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Show CHANGES IN WHEAT BELT. bring her, but the storm came up so sudden that we had no time to send for her. Vermont, Once the Granary of New Can you not do it now?" York, Falla Far Behind. Vermont was once the granary of lie shook his head and said the avalanche had fallen in the pass beNew York city. It now produces only By JOHN R. MUS1CK, hind them and they were completely one bushel of wheat to more than 200 Arthur ui My.tortouo Mr. Howard," "Thi shut in where there were. in Minnesota, the banner state. Dark atrunfor," "Cbarlls Allaadala's she Will there be no escape? Rochester was once known as the Doublu," Btc. Now It Is called the flour city. asjteU. "Not until spring unless we can flower city." But New York still cut our way through." raises as much wheat as Wisconsin. Cofyrlght. itvr, by Bossar BoassW, Sort. All miBreourrod. Laura went to her tent and wept Maryland produces more than either, She realized how helpless she was Texas nearly twice as much and CHAPTER XIV. (Continued.) Pennsylvania three times as much. set off at a lively pace and began to distrust the man who The fellow Only eight states surpass Pennsyl-vanlon his anowahoes and In an hour and professed to be her friend. In wheat raising. "Oh, God." she groaned, to Thee a half was back, saying: can I now appeal for help! 1 alone Kansas produces nearly as much They be not there. need wheat as both the Dakotas, which are expect none from these men. What dye mean? asked Kate. Mr. Lackland seemed very much much more often mentioned as wheat Gone. distressed that she was cut off from states. What is gone? female companion, and selected her Only a trifle more than half of the Camp.' wheat crop grows west of the Mismen to go back, as he said, and four Where? her over the fallen avalanche sissippi. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio still bring his and he Dun shrugged know," If possible. The four selected were produce 80,000,000 bushels, which is shoulders again. more than any far western state, and Ben Allen, Morris, Ned Padgett and in fact and She was nonplussed, of the whole crop. over Tom Ambrose. When Lackland took Little Delaware raises more wheat frightened. them apart, to give his final Instrucaloud. half Gone! she than all New England. Virginia, West Gone and leftwhispered, he said: tions, this with me alone Take the woman and wounded man Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and sick man in this wilderness! Gone, Carolina raise 35,000,000 and with North back to Skaguay." that poor child. Why, bushels. What! An have him hang us for believe and my cant it, yet hardly New York Is the second him prisoner In the mounholdln rascal me th told has always center In the United States, though heart asked tains? Allen. was a villain. Oh, Laura, Laura! far behind Minneapolis, which can where are Is You are four "But he insane. child? you now, my poor f grind 82,000 barrels a day to New she to witnesses one. began to sob. I promised ye Id Yorks 14,000 Ned shrugged his shoulders and r stay by ye through thick an thin, muttered rasi something about never want"THERE IS JUST ONE SURE WAY. an Ive gone an lied to ye. That I see to ing on Skaguay, especially while off man me, sick cal this ! :he poor put their late prisoner lived. Dodds Kidney Pills build up Run an what could I do? looked She In well, her then, start with them "Very helpless rage it: down People. They make healthy vent her toward some to but dont reach the about for Skaguay, object means and ir( that healthy Kidneys CumYou understand Become lost. and Horsa wrath place. Mrs. .hi' L. seeing J. upon, people. What Mr. and mins emerging from the small tent how to do that. At least he must Lit Duffey say: In which he had slept, she rushed at not know anything of the young woI ibi Nora, Ind., Feb. 6th. (Special) man here, and she must have no of sure the That building up him like a virago, crying: way is where You headed that Paul Miller Is alive." yer red thief, knowledge bt men and women is to put His final Instructions were so clear their kidneys In good working order Is master? I say, where Is yer master? tii shown by the experience of Mr. and Speak or Ill chuck yer head In the and Imperative there could be no pos0 Mrs. Joseph L. Duffey of this place. enow an, hold It there till ye sible mistaking them, and when he smother. had finished they took their departure. worn and Both were weak and r5 With a look of surprise he said: The story about the avalanche fallThey used Dodds Kidney Why, I did not know he had gone. both enjoy the best Pills and ing In their rear and blocking up the He Is, and took my little friend way was all a clever Invention on the thl of health. I Mr. Duffey says: I was very weak With him. part of Mr. Lackland. Well, that Is strange; that beats