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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-02-09, Page 3THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1933. Services We Can Render In the time of need PROTECTION is your best (friend. Life Insurance' —To ,protect your LOVED ONES., Auto Insurance— To protect you against LIABILITY to PUBLIC and their PROPERTY Fire Insurance— To protect your HOME and its CONTENTS. Sickness and Accident Insurance— To protect your INCOME Any of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies. If interested, 'call or write, E. C. CHACIBERLAIN INSURANCE AGENCY ?hone 334 Seaforth, Ont. "BILIND MAINS BUFF" Thrilling novel of mystery and murder's, beginning in The Almerioan Weekly, thistalbntod with next Sun- day's Detroit Times. A 'band of British-exlplurers, includ- ing one woman, wi'l'lland+ on the Is land of •Stinlbudthe 'Sailor in a• few weeks to search for the nysteriou's Madagascar "`sacrifice tree," which •de- vours human beings. The so-called man-eating tree, which actually is said to take the lives of young girls rather than men, is not a produlct Io'f the imagination, high authorities de- clare. Capt. V. De Ila Matte Hirsh, a .fellow off the Royal Geographical Society, hes been convinced that it not 'only crusts, but that each year at devours several of the most beaoti.ful maidens of the island. The superstiti- ous tribes offer the girls to the tree as sacrifices, he aid. "I have been told lout to tree by of the is land and I have no ''doubt of iits'exist ence," Captha'iti Hurst said. "It -eats human beings, but since the natives rinorshilp it they'. are reluctant to re- veal its location." The tree, as describ- ed to the captain, is similar to a col- ossal pineapple tree. It is about eight feet tat and six feet around the 'base. It has long tendrils, which reach up- ward, each about as thick -as the arm of a matt. The leaves are large and concave, and are lined with "claws." Frain the tree comes an intoxicating liquid, which the natives .drink to arouse the hysteria which leads up to d, the sacrificial ceremony: °''W,hile the natives dance around the tree, a young girl is forced to drink the liquid," Captain Hurst said, "Then • she is com- pelled toget up into the middle of the tree. The tree's tendrils and leaves are hyper -sensitive and as soon as the weight of the sacrificial maiden is pressed again,* them, the tendons en- twine her. The leaves raise slowly and completely hide the girl The pressure of the tendrils and leaves is like a vise and it is said the body of the girl is crushed. I am told that the leaves re- main in thalt formation for Ave or six days and then slowly reopen. Only the bones of the victim are found, vitt. i Time was when many ::citizens in cities and towns of Canada kept their ohvn cows. The small boy, often very unwillingly, drove the family milker to and from the pasture morning and evening. Cattle were met with fre- quently along the thoroughfares of most municipalities. They picked up grass along the roadway. Suitable unto the needs of the time, the railway companies were comlepled to erect cattle guards wherever :their lines crossed a street. They are to be found today, wooden slats painted white, fixed at angles • that would discour- age the most venturesome bossie from leaving the highway and wandering along the tracks, where the might be killed. Today oflficial cogn'izanlce was taken of the fact that times have changed. The old order p'asseth and in its place the Beard of Railway Commissioners, on the au'thori'tyof the chief commissioner and three 'oth- er commissli'aners, enacts as follows: "It is ordered that all railway ,com- panies subject to the jurisdiction of the 'board be, and, they are hereby re- lieved from erecting and maintaining cattle guards at highway crossings in cities and towns." A'1'ite of 'leisure and a life of laziness are two things. The man who tries to dodge his ..lb - ligations usually Ifirirds the detour much rougher •thlan the road. Laziness travels 'so slowly that'+pov- erty soon 'overtakes i.m. 'Conaway's speeches have im- proved a lot since he got somebody else towrite them for ban." "Yes, and they'd be ,improved a lot mare if he could get somebody :else to deliver 'theists" ,Mistress: "These banisters are al- ways dusty. Next time you are at the neigh'boes'you just notice how highly polished theirs. are." 