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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Character is measured by the dis.
lance travelled from the starting point,
and everything depends upon whether
the progress has been up stream or
down.
A ship in the water is all right, but
let the water get into the ship and
down she goes. It is the same with
Christian people, as soon as they get
contaminated with the world they are
in q fair way to be lost.
OF the five senses, two are usually
and most properly called the Senses Of
Learning, as being most capable Of
receiving communication of thought
and motions, by selected signs; and
these are hearing and seeing.
Some people scorn to be taught,
others are ashamed Of it, as they would
be Of going to school when they are
old; but it is never too late to learn
what It is always necessary to know.
t1uu Is III SlttUiC ~ 1Cati IL oO 4o4ASo 40
We ore ignorant that is to say, SO
long as we live.
Whatsoever it be that disorders, on
noys, grieves you, makes life look
dark and your heart dumbly ache, or
vets your eyes with bitter tears, look
at it steadily, look at it deeply, look
at it in the thought Of God and His
purpose Of good, and already the pain
and annoy Of it will begin to brighten.
There are some spirits which must
go through discipline analogous to
that sustained by Elijah. The storm
struggle must precede the still small
voice. There ore hearts which must
be broken with disappointment before
they can rise into hope. Blessed is
the man who recognizes his Fathers
voice in the undertone of the tempest,
and bares his head and bows his knee
rs Elijah did.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
= "A Life Tragedy.

For twenty years William q. Jerola
men, Of Morristown, N. j., was silent
in his home. He made a VOW never
to speak to his wife again and kept ii
until death faced him. One morning
he woke up to find that pneumonia
had laid its grip upon him. He was
eighty years old and he felt that he
could not recover. Then he broke
the oath, spoke to his wife, kissed her
and died. Upon the day he took sick
he sent for the woman whose love he
had spurned for so many years. His
wife bent over him with love that all
his harshness had never killed. He
saw the light in her eyes, and, feebly
essaying to take her hand, he sobbed:
"Dear, I'm 50 sorry. Will you for.
give me?'
Forgive him? Would she? Kneeling
by the dying mans beside she wept
softly, while he, with tongue freed at
last, rambled on deliriously about old
times. She did not leave him until
the end came. He died with his hand
in hers and look Of happiness that
his face had not borne in twenty years.
Tho quarrel occurred back in the
'70s over a trifling affair. At that time
Jerolamen was tifty-eight years old.
He kept his vow and lived on, utterly
ignoring the woman who had shared
his joys and sorrows so long. They
lived in cottage at Mount Arlington,
Morris County, but, as far as Jerola-
men was concerned, it was as if his
wife was not living. She bore the
slight without a murmur. He dined
in silence and alone, and so did she.
Often Mrs. Jerolamen had to speak to
her husband in reference to household
affairs, but he never answered. He
was church member, being one Of
the organizers of the Mount Arlington
Methodist Episcopal Church. In
1874 the town was divided on the
question Of prohibition. The old man
tried to induce the members of tho
church to indorse the cold-water
ticket at the town election, but they
refused. He swore that he would
never 60 to church again. He kept
his word in this as he had toward his
wife.-Chicago Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12

4 story is in circulation OF the
r6arf If the Hague concerning the
young Queen Of Holland which is DIES.
tined to illustrate that she fully shares
the pronounced aversion Of her sub.
iects for Germany, and prefers in every
respect the French. It seems that on
the last occasion when she met EN-
peror William she insisted on respond
ing in French to the remarks which
he addressed to her in German, and
on his asking her why she did mo-
speak German, she tartIy replied thai
1t was merely because she preferred
French.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Who could say

