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Zurich Herald, 1956-09-20, Page 3His Predictions Como Tyr,le And now youthful prodigy appears, Edmund Hal- ley, son of a wealthy soap - manufacturer, sends a first paper to the Royal Society at the age of nineteen years. This was in the year 1675. 'he young astronomer was elected a fellow of the Royal Society at the age of twenty- two, . , No doubt Halley's scientific contemporaries regarded his prediction of the future transit of Venus as a highly interest- ing exhibition of astronomical knowledge, but as falling well within the province of one who had devoted much time to cal- culation of planetary orbits. But the calculation of the or- bit of a comet, coupled with the prediction that this visitor would return forty-three years later — in 1758 -- was some- thing of a quite different order. O1 course, the comet did ul- timately return, as the daring astronomer predicted, and was thus proved to be a member of the planetary family — in fu- ture very properly to bear Hal- ley's name, But something promised for the year 1758 was hardly likely to hush the voice of skepticism of the year 1715. In any event, the feat of es- tablishing a comet as a member of the sun's family is justly ac- counted one of the most spec- tacular accomplishments in the history of astronomy. It is diffi- cult from this distance to real- ize adequately what such a pronouncement what such a generation that heard it. It must be understood that from the earliest times cornets had been regarded, not as nat- ural celestial bodies, but as supernatural phenomena. This was not merely popular and theological doctrine, but it was an estimate that only the most rationalistic o f astronomers thought of challenging. , , , The forward-looking :quality of Halley's mind was shown, not only in his attitude toward the Newtonian hypothesis, but in his receptiveness to new ideas in general. Naturally he had the keenest interest in the new and improved astronomical instru- ments for which the epoch is distinguished. — From "The Great Astronomers," by Henry Smith Williams. DOG SHOOTS MAN • 'Only recently a dog shot a man. It was proved that the dog trod on the trigger as a South African sportsman was lifting a shotgun from his car. Fortunate- ly the victim recovered. SHUN SUIT—Girls who don't like to get sunburned will approve of this long-sleeved swimsuit, modeled by Jean Moorhead in Hollywood. DIG THAT COOL POOL CAT — "Swimmer," a two -month-old cat, plunges into a pool for her morning conditioner,and dog - paddles, if you please, the 40 feet across the tank with her owner, 10 -year-old Donna Fick, Swimmer wasn't exactly .enthu- siastic about her swimming lessons at first, but gradually got accustomed to the water by riding a raft. Npw the kitten leaps off a diving board and pussyfoots it through the water with feline delight, Sword Fish --Tiger Of The Sea The hot, mid -summer sun burned down on a still, calm ocean. I was standing on the flying bridge of the charter boat, "Wizard", thirty miles south of Shinnecock Inlet, Long Is- land. Long, uneventful hours of gazing into the glare had made my eyes red -rimmed and tired. The constant throb of the boat's engine gave me the beginnings of a headache: Quite frankly, I was weary and bored. "Swordfishing isn't all action," commented Skipper Clyde ' Oak- ley. He .gestured astern towards our two outrigger baits, bounc- ing and skittering erratically out- side the boat's wake, "Some- times you'll ; waittill a sword- fish spots the squid. They come flashing out of nowhere, hitting blind," he said. "Sometimes it's all waiting, and no fish." "This time it's fish!" yelled Hal Ryder. "Look ahead off the starboard bow. Those gulls are working over something big." The birds were mere black dots on the horizon. As Clyde opened"the throttle wide, racing towards the spot, I marveled .at Ryder's farsightedness, the sea- man's eye that caught a speck of ruction in a vast emptiness. As we came closer, I ,was able to distinguish the, fluttering, wide - winged shapes of gannets, the smaller, .fork -tailed . terns, even a. bevy of Mother Carey's Chick- ens, those tiny petrels that live on the open sea. 'Underneath the aerial bedlam, churning the water to a silver sheet, a school of mackerel raced and twisted in a desperate effort to escape in- stant death in the form of a swordfish. "That fish went down but he'll be feeding in a minute," whis- pered Clyde. "When he hits, leave the reel on free spool and let him take line. Don't strike till he stops and swallows the squid." During the excitement, Hal Ryder had snapped both lines from the outrigger pins, retriev- ing one bait and placing it in the portable ice box, ready for in- stant use. I went down the lad- der into the cockpit, slid into the big fighting chair, . and ' buckled myself into a shoulder harness. Hal slipped the remain- ing rod into the gimbal socket on the chair. "Don't clamp down when he strikes," he warned. "That fish will carry the squid in his mouth till he decides it's good to eat. We want the hook deep in his gut." My hands were wet with pers- piration. A hard knot cramped my stomach while the beat of my heart felt like a sledge pound- ing through my veins. I wanted, to yelp in excitement, swear,'' beg, even pray to force the ac- tion writes Chuck Meyer in the Police Gazette. This was the best chance I'd had at 'a rod -and - reel broadbill in ten years of trolling the blue water of the Atlantic: Sure; I'd baited at least fifty swordfish. I'd known innumerable thrills spotting fish. Like most broadbill, they weren't interested. You could drag 'fif- IMMI'CRATION SPECIALS BY AIR EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1st (Subject to Government Ap- grovel! -- TO TORONTO • FROM LONDON. ........,...,,$190.00 BELFAST $185.30 MANCHESTER $185.40 AMSTERDAM, $202.00 ' GLASGOW , .