DIET AND
HEALTH
By DR. J. T. ALLEN
Food SpecUtUt
G Author of "Ealing for a
9 -Purpose." "The ffeto
1 Gospel of Health."
I Etc.
(Copyright, by Joseph U. liowloa.)
AND BEAUTY
Deauty Is more than skin deep; it Is
in the blood oualltv of flesh and mutt
from material, rood. Tho question or
beauty." says Emerson. "takeB us out
of Burfacca, to thinking; of tho founda
tions of thlngi! "
Whatever may bo tho truo Htandard
of beauty, it is not superficial polish.
The reality of beauty is Its soul, whoso
outward expression wo bco in tho
nnnv.
My body is not I, but tho expression
of mo. 1 am my mind. My body Is
mine; and as I build my body accord
ing to tho model in my mind, I can
build a different body by changing tho
model and tho material. The Greeks
understood this fully. Their heroen
woro tholr models of valor, their hero
ines, of graco; and ono. word defines
tholr habit In eating, Spartan simplic
ity. There is no limit to tho chango you
can mako in your body, except tho
limit to tho change you can mako in
your thought, and your chango of tho
building material, food. Wo chango
little, because thinking nnd eating aro
fundamental race habits, always slow
to change.
A young man of 20, employed as
night foreman In a bnknry for several
years, wont to an Illinois college to
study for tho Christian ministry. Tlirco
years afterward I met him nnd dis
tinctly observed a marked chango in
his features as n result of tho changed
ideals that had been dominating his
mind (luring that period and of a
chango in his diet.
It is well known that tho most im
portant poriod of development Is tho
pro-natal poriod, that an infant Is ox
tremoly plastic, but that It becomes
more difficult to mold or to remodel
it as it grows oldor. Yet, oven aftor
maturity, change takes place na the
predominating thoughts, and tho food,
nro varied. Feeding in tho pro-natal
period is Important: food largoly
makes tho dlfforcnco between the Jap
and the Eskimo, between tho Arab
dato cater und tho Gorman broad eat
er, and largely becauso food Influences
thought.
Tho food exporimentor who has sys
tematically varied his food for consid
erable porlods can benr witness to tho
fact that not only does ho fool differ
ent when living on different foods, but
his habit of thought changcB.
A curious relation subsists between
food nnd thought. It Is literally truo
that food influences thought. Tho dif
ference between the tlgor nnd tho
horso Is, vory largoly, tho difference
in their food. Vet you could not mako
a Jap of an Eskimo by feeding him on
rlco and boanu. Tho gorilla, n Btrlct
vcgotarlan, is no less fierce whon at
tacked thnn tho tiger that lives on
blood. Tho dog Is but a wolf that has
learned to think man's thoughts, to a
degree, as tho nobleman haB learnod
to think God's thoughts.
It Is Bald that n man Is us old as his
arteries, nnd this is literally truo. It
ia 'a physiological fact that somo nro
nn old at 30 ae others at GO, as the con
dltion of tho nrtorlOB distinctly hull
catcs.
The question may naturally bo
raised horo, What Is old agc7 Wo do
not liesltnto to say that a certain per
Bon Is old when wo boo that his frame
Is stiff, IiIh akin dry' nnd hard, tho
roseate line gone from his cheek, and
tho sparkle from his eye. Now what
causes this condition and how can it
bo delayed, If not overcome?
The hardening of tho frame, of nil
tho tissues, Including tho arteries, Is
duo to tho deposit In tho tlssuen of
mineral mattor tnkon In the food and
drink, absorbed Into tho blood and
gradually deposited, much as earthy
matter Is deposited In a tcn-kottlo or
sllmo and earth In city wntor pipes
This mineral mattor, chiefly phosphate
and carbonate of Hue, dostroyu the
elasticity of tho arteries and gradually
hardens tho tissues, Including tho
bruin.
Now thoro are two chief sources
from which thla earthy matter Is Intro
duced Into the blood, bread, especially
Hue white brend, and hard drinking
water. The percentage of lime in
bread is large, and white bread Is es
pecially liable to form concretions of
lime In tho lower Intestine (often in
ducing appendicitis), which aro ab
sorbed Into tho blood and deposited
in tho tlssuos, gradually producing
that dry and hardoued condition of
tho Bkln which Is a distinguishing
mark of old ago.
