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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Political Secrets Sold in China.

Discussing DR.. Morrison's success
in Pekin in his capacity as Times cor
respondent, the London correspond
ent of the Manchester Guardian says
it has surprised no one who knows
how business is transacted in the Ya
mems in Pekin, and indeed all oVsi
China. 1t is done more or less conan
populo. The Yamen ministers, each
with his servants, sit at small ebont
tables, the foreign minister sitting d
another. The large hall in which tho
meeting takes place contains mum
Der of screens behind which sit seCrs'
taries, scribes, and the like, who
record the conversation that takes
place, and in an hour official Pekin
knows all about it. All the Legations
have officials in the Yamen In their
pay, who report everything that taEaa
place to them, give them copies o.
dispatches, kilograms, Forthcoming
imperial DEGREES, important secret
memorials, and the like. ANY one
who knows the very simple and unso'
phisticated methods of corruption
prevalent among Chinese officials ana
who is ready to pay the price can gs'
all this information as we'll as tho
legations, and DR.. Morrison nis
awaited himself of this state OF things
as we'll as the foreign Representatives
in Pekin. To complain, as the Tor
eign Office did, of the disclosure OF tas
Talienwan negotiations as unpatrio',,'
conduct on the part of the correspona.
ent was ridiculous. Every ninls'a
in Pekin knew all aboutit, and throug,e
the same channel as the correspond
ent, whose merit is that he has oesa
the first to avail himself for newspaper
purpos of sources of information v.
cessible to every intelligent and aafOl'
man who will spend the money Id W.
curing it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Cooperative Societies in England.

1t will surprise most Americans to
learn of the foothold which cooper
alive societies have in England and
that the membership of the distribu-
tive stores represents one-seventh of
the population of Great Britain. From
q small beginning these societies are
now doing business of 1912, 900, 900
per year. In book recently pub
lished the author, W. D. Lloyd, writes
with enthusiasm about the strides
which labor co-partnership has made
in a few years, and his statistics prove
that not only is the workman bene-
flied in the money sense, but he is
also raised physically and mentally
and has developed business ability
and aycapacity for handling large prob
lens that has always been thought
possible only to the chosen few; and
where they have been chosen co-direc-
tors with practical business men, they
have not only easily held their own,
but, in view of their practical training s,
their advice has been of the utmost
value,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
MEALS ON STEAMBOATS,.

Cooked Better and More Satisfac.o,.
Than Those Served in Hotels,
ever since steamboats, have bean
rum" explained an official of the an.
pervising inspector of the STEAMBOATS,
Office in the treasury department, q.
has always been understood that bel.
ter meals are prepared and served on
them than in hotels. A steamboat
cook is not paid a much as hotsl
cook, though he gets much mora
credit for his work. Hotel cooks hsye
been tried time and time again on
steamboats,, but somehow they neye,
appear to please the patrons of the
boats. About the same things ara
cooked and they are cooked in about
the same way, but somehow the meal
served on O steamboat seems to tasts
better. l have rarely ever heard Of
poor cooking on well established
steamboat line or of poor meals, though
the public have but little idea of the
trouble and expense it takes to get IN
fine meal on steamboat, which in
every instance is nearly double whs.
it costs to get up the same meal on
shore. Take the oid-fashioned Mis-.
sissippi river steamers for an illusta.
ton, or indeed the modern steamboats,
now plying that and other rivers. The
meals that are prepared on them are
not excelled anywhere in the world
what makes the steamboat meal 20
down so we'll probably is the fact that
there is plenty of time in which il
can be eaten. There is no hurry
slap, dash or bang about them. In
nine cases out Of ten the meal is paid
for before it is eaten, the meal ticket
being paid for before entrance can BE-
had to the dining room. This does
away with all questions of charge,
etc., which often arise after a meal ID
eaten in a hotel. 1t can be set down
as an indisputable fact that, taken u
whole, the American steamboats,
furnish more satisfactory and even
elegant meal than does the average
hotel. I do not know why it should
be so, but I am convinced that The
Judgment of the American people d
that it is O fact"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
Museu1n,s Stable for Wheels.

