iff
ME LIFE OF MADAM PAIT1
How tfce Tamoui Ziai:r Enjojri tie Passing
Eeaiont in E r Mo ic lain Car.!
SIMPLE REGIMI WHEN GUESTS ARE FEW
Recollection of Lively Adventorea la
fluny LandsFall of Mr and
Vonlh and Wonderfolly
Preserved at Slaty.
Craig-y-nos la full of beauty In the spring,
tio matter from which of the three rail
way stations you apfiroach It, writes Wll
lla:ti Armstrong In the Saturday Evening
Post, each of them with a soft-sounding
Welsh name that takes half the cononant
I., the alphabet to spell out, the castle,
lying; on a flank of mountain lining steep
from a narrow, bright green valley, springs
to view at lomc sudden turning In the
road. The scene, theatrically taken, could
not have been planned better. Towers and
battlemented walla glow a soft warm
brown; the great conservatory glisten In
the sunlight, the river and lakes gleam
silver between maws of shrubbery and
groups of trees, and the closo-cllpped lawns
stretching for acres to the water's edgs
are of the light brilliant green of South
Wales, like the green of Ireland.
From the commanding height of the high
way, paths wind vein-like between planta
tions of evergreen and leafy trees, and the
glossy green of rhododendron thickets re
flect the light. In June these latter are a
mass of bloom, from deep red to faint
pink, and with the rose garden' In full
blossom, make the castle appear as though
Set down In the heart of a huge bouquet.
Life goes with method at Cralg-y-Nos,
and you may safely reckon by the ctock
what Is passing there, no matter In what
part of the world you happen to be. Quests
at the castle are served with breakfast In
their own rooms or In the big winter gar
den, as they may Indicate. The whole
front of this winter garden, which la about
seventy feet long Is of glass and adjoins
the conservatories. In front of It stretches
the panorama of valley, river and moun
tain, the height of Cralg-y-Nos, or Rock
of Night, being directly opposite.
The scenery strikingly resembles that of
southwestern Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia, In whose hills the multitude of Welsh
miners that find their way to our shores
must see much to bring to them the
thought of home. AH morning until
luncheon, which Is served at a quarter past
t, Madame Pattl remains in her own apart
ments. There she bunt 's herself first of all
with correspondence, which Is taken up
after 8 o'clock breakfast, for she la an
early riser.
Simple Home Life.
In the years of her travel she has made
many frlenda In pretty much every part
of the world, and with a considerable num
ber of these she keeps up a regular corre
spondence, doing all her own writing. This
Item , accomplished, she directs details of
business and the management of the place,
though In the latter Baron Cederstrom sus
tains the chief activity. At luncheon the
members of the family and guests meet,
and walking or driving parties follow. At
6 o'clock tea la aerved In the sitting room.
and at a quarter past 8 comes dinner In
the great dining room. Following that Is
music or a visit to the Pattl theater, which
la reached from that wing of the castle.
Before 11 o'clock Madame Pattl says good
night. After that the baron smokes his
cigar In the library.
This simple regime chronicled Is the one
followed at the castle when Madame Pattl
la resting and there are but one or two
guests. At other tt.-nea, when the party
numbers anywhere from twenty to eighty,
balls, concert, plays and big dinner par
ties form part of the routine. Of late
years, however, Madame Paitl has enter
tained less, being a good part of the year
abroad. In Italy, Switzerland. France or
Sweden. She generally sings during these
absences, but always for charity. 1
Between times comes the tours, spring
and autumn, m the British provinces tours
that she has kept up regularly now since
18G1, forty-two years. In summer the Lon
don concerts come, generally In May and
June, In Albert hall, a place so large, for It
holds 11,000 people, that Madam Pattl Is the
only aingei who can fill It. This has been
the regime of her life since last she visited
America, ten years ago.
Ad vest area In Many Lands.
But recently, during my stay at Cralg-y-Nos,
the quieter phase of life there gave
a full opportunity to hear from the great
singer herself some of the adventures that
have come to her, and to atudy again, after
an acquaintance extending through a good
many yeara, the development of her re
markable personality. For development It
Is, and no young singer of 20 la more thor
ough In her up-to-datonoss than the diva
who has charmed us, our fathers and our
grandfathers, during her half a century be
fore the public, an who made her operatic
debut forty-three yenrs ago In New Tork
City. Today at 80, wonderfully preserved,
she Is full of life and youth.
