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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
PLAINLY BROKE.

Totty Powderpuff-"T o.night, dur.
ing the second act, that conceited
Nelly Stuckup, who thinks she is SO
much prettier than any of the other
girls, told mo that her face was her
fortune"
Pinky Daisybud-"The idea! And
what did you say?"
Totty Povderpuf--"I told her 1
pitied any one who was broke, and
offered to lend her dollar. New
York Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
A Famous Welsh lard.

Gva|chma;, thu Welsh bard, who in
ordinary life was Rev. 4. Parry. a
Congrcgaticnal!st minister, died ze.
Gently at Llendu Ino, ninety.four
yeazo Of sgc. He first appeared at an
eisteddeod seventy years ago, AID
since :hen had won seven oak chairs,
aid sixteen silver and gold medal IL
competition. lie had written
ticles on the history Of !"
about thousand othcI
Welsh magazines.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
CURIOUS FACTS.
Glass bricks gain favor.

Glass bricks gain favor.
Norway taxes commercial travellers.
Elffel tower in Paris weighs 1000
tons.
Father Danforth, of Springfield,
ohlo' has two COWS which he drives in
harness.
More than 400 persons in Massachu.
sets changed their names by legal
process last year.
In France the doctors claim on the
estate of q deceased patient has proceed.
ence OF all others.
The Imperial Society for Acclima.
tization has succeeded in raising
ostriches in the south of Russia.
Each year about $50, 900 is expended
in sprinkling the streets of London
with sand, to prevent the horses from
slipping.
A hen that laid an egg smaller than
robins egg at Cottage Grove, Ore.
gon, cackled just as though she had
done her whole duty.
A North Dakota farmer claims TINT
strips of newspapers soaked in sour
milk and fed to hens greatly increases
their laying qualities.
The highest inhabited spot in the
world is mining camp in the Andes
lie, los feet above sea level-where
some 200 miners live in good health
all the year round.
A canary owned by a Baltimore
musician is said to sing at signal
from him, given on the violin, the
"Popagano" from Mozalt's "Magic
Flute" He has had tho bird two
years.
Anything black will produce moro
disturbance in your baby's mind than
anything white. A child refusing to
60 to relative in dark clothes would
not hesitate if tho suit were changed
to light color.
The cat came back to Samuel Ward,
of Waynesboro, Penn, not in song,
but in fact, few weeks ago. Mr..
Ward had not seen it since July, 1894,
when he had dropped it from train
near Frederick, Nd.
Sarah Thomas, a lively woman, 100
years old, in Wales, possesses all her
faculties. but is dangerous somnam.
bulist. The Princess of Wales annu.
ally sends her on her birthday as many
shil|ings as she has lived years.
A man who shaves regularly until ho
is eighty years old cuts off about
thirty.fve feet of hair, although if he
doesn't shave it doesn't necessarily
follow that his whiskers will be thirty.
five feet long when he is eighty.
Floridians in the neighborhood o.
Kissimmee carry on profitable but
struggling winter industry disposins
of otter skins at 81 or S. each. In
Kisaimmee two firms this season have
purchased 1900. But there is no sys.
tematic ef>,rt to mako the most of tho
industry.
A wedding ceremony took place in
Trenton, No., the other day which
Was notable one for the reason that
both the contracting parties had
passed the age of three score and ten,
and that the marriage was the culmina-
ton of courtship that extended over
period Of more than forty years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
To Clean Copper.

To get the tin, solder and dirt of
old copper bottoms, so as to make
them clean, cleanse first in boiling
solution Of three parts caustic soda,
one part inter and five parts water,
and then in dilute sulphuric acid: or
dip momentarily in warm nitric acid,
specific gravity IL, and wash i'm.
mediately in running water.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
A Soft Observation-Disclosures
Three Cents Per Bent-Uprisht
In One Thing-Plainly Broke
Inevitably onsequenccs.

Mr.: Surley (savagely)-"That con.
founded baby is always crying.
What's wrong with him."
Mrs. Surloy (sweetly)-"He's got
your temper, Lowell"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
ROUGH ON HIM.

