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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
New Yurn's Gr2el. Colony.

The Greek colony in this city is in
crossing ut rapid rate. Two years ago
nearly all OF the Greeks WAC had set
tied in New York lived in lower Wash
ington street, and that immediate
neishborhooa. They cane over in
such numbers, however, that it was
found impossible to get houses for
them in the Greek colony. Tho late
arrivals went over on the I.nst side,
and as consequence Greek signs by
the score lavo appeared along Nali-
son street md other Fourth Assembly
District thcroughlares. Foe the most
part tho Greeks arc vendors Of fruit.
They work hard, attend to their own
business aud give the police very
little trouble.
The only two politicians in town
who can tall: to the Athenians in their
mother tongue are Assemb]yman Dan
Finn and Alderman Jerry kennetick,
Of the First District. Thoy picked up
o smattcr;ns OF the language in order
10 make themselves "solid" with the
Greeks when they should become
citizens. Very few OF them took out
papers, however, and. from q political
point Of view, Dan aadJerry bad their
labor for their pains. Their efforts to
keep up q conversation with Il Greek
peddler furnish plenty OF harmless
amusement, md the people who live
in tho district and talk nothing but
United States are not at all sorry that
Dan and Jerry once had linguistic
aspirations. y
If the A-emenian refugees are per.
mitted to land it is more than likely
that quite q number Of them vii! make
their homes in tho First District.
They are reported to be extremely
anxious to became American citizens.
When the hssomblyman and Alderman
hear OF this they will doubtless cast
about for few familiar words and
phrases in the Armenian language
New York Mail and Express.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Something entirely new in the "

Something entirely new in the way
OF defense WAS sprung in a New York
court in behalf Of Robert Clay ton Ees.
lop by his counsel, Hugh O. Pente-
cost, in the Court OF Special Sessions.
The defendant was accused by W. G.
Van Antwerp, Superintendent of On
insurance company, with having used
$13.56, collected on o policy. Tho
plea was he was troubled with "clergy-
mans mind" He was formerly a
clergyman in England and here, and
his counsel, having entered u plea Of
guilty, urged that his life and training
had made him abnormally deficient in
knowledge of worldly matters. Justice
Hinsdale said lie doubted if anything
in q clergyman's training predlsposea
him to the appropriation OF other
folks property, but sentence Was sus-
1ende1.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
ONE THING AT A TIME.

One step Of time, and that we'll placed,
We reach the grandest height;
Ono stroke at time, earth's hidden stores
Will slowly come to light;
One seed at time, and the forest grows;
One drop at time, and the river flows
Into the boundless sea.
One word at time, and the greatest book
Is written and is read;
One stone at time, and the palace rears
Aloft its stately head;
Ono blow at time, tho treo's cleft through
And city will stand where tho forest grew
A few short years before.
One foe at a time, and he subdrel,
And conflict will be won;
One grain at u time, and the sands of lile
Will slowly all be run:
One minute, another; tho hours fly by;
One day ut time ourlives speed by
Into eternity.
One grain OF knowledge, and that well stored,
Another; and more on thom;
And rs time rolls on, your mind will shine
With many garnered gem
Ofthousht and wisdom. And thine will tell
Zone thing at time. and that done WELL"
Is VISIONS golden rule.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Tho Color IF the Eyes.

