Zurich Herald, 1952-01-31, Page 3Dog Shoots Man
A remarkable hole -in -one was
accomplished by a New York gol-
fer recently. !)riving from the third
tee, -his ball brought down a low-
flying Piper Cub 'plane, and then
ran into the hole, Though the
ball passed through' the fuselage,
the pilot was unhurt.
'Planes meet with 'Many tutex-
pected hazards. Earlier •this year
an R.A.F. Canberra jet bomber's
attempt to fly the Atlantic non-
stop without refuelling had to be
postponed because it met with a
collision, A hole eight inches by
six incites was made in the leading
edge of the starboard wing—by
a seagull!
Quite small members of the ani-
mal lcindont are capable of causing
the most freakish accidents. When
• five buildings were • razed to the
ground in- Pearl River 'Village, New
York County, a crow was to blame.
Someone took a pot' shat at the
bird, missed, but set off a series
of explosions in a fireworks factory.
Igniting grmpowder caused exten-
sive Carnage to four nearby build-
ings, but the crow flapped off un-
injured.
A bee was recently responsible
for blacking out, half a stown in
Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The bee stung
a motorist's nose, the motorist
crashed- into a pole and broke all
the power i'nes.
Fish were indirectly to blame
for another black -out, when the
automatic control system of an
American railway was short-circuit-
ed. An angler near Wellington cast
his line into a creek •beneath a
railway bridge. It caught. in some
wiring' and the result was sthat
fourteen freight trains and three
passenger expresses were held. up
two -hours.
A dog shot a man in Texas
last year, He sniffed- at his mas-
ter's rifle, raised a paw and 'Welched
offs the trigger.
In Cambridgeshire this year a
cricketer went up in smoke and
fled for the pavilion with fire
licking at his trousers. A ball had
hit a box of matches in • his pocket
which immediately burst into
flames.
A somewhat siniiiar occurrence
is reported from California. A far-
mer had been working with a weed-
killer made from sodium -chlorate.
When he put his hands in his
pockets, his trousers exploded, the
chemicals used •being highly in-
flammable.
An even less likely ,accident oc-
curred in Indiana this May. A
steeplejack, James Swottan, was.
treated in hospital for considerable
injuries. He had fallen—from a
stool!
Yet an ex -paratrooper, Richard
Beckham; of Fairbanks, Alaska,
fell froin..a, kitchen..Flielfy theu,;_Itit.:
a tap and turned on the water.
Soggy calve clogged • up the sink
waste -pipe,. the water overflowed,
short-circuited the electric wiring
and set the house alight.
In Appleton, Wisconsin, a roan
sneezed so hard that he fell out
of bed and. broke his toe. A severe
sneezing attack caused another to
crack his Adam's apple, and yet a
third sneezes, a• Sussex woman, dis-
located her spine and had to spend
several weeks' in plaster.
A dislocated jaw was the lot
of a Kidderminster girl whose fi-
ance kissed her with too much
verve. Kissing appareatiy needs a
lot of care, for in 'America an
actor embraced his leading lady
so thoroughly that he broke his
nose. He has since been .given
compensation for injuries received
in the course of duty!
You never know what may cause
an accident!
Parlay. In Detroit, after Duane
Hunter, 11, told how he -had. run a
$30 stake up to $2,305 at the horse
races, the judges ordered him to
sink all his winnings in.U.S. defense
boors, • - .
Perching Pooch—This dog, "Mr.
Nick," has different ideas on
what to do with a fire hydrant,
He likes to sit on this particular
hydrant and watch the world go
by. He won't let other dogs. near
his perch and when same paint -
vers turned up to paint it, they
hod considerable trouble until
Mr, Nick's owners calledfdtn off,
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A Few Odd Facts
About Cook $Qoks
Cook -books are written just for
bachelors, for two people, for- hum-
dreds, for third graders, for •gour-
mets, for amateurs, for living alone
whether you like it or not, and for
men only, Special cooking equip-
ment and specifie seasons inspire
more books, while sometimes a
book is dedicated exclusively to a
single food. One, for example, is
about nothing but mushrooms.
There is an "indispensable little
cook -book on Eskimo cooking,"
cook -books by operasingers, funny
paper characters, mythical person-
alities created by food companies,
and by church groups. Some shops
are carrying as many as 125 titles
in cooking alone.
