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n Tli T0 13an LEW more In tsn robe {etch Yet h. I" ward!“ 'ry for *5 been . .33 and l EN“). VE-GUN " “I“ middlo- and at- Cru errbodg mat. in Hover.“ m" of 13%: J of in m Mix}. r. that .5. tret, “I , that m v fune- iing to mull. in] p". f of the tine it." "VIVID V. m -". 1917, A mg m mess to "r t” m forte ontrnet Iy wt! ished " (Mood imlo \me " access- rement. ' than he bat. nabs! I“i " Ho royal much out on. wonder. f Wae Cuba P, very '. Ho twelve planes Staten. Lewin 0verttr 1“st con- and. the clos- nym- mum. et the 'erDo m -un< n 'n flrat rope. week mm on ts ll the “mien 1912, ttiatt Mr, in- to nk or J, I :--i would like to at you 1 r. u qumtions about sweet clover. l hur t"enty acres which was under q'vqrtt clover this last you. It was a rral good crop and was cut for need. If ml ch, loan and In in hit condi- tion, If I plowed the stubble will the. closer come up Ignin. or will it mmc up if it shot plowed? There mm a lot of the seed shelled ll the ma. t have some very sandy soil, do you think it would be advisable to saw sweet clover on it? How much have! clos or should I M to the um? Ansrvorr--Ir much of theUweet chm r seed shattered out in harvest- in: thy wed crop, in all probability I trots,idtvr.tlolc, quantity will come up rah-x: sun-mg whether the ground is plwed or not. Thvhull of the seed is rrquVvly hard so that some of the st-H clan-r seeds may lie in the gnuml for two ot three seasons he- .", l bit" and prepare a place tt it: - He had told them of the Father's I w He had taught them to pray to) 'hr Father. What more fitting than! lint he should to talk to them of that; 'I'm- when the children of the Father! "li-ul" he gathered together in thei heavenly home? I come asr_ainr-i, It hen “as that coming to occur? "At ihe tinal and glorious coming?” But it would be no comfort to them to look for a day which had not even yet appeared. "At death t" But this is Impossible, taken in connection with verse l8. "By the Holy ..siiht,,1','/, "I will not leave you desolate: come, to you." His<nal promise when he, sent them forth was, " am with you! . . . unto the end of the wor d.T Will receive you unto nyrqelf--Not, only will he come to us, but we um to go to him. These are words of wonderful tenderness. Where I In, there yo may be also-All specula- tions as to the nature of heaven are of small, compared with this simple state. ment. Let it suffice that we are to be where Jesus is, in the place which he has repared and where he is King. 4. Whither I go. ye know the war-- For nearly three years. by inimitable illustration and extended conference, he had endeavored to unfold to them the nature of his work and the great- ness of the Kingdom. 5. We know not whither thou goest --All honor to the disciple who is un- willing to let slip by a point which he does not understand. But Thomas had failed to see the great truth es Jesnss_had presented it: J . .. . ti. I am the way. and the truth, and :he life-Jesus now declares that it is through him that we come to the Father and through him that we ob- tain entrance into the Fuller's house. Peter wishes to follow him immedi- ately. Thomas wants to know the why, and. later, Philip wont: to see the Father. Jesus answers: "All these (ties-Lions are answered in me"; “I an t e way to the Father." Christina faith is not a personal opinion or ad- herence to a doctrine; it is eonNenee in Christ, the loyalty of the life given ','j'iif,aJi,rvjjlf'-,"':li-1i5jlli'ft, 2:"fr, to him 7. If ye had known me. ye would have known my Fnher---lf Jesus is the manifestation of God (vane 6). then to know him is to know God. From henceforth " know him, and have seen him--lt is impossible to comprehend the infinite God, but it is possible to know the love of God " seen in Christ. These questions in- Meats, that the disciples were not overawed by the later. but were on terms of countable understanding. so aha: question and answer passed I'aBl y. 8. Philip said. Lord, show us the Father, and is suinceth us-Philip will be satisfied if he an have It 10." a pledge of the glorious future _ served for them. 9. Havelbeonaolongtimewith you. and dost than not know met--. A sense of (“appointment that, after all, Philip had mr' learned the (rac- Ious truth the Ic... I had tried to un- fold. "e that hath no In hath R. t.N T “(NATIONAL LESSON MARCH " Sill. Easter Lesson-John t.i-2t. Golden Text, I Cor. I5. w. l. Let not Four heart