Zurich Herald, 1952-02-21, Page 3Dreamed Of Religion
Also • Great Riches
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Probably the most mysterious
man in the gallery of great dreamers
is John Wesley, who dreamed rt)f a
re:likious revival to purge the soul
of the Anglo-Saxon people.
A tutor of apparent simple piety,
John Wesley had • within himself
yet another dream which did not
concern his religicius fervour; a
dream concerning a huge fortune
avlri.elt, so far as is known, was
largely a myth,
"You are heirs to a large property
in India if you can find it," said
John \Vesley to his nieces and
nephews; "for my uncle. is said to
have been very prosperous." But,
before we look into the case of the
uncle, let us look at the house, in
itself something of a -mystery, where
a great fire took place when John
Westey was 'as a child.
Mystery Voice
Parsonage ]'Louse belonged to
John's father, the Reverend Samuel
Wesley. In 1709 a great fire broke
out there and the little boy John
was rescued, Some years later there
was a certain amount of controversy
about this fire and a drawing of the
rescue of John Wesley was made
A small boy was the model and
for unknown reasons a signed state-
ment was trade when the small boy
attained manhood affirming that he
indeed was the model for .joint
Wesley.
Between 1715 and 1716, about six.
years after the fire occurred,
"mystery voices" were heard its the
house. There was, one supposes,
some suggestion to the occult, but
with regard to the "mystery voices"
there were also suggestions that
this voice or voices had some con-
nection with the mysterious uncle
in India who was reputed to have
trade a vast fortune.
Samuel Annesley, the uncle, had
gone to India and found employ-
ment with the East India Company.
Fe was reputed to have made a
fortune and then to have.disappear-
ed. That he disappeared is an estab-
lished fact, but the fortune may well
have been a myth, for not a penny
of it was ever traced.
One curious fact stands out: his
proven will showed that he cut off
his sister and brother-in-law, tate
mother and father of John Wesley,
with a shilling each. This will makes
it all the more difficult to under-
stand why John Wesley told his
nieces and nephews that they were
heirs to "a large property."
Wife Forged Letters
The background to the life of
John..Weciey .throws, into re1iof..the _..
great things he accomplished, but
there are other factors which should
be more widely known.
The Wcsleys were a very austere
Methodist family. The children had
to lie 100 per cent. obedient under
the penalty of dire punishment, but
the austerity did not stop there.
1?vetr the simplest amusements and
distractions were taboo and it is on
record that a Wesley child was for-
bidden to cry.
With' such a childhood behind
hint one could but wish to record
that the great preacher had a happy
life thereafter, but such was by no
means the case; his married life
*as a veritable hell on earth. It is
understood that his wife used to
beat him, and was in the habit of
dragging hint round a room by the
roots of his hair.
Like many an outstanding re-
ligious preacher of his time. J'u"n
Wesley was beset by enemies who
tried to besmirch his character and
drag .him down. Did Mrs. Wesley
stand by her husband and defend
hint from his enemies? She did not.
She chose the opportunity to steal
his letters and tried to use thetu .
for the benefit of his enemies.
Whole passages front these letters
were deleted and replaced by pas-
sages forged by Mrs. Wesley her-
sS1f. These forgeries sought to con-
vict her husband `but of his own
mouth" of the most dreadful moral
lapses, lapses sufficient to bring
about the ruin of a layman; let alone
a preacher. And yet John \Vesley
triumphed over' every obstacle and
built up an edifice of faith which
has already lasted more than a.
e,en tory-and-a-half.
Slaves and Gin -Shops
john Wesley was horn its 1703
and took orders when he was thirty-
four. He went to Georgia as a
missionary and linked up with the
Moravians, Two years spent as a
missionary' were an absolute failure;
he acknowledged his defeat and dis-
illusionment and returned to Eng-
land.
It was near the first half of the
18th century when the England
John Wesley saw was the England
of the slave -trader, the kidnapper
and the smuggler. It was an Eng-
land of gin -shops, corrupt polities
and soul -less religion.
Ihtt England, to John Wesley,
was a land of immortal souls. He
bc,lieved that he was inspired to
revive religious faith. John Wesley
the priest became John Wesley the
prophet.
One of his most eltaracterist'c
exclamations was : `'Church or no
church, the people must be saved."
