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The Seaforth News, 1954-06-24, Page 2AEFAYM FRONT JokiilI2u4 Ways and means of making the 1064 Royal Agricultural Winter Pair more entertaining, more ed - national and more thrilling were discussed at the annual meetings held recently of all committees associated with the Royal. * * a The Horse Show will again be one Of the Royal's highlights, In- vitations have been extended to ten different countries and it is anticipated that, at least, five of these will compete. 9 9 * The Breeding Horse Commit- tee has set up a new class for Shetland Ponies. Prize money has been extended to fourth place for Saddle Horses and a new group class has been added. Lt was reported at tht meeting that the Canadian Pereheron As- sociation is offering a new class for best stallion and three mares. • h 4 The Beef Cattle Committee de- cided that exhibitors should be limited to three entries per class in an effort to cope with crowded stabling conditions, The live stock catalogue will contain the names of dam as well as sires. It was decided, too, that as a measure Of overcoming the lack of accommodation in the stables additional rings be installed so that small animals can be tied more closely together. * * * The meeting of the Dairy Cat- tle Committee decided that in the Jersey Division the two jun- ior calf classes be discontinued and that a class be added for four-year-old cows in milk. 9 * * Those who attended the an- neal meeting 0f the Market Live Stock Committee learned that the Canadian Hereford Associ- ation has increased its grant from $250 to 1,000 for champion - MERRY MENAGERIE "Mom, what do I do now 7" ship awards, providing the cham- pions are sired by Hereford bulls. * a It was agreed by the Sheep Committee that the 1954 prize, list should contain a notice that classes for Cotswolds and Lin- coins be discontinued after this year because of the small number registered in Canada. The Can- adian Co -Operative Wool Grow- ers Limited will pay a five cent premium on all fleeces which grade "Exhibition" quality, Be- cause of the time element involy- ed it was decided that two breeds of sheep be judged the evening before the Royal is officially opened, There will be a cham- pionship award for the grand champion ram of the show and likely one for the grand cham- pion ewe. * * * The Breeding Swine Commit- tee set up a special committee to consider introducing additional classes based on advanced regis- try and, in the case of market hogs, to consider the possibility of eliminating classes for Live market hogs but to judge them only on the rail, It was also agreed that the Berkshires and Tamworths would be judged at the same time, M 4, * Butter will be exhibited in commercial wrappers containing the name of the exhibitor and there will be classes for powder- ed milk, the Dairy Products Com- mitte edecided. In poultry prod- ucts the classes for broilers, both chickens and turkeys, will be extended and there will be classes for packaged poultry. Ad- ditional prize money is being of- fered for eviscerated poultry. * * * Other decisions made by com- mittees include the following; new classes are being added for Nubian goats; a concentrated ef- fort will be made to get addi- tional exhibits of maple products /rem all Canadian provinces; a class in tropical fish has been set up for aquariums from school; additional prizze money has been added to novice class- es in fruit; a class has been in- troduced for potatoes to be judg- ed on the basis of cooking quali- ties, and new classes will be pro- vided for Pilgrim Geese and Grey Call Ducks. * * 9 At the same time it has been decided amateur ''classes in flowers be discontinued, that ad- ditional prize money be added for the large floral displays and that a trophy be donated for the grand championship potatoes. !A Crossword Puzzle Thnt Pay. n Cosh Prize, OFFERS A EVERY WEEK Som the Cash -Word Puzzle in this week's Star Weekly -.- and complete rules. A Cash -Word$ Puzzle appease in The Star Weekly each week, and one prize of $200 is offered for the correct solution of each week's puzzle. All puzzles will be Intriguing and fun to work, and each offers a chance to win 8200. SU THIS STAR WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 2. Contraction of Laboratory 0, Headpiece D. geometrical solids 32. Anal„ -Hexon mow 2. Seaweed 4. Living: 5. Pan on airplane 17. .Article of belief 12. Heavy hammer 9. Strike in cloth 1. worts 2. Firmament 4. Piece of pasteboard 10. Moor inland 80. Copied 60. Spoken 14, Violomu'v 36. Lure 18. blend 39. Narrow road 41. Pingl,sb utter �49. PortAowaal 44. 40. Town in New Gaines. 46. Single thing 51, Hilfhert point 84, Attack 06. Quieted 130, Style 80, Sea call* 40. Before 61. Take oath 119. By birth 63, n*sed AOWN 1. Clayey earth 2. 'Varig solo 9, 'Upright part oC a Staircase 4. Rocky pinnacle 0. In a line 0. Threaten 1. Serve food 8. Rubber tree 9. Twining stem 1.0. Nights before 31. Places 18. Wild animal 20. Loaded 28. Sweet potato 26. Dowry 28. Put with 27. Biblical kine 20. Steel tower 3l. skin 3d, Snot In tennis 88. shelter 35, Besides 37, Meshed fahrio 40, 0onerup 45, asternal 40, Cereal seed 40. Tree trunks 47, Afresh 48. Ancien. slave 00. Pulled apart 52. Only 5 t. Paradise 55, bpoelr 67. Individual Answer elsewhere on thle page, Children's Chapel - Youngsters from three to seven years old have their own chapel in which to worship at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Coffeyville. The small benches and simple altar hold a special appeal for the children. So does the privilege of lighting tapers with the long brass light- ers. About 35 youngsters. take part in services in the children's chapel