'Maid: "Yes, ma'am; but they have four small boys." All mothers can put away anxiety regarding their suffering children, when they have Mother Graves'. ,Worm Exterminator to give relief. lits effects' are sure and lasting. teeth. WHEN TURKEYS 6ETSICK DISEASES WHICH OFTEN SPOIL PROFITS IN TURKEY -RAISING. Pneumonia, Roup and Blackhead Cause Most Trouble — Timely Pointers In Dealing With These Maladies: (Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) Three diseases. pneumonia, roup and blackhead are responsible for the greater part of the losses in turkey rearing. Pneumonia. • Naturehas not clothed the young turkey with a thick coat of .down or baby feathers sufficiently to protect it from the cold rains .that are quite common during, May and June.. Hence many young birds -perish, dy- ing of inflammation of the lungs shortly after experiencing the ,first cold rain. Little can be done to ef- fect a cure. Everything 'lies in the direction of prevention. Do not let the young birds get wet, provide suit- able shelter, and do not let them get too far away so that they may be quickly rounded up and proteoted from cold and wet until they are well -feathered. Roup. This trouble is due to an infectious organism gaining entrance to the nasal passages of the victim and set ting up a catarrhal condition usually easily recognized by clogged nostrils, inflamed mucous . membrane of mouth, very offensive odor and :swell- ings on sides of the head. Housing young turkeys in unsanitary, poorly ventilated or draughty quarters cre- ates conditions which make the bird very susceptible to the infectious or= ganism causing roup. If the disease gains a grip on young birds, it is hest to kill them off at once and correct the hygienic' conditions for any that remain apparently normal. Exposed birds that are to -be• kept should be given good nourishing food and a physic of salts .once a week. Birds showing symptoms may be treated, if so desired, as follows:, Massage as much of the material as possible out of the nostrils, clean out the eyes, and if swellings exist open with a sharp knife. Use Boracic Acid solu- tion or potassium permanganate solution or argyrol solution (10 per cent.) as a wash for the nostrils and eyes. Such can be applied with a medicine dropper or the bird's head may be dipped in .the solution. If birds do not make good recovery in. a reasonable time it beet to de- steoy them as they will carry the infection along and may be the cause of more roup. Blackhead. This disease is the most common and destructive pest affecting tur- keys, It has been the cause of many a farm giving up turkey raising, The cause has been attrlbuted to a pro- tozoan parasite, that is taken up b the bird in its feed and water. Soil become infested, breeding birds be- come carriers, so the young have lit. tle chance of escaping infection if feeding over ground that has pre- viously supported turkeys. The young birds show signs of distress in the late summer or early autumn, become listless, drowsy, stop feeding, feathers become ruffled, wings droop, and they hang behind the flock. The droppings are yellowish in color and more fluid than perusal. The head may become dark purple in color. The after -death symptoms generally noticed in black- head cases are as follows: Liver spots ted on surface with whitish yeiloa. to faded green spots, the cecum, eitherr one or both are thickened and distended with a gray cheesy mass. Treatment for blackhead has not been successful and its control lies in prevention. .If troubled now, clean out the entire flock and give up tur- keys for three years. When starting again, secure eggs from healthy birds, wipe them with cloth moistened with 80 per cent. denatured alcohol' to re- move any possible contagion, then hatch in the incubator. When the young poults are ready to leave the incubator place thesn in a brooder or enclosed ground • and protect from other poultry or agents likely to carry the infection to the pen. ` Keep the house and its equipment clean and disinfected. Use sour milk or butter- milk liberally in the ration. Beep the birds confined all the time that infection' may be•prevented and treat- ment applied. Powdered ipecac ad- ministered in the mash,twice a week,:. at the rate of two teaspoonsful per 20 -birds is considered a useful pre- ventative. The use of ipecac should start when the birds are