The Brussels Post, 1961-03-23, Page 3Re O Revealed
By The Plough,
On a windy hillside ill this
delectable tenuity of Sussex, a
111.111Citlil of vaeationerst soon will
be spending their time trying to
find outa little more about the
sort of life people lived on. that
'
• spot seventeen hundred years,
ago. EOr just cloee to the ancient
village of Bignor, with its half-
timbered,' thatched houses and
six-hundred-year-old groe c is
shop, which is approached. by a
flight , of stone steps, there lies
something far more ancientr-the
remains of a Roman villa, •
• The first hint of what lay un-
der the soil came on a July day
a hundred and fifty years ago,
when a farmer was ploughing
on the hillside, and his share
struck something hard under the
surface. He dug down to find
out what it was and came an a.
piece of Roman pavement, its
.colors bright after fifteen cane
Wriest
Fortunately Farmer Tupper
realized the importance of his
find. He stopped ploughing and
sent for an expert. When the
piece of pavement had been ex-
emined, digging, started, and it
went ..on for eight years, uncov-
ering more and more wonderful
mosaic floors, •
They were buried under four
feet of earth, soil made and add-
ed to by falling leaves, the plants
that had flourished and died, as
the seasons came and went since
the fall of the Roman Empire.
When the earth was removed,
the lower parts of walls were.
discovered, following the course
of the pavements and revealing
them as floors of different sized
rooms.
In order to preserve the beau-
tifully designed tesserae, the
farmer collected the stones which
were revealed to be strewn
• about eVerS7where under the soil,
as the original buildings had
fallen down, aril rebuilt the walls
with the same materials that the
Roman builders had set piece.
-upon piece when the. Emperor
Hadrian ruled Britain. Then he
added thatched roofs to keep out
the weather.
• For the first time since the
fourth century when the Legions
hurried home to try and avert
the fall of Rome, the villa floors
glowed clean. and shining, as
they had when they were last.
scrubbed long ago-by slaves.
Underneath {hem was discovered
a vast central heating system of -
charcoal-heated h.ypoca.uste,.
Later it was established that .
the villa had originally been a
huge place of about sixty rooms,
built round a great rectangular
courtyard, and that the whole
estate of four-and-a-half acres
had been completely surrounded
by a wall, It is believed now
that this was a home and a
thriving community for quite
300 years..
Along the shoulder of the bill
above the villa, and guarded by
yews and junipers., runs Siam
Street, the Roman road from
Chichester to London,‘ here 'a
great green track over 90 feet
wide-the broadest Roman road
in existence. From it, through
the. trees, a. track still sweeps
down toward the valley and then
upward 'to the villa-the old way
along which the chariots and
horsemen, serfs and pack ani-
mals Caine to this great house on
the edge of the downs, writes.
Marjorie Niebett in the Christian
Science Monitor.
Already the stables have been
located, and the hot air bath.
This, with a portion of it's fine
pavement, lies toward a corner
of the site, with a two-tempera-
ture plunge unearthed beside it, .•
The chief summer room of the
house, cooled with a pool in the
centre; the heated winter dining
room, with a wonderful nave,
ISSUE 12 - 1961
The first peoph• f saw in
Nigeria had come eta of a bus.
The bus had it name painted on
it • . and it was in a ditch by
the side of the road with a creep-
er of bright red flower tangled;
in the bundles tied to the lug-
gage rack. The pessengers were
eeettered in cheerful family
groups over the road, Some of
them hack their cooking pots and
were fryine up the bananas and
stew they had carried with ,them;
some of the men were chatting
together, and several had settled
themselves; comfortably to sleep.
Everriserly seemed pleased to
see our car, and one of the cools-
ine women pressed a banana on
me, The bus would be there two
hours, three hours, or perhaps a
day er so, she said, It depended
on when the men from Mamfe
came to drag it out of the ditch.
We tried to edge past the bus*.
carefully-because we bad seen
further back. the burnt-out wreck
of a lorry which had got too
close to the ride of the road, and
rolled over into the trees down
the bank. Several of the bus
passengers woke up or left their
food and lined the side of the
bank, testine the mild, pushing
at .our wheels, and telling us to
an inch how near the ditch we
could go,
We were on our way from
Bamenda in the Cameroons to
Calabar in East Nigeria. Mostly
we had. travelled on the worst
road I had ever seen, It was nar-
row and twisting, and open to
one way traffic only, the direc-
tion of the. traffic changing on
alternate do-gs, During the Rains
One day each week was reserved
by the Public Works Depart-
ment for running repairs. But
even so the ruts in the road were
deep enough to make ordinary
English sedan ears snick with
their wheels hopelessly turning
Inches above the hard surface,
The ears that can manage these
roads are Continental, American,
or best of all, long wheel-based
Land Rovers with Tone wheel
drives to get . them out of the
worst mud patches. In a Frendh
ear we got through, but at the
end of the journey our exhaust
pipe had been knocked off and
was tied to the roof-rack and we
had also stuck four times be-
tween Mamie and Calabar, But
this did not matter much because
even the empptiest bit of jungle
miraculously produced a crowd
of people within a minuteetier so
to help push us out... ,
It was 'a good way of com-
ing into•Nigeria.„ For most of the
journey the road was a 'narrow
track through very dark,- very
dense forest with tall straight
trees, almost hearse:Mess, but
PHOTOGENIC - Lilly, c 450-
pound hippo, gives out with a
heap of ho expression. The ani-
mal was sold by the NeW
York. Central Park Zoo to o*
circus.
