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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. nis love mm breath ho drew. He asked in Arabic; "Whore am I?" PROPAGATION OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS "In tho hut of victory." snld Fatv Aniil. Pllchouiio overheard the voice and WjIAKD QIIaNING5 came to Sabron's sldo. His master murmured: JLLUSTRATIOJ cafiYvcflT or 7H eooBs-nntmu. cosiMtrr SYNOPSIS. 13 Ia Comtfl do Sabron, cnplnln Of French cavalry, tnkos to hln quarters to ratso by hand n motlierloss Irish terrier pup. nml names It I'ltclioune. lie dines with tho niarquiso irKHCiifrnuc nnu meets miss ju- i Ha Rcdmund, Amerlrnn heiress. Ho Is or- nereu to Algiers tint is tint allowed to takes earn of I'ltchotine'. who. longlm? for : his mnstor. runs away from her. Tho do Tremont. Pltchouno follows Sabron to i do Tremont. Pltchouno follows Sabron to ; AlKlers, (Job and master meet, and Buliron F'Mh tuTmlHHlnti to keep Ills 1ok with him. Tho Duo do Tromont finds tho American lielrcss capricious. Sabron. wounded In an engagement, falls Into the dry bed of a river ond Is watched ovor by Pltchouno. After a horrlblo night and day I'ltchotine loaves him. Tremont takes Julia and tho mnniulHo to Alulers In his yacht but has doubts about Julia's Hcd Cross mission. After lonj? search Julia rHs trace of Sa bron's whereabouts. Julia for tho mo ment turns matchmai:r In behalf of Tre mont. Hammot Abou tells tho Mar qulso whero ho thinks Sabron may bo Cound. CHAPTER XXI Continued. Pltchouno ran with his noso to tho ground. There wero aovoral trails for a dog to follow on that apparently, un trodden pago of dosort history. Which ono would ho choose? Without a scent a dog does nothing. His nos trils nro his Instinct. His dovotlon, his faithfulness, his Intelligence, his heart all como through his noso. A man's henrt, they Bay, Is In hin stom achor In his pockot. A dog's is In his nostrils. If Pltchouno had choson tho wrong direction, this story would novor havo boon wrltton. Mlchotto djd not give birth to tho sixth puppy, in tho stnblcs of tho garrison, for nothing. Nor had Sabron saved him on tho night of tho memorable dinner for nothing. With his noso flat to tho sands Plt chouno smelt to east and to west, to north nnd south, took a scent to thu cast, decided on It for what reason will nover bo told and followed It. Fatiguo and hunger woro forgotten as hour after hour Pltchouno ran across tho Sahara. Mercifully, tho Bun had been clouded by tho pre cursor of u windstorm. Tho nlr was almost cool. Mercifully, tho wind did not nrlso until tho Httlo terrier had pursued his course to tho end. There aro occasions when nn ani mal's Intolllgonco surpassos tho hu man. When, toward evening of tho twolvo hours that It had taken him to roach a certain point, ho camo to a Bottloment of mud huts on tho bor ders of an oasis, ho was pretty nearly nt tho end of his strength. Tho oasis was tho only sign of Hfo in flvo hun dred miles. There wns very Httlo left in his small body. Ho lay down, pant ing, but his bright spirit was unwill ing Just thon to leavo his form and hovered near him. In tho religion of Tatma'n dogs alono have bouIs. Pltchouno pantod and dragged him self to a pool of water around which tllo groon palms grow, and he drank and drank. Thon tho Httlo desert wayfaror hid hlmsolf In tho bushes and slopt till morning. All night ho was racked with convulslvo twitches. but ho slopt nnd In his dreams ho klllod a young chicken and ato it. In tho morning ho took a bath In tho pool, and tho sun roso while ho swam !n tho .wntor. It Sabron or Miss Redmond could havo soon him ho would havo Boom-1 tho opltomo of honrtloss egoism. He was uio opuorao of wisdom. Instinct ana wisdom sometlmos go closely to gethor. Solomon' wns only Instinc fttvo when he naked for wisdom. Tho epicurean Lucullus, when dying, asked nor n certain Nile fish cooked In wino. i-ucuouno snook out his short ihftlry body and enmo out of tho onsls pool into tho sunlight and trotted into too