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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1956-06-20, Page 7oX Win Fortunes. When Ice Breaks 11It FARM FRONT sire ieSt through regular handltila , faetheds: up to 50 per cent Is estimate, the total value of which, he says, is $170,000,000 a year in all of Canatla. His method has re-' suited in a 25% yield 'flume in forage gild other crops. Very soon this enterprising Que- bec farmer proposes to collect the methane gas which is given off during decomposition of the or- garlic matter in manure. He claims this will cook his meals, heat his home all year round, and provide fuel for his tractor. For the lat- ter, the methane gas, is cempressed to six atmosphere in propane gas- type cylinders and fed into the carburetor through a special at- tachment. Meagre from his 80 head of cattle-can generate more meth-, ane gas than he would normally need. The extra profits from in- creased yields and, the saving in labor, heating and tractor fuel costs, will pay back the investment on his installation in five years, he claims. • * BEE-WITCHED, BOTHERED, BEE-WILDERED That's what residents of Pittsburgh were when a swarm of bees, settled on the curb of a busy downtown street. But Betty Finacchi, left, and John W. Roberts don't seem to mind having the little stingers alj over their hands, and faces. Nobody knows where the honeymakers came from or 'why they came. How To Care For Cane-Bottom Chairs iternyard manure ibleified eau make a faret almost pelf-Sufficient. Xt can help grow crops, heat the farm buildings and provide fuel for the traetOr. This is the claim of Ifritz Al. men who, is probably one of Can. ada44- foremost farmer authorities on manure. In a recent deinOnstra• tton attended by lending Canadian • agricultural scientikts, he showed what has already been done te his own 480 acre Wilt pear the his- toric Quebec village' of Carlllou on the banks of the Ottawa River, and revealed his future plans for the barnyard by-product. * * Mr. Alinlen, who emigrated from Switzerland many years ago, has 80 head of Holsteins. His manure liquifying equipment consists of a 3,000-gallon concrete tank beneath the barn floor, two upright con- crete 35,000-gallon storage tanks, which he calls "silos," behind the barn, and a 3Q-horsepower gasoline motor which operates a speed pump. * * Liquid and solid manure mixed up with cut straw bedding is shov- eled daily into the receiving tank threugh manholes located in the middle of each concrete gutter. Gut- ters are sprinkled with superphos- phate at the rate of one and a half pounds of superphosphate per COW per day. This absorbs am- amnia, hastens . the bacterial action during the decomposition process, increases the nutritive value of the manure and helps reduce manure odor.' ft. Barclay Warren, ISA., IS,P, The Continuing Misslow of the. Church Acts 28t16, 23-31 Memory Selection:, Go ye there- fore, and teach at natis; baip- tizing them in the name of the Father, and, of the Son, and SI the Holy Ghost: teaching the* to observe all things whatso- ever have commanded ytito and, lo, I am. with you aiway, even unto, the end of the world. Matthew 28:19-20: The story of Paul's voyage on the Mediterranean Sea, 4rom Caesarea on the eastern coast to Malta and then his journey to Rome ,is a thrilling one. Though he was a prisoner he proved to be the best advisor on bOard. When they had rounded Cyprus and changed ships at Myra they came to Crete. After' spending a time at The Fair Havens they set out in spite of warnings from Paul. They were stn], caught, in a terrible storm. The tackling' was thrown overboard and soon all hope of 'being saved was lost: Now they were ready to listen to Paul. It is still true that many people will only listen to the Gospel message when they are in great trouble. Be told them that an angel had assured him that he would• be spared to ap- pear before Caesar and that all lives would be saved but the ship would be lost. Part of this memorable sermon was used as a text by Billy Graham' when he preached to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip: It was, "Be of good cheer; for I believe God."' This was one sermon which the preSs was not permitted to re- port. We know that the sermon' would be true; In the contekt. It would thus be an optimistic' message tending to stimulate faith in God as revealed, in the Bible. When Paul reached. Rome he' dwelt in a separate house with a Roman soldier. There he min- istered first, to the