That very first night at the castle there
was a surprise In store. When the list of
things waa brought her to select from the
evening concert on the big orchestrion In
the billiard room, sVe chose an entire pro
gram not of Verdi. Donizetti or Bellini, In
whose operas she has won her trfumphs,
but of Wagner.
'I could not listen to Travlta and Rlgo
letto night after titpht even should a Ca
ruso sing In them." she aid emphatically,
"but I should never tire of Wagner's Nlebe
lungen Ring. My voice wns never the voice
for the heavy WaKt:erlnn things, but that
does not prevent my devotion to them.
Nor Is the assertion an Idle one, for she
ta Blngultrly dlrecl In stating her tastes,
and In thla oonne Hon she has proved It
by letting no opportunity Blip of hearing
Wagner's "Cycle of the Ring." That night
when the music was done, she went to
the man managing the Instrument and dl
reeled him In the matter cf some of the
tempi which bad not sitlsnod her ear.
Another night, when W:gner's "Flying
Dutchman" was being played, she sang
Benta's vision song with the charm of tone
that ha a made her Lucia world famous.
"I couldn't help It, It wns so beautiful,
she said when she hnd finished, with
smile that was half an excuse. And It
waa a Wagner program that ahe chose
very night during my stay.
Tonne Hearts nf Artists.
It Is always true of the artist, whether
painter or singer, that his heart seems to
keep younger than the hearts of those
In any other walk of life, and his Interest
In things stronger. There Is something In
him that keeps alive perpetual Interest In
things. When that Interest ceases he
done. But with Mme. Pattl her Interest In
things, like her marvelous vocal powers.
Is very much In evidence.
She shows that same hearty Interest In
the humbler of her neighbors, and In their
Uvea and welfare, that Is perhaps another
of the secrets of her perpetual youth.
Their devotion to her ta marked, but natu
rally, like all philanthropists ahe has had
her little disappointments, and one of these
has been the poachers. She tells wtth great
good humor of how they shot the game and
half-wild ducks on ber place and started
little markets with them. When things
grew too bad, several of the leaders were
arrested and fined. Thla salutary lesson
accomplished. Mm. ' Pattl undertook her
Idea of reform. Ordering the pony-chalae,
Le drove to see them, reasoned the wrong
A Feast for the Eye
Palate and
Reason
AND THE FRUITS
OF THE SEASON
j
II
WSN the
j III
$2k fM V V uajidSiil
jl CUT OUT THIS RECIPE.
flyrVKtJ 1 quart of washed and
vGkN X picked berries; crush of
Wfj jf them; add of a cup of
V sugar and cup of ice-
t Sj V water; chill for half an
Xj hour. With sharp pointed
wf knife cut centers from 6
1 Al M Shredded Whole Wheat
if Y Nf Biscuit, making oblong bas
il Pi kets. Fill with the crushed
B 111 JLV r berries and let the syrup
III saturate biscuit. Cover top
I I J 1 ' w1'' remainnfE hole ber-
I I UlVJ f ries and sprinkle with sugar,
I V Serve with tweet cream.
Xf r9 Any fresh 'rait may be used
xfyV I In same way.
i ! i uiiwmweiiN
'-' 'L.n -
There Is No More Natural and Charming
Combination than
Mfflto
TTTYTT
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit is ,made in the only
hygienic and scientific food laboratory in the world. Sun
flooded through 30,000 lights of glass, finished in white en
amel, marble and mosaic,'and ventilated with-filtered and tem
pered air, this laboratory is the veritable home of purity a
place where contamination cannot occur.
The above facts make Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit
the most perfect food known to man.
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit contains all the
nutritive elements necessary to perfectly nourish
man, and combined with any fruit, fresh or canned,
:s a delightful and healthful combination.
