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Sunday School Lesson Farm Notes Lily Pool* Lily |i(ioI.i range from a simple) tiiii ^un« 9. Letton X â€" Th* Story of tha , R«chablt*(â€" Jeramiah 35: 5)1. Qol- ( den Text â€" W« will drink no wine. â€" J«r«mlah 35: 8. ANALYSIS. THE TtSTI.SC OK THE nWHABlTKS, II. TIIKIR KXAMPLE 1 RCKI) A3 A US.SO.N TO THE .MEN or JIDAH, VS. 16-1'J. i I I},v.d.» and ajfaimt evildolngr of every I kind, vs. H, L">. Compare Jeremiah'* jowii denunciation of idolatry in chi. 2, 3 and 10, and of other forms of evii- iloinjf in chs. 7, 0, 22, etc. It is borause of this indilTercnro and disobedience, the prophet declare*,' let '"«> <•<« Riound, to ceinmit Hud that (iod is about tr> biniK upon .Iu-|!iton« taiik.4. Small ]ak«:s and Ktr«uiU3 <luh the (treat cnlaniitieii wlticli he has in and lliroiiKU the Kmden are usually foretold, V. 17. And l)«cause of thc;r obedience tiwl will bestow huch ble.^.s- int; upon the Kechabites that that tribe shall never want a man to stand before him. How this promise wan fulfilled to them in thc-ir subsequent history we do not know. One hundrfid nutslile the range of tlio amateur gar- (leiier. It U i»is!iilil», however, in many Kardenii, to Imve a Hniall pool, parllcularly where ruuiilnj; water la uhlaliiabli*. Of cxiur.se, If there i< a parllculnrly A.l).. mentions "priests and sons of *"a^'n""" "' <â- "' I'""' »'"! PudUliliK Dip Rechab" as living in New Testament bottom and sldej with clay need be times. I ilone. If clny U not pre.sent, the hot- The true sons of Rechab, or Rechab- torn ami hides must b« cemented. In ites, however, are tliose in every aKeLiUier case. U will be well to dU who are wil.nK for conscience sake to {„,,. p„„ ,, ,„ j,,|„„ „, ,, ,„ ^^ stand apart from customs of their i, , , , , , ,, , , , time, and to abstain from indulRcnces !""'»'« "' «'""' ''"'"'"« '"«'"• '''''"« of any kind which they lK>licvc to be dislnbuted over its bed, and tlieu harmful, who prciierve with hiRh re solvo and pure motive, clean and healthy traditions of a past of which they arc not ashamed. <• • and lifty and nioie years later a mem- j moi.Hl spot In the Karden, llie loca- ber of this tribe, Malchiah, the 8on tion of «tich a pool Is not dlrtlcnli m - . •"f Rechab. helped Nehomiah rebuild sulect. Hut fallins this, an Hrtilbial iNTRoniCTU.N - It will be remem-i'!',^ ^'[.''"f "' .•'*''."*"''-*I"' '^'•^J?,- ''.v.'''- , pool c:iu easily be miido at cnmpara- bercd that Jehoirl-m was the second' V* "1, '"^'.';'''f" f, '^«, V^T *" Uvely small cost. If there Is a .lay^-v K.n of Josiah u> come to the throne 'i^::'''J^:^T\^''^^^J^:y^^^^^>soll. no.hln, further than .I.e'o.v tif Judah, succ.'-diDK *>'» UnforlUlate '!"]»'â-  wiiiinR in ine second leniury brother, jehoahaz (or Shal'um;, who had be<'n taken <;aptive to Kgypl, cli. 22: 10 12; •_' Kings Ti: U-'M. Of .le- lioiakiin nothing jjood is recorded "lie did that which was evil in the siicht of the I-ord." Jeremiah denounces his Climes in strong language in ch. 22: );'â- â€¢.'!•- Ho had paid it high prica for his elevation to the throne by the Kgyptian King Pharaoh-ncchoh, which he exacted from the people by taxa- tion, 2 Kings 23: 35; 2 Chron. 'M: 3, 4. While very little is told us of hi* reign in the books of history we learn from freijucnt declarations of Jere- miah, whose prophetic niini.stry con- tinued through its whole extent, that the old practices of idolatry which had been banished by Josiah were restored, with all their abominations, that Basl nn<l Ashtoreth were worshipped even in the temple precinct.s, that infant sacrifices were olTered to Moloch in the valley of Ilinnom, and incense wa.s burned on the hou.--c-tops to the star gfxls. The [leople, Jeremiah says, '•are turned back to the iniijuities of their forefathers." So widespread is this evil in the days of Jehoiakim that he »a\s again, "Kor according to the nuni- i>er of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the nunitx-r of the streets of Jeru.saleni have ye set up altars . . . t« burn incen.se to Baal," ch. 11: lO-l.*?. There was need f'>r plain words to be spoken against this monstrous e\il, and here, in the lesson of today, Jeremiah contrasts the fidelity of the Rechnbites to their ancestral tradition with the ajiostasy of the men of Judnh from tho pure service of the Cod of their fathers. I. THE TESTI.SC OP THE HECH MUTES, The Recliabites were dwellers in tents like the wilderness Arabs. They aeeiii to have been a branch of the Kenites (1 t'hron. 2: 55) with whom Moses had lived centuries before in the land of Midiaii (.see Judges l:!