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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
STARVING TO DEATH.
Many People Reported to be Dying OF
Hunger in Havana.

Many People Reported to be dying OF
Hunger in Havana.
The New York Suns Havana cable
Thursday said: twenty-five persons,
among them twelve women and five
children, died Wednesday CT hunger
in Havana. They ware crowded into
a place called Los Foros, where the
Spanish police here huddle paci6cos,
who have been driven by troops into
the capital from the neighboring
country. Many thousands of these
hapless persons are now starving to
death in Los Foros, and 1 have been
informed by trustworthy persons that
since Oct. l about twenty of them
have died every day of their privations.
The Spanish authorities conceal the
facts and the black maria comes in the
night to take away unders cover of
darkness bodies buried in the ceme-
terry at Colon.
Horrible facts concerning the situa-
ton in Los Foros we're made public by
Spanish officer, Capt. Daniel Villalo.
bos, who went Tuesday morning to
that place to make inquiries about two
Spanish soldiers who were reported to
have been confined by mistake with
the paciacos. ViIlalobos did not find
the soldiers, but the sight of the poor
people dying there from hunger shock.
ed him SO greatly he Immediately made
report to the Governor, and publicly
expressed lis opinion such an awful
spectacle in the very centre Of Havana
was disgrace TO the Spanish govern.
ment. Villalobos has been advised by
his superior to mind his own business
and not interfere in the affairs OF the
administration.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
Bryan's Filial Piety,

W. J. Bryan has offered large sum
of money to Ewing College, at Ewing,
Franklin county, ILL.,, to be known 81
the Mary Elizabeth Bryan prize fund.
The income is to he used annually dur.
ing commencement week in cash prizes
for the best essays on the science oil
government. Mr.. Bryan's mother was
student at Ewing College. His siste,
was also student there. Judge Silas
Bryan was strong supporter OF the
school. Ewing is Baptist college,
With large real est. holdings and
handsome, commodiou buildings. Mr..
Bryan gave this fund to tho college on
account of his mothers former connec-
ton with the school.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
The worst Boy ID scb

III was about the worst pc s.. n
school and the teacher had 81
him again and again until Sc e,
gun to consider him IN the Z & " ss
natural enemy, aud she fel,s
b bows feeling for her must 1 e
one Of hatred. So IT was Y Y y y
p preaching "a holiday separat
bows Of the school brought w..
little gifts Of remembrance i s
t bad boy approach with some
and and p piace box Of candy g I
But / don't think I cal'i
Tom" she said. "Yon haze " y
bad a boy; you have scene.
everything esa you could 70 d is',.
said d1 the bad boy in entreaI 9
II worked after school houls & "a
money to get it, ;
And someone felt tears e !. T.
near nrt the surface then, 70 tss
was a poor boy and had 90 es's
pleasures e., IN life that he eo y
nected to sacrifice any q 'ns
one.-Ex6hange. rs :sss Il sS IS
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
A Young Kcntuckian's Invention.

Thomas B. Dixon, q broad proved,
intellectual-looking young man from
Henderson, KY. has accomplished what
nearly all Of the great electrical in
ventors and Investigators have failed
to do-devised practical sextuplate
system Of telegraphing.
All Of the tests, made in the pres.
ence of several experts, were LOOP
tests. The sextuplex was worked over
3OO-mile circuit, and, with all sides
in operation, the saunders responded
to the key with marvellous distinctness.
Induction is so thoroughly overcome
by Mr.. Dixon's system that the differ
ent sides of the sextuplex worked as
promptly and as clearly as o single
wire.
Allowing this test of the sextuplez
system, which admits Of three mes
sages going each way over the same
wire, another loop circuit was rugged.
This line went from Boston to Buf.
falo and return, and from Boston tc
New Haven and return, a distance o.
about 1900 miles. Then the quadru
pie feature Of the Dixon system was
tried and the characters came as clea1
and clean as the notes of q perfect
bell.
No quadruplex system in existence
has ever been known to transmit char
acters clearly on all sides over such {
distance of wire without the aid of {
repeater at some intermediate station
Tests of the Dixon system have beer
made in all kinds Of weather, and botl
the quadruplex and the sextuplex
which are embodied in one, work vel
enough tokeepthe mostnervous sende
or receiver in good humor.
Edison is said to be authority TO
the statement that the use of the quad
rup!ex system has resulted in a savin'
of $40, 900 to one Of the grea
Geographic companies alone, and il
these days Of the increasing use Q
telegraphy Mr.. Dixon's invention
means the saving Of immense sums i
wire construction and maintenance. =
Boston dispatch to the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
SERIOUS CHARGES PREFERRED
Against Would-be Alabama POstma

