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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Florida Philosophy.

Whales often travel in schools
and, as with children, there is often
considerable blubber among them
at times.
The most tremendous sigh known
to the world is tire sigh"c clone.
The human calf prefers whiskey
to milk.
III travelling check Your temper
as we'll as your trunk.
The man on II wheel can look in.
tcres'ing, but never dignfird.
The day laborer never has to
worry over the increased price Of
champagne.
You never heard Of dog dying
of alcoho|ism, and yeta dog is called
Il beast.
Stcwed liver is often a light diet.
II the cucumbep woulN only act
as nicely as it tastes, all would be
well.
\ jest is often hard to digest.
Straws show which Way the
sherry cobblcr goes.
Nothing is perfect. Even art has
its drawbacks, $
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

Queen VictOria's Diamond Jubi.
lee passed of grandly, and now
comes the jubilee Got rcst) tor all OF
rs not so affected with Anglomania
as to have gone Wild over the affair.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

w0nld he better if it had less good
land taken up between its side
bitches. Water, OF course, is more
quickly gotten off of the road bed
the nearer the bitches are to the
center. Aud when the road is very
wide, say thirty feet, the men clean.
ing out the bitches with Shovels
cannot easily throw dirt fifteen feet
to the center. So they throw it
part of :he way only, and then the
sides become higher than the center,
and we have our road nicely pre-
pared to become a mud hole from
end to end as soon as it begins to
rain.
ITO be continucd.]
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

1t appears that the only way
Foraker and Hanna can convince
E ,cll other that they are IN t g
square IS to keep constantly in
each others company.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

The sugar planters of Louisiana
are well paid w for their detection
from the Democratic party by the
nice little Republican scheme to
annex Hawaii.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

The N. 0. States issued Il Contcl.
crate Veteran edition recently, with
colcrcd front page and all the other
trimmings of Il first rate holiday
DaDer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

Gen. j. 3. Gordon has been chosen
again as commander Of the U. e..
", despite his wish to retire from
the ranks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

At thc civil term Of court this week, II.
G. Wicklitfc presented his license from the
Supreme Court, and on mott II Of Judge
LIwrason he was enrolled as a II 6mbcr of
the bar Of West Felici;,na.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Notice..

The regular quarterly meeting ct S,,t the
Parish School Goard will be held satur-
G. w. NeNfs !n,;;
Seciet;l' y:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

~ A Picnic to the Pole.
Wffcn the 'n'r'1hs heat
Beats on the street
And the thrndars roll aud roll,
'rwould lie good 60 go
In ship If snow
ona piciiic rtfcpolc!
/: Ona picnic to tl,o pole
Where tle lee King has control;
'Twonld be- grol to so
In u ship Of SNOW
On a picnic to til, pole!
'lwonld he fine to SAIL
In All icy gale
Whcrp. the Arctic orca,Nxol1:
Far-l;lr away "a
Oyer Caffin's l,ay,s
On aricnis to tic p::e!
ora picnic 70: tbs polss.
Where the Ice King, 1'as control:
What ivy togo ::
In . ship yfsno,f
0na picnic <tyitl'e pole!
-l'nASL l.. STANTON, in -itlanle Constr
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Good Roads i'll Louisiana.

