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The Brussels Post, 1960-07-14, Page 7The prophecy pf Amos was fttle. filled. With the advent of atom*. Weapons, we in Canada do not Joni so secure in contemplation, of another war. But as time goo •• on and no missiles strike our cities, we will drift into the sen4es of felee security which has char- acterized so many nations before; the day of destruction, Our memory selection is a „. warning against a false security in the spiritual sense. Many ere trusting in the spiritual bless,' ings in their fathers or indeed in their own previous religious ex-• perience. But, regardless of the • • past, let no man think he is on his way to 'heaven if he is glum like the devil, To yeild. to the .dc- sire for evil is to tempt .Christ. • and bring destruction unless it is followed by repentance and faith. The Christian life is a walk of faith, "Trust and obey, for there's no other way to be happy. in Jesus, but to trust and obey; UNDAYS01001 LESSON Alone and apart in the vast wit. ierness we'd share each other, and I'd hear about the bivouacs of the war. Once he round a supply cart that A cannon ball had fixed, and a whole load of flot.r sacks had been dumped in a slough There had been no effort at salvage, as the load looked lost. But Gramp had mixed flour and water for pasting Valentines and doing school cutouts, and he surmised that the wet flour would seal it- self off, This proved to be true, for when he broke open a bag he found the inner part was good. Company I therefore gained its own supply of excellent flour, and each night in the wilder- ness the smart aroma of fresh biscuits was wafted around, To demonstrate just how lucky this was, Gramp would mix up some biscuits there in the woodlot, shape them carefully, set them in a cut-open tin can, and bake them in a pail, He set the pail against our little blaze so it be- came a reflector, The moldy, leafy, rich flavor of a woodlot, with a tinkling brook and birds singing, was a place of miracles. Out of that pail came the best biscuits I've ever tasted, Another time, in the war, Gramp came upon some cavalry officers who had found them- selves a beef crittur. It was a comandeered cow which they had readily dispatched, but as cavalry men were all college graduates and city fellers (ac- cording to Gramp) they had no functional knowledge of what to do next, A Maine farm boy who never saw any meat his own farm hadn't produced was just what these cavalrymen needed, and Gramp was a trader. Ile agreed to cut up their find if they would give him the head. Gramp chuckled as he said, "I contrived to bring off, the head so it included the fore-quarters." Thus Company, I had some wonderful beef stews for a time, and in the woodlot Gramp would show me how to make a beef stew in a pail, the way he had done it in Virginia so long ago, I must add that Gramp's story has always left me dubious about the quality of the U.S. Cavalry, who stood around and let a farm boy dupe them out of the best stew meat, leaving them the steaks which, very likely, proved far less tasty. One of the most wonderful things Gramp taught me was how to build a fire in my hat. It is a simple thing, and basic. Keeping your matches dry, and finding kindling have been made into something of a major con- cern of those who cook out. Gramp had some kitchen matches that he'd dipped in beeswax, so keeping ,them, dry was no problem. They'd light under water, almost. Having them, there was little need for rubbing two sticks or striking flints. But all the fire-making do's and dont's I've ever heard fade to unimportance under Gramp's easy method. He'd put a bit of bark, some twigs, in his hat, then light them. His back kept off the rain if it was raining; the hat cut off the wind if it was .blowing. Then, when it was curl- ing up nicely, you'd dump the fire out on the ground, blow it a mite, and there it was! Add some sticks .and you can do about anything you can do at home. I guess you do have to have a permit; and I guess if you are a soldier now on "survival" you have to have a fishing license too, Strikes me interesting that people, today, get so much fun out of a fundamental, if simu- lated, wilderness experience. What we did with a pail and a hat has become big business. - By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. Novel Ways Of. Getting To -$.1opp.- New York's night dives have always done big business enter. taining sufferers from insomnia, Now they are protesting about the success of the "Sleep Cen, ire." This establishment was open- ed recently on Fifty-Fourth. Street by a Mr, Norman Dine, lie claims that he. lies .11wa0 at night dreaming up new ways to put insomniac New Yorkers to sleep, Ills :most popular line is the "vihrobed,"An. electric motor is connected to the bedsprings. and this gently vibrates the mat- tress and soothes one to sleep, Another device enjoying, fa. voer is the 0$1umberbur; this is a loudspeaker fixed to the top of the bed. From it issue whispering swishes, similar to the sound made by the tide receding dawn a shingle beach.. The "Lullapine" is for people with colds in their heads. It is a fan which blows a delicioes fragrance of pinewood across the bed, The smell makes one dreamy and clears the breathing organs. New York wives are making the greatest demand for an in- vention known as the "Turn Over, Darling," an anti-snoring device. 