Tho activity of tho brain la deter
mined largely by its blood supply, nnd
when tho nrtorlea that supply It nro
hardonod by tho deposit of mineral
matter It must become sluggish. Loss
of memory of recent cventB Is an In
variable accompaniment of age: tho
old live In the pngt. To live In tho fu
ture requires the vivid imagination of
youth with its plastic brain.
Wonder is often expressed that the
farmer, who lives largely In tho open
air, and baa fresh frultB, vegetables
and milk at Ills door, does not live as
long as tho professional man, who Is
much confined In close rooms and has
little excrclso, and that tho common
laborer is shorter lived than tho idlo
rich, who aro, as a rule, much given to
dissipation.
Aside from tho waste of vitality
which tho laborer, farmer and the nth
leto (who Is usually short lived) aro re
quired to mako In their dally work,
due to extraordinary physical exertion,
theso cat more bread to supply tho
waste of carbon duo to muscular work
(which would be better supplied by
fruit HUgar and vcgetablo fat, as al
ready expressed), and drink moro wa
ter, becauso thoy porsplro moro, thus
leaving a greater deposit of ashes In
tho arteries and other tissues. The
morchant or professional man who
takes modernto excrclso by wnlklng
about flvo miles daily will live longer
than tho uverngo farmer who haa
many advantages otherwise
A beautiful complexion Is an essen
tial element of beauty. Tho Ideal ia
that of childhood, the bloom of youth
upon tho cheek. Thcro Is no substi
tute for tho beauty of health.
Sallow skin, pimples nnd blotches of
all kinds nro produced by failure of
liver, kidneys, lungs and skin to elimi
nate naturally the waste products of
digestion, whose retention Is favored
by constipation. Tho tissues of the
body, including tho skin, becomo hard
ened as ago advances, partly by tho
weakening of theso eliminating organs,
often promnturely. Tho Bkln nnd tho
lunacies underlying it become hard
and wrinkled by tho weakening of tho
normal metabolism, by which worn
out coIIb nro carried nwny and now re
placed. Ah tho kldncya and liver de
cline in power (or rather aa tho vitali
ty that nctuatca them declines, with
advancing years) thoro Ik a gradual
deposit In tho nrtcrles and in tho tis
sues generally of mineral matter from
tho food nnd wntor.
Theso condttlona nro to bo avoided
by nvoldlng conBtlpntlon, so-called
rich foods, such as plo and enke, ani
mal fats, starch nnd meats, particular
ly pork, by eating few urtlcles of food
nt a meal, by eating freely of acid
fruits, especially apples, lemons, or
anges nnd grapes and by tho dally use
of ollvo oil or peanut oil, and by tho
frco ubo of water, Including tho "Inter
nal bath" occasionally. Proper exor
clso dally in the open nlr will also
servo to prescrvo a ruddy comploxlon
and soft skin.
Distilled water will dissolvo mineral
matter from tho tissues, nnd It should
bo used by everyone past mlddlo life.
Tho objections to tho uso of distilled
wntor rnlBcd by porBona Interested in
mineral waters uro, I think, not woU
tnken. It 1b unreasonable to Bupposo
that puro wator, aa we have It In milk
and In fruits, could bo Injurious. One
who drinks little wntor will always im
prove- by drinking largo quantities of
any mlnernl wntor, especially whon
accompanied by chango of surround
ings, bettor food and, moro than all,
the effect of auggcstlon that tho water
will effect a euro. And by thla I do not
monn that mlnernl watora may not bo
In certain caaen beneficing as drugs
may, at times, bo means of cure.
Tho water in Juicy fruits and milk
serves tho same purposo us distilled
wntor. About two quartB of wator
should bo taken dully, when tho
woather Is moderately warm and
propor exorcise Ih taken.
Mrs. Llllle Lungtry, asked for her
secret" of beauty, aald: "Tho fact
that I bollovo In tho power of mind
over mntter docs not blind me to the
fact that tho foundation of tho wholo
secret of beauty 1b good health. A
sick woman cannot bo beautiful.
