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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-02
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LADY AGENTS wanted everywhere 70 sell
Mile Louise Pooie's fine custom made
corsets: best In the world. | Will pay good
salary or commission. 80 Gth-ave.. be
tween 10th and 2Oth sts.. Cammeyer BUD
INK. take e.eNntOr.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
Odd Death of O Sparrow.

A little English sparrow meta tragic
death one day last week. A number
Of teams are stationed in Root street
to help the passing street cars across
the railroad tracks. Two or three of
them are at rest most of the time in
the cool shade of neighboring build.
ings while their drivers lounge and
talk.
/ sNow, sparrow thinks nothing is
quite so nice for nest building as long
horse hairs. A number of them visi.
ted the corner every day, and cleaned
the hairs from the ground. LOf course,
this was slow work, and one of the
birds, more ambitious than the others,
finally concluded to go to the fountain
head Of horse hairs, and so he tried I'd
pull hair from the tail of one of the
sleepy horses. No doubt the horse
thought that fly was biting him, and
switched his tail vigorously. In some
way, no one knew just how, the spar,
row was caught, and when the drive,
came back he found the poor little
bird hanging quite still and dead, with
one of the long hairs twisted around
his neck. And the old horse didn't
seem to know that anything was tn,
matter. San Francisco Post. v~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

house with the basement dug up, and
forming the entrance to a tunnel un-
der the bank.
An extract from the morning paper
read:
"N1rs. Horton Verlance, alias Ar
lington, alias Baker,i at her old tricks
again. This time she nearly succeeded
in carrying out one of the boldest bank
robberies on record. Jake Perley,
whom she had been passing off as her
nephew, was her accomplish"
Mr.. Jack Shelbyis now assistant
cashier, and the wedding with Miss
Eleanor Masters is to take place just
after Easter.
"shelby," said the President. as he
congratulated him the other day, II
won't deny that I had you Swallowed.
That new clerk was a special detective
placed on you. To think you should
only have been q crank, after all!
But did you ever account for that
strange singing of the % Eleanora'?"
"Ohayes," said Shelby. '"That was
evidently signal. It wouldn't excite
suspicion like q whistle, you know. " ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
A Predatory Grow.

! For several weeks the residents of a
neighboring town have been puzzled
to account for the disappearance of
small articles, consisting of jewelry,
penholders, napkin rings and other
trinkets, and the failure to apprehend
the thief. On Friday, however, the
offender was accidentally caught in
the act. A gentleman who had been
acquainted with the fact that the things
had been stolen was talking to a
friend, when his attention was attract,
ed to noise in his Office, and on going
to ascertain the cause was surprised to
see a pet crow, belonging to Mr..
Blank, pick up q gold pen. and fly
from the window to the ground, with
the pen in his mouth.
The gentleman followed the crow,
which wentto shed back Of bakery,
and saw the bird deposit the pen un-
der OH old box. He drove the crow
away, and, turning up the box, found
all the articles that had been stolen
from the different houses. The owner
Of the crow was called, and he identi-
fed several trinkets that had been
taken from his room. The articles
were returned 10 their respective
owners.-Kalamazoo (Mich.) Tele-
graph.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
The Fleure.Head of the "Consdeane

~
In 1884 Captain Elliot, who bad DeaI
second in command at Lake Ene Y
der Oliver Perry, excited a violent J! = y,
litical and partisan demonstrstloas Y
decorating, at the Boston Navy L. =
the bow Of the Constitution win ~ -,
ure-head of President jackson. - y
stormy night his Excellency W. J. = =
capitated as neatly and deity, q y = =
best tools had with patient labor e. e,
listed the brightest sunshine N y. y.
deseoration. Marines and bluel''. y
were held under dark SUSPICION :. ~ !
the country seethed in fe nas. 4 I
keen contention. Rewards were s.. =.
fered, but in vain, and tor year i. :,
secret was we'll kept. It Is no. ~ Il.
that a seaman named Dewey ~. ~; =
oulprit, not for any politicss! l nsa' !,
but because Of q cherished snnP aisths
the full.length image Of q ls ~ ..;Is,,
at the bow while three fine ola s sn.n
were compelled, with inadequate 1 AZ.
to smile grimly at the stern err, !. 81 q,
ever, another head was secured .. i
trunk with copper bolts 50 n sau% ii
that for many years age cou. .h.ia1.
wither it nor custom stale the w. !, :, 4.
fortitude with which Old HlcAo'1a a.!
fed the breezes and the pf'u0'
per's Weekly. 81
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
The Part Machinery Plays In FarnhC

