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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
FEAST FOR A TENDERFOOT.
A Prairie Watermelon Treat Given 20 Q
New Yorker by Border Judge.

Prairie watermelon Treat Given 10
New Yorker by Border Judge.
Nothing pleases an old timer in the Middle
West so much as to throw down tender
foot OF the East said New York COM
mercial traveller who was telling OF a trip
he recently made TO Kansas City. Il was
at tho Kansas City Club for luncheon when
I was introduced to former Judge Ber-
nard, a fine type of the old time judiciary.
For dessert we had watermelon. praised
the lusciousness OF the fruit.
a'You New Workers always like water
melon said the former Judge. remember
how I fooled a young tenderfoot from
your city many years ago.
Il was at the time Government inter-
prefer for a tribe Of Indians whose reserva-
ton was not very far from where we now
sit. We we're then on the border. One
day New Yorker came out here on bust
ness.
II trudged over some prairie with the
young man until he began to limp. AT the
close Of the dav ! said to him, You Sit
down here, and III 60 out and see II can
get a watermelon for dinner" He laughed
until you could have heard him ma, mile mule.
meat, but the idea OF talking about water
melon In such a God forsaken country as
the Missouri border he regarded as joke.
Watermelon was not as common then az
1t is now. TWAS luxury for gentlemen in
city clubs That was his idea.
told him that the soil OF Missouri
was 80 rich and productiv that water
melon grew upon 1t as naturally as paw
DAVIS. / made him sit down in the grass
and went out to hunt for the fruit.
Il returned In a half hour with melon
under each arm. They were the finest
variety. They were yellow meat with
black seedsEthe most delicious species
OF watermelon, and one you rarely see
now anywhere.
well, sir, when busted them and we
eat down to eat that New Workers. mouth
looked like the entrance to the Mammoth
Cave OF Kentucky. When he had his fill he
began to talk. He thought 1t was wonder,
full, and In his account OF his trip he cracked
up the soil of Missouri as being next to that
on which the gods OF Mount olympus grew
their choicest vintage.
-'You see, l was always fond OF water
melon and whenever ! wandered in those
DAYS carried a pocketful OF watermelon
seeds and scattered them on the broken
prairie. l was the original watermelon
man OF the border. Those seeds sprouted
and brought forth abundantiy. ! knew
where they grew. could shut my eyes
and find watermelons -
$50 when this tenderfoot froai New York
struck the border and told him we would
have watermelon for dinner knew what
/ was talking about. He never knew how
I got those watermelons. For some years
afterward whenever New York tenderfoott
came out here he hunted me up and asked
II II was true that watermelons grew wild
In Missouri. Up to the time was elected
to the bench always said 1t was so. But
when got to be Judge quit lying.
Then we cut another one, and when
got home ] sent Judge Bernard case OF the
best in our stock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
WESTERN CANADA
HAPPY HARVEST TIME.

BY CT wARMAN.

wheat land. Here the farmer who had
been a carpenter, and who by his own state
ment went west a pauper, was buying
another half section.
know another man who paid 81 an acre
for his land and SO to have 1t ploughed twice.
He took possession in the spring Of 1901,
and in the summer Of 1902 his wheat paid
for the land and the ploughing.
South OF Yorkton an Englishman cleaned
up $4,000 in fifteen years. sold out for that
amount and returned to England. whence
he had come a poor emigrant.
l saw his old schoolmaster the other day.
He had letter from the man in England.
"Tm not satisfied" he wrote. "Old
England's all right, but It's too bloomin'
SMALL can't breathe easy here Besides.
all the people knew have died or gone to
America. I'm coming back to Canada.
And these simple tales make up the story
Of the Northwest and keep the tide OF
immigration flowing.
Yesterday a travelling man edged into
the seat with me.
Can you pay the duty and compete
with Canadian machinery" l asked inno-
Gently.
That mans face would have banished the
blues.
Can we? Well, ! guess! l sold more
stun at that flag station where got on in
six hours than have sold in the States In
six months
Stirring me- said /.
Not at ALL" he went on. Il broke it
| easy to you. To be accurate, sold just
one separator and one engine in Indiana
this year, and this morning / wrote up
Sss 900 worth OF orders in my little book.
| And he produced the book.
The Deerings at Hamilton, Ont, are
spending 100000 preparing to make
! machines for these star flung fields
Half a million people In the Canadian
Northwest, including plumbers, policemen
| icemen Indians and the Salvation Army
will export about 90 600 900 bushels OF whea,
| this year. not to mention other farm prod
ucts, or 140 bushels OF wheat for every
! man, woman and child in this great North
| west.
| It will take the two railways now II
operation four months, running train ar
hour for ten hours every day, to carry thu
crop to the Lakes.
These roads are building branch lines
constantly, and along these lines great grair
elevators rise as il springing. like the wheat
from tho earth.
So fast as the Grand Trunk engineers eel
their stakes men measure of farms whers
hsmostea4 Arc to be had, and where the
| land has been sold they buy, and by the
time that tho first freight train passes
over the road they will be ready to shir
wheat, and the wheat grown from the new
fields, made possible or rather profitable
by the building Of the new line, will keeT
the Grand Trunk busy for years to come:
No man can look upon these broad field
and doubt the wisdom Of this enter prise
and the sagacity Of the Government tina
has stood by the promoters. Miles upor
miles OF waving grain grow here-grea
oceans OF gold that will 60 to swell the foot
supply OF the world and make the poo
m ans loaf larger and cheaper.
And while there is lamentation and
assassination in Russia, and red blood red
dens the Eastern seas, here in Nortl
America is peace and plenty-the happy
harvest time.
| Reapers yeaping in the shocks
or gold. and girls in purple frocks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11

