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bution of parcels on families. = Durhem.--Also made up Xmas par- cels and delivered them to needy fami- lies on Xmas Eve, and also assisted in the distribution of the parcels for the Women's Institute. A * Lucan~--P. L. John. Slaughter re ports Toy Shop activities, but final re sults have not yet been received. Individual "Lonies who co-operated fn this work include Lancelot Walsh of Morrickville, Billy Nicol of Victoria, Thomas Campbell of Hybla, and Earle Darling of Morganston. We would like, however, to make special mention of the good work of the Fox Patrol of Port Elgin, under P. L. Jack Campbell, ° With the assistance of their aduit friends, * these Scouts raised @ 2.00 © with which they purchosed 20 Ihs -auts, 20 lbs, candies, 4 d0z> oranges. ¥5 pairs stoekix 3s, 20 pairs mitts and st least bue toy for each child, which \ogether with a number of books and tlothing, also donated, were made up *, Into attractive parcels and distributed "yn Xmas Eve, The above is'a splendid record of which thie Lonies can be justly proud, and Lone Scout Headquarters thanks all those mentioned and others whose reports are not yet to hand, and our Commissioner wants you to know that he is very proud indeed of you. Wallace Kinnaird, Scout V.C. Ontario Lonies are always 'interest: _ ed in good Scout Work and conduet which merits the highest praise and they will therefore be interested in the record of one of their fellow Scouts, who, although not a Lonie, was always interested in the activities of the Lona Scouts. . The rare Cornwell Badge, the V.C. of Scouting, given for outstanding courage, capability and character, de- monstrated during a period of great physical suffering, in addition to high standing in Scouting, has been award- od by Lord Baden-Powell, World Chief Scout, to Acting Assistant Scoutmas- ter Wallace Kinnaird, of the Robert Louis Stevenson Scout Group of the Thistletown Branch of the Sick Child- ren's Hospital, Toronto. As the re- sult of a football accident Kinnaird had a leg amputated at the hip, very serious complications later developing. Notwithstanding great suffering and the cloud over his future, Kinpaird became an always cheery, encourag- ing leader of the hospital troop of handicapped boys and generally played . a part that attracted unusual commen- dation from doctors and nurses. The| Cornwell 'Badge was established to commemorate the. fortitude, courage and character shown by Ship's Boy Jack Cornwell, a Boy Scout, after be- ing mortally wounded during the bat- - fle of Jutland, : ~ Unfortunately, just two weeks after this award had been made to Wally, tte took a | for the worse and died early in the New Year, to the great sorrow of his fellow Robert Louis Stevenson Troop and all * who knew him. Wally knew how to practice the 8th Scout Law, and was| an example to all of us, = ' Another "Lone Scout" Troop _ You will be interested to hear that the Lonies of Durham have grown in- fo a Troop, with Mr. Reginald Steeds = Scoutmaster, and three keen pa- | least ome crop that sold at 20 per 23-28. cent higher prices than last year, 'and that, moréover, could have been fellow Scouts of the) done away with-- to the police," Nova Scotia goes the probabl A i ue honour, of having bo prow 1. SABBATH: MEANS OR END? Mark 2: An pen break with the Pharises was inevitable, Between the religion of Jesus and their lay ehazh differ- erces. . For the Pharisees, east for most of them, religion was a matter o. opeying lawr in the strict letter wi hout any regard to motive. Jess, it was the motive that gave character to the act. Although he never broke sith the old Law as Paul did, yet he always insisted that when a legal requirement came in conflict with human brotherhood, the legal re- quirement had to giva way. "Jesus was out of sympathy with the whole spirit of leguistic religion." A sabbath walk through a grain fiel. proved to be the occasion which Lr« ught abo it the open break The sabbath, when this Gospel was writ ten, was not observed by the Gentile Christians. These two accounts of ~abbath-breaking they wouil un- doubtedly ard as justifying their freedom. All the people involved in thes. incidents, including Jesus hin self, accepted the sabbath obligations. | They differed on the question, "Does the Law allow any excepti rs?" The Pharisees answered, "No." Jesus in- sisted that when the sabbath law con- flicted with Loa. need, it sould and must be broken. Walking along a path which led {rough a corn field (Mark .: 28) he disciples pluckea some ear. of cora, which was Jerid by the Law, Deut. 23: 25. The sin consisted in rubbing the kernels in their hands, Tike 6: 1. It was a kind of thresh- ig, and therefore work, and therefore sin. Didn't their forefathers allow {1emselves to be slaughtered where they ste». during the Maccabean re- volt, cather than defend themselves on the sabbath? The Phari.ees never forgot these men who preferred to die rather than