Against Would-be Alabama Postmas'
A Washington, D. c., special to the
Montgomery, Ala, Journal says: "The
nomination of Judge G. W. Buckly tc
be postmaster at Montgomery il
being held up in the white house.
Some very sensational charges have
been made against him. One i.
that while in congress from Ala.
ana he appointed lis nephew, who
lived at Delhi, N. Y, and who had
never been in Alabama. to cadetship
at Yves; Point, certifying that he was a
resident Of the congressional district in
which Montgomery is located. An.
other charge is that he misapproprl.
atel over $1,000 belonging to the Louis
Fritz estate. 1t is charged that he is
not and never has been resident Of the
State of Alabama; always kept his fam
lily in New York State. in spite Of
which fact he has in The past drawn
sl35, 900 in salary during his incum.
bency of various Offices in Alabama. 1t
is charged that he has invested all Of
the money elsewhere than in Alabama,
as his Alabama State and county taxes
are only $l.60 year. There are also
sensational charges Of immortality
against Judge Buckly. The charges
are being investigated. Thos. j. Scott,
of Montgomery, is Buckly's opponent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The engine Of an express train con-
eumes twelve gallons ofwater for each
mile travelled.
An international congress has been
arranged at Paris for the discussion
of the means of preventing fires IN
theatres and other places OF public
resort.
The legislature of Uruguay has con.
ferred citizenship and the sum OF
$40, 600 on DR.. sanarelli as recog-
milton of his discovery Of the yellow
fever microbe.
The wave-length Of the Roentgen
rays, as determined by Her L. Fomm,
is Q. 600, OLA millimeter, which is about
one fifteenth Of that of the shortest
| ultraviolet waves yet accurately
measured.
DR.. ". D. Abbott Of Philadelphia,
who has made valuable donations TO
the Smithsonian Institution, has now
given collection Of birds from the
Malayan peninsula containing lloo
birds, representing over 200 species.
A resolution has been submitted
to the municipal council Of Paris re-
curing families to furnish every two
months medical certificate stating
that infants under one year have been
cared for in accordance with hygienlc
rules.
That the white man may live in the
tropics safely with proper safeguards
against bacteria is the conclusion
reached by an Italian physician after
years of study. This author regards
all tropical diseases. including even
sunstroke, as parasitic in origin:
The minimum temperature of visi
bility has been found by Signor Pet
tineli, all italian physicist, to vary
with the size of the heated surface. A
surface of % square inchesat two feet
from the eye becomes visible in the
dark at 400 degrees G. $3.50 degrees
F.).
The theodolites used at the Blue
Hills, Mass, Meteorological Obsefva
tory for measuring clouds were latel.
turned upon flock of ducks that wa
; 1iying over. The birds were found t.
be at height of 95S feet, above tn
lower station, in the Nepoqset valley
and were flying at the rate OF A..
miles an hour.
J. Meteorological records kept at Edin
burgh for one hundred and thirty
: eight years show no appreciate
l change in the climate conditions an
, nothing approaching weather cycles
! Great snowstorms prevailed durin
! the first quarter Of this century, an
thunderstorms have been unususll
frequent in recent years.
. A complete racial survey Of the Ii,
, ing adult population of Switzerland
proposed by DR.. Rudolph Martin
Zurich. The observations Of each il
dividual would include measurement
}. % in all--with a few simple impl
j ments, together with color Of hair an
9 eyes, complexion, shape Of head, fac
: nose, etc. The object sought is
q determine what types among the il
-habitants represent pure varieties, an
d what others Indicate hybrid forms.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23

prolific and versatile writer's a l!lg.|
ern times. Ever since her s6r & ll!ss
was published, when she W ! A. ~
has had a place in the hearts. oI 1;s!l
large class of readers. She Q.ls!!'l
exceedingly rapid writer turn .Egsss
with great regularity a thIee.Y;
novel every year. She publ'snee
forty works OF fiction IN adall
numerous biographical and 49,
works. Beside, she was = 81 \
contributor 10 the periodicals asa.
the editor CT a series, Forelsn y
for English Readers. ls3s
Mrs. Oliphant was 20 years J, ~
she died and was born N Mlu lae1se
England. Her maiden name Hss
son. s5ss
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
Will Operate a spathite Orc Furnace.

