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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-10-30, Page 2Chimp Trite! To Pia Dentist Everyone rushed out into the garden when they heard the dog begin a terrible howling. They thought it was being killed:But, instead, they found a pet chim- panzee trying to pull out one of the dog's teeth With a pair of pliers! Mary, the chimp, was the fav- orite pet of Cherry Kearton, the animal trainer, She was also the most intelligent, A week before trying to pull the dog's teeth out, Mary her- self had had a tooth out. She had come up to her master one day, looking very sorry for her- self, and pointed to one of her front teeth. It was loose. Pliers were needed to extract it. Mary watched Kearton very closely as he completed the task. Later, she decided to try the same thing on the dog. 11'ortun- etely, the dog was rescued be- fore any damage could be done. The dog, a fox terrier, seemed to be regarded by Mary as the Ideal subject on which to try out all kinds of things she had seen humans doing. Once, when a doctor visited the house, she watched him very carefuly. After he had shut his stethoscope away in his bag, she went over to it, took out the stethoscope and fitted it on correctly. Then she walked straight over to the dog, stretched out before the fire, and proceeded to "sound" him! Mr. and Mrs. Kearton ac- quired Mary when she was quite a baby, and decided they would find out how far she was cap- able of developing along human lines. Accordingly, she was not kept in a cage, but lived with the family like a small child. All the usual accomplishments such as cleaning her teeth, washing, brushing her hair and putting on her tunic were soon RUMPLED STiLT KID - Carefully manipulating her waterlogged stilts, 12 -year-old Gillian Caul- field walks through a flooded street in Wickford, England. Heavy rains pounded the town, forcing hundreds of homes to be evacuated, picked up, At meal times she; sat up to table in a baby's high- chair, and her table manners were invariably gond. All chimps are great imitators, and Mary did many extraordin- ary things without being taught -simply by watching her mas- ter closely. Sometimes, however, her capacity for imitation could be dangerous. When a workman called to, tepair the gas stove, his last act before going away was to light the oven to make sure everything was in order. A little while later, the sound of an explosion came from the kitchen. Mary had picked up the procedure for lighting the oven correctly, but was rather slow in manipulating the match. By the time she had lit it, the oven was full of gas. This incident gave her a nasty shock, but did nothing to cure her determination to "have a go" at everything. One of the most interesting aspects of Mary's upbringing was her daily lesson. Fpr a quarter of an hour every morn- ing, she sat at a table with an exercise book and a child's painting book, She was taught to use pen and brush, and even learned to write her own name, though not very neatly. During these lessons her hand was held to guide the move- ments,. This must have impress- ed itself upon her as a necessity. Whenever she did work without such guidance, she always held her writing hand with the other one. Incidentally, she was left- handed. Chimpanzees love all kinds of fruit, and when the plums began to ripen in Mr. Kearton's gar- den, it was a great temptation to Mary to climb the tree and help herself, But she knew that climbing the tree was strictly forbidden, and Mary was very obedient. It didn't take her long to realize, however, that there might be ways of getting plums without climbing the tree. With a thoughtful expression, ahe fetched a box and placed it beneath some of the lower branches. Then she hurried off Into the house and came back with master's umbrella. Standing on the box and using the umbrella handle as a hook, she was able to pull down a branch and feast off the ripe plums. Cherry Kearton hadn't the heart to scold her for such an exhibition of intelligence. He was very proud of Mary and couldn't resist showing off her capabilities to visitors, Once, when they were all playing clock golf, he decided to show just how intelligent she could be. Accordingly, Mary was brought out, and Kearton showed her how to hit the ball into the hole from a few feet away. Then she was given a club. For