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LONE'SCOUT
Commencement
Many Lone Scouts *i11 be heaving
big sighs of relief at this time be-
cause of the thought that "School is
Out" and long weeks' of vacation lie
before them, Those examinations are
all behind us again fora while, and
we congratulate all those Lonies who
have successfully graduated or passed
into a higher form.
If there are. any who did not make
out so well this year, •we urge them
to show the right Scout Spirit of de-
termination, and make up their minds
to stick hard at it when school starts
in again in the fall.
Remember•that your present vic-
and tame with those which you will
exercised by you if you are going to
experience in the future, and the same
courage and determination, to an
even greater degree, will have to be.
exercised by yo uif you are going to
make the best use of your opportuni-
ties
pportunities .and "win out" in the years to
cone.
layers of rock above and
thin seam of gypsum
Applying this information to a geo-
logical map of the area which had al-
ready been made by the. Geological
Survey of Canada, it was predicted
that if the company would drill to a
depth of 90 feet at a place called Wil
ow Grove, south of Hamilton, at least
40 iniles distant from the point where
the original discovery had been made,
they would locate the gypsum bed,
and that it would in all probability be
much Wider.
A drill hole was made, and the pre-
diction was borne out. A seam seven
feet thick was located, and as a result
of thebit of . geological Sherlock
Holmes detective work a modern
plant was immediately designed for
the mining and manufacture of gyp-
sum there. And as Dr. Camsell points
out, the wizardry became possible be-
cause men had learned to tell the fos-
sils always found in one stratum of
rock from those always found in. an-
other.
nother.
below the
"Out of Doors" Scouting
It should always be borne in mind
that Scouting is essentially an out of
doors game, and in the holidays every
opportunity should be seized to prac-
tice your Scouting in the fresh air.
Some of you will be lucky enough to
attend the Lone Scout Camp, or some
other camp, but others, who maybe
have to stay at home and help on the
farm, will have to arrange their own
camping plans.
We recommend that every Lonie
who lives in the country should make
a camp site of his own, perhaps in. the
bush on his own farm, where he can
spend his leisure moments, sleep out
with his dad or brother or some of his
chums, and be near at hand to take
part in the daily activities that he is
called upon to perform at home. At
this "Louie C:.-np„ he can practice his
woodcraft, make all the "gadgets"
used in a regular camp, and have a
real heap of fun.
Your Scoutmaster will be delighted
to hear all about your Camp Site, so
don't forget to write and tell him all
about it.
A Mineral Detective Story
A story of "mineral detective work"
as related by Dr. Charles Camsell, De-
puty Minister of Mines, in an article
for the Professional Institute, will be
of interest to Scouts in general, and
in particular to those who are work-
ing for the "Miner's" and "Prospect-
or's" proficiency badges.
Hollywood .Applauds English Star
Miss Heather Thatcher, fankotis 13ritish actress, returns home after
a brilliant success at''liollywood, where she starred with Robert
Montgomery. She was presented with roses at Waterloo station.
Sunday School
Lesson
July 10. Lesson II --The Call of
Moses—Exodus 3: 10-15; 4: 10-12.
Golden Text—Certainly 1 wi i be
with thee.—Exodus 3: 12.
Indian Scouters Have No Differences ANALYSIS.
Mohammedan, Hindu, Chirstian and • _
Budhist Scoutmasters took a ten -days' 1. A GREAT COMMISSION, vs. 10-12.
training course together in perfact, II. THE NAME OF GOD, vs. 13-15.
harmony and good will at a camp III. A GREAT MAN SHRINKS, 4: 10-12.
near Colombo, Ceylon. All joined in
the morning and evening prayers of
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Another International Scout Camp
An international. Boy Scout camp to
be known as the Baden-Powell Camp
has been established in International
Park, Beaumont, California. The
camp is sponsored by the Beaumont
Rotary Club, and is open at all times
to Scouts of any country.
World Plane Model Show For Boys
The glider and airplane model dis-
play at the 1933 World Boy, Scout Jam-
boree, to be held in Hungary, will be
in charge of Stephen de Horthy, eld-
est son of the Regent of Hungary, and
one of Europe's experts in flying and
gliding.
sum was exposed. It was of high
quality, but too small in quantity to
be of value. A private company sought
assistance from an expert geologist,
who, from their fossils, identified the
An Opportunity
The Lone Scout Organization pro-
vides au opportunity for boys between
the ages of 12 and 18 inclusively, who
otherwise could- not be Boy Scouts,
to enjoy all the privileges of Scout
Training in their own environment.
Lone Scouting is mainly designed to
take care of boys who live on farms,
in small villages where there is no
Scout Troop, or in rural localities.