This cycling age is making i'ss.'
felt in many unwonted direc,l0 ~.
The great London diapers and ), Wy y
houses where women do most OF 'as !.
afternoon shopping have long sl INC
made provision for stabling cyelss
and now the British Museum au'nol'
ties are providing similar accomn0 ~.
tions for the machines ridden BY ~ y
readers who frequent the Library ana
the great reading room. 1t has :. p III.
evident to the British Museum onle, T..
for some time past that accoalhJJa s,.
ton of II: kind was needed, ior ua :,
inls the last two years at any time u:. =
fns WEI her, from ten to twenty pc,
oles MI have been noticed al 1 NH
left wi hin the museum ratings. Ian y
vas d,ne at owners risk, but W. .g.e
is fini ned this autumn, riders will III; 4
be t, leave their mounts tael ~ s
.otv As many as six hundred req . psx
4 ba,e been known to visit the rem ~.
I, IL + Is five hundred and fifty ~. 4
~ a hundred cycles ha'e ~ -
isft he museum grounds Id sa's
..J,ope9 u News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

Switzerland continues to export the
larger number of complete watches to
Japan, but it has been badly beaten
by the United States in the exporta-
ton of watch parts to that country,
The competition has been fair, and
the Americans have won because they
sell better goods at cheaper prices
To offset this, the factory at Osaka has
discharged its American foreman an(
all American workmen, replacing then
with Japanese who learned their trade
in Switzerland.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

The total number of public libra
ries in Connecticut is 131, of which II
are absolutely free and 81 subscrip-
tion libraries, says the Hartford
Conn. Times. Forty one of these
libraries are under the control of the
state. Three new libraries were Or
ganized during the year, and move
ments are on foot to institute others.
Within few years there will be a Ii
brary in every town in Connecticut.
The total number of volumes in the
l91 libraries of the state is 593, 1921,
and the total circulation during the
past year was 1888, 1876. The num-
Der of new books added for the
twelve months closed was 50, 365. The
total amount paid out in salaries dur
ing the year was $50, 1878, and the
amount expended for books was $23,-
O15.81. All of these figures are large
ly'in excess of those of the previous
year and show an increasing interest
in libraries everywhere. The annual
report of school libraries shows 688
in all. The amount expended on new
books was $24, 885.79, and the total
number of books is 1876, 800. During
the year several schools were equipped
with libraries, and 8039 books were
purchased The New Britain Normal
school library is the largest public
school library in the country, the to-
tai number of volumes being nearly
10000.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
THIS QUEER OLD WORLD.

II Is queer how things go by contraries here,
IT'S always too cold or too hot,
And the prizes we miss, you know, always
appear
To be better than those that we've got;
It Is always too wet, or too dusty and dry,
And the land is too rough or too flat,
There's nothing that's perfect, beneath the
blue sky,
But
ID pretty good world for all that.
Some people are born but to dig in the soil,
And sweat for the bread that they eat.
While some never learn the hard meaning
OF toll,
And live on the things that are sweet;
A few are too rich and a lot are too poor,
And some are too lean or too fat
All, the hardshipS are many that men must
endure,
But
It's pretty good world for all that.
The man who must think envies them that
must be
Ever pounding and digging for men,
And the man with the pick would be happy
if he
Might play with the brush or the pen!
All things 60 by contrares here upon earth,
Life is empty and sterile and fiat;
Man begins 10 complain on the day Of his
birth,
But
It's pretty good world for all that.
-(Cleveland Leader
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
The name le9th9F~6a Iono 81

