RIGHT ATTENTION TO COLTS Good Work Horses and Mule« Wil' Bring Remunerative Prices for Several Years to Como. Koran owner» cannot afford to giro their colts Indifferent card. There ts every Indication that good work horse» and mules will bring re­ munerative prices tor several years. The demand for army horses ts taking a large number of light weight ani­ mals out of the country. Moot of flâ KM W VOP5T ILLUSTRATIONS^PAY WALTERS cori-« «vT- sr zvr a wo avr -u w SYNOPSIS. 14 — Le Cemte J» Sabron. captain of French cavalry, take» to his quarters to raise by hand a motherless Irish terrier pup. and names It Pttchoune. He dines with the Marquise d'Kschgnac and meets Miss Ju Ua Redmond. American heiress He ts or­ dered to Algiers but Is not allowed to take servants or dogs Miss Redmond takes care of Pttchoune, who. longing tor his master, runs away from her The marquise plans to marry Julia to the Duc de Tremont. Pttchoune follows Sabron to Algiers, dog and master meet, and Sabron gvts permission to keep his dog with him. The Due de Tremont finds the American heiress capricious Sabron. wounded In an engagement, falls Into the dry bed of a river and is watched over by Pttchoune. After a horrible night and day Pttchoune leaves him. Tremont takes Julia and the marquise to Algiers In his yacht but has doubts about Julia's Red Cross mission xtier long search Julia sets trace of Sa- bron's whereabouts Julia for the mo­ ment turns matchmaker In behalf of Tre­ mont. Hammel Abou tells the Mar­ quise where he thinks Sabron may be found Tremont decides to go with Ham. met Abou to find Sabron. Prixe-Winnlng Filly. these will be replaced ultimately by heavier horses better sutted tor heavy farm work. The slse and value of the mature animal depends to a large extent on the feed and care it gets during colt* hood. It pays to give the colt a chance to make the most of its in­ herited possibility of development, for an extra 200 or 300 pounds make a striking difference in the selling price of a work horse or mule. The maximum development is pos­ sible only when the colts are handled carefully and fed well during the first two or three years of their lives. CHAPTER XXI—Continued. X' “Fatou Anni is nearly one hundred years old. She has borne twenty chil­ dren. she has had fifty grandchildren, she has seen many wives, many bride« and many mothers. Rhe does not be­ lieve the sick man has the Hvll Eye. She is not afraid of your fifty armed men. Fatou Anni Is not afraid. Al lah Is great She will not give up th* Frenchman because of fear, nor will she give him up to any man. She gives him to the women of hl» people.” With dignity and majesty and with great beauty of carriage, the old wom­ an turned and walked toward her hut and the Bedoulty followed her. CHAPTER XXII. Into the Desert A week after the caravan of t'ue Due de Tremont left Algiers, Julia Red mond came unexpectedly to the villa of Madame de la Maine at an early morning hour. Madame de la Maine saw her standing on the threshold of her bedroom door. “Chere Madame." Julia said. "1 am leaving today with a dragoman and twenty servants to go Into the desert.” Madame de la Maine was still In bed. At nine o'clock she read her pa­ per« and her correspondence. “Into the desert—alone!” Julia, with her cravache In her gloved hands, smiled sweetly though she was very pale. “I had not though' of going alone, Madame." she replied with charming assurance, "I knew you would go with me." On a chair by her bed was a wrap per of blue silk and lace. The com tesse sprang up and then thrust her feet Into her slippers and stared at Julia. "What are you going to do In the desert ?" "Watch!” "Yes, yes!” nodded Madame de la Maine. "And your aunt?” "Deep In a bazaar for the hospital," smiled Miss Redmond. Madame de la Maine regarded her slender friend with admiration and envy. "Why hadn’t I thought of it?" She rang for her maid. "Because your great-grandfather was not a pioneer!” Miss Redmond answered. The sun which, all day long, held the desert In its burning embruce. went westward in bls own brilliant caravan. "The desert blossoms like a rose, Therese.” "Like a rose?” questioned Madame de la Maine. She was sitting in the door of her tent; her white dress and her white It was rare for the caravan to pass by Beni Medinet. The old woman's superstition foresaw danger in this visit. Her veil before her face, her gnarled old fingers held the fan with which the had been fanning Sabron She went out to the strangers. Down by the well a group of girl» in gar­ ments of blue and yellow, with earthen bottles on their beads, stood staring at Beni Medinet's unusual visitors. “Peace be with you. Fatou Ann!," 1 said the older of the Bedouins. “Are you a cousin or a brother that you know my name?” asked the an- - cient woman. “Everyone knows the name of the PROVIDE BEES WITH WATER oldest woman tn the Sahara." said Place Fountain Near the Hives— Hammet Abou, “and the victorious are always brothers " Honey Secured From Goldenrod “What do you want with me?” she and Aster Is of Rich Flavor. asked, thinking of the helplessness of the village. (By B L. PUTNAM.) Hammet Abou pointed to