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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

Several days ago young man in
New York brought suit against his
former sweetheart to recover a dia.
mond ring of the value of $3.50. which
ne had given her as pledge of his
affection. One of the allegations speci-
lied IN his bill of complaint is that his
passion has long since died out and
that, IN consequence of this fact, the
ring should be returned to him. In
this contention the young man is sus-
tanned by the New York World. That
paper cites the rule of etiquette which
prescrlbes that when two young peo-
pie have decided to play quits in love
affair they should mutually return all
presents except those OF q perishable
KIND, such as candy, bouquets and
Kisses. The answer which the young
lady makes to the allegation is even
more amusing perhaps than the allie.
cation itself. She claims that the ring
was not simply pledge of her ex-
Lovers devotion but partial payment
Tor the affection which she gave him
and the exclusive privileges which
went along with it. She further urges
that the courtship involved such ex.
penses as coal and gas, the wear and
tear of furniture, extra dresses and
bonnets, and the time which might
have been spent in doing the family
sewing and homework. In view of
these considerations the young lady
claims that the value of the ring is
merely a drop in the bucket. As
amusing as it may seem the case is
now pending in the courts OF New
York.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

New styles of pets are coming into
vogue. Narragansett women the past
season discarded pugs and led about
Angora cats in pug dog harness. And
an entcrprising citizen Of Alaska has
lately captured and tanned young
whale, broken it to harness, and now
dashes over the briny deep at the rate
OF twenty miles an hour or less behind
his strange steed. Next. the st.
Louis Star.Sayings presumes, every
lady on the sea coast must have he1
whale.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

A year ago all OF fashionable Lon.
don was quite daft over the notion of
skating on artificial ice, and the Kinks
made such huge profits that specula.
tors formed q company to build great
National skating palace. Now this
company has gone into the hands OF a
receiver, and another enterprise,
f1mllar, though less ambitious, is also
on its last legs. The explanation is
the one which serves to account for
everything overwhelmingly, that
everybody is cycling.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
Largest Word in Any Language.

There is one word in human speech
which was not the outcome of the con-
fusion of tongues at Babel's tower. 1t
IS too long. It could never have been
created in any such hasty fashion as
that. 1t has been in process OF build.
ing ever since.
At the time of the Babel incident
there was no German language, and
German is the only tongue known
among men in which such word
could ever have been constructed.
German was, no doubt, developed by
wise Providence as 9 special vehicle
for such words as this.
Not only that, but when the lon.
guage was all ripe and ready, On ap.
paratus had to be invented to apply
this prodlgious VOID to. At last. in
the course Of things, they have all got
together. And here is the word. Don't
pronounce it hurriedly:
Observation-Disclosures g n.
neutrality-suspicious."
The Police Commissioners tried a
year ago to apply word-pronounc1ng
test to men arrested on charges of
drunkenness. Any man who could
thread his way without stumble
through "exegetical" and kindred
polysyllables was pronounced sober,
but the fellow who could pronounce
neutrality-suspicious. p q tt Q n :
Notwithstanding" and live
ought to be made q Justice of the
Court of Appeals.
The tifty-three letters in that
Teutonic tangle form the name of a
patent arrangement Of mirrors, acting
automatically, to ward off Lightning.
If any American lightning rod agent
tried to introduce that article,
lightning could wreck the farm and Re
could be kicked into the adjoining
township before he could finish telling
the farmer what he had to sell,
The average American granger
would sooner be struck by lightning
than hear the full name of tie
machine. Besides, itisn't in the right
ratio. There are only fifteen syllabies
to one word. New York Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
The FIRST CycloNleter.