Conversion
Ile persuaded his brother Charles
to join him, T asso-'- .'on
carte George 'Whitfield and for a
time he was Wesley's pr'ncipal as-
sociate, Together they held meet-
ings at the Old Foundry, near
Moorfields, in the City of London.
It was here that the famous "con-
version" took place.
In 17.11 yet a eother blow struck
John Wesley, \Vhit:1eld. his cham-
pion, broke away from hint and
went to America, where he died
Wesley went on alone and lived
unt'I his eighty-eighth year.
His life, which 1 have here des -
This Cake Was Loaded—Eddie Cantor cu*nto the 150 -pound, six -
tiered cake ihat was a feature of the $2,600,000 party honoring
the ccmedian on his sixtieth birthday. More than 1700 persons
each bought $1000 worth or more of ,State of Israel bonds to
atfend the Cantor party.
crihed as being partly mysterious,
was t.evertheless a very great .ex-
ample to hundreds of thousands
who, like the Master, had to fight
adversity but yet overcame and
conquered it,
In view of a possible shortage of
certain fertilizers in 1952, navy
farmers. will be piacmg their orders
early so they ;ta'un't be caught
short in the spring. fertilizer ob-
tained now is well cured, dry and
will retrain so if properly stored.
The following storage rules are
offered by agricultural e";lierts:
Store...fertihzer.-.in ,.des. well,_
ventilated building: Deep windows
and doors closed during damp
weather and open when dry. Ne•.er
pile wet or damaged bags with
sound ones. Bags must not rest on
bare ground, concrete,' meta! or
against -the side of the. building,
but should be piled on :kids at
least four inches off the ground,
'I'he pile should not be more than
seven baits high. A space should he
left between piles for circulation of
ait. A few inches of straw on top
of the pile will prevent moisture
from sttling ou the bags.
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The Canadian corn crop may
someday become highly important
to the perfume industry.
On the basis of experiments
at the federal government s Prairie
Regional Laboratory at Saskatoon,
Sask., a new antibiotic trade front
diseased cars of corn c ffets nope
for a source of musks used as
fixatives in the ntanrfactur.'. of
perfumes.
The antibiotic, known as ustilagic
acid, is produced from the black
dust caused by tt snort which at-
tacks corn plants.
Al.usk is essential in perfume
manufacture to prevent the evapor-
ation of the highly volatile oils
which provide the sweet smell to
perfumes, It was originally ol-•
tained from the glands of the male
musk deer of Tibet at a very high
lost. Ill Vet. ens years, however,
chemists have devised a way of
making a synthetic musk called
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from the 'Tibetan deer. .
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Cows aren't much different from
humans after all, They too have a
weakness for sweets — especially
sweet grass.
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Made at' the 'OInIthoina Agricul
tural Experimental Station where
..it was not'ced that cattle preferred.
to graze its certain areas of a -'
pasture and left untouched other
sections contain ire g succulent
growths of grass.
Through chemical analysis, it
was determined that grass .whirl,
the cattle favored was highei in
sugar content than the g'ass they
passed up.
The explanation given for this
bovine "sweet tooth" was that
cattle seemed to prefer pasturage
- where the phosphorus content of
the soil was. fairly high and that
plants high in phosphorus always
contain more sugar than plants
with a phosphorous deficiency,
The X-ray has helped medical
science accomplish wonders since
its discovery by Professor Roent-
gen 57 years ago. It has greatly
sintplilied the detection and setting
of stone fractures and has taken
the guesswork out of the diagnosis
of many human ailments. Tuber-
culosis, once a malady responsible
for thousands of deaths annualy,
is now on the wane thanks to free
chest X-ray cynics operating in
every province.
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Until recently, the X-ray was
used almost exclusively on humans,
If a horse broke its leg it was in-
variably shot. If a cow swallowed
a few hits of barbed wire and her
milk production began to •«drop
drastically, she was butchered. If a
pet eat or,.dog was seriously ill it
often landed in the gas el -tan -titer.
But this situation is changing
today, Veterinary science has
adopted the' X-ray as one of its
tools': Results have been so gratify-
ing in diagnosing animal diseases
and injuries that it is fast becoming
as essential to the profession as
radiology as to,modern medicine.
