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RHUBARB AT ITS BEST HARVESTING AND PACKING STRAWBERRIES MACIE VAN VOD5T^>‘ ï 5 ILLU5TKATlON3^k PAYWALTER5 SYNOPSIS. —13— American Quart Boxes of Well-Graded Strawberries—“Fancy" on the Right, "No. 1" on the Left. The stage of maturity at which Strawberries should be picked depends upon the distance they are to be shipped. When grown for the local market they should be picked when throughly ripe but not soft, says a new ■farmers' bulletin, No. 664. gf the United States department of agricul ture. If grown for a distant market the berries must be picked before they are thoroughly ripe, but they should be fully grown and about three-fourths ripe. If picked before they are colored the berries will shrink and wither, ■taking them unfit for sale. Strawber ries should be picked with a short piece of stem attached (about one- fourth to one-half inch). They should never be slipped from the stem, as that spoils appearance and injures their shipping and keeping qualities. Grading and Packing. Uniformity in the pack is essential tn order to obtain high prices for strawberries, and this can be secured only when the berries have been care fully graded and sorted. Some grow ers have the berries graded in the field. A common practice in some sections la to pick the ripe berries of all grades Into the same box and when the tray is full to take it to the packing shed, where the berries are sorted and packed. The graders dump the ber ries on a table and pick out all green, overripe or small berries. The others are placed in the boxes, one of the graders arranging the top layers in auch a way that the berries show to best advantage. When berries are packed in this manner, care should be taken not to put the small, inferior berries in the center of the box and the large fine berries on top. The fruit should be uniform throughout the box, with the top layer merely placed to aid to the attractiveness of the pack and to hold the fruit in place. Where the fancy pack is put up, the berries should be divided into two grades. After the berries are picked they should be placed in the shade as soon as possible, for heat injures the fruit tn a short time. The pickers should not be allowed to leave the filled boxes along the rows, where the ber ries will be exposed to the sun. The shorter the time that elapses after ths fruit is picked before It is put into refrigerator cars or refrigerator boxes the better it is for the berries, which will continue to ripen rapidly until they are chilled. Large Crates Preferable. Many types of boxes and crates are used for strawberries, but the ten dency is toward a standard full-sise quart box. In fact, tn several states it is illegal to offer for sale a short box; shipments to these markets must be handled to conform with the lawa The boxes now in use are the Ameri can or standard quart berry box, which holds a full quart; the octagon box, and the square scale-board typo of quart and pint boxes. The Amerl can type is the one that la most gen erally used; it is full site, strongly made, and packs well tn the crate. The octagon box is objectionable on ao count of its shape and the raised bot tom. A long, narrow box is not sat isfactory, because it is Inconvenient to pick up without grasping the sides between the thumb and fingers, and when handled in this way the berries are likely to be mashed. Moreover, the sides of boxes with raised bottoms often split off below the bottom, caua ing the boxes to tip over. The scale-board boxes are cheapei than splint boxes, but as the latter are more substantial they are preferred in nearly all markets. The type ol crate depends on the boxes used. Any crate substantially built and well ven tilated is satisfactory, but cost is an important consideration, as they ar« not returned to the shipper. The largest crate that can be handled conveniently is the one to use as the large ones are cheaper in pro portion to the quantity of berries they carry. The 24 or 32-quart crates ar« generally used, though in some seo tions the 60-quart crate is employed Crates with hinged lids have an ad vantage over others in that they pro vide for the Inspection of the fruit to better advantage. The hinged-lid crate invites inspection and this is a point in Its favor. Crate of Aroma Strawberries