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Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

st Petersburg by storm, and the Rus
slams took up subscription of 100
rubles and presented her with dia-
mond necklace. She purchased her
magnificent estate in Wales, Cralg-y-
Nos, In 1873. after she separated from
the Marquis. She obtained a divorce
in 1885 and the following year married
Ernest Nicolini, the tenor singer whose
very pleasant voice was much marred
by an inslstent tremolo. NicOlini died
in January, 1898. and In January, 1890.
Madame Patti made her third venture
in matrmony. this time being united
to the Baron Cederstrom, a young Swe-
dish nobleman who had become a nat
uralized Englishman and whose years
at that time were exactly half those of
his bride.
PATHS castle at Craig-y-Nos is one
Of the show places In Wales. The house
and grounds were fitted without refer.
ence to expense. A private theater ID
one of the interesting apartments In
the castle. and there the great soprano
has been heard sing even comic songs
for the entertainment Of her guests.
To see Patti at home Is to see the gen.
erous side Of her character; to see her
demanding 5000 for q public appear.
ance Is to see her undoubted business
side.
Takes Care of Voice.
The great diva's voice has been kind
ly used by time. One reason for the
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body. 1t Is claimed that chickens
should have as much care as a human
being to insure the best results, and
modern methods certainly tend In that
direction. The chicken coop shown here
Is a good example. 1t Is simple. effi-
cient and durable. AS shown here it Is
rectangular in form, being made Of
sheet metal. The top and sides are
bent to shape, with fanges at the bot
tom which connect with the flooring.
At each side are supports which hold
the coop slightly above the ground.
tending to keep the coop moisture
proof and preventing rain or other
water from entering. At each end are
perforated doors, which are very easl-
~ held in position. At the bottom Of
each door Is an extension, through
which passes rod, the latter extend
ing through the top of the coop and
also into the ground, preventing the
coop from being displaced. In this way
the fowl are rendered safe against the
attacks Of animals.
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AVoICE-
WQRTH
s 5.5OOyOOO

When announcement Is made that
Patti, whom her admirers acclaim as
1.-THE Diva of the world" Is about to
retire, to take her farewell of the con-
cert room, 1t Is instantly met with an
incredulous smile. There Is an inclina-
ton also to illustrate the smile by re-
telling the fable Of the boy and the
wolf. But this time. assurance comes
from England, the great soprano really
intends to retire from public life.
Thousands Of persons in both hemi-
spheres have heard the Diva sing. and
they have paid millions of dollars for
the privilege. A rough and perhaps in,
adequate estimate of PATHS earnings
during the last half century credits her
with having realized about $3,5OO,OOO
In this connection 1t is significant to
note that the soprano has not been
heard in public every year. and In the
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United States not at all during one
stretch of two decades.
Adelina Patti Is SO truly a remark
able woman and artist that she actu-
ally rises superior to criticism. She
u.s. In fact, a parsonage. There may
have been greater sopranos In the last
fifty years-indeed capable critics have
said so-but the names of these great
ones are known principally to the elect,
while Patti remains 1.-THE queen Of
song" Singing ut prices which would
lmpoverish an Indian prince, Patti be-
came a popular idol. Those who paid
the money to hear her always insisted
1t was worth the money; those who
could not afford to do so took their re-
venge In saying smart things about the
Diva, even unfavOrably crticislng her.
Although she was born In Madrid
and raised in New York, Patti has al
ways been an Italian. She speaks with
equal facility Italian, French, Spanish.
German, Russian and Engllsh-no
small accomplishment In itself. The
italian tongue Is her favorite. Once In
describing her cosmopolitan sympa-
thies she remarked, II love the Italian
language. the American people, the En-
glish country and my Welsh home"
Born In 1913, Patti came, with her
parents, her half-brothers and her sis.
tiers, to New York while she was still
a very little girl. Even then she had a
remarkable voice. 1t was about this
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Corn Root Louise.

