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The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
DEMANDS.
Restaurant Man Tells OfHis Troubles
witA Customers in the
Heated Season.

I'VE have far etrouble in satisfying
our customers in the hot weather than
we do in winter" said the proprietor
Of a downtown quick-Iuncheon resort,
where 1000 persons are fed every work.
ing day, according to the New York
Times. Our profits are relatively
smaller. 1t is far less trouble to keep
things hot than it is to keep them cold.
In winter a customer is hungry, and soon
makes up his mind about a bowl of soup,
a hot roast beef sandwich, or a plate of
beef and beans.
"But in hot weather the nan who has
to hurry more or less over his luncheon
is cross. He won't crowd in anywhere,
as he will in winter. He wants plenty of
room-a whole table to himself, If he
can get 1t. If he cannot get right I'M
derneath an electric fan he loses his
temper. Ask the walters. They will
tell you that a customer who is an angel
of goodnes in comfortable weather be-
comes a fault-fnding old woman when
It gets hot and his collar is wilted,
Men don't come to luncheon in sum-
mer because they r hungry, but be-
cause they are faint and must eat some
thing. In the winter there is more
in the market that we can sell at CHEAP
prices than there is in summer. Of
course, in the high-priced places, and al
the fashionable uptown cafes, very
tempting hot-weather dishes are served
But they are not for the quick luncheon
Of the masses, or the man who has tc
consider his purse.
Although this Is the right time Of
year for fresh vegetables, they are al
most as dear as meat. In winter Gus.
toners do not grumble if we serve
canned asparagus, peaseand beans with
a portion of meat, but in summer they
call the manager and want to know
what is the matter with fresh vegetables
In the first place, canned vegetables are
only half the price in July that they
are in January. Wholesalers will moi
carry their stock over. Retailers and
restaurant men get the benefit of cut
prices Just when fresh vegetables are al
the flood. But these, in turn, are bought
up by the Gamers. If a farmer in New
Jersey raises an immense crop Of toma'
toes, for instance, he sells the entire
crop to a cannery agent and does moi
bother about sending them to market
All this has its effect on the restauran'
and hotel trade.
Sandwiches soon dry up in summer
and we are compelled to make them II
smaller quantities and to replenish the
counters Oftener. A great many Gus
toners won't have a lump Of ice put il
a glass of hot tea and wait for it to cool
They want tea already iced. Our stool
of this is soon disposed Of by earl.
corners in the luncheon rush. It take
some time to cool more tea, and custom
ers who come in tho interval grumbl,
ana say our place is no good.
"Puddings and pastry that look YER
appetizing in cold weather have a yer,
detected appearance when you trot then
out on a hot July day. About the onl,
thing we can satisfy all hands on is ic
cream. We seldom go wrong on that
Many a customer who looks grump,
over a luncheon that disappoints hin
goes away smiling if he tops it OF witt
a plate Of good ice cream"
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Not Tie RenI rhinr

She-Yes, you men have what you
call friends, but your friendship is so
superficial, so calculating, so watery-
He-Oh! But don't you remember
David and Jonathan, Damon and
Pythias, Goethe and Schiller
Eyes; but you never brush each 9TH
er's hair, nor show each other your
new hats, 0 discuss what is best for
baby's throat, nor how to make up an
old frock, nor anything London
Tft-Bfts.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Colonel" asked the beautiful grass
widow, ''have you ever really known
what it was to be frightened"
Il should say / have" replied the gall
liant warrior. "At the dentists office
the other day I could actually feel the
blood CONCEAL in my veins when he came
at me with his buzz SAW. Y. Her
aid.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

"Are you sure, Mr.. ~spoonamOre," she
asked him, after a moments pause, 1T
isn't my $4,000 legacy, instead Of me,
chat attracts y0u?"
81 am, Miss HiggsWorthy, he an
aHered. with strong feeling. Thought
II was ten times as much as thatl"-.
CHICAGO Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Teacher was telling the class about
the collar bone, and little Lucy's club
by hand went up to ask permission to
speak.
Il know, teacher" she Hsped; Il
know what people has when they break
the collar bone-they has the cholera
morbusl"-N. Y. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

"a woman can never keep anything
to herself" said Danboy to his wife, who
had been repeating something he didn't
want known.
ooh, yes, she can" said Mrs. DanbOyl
sWeetly.
@I'd like to know what it IS" he
growled.
TITS her real and private opinion Of
her husband "-Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

