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ai-A^yiTHJHE--A DNE^COUTS Our Uniform To-day, as probably never before during our lifetimes, money is harder to obtain tliau we ever thought pos- Bible. Moat people are hanging on tight to any casli that comes into their possession, and wlio can blame them? There Is not much money being ipent on luxuries in these times, and tor this reason Lone Scout IleaiUiuar- ters have not found it necessary to lake on an extra secretary to sign ind forward orders for Scout Uniform iurlng the past few moDthH. Of course one can be a Scout with- »ut wearing a uniform, anil we do not want you to thinlt that i is imperative tor you to have uniform when, per- »aps, you cannot afford it. As long as fou are & good Scout, living up to four Sojut Promise uni! Law, we are latisfieif. We want, however, to keep before rou the signiflcance of the Scout uui- torm, and to show you how it has lelped to a great degree in the ro- mance of Scouting. The Scout Uai- form ia Uncwn and respected in all parts of the world and is a symbol of the ideals and activities for which our movement stands. The general public has come to look upon a Scout as a boy who possesses better qualities of character and train- ing than .the average boy, and further, that he is a boy who is ready to help others and perform his duly readily lud w-ell at all time In the boy with the Scout liat, .shorts and neclcerchief they see the leaders of the future, and this uniform Is something of which any Lonie can be Justly proud, for it symbolizes the en- tire Boy Scout Organization, the "World Wide Brotherhood of Scouts," who will be the citizens of tiie future. Every Lone Scout should, therefore, make it his ambition to pos.sess a Bcout Uniform, and he should obtain f.t if possible by his own efforts, and W neccH.sary should purchase it one Jtem at a time until it is complete. The Christmas season is coming >long, and it may be that some of you •jTill receive gifts at that time. Let it be known that you would ai)preciate »n article from the Scout catalogue, »nd so commGiice the foundation of your uniform in which you can take 1.3 much pride as any soldier of the Buards does in his dress clothes A /eal Scout will take great care of his uniform and looit upon it as a trust Champion Corn-Husker Duchess of Abercorn's Scout Test When the Duchess of Abercoru open- ed a new Boy Scout Hall at Belfast by lighting a tire in the fireplace, she was given the Scout maximum of two matches. Sho proved herself a "good Scout" by using only one. Recruiting Probably each I.,onie in OittLrio knows several Ixiy^ iu his neighbour- hood, who in hia opinion would be bonefitteil by Scouting and who he probably would like to see enrolled as Louies. Maybe these boys would respujid more readily if a letter was sent to them from Lone Scout Headquarters. If you know any such boys, will you not send us their tames and addresses so that we can get into touch with them? A personal word from you wcjuld al- so help a great deal. Now Tibetan Boy Scouts Troops of Tibetan Boy Scouts were discovered during a tour of tlie Hima- layan mountain passes this snmrac r by the Secretary of the Punjab Boy Scouts Association. Like Scouts else- where tlie Tibetan lads were perform- ing many kinds of public service, in- cluding the building of protected springs where wayfarers can secure clean drinkin.;; water, f'romptness Averts Bridge Tragedy The famous story of the Dutcli boy who prevented a disastrous flood by plugging a hold in a dyke with his lin- ger Is recalled by the action of a Boy Scout, John Kirsehel, of Southern llho- desia. While Ashing from a bridge over the Gwcbi River ilie lad di.'