and almost past going. I tried everyLackland went to Laura's tent, his ray thing which people said was good but anything I ever heard! What can he white face wearing a careworn and mean? thi , got no benefit till I tried Dodds Kid troubled look. The lines of his featoo "I dont know, but there Is some tures seemed more aey Pills. They helped me in every deeply drawn and mischief In It, and Ill be bound you his face was hi way and I am strong and well now. expressive of the greatI was so bad are at the bottom o it. Mrs. Duffey says: igh est concern. ISt that If anybody would lay down a Why, my dear good woman, you Laura Miss Kean, he began, In an string I felt I could not step over It do me a very great Injustice, began his cautious, considerate I manner, Since taking Dodds Kidney Pills I Cummins with mock humility. thi I say when will me believe you hope Dont she run Can ait and jump fences. Look here! yelled. that this lamentable accident causes Healthy kidneys Insure pure blood; ye come none o yer monkey-doodlui on your Dodd's Kidney Pills insure healthy business around me, for I wont stand me unaccountable annoyance In the account. When awakened I'll It. Rack out an find that kidneys. that a with the Intelligence night him tell o and ver master yours, i was coining and the pass would Endurance of Locomotive. ani that girl back or Ill make storm t bring I decided that for you be A locomotive owned and operated by ; Impassable. the In' for so hot Icebergs you Alaska I must act at once. If we were aboard the London & Northwestern since 1882 will melt!" I rescue you had up to 1902 made 2,000,000 working ;las With this threat Kate turned and a sinking ship and should would and take you deem service out time of The for miles. ashore, you hi enered the shanty. au act of hostility because I did it repairs averaged 12 per rent of the she a womans tiger! 'That regular working time credited the locomotive, growled Cummins, as he walked over not wait for some companion of i the hill. Once out of her sight he sat yours?" ( $100 Reward, $100. She bowed her head and was silent. to think the matter this rrtdftin of be Tbt will to teem down in the snow papr t lei that there dreaded dlaeane that sciatic me If she aint a per- In argument, the subtle villain alover. "Blame ba been able to cure lu all tu auea, and that U The boss has ways beat her, but when left to herCatarrh. Haifa Catarrh Cure la the only p ltle fect devil of a woman. cure Dow known to the tnedtval fraternity. Catarrh me. She knows I self to con over what he had said and on a Job hard put dleeawe. requires atxmailtu tain a IMial treatment. Haifa Catarrh Cure la taken In Now It. the bad a hand in youngster commune with her own heart, she Inernally, autlott directly upon the blood and mucoua very stinctively felt the man was a villain. urfarea of the avtem, thereby dentroylnif the dont show any signs o, dyln foundation of tha dlaeaee, and Khrliig the patient he 1 dont. but Intuition, or whatever you may choose he would, wish fast etremrth by building npthe contltutlon and aUt-nature Induing ltawork. The proprietor have What am 1 to do with this tiger cat? to call It, told Laura her lover lived. to murk faith In tu curative puwera that they offer One Hundred Dollar fur any case that It fail to She'll snatch my eyes out If I go She was conscious of his presence tore, bend forllatof testimonial, somewhere In this vast world, and back." CHENJ-.Addreaa F J 4 CO., Toledo, X Fold by all Drugglau, 7V. as Instinctively drawn to him small felt the went into Kate Meanwhile lake flelfe k auilly Fill for couattpailoa hanty, vowing she would have har- as the needle to the magnet. 1 mony or know the reason. Her paDays passed and the small party Notice. tient was wide awake, hia great, dark was still in the valley, hemmed In f The Hlckstown Debating society announces as Its subject for next Friday brown eyes on the door. For the first by the mountains and eternal snows. tight, "Which Is the hardest, to make time Kate realized that he waa a Lackland made frequent visits to Laurx after despatching the four men 8 small boy go to bed at night, or to young man and quite handsome. Were you talking to some one out to give an account of their progress make him get up In the morning?' in cutting their way through the pass. there? he asked. Cleveland Leader. one o' Yes; I was Just Laura," he said. In a low gentle I them triflin critters for not attendin tone, which would have thrilled any to hts work. 1 give him a piece of other woman. I have tried to hope my mind and I reckon after this hell against hope for your Bake. I have The differences in tea are know what's what! Kate declared. tried to believe your lover lived, but Dont your people agree?" worth your attention. All this JourI must yield to facts. Yes ; all agree with each other, but and