The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-04

EH0TEncG. 1lalY A4S4y Z-- -4A0 I1Cltt3 .sQrse little town of Arezzo on the way froEz Florence to Perugia. Is abSut to celebrate the completion of it's cathe- rlral which was begun over five cen- tarfes ago.
 In striking contrast with the rapid aty with which great structures arc erected in America there are many bulldiuEs i'm Italy which were begun many centuries ago which never have been finished, and never will be. since such am attempt might spoil the artis- Ftlc harmony of the whole gained through centuries of wind, weather and changing tastes
 Instances of such unsuccessful at te1npts have recently been seen at Fgorence and Milan where new Ia eades have been added to the old ca thedrzIs They were greafed by de- rlsfon by the citizens who descrfDed them as sugar decorations on we'd ding cake
 at Arezzo and what was already fine; zpeciu,en of Italian Gothic arch1tec-s fure. whose cornerstone was laid m 1a77, is now complete The ceiepra- ton will take place in May, ana number Of art loving foreigners are expeGted to be attracted to the an tfent town, which was the birthplace of CfInfus Maecenas, the patron of virgil and Horace
 Geneva Switzerland. May 2.-Re- porfB from Saint Bernard Monastery as late as April 10 said that snow WAS fourteen and one-haf feet deep in the region around the hosp1ce- Snow fell fwenfy-four days m Mafcn without inteFn1fssion-
 An avalanche came down the mountain recently and struck me ruonastery but it's thick wallss cenLur- Ies old. wffhstood the assault Not for fftv years has so much snow fal-i 7an and so rzaany avaIanches descend- Cd the Saint Bernard as during this winter
 zurich. Switzerland. May 2-DoctoE; Fz1aEber d chemist in the service or the Swiss government, a1alyzed dur in< & recent visit to Pompeii and f7ercuIaneum the Vesuvian ashes and .dsbx1a and found that they contain: frrma neFcentaxes of potash, suitable; fr=r <f,e mauufacture of fertilizer The t,okaah syndicate, established by the German government. has almost a u1onopc1y of spctaah-
 pr K1siber's discoveries. has com: r-.ruzca&ed with him upon the poss1-l btz1kw of developing potash mines Tn the vicinity of vesuvzus He is look inE into the matter The largest mar. l'. kef outside of Germany for potash fer-l fizIzer is the United States
 ssrJrew-Darector Of Irnmigrstfons Hunter for the states. of New South. v,reSen and Victoria, expects to leave -oor for England In furtherance of an euerwet1c immigration policy planned r+ K1RM two Btates Be will also invade northern Europe in his campaign to attract settlers for Australia He is 9r~e that the northern European would make a fine settler and these stntes are prepared to welcome them bF the thousands-
 AS a part of the inm1gTataon cam ' r@1o fr7 arprenffceship to New South Wales frrmars this year with the idea of training them to become perma nent settlers If the experiment proves as successful as did a similar plan in New xsalaRd, the number of boys will he increased every year No trouble Ia nnf1cfuated In getting the boys, as # ss known that 100, 900 lads can be secured in England if their fare is ad- rmnceL
 Madrid. .AIhe development of 8 center of Jewish Knowledge in Madrid is being undertaken by the Spanish Government in the hope that 1t may Is T.rinr about a return to Spain of some of the Shephardic or Spanish Jews living in the Hast Of Europe They take an aristocratic pride in their pu- rfty of blood and long pedigree. rank ing high i'm Jewish communities wher- ever they may have settled They have never Iost the use of the Span ish tongue and still profess love and veneration for Spain 4 commissio on Of zufiu eufsaz Jews resident in Tsngier recently visated Madrid and had an audience with the King They rep resented sozne 25,00O Jews scattered throuEhout Morocco
 Dr A g. Xahuda of the School Of R&bbinic@1 studies at Berlin has been invited to give a series of lectures in the Consular and Diplomatic School af Madrid, and it Is possible that he nay ultimately fill Chair of Rabbin- fcml Studies at the Madrid Univ ersity to Be established for him.
 Pauamm--GeorEe A. Helfert; for mer governor of the territory of Za1n- boango in the Philippines, has arriv- ed in Panama to assume his studies as instructor to the police of the re- public There are now about 800 men in the force which poltces the city of Panama, and Colon and other inhabit- ed sections-
 It is said to be the plan of Presi- dent Porras to have Nr. Helfert orr eanfze n force on the order of the Philippine constabulary whose duties will be the policing of the interior of the republic These are to be both mounted and unmounted and will be armed Withs high-poWered carbine.
 Baedad-A modern Robin Hood who selects tax gatherers as his vic tfmss is operating near NeJef- The Va1s has been out in the Nejef and KerDelaa districts collecting taxes from the tribes and recently he sent by pos, to Bagdag z,O0O 1Iras Of the amount he had collected NOOI1Osa
 Between Nefef9z And REfbela, the post. guarded by one gendarme only was attacked apparently by adher- enfs of the tribes from whom the tax ea were collected. The money was taken from the mall bags and return. ed to the people.
 The VaH has again resumed his tasl and is said to have recovered 3,O0t 1iras of the lost taxes and guarantees