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cher melts, who was employed around
the Imagers, and arranged, through
him, to have an airplane placed et her
disposal
Pat lied made her arrangements
none too soon, fee thab very everting
wPr4 Was flashed to her that the an-
archists. would ge aloft, after mid-
night, and drop bombs on the financial
district in the Shad hope of obliter-
ating Wall Street.
When she was ready to jump into
her waiting motor, Pat stopped long
enough to give play to a pranic that
was destined to cause her no end of
extra trouble. She rang Kelly on the
phone and said:
"Come oneand get me. I'm off to
save Wall street." Then she hung up
the receiver and dashed away in her
motor,. bound for the aviation field.
The airplane she had secured was
ready and waiting for her to arrive,
and it took but a few moments to start
the engine.
When all was in readiness, Pat en-
tered the machine and dashed away
into the night, at the precise moment
three dirigibles, manned' liy the an-
fl'reoii the upper floor of a in arclrists, rose from the earth, in,een-
fn the factory district was•lcnown, and other suburb of New York, and head-
ed fo the heart of the city.
(To be continued.).
PLAYING FOR THE "POILUS"
Groups of Actors and Singers Cheer
Wearied Fighters in France.
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Novelized- front the Motion
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Picture ,Play of the Sarne
h ne hytheUniversial Filnl
Affg:T Co. �' Fy,•4an �Ofe,baAer•
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• et. - Cont'd.
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Their meeting place, in a shall of-.
int the session of the Apaches, held to
• decide what should be done,' Pat de -
Glared she would, herself, undertake
an investigation of . the murderous
plot. Delegating several of her men
to accompany. her, Pat appointed the
time and place where the Apaches
were to assemble for the new adven
tures
f4tist as the meeting in the House
of Mystery was about to adjobrn,'ono
of Pat's Apaches..entered the room,
leading aman whoehed been blind-
folded, with his hands securely' tied
behind hiin. When questioned by the
leader, 'the Apache said: •
"I think this is one of Kelly's men.
We just found him prowling around
the lawn, and thought we would bring
him in." At a signal from Pat, the
scarf that had been bound over the
marls eyes was -removed.
"Why are you prowling around 'My
house?" Pat demanded of the stranger.
"Because I have an appointment
with one of your men. I arranged to
bring these plans," said the prisoner,
as'he fished out of his pockets a'fold-
ed }raper.
-.At that. instant another Apache en-
tered.the room,..and eagerly hailed
Pat's pryloner. The explanation that
followed disclosed to Pat that .the
Mall, was telling, the truth; that he
had'ntatte,an appointment to meet the
v Apache who had lest:entered the room,
and that his capture, had,prematurely
interfered' with the" appointment.'
Investigetemi of - the picas -proved
that dimer were charts -that the an-
arahitel had made,' in' 0'ontemplation
of their air-riiid .on New York. The
Ap_athe had made a friend of the an,
, arehist, and had sedured" itis promise
' 'to deliver the maps. ` •
Very well, satisfied with develop-
ment's thus far, Pat ordered the man.
to be again blindfolded and led from
the room into the open with liberty to
proceed at will. Just then Pat -was
treated to' a surprise.
When Pat's hien led their prisoner
from the room,.'atd 'descended to the
yard by the secret gangway that led
from the side of the house they neg-
leeted to close the exit behind them.
While they were taking their captive
across the lawn, Phil Belly and his
men, who had long been watching for
just such .an opportunity, suddenly
pounced upon the Apaches' and with
well -directed' blows, put them out of
commission.
Disregarding the fate et the blind-
• folded captive, once the Apaches had
been effectually disposed of, Kelly and
his man made haste to enter the house.
They hurried up the runway and 411s -
appeared • inside. - •
As Pat and her mei' were adjourn-
ing, Kelly and his assistants suddenly
appeared in the doorway leading,from
the hall, and covered the Apaches and
their leader with revolvers. The sur-
prise was complete. •
"Hands pp!" Kelly shouted. "We
have you covered. Line up along'the
wall."
