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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
One in a Hundred Million

Travelling on American railways is
attended with little risk, according to
the ia bles compiled by the Railroad
Gazette. One passenger was killed in
1895 for every hundred million miles
travelled. and but for two or three
serious accidents the showing would
have been more favorable. The pas.
senger fatalities of 1896 we're greatly
in excess Of those in 1895. Last wear
there were 1923 deaths, largely due to
negligence in operating, while in 1895
only thirty.e'ght lives of passengers
were lost. There was an increase in
the number OF fatalities among EN-.
ployes. Three hundred and eighteen
were killed in 1896 and and 3O2 in
1895, but as the train mileage went ur
from s3t;20o,O0o to $40, OO0,O 900 II
1896 the death rate was practically un,
changed. TIE tables prove that, not.
outstanding the killing of passengers
in carload lots, it is safer 10 ride or
traiaa than to handle them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01

! Never so from q warm atmosphere
into a cooler one without keeping the
mouth closed. so tina: the air may be
warmed in its passage through til. moss
! before it reaches the lungs.
Never strain the voice in the effort to
speak while holrse. Wait until the
hoarseness is recovered from, or the
voice may be permanently injured or
difficulties Of I've throat produced.
Never stand still in cold weather for
any length of time in the outdoor: air,
especially after having taken active ex-
erclse; and never stand long on the
ice or snow, or where the person is
exposed to cold wind.
Many believe in Withholding salt, pep
per, ETC., from the sick. This is wrong.
Whatever is done toward making the
diet desired and appreciated promotes
it's digestion.
Water and air are food-stuffs. Wa
ter acts as a carrying agent to trans
port foods to the different tissues. The
oxygen Of the air is need for the It's
sues and fluids of all forms of animal
life.
The food of person doing ordinary
work should be proportioned as fol-
lows: -Four ounces of proteids or albu-
minoids, four or five ounces of fats lin
crease this as the necessity for work
or heat Increases, eighteen to twentN
ounces Of starches, and one ounce of
salts.
A mustard-plastcr ought never to
blister the skin. If it burns too much
an extra piece Of muslin can be placed
between it and the body, and can be
removed when the patient becomes &C.
customed to the heat. Mix the mus
tard with equal quantities of flour and
ground ginger.
1t has been found by experiment that
tea retards digestion. An infusion of
/ per cent. Of tea causes a perceptible
delay; a 3 per cent infusion will delay
the digestion, sometimes, as much as
twelve times the normal period; a 10
per cent. decoction arrests the diges-
ton of all starchy foods.
The eyball rests in a cushion Of fat, |
by which it is surrounded on every
side. When the system becomes great
~ emaclated through diseases. this fat
Is absorbed, and the eye sinks further
into the head, thus giving the sunken
appearance so common in disease.
Butter is highly recommended rs a
food for pulmonary and other invalds.
Therefore, if butter is agreeable to the
and occasion no gastric or in
.estinal disorders, it would seem an i'm
,ortant adjunct to the present dietetic
treatment. Then, too, if it is an adj
'antage in this condition, why not in
'ther were facts are Indicated?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01

every true native patriot anew, and
brought to them the sympathy of nearly
every nation on the Garth. The Cubans
stood firm, with nearly three fourths of
the island under control. with their civil
government fully established in Santiago.
| Fuerto Principe, Santa Clara and sew
eral minor provinces.
1T is a remarkable fact that when Cam
pos, the strong man of SPAIN" arrived
IN Cuba with 10000 soldiers "to recognize
belllgerent rights" in 1876, out of 145 900
soldiers previously sent, not enough had
returned to their native land to consti
tute a regiment. The deeds following
the oppression of those years were heroic
persecution made martyrs. In one in
stance, boy of Is was arrested for
Sedltlous writings. He was loaded with
chains, kept at hard labor, and finally
sent to Spain. Here he became a brilliant
journalist. This boy was Jose Marti, the
great Cuban patriot, who by 1891 had
formed patriot clubs everywhere, and who
was the first to appear as a war leader
when the present revolt broke out.
The war in Cuba may be primitive in
its general methods and barbarous in
the matter of butchery. but it is certainly
modern in the rapid development of dyna
mite and other explosives as weapons of
otfense and defense. TO the dynamite
gun used by the Cubans in Pinar del
Hlo more than to anything else may be
attributed the noteworthy successes of
Macco against the Spanish troops. Invis-
IDLE bullets, though deadly in their eff
feet, are comparatively easy to stand
against. 1t requires supcrhuman nerve,
however, to face healthy dynamite pro-
lcctile. and it is no wonder shat the Span
lSh troops have been invariably defeated
when called upon to make stand against
such weapons. Army officers are watch
ing the war in Cuba with great interest,
as the employment of dynamite by the
Cubans has satisfied the military mind Of.
the value of this explosive for offensive
purposes.
Despite Der financial embarrassment
Spain has recently done relatively more
than any European power, with the ex-
ceptlon of Great Britain, to strengthen
her navy. AT present there are four tor
pedo-boat destroyers in the hands Of
builders. The first two have recently
completed their official trials, and thes,
have been most successful in all respects.
The dimensions of the vessels are 2oOy
20 feet, and the engines are triple expan.
sion. developing: 5000 horse power. The
engines at the trials. both in the measured
mile and in the three hours continuous
steaming test, worked smoothly and with
no heating. The internal appliances are
of the most up-to-date character, special
attention being paid to what is the general
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
Record. Breaking Icicle.