every Sunday morning. Orphan Became Famous Explorer On May 10, 50 years ago, the whole world mourned the death of a very brave explorer. People called him Sir Henry Morton Stanley, the man who risked his life to find explorer David Liv- ingstone. But his real name was John Rowlands. Rowlands was a Welshman, born at Denbigh in 1841. When he was two his father died and his mother decamped with an- other lover. Strait-laced relat- ives would have none of this "child of shame," and it was left to two uncles on the maternal side to provide for him. This they did until he was six, when they suddenly refused to pay Out any more cash, and the or- phan was left to his fate. He was thrown. upon the mercy of John Francis, master of St. Asaph workhouse, a not- orious character of fiendish cruelty. There were many young child- ren in this vile place, and Stan- ley has left a graphic account of the doom Of one eleven -year- old boy, named Willie Roberts. This child died in mysterious cir- cumstances one day, and his body was taken to the work- house mortuary. Some of the boys, Rowlands among them, consumed by curiosity, decided to view the corpse. No one saw them enter the room of death, and with trembling hands they uncovered the body of their playmate. What they saw sent them rush- ing, white-faced, out into the fresh air again. The livid weals, with which his body was scored, had opened their horrified eyes to the cause of Willie's death. The life had been flogged out of the lad by the master's mer- ciless rod. It was this same rod that gave young Rowlands his freedom when he was fifteen. It happen- ed on a day when Francis, in a towering rage, threatened him with yet another thrashing. Strength seemed to fill John Rowlands at that moment. He flung himself upon the sadistic monster, and, after a fierce struggle, succeeded in wresting the dreaded weapon from his grip. Now it was the turn of Fran- cis to taste its white-hot sting. With all the pent-up fury of nine years of ill-treatment Rowlands thrashed the master until he had him grovelling at his feet screaming for mercy. After that Rowlands # 1 e d friendless and penniless out in- to a hostile world. There followed two years of odd jobs and near starvation, at the end of which Rowlandsd e- cided to try his luck in the New re World and set sail in an Ameri- can packet bound for New Or- leans. The hardships he suffered on this voyage were every bitas re- ceived bad as the treatment he had in the workhouse, and he m was thankful to sign off imme- diately the ship clocked. th It must have seemed like e land of plenty indeed when h8 was hired for a good job by the very first man .he met,nl Mr. Henry Morton Stanley rag- ged an instant liking to the lad from Wales, anbefore be reom long Rowlands was a welt e guest in his house. At last he was to enjoy the home life or which he had always yearn. f ed But his good fortune was short-lived. Two years later Stanley was dead, leaving noth- ing to John Rowlands in his will except his name. From that mo- ment John Rowlands, too, was dead, and a new Henry Morton Stanley stood in his place ---alone and destitute in an alien land. 'rife question of what t0 do next was solved by the outbreak of the American Civil War, and Stanley joined the forces of the South. After ten months of tough fighting, he was taken pri- soner and thrown into a fever - camp where death was a daily visitor. Soon he was as sick as the rest and, in order to escape while he yet had life, he promised t0 enlist in the U.S. Artillery. By the time his release -order was through, however, he was far too weak for further soldiering and was given his discharge. Once again cast upon the world with no means of support he would certainly have perished had not a kindly farmer nursed him back to health. When Stanley was strong en- Ough he took to the sea again. On one occasion the ship in which he served was wrecked off Barcelona and every man - jack, with the exception of Stan- ley, was drowned. A spell in the U.S. Navy followed, and Stanley saw action more than once. Dur- ing one engagement with the enemy he earned the praise of his captain for swimming under fire to tie up a captured steamer. Although the list of Stanley's exploits would have filled a book by now, he had only reach- ed his twenty-sixth year. It oc- curred to him that there might be money in his adventures. So he wrote some down and sent then to a newspaper. In reply the editor demanded more. This proved the turning point Of Stanley's life. One by one the colourful episodes of his career were printed. For the first time in his life he had money in his pockets. Soon he was the fore- most journalist of his day and became special correspondent to several papers. It was the 'New York Herald' that sent him out to find Dr. Livingstone, who, had disappear' ed in the heart of Africa. Those were days when few white men had penetrated the "dark con- tinent" farther than the coast. Yet Stanley, with no experience of exploration, plunged reck- lessly into what turned out to be one of the greatest triumphs of his life. He set out at the head of nearly two hupndred men and, after eight months' trek through unexplored country, he manag- ed to reach his objective, - Discomfort, disease and death surrounded him on every side. His followers perished miserab- ly, struck down by the deadly malaria or the victims of small- pox. One man in particular, who was too sick to proceed farther, was torn apart by lurking nat- ives and bits of his body strewn about the jungle. To meet a friendly tribesman was rare. Most of the blacks who inhabited the land through which they passed had sworn death to the white man. As Stan- ley hacked his way through the