Only the most luxuriant kernels of the finest
wheat are used in the making of Shredded Whole
Wheat Biscuit. The wheat is first thoroughly"
cleaned and all the light kernels are removed, then
it is washed in sterilized water and thoroughly
cooked, after which it is spun into thousands of
little shreds, each shred containing thousands of
little pores which make it light and porous with
out the use of yeast, baking powder or chemicals
of any kind, and naturally snort without the use of
fats. The shreds are then cut into biscuit and
twice cooked, making them deliciously crisp, which
compels thorough mastication and insures perfect
digestion ana a sweet, clean stomach.
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit is the natural food because it IS THE
MOST POROUS OF ALL FOODS and presents greatest surface for the action .
of digestive fluids. These fluids are drawn by absorption into every part of
the shreds, rendering the food immediately assimilable.
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit contains a food property
to upbuild each and every element of the depleted body. Foods
made of part of the wheat, such as white flour
bread, cannot do this and the ferment contained
in them results in a sour mass upon the stomach.
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit purifies
the digestive tract. Constipation is unknown to
those who use it properly and regularly, It can
be prepared in so many tempting ways that the
fickle appetite is always tempted by its good
ness and the body quickly responds to its all
nourishing force.
A
If:,
Order SHREDDED WHOLE WHEAT BISCUIT of your grocer today. Send for - The Vital Question," ft i&'Srf
a. a, a -MY' j II aV
250 recipes, illustrated in colors fiu.fi. Address
THE NATURAL FOOD COMPANY, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
act-
of the thing out, and, when she flattered
herself that she had made an Impression,
fave them the sum they had paid out In
fines. But the plan failed. They were
back at It again, In some instances within
two days.
But this does not prevent her, when she
hoars that one of them Is 111, from sending
things that he may stand In need of; so in
time she may prove her gentle way the
right one.
The castle Is a huge place and has sixty
and even eighty guests at a time. The main
floor presents a flnc vista, commanding a
view of Madame Fattl's boudoir and three
noble apartments, the dining-room, bllllard
room and sitting-room on one hand, with
the drawing-room opposite, and on the
other the library, the winter-garden, and
beyond, the conservatories. Another wing
of the castle contains the theater which
the diva herself had built and assisted In
ts planning. A stereoptlcon show was or
ganized there one night during my stay,
he pictures being selected from a col
lection that Madame Pattl had made dur-
ng her many years of constsnt Journeying.
They awakened her recollections of some
lively adventures, "and you bavs no Idea
of the things that have happened to mt,"
she said presently. "A strange succession
of 'events came in a house thnt we rented
In Buenos Ayres. Even without being
superstitious I dared not stay longer In
the place.
Troubles of U Kinds.
"I was under engagement for sixty nights
at M.00Q a night; two seasons I sang there
with the same contract. For this ene I
had taken a villa In the country. I1 had
only been there a few nights when burglars
broke in during a hurricane. No one heard
them, owing to the stor:n, but they only
suoceeded In taking the silverware. A little
later an Inundation took place, and we
had to make our escape In boats. Two
nights after, and we bad Just gotten back,
the floor caught fire and we had the whole
Duenos Ayres Are brigade In the rnrdnn.
The next morning the porter was found
dead In his bed. By that time I was quite
ready to move.
"But I am not superstitious except, per
haps, I do believe a little that If you meet
a funeral coming toward you It Is good
luck and If It Is going In the opposite
direction It Is well, the opposite.
"It Is fortunate that I have natural self-
commaM. for many frightful things have
happened In theaters where I have been
pinging. Once I made a narrow escape In
Moscow from burning to death. They wore
very wld" skirts In those days. In turning
suddenly, In my dressing room. I overset a
spirit Inmp and In an Instant my thin
draperies were in flames to my neck. I
held up my arms as someone threw a blan
ket around me. It was a marvelous escape,
rot onlyfor me, but for those about me
who were weiring light dresses as well. I
sang the performance as usual.
"Another night. In Rusxla I remember
novernor Polguuroukl was In the theater
curiam caught n-e. Knowing that If
"eryone runert for the doors many would
siuea. 1 stood still snd made a little
speech. The audience presently began to
applaud, and then the blare was out.
"In New Orleans a terrible disaster very
nearly happened. The theater was crowded,
and In the middle of the performance the
gallery, which was filled to suffocation, be
gan to ulnk. It would have caused little
short of a massacre had It gone down.
