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a pl . BY SAMUEL - It makes me sick to place a loan on a farm so that somebody can stuff his , or has stuffed his pockets. et, I am often called upon to do this. A man applying for a loan told me that the farm promised to him, and finally given to him by his father, who had lived with him many years on the _ place, was almost hopelessly encum- _bered by a loan, contracted by the father in his old age, to buy worth- less mining stock. : The father had kept the farm in his own name, which was perfectly right and proper, but the son had improved and built it up, besides keeping the old gentleman without other compensa- tion than the promise of the farm, only to find that he had practically to buy it over again to save his toil. And he said that it might have been avold- ed if he had protected the old gentle- man from the agents who came to talk { fnvestment to him. He was sure that his hard-headed father who had work- ed hard for the farm was secure egainst their talk; in fact, he always denounced wildcat schemes, so the son paid no attention until it was too late. A woman whose aged and infirm father lived with her, always insisted upon sitting with her father and any stranger who might call. She said that she did rot want to go to court and have her parent declared mental- ly incompetent, but that she could not afford to ses him penniless, for she and her husband with their own fam- ily to rear could not afford an extra burden, and an unnecessary one. THE STRANGER WITHIN THE GATES. Old people sometimes seem more 2 old e's Savi TREMAINE. quick to believe strangers than their own people, and, if it comes to the worst, a guardian should be secured rather than let the swindlers do thelr work. In spite of all warnings, some people in sound health and normal mentally will invest in fraudulent schemes, so old folks are not to be of a glib stranger. The thing to do Find out the business of every person who comes to have dealings with the old ladies and gentlemen; and know your community so well, that if any farmer is doing a little work on the side for a stock company of any sort you can head him off in a hurry. There are mortgages now going on farms belonging to elderly people that would surprise many who knew these people in their prime, when an agent selling mining stock would have been kicked off the premises. A retired farmer begged an agent, who had promised him everything in the way of dividends and the refunding of his money, to take $600 worth of the stock he had bought and return him $300, but the agent laughed in his face. When that man must mortgage his farm his children will probably wish they had been more careful about letting strangers in to see him alone, Learn to head off the affable, pleas- ant gentlemen who desire to get a little information from some of the pioneer residents of the community, for in nine cases out of then, they are handling propositions that will not bear government scrutiny. It is bet- wondered at if they listen to the talk | is to protect them from the swindler.| Write your name iy, giving number and patterns as you w stamps or coin. (c | it carefully)" for' address your n Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Ade: aide Sti, Toronto; Patterns sent by return mail: i 1 ; a cm lms Field Husbandry Works. Alfalfa is the largest Fyiel size. of such in preferred; wrap oly number and and address plain- | th ant. Enclose 20¢ in |o to Pattern Dept., | | some & ding 'hay, whipped crop grown on the Central Experis mental Farm at Ottawa and, points out the Minister of Agriculture in his latest report, is easily. grown on soils suited to it, Demonstrations have proven the i adian-grown i much better results than those obbain- ed from imported seed. Still dealing with the work of the Field Husbandry Division at the farm the Minister says that comparing sun-, flowers with corn for silage it has been found that on sandy soil corn, gives a yield of actual dry matter slightly - larger than sunflowers 'and' that because it is easier to handle and' makes slightly' superior ; to be preferred wherever it will' grow satisfactorily. However, on heavy clay, sunflowers have' given materially larger 'dry matter yields than corn and for that reason possess some ad- vantages on such soil. prareaien-- 1 Prevent Draggy Wings. 1497 A MODISH TWO-PIECE FROCK. Of special interest in this smart two-piece frock is the attractive yoke; running to a deep point in front andi ter to be geared than to sorry. Sunday School Lesson January 30. The Christian Overcom- Ing Temptation, Luke 4: 1-13; 1. Cor. 10: 12, 13. Golden Text--In that he himse!f hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.