Deeds were passed in Birmingham,
Ala, Thursday, conveying to the
Spathite Iron Company the title to the
Vanderbilt furnace property OF East
Birmingham, the price being 1875, 900.
The purpose Of the purchasers, who
own large deposits of spathite ore in
Tennessee, is to operate the furnace
and make spathite iron, which sells il
the market for 50 more than common
pig, and is especially valuable to the
foundryman on account of its fuidity.
The spathite ore is full ofzlime aDc
carries it's own fux, eliminating the
expense of limestone in melting. Col.
Sharpe, of Nashville, Tenn, is at the
head Of the enterprise and made the
deal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
Boy Has a Mania for Reptiles.

Berkeley has q snake fancier in the
person Of Teddy Finn, the l5-year-
old son of J. Finn, who has a den Of
eleven reptiles Of various species. He
handles them as adroitly and cares for
them as tenderly as if they were a
kennel Of young puppies.
Ever since he was able to walk
Teddy has had mania for creeping
things, and has availed himself Of
every opportunity of gathering about
him variety Of squirming, twisting
serpents.
Teddy's pride is young king
snake, so called, because it is able te
kill any other snake, except boa con-
strictor, by winding itself about the
neck Of its victim.
''Snakes are as easily domesticated,
says he, Gas any other pets. They
are ugly sometimes, but they get ove1
it. Look at those green racers.
suppose their breakfast did not agree
with them, and so they have beer
cross all the morning. Isn't my king
snake beauty, though?
"When she is wound around thu
wrist, it is almost impossible to re
move her except by pinching her tai
in certain place, when she will hasti
ly uncoil herself. Once she squeezed
my wrist so tightly that my hand wa
blue and swollen for long time"
Teddy often takes his pets with hin
when he goes on errands for hi
mother. The people of the North EN-
have become accustomed to seein!
snakes suddenly raise their heads from
Teddy's pockets or from under hi
blouse. San Francisco Call.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23

The cornerstone Of Ohio's capitol
was laid July 4, 1889, and it took
twenty years or more to finish the
building. The state was proud Of it
when it was done, and insists that it
is a grand old State house even at this
day. 1t cost 81, $3.50, 121.45.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
An Express Driver Commits Suicide,

Robert Nevlin, single, % years old,
driver for the American Express Com.
'pany, lat Galveston, Texas, killed him.
Il elf Friday by an overdose of NOR.
phine, taken with suicidal intent. He
was short in his accounts about $50.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
GAR AND KILLFISH.
Table Manners of Fish Built on Tor
pedo Boat Specifications.