All, yet not ell. Who could say
where it might end-the story began
in the Suffolk garden, and, interrupt
ed there, resumed in London draw
ing-room, and to go on-perhaps?
No; certainly, certainly, her heart
cried. Fate could not be so cruel as
to mock her with q mere will-o'-the"
wisp Of hope after all these years
these lonely, lonely years!
A mans voice broke in upon her
thoughts. He was the same who had
been talking to Hilda Carson in the
evening, and Miss St. Quentin enter"
tanned o very kindly feeling for him.
She made room for him beside her,
and they began to talk.
Presently Hilda passed by, looking
so sunny and animated that Miss St.
Quentin paused in her talk to look at
her.
"What q dear little grill" she said.
"Who is she? Mr.. Cresswell? I saw
You talking to her just now.'
Little Miss Carson" he said, fol-
lowing the little white figure with his
eyes. "She is General Carson's only
daughter, and very nice girl. A
great admirer Of yours, by the way,
Miss St. Quentin"
"You must introduce us, by and by, u
Miss st. Quentin said, smiling. "She
looks so fresh and nice. I don't think
I ever saw her before"
"No; but Isuppose she will be more
in town after her marriage"
ooh, is she engaged?"
"Why, yes. Didn't you know? She
is engaged to Tremain-Major Ire
main. 1t seems he went to stay with
the Carsons, and that it was case Of
love at first sight. All the other fel
lows in his regiment thought him q
regular, hardened old bachelor, so il
has been q good bit talked about"
Miss St. Quentin leaned back ant
famed herself slowly.
"You know Tremain, I suppose?'
Mr.. Cresswell continued, not looking
at his companion, as he spoke, bu
watching Hilda Carson as she stood
talking to some one, with her sunny
smile.
'Slightly," she said. II used tt
know him years ago. He is--or was
very pleasant"
ooh, yes; he's generally popular
Why" turning suddenly round, "I'n
afraid you're not very we'll. Can
get you anything?''
Nothing, think you. It is only
neuralgia" she said, quietly. II an
afraid I must go. I am subject to it
and it is very bad tonight"
'I'm awfully sorry!"
He was all sympathy and eage1
profers of assistance, and when h
put her into her carriage shook hand!
with reiterated regrets.
II hope the pain will be gone in tn
morning." he said.
She smiled at him with white lip!
and then drove away.
But the pain did not pass in tn
morning. London Sketch.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
The London Chronicle questions thu

The London Chronicle questions the
wisdom Of erecting o statue Of George
Washington in London. D. G. Muir
ray, the novelist, is proposing Ma"
tional subscription to erect the statue
and Messrs. Bayard and Hay have ap-
proved of the scheme. In discussing the
matter the Chronicle says: "Like oil
near relatives, England and America
quarrel now and then. Perhaps some
'cur TO loi5terous
lingo to make the statue Of the father
of his people the subject Of On unedify
Ing demonstration"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
SNOW.BIRDS.

Wide WASTES of glittering snow,
The fields and the lanes adrift,
Wild winds that infrequent !blow,
Gray clouds that remove and shift.
And swift from the ground upspring
The snow-birds tiny and wary.
Blown hither on restless wing
In January.
Packed close is the barren hedge
With white and shining wall;
The wind cuts like wedge
Deep-drlvcn by oaken maui;
And uD from the feed-lots rise
The snow-hirds agile and merry,
Under tho lOrn steel skies
OF January.
The sun burns sullen and red:
The woods are as black rs night;
The pulse Of the world Is dead.
And sudden, to left and right,
Drown-spun in whirliug maze,
The snow-birds over the prairie
Weave out through the snowy ways
or January.
Ernest McGalfey, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12

After giving to the world Of letters
Z small volume of travels that no one
ever heard Of, Ira Nelson Morris, of
Chicago, has abandoned literature and
plunged into pork packing. AS the
elder Morris Of many millions sneer-
ingly remarked: "a million men can
write books; few have the opportunity
Of my son to pack pork"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12

A medical authority asserts that $50
long as q scorcher breathes through
his nose instead OF his mouth there is
no danger" But how is pedestrian
to know when scorcher bears down
In his direction at top speed whether
the fellow is breathing through his
nose or not?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12

HERE was q big
crush at Mrs. Sin
clair's "at home, :"
and people were
making slow pro-
gress through the
rooms, looking Gym
ical or bored or in
terested, as the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
Published Weekly at
In September twenty-five years had
elapsed since Switzerland got it's first
railway-from Zurich to Berne.

