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The Brussels Post, 1953-11-4, Page 7UNDAYSClOOL LESSON By Bet R ttarelay Warren 13 A- B D Stronger Churches -Better Communities Acts 2;41-47; Philippians 1:21-30 Peter 9:44, 9.10 Memory Selection: Let your manner ox life be worthy of the gospel4of Christ, Philippians 1,27, It is always refreshing to read again tahe first chapters of the Book of Acts and catch the spirit of the early church, There was no caste system. After preach- ing for the first time in a cer- tain town church I was informed that the other church of the same denomination in that town was where the "upper" folks went. Well, there were no social dis- tfnetions, in the early church. All had been sinners and all had been saved by the grace of the same Savior, Jesus Christ, They were brethren. No fraternity or association has ever equalled the fellowship of the early church. They were a praying people. They praised God. There are many people like the -nine thews who can pray when in trouble '. but who forget God when. trouble is past. They pray but do not praise. The folk in the early church had emerged from darkness into light. They were consciousof their high calling and were eager to win others to the faith they enjoyed. We need stronger churches for better communities. But we must not think of strength merely in terms of wealth or numbers. Spiritual power ip not achieved by money. While every church is eager to add to its number, we should expect the prospec- tive member to ,give evidence of having repented of his sins and believed' on Jesus Christ to the saving of his soul. We have known of men to join church and strut to a front seat when most of the congregation were seated, — for business reasons, Such men are using the church rather than God using then in the church. We need the spirit of parith and power of the early chaeie -r'; We need it everywhere. If --a- are to see a purification fxAErh' our social evils, the church last be clean. Let us ask ourselves, "If every member were just like me, what kind of a church would my church be?" Let us pray, "Search me, 0 God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me In the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24, From the office of a memory training institution the follow- ing letter was addressed to a man who had taken the course: "Sir,—We feel gratified that you should have taken the trouble to call for the purpose of expressing your satisfaction with our memory system. "May we ask if you will be good enough to write us a letter stating the benefit you have de- rived from the completed course —with permission to .publish? "PS. --• Your umbrella and gloves which you inadvertently left at this office have been for- warded to you by parcel post." "MOs! clothes designers' aro men, dear. That's whyskhis are going HaIf.Cent Boost Caused Many Riots When tram fares go up in India, the balloon may go up, too. Blots In Calcutta over a half -cent in- crease in second-class fares went len for weeks, and continued even after the increase was suspended pending an investigation by an independent tribunal, Trams have been b o r n e d, bombs have been thrown, ten people have been killed - and police, unable to cope with the rioters, have relieved their feel- ings by beating up reporters and° Press photographers, Indian protests against unpopu- lar decisions are apt to take spec- tacular forms, About the same time that the Calcutta riots.were on, hours in Madras primary' schools were cutfrom five and a half to three.. Educational enthusiasts regis- tered their disapproval by squat- ting on the single-track railway Env when trains were due, It is not only in India that demonstrations "agin the Gov- ernment" may take embarrassing forms Even before the big French strike started, disgruntled.. wine -growers blocked the roads in the Herault department in 300 places, Forty thousand people turned out, led by their senators, Parlia- mentary deputies and mayors wearing scarves of office, They barricaded the roads with bar- rels of unsaleable wine, tractors and other farm equipment, and brought all traffic to a standstill. The object of the exercise was to try to make the Government buy the huge surpluses of cheap, rough wine that have accumu- lated during the last two years and turn them into industrial al- cohol. But as nobody would want the industrial alcohol any more than they want the surplus wine, the Government aren't keen On the idea. On a smaller scale, but even more intriguing in some respects, was a recent educational protest in Southern Italy. An attempt was made to abduct a school teacher whose pupils had failed to pass their examinations, Fish Give Warning • Of Earthquakes All over Japan catfish are kept —in homes, offices and munici- pal buildings to give warnings of any impending