PiCPuiSo toi thS oSt''~
And we prepared quite well, as you mus
prices:
Tea Sets, including Tea Pot, gold. LINED
Sugar Bowl, Cream Pitcher and Spoon
Holder, new French design, gray or
bright finish; regular price $7.4s; specla,
at..... -..'''''' '.'''''' '~"'o
Tea Sets, same as above. but more
elaborate finish and decorations; regu..
lar prices Sl0.4s and 81 .sS; special
at. ..................S 1924 and $3.50
Three-piece Coffee Sets, including Cot,
fee Pot, Sugar Bowl and gold-lined
Cream Pitcher; plain and futed de-
signs, French gray and bright finish:
regular price $7,24; special at. 80. S4S6
Bread Trays, new, artistic floral de-
signs, French gray finish; regular prices
STA and $2.4s; special at
Bread Trays, very handsome sterling
silver designs, quadruple plated on
fine white metal regular prices S;74
and $4.ss; special at 1895 and 1854
Cake Baskets, pretty designs with bead
and floral decorations, French gray or
bright finish; regular price S2.4s; special
Butter Dishes, fluted designs; bright
finish; regular price STA; special a. -.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11

The second is q tight-fitting Coat Suit,
made OF black herringbone cheviot-a
double-breasted model with stitched velvet
collar and cuffs and braid trimming;
the skirt box-pleated model; the
price,. S26.14
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11


admit after scanning this list OF lowered
Chocolate Pots, attractive new designs,
bright finish regular price $2.4s; special
Cracker Jars, fluted and plain desi gns,
bright finish, regular price $2.49; special
at -.............-. 'oI'OV
Syrup Pitchers and Trays, dainty de-
signs, bright finish. regular price $3.2l;
special at. ...............' .OA'Oo
Open Water Pitchers, plain and fluted
designs, rococo and beaded borders,
bright finish, regular 1894; specia!
Claret Jugs, handsome colored glass,
with silver tops, rococo or beaded
border, regular price S2.24; special
Fern Dishes, beautiful assortment Of
designs, porcelain and crockery lining,
regular prices Sl.9S and $2.74; spe-
cial at. S149 and $3.50
Wine Coolers, rich and effective de-
signs, bright finish, regular price $s.4s;
special at. o4.oo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
Now for You Who Need
Ouadruple-Plated Silver Ware FIST


fol- active that begins Tomorrow
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price
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
THE Teeth AND DIGESTION
Impairment of the Gastronomic Func.
ton Through Neglect
and Decay.

