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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-09-28, Page 3• Fifty -Mile Trip Without Stopping Boston was a happier place in those days. YOU drove the ear up to the Parker House, left it at the Curb, had a leisurely meal, and then drove it off again from the front entrance. No fuss, no parking bother. The only dif- ficulty — it was 1902. "I frequently Tint into Boston just for lunch," reported Robin Damon, "for as the distance is but 16 miles and the roads level usually cover the trip in an hour; just time enough. to add tone to the appetite." Mr. Damon tells about it in the "Experience & Comments" col- umn, page 208, of the Jan, 22, issue of The Horseless Carriage, "Afterarriving at whatever hotel is selected there is no trouble to care for the machine. I simply leave it in the street and when ready to go home just turn the crank and fly away. No one ever expects to drive a horse 16 miles in an hour and then go home within an hour or two. Besides, a horse is a bother, because it must be put in a stable and fed. In emergencies I have been able to get away in less than one minute, and be two miles away in ten minutes. It is the quickness of operation that recommends the horseless vehi- cle." If Mr, Damon could get two miles out of Boston in 10 min- utes he did better than we can. Of course as he pop -popped into sight he had a clear path — all the horses tried to climb lamp- posts. You can't blame Mr. Damon for being a bit smug. "I have fre- quently started on 50 mile trips," he reports, "and made the dis- tance without once stopping the carriage," In those days you bought a homeless carriage and it was de- livered by freight t:ain. Then a man from the factory came "in about three days" to tell you how to run it. But often, as in Mr. Damon's experience, he didn't come. Then you hired a local machinist, read the meager in- structions, and launched the palpitating craft yourself. Mr. Damon and his local mechanic "worked for three hours before we could get a single snort from the engine. One difficulty was that it took about 87 horsepower to turn the en- gine over the compression, for there was nothing said about the release cock, It was a hot the too." But victory at the end! "At lest with a pound, and a tremen- dous rush of black smoke, the motor commenced to mote," Who doesn't feel a thrill at IRO BERLIN BISHOP — Pope John XXIII has appointed Most Rev. Alfred Bengsch to be Bishop of Berlin. Rev. Bengsch, who lives in Blasi Berlin, will be cut off from visit's to West Berlin., He succeeds Julius Cardinal Doepf- ner, who becOmes Catholic Archbishop of Munich. ,swel 1 1 AlUnGptiloSoTa :0314t isnoemesotriwo uay:,,, . :, .A: cOrolissSing11.3t. bgeol ;to:worn:fa Mint ethoelIT killed ' , Rreef,Puilsaleinsfcsii:itbaocoity; ierheceordneor et,. -SRI1 'I ,4,11s,: 1 11 , I bobrrricickarell thensbiolind:rior:re lisy i ii --‘••,,,is,. as Allies retest. , AUGU? 30 R.000ia announce; 41, ill source nuclear testing. . aor orbitsne's,r6thheinnnall 1111' ....„ .... ,h, , ..1 ,, Ao 11 GLIAT,'6' SA : trips, 435,000 miles, scoollite; lends cif to 17 ii brlrin app on ore minion into Eig9POOO Common Market. AUGUST 24 Rewhiindland docioros omorgen p 141,0100 of rosin SONO fires, AUGUST 9 Prenchman line o r net to Havana; 00 possompore and plane aro reline Me Ieoio hoe fill n attempt to Biqa &Mita. ' to Havana aril aogigaimirsille 11110 . • ",14,.. AU GUST 1 16 American tourists drown when tourist bus plunges into Lake Lucerne, Switrorloed. French lot fighter cuts rob e carryh%) .;urs at Mount Blanc; persons plunge to death, 81 ethers eventually rescued. I, x.':1111 11? 'year War, t'4�nojm4 .' no Al once for Progress 24 t ad in Uris so "itZarsts, ,wessesmosoiSsissimetwesticiii,c.esswesser. eisemmery Nen/Magi TIIIPARN FRONT j 0 612USSen. - Ell, NOTE: The following article is taken from the wide- ly -circulated .British weekly "Tit -Bits". We reproduce it here for what it Is worths 4, 4. 4, Modern chemistry has pro- duced many poisons of incredi- ble power which help the farm- er in his battle against insects. Some of them are "selective" and will kill one class of crea- ture but not another. But some are deadly poison to man. New insecticides are invented every year and are put on the market after short-term tests. But only now are we discover- ing the dreadful long-term ef- this crisis? Mr. Damon's first trip round was entirely in low gear, two hours without stop- ping, "when 'the machine sud- denly collapsed" at this tough treatment. "The chain had stretched and jumped a tooth" and the "low speed driving shaft was red hot." What to do? — "the machinist fixed the chain and we poured water on the shaft." Mr. Damon was no fool, writes Richard L. Strout in the Chris - tion Science Monitor. Nobody could say the machine wasn't sturdy, he observed, because it still ran after all this abuse, The next trip round he had learned about his "high speed clutch." Then "there *as perfect bliss." Mr. Damon had no trouble after that for two weeks except that the muffler exploded. Also the engine began pounding as though hit with a sledge hammer and it occurred to him after a while that the "cooling tank was empty." Wonderful cars were the motors of old! — they contended with incredible roads and with drivers ignorant as Indians. All credit to the pioneers also who would spend two hours in the hot sun cranking the mysterious contraptions without knowing about the "release cock," Mr. Damon summed it all up: About everything had happen- ed to him, he said simply, that could happen to a beginner, "and I now know almost everything came from inexperience in operating." A gay recklessness ruled. Driv- ing with a second beginner, Mr. Damon reported, "the latter suddenly shouted, 'how do you stop the thing?' Before I could tell him we bumped into the rear of the other automobile. "I told him always to select a wagon to stop against,' for it had more spring than a tree or post." • CROSSWORD PUZZLE 8. Persian fairy 27. Verse .of three 0, Salt of titanic feet io. acid , 29. Quietness Spray 58. Hiatus 38. First fiddle 11. Unit of light 40, portion Intensity 42. Soothe ) 14, 0110130 DOWN Hydraulic 94. District In A.pumps London 1. IVIatron46. Degrading 5. Crisp cookie 1. 