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Mngnifying Trihes.

The habit of magnifying trihing
 matters is very common. Most of us regard it as a weakness rather than sin. Certainly it is weakness. But it is also q sin. It involves self-decep- tion and often the deception of others.
 It is 9 violation of truth. Itmeans the substitution as an object of thought and sndeayor of something Of little consequence for something of real inn portance, as if their actual value were reversed. It causes distorted views Of life, misdireeted effort, unsatisfyinr results and mental and spiritual un~ happiness. They who are guilty ofS it soon lose the confidence of others if1s some measure, because it becomes evi-s dent that their judgment cannot be- trusted, even if nothing worse is be- ieved of them. More Is involved than the mere loss of the habit of accu-i raey. The habitual lack of just dis elimination, the growth of weakened and misleading sense of proportion-
 these affect the moral quality of life.| Eylls lose something, if not the whole. Of their sinful quality and the good is not sure of being recognized and hon. ored for what it is. It is hard enough to do right when we know clearly what the right is. But when we have allowed ourselves to look upon minor matters as vital it becomes much more difficult to be sure of duty and do it, Detroit Free Press.
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,-, gtteans' there was suffering caused by oaa water and lack of provisions.
 At Richmond many of the soldiers had no change of underclothino. and . 4anoeT were in such a condition that tAey could not leave their tents when visitors were in the camp.
 saoesandunderclothing were eneeded la San Francisco. Some of the volun- seers who sailed for Manila were bare footed many of the volunteers from Kansas were actually suffering from l2ek of food when they arrived in San Francisco. The condition of t6ese N hansas troops is described as pitable. hefe was an average of one ragged uniform to every three men.
 At Tampa there was insufficient
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clothing and dirth of blankets and tents. The Pennsylvania and Massa- chasetts camps were in good condition.
 Later, from Tampa, came serious re- ports of men and officers suffering se- Ferely from sickness, brought on by the food furnished them by the govern ment. The staple was fat pork or ba- con, which, ill prepared by inexperi- enced cooks, and eaten in heated att mosphere, was causing debility. The men needed fruits and vegetables and fresh meat.
 Quantities of much needed supplies routed in freight cars on the side tracks near the camp through the ineffieiency of the commissary department.
 Camp Alger suffered from an cpl demic of typhoid fever. At one time, out of total of 5000 men in the di- vision, 1000 were i'll. The situation be- came so threatening that the camp had to be abandoned for Manassas Junction,
 The hardships experienced in the dif- ferent camps were rivaled and exceed ed by those endured on the transport ships. The patience of the troops was remarkable. Owing to delay and un- certainty at Washington, while the whereabouts of Ceryera's ships were in doubt, many of the transports lay for hours, in some instances for days.
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crowded with soldiersNWho could sim ply swelter, penned up as they were like cattle on the vessels. On one transport alone, the Cherokee, it is stated that in one day five soldiers fainted from heat and confinement, and it was many hours before they could be restored to consciousness. The ships were in this case so crowded together that it was impossible to open the port holes. The thermometer registered close to 100 degrees. The heat in the holds of the vessels was uncomfortable. On this brief journey, which might, if would seem, have been performed with ease and some degree of comfort. as many deprivations and hardships anpear 10 have been crowded into the days as possible.
 Dr. Cyrus Edson, the famous special ;s+ who has made a thorough study of army rations, protests against the pee of bacon to the exclusion of other meats and the cereals as an army ra- tion for consumption in the tropics. nr Edison claims that too much ba- oon is the direct cause of diarrheal dis orders and like sickness, which so deplete the system that those who sui for from them are, in hot climates, predisposed to malaI!al and yellow levers. "A steady diet of such fatty food would kill off more men than the bull lets of the spaniards, is his summing up. And yet bacon was the staple Of food furnished to our men in Cuba.
 TT The troops experienced much ineon- vepience from uniforms, which were entirely entirely nnsuited to the climate 1t, ,' of c,,ho These had frequently to be dis carded by the soldiers when in action " The lack of medical assistance and supplies was grevous' but ,,ss it seems m esn an foir 10 attach too much blame to Gen sbafter, wbo was in Cuba pr'-
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Copyright. 1908

