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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-10-27, Page 7They Didn't Forget "Little Lonely"!. Near the Tibetan bolder in a wind•raeltecl and bitterly irnpo- verishcd Chinese village called kpl'ing-of-Wine, a ragt'ed, half- starvecl little: girl stumbled through the streets carrying a beggar's cane and cotton bag. Because she wee deaf and dumb, she had no warning -of attneli when dogs were sit upon her and so her legs were always raw And bleeding. When her begging did not bring in enough food or coins, she was beaten un1nerei- lully by an old hag who owned dlez' es a slave, Named "Citi i gwa" (Little Lonely) by other street beggars, the girl was the offspring of a marauding Tibetan chieftain and a Mongolian girl who gave her away when she was a baby. Un- til she was 10 or 12 (no one knows her exact age), Little Lonely lived in ser own world of silence, cringing at its hors Tors yet unable to cry out in pain or anguish, The story is an old and pfii- 4uliy familiar one in China, but this one has a happy ending. One night Little Lonely tapped at the door of a British -China Inland mission. Three spinster missionaries led her inside to the light and warmth. They were the sisters Evangeline and Fran- cesca French, and their friend and fellow missionary, Mildred Cable. All three were so appall- ed by Little Lonely's plight that that they immediately began bargaining through a local man- darin to buy her away from her ecaner, The sale was finally made at the asking price of 10 shillings ($1.40) and the girl's aroma was changed to TOPSY. Showered with love and at- tention, Little Lonely, whose new name in Chinese characters means "Love Bond," became a happy, healthy child. Taught to write English words and to speak through sign language, she accompanied the indomi- table missionaries on their tra- vels to out-of-the-way places around the world until they re- tired and went home to England, In England, Miss Cable died in 1,952, and the French sisters took Topsy to live with them in Dor- set. A book, "The Story of Top- sy," was written about her and *she became a naturalized British subject with the official name of Eileen Guy. And it was under ffhis name that last week she was informed of the final act of kindness of her benefactors, Under he terms of their will, which was probated after the death — within a month of each ether — of Evangeline and Fran- cesca French, Topsy, now 42, be- eame the beneficiary of a $42,700 ttruat fund. This was roughly 30,- 400 times the amount of her ori - nal market price in China and brought with it a flood of I meiliories. Asked for her reaction to the bequest, Topsy wrote out a sen- tence using the names she had always called the sisters: "Mama Law and Mamma Eva gone to Hea- ven with Jesus." When asked if there was any- thing nything in particular that she wanted to spend some of her money on, she again, laboriously wrote out more words: "Green wool, short Chinese frock." Haw Can 1? By Roberta Lee A. How can 0 remove discol- orations from marble? A. Wash thoroughly with soap and water, and dry. Then mix a paste of powdered bath brick and lemon juice. Rub the discol- ored parts vigorously with this; rinse off with cold water, Q. now can I remove dark streaks and non -greasy smudges from my pastel -coloured textur- ed walls? A. An ordinary art -gum era- ser, rubbed lightly over these blemishes, usually does a good job of cleaning them off. Q. How can I ease the ardu- ous job' of ironing pleats in dresses? A. You should experience much less difficulty if you use some paper clips to hold each pleat in place. These can be slipped on and off quickly and easily, and leave no marks. Son: Are we' rich, Daddy? -- I. don't mean rich because we're eecure and have each other I mean, are we loaded? MERRY MENAGERIE d)et'mP,VOt `"1'rttfon