MELONS OF EGYPT ARE
GROWN IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Direct Descendants from the Very Melons Which Our Hebrew
Brethern So Loudly Bewailed While
Traversing the Desert.
A new melon in which the seeds are
separate from the flesh, and is prob
ably a type of the earliest melons
known.
"And the children of Israel wept
again and said: We remember the
fish which we did eat in Egypt free
ly; the cucumbers and the melons;
. . . And now our soul is dried
away, there is nothing at all beside
this manna."—Numbers 11:6.
This is perhaps the first well-re
corded case of a riot over the menu of
a camping-out party; but that is not
the point of interest so much as that
this also is the first record of the
melon. Nor, really, can it be won
dered at that there was some disap
pointment at the loss of the melons,
though we have no real idea in these
days of what manna was, or its tootb
someness.
The melon of Egypt Is supposed to
have been of African origin, though
A Bunch of Melons.
this is not certnin. The muskmelon
has never been found in a wild state,
and is supposed to have originated in
India and to have been brought thence
by way of Persia. Melons from seed
brought from Armenia were cultivated
three centuries ago at Cantaluppi,
near Rome, and thence were intro
duced all over Europe under the
name of cantaloupes, whence our pres
ent. name for them, which is being
supplanted in the market by the cog
nomen of Rocky Ford; for once the
cantaloupe gets into the hands of the
dealer, it may be raised in Indiana or
any other seaport, but it is always a
Rocky Ford.
The two accompanying photographs
have great interest from two reasons:
They show melons which are new in
this country and which are no doubt
direct descendants from the very
melons which our Hebrew brethren so
loudly bewailed while traversing the
desert. I found them on the garden
of Martin Doerksen, whose farm is in
the flourishing Mennonite settlement
numbering a half-hundred families,
near the beautiful little city of Meade,
Kan. There are two kinds of melons
shown in the first photographs—wa
termelons and muskmelons. The
watermelons are in the heap in the
center. They are not strictly peculiar
as compared with our American wa
termelons, except that they are small,
nearly round, very light in color on
the outside and also on the inside, and
very sweet. The three muskmelons
at the bottom of the picture are en
PRESERVE THE
SPRING LAID EGG
Hen Product of Tills Time oi
Year Best.
Recent investigations show that
eggs laid in May and early June keep
better than those laid at any other
time of the year, and for that reason
eggs laid at this particular time «i the
year should be preserved.
It has been found that water glass
•vhi.n properly made seals the eggs
d prevents further infection when
>t at a comparatively low tempera
?. Water glass can usually be ob
(1 through druggists at from $1
'5 a gallon, a gallon of the water
eing made into ten gallons of
tive by gimplj dissolving it in
ns of water which has b?en
cooled before use. The pre
hould be kept in a cellar
■en temperature, which
'e CO degrees.
! scovered t hat eggs
ith bacteria of de
">M'ore the egg is
'•ea and defects
egg is laid,
reduce the
"> reduce or
'cts of in
'oving the
ould be
th as
10 ugh
n to
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tirely different from anything raised
in America. The outside is a pale
yellow, and ribbed. In size they are
as large as the usual run of musk
melons. The flesh is a deep orange
in color, very thick, very sweet, and
deliciously fragrant. The peculiarity
of this melon is in the arrangement
of the seeds. They are not spread
through the flesh, as in the American
melons, but are all in a hard mass In
the center, looking exactly like a nub
bin of corn. The seconl photograph
shows these seeds. When the melon
is cut, this core is taken out, a stick
thrust through it, and it is hung to
the rafters of the kitchen until melon
planting time of the following year.
Before planting, the seeds are sep
arated and then planted as any other
melons are planted. Both sorts are
prolific growers, come early and go
late. They are among the first melons
on the place to ripen, and there are
melons on the vines until frost comes
All the melons shown grew on two
vines, and very nu.ny had been
plucked from the same vines.
Mr. Doerksen stated that he brought
the watermelon seed from the
province of Taurida, in southern Rus'
sia; and that it is there called the
Astrachan. The muskmelon seed he
The Seed.
brought from the shores of the Cas
pian sea, and it is called there the
Kluemelon.
It requires very little research,
when the history of the Mennonltes
is considered, to connect these melons
with the most ancient and historical
forms of this fruit of the vine; and
the peculiarity of the arrangements of
the seeds in the Kluemelon would
make it very attractive to the house
wife because they are not "mussy"
to serve. The eater would enjoy the
absence of the seeds also. Properly
cultivated it would probably produce a
melon which would lie in great de
mand.
L. Jf. AT,T,EN.
kept in a dry, eool room or cellar,
where the sun's rays do not fall direct
ly upon them. Only clean eggs should
bo used lor preservation, and these
should ho placed in the preservative
within twenty-four lions after they are
laid.