"Have you everything for the auto
mobile?" asked the stranger, entering
the store.
Eyes, yes" replied the clerk.
We'll, give me four yards Of court
plaster, six gallons Of arnica, a bundle
Of cotton batting, and half a dozen cop
les of First Aid to the Injured "-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

why are you crying, little boy?'
asked the tourist in Texas.
'Boo-hoo!" sobbed the youngsteF,
"the cyclone blew down every house IN
town but one"
"What was that?"
'The s~ehooIhouse," answered the boy,
between his sobs.-Philadelphia ReO-
ord.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

'Whati is genius?" asked the man who
has a liking for abstruse questions.
There is a difference Of opinion on
that question" answered MI. Sirius
Barker; some people think that genius
is an infinite capacity for taking pains;
others that it is the ability to get on
without doing any work worth mem
tioning. @Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

The bashful lover drew his breath
And made an effort grand;
~ wish I were the glove he cried,
''That rests upon your hand!''
She bluEhed a tribe, and replied,
II must admire your taste,
But I would rather that you were,
The belt around my waist"
IN. Y. Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
An Even Break.

They were seated at the tea table when
a small domestic storm gathered and
broke loose.
you seem to forget" snapped the
angry freight-payer Of the combine,
that 1 earn your bread"
Well, what If you do?" reJoined the
patient wife, Il Urn your tea, don't 10
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

II understand that your daughter haa
many accomplishments"
Eyes. " answered Mr.. CumroX. "Ethel.
india can sing, paint, write stories and
speak French. But she can't sew on
buttons or broil steak like her mother
used to do."-Washington Star.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
wei. how did e happen?"
There W. ono Defect.

81 am a self-made man" said the proud
individual.
We'll you are all right except as to
your head" commented the other part
Of the conversation.
Flows that?'
"The part you talk with is out Of pro-
portion to the part you think With
San Francisco Wasp.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
Tender one Preferred.

B~annigan-The docther told me to get
a porous plaster for me stomach.
Druggist-Yes, sir; what sort do You
want?
"'Tis little / care what sort it is, so long
as tits aisily digested Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Hell love you. Miss Peueh, ardently
pasionately, madly!
she-Nonsense, Mr.. De Sever; you ara
hardly acquainted with me.
Hell know; but then-why, parhaW
that's the reason.-Tit-Bita
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
No snmmer 80.

ating in summer than a daily bath. Use
soft, tepid water and good soap. Ivory
soap is ideal for the bath; it is pure,
fathers quickly and leaves the skin soft
and white. The bath should be taken
early in the morning, or Just before retir.
ing at night. ELEANOR r. PARKER.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19
1870 IN ~ EnlI.

A man may stop a foaming horse that's
tearing down the street,
Nay stop an enemy's advance amid the
battles heat;
In fact. stop almost anything in situations
trying:
But not a single man alive can stop a baby
crying.
London Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Perhaps you never noticed II,
But It's gospel anyway.
The person who agrees with you
In everything you say
Wants TO get next to your coin,
or make OF you a tool;
He either thinks you're foolish
Or IS himself a fool.
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Henry Peck's Clerk-Nc, Mr.. Peck
wont be at his once to-day.
Customer wonder II I could see
him at his homer
III your eyes are very good "-Detroit
Eraa Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

subBubs-Do you really mean to say
you keep a cat?
Backlotz-Yes.
subhubs-I shouldn't think you'd
want one around the house.
Backlotz-I don't, but the cat insists
Philadelphia Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Mrs. Newbride-When you found out
that you couldn't acceptt the invitation to
wedding, why didn't YOU send your
Fegrets2
Miss Rivale-Ohl I thought you'd
have enough Of your own pretty soon,
Charlottesville Courier-Journal.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

We search for microbes everywhere
But show convepient blindness
When it time to find them in
Our milk of human kindness.
ny Y Sun
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Many women and doctors do
not recognize the real symptoms
of arrangement of the female
organs until too late.
ST had terrible pains along my
spinal cord for two years and suffered
dreadfully. / was given different
medicines, wore plasters; none of
these things helped me. Reading of
the cures that Lydia p. Pinl1ham's
Vegetable Compound has brought
about, / somehow felt that il was
what l needed and bought a bottle to
cake. How glad / am that I did so ;
two bottles brought me immense re.
lief, and after using three bottles more
I felt new life and blood surging
through my veins. 1t seemed as
though there had been q regular house
cleaning through my system, that all
the sickness and poison had been taken
out and new life given me instead. /
have advised dozens of my friends to use
Lydia Es Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Good health is indis-
pensable to complete happiness, and
Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has secured this to me"
-MRs. LAURA L. BREMER, Crown
Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief
Corps. 5000 forfeit IF original of abOys letter
proving gsHuiReaess cannot DO produced.
Every sick WOmanWhO does not
understand her ailment should
write Mrs. Pinlzham, Lynn,
Mass Her advice is free and
always helpful.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1903-09-19

