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f _ •A 1 J> t •4 5- I ^ < < - < * I % n ft NE; SCOUTS So now we turn to 1933 and wish all members o( the I^ne Scout Organlza- llon and all our fellow Scouta all over Canada a Very Happy New Year. Everyone la optlmUtlc that this paw year will see a great Improvement ta times and condittons, and that It •win herald a return to prosperity, and we certainly hope so. One of the obligations ot u Scout la that he is always cheerful, but it has been a little difficult ot late, perhaps, for some of you. But with the New Year let us renew our efforts in optim' lam, and If each of us will do our bit to help In the return of the good times that we all so much desire, then be- fore this year is done we shall see a big improvement. So, once again, Lonles, let us all put our shoulders to the wheel, and make a new resolution that we will live as good Scouts should do and that we will do our best to be useful and help- ful boys. The above illustration shows three Oshawa Boy Scouts at work on their miniature model Napoleonic coaches In the wood shop ot the Oshawa Col- legiate and Vocational Institute The Fisher BVidy Craftsman's Guild Competition Many of our Lone Scouts will be In- ierested to learn the following: More than 20,000 Canadian boys kave enrolled this year as members of ihe Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild and lave started in to build miniature Jttodel Naoleonic cqjaches in an effort win some ot the ?85,000 in awards hieh the Guild offers in this year's ompetitlon. Many thousands of hoys ill yet enter the contest. There re- alDS 3till a month for the young iraftsmen to send In their entries to :ijUd Headquarters in Oshawa, Ont. / Six ulriYWsity scHolargWps, worth 6,000 each, two to be exclusively for lanadians; trips to Toronto and the Ihlcago Century of Progress Exposi- !on; and more than 140 awards in gold 9 offered. In schools throughout Canada the ork of the Fisher Body Craftsman's iiild has been explained to pupils be- jireen the ages of twelve to nineteen years. And in many instances, school groups have been organized to study the plans and speciflcatlons furnished free by the Guild, and to build from them a colorful miniature model coach. Boys may enroll through any dealer in General Motors' cars, or write di- rect to the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild, Oshawa, Ont. No enrollments, it is learned, will be accepted after January 15th. So Lonies, do not delay, but let us show that the Lone Scout Department holds some Scouts who have ability and initiative. What splendid Indoor January 1. Leaaon I â€" John Prepares tha Way for Jaauaâ€" Mark 1: 1-t1. Qotdan Text â€" Prepare ya tha wny of tha Lord, make hia patha atralght.â€" Mark 1: 3. ANALYSIS. I. THE HSKAto), Mark 1: 1-8. IL STOOPING TO CONQUEB, Mark 1: a. in. THE SUPRBMB ENDOWMENT, Mark 1: 10, 11. Intboduction â€" The six months' ser- ies of lessons begin.iinj today pre- sents the life of Jesu.; as K:ven by Mark, tha earliest Cospel. At first the church had no written recoixi of tho lif' or teachings of our Lord. Living so r.e.ir the event, looking for his return immediately, they did not feel the need of it. When, however, the* new faith spread into pagar com- n.unities, as the hope of an early re- turn gradually died, a record became necessary. Paul, it is true, had been writing his letters to his churches â€" but they dealt with specific situations. Some sayings of Jesus had been col- lected also. But teachers and con- •. erts iveeded something more co n- plete. Mark's GoM,)el was the result It w.ns probably written at Rome near A.D. 70. Tht son of a mother whose Jerusalem home (Acts 12: 12) was a gathering place for the early church, Mark may well have knavn Jesu in the days of his flesh. A com- panion in missionary work of Piul (Acts 12: 25), later with Barnabas in Cypius (Acts 15: 17-39), then a disciple of Peter (1 Peter 5: 13), as- sociated once more with Paul in Rome (Col. i: 10). Mark wn? well qualiiiw! for his task. His Gospel was writto . to niet't tlie r.eeds of the cime. The church was by now familiar with persecution. Rome was burned in A.D. 64. According to a trustworthy tradition, 'Pqust and Paul were among Nero's many vic- tims. This explains many things in this Gospel. Je;us is the strong Son of God â€" truly human, yet conscious o? a un- ique Sonship. Bearing his Good News, marking out the way of the Christian as the Way of the Cross, he came to a world that was waiting for a de- liverer. I. THE HER.iLD, Mark- 1 : 1-8. Through the travail of centuries, Israel had come to yearn for the "Messiah" whose coming would deliv- er her from her oppressors and make her the mistress of the world. When, one day at Jordan side, the voice of prophecy, long silent, burst forth Make Your Own Collars By HELEN WILLIAMS, Il!u$trated Drettmalcing Letton Fur- niahed With Kvery Pattern recreation this would be for you dur- .^^j^j^ ^^^ proclamation of a New Day, ing these long cold winter nights. ' aH judea was stirred, . 