--Heb. 2: 18. ANALYSIS. 1, CHRIST'S TEMPTATIONS, Luke 4:1-13, II. HOW CHRIST'S EXAMPLE BEARS ON OUR TEMPTATIONS, 1 Cor, 10:12-18, INTRODUCTION--Temptation was one of the means through which the per- fection of Christ's character was wrought out, and temptation in some form or other enters into the shaping and making of every life. Only, whereas our temptations are "such as are common %o man," his were the spe- cial temptations cf the Mcssiah. From the moment that God called him to his oly office, Satan exerted the full "force of his malign will against him. The voice which came to Jesus at his baptism was: "Thou are my son, the beloved; in thee I am well pleas- ed," What did it mean to be the Son of God? Did it mean supernatural power or supernatural protection or supernatural good fortune? Christ had to face these questions not only for himself but for the sake of all who would 'afterwards believe on him as Tr. 1. CHRIST'S TEMPTATIONS, Luke 4:1-13. V. 1. The Holy Spirit had come on Jesus at his baptism, and now its im~ ulse in his heart drives him irresist- bly into rolitude, that by prayer and fasting, he may think out the mean- ing of the task which has come to him. * V. 2. So absorbed is he in medita- tion that he takes no thought for food, and the résulting physical exhaus- tion gives the tempter of souls an ad- vantage which he is not slow to use. Vs. 3, 4. What does it mean to be the Son of God, the special object of the Father's love, the chosen instru- ment of the Father's purpose? Is it compatible with hunger and weari- ness? Does it oblige to suffering and hardship? Or--this is the alternative which 'is now suggested to Jesus-- does God's love to his Son supernatur power to stones, if need ba, into bread? The of this suggestion lay in the Jewish expectation that the Messiah, when he came, would gi , ing the miracle of the ~ manna in the desert. Jesus, however, duclines it as 8 temptation of Satan. S- - Ho answers, "It is written, man s 'not live by bread alone, but by every Po EO guarantee transform ve the people) H ifor an i himsel a word of God," Deut. 8:3. There are. higher concerns than food, and food is | not blessed unless it comes in the way of God's appointment. Tho love of God to his Son does not imply super-| natural power for the gratification of | physical nezds. ; Vs. 5-8. But should not the Mes- --======= | gah, the Chosen One, grasp at earthly, is for misces and small women and is a cord. empire? Tha Jews expected him to place himself at the head of the na- tion, and to make all the other king- doms tributary. And they could even int to Scripture as sezming to prom- (ise this, Psalm 2:6-9. But Jesus sees in this conception, too, a wile of Satan. It is Satan who deals in kingdoms and "trades in political power and great- ness, and Jesus will not give Satan a deference which belongs to God alone. | {He answers: "Get thee behind me, Satan, for it is written: thou shalt | worship the Lord thy God, and him {only shalt thou serve." (Deut. 6:13).' The love of God to his Son does not 'mean that he will experience super- 'natural good fortune. The kingdom 'ot God is not material, but spiritual. | Vs. 9-12, So with the third tempta- , tion, which is to expect dazzling suc- cess through miraculous "sign. ." The love of God, the calling to be God's Son, does not mean, as Satan suggests, | I that he will electrify the people wit extraordinary signs of divine protec- tion. To imagine that it does so is to tempt God. So Jesus chooses, as the only right ! way, the path of absolute surrender to (the Father's will. = He must not, and i will not, choose the way for himself, or force the Father's hand. II. HOW CHRIST'S EXAMPLE BEARS ON OUR TEMPTATIONS, 1 Cor, 10:12-13. | It is perfectly obvious, from the iSaviour's example, that temptation in |some form must be looked for wher ever men are called to serve God or Ito undertake some task for him. As St. Paul says in 1 Corinthians, temp- | tation is common to man, therefore "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." The Saviour overcame Satan and the world, by re- {fusing to presume unworthily on | God's love. He refused to allow either natural needs or worldly visions to {allure him from the path of simple trust and surrender. He laid no [ stress on earthly things, and declined 'to give them the supreme place in his | affections. Sometimes we lay too much Istress on things like food and drink, the comforts and luxuries of life. Or, again, we worship success, and if it does not come, we grow bitter and | rebellious. How instructive on the | other sida is the example of Jesus! e chose the spiritual way alone. He fused