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The Brussels Post, 1957-01-30, Page 3OPPORTUNITIES FOIE MEN AND WOMEN I AM Looking for a Party with $2,000. m go into a very lucrative field of Wholesale Merchandising, W o n r, opportunity; Box 154 1e3 sighteeth New Toronto PATENTS FETHERSTONTIALIGH & Compani, Patent Attorpeys, Established'' 1680. SOO University Ave.. Toronto. Patents all countries PERSONAL $1.00 TRIAL offer. Twenty-five deluxe pergenal requirements. Latest catalogue included. The Medico Agency, BOX 22, Terminal "Q" Toronto Ont. AUTHORS invited, submit MSS all. types (ineluding Poems) for boeit pub- lication. Reasonable terms, Stockwell 'Ltd, Ilfracombe, England, (este, 1898). SALESMAN WANTED SALESMAN wanted, If yoll are call- ing on farmers or if you can sell farmers chieke or turkey poults com- municate with us, We are looking for a live wire salesman to sell top qual- ity chicks for egg production, for broilers and for dual ,purpose, also turkey poulte. Liberal commission paid. Feed dealers, farmers, or any- one selling farmers make ideal chick salesmen, Send for full details. Box No. 153, 123 Eighteenth St., New Tor- onto,.Ont. SWINE • WE attended the Landrace annual meeting held in. Columbia, Missouri, Jan 5th and talked with, some of the largest and best swine men in the United States, and are more convinced than ever that the pure bred Landrece is the bacon hog of the future. Wean- ling sows and boars, four month old sows and boars, serviceable boars, guaranteed In pig sows for immediate deliverY, all from imported stock. Catalogue. FERGUS 1..,ANDItAcE. SWINE FARM FERGUS ONTARIO WANTED WANTED — Steam Traction Engine — state make, condition, price. Box 155, 123 Eighteenth Street, New Toronto, Ontario, Scrimshaw may sound like the name of a Scotland Yard detec- tive or a character' in a Dickens novel, but it is neither. It is the lost art of making' pictures on a sperm whale's teeth or lower jawbone; or of carving useful or merely decorative ob- jects from these. The activity is often referred 'to as "scrim- shandering." Where the words came from, nobody knows . . . During the second dog-watch of the cruises that sometimes lasted two or three years, the tars were given leisure to sing chanteys, to jig, spin yarns, do their mending, play dominoes or chess, get out their fiddles or flutes, or open their jack-knives and do some scrimshaw carving .or engraving. The long lonely voyage brought forth a crop of objects carved in' the round — spoons, jagging wheels for cut- ting pie crusts, imitation chairs and lengths of rope . . • cane- heads, walking sticks, doll, beds, miniature whales .,and vessels, chessmen, dominoes, 'toys, and vases. • Or they "scratched" on the surface of the teeth or,lower jawbone, pictures inspired by thrilling whaling scenes, Godey fashion illustrations, historic and patriotic engravings,, and also• memories of their homes, vil- lages and families: They copied, or else they depended solely on memory, imagination or ob- servation 'for inspiration: That some of them must have learned, a trick or two about carving from coastal China and from Pacific Island aboriginals seems not unlikely. Carving and etch- ing bone, horn, ivory and ebony was nothing new. Horns were carved by soldiers of the War of 1812 — well before whaling tars adopted the -.scrimshaw hobby. Eequimaux and other ancient aboriginal tribes had for long been' doing such primitive carving and "illustration.' Yet, the. American whaling scrim- shaw crop is quite a separate and, readily distinguished mani- festation. — From "Pictorial Folk Art New England to Cali- fr fornia," by Alice Ford.. SILLY QUESTION A small boy was dolefully practicing his piano lesson when a salesman knocked on the door. "Son, is your mother home?" "What do you think?" an- swered the boy. aaaataessaaateer aeeeees .. TOSCANINI DIES Arturo Toi- ',Win), world renowned' syni. iihofiy and opera ':'abductor; died in• his sleep at his home .1..16-W York at the age of 89, taken as directed. It would be senseless to eliminate the good they accomplish because of the dangers in their misuse. Dr. Bell and Dr. Anderson say a thorough study should be made to determine the extent of the problem in Canada; and that clinics should be establish- ed to treat the pilladdict. Dr. Bell, at his clinic, has seen the final results of "tranquil- izers" administered without competent supervision. "Pilladdicts are more diffi- cult to treat than alcholics," says he — describing them as stupified zombies. "They can't immediately be cut off the drug, without the likelihood of con- vulsions or delirium tremens. Some addicts are so bad, they can't walk past ' a drugstore window, says Dr. Bell, without stopping and staring in fascina- tion — like an alcoholic in front of a shelf of liquor. — By Fred Edge in "Liberty" Magazine. Real Revolution In Rubber-Making Although many usable sub- stitutes for rubber ' have been made in recent years it is not an- synthetically. Now it has' been able to make "natural" rubber synthetically. Now ithas been done by Firestone Rubber scien- tists. According to a report in the Scientific. American the in- gredients of the synthetic con- sist of isoprene, a liquid that can, be derived from a number of substances,_ and the metal, ium. Upon being heated to 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the pres- ence of lithium, isoprene is changed from liquid, to