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The Brussels Post, 1958-04-02, Page 7Unpredictable Happenstance other, and never spoke to each other again, And each would tell people, every time be could bring the subject up, about how "that old fool" went bob deckling, This kind, of improbable head_ oncollision has always occupied the attentions of mail. Thomas Ifardy has a poem in which the little drop of water, precipitated in the forgotten past, joins the glacier and moves inexorably toward the sea during those same years that a man is learn- ing to walk upon his heels and first designs some prehistoric PeoPod to float upon the water, Man, while the glacier is ad- vaneine, finally gets to build the great Titanic, and one day there is the inevitable collision that astonishes everybody — the pre- historic isce seems to have ap- proached. its destiny deliberately, even though everybody said it was unlikely. Once there were two six- masted schooners afloat, and only two, What do you suppose they did? They bumped into each other in Boston Harbor, ker- whang, and the masters com- municated about as Ozzie and Sim did on the bridge across Thunderhole Brook, Those old down-East skippers devised many ways to get added speed into the hulls they built by their doorsteps, and modifications of the true ship were a dime a dozen. Just as the ship was one mast bigger than a brig, soon they had four masted vessels, al- though they experimented with three for a time and got such things as the bark and the bark- entine. The bark had square- rigged sail on the fore and main- mast, and schooner rig on the mizzen. The barkentine had square sail only on the fore mast. These were, of course, natural developments of the old "mor- phodite brig" which had square sails forward and schooner sails aft. The idea was, of course, to find the best way to catch the wind, and to come in fast with a pay load. The fivemasted schoon- er was already fairly common, and one day they went to six masts. With all the great oceans of the world to play in, you would say it was unlikely these first two six-masted schooners' would ever collide with .each other. The odds were tens of thousands to one. Each of them, every day, passed dozens of ordinary ships that might have been bumped into. But no — the chances were remote. You can look the details up, in the marine record books if you want to, but it is about as I give it. They collided, and the collision was a conversation piece around the world. One of the truly charming things about our planet is this unpredictable happehstance known as coincidence. Like the two Ivory Higginses we had here. The chances of finding two men both named Ivory Higgins is re- -Mote, but they met and shook hands here one morning and were both amazed. Our world is the kind of place where, when somebody says a thing is mote, it's likely to happen right after breakfast. If outer space is to be incorporated into our precenct, I hope this interesting custom is allowed to continue, I see no reason why the chances of two sputniks ramming into each other aren't fully as gobal as two Ivory Higginses, or Ozzie and Sim belting each other en the bridge. — By John GOuld in "The Christian Science Monitor," Anxious. Moments At The Zoo. A Whole Continent Is The Stake. NDAYSC11001 _LESSON Somebody asked Ihe other day what would, happen if two space ships collided in mid-univeree, and I was a little disappointed in, the .answer — that the chances. are remote. It mad: me think of Ozzie Henseemb and Sian ,But- terfield, who weren't speaking. I guess everybody had long since forgotten why they weren't speaking, They lived on the Squirrel Road, Ozzie on the brew of Ilaelamataela Ridge and Sim on the brow of Wildcat Hill, They could look across right in- to each other's windows, if their eyesight had been equal to the distance, and between them was the valley where Thunderhole Brook wound down to the river. Sim was "crowding 80" and Oz- zie was 82. And they didn't speak. So one day we had a winding old ice storm that coated the countryside about en inch deep with, sheer slip. It coated the. trees and ripped limbs off, and did a lot of damage. And the next morning .Sim and Ozzie, inde- pendently but simultaneously, had a yen to get out the old bobsleds and 'try the hill where, as boys, they had coasted.. It was kind of a frolicsome rever- sal to childhood and • each of them should have knewn better. Each went up on the beams of the barn and brought down his ancient handsled, and each got a piece of sandpaper and shined up the runners, Neither sled had been down for fifty years or more. And unbeknownst one to -the other, each crawled cau- tiously over the icy ground to the road, did a bellyeflopper on his respective sled, and whoosh- ed. away. Ozzie came down the east slope of Hackmatack Ridge like a streak, and Sim came down the. west slope• of Wildcat Hill like another, dragging their feet to steer, and gay with the memories