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â-  ONESCOUTS •'ife^^ What Shall W« Oo7 This season of the year is often one n which Lone Scouts ante themselves ind each other "What shall we do?" Often the weather outdoors Is so in- clement that it is no fun to go for a like or to enjoy outdoor games, and we are at a "loose end" and do not Itnow how to occupy our time. But now is the time when a thought- ful Lonle should be proimrlni? for the springtime and summer, wliich after ill are not very far off. We know of one Lone Patrol that is ilready planning for summer outings ind camps, anTl who are building a TiMk L'art, on bicycle wheels, which they hope will ease their shoulders of many a heavy burden during the com- ing summer. Tents and camping kit repairs can be made if needed. Then :'an bo hunted out and overhauled, and ilxo, what about that smart camp '(Jadget" that you saw another chap take to camp, and which you made up ('our mnd to manufacture when you ioi home? Now is the time to do all :hose things. In other words, "Get Prepared!" Then there are other things that you can do. Prepare for the things which commence so quickly in the Spring- time, and whicii pass by in such haste. How many of you meant to work tor the Bird Waiden's Badge last year, tor iustanco? You have to keep a re- cord of the birds and nests in your district for over a year, but the aoa- soa got too far advanced, and you hadn't a Tiote boolt prepared, so you passed it up till next year. Maybe .cou meant to work for the Naturalist's Badge too, but slipped up on that one also. This year be ready for these ;hiiigs. Prepare your Record and Note 3ooks NOW, so that when the llrst »irds come along, and the first blos- loms bloom, you will be all set to take jote of the occasion. Now, also, is the time to work for md earn such badges as Tailor, Star- nan, Signaller, Safet.v-Man, Reader, todio Man, Public Health Man. Plumb- er, Photographer. l^Iusician, Missioner, Metal Worker. Master at Anns, Healthy Man, Handy Man, Entertainer, Engineer, Electrician, Debater, Clerk, Citizen, Carpenter, Bookbinder, Artist, Ambulance Man, etc. You see, there Is plenty of scope to keep you busy Indoors at this time of the year, and your Scoutmaster will give you full particulars of the requirements of any of the above badges, If you do not know and will take the trouble to ask him. Of course if the weather is such that you can get out of doors, there Is lots ot fun to be had on Winter Ski and Snowshoe hikes. Tracking games, and hunting for the tracks ot wild animals, stp. And of course, it usually is not liard to find some sort of good turn k) do in ynur neighbourhood. Ilemeniber. whatever the circum- stances, a Good Lone Scout does not waste tiniF, but keeps himRelt busy, and t jus 'mproves hts knowledge and his character. That Scouting really is a worldwide brotherhood la evidenced continually in many ways, but this week it is iu- tcrestin); to note that our Brother Scouts in India are really putting into practice the 4th Scout I^aw, which tells us that "A Scout is u friend to all and a Brother to every other Scout." India, »f all countries, with lier rigid caste system, is the most dilUcult place for a native boy to put this law into practice, but President Shri Ham Bajpai, at a Hindu Scout ("onforence in the Punjab, declared that for them the chief application of this law was the uplifting of the Un- touchal)les. For some years Hindu Scouts liave been working and mi.'cing with low caste boys, ignoring the pre- vious strict rules which prevented them from doing this. Interesting, too, is tlie report from Daru, Papua, in the Pacific Ocean, which informs us that another Troop, the second, has been formed in that district. The first Troop of these boys, whose fathers were headhuntera, was started in 1928, and is now a com- plete group of Cnbs, Scouts and Rovers. Scbuts and a Cholera Epidemic According to a British missionary publication, Hindu and Christian Boy Scouts took charge ot a panic-stricken village In Hyderabad during a cholera epidemic, and saved 102 out of lu5 cholera ca!ses. They disinfected houses, buried the dead, provided medicine and food and treated the wells. Pre- viously the villagers had opposed the Scouts; now the troop has full sup- port in maintaining sanitary condi- tions and in carrying out other pro- gressive measures. The Governor-General of Scouting "Tiiere is no doubt