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The Brussels Post, 1957-06-05, Page 7Surprise Gifts MINDAY LES SCHOOL SON • A CATBIRD? — Brownie, a queer cuss of a cat, sits for hours on a robin's nest, apparently trying to hatch a robin's egg. At left, Brownie sits on the nest while keeping both eyes on the photo- grapher, At right, the nest, With a single egg, is Uncovered after Brownie was scared off his perch by the 'pop of the flash bulb, Local naturalists have cast grave doubts on Brownie's mo- tives and integrity. Some feel he is probably waiting with sinister purpose, for Mrs. Robin to show up. raspberry foliage. Eggs are laid on the undersides of the leaves on which they are feeding and all stages of Mite development may be present at one time. Four or five generations may he produced each year, 'REAM FRONT 612=41. comers at incredible speed,. Ahead of him was his next lila. As 009 'came. out Of a bend it hid ed bumpers with the other car. The V-0 shuddered, slid, then sped on up the straight; thew other car swungs round, slrock a steel post and stolip'ed, its offside .front wheel redneed to a shapeless mass of shredded rubber and mangled. steel. It was only now that Bollard was conscious of the constant roar of the excited crowd. For them there was now no other car in the race- but 009. Boilrd was now a comfoAable winner of the. ,i;:100 prize money — he had long since lapped the two other cars. But the shouting of the. crowd told him that they wanted him to spin the remaining ma- chines from the track, Three laps to go , could he do it? The two machines in font Were racing side by side, As Bollard chased them the car on the outside nosed in front of the inner machine, Car 000. sped in between .the two and rammed the front of the lead- ing'car, sending it spinning into the safety fence. One left now. Side by side the two cars screamed out of the bend; then Bollard took the lead. coming into .the next bend. he braked hard then sud- denly accelerated, The other car was coming through on the inside — it never made it. There was a violent bang and the last. of Bollard's victims skidded to a halt against a forty-gallon oil drum. . • , Bollard had done it grin- ned with glee as he drove round the track waving the Bag of victory. StucloCar Racing English Style Car 009, an accident-battered Ford V-0, was one of eighteen garishly-painted stock cars that lined up in six rows of three for 4 sixteen-lap race at London's liarringay It was a Car that had not been seen at the track before; and few people noticed it now as it waited, Its hotted- up engine ticking over. But tbe crowd wore to know all about ear 009 before the race was over -- its driver, Jamie Boilard„ was confident of that. The stadium lights dimmed, the roar of eager engines soar.- era to a deafening crescendo , and they were off! Skilfully, expertly, 13ollard urged his car forward, seeking the elusive gap in the field, gain- ing vital fractions of seconds on earners. The car responded Well, Despite its unlovely shape, its bilious hue, it was a minor triumph of engineering — the engine perfectly tuned, the sus- pension superb, the body rock- solid, Bollard's car screamed out of the first bend, the controlled drift of the rear wheels sending a shower of cinders into the safety fence. A big, square- backed Packard was just ahead; Bollard drove straight at it. Three tons of solid iron and steel met in a tremendous im- pact; the Packard Stewed round land spun off the track . . . one rival was out of the race. Bollard slipped into second gear and hurled the car into the next bend. A bright crimson ma- chine ahead was hugging the inside. Bollard stamped down on the throttle and caught the tail of the car ahead just as it was entering the straight. It swung completely round and stopped dead in the centre of the track in a cloud of dust and radiator steam. *On went Bollard, ramming, bumping and spinning the oppo- sition from his path. Two cars were overturned; others were slammed out of the running. Four, five, six, seven . . . the track was littered with "dead" stock cars, all victims of the apparently unstoppable, unbeat- able car 009. There were now just four laps to go and of the eighteen cars that started, only five remained. Bollard grinned to himself; what .a triumph if he could knock out all the remaining cars I It had never been done before, but he was going to try ! A driver in front pulled in, to let the marauding V-8 pass. But Bollard drove straight at the ear, hit it amidships and over- turned it. Three cars left now, and four laps to go. Bollard raced on, taking the MAKING PROGRESS They had bought a car, and the wife had been having driv- ing lessons. "How are you getting on with your driving?" inquired a friend of the novice. "Oh, fine," she replied. "Yes- terday I went at fifty miles an hour, and to-morrow I really mean to try opening my eyes when I pass 'another car." Calling at a big London store,. a rich young businessman. asked to see the manager "on a prl. vete matter.” lie • emerged half - an hour later, beaming. And back home ;IA south America the following week he kissed his. beautiful fiancee and said .mys- teriously: "There'll be a big sus-. prise ter .you .