The Syracuse Journal, Volume 25, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 28 April 1932 — Page 8

FLORENCE STILL HOLDS ITS MEDIEVAL CHARM - ...

• f < Venerable City Not Spoiled by “Face Lifting.” Washington. — “Florence, officially Firenze, venerable Italian treasure chest of art. is making new strides toward modernity.” says a bulletin from the National Geographic society. •“City planners of Florence first shocked antiquarians when they raise*! the city’s old wall in the ’sixties.’ The wall she now hums with modern traffic. Subsequently ancient and medieval palaces, churches and residences partially or completely disappeared to enlarge public squares and widen main streets. ' .♦•Now it Is proposed to build a new ’bridge across the Arno river within c/eshot of the Ponte Vecchio, the medieval "shop-flanked span that has long been one of the most striking •sights' of Florence. More watermains alui electric lights for dark streets also are contemplated. “These improvements will n it obliterate old landmarks. The city, at least 2,000 years old. has outgrown three walls and ,< has spread to both banks of the Arno. “Amid alternating periods of peace and turbulence the city, has •‘never lost its spirit. It felt the wjrath Os f Caesar* frequent plagues hjft thousands of dead in "their wake; Pisa and other near-by city states harassed Jts Inhabitants when the Florentines thernaelves were not at their neighbors’ doors with strong. well equipped armies; European princes, with greedy eyes set upon Its growing wealth and industrial position, stormeduts walls; jind perhaps, worst of all its troubles, were medieval' riots arid outbreaks ngainst the nobility. Dante, one of its most famous sons, was burned In effigy in a Florentine square. In the same square the monk. Savonarola. Martin J.other of Italy, was! executed and his. limp form reduced to ashes. -I '-.rence rose to the pinnacle of art and culture In the Fourteenth century. It ranked among the great financial. industrial, and commercial ‘centers of the known world. Its nativeborn artists, augmented by adopted' wielders of. the brush and sculnmee’s . mallet, formed one of the most illustrious gatherings of air ages In the field of«art. "M;< hiielangelo. (potto. Leonardo da Vinci, tind Raphael either were bom or. lived In Florence, Their studios produced sculptures for the public squares and the niches of the numerous palaces hnd~ famous paintings for palace' walls. Meanwhile their brushes also applied frescoes to walls and ceilings

The “Radio Priest” ■ - V'*" X I—ha Rev. Charles Coughlin, pastor of the fftirine of the Little Flower, Detroit. Mich., noted for [his fiery nation-wide radio -sermons, bjisy In his office preparirg one <>f h>''em >ns to be delivered over the air. Edison’s Birthplace to Be Sdld to His Heirs Sandusky* Oh|b.—Probate Judge Tsnkjy has authorized the sale of the •*lltt> brick house” In Milan. Ohio, in, which Thomas A. Edison' was bom, to the Edison estate. It ls\ believed the boose is being piirthasedy for the purof beautifying the surroundings.

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION GETS QUEER COLLECTION

-— •> ■ •: ■ < Names as Fearsome as the Animals Themselves. Washington.—Creatures that look like ths fearsome animals portrayed In a well known Insect eradicator advertisement have been received by the Smithsonian' Institution. a The specimens were collected by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, former chief of the United States bureau of fisheries, who bow is employed by the Siamese government to develop the nation's fishing resources. So grotesque are the beasts that Siamese mothers might well scare their young Into eating their spinach with threats of them and tipplers turn to teetotalers at their first glimpse of a

« of Florentine buildings and wealthy merchants of the city accumulated art collections from the studios of foreign artists. “Florentine commerce expanded until the city had a representative In nearly all the Important known ports. The ruling Medici family expanded its financial Influence. At one time it owned 10 hanks and made loans to powerful European rulers. The florin, once Europe's most widely circulated coin, was nameT“for the city and first circulated there. Trie three-ball sign of the pawnbroker was adopted from the Medici coat of arms. "Florence now .has nearly 300.000 in-

Mother of 27 Seeks $500,000 Award F * ft; ws I /- ‘ d ’■ LiWi r • RW S » Mrs. Florence Brown, forty-two, of Toronto, Canada, with some of the twenty seven children she has borne, fourteen of whom are still living. Under the terms of the will of Charles Vance Millar, Mrs. Brown would receive the award of $500,000 he bequeathed to' the Toronto woman who ten years after his death had given birth to the most children. The provincial government, howeyer. is undertaking to annul the alleged “capricious” will of the bachelor millionaire lawyer ami convert the money to the University of Toronto. Mrs. Brown has brought suit to win the award.