Work, sunshluo, cxorclBo, nourishing
food, fresh nlr and cheerfulness nro
my reclpo for beauty."
I nccopt thla prescription from nn
eminont prnctltlonor na complete nnd
correct in ovory particular. Somo use
ful work Is, na Airs. Lnngtry Bays, a ne
cesalty to keop tho mind and body
normally active; sunshluo boueflta
both body and mind; fresh air purifies
tho blood and gives tho akin tho only
natural pink of health; oxorclso In
creases tho breathing, accolorntcs tho
circulation, und thoroforo purines tho
blood, aiislRts In breaking down tlssuo
Hint would otherwise clog tho Bystom
and furnishes tho opportunity for tho
building of nuw tissue from tho food
supply; cheerfulness nnd hopo nro os
Bcntlnl In tho right mental Inllueuco;
they nro tho states opposed to worry
and discontent which mako furrows
nnd cloudy visage; nnd, lastly, "nour
ishing food" that harmonizes the vltnl
forces and that docs not congost tho
eliminating organs or wnsto vital forco
extravagantly thlB Is tho wholo art
of beauty and youth.
Tho food should he plain, avoiding
wnsto of vitality In digestion nnd ellm
limtlon; vivacity Is Inconsistent with
working uvertlnie In digestion. White
broad, plo, pickles, cakes, tea, coffee,
nork und nil Bllmulants should bo
nvolded. Coarse wheat, ryo nnd corn
brend and nuts, olives nnd figs should
form tho stnplo of tho diet. Fruit
sugar should bo substituted for starch,
tho least objectlonablo Bourcoa of
which are rlco and baked potatoes,
Prunes with ollvo oil or peanut oil
hnvo a vory Important uso In pro
8orvlng tho complexion, by preventing
constipation with its attendant auto
intoxication nnd bilious hoadncho that
often lends to nervous breakdown,
Tho breakfast should bo light. As
has boon suggosted In u preced
Ing urtlclo, buttermilk is most helpful
us nn antidote to sallow Bkln and pim
ples. A glass may ho taken on retlr
Ing.
llody mid mind nro so Intimately re
lated that they must always bo treated
together, but tho mind Is tho control
ling factor. Tho truo secret of youth
nnd beauty Is best oxptessed by
Shakespeare, tho master painter of
beautiful women, speaking of Clco
pntra: "Ago cannot lessen nor custom
utulo hor Infinite variety."
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Pittsburg is to have tho latest thing
In architecture, namely, n skyscraper
and church, tho latest of all ldcns In
building construction. But there is
method In Pittsburg's "madness," for
having been blocked for many years
by tho clause placed In his land grant
by Wllllnm Ponn, sotting forth Hint
the property must alwnyB bo used for
"church purposes," tho congregation
of the First Gorman Evangelical Prot
estnnt church has evolved the above
scheme. It has boon decided, thoro
fore, that a building which shall com
bine church and ofllco building, which
will servo for worship and nt tho Bamc
tlmo put revenuo into the coffers of
tho congregation.
Tho auditorium and domo of the
church nro to be burled Insldo 14
stories of business offices nnd stores,
only tho gothlc nrches, tho wide doors,
'and tho chimes showing on the side of
tho building. All about tho church nnd
nbovo It will bo piled n mass of of
fices architecturally distinctive, as tho
business part of tho building Is to be
of renaissance architecture and tho
church gothlc.
It Is tho purposo of the congrega
tion to mako Its valuable property nt
Sixth and Smlthfleld streets yield a
profltnblo return and at tho Bamc tlmo
retain tho property for church pur
poses. It was specified In tho deed
given by William Penn that tho land
should bo so used. It could thereforo
not bo sold except to anothor church,
which would hardly bo a profitable
Bale. At the same tlmo It Hcemcd nec
essary thnt the church should get
moro return from Its land which Is
centrally locnted nnd which has been
often sought after by big department
ntores. A church was built on the slto
12G yenrs ago, torn down and roplaccd
by another, then another, then by tho
prcBont structure, which was erected
In 1S77. Sentimental reasons, there
fore, further persuaded tho congrega
tion that thoy did not want to loavo
the slto.
