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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
The Age of Maryels,

We have witnessed the accomplish
ment of many apparent miracles" in
recent years, such as the freezing of
mercury into solid bar when poured
into white hot crucible, by means of
liquid air;the making of light without
heat by means of electric vibrations in
vacuum tubes; looking through solid
bodies by means Of the Roentgen rays;
studying the beating heart of living
person, and seeing his skeleton through
the feshy tissue and even through the
garments; telegraphiug without wires;
transmitting autographs and likenesses
bytelegraph; diving beneath the waves
in submarine boat; Analysing the
sun and stars by the spectroscope:
measuring the heat of the moon and
stars by the bolometer; operating rail-
way trains and street cars with the
electric force; moving carriages and
horses by the storage battery; initial
ing the flight of birds by means of
the aeroplane, and many other equally
marvellous achievements.
Some of these discoveries and in
ventions, says the Philadelphia Record,
are still in an experimental stage;
some are interesting mainly to the
student of original research in pure
science while others have an imme.
diate practical value.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

toward the opening, intending to
make dash into the canon and trust
ing to the swiftness Of the movement
to discomfort the marksman above. He
planned to send the main body on in
pursuit of the ambulance, while suf-
ticient number remained to dislodge
the man who was preventing them
from following their prey.
Mickey waited for the appearance
of the Indians with every nerve strung
to its highest tension. He thrilled
with satisfaction at each moments de-
lay, for he knew that the troops fol-
lowing him would make good time
and probably meet the ambulance be-
fore the Indians could overtake it.
When they had reached the point of
vantage sought, Black Eagles signal
was given, and they dashed into the
opening. Crack crackl crack! went
Mickey's carbine. Then as rapidly as
he could fire he discharged the six
shots from his revolver. He noted a
confused tumble of ponies and Indians
in the centre Of the roadway, but others
jumped over them, and he saw them
streaming away far up the canon.
Again the carbine cracked. Six,
seven, eight are down; nine, no, he
had missed that fellow. "Strange,"
he thought, chat cannot hit that red
pate; the fellow must bear a charmed
life." Again the hideously painted
face came within range, and as Mickey
fred he was filled with exultation to
see the savage roll down the rocks.
Now tufted heads were beginning
to appear from behind every boulder,
and shots were scattering on the rocks
around him Ah-had o hot iron been
thrust though his left shoulder? A
moment later his right foot also was
scared by an Indian bullet.
He hardly felt the pain of his
wounds. He was thinking Of the fair
young girl, whose image was indelibly
imprinted upon his heart as she was
whirled past him short time before.
Suddenly rock rolled down from
above. He turned to look up. There
was binding flash before his eyes
and then darkness.
When the general returned at the
head of the cavalry troop to the scene
of Mickey's adventure he found the
lad lying where he had fallen. He
was dead, but the body had not been
mutilated, for the Indians had been
driven off by the approach of the
troops.
In the regimental descriptive book
Of the Fifteen cavalry the following re-
mark is entered opposite the name Of
Michael Donovan, G troop, in the
handwriting of General Farr:
"Born in obscurity, reared in pow
erty and ignorance, yet possessed of
the divine attributes of hero! The
voluntary sacrifice of life that others
might live is greater than the duty of
soldier; it is true heroism. youths
Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

A novel method of ascertaining the
point of escaping gas is practiced in
Client, Belgium. The outfit consists OF
large hand drill or auger, several
hollow tubes or pipes of the required
length, a few corks fitted with quills
through the centre, bottle Of Or
Palladium, and few bits of white
paper. Several paving blocks are re-
moved over the gas main, holes
are bored in the soil, and in each is
planted piece of the hollow piping;
on the upper exposed end one of the
Sorks is placed, with the quill in the
centre running up and down parallel
with the pipe, A small piece of the
white paper is dipped in the Or-Pal.
ladium and pushed into the open quill
twenty or thirty such deteotors be.
ing put in position at one time-and,
if a leak exists within, say two yards
of them, the effect of the escaping
gas will be evident upon the paper,
rendered sensitive by the reagent, and
it will at once turn black. The effect
Of the action of the gas upon the de-
detector first placed in position be,
comes evident before the last one Of
row of twenty is set up. The gas
company of Client causes regular
tests to be made in turn in all the
streets of the city, and the loss by
leakage is said not to exceed three
per cent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