5. John's de- HU When you .study these attractive collar and cuif sets, you'll see they are charming and youthful. And what a variety to choose from. You can make your last year's dress appear quite up to the minute by wearing one of tliese little collar and cuflF sets or one of the plastron fronts. They requre the minimum of mak- ing and a small amount of material. Choose white pique, handkerchief "inen, orgAdy or soft crinkle crepe Far m Que ries Henry G. Bell. B.S.A., Dept. of Chemi»try, O-A C. Address All Letters to Fann Editor. 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in this Column. If Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope. Why Not Bb a Lone Scout? Why not start the New Year right, by enrolling as a Lone Scout? Full particulars of this branch of Scouting may be obtained from The Lone Scout Dept, the Boy Scout Association, 330 Bay St., Toronto. If you are between 12 and 18 years ot age (inclusive) you are eligible. â€" "Lone E." Why the Stars Shine The life of the sun may be only a undredth part of the immense span idumed by the more optimistic astro- nomers. The possibility of this short- period Is explained by Thoedore lunham Jr., noted American astrono- er, in a paper read before the Astron- Imical Society ot the Paciflc. "Geolo- sts tell us," he says, "that the earth lUst have been here for at least a ousaud million years. But there e various astronomical arguments hich lead us to believe that the stars are ages even a thousand times as eat as this." No source ot energy with which we ra familiar could provide so much eat for so long a time. Simple ra- lation would do only a short time. e burning of hydrogen and oxygen ould not last the sun more than oue- iftntU of a lifetime of our earth. If e sun were made of pure radium, would give out as much heat as the u has given out since the earth was ;arted, but it would be very unequally Istributed over this period ot time. or a few thousand years the sun b<ild shine with a furious heat and eii rapidly cool and become invis- / "Only two possibilities remain," Dr. Dunham concludes. "The first is that ijatter itself is being transformed into nldiaut energy deep In the stars," jjliicb is the Jeans theory. On the Meory of relativity the sun could well Hand this loss and gu on shining for iaai;y billion years. i The other possibility is that the •tar^ were once composed entirely of %^(j.Ti^en and that the atoms of hy- moijfii are uniting to build up the hea- vier atoms of other elements. In the process of becoming thus tightly pack- ed, a small but definite traction of the mass must be lost and its equivalent must appear as energy. If this is the source ot stellar energy, the life of a star is 100 times shorter than If there were complete annihilation ot matter. .j. The True Gentleman Petrolia Advertiser-Topic â€" Vener- able Archdeacon Ccott of Quebec, in addressing a body of students, stress- ing the necessity of being true gentle- men, drew from bis pocket a well- worn New Testament, and emphasized his poiiit by substituting the word "gentlemen" for the "charity" in St. Paul's famous chapter: "A gentleman suifereth long and is kind. A gentle- man envieth not. A gentleman vaunt- eth not himself. A gentleman is not puffed up. A gentleman doth not be- have himself unseemly. A gentleman doth not seek his own. A gentleman is not easily provoked. A gentleman thinketh no evil. A gentleman re- joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in truth." The same may as trutli fullv be said of a true lady. Regulates Imports Coi>euhagen.â€" A new currency bill was introduced last week in the Fol- keting (House of Representatives) re- gulating the import of 20 groups ot commodities, representing two thirds of Danish imports, until March, 1934. The commodities include flour, grain, sugar, spun goods, jute. Sax, hemp, oil, tires, dyes, motor vehicles, ma- chinery, and electrical goods. Goodness is beauty, beauty is good- ness. nunciation of sin, his demand for a national and individu: ! repentance angered the self-righteous, but awak- ened in the hearts of the spiritual minority a great hope. Mark, evidently assuming that his readers know about John, deals briefly with this "Man from the Desert" whose dress and maner of life re- called that of the old prophets, 2 Kings 1: 8. Preaching a baptism of repentance, John definitely proclaimed himself the predecessor of some one unspeakably greater than himself. Baptism was one i>f the rites of admis- sion to Judaism. Josephus, the great Jewish historian, says that if a man could honestly state that he was wholly dedicated to the service of God, John was willing to baptize him into that inner group which was to be the nucleas of the new king:do;n of God. John had the greatness of the man who for the work's sake, is able to ttep aside for some on© greater. "My baptism," says John, "now about over, is with water, just a symljol. The Coming One will baptize you with 'Holy Spirit,' that is, with spiritual power which will really ^-.