^ffover- ed a widening crack iu a concrete pier. He immediately ran aud reiMirted, and the bridge was closed, averting prob- able tragedy. The Scout was highly commended by the t'overnment road department. Deaf and Dumb Boys Become Scouts Mackay Institute for the Deaf and Dumb now has its Scou: Tvooi). The troop is sponsored by the Scouts of Trinity Memorial Cluirch Troop Are you a Lone Scout? This branch of Scouting is open to all boys be- tween the ages of 12 and IS years who live in small villages or rural districts and who are unable to attend the meetings of regularly organized Scout Troops. For full information write to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout j Department, S'M Buy Street, Toronto 1 'â- !. â€" "Lone E." The Novelist's Faculty of Invention Fiction is digested experience, aud t. great novel is the reflection of a great man's sense of the world and of the people iu it. It might seem ;rom this to be a matter of indiffer- ence whether he conveys this dis- cursively by trumpeting it through mouthpiece-characters and interpolat- ed comment, or by presenting his sense of life pictorially aud dramat- ically, making the characters and • tory the vehicle tor expressing his profouudest reactions to experience. A.ad in a sense it is indifferent. Only, It It Is natural to a writer to express himself discursively, he had better think twenty times before using the novel as his vehicle. It discursive writing is his bent, then, whatever kind of writer he is. he is certainly aot a novelist; aud however beauti- tul, elegant, acute or timely his com- mentary, epigrama and discussions iiay bo, the people In his book will So the way of all waxwork. Carlyle could draw a portrait in a tew sentences, even if It were only ihat ot a man who hud sat opposite him In a railway carriage or ot lomeone he had read about, so that we now not only see that man (how lamely inexpressive seem engrnvings and photographs beside the text!), but are brought into touch with the ^â- ery core of his being â€" at least as It was conceived by Carlyle himsfllf. In addition to this unrivalled gift for »ivld static presentment, lie had also the power of revealing the dramr.ti(! clash. o' temperaments and aim.?, the Incongruity between a man and his casual surroundings, and above all, everywhere and at all timea, the hovelist's sense ot the Inexhaustible picturbsqueness and significance of detail. Carlyle could make the cut ot a man's coat or the color of his ihoo-hoels seem profoundly sym- Some Chemistry of the Farm Takes his job by the ears â€" and wins a championship! Carl Seiler of Galva, 111., Is "right there" when It comes to husking corn. Ho husked thirty-six and ninety one-hundredth bushels in eighty minutes. Sunday School Lesson l)olic. He could orchestrate the passions magnificently. Yet fiction was not his medium and he knew it. Ruskin required a work of art, a castle, a cloud, a mountain, a tree, to release his imagination And In discoursing he would show so vivid an apprehension of the honorable merchant, of the artist's intense ex- periences, of the noble gentleman, of the dignified mechanic, ot the con- tented cottager, and also of the op- posites of all these types, that it would seem he must have been able, had he chosen, to project them as living figures iu a novel, expressing his vision of the world. But, like Carlyle, he could not invent. Invention: that is the master qual- ity of the novelist. .\ great novel, as I have said, is the reflection of a groat man's experience ot life; but it cannot be convoyed in the form of a novel unless the writer has this specillc faculty ot Invention. He must he able to devise a constant flow of Incidents which will exhibit his characters. This may seem a commonplace, but It l.s one usually overlooked by reviewers and entirely forgotten by many intelligent au- thors who take to novel-writing. . . . Reviewers and critics are seldom people with a talent for Invention: on the other hand, they are usually appreciative of literary ability and cleverness. Consequently they over- value those qualities to the preju- dice ot the story-teller's specific fac- ulty, and they do not even discuss stories which exhibit- that faculty. If those .