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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1954-11-04, Page 5Finding Gold In Tobermory A short time age Tobermory was no more than a small flatt- ing village on the tnisty shores of Mull, having little to offer the visitor except peace and quiet, It is, now a thriving centre of the tourist industry oven though the nearest stretch of sand is still twelve miles away and it takes three hours by steamer to reach the nearest movie, What has brought about, this far - from . unprofitable change? The Spanish galleon. In 1588, when the Spanish Armada was fleeing home in defeat, one of their number was blown into Tobermory Bay, where it eventually sank. That much is pretty certain, A Span- ish ship was re -located there un. der ten fathoms of water and thirty feet of mud by Navy divers. in 1950. Legend has it that the ship was destroyed by clansman Donald Glas McLean, who threw m lighted torch into the magazine when he was being taken away as a hostage, And legend also has it that the ship was the "Duque di Florencia," which was carrying about £3 million in gold and jewels to finance the Spanish invasion of Britain. Ever since the early seven- teenth century attempts have been made to retrieve this vast fortune, but with dilly limited success. Charles I granted the right of anything found to the Marquess of Argyll and his de- cendants, which means that the rights are now vested in the present Duke of Argyll. He leas got the very latest in. salvage ships and equipment up there at the moment trying to raise the wreck, and tourists look excitedly on in he hope of caching a glimpse of hoards of bullion rising up from the depths. But the canny folk of Tober- mory have a different interest in the whole affair. Some of them doubt whether there is any gold to be found. They are indignant that anyone should suggest their ancestors were stilly enough to leave the gold art the bottom of the bay before it was covered by nearly four centuries of silt. Nevertheless, they have a treat affection for the old gal - eon. There are no flshmen in obermory now. They are bet - BY DOROTHY MADDOX ^Now is bargain time for eggs - one of our Most important sources of top-quality protein. Hens are laying in record vol- ume, and producers' prices are at rock bottom. Here are some excellent direc- tions for cooking eggs, prepar- ed for us by Kathryn B. Niles, distinguished home economist of the Poultry and Egg National Board in Chicago. Nothing elab- orate about them, but awfully good for •Family menus. Baked (Shirred) Eggs Break and slip 1 to 2 eggs into greased individual shallow baking dishes, Bake in slow oven (325 degrees F.) 12 to 18 minutes, depending upon firm- ness desired. Serve from baking dishes. Variations; 1. Circle a strip of partially conked bacon around edge of dish. Line bottom of dishes with buttered crumbs. 2, Line bottom of dishes with buttered crumbs. Place a slice of cheese atop crumbs, then break eggs into dish. Top with grated cheese or crumbs, Pro- ceed as above. 3. Pour 1° to 2 tablespoons cream into each dish. Break eggs into dish and proceed as above. Puffy Omelet (2 to 3 servings) Four eggs, separated, Vs tea- ew Way To repare E gs Baked eggs for breakfast or lunch ore an economy treat, and there's nothing elaborate about them. spoon salt, 1/4 cup water, Ys tea- spoon pepper, 1 tablespoon fat. Add salt and water to egg whites. Beat until stiff and shiny and until whites leave peaks when beater is with- drawn. Add pepper to yolks and beat until thick and lemon- colared. Fold yolks into egg whites. Meanwhile, heat fat in large skillet (10 -inch diameter) until just hot enough to sizzle a drop of water. Pour in+ omelet mix - lure. Reduce heat. Level sur- face gently. Cook slowly until puffy and lightly browned on bottom, about 5 minutes. Lift omelet at edge to judge color, Place in a slow oven (325 degrees F.) Bake until knife inserted into center comes out clean, 12 to 15 min- utes. To serve; Tear gently, using 2 forks, into pie -shaped pieces. Invert "wedges" on serving plate so that browned bottom becomes the top, or omelet may be folded in half. Proper refrigeration helps to maintain the original quality of eggs. Eggs may be stored com- mercially for several months at temperatures as low a3 32 de- grees F. in the home, egg quality is maintained by storage In the refrigerator or at cool tempera- tures. Whenever possible buy eggs that have been kept un- der refrigeration. ter off catering for the tourists. Tobermory has twenty - four shops for them - one for every five buildings in the town - while the other forty miles of Mull can claim only six shops In all. With the accommodation full in the off season and the bars serving almost enough to float the whole Armada, they are acutely conscious that the trea- sure ship is more use to them where it is' so long as the duke keeps trying to recover It. They know where the real gold is, An oat disease, caused by a fungus known as Septoria ave - nae, was first reported in the Maritime provinces in 1948. Al- though its severity is greatly dependent on such factors as time of infection in relation to crop maturity and on seasonal elimatic condition's, it appears that damage is increasing an- nually. Symptoms