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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
-'',sE.'ir,on-nru opera Glasses

Two women drop in at the matinee
coming III that way they are without
glasses.
Shall we take one Of these tbeater
glasses. dear?:'
y es; drop dime in and the thing
opens Have you the changer"
NO, l only have five cents"
We'll, [ have tiye-that makes it. :"
Then the two dear creatures dron
Two five. cent pieces into the slot. and
when it does not work are amazed
ana indignant. Usher is summoned
VINO vainly tries to explain, and there
IS pretty exciting time until the
man drops in q tcn-cent piece from
ms own pocket and prorures for them
the g lasscs. | believe, however, that
TO this day they have an idea that
there Is some sort of swindling in the
odd little apparatus attached to the
alter chairs.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
Why the Plague Excites Terror.

In the Hong Kong epidemic the
Chinese servants in European houses
enjoyed d marked immunity, and
there was never any scarcity of domes-
tic servants. The house of q Euro.
pean was looked upon as a sanitary
haven Of immunity, but even this does
not obtain in Bombay, where there
seems no safety except in flight. The
danger OF such a procedure is but too
evident, and we are quite prepared to
hear of baneful results in the snrround.
ing districts.
A graphic picture of what an epi.
demic of plague means is conveyed in
the following story, published in the
Daily Mail, which must be but one Of
scores Of similar Incidents. "a Hin.
doc clerk went to the burning ground
tor the purpose of cremating the body
OF his father, who had died of plague.
On his return he found that in the
mean time his mother had sickened
and died, while shortly afterward his
wife was attacked, and in few hours
was dead also. The clerk himself and
an uncle Of his are now down with the
disease"
Incorrect returns are held to be the
explanation of the increase of the NOR.
tally Tor diseases other than plague.
Any one who has had to deal with nac
tlves, especially natives of India, dur.
ing plague epidemic we'll knows how
they assail their medical men and
sanitary inspectors with prayers and
heartfelt beseechings not to pronounce
their illness to be plague. By so doing
the patient is not only removed from
the house. but all the occupants of the
house are put to considerable incon.
venlence, annoyance and expense by
having to leave their abode, while. in
addition, their goods and chattles have
to be disinfected. It is difficult for
British practitioners and sanitary agents
to resist their entreaties, but it must
be still more difficult for native doc.
tors to withstand the desires and re.
quests of their friends and relations.
One must pardon tho native practi-
toners, therefore, if they occasionally
yield to the temptation of substituting
"fever" as the title of the ailment in.
stead Of plague. It is but human to
40 SO, and even might be regarded as
charitable. we're it not but too appar.
ent that dire results to human life
most certainly ensue. British Med.
ical Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
H Is c|aimei that crnws hcr

IL Is claimed chat crows have not
less than twenty.seven distinct cries,
each associated with different &C.
ton.
Some Partisan bicyclists Of the fair
sex have lately taken to wearing
MASKS as q protection against the
weather.
| Scotland can no longer claim to
possess the longest railway bridge in
the world. The recently completed
bridge over Che Danube at Czernavoda
obtains the distinction by nearly 5000
feet.
Weak boards for cistern covers are
IN good repute as thief catchers in
wabash, Ind. since burglar fleeing
with Jewelry from T. W. Woods
house fell through one and was hauled
out OF the water and arrested.
In q recent London lecture DR.. F.
"A: Walker said chat the papyrus
plant, so much associated with Egypt,
is no longer to be found in the land
OF the Pharaohs The plant is now
! found only in the Anapos, near SYRIA
cuse.
One day in the early part of Jan.
nary the weather was so summerlike
OF Houston, Texas, that duck trousers
were worn. A few days later the
heaviest snowstorm of the season was
reported in the northern portion of
the State.
Success hos attended an experiment
OF some land owners at Orlando, Fla.
who undertook to raise Kentucky
blue grass and timothy. The Orlando
plot chosen for the experiment is ham
mock land with mari underneath, and
great hopes are built upon the favor
able indications of this first trial.
Spain has 90, 996 elementary schools,
but only forty-one per cent. of the
children received even the rudimenss
OF an education. The teachers re-
ceive only $50 to $500 per year, and
most OF them are unable to collect
that. In 1898 there was owing to the
Spanish teachers the sum Of ST.
100000.
A mosaic portrait Of the poet Virgil
is said to have been discovered by
some French soldiers near Soussa, in
Algeria. The portrait is OF the first
century, and antedates anything in
the way Of the miniatures which are
to be found in some OF the ancient
manuscripts, although 1t bears a strik-
ing resemblance to such.
"A pile of earth and rock below
which a man was working, near
cannery at The Dalles, Oregon, be-
came undermined and began to slide. |
The man Strengthened up and stood as
near as he could to the vertical bank
that had been the support Of tho mass,
and the debris, as it slid down, cuth1s
clothing, but did not hurt him.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
The Cat Liked Ether

