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Jokes 'Tha't Ended
in Tragedy
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Ad a merry party In a Shrop-
shire manor house an attractive
young guest was dared to sleep
in the "hacmted neat."
"I don't believe In ghosts,"
::he declared defiantly.
tut the young sons of the
rouge decided to give her a pro-
per scare. 'From their Lather's
bollection of foreign curios they
obtained a mummifies. hand,
'overed it with phosphorescent
paint and placed it on the girl's
pilloyr.
Then when she went to
"need they listened outside her
Floor for the expected cry of
fright.
It came-- but it was no ordin-
ary cry. 11 was a high-pitched
scream -of wild and unreasoning
-error, which chilled their blood,: -
and it Was followed by fear-
some animals n o :] s'e s, deep
growl, and savage snarls.
White-faced, panic-stricken,
the boys rushed to their father
and blurted out thel.r story, He
and some of the guests rushed
:o the bedroom and battered
sown the door.
. The girl was sitting on the
',ed. Her eyes were wild and
staring, her features contorted
into a mask which seemed
scarcely human, k r o ni her
throat came the bestial noises
which had so terrified the two
oys.
The stupid joke. had - driven
her mad. '
- Horrible? Undoubtedly. But
'.his is by meads the only oc-
:asion on which jokes have re -
salted in tragedy. A Lancashire
1+.1i11 -hand, of poor mentality,
was unable to find a girl friend.
But one day he was convinced
y some of his workmates that
an attractive young woman in
ne same mil] had fallen in love
with him.
Delighted, he approached the
girl.. 'Give me a• kiss," he beg-
ged. She. stared at him conternp-
1:rously. Then emboldened by
,.ne nods and winks ,of his
...Sates, he attempted to seize
her in his arms. In her annoy
ince the girl pushed him viol-
eetly .aside and gave him a
stinging slap on the face. "Keep
--our dirty hands off me, you
half-wit," she blazed.
The same evening his body
-was found in the canal. Ridicule
had played on his weak mind
end driven him to suicide.
Schoolboys are fond of play-
iaig jokes; sometimes their ideas
c'- humour- lead to unintentional
cruelty -and worse. . At one,.
school, a boy was terrified of
'nice. His classTnates'- regarded
him as -a sissy. They captured'
a house and hid it in his desk.
When the boy lifted the lid
e mouse jumped out. ran up
FREEDOM JITTERS - Freedom
has its uncertainties for Eva
Della Casa, 20, as, nervously
biting her nails, she waits for
o plane with 100 other Califor-
nia -bound Hungarian refugees.
his arm, on to kids shoulder and
scuttled off, The boy shrieked,
turned deathly white and faros
ted. This experienee brought on
succi a serious nervous condition
that he had to be sent to a spe-
c.lal school. .A ,joke had jropar'•.'
ized that youngstede whop:
;future. '
To some of the London boy;
who were evacuated during the
war' the country was a frighten-
ing place after daek. And a
.namber of Suffolk lo,a'ls played
on a city -bred youngster's fears.
"That lane you go along every
evening is haunted;" they told
him solemnly. 'The devil walks
there!"
The boy was seared, .but he
put i, bold face on the matter.
One night he heard the clank-
ln.g of chains in the lane and
a queer noise. In the light of
the stars he saw a ghostly,,
devilish -looking head with
horns coming towards hint.
The boy was terrified. He tur-
ned and ran. not realizing in
his terror that the "devil's head"
was. only a goat, tethered there.
by the jokers. They found him
the next morning. In his un-
reasoning ;fear he had pitched
over the edge or a sand -pit.
Result: several weeek;, in hos-
pitat,
Highly strung people :ire dan-
erous subjects for jokes, An
Essex husband learned this
through a bitter experience..
"Shan't be in till late to -night."
he told his wife as he left for
work one .morning. "I'm going
out with another woman,"
He was only joking. BC]t his
wife took it seriously. She
moped and in her extreme de-
pression put her head iii the
gas oven. Fortunately, she was
rescued in time.