One by one the Apaches lined them-
selves against the wall. While one
of Kelly's men searched them for firre-
arms, Pat moved .to the fartleer end
i of the 'table. When Kelly started
i, after her, she moved until Kelly stood
e. at one end of the table, with Pat op-
posite. •
"You, men come to this end .of the
table,"' I{elly commanded" his assist -
ante, "'Keep the men eoemeed, while
I go lifter the girl," was his supple-
mental order when his,, men had
reached his aide.
But before Kelly could move to
snake good his purpose, _the fiber
dropped from under the three detec-
tives, and they were once more
trapped in the same hole where they
had •before nearly lost their lives. Pat
had pushed a button that let the floor
deep from under the detectives.
Felly \vas wild with rage when be
recovered his math, knocked out of
his body by the sudden tumble into the
cellar. One of his men had fortunate-
ly, for the detectives fallen in such a
manner that his body prevented the
sliding sides of the "well" to complete-
ly reach the flooring.
, But for this eiecnmstance, Pat would
have had Kelly lend his men securely
trapped. -
Meartwhile, Pat and her mese, secure
from any danger that might have
threaened through the presence of
Kelly and his men, proceeded with
their plans. The men Pat had dale -
gated to assist her proceeded on their
various missions.
The Apaches spread otit and were
soon, in communication with the an-
archists'; 4.- Believing in the supposed
friendliness of Pat's nien, the eonspfr-
aiore gave valuable information,. all
of which was reported to Pat in time
to be ueeful.
Some time after Kelly had dimes -
peered through the trap, Pat sent one
of her men to release the detectives:
Her investigator reported that the
trap was empty, and the Smile that
overspread the girl's beautiful face
indicated that she was neither sur-
prised nor disappointed. •
Shortly afterward a girl left the
House of M story With a note •• ad-
dressed to the Sphinx. When Pat's
messenger arrived at Kelly's heed -
quarters she Was shown innnediately
into his•apartmeet,
"You have so cleverly escaped 1 has been taking great care of his
congratulate you. Now I challenge men rind using every precaution to ed upon under such cireumsta•nees to
you to iriterfere with my plans to save sefegutircl their health, how the yield an enormous crop of mosquitoes
—indeed,. a continuous and inexhausti-
ble supply for the torture of the stay
at -homes in the warm season.
Scenes from Shakespeare have been
successfully played by British sol-
diers, but the most notable perform-
ances at the front have not been by
amateurs. Mrs. ,Maudadford War-
ren recently enjoyed the opportunity
of travelling with a little group of
French actors' and singers who—like
many others—were giving their ser-
vicos'to cheer the wearied fighters
just behind the fighting line, whose
need -for diversion and relaxation is
well understood. Their entertainment,
although in part patriotic orsenti-
mental, was for the most part gay;
but in the players there was a spirit
of passionate patriotism and devotion
behind the comedy. Here is the de-
scription of a typical performance,
given in a barn, which the soldiers had
cleared out and provided as best they
could with improvised stage, and bur-
lap curtains that two "poilus" stood
ready to pull,' apart.
As we crossed the muddy floor, says
the author, a little string orchestra. of
"poilus" began to ]slay: While the
performers went behind the dressing
curtain I stayed and applauded the
musicians. At the end of"timir piece,
when I told them how good their work
was; the leader said: •
"Ah, madame should have heard us
before the attack at Verdun! We had
some members then; but half of us
were lost in that first half hour,"
When. the orchestra began to play
again 'and the officers entered, I went
behind the curtain. Mme. Dussand
was backed against the wall with her
lips moving and -her beautiful eyes
somewhat glazed.
"If I 'didn't know better," I began,
"I should think—"
"Ah, but I ain nervous," she said.
"It's not the ordinary -.stage fright,
but something deeper, something near-
er my heart. . . Do you know, ma-
dame, that the greatest artists in
France, or the most indifferent, trem-
ble like no, es -before the soldiers, al-
though they are always so responsive,
so devoted—"
Her voice broke and she could not
finish.
