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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-04-17, Page 311NDAYSC11001 LESSON Feathered 'fan - Caused. A Flutter By Rev R, Her‘lay Warren B.A„ B.O. MILK IS FOR THIS BIRD-Lamon 1. Glenn caught this feathered felon during a tour of duty which took him to Copenhagen, . Denmark. Glenn set out to get photographic evidence proving that someone was tampering with his milk each morning, and got tho.bird for his efforts. He also snapped a prize-winning picture. It won an award in the Army Times Photo Contest, and was placed on display during the International Photographic. Exposition, lilt FARM FRONT Dark. Ages Again On Monday morning just a week ago 125 employees of the accounting department at head- quarters of the Missouri-Kansas., Texas Railroad in St. Louis ar„ rived as usual to begin the day. They found the office dark, locked, and an armed railway guard Outside the door, Posted was a printed notice which said in effect: This office has been moved to Denison, Texas (some 900 miles away), Those who wish to cdn- tinue their employment must report to the office at r)enisOn by 0;30 Wednesday morning, The, railroad will furnish trans- portation of persons and house- hold goods. Forty-eight hours in which to pull up roots and begin pew lives three states away! Some of the employees had worked in the old office between 30 and 40 years. Many had left personal belongings-spectacles, money, encashed checks - in desks which had been sped on their way over the weekend. None of them had had warning. The company had recently denied rumors that any move was con- templated. The M-K-T had elected a young president recently who is faced with the necessity of mak- ing economies, This, apparently, is one of the ways that econo- mizing is being done. An act such es this 'has one merit: It exhumes a bit of the past against which to measure the progress of industry's prac- tices since the 14-hour day of a century ago. Management a,p- pears as indignant as do unions,. The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis immedi- ately expelled the M-K-T rail- road from membership and re- aimed in full its current dues, The occurrence may have still another merit: It may help some people to understand why so many workers, even in the face of fair wages and hours, wish to cling to some form of protective organization of their own.-From The Christian Sci- ence Monitor. Pant are retuning to favour among society women in France and it is foreeast that they may be fashionable again in Britain soon, especially at court func- tions, Seine young ,:French women have recently carried lovely fans at theiromeddings, A French girl wap married a few weeks, ago to 'a rich businessman who presented her at the reception with an, eighteenth' century fan encrusted' with: 'coloured jewels in the stem, Few brides nowadays carry fans at their weddings; and the custom of Queen. Victoria's reign,of bridegrooms present- ing eir wives with chicken- skin fans decorated with cupids, on reurning from the honey- moon, has also long disappear ed, But as .woman has for nearly 3,000 years enslaved man from behind her deftly-handled fan, it's pretty certain that fans will never wholly go out of fashion. The late Queen Mary owned many fans when she ,Was a young woman, including what was described then as the most wonderful fan in the world. It certainly caused a flutter of ex- citement whenever it was seen. This Work of art Was composed of 6,520 feathers and was a gift from ,4..King.: George V, who brpught down the birds during a series of shoots at. Sandring- ham. Each driver and each pedes- trian can prevent one accident -the One that involves him. 1211E1E1 131E1r1 EI0E111110 F3E3M101121 ©©©®©OE 111110E913 El glillE112 IS11100 EIIII 131000 E112117EICIE1 GEICIE1121CM CIEIEIE11310 GlItlEIEJ ' ®©00©®© ©©0®® [1E1E1E10 ."--1511111011113: 1013E101211111E1 1311111E1 HOCH= Elea 12101CL:1121ZIOCIIE1 ne Lives - Therefore Make Disciples Matthew 28:1,105 16-30 Memory Selection; All power is given unto one in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach alt nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you; and, 10, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, Matthew 38:- 18-20, lie is a university graduate, He started attending church. He was surprised at the talk of a life after death. 