1a sending her to the scenes where many of the incidents in the eventful life of her hero were enacted. The Hollanders will receive her with pleas nre for the portrait she has drawn of the stern figure Of the heroic prince of Orange.
 Miss |. NJ. Salmon, of Baltimore, will with J. C. Whiteley-the latter the or ganizer of the American section-rep- resent the president of the United States at the meeings of the congress at The Hague. Besides Miss Putnam and Miss Salmon, there will be Miss Cora Start of Vassar, to represent our women's colleges.
 Charles Francis Adams is another of the distinguished men who will be pres ent to represent America. Mir. Adams is president of the Massachusetts His torical society, and belongs to fam fly that has furnished several great statesmen and president to the Unit ed States.
 The secretary of the Holland society. Theodore NJ. Banta, is another well- chosen delegate. Gen. J. Watts de Pyster, Gen. Egbert L. yiele and George W. Van Siclen swell the list of we'll known names.
 The Southern Historical society will be very ably represented by William Wirt Henry, Capt. McCabe, and Col. Archer Anderson.
 Among the notable delegates are Bal lamy Storer, Senator Wetmore, of Rhode Island, B. F. Stevens, Oscar S. Straus, Rev. Dr. White, who wrote avail uable life of Gen. Lee, and others.
 To James P. Whiteley, of Baltimore.
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A PHILIPPINE VOLCANO.
Daring Exploration of the Crater of TaeI, on the Island of Lazon, by
 pr. Kane, the Arctic Hero.

It was at Luzon, the largest of the Philippine islands, that his adven- turous spirit, though under a scien- tifc impulse, passed the limits of pru. dence in his far-famed exploration of the crater of Tael, a volcano on the Pacific coast of the island, in region inhabited only by savages. Crossing over to the epaital city of the island during one of the long delays of Chi nese diplomacy, he procured an escort of natives from the archbishop of Ma nila (by means of letters from Amer ican prelates which he had secured before leaving home), and, III com pany with his friend Baron Loe, relative cf fietternich, penetrated the country to the asphaltic lake in which the island volcano is situated. Both gen tlemen at first descended tegetheruntil they reached a precipice overhanging the cavernous gulf of the crater, when the baron saw further progress to be impossible. But the doctor, in spite of the remonstrances of the whole party, insisted upon being lowered over the ledge by means of ropes made of bamboo, and held in the hands of the natives, under the baron's direc- ton, until he reached the bottom, 200 feet below. Loesing himself from the cord, he forced his way downward through the sulphurous yapors, over the hot ashes, to the green boiling lake, dipped his specimen bottle into its waters, returned to the rope, sev- eral times stumbling, almost stifed, and with one of his boots charred to coal, but succeeded in again fastening himself, and was hauled up by his as sistants, and received into their hands exhausted and almost insensible. Rem edies brought from the neighboring hermitage were applied, and he was so far restored that they could pro ceed on their journey. But rumors spread before them among the pigmy savages on the island of the profane in- mysteries of the Tael, and an angry mob gathered about them, which was only dispersed by one or two pistol shots and the timely arrival of the padres. The trophies of this exhibi- tion were some valuable mineral speci- mems, bottle of sulphur water, se- ries of. graphic views, from recollec- tion, in his sketch-book, and written description of the volcano by one of the friars, which, after many wan derings, was put in his hands as he sat at the home dinner-table 12 years afterward.-Prof. Charles ". Shields, in Century.
 1t Certainly Is.
 Willie-Pa, what is thunder?
 Pa-Aaweather report, Willie.-Chi-
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e like ovens, when the heated term

are like ovens, when the heated term began.
 Placing the camp beside the seashore and in the vicinity of timber would have materially improved the ebndi- ton of the volunteers.
 Very bad food, bad water and some starvation seems to have been the rule at all the camps in their early days. This was the experience at Fort Hamilton, as well as at Camp Black and Tampa.
 At Fort Hamilton much hardship was experienced by the regiments which arrived first. The first five com panies that reached the camp on Sat urday night came in a drenching rain and found but one tent pitched. The men were forced to sleep on the wet grass with no protection from the storm. In the morning it was dlscoV- cred that there was no food III the camp, the rations had nobarrlyed. NoU only were there no rations, but the et- fects of the soldiers had not come, and the men had to wiring out their satur- ated uniforms and dry them as best they could. How to obtain breakfast was serious problem, many dld Wlth- out perforce.
 Sometimes private assistance was of- fered; the government being always the last to come to the aid of its vol unteer defenders.
 On the aoth of May 50 cases of measles were reported in Camp Niger and the bedding was infested with h. sect pests to such an extent that much of it had to be burned, and the rest smoked to disinfect 1t.
 The same lack of bathing facllitles was experienced at Fort Hamilton as at Camp Back
 Of the 1S.0o0 ct the time in camp Alger only about half were. properis sinlipped. At Camp Foster, near Ne"
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aa za R ala sgsg
 CONGRESS OF HISTORY,
Men Who Keep the Worlds Records to Meet in Holland When Cardinal Gibbons, Senator Hoar and Charles
 Adams Will Represent the United States ..