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Research workers in Canadian
agriculttirar colleges are using the
X-ray to. psodite mutations its the
plant world which ntay someday
help alleviate the world food short-
age. One .seieptist produced a corn
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plant ' 'ills ears two feet long, but
this "giant" was lost to the world
becaus; no record was kept of the
amount ; of radiation used in the
expert.&}ent.
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Anerther beneficial use of the X-
ray is =its ability to "see" flaws in
metal »hick has resulted in strong-
er and, longer lasting afrm intple-
ments :'' It is widely used to detect
foreign, matter in processed foods.
It has'',brought to light the wonders
of birth by revealing what goes
on inside the shell when an egg is
hatching .
The: radiologist and the X-ray
may do as much in the' future for
agr_culture as - they have for
medicine.
Hints About Using
Hair. "Color -Rinses"
Are
Two -Track Railways A Big Blunder?
Some Scientists Claim They Are
An inventor named Louis Bren-
nan produced a working model of
s *,;,gyroscopic train 'which ran on
one rail at a speed of over 100 rn.p.h,
Since then engineers have been
wondering whether a colossal blun-
..cler was not made in building our
railvra 's on the comparatively slow
`i,_aftd expensive two-line system
wiiela we have in use to -day.
'Brennan, who was born 100 years
ago at Castlebar, Ireland, was a
watcliinaker who had an uncanny
flair for mechanical inventions, He
Made a great deal of money from
them, one way and another,
Top Secret
He first hit the jackpot with the
Brennan torpedo, now .obsolete but
formerly thought to be the perfect
weapon for defending docks and
harbours against raiding ships,
The British Government was so
impressed by tate invention that
they gave Brennan the unpreceden-
ted sum of £110,000 for it, paid
him a retaining fee of £5,000 plus
a salary of £2,000 a year and ex-
penses, and told hitt lte could spend
his whole time trying to improve
the invention. Brennan didn't think
twice about it. He set to work.
That was in 1887. Tweny years
later Brennan had taken to play -
with tops. Right front boyhood he
had been interested in their balanc-
ing power.
He was much intrigued by the
sight of •a top-heavy top keeping
an upright balance when spun. To
get at the explanation he bought
all kinds of tops, made new kinds,
an experimented with them for
years.
It was by means of these ex-
periments that he obtained the
master -idea of a mono -rail. Here
was a new and much cheaper kind
of train which could be run at a
speed of 100 miles per hour and
more on a single rail, and with
greater safety than an ordinary ex-
press train on a double track.
Just as tired, drab skincan be
given ca glow with color-fonnda
tions, so tired, drab hair can be
sparked with new color. Discol-
orattosj` from driedends, sun-bad-
itg; all streaks from the first.
„,be
Wr
rnsed
back .to. ,'e
a'
a1 rinse
color Itatur eoior: Because
last only from shampoo to shampoo
you can try different shades for the
fun of change or until you discover
which shade is most flattering. You
can become so adept at using a
color rinse that you can tint your
hair as you shampoo it without a
hint of srtifrcialty.
Unless you are blending its gray
hair, don't try to match your own
hair color precisely. Choose instead
a shade lighter or darker than your
own. Blondes can give their hair a
golden or amber cast. Brown heads
can be transformed from just plain
brown to a prettier, livelier shade,
sparkling with bronze lights. Red-
heads can be toned down or livened.
Black hair can regain its jet gloss
with the same4rinse used to accent
dark'brown hair. Select your per-
sonal color carefully by means of
the color selectors displayed at cos-
metic counters, These show a
choice 'of three or four shades for
each 'of the various types: blonde,
medium, dark brown, as well as
gray.
Blending color into gray hair can
be done•naturally with a temporary
color, rinse, Ilany women have be-
come so expert at this that their
friends have never been aware that
they ,had any gray hair. If your
hair .bas turned gray all over, how-
ever,' .you can make it a shining
crown by the use of silver or steel
gray rinse.
The first, time you use a color
rinse . read and follow iusi ructions .
carefully. The amount of water
you add will vary according to the
depth "of color you want to achieve.
