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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1930-12-11, Page 3orae Chats By MARIE Meet 13BST I will seek to change saduess ad ODITCVing to happiness or comfort, W. Wenteel, Poing Things in the Dark. Did you ever come home later than and fail to arrive before the mantle of darkness had descended? It may be usual on one of these cold misty days something needed to be done in the dark; Something that is swiftly ane easily accomplished in the light. For ono thing perhaps the animals must be fed. "Better late than never," grubable our confined defendants in the dark barn as they at last hear the familiar purr of the car coming hur- riedly up the lane. Now you might be very sure YOU knew just where to put the food in ahe dark eo they could be quickly fed, .but isn't it strauge, the minute you estart out with that innocent looking disk of food things begin to occur. You may reach the barn safely and the door opens easily to its cold dark interior. Since all's welt so far you confidently start across the barn in- terior to quickly do only the neces- sary things intending to hurry back. However the little imp of darkness is eseated here just inert% the door and 'sloughs' to himself to see what will leiappen—Bang—"Oli, there." And here is the rake to step on jutting out at ea, 'forty7five degree angle, all ready to you most unexpectedly. • It did eeeem the place was practically empty a few hours before but someway or as we work, gaining by experience other is isn't now. At last the inner little by little, the paths become surer door is reached, the hook is quickly and. more pleasant in proportion to •lifted but on entering even the hook the worth while things chosen in life. l•has a most unusual way of catching in How much better we can do things if your sleeve, far back too, where one we have light. „e• must wiggle and twist to get free. Then over .goes a water Well. Truly one wonders in self pity, what is going to happen 31ext, when a warm furry body nuzzles up with a coptented "Thank you,'and you feel repaid for all these hadVellinge. Or perhaps in the house an electric light bulb is ,suspended in the middle of the room at the end .of a long cord. The telephone peals out suddenly in the darkness. The elusive light bulb so near and yet so far is most eva.d. ing to the waving hand. Back and forth it waves as well as around, and around, until in desperation you give up. Then there it is ju. where you least thought it to be. You may feel like the Irishman who was carefully groping his way in the dark room put- ting his arms straight out to feel for the door. The door was half open so 'of course he walked right into it, bumping his nose. Rubbing it dubi- ously he said. "Sure and this is the first time I ever knew me nose was longer than me am," Taking- it seriously this (lops seem to apply to life with its experiences. The darkness of ignorance of the •un- tried and of doubt seem always mak- ing things harder than they really are. It we just had a ray of light we feel we could do things 3o much. better. But in our fortunate day and gen- eration we have the lights of educa- tion in all their myriad forms to throw out beacons over the.da,ilt waters and agooloweim,••••••• Sunday School Lesson ••••••••••••••••,•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••,•••orempotemplai,MIT -Use Alfalfa Hay In Breeding Pens Experiments Prove Increase in Fertility and Hatchability of Eggs Alfalfa in the green state has long ;been recognized as au ideal poultry ?feed when used in conjunction with the -usual grains and mashes. It is only necessary to see a flock of birds 4eanging in a young stand. of alfalfa to realize that this quick -growing, ten- der plant contains some extraordin- ary health -giving property. It Is used another. extensively as range, or as cut green' It was pointed out that the greater eeeed for birds in confinement during number of electrocutions took place.in spring, summer and fall months, in the rural districts, where, unlike the lamest alfalfa growing areas, but the •Nalue of the hay as a winter feed is i,not so generally known, states D. G. t Denny, Dominion Experimental Sta- tion, Summerland, B.C. Better Results December el. Lesson XII—Timothy (The Influence of Home Training) —Acts 16: 1-3; Philippians 2: 19-22; 2 Timothy 1: 1-6; 3: 14-16. Golden Text—Ferom a child thou haat known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto 'salvation through faith_ which is in Christ Jesus. -2 Timothy 3: 15. I. THE HOME LYSTRA, Acts 16: 1-a. IL GOOD HOME TRAINING, 2 Timothy 1; 1-6; 3: 1e-16. III, PAUL'5 APPRECIATION OF TIMOTHY -r Philippians, 2 :. 