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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-11-22, Page 3THURSDAY, NOV.. 22, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS BARNUM'S STRONG MAN Hugh Evans, who as Slignor La wa:nda, amazed millions of circus - goers and 'astounded the famous P. T. +Barnum by lifting a horse velth tris teeth, died' at his home in De- troit. I --1•e was 35 years old. Signor tLawaode made his.entry under the big top throng.h the efforts olf Barn ant, who saw him perhorming ini a museum. His Stunt at that' time vas to lilt a 1315 -gallon barrel filled with water, with four men astride it, with: his teeth. Barnum thought' that if Evans could lift a horse his act would be much ineprovea. to trial under the famous showman's supervision was made and 'Evans l'i'fted a Norse off the ground and held hint suspended ,for ,115 seconds, From thalt day on Beans was 'kno'w'n as Signor La'wancla and toured the country with Barnunr's show. iHis ability ,to lift a horse ceas- ed him to engage in a free-fonall with John L. Sullivan one night. IS tNivea, who was tempted by a $1100 offer to .any one who could duplicate Signor 'Lawanda's 'feat, attempted it. He +fail- ed and was given some rousing boos Tram the crowd. The crowd separated the two men before any damage had been done, Mr. Evans was born in Bethlehem, Pa, and changed his name at Bernaun's suggestion. He +cede'bratedhis golden: wedding anni- versary with his wife, Nellie, in 1060. HEADLESS STATUES an the ancient land of i1es'o'pdt'aenia people .worshipped a mother goddess, :This is the belief o'f tl r'itish arehae- eogists who have discovered little 'e male images in the ruins of Arpa'ch- iya'h, neighbor ,city el old Nineveh, 7�he little statues are made of terra cotta and have suspender -like dresses painted on then.. Strange to say, there are only pegs Par heads, a reflection of the strong feeling that was held in that clay and country ,against repres- enting the human head on an object of worship. 'The expedition which is unearthing the ruins of Arpechiyah, in Northern Mesopotamia, was sent out by the 'British :\luseune and the E'ritish School of tA''ch'aeology in Iraq. The site is one of the oddest ever found in ;Mesopotamia. It was inhabited in the 'fifth milleniu'm, B.C., judging by painted pottery found there. lA store of wheat found in the ruins is pronounced probably the earliest wheat ever found in ibfesop'otacnia. Finding this wheat strengthens the view .of archaeologists who believe t'idat wheat was first ,cultivated in or near Syria, to the west Of Mes'opot- ,amia. Wild wheat, which has been 'found growing in Syria, is 'now con- sidered a clue to the ancestry of the 'world's great .wheat crop. The ruins of Arpachiyah have so 'far yieldedevidence of two main per- iods of occupation. The later people had a strange method of burial. They exposed the bodies for a time before burying them and only the more im- portant bones were arranged. It has been suggested that the bodies were exposed to be devoured by birds and wild beasts as is now done in modern Tibet. BULBS WORTH GROWING 1Vlien choosing bulbs for growing either outside or in fibre the amateur usually chooses well-known varieties. There are many other, however, well worthy of consideration. A 'few choice kinds are:— jonquil, a form of Narcissus, hav- ing a delicious fragrance. It is suit- able for cutting. Arnot Cornutunt (Monarch of the East) con be grown indoors in a warm position without soil. or water. Lt produce. a spike about d6 ins. long, and is more often grown out of curiosity' than for the flower produced. ':\ 5 -inch pot with six bouts of Chionodoxa ('Glory of the Snow) stakes a very pleasing display. hritillaria lfeleagris, known as "Chequer -hoard" Lilly becanse of the peculiar markings of the flowers, grows well in fibre. It is also snitable for roekwork and the edge Of borders. The early flowering Gladioli are neeiul as - the atrtttntit flowering varieties, and can be forced. Blushing' Bride, Peach Blossom, and Siittire will be found most reliable. (Persian Balm ie irresistibly appeal- ing to all women who appreciate charm and elegance. Tis use keeps the complexion always clear ani beautiful,. Tonic in effect Stimulates the skin and ntalces it wonderfully :oft -textured, Softens and whitens the hand-, Persian ?Bolts is equally invaluable