HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-09-18, Page 7Bulb.Plant ng Time is Here
The ease with which hardy spring -
flowering bulbs may be grown has
made this phase of gardening extreme-•
1y Popular. Much of this popularity is:
due to the fact that these plants bloom
at a season when all growing things
are just awakening froth their winter
sleep. The trees are yet bare'aud leaf-
less, or just beginning to swell their
buds, when our beds and borders may
be a blaze of color.
Spring-floweripg bulbs should be
planted early; although some species
do not suffer to any appreciable extent,
even if not planted until November,
the s,malier bulbs, such as snow -drops,
scillasand glory of the snow should be
in the soil: as soon as possible, say,
late September or early October.
Although hyacinths, used alone,
make a great showing soon after the
frost leaves us in spring, yet it is an
advantage to use some of the lesser
bulbs or dwarf perennials with, them
to heighten the effect and -also to pro-
long the beauty of the bed. Inter-
mediate lines of narcissus will follow
in time of blooming shortly after the
hyacinths are past their best, and at
no time will they obscure or lessen the
effect of the hyacinths.
Arabia Alpha, the white rock cress,
makes a fine carpet for any of the col-
ored hyacinths. Another charming
hardy plant to utilize in the same
.manner is the Cerastium or snow in
summer. -
Since the great beauty and value of
the May -flowering tulips have been.
fully,appreciated, they are being plant-
ed in eyes increasing numbers each
fall, and tbia is the type to plant for
permanent effects inthe hardy bo-
der, for, unlike the earlyfloweping
Dutch tulips, they can be left undis-
turbed for several years.
However, to give us a longer tulip
season we must also include in the
planting table' a ,selection of early
varieties. Gorgeous color effects are
to be had from tulips, and although a
bed of mixed Colors is not to be des-
pised, yet such a bed lacks harmony
such as we can have by a selection .of
named varieties planted in bedsof one
:color, or of any design, .
The double -flowered early tupils are
excellent subjects :for bedding; they.
last mach longer than the singles, but
are not quite so graceful, I arn, how-
ever, very partial to the double -flower-
ed +type; their lasting qualities and
their great size of bloom appeal to the
flower lover,
In the case of May -flowering tulips a
mass of one color is preferable to mix-
tures.
.When we remember that these late -
flowering tn.pils grow to a height of
from two to three feet with foliage
heavy and strong, it is well to give the
plants, -plenty of room; therefore, in
setting out the bulbs they are placed
four to six inches apart.
It is better' to select a permanent
position for them, in the bulb garden
proper, or established in the hardy
flower bonder.
Bulb planting should be finished by
early ovember; in fact, it were better
to plant about the middle of October.
England.
•(By an Australian on Her First Visit
to the Motherland).
thought that when my stranger -eyes
Beheld this dreamed -of treasure-trove
With primrose -haunted memories,
With Troud and daffodilling Iove
I'd laugh and bare my head to Eng-
lish .rains,
Run singing through the greenof Eng-
lish lanes,
:And stooping by •a hedge
sweet earth
'That gave my fathers birth.
kiss the
"But .there's ne laughter on my lips
Nor yet a song, but likea bird
Stumbling on beauty's soul there slips
Into my mouth a sobbing word-
.England Her fields are furrowed in
niy Heart, -
Her rivers are the little tears that
start
;As to some shadow -quiet place I creep,
Like a shy child, to weep:"
—P.T., in Morning Post.
Trouble Borrow ers.
.There's many a trouble
'Would burst like a bubble,
And into the waters of Lethe depart;
Did.we not rehearse it,
.And tenderly nurse it,
And give it a permanent place in the
heart.
There's many a sorrow
Would vanish to -morrow,
Were we but willing to furnish
wings;
So sadly intruding
And quietly brooding,
it hatches out all sorts
things.
of
the
Mystery Creatures of the
Jungles.
To those who imagine, as nanny do,
that Nature has no further surprises
in store for us in the shape of new ani-
mals and birds, the news that an; ex-
pedition
xpedition is in South America attempt-
ing to capture the hoaziu,a very rare
species' of water fowl, will come as a
surprise.
But thy' hoazin,- with its cockatoo
crest and its formidably powerful
peak, is by no means the only mystery
creature known to . exist to -day.
In the heant of Central Africa, where
the jungle in many places has never
been -penetrated by white men, there
is to be found a strange leopard -like
animal, striped.after the fashion of a
zebra, that so far has evaded classifi-
cation by natural history experts.