The Part Machinery Plays In Farn
The smallest implement upon !
wheat farm is a plough. And ha
The plough 70 the elevator-fron \ i Z
first operation in wheat-farmi \
the last--one is forced to realized M
The spirit of lineage has made itsehM!
here, and has reduced the amount \
human labor to the minimum. 1hs
man who ploughs uses his musdlI
only incidentally in guiding the -
chine. The man who operates ":
harrow has half o dozen levers y
tighten his labor. The ''sover vhs;
goeth forth to SOW" walks leisuray
behind drill and works brakes. Ihs.
reaper needs a quick brain and quiillt q,
hand-but not necessarily q strong
arm, nor q powerful back. he worn
sitting down. The threshers are mere
" assistants to a machine, and the
men who heave the wheat into To
bins only press buttons. The n y :.
desirable farmland is not the fellow
who :can pound the ''mauling ~ Z
chine" most Justify Of the county w.
He is the man with cunning brain veg
can get the most work out ola mson'ae
without breaking it. The farm lahore
in the West to-day, where MACHINERY
is employed, finds himself advances
to the ranks of skilled labor, ana e. J
Joys a position not widely {. dlfs1ss'
from that of the mill-hand in the -
Each is a tender of a machine. -Srs
narSo sS.555
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

To throw cold water on q thing may
sometimes result in improving rather
than marring the result. The metal
lurgical department Of the Sheffield
Technical School is said to have
solved q problem Of long standing.
namely, why a piece ofred hot steel
when plunged in water suddenly be-
comes flint hard, by ascribing this
action not to shock which drives the
molecules of the steel into closer con-
tact but to the presence Of o remark
able subcarbide of iron. Hence re-
suits what is called the diamond
hardness of steel" Water does it in
sense. Just so many good result
in this world comes of crude conai-
tons at first sight seemingly unfavor-
able to success.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
SURPRISED THE COWBOYS.

Hadn't Any Idea Bicyclist Could 10 SO
.,sAg Fast.
Before .theapeople knew as much
about bicycles ashley do now," the
man who has lived pretty much all
over the civilized w6fld is quoted by
the Detroit Free Press as saying,
"there were some funny things hap.
pened.sS I'll never forget what oc'
curredSwhile I was visiting friend Of
mine running ranch up in North
Dakota. A young college boy on q
vacation came through on wheel, the
first one the cowboys had seen. Their
commaats on the machine were anus.
wonder i the thing buoksq'
asked one. tRope a steer from that
saddle grinned another, AN he'd
throw you 50 far you'd never know
where you IL Wouldn't be much
good in Iniun4gtin', declared an old.
timer, andjja trim-looking young fel.
low that was the dude Of the ranch an.
nounced thst he could go farther on
his broncho ina day than the young
fellow could on his wheelin a week.
"'Tell you what I'll do, Dick
said to the boaster; 'I'll bet hundred
that he can cover fifty miles on his
bike in less time than you can 20 on
your pony Twas snapped up on every
hand, even my friend expressing a will
ingness to tap my pile on that same
proposition. I accommodated them
all, as far as possible, and the race
was arranged for next day. The
send-off was like a Fourth of July cele.
bration. A flying start was made ove1
q straightaway course on well-known
trail. twenty-five miles and return.
Dick was in his gayest attire, and
when my friend gave the racers the
word there was fusillade of revol.
vers mingled with yells that must have
reached the man atthe turningposts OF
course Dick forged ahead on thastart,
and hissspartisans were jubila4t, rail.
ing at me- till my watch end pin went
up against their accefsed valuation.
Things had qidieted down, and we had
done . lot of smoking, so that the
time seemed short, when we saw my
favorite coming on his wheel as though
anselectric motor was supplying the
power. He was a humped-up scorcher,
and no mistake. There was a strong
disposition to question his claim Of
having gone every inch Of the route,
but when Dick came in, his mount in
q complete state of collapse and Dick
with both hands in the air above his
head, the crowd wilted gracefully, and
I had enough to buy half interest in
the ranch"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