An odometer is a little mla
which is attached to the alss|
wagon or carriage to give the nuul
of miles travelled by the yehias
pedometer is an odometer carrie
the pocket by which the dista,s
man has travelled may be ascertain
and a cyclometer is IN odomeR
tached to a bicycle.
Every hoy and cir! has seen az!
meter, which generally Is issteas
one OF the front forks o. o bie1yes
Every time the front wheel laaI'
revolution q little cog wheel =
cyclometer is pushed around !.
tain distance; every time shu
wheel makes a revolution tno1a
other wheel, and this anotnsl
the train OF wheels is so arrange.
it registers the number OF nue.
elea by the wheelman.
Many people probably belle'e
the cyclometsr is q modern ln's11
The name is but g few years o4 y,
the machine itself was know
used in the reign of the Empe'W
dolphus H., and he reignsa
1876 to 1912. He mad two y,
odometers, which not only resse
distance but marked it on papsa..
But it was an artist in -
named Hohlfel0 who invented w
meter which is used by sur'e'g,
day, and which is the 1atne1
cyclometer. He made one - !
He also made several kind Of ~, y.
which shot dead bullets, and ~
he made q pedometer. IT eesu
he was a wonderfully ingealog. n,
for he made d machine tor y ],
down any piece of music plsyHs s.,i
harpsichord he invented 49, -,
machine, a straw chopper, le's
weaving figured stuff ana ns1 81,
valuable machines. -.Chlcago
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

United States Consul O'Hara, at San
Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, says
''Four hundred bicycles in Nicaragua
would bring about more wagon road
improvements in five years than have
been made during the country's 400
years of civilization"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
RASH,

"What is that Japanese idol over
there worth?" inquired q purchaser in
a bric.a' brac shop, who saw quaint
head and shoulders back OF counter.
The salesman replied in subdued
tone: 'Worth about half million
madam; it's the proprietor. Pear.
sons Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
WORTH THE TROUBLE.

"Popkins is clever fellow"
"What has he done now?'
"He's put sprung gun in his back
yard, q burglar alarm at every window,
an electric mat at each door and a
bulldog IN the kitchen. 1t costs
money. but he accomplished the pur.
pose he aimed at
"What was that?"
"He's got the hired girl so scared
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
The League Of Wheelnsi','

The League Of American VIZ !,
was organized in 1880, s q y. !. f.
later, at the time OF its nIs Y e
meet, it had a membership !. ., !. Z
Its membership is now more :. i. as
900, and is said to be increaslDs
rate of 1000 o week.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
AN ISI2ERTINENCE.

II think" she said earnestly, "that
woman who truly loves man always
has his best interests at heart
"Perhaps," he answered; "hut"-
"What were you going to say?"
eff that's the case, what makes her
marry him ?"-Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

TIE British crown is tho heaviest in
the world. The Prince of Wales,
however, will never be able to at
tribute his badness to that fact, OBJ.
serves the Washington Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
that I ever bestowed on Witch-ex.
pressions of affection,