In Octagon Quart Boxes, Twenty-Four Quart* to the Crate. BUY THE BEST BINDER TWINE PLAN TO SPRAY VEGETABLES Always Best to Purchase Standard Quality — Loss From Breakage Ought to Be Avoided. Buy what binder twine will be needed for the wheat crop early, so as to get a good article. It is always beet to buy of standard quality—that will not kink and knot up. A poor quality of twine will give no end of trouble in harvesting heavy grain. The loss of time caused by breakage during harvest will more than pay for all the best twine needed In har vesting the crop. Ropes for the hay fork and for hauling the hay cocks to barrack or rick, should be of the best quality and the full length. A new rope, particularly if it be sisal, often causes trouble because of Its stiffness. If used as a hay fork rope or to place where it runs through a set of pul leys, It Is apt to tangle up until it baa been used for some time. This trouble may be avoided by boiling the rope in water. Coil the rope in a large soap boiler and cover with water and bring It to a boll. The rope is then to be taken out and stretched out and allowed to dry, when it will be found to be soft and pliable. Machinery as Necessary for Garden aa for Orchard—Liquid Should Be Put on in Fine Mist A spraying machine is as necessary for the garden as the orchard. Some folks use a common water sprinkler for applying spraying mixtures; but this does little good, because it is not only a great waste of material, but the plants are not fully covered in this way. The liquid should be put on in a fine mist, not as a heavy rain. To apply parts green in water various cheap hand sprayers are on the market now. They need not bo of copper for this purpose, as parts grepn will not corrode iron any more than does wa ter; but when bordeaux mixture is used as a carrier for the arsenical poison (and we would strongly urge that this be done in every case, as it must be done if we put our potato growing operation* on a safe basis) then the sprayer must be made of copper and brass—iron would be eat en away in a short time. The modern knapsack sprayer, which possibly is the best Implement foi spraying smaller patches of potatoes— up to three or four acres—cucumbers or other vines, and for general use as a sprayer machine in the garden and small vineyard, will Involve s Rid Barn of Fleas. If troubled with fleas in the bam, first expense of from *12 to *15, but it clean out all the dirt and rubbish and will pay in any large-sized garden. spray with a standard dip solution. Pure Blood Speaks Leud. You can also apply a coat of white With hens, as with cattle and hogs, wash, to which has been added a tea spoonful of carbolic acid or creolln, pure blood speaks louder than "wa for every pint of water used. Sprin ter-blood,” and as th* farmer cannot kle the floors with lime and in the afford to harbor scrub hogs and cat worst places tobacco dust may be tie, so he cannot afford to feed and ased la addition to the disinfectant care for mongrel fowls. la Comte de Sabron, captain of French cavalry, takr* to hla quarters to raise by hand a motherless Irish terrier pup. and names It ritchoune. He dines with the Marquise d'Ksellgnac and meets Mlaa Ju lia Redmond. American helreaa. Ho la or dered to Algiers but la not allowed to take servants or dogs Mlaa Redmond take* care of 1'ltchoune. who. loosing for hl* master, runs away from her Th* marqulae plana to marry Julia to the Duo de Tremont Pttchoune follow* Sahren to Alftere. dog and master meet, and Habron x~t* narmlaelen to keep hie dog with him. The Due de Tremont find* the Amert an halresa capricious Sabron wounded In an sngsifvment. falls Into the dry bod of a river and la watched over by Pttchoune After a horr ble t Igld and day Ritchoune leave* him Tremont takes Julia and the marquise to Atglerv In hla yacht but haa doubts about Julia's Red t'roaa mission. After long search Julia seta trace of H a - bron'a whereabouts Julia for the mo ment turna matchmaker In behalf of Tre mont. Hammel Abou tell* the Mar- guts* wher* ha thinks Sabron may ba found CHAPTER XXI—Continued. * sky, unstained by a single cloud, was blue aa a turquoise floor. and against It. black and portentous, flew the vul tures. Here and there the sun-touched pools gave life and reason to the oasis. Patou Annl parched her