The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-03-19

l. Co.. Apothecaries. Lowell. Mass.
Suit has been entered against one OF
Baltimore's leading society men by his
London tailors for $l,808.64 for
clothes. Nearly eighty separate gar.
ments are mentioned in the itemiaed
bill, oil of which we're purchased with
in period OF less than two months.
It costs money to be thoroughly eng
lisb, y know"
The government of Switzerland is
projecting loan for the purpose OF
purchasing the 2204 miles of railroad
within the boundaries of the republic,
at cost OF about $200,000,000. The
proposed purchase, when submitted to
popular vote, was approved by 1884,
146 in favor to177, 1870 against.
According to correspondent Of the
Manchester Guardian. some English
manufacturers soak tiannelette with a
mixture Of Epson salts, glycerine and
castor oil to give it weight, and he also
says that cotton waste twill sheets are
adulterated to the extent OF % per
cent with q solution of ziuc.
Flower-"So yon were at The race
yesterday, were your" Block Yes;went
over to see the Derby run" Flower
"Did you pick the winner?" Block
-"Sure, But 1 happened to pick him
before he was ripe"
It wasn't on the map: Willie-"Pa,
what State is Ef1igy in?" Pa-"Ef6gyl
Why, don't believe I ever heard of
such town." Willie--''Well, I was
just reading about o man who was
hanged in efigy and I can't find it in
my geography" ~
Prof. Ahlwardt, the famous oriental.
ist, has, after twenty-four years OF con.
tiuuous labor, completed lis task OF
cataloguing and describing oil the Ara
bic manuscripts in the Berlin Library.
An American company has been
formed for the manufacture of paper
bottles. 1t is claimed that they cannot
be broken in ordinary use and will cost
about half as much as glass bottles.
''You told me this horse had won
half q dozen matches against some oil
the best horses in the country. He
can't trot milo in six minutes to save
him." ut was in blowing matches
that he took prizes, sir. Boston
Traveller.
A letter recently came to Georgis
rural postcffice with the following adj
dress: "To my son William, if he''
keepin' Good Company; if he amt
Please Return, as There's 81 in in it.
Some of the women Of the Revolu
ton would have been astonished at tn
: gorgeous apparel of the Daughters o
the Revolution.
Tho rising generation may notkno'
> that in the southern hemisphere
Australia and Argentina, for instance
Christmas comes in midsummer
Hence it may be assumed that SAINT
= Claus is CARRIED in muslin instead O
. furs.
"Among the landscapes in my pic
= ture gallery" said the chiropodist, ::
> have picture Of human feet, showing
their differences Of peculiarities an(
formation among the people Of differ
:. ent nations" Landscape? Feet?
= supposedly exclaimed his guest. Eyes,
> returned the chiropodist; "cornfelds
= YOU know. Boston Courier.
n 1t is told of an old German that b
sat stolidly and stupidity on a coroner
jury, and listened to all the evidence
Q after which he walked over toward tn
!, corpse with some degree of curiosit.
q Lifting the cloth he started back, tu1
o ned to the other jurymen in amaze
s ment and alright, and cried on
L "Mine Gott, shentlemen, dot man Is
u dead!"
The United Kingdom consumes 600
q 900 pounds, or about 4, 100000 gallon
10 of tea every day, which is as much
is used by the rest of Europe, Mort
Il and South America, Africa and Au
.. tralia combined.
Il Statisticians say that the earth "
not support more than 1894, 600, o.
people, and the inhabitants Of Chics{
are q good deal alarmed about it..
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