The Brussels Post, 1962-07-05, Page 7To be abroad the expansive
land as spring turns into summer
and all the wild young things
are discovering the vastness of
their world is one of the rarer
pleasures permitted to humans.
Not everyone shares our fas-
cination with the wide-open
spaces, we know, else how would
you explain the mushrooming of
cities which are building ever
higher and higher because they
lack space to spread out horizon-
tally? When people who dwell in
these high buildings venture into
the wilds of mountains and mea-
dows, too often they travel at a
pace which makes the country-
side, for them, nothing but a
blur. *
Being willing to slow down
just to look yields rich divi-
dends. One learns, and occasion-
ally, even laughs,
We remember especially a '
matronly looking cow who went
bustling among a herd of Here-
! fords out in South Dakota, ac-
• companied by a bevy of-five
young miniatures of herself who
had to hustle to stay close.
A cow with five calves! Could
this be?
When the question was put
later to a rancher,. he shook his
head, aghast at such ignorance.
"No," he said, "That never hap-
pens,"
"Hut they were trailing that
cow as if they belonged to her,"
we insisted.
"Well, cows ate a lot like pea-.
pie," the rancher smiled. "Some-
times a real motherly cow will
take on responsibility for all the
neglected young 'tans around,,
Sort of a neighborhood baby-sit-
ter."
BUG-EYED - Donald Olskey,
is wide-eyed at the pros-
pect of a butterfly lighting on
his cheek instead of on a
flower,
them all moving swiftly through•
a clearing into a shelter of pines
which immediately swallowed
them up. They blended so per-
fectly into the background that
not for several seconds did we
discern a beautiful deer head
looking out from among pines
encircling it like a wreath, gaz-
ing at us with frank curiosity.
This matriarch held perfectly
still while -we snapped her pic-
ture, almost as if flattered by
this attention.
But of all baby creatures to
be seen on earth, to us the most
beautiful are colts. We saw an
unforgettable pair of them a
pinto and a roan, standing no
more than three ,feet tall, sport-
ing around together in a South
Dakota meadow of deep green
grass while their surrounding
elders watched in benign indulg-
ence. Their springy energy, their
grace, their sense of mischief as
they slyly nipped at each other
With. 110 Will to harm, in these,
the two baby horns seemed en.
dewed with the essence of spring
itself.
Because of eights like these.
we, are. glad that the coneludino.
week* of an Wake year of towel
have kept pace with winter-in,
to-spring as spring has gently,
led summer into one region after
another, It's a happy thing to
be accompanied by the success-
ive blooming of daffodils, Ault-
ass, peonies, and roses.
Because of sights like these,
indelibly photographed in mem-
ory, we shall never again feel
completely citybound. Beyond
the city walls are delights un-
dreamed of by those held cap-
tive by urban charms. We know,
We have seen them. And we
shall see them again,
Silence Still A
Valuable Asset
Pea haps the sagest and safest
comment on the stock market
was 3. P, Morgan's observation
that lie didn't know where stocks
were headed. but he was sure
they would fluctuate. His view
has not been heeded by the
Adminstration, which lately has
revealed its own analysis of the
market, President Kennedy and
Secretary Dillon, who have both
spoken out, have admirable in-
tentions; they are seeking to
calm the fears of nervous inves-
tors. But their attempt to play
the part of stock analysts may
lead only to more uneasiness.
Neither Mr, Kennedy nor Mr.
Dillon is anxious to be pinned,
down where the market is going.
They are much more assured in
their view that when stocks were
selling at an average of twenty-
three times earnings, with some
issues selling at thirty times or
more, the market was too high.
Now that stocks are approaching
fifteen times earnings, they think
that prices are more reasonable.
Indeed, Mr. Dillon has quoted
sonic unnamed stock experts who
say that at current levels stocks
are "probably on a pretty sound
basis,"
It is doubtful that these re-
marks will serve to restore con-
fidence among investors. .