com. Her barbaric chaut waa interrupted by a sharp bark and a low pleading whine. Rhe had never heard eouuds just like that. The dogs of th* village wer* great wolfllk* creature* Pit- choune's bark was angelic compared with theirs, Ho crossed the charmed olrcle drawn around her bouse, and did not fall deed, aud stood before her. whining Patou Annl loft her corn, stood upright and looked at Pit- choune. To her th* Irish terrier was an apparttiou. Th* fact that be had not fallen dead proved that he was beloved of Allah, H* was, p*rhap*. a gealet an afrit. Fltchoune fawned at her feet. Hhe murmured a line ef the Koran. It did not seem to affect hl* demonstrative affection, The woman beat down to him after making a pass agaiuat the Evil By*, and touched him, aud Pit- choua* licked her hand. Fatou Annl screamed, dropped blm. went Into the house and made her ablutions. When she came out Fit- choune sat patiently before the parched com. aud he again came crawling to her. The Arabian woman lived tn the last hut of the village She could satisfy her curiosity without shocking her neighbors. She bent down to scrutinize Pltchoune's collar. Thare was a sacred medal on It with sacred Inscriptions which she could not read Rut aa soon as she had treed him this time. Pttchoune tore himself away from her, flew out of the sacred ring and disappeared The be ran back, harking appealingly, be took the hem of her drees In bls mouth and pulled ner He repeatedly did thia and the superstitious Arabian believed herself to be called divinely. She cautiously left the doorstep, her veil falling be fore her face, came out of the sacred ring, followed to the edge of the berry field. From there Pttchoune sped over the desert; when be stopped and looked back at her. Fatou Annl did not follow, and he returned to renew hla entreaties. When she tried to touch him he escaped, keeping at a safe distance. The village began to Pttchoune ran with his nove to the ground. Ther* were several trails for a dog to follow on that apparently un trodden pag* of desert history Which one would h* choose' Without a ecast a dog does nothing. His nos trill sr* his instinct His devotion. . his faithfulness, bls intelligence, Ms heart all coma through hl* nose. A man's heart, they sav, I* in his stom ach —or In bls pocael A dog's Is In his nostrils If Fltchoune had choaen the wrong direction, this story would saver have been written. Mtchette j did not give birth to the sixth puppy. In th* stable* of the garrison, for j nothing. Nor had Sabron saved him ; on the night of the memorable dinner for nothing. With his nose flat to the sands Pit- choun* smelt to east and to west, to north and south, took a scent to the east, decided on It—for ehat reason will never be told—and followed It. Fatigue and hunger were forgotten aa hour after hour Ittehoune ran across the Sahara. Mercifully, the sun had been clouded by the pre- cursor of a windstorm The air was almost cool, Mercifully, the wind did not arise until th* little terrier had pursued his course to the end. There ar* occasions when an •nl- male Intelligence surpasses the hu- man. When, toward evening of the twelve hours that it had taken him to reach a certain point, he came to a settlement of mud huts on the bor ders of an oasis, he was pretty nearly at the end of his strength. The oasis was the only sign of life In five hun dred miles. There was very little left In bls small body. He lay down, pant ing. but hl* bright spirit was unwill- Ing just then to leave his form and hovered near him. In the religion of Tatman dogs alone have eouls. Pltchoune panted and dragged him self to a pool of water around which the green palms grew, and he drank and drank. Then the little desert wayfarer hid himself tn the bushes and slept till morning. All night he was racked with convulsive twitches, but he slept and in his dreams be killed a voung chicken and ate It. In the morning he took a bath In the pool, and the sun rose while he swam in the water. If Sabron or Miss Redmond could have seen him he would have seem-l the epitome of heartless egoism. H* was the epitome of wisdom. Instinct and wisdom sometimes go closely to gether, Solomon was only lnstlnc- tive when he asked for wisdom, The epicurean Lucullus. when dying, asked for a certain Nile fish cooked In Hour After Hour Pltcheune wine. Ac roes the Sahara. Pltchoune shook out hl* short hairy body and came out of the oasis •tlr. Blue and yellow garments pool into the sunlight and trotted into tered In the streets. the Arabian village. 