! Tubal Cain is an iron master who
has long.been known in history, but
whose claims b. public recognition
have been somewhat overlooked. But
the iron masters ef Pittsburg are talk
ing up subsortRSons &or the purpose
of erecting Statue to his memory
somewhere near the head waters of
the Ohio RiveL This statue will be
an effigy Of the great ftAser Of smiths,
and will b@ much larger than the
Statue of Liberty If Now York Har-
Dor. It WHY be hollow with a large
number Of lights, which will illumin-
ate the surrounding region for many
miles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

The French are gradually coming to
the conclusion that their proyincialism
or self-sufficient ignorance Of foreign
countries is responsible for their in.
ability to compete industrially with
the English and Germans. A number
of articles with this text have been
printed lately.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

Next to that Of the British Museum
the largest collection Of birds eggs is
that belonging to lawyer named
Nehr Korn, in Braunschweig, Ger.
many. He intends soon to issue q
catalogue of his collection, with fifty
colored plates, depicting the most
valuable specimens, many Of which ore
unique.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

Harrowgate, Yorkshire, England, is
said to possess in its new baths the
most perfect baths Of any now extant.
In addition to the pump room, winter
garden, Turkish and Russian baths,
etc., there are inhalation rooms with a
sulphur water fountain and pulveri-
cation room, where medicated waters
may be applied to the nose, eyes, etc.
The cost Of erection was 100000.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

p Vegetables are being dried now in
SCalifornia, like apples and other fruit.
Seven pounds Of potatoes weigh one
poundGwhen dried and other vegeta.
bles shrink in weight correspondingly.
Onions, carrots and potatoes are the
vegetablesrsed most now, but the in.
dustry willy it is expected, develop
greatly. -
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
Tho Oldest Postmaster

The oldest Postmaster, VINO %1 :: M n.
at Hammondsyille Station, op1.,, s..
been giving some reco ~ ton. = a,d1
service Of si1ty-eight year, b,
thirty-four Postmasters. u 70 III ',.obba,.
remembers the time when m'n 80 =. tvsI
was capital offense and 10 p. III
men hanged for the CRIME .. D ,'s..sspsk
sixty-six years ago he was :, ;. + r.ilteai
over the first thirteen mlle' :. :. tba Blt
huilt in the United States W
timore and Qhi4
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

Charles E. Vest, who has spent most
Of the year in Alaska, il training dogs
for use in the KlondiEe region rext
spring. Mr.. Vest hos twenty-five
dogs at farm near Portland, Ore,
and says he believes that he will be
able to make two round trips between
Dyea and Dawson before the Yukon is
open for navigation.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

The most awkward man in the
world withouedonbt lives in Ten
nessee. He recently shot dog and
in explaining the accident to The dogs
owner shot him. Later, in showing
how the tragedy occurred, he shot the
Coroner. He has been liberated now
for fear he will try to explain it to
somebody else. &
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
A KITTEN IN A HoRsr,e s.,
NAL A,~o., caste CASTE. Of :, tn. Latte, AMI.

