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ugees Throng the Baltic tes Clad to Do Any Work to Earn Their Bread SSIAN COUNTESSES FOUND IN OFFICES. Tvice took ten hours, th sixty hours for the INCESSES WORK S.STENOCRAPHERS the Word on t3 new Paris to &s not express _ spinsterâ€" vely, Jchna?" orâ€""Lovely, Te! Tower in ck by lightâ€" cted in honâ€" the United it target for )e protected ishtning, ial in Rira to have _ as your stencâ€" business man can of a countess in aost every dl’)’ ssion in Riga has ure ing. be n molr» irged inâ€" id melts us litt‘e in diamâ€" h. Such e ord In that &â€"struck iinous reâ€" likely to any area & here "attract‘* upposed. more apt is in its : height uages r to the Kussian re. helter in the ‘s how comâ€" ‘lal downfall In Riga, Reâ€" ns princes, ieir familieg n Russia to & a hand to possessions to to dreads f forest "zones kely to ectrical 1 zomes to speâ€" But great ains & lar‘. ‘ated people, ied to work inything _ to . Men who gers of big glad to take ble employâ€" 0 cesses and atess workâ€" patch from te itter up alers in ‘ient ever Thig rubleg proâ€" aro jeweis £ into : Costâ€" viliza« Ugees h L1 exâ€" fat ald he 10 it D= It is well to keep the cracked grain ration constantly before the youngâ€" sters so they may help themselves at will. A chick‘s crop is very small. A teaspoonful of food will fill it, and this digests quickly when the chick is active. Consequently hunger reâ€" turns about every hcour or two, and if food is available the chick will take a few mouthfuls and scamper off again. After the chicks are about Of the latter only enough should be given so that it may be eaten up clean. Tho first fow weeks the chicks should have pnothing but the fincly eracked graing. After that a little mash may be given in the morning. For chicks the diet in summer is practically the same as in winter, only there should be less corn and more greeu stuff, There must, however, be some corn to balance the wheat and other nitrogenous grains. The chick feeds as sold commercially have as their basis wheat, corm and oats, all finely cracked, with other grains added for variety. The mashes are also prepared on the same basis, only fincly ground. ‘ The ideal place for hatching and rearing summer chicks is an orchard. Where an orchard is out of the quesâ€" tion, the next best place is a cornâ€" field. After the corn is about three feet high, chick coops may be scatâ€" tered over the field, and for a week or so & small run should be placed in front of each coop so the chicks may become acquainted with their home and surroundings. After that they have their freedom, and at night they will hust up their own coop. Avoid overerowding, and regularly} clean all filth from the eoops. | <€PRPoulr®‘s L uin Nt P it B utl? 35 mc cagh t tss © 1 crop, that is, by sowing buckwheat or rape sufficiently thick to smother the grass. Others have found summerâ€" fallowing very effective. I wouldl not advise you to try to mix both methods. Answer: Some have endeavored to kill out quack grass by a #mothering ansacdW ud c i ts & & J 1 The outlook is for continued low prices. Ship your lot now and get spot cash. You will be treated right. Wm. Stone Sons, Limited summerâ€"fallowing. Do you think it would help build the land if 1 sow it to buckwheat and then plow it under when in blossom or before, or do you think it would lessen my chances of killing the quack grass? 1 want to kill this weed and build the land at the same time if possible, with a view to planting to oats and seeding with clover next spring. I plan to tup- dress with manure when I seed to ace is limited it is advisable whor. _\ 1k ... on this paper. As space is limited it is advisable where ki NME aee ... immediate reply is necessary that a stamped and ad. aA dressed envelope be enciosed with the questior, when \{;15*/; the answer will be mailed direct. M s Copyright by Wilson P ublishing Co., Limited * J. W. W.: I have a Plece of runout and about 2 to 3 per cent. potash. Put ind which is badly infested with this on when the grain is sown. If uack grass, which I am planning on you get a good stand of oazg.fouowed immerâ€"fallowing. Do you think it| by a good catch of clover it should ould help build the land if 1 sow it compete pretty strongly with the » buckwheat and then plow it under quack grass, and in fact shou‘d kill hen in blossom or before, or do 704) it out. T41 0 conly 7 poeintiee N1 car onpinnerenemezaiic in t ~ ‘sâ€"faurm Crop **"~ â€" Quoerres wWOODsTOck, oT. Established 1870. Address all are summerâ€"fallowing the per cent. phosphoric acid, O O IL growing °* CCERnNT a, BELL x '%:."