When the panic began. I started to sing
Home. Sweet Home.' It was the ene thing
left to do. for the orchestra, everything,
had stopped. Presently things assumed
some order snd the danger of a wild stam
pede was over.
. Lively Times a the Coast.
"Sometimes happenings. exasperating
enough at the moment, were not, perhaps,
without a little gleam of humor afterward.
One of these was at San Franclaco. and
Colonel Mapleeon. with whom I was then
under contract, was arrested for the night
In consequence. Two tickets had been sold
for each seat in the lower part of the
house for that particular performanca.
Something like a riot ensued. As a conse
quence the curtain could not be rung up
until after 9 o'clock. Think of singing after
a scene like that, for the din came to me
only too olearly behind the scenes, and I
was worried enough over the cauBe of it.
"In San Francisco It was that I made my
narrowest escape, and that was the night
a man threw a bomt) on the stage.
"I had answered two recalls, entering
from the center of the scene to make my
a burglary at Cralg-y-Nos. The men were
never caught, but tho police said that they
were experts. They chose a dark night,
during a storm. The thing was carried out
with every precaution, for they had
stretched ropes all about the castle, to trip
up the servants In event of discovery and
pursuit. They found two big tin boxes.
These they doubtless fancied contained my
Jewels. But one of them happened to be
filled with cigars and tho other with photo-
acknowledgment. When I started to go out ' graphs. By the time they discovered their
a third time Miss Carolina Bauermclstcr, mistake something must have frightened
who has beeii with mo for years, said: them. At any rate they did not re-enter
'Don't go from the conter this time; go j the castle. Tho next morning my poor
from the wings.' I photographs and Havana cigars were found
'I followed her advice. Had I not I ; all about the place, where the burglars
might have been killed In the moment
that I appeared for that third recall he
threw the bomb. Possibly through nervous
ness, his aim was bad. He had intended
to fling It Into the box of a banker. Instead
It landed In the middle of the stage, Just
where I would have stood had I entered
from the center. The scene that followed
had disgustedly scattered them.
"But the warning served Its purpose, and
since then the castle has been patrolled
from dusk to daylight.
"Another experience was an attempt on
my way to Mexico, by a then noted bandit
who hud gained the name of Fra Dlavolo,
to rob me of my Jewels. But we had ex-
mam iiutaiKriimhiii 'Vnn rnicrht h,.. wnin,i Deuted him. He lumrjed on the train whra
Madam Pattl.' some one shrieked at him. we were, caught sight of the men who had m,e" who "tand a perched on little
" 'I should have been gad If I had.' was been engaged as a guard and Jumped off !Ia"orm" hf,r6 '"V, thrugh"ut the
" ' - flaMa arl K all In oral anil rurihlaa sv ln . n
the Judge, the district attorney, sheriff,
clerk, a number of lawyers and, on this
particular occasion, a young army officer.
Well, they celebrated to rather a late hour
on the first night, and when bedtime came
It was found that most of them had to
sleep In the one large room called in the
west the "school section." because, every
thing In the school section lands in the
early days belonged to everybody. About
daylight the next morning the district
attorney crawled out and found a pitcher
of Ice water. As he poured It down his
throat It fairly hissed. After a long
draught he stopped and said: "No d d
sober fool knows how good water tastes."
Washington Post.
-TABLE AND KITCHEN
Stoae Sllnsjera of the Kile.
When the wheat is growing In the fields
near the banks of the Kile, Egypt, great
quantities of birds of every kind pounce
down upon the tender grain and would
soon destroy the whole crop were It not for
the watchful "stone sllngers." These are
his answer. 'She makes too much money
as it is.'
"Well, when things were quieted the opera
went on and I sang to the end without
showing the effects. But, then, I am not
hysterical.
"Of attempted robbers I have had quite
my share. The best planned of them was
quickly. I had left my Jewels In Mr.
Vanderbllt's safe In New Tork, so he
really lost nothing, after all."
When ater Taatea Good.
This Is a Texas story. There was gath
ered at one of the country towns the usual
crowd for the country court, which Included
fields with slings and pebbles, shooting any
bird that comes within reach. The work
of a stone sllnger is a regular profession
in Egypt, though a poorly paid .one. It
being thought that simply standing all day
Is not very hard labor It Is only for a
few weeks twice a year that the stone
sllnger can find employment New Tork
Tribune.
