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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1959-10-15, Page 3FOOLISH FATHER! — Eleven-year-old Robert. Dow Hamilton"Jr. shows his lawyer father the fine points of a real western gallows he and some friends built in the back yard of his Columbus Ohio, home. Hamilton Sr. explains that the boy is always building things — tree house, soapbox racers, etc. — so he gave the O.K. on this project. torrents The Atlantic Ocean One Alight Imagine there were Innumerable possible mixtures. Log the various 'sorts of water' in the vast basin of the 'Penn, But this is not so. The inveStigations show that in the Atlantic there are relatively few great layers, clearly distinguishable from each other, First of all, beginning from the bottom, there is the cold deep water, which comes from the Antarctic, The enormous ice masses of the South Pelar Con- tinent redace the temperature of the surrounding sea almost' to freezing point, The cold, salty, heavy water sinks to the bottom, to a depth of many thousand feet, and creeps slowly to the Equator and beyond it, In the Arctic, too, cold water sinks to the bottom, mixed with and salted by the last tentacles of the Gulf Stream. But much colder masses off Greenland and Labrador press forward along the bottom of the ocean in enor- mous quantities, at the rate of some 2,600,000 cubic yards a secs ond. When still a long way from the Equator the deep water of the North Atlantic meets the colder water coming from the South Pole and con- tinuing on its way along the sea's bottom. The deep current coming from the north is conse- qpently compelled to rise above the current from the south. It then meets another stream coming from the Antarctic, which consists of water formed of melted ice and therefore weak in salt. This flows above the stream from the north, so that we already have three streams one above the other. The middle layer of the South Atlantic is matched by a simi- lar layer in the North Atlantic, which also consists of melted ice, weak in salt, from the Po- lar regions and finds itself drawn from 'the calmest to the liveliest part of the world's waters. That makes four huge streams of water, one above the other. - . . The North Atlantic has a fifth intermediate layer, coming from the Mediterranean. There the surface water is subjected to great evaporation from the sun and has a high salinity, Sinktrzg to the bottom thrant its greater weight It. finds its way to the exit through the Straits of Gi- braltar, where it spills over' the threshold and rolls away down itthesinksslopet:)indtoepththseofocaeianm. 1;Tg4eh rue 3,000 feet, takes up its position above the colder, deeper bottom- water, and flows on as far as the Sargasso Sea. In its place less salty Atlantic water flows over the Gibraltar still into the Mediterranean in the form of a strong current which some investigators consider to be a branch of the Gulf Stream. — From "River in the Sea," by Hans Leip. TOUGH BATHING The way of the pioneer can indeed be hard! For introducing• a bathtub to his home in Cin- cinnati, in 1842, Adam Thomp- son, met with scathing comments from all and sundry. The State of Virginia went one better and imposed a hefty tax, plus in- creased water rates, on anyone who ' installed a bath. Boston made bathing illegal, except un- der doctor's orders; while Phila- delphia unbent officially to al- low bathing between March 16th and October 31st — baths taken on "off" dates were unlawful! In. Sydney, Australia, the Rev. Jack Leonard, 'who is also ven- triloquist, showed up for Sun- day school with a wooden dum- my on his lap, obliged his youth- ful parishioners to listen while it delivered a 20-minute sermon. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking MOW MOB NM GIME] [Gum mma tignbla LAUEEMM 10 MUDD BALE min pirnca.A OF ffEIM000 nompt mu umoon Lida EID Mal MU= !mow MDENUIDO MS0 MD NOM UO P OMR DWG ©6N ISSUE 42 — 1959 Sheep production in Canada, regarded as a minor livestock enterprise, has a potential greater than most other classes of livestock. GiVen adequate attention, support and organiza- tion, it would readily assume the stature of a major farm en- terprise. * * * This is the opinion of a special committee appointed by Agri- cultural Minister Harkness in July, 1958, to study Canada's sheep industry. The committee's report, 'outlining current condi- tions and making recommenda- tions, has just been published. In visiting each of the ten provinces, the committee held 23 meetings and made 22 field inspectiens on f arms and ranclids. Ten briefs and numer- ous letters were carefully con- sidered. * * * In addition, the committee traveled through the mid-west areas of the United States, visiting packing plants and farms en route and studying lamb feedlot operations in sev- eral states. • 4, 4, A total of 631,668 cows were bred by artificial insemination lastyear, reports J. D. Baird of the Livestock. Division, Can- ada 'Department of Agriculture. This represents a 20.5 per cent increase over 1957. '- And, with a cow population of 5,036,100, this means that about 12.5 per cent of the na- tional female breeding herd was bred artificially. * * * Mr. Baird says organized arti- ficial insemination businesses operate in every province ex- cept Newfoundland. Bull studs in six provinces supplied the bulk of the semen used through- out the country. The balance was imported from the United States. There were 16 semen prodtic- THE ONLY WAY There was a sale at the big store and ,a surging mass of ex- cited woirien elbowed their way through the packed aisles. A lit- tle red-faced man managed to Wriggle out of the crush and found himself in front of the hosiery .counter. Gazing around hint anxiously he Mopped the perspiration from his brow, "What can I do for you, sir?" incitiited a pretty girl clerk, "Would yod mind if I just talk- ed to you fora few minutes?" he said. "I don't want to buy anything — 1 just want to talk to you." "But . don't understand, sir," replied the astonished' girl„ "I'm terribly busy. What do you want to talk to me abOutl" "Anything! Anyhting!" said the unhappy man, desperately. "You see, I've lost my Wife somewhere in this crowd and I Can't Mid her. But if I talk to a Pretty girl she Will be stive to turn UPI" Varniint Shooting Only in the last few years has the so-called varmint become the target in a very specialized shooting sport. The question con- cerning the appropriate gun and ammunition to use on varmints has been hashed and rehashed often. 0 start with, the .22 riMfire h a lid'aafilY.* lolled Were wood' chucks than all the other rifles combined, and it can be used very effectively. Using the aeon- ornical .22 rirnfire within its limitations, with good clean head shots, and it is as sporting as any rifle made. It is next to impossible to recommend a particular rifle be- cause of the many considerations such as weight, price, and ap- pearance. Centerfire varmint rifles vary in price, from the in- expensive Savage model 340 to the higher priced custom-made gtms. You, can do a good, job of varmint hunting with a lower priced rifle, but the higher priced ones have the advantage of finer workmanship, Occasionally, a fellow is lucky and gets hold of a light rifle which is very stable, I seem to have struck it lucky with a Winchester Model 70 feather- weight in .243 Winchester which is extremely accurate and shoots to the same center of impact with a cold, hot, clean, or dirty barrel. It is a dependable fire- arm. Many bench-rest shooters and varmint shooters have been tending toward .25 calibre or, thereabouts, The 6mm's (.243 Winchester and .244 Remington), for all pradtical purposes, are in the ,25 caliber class. How- ever, if you are thinking of a 6mm as a comprothise for both varmints and deer, you had bet- ter check your state laws. Some states have a .25 caliber mini- mum for deer, and the 6mm is slightly under this minimum. Some specify bullet weight, and here again the 6mm's May fall short. When varmint shooting is the prime consideration, I believe Remington captured first place with the .222 Remington cart- ridge. It is slow enough (3,200 feet per second muzzle velocity) to assure reasonable barrel life, and yet it delivers a good,punch at. normal varmint ranges of around 250 yards. Generally speaking, 250 yards is long-range shooting. I would guess that the .222 Remington is still the most popular centerfire varmint cartridge. It may be that varmint shooters, in general, will step up to the 6mm's, but I doubt it. Out West where there is more open space, they can be