What is known as the hippo -horse is
another mysterious beast that roams
the African wilds. The natives have
long spoken of it, but it was not until
a few menthe ago that, a white man,
Mr. H E.' Lee, made its acquaintance.
He saw the animal` hall -immersed in
a pool its mouth, cheeks, and , ears
were like those of a horse; but its
head was like that of a hippopotamus,
with two long, erect horns on its
snout.
The new Guinea forests are believed
to be the home of more than one ani-
mal unknown to natural history, while
the •:dense jungles of Borneo and
Brazil contain others, among then a
long lizard -like creature that is said
to be capable of flying.
The giant bush pig of Kenya Colony
is another beast that is so 'rarely seen
that its existence is doubter by some,
horrible although several reputable travelers
claim to, have observed it. _•
How welcome the seeming
Of looks that are beaming,
'Whether one's wealthy or 'whether
one's poor!
- Eyes bright as a berry,
Cheeks red as a cherry,
The groan and the curse and the heart-
ache. can cure.
Resolve to" be merry,
And worry to ferry
Across the fanned waters that bid us
forget;
And no longer fearful,
But happy and cheerful,
We feel life has. much that's worth
living for yet,
Even trying makes success,
But Got Stung.
1st Schoolboy—"Huh, he thought
he'd have a cinch winnin' that spellin'
bee!"
2nd Ditto—"Yea, an' .got stung!"
'Three 13os Scouts, who
hail
from
e son
L y ,
mtrining spiio» in the water troughs. for their use at the
ever halos at Wennbicy.
are
shown
taking an o,iriv
largest jatnboroer
IN HONOR OF CANADIAN HEROES
Lady Patricia Ramsay has placed a panel in the chapel of the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst, to oommenidrate the glorious deeds of her regi-
went (the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry) in the Great War:
- The panel is in white marble, forming part of a general memorial scheme in
the chapel, which commemorates nearly every regiment in the British army.
Each panel has the regimental badge in the 'centre and an inscription below.
Lady Patricia's panel was -:the first one erected there in commemoration of a
Canadian unit.
A Poem You Ought to Know.
The. Children's Hour.
There was a time when children
were enjoined tQ be "seen but not
heard," when their natural playfulness
was repressed. Longfellow did much
to break down this foolish custom.
Between the dark and the daylight,
11Vhen the night is beginning to
lower,
Comes a pause in theday's occupa-
Peter Pan and the Soldier.
• Though blinded in the war,a young
Australian soldier -earned Penn wanted
The Bread of Nations
It le a curious and interesting .etufly
to compare the various materials
which serve the different nations of
the world as the basis ,of their bread.
In this country, where good bread,
made from spring and fall wheat flour,
is within reach of all, rarely a thought
is given to the fact that, after all, the
inhabitants of only a small portion Of
the earth's surface enjoy such, food.
In the remote part of Sweden, the.
pool• make and bake their rye bread
twice a year and store the loaves
away, so that eventuallythey are as
hard as bricks, Further , north, still,
bread is made from barley and oats.
In. Lapland, •puts, with the inner
bark of the pine, are used. The two
together, well ground and mixed, are
made into large, fiat cakes, coked in a
pan over a fire.
In dreary Kamchatka, pine or birch
bark by itself, well macerated, pound-
ed and baked, frequently constitutes
the whole of the native bread food.
The Icelander scrapes the "Iceland
moss" off the rocks and ,grinds it into
fine Sour, which serves for both bread
and puddings. In some parts of Si-
beria, China, •and other European coun-
tries, a fairly palatable bread is made
from buckwheat.
Ip parts of Italy chestnuts arecook-
ed,
ooked, ground: into meal and used for mak-
ing bread. Durra, .a variety of millet,
is much used in the countries of India,.
Egypt, Arabia and Asia Minor for
making bread. ice bread is the staple
food of the Chinese, Japanese. and a
large portion of the inhabitants of In -
In Persia' the bread is made from
rice flour and milk; it is called "la
wash." The Persian oven is built in,
One With a Song.