pressions OF affection.
"My darling?' I went on, 81 know
you would never have made such y
little fool OF yourself if it hadn't been
for that malicious catamaran, Aunt
Betsy Jane" The form within my
arms struggled. I was holding her
tightly, or my face might have suf-
fered. "But I'll tell you tale, dear,
about her. I'm the only living soul
that knows, now old nurse is dead.
You could hear the form breathe, SO
still was it. Invent on. "Aunt Betsy
Jane is IS now''-the form wriggled-
"about 25 years ago. could hear
her heart b.at, I relented-"No,
Witch, I will not tell you that story !!
You have come to me, and I can
afford to pity Aunt Betsy Jane. She
was badly used when she was young,
and she can't bear to see people happy
now she is DID,"
The form muttered. I opened my
arms. "Want to fetch something,
dear. You shall. Only come back at
once, or shall feel like telling that
old tale about Aunt Betsy Jane"
She scuttled off to the house and in
a minute or two Witch came down
the garden in a very digni6ed manner.
7 let her come right to the edge of the
water and peer about. I knew she
couldn't see me. Presently she said,
anxlously:
"John?"
My heart jumped, but I didn't in
tend to give myself away, so I simply
said, SWELL" But she didn't intend
to give herself away, either. She
turned. Then J. saw that l had my
work cut ont for me.
"Stay, Witch; I'm in the boat, !" I
exclaimed ~ u tone Of deepest en-
treaty, IS scrambled on shore. She
paused, I caught hold of her hand.
Switch" cried reproachfully, "I've
been waiting here for nearly eight
hours, and I'm so faint I can hardly
speak"
That fetched her? 4 woman will 90
cheerFully for hours without crumb,
do yards and yards Of shopping on o
halfpeuay bun, and think nothing of
it; but let man only say that he has
missed his lunch, and they make as
much fuss over him as if he had suf-
fered the martyrdom OF St. Lawrence.
"You poor thing!" exclaimed my
darling. "Come jn at once AMI have
something to eat
"No, WITCH" I sail faintly, but
firmly: ''you must forgive me"
"Forgive you! OF course I forgive
you. Ididn't know you had been here
all that time. Do come in at once or
you'll die. know you will.
But stuck to my guns and didn't
go indoors until I had made Witch
promise that we should be married
that day month. Then l consented to
go in and work mighty havoc among
the elLaOleS.
Aunt Betsy Jane came to our we'd
ding and made us q handsome present.
Then she went to live with some friends
in the North. / think the poor old
soul had had some suspicion I knew
her story and so had tried to part us.
She took my note from Amelia in the
morning and kept it for that reason.
Ny darling did not know was in the
boat until Aunt Betsy Jane came in
from the garden and told her.
But I have never told my wife 4
word. 1t isn't wise to tell your wife
oil the little peccadilloes OF your
friends and relatives. Pauls.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
The :. TRUE ). DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
ST. FRANCISVILLE, LOUISIANA.
II In snid that locomotives use
third Of the coal mined in England.

Russia has the most rapidly increas.
ing population of any country in Eu-
rope. The growth in the last hun
dred years has been q fraction under
100000 annually.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
SCIENCE ALWAYS READY.

Caller doctor, Mr.. Divine, tn
muscle reader, fell into sort OF trance
a little while ago, and we cannot
arouse him. Is catalepsy or death 2"
Doctor IA great scientist) bring
me his head, and I'll soon tell you" -
New York Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
Importance Of the Co,e,4,

George Washington, a fa.u.
ing near ST. Paul, MIMI, is On,
East in the interest Of Amerjsa
estry. "The people," said h
just beginning to awaken to !. !,
ing sense of the importance i
forests Of this country and The !
sity for action for their prese,,l
When the country was discovs,a
large a proportion of the l,la
covered with trees chat the cutS,,
them was the principal vo,kb|
done in advancing the line Of d
ment from the seaboard.
"This process bacame 50 u,s|
matter of habit that forests afts,
ests have been destroyediu oil s
Of the country, and now if no j;
is taken our woodland bids isitbl
appear entirely. OF late yesrs, y
ever, the inhabitants Of seye,sls
have begun to perceive the follyoIl
wholesale destruction policy, and
decided to amend the matter tb,u
legislation. Recklessness has ii,
invariably been shown in cuiI
down all the tress from great Id
Of land, instead Of SO treating ths1
est that another crop of trees nj
DO harvested in the future. ID
fires have been another indua|
instrument OF destruction, 10, :
rule they have been allowedtods|
uadisturbed, forest upon forest |
result is that commonwealth
have heretofore considered I
woodland inexhaustible are b.s,
to see that protection for thei.t
is necessary.
minnesota has been tue fsai
TO propose organized action.
been one of the Chief lumbesns)
tricts, but the sight Of i,mmenat
of land once covered with ttssl
brought to the citizens the knoI
that the State is in danger 9TH
that distinction. So the MIN
State Forestry Association sssia
for the arrest of this indiscriIi|
destruction. 1t at once wentt65
and formulated q plan which VIII
able the State to acquire and F1|
forest lands at triHing expense.
county and State forestry bostal
to be constituted by the Lesiaa1
these boards to have charge Of Z
which have been cut over andola
lands not likely to be used fot I
cultural purposes, with . 'i e'.
planting them with trees and caE1l
on numbering in future under Fs
restrictions. The plan has
hailed with applause by all oul =
ers, and no doubt will be follows
other States. Washington LINZ
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
CNUUCKY.