earthquake. At intervals the glass tanks are tapped. If the, catfish take no notice, all is well. But if they begin to swim swiftly up and down the tank it is a sure sign that there will be an earthquake in the locality within the next twenty-four hours. It is a strange fact that if the tank is not tapped the catfish give no warning. There had been a number of accidents at Prestwick Airport traced to the activities of gulls which distract and sometimes blind pilots. The solution was found by training falcons to attack the gulls. In a short time the air- port was cleared of them and, ao long as the falcons remain on the job, gulls will not return. Shipbuilding is even helped by goldfish, although training hardly enters into it. Before a new ship is built a small scale model is made and tested in special tanks. Obviously the mechanism of these models is extremely fine and delicate_ The water in the tanks is seawater and no amount of filtering will exclude algae and other minute sea creatures. Small as these are, they are likely to clog and damage the 'delicate machinery. So goldfish are given the run of the tanks before test- ing takes plate—and they eat the tiny creatures, It is well known that in forest- ry activities in Africa and India and particularly in Burma, where teak is found, trained elephants do as much heavy work as five tines their number of men. But few people realize the tremen• ' dous amount of hard` work done all over the world by the humble spider, Successful Operation - Catherine Anne (left) and Carol Mouton are the first Siamese twins to be successfully separated. The twins, born at Lafayette, La., were born joined at the spine. Their parents are Mayor and Mrs. Ashton Mouton, The girls are in excellent condition. Don't Drive 'Side -Blinded' The human eye has the ability to "sea" and recognise ejects on either aide while looking straight ahead. This is called "side vision." It h known that when you are *riving; this, ability rapidly decreases with speed. Pictures below are accurately,scaled to test data compiled by the Claims and Safety Department of the' Pacific Gas' and Electric Company, They ,show how you Ineer;'aide vision" at 30 and 69 miles;'pec _hour. nave you aver had a car suddenly appear IP front of you "from nowhere"? That car tome from' the shaded areas shown in second and third pictures below. Ever fall to see a traffic signal or sign? It was in the shaded area. Even though intersections maybe unobstructed, collisions can happen because both drivers might be in 'side. blind" zones where neither would notice the other, Protect yourself by looking from side to side instead of always gazing straight ahead. Normal"side vision" when not moving: (Usually 180 degrees or more,) At 30 miles per hour, "side vision" is,cut. in.half, (You now hove about 96 degrees.) At 60 miles per hour, you are, in effect, looking through a tunnel, (You now have about 42 degrees.) Harnessing spiders to work seems to have been going on since the dawn of time. There are tribes of natives diving on the coasts. of New Guinea, who actu- ally fish with spiders' webs. They catch the spiders -small ones no bigger than a threepenny piece—and imprison them in a hut where bamboo frames have been stretched. The spiders are placed on the frames and native "foremen" keep an eye on them. The final web, stretching six feet across, is strong enough to catch any fish up to a pound in weight, and has the additional advantage of being invisible un- der water. Every day between July and the end of September scores of girls are sent out into the fields • of Madagascar to collect spiders —big ones with three -inch -long bodies. These are imprisoned in Wood- en frames. Here and there, in the frames are openings smeared with a scent that attracts this particular species. For hours at a time these giants spin their webs from inside the frames to the outside of the openings. The ends are .carefully fastened to rollers and slowly rolled round them, Eventually the thread is woven into the famous Madagas- car shawls. Spiders even helped to win the last war. Threads from the Webs of the Dangerous Black Widow spider were used in range -finders and bomb -sights. British spiders have an export value. Every summer many American and Empire visitors make pilgrimages to the famous Bruce Cave in Scotland, the re- puted cave where Robert the Bruce was inspired by a spider to continue his fight against the ,English. Visitors buy spiders from the cave, hoping they are descendants of that most famous one of all. 