Aaste Of thu r.
NAL Almost Causes It. p.. ,,er Ami.
:. Pul We: Michel is, or was, =.
& < big bay S,d ns5ss g si n,
Newark .e, that tried to swa11os, in
kitten and was nearly strona y3 live
operation. The stablema us'sa lp tho
the horse "Katzenfresser. :" u0w call
,,; Pplver ;, Michel, Or .,por,.
Michael" so named because f .. Dc
h disposition is peculiar ANNA. = his p.
has oar :13 tastes, and vii, t as
age horse devours hay ago. ., Is aa the aver y
d a. while standing hitched to sv. vas
IN Jersey City, he ate large a asaSSa
Of o e, |, from butchers staaS
and the driver had to pav y ~ ssaa S
animals extraordinary me- meal : '0f the
There is a cat with severa, l;+4o,.
in the Kruger 4; Brewing oom a's,v9:,
stable g = The litter is four weeks ia {
Last Saturday the mother cat at't 49, ela :
fancy to remove her progeny f, ouo1 y, !.
place where she had hidden tbar - :.
the manger of Pulver Miohel' ;,'1 at.' =
S : knew the horse, and had e st,1.
li Ii friendly relations with him o''1 -
the cat leaped into the maueer ', WIN l
kitten in her mouth, droppad IN h..|
burden in the hay Of the ma mane ),
and departed to bring a seoos'
kitten. Pulver Michel had ns,s]
seen a kitten, and, snim,s.I
at it, recognized in it piece Of ~
and tender meat. His great mona
opened and gathered in the kitten, MI
then trouble began. The kitten s.a,,Is|
in his throat and used its claws. Pll1
yer Michel stamped and kicked, M
the commotion aroused the otA,s|
horses in the stable, which stamn,i
and squealed. s]
The old cat returned to the msn,,|
and ran about searching for her mo S|
kitten. A stableman ran into pul,,y
Michel's stall, and, seeing blood IA
ming from the horses mouth, callsdla
veterinary surgeon, who found M
Pulver Michel was choking. I'M.
eyes were dilated, and there VI, 4
large lump in his throat. The topr,.
was scratched and bleeding from ia
kittens claws. ID
The surgeon thrust his handiats
the horses mouth to try u extract I'D
object, but could notlfeach it. LODI
Ing around, the stableman saw d.
mother cat mewing in the Manager. s
said: ''I'll bet it's one of the kittena u
He hunted up the litter and found n
one was gone. The kitten val e,I.
Identity still alive in Pulver Mishslt
Throat, and, as it could not be e1t,s
3D., the surgeon manipulated it bylis
hands, and forced it down the throJ
into the stomach. Then he gave a
YER Michel some pepsin and murialti.
acid, to help digestion. Prhsl
Michel has been sick since Saturday
but is getting over his experience, nlS
will be at work in q few days.-NMs
York Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
Al English thread manufacturers

Fl. Crawford, by name-now in Ore:
gon, has urged the farmers of that
territory to grow flax, which, he says,
would yield bettor return than
cereals or hay. The Oregon flax, Mr..
Crawford says, is in every particular
equal to the best grades grown in Ire
land, for which he pays from $3.50 to
$500 per ton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
Published at
ST. FRANCisVILLE, LOUISIANA.
Fifty years ago Austria had seven
cities with more than 10000 inhabit.
ants; to-day there are thirty-two.

The Germans seem to be losing re.
spect for their Emperor. During 1896
there were eighty-three per cent. more
imprisonments for 'lese majesty: than
eleven years ago.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

The Kentucky State Horse-Swappers
Convention met in Covington recently
70 the number OF 1000 or more. One
man brought twenty-five horses and
announced his intention to swap every
horse three times before the conven'
TONS three days session was over.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

HE r e v
3 r O II s o n
Masters OBJ
jected to Mr..
Shelby. The
f r 8 t and
foremost rea-
son for this
aversion was
t b q t Mr..
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
FOREVER AND A DAY.

It's little that mind
How the blossoms, pink or white,
At every touch Of wind
Fall attending with delight;
For in the leafy lane
Beneath the garden boughs,
And through the silent house
One thing alone I seek.
Until she comes again
The May is not the May,
And what she calls week
Is forever and day!
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, in Atlantic Monthly.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04

7 little know or care
If the blackbird on the bough (,
Il fllE: ELL the air
: +" pot -, scendo now;
boiling ! gone away,
s;,r: when she went she took
.Ino springtime in her look,
The peachblow on her cheek,
The laughter from the brook,
The blue from out the May
And what she calls q week
Is forever and q day!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-12-04
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17

States government will see the importance
to our interests of poStponing the time
when We shall come in as another state in
the Union
Mr.. John A. Gano of Cincinnati. who is
in the city to attend the annual meeting of
the national board of trade, is one of the
most prominent republicans of the queen
city. He is accompanied by Samuel Bailey,
IT., and City Treasurer L. o. Eshelby both
of whom were leaders in the recent repub-
lican bolt in Cincinnati, which made possi-
Bile the election of a fusion legislative
ticket.
1T is altogether probable that Mr. Hanna
Will be returned TO the Senate, but / cannot
say that there is a united sentiment for
him in the state" was the way Mr.. Gano
sized up the Ohio situation to a Star re-
porter.
The Hawaiian delegation, which Is stay
ing at the Ebbtt, amused the guests and
loiterers about the lobby of that hotel
Monday night, by singing a number of
their native songs Among them was a
melody, "Alohaoe," meaning my love to
thee. The singers were roundly applaud
ed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