ROUGH ON HIM,
Tom Poorfellow-"I'm ruined
man, it you refuse to give your con.
SENT"
Old Gotrox-"What do you mean,
sir?"
"Your daughter says she will marry
me, anyhow. PUCK.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
FUTURE HOPES.

FUTURE HOPES,
Bessie-'I did not see you all last
summer. suppose you were very
much engaged?"
Louise-"No, only to about five
fellows, butt hope TO do better this
season."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES.

INEVITABLE CoNsEQUENCEs,
''Bilkins has just returned"
"Where has he been?"
ITO Monte Carlo, to win enough to
pay his welding expenses.
''And the wedding?"
HAS been postponed two years. ~
Life.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
CHEAP.

Daughter-''Father, I wish to marry
the Count"
Father-"But, from the reports I
hear of the fellow he ISL worth much.
Daughter-'"Then, Father, if he
isn't worth much, you certainly can
afford to buy him for me !"-Puck,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
EXTREMES,

Mrs. Petitung Gust moving)-"You
say you want your study in the top Of
the house, dear. Then where shall
have the nursey?"
Petitung-"Better have it down
cellar. "-Twinkles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
WHAT OF THE FUTURE.

Spats-'"Since Rumpus married that
Flint girl he hos been making very
creditable appearance.
Socratoots eyes, but what will he
do when the credit gives out?"-Pitts.
burg News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
ENTHUSIASM.

ENTHUSIASM.
L. "When Fratters played Hamlet
down at San Frustino did the audience
egg him on when he reached his hero.
ics?"
''Not exactly. They egged him of"
Judge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
UPRIGHT IN ONE THING.

UPRIGHT IN ONE THING.
''Our cashiers dedication was Q
surprise to US"
"Why?"
"He wrote such a beautiful vertical
hand. Chicago Record.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08

CONSIDERATION.
First Bnrglar-''We want to break
it as gently as possible"
Second Burglar-"Break what?"
First Burglar-"The window pane"
Texas Siftings.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
MADE HIM MAD, TOO.

MADE HIM MAD, TOO.
scribbler-"I have quite passion
for poetry, you know"
Editor-"I have the passion, too,
when l read some of .yours."-
Wrinkles
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08

PROBABLY ABOUT THREE CENTS PER BEAT.
Mrs. "What did the doc
tor feel your pulse for?''
Benham-'I can't tell until ! get
his BILL"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08

1W0M|JAINl5 INF LUE:lVCF;;'

helpless. You must help me to get
Wei, Margaret. Help me to Get stronc
h why 90 you turn your eyes away? Is It
because All! is it becauso Won
tnlnk shall never be we'll again? some.
times | have thought so too, and I have
prayed that it may not be SO, for James
sake and my babies"
;na Inc weak < voice broke, and Margaret,
incapable of a word, could onlv nress
lne not hand between her own cool onps
whlle her eyes burned with the tears
she found SO hard to withhold.
ohe was very glad when the rector
came IN few moments later and she
could leave the room to overcome her
emotion and write the following note tn
Brian: N0'0 w
DEAR Orlando not expect me
nome to dinner. Mrs. Ivens is very III.
VIII you come here this afternoon? I
am anxious 10 see you"
FINDING boy, Margaret directed him
10 leave the note at Elmwood.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-08
BUDGET OF FUN,
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES

HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES
A Soft Observation-Disclosures,
Three Cents Per Beat-Uprisht
In One Thing-Plainly Broke
Inevitably consequences.
Mr.: Surley (savagely)-"That con.
founded baby is always crying.
What's wrong with him."
Mrs. Surloy (sweetly)-"He's got
your temper, Lowell"
PROBABLY ABOUT THREE CENTS PER BEAT.
Mrs. Benham-"What did the doc.
tor feel your pulse for?"
Benham-'I can't tell until get
his BILL"
MADE HIM MAD, TOO.
Scribbler-"I have quite passion
for poetry, you know"
Editor-"I have the passion, too,
when l read some of yours
Twinkles.
ENTHUSIASM.
'When Fratters played Hamlet
down at San Frustino did the audience
egg him on when he reached his hero.
ics?"
"Not exactly. They egged him of. :"
Judge.
CONSIDERATION.
First Burglar-"We want to break
it as gently as possible.
Second Burglar ''Break what?"
First Burglar-"lhe window pane"
Texas Siftings.
UPRIGHT IN ONE THING.
''Our cashiers defalcation was q
surprise to US.
"Why?"
"He wrote such beautiful vertical
hand. Chicago Record.
r,,r1nr ,onns '~
Bessie-'I did not see you all last
summer. I suppose you were very
much engaged"
Louise-"No, only to about FIVE
fellows, but / hope TO do better this
season."
WHAT OF THE FUTURE.
SUBSISTENCE Rumpus married that
Flint girl he has been making q very
creditable appearance"
Socratoots-"Yes, but what will he
do when the credit gives out?"-Pitts.
burg News.
Mrs. Petitung Gust moving)-"You
say you want your study in the top Of
the house, dear. Then where shall /
have the nursey?"
Petitung-"Better have it down
cellar. "-Twinkles.
INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES.
"Bilkins has just returned"
"Where has he been?"
ITO Monte Carlo, to win enough to
pay his welding expenses.
"And the wedding?"
HAS been postponed two years. ~
Life
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25

I fancy an English Christmas is too
we'll known to need much description.
English novels have described it fully,
and the English illustrated papers at
Christmas time give a good idea of the
festivities. Every one who has q coun-
try place goes there for Christmas.
There is generally large house party,
and dancing and skating help to pass
the time. The. houses and churches are
decorated with holly and green's, and
"mistletoe hangs on the castle wall. I"
The tree is almost as universal an insti-
tuition in England as in Germany, and
the evening is given over to amusing
the children, who play blind man S
buff, snap dragon and hide and seek.
The proverbial English Christmas din
ner always includes roast beef and plum
pudding. Every self respecting English
man goes to church ON Christmas morn
ing, and in some country parishes the
waits" still sing their carols from
house to house ON Christmas eve.
In other respects it is kept very much
as the American Christmas British
Consul in Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25
Christmas In Denmark.

&. The tree is always lighted on Christ
mas eve in Denmark, and the family all
meet together then. The older people,
get their presents on plate, at their
places at the table, and the children s
gifts are on the tree. Roast goose is al
ways the chief feature of our Christmas
eve dinner and dish of rice is eaten
on Christmas eve before dinner is serv-
ed. Apple fritters are eaten instead of
plum pudding. Christmas day itself is
observed strictly as religious festival,
but the day before and the day after
Christmas are holidays. The theaters
are open, and the young people give
dances. Our little Danish children do
not know about Santa Claus They
have instead what they call a Nissen,
meaning a Christmas brownie in the
shape Of little old man with a large
gray beard who is supposed to live I'M
der the ground Another Danish super
stition is that at midnight Christmas
eve the COWS in the stable rise and low
in salutation, and on Christmas eve
young maidens tell their fortunes by
breaking the white of an egg into a
glass of water and watching the shapes
it assumes.
"Glagelig JUL" is the Danish greet
ing for Happy Christmas! '-Selected.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25
CHRISTMAS GREENS.
A Beautiful Custom Which Comes to U
From the Romans.

A Beautiful Custom Which Comes to Us
From the Romans.
The fashion of decking the house with
greens as we do at Christmas dates
back into old Roman times, when a
feast in honor of Saturn was celebrated
and the temples of the dwellings were
dressed with green boughs-possibly a
remnant of that tree worship which,
Sin ITSELF says Ruskin, II believe
was always healthy" when "the flow
ers and trees are themselves beheld and
beloved with half worshiping delight,
which is always noble and healthful. "
The plants most in demand for church
decoration at Christmas time in Eng
land as well as in this country are hol-
ly, bay and laurel English holly is
sometimes imported, but the American
holly, which comes from Virginia and
other sections of the south, is very
good substitute for it. The bay is the
rarest plant of the three in this country,
but ground laurel is commonly sold and
is one of the most effective of the Christ
mas green's. VIII.
In decorating room with Christmas
green's it should be remembered that a
very slight touch of color should be used
with green and that the most objec-
tionable of all things is too profuse dec
grafton. Christmas greens are usually
kept till after Twelfth Night, which
occurs on Jan. 6, and they should GER
tainly be cleared away by the I'd of
February, or Candlemas day, or other
wise, as tradition says, goblin will
appear for every green leaf left behind.
1t certainly must have been a slovenly
housewife who would leave her Christ
mas green's up for SO many weeks, and
COLLINS of discomfort and uncleanliness
would be sure to invade such house. -
Philadelphia Times.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25

