rough hands on his body.
Jumped out of bed, and ran to his
friend's room. There he attacked his
Innocent "assailant" so violently that
the latter was confined to bed for sev
eral weeks.
Bachelor to the Rescue.
In a street car the other day I sat
Clrecrly behind a woman who was try
ing desperately to untie a face veil.
I was fesclnated by her persistent but
fruitless attempts to untie the veil
witn one hand while with the other
she clutched her nose glasses, which
were helplessly entangled In it I was
Just wondering why some woman pas
senger did not offer assistance, when
she turned to me and said: "Pardon I
me, but would you be kind enough to
see If you can unfasten this veil,"
After frantic efforts, amid the sup
pressed merriment of the passengers
I came out victor. But I was a much
embarrassed bachelor. Exchange.
Have Broad Matrimonial Views.
Pfesent-duy Maoris are nominally
Christians, but there are many old
chiefs who are still fond of their an
cient totem poles. Their religion is
that of nature-worship combined with
the veneration of ancestors. A pecu
liar and Interesting detail of their re
ligion is the belief that the soul dwells
In each human being's left eye.
The Maoris were enthusiastic can
nibals in by-gone days, their favorite
dish being'roasted hearts. Eating the
hearts of their enemies was supposed
to give them strength, especially In
the pursuit of war-time activities.
As for the Maoris' marriage laws,
they eem to have none. But they be
lieve very strongly that man should
have absolute power over womnn.
Even today they have very broad views
on the subject of matrimony, and each
man generally takes unto himself as
many wives as he can afford to maintain.
Species of Insect That Has Peculiar
Properties Found In Many
Parts of Europe.
Of the thousands of people who use
hnir-restorefs, few know that the hair
growing power of these preparations
is, Jn most cases, obtained from
beetles,
The particular beetles In question
are called blister-beetles, and belong
to the group known as Canthtirides.
These Insects, which are abundant In
France,- Spain, Sicily and Russia, are
collected In great numbers and killed
by being plunged into strong vinegar.
They are then dried and ground to a
fine powder. This powder Is soaked In
chloroform and the mixture distilled.
' The result Is cantharldin.
This cantharldin makes the hair
grow by causing tiny, Invisible blisters
to form underneath the skin. These
blisters contain blood-serum the
finest tonic In the world for worn-out
hair cells. The blisters do not cause
any pain. All that Is felt is a pleasant
tingling sensation.
The beetles themselves use this
blistering Juice as a protection against
birds and animals which would other
wise make a meal of them.
Ostrich Plumes.
Ostrich plumes are not actually
plucked, by the way. They are cut
pruned with no damage or pain to the
bird, yhen the feathers are "ripe"
the ostriches are driven into a V
shaped enclosure. Their heads are
covered with a hood like a stocking,
which renders them tractable. The
wings are spread by the man doing
the "plucking" and the feathers are
clipped off fairly close to the flesh.
This does not hurt the bird in the
least and within sixty days the dead
quill ends drop out of their own, ac
cord. The tail feathers are also
clipped.
. . Joke 5,000 Years Old.
Planned by the ancient Egyptians
over 5,000 years ago, a Joke Just came
to fruition, writes Prof. Flinders
Petrie, the noted archeologist. "While
we were trying to find a way Into a
queen's pyramid," he says, "we dis
covered on a rock face a door "which
was so beautifully and exactly fitted
that It was difficult to see the Joints.
We immediately set to work on this,
thinking that we had found at last
an entrance to the Inner chamber.
After a considerable amount of work
we removed the door and found
solid rock 1 It was a carefully ar
ranged blind to balk anyone who
wanted to find the entrance Into the
royal tombs, and had been made about
3,000 B. C. by someone with a sense
of humor."
Don't Neglect Your Play.
There are men In the world who
feel that the whole works would stop
If they took time enough to play a
little. That's all bosh. The man who
can play well Is usually the fellow
who can put the work across. Some
have the play spirit so well in band
that they make sport of their work.