Fannie Merrit Farmer started the
deluge in 1896 when her famous
"Tire Boston Cooking - School
Cook Book"' was published. One
of her theories nearly knocked the
cozy off great-grandmother's tea-
pot. It was the decree that cooking
measurements must be level and
universally standar cl, "Slightly
rounded dessert spoonfuls" were
out, With Miss Farrier, cooking
ceased to be an individual, crea-
tive art and became an exact sci-
ence.
Today there are two classes of
cook-books—straight and specialty.
vfiss Farmer's comes under
straight, a's do other general vol-
umes which carry all-inclusive se-
lections of recipes, mean and diet
suggestions, marketing,. serving and
like information. Specialty books •
deal with one type of food or cook-
ing—such as the Sizzling Platter,
Cooking Under Pressure, Casserole
Cooking, Chafing Dish Cookery,
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Siamese Royal Wedding—After their wedding in the Siamese em-
bassy in Paris, Prince Birabongse of Siam and his bride, Celita
Howard, kneel on intricately fashioned pillows waiting for the
guests to file past and spill a little "holy water" into their hands.
Internationally famous as an auto racer, the Prince uses the name,
P. Bira, in sporting events.
scores of others. A unique exam-
ple of slanting is a cook -book for
bunters. It includes deerburgers;
armadillo sausage, muskrat ineat
loaf, beaver fricasse and wood-
chuck pie.
This is truly the Golden Age of
cook -books. In fact, people are al-
tering the attested 'conversation
wedge of "1-fave you react any gond
books lately?" • to "Have you read
any good cook -books. lately:"
It will soon be seed -treating time and many farmers through-
out Canada will be preparing their seed grains against attack by
'many seed and soil -borne diseases.
I am reminded of this important fact by Canadian Industries
Limited who also sent along the interesting pictures appearing '.
herewith. These are from magnified photographsof two wheat
kernels. The top one shows a healthy seedling that has been
treated with a modern seed disinfectant. The. untreated seedling
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below is heavily infected with root -rot and will either be killed
outright or will develop into a retarded, weak plant. Nuff said?
Feed your cattle on. sawdust and
have them thrive; is the latest from
the scientists. Sounds almost too
good to be true—but that's what
the man said.
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During World War I sawdust
was converted by German chemists
into cattle fodder by means of sul-
furic acid. The acid broke down
the lignin (stick stuff in woddy
cells) so that the wood 'or cellulose
could be digested in the rumen of a
cow. A cow has four stomachs, of
which the rumen is the first. Cows
can. eat cotton, which contains no
lignin, •
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lir the laboratories of the General
Electric Company Dr. M.' Dexter
Bellamy has long bean trying to
make sawdust digestable without
the aid of sulfuric acid, He does this
by turning electrons on sawdust.
Tlie electrons do something to the
lignin so that bacterial action of
rumen, can convert the celluldse
into aceticacid, propionic acid and
butyric acid, All these volatile acids
can be absorbed by a cow's inter- .
tines,
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The electrons that Dr. Bellamy •
turns on the sawdust come from a
modified X-ray tube. An X-ray
tube glows in action. .This visible•
glow consists of a stream of elec.,
irons, When the stresdn strikes e.
tungsten target invisible X-rays
shoot forth.
s.
:Ur. Bellamy wants the electrons
and not the X-rays, Accordingly,
he applies a discovery itiade years
ago by' Philip Lenard. In other
words,whe substitutes a thin alureins
uni window for the target. The
electrons Pass through the alumin-
um into :the open air and make a
fate tninia.tiu'e aurora.
Dr. Bellamy could hardly turn
the electrons directly on a cow
without doing damage and probably
killing the animal. Rabbits' ears
are easily punctured by electrons.
So anartificial rumen or stomach
in the form of a test tube was used.
In this test tube cultures of bac-
teria from a cow's rumen were
placed, for one or two days and
kept at 100 degrees F., which is the
temperature of a cow.
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After the period of digestion
ended steam was bubbled through
the specimen.' The volatile acids
came off as vapors, which were then
condensed. To the liquid thus ob-
tained caustic soda of known
strength was added. T•lie. degree„
to which volatile acids were neu-
tralized by,the soda was a measure
of their amount,
When the stuff in the glass was
exposed to electrons for only one
minute there was no •Creat effect.