Into the realm of sentiment the Sc
date and matter.of.fact statistician OBJ
trudes himself, intent on dealing,
through percentages, with matters
which ono might think would be ex.
empt from such prosaic consideration.
The latest subject Of statistical in
curry is light and dark eyes, and, as
the result OF sundry responses to
questions propounded in various coun'
tries and duly authenticated, it has
been discovered land not merely dis
covered, but also proyed) that. taking
the average OF Europe and America,
A.. 6 is tho percentage Of men having
light Dyes, including blue and gray.
The proportion OF girls and women
have blue eyes, by the sane computa-
ton, 3A.2 per cent. In other words,
blue eyes are decidedly rarer among
women than among men, and 1t il for
| this reason, perhaps, THAT blue eyes,
| especially in communal ion with blonde
hair, are esteemed so highly as feat
ure Of feminine bcsuty.
Men have light eyes ofterec than
women; but in the intermediate grade
of color between light and dark tho
percentage OF tho two sexes is very
nearly, though MT quite, the same.
In this intermediate category are
brown and hazel eyes, neither pure
light OF genuine black. The percent
age of these among men is 43.l. and
among women A5.1. The percentage
of dark, o., more properly, black
eyes, Is larger among women, being
2O.7 per cent. OF the whole number,
while among men it is 1913. Perhaps
it is the relative rarity OF dark eyes
among men which establishes the rule
that dark. eyed men are esteemed by
women to the more fortunate in the
color OF their eyes than blue-eyed
men.
The figures upon which these per-
centages are based are the result Of in
quiries prosecuted in one or moro
countries Of Europe or one or more
States Of tie United States for, as ID
we'll known, in southern European
counties dark eyes both among men
and women predominate, while light
eyes are to b. found in just as high
proportion in northern countries. -
New York Recorder.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26

Chief among the causes OF the failure
of the big house OF Hilton, Hughes &
Co., New York City. is declared to be
the postage stamp mania, asserts an
envious Chicago authority. Every
body knows with what virulence this
form OF tho collecting mania still
wages, and that many men and much
capital are employed in traffic in old
postage stamps; but no such example
has come to publicity Is this OF the
tremendous effects it may have on q
mans business. The New Orleans
Picayune relates that any emp]oyo Of
the firm OF Hilton, Hughes & Co., who
had occasion to consult or confer with
the head partner, Albert Hilton, usu-
ally expected to be met with the petu.
lsnt exclamation: "Oh, so away /
Don't bother me now. Cant you SEQ
I'm busy?" He Was busy, the cbict
of this great concern. But not with
balance sheets, nor With contracts, nor
estimates, nor in the consideration OF
new ideas in dry goods selling.
The head of one Of the LARGEST
dry goods houses in America.
the employer of thousands O,
persons, and over whose counters
immense sums of money were daily
passed, was busy during business
hours almost exclusively with-hi
collection Of postage stanps
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
POPULAR SCIENCE.

OF the 100000 fossil insect. ..,5
lected from all over tho world ! Wy !!
said that only twenty OF these a,a =! :.
the butterfly. 3
The Russian Geographical soc;.t s,
has been asked by the sovernor.c s.y
eral of Turkestan to send some man 1sa !.
science to Shignan and Roshan ny
summer, for the purpose Of maxine mo- 7
thorough exploration of those region. .
An UNNAMED swallow, which had 10
nest in farm near Chetwyul. i
Shropshire, was caught and taken i : ]
cage to London, where it yas = !.
leased. It returned to its nest -
eighty minutes, having accomplisbad
a distance Of l45 miles at the rata !.
nearly two miles minute.
The mortality from the placuo i
China is ninety-tive Per cent. Of al ii
cases. According to a letter t. TIA 4,
French Academy OF Medicine, r., s
Yersin has discovered new sernm
remedy for the plague, Which reyersas
the figures, leading to about ninety
five per cent. OF recove:ios.
NJ. Moissan states in the Anna|es az
Chimie ct de Physique that the most
stable compounds known to scienca
disappear in the electric furnace.
The only exceptions are the perfectly
crystallized borides, silicldes and car.
bides discovered by him. These. he
thinks probable, are original constit.
uents OF tho globe and must still exist
in somo of tho stars.
Professor Hoch, who spent ten Or
twelve days in tbs district Of Meymel.
in East Prussia. studying the cases Of
leprosy that have occurred there, has
discovered only one new case. He.
therefore, regards the danger Of infec.
ton as not so great as was thought.
He seems to favor the idea of estab.
fishing lepers' homo at Proekuls, 8
small town in Memel district.
According to Engineering, some 70.
cent researches by Captain Abneys
show that the light of the starry aky5
is to that of tho full moon about as
l:44, 900. The latter is usually con-
sidered to be about n3 900. 900 to-
that OF the sun at noon, so that we re-
ceive over Is, 900, 900 million times sa
much light as from the stars, taking
both humispheres into consideration.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Twenty-three of tho Armenian exiles