The narrator, too, a little later,
grew teary as in the ducky space of
the great barn she peered out from
behind the curtains on the blue, dim
mass of uniforms and those patient,
brave, standing men, who had been
through such horrors, and who' were
waiting so gratefully for the artists
who were going to bring them a little
gayety!
"Ah, madame," said M. Boyer at my
elbow, "do not drive the tears back.
They are :worthy of it, these soldiers
of France. In our hearts, all of us
artists weep whenever ewe play for
them."
In the same spirit, although with
more fire, the singer, Mme. Nina May,
a Frenchwoman from New Orleans,
flasbecrout indignantly when she
learned that the crabbed caretaker of
a provincial town hall had scolded a
soldier audience for tracking mud
over the floors.
"Track mud over yourfloorsi"`cried
the sweet -voiced, gentle, blue-eyed,
blonde lady, with crushing indigna-
tion. "They could track mud over my
heart if they wanted to!"
AWFUL HEAT IN EAST.
A Chaplain Tells How British Suffer
in Mesopotamia.
A -Canadian chaplain with the Me-
sopotamia expedition, in a letter dated
July 19th, to his father in, Toronto,
tells something of the temperatures
the British force has to contend with
in the advance up the valley. At Bass
rah, he says, the Shamal or north wind
continued -td blow up to June, then
cane the heat. It had been runding
into.threq„ figures, but the ten _days
just passecl'•had exceeded records when
the lowest sheds maximum had been
114. For four. "Nye it did not go be-
low 120, and twice] leached 121.6. Iiis
thermometer in tlfe sun had coached
101. In the humidity of Basrah the
heat was terrible, he says. -
"The inen have been going down like
eine-pins with heat stroke. The hos-
pitals, empty so far as' wouhded men
are concerned, have beep crowded out,
thee staffs distracted,
"Yesterday I itsked an officer who
PROBLEM OF RE.
TURNED SOLDIER
WXTU TRADE. TRAINING. nano
• HOBOS AlaD UNINNOWN.
M.H.C. Trade Schools' Are Cauada'e
• Safeguard, Says Authority
On Sociology.
Hoboes are . made .not born. The
alarmist who declaree"that a thread of
vagrancy lies deep in every man, and
sees the war turning back into Can-
ada streams of veterans who will
never settle down again into the uiii-
absolutely
stria] scheme of life is absolo Y
_..
unsupported by the findings of socio-
logical research, according to Dr,
Franklin Johnson, the director of the
Department of Social Service in the
University of Toronto, and one of\the
foremost authorities in his line in
Canada.
"Lack of vocational training," de-
clared Dr. Johnson, "was thechief
contributing .factor in the scourge of
vagrancy which claimed 50,000 men in
Canada before the war began, and the
action of the government through the
Military hospitals Commission in of-
•
fering vocational training to every
man who returns incapacitated for
his former livelihood, isnot only a
safeguard against new recruits being
made by that army of shirkers, but
boon to all of Canada.
Product of Competition.
"No man wants to be a bum. They
are made chiefly through the grind of
competition upon the•reass of unskill-
ed laborers. Once a man finds his
place in life there's a certain adhe-
siveness in association which holds
him in his place.
"Giving the returned man a chance
to learn trades, and allowing them to
make their own choice, as the Com-
mission is doing, will not only benefit
the man and his family but the whole
Dominion.
Trade Develops Responsibility.
"The man who is merely a filler in
the industrial scheme, with no special
part to play rarely develops a •sense of
responsibility. Give him a trade in
which he can become adept and feel
his work is of importance, and he be-
comes not only interested but a re-
sponsible member of society."
The Military Hospitals Commission
is training every returned man, who
by reason of his disabilities is unable
to resume his former occupation, for
a new trade which he is allowed to
choose. Experts who know his physi-
cal limitations, his abilities and the
labor market guide him in his deci-
sion, and thus he is insured against
learning a trade in which he might
not be able to continue long, or one
for which there is insufficient demand.
M.H.C. Records.