'With this best-selling gadget, the wife presses an elec- tric button under her pillow which sounds a buzzer under the snoring husband's pillow, It doesn't wake him, but it is loud enough to make him turn over-and that stops the snoring, An official of a Paris org.ani- HOW To tight A • Fire In Ypyr Hat • The increasing popularttY of the ,picnic and cook-out, •even camping, plus stories of the Mili- tary "survival" tests, brings cep, lain things into. mental juxtapo- sition and prompts the following remarks; I think the best yarn about the "survival" business was the time the soldiers got arrested, They gave the men a day's rations, dropped them over the "wilder. ness," and expected them to take care of themselves in simulated Wartime dire distress. These poor fellows suffered no greater dif- ficulty than explaining to a game warden the next day why they were poaching. There ensued a slight, embar- rassing and amusing tilt in which the military tried to claim immunity, whereas the game warden claimed merely a viola- tion, Afterward, they said they had to come to an "agreement", as to future tests. of this kind, and while "survival" tests in the rugged Maine wilderness con- tinue, we hear no more about poaching. My first cook-outs were done with Grandfather, who was a "survivalist" with a real record, On his eighteenth birthday he enlisted, and marched away with Company 1 of the 16th Maine Volunteers, a group which dis- tinguished itself across the gory pages of that part of our history. Of the 100. local "boys" who . marched away that day, only. five • ever returned - .most of them were spent, the rest went West to adventure and opportun- ity. And according to Gramp, his major activity in that war was to• feed his "comrades:" • This was before they invented "logistics," and the supply wag- ons weren't dependable. Even if the wagoners did negotiate the terrain, what they brought. had questionable merit. If it had been fit to eat in the first place, it might no longer be so, and be- sides, it might run • heavily to one item. Once ten wagons of turnips arrived together, a pros- pect not entirely greeted with a clamor of delight. So Gramp, feeling a responsibilty of some kind, undertook • the job of rounding out the fare. I would hear about this when- ever he and I took the logging rig and drove over to our wood- lot for some cordwood. We'd pack a big basket with food and gear - I was a schoolboy and we had 60 years between our ages. We'd kindle a little blaze against the ledge by the- spring, and nes!. •.Ottretae 'Warren. UA„. .1341). 41ro.ttn11111, Amos Warns Against 'false • Security, Amos, 0:14L Memory Selection; bet WM that thinketh he stencleth take heed lest lie fall, 1 Corinthians 1Q;1?, During the last war an expres- sion that gained wide usuage was, "It cant happen here." At first it was spoken in confidence, But with such events as the fall of Norway with the aid of Quis- ling from within and the stun- ning blow to the United States fleet at Pearl Harbour on a beau- tiful Sunday morning, the ex- pression, "It can't happen here," came to be spoken in a different tone. It was now spoken in irony to those who prided themselves in security. Men have received some rude awakenings from their sense of false security, In April 1912; the Titanic, the largest ship in the world, said to be unsinkable, sailed full steam ahead at night in an area where icebergs were known to be. Even when the ship struck one, the dance went on. Over 1200 of the merry travellers met their death in the briny waters of the deep. Amos said, "Woe to them that are at ease in. Zion, and trust in the mountain of Sumariae' It was a time of prosperity, lux- ury and sensual living. Amos pointed to other cities which had been destroyed but Israel did not heed the warning. They said in effect, "It can't happen here." But it did happen. The Assyrians invaded the land and carried most of the people into captivity. Tragic Drought In. Middle East In the 'long history of the Mid- die East, there are no more per- sistent factors than sun, heat, and lack of rain. Taken even at their best, these factors strike a balance barely tolerable to life throughout much of the area. When the winter clouds fail to release their store of rain, then the balance is destroyed. The margins of green shrink back and desert shows through where men had grown accustomed to seeing crops. This is drought. Right now it is writing a dread story more palpable to the peoples of the Middle East than political events which may make headlines. It strik es impartially, among Arabs, Israelis, and Persians. All over Jordan, wells and cis- terns have gone dry. Reports of spring and summer crops in Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Iran range from 20 to 50 per