Fho name leather has long since
passed rem the exclusive vocabulary
pertaining to animal skins and hides
in their prepared state. Recently,
says the Zeugdrucker-Zeitu q Ger
man inventor has brought to public
notice an improved kind of asbestos
material, and the method of it's manu-
facture, The asbestos is at first
divided into very fine fbres of the
greatest possible length, then i'm
mersed in an india rubber solution,
the whole being then thoroughly in
termi1ed until every fibre is coated
with the solution; the solvent-for in
stance, petroleum benzine-is there
upon evaporated. By this treatment
the asbestos tibres cohere perfectly,
and the mass may then be pressed
Into any desired form, or may be
rolled. The inventor calls the manu-
featured product asbestos leather, and
it is said to resemble leather very
closely in its peculiarities and struc-
ture and in its industrial adaptation.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

The safes we're all pointed out 70
them, but they seemed disappointed
with their operations.
Late in the evening they came to
me in the workroom, and, holding out
the ring that I had made for Lord
Lambton, one of them said:
"This is your work, we understand.
Is that the stone you set?".
[ glanced at it, but only replied:
"I don't call myself an expert in pre-
cious stones, and all I can say is that
this one precisely resembles in size,
shape and appearance the one given
me to set.
While this statement was practically
true, that one glance had been enough
to show me that [ was not looking at
the Lambton diamond.
The detectives left, saying that 1
would have to tell all I knew in the
witness box, and then, just as I was
about to lock up the place for the
QlgQU, Nell Cdluo III. IL Wdo lAO AloU
time she had let me see her since her
father had been taken away.
The face which [ thought the sweet
est on earth was marble white, and
there were dark shadows under the
lashes.
"There's something must say to
you" she painted, something I've
been wild to say all day, lest it should
be too late, but dared not let any
one suspect. A month ago father
confded to me that he had lost great
deal of money-and he showed me
how to open a secret drawer in his
Chippendale bureau. IF ever any
thing happens to me- he said, don,
lose moment, but look into this
drawer; throw away everything that
you will find in the left-hand partl
ton, and keep what may be in the
right
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

The assumption that majority of
criminals would reform if they could
but secure honorable employment
forms the basis of new movement in
the interest of ex-convicts, says the
Omaha (Neb. Bee. While there is
no doubt that many can he thus
reached, it is certain that all of them
cannot. 1t has been ascertained that
the average age of 49,, 1859 criminals in
American penal institutions was under
thirty-one, nearly oue-half under
thirty, and about third under twenty
five, and nearly one-eighth under
twenty. The average age Of American
paupers, on the other hand, is about
hfty-seyen. The fact that profession
al criminals are as rule young per-
sons shows that many of them are
bred to crime, and since young per
sons find it easier to secure employ
ment than older ones, it is fair to in
fer that but few of them are driven to
crime by hard times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19


The military man who, next to Colo
mel Roosevelt, has been fortunate in
the reputation he has made out of the
war seems to be General Wheeler,
observes Harper's Weekly. He has
filled conspicuous places both at Santi-
ago, when General Shafter was sick,
and more lately at Camp Wikoff. Be-
ing an older man than Colonel Roose-
welt, and not put together with the
same quality of rivets, he had the bad
luck, which Roosevelt escaped, to
catch the fever inopportunely at San
tiago. Every one knows how resp
lutely he minimized that disadvantage.
All that we heard of him in Cuba, and
all we have heard of his labors and
reports and observations at Camp
Wikoff have tended to make folks
think of him as q truly valuable cltl-
zen, wise, active, efficient, a very able
soldier, and possessed of an admirable
spirit. Wherever we hear of him, he
is doing good. Whenever we hear
of him, it is something worth atten-
ton. 1t is matter for thankfulness
that he is member of Congress, and
that when military and other impor-
tant measures come up there next
winter his voice will be heard and will
carry weight. The sympathy of the
whole country goes out to him in the
loss of his son, Naval Cadet Wheeler,
who was drowned while bathing at
Camp Wikof.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Great heights are won bv ,or,.
steps. wy
Forgiveness is Love giving birth !.
Mercy.
The we'll behaved boy is seldom
motherless. 4
Blind men con walk over gold a.,
not know it. s
That man is wise who makes MIA.
use of his knowledge.
One fact is worth more than tbor.
sand improved theories.
The place where we love to be d..
cides what we wish to be.
Adulation is the bridge some wall
over to reach our good graces,
Close your eyes to truth, and yor
tumble into the ditch of error.
Mourning over present trouble,
makes us forget past blessings. Ram.
Horn.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

