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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1929-06-06, Page 2"IC t „ -- W•14 t for leggings. Hie feet, wrapt in sacks' e C ari 1 Ca S' ing; gave subatantiel support to the vumor that Joe was shod with IV pair A Carolina Sport of waive -irons.. The "jedge” demanded Darkies 'Don' t Take No Chances Chasin Varmints Says Tale in N.Y.. Sun STRANGE RULES Swathed in gunny -sacks, armored with stovepipes, shod with waffle - irons, Joseph, advanced to battle. Not even a Bengal tiger, let alone a South Carolina bobcat, could have fought off that assortment of junk, Robert H. Davis tells us in the New York "Sun" Mr. Davis is well known By stepping on the bobcat's face with the prescribed dreae,; but .was ov r Earls Notes Pant Healthy .Potato Seed P.otatogrowera have suffered sar�irus W>,ielined by•publte, disappreval Joe s , but needless losses' front disease in mother, without further delay', opened; the, planting stock '.of Which theyhad cage and tossed her offspring` to G fro knowledge, Researcli , workers the lion, so to speak. 11ra°Yirrg with 1 are revealing conditions with which the grace of a freight -train and clank potato growers will ultimately become ing,, like 'one, Joe hurled himself upon familiar. When sickly looking plants the bobcat; • planting a, waffle iron in are discovered in' the fielfl diseased the viola fur of the creature's quiver- seed • bas' been planted, Very early. ing belly. infection may destroy the seed pieces After a few passes, Joseph got the before they germinate or the sprouts cat in chancery, slipt the gunny -sack before they appear above 'ground. If under the writhing animal and caught the infection is delayed the vines will not only the cat but.a waffle iron and appear stunted, pale green, or yellow two lengths of stovepipe .leg armor. in color and the margins of the leaf - i lets will have a tendency to roll up- wards. If the infection isstill*, fur- ther delayed a crop may be produced but the tubers that are infected will soon commence to rot when taken up or later in the stored bin. The disease spreads quickly in the bin until total loos may result. The disease is des- cribed and its advance in the .crop as a newspaper pian, editor, and play- the left waffle iron, Joe managed . to Wright, .'He is particularly famous for; his friendship' with 0. Henry. Some devotees of the sport of wildcat catch- ing, he tells us, thought that Joseph was too well ;protected for sportsman- ship, portsmanship, that he should give the animal a better chance to hurt him. But their Protests, were 'unavailing. Canny Joseph was taking do chances. The .regulations; as explained by Mr. Davis in his dispatch from Beaufort County, "South Carolina, were differ- eat.. Said the writer's informant: "Yass'r, we all gwine do dis here cat-catchin' wid jus' what we got on; and a pair of glovet, Dat whatde regulashums calla fol;. All what we'. is firm' fo' to do is to go into de cage, one man at a tune, place de cat inside - de bag, and win de cash money prize.". As I was one of the party of white folks that for two . hours had been following the wildcat matadors of Beaufort County through the sylvan delis in the trope of being present when one of the five picked darkies came to grips with and conquered a ferocious yellow -eyed beast of the disengage his foot and close the mouth. of the sack. Success! Thus Joseph "ketched" the, wildcat and grabbed $15. • It took a plumber armed with a•cold chisel, a tire bar and a pair of tin shears fifteeu minutes to get. Jbe out of 'his fighting togs. It can not 'be said truthfully that, the bloods of Beaufort County, South Carolina, ate lacking in the appreciation of sturdy sports and pastimes. Come easy, go easy. Country Doctor' Carries On. Plain Duty Seen and Perform. ed Without Blare of Trumpets. "At least once each year editorial writers find opportunity to mourn the passing of the country doctor. The idea spreads inkily across the Iand, Southern jungle, it seemed proper that and sooner or later the country doc- some particulars be secured. tor reads it," writes Karl Detzer in "What are the rules and regulations the "North American Review." for fighting this cat?" 1 asked of the "Of course, it amuses him; annoys loquacious Jeff Jukes, who appeared to be in bharge of the ceremonies. "Are you eupposed to go up a tree after 'em?" "Na-a-a-sulr. De cat is situationed in a cage, which. we, •de bladiators, steps