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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1933-01-12, Page 3Ara so one again, Lonies, we enter upon a New Year with our hopes high and • aur resolutions made and every determination that this shall be areal successful year ofProgress. The, result will, of course, depend en- tirely on ourselves, and on our actions • during the next twelve months, and when next December comes around if we stick by our ideals and plans through thick and thin, good progress will assuredly be shown. And so "Lone E,", together with the staff of the Lone Sout Department, sends Best Wishes for a Happy and Successful New Year to every Lone •Scout and we hope that each one of you will at this time renew . your Scout Promise .and resolve to follow the Scout Law more closely than ever ;before What Have We Done in 1932? Each one of you can well spend a few minutes to look back over the old year and review your experiences:dur- ing that time. What have you done? Did you make all the progress at school that you in. tended? If you are working, did you get that better job, or save all the money that you had hoped to? How about your Scouting? Are you still a Tenderfoot or Second Class Scout as you ire a year ago, or have you adv advrenA a step? Did you earn any ane)ficiereey Badges? Did you en- ese. any competitions or write any let- ters to your Scoutmaster? Did you do anything in the Toy Shop Scheme last Xmas? In other words, are you just a Lone Scout by nares and nothing else, or are you a really live and keen Scout who is an asset and `of some use to his Troop? Ask yourself—Just what good are you to yourself, to the community that you live in, - and 'to your Lone Scout Troop?' _ We hope that the review of the past year will. show that you have really been of use and that you have been living up to your Scout obligations. Has the lone Scout Department Progressed? Ou Ieoking back over 1932 we find thaf we have passed through a eery difficult time. Lone Scouting is pri- maxily for the country boy and there- fore, with money so scare° in the rural districts, recruiting has fallen off somewhat, For the same reason quite a number Of boys have been unable to renew their registration 'when it came due, but as far as we have been able, when they have confided the difficulty to us, we have permitted them to retain their membership in the Lone Scout Department, Our actual numbers are just' a little greater now than at the same time In 1932, but we have actually trans- ferred 68 Lonies to Regular Scout' Troops during 1932, so that we have shown good progress numerically. In July, 1932, we again successfully held a Lone Scout Camp et Ebor'?ark, near Brantford, when Lonies from all over the province attended and had a good time, This camp was not held in 1931, so we made a step forward in being able to renew it. "On Lone' Scout Trails" has been overhauled and brought up to date with several new and popular features which have provoked much greater in- terest,• and, this paper is now a very successful feature of our work, eager- ly looked •forward to by Lone Ceotts all over Ontario. We are fortunate in having a large number of keen and hard working. Pa- trol Leaders in the lead of the many Lone Patrols throughout the province, and we certainly appreciate the good work they are doing in their communi- ties. It is Scouts such as these that make our. efforts worth while. Thus we find that, on the whole,- Lone Scouting in Ontario has pro- gressed during the past year, and we are glad that it is so. And What of 1933? Well, there is always room for im- provement, and it will not harm any of us to.make-a New Year Resolution to show keener interest in our Scout- ing, irrespective of what anyone else may do. So once again, Brother Scouts — A Happy and Progressive New Year to you and we hope 'you will co-operate with us as we want and will co-oper- ate with you.