1t is told of pet cat owned near
Augusta, Me-, that, it having mani
tested symptoms Of acute agony, q
surgeon was called in to attend it, and
he decided to administer ether and
make an incision in its stomach. He
found there darning; needle. Soon
after the cats recovery it had SINH
!ar attack, and the doctor, repeating
his operation and finding another
needle, came to the conclusion that
the cat had, like other victims, got
under the spell Of the ansosthe1ic, and
wanted to have experience with it
again. New York Sun.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A SMALL MEETING

President New York Rapid Transit
Commission) 1.-THE attendance to-day
is very SMALL"
Secretary-"All the members are
here. sir, excepting the six who were
blown up this week in pavement ex-
plosions, the four vino were killed bv
electric light wires, the ten who were
smashed up on the elevated railroad
and the half dozen who we're run
over in Broadway. New YORK
Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A Commonplace Letter.

1t seemed 50 little, the thing you did
Just to take the pen in your hand,
Aud send the warm hearts greeting, hid
Meath the common two-cent stamp of the
land. '>
But over the mountains ana over tho plain.
And away Der the bil!owy prairies went
The small, square lcttor, to soothe the main
| VI ono VINO was fretted with discomfort.
Sho was i'll and tired; the long, hot day
Had worn itself to the merest shred.
| The last Of the light, rs it ebbed aWav' j.
Fell on her patient needle and thread.
shadow came flying across tho space
Where the fading sunlight filtered through.
There was jus. the CLEAN OF sweet vounr
face,
And avoice said, "Here is a letter for you. ,"
The quick tears blurred in sudden mist. eh'
But she brushed them away, and then she
smiled, 1 JAW
And you should have seen how she kissed
and kissed ~
The postmark's circlet, like child,
why, the namo brought back tho long 400
When she dressed in her best of afternoons.
When she found it pleasure to sit and sew.
And her seams were hemmed to ttlppinp
Poverty, change, and tho drudgery
" work that goes on Without m end.
dau 1ettered the heart that was light and
free, ''-
Till she'd almost forgotten she had .
friend.
The people at homo so seldom write.
Her youth and its pleasures lie ali behind,
s1 9, was thinking bitterly but last night
That "out OF sight is out Of mind"
Now, here is your letter! Tho old hills
break
~ Beyond these levels fiat and green;
She thrills to tho thrush as his flute notes
wake
In the vesper hush OF the woods serene:
She sits again in tho little church.
And Hits her voice in tho choir onco more.
Or stoops for four-leayel clover TO search
In the grass that ripplcs up to the door.
1t was very littlo it meant for you S''' 4
an hour at best when the day was done.
But the words you sent rang sweet and trne-
And they carried comfort and cheer TO one
Who was needing to feel u clasping hand.
And to hear the voices she used to hear:
And the little letter. tho breadth OF tho land.
was tho carrlcr-dovo that brought home
near.
Mrs. y. Sangster, in Christian Advocate.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
ITO DE CONTINUED |
re 10. the Lniur,nnf;n.,