To overcome tho difficulty, Kugono
C. F. Ernst, an architect and a mem
ber of various church committees,
drew IiIb plans for tho unique building
nnd laid them boforo tho people Ho
said tho cost would bo about $1,500,-
000, but that a corporation could
easily bo formed to furnish tho funds
und thnt it would provo a paying in
vestment.
Thoro was surprisingly llttlo oppo
sition from tho conservatives, nnd It
Bccma to bo gonornlly understood that
tho plan will go through. It Ih planned
for tho Btructuro to fnco on Snilth
field Btrcot 240 feet, oxtondlng back
to Strawberry alloy. It will bo In
throo 80-foot soctloiiB, tho two outsldo
for commercial purposes and tho con
tra! ono for tho church, up to tho
height of thnt edifice, and then moro
ofllco floors above to the top story. A
great clock, with n 10-foot fnco, will be
placed nt the sixth story, and nbovo
this a set of chimes In a specially
constructed boll chnmbor.
On tho fourteenth floor Ih to be a
great assembly hnll, 240x110 foot,
with a pllastor facado built round n
light well. On special occasions tho
light well could bo closed at the floor
and celling linos by mechanical roll
lug dnvlcos, the wludowa surrounding
the light court bolng thus transferred
Into an open pilaster balcony. Tho ef
fect would be ono largo auditorium
with nn open Inner court.
nio basement will bo for commer
cial purposos, und a Bub-basement will
hold tho power plant. An arcade ox-
tending from Sixth uvonuo to Smith
Held street will admit to the ofllco and
Btoro sections. Tho ontrancoa will
load Into tho commercial part of tho
building na woU as Into tho church
On tho floor lovol with tho street nro
to bo tho Sunday school rooms, with
two wings covered by skllghts, Tho
auditorium for tho school Is to bo 80
feet wldo, und two lnrgo balconies
each provided with 290 chairs, will bo
erected above tho room.
The mnln floor of tho church will
havo SCO Bents, which, together with
tho gallery, would glvo a totnl seating
capacity of 1.1GQ. Tho floor will havo
a grade of eight feet townrd tho altar,
Sixty-two feet above will be tho. big
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domo, whilo tho balconies nnd ceilings
will be supported by columns.
From tho street to tho gablo sheer
will bo n dtstanco of 128 feet, and at
tho top is to bo n Gormnn engle,
porchod, holding in his talons tho
American and German flags. This is
to bo the symbol of the history of the
congregation, which Is mado up almost
ontlroly of mon nnd women born of
Gorman pnrents.
Abundant capital has boon assured
to carry out those plans, nnd In uddl
Hon many offora hnvo already been
mado for ofllco rooms. A lnrgo de
partment storo has offered to lease all
of one section of the building. The
building promises to present nn im
pressivo nppearanco, in addition to the
advantage of being In tho center of
tho city. On Sixth avenue, just east
from the church property, aro the
Nixon theater, flio building known as
Plttsburg'B "Safety Palace," in which
aro the pollco headquarters and tho
Philadelphia Company's building.
Street cars diverging to moro than 25
sections of tho city and surrounding
country pass by the property.
FINALLY GOT AN ANSWER.
Natural Results of Unfortunate
sistence of Sister Dash.
Per-
Ono of the saintly chnrncters men
tioned in Rev. Dr. Richard Mcllwnlno's
recent book, "Threo Score Yenra and
Ten," is a venernblo Methodist minis
tor, Rev. Jesse Powers, whose mind.
Dr. Mcllwalne says, was always Intent
on doing something to bless nnd help
somebody. Ho wns a man of exact
veracity, nlsb, but his somowhat mer-
cIlesB candor waa agreeably tempered
by humor.
iho old preacher onco Bpont tho
night nt tho houso of a prominent
Methodist not far from Amelia court
house, Virginia, where ho had often
been welcomed before. Tho next morn
ing at breakfast It developed that tho
bread was sour, perhaps not onough to
bo remarked upon, but still sour. He
was engaged In entlng It, when tho
worthy lady at tho head or tho tablo
callod attention to tho dlsngrceablo
fact.
mother Powers said nothing, but
continued to satisfy his hunger with
whnt wns "set boforo him, asking no
quostlons,' nnd nccepting no BUgges
tlons. ins hostess, however, not to bo
thwarted in her efforts to wring from
hor guest tho admission that tho bread
was not very bad, repeated the re
mark. This also failed to elicit tho longod-
for response. Brother Powers kept his
oyos on his pinto, and went nhead eat
Ing moro lustily than over, in a quan
dary, doubtloss, not knowing whnt to
say, and rosolvod ho would not tell n
He.
