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Evening journal., 1915-12-17
PULLMAN vs.. MADELEY.

Madeley and Pullman will meet to-
night at the Apex Athletic Club. on
Fourth street. between Walnut and
French. Manager Elliott and his CO.
horts are out for revenge tonight
and are confident OF a victory. Man
ager Mclaughlin, of Madeley, wishes
the following men to report at 730
o'clock tonight; Brodley. Charlie Pat
terson, Peter Welsh, Joe Patterson.
kid" Cole. Morie Patterson, Red"
Wright and Bob Patterson.
Evening journal., 1915-12-17
SNOW PATH RACING.

For the past three days the speed
way in Newark has been exceedingly
fine and the horsemen have not failed
to take advantage OF the opportunity
to race over the snow. Among the
best horses out yesterday was Boz
minion Boy. owned and driven by
Frank Elliott; Dixie. owned and
driven by c. Armstrong; Gertrude b,
owned by Victor Willis and driven by
Mr. McCurna.
Dominion Boy defeated Gertrude B,
and took home with him the blue rib
bon.
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will meet Thomas Booth. for the
lightweight wrestling honors.
In the high jump each class is al
lowed three entries. Howard Bratton
Jr., David r. Crockett and Elme
p. Cats will represent the sophs
while 70. II, Messick. II. f. Weldin and
Macmillan are the freshman selec-
tions.
The tug-of-war will conclude th'
program. Each class will have sever
entries in this event. The sophomor
entries are. Norris Mitchell. Howar,
Brattop, 1r, Nathaniel Taylor. Mar
vel Wilson, John Alexander, Ernes
Wilson and J. IA. ODaniel The fresh
men will be represented by w. II
Wallace A. G. Lowe, II. f. Weldln. w
Stewart. Jr., Harvey Ferguson, vii
liam Bickle and S. II. Giles.
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FRTENDS AT DOWNINGTOWN.

Totals ......746 664 697-2lO
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CHIP DISPOSES OF K. 0.
BAKER IN Three ROUNDS

SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. 17.-George
Chip Of Newcastle, Pa, last night,
knocked out Harry Baker. Of Whining
tou, Del, in the thirl round Of what
was to be a six-round bout.
The first round was fairly even,
both men mixing it up from the
start. In the second round Chip
fioored Baker with a hard right to the
jaw, Baker getting up without wait
ing for the count.
In the third after some hard slug
ging Chip shot a right uppercut to the
jaw, Baker going to the mat. Baker
got up on the count of nine and was
again knocked down and out.
Evening journal., 1915-12-17
ATLAs BOMLING LEAGUE.

Dynamite led the Atlas Powder
Company bowlers in the three cor
nered match on the Crescent Alleys
last night. The scores:
Evening journal., 1915-12-17
GRRENHTLL CLUR sH0OT.

The Greenhill Trapshooting Club
will hold its semi-monthly shoot over
its traps, az Sixth street and Cleveland
avenue, tomorrow afternoon.
Evening journal., 1915-12-17
EPMnRTH MINS AGAIN.