DR.. Andrew Wilson of London
writes thus: II have received several
letters of late reiterating q question
I might we'll be tired of answering,
DO tomatoes cause cancer?' But for
the fact that one takes pleasure in
stamping ones foot on a misleading
statement calculated to prejudice peo-
pie against vegetable food which is
entirely healthful and safe, should
grow weary of asserting that not iot
or title Of proof has ever been offered
in support Of the outrageous state,
ment noted above. One might as
we'll allege that cabbage causes can
Ger, for there would be no more proof
to be had concerning the tomato myth.
can only repeat that the tomato is
an excellent vegetable enough, aud
may be partaken of by those with
whom it agrees without any fear OF
its initiating any disease whatever.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
There are 400, 100000 Chinese.

There are 400, 900, 900 Chinese.
Cameron, No., has q four-legged
chicken.
Switzerland has q deaf and dumb
Salvation Army corps.
There is a we'll in West Virginia
which discharges natural gas with q
roar that can be heard six miles away.
A japanese bride gives her wedding
presents to her parents as some slight
recompense for their trouble in rear
ing her.
AS to the length of life of fish, it is
said that the ordinary carp, if not in
terfered with, would live about five
hundred years.
Seymour Keyser, postmaster ct
Mannheim, N. Y, has an apple tree
which was brought from Holland in
the seventeenth century. 1t still
bears fruit.
The time necessary for the CONVEX
sion of forest tree, or a part of it,
into printed paper in recent test
made in Germany was two hours and
thirty-fve minutes.
A queer exhibition was recently
held in Berlin, Germany, that of the
Vegetarian society, in which sixty
children were shown who have never
touched other nutriment than vegeta-
rian.
In Berlin the fremen wear water
jackets with a double skin, which they
are able to fill with water from the
hose. If the space between the two
layers becomes oyerfilled the water
escapes through valve at the top of
the helmet.
The Sandwich Islanders estimate
women by their weight. The Chinese
require them to have deformed feet
and black teeth. A girl must be tat.
tooed skyblue and wear a nose-ring to
satisfy South Sea Islander. African
princes require their brides to have
their teeth filed like those of q saw.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

Professor Koch of anti-tuberculosiS
fame has made a new discovery. He
has come forward with the startling
announcement that he knows what
causes malaria, It's mosquitoes. Now
Professor Koch may be very great
man, but he has simply begged the
question. If mosquitoes cause mala-
ria, what causes mosquitoes That's
what this patient world wishes to
know. Tell us how to get rid OF the
mosquitoes, and we shall not worry
about the malaria.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

The Hawaiian government has, in
cooperation with a syndicate of plan
tiers and merchants, organized q pi-
geon post service between the eight
largest islands of the Sandwich Archi-
pelago. Communication had previ-
Ously been carried on under difficult
ties and at irregular intervals, vessels
not always being able to reach the
islands. Several hundred birds have
been trained to the service, and the
attempt to establish q daily bird post
has been attended with success. The
most distant of the outlying posts is
two hundred and fifty miles from
Honolulu, the central station.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

1t is narrated that when the Well
man Polar expedition, which is pro-
ceeding under the American flag, put
in at Archangel, a Spanish trading
ship was lying in that port. The Rus
sian authorities were so fearful of q
great sea fight between these two
mighty warships that they held the
Spanlard until twenty-four hours after
the American had sailed This is
probably the funniest thing that hap
pened IN the course of the entire war,
II that Spanish merchantmen had
gone out first and had bottled up the
Wellman Polar expedition, no doubt
the Royal Geographical Society OF
England would have sent it's Baltic
fleet to our aid, and thus the whole
Anglo Russian imbrogIio would have
been forced into open war, and the
question of British rights in China
would'have been settled at once with
out the aid of further speeches by
Mr.. Goschen, says the New York
Times. When you come to think OF
it, it is really quite dreadful to con.
template what might have happened
if the Russians had let that spaniard
loose.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
A New Street Pet.

