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I United States 20,064,000,000 Bbts, BIG FOUR" OF OIL Middle East 16,000,000,000 Bbls. Soviet Russia 5,735,000.000 Bbls. Venezuela 5,600,000,000 Bbls. Other Countries 3,201,000.000 Bbls. Ninety-tv/o ner cent of the world's p/oven petroleum reserves o. 51,200,000,000 barrels are in sour areas, as shown on the picto-chart above. American interests control 95 per cent of reserves in con- tinental U. S., with Royal Dutch Shell holding other 5 per cent: Americans have interest m or control 32.7 of Imown Middle East reserves; British, 60.4 per cent; and French, 6.09 per cent. Soviet Russia controls all its reserves except small portion under concession to Japan; America controls 74 per cent of Venezuelan reserves; British, 10 per cent; and Dutch interests, 15 per cent CHBOmCLES of mWi FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke Spring tarries, and of course, we tarrj' with it. Not because we want to but because we have no choice. Make up your mind to do some little job outside and what happens? You get absolutely mired in mud. iYou try walking where the going looks good only to find the mud •quelchiiiff ur.der your feet. It you wear rubbers you stand a good chance of losing them; it you don rubber boots then the weight of them impedes your progress. Conies a night with a sharp frost and, by way of contrast, instead of slith- â- eriug around in the mud you go iliding around on the ice, while a cold wind congeals your blood and destroys any energetic ambitions that had begun to make themselves felt. That is what happciLS when you go by tlie calendar. Yon look at the date and you think "Tlie first week in April â€" high time for me to think of getting things shaped around for spring work." And then you vk-orry it you can't get things done. But if we were guided by instinct instead of our co-called in- telligence we wouldn't worry about how or when spring might be ush- â- ered in. « » » Have you heard tlie frogs sing- ing yet? I haven't. Have you seen the first ten<lcr greeu shoots of the daffodils? There are none show- ing in our garden. Are the pus.sy- willows out or shrubs showing any inclination to burst their protective winter shroud? No, because none of these go by the calendar. They don't know that April is here. But they do know that Nature cannot' be hurried; that cvenlually the mud will dry; that cold winds will cease to blow, and warm, life-giving sun •will call to man and nature alikeâ€" "The year's at the spring. .. .all's rig'at with tlie world." • * « * Dear knows there is plenty to do without working around in the mud. If only it were not for that Calendar. . . . Yes, there is plenty to do â€" even if one had no more to do lha^%fi!l out forms. If the war goes on much longer some of u.^i may need a sec- retary. There are forms for this and forms for that until one finds oneself swearing about soincthhig or other nearly every day. Of course I mean "swearing" in a legal IT'S SPRING, TOO ' I The calendar sajrs it's spring, but the crew of this Royal Canadian navy corvette says "Oh, yeah?"' This ship is •pictured, armored in ice, as it returned to base from tour of Nortli Atlantic convoy duty. sense! Last week I spent the most of one afternoon filling out forms of one kind and another. Then I had to chase around town to find someone to swear to what I had sworn. It must have been an of- ficial holiday or something for none of those I wanted to see were around town. Now I think we are through with forms for a little while. We h.tve signed for new- tires; filled out cards for food ra- tion books; gas ration category; special gas ration category; fur- nace guarantee; car licence; driver's permit and radio licence. If Ot- tawa hasn't got us earmarked and dockettcd by now it-certainly should have. The only thing lacking is finger-prints â€" and, who knows, the day may come when they may be required of us too. We have no secrets from the government, but has it secrets from us! ! However, if forms and suchlike help win the war we'll go on filling them. What say you, neighbours? We can't think of Italy and the Invasion yet to be and grumble about our own little inconveniences, can we? And, if, as we flounder through the mud. we think, "Oh, to be in England now that .Vpril's here" we may also remember that along with tlie primroses and vio- lets that adorn the English country lanes there are also other things less beautiful but necessary. Where the primroses are thickest there may also be barbed wire tntanglc- ments or machine-gun or ".Vck- ack" emplacements. Sentries may bar tiie way to anyone whose only mission may be to pick the flowers that grow in the spring. * * « Wait let me s'op a minute and listen. Yes, as I live, I hear a ro- bin singing! I cannot see him but he