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The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
THE HUMAN STOMACH.
II Displays Endurance and Energy
Almost Beyond Belief.

II Displays Endurance and Energy
Almost Beyond Belief.
What insect pest can compare in mere
deyouring faculty, asks French statis-
tician, with man himself, or what ma
chine wrought by human skill out of steel
or iron compares in point of endurance
and energy with the human stomach? Is
1t to be wondered at that after wrestling
with SO many tons of solids and SO wide
flowing stream Of liquids a man S digest
i've organs at the end Of the process should
be in a state Of wreck2
Assuming that man has good appe-
lite, a reasonable income and lives for 70
years, his average consumption of bread
In all forms of baked -four would be 10
tons, representing in bulk 200 cubic feet
about the size of a suburban villa; ba-
con, if placed end TO end, miles; chops
sufficient to reach from Westminster abbey
to St. Paul's, London; beef equal to 70
full sized bullocks, representing mon
ster standing Is feet high and weighing
over 10 tons, tons of fish, 10, 600 eggs,
ton of butter, 1886 pounds of cheese, yege-
tables enough to load train of cars; peas
Alone If in a single pod, 81 miles long;
sugar, 1000 pounds; salt, IS hundred
weight; pepper, pounds; mustard, 100
cans.
Assuming that he drinks three pints of
fluid day, the total of this would be 49,
700 pints, or nearly 43 tons. While as for
his tobacco, the consumption of the aver
age smoker would be half ton, or OF
cigarettes about 100000.
Altogether man consumes about 1880
times his own weight OF food and liquid
in 40 years, or more exactly, he eats 5334
tons Of solids and drinks 42sz tons of
fluids. II these 96% tons of solids and
liquids were converted into terms Of me-
chanical force, they would be sufficient TO
raise 81, 100000 tons one foot high or to
lift the Forth bridge a quarter of mile in
tina air
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
TIE HAPPY PoNoo.
He Loafs and GuzzIes While His
Wives Work to Support Him.

One of the problems of civilized man is
how to live with wife The question
that worries the Pondo is how to get along
with only one Monogamy is to him a
condition of abject poverty. When, how
ever, he can afford the luxury of three or
four wives, he is fairly assured of success
IN life, and with half dozen or dozen
lie is rolling in wealth. The explanation
Of this paradox is simple: Whereas civil
iized man is expected to support his wife,
the Pondo leaves to his women folk the
privilege of supporting him. This shows
that savage is not necessarily fool.
Mr.. James O'Haire, missionary of the
Catholic church in Umtata, explains the
working of the system in letter. "Po-
lygamy,'' says he, s'is the very life's sup
port of the Pondos. The number of wives
man has settles the question as to his
previous wealth, for each wife was bought,
and for her he must have paid her father
from to 80 oxen, and now his wealth
may be estimated by the number OF wives
and children, because the whole affair
may be simply described as natural human
farming. Each daughter is worth, say,
ten oxen. If she is well built and pretty,
she may sell for 40; then, too, the sons
work in the care of cattle, for the whole OF
the Kafir property consists in cattle. The
wives work, and SO do the daughters. But
the head of the family, the man, works nc
more after marriage"
The dignity of labor" is SO noble a
thing that one cannot but admire the com
plete self abnegation of the polygamous
Pondos in leaving it all to the females.
And vet the absence of work does not seem
to prey upon their spirits. ''They are as
happy as the day is long. They all smoke
tobacco and drink beer and eat mealies
and beef or the flesh Of wild animals OF
wild birds. They sleep great deal, ant
then rise and laugh and sing and dance
and play and work little, and are with
out solitary care, without sadness or sor-
row. South Africa.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
DUCKS IN LEoATloN BATHTuss.
Chinese Ministers Finds Unique Use for
Otherwise Usesess Space.

