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2 THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1927. Sunday School Lesson FRUIT MARKETING IN VENICE Sometimes, In early autumn, on the lagoon behind the Redentore,* you may overtake a curious craft, half barge, half gondola. ... If you con-tiuue on, crossing the Giudecca, or if you happen to be coming from Mur-ano or the Lido, you will pass dozens of other boats, loaded to the water' ANALYSIS. I. first meeting of david and jon athan, 18: 1-4. II. jonathan as true friend and edge with baskets upon baskets of peacemaker, 19:1-7. peaches, melons and figs, or great III. the covenant of friendship, ! heaps of green vegetables, dashed 20:1-42 and 23: 15-18. IV. david's lament over saui. and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1:17-27. Introduction--Nothing in Bible story is more impressive and beautiful than the story of the friendship of David and Jonathan, and it may safely be said that there is nothing finer in all literature, and nothing more true to the best that is in human nature. The character of Jonathan especially stands out in strong relief. Brave,' generous, absolutely unselfish, loyal both to his father and to his friend, unwilling: to believe evil of either one, he is the "very gentle perfect knight" of Hebrew story, without fear and without reproach. I. f:p.st meeting of david and jo 18:1 It s when David returned Saul bearing the grim trophies of his victory over Goliath that Jonathan saw him and loved him. their first recorded meeting. Whether or not they had met before we do not knew. Jonathan as an officer Saul's army bearing an important command may have been very little with his father, and David humble musician in his father's cr even as an armor-bearer, may not have hitherto attracted his notice. Jonathan's friend-ship, once given, wa- whole-hearted. He clothed Davi i i his own garments, outer robe, mil tary dress, and girdle, and gave hi] his own sword and bow. They mac a covenant of friendship which r< mained unbroken even when - Jons than discovered that David was t succeed his father upon the throw David's shepherd days in Bethlehei were at an end, and he became member cf the king's household and a captain in the king's army (18:5). II. JONATHAN AS TRUE friend ani PEACEMAKER, 19:1-7. The intervening paragraphs tell of David's rapid advance in popularity with the people, in success ;" -an I in rank in Saul's court, and of the king's growing jealousy. Saul': fits of insanity returned with greate: violence, and in his frenzy of jealoui madness he sought to murder David, v;ho was now his son-in-law, 18:20' 27. 28. Saul even went so far as tc instruct his son and his servants tc kill David. Here is where Jonathan's friendship proved itself. First, having warned David to hide himself, he went to his father and interceded with him. He boldly defended his ' friend ana maitained- his innocence of any wrong toward the king, insv especially his victory over Goliath end the Philistine army, rat,.-r moments Saul was able to put rrii-je his jeVousy and his earlier rfTcft'oTi for D.ivid revived. Now he yielded to Jonathan's pleading, de-clared that David should not be slain, pnd Jonathan had the joy of seeing his father and his friend reunited. III. the COVENANT OF FRIENDSHIP, 20:1-42 and 23: 15-18. Saul's jealousy seen returned with the fame of David's further success in war against the Philistines, and e-Taiu he tried to kill him. Compelled to floe for his life, David took refuge for a while with his old friend, Samuel, in Ramah. Together they retired to a college or settlement of the prophets among whom Samuel had a leadintr place. Pursued thither by Saul. David fled again, this time to his friend, Jonathan, indignantly asking. "What have I done? What is mine iniquity? and what is my sin befoi-e thy father that he sseketh my life?" Again Jonathan would have plaved the part of peacemaker if he could. He tried to defend his father and to make light of the danger, allv, he agreed to find out from his father on the occasion of the new moon festival just what his disposition toward David was and to let him know. Outside the city in the qui< cf the countryside the two friends renewed their covenant and David remained in hiding until Jonathan chould bring him news from the kine. Jonathan, after being in peril of his own life, brought back news of Saul's continued and deadly enmity, and they p-arted to meet only once again Jong afterward in the wild country south-east of Hebron, where David Was still a fugitive and an outlaw (23:14-18). IV. DAVID'S gAMENT OVER SAUL and Jonathan, 2 Sam. 1:17-27. Saul's long warfare with the Philistines ended in tragic defeat on the battlefield of Gilboa. Deprived by his own insane folly of the services of his ablest general, and himself broken in spirit, he faced the Philistine army there with fear and trembling. In the battle that followed he and his three sons died. David, warrior, musician, and poet, though he bad been pursued by Saul with jealous and unrelenting hatred, was genuinely grieved when he heard of their death, and paid them tribute in a noble elegy, rightly regarded as one of the earlier .Inest passagg # HetaW poetry. It should be read uj the translation of the Revised Version, and special attention should be giv'eh to verses. 