Mr. Kennedy, whose father
won fame arid fortune in Wall
Street, and. Mr. Dillon, who is an
old wall Street hand in his own
right, must know that psycho-
logical factors play a part in de-
termining stock prices, and that
any attempt to influence the psy-
chology of investors can boom-
erang. Their remarks contrast
strangely with their silence when
Wall ,Street was enjoying what
was hailed as the Kennedy bull
market, and twenty-three times
earnings was the order of the
day.
It might be wiser for Mr. Ken-
nedy an.d his colleagues to revert
to their former reticence, and
listen rather than speak. For the
stock market may not only be
readjusting to the end of iiefla-
tion, but also may be saying
something about what it thinks
of the future.
-The New York Times
Conditions have gotten so bad
in transportation they tell me
the Mississippi River now only
runs three times a week. ,Toe E.
Lewis.
in other in 'the ditch, sauggling
wildly to climb up onto the high-
way where their danger would
have been increased a hundred-
fold. The car ahead went on but
we couldn't leave these fright-
ened babies to the doubtful mer-
cies of highway traffic,
We maneuvered our small car
to gently herd the huddled trio
some 30 yards along the ditch to
where a driveway circled into a
farmyard. Once there, the three
small calves kicked up their
heels and went cavorting toward
the barnyard with all the gusto
of returning wanderers who had
thought never to see home again.
When it comes to inquisitive-
ness too, 'many animals act just
as people do.
Gophers, chipmunks, possum,
skunks, squirrels from time to
time scurried across the road
ahead of us with reckless disre-
gard for safety (in this, too, they
act like people) and although we
could never see them after they
gained sanctuary in the tall grass
or deep ditch, many times we
were certain that, once they felt
safe, they turned around to stare
and perhaps wonder about what
must seem to them our own reck-
less pace.
Once, in Kaibab National For-
est, our rear-view mirror framed
a small herd of deer crossing the
road not 50 paces behind us.
Backing quickly but carefully on
the deserted snowy highway, we,
stopped where the mother deer,
shepherding some of their deli-
cately stepping babies, had so
recently pessed.
We got there in time to see
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S Grant at Grant's Form, Ma,, is made from the barrels of 2,563 Civil War rifles.
OIL WELL, ANYONE? - So you've always wanted to
strike oil in the back yard? Gathered above, in one of
the Mott unusual field photogroptig, ever taken, IS jutt
about everything you'd need'
.to bring d typical oil well
into being, Assembled in southern Mississippi Is Mc-
Comb Field Unit' 26.1 of the Sun Oil ,,•• Men and
almost $1.5 million in materials and equipment. The
"hardware" includes drill bits and assorted tools in front,
drill pipe and casing oh trucks in fear and huge drilling
rig With its mast lowered, plus various utility vehicles.
The men include foremen, tool ushers drilling crews,
roustabout creW, rietroleuni engineers, lawyer,„ civil en-.
gineer i geologists' arid drivers.
MAY KI1001
LESSON
Are cows really like people?
Travelling farther through cat-
tle country, we watched - and
could only agree. To the left be-
yond a barbed-wire fence we
saw two cows, utterly relaxed,
stretched out in lush green grass,
just enough removed from the
herd to idicate that they had
sought this twosome for the
simple pleasure of each other's
company.
In the same meadow, other
cattle were milling around, form-
ing twos and threes and larger
groups, with a head lowered 06-
cosionally for a brief bit of graz-
ing - presenting a scene for all
the world like the convivial hour
before an important businese-
reee's banquet.
At one point, some 20 or so
cattle came rushing to the fence
es we approached, with all eyes
on us, exactly like a welcoming
committee. We guessed that May-
be for a moment they had mis-
taken our little red Volkswagen
for a visiting cow or some
strange but' fascinating breed
which might be Interesting to
know, writes Helen Henley in
the Christian Science Monitor.
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Whets 'delves ate naughty and
run away arid' suddenly realize
they are lost and danger, they
peek; even smell, humans do
When weighed down With a
gut ty terieciente.
When a eat ahead 'of us on
Washington state highway threw
on Its brakes and forced us to
stop With hateteletia abruptness,.