of infection are found on both the leaves and the stems but stem infec- tion is responsible for most of the yield loss in this area, Characteristic blackened areas on the stems are most apparent when the crop is mature and these have led to the fairly wide usage of "black stent" to denote the disease. Much of the lodging reported in recent years is actually straw break- age which may occur at these infected areas of the stem. * * None of the present day com- mercial varieties have satisfac- tory resistance to "black stem" although they do differ in de- grees of susceptibility. Such d'ifferences are considered in making variety recommenda- tions for the Maritime area and growers are advised to follow these ,recommendations as closely as possible. The disease is carried over on the seed and some measure of control may be obtained through treatment with organic mercury com- pounds such as those used in ' the control of oat smuts. M * 0 Plant breeders throughout Eastern Canada are presently making a broad survey of oat varieties from all parts of the world in an effort to find suit- able resistance for use in their breeding programs, 4' 0 It's easy to make a barn into a fertilizer factory. Here's how dairy farmer Harold Striegel, Dubois County, Ind., does it. " e ro Once a month he spreads 1,000 pounds of superphosphate on his manure pack. His loafing shed is 60' x 150', so it's easy to get around in. 11. Spider monkey 81. Bristly goons 32: Bean, 18. Burdened 33. Drinking glean 18, Remunerate 3.1. Jewish ascetic 81. Shortening. 18, Started 22. Source of mood 30, Inclination - a3. �raleI, 11 8. }lad being An11a8a G. r Legal oaten 24' Diving lino 411, itlt3 Tailor zs, milia 41 French river 0. t. Tarlo • Poplar 7. C.hille 4 . Devoured13. Beast nt 8. ib x11 character 38, iiath0 44, spread to dry Musical Com. • Feminine tame 80. Leet mates ]d. Obese sition 14. M pausical 12 seg w"Ight . 00 sootHsh chemist 10. Musks dramas 10. Talked idly 17. Ballot 18, k'dible seed 10, 1'ootbnll ,o. aition (a0.). 30. Plural ending 21. Lend 38, Small bird 58. Cuttla fish 80. Is situated 20. Land measure 80, Hindu garment 31, Vebinle on runners 38. Vongonnre 811. Money gatherers 80 welzhbaltnw- SSWO D PUZZLE Wit 07 138110 8e And (Ir.) 80 Crooked 40 Weeps bitterly 49 Short heard. 45. Tlaolese 41. In the bade 48. (#ono up 49. Required SO. Cylindrienl hOWN 1. Elords 1. Bost t4noot,ralgo 4. Peel s: 711 • .140 Ont. � �®�•� " r a NW ''.'•; w ® III .111111111112.8 1111E: ■I� 1111 ■ II ci air za II ��:w%<; RAIN: �� 30 II 11111. dill •tev .l 47 A 1 ' IIIa tAnswe Isewhere ass Thine Page Free -Wheeling - A special sling devised for Fritzell, a dachs- hund, enables him to get around and even pick up passengers. He has a ruptured disc of the spine, and it'll take about three months to heal. In the meantime Fritzell will have to travel on the roller skate, an added feature of the sling. With the pack sloped toward the center, so that the liquids won't run off, Striegel figures that the manure makes a 1-1A-1 fertilizer, and the superphos- phate builds it up to about 1-1-1. What's more, the super- phosphate ties up the ammonia in the manure, says Striegel. '0 'e * You can't organize cats. They do, when so disposed, catch mice and rats, but in no sys- tematic manner. A Public Health authority remarks that cats do about as good a job at controlling rodents as a fly swatter does at controlling flies. Whoever relies on cats for this purpose usually deceives him- self. To exterminate rats and mice - which can be done - whether from one farm or from a whole neighborhood or county, calls for a planned and organized effort. Now is the time to declare warfare with war- farin on the filthy and expen- sive beasts. Groan Sloes Eloos For %age fax Mao "Psychological colour schemes" constitute the idea behind a new move by Japan's Minister of Finance. The Minister has two. objects in view. He wants to soften the blow to taxpayers receiving the familiar Income tax return forte. He hopes, as a result, that taxpayers will be induced to make their returns promptly -and truthfully. It occurred to hilt that tax- payers might subconsciously be given over to alarm and des- pondency by the forbidding black ink used in printing of official forms. Black is a sini- ster colour and has a mournful ring about it, he thought. So the latest forms 50 be sent out are in cheerful, hopeful green. Whether this will have the desired effect of cheering up the taxpayer and making him genially disposed to the Ministry is open to doubt. But the Minister himself, like 1}is forms, is hopeful -looking. kis is confident that, as a result of his "psychological colour schemes," Japan's inland reve- nue will benefit. Fait Saved Her From Going To Feil Fair - haired Policewoman Frau Charlotte Raddatz weighs 224 pounds. She is quite young and very efficient, but the police sacked her eighteen months ago declaring that sloe was too fat for her job. That annoyed her -ands many other fat people who, despite their bulk, hold down respon- sible jobs, So Frau Raddatz took the matter to court and the police agreed to a medical examination. This proved be- yond doubt that she was quite fit, and she was reinstated. Frau Raddatz, after all, is slim compared with Frau Micheleit who, in 1933, was