Twenty-three of tho Armenian exiles
who recently arrived at the Port Of
New York are now in Portland Me-,
where they have been received with
cordial hospitality and provided with
food and temporary home by the
Women Christian Temperance Union.
None OF them can speak English, but,
as they IRE all men of intelligence and
education, they hope soon to establish
themselves in or near Portland, and
will send for such portion Of their
families as escaped the recent massa'
ores as soon as they have solved the
problem of self support.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Live Bats Foand Deep in the Earth.

A nest of live bats were found 100 ]
feet underground in Snowshoe Galch,
near Cottage Grove, in Oregon, the
other day. This is considered most
remarkable discovery: and those who
have visited tho place and seen the
animals are at & loss to account for il i
John Dinnan and Andrew Wilson
Lave been developing claim in the
gulch by running q tunnel to reach the
vei's The tunnel runs oblique!y, and
few days ago, when q depth OF $50
feet had been reached, the rock began
to assume different condition. Il
sounded loose, or hollow, in that par.
ticular spot, and tbs partners knew
that they were nearing what in miners
parlance is called 81 change"
Their "holes" we're nearly loaded
when this discovery WAS made, but
they continued loading and then went
to tho surface and touched of the
charge. Upon their return they eS.
rected to find 4 vein uncovered, or Of
ieaat q rock OF different character from
that through which they were run.
ming
Bus quite a different matter attract.
ed their attention when they went
back to the end Of the tunnel, and the
circumstance has been the wonder Of
the entire country ever since. 1t has
created Al immense a,oouat OF discus /
sion, scientific and otherwise, but mo-
certain explanation hss yet been ad.
duced.
Instead of finding ore OF any partic.
ular change in tho rock, they found
the tunnel full OF bats. The canse Of.
the peculiar socnil that indicated q
change OF ground wns small cave
and into this their last shot broke and
out Of which came the bats. How the
bats got into the cave is the problem,
and what sustained them there? The
point is about 100 fest below the sur.
face,anathere is apparently no opening
or means Of ingress or exit. The bats
when caught and taken out to the day.
light appeared to be without eyes and
able to fly but litt|o way; IN fact.
their wings were hut measrely de-
yeloped. The first thing that attracs.
ed the mems attention upon their re-.
turn to the tunnel was the peculiar
odor, which. Notwithstanding the.
amount OF gas from Che ezplo. led pow
der, WAC quite perceptible and dis'
agreeable.
The only solution OF the strange 90
curance That has vet been offered lies
in the fact that the rock is Of meta
morphic and aqueous origiou, and,
bong in the Cascade Range, is OF re-
cent occurrence. The rock is closely
bedded shale, and at the time OF the
geographical disturbance that put y
into its present position the bats hsa
their nest there and then became IN,
cased as they were found. 1t woula
seem, too, that the bats must To o.
that nature that becomes dormant emu
able to retain life without food. Al
effort was made to save some Of them
alive, but they rapidly succumbed %
the sunlight and fresh air.-San Fran
cisco Call.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Rabbits Cause Diphtheria.

Rabbits have caused an epidemic O
diphtheria in the eastern part OF Tug
county that has spread TO DOWN.
Iowa Falls, Jewell Junction and -.
den. No less than a dozen dessn
have been reported. For the lass y
five years diphtheria has broken on:
annually in the immediate vicinity o.
Tybitura Lutheran Church, which :
used as school building, A lai s.
number of rabbits have been MAKING
their home in that building for q lons :
time, and the physicians have reacnes
the conclusion that the little anlmss
have planted the germs OF the dlses1
which spread among the ohildre:.:
The church will be burned. ST. houDp
Republic.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26