‘? We ment is to place at the serâ€" fi of advice of an acknowledged ie o o k be aining to soils and crops. Mecoke. * * ta Professor Henry G. Bell, in | : *R â€" 4 | | for ; Company, Limited, Toronâ€" C s 2s |; cu n this column in the order |*> e 9c 0P ) say When writing kindly menâ€" «o ‘5‘ ho mited it is advisable where * e ‘ y that a stamped and adâ€" m j | ) with the questior, when E aF rect. _ int ifshomie "Be snirel w a e o2 2 w t 00 T "Oh, it‘s summer, summer weather, And you‘d better b‘lieve I‘m glad. Going to the pond with brother, Tramping all around with dad. Looking in the grass for birds‘ eggs Not to touch themâ€"goodness, no! Oh, it‘s summer, summer weather, And I love the summer so." breeder would use him. Type is esâ€" sential if you ever expect to sell any of the offspring. As far as young sires are concerned, breeding and inâ€" dividuality are all we have to judge from. With a bull four years old, however, there is another index to nis value. His daughters should be good producers, at least as good as their dams at the same age. If a sire has these three qualities he is a good one. If ‘he possesses the first two and it turns out that he does not have good daughters he is no good and should not be used longer. If, on the other hand, his daughters prove to be better than their dams you have the kind of a sire every breeder is looking for; one that builds up the herd. t First, he must have good breeding. This means a good pedigree. His dam and grand dams should be good proâ€" ducers. He should come from a famâ€" ily of consistent producers. Pedigree, however, is not everything. The sire must be a good individual. Often a sire with an excellent pedigree is so poor an individual that no good Using a purebred sire on common scrub or grade stock will work wonâ€" deis. The animals resnitingy from several crosses will soom approach purebred type. Results secured will depend entirely on the sire, however. Three things are essential in a good The quickest but the costliest way to get a herd is to go out and buy an entire herd of animals, including a herd sire. A better plan, however, is to grow into the purebred businessâ€" not go into it. It takes real ability to develop a herd from a few good females and a good sire; anybody with money can buy good mature aniâ€" mals on the basis of the records they have made. | Jawns? | _ Answer> If the lawn area is not too | large cut out the dandelions with a | knife. On large areas spraying with |an iron sulphate solution will do a | great deal towards killing ou;: this . pest. Make & solution of tron sulâ€" 'phate. «issolve about 2 lbs. in a galâ€" lon of water. With this strong soluâ€" tion spray the portions of the lawr where most dandelions are growing., This wili turn the surface of the grass | dark, but will kill out the weeds. In 'a few days the grass will regain its |atrength, but the dandelions will kill | out. Much publicity has bean giver three months old, the regular scratch food may be given. R. H.: Would like some information about insect pests on vegetabies and flowers, roses especially, and how to destroy them. Answer: We would advise you to write the Dominion Devartment of Agriculture, Ottawa, for information regarding insect pests on vegetabies,‘ flowers and bushes. They have sevâ€" eral good bulletins which describe this subject thoroughly. to the idea of applying sulphate of ammonia to lawns to kill out dandeâ€" lions, but there is danger in doing this, since sulphate of ammonia is an acidâ€"producing salt and will, thereâ€" {ore, tend to make the soil sour. This is detrimental to the growth of best lawn grasses. J Grow Into the Purebreds. . J.; What will kill dandelion in bowers. They colored their dull coats with the bright blossomsâ€"some yelâ€" low, some green, some with spots of orange and blue. A few of the fishes, it is true, did not wish to color their coats; those stayed close at home in the shadow of the big rocks. ‘ When the turtles saw how beantiâ€" ful theâ€"fishes were they, too, grew disâ€" contented. Then they got more flowâ€" ers and painted red and yellow markâ€" ings on each other‘s shell and gave a bit of bright color to the baby turtles The fishes swam out to meet their friends and were overjoyed to see the }enjoyed themselves immensely. Then they found the fields with the brightâ€"colored flowers dancing in the breeze. They picked the flowers, piled them on each other‘s back and set out for their mountain lake. Sometimes the flowers fell off and the turtles had to pile them on again. But they kept on their way perseveringly until they reached the lake. I land, for they had long wished to see something of the world; so they left their children fast asieep in