The value OF the churches and the
land on which they are erected, in
this country, up to July 1, 1897, is es'
timated ct $3.50, OO0, 900.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-02-12
! AN INC0NSEQUENT
) EPISODE.
q TT ELEANOR FOSTER.
TT ELEANOR FOSTER.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES;
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-08-15
White Good, Department
and get lowest prices and
prompt service

To close our entire line of white
goods, in broken lots, consisting
of stripess checks plaids and dot
ted Swisses, 20c, 25c and 3Oc goods
will be closed out on DC
this sale at. ........ .
Our entire line of our light
weight and dark colored calicos;
to close this lot out, as long as
they last you cat get II
~. Il .s,:aa : !. pc: sa=a 80
A good sc and Tic ging- Oc
hams us long as they last
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-08-15
Shoe Department

job lot ladies Oxford ties bow sandals worth up
to ST for 40c
lot ladies oxfords in black and tan, with coin toe
cloth top and worth Stag for 03c
Another lot ladies fine dongola oxords in black and
tan with coin toe patent kid tip, sold for less
than s=s5; reduced to Sits
lot ladies dongoa sandals with bow and buckle coin
toe and worth $i.5o; for SIC
Another lot ladies kid strap sandals with fancy bow
and buckle toe worth $.5o; close at this sale $129
lot lot ladies fine dongola shoes in lace and button
tan and black with latest style toe worth $3.50 for SIC
9s pairs ladies' fine dongola shoes in lace and button
with and fully guaranteed up
cry respect, worth $s.s5 to close at $1.43
The Florence daily tribune., 1898-08-15
Boys and Mems Shoes

lot mems and boys working shoes with buckle,
worth si.a5, for 79c
lot mems good every day $i5o shoes for csc
Mems genuine satin calf shoes plain and coin toes
with without tap soles congress- lace worth
$as5 reduced to $1.40
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
HE WAS UNRECONsTRUCTED.
A Primitive Specimen Who LA Not
Know That the War Was
on Again.

"The war with Spain remarked the
handsome drummer from Philadel.
phia, "may, as our statesmen and or
ators tell us, be "A blessing in that il
has brought together once more IN
fraternal union the two sections Of
the country split wide open by the
civil war; but while their speeches are
all right in a general way, they are
lacking in some of the particulars
For instance, two weeks ago / was
passing along a remote road in Mis-
sissippi. At the ford of a small stream
met man of about 30 years. who
was quite as primitive a specimen as
1 ever saw in my life. i asked him the
way to the place I was after, and, as
he was going the same way, l asked
him to Join me, and we enlivened the
journey by conversation. Naturally.
the first thing I spoke about after
the preliminaries was the war, and
I said I didn't suppose he had been
in the fight
mo, he said, but my daddy wuz.'
"'Ilow did it happen that he went
in and You didn't?' / asked.
81 wuznt born then, mister he
answered, looking at me as IL ! ought
TO have known better than to ask such
a question.
"'Oh,' FASTENED to explain, when
caught onto what be was thinking
about, 4 don't mean the last war be.
tween the north and the south. but
the one that has been on this summer.
'Gewhillikins,' he exclaimed, has
ther' been another ware
"'Of course there has said, laugh
ing at his surprise and his Ignorance
"'Well, I'll be derned, he said, after
giving himself q moments thought
1t do seem like ez Of we never
would git them dang Yankees licked
plumb right; don't itg
"Then II took me a minute to com
prehend clearly what was in the
mind of this far-away. unreconstruct
ed southorner, and when did never
let on that he was mistaken i'm his
facts and conclusions. but jollied him
along for a mile down the road, when
he turned Off into the woods and left
me to pursue my way alone. wonder
ing what there was in the world that
we had not yet heard of"-Washing-
ton star
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
AZ III cANEY.
Rough Experience Related BIZ the
Major in Seeking for Gen.
Ludlow.