AROUND THE HOME Hot brown bread Is cut much more easily if a string Is used instead of a knife. ' ■•• • ' Dip the stopper of a mucilage bottle In paraffin before putting it into the : bottle apd it will not stick. [ When;making waffles, to insure their j crispness allow the iron t<> heat five i or six iidnutes befoijß pouring on the batter. • • • t; Wrap sliver and gold cfoth slippers | In blaclj: tissue paper before pulling them' away. If treated in this waj they will not quickly tarnish.! • • • Yellow cream cheese spread on buttered wafers and browned in; a mod j erate oven makes a very goo(| accompaniment to serve with appetizers, ] soups or sabids. ♦a a* a * » ♦ * a ♦ (MHiniHMr a # a POTPOURRI : a aaa**aa«aaaaaaa-aa aaaaaaaa ♦ * * Next to Diamonds a Corundum is the hardest ;mln- * a eral next to the diamond and v * when transparent Is known as * a amethyst, sapphire, and ruby, a * Although it is a compound of * a oxygen and aluminum it Is four a Z times heavier than water. It is I a named after the Hindu word » z ‘'kurand'’ and it is therefore J * thought to have first been dis- ♦ * covefed in India. ■ ? * (©. 1932. WwMern N«wnpap«r Union.) ♦ ♦aaaaaa aaa-aa aaaaa»a***a aaa

« 14-foot lizard of such. These have names as hwful as their looks; names like gnu saitnan praindra that put to shame those of Chinese towns in the battle tone. ’ A sort of miniature dinosaur, the giant water lizard, or hia, is among the strangest of Doctor Smith's collection. The Smithsonian's specimen is about seven feet long, although some have been reported as measuring 14 feet It has a long neck, tiny head and long, heavy talk Occasionally, Doctor Smith says, this monster visits the city limits o" Bangkok, the Siamese capital, where it makes Its appearance In canals through lante gardens and In thick shrubbery. It destroys many chickens and ducks. \ The bias

habitants and remains one of the most charming cities in Europe. Its valuable collections of paintings, sculptures and frescoes have weathered war and riot and near its modernized thoroughfares the traveler may stray into an atmosphere of centuries ago. “There are byways flanked with medieval architectural gems whose doorways bear the coats of arms of famous families. Many of the street corners are. adorned with finely executed shrines —the works of old masters. There remain a few of the openfront shops of other days where cabinetmakers. wool combers and metal workers ply their trade apparently ob- = livious of the motley crowd looking on. In a few blocks a pedestrian rubs elbows with visitors from a dozen different countries, for tourist enter, tainment is the city’s leading ‘industry.’ ” '

f Exam “Boners” Make v Professors Laugh J X Hartford, Conn.—“ Boners” re- y ❖ lleve the dullness of reading ex- X X amination papers, says I’mf. y [ Henry A. Perkins of Trinity col- X a 1 T Here are a few he listed as A A encountered in . Trinity examina- £ X . tions:. < “Work is the ability to do A something. . i I *•* A “Aristotle says that grass at- y ) Y tains form when it is eaten by a •j* co "'- - & Y “• ’icero must have been a very careful critic arid a very X ■■areftil writer.. His writings a A forever emphasizing the point~X X he wishes to emphasize. y X “As the moon approaches full X X and is nearer the earth, it has° X X stronger- attraction and effects y y (sic7) the apple. X y “Mass in a body is solid, it Is T [ X the force attracted to the barth, : X A football player needs mass. X Y' “Since women can vote, voting X X has ceased to be a privilege. y X “Mass Is an object that con X Y tains weight. Weight is what X I the object weighs. y “When some one applies an y epitaph to you’ it is sometimes X very hard to reply. y “The average man is rather X below normal. X X “When it says here Tompare y X with civilized communities’ It X X would be all right to take the y X United- States.”

eggs are deemed a gift fit for the king. The gnu kon kob, "head biting”, snake to you. is also numbered in the collection. It is the popular belief in Siam that this creature bites with its tail on dark nights and with Its head on moonlight nights. Doctor Smith says it is often seen on Bangkok roads rainy nights, head concealed in irs\ folds and tail standing erect A sort of living diamond is the “sun ray” snake. Even in the preservatory It shows a glowing iridescence which gives it the appearance of a gem. Natives say It Is very poisonous. Doctor Smith has brought with him several specimens of a snake that Is aspiring to the standing broad jump . record. “One morning as I got out of bed.” the collector writes, "a full sized gnu siaman praindra was sunning itself on the sill of a double door opening on the veranda. As I approached it