'Nvrr z! Einstein was once asked what he considered to be the best for- mula for success in life, The author of the famous theory of relativity replied: "If A is success in life, then I would say the formula for success is-- A s—A equals X plus Y pltts Z, You see, X is work and Y is play" '"What is Z?" inquired the other, "That," answered Einstein, "is keeping your mouth shut." Son Was Hanged For Mother's Crime What would you say if you had spent nineteen years in jail on a murder charge- and then were proven completely inpo- cent?' Skeleton -thin he Bor- bisiero wept' when he heard he was to be freed from his life sentence this'year — and all the court wept with him. Carlo ,had been , deliberately framed on a murder charge by a local Italian police chief. Everyone in his village knew he was five miles away at the time of the crime yet they dared not speak under the fascist regime. The real murderer confessed to a prison priest who had to fight for seventeen years to get a new trial„ Acquitted at long last after Italy!s worst miscarriage of jus- tice of the century, Carlo was carried semi-conscious from court and now believes he has little' time to live. He is seriously ill with tuberculosis. "Itrnocent men are never 000- victed,". avrote an arrogant Mas- sachusetts prosecutor.. recently. Yet a Florida railwayman was actually on the scaffold with a rope round' his neck when it was discovered that the death war- rant mistakenly erdered the exe- cution of the jury foreman. In Alabama, Williaiii Wilson was condemned to death on a murder charge after his wife and daughter had disappeared. Bones were found on his farm b u t never clearly identified. The death sentence was commuted to life ,imprisonment _and Wil- son served years of hard labour betake the "dead''' wife turned up again. She, ' with' her dough- ter, had bean living with another man...•. Or , take , the case .ot - Negro, James Montgomery who actually seri>o'd• ttberity-foiir years of a life' sentence though innobeht,' on an assault charge involving an elderly,,. woman, IIe was at last freed - yet never „compensated — after it was proved that the prosecution had deliberately sup- pressed evidence Which would have -proved his innocence, •' In,Spain two men 'served eight year of.a life sentence for *tint- dering a shepherd and then one night" tlic'ir "victitn"' reported to the potter•, ' In Lisboii, pretty Louise Damasco• collapsed and died of shock after hearing her husband condemned to death, And well she might. For his in- nocence was proved and he was released from prison — though not until thirteen years later. It's often claimed that it couldn't happen, in Britain. But it was in the British Isles, in the days before southern Ireland was severed, that Charles McLough- lin was accused of murdering his father and sentenced to death. Through a lighted window a witness had seen .Charles, cov- ered withblood, struggling to lift a dead body from the' door. In the corner McLoughlin's mother crouched, watching the ghastly scene, Next day McLoughlin's father was found buried in a shallow grave near the house — and the imprint of Charles's boots led from the house. On the scaffold he was heard to say: "Mother, may God for- give you!" Twenty years later, old Mrs. McLoughlin confessed that she had killed her husband with an axe. Her son had come home un- expectedly, discovered the crime and tried to conceal it. But Charles McLoughlin preferred to hang rather than betray his mother. Red -Fated Cops As a large aeroplane winged its way from ZQew"Yale to Chicago, a sharp-eyed air hostess noticed that two tough -looking men am- ong the passengers carried guns. Quietly she told the pilot, who sent a .radio message ahead. When the aircraft reached Chicago, heavily armed police closed in on it, One of the de- tectives politely asked the two men if they would like a "lift" downtown. They accepted .and the police sped the pairto police headquarters, There they were asked t0 pro- , duce their, guns. Readily they did so, They also produced their identity cards, These gave the captors a shock. For one of the "toughs" was a captain, the other a lieutenant in the New York police force! Red-faced detectives 1 at e r drove the 'hair, with many apo10- gies, to their hotel, "It saved us the cab fare," smiled the two visiting police officers, "So you were In hospital ten weeks? Must have been pretty ill." "No, pretty nurser" TIILFAIN FRONT You poultry raisers have many things to contend with—high costs, poor prices and so forth,' But thank yOur lucky star that you're not trying to make a liv- ing from poultry in England — because Over there they have the Humane Sbefety to contend with teal * * * According to the New York Times, The English Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is vigorously fighting the cage laying system, because it is "unnatural," and thus "con- ducive to unhappiness among hens." The hen "becomes a mere egg laying machine" whose or- gans are "over -stimulated," the cruelty preventers claim: * A * They stirred up so much fuss that there's a lively debate go- ing on in the newspapers — and there may be a bill