INKY SCI1001
LESSON A A.,00
/try, ParelaY Warreit
Jesus Gives Ills Life
John 19: 17-24, 28-39,
Memory Seleetion: an' this
good shepherd; the good Shop*
herd giveth his life for thiet
sheep.. John MU,
'Chapters 13 is 19., nine in all,
of the 21 chapters of the ,Gospett.
as recorded by Si. John, are den
voted to the last 24 hours of out
Lord's life before His death ort.
the cross. Why such detailf
Examine the biographies of the
world's great and no where else
will you find a biographer de•.
voting so much space, in feet,
more than a quarter of the book
to the last day of the man's life:
What is the explanation?
The death of Jesus Christ has
very special significance. The
Psalmist and the prophets, parti-
cularly Isaiah, had spoken of it
centuries. before. As our title
states, "Jesus Gives His Life:"
The men who came to take hits
in the garden fell to the ground.
at his word. (18:6), He said, "I
lay down my life, that might
take it again. No man taketh
from me, but I lay it down of
myself." Why did He give him-
self to die at the age of thirty-
three?
To answer this question
'thoroughly calls for a study of
the whole Bible It is especially
clarified in the Book of Acts, the
Epistles and the Book of Revela-
lien. Man through disobedience
in Eden fell from the state of
innocency. He no longer enjoyed
fellowship With his Creator. He
was now sinful. Jesus Christ,
God's Son, same to pave the way
for a reconciliation. He came as
a man to save men, He• had no
sins of His own. As man's re-
presentative He bore our sins in.
His own. body on the cross, We
are saved from our sins when
we repent of them and believe
on Jesus Christ, We are saved,
by His Grace,
"Were the whole realm of
nature mine,
That were an offering far too
- small,
Love so amazing, 'so divine,
Depends my soul, my life, my
all." .
We may have salvation
through faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ. 7
Obey the traffic signs - they
are placed there for Y 0 IJIt
SAFETY,
Ali, SPRING - Knorke, a go-
rillo in •the Berlin, Germany,
zoo, seems to be waiting for
the vernal equinox. He receiv-
ed the flowers on his fifth
birthday.
meat .and art apsidal end, used
also ao a e0111t1'00111 for dispense
lag tisitee; and the RolLan own-
er's heated study, the floor laid
in amazing geometrical designs
by. Greek eraftsmenseetheee all
speak of the busy life that must
once have pulsed through the
,,not that now lies so quiet.
Most evocative of all are: the.
things found as the diggers laid
bare wall • footings And pave-
ments. The gold ring that once
flashed proudly en a finger, the
bracelets, the ivory pins used to
fasten gown and cloak, the coins,
.the gray-ware mixing bowl, the
pottery dish in which so long ago •
puddings Were baked. • •
What will they find this East.,
er? A pavement, perhaps, crack-
ed by the thrusting roots of a
tree which began as a bird-
planted acorn two centuries ago.
Or a breath-taking design, mar-
rest in the middle by someone
driving down a ,fencing-post back
in the days of great wigs and
sedan chairs, Perhaps something
quite perfect and .wonderful,
brought into the light of day
again after centuries under the
rich, dark mould.
Whatever it is, the c.ackoo....will
call across the valley, the rich
gold of primreees be there for
the finding among the hazels, the
- lark will rise from the green •
turf, singing; and from Stare
Street, above, there will be the
glimpse of the sea sparkling in
the spring sunshine un-
changed from days when the
Romans. first climbed the hill to
plan the 'building of their villa,
long ago.
Time To Order
Garden Seeds
While perennials are the back-
bone of the flower borders, most
people look forward to growing
many of the lovely annuals each
season, and now is the time for
ordering seed,
Annuals add. color and variety
to the garden. With a little plan-
ning and their long blooming pe-
riod, one can have an abundance
of flowers all summer and into
the autumn.
