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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-02
: KIND THOUGHTS,

Let Us cherish memory for pleasant things
And let all others go;
It Is never by giving "tlt for tat"
That we touch the heart OF foe.
It IS not by dwelling on fancied wrongs
That we feel their sting grow less;
And malice, once entering the heart, Is sure
To crush out all tenderness.
Forgive, forget, though the wrong be great
And your heart be stricken sore;
For thinking OF trouble makes 1t worse,
And its pain 80 much the more.
Do kindly things to your neighbors, cen
Though they do not so to you;
Though they be wrong, unjust, unkind,
Keep your own heart ever true.
The heart is q garden, our thoughts tho
flowers
That spring into fruitful life;
Have care that in sowing there fall no seed
From the weed of cruel strife.
Oh! loving words are not hard to say
II the heart be loving, too,
And the kinder the thoughts you give to
others
The kinder their thoughts OF you.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-02
What Puzzled Him,

The most ignorant man in America
lives in st. Louis. The other day he
asked his employer, who was reading
paper, "Say, boss, which does you
read, the black or the white2 "--Kan-
sas City Star.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-02
My MURDERER.
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ALWAYS AILING.
Queer Ideas in the Medical Line That Are Met with Among the
 Chinese.

In an interview in the Young Man with Dr. Charles Wenyon, the fa- nous medical missionary in China we are told that medical science in China is not as advanced as it was in Rome 2,000 years ago. The so-called doctors cannot tie an artery, open an abseess, or reduce a dislocated limb.
 Every Ghinaman has got something real or imaginary the matter with him, and there was great curiosity to see tie methods of the foreigners; there fore, when Dr. Eenyon arrived there was no lack of patients. They came daily by the hundreds from far and near-ffom an area three or four times that of England In IT years they numbered many thousands, and some of them, as Dr. Wenyon says, because the center of an influence more or less favorable to western thought and vest ern men. Dr. Wenyon has many cu- rious stories to tell in connection with the medical work.
 The literati, who are the great in- stigators of riot and murder in China, declared that they ought to open rival hospital, and they did open one. staff of native doctors" was found, and the building was called 'The Hall of Ten Thousand Virtues" It was splendid building, but somehow that did not assist the cures. Two afflicted friends came to Fatshan, and they de- eided one to go to Dr. Wenyon's hos pital and the other to the rival place. In three weeks Dr. Wenyon's patient was well, and on going for his friend to the other hospital, found that he was dead. The doctor tried to console him by saying that they had buried him in a splendid coffin.
 'In fact, coffias were great neces- sity at that hospital" says Dr. Wen yan "When I went there I found that they had laid in a good stock. So the people came to us. 1t was a question of coming to our hospital for a cure or going to the Hall of Ten Thousand Virtues for a coffin. One day there came a stately gentleman, learned man belonging to the upper classes, having a painful disorder needing sur gieal treatment. Hehired private room and I operated on him. and in fort night he was well. He had not told me who he was, but before he went away be said: You might like to know who I am, and I want to tell you, be- cause am so grateful for being cured of this terrible disease. am the head doctor of the Hall of Ten Thousand Virtues. St. James Gazette.
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AFTERNOON GOWNS AND WEDDING DRESS OF WHITE SATIN.

