The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 38, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 16 January 1936 — Page 3

THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936.

/A ADVENTURERS’ [O CLUB ■*jk k T // HH ir 2 2 2 u 2 n• 22 T7tyr22 12 Bf.- gj/yzr r/i 2/y2sW\/2J22422 < / NlAM''* A Jr ‘f ,- / i/j v /t A* § “DeatA in a Bottle* By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. J YOU know, it’s the simplest things that make the most thrilling adventures You, yourself, although you probably don’t know it, have something around your house that you’ve been looking at and handling for years, which will one day form the fodder for your life’s most thrilling experience* Watch that electric flat-iron, Mom. One of these days it’s liable to give you a scare. And Pop, don’t monkey with that garden hose, either. There’ll come a time when it rears up on its haunches and bounces you right, into a hair-raising situation. Too don’t believe me? Well, ask Caroline Rebhan what she thinks of those simple little household items. Caroline never got scared of the bottles in her medicine cabinet, either. There wasn't any poison in any of them and she thought they were perfectly safe. But there came a time when those same medicine bottles furnished a terrifying five minutes for the whole Rebhan family. It happened on a Sunday morning In July, 1912- Caroline was Just a young bride then. She had only been married a couple months. She and her husband had moved Into a new house. There were ruga to be laid and furniture to bo moved and a million other things that had to be done alt at once. Caroline wae ao confused that a lot of things ■slipped her mind. And among them were those bottles she had taken ( from the medicine cabinet In their last homo. That particular home they bad moved Into was a small flat and one of the troubles with it was that there was no medicine cabinet What to do with the medicine bottles? Well—there was an old coal-burning stove in the kitchen, and. it was never used In the summertime, Caroline stowed those bottles away In the oven until such time as she could arrange a better place for them. Then, In the general mls-up. she forget all about them. It Was All the Fault of Apprentice’s Housekeeping. All that happened In June. It was a month later, In the middle of July. - when the adventure really took place. Then, one Sunday morning. Caroline’s Out It Came and Then—BANG— It Burst! bushand, with nothing else to do. decided that he ought to try that stove out and see If It was any good. Bill—that's Caroline's husband ’ lit ths fire. For an hour ths old stove heated up, and then they heard a bang that seemed to come from somewhere inside IV Both Bill and Caroline laughed at that, and Bill said. “Gee, there must be dynamite In that coal." Then followed another bang—and another. "And still,* says Caroline, "it didn't dawn on me that It might be the medicine. It wasn't until later, when Bill decided to ahavw Shat I, remembered thews bottles." When Bill started to shave be remembered aa old razor strop that he hadn't seen since ihry moved from the old home, and asked Caroline if she knew what bad happened to It "When Bill asked me that." Caroline says, “my face went white. 'No.' I told him, tut your razor strop is In that oven.' Then, in as few words as possible, I told him what I had done. He laughed at first, but"— Deadly Explosives—in a Lighted Stove! Yes. Bill laughed? at first, but not after Caroline had told him the whole story. For among thoee medicine bottles was one containing alcohol and another—a large one—that was full of benzine. Either one of those bottles could produce an explosion that would have blown the old stove to pieces. And the wonder of it all was why they had Dot already exploded. Bill's face was as white as Caroline's when ho got the whole story. Any minute one of those bottles might go up, wreck the kitchen and set fire to the house. There was no time to call the fire department—not a second to spare at all. He ran outside, got a long-handled shovel and opened the oven door.. Caroline stood in the kitchen doorway while be did It—her bands orer ber face, expecting any moment to see fleam streak out of that oven and engulf poor Bill. Removing Potential Death by the Shovelful. - BUI pushed the shovel into the oven and picked up a bettie. Out It came, and then—BANG—lt burst, scattering glam all over the kitchen. Bill thrust the shovel In again and picked up another bottle. That, too, exploded as soon as It hit the cold air outside the oven. Glass showered over Bill—even went down bls collar and got under his clothes— but be held his ground. The worst was still to come. Way back in the rear of the oven were those deadly bottles of benalne and alcohol. If they burst coming out. as the others had done—well —neither Rill nor Caroline wanted to think of that On. by one the bottles came out—and one by one they burst ss soon ss they left the oven. Then they camo to the alcohol and the benzine Says Caroline: “We stood looking at each other for a second, and then Bill said. 'Stand over by the window and pray.' 1 did. He reached Into the oven and out came the bottle of benalne. Nothing happened, and I gave a sob of relief., He set the benzine bottle to a pell and reached to after the alcohol. and this time the sweat was pouring down bls face. It bad to be done Stewly—carefully, and bis hand shook so that I was sure that he would drop it But the second bottle came out like the first, and Bill put It in the pall with the bottle of benzine. “And what I can't understand," my« Caroline, "la how those two bottom stayed whole when all the others exploded." Well, maybe. It was the prayer. Caroline. (p— WHO Derates.