'Why," he said, "I thought that death is the end just as it is for a dog or cat." How can I prove to this young man that there is a life after death? I might argue that na- tions and tribes all around the world, even those, who haven't heard the Chrstian message, have some idea of a future life. Slirely God would not implant in man a longing for immor- tality just to mock him. " One of this man's new friends has loaned him a Bible. If he reads it prayerfully the light will come to his mind and heart, But the great assurance of a ,life beyond the grave will come to him when he turns from his sin and believes in Jesus Christ as his. Lord and Saviour. Then he will realize that Jesus Christ is a living person. But howcan he be living when he dieon a cross over 1900 years ago? The answer is, of course, that he conquered death and on the third day rose from the grave to live forevermore. Those who enter into this saving relation- ship with Jesus Christ never question the reality of a future life. They heartily sing: "He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives to-day,! He walks with roe and talks with me along life's narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! • You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart. Those who have received Christ have a responsibility to take ,the message of a , living Saviour to all the people of the world. Their attitude is like that of Peter and John when forbidden to, teach. in the name of Jesus. They said, "We can- not but speak the things which we have seen and heard," We, too, must tell it. This his our great commission..,' Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking certain that unusually heavy damage will occur to those crops unless effective, control meas- ures are taken before damage becomes apparent. * * * Entomologist G. H. Hammond, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, says that where chemical control precautions were not ap- plied in 1956, the control of grubs will probably be essential this year. Both chemical and cul- tural control can be applied in the early summer of this year before planting any types of hoed crop, When damage be- comes general in midsummer it will be too late to apply practi- cal control methods until May 1959. When it was realized that the commercial pear varieties, Bart- lett, Clapp Favorite and Kieffer, were not sufficiently,. hardy for Eastern Ontario and Quebec, the Horticulture Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, On- tario, initiated 'a breeding and testing program. This work has resulted in the development of varieties suitable for home ..gar- dens in these areas. In 1916 the hardy, 'but poor quality pears, Zuelcerbirn and Kurskaya, were crossed 'with the superior qual- ity Clapp Favorite and Flemish Beauty.: These crosses produced many, 'seedlings which were ,, grown Id: study tree and fruit characters.' the most promising seedlingS, were propagated for further testing. By 1930 these tests indicated that five of the seedlings appeared to have suf- ficient value to justify their in- troduction as named varieties. Since then these five varieties have been tested in many areas of Eastern Canada, and four of them,t,Enie, Menie, Miney and Philescin, have continued to perform fairly satisfactorily. However, Phileson has not proved so hardy a tree as the other three, and for this- reason Phileson is recommended only for those areas with a fairly mo- derate climate, * * * Enie is the earliest maturing and, is usually harvested at Ot- tawa abOnt the middle of Au- gust. Miney matures a few days later and is. followed closely by Menie. Phileson is a later vari- ety and matures approximately ten days after Menie. * Miney has the best dessert quality followed, by Menlo, Phil- eson pnd. Erne. Although they areinferior to Bartlett their quality is acceptable. * I Home gardeners should rea- lize that pears are normally liar- ve'sted before they are edible. For best results pick the fruit when the intense green color starts to disappear and the skin appears Mottled. Ripen them at 65 degrees F. and in a moist atmosphere or, if they are to be kept for a week or two, st(dro them at 31 to 32 degrees P. and than ripen, Avoid intermediate temperatures such as 40 to 50 degrees F. while the fruit, is turning yellow. Remember that two varieties should be planted to provide fel' cross-pollination and to ensure a good crop. White grub Outbreaks occured widely in 1951 and 1954 most of agricultural Ontario and the Upper Ottawa Valley. in Quebec arid eXeenticinally large nunibera Of white grubs will be a serious probleni in 1087, following ,the Stine beetle record night of 066 iii this' tirea: Large -populations, 'of second. year White grubs- art', new in the stibsoli f awaiting. the' arrival of early. Summer to feed VOilibibtialy