The Chinese Minister at Washington
has found novel use for his bathroom j,
says the New York Press. One should
rather say bathrooms, inasmuch as the
palatial dwelling now occupied by the
representative Of the Son of Heaven IN
the United States has four of these i'm
portant adjuncts to civilized existence
They are every one of them beautifully
tiled and provided with porcelain and
wash basins to match.
But the extreme Oriental idea OF the
purpose OF bathroom is different from
ours, and SO 1t happens that the minister
from China has found a better use Tor
these conyeniences than mere washing.
He keeps ducks in them. Where supply
Of running water Is available 1t is obvi-
GUS that water fowl may be kept, and SO
why not in a bathroom-an institution
devised by the foreign devil" for pur-
poses obviously unholy and contrary to
Celestial prejudicess
Cinnamon. as everybody knows are ex-
tremely fond of ducks. They even eat the
eggs of these BIRDS after burying them
in the ground for a year to sr1pen. !"
Many good housewives in this country
prefer to buy their chickens alive and to
fatten them at home before killing them
for the table; SO why should it be deemed
surprising that the Chinese minister
chooses to adopt similar lnethods A
bathroom, from his point of view, is ad-
niirably adapted for the purposes OF q
"life-preserve, and as such he employees
it. -Four bathrooms will ACCOMMODATES ~
ducks comfortably, and thus the dinner
table of the legation ON @ street IS kept
continually supplied.
Now, the management OF the DUCKS IN
the bathrooms is remarkably complete
In the day time. the porcelain tubs being
filed to the brim, they swim about as
HAPPY as can be. Incidentally, they are
fed to fairness like an ordinary duck. Az
night the water is withdrawn from tine
tubs. and they go to perch on STICKS Co.,
veniently placed across these receptacies
OF otherwise bestowed. The ingenuity OF
these arrangements need occasion no sur
prise, inasmuch as the Chinese were first
to invent tbs artificial incubation OF the
eggs of domestic fowls. and they have al
ready been far ahead of the rest of the
world in every discovery that has tn do
with poultry Indeed, they were the first
people to domesticate the chicken and the
duck.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
Breathing and malaria.

The Importance Of guarding against
aerial transmission of malaria is shown
by the personal observations of DIR. Mau
rel. In Africa he had spent nights tramp.
ing in the marshes without suffering the
least Inconvenience, while his assistants
suffered from ohills, merely because they
did not seem to be able, literally speaking,
10 keep their mouths shut He absolutely
fefrained frona talking, so as to allow none
Of the Iniasrnatic air to reach his lungs
through tho mouth, tbs nasal passages, as
Is we'll known, acting as a steriIizing ap,
paratus through the destructive action OF
the nasal secretions tzpon atmospheric or
ganisms. Exchange.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
No Distinguishing MARKS

''Were there any marks about him by
which he could be described" asked the
detective.
Eyes. eagerly replied the father of the
runaway boy, his trousers We're nearly
worn through at the knees, and he had in
one of his pockets, as heard my wife say
a day or two ago, knife with a broken
blade, pistol cartridge that had been
fired off, match, some of the wheels Of
an old watch, a leather shoestring, a bro.
ken key, bunch of Irvine, two or three
white pebbles, a piece of lead, some but,
TONS from the last bicycle show, stump
of lead pencil and bit Of red chalk.
And the detective wrote in his memo.
randum book, No distinguishing marks 2
Chicago Tribune.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
uouaes I'm Mexico.

THE principal reason that houses can
- he bnilt rapidly in Mexico is that the
-galls are always made very thick in order
~ withstand the occasional earthquake
sbonks In the thin walls usually put up
=, tbe United States the mortar Will read
AZ, dry and 'fset'' after the wall Is erected,
r,,+ here. where walls are made anywhere
s,.oru . or s to feet thick, they must be
Flowed to dry thoroughly as they are
b1,ilt. or serious consequences result from
the drying of the outer edgeSsnlle the cen
ter is stiil green Thus 1t is thar one
sees the walls all over new buiiding IN
different stages of completion, and u Is
often curious sight to see thin tntertor
waIis completed TO a point much higher
than the ehtck outside walfs.-Mode
Mexico.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
Her Ambition.