The close connection between decayed
teeth and diseases of the digestion IL
pointed out by writer in Guys Hospital
Gazette.
The presence of free acids in the mouth
is particularly harmful. This may come
from various sources, but most common
~ from the acid fermentation of the
carbohydrate food lodged on or between
the teeth at the gums. and due to the &C.
ton of micro-organfsms present in the
mouth
Normally the saliva is alkaline, and
any acids produced in the crevices of the
teeth are thus neutralized and decay pre-
vented. There are two conditions under
which the saliva is unable to neutralize
the acids produced locally, namely: ~
when it is deficient in alkalinity, and az
when it is deficient in quantity. AS to
the former, it is well known that the sa-
liva becomes less alkaline or even acid
in any condition of prolonged gastric di-
gestion, phenomenon which occurs in
nearly all cases of dyspepsia. Moreover,
the teeth when decayed further tend to
keep up the state of chronic dyspepsia
by rendering mastication imperfect. A
vicious circle is thus established.
To obviate this form of dental dis
ease the teeth should be washed FREE
luently with solution of which one of
the ingredients is bicarbonate of soda.
This may prevent one Of the most disa-
greeable results of the disease-facial
neuralgia.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
The Last Man.

It being ascertained that there .was
In the whole country citizen in hid
Ing who had boasted in an idle me-
mont that he had never applied for
4 pension, body of patriots started
out In search of him.
When finally apprehended, the man
appeared logged and defiant.
II am the possessor," he declared,
"of a robust constitution, and none
of my ancestors, so far as I know,
ever took part in the War of the Re-
bellion. Why should rob the public
treasury"
"And is this" exclai ned the head
Of the party, your only excuse,
Have you no regard, sir, for the Gus
IONS and traditions of your sacred
land? Don't you know that for years
every lawyer and every polir;t al party
In tho country, from no-iyes u. pure
patriotism, has labored to get every
man. woman AMI child ON the tension
list"
ne CutpilL HuAS Ills Achu III SHdI..e
as the full enormity Of his o"ense
burst Upon him.
Now, that recall the fact" he oh
served with cunning smile, my
third great-aunt on my mothers side
had a stepfather who caught the grip
while shingling house on the out
skirts of the battle of Gettysburg"
I'VE thought as much" exclaimed
the crowd triumphantly, hurrying him
on to Washington.-Sm Set.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
BANANA A PROMINENT FOOD
Long Regarded as a<Luxury by Ma
W. tives Of Tropics-Bread and
Coffee Facts

Long regarded only as luxury for
children or proper food for the dark
skinned natives of the tropics, the
banana has advanced to place of
prominence as a great food product.
The United States and other great ma
lions having colonies in the tropics
have been Investigating the food value
of the banana and the results obtained
are so satisfactory that he/nutritious
banana is taking its place as staple
food among all civilized nations.
To overcome all objections, the
banana has been especially dried and
prepared for food by making it into
a fine -four out of which bread is
made, and other process turns the soft
mushy banana into wholesome cot
fee
4 The st. Louis Exposition is being
used by the manufacturers Of banana
bread and banana coffee to introduce
this new food to the world Now this
nutritious bread and coffee are. served
daily to visitors in the Palace of
Agriculture, as one of the many OBJ
ject lessons in food at the Worlds
Fair.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
Henry the Eighth.

The following is attributed by an
English newspaper to a public school
toy: King Henry VIII was the
greatest widower that ever lived. He
was born at Ammo Domini in the year
1906. He had five hundred and Zen
wives. besides children. The first was
Leheaded and afterwards executed.
The second was revoked. She never
smiled again, but she said the word
Calais would be found written on her
heart after her death. The greatest
nan in this reign was Lord Sir Gar
ret Wolsey. He was surnamed che
Boy Bachelor being born at the age
of fifteen unmarried. He afterward
said had he served his wife as dill
gently as he served the King she
would not have deprived him Of his
gray hairs. In this reign the Bible
vas translated into Latin by Titus
Oates, who was ordered ny the King
to be chained up in the church for
6i Sdlei scCuIAy. ~ was diSO III Ais
reign that the Duke of Wellington
discovered America and invented
curfew bell to prevent fires, most all
OF the houses being built of timber.
Henry VIII was succeeded on the
throne by his great grandmother, the
beautiful and accomplished Mary
Queen Of Scots, sometimes known as
The Lady of the Lake or Lay of the
Last Minstrel He died in bed in the
last year of his age"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
LEARNING THINGS
We Are All in the Apprentice Class.

