WORLD’S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
State Has Big Balance.
Brief Resume of General News
from All Around the Earth.
UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL
Uve News Items of Ail Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our- Busy Readers.
Salem — The report of State Troas-
• urer Kay for six months ending June
30, just made public, shows a balance
of $1,565,429.56 for the general fund.
Mr. Kay said the big balance was an
assurance that the state would not
; have to pay interest on any warrants
this year.
Disbursements for the six months
totaled $3,773,364.16; receipts, $3,-
927,647.22. The balance January 1
I was $1,411,145.49. A law passed by
the recent legislature merged all funds
in the general fund, and made it possi
ble for the state to discontinue paying
interest on warrants.
Italy closes navigation o f the Adri
atic sea unless ships are under convoy.
Albany to Cut Thistles.
Austrians submarine and sink an
Italian warship.
Most o f the crew
was saved.
Albany — A campaign has been
launched to eradicate the Carada this
tle from Linn county.
Gale S. Hill,
district attorney, has sent out notices
to 148 land owners on whose property
thistles are growing advising them
that if they do not cut the thistles
themselves the work will be done by
county road supervisors and the ex
pense made a lien on their land, as
provided by law, until the county is
reimbursed.
There are no Canada thistles in most
parts of the county, but in one locality
they have made quite a start and are
spreading rapidly.
The steamship Minnehaha, loaded
with 15,000 tons o f war munitions, is
afire in midocean.
Reports of food shortage and suffer
ing continue to reach the State depart
ment from Mexico.
Germans complain that the French
mistreat prisoners, and reprisals are
said to have begun.
American consuls point to the seri
ous situation in Mexico and
urge
speedy action by this government.
Naval officers have taken charge of
Eugene Plans Sales Day.
the German wireless plant at Sayville,
Eugene—Eugene will have a public
N. Y., believing neutrality was being
market day, on which the farmers may
violated.
bring to the city produce, probably
Canada
has
increased her war
once a week, and offer it for sale, ac
strength to 150,000 men, which will be
cording to the plans of S. D. Hooper,
drawn on by England as the require
manager of the promotion department
ments arise.
of the Commercial club.
Cincinnati is visited by the most se
The date for the first day has not
vere storm in its history. Many lives yet been set, but it is proposed to set
are lost and a million dollars' damage aside a place, probably about the pub
is done to property.
lic plaza, where the farmers’ wagons
can
be parked and where the sales can
Iowa has unearthed a mysterious
murder committed, it is said, in 1868, be made from the back o f the wagons.
and as a consequence a man aged 70 is The farmers in the district have asked
that some such plan be developed.
in jail accused of the crime.
Development Is Near.
Newport S. G. Irwin, of Newport,
has just been informed by the United
States Engineering department that an
appropriation of $3000 has been made
for the survey of the Yaquina Bay bar,
with an object of obtaining a 25-foot
channel, and Wisconsin capitalists are
ready to develop vast timber holdings
as soon as large carriers can enter the
bay.
J. S. I’olhomus, assistant United
States engineer, who had charge of the
Yaquina Bay jetty construction, will
again be in charge of the government
work.
J. C. Maupin, of the United States
Geodetic Engineers, made a survey of
the bar and channel in 1913, but an
Engineers’ department survey is nec
essary before an appropriation could
be made for improvements, it is said.
Wisconsin capitalists, backed by
Senator Stephenson and others, who
bought the Smith interests around Coo*
Bay, have money ready to invest.
A party headed by George A. Ste
phenson, manager o f the North Bend
Lumber company, and Edward A.
Young, nephews of Senator Stephen
son, and Carl Burnham, all of Madison,
Wis., John Belknap ami Steve McAl
lister, of Vancouver, B. C., timber ex
porters, and N. C. Ingram and Charles
Corgan, of Coos Bay, timber cruisers,
have been making various trips of in
vestigation.
Mr. Stephenson has obtained sound
ings of the Yaquina Bay bar and sur
veys of roads in view of a logging rail
road to extend from Yaquina Bay to
Yachats.
It is said to be the aim of th« Wis
consin lumbermen to commence work
without delay.
Oregon Crop Report.
July 1 crop estimates by the United
States department o f Agriculture are
as follow s:
Winter wheat— Forecast, 16,000,000
bushels; final 1914, 13.684,000. -
Spring wheat— Forecast, 3,730,000
bushels; final 1914, 2,920,000.