be His pal); _of_le_av_ing them cmrd with their hopes for m he has talked of setting are sadly perplexed. They d to him, through the com- and training and love of inf months they had known Irve in God, believe also in is, Your doubts and trou- y Father's house are many The image is taken from v immense Oriental ttttg; here is room for t a king n and for all the pleas. to be comforted with the at the separation is tem- cl that all eventually to be of rf our separation will be you trust God and trust fore they germinate. If you wish to) put in a cultivated crop such as corn or potatoes, I do not think you need have fear of a sufficient quantity of seed coming up to seriously diminish your yield, that is, provided you give the cultivated crop early and careful attention. The clover plant is a two-year. plant; hence, a couple of years of cultivated crops should kill out a very large quantity of the clover that would come up as weeds. I be- lieve you would do well to sow sweet clover seed on your sandy soil. I would recommend that you plow un- der the second crop if you wish to har- vut the first crop of hay. What sandy soil needs is humus, and I know of no crop that will produce as large an amount of humus in a short time as will sweet clover. It is generally recommended that 20 to 25 pounds of hulled seed per acre be used. If the seed is not hulled, add 5 pounds more. 12. He that believeth on me . . . greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father-When the Holy Spirit is sent from the Fath- er, great spiritual changes in men will be produced, greater than exter- nal miracles. The conversion of a sinner, through the Holy Spirit, is greater than turning water into wine or opening the eyes of the blind. To expect that the Christian disciple can work miracles is to take a backward step in _spirit_ual_ development. _ 15. If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments-The commandments here alluded to are the charges he has given them while he has been with them. To cherish and observe them is the true indication of their love and the preparation for what follows in verse 17. 14. If " shall ask anything in my name, that will I do-That is, to ask anything of God based upon what Jesus has told us of himself and his work. To pray in his name is not only to ask for his sake, but to ask in harmony with Jesus' instructions, or according to God’s will. fl - 10, ll. Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in met ' --he does not say that the Father and himself are the same person, but thatI ' they live the one in the other, That; , this is true ls shown by his words an l his works. Believe me for the very: works' ttttk-resists asks from his dis-i ciples faith in his union with thel Father on the authority of the testi-l many which he hog bot:ne to himself. I 16. He shall give you another Com- forter-It is impossible for an out- sider "the world," to receive the inner Comforter, for the great gifts of the Spirit cannot come to an unspiritual anttuntesenslvepsoul. _ - - the Father-A plain statement of Jesus' unique relation to God, which lifts him above ordinary men. We can hardly conceive of the holiest of men saying, without blasphemy, "Look upo_n me and behold Godl" 18. I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you-He comes to them not in the personal, bodily return, after milleniums have passed, but through the presence of the promised Holy Spirit, is Coquyterpgd Aeyrher. 19. The world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me-The world, which has only known Jesus after tty, flesh, sees him no more, but to is1 own he becomes visible in the spiritual! sphere. Because I live, ye shall live': also-Death will be vanquished by! him, and his victory includes our Vic-l tory o_ver_deat_h. - _ l 20. In that day . . I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you- The day is 'it',',,":; when the subject which so puzzles t em will be clearly understood. 21. He that loveth me shall be loved' of my Father, and I will love him--' Love reveals itself to love. He) abides in the heart which respondsi to him. (John 15.) l 22-24. Judas (not Iye,rjtt,lrilyly; of the village of Kerioth is the meang ing of Iscariot in Judea. Literally, Judas the man from Kerioth. Why unto us. and not unto the world?