Recently afashionably dressed lady,
attired in white, with large hat, and
carrying a parti-colored en- tout cas-,
attracted much attention in Parlia-
ment street, London, as she walked
down that thoroughfare with a
thin chain around her waist. to the
end of viii l was attached a small
live monkey, which was holding on to
her skirts as best it could.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
Russia an Asiatic Nation

I considered it Asiatic when i
semblances to what I had 81
other countries of the East h
home the comparison. And from
moment I was able to Judge it cal
In Asia the systems Of govern
are less military, but Russia is d
into militarism by her contact
Europe. The lack of machine
discipline in the Russian soldier
truly Asiatic and SO are the ST.
ton, patience, suffering and SCI
of the people. The absence OF q
die class and the gulf that take
place are Asiatic conditions.
In Russia no man except a mel
of the cabinet or a diplomat dare
discuss politics. In other Al
countries the people are not forbl
to discuss them, because they
never shown any inclination TO 9
No more do the 119, 900, 600 mo-
of Russia. Their intellectual act
never goes beyond the affairs Of
lage, family, farm or EMPLOY
There most active interest is IN
gion, but they make of that SUI
mere tissue of forms and mecha
Or automatic practices that it is col
on without any more mental
than the activity of a victim Of
Vitus' dance. The leaven of proc
is not in the mouiik any more Cd
is in the coolie. If Russia'ssysN
government is to be threatened q
tered it must be by the oOVV
who reflect the European ideall
their dress and manners, sld WV
sent fertile grounl for the propa 8
of European rafo ns. Russia l'a Y
is from the toy the bottom \ 4, 500 :
Julian Ralph, Ii H.gpes's AlasA
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
ADMIRAL DEWey,s I'm.

De-. lie n.
1nefe are a few officers o, !,
who can recall when R ., 'ass
George Dewey once b bsfa,.
death and an occasion v Isao' :
Ger didn't have half a oh hnsa 'A I
was an occasion that he did,a y +
to have made public at thu hunt y
lor some me- time afterward. I ~, i
some will be prompted w,l r
meet him after hisreturn from "us ~ n
ippines to say to him, "W ~ I
had a liver!" But that j, a ~
Admiral George Dewey b,!is aas
has he had one for ssv aaslt
Now a good, whole liver is r..,'
as indispensable to keep a ,na ,ssa :
but Dewey has shown to th. =
what he can do with only ~, ny, (
liver. p@sa
1t was when Dewey was . :.
only that he underwent a ts,,s /
Grafton under an Italian su,a s
knife and hazarded a possib is' NJ
OF life, and for long time atts,'
he suffered intensely from t E,'' N
of the marvellous incision, D. \ /
commanding officer of the sla,1H
war Pensacola in the European ~, y
ron at the time, and he had M,
desperately ill from what may
are frequently troubled with.a d
liver" in other words, what j, u
commonly spoken of as a All
liver" or tropical liver ailmen,
is as much more severe than III
jaundice as all tropical dise,:,,
more virulent than Il .stss,
types IN temperate zones, n 4
occasions Medical Director TN
expressed alarm as to the result
some relief was brought to hand s
Finally, at Malta,a consulate 4
held between Surgeon Hoehl,,
his assistant and an italian sps
OF southern Italy, who belop,3I
the class that make themselye, n
liar with those troubles, bec,r,|
the climate of the Mediterraps,
are an indigenous product f
trouble was soon diagnosed. u
was suggested that the only h
was to remove that part Of hSN
that had become hardened, Il (
also recognized that the ops,,
would be a hazardous one. II
spoken to about it Captain d,
asked what was the chance Of nd|
the operation successful The nj
expert responded: There's oaly5
chance in ten of your living thh8
it," To this the officer replied
he would take that chance and
the surgeons to go to work at
as they wished. The patient Va|
under the influence of anasthehaI
stomach was cut into and the did
end of the liver drawn out ala /
spected and then cut of. Th /
naming part was treated to pss
hemorrhage and then put bad
place, and the lips made by tha
geon's knife were sewed up. Ih(
covery was a slow process, butt
q successful operation, and he'll
able to do duty today as if no
tion had ever been necessary +
his most intimate acquaintance
that the operation worked a chat
his temperament. New York Trl
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