Hut tho good woman, not satisfied.
nnd with a fatality that sometimes
overtakes tho wariest of the sex, was
so loft to horsolf as to apologlzo for
tho third time.
This, Dr. Mcllwnlno says, "was too
much for tho old saint." Turning hta
bonovolont face townrd tho head of tho
tablo, ho said, gently:
"Sister Dnah. If I wero you. I'd stop
talking about this bread. It is moan
onough, anyway." Youth's Compan
ion.
The Toad Survived.
An oxporlmont bordorlng close to
tho wonderful, was rocently mndo In
tho clay testing department or a ma
ohinory company nt Uucyrus, O., In
which a toad was placed in a 20-ton
brick pross and was four times sub
jected to a prosauro of 11,000 pounds
without Injury.
Tho question at Issuo was whether
Buch a prosauro would kill tho toad
or whothor Its ability to compress
Itself wns sufficient to allow It to como
lifted from tho machlno nnd tho toad
wns first placed In a lump or granu
luti3 clay and tho wholo prossod Into
a brick. Aftor tho huge pross had
none us worn tno solid brick was
lifted from tho mnohlno and tho ton
wlnkod Its oyos contentedly, stretched
Its legs nnd hopped nway. Popular
Magazine.
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GRADES OF SHEEP AS
KNOWN
information for the Farmer Who Would Mnrkct His Sheep
Intelligently By W. C. Coffey, First Asst. In
Sheep Husbandry, Illinois.
Tho grower or fecdor offering sheep
for sale often forms a very Imperfect
estimate of thole market value, and
chiefly becauso his contact with the
open market has not beon sufficient to
familiarize him with tho factors om
bodied by tho various terms in mar
ket reports. It may bo that ho is Ig
norant of tho mennlng of certain
terms; ho may havo a mlstakon or
hazy notion of others, nnd both obser
vation nnd experience show thnt any
thing Hhort of a fairly nccurnto con
ception of what a certain market term
stands for is a source of disappoint
ment nnd annoyance, Decnuse his
judgment ns to the truo market worth
of his hoep is uncertain, tho owner
mny suffer a financial loss in dealing
with n local buyer by selling under tho
market value or by missing a Bale by
asking too much for them. If, nt tho
time of sale, tho ownor could definite
ly determlno 'tho valuo of his sheep,
ho would experience less difficulty In
coming to nn early understanding
with tho local buyer, or In caao ho
A Prime Native Wether In the Fleece.
shipped them direct to tho open mar
ket, the chances for disappointment
nnd dissatisfaction would be greatly
reduced. While It Is tho privilege of
a few to visit tho markets often nnd
thero learn tho requirements nnd the
demands for tho different grndes in
the various classes, the groat majority
of sheep owners, nnd ninny feeders,
must depend largely upon the market
reports for such Information, and tho
valuo of theso reports to the man who
proposes to buy or sell sheep 1b deter
mined by the extent to which ho can
apply them to his particular purchase
or sale.
Native sheep aro those produced
ordinarily in small flocks on tho
farms of tho central, southern nnd
eastern states. Western sheep aro
those produced usually In largo
bands on tho ranges of tho western
states. As n rulo western sheep havo
onough merino blood to mako them
markedly different In appearance from
natives which aro mostly from mutton-bred
parents." Rut oven wero they
identical In breeding, buyers and sales
men on tho ranrket could easily dlstln-
The Same Sheep as Shown
gulsh botwecn thorn becauso of differ
ences resulting from tho way in which
thoy nre fed and managed. On mar
kets whore both native and western
Bheop aro received, tho dally roports
nearly always distinguish botween
thorn. Whilo thin natives aro often
bought up In the country and success
fully fed, those that roach the mar
ket in low condition do not soil as
fcodors becauso thoy aro usually In
fested with Internal parasltos, thus
making it difficult and in many in
stances imposslblo to fatten thorn.