Corn Root Louise.
Time. spent in killing insect pests
must usually be set down as SO much
time lost from the constructive work
of improving the filth Of the soil. and
attending to the other needs of the
crops. Occasionally. however, an I'M
proved system of cultivation gets rid
of our insect enemies at the same time.
This is conspicuously the case in the
method recently proposed by Prof.
Forbes, of Illinois. for destroying the
corn root louise.
The pest works havoc to both sweet
and field corn. The small brown ant
attends the louise and Is responsible
for carrying it about the field. Pro-
fessor Forbes found that by using a
disk harrow one to three times early
in the spring, before the corn is plant
ed. from 80 to 95 per cent of the ants
and corn root lice are destroyed, and
no further treatment Is required dur
Ing the season. The peculiar virtues
of this remedy are that 1t is simple,
effective and good for the corn, since
the soil is thereby put in better state
of cultivation.
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Dry Farnaae.

The Campbell system Of dry farm
Ing, which was first tried in the semi
arid portions Of North Dakota and
about which much has appeared in
newspapers and magazines within the
past year or two, is doing great things
for many portions Of the Western
States, where with a rainfall Of but
ten or twelve inches per annum bumper
crops Of corn, wheat, .beets and other
crops can be grown. This system Of
crop culture Is based on the conserva-
ton Of practically. all Of the moisture
In the soil through dust or surface
mulch, and under 1t a. high as forty
bushels Of corn to the acre have been
grown In North Dakota, fifty bushels
Of wheat per acre in western Nebraska.
while better than twenty tons Of beets
have been produced in Colorado. While
this method Of crop culture has little
value in those portions Of the country
where there Is an abundant rainfall, ii
does have tremendous import in all
territory where there Is fertility in
the soil, but an annual rainfall of less
than twenty inches.
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Says Western writer on sheep
The market calls for sheep with ja-l;
face aud legs, and close Geece is a -,
advantage. There never has been a
time when fair profit could not Re
obtained from the keeping of sheep.
c'uerc are in the world to-day 9O.0O0,OJ
fewer sheep than twelve years ago. and
the consumption Of mutton and wool ia
rapidly increasing, hence 1t is safe to
conclude that sheep to the farmer is a
safe proposition. Do not start on a
large scale; begin low and work up.
The Western farmer does not like to do
this, and you are no exception. You
have never planted the apple because
YOU did not expect to stay to eat the
fruit. You must rush on and do big
things. Do you not know that in the
animal as well as the vegetable world
rapid growth means rapid decay? Plant
tliis live stock business and then give
1t time to strike Its roots deep down
and after 1t is fairly rooted allow the
top to grow.
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ncult for even his lively Imagination to
conceive Of singer actually acquiring
by her voice SO great a sum as $780,.
600. He would have felt it an exagger-
alton so obvious as to be impossible,
even to a fctionist.
Patti made her first regular appear
ance on the stage as Lucia in Donizet-
it's opera, in New York, on Nov. "a,
1858. She was then only 16 years old.
Her voice at that time was described
as a flute-like, flexible soprano, which
she delivered with purity and managed
with great skill and taste. Her capa.
bilities were at once recognized, and
the great future promised her by her
critics has been amply fulfilled
King Edward VII, as Prince OF
Wales. always one of her most devoted
admirers, first heard her sing In the
Academy of Music In this city, In the
fall Of 1850. The opera was Martha
and the young Prince was charmed.
The next year she went to England and
made her London debut as Amina In
La Somnambula." at Covent Garden
Theater. After that metropolitan ap.
pearance the young sopranos fame was
assured. The next morning all Europe
rang with praises for the new prima
donna from America. For the next
twenty years she remained abroad
singing In England. France and Russia
While abroad Patti made her first
matrimonial venture. In 1868 she was
married to the Marquis de Caux. but
continued her operate career. She took
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sToRIEs OF PaoMPTERs.
OiS Who Warned Against the W
: llan-AnOtheP Was q Hunter,