ane, but dors tin 'bort to .0obeaL' lefts to your tal12* YOUR LEADER, PLEASE — Re- cent addition to the man from outer space gambit is represent- ed by a worker's helmet and large drill bit, Fame cl At Last —'The "Lost Bison" The wort bison, granddaddy of the remitter plains buffalo, big- ger (0 feet high, 12 feet long, 2,300 pounds), blacker, and wool- lier, once ranged in millions from the Horn Mountains in Ca- nada's subarctic to the Color- ado plateaus. But such was the slaughter as civilization moved westward that in the U.S. the wood bison clid not live out the nineteenth century; only in Ca- nada did a few hundred, protect- ed by law, struggle into the iw cntieth century, The decline of the survivors began in 1906, when Canada, outsmarting a reluctant U.S. Congress, bought the last surviv- ing herd of plains buffalo in the U.S,, loaded them into cattle cars, and shipped them 1,200 miles to Wainwright, Alta. Some years later a genetically ignorant Ottawa bureaucrat add- ed the plains bison to the herd of wood bison, The newcomers swamped the wood bison, 13y 1949, inbreeding had left no. known pure-blooded bison atha- vaseac rhoads — the zoological name of the woodland species. For years, hope lingered that maybe in a remote valley some of the wood bison had escaped hybridization, but none was ever found. Then in 1957 wildlife officers, taking an aerial census of buf- falo, spotted some animals in the northwestern corner al the Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Alberta. They were 75 miles from the nearest hybrid herd, separated from it by mus- keg swamps and lakes that are impassable except in winter. They were big and black; could they be unhybridized wood buf- ,05l9? Last year a ground expedition crossed the muskeg to find out. Five bison were shot and brought back to Ottawa for stu- dy. Finally, last month, a zoo- logists' report confirmed the home: These were pure-blooded wood buffalo, indeed, Now, Canadian conservation - ids have launched a crash pro- gram to find the.. animals a new and isolated range where they could survive and even rebuild their ranks. Onee the site has been selected, a wintertime trac- tor -train expedition will cross the frozen muskeg barrier to bring out young cows and bulls to start new herds, The old herd will be left to continue its fight for racial survival, Not far from the wood buffalo's present range, the whooping crane (world po- pulation: 40) nests and battles for its right to a place on the planet, Drunks Ccno't Sue In Delaware! Three men were killed aboub two years ago in an automobilese truck crash near Wilmington, Del. The driver of the car, acs cording to post-mortem tents, was ruled to have been under the influence of alcohol to such an extent as to be liable crim- n•,ally. A similar ruling was made as to one of the passes• gers and the second passenger was judged to have been under the Influence of alcohol, though not perhaps to such a great ex- tent as the other two. Survivors of the two passen- gers brought suit for $100,000 and the case was tried in United States District Court, Judge Caleb R. Layton III in a 17 -page opinion held that intoxicated passengers of an automobile driver who is under the influ- ence 0± alcohol cannot recover damages growing out of an ac- cident. Noting that the driver of the car and his two passengers had ell been drinking heavily before the crash, Judge Layton said that "it is no less the duty of the passenger, where he has the opportunity to do so, than of the driver, to learn of the dans ger and avoid it if possible , . 