It is real pleasure to them. They get
both recreation and profit from their
efforts. - It's no wonder they stay
young. In their work.
And don't forget that if you would
succeed you must carry your load.
It's a mistake to get out from under
responsibility. It's meeting respon
sibility that makes progress possible.
Shirkers are not In demand,, They
may put things over occasionally, but
they do It at the expense of personal
discount. Tou can't afford to do it.
Carry your load like a man. Grit.
Kept Fish Alive,
Dnrlnsr the recent storm several au-
tomobiles got into such deep water at
i Pennsylvania and Twenty-second
streets that they had to stop until the
flood abated. One member of a fish
ing party climbed out on the running
board of his car and carefully tied a
net of live fish to a spoke and calmly
dropped it Into the water. Indian
apolis News.
Humidity In Surgery.
Investigations made In several Bos
ton hospitals by Dr. Ellsworth Hunt
ingdon seem to indicate that for sur
gical operations, the heat condition of
the atmosphere is high humidity, 80
per cent or more, directly after oper
ations, and moderate humidity, about
60 per cent, at a temperature of 64
degrees fahrenheit, a few days later.
Doctor Huntington points out that, if
these results are accepted, there Is no
reason why the optimum conditions
of temperature and humidity should
not be produced artificially in hos
pitals, causing a probable improve
ment in not less than 20 per cent in
the results of operations. ,
Clear Field.
"Ah, here Is a letter from the old
folk 1"
"What does it sayr
"Come home sour tailor is dead."
Pearson's Weekly.
An Acre.
The word acre is derived from the
old Anglo-Saxon word aecer, and Is
Identical with the Latin word ager,
meaning a cultivated field. The Eng
lish acre consists of 4,840 square
yards, or 43,.r60 square feet. If your
field Is a rectangle, that is, having
four sides and each angle a right
angle or "square corner," its area lw
obtained by multiplying the length by
the breadth. If your measurements
are in rods, the result will be square
rods; If In yards, square yards; and
If in feet, square feet. A field 132
feet by 105. feet of rectantmlar shape
contains 21,780 square feet It Is
therefore, half an acre. But a rec
tangular field might be different
length and width, and yet contain an
acre. For example, if It is 50 feet
long and 68 feet wide It will contain
21,780 square feet, or half an acre.
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INDUSTRIAL RE
VIEW OF STATE
Eugene The cannery of the Eu
gene Fruit Growers' association ha?
just finished canning a cherry crop
of more than 2,000,000 pounds.
This is the largest pack ever accom
plished by a fruit cannery this
state. Part of the local cherry crop
was sent to Salem because the local
cannery could take care of no more.
Growers here have received about
$250,000 for their cherries this year.
Hood River Seven thousand feet
of iron pipe, temporarily used in
building the grade of the Columbia
river highway, will find a permanent
use in irrigation works here.
Salem Flax grown in this vicin
ity under the supervision of the
state will all be pulled by hand this
year. Because of the increased flax
acreage under private ownership
there are not enough machines to
do the work for all.
Salem Every industry in the
state depending upon railroad trans
portation for the disposal of its
product will be cheered by a promise
recently given by the Southern Pa
cific railroad to distribute 100 empty
cars daily over its lines north of
Ashland. Many Oregon industries,
particularly the lumber mills, are
now hampered by the acute car
shortage.
Portland- Two new motion pic
ture made entirely in Orejron,- were
exhibited at a local theatre August
0.
Albany Halm wood, which growt
abundantly along the atreama of
Linn county, is finding a new use in
the manufacture of toys.
Corvallis The twenty-acre prune
on-hard of C. V. Vale, 22 miles
south if here, has Len aold to. A.
II. Laufhlin for $."0,000.
Albany The plant oft he Alco
Wood Products company, which was
j recently destroyed by fire, will be
rebuilt. The factory formerly turn
I ed out large numbers of ailoa and
j wooden articles of various kinds.