On. the roots of for- estry plants, : ,add, 'grain erciP4 'eOt crops, rind flowering Or orriarrierital plante. It it altriest * * For cultural control, double- disk twice, then plow not over 4 inches deep; two further disk- ings at right angles will give good 'control, at a, time when the grubs are in the sub-surface feeding zone. For chemical con- trol use chlorinated hydrocarbon compounds DDT, BHC, aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane or heltach- lor applied to the surface at recommended" rates per acre and work into the soil several inches deep. For permanent sod, apply On the surface in early spring and water in if necessary. Rates per acre (actual) will be DDT, 25 pounds; aldrin, 5-6 pounds; heptachlor, 4-5 pounds; chlor- dane, 5-10 pounds; BHC, 3-4 pounds. * * Choice of cultural or insecti- cide control will depend on many factors. With valuable crops, or in new sod land; it may be desirable to use both. Costs will be in favor of cultural con- trol. It may be necessary to use cultural control where soil insec- ticides cannot conveniently be obtained or where no suitable applicators are available for large-scale application. lion francs at the Casino and spent the whole amount at Krupp's, the famous German steel works, on munitions for the rebel party which he headed. The revolution failed, however, In 1898, when Spain went to war with the United ,States, two Spanish army contractors were sent to. Germany to negotiate with KruPP's for supply of artil- lery and ammmunition, At that time the Spanish treasury was very short of ready money, The twe contractors took with them only 48,000, all in German air- reacy, They began their nego- tiations and then they took a trip to Monte Carlo, But Spain never saw them again, The two Spaniards began to gamble in the Casino and left all their money behind them. Krupp did not sell guns and ammun-f ition to Spain and this led to a series of clishonest,. actions by Spanish officials` ':*h i c h 'con tributed in no small inea'sure to' the defeat of the Spaniards by the Americans.' Most people knOW - that the Greek shipowner, 1VIr..' Onassis, owns a large proportion of the shares of Monte Carlo Casino. But it is not generally known that throughout the Casino's his- tory Greeks have been among the foremost gamblers at the tables, The Greeks are great gamblera.; in fact, the French often refer to a gambler as a "Greek." There was one Greek million- aire who became very famous at the Casino. He arrived with a number of private detectives and twelve assistants who were :to play under his orders, watch- ed by the detectives. The million- aire never placed a stake him- self, but he had trained his assist- ants to act at a given signal and then play according to a pre- arranged plan. One night the plan was that when the 'Greek signalled they were to put a certain amount on the red. When black, asserted itself, the millionaire doubled the stake and when red again failed he again doubled until eventually red appeared and he recovered all his losses together with a profit of nearly £5,000. The Greek went from strength to strength and at one time three double coups in succession were successful. The millionaire doubled only when he had taken a loss and kept to the same stake when he won. The system is said to be old, but there is no doubt that he won several millions of francs from the Casino. Yet it is not Greeks but Brit- ons who have been the greatest gamblers at Monte Carlo Casino. They and the Russian grand dukes. The grand dukes lost most of their wealth during the Rgssian Revolution, But the *British heyday was earlier, dur- ing the Edwardian era. More Tales Of Monte Carlo Prince Rainier of LI-p..14 ,-s like his predecessors, draws tad bulk of his income from Monte carlo's Casino. But he himself has no Interest in gambling, One of the Main buildings in the Principal- fly is a well-stocked maritime museum whieh houses One of the best aquaria I ever assembled. One Prince Rainier founded the aquarium, but the preseat reign- ing prince himself collected many specimens in it. He takes a great interest in underwater fashing. It is not known how interest- ed the Prince is in the gambling history of Monte Carlo, but if he is he must have found some' very remarkable stories of the gambles which failed and those which succeeded Among those that failed were *gambles that were intended to change the course of history. In 1918 the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed and the Em- peror Karl, the Empress Zita and their children had to flee from Vienna. They went to Switzerland, taking