Use them lo fill gaps in the
perennial border, in front of
shrubs, or in among newly
planted shrubs which are small,
Plant them among bulbs to hide
the fading foliage of tulips and
daffodils, or around bleeding,
heart, oriental poppies, and other
I early-blooming p ants,
For making gardens in new or
anted homes, anD11.414
wise choice. They will bloolii in
six or eight weeks from seed
and continue all summer,
The seed catalogues are such
fun, that exercising restraint is
difficult, If the resulting garden
is to be a joy an.d not a burden,
however, thoughtful planning is
a must. We need to select vari-
eties that do well in our location,
In the South are hot, dry sum-
mers. In the North we need
quick flowering. A definite color
plan and only a few types of
flowers massed for effect and in
blending tones are usually better
than miscellaneous mixed colors
and too many kinds.
Annuals are classed as hardy,
half - hardy, and tender, The
hardy can be sowed as early as
the ground can be worked, Sweet
peas, cosmos, larkspur are hardy.
Half - hardy annuals, such as
snapdrhons, should not be
planted in the open until after
the lost spring frost date for the
locality; and tender annuals,
such as zinnias, must be planted
only after the soil is warm.
If you have no book showing
average spring and autumn frost
dates for your region, ask your
nurseryman or agricultural ex-
tension' station what your dates
are.
In the front of most seed cata-
logues are the new flowers for
the season, Seeds of 'these may
be more expensive, but it is re-
freshing to try a few new kinds.
WW1 'teetotal% of c4414per 144uif.t ing
frt*in tlttrlr. 'v'istlting Mrs trs*
tni to push its way up into the
sun above tree levels and after a
Unto I wante ci to stn. the sun too.
• Very occ%ozionallY there was
valour in the dark Men.
flame-coloured flowers, or. Waves
striped with white, ,
But nothing worse than stick.
lug in the mud happened to us,
and the maehets we saw were Olt
waved at us in the most friendly
way-From "Nigeria: Newest
Nation," by Lois Mitchison,
Hide AU Your
ShinyArticles rticlos
People who visit a large .-
trich farm in South Africa are
usually asked by officials to hide
all shiny articles they play have
brought with them.
This is 'because ostriches might
otherwise gabble them up. • Os-
Welles are used to swallowing
bright pebbles which help them
digest their n01(1114 food and
they find visitors' rings, brac-
elets, .watches, buttons and epee-
tals-rs irresistible,
While in' the Kalahari desert
of South Africa, traveller and
novelist William J, Makin re-
ported that twenty large and
small diamonds were found in
the stomach of one ostrich which
had been allowed to wander
freely with his companions over
the diamond fields,
Mr. Makin reported that the
ostriches often swallowed dia-
monds to assist their digestion,
preferring the gems because of
their hardness Or because they
were naturally attracted by their
brilliance in the rand,
The South African government
claimed that since the• ostriches
had taken the diamonds from
the fields, they were the -prop-
erty of the state.
A large number of coins weigh-
ing more than four pounds and
worth $10 were found in the
stomach of an ostrich which died
in the Buenos Aires zoo. And . a
London Zoo ostrich's stainach.
yielded two shillings' worth of
coppers, a bangle, several pieces
of silver, jewellery, glass, a
watchechain and a glove, as well
as smaller articles,
Ostriches still give us many
everyday articles. Their tough
leathery skins are made into
handbags, shoes, wallets, belts,
gloves and even Bible and other
book covers,
And their bones, when Milled,
yield a good-quality bone meat.
In fact, South African breeders
pride themselves on using ev-
ery part of their birds, except.
their brains.
Gaiety ,girls, -flaunting gor-
geous ostrich plumes, created
huge business for ostrich farms
in Edwardian days, and feathers
fetched prices as high at $500 a
pound, which often worked out
at $750 a feather, •
Nearly a million ostriches were
farmed in one district alone, But
to-clay, the feather price has.
slumped to below $30 a pound,
and the same district supports
no more than 50,000 birds,
When fully, grown an ostrich
could easily beat champion run-
ner Herb Elliott. Within seconds
the bird can reach 40 m,p,h, and
keep it up.
A single kick from an ostrich.
could kill a_ man,
Curiously, the male ostrich.,
though ill tempered and resent-
ful . of .humans, is thoroughly
domesticated. Under the female's
eye, he builds the .nest and sits
on the eggs for the first five
days,
After that:. the female sits by
day and father by night, That
goes on foe' forty-two days, until
the eggs are` hatched,
Orators. in. Grandpop:s day
used to say that history is at the.
crossroads. Now we're at a
cloverleaf,
Chace steere . in Toronto and
$23 for the same grade at Cal-
gary." • •
The potential capacity to pro-
duce on the North American
continent was still tied basically
to the carrying capacity of the
Western rangelands. Grass was
a lithiting factor because "every
piece of beef starts out as a calf
and cow on grass."
