qlome chats by k magi atin best wi no 23 he who prays as ha ought will en deavor to live as he prays owen now vy vas dat the story is told of a pennsylvania dutchman who was not very learned but who was not ashamed ot his re ligion in his neighborhood was a skeptic who said very positively you know 8 person cant really believe anything you cant explain one day ono of tho dutchmans friends cams to him and said id like to hear you put up an argument to my skeptical friend will you talk to him all right it you think best ho paid with a twinkle in bis eye havo you any objections to neigh bors coming in no sbust as you link best so they had a meeting the old gentleman came in put down bis hat and was introduced to the skeptic he began suddonly by saying veil now look here i pleefs the biblo vat you pleefs i dont believe anything i cant un derstand be said loftily oh i see you must be von smart juan i vas very glad to meet mit you i ask you some questions tho older flay i vas riding along the road and met von dog and that dog ho had von of his ears standing up this way and tho odder be stands down so now vy vas dat i dont know admitted bis oppon ent oh then you are not so smart after all i ask anodder question wliilo i vas riding along i saw chons clover patch tho clover came up so nice and over dero vas his pigs and dere corns out hair on dero backs and over in very same clover patch eating clover was his sheep and dero came out wool now vy vas datt again his opponent had to answer i dout know veil you aro not half so smart as you sink now i ask you ono mora question do you pleet dero is a god no i dont believe any such non sense oh yes said the dutchman i hoar about you long ao by biblo says tho fool said in his heart there rs no god but you bigger fool you blab it right out what new york is wearing by annabelle wobthincton illustrated dressmaking cesson fur nished vih iveri failern twilight hour story chicks and other little friends no 29 mamma lady was right as soon as fluffy got to her llttlo new babies away under tho attic floor they all woke up wlieu sho washed each ono with her tonguo and they made tho funniest little noises memnim did you over hoar it well it sounds so sweet billy looked at his mother and was nearly bursting with joy to think they were found but there was that old floor it was as solid a3 a stone oil mamma wo must get them yes i dont think it is very good for thorn in there with such bad air and i guess it is pretty dusty too any way wo want to seo them dont we son billy uodded feeling pretty bad they sat aud thought and thought what they could do about it ivo got an idea said mamma lady but it is getting rather lato to start today so well leave them hero tonight and then try it in the morning what is that can i help ho asked his face brightening indeed you can t couldnt do much without my big boy around to help mo well get up bright and ear ly and seo what we can do r apples and oranges montreal presso professor t g bunting of macdonald college bays people prefer oranges to ap ples because applegrowere do not employ enough propaganda to win a proper appreciation ot the cana dian apple but before entering on a publicity campaign to increase con sumption producers says professor bunting should first of all concen trate their energies on putting on the market fruits whoso attractions and dualities will gain tho permanent preference of tho consumer if we want the apple to keep its reputation as tho queen of fruits it should really 16 the queen and this will not be until it fulfills all the conditions which assure to it tho sovereignty bvor its rivals tho fruits of the tropics prune biack knot mow early june is one of tho essential periods of the year particularly in ontario when plum orchards should le carefully pruned to remove all traco of black knot the division of botany of tho dominion department of agriculture advise at this sea- bon the knots tho yellowishbrown in color and tho summer spores which spread the disease havo not yet ma tured in cutting out knots cut back at least four or five inches beyond the external limitation of tho knot as infection from tho biack knot fun gus extends somo distance beyond tho actual knot barley proved best continuing feeding tests as to the relative value of summer feeds for pork production under prairie condi tions tho dominion experimental station at scott saslc in its opera tions last year again found barley alono superior as a fed for growing pigs to cither oats alono or a mix ture of barley aud oats barley gavo greater gains cost less to feed and showed a striking increase in net re turns per head over cost ot teed how the dollar sign originated in ianimateur des temps nouveaux charles princa explains for french readers tho origin ot the americau dollar sign ho relates writes a cor- respondent of tho christian science monitor that spain in the fifteenth century when practically all tha worlds gold was carried to tho iberian peninsula from tho mines of south america designed a coin ot eight reals value which bore on one of its faces a representation of two columns tho columns of hercules intertwined by a riband in tho form of a letter s bearing tho inscription plus ultra englishmen called these coins pillar dollars taking tho word dollar from tho gorman coin known as a thaler when tho united states congress iu 1787 decided to striko a coin known as a dollar with tho same value as the spanish pillar dollar accountants naturally used as tho sign for this now coiu tho old