used freely. But in the more con- fined sections of the country, a shooter may feel a bit over- gunned. Long-range precision varmint :shooting calls for a telescope sight. At 290 or 250 yards, it is practically impossible to see a partially concealed varmint. Var- mint shooters use magnifications ranging from 4X to 25X, but the most practical and most popular magnification still seems to be -8X or 10X. A few years ago, 'the varmint specialist used scopes with tar- get-type mounts, and 'Many still do. Improvement in internal ad- justments and the intrbduetion of higher pOssiereds -hunting-type scopes, with. ',rigid • htinting-type mounts, have converted many varmint hunters to this type Of scope sight. It has the advantage of being less obstrusive and more rugged. For a rifle that takes the abuse expected of most hunt- ing rifles, these two points in favor of the hunting-type 'scope and mount are important teeters. In the case of the varmint rifle, it is that first shot from a cold barrel which is' of vital im- portance. If the group opens up or changes center of impact - slightly during the firing of a ten-shot group, it doesn't matter so much even though we don't like it. We must admit that lighter rifles are more prone to have this undesirable trait. The varmint shooter will sight- in on the basis of the first shot from a cold barrel, arid as long as he gets extreme accuracy with that `first shot, he has a crackin' good Varmint rifle; and it is better than lugging around 15 pounds of weapon...Don't bur-, deri 4Yetiriell with a big, .heavy rifle, and gerall tiled out Mid footsore. — Bp Pete Broien,'As,-, sociate Editor, Sports Afield. f,gitFtlf MENAGiRit 1,14,..voyor,o.04,11,46-„94, in ',4:1011,1f "Ohs Well, that's SlieW- 16M 17 r. NI4''SCI.1001 LESSON flarelay .Warren,. +v. warship Drake Was out hunting hint. The pursued turned pill'. suer and, catching up with. the Drake, the Ranger brought her under such withering fire that her wounded captain was forced to surrender. 13a0k. to Prost returned Paul with the captured ship he had Promised his charmer, But the new American government re- fused to pay for the maintenance of his prisoners and his naval honours turned into an ingleris pus scpsabble. Paul Jones was relieved of his command. It took months of pleading, intercession and nego- tiation to gain another ship. Without sufficient funds in France, Paul was forced to bor- row money, Aimee Thelusson offered him everything that was hers. Paul refused, and borrowed from the Duchess de Chartres instead, At soon as he had received the money she allowed him to see her scoffing contempt. Be nut to sea at last, deter- mined to lay yet anther prize at her feet. In the North Sea he caught up with three British men-o'-war.. The desperate bat- tle was to become one of the most famous sea-fights in his- tory. Before the action Paul gazed long at the portrait of the Duchess set in his watch. But it was Aimee who waited for him in Paris, weeping when couriers brought news of his death. The report was false. Paul Jones' vessel was set aflame un- der him and had to be abandon- ed. He lost all his books, clothes and papers..In Paris the Duchess offered him rooms over her stables—but Aimee Thelusson offered him her home and her heart. What demon was it in Jones, urging him to refuse the love of a good woman, constantly driis ing him to seek the vanity of a woman who was capricious? TIIEFARM. FRONT • • , -211MIC, - But at last his friendship with Aimee turned to love. When he was sent to Russia her letters followed him to the cold, dark northern regions. To Aimee he confided the care of a good sword given him by the King of France. Yet whenever talk of marriage blossomed in, the tenderness between them, Paul Jones always deftly turned to other topics. He yearned to find marriage with a princess, someone perhaps superior in birth even to the Duchess de Chartres. He did not know Aimee's own amazing sec- ret, that she was, in fact, the daughter of a king. Her mother, daughter of a voor Provencal nobleman, had been King Louis XV's mistress at Ver- sailles until dismissed—with her child and a pension. Aimee did ,not tell, for she wanted to be loved for herself alone and not for her royal parentage or high social standing. So the strange drama went on. In the capitals of Europe Paul Jones sought the hands of the highest-born beauties and yet returned again and again to the .tranquillity of Aimee Thelus- son's little home. ''The whole world may forsake you," she once wrote to him, "but I am eternally yours." Paul Jones never married her. Yet it was in her house that, tired out at last, he coughed away his life. They found him kneeling be- side hissbed one morning:In his lifeless hand was the Duchess de Chartres' watch. 