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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1938-02-03, Page 7ti 0 0 0 0 71HURiSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938 THE SEAFORTH'. NEWS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to tit (edgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. The Seaforth News Phone 84 sawn I. 1 I 1 ■ 6. THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS is will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN' SCIENCE MONITOR C An International Daily Newspaper It records for you the world's clean, constructive doings, The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does It ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family, including the Weekly Magazine Section. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway street, Boston, Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to The Christian. Science Monitor for a period or 1 year 59.00 6 months 54.50 3 months 02,25 1 month Ile Wednesday rasue, including Magazine Section: 1 year $2,60, 6 issues 350 Name Address Sample Copy on .Requurt Prices Compared An interesting comparison of prices is that of the prevailing price 5O years ago and the prevailing price to- day, for 'farm .produce in Renfrew County. Fifty years ago, prices were as 'follows: 'Wheat 80-001c- bus., peas 39;c, oats 1315-.316c, butter t112 -00c lb., eggs B7 -20c doz., potatoes '50-60c bus., slay $94110 ton, turkeys 5a9c lib„ geese and chickens I546c. Prices .prevailing this year during the holiday season were: Wheat 49I.-$'1105. peas $242:215, oats 55-60c, 'butter .314•i36c, eggs ''25- &5c, potatoes 39.4101c, hay '::41'l ton; turkeys 20d25gc, geese 'Wic, chickens 16-26c. ABOVE THE HOLD On Tuesday the Sumatra Queen' with .fifteen thousand bales of E'gyp't- ian cotton came in from Alexandria. Friday morning the bunker hold was w ah early clear, and a doable, gang utas breaking out the last tier of No. 2, the largest hold in the 'big ship. To foremen, clerks and stevedores it had seemed bottomless, but at noon the hatch yawned wide and deep; :and the time men had 'begun to figure their wages and anticipate a holiday. Then, the noon whistle sounded. On the ,flour of No. 2 Per Langa- ard had at that instant deftly 'fixed the 'hoisting grapnel :round ,two hoops of a bake. and now with his raised hand .signalled the winc'hnhan on deck ,to haul away. To the right his mates were already swarming, .up the iron ladder 'to the deck, sunshine and food. From the .orowd came a voice: "Beat ye .up to dinner, •c'hu.inl" With his 'left hand still resting on the grapnel, the big Dane turned and, grinning amiably, shook his head. Since ,the ladder was already crowded with men and the man who had chal- lenged him was already well toward the tap, the saw at once that he could not—iSatddendy his left hand moved; the bale had started. ' Ay'll bane go yah, .Bili;' said he and leaped 'lightly upon the moving bundle. Bracing his feet firmly on the cot - toll and 'gripping the inch steel cable with his big hands, 'Langaard moved Swiftly through •the cavernous hold towards the square of 'b'lue sky above him, He heard the coughing of the steam .winch and the clank of the falls running through their blocks. He looked down. Far below him there was a ,litter ,of small refuse on the ship'sbottom and a ,file of pyg- mies ,cnawling up an iron ladder. The twisting began to snake 'him a little dizzy. Then the bale shot out into the sunlight. At the same moment one steel hoop snapped like bag twine and fell writhing and whining into the depths. The released ,grapnel jumped; the bale sagged and brought up with a jerk. Like a flash the stevedore placed his right foot on the empty prong and took a new hold with his hands. Ten years .on the docks had drillled many facts into his big blond head. When the first hoop parted, as hoops sometimes will, he knew what to expect. 'Before the winchman could swing his boom'and lower away to the deck the second hoop cracked under the strain and went flying. With a rush of air and a thunderous roar seven hundred pounds of cotton struck the steel plates of No. 2. Relieved without warning of most of their load. the .grapnel and falls shot high into the air. 