tions of lace. Their sashes were of turquoise-blue julie and their hats of white straw, trimmed with white os- trich plumes and blue chiffon. In an- other instance the bridesmaids gowns were of pale, striped China silk; and they wore hats covered with roses. Some heavier dresses were of shot silk in rich shades of mauye, with yoke and sash of white chiffon. These were ac- companied by large black picture hats with big bows of white tulle in front and roses clustered under the brim.
 White serge is favorite material for an autumn going away gown. Rows of braid and satin are appropri- ate trimmings. The coat bodice may have basque cut in tabs, and the vest may be of white lace and chiffon Black and white straw hat with white roses and ostrich plumes.
 I have lately seen examples of both grap popIin and gray bengaline. The poplin traveling dress had revers of cid rose fieurs de velours, covered with guipure; it was worn with gray hat, buried under plumes. The bengaline was trimmed with white satin and steel passementerie.
 A going-away dress which daringly anticipates an expected fashion of the coming winter has sweeping cloth skirt of green diagonal and coat of smoke blue, eurieusly heightened in appearance, with it's eutaway front and long slope behind. At the throat is lace and chiffon boa; the hat is a fine green chip trimmed with superb black ostrich plumes; under the brim is bunch of earmine roses. The hat is not three-eornered, but it recog- nizes the fact that, eonceivably, a hat might be so.
 Sometimes ornamental dust coats are seen with such gowns One of shot blue and white alpaca has gathered yoke, from which falls a long, full cape fancifully ruched and drawn to the figure in front with broad blue rib bons.
 Of dresses included in recent trous- seaus, pretty tea gown Is of soft green mousseline de soie, princess shaped and opening in front over a narrow tablier of white chiffon in crusted with cream lace. A chiffon
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the 13-inch; so it will be seen that one gun constantly in use for space of 60 minutes would blow hole in $15,- f54.50.
 There is an additional expense for primers, cartridges, bags, etc, which is not inconsiderab ble, though hard to es- innate with any degree of exactness.
 In the case of the smaller guns, such as the eight, six, five and four-inch ones, the expense of operating, though greatly reduced by the single round, is still very heavy in the aggregate, because of the rapidity with which they may be loaded and fired. This is constantly increased as the size of the gun is diminished. An eight-inch gun can be fired just twice as often as the 12 or 13-inch weapon. It's shell weighs 250 pounds and travels at the rate of 2,000 feet per second. One hun dred and fifteen pounds of powder are required to give it this velocity, and it's force will drive it through 19.2 inches of iron. To use an eight-inch gun steadily for an hour would mean the expenditure of $3,90o, q very re- spectable sum on the whole. \ six inch gun of the breech-loa&ng type costs $40 per round, the projectile $25 and the powder $15, The weight of the shell is 100 pounds, and the limit to its power to penetrate is 13.7 inches of iron. Every round from a five-ineh gun costs in the neighborhood of $33.
 The Hotehkiss six-pounder may be fred 500 times an hour. The cost is s5.10 per round, and in an hour $2. .550 worth of metal could be sent hissing across the water. In her fight with the two torpedo boat destroyers the con yerted yacht Gloucester fired over HOO shots from her three and six pound guns. The expense of this fusillade was probably in excess of $5.000.
 A one-pounder costs SLIP per charge, and a gun of this sort may be dis charged TOO times an hour. Working
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'Out of six wedding dresses, five are of white satin," said he Little dress maker.
 .'such a trying material" objected the bride.
 'sWell, you can have white silk null or-white yelling is pretty for Septem- Der. At the prettiest wedding l ever saw the bride wore yelling"
 ''Tell me about it, begged the bride.
 ssIt was country wedding-not at fine country place, but in an everyday two-story house on the outskirts of a village, The bride had been out in the fields gathering goldenrod and cardinal flowers this was in September; and she arranged them herself about the sitting-room and the parlor. The bridegroom came, remember, on the noon train. There was no servant kept in that house and the bride received all the guests-there were not many and when the minister came, she took the bridegroom's wrong arm and said I will, before the time came. Then
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The September Bride Her Wed. ding Dress and DaintyThings
 of Her Trousseau.
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vest slopes down to meet the tablier at the waist. Green satin reyers, cov- cred with white chiffon frills, turn back from the vest and form big, picturesque collar. The neck is slight ly open in front; the transparent sleeves are of white mousseline de soie.
 A second tea gown is of pink lib- erty silk under an open coat of cream lace, which reaches nearly to the ground The hem of the silk is orna= mented with a light. graceful design in gold thread. \ huge bow of cream silk muslin is caught to the bust. The muslin sleeves are sprinkled lightly with gold.
 An afternoon dress suitable for wear until quite late in the autumn is of green satin foulard with figuring re- sembling festoons of lace and roses. An open polenaise is simulated in lace lattice work, and the bodice is finished with fehu draperies of the foulard caughtupon the bust in a handkerchief bow. The white satin vest is laid in clustered tucks; the sleeves are plain and tight, with deep wrist ruffles. The draped satin belt matches the tint of the roses in the small toque of green straw.
 An autumn reception gown forms a combination of old blue and white striped silk and deep shade of blue taffeta \ band of white silk edges the dark blue of the skirt, and this is out lined by spiral design in narrow blue and gold cording. The vest front is of the striped silk, and the waist is deco rated with three plaited ruffles of white chiffon. The white silk belt is secured by a broad clasp of solid gold.
 The newest hats show a good deal of autumn foliage in vivid colors. Scar let gefaniams are much used for trim mings and the deep tones of the car dinal flower. Some of the newest large hats have strings, but it is doubtful if the innovation will have any great success. \ direetoire hat of moss green straw has brim which turns sharply up in front and is caught to the crown by true-lovers' knot of moss-green velvet, from which rise aigrettes of feathery golden-rod. Jetted or sequined wings are seen more is the pity; they have little to recommend them.
 ELLEN OSBORN.
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broidered white chiffon, caught with orange blossoms.
 A wedding gown of white silk muslin is mounted over white taffeta and fin ished as to it's skirt with five tiny ruff fes, edged with yaleneiennss, the taf- feta underskirt being ruffled also. The muslin does not lie on the ground more than six inches, and it is well to remember that trains of more than the most modest length are out of place with thin materials. There is a low-cut under-bodice of taffeta and a high one of muslin, which is made very light and girlish in effect by handker- chief epaulettes, lace-edged and wing like. The muslin closes down the left side under lace cascades. Bhe muslin sash is edged all about with miniature ruches and is finished at the waist with a cluster of orange blossoms. The illusion veil is caught to the lair with the same flowers.
 Thebridesmaids at recent wedding wore white muslin dresses with inser-
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The Brooklyn, which was right in it from the very start, and maintained as we'll as sustained a heavy fire. used 100 eight-inch shells, valued at $6,500; 473 fiye-inch shells, worth some S15,- 609; 1,2oo six-pound cartridges, $6,S40, and 200 one-pound, SIP, which places her expense for the fight at about the same figure as that of the Iowa, while the weight of her expended metal was in excess of 5o,o0O pounds. The ex- penditure of ammunition by the other ships engaged in the battle was prob ably quite as heavy.
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Rat and Snake Kept House.