The lockwood Times announces
the marriage of DR.. ]. E. George and
MISS Jennie Burnett. e
Henry Austin has taken charge OF
the Jackson House.
For RENT OR SALE An almost
new SIX room house in East Mary
vile, convenient to College.
E. S. CUNNINGHAM.
McCollum & Montgomery OF
Greenbaek shipped several car loads
OF hogs this week from that place.
D. ]. Greer has recently put up a
wa ehouse 100 feet long on his LOT
at Greenback.
Miss Ida Sealon closed very sue
cessful term of school last Friday at
White Church
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-12-25
Christmas Song.

christmas song.
In the darkness of the morning
Shepherds on the eastern plain
Saw glorious brightness dawning
Heard joyful, sweet refrain:
"Glory in the highestl
Peace on earthi"
Then before them, wondering, listening,
Came the beauteous angel train,
Came in garments brightly glistening,
Singing DER and Ger again:
'Glory in the highestl
Peace on earthl"
Tell to all below the story
OF the wondrous Saviour's birth,
Tell of how he came from glory
To be crowned the King of earth.
Glory in the highest!
Peace on earthl
Sin no more shall close heavens portals.
Open far and wide they swing,
For Messiah unto mortals
Full forgiveness now doth bring.
Glory in the highestl
Peace on earthl
M. w. Falconer in Chicago Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-14

and as l stopped to unlock my trunk
her strong paws cIasped me around
abe neck from behind and her hot
breath painted in my car. | dared not
move; her claws were sharp, and |
knew they would press in terribly if |
tried to put her away. | could only
think: "What will be, will be- Then
she laid her soft muzzle against my
cheek and her hold relaxed. After that
l had little fear of my friend.
At the Marine hotel they kept her
chained by light iron chain 16 feet
long to an iron stake in the courtyard
so that she could roll in the grass, lie
On the veranda or go to bed under the
arches. safely sheltered from rain or
wind. Here ! had much opportunity
for studying her peculiaritics.
She cannot new, as a domestic does
but she purrs very gruffly. though never
for more than short tj.s& The pupils
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-14
SUNNY ROOMS.
They DO Much Toward Making Sunny
Lives.


Lives.
Light is one OF the most active agen-
cies in eniivening and beautifying Il
home. We all know the value of sun
light as a health-giving agent to the
physical system; it is not less so to
our moral and spiritual natures. We
absorb light, and it nourishes US with
strange powers. We are more active
under its influence-can think better
and work more vigorously. Let US take
the ARREST, choicest room in the house
for our living room - the workshop
where brain and body are built up and
renewed. And let us there have a bay
window, no matter how plain in struc-
ture, through which the good twin
angels of nature. sunlight and pure
air, can freely enter. We can hang no
picture on our walls that can compare
with the living and everlasting pictures
which God shall paint for us through
our ample window-rosy dawns, gold
Cn-hearted sunsets, the tender green
and changing tints of spring, the white
of winter, storm and shine, glimmer
and gloom-all these we can have and
enjoy while we sit in our sheltered
room, as the changing days glide on.
Dark rooms bring depression of spir-
its. imparting sense of confinement,
of isolation, of powerlessness, which is
chilling to energy and vigor; but in
light is good cheer. Even in gloomy
house, where walls and furniture arc
dingy and brown, you have but to take
Gown the heavy curtains, open wide
the windows, let light stream in, and
gloom vanishes and care and sadness
flee. Keep your house sunny, and keep
your soul sunny. Let the Sun of Right
eousness arise on you with healing IN
his wings, and you shall find that light
is sown for the righteous, and gladness
for the upright in heart. Detroit Free
Press,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-14
gently rolling a white ball under her