The records show that many men
who were laborers, teamsters, well -
diggers, unskilled helpets'ib factories,
etc., have been so trained during their
convalescence as to ' go back into
civilian life as skilled mechanics, of-
fice men and artisans.
Illiterate men have learned to read
and write; and scores have been re-
turned to industrial life to earn sal-
aries larger than they ever enjoyed
before.
MOSQUITOES IN WAR
As Well As in Times of Peace They
Are Instruments of Torture
When the Persians under King
Sepors were besieging the city of
Nisibus, mosquitoes in vast multitudes
fell upon them, attacking not only the
fighting men, but also t�r,,e, elephants
and pack animals. There was nothing
to do but to quit, and the Bersians did
it, the city being thereby saved from
capture and sack. .
Evidently, then, mosquitoes may
play an important part in war. Moses,
apparently, did not think to inflict °a
plague of' mosquitoes on the Egyp-
tians, but this may have been because
they had 'plenty of it already. In
ancient days (according to Herodotus)'
the rich folk of, Egypt, to get away
from mosquitoes, were driven ee. the
expedient of building tall towers, on
the. tops of which they could sleep in
peace.
The mosquito is not a high flyer.
She—for it is the female that does the
biting—does not rise in flight above
the third story of an ordinary home.
One might imagine, then, that the oc-
cupant of a bed on the fourth floor
would be safe. And this idea would
be correct if it wore not for the stairs.
Once indoors, the mosquito can and
does ascend from floor to floor as
readily, as you or I.
Thus it happens that in apartment
houses mosquitoes may climb to the
twelfth or the sixteenth story. Eleva-
tors help them; they get aboard in
company with human passengers, and
in this way obtain transportation,
Some of those that arrive at the top
story fly out of the windows and lay
their eggs in puddles in clogged roof
gutters. Such puddles are a prolific
source of mosquito supply for flat
houses,
Others, oft reaching various floors,
whether by the stairs or by the. con-
venience of 'the elevator, fly over the
transoms of apartments deserted by
tenants for the summer, and lay their
eggs in the bathroom tanks. The
water in such tanks, remaining undis-
turbed for many weeks, may be count -
Wail street," Kelly read aloud from
the note, signed "Pueplo Mask,'
Go bank and tell your mistress for
me" field Kelly to Pat's maid, "that
My- business is to protect, and I warn
TWI' not to go far with her madness,"
he girl withdrew, leaving Rielly along
With hie chief assistant,
"If she tae flee Wall etr et the pa;
"ere will be full of news t al's sure,
Pere
•firm restl-
a Itel � itis leek e�
lY,w pal
elution brightenedd hit face.
Whilethe Side 'wan beingdelivered
'U. Kell, he Q. ueen of thApaches
Wile speeding away In het autotnobiI
Eb ei pl to imp:rtafit details of et
M 'e thwart the artarcl fists, r
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r e nee 'o otic Of a
dienee It .� . iV
if o Ort
Yoali'rt etib s e 'ii aviation
ubr "Wirer a
field was located.
There Pat consulted with one Of
heat was affecting them and he an-
swered, 'It's ghastly, we have been
burying them at the rate. of one a
day. Nearly it hundred have been
sent to hospital in four weeks,'
"Last night I heard that nearly
twenty-five of the clerical ' staff of
general heaclquartere liad been sent
to hospital. The day before yesterday
ureic was a fatigue party tit work in
celep, etery from lour o'clock an the
lnorrtliig $ili,sulldown wotking In tee
1441 digging Vexes, Potty -one were
btttaecl, af; deehi n,•
t"Sltil,.le ftdt a cheerful letter, but
t alight you would like to know
met liaw the sanimer 18 Here in the
,
deadenoff' 1Vdotk,
Sin -legs Not Always Safe.
Don't assume that any spring is
pure, That is one of the greatest
mietakoa you enn make, If the
spring is welling out from deep sandy
Oil, the probability is that it'ls safe,
but if it is coming out of a rock or
near tie surface, it le probably not,
Drink by preference out of the open
lake, whore the dangerous gernis
whieli may be present will be well
scattered, and where sent are not like-
ly to got suets a large number of them
#f they aro present.