Epworth basketball team defeated
the ST. Mary's five last night on the
Peoples Settlement floor. "a to IL.
Speakman was high man. Stilley play
ed a good game at forward. The line
up:
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epilepsy nebrety, diocy and various other disease,
are traceable in the parents and grandparents Why
1t should take the form a craze for the narcotism
or alcohol Is not clear In all probability this may be
dependent the Of environment nutrition and
faulty mental training
These periodices seldom appear until after twenty
years OF age, and often subsde merge into some
serious degeneration before fifty At first the length
OF the paroxysm Is brief confined hours Later
II increases, extending two three weeks then
finally becoming shorter and less intense.
The periodic drinking, based 4 neurotic heredty
frequently merges into epilepsy paresis and forms Of
drink craze not nfrequeny dies away obsessions
remain, sometimes concentrating widely differing
1ects Thus periodic drinker developed craze for
building houses which extended many years. each
year building house for himself with diffcren,
designs and rooms.
number OF persons have been noted who began in
early life 10 drink at intervals. and few years after.
ward gave up spirits and developed into paranoiacs
detectives, eccentrics, and times very sharply
unbalanced
The impulsiveness of conduct sentiment and reason
SO prominent In many persons all phases of these
mysterious cycles OF brain activity Spirits, either
for such persons. !.
The alcoholic who has used spirits the point OF
poisoning IL amenable TO treatment, DIR. Crothers he
lieyes with every prospect OF restoration
The periodical return Of the drink paroXysm can be
broken up by great variety of means The fact that
one at intervals is possessed with the desire
very serious one, and should be treated lightly
The fact that is able to stop after period is
picous OF spasmodic disease that will ter
inmate fatally
Such should be taught the gravity of their
condition and encouraged seek help from the phys
way break UP its return then become built up and
stored so as to overcome the next onset
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ing will follow only when they are eaten in
very large quantities and without an ade
quate supply Of water and other food.
The food value OF acorns lies chiefly in the
large quantities of diges,ible carbohydrates
which they contain. On this account they
would form useful supplementary food to
green fodder, and 10 such foods as are rich
Ill protein, and they could, 10 a certain ex-
tent. replace in the ration grains and ether
foods rich in carbohydrates
1t is not safe to feed fresh acorns in any
considerable quantity to dairy cows or young
cattle. Where pigs are driven into the woods
TO feed on acorns they must be given green
or other supplementary food which will sun
ply sufficiency OF phosphates and lime, of
which acorns contain only small Quantities
Special care must be taken to keep cattle
from pastures where unripc acorns have been
blown down.
Drying the acorns improves the flavor and
reduces the risk OF illness. Acorn meal. pre-
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the coming attack. Often it disappears in the same
mysterious way.
In what may be called the insane impusive periodic
inebriates, the free interval is unknown condition.
and the return Of the drink is abrupt and unex
pected The man will drink and become crazed the
most inopportune time, on the of marriage
great social political literary triumph or some bust
ness success or public occasion, or at a funeral
where his condition is disastrous for his future
The reaction when this obsesson disappears and
The sudden realization of the may precpatc
eide The remorse is intense that death preferred
Others when the drink passes off, show the most
which they have suffered. also earnest efforts
to convince their friends that this will
again.
The memory is usually vague and events of the past
clear and intact. The and judgment to
have been suddenly arrested and recovery display
unusual activity to promote total abstinence in the sub
ject and his friends The extreme derous excitement
and promote the Of total abstinence SO promi
nen in revival meetings, is not nfrequently the
effect OF previous alcoholic excuses.
Another class of these periodics exhibit distinct
monltory symptoms OF the drink although,
curiously enough, they unconscious of them The
more common OF these symptoms degrees of
usual excitement depression great business energy
or unusual apathy perhaps eXaaton of the emotions
Oppressive states with fears poverty and sudden
death.
Another class of periodics will have premonitory
symptoms of childish reasoning and credutes Of the
presence OF some disease, which will eventually suggest
spirits as a remedy They often very strong per-
sons in apparent good health.
An example was that of a very prominent lawyer who
counselled with many physicians, complaining OF
obscure and complex symptoms Then suddenly he
drank great excess and after few days
without any recollection Of his previous; alarm
1t is question whether the persons always under
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even though the joint is severely wrenchcd.
If, however. they belong to an old and feeble
person whose ligaments are weak and whose
tissues are relaxed, the joints are likely to
be bent far beyond the extent to which they
were intended 10 move, the ligaments are
stretched and the joint partially dislocated
When this has happened once and the sacro-
1iIlac iigaments which bind the joint to-
Gether nave become stretched the Joint slips
out of its proper alignment with very little
proyoca ton.
When this sacroilliac joint is dislocated its
chects are not Immediately noticeable, but
the large and important sciatic nerve which
issues from the spinal column in this vicin-
ny Is nearly always pinched by one OF the
dislocated bones.
Now 1t Is popularity Of nerve tissue that
"hen nerve is interfered with pain is felt
not at the point where the nerve is touched.
o.t AT lts termination. Consequently the
pam from d!slocated innominate is not felt
al the sacro.iliac joint itself. but in the
Whole lower back and upper thighs.
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AGORNS and HORSE CESTNS to Make FAT COWS and PIGS

