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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-04-17, Page 7lust When Will The World End? Predicting the .e n d of the world is almost as old as the world itself. The Israelites did it; the Pha- raohs of Egypt had teams of carvers etch on their pyramid Walls various dates for Judg- ment Day; and down the cer,- tartes Doom prophets, have mopped up with monotonous re- gularity. Some have devoted their whole life to computing when the end will come. But many of them play sate like the man who spent weeks in 1933 adding together the verses of the Bible. He found they totalled 20,067. That, he announced over a United States radio network, would be the year in which the world would end, There are still 18,109 years to go, So even if he is wrong, he won't be around to be laughed M. There have been even odder >nrlethods of arriving at the Day of Judgment. An Australian worked it out by counting the ;tars. To this figure he added ;023 - the year he had started s marathon reckoning — and forecast the end for 36,654. Of course, he could be right! Others have used the solar system to arrive at end -of -world day. A Welshman has calculated the date from a study of sun- 5pots. One mathematical genius relied on a complicated system by which he worked out the earth's distance from the moon and sun, and subtracted the difference. .Ater some more mental juggl- ing, he found that the answer' was 1919. When he announced this the result was fantastic. In New ti'drk, street pedlars made a for- tune selling "Save Your Soul" charms. In the early months of the "fateful" year, South Ameri- can stock markets rose and fell with incredible speed. At least one London broker sold all his holdings and departed to the fouth of France for a final spree, There was panic in Delhi, gloom In Moscow and a series of re- vival meetings in Cape Town. But 1919 passed and the earth was still revolving ... . Not one forecast was made &bout the end of the world dur- ing the second World War, but es soon as V -J -Day came, the prophets of gloom worked tire- lessly to dampen the celebra- tions. A United States seer was given the freedom of a national radio dation to tell the world that the end would come at 10.45 a.m. on *eptember 21st, 1946. 'In hours his prediction was page one news everywhere. When September arrived, the seer broadcast instructions on how "to win a seat in Heaven." "Thousands of people sold all their worldly possessions in an effort to secure redemption, Big business took a tumble, Some people stopped buying clothes. $'ren food shops reported a de- finite decline .in customers. But churches were packed. There-jwere reports of hundreds of people spending hours every Islay kneeling in prayer. On September 20th, crowds of people took to the mountains around Los Angeles to join the seer in prayer. September 21st dawned. The tension mounted. But the day ended and the world was still intact. The seer vanished overnight. The F.B.I. and half the State CO CLEO PATTERER—The dance that knocked Mark Anthony for a loop is the specialty of Lyn Jamal, 20, from Cairo, Egypt, now appearing in New York. Lyn and her twin sister, Lys, have brought Cleopatra's dances up to date, and added a few contortions of their own. police forces of America search- ed for him. The detectives lost the trail in Tangier. Many people have said the world will end at the death of certain famous people. Glad- stone, Queen Victoria and Adolf Hitler were all supposedly in- vested with this globe -destroy- ing power. Now, in this age of sputniks a n d guided missiles, sober- minded scientists have joined in the game of guessing when the world will end. Dr. Einrich Hessker told a Chi- cago meeting a few weeks ago that there would be no more Mother Earth around by 40,000,- 000. That isn't going to worry anybody who reads this, of course, Others have said that the end will come when the earth and sun collide, or when the moon comes close enough to leave the earth frozen solid, But they add that this is not likely to happen for several billion years. How Can 1? By Anne Ashley Q. How can I make a cellu- loid cement? A. Use one part camphor and four parts alcohol. Dissolve and add to this solution an equal quantity, by weight, of shellac. Q. How can I clean varnished wall paper? A. Melt a bar of yellow soap and pour into a pan of warm water. Apply with a soft white- wash brush. Do not have the brush too wet. Q. How can I easily clean sponges? A. Soak them in milk for three or four hours, wring them until perfectly dry, then rinse thoroughly in lot water. Q. How can I make the taste of olive oil more palatable? A. A small pinch of salt added to the olive oil will make the taste more agreeable. THE FORM'S THE THING—If you wish toknow the correct way to club a man, study this picture. Note the policeman's excellent form as his subject sags in Bogota, Colombia, Occasion for the demonstration of skill was a riot started when supporters `of one presidential candidate started slugging it out with an Opposition group. rilet, GREEN THUMB CTordon Swint' For a grand display of colour, garden experts advise solid beds or a mixture of two or three :flowers only, of similar heights and blooming season. And if we can make these beds, at least silt feet across and better, the more impressive the, effect. Showy flowers that suit these big solid beds are the zinnias which now come in a wide range of colour an adlmost as big as sunflowers, marigolds, (both dwarf ' a n d large) Petunias, phlox, cosnios, salvia and quite a few other showy but . not so common flowers which one will find listed in the Canadian Seed catalogue, To make. sure the centre is seen to the best advantage or the back if the beds are in front of a fence or wall, it is a good idea to slope them upwards to- ward the back or centre by several inches. Planted well apart and fairly regularly in the beds cultivation will be a lot easier than where we jumble too closely together. YOU DON'T•NEED TO SEE At the new home of the Cana- dian National Institute for The Blind in Toronto, there is a new kind of garden. In special beds there are all sorts .of flowers noted for their fragrance. People do not have to be able to see to enjoy this garden and, of course, it is just as attractive, in face. more so, in the evening or dark as in the daytime. Long ago, in the old fashion- ed garden, there was always a bed or two of specially fragrant flowers planted in such a loca- tion that their perfume would reach the people sitting on the verandah. A feature like that will add interest to any garden, old fashioned or modern- and there are plenty of special flowers listed in any Canadian seed catalogue which will suit the purpose. Some of the best known for perfume are nicotine, sweet peas, alyssum, evening primrose, lilies, sweet william, pinks and mignonette. IT NEEDS FEEDING Most people . understand wall enough that vegetables and even flowers require plant food and they will add some sort of ferti- lizer fo the beds of both, more or ,less 'regularly. But when it comes to the poor old lawn, they, seem to think that grass will grow without any help whatever. In most cases it will grow, but it will grow a lot faster, greener and smoother if it gets a regu- lar feeding, say at least once a year. "But why push it along" some will ask "when that means I will have to cut it oftener." True growing grass will or should be cut oftener than a hay field, but cutting is easy with a modern mower and certainly it is much less difficult than weed- ing. Well fed, quick growing grass will smother out most weeds and aside from regular mowingthat is about all the at- tention ttention it will require. FASTER THE BETTER The secret of tender vegetables is fast growth. Modern varieties, of course, are a vast improvement over the sorts that were popular in our parents' day. Carrots have less core, beets are darker and there is no fibre, beans are really stringless and it the kids of a generation ago had the tender spinaoh available today, there would have been no objecting. But even with these new and im- proved vegetables the quicker they are grown the better the " quality. The gardener can speed things materially in a variety of ways. First, of course, he should break up the soil making as fine a mulch as possible and keep it fine and loose with cultivation. He should also water when neces- sary, and space out or thin to ,permit easy growth. For root vegetables, especially those like carrots or parsnips that go down fairly deep, it is an excel- lent plan, where the soil is heavy, to make a trench about a foot deep and six to ten inches wide. This is filled with fine rich soil with plenty of humus from the compost heap and here we sow the seed. Wristy Business. In Richmond, a thief broke into the home of Poliecman Bernard J. Davis, made off with a set of handcuffs. MERRY MENAGERIE 972.• Is.10 wv "I, on the other hand, DREAD to think of spring coming!" CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING AGENTS. WANTED GO INTO BUSINESS for y urseif. 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