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| FOLLOWING ON | By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Emeritus Dean of Men, University of .Illinois. There was suffering ahead for Him, and danger and <*''ath of a most cruel

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could pass by the danger. , “Get Thee out. and depart hence,” they said, “for Herod will kill Thee.” There was safety by another road. But He shook His head; duty was before Him, the appointed task had to be performed. He was not ignorant of what His fate would be but-«-“Nevertheless,” He said. "I mu«t walk today and tomorrow and the day following.” and He went on until the end. and faced .death courageously. Life does not for many of us have the tragic nor the glorious end that His life had. but there is foi every human being if he would accomplish the best that Is in him. today and tomorrow and the day following, a routine which, commonplace or difficult’ or unpleasant as the individual case may be, must be faced and followed. I watched a fell race in England years ago. The men start from a certain point In the valley and. by whatever route they choose, they reach a high point of the cliff a mile and a half or so away. It was a rocky uneven road which they traveled without path to follow in many cases. They, dash through streams, they' climb over fences, they leap from one bench of rock to another, they take all sorts of chances, only they go on,' stumbling, climbing, pushing toward the goal in spite of danger and exhaustion. No matter ts the flesh* is torn by thorns or the feet bruised Uy sharp rocks, or strength seems all but gone, the goal must be reached by sortie means, or other. It is an inspiring sight. and one I shall not soon forget. I’ve thought of the race often when I have been discouraged. (©. 1932. Western Newspaper Union ) Hates Tune, Kills Musician . Indianapolis/—Lokash Kalllec confessed to Frank Hildenbrand, sheriff of Stark county. Indiana, that he shot and killed John Humes, farmer of Washington township, because the music Humes was playing on a h&r- j monies was distasteful. •

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ran behind the double door and climbed to the top, where it sprang to the rail of the veranda. The distance was about seven feet." Royal Spanish Woman Is Forced to Sell Villa Fontainebleau. • — Infanta Eulalie. sixty-seven-year-oM aunt of King Al-. fonso, who lived In a Paris convent as a voluntary exile for many years before events drove the royal family from Spain, has decided to offer her palatial villa and park at San Sebas- ' • If none of the rising generation belongs to ■ you - you can more r<k signedly see It work ■S——out its own salvation.

Speed Merchant Wk r / ■ w Mr “ tags#** =TF — Ben Eastman, of the Stanford unk. versity track team, who shattered the long existing 440-yard record when he covered the distance in 46 4-10 sec- , onds, slashing a full second off the record. Qabby Qertie rflh “An experienced manicurist doesn't expect a male patron to concentrate 1 on her conversation.”

character, and Jesus knew He was going up to Jerusalem, and He was well aware of what awaited Him there. Nor were His friends ignorant of what fate was very likely in store for Him there. and they warned Him to take some other road, to save Himself by not going to Jerusalem. He

• tian for sale In order to assure her of an Independent income for life. “I have few desires in this world and will be content to live on in this convent until I die, but I cannot afford to keep up the taxes on my properties in Spain. so I have decided to sell the villa at San Sebastian, which I have not used for many years,” Infanta Eulalie said. World’s Biggest Drink Measured; It’s Water Chapel Hill, N. C- —The world's biggest drink of water has been discovered and measured at the University of North Carolina. It is the daily swallow taken by trees and plants in summer. Its size is 20 to 30 per cent of the water In brooks and streams. This was computed in , rhythmic daily rise and fall In the water of North Carolina streams. "Ground water” gave the clew. V