So far as we have been able to dis.
cover, the celebrated Broxburn icicle
fully deserves the name of the t'big.
gest." 1t was formed during the Sc.
we're frost of February, 1895, at the
Almond aqueduct, over which the
Union canal runs, near Clifton hal.
Broxburn, England. The overflow OF
the canal drops from the aqueduct, a
distance of 1875 feet, into the Almond
water. During the heavy cold the
dropping liquid, freezing at the spot
where it fell, soon became gradually
lengthenlng icicle, until the connec.
ton between the river and bridge was
established. When the sun shone upon
the giant mass the iridescence was
beautiful. and people came from miles
around to look at it. The icicle was
formed in three nights.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

Each salmon produces about 20
100000 eggs.
It is said that o dragon fly can fl
backward as rapidly and easily as fol
ward.
One resident of Bynum, Me-, ha
taken in seventy'dvo pounds Of spruc
gum this season.
Vice-President Z. G. Chamberlain
Of the Western Mining Company, i,
training elks for driving ct Portland,
Oregon.
The ''Brashe- SIG gold piece,
which was struck at Newburg. N. Y,
in 17S6, was the first upon which "E
Pluribus Unum" appeared.
In Brazil, at the funeral of an I'M.
married woman, the mourning color is
scarlet. The coffin, the hearse, the
trappinss of the horses, and the livery
OF the driver are oil scarlet.
Wildcats are extremely variable in
size, some kinds being no more than
two feet in length, while others are
five. The smallest varieties of wildcats
are about the size of the domestic va
riety.
The average man takes 9,7GO. 600
steps during tho year. From 600, 900
to 7OO,OO steps are taken up and
down staircases, or from 1900 to 1000
day. At this rate he covers about
seventy miles week. 49,.
The average size of the kangaroo is
from three to four feet in height.
Specimens from SIX to seven feet are
frequently met with on the Australian
plains. A kangaroo has been known
to make leap OF ninety feet.
In the course of some building op.
erations in Thames street, Windsor.
England, the remains of an old Roman
we'll have been discovered, and a
walled up aperture was found beneath
the pavement. It is supposed to have
at one time led to an underground
passage at Windsor Castle.
The bark True Love, built in Phila-
delphia in 1854, has been found upon
search to be yet aaoat in the capacity
of coal hulk on the River Thames at
London, engaged in active trade at
the age of 1873 years. This discovery
was made through a casualty recorded
in the Maritime Exchange.
John D. Sanborn, of Acton, Me-,
seventy-four years old, who lives on
the farm where he was born, has at
tended every Town, State and National
election since he attained his majority,
1as visited the Acton Agricultural
Fair every day of its seasons since its
establishment thirty.one years ago,
md has gone regularly to the Congre-
sational Church. Ee abjures liquor
md tobacco.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
An Eccentric Count.

