The Seaforth News, 1958-05-08, Page 9/vc GREEN
THUMB
4 Gordon Smith •
There have been some mighty
changes in garden varieties in the
last 25. or 50 years or so.
At one time, for instancethere,
was net hope of growing garden
corn or tomatoes, or melons or
petunias or ever; asters in_many
Parts of Canada.The season was
too short. Before these things
were ready to eat or bloom along
would come the first frost and
that was that. But now, thanks
to the continuous work of the
plant breeders, we can grow them
and enjoy them.
Ten to twenty days have been
lopped• off the ti m e necessary
from planting to harvest of
garden corn in the last few dec-
ades and there has been the same
hastening of maturity for melons,
tomatoes and many of the flow-
ers. In the seed catalogue will us-
ually be found the number of
days it takes from k l a n ting
to
maturity or flowering for every
variety listed. By studying these.,
periods we can fit all sorts of
new things into our garden. We
can plant feasts and bouquets to
come along continuously from
early summer to frost. And ex-
perienced gardeners go a step
further. Not only do they hasten
the season by planting the very
earliest varieties but they extend
it also by using medium and late
sorts and by making at least two
plantings two or three weeks a-
part of all varieties,
Sig Showy Annuals
Of particular advantage to the
person with a brand new garden
or the one with a large area to
landscape, are the big showy,
• quick growing annuals. These
can be used in the place of perm-
anent shrubbery which will riot
be full grown for several years.
They also have a real place of
their . own in large gardens for
backgrounds, f o r the r e a r of
large flower beds and for big
showy beds of their own at the
side and rear of large lawns.
There is much material from
which to choose and a wide
gauge of colours. Heights run
*, brom four feet•to over twelve and
)iidts in circumference in pro-
portion, where soil conditions are
good and the climate moderate.
C3rowth is amazingly fast.
Canadian seed catalogues al-
ways List the height of flowers
send this with the time and col-
s= of bloom are the essential
lads necessary in selecting the
Itig showy annuals. Some of 'the
best are as follows: Fig leaf hol-
lyhock or Althea ficilolia, height
5-6 feet with yellow and orange
flowers starting in late June;
Spider plant, deems, 8-4 feet,
Sdwering from late July or early
August, pink, white and greenish
yellow; cosmos, pink, orange,
white and crimson, 3-5 feet, from
late July to frost; garden sun-
flower, 10-12 feet, yellow, bronze,
August to November; mallow, 6
feet,' big rose red flowers, large
leaves, July to September; cas-
ter. bean, 10-15 feet, huge leaves,
purple maroon flowers, June to
September; giant salvia, 3-6 feet,
July to frost, brilliant red.
Hedge Care
Pruning is a most important
step in the maintenance of an
evergreen hedge, says John
Walker of the Dominion Forestry
Station at Indian Head.
Pruning is seldom required
more than once a year and only
light pruning rather than shear-
ing is needed to keep the hedge
compact. This will encourage
new growth from lateral buds.
Evergreen hedges are best
pruned in late July or early Au-
gust. If pruning is carried out
-then there is still time for fresh
buds to mature and be condi-
tioned for the production of new
shoots the following spring.
In pruning, the hedge should
be kept narrow at the top se
that sunlight may reach needles
at the bottom and keep them
green and healthy. By careful
and timely pruning as described,
a very compact and attractive
evergreen hedge can be devel-
oped and maintained at low cost.
Such a hedge can be a valuable
asset where winters are rela-
tively long.
PIRTHDAY ISSUE -Pakistan has
Issued the expensive stamp,
above, to mark the second an-
niversary of her status as a
republic of the British Common-
wealth. The i5 -rupee valuation
is equivalent of about $3.1 5 in
eur currency.
LIGHT WORK -Two policemen are erecting a plug-in traffic
light at an intersection In Oldenburg, West Germany, Currently
being tested in the city; the signal is held' upright and supplied
with power through the small opening in the street. Plugs at
important intersections permit rapid installation of the portable
lights' when needed, as during rush hours.