7'o permit these two passengers ( to recover here would be a raise carriage Of justice ... they wr .e ,guilty -of asstunption o1 ride or contributory nce',df ence, It clotg not matter which." In the minds of many laymen, at least, the person who gets drunk and drives en automotive vehicle has automatically serv- ed notice that he does not care what harm or damage he may du. It is interesting to fins( a judger extending that idea to take in drunken passengers err. a drunken driver. What learned limbs of the law May think about such a cuss is beyond as, but it does, at least, entphaeize at something like its proper drank in a powerful machine. -- Commercial Appeal. Harvest Of Misery in Pennsylvania lvania The Post -Gazette series as migrant laborbrings into drama- tic focus the fact that a great a n d theoretically enlightened state, Pennsylvania, allows thou- sands of men, women and chil- dren to be exploited like beasts of burden. In a well-documented report, Frank M. Matthews, Harrisburg Correspondent of the Post -Gaz- ette, has brought out: That between 0,000 and 7,000 Southern Negroes and Puerto Ricans are brought North in rickety vehicles to work on Pen- nsylvania farms from July to October for starvation wages, They "arrive broke and leave broke," Mr, Matthews reports, with the pittances they earn in "stoop -labor" going into the 'company store" operated by the labor recruiter who brings them North. That it isn't uncommon to see Rn eight-year-old working In a field, his legs wrapped in gunny sacking or an old inner tube to protect them from thistles. That Pennsylvania has no minimum wage law for agricul- ture workers, no minimum age law applicable to children work- ing in agriculture and no unem- p l o y m e n t compensation for which. migrants can qualify. What schooling children of migrant workers obtain is made available by charitable funds and this source of financial aid appears to be drying up. The State Public Welfare De- partment operates four day-care centers for migrant children up to 14 but there is nothing for youngsters of these workers in six counties. Efforts of the State Labor and Industry Department resulted in the closing of a number of aban- doned barns and chicken houses whdoh migrant laborers had call- ed "home." Now they have such "luxuries" as screeni a water spigot for as many as 20 people and eight by ten -foot cubicles in which as many as eight persons live, Last year the House approved a legislative package to better conditions of migrant laborers but the Republican senators, ears attuned to wishes of farm- ers who elect them, killed all of it except payment of $1 a day to local school districts for each migrant pupil. But what need the Senate care, for, as Mr. Matthews concludes: "The migrant is the landless farmer, the voteless citizen, the voiceless stoic ... "--Pittsburgh Post -Gazette. DRIVE CAREFULLY — The life you save may be your own. BACKACHE May be W arnhi Backache is often caused by lazy kidney action. When kidneys get out of order, erten, acids and wastes remain in the system. Then backache, dis- turbed rest or that tired -out and heavy - headed feeling may soon follow. There the time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd'a stimulate the kidneys to normal action. Then you feel better—sleep better—work better. Get Dodd's Kidney Pills now. sa ASS ACCOMMODATION A WARM WELCOMEI SENIOR CITIZENS 1N RETIREMENT — Preston I IREblENT— Prsston springs Gardens is en address of dol Inchon a haven of 0,n) tort 500 eontrrti.. Private bathrooms; luxurious sitting rooms on bedroom floors, spa• Onus. well•furnIsited lobby. About two acts, of terr,a.cd lawns, Our train. ed s.nmpettntt elan under the super. virion of registered nurses is cup. able of serving all hut those 1'eoeirtng hospital of institutional care. Monthly rate ter single rooms $15000 to *200.00. meals included, Write for further information and Illustrated pamphlet. Preston Springs G; ideas. Preston, Ontario, AGENTS .A'1 l I'N'rION greeting card, cosnuNc and other sales people. NSW presonal. Iced picture Imp, Made from any size negative. Ideal gift for Christmas, Birthday, Wedding, Mother's