25 an 26, in which David commemorates the pure and unselfish love of his noble frined. It is greatly to his credft also that he has nothing but words of praise for Saul, and recognizes fully the great service he had rendered to Israel. Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, .*nd in their death they were not divided. I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; VVi-j pleasant has thou been unto mo; Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women. here and there with piles of tomatoes. All these boats are pointing their bows toward the Ponte Paglia, the bridge on the Riva between the Doges' Palace and the prison, the one next the Bridge of Sighs. Here in the afternoons preceding market days they unship their masts or rearrange their cargoes, taking off the top baskets if too high to clear the arch. Ponte Paglia is the best point of entrance from the Grand Canal, because it is the beginning of that shortcut, through a series of smaller canals, to the fruit market above the Rialto bridge. The market opens at daybreak. Color and Taste. Many of these boats come from Ma-lamocco, on the south, a small island this side of Chioggia, and from beyond the island' known as the Madonna of the Seaweed, named after a curious figure sheltered by a copper umbrella. Many of them come from Torcello, that most ancient of the Venetian settlements, and from the fruit-raising country back of it, for all Torcello is one great orchard, with every landing-wharf piled full of its. products. Here you can taste a fig so delicately ripe that it fairly melts in your mouth. . . . Here are rose-pink peaches the size of small melons, and golden melons the size of peaches. Here are pomegranates that burst open from very lusciousness, and white grapes than hang in masses, and melons and plums in heaps, and all sorts of queer little round things that you never taste but once, and never want to taste again. There is "ho order in setting out the fruit, no plan in growing, no system in gathering. The trees thrive wherever they happen to have taken root--here a peach, here a pear, there a pomegranate. The vines climb the trunks and limbs, or swing off to tottering poles and crumbling walls. The watermelons lie flat on their backs in the blazing sun, flaunting their big leaves in your face, their tangled creepers in everybody's way and under everybody's feet. The peaches cling in matted clusters, and the figs and plums weigh down the drooping branches. If you happen to have a lira about you, and own besides a bushel basket, you can exchange the coin for that measure of peaches. Two lire will load your gondola. b.al£ fill) of melons; three lire will pack it with grapes; four lire--well, you must get a larger Escape the Boys. When the boats are loaded af the orchard and poled through the grass-lined canals, reaching the open water of the lagoon, escaping naked boys begging fruit from their cargoes, you will no-that each craft stops at a square box, covered by an awning and decorated with a flag, anchored out in the channel or moored to a cluster of is the Dogana of the lagoon, and every basket, crate and box be inspected and counted by the official in the flat with the tarnished gilt band, who commands this box of boat, for each individual lm and pear must help pay its share of the public debt. When the cargoes of the market boats are inspected, the duties paid, and the passage made under Ponte Paglia, or through the many less canals if the approach is made from the Campo Santo side of the city, the boats swarm up to the fruit market above the Rialto, rounding up. one after another, and discharging their cargoes like trucks at a station, the men piling the baskets in great mounds on the broad stone quay. Clean Up. After the inhabitants have pounced upon these heaps and mounds and pyramids of baskets and crates, and have carried them away, the market is swept and scoured as clean as a china plate, not even a peach-pit being left to tell the tale of the morning. Then this greater market shrinks Into the smaller one, the little fruit market of the Rialto which is never closed, day or night. This little market, or, rather, the broad street forming its area--broad for this part of Venice--is always piled high with the products of orchard, vineyard and garden, shaded all day by huge awnings, so closely stretched that only the shapest and most lance-like of sunbeams can cut the! way into the coolness below. At night the maket is lighted by flaring torches illumining the whole surrounding campo. As for the othe'r smaller stands and shops about the city, they are no less permanent fixtures. ... No matter how late you* stroll down the Zattere or elbow your way along the Mer-ceria, when every other place is closed, you win, come upon a, blazing lamp lighting up a heap of luscious fruit, in its season the comfort and sustenance of Venice.