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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-04-10, Page 3Where Sheep. Wear Plastic ,Coats. Bike Pump' Heats . This !Dream. 11.0040 POINTLESS'100 T — While Dr. Frank Bachelor, a foot specialist, was walking Taffy,• his pet Weimaranee,egene, night recently, the dog came to a rigid .point. Dr. Bachelor looked for the cause and found it in the window of a store they were passing. The dog's "quarry" was a stuffed pheasant in a window dis- play. 1111FARM FRONT A drearn-httngalow that does away with dreughts, shivers, grate - cleaning, coal hauling, boiler-stoking , and ever-ris- ing fuel bills has been built just outside Nerwich, The secret? Something like A big bicycle pumpt This bungalew glistens Out- side and in, for there is never any dust from fires; there is cor- stant hot water and an unvary- ing even warmth in every room. The cost is just over $3 a week for the six months of the year when heating is Most needed, At the moment this home is unique, hut within a few months a num- ber of houses in the new towns will be equipped with the ma- gic,• labour-saving "heat pump." By this system the bungalow takes its 'heat from the ground beneath the orchard. Pioneer of the most remark- able development in domestic comfort since electricity is Mr. John Sumner, a 56-year-old electrical engineer, who is con- vinced that within a few years British coal supplies will be so low and so costly they will be practically unobtainable for or- dinary household use. What happens when you pump vigorously with your bicycle pump? The barrel gets hot, of course. The air being forced through it heats it up. It is a miniature. "heat ,pump," Practically everything, . no matter how cold' it appears to be, has some warmth- in it -- "latent heat." On the coldest day there is some warmth in the air, while the ground itself is a vast reservoir . of heat. Knowing all this Mr. Sumner saved to build his own house so that he could put his theory into practice. Three and a half feet beneath his orchard he laid an array of No, you would not need, to rub your eyes if, driving across Wyoming, you should suddenly see a small band o4 sheep in neat, form-fitting plastic jackets, Such sheep were really there this winter, several flocks in various parts of the state„ but all distinguished by the plastic decor; about 400 animals in all, This is a continuation of a re- search that has been going on intermittently for a decade, be- ginning with cotton jackets back in the 1940's. The purpose is not so much the comfort of the sheep, as to find out whether it is economi- -cally practicable thus to protect their valuable wool from the usual hazards of the range -s-ss snagging and loss by bushes and other vegetation, accumulation of sand and, grime, writes Ros- coe. Fleming in The Christian Science Monitor. Range sheep "in the raw accumulate so much extraneous material in their wooly natural coats that 40 per cent or more of their wool by weight may be waste, Since most Western wool is shipped clear to New England or Pennsylvania, even fore pri- mary cleaning, this means the ranchman pays the freight on 40 per cent of useless weight. To put it another way, the cleaner the wool at the ranch, the higher the market price. The original experiments were with various types of cotton jackets. They did protect the wool, but the untreated cotton wore out in a few weeks, and the savings, if any, were too slight to interest ranchmen. Now various companies have contributed synthetic or syn- thetic-treated fabrics for ex- periment. At shearing time the research- ers will remove the coats, or rugs as they are sometimes called,. and score them for dur- ability. They will also score the protected wools against unpro- tected ones from equal numbers of sheep as to clean weight, dirt penetration, and length of staple. Some day, one or another type of these fabrics is going to prove durable and cheap enough to come into general use on the range. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Memory Selection: What shag I do then with Jesus which called Christ? Matthew It's hard to believe that tm. Sunday a great triumphal prd- cession welcomed Jesus into. Jerusalem and on Friday he was led forth from the pains city to be crucified. How can account for it? Some will say it was so prophesied, Yes, but events never happen just ttfo fulfill predictions, The predic- tion does not cause the eventt The event, though later in time, may be said to cause the Pre- diction. In that day, as now, there were many people who had me deep convictions of their own but were easily swayed by the crowd. They were always on the side of the majority, 'The fol- lowing words would be lost on them. "Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose firm And dare to make it known." The will has been likened to a wagon drawn