Arabian vlllago. Fatou AnnI parched corn in a bra wler boforo her Iioubo. Hor house was a mud hut with yellow walls. It had no roof nnd was open' to tho sky. Jfutou Annl -was ninety years old, straight as a lance straight as ono of tho lanccB tho men of tho vlllago carried when they wont to dispute with whlto people Theso lances with which tho young men had fought, had won thom tho laBt battlo. Thoy had been victorious on tho flold. Fatou Annl was tho grandmother of many men. Sho bad boon tho mother of many mon. Now sho parched corn tranquilly, prayerfully. "Allah! that tho corn Bhould not burn; Allah! that It Bhould bo sweet; Allah! that hor men should bo al ways BUCCOSSful," Sho wns tho fetish of tho settle- cnont. In a single bluo garment, hor black scrawny breast uncovered, tho mm veil mat tno i-oilahcen wear pushed back from hor face, hor lino eyes woro rovoalod and sho might havo beon a priestess as sho bont jjvor hor corn! "Allah! Allah Akbar!" tltathor than nuytltlng should hap pen to Fatou Annl, tho sottlomont would havo roasted its onomles nllvo, tern thom In BhrcdB. Some of thorn said that sho was two hundred years jotd. Thoro was n charmed ring drawn around hor houao. Pooplo Bup posed that If any croaturo crossed It uninvited, It would fall dead. Tho sun had risen for nn hour and jfee air wu etlll cool. Overhead, tho PAY"WALTERS sky, unstained by n Blnglo cloud, was blue as a turquoiBO floor, nnd ngalntft It, black nnd portentous, flew tho vUl- tures. Here and there tho sun-touched pools gave llfo and reason to tho . "asis. Fatou AnnI parched her corn. Her barbaric chant was Interrupted by a sharp bark and a low pleading whine. She had novor heard sounds Just like that. Tho dogs of tho vlllago were great wolflike creatures. Pit- choline's bark was angelic compared with theirs. He crossed die chnrmed circle drawn around her house, nnd did not fall dead, nnd stood before hor, whining. Fntou AnnI left hor com, stood upright and looked at Pit- chouno. To hor tho Irish terrier was an apparition. Tho fact that ho had not fallen dead proved that he was beloved of Allah. Ho was, perhaps, a genie, an afrit. Pltchouno fawned at her feet. Sho murmured a lino of tho, Koran. It did not seem to affect his demonstrative nffecllon. Tho woman bent down to him after making a pass against the Evil Eyo, and touched him, nnd Pit- chouno licked her hand. Fatou Ann! screamed, dropped him, went into tho house nnd made hor ablutions. When she camo out Plt chouno sat patiently before tho parched corn, nnd ho ngain camo crawling to hor. Tho Arabian woman lived In tho last hut of the village. Sho could satisfy hor curiosity without shocking nor neighbors. Sho bent down to scrutinize PItchouno's collar. Thoro was a sacred modal on It with sacrct! Inscriptions which sho could not rend. Hut as soon as sho had freed him thlt lime, rucnouno toro Himself awny from her, flow out of tho sacred ring nnd disappeared. Tho ho ran hank. barking nppeallngly; ho took tho horn of her dross In his mouth nnd pulled her. Ho repeatedly did this and thn superstitious Arabian believed hersolf to bo called divinely. Sho cautiously loft tho doorstop, hor veil falling bo- fore hor face, camo out of tho sacred ring, followed to tho edge of thu berry flold. From there Pltchouno sned over tho desert; when ho stopped and looked back at her. Fatou Ann! did not follow, and ho returned to renew his entreaties. When sho tried to touch him ho escaped, keeping at a snfo dlstanco. The vlllago began to -r Hour After Hour Pltchouno Across the Sahara. Ran stir. Blue and yellow garments flut tered in tho streots. "Allah Akbar," Fatou Annl mur- mured, "thoao aro days of victory, of recomponso." I Sho gathered her robe around her aim, siaicuiy anu impressively, started toward tho huts of hor grandsons Whon Bho returned, olght young war rlors, fully armed, accompanied her. Pltchouno sat bosido tho parched corn, watcning tho brnzlor and hor meal l'atou Annl pointed to tho desert. alio said to tho young men, "Go . with