One of the most interesting and i'm pressiye events that will take place at the time of the coronation of Wilhel- mina, the queen of Holland. will be the assembling of the International Con gress of History at The Hague, on the first, second, third and fourth of Sep tember.
 The coronation of the young queen will be announced to her subjects by the release of q large number of hom- ing pigeons, which will fly back to their towns, or hamlets, or farmhouses. as fast as they can after their pinions
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marily to fight and conquer, It would seem that he had done his duty, and that the same inefliciency, so apparent in the selection of the state encamp- ments and in transporting the men first to the southern ports and thence to Cuba, was still in evidence and still at fault. The real reason for the lack of sufficient medical and hospital supplies appears to be that owing 10 the bays at Siboney and Baiquari being small and the landing place insufficient, as fast as the troops were unloaded from a transport the boat was forced 10 make way for the neXtin line before it could unload it's supplies. After the soldiers had left the ships they lay some outside in the offing, from five to fifteen miles from shore, practically out of reach of the medical staff on land. In the exigencies of the days that followed there was no means of con- veying these supplies, even when land- ed, to the front, where they were need- ed. A great quantity of medical sup plies was left at Tampa, for what req. son it is difficult to conceive.
 Once upon Cuban soil the first things that our soldiers discovered was the presence of Spain's most powerful allies, smokeless powder, Mauser bul- lets, and last and most dreaded, the malarial and yellow levers. Of all these allies the Mauser bullet seems to have been the least deadly. At the battle of San Juan the Sew enty-frst regiment boys," to quote Richard Harding Davis, ''were moved down by hundreds. the Spaniards be- ing aided in their destructive work by the use of smokeless powder, thus pug zling our men in their attempts to lo- cate the enemy" while we used the old black powder, making our troops conspicuous targets for the Span iards." It is not likely that this blun- der will ever be repeated by the gov ernment.
 As for the Mauser bullets, fearful as some of their wounds have been, it is asserted on the authority of Dr James D. Kelly, of New York, thatneyer in all history have the deaths been so infre- quent in proportion to the wounds in- flicted. This has, of course, reference to the casualties sustained by the Americans, and does not cover the Spanish casualties, which are not known.
 Dr. Kelly attributes this gain largely to the use of antiseptics and to the ye- locity of bullets. Gangrene has scarce ly been heard of in the hospitals, and very few aspirations have been nec- essary with present medical skill. Itis good to know that very few cripples, comparatively, have been made by the war with Spain.
 The actual loss of life in battle, though considerable in the vicinity of Santiago, paled into insignifcance in the face of the terrible fever statistics that were included in Gen. Shafter's reports.
 On the 1st of August Gen. Shafter reported the total number of sick at 4239 Of these 3,179 were fever eases. Yellow fever made it's appearance in the ranks of the army, and the virtual conclusion of the war happily made it possible for the troops to eyaeuate Cuba, yielding their places to fresh body of men sufficient in numbers to garrison Santiago and the adjacent territory.
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is due much of the credit for organic ing the American section of the Inter- national College of History. The United States may well be proud of it's repre- sentatiyes at The Hague. No country will be represented by more admirably chosen or more distinguished dele- gates
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Conjug1I Amenities

Mrs Graves-Weil, you might be su- ciable, and laugh now and then. when tell you good thing! I'm sure F you were to say something clever, you would expect me to laugh. $s
 MT. Graves-Oh, no, my deprfs shouldn't expect you to undexstan2
 IN. Y. Truth. $ sz E
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-09-24

