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4Nf�I:,4 ThI BEST
"A good heert,does a little extra."--
ChInese saying.
Wild Flowers
Ob, the thrill of Spring{ We never
tire of welcoming with glad acclaim
the tender bursting buds of plant life
or ever cease to wonder at tete yearly
resurrection which unfolds so surely
and marvellously before our eyes.
;;Out in the woods, from a lofty pine
teCie, the crows ,send forth their glee
song over the meadow and through the
aromatio pungent air. One could hard-
ly. call his :song melodious nor is it a
Chant, but" nevertheless he is heralded
as the uneeniabiy affable and friendly
*announcer of Spring even though his
Gong may bn boisterous and occasion-
ally raucous in `quality.
Then down far below him through
the apparently deeistless frozen earth
.the delicately petalled hypatica shyly
Art
Did you know that there are some
doge that run after every kitty they
see? They don't care how we love
our kitty, it they see her they run
after her and, oh dear, if they catch
her they'll even kill her perhaps. Isn't
that awful? Well, Rover looked af-
ter Fluffy and Topsy and the little
gray kitty.
This is how he did it; Of course,
you know, Rover had lots of clog
friends. Yes, he was even friends
with the dogs who ran after kittens,.
But, I to:. you, none of those other
doge could conte onto Mama Lady's
farm, if they did Marna Lady would
say, "Now you better go home," so
Fluffy would be safe, and immediately
Rover picked up his ears and all at
once, barking softly, would run at the
other dog. If the stranger didn't run
away, he'd bite him and make him go,
-then dun after him hard away oft over
and so quietly pushes up bravely from the lawn until he came to the divid-
its cool sequestered spot and wafts its ing fence which belonged to the next
fragrant perfume, scarce perceptible, farmer. But the funniest part was
On the Spring breeze. •this: After he chased him and was
Truly, 'wild flowers need their wood so cross to make him run away, he
environment if we are to appreciate was suddenly friends again with the
their full beauty. One often wonders,
though, wi ether it is because they are
a free gift that they are, more and
more, in great danger of becoming ex-
tinct. Foe some reason children and,
sad to relate, many grown ups, too,
Seem to be possessed with an insati-
able desir to pluck every wild flower
they see, and worse still, it is not an
uncommon thing to see a bunch of
withered dog tooth violets or hypatica
ying forlorn in. a ditch, carelessly
thrown there because the flowers have
drooped and faded from the warmth
of the hand that plucked thein thought- when she was just a little ball of thick
iessly, depriving the woods, in that Parry kitty. She was so cute Mama
one discarded bouquet, of many next Lady and Billy wanted to play with
year blooms. Tho lovely plot from her all tho time, and so that made
Which they were gathered will be Rover jealous, even though, they pet -
much smaller or gone altogether the ted him too. Fluffy was ix'etty fright-
foilowing year. ened of big Rover, too, at first, and so
In years gone by it was not too rare until she got used to him they put
a thing to find deep in the woods near him outside for a while when they
fly our towns and cities, the showy and wanted to play with her, which also
iuuch desired pink and white orchid
or the yellow lady slipper. To find
them now one must go far north where
the miles of forest still stretch un-
touched by man. Climbing over logs
and through its guard of marsh lands
ane is suddenly confronted by a show
of dozens of these wonderfully beauti-
ful and rare flowers. A. lovely bouquet
Seg disorin inetery picked -and 7;qr rl.s Ta ,
many are left.' for neat •y*er,e$ ;PiiVa
gation, only to find tree etilrelefng day
o, carload ot people laughingly come
put of your secluded spot with their
isms full of these rare flowers, many
of which were torn up by the roots
and every last flower hunted out.
"We can never use all these," one
eau imagin them saying as they sort
out the best ones and leave the others,
which are carelessly thrown by the
side of th.n road to wither and die.
How much better it would be to al-
ways remember the rule when gather-
ing wild flowers, "pick one and leave
one," a silent thank you for the
woodsy gift.
Iiow lovely our Canadian woods
could become if determined efforts
were made to multiply and protect our
wild flowers in their own environment.
What bowers of natural beauty Can-
ada utigh. have. There they grow,
their gardeiier the spirit king of the
t who keeps the ground moist and
dog he was so cross to at first, as soon
as the dog got off Lady Mania's land,
and then the two would trot off to-
gether like too good chums.