• at Easter,. week before we are married." And there was*. The PIM de- livered to her house' en. Vaster egg so heavy that ,six men were, required to lift it. Made of spe- cial chocolate and lined with silk, this giant egg was nine feet high and eighteen feet round- It contained half. ton of' the. best confectionary, • wedding presents and something ..else that made the -bride-to-be really" happy—a costly trousseau which the young man had bought dur- ing his trip to London. The egg and its surprising contents had been insured by him for $10,000. At Easter, season of love and, romance, courtship and wed-, dings, lovers frequently give each other fantastic and yn11.1, able presents, One of the world's most won- derful gifts was given to an Eas- ter Day bride a few- years ,ago. It was an Easter egg on which. skilled craftsmen in Calcutta spent four months engraving pictures of the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Then it was re- turned to London where more • than $50,000 was spent filling it with sparkling diamond brace- lets, rings, necklaces aqd other jewellery. ' One of the costliest Easter gifts ever known was made in the kitchens of a luxury hotel in London's West End at the or- der of a wealthy German indus- trialist. He described it as his "love tribute" to his wife, a Gallows Cheating Disease often causes loss in the farm garden. Fortunately the vegetables grown are a di- verse group, from many diffier- ent plant families. Most diseases are specialized and attack only one vegetable or members of a related group such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli, For this reason ,it is unusual for a single disease to sweep through a whole garden. If such appears to be the case it is not likely the result of disease in the narrow sense but rather a soil or en- vironmental problem. * * R. J. Ledingham of the Plant Pathology - Laboratory, Canada Department of Agriculture, says good gardening practice is an important factor in achieving satisfactory freedom from di- sease. This includes such things as maintenance of soil fertility, rotation of the garden plot, use of sound seed, ,planting at' the proper time and eradication of weeds. * The treatment of garden seeds with a suitable fungicide has value in preventing seed rot, thus aiding in establishment of a good stand of plants. Spraying may be essential at times to control or prevent some particular disease such as the early and late blight of tomatoes and celery. ME RIEDER REM DPW MEOW EEE EDE, MEND COB ntin NEE RUUD OEHUEN INUOMDE MUM UNEU HEW PEEEE EMU MEM ERROL ©©©DE M EERDWE OWDM DEE MU WE MEOW DAD Ent! mow wilm DER EnEEE,MEW Rev. R. liarlarty Oarreu XL&, B.P. Brothers Reconciled 00404 32: 24-30; 33; f-4 fr•••,••••,...1. Memory $01eCtion: liven Christ forgave "you, so also ye, Colossians 3:13, Alter twenty yearS Han% Jacob started for his parental home with his wives, childrexil and flecks, Esau advanced to, meet hirn with 400 men Jacob was very much afraid, lie sent gifts of goats, sheep, camels, cattle and asses in droves in or- der to appease his brotheef wrath. But most important or all, he prayed. On his first night away from home God had revealed Him- self to Jacob in a dream, HM called the place Bethel, mean- ing 'The house of God. Now on. his way home he had another vs great spiritual 'revelation, II* called the place Peniel, mean- ing 'The face of God,' Through the hours of the night Jacob struggled with a man whom her called 'God' (Gen, 24: 30) and `The Angel' (48: 16). This Hea- venly One touched. Jacob on the thigh and his sinew shrank so that he ever after limped. But in his weakness Jacob said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me." The Angel said, "What is they name?" The reply was, "Jacob," which means 'heel- grasper,' so given from the in- cident at birth when he grasped his brother's heel. But