Ic1er EuEda. who has been mar7;o,7
uhly TWO weeks, has left his wife
h"hdy IS little man. and his wife
Me1sHs TWO hundred and forty pounds,
"'!u was the rc!ict Of the late Seth
Io''s' About ten days after marrjaee
hohuy was surprised. en- awaLoninc
IN inc morning, to find his bcttnr7
,'"'' SiIl:n5 up in bed, crying rs if
aer heart would break. Astonisbed
ne asked the cause Of her sorrow hut
sle:c''lhS no reply, he began to sur-
mise that there must be some secret
on hcF mind which She withheld from
h'in' and which was the cause Of hrr
any uls1' so he remarked to Mrs, r.
tAat as they were married she OUGHT
10 tell him the cause OF her grief ca
tilat: II possible, he might lessen it.
After considerable coaxing he elected
inc following from her:
Last night l dreamed was sim
Sle' and as | walked through a we'll
d'gnted street | came to a shop where
n 81.
a sign in front advertised husbands
loS sale. thinking it curious. I en-
tered, and ranged along the wall on
elIher side were men with prices
amxed to them-such beautiful men
some for one thousand dollars. some
'oF flve hundred dollars, and so on to
one hundred and fifty dollars. And
as | had not that amount, could not
purchase" ''''
thinking to console her, p. placed
.lis arm lovingly around her, and
-, And did you see any men like me
there?"
"On, yes, she replied, slots like
you: they were tied up like asparagus,
ana sold for ten cents per bunch"
bundy got up, and went to ask his
lawyer If he had sufficient ground for
4 divorce.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
Don't Like P00rllouses.

There is such deep rooted dislike
among pnupcrs in Ireland to enter tho
workhouse that in tho county of An
trim, for instance, there are only 1000
persons in six warehouses; that have
room for 5000,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
HUMOROUS sKEIFIEs FRO,
VARIOUS StRCES.
Ihe Thorn-A SociaLion-His De-
s1re-A Natural lference-A
Theory-i'le I'D Move
ment, Etc Etc,

Whom two soft arms circle
In affectionate emb,e
a fellow neck and II brown eyes
Look up into his ia
With Slances full of mining,
And tho touch Of TT wee hands
smooth out dull ca-eFurrows,
It's then Dan Cupid bands
are srllcod into his hrtstrings
~, And he thanks his kky star
In IA shed vouchsafe such happiness -.
mat naught on ca, can mar, ,
But, ah, the sad reac,n,
And bitter thought,et free,
When the sealsSin saue's delivered
With bill Stampede. O. D."
-SneryilLe Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
As to Friends and Enemies.

Preserve mo from my friend because I whis-
per in his ear
The little secrets I'd not like cruel world
to hear;
=
And If he at somo locse-eongued time gives
forth what I have said.
The world will say he speaks the truth. and
sadly wag its head.
I,
But if my enemy should spread that SELF
same truth, you see,
The world would cry eve doubt it-he's the
fellows enemy!'
john kendrick Bangs,in Harper's Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A SELL.

"Hello" exclaimed Tommy; "there
goes one OF them holseless carriages.
"Where?"s shouted Aunt Maria, rush.
ing to the window.
,,*"Why, right cross the way, aunty !;
don't you see that it is drawn by
mules?''-Boston Transcript.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
THE BIRD MOVEMENT.

Mrs. Gazzam-''Isn't it strange that
Americans should be importing birds
from England?"
Mr.. Gazzam-''Who says we doo"
Mrs. Gazzam-'Ihe paper to-day
says that 5000 eagles were taken from
the Bank Of England and shipped over
to America. ''-Twinkles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
REVERSING THE USUAL PHRASE

Inc stranger entered and laid his
card on Mr.. Cawker's desk.
me pasteboard bore the inscrip.
ton; "Mr. John Smith"
''The name is familiar" said Mr.,
Cawker, as he looked up; "but I can't
remember your face. Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
The Gingerbread Man
The Blossom of NV Heart.

Inc Blossom or NV NcarCs
Azure eyes a-tvinkle,
Amber locks a-curl,
Silver laugh a-tinkle,
Shining teeth O. pearl;
When she is nigh
gaze and sigh
lcannot fly
The spot;
There is no fairer blossom than
That sweet Forget-me-not.
Poets sing of beryls,~
Gems Of peerless hue; "
Could they meet the perlls
In her eyes Of blue.
Each captive wight
TO be her knight
With wild delight
Would plot;
For sho can smile to witch the world.
My sweet Forget-me-not. =.
When tho blossoms simmer
IN tho dawn O. May
When her glee grows dimmer
On our wedding day,
And in my pride
lead my bride
May Joy betide
Her lot;
The blossom O. my heart for aye.
My sweet Forget-me-not!
Samuel NJ. Peck, IN Boston Transcript.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20

Waste gases from blast furnaces at
Horde, Germany, are to be used in
gas engines, which will drive dynamos
for light and power.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A TuR)EY..