Danger in Summer Drinks
Dr. Wiley, Chemist Department of Agriculture, in Chicago Tribune,
The devil lurks In the soda water foun- UcJous and palatable edibles have a bad baking done In this country that we are !
tain and Iced tea Is suicidal. The extreme name as producers of summer sickness, for1 a nation of bread eaters. This Is true but
cold contracts the pores through which the the simple reason that people are careless we are not wise ones. Good bread should
pepsin Is secreted and tends to congest the In the preparation of food, and the law be the real foundation of every meal, and
coating of the stomach. When thirsty one is too lax In inspecting it. One of the most too much care cannot be given In Its prep
should drink water from 60 to (B degrees, flagrant causes of summer sickness Is en-' aratlon. Bread and butter, with some
Prink slowly and all you want of such tirely overlooked by law, and that Is the agreeable drink, will make a luncheon good
water and you will find that tbfere will not preparation of soil upon which is grown enough for anyone, from the president to
be the slightest ill effect, and that your vegetables for table consumption. I have the peasant Little children should be en
thirst will be fully quenched. Ice water la on several occasions called attention to the couraged In the old-fashlqned habit of
not only hurtful but It has hot the effect of dangers of eating vegetables grown on or bread and butter eating, and let bread,
quenching the thirst under ground which have been exposed to butter and sugar take the place of In-
Soda water fountains and the enticing contamination from sewage, city waste, cr digestible sweets and rich pastries. In
Iced tea constantly used on family tables 6"arbage. Germany, and In fact all over Europe, the
In summer are both to be strictly avoided. Th dangers of dlsoose from vegetables of making and baking of bread is given the
There Is nothing which so alarms me about cera'n classes mentioned may be dlmln- most careful attention. Baking Is proba-
the human race as the tendency to refrlger- lshed b careful cleaning of the leavas hly done but twice a week, or maybe'even
ate the stomach while the thermometer and Btem" 1,1 d ther edible parts. They once, In the well-ordered German family,
ntands at nearly 100 In the shade. Even hoM h" submitted to masceratlon In con- and the moat diligent care is given its
staid looking business men drop In a drug centrated brine, and afterwards submitted preparation and baking. Here we have too
tore every time they see a soda water to tn act,on ' stream of pure water feat variety of breads, hastily mixed and
fountain and take a glass or so of Ice cold from faucet wi"r with sufficient A"" baked, while the average family
mineral water or plain soda. They attribute "length to remove any adhering organism, considers It quite a prise to get a loaf of
rh. discomfort which ensue, to the effects Another mean cleaning lettuce, creaks. A.r bread steaming hot from the oven
t th heat and not to the cold drink -nd ven "tra'lerrles-one of the most 'of Immediate consumption. Bread should
or tne neai . ' common conductors of dleases because thoy at laBt be one day old before It Is eaten,
where it properly belongs. , ftra on of ,f not roor..
, .. , make a strong solution of cltrlo add and '
Mothers permit even their Utt e children pure wat(.r ,nt0 wh,ch he vegeUbe. ma)r
to take a glass of tea thick with broken h. nIunlred. .nd ,.,.,, .Ilhmlln. ,k If Por People, and in fact every one.
Ice. and then attribute their bad feelings to flowlnr WttteP or water , ,ar Quantl. ""1 eat more cereal food and less meat
to the heat A glass of cool, not cold. tle they would be better off physically and
water will have the effect of quenching the Just cloBe ,nspectlon b tn, c financially. For Instance, wheat coats 1
thirst, and children can easily be taught authorlUe, la , trurlc , cent a pound as against If cents for beef.
th. rtmeer of the soda fountain, at a saving othBr. -.rnw,ntP ,,.,.,. bat being a fair average price for the
to both purse and constitution. ven mm ror mlK on(1 meat- Vegetables grown un-
dellclous beverage milk mut be poured on der insanitary conditions should be promV
lts bulk of ice before It Is considered palat- ited by Uw from ule ln tha maj.keU-
able In summer. The result Is the Ice melts,
leaving a cold and watery substance which , A, for meat ,t a m.Jch Jr eag,y
neither quenches the thirst nor nourishes geBte(1 ,n the warm welvther than atarchy
tbt body. Milk should be free from patho. vegetables. While vegetables are aatlsfy-
genle germs and when taken at a tempera- lng t0 the appetite, they are watery and
ture of about 0 or 66 degrees leaves no un- furnigh but little good nutriment, their
comfortable effects whatever. qualities being condimenur and mechsnlcal.
