HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1951-12-13, Page 6Now They Use Atorns
To Detect Poison
The atom has been harnessed to
betray the killer who uses arsenic,
It has become a detective by whose
aid science has found a way to
measure the amount of arsenic at
any point in a single human hair.
Although arsenic—for years the
sneak poisoner's weapon—spreads
only very slowly through the hu-
man body, it penetrates every part,
even into the hair and finger -nails.
So by measuring points of pro-
gress along a hair at tlre time of
the arsenic victim's death, scien-
tists can easily prove not only that
arsenic was used, but can also say.
at what time the doses were given.
The atom thus provides a diary of
a murder and may help to deter-
mine who committed it,
Betrayed by Rays
How is it done? The suspect hair
is first exposed to neutrons (atomie
particles) in an atomic pile. Some
of the slow-moving neutrons are
"captured" by the arsenic atoms.
In doing this the ordinary arsenic
atoms become changed into a hew
form (an isotope) of arsenic, known
as "As. 76." This new form is
radioactive and shoots out rays
like radium which can be measured
with a Geiger counter, it is re-
vealed.
Even less than one part per mil-
lion of arsenic can now be easily
detected, It is possible to dis-
tinguish arsenic from other ele-
ments because various elements
differ in the ease with which they
catch neutrons and in the rays
they shoot out.
Unfortunately, this new method
cannot be used to measure arsenic
in the blood. Why? Because blood
always contains sodium, which
picks up the neutrons as easily as
arsenic.
An ingenious color scheme de-
signed to detect arsenic poisoning
immediately was put forward by a
French chemist, M. Grimaud, more
than a century ago. He proposed
that all coniniodities containing
arsenic should be treated before sale
with a mixture of sulphate of iron
and cyanure of potash.
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What—No Tarpaulin?—les never been made clear whether the
"Saturday bath" is a gag or a custom in this country. The Satur-
day mud -bath, however, seems'to be a fairly regular ritual during
the football season. Here, an unidentified gridder visits the water
bucket—not for a drink, but to clean the mud off his hands-
-during a game.
He made over twenty experi-
ments with ordinary foodstuffs. He
found that arsenic, so treated, gave
a green bronze colour to hot meat
soups, an opal color to hot or cold
milk, a vilet color to red wine, a
deep blue to breadstuffs, a dirty
yellow to coffee—and so on through
the whole gamut of everyday. foods.
He claimed that his scheme was
foolproof against arsenical poison-
ing, accidental or criminal. NobodY,
he urged, would eat blue bread or
drink violet wine, or eat bronze
meat.
But for some unstated reason, the
French government never put Gri-
maud's plan into operation.
He Revolutionized The Fighting Game
Students of the fistic are gener-
ally regard !'Gentleman" Jini Cor-
bett as the man responsible for
boxing as we know, it today. He
introduced the straight left, the art
of feinting, parrying and counter -
punching, all of which enabled him
to win a surprising victory over
John L. Sullivan.
But nearly a hundred and thirty
years earlier there was born in
London's east - end, Daniel Men-
doza, who was destined to be the
first Jew to take up fisticuffs and
man who changed the game
Atbni sheer brutality to a skilful
sport.
One of a large family, he was
forced to leave school at thirteen
and became a shop assistant until
he took to the ring professionally.
Nevertheless, he was sufficiently
knowledgeable to write "The Art
of Boxing" which was published in
1787, when Daniel was twenty-
four.
It was said of him that no pugi-
list ever stopped with greater neat-
ness, hit oftener or put in his blows.
quicker. Also, he was never at loss
for words and used the Press at
every opportunity to stir uP public
interest in a forthcoming match.
Royal Backer
When he 'was fifty-two he pub-
lished his "Memoirs," an absorb-
ing life story of the pitched ring.
Recently republished., "The Mem-
oirs of the Life of Daniel Mendo-
za" are as interesting and exciting
to read today as when they first
appeared in 1815.
Mendoza's Memoirs show con-
clusively that he knew how to get
Corean High Hat - Korean
'Papa -San" above. who is un-
dentified, says he' s• waitino for
armistice talks to successfully
)ricl so that he can get back to
is regular pattern of living. It
s widely hoped that by that
ire his beard will not have
?own enough to make him
look like "Papa -Santa,"
the most out of his chosen career.
When he made a match he insisted
on a stage being built in an en-
closure to which admittance was
by ticket only—at half a guinea a
time.
His showmanship attracted the
attention of none other than the
Prince of Wales, later George the
Fourth, who became his backer;
while he also claimed to have been
sent for by the King himself,
George III, who walked and talked
with .him on the terraces at Wind-
sor.