it was a confession of his nature, too. lie had been a heel-grasper in get- ting Esau's birthright and bless- ing. Now his name was changed to Israel which means 'A Prince Of God.' His nature was chang- ed, too. In a later reference he says "The Angel which redeem- ed me from all evil." From this meeting Israel arose to meet Esau, He approached him very huinbly, bowing himself to the grOund seven times. "Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept." So the brothers were reconciled. We want peace in the world but we are not `always ready is humbly seek it in relation to our fellow men near at hand. We need to get right with God. We need to confess the sin in out nature and find cleansing in the blood of Jesus Christ. Then it is natural for us to forgive others and even to seek the for- giveness of those whom we have wronged. We exclaim with Dr. Jones, "I am so rich in forgive- ness that I can afford to dis- pense it prodigally to others." Drip; "Can you stand an your head?" Drop: "I wish I could, but I can't." ' Drip: "Why not?" Drop: "It's too high!" Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking later. If DDT is applied at the proper time, these pests can be destroyed before they have a chance to lay their eggs. • * These small, pale yellow flies with dark markings on their wings over-winter in the soil beneath currant, and gooseberry bushes. They,7,,emerge from the soil just', before blossom time arid the 'females lay eggs in, the newly formed berries. Eggs hatch into small white gruba which live- inside the 'settles. Their presence can usually be detected by discoloured 'blotches on the ,sideS of - the,fruit and many hearties ripen prematurely and fall; to the ground. Maggots leave the fruits soon after they drop to-the=ground and enter the soil to , a„,depth„of. one or two inches Where they develop and emerge as adults the following spring. - In the debate on the British Government's. Homicide Bill it was said that the intention was to make the law more humane and to remove some of the grim trappings which surround the death sentence and execution. And what grim ceremonial there used to be — the prison- er's thumbs tied before he stood to receive the judge's sentence, the coffin travelling with him in his cart, and the church bell tolling for him on the way to execution. Sometimes there were grim scenes before the -actual exe- cution. In 1803 when John Ter- ry was hanged at York for the murder of an old woman, he tried to jump from the ladder leading up to the scaffold. He was grabbed in time but it took five men to get him up on the platform. He struggled so much that they could not pinion his arms. Just before he was about to be hanged, he managed to cheat death a little longer by clinging to one of the uprights of the gallows until forced to let go. It is said that Mahon, who was executed in 1924 for killing his sweetheart, also tried to cheat death on the scaffold. Af- ter the hood and noose were ad- justed he tried to shuffle off the drop, but it fell before he was clear. A man who had better luck was young Lee who was due to be executed for murdering a woman at BabbaeOrnhe near the turn of the century. Three times he stood on the trap while Berry, the execu- tioner, pulled the lever, and three times the trap refused to drop open. After that the offi- cials intervened and young Lee was led away to await reprieve and the substitution of a sent- ence of life imprisonment. ON TRIAL — Arthur Miller, Pulitzer Prize' winning play- wright and husband of Marilyn Monroe, being tried in Federal Court, Washington, D.C., for refusing to tell. Congress the names of authors at Communist meetings he attended in 1939. ammmamothidopowfammmpoiNgalmool a a * Seine of the soil-borne di- seases attack a number of unre- lated garden crops, Generally speaking, these non-specialized diseases are the most difficult to control. The sclerotinia disease of celery, beans, peas, carrots, parsnips and lettuce is an ex- ample. This fungus may cause damage in the garden but most commonly it causes storage rot of the root crops such as carrots and parsnips. Crop sanitation and rotation are the best control measures for diseases of this type. * * Smut of corn sometimes be- comes a problem. Satisfactory control is achieved by removing the smut galls from infected plants and burning them befOre the spores have been shed. * There are several visas di- seases of vegetables. Yellowing, mottling and plant deformity are common virus symptoms. Several of the vegetables, not- ably