pedo Boat Specifications.
The gar may be described as fish
built on torpedo boat lines considera.
bly drawn out. There is one now at
the Aquarium which came from Lake
Erie, is three feet long, and doesn't
look to be three inches through amid.
ships. It's snout is long, slender, and
tapering, and it's mouth opens back
six or seven inches, so that in general
appearance it's jaws are much like a
pair of shears.
When the gar is under one bell, so
to speak, it moves through the watel
very smoothly, making no commotion
whatever, and that is the way it moves
when it sets about capturing kill.
fish. 1t swims along very quietly and
gently, with it's mouth closed, in the
direction Of the killie, and keeps NOV
ing until it has overrun the killie by
three or four inches; the gar then
lying quietly in the wake with the
unsuspecting killie close by.
Suddenly the gar opens its mouth
slightly and swings its head sidewise
and closes its jaws. The chances are
that the little killie is then between
the gar's long jaws crosswise, its head
projecting on one side and its tail on
the other; it may be that it is paral'
yzed at once by the gar's sharp teeth,
or it may wriggle little.
The gar is in no hurry, not the
slightest; it knows very we'll that the
killie can't get away. Pretty soon il
begins to shift the killie back toward
its throat, so it can swallow it. Tht
gar doesn't work the killie back in it!
jaws, but it opens its jaws just enough
to clear the killie, and then it bitches
forward itself with movement 81
slight and quick as to be scarcely per
ceptible, setting its jaws togethe
again with the killie still lying acros
the upper side of the under jaw, hea(
on one side and tail on the other, bu
little nearer the gar's throat.
Still not in the slightest hurry abou
it, the gar repeats this two or tire
times, until it has got the killie prett
we'll back in it's jaws; then it set
about Slowing the killie round length
wise, so as to take it in and swallow
it. Most fishes prefer to swallow
fish head first, so that the fins won
spread out and stick in the swallow
er's throat, but it doesn't appear t
make much difference to the ga
which way it fakes the ,killie; ii tn
lillie should still retain some life, an
it manages to wriggle itself around i
the gar's shifting OF it so that its ia
is toward the gar's tail, the 81
does not undertake to slew it Giles
around again with its tail forward
but when it gets the killie we'll along
side it's mouth it opens it long jaws
= little wider and takes the killie
bodily, closes it's jaws, and moves gel
thy on.-New York SUM-.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
s,a,n Ouarantines Gy y

The Spanish governn.a..
orders for the enforce , ensn.
quarantine against ~ ]. .'s e.
from Galveston, Texas: 8
against yellow fever.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
RoUMAiM BROS. Is
JEWELRY sf1 JiIl11|

Now in this hustlirg little civ. s Nh
There are many things that are pie4t 81
But of all things that are .complate sSssi
Is Roumain's stora-tidy, clean and| NH n
The latest styles can thee be iound: 81
''Thoy lead the other fellows round, sls
They lead in jewelry through and.thpnI 4
In prices, sty!os, attract ns too. ss.ss!!s
Their clocks not only tick and beat. s s
But makes their rivals quick retrest s,, ss5s
Low prices, beauty not surpassed 81
Their quality is what makes them m hi
CAN suit ;Ta; in both Il o ns and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
Punish Criminals by Eating Their Bodies.

Punish Criminals by Eating Their Bodies.
The most cruel form Of criminal
punishment is that found in vogue
among the Battaks or Battas, who in
habit that part Of the island of Sumatra
south of Atcheen. DR.. Van der Tunk,
q German discoverer, was astonished
to learn how civilized the Battaks are
in every respect except in their treat
ment of their prisoners. ..
There hanging and electrocuting
have not the ghost of show. Both
these methods and that suggested by
the recently famed Society for the
Betterment Of the Human Species,
would all be voted inadequate for the
proper punishment Of criminals guilty
of capital offences, which offences by
the way, are much more hume.
rous than in the United States, thiev.
ing being looked upon by the Battaks
as one Of the most heinous Of capital
crimes.
"The Battaks no sooner convict q
CRIMINAL" says DR.. Van der Tunk,
ethan the sentence is carried out
The convict is placed face downward
on large fiat stone, and the body is
then chopped into pieces by small
stone axes. The authorities then dis.
tribute these pieces among the fam
lilies of the village where the crime hae
been committed, and the villagers es
these pieces with the greatest relish
there being belief current among thu
Rattaks that if the body of crimina
is merely buried the soul may come
back to the body and resurrect it."
The enemies Of the Battaks cap
tured in war receive the same fate as
do their criminals. Women are sci
dom or never executed among them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
Ex-senator Paddock Dead.

Ex-senator A. S. Paddock died sud.
denly of heart disease in Beatrice,
Neb., at O'clock Sunday morning.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
ROUHAlN BROS,
BATON ROUGE,

Cor. Lafayette and Main
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-10-23
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The Winslow mail., 1897-04-03
His Prescription.

Boerhaave, the greatest doctor of his
time, was anxious that it should go
forth that even the most eminent doctor
is somewhat of "humbug." He care
fully handed the key of small diary to
his executor, bade him open it immedi-
ately after his decease and let the con-
tents so forth to the world at large.
When the notebook was opened, all its
pages but the last were blank, and on
that final one there was written in large
letters: Directions to patients: Keep
your feet warm and your head cool and
trust for the rest to Providence. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-03
Noah md Money.