-. Jesus had really answered this in verse 21, but he goes further. Why not to all men without discrimina- tion? Why make a distinction? The answer is that love cherishes the slightest wish of the one loved, and he who does not love does not carry out the wishes of the beloved. This is springtime: all the heart of things Is dancing madly, clapping wild its wings; Bursting with enrolling the thong: that bind Rushing with passion love its mute to And all things angle and all things The Telescope. A grain of sand has wonders there eoneealed, And Genius strolling on the shingly has Stooped, gammy up a handful. and seem so gay. 'Tis like the dawning of eternal day - Aveated - To waiting worlds the secrets of the Springtime. Ly” 51- _ A New Kind of Mable. It had been a warm winter, with no ice era", quite unlike the severe winter we have just passed through. "pm afraid," said grandfather one day late in March, shaking his head soberly, "that this means no ice creun next J uly, and no cold lemonade, and _ dear!" ehorused children. "Who ever heard of a summer withqut ice cream?" __ ' Whrm Ted and Jean and Molly went to bed that night they felt the win- dowpane with their cheeks. "it feels Very cold," Ted decided. “Maybe there'll be freezing to-night." H Tirih," answered trrsndnt%rr, "who ever heard of a winter without ice t" "rt n mother When they waked there '15 a queer, dull whiteness on the walls and a curious silence. Snow had fallen all night long, and now every not bad ";‘Maybe," grandfather said, "but it's nearly time now for robin; and violets." Making Two Blades Grow Where Only One Grew Before GUNNS SHUR-GAIN - FERTILIZERS Some farmers bolleve In Indlng the loll. Thle practlee may be good. In these daye of hlgh prices for all farm crepe we belleve that It In much more proftubht to feed the crop the masonry plant food (fenlllzer) to produce maximum ylelde, and to roll“ disease. Years of exporirrttrrttatlort have shown just how much Ammonia (Nitrogen) Phosphoric Acid and Potash are required by all crops. With this Information we have prepared s bulletin showing Just what grade or analysis of fertilizer you should use in the ralelng of your particular crop on your type of sell. Thle bulletin free for the asking. It you have never used fertilizer you will ttnd it. use this year more profitable than ever before. Hamb- DitylS,t, may freeze yet," put in grand- Market................... 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FEED THE CROP, NOT TIE SOIL FOR GREATER PRODUCTION For Plantin Up to April 'h, Mail Your Order TODAY V Ontario Fertlllzers Limited I .T.iii & Yellow, West Toronto Canada Turn the pug- of {our Rennie cab done. You will not as a great many ganmph. with can " the corners. dhteu "3J1?" mt,', Lett,', tum. e com 0.. all ny as rom (l'ilU'l human RENNLE‘S. LOOK FOR THE STARS "The heaviest snow I ever saw so late in the year," father remarked at breakfast. "Well, it looks as if the ice house would stay empty, sure enough." a heavy white blanket like cider down, and every fence post wore a tall white cap. - "Ni, ice cream in July," began little Jean, but grandfather suddenly pinch- ed her cheek. . “Plentv of it." he said. "That is, if you three chicks are willing to play marbles: a while." "But how can playing marbles flll the ice house?" cried Ted and Molly in one breath. "Now, grandad, you’re making fun of us!" "Not a bit of it," he answered. "Put on your tags, and I’ll show you." Ten minutes later, coated end hooded and J1nished off with good, dry rubbers, the three dashed out to their grandfather. "Here." he said, "told out your hands. There's a marble apiece for ‘you. Go to work and roll them." The children 'looked astonished. Each little right-hand mitten was duping I snowbnll, -- _ _ - "itut," grandfather," Ted begam, doubtfully. "Roll your marbles," said grand- father, “and‘roll them carefully. Then you'll see." Bo the three obeyed, puuled but .10 .10 .90 2.75 .75 2.25 ao 1.75 1.00 3.50 10.00 WEST TORONTO 'ldb. 1.75 AS Att .15 .10 .25 .25 .20 .10 .15 Mother. and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to wrlte to thin department. initials only will be published with each question and In answer as a means of identlfteatlott, but full name and Iddreu must be given in each letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be mailed direct it stamped and addreaeed envelope is encloaed. -- .. _ . --- """Xéiréia' aTi'GoGaisGGiGrdGuii%urtment to Mrs. Helen Law, 235 Woodbine Ave,, Toronto. X. Wgr.r-u complete reply to your! Harrtussed:--But you won't be by' interesting letter cannot be sent