$179.80 BUDAPEST $244.50 PARIS ,,,,, $202.00 PRAGUE $230.50 COPENHAGEN , $212.90. 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Extending barely four or five inches above the water,. I spotted the two black fins tipping a few hundred feet astern. The cauda] is turn away. But maybe this monster would react differently. teen baits across their snouts and all the swordfish would' do shoulders, jolting me half out of the chair. My feet were clamped on the footboards. I weigh . one hundred and• seventy pounds, but I felt like a pigmy caught in the grasp of a giant. Line smoked from the reel, and Hal dumped a. pail, of seawater over the mechanism . to prevent it from freezing. I was soaked, but I never felt the .wetness. Spots were dancing : in front of my eyes. My arms felt as though they were tearing from their. sockets- For over an hour, I . en- dured a session of physical tor- ture. The broadbill came close alongside. Far from being dead or weary, the big fish merely wanted a ;glimpse of its tormen- ters. It spotted the shadow of our hull, rolled restlessly, and then attacked! There was no doubt of the action. Deliberately arching upward, that broadbill attempted to drive its sword into the boat's bottom. Skipper Oakley slammed the throttle . open. The "Wizard" squatted aft, then shot forward like a cannonball. I was yanked out of my seat again. Only my feet, braced stiffly, saved me. Dimly, I heard a harsh, grating sound as the swordfish grazed our transom. I saw the fish be- colne entangled in a slack loop of thy twenty-four thread line. Hal Ryder bellowed something incomprehensible, and raced to- wards the bow. He returned car- rying the long handled harpoon. "It's overt" he yelled. "The linen will pop! I can stick that fish now if you say the word!" I knew all hope of landing the broadbill on rod -and -reel was gone. Miserably, I nodded my consent. Clyde backed down on the fish, laying dormant on the surface. Just as the broad - bill slashed violently, breaking my line, Hal drove the harpoon dart into its head. The swordfish went com- pletely mad! The giant rose out of the water, blood streaming from its head, and attempted a second attack. Hal flipped the manila keg rig overboard as Clyde gunned the charterboat out of harm's way. The broadbill made two huge circles, tailwalk ing, head and sword pointing at. the sky, body exposed to its gill plates. Towing three hun- dred feet of manila line plus the t. arpoon keg slowed that fish considerably but never stopped iL Finally, it dove. The ocean became still, the keg bobbing quietly on the surface. A half hour passed uneventfully. "We'll have to chance picking up the warp," said Clyde. Hal and I grabbed the rope together. There . were no fur- ther acrobatics,no jumps. It felt like hauling an anchor cable with the hook jammed in the bottom, We were unable to budge the dead weight on the other end of the line. The afternoon waned slowly;. and a haze• built up inshore. A. slight breeze puffed into a wind sea, and the "Wizzard" rocked rhythmically as the waves'passed beneath her keel. Despite our fear of pulling the harpoon dart loose, we threw our bodies into this weird tug-of-war, yanking away at the line with every ounce of strength we possessed, fruitlessly, "Get him or break it!" growled Clyde, "Lash the line to the railing and we'll let the sea make the decision." We obeyed the Skipper's or- der, As the "Wizard" banked in- to the trough of a swell, we tightened the line, She came taut momentarily, then some- thing gave, Hal and I retrieved three hundred pounds of broad- bill swordfish with sand grains imbedded in the bone structure of its cartilaginous snout. That swordfish rammed itself into the bottom before dying! In its last effort, unable to reach the boat, it smashed into the only solid' ob- ject left available. If it had been us, the sword would have punc- tured the hull like we were planked with balsa wood. Man Bites Dog ,It's news when a man bites a dog but when postman Ike Bar- ber, of Philadelphia, took a re- taliatory nip at a yapping terrier 'he was charged in court with doing bodily harm to a thorough- bred animal. Now thousands of American postmen are trying new ways of stopping dogs .biting them. Last year no fewer than 5,880 post- -men were bitten by dogs. Three victims in every four had to see a doctor and over 600 postmen had to spend a day in bed. Scientists are experimenting with dog -repellent solutions with which to impregnate postmen's trousers. In some districts post- men are armed with water pis- tols filled with a mild solution of ammonia, • Meter readers are fellow -sufferers and some are being armed with sweet dog bis- cuits, on the basis that a bribe is better than a bite. Yorkshire meter readersre- cently asked fo special R.S,P.C.A. lessons in the art of avoiding bites. In Switzerland third -party insurance for dogs has become compulsory. 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