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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
The Horse and tho Oysters.

Speaking Of oysters reminds Mar.
shall P. Wilder Of Di1ey's story of tie
man who entered a country store on u
cold day. A group Of loungsrs were
hudaIcd about the stove, and the
stranger could not get near cuonch TO
Keep warm. Scot any oys;ers?" he
asked tie proprietor, AMI receiving ga
affirmative reply said: "rake Dozen
on The haIf sleli oat 10 my horse
All hands crowded 70 The door TO
SEQ tie horse eat oysters, ana the
s,irnnser SECURED. tho most com.orca :
bis hc,;a The proprietor returned
soon anil s;.i2 tie horse refused to ea,
thc shell G.I,.' "Ne;I, give EN- 10
NE, then" saiA tho tcsy visitor, Sc.
cure III his resting place. New York
tou7Ial.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
A Dog WHO Knows 4 Thing or Two.

A physician who resides il q neigh.
boring town has q dog which he claims
cen beat the canine world for agility,
intelligence, and all--ound usefulness.
The animal is massive black fellow,
and has never been known to enter 4
gate to reach place if he can attain
his ends by jumping fence. He acts
as mail carrier. for the doctor, and when
he gets q letter from the postman,
whom he always meets upon the pave
ment, be will clear the high iron rail.
ing in front Of the house; and make
for the front door knob, which long
practice has enabled him to turn with
II dextrous twist of his paw. He will
never deliver q letter to any one but
the physician, whos thinks SO much Of
him that be almost believes the dog
might be taught to compound pills.
Elm!ra IN. ~ Advertiser.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Distance Covered i'll all Hours Walk.

Have you ever thought of the dis
lance you travel while you are out for
IN hours st-oll? Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on its axis every twenty-four hours.
For the sake Of round figures We will
call the earth's circumference $4,000
miles, and SO you must have travelled
during your hours stroll one thou
sand miles in the axial turn of the
earth.
But this is by no means all. The
earth makes journey around the sun
every year, and long, but rapid trip
it is. The distance of our planet
from the sun We will put at 80, 900, 900
miles. This is the radius of the earth's
orbit-half the diameter oil the circle,
as we call it. The whole diameter,
therefore, is lS4,000,000 miles, and
the circumference, being the diameter
multiplied by 3.14lG, is about $751;
000, 1000 miles.
This amazing distance the earth
travels in its yearly journey, and di.
ylding it by 3c5, we find the daily
speed to be about l,5s4,000 miles.
Then to get tho distance you rode
around the sun during your hour
walk, divide again by "a, and the re-
suit is about 66.000 miles. But this
is not the end Of your hours trip. Tho
sun, with its entire brood OF planets,
is moving in space at the rate Of l6G, :
0G0, 900 miles in year. This is at the
rate Ct C. little more than 45A, 09o
miles day, or $4,000 miles an hour.
So, adding your three miles Of leg
travel to the hours axial movement OF
the earth, this to the earth's orbitnl
journey, and that again to tho earth
excursion with the SAD, aud you WILL
have travelled IN the hour $500
miles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05

fruit from cooperating any OF its own
juices, and capable of being held at a
low temperature-iust above the chill
ing points an almost ideal place for
the storing Of apples. But the loca-
ton is not all. Large quantities should
not he heaped together, nor should
apples be kept in barrels, bins or boxes
where the alr cannot circulate freely
through them. Any tendency toward
decay Is sure to be augmented under
such circumstances. The accompanying
illustration is presented as aTording
an economical and exceedingly practi-
cal method of storing fruit. Trays
with slat bottoms, each three feet
square, arc supported, one above an
other. upon brackets that are nailed
to pieces of upright studding. A sue
cession Of this studding with brackets
can extend along the whole side OF the
cellar, or upon two sides, if desired.
The trays can he made as deep as de.
sired, and the fruit can be heaped up
q little. In this way but small guam.
tity OF fruit is kept in mass, and the
air can circulate about each and every
apple. Each tray can be removed to
table if it is desired to look the fruit
over Tor the detection Of incipient de.
cay, or when getting ready to pack for
}narket. Such trays will last for q
score of years, and can easily be made
in the home workshop on rainy days.
New York Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Queer Sights.