Full particulars regarding the activi-
ties of this'organization, which is a
branch of the greatest "Boys' Club"
in. existence, ,covering the whole civil-
'warld ,mays, obtained from The
1,one Out Department, Boy Scouts
Association, 330 Bay Street, Toronto
2.
Why not write to -day and find out
all about it? You will not be placed
under any obligation.—"Lone E."
Suspicious
"A mighty queer man stopped
here the other day," stated the
landlord of the Petunia tavern. "He
•didn't have anything to sell to our
merchants, he wasn't trying to in-
troduce valuable literary works to
the few persons in the community of
;sufficient culture to appreciate 'em,
and he quietly told everybody who
inquired that .he did not wish to buy
land. He sat around here in the
office some and read a book, and the
rest of the time 1'e strolled about in
town and looked at things in a
casual sort of way.
"To one gent who asked him if it
didn't look right smartly like rain
off to the south'rd, he replied that it
did. And when another inquired if
he hadn't met him some'rs, he ans-
wered that it was quite likely, inas-
much as he had been there several
times. When he got ready to leave
he simply paid his bill end depart-
ed on the two o'clock train. Opin-
ions are pretty evenly divided; some
Of our leading citizens think he was
an inspector of sone sort, and oth-
ers believe he was a spy.
Teacher—"Can you tell me what
Australia is bounded by, Tommy?"
Tommy—"kangaroos, sir!"
A Summer Day
.W11011 that the misty vapor was
agone,
And Gleam and faire was the morn-
ing,
The dewe also like silver in shining
Upon the leaves, as any bourne
wete,,
Till aairy i itan with his persant hate
Had dried up the lusty licour now
Upon the . herbs in the greue mede,
And that the floures of many divers
hew,
Upon brelir de staikes goo for to sprede,
And for to splay out hiz' laves in
Againe the Sunne, gold burned in
his sphere,
That donne to hem cast his beamea
dere.
Israel might be incredulous of his
Mission. They would demand his cre-
dentials; above all, they would ask
regarding the name of the God who
had sent him. In that day there were
lords many and gods many," and each
had its own proper name. How was
Israel to know that it was not a faire.
god who had cent Moses? One would
expect God to have answered, "My.
name is Jehovah"; this was the pro-
per naive of Israel's God. Inplace of
saying "Jehovah" God answered with
an interpretative phrase which, in the
Hebrew language, sounded somewhat
similar to the name, Jehovah. The
significance of God's answer is nut
realized unless it is translated, "I will
be what I will be." Profound depths
are disclosed in this phrase. God's
self -manifestation is not exhausted in
the past: he is the God of the future.
The future alone will be able to un-
fold all that is in the fulness of his
being. • All this may have been very
mysterious to the shepherd, Moses,
but God met him on more certain
ground when he assured hint that he
was the same hod whom the ancestors
of Israel had had to do, Ile was the
God of the past. As he had been with
the patriarchs in the past, so he
would be with the people of Israel
now and ever. These grac:.us ideas
would always be associated with his
name, v. 15. .
III. A GREAT MAN SHRINKS, 4: 10-12.
One commentator has counted four
difficulties raised by Moses in con-
nection with the task assigned him.
His shrinking from his God-given
contnission may be taken as the meas
the of the seriousness with which hi
,finally assumed the work. The diffi-
eulty here raised refers to his lack cf
persuasive powers. The art of fluent,
persuasive speech would be needed
INTRODUCTION—The great men of.
the Bible traced their life -tasks back
tc the will of God. They were distinct-
ly conscious of a time when they re-
ceived a call from God to their work.
Usually their call came in a vision
of God, followed by a commission
from him in which the nature of their
task was unfolded. So it was with
Moses. He was tending his father-
in-law's flocks in a lonely part of the
wilderness close by the slopes of
Mount Sinai or Horeb, as it was some-
times called, v. 12. At the time, he
was probably brooding over the op-
pression of his countrymen in Egypt.
"A great sight" (v. 3) attracted his
attention. A desert bush or shrub
was burning, but was not consumed.
Travelers in th3se parts inform us
that "certain small bushes of the des-
ert emit conmbustible gases which,
when they have given off in sufficient
quantities, are ignited by the great
heat of the eastern sun. The flame
plays round the branches of the bush,
which, so far from being injurer?, ap-
pears baptism f fire."
And by a river forth I gan costay,
Of water clere as birell or cristall,
Till at the last, I found a little . way
Toward a Parke, enclosed with a
wall .