this gonlo. Thoro Is something no wishes to show us. Allnh is groat uo, vuien mo uapitnlno do Sabron opened his eyes In consclommnaa ltfi. ... thoy encountered a square of blazing bluo heaven. Ho weakly put up his hand to shado his Bight, and a cotton awning, supported by four bamboo poloB, was swiftly rnisod over his T T - , I ... nuiiu. uu buw oujecis and took cocni- zanco of thom. On tho floor In tho low doorwny of n mud hut Bat threo lltttlo naked children covered with uios anu dirt. Ho was tho guest oi Fntou Annl. Those wero threo of hor hundred grcat-great-graiukhlldrcn Tho bnblos woro playing with a little dog. Snbron know tho dog but could nrtlAiilntn Vila ni T .. . . . .,uv ...i.vu..u ..., UU.UIK, 1y IU8 siuo sat tho woman to whom ho owed his .uu. ur 'uu i uvur nor race. Sho i .. .. i nur lltlUUIKUIluy. OHO UrOUglU II 111 dr Ink of cool wntor In nn oarthen vos Rnl. Willi flln flrnna nw(H i x uusiufc iium uu porous Bides. Tho hut renk.il with I nrinra ivlilol. t 1 ,. 1 "ut u, "wainiB ui ovory "Where nro wo, my friend?" Tho dog leaped on his bed and licked lila face. Fatou AnnI, with a whisk of straw, swept tho flies from him. A groat weakness spread its wings abov li f tn and he fell asleep. Days are all alike to those who lit in mortal sickness. The hours are in tensely colorless and tfcey slip and slip and slip Into painful wakefulness, Intc fever, into drowsiness finally, and thci? Into weakness. The Capltulne do Sabron, although ho had no family to sj?nk of, did pos. boss, unknown to the Marnulse d'Ks cllgnnc. an old aunt In the tirovlnces, and a handful of hearth ss cousins who were Indifferent to hinri. Nevertheless ho clung to life and In the hut of Fatou Ann! fought for existence. Every time that ho was conscious he struggled anew to hold to tho thread of life Whenever he grasped the thread he vanquished, and whenever he lost It, he went down, down. Fatou AnnI cherished him. He was n soldier who had fallen 'In the battle agalnBt her sons and grandsons. He was a man and a 3trong one, and she despised women. He was her prey nnd ho was her reward and she cared for him; as sho did so, she became maternal. Hln nvns whlnh. when ho was con sclous, thanked her; his thin hands that moved on tho rough blu robe thrown over him, the devotion of the dog found a responsive chord In the great - grandmother's heart. Once he smiled at one of the naked, blg-belllcd great - great - grandchildren. Benl Has, sa" - three years old, came up to Sab n wun 's lingers in 111s mouth and chattered like a bird. This proved to Fatou AnnI that Snbron had not tho Evil Eyo. No ono but the children wero admitted to the hut, but the suti and the Hies and tho cries of the vil lage camo In without permission, and now and then, when tho winds arose, he could hear the stirring of thp palm trees. Sabron was reduced to skin and bone. His nourishment was Insuffi cient, and the absence of all decent care was slowly taking him to death. 11 will novor bo known why he did not die. Pltchouno took to making long ox- curslons. Ho would be absent for days, and In his clouded mind Sabron thought' tho dog was reconnolterlng for him over tho vast pink sea without there which, if one could sail across "s In a ship, one would sail to trance, through tho walls of mellow old Taras- con, to tho chateau of good King Hene; one would sail as the moon sails, and through an open window one might hear tho sound of a woman's voice singing. The sons, ever Illusive and irritating in its persistency, tantalized his sick ears. Sabron did not know that ho would havo found tho chateau shut had ho sailed there in tho moon. It was as well that he did not know, for his wan tiering thought would not have known where to follow, and there was repose in thinking of tho Chateau d'Escllg- nnc. It grew terribly hot. Fatou Annl, by his side, fanned him with a fan she had woven. The great-great-grandchildren on tho -floor In tho mud fought together. They quarreled over bits of colored glass. Sabron's breath came panting. Without, ho