I
Extracts from paper by Prof. W. D.
Taylor, c. T., Of the Louisiana State Uni
vcrsity, in bulletin issued by Bureau Of
Agricultural
"Why the common roads in
America are 80 poor may be partly
duo to the fact that the rich, both
in tito United States and Canada,
almost invariably live in the cities,
where the roads are better kept mp,
or clsv in the immediate neighbor
hood oftowns which they can reach
by rail.
"The country roads seem to he
principally used by turner's, to
whom time seems to he no Object,
AMI who 10 not apparently realize
that guod roads can be profitable,
since they do not actually pl"cc dol.
lar bills in their hands, and who
seem to think that the only way to
Increase their income Is to sell more
produce, no matter how much it
may cost to draw It into market;
aud, accordingly, they spend Il great
part OF their lives slowly p|oddl"g
over bad roads, without IL thought
of trying TO improve Them
The writer quote calls attention
to the fact that u careful inves'iga-
ton has been made by Capt. u. TO-
roy to determine the extra cost in
wear and tear on harness, vehicles
and horses, produced by bad roads.
And lie estimates that as Il rule III
the United States the country roads
are poor enough, on the average, to
cost one cent per mile Travelled by
every vehicle more than need lie.
IA road we'll built is easily Kept
in repair. A good mile Of macno'
amizell road is more easily sup
ported than q poor h0rse.' VI
course, when our roads are good
We cNn haul larger loads and
Gun curry them faster. Farmers
can take their produce to market
when it suits them. And if the
roads are kept 80 as to he good in
wet weather, they can 10 the|; |'"ul.
| Ing when the fields are too vet to
work. In general, good roads
shorten distances, encourage inter
communication between city and
country, aud between neighbor and
ncighbor, benefit trade and enhance
the value OF adjacent property.
But no matter how much good
roads would benefit us here III
Louisiana, we shall feel little inter
est as IL people it, the subject until
We can understand some feasible
plan by which we can obtain ~ bet
tered condition of our highways.
Since it is almost Impossible tn con.
struct a common road that shall be
good all the year round without
some form of stone covering, and
since really good stone for this pur-
pose is so inaccessible in this State,
it's perhaps more difficult and OK.
pens!ve to construct really first
class roads here than in amy other
State. But even fit lie true that
we cannot have Tie very best, ex
cept at cost that practically pre-
clules, We nevertheless couM have
roads 80 much better thar those tO
which we are accustomed, that if
some great road builder like Ma
callam or TeIford could rise up and
induce us to do The best we could
tor cur roads,, ! believe we would
shortly see unr farmers SO bnSi|y
and happily employed that most OF
them wo9'd forget to make their
mournroF cry of hard times.
The drainage is the weak point
in nearly MI of orr roates. II the
drainage con1d he perfectly done,
. ..,.>.1 ,,.>.S,,, cu,u ~, o,>,, ;,k a.,rI,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
JACK.

My thorough bred Kentucky Jack s yrs.
old l5t hands high, will stand this season
ut my place one mile southwest of Laurel
Hill. Terms $50 with return privilege il
mares do not prove IN foal, pastnrage free
hut not responsible foi loss. A sliarU Of
the public patronage solicited.
G. B. Hamilton.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
THE ODELL
Type Writer.

Qoo Ni1l buy the ODELL TYPE
Wv WRITER NTH - characters,
warranted to do as good work us any ma
chine trade:
1t combines sfMtL,cfrt with DURABLE
rY, SPEED OF ofEEArfoS, wears longer
without cost of repairs than any other
machine Has no ink ribbon to bother
the operator, 1t is NEAT, SUBSTANTIAL,
nirklH plated, perfect, and adapted to all
kinds Of type. writing. Like i printing
press, it pr0tthccs sharp. clcats, hgiblc
manuscript. NV" or ten copies ta Il be
made ut ono Writing. Any Intelligent
person can become All operator in two
days.
Reliable Agents and Saicsi,ieh ttatf:ed.
For Pamphlet giving Endorsements, etc.,
Address
ODELL TYPE Wt!lTEis co,
358-364 Dearborn St. Chi6hS6, IN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

We extend sympathy TO- conirerc
NJ. J. Ostranler, of the Clinton
Waterman, on the death Of his WIFE,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Oysp pc sia

The explanation is simple. 1t is found In
that impure blood which is contin.
TALLY feeding the nerves upon refuse
instead OF the elements OF strength and
vigor. In such condition opiate and
nerve compounds simply deaden and
do not cure. Hoods Sarsaparilla fe.ds
the nerves pure, rich, red blood; gives
natural sleep, perfect digestion, is the
true remedy for all nervous troubles.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Nervous

People often wonder why their nerves are
so weak; why they get tired SO easily;
why they start at every slight but
sudden sound; why they do not sleep
naturally; why they have frequent
headaches, indigestion aud nervous
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26
Soda Water.

NOda Water
When yo'f go to tho foot Of Ill., try y
glass Of soda wator at PLNrTix,frR's. You
will find yourself going back again for
another:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-06-26

St. Francisvilfe, La:
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
MORE PROOF.
Further Evidence That McCrea Was
an Old Criminal.

