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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Furnished the Proof.

Saturday the case against the various
merchants, of New Orleans
charged with violating the or.
diuance relative to selling goods Of
tho depots in broken lots was called
before Recorder Fipnegan. The mer.
chants were represented by Mr.. George
Denegre, who informed the recorde,
that it was his intention to test the
legality of the ordinance, and he would,
therefore, furnish the necessary -evi'
dence for the state, as the state had nc
witnesses to prove its side. He there
upon placed Mr.. George W. Davidson,
Poydras street commission merchant,
on the. stand, and he stated that he had
sold goods from ether than original
packages, and also conducted business
in three different places. He wat
thereupon fined $40 or 20 days, and
Mr.. Denegre Immediately took an ap'
peal to the supreme court and
furnished the necessary bond. A. }.
Guillat, who was also charged with
violating the ordinance, was discharg'
ed as it was shown that he was only a
clerk for J. R. Fredericks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Remarkable Apparatus.

A magnetarium is o remarkable ap.
paratus lately shown the French
Academy by M. Wilde. 1t is intend.
cd to reproduce the phenomena Of
terrestrial magnetism and the secular
variations Of the compass and dipping
needle. One terrestrial globe is made
to revolve within another. The inner
globe is wound with insulated copper
wire, and the surface Of the seas is
covered with thin sheet iron, to give
0 difference between the magnetism
Of land md water. Insulated. rings
tevolving within the axis carry copper
brushes, which cause electric currents
to pass around the surface Of the
globes. A diferential motion is i'm.
parted to the inner globe by al or.
rangement of epicycloidal toothed
wheels, and the result is an accurate
reproduction of the principal phenom.
ona Of terrestrial magnetism, and the
changes that have taken place dur.
ing the last three centuries at Lon.
don, the Cape Of Good. Hope, St.
Helena and Ascension Island. The
inequalities in the periods Of magnetic
dip, as we'll as tho unequal rates Of
change, are faithfully shown. -Tren.
ton IN. j. American.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
I'm on Red River.

Capt. F. NJ. Kerr, assistant State en-
gineer, came up to Shreveport on
Wednesday nights Texas and Pacific
train, and left here the next morning, &C.
companied by President Vance, of the
Bossier Levee Board, on partial in.
spection OF the Bossier levees. Capt.
Kerr returned Thursday night and
stated that he had been asked to in.
spect the levees on the Chalk Level
plantation. 1t was reported to him
that the east bank of Red river was
caving badly in many places, and that
the levees we're in need of repairs. He
found the levees to be in compare
lively good condition. The average
distance between the caving bank apd
tho levee was 1870 feet. In some places
it was greater. He did not think the
levees at present in a dangerous con-
dition, but would advise the Bossier
Levee Board to build a new line Of le-
wee several hundred feet further back.
When this old line OF levee was con-
structed, in 1890, the distance between
the river bank and the levee was 500
feet. At present the distance is on
100 feet, howing that the bank has
caved for distance of $50 feet. He
was of the opinion that even should
this section be visited by high water
this spring, tho caving would not reach
the levee in the locality of Chalk Level
plantation, or any other portion of the
Bossier levees, which were in close
proximity of the river bank. Capt.
Kerr talked very eucouragingly about
the levee system in both the Bossier
and Caddo districts, and thought that
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Clay Flower TOtS.

Clay flower pots, up to tho size OF
eighteen inches, are made with ma.
chimes; pots Of fromsseighteen to TWEEN.
ty-four inches, the largest size, are
made by hand. In the making Of
flower pots UP to six inches in size
dies are used; flower pots of from six
to eighteen inches in size are formed
in plaster moulds. There are die ma.
chimes that will make 5000 flower pots
day.
The clay flower pots ore used chiefly
by florists. In a city the size Of New
York the number Of flower pots sold at
retail in the course Of a year would be
considerable, but single large for
list would use more than all New York.
The consumption Of these flower pots
is enormous; the aggregate monthly
production of the various potteries is
about five million. The florist uses
many Of the pots over and over again.
Pots are broken in various ways, and
great numbers are given away with
plants sold, SO that the florist is oil the
time buying. The clay flower pots arc
however, very cheap, almost marvel
lousy So Two-inch pots can be bought
for thirty-six cents hundred; On incl
and three-quarters pot can be bought
for twenty-five cents a hundred. The
cost, Of course, increases with the
size.
Florists in the East use almost ex
clusively flower pots of red clay; in til.
West florists use almost exclusively
flower pots Of white clay.-New Yorl
Sim
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
A Mysterious Denth.

