The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-04-16

when you are
Goes to Church. without good
health. tried different doctors and many
proprietary remedies. but was not bene-
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Il have been member OF tho Methodist
church for many years, but for six years
was unable to attend. lam ablo now to
attend tho church services regularly and
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riching thu blood thus curing many dis
eases. -
A Judge of the Bombay High Court,
who is pompous in manner, and never
forgets that he is Judge, was walking
up and down the platform of small
railway station up-country just before
taking his seat in the train. At that
moment hot and perspiring English
man rushed onto the platform, and
said to the Judge: ''Is this the Bonn
bay train?" The Judge coldly re-
marked: II am not the station mas
ter" The other man at cnce retorted:
''Then, confound you, sir, why do you
swagger about as if you were?"
The Mississippi river, from the
source Of the Missouri to the Eads JET
ties, is the longest river in the world.
It is 4,3OO miles in length and drains
an area Of l, 726, 900 square miles, The
Amazon is the widest river in the world,
and including the Benz, is 1000 miles
in length and drains 1880, 900 square
miles of territory.
The largest State is Texas, which con-
tains 1886 square miles, capable of
sustaining 100000 900 of people, and
then it would not be more crowded
than Scotland at present. It has been
estimated that the entire population of
the globe could be seated upon chairs
within the boundary of Texas and each
have four feet Of elbow room.
The largest number Of cattle ever
received in one year was that Of Chi
cago in the year 1884, being 1,874,984
heeves, S0,223 calves, 5,640,625 hogs,
749,917 sheep and 15,625 horses. It
required 5000 trains Of thirty-one cars
each, which, if coupled together, would
reach 2, 146 miles.
The largest producing farm in the
world lies in the northwest corner of
Louisiana, owned by northern syndi-
cate. Itruns 100 miles north and south.
This immense tract is divided into con-
venient pastures, with stations of
of ranches every six miles. The fenc-
fencing alone cost nearly $4,000.
Mrs. Betterhawse-''I am told that
you allow your husband to carry a
latchkey." Mrs. Grayhair-"Yes, but
it does not fit the door. I just let him
carry it to humor him. He likes to
show it to his friends and make them
thikk he is independent. Boston
Traveller.
What He Would Give: "Well,'
said the man with the long hair, after
the editor had handed him back his
spring poem, "what would you be
willing to give me for it," "Oh, about
| ten years, if I could have my way, 1.-THE
| discourager of genius replied.-Cleve
land Leader.
"Was Mrs. Yungairte much cut ur
over her husbands sudden death, doc
tor?" "Not anything like so much as
he was. You see, there were ten sur
geons at the post-mortem, and none OF
'em agreed on where the trouble lay. "
Ally Sloper.
Heinrich ION the way from the thea,
ter to his wife, "What beastly stree
lighting! Well, Elise, what are you
crying about?" Elise-'I was think.
ing how angry you used to be in THU
same street only six months ago every
time we came to a light"
His ambition: "To think, said thu
visitor. that you will have to g
through life an ex-convict!" Swell,
miss, replied Claude, "to tell you the
truth, just at present there amt moth
ing I'd like more to be!'-Washingtor
Star.
IT say, Bridget, is your beau golt
or silver man?" asked the head of tn
house. ''Sure, he's neyther," an
swered the cook; he's what you call
copper man, sur" -Yonkers States
man.
sPessimism," said the Sage, "isbu
q matter of temperament. One pes
simist I knew was always saddest OF
bay day, because he realized that Their
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