Ore Who Warned Against the VIII
lian-Another Was . Hunter.
The ex-prompter Of the Coincide
Franchise has committed suicide. The
poor man had been an inmate of Sainte
Anne's lunatic asylum for some time.
At s 80 o'clock each evening he fancied
he heard the three traditional knocks
which, In a French theater. herald the
going up Of the curtain, says the Pail
Mall Gazette. He would become very
excited and declare that the company
was waiting for him. what will NJ.
Mounet-Sully sayY he would exclaim.
Stories are told Of other prOmpters.
There was one good man In suburban
theater whose own private troubles
were revived every time the innocent
heroine was carried on by the william
Of the piece. "Ah, the scoundrel!" he
would shout from his box. "can they
not see what he Is doing?" He would
give audible warnings to the husband
to keep his wife clear from all lntrigues
against her fidelity These remarks
"hors texte" were little embarrassing
to the actors and actresses upon the
stage, who were never quite certain
which belonged to the book and which
was the invention Of the "soufiieur."
Another member Of this humble pro-
fesslon was great nimrod. His days
were spent In shooting. On many &C.
casions he arrived at the theater with
his bag Of partridges and ground game
In an evil moment he brought also his
retriever. The animal crouched quiet.
ly enough at his feet In the little box
below the stage until he was agitated
by the behavior of the hero and com.
menced to bark furiously. 1t was
pointed out to the dog owner that he
was paid to prompt and not to bark
and the spaniel came no more to the
theatef,
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A Capful of Wind.

The origin Of the phrase. "A capful
of wind" can be traced to a Morse
king, Eric W., who died In GOT A. d.
He was credited with the useful power
of directing the wind to blow where be
wished by the simple method Of turn
ing his cap to that point Of the CON-
pass. His powers were much apprecl-
ated and trusted and resulted In bis
being known as windy cap" There ID
n" evidence as to whether he could reg.
tie the force of the wind as well az
direction. Presumably he could, OF
fatthfui believers would not have
/ so many. A 'bagful Of wind" ID
her common expression and indi'
5 something like a gale. This has
traced down to the classical leg
of Aeolus and his captive winds
med in bags.
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time Richard Grant White first saw
her He described her as "a slender
swarthy, bright-eyed little girl In short
skirts, who ran Into the room and
chirped at her mother, and ran out Of
1t, carOllng as she went through the
passageway." He asked her mother,
Madame Barili-Patti, II the little girl
promised to be a singer like her sis
tiers, and for answer the child. sitting
on the knee of the critic, sang a little
Italian air with a naivete and charm
which left an impression he never for
got. She was only I years old when.
In 1850. she appeared before the public
for the first time.
Received $1,000 . Night.
After Patti returned, In 1882, from
her European triumphs owing to the
competition of Henry Abbey, the Amer
lean impresario, Mapleson was obliged
to raise her salary from $1,000 night
to $4,000, and finally to 5000 a night,
a sum previously unheard Of In the
--nals of opera. 1t was s'sn oor""'
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fact that 1t has remained with her SO
long is her lifelong habit-not to sing
when she is tired. Consequently. as
she has aptly put 1t. she Is never tired
when she sings. and no abnormal strain
Is placed upon her vocal cords. She Is
no believer In diet, but never eats or
drinks any food that Is either too bot
or too cold. and she has always been
careful to avoid indigestion, which. she
claims, has prematurely ruined many
singing voices.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21
Windfall Apples.

What to do with the ,windfall apples
ia a problem that gives the owner of
every large orchard considerable con-
Germ as the time for picking apples APP
prouches. Where one is provided with
al evaporator or Is so fixed that he
can convert this defective fruit into
vinegar, the problem is comparatively
simple. But where neither method Of
disposing of this product Of the orchard
is possible it is a question what is the
best thing to do. An effective method
of disposing Of such apples and one
which gives a certain return Is to turn
droves of hogs or sheep into the Or
chard periodically and allow them to
clean them up This not only disposes
Of the apples. but the worms as well,
as such apples are usually wormy. In
any case 1t Is best to remove the wind
falls from beneath the trees. and II
they cannot be disposed Of in any Uf
the methods suggested 1t is best to put
them on the pillow land with the manure
and turn them under.
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ODD HOTEL IN HoNokoNo.
Kansas Editor Abroad Tells Of Queel
Features Of Hostelry.