A young friend says he saw some
queer things ON the streets the other
day. He saw a watch spring, horse
fly, q match box, peauut stand and a
cat fish. While watching them he saw
scme alligator's hide shoes, and an.
other fellow came along and said that
while out in the country he heard the
bark OF tree-actually saw the tree
bark-saw it hollow and commence to
leave. He also saw farmer seize the
trunk Of another tree for board.
These things sound strange, but are
not harder to believe than the story of
member OF the Guards, who said he
saw o uniform smile. -Bainbridge
ga. Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
How tic Common Pin is Made.

To complete a pin it has to go
through many hands. It is very
delicate article to handle, and the cost
of building the machines to mako it is
The greatest outlay. The wire from
which pins are manufactured is speci-
ally prepared, and comes to the factory
on largo reels very much like gigantic
cotton spools. The wire is first turned
through eight or ten little copper roll
ers. This is to get all the bend and
hink ont OF IT.; in other words, to
straighten it perfectly. After this
operation it is once more wound on a
very large reel, which is attached to
the machine that makes the pins. One
OF these machines makes 5000 pins an
hour, and some large factories will
often have thirty or forty machines at
work at one time. After the pins are
released from the grip Of this machine
they are given bath OF sulphuric acid.
Tl1s removes all the grease and the
dirt from them.
They arc then placed in q tub or
barrel OF sawGust. Pins and sawdust
ore next taken together from the bar.
rel and allowed to fall in q steady
stream through q strong Dir blast,
which separates the sawdust from tie
pins. But rs yet they are pointless,
aud pins without points would not b.
of muoh use. III order to point them
they are carried on al endless groovcd
belt, which passes set OF rapidly
moving files. This points them
roughly, and after being passed be.
tween Two grinding wheels and forced
against rapidly moving band faced
with emery cloth they are dipped in q
polishing tub OF oil. The latter is q
large, slowly revolving copper lined
tub, which is tilted at nu angle Of
fo:ty-ivo degrees. AS this reyolves
the points keep sliding down the
smooth copper to Che lowcr side, end
owing to tue constant friction against
the copper and each other receive a
brilliant polish and finish.
They 60 next to the sticher, where
they fall from hopper on an inclined
plane, in which are number of Sits.
The pins catch in these sits, and hang
ing by their heads, slide down to an
apparatus which Inserts them in The
pepper. This maci inc is perhaps tho
most ingenious, OF all the beautiful
and complicated contrivances that neip
to make and manipulate the pin. 1t
does oil this at the late OF 100, 900 pins
an hour, and yet single bent or dam.
aged pin will cause it to stop feeding
ant1i the attendant removes tho often.
der.-DrI Goods Economist.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
CURIOUS FACTS.

The room in which Napoleon died
is nov used as stable.
Daniel Campbell and his wife, OF
Walton County, Florida, gre said to be
respectively III and lis years old.
Trees which grow on the northern
side OF hill make more durable lun-
Der than those which grow on the
southern side.
Previous to the sixteenth century it
YVES customary for every physician in
Europe to wear a ring on his finger,
es m indication of his profession.
Il newsdealer nea1 the Long Island
ferry, New York, bids for business
with this sigh, which hangs above his
stand: "Notice-I am the only totally
blind man in East Thirty-lourtA
street."
A new and less destructive method
of getting rubber has been discovered.
Heretofore the trees have been cut
down, but it has been found that the
leaves yield purer aud moro abund-
ant article.
The splendid botanical garden at
Buitenzorg. Java, has the finest col
lection OF palms in the world. There
are three hundred determined species,
besides about one hundred which ap-
pear distinct.
Dnring the reign Of James I. Eng
lands first newspaper was born May,
1C22, being the first issue the Weekly
News. Notwithstanding that it was
i'll received, its editor, Nathaniel But
ter, lived by the business for eighteen
years.
A atmany people object to hiring
or buying residences on tho west side
OF streets which run north and south.
The reason for their objection is, that
more dust and snow seem to accumu-
late on the west than on the east side
Of such streets.
Julia T. Williams has been keeper
of the Santa Barbara (Ca].) lighthouse
for thirtyone years. During that
period she has climbed tue tower and
attended to tho light herself every
night, with the exception OF three
weeks, twenty years ago.
In Austria, when woman is convict
ed of crime she is sent. not to gen
eral prison, but convent where she
is placed in charge of man who sees
the prisoner does not escape, but who
imposes no punishment beyond con-
tinement TO convent limits.
A Swedish mile in the longest mile
in the world. A traveller in Sweden
when told that he is only about mile
from desired polut would better hire
a horse, for the distance he will have
to walk, if lie chose in his Ignorance
to adopt that mode OF travel, is exactly
II, 700 yards.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Photograplling a Splash.