But with an exposure of twelve
ixtinut s the bacteria .digested the
sawdust as readily as they did bay.
As the period of exposure was in-
creased digestibility was again re-
duced, apparently because the cellu-
lose,. was destroyed, Sawdust over -
water, but ordinary cellulose is in -
exposed -to electrons is soluble in
soluble..
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:A11 these experiments may be of
commercial importance. Because
Inman beings cannot live on cellu-
lose, it does not mean that cattle
cannot. And if cattle can be fed a
nourishing sawdust, which has been •
.made ,digestiLle by simpler means
„.fili4it treating it with sulfuric acid,
•b,eef may be much cheaper some
c"l;y than it is.
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, Aind for millions of beef -lovers,
tftat day cannot conte a minute too
soon,
Wreckers Made
Own "Power Cuts"
As well as being famous for its
cream and rugged coastline, Corn -
ie °renowned for its "wreckers"
'unscrupulous characters who•used
to lure ships to destruction by hang-
ing out false lights, or dousing ex-
isfing• •beacons, and seizing any
cargo washed ashore.
<''_.Tliere's the story of one Cornish
parson. •who, although he always
ti.eluded. in his service a prayer' for
%til tii*Siii,sPerilson the ,sea, invariably
added a;'rider to';the effect that if
the Alruigltty saw fit to wreck a
particular vessel . . could :Re
please arrange to do so locally?
yet . "we are bound to con-
chide that most tales, of actual
wrecking of ships are _legendary .
or to be found only in romantic
• novels," says William McIr ee itt his .
• informative book ou one of the
Most fascinating of all subject's,
"The Law of the Sea". Tite only '
instance with historical backing did
not occur in Cornwall at all but on,
' the Scilly Islands, writes the author,
'when. in 1680 the first lighthouse
was rected there.
' "Unfortunately, the keepers ap-
pointed appear to have been Still-
onians who• used their lights to a.s-
,sist rather than hinder their rela-.
tives engaged in the family occupa-
.tion of wrecking. For over a cen-
tury the St: Agues light was a
public scandal. Sometimes it shone
slightly; sometimes so dimly that
it could not be seen from St. Mary's
(a neighbouring island). Sometimes
it was put out altogether!"
Turning to New England, Mr.
1VIcFee states that although the
story, again of a parson, who spot-
ted to wreck on the rocks through
his church window and ordered the
congregation to "wait for him,"
is probably founded on fact, there
is little historical evidence to sup-
port deliberate "wrecking" of ves-
sels on Cape Cod.
IF YOUR .IRON STICKS
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If. starch sticks to your iron and
scorches, 'snaking it hard to work
and using- up' extra .current and
.effort, let the iron cool, then run
it over; a waxed paper (paraffin dis-
lodges starch); lastly,;'wipe clean
with .ysoft cloth.
:If some starch stip remains,
soften .it with heeswais them scrub
With soapsuds or very'"mild scout-
ing powder, using only .a very little
water. ,
Don't scratch ironl
"Bark -feeding' ' Trees
In The Winter
Because it has been discovered
that trees aren't really as dormant
as they seem in winter :months—in
fact, can absorb fertilizer solutions
through their bark -it may be pos-
sible to help trees to avoid or re-
cover more quickly from winter
injury by "bark feeding." This is
:.indicated by research work at the
Michigan State College horticultur-
al department, headed by Dr. I -I.
B, Tukey.
Radioactive chemicals, plus fer-
tilizer solutions, were the tools
Tukey and his fellow researchers
used in their tests. When they ap-
plied a radioactive chemical to the
branches of a dormant 'tree, for in-
stance, they found that it traveled.
A Geiger -counter test on the trees
a few days later showed that the
radioactive material . had moved.
The saute thing happened when
radioactive chemicals were sprayed:
or painted on the trunk of the tree
—the Geiger counter clicked at a
different spot on the tree a few days
after. And these tests, mind you,
were made during winter weather
at temperatures as low as five de-
grees below zero,
The next step in the tests was
a series of experiments with fer-
tilizer solutions containing phos-
phorus, potash and nitrogen. The
research oxen selected peach and
apple trees in several- commercial
orchards in Michigan that had been
hard hit by winter freezing. Still
during the winter, they sprayed the
fertilizers on the branches and
trunks of tite test trees.