devico of pillars inter twined witli a garland which is so well known today in tho form of an s with a dollar bar australias deficit stated 170000000 canberra australia a total com monwealth deficit at tha end ot tha next fiscal year ot 170000000 for tha past two years was forecast recently by prime minister james scullin in the house ot representatives the prime minister moved 6econd reading of the debt conversion agree ment bill providing for conversion ot tha eutira internal loan to lower in terest rates ho added that national iiicoma had fallen by 1000000000 while expenditure had increased by 05000000 since the 19272s sunday school lesson july 12 lesson ii the preaching of the apostles acts 4 114 golden text we ought to obey god rather than men acts 529 analysis i peters preachinc acts 3 1126 ii the outcome acts 1 122 fiscal yoar of ni the chusch that wins acts 4 2331 hon e g theodore commonwealth i lv vxvl rmxcmkg 1 21 treasurer announced new taxation as agreed upon by the recent conference introduction the believers met if premiers which is expected to pro duce an additional 07500000 annual ly this includes increases in tho sales tax and income tax and drastic reductions in the scales of soldiers and other pensions the senate approved tho bill to ship for thtt specifically christian ser vices in each others homes they did not however separate themselves from judaism they took their part in the synagogue services in jeru salem they went for public prayer to tho temple it was on their way to tho temple service that the incident 25000000 gold to london to moot ini- of healing tho cripple occurred which led to the sermon which sounded the keynoto of the early postolie preach- everyone knows dame fashion has placed much emphasis on jackets this season they appear as smart com plements for pajamas to evening gowns and are especially favored for sports theres a slight difference about todays model that makes it so indi vidual it is the becoming coilariess type so entirely comfortable then too it has the chic seveneighth length sleeve showing the dress sleeve neatli its edge a belt marks the normal waistline its sportive in navy blue crepe silk with white crepo silk contrast that lias huge coin dots in matching blue style no 3080 may be had in sizes 14 16 18 20 years 3g and 3s inches bust thin woolens printed crepe silk and many rayon novelties also suitable size 36 requires 4 yards 39inch with 2 yards 39inch for blouse how to order patterns write your name and address plain- ly giving number and size f such i patterns as you want enclose 2 in stamps or coin coiu preferred wrap it carefully for each number and address your order to wilson pattern service 73 west adelaide st toronto mediate australian liabilities aud the measure became law it was approved at tho house of representatives the measure reduces the statutory gold reserve in tho commonwealth bank from 25 per cent to 15 per cent but under an amendment forced by tho opposition it provides for the progres sive return to tha 25 per ceul level within threo years tho shipment will leave a reserve c51250000 against a note issue total ling 255000000 britains wheat problem lodon times trade supplement ind the international aspects of the wheat problem are entirely differ ent from those that concern these islands the problem in this country is to ensure the profitable production of wheat at home without depriving the nation of the benefits of cheap food for that purpose the quota sys tem seems to hold out the most prac tical prospects if bakers were com pelled to use a definite proportion of homegrown and empire flour in their loaves the millers would have to buy those grades of wheat the british problem can scarcely be solved while a government devoted to free trade re mains in office chosen oueen causes of failure in an extensive survey of raspberry plantations in british columbia six principal reasons for decreased yields were determined these are 1 poor management where llio farm owner devotes inly a part of his time to fruit production or makes it a sec ondary consideration 2 tho pres ence of diseases of which cane blight and mosaic are the most important 3 the presence of insects and ani mals of which crown borers and moles are the most important 4 depletion or lack of soil fertility 5 winter in jury 6 poor cultural practices dept of agriculture ottawa i peters preachinc acts 3 1126 after tlve temple service preaching to the amazing crowd peter did not capitalize the healing to win popular ity for himself he gave all the credit to jesus the preachers loyalty was matched by his courage boldly he proclaimed that the one whom they had crucified as a criminal was the promised deliverer the healing of tho beggar was an example of his power petei then appealed to his hearers to repent and thus win forgiveness and have their part in messiahs king dom messiah would remain in heaven until the time prophesied for restitution would arrive peter in terpreted jesus in tho light of tradi tional jewish hopes christianity was still bound to judiism ii the outcome acts 4 122 a antagonisms the cure and the preaching attracted the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities the rul ers were alarmed lest the people should follow this new sect tho priestly authorities oeing sadducees did not believe in a resurrection they were antagonized because the apostles proclaimed the resurrection of jesus conventionally religious people such as they were are certain to come in conflict at one