by two horses, reason and emotion. They pull well together, But emotion is very excitable and may on oc- casion run away with the wa- gon. There is no doubt that many who on Sunday cried, "Hosanna to ,the son fo David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest, on Friday cried, "Let him be crucified," How fickle people are! It was the leaders of organ- ized religion who stirred up the people to cry for the crucifictioa of. Jesus. They envied him be- cause the common people heard him gladly and some believe4 'on him. He forgave their sins and did many wondrous werks. These teachers didn't like his teaching for it condemned their selfishness, pride, ambition, big- otry and covetousness. They put him to death in the name of re- ligion. Time has proven they were wrong. The question of Pilate, our memory selection, is the moo important question you and I face today. On our answer de- pends our present •happiness ant our eternal destiny. On it du" wets whether our influence will bless or curse our fellow- men. Let us make the decision to let him rule our lives! It can even be mounted on one end of the workbench. Besides drilling wood and metal, you can use it for routing, sanding, mortising, grinding and cutting plugs. Place the drill press against the wall; three feet of space on the other three sides will be sufficient for most home shop work. An individual light at- tached to the tool is the best way to illuminate the work. The disk sander, which elim- inates long, tedious hours of hand work, requires little space. Three feet of working room in front and two on one side—the side toward which the disc turns —is sufficient. The band saw can go against the wall with about four feet in front and on the, right side—less, space if it's used only for cut- ting metals. The scroll saw can go 'in a comer with two feet of working space eon the front and left side. If You have a lathe, you can `set it against the wall—or in a corner with back and right end flat against the walls. Allow two feet on the left, or headstock end, for outbeard turning and two feet of work'space in frontee * * Storage of Supplies An overhead U-shaped rack is the best place for lumber. You can make it from a few pieces of scrap. Make sure the stock is well supported so that the longer pieces won't warp. You should put the rack in the back of your shop, out of the way of, your work area. Somewhere in the shop there should be shelf space for paint, putty, glue and similar materi- als. These shelves need not be close at hand as the materials are not taken down and put back frequently in the course of shop work. One of the best ways to plan a shop layout is to use cutouts Of various tools. Try using an outline of your own shop dimen- sions, arranging tools in various combinations. M010 000M 0000 MEM MUM 0111011 UM0 MOO 001210 U©000 OBEO 000 DEEM 0000 BOOB MOB EIEU0 DUO 00MC 000 MOO ME0E 110000 BOO 001210 00000 MMO0 MUM 0110 DMOU ©MOO BOO 19000 0E1E0 000 "What's the idea of suddenly taking •lessons in French?" a friend asked a young married couple. "We've adopted a French baby;" explained the husband, "and we want to understand what he says when he begins to talk." Drive Carefully QUEER APPETITE "Don't worry about your son for one xi-dilute," the doctor re- assured the anxious mother. It's perfectly normal for him to like making mud ,pies and just as much so if he sometimes tries to eat them," "Well, I d6n't think it's nor- mal," 'snapped the mOther, "and neither does his' wile!" OUT OF MOTH BALLS — Workmen check the bottom of a row- boat in preparation for summertime rowing on Central Park lake. The fleet will be put in shape for the city's 'enthusiasts who are content to test their seamanship only a short distance from the towers of midtown, The do-it-yourself trend—like most robust ten - year - olds—is developing a new character. Many of the twelve and a half million families that have set up home workshops have gone beypnd their original intention of saving money on home re- pairs and improvements. Now, the home handyman has devel- oped the craftsman's pride in his work. Neither he nor his wife is satisfied with less than pro- fessional •quality in home work- shop projects. ,, The home craftsman gets pro- fessional quality by arranging his shop with the efficiency of the professional carpenter 'and cabinet maker. And whether you are an experienced wood work- er or a'novice hankering to be- gin the pleasare you get out of your workshop will depend' largely on how well you. set It uP. * * • 'I So—what's the best way to lay 'out a workshop for effici- eency and safety? Here's what the :experts suggest: Space Needed" • If you're cramped for space, yOu can put retractable casters , on' power 'tools and roll them back against the wall when not in use: Casters also permit , yob. to rearrange ,your shop, for pare ticular jobs. - s o * r. Sthrt the Workbench It's best to place it against a Wall sneers the door. Power tool experts recommend about 'two- and-one-half feet of space to the left of the bench and about four feet in frOnt for assembling small projects and other work. Alight over the bench, in front of the work position, should light .up the entire work ssur- face The workbench is the center of all hand work and should provide storage for hand tools, fasteners and other small hard- ware. Hanging band tools on the wall above 'the bench is a good system. Some home craftsmen in cramped quarters hinge ply- wood panels to the wall, above the bench and hang hand tools on them. The panels overlap when folded back against the wall,' taking up little space, sbut providing convenient Oen tool storage. e Miscellaneous Hardware There are all sorts of subdie vided boxes, cabinets and so forth available for this purpose,• but using glass jars is as good a system as any, Many sleep own- ers nail, Jae tops to the under- side of shelves, When the jars containing miscellaneous items are Screwed into the tops, all items are visible and readily available. *e Table Saw'is Center Because almost every job re- qteites some wood'.cutting, the table saW ehould be in the most tehveriient spot. Experts reeorn- rnehd it be placed near the cone ter of the .shop and positioned eri that you approach it front the left hand tear as you bring. Work from the beitch, Sinde there seldom occasion in home` shop work to rip or eta wood longer than six feet, six; eta of space on' all sides is s'u'fficient room for the table saw, ing for the table saw should be " directly Over the blade so it will net cast a shadow on the vroric. Placing Other Tools Because it's one of the most versatile tools iii;:yettr shop, the drill press is likely to, take pri- ority over the grinder, scroll eave hand save and lathe -"for Speed • cloet of the workbench. CROSSWORD • PUZZLE. IT FITS — Keeping warm in a horse blanket, is a spectator at the TetcOtt Hunt 'Horse Trials,, *held at Hundapit, England. Ap- parently, the'eool weather com- fort is sufficiently gratifying to balance' 'any horse laughs he might bet from the crowd. highly gilded and decorated, ceilings, and directs one's eyes to the right places, one can see that not all the panels in the ceilings are alike, Some 'have quite apparent 'spy holes in them through which someone 'can watch what is going on down below, What is the reason for this very thorough espionage system? Yore ago there was 'a great fear „eee the scandals that might be caused by the suicides Pe uefer- tunate gamblers, A. certain num- ber of suicides have taken place, but the stories have been very much exaggerated, Every few years a story crops uP about a secret ''.cemetery where ,suicides are buried. One can nearly always someone in. Monte Carlo whet's', lows ex- actly where that cemetery is, but if one presses the point and asks to be conducted to it, there is always some unfortunate hitch and one n"ever finds it. In Monaco there is a small vehicle which used to be drawn by a pony and which is now motorized, that goes around picking up stray cats and dogs. One day an. American woman was driving from the railway station to her hotel and noticed this pony-drawn cart and asked what it was, Her facetious com- panion said: "Oh, that? That is one of the carts that goes round here collecting the bodies of Sui- cides." The visitor believed the story and wrote home about it. The eecipient of her letter showed it •to her friend who was on the staff of one of the New York newspapers. He immediately -took it to his editor who sent off a reporter posthaste to-Monte Carlo to write the story of the suicides. Among the true stories of sui- cides is one of a former Nice, chief of police who had never gambled in his life. He was in- vited to lunch in Monte Carlo by an old friend, a rich silk merchant from Lyons. During lunch the silk merchant told the chief of police that he had paid - for his holiday over and over again by working out a gambling system and he would be, very glad to give the system to his friend. The chief of police laughingly. declined the offer but he, hap- pened to pick up the piece of paper on which the system was • explained and put it in his poc- ket. He was heavily in debt; and a few days •afterwards when he was worried hoW he should meet his creditors he happened to put his hand on this piece of paper. While• he was reading- it two of his colleagues came" in and put on his desk $1,500 which they had fetched from the bank to pay the week's wages. The sight of the money was too much for the police chief. He took it, went over to Monte Carlo Casino and started to gamble. - The system which he followed gave him. a tremendous profit fora time, but suddenly his luck changed. He lost every penny, not only his winnings but all the money he had embezzled. When