once, her intelligence seem- ed to forsake her. With a puzzl- ed frown, she waggled the club about a few times, then looked up at her master. Suddenly her face brightened. She threw the club aside, and picked up the ball, walked across to the hole and dropped it in. Then she turned to the assembled company with a look of triumph, Hadn't they realized that this was a much simpler way of getting the ball into the hole than by hitting it with that silly stick? DOG WATCH Hurling itself at a small boy wandering in the path of an on- coming lorry, a Dalmatian dog succeeded in knocking the boy into a ditch and saving him from injury, Returning to its home, at Stur- gis, Ontario, the dog awoke his master in time for him to put out a fire started by an over- turned oil heater. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACJ :Cuss 1 Belgian otmnnne 4. Sint ore 9. Snowshoe 12. Bovine 12. Shed 94. Ballr,on basket 16. Molasses 17. rlray rock 19. The birds 70. Sun Aisle 21. 79.37 Inches 27. Lspends ). Across 27. weary 20. Concerning 29. Sailor no. Residences 31. A lifetime 79. Bone Ceinniert 84. 'Pnotleas animal 23. Withdraws. 37. Claris 73. Aotele 99. Beholds 40. Product ob- tained in ,melting 42 Part of an automobile Piercing tool 4.1 Lethargic sleep 43Shelter 41 aootch river' 50. Insults 51. Olden times nOWIO -1: Behave. 10. APat",a tun 90, -I ucl 14, ut a SWAZI, drat uo tI,, i 11. Choler 71. Disc plc 111. Stats 37. Scraped liven 19. r2o before "4. ?Tap a genus 20. Exposed 30. 1t1„1 1 publicly 77. Burns 2. Likewise not 21. hIngine 39. L1es(9t 1, tt'n. )rn jnchet 22. Flaring out 40, Insane 4. Vast horse 23. Silver coins 41... Win ltnill sail - 3, M13fortunex 2.4. Cereal disease 92. Belglan ,l, Pird room t 7. Plural ral ee25.Ovules ending43. Conger Ole/Mos 0, 97. Large 44, Coln 9. Barely enough volumes 47 Oil 7 ffix) 2 7 10 12 13. t4 15 19 15, 20 17 18 21 22 23 24 25 26 29 32 27 28 30 3 33 34 35 3 39 40 45 49 41 43 44 46 4 M` • 0. 40 Answer elsewhere on this page. RAIN OF GRAIN - Churning up a miniature storm, a goggle - garbed gal- makes the wheat fly during a threshing operation at a state farm at Akmolinsk, Kazakhstan Province, Russia. Photo and caption material are from an official Soviet source. Contrary to . the well-known nursery rhyme, Mary's little lamb did not have a "fleece as white as snow." As every sheep farmer knows, wool in its nat- ural state is discolored and quite unsuited to the production: of pure white fabrics, or even fab- rics which must be dyed deli- cate shades. * * 0 This factor, however, hits not discouraged the growth of one of Canada's earliest agricultural enterprises - sheep farming. The first wool harvest in Cana- dian history probably took place around the year 1650 when early settlers removed the fleece from sheep they had imported from France, This year the number cf sheep shorn in Cansda has been estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics at about 850,000, and the wool erop at approximately 6,205,000 pounds. Nor are Canadian farmers able to satisfy the domestic market. Each year large quantities of wool must be imported to feed the demands of the textile in- dustry. * * * This picture of an excellent market might be completely completely different, however, if it were not for a chemical product which few sheep men have ever seen. And yet this chemical. hydrogen peroxide, is as essential to their operations as is phenothiazine, the chemical preparation which must be used to control internal parasites in their flocks. Hydrogen peroxide is a bleaching agent which re- moves the discoloration from the woollen fibres, insuring a true permanent white in woollen cloth and enabling tht fabric to be evenly°dyed even the most delicate of tints. k * :k The art of bleaching has been practised in one form or another for thousands of years. Back in the days when the Pharaohs were building great pyramids and magnificent , palaces, the Egyptians bleached their textile;: by exposing them to the action of sunlight, moisture and air. To- day the same principle is em- ployed in the commercial bleach- ing of' textiles but mechanical equipment and bleaching chemi- cals have replaced hand labor and nature's methods. „ 0, A great deal of development work had to lake place before the slow, laborious methods em- ployed on the banks of the Nile could be translated into modern technology, Until