-ansform yoav characters." II. STOOPING TO CONQUER, Mark 1: 9 John's prediction is hardly uttered before it is fulfilled. "And it came to pass," that is, just about then, came Jesus from Nazareth. The news of John's preaching had spread noi-th to Nazai-eth. Its demand for a spiritual regeneration echoed Jesus' own con victionis. He would associate himself with John. For Jesus the baptism was a rite of initiation. He had seen the vision of a new day. Vision called for action. "It becometh us to fulfill all righteous- ness," h« said. Matt. 3: 15. To him "righteousness" was not merely the avoidance of evil; it was definite ac- tivity in making things better. Hence he would have a part i.i this new movement. His baptism was thus a public act of consecration to his Fa- ther's will. Also, while he would have no consciousness of personal guilt; nevertheless, so completely did he iden- tify himself with the burdens and needs of his brethren that these bur- dens and_ nee<ls, in some real sense, became his also. Did not something of that divine sharing show itself in silk. Style No. 3111 comes in one size cnly. View A re<iuires one 10-inch hand- kerchief. View B requires 1 yard 35- inch. View C requires % yard 32- incli or wider. View D requires % yard 24-inch or wider. View E re- quires % yard 24-inch or wider. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service. 73 West Adelaide St.. Toi-onto. Eugene Debs â€" quoted in Dr. Bowie's "The Master"? The friend of ill weak and poor people, Eugene Debs once confessed, "Years ago .' recog- nized my kinship vnth all living be- ir„3, and I made up my mind liiat I was not one whit better than the meanest of the earth. I said then, and I say now, tliat while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am â- not free." Jesus, completely self- forgetful, identified his spiritual for- tines, his very existence, with that of his brethren. In some such real .sense he "became sin for us." A similar con- cern and .self-forgetfulness on the part of his followers is what tiie world ds today. III. the supre.me enuow.mknt. Mark 1: 10, IL Identifying himself thus coiuplctciy with the needs of his brethren, publicly consecrating himself to the carying out of his Fathv-r's will, Tesus receiv- ed <^i;mplete assurance, vs. 10, 11. Mark's account seems to indicate that this was the first definite intimation .Tesus had regarding his mission. The nK.hod for the carrying out of it would be won after a further commit- ment later on in the wilderness. The rent heavens, the dove, tlie voice of V. 11, were some of the ways if which the Old Testament rabbis be- lieved that God made his will known to men. Thus, when a Jewish rejl- giotis teacher wbhed to tell vividly v.-hat our Lord at his baptism received from his Fat>*r an assurance which made him fina^ -"itain of his "call," the Jewish teac •'vmild use these figures. See John â- â- !?8-30; Acts 9: 3-7. Certain now of his mission, con- .scious of his surpassing Sonship, knowing that he was now the channel of hi, Father's Spirit, Je«us leaves the carpenter's shop behind for ever. W. A. B. â€" I have forty acres of rough gravelly land which I am very anxious to get seeded. It Is quile roll- ing and a long way from the manure pile. Have taken off a crop or oats. I want to use It exclusively for pasture. Will you please tell me best way to handle It? Answer.â€"We would recommend fair- ly early spring plowing of this land. Give It a top-dressing of barn manure if you can spare it and then supple- ment with about 250 lbs. per acre of a 2-12-G fertilizer at the time you are sowing grain. Sow either a mixed crop or barley or oats separately and at the same time seed either to straight alfalfa or to a permanent pas- turu mixture such as rocommended by the Field Husbandry Department, On- tario Agricultural College. This de- partment recommends as Its best per- manent pasture, 24 lbs. seed per acre made up as follows: Alfalfa, 6 lbs.; Alsike, 2 lbs.; White or Dutch Clover, 1 lb.; Timothy, 3 lbs.; Orchard Grass, 6 lbs.; Meadow Fescue, 6 lbs.â€" 24 lbs. This grass will make a good perman- ent sod. We would suggest that you have your soil tested for acidity, "f It is sour, apply the amount of lime that is needed. This should be ap- plied as suggested In the answer above. M. S.â€" Would be glad of your opin- ion in regard to a point about fertilis- ing for potatoes. I cannot get suf- llcient stable manure, but can get a certain quantity of straw of different kinds, oats, barley and wheat. If this is spread to a depth of about sis Inches in fall and winte:-, then cup uo with disk harrow in spring and plow- ed In after the soil is sufficiently dry, what would be the good or bad effects of such a course on a field partly fri- able clay loam, but mostly sandy loam? Answer.â€" The application of humus which you suggest, by means of the straw of oats, barley and wheat, should be beneficial to boHi the clay section and the sandy loam section of your proposed potato field. It will open up the clay and give it better water-holding capacity. There Is just one caution, and that is, apply fairly well rotted straw If possible, and have it plowed into the soil fairly early In spring. If you leave it till the ground Is quite dry, there is danger of form- ing a. mat between the layer at the bottom ot your plowed furrow and the five or six inches of worked aoU above. This mat wll tend to brMk the capllllary water connection. It the strawy manure, however. Is applied early >j the spring, it will hare h«4 time to rot and become horoughly in- corporated In the soil. R. R. â€" In your teats, what kind of lertillzers do you find b=st for tumlpiT I will likely use a fairly high clay field for this crop next year. It grew a good crop of oats last summer. What about manuring It this winter? Should I lime It for turnips? Answer.