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It was six months since Mary Col- lins had died. She had been a quiet ‘ Woman and was never in the forefront of anything; but after she had gone people were amazed to find how closely she had been interwoven with all the village life. She had not indeed been In the forefront, but she had been at the warm, beating heart of it all. Even inow, after half a year, no event hap- pened in the village that some one did hot say wistfully, “It seems as if Mary Collins might come in any minute!" E I Martha Brooks, who had been spend- :lng the afternoon with Mrs. Thayer,‘ had been talking of Mary for some time; Mrs. Thayer had been Mary's glosest neighbor. Presently a silence tell between the two women, a tender 'cilence full of memories. ' - -- «L- LnA Bueuce Luu u; A ............ Martha Brooks broke it. She had been looking absently out the window, and suddenly something unusual fcaught her attention. “Why, Ada, you’ve moved your dahlia bed!" she exclaimed. ..- ,__-:L€..n Mrs. Thayer smiied for you to notice that, along the path,â€"no, the path to Mary's." Mrs. Brooks turned Mary’s led along the through an orchard; 2 to the orchard the dah Ing and splendid in the “Why,â€"what,â€"â€"" Mrs. “v‘ v" ..-...__ ty's little path of remembrance to be something she never can forget. She" has every one of the dahlias named for some lovely gift or service. That long line of scarlet ones is for the‘ weeks when she had scarlet fever and‘ Mary came over every night to relievei me: the variegated one is for the bits‘ of silk and ribbons Mary used/to save for Betty’s dolls-~and so on. Some of them would sound funny to you or me, but my little girl never will forget what it means to be a neighbor." “It's a queer notion, but I guess I like it," Mrs. Brooks replied.’ THE PATH TO MARY'S. SELLING OLD ROOSTERS. If you have a steam pressure cooker try using the old roosters at home. About an hour at flffzgen pounds pres- 4.uv‘.. ..._ vs , sure will make an old rooster, ln ourv‘ cooker, become about as tender as a springer. The meat» drops from the bones and is fine for chicken pies and pressed chicken. When you sell old roosters to private customers without steam pressure cookers they may half cook the birds and claim they were tough. which is the case. A few meals of tough chicken sicken them of poul- try :‘nd soon the beef steak market is bencfitt’ing while the poultry market loses a customer. Unless old male birds are unusual} breeding value I think it is best to killE them, as this reduces the summer and; full feed bill. 'Of course they must be ropiaced by cockerels, which also take', feed, but I find that well developed! cockerels are more apt to produce a5 larger per cent. of fertile eggs than! older male birds. When selling old cock ‘nirds to city dealers I find they do not often like them at any price but will buy them at. the rate of about 2 males to 20 hens. Some dealers will buy them all at the same price per pound and then deduct one pound for each cock bird in the crate. This saves 2 males to 20 hens. Some dealers wm|: buy them all at the same price per‘ pound and then deduct one pound for‘ each cock bird in the crate. This saves‘i using a separate crate for the male birds and saves some time in weighing in the consignment at the market. ' i It often pays to trade with the dealâ€"‘ ers to whom you wish to sell poultry meat. After buying a pound of sir- loin and half a dozen pork chops, the dealer smiles and asks if there is any- thing else. Then you say, “Yes, sir. Would you be able to use four old roosters and forty hens next Thursday morning? They are fine plump birds and we will deliver them at the back door at exactly the hour your man wants to dress them." This often re- L4 About the House meat. 1 loin and dealer SI thing 01 Would roosters farmer they Vi buyin they take 1 may . have bot the pay 1 speed u; g a fe“ standmg it. with 53 almost ar dealers obtaini This car ‘ou gt , “I was waiting .” she said. “Look the other wayufl an 0rd so be avoided by ies of them after you. Have them Mr cheque and it 'ho‘zc- transaction. zrs soon find out. kid the if a producer is anxious to give them first-class goods and be friendly and soon they become more friendly which adds satisfaction to the job.â€"â€"K. PESTS. A farm woman needs to know a lot about getting rid of Pests. ‘answer the purpose 11 leaves an; m” . to be procured. There are hundreds of methods for . getting rid of‘flies. I have two favorâ€" I l ites: | When the season makes it possible. I distribute sweet clover about the‘ rooms and the flies keep out. Again it is the odor that is distasteful. If, however, the flies have got into ' the house, the best method is exterm- .‘inatior.. For years I have concocted - an unfailing fly poison that is abso- lutely harmless to humans: One teaâ€" >'spoonful ofi black pepper, two tea- llspoonfuls of sugar and four table- y’; spoonfuls of cream. Mix in a flat dish - and set wherever the flies are most‘ 1- abundant. 