in Parliament, * * * Meanwhile, the Farmers' Un- ion, British national farm organ- isation, is fighting the poultry - men's battle. According to a Far- mers' Union spokesman, a hen likes to do nothing but lay eggs —"it's her crowning glory." Also, he points out, battery hens are healthier, they don't peck one another, they keep their feet dry ("and that's frightfully import- ant to a chicken") and all in all a battery hen's life is "no more unnatural than the life of a man and his dog in a London flat" * is 9 There's agreement en just one thing: battery hens do lay more eggs. * * a Ever troubled with eggs that have blood spots in them? Be- lieve it or not, the cause may be too much racket near the lay- ing -house. $ * * Washington State College sci- entists don't come right out and -say so, yet, but so far it seems to be true. * * * They ran some tests after Prof. W, J. Stadeiman noticed a big jump in the number of eggs with bloody spots while he was re- modeling a Laying house. At the same time, a nearby road was under construction. * * t After he was through remodel- ing, Stadelman got to thinking. To make sure he wasn't fooling himself, he made recordings of guns firing, road graders roar- ing, and other noises that hens might hear. Then he took his ma- chine into the laying house and blasted away with the recordings, r * a His experiment showed that the hens in the noisy pens did lay more blood -spotted eggs than other hens in a house without the distufbing noise, n * * It makes sense—scientists have" said before that blood spots can be caused when hens jump off high roosts, or give themselves a severe jolt of some kind. * Dr. Richard Ringrose thinks that he has the answer to why fall and 'winter -hatched pullet mature earlier and lay entailer eggs than spring -hatched bird*. It's due to the difference In day - length during their growing per- iod, he says. 4 - i P October -to -January birds, witle only daylight, make their earllr growth during short days. AW they approach maturity, days are longer, so they hve time to eat more. That's when they shoot On to faster maturity. w o I)r. Ringrose says that it's a good idea to put birds' en a 4 - hour day with lights as soon aaq¢ they're hatched. That way, they'd begin eating more right from the start, and mature more evenly. -0 * i' If you have a good market for broiler hatching eggs, particular,. ly Of the smaller sizes, then 11 may pay to give fall -hatched pul- lets no more than normal day- light and let them mature earlier, he says. But certainly it pays t4 give market egg producers that 14 -hour day immediately, `to get larger eggs, Clipper To Pleasure Boat Rolling and pitching in a green: hell, decks awash, sail ftappin crazily, typhoon winds howls about the rigging, the stern kick- ing at a black sky — this was the Cutty Sark . the Chins. Sea , . , this was training! "You're young, aren't you?" rasped the director. The recruit gulped. "Yes, sir," he said. "What 'experience have you had?" "I served my time in the Cutty Sark, sir." "What, under Woodget? And you're still alive?" -"Yes, sir. With Captain Woodget" The director of the P. & O. Company looked hard at hint for a moment, then told him the firm of tailors the company used. Irving was signed on. To -day, Captain Irving, at eighty - one, runs pleasure launches on the Thames. And the Cutty Sark? She is there also, tied up alongside the Royal Navy College at Greenwich , . quiet and still, far from the sav- Far Eastern weather, her bare mast and spars filled With Old Age and land -breezes — a train- ing ship for Merchant Navy offi- cers. "I can think of no better end- ing for the story of the Cutty Sark," writes H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, in an introduction to Alan Villiers' new book "The Cutty Sark," an exciting story of the sea. She was trying hard to impress her companion. "I'm looking forward," she said, "to celebrating my twenty- fourth birthday next week." Suggested her girl friend: "Aren't you looking in the wrong direction?" Plowmen and Cheese Lovers: Toa - With the° National Cheese festival in full swing this month, many FCpnadian' housewives are discovering that, the healthful dairy p iducl is t'h` . number one food at every,` meal, Dairyman J. .@s,- diets, 8l' * pion, centre, recognized number one plowman ant�iholderro , e World Plow- ing Championship already' knows; rktidW ' the 1 tein value of cheese, He is shown here tasting d lece of the,/ cheddar with the Minister of Agriculturer ;th,i4lonourable Pletcher S. Thomas, left. Odd &rout, Norway, • runner-up for the plowing championship, is at the right, Over 79. guests, including, repre• sentatives from 11 countries, c tt dreceived ,tWc, ounce pieces of cheese on behalf of the bairy formers of Cti of a farewell dinner for the World Championship Plowing (;firgani. to tion.