Mendoza had about thirty pitched
battles. But the most famous were
the three with Richard Humphries,
who was allowed to use the nick-
name of "Gentleman," not so much
because of his behavior in the ring,
but by reason of the fact that he
enjoyed the company. of the gentry
of the day.
The pair started as friends and
finished mortal enemies. One day
when Daniel was fighting a porter
who had refused a tip because he
thought it was too small, Hum-
phries happened to be passing and
offered to second Mendoza. He did
this several times .
Mendoza's successes, however,
aroused jealously, especially when
he opened a school of boxing which
proved as popular as the one con-
ducted by his friend. The gulf
widened when the Prince of Wales
made a favorite of Daniel; and
after a chance set-to between them
at The Cock, Epping, there was no
difficulty in arranging a match.
Umpire's Betrayal
This took place at Odiham, in
Hampshire on January 9th, 1788.
Although Humphries was favorite,
the Jews backed Mendoza heavily
and he took with him two white
pigeons to be released in the event
of victory—and two black ones
should he suffer defeat,
Things were going well for the
more scientific Mendoza when,
dashing into strike Humphries who
was defenceless in a corner, his
blow was parried by one of his
opponent's seconds. There was an
appeal for a foul, but Mendoza's
umpire disallowed it.
This betrayal was philosophically
accepted by Daniel, who writes in
his "Memoirs": "The conduct of
my umpire appeared very extraor-
dinary at the time but I afterwards
learnt he had laid money against
me, consequently he could not be
expected to be very willing to de-
cide against himself."
Black Pigeon
A few rounds later Mendoza was
thrown heavily, hurt his groin—
and had to retire. Humphries sent
a note to his chief backer which
read: "Sir I have done the Jew
and am in good health"; while the
whole of Houndsditch, Aldgate
and Petticoat Lane was plunged
into mourning by the arrival of
a black pigeon which told them
they hadlost over £50,000,
The unsatisfactory ending to the
fight meant only one thing—a re-
turn match.
This time the scene moved to
Stilton in Huntingdon aril here
Mendoza's stiperiority was most
Marked. He was too fast and too
versatile for Humphries,
The affair ended with Humph-
ries falling without being struck
and he thus forfeited the battle.
But a third meeting came off at
Lancaster on September 29th, 1790,
Tickets were quickly sold out and
on the day fetched from £5 to
£10.
Again Mendoza proved to be
master, and was acclaimed champ-
ion of England. He became. very
wealthy, touring the country to
give exhibitions of his skill, teach-
ing the Noble Art to amateur gen--
tlethen.
The Road Downhill
But he was moving in an expen
sive circle; he had a wife and
six children and many sponging
acquaintances. Although he •had
announced that he would have no
further pitched battles, lack of
funds made him break this vow and
after two winning fights against
Bill Warr, he came a cropper
against "Gentleman" John Jaek-
s°Tnhis time Daniel opposed a 'man
more skilful than himself and suf-,
fered in consequence. Furthermore
-
Jackson seized the Jew by his long
hair and holding him downupper-
cut him severely in the face. After
this. Mendoza was glad to give in.
Rapidly he went downhill. No
longer champion, his friends for-
sook him and he went to prison.
several tines for debt. He was
never downhearted and tried any-
thing once in order to keep go- .
ing. At the age of seventy-three
he died in extreme poverty at Hprse
Shoe Alley, Petticoat Lane, back
among those of his race for whom
he had fought so gallantly.
MORE ABOUT THE BIBLE
The Bible is inspired, That
doesn't mean that every line of it
is Inspiring, Parts of it are riot,
It means that both God and each
writer are true authors, The Ca-
tholic Church explains inspiration
as "a supernatural impulse by
which the U oly Sprit has inspired
and dii'ected the sacred authors,
and assisted them in their writing,
so that they should preserve ac-
curately, and wish to report faith-
fully, and express with an infallible
verity all that God directs them to
wr'te, and that only."
The writers didn't •find it easy
to compose the books of the New
or Old Testament. It was hard
work. St, Matthew who .wrote the
first book in the New Testament,
rewrote it several times. He had to
keep in mind his audience—jews
who had become Christians. In
so doing, he stressed the point that
Christ was the expected Messiah.
And like all compositions his Gos-
pel had to be put in some kind of
order. So likewise did the other
authors have to work • hard over
their compositions.
Collies were made of the original
writings when they became worn
from use. Naturally the copies had
to be exact. The Christians would
soon detect an essential change.
This is what we possess today—,
faithful copies of the books both
of the New and Old Testament.
But there is yet another point.