19-22. INTRODUCTION —There is nothing finer in the New Testament than the friendship oe Paul and Timothy, The Bible makes 'this contrib rtion, and several others to the story of great friendships, for example, Abram and Lot, David and Jonathan, Jeremiah and Baruch. Most significant of all is the group of friends which gathered about Jesus, John 15: 12-15; Luke 12: 4. Nor si.ould we f orget the close comradeship on long journeys of Paul and his physician, Luke, Paul's references to Thnothy.hi,his letters to the ch' rches as well asehis letters to Timothy himself, show hoW highly he regarded his younger friend, his "beloved and faithful .child -in the Lord." In Paul's second and last 'let- ter from prison in Rome he begs Tim- othy to come to him, 2 Tim. 1: 4; 4: 9. The writer of the Epistle to the He- brews speaks, of him as having himself been imprisoned, but afterwards set at liberty, Heb. 13: 22. Uninsulated Wires Take Heavy Toll Among Birds Paris.—Numberless spectacles of whole flocks of birds clamped rigidly to fatal telephone and telegraph wires, or crumbled limply on the ground be- neath, have moved Jacques Delamain, French writer, to predict the gradual extinction of bird. life unless changes are made in modern overhead electric contrivances. High tensiou lines ethreugbout Eu- rope take their annual toll, says M. Delamain, of pigeons, swallows and field larks. Many of the larger birds are electrocuted when their hasty landing sways one wire against ".,Swrew III. rapUrhJiejipApPiliEs0,1A2T:I0iN9,2e2e. TIMOTHY/ jr his letter to the Christian com- munity' at Philippi, 'written f Ronie during his first imprisonment, Paul bears very high testimony to the character of Timothy. Be was hoping .seied Timothy on the long journey to Philippi that he might bear mess- ages and bring him back word of their welfare, "that I also," he said, "may be of good comfort when 1 know your state,P Moffatt renders: "I have no one like him for genuine interest in your welfare. Everybody is selfish, in- stead of caring for Jesus Christ, But you know how he has stool the test, how he las served with me in The gospel, like a son helping is father," vsi20;11s 22. t1t have been to Paul a great vemfort in his long imprisonment • (Aete 28; 16, 30) to have at hand so true and loyal a friend, a friend who had the same interests deeply at heart, who really cared for the things be cared for and absolutely to be re- lied upon. Such a friend was Timothy, prodnet of a good home, "a geed min. ister of Christ Jesus." It is the constant aim of all success - till poultrymen to develop and main, 'tail). high standards in the various phases of their work. So mach of the Year's success depends upon the num- ',her and quality of the chicks hatched reach spring, that any knowledge that mould increase the fertility and hatch - 1 ability of the eggs and the livability of the chicks is important. T3y the simple procedure of using , slfalfa hay for litter in the hreeding ;pens at the Dominion Experimental Station, Summerland, B.C., a marked increase in fertility and hatehability of • eggs bele been noted. Experiments Taking the figures for two consecu• 011ie breeding seasons, during the first rof which straw was used for litter, 'as against alfalfa hay during the sec- •ond, the following percentages are shown Exactly 20 per cent. better iefertility, and 6,4 per cent. better Ilhatchability of the fertile eggs were lobtained from the birds on alfalfa hay them from those on straw litter. :Mortality of the chicks up to three evoeks of age was under two per cent. lu each case. It should be emphasized that the al - falai should be employed as litter dur- ine the winter months preceding the ;breeding season, and the same treat- ' fluent given to male and females. cities, electric wires have net been. placed underground. I. THE HOME IN LYSTRA, Acts 16: The town of Lystra was in the pro- vince of Lycaoniain the south-eastern parts of Asia Minor. It was one of the places visited by Paul and Bar- nabas on their first missionary jour- ney (Acs 14: 6-18) and it was then in all probability that Timothy first heard the gospel preached. On Paul's second journey he took Timothy with him, no doubt both as disciple and helper. Paul speaks in high terms of his mother, Eunice, and his grand- mother, Lois, 2 Tim I: 5, and of the careful instruction in Holy Scripture which he had received in his home, 2 Tim. 3: 14-17. And, we are told, he "was well reported of by the brethren that were Lystra and Iconium," v. 2. -Of mixed parentage, his father a Greek and his mother a Jewess, he must have had the advantage of . a knowledge of the two knguages, and quite possibly had a good education in both. There are two sayings of modern writers that may well be used of the home in Lystra. "A woman who cre- ates and sustains a home, and under whose hands children grow up to. be the word, "Cherry",- Apple or :rong and pure men and worsen, is a "Quince" on different ones, and in dia Crow's Nest (White Mountains, 1875) ,Brilldiag our beacon fire, we spread •4, our feast On the bare cliff high up against the sky; • Eastward a few lone clouds went •• sailing by, ' .Aie more and more the sunset glow increased, And every sound of bird. and leaf had" ceased; Fer down below, stream espy, Seeming at rest all lie; And we from • released. Range beyond range, wooded, heights; • And far away, backed against pale gold, Their de- lights!