AS American soldiers go out from
Porto Rico American business men
are going in, and the islanders are al
ready feeling the good effects of the
Yankee methods and Yankee "gohead-
itiveness. The Porto Rican mer-
chant is said not to be wholly lacking
in shrewdness, and he may be safely
expected to share in the benefits his
island is to receive from American
rule.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

Black powder has seen its last days
The American troops at Santiago, with
their black powder, made target for
the enemy, which gave them great adj
vantage in locating our soldiers. With
smokeless powder and moderH guns
of high penetratiye power the Ameri.
can regular will be more than match
for any soldier in the world.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
It is difficult for the average n

It is difficult for the average man
practically to conceive of the spheric-
ity Of the earth. Perhaps this fact
will assist to such q conception.
Singapore lies so nearly opposite Lon
don that Banca tin is shipped thence
to England by the first steamer wheth-
er the steamer be going west to the
Suez canal or east to San Francisco,
the freight being the same by either
rOIlte.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

Greece is said to have ordered ten
thousand plows this year. The in
vestment is sure to be more profta-
bic than her purchase Of guns last
year. The man behind the pillow is an
important parsonage in times Of peace,
and Greece may we'll pray to be de-
livered from another war craze.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

Boarding-hou keepers will rejoice
to know that the war with Spain will
not cut off entirely the supply of their
staple table delicacy-prunes. Cali
fornia has come to the rescue with a
crop of "a, 900 tons this year from Or
chards which aggregate So, 200 acres.
At least 10, 900 more acres will be in
bearing next year, and crop of 100,-
900 tons of green prunes is prophesied
for the first year of the next century.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19
pitfalls of German Etiquette.

A German has been fined $25 j
addressing an official letter to
"well-born Herr Hasenfug, Lal
Counsellor, Strelno, Prussia, where
he should have written to the "high
well-born Land Counsellor Hase,
fug." The case has been carried b.
fore two courts Of appeal, and one {
them is still busy.-Pall Mall G.,
zette.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

The Missouri river commission IS
experimenting with new system for
keeping open the channel of the river,
which, if successful, will take the
place, to large extent, of the very
expensive system of revetments, and
may be adopted on all large rivers hay
ing treacherous currents and shifting
channels. Revetments are made of
willow mattresses, and cost about ST
per foot. The bank heads to be sub
stituted are built of stone. They are
placed at the bends of the river, to
keep the current from cutting away
the soil. The expectation is that the
water will cut into the bank below the
bank head only to a certain distance,
and then strike out across the river
again. The bank heads are from 600
to 1000 feet in length, and the stretch
of river bank between them is from
5000 to 5000 feet. Several of them
have been placed, and the results thus
far noted have been very encouraging.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

When Spain gets ready to reha1ili-
tate her navy she ought to have ships
built in this country. She has had
convincing proof that we know how
to construct such things over here.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19


On the basis of a recently completed
school census Chicago papers are
claiming that their city is the most
cosmopolitan one in the Unites States,
# nots-iiaa The The World. The total popu-
lation accounted for is 1851, 589, of
which number 1,245, 912 were born in
this country. Many Of the latter, how
ever, we're Of foreign parentage, and
counting as Germans all those who
were born here of German parentage,
the German population is figured at
400, $40, as compared with the 499, 683
who are Americans both by virtue of
their birthplace and their parents ma,
tionality. This would make Chicago
German city, although 261, 7O4 OF
those thus classed as Germans were
born in this country. There are other
interesting totals according to national
descent, Ireland is credited with
248, 142; Sweden, Ill, 100; Poland,
96, 1858; Bohemia, $1,000; Norway,
1890; England, 44,223; Russia, 38,
987; Canada, 81, 9O7; Africa, (colored),
1854; Italy, 23,o61; Scotland, %,
942; France, 1900; Denmark, 81,
761; Holland, 10, 14S; Hungary, 1852;
Switzerland, 44O1; Wales, 3774, China,
2445; Belgium, 2211; Greece, 1914
Lithuania, AL; Spain, 56S; Mexico,
162
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