So-called "summer drinks" that are bot- There are a number ef irreen vegetables.
tied and then kept on ice for hours and such as spinach, which act as a broom J do not by this mean to discourage meat
finally poured into the stomach are nut less to tha intestines and should be eaten In eating, but only mention wheat, its ex
burtful than a moderate and carefully ad- quantities. Though this vegetable grows cellent properties and cheapness, to show
ministered dose of poison. They are all near the ground Its danger from contain- that poor people, and especially the ex
apt to be chemically treated to allay fer- lnatlon Is less because It must be thor- tremely poor, may live and thrive upon it
mentation, and contain many things which cmghly cooked to render it palatable, with never a pang of hunger. Eat more
are hurtful to ths digestive organs and l.Vat, good bread, potatoes and milk free bread and wheat and less meat la a good
j,.w ma when taken at freezing point from germs is tbo diet to bo relied upon at rule for all sorts of weather. Man can
all times tor health. live by broad alone, while upva neat alone
Tho laot Is. a number t tho moot da- It would soon, from ths vast amount of fce would soon die.
Mean.
BREAKFAST.
CruHlied Iced Currants.
Cereal. Cream.
Broiled Young Chicken.
Creamed Potatoes.
Fairy Rolls. Coffee.
DINNER.
Cream of Pea Soup.
Roast Lamb. Mint Sauce.
Stuffed Tomatoes.
Green Peas. Tomatoes Mayonnaise.
Kaspberry Mouhsc Coffee.
SUPPER.
Cold Sliced Umb.
Thin Slices of Whole Wheat and Butter.
Sliced Pineapple.
Silver Cuke. Iced Cocoa.
' Ilei'iiiea,
Spiced Currants For four pounds of cur
rants take four pounds of brown sugar, a
trifle less than two tablespoonfuls of cloves,
the same quantity of cinnamon, boll two
hours, then add one pint of vinegar and
boil fifteen minutes. Grapes may be pre
pared In the same manner by first remov
ing the seeds as for preserves. Add a trifle
of cayenne.
Spiced Blackberries Heat together five
pounds of fine berries which hnve been
thoroughly washed, two pounds of sugar.
one pint of vinegar, two tublenpoonfuls
each of ground cinnamon, cloves and all
spice; when they come to the boll skim out
the fruit and boll the syrup one hour; re
turn the fruit, boll fifteen minutes and can
in Mason cans.
Spiced Cherries To seven pounds of cher
ries allow one pint of vinegar and four
pounds of sugar. Mix half an ounco of
ginger root, one teaspoonful of ground
cloves, two tablespoonfuls of allspice, two
tenspoonfuls of cinnamon and half a tea'
spoonful of ground mace, tio In a piece of
cheese cloth and put all In a preserving
kettle with the sugar and vinegar. When
it bolls add the cherries, bring to tha boiling
point again and pour carefully Into a Jar.
The next morning drain the vinegar from
the fruit heat it agsln and pour it over
the cherries. Do this three or four days in
succession, the last time boiling the Juice
down to Just enough to cover tho fruit.
Add the fruit let come to a boll and can.
Spiced Peaches Peel large peaches, but
do not pit them. To six pounds of fruit
take three srd a half of sugar, one quart
of vinegar and one teaspoonful each of
cinnamon and cloves tied ln a bag. Boll
slowly for an hour, In a porcelain kettle,
and can while hot. Pears and apples may
-be spiced in the same way.
Pickled Plums For eight pounds of fruit
take four pounds of granulated sugar, one
quart of vinegar, one ounce of cinnamon,
and one of cloves; scald the vinegar, sugar.
and spices together; skim and pour boiling
hot over the fruit and let it stand three
days; pour off the syrup, scald and skim,
and pour over again, and continue this pro-,
cess every three days until they have been
scalded three times. The plums should bo
pricked with a needle before dropping Into
the syrup to prevent the bursting of the
skin.