Representative Edward H. briggs, who
was elected from one of the Brooklyn, n
Y. districts at the recent election, is the
only democrat IN the congressional delega-
ton from that erstwhile rock-bound Bour-
bon portion of what is now Greater New
York. Though young man, with COM
paratively little legislative experience, he
does not purpose being a back number
when it comes to the molding of laws. The
second day of Congress he introduced a
bill into the House asking for an appro-
priation Of $4,000 for a monument to the
soldiers of the revolution who are buried at
Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
'"The attempt to have Congress fittingly
recognize the memory of those American
patriots is not original with me-" said he to
Star reporter at the Ebbitt. "My prede-
cessor, Felix Campbell. and Spinola, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17

is a senator in the Cherokee government
He has an excellent command of English
and is an entertaining conversationalist
THE main object of our committee COM
ing to Washington is to oppose everything
that will interfere with our private rela-
tions,' Mr.. La Hay told a Star reporter
Our position is justified under the treaty
which the United States government en-
tered into with the Cherokee nation on
June Z, 1896. At the last session of Con-
gresS law was passed which takes from
the tribes of the Indian territory all court
Jurisdiction. both civil and criminal, and
places it in the hands of the United States
courts. This law takes effect on January
l. 1898 We shall try to show to Congress
the injustice of this law, and shall try to
secure it's repeal. The delegations from the
Chcctaw, ChiCkasaw and Creek nations are
expected here in a few days. We do not
know what their instructions are, and
shah do very little until comforting with
them.
I'VE have mixed popula ton in the
Cherokee nation of about 10000, of which
10000 more or less are full blood said
Chairman Duncan. "The balance Is made
up of mixed bloods. whites and freedmen.
The full bloods are opposed to the abolition
of their government, which is the object
sought by the United States government
through the Dawes commission. The full
bloods are against the proposed treaty.
Some of the half-breeds and adopted whites
are in favor of a change, but do not know
that 1 ever heard a freedman express him
slf as favorable to one.
"Our people look over the United States
and see thousands of white families who
don't own land, and likely never will. They
argue that If the government can't AFFORD
land to whites under the present land ten
ure how can they, as Indians, expect
proper protection. The same intrigue would
operate against us as they do against ma
tive subjects of the government at present.
We believe II must be only a matter Of
time before we should be robbed Of our
lands by business competition.
'Our people satisfied; they are ac-
cumulatfng money. No one is suffering
from lack Of. law protection. We have the
kindest feelings for our friends who want
change but we hope to be able to present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17
Cerebral Nervous Impressions.

FNm the New York TlIbune.
The researches and experiments Of
Messrs. Broca and Richet, specialists i'm
this line, have led them to the interesting
conclusion that the cerebral nervous sys-
TEN is really incapable of perceiving more
than the average of ten separate impress
sions per second. The mental phenomena
in this case shows that after each excita-
tion of the nerves a period of inertia fol-
lows, lasting about one-tenth of a second.
and during this brief period no new or APP
preciable impression, they declare, can pos
sibly be made. Further. according to the
studies of these same eminent authorities,
an individual cannot make more than ten,
or, at most, a dozen, separate voluntary
movements of any kind or nature in a Sec
ond, although the muscles, independently
of the will, are capable of making as many
thirty or forty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-17
Sharp Practice.

Henry Roland In the Engineering Magazine.
Many swords and bayonets were lost In
tempering in a Massachusetts armory
many years ago. Finally the boss forger
tried his hand at tempering with a secret
heating compound and bath of his own, and
all losses ceased Immediately: the secret of
the tempering bath was sold to the firm
for large sum, and the successful tenn
perez left for parts unknown. After his de-
parture large unused tempertng vat was
found to be filed almost full of temper
cracked sabers and bayonets. Slack rough
stores accounts and COLLISION with the sword
and bayonet forgers and grinders had en-
abled the dishonest temperer to obtain un-
tempered pieces to make good his work
spoiled In perfecting the non-cracking tenn
pering bath. the secret of which he sold to
the firm.