into one at a time. De wildcat, which ain't had nuf ta' to eat •fo' a whole week, comes runnin' and de bat- tle is on. Whichever black man is de 'wbichest and can put de enemy in de bag gets de one hundred dolls' hill." "Who puts up the hundred? I in- quired. "De spec-tators," answered Jeff. He caught my swift nose -counting • glance among those present and hast- ened to add that other delegations were approaching the arena from sev- erai points of the compass. • IIs is a drawin' card among • de white folks an' day pays easy. Is yo' ever seen a wildcat met: face to face -by a strong men an' pint away in de bag? Naw? Den, nista, you ain't never been 'round 'a real commotion. Hot damn."' • ` Through the pale barriers of April verdure, which was tinting the land, scape, we pressed our way, arriving at ',last in an open space occupied by a country schoolhouse: A few jitney autos were parked with a pile of school desks under the trees, while a small group of animated Crackers held a convention on the steps. of the embryo college, In the background was a mixed contingent of yaps usffer- ing in the grip of the far -framed in- feriority n- f ` 't complex.Like myself they him a little, perhaps. Observing him- self in the glass, he admits that lie does look a little tired (there was that diptheria scare' late in the fall when he couldn't get much sleep), but he is far from dead. "These are good editorials for the most part, well written and full of homely philosophy. Their only flaw is that they start from a false premise. The country doctor is not 'Passing. As fifty-one ' million . rural citizens know, he is doing business at the old stand Just as faithfully as he did when father was a boy. And be has no intention of quitting. Of bourse, he has lost the luxuriant and awe-inspiring set of whiskers which, once were an integral part of an M.D. diploma. He has lost faith in whisky- and-gninine as a last resort in all mys- terious ills. But what of it? So has the city lost its old feahioiied. horse car, the old-fashioned moustache cup. Let ns be of good cheer. "It is true that the. old-fashioned city doctor is out of the' picture. He has been succeeded, legitimately, by the specialist. But there has been no such succession in the country. The wide-open spaces still have, and need, their general practitioner. It's no place for specialists out where the pavement ends. "The country doctor passing? Hardly. But the assumption makes good editorials, just the same.'City dwellers like to read them, and they errorr y should not be denied the pleasure. had reached a state of hesitation that s "But when the country doctor reads was actually painful. An air of myst- ery pervaded the school campus and niy queries awakened nothing but dis- dain. Some tiilhol•n betting started in the woodshed ,but the bookies brokeup for lack et plungers. For some rea- son, a lull had settled upon the scene. I followed a Cracker over to the schoolhouse and with ping peered into the window. One corner of the class- room was partitioned off so as to form a twenty -foot cage of chicken wire. The arena was so situated that it left a ten -foot space on either side. A door opened into the cage from an ad- joining anteroom. Crouched on the floor was a twenty -seven -pound bob- cat, whose eyes glistened like moss agates. At intervals, the feline look- ed around, bared its fangs, and hissed like a serpent. "When does the baggier' begin?" I asked a Cracker. "Don't look to me like none of these black scoundrels wants for to go into that cat's`elaws,"'was his reply. "I reckon they ain't no dough in 'sight. Y'hear conies the jedge. Ask him." Murmurs of dissent arose during which several cat fighters made a getaway, one at a time, until the schoolyard was empty of gladiators. Loud jeering set in at these defec- tions, intertijited by the arrival of a gaunt Regress who announced in . a solemn voice that "ma son Joseph dope come to grapple Vivid dat cat. Whar' de money?" That started things off again, and wo read: The sum of fifteen dollars retire - stented all the cashin sight., Joseph would do his stuff for that amount. :A. bellow from his maternal parent brought Joseph into the open. Ite looked like a deep-sea diver done up in burlap and blanked litre a general hardware., store, Over his head he wore a tin buck, perfora,,ted to admit air. A pair of Ford tires crossing. front either side of his neck, riveted at his chest, passed tinder his arm- pits