If care is taken to select clean,
sound egg:', and proper precautions
are observe d in carrying out the de
tails oi the method of preservation as
above indicated, it is believed that wa
ter glass furnishes a cheap, reliable
and easily employed preservative for
domestic use, and by its use everyone
having a supply of fresh eggs in the
spiing can make a considerable saving
and at the same time have a larger
number of fresh eggs to use in the
winter.
Sell Nothing But the Best.—lf farm
ers will make it a rule to send only
the best to the market they will get
* ll ore money for one-half of the cro*>
when prices are low than for the
whole. When the markets are well
supplied only the best will sell. Not
only should the articles be selected,
but they should be uniform—of the
same quality—at the bottom of tho
basket as at the top. Instead of re
ducing the price of potatoes by send
ing the very small ones to the market,
keep those that are unsalable, feed
them on the farm and they will then
be more valuable.
Potatoes from Sprouts.—The Oritisb
agricultural colleges have been testing
the growing of potatoes from sprouts
with great success. A Daily Scotsman
forwarded by Vice-Consul Charles
Drysdale of Dunfermline says that th«
yield and quality have both been in
creased and the disease-resisting pow
erg strengthened.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909
THE HINT GENTEEL.
Mr. Sapliead—By Jove, it's nearly
12 o'clock. Perhaps I had better b«
goin.
Miss Smart —Well, they say "Never
put off till to-morrow what you can do
to-day."
SKIN ROUGH AS BARK.
Baby Eloy Had Intense Itching Humoff
—Scratched Till Blood Ran.
Found a Cure in Cuticura.
"Our son, two years old, was afflicted
with a rash. After he suffered with
the trouble several weeks I took him
to the doctor but it got worse. The
rash ran together and mad© large
blisters. The little fellow didn't want
to do anything but scratch and we had
to wrap his hands up to keep him
from tearing the flesh open till the
blood would run. The Itching was In
tense. The skin on his back became
hard and rough like the bark of a
tree. He suffered intensely for about
three months. But I found a remedy
In Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment. The result was almost mag
ical. That was more than two years
ago and there has not been the slight
est symptom of it since he was cured.
J. W. Lauck, Yukon, Okla., Aug. 28
and Sept. 17, 1908."
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Prominent Women Aid Good Cause.
A large number of women occupy
ing prominent positions in society, or
en the stage, are taking an active In
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paign. Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt has re»
cently given $ 1,000,000 for sanitary
homes for consumptives. Mrs. Keith
Spalding of Chicago has erected a
sanitarium for the Chicago Tuberculo
sis institute at a cost of about $50,-
000; Mrs. Collis P. Huntington and
Mrs. Borden Harriman have given
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wife of a prominent army officer sta
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tire island through the anti-tubercu
losis crusade she inaugurated. Mmi.
Emma Calve is a most enthusiastic
worker, and has given largely of her
talent and money for the relief of
tuberculosis sufferers, and Miss Olga
Nethersole has even lectured befor#
the public on tuberculosis.
Englishman's Withering Reply.
The best of us sometimes forget the
beam in our own eyes while we search
for a mote in another's. An American
traveling abroad met an Englishman
with the rather remarkable name of
Pthorne, which was pronounced
Thorne.
"What's the good of the 'P?'" the
American queried; "you don't pro
nounce it, do you?"
The Englishman gazed at him with
the manner of one who, while he
pities, is bored.
"What's the good of 'h' In 'orse?"he
questioned, convincingly.—Spare Mo
ments.
Obedience.
Prompt and unquestioning obedi
ence is the corner stone of the foun
dation of succes in life. No man can
give orders properly who has not
learned to take them, and "save he
serve, no man may rule." It will be
found that the men who have won
their way to positions of power and
responsibility have invariably been
the men who did not reason or argue
or even "respectfully represent," but
who promptly did as they were com
manded without questioning. It la
the largo man, not the little roan, who
recognizes a superior authority.
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It Is Often Found in Pure Food.
The improper selection of food
drives many a healthy person into the
depths of despairing illness. Indeed,
much sickness comes from wrong food
end just so surely as that is the case
right feed will make the sun shine
once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass., says:"ln October, I was taken
sick and went to bed, losing 47 pounds
In about GO days. I had doctor after
doctor, food hurt me and I had to live
almost entirely on magnesia and soda.
All solid food distressed me so that
water would run out of my mouth in
little streams.
"I had terrible night sweats, and my
doctor finally said 1 had consumption
and must die. My good wife gave up
all hope. We were at Old Orchard,
Me., at that time and my wife saw
Grape-Nuts in a grocery there. She
bought sonio and persuaded me to
try it.
"I had no faith in it, but took it to
please her. To my surprise it did not
distress me as all other food had done
and before I had taken the fifth pack
age I was well on the mend. The pains
left my head, my mind became clearer
and I gained weight rapidly.
"I went'back to my work again and
now after six weeks' use of the food
I am better and stronger than ever be
fore in my life. Grape-Nuts surely
saved my life and made me a strong
hearty man, 15 pounds heavier than
before I was taken ill.
"Both my good wife and I are will
ing to make affidavit to the truth of
this."
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