Pretty soon the dogs knew they
could just come so far and than they'd
wait for him down the road. Oh, he
was a funny, wise old dog. •
You know, even if he did take such
good care of Fluffy, I don't think he
was very fond of her. Not many dogs
are real fond of cats, are they? I think
he was a little jealous of her at first
when Mama Lady brought her home
totes
black and free from -weeds in some
Inysteriotts wa.y. He covers then over
carefully in the fall with a thick but
light coverlet of downy leaves and in
the spring, quiet and perfect, his gar-
den blooms.
With forest preservation and wild
flower .protection along wita education,
what wonderful places our Canadian
woods might become.
The Twilight Hour Story --About Wee
Chicks and Other Little Friends.
Chapter 17
Last time, you remember, I told you
how well Rover looked after Billy and
even !tow he saved Billy one time, but
Rover looked after more than Billy,
made him kind of cross at her, too,
for a while. But then he was a good
Rover and he knew Mania Lady loved
her, so that was why he took such
good care of her anyway.
Next time I'll tell you. what Rover
did to Fluffy one day when, she was a
kitten.
- Gabble Gertle
"A kid who knows the ropes can
always get a free seat in the cir-
cus."
"Mother of M4InItiod"
"To mother of mankind" a
was "Segis Pieterje ;Prospect;':'
cow. At impressive ceremo
statue was unveiled.
he Wei built. Her name
world's record as milking
•Seattle, Washington, this
e,.
re ;or we should say, to
;,e hen the rich man dies, and
z• properly buried, he goes to
ThIS,-Greek word corres-
'ith the Hebrew "Sheol," the
Sf the departed. It normally
;the place where all departed
7 to await the final Judgment.
oweveaj it seems, unusually, to
hell" or the place of torment;
' place of waiting, but of doom.
% tably Jesus tells the story as it
isually told and • without any
;;Tit of harmonizing it with thee -
,p.1 ideas. -.
1 ,? .'TTE RICFI MAN.
` a rich man in torment asks Abra-
tiat Lazarus may be sent to him
drop of cooling water. Abra-
iteplies that between him and the
Phan is "a great gulf fixed," and
the rich maxi h no cause for
laint, ::for he has had his good
tiYis6-and noxi it is Lazarus' turn. Our
nattfral inclination is to say, "how
y, unchristian!" Can we imagine
Jig those in Paradise look on with
ciglranhmity at the sufferings of the
;aalnned? What had Lazarus done
that he had deserved (apparently)
endless bliss? And can we really be-
lieve that God would condemn the rich
roan to endless, hopeless, unrelieved
:torment? Could anything be less like
the spirit of Jesus than the answer of
A1>rahai ? But these natural objee-
Sunday School'
Lesson
Ott
April 19. Lesson Oli—The Rich Ma
and Lazarus—LUke 16: 19-31. Gol
den Text—Lay up for youreelf
treasurers in heaven, where neither
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and
where thieves do not breakthrough
nor steal.—Matthew 6: 20. -.
ANALYSIS.
L THE PURFosn Or THE PARABLE.
II, THE POOR BEGGAR.
III. THE RICH MAN.
I. rete PURPOSE OF THE PARABLE. xl
The surest way to aisunderstand
this parable is to take it as giving us
Jesus' teaching about the next world.
It is natural, but unprofitable, to ask
such questions as "Is Jesus teaching
that there is an intermediate state be-
tween death and the Last Judgment?"
or "Is Jesus giving us here a doct;rine:;
of hell?" or "Is the fate of men
eternally and irrevocably settled for.
then, at death?" We must remember
that this story presents us, not with a
map of heaven or hell, nor with a ;tions are really beside the point. The
prophecy, nor with theological dogmas,. :'tory is a parable, not an account of
but � ith a parable. The first part the future life. We have, rather, to
of the parable, giving the surprising .;:ash;+what -is it which the parable i11us-
q
inteT. Chge-anot,£ortuntr;between b t • ,' traces?- ,:Of whom was Jesus thinking
unique. Similar "sttl ea '1i ►e.'' ,'_ : i'1;1dbe sure, butthere se rd�fT s relbg'e
told not infrequently within and with , connection with the often gpoted say -
out Judaism and. Christianity. Indeed, 'axxg of Jesus, that the first shall be
it is probably right to suppose that in last and the last first. The kingdom
the first part of the parable .Jesus is 'of heaven will reverse the judgments
taking over and repeating a Jewish of earth,; such Pharisees as stake long
would, therefore, be a great mistake get",a reputation for piety on earth,
version of a well-known story. It prayers in public, or fast and pray to
to press the details in order to arrive "have received their reward." They
at the mind of Jesus about the future sought the regard of inen, and it has
or at some authorized foundation of come to them. That is all they sought.
they will re- In praise of Him who lovet
Christian doctrine about heaven and That, therefore, is a,1 h all.
hell. The distinctive element in the calve He who prays in secret, lets The flower, the man, the beast,
story hes in its conclusion.