Jews and 'la- ter to the Gentiles. For two years his lodging was a place of coun,, selling and preaching. Some Of Caesar's household were conver- ted to the faith. It became a missionary training centre: 'One may well imagine that the sol- diers set to guard him became missionaries in the, armies sent into various parts of the Roman - Empire; Paul, the prisoner in chains proved a valiant witness for his Lord. Others caught his vision and the' work went on. POINT OF VIEW — Carla Bush- ness, 3, doesn't enloy being on top of the world. She's resting on Arctic section of huge globe aboard the Independence, dock- ed at New York City. The young- ster and' her mother 'returned aboard the liner after visiting daddy, Captain Clark C. Bush ness, stationed in Italy. The Junior Legiorrinembers wen being, asked to find the Seripturi portion4pertaining-to• the lesson at the. week One Junior Legion member cam, home •and said„,"Mommie, where dt we find the story about the sever ducks in the -muddy water?" 'After many perplexed moments and countless • inquiries, it was finalli discovered the lesson was about Namaan dipping seven times h the Jordon , River. Hoto Can I? xs, Mine Mlle/. A. Tai' pouatut inI04 ttbr strengt hen tebweng::: gla0,sWare7 ware into a pan of cold water and thuentbiloithinge point. Then remove from the and ,has glassc . oo leted Sbt4nOdreunrteiml othveinwa titre g the Q. How can I soften a tooth- brushsuum7 that is too hard for the A. 'Soak the toothbrush in hot vinegar for a half-hour. Then wash in clear, cold water and you will find a great ,tleal laoetf ae in- Qtdth.h, ee How an hask eepc beens erlaitnio from being noticeable on patent A. Paint the shoes with mixture of olive oil and jet black ink, applied with a very fine brush. Q. How can I relieve an irri- tating cough? A. A mixture of the juice of two lemons, one tablespoon of granulated sugar, and one teas- poon of water will often relieve an irritating cough., Take one ' teaspoonful every half-hour. Q. What can I do if the leaves of the, rubber plant have turned yellow? A. Loosen the dirt around the edge of the pot and remove the. Plant to a different pot. The root may be pot-bOund, or the soil may be wormy, but in either case it is wise to repOt the plant. Q. How can I clean the oil mop? A. When water and soap have, failed to clean the oil mop 'satisfactorily use hot water, ammonia, and a little washing, . powder. Q How can 1 keep the plants in a hanging basket watered without danger Of dripping? • A. Put the pOrOus cup from a discarded wet-battery cell li in the center of the hanging. basket,' fill it with water, and it will seep through supplying the necessary moisture wi t h o u t danger • How of drippinge mwoavt ee r e m from velvet? A. The most, effective ,way is for one person,to,- hold' the vel- vet tightly while another passes a warm flatiron over the wrong side. Then brush the nap, and the velvet will look like new.' Q. How can I sweeten a sour stomach and treat indigestion? „A Place a half - teaspoonful of baking soda on the tongue; then wash down with a drink of cold water. Q. .1low can 'I remove stains from a mattress? A. Place Jhe stained mattress in the sun,- and cover the spots with a thick paste made of starch and cold water. Allow this mixture to remain any hour or s0; then scrape off , and re- peat the process if necessary. This treatment proves more ef- fective if done while • the stain is fresh. Rush-bottom, splint, or cane-seat- ed, chairs have been highly prized by generations of housewives, but how to take care of them often poses a problem. Now, conies good counsel front the' United,, De- partMent of Agriculture quoting' Gena Thames, New Jersey 'home- furnishing specialist. If you have a newly finished rush seat, straighten the rows and even the seat with the rounded end of a stuffer, and polish the seats with stutter or a piece of leather. Then apply equal parts of tureen= tine and raw linseed' oil to both sides of the, seat. When theroughly dry — or after 24.dgitirs of ;drying — apply a see-: oriel to' the top and bottom: Aiterianother 24' hours of drying, ROY; a thin • type of sealer , with .iiiftfet'Add more coats until no dull spntsit'eppear: Allow at least 24, herfri,,to. dry between each coat.