heard the cries of tho warriors, tho lanco-bburers he heard tho cries of Fatou Annl's sons who woro going out to battlo. The French soldiers wero In n distant part of tho Sahara and Fatou Annl's grand children were going out to pillage and destroy. Tho old woman by his side crlod out nnd boat her breast. Now and thon sho looked at him curiously, as if sho saw death on his palo face. Now that all her Hons and grandsons had gone, ho was tho only man left In tho village, as even boys of sixteen had Joined the raid. She wiped his forehead and gave him a potion that had been pierced with arrows. It was all sho could do Tor a captive. Toward sundown, for tho first time Sabron felt a little better, and after twenty-four hours' absence PItchounc whined nt tho hut door, but would not , i w inni nniij nn An, left her patient and went out to seo vuiuu ill uiuu mini vuuuu uu wlmt wnn tho mutter with tho dnir. At tho door, In tho shndo of a palm, stood two Bedouins. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Why Some Are Color Blind. It is known that color blind neonlo - cannot distinguish colors, but tho roa- son for this 1b not generally known. Thoy cannot distinguish many colors, and most of thom usually give tho ap pearance of being gray. Tho cause lies iu tho constitution of the rotlna, which microscopically consists of rodi OTltl cones. If a certain part of the conea lfl wanting tho sensation thoy arc-uso is also wanting. A blind man (l0l!8 ot 300 ftt all is not much ,lloro deceived by' his Bight than tho 1 1 . 1 .,..1 ., coior umm num. ivuu mo normal oye nnB not cmca enough to detect ultra vlolot ravH and electric rays. Soldiers' Winter Clothing. Tho soldiers of Japan havo learned tho valuo of paper clothlug for winter wnnr. Thn minor, whlnh In mmln rn mulberry bark, has Httlo sizing In It. I . and 1b Boft and wnrm. Between two UhoctB of tho paper thoy placo a thin Mayor of silk wadding, and thon quilt mo wnoio. ii is something of a draw- tl l.nr r lln rlnMilno. c ,,n.I l - Unliable, but in a winter campaign a I . . . .. ... BOKier naB other thinna to think of m, .it- t,i r v..n... I uimuiui mum I uoupanlon. SPRAY OUTFIT FOR ORCHARD Choice of Machine Must Be Governed Largely by Number of Trees and Local Conditions. Spray machines which get their pumping power from tho wagon wheel are entirely inadequate to the present requirements for orchard spraying and aro unsatisfactory whero the size of tho trees necessitates stopping In or der to do thorough work. Those ma chines nro very usoful, however, for spraying such crops as grapes, pota toes, tomatoes and the like. Tho choice of a Bpraying machtno must bo governed largely by tho slzo of tho orchard and tho conditions under which It is to bo used. In an orchard of fifteen acres, If the trees are ten years old or more, a power machine will soon pay for itself la the saving of labor and tho Increased prollts from more effective spraying. In large orchards there should be a sufficient number of machines to make an application in the course of six or Peaches From Well-Sprayed Tree. eight days if best results aro to be realized. In the selection of power outfits aside from elllciency, tho chief points to bo considered aro wolght, construo tion, mounting with reference to coU' vonlenco of handling in tho Held and tho accessories, such as agltatorB rods, hose, nozzles, etc. Aside from the weight there Is Httlo difference in tho desirability of tho efficiency ol standard makes, excepting as certain features of a particular machine may appeal to different Individuals PRUNE GOOSEBERRY TO BUSH Plant Should Be Reduced to the Num ber of Plants That Will Grow in Vigorous Condition. (By C. I. LEWIS, Ohio Experiment Sta tion.) Pruno tho gooseberry to a bush. Ber rles nro home on tho two, three nnd four-year-old wood, but occasionally the fruit grows too Bmall on tho four year-old wood and It Bhould be pruned out. Tho currant bears most of Its fruit on tho two and three-yoar-old wood. All canes of either of these fruits