â€" In 1932 co-operative fertil- izer tests on turnips 0-12-10 fertUlrer used at the rate of 375 lbs. per acre gave the highest yield, closely followed by 2-12-6 at the same rate. On heavy soils 0-12-15 gave the heaviest yield, again closely followed by 2-12-6. It would appear that your choice had bet- ter be made from the latter two anal- yses. You could well apply some uel\ rotted manure during the winter or early spring. In which case we would recommend the 0-12-15 fertilizer, since you woul3 be applying considerable nitrogen in the manure. Do not apply lime for turnips. General testa on this crop indicate that they thrive on slightly acid soil. Save Loss By Prevantlna It At this time of the year In lookine over flocks and herds, one may won- der why unthrifty animals have bees permitted to remain. The thrifty should not be handicapped by the pre sencB of the unthrifty. During th« winter period weakness shows up Id those animals that are not physically sound, anrt more particularly la those with bad lungs. The animal with un- sound lungs, which condition may be caused by chronic pneumonia or by lung worm Infestation, show a fairly definite set of symptoms. They be come unthrifty, do not feed well, usual- ly cough, have a tucked up appear- ance, breath quickly, antj frequently breathe with a jerking motion of the flanks, wool or hair covering becomes rough and dry. Animals unthrifty in the early winter will, it not given spe- cial attention, become crow bait before spring. Remove from the flocks and herds, those individuals that are like- ly to become unprofitable and save loss by preventing it. Taking Refuge on the Farm WELLAND PORT COLBORNE TRIBUNE. anchorage. On the land the establish Eight young men, members of the Winnipeg Can.o Cub, all sons oi prominent Winnipeg business men, have gone into the wilderness north- east of that city, to trap for fur dtir- ing the winter. They have found it impossible to obtain work in the call- ing for which they had been educated and trained, so they are reverting to a primitive occupation that has siw- tAined many a pioneer in the early development of this countrj. In other parts of Canada residents of cities who have seen their regular occupations disappear, have moved from population centres and located on lajvd in the hope that they may maintain themselves without depend- ence upon charity. The rej.ort.s from .some oi thisse re- versionists are encouraging. Witli the aid of small financial reserves they have established rural homes and are busy at tlie task of gaining a liveli- hood from tlie land. While there is sure to be a percentage .f failure in this agrarian adventure, there will be a certain number who will become successful farmers. These movements, enforced throj^'h the_ rigors of depression, will produce desirable results. Too many people had gravitated toward the cities seek- ing easier conditions than farm life provided. They discovered, however, that while there were paved streets,' electric lights, theatres and other so- cial amenities consequent upon co.n- munity existence, there was merciless competition and inhospitality when a boom's collapse brought down tho .'n- evitable penalties. In the city the loss of a job i^ an immediate personal disaster to the wage-earner who has no financial ed farmer can go on existing for • l<ynn: time after his neighbor in the city has been reduced to dependeuca upon charity. That is why so many former rural dwellers are resoni,^; ti their old-time occupation. Peace Within Outside the world Is dark and chill. Inside my lights shine bright. Outside the Autumn winds are shrill. Inside there's peace tonight. The house is still, the hour is late. With all to love, and none to hate, â- ^'hat oause have I to gibe at FatoT Inside there's peace tonight. Outside the storm clouds darker grow. Inside there's peace and rest. Outside the wild winds wilder grow, Inslde's all I love best. The curtains shut out all Uie storm. The room is cozy, light and warm, Around my knees the children swarm. Insid-i there's peace and rest. â€" Somervllle Journal GENIUS. "You crossed a carrier pigeon with a parrot?" "Yes, so that if the bird lost ita way It could inquire."â€" Gazzettlno U- lustrato (Venice). 10-Mile Speed Limit Enforced Carrickfergus, Ireland, 1» rounding up "speeders" who exceed the town's limit of ten miles an ho;ir. If wo do not know what tie sorron of penitence is, we have been llTini only on the surface ot lifeâ€" unmlndftil of Its deep realities, unconscious at Its grander glories.â€" E. D. Huntington MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER As Simple As One Plus Two Equals Three i