4-H Club an Educational Movement for Boys, Girl* The 4-H dub It a rural educational movement for boys and girls between the ages of ten and twenty year*, In elusive, each project of which la designed to stimulate Interest In more home activities, whether It be raising a garden, raising pet*, keeping personal account* making a dress, or refurnishing a room. The movement bad It* origin in certain of the farmers’ Institutions and the public schools of Ohio, Illinois and lowa in i®p, relates a writer In th* Cleveland Plain Dealer, and I* now a part ot th* co-operative extension system *f the United States Department of Agriculture ami state agricultural college*. Dr. S. A. Knapp of th* federal Department of Agriculture gave it Impetus at th* time of th* coming *f th* boH weevil by servuring th* demon stratfoa wri cd boy* and girl* In the South as a aaean* trf improving rural The First Ughkhww** Th* forerun net of th* lighthouse M w* know it *M a big burner built on th* island of Phare* In th* bay of Alexandria, m*ro than 2.0 W) year* ag* From this, other Ilghthonima gat the name at pharo* That old lighthouse was one of th* Seven Wander* of th* World. The light, given off by biffge ftro* w vhdhl* 40 mile* out at as* On* of th* drst Ughtbotmen to b* erected to EngtoMl- was th*, ©rig-1 teal RMsrtMM ttghthmm* built to 1T»4U.~ Pearson** Weekly. »

home conditions, and teaching diversified agriculture to meet the problem brought about by this pe*L In 1014 Increased funds from federal, state and county sources stimulated the movement, which spread rapidly into all the states. The clnb work of the boys and girls to promoted by county agricultural agent* home demonstration agent* county club agent* and th* agricultural and home economics extension specialists of the federal and state cooperative agricultural extension system. The dub was ns med bj U H. Dessau of low* in 1904. who was at that time a county superintendent of school* Our Uwdtortoktogv ' • Resolve that wba tever coms* or doe* not come to you. whether you succeed to your particular undertaking or fail, you will keep sweet, cheerful, hopeful, helpful, optimtoric. The greatest aid to leprosy treatment Ims bees r haul assogra *iL This oil to obtained from the fruit of * tree growing to I*4l* Natives «f India taro known th* oiFs beneficial effect* to that It hast been used there for 9MI years and according to legend it .has .bee*. u*ad much toags* But to spite of that it did not becdua* tmow to the Occidental world until compurativetf ro* ceartly -

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What have we here? We have an automobile. How big la the automobile? It is a four-passenger automobile. How many people are in the automobile? Eight people *nd a dog. How can eight people and a dog get Into a four-passenger automobile? We’ve often wondered about that too. Are the people comfortable? Certainly not Even the dog Is suffering. Where are they going? They are going to the country or shore on the regular Sunday motor trip. How long will it take them? They will be all day getting there and all night getting back. Why? On account of the traffic congestion. Will they enjoy the outing? No, in fact they will be pretty miserable every moment, and about midday the suffering will have become pronounced. Then why do they take this trip every Sunday? It's an old American custom. • • • THE STORY

1— Oscar’s parI ents had great amI bitions for the boy. 2— When he was a I tittle fellow they I used to take him I around the house I and point out the I oil paintings of his I ancestors. B—Most of them I had been statesmen.

4— They sent him to the best schools and then to a university where he would get the democratic touch. 5— Htvy never ceased emphasizing that in the United States every boy had a chance to become President, and they liked to impress upon him that his chances were better than average. 6— Their Idea was "that he should get a broad education and then enter the Law. Most Presidents came from the Law, they said. 7— He .Inherited certain statesmanlike instincts and the ability to mix well on necessary occasions. 8— After graduation he went Into politics and his folks saw that he had the right sponsors. 9— He was soon looked upon as a rising young man in the affairs of the state and won a state aenatorshlp in no time. 10— Everybody liked Oscar. He had a way with him. 11— After a few years he became governor and served with distinction and the attendant publicity. 12— Then they began to talk of him as a favorite son. I.T-Ha looked like a cinch for the White House. 14— Then came the 1929 collapse and chaos. Oscar observed the troubles of a President with a considerable cooling of his ambitions. 15— But the party went on booming him until there seemed no way out 16— Oscar fooled them, however. 17— He suddenly quit the state and became a professional tester of experimental parachutes over the Grand Canyon. 18— He left a note saying that be figured it was less strain and worry. MORAL—Now and then you find a man who can sidetrack an ambition. • • • WHATS WRONG WITH THESE SENTENCES? 1— The gas company made a mistake and read the meter so that the customer benefited. 2— The middle-aged lady passenger on the ocean voyage did not make a fuss ibout the location of ber steamer chair or ask which side of the boat was the sunny side. 3— “We cant use a skit like that" said the musical show producer. “It is too suggestive." 4— The newspaper editor refused to print another picture of Al Capone, saying. "We have used him enough.” 5— "Ton're right," said the baseball ompilre when the pitcher disputed him. 6— The ma who tad planted his town with gram seed tad no tronbie at AU keeping the neighbors* dogs, ehlckem and children off. J 7— -Titie proprietor showed grant alarm when told that potice were ilfte DeigsioornDoa | ' < _■■■„■ ! OLD RACE I . r'linilni sor —ttvetihood, organised tM IfrartAm Irwil»rni Hved tn the i meftWwwU a-asTjiim zras •nwmras cora stand In trata heap® s< «7 ruined ZkSJte of th® farttlug todianv before nomad plains * **“