cent of normal. This is the fourth suc- cessive year of drought in the Middle East. Crop failure has become an accustomed story. PUPPY LOVE - His love of animals led Tony Canterbury, 9, to crawl through a narrow drainage pipe after he heard, these five part-coyote pups whimpering The pups had declined to come out of the pipe under a Leavenworth, Kan„ street inter- section, 'ROAM FRONT J "Can you automate a cow?" Two dairymen in San Bernar- dino, Calif., say, "Yes, and it's good business," Robert and Har- old Willis, with Los Angeles in- ventor Harry Cain, have built a certainly remarkable assembly- line milking system, which goes somewhat further in automation than most methods now in use. It's at Victoria Guernsey Dairy cn that city's east side. * • * Twice a day 300 cows board a rumbling conveyor belt. Noz- zles spray, gates clang, feeders feed, machines milk - and eight minutes later Bossie steps off the belt all washed, milked, fed. Why mechanize to this extent a process, that for centuries has been as down-to-earth as a three-legged stool? "It's faster, Cleaner, a n d cheaper than stall milking," says Robert Willis, Harold's father. "It's already paying off, after a year of operation, in reduced labor. It broke down once - and the complaints we had from our milkers about going back to the stall method!" With only 28 men and 180 acres of land for hay produc- tion as well as the dairy opera- tion, the firm grosses $500,000 a year, according to the Willises. In such a big operation, effi- ciency means profit - and auto- mation of cows means efficiency. * • * Science may be on the threshold of an important new discovery in the field of insec- ticides. Some chemicals made from petroleum, known as polybut- enes, show promise as insecti- cides for greenhouse crops, it has been disclosed. .* * • These synthetic materials ap- pear to kill insects more by physical than by chemical ac- tion. Their exact mode of action is not yet known, abut ehey ap- parently smother the eggs and young stages and trap the ac- tive forms. In addition, they appear to be safer to plants, animals and man than some of the insecti- cides and fungicides now being used. • A * Some insects and, mites have become resistant to several 'in- secticides such as DDT and para- thion that kill by poisoning. On the other hand, there are no strains resistant to physical kill- ers such as petroleum oil. In tests at Vineland, Ontario, polybuterie emulsions killed both the eggs and the active stages of spider mites and also the lar- vae and adults of the greenhouse whitefly, reports Dr. R. W. Fisher. Polybutenes are not yet avail- able as commercial pesticides. They are, however, extensive- ly used in caulking compounds, sealants and so forth because of their non-drying, water re- pellent properties. f New potatoes should be given the "kid glove" treatment, ad- vises L. F. Ounsworth of the Canada Department of Agricul- ture's Harrow, Ontario, Research Station. A delicacy in early summer, new potatoes are eagerly sought by consumers. Excessive skin- ning and, bruising, however, will discourage sales. , • • • Injury to the delicate, soft- skinned tubers can be avoided by adjusting the speed of the digger and by adding rubber shields to its links. At the same time, care should be taken in grading, packaging, shipping and retailing. Old potatoes are competing strongly in summer with new ones, owing to the use of sprout inhibitors and improved stor- age. Furthermore, packaged po- tato products, such as granules, flakes and chips, vie for their share of the shopper's dollar. * • • Mr. Ounswoeth warns that if early potatoes are to continue to find a ready market, they must be dug slowly, packed di- rectly from the mechanical picker into rigid containers, and given the gentle care of an ex- tremely perishable product until they reach the consumer's table. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking FS N SE3 a N V d M V O O N O V 3 N J. N O H a N $ d 0 3 1111111a_ 3 .1 N N n a a 3 N N N S I >r S a S O a O d V N V S V S a 4 a a V M N S 0 a a a N N I N a, a 0 a a V a O 0 N N OEM O V d DIVIDED STREET - A huge crack runs along a street in Puerto Montt, Chile, hilt hard by earth- quakes. Even the cows like the new system, say the Willises. They line up for "chow" and milking in groups of 60 outside the milk- ing parlor, move through a six- lane "steam bath" where 256 jets of water soak dirt loose, and the cows then gradually converge into a single lane at the entrance of the parlor, * Here's where the automatic gadgetry takes over. A feeder loads meal into a bucket mounted on the end of a moving steel arm; this swings down and fills the cow's trough. A gate opens in front of her; she spies her feed and moves for- ward; the gate clangs behind her her. Bossie steps aboard the mov- ing belt and begins eating. More jets of water strike her to com- plete the washing. Moving out of this second bath, she's ready to be milked. Starting her 107-foot, eight- minute ride, Bossie meets the first of two milkers, who claps the milking machine's vacuum cups on her. The