gently rolling a white ball under her
sound paw.
She was a very obedient patient when
i'll. Having taken a severe cold by lying
wet in the wind after a shower, she
lirium, whereupon | fed her bits of
raw steak. four of which had been
dipped in castor oil. She ate all the
undipped bits first; then, with rigidity
in every muscle, ate the castor-oiled
doses, which soon cured her.
Her conduct was very curious and
unexpected. One day when mumbling
my hand. which had been severely
scratched the day before, she tore the
skin so badly that blood ran into her
mouth. ! had been warned that if ever
she should taste my blood she would
try to deVOur me at once. Instead of
this she skunk away as if utterly
ashamed, and for several days seemed
so abashed by the recollection that she
would not play freely if were near.
Her fayorite plays were much like
chose of smaller kittens. She loved to
knock about cocoanuts and balls, to
crouch and stalk at the gunnybags
which we shook at her to amuse and eX-
crcise her, and to bite and tear at sticks,
Ealm-leaf fans, or newspapers.
For want of use in running and climb
ing trees her sharp claws grew overlong,
and threatened to turn in and wound
her. Now she much disliked any med
ding with her claws, and so l. in adyiS-
ing her owner that he should clip them
with wire nippers. told him he would
need to be very cautions, and be content
to cut one claw a day, seizing chances
when she was asleep or very quiet: but
she made no objection whatever to the
clipping. and he cut them all at one
time Evidently she had the good sense
to understand that his purpose was
her benefit.
Ladies were playing with Tiger when
left the hotel. She would then eat
beef gently from the hand. though at
first it was unsafe to be near her when
she was feeding. In short, kindness
had quite tanned her, and i saw every
reason to believe that Waterston, the
naturalist, is right in saying that
pumas. reared gently with human be-
ings, will, when mature, let children
ride on their backs. When | hear of
tanned lions tigers and other great cats
that have turned savagely on their
keepers. blame the men more than the
beasts. The poor creatures have, prob
ably, been i'll treated; or else they have
gone insane from loneliness and long
ing for their kind, just as many human
beings would go insane if they were
shut up in barred cages and poked ara
stared at by lions or tigers.-EouthN
Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-01-14

of her eyes do not contract to an up
right slit like those of the house cat,
but are round in all lights. She is fond
of water; loves to lie out on the grass
during a shower; rolls in the puddles
after rain, and will often make an artl-
fetal puddle to sprawl in by upsetting
her water dish.
Like many house cat. it pleases her
to be lifted and carried about by a
friend: she loves to sit in ones lap; to
curl up in a big armchair also delights
her.
OF her familiar pet names she is so
fond that she will soon notice them if
they are uttered caressingly, even from
a distance. and will respond by her sim
gular love call. Invariably she chirrups
a welcome when the hotel doors are
opened by the Waterman in the morn
irg. which shows pretty clearly that
she has missed human company during
the night.
She enjoys being stroked or scratched
on head, neck. back, belly and fore
paws. but allows nobody to mcddle
with her hind legs nor with her tail.
Taylor. colored man at the hotel,
made rapid strides in her favor by rub
bing his head against hers. When I
did the same she showed the liveliest
affection, and then l surmised that
she had been seeking this caress when
she put her paws round my neck in the
| trunkroom on the steamer.
| ho 1il-aC To II friends hand
in her mouth, or to chew gently on a
thumb; when she did this to me III
the dark she would frequently stop and
lick my hand as if to reassure me. As
favor she will give her paw to be held,
and she likes to lie in touch with a
! friends foot; evidently such personal
contact is with her a sign of affec-
| ton.
She is very fond of human company
and when a witness is present plays
much more gaily than when she think,
she is unoPserved. Music quite fasci'
mates her; when the music box of the
hotel is set going, or when the maids
sing in kitchen or laundry, she is sure
to perch on the steps and listen, whether
by day or by night.
White cloth and red cloth seem tc
please her particularly. l have seer
her carry white silk handkerchief
for ten minutes without tearing it il
the least. Once she severely wrencheC
one of her forepaws by leaping with {
complication of her chain, and during
the weeks while her hurt was mendins
she would lie for hours on her side