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CURIOUS FACTS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE The happiest people in the world are members of a tribe in the interior of Africa. They have never heard of contract bridge. Ninety-seven per cent of all automobile owners never talk about testing the air in a spare tire until they have a blowout nine miles from nowhere. The average life of a sponge diver Is 35,678*4 dives. — p Statisticians have figured that less than H of 1 per cent of all men who go flounder fishing do so because they like it. They merely find it a good way to get away from their wives. George D. Phillersby, of Gadgetville, Mont, has a fountain pen which has never failed him. r The ancient Greeks did not know what strawberry shortcake was, which may account for their physical fitness. A straw hat blown off in a wind will roll under a truck in seven out of ten cases. Watch fobs are gradually disappearing from American Ute. This is also true of buggy whips. The idea of making a cruller with a bole in the center was thought up by a man named Pooksey. • • • HEALTH RHYMES Masticate each mouthful well. Never overeat; Always wear your rubbers in Snow or rain or sleet! Brush your teeth quite carefully Don’t neglect your sleep; And in anything yon do Look before you leap! Watch your calories and don't Strain or hurt your eyes; Bear in mind that you must have Abundant exercise! Guard your health from morn to night— O’er youfr diet fuss; And you’ll probably expire Underneath a bus! • • • SCRAMBLED LETTERS TEST The names of what leaders In American politics are spelled if the following letters are correctly rearranged? Mslth. . Hreoov. DavsL . | Oorsetlev. Muryra. Rahob. Rekab. Gnuoy. Ragner. Rcithle. Doomca. Rasboe. (Ed. Note.—Any normal person should be able to figure these out in approximately four days, with favorable winds.) • • • OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS Tta Robin > The robin la a harbinger of spring, but you can sget Influenza through trusting it too impUcitly. It comes north In early April and people who have been sitting around in heavy underwear waiting for It promptly get Into lighter weight ap-i pare! and begin raking tlte town, plant-; Ing flower seeds and developing a cold to the bead. No bird has been responsible flor, more pneumonia. The female robin has a duller coat than the male, which has a very red breast or maybe h te vice versa. i * Anyhow, most of the poetry is writ-* ten about the one with the red breast. ‘ The robin stays north all summer and makes life miserable for worms. It goes south to time to escape the first biting blasts of winter. All things considered, it leads a swell life. Place es Fighting Mombasa, on the coast of Britain’s Kenya colony, which borders both Ethiopia and Italian Somatiland, is known by the natives as Writs, literally, "the place of fighting." It has been the warring battleground of peoples for centuries. Portuguese tare fbught there with natives. Arata with natives, and It has been a place <rf caU foe pirates, ivory traders, and one es the grant centers of the African slave trade. i - — — WATER AND GASOLINE Water, when ttaprzosure la not mrfwin ramate la a rental taring small perforations. This is notkeabto In the to hrawk down Itv tendency to form

A Few Spicy Dishes | From the Old South

Seasoned Specialties of | New Orleans, Famous ' for Cookery. New Orleans has always been fainous for its cookery. It has an in- < dlviduality which it owes to both the Spanish and the French who settled in Louisiana. Although New Orleans is a great modern city, the architecture in the old section shows the i mixed influence of its ancestry. There are a number of famous restaurants in this old city where you will find specialties. Many of them are highly seasoned, some of them with herbs which are not used touch in other parts of the country. You will enjoy the fine shrimps and the Quilt of Blocks That Picture Nursery Rhjrmes By GRANDMOTHER CLARK Quilts made of blocks that picture the nursery tales that every child knows will Interest both old and young. Always a good subject for a mother to work on, at bed time, with her child. Outfit No. 49-1 consists of four 9tnch blocks stamped on a good quality bleached quilting material and will be mailed to you for 10 cents. The embroidery work is to the outline stitch. Use any color thread. Address Home Craft Co., Dept A— Nineteenth and SL Lonis Ave„ St Louis, Mo. Inclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply when writing for any information.