He sings; and his song is heard,
Pure as a joyous. prayer,
Because he sings of the simple things,
The fields and the open air,
The orchard bough and the mocking-
bird,
And the blossoms everywhere.
to "see" the statue of Peter Pan in
London before lie was sent home. I He sings of a wealth we hold
In common ownership—
yeas asked, writes a contributor to The eeildwood nook and the laugh of
Country Life, whether I would take the brook,
him out 'the following Sunday. And the dewdrop's drip and drip,
"You know," he said, "I'm to return The love of the lily's heart of gold,
to Melbourne in a week or two,•and I And the kiss of the rose's lip.
simply must see Peter Pan before I
go " The universal heart
Leans listening to his lay,
When we reached the statue Penn
Tut his ;hand upon it. "'4vhy,"-.he said, ,That glints and gleams with the glim
That- is known as the Children's "it's smaller than I thought; Ishall
mering dreams
HOUI`• - know it all." Of children at their play—
Carefully he felt it piece by piece Ala as rich with unconscious art
I•hear in the chamber above me
The patter of little'' feet,
The'sound of a door thataa cjpened,
And voices soft and sweet.
From my study I see in the lamplight,
Descending the broad hall stair,
Grave Alice and laughing, Allegra,
And Edith with golden hair.
A whisper and then a silence;
Yet 1 know by their merry eyes
_They are plotting and planning' t
gether
To take me by surprise.
A sudden rush .from the stairway,
A sudden raid from the hall!
By three doors left unguarded
They enter my castle wall!
They climb' up into my turret
O'er the arms and back of my chair;
If I try to escape they surround me;
They seem to be everywhere.
They almost devour zee with kisses,
Their arms about me entwine, •
And I think of the Bishop of Bingen
In his Mouse Tower on the Rhine!
Do you think, 0 blue-eyed banditti,
Because you have scaled the wall,
Such an old moustache as I am
Isnot a match for you all?
I: have you fast in my fortress,
And will not let you depart,
But put you down into the dungeon
In the round -tower 'of my heart.
And there will I keep you for ever,
Yes, for ever and a day,
Till the walls shall tumble to ruin,
And moulder in dust away!
Poem .Carved on a Trree.
On, the- Thames Brows Eetate, clear
Wallingford, England, are the ,famous
"Wittenlzam Clumps," a prominent
landmark which dominates the Beile
shire. and Oxfordshire countryside- for
Many miles. The Clumps• --•two groups
of very old beeches—sere situated on.
the top of one of the Sinodu.n Hills.
and mark the site of an old Roman
camp.
Carved on the trunk of one of the
beech trees is asepoeni describing the
various changes: time has witnessed
at the spot, It Concludes with:—
Within that field wliele lies' the grov'-
ling herd,
High walls werecreeclzed, stonecof-
fins disinterr'd.
Such is the Bourseof lime, the wreck
which fate
And awful doom award the earthly
great.
'Records differ as to the bate and
authorship of this inscription, though
oue 'authority declares the lines were
carved by a local clergyman in 1See.
Fate.
The fate of no man, not even the
happiest, is free from struggles and
privations; tar true happiness is only
then attained, when 1v the govern.
nietnt of the feelings we beconto inde-
pendent of all 'the changes of We.
with tittle.murmurs of delight. "Just y
i � As• the first song -bird's of May.
look at this tiny ,mouse.,, .he would
say., Sea' Ellis lovely little fairy;
why, ,` steadfastly, bravely glad,
she ;is stretching lip to speak to him!".y
.I Above all earthly stress;
Then again, You are quite sure tb"t
I am not missing anything?"
Indeed I thought he was _taking in
more than many man with sight. He
was very intent on the examination,
but at last, .satisfied that nothing had
escaped him, he turned to me and
whispered; "Surely there are a lot of
people near us?"
As a matter of fact there were, but
I,had hoped he would not notice. They
had stopped as they passed, seeing
the• tall young Australian soldier fin-
gering so carefully the statue that all
London knows and loves so well. He
was obviously blind and just as obvi-
ously as full of strength and vigor as
the trees that grew above him. I can.
remember now two women who stood
watching in silence, with tears run-
ning'down their cheeks,
"Ah, well," he said as we turned
away, "I don't wonder it draws a
crowd; it's one of the loveliest things
I :have ever seen; ,I shall be glad to
think of it when I am back in Aus-
tralia.,,,
Sold by His Brother.
An African native living in a little
cottage in Chislehurst, Kent, England,
can look back upon a life which has
been more eventful than any romance
and which is reminiscent • of the days
of "Uncle Tom's -Cabin.". I
This man is Arab Makeppo, and he
was rescued from slavery by the great
African explorer, Dr. Livingstone.
"I 'was sold by my brother sixty to
seventy years ago to Portuguese slave
traders,"' Makeppo said, "and we be-
gan our journey to the coast.' The
,nen were tied two -by -two to wooden.
collars, which thew wore even in their
sleep; the women chained at wrists
and ankles; thegirls roped like horses,
and the little ones ,free."
