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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
inc cargo.

The Newport (R. ~ Herald re-
marks: A trayeler says that in Rassla
tho girl does all the counting. We
believe it. We once saw woman
from that country. If there was any
counting done, she'd just have to do it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
STOPPING AN EXECUTION.
BY VICTOR L. WHITECHURCH.

I the time OF which
[ am writing J. was
living in seclusion
in a small town
a b GU t thirty-fve
miles north of Lon.
don. l was en-
gagged in rather q
large literary un-
dertaking; in fact,
I was writing o
novel. I had en-
gagged myself to get
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
Told to H.'s'
Franz Csonks

Franz Csonks, +
year.old brigs99;d l., -
for murder at EsseE n
smoked his pipe w y.
the hangman Oh 'ls
to him: "Do yeS.,i1
make q fool Of you +.
most fearless o. .an
Sander, with WIZ ~
Bakonyer forests
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
dog on the doet
terrier q bath. Tr.'

terrier a bath. tbs i,is!
ing about, got 81
tangled around ono J, :
that the brewer h,d ! !.
himself. The instant :
grip the bulldog spr.,.:
and and its master. bsiasls,,
water, He fell hs.S
two dogs. tugging 4 =
/! dered it impossible + +, !.
his head above wats, :
he struggled vsipI,
and was becoming eYb ~
young man named >1 ps|
sprang into the wste, Y,
brewers head. A i.
ever, the two dogs eo y !
he vas going to hurt ti,s
both sprang upon Iii; n's
devote almost bis sati,
beating the dogs Of .ni !,
from dragging thei, n
under water. It was !. n
tie. and in five minute.
came exhausted add ,s
His wife, who had H..
spectator of the struppl.
scream and fell back d M,
a faint. Finally some !.
and the brewer, Walsh
dogs were dragged ashos
was unconscious, but s
few days. As he Law q
two dogs sat beside ii,
face and whined.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
Gave His Life tot

His faithful wstcae
saved an Iowa farna
Fritz from death o.
and as it is tho 4
Fritz has a broken =. :
hurt. Fritz and nu
through o pasture
which was not supp
GUS, was feeding, ~
denly charged by ~
he could reach ehelsa !
on the sharp horns 4 :
tossed high in t1e = ),
broken, and, unsO' y.
his eyes just "a -
second time. bis aW,l
at the bulls thro0
enough for Fritz W.l|
was gored and tramp
bv the bull.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
A Wife Saves Her

A few years ago my
stationed in India, was
by fever, and on me ds,i
of watching him. 0p,
at some little distance
racks, and on the morn
on which we expected N
cur I was anxiously .,,i
tors visit.
When he arrived. as
husbands Temperature,
he said, utterly forbid d
it was still barely posa
violence of the fever I'd
give way to natural sls
cry might ensue, providi
remained unbroken. ID
my husband continusd
moan piteously. By I'D
into a disturbed sleep
self at the foot Of the i.
to watch till he awoks.
An hour passed, whe,
through the varanda
hooded cobra come I'll
room. On it came, .l.
eous head and emiE
sound. AS the venou
passed me the glare oil
my blood run cold. /
and nearer to the bed;
up, appeared to be .bps
itself among the pillos
dropped down and COLD
tho folds OF o shawl VI
the bed. I advanced i
Ing my right foot, grow
my right slipper doVll
1ous head. l felt it II
tail twist violently a,pl
but not until it relaxed
remove my foot. I'd
lay the cobra dead. q
me lying unconscious ll
husband made q RAPID
| treasures as his mostx
blue silk slipper. --Gd
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
She Killed thu

A party Of Philsddl
hunting deer in thew
Clearfeld County, inv
mountains OF PehnsYlt
riedly called out onsn
guide, who had discoIs
a few miles away.
the men did not carlIi
of ammunition, and
was all used OF was!sdnI
deer. Starting bssk
encountered a bear, aa
not shoot they all rsa
q different direction.
The bear chased the
took the direct cou'a
camp log house vhs y,
preparinr 3 meal. vi
dashed into the house
loft. His wife ran os
door, closed it, aud =
gone inside, she hutrla
| the front door and y
prisoner.
The intrepid wona
to q pole, thrust the i
through the door sua
| bear out. As bruln
! struck him with an -
| at the first blow.
| One of the hunter,
her manner of fishing
with o dog worth Sl@ !,
| retortc1: "We geneip
but we never runs !Ios
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26
FHE :. :: TRUE !. DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
ST. FRANCISyILLE, LOUISIANA,