Baude Valerie White, the English music
teacher, says, in Cornhill, when discussing
the humors of a musical life, that there
are people who believe that singing can be
learned, like any mechanical art, and that
in three or four months an industrious
pupil would be able to earn her living
thereby. One music master was visited
by lady who said she wished to becone
professional singer.
Would he try her voice?
Yes, was the answer. care you u
soprano or contradict
II really don know, y was the answer.
II haven't any voice yet. .
The teacher WAS naturally puzzled.
What do you meant" asked he.
Wen, she replied, ''I'm AS, and I've
mover sung note in my life But I'm "a
widow and I've only e25 "a year. One
can t live GA that. can't say III fond
a music; never was, but I've been told
It's a lucrative business, and so I want to
become professional singer. How long
Wilt takesn -----.- .---.-.-...
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
A SLICE OF LONDON.

A SLICE LONDON
are the of Waterloo
system Taxing into account the
he considered an instance of ghstory
urface
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
1T SAVED HIS LIFE.
A Hymn That Made the War Scouts
Lower Their Muslets.

-
Lower Their Muslxets.
The Presbyterian prints a war anecdote
of an unconventional sort. Different read
ers will read more or less into it, accord
ing to their different habits of mind, but
all will find it interesting.
Some Americans who were crossing the
Atlantic met in the cabin on Sunday
night to sing hymns. AS they sang the
last hymn, ssJesus, Lover of My Soul, .
one of them heard an exceedingly rich and
beautiful voice behind him. He looked
round, and, although he did not know the
face, he thought that he knew the voice.
So when the music ceased, he turned and
asked the man if he had been in the civil
war. The man replied that he had been a
Confederate soldier
Were you at such q place on such a
night?n asked the first man.
eyes. y replied the second man, and a
curious thing happened that night which
this hymn has recalled to my mind. I
was posted on sentry duty near the edge
of a wood. 1t was dark night and very
cold, and was little frightened because
the enemy were supposed to be very near.
About midnight, when everything was
still and I was feeling homesick and mis-
cradle and weary, thought that would
comfort myself by praying and singing a
hymn. remember singing these lines:
s'Al my trust on thee is staid-
All my help from thee bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow Of thy wing.
"After singing that strange peace
came down upon me, and through the
long night felt no more fear.
ssNow, said the other, listen to my
story: I was Union soldier and was IN
the wood that night with party OF scouts.
/ saw you standing, although I did not
see your face. My men had their rifles
focused upon you, waiting the word to
fire, but when you sang,
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of thy wing.
I said, Boys, lower your rifles; we VIII
fro home y
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
PRuNE JUICE In WHISKY.
1t Makes New Liquor Taste as If 1T
Had Deen MelIoyved by Age.

Had Neen beloved by age.
If one looks over the advertisements In
the newspapers devoted to the interests OF
the liquor trade, his curiosity is likely to
be aroused by seeing many advertisements
of prune juice for sale. As prune juice is
not among the things which the barrooln
offers to it's patrons, the person of inquir-
sng mind is naturally led to wonder why
it is advertised and what paEt it plays in
the preparation of alcoholic beverages.
An explanation of the uses of prune juice
was recently printed in The Liquor Trades
Journal 1t says:
nThe object of using prune juice in
blending WHISTLES is to remove the IN
pleasant smell which is characteristic of
new liquors, to take off what may be
termed tho rough edge and to produce by
artificial means the ripe, mellow flavor
which otherwise comes only with age 1t
is an undeniable fact that good prune
Juice will transform rough, new whisky
into smooth, palatable liquor, while it
would puzzle even an expert to decide
that it's mellowness had not been acquired
by age.
Naturally any material which produces
such results is valuable aid to blenders,
and consequently there is a vast quantity
of it used annually, though there are
many who prefer to use malaga, sherry,
peach extracts or some other compound,
but one feels safe in saying that the users
of prune juice are in a majority.
"There are several New York firms en-
gagged in the manufacture of prune juice,
while others import 1t from Europe. The
basis of all the better brands Of prune
juice is lighb fermented wine, to which
are added certain proportions of sugar
sirup and prune extract, with sufficient
high proof spirit to bring the mixture up
to the desired alcoholic strength and color
ing matter to give it the proper shade.
Some manufacturers also uses certain
chemicals, regarding the properties and
effects of which they maintain profound
secrecy, each claiming for the article
which they produce superiority over all
others
However, the object of all is the same
viz, to supply a blending wine which
will, with the least possible reduction in
the proof, give to new whiskies the bouquet
of aged goods.
The Portland daily press., 1898-12-10
"a SLICE OF LONDON"