time or another with spiritfilled and therefore fearless preaching the apostles were arrested and lodged in jail for the night b conversions peter and john true to their master did not modify their message in order to win the in fluential worldlyminded people- but men were won for the kingdom the number of peters converts not count ing the women was about five thou sand c a brave defence before the canadas water power resources miss maxmo weaver seventeen years old who has been chosen as queen ot national cherry fes tival traverso city mich sho was chosen trom among sixteen candidates to brother jews jesus was the fore shadowed messiah in whom they were to find the realization of jewish hopes ki3 messiahship was verified by his suffering resurrection and risen power paul on the other hand proclaimed a universal gospel he liberated early christianity from its judaistic frame work he refused to trouble himself about jewish signs or greek wis dom he knew only christ cruci fied the power of god the wisdom of god sanhedrin the next morning peter proclaimed his message again loyal j to his master he again gave credit to emotional christ for all that had happened each other and become harmoniously with magnificent boldness the man i merged into a rich chord by contact doctor repudiates old kissing fallacy rugby eng dr josiah oldfleld thinks a pseudoscientific ban on kiss ing la a fallacy a kiss does not create tho scaremongers million mic robes which are said to bo given with a kiss dr oldfleld told members ot tho womens institutes meeting at bir- dington near here recently if jack kisses jill and transfers to her a million microbes ho gets in re turn a million ot hers and from what wo know of evolution the probability 13 that this exchange ot microbes is beneficial the kiss was scientifically defined the result of two sets of cellular vibrations which attract who not so long ago had flinched be fore a girl now accused the high priests of crucifying their messiah it was messiahs power that had heal ed the cripple only through him could salvation come to men such preaching from an uneducated sulphur mixture prevents mildew and blackspot i for tho prevention and cure of mill dew and blackspot a good remedy consists ot nine parts dusting sul phur ono part lead arsenate and ono part tobacco dust perfect attendance record charleroi pa samuel clifford win- nett 17 long branch near here was graduated from tho charleroi high i layman astonished and indeed irritat- school this year with a perfect attend- cd the rulers these jesusfollowers anco record for tho fouryear term were dangerous their popularity added to this is four years of per- w tho people however made it un feet attendance at tho jackman wise to molest them accordingly the sanhedrin declared their preaching i illegal and let th m go but peter and show young winnett was neither tardy john cxclaimcd whether it bo right i nor absent during tho four years the s of g to hearken unto tho nearest street car lino is four yo more than unto god judge ye for to keep its precious standard tho kiss should oomliino the three in gredients of affection respect and pas sion dr ohlfield said dr oldfield is a prominent advocate of a fruitarian diet he was a founder of the society for tho abolition of capi tal punishment particularly one colored green sc as i i0 started to attend tho charleroi not to bo too conspicuus on tha leaves j ni school he was too young to drive and blooms will servo to prevent these diseases it applied early en- i ougli tobacco powder included in any of these dusts is effective against i tho aphlds early enemies ot roses and catorpilars beetles and other chewing insects aro attacked by tho lead arsenate holmes is taking boxing sons gotting ready to fire the cook i guess remember that what pulls the strings is tho forco hidden within there lies tho power to persuade j tor has planted on an avora there tho lifo there it ono must acres ot corn daily speak out tho real man marcus ha has also been plowtn aurelius rate of 27 acres per day any of the ordinary sulphur dusts mi from tho winnett farm when j wo cannot but speak the things which we have soon and heard the apos tolic preaching was characterized by that boldness which feared not the face of any man iii the church that wins acts 4 2331 upon being released peter and john reported to the others what had happened the believers gave them selves to prayer with one accord that is with united eagerness they prayed intensely passionately in similar case many christians might decide that a delegation to the san hedrin would le a better plan these believers gave themselves passionate ly to prayer for what did they pray for safety in the threatening future no they prayed for more of that quality of character which had so recently made so much trouble for two of their number more boldness iu preaching iv tauls preaching 1 cor 1 2126 peters preaching was that of a jew works own 240 acres j farmer claims record neponset iii elmer probanz i claims the record as a oneman farm- head i or i tho shipment is described as tho ho is doing all tho work on a 240 largest siuglo consignment of pure- an automobile so ho walked to tho street car every school day for four years the youth a3 regular as tho mail carrier trudged roads and at tho end of the day walked tho four miles home soviet buys heavily of pedigreed cattle london soviet russia has pur chased 130 head of pedigreod short horn and hereford cattlo from british herds all tho shorthorns about 