— lords—unspeakable de- . Their purple splendor sturdily up- • hold, While, climbiug slow, the moon and eve's first star Led every thought to heights more cool and far. —From "A Book of Poems," by John W. Chadwick, ."How did Brown come to be so highly esteemed as a weather pro- phet?" "By his optimism. When there 15 a drought he keeps predicting rain, and when it's raining he says it is going to clear off." 3 Queens Shop Together At Exhibit in London London.—The unusual event of three Queens shopping together was witnessed here recently at an exhi- bition of the work of disabled ex - service men at Londonderry House. Queen Mary of England purchased a velvet -lined beauty casket, a stool • and bridge scoring pads. Queen Ena of Spain bought a vanity case, and Queen Maud of Norway ordered a manlier of small articles. All three bought workbags with tortoise shell handles. "To make speeches worries me as much as trying to play good golf, --- Prince of "'Wales. MUTT AND JEFF— • By BUD FISHER JEt:F.) %OAT' PIP.'e Non CRYING ABOUT X. AIN'T CRNING4« J UST ATE A GRAPE FRUIT: What New York1 A Tale of Christmas is Wearing BY ANNA.BELLE WORTHINGTON Illustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fur- St. Nicholas lives in a beautiful castle lashed With Every Pattern in tbofar north and that all year, he maketoys for good boys and girls all over the world. When Christmas night comes, he harnesses his beauti ful reindeer to his big sleigh, puts his bag of toys on his bacle and filer throtigh sky and stars And ' specs around the world.. Be visits nearl every home, climbs down the chim ney and fills our stockings full ol good things If we deserve it, This Year, Santa had a bigger loae than ever. He thought he had re membered everybody, but I am sorry to state he had forgotten one little girl. Her name Was Lucy and she lived in a garret with her father, who was a poor newspaper dealer. I can't imagine how St. Nicholas ever forgot poor little Lucy, The night was beautiful and starry and nearly all the world was covered in a beautiful blanket of white. Such a busy man Santa Claus was that night! What a lot of dolls, trains, books, balls and all kinds of toys, he placed in various stockings. Yet all the time a little demon of worry was tugging at his heart. What if he had forgotten something! Just As. the first streaks of dawn climbed into the sky, he found his bag empty of everything but one little dolt "Surely, I meant this little doll for somebody," mused Santa to himself, So lie pondered and pondered and pondered. Down in the poor garret, Lucy was not yet awake. She was sweetly dreaming of the nice doll, she was sure St Nicholas would bring her. At last Santa remembered. He made his reindeer fly for all they were worth, till the tall chimney of Lucy's garret came in sight. He lowered her parcel down the chimney, because it was too narrow to climb down; jumping back into his sleigh and away he went home. What! You think the doll must have 'been broken on it: trip down the chimney! Oh, nol It was an unbreak- able doll and was quite ready with its best painted smile, when Lucy un- wrapped it. Merr; Christmas, dears! •wq,•••,••••.,,,• 8Y JEAN I3ROUGH This is a tale of Christmas for lit- tle folks. You all know that good we could the motionless to every burden seemed we saw the Mother's Xmas Present Children love to make Christmas presents for their mammas, if some- one only will tell them what to do. 'Printing jelly and preserve labels on ordinary white stickers is one lit- tle thing they can do and. which will be useful and acceptable when done. • Get a couple of dozen white stick- ers, preferably without color around the edges. Let the children print creator second only to God" "When. home is ruled .according to God's word, angels might be asked to stay a night with us, and they would not find them- selves out of their element." II. GOOD HOME TRAINING, 2 Timothy 1: 1-6; 3: 14-16. This letter is believed to be the last Not only . mother, but Aunt Jane, ,fereet -colored crayon, ink or paint. If the children are especially active, you might suggest that they draw a tiny picture of the fruit they write the labels for, such as a little red ap- ple on. the stickers for apple jelly, or a cherry for cherry preserves. 