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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1951-5-2, Page 3Dun By Richard H. Wilkinson "11 was probably suicide," 1 ,aid, looking around the cabin. "'Why?" Capt. Rhodes •,sial. I nodded toward the wall.. ;1t least half a dozen pliotra.•rapha of Arthur 1; imb;Q1 hunt; there. "Any taunt," I remarked, "who was so vain as to take ill those Pictures of himself along to decot•a.e his cabin on a two weeks' cruise, must have been vain abont other things," "You mean he'd probably suf- fered financial reverses or some- thing, and was too proud to face the facts, so he shot himself?" "That's about it, 1 nodded, pleased that the captain should give so much consideration to my theory. A very dull fellow .his Capt. Rhodes, The captain looked down at the lifeless body of Arthur Kimball, I -Ie had apparently been sitting at his desk, writing. 'there was a bullet wound in his temple. An anion:aUe was clutched in the fingers of his right hand. The captain Looked at ills plc - tures. "I'm probably right, i on't you think, Captain?" I said. Captain Rhodes grunted. "No," be said, "I dont," He turned abruptly and went out. Well, this only confirmed my ideas about the Captain's stupidity. To me the thing was dead open and shut, - The first mate, a tall, rugged in- dividual named Brooks, told me to go to my quarters and stay there until I was called, It wasn't until evening that the mate summoned me. I followed Irina down the corridor to Arthur Kimball's cabin. Captain Rhodes was there and several other men M uniforms, and a strange man and woman, "That was a very logical theory you advanced," the captain said. looking at me. "But we're proven it to be dead wrong," "Wrong?" I said. Flow To Improve Yew- Wieniory At a unique Scheel .,i 1Istnory and 1'uaceatrat, a in New York, psychologists etre teaIlliin6 Pupils 11 piss tick; on th it memories, Those %h„ can't 1%111,101,er the names of people they meet, birth- days, telephone uuluber•, 1gairtant instructions, titles of books and films, ane taking 0 ten -week course on what to do them it . Ute ex -pupil le now manager of n bignsle v fork hotel and can remember the names of all the guests staying there on any one: day. together with their room num- bers, Another is a detective who has colutnitted to memory the names and appearances of all the living ex -convicts in New York State. Several memory systems are taught at the school, but one of the most successful is also the simplest --that of association, The humans rltilitl, when it wishes to retain something, finds it easier to. retain something else and associate the first thing with the second. All our ideas have a way of ar- ranging themselves in sets, and to recapture one idea 111 ho 1155Oe1- atied set will mean that we can often recapture the other's. Take telephone numbers, These should be associated with some. thing else -1815. Battle of Water- loo; 6225; the age of your father and Christmas Day, 1299, the num- ber of months in the year, and what the doctor asks you to say - 99. It is a great help to split the number. Instead of thinking of fot'-five-eight-six it is easier to re- member four -live; eight -six. 'Napoleon, who boasted, "Never once in my life have I forgotten a name," used what is called pic- ture association. Introduced to someone with a confusing name he would say. "I apologize, but I am not good at names, Would you please spell it out for me?" (People are not of- fended by such a request, In fact, they are flattered by your interest.) At the first opportunity Napoleon would write down the name on a scrap of paper. 1 -Ie would look at it for a moment, "photographing" it in his mind and even noticing the shape and size of the letter. Then he would „throw the paper away, • but he would always remember the name, for he was always able to materialize a picture of it written in his own handwriting. Remembering the title of a book or filet is often baffling, but not if we associate the title with some- thing else. We ought to prod the memory with quick -fire questions: Where did we see the filet? Did anyone accompany us? If a hook, was it from the library? What was the weather like? What were we wear- ing at the time? It is remarkable how suddenly the title pops, up to the surface under such treatment. One of the important things the memory men teach is that the mem- ory cannot be improved by learn- ing things by heart. Actors spend a large slice of their lives memorizing their lines, but tests have proved they are neither better nor worse than other people when it conies to remembering in other spheres. "Mr Kimball was murdered!" I didn't say anything. The cap.ain was not only a dull fellow, but now he was revealing a tendency toward dramatics, "As soon," went an the captain, "as T decide that Mr. Kimball was murdered, I bean to look for some- one who knew hint before he sailed. This wasn't as easy as it sounds. Kimball