Livingstone and his men routed the
slavers and the explorer chose Arab
s eilatteppo as his body servant. The
ex-alatre: afterwards came to England
anal now employed as a gat -deter to
a private family. alakeppo to this day
refers. to Livingstone as "the Goy'ern-
or."
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Experience.
I botrght"a little country place
And thought for sure I knew
lDno tgh '' make a garden grow
Anel raise some chickens too.
I labored hard .for three long months,
To 'Make things work 1 tried,
But Wants : for me refused to grew--
'Ciie baby clticltens died!
1 sold my piace for ball its cost
Ona heat it back to worst,
Coli!entedly behind a desk,
A common- oltioe clerk,
No more 'bolt farmers will I jest;
a
I've scarped, the price was high,
'rho farmer is a wise ,old boy,
lie ,knows much More than a
He lifts his line to heights divine,
And singing, ever says
This is :a better world than bad—
God's love is limitless.
—Jas. Whitcomb Riley.
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Maintained His Social Position.
"He makes strenuous efforts to
maintain his social position."
"Yes; goes in for arrest in both pro-
hibition 'violation and auto speeding,
I've heard." •
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Country of Old Men.
Serbia is said to have more cen-
tenarians in proportion to population
than any other country.
the ground, about tile size of a barrel,
dia.
The sides are smooth mason work.
The are is built at the bottom and
kept burning until the walls or sides
of the oven are thoroughly heated.
Enough dough to form a sheet about
one foot wide and two feet long 10
thrown on the board ,aztd rolled until
as thinas sale leather, then it ris
taken up anfl tossed and rolled from
one arm to the other and flung on the
board and slapped on the side of the
oven.
It takes only a few moments to bake
and when baked it is spread out to
cool. This bread is cheap—one cent •
a sheet. It ie sweet and nourishing.
A specimen of the '"Hunger bread"
from Armenia is made of cloverseeid,
flax or linseed meal, mixed with edible
grass. In the ` Moluoca island" the
.starchy pith of the sago palm furnish-
es a white, floury meal. This le made
up into flat, oblong loaves, which are
baked in curious little ovens, each'b.e-
ing divided into oblong eel's to receive
the loaves, Bread is also made from
roots in some parts of Africa and
South America. It is made from mane -
co tubers. These roots are a deadly
poison if eaten in the raw state, but
make a good food if properly prepared.
To prepare them for bread, the roots
are soaked for several days in water;
thus washing out the poison; the
fibres are picked out, dried and ground
into flour. This is mixed with milk,
if obtainable; if not, water is used.
The dough is formed into little round
loaves and baked in hat ashes or dried
in the sun.
Crossing a Muskeg.
One of the things peculiar to North
America is the muskeg, 'a sort of
marsh or swamp with mud that sucks
like quicksand. The unwary man or
animal wandering into a muskeg dis-
appears quickly and leaves no trace.
Yet a muskeg can be crossed. Great
tufts of heavy grass ;grow. irregularly
eel the surface, and if a man will pick
Ms way carefully he will have little
trouble. -
A call to visit a sick man brought a
physician in haste from the village, A
muskeg lay directly in his wayy;. since
to cross it woad(' save much valuable, -
time, he took the risk. When he was
well over it, he heard a little noise be-
hind him. and, looking round, spied his
Tittle four-year-old son following hard
after him! The boy was already well
out on the dangerous muskeg.
As quickly as he could the doctor
picked his way back and. was only re-
lieved_when he had clasped his boy to
his breast. "My boy," he cried, "what-
ever •do you mean by coming out
here!"
"It's all right, father," the little fel-
low replied. "I just put my feet where
you put yours. It was all right"
Example counts. Percept may guide
some children, but most of them zeal-
ously put their little feet where their
parents have put their big ones. If
our boys and girls are to pass safe
over the dangerous places of life, they
must have good leadership. Then let
parents be sure that their steps "are
ordered by the Lord," both for their
own sakes as well as for the safety of
those who are following them.
Bamboo Pens In India.
Bamboo writing pens are still favor-
ed in India, where they have been in
use for more than 1,000 years.
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Never bring a kerosene can near a
stove which has a fire in it, and never
pour kerosene into a stove whether
the fire is oat or not. Many people
have been burned to death trying that
experiment. If you persist in the'
'very foolish habit of using kerosene
for kindling a fire, only do so by pour-
ing it on the wood fuel before it is
put into the stove, and do that far
from the stove or any open flame.
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