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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1925-11-4, Page 25110(1 AKER Axency We !lave :the above Agency and will be glad to give prices and Demonstrations. ti HOmphill WROXETER Samuel Larcomhe, internationally famous agriculturist of Birtle, Mani- toba, who is reported to have discov- ered a new wheat which promises to resist black stem rust., If this is con- firmed it will be a great boon to Canadian farmers. Al` ASS THAT UNDERSTOOD. Taught to Dance By the Moulitebnnke' of Cairo. leg,ypt. Cancels, asses and dogs are taught to dance by the mountebanks and poorer people of Cairo, Egypt. The dancing of the ass Is extremely di- verting. After he has frisked and capered sufficiently, his master tells him that the Sultan means to build a great palace, and will have to em- ploy all the asses tri carrying mortar, stones, and other materials. Upon this the ase falls downwith his feet upward, closing his eyes and extend- ing his chest as if he were dead. The owner loudly bewails his loss, and appeals to the bystanders for alms to make it good. Then, having collected as much as possible, he an- nounces that the ass is not really dead, but, being seusibie of his mas- ter's necessity, has played a trick to secure provender. He commands the ass to rise but the brute remains motionless ie; spite of all the blows given him.• At last he proclaime that by virtue of an edict of the Sultan all the hand- some ladles are bound to ride out the next day upon the comeliest asses they can find, in order to see a tri- umphal show, and that tine ladies are oto entertain their beasts with oats and Nile water. These words are no sooner pronounced than the ass rises up, prances, and leaps for joy. The master then declares that the ass has been pitched upon by the warden of his street to carry bis de- formed and ugly wife, upon which the ass lowers his ears and limps with one leg as If lame. The showman, alter remarking that his donkey Is a great admirer of handsome women, commands him to single out the pret- tiest rettiest one in the company; and the well-tralned beast completes the Show by going about among the people, and finally touching one of the prettiest of the women with his head, to the great amusement of the crowd. 'n John M. Imrie, President of the Edmonton Board of Trade and well- known throughout Canada, as a jour- nalist, will speak upon "InUnigra- tion and Colonization—the Need, the prospects and the Meshed," at the Dominion conference of Boards of '.Crude at Winnipeg, i M. and Mrs. Jixstco D dt, old reel - dents of Carrick Township, celebrat- ed , their Goth Wedding anniversary Pour peMOlie were arrested itt In- *ereolll charged with being members o ' nixed an of chicken of at organized gang thieves, V.c.'s of the Sea 12 Whilst steaming between Mar- sotlief and Port Said during a terrific gale tale steamship Alder had .her steering -gear badly damaged acid was threatened with destruction, She was slanting feet when her elle- eats of distress were answered by the eteamehip Staffordshire, which went to her assistance. With great difficulty and at Inc.' mense rials three boats were launch- ed from the Staffordshire, and tWeu- ty-nluo persons—paeeeugers and Crew —Were taken o!! the einiting ship, But two men remained ou her. Oue was a badly Injured and helpless fire- man; the ether was the master of the ship, William John Nutman,who absolutely refused to abandon the fireman, It was impossible to rescue the fireman, and Nutman refused to leaye him, When finally the Aldar sank, one of the boats immediately pulled to the place where she had foundered. There Nutman was found clinging to an unturned boat with one hand, and keeping- the injurer!fireman above water with the other. It was touch and go, .Both men collapsed as they were pulled into the boat, but both, happily, recovered, and Nutman re- ceived the Board of Trade medal-- the edal—the V. C. of the ocean - from bis Majesty, Thomas S. Knill. master oe the steamship War Pike, was awarded. the Board of Trade medal for an- other act of wonderful heroism, The War Pike was at Noorassisk in Oc- tober, 1919, laden with some hun- dreds of tons of explosives, when a fire broke out on board. Knill re- mained on his ship, and single-hand- ed began his desperate fight against what appeared to be overwhelming odds. His object was not only to save the ship, but to avert a terrible explosion which would almost certainly result in much damage to life and property in the vicinity of the harbor. The ship was alight In two places, but between the flames and the aft bunker, where the explosives were, there was about ten feet of spade. Knill set up two fire -hoses on the approaching dames,and then went down to the pumps to begin hie des- perate effort to save his ship. Half an hour later he collapsed from the terrific