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Zurich Herald, 1954-06-24, Page 2WISA1N FRONT ‘1o6 Ways and means of making the 1954 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair more entertaining, more ed- ucational and more thrilling were discussed at the annual meetings held recently of all committees associated with the Royal. :g * 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. * * * 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. It was reported at thr meeting that the Canadian Percheron As- sociation is offering a new class for best stallion and three mares. * * 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 dams 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. u * Those who attended the an- imal meeting of the Market Live Stock Committee learned that the Canadian Hereford Associ- ation has increased its grant from $250 to 1,000 for champion - .s MERRY MENAGERIE "Mom, what do I do now?" ship awards, providing the cham- pions are sired by Hereford bulls. p* * * • It was agreed by the Sheep Committee that the 1954 prize list should contain a notice that classes for Cotswolds and Lin- colns 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 involv- 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. e * 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. Butter will be exhibited in commercial wrappers containing the tame 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 from 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 en the basis of cooking quail-. " ties, and new classes will be pro- vided for Pilgrim Geese and Grey Call Ducks. * * * 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. STAR WEEKLY r114P 1.91°' (A Crossword Puzzle That Pays a Cash Prize) OFFERS $20 CASH PRIZE EVERY WEEK See the Cash -Word Puzele in this week's Star Weekly - and complete rules. A Cash -Word$ Puzzle appears 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 $200. SEE THIS WEEK'S STAR WEEKLY 6. In a line CROSSWORD D 8. Threaten 78:71fo s. Rubber trod ee PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Contraction of laboratory 4. Headpiece 7. Geometrical solids 11. Anglo-Saxon money i8. Seaweed 4. Living 6. Part of an airplane 17. Article of belief 18.ileavy hammer la, Ridge in cloth 21, Worm 2.Firmament 34. Piece of pasteboard 6, River island 3 0, Spoken. Copied 34. Visionary 36. Lure 66. Mend 89, Narrow road 41, English letter 42, portal 44. Also 40, Town in New Guinea 49, Single thing 1. Highest 00151 a; Quieted 68. Style 59. Sea eagle 60. Before 21. Take oath 22, By birth 63, Mead i)0 GtT'N 1. Clayey earth 2 Vocal solo 3, Upright part of a staircase 4. Rooky pinnacle 2' 6. Twining stem 10. Nights before 11. Places 18 Wild animal 20. Loaded 28. Sweet potato 26. Dowry 26. Put with 27. Biblical king 29. Steel tower 31. Skin 3 :.. 13 6' 6 32. Score in tennis 33, Shelter 35. Besides 37. Meshed fabric 40. Gone, up 43, External 45. Cereal seed 40. Tree trunks 47, Afresh 48. Ancien . slava 50. Pulled apart 52. Only 53. Paradise 55. Epoch 57. Individual 7 14 +7 B 9 1b I/ /9 zo 21 '•,'� '.�•�.ti+�� 2 2 es1A7G'• +'+ 2 6 Answer eisewh.ere on this page. ela 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 Famouls 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 nine 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 'Tothe ' work- house ork 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 f 1 e d friendless' and penniless Out in- to a" hostile world. 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 to 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 spy now, he had only .reach - se -twenty-sixth' • year. It oc- ciAed to him that there might be money in .his adventures. So he wrote some down and sent them to a newspaper. In reply the editor demanded more. There followed two years of odd jobs and near starvation, at the end of which Rowlands de- cided to try his luck in the New World and set sail in an Ameri- can packet bound for New Or- leans. The hardships he suffered on this voyage were every bit as bad as the treatment he had re- ceived in the workhouse, and he was thankful to sign off imme- diately the ship docked. It must have seemed like the land of plenty indeed when he was hired for a good job by the very first man he met. Mr. Henry Morton Stanley took an instant liking to the rag- ged lad from Wales, and before long Rowlands was a welcome guest in his house. At 'last he was to enjoy the home life for which he had always yearned, 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, toe, was dead, and a new ,Henry Morton Stanley stood in his place ---alone and destlhste in an alien land, The question of what to de eses 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 snall- pox. One loan 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, anndome of his men were speared o death ,by the merciless savage. Besides having to force a way throughh dencounter ense ed r huge Stanley swamps, so vast that a caravan with 36 people had 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 21ze of mice.. When Stanley caught ,,up with Livingstone he was sleeked to find that the man about whom the world had been worrying only wanted to be left in peace tet continue his explorations. Act - ter all he had suffered Stanley was obliged to return whence he came without Livingstone. Butthe 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, hah-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 Emin 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 ill- 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; eSo; even -in death, the Welshman with' a will of iron was denied his due. �f St1100L LESSON By Rev, R. Barclay Warren, B,A.,' B.D. Judgment Comes to Israel 2 Kings 17:5-14, 18 Memory Selection: The ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall transgressors them: ransgressors shallfall therein. I'Iosea 1419: For 200 years the kingdom of Israel Survived. It got off to a bad start. Jeroboam, the, son of Nebat, the first king introduced the golden calves as objects of worship 'in order to keep the people from going up to Jeru- salon, the capital of the south- ern kingdom. Some of his sue- cessers were better than others. Certain reforms were introduced but there was no complete breaking with the idolatrous practices. Even such a good king as Jehoash 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." 2 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 w nt to be restored as holy people God. After repeated warnings the blow fell. The king of Assy- ria took Samaria after a three years seige. He 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. .Marriages Made By Machinery The love meter is the brain child of Major Eulalio Varona of the Phillipines Army. To find out whether your love is real and if your marriage will succeed, you can have yourself strapped tb the machine which will register your reactions to matters of sex, food, clothes, religion and politics. The complicated rrlechenism clocks up the effect on your pulse or heartbeat of pictures and films 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 -mate 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. 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 t0 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) Hare -Raising Experience -- "Kirre," the rabbit, is no dumb bunny. Clover, grass and garden vegetables aren't for him. Af left, he begs for milk from owner Isidor Sodergvist, of Stockholm, Swe- den, and at right Klrre reaches for an apple his favourite fruit. Sodergvist acquired his pet after Kirre's mother was killed during the hunting season.