A •COURSE . HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE COMPLETE IN
TWENTY-FIVE LESSONS,
Lesson ;CV. Canning Vegetables.
It is absolutely 'necessary that We
incluse vegetables in our daily diet.
The purchasing of cheap or low-grade
canned goods for home consumption is
poor economy. Aside -from the danger
of sielcnese, an inferior article melees
M impossible to have good results
when cooking.
Vegetables,, particularly the 'sue-
eulent ones, are reasonable priced dur-
ing the waren weather, and• owing to
their well-known perishable qualities
they do not. keep ;for any length of
time in their natural state.
An assortment of home -canned
vegetables will prove a most welcome
addition to the pantry during'the win-
ter season, besides saving many times
their. original met. ' • / •
Bacteria cells cover all vegetables,
and unless they are completely steriliz-
ed this bacteria will cause fermenting-
action
ermentingaction to take place in the jar, and
then the contents will be a total loss.
To Can Asparagus
Select perfectly' fresh and young
asparagus. Wash it carefully to re-
move the sand. Peel the stalks care-
fully and trim away all the hard and
pithy portions. Let -it lay in cold
water until all the asparagus is pre-
pared. Then tie it in convenient
bundles for easy' handling while
blanching and cold dipping.
Blanching—Have a large pot of wa-
ter boiling. Place the asparagus in
this; water when it starts boiling and
boil for ten minutes. Remove and
cold dip by dropping into a pan of
very cold water.
Pack into the jars, the tip end down,
as closely as possible. Put a silver
knife in the jar to prevent cracking
while filling with boiling water. Re-
move the knife and put the rubber and
lid in position. Partially tighten and
then process in hot-water bath for two
hours after the boiling has started.
Remove and tighten the lid securely as
possible then invert to cool. When
cold, store the jars in a cool dry place,
Poi.its to remember for successful
results: •
fresThh.e •asparagus 'must be young and
Wash carefully to remove any sand.
Peel and remove the pithy parts.
Blanch and cold dip.
Place a silver knife in the jar when
pouring in the boiling water.
Be pdsitive; that the jars, rubbers
and lids are sterilised and in good con-
dition before using.
To successfully can vegetables, and
inject all food products these foods
most be completely eternized. All
accessories, such as jars, lids and rub-
ber, must also coins under this rule.
Vegetable Structure
The cellulose structure of vege-
tables: is tough and, lbeous in char-
acter, and because of this the vege-
tables require a long time—from three
to five hours—to be completely
sterilized. Many successful Inners
use the old sectioned time metho/1, that
is, to heat it to the boiling point and
cook foieone hour, then seal. Repeat
this process tor three successive days.
This is a •troublesome method which
requires considerable time: for handl-
ing and cooking. Newer and -more
modern methods have, eliminated all
this.
The Cold -Pack Method
This method is now in general use in
all the large canneries, and is much
preferred because it gives -a beautiful
appearance to the vegetables. It can
be successfully accomplished with the
same results in less time than by other
methods.
In using this method, the vegetables
are blanched, cold dipped and then
packed in sterilized jars, the rubbers
adjusted and the lids partially tighten-
ed and then processed.
Cold Dip
Cold dipping of blanched vegetables
is necessary to make themeirm enough
to handle after being »artially cooked
and also to set the coloring matter so
that it will"'not easily dissolve during
the rest of the process..
Be positive that the water is boil-
ing rapidly after the jars have been
placed in the water bath before count-
ing the time for the process.
Remember that no food will spoil
that is absolutely sterilized, that bac-
teria, spores and germs are exceed-
ingly hard to kill and that only long
and careful cooking will accomplish
this.
•
Meatless Days.
The dinners suggested below will
be helpful in following the advice
given by the government on the con-
servation of food,
By studying variety in the use of
cereals, using plenty of milk and fruit
and an occasionalegg dish, the other
two meals can be made inviting and
nutritious.