Porto Rico means door to riches.
The Spaniards have kept it shut and
locked so long that it may prove a
misnomer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
The Soldiors Exchanged shes, !,

In one of IL wards Of Bels mere y '
hospital, New vo,k City, lie Cqp n, Sflsl
Richie, % yes old, Of the hfe n, y Wv, wo
airy, U. S. regDaas, who WIN H. Eyes yes
three times at The latte Of say I :, was as
and Private Mannipg, p yeST soy = VII
the Thirty-third NLichigsih rapaFl' vh an
wounded at the battle Yf I'll sHM did
Their wounds were sen ms w.
t n,hs1 a ,el tbe ankle n Richie pusl
right foot and We ing the leil .ibst IL ny nv
"Say, Mann rs old boy .1ns r. !
1 Kitcnle r ia lifts SCI Gton TT
lost the right pet At yoa INC = Woman
eh %T ones, tbs BAL, cspprl,|| s,s NJ,
said Manning. 81 ling H.
"What size S. IL you #sas aen s
"Seven." is.aucb
"Good boy. Now, you s lau M wom
your left shoe and I'll give ~ " thha ieari
right, and when we get OUT ,h.uas though
ranch we'll each have q Vu'N 8
shoes" Il -
"Donep' i. tbe1ut ths ~
And the exchange vas made % ;oalsd, 10
and there. all the otter sufferers ~ yIsaeek
i ina in the laugh, view York saS's On 81
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15

A regiment In motion and the rattle Of q
drum,
With rat, tat, tat and rat, tat, tum!
Fear Is on the face of some,
Others stepping with aplOmb;
And steady is the patter and the clatter OF
the drum.
Swooping lines, in evolution, fast the wheel
ing columns come,
And thousand men are stepping to the tap
ping Of the drum
There are countenances glum,
There are senses dull and numb,
But boy Is stepping proudly there, he's
playing on the drum.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
THE STORY OF A DRUM.

The rage and roar of battle and the rattle OF
a drum,
The shrapneI shot are flying with zip and
aZum
Cruel shells exploding como.
And the bullets hiss and hum.
But Il drum still echoes loudly. VIII the
thing be never mum?
Darkness on the field Of battle, where the
body seekers como;
Tho storm of death is ended and displayed
the struggles sum
A pallid face, drum;
There is blood and both are dumb,
A story of drummer and story Of drum
II. E. McGrath, in New York Sun.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-10-15
AS q Result of an Operation r. ,
Part of One

4 q
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The times., 1898-03-03
THE MARKET UNSTABLE
Cuban Situation Continues TO Dom
mate Stock Operations.
The Balance of Foreign Trlnsac-
tions Reflected in Firmer Mar
ket for Sterling Exchange.