Another woman who suffered
through the misguided humour
of others was a decidedly plain
girl who worked in a London
office. She rushed in one clay
waving a letter' which bore an
address in Wardour Street.
"One of our talent scouts has
been watching you," it said.
"You seem to be ena4nently
suitable for a big part in our
next film."
The foolish girl went to the
address given -only, to find that
she- was the victim of a cruel
joke. She guessed that her office
colleagues were responsible and
knew that they would pull her
leg unmercifully. Terrified at
facing their 1 idicule, her eyes
blurred with tears. she stag-
gered into the street. She walk-
ed straight into a bus and was
crippled for life.
Watch Quiz
. Do you wear a watch? Is so,
do you know that: Mary Queen
of Scots possessed a death's
head watch which was made out
of a human skull.
That the world's largest watch
made for the St. Louis Fair of
1903, was so enormous that
people could walk among its
moving wheels and its balance
wheel weighed a ton.
That London watchmaker John
Arnold made the worths tiniest
watch for which he was paid 500
guineas by George III.
That one of our Queen's wed-
ding presents was a tiny 15 -jewel
Swiss watch st into a gold latch-
key.
That when Guy Fawkes was
arrested after trying to blow up
the Houses of Parliament an
oval-shaped watch found on him
was inscribed with pictures of
running figures.
Mabel arrived home with an
engagement ring on her finger,
"What kind of a 'fellow are you
engaged to?" her father. asked,
"Well, he says, he always
wanted a home,"
"That sounds good."
+ "And he likes ours very
much."
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SOLID, MAN, SOLID - Adorning a street in the British sector of
Berlin is this Sphinx -like statue of a ram, made of red tle
bricks; possibly a new medium for sculptors.
FARM FA
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This week we continue the
Highlights et the farm outlook
for 1957 as .foreshadowed from
the Agricultural Conference
held in Ottawa Dec. 3-5, 1956.
Livestock
Total pleat production in in-
spected or approved establish-
ments in Canada in 1956 ap-
pears to be approaching the rec-
ord 1.9 billion pounds set in
1944, In 1957 production will;
probably differ only slightly
from 1956 levels, an anticipated
reduction in pork production';:
being probably• offset by in-
creased beef production.
A continued strong domestics,.
demand for neat, plus a.n ant'-,!;
cipated • firm improved United,e
'
States market should prevent,•
any significant decline in cat '7
tle prices, while all the indica.-a"$l
tors - consumer. demand, ex :4
port possibilities; and the sup
ply position -,- point to strong.
hog and poi+k prices, both in4.
absolute terms- and relative
beef prices. The relative price
position will likely cause some.
switching by consumers from
pork to beef, thus causing an
additional increase in the al-
ready high level of domestic
disappearance of beef.
A slight increase is looked for,
in calf slaughter. while sheep
and lamb slaughter will prob-
ably remain about the same. No
marked change in prices of
calves, or of sheep and lamps, is
expected.
Dairy Products
Milk production in 1957 is es-
timated at 17.5 billion pounds,
about the same as in the pre-
vious two years. The fluid milk
market expanded by increased
population, will probably ab-
sorb any small increase in to-
tal milk production and per-
haps divert some milk from
other ,products to fitiid use
During 1957 consumption of
creamery butter is expected to
exceed production with the dif-
ference made up out of exist-
ing stocks. Cheddar cheese pro- 1
duction ' and consumption are
likely to be about the same as
it 1956 with slightly less cheese
available for export in 1957.
Output of evaporated milk and
dry skimmed milk will peub-
ably be approximately in bal-
ance with .consumption, with
any increases reflecting the
growth in population and fairly
stable per capita consumption.
Ice cream production may
reach 34 million gallon:, about
one million gallons more their
the previous record set in 11155.