the warm sunshine and swam to the bank. Once ashore they moved slowly along, enjoying the new sights and sounds as they went. Now and then they stopped to rest in a convenient puddle of water. They had dinner in a patch of wildâ€"strawberries with ed its boughs in the lake and there talked the matter over. They said there surely must be some way by which they could color their coats; yet none of them could suggest a way. But after a while an idea came to them. Sleeping in the sunshine on a log in the lake were two big mud turtles and twenty little ones. The fishes swam to the edge of the water and asked the big turtles if they would go into the fields and bring them some bright flowers so that they could dye their dullâ€"brown coats and make them beautiful. . The obliging turtles were very glad to have a good excuse for going to One day they gathered in a cool, shady spot where a willow tree trailâ€" the lake, or the petals of lovely wild flowers dropped into the crystal water. At those times the quiet brown fishes, listening under the lily pads, wondered why they, too, could not be brightâ€"colored and fair. Often when the little Indians pushâ€" ed their canoes out over the lake and paddled round among the water lilies the fishes would hide under the lily pads and listen to their talk. Someâ€" times the boys and girls pointed to the sunset colors in the water, or to the shadows of the gay autumn trees. Sometimes birds of bright plrumagel went skimming across the surface of Long ago all the fishes that bived in the cool, clear waters of a certain mountain lake were silvery brownâ€" as brown as the Indian children who came and peered at them. { carries that knowledge into the daily life of the community. But of all the wonders of modern sanitation perhaps none is so striking and farâ€"reaching as the romance of typhoid, and its eradication from the earth; for that es tC mRe? ©D M MO® mCUA TV S° POSV MVT of luck rather than immunity, but gree milk, are the chief sources, and modern science takes little stock in your health officer proceeds to find luck; it prefers to nlay safe. | out what you have been drinking. If Health protection is an interesting the source of contagion is a well or subject. We are inclined to take so spring, the officer gets busy and sees much for granted in civilized life; we that no one else drinks water from pay our taxes and let "them" do the that source until it is made safe. But rest. The earnest, honest Iabor of it is the experience of most health‘ many lives is summarized in the mediâ€" > officers that water is polluted because cal knowledge of toâ€"day; the plodding of the easyâ€"going methods still preâ€" conscientious work of many more valent in the less protected sectiom.' How the Figshes Got Their Colors. So we may never know until we are rudely enlightened, just who will polâ€" lute a well. In the days when death from typhoid was e common thing, and that is not very long ago, some people seem to have had a certain immunity in communities where the water was particularly bad. Then again, one person could have the dis-‘ ease several times. At any rate, escape seems to have been a misttas _ __Only a few years ago "Typhoid Mary" set us all guessing by the strange tales that were told of her. Toâ€"day we know that there are peoâ€" ple who, having once had the disease harbor the germs in the intestines for a long time thereafter. These peoâ€" ple may be perfectly well, but leave in their tracks a trail of cases due to pollution of water into which sewage has drained or through food handled by the "carrier‘" whose hands are not scrupulously clean. While typhoid germs may never be introduced into your well by this sysâ€" tem of drainage, there is always a chance that they will be introduced, for it is not only the person who is actually sick who is a source of inâ€" fection. ‘ be so much more convenient to the tarn than to the kitchen is a matter for the farm women‘s clubs to disâ€" cus$s; the thing that interests the sanitarian is that slope from the outâ€" house to the source of the drinking watar. f Have you ever noticed how oiten a farmhoure will be gituated on a slight hill, while the outhouse will be just & little lower, while the barn with the well close beside it is at the bottom of the hill? Just why the well should â€"â€"Do You Have Water Fit To Drink? By Harriet Bowen the road to the barn, which was south of the house (which faced east), we set a row of cutâ€"leaf or weeping birch. This is one of the most popular of the weeping trees, clean, slender, graceful and a rapid. grower. Its‘ graceful drooping branches, silveryâ€" white bark and delicate foliage make }it the