HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1957-12-04, Page 3Grisly Relics 11NDAY SO1001
LESSON
Bear Arrested For
Stepping Traffic
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An odd re'lle tuned. up the
other day in the United States-
the "Death Boar" of old New-
agate Prison, rotting in an alley-
way of the city of Buffalo, New
Yoris State*,' ' ' •
A massive structure of oak
and iron, dating from the fif-
teenth centetry, it Was seen by
an Arneeican 410cl:eat of British
criminefogy who -identified it as
.the grim portelewhicb gave AO.-
fryn. the condemned cells
to the open courtyard where
forriterly-theegalloefa stood.
To each lunforestlate of the
thousands' executed at Newgate
during those centuries it was the
threshold, of. ,eteepity until, in
1868,, it opened for the last time
to the hanginanfi bidding.
The `polide lea" the value of
crime*relice, leave" Byrnes, the
famous Chiek inspector of New
York Central Police Office, bad
a museum full of them. When he
had a. suspect to question, he
left him in the museum to stew
for a while before the inter
view. This used to' prepare the
suspect for confession.
Such methods are not used in
Britain, No suspect is left in the
Black, Museum to contemplate
the collapsible ladder used for
burglary by Charles Peace, or
the concertina case he carried it
in, Nobody is 'left to examine
Crippeb'sehat 'and gloves or the
boy's' suit worn by Ethel Le
Neve when she fled the country
with the murderous doctor. , • But the police don't hold all
the relics. A''wornan of the gay
'nineties in New York's Bowery,,
an, engaging female who rejoiced
in the name of Gallus Mag, used
to cut off the ears of her adver-
saries and keep them in pick-
ling fluid.
they kept to themselves. Rich
bear, no matter whet its co;eur,
had only one eye, its coat ins
variably had a moth.eatee ap-
pearance, and it had a broken
tooth-always the same one.
And in spite of the barber's
contention. that ,. they were ell '
savage, requiring elaborate pre-
cautions whets he fed them' with:
meat held on the end of a long
stick, *.the children knew that in
fact they were all quite terne„
but very ,hungry, They had no
fear of putting Welt, hands"
through the railings to feed
them,
Thee, one day, the secret seas_
out. No bear had in fact ever
,been, killed in the barber's shop,
The old half-starved brown . bear
in the geed luid been there for
years' as the innocent stdcis-id-
trade of the harbor's regular: de-
ceptions. "s • •
But what of the death screams
and groans? These, is was learn-
ed, were made by a fishmonger
appropriately named ."Leather-
mouthed, Jeremy" because of his s
incredibly powerful voice, It
was Jemmy who gave the game
away when for some reason the
barber refused to pay him his
customary fee of five shillings!
For centuries, travelling en-
tertainers with performing bears
were familiar figuret in all the
cities and towns of Europe, Only
when the public conscience be-,
came aroused agaipit , cruelty
to animals did they gradually
disappear,
On one occasion, • wbrench- ,
men showing' a large brown bear
in' Britain got into trouble with
the Police and were . sentenced
to one month's imprisonment.
Now, although it was quite easy
to lock the men away, the bear
was a bit of a problem. He reso-
lutely refused to be separated
from them, so for the M-st night
ell three occudsideedattiO Keene cell.
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don Zoo'had agreed to look af-
ter the bear until the men were
released.•
After a great deal of trouble
the bear was: enticed into: a bus
specially cha tered for the pur-
pose, 'and wasschained and muz-
zled. But the.s#us didn't get far,
for the bea'i '-enalesperation had
broken a Vitraitic e and, climbed s . out,"
He couldn't get completely
away because he was still on the
end of the chain, but no • one
dared - seepproach, the eroaring
b east ;;;;
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TWO SCENTS' WORTH-Jest the right size fpr a fragrant inspec-
tion of floral beauty are.these half-pint flower-fcfnciers in Rome,
Italy. The giant chrysanthemums were on bxhibifiOn. 'They're
traditionally declicOted to the dead in. Italy.
IRE IRON
Jokaussea
Upsidedown 'to Prevent Peeking
You couldn't print what I think.
We are paying too much for
fancy packages. We Icnttw what
it costs to produce food of dif-
ferent kinds, and it's hard to go
to the store and pay for the
labor that went into boxes and
wrappings when all we want is•
the food. Now we are getting
meat wrapped for the refrigera-
tor or freezer. I tell my butcher
I want to buy meat,, not paper.
"Five or six years ago we de-
cided we weren't going to spend
so much fore processing and pack-
aging so we began butchering
-our own hogs, and .calves. We got
a freezer and now we process
our own meat. But we're still
spending a lot for the things we
buy for the home. I'm working
to add to our income - chief
cook at the grade sdhool."