Explorer's `Donkey' Jungle Sensation
As a youngster Harry Johns-
ton had none of the usual school-
boy ambitions. His friends had
set their minds on becoming en-
gine drivers, Test . cricketers,
generals, firemen and explorers.
But Harry's aim in life was
unique: he was determined to
seek and find a unicorn!
A few years later Philip Henry
Gosse, a leading British natural-
ist, published his book, "The Ro-
mance of Natural History", in
1860, Harry Johnston came across
it. He read it avidly, In one of
the chapters Gosse discussed the
possibility of discovering strange
new animals in the unexplored
forests of Central Africa. He sug-
gested that the mysterious uni-
corn might be found there.,
This fired young Harry's ima-
gination andhe resolved to ex-
plore this unkonwn part of
Africa when he grew up and try
to find the unicorn.
Schoolboy ambitions are often
forgotten, but Johnston stuck to
his and in due course became a
distinguighed explorer and ad-
ministrator in Africa. After
twenty years of serving in vari-
ous colonies, Harry Johnston was
knighted and, in 1899, appointed
Consul General for the Uganda
Protectorate.
Up to that time his explora-
tions had been confined mainly
to coastal regime, but this ap-
pointment would take him right
into the little-known heart ot
the continent. Before setting out
he made a point of calling on
the great explorer Stanley, who
advised him to make a trip to
the Ituri Forest in the neigh-
bouring Belgian Congo. Stanley
was sure that in this vast forest
were to be found animals as yet
unknown to science. He mention-
ed specifically a kind of donkey
which the Ituri pygmies trapped
in pits. It was said to look like
a cross between a zebra and a
mule.
Could this, Johnston wonder-
ed, be the unicorn that had occu-
pied his imagination for so many
years?
For some time his official
duties prevented him from mak-
ing an expedition to the Congo,
but early in 1900 an opportunity
presented itself. His troops res-
cued a band of Congo pygmies
who had been captured to be
put on show at the forthcoming
Paris Exhibition, They remained
as Sir Harry's guests until he
could complete the necessary ar-
rangements for their journey
back to the Ituri Forest. He plan-
ned to accompany them on their
return.
Here was an excellent oppor:
tunity to find out something of
the animal life there, and, des-
pite language difficulties, he was
able to ggt confirmation of the
existence of Stanley's "donkey."
Yes, 'they did catch it in pits. It
was partly striped, and had big
ears like a mule. Their name
for it sounded like "o'api".
It was an exciting moment for
Sir Harry whenhe set off on
the first stage of the journey
which he hoped would lead to
the discovery of the unicorn.
Having handedoverthe pygmies,
he found the Belgian officials
very ready to help by providing
him with guides for his journey
into the forest.
They -confirmed the existence
there of a strange animal. They
had even eaten of its flesh, ,but
none of them had ever seen it.
From what the pygmies had told
them, they imagined it to be
more like an antelope than a
horse.
Sir Harry, however, was con-
vinced that the animal he was
looking for had uncloven hoofs
like "a horse. This conviction
probably cost him a chance of
seeing a specimen in the forest,
because on the second day out
' his guides pointedexcitedly to
a series of very fresh footprints
in some loose sand. They were
the prints of a cloven-hoofed
animal, and in spite of the na-
tives' repeated assurances that
they had been made by an o'api,
Johnston ignored them and push-
ed on.
A day or two later the party
halted to rest in a forest village,
and it was there that Johnston
held in his hands the first tan-
gible evidence of his elusive
quarry's existence. Many of the
men were using pieces of a very
unusual type of hide as bando-
liers for their shotguns, It was
striped black, orange and white,
Johnston's immediate reaction
was that this was the hide of
a hitherto unknown kind of
zebra, but the natives told him
that it came from the o'api, the
animal they trapped in pits,
On the return journey no fur-
• ther signs were encountered, so
Johnston arrived back at the
Belgian headquarters still mys-
tified. He did, at least, have a
couple of pieces of skin and the
Belgians promised to send him
a complete skin and skull as
soon as they could be obtained
from the natives.