must be ov»r in the wild apple tree. Joy. oh joy â€" "can spring be far behind?" It's an ill wind . . this cold spring has given us plenty of opportunity to try out our new furnace â€" and we like it very much, thank you. We have also found that it couldn't have been arranged to suit us bet- ter. The check and draft cliains are located in our bedroom â€" and also the smoke pipe. I jump out of bed, let down the check, get back to bed and after a while feci with my foot to see if the smoke pipe is warm enough. Handy, isn't it? Garden Notes Concentrate If the plot 01 vegetables is very tiny, then authorities advise con- centrating on those vegetables which give the biggest yield. This means small, compact things like onions, carrots, beets, lettuce, radish spinach, beans, and possibly a few- staked tomatoes. With the first five items, even 10 feet of row if given a little attention in the way of thinning, cultivation and per- haps watering and fertilizer, should produce three or four good meals for the fair-sized family. And as the rows can be spaced a mere foot apart, a plot a dozen teet each way will grow a lot. Spin- ach and beans take a little more space, but 20 feet of row w-ill fur- nish several meals. Tomatoes ^vill take up still more ro m, but if staked can go in about 13 inches apart. One plant will gr ,w a big basket of tomatoes, and if all side shoots are nipped off and the plant tied loosely to a six- foot stake it will ripon the fruit surprisingly early. First Planting There are some things which must get first growth while the weather is cool and moist. In this, line, of course, are shrubs, vines and trees and other nursery stock. One can hardly plant these too early. There are also those flowers which normally seed themselves. Cover Sneeze, Cough With Your Hankie The genteel hand over the mouth, when one coughs or sneezes, is Miiite inefiective in checking the â- â- â€¢prcad of the conimcm respiratorx diseases the Health League of (.'anada s.iys, urging the observance of .simple rules of hygiene. Cov- ering the sneeze or cough with a handkerchief is good hygiene as wcl! :i> iiovil iiianncrs, it was stat- ed. things like cosmos, corn flowers, marigolds and alyssum. Grass is also in this lategory. In vegetables among the earli- est ones there are several that niu^t get their growth in cool weather. These include peas, s p i n a c h, onions, curly endive, radish and lettuce. One can start to' plant all these just as soon as the driest part of the garden is ready. Three Sowings With most vegct:ib!os, the ex- perts advise making at least three sowings, about ten days to a fort- night apart. In this way the ^.ardeuer is protected .against dam- age which might wipe out one sowing, and the season of garden fresh vegetables will be greatly ex- tended. There are various little ways the experienced gardener uses to hasten things along. With tiny seeds like those of lettuce, onions, etc., sowing will be more economical and need less arduous thhiiiing if the fine ^ced is mixed with a little sand and the mixture spread thinly along the rows. Allow pota-- toes to sprout in a sunniy, warm room for a week or t-.vo and see that sprouts are not broken off in planting. Soak the seeds of beans, peas, beets, corn, etc., before plant- in.i;. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON April 23 PAUL BECOMES A MISSIONARY Acts 13: 1â€"14: 28. ..PRINTED TEXTâ€" Acts 13: 1 â€"4; 14: 8â€"20. GOLDEN TEXT â€" The Holy Spirit said. Separate me Baranabas and Saul for the work whereimto I have called them. .\cts 13; :;. Memory Verse: I will pray unto Teliovj'n. Jeremiah 4-.J : 4. THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING Time. â€" The first missionary jour- ney of the Apostle Paul probably began in A.D. 17 and, if it extended over a period of probably four years, may have terminated in A. D. GO. ' Place â€" The city of Antioch, as we saw in our preceding lesson, was located at the northern ex- tremity of Syria, on the Orontes River. T''e island of Cyprus was directly wvist of Syria in the Medi- terranean. The cities which Paul visited on this journey were, for the most part, in Galatia, w-hich would be the southern part at the country now know-n as Asia Minor. 