depart from the strict letter of the Law. Jesus tacitly admitted .ha. his mea did break the law. Not without hu- mor, Be reminded them of what their hero, David, did when his men were hungry, 1 Sam. 21:1-6. Legal require ments must give way to human need. The : abbath was given for man's good, a means to that end, not an end in itself. Therefors when any rule by its observance interfered with man's good, then its true Jutpose could he better fulfilled by disobeying it. In v. 28 Jesus says that in his capacity as representative cf all humanity, the Son of man, wholly in harmony with sold in twice as big quantities if the grower had been able to produce it. That crop is the humble but neces- tery cranberry. < 'The name of that great benefactor of the human race who first experi: mented with turkey and cranberfy sauce is unfortunately lost in tie dim past, but surely there should be some- where a monument to his eternal glory. Who--long before Shake- speare's time--found out that' "beef with mustard fs good meat"? Who was the daring soul that sought about till he found mint and capers with which to garnish the uninspiring gheep, in youth and age? Lamb's tmmortal savage, who burned: his s ies in order to get roast pork. mere- ly cleared the ground for the original research that ultimately hit upon the one inavitable condiment for it, apple sauce. ~ Without cranberry sauce the turkey is but as soupding brass or A tinkling cymbal. Canada knows it and imports an- nnally 85,000 to 115,000 quarter-har- rel boxes from the United States. Nova Scotia is the biggest grower in Canada and the best she could do last year was 20,000 boxes, and they went like hot cakes, with the coun- try crying for more, Now the Nova Scotia cranberry bog owner has a protective duty of two and a half cents & pound on his berries, and it will be a strange thing if this in- dustry does not go ahéad.--Montreal Daily Star. mmr A mariner. How to be Happily Married Hazpy marriages are the result of intelligent idealism, based on a knowl- edge 'of the principlés of human adap- tation. 'In other words, the marriage rela- tionship is like that of a stock com- 1 ay, whose success depends not only on the actors knowing their parts, but o co-ordinated effort. This is the conelusion, we read, of the Wesleyan University undergradu- ate conference on marriage at Middle- town, Connecticut, where delegates from a score of colleges took part. All the speakers, according to a dispatch to, the New York "Times," agreed, that while the age of the marriage custom does not alon: insure its sanc- tity, no convincing arguments have been presented in this or any other age why monogamous marriages do not serve the most desirable ends in social institutions. Most marriages, the speakers point- ed out, are induced by emotions in 'which sex attraction and romanticism tlay a great part. Sooner or later after marriage these phases disap- pear, and it is then that there is an opportunity for a real and enduring love to be built up. "It is a good thing for a man to have had a number of goud girl friends," says Prof. Erdman Harris of Union Theological Seminary, and he quotes Dr. G. Hamilton, who inves- tigated 200 cases and published the results in his "Research in Masriage," saying: "Men who have had a number of good friends, who have had at least one cpirit, he has the right to decide when and under what conditions its observ- ance would be helpful or harmful. The regulations and restrictions of the old-fashioned sabbath were design- ed by our fathers to make that day gerve mankind's highest needs, physi- cal, mental, social, spiritual. To ensure the carrying out of that intention, Jesus broke with some "old sabbath" customs. To make it serve man's high- est needs today, it will be necessary t change most of our "modern Sun- day" practices, "Put this tést to vari- ous Sunday situations: Is it fcr' man's good, physical, mental, spiritual?" II. SABBATH: FOR MY BROTHER, Mark 3: 1-6. The cornfield incident was not plan- ned. The case of the man with the withered hand was a direct challenge by Jesus. It was not an emergency. This man could wait until Monday. Healing was allowed on the sabbath only when life was act in dan- gor. Woy then, did Jesus him? alternative was this: Heal man now, or permit' him to help the man, or refuse to help him. For Jesus to let slip an Opportunity . er; thn was to Tnftict an act 4 ep a Tu a For |» Lis Father's will, endowed with his| a As well as for normal figures, this model is delightful for more matronly ones, It js the wrap-over typ: of dress that lends such elegant height to the wearer. t For i its simplicity, it has a great deal of chic and charm, The diagonal bodice is especially slenderizing. The sleeves are close- fitting with a little puff above the snug cuff effect. It will add length to arms possibly plump enough to Lenefit by it. Black woolen, so exceedingly smart with a touch of white pique, made the original. The belt was black suede. Style No. 8265 is designe. for sizes 16, 18 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. . Size 86 requires 2%; yards 54-inch with % yard 27-inch contrasting. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, .iving numbes and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 15¢ 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, derers, They were parties to what they were willing to permit, Jesus li.ed so close to God that he saw everything in life in this clear-cut vay. Some people are similarly; sen- sitive--for the same reason. The watching Pharisees were so bent on their heresy-hunting t at, like their modern Sounterparts, they lost ull interest in the real good that was being done. They stung ¢ ° Lord to nger. * "Who is the real sabbath- breaker?" he flung at them, "he who performs a work of mercy, such as 1 am performing now, or he who w. cks an injury, who, in fac', "lots to mur- der such as you are doing now?" Such is a possible interpretation of v. 4. This exposure of their micerable scheming left them with nothing to 3%. While they were recovering from this thrust, the Master exercised his healing . power upon the sufferer. "This is too much," they wwtld ery. "This fellow has ignored our customs, he has broken our most cherished laws, denied the doctrines on which we were brouzht up. All the good he does is as nothing compared with this." "And the Pharisees went forth and took counsel with the Herodians, how they might destroy him." Jesus, in these two incidents, acted out the principle that Sunday is to be used for one's own highest good and for the highest good of one's brother. The conservatives of iis day, trying to-build up merit for themsolves, fm- ported re ons h gave to human need, The liberals of tifying selfish uigence, are Motlarly forgetful of their own needs and the rights of others. Jesu way is to spend unday in such a manrer that man's finest powers six or seven, seem to be in the best nd priest who position to make a 'go' of marriage," | (Luks 10: 31, 82) were ay oa will develop to their finest expression, . hrs TIER) Whether or not lime can be used with profit on a soil depends on what commonly called the reaction of at soil. For a considerable time jt has been known that certain soil samples, if moistened, will turn blue litmus paper to red. In more recent years, the Department of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural College, has de- veloped and circulated a more dell cate test known as the Reacto Soil Test, whic indicates very clearly and quite readily the condition of the soll. When a small sample is treated with the greenish-blue Mquid which is sup- plied in this test, If it turns the liquid a decided golden yellow cclour, it is an indication that the soil is quite acid and in need of a relatively large amount of lime, If the liquid is turned to a slight olive green, the soil i. still acid, but not so distinctly so, and con- sequently, not so much in need of lime. If the test liquid when applied to the soil sample remains a greenish- blue, 'the soil is neutral, and if on the other hand it turns to distinct dark blue colour, the soil is alkaline or sweet. Acidity of soil, then, is closely re lated to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is closely related to the supply of lime in the soil. A sour soil is in all cases a soil devoid of lime. Lime is chemically kpown as a base, '| which has the power to correct acidity. Lime is removed from the soi' by two general means. First, by leaching. Limestone is fairly rau.ily soluble iu water, but more readily sc'uble in water to which carbon dioxide bus been added. Under certain circum- stances, the addition of carbon dioxide to water produces a weak acid known as car' nic acid, which acid is con: tinually forming in the soil, with the result that the lime supply of the soil, especially under cropping systems, is continua y being worn down. Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station found that there were 370 lbs. per acre per year of lime removed from uncropped land simply by the washing of water through the soil. English figures have corroborated this finding. The second method of depletion of lime is by cropping. Certain of our farm crops take out large quantities of lime. For instance, § tons of alfalfa hay per acre removes 465 1bs, lime. 38 tons of common red clover per acre removes 230 lbs. of lime. One ton of tobacco removes 136 lbs. lime, 1% tons pea straw removes 105 lbs, lime per acre. 10 tons cabbage removes 143 lbs. lime. 400 bushels onions per acre removes 100 1bs, lime, It-is read- ily seen then that a tendency of a soll to become acid is perfectly natural and is actively promoted when that soil is brought under cultivation and heavy cropping. Response of Crops to Lime Not all crops require' the same amount of lime, Some of those requir- ing a distinctly alkaline or sweet soil are--alfalfa, beets, celery, onions, as- paragus, lettuce, spinach, Those