exertion of working the pumps single-handed, and sank Insensible to the eloer. But he had accomplished his task. The flames has been held in check and .assist- ance was at hand. Only a Hercules could have per- formed the deed by which Harry Jar- dine, late able -seaman R.N,V.R., won the Board of Trade medal, On a wild November night the steamship Para- gon, on which Jardine was searing, stranded at Mizen Head, County Cork. The vessel struck broadside on to the rocks, and all efforts to get her off proved fruitless. Huge seas smashed over her, and it was obvious that in a short while the ship must go to pieces, when every person on board would meet a terrible death. The rock over which the breakers were roaring extended shorewards for about ninety yards, fringing a pebbly beach. Jardine volunteered to match his strength against the breakers and to make an attempt to get a life -line to the shore. With the line looped over his right arm, he went overboard in- to the raging inferno, facing a ter- rible death in his fight with the ocean's fury. He was dashed against the rocks, but managed after a ter- rific struggle to reach the shore. Battered and fearfully bruised, he had accomplished the first part of his task. His next was to find a secure fastening for the line on the cliff that ran from the beach, and this, after some little time, ha managed to do. His tank was now accomplished, The lifeline stretched from the sinking ship to the beach, and in a couple of hours every soul on board was safely on dry land. 'In due course Jardine received the V.C.:of the ocean. The Board, of Trade also award a special medal for services rendered by foreigners to British vessels and their- crews and passengers. This medal was won by a young Icelander named Clufeson by an act 0f signal bravery. One midnight the steam -trawler Euripides, of Hull, was stranded on the rook -bound entrance to Patrike- fiord Harbor, on the west coast of Iceland. The trawler sent up distress signals, which brought three Iceland- ers to the beach, but there did not appear any way by which they could rescue the non on board the wrecked vessel. Presently, however, the Icelanders noticed a. dark object rising and fall- ing on the huge waves, The Ice- landers quickly guessed that it was a bladder, with a lifeline alteehed to it, which had been floated from the trawler in the despairing hope' that it would reach the hands of soniegne on shore. To reach it, however, the Icelanders hedto go out across some twenty feet of rook in the face ore mountainous seas, It took Clufeson half an hour to fight hie way to the bladder, and longer to get it safely to shore, The llue was then securely fixed, and the crew began to cone ashore in batches of two, three, and four. When .the lest belch of four came within a few yards of safety the line snapped, and the four fell into the raging :Surf, Clufeson, exhausted though he wen with his previous struggle, did no: hesitate an tartan!, He was out across the rooks in a moment, arid, at Imminent risk to hie own li.te, out, caeded in melee the life of oda of. the four men. Tits oUtuy t8r ' Happily, periribeds Carrot that weighed 3 pounds 18 ounces, was grown this summer by George Lakius, of Verona. Suoeessful shower and tea in aid of the Soldiers' Memorial l:Iospital. Auxiliary, Tillsonburg, was held at Avondale. i TINTERN ABBEY—In Monmouthshire, England Sir James.Lougheed, Leader of the Conservative party in the Senate, is seriously ill of pneumonia in the Ot- tawa Civic Hospital, His condition is grave. Last winter, Sir James had a serious breakdown which confined him to his room for severai'months, but he made such a good recovery that he was able to takehis place to- wards the end of the session as the leader of the Conservative party in the Senate. About a week ago, how- ever, he developed bronchitis and later pneumonia set in. Rev. Mr. Buell, pastor of the Cen- tral Ave, Methodist church Bridge- burg ridg e- burg is leaving that charge for Pres- ton. HOME OF LEVIATHANS BRITAIN'S GREATEST PASSEN- GER PORT. Southampton Has EnJosed 'Prosper- ity Since the Days of the Saxone— More Than 3,2(10 Vessels Use Port Yearly—Ancient Memories. Southampton is a versatile town. The fact is illustrated by her main thoroughfare, which successively, dis- plays itself as High Street, Above Bar Street, London Road, the Avenue, and The Common, says a writer in Tit -Bits. The High Street, with its glared tongues and plated biscuit tins, le typical of a provincial town; London Road teems with gasoline tanks; there. are "desirable residences" on The Avenue; the Commons, with its glorious parks and lakes, was a wel- come rest -camp during the war; while Above Bar Street upholds the ancient note of the town, against the aggres- sions of transpontine traffic. Elsewhere there Is a Canute Street, testifying to the tradition that the