The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 32, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 5 December 1929 — Page 7

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Woman Recluse Leaves Fortune

i and Saved for 40 Years and Never Ate Square Meal. New York.—Pauline Poppitz, who had scrimped and saved for forty years while, by the light of a neighbors gas, she studied the events of society, died recently in her meagerly furnished room in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn. She died possessed of a fortune in bonds, mortgages, and cash estimated by the police at $500,600 and by her attorney at “more than $100,000.” but, so far as those who had known her in the ten years she had lived in the dingy frame house across the street from a lumber yard, she had never been to a party or a wedding, never had a new dress, and never eaten a square meal. Malnutrition was a conti Uniting factor in death. Miss Poppitz was eighty years old. The gossip of the neighborhood is that when her mother died forty years ago Miss Poppitz inherited a small es tate. consisting largely of her mother’s home around the corner on Berry street. It was not considered much, even forty years ago. but Miss Poppitz was shrewd and determined. Began to Loan Money. However small her income was in the beginning. Miss Poppitz lived far within it and began to lend money on chattel mortgages, then on first mortgages on real estate. As her income grew she never deviated from her still small mode of life, but invested the additional income. In a mahogany bureau which Miss Poppitz had obtained when she foreclosed a chattel mortgage long ago. the police found 341 state bondsi of Virginia of ~IOC denomination. They were coupon bonds, almost as negotiable as sc much cash, but safe deposit boxes were not included in the rigid regiqien which Miss Poppitz had laid out for herself forty years ago. There were nine savings bank books showing balances which aggregated

* “Macaviator” Is New * £ Word in Plane Lexicon * * Washington. — The word ❖ * “macaviator” has been coined * * in the office of the chief of the ♦ army air corps as the name of .j, * the flying robot that has been * developed for automatically pi loting airplanes. * <• The term is a shortening of ❖ * the words “mechanical aviator.” * The robot is a system of gyro- ❖ scopes which keeps a plane on 4, •h balance laterally and horizontal- * ly. and also controls the direc- <j> * tion of flight through the rud * £ der. * The word takes its place along ? with “metafinike,” the gyro- ❖ * scope wheel control of steamers. * and “avigation,” which describes ❖ * the science of aerial navigation. *

PHILANTHROPIES IN YEAR 1929 WERE CLOSE TO $2,500,000,000

Vast Sum Made Available for Schools. Hospitals and Scientific Research. New York.—When Andrew Carnegie, embarking on his philanthropies in 1889, declared that the rich mat> should he only the trustee of wealth to be used for the public good he opened a new vista of service to the American millionaire. Public gifts from private fortunes were rare and small In those days. Today they have reached such a volume that nearly two and a half billion dollars will be available for schools, hospitals, health, social and scientific research agencies in 1929. Clyde Furst, secretary of the Car nefcie foundation, points nut this sig nia-ant change in the attitude ot .wealth toward public welfare in the World s Work magazine. He shows that of 179 major foutdations for ad

more than $50,000 and twenty-one first mortgages on real estate, most of It Brooklyn property. They will, go, according to Mrs. Atny Maguire, Miss Poppitz’ landlady and a witness to her will, largely to four cousins. “The poor old lady,” said Mrs. Maguire. “had no idea whether her cousins were alive or dead, she was that lonely in the way she lived.” Miss Poppitz was tall and thin and somewhat severe in appearance. She always wore black and never was seen in a dress that was of a style newer than that of the early ISMKis. She had several dresses, but none of them ever looked new, so far as the memory of the neighborhood runs. The mail carrier brought Miss Pop pitz frequent letters, but. so far as Mrs. Maguire and Mrs. Anna Brandt, who lives on rhe first floor, could see. the letters were as severely businesslike as Miss Poppitz herself, and most of them. Mrs. Maguire and Mrs. Brandt believe, contained checks. Seldom Went Out. Miss Poppitz seldom went out, ex cept to go to the bank or to the office of her real estate broker, or that ol her attorney. Occasionally she read. She had a twelve volume biographic®! set, printed in German and published in 1849 and a German medical book published in 1846, which were her favorites because they were virtually inexhaustible. When a physician made his first and last call on her when she was stricken with her fatal illness tour months ago. Miss Poppitz argued learnedly with him upon his diagnosis, basing her contentions upon statements in the German medical books. In the evening Miss Po[>pitz liked to go down to the basement and talk with Mrs. Maguire. Not only was Mrs. Maguire affable and intelligent,

Cleaning Up the Quaker City < Philadelphia police burning various gambling devices seized during raids in the Quaker city.