Day, any (evasion. Tasteful dellen, hand robber( wooden base. For bedroom, living room, TV, etc Easy to sellvt;.. cont» mission, Free details, Write Sialine, 4621) St Catharine W., Montreal, Quo WE have a few territories still open for agents to sell our Premium Qual. ity ern) Seeds. Complete line of ell Farm Seeds, liberal commissions. Write to Martin Weber Limited, 330 eltlflip Atreet, Waterloo, Ontario, Phone Mier. wood 5.6103 AGENCIES WANTED ATTENTION GROCERIES WHOLESALERS CANADIAN manufacturer offering .seamless Micro.Mesh hostery, specially packed for grocery store in beautiful polyetbelene hags. Guaranteed first quality, Only 05.85 doz, pies tux. Sam. plea on request. fax 222. 123.18th Street, New Toronto, Ont. BABY CHICKS 15.22 WEER old pullets, some start- ed chicks, prompt shipment. Order FehruaryMarch broilers. now. Hatch. ed to order dayold chicks, dual pur- pose, specialty egg producers. Contact focal agent, or write BRAY Hatchery, 120 John North, Hamilton, Ont, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES B.A. 01I; service station, porcelain, 2 bay, available for lease, one in Sar. nla, one in Chatham, to responsible party, some capital required but as- sistance available to person qualify- ing. Apply to A.A. /lope, British Anse. Mean 011 Co, Ltd„ Chatham, or phone ET, 4-3160; evenings EL. 2.6021. 'TAXI business, presumably the largest In Sault Ste, Marie, Ontario, with a great future due to the recent open-, hag of the Trans -Canada Highway through here and the expected open• ing of the new airport next year and the new International Bridge between. here and Michigan Soo the following year. IF interested write Sault Radio Cab Ltd., 367 Queen St, E. DEALERS, Salesmen & Farmers to salt chicks and turkey poults for one of the oldest and well established Hatch- eries In Canada. Offering the best franchised layer and all other popu- lar breeds of ehicks and turkeys. Lib- eral commissions paid, Apply Box Num- ber 224, 123-113tb Street, New Toronto, Ont. TAXI BUSINESS OAKVILLE 6 CAR taxi service. Excellent turnover. Circle Taxi, 4 Cowan Ave., Oakville. VL 4.3241, BUSINESS PROPERTIES FOR RALE SUMMER resort on Hay Bay, known as Elakewood Lodge, accommodates 40 guests (dining hall); 2 -acre site with 300' waterfrontage. 0l health forces Mile of this popular resort... Bruce T, Wager, Realtor. Napanee, MOTEL, 9 units plus 9 -bedroom living quarters, well located on No, 2 High- way near Napanee; nicely furnished, broadloom, TV. Grossing $8,000-$10,000, Year round business. Bruce J. Wager, Realtor, Napanee, RESTAURANT FOR SALE AIR conditioned, fully equipped, seam 52. 'Turnover 63,000. Long lease on Main Street at $70.00. Full price $12,500 half cash. Fastest expanding town In Western Ontario. Priced low for quick action. Box 250 — Goderfch, Ontario. DRY cleaning plant, with cola storage unit, in Napanee; 2 apartments and store for extra revenue; thriving buss• mess. Bruce J. Wager. Realtor Napa. nee. BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT GROUND floor offices. Corner loca- tion; business block; suitable for dem tal clinic or other professional offices. Reasonable rent. Alterations to suit. Most progressive town In Western -On- tario. Write P.O. Box 500, Petrolia, Ont. CHAIN SAWS WANT A BARGAIN? Government sur• plus chain saw chains. New. 36". Can be shortened. Cost $42,00. Three — 220,00. Six — $96.00. Sample $7.60. Post. paid. Order today! Quantity limited. William Slack, Hague, New York. COINS WEay $3 for 1625 Canadian nickel; complete buying list 10 cents. Crown Stamp & Coin, 61 Queen SL E., Tar - onto, DEALERS AND SALESMEN WANTED WANTED: Dealers and salesmen to sell chicks and turkey poults for one of the oldest established and largest Hatcheries in Canada, Offering the best franchised egg breed, all popular dual purpose and broiler breeds, tor 00 poults. Liberal