The dgsrc?tit cMuos& dreadful Loa,! Or
his nauh. Is seems as if he were really
made ur OF TIVE men. One of them Amhi
tious, braiuy and energetic; the other
sick, listless, peevsh and without force.
The weak man weighs the other one down.
The dyspoptic may be able to do pretty
good work one day, and the next day be-
cause of some little indScrcti0n in eating,
he may be able to do nothing at all. Most
cases of dyspepsia start with constipa-
ton. Constipation is the cause of nine
tenths of all human sickness. Some of its
symptoms are sick aud bilious Headaches,
dizziness, sour stomach, loss of appetite,
foul breath, windy belching', heartburn,
pain and distress after eating. III these
are Indicative of arrangements of the liv-
er, stomach and bowels, and all are caus-
ed by constipation. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets are the quickest, easiest and most
certain cure for this condition. They ARC
not violent in action,
Send 81 cents in one-ccnt stamps
to Worlds Dispcnsa:y Medical ASsocia,
zion, Buffalo, n. Y, and receive ID
pierces 1908 page Common Sense Medi
ca! Adviser, illustrated.
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Ouringthe Battle
Of Santiago.
p1cK OR WE'LL, A RUSH
NIGHT AND DAY.

r,o packers ut the Battle of santi-
inc ! Ie Cuba were all Heroes.
~ o;r Heroic Efforts in GettiAg
ine,,n,iptiOn and Rati0ns to the
'front.' Saved the Day.
NJ Bntler. of pack-train No. writing
;, % Santiago DE Cuba, Oh July 23d,
lioni I've all had liairhoea il more or
S'y% ,sorput form, and when we landed we
IHS S wv o'' fine to see Il doctor, for it was a
l'.a I of rush an,l.rusl night and day to
,a i the troops supplied with ammunition
ls 5 gr,lons. but thanks to Chambcrlaln's
snr =" cholera and Diarrloea Remedy, we
C ,orS allie to keep at work and keep our
sl,,,I % in fact. sincerely holeye that at
l hsa' sri,ical time this medicine was the
e si;rert saviour of our army, for if the
'ln ."hsrs Ind been unable to work there
P .anIJ have been no way Of getting sup
g E"' to fine front. There were no roads
! g.I' a wagon train could Use. My com
s ,5S " and myself had the good fortune to
i "i in asnpply of this medicine for our
ip train before We left Tampa, and |
E Eso in four cases it absolutely saved
IT," ,..;tton u +ho
,.anmf,cturrrs of this medicine, the Cham,
i n,rIsin Medicine Co., Dcs MoincS, Iowa,
p Tar ,,Ie bv KilIournc & FORESTER, ST,
huntsville, A. VilIcrcl, Bayou Sara.
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.:3..,GH:Li}z'Y E>3s.!IE

.-:i'@5l%..L i5tf'& 2>iS3iE
Mrs. Z !" '',rJo' o. -hyeyeDass - Wis
lClng 5!!>. Taco Meycr.
Postmaster f. J. Barrow made a visit
to New Roads recently.
J. G. Austin, q prominent citizen Of the
fifth ward visited Jackson last week.
Rev DR.. Douglas was expected home to-
day, is detained by the "Quarantinc."
We hope to SEQ his health improved
by his little trip to Grand Isle.
Dan Y. Stirling of the End Miss. Reg,
has been very i'll of typhoid ever in Jack
sonville, Fla, but is now conyalescent, and
is expected home daily.
Nolanl Stewart, the young salesman at
Howell & Percy's WAS called home this
week by the death of his brother, Foster.
Miss Alice Riggs returned Tuesday from
an GRAND of mercy in Pointo Coupec. She
went over to assist in nursing Miss Alinc
David's little brother, who was i'll unto
death.
We were glad to see our old friend and
fellowtownsman J. AronStein, bit now OF
NJ I,
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I2NSEbeAM1E
Died.

STEWART-At The family residence in
the ninth ward of West Feliciana parish,
La, Tuesday, Sep 90, 1898, Foster Stewart,
son Of Wul. Stewart, aged about 10 years
Intermont in burial ground on the plan
tation of Pinckney Johnson, Wednesday,
Sep 81, 3p. III.
This death WIS the result of an illness
from typhoid FOYER. The family have ou'
deepest sympathy plunged as they are IN
to deepest grief by the loss at this dearly
loved son and brother, cut down i'll tue
springtime of his youth.
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FOUNDRY.

We have opened thoroughly equipped
Machine Shop and Brass Foundry, and
are prepared to do all work in our line at
short notice. Our Speciality putting new
saws into gin stands. Also filling with a
new improved Carver gin saw tiler
We are especially prepared to sharpen
all saws in gin stands, and repair same.
Work guaranteed. General repairs on
gin houses done. Estimates for same
cheerfully furnished.
Engines, Boilers, Gins, Cotton presses
Sugar Mills, Boiler and Sheet Iron work a
speciality
Chas. Weydcrt,
Bayou Sara, La,
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Jewish Holidays.