The bicycle is the evangelist of tho
most progressive era ever known. A
new name for it is-''the farmers
friend"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26

Bismarck once said that it is better
for on ambitious man to embark on
the career of his life without femln"
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-26

the boat. and then took to the rudder,
which the men had given up.
For forty-six days this supreme
misery was endured before the English
ship Newborn hove in sightana picked
them up.
On February IS, 1882, the Newborn
sailed into this harbor and landed q
quartet of sick, disheartened survivors
of the Milton. sThe captain and his
family went OF once to the Hotel
Devon, and the next day buried their
child they had brought with them to
place in grave on land. One by one
the remaining sailors have passed
away, anil barring the possibility that
two Of the second mates boat still live,
Mrs. Macarthur and her family alone
survive to recount that fearful expert
eGce.
A son was born to Mrs. Macarthur
soon after the party was rescued by
the English ship, and she named him
Newbern. Newbern Macarthur is a
great brawny fellow to-day.
The Macarthur family reside in
Southern California, whers they have
q little ranch, tho captain having
given up the sea.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08

was lawyer, died fourteen years ago,
leaving a wife and three daughters, of
whom Miss Byrd is the Oldest She is
just past tWenty-three, and her pro-
gress in the line of work she has
chosen has been rapid. Her first stu
alton was that of operator for the
Union Pacific at Deer Tail, Colo.
From that place she went to Topeka
and was employed by the same rail-
road there for four years, until Oc-
tober, 1894, when she was promoted to
junction City as train dispatcher.
Few women have the clear head and
steady nerve required to fill such a po-
sition. Miss Watkins is a nice looking
girl, with tall, slender figure, and has
blue eyes and light brown hair. Her
manner is pleasing and refined.
when [ first went into the Office
she said, "the superintendent remarked
that | would be accomplishing good
deal if 1 learned to be a train dispatch
er without swearing. l must confess
that L have more sympathy with men
on that score, but when 1 feel obliged
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
SHE GUIDES TRAINS.
Woman at Junction City With I'M
pOrtant Matters ON Hand.

Miss Byrd Watkins. Of Topeka, has
the distinction of being the only
woman train dispatcher, on a single
track, in the United States, and the
responsibility of such a position at
taches no little Importance to the
young woman who holds it.
Miss Watkins is stationed at juno
ton City, on the Kansas division of
the Union Pacific railway, a through
line from Kansas City to Denver, and
its branches, the Junction City and
Fort Kearney branch, from Junction
City to Concordia and Belleville; the
Solomon City branch, from Solomon
City to Beloit, and the Salina and
Southwestern branch from Salina to
Mcpherson.
Miss Watkins is one of three shifts
working eight hours each, and is on
the second trick" as the time be-
tween o'clock in the afternoon and
midnight is called. She is in full
charge Of the office during that time.
Her duties as a dispatcher on a single
track differ materially from those of a
double track dispatcher, as meeting
points must be made for all trains 60
ing in opposite directions. She is a
Kentuckian by birth. Her father, who
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
HOMES ARE oyERCROwDEn.
Disabled Volunteers Too Many for
the Accommodations.

WASHINGTON, March THE
speaker has laid before the house the
annual report of the inspector general
OF an inspection of the several branch
es of the national home for disabled
volunteer soldiers. The financial af-
fairs are found to be in a satisfactory
condition, considerable surplus remain
ing at the end of the year. The av-
erage number of members cared for
during the past year was 16,477, which.
the report says, nearly equals the
combined strength of our infantry and
artillery. The number of persons cared
for increased at the average rate of
1872 per year, and the institutions are
in consequence greatly overcrowded
Many ct the inmates at the time Of in
spection were sleeping on floors, in at
Tics and Easements, and places not
originally Intended for sleeping pur-
poses. A system of outdoor relief is
recommended.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
Force of Habit.