'One In Christ Jesus' "Now tliere was a: -Vntioc:!. in the church that was there, pro- phets and teachers. Barnabas, and •Symeon that was called Niger. Manaen, the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul." This verse reveals how the Holy Spirit was working among nations and races of all colors and creeds. All w-ere becoming "One In Christ Jesus.' And as they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work w-hereunto I have called them." Notice here the " distinct personality and Godhead of the Holy Ghost. Both men had been called long before, but were now to be solemnly set apart for the special work to which in the divine purpose they had been destined. Messengers Of The Church ''Then, w-hen tlicy had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." This w-as a solemn dedication ^f tiietn to a work in which they were to enter as the accredited messengers of the church. "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Selencia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus." Barnabas and Saul, sent fortli by the Spirit, are the van- guard of Christ's army going forth to deliver men from Satan's domin- ation. The Cripple's Faith "And at Lystra tliere sat a cer- tain man. impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, w-ho never had walked. The same lieard Paul speaKing: who, fasten- ing his eyes upon him, and seeing that he had faith to be made whole, said with a loud voice, stand up- right on thy feet. And he leaped up and walked." The apostle, fhrougii the di>cerimient given by the Spirit, saw that this cripple had faith and w-as a fit object to be made, by his cure, a sign untc the men of Lystra. His faith -saved his soul and nualiiied him for a miraculous bodily cure. Jupiter And Mercury "And when the multitude saw what Paul had done . . . and would have itene sacriiice with tl multi- tudes.'' Jupiter v.as the greatest of the classical deities, "the father of of gods and men'. ^lercury was the god of eloquence and regarded as the 'messenger of the gods.' The city believed itself to be under the protection of Jupiter, and his temple stood, as was usual in front of the chief gate< of the city. Paul's Devotion To Christ "But when the apostles, Barna- bas and Paul, heard of it . . . .\nd with these sayings scarce restrained they the multitudes from doing sacrifice unto them." These words reveal again the strength of Paul's character, his absolute devotion to Christ, and his horror of such adulation. It w-ould l.ave been so easy to accept this worship and abandon the pathway of persecu- tion and of the stones. If men would help the prophet they should pray that he may never accept l!ie garland or the wosliip of men. The Power Of God ''But tliere came lews tliitl'.cr The Book Shelf Alaska And The Canadian Northwest By Harold Griffin This is the story of the opening up of North .-America's last frontier, of what is being achieved to- day under the impact of war and what can be achieved tomorrow. It is the story of a frontier w-hich is both .\merican and Canadian, since it cannot be geographically and econonii--ally separated, em- L-acing an area extending from the Mackenzie River to the Bering Strait, and taking in parts of the Northwest Territories. northern Alberta and British Columbia, the Yukon and Alaska. Throughout the book the em- phasis is placed upon postw-ar pos- sibilities and opportunities, not in such a way as to ignore the war but so as to estimate today's ac- complishments in terms of tomor- row's possibL achievements. The tr-inendous Alaska Hiohway, trans- forming the wilderness, the role of aviation, the oil developments at Abasands and Norman Wells, the settlements in the Matanuska Valley and elsewhere are all dis- cussed in this light. The design of the book is to show the new Noithwest now from Antioch and Iconium and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Pau., and dragged hirn out of t!ie city, supposing that he was dead. But as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and entered into the city: and on the morrow he went forth with Baranabas to Derbe." One moment the heathen mob wa.ited to worship Barnabas and Paul, the next they tried to stone Paul to death. So i; has been to this day because man is so frail, changeable, shorj- sighted. The fact that disciples stood round about Pau! shows his mission had not been in vain. They courageously identified themselves with him. That Paul should rise as one from the dead v.as a striking evidence of the power of God, it was nothing les than a miracle. WAR WIDOW Believed to be the first Ameri- can war widow to visit a hus- band's grave on foreign soil, Mrs. JacK i-ainstcin of iMew York is pictiu-ed kneeling beside th« grave of Sergt. Jacs I-einstein, in American cemetery at Kzarmetzour, Tunisia. She is in North Africa aa member of USO-Camp Shows unit 1 iiiing into being, pushing its frontiers into the Arctic, towarJ .\sia and w-estward to Europe; to demonstrate its increasing import- ance, particularly for postwar re- construction, and to stimulate the I ;5ire of Americans to see the country and to share in its develop- ment. Alaska and The Canadian North- west . . . By Harold Griffin . . . George J. McLeod, Limited . . . Price S3.50. GOES ALL THE WAY Every person wishes his money to go as far as possible. 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