Oats — Forecast, 13,900,000; final
1914. 12.74", 000.
Barley— Forecast, 4,320,000 bushels;
final 1914, 3,660.000.
Potatoes - Forecast, 6,800,000 bush
els; final 1914, 4,753,000.
Apples— Forecast, 3,320,000 bushels;
final 1914, 3,600,000.
Hay — Condition, 92; 7-year aver
age, 91.
Clover—Condition, 92; 10-year aver
age. 94.
A lfa lfa —Condition 92; 9-year aver
age, 92.
Pasture— Condition, 97; 10-year av
erage, 96.
Hop9— Condition, 92; 9-year aver-
age,^89.
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President Wilson refuses to consider
Seaside Votes Bond Issue.
er comment on tentative note from
Germany. Until the full text is re
Seaside— With one lone vote against
ceived no action will be taken.
the measure, a $35,000 bond issue was
Interest in the field maneuvers of authorized by the voters of the Seaside
the Oregon militia has been greatly school district to obtain a site and to
increased by the indications that the erect a Union High School building.
United States regulars may soon be This will be the first Union High
School in Clatsop county, and the work
sent to Mexico.
on the building will begin probably
The French senate appropriates immediately so that it will be availa
$600,000 to be used by the minister of ble for use in the early fall.
Several
marine in payment foi cargoes of neu sites are being considered by the board
tral vessels that have been seized, and of directors and it is probable that a
•specially of that of the American relatively central location will we
steamer Dacia.
chosen somewhere near the Pacific
Belgians have suddenly adopted the Ocean.
School Talks Are Heard.
practice of wearing sprays o f ivy as an
Flax Crop Outlook Good.
expression of loyalty to Belgium and
Salem— “ Standardization of the Ru
Salem— That the outlook for the suc ral School,” was discussed at a meet
the allies, as a result of General von
Biasing’s order prohibiting the display cess of the state’ s venture with flax ing of the county superintendents who
• f Belgian colors.
growing is most promising is the opin are here grading the examination pa
Steel mills in the Pittsburg district ion of Governor Withycombe, who has pers of applicants for state certificates
Fred Peterson, Klamath
have received within the past few days just looked over the flax fields in this to teach.
orders for projectile steel which aggre vicinity. “ There is every assurance county; E. J. Moore, Lane county;
gate 75,000 tons.
Early in the year of a good crop,” said the governor. Roy Cannon, Benton county, and W.
steel of this grade was offered at $31 “ Also, the quality of the flax appears W. Austin, Grant county, led the dis
a ton, but latest sales are said to have excellent. I believe it will run from cussion.
“ Club Work” will be discussed also.
been made at $38. This material is to one and a half to three tons to the
acre.” J. C. Cady, the flax man em Superintendent of Public Instruction
be sent abroad.
ployed by the Board of Control, has Churchill announced that those who
A decree has beed published in Paris
just returned from the East, where he will participate are: F. L. Griffin,
prohibiting the export of gold except
field agent of Oregon Agricultural Col
purchased retting machinery.
by the Bank of France. This is a pre
lege; N. C. Maris, field worker of the
cautionary measure taken at the sug
State Board of Education; L. P. Har
Dost Storm Does Damage.
gestion of Minister of Finance Ribot.
rington, field worker, State Board of
Echo
—
A
severe
dust
storm
swept
It has been found that exported gold
Education.; H. C. Seymour, superin
has not been destined always for a over the w u t end of Umatilla county tendent of Polk county, ami Miss Fay
neutral country in settlement of ac Wednesday night, beginning at 9 Clark, superintendent of Malheur
counts. A free outflow might result o’clock and continuing several hours. county.
in a dangerous traffic, according to the The electric light plant near Hermis-
ton, which supplies the towns of Uma
minister.
Roseburg Railroad Sure.
tilla, Hermiston, Stanfield and Echo,
Turkey sinks French transport in was put out o f commission at 10
Rose burg— A conference which both
the Dardanelles.
o’clock, leaving those places in dark parties admitted had its connection
with the railroad which Kendall Bros,
Twin deer have been born at the ness for the rest of the night.