Sir Henry returned to Ugan-
da, a little disappointed that the
"unicorn" he had dreamed of
finding since h i s schooldays
should have proved nothing more
exciting than a new kind of
zebra.
His disappointment did not
last long, • for soon after his re-
turn he had the thrill of mak-
ing ;a most astonishing discov-
ery, The Belgians kept their
promise andsent him a com-
plete skin and ". skull. The first
• glance was sufficient for him to
realize that this was no ordin-
ary animal. On its head was a
pair of short horns, quite unlike
those of any other creature ex-
cept the giaraffe. Further ex-
amination confirmed that the
new animal was indeed related
to the giraffe, though lacking
its long neck.
Up to this time it had been
thought that the giraffe was
the sole survivor of its tribe, and
that all its relatives and fore-
runners had become extinct
some millions of years before.
Now the okapi, as it was to be
called, had been discovered.
The news created a great sen-
sation throughout the world.
What seemed so incredible was
that an animal the size of a
mule should have remained un-
known to all except the Ituri
Forest pygmies until the begin-
ning of, the twentieth century.
But the okapi is a very rare
creature and a timid one, so
much so that, to this day, not
more than a handful of Euro-
peans have ever caught a glimpse
of one in its native forests.
Soon after Johnston's discov-
ery, the Belgian Government de-
cided that the okapi must be
protected, otherwise it would
probably share the fate of many
other rare and interesting ani -
male which have become extinct
as the result of indiscriminate
hunting. Accordingly, very few
okapis are ever caught, and the
few that are taken alive are dis-
tributed in rotation to the major
zoos of the world.
In this way as Many people
aspossible are able to see the
animal which remained un-
known fOr so long, and whose
eventual discovery finally des-
troyed belief in the possible ex-
istence of the unicorn.
Q. How can I dye white wash-
able kid gloves?
A. Dye them a tan color by
dipping them " in saffron water
until the desired shade is ob
tained.
Trawler Took On
Three Battleships
One of the biggest war -time
decisions a man can be called
upon'to make is that of the cap-
tain whose ship is hopelessly
outgunned. Should he try to run
for it? Cut his losses by sur-
rendering? Or do the glorious
thing and go down fighting to
the death?
That was the decision that
paced Lieut - Commander G. S.
Grenfell, skipper of H. M, Traw-
ler Juniper, of 600 tons displace-
ment, with a speed of twelve
knots and armed with one four-
inch
our-
inch gun and a number of
smaller weapons.
Juniper was serving with the
Royal Naval Patrol Service, the
small force, some few hundred
strong, . of trawlers and drifters.
which were our fishing fleet in
1939 and hastily converted into
warships to defend our harbours
and coastal convoys against the
Luftwaffe, E -boats and mines.
It Is of their daring exploits
in the darkest days •of war, not
only in defence but participating
in the forefront of every land-
ing, from Madagascar to Nor-
mandy, that A. Cecil Hampshire
-who as a Naval officer was
closely concerned with their
formation as a fighting unit -
writes so vividly in "Lilliput
Fleet."
On June 7th, 1940, Juniper
escorted the 5,660 -ton tanker Oil
Pioneer from Tromso as part of
the withdrawal of our ill-fated
Expeditionary Force from Nor-
way. Her captain did not know
it, but German surface forces
were out in formidable strength.
Three days previously the
battleships Sch'arnhorst and
Gneisenau, accompanied by the
heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper
and four destroyers, had left Keil
with orders to attack British
and Allied shipping ,and shore
installations in the Narvik area.
At half -past five on June 8th,
Lieut -Comdr. Grenfell sighted
the great grey shapes of the
warships looming out of the mist.