CALM OF NATURE
It seems as if it were Nature's ain
Sabbath, and the verra waters were
at rest. Loot: down upon the vale
Spring rings
Hope
The fgrzn is always an interesting
place in the early spring, No mat«
ter how serious the drought 'in sum-
mer, how disappointing the harvests
in the fall, or how discouraging the
outlook through the bleak days of
winter, when spring conies with its
warm rains and the warmth from the
sun daily increasing, there Is renew-
ed hops,
All nature has laic dormant for
weeks and weeks. The world, in the
country has seemed to be at a stand-
still, The farmer luta been well-
nigh iu hibernation, he has stuck
close to the sheltering roof and the
fireside.
Then comes along April, and, in re-
sponse to her showers and sunshine,
all thing in sight seem to come to
life—the sap begins to rise, the grass
springs green, the farmer gets out
and sees his shadow and finds the air
and sunhine good and deliciou to
stay out in.
Just a few of these warm days
and we see teams of horses tramping
too and fro in all the fields about us,
and hear the familiar, hum ot tractors
as they pull the tillage tools or plows
across the fields. Another season
of work and hope is here.
Peace
There is a green land laid away
Within the hearts of all,
A pleasant land of light and shade
Whehe happy voices call,
Beneath its wide and azure skies
Its cool, clean houses rest,
In gardens wide where roses blow
Upon the warm soil's breast.
And wide-eyed women sit and spin
Beneath the tall trees' shade,
And in the fields the men at work
Are strong and upright made.
A river flows through that fair land
By meadows lush and green,
No boat with oar piles thereupon,
Nor ship with sail is seen;
But cattle lie along its banks
Or stand in shallows calm,
And woolly sheep with tinkling bells
Soothe heart and ear with balm.
And every home is full of song,
And every back unbowed,
And every head is lifted high,
And every face is proud.
There is the hush of eventide
When purple shadows fall,
The shepherds on the hilltops high
Across the valleys tali.
m
. pr time Touches
For the Horne
New Paint for the .Front Door
In driving through the country what
is more pleasing to the eye, than a
lovely freshly painted front door at
emne farmhouse?
Ono house owner re -enameled his
door in white. The surface was in fair
condition, but that part of it whioh,
was exposed to the weather was bad-
ly blistered. First of all the door was
thoroughly sorttbbed with a solution
of sugar soap and hot water, Sugar
soap can be purchased at a drug strop.
About half a pound in half a gallon
of water is sufficient.
When the paint was thoroughly
scrubbed the door was washed off in
clean water. This removed every
trace of the strong alkali sehieh was
used in the scrubbing process, After
the washing down had been completed
the door was wiped with clean rags..
The next process was in scraping
the surface. 'This was done with an
old knife, care being taken that no cut
was made into the wood itself,
The surface was a bit uneven and it
was rubbed down with a piece of pum-
ice stone and the door was given a
coat of filling. This coat is not es-
sential, though it is useful where then
door is exposed to bad weather, as it
makes a good foundation for the coats
that follow. Filling is made up of red.
lead, white lead and boiled oil. It can
be purchased ready for use.
For white enameling nothing is bet•
ter than white lead flatting for an un-
dercoat. This may be bought already
Prepared.
It will dry -very quickly, and so must
be applied fairly rapidly. Under coat,
ing does not spread well and it show
the brush marks, but this is all to the
good, as it gives one excellent prac-
tice for the actual enameling. If you
can get a good surface with the un
dercoating there is no fear of failing
with the enamel.
The number of coats required will..
depend on circumstances. Generally
speaking, three coats will be sufficient,
though if you have to paint on a dark
surface, four may be necessary to
cover it. tI is a good rule to continue
giving coats until none of the original
color shows through.
Nothing remains now but to apply
the finishing coat of enamel; but here
let it be emphasized that you wilt
never be able to make a fine Job of it
unless you use the best enamel.
Experts always say use fresh brush.
es for enameling; but it is our opinion
that nothing is better than the ordin-
ary brushes that have been used be-
fore for paint work.
Apply the enamel quickly and freely.
Keep the brush well down, else the
enamel will tend to run down to the
sign .aj ill _7tthra
Axti�'Cltlfclre� vo from Pah ,. is .,� , .. . � �:.