TT the farmers of America follow the e1.
] ample that is being set them in England
they will use the millions OF bushels OF
acorns and h,rsc chestnuts which now go 10
waste every year as food for some kinds OF
live stock.
Years ago it used to be the custom in
England 10 collect :corns as food for pigs
and 10 turn cattle out under The trees 10
iced on them. Lately. however this prac.
tise has been largely discontinued owing TO
lear OF acorn poisoning" which it was
thought often proved fatal to cattle
Experts OF Englands Board of Agriculture
now find that while there is some risk of in
furious effects from feeding large quantities
Of acorns TO young cattle. they may be safely
used as food for cattle over three years old
and also for sheep and pigs. When in sound
condition and given judiciously, acorns will
do live stock no harm and are recommended
as valuable addition 10 the diet poison.
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STEP LIVELY and Get SCIATICA

a ;CCORDlNG 10 Dr. A. p. Firth well.
~ known cscopathic physician. the
brisk step Lively OF street car con.
ductors and starters is undoubtedly respon.
sible for large proportion OF the painful sci
atica which is becoming increasingly COM
mon nowadays.
Straning 10 climb high steps. even SLOW.
ly. is very bad for persons inclined to be
feeble or stif-jointed but whom the stimu
us of curt order 10 hurry is added the ey.
ercisc becomes even more dangerous Every
osteopahic physician meets frequent cases
Of trouble so caused, and the complaint has
come to be known as "stcplveiy sciatica'
When we lift foot and knee to climb a
step we tilt the pelvis or hip structure up on
enc side. This impar,s z wrench TO the
sacro-illiac joint and there is a certain
amount OF play between the spinal column
itself and the two fiat nominate bones which
make up the pclvis
When the joint belongs to a young and
vigorous person these Bones usually move in
heir proper grooves and there is no trouble
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go to any extremity to keep their children in
school.
School life is made attractive by giving a
large place to popular songs. "All teachers"
says Mr.. Foght. must be able to instruct in
music, whether they sing not. The
teacher almost invariably accompanies the
songs with violin, which all teachers know
how 10 use" School music includes patriotic,
religious and folk songs
Danish schools do not a spelling book
Spelling is taught part of the reading proc
ess Grammar is likewise taught largely
through doing" Mr.. Foght expresses II.
Dictation is given from some classic; this is
then analysed and the rules Of grammar are
applied needed.
Children at Danish schools wear slippers and
the girls wear short bloomer-like skirts. In
their physical exercises, which have promi.
nent place in even the rural schools. the peculiar
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How BABY'S UGLY HARE-IIP Can Easily Be MADE OVER

r. NCOURAGING progress is being made in the treat
r mcnt Of hare lips. The operation necessary to
- restore them to normal conditions is so com
paratively simple that child who is unlucky enough
TO be born with this deformity needs to carry through
life.
What is known as hare lip is assure cleft of The
lip. due to arrest OF development II often oc
ours the upper lip and when it only one
assure instead of two, IL is for unknown rea son
usually found the left side The eformity may con
sist of only slight notch in the lip, extend
clear up into the nostril and be associated with cleft
palate.
hare lip is not only of the ugliest dcformities
but it nterferes seriously with speech often makes
eating and drinking difficult that the child is de.
prved Of sufficient nourisiment.
DR.. William Francis Campbell Brooklyn. sur.
who has had marked in the treatment of
hare lips recommends that they he operated on as soon
possible after birth The earlier the operation tine
plastic the tissues and the rapidly thew will
repair themselves. Besides, an early age the risk
to life is trivial, a born babys vessels are 81
small that the loss OF blood will be very slight Sill
another for operating early is in the fact
that this will help insure the normal development of the
bones OF the face.
No preparation for the operation is necessary be.
yond having the childs face clean Anaesthetics are
not given.
First the surgeon carefully frees the soft parts of
the lip from the bone. Then with a small knife he
makes incisons each side Of the cleft the nose
down to the line Of the lip leaving the bases OF the haps
attached.
Copyright 1915. by the Star Company Britain Rig
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This Earth HAS OVER 1000 TONGUES