I Albany The Albany Brick & Tile
company, which ha been manulac
turing brick but selling tile shipped
in from elsewhere, is about to start
manufacturing its own tile..
Klamath Falls Members of the
wool growers' asociation of this
county will pay dues to the organi
zatin in the shape of a J.nx levy of
2 cents for each sheep owned.
Albany Threshing of the 1920
wheat crop is under way.
Ashlnnd A granite expert visit
ing here says that the granite ex
isting in immense deposits here can
scarcely be distinguished from the
famous Barre granite, and is of ex
cellent quality for building pur
poses. Portland Only a third of the cars
required are available, according to
the latest bulletin of the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, including
12'J mills in Oregon and Washington.
Astoria The forst sardine can-
Bat's Great Value.
The value of the bat as an Insect
destroyer has been recognized In the
United States by the erection of mu
nicipal bat roosts In San Antonio,
Texas, and structures similar in bird
houses have been set up to encourage
bats to live In the vicinity of the
city, where they serve as an import
ant cheek to the mosquitoes. In Ja
maica there is no need for such mu
nicipal roost, as there are numbers
of old buildings, whose dark recesses
furnish bats with suitable homes. In
some very old churches great colo
nies of these Insect-eating bats have
taken up quarters, and It Is not an
uncommon sight to see them issuing
forth shortly before dusk In streams
of hundreds.
QUALITYl
FT 1
Red Crown gasoline
has a continuous chain
of boiling points. It is
an all-refinery gasoline.
STANDARD OIL.COMPANT
(California)
J. M. DIMlCKLocal AEenOnndence, Oregon.
Wells' Universal Grinder
For Grinding Pistons, Piston Rings,
At Wrist Pins, etc., on
Automobiles ; Trucks and Tractors
wfcJ? .2' equipment.
oc UAHNK. Indent!
nary on the Columbia rite
erected nt Smith Point, M
or the Wilson Shipbuii
pany'a plant, and will bt a 3
soon. .Sardines hav U
experimctally on the rivet, J
ix-iore on a commercial xv
Portland The capacity f :
ifomi . Dating companjVf
this citv lias been doubled I-
dition of new maihiiwiy,
Is now the best uniippw k
cific count for rold and '
ing, also manufactures liVl
order.
Portland! Th Xort
Knitting mills, one of Qrt,
fant industries, deeded r,
city as the location for a
after looking over the !
coast. At present the prd
durt of the new concern
bathing suits. f .
Roschurg Two Royal k
trees in this city hava
owner $250 for their tv& $
Hon.
Portland The lonj
bcr company, purchaser of"
ber resources in this state,
cne sawmill within 1 iW
probably three more later,
to Robert A. Lonu, P:
company, who is conferriaf
staff of consultant in !
The mills will probably b
on the Columbia rivff to
advantage of water ihipW
Portland - Houses
ployes of the industries P
of the Peninsula district
built by the Peninsula H
ing corporation, newly
...iit. -nitnl stock of -
wun j mi'"-' ,
this amount is found hbb-
will be doul.lcd. The
,,v i to relieve tw
situation and at the "
effect a permanent imp"
the district.
i 2000-acre
timoer nei - --
chased by J. R- C '
The tract contains abo J
nmicrlas fir m
lKKvl .. :r." o buna
purcnaser - , j
railroad to the tract j
a sawmill with .w
CO.OOO feet daily.
. i- ti, hid
Frineviiie-"- - - w
the Northwoat; and tte :
est in the United 1
been finished four JJJ
Ochoco dam, M tM
known, is 126 feet
Ion 600 feet thK
18 feet wide at y - r, ,
t ,Meh it 1 a P""
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acres.
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There is I
decrees in
tures between Paget.9 j
Alaska. The mean ttfWJ
t. 05 desrrew "y.
January - - m0m
Ufft 50 uejrrwD, -
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only 23 decrees
at S'
ence
ation of Ata fJJ
imity to tidewater
lation to the world t
Alaska has IfJ'Li
markets under J