1- ' Mosquitoes cannot be killed readily 0 but they can be driven away. Penny- " royal is effective. So is spirits of 3 lavender. .1- It is a matter of history that mice pick on the farmer's wifeâ€"witness the nursery rhyme to that effect. How- ever, she needn’t bother to cut off their tails with a butcher knife. If mint leaves are spread wherever mice are to be found, the pests will leave for good. They have a distinct aversion to the smell. Essence of mint will answer the purpose if leaves are not slip to UCLLKA Itlllhll rvu ..V, , If you have a rug that is infested {with moths, spread a damp cloth on 3the rug and iron it dry with a hot iron. The steam acts as an effective destroyer. ' I A few drops of carbolic acid in the For c‘ockroaches there is better than powdered borax. whlle suas used to wash moth preventive. out 5 Would You We all know the difficulties we have in eating head lettuce when we are not provided with a salad fork. One place where I was visiting the slices were cut from the head of lettuce and these slices in turn were cut in small squares after they were on the salad plate. This left the slices inta'ct but made it much easier to eat the lettuce. Very few people Prince of Wales w cognito. An editor in Passing Show, as prom, tells the following: "The other day I caught sight of the Prince of Wales in a crowd. He and they were absorbed in some stregt dis- turbance. and I noticed that though he had his right arm in a large black In, n..u ~-_ , _ sling. which certainly helped to dis- close his identity, not a soul there ex- cept myself recognized him. “This called to my mind an incident. that occurred ‘somewhere in France' 1-..... 1 “Au w..-â€" that occurred 'somewhere in France' during 1917. A car had broken down within uncomfortable range of the enemy’s guns, and the driver was in despair. Suddenly another car passed by at a great rate, but stopped about 100 yards further on. One of its oc- cupants, no other than H.R.H., alight- ed, walked back to the driver of the stranded vehicle, and volunteered the help of himself and his mechanic. ‘1 “it was accepted gratefully. and l within a few minutes the car was in a ' runable condition. The thankful % driver got into his seat and begged to 'lmow who H.R.H. was. ‘Oh, I'm the‘ | Prince. of \Vales,’ said the other. The “driver roared with laughter and ex- ; claimed: ‘Biimey! that’s 'a. good one!’ ; Whereupou the prince asked who he + was. 'Oh,’ said the driver gravely, dec IRONING PONGEE '1 In any times the reading of a book made the fortune of a manâ€"has fled his way in 1ife.â€"Emerson. SERVING HINT Du Recognize the' Prince? out closets is a good uln‘ le ever recognize the when he is really inâ€" ,' (awther! ’â€"-and drove ] lug Show, as proof, is nothing Friendships are not things we wish‘ to test. To test a friendship conscious- 1 1y would be unkind, if not almost des- I picnbie. But there are some tests, not y of our own seeking, which. it we arei observant, are interesting. i - - nu I can remember rain) 1. river, some of them m x- others as happy as the s 11 you are with the right 1: ~t to put up your sunshade elements or to dodge th Iv the trees. UUDCI'auL, “Av u. The expression “fair-weather friend" is not now meant in a literal sense, yet I should not be surprlsed it its or- iginator used it quite literally. Thlnk of all your friends. and count up those ‘ whom you would like to meet on a wet ; day. Go further, and count tlmSe yvith 1 whom you would spend your wet dayl‘ it you had to go trudging about In the rain There are some people whose en- thusiasms are very soon damped. Few of our friends are all weather friends. Arrange a day‘s outing with any one of them, and see what happens if it rains or it any of the carefully laid plains go awry. Possibly you or your friend get irritable. and the outing as an outing is a failure ‘ I can remember holidays‘which have become purgatories for me and my holiday companion. The accommoda- tion has not been all that we would desire, the weather has not been kind 'to us, and other things have gone "wrong. The atmosphere of the holi day has been lost, and two people neither of them very much in sym p‘athy with the other, have let it gt without making any attempt to regaii it. â€" .‘L If you are with the right people it doesn't matter when you leave halt tho lunch behind or the cream turns sour and the butter melts. But these things are all odious when you are with the Wrong people. I can remember country tramps in the rain with positive joy; but I can remember others which were, to say the least, not a success. And, looking back. the key to every situation has been in the hands of my companions. \Vith “I‘cr‘” friends I am happy in all circumstances and on all occasions. The “fair-weather friends" are. to me, negligible quantities. That’s why when we are together and things go wrong we cannot make the best of a bad job. Companions of the storm are rare and precious friends, for they will not only face the elements with you, but AL A #1--..” u...,, _,r , the vagaries of fortune and the storms of life as well. But just one last word before you apply this test to your friends. What showing would you make if they ap- piied it to you? “Several departments 1n Washing- ton are interested In the production of fruit.” “But give altogether too much atten- tion “Sir-rvr-l‘." Sam A customer who his dinner at a 1‘es1 1y approached the inquired: “Are the you ?" Three Wee‘lls' Wonder. A cafe to seat 800 was recently built and opened ready for business at the British Empire Exhibition in twenty- two days. the weatt and can The atr is been 1 - of them with the t making “Storm-Proof." remember holidayf purgatories for companion. The a not been all th: the weather has n and other things The atmosphere .5 been lost, and flapping 0‘ W in the annual to {he cultivation of plums Specialize Too Much. them as the a right F? Said the Cashier. 