Vegetable soup
Baked macaroni and cheese
Celery Graham bread
Chocolate cornstarch- pudding,
custard sauce
Cream of celery soup with croutons
Dried lima' beans Buttered carrots
Brown Betty
Split pea soup
French fried potatoes, mashed turnips
Sliced oranges, bananas, pineapple.
Cookies
Cream of tomato soup, crackers
Baked potatoes, spinach
Prune jelly, thin cream Salted peanuts
Rice and nut Croquettes
Scalloped tomatoes, brown bread,
Ripe olives,
Floating island Nuts, raisins
Potatoes O'Brien
Peas Nut bread
Celery and apple salad,
mayonnaise dressing
Hot soft gingerbread, whipped cream
Cream of spinach soup
Caramel sweet potatoes, •Stewer corn,
Rolls
''"Apple pie Cheese
Graham bread: One cupful of flour;
two cupfuls of graham flour, half tea-
cupful of sugar, half teaspoonful of
salt, two cupfuls of buttermilk, one
round teaspoonful of soda. Sift the
flour into a bowl; add the graham
flour, sugar and salt. Stir the soda
in the buttermilk until it foams, then
pour among the dry ingredients. Beat
well, pour into a buttered pan about
seven inches by nine inches, aftd bake
for one hour in a moderate ovens•
Prune jelly: One pound of prunes,
half cupful of sugar, half box of gela-
tine, half pint of cold water, half pint
of boiling water. Wash the prunes,
cover with water and soak ever night;
bring to boiling point, then break open,
remove the stones and press the pulp
through a colander. Soak the gela-
tine in cold water for half an hour,
pour over it the boiling- water, then.
add it and the sugar to the prunes,
pour the mixture into a mold and
stand aside to harden. Serve with
.cream.
"Potatoes O'Brien"; Six raw -pota-
toes, one pint of milk, two tablespoon-
fuls of flour, butter the size of an egg,
one teaspoonful of salt, one-quarter
teaspoonful of pepper, one chopped
green pepper, half cupful of grated
cheese. Peel and cut the potatoes into
dice, niix thorn with the chopped green
pepper and put them into a greased
frrenroof dish, Add the milk gradual-
ly to the flour, then add the salt, pep-
per sad butter and pour over the pota-
toes.: Sprinkle the cheese over the
top. Bake in a moderate oven for
one hour. Serve hot.
Caramel sweet potatoes: Boil, with-
out paring, six sweet potatoes, until
pieces one-third of an inch thick. Lay
tender. Peel, slice lengthwise in
in a buttered baking -dish, sprinkling
each layer with • melted butter and
brown or white sugar. Scatter one
dozen cloves through the dish, Bake
slowly until well browned on top. .If
inclined to brown or stick'too much on
the bottom, add a dash of hot water,
A DOG'S AMBUSCADE.
How He' Outwitted the Coyote With
the Aid of an Ally.
•
In an account of the sagacity of his
dog, Scotch, -Mr. Enos A. Mills tells
his readers in his book Wild Life in
the Rockies that the dog objected to
the coyotes that lived on a rocker slope
near the author's cabin. Into the
tangled forest of pines the coyotes al-
ways retreated • when Scotch gave
chase, and into this retreat he dared
not pursue them. So long as the
coyotes sunned themselves, kept quiet
and played, Scotch merely watched
them contentedly from afar; but the
instant they began to howl and yelp,
he raced over and chased them into
the woods. .
One day, when Scotch was busy
driving the pack into the woods, a 1
coyote that trotted lame with the
right foreleg emerged from a rocky
crag at tho edge of the open, ran to
the rear of Scotch and set up a chorus
of yells and howls, to the great annoy-
ance of the collie, hvho at once raced
back and chased the noisy taunter into
the woods, But Scotch no sooner
turned to the rest of the pack than the
cunning coyote came out again and
defied, him. Once more Scotch had to
chase '.the coyote into the pines, and a
few moments later he had to repeat
the manoeuvre, Ile cane back from
this chase panting and tired and ob-
viously worried,
The incident seemed to prey upon
him to such an extent, says Mr. Mills,
that I became a little anxious about
him, One day when I went for the
mail, I allowed Scoteh to go with ine..