two weeks old and continue for three months. --L. Stevenson, Dept. of Etxension, Ot A, College. Swat the Roosters. When the last lot of hatching eggs has been delivered the male birds should be removed from the flock, disposed of, or kept by themselves. Fertile eggs are an luncertain article in warm weather, so the aim should be the production of infertile eggs for domestic use. Germ development will start in a fertile egg at any tem- perature above 68 degrees Fahren heft:' At low temperature the de- velopment of the germ is very slow, but it may reach a point in embryo development where decomposition is. likely to set in and thereby produce a condition not desired. Any factor likely to cause spoilage in eggs will be more serious in the fertile eggs than in the infertile. No one wants fertile eggs for domestic use. The removal of the males is the one•suro Way of preventing trouble. --L., t3te- venson, Dept. of Extension, O. A. C. Getting Rid of Ants. These pests quickly disappear if whale cloves are sprinkled on the pantry shelves or any that the ants frequent. This remedy is quick, clean and certain,. • M'ILL+IONIS' FOR BRITAIN' LN NEW IiN°VEINTION 'I !believe that opal will once more ;become the male source df feel pow- er." lair, Fesesi . Smith, Of' the department o1 sciehti'fi'c and iidustr'iad research, made this remark just as mews came to hand of the absolute success of the experiment in the Cunarder Scy- thia of generating its power 'by powd- ered coal being su's'pended and beam e'l in heavy :oil. The •Sey't'hia, i'n• one olf her boilers; used a new fuel, known as 'C'oloidlal', which consists of 60 per cent of crude oil and 40 per cent of coal. ,Hitherto all :efforts to mix finely pulverised coal .with oil has ,failed, but by means of •a ,proces's invented by three experts. a 'fuel has (been produc- ed which gives all the calorific pro- perties of oil at cons'ideralbty reduced cost. The fact that nearly nine hundred British steamers are now burning im- parted oil, and the (Navy 'requires 5,- 000,4)00 ;00'0,00'0 tone of oil a year, shed's some' light on pro'•s'pectsof the develop- ment of this new British fuel. its adoption by the Navy and mer- cantile fleet will mean a new prosper- ity,aor the mines, which be reflected throughout the w'h'ole of British in- dustry. bt will re'mov'e a heavy item from the wrong side of the !British na-' tional balance sheet. • (One large finer burning Colo'idal would keep a whole , colliery going. Apart from`' the` benefit to the coal industry' itself, Colloidal will make a saving of .115 per cent on th'efuel costs' of a ship using it. Then came the report of the scien- tific survey of the Northumberland and Durham coal ,fields showin+g that the reserves of coal in those fields alone are nearly nine thousand mil- lion tone 1 "There will be coal in abundance id this .country when the ,oil supplies of the world have been completely ex- hausted." IEverywher'e I have been in the last 'week Or SO I have found sound rea- sons for believing that we are on the verge o'f a new coal age in which . the scientific achievement will centralise in coal and make this country"` (Eng- land) once again, one of the most richly endowed nations of the world. ;Science is discovering the vast pos- sibilities of coal as a source of power and "industrial wealth. IWe read with amazement of coffee being burned in Brazil, cotton being burned in America, and rubber being burned as fuel. nII a few years•we may experience greater amazement if we hear that a piece of raw coal has been burned in a fire, 'Coal has been regarded as a fuel; to be loaded on a furnace or a house- hold grate for a long time," Sir Frank remarked to me, "the chemistshave. enlightened us on. this matter, and we no wknow that it forms the basis for the tinanufa'cture of many valuable products." W'ha't is happening all over England now is a scientific development in- side industry itself similar to that which causedthe industrial revolution something over a hundred years ago. Now, when trade depression seems to .have beggared moat countries, and is sorely testing •u's, I find everywhere whet•e coal is used the belief, like that of Sir Frank Smith, that coal is once more going to provide the taw mater- ial by which a new prosperity will re- turn to Britain. (Apart from government resesroh station's, many of the big co'all •comp- orations have formed their own , re- search.rep'artments and are;_lbolcing to the chemists to enialb.le them to •make economic use of their coal. A hundred new methods are being applied to the use of coal (These scientists !have discovered that everything we eat, everything we wear, the whole vege'talble and ani- mal kingdom, are trade up of Chemi- cal compounds, one ofwhose 'con- stituents is carbon, 'M'os't coals contain • more than 35; per cent •olf carbon. 