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When the falls shot upward the long- shoreman had lost his footing, and his hands had slid, 'burning, down the cable until they closed ON the grap- nel and there held fast. And the grasp of those ihands, grown ,big and strong from shifting many cargoes, had not been 'loosed by that finial, sickening jerk. Big 'Per Langaard, struggling to re- gain his senses, found himself dang- ling as if from the very sky. His right arm, which had taken the shock of that last jenk, fellt stiff and out of place; in his shoulder throbbed a slow, steady pain. How long could he hold on? !Un'til 'rescue arrived? , He looked round him and saw the snarled cor- dage over his .head. One dance con- vinced him that the entire running gear was hopelessly out of order for hours, ,possibly for days. The mass of cordage on the end of the boons looked as if a giant 'cat had 'played with it. The cable, caught fast dtsdf, bound also the tapping lift above it. The winch ,was therefore useless; and, since the law masthead was well below hith, using a boatswaints chair was out • of the question. Even if a man 'could scale the snhaothly var- nished boom itself, he could do noth- ing when he had scaled it. Langaard saw that he must save .himself. He thought of 'climbing up the cable to which he hung. 'The snarl on the .end Of the 'boom was, he thought, not more than 'ten 'feet away; perhaps to could crawl through the tangle and slide down 'the boom. Oar 'below him rose a barbel of faint cries, he dared not look( dawn. 'Instead he summoned his courage for the climb. But as he contracted the muscles .of his right arni in order to force his body ,up, a fiery stab of pain shot from This shoulders to his finger tips. (Faint with agony. he relaxed his nnts'dles and moistened his ;parched lips. Then the truth dawned on him, He, Per Langaard, who had so gayly decided to ride to his dinner, :was dangling there as (helpless as a puppet on a string. How 'long could he 'hold on ? ift was too late now to repent the folly of that ride, too late for anything ex- cept perhaps a swift plunge—and ob- livion. Since he hung directly over the Hatchway, he would fall nearly a hun- dred feet to ,she !bottom of the hold. The thohfght was not pleasant. and Langaard turned his mind elsewhere. Strangely enough, lie thought of the dinner in the pocket of his overcoat an the 'ado k; of the good hank sand- wiches and the cold tea he knew were there. So he mused aimlessly, staring straight ahead into space, with both arms stretched to the 'breaking paint and with this body hanging limp. The sea gulls wheeled over his head. Be. low hint somewhere there was a world—men—Map.piness--land a hun- dred -foot drop to a 'floor of steel. How long could he .hold on? 'Suddenly he realized that instead of looking off irato the distance he was staring fixedly at --a rope, Pt was thick and new—a rape that, unlike the tangle of cordage overhead, stretch- ed neatly and securely from a some- where el light r s. A l t camern'to Lan- gaard's ,blue eyes. Stiffly .he ;bent This head and carefully followed the course of the clean, straight rope from its beginning .on the :boom to its ending down on deck. He saw that it was a guy rope by whteh men somehow gu!t- led the heavy 'boom to a desired posi- tion. ,Behind him he knew there must be another, He judged the distance to the starboard guy to be a dozen feet. To jump would the out of the ques- tion; yet the 'rope looked so inviting and the distance to it so short that 'he 'felt this muscles tightening instinc- tively for the 'plunge and eheoked himself just in time. What then? A. summer breeze stirred his dangling body. It suggested an idea. Drawing up his legs, he began to ''swing his body hack and 'forth. He found that he could not reach the rope; but the idea of losing by inches 'm'ad'dened him, There was a point beyond which he could not swing; when .nearest the rope he loosed his left hand and reac'hed into the air. His fingers clawed wildly some ten inches from the rope, and as he swung iback 'he got his hand an the grapnel with the :greatest difficul- ty. Then in his despair there came to him the idea of a 'lifetime. He took his left hand again from ,the grapnel and passed. it .pain'fully down along his body and over his right hip. The next moment there 'flashed in the sunlight twelve inches of 'bent, steel surmounted by a stout wooden cross handle the stevedore's .grappling hook. Again he swung, but this time he grunted with pain, for the slightest movement of his stiff right arm caus- ed flim torture. IAtgaiis by sheer grit and nerve he reached the high point beyond Which he could not go. He shot out his left hand and with the grappling hook clawed desperately for the rope, caught it and held it. His injured right arm was severely wren'c'hed. But this 'hand 'held; he hung spread-eagled 'between the rope and the grapnel. Then with life almost within 'his grasp again Langaard's spirit nearly broke. IIn that instant daring which his 'body ;hung outstretched between the cable and the guy it seemed to hire that there was only one thing that lie could do—relax every muscle in his tortured body