of olden times. They met on the bridge, Great was the meeting. It stove both sleds to kindling wood, and the intertwined steel runners jingled and jangled like village bells On 'a holiday, Then Ozzie and. Sim spoke to each other, They spoke to each other off and on for an hour or so, laying their hands to the more direct forms of utter- ance, and neither taking any great pains to use more pleasing terms. Much of what they said was heard four miles away at the Curtis place, and in the other direction as far as Smith's. Then they stopped speaking to each Over the years, eight nations have staked out claims to pie- shaped edges of. Antarctica — the frigid white continent which makes up one-tenth of the earth's land MASS, Half of these overlap. Despite their bustling activities in the vast wasteland around the South Pole, the U.S. end Russia have made no terri- torial claims, and recognize none, In 1948, however, Russia main- tained: "The U,S,S.R, has never renounced its Antarctic rights, Or agreed to disposal of Antarc- tic lands discovered by Russian navigators," This month, in a re- port submitted by six members of the House Committee on In- ter state and Foreign Commerce, who toured Antarctica in Decem- ber, this country affirmed a simi- lar position: "The United States has informed other nations that (it) reserves all rights based upon activities of (its) citizens in the Antarctic." These bland diplomatic pro- nouncements have recently been backed up by a flurry of • ex- ploration by both Soviet and American forces. The most re- cent move was a race to chart the icebound, coastline of Marie Byrd Land, the only wedge still unclaimed in Antarctica, The winner: The U.S. Icebreaker Westwind. Despite this small victory, the U,S. is concerned about the ex- pected arrival of the Soviet at- omic icebreaker Lenin in Antarc- tic waters and about Russia's" taking over the three bases the U.S, will vacate after the Inter- national Geophysical Year ends in Dee, The. U.S., however, will maintain its other four bases (at South Pole Byrd, Hallett, and McMurdo Sound) beyond IGY. The final disposition of Antarc- tica, many think, may" lie in the current British plan for inter- nationalizing t h e continent. Prime Minister Macmillan has suggested that the icebound area become a free zone of scientific collaboration, devoid of military bases. — From NEWSWEEK. VVirmie the Pooh was a great favourite with children and adults alike. She was en Amer- ican black. bear who lived on the Mappin Terraces At the Lou. don Zoo between the wars, Por a boar she hed a most unusual temperament, for she was completely tame and trust- worthy even when fully grown, I think she Probably looked fOrWerd "to Sunday mornings just as much AS the -children who came aloe to see her, For it WAS then, that ,they were elieweela ,to gp into, her compound to play and omp with her tot Ole evident enjoy- ment of both partici. NO doubt4ho'enjoyed the' play as Much, "its th e • Childrenli but what gaveher even more pleae- ure were the "Winnie's Cock- tails" they brought aloft with them, These doektaile' were a mixture of Olden sYrup condeneed milk, just the ,concoc- tion to appeal to a bear's sweet taste. Winnie was one of the very few bears who are really harm- less, Mostly they are downright savage, and, even those that ap- pear tame are usually liable to turn nasty without warning, foi bears in general are among the least trustworthy and most dan- gerous of all wild animals, They are also extremely clev- er, very strong and patient, and wonderful climbers, which all adds up to the fact that they are among the most difficult of all animals to keep 'within bounds of their zoo, Fortunately, on the rare occa- sions when bears do manage to escape from zoo they don't go off in seach of hum-an victims and no harm has ever befallen anyone as a result of their escapades. But there have been anxious moments. There was the occasion when a full-grown brown hear es- caped at Edinburgh Zoo. Her keeper had just arrived in the grounds one morning when he came face to face with her sauntering along a path. Re- membering that the gates would just' be opening to admit the public he realized the danger of the situation. So off he ran to collect other keepers to help in the rodnd-up. When they got back an aston- ishing sight greeted them. There was their quarry—like a great big cuddly teddy bear—sitting contentedly on the path, while a visitor was' feeding her biscuits, blissfully unaware of the ter- rible risk he was facing. At the sight of the flustered keepers all he had to say was: "You know, what I like about this zoo is the tameness of the animals. It is so nice to have them going about loose like this," The keeper's reply, if in- deed he was able to make one, is not recorded! Many years ago Sam, a huge male polar bear at the London Zoo, made good his escape one misty autumn morning, As he ambled along a path he suddenly found himself face to face with