veli down to the 'hips and pro• tedted his torso. Swaths of gun ty-sack added to his athletic proportions and partly •Porti- 'ad a job on a ssagoin' vessel before," tapped Joe's legs with awalking- New .hand: "X sure have, why I've tied his arrira. A skeptical t spectator rtical s ectator worked on an American Coast Guard stick and °estabtislted the fact that boat," Ship's 'Cook: "Well, get on an', stovepipe joints had been sirbstitttted shell thent blinkin' peas!" Pictured in Pamphlet No. 105 publish. Highest -Note in Organs ed by the Department bf Agriculture Wires from this console in the Auditorium of the Royal York Hotel at at Ottawa, Which outlines so clearly Toronto, lead to a chamber bebind the stage where the largest and finest r its organ in Canada, and one of -the finest in the world has been installed. the means that may be taken- for This is the crowning achievement of Casavant Freres whose plant is at control that no potato grower need St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. The only organ in Canada equipped with five manuals, suffer serious loss that reads the it consists of six organ -units: Great, Swell, Choir, Orchestral, Bombarde and pamphlet. The planting of Dominion pedal, A list of its parts. reads like a catalogue of tlie most complete or certified seed potatoes is perhaps the organs, 'which in truth it is. The Great Organ contains, 20 Stops and 1761 surest recaution to be taken.' Seed Pipes; the Swell Orgaii contains 19 stops and 1761 pipes; the Choir Organ of this kind is now obtainable: from .contains 17 stops and 1346 pipes; the Orchestral Organ contains 18 stops, 1088 growers who have their .crop inspect- pipes, 61 harp bars, 25 tubular chimes, 37 xylophone bars and castanets; the and passed by the Dominion Bot- anist. ; Bombarde Organ ;'contains 8 stops and 95.2 pipes; and the Pedal' Organ con- ed,anist. Seed that is doubtful may se tains 26 stops, 396- pipes, drums, tympani, etc. ma safe by immersing it for two Diapason ,Stops, 18 hours iiia solution of one pint of Flute Stops, 12 String Stops, 14 Mixture and Mutation Stops- (41 ranks), 23 Reed Stops, 8 Percussion Stops, 16 Extended Borrowed Stops, 3 Tremulants. formalin to thirty gallons of Water. I An electric blower, operated by a motor of 20 H.P., will furnish the wind The Tonal Lay out of the stops is arranged thus. 17 Diap Mr. D. J. MacLeod, the author of.this at the various required pressures for all parts of the instrument, and the pamphlet, recommends delaying the i same motor will also drive a generator that will supply low voltage current planting until the sell is sufficiently for the working of the mechanism of the organ. The • ingenuity connected warmed and free of surplus" moisture with the construction of this motor is apparent when it is learned that the ro India' and Back On Big Air Liner Enthusiasm •of Girl Pioneer Expressed After 5,000 Mile Trip 'Hertford, ing.—"If I go out to In- dia again next year I shall certainly want to fly there," • Thus the Hon. Eve Chetwynd—the girl who, on her first flight, covered. 5,000 miles from Karachi to London. She is enthusiastic almost ,beyond • words about her wonderful 5,000- miles -in -a -weep trip with her father, Viscount Chetwynd, vice-chairman of• Imperial Airways. Viscount, Chetwynd's. verdict was: "I shall never go to India again ex cept by air," A VISION. "The actual flying," Miss Chetwynd said, "is' far less tiring than a long journey in a car. ; I enjoyed it enor- mously. Never once was .I airsick, "You could eat and drink much better in the aeroplane than in a car. And you see the countries better, too." She visualizes a tune when people will make the air trip to India as a holiday, stopping a week instead of a few hours at the'different ports of call.. "It is by far the best way of seeing the world," she said. "Go •to India by steamer and probably all you see are Port Said, the Suez and Aden. We, on the other hand, saw the Per- sian Gulf, and flew. over Palestine. "We saw Jerusalem in the distance, and the Dead Sea, Crete and Vesuvius, several of the Mediterranean Islands, and far away we could distinguish the. dome of St. Peter's at Rome. All in seven. days. THE CAMEL. "Nor do you feel that you are going at : a hundred miles an hour. To get the sensation of speed one has to shut one's. eyes, listen to the engine and imagine you are in a train, or watch the shadow of the machine across the ground." Miss Chetwynd told of the