natural rubber. Like many other dicoveries this one was built on earlier studies, Back in 1879 a French- man named G. Botichardat heat- ' ed natural rubber to a high temperature and obteined a vo- latile liquid called isoprene. He conceived the' idea that isoprene might be a chemical building stone of rubber, which indeed it turned out to: be. Between 1909 and 1912 isoprene was synthes- ized in Germany and used as the basis for synthetic rubber pro, &teflon. Since then an immense variety of "elastoniere' have been synthesized; some with qualities that far surpass natural tubber in special 'applications. Some aubStitnteS have tensile strength Of 11,000 pounds' per square inch compared with 4,500 in natural rubber. One remarkable synthetic rub- 'bet that promises to reVolutien- ize the tire industry is trade from a' Chernitai called polyurethane. 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Newmarket Hatchery, Newmarket, Ont. k MAKE more money, quicker, with. Bray chicks. Specialists In the hatch- ing field Pullets, dayold, started, broilers, Breeds ante crosses, to stand up to all markets. Get complete in- formation pricelist, Bray Hatchery, 120 John N„ Hamilton, a "pill jag" on,. He once imag- ined the Are department tame in through his window, and put, him in a coffin-like black box, He found that one or two 130- ties of beer "soothed him down" after the terrifying hallucina- tions broaght on byi pilladdicts tion. Pepup pills become popular during the last war, when flyers on long, hazardous night mis- sions used them to stay awake and alert, Probably partly due to these same night bombing runs„ Adolph Hitler was well- known for his addiction to "bennies". He ate * them constantly and worked all night, Following a crackdown by U.S. and Canadian health au- thorities, pep-up, pills sold over the drugstore counter without prescription were weakened, and these milder "beanies" are still used by many students cramming for examinations. The problem with these is that their strength increases in proportion to the number taken. No pills, in faeta that are sold without prescripiion are dan- gerous in the dosage recom- mended by the manufacturer — nor are stronger pills danger- ous, as prescribed by your doc- tor, providing he is aware of the dangers of over-prescription. One of the sides to the prob- lem is the easy availability of many potentially' dangerous types of pills. Some types of sleeping and tranquilizer pills are available without prescrip- tion — sold ever the counter in drug stores. A normal person can become a pilladdict in either of these ways: By taking pills to overcome some ailment, and developing a dependence on them, or a lik- ing for their effect. Not long ago, an Oshawa, Ont., man was convicted of forg- ing a doctor's name to a pre- scription for barbiturates. The doctor testified in court that the man had, been an alcoholic and had been treated with barbitu- rate drugs to overcome his ad- diction. He developed a new ad- diction to the barbiturate drugs that had been used to cure him. A Monreal woman complain- ed to her doctor she was highly strung and worries were play- ing havoc with her nerves. He prescribed tranquilizers. They gave her such a pleasant sense of relaxation, she clung to, them, even when she had to double , and finally triple her initial dosage, to get the same results. Finally, she began getting pre- scription arem two Cr three doc- tors; she ended up saving her pills for weeks to go. on a real "binge". "Most addicts," says Dr. J. D. Armstrong, psychiatrist at Tor- onto's Brookside Clinic, "are people unable to -face life's problems. They need, help to meet difficulties in their work, in family relationships.. They find that 'crutch' in Tills. 'Most pilladicts are bored women, whose' families have grown up and no longer need them; tired women; women who loiig for a' social life they can't have." * * * There is no simple solution to the growing problem of pill- addiction` among Canadians. To begin with, the pills are a use- ful, necessary part of medical care, properly prescribed and QUALITY counts at all times, When egg and broiler prices are low, quality is a life sayer, We hatch only Top Quality Special breeds for maximum egg production or broiler production. Our Tops for eggs Ames In-Cross Series 400, Tweddle Lay-More Series T-100 7.-1I0, 7%120, T-130, For broilers 1st generation Indian River Cross, Arbor Acres White Rocks. Alpo special tut, key breeds, TWEDDLE CHICK HATCHERIES LTD. FERGUS ONTARIO A while ago in an Edmonton, MO.; mat James E, Short, for- peer DEW line pilot, blamed deeping pills for loss of his pilot's licence, his driver's ;epee, it neat-nervous break- gown and the blackouts he had suffered while driving his car. "The !law must go after that pill and have it removed from the market," he said. "It's ter- rible; it's ruined. Me," Arrested after his, ear was' teen weaving down a road, bouncing off curbs, Short was 'zed $10 for carless driving, But the most important result )I the trial was that the sleep- pill in quesion was put on Canada's "prescription only" list. Pilladdiction, or pilicoholism, las become a threat to the na- tional health in Canada, second Inly to alcoholism, and more serious than addiction to nae- ;totes. It involves sleeping pills; bar- biturates; "happy" pills; and pepup pills or "bennies"; like benzedrine. The Department of Health And Welfare at Ottawa, aware of