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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-12-18, Page 3Bargain Rates For Murders In Ceylon, the natives never take grievances to court but to a bandit tribe who offer to get them settled for an agreed fee, even if it means robbing, beat- ing -up, or murdering people to order. Heinz Randow, an animal col- lector for zoos, lent a Sinhalese friend, "Mr Silva," a valuable fishing -net which he repeatedly failed to return. Knowing it would be useless to go to law, he got an introduction to the bandit chief, who explained that getting the net back might in- volve beating -up Mr. Silva and leaving him half dead as a warning for the future. This would Cost ten rupees; a mild beating -up, eight, if Mr. Randow thought that sufficient. Curious, Randow asked how much it would cost to have him beaten to death. The bandit be- came ecame thoughtful, then said: twenty-five rupees -about six dollars. Randow settled for a mild one at eight, paying two in advance. Three days later four of the bandits' men turned up -two with long scratches on their faces -and handed him the net, There were three large tears in it, made during the struggle, but these were duly repaired, and the balance of six rupees paid. Later Mr. Silva himself turn- ed up, swathed in bandages and with two black eyes. He bore no malice for the lesson he had been taught and invited Ran- dow to go with him to the Wesak Festival of the May Full Moon in Colombo. He would have to dress as a native, be- cause the festival always stir- red up bad feeling against for- eigners, and Europeans who valued their lives kept out of the way. European friends warned Ran- dow that it would be madness to go anywhere near the sacred processional coach with its carv- ed deities, which was drawn through the streets by richly draped temple elephants, escort- ed by throngs of fanatics in- censed by three days of Mount- ing religious fervour. Randow, however, determined a SHEER PLEASURE - Warren Harding grins triumphantly as he nears the top of El Capitan, gigantic granite monolith at Yosemite, Calif. Harding led the first party to cor quer the sheer, south face of the 3,604 -foot long-time challenge to moun- taineers. to go. lie relates the dramatic sequel in a vivid account of his life there, "Zoo Search in Cey- lon", Silva got drunk, and in the crowed square by the Galle Face hotel, picked a quarrel with some Tamil youths who were watching the procession. 'Instantly pandemonium broke loose, everyone around began shrieking. A woman, plate/Ile his disguise, pointed at Randow and screamed: "A European!" She tried to dig her melte into his face. Flailing his arms like a windmill, he ' fought his way through the infuriated mob, ran down a road embankment into tangled undergrowth, and man- aged to get away, with his clothes torn to ribbons, blood streaming down his face. But he'd seen the fabulous procession, the jewelled, illurni- nated coach with two caparison- ed white steeds mounted on a huge low -slung wagon drawn by elephants! Aorn'adventurer,he con - b stantly courted dangerPenetrat- ing into the wild animal reserve beyond Kandy, he meant to get a look at the Veddas, a jungle tribe who carry bows and ar- rows and poison -barbed blow-. pipes, have no contact with the outside world, and will barter goods only if you place yours under a tree on a river bank. bordering their territory, camp some distance off, and collect in the morning those they've left . in exchange during the night. He had some exciting experi- ences at his collecting station and zoo in a village up -country beyond Wellawatte. A 25 -foot python had to be de -crated with the help of twenty coolies, who stood by, ready to seize its body as soon as he had secured its great head by flinging a sack over it at lightning speed. As he drew back the wire mesh covering the top, the head shot out, almost grazing his face with its gaping jaws, while its body half uncoiled. After a fierce struggle, he managed to pin it down behind the head with a cleft stick. He then held its head just behind the jawbone with both hands, to compress the windpipe, while the coolies fought the monster. It writhed so furiously that it knocked three off their feet; others had to let go, and with two coils round his body, Ran- dow, too, fall to the ground. Desperately he still clung to the head, and narrowly escaped be- ing crushed to death -with great bloodstained bruises on his ribs, He had another tussle with a six-foot cobra, tackling it with snake -pole and noose, seizing it firmly behind the jawbone to prevent its fangs biting his hand, then heaving it into sack and box. Returning from Colombo one night with his ox -carts, Randow shone his torch into tangled foliage to see what had made the oxen stop dead and refuse to go on. About thirty feet above the ground he saw the greenish -red eyes of a large leopard, and at once switched off. Against the moon -light a dark form hurtled towards him He sprang to one side, raised his rifle. Luckily, the beast landed five yards short of him. It crouched, snarled viciously, ready to spring again. But in that brief moment he fired. It jumped only a yard, then fell in a heap, dead. Randow relates these and other adventures against a back- ground of native life and scenic beauty that sometimes made him feel he was in the Garden of Eden -except for the venom- ous cobras. "My husband is certainly easy on his clothes," said Mrs. McVie. "He bought a bowler hat twenty years ago, had it cleaned twice and changed it seven times in restaurants, and it still looks as good as new." CROSSWORD PUZZLE 10. Man's 31. Tastes nickname 12. Beast 11. Roman orator 33. Repetition 12. Card game 36, Carry tales 17. titan away36. ,streets Obliterates 27. 