What could he do with one
four -inch gun against the mas-
sive armament of the enemy?
No doubt he remembered the
fate, a few weeks earlier, of the
gallant armed merchant cruiser
Rawalpindi. With guns blazing
defiantly, she had been sent to
the bottom by the same German
ships in less than fifteen min-
utes.
More recently still, only a few
days before, they had sunk the
aircraft carrier Glorious and her
destroyer escort while on their
way home to England - a tra-
gedy made even more tragic by
the fact that forty-one gallant
pilots had died after daringly
flying their fighters on to the
heaving deck of Glorious rather
than leave them behind In Nor-
way, though none of them had
ever landed a 'plane on a carrier
before.
Grenfell knew, of course, that
neither he nor the ponderous
tanker had a hope of making a -
run for it. But could he delay
the inevitable long enough to
enable worthier opposition to
meet up with the Germans be-
fore they could get back to
harbour?
He wirelessed an "enemy
sighted" report, ordered the
tanker to act independently,
hoisted his battle flags and sail-
ed defiantly into action.
"Just ninety minutes later the
gallant little trawler and her
consort slid beneath the waves,
battered to wreckage by a couple
of contemptuous salvoes from the
Hipper," writes the author.
"Twenty-five survivors of the
tanker and four only from her
tiny escort were fished out of
the sea by the enemy, to spend
the rest of the war behind barb-
ed wire."
His book, fully Illustrated,
makes exciting reading and pays
a well -deserving tribute to
what he calls, most appropri-
ately, the "Lilliput Fleet."
Drain Diggers
Unearth Treasure
British Museum experts are
excited by a chance discovery
made by two Norfolk workmen
recently. Digging a two -foot -
deep trench for drainage pipes
at Wymondham College, Morley,
Alfred Harvey and Frederick
Bird caught a sudden glimpse
of silver.
Probing with their shovels,
they quickly unearthed a pile of
880 .silver coins.
Examined at the Castle Mu-
seum, Norwich, the coins proved
to be Anglo-Saxon pennies of
Edward the Elder, A.D. 915, and
Alfred the Great, A.D. 895. Some
looked almost freshly minted, so
perfectly had the soil preserved
them.
The British Museum say that
only six such hoards of coins
buried between A.D. 980 and
955 have been discovered in Eng-
land, One pile, of 7,000 coins, was
found in the City of London in
1872, but the last 'hoard, of 500
coins, was unearthed at Chester
eight years ago.
Now the two finders are won-
dering
ondering what their reward will.,
be. 'It, will be based on the cur-
rent bullion and archaeological
values.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISE G
AGENTS WANTED
GO INTO BUSINESS
for yourself. Sell our exciting house.,
found inastores. o other products
Prof.
its up to 500%. Write now for free
colon catalogue and separate confi-
dential wholesale price Sheet. Murray
Sales. 3822 St. Lawrence Montreal.
EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY
OILS, GREASES, PAINTS
Sell the best. Dealers wanted, Write
WARCO GREASE & 01L LIMITED,
Toronto 3, Ont.
AGENTS
MAKE YOUR SALES THE -EASY WAY'
with TENDERAL, the only Instant
Liquid Meat Tenderizer on the market.
No competition. Tenderal is a sure
fire seller in popular demand and a
steady repeater. Money back guaran-
tee, DO IT NOW—while some good
districts still open. rite for free bot•
tie- of Tenderal with literature and fun
Particulars fdr exclusive agency In
your district.
TENDERAL LABORATORIES
LIMITED
14 Temperance Street, Toronto I,
ARTICLES FOR SALE
FROM Holland, Automatic ashtray,
shunted cigarettes tato Tray. $2.18
Postpaid, to Canada. Herschel E.
Asbury, 326 Bomb. Sqd. Box 2, Fair-
child, Air Force Base, Washington.