• As for those old chair seats that have dried out and . become embed- ded with dust, Miss Thames says: To 1 quart of hot water add • 3 tablespoons boiled linseed oil and 1 tablespoon turpentine. Never place this flammable mixture directly on the stove or over a flame. Keep this solution hot in a double boil- er or a pan or can set in warm water while you use it, but remem- ber, not on the stove. Brush out loose dirk before ap- plying cleaner. Use a cloth to apply the mixture and a brush to remove dirt, that, has collected between strands or the underside of a cane seat. If a finish is needed on the seat- after' it is thoroughly dry, apply a thin type of flair sealer on both , top and. baton'. • A recent report from the Depart- ment of Agriculture in, Ottawa list; ed 80,000 species of insects in Can- ada's national insect collection. The, report added that .new species are being discovered each day. e * While many Canadians consider insects as bothersome creatures Of interest only to bug collectors,, the, fact is they pose a great economic problem to the nation. Admittedly, there are many useful insects Which should be protected, but there 'IS - a vast number which cause incal- culable damage to the country's ru- ral economy. • * * According to current statistics the annual loss in livestock and field crop production in Canada at- tributed directly to insects is' in the neighborhood of $312,000,000. This sum is staggering indeed and • undoubtedly would have beeii" much'. greater had it not been for vari- otis agricultural chemicals devel- oped over the past few years. * e In 1951 in Alberta, for example, 296,000 acres of grasshopper-in- fested grain land Were sprayed by insecticides which saved a crop' valued et $6,000,000. This was done at a cost' of $50,000 and represents a return of 120, to 1 on expendi- tures. Last year,; the prairie barley crop was rescuee• from destruction by a severe outbreak of barley aphids when a blitz-like aerial and ground counter-attack soaked the, infested fields with', chemical ,spray.., These are not isolated cases and many More. could be, cited which suggest8 that if certain farmers choose to ignore the value of mod- ern pesticides, annual farm losses to pests will continue to be in the Millions of dollars. * * Through rapid circulation in the first tank, the manure is liquified 'a through bacterial action, then pumped into the silos where it is allowed to "cure" for several days. When the curing process is com- plete, the liquid manure is•puinped into the 1,000-gallon tank of a tractor-drawn sprayer. It requires only , a minute and a half tostill the tank The manure is aprayed on the fields in an even swath 12 feel' wide en: one side of tfie tractor it - takes only 10 minutes to apply 1,000, gallons Application rate is about five tons.' per acre. • * During, winter, Mr. Allem' iprays the manure right on the snow, his tractor being equipped with special caterpillar chain treads to enable it to get around iu the deep snow. * * "This operation really reduces labor costs," Mr. Admen said. "Where once it required 30 hours of manure handling per cow per year, it now takes me only five to six hours to handle the same amount." But the greatest dividend in us- ing liquified manure, Mr. Admen Vfund, was the saving of the large ailments ,,ef. plant nutrients _Which Gpsidedo*n to Prevent Peeking SALLIES IDENTIFIED Wed • Five Times To Same Woman Al a costume hell in New Orleans there was a leather-hinged Master of Cememonies who stood at the en- trance and, announced. each arrival, "Metisiete Talleyrand." "Anthony and Cleopatra." "Nicholas Niekleby." Two scantily draped ladies walk- ed in: The AL C.: was peziled by this -impingement on Gypsy Rose Lee's preserves. "What characters are you depicting?" lie asked. "US? Oh, no particular eitract- erS. We just dropped in, that's all:" The M.O. turned to the assembly and barked his loudest: "Two Indies of no particular ciffiraCter." dMOW MOE OM MOOD 000D OCE ERMO EBOCOBEE MEE00 MOM 00 MO EEO MOO BUM MIME MOB 000 MODM ®EM MO00 WEE ©MM OD OE MOOMM MOHO UNIJOMONO OBEIZ MOO MOE MODE dOMI OBOO BUM SUMMER'S' TIME Never .for a moment does the diamond judiciary deviate from the path of unequivocal righteousness; Take Bill Summers, for example. The veteran map was operating behind the plate in a movie being• filmed in Hollywood. The pitcher delivered and Bill yelled, "Strike!" This made the director unhappy. "Hey, Bill," he snapped, "you're not following the script. That was • supposed to be a ball." "Tell the pitcher to follow the script!" roared Summers. "I cab lem as I see 'em," Some men may think nothing of having five wives but Sammy Sex- ton has struck a new note by niar. tying the same wife five times! At a celebration party