the middle of the 18th century the Dutch ap • pear to have had a monopoly on bleaching. Most of their business was confined to linen cloth and brown linen was sent to Holland from all over Europe. About 'six months were required for the various steepings in lye soak. Ings in buttermilk and periods of exposure to sunlight before satisfactory results were obtain- ed. 1 0 The centre of the trade next. nlsifted to Ireland, where large areas of grassy meadows were set aside for the bleaching •of linen in the sunlight The Irish boiled the cloth in liquors made from the ashes of kelp and steep- ed it in sour milk. These treat • ments were alternated with periods of sun exposure. * * * . The first major improvement came about 1770. A Scotch chemist realized that it was the acid in sour milk and buttermilk that made these materials suit- able as bleaching agents, He substituted water containingthe then -new sulphuric .acid. This reduced the time required for "scouring" to about 24 hours and nut the total operating time from `eight months to four, * * * An even more important change took place in 1787 when ehiorine gas was introduced as a bleaching agent by James Watt. At first chlorine did not gain much headway because of its hazards and inconvenience, But in 1799 bleaohing powder or chloride of lime was formulated. This gave the bleacher an easily - handled form of chlorine for making solutions that would bleach textiles quickly. Sulphur dioxide was subsequently intro- duced for bleaching wool. * * 0 Finally, towards the close of the 19th century interest was shown in hydrogen peroxide. It was quickly found that peroxide could be used on all types of fibres and that it met the re- quirements of an ideal bleaching agent. The bleaching properties of hydrogen peroxide are due to its capability of liberating active oxygen in immediate contact with the material to be bleach- ed. The liberated oxygen per- f,irms the same function as the oxygen from the air performed for the Egyptians. The chemical action, of course, gets better re• cults infinitely quicker. With peroxide a satisfactory white can now be secured in hours whereas months were formerly required, * * Hydrogen peroxide has done much to validate the old nursery rhyme. Although Canadian sheep farmers are still unable to breed animals with fleece as white as snow, they now can be confident that their unseen hired man - hydrogen peroxide will work the necessary transformation in a matter of hours, * Although polyethylene is now used in almost every branch of farming, its greatest contribu- tions have, perhaps, been made in the culture of 'plants. The film is widely used On truck terms and in commercial green- houses and nurseries in many ways, with mulching, fumigating and plant propagation of parti- cular importance, The mulching of horticultural crops with polyethylene fllui has opened a whole new field of usefulness for this plastic ma- terial. Only now are the possi- bilities of this field becoming evident. As a mulch, the film 13 spread in sheets over the area to be planted and held in posi- tion with soil placed along the edges. Experiments have shown a significant increase in yields re- sults from the use of polyethy- lene mulching, Soil compaction hasbeen decreased and soil temperatures increased. Harvest- ing of drops such as corn, toma- toes, beans and cucumbers has been advanced two or three weeks with a resulting improve- ment in crop value, Fruit clean- liness has been improved and ground rot lessened in crops seeh as strawberries. *. * Black polyethylene has proven superior to the clear plastic filth for mulching. Since it is not sub- ject to deterioration in the sun, it will last much longer, It also cuts out all light and thus pre- vents weed growth. This method of weed control is of consider- able importance in the growing of grapes, black raspberries and, strawberries where adequate cultivation is difficult and weeds and quackgrass have long been serious problems. It is also im- portant in orohards where squares of black polyethylene placed around young fruit trees will help control the grass and .weeds which compete with the young trees for food and mois- ture, Words ! Ever wondered which is the. most frequently used letter in the English language? It's the letter E. This is revealed by etymologists who have been carrying out intensive