Farmer-YOu come down and I'll fix
you so you won't want to steal any more
apples.
Boy-Ts that a threat or a promise?-
Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18
- - ~ - 3 y 4 I
s ..l],a,lrily cautious

taken ..larily cautious
mind OF ecuIa tor
Abner Daniel laughed out harshly all
at once and then was silent What's
the matter? p asked his sister in de-
spair. - =. - r..
Il .z.t'I was Jest a-wonderin'," replied her
brother. r.
you areT' said Bishop angrily. TT
seems to me you don't do much else"
"Folks at wonders a lot amt SO apt
to believe everything they heer," re-
torted Abner. Il was just a-wonderin,
why that little, spindle shanked Peter
Mosely has been holdin' his head SO
high the last week or so. I'll bet I
could make durn good guess now"
what under the suns Peter Mosely
got to do with my business?'' burst
from Bishops impatient lips.
Hes got sorter roundabout con-,
nection with it, I reckon" smiled Alb
ner grimly. Il happen to know that Abe
Tompkiqs sold i'm 2, 600 acres O. timber
land on Huckleberry ridge jest after
yore Atlanta man spent the day lookin'
round in these parts''
Bishop was no fool, and he graspe1
Abner's meaning even before it was
quite clear to the Others
'Looky heer," he said sharply, "what
do you>take nae fer?'
II 'ain't tuck you fer nothin'," said
Abner, with grin. "Leastwise,
'ain't tuck you fer $1,000 .wuth O. cot
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18

r.. d.
think he's of his cazip On ia hand
question, an now that he's traded bis
best nest egg fer another sw1pe q the
earth's surface I reckon they'll talk
harder. But yore pa amt no fool No
plumb idiot could a. managed yora
ma 40 well e. he has. You Sea, know
what hes accomplished, fer I've been
with i'm eyer since they was. yoked
together. When they was married, she
was as wild as q buck, an certainly
made our daddy walk q chalk Tine, hut
Alfred has tapered, 'r down beautiful.
she didn't want this thing opns ons
BIT an yet Il I'd settled By th,s Tine
tia old man looked through the haA to
the front gate .4yes, IIrahasr unhttch-
m' He's sot: tt11aeln sock certificates IN
bis pocket, an yoEe pa bas ne deeds
IN his note case. When this gifts out,
mossbacks-from beer clean g Mlmer
II 30 rapsfn' IA 10 dispose O. land at 80
much . front foot, s
But what under high heaven q
he do with II al q
ito
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18

But that amt wnar. 1 started III to
tel As I was a-sayin', old Jane
Hardeway thought she'd sorter put a
word in the dispute to pay fer her
board an keep, an she told Betsy that
It was all OWN to the way the Bishops
was raised that Ali couldn't. stand to
have things nice about i'm. She said
all the Bishops she'd ever knowed had
natural stoop@ that they got by Twin
In cabins with low roofs. She wasn't
spreadin' 'er butter as thick as she
thought she was-ur: maybe it was the
sort she was spreadin'-fer Betsy
high wind. 1t didn't take old Jane
long to diskiver that thar was several
breeds O. Bishops out T. Jail, an she
spent most O. the rest O. her visit brag-
gin on some she'd read about. She
said the name sounded like. the start
Of 'em had been religious and sub
stanch." -
Brother Abner," whined Mrs. Bish-
op, II visit you'd hush all that fool
ishness an help me n the children out
O. this awful fix. Alfred always would
listen to you" 'ES - =
~"Well," and the old man smiled and
winked at the lawyer, I'm give you
both all the advice I kin. Now, the
Shoal River stock is a good thing right
now, but eff the mill was to ketch on
fire an burn down thar'd be a loss.
Then as fer timber land, it amt easy
to sell, but it mought take start be-
fore another flood. IL say it mought.
an then agin 1t moughtn't. The mill
mought burn, an then agin it
moughtn't- Now, eff you uns kin be
helped by this advice you are welcome
to it free O. charge. Not changin' the
subject, did you uns know Mrs. Rich
ardson's heffer's got a calf? l reckon
she won't borrow SO much milk after
hers gifts good"
Trabue smiled broadly ais the gaunt
man withdrew, but his amusement
was short lived, for Mrs. Bishop began
to cry, and she soon rose in despair
and left the room. Alan stood for q
moment looking at the unmoved face
of his father, who had found some
thing in the last clause Of the docu-
ment which needed explanation; then
he, too, went out.
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y
leaned against one Of the wooden posts
which supported the low roof of the
porch and waited for him to conclude
the putting, sputtering operation, which
he finally did by enveloping his head
in long towel hanging from wood
en- roller on the Notwithstanding.
"Well," he laughed, "yore uncle Alb
didn't better matters In thar overly
much, but what could q Teller do?
Yore pas as bullheaded as a young
steer, an he's already played smash
anyway. Yore mas wastin' breath;
but woman seems to have plenty of
it to spare. A woman's tongues like
windmill-it takes breath to keep it
a-goin', an dead clam 'ud kill her
business"
Its no laughing matter. Uncle Ab,"
said Alan despondently. "Something
must have gone wrong with fathers
judgment. he never has acted this
way before"
The old man dropped the towel and
thrust his long, almost jointless fingers
into his vest pocket for horn comb
which folded up like jackknife. Il
was jest a-wonderln'," as he began to
rake his shaggy hair straight down to
his eyes-"1 was jest a-wonderin' eff
he could "a bent his skull in a little
that time his mule th'owed i'm ag'in
the sweet gum. They say that often
changes body powerful. Folks do
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18