Coroner Martin, at Lake Charles,
was notified Saturday that the body of 8
While man had been discovered floating
in the lake near the end of the South
ern Pacific trestle, at the west bank.
The coroner at once repaired to the
acene and held an inquest. 1t is a mys
terry cs to how the man met his death.
The doctor removed the seal p and found
hole directly in the back of the head.
It looked as though he had been struck
from behind with some kind of blunt
instrument. The body was identified
by young Parker, Of Westlake, as b.
hemian, who had come into their place
at Westlake some little time ago and
bought a cup of coffee. No further
indentity has been revealed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
with small amount Of patching IN
some weak places the levees Gould ea1'
lily withstand any high water which
might visit this section.
Protection Levee.

The recent and unexpected rise in
the river and the high stage it reached
caused much uneasiness at the new
lines of levees now under contract for
the closing of the Reid and Biggs Gre
vases. After a consultation between
Captain Newcomber, United States
engineer, and Majors Il. B. Richard
son and H. B. Thomp son, OF the Lou
isiana State board, it was deemed ne
cessary to throw up protec ton lines OF
levees at both places. The work, owing
to the low ground and heavy timber,
was extremely difficult. The forces on
the two protection lines were over l, 600
men. 1t was thought that the lines
could be kept up with the favorable
weather and the slow rising river,
which, it was thought some days ago,
would not go over 40 feet, but the dan
ger line, Al feet, was reached Friday,
and at 6 p. m. the gauge at Vicksburg
marks AIS, rise of q inches in the
previous twenty-four hours. Last
night the protection levee at Reid's
gave way, letting the water go through
the old crevasse. A note from Presi-
dent Maxwell, OF the levee board, states
| that at 6 o'clock this morning the water
going through was 3 feet deep and the
| opening some 800 feet wide, and cut
ting some both in depth and width.
An effort will be made to keep the
water off the Bjggs line, so that work
on that will not be suspended. 1t is
feared the water going through will do
some damage in the lower portion OF
Madison parish, but nothing, NJ. Max
we'll states, of a serious nature.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Dogs of tho Neolitl,lc Period.

Professors Rutimeyer and Woldrich
have discovered evidence that domes.
tic dogs, resembling more or less tho
dogs Of to-day, existed in Europe, not
only during tho ago Of iron and tho
age Of bronze, but even in that ex.
ceedingly remote time known as tho
neolithic period, when man made his
best tools Of polished stone. In South
America, also, accordingto the opinion
of DR.. Lydekker, man had cultivated
the friendship of companionable dogs
long before the extinct mammals,
whose wonderful remains are now
found in the pampas, had disappeared
from among the living forms Of tie
world.-Youth's Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Homeless Task.

"What strange methods some men
adopt to get wives" she remarked as
Bhe looked up from the newspaper
which she had quietly appropriated as
hers by right because she was first OF
The breakfast table.
"What happened now?" he asked.
"Why, o New York widower has
made application for one at the Barge
bffice where the immigrants land" she
Explained. "He says he wants a wo-
man who is thoroughly respectable, of
Kindly disposition, fairly good look
ng, good to children, obedient-"
"Hold on!' Uninterrupted. "What's
hat last?"
"Obedient."
"He might as we'll give Chi
ago Post!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
BOUND FOR KLONDIKE.
A Party. of Forty-Eight Germans Leave
New York for the Gold Fields.