The major had done his work well.
During the fight around Caney, his du-
ties LED him several times into the
Jaws Of hell as he says, and he went
in-not without flinching, for the ma
jor IS frankfurt he went in. Once he
was sent with a guard Of five troopers
TO find Gen. Ludlow.
"The bullets ia one lane were like
hail, said the major. Don't 60 down
there. sir said soldier You'll be
killed. Gen. Ludlow is back there
! rode baclS through that awful lane.
where is Gen. Ludlow 1 said to a
soldier Gen. Ludlow he said, and a
bullet caught him in the forehead and
he fell dead. I was sent TO another
place, and another, and / couldn't find
him. Finally / went to an old officer.
Colonel / said, I've been looking for
Gen. Ludlow for two hours, and can't
find him. I've got five troopers here.
I'm not married myself, and Of course
/ don't care for myself, but they're all
married men and I've got to think of
them. / don't want to risk their lives
any more. Now, I'm a tcnderfoot, and
/ ask you frankly what / ought to do@
Don't you report to your superior of
fcer,' said the colonel. until you have
found Gen. Ludlow That was enough
for me, and or 1 started, but / said to
the troopers: 'You needn't come
not one of YOU But every one came.
Once I got ahead ~ our own line.
heard a click, looked up, and there
was n Spanish picket post not fifty
yards away with their guns leveled. L
lay down on my horse and skipped.
The bullets whistled, but / wasn't
touched Finally did find him. This
way, Web, my boy he called from the
woods. IL was hotin there. 'Stoop, sir
-stoop,' said a soldier; and as I
stopped the poor fellow himself got
bullet i'm the breast. Here you are
called the general who was standing
straight with his shoulders squared. /
Strengthened up my backbone, too,
though ! never felt so humble in my
life, and gave my message and started
away. When had got of 30 yards the
general called me back through that
death hole. Ileft again, and IL he didn't
call me back againl General, / said,
for Gods sake don't call me back any
more TIE laughed, and didn't; and
here ] am"
So now that promotions rustic the
Cuban air, the major says frankly, and
with logic and Justice: "lfIamu star
officer, put me back in the rear and
let me be ornamental. II I am TO have
duties steadily on the firing line and
ahead Of It, as had, and to do them.
as ] did-here's So-and-so and so-and-
so being made colonel, brigadier gene
eral, and major general-what do I
getY"-lIarper's Weekly.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
HIS LAzINEss CURED.
fus stoeginby 10 "a Man OF
Energy and Action.


81 once knew a mau." said Col. Cal
liper ''who was transformed in a day,
in a minute, in fact. from The LATEST
man IN town. into one OF the most driy-
ing and energetic. That was my old
friend Rufus Stogginby, who former
~ lived in Storkyille Center, VI.
"Alr. stogginby had in his front yard
just one small tree. But he was very
proud of this tree, and he liked TO get
out and sit in the shade of IL. The
only trouble was that the shadow the
tree cast was so small that TO keep
in IL as it shifted with the sun he had
to keep moving his chair. To do away
with this he built around the tree a
revolving platform, whose movement
was adjusted 10 that Of the sun. There.
after, when he once placed his chair in
the shadow he never had to move ii.
For years Mr.. Stogglnby found
great comfort in the revolving plat
form, and from a sort OF attachment
be had formed for it he continued to
use st even after the growth Of the
tree had made il no longer essential
to It's purpose, but finally something
happened that made him give il up
ut seems that the spring that Mr..
Stogginby had put in to move the ma
chinery Of the platform was very
powerful. Made that way so that II
wouldn't be necessary to wind il up
very often; only about once in three
months. In some way, one day, when
IL had just been wound, the spring got
loose and started in to cxpend In bout
three minutes the power that had been
stored up for three months, and Mr..
stogginby, who had just settled down
comfortably i'm his chair on the plat
form, Suddenly found himself whirling
round and round with great velocity.
He had built around the platform a
railing to lean his chair against and to
give the platform a kind Of finish, and
he was now by the action Of centrif-
ugal force thrown up against this
railing and held there. In about q
minute, however. a section Of the rail
ing gave way and Mr.. Stogginby went
sailing through the air. He was
thrown toward his house. and with
| such force that he smashed through
a window and went clean across the
room to land in the fireplace on th,
other side.
"Mr Stoggnby suffered no seriou,
injury from this mishap. but the re
markable transformation in him which
I have described was by everybody at
tBibuted to IL. lie had before been
lazy; he now became man Of energy
and action. 10 seemed as though be
must have been all his life under som'
sort Of a brake, waiting for just the
right touch to release its and nobod!
doubted that this had come from sons
jar received in his fight.'-N. y Sun
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
HELD FoR GRAVE RoeelNo.
A New York Man Is Arrested In
Michigan.