Mrs. Mater-':I Wonder what makes
That dog SO afraid Of me? He always
acts 9 as If he thought was going to
half kill him."
Little Daughter-.I dess hos seen
you 'penkln' me. '-New York Weekly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
DRY WI

DEI VI.
Blynkins-'That fellow De soaque
says, some very dry things, doesn't
Wynkins-"Yes. T. heard him say
p ,D1n.t care e if I dol repeatedly
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A NATURAL FERENCE.

sue-f'Yes, Bob nd I have been
thrown together god deal. lately"
Riding tandem now, are
you?"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
TIE HORSE AND nHE vHrrr.

AFTER all there's close affinity be.
tween the bicycle and the horse"
GLOW Sc ?"
u saw @ red-headsd bloomer girl
to-day, and there were three white
bicycles directly behind her." -Truth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
HEH UpWAD Flight.

+. HeUitt-'I hearsour servant loi,
without giving you ny notice.
.Jewett-"Yes; SD lighted the fire
with kerosene. '-Tmkles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
DANGDUs,

my physician tbs me must stop
smoking so many gars."
Afraid you vii get the cabbage
heart?"- Life.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
FOND REco11fr1oSs

Brovn-"?ones dqsn't forget his
Alma Mater"
Robinson-'He do int, eh:"
Brown-''No, inded! He's trying
to teach his baby the college yell"
Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
HIS WV.

Aeisurely Lahert] ~ see Bill got
SIX s months ct hard Dor. Wot's hard
labor:''
kestful Ragson-Any kind"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
The Parent Rock.

Granite is the lowest rock in the
carth's crust. 1t is the bed rock OF
the world. 1t shows no evidence of
animal or vegetable life It is from
two to ten times as thick as the
united thicknesSes of all the other
rocks. 1t is the parent rock from
which all other rocks have been
either directly or indirectly derived.
AFTER having lived happily together
for more than thirty years, New York
wife, aged sixty years, applied for and
secured divorce from her husband,
aged 10 years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
Your Gifts.

Afyou have nave tho sift Of seeing, ever look for
Noting faults in all your friends, is plainlv
not your duty.
1lYou havo the gift of hearing, list to what
is meet;
smut your ears to everything that is not good
and sweet
Il you nave the gift of talking, use but pleas
Let your speech be glad and cherry as the
songs OF birds
Emma c. Dowd, in Youths Companion.
The Gingerbread Man.
but live years old was little Nan
When she fell in love with a gingerbread
man.
She said as she placed him beside her cup.
~ rove you enough to eat you up!"
ana then the roguish little miss
Devoured her sweetheart with akiss:
"HoW nice you are!" said little Man =,
AAu that was the end Of the gingerbread
man.
=.
Years passed, and tho maid to womanhood
grew,
ana she mad Of suitors dozen or-two;
out sne lound mono as sweet as the ginger.
bread man,
"For ne was regular snap" sighed Nan.
Tho Commonwealth.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
A SOCIAL Jon.

"les, SIR, said th{ man in cell I'll,
time was when / wdadmitted IN tho
very best houses"
land what brought you here?:"
Ihey caught me oming out"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
HIS DIRE.

HIS DIRE.
Old Flint (savage1: $50 you want
TO become my son-in aw, young man."
1ouns Swift (prqptly): "No; I
merely want to MARI your daughter. f"
Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20

g. or ansl,s,']
nnailned io,13
make 'ami,,''
an estabaliasl'1
Nature.
3 to find a
aa,osty, ! N
erss olpe ,issss,1
y 300 ra,ss,s|
p ay and aIsl|
m.o ot lnpitl]
man ma Will
f,elasa. itssss,s'|
a very ''soa']
innings sIa,l
~ Is ,sinpl,1
E'e,ry'day, ,,,1
F ties onnslIlis'
fare eqq.l;,9
his his Of ssoas,sJ
eds of siiaijs,,l
Of payaeail
E no plsep!iisb.l
= ~ Cashier, +
b to tals,l
a day BOIL
s goes !, to N
If be v,aisI
Et Of q 5l.sI
what VI be v,,sl
1t is ssa,,sH
, then ,on,,'I
;, and puts \
the book, 81
J cigar, il b
yalks selsa,I,I
Ft 10! is glaia,
Cling I, 70, iiisI
Ike the all
t Of child:la,|
a business iI
ty filed viii
aen and gpa'
!; ls said to n
Ehe custonea|
y, Friday ain
|, and the p,s|
t to lose abl|
I'D. A liHa|
| like that I
y ones conf
Fe.-pitssb1,,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
Candl&.i