1. The market classos of sheop are
mutton, feedor nnd breeding sheop.
The namo of a class Indicates tho use
to which sheop In that class are put.
2. Each class Is divided into sub
classes nnd theso again Into grades. In
general tho namoa of tho sub classos
suggest dlfroronces or olthor ugo or
sex between sheop put to tho samo
uso. Tho grndos refer to dlfforencos
between tho best nnd tho loss doslr
nblo animals In tho varlouB sub
classes. In tho mutton class thes dif
ferences are based on qunllty, form.
constitution, condition nnd weight;
and In tho brooding class, on ago, con
stitution, form, breeding, quality and
condition.
3. Mutton Shoop. The mutton class
Includes both native and western
sheop. Tho sub-claBses aro lambs,
ON THE MARKET
yearlings, wethers, owes, bucks and
Lambs. About SO per cent, of tho
shop sent to slaughter aro lambs. Tho
grades are prime, cholco, good, medi
um nnd common or culls. Quality,
condition, form and weight aro tho
factors considered in determining tho
grndo to which lambs belong. Both
quality nnd condition arc very Impor
tant und lambs without high dovolop
mont in both are not placed in the
higher grndes. Form, especially tho
feature of paunchinese, Is significant
in grading lambs. Weight is a fac
tor that varlos somewhat with tho dif
ferent times In the year, but lambs,
weighing SO pounds nnd prime in.
quality, condition nnd form will al-
ways grade as prime. 1
Yearlings. Yearlings are used as
a substitute for lambs In the meat
trndo. The grades are prime, choice'
good. Prime yenrllngs aro light in
weight, Immature, and very highly do-,
veloped in quuliU nnd condition
Wi ther-!. Only a sua!! pcrc ntago
of tho sheep sent to market are weth
ers. This percentage Is small becauso
both growers and consumers prefer
lambs to' older Bheop. Tho grades arc
prime, cholco, good, common. Prime
wothors havo the same requirements
In quality and condition as prime
yearlings. Thoy mny bo either light,
weighing from 95 to 110 pounds, or
heavy, weighing 110 pounds or more.
Ewes. Ewes do not sell on a par
with wethers becauso thoy have pro
portionately a greater amount of offal
and n smaller amount of lean meat.
Tho grades aro prime, choice, good,,
medium nnd common or culls. The re
quirements In condition, quality and
weight aro practically tho same as for
wethers.
Rucks and Stags. Choice bucks aro
fat and resemble wethers In form and
quality.
4. Feeder Sheep. Feeder sheep aro
almost exclusively western sheep. Tho
sub classos aro lambs, yearlings, weth
ers and owes.
Lambs. The grades are fancy se
lected, cholco, good, medium, common.
Cholco feeder lambs show thrifty con-
Above Out of the Fleece.
dltion, a high degree of quality and
woigh between 65 and 02 pounds.
Yonrllngs. The tirades are rhnio
good, common. The choice feeder year-
hub must ue or nood rorm, highly de
veloped In quality nnd light In weight.
Wethers. The grade are cholco,
good, medium, common. In gonoral tho
requirements nre the same as for
yoarllngH.
EWOS. Tho grndos nra ehnlrn irnnil
medium, and common. Cholco feeder
owo8 nre young nnd choice in quality.
5. Rroding Sheep. Tho sub-classes
are bucks and ovves.
Ewes. Rreodlng owos nro BOlocted
from both native and western offer
ings. The grndos aro fancy selected,
cholco, good, common. Cholco breed
ing ewes aro rrom two to four years
old, sound, woll formod and woU bred.
Rucks. Rreodlng bucks nro not sub!
divided Into gradoa. All offerings aro
native.
A Good 8lgn. Ono of tho surost
signs of Improvod agriculture Is a dry
clean hog pon. Tho up-to-date farmer
haa discovered that a pig wallows In
mire only when he can not hglp him
self. Good Investment. A d0lnr JnvaHt
od In Hv stook Id worth I0 Invested
In mining stocks.
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