places in the desert where even motor cars are unknown. At one such outpost of civilization where the aeroplane stops for petrol the party had to ride twa miles into a village. The only means of locomotion that could be produced for these pioneers of the air were twa comels. "My camel was extremely well be- haved," she said, "until we came to a gate, when it turned wound, sat down, and flatly refused to move any further. "Being the first wgman air passen- ger from India to England was child's play to riding a carnet! INACAR. to work well. The treatment of the; Chorus Reeds of the Great Swell organ -units operate on heavy wind -pressure,. � d th t E Bombarde •d i extra -beau wind -pressure seed should be delayed until just be-. l and o stops o the om ar e unito r y fore planting. tine. A Destructive Disease' of the Potato • per solution is au ounce of formalin One of the worst diseases to which t a gallon of water. I£ the tubers are potatoes • are subject is ,known as immersed in this solution for two black leg which not only reduces the hours it affords a double safeguard. yield by injuring the `plants before; The proper strength is given as one they .predate tubers but also causes pint of formalin to thirty gallons of the soft rot of the affected surviving water. This should be done very plant - crop. The first appearance of the shortly before 'the seed is to be plant - disease in the field is a yellowing and ed. Planting early while the Boil is stunted appearance of the vines. In. cold and over damp is also said to some cases the vines do not even favor the disease. When the crop is, reach this stage as the sprouts are growing in the field it is recommend-• destroyed before they reach the sur-+ ed to go through the rows from time face of the ground. 'Affected plants to time and to r•eni ve completely the may appear early in July and continue vines and tubers of the plants that to make their appearance until late l show a yellowing or dwarfed appear-Bucharest—Rumania's celebration in Auguet. Diseased plants are some-, ante.—Issued by the Director of Pub- of the tenth anniversary of liberation what stunted and quits conspicious, f licity, Dom. Dept. of Agriculture, Ot-from Turkish rule and unification as even at a distance by their sickly tawa. appearance. In severe cases the up- per leaves may assume somewhat of a metallic lustre and a tendency to be dwarfed with a rolling upwards of the. margins of the leaflets.. The. disease is fully described in Pamphlet No. 105 of the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, written by D. J. MacLeod, pathologist at the Fredericton, New Brunswick, laboratory of the Botanical Division of the Experimental Farms.' According to this, authority infection may take place late in the season and may not be noticed even' when the crop is harvested, When this occurs infected tubers may be stored along with healtby stock. C:arefal luspec- tion, however ,at this time may show a brown discoloration In the tissues particularly at the stem end, which has received the infection from the growing stalk to which it was at- tached. The decay associated with disease If of the soft rot type in which the color of affected tissues ranges from nearly normal to brown and black. The disease spreads in the bin ,as the season advances. Measures that pray be used to control the disease at planting time are given in the pamphlet: A matter of first importance is to use healthy seed now obtainable as certified from growers. who have had their seed inspected lien growing _iri the fields and in storage. By careful examination of the seed from other sources one may detect evidence of decay or discolor- ation. When cutting sed of uncertain origin it Is well to .sterilize the cut- ting knife by dipping it In a solution of formalin after it has been used on asuspletous looking tuber. The pro - King Michael Reviews Troops Boy King Presides Over Great Military Pageant Attended by 100,000 in Honor of the Revival of Greater Rumania—Work of Unification Des- cribed them •himself . .. the telephone rings before he has finished, more than likely. He must put them down with a :sardonic smile, refill his two medi- cine bags, check up on the supply of sterilized gauze in the back seat, test his flashlight battery, tell his wife he will be hone eventually, crani: up the car and start out." Haunted Down lonely ways, through every crowded street I hear near mine, your little hurrying. • feet. Keen winds that wail heartbreakingly outside Sound asif somewhere, oh! my sweet, you cried. In each flower -face, some grace of you I see, A passing smile, a glance yoi gave to me, Soft winds that blow where, scented gardens Ile Tiring me your fragrance that can never die. .