Kansas Editor Abroad Tells Of Queez
Features Of Hostelry.
The Hongkong Hotel was recon.
mended to me In San Francisco by q
very particular friend; the hotel seems
to have q very wide reputation. yet
the bed on which slept had straw pill
lows. four Of them. says Il. ". Howe
IN the Atchison Globe. The room 10 very
large and has electric lights; It seem,
to be an overlarge one, judging from
the lace curtains at the windows. In
the room hangs 4 blackboard, although
no chalk is supplied with which to dc
sums or examples. Now In the name
Of all that's curious what Ii that black
board fort have been wondering and
wondering and can make nothing Of It
What 10 It for? It 10 the funniest thing
I ever saw In a hotel. Finally Mattel
wandered In. and she couldn't imagine
what the blackboard was flor. Then
we sent word for the bell boy and ask
ed. He told u all about It, but we did
not understand q word he said. HI
went away and In q little while anoth
or Chinaman came In and, pointing to
the blackboard. told ~ all about II. W.
didn't understand him, either. Since
then q new Chinaman has come In a
regular intervals of half an hour and
tried to tell ~ the use Of the black
board, and We are still wondering what
II 10 for.
We have decided that the court out
side Of my room looks like the Alham
bra. Certainly our portion Of the hotsl
10 a. old - the Alhambra, and a. odd
The bath tubs are circular, the nrst OF
that shape have ever seen. A Judge
left the hotel one evening. not beina
satisfied with his room, and registered
at another place. He finally concluded
to come back to the Hongkong. The
clerk where he registered charged him
98 for putting his name on the book. |
wasn't satisfied. either. with one Of thu
rooms the clerk gave M. an inside
room that seemed stufry, 20 I started
dovn to the once to register what you
call q Kick" but on thu
way thought Of making Manteel
slesp in the inside room. and came
back satiAfled.
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course this includes
those who are In
this business on a
large scale for prof.
1t, and also those
who probably keep
a half dozen fowl
in the back yard.
Nevertheless, wheth.
er for business OF
pleasure, C b | ken
raising Is All inter.
esting pastime that
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LIGHT 10 NOT NEEDED.
Engiish sclsntist Says eun's Eject On
Man 10 BAD.

Aon - 9oos
DR.. Charles q. Woodruff has made
an exceedingly interesting investiga.
ton Of the effects of tropical light
on white men. The origin Of his In.
vestigation was an attempt to prove
or disprovs the theory that the skin
fermentation Of man served to exclude
the short or actinic rays Of light whose
action IL to destroy living protoplasm.
II this theory II true. 1t will explain
at once many anthropological riddles.
We ind In 1t q reason why white
men, while capital colonizers In cold
or temperate regions and sagacious id.
ministrators Of tropical colonies, have
failed when they attempted themselves
to coloniss in hot countries; why blond
types prevail In the cloudy. almost sun.
lees regions Of the north Of Europe,
brunette types in the dasslingly light
countries bordering on the Mediter-
ransan. and the negro in Central AZ.
rica; and why the type Of man iiv.
ing in the tirelsss city 10 less blond
than that Of the countryman who has
during 4 large portion Of his outdoor
life the protection Of the woodland
and orchard.
DR.. Woodruff soon felt bound to ad-
init that the sun = not the beneflcent
deity We thought him to be a. We wor.
SHIPPED. but that he delights in sacri.
ices and Stays ruthlessly those who
trust in him. 1t 10 hard to believe
that man does not need the light and
II IL almost q shock to b made to
realise that "the vast majority Of land
animals i've In absolute darkness" Yet
Dr. Woodruff leaves little reason to
doubt his statements. for besides the
eogency Of his reasoning from univer-
sally accepted facts. he fairly bristlss
With authorities whom he cites In sup.
port Of his position.
Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-21

Nervous Passenger during thunder.
storm -Ain't It dangerous to be on q
street car when it's lightning so?
Calm Passenger-Not at all. You
~, the motornan 10 q non-conductor.
And then the nervous one felt easier.
-.lToledo Blade.
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Packing Apples.