''The financial situation has caused
considerable research on the subject, "
remarked the cheerful idiot to his pas
tor the other day. 81 suppose, he con-
tinued, ''that you have made study of
the moneys of the Bible?''
"Oh, yes. replied the minister
blandly. 81 am familiar, to be sure,
with the Biblical coins''
81 infer that paper money was used
at the time of the fiood," continued the
idiot, sparring for chance to make a
home thrust.
"What has led you to this conclu-
sion?" asked the pastor.
''Well, we read of where the dove
brought the green back to Noah. -
Washington Times.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-03

Paine's celery compound has never yet
failed to cure.
Where all other medical treatment has
failed to relieve Paine's celery compound
has succeeded time and time again.
John W. Boyd of Mishawaka, Ind, says
of his own case:
Last winter | was taken down with 3
very severe attack of nervous and muscular
rheumatism, so bad that | could not lie
down, sit up, or stand, without the most
excruciating pain. l was all the time under
the care of two of the best physicians of the
place, but | did not improve. | took diff
ferent rheumatic cures and used an electric
battery halt hour each day for 10 days
without any relief.
. Finally | concluded to try Paine's
celery compound, and to my surprise after
using one-half OF bottle | was able to get
out and vote on ele ton day, and before
used the o.e bottle | went to work, and
have worked eve y day since. l have
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-03
Like An Old Clock.
SET BACK TWENTY YEARS.
DIR. WILLIAMS THE INSTRUMENT.

DIR. WILLIAMS THE INSTRUMENT
/ From the Republican, Fresno, Ca.
A case reported from Fresno County
is that of well known former resident
OF Kingsburg, though now residing at
Selma.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Purves is an old gentle
man of seventy, who, during his long
residence in Kingsburg, was beloved
alike by young and old, and he is
equally endeared to the people of his
new home.
1t was about July 10, 1896, that a
reporter of the Republican met Mr..
Purves, and was astonished to see such
an improvement in his appearance.
He looked ten years younger and much
stouter than when he moved away
from Kingsburg for the benefit of his
health, and he was congratulated on
his improved appearance.
81 was all run down when | moved
away" Mr.. Purves said; something
lik3 an old clock that is worn out, but
have undergone such repairs as l
think will keep me in running order
for many years to come if no accident
occurs.
'What was the agent that wrought
the change, Mr.. Purves?' the reporter
asked. ''Was it Pink Pills? They
seem to be doing all the healing in
Fresno County,
Pink Pills are the very things that
have built me up" Mr.. Purves an
swered. Il happened to read one of the
advertisements of their healing quail
ties, and then read several more, and
somehow there was something in the
way the testimonials read that assured
me they were true. One in the San
Francisco Examiner especially i'm.
pressed me, and l sent at once and
bought some of the pills. / took them
as directed, and l do not think / need
tell you what they have done for me.
l am quite recovered and set back in
the journey of life at least twenty
years. have done more work since
have taken them than for long, long
time before. Indeed, 1 may say, since
long before you were born.
l took only two boxes in all, but l
shall always keep them by me as long
as l live, in case of relapse"
(Signed) j. M. PURVES.
: DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in
a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are also specific for
troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities, and all
forms of weakness. They build up
the blood, and restore the glow OF
health to pale and sallow cheeks. In
men they effect a radical cure in all
cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in
loose bulk) at so cents box OF six
boxes for. 50. so, and may be had of all
druggists. or direct by mail from DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schen-
ectady, n. Y.
The Winslow mail., 1897-04-03
A SOLID BASIS.

Gold is solid basis OF financial trahsac-
ton, and for business that's the best thlhg
for us. 1t is so in the physical condllohs'
If by some carelessness or exposure 10
sudden cold the muscles of the bacK are
contracted and stiilened, we have at once once
Iumbago, or lame back, sometimes called
"crick i'm the back" which IS disaOiiig
and nnfits ali who have it for any activity.
Now. to get back to solid basis OF health
and strength, st. Jacobs Oil should ae onc5 5
restore to their natural condition. 1t takes
but short time to perform the cure and the he
cure is certain. The back is then on soild
basis for strength and work, and nothlng
will bring about the change like this great
remedy for pain.