for a the time yo'u get the “Soldiers of the few days, as the matter of the in-!Soil" at work. Did you know that stallation of waterworks in your homeithe Canada Food Board is enrolling has been referred to an expert whosef26,000 school boys between the ages advice will be sent you by mail " id " and 19 to help on the farms soon as received. Re arding the con- this year? The drive to enlist this version of the m,l'21"ll',1fn' into albattalionof youthful soldiers has began dining-room and kitchen, your idealland they should prove of immense are quite practicable, and the result: help to the farmer and his wife. There will be an enormous saving of energ'yl is no doubt that, there will also be in housework. The best location foria large number of girls on the farm the sink would be at the centre of the i this year who will assist both in farm- dividing walls between dining-room house and field. These two classes and kitchen, so that you could passiwill help greatly to lighten the burden the dinner dishes through the Gt.n-lsystainir! by the farmer's wife and municating door, wash them in thfthey will solve in some measure the sink, and put them right throughfproblem of labor shortage. again to be returned to the dining- Enquirerr--'Mhat about potatoes.'" table, which I presume you keep laid Why, potatoes possibilities are end- all the time. Can you arrange to less, Miss Enquirer. The Food Con. have the cook-stove near the sinlditroller is asking us to eat both fUh If so, you could have a place for cook- 1 and potatoes, and to eat plenty of ing utensils in the new cupboard/them. Now the patriotic food is not which you would find vrnost convenient. always the most palatable but both If you keep the proposed alterations fish and potatoes are exceptionally in mind as you go about your house- nutritious, economical and pleasant, work, many devices will occur to you and no one should have any difficulty that can be installed to lessen worklin making extensive use of them. Do Should you care to send me a plan of you ever roast potatoes in their own the layout of your house, with the rskins and eat them with a little salt? :windows, doors and chimneys mark-‘lf not you are missing something in ed, I will send you a working plan for ; life. Next there is the baked po- lthe. alterations. Should any further ‘ tato, broken open to let out the steam iquestions crop up, please send themiand prevent sogginess. The pota- [along lto boiled in its jacket is 20 per cent. Peggy:--Here are some good rules for your household, Miss Peggy. It is wonderful how a motto hung up in the kitchen pulls you up in some little extravagance through the day, isn't it? C By M. A. l Every child should have an allow- ance. The amount may vary accord- ‘ing to individual requirements and family finances, but whether it be ten :cents or a dollar a week matters little so long as it is regularly forthcoming 'and is the child's own. It may be ,given weekly in payment of sspecified (chores or errands, but it should not linclude payment for extra work. tremendously excited. Ted rolled} east, Molly rolled west, and little Jean 1 rolled south, down the long slope of t the lawn. Laughing and shouting,’ they followed the little balls with) care, pushing them whenever they), stopped. l "irme's as big as a pumpkin'." cried Molly in a few minutes. "Just watch it growl" - - A , - They pushed harder and harder, and every moment one would call to the other. Presently, from the bottom of the yard, came a cry. "Oo-oo'." Jean sang out. "Somebody come! My marble is so big I can't get it up the hill!" Sure enough, Jean's snowball had grown so fast that now it was entire- ly too much for her. Ted ran down, laughing, and rolled it to the top of the hill. Then they spied grand- father. . "Will you look at his marble!" screamed Molly. And indeed grand- father's ball was a. regular giant, and was getting fatter and fatter. "Forward march! to the ice house, nowl" said grandfather. And the children, who had forgotten all about the ice house, went to work with a vim, trunling their big marbles gayly toward the open door. be saved. The child was taught to keep an accurate account of every cent he spent, and of every additional penny he earned. At the end of the month the mother carefully audited the account. One'mother of my acquaintance pre- I have it to put in the bank. However, sented each of her children on ar, I will lend you ten cents, and you can