was travel'ng alone. Sill, I figured that someone had en- gaged passage. on the same boat with the idea of murdering hint: That someone, I reasoned, -would have taken a cabin 'as near to his as possible. So we began inquiring into the careers of all the cable occupants along this corridor, The only two people NrImin we d's- covered who night have knonn Mr. Kimball are Mr. and Mrs. John Cole, these people here," The captain glanced toward the s.range couple, "But,:' he continued, "they have conclusively proven that they were in the main salon al the time the murder was coumsitted." "How did they knew \i•hen the murder was committed?" I asked importatftly. "I told them," Capt. Rhodes sa'd. "So t continued my hunt, and Presently, I discovered there was only one other person on hoard who knew Kimball. 1 discovered that this ratan had suffered financial losses tlu'ough Kimball's activities, "And who:" 1 asked quietly, "is this man?" "You," said Capt. Rhodes. 11 was a remote possibility, and 1 had not believed it would occur, but nevertheless 1 was prepared. Capt. Rhodes was prepared too, That's why the ani"paned men were present. One of them had sidled in behind me, and as 1 sprang 1 landed in his arms, '.i'he captain grunted. "If," he remarked ciryly, "you ever have occasion to plan another murder, consider the details," He 1 orated to one of the pictnr'ea of Arthur IC'rn• hall. It was the picture in wltich ls.imbitll wasseated at his desk writing. "Noir." said ^tic captain, "that Mr• Kimball is Bolding his pen 5 111 i5 lbe riding drcis rop 1polo m op am ailet in he other pictrlrrs, Be must 1 ave been left handed, Yet you Pince(' the murder gun in his right hand." A dull fellow, the captain. Thin Coats Best There arc several ways of pre- paring oak floors for the application of wax. One way is to apply the wax to the bare floor after it is filled with wood filler, applying the wax in very titin coats.' . Several layers should be used, thoroughly polishing and drying after each layer before, applying the next. It has been discovered that sev- eral titin coats of wax are better than one or two heavy coats. The covering lasts longer and the floors are not as slippery. Lhme 0 Take Over House i3Y EDNA MILES THE kitchen table, the center.' of family living in grandmother's day, has been steadily regaining its popularity in modern bouse- holds since the introduction of plastic tops. ,junior can overturn his ink while doing Itis homework; Dad can spill ashes from itis pipe; Mom can' set down slot dishes without pads; Sister can smear fingernail polish around—all without dam- age. These advantages, which the American public was quick to r'dc- ognize, are now being made available in front -of -the -house furni- ture. There are plastic -surfaced pieces for the dining room, the living room, the bedroom, the terrace—almost any spot you can name. Although this new furniture was inspired by mar -resistant kitchen equipment, there is nothing pantryish-looking about these new melamine laminates. A number of new finishes have been achieved in designer -created pieces recently introduced. There are teal woods coated with plastic for extra durability, or woodgrains reproduced on photographic paper. The latter appear, to the casual eye, to be the real thing. There are table and dressing table tops of fabric to match your draperies. These have been impregnated with melamine -to make them glossy and lasting. There are also treated papers in ebony -like black or pastels, and there are combinations of wood, fabric and paper in a novel, textural surface. This dressing table top of striped drapery fabrio laminated with white paper and melamine matches window hangings; is impervious to damage from spilled cosmetics or the lipsticked message milady is writing.; Experiments in preparing land for grain and corn, conducted at the Central Experimental Farm at Ottawa, seen to pretty well bear out results which 1 have reported at different times in this column from other sources, The Ottawa folks have found out that equally good results may be obtained from shal- low plowing; which, course, means a real saving in power—either horse or mechanical. 4' * * Both clay and loam soils were used in the experiments extending from 10 to 14 years, and both the monldboatd and disc ploughs were compared at depths of foul' and . seven inches. Clay soil tests showed no advantage in ploughing sod for corn deeper than three to four inches; in general oats and barley yields were not influenced to any considerable extent by the depth of the ploughing. • w * * In the Ottawa experiments on the loam soils, corn following barley and corn after sod produced slightly higher yields where ploughing was done at six to seven inches, than where the depth of ploughing was three to four inches. Somewhat similar tests, held in co-operation with the Ontario Ploughmen's. As- cociation on farms in eastern On- tario, on both clay and