—"Lone E." Hard Work is a Sweet Bride, Says Sir James Barrie One can always depend upon Sir James Barrie for the fresh and re freshing point of view. He has ,a happy genius for taking old subjects and dressing_ ,them, ftp }n attractive clothes. Advice coming from most people is an unwanted commodity, but. the author of "Thrums" can make, his readers cry for it, "The Ladies and Literature" was the sub- ject of an address which he recent- ly delivered at the Authors' Club. in London. In his opening sentences he de- clared that he was not going to talk about ladies or literature, or love, as his audience had no doubt ex- pected. Instead of that, he was go- ing to make a will, and those Pres- ent were to be his sole beneficiary legatees. He left to the Author's Clubthe most precious possession that was ever his—his joy in hard s'ork. He continued: "1 was an idler at School, and read all the wrong books at •college, but I fell in .love with hard work one fine May morning. and 1 continued to woo her through t big chunk of a half a century. She is not at all heavy -jowled and weary. She is youngand gay and lively I found her waiting for me at a Lon- don station, She marched with me all the way, to Bloomsbury, and on the way we bought a penny bottle rrf ink to sling at the metropolis, and a silk hat with which to impress editors.. Hard work, more than any woman in the world, is the one who stands up best for her man. I have Lott her now, but younger people who want to look for her will find that she is willing to be theirs. She is the prettiest thing in literature, end when you, acid she think that you have been working pretty well, and you spend an evening having a blow rut, you will think how splendid she looks in bar crepe de chine, But she looked even prettier' in her rags." In conclusion the speaker be- queathed to the company "every- thing connected with science and ma- chinery." Referring to the United States he said: "May our two coun- tries, as so often in. thepast, go on giving to each other, they to us and we t� them, the three best things either of us has'—our love, • and our ladies, and our literature."—Toronto Mail and Empire. Scientist Describes New Vital Life Rays Tlantic City, N.J.—Claim that he has discovered vital "life" rays in radiations beyond the shortest visi- ble rays of light was made by Dimini- try Borodin, of New York, before the American Association for the Advance- ment.of Science. These invisible rays, he says, are responsible for the "mutations" of heredity, the changes which cause every person to be different in some details of appearance and character from 'every other person on earth, These "nutations" are caused by alternations in "genes" the deter- miners of hereditary characters for all men, animals, and plants. The rays he said are generated by all living bodies and hence reach and change the genes. The rays range from 2800 Angstrom units down to 1800, which means that they are very short wave forms of ultra violet "light." The existence of such rays Inas been studied by scientists for some time, What Dr. Borodin claims to have discoverer) is how they affect life at its beginnings. He detected these activities by use of spectros- cope. French Journalist Wins Coveted 'Library Award Paris ---Guy Mazeline, a Trench journalist, has been awarded the prize. Goncourt, one of the highest French. literary prizes, for his novel, "The Wolves." The stipend was 5,000 francs. eeesseeeeleseireelHesseeselaisesehe Sunday School Lesson 'January' 15: Lesson III—Jesus at Work—Mark 1. 21.35, Golden Text My Father worketh hitherto, and work.—John 5; 17; ANALYSIS I, Txla MASTEa or MIND, Mark 1:2i.-2$. II, TRg MASTER or BODY, Mark 1: 29- 34. • 1I1. THE SI+'CRET Ce ',wee, Mark 1;35, INTRODUOrIOI, —Today's passage does two things: (a) It gives a plc- Lure of a typical day in Jesus' life at. this time. 'A Sabbath day is chosen. The rapid succession of incidents em- phasizes the ceaseless: activity and the strain under imhich the Master. was laboring all' the time. (b) .It stresses that consciousness of power and, the authority which 'characterized. Jesus ever since his baptism at ,Toa - clan and his conflict in the wilderness. In, every case he is the masterful per- sonality who is more than equal for every situation. I. THE MASTER Or MIND, Mark 1:21-25. On the Sabbath Jesus, as His cus- tom was, went. to church. The ser- vice, as usual, was in charge of the local elder. Seeing Jesus iii the con- gregation, and evidently knowing him as one likely to have something worth- while to say, , he ,asked 'Him to speak. Rather short notice! The ef- fect of Jesus' address was electric. The people had never hearo anything like it. It was so different from the preaching of the scribes, the profes- sional interpreters of the Law of Moses. When a scribe made a state- ment he supported it by referring to some great teacher of the past. Jesus ,deliberately cast aside all this refer- ence to tradition. "Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time , .. but I say unto you." Jesus' authority