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Public notice 1 2 3 13 , 15 19 4 6 7 10 11 12 21 12 27 26 28 30 32 34 35 36 33 41, 45 49 37 39 43' :$$ 40 40 10-i8 Answer elsewhere on this page "GREAT SNAKES! FOR GOURDNESS'SAKE;..1" - Fierce -type kitten In the garden of the Maur- ice Littlejohn home is seeing se pests. The "sne ke"` is a gourd, and someone has improved on nature with a dol of paint, here and•there. THISARN FRONT J06 n. :h - Cull potatoes can be fed to dairy cattle as a substitute for• turnips, Canada Department of Agriculture tests• have proved. Milk production scales were 'tipped only slightly in favor of the ration that included turnips. Potatoe's did not adversely affect flavor or quality of milk. * s s Prince Edward Islanders often dispose of cull potatoes by dump- ing them in the woods or on manure piles. At the same time, many farmers reduced turnip acreage and, when markets were good, sold most of them for table use, - A three-year program at the Charlottetown E x p e r i mental Farm established the important role that could be played by cull potatoes. * a s - All cows on the experiment were fed good quality hay at a rate of one and a half pounds per 100 pounds live weight, and a meal mixture at the rate of one pound for each three and a half pounds of four per cent milk produced * 0 r Potatoes were fed at the rate of one and three-quarter pounds per 100 pounds body weight and were compared with turnips fed at the rate of four pounds per 100 pounds body weight. Both were fed pulped and uncooked. This would mean a daily ration of about 20 pounds of potatoes for the average Ayrshire cbw, * a r Many fruit growers buy spray chemicals in small packages de- spite the fact that the smaller the package the higher the cost per unit of weight, says Ento- mologist Dr. James Marshall of the Summerland, BC., Experi- mental Farm. * '0 s DDT, one of the less expen- sive chemicals, costs about $2 less when bought in 50 -pound bags than when purchased in cartons containing 12 four -pound bags, he points out. And the sav- ing on malathion, a more expen- sive chemical, is about six per cent. An example -using a mixture of DDT, malathion and sulphur: With a- machine that sprays. three acres to a filling, nine bags of DDT, nine bags of malathion and seven and a half bags of sul- phur would have to be individu- ally opened end shaken into the spray tank -an operation that takes time, leaves 25 empty bags and two empty cartons to dispose of and, in general, is a nuisance. * * s Vegetable storage problems can. usually be traced to two things -improper harvesting and poor facilities, according to R. 11. An- derson of the Melfort, Sask., Experimental Farm. Vegetables must be mature, sound and free from mechani- cal injury, he warns, and this requires care in harvesting and handling. Required also are ade- quate ventilation, proper temper- ature control and absence of sunlight. a a rr Along this same line, electric lights should be used as little as possible since the artificial light causes greening on potatoes. Potatoes should be stored dry in slatted bins that allnw circu- lation of air, Temperature should be near 38 degrees F.,, since be- low this mark they develop a sweet flavor and above 40 de- grees they begin to sprout. • .r Root crops such as beets, car- rots, parsnips and rutabagas keep beat stored in sand at 32 degrees. If the roothouse or cellar is dry, sand should be dampened. Onions should be dried after harvesting and kept dry during their stor- age in shallow boxes without sand. * * * Pumpkins and squash should be kept at 60 degrees for about two weeks, and then transferred to dry storage at about 50 de- grees. Stems should be left at- tached. Cabbages keep well in dry storage suspended by the roots. Large quantities have been stored successfully on slatted shelves above potato bins, with the roots and outer leaves re- moved. Obey the traffic signs - they are placed there for YOUR SAFETY. A Heavy Case Of Robbery The scruffy, shifty - looking man hurried to the news-stand and asked for a paper. The news -vendor handed him one, took the half-crown the man gave him, and reached for some change. He turned with the money in his hand to find his customer had. gone. The man was leaning against the wall