A Brazilian paper suggests that now
that the right to the island OF Trim.
dade has been conceded by Great
Britain to Brazil, the Portuguese
spelling of the name should be gen.
orally recognized, as it will help to
distinguish the island from that OF
Trinidad in the West Indies. A good
suggestion Cures eenea- iR~A.Ebile from
the country "where the nuts come
from" and this is one of them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26

Jack, utterly bewildered, but entirely
happy. found her in the garden, cry
ing.
"5weetheart-"
eco away! 1hate you! -
"Another lie," commented jack
iudicially but exultantly. ''Aowever'
you're forgiven, for the sake OF the
cause in which it was told. But, here,
Sapphire, how are we to explain
things?"
,"Why. just so and tell them that
YOU'RE an old slow-pohe and Il duiier'
and that I'm a silly school.girl, put
that what say goes and, Jack Its
Just seven years ago this time that you
found me. and it's leap-year, too; and'
Jack, you're not cross, arc you?
"Of course I am" he replied, be-
tween kisses. But he did not say II
with any measure OF solemnity.-Ar'
rona,,t
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
A Wonderful Pumpkin Vine.

A phefJmenal pumpkin vine was
raised this year by Mr.. Burchtorf on
Mill Greek. It covers space as large
as that between the fouS cornors Of
intersecting streets in Ths Dalles. It
bears twenty-five large pumpkins Of
an average weight of twenty-four
pounds, to soy nothing of the small
ones, and hence has over 40 pounds
of pumpkin. The vine can be seen by
anyone curious enough to walk up the
hill, besides other vegetable curiosi-
ties worth looking at.-Dalles lore
gon) Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
pended

=. A religious service was held lately at
Gloucester, Mass, in memory of those
fishermen whose lives were lost at sea
during the past year. This service is
an annual occurrence, and the fact
that it is such affords to Harper's
Weekly striking illustration Of tho
per:ls to which the Atlantic fishermen
are subject. Every year number,
which varies but little from one sea-
son to another, OF widows and father
less children is left to mourn those
fishermen who were fated to be that
years victims OF the Newfoundland
Banks. Sometimes the fishing schoon.
ers are wrecked or founded in great
storms, sometimes two or three men
in dory become separated from their
ship in o fog. and die either BY stse.
walton or drowning, and not infre-
quently huge Atlantic liner crashes
over the small fishing vessel on dark
night or in fog, sending all on board
to tho bottom. 1t is strange that no
American writer has taken the Glou-
cester fishermen for his theme, and
that the subject was left for Mr.. Kip
ling, who, with his keen scent for tho
heroic, has made good uso OF it in his
latest story.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
qHE :. TRUE :: !: DEMOCRAT.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT
ST. FRANCIsVILLE, LOUISIANA.
The noises and noise makers of Ne

The noises and noise. makers of New
York City have been carefully studied
by DR.. J. II. Girdner. He says their
name is legion, and that they in
juriously affect the health Of the PEG.
pie OF New York. He suggests the
formation of Society for the Proven
ton of Noise, patterned after tho
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals or the Gerry Society.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
Pulpit EloQuence.

He was an earnest minister. and ono
Sunday in the course OF sermon on
the significance Of little things, he
said: "Ihe hand which made the
mighty heavens made grain of sand ;
which made the lofty mountains made
drop Of water; which made you
made the grass Of the field; which
made me made = daisy London
Figaro.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-12-26
4 WAIF OF THE PLAINS.
by LESTER KETCHUM.

OR days and weeks those
of US who had not flown
to tho safety of the
towns and the larger
camps had watched for
the coming OF the
Apaches, who had been
raidiDr the OUTLYING
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-25

was there any "uprising OF the people,"
on the top waves of which they were
launched into office. Nor are the several
cities over which they preside TO lie
counted as Democratic because of their
elevation. They are but accidents, only
happenings, fitful epidemic. Not more
to have been anticipated, and no more to
be reckoned on for a precedent, than
cold wave or a run OF the measles.
The different speakers at last nights
banquet offered different reasons TO ex-
plain how there cbanced to be so many
Democratic Mayors in Rhode Island all
at once.
These reasons were mostly flattering to
the Mayors as they should have been on
such an occasion. Cuff was applied In
syrupy layers. They were not so fiatter-
ing TO the people of the respective cities,
however, who were, by implication at
least, accused of being Democrats and all
sorts of things en- masse.
But when next fall comes around the
people will relieve themselves Of all sus-
picions and there won't be any Demo
cratic Mayors any more.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-25