was "I." No wonder the people were astonished! One roan there that day was par- ticularly affected, v. 24. He was de- mon -possessed. A modern diagnosis would probably ascribe the symptoms to hysteria, epilepsy, or some form of mental derangement Evidently this man was usually normal, or he would not have been allowed in to the ser- vice. The excitement, however, arous- ed him to an outburst. With uncanny insight he recognized a greatness in the preacher which the others failed to see, v. 24. Jesus addressed Himself to the supposed evil spirit—the na- tural procedure, whether one agreed with the man's obsession or not. With One final convulsion the man was him- self again. It was : the Master Mind, itself the free channel for the outlaw of the divine Spirit Bringing peace and order out of trouble and chaos. Verse 27 expresses the astonish- ment of the people because Jesus did not invoke the name of some other spirit which the .man's,derron would obey.: This ;was • the usuaU method Jesus looked for no other dame. He had within Hiinxelf the power to heal' and to soothe. II. TISE MASTER Ore BOD'!, ,Mai.-: 1,•: 29- 34. After the synagogue service, Jesus, with some of His disciples, went to the home of Simon and Andrew. He was not yet recognized as a healer of 'bodily disease, but since the senior woman was the real head of the house, her illness was mentioned by way of explaining . her absence. Mark vividly records Jesus' response, "He came, took her by the hand, raised her up." At once the fever left her, and she busied herself with those du- ties which her illness had made for the time impossible. Convalescence from fever is usually very slow. But so great was the strength that Jesus was able to arouse that this woman went immediately to her work. Once more the God -filled spirit of Jesus proved to be the master. The x-ews about the healed demon - and Simon's mother-in-law spread like wildfire throughout the city. To this new healer the sick well, hur- ried in crowds—at sunset, when the Sabbath was past. It was considered a sin to carry a dead body through the streets on the Sabbath, but per- missible to carry a living person on a litter. Nevertheless it :s probable that the people assumed that Jesus would be reluctant to heal on the Sabbath, or they themselves would consider it wrong. Therefore after sunset (v. 32) they brought their s:ck folk. With them came Iso the "demon -possessed." Mark's theory is that the demons, being supernatural, knew who and what Jesus really was. Jesus always insisted on silence re- garding the cuies, v. 34. We can well believe that He shrank from the pub- licity which His healing ministry brought Hing. He must have been al- ways torn between the claims of His pity on the one hand, and His desire MUTT AND JEFF— By BUD FISHER • Smart School Model By HELEN, WILLIAMS, rtaht erat04 laressra1cinu Lesson Fur- nished With i very'Pattei' Here's something extremely smart in a brown' plaided woolen for the little school girl of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. 1 It's the new coat type exactly like the grownups with a big boy collar of white pique. The little artist's tie is vivid Fed crepe de chine to match the lea belt. . easily made! It's a one-piece a:with an inset inverted plait at the -,front to give ample hem fulness. Syle No. 3180 requires 2 yards of 894zich material with 1/3 yard of 35- xne? contrasting and 2 yards of bind- ingor the 8 -year size. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15c in steeps or coin (coin preferred; wrap xt :Carefully) for each number, and add ass your order to Wilson Pattern Ser ice, '13 West Adelaide St,, Toronto. to avoid the reputation of a wizard On file other. III -,`SHE SECRET Or POWER, Mark 1:35. It does not help us any, either in our u.derstanding of Jesus, or in our own efforts to live like Him, to be told', that He was able to do all that He did :simply because of His divinity. If ]ae.;, coulc-..:.tap resources which are cloa'eci'to us, then His oft -repeated ap- peal to follow Him becomes meaning- less and mocking words. Conventional Christianity .is always tempted to. place Jesus where it is easy to adore Him, but impossible to emu.z.te Him. Verse 35 indicates the secret of Jesus' power. -1t was prayer, a secret discoverable by us, too. When Jesus was alone, He was always praying. Worn out by the exhausting events of the day, He was conscious of the need of spiritual recoi._y. Hence, when His tired disciples were asleep, He stole away to some solitary place to be alone with His Father. For exam- ple, see Luke 6: 12. Intimate and frequent communion with Ills Father Jesus regarded as the secret of spirit- ual effectiveness. "Why could nc;, we cast Rim out?" asked the perplexed and; unsuccessful disciples, ivIatt. 