that the Scout Movement Is doing a work ot national importance in the training of boys and young men for actively useful citizen- ship, and a work of international im- portance in the interest of world friendship and peace." â€" His Excellency the Governor-General, at a recent Ot- tawa meeting of the Dominion Execu- tive Committee of the Boy Scouts As- sociation. The Lone Scout Branch ot the Boy Scouts Assocation is open to boys be- tween 12 and 18 years of age, inclu- sively, who are not able to join a Re- gular Troop of Scouts, but who are keen to take advantage of Boy Scout Training. Information concerning this branch will bo gladly given to all n- terested who care to write to The Boy Scouts Association, Lone Scout De- partment, 330 Bay Street, Toronto 2. â€""Lone E." Tom Brown Goes to Rugby Tom had never been in London, «nd would have liked to have stopped it the BeMe .Savage, where they had been put down by the Star, just at dusU^ that he maght have gone rov- ing atwut those endless, mysterious, Cas-lit sti-cuts, which, with their glai-e iTitl hum and moving crowds, excited him so that he couldn't talk even. But as soon as he found that the Peacock trrangement would get him to Rugby by twelve o'clock in the day, whereas otherwise ho wouldn't be there tiU the evening, all other plans melted away; his one absorbing aim being 6o become a public .schoolboy as fas't «i possible, and six hours sooner or later scorning to him of the most alarming imiwrtance. Tom and his father had alighted at; the Peacock, at about seve.. in the evening, and having heard with un- feigned joy the paternal order at the !>aj* of steaks and oyster-sauce for •upper in half-an-hourr and seen his father seated cosily b: the bright fire in the colfoe-room with the paper in his hand, Jom had run out to sec about him, had •wondered at all tlie vehicles passing and repassing, and had fraternized with the boots and ostler, from whom he ascertained tftat the Tally-ho was a tip-top goer, ten miles an hour, including stoppages, J and so punctual, that all the road set their clocks by her. Then being sunnnoned to supper he had regaled himself in one of the bright little boxes of tho Peacock coffee-room, on the beefsteak and un- imited oyster-sauce Till the Squire, observing Tom's state, and re membering that it was nearly nine o'clock, and that the Tally-ho left at three sent the little fellow off to the chambermaid, with a shake of the hand (Tom having stipulated in the morninig before starting, that kissing should now cease between t!iem) and a few parting wtrds. Tom was car ried off by the chamberraaid in a brown study, from which he was rous- ed in a clean little attic, by that buxom person calling him a little da>."ling, and kissing him as she left the room; which indignitj' ho was too much surprised bo i-«9ent.â€" Thomas Hughes, iij "Tom Brown's School Days." .> Soviet Opens Children's Opera Leningrad. â€" Au opera bouse for children has been opened here. Per- formances last from G p.m. to 10 p.m. The first production was Klmsk.v-Kor- sakov's "Chlstma."' Night." Town Lightlesa For Ectonomy Mexico, Me. â€" Nineteen thirty-three will be a llghtless year In this village. By foregoing street lamps Mexico will save $2,000 a year. Sunday School Lesson February 19. LsMon VIII â€" Jeaut Teaching By Parables (The Growth of the Klnfldom)â€" Mark 4: 21-34. Golden Text â€" The earth shai: be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. â€" Isaiah 11:9. ANALYSIS. I. uod'.s torch -BEAitEHS, Mar.: 4:21-25. II. THK stiKE KEWAHD, Mark 4:26-2a. III. GOn'f, TINY SEKDS, Mark 4:30-32. I. (JOd'3 torcu-beaheks, Mar'< 4:21-25. The disciples may have been con- gratulating themselves that truths hidden from the multitude were being revealed to th-.-mselves. If so, the say- irgs t.f vs. 21-25 wove calculated to corrc-ct that complacency. If they wei2 highly privileged, lliey were thereby under a corresponding obli- gaton. Lamps are meant to give light. "To keep to yours-olves -.he truth I have been giving you would be like lighting a lamp and putting it under th.; upturned 'burihel' " â€" the peck measure which was part of the furni- ture of even the humblest home, v. 21. What, ver gift it is that (JoJ 'wstows upon us, a y'ft of song, or speech, or skill, or capacity, or personality, or material possessions, it is given us not merely for our '."xclusi " use, but for the good of othei-s. We have light in order that others may se^. Other- wise . . . ". . . if our virtues Did not go forth from ui, 'T â-  .'re all alike .