to exchange obedience £2 God other method, and "In that suffered being tempted, he is succour 'them that are tempt- | | i re. able to " About the time goslings and duck- e making a change in plumage 1 powers the $ips of the wings joined to the bodice having three small | tucks at each side, while the back yoke 'lings ar is applied over the bodice which is and voca quite plain. The youthful collar, long sometimes tight-fitting sleeves finished with flar- | feathers and, as they grow, dragTon ed cuffs, and' the trim front closing the ground. This disfigures the birds belt are smart details. The skirt has and annoys them. My re § a box-plait at front and back and is place the wing in position and tie a! joined to an under-bodice. No. 1497 few of the longest quills together with | f In a short time the wing is; in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 trained and remains in position.--M. (36 bust) requires 87% yards 39-inch L. B. MR. JONES OF JONES'S HILL ' i | | . | ee i "Didn't they have anything olse to Aunt Jene was darning a stocking. Richard and Janet had been building eat?" asked Richard a house with wooden blocks, but now| "Lots of things," that the house was built they were! "But they were both 'fond of peppers beginning to wonder what to do next, mints, only Rose was even fonder of for it was snowing outdoors, and no peppermints than Mr. Jones, and so time to go out in-the yard. William when there were no peppermints left, the kitten had been chasing his tail | Rose ate the box, and 'then she looked | round and round, but that pleasure so .sad because there were no more had worn itself out, and William was' peppermints left that Mr. Jones put wondering what to do next. And then down his good book. {Cheer up, Rose," Aunt Jane said, as if she was speak-' said Mr. Jones. "I will go to the vil ing to herself: lage and get some peppermints.' ' 1 Mr. Jones of Jones's Hill "I should think they might have got Lived there last week song tors ore Guy without pepper: j i mints," said Janet: And Io Hives Sexe pull "So should 1," said Aunt Jare. And a turned-up nose "But Mr. Jones put on his sweater And a little pet pig and his overcoat and his woolen cap Whose name: is: Rose. and' his mittens and his overshoes, | When Richard and Janet and wil. and got out his snow shovel, and i en Richard ane: Janel ai | stepped out in the snow, which was liam heard that they all looked at about up to his neck, and 'began to Aunt Jane with great interest. | shovel his way to the village." And he "That was a funny man, Aunt, ghoveled and shoveled and. shoveled. Jane," said Richard. ; And sometimes the snow was only up "Tell us some more about him," to his waist, and sometimes it was up said Janet. : to his neck, and sometimes it was way "Pur-r-r-r-r,". said William. lover his head so he had to shovel a "It was a snowy day," said Aunt tunnel. Jane. "Oh, quite a snowy day. "It that because he liked exercise, and he; had been snowing all the day before shoveled and shoveled and shoveled | and all night, and then all the morn- till he got to the village 'where the ing. Mr. Jones didn't mind that at' snowplough had kept the road open, all, because he had plenty of wood' and then he bought two boxes of pep- for his fire and a good book to read permints." g and Rose to talk to and a box of pep-| "I should t A : permints. So they sat by the fire, hard time getting ,! said Richard. and Mr, Jones read his good book{ "No. That was the'easy part of it," aloud to Rose, and they both ate pep-| said Aunt Janet. "He just waded permints out of the box, and had a back up the hill along the d very fine time. But the trouble with shoveled. And then he put away the eating peppermints out of a box is snow shovel, and took off his woolen that every time you eat a peppermint cap and his overshoes. there is one less peppermint to eat an r the next time. And so about 11 o'clock | gave Rose a peppermint, that morning there were no pepper- reading his good book just mints deft." rte Yong Toft ofA } "said Aunt Jane. + - i v hink he would have a foci 'decided advantage over the silage corn is. | Put in an oiled baking dish, altarnat- brown 'sugar, 1-8 cupful of chopped But Mr. Jones didn't mind « | vised; all correspondence is donc on 'path he had e and his mittens price we asked was. rather 'high, but pt ol ji d his overcoat and his sweater, and he g . family cow and | with "scythe, mower, cultivator, hoe int, and began the I "where he to feel Sd en A jety is to add a little maple-flavored syrup to the cereal before molding and to serve it with unsweetened Raisins, dates, or almost any ed dried fruit may be mixed with the cereal, When stewed fruits are