this suffering, hardship The differences in dealing tone don't agree with me. They go ney, the winter In an Alaskan passing do things without askin' me or con- wilderness Is to no purpose." are worth your attention. sultin me a bit more'n if I was a Is it not? block o stone, and had no more Yw nmr return your mon.jr If you tog-Laura, are you very strong?" f bk Schilling. Bret. sensen a Kansas badger. She gave him a swift, wild look an )n, Paul, who felt considerably strongUi. Imploring glance and gasped: Impromptu With a Sting. er, raised himself on his elbow and "What do you mean? I A quaint story has bean lately rea called of a duchess who had enter- asked : "Can you bear a great shock?" "What have they done, my good "What shock what la It speak out, i tained a famous literary man for a without consulting you?" friend, I beseech you! week and then produced the InevitaYes, Pulled up stakes an gone! "Paul is dead!" ble autograph album with the request an not left a sled nor dog to "It Is false! for "something Impromptu. In vain gone, em with. I dont keer so much foller tb "It Is true!" the author protested that the mere fur as I'm concerned, but that poor ao evidence have you?" "What book of the paralysed every one sight all alone with that man; and tm "The evidence of men who saw him of his Ideas, ao at last, In a frenzy of child he told me with her own mouth she die. He died three weeks ago! despair, he seized the pen and wrote: mistrusted him, and I said I'd stand His face was so white, he expressed b "If I was a dook I would have a betr by her, and, like a lunk head, let 'em such concern, that she was strongly ter cook." Tableau. me off here and then he Impressed with his manner, yet she an takes the pore little thing cried: Slope i with him! Ob, it makes me hot; but a "What you say cant ba true! My have harmony ylt; see If I don't!" heart tells me he lives. Ill There is good tea besides dlf "What do you mean, my good woNevertheless, her eyes grew dim bt' man? Paul asked In amazement. with tears, which trickled adown her but not better and ; ours, ours t Who la this man that deceived you?" damask cheeks. Lackland, for sevis safe; no other is safe; no 0! "That scamp from Fresno called eral moments overcome with his own Lackland! emotions, at last said: no other is moneyback. it Lackland from Fresno!" The pa"Laura, It's your noble, sanguine naIn bod staring at her. ture which I admire that makes you Cl started tient up Go by the book. "Who la the poor young thing he hope aga.nst hope. But, alas! It Is F ' Tour trerer return your reoooy It - M took away the girl?" asked the pa- useless for you to feed yourself on P' tUo Bckllllof's Brel It1 tient, selling her arm in a vlrcjike hopes longer. I know It must be true, for men whose word I cannot doubt If grip. English Patrol Boxes. U tell me, and It must be true. But "Uua Kean." The box or cabin In which a teleshriek wild he a tt With leaped Laura, whatever may happen, believe la Is In callad placed phone England from the bed and rushed from me, will ever be your friend. Let me cl ' a talcphonlum" op "phonlura. the shanty. je ' weep with you over your loss!" it "Dont, don't talk so! You frighten lx CHAPTER XV. me!" she gasped. it The Old Man of the Mountains, "Frighten you, darling?" he whispWho sells the best tea or, Oh, If you Long after day had dawned the lit- ered. "Frighten you? ir tle train of porter Indians, dogs and knew the pangs of this heart If you Who sells the best tea o sleds, continued their way over the only knew how tenderly devoted I ant Who sells the best tea tt snow. Laura protested against this to you; If you only knew how wllllugly (eparatlnn from her friend, but It was I would change places and He In the Who sells the best tea all In vain. unknown mountain tomb until the Tour (rarer return, your reunoy It you tout When the tents were pitched Mura sounding of that great trump which BW acktlliuc, Bret, ' ahall wake the dead, you would cot met Parkland and asked: i Id have the least cause for fear." Kate Is "Where my companion, Rsit for tha Eyes. "Hush-hu- sh! Don't talk so!" from whom you promised I should Tha eye requires as much rest aa it any other nrgan. Green la tha was She stunned and confused by be not separated? most b "She te back with the sick man," his Impassioned speech. Poor Kill, restful color. answered. "It waa our wish to alone 1b an unknown forest, with a i a : one-eight- h 1 flour-mlllln- g iei-- l 1 (X run-dow- n itf. Ml to-da- 1 e MU i. I f TEA - , side-trac- .it- - TEA US' ! y- half-dresse- , i. "tea- - 1 Wll-Il- Mdraan no wonder she was frightened. She had started up from the camp stool and taken a step toward the door of the tent as If she would fly, but he quickly put himself before her and said: No, no; dont leave me, dearest, I will not harm you. 1 will not touch you. I only