and, come what might, let go. But the docks had hard- ened him, 'body and soul, and •blessed him with the courage of a lion and the sinews of a panther. FIe clenched his teeth. For now came, the test. I\ot yet could he af- ford to loose his hold on the .grapnel. His left hand crawled along the wooden handle of this hook to the polished .'keel, Strengthened by con- stant straining at 'boxes, barrels, crates and bale., his fingers seemed to know by instinct when to creep steadily upward. when is hold fast and ellen in creep again. Rut this grappling hook seemed yards bong, its poli..hed steel Shaft hopelessly had to grip. (using every ounce of muscle in the hand that was moving on the slink steel hook, 'he worked it D. H. McInnes ehiropraetor Office Commercial Hotel Hours—Moss. and Thurs. after Electro Therapist — Massage noons and by appointment ROOT CORRECTION by manipulation--Sun-ray treat- ment Phone 227. forward' until at .bast his great fore- finger closed round the guy. With mingled pain and hope he groaned aloud and caught 'hold with another finger. IHS swung ,one leg round the rope and d then the other. Feeling him- self secure he :finally let go the grap- nel. The rest was child's ,play. Grip- ping tightly with his begs and grin- ning a little dazedly in the bright sunlight, the lolpgshorernan slid down the rope into the crowd. They surged round 'him, but, smiling foolishly and nursing his right shoulder, he slipped away ,from. them. Five •minutes later you could see a great bowed figure sitting far nut an the stringpiece. One hand held a hang sandwich already deeply bitten into; the other 'tilted a bottle of cold tea to the sun. :.And` there Langaard's challenger found him suitable congratulations. With his mouth full of bread arid ham and tea, the big Dane smiled 'broadly alt ,the felloty and finally answered, "Ay tank eel -bane cheaper—walk," Apple growers have found that in order to get sufficient calor end ma- turity for the fruit, it is necessary to 'keep the orchard in sod, 'breaking op, only at intervals of five or six years. And for this purpose the best crop to use is alfalfa. Alfalfa, being perennial in nature, remains in the ground year after year. Its roots penetrate the soil much deeper than ,those of the apple ts'ee and, therefore, do not .consume much of the .moisture supply available to the tree. Furthermore, .the roots open up te soil, masking it porous, thereby al - bowing the air to penetrate the soil, tiahidh in turn stimulates bacterial ac- tion, Tdhis plant is capable of taking ni- trogen .frons the air and storing it in the roots, as, nitrate fertilizers early in the spring, to promote rapid growth, and to stimulate ,blossoming. A crop of alfalfa is an extremely cheap source of nitrate supply. Alfalfa, being the .heaviest yielder of alt legume and grass crops, may 'be cut twice a year. The cuttings, which are .allowed to re- main under the trees, make an excel- lent mulch, which conserves moisture and keeps weeds down. One day Jock met it friend on the street. "Conte and dine with its to- night." offered the friend ,graciously. "Thank you," said 'Jock. "hut - wouidn't 'tomorrow night do just as well?" "Yes, certainly. But where are you dining ,tanight?" asked the friend graciously. ".At your house," informed Jock. "You see, your wife .was good enough to give me tonight's invitation," WE THISYEk.i E ELP Needy children from all over the Prov- ince are treated regardless of race,creed or financial circumstance. This policy has been continued for over 60 years in the firm belief that everyone who understands the facts would want this great work to continue ... would agree that no Ontario child should be denied a chance for health or escape from deformity if mere money Snakes the difference. Over 9a% of our beds are in Public Wards. The Hospital receives no support from the Toronto Federation for Community $ervice because patients are accepted from all parts of the Province. We must therefore appeal to a humane and generous public to take care of an annual deficit ... this year it is $78,930.53. • Please mail a donation to the Appeal Secretary, 67 College Street, Toronto. The thanks of little children will be your reward. Tbe Hospital f, r SLk children IRON LUNGS produced In the race against time when the liven of children from aid over Ontario were at stake during the Polio Epidemic. They provided the only chance for life during the critical stuns of the disease. Every morning In the year hymens sur- geons ,come' to our excoriating rooms 00 donate -their services. More than 8,100, operattsns are 'performed annually. Bat there are many extras involved and the maintenance" of this necessary service is very costly.