-.tories do not contain fine phra.ses or arre.stlng comments. â€" Desmond MacCarthy, In "Criticism." "This Is the last time I shall bring this bill" said the enraged collector. "Thanks," replied the inpecunlous debtor "You arc so much more.con- .Rideralo than the other fellow; he sHld ho was going to come again." December 4. Lesson X. â€" Living with People of Other Races â€" John 4: 5-10; Acts 10: 30-35. Golden Text â€" Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. â€" Acts 10: 34. ANALYSIS. I. RACE PREJUDICE AND HUMAN NEEU, John 4: 5-10. II. A SNOBBISH christian's DREAM, Acts 10: 9-19. III. THE DIVINE INTENTION, Acts 10: 2S-35. I.NTUODUCTION â€" Countee CuUen, the young' Negro poet, tells about a visit he once made to Baltimore: Once riding in old Baltimore, Head tilled, heart filled with gleeâ€" I saw a Baltimorian â€" keep looking straight at me. Now, I was eight â€" and very small; And he â€" was no whit bigger ... And so I smiled, but he â€" stuck out his tongue And called me "nigger." Although I live<i in Baltimore From May until December â€" Of all the things that happened there, That's all that I remember. The Spirit of Jesus has always had to face snobbery â€" racial, social, ecclesiastical. I. RACE PREJUDICE AND HUMAN NEED, John 4: 5-10. Notwithstanding the inhospUality of the Samaritans (Luke 9: 51-53) meet Jewish pilgrims going north went through the province of Samaria, v. 4. Only the strictest of them, such as the Pharisees, went round by Perea. At noon (the sixth hour, Roman reckoning) Jesus and his party came to Jacob's well. It was an unusual hour for a woman to come for water, V. 7. Was it shame, or the severity 01 her more respectable sisters that sent her there when no one was likely to be about? The tired stranger asked her for a (irink. Her surprise (v. 9) at being thus addressed reflected the relation- ships that existed between Jew and Samaritan. The Jew had a profound contempt for the Samaritan with his mixed blood and impure religion. N'oribern Israel had intermarried with the foreign conquerors, and had adopted pagan religious customs. See 2 Kings, chap. 17. Because of this the Samaritan offer to help in build- ing this. Temple was contemptuously spurnwi, Ezra, chap. 4. Resentment brought reprisals. Mutual hatred was the consequence. The appeal of human need over- came the woman's dislike and suspi- cion. In helping a hated Jew, she i"ecei\eij from him the sympathy and inspiration for a better life which sho so sorely needed. It was the spirit of Jesus breaking down the separating barriers of race prejudice. Peter's dream changed the course of history for the early ch\irch. The "scattering abroad" of believers dur- ing the persecutions resulted in the g!-o\vt.h. in many foreign centres, of the new faith. Peter, on a superin- tendent's tour, found himself con- fronted with the question, "How is a Christian to act toward a (Jentile?" Jews had always looked upon Gen- tiles as "common," aliens from the 'commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenant of promise," out- side the pale. They ate "unclean food. Hence eating togetlier, and con- sequently all social intercourse, was •iinossiblc. The Gentiles retorted by ridiculing Jews for their abstinence from pork. II. A S.NOBBISH christian's DREAM, Acts 10: 9-19. Peter's problem about food, his hun- ger (v. 10), wove themselves into the fabric of his dream. In the sheet (v. 1"2), he began to notice all kinds of creatures, clean und unclean. He was amazed to hear the voice, which he so well remembered, commanding him to kill and eat. He had broken many a Pharisaic regulation in his day â€" • ' -icking corn on the Sabbath, for ex- ample â€" but with food he was still a strict Hebrew. His abrupt refusal (v. 14) brought its emphatic and repeat- ed reproof, vs. 15, 10. The Christian Jew was now to givj up his old dis- tinctions between meats clean and un- clean. Any custom, no matter how useful in the past, wnich becomes a separating wall between people, must be removed. "This wall has no busi- ness here!" says the Nazarene Car- penter as he sees the wall which sep- arates the members of his father's family in their own house. "Down it conies!" and with well-dii'ected blows he swings his axe. See the vivid pic- lure in Ephesians 2: 14. When Peter was told that some Gentiles were at the door to see him, he .said to himself, "There is the mean- ing of my dream." He made them welcome. III. THE DIVI.NE INTENTION, .A.cts 10: 28-35. Obedient to his heavenly vision, Peter set out for Cassarea with the messengers of Cornelius. Realizing that his unheard-of action in going into a Gentile's home would certainly bring on a crisis iji the church, he took with him several brethren from the church