A Party of Forty-Eight Germans Leave
New York for the Gold Fields.
A party of forty eight Germans,
mechanics from New York, Brooklyn.
Newark, Patterson, Hoboken and other
nearby towns, left for Seattle in q
special car Thursday night on their way
to the Klondike. In tho PARTY are car
penters, shoemakers. brewers, cooks
and tailors. Each man who joined put
up 5000 in cash, which provides his
ticket through to Circle City and pro.
visions enough to last niue months
after arrival in that place. Their
friends said good bye to them at an
east side saloon and two thousand per-
sons thronged thesstreets in the neigh
borhood. There was much singing and
jollifying. AS the hour of departure
approached the members piled into
three big brewery wagons and the jour
ney began. They presented q novel
spectacle as they were driven through
the streets and thousands of citizens
stopped to cheer them on. The first
Wagon carried an immense banner in
scribed "Auf Noch Klondikc." The
men were dressed i. big fur over
coats, caps, leggings and each one car
ried q rifle and had revolver s rap
ped in his belt Their warlike appel1.
ance contrasted with their jolly mar :
ner, for as they passed through II Q
streets they all sang in German t. .
songs of the fatherland. The men 8
ages range from 80. to 40, and they ale
all vigorous, healthy looking fellows.
Their strong, deep voices made the
streets ring with their songs.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
No Place Like America.

Rev. d.. Compton, pastor OF the
Baptist Church at Baton Rouge, de-
livered lecture to q large audience in
the Baptist Church at Clinton, We'd
nesday night, on his travels in Europe
last fall, covering two months. He is
an eloquent speaker. His observations
were SO clearly explained that it was a
good school for both old and young.
He said while there are many sights OF
interest to the eye and mind in Flu.
rope, still there was nothing to com.
pare to our American country, aud
more especially to the Southland. Mr..
Compton is q native of Kentucky.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
ESCAPED MURDERER SURRENDERED
Under Sentence to Pay the Death Penalty


for His Crime.
A murderer under sentence to be
hanged, who had escaped to a point one
hundred miles from his nearest pursuet,
voluntarily surrendered to the author
tiles at Fort Scott, Kas., Friday, after
notifying them of his intention by long
distance telephone. Tho convict was
George W. Finch, Of Kansas City, who
followed young Frank Swofford there
from Paols, Kas., and murdered him
for few dollfs, hiding the body in
the bushes. To-day Finch called up
Sheriff Wheeler by telephone from La
mont, Mo-, and said he would be there
on the evening train to help mend the
prison bars that he had broken.
Finch escaped from the combined
federal and State prison the on Tuesday
last, in company with several other pris'
oners. He says he rode from there to
Kansas City on a freight train; that
he lodged near police headquarters
there on that night, and the next day
he went to visit his mother and sister
on farm near Lamont. From the day
Of his arrest they had not visited him
and he said his one ambition was to see
them again. After staying over mig ht
with them he went to Lamont and ask.
ed a constable to accompany him back
to prison. 1t was then that he called
up Sheriff Wheeler and gave notice OF
his coming. Sheriff Wheeler though
Finch was bantering and wired the
| officers at Lamont to hold him. How
ever, when the Memphis train came in
Friday night from Lament the sheriff
and 800 citizens were there to receivs
the convict. While they were waiting
the murderer arrived on another road,
and smoking cigar, he walked with
his escort, the Lamont constable. leis-
urely up the street to the prison door.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Quite Different.

Cller-"Sir, an reliably informed
hat you have been insinuating that i
vas a liar and thief, and have called
% demand an immediate retraction,
pr, in lieu thereof, your worthless
hide, SIR"
Editor Of tho Eagle-"All the Eagle
has ever said about you, Major Gore,
has been in a political way"
ooh! Ibeg your pardon. Twas un-
Ter the impression that you had been
attacking my character. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
PHOTOGRAPH PARTIES.
A New Entertainme emit Which Comes From
Across the Water.