Under this beading the Mail curious
of busiest earth namely
slice earth rats Slaughter Corner London The Age
Queen Victoria street. New Bridge
Overhead
Railway Underneath depths twenty feet
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-30
MILITARY SER VICE.

q There is Il sentiment among Il few
that u military company should bc
organized here, in readiness TO an
Swer any call in the future should
three be a need Tor it's services. Tlie
prospects now arc that II l,rg"army
will not tG ,sr,led, but no one can
tOiesee the future, aud it may be
that the country will have nee.l OF
itll her sous brave and true, to de-
end her borders or to advance \.
;gail,st The foe. Should any such
ai,grmt callconc there can be no
AslOnbt of West ]teliui;tlG's response
Her so,is are too ligll.u!ndcd, 100
patriotic, too loyal to TAI! TO answer
to their cou,'.ry's nee,l. In that
hour, many who now stand back,
InieScent but not Indifferent, would
l'e FIRST TO take up arms. But now,
they see no necessity for action, and
they take none. Consequently the
lack Of interest in the organization
Ola local company. III our opinion,
there is no objection to present
organization. There need te no ex.
pe,.se incurred for uniforms or ac-
couterments, but drill aud othe,
military discipline could 60 on, and
thus be in readiness for any time
OF need.
Wlmlever the outcome, VIC 81,
without fear, that there can lie II.
reflection upon West Felicalm pa
iri0tism. That has been tried i,
the seven times heated fires OF WA,
;tiMl OF political turmoil aud has eve
come fortl, pure gold
Let the hour come and 81,
and she will be ready.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-30

The Presidents call !or u 900
volunteers, the formal dcrla'a on
of war on April %, the capture
of y number of Spanish vessels,
aud The Smelling of the forts at
Aatanzls arc; Tile principal war
events d! the week. The splendid
work orr vessels arc doing, and
the quick success. ol only three N
silencing TIL. gus at MaIanzaS
are certainly encouraging. The
latter points tn IL successful ISSUE
Ol any attack We might make
on Moro Castle.
PMtngal's position in not ,lec|ar
ing neutrality, and showing no dis
position to force the Spanish flee
FROM the Cape dc Verde islands j.
the only umfavo'able Indication 81
lar secn.lt leads to the suspicion TIA
Portugal may intimately bccon,
an ally ofSrmin. Her help wouI
TO iiicO',siderablc however as he,
army and navy ace small, and til.
ptinaral advantage she could give
the J,e woillN b. The use Of r he
is!and possessions 10y gay Of trarbci
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-30
NEW HOPE i~TE vi : l..