â- \.s though we had then not." "O T.-ord, I am not eloquent," ob- jected iMoses (Exod. 4: 10), tiying to hide his light under the bush-^'i of false modesty, or fear. The man who enjoyj the blessings of Christianity anil at the same time has no use for missions is as hard to understand as the fellow who lights his lamp and puts it under a bed. In order to avoid the ouHsibility of misunderstanding, the Master told them plainly that everything that was bein' explained to them now private- ly, was to ba given out at the proper time, V. 22. Since they were to be the heralds of his trt^th, they m>:st attend seri- ously and carefully to I'.is teaching, V. 2;'. Prepared hearers as well as prepared preachers .^r2 necessary for effective teaching aijd preaching. What we give uur attention to, as well as the manner of our attcnd'i;g, de- termine our Gffectivenj;s as God'.s torch-bearers, v. 24. "She never lis- tened to gossip," they said, when re- cently :?, notably spiritual and useful woman died. Her mind had never been poisoned with mental garbage. The measure of earnestness we give to hearing determine.^ the measure of truth the Master can bestow upon us, v. 24. The more we have the more we can assimilate, v. 25. The heart closed to more truth oventttally loses the truth it already hat^. II. THE SURE REWARD. Mark 4:2G-29. How like his own work, thought Jesus, as he saw the lonely sower flingring out his seed in the hope that some of it at least would produce a harvest. How few they were who re- ceived his word In an honest and good heart. But Jesus, himself s:<i perfect- ly the chani.al of the Father's will, knew that God is behind every earnest showing. His word will not return unto him void. This parable convoys that ho:irteniiig truth to all of God's discouraged workers. Once the farmer sows his seed, mys- terious forces in the seed itself and in the soil begin to work togetlier to pro- duce a harvest, v. 27. Having doro his part, he is to leave the rest with nature, that is, sleep and rise night and day.'' In the human I.eart there is a spark of the divine, a possible responsiveness, which constitutes the appropriate environment in which truth takes root. Said an old Chris- tian gentleman to a young, discour- aged teacher of a class of boys, "Your work will tell some day." Every grov. ing plant (v. 28) is a lesson in patience. Its perfection is that of gra<lual development, not of complete attainment. One does not expect the full corn at the green-blade stage, nor th wisdom and spiritual maturity of an old Christian in a young believer, an old head on young shoulders. Every growing plant is al.so a ground for courage. It is a silent witness to the presence in hu- .â- la.i life o'f spiritual processes, work- ing slowly, silently, mysteriously, but surely. In God's good time some heart will sing the harvest song. The kingdom may be tarrying long, but every faithful sowing is bringing it nearer. TIL god's ti.nv .heeds, Maik 4:30-32. The (lisciples, like most of u«, wer« impressed with "bigness." They w.-uld bo tcmpttd always to judge the great- ness of Jesus' "kingdom" by the meagre results of his work so far. This parable teaches that, in spiritual matters, material si:'e, mere r umber j, noisy advurtii^ing, are not thf stan- dards by which imi or'^ance o- juecew is measured. "Sn<ail as a giain of nMiitard teed" (v. i\) was a Jewish pioverb. A tree was an OIJ Testa- ment symbol for the growth nn.^ beau- ty of "the agj of gold," Daniel 4: 10. Hence the minuteness of the "mustard seed," compared with its relatively tremendous growth, made it a vivid illustration of the expansion of the ::piri(ual kingdom. God's tiny .seeds â€" this man's utter consecration; a motlier's prayer; a boy's imagination aglow with ideals; a teacher's devo- tion; are destined to become the "tree" of God's dominion in the world. Then .Scorn not the slightest word or dood Nor deem 't void of power; There's fruit in each wind-wafted .