BALDWIN. Mich. Nov. 21.-H. V.
White of New York is under arrest here.
suspected Of grave robbing for the pur-
pose Of defrauding a life insurance COM
pany Of s.. 1000, amount of insurance on
the life of his brother. Frank NJ. White.
Nov. 10 Fl. Y. White came here for
the purpose. he said, of finding his
brother. whom he believed to have been
foully dealt with sC nowhere in this vi
entity. He spent some time ostensibly
looking for the body in the vicinity Of
where his brother was alleged 10 have
been camping at the time Of his last
letter. A body was finally found by
White. which he claimed TO be that of
his brother. Local people We're suspi-
cious.
An inquest was held but 1t failed to
establish the identity Of the deceased
Further investigation developed that
the body was that of a Baldwin man,
Alex Mclean, who had died in August.
His grave was found empty and in such
condition as TO show that the robbery
had been committed very soon after his
burial.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
STOCK YARDS CANES.
crsoIS-uandIed Hiclsories Affected bE
ssa- Mahlsaes Of That Dis-
trict ~ Chicago.

One OF the curious sights at the
stock yards Is the peculiar style of
cane or walking stick affected by those
whose daily huiGofR takes them into
that great live stock mart. The real
stock yards cane is stick Of polished
hickory, with large and ample crook
at the end TO meet the requirements Of
the huge and bony hands OF the most
staiwart ranchman. These canes APP
parently arc not made from saplings
with the bark removed and q crook
put upon the end, but from solid stripE
OF hickory wood shaved and molded
into the proper shape. They are frorS
three-quarters TO an inch in diameteE
in the thickest part and without any
artificial stain or attempt at decoraI
ton.
In no other part OF the city win you
see them carried or offered for sale.
But when taking trolley ride you viii
certainly begin TO notice them as soon
as you come anywhere within the
radius Of the stock yards district.
They are carried by ranchmen, drov-
crs, shippers from the country, sales
men and commission men of the yards.
It is probable they are more for
practical use than for ornament. They
seem well suited to the purpose Of
punching fat hogs and lazy steers in
the pens when the animals are being
exhibited to prospective buyers. And
then the crook on the end is big
enough TO admit of holding q recall
citrant sheep very handily by it,. The
stock yards cane is, therefore, an in
stitution in itself, and il you want to
see how gracefully it is carried and
to what good uses it may be put take
a ride out Ilalsted street and over
among ihe Chiengo Chronicle.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 21.-Emper-
or Nicholas has addressed a most fat
tering rescript to his great uncle, the
Imperial Grand Duke Michael presi-
dent of the council of the empire and
chief Of the Second brigade Of artillery
Of the imperial guard, on the occasion
of the grand dukes military jubilee.
His majesty speaks Of his 'unbounded
esteem and love" and orders that the
same honors be rendered the grand duke
as under the regulations are accorded
to the car himself.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
PItchinE ouoIts.

Quoits Is a game that is seen largely
among the working classes. on in the
mining districts, in the neighborhood
Of large building contracts or at the
river side, a group of men playing
quoits is common sight. 1t requires
a fair degree Of strength and quickness
and has peculiar fascination for the
player. A flattened ring Of iron is to
be tossed over an iroNNst AXE, from
which the player stands a distance Of
from % TO Is feet There are two
stakes used, and generally two or four
players take part. The game is not
Of much importance, but it has existed
for centuries, and its simplicity
horseshoes being used when the reg
ular quoits cannot be had-will always
give it certain popularity-N. Y.
Tribune.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
Lnrec Contract For Army beef.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-The sub
sistence department of the army has
awarded an extraordinarily large con-
tract for supplying fresh beef for the
garrison forces in Cuba Bids were re-
Gently opened for supplying beef for the
garrlsons in interior towns only, and
somewhat TO the surprise Of the sub
sistence officers the lowest bid was
found outside Of Chicago or any Of the
larger cities Of the west, the successful
bidder being J. w. Overton of Dallas.
The contract price is ga cents per
pound, dressed. to be delivered in such
quantities and at such times as the gov
eminent may order.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-11-21
rho Curaona to visit the queen.

LONDON Nov. 21.-Lord and Lady
Curzon Of Kendleston have been com
manded" to pay a dine and sleep visit
TO the queen at Windsor This is a spe-
cial compliment to Lady Curzon be-
cause she was unable to accompany her
husband to Balmoral when he went 10
kiss the queens hand on his appoint
ment. Lady Curzon is so occupied with
the arrangements for her departure for
India Dec. Is that she is seen little in
society. Lord Curzon is going around
bidding adieu for both. His successor
in parliament for Southport Sir Naylor
Leyland. who also has an American
wife (Jennie Chamberlain) is in bad
health and has left for ST. Moritz.