There are many ways of applying
a rinse: pouring it through the
hair; 'stroking it on with a brush;
daubing it on with cotton; or using
a color applicator, a plastic squeeze
bottle with a long nozzle tip. This
gadget makes blending color so
simple you can almost do it with
your eyes shutl
The beauty of experimenting
with a color rinse is that you can
correct a mistake by simply sliaut-
pooing the color out again. A good
rinse,'put out by a thoroughly re
potable manufacturer may be used
without fear of injury to the lair
or skin.
Round the Bend
Using the principal of the gyro-
scope, Brennan made an engine
and carriages which would remain
perfectly steady on a single line
of track, even when they were at a
standstill. They were able to run
on the roughest of permanent ways
and negotiate the most acute bends
without slackening speed:
It was a revoluionary scheme by
any standards.
At that time the cost of building
• an ordinary railroad in England
was about £30,000 a mile. The
cost of the new mono -rail was es-
timated lo'beonl '1;000°a mile:• '
Moreover, the single. rail could be
laid down very quickly.
The sleepers were only three
feet six inches long and they were
placed on the ground.. about two
feet apart, with cut and ballast.
13rennan's mono -rail created a
sensation. The Government
promptly made a grant to the in -
a ituil-sized experimental line at
Gillingham. A car forty feet long
was made, the single series of
wheels being placed down its cen-
tre line.
The "brains” of this car were
two gyro -wheels each weighing
three-quarters of a ton and revolv-
ing by electricity three thousand
times ,a minute. They enabled the
car to maintaitt perfect balance,
under their guidance sharp curves
that would wreck an ordinary train
at speed, were rounded smoothly
and steadily.
In 1909 Brennan's mono -rail was
successfully demonstrated, with
forty passengers in the car, before,
a team of experts, And that was
about as far as this brilliant in-
ventor got with his revolutionary
rail sysem.
The experts made Some vague
pronouncements to the effect that
"the advanages gained by running
on a single rail do not outweigh
the increased weight and cost, and
the necessity for the maintenance
of an extra piece of machinery."
If the experts had forseen the
huge cost of maintaining the pres-
ent two -rail system; and the fact
that the speeds on it would remain
practically the same for the next
forty years, Brennan's system
might have been adopted univer-
sally, to civilisation's great advan-
tage.
The amount of saving, over the
years, of steel wood (for sleepers),
maintenance and running costs, is
beyond the imagination.
Louis Brennan died in 1932 after
he had spent the last years of his
life (ironically enough) advising
the Government on the engineering
aspect of aircraft and munitions,
Want `High' Groceries
An interesting feature in con-
sumer preferences has come to
light in recent weeks.
How fast a can of food sells de-
pends upon which shelf it is sitting
on. If a grocer displays his can-
ned goods on the top shelf he can
sell 7 to 8 per cent .more than if
he places the same cans on a tier of
three shelves.
Marketing specialists running
the test are unwilling to hazard
a guess as to why a customer
would rather buy off the top shelf
than any other. Whether the ap-
peal lies in the fact that the food
is nearest to the eye or within easy
reach they just can't say.
As a consumer, the next time
you reach for an article on the top
shelf, you night get the answer by
asking yourself,
Oh, Spinach
Spinach, it would appeae, speaks
louder than words.
Shoppers, faced with the choice
of buying the curly greens in a
plain Cellophane bag or in an
identical bag covered with print-
ing,•will select the plain one, prov-
ing they would rather buy spinach
they can see than the kind they can
read about.
At least that is what they do
in Baltimore. Residents there un-
wittingly participated in a con-
sumers' preference test recently.
Besides ,„show
1
ng a decided
leaning
"a`viij* "frestti the,. literary ! in- their• "'
shopping instincts, patrons of six
super markets there proved that
at Least 50 per cent of the spinach
customers were willing to pay
twice as much per edible pound for
as for the bulk form.
MERRRRY_ MENAG`ERRIEE
gBIR'A PAIRS
"From morning till night
Mush! Mush! MIJSHI"
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Monk Denies Nazi Identity—German Friar Martin Bodewig (left),
member of the St. Anthony of Padua Monastery in Rome, has
denied the reports that he is Martin Bormann (at right), one-time
number -two Nazi. The 40 -year-old Monk told reporters in Rome
that the current story linking him to Bormann "obviously has been
taken out of the air." Bormann's death at the end of World War II
was never confirmed.
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