machine swings along beside her On its own tracks. Snuggled below the ma- chine is a five-gallon jar, which slowly fills to about the half- way mark by the time cow and jar reach the end of the line, There a second milker removes the cups. Bossie clambers off the belt-line and ambles back to her corral, * * The machine and its laden „jar meanwhile bump against a switch that opens a valve in the jar. Milk drains out and is pump= ed to Victoria's creamery. An automatic steel arm then swings around, grabs, the milking- Ma- chine, and sends it scooting back to the front of the line like a department store.change box. * • What's the pay-off of this elaborate, $30,000 system of milk- ing? The pay-off is efficiency, say the Willises, who have been in the dairy business More than 20 years. With the conveyor belt they cat milk the whole herd in three hour's instead of nine hours by the stall Methed. CoWs get more rest between milkinga - more tithe to make Milk. zation for insomniacs declares that the only sure way to get a good night's rest is to follow a course prescribed by his insti- tute. The method is a series of muscular and breathing exer- cises aimed at relaxing the mind and body. It is claimed that a quarter of the patients who fol- lowed the course for fifteen minutes each night for two weeks achieved normal sleep. In Germany, there is an ever- increasing demand for the Wink- ing Light Panel, the invention of a Dr. Jacob Thiell of Frank- furt. It hangs from the ceiling above the bed, and the patient stares at the small electric light bulb set in its centre. The power of the light varies; one moment it is glowing dully, the next it gives an intense beam. The con- stant changing soon tires the eyes. No patient has yet been able to watch the light for more than two hours - sleep usually being induced after about fifteen minutes. A Signor Mario Pacelli, living on the outskirts of Rome, is find- ing a ready market for his "Scare-them-to-sleep Chart." It takes the form of a question- naire, The patients fill in spaces about money spent on clothing, foot, taxation, over a given per- iod," Its* inventor claims that the palle,ritssepon become so worried arAit,etiteir expediture that ex- haustion follows - and coveted eleep, In other countries, of cause, many insomnia victims . still put faith counting sheep, reciting poetry, repeating the al- phabet . . . but a novel method of felling asleep is suggested by Cyril Brackett, of Dehtnark Hill, South Lendon, clainis that if you sit over a glowing brasier fire on a cold night - no power on earth can keep Yott awake. Cyril ought to know -.- he's a night watchirien! NOT 13-A-A-A-D - Merino ram at Sydney, Australia, has some- thing to bleat about. He brought the equivalent of $19,500 at auction, said to be a record price. Merino wool forms the larger portion of Australia's wool market - its largest primary industry, There are three classes of wo- men: The intellectual, the beau- tiful and the majority. MAN'S UTOPIA - Boy climbing pole symbolizes man's carefreb status in East Pakistan. The women are the bread-winners; the men occupy, themselves in card playing and fishing. The noun- try's gypsy families live on boats like those in the background, moving from village to village to %trade in snake skins and other oddities. 9. Make more 33, Withered, 10. American 36. Vi:iii.) compact author 88.11oldIng 11. Anarchist in bridge 17. Regretti 40. Vexes 19. Electric 4.1. Clip catfish 45. Sacred 22. Send bayment image 24. Dark rod ... 46. Walked pigment Wearily 25. `whirl 47. Mother 26, lixhort chickenr •• 27, SubstantlYe 48. Raven's note 28, Court decision 49. Native metal 29. inhabitants 50 Fairy gluten CROSSWORD. PUZZLE 4. Angel 2. Football field 6. S wort tor u man's Milne 7. Horse fodder S. Destroyed shin ACROSS 1. Boistinclos thee 5. Int'etiSity of color Auto 12. Not anyone, 13. ntrlid 14. Poem 11. Energetic person , 16. Detaine d ships ttr.port 18, Vortvard 20. Fly befOre' • the *Ind 21. Brace 23. Chief t litibere tit Shinji 29, Not allotted 10; Crisp cookie 31. Mahogany Streak 32, Rounded tOtite 34. Stitity runner -85. 25, WetifithiS' 27,11tither 39. Insert 41. Wheel covering 41; E010 poem . 44. Highest potnt 48. 12xtend Land rnertetire 82. Curve 53. Waterfall ' 114.11ticcOon 0--'55. Tiny es. springs' 07. Ilernriante DOWN 3. 11ntritden 2.1-.1. 3. Afreshradian tree 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 14 12, 13' tee eel? 15 16, 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 4i? 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 60 Si "A Mail remains wise as long as be seeks wisdom," says pro- fessor. The moment he thinks he has fetInd it, he becomes -tool. 4%* eee• 52 53, 54 biON't GO NEAR T I E SWANS Summer tight-003 inclined to pet pretty tWatte thablit fake note Of Ildity traern'i eXpetiehee With this line at Lake Wiry MettiOrictl,Gardent, Harry had the kindly intention of feeding tOrrie bread to M.S. Swan and her two babies (cygriets)e For his pent, hit Wag clidsecl by hisshig-, -snapping dad. 55 56 57 526 ••Aheeeet elsewhere oil this :page. ses 1860