When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady Of Springfield. Ill.,,
says: "After being afflicted for years
with nervousness and heart trouble,
received shock four years ago that
left me in such condition that my
life was despaired Of could get no
relief from doctors nor from the num-
berless heart and nerve medicines /
tried because l didn't know that the
coffee war daily putting me back more
than the Drs. could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of friend I
left off coffee and began the use Of
Postum and against my convictions
gradually improved in health until for
the past 6 or months have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells Of heart trouble.
''My troubles all came from the use
of coffee which drunk from childhood
and yet they disappeared when quit
coffee and took up the use of Postum.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects OF
leaving of coffee and drinking Postum
but there is nothing marvellous about
it-only common sense x.
Coffee Is destroyer-Postu IL q
rebuilder. That's the reason.
Look n each pkg. for the famous lit
lie book. 'eThe Road to Wellrille."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
COFFEE DISPLAY EXTENSIVE
South and Central America Exploit
Their Great Product-Porto
Rico Represented.

The value of the ST. Louis Exposi.
ton as an advertising institution and
school of instruction is fully appre-
ciated by the great coffee growing
countries of South and Central Amer.
lea. These countries are showing
their coffees to the thousands Of
Worlds Fair visitors and creating new
demands for the better varieties pro
duced, which now find a market at
home or in England and Germany.
The countries claim as great merit
for their high grade coffees as is pos
sessed by the famous Mocha and Java.
and they seek to give the public an
object lesson in the use of coffee.
Brazil serves coffee every afternoon to
all visitors at the Brazil building.
free of charge, in order that they may
sample better grade of Rio.
Porto Rico also has an extensive
coffee exhibit, with the hope of pro-
noting a larger trade with it's new
mother country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
Filipinos at St. Louis
Worlds Fair
Wonderful Music Rendered Daily by Islanders on F'aza
zsa of Philippine Building.

/ members Of the civil police force wear
the khaki. It is these little men In
yellow attire who have come 10 the
Worlds Fair to show Americans what
| we, as nation, have really acquired
as an accidental result OF AdmlTa1
| Dewey's spectacular victory.
| The members of the Constabulary
| band were all finished musicians De-
! fore Lieut.. Loving, their lea Ter, took
them in hand Each one was an artist
in his own line, and all of them had
seen service in the military bands OF
the Spanish regime. However, there
was tremendous task for the BAND
master. The men possessed execution
without idea They could read notes
faultlessly, and could keep perfect
time; but that is only small part
Of concerted playing.
Naturally quick to catch new ideas.
they soon grasped the meaning of the
attack" on which the effect OF
bands work so largely depends. Then
they learned all the mysteries of shad-
ing, from the. most delicate tone to the
most powerful crescendO, and 1t IS IN
this that their playing is so marvellous
In the tender, sympathetic passages OF
a selection tle tone is subdued to the
most exquisite murmur, from which 1t
rises, without crash and without
blare, sweeping majestically upward
and onward, until the enraptured
listener is engulfed in mighty bill
low of sound Nothing could be more
inspiring than the burst of melody IN
such climax as that which occurs In
the sextette of Lucia, and no band ever
handled it's climaxes better.
In the most powerful tone, there Is
not the slightest suggestion of brassi-
ness. 1t is all liquid music. This is
due almost wholly to the instrumental
ton, which is absolutely faultless.
More than half the instruments are
reeds, and instead Of the large num-
Der of saxaphones, the instrumental
ton includes four sarrusaphones and
two sousaphones. Moreover, the clari-
nets are not used merely for accom-
paniment, but actually carry the sec
ond voice.
The music produced is not simply
that of brass band, but is varied for
effect to resemble strings, human
voices and even the pipe organ.
Among the players there are several
excellent violinists, and the personnel
of the band is sometimes rearranged
into an orchestra of 70 men and also
into guitar glee club.
THE leader, Lieut.. Loving, is a ma
tive Of st. Paul. and graduate Of the
New England conservatory Of music.
To his genius and devotion. much of
the success of the Constabulary band
is due.
y Would that every American citizen
might listen to one of his matchless
programmes, drink in all the harmony
and all the splendor of the best band
in the United States, yes, and stay to
the close. The close is the most i'm
pressive part Of the concert. No one
could listen to the playing of ''The
Star Spangled Banner" by that band
of Filipinos, the pavilion surrounded
by other Fillpinos, their hats over
their hearts and their heads bowed, and
doubt that they are loyalty American.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
OVERRIDING PARTY LUNCHES
Evil Effects Of Eating and Drinking
When People Should Be in
Bed Asleep.