Across the Water.
Entertainers ore always eager to find
some new amusement for their guests,
but many Of them will probably have
too much knowledge of human nature
to try a certain newly devised enter
tainment, which is said by Photo
graphy to have originated in England.
It may be called photograph or por'
trait party.
On every invitation to such O party
is written q request from the hostess
that the guest will forward, OF the
earliest possible moment, picture Of
himself or herself taken at some early
period in tho history Of tho person
portrayed-just how earlyis not stated
When the souvenirs Of the young
days Of the guests arrive, they are er'
ranged on large screen, and form an
example Of the art Of picture-taking in
its various stages, Daguerreotypes,
tintypes, silhouettes, cartes-de-visite,
and cabinet photographs, are arranged
side by side. To each portrait is
affixed O number, and when the guests
assemble they receive tablets contain
ing numbers corresponding to the pic
lures.
The fun begins when the guests are
asked to write by the side of each
number the name OF the person ia
whom he or she thinks tho juvenile
portrait belongs. The mistakes that
ore. inevitablyimade, and the remarks
that inadvertently escape the lips OF
| the guessers, are not calculated to pro-
mote u deep feeling Of peace and har'
mony in the company.
When visitor whose infantile ap'
pearance has been perpetuated by @
daguerreotype overhears sly discus
sion about the length Of time that has
elapsed since that form of art was il
fashion, and catches the remark that {
daguerrootype baby cannot DO very
young OF the present day, she is no
likely to feel peculiarly angelic. 4
little GOODNESS is apt to appesr before
the party breaks up.
It is pleasant to have tho face O.
figure of ones childhood praised, bu
when the praise concludes with
"Really, I am quite taken by that pic
ture. It is so attractive. Do 20,
know, I can hardly believe it is you
though there is slight resemblance,
it takes some self-possession to b.
neither too warm nor too frigid il
ones answer. On the whole, the pho
tograph party is not calculated to be
brilliant success, and on tho Who'll
should not be commended.-Youth
Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
The Art of Management.

OF course, he thought he knew it all.
A man always does.
"When it comes to the art Of manag.
Ing servants he began.
sits very easily DONE" she inter.
Fupted.
"Oh, you admit it, do you?" he
asked.
IT do" she said. "It's like manag.
Ing children. All that is necessary is
10 let them have their own way"
OF course, he readily saw that she
had mastered the subject. Chicago
Post.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Klondyke Mail Contracts.

The post Office department. has
awarded to the Klondyke, Yukon and
Copper River Company contract for
carrying the mails for four years from
Seattle, Wash, to Dyea, Alaska, and
including Juneau, Sitka and Skaguay
and other intermediate points. There
are to be five round trips each month
throug bout tho year, and the compen-
sation is be $l5, $50 per annum.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
A Puzzle.

Willy Addlepate--- "There Is one
hing I cawn't understand, doncher-
lo"
Cholly Noddlekins-"W whats that?'
Willy Addlepate-"Why, when we
top to consideh-aw-how uncom-
ortable it is In o crowd-why, aw-
cawn't see why it is that there are
lways more people in q crowd than
here are where there is no crowd!"-
Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Has Plenty to Say Now,

"Does old Gr,ffly ever say anything
o any Of the men in his employ, aside
rom giving business orders?"
"Bless you, should say he did. He
alks so much to them that they actu.
llly have to stay after Office hours very
frequently in order to got their work
lone. You see, he only recently be-
,ame q father for the first time. -
chicago News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Will Fight Mccoy.

Tommy Ryan, Of Syracuse, who is
in San Francisco to meet George
Green, young Corbett on the 25th
inst, in a 20 round contest, signed ar
ticles Saturday at the instance of the
National Athletic Club for q twenty
round go with Kid Mccoy for tho mid.
dleweight championship and 9 purse Of
$1,000, which will be sabmitfM to the
latter as soon as possible.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Lifc Sentence for Wife Murder.

After being out two hours and thirty
minutes, the jury in the Eugene Lee
murder case, of WAxahatchie, Texas,
brought in verdict assessiog Lees
penalty at life imprisonment. Lees
crime was the murder of his wife in
order to marry another woman. Miss
Reid, of Selma, Ala, was the main
wi ness for the state, and testified that
Lee had tried to get her to buy poison
to give his wife, which she refused to
do. Mrs. Lee was shot to death while
asleep.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Another Newspaper Horror,

Mrs. Jones Indignantly "Theso
Newspapers are just simply not fit to
cad"
Mr.. Jones-"Another crime, sup
Pose?"
Mrs. Jones-"Yes; here is a de-
cription of the gown Iwore at the ball
asst night, that must have been written
" some ignorant, amateur male re-
porter that didn'tknow dress from O
lromedary!'-Puck.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Eight Hour Law.