And bleating kids run to their dams, _•
And homeward all things stray.
Then, when the silver moon is flower-
ed,
And fireflies gem the breeze,
The silver -throated nightingales
Give tongue in all the trees.
II. THE POOR BEGGAR. •
Lazarus, alone of figures mentioned
in the parables, is given a ena ne.
Lazarus seems to be an abbreviation
for Elazar, meaning, "God hel;^c" _er,
we might say; "God help hittxia ;e•
nay thus be emblematic of his c icor-''44
tion. Apparently Lazarus, who wiis
the victim of some loathsome disease,
could not walk. He was "dropped'' or
"chucked down" at the rich man's
gate and left there to do the best he
could for himself. He longed to'sati-
ate his hunger with the crumbs that
dropped from the rich man's table,
but even this, it seems, was denied
hits. To make inatters.worse, he had
nothis left hand know what his
right hand does, will have treasure in
heaven. It will not do for the former
to dee1arec "It is not fair" It will
be opSn•:to:them to claim some of the
reward,;of';the latter; it is a ,natter of
liritual•and moral impossibility
to suffer the indignity of having Ina
sores licked by dogs. He could not keel 'Bali the Middle Ages. Drybrook
them off. We are apt to contrast the has no public lighting nor drainage,
sympathy of the dogs with the cal- xtu''main water, and, worst of all, no
lousness of the rich neon. But that is road. The only approach is by a
not the meaning here. To the Jews tortuous, treacherous footpath
tllrottgh the woods. Projecting tree
the dog was an unclean animal, a.
kith t
Isolated!
Eightypersons who live within
three and a half miles of Coleford
(Glouceeterslrire, Eng.), are at times
cat off entirely from the outside
world. They are the inhabitants of
Drybrook, a hamlet between the
eliir-s of two hills in the Forest of
Dean , anis they live in conditions that
mere seavenger. Vire are not to a 'oats, deep pits and swamps are a
profound, and the stream is without , Lazne was a good man, and we should
.denger to life and limb at night. time.
Tratdesmen are often unable to de-
livg essential supplies; doctors have
sometime beet. unable to snake the
perilous Journey to visit the sick;
and ,the 'lead have 'literally to be
motion! No doubt, if you were
walking along the bank, it would be
murmuring with your feet. But
here—here up among the hills, we
can imagine it asleep, even like the
well within reach of niy staff.—Prof,
Wflson,
MUTT AND JEFF—
—By BUD FISHER.
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not understand Jesus to mean that
any man who has been sufficiently
poor and miserable In this life will
be taken to heaven for compensation,
He °:s simply repeating the familiar
tory for the sake of the moral which
is to bo drawn. The poor man is ear -
vied at death by the angels to Abra-
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And guardeth all, and guideth all,
The greatest and the least.
—Charles Grenville Wilson iu "The
Christian Science elonttor."
BAD TEMPER
A man's most constant companion
is liinrself--a companion never to be
shaken off from birth to death. Yet
he who is careful to choose desirable
companions often forgets to train
himself in the essential of happy
living. To live In the same house
with a bad temper is disagreeable en-
ough; but some men and women con-
demn themselves to live in the same
body with a bad temper --which Is
one ot the worst dlsenmforts fn.agiu-.
able.
DISCONTENT
Much of our discontent in life is
due less to any lack of our own lot
than to the seeming overabundance
in that of our neighhor. If he had.
not so hutch we should discover few-
er deficiencies for ourselves. We
are not so greatly dissatisfied with
what we miss as with what he has.
YOU CAN'T PLAY
HEIS-- SCOUR.
D1))Gs AIN'T
PAID ISP
ee
"Is it true you have been arrest-
ed so often?"
"Yes, num. I couldn't have beea
arrested any oftener if I owned an
automobile."
Start Spring Chicks Right
(Front the Southern Agriculturist)"
By fax the greatest mortality and
loss encountered in chick raising oe•
curs during the first four weeks of
brooding. One of the most important
factors itt beeping the chicks in good
health and vigorous condition, and
keeping them growing properly, is the
feed which they are consuming.
A good ail -mask -ration is as follows:
SO lbs. ground yellow corn, 20 lbs.
standard wheat middlings. 6 lbs.
ground raw bone, 5 lbs. ground lime.
stone (any commercial grit higilt in
calcium carbonate), 1 ib. common salt.
Skim milk used freely—no water first
two or three weeks. Cod liver oil, 1
pints to 100 pounds mash, when chicks
do not get direct sunlight.
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