--From "Gondola Days," by F. Hopkinson Smith. FARM NOTES Uses for Rape and Kale Because of the fact that both rape and kalo may be planted profitably quite late in the spiring they are often recommended as aids in eradicating weeds. In a pamphlet of the Dominion Department of Agriculture the writer advises early ploughing and cultivation until towards midsummer which in itself results in the destruc-1 of large numbers of Weeds. The e or kale may then be sown and they soon cover the ground, fur-r growth of weeds will largely be prevented by shading. The rape or kale can later be used as a pasture sheep, swine or cattle, and they constitute a satisfactory free range Eood for most kinds of poultry. Instead of being user as pasture these crops may be cut green and fed direct the animals. How to Make Lime-water for Preserving Eggs Lime water is strongly recommended as a preservative for the putting down of eggs for winter cookery, by Dr. F. T. Shutt, Dominion Chemist, in a circular on the household preservation of eggs, distributed by the Publications Branch, Department! of Agriculture, Ottawa. The lime water is prepared by slacking freshly burnt quick-lime, thinning with water to the consistency of cream, then further diluting with constant stirring to the desired volume, when the mixture will consist of one pound of quick-lime to five gallons of water. Perfectly fresh eggs in a suitable receptacle are covered with the lime-water and stored in a cool' place. They should not be taken out of the solution until ready for use. Even although, however, lime-water is a first class preservative for eggs a certain deterioration will Inevitably take place. Nothing has been discovered that will fully retain the line flavor of the new-laid egg. Securing Good Seed for Next Year Now is the time to take steps to secure good seed for next year, states Mr. P. R. Cowan, cerealist at the Central Experimental Farm. The best part of a wheat, oats or barley field should be staked off to be harvester separately. Any heads that are off. type, weak or diseased heads, other I cultivated plants and noxious weeds should be pulled, going over the plot! at least three times until it is clean.! Before harvesting a strip should be cut around the plot to facilitate a! separate harvesting. The binder must' be thoroughly clean before the cut-! ting and the plot stocked and thresh-j ed by itself. The thresher must be abosilutely clean, and the sec threshed into clean bags. If the _ is not dry the bags should be "only' partially filled and not too many piled together. The bags should be turned over daily until the grain is dry. Early In the winter the seed should be thoroughly cleaned using a scrupulous- LAST OF THE SIX HUNDRED Another Survivor of BalakWva Joins His Comrades ly clean fanning m Milking Machln A great deal of experimental work on milking machines has been done at the Central Experimental Farm, and the results have been summed up in the latest report of the Dominion Animal Husbandman. He states that a high standard of mechanical efficiency has been reached in these machines. The better class of them properly ins-tailed, intelligently operated and kept in repair, and thoroughly cleaned after each milking will give good results. The most important factor in the successful use of a milking machine is an intelligent operator. The claim that any child can operate a machine is false and has done a great deal of harm. The operator must be something of a mechanic and at the same time a good herdsman and have an appreciation of the part that bacteria play in milk spoilage. Special attention must be paid to detail, together with great care in cleaning from a bacteriological rather than visible-dirt standpoint. The milking-unless properly handled, is a prolific source of bacteria in milk and therefore exacts considerable time and expense in its care and upkeep, and unless the farmer is ready to exercise this care he had better get along with- Another "last survivor" of th* Charge of the Light Brigade at Baia-klava has gone to join his comrades of the Six Hundred. Ninety-seven years of age, but trim and erect to the end, Sergeant Major Edwin Hughes died in Blackpool, England, the other day. From time to time other "last survivors" of the famous Six Hundred havo passed on; but Hughes's claim has, it is said, been borno out by the official records. In the "Valley of Death," made famous by Tennyson's poem, Sergeant Major Hughes had his horse shot under him and was hurled to the ground badly hurt. Despite his in-, jury, he was able to seize a charger and Join in the pathetically brave retreat." He fought again at Inkeiman, but the Light Brigade as a collective force was no more; it had been shattered in that twenty-five minutes pf terrific peril when it hurled itself, in blind fealty to orders, upon the Russian host. "Some one had blundered," wrote Tennyson, and he wrote truly, hundred and seventy-five men w thrown against thousands, while f; the hillsides behind them their c rades and the French watched them go to sure destruction. Not a . .of the Light Brigade wavered when Lord Cardigan raised his sword aloft. Responsibility Still Unfixed. The question of responsibility for the charge has net been fully settled to this day. For years after the British expeditionary force had returned from the Crimea military circles ' split over the problem. But the of the Light Brigade were heroes. The country was stirred to its depths by their great adventure. The tail of the chestnut, horse on which Cardigan led the charge was literally plucked bare by the frenzied crowd when he returned to London. The British and French were vesting Sebastopol on the Crimean Peninsula on Oct. 25, 1854, when the Russian foe sent out a reconnoissance in force, directed toward Lord Raglan's headquarters in the town of Balaklava. At once the allies mustered their forces to repel