Analysis of two sigMficant
facts in the, beef cattle industry
-the limitations of grazing
lands, and' the growing- demand
for beef arising front the rapid
growth in human population-
- indicated a basically favorable
situation.' -
4 • 4,
There were 6,764,196 hogs
graded in 1960, a drop of 1,804,-
021 from the near-record 8,568,-
217 carcasses graded the previ-
ous year.
Canada Department of Agri-
culture figures show that on a
national scale 30.5 per cent were
Grade A. It was the highest per-
centage of Grade NI since 1951
when the fignee stood at 31.3
per cent. In 1959, the percentage
of carcasses grade A. was 29.5
per ceht.
*
Elgin Senn, chief of the grad-
ing section, Livestock. Division,
said that the percentage of Grade
A's has risen slightly each year
since 1954.
In 1946 the percentage of
Grade A hog carcasses rose to
an unprecedented 32,4 per cent,
In 1954 it fell to 26 per cent.
Mr, Senn states one faCtor may
have influenced the picture in
1960. "It's the first full year
we've had since A and B grades
were altered on October 5, 1959,"
he said, "At that time the
mum weight for Grade A hogs
was dropped five pounds while
the back fat measurements were
tightened slightly,"
In any case, the number of care
easses graded A is increasing
slowly and with the change in
the payment of the Federal Gov,
eminent premiums :Nein $2.00 on
A and $1.00 on B grade to $3 00
on A grade, a further improve-
ment in 1961 is anticipated.
.MOST EMBARRASSING
Iii Miami, Florida, blonde,
freckled Marjorie Curry from
Washington, D.C., bought a new
bathing suit, wore it in the
water and sued the store for
$5000.
The reason:: The suit got so
transparent when wet, claimed
Marjcrie, that people could count
all of her freckles, causing her
"embarrassment and humilia-
tion,'
•- - •
Where the- pioneer once blazed
the trail, his descendants now
burn up the :toad.
Domestic disappearance of beef
cattle, averaging 38,700 head
weekly in 1960, set an all-time
record for Canada, reported
Ralph N, Bennett, Canada De-
partment of Agriculture.
He said the long-term picture
of the industry ;can hardly be
anything but bright."
Total marketings in 1060 of
2,465,000 head were nearly seven
per cent higher than in the pre-
vious year, Alberta accounted
for 33 per cent of the total out-
put, Ontario 30 per cent and
Saskatchewan 19 per cent,
Inspected slaughter of cattle
totaled 1,942,000 head, an in-
crease of 11 per cent over 1959.
* *
There was a dramatic rise in
the marketings of Choice grade
cattle, he pointed out. In 1960
the weekly average was nearly
11,800 carcasses, or 32 per cent
of the total kill. Mr. Bennett
called this figure startling when
compared with 2,450 Choice
grade carcasses, one,11,1 per cent
of the kill ten years ago.
*
The increase in Choice grade
reflects the improvement in cat-
tle and growth of the cattle
feeding iriclUStPy in Canada, Mr,
Bennett stated.
The greatest increase in. Choice
and Good grade cattle during
1960 has taken place in Alberta,
where marketings totaled 430,000
head, about 55 per cent of total
deliveries.
* *
He said that human popula-
tion in Canada was climbing
steadily but cattle numbers had
not increased much in the past
five years, The cattle total on
December 1, 1955 was almost
10 million. fast December 1,
it stood at 10J/ million, an in-
crease in five years of nine per
cent or an average of 1.8 per
cent per year. During the same
five-year period, the human
population rose from 15.7 mil-
lion to 18 million, a 13.5 per cent
boost, or an average yearly gain
of 2.7 per cent.
0
Predominantly, Canadian cat-
tlemen Were on an export econ-
omy With their fortunes linked
very closely to those of Amen-.
can cattlemen. In 1060 Canadian
cattle exports to the United
States were about 10 per cent
of total marketings - much .e.ets
than the 655,000 live cattle and
53 million pounds of beef ship-
ped in the peak year of 1953.
That shipment was the equiva-
lent of 760,000 cattle or 28` pee
cent of the total marketing,' for
1958.
*
1-to noted a decreasing supply
of boneless beef and an eveloins
creasing demand for this pro-
duct.
A decrease in the number of
dairy cows ill the past 25 years
had meant fewer canners and
'cutters f .01* slaughter. "M" grade
carcasses in the 1960' inspected
kill totaled. 118,000 or 11 per
tent.
Artificial insemination was re-
ducing the number of bulls in
Canada. In 1060, the numbei of
carcasses in the "C" grade to-
taled 63,013 or a little more than
three per cent. The 1948.51 aver-
age was appeexiniatety five pet'
cent. • #
Cattle prima at the year's end,
he said, Were "about $25 foe
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