At the post office he paid little atter-
tion to the doge that, with their mas-
ters, were assembled there, and held
himself aloof from them, squatting on
the ground with head erect and almost
an air of contempt for them; but it
was evident that ,he was watching
their every move. When I started
homeward he showed great satisfac-
tion by leaping and barking.
That night w'ie wild and stormy,
and I c• nthel-1 to go out and enjoy:
the ate,,. eelen wind-swept crags,
Scotol • spent wben I culled'
him; and so I went alone. Not until
the next morning did the dog come
home, and then he was accompanied
by a collie that belonged to a rancher
who lived about fifteen miles away. I
remembered seeing the dog at the post
office the day before. •
In the afternoon I heard the varied
voices of the coyote pack and went
out with my glass to watch proceed-
ings, wondering" what part the visit-
ing collie would play.
There went Scotch, as I supposed,
racing for the yelping pack, but the
visiting collie was not to be seen. The
pack boat the usual retreat, and while
tho dog that I supposed to be, Scotch
was chasing them into tho •woods out
came the limping coyote, hurrying to-
ward the willow clomp front behind
which he was accustomed to yelp tri-
umphantly in Scotch's rear.
The lame coyote came round the
willow clump as usual and threw up
his head as if to bay. Then the un-
expected happened. On the instant a
collie that I now recognized as Scotob
leaped out of the willow olumli and
came down upon the coyote's back,
They, rolled about for some time be-
fore the coyote shook himself free
and started for the woods, only to be
grabbed again by the Visiting collie,
For a time both dogs fought the
coyote fiercely; but he at last tore
himself free and escaped . into the
pines, badly wounded and bleeding, I
never saw him again. That night the
visiting collie went home. As Scotch
was missing for a time, I think • he
may have accompanied his ally at
least a part of the way.
Instead of waiting until Johnny's
trousers are worn out at the knees,
biste a square underneath while new.
Tho knee will then wear es long as any
part.
But when they strike'tlte surface of
tate earth, their onergy is transform-
eel into hoot, by which the ground is
warmed, Air is warmed by contact
with the warns g=onnd; aid the warm-
ing of the lower air gives rise to air
eti,rreilts that distribute the. 'heat
through the atmosphere,. -•
From Erin's Green We
NEWS BY 111411, FROM 1111?,
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings to the Emerald tale 01
Interest to Irish-
men.
Largo quantities of hay have been
destroyed along the banke of the
,Shannon River owing to the abnormal
height of the water.
For gallantry and the securing of
valuable information, .Lieut. C. E,
Plowenan, an Athy man, has been
awarded the Military Cross,
A young Cahir soldier named Ma-
loney helped to save the life -of an
English officer by allowing some of
his blood -to be infused .into the
other's veins.
Word has been received from the
front that Lieut. N. Allwyn-Smyth, In-
niskillings, nephew of the Protestant
Primate of. Ireland, has been wound-
ed a second time.
Martin. Downes, Dublin Fusiliers,
and formerly well-known in Ireland
as a footballer, has siceeumbed to
wounds received in action at the
front.
For stealing a wrench from a har-
vesting machine at Wexford Station,
James Spencer was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment. -
P, Hession, Attnagh House, Bally-
macward, has purchased a farm of
160 Irish acres et Ballydonelan, near
Loughrea, for 11,210.
Patrick Mulldowney, Marysborough,
has been elected secretary of the
Queen's County Insurance Society.
A Jew, named,, Sidney Bostin, was
fined 12 for selling matches at the
Tipperary Agricultural Show without
a license.
The Athlone Guardians have pro-
vided a young man with an artificial
]Mcg to enable him to continue his em-
ployment.
The New Ross Urban Council have
reduced the cost of lighting the town
by dispensing with twenty-three of
the public lamps.