Professor Worthington hos been
studying q curious phenomenon for
twenty years, says knowledge. The
splash OF drop occurs in the twink
ling of an eye, yet it is an exquisitely
regulated phenomenon and one that
very happily illustrates some OF the
fundamental properties Of the fluid.
The problem that Professor Worth
ington has succeeded in solving is to
let drop of definite size fall from q
fixed height in comparative darkness
on to 3 surface and to illuminate it by
flash Of exceedingly short duration
OF any desired stage, so as to exclude
I'll the stages previous and subsequent
to those thus selected. The many H.
Illustrations in his volume testify to tho
accuracy and beauty of his work.
The curious results Of a splash of a
drop of mercury from height of
three inches upon g smooth glass plate
are particularly interesting. Very
soon after the first minute rays are
shot out in oil directions on tho SUR
face with marvellous regularity. From
the ends OF the rays droplets Of liquid
split off: The liquid subsidies IN the
middle and soon atterward flows into
the ring. The ring then divides in
such a manner as to join up the rays
in pairs. Thereafter the whole con-
tracts till the liquid rises in the cen.
ire, SO as to form the rebound of the
drop from the plate.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Prince Krapotkin enys that there
is both water and vegetation on the
moon.
An eminent ccculist asserts that
cpera glasses hired in theatres often
spread eye diseases.
Immense deposits of asbestos have
been discovered in the Ferris Range
of mountains in Carbon County,
Wyoming.
Over 500 fossil elephant teeth have
been dredged from the seq at Molee-
sen, on the coast of tie Mediterran-
can, since 1870.
A telephone exchange hos been es.
tabllshed in Kioto, Japan, and is said
to have proved q great success. 1t is
under Government control.
A company for the manufacture of
cycles is being promoted in Japan.
The capital is to be 200, 900 yen, and
it IS intended to export the wheels.
A telegram hos been received from
the Lowell Observatory, ct Flagstaff:
Arizona, announcing that the canals
OF Mars, known as Prison and En-
pirates, have been observed again to
he double.
A new German lamp chimney has
the bulb in tho upper instead of tie
bottom part. and the upper part is cut
| obliqueIy. 1t is claimed that this
shape makes it safer to blow out the
light, while the flame is improved by
being made taller and steadier.
Professor Willard, of the Ecole Nor
male in Paris, has succeeded in max
ing the newly discovered and obdur-
etc gas, argon, combine with water; it
required q pressure of 900 atmospheres
to coerce it into this combination. The
compound is colorless and crystalizes
very prettily when kept cool.
Among the proposals made at tho
recent meteorological congress. in
Paris was one for establishing sta
ton on the coast OF Finland, which
would issue reports of the breaking
up of the ice, the movements of the
icebergs. marine currents and the
prospects of fisheries. Many ship
wrecks, it was urged, might be thus
prevented.
Professor ". II. Morse, of West
field, N. j., has made little discovery
which, he says, will materially de-
crease the weight of o bicycle. lie
initiates the tire with hydrogen gas.
BY this means he finds the weight to
be reduced by eight pounds, and
claims that with nm aluminium frame
the entire machine need not weigh
more than ten pounds. Some inven-
tive genius will be coming forward
next with project to light the head
light with gas, ted from the machine
itself.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
chance to grow some root, n,
Ing frozen in for the winte, wye y \