FROM NEEDLES TO CROCODILES
WE supply anything. 36 Page illus
trated Discount Catalogue listing over
800 items 506 refunded with order.
Special 152 piece Fishing Set regu-
lar 929.95 — only $24.95.
Consumers Shopping Service
66 Jones Avenue, Toronto.
AUCTION PRICES
LADIES' TWEED woolen spring Coats,
ass'td colours, sizes 12 to 20, also over.
sizes. Values from $30.00 to 465.00 for
to 241/2 only
295. SMART DRESSES, sizes 12
y $2,96. IMPERFECT
DRESSES, sizes 12 to 20, $1.95. LADIES'
GABARDINE, well tailored Ski Pants,
not lined,ass'td colours sizes 10 to
20, 93.49, MEN'S WINDBEAKERS, Latest
style, slzes 36 to 46, $4.99. MEN'S
PANTS, Melburn, all Dolours, sizes 30
to 44 only $4:09. Outstanding Values —
0
Buy
postQ balanceecollect. und Guaranteed.
ENGEL, 5817
St. Lawrence Blvd., Montreal.
BABY CHICKS
EGG markets. Broilers or heavier
birds. Whatever your market we have
high producing strains. Some started
pullets. Your June -July broilers should
be on order. Heavy cockerels. Wide
choice mixed chicks. Particulars, Bray
Hatchery, 120 John N., Hamilton, or
Meal agent.
BOOKS
"JACICAROO IN Australia" Book of
photographs, strong young men on
sheep and cattle stations, $2.00.
Fred Woodgate, 19 Brisbane Street,
Tamworth, NSW, Australia.
ENTERTAINMENT
PICNIC, or Garden Party? Cowboy en.
tertelne' with Ropes, Whips, Boomer.
sings, Laughs. Dave Stewart, Malvern
P.O., Ont. Phone (Toronto) AXm)nsiw'
3-4080.
HELP WANTED
$25 TO $100 Weekly, Meiling Advertis•
ing Mattern Profitable part time, at
home. Outfit, Instructions 506 money
order, refundable. 'Senders Co„ 2441.0
Patton, Philadelphia 32, - Pa.
INSTRUCTION
EARN morel Bookkeeping Salesman-
ship, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. Les.
sons 506. Ask for free circular. No. 33.
Canadian Correspondence Courses
1260 Bay Street, Toronto
MACHINERY
BUCKEYE MODEL 12 TRENCHING MA-
CHINE with Buda gas engine in run.
ning order. Make offer,
P. Tilley, Blackwood Hodge Equipment,
10 Suntract Road, Toronto 15.
MEDICAL
PROVEN REMEDY — EVERY SUFFERER
OF RHEUMATIC PAINS OR NEURITIS
SHOULD TRY DIXON'S REMEDY.
MUNRO'S DRUG STORE
33S ElginOttawa
$1.23 Express Collect
RUPTURED? Why suffer hot belts?
You can do what I did ten years. Full
particulars 506. P. Mold, 15463 S. Tele.
graph, Monroe, Michigan, U.S.A.
POST'S ECZEMA SALVE
BANISH the torment of dry eczema
rashes and weeping skin troubles.
Post's Eczema Salye will not disappoint
you, Itching, sealing and burning ecze-
ma acne, ringworm, pimples and foot
eczema will respond readily to the
stainless odorless ointment regardless
of hew stubborn or hopeless they seem.
Sent Post Free on Receipt of Price
PRICE $3.00 PER JAR
POST'S REMEDIES
2065 St. Clair Avenue East
TORONTO
How Can 1?
By Anne Ashley
Q. How should new pots and
pans be treated before using?
A. Always grease new pans,
sieves, and bread pans with
lard before using- them, and
place in a warm oven. If treated
in this way, they will never
rust.
Q. How can I blanch almonds?
A. By placing in boiling water
for a few minutes. Remove
skins, dry and brown in heated
butter on top of stove, stirring
constantly, Remove from fire
when they,, are very light brown,
then drain on brown paper and
sprinkle with salt.