POULTRY >BCTS’ CHICKS THRIVE ON MILK AND ALFALFA Ration Furnishes Vitamin of Prime Importance. Milk and alfalfa are cheap feeds and supply certain essentials to the normal growth and health of poultry. It is good business to add these two feeds to the ration, when possible. Arthur T. Ringrose, of the Cornell poultry department, states. ' He explained that animal protein i is necessary to build body tissue, and ! that milk is, a good source of animal ; -protein. Milk is even more valuable I as a source of vitamin G.. This has ! been proved by experiments at Cornell and elsewhere. Several vitamins I are required for normal growth and > health of poultry. One of these can I be supplied cheaply by only milk and | alfalfa. Vitamin G. discovered about I five years ago, is important in tlfat its i lack causes nervousness, skin lesions; j sore eyes, and a general weakeneij 'condition. It is believed that a certain leg ’weakness is also caused by the lack of vitamin G or a closely associated factor. The use of milk and alfalfa for feeding prevents of helps to prevent these conditions. Twenty-five '..chicks received no vitamin G in a test lasting eight weeks; At the end of the period, only eight clucks were living; the rest died of diseases caused by lack of vitamin G. The average weight of the remaining eight chicks was five ounces. An‘ other pen of 25 chicks, fed vitamin G, in ample amounts were all living at the end of eight weeks, and werq on the average, one pound and ninO Ounces, In a Kentucky experiment, the usd of milk in place of meat scrap witlj laying hens increased egg production in the winter from 32.7 to 43 eggs to| the hen, he, said. Poultry Raisers Save Money Home-Mixing Poultry raisers who grow grain and; who wish to feed at the lowest costcan save considerable money by mixing their own mashes and scratch feeds, says A. C. Smith, poultry chief at Minnesota University farm. Per’sons not having mills undoubtedly could arrange with local dealers to grind their grains, which when htixe'd in_the proper proportions and supplemented with the proper amount of animal and mineral matter, will provide; satisfactory rations at the lowest pos-; sible cos-t. Complete directions for mixing lay-. Ing mashes may be obtained by writing the poultry division. University farm. St. Paul. Minn. Dairy farmers with an abundance ! of skimmilk from creameries also may ! secure from the poultry division Inj formation on how to use by-products to the best advantage with their laying flocks. Feeding Battery Brooders Proper feeding, said P. R. Record of the Ohio experiment station is the* secret of battery brooding. It) the bat tery every essential must he supplied, a writer in the Ohio Farmer supplements. A formula suitable for battery brooding as recommended by Record Is as follows: Ground yellow corn 38 f(ounds, ground wheat or middlings 20 pounds, wheat bran 10 pounds, finely ground whole oats 10 pounds, alfalfa meal 5 pounds, meat scraps 10 pounds, dried milk, 5 pounds, salt 1 pound, aud Cod liver oil 1 pound. . Baby Chick Ration Here is a good baby chick ration which has been'tried in Wisconsin. For best resuts the ration is made up as follows: “Forty-five pounds ground yellow corn, 15 pounds standard wheat middlings. 15 pounds pure wheat bran, 12 pounds dried buttermilk or dried skim milk, 6 pounds meat and bone meal, ? pounds alfalfa meal, 3 pounds high calcium limestone grit or chick sized oyster shell one pound salt, plenty of fresh water, and 1 to 2 per ■ cent Cbd liver or sardine oil, for the first four weeks.”—Wisconsin Agriculturist Poultry Notes, Success in poultry raising depends I to a large extent on how well young stock is brooded and grown. • •' • Never neglect to cord the chick-box well; otherwise some prying hand may open the lid en route to customer. • • • Sudden changes in temperature are more harmful to chickens thin prolonged spelts of extreme temperatures. • '> e • It is difficult to keep.a brooder house dry when it.,.is crowded. Moist litter helps spread disease. * • • United States farm flocks had 5 per eent fewer hens and pullets on January 1, 1932, than on the same date last year. • • • Young turkeys require a longer period of. brooding than dp chickens. They should have about seven weeks of warm temperature in the brooder house. The measure of a poultryman's success is his ability to produce good pullets. Young turkeys require a warm temperature in the brooder house for a longer time than chickens; generally about seven weeks. • • • The total cash Income from poultry and eggs for the state of lowa in 1930 was $50,026,000, reports W. D. Termohlen, lowa State college poultry mam In 1924 It was $36,000,000.