TOW many men, if asked how many languages
RI in the world, could give anything like
- accurate answer? The average mans knowledge
ability to speak languages rarely exceeds besides
his native tongue. Yet find that Emperor Francis
Joseph when visiting Red Cross hospital. recently
spoke with the patients their languages which
shows the aged emperor to be master OF six
1t may appear strange. but it is nevertheless true
that there four thousand languages spoken by
mankind. while the number of dialects this
There more than sixty vocabularies in Brazil and
i'll Mexico the Nahua is broken up into hun
dred dialects There hundreds in Borneo while in
Australia there is Austria there is classifying the
complexities
Let assume that fifty dialects. average. be-
long TO each language, and we have the colossal total
of quarter of a million linguistic abilities
century hence the probability is that there will
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only be four languages Of Importance in the world
Central Europe may produce more straight
forward German language Imperial English may reign
alone the North American Continent, while more
bnsinesske Spanish will be used in South American
states. Russia will probably take more rich
Slavonic dialect which will blend the
Europe and Central Asia into harmonious federation
So that in future these four languages will enter into
what may be never-ending competition.
According to the latest statistics English Is at pres
ent spoken by 1870 600 German by 100000.
O00 Russian by 100000. French by 45,000O0O Span
ish by 100000, and Italian by 3O00O0OO Spanish
growing most in use Just now owing to the necessity
for it in carrying tn commerce of such countries
Germany, England and the United States. But the SUI
premacy Of English will remain secure for long time
come particularly It, is confidently predicted it
becomes the language Of japan.
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had sapped the vitality Of The nation.
inconsistencies became almost epidemic
among the boy recruits Of 1912 and
the following years.
Writing az lately as February. 1869.
an American army surgeon. De Witt
G. Peters, speaks Of the prevalence
OF this form OF melancholia among
young recruits drawn from the East
ern States Of the Union and sent 10
fight in the, to them, enervating
climate OF the South
1.-The hospitals Of New Orleans he
says, during the past Summer were
filed with such cases. The majority
OF them were young men from the
Eastern States, whose love OF home
and kindred Is q characteristic trait"
His definition Of the symptoms tai
lies with that OF his predecessors.
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They are" he says. first. great men
tai detection, loss OF appetite, indif-
ference to external influences, irregu-
lar action Of the digestive organs and
slight hectic fever. AS the disease
progresses II is attended by hysieri.
cal weeping. dull pain in the head.
throbbing Of the temporal arteries,
anxious expression Of the face. watch
fulncSs and increased fever and vast
ing. Among young prisoners OF war
1t is the worst complication 10 be
encountered. as the writer can truth
fully affirm
italian authorities regard home.
sickness rs disease which Is con-
fined to recruits. but English physi
clans have noted cases of It. among
soldiers who had seen long service IN
foreign lands.
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When fed in any quantity the best results
will, be obtained by making meal OF the
chestnuts. To do this the nuts are boiled fer
half an hour or SO after being soaked in cold
water over night. They are then dried,
husked and ground to any desired fneness
This meal is fairly concentrated food and
is very useful for fattening animals. A pound
Of it contains more starch than the same
quantity Of barley, oats or bran and nearly
TWO and one-half times as much as a pound
OF good meadow hay
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pouch II is even necessaryito guard
the man in the ranks against at
tacks of inconsistencies.
Inconsistencies. or nostalgia, as the
doctors call it, has long been recog-
nized as Il specific military disease
which is especially liable TO attack
recruits. It leads to assertions, sick
ness and death: and, although 1t
never claims as many victims as the
bullet or the typhoid germ. 1t Is quito
capable of enough harm to impair
seriously an army'S efficiency.
The bad effects Of inconsistencies in
an army were first noted among
Swiss soldiers three hundred years
ago. Writers of that time mention
that the Swiss were forbidden to sing
or listen to their native melodies for
fear of arousing In them all over
towering longing for their mountain
homes. A doctor. writing in 1858.
gives some samples OF this music. and
cites many instances OF it's eXtraor-
dinarily fatal effects.
: In 1887 DIR. Paulinier. a French
scientist, published book on the
effects of inconsistencies on soldiers.
He describes the pallor, taciturnity
absolute detection. loss of appetite
and SO forth. which mark the dis
ease, and adds the curious Observa.
ton that in the great wars of the
French republic the Illness was un.
known owing to the enthusiasm of
The soldiers for France, every inch OF
which hal become home in their re-
gard.
Later. when the Napoleonic wars
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dress Of the girls serves them well in giving
freedom of movement.
Mr.. Foght says that the secret of Denmark's
high place in educational affairs lies in the hold
which the teacher has upon the entire people
Every teacher is professional teacher. The
salaries are among the highest given to any
class Of workers Teachers houses, with val
liable pieces Of land attached, are furnished in
addition to the already liberal salaries. Teach
ing is. from every standpoint made honorable in
Denmark. The teacher has high socral ranking
is a leader in both church and state, and is in
variably pensioned for disability or age.
Teachers thoroughly equipped and working
under such happy conditions very naturally
eXemplify high order of teaching. Mr. Foght
says: THE Danish teachers draw upon their
broad general reading and experience for much
of the classroom materials. instead OF depending
upon textbooks to furnish everything required"
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~ My person in 1000 in Denmark Is
! unable TO read and write, AS compared
with seven out of every 1000 in the
United States. Of 100000 Danish children Of
school age only $40 failed to attend school dur
ing the year 1911 These and other significant
facts are brought out by H. w. Foght of the
United States Bureau of Education, who re-
Gently visited Denmark to make personal inves-
legations concerning school conditions.
Compulsory attendance at school between the
ages of seven and fourteen is so strictly en-
forced in Denmark that the few who persist in
avoiding their legal responsibilities are punished
so severely that they are glad enough to change
their minds"
According TO Mr. Foght the Danish schools
are run six days In the week, giving at least 246
school days TO the year. The people are so inn
bucd with The value of education that they will
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stand that at such an interval they
they must drink spirits to excess.
When they do there is evidently
preparation for this event, and de-
gree of expectancy which makes It
more exact and positive
In some instances persons show
unusual anxiety to help others or
take up some reform work with great
energy. ending in drink attack.
Probably this is done in an effort
To break up the imperative concep.
ton OF the oncoming drink craze
Probably over 60 per cent OF those
who are addicted to sprecs have
ncuroiic hercdity in which insanity,
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Science
Explains
PERIODICAL
SPREES''