^eed, 'I'hat waits its natal hour. No act falls fruitless; none can tell How vast its power .nay be; Nor what results infol(le<l dwell Within it silently Dan Crawiord said: "You may count the apples on the tree, but who can count tho trees in the apples?" The gospel movement had a small be- ginning, but today it is a "great tree." "The kingdom which began with Jesus and his handful of Galilean disciples, is now the mightiest force in the world." Novel Neck Line By HELEN WILLIAMS. Uhtstraicd Dressmaking Lesson Fur- nished With Every Vattern Here's a smart new youLl'ful way I'aris has found to widen the shoul- der line. It is a narrow circular flounce placed to simulate a cape. You'!' agree, it is a cunning idea. The leg-o'-mutlon .sleeves are int«r- "stinfj. The 'smart mouse-gray sliade in rabbit's hair v.oolen made the oorig- i al model. Fuschia-red buttons and suede belt accented a color note. It Is very effective too with the deep shoulder j-oke as in miniatui-e view witli the flounce omitted. Style No. 32G6 is designe<l for sizes 14, IS, 18, 20 years, 36 and 38 inches bust. Sia 16 i-equires 2% yards 54-iiich. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name i.nd address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as j-ou want. Enclose 15c in .stan.ps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and addiresa your order bo Wilson Pattern Service. 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. « Bees Spread Plant Diseasa Washington.â€" Bees, wandering from flower to flower, will transmit the bac- teria that cause flre blight, a plant dis- ease^ 6«y3 Drs. S. L. Pierstorll and Howard Lamb, of Ohio AgrlculntraJ Experiment Station. .> l^e real object of the drama is (he eichibitloa ot the human character. â€" Mnoaulay, »•â- â€¢â€¢>••>•>>••»>>>»â- â€¢â€¢<«« » Farm Queries Henry G. Beli. B.S.A.. Dept. of Chemistry, O.A.C. ' Address All Letters to Farm Editor. 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in this Column. If Personal Reply is Desired, Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope. • <>•â- â- â- -< I >â- â€¢><â-  I The Use of Fertilltera (Part One ot a Two-Part Article) Questions 1. Can fertlUiors injure the crop? 2. Ih ono analysis ot tortillzer as good as another, or what Is the best fertilizer ilor a farm'/ The above are two very common questions that are submitted in ono form or another In correspondence or public meetings. They are vital ques- tions and questions to which Ontario farmers cau well give thought at the present time. It Is imiKissible to ans- wer them in full, but it is our puri)ose to :jubmlt answers founded on well es- tablished facts, 1. Can fertilizers injure the crop'/ It is possible for fertilizers to injure a crop. Fertilizers are carriers ot concentrated soluble plant food (nitro- gen, phosphoric acid and potash). It is a law of physics that when a strong solution such as a strong mixture of salt and water is .separated from a weak solution such as oidlnary water by a membrance througli which liqi can pass, that the tendency is for the weak solution to pass into the strong solution In an endeavor to weaken the strong solution to the same concen- tration as the weak solution. Jf the membrane is ot such a character tliat some of tho salts of the strong solu- tion cannot pass through freely from the strong solution lo the weak solu- tion, this movement will take place. This is ono of the great forces th. t causes tiie rise of moisture from roots to loaves in the growing crop. It is not the only force that causes this movement, but ono of the important forces, and this is tho way it functions. As the soil waters bearing salts pass info the root cells ilio plant takes up salts of various kinds. Water is going oft from the leaves of the plant con- tinuously, hence tho salt solutions in the- plant are continually becoming more concentrated, somewhat the same way as maple syrup becomes more concentrated as the moisture is driven off. This causes continual flow ot moisture into the roots ot the plant and up through the plant. Look at tho processes of the idanl in another way. Suppose you put a quan- tity of concentrated fertilizer in close touch with the root of the plant. The salt solution in the concentrated fer- tilizer is so strong that the movement is Immediately tho other way, or moisture is drawn out of the root to dilute the concentrated salt solution ot the fertilizer, in this case the crop wilts and sometimes dies. In other Mzisquerade Who will join tho masquerade And dance the dull night gaily through'.' Your dreams are made as good as new Before the night's lust ispaugJes fade. And you sliall lose your heait once more Ere tho grey dawn lias closed the door. Gipsies, clowns and columbine*, Shopherdess and