Southbridge (Mass.) Journal,
Bicycle Manufacturer-Where am I?
it delightful? N-- n
Bicycle Manufacturer--Yes indeed IT'S
very pleasant But, / say Cooking about
critically, you ought to have better roads,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08

to find an outlet for my feelings I Just
get up and walk round and round the
table. | have had no accidents since 1
began-not even narrow escape"
Miss Watkins is said to be the young
est dispatcher on the road An official
OF the road is quoted as saying: Il
would not give her up for any man dis
patcher on our system
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
A PRACTICAL DISSOLUTION OF
THE DREIBUND.
THE NATION is BANKRUPT,
POWERS IN CASE OF A GREAT
WAR.
HE sPANIsH-AMERICAN DISPUTE
Still Receiving Attention In the Ger
man Press-Our Love of Pence
RidIculed.

BERLIN, March THE defeat of the
Italians at Adowo is warmly discussed
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
Some New Year Resolutions.

The Farmers Club of Rocky CreeL
come together in called meetin Satur-
day night, and amongst other business
that was turned off we signed up the
followin New Year resolutions:
Resolved, That we will be plain folks
and fellow-citizeRs this year and let tho
general government run itself if it can,
Resolved, That politics are all right
and good enough for people that have
got plenty money and no poor kinnery,
but they won't pay off the feed bills
nor buy new frock for the baby.
Resolved, That the horny-handed son
of toll is as good man as the horny
tongued politician, and most in gener-
ally blame sight better.
Resolved, That q fool farmer that
would be fooled by fool politician is
the gonebyest biggest fool in the whole
lot.
Resolved, That if the general gov
eminent will fight its own wars we viii
do our level blamdest to meet the great
question of bread and meat
Resolved, That we will raise more
corn and less sand this year.
Resolved, That we will be honest and
sober and virtuous, and consequent TALLY
happy. RUFUS SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
TIPS ABOUT PEOPLE.

A monument to the late Bishop Way
man (coloreO will be erected in Balti-
more.
wife of Sir Philip Currie, the British
ambassador in ConstantinoPie, is the
lady known to the world as Violet
Fame.
Capt. Thomas Morley, a survivor of
the charge Of the Light brigade, Libby
prison and Ford's theater disaster, is
living in Washington and is in good
health.
Mrs. Mary Rochester (colored) died
in Newcastle, Del, county almshouse a
few days ago at the reputed age of 1o4
years. She had lived in that vicinity
during most of her life.
Mrs. Samuel Craft, living near Nc
Gees, Simson county, Miss, is just Al
years old, and has had 20 children, IA
of whom are living. This is considered
something of record in that section.
Sandow, the strong man, has a big
brain as we'll as q big body. lie is quite
an ingenious fellow, and among his in
ventions are an improvement on the
bicycle and a combination trunk and
bathtub for travellers.
DR.. Thalburg, the physical director,
and Miss Ballentine, the gymnasium
director, at Vassar college, have for
hidden the students there from engag-
ing in long distance running matches.
They say such contests are more likely
TO be hurtful than helpful.
Barring Gould, the novelist, lecturer
and historian, is keen antiquary. One
who knows him writes that "he wal
lows in it. You should see him on Dart
moor with his shovels and wheelbar-
rows, unearthing some forgotten domi-
Gle, and then you would see the real
man. Give him an old church register,
and he'll spin you yarns ABOUT it by
the hour"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.

Sir Arthur Sullivan has selected Lord
Hyron's tragedy, 'Sardanapalus," as
the subject for the ballet he is to write
the music for and which is to be pro-
duced at he Alhalnbra music hall In
London.
Boston is a great musical as well as
intellectual center. One of its papers
says of a sermon last Sunday: "The
spiritual lesson it bore was pointed and
enforced by an eloquently rendered So
prano solo just at it's close"
NJ. Charles Lecocq, the well-knowD
composer of la File de Madame An
got" and several other light operas, is
seeking o divorce from his wife. De
spite 20 years of married life, incom-
patability of temper is, it is said, the
plea put forward.
A manuscript of the original libretto
of ''Lohengrin" is for sale in Berlin. 1t
is written by a secretary, but there are
many alterations and notes in Wagner's
own hand. Among the lines he struck
out are q solo by Ortrud describing the
manner in which she turned the young
prince into swan, and short colo Tor
the swan when it resumes its original
shape,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17