Candles 4
nm Whesld
1lf Summit
expert eos
Ehanns sn
night t@h'!s1
ethod. Ib'd
chasing y
ravine aug
d Bill hdi
by came q
ere barkis|
torch NJ
hat he sapl
thing e..,id
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As be "a
leme gls
andlellu1I
Up into Y!
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fur carsl
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bis hesl
b, and ! y
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bd the co.,
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same plg
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20

II collected,
OF resdisg
er the honeJ.
BIT while til
ng celebra.l
Ter theseitens
Fting psrtia.
at least tHe|
nd they "
rom a sinpe,1
Hooking I'D
bows hoRha
Fnted the gd'
fortune isa'a
Ppularly sup1
} is very nj
to get avs!|
d the Young
GENTLY kzes|
ID she looh
ugh l dol9
10 feet DID
title longss1
Of q dans
tord Of lM
there vas 4
here were d
vicinity vad
Resmaids GM
|kand..hoEn
i'll and oshssl
binotonSkll
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20
Weddings,

lngs out mon
y other iunss,
3, cynical and
red ediics, !,
If COLLECTED,
n OF readi,.
er the holeJ.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20

J fthe sol
elers bay
bout. la1
Eihapedb1
ppesrsnsiI
| Q grou1n1
Import T.
| ling stm
the opHs
| i'll be a'']
the sto,n1
cobstscld
LINN stof
! OF lthe'1l
! pile il Y
Lib Misa |
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-03-20


arts in yourpower. Isuppose yopund
the pastlme amusing. and probal you
imagined that you had SO far sue hed,
that if it suited your pleasure tDnor
me with a proposal of marriage, build
accept it with thanks. hope yaave
discovered your mistake. l wo{ not
marry you to save myself from tva-
ton. You have insulted me ute
enough
Not insultcd. Margaret, he Sd re-
proachfully, looking into her pass ate
face. believe me, I have inten no
insult. I respect and admire ytoo
much, and I love you far more IN I
can ever love my cousin. Yet, ave
no alternative. l must marry or
starvc."
Margarets lips moved. She was out
to make an angry rejoinder, but an
effort she controlled the impulse.
you will starye royalty" shaid,
somewhat bitterly. Il consider Try
ing for money contemplate. You i've
different views. We have learnedhe-
thing new of each other. Money DDS
above love in your estimation. lou
cannot forego the Injuries of life fhe |
sake of one you pretend to lovtth |
such devotcdness. Now, if | Id a
man," she continued, with a int |
tremor in her quiet voice, Il wouA &C. !
riflce my fondest desires for his ke.
In poverty or wealth, he wou be
equally dear. I would count no IN
omy mean, no labor lost, that coulh -
tribute to his comfort or happiness IS
grace might come between us, buy
ertv never. You know that monen-
not buy happiness. The desire its
acquisition is the meanest OF all D.
tions, If I should marry a man flis
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-29

a benedt TO mankind by killing the lice
that make life wearisonae for chickens
The attention OF the police was called
70 ar. Pratt yesterday morning through
. message from Mrs. A. l. Pratt his
wife. who said In a note. that he was
tearing up thu house and removing the
furniture. Detective Williams WAS detail
81 10 Investigate the case. but In the
meantime someone gave afr. Pratt q
nickel and he came Into the city. He
was picked up on Pike street near the
Ranke block hy Patrolman Hun and was
conducted 10 police headquarters
IN addition TO talking about verrntn oil,
he said that he intended hiring a hail
and delivering a lecture en free silver.
Another OF Mr.. Prasgs schemes il to open
a restaurant where he will sell ice
cream and turkey AT cents- He does
not want to make fortune cut OF his
venture. but thinks that there u a fair
profit IN Ice cream and turkey at car fare
rates. Mr.. Pratt is also thinking OF run
ming an excursion to Snoqualnais next
Sunday. Snd would carry the policeman
along as Invited guests.
Hs Is q small man. 81 years old. and
has gray hair. The police 90 not know
ths course OF events that has put him In
this state OF mental chaos. he Will prob
ably be arrsignad In the superior court
today and examined as 10 his mental con-
dition.