requiring a less alkaline soll are--sweet clover, cabbage, carrots, peas, tomatoes. Those requiring a neutral soil are-- beans, corn, wheat, oats, barley. Those doing best with a slightly acid soil are--potatoes, squash, radishes, turnips. Those thriving under distinctly acid soll conditions are--strawberries, blue- 'berries, certain types of raspberries and cranberries. These lists are worthy of close study, because if one attempts to grow such a crop as alfalfa on a sour soll, no mattér how good the seed, nor how thorough the preparation of soil, it it is distinctly acid in reaction it is nearly always sure to bring a failure of crop. There 8 a chemical disadvantage in a soil being sour or acid in reaction. In other words, farm soils that are distinctly acid or sour will not pro- duce the crops that they could if the acidity was corrected. One definite chemical advantage of a soll being sweet in reaction is that when there is a sufficient supply of lime, fertilizers high in available phosphoric acid can be add.d with best chance of success. It such fertilizers are added to acid soils, the available phosphoric acid tends to form combinations with irn and aluminum in the soil, which comn- A Very Snappy Idea on Jeff's Part pounds are not soluble in soil waters, hence are unavailable ty th. growing crops. In actual farm practice this means that it A and B are neighboring farmers, A's land is sweet or alkaline in reaction, B's land is sour or acul in reaction, if they both apply such a ferdlizer as 2.12.6 to any of their crops, other things being €-uai. A will obtan the better results. In fact, B on his acid soil may not obtain re sults which will be profitable, This is no fault of the fertilizer, but is a fault of the conditions under which the fertilizer was used. Lime must be added to correct acid- ity, Lime will not take the place of t. -tilizers, nor will fertilizers 'ike the place of lime. Each us its own peculiar function to perform. Lime corrects soil sourness, ertilizers sup ply available plantfood. So as to, make as sure as possible that good results will be obtained from fertilizers, see that your soil is Sweet or usmunue © reaction, . . Many practical evidences of the point just discussed could be present ed. We will give but one or two in illustration. On a certain farm in El- gin County where the soil ic described as silty loam, the following fertilizers were used on wheat at 300 lbs, per acre: 16% acid phosphate, which lglelded 32 bushels per acre; 0-125, which yielded 83.3 bushels per acre; 212-6, which yielded 34 bushels per acre; unfertilized, which yielded 30 bushels per acre. There was very small gain from the just described. Undoubtedly, this oc curred to a large extent because the acidity of tke soil led to the tying up of the available phosphate. 'Potash and nitrogen were largely responsible for the additional returns. On a simi- the first, the farmer used the same guantity of fertilizer and tl: same mixtures and realized the following yields: No fertilizer, 39:8 bushels per acre; 16% Acid Phos., 44 bushels per acre; 0-125, 46 bushels per acre; 2-126, 47.3 bushels per acre. . The ylelds throughout are larger on ac count of the better condition of the soil, and the increases due to the aa- dition of phosphate, phosphate and potash, and aitrogen, phosphoric acld and potash, are distinctly better. The correction of sour or acid solis is easy to accomplish, In most cases, unburned, ground limestone is the cheapest source of correc.or. This material is available in most of the older farming sections of the province, and in many of the newer sections at a very reasonable cost. Lime should not be used promiscuously without a test of the soil and without some guid- ance, otherwise some lime ill be ap plied to sections not in need of lime, where limestone is found in plenty In the soil. But where a distinct need is-indicated, finely ground limestone should be applied profitably during the winter, of early spring on land which has been plowed. With the spring ly worked into the ground, It corrects the acidity, makes chemical reactions within the soil favorable and greatly promotes the growth of the micro- scopic lifa in the soil, In applying lime it can be scattered broadcast on top of the soil or it can be lightly drilled in by the fertilizer dropper of the combined drill, Either way will give it an effective application. ------ Fishy A man was fishing some strictly pre- served water in Scotland wken he caught a fine salmon, As he did not want to display any evidences of his crime, he tied the fish through the gills to a stake on the bank and re- turned it to the water. Soon a keeper came along and ac cused the man of poaching. "Oh, no," said the angler, disarming- ly, "I'm just having a little innocent .musement, practicing casts and so on" » The keeper was reassured and was about to walk away when he observed the captured salmon plunging frantl- cally at the end of its leash, "What's