41 Peter and John, Undaunted Witnesses — Act 4:144, yes, this is the Peter who de. riled his Lord when a little girl, identified him as one of the fol- lowers of Jesus. But what a dif- fereneel Here is a leader, un, daunted by prison itself, It is a thrilling episode and the very rhythm of the writing of it C131* phasizes the invincible courage of these Spirit-filled men, The priests and Saducees were thoroughly fatigued with the continuance of the preaching by Peter and John, Their minds vexation sullered atthep more labour,sccss of th e through apostles, than the apostles did in their fatiguing exercise of preaching during the whole day. They were disturbed because of the preaching through. Jesus of the resurrection of the deed, The Saducees did not believe in a resurrection. Peter, facing them, did not hesitate to charge them with the slaying of Jesus, Of Him be said, "Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under heaven given among mens whereby we must be saved." The leaders could not deny the reality of the miracle. There stood the 40 year-old man who before this healing had never walked. But they feared this continued preaching in the name of Jesus, They commanded Peter and John to cease teaching in the name of Jesus. The apostles answered in the words of Acts 4:19,20, which form the memory selection for this lesson: "Whe- ther it be right in the sight of God to hearken into you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard." Here is the secret. These men couldn't keep the good news to themselves. They had an inner compulsion to tell it. We don't see enough of this today, How quiet we are! What's the matter? Jesus said, (John 7:38-39 — Phil- lips' paraphrase), "The man whsl believes in me, as the Scripture said, will have rivers of living water flowing from his inmost heart." Then John adds, "Hers he was speaking abottt the Spirit 'Which those who believe in Mos, would receive." Before Pent,- cost these very men forsook Jes- us and fled. Tom Allan, who was field organizer of the "Tell Scot, land" movement says it is "idle" to andslaweaokmoefnla wyhvoishitaavtieonnoto fimr:t.ets hand knowledge of the Christian experience. We must have before we can share. ing and 147 semen purchasing organizations. * * * Number of first services per- formed with frozen semen was 176,856, an increase of 47,586— or 36.8 per cent -- over the previous year. The number of "artificial in- semination" calves registered as purebreds in 1958 was 47,072, a boost of 6,161 over 1957. * * Number of herds serviced was 71,509. And, reports Mr. Baird, from a survey made in 1956, it is estimated that seven per cent szt the herds serviced were tested on Record of Per- formance or Dairy Herd Im- .provement programs. * 4, 4, There were 321 dairy, 21 dual purpose and 104 beef bulls in service during 1958. The average number of services per bull in each of these• classes was 1,474 for dairy, 750 for dual purpose and 1,427 for beef., Forty private individuals ob- tained 153 import permits for - 'semen, 'and 1."4 inseminating businesses obtained 342 permits. All permits were for semen from the U.S.A. Semen was exported in five shipments totaling 465 vials to Germany, Australia, New Zea- land and the British West Indies. Artificial insemination of swine, Says .1Y1r. Baird, did not progress beyond the research stage in 1958, On a Hollywood set, Actor- , Singer Pat ',Boone, 25, took a ,swift kick at't what seemed a papier-mache rock, but he should „have taken 'it 'for granite. The "rock was real. Boone broke a ' toe. The horned toad is not a toad but a lizard. It does not lay eggs but gives birth to living yong. The male prairie chicken has a wind sae on his throat with which' he makes a booming call. „.