tides were here defied by his Danish Majesty. If so, he showed special assurance, as Southampton water possesses the phenomenon of double tides, which prolong high water for two hours. Southampton has enjoyed prosper- fty from very early times, certainly rom the days of the Saxons, and soon after the Conquest she was garrying on considerable traffic with Venice- and Bordeaux. Onee linen a time she was sudden- lX: attankdd by pirates on a Sunday When everybody was in allure];, an the whole town was plundered, and burnt. Here Crusaders embarked un- ter Richard"Lionheart, and later 'on he armies of the Edwards sailed to conquer France at Agincourti-later still, the Pilgrim Fathers are Paid to have set out from here in tee May - dower on their famous expedition to North! America. But to -day Southampton is noted for ate hospitality to vessels of a very different size. The largest grav- ing dock in the world, a remarkable closed dock, five dry docks, and two tidal basins provide anchorage for the biggest 'leviathans alioat, Evep. the Majestic, the largest bier In the world, Suds accopzmo- ation in these vast land -locked her- on, , and a picture may be seen of fi the-.Qlympio, Majestic, Mauretania, and $erengaria all berthed at close quarters. More than 8,200 vessels, Withan aggregate tonnage of 6% millions, use the port yearly; and since South- ampton Is constantly projecting some extension to her dockyards, it seems inore than probable that the tonnage will go en increasing. The port was particularly useful during- the war,, when more than seven million men passed through. The charm of the town lies in the proximity otwater and trees and an- eient memories. For long stretches there remains a background of old walls with ruined towers aS mas- sive archways. Among these, the most remarkable are the Norman Vault, the' Arundel Tower, and ; the old Wool House, formerly a prison. At the back stands. Tudor House,. with its wooden gables, once a resi- dence of Henry VIIL, now a museum. Stepping out from the modern Es- planade, at the West Gate, we sud- denly find ourselves in a thoroughly old town with narrow streets and crowded courts almost suggestive or Breaking New Ground in the Rockies (l. 5i,rveyintyl� Swiss Guide (;isthleeCcefromaA ln. ethw rdkodhucaMiontythetl, 1I1-yrwldetsGotJr nMAnre13.oi.Pr. ovhten11mIm„ 'Vol ttie lllecillaw*et (instar. The f astRessee of the Rockies s abound in n vii ln territoryCato rS never touched by the foot of man and one of the latest of these to be traversed is the Illecillewaet Glacier where a new ice cave has been discovered this year of which the photo above gives a good idea. It was found by Chris ilaessler, one of the Swiss guides stationed at Glacier B.C., and the ascent to it was made in 'September by Paul 10 -year-old ,McIntyre, an annual visitor with his family to Giacier! the guide and W. J. Oliver of Calgary, Mr. Oliver describes the adventure as follows; -- "It was a glorious day Mount Sir Donald was crowned with a circular cloud like a halo; the vegetation was at its peak and with the early morning dew the valley was filled with a delightful fragrance, After walking. through massive timber we gradually emerged into jacltpine, brush, and on to the tongue of the Glacier, Here were, the headwaters of the Illecillewaet River wending its way down the steep valley from this huge Glacier. Our progress from this point was somewhat. slower, our good trail had been left far behind; the first 1,600 feet was over rock and morrainc, crossing f�reehets and miniature waterfalle from the ice above.' As soon as We reached the lee we adjusted the grampons to our feet,. these grampons are made of iron and are similar to a small ei bobs h each having g 12 spikes distributed evenly over the surface and about i 3 inches long, "Travelling along these huge crevasses is verythrilling at times there wee only a walking surface of 2 feet and on either side of this narrow ledge of ice were drops from 1,200 feet. Chris Hoarder the Swim Guide led the way and roped to hint was Paul McIntyre and self. Our course over the ice field was continually brought to a halt on account of a huge gulch in the lee being too wide to cross we ,touid then have to travel either up or down until our guide Could locate a place narrow enough to' cross, Finally we located the ice cave after travelling along the base of one of these huge crevasses, it pr oved to be 10 feet high and 20 feet long, the side's wore worn like the sands afteran ebbing tld and with the strong sunlight that was coining in at its entrance these, pieces of jutting ice scintillated like huge diamonds. Right he the centre across the valley, framed by this wonderful' oval cave stood the Swing Peaks and Mt. Hermit, "Leaving hate we travelled on to the ice settee near the top of the Glacier end it made the un ccustonted'' stand in awe to see