to then as an excellent hair fixative and cooling shaving lotion. Splendid also to protect the tender skin of the child, the name Korah was more pr'ob'ably derived from the "bald"' ar rayless flowers of the golden chamomile plane c'ornanota in Palestine, e. With alis their overpowering awe of the names df God, 'Si" and "Yaw," the ancient Jews did not hesitate t6 combine 'them with. the names of ala- tural objects, especially of plants, to 'make names; for persons. Thus v;e have Mis'hael., front "maiTh", the' see - vice tree; Ma'halalel,.teem "maha'lal," a species of oak; H'avaziniay from. "havazelet," a group of flowers, and +Perachyali, from "pera+ch," a flower. • FOUR WORDS FOR SCIENCE Look in the dictionary and they are not there, these new .words: :Neutron, positron and deutron,`The new words and the newly recognized fundamen- tal fragments of matter for ,Which they stand are so ,new that 'they have not yet received wide usage in the very technical reports that physicists write to each other. Nevertheless, the reader should make ready to add them, to his-vo:cabulary, along with the older electron, proton, atone, enol- ecul'e, etc. Neutron made the front pages up- on its discovery in February, 1032, by 'Prof. James Chadwick, at Cavendish laboratory; Cambridge, England. I't is believed to be a close combination of proton. and electron, the positive and negative units of matter, so tightly bound that it has no electrical charge, a property that is recognized in the .first syllable of its name. Positron is the positive electron, discovered by Dr. Carl D. Anderson of. California Institute of Technology, •Pasadena, Calif., on August 2, 1930, when he inflicted a strong magnetic field upon a water vapor (Wilson) chamber being bombarded with cos- mic rays: The cosmic rays knocked the positrons out of the atoms of the air, 1Deutron is the name suggested by Prof. Eracst O. Lawrence, the Univ- ersity of California's high voltage physicist, for the heavy, deuhleweight variety of hydrogen. isotope two, which was discovered in December, 1)3d, Neut-in is another new word- that 1: -related to neutron but should not be confnscd with it, It was coined by Dr. W. D Harkins, University + i Chicago chemist, in recognition that it sltauid be considered as the 93r'1 the nt tl element, or to be Preis citcni'eal element number one a, :t stands at the iae;inning of the period- ic table, NAMES FROM PLANTS Souse of the hest known and most melodious names in the Bible, as well 101 in the Tahnndic literature of the Jews are based tan flower, and other. natural object-, and often reelect a fine b:endhig of poetic appreciation of noitire and the strong -religions sense o'f the race. St, declares Dr, Ephriant 1-Ia-Rettheni, betani•t at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Some of the earlier students ei per- -on nnfne.a 10 HIebrew, says i)r, Iia- Reubent, have bee:: led astray by sticking too' closely to the original root forme of the names, even when •hese inc obsiunsly inappropriate He hlds that it ie. hutch more likely that a parent would name a child for an attractive anima: or pleasant p:ant than fr' a stere grammatical quality. Time the name Mary. or Miriam, has hten held to he a derivative of the 11ehrcw• word meaning bitter, or by others from a phrase meaning a drop from the sea, But the name really cotnee from a Plaut if the s.tge fam- ily, native t, 1'a ti -tine, which has an c i,m reaenibling that of ntyrhii, One of I3svui'^ sons was. called lao- rah, and the same name was borne by the leader of 11 rebellion against Moses in the desert, This name bas been hsterpretel as meaning ba:dne-s. Qlnt baldness was a target of ridicule doom_ the children of Israel. as wit- ness the bad boys who teased Elisha because of los shining pate. For this 'IVant olid For Sale ads, 1 weds 25c, reason Dr. Ha'.Reubeni think; :ha; PAGE THREE. CLINTON !George Watts, a resident Of Clin- ton for sixlteen years, passed away at his home, ,Princess street, Clinton, in his 7lllst year after an illness of a week resulting from a stroke. He +was a sone of the, late (John Watts and Margaret Consitt and was born January 1i8,, 58135, on the (Parr Line, Stanley town - Ship. After Isis marriage to Ellen, daughter of the late James and lairs, 'McQueen, they 'farmed in Tucker - smith on London road, two miles north of Brucelfield, retiring to live in Clinton in, 11911$, where ,they had since resided, .He is survived by his widow and ane brother, John Watts of Brandon, Man, Interment was in Baird'ss cemetery, Stanley township, The pallbearers were A, P. Cud'rnore, H. W. Charlesworth, J. Deihl, R. J.. Fisher, Wm. Forrest and j. T. Mc- Knight. le- IC+night. T bele Joe C1:11,1! had :10 ante. n; experience ',tith a tea to in a Kanto, City hotel during his list visit to that city, Being in no mood to se",ec ti - dinner, lie t+:,. e l aide, after a aannee, the mom presented 1.