a zoo carpenter carry- ing a number of planks across his shoulder. The shock to the carpenter can well be imagined. The planks were dropped with a re- sounding clatter as he turned and ran, not daring to stop or to look behind him until he had reached the other side of the Gardens. But Sam had not given chase —for the fright had been mu- tual! The noise of the falling planks had so startled him that he, too, had turned on his heels and had apparently not 'paused until he had got safely back in- to his opened cage. And that's where the hastily Organized search party eventu- ally found However ,savage and unreli- able bears may be so far as humans are concerned, towards their own kind their behaviour is generally very considerate. It is true that large grizzly males• May attack cubs if they come up ageinst them, but no bear will eat 'the flesh -ef one of its fellows, as many other animals will 'do. There was a striking instance of this •some years ago at the Rome Zoo,,,when five polar hears were living together in. a large. enclosure. Feeding time was in the eve- ning,and five piles of meat that had been cut up were always placed ready in the den at the back of the enclosure before the Shithalg WOrO• let, in for the night. Oh this partictlar occasion each bear approached its food but drew back after sniffirig it, With all the appearance of feel' arid disgust, It Was all very mysterious' .• 6 until the keeper remembered that he had cut up the polar beers' food With the same knife that he had used earlier in the day to out tip the• derdase et a bro*rt beer that he'd died, thepolit bears trend Obvi- ously smell the flesh of a fel- IOW creature, and Were 'sickened and ter -rifled, BY Rev. R. 1$, Warren, 0,11,, 0,0, The Church Observes OM Sacraments, Romans 0;3-4; Corinthians 10:1442. Memory Selection: As often as Y'e eat this bread, and drink this cup,ll:2 death 6, yetidiee cosomheN.v1 td'soterin,Ltheiranj Jesus commanded the church to observe the sacraments Of Baptism and The Lord's Supper,. H His asi:enisaiosnt bcoernaarna awnclith btelif:rwe "‘Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them—" (Mat- thew 28:19). Of the taking of the bread and the fruit of the vine He said after the Last Supper, "This do in rememberance o Me," (Luke 22:19,) Baptism is a symbol of clean- sing and spiritual regeneration. It speaks of the death to sin and the receiving of new life in Jesus. Christ. Baptism, in itself, does not change the heart. But it le a symbol of the cleansing which God can perform in the heart. The Supper of the Lord, often. called Holy Communion, is not merely a sign of the love that Christians ought to have for one another, but rather is a sacra- ment of our redemption by Christ's death. The body of Christ is given„ taken and eaten in the Suppers after a heavenly and spiritual manner, The means whereby the body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper is eaitle. There is no magic in the sacra« anent but there is a great bless- ing to those partakers who take it worthily, discerning the Lord's body, One man who fielieved Jesus Christ as his Lord and. ,Saviour hesitated to take the sacrament because he felt un- worthy. But the more saintly we are the more we count our- selves unworthy of Christ's death for us. But also, the more we sense our unworthiness, the more eager we should be to show our gratitude to Him in partaking of these emblems of His blessed body and blood. This man was confusing unworthy with unworthily. We are all un- worthy. It's because we are un- worthy that we should frequent- ly in the sacrament, remember His death for us. TOMATO SURPRISE-Actress Anita Ekberg stares coldly after being hit on the left hip with a tomato by night club stripper Evelyn West during Miss Ekberg's appearance with Bob Hope (left) at the Gables theatre, Coral Gables, Fla., Miss West, who was taken to the police station and charged with disorderly conduct and creating a disturbance, said the actress snubbed her during her night club act the night before. TIME FRON JQ W4i4s611. At the invitation of the Hon. Douglas S. Harkness, Minister of Agriculture, representatives of the sheep industry from across Canada met recently in Ottawa. The conference was called to plan a program to stimulate sheep production and improve the position of the industry. In welcoming the delegates, Mr. Harkness, pointed out that sheep production is one branch of agriculture that can be ex- panded at this time without fear of excellent the needs of the' domestic .market for either wool or lamb. * * The conference, agreed on a number of suggestion's presented by the delegates to -increase in- terest in sheep production, and recommended the appointment of a continuing committee to give the subject further study and develop the groundwork for a broad national sheep policy. Federal arid provincial depart- ments of agriculture were urged to increase their extension work ' in training young men who lack- ed