3r who had just finished t a restaurant deferential~ 2d the pretty cashier and waiters here attentive to here of t and tWO ry much r, have I attempt t British aeria ays‘which have at me and my he accommoda< that we would i not been kind :gs have g9ne me of the holi- nd two people. my days on the miserable, but sunny days. If people it is fun le and brave the the drops under a printed on the bill ‘ 'Please report any ers to cashier.’ And were inattentive to them, that’s all." we been have {the x sym- it go regain the rby. There are animals that have not a friend in the world; there are some, indeed, which are so harmful that prices are set upon their heads. and it is considered the duty of all to kill them. - AND THE Afiifivfimfinfi A PRECE 0N THEER HEADS It is a toe to all domestic animals,‘! and is equally hated by the stock-l raiser and the trapper. One of its pleasant tricks is to trail the trapper and devour the fur-bearing creatures which he takes in his traps. There is a price on its head. The small wolf, the sneaking little coyote. is another foe to sheep. Last lyear over 27,000 were killed in North America, besides other thousands des- troyed by poison. ‘ L . AL 1:1...“ mu, vu ~,, Another pest is the lynx, which likes nothing better than lamb. Its tailing (is a. love for the scent of catnip, and iby means» of this lure it is trapped in llarge numbers in the States and in Canada. A curlonadoaking creature, it has pricked ears, large, round eyes, [land huge paws out of all’proportlon to i its size. n u, \N 70x 933‘ The mountain lio Rockies. takes heax Motor to Church. A rural church in Ohio has adopted a plan that is said to have led more: persons to attend its services. It has: mapped out routes that pass the‘ houses of its present and prospective members and has asked owners of automobiles to go the rounds every Sunday and pick up anyone who wish- es to ride to church. For many per- sons~especlally the old and the in- firmâ€"the knowledge that an automo- bile will call for them makes it easier to decide to go. t3." WORST IS YET TO COME Leicestershire to is the dingo, or wild which is the worst :p farmer. It is a yet cunning beyond [1 lien, or panther of the heavy toll of cattle. and 3W??? ~“I«~>\‘~*m cvury ycau. One other American wild animal which is remorselessly hunted is the , wolverene, a sort of giant weasel, enor- lmously strong, intensely cunning. and extremely savage. The prospector [and trapper have a perfect horror of 'y‘the wolverene, and with good reason, i for if it finds a shack empty it digs its lway in through the root, and ruin or i destroy the whole of the stores. Many l a trapper has died of starvation owing :to this habit of the wolverenc. in South Africa the animal most ihated is the wild dog. it hunts in i packs, and once a pack starts work in ".a district they drive every head of ‘fgame out of the country. They also “,kill both sheep and cattle. ‘1 Other animals are destroyed, not be llcause they are directly toes of man, but because they eat up food which is ,5 intended for him or for his stock. The : ~| notorious case is the rabbit. imported 3 into Australia, and which now intests 1‘ I the whole Continent. S' The jack rabbit of America is al- 5 most equally destructive. In many iof the Western States it eats more e grass than the stock. In idaho alone it they kill 700.000 jack rabbits yearly, h and in California nearly as many. The s- ‘ method employed is to drive them in“? lcorrals or Wire netting, semi? 8-3 as ' 15,000 being rounded «nut one time. lg‘ Oi’. British animals the most mls~ id chiovmm is, the rat, which is said to in destroy $100,000,000 worth of man's in property yearly. Certainly it wwld 'e, be better dead. The mouse is almost )5, equally destructive in its own Way; to'Both animals destroy valuable Dro- ‘ “two” ovnrv \‘pnr in Canada. a should -is, therefore, hunted ( men, who kill about every year. destroy $ZUU,UUU,UUU wunu property yearly. Certainly be better dead. The moust equally destructive in its Both animals destroy va‘ perty every year in Canada, be kept under by every me power. la. few days lknocking at it, she had 13' ran awa His mother had di 3 téw months old. Having searched him in vain. his father inform-ed Ullbouce. Suon Pas. qualino was disc'fl‘ed at Naples with his grandmothe'q' “19 latter told how, a few days bile. She had heard a knocking at Mao“. and, on opening it, she had to he? astonishment. her small ’ dscn Standing there a1one “\v the! about ittle boy, six 5’3 . is gr: becau had go are to gt about tb 115 f 1'0 111 him M 1 Diner’s SF“? got frightened, no! go. \Vhile he we the streets of Av up to him and to Witt to the 11 Ave 51}; years 0:358. recent- 3111 his hg'le at Aversa. miles film Naplesâ€"to is naphtha, who in. led him to his knocked, gave er seen her be ering grandmm e was like that th every meal} in 0111' FoRE'i down by StOCk‘ t two hundred aid the child. who nether that he had is stepmother beat here?" she asked ered Pasqualino. him and took‘him out speaking she electric tram that hotograph of his d on the table. hen he was only not know and 3i