The late Count Ernest Won Doeiu. :.
berg, by whose death the town =.
Regensburg in Bavaria came ln'o =
legacy of $4,000, 600 marks, VIZ :.
brilliant soldier and o gay ga'lan1 -
his youth, but very suddenly, for wv ~
known reasons, he dropped en'l e.
out Of society. His castle wsn' -
rack and ruin, and the solitary gnual
ener retained about the palace USE
TO see his master wander with hssea.s
features ABOUT the fororn domaIm
One day recently he spoke 'ol =.
first time in months to his soI'''' ],
attendant, and returning to the nous' J.
died soon after oiheart disease.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
CPiSy> and Now

A.much cleaner lot of paper money IS
in circulation now than formerly q
bank cashier states. The banks now
send their sOiled notes to the United
States Treasury to be destroyed as soon
as sufficient Quantity accumulates to
Justify it, and new notes are issued in
their place. This has been rendered
not only possible, but advisable, owing
to the increased facilities for printing
banknotes One never sees a soi)e1
banknote in London. They are all crisn
and white and new, simply because the
Bank Of England never lets a note 90
out second time. The average life Of
Bank of England note is said to bo
five days.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
Old COrks.

Cork has become one of the most val.
liable components Of city's refuse
Great quantities Of discarded corks are
now used again in the manufacture of
insulating covers Of steam pipes and
boilers, points to be protected from the
influence Of heat. Powdered cork is
very useful in filling in horse collars
and the very latest application of this
material Is the filling in of pneumatic
tires with cork shavings. Mats for
bathrooms are made Of cork exclusive
~, and it also goes into the composition
of linoleum. Cheap life preservers are
now filled exclusively with bottle stop,
pers, cut into little pieces.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
defect in all torpedo craft, namely, VEN

defect in all torpedo craft, namely. ven.
that ION.
The encounters at Bocas del Toro. Pal
marito. PalIHiros. Canasi, Manut Norate
and Tagnasco were fast succepdiug de-
veopments of the Cuban campaign };rec1.
j. after the declaration of iudencndrnc..
but these were mere skirmshes com,
pared to the events of the past year. The
splendid march of Gomez and Moceo
across the island from Santiago to Pinar
del Rio. the fierce fights within cannon
shot of Havana, the constant destruction
of the frochas, We're brilliant achieve.
ments that terrified the enconpasscd
Weyler, until they eliminated in the
death Of Maceo. With the opening of the
new year, however, the situation seems
just as complex and undetermined rs it
was the day after the two chieftains
hoisted their flag in the eastern province,
and began the battle for freedom. The
end is apparently no nearer than it was
a month after the first call to arms.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
Americas First Locomotive

The first locomotive which ever
turned wheel upon an American
track did not run to and from any of
the great cities, but was used in the
backwoods of Pennsylvania. The
story Of this primitive engine is told
by Alfred Mathews in the Engineering
Magazine. The wilderness of North.
eastern Pennsylvania was penetrated
by two Philadelphia Quakers, John
and Maurice Wurts. about ten years
prior to 1929. They heroically began
and pushed forward the great work
which later was assumed and carried
to completion by the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Company-that of get
ting coal from the Lackawanna Valley
into New York. From the Lackawanna
(at Carbonda|e) the company had built
railroad over the Moosic Mountains
to the forks of the Dyberry (the site
of Honesdale), and from that point
they had canal to Rondout, on the
Hudson. 1t had been, their ORIGINAL
purpose to use horse power on the
railroad. with stationary engines at
the planes, as at present, but the sue.
cessful experiments with the railroad
locomotive in England led them to try
that new form and application OF
power.
The Stourbridge Lion, as this pion.
Ger locomotive was called, was one of
three ordered. by the company's civil
engineer, Horatio Allen, in England.
The ''Lion" was built by Foster, Ras-
trick & Co., at Stourbridge, and the
other two were built by Stevenson,
who extended many courtesies to the
American engineer. Thus it happened
that early in 1928 tho first order
placed in England for locomotives, Of.
ter tie successful working of those on
the Stockton and Darlington road,
was from PARKWAY America.
The Stourbridge Lion reached this
country and was given trial in New
York City on June II, 1929, which
proved highly successful. The loco.
motive was fired with anthracite coal
from the Delaware and Hudson Com.
pany's Lackawanna mines.
1t was to put this coal on the mar.
ket that the company's operations
were carried on, and this coal mining
caused the advent of the locomotive in
America as we'll as in England.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
WORDS OF WISDOM.