'We at Since why: three fteise-
ford babies, scarcely two tnorithe
Old, were crowding against each
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Habakkuk Questions the
Ways of God
Habakkuk 141.6; 213.4; 1-3.1
111forhry Scripture; Beheld, kW
soul which is lifted pp le not 11P-
right in him; but the just shall
live 'by his faith, Habakkuklist
Habakkuk was a contemporary
of Jeremiah. Since Moses, the
Jewish nation had stood for
nearly a thousand years, Em-
pires had come and gone. Now
the armies of Babylon were
Poised to invade and destroy,
Jeremiah cried, "Repent!" lie-
bakkuls cried, "Why?"
In answer to Ilabakkule,s ques-
tion, God indicates that he will
use the fierce Chaldeans to cur
rest Judah. This troubles Ha-
bakkuk. The Chaldeans were
more wicked than the Jews. So
thoght Habakkuk. Perhaps God,
who in evaluating the wicked-
ness of any people, takes into ac-
count the light that has been re-
ceived, saw it differently, Did,
not Jesus say to Capernaurn,
the mighty works, which have
been done in thee, had been done
in Sodom, it would have re-
mained until this day." At any
rate; it is not for Habakkuk to
question God's method, "The
just shall live by his faith." We
must trust God.
Habakkuk speaks a word that
should alert us today, "Woe un-
to him that giveth his neighbour
drink, that puttest thy bottle to
him, and makest him drunken
also, ." Many who are free
from the curse of drink them-
selves, take no interest in trying
to stem the rising tide of alcohol
which is consuming the meagre
means of many and bringing
distress and unhappiness to the
family.
Habalcicuk's final chapter be-
gins with a prayer for revival.
Then he sees a vision of God
coming in great power and glory,
shining as a light. Whereupon
Habakkuk rises above his pessi-
mism and gives praise to God.
No matter how terrible the situ-
ation becomes, he declares, "Yet
I will rejoice in the Lord, I will
joy in the God of my salvation.
The Lord God is my strength..."
As if to add a final climax to his
impassioned words, he concludes
by saying, "Give this to the chief
musician. Set it to music."
It is important to give praise
to God, It is an expression of
faith and "the just shall live by
his faith," So many 'of the re-
cipients of healing, first gave an
expression of praise, which con-
tains faith.
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Herv1). A New .Use
,'err Old Circular Saws.
The ineidensie a reclaimed..
sleigh bells on 'emart •ettleirban
ttels has become g a tic h e
enough, and I wonder if a new
fad couldn't be started to add to
the, general eaYetY. I was think-
ing of a saw. It has been kind
of fun to step up to somebody's
door and jingle pleasantly, Warn-
ing them of your approach, but
primeness begets indiffrence, and
after you have jingled the same
kind of bells on half the homes
in town you notice a similarity.
One good saw would be inepres-
eive, . •
I refer to a circular saw, thou,
sands of which must be available
at this lath date, and any of
which would make a fine alarum
at the portal, and advertise Wine-
tifolly. It may be that too few
suburbanites have ever heard .the
overland melody of a raw, and
won't appreciate what I am sug-
gesting.
The standard sawmill saw has
a 54-inch diameter, Allowing for
the arbor, this gives the sawyer
just about 22 inches maximum
sawing depth, for running off
beards, By rigging two of these
saws in what is known as "over-
and-under," in tandem, the cut-
ting width can be increased. to
about 40 inches, which is enough
to handle about any log now
found in an eastern white pine
operation. Handsaws take over
after that.
The care and custody of these
circular saws is an art in itself.
You hear of people who "file and
set" saws, but the big mill saws
are "hammered." This is as deli-
cate a task as cutting a gem dia-
mond, and a man has to know
what he's doing, The saw must
rotate at high speed in a perfect-
ly true manner, Since it is thin
for its diameter (it cuts a kerf or
"scarf" of only one-quarter inch)
the slightest twist or bind can
throw it off,
Because of the thickness of the
saw blade, a fourth of a board
foot is lost to sawdust at every
pass, so a vibrating saw, even if
ever so little, can wobble away
valuable timber. To bring a
warped saw back into precision
a man lays it on a flat surface,
studies it for stress and strain,
and then with sure, adept, quick,,
and heavy clips with a stout
hammer relieves tension exactly
where he must.