the hut. When you see the bees clustering “You have a white captive in there around the watering trough just pro­ vide them a fountain near their hives. Is he alive?” “What is that to you. son of a dog?" Thia will save time for them and "The mother of many sons is wise," there will be no more drowned bees and horses and other stock will not be said Hammet Abou portentously, “but sthng as they come from the field, she does not know that this man car­ heated and perspiring—a fit m»:k for ries the Bril Eye. His dog carries the Bvil Eye for his enemies. Your people the angry bee Surround a board of convenient size have gone to battle. Unless this man j with a narrow cleat an inch high, is cast out from yeur village, your making the shallow "Arough water young men. your grandsons and your tight. Over this tack a piece of wire sons will be destroyed.” The old woman regarded him calmly screen, being careful to leave no sharp i “I do not fear it.” she said tran­ edges that will hurt the bees. Fill with wat-- and note the enjoyment quilly. “We have had corn and oil In with which the winged visitors flock plenty. He is sacred." and drink with no possibility of find- j For the first time she looked at his ing in It a- fatal draft They will companion, tall and slender and evi­ drink lots of water now, and if you do dently younger. “You favor the coward Franks,” she not furnish the pure stuff they will hunt out the nearest cesspool for said in a high voice. "You have come to fall upon us in our desolation.” moisture they must have. She was about to raise the peculiar Do not worry if your fence row Is bordered with goldenrod and aster. wail which would have summoned to You may not be impressed with the her all the women of the village. The •esthetic effect admired by your city dogs of the place had already begun to cousins, but the bees revel in the show their noses, and the villagers sweets afforded and will, from the were drawing near the people under weeds, extract a supply of honey that the palms. Now the young man began will go a long way toward piecing out to speak swiftly In a language that she their winter store. Beside, golden­ did not understand, addressing his rod honey, when It can be secured in comrade. The language was so curious quantity, is food fit for kings, being that the woman, with the cry arrested of a rich amber hue and of superior on her lips, staged at him. Pointing to his companion. Hammet Abou said: flavor. "Fatou Annf, this great lord kisses ■Remember that honey must ripen before it is ready for market. When your hand. He says that he wishes beet made it is thin and watery but he could speak your beautiful lan-■ after two or three weeks it acquires guage. He does not come from the '.he consistency necessary to the first- enemy; he does not come from the French. He comes from two women class product. Conversely, if kept in a damp place of his people by whom th« captive is it soon gathers moisture and becomes beloved. He says that you are the seriously damaged. A cool, dry closet mother of sons and grandsons, and is preferable to the cellar for storing. that you will deliver this man up into our hands in peace.” The narrow fetid streets were be­ WELL-BRACED LONG LADDER ginning to fill with the figures of women, their beautifully colored Weak and Dangerous Feature Over­ robes fluttering in the light, and there come by Wire Brace—Strength were curious eager children who came Added at Little Expense. running, naked save for the bangles upon their arms and ankles. Farmers who have occasion to use Pointing to them, Hammet Abou i long ladders often find them weak and said to the old sage: dangerous when set up at the proper "See, you are only women here, Julia's Eyes Were Fixed Upon the angle. This can be overcome by a Fatou Anni. Your men are twenty Limitless Sands. wire brace. Get a blacksmith to make miles farther south. We have a cara­ two V-shaped irons, and fasten them van of fifty men all armed, Fatou hat gleamed like a touch of snow Julia Red­ to the side sills with small bolts. Bore Anni. They camp just there, at the upon the desert's face. small holes through sills at each end edge of the oasis. They are waiting. mond, on a rug at her feet, and In her We come in peace, old woman; we khaki rtdlnghabit the color of the come to take away the Evil Eye from sand, blended with the desert as your door; but If you anger us and though part of IL She sat up aa she rave against ua, the dogs and women spoke. of your town will fall upon you and «How divine! Bee!" She pointed Ladder Braced With Wire. destroy every breast among you.” to the stretches of the Sahara before She began to beat her palms to­ her. On every side they spread away Take two pieces of No. 9 wire and gether, murmuring: as far as the eye oould teach, suave, fasten to the sills at one end by pass "Allah! Allah!” mellow, black, undulating finally te ing through the holes and forming a "Hush," said th« Bedouin fiercely, •mall hillocks with corrugated sides, lock by 'uming the end back through "take us to th« captive, Fatou Anni." as a group of little sandhills rose soft­ the boles over small iron pins, then