recently all the children of his marriages— natural brOthets and sisters, of course — got together to Wish Sam. -my luck Jost in case he gets an-- other divorce. Seth first married his wife Mar- tha at Whitesbarg 'Kentucky, beef • in 1012. When their marriage broke • up, they, diVorced and then were reconciled; • so they Were married again: Always after a otitirrel and a diVorcei •Stintiny Started co sting his wife — or his ex-wife (Mee again. Mid the result is he's. head of one of the happiest and Most Milted .families iii Antellee, A Whiner trend is triteeest-itte eiliteingegeldarite- experts.... After thirty years of Married life, 54-Serer-old Mrs. Margaret Hughes divorced her 58-year-old liesband on.' the groinid, of desertion; But after' Another 'five yetire, older acid Wiser; they kdecided to reliiittry be. fore the Slough rogistrar-,40 the gretit joy of thole Prietteee• did &MI 'tied getintichildren. Last, year steed' !Mildred. couples d'Oeided to defy their divorce tic &ties,. seek •-oft their old • Pertii&tt and it, happened to bond-leader Billy .iklunti,,..fittee he had left his wife Eileen -and been this tireett lie Married .again, bitt lira second Marriage cradled raffiahi the' divorce court. Then' lie realized be Wee hi love, With Eileen tall the time, LitekilY She hind .neter. •StlitY, ped lovirrfi MM. Dick Ifughes of tiVertiorti ally felt so titrbilgly .about leis love for his wife that, the very thiY- be received a, copy of the 'decree' Itbabiute of divorce he 'put' a flow er• hi his .lititteliliole and Went remarry her. Their diVerce lied been faittiret one couple .Were parted fee "They're oft!" Ass .exultant rear ;from, a crowd. of *Ore than peepla echoed' across the, froxeg wastes of Alaska., ska the. Tanana. River began. to break pp and, Opog ,started, slow17. forward: With a crackling and eruaelttog, the tea m9"Ved downtriver towards; distant Tukoa, A. slack cord, suspended; frOal; 4, tripod in the centre Of the frozen river and .fixed, on shore to an automatic electric' timing device, began to draw taut, 4axions. eyes watched as the niovitig ice drew the cord tighter and tighter. Then„ suddenly . , snap! The world's saddest Derby was over The clock bad . been stopped nt the hour, minute and split second when the ice renched the 100-yard mark, The little Alaskan town of Ne- nape on the Tanana, River .becomeit a bustling hive of activity in May every year when thousands of Bun- bedecks, miners, trap rs and other residents troop into town for the one ,great occasion of the year —the Derby of the 'Tanana River. The Derby means to many peo- ple a small fortune, sometimes to one or two hicks, ones it means a real fortune, all depending on how occurately the gamblers can work out to the, fraction of 4,, second when the ice in the Tanana River• will break up. It Usually breaks up some time between the end of April and the middle of .May, giv- ing the people seine three weeks Iii which to take their pick for the vital, moment. Tickets in the Tanana Derby cost one dollar each. The purchaser must either guess or estimate by careful judgment on his ticket ex- adtly when the river will break up. If" he hits it on the nose to the split-second when the cord snaps— Wet is, when the ice has moved. 100- yards ..down river — he may reap a' reward of up to $175,000 for his dollar. The extent of interest in this Derby of the ice may be judged by the fact that the average an- nual prise-Money: always exceeds $150,000 for the winner, and that's after deduction of 'administrative costs, which' usually run to about $30,000. Although Alaska's population Is slightly "under 100,000, 'more than. 1.90,000:, tickets, yere bought in the ice Derby last Year, Many people from the Yukon; and lonely Aleutian Wanda also ,7Participate • . in the Derby. - - with so many_ , betters on the break-up of the ice, it Is under- standable.that the -.whOle prize set- dom goes to any one • individual. Last year the prize was divided among seventeen lucky punters. Two years ago, there were only three Winners, each of whom re- ceived approximately $57,000 for his: dollar. Excitement reaches fever peak as the month of 'MAT arrives With- out' a sign of the ice breaking up. Front dawn to " dusk, and often long into the night, the river Multi are, lined. with men, women and children, whose torches play on the solidly packed river, hoping that the break-up will come at the pre 'else' moment they plumped for. When a Split-Second can mean all the difference between $150,000 or nothing, excitement ' Is tense. Nenana; being in a nettled' .,curve Of the river, is the ldeal place for the Derby, and' about eighty-five per cent of Neriene's - people , are in One way or another engaged oh the ice Derby project, doing ed- iiiihistrative and other work eon. netted With the annual event, The Derby was first lauriched in the Spring of 1917 and the first Money paid out was only $600: Since then, the vent has grown in popularity so reach it nearly equals in ihiportaried the Irish Sweep- stakes. • Mee haVe tried practically every method to calculate the exact the ment When the lee will break up, Systoles on the ice Derby are as legion as syeteiee out horse-racing tracks. Some yettee ago tWelvc tele, eery with the most brilliant quail- flee-Hoes, stationed at FairbankS, Alaska, less than siXty miles froth Nelutim, began their intricate study Of the ice reovereent, taking hour ]y theasetertients and finally corn• lee up With a system which, in thele Opinion, could not possibly ,i's 11. They unrested $1.000 in. tickets . and each lean slated his thug. set twit' g from e to twenty-tine seconds as they went along to cover the Whole field, tor they thought the ice, must break op within tt period of twenty minutes tip their Patti etilettlatiOitS. Bet, in spite' of their card and carotin ostoutstiolis, they were teet t the' ice , brake tip abiltist dtlYS- 'after they saki it wohlit 1037 ail esti-6160k decided bY study of thin 'eft' tit the tee Wel& break' tip at May "lith..blit there, 'contd. be a variation of tie Mtn% ha hiientY- hale honte according tothe. Stars, lie .head stioh filth In his caddie.- tiOns that lie. Plated bets round the Creek front 114 May 10th 1133 Vey' MIL The total' beat him t1,400„ iiiit lid knew that he nitist The ice brol.e tip et 11.35 it4a, 12tbi Only site' Man hlid: the correct.thile and collected prizt0 Monet otilliolititing >ta well direr 050,600,, twenty-four year before they de, eided to 4balidon .-diverce, It came about when ted Gantry was work.; ing inhis Market-gerdee near Basingstoke and savea girl in smart tuniform' , toivardif hits through the cabbages. . HIs -29-year-old datighter; Doro- thy, whom- he had lest seen, as- a toddler of five, had decided to look up het old Dad. Atid She spoke • so persuasively to him of her moth- er that Ted decided to journey to Newcastle - to meet 'hiS ex-wife. Love can .certainly be stranger than fiction. • Not that every remarriage Is merely the happy ending of a div- orce case. After being legally .itett, reed for 80*Ueon years omt rats- ingtWo sets of twins, Elsie Weed- on always' Olt, that her register.- offide wedding had not been vat_ - id in the Sight of God. So the WeerionS decided to Merry again. in clutch, complete with -Ogee sic, bridesmaids Mid wedding dress: "A,s I. eait, my Wife Walking op the aisle," said Weedoit,. "she looked just as sweet as she did on our other wedding day." At °if:tee the-ie. one couple task. tied -ague after forty years. When Mrs. i!llizabeth Driscoll became Catholic like her husband she de- cided to marry him •agela under 'Cathode rites: Though ri grand- mother. She used her maiden mime for the ceremony, ti Norwich girl N.:11MM to ry her ideal Wail when. he Wag there • ea file AtheriCan After: he Went holm to. the States, • howeVer, his tote-letter-a were So per, StiaSive that she agreed to go' to New V.Orit• to Marry hint„ "Let's not talk finances; I had • hard enough, time today buy- ing all thin:stuff." 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BeVolte iM legacy 53. Able to' read' and *rife SO. Speed eoriree US. LikeWlei. op. 'Pr eft dririkri 60. Shert,eitred hitiatiff I. Luzon native 2, 1...rici'Pe 3 Part of the OYC 4, Outer cost of seed titilliektly his toitipany transfer- red hint to •Clitifortile and; on tte-, • rival in NOW York. she -foetid that She 'head Le chase her Mali' across the States. • 'When their Marriage •broke' up She returned to' New York had actually booked a passage leach to England witch her htisliand Pleaded With her to ignore the .-tilOstee' de, cree.• So they were Married. 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She's posing to eMphasiiii affeactiVenett of ._Unde view mail collection racks and not scrounging the magi for late tax returns. Citizens petfottit fiOst Steps in mail sorting operations by depositing air Wilt pecial delivery, ma tter at l eft;: out-Of-town fi rst-doss Ma il' Mail 0661, at tight Sind local 'OK Rip' of Margte'4 :head, Dri~rp With tate. 0