ministering great fortunes for the public good approximately 90 per ‘ cent have been founded since 1900. -During the past 30 years no fewer than a dozen great' universities have received the greater part of thei* funds from private wealth while scores of others have been aided by large contributions, Mr. Furst points out.. The University of Chicago has received $50,000,000 from the lers; Senator and Mrs. Leland Stanford gave $25,000,000 to the university which bears their name; George East man has given approximately $25,000.000 to the University of Rochester, and Duke university will receive as much or more from the estate of the late James B. Duke. Gordon McKay bequeathed $20,000,000 to Harvard; John W. Sterling gave an equal amount to Yale, and Henry C. Fries left 5i5.000.1K10 to Princeton, Resides these major benefactions a huge sun

but Mrs. Maguire always heated her rooms in cold weather, always had the gas burning after dark, and always had a newspaper. Miss Poppitz indulged in none of these extravagances, if her gas bill rose above 23 cents for a month Miss Poppitz took measures to reduce it to reasonable proportions. She seldom had a fire in the combination coal range and heater which she had substituted for her fireplace. “I don’t believe/’ said Mrs. Maguire, “that the poor soul burned two tons of coal the last ten years.” Mrs. Maguire welcomed her lodger’s calls. She liked Miss Poppitz in spite of her peculiarities. Miss Poppitz’ according to Mrs. Maguire, was a wonderfully well informed woman; she was fully conversant with the events of the day and with their significance, had a wealth of business information, and. above all, was as well grounded as the social register in the activities and relationships of society. 26 Pigs Born to Sow; | 2 Litters in 3 Days Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.—ls all of the brood sows in the country were as prolific as a large Duroc Jersey owned by Walter Hoekstra of the town of Hansen, Wood county, the price of pork chops would surely go down. Recently this large sow gave birth to 12 “pigs. Two days later she gave birth to 14 more. Peculiarly enough the sow refused to recognize the first litter as her own until the second litter was born. Then she accepted the entire family. When members of the first-born litter objected to their younger brothers and sisters sharing their mother’s resources with them and the younger brothers and sisters objected to their older brothers and sisters sharing that same hospitality with them. Mr. Hoekstra was forced to segregate the Utters. Now for 12 hours each day onehalf of the family is permitted to remain with the mother. The other 12 hours is allotted the second batch of pigs. Seventeen of the 26 pigs are still alive, which is considered a very good percentage.

in the aggregate has been distributed among both denominational and stateowned schools in small bequests as is evidenced by the fact that the University of California for ten years has received an average of $1,000,000 a year from private sources. « The Rockefeller and Carnegie fortunes remain the tyvo great sources of public benefaction, the World’s Work article shows. The Rockefellers, father and son, have distributed $600,000.000 through the Rockefeller institute for Medical Research, the? General Education board, the Rockefeller foundation, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller memorial, and the International Education board. The $350,000,000 Carnegie bequests have gone to 3,000 libraries and 500 universities and colleges, Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carnegie Hero Fund commission and other activities. Among other great foundations of recent years are the Russell Sage foundation of $15,000,000; the Commonwealth fund of $38,000,000 established by Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness

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•©ffstaM- ««> a NEW STRAWBERRY BEING PRODUCED Blakemore Is Easy to Pick or Hull and Has Fine Flavor. (Precared by the United States Department ' p vu , o{ Agrlculture .) A new strawberry variety, the Blakemore, will be introduced this winter in the coastal plain section of North Carolina by the United States Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the North Carolina coastal plain test farm at Willard, N. C. The new variety is a cross of the Missionary and Howard 17, and shows a number of the good characters of each parent. The Blakemore is a tart berry of the Missionary type with foliage more resistant to disease than either parent plant. It has a firmer berry than either parent but inherits its firmness from the Missionary. In hot, moist weather it does not puff and become soft as do the Howard 17 and most other varieties. Berries of the new variety are a light, bright-red color, which is derived from the Howard 17, and unlike most varieties do nor turn dark on holding, which makes this variety well adapted to preserving and market purposes. Like the Missionary it grows well during the short days of winter and spring in the South, conditions under which the Howard 17 makes little or no growth. After a thorough test in which a number of varieties were tried, the Blakemore has been selected by the National Preservers’ association as the most satisfactory variety for preserving. Reasons for the selection of this variety include its easy picking and hulling qualities, its bright, light red color, tough skin and firm flesh, solid center, acidity, high pectin content, and excellent flavor. This variety is recommended for growing in the eastern North Carolina section northward to New Jersey, and is suggested for thorough trial in all regions where either the Klondike or Missionary varieties are grown and in the southern part of the regions where the Howard 17 is grown. Practical Tools to Use for Thorough Pruning The best tools to use for thorough pruning are a pruning saw of the swivel, replaceable blade type and a pair of hand shears. Extreme care should be taken in making all cuts close and smooth. Stubs should not be left, as they delay healing and cause decay. All wounds more than one inch in diameter should be covered with paint or other noninjurious —substance that will protect the tree against decay. White lead and raw linseed oil combined make one of the best paints. There are exceptions to all pruning rules, but in general all dead or badly diseased branches, no longer fruitful, should be removed. Branches which crowd or rub other more desirable branches should be taken out. Severe heading back should not be practiced except with very young trees or in the case of old peach trees which may respond to “topping back” or “dehorning,” as it is sometimes called. Peach Moth Parasite Will Survive Winter Reports from the Geneva experiment station carries the cheerful information that the larvae of the oriental peach moth parasite has been identified on peash twigs in the locality in Newd York state, where it was liberated a year ago. This proves that the parasite can stand our severe winters. In New Jersey, the parasite has reduced the moth from 75 to 90 per cent to 10 per cent. This is in the older areas of infestation. This peach moth was discovered in Michigan last year. The parasite |s the only practical method of control yet found.