Rev. Mr.. White held service at
New Hope Sunday evening.
Mr.. Watt. Smith and son Warden were
in the neishborllood Saturday.
Messrs Henry Wicker and Sam Decker
spent several days last week in Wood
vile Miss.
1. d. Wilablood went TO Dayon Sara
Saturday Oh business.
Miss Robccca Messeu ger whu has been
spending several weeks with her sister
Mrs Ike Borland will return OF her hun"
near Scotland this week.
Miss Isle White spent Friday With
friends near Gordon Miss.
Mr.. Douglas Rogillio who was called
home las; Wednesday, by the 'lcat', of ills
little sister returned to Angola Mon day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Paine eli. East
Fe};ciana spent Saturday and Sunday with
her father y w. Griffin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Campbell ,Jr spent
Sunday with her WIc.t, Mr.. and Mis-
Steve Smith.
Miss Anuic lhomS is spending tue w"rl
with Mrs Emma Smith in Inc nile ward
Miss Alice Griffin and little sisters sprll
Saturday ut Mrs ". II Wicker's
Mr. B;rctt Gutl.ey went to Woody i'll
Monday.
Mr. Steve Siull!. ay, is spending til
week with his grand dauyter, Mrs iie'r
spillman. :
Mr.. ss,',n whiting Jacksv
Tuesday OH business.
=. DAISY.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-30
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Messenger: 81 dam hv JOHN Randolph.
Viyilant'> record ut Woodvillc Fair !
mile III 80 seconds.
Vigilant is now ten years Old, 1G4 hands
high, and will serve Il limited number I"
mares for the season 1898, atmy plantation
near ST. praurisvillc, La.
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In N{en.Oriaan.
III loving remembrance Of Mary +.
Sowcll, who died AprillS 8, 1898.

In loving remembrance Of Mary +.
Sowcll, who died April 3, 1898.
4 precious ono FROM, us has gone,
"A voice wy lo;el is s,il!el
A place is vacant III orr l;":nc,
Which never can :e ,:!ins'.
God in his wisdom. lbs recalled,
Tho boon Ills love ','s given:
Aud though the bnty slrmbrrs here.
The so.l is safe in Heaven.
After 10 long months OF patient suffer
lug, God relea,.,l Mar; from her pain. Tc
those who know her, her sweet life was
an inspiration 10 higher and better things.
for to krow her was to love her.
Weep not dear friends, your loss is
Heavens gain.
Your loved ono has only gone before, to
await your coming to that realm ofpeact
aud love, where pain and SORROW cannot
enter and parting is no more. Think OF
her as u link tl.a' binds you to 4 bEGhteI
cline.
God does NOT take away,
lie only safely keeps above
Tur us, tho treasures that we love.
(One who lovct! herr
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Service fee $4,000. will make the season
ut my place with return privileges il
mares .lt, not prUSc in foal.
Pastuago free but not responsible for loss.
A STARE Of the p"blic patronage
solicited &. Is. Hamilton.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-24

did not know who you Pray pardon me. would never have taken such unwarrantable liberty had l not mistaken you for one of our company.
 The dean reversed the precedent of Hamlets Fath- er's Ghost, and regarded him in anger than in sorrow for moment, and then said in his most dgni fled voice and manner, "One of your company? Young man. what kind of company do you keep?"
 It is always customary to pass free into theaters any person who is a member of the dramatic profes- sion. Some years ago there
 STUART ROBSON large minstrel company touring the country and formed, the members wearing high silk hats, which, as they were constantly exposed to the weather re- thereby making it necessary that or two profes siona hat -roners should travel with the company.
 One night, while playing in a Western city l called to the stage door to who had inquired for me me What can an do for yog?" 9 asked
 Certainly" I replied; what company you play
 'The Mastodon Minstrels"
 What is the line of your busness?"
 'Hat-roner.'
 That professional was not passed.
 One of the ceverest things ever said on the stage on the spur of the moment emanated from Theodore NAT C. GOODWIN. Theater To understand it used in winter scenes is made of white paper cut in very small pieces and that deadheads are known paper because, instead of getting In tickets they admitted by paper passes.
 Business at Walacks had been bad, and determin- ing to have good house on the first night of a new piece Moss had packed the auditorium with dead heads He was standing on the stage with Wallack who, peepHB out nOe III the curtain turned Moss and said gleefuly, We have splendid house tonight
 '"Yes," replied Moss, in his inmitabe Hebrew da- ect "but think we had better cut 1t up for snow"
 Some years ago when the "Pinafore" craze was at its height the actor who mpersonated srJoseph Porter during a production of opera DE WOLF HOPPER. at the Varieties Theater, New
 Orleans, had makeup which transformed him into an exact fac-simile of Admiral Murray of the United tates Navy who was then stationed at New Orleans
 One night old salt of Murray's command was