DAJ|Y < ■ • -a : PROFIT SHOWN IN “SELLING” TO COWS Good Method of Disposal of Surplus Forage. Fourteen dollars worth of farm- ? grown feed fed t<j> good average cows » will produce S2B worth of butterfat at . present prices ahd will leave $5.60 > worth of skimmilk on the farm, to say ■, nothing of manure. 1 At the present prices.for butterfat, the man who produced a surplus. i of forage and other dairy food can sei! 1 this feed through cows for a fairly, 1 good return for iiis labor,” says A. C. e Ki'mr-ey dairy extension specialist at ? North Carolina State college. ‘‘The ‘ • > relation between: the farm price of s ■ dairy feeds and butterfat is favorable 1 now and bids fair to remain so. Rec--1 j ords kept on present market conditions J show that if 814 worth -of feed is fed t to good'average cows, it will produce ’ lOU pounds of butterfat. When sold • for .buttermaking' purposes, this fat is 1 worth S2B. In addition, there will be ‘ left on the farm about 1.600 pounds of ' skimmilk worth 85. cents a' hundred ' pounds. This is [excellent for feeding ! tho poultry or hou's and when so fed has a vtjlue of $5(.60.” In addition to jthese values. 75 per ' cent of tjhe plant food in the feedstuffs ' go back to the farm in the form of f immure, and thusicut down the'fertilizer bill, says Mr. kimrev. i ■ ; The-return from selling feedstuffs; through j cows does not uggest that ! anyone will get rich from the project, , cautions Mr. Kinjrey, but he dees sug- , gest th:jt a bet tier price will ...be • re- , ceived for the gitains and hay than if the same material is sold in the raw' , state, ijn addition, there is t-he ad.vantage of a steady income each, month ( i from the sale of cream. . ['| • • ■ Wheat Has Proved Value •. I * in Dairy Cow’s Ration The boost in wlteat prices may result tn corn proving 'a more economical grain in the deify ration than wheat, on some farms.' according to C. L. Blackman, specialist it/ dairying in the department of animal husbandry at the Ohio State univjersity. • If the price of [Wheat should go much higher than that; of corn, he asserts, it will be good business to sell wheat and buy corn ami sajve the balance. This, he believes, ,is a good time to watch prices of ail kinds ’and vary the rations according |o the largest possible j returns [per doftjar's worth of feed. It lias been fqund that when wheat displaces 300 bounds of corp and makes up 30 per Cent of the dairy ration, about the [same results are obtained from the [wheat as are obtained from the corn, if both rations are fed with alfalfa hay) and corn silage. The cows gain a little more in body weight; \xuhe cqrn ration b,ut produce a little more butterfat du the wheat ration. ' ' ■ ' I Feeding Skimmilk Increased use of the cream separator on jthe farms of this state should do much) to increase the; income frtun pigs, chickens land calves to which the skimmilk is fed. Recent months have see[n the brice of milk powder, casein arid other skimmilk products s<> unsatisfactory that it has become desirable ih so far as possible to keep the skimmilk at’ home for utilization as feed. Co-operative creatneries and others lipve been reeonnnending this practice so their) members amLpatrons. The doubly desirable result of increased profit from poultry and livestock an|d gradual reduction of the surplus bf skimmilk products should . be noted) —Idafho Farmer. J _i_— — . Approved by Testing Producing ah average of 451.08pounds df butterfat, 8.544 pounds, of milk in ri year, the cows in the purebred Jersey herjx>wned by A. 11. Scribner, Mt. | Kisco.l N. Y„ have recently completed a year of official testing through [the herd improvement registry of the American Jersey Cattle club. During the year) of test Mr. Scribner’s herd avefaged seven cows in milk. Theyield of [ these Jcows is equivalent to 563 pounds of butter and 3.974 quarts of milk per corir for the year.—Rural New-Yorker. ; ' ~ — ; "dairy notes Ground soy beans as a feed for growing [dairy calves gave nearly,identical results wijth linseed meal in experiments at Purdue university. = F Most bacteria in milk come froio dirty cows and dirty utensils, but dirty stables, had air and dirty surroundings all add their share of germs. .* • • Turnips are i somewhat better sos dairy cows tluin carrots, though thelatter may be used. ' • Cattle will live to the age of fifteen years if not slaughtered before that time. Unless special circumstances exist, a cow will have outlived bet usefulness by the hge of ten years. • • • Bad flavors in butter in winter often come from keeping the cream too long before churning. It is a nuisance to churn a small amount, but may pay- • • • j “Feed silage and root crops after milking, not before,” is the advice given by the Twin City Milk Producers* association to help their patrons combat rejection ’df milk because of ott flavors. • • • The thousand-pound dairy cow needs, about of an ounce of salt daily and half an ounce in addb tion for each 20 pounds of milk produced. if salt is kept before the aniamli at all times, results will be satififathurv.