'Allah Akbar," Fatou 'Annl mur • ••••• * mured, "these are days of victory, of Fatou Annl parched corn in a bra- recompense.” z1er before her house. Her house Rhe gathered her robe around her was a mt hut with yellow walls. It had no roof and was open to the sky. and, statelily and Impressively, started Fatou Ann! was ninety years old. toward the huts of her grandsons. straight as a lane*—straight as one When she returned, eight young war of the lances the mon of the village riors, fully armed, accompanied her. carried when they went to dispute Pltcboune sat beside the parched com. with white people. These lance* with watching the brazier and her meal. which the young men had fought, had Fatou Annl pointed to the de*ert. She said to the young men, “Go won them the last battle. They had with thia genl*. There Is ■ometbing been victorious on the field Fatou Annl waa the grandmother he wishes to show us. Allah Is great. of many men. Bhe had been the Go." • •••••• mother of many men. Now she parched oom tranquilly, prayerfully. When th* Capitaln* d* Sabron “Allah! that the com should not opened his eyes tn consciousness, bum; Allah! that it should be sweet; they encountered a squar* of blazing Allah! that her men should be *1- blue heaven. H* weakly put up his ways successful.“ band to shade his sight, and a cotton She was the fetish of the settle- awning, supported by four bamboo ment. In a single blue garment, h*r poles, was swiftly raised over bis block scrawny breast uncovered, th* bead. He saw objects and took cogni thin veil that the Fellaheen wear zance of them. On th* floor in th* pushed back from her face, her fln* low doorwuy of a mud hut sat three •ye* were revealed and she might lltttle naked children cov*r*d with have been a priestess as she bent flies and dirt. He was th* guest of over her com! Fatou Annl. These wer* three of her "Allah! Allah Akbar!“ hundred great great-grandchildren. Rather than anything should Th* babies wer* playing with a little pen to Fatou Annl, the settlement dog Sabron knew the dog but eould would have roasted Its enemies alive, not articulate his name. By his side torn them In shreds. Some of them sat the woman to whom he owed his said that she was two hundred year* Ilf*. Her veil fell over her face. She old. There waa a charmed ring was braiding straw. He looked at her drawn around her house. People sup- Intelligently. Rhe brought him * posed that If any creature crossed It drink of oool water In an earthen vee- uninvited, it would fall dead. sel, with the drops oozing from its T3ie sun had risen for an honr and porous sides. The hut reeked with ’*»• Air was still cool. Overhead, th* odors which met hl* nostrils at every breath he drew. TI* asked In Arabic: Wher* am IT “in th* hut of vietory,“ said Fatou Annl. Pltchoune overheard th* vole* and fifiCIPCB THAT HAVK BKKN TRIKO cam* to Habroa's »Id*. Ills master ANO FOUND WORTHY. murmured: "Wher* are w*. my frlrndf" Th* dog leaped on his bed and licksd Plant Just Now Is at Its Best snd hta fac*. Fatou Aunl, with a whisk of Should Have a Place on Kvery straw, swept th* file* from him A Table—Dumplings That Ap great weakness spread Its wings above peal to the Children. him and he fell e*le*p. Days ar* all alike to tho«* who II* Rhubarb Is at Ita beat just now, as In mortal sickness Th* hours are in tensely colorlass and they slip and slip well aa cheap, au it is a good lime to and slip Into palnrul wzkefulne**. Into serve it often at the table. Hut In or fever, into drowstuess finally, aud then der to have it appreciated It should bo Into weakness. prepared tn a variety of ways. Th* Capitals* d* Rabron. although Very delicious preserves can be he had no family to speak of. did pos made with rhubarb either alone or sess, unknown to the Marquise d'lDe- combined with another fruit. cllgnac, an old aunl In th* provinces, Rhubarb and Fig Jam. — To flv* aud a handful of beartlesa couslus who pounds of rhubarb cut short isugths war* Indifferent to him Nevertheless allow on* pound of cooking figs, the he clung to Ilf* and la the but of Fatou grated rind and julca of on* lemon, Aunl fought for «xlatence Every time und four pounds of sugar. This should that he was conscious he struggled stand over night, and in the morning anew to hold to th* thread of Ilf* be cooked very slowly for an hour. Whenever he grasped) th* (bread h* Then put into glasses and seal. vanquished, and whenever he loal It, Rhubarb Jam.