Fatou Anni did not stir. She ly out of the seallke plain. "Look, Baas the wire over the V-irons, draw­ pulled aside the* veil from her with­ Therese!" ing them tight with a lever and fasten Slowly, from ocher and gold the ered face, so that her great eyes at the other ends in the same way. looked out at the two men. She saw color changed; a faint wavelike blush This brace will more than double the her predicament, but she wag a subtle crept over the sands, which reddened, strength of the ladder and add but Oriental. Victory had been In her paled, faded, warmed again, took little expense. camp and In her village; her sons and depth and grew Intense like flame. grandsons had never been vanquished "The heart of a rose! N'est-ee pas, Approach of Foaling Time. Perhaps the dying man in the hut Thermo r* With the approach of foaling time would bring the Evil Eye! He was "I understand now what you mean,” the grain ration of the mare should dying, anyway—he would not live said aiadame. The comtesse was not be decreased. Use feeds such as bran twenty-four hours. She knew this, a dreamer. Parisian to the tips of sod roots, as they are valuable. A for her ninety years of life bad seen her Angers, elegant, fine,' she had lived roomy box stall or an open grassy lot many eyee close on the oasis under a conventional life. There»« had been fa almost imperative. After foaling the hard blue skies. taught to conceal her emotions. She the mare should not be worked for| To 'be tailor of the two Bedouins bad been taught that our feelings from ten to .fifteen days, and then . she said In Arable: matter very little to any one but our­ bat light!/. selves She had bees taught to go lightly, to avoid serious things Iler great grandmother had gone lightly to the scaffold, exquisitely courteous Uli the last "I ask your pardon It I jostled you la the tumbrel,” the eld cotnteeee had said to her companion on the way to the guillotine, '"rhe spring» of the cart are poor"- and she went up smiling. In the companionship of the Ameri­ can girl. There»» de la Maine bad throwu off restraint. If the Marquise d'Kacliguac had felt Julia’s Influence, Therese de la Maine, being near her own age. echoed Julia's very feeling Except for their dragoman and thslr servants, the two women were alone In the desert. Smiling at Julia, Madame de la Maine said: "I haven't been so far from the Rue de In Pail In my life." "How can you speak of the Rue de la Pali, There»« "Only to »how you how completely I have left it behind.'* Julia's eyes wore fixed U|x« her life. “This Is the seventh day. Theresa!" "Already you are as brown aa an Arab, Julia!" "You as well, ma chere anile!” "Robert does not like dark women," said tbe Cotillease de la Maine, and rubbed her cheek. •1 must wear two veils.” "Look, Therese!“ Across the face of the desert tho glow began to withdraw Its curtain. The sands suffused an Ineffable hue. a shell-like pink took poeeession, and the desert melted and then grew colder—it waned before their eyea. withered like a tea rose. "Like a roee!" Julia murmured, "smell Its perfume!" She lifted her h<*d. drinking in with delight the fragranc« of the sands. “Ma chere Julia," gently protested the cotntesse, lifting her head, "per­ fume, Julia!” But she breathed with her friend, while a sweetly subtle. In­ toxicating odor, aa of millions and mil­ lions of roses, gathered, warmed, kept, then scattered on the airs of heaven. Intoxicating her. To the left were the huddled tents of their attendants. No sooner had the sun gone down than the Arabs com­ menced to sing—a song that Julia bad especially liked: ts>vs Is Ilk» a sweet pertum«. It coni*». It escapes When It's prrw-ni. It Intoxicates: S'h»n It's » memory. It brines tears. I.ove is like a sweet breath. It comes and It escape» The weird music Oiled the silence of the silent plsce. It had the evanescent quality of the wind that brought the breath of the sand flowers. The voices of the Arabs, not unmusical, though hoarse and appealing, cried out their lovesong, and then the music turned to Invocation and to prayer. The two women listened silently as the night fell, their figures sharply outlined In the beautiful clarity of the «astern night. Julia stood upright. In her r- re riding dress, she was as slender 4 a boy. She remained looking toward the horizon. Immovable, patient, a silent watcher over the uncommunicative waste. "Perhaps.” she thought, "there Is nothing really beyond that line, so fast blotting itself Into night—and yet I seem to see them come!” Madame de la Maine. In the door of her tent, immovuble, her hands clasped around her knees, look affec­ tionately at the young girl before her. Julia was a delight to her. She was carried away by her, by her frank sim­ plicity. and drawn to her warm and generous heart. Madame de la Mains bad her own story. She wondered whether ever, for any period of her conventional life, she could have thrown everything aside and stood out with the man »he loved. Julia, standing before her. a dark slim figure in the night—Isolated and alone—recalled the figurehead of a ship. Its face toward heaven, pioneer­ ing the open seas. • •••••• 'Julia watched. Indeed. On the dnsert there Is the brilliant day, a passionate glow, and the nightfall. They passed the nights sometimes listening for a cry that should hall sn approaching caravan, sometimes hearing the wild cry of the hyenas, or of a passing vul­ ture on bis horrid flight. Otherwise, until the camp stirred with the dawn and the early prayer.