Berlin's fattest woman. She weighed 336 pounds. Frau Micheleit once had to give evi- dence in a Berlin court and it was necessary to take the door off its hingesto squeeze her through. After that she became even fatter and took to crime, re- lieving the tedium of her al- most immovable existence by ordering from every part of Germany by letter or telephone hams, sausages, butter, jewel- lery, underwear, silk, and a hundred other things. The law caught up with her when she failed to pay for the geode Charged with fraud she was too fat to be taken into court. She was condemned in her absence to two years' imprison- ment, hut the sentence could 'not be carried out. It was found that there was not a single prison cell in all Berlin into which she could be squeezed - even if the door were taken off its hinges. In the end she paid a heavy fine. Mosquitoes >riold 'Up Trains Swarms of 'mosquitoes held up a goods train in Denmark for 90 minutes recently when they settled on the lines of the StOrsstormsbroen bridge, t h e longest in Europe. The engine's wheels slipped over the mos- quitoes and sand was used to give the engine traction, Normally the train crosses the two -miles long bridge in five minutes; this time it took one and a half hours. Jilted Lovers Do Strange Things Turn someone down after a promise to marry and anything can happen. One Japanese blew up hih birl and her new lover up his girl and her new lover with dynamite. Another set alight the fence round his act - tress fiancee's house. She had ig- nored his love -letters, he ex- plained. Italians are just as likely to take drastic action, Brooding for fifty years over being jilted, a 75 -year-old woman recently dropped a brick on the head of the man who had let her down. The method used by a much younger woman was to go on hunger strike beneath her lover's bedroom window. After two days without food, she collaps- ed and was taken to hospital. Nationals from even the sup- posedly colder northern nations do the wildest things to show their grief, A 23 -year-old Dutch girl last year climbed a 100 - foot radio mast at The Hague. An English girl changed her whole way of life when her fiance deserted her for anoth- er girl with wealthier parents. She announced; "I am going to bed, and will never rise from it again." Nor did she. Sixty days in jail was award- ed earlier this year to an Amer- ican for throwing a bucket of paint through the window of the girl who had jilted him. Another man was so infuriated that he crashed his car into ten others. How much more sensible was the Frenchman who was desert- ed on his wedding morning, He rang up the girl's sister, pro- posed, and married her instead, ttev, tt. 8 'Warren, b rl..tl.kll. The Splendor of Self -Control Proverbs 14:29; 10:1-3; 16:321 20:1; 23129-35 Memory Selection: Ile that Par slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth hie spirit titan he that taketie a city., Proverbs 16:32. I have a friend whose work for an oil company Is to keep the pumps in working order in a given area. Called to one vil- lags he found the operator 05 the station in very bad humour. My friend learned of the diffi- culty and quietly went to work. 1Vleanwhile the operator strode about cursing the company, the pumps, etc. Finally his anger subsided and he said, "I guess it's impossible to fight with you." "Yes, it is," replied my friend. Before he left the two meta were warm friends. At the out. set it would have been so easy to have started a real quarrel. Words might have led to blows. But it takes two to make a quer. rel. How true it is that "he that ruleth his spirit is better than he that taketh a city." The lesson deals with the drinking of intoxicating bevel.. ages. "Whosoever is deceived thereby Is not wise." The final passage describes some of the evils that accompany drunken- ness; trouble, sorrow, quarrels, senseless talk, bleary eyes. The stupidity of drunkenness is des- cribed. The drunkard is likened to one lying down in the midst of the sea or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. He is insensible to pain but still has the urge to keep on drinking, One man to whom all these troubles and more had come was asked by the magistrate why he drank. Nis reply wan "Because I like to." He had lost self-control. The path to self-control is the way of surrender to Jesus Christ. By his grace and power we gain a proper perspective of life and the strength to live the life that is pleasing in Hie sight. Even alcoholics can prove the power of Jesus Christ to deliver them. He can give self- control in every area of life, He is the answer to all our problems. _. . t FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED Nature sometimes seems to create life without being able to provide for its sustenance. The opossum has litters of eigh- teen babies, but only twelve of them can be reared. The twelve are the youngsters who, in the race into the pouch, get one of the twelve nipples which they do not relinquish for six weeks, The other six just look on -and die of starvation. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking Modern Art -Simplicity is a feature of this modernistic painting by Andre Poujet. Called "Bonjour Alfred," it is on exhibition at the Modern Art Palace in Paris, France.