—To each pound of be want down, down rhubarb allow on* pound of sugar and Fatou Annl eb«rlshed him. Ha was on* lemon. Peel the yellow rind thin a soldier sho bad fallen In th* battle and slice th* pulp. l*ul away over against ber sous and grandsons. He night with the cut rhubarb aa before w*a a man and a strong one, and sh* described, and boll for ihrewquartrr* despised women He was her prey of au hour slowly. Pour Into Jars and • nd he waa her reward aud »he cared seal. for him; a* abe did so, eh* became Rhubarb and Orang* Jam,—Put maternal. thr** pound* of orange* Into a pre HI* aye* which, whan b* waa con- serving kettle with plenty of cold wa eciou*. thanked bar; hl* thin hand* ter and simmer for thre* hour*. Drain that moved <xi th* rough blue robe and cut up the orange«, rejecting tho thrown over him. th* devotion of the Seeds. I*ut Six pound* of granulated dog found a responsive chord In the great-grandmother'* heart. Once ha sugar Into th* kettle with just a little ■ mtled at on* of the naked, big bellied water and stir frequently until It boll*. great greet-grandrblldren Beul Has- Then put In tho orange* with thr** ■au. three year* old. came up to Heb pound* of rhubarb cut Into short ron with hla finger* In hl* mouth lengths Rtlr again uulll the mixture aud chattared Ilk* a bird This proved bolls and then let the whole simmer to Fatou Anul that Rabron bad not for another twenty minutes Rhubarb Dumpling*.—Children will th* Evil Eye. No ana but the children war* admitted to th* but, but th* sun enjoy these for lunch or *upp*r, even •nd th* files and the cries of the vil though they do not like rhubarb The lage came In without permission, and rhubarb is stewed In half Its weight of now and then, ehen the wind* arose, sugar and a little water While It Is he could hear the stirring of the palm cooking mix a biscuit batter, using a pint of flour, one-half teaspoonfui tree* Rabron was reduced to skin and salt, two teaapoonfula of making pow bone. His nourishment waa Insuffi der and a cupful of nillk Drop thia In cient, and the absence of all decent tho rhubarb by sjioonfuls and rook for car* wa* slowly taking him to death. from eight to ten minutes. A pinch of It will never be known why h* did not ground ginger or a few ralslna can b<> added If the flavor Is liked die. Rhubarb Jelly*—This makes a nice Pltchoune took to making long ex cursion*. He would be absent for days, Sunday dessert, because It can b* pre snd In his clouded mind Habron pared the day before. Hoak one-half thought the dog was reconnoitering for box of gelatin In half a cupful of cold him over th* vast ptuk sea without water for an hour. Cook two pounds ther*—which, if one could sail across of rhubarb In a very little water and as In a ship, on* would sail to France, when reduced to a pulp sweeten to through the walls of mellow old Taras taste. Het aside and cook one cupful con. to the chateau of good King Rrne; of sugar with on* of water for twenty on* would sal) aa the moon satis, and minutes. Htlr the soaked gelatin Into through an open window one might the boiling sirup and atlr until dis Remove from the Are, add h«ar th* sound of a woman's voice solved singing The song, ever Illusive and the rhubarb end set away In a mold Irritating In Its persistency, tantalized to cool. Rhubarb sponge la made aa for Jelly, hla sick ear* Habron did net know that he would but when It beglna to thicken the beat have found the chateau shut bad he en whites of three eggs are whipped In ■ ailed there In the moon it waa as until tho Jelly ta quite stiff Herve with well that he did not know, for bls wan whipped cream or a thin custard mad* dering thought would not have known from the yolks of the eggs. RhubarbCempot*.