cavalier- Caniival makes merry here. Lanterns glow in colored lines. Who's your partner? Can you guess? All In masks and fancy dress! .Mu.sic Uttunls the frosty air. Hero is lai " '-""'' Here are Here you i Here, thoua You may tt^ But Forlur And you Familiar, mocking, loving eyos. Sparkling through tho masquerade, iVnd though you fall In love once more. She may be one you loved before, â€" T.S. in Ijondon Answers. Some Butterflies Hibernate After Reaching Full Growth AltiW'i.gh a large percentage of tr.oth.i and butterflies winter as chry- salids, and most of tho rest, of them as caterpillars or in the egg stage, there are a few exceptiona tiuil hiber- nate as full grown adults. The mourn- ing cloak butterfly is a notable, ex- ample of this. words, tho fertilizers have Injured the growing crop. Of course, the whoU fault is lu the placing of the fertilizers. It they had been mixed with the sol before the plant was set or the seed was dropped, the soil waters would hara diluted the solution so that It woul4 have been weaker than the solutioi inside the plant roots, lu which caa4 the plant would take up the tertlUzen and benefit materially by them. Tbt point Is that fertilizers help the crof if they are properly applied. Do no( place the fertilizer Immediately arouiU the seed or the seed immediately ol top of the fertilizer. Another way lu which fertilizers cat Injure the crop Is by applying th< wrons type of plant food In au effort to help the crop. We know of an in* stance where an oat field on a heayf clay soil was largely spoiled by tha addition of 5-8-7 fertilizer. This tep« tillzer is suited to a rapidly growlnf root crop such as potatoes or sugar beets. Tho nitrogen applied in a medium application of 5-8-7 ferllUzor is altogether too much for an oat crop on a clay loam soil. In practice. It produces far too much straw. The oat crop needs the emphasis to be laid o« phosphoric acid. 0-12-1O or 212-* superphosphate would have been lll< finitely better to apply to oats thaa 5-8-7. These are practical points thai the farmer should know In purchasing fertilizers. These are practical polntf that the maimfacturer should know lA selling fertilizers to farmers. U. Is one anal.vsis ot fertilizer a( good as another, or what Is the beal fertilizer for a farm? t:ertainly, one analy.sis of fortilizel is not universally good for all crops, Hay or fodder crops require un enl' phasis on nitrogen while grain cropi require little nitrogen but consldeti able phosphoric acid, and root cropi require a fair amount ot nitrogen witU liigh potash, with tho e.xceptlon of tu» nips, which require high phosphate and medium to low nitrogen and potash. Then, there is the differences in soiL Sandy soils require a different fertil- izer lo clay soils that tend to be ex- ceedingly fich in organic matter, such as muck soils. Tho fertilizer analysUl ."â- hould be suited both to the special needs ot the crop and lo supplement- ing the soils wliere their characterla- tic weaknesses show up. Next week the following quostiona are answered: 1. Can fertilizors in- jure the soil? 2. Can I lose or gala money by using fertilizers under pr* sent conditions? Large Scale Ontario Maps For Sports and Campera The new Orlllia map sheet issued by the Topographical Survey, Ottawa, shows on a large scale the district of Ontario from the northern part ol Lake Simcoe, past Lake Couchiching and Sparrow Lake to the southern part ot Mnskoka, and from the Trent Canal on tho southeast to the Goors* ian Bay on the north-west. It ad- joins the Mnskoka sheet, whicli Ilea imme<liately north of it. These two maps, together with the Parry Sound and Byng Inlet sheets alread.v pub- lished, and the Sundridge sheet, which is expected at an early datOi include a part of Ontario fami^d fat and wide for the facilities whicli It ofl^ers for sport and recreation. T'ho southern part of the area • . lA.iUnral eit!tut.v/.4 .-- -. Huron ot 581 feet. Pish and gama are plentiful, particularly in tha northern part of tho area. The Township ot Lougfm'd, partly shoirn on the map, is owned by a grouj who are making ot it a more or lea* private game preserve known ns th« Longford He^orve -Toronto Mail an4 Empire. Jean. ' Wliat sort Fred?" .Till: 'Well, together last night out, and ho sti>ont ot a â- clisp H when wa wetW tho lights went ha rest of thtf [•vening ropairlng the swllch." •mt MUTT AND JEFF- By BUD FISHER A Kind-Hearted Customer