research, They have found that the most rarely used letter is Z. In studying our everyday speech and writing they also discovered that many people use an average of 10,000 words a clay. Thus, a person living for 70 years uses in his lifetime about 256,000,000 words. Words are fascinating things! Years ago a radio announcer was dismissed for pronouncing "indict", indikt, If you had to name the 10 ugliest and most un- pleasant words in the English language, could you do sO? Word experts tell us they are: phlegmatic, crunch, flatulent, cacophony, treachery, sap, jazz, plutocrat, gripe and plump. The most beautiful words? Here are a Few named by a team of word lovers: melody, splend- cur, virtue, happiness, purity, joy, Heaven, liberty harmony, faith, hope, divine, radiance, nobility, honour, sympathy, We can all think of many others. A dictionary was once banned by the State of Arkansas, U.S., because the governor objected to the inclusion of the word evolutionary. He said he disliked the sound of it. MAY SCI1001 SON By Rev. R. 13. Warren,.R.A., B.D. Victory in Temptation Matthew 4:1-11 Memory Selection.: In that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. Hebrews+ 5:1W8. e are all acquainted with temptation. Even the most ir- religious will say, " I was tempt- ed to-" Temptation pre- supposes a tempter. Satan, the fallen angel, is the archtempter. He tries to hinder people from accepting the great salvation Of- fered to us through Jesus Christ. He wants to drag us down to his own level. As we would expect, those who yield to Satan's powers become active in his service and thus become tempters of their fellowmen. But that is not all. Man has a source within himself. "Every man Is tempted, when he is drawn away of bis own lust, and enticed, Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin when it is finished, bringeth forth death." James 1; 14-15. So man is tempted from. without by Satan and sinners and from within by the sinful propensities of his town nature. Is there any hope for him? Yes, there is - through the example of Jesus Christ and through His power made available to us through the Gospel, Our lesson shows the three main avenues which temptation comes and how Jesus met them. There are the desie es -of the flesh. We must never attempt to satisfy these urges in a way that is contrary to the Word God. Jesus miraculously fed others but to have turned the stones into bread for Himself would have amounted to a renuncia- tion of a real. Incarnation, In becoming man the Son of God had subjected Himself human limitations, Neither should we be pre- sumptuous and seek the honour of men even under the guise of glorifying God. Jesus refused to leap from the pinnacle of the temple. Neither should we serve Satan and his purposes in order to gain worldly possessions or honour. It isbetter to live poor than live in grandeur gained by crookedness, Jesus refused to worship Satan in order to gain the kingdoms of the world. One day the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord, But He will have gained this right to reign by winning followers by His holy life and sacrificial death. You and I may have victory over temptation through Jesus Christ. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Dlaut -©nil©©1 :fl©0 ©©a©llgicelEt., WAWA r®ill©17l"u dDOII5:jtaliIll©Cigriripp, a• tan ©©ui!,.t i i3P01 15JU©14V4 .''yti©ElU t©o©,uo©li€SF filPIDIUM 1k QOM v©©,: aeon -q- rA At altitude of about 40,00(:L feet, unit is dropped from Boeing KC -135 jet and drag chute opens. Nose cone separates, freeing parachute -borne radiosonde which will telemeter weather data from lower altitudes. Chutes stabilizing rocket launcher open. Preset timer fires rocket to 150,000 feet where it will take instrument readings. JET -BORNE WEATHER PROBES - Radiosondes launched by a streaking four -engine jet plane are part of a new weather -sensing system being developed by Bendix Aviation Corp, for the U.S. Air Force. Engineer's sketch above shows how two types of measuring units will becarriedin the same package (1). Parachute -born radiosonde (2) will monitor at low altitudes, while one In rocket (4) will take readings at some 30 miles above the earth. The jets, literally. "flying weather stations," will range 4,500 miles on each flight and continuously feed weather infor- mation to both military and civilian ground stations.