Sheriff Johnson now has an album
dance of proof that John McCrea, the
man who met his death while trying to
murder Deputy Sheriff Fisher, was an
old criminal who had served many
terms in the penitentiary. Detective
j. F. Fergue of Oakland yesterday
wrote to Deputy Sheriff Fisher the fol-
lowing letter concerning McCrea:
Il desire to inform you that Jack
McCrea was arrested by me in 1873 for
grand larceny, for stealing A. c. De-
ter's harness. He served his term. He
was arrested by Dennis Pitts of Anti
och for burglary, broke Jail at Anti
och, and through pictures of him, fur
nished by me, was captured in Stock
ton by q think Constable Carroll.
He was taken to Monterey, where he
played the crazy act. l happened to
be there and recognized him. He had
convinced the officers that he was era
Zy and in order to convince them that
such was not the case, 1 took him into
the Sheriffs office alone and conversed
with him, and advised him to employ
Mr.. Filming of that place.
He had about 500 at the time, and
of course confided in me, as 1 treated
him well before. The District Attorney
and others, We're properly concealed in
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

but one step further removed, and said
Davis then and there, being unable to
write and experimenting death, request
ed said John Senderling to write at his
dictation, and he did write the will of
Jacob q. Davis and what he desired
and wished to be done with his estate
and who should be the objects of his
bounty
That said Davis had during his life
time in this city been intimately con-
nected with and wrapped up in certain
societies such as the State Mining Blu
reau and the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, of which he was
President. and had repeatedly express
ed his desire and intention to make
generous provision for such societies in
such will as he should make, and that
he had reached his dictation to said
Senderling of his desires respecting
said societies, and had had not given to
said Lizzie Muir or Belle Curtis any
thing when his life commenced ebbing,
and he died while debating to said
Senderling and the said document to
the extent it was written and was
kept by said Senderling and 1T is now in
his possession in Philadelphia, and that
said Lizzie Muir and Belle Curtis left
the body of said Davis unburied and in
an undertaker's establishment in Phila-
delphia and left for San Francisco, and
subsequently from here ordered it Gre
mated
The contest over the estate gives
promise of being bitterly contested
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
Frank Swanson Arrested by Special
Officer May for Robbery.

Frank Swanson is again in trouble.
and the prospects are favorable for his
disappearing from the public view for
a term of years.
Swanson has repeatedly been in diff
Guilty, and last night he capped the eli
max, 1t is alleged. by knocking down
and robbing Hi Heap, a Chinaman, of
a purse containing So.
The assault and robbery were COM
mitted in the alley between Third and
Fourth, I and streets, and the cries
OF the Celestial brought Special Officer
r. c. May to the spot. The officer gave
chase and overhauled Swanson at Fifth
and j streets.
Swanson attempted to coax the ar
resting officer to make the charge
which will be placed against him petit
larceny, but was informed that ne
would have to answer for highway
robbery. The purse, which was found
in Swansons pocket, was identified by
the Chinaman.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
SACRAMENTO WHIST CLUB.
1t Organized Last Night and Elected
Officers.

Sacramento has a whist club. More
than that, it is said to be the largest
in the United States. 1t organized
last night with over $50 charter mem
bers. 1t also enjoys the distinction of
being. SO far as is known, the only one
that has ladies among the Trustees. 1t
has fitted up rooms in the Breuner
building In elegant style, there being
long room, capable of accommodate
ing players at twenty-five tables, nice
ly carpeted and furnished. Besides
this, room is fitted up for the ladies,
and also a smoking room for the stern
er sex.
The rooms were not nearly large
enough to accommodate the assembly
last night, SO it met in another and
larger room. Temporary Chairman G.
NJ Moth called the meeting TO order
and the Hall Committee, by A. A. Van
VOORHEES,, reported that it had selected
seven rooms in the east end of the
building.
The Committee on Constitution and
BYLAWS, by F. H. Kiefer, made a
report which was adopted recommend
ing that the club be named the Sac
ramento Whist Club
Inc nominating Committee appoint
ed by the chair. reported a ticket as
follows: Permanent Oficers-G NJ.
Mott, President; F. H Kiefer, Vice
President; ]. w. Lindner, Secretary:
A. A. Van VOORHEES,, Treasurer.
Trustees-R. P. Burr, Mrs. d A
Lindley, L. F. Breuner, Mrs. William
Beckman and DR.. c. T. Milliken.
There was considerable sport in the
election, M. R. Beard wishing women
on the Board of Trustees and he car
ried his point. An opposition ticket
was nominated, but was showed under
The officers will serve till the second
Saturday in May, 1898.
President Mott made short speech,
saying that this was the largest whist
club in America, perhaps In the world
The club rooms are for the members
and there are no preferred members.
The ladies would find the rooms very
convenient and he hoped they would
drop in in the afternoon He spoke on
the etiquette of whist and advised that
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
JACOB DAVIS Big FORTUNE.
Another Contest Begun Against the Muir
Sisters.
A Niece and Nephew Claim That He
Partially Made Later
Will.