loam soils, indicated no advantage from a yield standpoint in ploughing deeper than four inches. A comparison of results front the use of the mouldboard and disc ploughs in the Ottawa tests indi- cated a trend towards higher yield of corn where the mouldboard plough was used, but there was 110 consistent difference between the two types of equipment measured by the yields of the grain crops in the different experiments k W * Also from Ottawa come, some valuable advice about the prepara- tion of -seed flats, The commonest method of doing this is, of coarse, to fill a flat half --inch from the top with soil, then screen another quar- ter inch of soil over this, and firm, The seeds are sown broadcast over this surface and covered with screened soil, amen In Canadian Cancer Research—Dr. Allene Scott, shells •ing degree of radioactivity in thyroid gland of patient aft( a tracer dose of redime. tiVe iodino was admi it ia1ctred. As long as this method works satisfactorily, there's no reason to change it. But if difficulties are met with and poor results obtained. Dr. A. P. Chan of the Horticulture Division suggests trying one of the following methods. * * One of the best is to fill sterilized fiats with sterilized soil whish con- tains a large percentage (if) of sand within g -inch of the tops of the flats. Both soil and flats •can be sterilized by pouring hot water over the surface. This will kill most of the harntfal organisms causing plant diseases. When, soil is treated in this way it must be left to dry sufficiently to be manageable; small quantities of soil can be sterilized i11 an oven held at 180 degrees F. for 30 minutes Sterilized sand should then be sifted over the soil until the flat is filled at the top. The sand should be levelled off but not Fashion Note - firmed. In place of sand, fine vermi- culite may be used. Actually this material is preferred because it does not need to be sterilized. The seeds are sown broadcast and covered with just enough fine peat to hide the sand if small seeds are sown, With larger seeds, a little more peat may he used. Water the flat with a tine hose, using enough water to turn the peat black. If there is the least drying -out, the peat will turn a light brown and water should again be applied Another good method is to fill sterilized flats with wet sterilized peat to a level of one inch from the top. Place half ae inch of sterilized sand on top, water thoroughly and love the sand. Sow seeds in shallow trenches made with a Wooden label. The depth of the trenches should be increased for larger seeds. Do not water but cover immediately with a piece of glass, For seeds which germinate quickly there is no furth- er need for watering until the seed- lings are pricked off If drying does occur water by placing flat in a shallow pan of water. a: * x: Yon may have got by with using untreated seed in the past, and you may continue to do so in the future. Still, sooner or later, when condi- tions are favourable for disease, you're almost bound to run up against real losses. And chemical seed treatment is an inexpensive form of insurance against such losses, t: * >r: lvtany diseases affecting a wide variety of crops are transmitted by means of seed. The organism re- sponsible for a given disease may be carried over from one crop to the next alt the surface of the seed, in the seed, or with the seed as impunities. Those diseases which are transmitted on the surface of the seed. or produce only superficial infection are controllable by chem- ical seed treatment, but deep-seated diseases in the seed are not and hot water treatment has proved effective in many cases for their control. 5 * t, Proper seed cleaning may go a long way in eliminating diseases carried as impurities. In addition to controlling disease - producing or- gauistns on or with the seed the function of chemical seed treatment is to protect the germinating seed and seedlings" against attack from soil -borne organisms present in most soils, Such benefits from seed treatment as increased quality and yield have been amply demonstrated, and re- pay the cost of treatment, even though the disease may not be ap- parent, While the use of better • grades of seed is recommended, h does not always ensure the crop against attack from seed- and soil - borne diseases. * x- When the symptoms of disease are conspicuous, the grower soon recognizes them. In many cases, however, where a poor stand is ob- tained, where yield and quality are low without visible evidence of dis- ease, the grower loo often is prone to lay the blame on ppor soil or unfavourable weather, Yet many diseases express themselves in this way, and in some cases crop losses alight be avoided by first treating the seed with oue of the chemicals available on the market Married Folks Have Fewer Headaches Are you subject to headaches? If you are, so are millions of others. You are not, repeat not, a rarity. Dr. Henry Ogden of Louisiana