not always talking about 1t or gloating
over II. All tho really great men OF our
country have despised war. franklin had
said there never was q good war, ana
Grant and many others were equally OPP
Washington advised us In our dealings
with foreign countries to do them justice.
Had his advice been followed In many
things we would have been better peo-
ple." The speaker then said that men
were none the less patriots because their
ideas differed and we were all bound to
thoughts. 'sThe aggressiveness of John
Bull, !" he said, "had been much dwelt on,
and that the same aggressivenessw was In the
blood OF the American people, but people
living In glass houses should not throw
too many stones. There is certain
sentiment" continued the speaker, 'in
favor on the part Of some In favor OF the
Monroe Doctrine, but others use 1t only
as cover for hatred for England. she
then described the benefit England was to
this country at the time the holy alliance
threatened our existence and dwelt on the
fact that now this country had no one to
fear, not even II England got possession
of all South America. Again referring
to the Monroe Doctrine DIR. Trueblood said
that "while the principle of seif-defense
would ever be maintained he believed the
Monroe Doctrine q closed book In our
history
Turning his attention next to the idea
of arbitration he showed the great num-
bers of times II had been used In troubles
between this country and Enlgand, and
stated that had there been an Atlantic
cable at the time Of the war OF 1912 that
war would never have occurred, for En-
gland had practically conceded all that
we asked. War, the orator thought,
would be great calamity between two
such nations as England and America.
He then described the efforts that had
been made to have the troubles between
the two great countries settled and the
meetings which were to be held in this
country and England to accomplish this.
A vote Of thanks was passed to the
speakers of.the evening. and Mr.. Charles
y. Carpenter said he hoped if a peace
meeting was held in this city 1t would
not re neld on April I. DIR. j. +. Miller
was elected to membership. The next
meeting OF the club will be held on the
fourth Monday in February and ladies
will be present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-25
OLD WINTER.

Whom Winters gone, ami Spring is come,
Wher trees leaf out, a3d flowers bloom,
When woods and valley sweetly ring
With voices of the birds who sing,
Our hearts will bound with Joy.
Tho cold winds linger still, but
They will soon depart. then
Sweet Springtime has her sway,
And after that comes summer day.
Ahl sunny. sunny cay.
our hearts nre cold, like winters day:
We shiver and we long for
Balmy Summer, with hor flowers,
Her bright blue skies and cooling showers,
Twill make us happier be.
our natures change like tho seasons:
Now warm, now cold. now calm.
Twill ever be. through oil The ayes.
Just like the birds IN gildeu cages.
We want what we have not.
40 let old Winter have her sway
some natures like her best
When comes the happy spring day, then
old Winter dies and goes TO rest.
As we all must do. MIIESIA HICKS
Providence, q l.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-25
Claims She Was Deceived.

Mrs. Sarah A. Collier. who, in October.
1898, purchased a farm OF George Jenckes,
that is situated In the town Of Lincoln,
is suing the after I'm the common pleas
division Of the supreme Cou 20 recoN or
800 for manure taken from the farm.
MIS-. Collier told her story with quite n
large amount II detail 90 ia 90 Rogers
and a jury today. lt appears that when
the plaintiff purchased the farm she un-
defstood that certain water lights appur-
tenant to the same were transferred 20
her, but IL seems that Jonckes did not un-
dcrstnnd the matter the same way.
The iatter also remove the manure and
this made the plaintiff angry and she
brought the suit which jury was called
uJon To decide.
The defendant claims that only the
land. houses, and n few other specified
Articles were sold 20 the rlaintfn. but
that the manure was not sold 90 Mrs
collier. j. W. Hogan was rttorney for
the plaintiff and j. l.. Colds -orthy rep
resented the defendant.