—A compote Is very where to follow, and there was repo** in thinking of th* Chateau d’EaclIg- little more trouble than stewing, but infinitely more attractive when served. nac. It grew terribly hot Fatou Annl, by Boll one cupful of sugar with a wine- his side, fanned him with a fan she glassful of water for five minutes. Then had woven The great-great-grand drop In short lengths of rhubarb, a few children on the floor In the mud fought at a time, so they retain their ahap*. together They quarreled over bite of Take them out with a skimmer as they colored glass Sabron's breath came become tender and lay In a dish. Pour panting Without, he heard the cries the sirup over and serve when cold. of the warriors, the Isnce bearer*—he heard tho cries of Fatou Annt's son* who were going out to battle. The French soldiers were in a distant pail of tho Rahara and Fatou Annl's grand children wer* going out to pillage and destroy. Th* old woman by bis side cried out and beat hsr breast. Now and then sh* looked at him curiously, aa If she saw death on his pale face. Now that all ber sons and grandsons had gone, he was th* only man left in tho vlllag*. as aven boys of sixteen had joined the raid Rhe wiped bls forehead and gave him a potion that bad been pierced with arrows, it wu all sb* could do for a captive. Toward sundown, for th* first time Rabron felt a little better, and after twenty-four hours' absence, Pltchoune whined at the hut door, but would not come In. Fatou Annl called on Allah, left her patient and went out to see what waa the matter with the dog. At the door, In th* shade of a palm, stood two Bedouins. (TO DE CONTINUED.) Why Boms Are Color Blind. It Is known that color blind people cannot diatlngulah colors, bnt th* rea son for this Is not generally known. They cannot distinguish many colors, and moat of them usually give th* ap pearance of being gray. Th* cause Iles tn th* constitution of th* retina, which microscopically consists of rods and cone*. If a certain part of th* cones la wanting th* sensation they arouse Is also wasting. A blind man who does not see at all Is not much mor* deceived by his sight than th* color blind man. Ev*n th* normal ay* has not cones fin* enough to detect ultra violet rays and electric rays. •oldlsrs’ Winter Clothing. The soldiers of Japan have learned th* vslu* of paper clothing for wintar wear. Th* paper, which Is made from mulberry bark, has little sizing In It, and Is soft and warm. Between two eboets of the paper they place a thin layer of silk wadding, and then quilt th* whole. It Is something of a draw back that clothing so made la not washable, but in a winter campaign a soldier has other things to think of than th* dirt on bls uniform.—Youth's Companion. Washing Shawls. To wash knitted or crocheted shnwle, fold them as flat as possible and lay carefully in a pillow caae, run through at Intervals with banting thread to keep flat. Then they should be han dled like other flannel or woolen goods, says the Dallas News. If washed separately, observe tho usual precautions for woolen goods, gently squeezing through the hands and keep ing tho suds and rinsing water of tho aame lukewarm temperature. Take out of pillow caae. but do not hang knitted goods up to dry. Put In th* oven on a big platter, shaking and turning occasionally, or lay on a clean cloth In the sunshine. Drop Gingerbread. Beat to a cream one-half cupful of brown sugar and onrf-half cupful of butter or lard that has been softened. Add two well beaten eggs, one cupful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of cinna mon, a tablespoonful of ginger, half a cupful of sour milk with a teaspoon ful of soda beaten In, and, lastly, three cupfuls of flour. Cover the bot tom of a dripping pan with buttered paper, drop the dough on in spoonfuls, giving the cakes ample room to rise and bake a rich brown in a moderate oven. To Clean a Copper Kettle, To bring a copper kettle back to Its first brightness, wash with soap and water, then mak* a paste of a knlf* powder and paraffin and scour well. Two or thre* cleanings may b* necessary to bring it back to its orig inal brilliance. Chateaubriand Steak. Wipe a nice tenderloin aleak with a damp cloth, put on a buttered broiler and broil over a Are until done, but not dried. Transfer to a hot platter, butter thickly and cover with broiled mushrooms, laid close together. Butter Gravy. One tablespoonful of butter, one heaping tablespoonful of flour, shake or two of pepper, little salt. Work but ter Into flour and gradually stir In hot water until mixture la correct thick- naan