carrots, are subject to "yel- lows". The older leaves become reddish or purple and from the carrot root, numerous line root- lets grow out. Infected carrots are low in quality and unsuit. -able for whiter storage. "Yel- lows" is spread by leafhoppers, hence adequate control of these insects aids in control of the di- sease. The advice of a specialist is usually needed to diagnose spe- eifie garden crop diseases and reeorrimend measures for their' control. But good gardening practices reduce the likelihood of serious diseases getting ea- tablished, * One of the chief lirinting lac- fora In the successful ptOcitic- fiat of currants and gooseber- ries in 'Many parts of Canada is the Currant Fruit Fly. It P. Richardson, Officer-in-Charge of the Entomology Field Station, says One pound of 50 'Per cent Wettable DDT powder in 100 gallons Of water, sprayed diet, Oughly': Ohl the bushes, will kill the Spraying, should be done When 80 per cent of the fruit has set and again' . ten ciayt, , * Effective control of the Straw- berry Root Weevil can be achieved through,the use of the chemicals Aldrin or Chlordane. " This can be dthieg•lay applying the chemicalS as a &1st 'to soil and roots before planting or as a spray to,,foliage before blos- soms open,„and again immedi- ately after harvest. These These light-hrown ,to black beetles cause a characteristic ragged appearance to the plant by chewing the edges 'of the leaves, The young weevils live - in the soil and ..feed on.and de- .4 stroy the fibrous roots and tun- nel into the crowns of the plant. * * a Defoliation and' a greyish blotchingA. the leaves of rasp- berry plants *are 'indications of " Spider Mite infestations. This pest can be cdritieffed by thor- oughly Sprayingt plants' with Ov- otran or Aramite just after the raspberry leaves open and again just before blossoms begin to open. One pound of the 50 per cent wettable Ovotran powder in 100 gallons of water or 2 pounds of Aramite, 15 per cent wettable powder in 100 gallons of water will give satisfactory control. STUCK! — It's a wise pooch that knows enough to keep away from 'a porcupine. "Cop- per," two-year-old Boxer, was not a Wise` pooch. He is now. The photo shows why. LEARNING TO WALK — Stricken months ago with a brain condition thatatadiedl coMplete,"pablysis, i'oy, a five- month-old Pekingese, is learning to walk again in this special hammock rigged by ct veterinarian. The special rig allows Toy to use his muscles. Thanks to the hammock, rubdowns and medical attention, the pet is expected to lead a normal dog's life eventually. ' "How about two of them?" asked the druggist of the man who was buying a toothbrush. "One 'for your wife?" "No, thanks, when I buy a new one, I give her my old one." Several other customers in the store gasped and then added, - ."She uses it .to clean her shoes."' a * * Spider Mite adults overwinter in trash or other protected places and Usually appear in the spring simultaneously with new ' - 7. Sun-shade 32. nepeat CROS SW OREY w 80..,WIal td oiq ttnvimal $nor tt 34..Cadgel 33. Spread to dry , 10. National bird 30, Doze 11. as of the air 37, Glutted 38, Worship 130. Turn 40,-Stable 43, Loliengrin's 4.60. D‘viltrhels I s inland 17. Perceive' 19. Inland elle noel it thank-offering for five years of happy marriage. He first ordered the chef to prepare sixteen Easter eggs, ex- act in" size and shape. Fifteen were for himself and his friends and business colleagues. The other was for his wife. It took* a week to, make her egg. Tiny crevices and nooks had to be made in the chocolate shell to accommodate jewels • worth $60,000; these in the form of diamonds were placed in a cabinet built in the egg's centre. The egg was then sealed with a final coating of chocolate. At breakfast on Easter Day the eggs were served to the in- dustrialist, his guests and his wife. Unsuspectingly, she broke the shell and the jewels cascaded on to the table where they lay sparkling amid the fragments of chocolate. At the Court of Napoleon III a' member fell so violently in love with *a vivacious young ac- tress that he vowed he would place his entire fortune at her feet at Easter. He kept his word by ordering a large egg which was delivered to the actress 'iri her dressing room. She thought it was a joke '---then gasped with astonish- merit arid delight when she found that the "yolk" Was com- posed of jewels .t,votth Next day he sent her another." %egg 80 plat•O that it contained a dez'eti "go'iteni fidgeIgew off hbhgers. 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