the police went to fetch their pay, they were told their chief had blown out his brains. Although the sun haS been setting on the rock, of 'Monte Carlo ever since the •first world war, it is a long and colouistul sunset.' The day of the great gambler is over. Monte Carlo. Casino has had to find many ex- pedients to try to attract ,gam- biers who are not so. well pro- vided with• ready.money as their ancestors. ' Nowadays in the vestibule of the Casino's lobby one finds the "slot machines," what the' Americans call the "one-arm bandits." Also the American dice game known as "shooting crape" was "introduced. Yet, de- spite it all, Monte Carlo is in Many ways just as romantic a spa as it alWays was, 'even if some of the' gilt has worn off the gingerbread, The Riddle of The Gamblers' Suicides Ever since the Casino at Monte Carlo was founded, the admin- istration has depended, among other people, on ePie$ for he ef- ficient running.. The founder, Francois Blanc, first thought up this espionage idea, One of the jobs of these spies is to keep watch on Peeple—and there are quite a fees of them— who pretend to have lest for- tunes at the tables and then ask for a sum of money to enable them to return home. The abuse of the Casino's wil- lingness to give assistance to real "hard luck" cases was ex- ploited beyond all measure, It was even known for gerablers who had won money at the ta- bles to transfer their gains to confederates, apply for their ex- penses to Paris and, having re- ceived the desired sum, go to Nip and start• gambling there, In order to prevent this kind of swindle, the Casino decided to send an official with the appli- cant to the railway station to buy him a ticket for his destina- tion. But according to legend, the administration was once tricked by, an ingenious Scotsman who, with the assistance of his hotel proprietor, induced the Casino to Pay out $150 on his behalf, The young Scot had been seen gambling heavily, though the .amount of his lessee was not, in ,fact, as great as the croupiers at the tables thought. When he ap- plied for assistance to return to Britain, he was informed that if he would be at the railway station the next morning, a third class ticket would be given him. He was bowed • out, and the Ca- sino hoped they would not see him again. Nevertheless he -.reappeared late at -night and said a very hard-hearted hotel proprietor would not let him leave Monte Carlo until he had paid his bill, which amounted to a consider- able sum. There was a brief ant? hasty consultation among the officials and then one of them went with the young Scot to his hotel. He came back to the Casino and .said he had seen the hotel ac- count, .everything was in order and• the hotel bill had been paid. But what the Casino did not find out. until , afterwards, was , that the hotel proprietor and the Scot s had split the money. There' is the story of a very rich gambler who was so mean that even when he won at the , tables lie tried to get the Casino to pay his• fare ho'me. On this occasion, another of the Blanc family, Camille, happened to be in the room when the appliCant was being , cress-examined. M. Blanc became very suspicious and told Abe examiner to take the applicant with him to the table where he' clainted he had lost all his money. When they got there the gambler was recog- nized immediately by. the ceou- piers who all declared that', he had had a very good`run of luck. The Casino spies are dressed dust like visitors and wander about the rooms and the gar- 'dens, the shops, the hotels and the cafes. There is also the peep- hole system. If one rooks at the. MERRY MENAGERIE "Before you get up theres are you sure you know how to open • a cupboard door?" ACROSS 2. Discoverer, of L Notit1shed Greenland 4. Move briskly 8. jOieot mottnal vAiimty - 4. Rbmge. 12 1dt114 TIARP1.1tf. 5, Fau cdt 1'3 C'fivetri 14. F1thiri 011 6, Pmatintewhyeette01nt 16, Extifre copper tubing which runs through the garden into the bungalow and under the floors. The tubing contains ordinary anti-freeze liquid, much colder than the surrounding earth even if the air temperature falls far below freezing point. The liquid sucks air from the surrounding earth and, warmed, flows on to a con- denser, the "pump." Here, under pressure, the heat is built up, to the stage where it will; in turn, heat water In the pipes under the bungalow floor. "I get two 'units' of heat from the garden and one unit from the electricity mains to work the pump," explains Mr. Stn- ner: "Tints :three units of heat Warm my house for the price of one. 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A doctor teed 'the' court that LdleelY leads "an iintieeing, life"e for Whenever he' sober be can't sle'ept C • .44w.44, UNDNYSCUO01, LESSON By Itav- OaroilaY WaSrell 13,D. Jesus PraiseilarTa Cendemned Matthew :4;1-11 t7:2.0-26 f.'elacealeS'ese, *