-call sounded "Al­ lah! Allah! Akbar!" Into the still­ ness, they were wrapped In complete silence. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Meaning of Yankee. Tlure are several conflicting the­ ories regarding the origin of the word Yankee The most probable is that it came from a corrupt pronun­ ciation by the Indians of tbe word English, er Its French from Anglais. Ths term Yankee was originally ap­ plied only to the natives of the New England states but foreigners have extended It to all the natives of the United States and during the Ameri­ can Civil war tbe southerners used It as a term of reproach for all the In­ habitants of the North. Porto Rico Sugar Indust.-/. The Important part played by ths sugar Industry in the material welfare of Porto Rico Is shown by the figures of exports. Out of a total valuation of exports amounting to 143,000,0*9 dur­ ing the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, sugar alone constituted over $20,- 009,900. This was the lowest sum real­ ized for sugar exports in five years. Under normal conditions sugar con­ stitutes two-thirds tho total value of all oxport«. [ Permanent Styles in Fans There la nothing very new to report In fans, and there hardly need be. for. like fl j were, they suit us as they are. They are medium or small In sis« and composed of the fragile and fair materials we are used to Bilk gauze or lace or both combined make airy backgrounds for flowers painted In festoons and wreaths In miniature, but perfect art. Hpangies, thicker than stars In the sky, sparplo over all. They were never so liberally used Ivory, mother of pearl, or wood, with much carving and picking out In gold or silver paint, form tbe aticka. Even In the least expensive fans there Is an unusual amount of beauti­ ful decoration The Imitation ivory sticks are quite as beautifully handled aa the genuine, it takes a good judge to tell the difference. Fans of white gauze with medallions and borders of princess lace braid and thickly spangled with tiny silver se­ quins have proved their captivating qualltloa by heading the list of "best sellers." In the month of roses, when graduates and brides must be ramcra- bcred. thia la the fan that la scattered to all the points of the compass. Fans of black gauze with many spangles put on In a set design and scattered over the surface besides, have proved aa alluring as ever. flmall celluloid fans that may be carried In the handbag are deco­ rated with gold border« In set figure« or are gay with painted flowera One of these Is a novelty having a small coin carrier at the base of the stick, just large enough to hold dimes Pret­ ty as they are. none of these fans are expensive Unless one chooses those wiih pearl slicks or having much carv­ ing. Among tho very cheap fans, such aa sell for twenty five cents or not more than fifty, the Japanese designs offer really good colorings and fas­ cinating surfaces. Thoy are well made and more than tasteful; they are often fine examples of Japaueso art. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Knitted Silk Sports Coats. Knitted silk sports coats are not sweaters. True, they can be used for many of tbe purposes for which a sweater Is used, but there Is quite a difference In the garments. Various kinds of knitted silk fabrics are used for the purpose, but, unlike the sweat­ er. they are lined, and sometime« with a silk strongly contrasting with the outer material. Not infrequently this silk runs over Into cuffs and col­ lar. The coats are made along loose wrap lines, sometimes belled or sashed. Semi norfolk jackets of knitted silk are very fetching and among the most popular coata In the knitted silk fabrics. About Shoes for the Young People Following in the shoe tracks of thslr elders, children and half grown young people are wearing the best-looking •nd best-made sboea which have fallen to their lot so far. The correct styles for children as to shape are those that follow the shape of the foot, snug enough not to slip at the heel, and a little longer and broader than the feet they are tn clothe, with wide toes, flexible soles and low heels. The matter of shape disposed of, without room for mistake, there Is left a considerable latitude In choice of design and finish. All on the same sensible last, plain, dressy and fancy •hoes have received almost as much attention at the hands of manufactur­ ers aa those meant for older people— and this is saying a lot. An attractive dress shoe for a child Is shown In the picture, with white kid and patent leather combined In a graceful design. It fastens over the Instep and ankles with cutout straps buttoned over black buttons at the side. The neat machine stitching Is an Important feature in Its flnlih. A flat ribbon bow decorates the toe. For tbe well-