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The best New Year’s resolution you can make is to put your car, truck, tractor, and all your farm vehicles on Firestone V) Ground Grip Tires. These remarkable tires make their own , < road — wherever they go. That is why they will take your car or truck through mud, snow, or over unimproved roads — and you I will not need chains. On tractors and farm implements, Ground Grip Tires enable you to clo more work in less time at a considerable giving in fiieL The great flexibility of die Gum-Dipped I cord body cushions the shocks of roui?h going and protects costly equipment against vibration and breakage. They make equipment roll easier, reducing draft more than 50%. No farmer can afford to be without» Ground Grip Tires. See your nearby Firestone Auto Supply and Service store or Jrirestone Tire Dealer today and resolve to end your traction troubles with Ground Grip Tires. • • • Crooksor Neto n Flirty JwtoM*rg*rorTf rokv.Mmutoy ewainjp over Nati4*M&ic N. B. C.—-WEAF Ne*w*»fc ; ’ O MS* SIT. AX Ct

— delicious crabs as well as the red snapper and the pompano. The gumbo and the jambalaya will give you a full meal to one dish. Cabbage Gumbo. 1 Small head of cabbage 1 slice bam 2 tablespoons fat 1 pound sausage meat 1 onion 1 pint milk Salt, pepper, cayenne 2 tablespoons flour 1 cup rice, boiled Wash and chop the cabbage. Cut the ham into small pieces. Melt the fat add the ham, and stir until it begins to brown. Add a chopped onion, the sausage meat, and the cabbage. Stir well and add enough water to prevent burning. Add the seasoning and cook thoroughly, stirring occasionaly. When the cabbage is tender add the milk and the flour mixed with enough milk to make it smooth. Cook five minutes and serve with boiled rice. Canapes a la Creole. 1 cup minced boiled him 1 onion 1 clove garlic 1 tablespoon butter 1 tomato 1 green pepper • slices buttered toast K cup Parmesan cheeua Salt Pepper Cayenne Mince the onion and garlic and»-a3d with the ham to the butter, melted in a frying pan. Cook three minutes and add the tomato and green pepper, which have been chopped fine. Season, and cook the mixture until thick enough to spread on strips of buttered toast Dredge with the grated cheese and bake five minutes In a hot oven (450 degrees F.)» or place under the broiler for one minute. French toast may be used instead of the dry toast Bouilli a la Marteliaiaa. 10 thin slices boiled beef (tbs bouilli) 12 small onions 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 bay leaf ' 1 sprig thyms 1 slice lemon Salt Black pepper Cayenne 2 cups water % cup sliced mushrooms « Place the onions wiith the butter to a baking pan, »prinkle with the sugar, and bake until lender. Sprinkle with the flour and seasoning, add I

Winter-Born People Found Lower in IQ Than Others Are people bflrn to the winter as intelligent as those born in the summer? No. At least, Prof. Rudolph Plainer and Dr. George Forlano, psychologists of Teachers college, Columbia, report in the Journal of Educational Psychology a study they made of the intelligence quotients—now known as the IQ’s—of 17,502 children and young people, and they found those born in the winter had a slightly but consistently lower score nn intelligence tests than those born during the other months. They suggest this is probably because more winter-born babies have serious diseases that impair their constitutions. the water gradually, return to the oven, and cook until the gravy thickens. Add the beef and the mushrooms, codk ten minutes, and serve at once. Creme de Marrons. 2 dozen french chestnuts 1 tablespoon butter 2 egg yolks 1 cup powdered sugar 2 cups milk Roast the chestnuts, peel them, and pound until very fine. Blend with enough milk to make a thick paste. Add the well-beaten yolks of the eggs and the butter. Beat well and add the powdered sugar. Scald the rest of the milk, add the other mixture, and cook In a double boiler 29 jninutes. Pour into a dish and chill Before serving. Neige a la Crbma. 4 egg whites cup powdered sugar 1 pint cream 2 tablespoons vanilla or lemon extract cup browned almonds Whip the cream and set on ice. Beat the egg whites to a foam, add the sugar, and beat until the mixture becomes very stiff and glossy. Add the flavoring and fold in whipped cream. Place tn small custard glasses or a large dish and sprinkle with chopped almonds, which have been blanched and browned to the oven. Serve very cold. / © Bel I Syndicate.—WXtJ Service. Dust Their Downfall St. Paul friends of Joseph Zozlowski, twenty-two years old, and Boyd Gilman, twenty, wrote the names of the pair in the dust on a car they drove when they visited at Litchfield, Minn. The car, abandoned later In Minneapolis, was identified as stolen from D. R. Pedalty. It still carried the names. Kozlowski got ten years in prison, Gilman a suspended sentence.

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