want to say one word. When convinced our poor, dear Paul is no more, will you. oh, will you look with more favor on my suit? She found her voice now. The words the stinging Insult fired her soul and in a voice in which grief, rage and disgust were strangely blended, she cried: No, no a thousand times no! If It was for this you have followed me across the ocean and wilderness you can go yes, go! I will have no more to say to you go! Drawing herself up to her full height, with all the scorn which an Injured soul can depict in a handsome face, she pointed toward the door of the tent. Unable to stand before the proud, defiant creature whom he had in his grasp, he started toward the door of the tent, when one of the strangest figures either had ever seen, entered. It was a man fully fifty years of age, his long, white hair and beard evidently many years strangers to either razors, scissors, combs or brushes. In his hand the old man carried a Winchester rifle, the butt of which he placed on the ground, while he leaned on the muzzle, and fixed hla curious So eyes on the man before him. piercing was that glance that It seemed to penetrate the very soul of the scoundrel. The old man might have been taken for a Rip Van Winkle, but for the fact that his arms were all of the latest Improvement. Advancing a pace or two and pausing, be leaned on his rifle, glancing from first one and then the other, but uttered not a word. After a moments amazed silence Lackland gasped: Who In Satans name are you? "The old man of the mountains, was the answer, in a low husky voice, which seemed to chill the blood In the veins of the rascally Lackland. There was firmness in tho voice, a steady gleam in the eye, which Indicated he had met a man whom It would not do to trifle with. Where did you come from? asked Lackland, quaking. From the mountain, was the answer. What are you doing here?" Without paying any heed to him, the old roan of the mountains, none other than our hermit friend, the captain, turned his eyes upon Laura and asked: Are you going to the Klondyke? I was going. she answered. And alone? A woman companion was with me but she remained back on the trail twenty-fivmiles, and an avalanche has filled the trail, so she cannot come. There has been no avalanche," the old man answered. In his deep voice; There has been no avalanche! She quickly fastened her gaze upon the face of Mckland, who began to retreat toward the door. So you have deceived me, monster! she began. If you listen to that old fool you will believe anything. He is crazy!" cried Lackland, and darted from the tent, leaving Laura alone with the old man of the mountains. e CHAPTER XVI. to Desperate Straits. Once outside the tent, Mckland was like one dazed and confused. He saw a figure coming toward him and recognized It as one of his men. lie hurried toward him, saying: Cummins, you have come at last? Yes; they relieved me and told me to report here. Right glad I am of it, too, for if ever there was a fiend in woman form It's that tarmagant down there." (To be continued.) Driven LONG LIFE AND A MERRY ONE 8trenuous Americans Outlive the In- dolent Africans. It seema that we are about the hurtful and all g wrong Early in October there was held In St. Louis, at the Hall of Congresses, iu connection with the World's Fair, the American International Congress of Tuberculosis, which consisted of representatives gathered from all parts of the Americau continent, to discuss the best means of preventing and curing this dreadful disease. Special attention was given to the subject of prevention. The congress was In session three days Many Important questions were discussed and committees were appointed for the purpose of carrying forward an active campaign against this most terrible of all the foes of human life. The committee of publicity was charged with the duty of organizing a proper educational campaign in connection with associaconventions, Chautatiquas, tions and fraternities of various sorts, for the purpose of placing In the hands of the public Information relating to the best means of preventing and combatting this scourge. Those who are especially Interested In this phase of the question should address for further information tho American Congress on Tuberculosis, Committee on Publicity, 28 Thirty-ThirPlace, Chicago, 111. covery, the best method Is training. Weak muscles must be trained to act with energy. Weak nerves must be toned up and steadied. The weak stomach must be trained to normal activity and the whole body must be brought In harmony with the forces which make for health. Movement to Suppress Tuberculosis. Science lias demonstrated beyond question that pulmonary tuberculosis or consumption of the lungs Is both a preventable and a curable disease. This disease Is produced by germs which find their way Into the body