17: 19. They had "followed the directions," but -nothing had happened. This was Jesus' explanation: "This kind goeth not; out but by prayer and fasting." Jesus, with no organizat:on or ma- terial equipment such as we possess today, brought healing to mind and body, and gave men a new spirit. To His disciples he said, "Greater works than these shall he do ... John 14: 12. Ile Would never have said so if IIe had not meant it. When we, with His spirit, begin really to draw on our spiritual resources, our results will be "amazing," too, Dr. Eckener to Visit Dutch East Indies J! reidrichshafen, Germany. — Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, and- his daughter, Lotte, have left for Marseilles where they will take ship for the Dutch East Indies.. It was understood here that Dr. Eckener will investigate the possibili- ties for establishment' of airship ser- vice between Europe and the East Indies. ileallielefealeenteeleselelelieeniaele Farm Queriep Henry G, Bell, B,S.A,, Dept, of Chemistry, O,A,C. Address All Letters to Farm Editor, 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto. All Answers Will Appear in this Column. If Personal ,Reply is Desired, Enclose Stamped and Addressed Envelope. P. R.—I am interested in growing a Crop of flue tobaco on land that is re- garded to be good tobacco land. It has been used for general mixed farming with alfalfa and sweet clover in the r•9tation, How long will it take to get t'he nitrogen out 'of the soil that has been accumulated by these crops so as not to give too heavy a growth to the tobacco plants? What analysis of fer- tilizers would you recommend and at what rate per acre? Would • it be of much benefit to have xny soil anal. ysed?. Answer,—It would be impossible to give a definite answer regarding the period required for nitrogen exhaus- tion in the soil that you mention.This might be judges} by the growth of the legumes and other crops that followed in rotation if you an get any record of this. It would be of distinct advantage for you to send samples of this surface 8 in. soil and the next 12 in. to our laboratory. We will find the amount of nitrogen in the soil, the organic matter, the easily soluble phosphorus and the soil reaction. This will en- able us to render you much more de- finite advice. Take about one pound sample of the soil at a depth of about 3 to 6 inches, and another sample at a depth of about 8 to 10 inches. If your field is fairly uniform get a number of top soil samples and mix them, send- ing us a quart of the mixture. Do like- wise with the subsoils. standing The sta g mmit co r tee of tobacco fertilizers last spring recommended 600 to 700 lbs. per acre of 4-12-8, or 900 to 1000 lbs. per acre of 3-8-6. This fertilizer is best applied with a drill on either side of the row. G. W.—Just how does sulphate of potash act on the tobacco plant and what is the relationship between sul- phate and muriate? How much sul- phate of potash would there be in a 3-10-5 fertilizer for flue tobacco? Answer; Actual experiments and measurements show that sulphate of potash as a source of potash in a flue tobacco fertilizer produes a leaf which will burn with a clear whitish ash. When muriate of potash is used the ash is a darker colour and the burn of the tobacco is not nearly so good. In other words the tobaco will continue to go out when ignited. Muriate of Potash will produce : a fairly heav's growth, The reports of the tobaec4 committee are that if there is mori than 2% chlorine in a fertilizer de riving much of its potash from muriats. there will be injury to the quality of Grog. This would mean that there could be about 40 lbs, of muriate oi potash in a ton of 3-10.5. Look Over the Cows The lice and mange mites attacking' farm animals are most troublesome during the winter period. These pests should have been removed during the autumn, when the application of a ear bolic wash was in order. Where neg lect has permitted ]ice to multiply, in to the season of cold weather, the use of a dry dusting powder is preferable to dipping or washing. Various coin mereial dustingfl powders are offered for the destruction of lice or such can bo made up by using as an active agent one