Joseph Garrish found log along the Potomac river, near Williamsport, N. r., and proceeded to chop it into firewood. While he was in the act of splitting the log he was surprised to. see a snake three feet long. and a large rat occupying the same nest in the hollow of the log. Both rat and snake, which seemed on very friendly terms, attacked Nr. Garrish The snake coiled for a spring and the rat made for him, biting vicionsly at his feet and finally running up his panta- looms leg to his waist. The rat was finally shaken out andIdispatchedwith an ax and the snake experieneeda sim- liar fate
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A Ban Against corseta..

Hospodin Bogoljewow, the newly appointed Russian minister of public instruction, has begun the duties of his office by issuing drastic order to the effect that corsets must not be worn by Russian young women attending high schools, universities and music and art schools. They are to be en- couraged to wear the national cos tune. The minister says he has spent much time in visiting girls schools, and has made the discovery that the corset as an article of dress is dis tinctly prejudicial to the health and physical development of the wearers.
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she helped her mother serve the cake and refreshments, trotting round in her little white froclz quite as if it were somebody else who had been married. :"
 But you said it was pretty we'd ding"
 ''Every body there called it the pret- tiest wedding ever seen."
 But what was the yelling dress like?" asked the bride.
 You would not be interested" said the little dressmaker; it was not in this seasons style. It was trimmed with tiny Mechlin lace, though, and you'll find no airier, daintier lace for any sort of thin gown
 "White satin is a very rich material, :" said the bride, thoughtfully.
 One of the finest wedding dresses made this autumn is a Princess robe of white satin Duchesse, rather more than demi-train The gloye-fitting bodice has neither belt nor waist orna- ment of any sort to break the grace ful curve of the figure. The deep shaped flounce, which forms the train, is set on with narrow ruehe of white chiffon, describing a wayy line, and is embroidered with roses an6i. true-lovers' knots, done in white silk and pearls. The neck of the low-cut bodice is filled in with drawn chiffon, circled with tiny ruches and draped with fiounce of old Brussel applique lace. The transparent sleeves, very slightly full at the shoulders, are of chiffon also. A long tulle veil and knot of orange blossoms are intended for the hair.
 Another wedding gown, of white satin also, has a train of brocaded satin arranged from both shoulders. The low bodice turns away in reyers of Brussel lace over ehemisette of drawn white null, reaching the waist line The skirt is trimmed with Brus- sells face fiounces.
 A dress of beautifully soft white lib- erty satin, almost transparent in tex ture, has train yard or more in length. which is lined with a pale, shimmering pink satin and edged be meath with thick but soft rouleau of pink chiffon. The skirt has froth of pink chiffon inside the hem and is trimmed with Brussels lace fiounces, The bodice is yelled in pearl-em-
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Hand of the SkY.s1