•. There is no place in al this whble world wide That I can reach, but you are by my side, No word I say, but you are there to hear: When mean thoughts come, it is your. look I fear; Closer you come when day slips into night, Holding my soul within your white soul's tight, So it will be till life and death are one When re -united we shalljourney on. Love Love; thtnketh no evil, imputes. no Motive, sees the bright side, puts the best •construction on every action. What a delightful state of mind to 'live inl, Ship's Cook (to new Mand) . "Ever a nation had, as a chief feature on the third day of the festivities, the open- ing of the art and industrial exhibits, a gala performance at the, national theatre and a great military review, watched by the boy Icing, the Queen Mother, the Regents, diplomats and 100,000 people. Fifty years ago the two chief Ru- manian provinces were freed from Turkey as a result of the Russo-Turk- ish war, while at the close of the World War, Bessarabia was freed from Russia, Bukovina from Austria and Transylvania from Hungary, all of which were joined in forming Greater Rumania. Since then the state has faced the difficult problem of unifying racial - 'groups which had been separated for centuries, of social reform, economic recovery, asshnilation of minorities and national defence. o - On the whole, much progress has been made, and the present National Peasant Government under Juliu Maniu, which cane to power last No- vember, representing the agricultural and democratic elements, in introduc- ing improvements in every department of national life. The presence of many Rumanians from America as guests of the Rumanian state has brought expressions of good will to- ward America prominently into the celebrations. . Fortune The wheel of fortune turns inces- santly round and who can say within himself, I shall today be uppermost? • —Conf ucis. "A go-getter is cue who can talk on any giving subject." Knowledge Knowledge is that information. which the mind receives,either by its own experience or by the testimony of others. Tho beneficial use of knowledge is wisdom. That portion of knowledge, the truth of which can be demonstrated, ,is science.—Maunder. An orator is a man who can take a 300 -word idea and blow it up to hold six thousand more. Still Clinging to Old Customs "The four pilots, who were the "chauffeurs" on the trip, were marvels of efficiency. "One would have thought the ser vice had been running for months. There was not a hitch of any sort." Miss Chetwynd was never frighten- ed in the air. The only time she ex- perienced a tremor was at Genoa on a motor ride round some fearsome hairpin bends. "It -was positively "degrading to get out of the air," she said. Riddles What .is the difference between a man who loses his train and a school- mistress? One misses the train, the other trains the misses. When is a chair like it naughty schoolboy?" When it is "canned." What fruit is like a statue? .A. lig, because it has an effigy (f -i -g). Why is a lame horse like a poor play in a theatre? Because it won't run and can't draw. Why is cream like the letter N? Because when in "ice" it makes it "nice" (n -ice). Why is a tanner like a chemist? (oxides). • What is the difference between a brewer and a frog? One buys hops and the other takes, them. Here is an edgy riddle That in a rhyme I'll put— What has four legs to stand Yet only has one foot? The,answer is a bed. When is a fisherman a. good-natured fellow? When he gives plaice to all the rest. Why is a good loaf like the sun? Because it always rises and is light, Why is a cook like a steam roller? One stones ham and the other jams stones, What are raised in the 'greatest numbers in a damp climate? Umbrellas. Which table has ho' legs .to stand ons Themultiplication table. - Ubllt UE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD FROM PRISON First photograph it t taken o'f interior of German women's prison, showing prisoners exercising, an narrow clrculat path, watched by monitor in the centre and tnatron in th e doorway at loft, on, re "Did that girl who was se deter* mined to marry George get him?" "No, she did not." "Did he die of accident or disease2 .