they had bought some new pocket
knives. And on that day it come to
pass that whilst the Watkins boys was
returnin back home from town they
found old man Lige Runnels drunk and
down along the big road. So far hack
as l can remember boys have always
been boys and the Weaknesses amt a
blessed bit better than other people.
At any rates, the Watkins boys dis
mounted and got down right then and
there and took up fool notion that
they would have some fun out of old
Lige Runnels. They went to work they
did and made doll rags and gun patchin
out of old man Lige's breeches. From
what the men that found him say, they
m aust of cut port holes and bay windows
all around and then jest naturally took
out about three solid sections at the
gable end thereof.
"And that's how come old Lige to
turn up missin and raise such a terri BILE
confusionment amongst the neighbc IS.
When he come to his senses about day.
light the next mornin there was too
many rents in his higgins for him to be
travellin along the big road. He want
fifteen to go home, Sc he backed out
down there in the pine thicket and
struck camp. No doubts he would of
been right there TIL now if the men in
the settlement hadn't turned out and
hunted him down. l know from what /
have seen myself that it takes power
full good pair OF scissors to make
smooth cut through homemade jeans
with every thread wool, warp and wool
and ellin. l reckon that is how come
the Watkins boys to try the mettle of
their new pocket knives on old man
Lige's breeches.
''And that's how come tho old man lost
for three days and nights, and that's
how como be wouldn't return back home
till he got a wagin to ride in. Old man
Lige didn't know till it leaked out in
the settlement who had done the devil
ment, bat he was so foamin mad about
it till he swore out the necessary papers
and had tho Watkins boys arrested
The trial is comm off next week, and
cOnsequentially | must be at home by
that time in orderment to keep up with
what mought come to pass"
That amt all the news we got from
Panther Creek, but it would take book
to tell you all tho things that Aunt
Nancy has told me.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
Whom the Lost Was Pound.

THE next day was Christmas day,
and to be certainly everybody was too
monstrous busy havin a good time to
hear the news concernin Lige Runnels.
But on the followin day after that it
leaked out, and on the third day the old
man was still missin, and the settle
ment by that time had got powerful bad
stirred up on the question. All the
men folks turned out and put in to burn
the woods and sift the ashes till they
found old man Lige. Bless goodness.
they went on horseback and afoot-in
squads and droves-lookin for that
which was lost, whilst all the women
folks got together at the Runnels place
to comfort and console with the wilder
and the orphants, and wait for the news.
THE sun hit was swingin tolerable
low down towards the western hills, so
to speak, when the men come back after
the mule and wagin. They had found
old man Lige hid out in pine thicket
in the old fields down there on this side
Of Wolf Creek, but from what they said
they couldn't bring him on home with
out a wagin to haul him in. took it
on myself to 60 out amongst the men
folks and ask Ben Chris Weaver if Lige
was we'll or sick. crippled or dead. Ben
Chris responded back to me that he was
we'll, and neither sick nor crippled nor
dead. But at the same time they
couldn't bring him home without the
wagiu. So they hooked up the mule to
the wagin and pulled out leavin me
and the rest of the women folks in outer
darkness as to what was what and who
was who.
at was jest about shutdown when
they come back and old man Lige was
settin up there in the wagin as big as
life and cussin more terrible than
stage driver-cussin somebody we
couldn't tell who, for everything he
could lay his tongue to. The women
folks then hid out on the back porch
till the men could bring him in and put
him to bed. The leadin facts in the
case didn't leak out till the next day,
but when the news did git started it
spread like a fire in the piney woods
before high wind in March.
"The naked, unwashed truth is mighty
and bound TO leak out, Rufus, and
never could see wherein it ought to
hurt anybody" says Aunt Nancy as she
went down into her thanky bag and
came forth with another pipe load Of
smokin tobacco. Tho plain truth is
that two OF the Watkins boys had like
wise also went to town the day before
end amongst other things
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
"spreadIn OF the News"