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Mrs. Pon Maulding, Casey,
Ill,: "The dollar dieesn'k go :33
far as it should, You have 'to pay
so ,intech , for staples, the things
you, just :have to buy, such as
sugar, flour, coffee, and tea.
There's too much difference be-
tween what you get for your
wheat and what you pay for
your flour,
"Now when it comes to clothes
it isn't so bad. I was a 4-H thib
girl and I learned how to sew.
Now I melee shirts for the two
boys in school, and clothes for
the two little ones at home, also
my own dresses. This way- you
, can really keep down costs.
"But when it comes to farm
supplies, there's, nothing you can
do about it, The cost of machine-
ry and parte - especially parts
is terrific. it doesn't balance
out with what you get for your
crops and livestock."
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Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Buch-
man of Fairfield, Ill., both in-
sisted prices were too high, Mr.
Buchman had this to say:
"We can't keep up with the
price of machinery. Every time
you turn around the cost of steel
goes up and machinery with it.
Food is high in -comparison
with the prices the farmer re-
ceives, We sell Our wheat and
corn and buy- it back in flour
and breakfast food. We sell it
cheap and buy, it at a high price.
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HARD TEVIES EVERYWHERE
Bah "I can't imagine what
Joe does with his money, He was
short yesterday arid he is short
again today."
Fred: "Is he trying to Narrow
from you?"
Bill: "No. I'm trying to bor-
row from him."
Finally the ownerlr had to be
fetched. put of jail to take their.
bear to •:the, ZOoasdatclee escort,
after which e disey ,rettae'aedi to;
complete- their, :sentence. ;
Duringal$91 -and-1892 a reinhp,
ZbrOsyri' bar was r'egular'ly 7 ex-c
hibited in the streets of London,
it became very popular and
great crowds would often collect
to see it, completely blocking
the street. As obstruction is an
offence against the law, the po-
liceman on duty in the vicinity
had no option but to arrest the
bear and its owner.
Together they would spend the
night in .(adcell, and in the morn-
ing were brought before the
magistrates. Occasionally a fine
was deemed necessary, but us-
ually 'the pair were dismissed
with a caution.
The bear, an extremely -like-
able creature, had, already won
the hearts of all the police at
the station and on one occasion
the constable responsible for ar-
resting, him even made a collec-
tion for his benefit!
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Fetre housewives, like their
city sistres, take some tall "sell-
ring" to he convinced that food
prices haven't gone skyrocket-
- irige:In. fact; it's doubtful if a
seseessbaeiye ..:illuminated display
-0 entitled "Food Is a Good Buy"
made, any., converts at all among
the farm women who sat around
d it in "a' hotel lobby here where
:theiieliWn Organization, the Illi-
non Agricultural Association,
was meeting..
This, wasenot the fault of the
display. It was an effective piece
.°1 proinOtidn, 'Beautifully color-
ed. iFansphrencies'showed tempt-
,- ing' pork rchops, platters of fried
egged geldenebrown fried chick-
sen resend othereaedibles. *
• ••• *-Attatlie eaclewae a legend
:telling how inahy fewer minutes
df labor 'it took to serve the dish
to' a fanaily of ,four in 1956 than
it did in the 1945-49 period, using
the ,same "type ''of labor as a
'measuring; stock. For example,
..the., display,:said „it took. 25.9
eninuteS of work , to blia; the
chicken in the earlier period, but
Only 14.6 'Minutes in 1956. Pork.
Chops were 18 minutes cheaper
In 1956, eggs 14.1 minutes cheaper
a dozen, Dorothy KahnJaffe, spe-
cial correspondent of the' Chris-
tian Science Monitor writes from
Chicago. s
But every farm woman to
whom this reporter spoke was of
the opinion that grocery and
butcher-shop prices are too high.
Some protested mildly, some
vigorously. Serne *blareed exces-
sive packaging some too much
middleman profit, Some argued
that if farmers got better prices
for their hogs, rising. retail prices
wouldn't matter; the trouble,
they said, was lack of balance.
But 'whatever the reason, it
was plain that farm women are
disturbed about the rising costs
of meat and groceries. Costs of
clothing don't seem to concern
them much. Most farm women
can handle a sewing machine,
and when store clothes are too
high, many °lantern Make their
own. You might think they could
do the same With food - pro-
duce their own when store prices
are to high - but it doesn't
seem to work out that way, • *
Mrs. Della J. Barr of Rankin,
111., here with her husband for
the convention, discussed this
matter in a hotel lobby con-
versation,
"I suppose the farmer is some-
Whet to blame for paying high
prices in 'the stores when ne
could produce more himself," she
said, "Farmers used to milk
their own cows. Now 'we go to
the state and pay a high price
for milk.