eighth birthday with a small ieaiiiF-litiiiy' me next week. Make an item covered account book, a bank whichiof it in your account." could not be opened until it contain-; The lesson we: a hard one to learn, ed tive dollars, and a swings bankibut eventually it was mastered. They book with five dollars deposited in the) knew the value of a cent. child’s name. . I Recértly I saw their bunk books. From that date the child received each Saturday twenty-five cents from both his father and his mother. This fifty cents was to cover all small ex- penditures - entertainments, gifts, Sunday school, pe ils, candy, etc.,--- and the '/t'titer"iie'h week “a to At first the half-doll" I wk seemed a small fortune to the child accustomed to asking for every cent; but he soon learned that in order to fll1 his bank he would have to "think twice" before purchasing I new knife or a package of gum. One of the girls showed l tendency toward miserliness. The first week she deposited her v.hole fifty cents in the bank-only tu regret it long be- fore Rho week was ovi. The other children were buying candy. and she had no money. 'tihare Was to be . _lltlll )6?” (illlki,iit'j"li),,lit,ij,, If it gets into the garbage pail If allowed to spoil in the home If ruined by careless cooking By careless paring and trimming When too much is served at a meal iroit of tie morning they worked TORONTO GOOD FOOD 1S WASTE!) THE alun ALLOWANCE Enquirer:--N0at about potatoes t" Why, potatoes possibilities are end- less, Miss Enquirer. The Food Con- troller is asking us to eat both fUh and potatoes, and to eat plenty of them. Now the patriotic food is not always the most palatable but both fish and potatoes are exceptionally nutritious, economical and pleasant, and no one should have any difficulty lin making extensive use of them. Do you ever roast potatoes in their own skins and eat them with a little salt? If not you are missing something in life. Next there is the baked po- itato, broken open to let out the steam land prevent sogginess. The pota- it: boiled in its jacket is 20 per cent. (more nourishing than the peeled po- {tato. Slave you ever tried potato 'biscuit? It is something like the 'iold..ftuhioned potato scone that is as 1 popular in Scotland as ontcake. Sift together 1 cupful mashed potatoes, 1 eupful Graham flour, 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder, lh teaspoonful salt, 1 tab1espoonfu1 fat, % cup milk. Toss dough on a floured board and roll lightly to % inch in thickness. Bake [for twelve to fifteen minutes in greas- ed pans. ‘joyfully, and after dinner father and {the hired men turned in with them, lso that the long-empty ice house be- 1 gun to fill very rapidly. Before the l snow had left the fields the ice house Ewes quite full, and the hired men had l pounded the great snowballs IMth lshovels until the snow was packed al- most as hard as ice. Then the chil- . dren helped to pile in the straw on top land to pack it; and at last they shut i the door. 'Y an just taste that July ice cream!" said Molly happily. “I can taste it too," Ted agreed, "and I've also learned a new way to play marbles." To make a kitchen stove help warm the room in which it is used a metal cover that radiates the heat evenly has been patented. Smut in oats may be prevented by soaking them in a solution of form- aldehyde. Spreud the grain around thinly on the barn floor. Take a pint of the formaldehyde and mix it with fifty gallons of water. With a sprinkling pot moisten the oats well and leave them a couple of hours. This will not injur’é the gem of the seed at all, but will kill the smut germs Parents complain that their chil- dren think they are "made of money,” that they have no idea of money value. If such la the one, it is the parents', not the children's fault. Give them an allowance for spending money. Be ilrtn in your refusal to grant more than the allotted sum, except as a loan. Let them learn by their own experience how to handle money to the beat advantage. At the lame time arouse their interest in saving until it been-es a habit to lay aalde me pert oftheir income. The value of such training can only be fully ap- Bartlett. birthday party, and each child wat, expected to contribute ten cents to- ward a present. All her money was banked. Teurfully she sought as- sistance from her mother, but she found her true to the agreement. Recértly I saw their bank books. In four yeers the little girl had saved $25, the boy