h Western North Carolina, between tn. Blue Ridge on the east and the Alleghanies on the west, in the beautiful valley of tbs French Broad, two thousand feet above fbs SC, lies Asheville, beautiful, picturesque and world famed as one of the most pleasant re, sorts in America. It is land of bright skies and incomparable climate, whose praises Lave been sung by poets, and whose beauties of stream, valley and mountain height have fur. nished subject and inspiration for the paint. CTS brush. This IS truiy the Land of the Sky" and there IS, perhaps, no more beauti. full region on the continent to attract pleas ure tourists or health seekers. Convenient schedules and very low rates to Asheville via Southern Railway.
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such a weapon up to the limit of its speed for one hour would mean an ex7 pense of $817,
 The Iowa, according to the state ment of her captain, used 31 12-inch shells, AS eight-inch shells, gro four inch shells, 1,O56 six-pound cartridges and 100 one-pound. In other words, the Iowa used up, in round figures, about $3o,OoO worth of ammunition, while the weight of the metal she threw was not far from 5o,ooo pounds,
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Hood's Pills cure indigestion, biliOusnes.
No Wonder the Query.

When the news came to the Chickamaupa hospital of the destruction of Cervera's S fleet one of the nurses commenced to read it aloud He had got as far as the statement that tbs Brooklyn had been hit 45 times, when fever patient, little out of his head, shouted: Great Scott! Who pitched for Brooklyn?" -San Francisco Wave.
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Sampson's smashing victory at San tiago was as costly to the American people in cash as it was cheap in blood. To the Spaniards, on the other hand, it vas tremendously expensive, how ever viewed. It was an overwhelming national catastrophe, even with the element of defeat entirely eliminated from it's consideration.
 To the vietors the greatest indiyid- ual factor of expense was, of course, the operation of the heavy guns. They literally shot away fortunes at each blast. In the long run, however, their totals were not nearly so impressive as those made by the eight, five and four-inch guns and six-pounders, be- cause of the more frequent use given the latter type of weapon.
 A 13-inch gun weighs 50 tons and is 40 feet long. The weight of it's amor piercing shell is HOO pounds. It is driven through the air at the rate of 2,100 feet per second by $50 pounds of powder, and it is capable of penetrat- ing BAG inches of iron. A gun of this sort may be fired once every two min utes. The $50 pounds of powder with which it is charged costs about 30 cents pound on the average. or $165 load. while each projectile is worth $418 more, The capacity of one of these guns to eat it's way through a congressional appropriation is there fore at the rate of about SIT, 820 an hour. The 12-inch gun throws q pro- jeetile weighing $50 pounds, driven by 425 pounds of powder, and at the same velocity as the 13-inch shell, the only difference being in it's power to pene- trate, which is little less than in the case of the former The projectile for a 12-inch gun costs $377.65 and the pow der $1275o, or total of $505.15 per round. The~12-inch guns may be fred the same number of times an.hour as
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J. M. DeLaey writes; t.I can assure you that in no single instance has Dr. Mofetts TEETHINA (Teethtn9 PolodsTs5 proved fail ure. We have tried soothing remedies and everything known to IS and the old women, and TEETHINA is preeminently a success and blessing to mothers and children
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A clause should be inserted in the mar riage service asking the man to promise that he will not make 1t necessary for his wife to open a boarding house.-Atchison Globe
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A Gentle Hint.-HeE"It's reported thai we're engaged" Sbe-"WeIl, I'm not to blame for the fact that 1t is only a report" Brooklyn Life.
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believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my boy's life last summer-Mrs. Allie Douglass, LeRoy, Mich, Oct. 20, '94.
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Lots of men don't know enough to stop boring when they strike oIl-Chicago Daily News.
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If you loaf around a store or office great deal, remember that you are not welcome, -Atchison Globe.
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Sympathetic Maiden-@Why,J Jimmy, you my-''No-Pve been fought. Judy.
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To please man find out what he wants what he needs Is of minor importance.- Rams Horn.
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Halls Catarrh Cure Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75e.
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A horse with a docked tail must feel like a neigh-bob.-L. A. ". Bulletin.
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To Cure Cold in One Day Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money If it fails to cure. 25c
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Has Not Slept for Five yea-.