through abrasions of the skin, through the mucous membrane of the mouth or the Intestines and through the lungs. The germs of the disease are found in the sputum of persons sufThe germs fering from tuberculosis. are also found In the flesh and milk of animals suffering from the disease. The germs are found nearly everywhere. These germs cannot live In the tissues of a thoroughly healthy person, as tho cells of the body are capable of destroying the germs, but when tho body Is weakened by Indigestion, by the habits of breathing foul or bad air, by anything which impairs the health, the tissues lose their liower to destroy germs so that when they enter the body they find lodgement, grow and develop and tuberculosis of the lungs, bowels or of some other part is the result. Statistics show that at least 150,000 persons die of this disease In this country annually. Four or five times that number of persons are sick all the time with this disease. Tuberculosis kills more than any other malady. Experience has shown that the disease is not Incurable, as has been generally supposed, but Is a very curable malady If taken in time, and if the right treatment is applied. Not less than one hundred thousand lives could be saved every year by the application of proper means for preventing and curing this terrible disease. The outdoor life creates appetite, and a cold morning bath awakens the brain, lungs, heart, liver, stomach and An Ice hag over the the appetite. stomach for half an hour before meals Is a good natural appetizer for a bed' ridden Invalid. Another method Is a hot application over the abdomen for five minutes, followed by an Ice rub over the same parts for one or two minutes. This not only produces an appetite but stimulates the flow of the digestive julres and thus furnishes the ability to digest. d in Alcohol in Cold Weather. When the skin Is warm it Is red or pink in color. The cold air of winter causes the skin to become whiter in color. This is due to the contraction of the blood vessels of the skin. The amount of blood passing through the skin Is decreased, and the amount of heat thrown off into the cold air is likewise decreased. If n glass of wine or brandy Is taken the skin becomes red. The sensation of warmth produced Is delusive. The victim Imagines himself warmer, indeed, the skin Is warmer, but at the same time a great increase Is observed In the heat thrown off frogt the skin. The result Ir an enormous loss of beat to the Inside of the body. Dr. Iarkes, the eminent English sanitarian, says: "All observers condemn tho use of spirits, and even of wine or beer, as a preventive against cold." The names of Dr. King, Dr. Kane, Capt. Kennedy and Dr. Hayes may also be rited as holding to this opinion. In the last expedition In search of Sir John Franklin the whole crew were teetotalers. Prof. Miller states that the Russian military authorities Interdict Its use absolutely In tho army when troops are about to move under extreme cold, part of the duty of the corporals being to smell carefully the breath of each man on the morning parade, and to turn buck from the march those who have Indulged in spirits. It having been found that xurh men are peculiarly subject to be frostbitten and otherwise Injured." I)r. Cnrpinter Is authority for tho statement that the Hudson Bay company hus, for many jears, entirely excluded spirits from the fur countries of the north, over which they have exclusive control, ''to the Brent Improvement." an Sir John Richardson observed, "of the health and morals of their Canadian servants and of the Indian tribes.' Danger effect of American "hiiHtle." Our national motto may be said to have been A short life, but a strenuous one." We were willing, as a people, to have the span shortened a little If only we could have something worth while, something active and effective, going all the time. But It seems, according to the latest bulletin of the census bureau, that the fast life la also the long one, says Harper's Wwkly. Our median age" that Is. the age which is such that half the population Is under It and half over It la more than seven years greater than It was a century ago, and Inrreuses from decade to decade. We are surpassing easygoing foreign countries In this respect; we are surpassing even the Indolent, beautifully reAfrican In our laxed, midst; for whereas the median age of our American whites g 23.4 years, colored perthat of the son Is hut 18.3. Mtcly much confusion has arisen In the minds of many Hsalth By Training. Americans over the statement made Health getting, for the chronic Inby certain eminent neurologists that valid, Is simply s matter of training, of it Is next to impossible for a man to health culture tinder favorable rendioverwork," provided his bodily functions. which include the discarding tions are kept In good order by