most attractive single tree I know of. Along ‘the fence, between the garâ€" dens and the paddock by the barns, I set six cherry trees and they "have proved a wise selection, for they have furnished shade for the paddock, have been a favorite resort for the children, who feasted upon the luscious fruit; but best of all have attracted the birds and taken them away from the garâ€" den and other fruits, which they scarcely touched when they could get the cherries. p 4 We (my father and I1) went to the little run on the side hill where the young sugar maples grew tall and straight in the rich mellow soil, and there picked out twentyâ€"five trees that seemed to us to be the pick of the woods. These were carefully taken up and cut to about twelve feet in height.‘ We properly pruned the roots and carefully set them in holes fifty feet My father, who in his younger days had been a nurseryman, said: "Son, if you want the best shade, the cleanâ€" est and most interesting and the longestâ€"lived trees, plant the sugar maple." _ Believing the advice was good, I acted upon it. Fortyâ€"seven years ago the writer bought this farm. There were no buildings, so a twoâ€"acre field was seâ€" lected for the home grounds. As soon as the buildings were finished and the front yard leveled we began to phn] for shade. And that is the way, so it is said the fishes got their colors. It was on a June day after a storm. the trout went zigzagging up the brook in a company until they reachâ€" ed the spring where the stream began. There they saw, resting in the clear white water of the epring, the end of a wonderful rainbow. Backward and forward through the rainbow colors they ewam until the bow faded. But when the trout started down the creekl again they found to their joy and wonder that, instead of being plain in hue as before, they were of a beautiâ€" ful bluish tint on the upper part ot, the body, with sides of silver, marked | with a band of red and with spots of[ darker color. To this day they are known as rainbow trout. ‘ On the west side of the paddock lies Now, all day long in the singing brook that ran into the clear lake still other fishes, the trout, played like a white ribbon under the ripples. When they saw the lake fishes they, too, wanted beautiful colors. They did not know about using flowers, but! one day, after they had puzzled over the matter for a long time, they found’ a way to change their color. On the left of the driveway from that were sleeping in the sunshine. As for the fishes, they were pleased and proud. of the easyâ€"going methods still preâ€" valent in the less protected sections. So if the country districts value the health and lives of farm dwellers, the wells and springs should be kept free from all contamination which might drain into them through the soil or from the surface. Best Shade Tree, and Why. ___When a case of typhoid is discoverâ€" edâ€"usually with the help of the Board of Health laboratory which diagnoses the case microscopically, in order to supplement the finding of the doctor in charge,â€"there is a quiet inâ€" vestigation of the reason. We get typhoid germs in but one way, ani that is by eating or drinkinzâ€"uaualnly! the latter. Water, and to a less deâ€" gree milk, are the chief sources, and ; your health officer proceeds to find| out what you have been drinking. If | Ni / t win Pn cce ic. 4 9 Wnn s ulsncs in & accc vlv"tl €PPOCCDS 7 cof. R. D. Shaw‘s The Pauline Epistles,|from the story told of him in Acts fer mm 10 dn t g;;h;;‘gag;?;;; Ramsay‘s St. Paul the Traveller .m!& 34â€"40. Under his teaching Paul that typhoid sti “: * ipe) Romen Ciiizem, and Lake‘s The Studied the books which now form our brock far off in the country, or the| Earlier Epistles of Paul. |Old. Testament. and in particular the 'picturesque well of clear cold wateri Next to our Lord Himsel#f the ancient laws, which the Jewish docâ€" Eil the most like}): place in which to | greatest and most outstanding figure | u;r:h hei.d mg!:@ to I&Ip; t:» lt:e. needs find it Large cities, and the emaller| of the New Testament is that of Paul.| ° r own time in wha come cities, too, have a regular system of, A thorcoughâ€"goinz Jew, of a striet| to be kmfi as the m{'h“l' ‘,"('el “"&: inspection and protect their drinking‘ Jewish family, an ardent patriot. a t and ofdest i 0t Gamener Pik water, not only that which is piped lover of his people and of their anâ€"| From this schoo °{hG"::ll]‘° au into homes, but the wells and springs cient faith, a man of quick impulses.