State University College of Medi- cine, has just concluded a survey covering 6,000 people. Here are some of the things he has discov- ered. If you are young you are more prone to headaches than your elders. His investigations showed that nearly 80 per cent of those in their twenties had headaches. The figure for the sixties and over was only 28 per cent, If you are single, too, you seem more likely to be afflicted with that aching head. Dr. Ogden's research showed that nearly 71 per cent of the single people in the world had headaches. The figure for married folic is ten per cent less. He found that medical students suffer more than any other group, and farmers less. The percentage among the students was 80; among farmers 50. In between these two extremes came the housewives with 69.8 per cent. Another of his discoveries was that women suffer more than their menfolk. Seven women, in fact, have headaches compared with five men. "Hair Of The Dog" When you wake up with a hang- over, does a sympathetic friend prescribe a "]fair of the dog that bit you"; in other words, another drink? There's a good reason for the saying, In the bad old days, when rabies, caused by the bite of a toad dog were common, patients were given a medicine containing hairs front the animal responsible. As recently as 1866, at an in- quest on a child who had died from a dog bite, it was said that the dog's body had been recovered from the river, its liver cooked and given to the child, in a vain effort to save her life. (1/KIVRE b:',#ci, v�.:i r1o'Gdoll iltll:�i N NOTIS Making EveryGARDEFoot Count Even a plot of 10 feet 'by 20 . will give big returns in vegetables. with a little planning and double cropping. In these small plots one is wise to forget those bulky or spreading sorts of things like pota- toes, corn, squash or peas, One should concentrate on beaus, car- rots, beets, spinach, radish, lettuce, possibly a half-dozen staked toma- toes and perhaps a hill or two of cucumbers trained over the boun- dary fence. None of these vege- tables take ftp much room, Beans, beets and carrots can be grown in rows only a foot apart, though an inch or so wider will make cultiva- tion easier. and 10 feet of any of them will produce many meals for the average family. With some of the very early thugs like lettuce, radish and spinach double cropping can be practised. Plaut these in rows, say, 18 inches apart, with rows of the later things—beets, beans, car- rots, parsnips, etc., in between. By the time the latter require full room the other quick -maturing items will be out of the way. It is also possible to have two crops itt one season, where such quick - growers as radish are followed in the same ground by late beets, car- rots and beans, e Paths and Driveways Where the layout is of fair size and the traffic light most garden- ers find that good healthy grass will stand a fair amount of wear even front an occasional car. In many of the big parks and the grounds of the Experimental Farms the flower beds are separated by 6 to 12 feet of well -kept grass and there are few bare spots. But for connecting the front door with the street or the back door with the • vegetable graden, traffic is too heavy and some other material will have to be provided. Depending upon availability one can use flag stones, bricks, gravel, crushed cin- ders or some of the patent materials which when rolled down are like the blacktop of the surfaced high- way. From the gardening stand- point the point to keep In mind is that these must be built so as to interfere as little as possible with grass cutting. Where properly laid and graded one iltottld be able to run a inewer right over them, and save a lot of hand -cutting. * * * Keep Them Healthy The best protection against in- sects and disease is a stealthy gar- den, grown from good disease -re- sistant seed, well cultivated and free from weeds. Bugs usually lurk in weed growth waiting until the graders stuff is big enough for a raid, For those bugs that eat holes in the foliage use poison. For those that suck out the juices and make the plant wither use a spray that will burn. Dsease usually hits the plant cells and causes withering or sok in blackish spots. Chemicals like sulphur are used in this case. Often one good treatment will be enough, but with things like leaf hoppers and potato bugs which lay eggs, two or three successive treatments to get the young ones will be need- ed. Most chemicals lose their po- tency in time so a fresh supply each season is advisable. GATE FASTENERS USE_TWO PIECES OF AUTO TIRE AS SHOWN TO FASTEN FREE END OFA WIRE GATE . SPIKE TO GATE POST. AS DRAWN. JITTER 1111,1 OHM YOU A POWREELS OF MY' >R THAT WAS ApICTURe' OF. AMATEUR MOVIES.. AVE BEEN TOLD MEDIGGING CLAMA..THIS THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL 1N QUALITY NEXT ISA MMT O! me.. HM,. TF1@ CORO PULLED OUT,. SORRY.. ill 11AVSTOTURN ON THE LIGHT FOR A MINUTE By Arthur Pointer