about ten yards away from the stall, His paper was unfolded in front of him, com- pletely hiding his face. For a moment the news -vendor was baffled. Not many of his- cus- tomers left him with aver two shillings change in his hand. Acting on a hunch, he told a policeman who was passing. The policeman approached the man and spoke to him. There was a scuffle, then the man was hustled away by the officer. Later, the newsvendor, sixty - year -old Dick, learned that his unusual customer had escaped from a mental hospital. He had seen the policeman and had at- tempted to hide behind the newspaper. That was just one of the many unusual incidents that have in- volved grey-haired, yet still sprightly looking, Dick, who is soon retiring after selling papers for more than twenty years from his pitch outside a North- West London station. On one occasion he was about to close up for the night when a luxurious car drew up. A well-dressed man got out and asked Dick if he would give him a hand in lifting his case from the trunk of the car into the station. As they struggled to get the heavy case out, Dick's suspi- cions were aroused by the sight of a jimmy lying on the back seat. So he made a note of the man's appearance, the number, make and so on of the car, and later gave these particulars to the police. Not long after- wards the man was arrested; he had robbed a cinema of its tak- ings and had pulled off a suc- cession of similar robberies in the district. The heavy case had been loaded with his safe -break- ing equipment, Supplying the public with newspapers is just part of Dick's working day -he is also regard- ed as a walking information of- ficer and postman. One woman regularly leaves him all her let- ters to post, She settles up the stamp and paper bill at the end of the week. "I don't mind" says Dick. "I trust my customers completely." tik ;urmAYscxoo1 LESSON By ttev R. barciay Warren B.A., 8.0. Jesus Shares lhlo Ministry Mark 6:6b-13,,30 Memory Selection: Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as cheep not haying a shepherd. Mark 6: 34. Jesus called twelve disciples to be with him during his min- istry which lasted about three and a half years. This was the greatest training that any min- ister could possibly have When Jesus ascended into heaven, eleven of these disciples became leaders mthe church. h The training was not only in hearing Him who spake as never man spake and observing His wonderful works. They were sent on some practical work on their own. They went two by two, preaching repentance, casting out devils and anointing the sick with oil and healing them. Thus Jesus shared itis ministry. When confronted with a hungry multitude He said, "Give ye them to eat," While He performed the miracle they dis- tributed the food. They had an important part, Jesus still shares His ministry with His followers. Someone has said, "Jesus has no hands but our hands, no feet but our feet, no tongue but our tongue." We are His witnesses, But before we can effectively witness, we must know Jesus Christ our- selves in a very persona way. If we have not repented and be- lieved on Him and been saved we cannot teach others the way. If we are still plagued with an unclean heart we cannot explain to others how God ran give the Holy Spirit purifying our hearts by faith. Acts 15: 8, 9. We must know from personal experience whereof we speak. Itis a great privilege to share in the ministry of Jesus Christ. There are times of testing to be sure. But "They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." Psalm 126: 5, 6. "Let us labour fog the Master From the dawn till setting sun Let us tell of all His wondrous love and care; Then when all of life is over .And our work on earth is done, When the roll is called up yonder We'll be there." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 9 Dao® ©U JL iU UOGi1:1O® ®0©000 Ur.Si3 IiI0®©rtii;i `';i®[ 01!! UOI1® UIIIfr1 I iCJ!'1®©iil1:1O ©©®0 ®©UOD®D ao®o0 ®vo© a©Qa C1UDDQ®U ©LJUU ao©UUI4UE :.OQ L11100E4°n�a© 1E�E/ �J JLALkl© r O' ©D©E1i1 ALL -ALUMINUM AUTOS FOR 1960? Sleek new design for an all -aluminum car of soy, 1960, is embodied in the Pele (Pay -Lay), named for the goddess of volcanoes. Body panels are of stamped aluminum sheet with enameled finish. Side trim is brushed and gold -color anodized aluminum while the bumpers, roof rails and roof ure made of the same metal, utilized for lightness and strength. Shown All -aluminum car for the onidoot'sman is the spriglttl above is a three -eighths -scale model of the cal which would have a 126 -inch wheelbase, an overall length of 225 inches and a height of 521/4 inches, Frame, wheels ana engine would also be aleminum. Production line changes would be minimal, according to the designer, Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Sales, Inc. Other designs are shown below. 1talcakala's novel design includes full -width stamped 2,-,t9. TT,S. stietl1 car >.mudd ue 14Tenaatuve Witt 112-;utcl, -wIteelhase. station wagon 5210994 utilil.y of alverninUrl1 watt¢'