the assault. On one side of the Valley of Balaklava rose the Causeway Heights and on the other the Fedioukine Hills. Driving forward with a mass of 22,000 cavalry and more than seventy g the Russians drove the Turks from the redoubts on Causeway Heights and also occupied the Fedioukine Hills across the valley. The Russian horse, sweeping up the valley itself, descended on Sir Colin Campbell's Ninety-third Highlanders, drawn up only two deep. There the historic phrase "the thin red line" was born. The Cossacks reeled back before the Highlanders' fire and the Heavy Brigade charged, driving the Russian horse back down the valley to the shelter of a battery of guns. Meantime, the Light Brigade had been awaiting its orders at the other end of the valley. Must Be An Eeel. One Lldardrenussvfdllzimarit goldfish to sell. K. C. Bird Store Co., 1421 Main 3U-- Kansas City, Star. LINDBERGH RCCEIVES GOLD F.AILW les A. Lindbergh Ottawa on the occasion of Canada's celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation he was tendered an enthusiastic welcome by the thousands of Canadians woo crowded National Railways, and the flying field and Parliament Hill ! with a life pas.", good for the celebration. On his arrival I National lines in C.r.ad In'the monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis" j This pass Is handsor in which he made his wonderful flight across the Atlantic, the intrepid ail -j i man was greeted at the field by Sir Henry W. Thornton, K.B.E., Chairman and President of the Canadian 1 i black enamel on ian gold, mined ii The photographs 3 p,-( i.-a.iia.i No Attempt to Warn Commander. The orders came to Lord Lucan,. head of the Cavalry Brigade, from Major Gen. Airy, asking that the Russians be driven from the Turkish batteries on Causeway Heights. These orders were transmitted to Lord Cardigan, commanding the Light Brigade. But Cardigan could see nothing from where he was and led the charge straight down the valley instead of to the right. Lord Lucan, who must have seen the error, made no attempt to warn Cardigan, and Captain Nolan, aide-de-camp to General Airy, was shot in the act of attempting to wheel the brigade, hi3 horse galloping off with its rider dead in the saddle. It was a mile and a quarter of level ground, with the Russians on thhe heights on' both flanks and the Cossacks drawn up -behind the guns in front. No more hopeless and no braver charge was ever made in history. The troopers dropped by scores. A final blast was hurled into the Light Brigade's ranks when the oncoming menxwere only eighty yards from the battery. Fifty or sixty men alone remained in the first line when Lord Cardigan spurred his charger in among the guns. The gunners fought among the limbers with their ramrods, warding off the blows of the Meanwhile, the second line of the Light Brigade, led by Lord George Paget, had whirled over the guns and was fighting desperately with the Cossacks. Heading a section of twenty men, Colonel Mayow flung himself upon the whole Cossack cavalry and actually drove them back before he saw the futility of further attack and sounded the retreat. On the hillsides where the British and French forces were grouped, consternation reigned. Two thin lines of cavalry were flinging themselves against a host. "Those who saw the Russian battalions, squadrons and guns disposed in the valley in front of the Light Cavalry could scarcely believe iheir eyes when they saw the brigade move forward and presently break into a charge of which the pace, qutekeriias every moment, carried them into the smoke of the guns and of the roiling musketry which opened at once on them," wrote Will'am Russell, the war correspondent, who was an eyewitness of the charge. "The lir.es of horsemen had a perceptible interval between them as they vanished into the war cloud; but ere the impetuous flood swept over the plain, the specks which speedily dropped behind in their course--dead and dying man and horse--told the story of the desperate adventure." Bravely rallying all that was left of the Light Brigade, Lord George Paget led them back up the valley. This time they had to face only the fire from the Causeway Heights, as the Chasseurs d'Afrique had stormed yie Fedioukine Hills and driven the Russians there into retreat. No other support was furnished to the Light Brigade during the action. The Light brigade now--"not the Six Hundred" --drew itself singly and in groups out of the melee and back to the protection of the allied forcer. Ready to Go Again!" Lord Cardigan called the roll in a hollow behind a hill Six hundred and seventy-three men and horses had been hurled nto the jaws of death. In all 127 men had been killed and 104 wounded. Sevanty-three remained as prisoners in the Russians' hands. Four hundred and seventy-five horse3 had fallen in the charge. "Men," Lord. Cardigan told them, "it was a mad-brained trick, 'but it is no fault of r 3 thej , the cf the Light Brgftc of getting to work earl rning He has made arraug h his daughter to call hin ■ comes In.--Alva (Okla.) 15 was in the barn settin' a het said one. And 1 was in thejoft Bettin' v," answered another. the clock" came from the third boj was up in the pantry settin' ," said the fourth, 'ou're a fine set!" remarked l ler. "And where were you" i askod, turning to the youngest. was on the doorstep settin' :.t,i: the reply.--The Outlook.