It is reported that man in Indiana N. not had an hours sleep for five years 'Tds Ms constantly walks about, unable to rest o,is .is is now little more than a skeleton. Tbaraa are thousands of men and women who sre unable to sleep more than an hour or two @A night because of nervousness, swealSpasaa dyspepsia asmsd9 neadashe fd 5nsa 5nd constipation
 letter Stomach Bitters. Alldruggists sci g4 #
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Properly Defined.

'What is frmness, father?" ,'Firmness, my boy, is obstinacy in our. selves"
 And what is obstinacy?' "oObstinacy is firmness in somebody else.o -Chieago Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-23

sdnesday night, March 10th,
18 at the home of the bride, on
g. street. this city, by Rev. S.
a onahoe. Pastor Of the M. E.
Cl ca, South, Mr. David Fl.
H kins to Miss Myrtle Rhoads.
nj Rhoads is one of our most
poi lar and accomplished young
lad and is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David Rhoads. Mr..
Ha tins is a freight conductor on
the & AZ. Railway He has a
hosi Of friends IN this city. who.
tog her with the Register, extend
thei best wishes to him and his
lhand come young bride May their
journey through life be a most
plea ant one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-23
WINFIELD ScoTr,
Ass'nt. Secretary.
The Roane County Reoor,
President.

The Roane County Record, pub
lished at Spencer, has the follow
ing complimentary notice of DIR.
L. v. Guthrie, which will be pleas
ant reading to his many personal
friends in this place:
"Dr. Guthrie, Supt. is doing
oceans of hard word continuously
as is apparent to everyone who
visits and carefully inspects the
management and workings of the
Second Hospital. There is un-
doubtedly one of the best class of
attendants and employees at that
institution in the world today for
a like institution, gen rally speak
ing. Plenty of soap and water
and rigid adherence to system
will do the work
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-23
ANNOUNCEMENT.

a Mr.. Smith. of Indiana, and
Miss Mary Moore. daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Jos. Moore, of Elwell, will
be united in marriage by Rev. A.
Ct. Grinnan, of Christ Church. this
city, at Bruce Chapel, Wednesday
4, ,s,;j so. fgFi,. 1893. Bruce Chapel
eAP1h gOsu, --ss.-s-yst.s. .1I
was erected in 1912. and .tals r.!N.ll! VII!
be the first marriage ever per
formed in the chapel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-03-23
ArIee.
Correspondence. nth.

Correspondence 18th.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs.
Henry Christy, who has been sick
so long, is no better at this writing.
Isaiah Shoemaker today bought
of Z. f. FadleY 80 acres of land
laying ON the I6-mile creek, near
the farm of the latter's father. Mr..
Shoemaker viii make this his fu-
ture home.
Walter Dabney is anticipating
trip to Columbs, o., soon.
The oldest SON of Frank Litch-
field, little Orville. is reported to be
very low at this writing.
Mrs. Jas. g. Duncan and little
daughter. Minnie, were pleasant
callers on the creek today.
Mrs. Amanda Bechtle and son.
are on Sixteen spending a few
days with her many relatives.
TILDEN.