"Listen to nothiy,'," Numbered Bishop.
estate. Yore pa tried to buy the land
u yeer ago, but it wasn't in shape to
dispose Of. Oh, Alan, don't you see
he's goin' to ruin us with his fool no
tons? Folks all about are a-laughin'
at him fer buyin' so much useless
mountain land. I'm powerful afeerd
his mind is wrong"
swell, mother, what could do?"
Alan Bishop asked impatiently. you
know he won't listen to me-"
II reckon you can't stop 'im." sighed
the woman, "but wish you'd come on
to the house. l knowed he was up to
some'n'. Ever day fer the last week
he's been ridin' up the valley an rollin'
an tumblin' at night an chawin' ten
times as much tobacco as he ort- Oh.
he's goin' to ruin us! Brother Abner
says he Is buyin' beca'se he thinks it's
Foin' to- advance in value, but sech
property hain't advanced speck sense
kin remember an Is bein' sold ever
5eer fer tax money" -. =
mo, it's very foolish of him." said
the young man as the two turned to-
ward the house. "Father keeps talking
about the fine timber on such property,
but it is entirely too far from rail-
road ever to be worth anything. ask
ed Rayburn Miller about it, and he
40ld me to do all I could to stop father
from investing. and you know he's as
sharp Spectator as ever lived; but
us his money"
= There Was q paling fence around the
house, and the Enclosure was alive with
eehickens, turkeys, geese, ducks and pea
fowls. In the sunshine on the veranda
two pointers lay sleeping, but at the
soound of the opening gate they rose,
stretched themselves lazily and CAPPED.
''They are in the parlor," said Mrs.
Blshop. as she whisked of her break
fast shawl. "Go right in; I'll come in
"a minute. want to- see how Linda 10
maxim out with the churnin'. La! I
3eel like it's waste O. time to do q
lick o work with him in thar actin
like child. Eff We both go in together,
it'u look like we've concocked some.
thin, but We must stop i'm ef we kim"
Alan went into the parlor on the left
aof the wide, uncarpeted hall. The room
had white plastered walls. but the cell.
ing was of boards planed by hand and
palnted sky blue. In one corner stood
81 very old piano with pointed, octag
sonal legs and q stool with hairclotl
taepvering. The fireplace was wide and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18