: The sin that looks the safest is the
surest to kill.
, 1t is more important to bear good
fruit than much fruit.
If the gossip would think more, her
tongue would get more rest.
There is no such thing as commit
ling one sin and stopping there.
The poorest man may give as much
As the richest, if he will give all he
can.
A wooden bread plate will be re-
membered longer than q souvenir tea-
spoon.
If you would know what it means
to be rich, find out that it is blessed
to give.
The shiftless man is always ewav
from home when good opportunity
knocks.
The man most in need Of mercv. ia
the one who will have no mercy on
himself.
Too many people are singing, "Scat-
ter sunshine" and waiting for some
body else to do it.
A blind mans opinion OF the sun is
based onwhat he has learned from the
earth with his cane.
10 things which you bear with i'm
patience you should sccustom your
self, and by habit you will bear them
we'll. -. ....-l;.... ~
The reason why so few marriages
are happy, is because young ladies'
spend their time in making nets, not
in making cages.
Character is measured by the dis.
lance travelled from the starting point.
and everything depends upon whether
the progress has been up stream or
down.
A generous friendship no cold
medium knows, burns with one love.
with one resentment glows, one should
our interests and our passions be, nv
friend must hate the man that Injuries
me.
Suffering is an accident. Il does
not matter whether you and I suffer.
Not enj oyment and not SORROW is
our life, not sorrow any more than en-
joyment, but obediences and duty.
1t duty brings sorrow let it bring sor.
row.
Let us ever remember that he who
lives for self and self alone is failure. |
whilst he who renders honest loving
service to his fellows, though he be
poor and an outcast, unhonored and
nnsung, is to all eternity noble sue.
cess.
Some people scorn to be taught.
others are ashamed of it, as they would
be OF going to school when they are
old; but it is never too late to learn
What it is always necessary to know.
And it is no shame to learn so long as
We are ignorant-tuat is to say, go long
IS we Iva
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
A Land of Rebellion.

Nearly two years have elapsed since
me Euhans declared that they would no
s1nger endure the yoke of Spain. Mil.
h1na OF dollars have been expended dur
Ag that time, both in the maintenance Of
zznies and the destruction of the proper
~ OF TIE people of the war-swept island.
Feb. "A. 1885, is the date upon which
TIC Insurgents declared their indepcnd-
aa,re, and before the end of the month
martial law had been proclaimed in Ha-
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
A Living Skeleton.

Seurat, who was shown as a liyin.
skeleton in England in 1925, was q
years old. He was 5 feet ~ inches
high and his bones were merely coy
cred with his dry, parchment skin, Tho
upper joints of his arms were four inch.
es round. The distance from the chcs,
to the backbone was but three inches
The shoulder blade bones were scarcely
an inch asnnder. His appetite was good
The pulsation of the heart was visible
to the eye.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
DEFIANCE.

M
OIL, on i'll ill-7isased demon,
ZONE 81 o.; tnurt defiance, j.,
an@here;
l an arme' for battle royal. 4,
,, fight ]e, both; = - W.
never sloth, (i1
"n0n d | scent ia a tightly pen at.,
1on., on'sts like these, W.
: N'0' on n9 t. sodden biscuia,
t00n' t load up" with CO...
fruits with cream, M
And fh n"3,,. awake, lie rond,a,
I Just go into training, and s,.,.,.
l o'ne upon such wholesome y.
mon sense deems fit. ~
And when I toss my castor. 4, b
in the ring,
III knock Foreboding 'ssl|lv
eye .'in a sling" W. VI
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
Remarkahle Yield of Oliro.

Five-year-old trees. in the olive or.
cl1ards of San D ego County, Cal fornia,
yield thirty gallons of fruit per tree
This is regarded as the most remark.
able production of olives ever heard Of
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
PIrH AND D. POM