| (0r Sau) as he was then fed) Aual i a, a ity limits_ | Zealous for the cause which hem?ud at| taken to become an officer of the suâ€" which are found within the city limits. heart, indom‘tably persevering, and Preme coumcil of the Jews, the San. Most people don‘t realize the anxiou}yet with A deepg affectionate md’hcdfln. 1 care with which the city is guarded, penerous nature, he attracts and holds| _ 22: 28. Free born. Pau!‘s father in this respect. Every case of typhoid our attention from the first. The first | mtvcg‘i:';f"fiehg:mfg es on that occurs in a city is reported to the, three lessons of our present scries} i oo Board of Health, and contrary to the show him to us as the Jew .md':"' of austhe bl:r:dd‘ t‘."‘r’“t the Lg:d'; accepted belief that municipal emâ€"| Pharisee, the lessons that follow, u‘Eeu"‘-“““ °j’- u& "“X par u?d ployees are chairâ€"warmers, this de-x't“:’:ve%’;;i':;‘;""g"?:h“ and teacher 'no:t‘;zem Africa. The : rivileges onâ€" partment of the public weal, at least,] o ary. joyed by those who had the rights of is very much on the job. _ It was Paul who first saw clearly J0Â¥ed by those b mUs of If we but realized the protection thrown sbout us by even the average city or town government with its Board of Health, we woull be thankâ€" ful for the ago in which we live, esger to wzhold the hards of governmen, though ever critical that the governâ€" ment .may grow better rather than werse, through our intelligen; supâ€" is what we are doing toâ€"day. Think how many of our friends of a quarter of a century ago died of typhoid, and how few are the cases nowadays. friendly shade, and the yellow leaves have done duty to the last by furnishâ€" ing litter for the poultry houses. During the recent war when sugar was wanted for the boys "over there" these giants were inducted into the pervico agdfmi-hdllzm of Ruw‘ Einimee of s fine pure ‘sweets. _ _ _ _ _ = ~"~ *~ And toâ€"day, were I to show this row alike have gathered beneath +~their judicious pruning) and averaging about twelve inches in diameter. Now to return to the maples: At the age of twentyâ€"five years we found every tree alive, wellâ€"formed (due to a;nâ€"-m;;:â€"bo_é;e;":no::h l‘lomo: where for a goodâ€"sized forest. ers the entire space occupied by the spring and trough, and autoists find here an ideal spot for rest and reâ€" freshments; and if oneâ€"half of the "slips" that have been taken from the old trees have lived and grown, Close by, and a little south of this spring, I set a weeping willow. The tree must have been suited with its new home, for it settled down to busiâ€" ness at once and to‘day its shade covâ€" At the extreme southern end of the grounds is a beautiful cold, clear, neverâ€"failing spring coming from under a large boulder setting back about twenty feet from the highway. Here was a slight indentation of the fence, leaving the spring accessible from the road. Here was placed a granite horse trough into which unâ€" numbered lips have dipped. l a low cut in the hills, allowing a draft of air through. Here I set a row of twentyâ€"five Lombardy poplars, fifteen feet apart. They are pleasing and graceful trees and serve admirably as a windbreak. Tarsus Paul went to continue his studies in Jerusalem under the great Jewish scholar, Gamaliel, and so beâ€" came an accomplished scholar both in Greek and Hebrew. < Myriads of feathered friends have to win the empire of the world for| his crucified Master, to broak down‘ race barriers, and to bui}d a temple | of humanity, in the midst of which} the significance of the gospel message CtVizenthip were very great, and Paul for the whole world, cidq;lot for m'g:.foun_d afterward in {xis travels, when Jows and Jewish prose‘ytes only. It i" difficult and dangerous places, that was he who conceived the noble amâ€"‘"* ©%U!d4 re‘y upon protection from bition to s an apostle to the Gentiles,| ROM&® Officers and magistrates. His called of God to that great task. From Gre®Kk learnin gave him approach to the naerrowest of Jewish circles he th¢ P°OP!le of many lands, and his stepped forth as the leader of a preat| Roman citizenship gave him protecâ€" international movemgm of brother., t0n in his grest missionary work. hood and good wilk His ambition w“lltz Tu'nothyu,s: 14â€"15. From a child. Eu'].?_ imperial, being nothing less than ‘ 1t was near the end of Paul‘s life, and thu ggfiflfiui'â€"i'fg?