230 were supplied from scotland acre tract aud with tho aid of a tracbred stock evor sent from this coun- at o 33 try and owing to the depression in tho market tho russians are said to tho havo secured many of tho scottish i shorthorns on bargain terms only the best win the latest report of canadian na tional egg lifying contests bulle tin 139ns provides further con clusive proof that only tho best pul lets in tho best flocks of tho domin ion make tho grade for registration and only about one in four ot care fully bred and selected pullots quality in tho 192829 contest out of a total of 4370 birds entered only 1202 fully qualified for registration other 420 birds laid a sufficient number ot eggs but failed to quality on account of egg size department of the interior estimates total resources remarkable advance in development each country develops its power- producing facilities along tha most economically desirable linos and spe cial facilities for power production constitute a definito national advant age canada possesses this advantage iu a marked degree by reason ot tha extent aud location of her water poer resources which aro such that except for a relatively small proportion her entire settled territory enjoys hydro electric service not ouly is this trua at tho present timo but there aro suf ficient undeveloped sites to assure tho advantages of this service in the face of expanding demands and advancing settlement while complete information regard ing tho water power resources ot tho dominion is not yet availablo tho dominion water power aud hydro- motrie bureau ot tho department ot the interior has collected and analyzed all tho stream flow and power data that can bo obtained with the purpo30 of preparing a reliablo estimato of tha total resources this estimato places tho total power ordinarily available twentyfour hours por day and every day in tho year at over twenty million horsepower with an additional thir teen million availablo continuously for six months in tho year theso fig ures are based upon an eighty per cent efficiency of generation as a matter ot fact power is seldom re quired continuously at full load and many sites aro developed to produce considerably more than their capacity rated at tho continuous or oven sir months basis they being ablo to store tho flow at time3 ot light load and draw upon it when tho power demand is at its peak an analysis of existing power installation indicates that tha presently known resources would per mit of a total turbino installation ot approximately fortyfour million horse power the history of water power develop ment iu canada is ono of remarkablo achievement when the century open ed tho installation was only 173000 hp by tho end ot 1910 it has almost reached ono million horsepower ten years later it was over two and a halt million aud at tho end of tha third de cade it was well over six million horse power tho provision of this power for tho use of tho country has ot course been ot incalculable value in addition how ever the hydroelectric industry baa afforded much profitable employment to capital aud to labor it is esti mated that a sum approaching 1500- 000000 has been invested in the indus try of this amount the industry em ployed sso000000 in 1930 and a fur ther 300000000 will probably bo ex pended in the next fow years lady ah you must havo been a literary man you say you wore doing story work short slory convict nom second story mutt and jeff everybody means everybody including the scandinavian by bud fi f everybody ww shouu old notes recall lincoln tragedy w l phelps in scribuers the wellbeloved daniel frohman sends me tho following interesting in formation the late leonard grover a widely known theatrical manager of tho early 70s was the manager of tho theatre in washington in 1s05 where in abraham lincoln was shot ho told mo the following curious story iu connection with that event it was the custom of tho president to send word to mr grover to say when it would bo couvonicnt for him and his family to attend a performance at fords theatre ono day previous to tho memor- ablo tragedy ho drovo down pennsyl vania avonuo and stopped in front ot the theatre he tore off a margin from tho nowspapcr in his possession and wrote on it thai ho and his family would bo liappy to attend tho next evening the play was our american cousin about this timo mr grover was negotiating with j wilkes booth for a contiuuanco of his contract as an actor in tho ford theatro company booth wroto mr grover a note on a sheet ot paper folded in two soctions saying lie would accept tho rcnowal mr grover tossed lincolnt script into a recoptaclo and ho also put by mr booths letter many years afterward mr grover told mo in looking through an old trunk to get letter and material for o book ho was writing ho camo across- mr booths old letter folded insldo tho fold of tho letter was the strip ot uowspapor lincoln had used to write on princess margaret rose tries out new teeth tho baby daughter of tho duko and duchess of york is now sovon months old and ilko all babies of her ago has cut her front top and bottom teeth and enjoys trying them on anything within reach sho now tries to sit up sho l quick to tako notlco and already recog nizes th030 in dally contact with her sho is fair liko hor slater princess elizabeth but whereas tho lattor boars a marked rcsemblanceto quoon mary tho baby appears to take moro aftor her mothor tho duchess t york it is no crlmo to bo poor unless tha word is applied to fingers