In compace rounde, and by a gate
small
Who so that would might freely
gone
Into this parke,
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pears to enjoy its ap ism o
But to Moses this was obviously no 'with one like Pharaohs v. 10. God, In
reply, reminded Moses that man's
natural phenomenon; to him it was a i faculties all find their source in his
sovereign will, v. 11. Not only will
he endow Moses with the gift of
speech, but he will suggest, as occa-
sion arises, what Lhould speak. "I
will be with thy mouth." God will so
i.;:inspire Moses that the words of his
i7on ~will be the words of ;God him -
sheer marvel; God was in the matter.
Little wonder, ;;hen, that he heard
God calling from the bush, "Moses,
Moses." His great hour had come.
A revelation of God now broke upon
him that not only ccnstituted him a
leader of his people, but opened a new
and glorious epoch for Israel.'
Canada's Level Net
What is known scientifically as
the precise level net of Canada now
covers the Dominion and a maze of
of figures is required to represent
the elevation above sea level of the
various localities indicated. These
figures are carefully computed by
the Geodetic Survey of Canada, De-
partment of the Interior, and are
based on mean sea -level obtained
from five tidal station, namely, Yar-
mouth and Halifax on the Atlantic
coast; Father Point on the gulf of
St, Lawrence; and Vancouver and
Prince Rupert on the Pacific coast.
The figures are necessary in the lay-
ing out of towns, the building of
bridges, engineering and irrigation
work, and they also serve as the
basis for all other survey measure-
ments and computations.
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God had made it plain thta he was
sleeplessly watching the evil plight
into which his people had fallen. "1
am come down to deliver," v. 8. God,
however, works through human agen-
cies; Moses was the .one chosen for
this crisis. "Colne now I will send
thee," v. 10. This i; the paradox of
the divine operation in history—it
was God who wrought the exodus out
of Egypt; it was Moses -who carried
it out under him. "I am come down
to deliver"—"Come now I_ will send
thee"—both of these statements are
true. Moses took the measure of the
task laid upon him and realized that
it was stupendous. He was to appear
before the great and mighty Pharaoh
with the demand that his people
should be set free; he was also to
quicken the desire for freedom in a
people already somewhat inured to
slavery, v. 11. "Who am I "that I
should go?" he cried. Like most of the
great prophets, he shrank from his
task. It was not that he was without
sympathy for the project nor that he
was cowardly. His wavering cane
from comparing is slender personal
resources with the magnitude of the
undertaking. tie was met with the
promise of divine ne:p—"Certainly 1
will be with thee." Moses was fur-
ther assured that doubt would pass
into certainty, and faith into sight
when the Israelites, finally liberated
from Egypt, would worship their G.:d
ors the .slopes of Mount Sinai by which
he was standing. This mountain wets
regarded as God's local habitation;
hence it was peculiarly sacred.
II. THE NAME OF GOD, Vs. 13-15.
Moses raised yet another difficulty
when he suggested that the people cf
True Courage
True courage is not incompatible
with nervousness, and heroism does
not mean the absence of fear but the
conquest of it.—Il. Van Dyke.
Reputation
A man's reputation is what his
friends say about him. His character
is what his enemies say about him.
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Which on the braunches, both in' New sets of finger -prints and new
plaine and vale, records of criminals are added to the
So loud sang that all the wood rong, ,library of New Scotland Yard.at the
Like as it should shiver in peeces rate of about 20,000 a year.
smale, New summer outfits, including
And, as methought, that the night -
jackets, waistcoats, trousers and caps,
ingale
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out wrest,
Right as her herte for love would
brest.
—Geoffrey Chaucer, "Poems."
Ramblings
Some 1,200,000 persons visit the
library of the British hlTuseuln ever!
year,
The man strength of the Brltitm
navy is,' normally, about 168,000, in-
cluding cluding all make.
The highest price which the British
Museum authorities have ever paid
for a book is $7,500.
Workers among the ancient Hittites
and Assyrians enjoyed a five-day week
4,000 years ago,
The height standard for ' London
Metropolitan policemen is now 5 ft.
10 ins.; this Is an increase of one inch
on last year.
Letters have been sent by rocket
over a distance of more than one mile
from the top of an Austrian mountain
to a village below.
To show a profit a 50,000.ton liner.
must earn $3,000,000 a year. Each day
she is at sea such a vessel costs $9000
for mere running expenses..
Insurance policies held in the
United States are worth $840 per head.
of the population, in Canada $640, and
in Great Britain $265.
Each one of London's great "luxury"
hotels costs about $25,000 a week to
run, while the guests spend anything
from $125 to- $250 a week.
"1 offended George dreadfully."
"Have you made up?"
"Yes, I succeeded in getting him
to ask my pardon."