‘; E‘n;t sa]w clearly e significance e gospel message for the whole world, and not for the Jows and Jewish prose‘ytes only. It was he who conceived the noble amâ€" bition to bs an apostle to the Gentiles |_ _ Conmnecting Link»â€"For the Sundayâ€" : school teacher and Bible class student ‘the best he‘ps for the study of the ilife and work of the great apostle will be found in the available comâ€" ‘mentaries on the Acts and Epistles. I would recommend also the folHowâ€" {ing: Bosworth‘s Studies in the Acts | end Egistieo (arranged for daily readâ€" {ing), Patterson Smyth‘s Life and Let-j ‘E.ers of St. Paul, Stalker‘s life of Paul, R. D. Shaw‘s The Pauline Epistles, Ramsay‘s St. Paul the Traveller and Remen Cilizemn, and Lake‘s The Earlier Epistles of Paul. The Early Life of Saul. Acts 21:739; 22: 3, 28; 2 Tim. 3: 14, 15; um Duet. 6: 4â€"9. Golden Textâ€"Hebrews 3: 7, 8. A broody hen and a man Sunday School Lesson __ Don‘t always stew your rhubarbâ€" the kiddies may like it better served as a summerâ€"drink, and it is just as good for them. Cut up some halfâ€" dozen sticks of the fruit into cubes,‘ pour over 1% quarts of waterâ€"it must be boilingâ€"and add sugar to taste. Blice in<m lemon, and let the :aven.ce ltud.!cu- good while beâ€" ore ‘using, when it can: be strained off and served as required. ****~~ * be plentifully ‘and easily grown. Where this is not the case, sunflowers are an excellent substitute. JULY 3. Much interest is being taken both in Canada and the United States in the value of sunflowers as a silage crop, particularly in districts where corn is not a reliable crop. The claim is made that sunflowers are a hardier crop than corn, withstanding both drouth and frost to a greater degree. Insofar as the claims put forth for l-unfloveu as a food for cattle are virtually of recent origin, experiments [lnd investigation regarding them ars practically in an introductory stage. It is interesting to note, however, that: an analysis of sunflower silage fed| at an Idaho agricultural experimental . gtation indicated that it compared: favorably with corn silage. In Can-‘ ada also studigs of the relative value of sunfiowers and corn for sil ige purâ€"| poses suggest that in nutrition there‘ is not any great difference, althougn corn is to be preferred where it can! of trees to a stranger, he could but: say with us: "You could not have‘ made a better selection"; for he would | see twontyâ€"five giants averaging about twentyâ€"six inches in diameter,‘ sound and thrifty, apparently good for another generation. | mon and Paul the apostle; Wesley the evangelist and Voltaire the niocker; Chalmers the savior and Napoleon the destroyerâ€"a‘ll these men were children once. _ In their cradles there slumbered the energy which afterwards went forth for blasting or for blesging the world. fort has been made to keep this comâ€" , mand. These words are repeated ‘morning and evening. The law and .thetfropheta and the psaims are diliâ€" |gently read. It would be stnangze inâ€" | deed if the Jews did not thus learn much that is good, and as a matter of fact there has been developed in many hearts and homes a real faith in God, and a sincere desire to do good. We who have received the inestimable Igift of the knowledge of Christ, should seek to know and to underâ€" stand better the people from whose homes came both Jesus and Paul. ‘ ] Application. | There may be men who, as we are, sometimes told, are beyond church inâ€" fluence, but there are few with whom | the church has not had its opportunâ€". ity, Abel the wouh‘i:per and Cain: the murderer; Moses the man of God and Pharaoh the o;:zreuor; Elijah the prophet and Ahab the idolater; Miriam the prophetess and Jezebell the serpent; Nero the incarnate deâ€" Sunflowers As a Silage Crop. ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORONTO 2 Timothy 9: 14â€"15. From a child. It was near the end of Paul‘s life, and while in a Roman prison that he wrote r 7 then called) was _ "I live in a sod house. My neighâ€" t(:kafiut‘: b.:eo':e': olfl.:eraol} ut.::- bors live in sod houses. We hold our preme coumcil of the Jews, the Sanâ€"| meetings in a sod house. We‘ve got a hfldrl.n. Pau‘‘s Tath .'big job, and we‘re working at it every m'z’zt’ g'smg’:: have """’.:':“ :R‘e’!’.' d.;'{!:t a word of complaint! Just one Ts of ie e tande whe: thn ied | stroid irvennies: mote of eourage and terranean Sea, and of large parts of £904 cheer! Those men saw, not the Nonsuamie. we # Ceceulcâ€" 18 onb onl ty e > W 22: 28. Free born. Pau\s father must, therefore, have also been a Roâ€" man citizen. The Romans were masâ€" ters of all the lands about the Mediâ€" 0: 34â€"40. Under ‘his teaching Paul studied the books which now form our Old Testament. and in particular the ancient laws, which the Jewish docâ€" Acts 22: 3. According to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers. Of the Jewish scholars and teachers Gamaliel was one of the greatest. He was grandson of Hille}, founder of one of the two Ribbinical schools which had an extraordinary influence over the minds of the people in the time of Christ. That he was also a man