chance to grow some root, No.
ing frozen in for the winter. s1Stsh
them directly under the sod sa.@I
ten advised, I have never f +, Y aa
successful. Iprefer to cut s snsaq y !,
into the turf with o sharn t,al as Y
little larger than the crocu, nv SSasl
about Q, three &c, inches deep, put 81 = y, y
bulb and fill up the hole nm WI ! Y
good garden soil. Sometimes - !. ' 9
ger place is made and several IL M 3
out, leaving a little space hs!s. '
each bulb, but the single p], MY I.
best usaally ". l think. A veli. sss,
bulb will have eight or ten N.Y.
and make q fine bit Of coils, a y
grass just beginning to e.or : !,
When the dead grass is yerv l s.a
the spring, the crocuses viii .Ss ss
better advantage, if much Of tia n.
grass is pulled off, taking pains :, ,..l
tread on tho points of the 80.
coming up. The next sprinr ~ h
planting. the little holes luadss !, h
grass will show somewhat bnt ].
soon fill up, they look biepe, "
they are, in the winter. Ii thel..
is kept nicely mown, crocuses 81 !.
as described will bloom wellt6sts1
spring after planting, but ve.y 81
ingly after that. Cutting n h
green leaves Injuries them; The, ,
however, we'll worth putting out n
year. -American Agricultural
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Growing Figs in Texas.

Ripe figs have been plentiful on our
streets this week, aud cheap. They
were mostly brought in by the darlz:cs
OF Caney. The crop is abundant IN
the quality Of the fruit ia fine. Thu
liz seems to be as naturally adapted 10
this country rs the cotton plant and
the darkey. There is region down in
the vicinity OF New Orleans where Sc
culture IS an extensive and profitable
business, where the fruit is put mp fc,r
the markets OF the world, AMI We he.
licve that Ma'asorda County can excel
tue New Orleans district il made q
business. Bay City (Isxasj Breeze.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
SWEET POTATOES,

In this l include, says J. II. Eice,
OF Oklahoma, the sugary, juicy vario-
ties grown in the South, which ore
perhaps moro properly designated
yams. and shall more especially refer
to the methods of raising in the drier
Southwest.
The people OF the North have IN ob-
lection. or, perhaps, as with myself,
it was only prejudice, against the
sugary, juicy varieties. For myself
and family, after becoming accustomed
to them, We very much prefer them,
but this is, OF course. matter of
taste, for both are good.
Our plan for q dry country is to
have the ground deeply p!owed in the
winter, and then. after u ruin and be-.
fore planting time, to throw four fur
rows together, but aiming to oyerturn
all the soil, so it is in width but three
burrows OF our fourteen or sixteen inch
piows. These are gone over with hoe
and rake, |egeling the top g little and
smoothing ti.e sides. A light rein ie
preferred planting time, but We do
not always whit for it. Tho roots OF
the plants being we'll dnmpened, they
are firmly set in the firm, loose soil,
and little basin, holding a halt.pin',
lett around each plant. Water is
poured in, filling the basin, and When
soaked away dry soil is drawn around
the plants. A little kurcacc hand cul.
tivailon is given, then such cultiva.
ton with tho horse cultivator between
the ridges as is needed, and plowing
once with stirring pillow, throwing
the sides Of the ridges to the centre,
then back again. For part of our
ground We thus last year filled the
trenches with damp, chafly straw,
trampiug it IN we'll, and, while all
were good, thoee from the mu'ched
ground were little moro even in size,
showing that the dry spells had moi
affected the growth Of n part.
Plants with heavy foliage and large
roots do best in dry climate, 80 the
large sweet potatoes or yams succeed
best here.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Gueer UaiIstOnes.