t Useful Big Four ? The production of a profitable ■& crop of grapes calls for the op- ❖ * eration of the big four—cuitiva- * * tion, pruning, spraying and fer- ❖ | tilizing. Falling down on one of * ** these jobs may result in a poor * £ yield. Listen tc a man tell of * his failure to grow a crop of * grapes and you will probably ♦ |l learn that he let his grapes grow in weeds, or failed to spray ❖ timely or neglected pruning. * A vineyard should be culti- ❖ I* vated and free of weeds during * * the entire spring and summer ❖ * months.

Effective Supports A new method of supporting trees has been devised which has the old system of wiring with screw eyes , and then wires run to a central washer beaten in every way. A circle of wire Is run around the tree and the main i limbs are reached with this circle. The limbs on one side of the tree support those on the other. It gives a very well supported tree. For fastening the wire to the limbs, yokes are used. Naturally the wire could not be used directly on the limbs. Grape Pruning Grapes need very heavy pruning, and if one does not get around to do this work until late February or early March there will be an abundance of wood to use for cuttings but it must be alive and strong to make successful cuttings and the heavier, stronger growth makes the strongest, quickest growing plants. In setting the cutting In the fiat It must be right side up, the bottom bud well buried in the , earth and the top bud sticking up I above the sand.

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“Daddy” of All Pecan Trees Grows in Texas Spoken of as the father of pecan trees, the Jumbo Hollis tree, situated upon the farm of J. W. Morris, near San Saba, Texas, holds the record of all nut trees in the matter of income from its production. For many years the annual crop of pecan nuts from this tree has sold for from SSOO to SI,OOO. In a single season it produced a crop that sold for SI,OOO. It is believed to be the largest pecan tree in Texas. In addition to the small fortune which the tree has brought its owner from the sale of its annual crop of nuts, it has provided thousands of. buds for budding other pecan trees throughout this section. Many of the budded trees are producing big yields of nuts of the same variety as the Jumbo Hollis parent tree. The famous tree is situated on the banks of the Colorado river, and its age dates back for more than one thousand years, according to tree experts.—American Nut Journal. The prices of cotton and linen have been doubled by the war. Lengthen their service by using Russ Bleaching Blue in the laundry. All grocers.—Adv. Misled The Hindu seer Tagore left America in a huff, complaining that he was ill treated. He stated some of his grievances, but not all of them and from time to time, a new one comes to light. The latest comes from Seattle. It seems that when Tagore landed he was not in the best of health and was ordered onto a strictly sea-food diet. H? liked our clams and our crawfish. Then scanning the menu for more sea food, he ordered for dessert —sponge cake. Hoxie’s Croup Remedy for eroup, coughs, and colds. No opium. No nausea. 50cts. Druggists. Kells Co.. Newburgh. N. ¥.. Mfrs.—Adv. Just Another McAndrew—Hooray I The wind has changed. Convalescent Wife—Well, mon, what of it? McAndrew—Ye ken the doctor said ye needed a change of air.—Boston Transcript. Diplomat - “I always have the last word in discussions with my wife.” “How do you manage it?” “I say, 'Quite right, my dear.’”— Buen Humor (Madrid). Pack Your Own Christmas Boxes Delicious tested candy and confection recipes; 6 for 50c. Write now to BRIDE’S HELPER 2122 Eighth Ave. - Los Angeles, Calif, W. N. U., FORT WAY N ENO. 48-1929

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There are two commercial species of oyster native to the United States, one found on the Atlantic coast, the other on the Pacific.

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