'In coal there is, therefore, an immense stock of raw• material which by m'od'ern .processes Onlay' be eonveoted, into other com- pounds of the greatest importance to. ind'u'stry and to 'human 'life, !Lightoil's are extracted in greater quantities from coal tar than 'from the Goal i!tsea+f, and further distillation 'produces the acids which make weal - known d'liinlfec'tants: The !heavy oils remaining provide wood preservatives which are now universally used, .and the acids serve as the :basis for the +manufacture' orf dyes and drugs and other chemicals, many of which are the sole product .of •usccessful industries. From this same coal tar which provided the origin'al discovery we are now m'a'king all manner of scents and perfumes. The essential oil of jas- mine, orange bllossohns, musk, 'helio- tro!pe and a h'ost of others are made from this common.. source. 1 admit I was astonished to discov- er r that electric insulators and even the cheap . "unbreakable" ;,sups and saucers are being made from what the chemists of the coal industry call syn- thetic res+Fns—a product of coal tat.. Quite recently fibres have been ob- tained from these' resins wlhich may be used just as the artificial silk ob- tained from wood. And; it is probable that within the next few years a colourless transpar- ent .synthetic reale may be . available as a substitute for the glass we use today. 1I found food !being actually manu- ifacturecl from coal. It is a protein, quite edible, but costing 0100 or more a spoonful. WAKENED EARLY. !Whenever my bull terrier has had to sufferfrom insufficient exercise (luring the day, she insists' upon mak- ing up for this in the early hours of the Morning. If she fails .to awaken me by a vigorous shaking of herself as she steps from her basket, she prods her nose into theside of it/. bed .until I respond. Then I switch on the light, fetch her collar and give her the liberty she demands. I cannot wait up for her; for, more often than not, she rambles around outside for as long as twenty min- utes. !Sometimes I have dozed off again before the door bangs open and the brisk pavpalt of paws heralds her return. She .promptly gets into her basket and, after circling round, head to tail, several times she flops ' down with a pronounced sigh. This leaves me wide awake. It is all very well for ``Merry," but it wouldn't do for all timeless! My c , is t: is me it is nearly half -past five. to click - clack sound .s partici:ari,y most rudely playful—in the morning stillness. INow I extinguish the light, and there is the usual influx of conflict ing:thoughits. I. should now be up and doing, II -.third( of those personages who have reached the peaks of suc- cess in public service where work is incessant. I. think of . artists and writers of distinction whose achieve - meats kidicalte 'their tireless enthusi- asm for work. I see those beacon lights of the past, their long hours, long days of concentration and in - tease activity. II see that hon'est in- dustry is really true living, These men and women are waking beings, alert, and not given to sloth. !Now Procrastination repeats .her wily wards. You may lie another hour at least. You 'cannot burn the candle at both ends. You work when others giay=besides, it is dark and you most be economical with the ele.cbric light: Above all, it is bitterly cold this morning. This mental strug gde halts when I hear the muffled roar of an Uiederground train, Per- haps there are numbers of workmen aboard it, bound for the new housing estates, or returning from the night's work. Or the train may be proceed- ing city-iwands, empty: save for a few ruminate over the strange variation of !human circttmstan'ces, lFreseutly, another train sounds over the clear morning air. Judging by the prolonged rattle, it is a goods train an a neighboring litre. As the sounds fade away, the inward argu- ment is resumed. 'There is much work to be done. I .should rise—but it is so cold. 