He also puts the "set" in the
'teeth with a hammer, pounding
every other tooth one way, and
then flipping the blade over to
NESTER - Baby Emperor
penguin peers out from its
nesting place under parent,
Like all babies, he will spend
his first weeks of life riding
tan mom's or pop's large feet,
The birds live in Antarctica,
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piftind the .altc.rnate 14,eth the
other: .The point,;. of thv hyth
and the thioati, which
allow for the accumulated saw-
du,t to .1).1 extruded, must be
"gummed?! When the saw is just
right -it can Ix- hung hack or, the
arbor.
There are trbn saws and edg.
Jog :saws and other smaller .,viva
aaed. in a mill, so at leart one
man is kept busy most of the
time gumming, setting..pmanding,
and filing.
But saws 'Wear out its lime.
Repealed sharpening reduces
their diameter to inefficient size,
and sometimes a sawyer will
astonish himself by finding odd
things in a log. Like a link of
an old boom-chain, t h a t was
wrapped around 4 tree when a
tree was e sapling and is now
imbedded in the mature sap-
wood, Nobody knows it is there,
and the log is rolled onto the
bunks just like any other log.
The sawyer, seeing it is dogged
down, will pull his handle and
the bright teeth of the saw eager-
ly take hold, All at once, amidst
the harmonious whine of routine
industry, there comes a snarl of
anguish, and every tooth on the
SOW has been ripped away by the
imbedded chain. Hearing t s
noise from the office, the boss
inkslinger Merely checks off a
replacement in his accounts
payable, Nobody is going to take
that saw and files gum, and set
it for another time, It would
make a perfect saw to hang by
somebody's front door, and it can
be had cheap.
In every lumbercamp an old
saw was suspended from the
limb of a tree near the dingle,
They'd leave a bung-down axe on
the ground close by, and when
dinner was ready the • cookee
would come out and pound on
the saw with the axe. You could
hear this 10 miles upwind. It
gave cff a jarring, soul-jerking
reverberation that can only be
appreciated when heard. Right
down in the pit of the mill, with
his whirring saw whining on
spruce knot, the sawyer himself
could hear this dinner-gong with
ear muffs on. Across .miles of
wilderness the jangling echoes
would repeat and hurl back the
tocsin. Mountains would jingle
and jangle. The noise is said to
have started avalanches and
broken up ice in distant lakes.
The size of saw to be used as
a doorbell could be left a matter
of taste. Perhaps a 15 or '20 inch
bolter saw would . bee best in -
closer neighbourhoods. A ball-
peen hammer, instead of an ax,
would make a striker, and tellies
homes could have one' with en-
graved handle,
This kind of saw has, of course,
a hole in the center, where the
shaft fits. If a bracket is built
on a home near the front portal,.
so a loop of old telephone wire
suspends the saw blade by this
center hole, the .arrangement will.
give you the clearest • and pret-
tiest tones. It will - be joy. when
visitors arrive and clout this.
The jingling sleigh bell alarm
cannot compare. The saw will
be telly rural, bucolic and old-
fashioned, Indeed, whereas old
saw blades have long. been used
for alarms, sleigh. bells really
never were, John Gould in
the Christian Science Monitor.
. In many cases .sanding disks
must be discarded because the
backing. tears or cracks - even
though the abrasive surface is
• still .good,. To lengthen the life
of these disks the backs can be
• reinforced by sticking strips of
masking tape to the back of
each one. This will keep the
disks' from folding or breaking
prematurely, . .
DRIVING TIP
Advice from a used car deal-
er: "If your headlights are out
of order, don't stop to have them
fixed that night. JUst turn on
your radio real loud; this will
help drown out the noise of the
crash."
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