Mrs. Belle Curtis and Miss Lizzie
Muir, her siSter-who were reared in
this city-are not going to get the mill
ions of their uncle, the late Jacob Z.
Davis, without struggle.
Yesterday another contest was filed
against the terms of his will, and the
says of the new turn of affairs:
After the death of Davis a holO-
graphic will, bequeathing all of his es-
tate to Belle Curtis and Lizzie Muir
was filed for probate. 1t was then dis
covered that his true name was not
Davis, but Dedaker, he having assumed
the name of Davis when he ran away
from an apprenticeship in Philadelphia
and came to California. The will was
as follows:
October. 1, 1896.
Il James z. Davis, will and bequeath
everything 1 have in this world to my
beloved nieces, Lizzie Muir and Belle
Curtis. JACOB Z. DAVIS"
Shortly after the filing of this will
Attorneys Knight and Heggerty filed
contest on behalf of Catherine Stead,
a niece, and Joseph p. Wilson, a
nephew of the deceased, on the ground
of undue influence. To-day another
contest was filed by them on behalf of
Elizabeth V. Wilson the widow of an
other nephew of Davis. She also ap-
pears as the guardian of her four chill
dren.
Among other things she alleges in her
contest that the wife of Jacob Z. Davis
the wife of Alexander Boyd, and the
he, of T
were all sisters and all lived together
in very intimate social relations for
many years and up to the time of Davis
death. All Influenced Davis and all per-
suaded and induced him to believe that
he was not wealthy enough to provide
for any of his blood relations, but had
only enough to provide for his wife and
her sisters.
They threatened if he left his rela-
lions any part of his estate they would
surely compel a dissolution of the firm
of Boyd and Davis, wind up the affairs
of the copartnership and so involve the
property in litigation that the value OF
the estate would be destroyed and Liz
Zie Muir and Belle Curtis would be
unprovided for. They induced him tC
make mutual will with Boyd in favor
of the survivor.
1t is further alleged that Mrs. Boyd
and her nieces poisoned the mind OF
Davis against his relations and when
he visited any of them he was accom-
panied by and under the espionage OF
Lizzie Muir and Belle Curtis.
That Davis may have had other
ideas as to the disposition of his estate
is shown by the following allegation:
While said Davis was lying in bed
during his last illness in the Cont
mental Hotel in Philadelphia he sue
ceeded in getting said Lizzie Muir and
Belle Curtis out of his room and from
his presence and solicited and secured
the personal and exclusive attendance
in his room of one John Senderling, q
relation of the blood of Jacob Davis
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
Picnic Down the River.

The teachers and students of the Sac
ramento Business College yesterday
took an outing, in the shape of picnic
excursion, and report having spent a
thoroughly enjoyable day. CORTLAND
was the scene of the festivities, and the
party was given ths.freedom Of Dwight
HOLSTERS pleasant grove and grounds.
Games and music were in order, and it
was tired though happy band which
arrived home late last night.
A pace is considered TO be about feet
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
RAILROAD CONDUCTORS.
They Will Spend Six Hours Here on
the 10th.