of tolerant and liberal views appears from the story told of him in Acts r the _ But nobody said anything about . docâ€" troubles. Everything was lovely, needs Only the best of good things in sight. l°::“° For a long time one little old man -l In ancient days experience was the | sole instructor of the iarmer, Toâ€"day gmany are the facilities placed in his , way for starting and continuing « i‘ the right lines. Nor are these facilâ€" )/ ities confined to the very young *‘ Throughout life opporitunities are of : fered to profit by the knowlcige an:« / achievements of cthers, An inter ‘ esting phase of what may be culled ; continuation studieg is gupplied by the â€"] Junior Farmers‘ profit competitions ‘| that have now been established, 2t least in Ontfrio, for several years. | They are conducted under the dire:t _ supervision of the Agricultural Reopr: , sentatives anmnd have proved of the ! greatest value, not only in fostering | interest among youthful farmers in field crops and live stock, but also in i encouraging them to keep accurate 'fsfll records and to follow improved ‘ methods of management and feeding. The competitions are open to men under thirty years of age, but winâ€" ners in previous years are exciuded. Last year in Ontario there were 240 contestants in the various competiâ€" tions, which included acre profit comâ€" petitions with barley, turnips, corn for silage, sugar beets, potatoes, oats, [ &m. in "baby beef" production ‘ in feeding hogs, all in a profitable way. < The prizes consisted in the *xâ€" penses connected with a two weeks‘ 'eurio.‘-w-“?nlporh_flon and board, either at Ontario Agwiculâ€" tural College or the Kemptville Agriâ€" t to College from «astâ€" zm to \in Bchocl. grouch are worse than a sore thumb. fecet But the man who can see stars when . Of the sky is pitch black in the world‘s hers best friend. | _ Stop clucking! Kill that grouch! , Go cut and do with all your might the | thing which will pierce the shadow of | the present moment and let in the ‘mn!w of the better day, waiting to get through the clouds! Junior Farmers‘ Competitions _ Lay the blotting paper of foprzetâ€" fulness carefully over the word which was so thoughtlessly spoken; let love and hope and good cheer wipe it all up. Then write something that will put fire into the hear} of the one who is to read your message! Say the thing which will help cthers to look away from the sod house to Cie fine home of the morrow! MHelp men to see great fields of corn, with ears of golden yellow hangingy down where now the wild grass grows rank. |_ Too many mes of our day are daubâ€" ing life‘s fair page all over with their gloomy foreboding and their words of | discouragement. These men can cluck llll right, but they are not worth a | cent for anything else. They will not , dig, and they will not sit still. If they would only keep still, they might hatch something after a while. Too many of us se possossed to drop the big blot cf isk on the page; to speak the word which sords the cold chills up the other fellow‘s back; to let our thum and finger soread the dark lines from top to bottom of life‘s white shest. But what is the thing to do just now ? ‘come; not the cluck of the hen that makes believe she wants to sit, but | that would not #it her time out for all the world, nor let any other hen sit; not the grouch of the man whose | heart is so little that a thimblefu} of | good cheer would fill it to the brim. | _ Touch a drop of ink with the finger and it will trail a splotch of black all over the sheet wJon which you are writing. Let it alone and by and by it will dry down so that you can take it all up with a blotter. "But there is n: nothing is doing i get ready, Then something. It is always there. The sod house serves its purpose and crumbles down into a little heap of dust; but close by stands the better home bui‘t by hops and hard work, by courage and the will to win out, Bus‘noss seems all on the slump toâ€"dovy. Fam under a shadow. The tug of life is hard. Do we say it? Broody hen, old fellow! Man with a grovuc! Don‘t listen! Get a hustle on! Blessed is the man who can see life‘s brighter side. liitle sod house of to«day, but the comfortable home of the morrow; not the deep, harsa wiregrass of the present, but the waving grain and the whispering@ meadows of the years to who was soon to address the meeting. He had hoped the farmers present would say something about their diffiâ€" culties, intending to shape his reâ€" marks when the time came so that they might be as helpful as possible. fll_-led with men. Awirt.ru;;r v;;;th;;; They were holding a farmers‘ GOOD CHEER FROM A SOD HOUSE he bobbed up and said: the