Chairman Horgan of the Public
Health and Dwellings Committee of
Cork Corporation, says that the hous-
ing conditions of the poor in Cork
were deplorable.
Private William Rutledge, Royal
Irish .Fusiliers, a native of Manor-
hamilton, and who recently was
awarded the Military Medal, has been
killed in action.
Owing to the demand for Shannon
River fresh water fish in England,
the price in the local market is six
times greater than formerly.
Michael Hunt,"Milltown, Castlerea,
has been officially notified of the
death, in action, of his son, Private
Michael Huttt, Irish Guards.
Private Patrick Curtin, R.A.M.C.,
Midieton, has been awarded the Mili-
tary Medal for conspicuous bravery
in the recent fighting at Arras.
Greenland's interior is estimated to
be covered by a shield -shaped cap of
snow and ice not less than 0,000 feet
or one mile in thickness.
-Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God
who made him sees
That half a proper gardener's work is
done upon his knees;
So when your work is finished, you
can wash your hands and pray
For the Glory of the Garden that it
may not pass away!
And the Glory of the Garden it shall
never pass away. —Kipling.
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Fon deftest•
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For romoying' ;
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For dlWnfootlna a�
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AUTUMN COLORS.
The Falling Leaf Iles Voided Its
Chioraphyli to the Parent' Stem.
The leaves which aro now falling g off
and carpeting the lanes and coppices
are veritable chemists.
After a sunny summer day, if you
take a leaf and dip it in a solution of
iodine, the green alters, as if by magic
into an indigo tinge. The reason is
that the leaf was filled with starch,
and the idoine has revealed its pre-
sence by a slight chemical change.
Leaves make. starch for their plants
out of the itis we breathe, and out of
the rain, and out of a few "salts."
But while the lerif contains starches,
proteids, and sugar necessary for the
plant's life, it also contains a sub-
stance known to the chemist as chloro-
phyll green. .Chlorophyll gives to the
leaf its ,emerald tint, and on the pro-
sence of this tint, in the summer
fields, the life of a man depends.
Chlorophyll green is the only sub-
stance which can break up rocks and
stones, converting them into starches
and sugars.
This is where autumn begins ite
extraordinary work. If the chloro-
phyll contained in the plants were to
perish with the "fall of the leaf,"
there would be an end to the vegetable
kingdom, and "man the biped" would
also disappear!
Long before the leaf falls the chloro-
phyll is yielded up to the parent stem,
also the starch and the proteids, and
the denuded foliage gives us our au-
tumn tints.
CROP WORTH $930 AN ACRE.
Broom Corn Provides Three Profitable
Harvests Annually in Texas.
Harvesting three crops e of broom
corn from one planting in a single
season, the yield from each cutting
being about one ton to the acre of
broom corn, is "what is being accom-
plished in this section of the lower
Rio Grande Valley, Texas, this year,
The average price received for the
brush, which is used in the manu-
facture of high grade brooms is $310
per ton, or a total of $980 per acre.
In this region, which only a few years-
ago was . a wilderness of mesquite
trees and prickly pear, situated more
than 100 miles from the nearest railrss• -�„ �
way outlet there is being rapidly de • -
veloped the greatest broom corn grow-
ing industry in the United States.
There is- being grown here this sea-
son 40,000 acres of this product and
the extremely high prices which deal-
ers are paying for the brush are
bringing fortunes to many farmers.
The fact that the growing season is
practically continuous throughout the
twelve months of the year makes the
possibilities of the industry unusually;
attractive.
The first planting is usually made'
in January, and as rapidly as one crop;
is matured it is cut and from the:
stubble there is quickly produced a
second and third crop. All of the
broom crop in the valley territory is
grown by means of irrigation.
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you cannot take chances on
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Canadiaals iaa've enjoyed the
creamy, fragrant skin heeling
lather of Dairy's Urwus Soap—
the Standard in Canada for
nursery use, on account airs
known purity. :n n(
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No matter where you live PARKER Service is right,
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Our sefvice to distant customers'15 direfully handled
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