Some damage is reported to trees, propose to construct here during the
Washington Park, at Portland.
fruit and grain in the neighborhood.
present summer was held here Satur
The Liberty Bell is making its first
day.
trip across the continent to San Fran
Woman Watches Burglar.
F. L. Burkhalter, superintendent of
cisco.
Pendleton— Awakened at 5 o’ clock the Portland division of the Southern
Pacific railroad, and H. A. Hinshaw,
British report capture of German in the morning by a noise in her hotel
general freight agent, were closeted
trenches on the extreme left line near room, Mrs. E. H. Somersville, w ife of
a night waiter, watched a burly negro with S. A. Kendall and his associates
Y pres.
leisurely search her dresser.
The in for more than an hour.
Mr. Kendall and the Southern Pacific
Indications point strongly to inter truder completed his task and depart
vention in Mexico by the United ed, after which the woman regained officials spent an hour at Winchester,
control
of her
vocal organs and where they inspected Kendall Bros.’
States.
screamed. The burglar escaped with holdings in that vicinity. A t the con
San Francisco reports the safest
clusion of the conference it was given
jewelry valued at $150.
Fourth of July in its history. No one
out that a complete understanding had
was injured.
been reached between the parties con
Pendleton Postal Receipts Gain.
J. P. Morgan, who was shot by a de
Pendleton— An increase of more than cerned.
mented would-be assassin, is reported 10 per cent in the receipts o f the local
Roseburg Dry Act Void.
out of danger.
postoffice in the past quarter is an
Roseburg — Judge J. W. Hamilton
nounced
by
Postmaster
Tweedy.
April,
England has taken over the control
of the sale of ilquors in many districts May and June each showed substantial has decided that the city of Roseburg
where war material is being handled. increases in revenue this year over the had no jurisdiction in prohibition cases.
same months of last year, the net in The question arose in the case of the
The American consular agent at crease for the quarter just ended being
city against Frank Henslee, which was
Swinenmunde, Prussia, reports that $748.05 over the receipts of the second
appealed to the Circuit court. The de
the American steamship Platuria, from
quarter of 1914.
cision said that local option and pro
New York with a cargo o f petroleum
hibition laws are state laws and cannot
consigned to a Swedish port, has been
Crops Near Monroe Mature Fast.
be enforced by cities without special
held up by a German warship and
Monroe— The warm weather of the authority provided in the cities’ char
brought into Swinenmunde.
past week has ripened the grain and ters. HenBlee was sentenced for carry
Italy is reported successful in her hay in this vicinity rapidly and the ing liquor on the city streets not in an
warfare against forces in the Corea re prospects are good for an early harvest original package, under a city ordi
gion, having materially advanced and and a fine crop.
Farmers are more nance passed a short time befoe.r
than busy getting in their first crop of
captured 900.
Stings o f Bees Kill Cow.
hay and with continued fair weather
Frank Holt, who exploded a bomb in they will have bountiful supply.
Monmouth— Stung by thousands of
the national capitol and shot J. P.
Italian bees, a valuable Jersey cow,
Morgan in his home, succeeded in com Cotton Oil Business Permit Granted. owned by O. A. Wolverton, ex-post
mitting suicide in the jail in Mineola,
Salem— The American Cotton Oil master of Monmouth, died Tuesday.
N. Y.
company, incorporated in New Jeresy The animal had been turned into the
On a
Seeley Hall, of Medford, Or., drove with a capital stock of $30,435,700, grass on the Normal campus.
a six-passenger car to the summit of has received a permit from Corpora [ small lot adjoining the campus were
the Crater Lake rim. This is the ear tion Commissioner Schulderman to do ! 85 hives. When Bossie began to fight
The company several of the Italians, hundreds, then
liest date an automobile has ever business in this state.
reached the lodge.
The snow has is engaged in manufacturing and re j thousands, “ mobilized,” and aid for
1 the distressed cow was impossible.
melted 12 days earlier than ever before. fining cottonseed oil.
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SYNOPSIS.