"But on a ferns like ours 't
wouldn't pay us to have a few
cows. We wand have to install
such expeesive equipment if we
were to pasteurize it and meet
tequireinents for selling. Grade A
milk, We'd have 'to put in what
they call a "niillcingt, parlor." We
couldn't afford to do 'that. So we
buy our Milk in town, All the
sable, there's too much difference
between the fatin Arid the
honied' *
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costs by persons attending
this etiventien:
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view, "What do 1 think about
the cost of meat arid groterieet
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ATOMIC APPLES. - A normal apple, left, it Ct5n trasted with two deformed ones trani
orchard in Hutchinson, Kansas. OttkarcliSt Earl Stoughton reports that the fruit from all
trees bore some irregularity in shape this year, and and tree produced apples which tortgec
from iwins to quadruplets on brie stem, its the first Thine in his :J1j years `at The orchard Ma'
anything like it hos happened, says Stoughton, and he sUVetts Thai gall-out" from atopni
bomb tests may haver' Something to de with' it. Answet 'elsewhere oil 'this 'page.
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This ought to, be better
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Mrs. Orville Ise/Scheer of Gil-
ford, led., said she thought faros
women were wearing their
clothes longer because of rising
living costs and the decline in
h og prices, But. they manage to
keep up their' appearance by
buying good .quality sfaritientes
she ',said, Through -home demon-
stration work they have learned
much about judging quality in
Merchandise, This helps them
get more for their dollars,
She added. an optimistiO note:
`Women have More household
appliances on the farm than they
did formerly and in many ways
are living 'more comfortably,
guess we shouldn't complain..
We're better off than we were
years ago. Now if we only got
a little bettor price for our
hogs , 0
Practically all the women at-
tending the convention gave the
impression of being well dress-
ed and up to date, as did their
httebands. Despite the rising
costs, they appen, to 'be manag-
ing tb,eirollors-
First 8.Hour Day
In most of the 6.vestern world'
September 1st, or the first Mon-
day in September is celebrated
as Labour Day. In New Zealand,
however, this celebration, occurs
en the first Monday in October,
and the reason goes baek over
a century.
On September 17;,1839 a sail-
ing ship left London for .Neve
Zealand, carrying as a passenger
Samuel Parnell, a carpenter by
trade, who was bitterly opposed
to the long working days then.
prevailing in England,
When he arrived in New Zea-
land, the agent of a British ship-
ping company asked him to
build a storehouse. Parnell
agreed to do the job on one con-
dition-that he would only work
eight hours •a day. The agent
argued. Yarnell replied to the
effect that eight of the 24 hours
should be devoted to work, eight
to sleep and seight to recreation
-"take it or leave it,"
In due course the eight-hour
day became established in New
England and elsewhere. This is
the occasion celebrated in New
Zealand every October,
By Rev, 41 Barclay Warren
That I May HnoW Christ;
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Memory; Selection: T ceallt, nit
things bud less for the excel,
lency of the knowledge of Christ
acols my Lord, Philippians 3:S•
It was another car =Went*
The youth was thrown 80 feats
During the weeks in hospital lit
did some serious thinking, atir
telle it this Way: salv life dal!,
lerently. 1 thought about GOA
and His purpose in sparing 114;
life, I can't say I'm a Christi**
but I'm •doing a lot more think.,
ing about Christianity."
As this young man thinks anti
talks about Christianity he
coming to know more abott
Christ, There is a difference, TitO
know Christ we must submit t*
Him. Saul of Tarsus entered int#
fellowship with Jesus Chris*
when, on the way to Damascus,
he humbly said, "Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do?" Vri
only come into the knowledge of
Christ as we receive Hint as Lord,
of our life.
We know Christ by wholly
trusting in Him. Saul no longer
boasted of his being a descendant
of Abraham and of his blameless
observance of the Mosaic law.
He counted all things but less for
the excellency of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus his Lord.
Saul's commitment to Christ
was only the beginning of an
ever enriching experience. While
he treasured the memory of the
experience on the -Damascus
road, he was ever on the stretch to
know more of Christ. He learned
much through suffering. He was
willing to die for his Lord, He
was always looking forward to
completely fulfilling the task to
which God had called him, lie
lived in a way that made men
think of heaven, He wet
strengthened by the hope of
meeting his returning Lord in
the glory of resurrection.