+ Bros by the tvaiter, seem l.rin.r rile a o'i dinner. 'made itto:ly Taw's Joe :lip- ped the man a hi.: tip id advance, This repast proving• satisiact ry, the speaker pursued the sante plan during the remainder of his stay in hnnsae City, ate be was leaving the servitor- remarked earnestly as he helped him , n with- his overcoat: ''1 be.; yoai' pardon, sir, bet -w'he't yea or :my c f ynnr friends that carat teal. come to Kansas City, just ask '•'r '1'"ut," An aged Scot told Isis minister that he was going to make a pit- rimage to the 'Holy Land. "And whiles I'm there," said the pilgrim. complacently,. "I'11 read the Ten Commandment aloud .frae the top o' ?fount S'inai.' "Saatders," said the minister, "take my advice, (Bide at hame and keep thein," team Barber --."Well, my little man, and how would you like your hair cut?" Sntatl'Boy—"'If you please, sir, just like father's, and don't forget the little round hole at the top where the ,head costes through," "Have you ever been in a railway accident?" 'Ye.', once when I was in a train and we Were going through a tunnel T ki_sed the father instead of tite daughter." LEAGUE ISSUES WARNING Ater -wed:: of delicate negotiation end r.ueing. (luting which Paraguay and I. iicia, in Smith America, have Jaen fighting the Wrist momentous series ,.f lent:es ite their two-year cnaict, the Leanne of Nations has ielivercd an u'timatnm to the cene- eetante. The report Witted, without 3ct)a.ly saying so, that the League may - be f ,rce i to impose penalties .the •.a Orr r,. South American na- tieas. tauter the Covenant, the Lea- eut- is cne_d,'serea to have member, =ever economic, financial and diplo- matic re:atiWd'tts With bellig4'1'C tsts, sly li.:•n down :heir arms and ac- cepting c- ce• tcc the c,rtumittee's peace ;Ilan, a. .intimated, 1111' pc,.d'.tility could averted. The t 1u tee's report, entbIv : , .t comprehensive phut ever 7r...tt i in the Leaguecf \at$,uis, era :'i vi , „r ?n 'ti, just as news cams c :,m de Cats, Boreal tea: Paragady had w,.11 sweeping, victories 'n the capture ; t L',,livias' 1 cia- c tee 1 Feat 1 t,:ituan, Referring t, ,reach et :be C•,renant committed in •-orilcit., war. the report sail :he Leen :\seeueb'y ".night simply to the situation aha draw its cnu- sequenccs, ',n deems its first duty i- t t e:niters of the League lasting peace." 1 il5f:tt{ZiFas,4` Gheck OOkS alrifaNtrl sartat t'afr,a+'rash' • We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily, All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Oyler. • The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. Bolivia still faces naturally to theADVISES READING west. By three lines of rail—one Troy, N.Y.-'Maesdng then that. through Peru and two through Chile that they na+ust, in Ibis opinion, smut- -her capital and her mining centres py their time ,through some three are 'eonnenited with the 'Pacific. Her years more of "uncertain employ traffic with the outside world is Tent," +Leona• F, 'Laree suggested a through the 'Pacific ports, and the course of reading for members of the coastal countries have done tnuc'h to graduating class at IRenstleaer Poly- 9alciliitate this Bo:liv+ian .traffic, Politic- technic :Institute, II -Ie also made other - ally, however, Bolivia seems ddfialte- suggestions on how they may further y , cut off :from. the Paciifiic. Her prepare themselves for life, 'based on chances all again -forcing her way to ,the 'extperien'ce Which has broughtthe coast between Peru and Chile are ,him to the presidency of the 'Dela- slight in the +ex'treme. Thene'fore she ware & Hudson Railroad and major 's impelled to turn Over face eastward importance in American railroading. and seek an outlet to the Atlaneic. ale advised ,the new engineers to 'Within' the confines o'f Bolivia it- read, 'besides the literature of 'their self, this presents no smell dilflculty, 'profession, 'Blackstone, Story of the No one has yet succeeded in getting a Constitution, Kent's 'Commentaries on railroad down into the ,great ,eastern American Law, Wigmiore ort Evid— section of (Bolivia. Not even the dis- ence, Shakespeare and "that great covery of :osl along the eastern And- ;book of wisdom and masterly lE',nglish, can slopes has s'o:lv'ed the problem of ,the Holy IBntb'le.' 