$50, son e. Of II. our happiest non.,s
The man who rocks the 81. q
b. be made to paddle his own w
Puck. IVY slaa
"Flsberman's luck" /, 81
ma some one who believe, III
g Madge can read her hu,b.,.,s|
book" Eyes; like . blank Sasl
Norristowa Herald. sssl'
Trying to look like a sheer u. ].
yet produced any wool On HIM. 1s
a goat.-Ram's Horn
All the worlds a stage, spd Il
ductlon seems to require ! t,s1. i
array of ''supes. Puck.
She ibid you ever t,,I,h.
cure?" ,Hle-"oh, yes. III
matism?" "No. for love-
The man who takes 1 ,,bo,.
success generally has to 90 ~ !.
learn the regular road. Lite D
Cholly-"I believe / .m ,;
softening of the brain. = DosI.s
Are you sure it was ever hsid /
Darkside-':1s one Of our ~
is doomed" Fenilworth-sIi'
that?" "She's been ordered to
Life.
MY mother-in.law must c.t,l
train, diverse hurry up. lil)
count on me-! l shall ain. II
she were my own. "-Flieeenda y
ter.
"Do you enjoy novel reading y
Belinda?" "0h, very much; on
associate with people in fiction
one wouldn't dare to speak to Il & ii
life. "-Tit.Bits. S'ga
Driver CARRYING at a clif, III, n
to the passengers in his rapotI.
''Here the road is only passa6.ia
asses, and I request the party s "a
out and walk ahead" sI'l
rs your boy precocious?' 'g.i
If l may say it. He's only el.s.,
and yet he already thinks be Inn
little if any more than bis notas
and Detroit Journal. 81
Drawbacks of .'Isabsl, u
haven't painted any angels on IL,
cards" "No; Io,s
make them look stylish without Y
sleeves. Chicago Record.
MRS. Newed-"Mrs. Hlghton hi
oyely new bonnet" Mr.. Nev.l
II thought it an unusually u
hing" Mrs. Newed-"W hN al
:ainly; but just think what itnn
lave cost !"-Truth.
Anchor to Windward. Patient
Say, doctor?" Surgeon lcsln4
opening his case Of instruments
'Well?" Patlent-''R emembet-vl
re insured in the same mutual a.,
ANY !"--Chlcago Record. q.
Cholly-''Have you seen any d y
ociety buds yet?" Chappie-''lli, q,
nd ] have almost ruined myself by
ng them blossoms" Cholly ~ 81
int it? We must buy them g 9
overs or be cut ourselves. '-ltna
Eyes, the Bosleys must have y
18th severe losses lately" WHY
ave they had to give up their honsl'
No. ! don't think it'll be as bed q |.
nat, but they are going to ride ~
!st years bicycles this season. 4
1ouofop1 TJ- ssts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01

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II is only 1870 miles from Florida, and al
Though containing only $3.50 square
G1hes. or little more than half the area
Sa1 me State Of Kansas. every section is
S'oFcd with rich natural resources. 1t
aas valleys Chat are susceptible of rails
Ing the hncst grades of vegetable luxur.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01

The public debt of France is the larg-
est IN the world, and amounts to about
$9,000,0O0,000.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
CUBAN WAR REVIEW.
TWO YEARS OF FIGHTING WITH
LITTLE RESULT,

nntory Of the Present Uprising
s'aory of the Stormy Island from
Its Discovery Topo.rapf1ical and
Climatic Conditions.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-06-30
Let Us All
Celebrate.
The New Ulm Program for next Sunday
Furnishes Fine Opportunity.

From all that can be learned, New
Uim will witness one of the biggest
crowds next Sunday that it has been
favored with in years.
The celebration, too, will be entitled
to similar comment.
The parade, with Col. Bobleter as
grand marshal, will I've fine one-in-
Guiding a number of beautiful floats ap-
propriate to the character of the ccle-
blation.
The races at the Driving Park will be
exciting ones. They will include $3.50
trot and $50 pace and number of run
ming races, all for large purses. Also a
large number of bicycle races. .-,.
The exercises in Turner Hall Park will
be on the order of an old-time celebra-
ton and will he amusing to all.
Excursion trains will run on all roads
and the best of Accommodations will be
afforded all visiting guests.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-06-30
Illustrated Health Lectures.

Mrs. Newcomb begs leave to announce
through the Review her appreciation of
the courtesy of the ladies Of New Ulm,
who, IN spite Of the sultry, oppressive
atmosphere Of Monday afternoon, gath
cred at the Congregational church to
listen to her first lecture on The Physi-
cal Life and Health Of Woman" Seldom
has she had the privilege of addressing
q more interested or appreciative audi
ence. although the theme presented is
not unfamiliar to ladies. Mrs. NeWcomb
also desires to announce that the second
lecture will be given on Wednesday at 3
o'clock III the afternoon at the Turner
Hall lecture room. which is known to be
delightfully."- cool, even on a sultry day.
Ladies Of all ages are most cordially
invited and as no admission fee is chare-
ed It is natural to infer that the audience
will be even larger than on Monday