the growing problem of pill- addiction among Canadians, ad- mits it has no idea of its actual extent.. Most medical doctors are in- creasingly aware of the dangers In over-prescribing sleeping, pep-up, tranquillizer pills, and barbiturates. Certainly, the doc- tors and manufacturers of the pills themselves, can not be blamed. Yet few Canadians realize the tiny white pills they take, to induce sleep, relax, or pep themselves up, can lead to broken health, failure in busi- ness life, an emotional crack- up — and sometimes death. Here are the few available facts about pilladdiction in Can- adaaP Canadians are consuming more hen 18 tons of bar- biturates, sleeping and tranquil- izer pills each year — enough to put every man, woman, and child in Canada asleep every night for one week. These pills and tablets kill more people each year than any poison. Tin 'Ontario, an estimated one-tenth of cases admitted to mental hospitals are pilladdicts. There are four times as many pilladdicts as opiate addicts, and one third 'as many pilladdicts as alcoholics. Some of the most authorita- tive information on the prob- lem comes from Dr. Robert Gordon Bell, head of the Bell Clinic in Willowdale, Ont, <a Toronto suburb), and 'a leading Canadian medical authority on addictions. "One teeth._ of my patients," says. D. Bell, "have' -pill prob- lems., There aa true addiction, and it is one of the most difficult addictions to treat cliniCally." Dr. Bell has seen three cases. of addietiOn to liep-up tablets; which contain 2caffeine, codeine, phenacetin, and acetylsalicylic acid, and can be bought with- out prescription for minor pains. In 'its issue of October, 1955, the Canadian Services. Medical Journal tells of a 60-year-old war veteran; who went from a barbiturate' Ae,aanother prescription pill for relief,µ and ate up•• to 100 a This pilladdict saw "Attie men" running around the. ceil- ing of his room when he had BOOKS Where Sugar Cane` 'Still' Rules. Time moves slowly on St, .Kitts, Stoplights and colored postcards are unknowr However, the enterprising chief engineer of the island's sugar factory managed to cut through red tape to import the first quick fpod freezer and plans are being made (slowly) for building a hotel which will meet standards dictated by the affinity of nor, them travellers for good food, clean linen, and absence of in_ sects, Four years ago St, Kitts resi- dents could think of nothing but ugar:,' Sugar dominated their : —s Alves -Old their conversation and they ,rather resented the intru- sion. of visitors. Bumper harvests And good' prices have brought a .prosperity to the island which in turn -has.- improved facilities available let travellers. Brimstone Hill is perhaps the best known of St, Kitts' tourist attractions, and with good rea- son. This fortified hill, which legends say was blown out of the top of nearby Mt. 'Misery, well deserves the title, "Gibtallar of the West Indies!' The first guns were placed here in 1690 when the island was in the possession- of the French, the English' hay- ing been driven out the previous year. For the next 100-odd years the fortress, which soon after its strategic importance was rea- lized bristled 'with cannon, be- came an important factor in the conquest of the West Indies. British and French fleets under DeGrasse, Hood, and Rodney struggled for supremacy in the surrounding waters, with the ar- tillery atop Brimstone Hill play- ing an important role in the- out- come of these maneuvers. Today the ruins of this once- great fortress have been par- : tially restored, and after driving to the base of the fortifications, the visitor can walk up a long flight of stone steps to the upper citadel. Here he can see the pow- der magazines, storehouses for provisions, quarters for the sol- diers, and the famed. Prince of. Wales Bastion to one side. Para- pets, dungeons, secret stairways, moat, and drawbridge—these are • all here, and as the visitor gazes out over the blue Caribbean to- ward St. Eustatius and Saba on the horizon, he has little diffi- culty visualizing the tremendous battles which took place at this point. But while history is the domi- nant force at the northern end of the island, the lush fields of sugar cane which nestle up to the foothills of 3,900-foot Mt. Misery are perhaps the island's most interesting feature today. These regular squares and rec- tangles of brilliant green are in- terspersed with the dozen native villages which rim the island. 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Since the island so. far has few visitors, the sugar- plant .engineers appear to be delighted to serve 'as guides and, will perhaps Mention; as they , wait for their guests to ".mount the steps to the third tier where huge vats are boiling the sweet- smelling liquid, that Princess Margaret stood in this same spot and listened to the same ex- planation on her tour of the island, Watching the bagged. sugar' lightered from shore to cargo; Ships anchored in the roadstead is another` Poptilar pastime on St, Kitts. The heavy red boats are mowed from the wheat by two Men 'Who than the 20-foot sweeps with dexterity and seeming ease despite their great Weight. Nearby the local fisher- men and fruit peddlers display their ware's in the casual out- door Market=--Sundry road "Rents being spread out along the cement walk which "runs the length Of the harbor. 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