'IIe advised 'feat accessibility. There is, to be sure, a reading tS'hakespeare they go in the railway to the sotceheno border of ,order: the historical plays, then the B'olivi'a which finds its way to the oomedie's; the tragedies and the son - Atlantic across Argen'bina.'But this is stets. subject to the same drawback as the 'A 'know'ledge of history and liter- IPactlflc railways, namely, that they ature gives one a feeling of assurance leave the doorways of Davis to be , opened or closed at the will of for- to any •company and the time spent in eign governments. Bdliv5a demand's its a'c'quirement lessens the 'depths of an outlet to .the sea which slhe herself discouragement and prepares one for can control. The one possibility is the the 'heights we may hope and wish for - can River, whi'dh reaches the and struggle to attain," he said. Atlantic through the Parana River Study ,the use of ,English so that and the Rio de 'la IPlafa, Bolivia al - able may feel at home with it and be ready has access to this river system a'bla to arse 'its wealth of ex'pressi'on: at ,Puerto Suarez, but that is so far with accuracy. Study dt'umav relations, north +that navigation becomes a ,prob- as to which ,the portents of the sky lent and a port for ocean going ve show •threatening disturhanices, reds an imp'ossi'bility, For 500 miles "`Accounting is 'becoming more and between Puerto Suarez and Asuncion, more important and a working knowl- Paraguay proper lies east of the river edge o'f its fundamentals should be ac - and the Chaco Boreal lies west. Ac- attired." cess to the riven' which would be satis- suggesting wtiler factory to the Bolivians must there- should'Besides read, Inc advised thelehat hew he More lie across the Chaco, (Both 'corm- reads: tries have marshaled innumerable. "Reading a .book 1 margin with a nuty documents in support of their Pencil its significant thoughts and ex - respective claims, To each the Chaco pressious and before laying it aside is a part Of its national territory, Each review and reflect upon them. If yon then is entitled to defend and police will do the like with this short list I it. Each has done so, with results believe you will greatly benefit by it. which seemed inevitable, Strive always for accuracy in the tea•. For the Bolivians the Paraguayan cltanies rf language, recognize teas: troops are trespassers — and vice the gnalitiee that brake for effective versa. The efforts of the governments communication are more important in Asuncion and La Paz have nut al even than the mechanics, increase iii ways Seen able to prevent clashes in every way possible these material re -- the Chaco even when they them:elves :ounces and spend sonic time in the were attempting to arrive at a peace- actual prartiee of writing to i:npro vt. fit] settlement. Tension of this sort your etyle and increase roar effective has produced repeated crises. Many of neer, Particularly should yon acquire, the sntailer one: were never heard the art .“,raking +,1alciiig when mt your fee` ;.f outside the Chace'. In December and w'1at ir ,i even greeter intiior- ,:f 1'123, it tvcver, a clash at Fort Van.- tante, of tltietki.i_g so San cat your feet. guttrdfa teas ininiediately called to 'The rally convincing sleeker is he. the attention of a pan -American ar- who thinks as he speaks." nitration conference which was in ses- This depression will pass as thorn sion, and also before the Council of t : ;. i; '•,,tc: he assured the seniors:. the League. These two bodies, work- life that he started his aloe. ing t 'Daher, managed to delay hos- }lie in bad times, that when he stared: duties investigations and effort, •t,e, he bong at college , ,c.,c n.tt hi copy aS the• at conciliation watt forward. But the tial and saw the news or the failure two nation- grew increaein.gly inmat- "i J:n Cooke S Co. in Philadel mt t lent. Each accused the ether of re a pivotal happening in the start of thepeated violations