with them Eart of, the grown jewels. The mpress. Zita was a very am- bitious woman and her pne idea teas the restoration of the mon- srchy, with herself and her hus- band once again at the head of It. But there was no money to finance a comeback. Then some- one in their entourage suggested that money could, be made on the jewellery; with that' money somebody could go to Monte Carlo and try to win a large sum of money, sufficient to finance a counter-revolution. After Tinfoil discussion, the royal family raised 10,000 on the jewellery. Then a syndicate of four was formed: three men headed by a very beautiful woman. They went to Monte Carlo and booked in at different hotels. They pretended not to know one another and each was to play the Casino at a different table. Maybe this led to the undoing of the scheme because, as dif- ficult as it may be for one gam- bler to follow a system, how much more difficult it must be for four people, each one ignor- ant of what the others are doing? Anyway, the Austrian syndicate went bust. We understand the aim was to win 4400,000. Fortunately for their plan, just after the first world war there was a boom in gambling at Monte Carlo and the, play of the syndicate did not attract attention. They were suc- cessful so far as that part of their plan was concerned, but nevertheless they lost '''their money and returned to Berne; A South American revolution was once financed by a Chilean merchant who won nearly a mil- BAGGAGE ROOM-l'his metal trunk, designed for the German "Volkswagen", need not be re- moved when the hood over the car's motor in rear is lifted. When opened, the lid of the trunk can be used for a picnic table, as seen in bottom photo. The trunk was displayed at the annual camping exhibition in West Berlin. qtv COMMAND PERFORMANCE-This four-foOt-long scale model of the British royal yacht Britannia brought builder John Dennys an invitation to visit the royal palace. The boy worked on the Model for five months. Materials cost $14. He sails it on d London lake. His mother sent a photo to the royal family and . Prince Philip invited John to bring it to the palace so he might examine it. REIGNING CAT AND DOGS-In Augsburg, Germany, the lion lies down with the Boxer-and a whole family of Boxers, at that. \The big tat, "Negus", was a gift to the Willy Hagenbeck Circus from Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. ever since it arrived it has been a close friend of "Daisy", the Boxer. When the dog's pups arrived the lion assumed a friendly "big brother" role. -CROSSWORD PUZZLE DOWN 1. Headpiece 2. '.1,1toi'ai,y. fragments 3. Omen 4.Scoot r ling. spelling). 5. Diekens character 6. Assls ant 7 ,Seetell . Position again chemist 32. Rhythm 8. Jogging gait 33, BlaCk thicket) D. Gaping 84. Allow to. Alarm Whistle 36, Expensive 11. Finighecl 38, American 17. Ootird trolls black snake 19. PreSsed 811, Wear* away 21. Take the eve. 40. Languished ning rriPa I' 42, Go lip 22. HiStoriciil 44. Religious period deriatulaatiati 84. Court OSItibii 46. 'The Tent. for seven maker 17. Ed fa vor:of' 48. Correlative 21. Abtornohile of neither fuel' 60. nu.:hy diu zne 80.Placd-in 51. Pigpen Whistling is Their Language The world's only whistling language, that used by the na- tives of Gomera, a rocky island in the Canaries off the north- west coast of Africa, earl now be played on the piano, reports a traveller who was there re- cently. He found that a musi- cian had invented an ingenious system of notation to make this possible. More than 25,000 people live 'on Gomera. Many are surviv- als of the pre-Spanish aborig- inals and their quaint whistle talk has been practised for centuries, although the language in normal use is Spanish. • Their whistling sounds like a combination of human speech and a bird whistle. Only two or three notes are employed and a recognized code is used, in Making it possible for con- versational chats to take place between Men on hills and mountains up to five miles apart. Prom the point of view of the island 'tax collectors, this odd language has its snags, When one starts out on a trip, the `Whole island qttlekly alive with whistles warning' everybody of his approach, so he rarely finds anyone at home! The, Whistling is ,often pierc- ing. An Englishman who didn't believe in the natives' power to talk by whistling like birdS. Once asked a porilerAn to Whistle in his ear. He WAS deaf for fifteen days. I 2 3 4 5 ,:,,P.F6 ';',14,/,,,'.; 4.5, 7 8 ?..4-:,. %.:':' 9 10 11 12 ">. .' 13 ,,,,. 14 15 '38.?.:I8- •:',./A 17 ; .7... W18 19 ?" 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