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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-12-14, Page 7Sy ftichard Gill Wilkinson ( 11UCK 1IANSON and Rattly Davis, range riders for the Circle H cattle outfit, were pretty disgusted the day young Johnny Howard rode into their camp and handed theta a note signed by Old Man Hadley, the Circle El's owner The note read in part: "This will introduce Johnny Howard from New York, the son of an old friend of miner He wants to be a real cowboy and I'm send- ing him out to you boys, Shote him the ropes, Jinn." Summoning Baldy, Chuck led the way out of earshot, "Ain't the boss cute?" he said sarcastically; "Hamlin' us this nurse maid's Mb, By Gad, one day Jim Hadley will go too far." 'The way f figure it." said Baldy, "the boss is passin' the buck, Since this fashion -plate is the son of a friend he can't just give hint the works and send hint hone; so he puts it up to us." Chuck spat and scratched lus head. "13y guns, rnehbe you're right. Shucks, that's it exactly! Come-on, we gotta do like he asks, We'll make a cow hand outer this dude or die ,tryin'," They returned to the camp where waited Johnny, "0, K. feller,' Reidy said. "Che boss Allows we gotta make a cow hand outer yuh, Your first lesson is to get down off that flea-bitten nag you're a -straddle and, learn to stick on a real hoss," "Well," said Johnny. "I was won- dering if I was going to hare to ride this old crow bait," Chuck and Baldy exchanged meaning looks. Baldy went out to the corral and returned leading a sleek-lool.iug black that kept his ears laid back permanently just to show folks how he felt about Luny one who thought he could ride him}. Confidently Johnny swung aboard while the two range riders climbed to the top rail of .the corral fence. Baldy was a little nervous. The black, with Johnny astride hint, suddenly galvanized into action. It shot straight into the air and came down with all four legs as solid as gate posts. It snnfished and bucked and bucked. It got down The black it i t is Johnny astride him, suddenly galvan- ized into notion, and rolled over, brushed against the fence, reared on all fours, plunged and bucked some more, And pres- ently, caseating and blowing, it stood docile and Johnny Howard was still on its back. Johnny grinned at the open-mouthed specttators. THE RANGE RIDERS rubbed their eyes. The thing that had happened was like an hallucination. They weren't -convinced. Chuck slid down off the corral, "We'll now go into lesson number two," he remarked, "which includes bulldogging. fiver biflldog a steer, mister?" Without waiting for the dude's reply, Chuck„wino had won laurels as a bulldogged, galloped after a steer, threw and roped Mtn In -rec. ord tine,' Pleased and swaggering he returned "See how it's done?” he asked. "Yes," said .Johnny, "1 see. Mind if l try it on that -big steer?" He tried it. He threw and roped' the big steer in three seconds less time than Chuck. After a roping exhibition Johnny, without being challenged, produced a "six-gun . and demonstrated some fast and accurate shooting. In fact, it was so fast and so accurate that Baldy and Chuck didn't' offer to exploit their own prowess, When the shooting was over the range ridera. went into a huddle, Presently they returned to Johnny. Chuck stuck -out his hand. "Mister, we hereby apologize, VVe know When we're Ilciced." Johnny grinned, "Well," he said, "I reckon that was Uncle Jim's idea, at first. 'Then when he found out i was a circus performer he saw a chance io May a joke on you boys. I learned all my stuff in a eh•cus. I gut to be pretty good, because 1 liked -tile work, In fact, I liked it so well 1' decided to become a reel cowboy, The truth -is, I don't know a darned thing about cow - punching and Cd appreciate it a heap if you boys let me stay and teach nuc :t few things." "'l'eac'h you!" declared Chuck, 'Hai Mister, rorrsider yourselut t'tletne," "Who WAS the blonde 1 saw you 'aero! on'Tiuicsday?" ""The 'brunette you saw me with wet Tuesday" • Dog Bites Man; And in This Case It Was News When this collie pup bit Lee Potter, left above, humane society officer, it was news because Potter was rescuing the pup from an abandoned quarry at the time. At right, Potter is lifted to the top of the quarry, holding the.collie in his arms, Potter and a boat were lowered 100 feet to the water to enable him to reach the debris where the collie was stranded. On the way tip, pooch took a nip of his thumb. FAITH HEALING MIRACLE OR FRAUD? Some time ago a soldier blinded in the war, or blind as the result of battle experience, went into a Brighton. faith -healing service with his eyes closed and caste out with them open. The evening papers carried head- lines: "Blind Made To See." The soldier had not been able to see. He believed. There was a lay- ing -on of