*!), arid vho had come to live with the people of Judah, Num. 10: 2y-;j2. They were worshippers of Jehovah, and were evidently warmly and loyally at- tached to the religion and to the cus- tonis of their fathers. Ordinarily they lived a nomad life, not cultivating the land, but pasturing their flocks .ind herds in open, unoccupied parts of the country. At this time, when a t'hal- dcan army was invading the land, they | Ijust. had come into Jerusalem for safety,] HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. leave room for a depth of 2'j feet of valer fil lis cenlro. gradually de- creasing lis depth to 9 Inches or loss at tim sides. ,\ broad border should surround tho pool for the culturo of plants wiilcli love inoistiiro but which are not truly aipiatic. A few larse, IrreKiilar stones partly embi'dded in this bordirr will form an excellent roc- kery whereon moLsturelovIng Alpine plants may ba Rrown if desired. Small tubs may be Inserted in Iho pool coii- tainins lily root."", no that they may ea.-ily bu removed for winter .storaso. .\ few Koldfi.sli In tho jiool will add cliarm and prevent the pool from be- coming a breeding ground for the mo.s- qnilo. Of course, koiihj provision must lie made for tho supplying of fresh water to the pool and also overflow pipes to carry off the siiri>lus water. .Miniature pools may be formed by sinking Iialv((s of large barrels in I he Kroiiiid. and If a few nails are driven In near their toiis and lumps of coke, stones or clinkers <overed with ce- ment are attached there, pretty lit- tle decorative jmols niay bo formed. (Kev. (i. W. Tebbs. before the On- tario Horticultural Association.) The Illustration Station* Answering a iiiioslion about the operation of Ilia illustration station.* siipervl.sed by the K.vperimenlal Karnis Uranch, asked by a member of I'ariianient in the House of Commons, the Hon. Dr. .Motherwell, Minister of Agriculture, explained that the (lov- eriinieiit does not operate the ISi! il- liistiation stations distributed over Canada, but ths Department does hIvo tliu operators some assislance. He KT r-rvj T« • • i';aid, "Tho IHiislration .irea of mnn"» â-  No. ,<)1. Designed in si/.e.s 10, IS.jf^nn Inclmles only that part of It -0 ycai.s and 3ti, ;J8, 10 and 42 inches | ,,o„ii„s on a well ,ravelle,l road and vraries In area from elKht or ten to Canadian Air Mail Plane Establiahet World's Record â-  ' I H I J. | Canada, In proportion to her size. Is making greater practical use of air- craft than any other country and the "work" records of Canadian airplanes are regarded as even mora important contributions to the advancement of aviation tlian the endurance and other stunt achievements of other countries. Canada's latest and most Impressive practical record In air is in speedy delivery -of air mail and Capt. D. S. Bondurant, pilot for Canadian Airways, as a result of a record flight between Toronto and Montreal, now holds the world's air mail speed record. Capt. Bondurant. flying a I'airehild "71", powered by a Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine, on March 21st, covered the .'?40 mile* from Toronto to Montreal in just one hour and forty-four minutes, and this has now been established as the world's fastest air mail fliglit. Remarkable as this time is, Capt. Bondurant would have bettered It, but for fig encountered a little over 100 miles from Montreal. Up to this point he had flown 215 miles in Just 60 minutes, main'aining a speed of over ZVi miles a minute. Throughout the reoord-breaking flight Capt. Bondurant reported perfect performance from his plane which was fueled with Imperial Aeroplane Spirits and lubricated with Marvelube Motor Oil. mid ha(i apparently been permitted to 1 pitch their tenls in .some oiien space [ within the city walls, v. 11. j Jerenria'h is commanded l< give; them wine to drink (v. 2). No doubt ho is quite sure when he does this that • the Rechabites will not break tho law 1 Write youi- nair.e and addres.s plain- ly, giving nuin' er and size of .'â- uch patterns a.