New York, March $50 long IS the
Cuban situation remains the dominant in
fiuence in the stock market it seems use
less to expect any stability of movement
The character of the greater part of the
buying which took place yesterday was
clearly disclosed at the opening this
morning. With no change whatever in
the situation, the urgent demand for
stocks apparent late yesterday vanished.
In a sense, yesterdays remarka bic mar
ket episode was Complementary to Thurs
Days violent break.
At the opening of business today the
market was characterized by unusual ir-
regularity. Rather rapid advances took
place in many stocks in the early deal
ings, notably in metropolitan Street Rail
way, but after period of dullneSS de-
clined BY way of explanation some theo-
rists seized upon the preparations max
ing by the Government to provide an ade-
quate supply of coal and ordnance, and
the traders sold stocks on the announce
ments in these respects as if they had
made some new discovery. There was
nothing of real Importance in the days
developments, and no actual information
in regard TO the diplomatic situation that
had definite bearing upon the market
Foreign houses had orders on both sides
of the account, but their purchases were
confined to the lower priced stocks and
were far exceeded in value by their sales
The balance of the foreign transactions
was reflected In a somewhat firmer mar
| ket for sterling exchange.
The money market was easy, the usua
Wednesday deposit in the Treasury
against the Union Pacific balances being
omitted. 1t is probable that the shor
| interest eliminated yesterday was to
! large extent replaced in the days deal
| ings. In the last hour particularly III,
room traders were very aggressive sell
ers of the general list. There We're sharI
| declines scored in Manhattan and SugaI
Refining. Metropolitan Street Raiwa!
| lost all Of its early advance. A rathe
sharp decline in New York Central wa
attended by unconhrmed reports Of lega
steps designed to interfere with the pur
chase of the Lake Shore Company. Else
| where the losses on the day in the activ
| stocks were less noteworthy.
The close was unsteady, with the trad
ing only moderately active.
The times., 1898-03-03
Kidney and Uric Acid Troubles
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AS we are by nature subject to many
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If a peculiar pain attacks you, try to
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organ of the body is sick and in need
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If the kidneys are at fauIt-and in al
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They are the great filters of our body,
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If the kidneys are not in a perfectly
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the grasp of most serious kidney or
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If neglected now the disease advances
until the face looks pale or sallow.
puffy or dark circles under the eyes,
The times., 1898-03-03
netImes the heart

the feet swell and sometimes the heart
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There is no more serious menace TO
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The times., 1898-03-03
Mrs. A. P. Collins, 313S P st. NV.
Cured of Catarrhal Deafness.

THIS week we present for the first time the case
o. Mrs Collins one of almost one thousand cases
that have been cured ia less than Two years She
says j am siyry-seyeH years old next March.
] have been deaf two years. This deafness came
over me one day while I Was standing VI The
stove 10y an open window. The wind blew across
the SIDE Of my face. WHOM, in q fninule, without
any warning. 7 suddenly became deaf" Crhis case
had catarrh previous 10 this time, and the ex-
posure 10 the wind produced . violent congestion
oi the already irIitsted membranes, which, in
turn. suddenly closed the tube thereby produe-
ing instant dcliuess.-DT. Cowden.)
- great roaring came 10 ms cars; got worse
and worse for two years. until ] came here. /
went 10 another doctor FIRST, but he did me no
good and got tired lei, him tlree months be
fore J came hero.
u came here through the recommendation Of a
gentleman who told about you, and asked me
why ] dio not come 10 YOU
y could not hear She door bell unless I was
1igh; u-.dcl il: but can hear il plainly all
over the house I could not hear the clock strike
IN the adjoining room, but / can hear il now.
can hear sermon IN church now. but before
came here had stopped going 10 church, because
could not understand the sermons; can hear the
words Of music. too In ordinary conversation
can understand very web, bat before this / had
70 81 and say nothing, while others were talking.
y have found the treatment mild and pleasant
] have taken the treatment for several months; Il
was good while before ! noticed any change. but
when il came it came suddenly got discouraged
at times. but il is al right now. ] sleep wei
and ny appetite is good: nay whole health is i'm
proved. my digestion and strength better than he
fore ! began treatment
Il heartily recommend this treatment for al
catarrhal conditions, because know what il ha
done ior ne and for Others"