should bo cut out when thoy bo- gin to droop toward tho ground, and all canes that aro weak. Tho plant should bo reduced to the number of plants that will grow in n vigorous condition. When canes tend to grow gnarly, old and weak, thoy should bo removed. Tho entire plant Ing should bo renewed In from six to ten,frs Whllo tho bushes will fruit for a lonKr Umo' the frult tonds to Brow luu n,"" lu uu iu"i'""- WHY WE PRUNE FRUIT TREES Chief Objects of Operation Briefly Summed Up Among Other Things Facilitates Harvesting. Tho principal objects of pruning trees may bo summed up briefly aa follows : 1. To modify tho vigor of tho treo. 2. To koop tho treo shapely and within bounds. 3. To make tho treo moro Btocky. 4. To open tho tree top to admit air and sunshine. C. To reduce tho strugglo for exist- onco In tho treo top. C. To romovo dead or Interfering brnnches. 7. To nld In stimulating tho devel opment of fruit buds. 8. To thin tho fruit. 9. To mako thorough spraying pos- slblc. 10. To facllltato tho harvesting ot tho fruit I Tree Pruning. Somo pooplo fall Into tho mlstnko of supposing that every treo needs pruning and spraying, but such Is not tho case, it Is for you to dectdo 1lflin41tr- ..nil- . 1 ......!.... .1 i i lur umura 10 uvuiuu wiiuiuur luuir trees and shrubs need spraylug. 8trawberry Crop Grown Under Hedgerow System Plenty of Sunlight Per- mitted to Get Tho strawberry Ib the most valuablo of tho small fruit crops grown in the United States. It is estimated in the United States Department of Agricul ture Farmers' Bulletin No. CG4 that tho production of strawberries In 1909 was valued at $18,000,000, fully three fourths of the total Valuation of all small fruits produced. This valuation was based on commercial areas, and did not includo tho small homo gar don patches, which wero probably nearly double that value. Tho aver ago yield of strawberries per aero for tho wholo country In 1909 was a Utile less than 1,800 quarts, and tho farm valuo about ?125 per acre. Tho bulletin mentioned abovo deals primarily with the growing of straw berries on a commercial scale in the South, but tho main points, of course, aro also applicable to the small garden patch. The BtateB south of tho Poto mac and Ohio rivers and cast of tho Mississippi, together with Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, produced in 1909 about one-fourth of tho total crop of tho United States. Strawberry beds' aro often neglected soon after tho harvest, but in order to secure good return" tho bed should bo cared for tho year around. This series of articles treats u number of phases of strawberry culture, starting with tho propagation of tho plants, selec tion of tho soil, a discussion of the three systems of planting, tho renew ing of old beds and tho keeping of the Held in good mechanical condition, as well as supplying it with plant food. Tho strawberry is propagated com mercially by runners from old plants. The runner first forms leaves, then takes root. This young plant receives nourishment from tho mother plant until it is capablo of self-support, when tho runner dies. Tho now plant, as soon as It is well established, often sends out runners and forms other plants. These young plants that have not produced fruit aro the ones' used for setting now plantations. Propagation by seed is nover re sorted to except for the production of new varieties, since no one can fore tell what kind of fruit will bo pro duced by a seedling plant. All new varieties, however, como from seed, either through normal variation in tho seedlings or through variation induced by crossing two distinct varieties. "When two varieties aro crossed for tho purpose of combining their de sirable qualities, the resulting seed lings will show every combination or characters, with perhaps a few pos sessing tho desired characters of both parents. In practice, however, most now varieties como from seeds tho parentngo of which is not known. Whllo strawberries will grow on nearly all types of soil, a sandy or gravelly loam