A Day's Wage
Love wore a suit of hodden grey,
And toiled within the fields all day.
Warbles Dry Up
The cattle in some 60 herds, about
2000, ou farms near Guelph, were
treated by wetting their backs with
a warble killing wash. The warble
grubs were killed while still beneath
the skin, between March 1st and
May 24th. The dead grubs wither-
ed up and were ejected through the
hole in the skin in less than two
weeks. The holes in the skin rap-
idly healed. The cattle treated were
saved much soreness and irritation
and it was pleasing to see the way
the badly warbled backs cleaned up.
This meant a saving to the cattle
owners as the period of torment was
very much reduced, and the cattle
relievedof muck unnecessary suffer-
ing. A warbled back is a very
painful condition. If the cows
could talk they would tell us in force-
ful words, of our neglect to control
the warble fly. Either derris pow-
der or pyrethrum powder mixed with
soap and water, at the rate of one -
halt, :pound:. in., either rcase, withaen e
lion` of water ,.,...T,his
gallon' W ,
brushed on the back of the animal,
over the grubby area. ' An ordinary
dandy brush is best, as the stiff
bristles, will uncover the grub bole,
and permit the liquid to soak in on
top of the offending grub. With the
grubs all dead there can be no flies.
A Child's Love
It. is a sweet thing to enjoy a
child's love. It is so spontaneous,
full and free, so outspoken and con-
fiding, so natural and tender that it
constantly reminds one of love of
Heaven. To enjoy once in one's life
the pure gushing of a child's friend-
ship is to taste of a sweetness never
to be forgotten. The memories ,of
such an enjoyment linger around
one's heart like dreamy soliloquies
of a past existence in some abode of
purity and beauty. To lose them
would be to lose islands from the
sea, oasis from the desert. They
are types of what friendship should
be; symbols of what it will be. They
are the flowers of Heaven, sown on
earth. They bear the fragrance of
the skies. The beauty of God's
Kingdom sparkles • within them, and
the love of our Father's home
breathes from their pure young
hearts.
Love wielded pick and carried pack
And bent to heavy loads the back.
Though meagre fed and sorely lashed,
The only wage Love ever asked.
A child's wan face to kiss at night,
A woman's smile by candle light.
—By Margaret E. Sangster.
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"England is still a nation in • the
making."—Sir Banister Fletcher.
for the 4,112 men employed on the
London Underground cost $60,000.
Boys of to -day are taller than those
of a previous generation; even young-
sters
oungsters of eight are half an inch taller
than were the boys of that age twenty
years ago.
Eggs are now being preserved by
treating them with carbon dioxide and
nitrogen; by this means they can: be
kept for twelve months and still be
indistinguishable from the new -laid
variety.
Naval chaplains in the Royal Navy
number eighty-six; sixty seven are
Anglican, ten Roman Catholic, and.
nine Nonconformist. Their salaries
total up $210,000 a year.
Circumstances
Fashion thyself according to tate
eircumstances of ahy lot. The men
whom fate hath made thy compan-
ions hero, love and love them in sin-
cerity and truth.—Marcus Aurelius.
Two-thirds of the people convicted.
of crime in Gt. Britain during 1930
were less than thirty years of age;
two-fifths were still • in their teens..
The total number of convictions was
56,767.
Among the pensioners of the .,Lon-
don United Law Clerks - Society, which
is one hundred years old this year, is
one member, aged eighty, who was
pronounced unfit for future work- and
pensionedoff thirty years ago.
Coal amounting to 140,000,000 tons
is burned every year in the British
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£60,000,000 in twenty-five years,
Persons on remand in Brixton Pris-
on, Loudon. are now given a furnished
cell, with an iron bedstead, and can
have, for one shilling a week, the ser-
vices of another prisoner to keep the
place tidy. "Remands" are also allow-
ed to smoke.
French Cross Spanish Border
To Find Cheaper Film Shows
Madrid. — Thrifty French, living
near the Spanish border, are getting
in the habit of crossing the frontier in
order to enjoy their motion picture
shows economically, according to the
newspaper "El Sol" here.
Residents of Hendaye are flocking
nightly to the cinemas at Irun to suck
an extent that the program is made
up nearly exclusively of French films.
The main. reason for this is the price.
At Irun, and even in San Sebastian,
they can see a good show for 1 franc,
while at Hendaye they must pay at
least double and ofteu as much as 20
francs.
Maine Has Cast Iron ridge
Bowdoinham, Me.—The only cast
iron bridge in New England and one
of the last in America spans the Catb-
ance River here.
It was past midnight. "I wish I
had money," droned the bore, "I'd
travel," "Well," said she, reaching
for her purse, "how much do you
need?"
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