experience with sheep in the details of sheep management. Instances were reported where this had been successful with 4-H Sheep Clubs organized under the supervision of experienced men. * * The place of crossbreeding programs in improving produc- tion efficiency was explored. It was suggested that more effec- tive use could be made of sur- plus cross-bred western females for farm flocks. It was reported that some 30,000 head of wes- tern range ewe stock had. been exported last dell to the United States. Organized crossbreeding programa using existing local hreeds were reported to- have shown considerable protnise, * Several delegates urged the need of a better system of farm credit to provide capital for the establishment of new flocks in areas suited to sheep, raising and to assist present flock owners to enlarge their operations. The conference endorsed earli- er requests to the Federal De- partment of Agriculture to give greater stability to the sheep industry by providing deficiency payments on wool, through the Agricultural Stabilization Act. * * It was established that there was a considerable potential market for freshly killed Cana- dian lamb and that a major pito- blem facing the industry was to, develop production to meet this demand. To encourage the consumption of Canadian lamb in competition with other =meets and insure its itidentifiCation from nchilled or frozen lamb, the conference re- quested that the grading and branding of dressed lambs• be ex.- tended through the toopeeatieh of provincial and federal govern- ment enarketing services. * of these and no sires are retain- ed as all animals bred are ser- viced by use of frozen semen, * * * The advantages of using fro- zen semen are mainly twofold. Frozen semen may be held for long periods of time, and its use permits a wider selection of sires. An important purpose of the work with frozen semen is to learn the best methods of handling it. * * Semen is collected at several of the Farms and then sent to the Central „Experimental Farm, Ottawa, where it is processed, frozen, and stored at minus 110 degrees Fahrenheit. It is essen- tial that the processed semen always -be kept at this very low temperature until used. Process- ed semen is placed in small glass ampoules and packed in dry ice inside thermos bottles, Just prior to servicing animals an am- poule of the frozen semen is thawed slowly, by immersion in cold water and used immediate: ly after thawing. * * fi Since the project began in 1955, frozen semen has been re- ceived at Morden from ten dif- ferent sires. In 1955 eleven ani- mals were serviced during the latter part of the year. Five of these conceived from one set- vice. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking a 100 3 SIS3Na13.-ip„ 3 N31 (3 S 3 W V 3 2 3 N a V 3 39 a v a 3 'A S3 A 0 0 O a 4 V V 3 If we persist in our malice ante gluttony and do not purpose to forsake all our sins and accept of the salvation provided for us by Jesus Christ we are partak- ing unworthily. Paul warns of judgment against such, 0 S d V 3 3 a n N S W S 3 11-3 111 3 S a 3 00 A N 3 N D N V 3 V V S WD ttv V -V 3 d .1 * In 1956, using semen from six different sires, 37 cows were serviced and 32 of them freshen- ed from these artificial insemin- ations. During 1957, to the end of , Remember, 37 females were ser- 'Weed, some of which have not yet passed the regular periods, 9' The percentages of conceptions and freshenings with frozen semen from October 1955 to No- vember 30, 1957, averaged 80 per cent for healthy animals. A large measure of success also has been achieved with animals that failed to conceive on second inseminations, by having them examined and given treatments by the local veterinarian. Over sixty-five per cent of those treated conceived, WANTED PROOF TELLS OF RED OFFER - At his n e,w a conference, President Risenhower says that Russia 'has offered to, hold any future summit meeti ng, In the United States. The Chief Executive. said it would be a good idea if the meeting proved a long {one. But he stressed the most important factor is whether the 'talks are eidequately prepared. Wishing to do the right thing, the motorist stopped his car and started „out in search of the farmer whose rooster he had killed. "Pardon me," he said, "I just ran over your roaster and I came to let you know I'm willing to replace him." "Okay," the farmer said. "Let's hear you crow." WHAT D'YA. CALL IT?-British actor Hugh Dempster, appearing in Chicago in "My Fair Lady", says Americans don't know how to talk talk about cars. Some of the confusing differences in car terminology between the two countries are illustrated on the cards. 25, Spheres CROSSWORD 78: Riciilsotr 27. Chief work- man 28. nunied for food 10. Clerical collet 1. Oran , 2. Corpulent 23. OuLe s 4, Good bye '(col tort.( 5.1:lab 6 Eve B. Collper coin ; 88. Legal aellOn 9. (Math 1 11v alt 9. Sottnde PUZZLE. io, 11, Torn 14. 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