of traces and of pre- p;utic of algal, and that when be wilepara inn, .or attack The ill effects' e' _racivated there had heels brit little the eennrntic depression seemedt nnproveeuevt in the lnuiness world enhance rather than dampen the war ar,lrr, Troops found their way into When you have entered art cut. l'l valent that seems permanent whir the dispute+l rr-- imt its increasitt' 1111m) rs. By the nstdd]e r,f 1,32 tits a t•e?l'c'tesib e concert. or itidiridttal,". -kirenis'hcs ware becoming sufficiently he said, "stick to it:' :request and sufficiently large to war Mr. Loree nude tate old ecu -4e, Lit- 'frequent reporting, to the world, and day crr and Capital. alto a trinity ley add- be day it became more evident that ing Management which conceives tin m nethink closely resembling a war enterprise, obtains tate investttie:tt o=.' capital, employs the workmen, ener- tcr,s in progress. The size of the forges engager] 15 1101 accurately gfzes the combination, gives it direc- 1 sown Bolivia's regular army ntrn_ tions, keeps it in control. and cc titin• hers 7Aft0 men, and many classes c, tm,I: conscripts have been so'le'd to the 'Upon 111 wisdom. energy- and colors. The problem of transport and competency of Management the proj- supply in a wilderness almost uncut ect prospers or fair. There has been by roads is difficult, and there ,i, an increase in the 'demand upon its added hardship due to the fact that competency, an increase in the scope the P,olivians live for the most part of ifs re;P°nsibiiity, a hedging its of at high altitudes in dry desert corm- disciplinary control, a sustained as - try. The hot, marshy lands of the satin upon its authority and, relatively Chaco are trying in the extreme. The a narked retardation in the realties 01 Paraguayans. on the other 'hand, with its monetary reward, already mucin a regular army of only 2,000 aided by too small. To many the joy of pleas -- recruits nttmbering more than 10,000 arable work is looked to as a portion, are 'fighting in their own climate and of its rewards, In considering these at their ower attitude. Deis enabled industrial relations it is important to them to take the initiative when the realize that, in the 'last analysis, it is real fighting 'began and the Bolivians Management in its use of capital and. were pushed 'back until their line of labor that makes for industrial devei= communication was threatened, apntent and stability." .'hos, after a period in which many 'boundary disputes have been settled +Tlve early marketing of ,well -finish - by arbitration, South America is again ed birds in commercial quantities was facing serious complications on this well 'demonstrated :by farmers during score, The illegal war of the Chaco the last two weeks of !October in has thus far left th•e circle of neutral Eastern !Ontario where the first Pottle- ity intact, hi the struggle over :Leticia try pools of ,the year have been held: should 'follow a similar coarse, how- Tito'+question as to whether ;or not ever, n'eutrali'ty may not fare so well early poultry marketing 'could be done The break -down off the peace 'forces successfully in a large way by 'farm- The one area would seriously weaken ers, 'from a quality standpoint, has;' +them its th'e other, It is fitting that been definitely answered, the produc the spokesmen of the great powers ens in these districts having demon- should desist frown their regular lab strafed b ors long enough to repair the break by planning ahead that the in the peace dikes south 01 the equatorcrop of chickens from practically any district in +Onttario can be produced Son in college was applying pros- and made ready for sale when the sure Inc mare money from home. market demands it, The average al cannot understand why you ,call weight of tlee pool pack has been ar- yourself a kind father Inc wrote his °u'tt'er 5 pounds .per 'bird, with a nuns - del "when you haven:. sent me t LCr off boxes ,of ifill.fedA weights av- checic •for three weeks. What kind of er 80 ,Pounds, 'Tec titilIlfed A ciiickcirs: kindness do you call that ?" were ,produced by crate feeding 'front T'hat''s unremitting kiit�dness," said 4 10 5 weeks. The carlot ntolt ,ofvemenf the father in his next letter, dressed poudary from Western to �- - - (Eastern p'oin'ts' were also commented in the thital week of October, (Send tis the names of your visitors.