Angry Wife latter q quarreN-
"Seems to me, we've been married
about hundred years. can't even
remember when or whore we first
met"
husband (emphatically)-"1 can. It
was at dinner party and there were
thirteen at table. It'd. Bits.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
.2:ERSIFLAGE.

oERSIFLAGE.
Curious Tourist-"Whst are you
fishing for?'
Farmers Boy-"Fieh."
Curious Tourist "What do YOU
use?''
.sarmer's Boy-''Bait."
Curious Tourist-"How do they
bite?''
Farmers Boy-''With their
mouths. ATLANTA Constitution.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
WITCH AND I.

TITLE Witch and I had
a quarrel! Who is it
that says it takes two
to make q quarrel ?
Whoever it is makes O
mistake. It took only
one to make our quar-
rel, and that was my
precious Aunt Betsy
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
VENGEANCE.

First Clubman-"What did you
blackball Goodman for? You don't
even known him."
Second Clubman--"No, I never
spoke to him in my lie, but I hate
him and his whole family. They live
in the fiat below US, and they have
corn beef and cabbage three days a
week. New York Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
ALL THE SAME.

as it true that young Wilson has
gone on a polar expedition"
eyes; he has gone to Boston to see
his girl. "-Detroit Free Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
A SLIGHT CORRECTION.

Fourthboll- "Your cook has been
with you long time, has she not?"
-"We have been with
her for five years. PUCK.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
THE OLD, OLD oursr,o.

VIII
~ M a sa;3 Mi Featherro,tl,,A,
father at home? I want - y.
something"
TREMENDOUSLY. 'ae '
II wish to ask him." no co,r.
~ wish to ask him the qusst s,''l
nearly every man has found NY
to ask. In short, I wish to AL ls \
The young woman Uttered !, n
young man ''switched." s4s
II wish to ask him." said i. !
malignant tone in his hithe,toh.,,
voice, "what, is the exact ,,as ~
16 TO J.. indianapolis journal, Ip'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
N A QUANDARY.

Assistant-"lhe Circassian lady has
tainted on the stage"
Museum Manager-"Well, carry her
off on stretcher."
Assistant-'I can't. The India rub
Der man is not around just now
Truth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
nat. nat she's b, !, afraid to 81, q
night cleveland Plain n y
GRATEFUL.

chair. taede,s
asked. o"c yoar1
reply. 'al'' nj
CURED, suspiciously. su's d
"Quito sure"
"Well, it seems a pooa J,
time I was here be ens ueal
charged me two dollars, and % ~. !
me- me ever SO much nc more than han y ,,'
this time. Washington St.! ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
OUT or TIE QUESTION.

Hojack-'I hear that you are build
ing new house?"
Tomdik Eyes. I couldn't very
we'll build IN old one, you know. -
Judge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
SHUT OUT.

Misa Simperly -"Yon're just like
the rest OF the men. You all want to
make fools OF us women"
Mr.. Gruffer-"But there's no chance,
you know. Nature got the start OF
us. detroit Free Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
AN UNFESlININE TRAIT.

''Isabel, I can't understand why you
say Margaret is so masculine.
"Can't? Why, her watch always
tells the correct time. Chicago Rec.
ord.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
Els BUSINESS.