wv HY are so many men and occasionally women.
M of otherwise high character unable to resist
w the impulse to go occasional sprees? This
is Of the serious questions modern civilization
faces Until ii can be answered satisfactorily
tain remedy for the difficulty be devised, and until
such remedy is devised thousands of lives will be
ruined all the time. ard the world will be periodically
deprived of ability which might he put to excellent
Unthinkng persons and foolish theorists say that
simple vice is the real of the economic and moral
loss which the world suffers from sprees II is, they
maintain outbreak Of the animal instincts, and the
beast part of the which impels him to go every
and then a debauch
Science however, is beginning to take entirely
different view Of the matter. 1t finds abundant evil
dence to show that the spree is result OF the gather
ing and breaking of morbid energies and activities in
the brain and and is governed by distinct ply
cal laws.
According TO Dr.. r. d. Crotiers who discusses the
subject of sprees very Interestingly in the Medical
Record the drink victim who abstans for distinct
periods and then suddenly breaks out with insane
cravings for spirits is example of those little under
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KILLS Soldiers as Surely as Bullets

@AINSTAKING attention to
multitude of little things is the
price Of victory in modern war
fare. Nothing that might in any way
contribute to the soldiers health and
good spirits is too trivial to be neg
lectcd.
His teeth and feet must be kept in
good condition; he must have nour-
ishing food to eat and pure water To
drink; and. II he smokes. there must
always be a pipeful OF tobacco in his
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pared by grinding the kernels after drying
and then separating them from the cracked
husk by sitting after roughly crushing. has
feeding value approximately equal to that
of barley or oatmeal Care should be taken
not TO feed any mouldy acorns.
There is nothing to fear from the use of
horse chestnuts as food for live stock for
there is. nothing poisonous about them
They may be fed whole but should prefer
ably be crushed. particularly when led 10