the Swiss Guide and Paul McIntyre tun around theec ice columns and tip and down the sides Of their steep ice banks line Children at play. Sir Geo. Porte), elected for the con- stituency of Argentueuil, Quebec, over a Liberal candidate with a good majority. A Liberal Minister, Hon, Charles Stewart, secured the teat in the preceding election by acclamation East London of the 14liddle Agee. Nor ;has God's House, near the South Gate Tower, changed much since it was founded as an alms- house in the twelfth century, though its old -chapel nae been transfermee into a'Firench ehufch. On the way over Cobden Bridge to a Roluan fort- ress are the remains of the Priory 0f St. Denys, dedicated in 1124 to Dion- ysius, one of St. Paul's converts at Athens. Of themany lovely perils, .one has a memorial, to Gen. ]ordon,'evho liv- ed in the neighborhood; another cele- brates the engine -room staff of the Titanlo,'whtch sailed from Southamp- ton; and another is named after Isaac Watts, the hymnologist of little busy bees.. It Is strar.ee that Southampton has not fount? more acceptance as a resi- dential and .tourist centre. She thrusts her oouvonlences upon arri- vals fresh from all parts of the world, and, the first glimpses of -Southern England are perhaps more alluring than elsewhere, The Isle of' Wight is within easy access .and shelters it from stormy blasts, while the New Forest Is full o1 surprises, plunging us into an atmosphere of archery and woodcraft and outlawry. Here at the Verder- ers' Hall we are shown William Rufus' stirrup, which was used for. measuring doge; those small enough to .pass through it were exempt from "expeditatton," or removal of the middle claw to prevent poaching. The stone where Rufus was shot is probably no Less and no more authentic. The famous red deer have now disappeared from this royal bunting demesne, but we may still And numbers of hogs and sturdy lit- tle horses whichhave acquired world- wide renown, Among literary associations is a tablet in Pentridge Church, com- memorating Robert Browning, a foot- man and butler, who died in 1746, "the first known forefather of the poet," with a quotation from "Plppa Passes": "All service ranks the same with God," Beaulieu Abbey, still older than Netley, possessed the privilege or sanctuarryy•until the Reformation, and sheltered Perkin Warbeck as well as various royal refugees, Now the Ab- bot'r} House has become the abode of Lord Montagu 01 Beaulieu. .COFFEE. Eiwh Country Has Its Oivir Ideas of Coffee -Making.. - ,Ir{ the art of coffee -making there no standards; each country has e- Own d �i'e w a8 on i subject. The t � q i l"rench like@ their coffee Jilaok, strong gad hot. In Turkey the Mohamme- dan bolls .hie coffee over a charcoal fire i a small brass kettle; each cup is made fresh and consumed, grenade included, in small sips. Russia, Swit- aerlaxtd and Denmark all follow the French fashion. Bulgaria prefers 'Turkish methods. In Brittany the housewife thinks no coffee worth drinking unless made from beans she has roasted herself. The Italian com- bines the methods of Brittany and France, The Auetrlans lire more orIgInal` and make delicious coffee with milk ;topped with whipped dream. The Mexican drinks a brand of pollee peculiarly hie own. Ground coffee is placed In a sloth bag which 15 immersed In boiling milk and water sweetened with brown 'stick eager, Xn Brazil, Chile and Paraguay they like their coffee black and— oltep, The Cuban poursand re -pours cold "inter over finely -ground coffee epntained in a flannel bag and uses the extract obtained for making cafe au bait or cafe noir. The World's Wends. The best-known wind In Ilse world is the trade wind. It le commonly assumed that the word is connected with trade or commerce, becauee In the 'old sailing -ship days mariners used to seek this wind that it night blew them steadily in the right di- rection, be dependable, and not sub- 'ject to variation or calm, Thle le a common.error, In Anglo-Saxon it was the tredde- wind, a wind with a specific tread, trend, or direction. The trade wind, then, is one of uniform track. In the northern, henfisphere these winds blow .from the northeast, and .in the southern hemisphere from the southepst, about thirty degrees on each side of the Equator, In some places they 'blow pix months• In : one direction and six in:.ttae opposite. Tbe mlitral Is another repmvpus wind, Xt is a violent northwest win bbtowing down the Gult of Lyons and telt partlCCularly In the neigbborliood of Mareelllea: The ahnoom to a het, suffocating wildthat blows in north- ern Africa and Arabia. The grocer) blows from No•tb Africa over Italy, Mr, and Mrs, Wellington Jones, i Cannitton, recently celebrated 'their Goth wedding anniversary. FOWL WANTED Highest market prices paid. See me oe P1101le No, 2x,' BM - sent, tied I will.caII rind get your howl, M. Yollick AN EDITOR