* you want. Knclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferied; wrap it carefully) for eaeh nunil)er, and address your order to Wilson Pattern forty acres, I'or the pilvllei;e of say- ins what crops shall bo Mrown, what rolalion shall be followed and how and when ciillural oiierations shall lie performed, the I>e|)arlmi-ilt pays tht? owner or o|ieralor a small ainonnt (^.'i _- â€" ^ . lier acre) each year. The inirpos" of of their tribe. But he apjilies the test ! -^ervice, ..I West Adelaide St., Toronto.; ,|,h^o stations is to demonsirato the in order, by their example, to lonvince' Patterns sent by an early mall. tho men of Judah of their own infi-' delity. He brings them into the house of (he Lord, "into one of the rooms elected round the temjile courts," and sets before them bowls of wine. Their reply is what he had exp<'cted, "We will drink no wine," vs. :5-(). Jonadab, the son of Rechab, is men varietin.* of the different crops, the cultural nielhoiis and the rolalion.s thai have been found to Kivo the best lesiilts on an ex]ieriinenl.il farm or ;.latioii where coiiilltlous him jndi;i-d to be similar to those which inniiitain on the Illustration station under consideration. The Well-to-do Farmer ! Qnebeu Soleii (Mb). It is falso to say that BBriculliiro doesn't pay. when we compare It with other (u-cnpatlons and professions. Wo believe on the tioned in 2 Kings 10: I5.'2« as one'of j eontrary that the culllva.or htts had; ...,.,„, i,„,.vesled off these II those who supported Jehu in his revolt I a good year, when .after having against the liings of the house of brought up and educated his chili Ahab, and who seems to have nppiov. lie has Boniellilng left at the end. fd the bloody deeds with which Jehu Very few salaried people can say as sought, iiot only to destroy all the i mniii Wa niii ,<nt tr,, un f,,. a, t,> ' n-i . â-  ,< .i - ' â- ' mucn. we win not go so r.ir as to, 'ihls Is tha season of heavy ohk [iro- say that fanning really makes any-^ .i,,,.,!,,,, ^i,,.,, „|„ci(.s not rerjulied to body rich, at least in the Kast of Can- ,|,ePt the daily demands ar,. soing into ada; but we can slate that. In normal ,.ni,i Ktoiane to be brouKlit out for use ' i histiatioii stations are, of course, tho properly of tiii> men operating them." The Storing of Eggi king's hou'ie, but also all the worship pors of iiaal. He shared Jehu's "zeal for the Lord," which, according to the ideas and practices of that time. security. Thousand* of our farmers who somelimes coni|ilnln <it llieli- lot are much tiiore comfortably situated, though they niay not know it, than four-fifths of the rest of the world. sought to overcome a false religion by Hnies, It gives a man comfort and ^^l„.„ ,,i,)dU(tion is low. The storint; deeds of bloody violence. See Hosea's condemnation of the.'se deeds a hun- dred years later, Hosea 1 : 4. Jonadab's commands were no doubt in continuance of the ancient custom of his people. They rei|uired not only ab-^tinenco from wine, but also that the people should not build houses, nor cultivate the land. They regarded, perhaps, the confined life of the cities and towns and the hard labor of the fields as a departure from the «|nplic- ily, iiurity, and rompHintivo heallli of tha open air tent life of their ances- tors. (See vs. 6-10.) II. THEIR EXAMPLE 1 RCEI) AS A LESSON TO THE MEN OK JLIIAll, VS. 15-19. The Grain Surplus Le Devoir (ind.l: DuiiiiK the War an nhiindunce of wheat was blessed by everybody. In these days some people consider that It ha* lis liicon- , ,, , , , veniences, from the point of view of 1'.*. '1""' '."".«':". ''','V?.'":" ,'"''...':?""''," /'/ the price. Man la never content of eg.i;* is greatly Improved In recent years --so much so, indeed, tliat stored eggs are no Iniiser litoked upon with suspicion and doubt. Kkcs lUat go into sloraKe have to be stiliinltted to llio caudlins process which doter- inines ilefinllely their (niallty. Only those thai are in iirime conditiou are ever put away in storage qiinrters. The modern cold storanu for egii* Is a highly sanilary place not only In tliA manner In which it Is maintained. either It rains too much or It doesn't Tho temperature Is held at all times The prophet compares this steadfast poor or It Is loo good, which does ain enough: either the harvest ,« ;<• ose to the rost line and of sudAou- , u 1= .„„ „,„.,i «i,i,.i> ,i-.n. »i-*'«"'-y ^'IH" resiH-ct to molstui-e as loyalty of the Rechabites with the in- difTerence of the men of Jerusalem and Judah to the words of the I^rd spoken ' to them by their propliets. The pro- fihets of Israel ;.nd Judah had spoken 1 loth Hgainst tho wor-'hips of fal.se' not prevent. In many countries, as lo reduce evaiiorallon to the smallest in Iliilain, in the mining districts.