It is a great lesson. The read-
ing of it lifts the soul. If we
follow Paul's example it will
not be said of us as is true of
most people today:
"The world is too much with
us: late and soon, getting and
spending, we lay waste our
powers." -William Wordsworth
Candles are a traditional part
of the Christmas season, but It
dripping wax is a problems,
here's an easy way to get around
the difficulty. Just give that
candles a coat of clear nail polisle.
They'll burn beautifully without
mess.
There is a bewildering choice
of hairdressings fez men these
days, and it is difilettlt to decide
which is hest. This wasn't so in
Victorian times when' Men re-
cognized only one superior "dtes-
Sing - bear grease.
And if you were inf'the habit
of being attended by a really
""West ,End" barber, you would
know that he prepared his own
supplies.
Large numbers of bears were
brought to this country in those
days for , sale to better-class
liairdressers,
One suith, beeber, is Dreier to
attract custotriers, made- a great
deed of this side of his activities.
rhree times a week a van drew
tip -outside his shop and a large
seage we's eCfiloeded, Then a no-
tice was hung outside the shop
saying that ,another bear had ar-
rived and when he would be
killed.
. Meantime, it was turned loose
in an area beside the shop, in
full view of the passers-by. All
kinds' of - beara .= black, brown
and grey -e• spent a day or so
here before going to their doom.
These bears were a great at-
traction for the children of the
neighbourhood, who used to
come along and feed them
through the railings.
On each afternoon following
the arrival of a bear, a large
crowd would gather for the ex-
ecution because, although they
were not allowed to see it, they
heard plenty. Shortly before.
the appointed time the poor vic-
tim was driven in from the
yard. Then, after a short inter-
val, F the most blood-curdling
screams and groans came forth.
The barber and his assistants
must then have eersorke.c1 fast, for
within a verysdShort time the
head and skin of the bear was
exhibited iii the shop window,
with •an announcement that an-
other bear had been killed for
grease. Then a Van would draw
up and the empty cage would be
brought out, to be driven hack
to the docks to fetch another
bear, whieinwould ereive on the
following day. The barber used
e lot of bear grease; trade was
good, because clients knew' 'they
were getting fresh grease.,
This went on for years, but
the children who cattle to feed
the bears knew something that
ORATOR -"And in conclusion,
let-me say" this cat seems
to be shouting as it gestures
dramatically: The a musing
study won a prize for photog-
rapher Dr. B. F. Ferreira of
Bombay, India, in a Popular
Photography magazine contest. 'YOU7:LUNK-These ate rubber surgical gloves being jested for
. leaks ct the University of Michigan Hospital. The glove in the
foreground is a dud which leaks and will be discarded.
Hundreds of gloves are tested on the machine daily.
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prObably the best wiay"to* de--
scribe this eye-catchin4 'topper;
11`-is being modeled i.;by Mts. J..
el-leirris Ward during .ctn'eN.hibi.
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Little CherrOfials
That Count Big
The chemicals in •your daily
life may cost just a few pennies,
but their dividends are often
startling.
About 21 cents worth of chemi-
cals brings your television screen
to life. Another 85 cents worth
does the cooling job in your
refrigerator. sulphuric acid, the
essential chemical' in your auto-
mobile battery, costs about three
cents for the quantity needed.
It costs only a fraction of a
cent for the chemical that pro-
tects a loaf of bread from mould.
Another fraction of a cent buys
enough chemicals to keep the
weekly wash glistening white.
And the chemical anti-knock
compound in a gallon of gasoline
costs only a few mills.
A 15-cent investment in dye
colors a man's suit or a woman's
dress: A tiny gear, 'made with
less than a penny's worth of
nylon plastic, insures smooth
operation of your electric food
mixer.
These are a few of today's
chemical, bargains, None of these
products would exist as we know
them, without a light but vital
touch from chemistry.. And there
are many more like them.
Many of these chemicals. are
produced in bulk by large corn-
'panics, but most of them might
never reach you in usable form
were it not for the skill'ef thou-
sands of processors, some big,
but most of then small, who
are the customers of the chemical
industry.
An outstanding example of a
chemical product doing a giant's
work at a midget ptice in in
home refrigeraton, Made possible
by the research, him-inert and
largesscale production of a big
company with the special skills
of Market developthaet, distribu-
tion and servicing by small firing.
nylon provides nunteeotts ex-
amples of big results from• little
arytatihts. 1100•1,1'3t nianufacttirets
Use about 12 cents worth.of nylon
yarn iii a pair Of. women's etock-,
.zips Iii and pait of typical 51-
gauge, 15-denier atOckitiga there
are 5,467 yards of yarn khitted
into More theft 2,000,560 loops,
The test of the price is for the
knitting, dyeing,'distribution and
tither tests in the nientiftleture
and Said of the hosiery,
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