„ CROSSWORD PUZZLE 10. Filth 11. lltters 1G. You: and 1 137.6ut' into. small cubes 20. Rugged. Mountain crest 22 Fr, tunics ACROAS . River n 1. Sweetsop -No, Carolina 51. Rase of the • dem Ica' 52:WOArn of • g 5, Hebrew , 3 Do wrong , composer 46. Not any monthrOpeae fish 4 Committed , 23, Seaweed 43. Cravat 9. Eu ....,,theft'5 '.+ ,240,Chesists, pie ces 50. Ohio ',College 12. Small crie-..- ,'' ' 64LikEc ' • . -, ' -28:01feWho -'- ' ' . 6 Little, neat testifies and active , _ under bath 1 Past . . '... .= , 29.„tAtigrY 8 whips Of 30. Expert certain kind aviators 9 Peace goddesS 31. Warmth 33. Marine zoophyte 35. Practice 1'238. Matures ,*,,40. Famous diarist .42r,Unknit 43.Kind.. Of horse 44: City of • 'Ilittorce EA-.Shove Trader Captured Warship liandsorne, muscular, with a pair of roving eyes, Paul Jones was the adored hero of the love. Lest ladies of Paris, Yet in, real- ity be was a gardener's son from a humble village and had run away to sea. In the prime of manhood his love for the Duchess de Chartres, the richest woman in France, was merely an episode in a sus les of swaggering escapades, 'Even before he made his way to the American Colonies—this was in the year 1760—there were Scots lassies in his native shire who bitterly rued his kisses, Yet lithe, good-looking Paul Jones resented their coarse lips. He dreamed of the languorous caresses of women reared in great palaces, even of winning perhaps the love of a princess, They were strange dreams for a boy from a village school, though destined to be fully realized. Three years after running away from home, Paul was chief mate in a slave ship, learning the rich profits to be made by smuggling slaves into America Another five years and he had made a small fortune, running brandy, silks and sugar as well as slaves under the guns of the excise men. Then came the revolt of the American colonies against the British crown. Every sailor of fortune jostled for a place in the new-formed American fleet, Paul Jones had good friends who secured him a commission, He was charged with carrying despatches from Congress to the American commissioners in Paris —and to sink or plunder every British ship he found on the Atlantic, By the time he reached Paris news of his exploits had preced- ed him, Almost' in sight of the French coast he captured two - British ships laden with food and wine. These were the days when, in. the whirligig of history, every British surrender seemed a victory .for liberty. As his daydreams, had fore- told, Paul Jones was received with praise and flattery in the most gorgeous court in the world. Above • all, the lovely Duchess de Chertres consented to receive him and was soon sweetly conspiring to see him alone. Paul Jones did not know that she was a vain and vapid wo- man, bayed by an unfaithful husband, always eager for amor- ous conquest. "You are my Achilles, my knight of the sea," she told him, in one of their secret love-letters that have survived. And when Paul had to resume his naval duties at Brest, the Duchess fol- lowed. Hurigrily seizing her kisses one night, he vowed that he would -lay an English frigate at her feet. A ship, the bold Rang- er, was being refitted for him, When it was ready at last, Paul and, the aristocratic Parisi- enne made their tender fare- wells. As a keepsake "'she gave him a watch, gold and jewelled. Within the lid was her portrait set in pearls. "I shall wear it all my life," Paul promised. Yet oddly enough he" had al- .ready met the woman ,who, in the tangible terms of dothestic happiness, was to mean far more to him. Aimee Thelusson was a beauty of piquant dark eyes and red- gold hair. On their first intro- duction, Paul Jones largely ignored her. Preoccupied with the Duchess,. brooding on stolen kisses, he did not recognize the loving devotion that destiny had brought to his path. Roving the seas again, he was delighted to hear that the British a warp 66. By tale 44. Creek Dart 17. Friable 19. Sinop 21. 84g#eatA '22 Crippled as. Noto of the dcale e 26. Winter peril 27. ;Seaside 20, RidiCtile 30,.11xelamatieri 2, Surgical instrument 34,1mwer 06. Alternative 37. Masic dramas swell 40, le favor Of 41. Pronoun 42'hltisl al , ymbtil 43. Pert. to. Mere 454 fiber silk 47.,Abounding' 49. Egg-sbh.tred 53. Sonid Si. One 'Of Coln irihtiS' .sh toe 5(1. Paradise 57. row genus 53. 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