of the common parasite killers, as derris powder, pyrethrum powder en powdered sabadilla seed. Mange mite can be held in check by the use el crude oi], until dipping or washing with lime -sulphur solution is practical M the spring. The vigorous use of e common curry comb and a stiff brush on the hair and hide of an animal will do a great deal to rid the animal pes- tered with lice of much torment. Save the Lambs This disease is caused by a germ en- tering the circulation of the lamb at the time of birth or soon after, byway y of the raw navel cord. The lamb born in an unclean pen lies down, bringing the raw stump of the cord into con- tact with the germ -laden floor. The navel cord enlarges and if squeezed exudes a purulent fluid, it does not dry as quickly as normal, but remains large, soft and raw. The lamb lies around, does not suck, becomes dull, gets •stiff and the joints swell. Pre- vent this joint i11 disease by giving the ewe a clean, well disinfected, freshly bedded pen in which to lamb. ,,Wash her- teats and udder and remove any wool tags likely to be in the way. When the lamb is born saturate the stump of the navel cord with a ten per cent. carbolic solutionor other equally strong disinfectant. Repeat this daily until the cord dries up. Pregnant ewes should be getting iodine In salt. A Winter Sunset There seems no wind • in all the land!" Austere against the foding light I see a lonely cypress stand, As carved from steel and mala- chite. Beyond, a single sea -bird flies To gain its far and craggy home Below the lemon -colored skies - An ocean -islet ringed with foam. In all 'the land there seals no stir Save that of pinions westward flown. Clad weather, fellow -traveler) Tonight I also fare alone. —George Sterling, in "The Breakers and Other Poems." Buenos Ayres Omits Lights Buenos Ayres, Argentina. --The tra= ditional New Year's carnival lights here, which usually shine along the two miles of the Avenida de Mayo on New Year's Eve, were omitted this year so the city could save $20,000. The police also frowned upon the customary fireworks, but Buenos Ayres welcomed the New Tear with crowds in the streets. The night was sweltering, the temperature 99 de- grees. Silver Eyelashes a Paris Fad Silver eyelashes and "marble" finger nails are the prevailing fad in Paris. Velvet is the material of the moment for party gowns. Turquoise velvet is the new hoice for blondes; ruby, with an ermine wrap, for brunettes. White crepe dresses have colored sleeves or sashes. The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men, -- Oliver Wendell Holmes. Victoria Put Ban on Skyscrapers While it has always been under- stood nderstood among building experts that the London's bed clay would not stand the building of skyscrapers in Am- erican fashion, Maurice E. Webb, the architect, addressing the Royal Se- ciety> of Arts recently, pointed out another and little known reason. It was that Queen Victoria herself was responsible for the fact that no Lon- don building can at present be built higher than eighty feet to the top of the parapet, with two storeys in the roof in addition. One day the Queen was looking out of her window at Buckingham Palace when she saw that white -glazed brick structuire, Queen Anne's Mansions. This build- ing, still one of London's highest, towered above Westminster's smaller dwellings. The Queen there and then insisted on a height limit being in- cluded in the building act. Stream .)~`low in the West Ottawa, Canada.—In southern Al- berta, following .average to above average run-off in May and June, stream flow has been continuously be- low normal, averaging only from 0f, to 70 per cent. of the average month- ly flows from July to October, inclu- sive, according to records of the Do- minion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau of the Department of the In- terior. In southern Saskatchewan ilia run-off has been even less and the summer flow, from May to October inclusive, has had a monthly average only 35 to 55 per cent. of normal, True taste is forever growing learning, reading, worshipping, lay ing its hand upon its moutlx beoaus it is astonished, casting rte niaie from off its feet because it finds 1 ground holy. --•-John Ruskin. And Then Mutt Crowned Him With the Skillet YC.5. s1R sIbtUCY- 'Tris cower oa , HO$oitEhi I 1ET711J5 ME} A 4JI) SGF" USG His Hams. "Hilae NE's ABreoA'A. -CHIS I s SOME SHAcke Aar) Z 'OON r fvtemA) mAYBE QuITe3 50! 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