'It will not matter just to stay another half-hour. By this time, a faint strip of light has appeared be low the window ;blind. I still lie sen- sitive to the morning sounds, like a live microphone, The clock has now been ticking monotonously for half an hoar or so. Outside all is tranquil with the breaking of dawn. Now a sound reaches my ear and thrills me as none other. It is the musical chord of a ship's horn. It is repeated—only just audibly. My heart fills with rap- ture. A picture of a stately liner, steaming slowly down the Thames to the sea, glows and shimmers in m) mind with all the television of true inspiration. It is just possible that this is a merchantman entering the Pool of London, but I prefer to think it a trim passenger giant signaling its departure for some distant 'country. I become •conscious of myself lingering here, and then I think of those who may be leaving Britain for new ven- tures, maybe beyond 'the Mediterran- ean ---Africa, Egypt, India or the An- tipodes. 4 lean against the deck -rail with those who have risen early, and watch in the cold, graylight the slow- moving panorama of 'Thames' shores, forests of chips' masts, smoking fun- nels, factory chimneys, deserted bea- ches. To starboard, I see the veiled contours of the iKenti'sh uplands; to port, the v'anishi'ng flats of Essen :With gathering speer, the liner over- takes a convoy ,of lighters in tow, and here and there a brown -sailed barge or lone fishing smack tacks silently by. I can hear the foam -crested waves, swishing against the massive HOW to End New Medicine Drives Out Poisons, That Cause Torturing Stiffness, Swelling and 'Lameness EASES PAIN 'FIRST DAY You cannot get rid of rheumatic aches and ;pains, N ear itis, lame knotted muscles and stiff swollen joints till you drive !from your sy'ste'm the irritatingpoisons that cause r'heu- ntla'tism. External treatments only give temporary rel'ief. What you need is RU -MA, the new internal medicine that acts on.the liver, kidneys land !blood and expels through the natural channels of 'elim- inlation, these dangerous poisons. No long waitingfor your suffering roc stop--IRIUaMIA eases pain 'first dray —and so •qu'icilely and safely end stif- fening, crippling lameness and 'tortur- ing pain that ,Chas. Alberhart urges every ,rheumatic 'sufferer to get a 'bottle today. They guarantee it. .bulk of the ship. It is au revoir to chilly England. My vision ,of river and ship's fades out and I "come to earth" at the noise of the milk roundsman. I have heard ;the clock for over an hour now, and it is half-light, The sound of the cartwheels grinding on the gritty sur- face of the read, the brisk steps of the pony, become louder as they draw near. There are halts at intervals, and the .clinking of battles as the driver and his boy burry' from door to door, Now they have arrived at my house and 'there are footsteps up to the door. There is a pause which re- minds the that the man is trying to decipher my note. A startling shout follows and I marvel that this noise is often slept through. With the advent of day, the noises of suburbia rapidly increase. In the flat above the little maid is rattling the fire grate; a Little later she de- scends to the cellar to fill her, scuttles. A few mare moments of 'calmand the argument for •sleep or work is resumed: Adan, sleep has nearly prev- ed victorious when the most excit- ing of all morning sounds is heard. The rat -tat becomes louder. It is the postman. (Will he pass my door? No, he is here! I rise with a sudden and determined effort, and ` take to the cold—to daylight—to the letter -box and the clock strikes 8 a.m. A young wife, wish to annottece the arrival of her first child to a friend in a distant city, telegraphed: "Isaiah 9: 6." which passage be- gins: "For. unto us a child is born. unto us a son is given." IHer friend, uttfamiliar with the Scriptures, said to her husbands 'Margaret evidently has a boy who weighs nine pounds and six ounces, but why on earth did they'. name him Isaiah." "You must have had man romantic adventures and narrow escapes in your `seafaring life?" "Not many. Ye see, I don't go rov- ing ashore like most df the crew. 1 plays safe and sticks to the ship." lone "Take this" is better than two "You shall haves." „ • We Are Selling Quality ; ooks 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 Owlet. • The Seaforth News