util- ized the pudding may be served with the juice of this fruit. "A sauce made mportant fact that Can- by stirring until soft a little jelly and alfalfa seed gives very then combining it with whipped cream is excellent for serving with simple cereal puddings. ; i There are so many of these very. simple pudding combinations that they tempt ae busy mother not to bother' with the slightly more complicated cersal pudding combinations. How-| these latter concoctions hi } puddings that are made up of plain molded breakfast cereal combined with" fruit. . They comprise puddings which the adults of the fam- ily as well az the children will accept as a legitimate dessert. Hence they often 'are time savers. Another de- cided advantage of these more com- plicated cereal desserts is that most of them offer an opportunity to com- bine fruit in the diet. BAKED FRUIT PUDDING, 2 cupfuls. milk, % teaspoonful of cinnamon, 1 tablespoonful of butter, of sugar, % teaspoonful of nutmeg, | pinch of salt, ¥% cupful of fine wheat sliced peaches, apricots or pears. Add wheat cereal to boiling water, and' cook thirty minutes. Beat the eggs and add to them the sugar, salt, spices and milk. Combine the egg-and- milk mixture with the cooked cergal. | ing layers of the cereal and fruit and dotting each layer of cereal with the butter. Make the top layer of fruit. Bake half an hour in a moderate oven and serve with cream or syrup from the juice of the fruit used while mak- ing the pudding: ; CORN"MEAL CUSTARD, 2 cupfuls of milk, % cupful of | figs, % cupful of yellow corn meal, % teaspoonful of cinnamon, 1 ogg, % teaspoonful of salt. Scald one cupful of the milk and stir in the corn meal. Cook for an! hour and & half in a double boiler. | Beat the ogg and combine with salt, ! Ita traveling salesman comes along | and offers you a remedy for contag- ious abortion of cattle, ask him how much it is, then take the family fo a movie on the money, ne Wild hay is usually wasted when fed in the barn mangers. To prevent this, cut a medium-sized log and hang it with a rope at each end, from ths halter-rope holes. When the hay is put in the manger, lay the pole on top. For ordinary feeding of heavier feeds, the pole can 'be hung outside the manger, where it will be opt of the way. --------imn We "have found three wonderful helps in selling stuff after we -have| poodt. raised it--printer's ink, a camera and a typewriter, Our surplus is ndver- the typewriter; and whatever we are trying to sell is snapped with our camera. We try to get a good, clear' picture, one with a human-interest lement, if possible. Junior was hold- ing the Jersey milk cow by the halter; tle man who answered our ad said ihe wanted a gentle, little fellow. in the pict! safe. So Juniors stew: 1. ave one f ce. : Scald the milk and di sugar and salt, Add the rice ntil the rice is tender. Mix in the|y, lemon, : S80) lemon 'juice and the chopped figs ORANGE AND OATMEAL PUDDING. 2 tablespoons of gelatin, 1 cup of hot cooked oatmeal, % cup @range juice, 3% cup boiling water, % cup cold water, % cup brewn sugar, 1 cup {mal whipping cream, % teaspoon salt, 1 whole orange. Combine hot cooked oatmeal, b sugar, salt and orange juice. = ee served by itself or it thinly an I oo. With" powdered sugar and let stand fifteen minutes, Swell gelatin in cold water and dissolve in hot water, Com- bine the oatmeal mixture with the gelatin and let stand until it begins to get. Then add tha cream, beaten until stiff, and the 'sliced oranges:] Turn into a mold rinsed with cold water and put in a cold place until set. Then unmold and serve. RICE AND MOLASSES PUDDING. 3 cups boiled rice, % cup of mo- hang down 'over the bolster | 134 cupfuls of water, 8 eggs, 1 cupful lasses, % teaspoon cinnamon, 1 cup | medy is to cereal, 1 cupful of fruit--canned boiled until tender in salted water, | with the milk, molasses and spices. milk, % teaspoon nutmeg. Combine the rice, which has been Bake for half an hour in a moderate oven and seve with cream and sugar. APRICOT MOLD. 2 cups milk, % teaspoon salt, 1-3 cup sugar, % cup fine wheat cereal, 2-3 cups apricot puree. Stir the wheat cereal into the scald- ed salted milk and cook in a double boiler fqr one hour. While hot com- bine thoroughly with the apricot puree which has been combined with the sugar, and peur into a wet mold. The apricot puree is made by putting stewed dried apricots, drained from their juice, through a strainer. Serve unmolded and well chilled. This des- sert may be served with plain cream and sugar, but if it is to be served to grown-ups as well as children it will be more delicious is served with whip- ped cream, sweetened and flavored with vanilla. This pudding