The house committee on labor, al
Washington, hes favorably reported
the bill amending the eight hour law.
Its effect, awhile possibly technically
extending the operations Of that meas
ure, is to enforce the law as it now ex
lists, which is now impossible in many
instances owing to lack of jurisdiction.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
bR BUDGET OF HUMOR,
UcHTER.PROVOKiNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Modern version-NVhen tho Lights
Burn Low-The Matrimonial Mart
Feminine-Knew His Business-Quite
Different-In tho Green Room, Etc.
Fhere are you going, my pretty maid?"
10 marry mill king, sir" she said.
hen what will you be, my pretty maid?"
The -four OF the family, sir" she said.
Chicago Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
AS Bad as Exploring,

In On interview on his return to Liv-
erpool, Eng. Saturday, from the Uni.
ted States, DR.. Fridtjof Nansen, the
Arctic explorer, is quoted as saying
that lecturing in America is as bad as
exploring, adding that when not leo
turing he was travelling, aud the Amer
lean style Of travelling is not to his
taste. ).
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Quarantine Convention.

Mayor r. N. Mcclellan, Of Shreve-
port, Saturday appointed, as delegates
to the quarantine convention, Hon. j.
H. Randolph, DR.. J. G. Egan and Rev.
U. T. D. Dalzelle, to represent Shrevo-
port The Board of Trade held q
meeting Saturday and appointed Hon.
A. Carrie, the present postmaster, to
represent that body at the convention.
The delegates left Sunday night for
Mobile, viz New Orleans.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Six Persons Killed in Il Railroad Wreca

Six Persons Killed in a Railroad Wreck.
A mail train and freight were in col.
lision on tho Glasgow & Southwestern
railroad, near Troon. The driver and
6remen of the freight train aud five
workmen who were on board the mail
train were killed. In addition thirty.
six persons we're injured, some of them
fatally. Later it was announced that
six persons we're killed and that only
four we're injured in the railway wreck
near TroOn.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
The Matrimonial Mart.

II came to ask you for your daugh-
r in marriage, sir" said the young
Jan.
Have you any money of your own?"
|ked the careful parent.
"Oh, you misunderstood me, sir! l
b not want to buy her."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
The American Who Surrendered.

Major Henry W. Fuim, of the insur-
gent forces, who surrendered to the
Spanish authorities at Gibara, arrived
at Havana Friday evening. He denies
that he ever received or required pay
from the insurgent, or that he ever be.
longed to the United State army as at
first reported. He is an American and
belongs to New York family. He
landed in Cuba about year ago near
Baracoa. The Insurgents in that dis.
trict, he says, are we'll supplied with
provisions and ammunition but are badly
off for clothing. He never saw Gen.
Maxine Gomez, but served under
leader Videl.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Tho Counts Mistake.

$50 Gwendolyn is not to marry tho
onnt, after all?"
ono, poor man. He tried to tell
|er that her singing was something
hat made one glad to live, and his
pronunciation was SO broken that she
|hought he said it mado one glad to
cave. And then she requested him to
|eave. indianapolis Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Miss Barton Going to Cuba.

The Cuban relief committee Friday
gave out the information that Barton,
Of New York, will 60 at once to Cuba
to minister to the starving and victims
Of disease that ravage that unfortunate
leland,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
In tho Green Room.

"Ah," exclaimed the melancholy
pane, complacently, "what, indeed,
|ould be the play without me?'
Old man Hamlet gestured fretfully.
ut wouldn't have q ghost Of q show
Fithout me, he retorted.
But that which irritated the Prince
PARTICULARLY was to have Ophelia gig
lie that way.-Detroit Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Best Offer Ever Made by Newspaper

Rest Offer Ever Made by n Newspaper.
The semi weekly Republic and The
Republic Model Sunday Magazine one
year for only $3.50. The semi. weekly
Republic is the best general nowspa-
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nal of the best class, l8 large pages
each week, full of the highest class
literary matter and special features.
Superbly illustrated. Remit direct to
The Republic, st. Louis, Mo.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Feminine.

Maude-"Do you know, I really be-
eve that Tom is going to propose.
Bertha-"I noticed that he was look
g terribly sad about something Or
Fher, but then, you know, dear, it
ny not be that. Perhaps his mother
sick, or possibly he isn't feeling we'll
mself. Boston Transcript.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12

Business Man-'If I should CON-
|it murder, would my policy remain
bid"
Life Insurance Agent--"Er-I'm
bit sure about that. But you don't
kpect to commit murder?"
Business Man-"Yes, I do. I feel
in my bones that I'll kill life insur-
hce agent somo day. Puck.