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1 « I'omtv <tc Hiihron, captain of Frenc h
c m airy. tul, ,» i » Mu <|iiart»ra lu r » l » c l>y
hand u molli, rii»»» lrlali terrier pup, un,I
names tl IMtchounr
l ie itine» with the
Mur,|iil«e iTKacIlgnac and mesta Mlaa Ju
Ha IteUmund. Amerit an helresa
Il a la or-
,tere,I to Alatela bul la not allnwcit to
taka servants or iM*a
Mia» Ite,limimi
takas care o f I’llchoune, who. lonalna for
Ms mttaler. runs a w a y fr om her
Th e
mantillas plana lu m a rr y Julia to ilia l>uc
,!e Tremolìi
Pltchoune follows Salirmi to
Algiers, d o f and ma ster meet, and Mal,ron
u-ts rc r m -ulmi to keep M s d o f with Mtn
Th e D u e de T r a m o s ! ftmls the A me ric an
hetreaa capricious
ttulnon, wounde d in
an ena«a,*to,'nt. falls Into the dry t>ed of
a r l i e r and ta watched *,\er by P l l rh o u n s
Afte r a horrible ntsht and day I'llclmune
leaves him
Tremont la k e s Julia and (he
merou «e lo Alan i » In hla yacht hut, ha»
dont<ta about Julia's lied » ’roen mlaalnn
Afte r lona aearch Julia seta trace of 8a
brnn'a wh er e a b ou t»
Julia for the m o
ment turna m a tc h m a ke r In b eha lf o f T r e
mont
ll am m et
Alani tells the M ar
Oulae where ha thinks Sa br on may be
found.
C H A P T E R X X I — C o n tin u e d ,
sky, unstained by a single cloud, was
bin« as u turquoise floor, and against
It, black and portentous, flew the vul
tures. Here and there the sun touched
I tools gave life and reaaou to the
oasis.
Fatou Annl parched her corn. Her
barbaric chant was Interrupted by a
»harp bark and a low pleading whine.
Bite had never heard Bounds just
like that.
The dogs of the village
¡
were great wolflike creatures
IMt-
choutte's hark was angelic compared
with theirs. He crossed the charmed
circle drawn around her house, and
did not fall dead, and (food before
her. whining
Fatou Annl left her
corn, stood upright and looked at Plt
choune. To her the Irish terrier was
an apparition The fact that he had
not fallen doad proved thet he was
beloved of Allah. He wae, perhaps, a
genie, an afrit.
Pltchoune fawned at her feet. Hhe
murmured a line of the Koran. It did
not eeem to affect his drinonatratlva
affection. The woman bent down to
him after making a pass against the
Kvtl Eye. and touched hint, and Plt
choune licked her hand,
Fatou Annl screamed, dropped him,
went, Into the houae and made her
ablutions
When ahe came out I*1t-
choune sat patiently before the
parched corn, and he again earns
crawling to her.
The Arabian woman lived In the
last hut of the village. Mbs could
satisfy her curiosity without shocking
her neighbors
8he bent down to
scrutinize Pltchoune’s collar
Tbara
was a sacred medal on It with sacred
Inscriptions which ahe oould not read
But as soon as ahe bad freed him this
time, Pltchoune tore himself away
from her, flew out of the sacred ring
and disappeared
The he ran bark,
barking appealingly; he took the hem
of her dress In his mouth aud pulled
ner He repeatedly did this and the
superstitious Arabian believed herself
to be called divinely. 8be 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 Pltchoune eped over
the desert; when he stopped and
looked hark at her. Fatou Annl did
not follow, and he returned to renew
his entreaties.
When she tried to
touch him he escaped, keeping at a
safe distance. The village began to
Pltchouno ran with hla nose to the
ground. There were several trails for
a dog to follow on that apparently un
trodden page of desert history Which
one would he choose?
Without a
•cent a dog doe* nothing
Hie nos
trils are hla Instinct. Ilia devotion,
hla faithfulness, hla Intelligence, hla
heart all coine through hla nose A
man's heart, they sav, le In hla atom
ach or In hla pocket. A dog's ts In
his nostrils If Pltcftouna had chosen
the wroug direction, this story would
never have been written.
Mlckette
did uot give birth to the alxth puppy.
In the stables of the garrison, for
nothing Nor had Sabron saved him
on the night of the ntvtaorable dinner
for nothing.
With hla note flat to the sands Plt
choune smelt to east and to west, to
north and south, took a scent to the
east, decided on It for what reason
will never be told—and followed It.
Fatigue and hunger were forgotten
as hour after hour Pltchoune 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 the little terrier had
pursued his course to the end.