School children who use last years
biographies will need supplements to
cover the situation in the West Indies.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-11-19

The "preservation of the peace" Ill
Europe by means of naYies and stand
ing armies costs $3.50, 100000 year.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
YOUR NOs e.

The nose, the form of which has so much
to do with the beauty of a face, is amena-
BILE to culture and we have it on the au-
thority of a German physician that it is
beyond dispute that during half an ordi-
nary human life the nose is capable of re-
ceiving more noble form. The mental train
ing of an individual has a great deal to do
with shaping the nose.
A nose thick and fit Is an unfayorable
feature with men as well as women, usu-
ally signifying that the character is pre-
dominated by material instincts, while
turned-up nose with wide nostrils, betokens
vain disposition.
The small, fiat nose found among women
and called the soubrette nose, when occur
ring with an otherwise agreeable cast of
countenance, indicates a gracious and
cheerful naivete, combined with considera-
BILE curiosity. Such nose is seldom found
among men, and when a man is unfor-
tunate enough to possess it he Is charac-
terized by weak and deficient sagacity.
Especially wide nostris are signs of cour-
age, strength and pride, small nostrils of
weakness and tinidty. Noses large in ev-
cry respect are usually found among men,
and when a woman possesses a large nose
it indicates she is masculine In character.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
ing our state is promptly removed.

ing our state IS promptly removed.
After all is not the waiting upon out
side capital a delusion? When Biz
mingham wanted a big cotton mill last
summer, and steel plant, the people
of this town simply went down deep
in their pockets, and the two factories
were built. There is more home capt.
tai available Than most people are
aware of. Exemption from local taxa
ton may be desirable, but when it is
gained, let home capital take advanta ge
of it. It is as good for home capital
as for outside capital
There are either attractions besides
exemption from taxation. When it is
in.imated IN Georgia and Tennessee pa
pers that Alabama factories are due
to liberal action in the matter of taxa
tfon thsy quite forget that cheap fuel
is an Important factor in this state.
Great beds of iron ore is another factor.
A waterway TO the sea will soon be an
other factor. But best of all in Ala
bama is the faith in the states re-
sisurces-a faith that lis not without
works.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-01-15
PHONE CALLS.
A Plucky City.

The times were not so hard last year
that plucky town in Alabama could
not thrive and grow and almost boom.
Witness the city of Athens. In the
opening month of the year, in its first
week, a fire destroyed four of the larg-
est business concerns in the town. Were
the Athenians dismayed thereat? No,
indeed. They went to work, and when
the results of their years work was
summed up last week by the Alabama
Courier, 1T was seen that they had built
six modern and attractive res 'dences,
ten business HOUSES, one large ware
house. a water works plant AN electric
light plant, and a coduon compress. They
put a million brick Unto building, and
some of the new buildings would be con-
sidered handsome in any town.
The prosperity of the section is shown
in the fact that no failure. large or
small, occurred during the year in the
county, and in Athens itself there is
scarcely a vacant building. The two
excellent sch,oas in the pretty town
are magnets that keep the houses full,
and the stores busy. There is not a
handsomer or more progressive town In
the state or in any state; and Athens
success shows that pluck and energy
will win even when times are pro-
nounced hard, and men are inclined to
complain of circumstances and coudf-
lions. The Athenians rose above cir
cumstances and conditions and pushed
on to the things they needed, and the
Courier is fully justified in claa ming for
them a twelve months record that all
may well be proud Of