in Joppa. In Cornelius' house he made it clear to the assem- bled Gentiles that in coming to thoin he was breaking with a strict Jewish regulation. NevertheL'ss, he had done it deliberately (v. 29), "without gain- saying" means "without disputing or hesitation." God had .;hown him that they were all God's children, "bro- thoM all." â- How did the accident liappeu?" to the statements neither ; ido was "I can't make it out. According in any way to blame." The brave and wiso perform great actions not so much on account ot the rewards attending them, as on account ot their own intrinsic excellence. â€" Cicero. By Henry G. Bell Assoc. Prof, of Chemistry, O.A.C. What breed of dairy cow gives the most and best quality milk? If you're a dairyman you can surely answer this question with about a hundred rea- sons. What is the best all round breed of poultry for the average On- tario farm? You no doubt have de- finite opinions on this subject â€" opin- ions backed by many good reasons. But when you come to discussing the things that make up the feed of the cow or the hen, or the elements that are found in their products â€" or bodies or feed, the familiarity ceases. That is the reason for this practical, homely talk about things. Elements Have you ever heard a person talk- ing about the elements in feed or in a fertilizer, and you have wondered just what an element is? Chemists have studied what things are mado of, and they have found a total of 87 elements. .-Vn element is a substance that cannot be reduced to, or divided into two or more component substances. For in- stance, iron, or gold, or silver, cannot bo broken up into other components than iron and gold and silver. They may be melted or changed into iron or gold or silver utensils, but they are still the same pure elements. Compounds There are other materials in nature. If red or yellow mercuric oxide is heat- ed, oxygen goes off as a colorless gas, and metallic mercury remains. The mercuric oxide is known as a com pound. Nearly all things wo come In contact with in nature are compounds. Very tew elements remain unattached and pure in nature. Elements exist in three different forms, viz.: solids, gases, liquids. Hero are some ot the common elements belonging to each class: Solidsâ€" -Iron (Fo), Gold (Au), Silver (Ag), Phosphorus (P) (from which we get phosphoric acid). Potassium (K) (from which we get potash). Sul- phur (S), Lead (Pb), Copper (Cu). Gases â€" Oxygen (O.i, Hydrogen (H), Nitrogen (N), Chlorine (CI). Liquids â€" Mercury (Ilg). Chemical Symbols So that it will not be necessary to write long names ot substances each time they occur In a reaction, chem- ists have agreed upon certalu symbols which are usually the first letters ot the names at the elements. For in- stance, H always stands for Hydrogen, O always stands for Oxygen, N always stands tor Nitrogen, P always stands tor Phosphorus. If P were used to stand for Potash it would lead to con- tusion, therefore the first letter of the latin name Kalinm (K) is used to de- note potassium. Acids and Alkalis There are certain compounds which dissolve in water and which have the power ot turning blue litmus paper to a red color. These are called acids. Some of the commonest in farm opera- tions are: Sulphuric acid (H2S04), Hydrochloric acid (HCl), Nitric acid (HN03) and Acetic acid (CH3C00H). Other compounds have the power of deadening the effects of acids. Those are known as bases. Some of the commonest encountered in farm opera- tions are: LImewater Ca (0H)2, Am- monia water (NH4)0H, Caustic soda (NaOH), Caustic potash (KOH). These substances turn red litmus paper to blue. Their action is said to be alkaline. Chemical Reacti'on A common illustration ot chemical reaction on the farm is seen where acid soil is corrected by the addition ot limestone. Calcium carbonate (CaC03) or limestone is readily dis- solved.. This forms Calcium hydrate CA(0H)2, which corrects the acidity ot tho soil. When acid phosphate is made phosphate rock Is treated with sulphuric acid. This produces soluble or available phosphate, and calcium suluphate or land plaster. Superphos- phate or acid phosphate as it used to bo called, carries 16% to 20% avail- able phosphoric acid (P205). Some folks are of the opinion that super- phosphate is acid in its action, and that it makes the land sour. This is not tlio case. Superphosphate or acid phosphate is neutral in reaction. The calcium sulphate that it carries tends to liberate the potash of the soil. Elements Are Combined to Form Compounds The questun is sometimes asked, it nitrate of soda contains only 15% nitrogen, or I't lbs. pure nitrogen to tho hundred, why can't I buy pure nitrogen tor my crops? One reason why pure nitrogen wouii. b,; of on UM for plantfood is that nitrogen is a gas and is not taken up by the loaf oi stem ot the plant. Nitrogen must en ter the plant throu.i'h the roots, ant that ifi a dissolved form. Thus, nit rate of soda when dissolved in watel (â- an be taken up readily b\ tho grow- ing plant. Let every farmer and gar dener remember this fact, the plan' cannot use pure elements. The ani mul cannot asbimilato or take Into itt own composition pure carbon or oxy gen or hydrogen or sulphur or nitrogei or phosphorus or calcium or iron Plantfoods must be carried In com pounds iu the soil, in manure and It fertilizers. Animal feeds must carrj the elements in compounds known ai carbohydrates proteins, fat;; and al-lie< substances. More of the common chemical com pounds that farmers meet in theii daily operations are. Water â€" tH20), which composes 9( to 95% of farm crops (green), Watei frequently contains dissolved calciu. i or magnesium carbonate which mukei it hard. Hard water kills the powei of soap to produce lather. Water may also contain compounds of iron potaj- slum and sodium. Some of these may render the water unlit for domestic use. Other impurities of a bacterial nature more often render water unfit for farm use. Sugar (CGH1206 or C13H22011), la found in the juice of sugar beets. In fruits and in the sap of the sugar maple tree and elsewhere. Starch (CGIIlOOa), is found in the kernels or seeds of all cereal.=, also in potato- and artichokes. Fat â€" Various forms, all built from C H and O. Fats aro found iu the oil> part of seeds near the germ, in cream from which butter Is made and In the tle.-h of must animals. Proteins â€" Flesh and muscle builders containing C, H, O, and Nitrogen. Tht glutton of wheat, or the rubbery gum my part of dough is composed ot pro teins. Lean meat, hair, hoofs, horns also contain protein. Amino-acids â€" many of which cou tain C. H. O. N. and Sulphur. Thesi amino acids are closely counectei with proteins. Bone â€" contains Calcium, Oxyget and phosphorus. These fragmentary outlines of clii:m islry, basic to common farm products and phenomena, will be followed bv discussions of specific problems, from time to time. HS Rare Plant Species One of the oddest plant species in the world has been rediscovered in Madera Creek, in the Davis Mountains of western Texas, according to S<:ieMce News Letter, a Science Service pulill- cation ( Wa.shingtoiri. Dr. U. A. Sludhalter ot Texas Tc'cli- nologlcal College at Lubbock has re- ported this find to The Scientiiit Monthly. We read: "The plant is known a.s itiella. and has been given the English name Muf- fle plant,' because ot Its peculiar structure. It consists of a sleiidct stem an inch or so in length, with a thin transparent green wing growing out at one side and curling over its end. The graceful nni'.uiations in this green wing caused on' American botanist to describe it as 'a nillle standing on end.' "The plant has tliu.-s far been luuud in only two States, Texas nd North Dakota. It grows only in sheltered canyons either submerge in shallow water or just above water-level. Sine* water in this Western country i. not always a certainty in any one place, the plant has been very elusive, dis- appearing from a known habitat and reappearing suddenly els?where. Close relatives are known from the old world, growing in tho same type ol habitat: sheltered shallow waters ia semiarid regions. Here also it is aa extremely elusive plant." "1.SU I Jack ever going to pro- pose?" "I guess not, he's like an hour- glass." "How's that?" "Tho more time be gets th» leaa sand ho has." MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER Cooking On a Short Wave Length. r X VI«Ae«» wt\AT'S CA) xne Ai«. J«Fft