steaming jungle he was con- scious of eyes following his every movement. Poisoned ar- rows were shot at him, and some of his men were speared to death by the merciless savage. Besides having to force a way through dense undergrowth, Stanley encountered huge swamps, so vast that a caravan with 36 people bad actually been swallowed up by one Of them, leaving no trace: Yet savages, swamps and fever, what were these compared with the torture, he suffered from the attacks of poisonous insects. Worst of the lot were centipedes as big as worms; wasps with stings like scorpions; and beetles the size • of mice. When Stanley caught up with Livingstone he was shocked to find that the man about whom the world had been worrying only wanted to be left in peace to continue hie explorations. Af- ter all he had suffered Stanley was obliged to return whence he came without Livingstone. But the hazards he faced in his double journey through Af- rica Only whetted his appetite for more, After Livinstone's death he insisted upon carrying on where the older man had left Off, and succeeded in tracing the River Congo from mouth to source. Sixteen years after his historic entry into that country, H. M. Stanley set out on his last ex- pedition into Africa. Strangely enough, this also had the rescue of a white man as its target. After encountering many perils Stanley arrived, hal.-dead from tropical fever, to find that, Once again, the object Of his labours had no wish to be rescued. This man was a German Jew, known as Ervin Pasha. For his services to mankind Stanley had been honoured by Knighthood, but on the whole British people treated him very shabbily. His exploits were ques- tioned; he was accused of treating Africans; and he was called a liar and a cheat. One Of his last wishes was to be buried by the side of Living- stone ' in Westminster Abbey. But the Dean and Chapter would not give their consent to such a plan. So, even in death, the Welshman with a will of iron was denied his due. Marriages Made By Machinery The love meter is the brain child of Major Eulalio Verona of the Phillipines Army. To find out whether your love is real and if your marriage will succeed, you can have yourself strapped to the machine which will register your reactions to matters of sex, food, clothes, religion and politics. The complicated mechanism clocks up the effect on your pulse or heartbeat of pictures and flhns which you are shown and questions you are asked. Then it is your partner's turn. A comparison of your respec- tive reactions to the same treat- ment should, according to the Major, reveal whether you are in fact soul -mates or whether the whole idea of marriage be- tween you, should be forgotten. Samples of soil indicate that dust from Texas was picked up by storm winds and deposited over New York state during snowstorms last winter. NO Y SC11001 LESSON Sy Rev. R, learolay Warren, IO,A., Bit. Judgment Comes to Israel 8 Kings 17:5-14, 18 Memory Selection: The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shalt t 1 transgressors shallfall but therein. Hosea 14:9. For 200 years the kingdom of Israel survived. It got off to a bad start. Jeroboam, the son of Nebel, the first king introduced the golden calves as objects Of worship in order to keep the people from going up to Jeru- salem, the capital of the south- ern kingdom. Some of his suc- cessors were better than others, Certain reforms were introduced but there was no complete breaking with the idolatrous practices. Even such a good king as Jeheash did not completely restore the pure worship of Je- hovah, We read, "And Jehoash- did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest in- structed him. But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense In the places." " Kings 12:2,3, God was longsuffering toward .Israel. He sent them such holy men as Elijah and Elisha as prophets but they did not want to be restored as holy people of God. After repeated warnings the blow fell. The king of Assy- ria took Samaria after a three years seige. Ile carried the peo- ple away to his own land. A few of their descendants re- turned later with a remnant from Judah under the leader- ship of Ezra and Nehemiah. There is much speculation about the ten lost tribes. British-Is- raelism teaches that the British are descendants of those tribes. According to one of their writers the Japanese were one of the tribes. However when Japan entered the second world war on the opposite side to Britain the writer published another book and Japan was no longer one of the ten tribes. �- �•„ Other nations have been judged by God. Italy, France, Germany, and - in some meas- ure - Britain, are examples. If we forsake God we may expect the outpouring of His wrath LITTLE BIT GOES LONG WAYS The little ruby -throated hum- ming bird summers in the United States, but he spends his winters in Central America and the Yucatan. Although his wings measure just over an inch in length, he can beat them 75 times a second and is able to make a non-stop flight of some 500 miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Sound waves may someday be used to kill insects, according 'tt r . entomologists now working on the problem. Chief difficulty has been the ability to generate sound waves of the exact fre- quency desired. (Upside down to prevent peeking) H©®A© 3P© EW 76�8���i Ora Maktursir -�R Hare -Raising Experience - "Kirre,":the rabbit, is no dumb bunny, Clover, grass and garden vegetables aren't for him. At left, he begs for milk from owner Isidor Soderqvist, of Stockholm, Swe- den, and at right Kirre reaches for an apple - his favourite, fruit, Sodergvist acquired kit pet after Jaime's mother was killed during the hunting season.