- I""K"'«- Nut ""l.v are the eg^s graded thousands of peopda suffering from liunser, des|ii'e Ilia biiji last twelve niontls. when put In, hut the resillalion.< gov crops of the' '"'"'"ff "K*^"' covered by the Live I Slock and Live Slock Products Act, adminislered by the Department of ARricnlluro at Ottawa, require that they should aKain be graded when they are brought from the storage chamber to go into commerce. The usual egg cold storage in Can- ada is what is known a* dry cold sloraf;e into which egKs are jilaced In their natural state. In Western Can- ada many of Ihe eggs are put throuKh an aildltional process before being lilaced In the storage quarters. The fresh egg* are immersed for an In- stant ill hot oil which not only steril- izes hut seals lip the shell, preventing evaporation from within and con- tamination from without. After treat- ment in this way Ihe egg* are put through a sandblast machine, which removes the excess oil and restores tha bloom of a fresh egg. They are then cold stored In the usual way. With the marketing of only graded esKs, whether fresh from the fari^is or out of storage, tha losses from bad eKRs has been almost eliminated in eRg merchandlslug. A Disease of the Hyacinth The h.vai inlh bulb i« subject to a disease tliat, when once admitted, does miicli daniace to the plantation. It I* especially important In commer- cial llelds for il* exceedingly destruc- tive effect upon tha iilanls. l!nder fa- vourable condition* it spread* from hull) to bulb until tha whole planta- tion is destroyed. The disease known a* Yellow Disease I* descvibed in a new pamphlet niimberell 104 of the Depailinent of ARibultiire at Ottawa, written by Mr. F. L. Drayton, plant paiholo.Rlst. Who made a study of this and other disease* of bulb* In Holland a year or so ago. The disease appear* first as a yel- lowing of the till* of tho leave* which afterward* dry up. It spread* to the bull), which soon begins to decay at the base, deslroyiiis; It* usefulness either for iilanling in the garden or forcing In Ihe house. Certain vari- eties are less subject than others lo attack. Among the most resistant are said to be Oertrude. (Jrand Maltre, King of tho Blues, King of llie Yel- lows and Yellowhammcr. The disease Is recognized a* a serious one In Hol- land, wheri Mr. Drayton observed the mean* that are \ised to secure con- trol. Speclally-tralnod men are em- ployed by tho growers to Inspect tho fields during tho growing season. Bulbs showing disease aro each covered with a pot without a hole In the bottom and the plants near by are pprayed with a fungicidal solution Kilch as a Ave per cent, strength of formaldehyde. Tha bulb* under the pots aro allowed to remain until the crop is hrrvested when Iho diseased ones are destroyed by burning. Other practices for control are described In tho pamphlet which shows by Illus- tiatidii the appearance of a diseased bulb cut crosswise and lengthwise. (Issued by the Director of Publicity, Dom. Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ont.) Undesirable Immigrants Winnipeg Liberie (Ind.1: (Central Kuropeau immigration in the West is creating an undesirable element In the urban centres.) We are faced with a definite task â€" lo keep a watch on these dangerous groups and to transform them . into desirable ele- ments. Now that we have been sub- jected to till* type of Immigration, we must absorb It, and not let ourselves be absorbed by It; It Is Incumbent on us to communicate our sense of order to It, instead of allowing our- snlve* to be <lragged along In their disorder; we must make them under- stand that when they changed their hemisphere they also changed their atmosiihere. Too many colonists make Ihe mistake, when they come to Cajiada. of trying to bring their coun- tries with them. Instead of accepting ours. The Return of the Exiles Lo Monde Ouvrler (Ind): Why all the weeping and walling over the lot of our brothers who live under the sunshine of the Stars and Stripes, and who live better than any of us here do, in the land of our ance.stors? . . . If we sometimes hear of tho unfort- unate conditions In which they live â€" and In soma places they certainly know how to exploit them systematl- cfkUy- that Is no reason why we should cry out on Ihe housetops that our people find life untenable with our neigl.bors, that they live In misery and would be happy and content to find theniaelve* once again on their own land In the village where they were born. Wo admit that sometimes some of them do not succeed as liioy should, and that homesicknessâ€" which i* their greatest foe â€"becomes a powerful factor in their desire to re- turn home, but to conclude from this that Canadians woild do much better to return home In a body, I* far from the fact, especially when we compare the conditions which have prevailed for soniH years In this '"prosperous" Canada of ours, .