hands, anointing with oil. He saw. Such was the sequence of events. The facts were not denied. The man's record was on the Ministry of Pensions file. The question is: how are the facts to be interpreted? There are two diametrically -opposed explanations. This is what the faith -healer says: Christ definitely promised to his Disciples that they should possess the power to heal by the laying -on of hands, That power belongs to all who are true disciples of Christ. The essence is faith—faith in the healer; faith in the patient. Now, blindness is caused in two ways. Firstly, by a physical cause. For example, destruction of the optic nerve. Secondly, by a non- physical cause. For example„ in- tense fear. This is known as func- tional blindness. It means that the eye, though perfect, will not do its job. It is equally safe to claim that whose optic nerve has been destroy edhas ever had his eyesight restor- ed by faith -healing methods, It is equally safe to claic that many cases of functional blindness, like that referred to above, have been cured by faith, writes John England in "Tit -Bits." Lurking Fear - From this example one may lay down a general proposition, One may do that because theprinciple • is a general one. It is this: where disease is the result of psychological (that is, emotional) causes, cure by faith - healing methods may be predicted in many cases—or ostensible cure. To come ,back just once more to the soldier. Ile came away from the faith -healing service delighted to be able to lift the eyelids that, an hour before, had seemed forever closed. So far, he was cured. But the evil thing in lois mind—the deep- seated fear—was still lurking there, One of two things is likely to fol- low in such cases. Either the old functional failure will return, or the Mar will transform itself into an- other physical symptom. Such a man may go lance, develop paraly- sis in his right arm, Butiwhatever the nature of such symptom it will always be found to serve one end, that end is to remove the danger which has inspired the deep-seated fear. In thousands of cases in armies, navies and air forces such symptoms develop when the patient can no loner stand service perils. His dis- ability is a means contrived by his subconscious mind to escape dam- ger. The only permanent cure is the knowledge of the patient as to the true cause of his condition, This knowledge is far more powerful than the faith -healer's method—for that mill generally last but a little time. The cure of the physician, using modern methods, is often permanent. So much for functional diseases and how they can be affected by the faith -h eater, What about organic diseases, such things as cancer, tuberculosis, Bright's disease? In all these there is a physical defect, or a failure of the machinery of the body to do its job. Such diseases are, roughly, of two kinds. There is the organic disease, which comes because of a morbid growth or the invasion of the body by some tissue -destroying paraste. For example, cancer is the multi- plication of primitive cells; tuber- culosis is the invasion of some part of the body, often the lungs, by a fungus. Thein there are those diseases where the body itself muddles its daily work, It fails to eliminate waste matter through the kidneys: the blood fails to manufacture red cells: the stomach to change food properly into the elements of blood. When faith -healer's claim to cure such diseases they should be listened to with extreme caution. There are no cases of gross organic disease being cured by the laying -on of hands so far as this writer has been --- By Harold Arnett $4 TRICK WITH FORKS PROVIDES A GOOD HOLDER TO P. VENT STRAINER CLOTh FROM SAGGING IN7t VESSEL, ARRANGE TONGS AS PICTURED THIMBLE} IS ALWAYS AT HAND WHEN NEEDED. CrLtJE SMALL CORK iNSiDE OF DRAWER AN15"KEEP THIMBLE' SLIPPED ON Ci' able to discbver. It would be very surprising were it otherwse. Let me tell a true anecdote which bears on this. One day a French doctor, who was a sceptic, was taken by a religi- ous friend to the celebrated faith - healing shrine at Lourdes. He was shown a grotto stacked high with the crutches of the cured. "Does that convince you?" asked the convert to faith -healing, The doctor shook his head, "One wooden leg," he replied, "would be more to the point:' When many wooden legs appear at the great shrines, when one finds pyramids of _ artificial eyes and stacks of artificial amts, then one will have to re-examine the whole position. Meanwhile, the sensible man will look very closely at every claim trade for miracles of this kind, for the long chances are that he will find they are not miracles at .all. Is all this an attack on the bona fides of the faith -healer? Far from it. Many men and worsen firmly believe that they have been chosen by divine favor and endowed with this magical