this?" he asked. _"Oh--er--well," replied the angler, "that fellow kept sneaking my flies, so 1 thought it better to tie him up out of the way." = Now- © LOOK OVER THE MAIL FIRST =~ i 5 \® x Ll GOT MY Joe X * $ of 1 AND CoAT? = ~ . * » po use of these fertilizers in the instance, lar type of soil not far distant from |. working of the land, this lime is quick-| . istribution , of Foo stuffs Survey Show . About three-quarters of that is eaten in the United tates perishable, : taeda The new and rapidly-g.owiig in dustry of quick-freezing, however, g ves promise of greatly lessening the present losses, according to a recent cested, Massachusetts, issued : & bul- letin by the American Chem'cal do- ciety (New York). He continues: "The public Las with scme-jusiice been taught to consider ordinary frozen foous as inferior to fresh, pro- cucts. That was not the faut of freezing alone, but of many other fac- tors, such as improper raw materials, insufficient packaging, incorrect stor. age conditions, and inadequate re- tailing. "Scientific research has found ways to avoid the old pitfalls, Seafoocs are dressed, packaged, and quick-frozen jramediately after being brought achore. Pouliry is dressed raady-to- cook, government-inspected, and fro- zen right after it has been pre-cooied. Meats, from scientifically-finished ani- mals, are 'aged' just the right number of hours at cosrect temperatires and t..der® controlled humidity conditions. Vegetables and fruits are Larvested al the height of their goodness and quick-frozen before flavors hve de- terioreted, vitamin values been lessen- ed, or decay set in. Meats are actu- ally made noticeably more tender by quick-freezing; and quick-frozen vege- te bles require .nly about one-haf as ch cooking as fresh produec of the same kinds. "Perishable foods may be istribu® ed 'more cheaply by means of low- temperature refrigeration than by present methods. Very large savings are mace by mechanically sl.cinating izedible matter at the point of produc- tion and thus lowering transportation costs. - The edible portions are com- puctly packaged in rectangular cton- tainers and distributed ecw omically, much the same way as packaged dry groceries. "In fhe home every product is ready fc. the pot, pan, or fruit-digh. Quick- © ozen vegetables actually cook in about-half the time requirea for sim- ilar fresh vegetables. The process of uickfreezing tender ineats and poul- about 15 per cent. It is not neces- sary to thaw frozen perishables before ¢. king them. No special refrigera- tion facilities are required." Quick-freezing should be thought of, Mr. O.rdseye asserts, merel, as & sys. tem of getting perishable foods from t: producer to the consumer by mens of constantly applied low tem- jeratures. There are many essentinl swps--choice of raw materials, treat- me 1ts before freezing, packaging, the freezing step itself, cold storage, trent | ortation, retailing, and, last but Lot least important, cooking. A very large percentage of those problems are chemical. He goes on: "ClLemical considerations largely determine the selection of the raw waterials ard their handling. The ripening of meats is largely a race be- teen enzymes and bacteria. Some k' ds of orange juice an others, and therefore less suit- ab.e for freezing. Certaiy varieties or 1l.eberries are almost entirely Jacking in vitamin values, whiie others are rich in them. "Although low tempera.ires slow up chemical actions of all kinds, these proceed noticeably even at storage tempreatures as low as 30 degrees Fahrenheit. In vegetables, enzymes ara inhibited by a brief heat-treat- ment called-blanchiag, prior to freez- ing. Sugar syrup is used to prevent oxidation in strawberries and sliced peaches. Very light salt bricing haa beneficial effects with certain pro- cuets. "Even in the home, chem'cal con siderations are of primary import- arce, Vitamin C is readily destroyed by a combination of high tempera- t.res and the presence of oxygen. With spinach ordinary cooking often materially lessens the vitamin value of this much discussed vegetable. Since quick-frozen vegetables require | less cooking they may be richer in vitamin potency when they reach the table. : "Quick freezing is already a com= mercial success, and is destined to be- come one of the world's largest indus- tries. Howuver, 'many hazards lie ahead of it and an almost infinite number of problems are yet to be solved... In its growth cheist lead the way? @ Novelist's arly Effort it carl Van Doren's biographical sketoh of Sinclair Lewis contains | 'bibliography compiled by Harve Taylor in which is recorded the fact that Lewis' first novel was an ad venture story for boys, entitled "Hike and the Aeroplane," the 'author adopting the poendonymic name of Tom Graham. It wig published 1912 in an editiop of one LIOWSA coples, less than eight hundred which were sold. Its author that it will never be re ed, A fay years what to ago I old address by Clarence Biraseye of Giou-