Yom Kippur, day of selfabnegation
and prayer, comes this year ON Monday
Sep, 26, being usherod in on the evening
of the preceding day. The harvest feast,
"succoth," will begin on Saturday, Oct l.;
the Feast of Conclusion on Saturday, Oct
8 and simchas Torah-rejoicing over the
law-on Sunday, Oct 9, this concluding
the great holidays of the season. On Sep
2G. Jewish stores will be closed.
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Two Millions a Year.

When people buy, try, and buy again, 1t
means they're satisfied. The people III the
Uu:tcd States are now buying Caesar
cts Candy Cathartic at the rate of two
million boxes wear and it will be three
million before New Year 1t means
merit, proves thAtCascarcts are the most
delightful bowel regulator for everybody
the year round. All druggists loc, Zoe,
SOC, a box, cure guaranteed.
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ADIEs, SOCIAL CLUB.

Mrs. q. F Howell assisted by her moth
err and sister. Mrs. and Miss Stocking dIa
tbe honors on Tuesday afternoon-at
cards Mrs. F. f. Converse won both the
first and the clone hand" prizes Niles
Bessie Anderson, whom bad luck seemed
to follow, won only an ogg-beator' as bo-
inr something she could cheat" She TOOK
it graciously knowing full we'll she was a
boobv in naught else, and seldom at cards
Mrs, L. P. Kilbouno entertalns ne1'
Tuesday.
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Through Green Pastures 8nd
mississippi.
". RI. Phares Writes.
Jackson, La, Sep 1898.

Editor True Democrat:
AS YOU are usually very in
dnlgent with your friends l want TO bog
space to tell of most enjoyable trip l
made recently.
The state convention of the Christian
Church of Mississippi convened at Nc
Comb City Aug 1926. Being cordially
invited by Leo Jackson V. d. NJ, of
Whitcstown, Miss, joined him at that
place and wo, together with Misses Lillian
Jackson and Mary Eoatner, Msssrs Joseph
Morgan and Thos Johns, began the over
land journey to the place Of the conven-
ton.
The scenery through which we passed
On the trip beggars description. Shady
woods and fertile fields, lovely valleys
and picturesque hills were all passed in
succession. Our route led us through the
thriving towns, Centerville and Liberty
not to mention the numerous villages,
country stores, watermills, end large
steam gins passed on the way.
When we tiually reached McComb City
we found every body's latch string on tho
outside Of the door. Even to the whistles
OH the mammoth IL. c." machine shops
seemed to say, "wclcome" The writer of
this is indebted to Mr.. Beeman for hospi-
talities shown him during the week.
The church in which the convention
was held deserves particular notice. A
few years ago, J. D, Adeock, prominent
business man of McComb City, was tae
Gully member of this religious body in the
place. He atarted a Sunday school Will
two little children. and ont Of that effps
has grown u lovely church building Will
AL modern improvements, bapsistery sup
piled by city water works, electric lights,
organ etc, and Il congregation of neari,
two hundred. This is only one of tn
many instances of rapid growth thi
church has made in the state.
Early Tsesday morning the convention
was opened with prayer, followed by
feast of good things seldom enjoyed b
one in this short life.
} The great bodysof speakers who inspil
ed us to live higher life arc too numer
Gus to mention, but the addresses by TIL
eloquent state Evangelist, Juo B. Stevens
the paper by the talented and enthusiast
tic Miss Halle Cozine Of Lexington X,
the sermons by the scholarly b. +. Manil
of jackson, Miss, deserve to be excepted
. All the speeches reflected credit Oh tho'
who delivered them.
Tho convention closed Friday niSi
with IL sermon by W. w. Phares OF Fa,
ette, Miss. People from all parts of I'll
state, and from several other states we
there. College presidents, business Mel
+ ministers and host Of delegates OF tn
9 fair sex persuasion" were in atten@anc
: But the time came for lis to part and bl
" " ding farewell to that city which had r
IS ceiyel rs with such care aud attentlo
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A Sure Thing for You.

A transaction in which you cannot lose
is a sure thing. Biliousness, sick head,
ache, furred tongue, fever, piles and a
thousand other ills are caused by conSti-
patton and sluggish liver. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic, the wonderful new liver
stimuant and intestinal tonic are by all
druggists guaranteed to cure or money re
landed. G., &C. ale sure thing. Try q
ia %. 30 cts, bottle.