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Mmpip In a mass I41, Location 145, Af (=open functions 19. :5. Terrible Motherly B. Yeast ; 8, Genus of wild orchids 11: (1‘)41120Well it:nit pipe (Answer elsewhere on this page. fects they may have on the peo- ple who constantly handle them. Years later they may develop skin cancer or suffer from ob- scure nervous disorders. Users of one class of insecticide intro- duced fifteen years ago are now going temporarily mad. A few have died, The "organophosphbrus" in- secticides, or organic phosphates, used to spray fruit trees and greenhouse plants, are the dead- ly agents. They are applied to the leaves and branches before the fruit appears. They destroy insects by put- ting their nerves out, of action. They are not swallowed, but absorbed through the softer parts of the insects' skin and through their breathing -holes. They also readily penetrate the human skin. A minute quantity may be enough to kill an insect. The same amount has no noticeable effect on man, but repeated doses mount up and may reach dangerous levels after some months of constant handling or splashing. A year of more may pass be- fore a man is known to be poi- soned by his own insecticide. e * * One worker began handling these poisons in 1958, without wearing protective clothing or gloves, as advised by the manu- facturers. After one year he -complained of nausea and pains, in the chest, but this was attributed to indi- gestion. in 1959 he suffered from cramp in the limbs and his sight was affected. In 1960 he was admitted to hospital with severe migraine and general mental disturbance. He suffered from insomnia, irritability and a feeling of anx- iety, and strange ideas began to enter his head. They took the form of religious mania, and he thought he was .urgently needed in Rome to replace the Pope. Nothing could be done for him. He was sent home and began to lose his memory. He mis- placed his feet when trying to walk and failed to focus his eyes properly when looking at any- thing. He found himself doing peculiar things. This man gradually recover- ed, and, a study of his and other cases showed how the poison works in the human body. It affects the central nervous sys- tem, causing damage that can be permanent if it is not checked in time. * The phosphorus atoms are re- sponsible. Phosphorus is essential to hu- man life, It is an important constitutent of bone and we take inorganic phosphates as nerve tonics. But the phosphorus in the in- secticides is not available for the body's use and there is far too little of it to cause ordinary "phosphorus poisonin g." It works in a far more dangerous way. The body's private "tele- graph," that controls the beating of the heart and other vital motions, and that enables us to "give orders" to our limbs when we wish to move, is the nervous system. Here and there, but especially in the spinal cord, there are au - t omatic switchboards. The phosphorus insecticides j a in these, so that some messages fail to get through, Experiments with animals have proved this by producing paralysis in the legs of dogs and hens, and shows how dangerous these insecticides can be on farms where livestock is kept, These poisons wOrk in the same way as the deadly "nerve gases" developed—but fortunately nev- er Used—for chemical warfare. * * The most powcl'iUl poison known—cause of ffsod-poisoning cases known as "botulism" — works in a similar way. It is produced by a bacterium in air - sealed canned vegetables that have not been properly steril- ized, Cases of botulism to -day are extremely rare. Many of these drugs cause hallucinations, and are used for this purpose by witch -doctors, The new insecticides, in which phosphorus atoms do the dan- gerous work, have similar men- tal effects. * 4. C The patients fall into two main classes—depressives and schizo- phrenics. Schizophrenia is com- monly known as "split person- ality" and sufferers are liable to behave like two different people. 'A man of thirty was poisoned by an insecticide spray and shortly afterwards became con- vinced that some of his col- ' leagues intended to shoot him, When alone he heard "voices" discussing it. He switched on the radio and, imagined he heard the announ- cer talking about it! His behaviour became so strange that people in the street stared at him, and this convinced him that he was a marked man. He became terrified and was eventually admitted to a mental hospital. * * Paranoid schizophrenia was diagnosed, and after a course of treatment he was discharged as apparently well. His recovery was due to the slow elimination of the poison from his body. Altogether about sixteen cases of insecticide poisoning have been intensively studied. In seven of them the first diagnosis was made by psychiatrists. There were three scientific officers studying insect sprays, eight workers in greenhouses and five farm workers. * * * A third of them showed tend- ency to split personality and the others suffered from severe de- pression or were liable to lose consciousness at odd times. In nearly all cases the memory was impaired and some had dif- ficulty in speaking clearly. The final solution lies with the chemists. They are busy devising super -insecticides that —like D.D.T.