81 am now about the most idlest
woman in the round created world per-
haps," says Aunt Nancy to me and
mother that night after supper.
had built on roarin big fire-a reg
lar shin-roaster, you understand-and
with her pipe runnin on full time the
dear old lady warmed up to the subject
powerful.
1.-THE hogs are killed and the lard
fried out and the sausengers stuffed and
the meat hung up. Christmas is over
with and it's most too soon for gardenin,
so took my pipe and thanky bag and
put on my bonnet and lit out. Whereas
am now jest naturally on the pad,
Rufus-visitin around and spreadin of
the news. / amt no tell tale tattler, and
you will never remember the day when
Nancy Newton went trapsin through
the country peddlin out scandalatiOns.
But / am a woman plain female
command in all of your born days
you never saw one of them sort that
didn't love to hear the nows and tell it.
1.-THE mainest thing in the way of
news that has took place in the Panther
Creek settlement in durin the Christ
mas so far as / know was the scandlous
scrape which old man Lige Runnels
backed his fool self into. 1t can't do us
no harm for me to give out the facts up
here 1 reckon, cause everybody down
there has heard about It, and even to
the children they are spreadin of the
news.
Anyhow, old man Ligo he went to
town the day before Christmas, and
naturally OF course he waded right in
and got drunk. That night he come up
missin, and be remained missin for
three whole days and nights hand run
min. Now as to old man Lige, you all
know him, and don't have to come all
the way up here to tell you that be
amt worth his room in this world nor
in the future hereafter. But his folks
can't help that, and the people in the
settlement got sorry for them in their
great trouble and worriment on account
of the old man turnin up lost. Nobody
didn't know what had went with him.
People in town saw him when he started
off towards home, which he had then
climbed up around more busthead wbis-
ky than he could tote without wobblin
considerable. Ben Chris Weaver met
him over there at the Wolf Creek bridge,
Which at that writin it took his level
best to stay on his mule, and about first
dusk the mule rscked up to the lot gate
with the saddle and bride on. But old
man Llge he had fell off somewheres by
the wayside and come up missin."
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17

For it was taken by assault, but physique
built up. u constitution fortified by Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, may bid defiance to
the assaults of malarious disease even in To-
calities where it is most prevalent and ma
lignant. Emigrants to the ague-breeding
sections of the West should bear this in
mind, and start with a supply. The Bitters
promptly subdues dyspepsia, rheumatic
and kidney complaints, nervousness, con-
stipation and biliOusness.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
$500 IN PRIZES on OARS AND CORN

$500 IN PRIZES on OATS AND CORN
Last year we offered $500 for the big
gest yield of oats. 200 bushels Silver
Mine Oats was the highest. This year
we offer $500 more on oats, 500 on Sill
yer King Barley, barley yielding
1895 116 bushels per acre, and 500 on
Golden Triumph Yellow Dent Corn, the
corn of your dreams!
What's Teosinte and Sand Fetch and
Sacaline and Lathyrus and Giant
Spurry and Giant Incarnate Clover and
lots of such things? They'll make you
rich If you plant a plenty. Catalogue
tells you'll
If voc WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND
il with 1Oc. postage to the John A. Sal
ger Seed Co., Lacrosse, Wis, you will get
free 10 grasses and grains, above oats,
barley, corn and their catalogue. Cat
alogue alone, sc. (K)
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17

could tell from a distance off that it
was one of these old clay pipes what
you read about, and not right new and
fresh by a whole tremendous big lot.
aunt Nancy Newton, by the twelve
apistles," says / to myself, and then
presently when I returned back to the
house bless gracious Aunt Nancy she
was there
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17

behold I heard
a very familious
fuss and cacklin
goin on at the
house. And in
the midst of the
general confu-
sionment like
wise also caught
the smell of a
pipe $ tron g
and clear and
q n On rah
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-17
In Olden Times

People overlooked the Importance of per
manently beneficial effects aud were salts
lied with transient action, but now that it
IS generally known that Syrup of Figs will
permanently cure habitual constipation,
well-informed people will not buy other lax
atives, which act for time, but finally in
ure the system.