In packing apples for market first as.
sort them, SO that they will run uni
form in size and quality. Pack In sound,
clean barrels-barrels with fiat hoops
preferred. Turn the upper head down,
take out the lower head and place a
large sheet Of white paper next the
head, then pack the first layer of apples
with the stem ends upon the head.
Pack the second tier, but reverse the
apples; then fill the apples without
bruising the fruit. Shake down thor
oughly and ill SO full that the head
must be pressed In with lever or bar
rel press; then fasten the head. turn
the barrel over and mark plainly the
name Of the variety contained. Extra
care and labor In packing enhances the
value when selling.
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} trouble to raise boys; but girls
/ have their hair combed and weas
q dresses. And white dresses don't
thing to the washing.
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Failed to Uonvinos Willie.

Hailed to Oonvtnos Willie.
"You should be like the chickens.
willie; Just 80 how early they wake
- In The morning"
soh, well. I could wake up early,
-, ma, u stood up AZ nightv'-Yen-
sers 0tatesmAn.
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"Vou often hear q man cay, Il
snow what I would DO in So-and-oo's
place." but at the same time be doe
cot know what 70 DO half ~ tine
tAman14
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When two strange women meet on
the cars, and they have children with
them about the same age. thsy soon nnd
they don't need an introduction. but
this 10 the only instance.
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Farmers and Poultry Fanciers.

The farmer has a real grievance
against the poultry fancier, In that II
has done all Of his crossing and ill.,
breeding Of fathers, daughters, uncles
and aunts without any regard to prac-
teal utility, says Farming, whether the
liens from which he has been breeding
We're producing sixty eggs a year or
200 made no difference. His whole
aim has been to breed out foul flight
feather or two, or to create better
comb, or eyes Of better tint at a
sacrifice of everything else. The result
is that when farmer goes into the
market to buy thoroughbreds with his
money in his pocket ready and willing
TO pay for the best stock, he not only
often pays for qualities he does
not need, but actually pays
premium for something that
has been obtained at sacrifice
Of the very qualities which he does
need. There are few men, however.
raising thoroughbred stock tina. is
bred to lay" or to meet certain market
demands. and those are the men that
should be patronized.
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Safe Chicken Coon.

1t Is been proven by statistics that
the raising Of chickens is the greatest
Industry In the United States. or
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Easy Way to Get Ria Of stump..
ImRrOving the Herd.

Select as far as possible females
which conform to the standard Of ex-
cellence of the breed. II this Is accom-
plished it will insure a uniformity In
type that Is highly desirable. II in ad-
dition to this 1t is possible to seley
cows and heifers that are similarh
bred they will be more likely to pro-
duce uniformity In their offspring.
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There ID one thing about Q fasciua
tor: Il never fascinatsA
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Grow Feed ON the Farm.


The Massachusetts State crop report
contains an article by Prof. f. 8. Cooley
on "Some Causes Affecting the Profits
Of Dairying." On the subject Of feed
ing dairy cattle the professor urges
that feeds be produced on the farm as
far as possible. Usually the best prac.
tice Is to purchase only feeds rich In
protein and raise the coarse folders
on the farm. Cows fed on starvation
ntions yield no profit, and those over
fed with expensive feeds are also kept
at a loss. The point Of highest profit
in feed must be determined BY expert
ment and calculation, and varies with
he locality and circumstances Of the
feeder.
HOne.Made Kerosene Emulsion,
The amateur can make this very cas-
ny: Take of hard soap half a pound
aud dissolve in one gallon Of boiling
water; then add two gallons of kero-
sene and churn thoroughly for ten min.
ates. The efficiency of the preparation
depends upon thorough mixing. This
stock mixture Is diluted four times
tor scale or up to twenty times for lice.
The stronger dilution will have one
gallon Of kerosene to six and a half of
~eter. Where the water Is very hard,
use one gallon Of sour milk to two gal.
lens Of hePosesa