ton mill stock. To make long story
short, the Atlanta jack leg lawyer is
akin to the Tompkins family some
way. I'd bet a new hat to a ginger
cake that Perkins never owned q
spoonful O. land up heer an that he's
jest he'pin' the Tompkins folks on the
sly to unload some O. Their land, so
they kin move west, whar they've al
ways wanted to go. Peter Mosely is a
man on the watch out fer rail soft
snaps, an when Perkins whispered the
big secret in his yeer, like he did to
you, he started out on a still hunt fer
timbered land on the line of the pro-
posed trunk line due west vy-ah Lick
skillet to barley, with stop over privi-
leges at Buzzard Roost an fifteen min
utes fer hash at Dog Trot Springs.
Then, somehow or other, by hook Or
crook-mostly crook-Abe Tompkins.
wasn't dodgin' anybody about that
time. Peter Mosely could a run agin
i'm with his eyes shut on a dark night
II was. at Neil Filmore's store when
the two met, an eff trade was ever
made quicker betwixt two folks it was
done by telegraph an the paper was
signed by nghtnin'. Abe said he had
the land an wouldn't part with 1t at
any price eff he hadn't been bad in need
O. money, fer he believed it was chuck
full O. iron ore, soapstone. black marble
an water power, to say nothin' O. tim
| Der; but he'd been troubled so much
about cash, he said, that he'd made up
his mind to let 'er slide an the devil
| take the contents. l never seed two
| parties to deal better satisfied They
both left the store with strut. Nose
ly's strut was the biggest, fer he wasn't
| afeerd O. nothin'. Tompkins looked like
he was afeerd Mosely 'ud call Inn back
an want to rue"
You mean to say But old Bishon
seemed unable to put his growing fear
into words.
"Oh, I don't know nothin' fer GER
tain," said Abner Daniel sympa-
thetically, ''but eff was you I'd 20
down to Atlanta an see Perkins. You.
KIN tell by the way he acts whether:
thars anything In his railroad story or:
not. But, by gum, you ort to know
whar you stand. You've loaded yoreA
SET from hind to fore quarters, an ef
you don't plant yore feet on some'n.
you'n go down." 81. - ss. lS;.
Bishop clutched this proposition as q
drowning man would straw. well.
! will go see I'm, he said. ".I'll 60 lest
to, satisfy you. As fer as I'm concerned
7 4,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18
CHAPTER I.
- HE young man stood in the
field road giving directions to

1~1HE young man stood In the
IL field road giving directions to
E@Sy a robust negro who was plow-
EzES4 ing the corn, which in paral
lei rows stretched on to the main road
zs1 quarter Of mile distant.
1t was q beautiful day. The sun was
shining brightly, but the atmosphere
had dropped dim veil over the near
by mountain. Even the two stored
farmhouse, with its veranda and white
columns, to which the field road led up
- gradual slope, showed only it's out
lines. However, Alan Bishop, as he
steadied his gaze upon the house, saw
the figure Of an elderly woman come
out of the gate and with quick step
hurry down to him. 1t was his mother.
She was tall and angular and had high
cheek bones and small blue eyes. She
had rather thin gray hair, which was
wound into knot behind her head,
and over it she wore only small red
breakfast shawl. which she held in
place by one of her long hands.
"Alan," she said, painting from her
brisk walk, Il want you to come to the
house right off. Mr.. Trabue has come
to see yore pa again. an can't do
thing with i'm
"Well, what does he want with him?'
asked the young man. His glance was
on the plowman and his horse. They
had turned the far end Of the corn row
and were coming back, only the nod
ding head of the animal being visible
beyond little rise.
Hes come to draw up the papers
Ter another land trade yore pas max
In. He's the lawyer fer the Tompkins
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18
CHAPTER II.

Ian found his uncle on the
back porch washing his face
and hands in a basin on the
xro+ or cholF Tho xvo,,r~ v,oo~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-18

an determined she'd have one. Maybe
you noticed that fancy contraption In
the hall az you come IN. Well, ALI seed
q, niger unloadin' 1t from q wagon at
the door one mornin', an when Betsy,
in feer3 an trenholm, told i'm what it
was feT, be mighty nigh had q 6t He
said his folks never had been, above
hangin' Their coats an. hats ION good,
stout nails an pegs, an ~ fer them
umbrella pans tos>ketch the drip, be
said stheyaswas fancy spitboxes,G u an
wanted to know efs she expected "a body
TO do Their chawin, an .smokin' III that
windy hall He said It Jest should not
stand thar with al them prongs an
arms to attack unwary folks In thu
dark. an hee toted It cut to the buggy
shed. Tint gx Betsy's dander up, an
she put 4 Hback agtn the wall al, said
st nd stay thar e. che had TO stand
behind Il On hold 81 ID place. Alf
WASN'T dons ~. He lowed ef thoy
was to have sech = purity trick 40 that
on tho htl Il bad % stay in tho best
room IN the housA . he put It beer -
the parlor by the piano. But Betsy
took It back two q three times IN he
larnt that he was a-doin' q sight q
work Ter nothin' an finally quit totin'
it about.