gives tho best result's. Plant food can be supplied by tho ad dltion of fertilizers, but tho physical condition of tho soil can only bo modi fled with difficulty by cultivation, dralnago and the addition of humus. Tho timo of ripening can bo influenced to some extent by selecting soils and oxposures which force or retard ma turlty. A light, well-drained soil with a southern or eastern exposure will hasten the maturity of the berries, while heavy moist soils with a north orn exposure will tend to make the crop lato. Heavy mulching will also dolay ripening. AUTOMATIC FEEDING Weight of in in 1 M Whero hoppors nro put out on tho range for poultry, nnd whero mlco and sparrows eat almost as much as tho hens, the feeding box illustratod abovo will considerably reduco tho amount of feud consumed, and In addi tion will koop tlto feed dry and clenn. When a fowl stops on tho hinged board placed undor tho box, Its wolght causes tho trap door In tho lowor part of tho box to open, nnd tha food comos out ns fast as It Is consumed. Whon tho fowl has oaten enough and goes away tho counterweight closea tho trap door Immediately. Tho wolght of a lighter animal is not enough to open tho trap door. to the Plants. Tho soli for strawberries should bo well supplied with organic matter (humus) In a well-decomposed state. Many growers believe that now land is essential for good results, but If old soils aro well supplied with organic mattor they will yield as large crops as tho now Bolls. Tho main dlfferenco between old and now soils Is In tho supply of humus and tho mechanical condition duo to tho presence or ab sence of humus. Tho soil should bo well drninod, but should hold mols turo during dry weather. Organic matter In a well-decomposed state iu tho soil makes it retentive of mois ture. In sandy aoils tho organic mat- tor fills up the spaces between tho soil particles and checks evaporation, whllo In clay soils It prevents tho soil from running together and bak ing and theroby prevents excessive loss of moisture by capillarity and evaporation. A soil containing largo quantities of nitrogen should be avoided, as such a soil will produce a heavy, denso growth of foliage at tho expense of fruit. Weeds will be more trouble some and the1 fruit will not ripen as evenly on soli of this type. Few soils that aro adapted to straw berry growing aro rich enough to pro duce largo crops of fruit without tho addition of manures or fertilizers of some kind. ' Stablo or barnyard manuro is tho best fertilizer for strawberries, be cause it furniBhes both plant food and humus; but manure containing weed seed should be avoided. Tho best way to enrich strawberry land Is to apply manuro to the crop preceding the strawberries, In order that it may decompose and become well incorpor ated with the soil and so that most of tho weed seeds will havo germinat ed by the timo tho plants aro set. If manuro is to bo applied tho season tho plants aro set, only well-rotted manuro should bo used. After the land has been plowed tho manure should bo spread broadcast at the rato of ten to twenty tons per aero, depending upon tho fertility of tho soil, and harrowed in. Manure does not contain sufficient phosphoric acid and potash, and for tljat reason it should bo supplemented by tho use of commercial fertilizers rich in these elements. REMOVING BUGS BY USE OF A MIXTURE Work Must Be Done Early in Morning or After Sundown Kerosene Finishes Them. If you have only a few vines of cucumbers, melonB and squash the yellow-striped beetle which attacks theso vines may bo effectively re moved by tho use of bordeaux mix ture, three ounces to a gallon of water. This Is also a preventive of blight. Tho bugs may bo brushed into a shallow pan and at once trans ferred to a pall of water containing a tablespoonful of kerosene, which finishes them. This, of course, can only bo done very enrly in the morn ing or after sundown. They are vory active during sunshine, but semldor mant in tho early hours of tho day. BOX FOR POULTRY Fowl Opens Box.