tem- of all disease producing habits, such perate and wholesome living. Other ax the use of tobacco, ten, coffee and physicians, to be sure, tell us that alt Irritating. Indigestible and disease hurry and worry spell denth. We had producing foods. The free use of flesh foods Is no accepted the latter Judgment. .with the a raue of liver and kidney disreflection doubt no matter that qualifying what science tells ns, It always seems ease, as well as of stomarh disorders. to have "another think coming. This The uric acid of flesh tod Is also s census bulletin which links ths long cause of rheumatism snu gout, si well Ilfs with the fast nil appears to bo st nervousness snd ealculles. For substantial and permanent re tho other "think." looso-jolntcd- . never-worryin- devil-may-car- Buttermilk for Consumptive. Buttermilk Is an excellent food for tubercular patients. It may be taken In the quantity of one to three quarts a day, according to the amount of other food taken. The patient may take two meals, three meals, or four meals a day, according to the quantity of food taken at each meal, and the kind of food. A safe rule Is never to allow a consumptive to go hungry. He should eat whenever he has appetite, so that the full digestive power of the stomach may be utilized In furnishing the body with constructive material. Wanted An Appetite. Dont be without one. Why go to the dining room under protest. Dont try to buy appetite at a dollar a bottle. Earn it. One should enjoy eating and he will, If he has a natural appetite, such as comes to one who works for it. Diet for Tuberculosis. The tubercular patient needs or foods, but only just the amount which can be assimilated and utilized by the body. Any excess must be treated like poisons, and hence must be a burden to both liver and kidneys, and a waste of vital pro-teld- s, tlssue-bulldln- energy, Protelds must be taken, not only In moderate quantity, but In the purest form possible. The vegetable kingdom presents protelds In combination with fats In great abundance, and In nuts, which can be made easily digestible by thorough chewing or by proper preparation. The yolks of eggs afford also a combination of fats and protelds which is admirably suited to the tubercular patient Milk, especially rich milk. Is another food adapted to this class of patients when it does not produce biliousness" through Indigestion. Many tubercular patients have dilatation of the stomach. Such cases must avoid milk. Nearly all can take nuts If the right kind Is selected and great care Is taken with the mastication. Pecans, hickory nuts, almonds and filberts, plnons, or pine nuts are the best varieties. Half a pound of nuts may be taken dally by the consumptive, not only without harm, but with great benefit, if combined with other foods. A diet consisting of nuts, bread and fruits Is a perfect dietary for the tubercular patient. The yolks of a dozen eggs may be used In place of nuts. well-toaste- d WHOLESOME RECIPES. Lentil and Nut Loaf To one pint of rather dry lentil pulp add one cup of grated Brazil nuts and sufficient stale breadcrumbs to make a stiff mixture. Season with salt and sage if desired. Press Into a bread tin and bake In a slow oven one hour or longer. Fruit Soup Into one cup of warm water put one rounding tablespoonful of sago and cook In a double boiler one half hour. Then add two or three whole cooked prunes, onefourtb cup stewed raisins, two tablespoonfuls, stewed cranberries, one teaspoonful lemon juice and sugar to suit the taste. Allow It to heat until the fruit la hot, and serve. Vermicelli or pearl barley may be substituted for sago and dried cherries, with strawberry and lemon juice, used In place of the fruits mentioned. Snowballs with Prune Steam rice one hour or until tender, then form Into balls, with one large or two small prunes In the center. Serve with a hot sauce made by warming for a few minutes cup of meltose, to which the juice of one lemon has been added and a little prune juice to make It of a consistency to pour easily. Banana and Nut Salad Peel three Imnanas and slice thin; add cupful broken (not chopped) walnut meats. Pour over this cup of the dressing and mix well. Serve on platters garnished with lettuce one-hal- f one-hal- f two-third- s h aves. Peas Croquettes Boll until thoroughly done two cupfuls of Scotch peas. Rub through a colander and add two well beaten eggs, a little minced parsley, a small grated onion, salt to taste and dry bread crumbs enough to make quite stiff. Form Into croquettes, roll In beaten eggs and breadcrumbs and bake la oven about ten minutes. A cup of chopepd walnuts will Improve the croquettes. Savory Lentils Cook two cupfuls of lentils until well done. Rub through a colander snd add salt and sago to taste. To servo, heap In the center of the dish and pour tomato sauce around It. |