The New Pastor-tI beg pardon,
but IN what walk Of life are you en-
gaged?"
The Brand-"None, sir. I am a
Splinter. '-Clevelauu Plain Dealer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
DIFFICULT THGN,

Mr.. Bloom6e}d-"Isn't Mr.. Point
Breeze gu easy going chap?"
Miss Observation-Disclosures he calls
on me he seems to find it very difficult
to go. "-Pittsburg Chronicle ele.
graph.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
CONDOLENCES.

E|sie-"Why does your husband
speak Of you us his right hand?"
Mrs. Ray-"Give it up, unless be.
cause he never lets his right hand
know what his left hand doeth. -
Truth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

& Bicycle Trascdy-Out of the Cues
tiOn-His BUSINESSMAN Untemi-
nine Trait-All the Same
-C0Dtidenccs, Etc.
A girl, q wheel.
A shock. Il squea',
A header, Il thump,
4 girl in lump.
A bloomer all torn,
A maiden forlorn.
Springfield QIl.) Monitor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-10-24

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-03
Lost Leg.

An accident horrible in results, occur
ed on the Great Northern railroad near
Osakis on Monday, resulting in severe
injury to one lahorer, and the loss of a
leg OF another. The traiu-ef fat cars
upon which a number Of men were rid
ing broke in two near the engine, and
the airbrakes were thereby automati
callv set, throwing a number of the men
from the cars. The two injured ones
were thrown in front of the cars which
were still moving, and the wheels passed
over the leg of one, named Archie Bene.
Jast above the knee, and he also suffered
from severe scalp would. The other
ono was badly bruised and cut, but no
bones were broken. DR.. Long OF Osakis
was called and he had them brought to
this city as speedily as possible, and
they were taken to the Lake Shore
House. DR.. Du Bots was summoned
and it was found necessary, to ampu-
tate Bene's leg near the hip. The IN
jured man is doing well, and will pro-
badly survive, although the shock is a
severe one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-03
Fer Page Morris.

1t would seem from the folio wing from
the Duluth News Tribune, that Mr.,
Towne has not the following in St.
LGuls county which his friends claim for
him:
The brilliant campaign Page Morris is
making this week on the iron ranges
viii undoubtedly be gratifying to his
trends and supporters throughout the
Sixth congressional district. At present
1t is the talk Of Duluth. He is simply
taking one town after another by storm
From Hibbing to Tower it has been the
same every where he has appeared. 1t is
no exaggeration to say that he ranges
are ablaze with republican enthusiasm
and that tue tour of Page Morris has
been grand carnival of success.
In all the political history OF St. Louis
county It is claimed there never before
has been witnessed such spontaneous
and general uprising OF the voters in the
interest of the republican party as at
present. The reception of Page Morris
this week on the range is in marked con-
trast with the reception of Mr.. Towne,
the silver candidate, last week. The one
is an ovation at every town and the
other was chilly and discouraginy. The
apathy of the range people under the
arguments OF Mr.. Towne, who sought
TO convince them of the merits and adj
vantages to workingmen in particular
OF the free coinage OF the white metal,
has put dampener on the supporters
and advocates of that doctrine in Du-
luth. There is everv assurance. republt
can leaders say, that the heaviest repub-
lican vote ever cast in the county will be
polled next November.
1t IS the opinion of many republicans
that Mr.. Towne will be the worst
whipped man politically this fall that
ever stood for congress in this district.
Everything points to continued COM
ing over OF silver men to the side of
sound money and protection. There is
NO gainsaylng the fact that the indica-
tons at present III Duluth and vicinity
are that the silver men are losing
strength and the most ardent of the sill
verltes are no. making any claims that
thev are gaining strength. They profess
to believe they already are in the major
1tv BUT that is matter OF opinion.
One OF the things that greatly disturbs
MIR. Towne is the large number of form
err supporters and personal friends who
have gone back on him and who re-
proach him roundly for his course in de-
sorting the republican party and becom-
ing the supporter of a democratic candi-
date for president. He is said to vince
under the sharp thrusts his friends give
MIN and is i'll at ease in the position in
which he has placed himself.