Eggs and Poultry
Ebgs -- During the 1' ' il:.al-
der of 1956 and the filet tit e
months of 1957 swings in the
supply and pr'ic'e patterns will
be more pronounced and ceg
prices will, on the average, nut
be as favorable to producers as
during .the corresponding per-
iod a year earlier. During the
summer months of the cooling
year it is expected that produc-
tion and prices Will be similar
to those in the corresponding
period of 1956.
Poultry -- The poultry pleat
situation in 1957 will be dunl-
inated even more by develop-
ments in the chicken broiler
and turkey industries than in
1956. Both of these segments of
the poulry industry are rapid-
ly developing new and mare
efficient methods of production
and marketing with the result
that they are now the two ma-
jor sources of poultry meat in
Ode eouniry. In view of this
situation it is expected that
price levels for poultry meat in
1957 will be about the same as
in 1956.
Fruits and Vegetables
The 1956 apple crop of 12.0
million bushels was 37 per cent
less than the bumper crop of
1955 and 16 per cent below the
1949-53 average. As a result of
the small crop, prices have
been, and are expected to con-
tinue at higher levels than in
1955. Barring unforeseen de-
velopnients, the 1957 crop will
probably exceed that of 1956.
Larger crops of peaches, pears
and cherries are anticipated 'in
1957 than in 1956. The 1957
crop of strawberries and rasp-
berries is expected to exceed
that of 1956 but it will be a few
years before the 1949-53 level of
production is reached.
The 1956 potato crop of 66.8
Million bushels was one per
Cent larger than that -of 1955.
Both imports and exports dur
ing 1956-57 are not expected to
reach the levels of 1955-56. The
average price received .during
the season as a whole is expect-
ed to be above that of the 1955-
56 crop year.
Consumer demand for fresh
vegetables in 1957 is expected
to remain strong. Because of
the smaller packs of canned
vegetables in 1966, the acreage
contracted for processing in
1957 is expected to be increased.
During 1957 the growth of the
frozen fruit and vegetable in-
dustry is expected to be main-
tained.
Seeds
Production of pedigreed sere -
eats in 1956 was practically the
same as in 1955. Because of
frost damage and poor harvest
weather there may be some lo-
cal scarcity of good quality
pedigreed seed but the total
supplies of most of the popular
varieties should be adequate fur
domestic needs, ]eavinl' a sue -
piths of some vat 1eties available
for export. The pracIlh 1ian of
Selkirk lyheca, Parkland bar-
ley and Rodney and Garry oats
was greatly inr..rc'ase'r;,
Estimated production of all
the principal for'uge crisp seeds
in 1956, with the exception of
sweet clover and meadow fes-
cue, was less than in 1955. The
alfalfa seed crop was mucic the
smallest on record and produc-
tion of aleike clover, red clover,
timothy, brume -grass and crest-
ed wheatgrass ryas considerably
below avc'r01 t'.
With the exception of alfalfa
unci red clover seed, supplies of
the principal. hay and pasture
seeds, in spiie of smaller pro-
duction. should be sufficient to
meet domestic requirements. As
supplies of alfalfa seed will not
be sufficient for domestic needs
it is expected that substantial
quantities of seed of adaped
varieties will be imported from
Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking
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the United States to supplement
Canadian production. Canadian
grown double -cut type red clo-
ver seed will also be in short
supply, but seed to meet domes-
tic needs is available trout the
United Kingdom and Lite United
States.
Smeller crops of many forage
seeds in Canada, the United
States and Western Europe have
stimulated prices on world mar-
kets and prices to growers in
1956 are considerably higher
than a year ago.
There was some iriel'easg in
estimated production of peas,
beans and' corn in 1956 corn -
pared to 1955, although produc-
tion of beans and corn was con-
siderably below' average. Most
of the sugar -beet stecklings in
British Columbia were lost
through winter killing • and
practically no crop was harv-
ested. Production of swede and
mangel seed was confined en-
tirely to the Maritimes and is
the smallest in years. Substan-
tial imports of most vegetables
and Toot seeds will be required
to supplement Canadian pro-
duction; this is, however, a nor-
mal situation and it is expected
that the necessary supplies will
be available as usual from the
United States and Europe.