For a number of friends to gather to-
gether in the evening for a pleasant,
social time, to chat about the affairs Of
the day, to exchange pleasantries,
laughing, talking, chattering-this is all
avery wholesome thing-both PHYSICAL
ly and mentally
The body relaxes and physical weari-
ness is forgotten. The mind throws off
its load of business or household per-
plexlties and worries and gives itself up
to the pleasures of the hour The old
channels of thought are broken up, and
the body responds to the vivacity and
cheerfulness of the mind
Now, this is all right if it would stop
right here, says Medical Talk for the
Home. After an hour or two of social
pleasure each one would go home re-
freshed and rejuvenated in mind and
body. Their sleep would be sound and
refreshing, and they would arise the next
morning with invigorated bodies and
keener intellect, renewed energy and
brighter ambition.
But the trouble is the party does not
stop here. About the time people should
be going home, they are called to
lunch; they must eat something. Ice
cream candy, cakes, coffee, sandwiches,
punch, beer-these are the things they
must eat and drink. No matter if the
stomach has gone to rest it must wake
up and go to work on this indigestible
lunch that is forced uponit.
About midnight the guests. with
wearied bodies and tagged minds, go
home and go to bed. but not to sleep the
sound, refreshing sleep they so much
need. Now. the stomach gets in it's re-
venge. 1t keeps it's foolish master
awake, or troubles his sleep, and in the
morning he rises with dull. heavy feel
Ing in his head, his body aching and still
tired With spiritless outlook upon the
world he begins the interminable dav
that he must somehow or other manage
to drag through.
Isn't it foolish for any man or woman
to stay up late at night and eat or drink
and then suffer all the next day for 1t?
Wouldn't you think that after they had
had one such experience they would
never repeat it? Many dyspeptic, nerv-
Gus woman, many cross-grained, ILL
natured man, many disheartened sui
eide. could trace the beginning of their
trouble to the party lunch.
Men and women regard themselves as
intelligent human beings. far above what
they term the brute creation. But the
cattle of the field and the birds of the air,
in their habits of life, show an intelli-
gence much superior to that possessed
by men and women Whoever heard of
a flock of birds chattering together in
the treetops. or herd of cattle frolicing
in the fields until midnight, consuming
all sorts of indigestible food and per-
nicious drinks, then getting up in the |
morning with heavy heads and tired |
bodies. or sleeping till MONDAY? No,
the birds and animals leave all this sort |
of foolishness to higher order of crea-
tion-to men and women who are sup
posed to be endowed with intelligence
and common sense. Party lunches have
no place in the animal creation-they |
belong strictly to the human class
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-09-24
LUBEc's ALCOHOLIC FERRY.
Thirty Maine Men Get Drinks in
Spite Of Uncle Sam and
Prohibition,

In Lubec's international alcoholic
ferry the United States customs officials
and the deputy sheriffs who are trying
to enforce Names prohibitory liquor
law confess that they are up against a
scheme that can't be beaten. says a re-
cent Bangor report to the New York Sun
Lubec is little seacoast town away
down toward the jumping off place, as
Maine people call the easterly tip end of
the state. and directly opposite, sepa-
rated from it by narrow strait, is the
island of Campobello, a part of the prov
ince of New Brunswick.
Recently wave of liquor law enforce
ment struck Lubec. and when the town
became really dry certain enterprising
Yankees conceived the idea of establish
ing saloon over in Campobello and
ferrying customers across and back It
was good scheme, and it worked
Any man who had the price of pint.
q Quart or lone drink could get free
ferriage. and the business at once began
to boom. The traffic grew and prospered,
until finally the dories and leaky sail
boats were superseded by smart gaso-
lene launch which could go fast and
carry good many passengers.
Competition arose. and other saloons
were established on the island, with
other ferries to carry customers to them.
"a sea voyage and a chance to buy the
best imported whisky for ten cents
drink" were the inducements held out.
and all the thirsty men in that part of
Maine flocked to Campobello for their
health.
The Lubec white ribboners became
aroused and called upon the customs
officers to put a stop to it. The customs
officers investigated, but decided that
they could do nothing. Any man had the
right to take drink wherever he could
find it, at home or abroad. they said. and
so long as the voyagers to Campobello
brought back their liquor in them. and
not on them. they were within their
rights.
So the international alcoholic ferry
hourishes gayly, and all the prohibition
lists can do is to stand on the shore of dry
Lubec and wish that some of the wabbly
cargoes may be spilled on the way home.