tao. The Utter was two Yeats the elder, and his income had been greatly augmented by outside work; but hla expenditures also had been grater, as I saw by their ac- count booh. The latter were models of good book-keeping. predated by those who have Ind it to learn in early menhood, and women- hood-or by thou who have never lamed it it " "You must learn, dear," sold the sympathetic parent, "that you can't save all your money and spend it, too --g'mst as your brother will find that he ean't spent his fifty cents and then have it to put in the bank. However, I will lend you ten cents, end you can rep-y me next week. Make an item of it in your neeount." The lesson wu I hard one to learn, l "Well, now, the firat person that come: into my mind i: Will Whit- lcomb, one of our Winton Village boys i-yeof fellow enough, but terribly ‘Ilack-twisted and lacking in grump- "ion. He never had a tharp knife, or a tool that was in order; and if he had any work to, do he'd go at it in the moat awkward, roundabout way that you could conceive of. It waa Oust the same in school; and it used to fret Mr. Hoyt, our teacher, a good "eat. "Our English teacher." said Don Parks u he stopped at his uncle's shop on his way home from school. “has given us the worst subject for I composition ret-'The Boy is Father of the Hun! Of come I know what it 'tttsnn.--that e fellow is sure to be tlteanastektatdof-tthnttsewr" boy. But I don't believe that it in than true. Seems to me that I've heard of more than one great' man that didn't Amount to much " a boy. I wish you'd help me out, Uncle George. I'd like to give a lot of examples that go against that old saying." "Ut me think," said Uncle George, still keeping on at his work. "But don't sprawl there over thnt bench! Stand up “night! Or you might be tightening up the nuts on this ma- chine. Not that way.' Don't you know that to screw I nut on you turn in the direction that the hands of I clock move? "Mr. Mort told him that the trouble with him wasn't stupidity, but heed- lessness, and that if he didn't over- come it he would go through life a hum. “Up to the age of eighteen Will hadn't changed much. At that time he went to live in some town just out of Toronto. I never can seem to remember the lame, and I lost track of him. "h year or so ago I was at the Matson Company’s plant in Toronto, and some of the men were telling me about one of those efficiency experts that had been there for a week in- stituting all sorts of labor-saving de- vices, and, in fact, revising their whole working system. They didn't happen to speak his name, but they did mention where he came from, and I knew I had heard of that place be- fore. "They were namely done talkitpr about him when the expert came through the room with the superinten- dent, end you could have knocked me down with 1 feather. But I stepped right forward and put out my hand. 'hm't this Mr. William Whitcomb.r' I said. Is your husbtuui's breakfast ever spoiled because his soft-boiled eggs were forgotten and left in the kettle too long'. This can be so easily avoid- ed if you will provide a dish or kettle that ”hold. just a quart, have your water boiling thoroughly, so that the steam pour' from the spout of the teakettle, put two eggs in. the quart veaael, pour the boiling water over them and act on the table. Allow to stand from three to five minutes be- fore serving, and they will be jun like velvet. The good part about this method ia that they may stay in the dish an long our three minute- an you want, and they will not been” uedifrmtdorteoverthediah.t always an. than in My; new a (hay lay go on the table la the m. lack - has a apa- rate dial. at It In Ind to regulate tho punt mount d - aha: two a dine out. f " 'Tlut's what they all me at home, sometimes,' he said, looking at me pretty lard. "'r knew I couldn't be mistaken,' I aid. " 'But you "e,' he said. Wm WiL lilm Whiteomb, although a man by that mme lives in my town, and I've been taken for him a thouund times. pm not " all proud of the resem- bhnce,’ he said. "it hurts me in my business! "Then he laughed und went on, leaving me to infer that in Will's one the boy was father to the man. “I guess that is the rule, Don. No doubt there are exceptiom. as you say. But in your composition just hear down hard on the point that if I boy wnnta to be one of those excep- tions he hnd better take himself in hand before it is too he." "The Boy Is Father velvet Eggs. g Of the Man." Ft