ISSUE 18 - 1958
SLEEP
TO -NIGHT
AND RELIEVE NERVOUSNESS
61W1 TO -MORROW
To be happy and trongoil instead of
nervous or for q: good night's sleep, take
Sedicln tablets according to directions.
SEDICiN® SJ.o0-$4.95
TABLETS ban wara rata
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
MEN AND WOMEN.
FREE 1969 Catalogue. Gifts, cosmetioe
novelties, greeting cards, ate. Writ
for your -copy, . Bern's Novelty; 61B
Jeanne Mance, Montreal.
BE A HAIRDRESSER
JOIN CANA
at'SOLEADING S(3.14OOL
portuni
Learn Hairdressing
Pleasant, dignified profession.; good
wages. 'Thousands of auecessfui
MarvelGraduates.
America's Greatest System
Illustrated Catalogue Free
Write or Call
MARVEL HAIRDRESSING SCHOOL°
358 Alcor 8t. W. Toronto
Branches:
44 King St. W., Hamilton
72 Rideau Street, Ottawa
PATENTS
rHERSTONHAUGH 8s Comp a n Sr
Patent Attorneys, Established 1890.
600University Ave., Toronto.
Patents all countries.
PERSONAL
AUTHORS invited submit MSS. all.
types (Including Poems) for book pub.
licatlon. Reasonable terms. Stockwell
Ltd., Ilfracombe, England, (E5t'd. 1898).
NEW Mothers! Join Stork Club. Write
for free interesting catalog. Marland.
Sales Service, P.O. Box 2403,East
Cleveland 12, Ohio.
$1.00 TRIAL offer. Twenty-five deluxe
personal requirements. Latest cata-
logue included. The Medico Ageney;
Box 22 Teresina'"Q" Toronto, Ont,
IT PAYS TO USE
OUR CLASSIFIED
COLUMNS
TIP TOP TOE_ Displaynig top
form, two-year-nld Daniel Sirs
proves to be an extra added
attraction at the Children's Aid
Society top contest. Danny ap-
pears unconcerned as he cas-
ually spins his top on the toe
of his shoe.
STAMP EXCHANSE AT LOW COST
TO 'YOU. Give your stamp collection
a tremendous boost this new and ex-
citing way. Exchange your "extras"
for hundreds of valuable foreign
stamps — all different, (you may find
lust the stamp you are looking for.)
Send for exchange book FREE. Mem-
bership free, Send name, address do
106 in coin (to cover postage & hand-
ling) to ALAN'S STAMP EXCHANO$,
BOX 62, NAHANT, MASS.
IUse your SPARE TIM to
build' an Interesting and
PROFITABLE
BUSINESS CAREER,
0
Investigate how Shaw Schools w111
help you prepare for a career that
will assure your success and security
Underline course that interests you—
•.Bookkeeping • Cost Accounting
• Shorthand • Typewriting
• Stationary Engineering
• Short Story Writing
r Junior, Intermediate and
Higher Accounting
• Chartered Secretary(A.CJoS•I
• Bustness English and
Correspondence
Write for free catalogue today.
Many other courses from which
to choose.
Bay & Charles Streets, Toronto,
Dept, No. H•13
Y ucantim
ALL.
IF you FEel
AMR'
These days moat people work under
pressure, worry more, sleep less. This
strain on body andbrain makes physical
fitness easier to lose -harder to regain.
Today's tense living, lowered resistance,
overwork, worry -any of these may affect
normal kidney action. When kidneys get
out of order, excess acids and wastes.
remain in the system. Then backache*
disturbed rest, that "tired -cul" heavy -
headed feeling often follow. That's the
time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's
stimulate the kidneys to normal action.
Then you feel better -sleep better -work
better. Ask for. Dodd's Kidney Pills at
any drug counter. fs