'written by Paul. Be was for the sec- ond time a prisoner in Rome (v. 8) about the year A.D. 63 or 64. The let- ter contains "the outpouringe of the apostle's heart, when he felt his death to be imminent, to one who had been his faithful companion and assistant for many years. It shows tender anxiety for his 'beloved child,' whose strength and weaknesses he well knew, and upon whose piety and wisdom so much of the church's future would depend." Paul warns Timothy of the perils that lie in his path. "Grievous times shall come," he said. "Men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boast- ful, haughty," chap. 3: 2. Did he speak of the first century, or of the twentieth? Still there are those am- ong us who seem by their words and actions to be "lovers of pleasure ra- ther than lovers of God." But while "evil :nen and imposters wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceiv- ed," Paul counsels Timothy that he continue in the things which he had learned in his childhood's home, "the Holy Scriptures which are able to make wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. Tim- othy had learned the Scriptures of the Old Testament. The New Testament was yet in the making. Our wealth of holy scriptures is much greater than. his, and Paul's exhortation comes home to. us with even greater force. Nowhere is the supreme valte of the Bible more perfectly described than in his words here -written, vs. 15-17. the neighbors, grandma or anyone who keeps house would find these lit- tle labels useful when preserving time comeseagain. And the cost is so little it is entirely negligible. zsli Pars interprets the afternoon mode in simple lines arid rich fabrics. Picture yourself in this captivating model in rich dark green crepe silk dotted in onyx jewels. To make it even more elegant white cobwebby lace trimming pieces are placed on the sleeves and accent the sunburst neck- line. Its distinctiveness and individuality will have instant appeal with the smart woman. Style No. 2812 comes in sizes 14, 16, 18, 20 years, 38 and 40 inches bust. Size 16 requires 3% yards 39 -inch. Bordeaux red canton crepe with beige trim, black transparent velvet with lace, burgundy brown patterned crepe woolen with plain blending crepe and black crepe marocain are charm- ing ideas for this model. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Hopeless A man who was very sort -sighted went to have his eyes tested. After asking him to repeat the letters on the test card without success, the specialist grew impatient and left the room. Five -minutes later he returned with the lid from a dustbin. He put it near the short-sighted man, and said, "Here, can yon see this?" "Yes," said the man. "What is it?" "Weli, it's either a half-crown or a •two -bob piece," was the unexpected re- ply, Valuable Deposits Toronto.—Valuable deposits of ra- dium ore have been discovered near Halburton, and the Ontario Radium Corporation, headed by Toronto doc- tors, is developing the find. The ore body is believed. to be the richest yet found. The discoverers believe the finding Of this body of ove will cheap- en the cost of the valuable mineral considerably. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number • and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and address your order to Wilson Pattern Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Blue. Twilight Music Here is blue- dusk and poplar leaves are falling, Small, golden notes of autumn on the air, Music, not heard but dimly seen, and fair A bells of birds upon the evening calling From unseen towers and answering everywhere Music with joyous beauty in its fall Of colour, music whose undertones recall The sorrow of cold days when trees are bare. While far away other proud trees let down Their golden hair, their leaves fall to the street In. sorrow. Their darkness and defeat Sends the same music • echoiug through your town, And you. grow sad to see the trees turn. brown, And find their beauty lying at your feet. --Robert G&W. On a Strafing Cruise "Why ever are you sitting when you ought to be in bed?" Peter ---"There's a mosquito in my room." Mother ---"It hasn't bitth yon, has it, darling?" Peter—"No, enough for me there On Business ,The magistrate was questioning the man in the dock. "You say you were quietly minding your own business and making no dis- turbance when the police officer came and threatened to strike you if you didn't accompany him to the station?" "Yes, yer -honour," replied the thick- set individual. "That is very strange," murmured the magistrate. "And what is your business, might I ask?" "I'm a burghs r, "came the reply. "Looks like an early winter this year." "Aye any ot the Christnias maga- zines out?" By Syllables Foxglove ante ed the very expensive looking restaurant and called over the waiter. "What have we today?" he asked. "Roast beef fricassed chicken stewed lamb baked and fried potatocollegepud- dingmilkteaandeoffee," the waiter reel- ed off. "Wm," pondered Foxglove, "give me the third, fourth, sixth, eighth., and A teacher in a LaGrande (Oregon) school asked her pupils to tell who the world's smartest may. is, and give the reasons. One urchin suggested Thos, Edison "because he invented the phonograph and the radio so people but it came near could stay up all night and use, his c to hear its propeller." electrilight bulbs. _......-rateeeesseseee-esee=eeeeeeeFereeFeeeee Mutt Donates Jeff's Body To Science. 1 -RA‘ Dter ts GREAT --STUFF) AIN'T iT? Llgtt.14 TIkt EATEN SO MANY GRAPe MATS -r1Ar 1 C G E (v.kf A sHowEPT1 milit4 A sPoola: SO, WAY Dori- %(011 -nits DLT NoogseLF 41S wc-R, MG Ti4At: vgA't lb Ftfasi* v.4 NETti. `NU LV 6 90. NoTi vfr,°%--ssi '7 •-eeeeeee w eeeee«Z-e .aea.eeawe;as • IC! 4 4 1 1