There are occasions when an ani
mal's Intelligence surpasses the hu
man
When, toward evening of the
twelve houre 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 his small body. He lay down, pant
ing. but his bright spirit was unwill
ing just then to leave his form and
hovered near him. In the religion of
Tatman dogs alone have souls.
Pltchoune panted nod dragged him
self to a pool of water around which
the green palms grew, and lie drank
and drank. Then the little desert
wayfarer hid himself in the bushes
and slept till morning. All night he
was racked with convulsive twitches,
but he slept and In his dreams ha
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
hare seen him he would have seem' I
the epitome of heartless egoism. He
was the epitome of wisdom. Instinct
and wisdom sometimes go closely to
gether. Solomon was only Instinc
tive when he asked for wisdom. The
epicurean I.ucullus. when dying, naked
for a certain Nile fish cooked In
H o u r A fte r
Hour
Pltcho un e
Ran
wine.
Across the Sahara.
Pltchoune shook out hla short I
hslry body and came out of the oasis I stir. Blue and yellow garments flut
pool Into the sunlight and trotted Into tered In the streets.
the Arabian village.
"Allah Akbar," Fatou (Annl mur
•
a
a
•
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a
•
mured, "these are days of victory, of
Fatou Annl parched corn In a bra
recompense.”
zler before her house.
Her house
She gathered her robe around her
was a mi hut with yellow walls. It
had no roof and was open to the sky. and, statedly and Impressively, started
Fatou Annl was ninety years old, toward the huts of her grandsons.
straight as a lance— straight as one When she returner), eight young war
of the lances the men of the village riors. fully armed, accompanied her.
carried when they went to dispute I Pltchoune sat beside the parched com.
with white people. These lances with watching the brazier and her meal.
which the young men had fought, had Fatou Annl pointed to the desert.
She said to the young men, “ Go
won them the last battle. They had
with this genie. There Is something
been victorious on the field.
Fatou Annl was the grandmother he wishes to sMw us. Allah Is great.
of many men.
She had been the Go.’’
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•
•
•
s
e
e
mother of many men.
Now sho
parched com tranquilly, prayerfully.
When the Capltalne de Rabron
"Allah! that the corn should not opened his eyes In consciousness,
bum; Allah! that It should be sweet; they encountered a square of blazing
Allah! that her men should be al blue heaven. He weakly put up his
hand to shade his sight, and a cotton
ways successful.”
She was the fetish of the settle awning, supported by fhur bamboo
ment. In a single blue garment, her poies, was swiftly raised over hla
black scrawny breast uncovered, the head. He saw objects and took cogni
thin veil that the Fellaheen wear zance of them. On the floor In the
pushed back from bar face, her fine low doorway of a mud but sat three
eyes were revealed and she might lltttle naked children covered with
have been a priestess as she bent flies and dirt. He was the guest of
Fatou Annl. These were three of her
over her com!
hundred
great great grandchildren.
"Allah! Allah Akbar!"
Rather than anything should hap The babies were playing with a little
pen to Fatou Annl, the settlement d«g Sabron knew the dog but could
would have roasted Its ensmlea alive, not articulate his name. By his side
torn them In shreds. Rome of them sat the woman to whom he owed his
■aid that she was two hundred years life. Her veil fell over her face. She
old.
There was a charmed ring was braiding straw. He looked at her
drawn around her houae. People sup Intelligently.
She brought him a
posed that If any creature croaaed It drink of cool water In an earthen vas
sal, with the drops oozing from Its
uninvited, It would fall dead.
The s u b had risen for an hour and porons tides. The hut reeked with
'h * air was still cool. Overhead, the odors which met his nostrils at «vary
breath he drew !!• asked In Arabloi
"Where am IT"
“ In the hut of victory,” said Fatou
Annl.