Pineapple Pickle Slice the pineapple very
thin and pour over it a syrup made of two
pounds of granulated sugar to a pint of
vinegar, with spices of cloves, cinnamon and
allspice. The next morning drain off tho
syrup, boll up again and pour over tha
fruit. Repeat this twice again. Ripe musk
melon, ripe cucumber and watermelon are
pickled ln the same manner. The rind is
cut ln thick oblong pieces and the outer
cuts most ln demand. One pound of wheat
coriLalna but 10 per cent of moisture, while
the pound of beef is mors than half mois
ture. You get more than twice the nour
ishment from tho 1 cent's worthsof wheat
than from the U cents' worth of beef.
Wheat may bo eaten indefinitely with
no other food, simply varying the form
of serving. There is nothing which so
nourishes and sustains both body and brain.
OIT OF THK ORDINARY.
Uncle Sam's annual Income Is $3f8,SS7,i48".
Russia has fifty-seven warships at Port
Arthur
The United States lighthouse service cost
tt.6oo.000 a year. v
All the sevon Islands of Hawaii are con
nected by wireless telrgjaphy.
' The birth rate among the foreign born In
Massachusetts is 62 per l.UOu; among the
native born It Is 17
Nearly on-half of the mortality In the
United States ts from diseases of the
lungs, snd 75 per cent of It preventable.
The United States consumes half of tlx
16.000.000 bugs, which constitute the world's
crop of coffee.
A man under Indictment In Illinois Is
charged with having defrauded seven
widows. Talent of that order Is rare, even
If it Is illegal.
Excavations In Rome prove the city to
have existed long before the time of Ro
mulusso the story of his founding of tlie
Eternal City Is as mythical ns thut of his
being suckled by a wolf.
Pelican Island, In Indian river, 011 t'ie
coast of Florida, has been acquired by the
Department of Agriculture as a truvtrn
ment reservation. The step was tf. ki-n to
prevent the entire extinction of the b:otvii
pelicans which breed there.
A razor la a saw, not a knife, and It worr.
like a saw. not like a knife. L'mler t,..
microscope Its edge Is seen to htve Ir
numerable and fine saw teeth. WhHii thu .
teeth get clogged with dirt holing f.no
stropping will do no good. Dipping It In
hot water dissolves out the debris from lu
tween the teeth.
President Dlax of Mexico has Imiri' r:
admiration for that hard-riding, strsi-nt-shooting
and splendidly trained eori
cavalry, the rurala. and often dein:"
that should occasion arise they wouM w'.n
the admiration of the world. Th (lirl't.i .?
force of the sister republic Is not gen.r.i::,
known. The peace Htrenitth Is 4' OuO ni.-n.
at two weeks notice 60.UUO more, nil wU
trained, are available, and nhout 1U0.00' In
addition could be put In the field in anoili -r
month. v.
Mr. Carnegie recently said In an addrca
to a British audience, while comp u i.iu
their country to ours: "Your rate of In
crease In population moat soon b".-!n to
diminish. You are already full up. We n r
only beginning. We have plenty of ter l
tory entirely unexplored, where there will
some day be a great population. Voir
colonies are not Increasing. Austral.)
seems full. It Is a mere rind around sr.
empty Interior. South Africa Is not a whit
man's country, and your government'
policy of encouraging emigration there, es
pecially of women. Is almost s crime."
Willi's
Is to love children, and no
home can be completely
happy without them, yet the
ordeal through which the ex
pectant motjier must pass usually is
so full of suffering, danger and fear
that she looks forward to the critical
hour with apprehension and dread.
Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties,
allays nausea, nervousness, ana an unpleasant leeiings, ana
so prepares the system lor tne
ordeal that she -passes through
the event safely and with but
little sufferine. as numbers
have testified and said, "it is
worth its weight in gold.' $1.00 per
bottle of druggists. Book containing
valuable information mailed free.
THE BRAOntLO REGULATOR CO., AUssU, C.
P.u
Weil