HUMBOLDT, the great scientist and IN
undisputed authority on atmospheric
as we'll as other natural phenomena,
tells OF hGil storm which passed over
Tuscany on March Il, 1913, every ics
glopule of the entire fall being OF O
beautiful orange color. Five years
prior to that extraordinary event
Caruiola, Germany, was treated to d
fall Of five feet OF blood.red snow.
This was followed by fall of blue
hail, which is said to have given "tLe
whole face of nature an exceedingly
curious aspect"
Red hallstones fell at Amsterdam in
1926, atLondon in 1868 during tho
time OF the great p!ague), and at di'
vers places in Ireland and France
during the early part Of the present
century.
In 1928 monatrous Maidstone fell
at Munson, Mass. It is described in
tho Waltham "Resister" OF July 18th
OF that year as follows: "Eztremes
four feet long, three feet wide and
two feet thick. After the rough part
OF the body had been removed there
remained u clear, solid block of ice
two feet three inches long, one foot
and six inches wide and one foot and
three inches thick"
The most extraordinary hailstorm
of history, as far as the queer shape,
of the hailstones were concerned, was
that which occurred on tho Wadi
oasis in the Desert of Sahara in 1851.
The individual ice chunks were OF Ill
imaginable forms. There were wheels
with four, Six and eight spokes, dumb
bells, large and small; triangles, CYL
inders, both solid and hollow; some
of the solid ones being as much as six
inches in length and not larger IN di.
emeter than lead pencil. The com.
mon round hailstones CONCEALED to-
gother in their descent, forming into
fantastic pyramids, like the old pic
lures OF the plled.up cannon balls.
Some took upon themselves the forms
of gigantic punches OF cranes, and
other masses Cell in the shape Of
necklaces, crowns, crosses, etc.
In o hail storm in Wisconsin in 1886
the individual "stones" were Of many
odd shapes and forms. Some were
shaped like ginger snaps, others like
watches, loaves Of bread, etc.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
FOR STORING FRUIT,

The apple harvest brings up the sub
ject Of the proper disposal OF the fruit
when gathered from the trees. The
apple crop Will be large in many sec
1ions Of the country this year, and
prices will be likely to rule low-for
the first part OF the winter, ct least.
Much fruit will undoubtedly be stored
in the hope Of better price later on.
It is important. therefore, to adopt
such plan OF storage as will keep the
apples sound and plump, and in pos
session of the best possible flavor. A
cellar just moist enough to keep the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Esil Every Tenth Child.

AKIN, On the African gold coast,
'rUst havo y very large population.
's.'he natives have the pleasant custom
1T putting to death the tenth child in
,7ery family. The local authorities
}ssert that thousands OF children are
destroyed on account of this super
ssitious practice, but that the inhu.
ence Of the fetch priests is SO great
that only stringent legislation can stop
he slaughter.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
The Kaiser in IL Merry Mood

While Kaiser Wilhelm was ceIebrat.
ing the birthday of his little daughter,
Victoria, recently by children's party
at Potsdam, the children wanted to
dance. 1t being inconvenient TO call
in o military band, the Kaiser sent ons
into the street fer On Italian organ
grinder, and after the dancing was
over he gave him SGT.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-05
Eat Apples Before Ret'rlas'

Everybody ought to know ). a. :
very best thing ho con, 40 ~ Y
apples just before going 70 p = s.,d,
apple has remarkably e = 4
medicinal properties. 1t Is - h..p
,iert brain food, because !" ia
phosphoric acid in easily !. "a
shape than other fruits. - =. "a
the action Of the liver, promv. .roas'
and healthy sleep, and 'p =. 4,
disinfects the mouth. II us at,
kidney secretions and pre' w.. q
cuons growths, while II resl :. I'D
gestion and is one OF tho Des' IN M
tl7es known for diseases o! 1p0 II, II
No harm can come to even i q
system by the ealing OF ripe a a;.it.
apples before retiring fer tne p'
Bulletin Of Pharmacy,