commission paid. Apply Box 'number 220, 123 -18th Street. New Toronto, Ontario. IA UV DOVES TII DOVES,. Ringneck $5,00 pair, we or more pair $450 whites 5950 pair. Lasts with order, Ross Berkey, 918 Car• ee rile Ayernue Osh ora Ontario EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION EARN up to $100 Weekly ee sparcttree Rosiness Associate. No experience needed. Pleasant work, No selling. Ap- plication information 52.59. Lavery, 920 Reservoir. Cranston 10. Rhode Be lana. FARM EQUIPMENT "DEPEND L NL!ti I E gasoline and propane driven lighting plants for farm and hone standby, Also separate genera. tors e'er tractor belt or power take -off dine Bettgcr Industries, Btratfortl. 202 HIiNSGHEN HD ru 111101,V,-..,.-Fttlly hy- draulic, 11 inch buckets, powered by a new Ford Maier Diesel tractor and complete Mon tillug equipment, used less than 300 hours, Capacity over 000 it. per hoar. Must sacrifice. Oscar Gibson, Scotland, Ontario. FARMS FOR SALE • FARM ter sale. lets acres, good bund. Ings, ell tvorkable land, 20 acres nets'ly seeded pasture 26 acres fall wheat. Will sen with crop, implements and ivestoek. Write Peter Van Wyehen. ,R. 1. Southwohd, Ont. FARM 50 acres sandy loans, all work. able. book well, all modern convent- onces, large house and barn. Earl Gingerieh Zurich. Ont., OLE 3. Phone 40.10.7 LINDSAY -3 MILES 100.ACRE farm, over 00 workable, barn 60' x 80', steel stanchions and water howls. 0 -room brick house, coal fur- nace. $10,000, half down. O'Connor ds O'Connor, Realtors, 47 Lindsay St., Lindsay, Ont. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS XMAS embossed plastic table cover. Extra large. 54 x 72 inches. Lend able, Sava your linen festivities. 61,00as— Also 8 x 12 ft. plastic utility sheet. 101 uses. Lowest price yet. 2 for 51.00. Postpaid. Money back guarantee, 011• bar Products, 128 Wellington West, Toronto HELP WANTED MALE ELECTRICIANS OTTAWA WE require immediately qualified electricians for major construction and housing projects In Ottawa. Current rate 52.60 per hour. Contact us im- mediately, FEDERAL ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS LTD. 994 RIDDELL AVENUE OTTAWA PA. 5-3Y53 HATCHING EGGS WANTED — Floekowners to supply one of the largest, registered Hatch - (tries in Canada with hatching eggs. All breeds required egg breeds, dual purpose breeds, broiler breeds. Extremely large premium paid. Apply Box Number 225, 123 -18th Street, New Toronto, Ont. HUNTERS DEER and moose hunters; for accom- modation in housekeeping cottages near Algonquin Park apply Arthur Siniourd (guide), Madawaska, Ont. INSTRUCTION EARN Morel Bookkeeping, Salesman. ebiP, Shorthand, Typewriting etc. Lensons 604. Ask for free circular No. 93. Canadian Correspondence Courses. 1200 Bay Street, Toronto, MEDICAL POST'S ECZEMA SALVE BANISH the torment of dry eczema rashes and weeping skin troubles, Post's Eczema Salve will not disappoint you, Itching scalding and burning ecze- ma, acne, ringworm, pimples and foot eczema will respond readily to the stainless odorless ointment, regardless of how stubborn or hopeless they seem. Sent Past Free on Receipt of Price PRICE 53.50 PER JAR POST'S REMEDIES 1665 St. Clair Avenue East, TORONTO _�— WANTED: 5,000 MEN AND WOMEN suffering from all muscular pains. ar• thrills, nervous Qt1ICK RELIEF! Write for Free Salonpas sample today NATIONAL PRODUCTS 346 Sahiston Street Nanetma, B.C. GOOD ADVICE — EVERY SUFFERER OF RHEUMATIC PAINS OR NEURITIS SHOULD TRY DIXON'S REMEDY. MUNRO'S DRUG STORE 635 ELGIN OTTAWA 51.25 Express Cpllect MONEY TO LOAN — WE have money available for first and second mortgage loans on farm and town property, current rates of inter- est. Payments arranged to suit your income. Joe Markle Ltd.. Broker, 2 Wellesley St. W.. Toronto - Box 244, Sudbury. NAMES ATTENTION! New Mothers, Fathers, Newlyweds, 700 Christian Names, Their meaning and