William Schwab, member of the
local Brotherhood of Railroad Conduct
ors, yesterday received a telegram from
G. w. Lewis at Los Angeles as follows:
The Atlantic special will stop at
Sacramento on the 9th. There are 12S
persons, including 56 ladies. Will notify
you from San Francisco"
Mr.. SchWab says the Eastern con-
ductors Will spend six hours in the city,
and it is proposed to give them a hos
pitable welcome, as they are an excel
lent class of people and represent many
States of the Union. Tomorrow night
the City Trustees will be asked for a
reasonable appropriation to assist in
entertaining the visitors in a creditable
manner The programme has not yet
been arranged
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

One lot of Children's Dress Shoes,
square and pointed toes. patent
leather tips, kid and cloth tops,
lace and button.
Children's, sizes to 8, Csc.
Children's, sizes 81 to IL, 81 %.
Misses, sizes III to 2, 81 so.
(See Window
Womens Tan and Black Oxford
Ties, in square and pointed toes,
81 10.
A beautiful line of Ladies' OK
Blood Cloth Top Lace Shoes, worth
SD so. We are selling them at
81 so.
Our entire line of So 80 Oxford
Ties in OK blood, tan and black,
pointed and coin toes, 81 50. Re-
member this is our entire 50 80 line.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
OVERRIDING THE THING.
The Stockton Road Club in Danger of
Going Too Far.

The Stockton Road Club is still keep
ing up its bluff about conteSting the
late relay race in which it's riders We're
so badly beaten by those of the Capital
City Wheelmen.
The latest concerning the matter is
the refusal of the Road Club to ac-
quaint the Sacramentans with the de-
tails of its charges until the day of the
trial
If the Stockton club imagines that it
can act in such a high handed and I'M
heard-of manner it will discover its err
ror when that day of the trial. comes
off. If it does not show a disposition to
act decently the probability is that the
Sacramento club will ignore the whole
thing and let the Stocktonians whistle
for the trophy
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

Wednesday. May Goth. Mutual and
Physical Heredity.' Current theories are
inadequate to explain geniuses. freaks
and other phases of human character,
which theosophy nationally accounts
for
Sunday, May Goth, quiz meeting
will be held, when written questions
from the audience upon any subject
will be answered by the speaker. All
meetings Will be free and begin at 5
o'clock ID. m
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
YOUNG SHARKEY."
A Peace Disturber Who Spent the
Night Behind the Bars.

A youth who claims to be a cousin or
a brother or some other kin of Sharkey,
the pugilist, and who calls himself
Young Sharkey," undertook to clean
out" a variety theater on K street, near
Fourth, last night.
He was making ready to carry his
threat into execution when Special OFF,
Ger Matt Karcher arrived and took a
hand in the matter, with the result
that Young Sharkey" had nothing to
fight during the rest of the night but
the bugs in the City Jail. They kept
him busy however
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

This handsome fabric
Black is the popular dress
E+,r,;no stuff for the season.
:, The ground is dull
BrOcatelleSI finish on which the de-
--i sign is brought out in
handsome effect by the silk-luster
Mohair. AS a serviceable and styl-
ish fabric it stands at the head of
all black dress fabrics. The width
is A inches; price, 81 per yard.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

the room, or lobby, and took in mat
tiers.
They went on the stand the same
day, as they had called a special jury
to try his sanity. He tried to brain
one of his witnesses by striking him
with a heavy stone spittoon- During
the trial he was proven sane, was con-
victed afterwards, and got twelve years.
He was one of the most desperate Grim
inals in the State, and l am sure the
people are we'll rid of him.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

finish. The designs being brOugh
out in rich effects. A very pOpula
weave. The width is 30 inch: price
soc per yard.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16
Desperate Wager.

IF you haven't been takin' a bath
I'll eat my hiatt" declared Mr.. Weary
Watkins.
Guess I have to own up" assented
Mr. Dismal Dawson
''Whut dye mean by it?"
ELECTION bet; that's all."-Indianap-
oils Journal
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

compare with this handsome, dust
shedding material. 1t is a. inches
in width, and the price 75c per yard.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-16

roughness in word and action be ia
booed The furnishing of the rooms
cost about $500, contributed by men,
bers in amounts of from 81 TO So.