power. Some years ago, when there was a great faith -healing "boom," I trav- elled to a large provincial town where claims had been made for cures of cancer: and that is a very large claim to make. After days spent in tracing the persons who could give first-hand accounts of the natter, the whole story vanished in thin air, The vicar in whose church the "miracle" had been wrought thought the verger knew store. The verger said if the vicar didn't know, was he likely to? Not even the name and address of the woman alleged to have been cured could be ascertain- ed. Yet, in the Press, the story had been most impressive. How, the reader may ask, does Etch a story get into circulation? When we understand how such stories as the Angels of Mons originate, then we shall know the answer•. When we understand how it could be that hundreds have seen flying saucers—or Russians in Scot- land with Siberian snow on their boots—then we shall understand, When Physicians Fail For the truth is, human nature hungers after marvels. And the drowning man clutches at straws "Well, dear, the doctor hasn't done you any good. Go to the ser- vice and see if this little boy really has divine powers. Look what -it says in the papet'l , , ;' , .And so it goes on. Cults, churches even, rise on such treacherous foundations and draw their hun- dreds of thoneands. But look closely, and you will discern that the adherents are all people who are unhappy, or who feel perpetually "poorly." People' who have not found fulfilment in life; people looking for compensa- tions, for excitement, for the eoee- eeiitration of attention on them- selves... --on their petty and oft -imag- ined ills, And what do the doctors say about faith? They say this, in effect, The finest asset any practising doctor San have is the faith of his patient, Batt that is another thing altogether, tam :UNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Rev. R. Barclay Warren THE UNIVERSAL GOD Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14; 31:3 GOLDEN TEXT: Ye shall Geek me, and find Me, when ye shalt search for Me with all your heart. Jet, 29:13. Jeremiahs prophecy came true, Jerusalem was takers by Nebuchad- nezzar and many of the people were carried away to Babylon. The sub- stance of a letter seat by Jeremiah to these exiles forms the main part of to -day's lesson. He urges them to be content in the land and to multiply. "Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of then" He also counselled, "Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.' This was a high standard of ethics and would be in their own interest. At the same time tie predicted their return to Jerusalem after sev- enty years. This kept alive their hope. One of their songs was, "If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning: If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if 1 prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy," Ps, 137. During the eo)te the people be- came more spiritual in their worship. They learned that God was every- where. They had known Him its the beautiful temple in Jerusalem with the ark and the golden candlestick and all. Now they saw Hint in the fiery furnace and the lions' den at Babylon. "God is a Spirit and they that worship Him must worship Hits in spirit and hs truth." jn, 4:24. C.. G. Finney, the young lawyer began to seek God. Out in the woods he prayed but roused quickly When he thought someone was approach- ing.. He was ashamed to be seen praying. Then came to his mind the words of the golden text, He died to the opinions of others and sought God with all his heart. The promise was fulfilled. Finney later became a great evangelist, Barkley 131ue — Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley wears the "Barkley blue" suit in which she was wed to Vice -President Albeit W. Barkley in St. Louis. The -woolen suit was designed by Hattie Carnegie. Four cabo- chon -cut rhinestones highlight the color. The shaped jacket buttons from a small rounded collar, nips in at the waistline and curves the hipline. The answer to a maiden's prayer ie a man'squestion. TABLE 1 alar Andve,ws. It might be art idea for you to clip this column and present It to the ntan of the house on Christmas Day, just before iie sets to work on the task which most men dread— carving that Christmas turkey. For today, as you'll see, there's a picture of the "sideways" method of carving—a method which is rap- idly gainiug in popularity and is highly reconunended by the Na- tional Poultry and Egg Board south of the border. The instructions underneath the picture are fairly complete, but perhaps I might add a few words of further explanation. With this method, nobody gets a drumstick, or a wing. Everybody Is served Sliced Turkey, There should be a smaller platter, or large plate, placed beside the one on which the turkey is brought to the table. After one wing and one leg are taken off, as described, the meat from them is thinly sliced from then. Next "he" should start cutting thin slices of light meat from the Brown chicken on all side.. 1d,1 1 clove garlic 1 tsp. summer savory ..Cover tightly and cook stout), Sy hours. This should not ueed water added. * IP 4 A young married woman I know was telling use recently that she'd tried making doughnuts two or three time, and had been l .