Duckiig Sitois For
Nagging Wives
It was seriously suggested by
a henpecked British husband re-
sently that the old-time duck-
ing stools should be reintroduced
in this country as a method 01
curing the nagging tongues of
wives.
His idea is unlikely to be
adopted but it is similar to a
proposal made a few years ago
London magistrate who declared
that he would gladly give his
Parliarnentary vote to the can-
didate who would promise to do
his best to revive the ducking
stool as a punishment for too -
talkative women. '
This queer instrument usually
consisted of a chair fixed to a
crossbeam which was erected
over a pond into which the of-
fender was dipped three times.
The method was said to be very
effective. Its use was not con-
fined to shrews. Quarrelsome
couples were tied back to back
by their neighbours and ducked
together.
Dishonest traders were also
punished in the ducking stool.
Brewers of bad beer, bakers of
inferior bread and butchers con-
victed of short 'weight were all
liable to be' ducked.
The last recorded use of the
ducking stool, in England was at
Leominster in 1809, though there
was a later sentence which was
commuted.
Few ducking stools survive in
Britain today, but in 1931 one
which was formerly used to pun-
ish "unruly women" at Kenil-
worth, Warwickshire, was dis-
covered in a barn where it had
lain hidden.
USW SCHOOL
J,ESSON
111 Sere i4'. ltar'c1a1 Micron
t.1'1. 118.1)
How 9f19 .Resist ri'eonptetione
Matthew 3:16-4:i t
Memory Selection: "comp tshe'll
worship the Lord thy Ciodl, arae
him only shalt thou serve. Ma't.
there 4:10.
The great temptation .st tlatx
end 01 the forty days in the
wilderness was no farce. Here
Jesus in his perfect rnanb.00dt
was subjected to the same temp+
tatioris that we experience tees
day. He did not yield. If wet
open our hearts to Him we Ca*
triumph too.
The first temptation concerned.
the basic desire for food. After
all, one must eat. But "Man
shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that pro•-
ceedeth out of the mouth of
God." At the recent Christiaeo.
Business Men's • Convention Set
Chicago a garage owner told oa,
how Jesus had entered his hears:
and. transformed his life. Ho
discontinued the practice of
turning bads- tyle speedomete1
when preparing the trade-iraa
for the used car market. Some
dealers will tell you that yore
have to turn them back. "The
can't sell a car with 70,000 mine
on the speedometer," they say,
Well, anyway, this man is pros-
pering in his business better
thau ever before. People come
to him because they know they
can believe him. We wish every
dealer would follow his en. -
ample.
Maus, desire .fame. Some have
gained it by posing in the nude,
Surely that is casting oneself
dovin. But • the crowd who ate-
plaud today will be cold an&
heartless later on. Jesus would
take no cheap way to fame by
leaping from the temple's pin-
nacle,
There is also the desire fide
possessions. Merl lust for fro:-
mere
aamore than the necessities '
life. The people who are arres-
ted for swindling their employes?
are not stealing for the sake of
bread. It's because they walla
a new car, beautiful efurniture,,
fine clothes. liquor and the like.
In this good country people dotal:
need to steal to eat. It's the iusw
for luxuries that gets people
into trouble. Jesus would net,
bow to the Devil to get the
kingdoms of this world.
Men are still tempted to give
way to the lust of the 'flesh, the
lust of the eye and the pride e
life. Let us not yield but sat-'
urate ourselves in the truth of
God's Word. Then we can repel
the Devil with the Sword of the
Spirit which is the Word of God,.
7,, -
RIDING OUT THE SAS P NCH -- Piggybacking, used by Anted -
can railroads for several years, makes its appearance in Frencee
just in time to help out in the current gasoline shortage. Pict.
tured in Paris is a special flat car (top) equipped to hancike
trailers or (bottom) big transport trucks. Shippers con sari
loaded vehicles to distant points .at great saving in raticsa•rcme
gas.