is also' good made with peaches, "Level Roosts Best. +Roup and colds in poultry are com- mon ailments during the winter time on many farms. Much of this trouble can often be avoided if the poultry- '| man will take a few precautions. Level roosts will aid very materially in pro- tecting the health of the poultry. When the roosts are on a slant the birds always try to get on the fop two or thrée reosts. The lower roosts will often be entirely vacant. This tends to crowd the birds together so that they become warm during the night. In the morning as the birds get down on the floor thelr bodies cool off very rapidly. Colds and roup are much more common in houses where the birds are crowded' togethér on the Level roosts will help in avold- ing this trouble. » The roosts should be four feet above the floor for the heavy breeds, such as Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth Rocks, and four and one-half feet trom the floor for the 1i-*' 1... such as Leghorns. ¥ Three hours" work in cold weather with a fanning-mill will save no end of work killing weeds in hot weather, i what not.-- Fan the weed seeds out the grain now and save a lot of place in individual wet molds, Chill! it such a valuable and for George Robertson Brown? The composition of milk from each mam- varies. "Human milk is somewhat different to cow's milk, and cow's milk must be modified somewhat if it is to | be used ss a substitute for mother's ilk. Cow's milk is a perfect food fo the calf. 'Mother's milk is ths perfec! | milk consists of a number of similar focd solids in suspension and solution. Cow's milk, for example, containa about four per cent. of milk sugar, which supplies heat and power to the body. It contains about three and one-half 'per. cent. of fat which also produces heat and power. It contains about four per cent. of protein which makes flesh. It contains lime and phesphates to make bona. It contains elements called. vitamines without which growth will not take 'place. food in existence. Even adults can live longer on cow's milk than upon - any other food kncwn. It will be the staple food of George Robertson Brown as a growing child. It will constitute his principal diet when he becomes: sick in middle life. It will form the chief part of his diet when he becomes an old man. During his whole life it will enter into all his dietaries. It will be an ingredient of puddings, cakes, custards, cheesc, butter. It will be used with cereals and as a beveragh. He would find it exceedingly difficult to do without it. Milk, however, may be a very dan- gerous food. It is the only liquid ani- mal food that we eat and it is the only uncooked animal fcod that we eat. In its rawness lies its danger. If we evaporate the 87% per cent. of water from milk the dry solids which remain will keep for years. But in the raw milk the solids held in solution or suspension are readily attacked by microscopic organisms, which fied upon them and destroy them in the process. Thus milk becomes bad very quickly if kept warm, and the bac- teria which then swarm in it may cause serious intestinal disorders or even disease. To keep out the bacteria which are everywhere. present should therefore be cur aim. Milk should be drawn from clean cows by clean milkers with clean utensils, Jt should then be kert cold until consumed, and it should be consumed while it is fresh. Even then it may be dangercus, and, in order to make it quite safe, it should be pasteurized at a temperature of from 142 to 145 degrezs Fahrenhe.t for thirty minutes. This heating will destroy all dangerous organisms pres- ent and make the milk perfectly cafe for babies without impairing its food value. In gll cases it should 'be kept cold until "consumed." Old milk is nearly always inferior and may be dangerous. Clean, safe milk is a wonderful food. Growing children should drink a quart of it every day. A glass of milk goes far toward correcting the deficiencies of any ill-balanced meal. mr ep - Our Odd-Jobs Slate. '"'odd-jobs slate" very effective and in- teresting. For this purpose a page in i 'Any needed food for human babies. But evary + On 'our place we have found an Milk is, in fact, the most complete = N ~ T SAY » . SAY oJ 31 MAONSY ' LL JEFF, Now THAT. We'lRe BACK FRom PARIS We WANT TD ACE PARISIAN, $0 NO MATTER WHAT Nou Nov ALWAYS ™ FORGET TT SAY 1, oul GURY NOW PRACTICE! J AT'S VERY GoOobD! AOW DON'T GET CAUGHT OFF YOUR GUARD AND Sut, OVI : MONSIEUR! WELL, DON'T KEEP {T UP ALL DAY. We'Re THRoVGH. PRACTICING! 7! | oul, out MONSIGURY row} "MONSIEUR whatever j 'suited to the : is tackled forthwith, h, without regard which it 'a ob is most urgent or best ken ci to mind, is o amount of time on hand