The pay-off came later, Trees
that had been trunlc-and-brauch-
sprayed could easily be told from
nearby trees which received no such
treatment. For one thing, they
showed more short growth and bet-
ter leaf color. Also, close examina-
tion, including cross. sections taken .
of branches, revealed at least partial
recovery from the winter injury.
Yet the untreated trees in the or-
chards gave every indication of
greater permanent damage.
Tukey believes that the fertilizer
solution absorbed by the branches
gave the trees additional nutrients.
to speed recovery—also acted as a•
substitute for the food that was
blocked from normal channels by
injured tissue. This "shot in the
arni" apparently gives the tree a
chance to grow new wood and set
up new channels for 'flow of food
from the roots.
"Actually," says Tukey„"we don't
yet know how much practical value
there is in this winter bark -feeding
process. But at least we know that
so-called 'dormant' trees will absorb
liquid chemicals through the bark."
From "The Country Gentleman.”
BATTLE FOR HUMAN HEART
For a great many years •now, a
strange tug-of-war has been going
on between the French and Austrian
governments over—a heart. It be-
longs to the former King of Rome
and Duke of 'Reichstadt, son of
Napoleon, who died in Vienna early
last century at the age of twenty-
one.
At present the. heart is in
Vienna, together with the re-
mains of the Duke of Rome's
mother and Napoleon's second wife,
Marie ' Louise. The French would
like it to be buried with Napoleon's
remains ,in Paris, but the Austrian
Government remains adamant. • •
NEW and
USEFUL Too
New Children's Clothes
Washable Denim overalls with
roomy pockets, conte in blue, green
and brown. Available in sizes 2-8,
manufacturer paints child's name on
the garment for small extra charge.
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Ironing Simplified
New Ironing pad with aluminum
foil cenre is said to cut ironing
time in half, Pad fits any board,
irons underside of garment while
you iron topside. Perforations keep
pad dry. Can be used with steam
o> ,ectric iron.
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Flower Pot Jackets
Colorful Vinyl plastic covers fit
over red clay flower pots to give
them a new "face," Made to fit
3, 3/. and 5 inch pots.
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Plastic Mop
Plastic sponge -hike mop fits all
inop' handles. Absorbent plastic
strands are easily wrung free of
dirt. Offererl in red, blue and yel-
low.
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Painting Device
Paint -can attactnent fits over
quart or gallon cans to eliminate
dripping and running of paint. Des-
cribed as "a plastic lip with a wire
handle," the device allows excess
paint to drain back into container.
Also useful as a brush -rest.
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Cleaning Glove
Simple wet over -sized terry -cloth
mitten to wash kitchen surface and
venetian blinds: it has built-in soap
pouch.
is is 4,
Perfume Atomizer
Light -weight aluminurn perfume.'
atomizer marketed in satin -like
finish of pink and and gold fits two -
and four -ounce size perfumes. One•
hand operation is fea*"red,
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Car Snack Tray .
Snack -type plastic tray held in
position by chromed steel clamps
for car eating. Swings out of sight
under instrument panel when not
in use,
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Plastic Table. Cover
Reversible Vinylite plastic table
cover has two contrasting designs
for formal and informal occasions.
Marketed in 54 inch squares, it
comes in red, green and blue.
Manufacturer states the cover is
easy to clean, completely colorfast.
and will not mildew or crack.
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Car Visor
Low-cost plastic car visor cuts
down sun and head -light glare. Fits
all—Models,' easily. installed. -iWlaes-
facturer states visor won't steam
over.
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Road Marker
Gravity -fed device marks safety
and parking lines within Si inch of
curbing. Works at walking speed
with single operator.
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Rust Remover
Non -inflammable, non-toxic rust
disintegrating fluid penetrates cor-
rosion and frees rusted parts,
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Weatherstripping
Plastic weatherstripping combin-
ed with: eitruded rubber inset elim-
inates drafts from doors and •win-
dows. Sold in seven -foot strips.
HAROLD
ARNETT
TO PREVENT SMALL CHILDREN FROM POKING
THEIR FINGERS OR PLAYTHINGS INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS,
SEAL UP ALL UNUSED OUTLETS WITH OLD PLUGS FILLED
WITH SEALING WAX: ROUND PLUGS ARE HARDER TO REMOVE.
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