Who is going: to say what books
are inspired? God must in some
way inform us about the books •of
which He is also the author as
well as the writer. And this is the
work of His Church—"He who lis-
tens to you, listens to me."
This. is one of a series of
messages by Father V. McGivney,
'Parish Priest, St, Francis Parish,
Pickering, Ont.
"Sea Tigers,'
The barracuda is believed to
grow about ten feet, with a cigar -
shaped body that is • bluish or
greenish above, with silvery. sides.
Its head was a long, undershot
Jaw .filled with razor-sharp teeth,
and its eyes are large, glassy and
staring.
The fierce creature can tear off
a man's hand or foot with one bite,
and has been known to slash horses
to death as they swam in shallow
water. Many of the bathing trage-
dies that have been blamed on
man-eating sharks are now believ-
ed to have been caused by barra-
cudas. Natives of the West In-
dies say the shark is a coward and
will swim away if a man falls
overboard. Not so the barracuda,
which will attack anything it sees
moving in the water. Even a per-
son walking ankle-deep along the
shore may not •be safe, they say,
for the barracuda has been known
to rush into inches -deep water to
slash at a wader's foot.
An early judgment on the barra-
cuda was given by the Sieur de
Rochefort, a French naturalist, in
B of M PRESIDENT WARNS GROWTH
OF INFLATION IS STILL POSSIBLE
B. C. Gardner Calls for "Re -emphasis" on Saving;
Analyzes Current and Long -Term Threats to Dollar
GORDON BALL, GENERAL MANAGER, ANNOUNCES
RECORD TOTALS IN LOANS, DEPOSITS AND ASSETS
While forecasting a "brilliant long-range future'. for Canada,
B. C. Gardner, president of the Bank of Montreal. sees a con-
tinuance of difficult economic problems facing the nation and
emphasizes that "it would be very dangerous to conclude thu• the
battle against inflation has been won."
Speaking to B of M shareholders
at their 134th annual meeting here
today, Mr. Gardner found encour-
agement in Canada's current
monetary policies which were re-
sulting in a "healthier and more
realistic interest -rate structure, with
the price of money once again be-
ginning to exercise its traditional
stabilizing function as a stimulus to
saving and a brake on excessive ex-
pansion."
Warning that the possibility of
further inflation was still "very
real," the president traced both the
short and long-term factors which
threaten Canada's monetary stabil-
ity.
Inflationary Factors
Mr. Gardner saw an immediate
inflationary threat in the necessity
of putting an increasing proportion
of 'Canada's national output into
defence and industrial expansion,
with a consequent decrease of pro-.
duction for civilian consumption, A
widening of the disparity between
spending power and availablecon-
sumer goods might result.
The; long-term forces tending to
undermine the value of the dollar
were more deeply rooted, he stated.
Among them be included: the
political unpopularity of anti-in-
flationary policies; severe taxation
which might encourage the wage -
price spiral; and shorter working -
hours at a time of heavy demand
an the collective efforts of the
population.
Looking at the positive side, Mr.
Gardner stressed the need of a
"great re -emphasis" on the value of
saving as a stabilizing force. If
savings failed to keep abreast of out-
, put going into capital production,
inflationary pressures had to result.
What was needed was to make
saving worthwhile, to pay capital a
"living wage."
General Manager's Address
Gordon R. Ball, general manager,
presented the balance -sheet, show-
ing total year-end assets of $2,222,-
000,000 as against $2,190,000.000 in
1950. The number of deposit
accounts reached a new record.
figure — 1,873,519 — and deposits at
$2,085,000,000 were up by $22,000,-
000, Current loans and discounts in
Canada totalled $558 millions, com-
pared w!th $480 millions a year
earlier.
Reviewing the present "transi-
tional period," Mr. Ball stated that
more Canadians are employed to-
day, at a higher income, than ever
before. The delays in getting the
defence program underway had, he
felt, helped Canadians "gain a
march" in forestalling scarcities of -
consumer goods that might other-
wise have developed. More import-
ant, they were "rapidly extending
the industrial foundations not only
of a larger re -armament effort but
also of a greater Canada in the
years to come."
Warmly appreciative of "the loyal,
devoted and efficient service" of
the B of M staff, Mr. Ball said the
past year was one of great activity
in all -departments of the bank, 1 -Te
added that the welfare of the staff,
now over 10,000, was constantly
under consideration, anti that the
bank had endeavoured to help solve
their cost -of -living probleins by the
payment of monthly bonuses ttchie'.
nwleorneth8s,tthject toreview every
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Antilles," He 'made this report:
"Among the masters greedy and
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and that the creature is fit only
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