origin. Send $L00 to Names, Box 68-C, Oaklawn, Illinois. ISSUE 43 — 1960 a NURSES WANTED JOSEPH BRANT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Burlington, Ontario Appticailorts tae inured from At Registered Nurse 2 Cettifid Nurstoi, Assistants Apply directnt of nursing Joseph Brant Museum 1040 North Shore alvd _, NUTRIA WILL NUTRIA ISE YOUR FUTURE? the aifns point to t bright .end b&- Atm market Mr this 110 toy fur. But success will come e•,t through propene breeding methods, mistily foundation stock, phis a program f. ssod on sound business methods, We ()tier al► of this to you as a rancher. using out exclu- adve breeders plant Special offer tea (hose who (maim'0, to 00(10 nutrze under our eo operative minters' plan". Write: Canadian Nut71., Ltd. IT.R. Ri "hinond Hlll Ontario, OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITIES unlimited available through The Franchise Bulletin. Can- ada's only franchise to ,. .1ne, Write today, Box 223 123 1 "r, ':i, New r0r0050, Ont, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WQMEN BE A HAIRDRESSER JOIN CANADA'S LEADING SCHOOL Great Opportunity Learn Hairdressing Pleasant dignified profession; good wages Thousands of successful Marvel Graduates America's Greatest System Illustrated Canteens Free Write or r 11 MARVEL HAIRDRESSING SCHOOL 358 Slam St. W., Toronto Branches: 44 King St, W., Hamilton 72 Rideau Street httawe� PERSONAL AUTHORS Invited submit MSS all types (including poems) for book pub- lication, Reasonable terms. Rtoekwell Ltd., Ilfracombe, England. ,este?. 1668;. Heil bleMStanda d, 2105 South 11th, Philadelphia 48, Pennsylvania. WANTED: will pay cash for your old 1950 telephone directory of your town er community. Write or mail to W. E. Alger, 346 Sabiston St., Nansimo, B.C. ADULTS: Free samples, price list on personal Hygienic. Sundries. Special Assortment $1.00, nailed In plain, sealed envelope. Cotter Company. Box 1089, Station "C", Toronto 9. UNWANTED HAIR VANISHED away with Saca-Palo. Sace- Pelo is different. It does not dissolve or remove hair from the surface, but penetrates and retards growth of un- wanted hair. Lor -Beer Lab Ltd., 5, 670 Granville. Vancouver 2, B.C. ADULTS! Personal Rubber Guests! 26 assortment for $2.00. Finest quality, tested, guaranteed, Mailed at plain sealed package plus tree Birth Control booklet a n d catalogue of supplies. Western Distributors. Bea: -24 -TF Re- gina, Sask. PHOTOGRAPHY FARMER'S CAMERA CLUB BOX 31 GALT, ONT. Films bevel() ed and 8 magna prints 406 12 magna prints 600 aeprints 5e each. KODACOLOR Developing roll 901 (not including prints). Color prints 300 each extra. Ansoo and Ektachrome 35 m.m. 20 ex- posures mounted in slides 51.20. Color prints from slides 321 each. Money re- funded in full for unprinted negatives. PROPERTIES FOR SALE CATTLE ranch for sale, Situated In Manitoba's kentucky blue grass Inter- lake area, 1,000 acres deeded land. 2,0011 acres pasture available. Two small lakes. Good well. Hay crop failure un- known, Hereford stock. Modern home. Hydro, good roads. Will consider trade as part, city home, ear, what have you. Apply F. H. Erickson. Overton, Manitoba. SALESMEN WANTED COMMISSION Salesmen Wanted. To sell Chemicals for Septic Tanks, Cess- pools' esspools, Toilets, Sewers etc.. Protected territories. L. G, Dumart & Co La vigne, Ontario. SALESMAN WANTED REAL ESTATE TO represent us in your own district, large commission paid on every sale. You can earn good comnnisscton is your spare time. Write for particulars to Epworth Realty Limited. Owen Sound Ontario. Salesmen Wanted TO REPRESENT THE OLD RELIABLE FONTHILL NURSERIES TERRITORIES OPEN IN BOTH TOWN AND RURAL DISTRICTS COMMISSIONS PAID WEEKLY HOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR FALL 1960 AND SPRING 1961 Write Stone and Wellington Ltd. P.O. 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