Pltchoune overheard the voice and
cams to Habrun'a aid«. Hla master
murmured:
"Where are we. my frlcndf”
Th « dog leaped on hla bed and licked
hla face. Futon Annl, with a whisk of
straw, swept the flies front him
A
great weakness spread Its wlnga above
hint aud he fell asleep
Days are all alike to those who lie
In mortal alcknesa. The hours are In
tensely colorless and they slip and slip
aud allp Into painful wakefulness, Into
fever, Into drowsluess Anally, and then
Into weakness
The Capltalne de Habron. although
he had no rurally to apeak of, did pos-
seas, unknown to th« Marqulsn d'Es-
cllgnac, an old aunt In the provinces,
and a handful of heartless cousins who
were Indifferent to him Nevertheless
ha clung to life at:d In the but of Fatou
Annl fought for ezlstence Every time
that bo was conscious hs struggled
anew to hold to the thread of life
Whenever he grasped the thread he
vanquished, and whenever be lost It,
he went down, down
Fatou Annl cherished him. He was
a soldier who had fallen In the battle
against her sons and graudsons. He
was a man and a strong one, aud she
despised women
He was her prey
and he was her reward untl ahe cared
for him; as she did ao, she became
maternal
His eyes which, when he was con
scious, thanked her; his thin hands
that moved on the rough blue robe
thrown over him. th« devotion of the
dog found a responsive chord In the
greatgrandmother's heart
Once he
smiled at one of the naked, big bellied
great great grandchildren
Haul Hue-
•an. three years old. came up to Sab
ron with Ills Angers In his mouth
sod chattered like a bird This proved
to Fatou Annl that Habron had not
the Evil Eye No one but the children
were admitted to the but, but the sun
aud the flies and the cries of tha vil
lage rente In without permission, and
now aud then, when the wind» arose,
he could hear the stirring of the palm
tree«.
Habron was reduced to skin and
bone
His nourishment was Insuffi
cient, and the absence of all decent
rare was slowly taking him to death.
It will never be knowu why be did not
die.
Pltchoune took to making long ex
cursions. He would be absent for days,
and In his clouded mind Habron
thought the dug was reconnolterlng for
hltu over the vast pink sea without
there— which. If ona could sail across
as In a ship, one would sail to France,
through the walls of mellow old Taraa-
con. to the ebstoau of good King Itene;
one would aall as the moon sells, and
through an open window one might
hear the sound of a woman's vote«
singing The song, ever Illusive and
Irritating In its persistency, tantalized
his sick ears
Sabron did not know that he would
have found the chateau shut had be
sailed them In the moon. It w-as as
well that he did not know, for bis wan
dering thought would not have known
where to follow, and there was repose
In thinking of the Chateau d’Escllg-
nac.
It grew tarrlbly hot. Fatou Annl. by
hla side, fanned him with a fan she
had woven. The great great-grand
children on the floor In the mud fought
together They quarreled over bits of
colored glass
Sabron's breath came
panting Without, he heard the cries
of the*warrlors, the lance bearer*—he
heard the cries of Fatou Annl'i sons
who were going out to battle. Tha
French soldiers were In a distant part
of the Sahara and Fatou Annl'a grand
children were going out to pillage and
destroy. The old woman .by hla aids
cried out and beat '»er breast. Now
and then she looked at him curiously,
as If she suw death on his pale face.
Now that all her sons and grandsons
had gone, ha was the only man left In
the village, as even boys of sixteen
had joined the raid
She wiped hla
forehead and gave him a potion that
had been pierced with arrows. It was
all aha could do for a captive.
Toward sundown, for the first tlms
Sabron felt a little better, and after
twenty-four hours' absence. Pltchoune
whined at the hut door, hut would not
come In. Fatou Annl called on Allah,
left her patient and went out to see
w-liat was the matter with tho dog. At
th« door, In the shade of a palm, stood
two Bedouins
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Why 8om# Are Color Blind.
It Is known that color blind people
cannot distinguish colors, but the rea
son for this Is not generally known.
They cannot distinguish many colors,
and most of them usually give the ap
pearance of being gray.
The cause
lies In the constitution of the retina,
which microscopically consists of rods
and cones. If a certain pan of the
cones Is wanting the sensation they
arouse la also wanting. A blind man
who does not see at all ts not much
more deceived by his sight than tha
color blind man. Even the normal eye
has not conea fine enough to detect
ultra violet rays and electric rays.
Soldiers’ Winter Clothing.
The soldiers of Japan have learned
tha valua of paper clothing for winter
wear. Tha paper, which Is made from
mulberry bark, has little sizing In It,
and la soft and warm. Between two
sheets of the paper they place a thin
layer of silk wadding, and then quilt
the whole. It la 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 the dirt on his uniform.— Youth’s
Companion.