^ "Pa, what Is a rare volume?" asked Clarence. "It's a hook that conges back after you have loaned If," replied Pa. At! Insane person I* just like a sane one -only more so. â€" Dr. Kdna Ileibreder. KOOKNKWiS "White Narcissus," by Raymond Knister. (.MacMUlan's, Toronto. |2); ThI* Is one of tho most siguiflcaiit Canadian novels yet wrlttaa. It con- tains many of the element* of great-' ncss; in place* It rises to poetic heights. But it Is an unsatisfactory book. Ill "White Narcissus" Knister found a vehicle that might at ones have placed him In the ranks of the world's imiiortant writers and secured him reco.?nitio lias such. Vufortiinately, he will probably have to wait tor thU distinction. The book Is essentially tragic. Its figures aro sombre and heavily drawn. j The circumstances with which Itj deals are inevitably calamatou*. Chap- ter by chapter the story goes forward towards but one logical conclusion. Knister pointed this out in every sen-! tcnco he penned. Swiftly, as the story unfolds, the dramatic Interest grows to the point of tensity. The last chaj)- ter i* a complete letdown of every- thing that precedes. It is a hard thing to understand why Knister tacked onto his .story a happy, conventional, mechanical conclusion. It Is nearly inconceivable that the man who wrote as he writes and con- ceived the background and characters of "White Narcissus" could make such a mi-stake. The book proves, however, that Knister Is a writer of unusual calibre. It promises that he will write books that will live longer than their au- thor. Anyone interested in the prog- ress of Canadian letters, such as they are, should read "White Narcissus." "Ilieronymus Fracastorins and Hi* Poetical and Prose Works on Syphilis," by the Honourable Wil- liam Renwlck RIddell, LL.D., D.C.L.. F.U.H.S., etc.. President Canadian' Social Hygiene Council. Published, by the MacMUlan's in Canada.' Price, $3.00.) This, the most recent literary work of the distinguished and versatile Mr. Justice Hidden is appropriately dedi- cated to "Dr. Cordon Bates and the Staff of the Cauadlan Social Hygieut, CouucU." "I, as a somewhat diligent student of mediaeval Philosoph.v, had read the poems of Fracastorlus," the author stated in his preface, "and had ad- mired his mastery of Latin and hi* skill iu moulding the uncouth termin- ology of early medicine and philoso- phy into smoothly-flowing hexa- meters; but I had not seen any ad- vantage in paying attention to tho content rather than the form. Read- ing his poetry, I thought it well to read his prose as well, and, rather to my astonishment, I found a mine of entertainment In his prose works also. The shrewd guesses and practicality of Fracastorlus must strike every reader; while no student of the his- tory of medicine can aCtorJ to leava hira unread." "It You Know What I Mean," by Jos- eph Kaston MacDougall. (MacMU- lan's, Toronto. $2.00.1 MacDougall, as the oditor of "Ooh- liii," Is no stranger to tha Canadian public but the MacDougall who pre- [sents the verses In this volume Is far more refreshing than we believed any Canadian writter to he. Books of verse, it is understand, are not usu- ally profitable commercially, bnt this one deserves, and will probabVhave, a wide sale. There is no pretense about either tha book or writer. The work is de- scribed on the cover as "nonsense verse." U Is that, of course, but more. Some of the rhymes are decidedly clever. All but one or two are witty and mirlh-provoking. A number are exceiitioimlly penetrating and contain comment* of a pungent flavor on the lighter side of human cudeavor. Smiles Will you smile and malce others happy, or be crabbed and make every-' l)ody miserable? You can live among flowers and singing birds if you will. Tho amount of happiness which you can produce is incalculable, if you will' only show a siling face, and speak pleasant words. <^ Activity may lead to evil, but Inae- tlvlty cannot be led to good. BS- X\ MUTT AND JEFFâ€" â€"By Bud Fisher. A One Way Brain On a One Way Street.