—distinguish be- tween insects and man. There is no doubt that this is possible. A nerve poison has been found already that distinguishes—not very usefully, perhaps—between dogs and toads. It kills cattle but is one hundred times less poisonous to rats and 10,000 times less effective for toads. Unfertunately it is dangerous to man, but any day may bring the news of a safe insecticide that is really harmless to men and animals, Expensive Way Of Catching Mice You know the ,fellow who talked about better mousetraps and a beaten path to your door? Well, he was wrong. Who says so? Paul Zinkann of Akron, Ohio, says so. What's more, he has 4,000 better mousetraps and $60,000 worth of red ink to prove it. As president and sole owner of the Pioneer Tool & Die Co., Zinkann was first ensnared four years ago when he signed a con- tract with a Cleveland firm call- ed the Self Sett Mouse Trap Co. to manufacture a Rube Gold- berg -style device which leads mice through a complicated one- way maze, up a tiny ladder, eventually dropping them into a water tank to drown. Under the arrangement, each would put up half the cost of making the 11/2 -foot -long baited steel traps. As it turned out, the traps Worked fine; but at $29.95 each, there were few takers. Three years and $60,000 later, Self Sett went bankrupt, and Zin- kann took over. By knocking the price down to $15, he man- aged to unload 1,000 traps and still hopes to regain some of his investment, As proof of his faith In the gadget, Zinkann still keeps two on duty around his plant. One has caught 108 mice in eight hours. Zinkann looks back on the whole affair calmly. "You might say," he said last month, "that I simply got mousetrapped." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 000OHM000 OMB UOWEVUOMMBUDO ODUO MOMODBOM mmmnnu 000B mom nmmn BOOED 000-0WO 00B MUM IDOL nun num OOHED MUMO MOOS MOM MOUOME Eonnomon MOM MBODOWEE 'MOM MOB_MOMOUM00 SCI1001 SON By Rev. R. B. Warren, 13.A., B.O. Oahu, a Christian LaYnieni Third John Illemorr BelectiOn; I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. Third John, verse 4. In today's lesson we have the portrait of three men, Galan. Diotrephes and Demetrius, Let us consider them in the reverse order, Demetrius had a good report of all men and of the truth. He did things honest in the sight of all men. He represented the Christian faith well. Some pro- fessed Christians strive to please their associates but do not com- mend themselves to those out. side the faith. Some are Phara- siacal and adopt a "holier than thou" attitude. Some, while ap- pearing kind to their own, appear surly to others and evidence covetous traits. How are sinners likely to want to know Jesus Christ if His professed followers do not show forth His Spirit. Diotrephes assumed the posi- tion of church boss. It is a sad state when one man rules the churoh. Much power tends to corrupt. He even talked against John and he decided who of the brethren would be Admitted to the church. The editor of a church paper once wrote an edi- torial on Diotrephes, the church boss. Thirty men wrote in can- celling their subscription for what they termed. "the personal attack on me". What makes fer- tile soil for the development of a church boss, is the utter indif- ference of so many members, when it comes to caring for the business of th- church. Indiffer- ence of. voters in a democracy paves the way for a dictator- ship. Gains was well -beloved. He was given to hospitality. In the early days in this country, the travelling missionary on com- ing to a community to hold 'meetings would be entertained for a week or two in one home and then he would go to another. Today he would be sent to the' hotel. The prophet's room (see 2 Kings 4) isn't in many homes. Twenty-six years ago today, (August 31), I married a girl from a home that was nOted for its hospitality. Ministers and their families, as well as others, knew they would receive a hearty welcome, at any time, Three of the daughters married ministers. John wished Gains prosperity and health, even as his soul pros- pered. There is more connection here than many realize. What would be the state of your health if it depended entirely on your spiritual condition? THIRD HAND FOR LADIES To help women who have trouble juggling mirror, make- up kit, and applicator when put- ting on mascara, a New York outfit is marketing its Eye -See. It's a magnifying mirror held in place by eyeglass frames and a strut from the bridge of the nose. It thus leaves both hands free to manipulate the make-up. ISSUE 38 1961 .* • ...%•‘•7 No Pillows Needed For These 'Troops' Front-line "troops" in the war again" army worm hordes ravaging Egypt's cotton crop are the drums of insecticide, above, aboard a passenger plane, "Enemy," left, is "Pro- denia litura," a type of army worm, Drums are but part of some two million pounds of insecticide airlifted by com- mercial airlines and MATS planes in a massive air freight operation. Egyptian agriculturalists became aware of the new insecticide through exchanges with other researchers, and through the recent International Agricultural Exposi- tion in Cairo, Egypt purchased the chem'cal. Al lift got under way 24 hours after the need lartcame known.