• p pointed with the results. 1 asked her it she use,l a caul:i,,, i.rei ammeter, and when she replied'that she didn't own such a tiring, 1 knew right away what was wrong. That's because, for successful frying, the temperature of the fat must be exactly right, and—antese you're a wizard—that's something hard to gauge without a thermome- ter. The temperature of the fat should be from 360° to 375° Fahr- enheit, The thermometer should be fast- ened to the edge of the pan, the bulb well submerged in the fat, but not touching the sides. Heat the fat slowly tc required HOW TO CARVE YOTJR TURKEY—Carving a turkey, os' any other fowl, looks harder than it really is. As long as your knife follows the bone structure of the bird, and you keep your slices thin, you're safe. First of all, be sure your knife is sharp enough to cut cleanly with a minimum of effort. Then remove the legs and wings. In the side method of carving, (illustrated here) this is done by placing the bird on one of its sides and removing first the tip • and first joint of the wing by cutting straight through the joint; second, the remainder of the wing! third, the leg. Then the meat is carefully sliced thinly front the back and breast, and the bird turned over on its other side° breast, then dark meat front the farther back — following the bone structure at all times — until one side of the "critter" is bare. It fa then easy to cut open the thio, skirt -like tissue and spoon out the stuffing. The carver can then start serving the slices — that is, unless you have such a crowd present that one side of the bird isn't enough to go round. In that case, of course, he should just turn the turkey over and do a repeat performance on the other side. I honestly think that you'll like this method, once you've given it a trial. IT bet that famous vandevife comedian wishes it had been used in his family when he was a young- ster. I've forgotten his name for the moment — but he's the one who used to say that he was the young- est of a family .of 13 kids, and that he was a full-grown man before he knew that there was anything on a chicken but the necks And just one last word before we' drop the subject of turkey, Tell "shim" to be sure that his carving knife is really sharp before he starts, and to keep those slices thin, Speaking of chicken, thls might be as good a time as any to pass along to yccjj� a prize-winning recipe —from Vilgginia—for Pot Roasted Chicken Dress for roasting 1 (3-1b.) chicken Crumble up floe 5 slices dry bread Mise in 1 small green apple, shoed X onions, minced 1 tsp. salt 34 tsp. poultry seasoning 2 tblapa, ]tot water 34 cup melted butte' Stuff chicken loosely Insert skewers or strong toothpicks across opening; lace. Tic legs together and tack ,the wings tinder bark. • Heat its Dutch oven 34 cup shortening temperature, and be sure it has reacheh the proper heat beforet starting to fry. Test the tempera- ture of the fat frequently during the frying. Put only enough fat into tlse ket- tle to heat—hart will fill it onlyr a little more theat half full. Slip the doughnuts cautiously Into the kettle. Don't try to cook too many at one time, because the fat will become overcooled. The moment the doughnuts rise to the surface, turn them with a long -handled fork, being carefut not to pierce them with the tines. Remove with a fork, a spoon or a perforated ladle, and allow the excess fat to drip back into the kettle. Drain the doughnuts in a pan lined with ertunbled absorbent paper. * * ,. In tits past, I've published sev- eral doughnut recipe¢ and you prob- ably have sotne of your own. But possibly you've never tried the po- tato kind. They're soft and moist„ and lots of folk like them far better than those made from "regulation" recipes, Potato Doughnuts 2 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons melted fat 1 cup riced or mashed potatoes 1 cup sour milk 4% cups flour 1 teapsoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon nutmeg Method: Beat the eggs and sugar until light. Add the fat, potatoes and mills. Beat until smooth. Add the flour, salt, baking powder, soda and,nutnteg. Roll out until about one -hall inch thickness. on a lightly floured beard. Fry according to above dir- ections, Drain on abso'hent paper. tough: Au ailment which too many people take to ehtireh or the theatre inuc'ad of tto the doctor.