WITH A HEART Editor Jim Landy of the Olivia Times preached a whole sermon when he said "So live than you won't have to ask the editor to keep it out of the paper:"—Bemidji Pioneer. And yet Jim Landy's heart would melt when a dear old weeping moth- er asked him to "please don't publish the nameof my poor boy. 1t was his, first anti only offense and he was led astray by men who shodld have pro- tected him." ,. We all have those ex- periences. --Fairmont Sentinel. HOW OUR FATHERS CAME. r • Early Settlers Conning to Canada Suf- fered Eardships. Hardships suffered by early set- tlers ettlers coming to Canada are realized by few in thesedays of liixurlantand swift steamers on the Atlantic, Ex- tracts Prom the diary of James Burns, who came- to. York (now'To- route) In 1833. from,Scotland, have been'torwarded to the Toronto Globe by H. J P. Good; who ;saye Mr, Burne was the great-grandfather of Mre. J. B. Spencer of Ottawa. The voyage, which began May 0; occupied forty-five days in a sailing ship be- fore New York was reached, Even the start was delayed a day or two by lack of wind, and the traveller, with a realization of the seriousness -of his journey, "wrote a letter to my widowed mother, committing her and the children to Htm whose watchful eye never slumbers nor sleeps," When the wind, failed, the passen- gers were restless under the delay, and when the wind blew the ship pitched and made most of them 111, causing unspeakable misery, Atter a storm there was a great task in cleaning the deck. There was a clergyman on board, also a doctor, whose limited medicines were varied by "bleeding" for certain illnesses. A theatrical gentleman provided amusement with sleight-of-hand tricks and ventriloquism. There was some shooting, andone day a passenger jumped overboard without his clothes to get a bird he bad shot. While in the sea, the breeze freshened, and the ship sped away from him, but be was eventU- alIyrescued with a rope when at the point of exhaustion. Often there Is an entry something like this; "The Wind is very boisterous, heaving as if it would pitch us all into the ocean," The passengers brought their own food, and Mr. Burns writes this ad- vice; "A person coming to sea wilt fled it an advantage to bring a few peeks of fine flour, as there Is no difficulty In baking every afternoon after the cooking is over. The plan they take for toasting is In a large frying pan, which answers the pur- mose very well; and variety at sea 1e very important, It well to bring a barrel of good porter or ale. I would recommend a good supply 0f pota- toes, as they are always palatable;. emne red herrings, some onlone, and fresh eggs; a oleo of old cheese, and anything that is tasty and good; a good piece of beef ham; a good supbly of oatmeal cakes, well dried, and barley to make broth." And so on, One clay the sea became very rough, and the ship was once on her "beam -ends," which "upset the fire on deck, and pitched It into the plain, hatch, end tumbled the embers into the beds, which was a dangerous condition; but this was succeeded by a heavy sea, which came pouring 1t, and served to extinguish tate devour- ing element," There wee great joy on sight of laud, and dancing took place till ,a late hour that night. Mr. Burns tante by the Hudson river and Erle Canal to York, and bought 200 acres of lagd east or Toronto at• four dollars an acre, Sande of Destruction Quite unknown to the . outside orld, nays. a surlier in the Wide 'World, a grim tragedy is taking place oq the eo3et of Donegal, Ireland: Drivel} y the flame Atlantic gales. the s@aapoic ands are sweeping J>a ekorably inland, overwhelming fertile farmlands, beautiful woode, ancestral luansione,nd humble cabins, a>]d leaving in heir place a vast desert. The 9uthtQi' describes how the sands bei burledoni;ing a linetoLord old mBoyne,ansion, formerly Fiver Qr'eeping onwards, he writes, the shining banks of sand began to iear tlzelneeives against the mansion tself. The residents, alarmed, bege.0 apl buil;nvdaiwallsn. and dig ditches—but l iillently, inexorably, constan ly hi e o and W dt.iw b theael sends rgse higher rind Ingle x51011, orge fifty y grs after tine menace w rat it1ederstood, the old mansion was,.. E etl q rs t t a beautiful gat'dens, ttYp- um, and terraces vanished; then the 'wages, the statues end the pr 'trill +et ' buried iii 1over-doe k Otipg c{ ibis; Finally the heti . be t�- 44 as vat ed n 691, endthe o & !f �p it . , Wrier, Lo d Re 11 i wag reluctantly compelled to ab cion 111, t r m was 1 osaible fox' i4 a tt p nt etlr; . ( '.I d 11 seen to walk froth the sand gp to Lite root, and even descend lite q s vt icb had net been completely at length, e r Q .t. t 0m l �t1 .til0 1 �1+s1_btx p e eo- t� v Bred the !louse and its wide denleane, China clay deposits i1114ortherr1 Ontario norm slue Mattagami hives' are said to be the lalgoet In snail'