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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
! dawned, and a police officer came

downed and a police officer came
Tonnd on his tour of inspection. lie
also remarked tko open door, ana
walked in to see what was the matter
Topgv-turvydom reigned supreme IN
all the rooms that the thieves had
rapsacked. He searched thoroughly
everywhere, but to his surprise could
see no one, nor could he hear voice.
At last he came to the room where the
bride and bridegroom were sitting 8,
"Why do [ find the street door open!
incurred the police officer. Neltner
the man nor the woman deigned &c
"EExplain at once why your street
door is open and your house in sucn q
fearful state Of disorder" angrliy
shouted the police officer, sternly re,
garding the man. Still not o worn
did the man answer.
"Once more I command you to eH'
plain the di8reputable condition III
which I find you, your wife and your
honse, Fail. to answer and your heads
shall pay the forfeit"
A dead silence followed this owfu
tbraat The police officer waited ont
full minute, and the bridegroom an
. his bride could almost hear ca! eaci
others heart-throbs. Yet nelthe
stirred nor spoke. Then with lou(
. and furious voice the police ONCE
: ordered that first the mans he@'
should be cut of, and afterward I'll
woman's.
l The few necessary preparation
t were quickly made, and the eXecu
e toners sword was just about to. pei
n form its horrible task, when the won
o an, unable any longer to restrain ne
It agony, fell on her knees and sal'
= "Sir, have pity, [ implore you. Spa,
3 him; he is my husband. we are OIL
. welded yesterday"
"Ha! hal" exclaimed the man, clo
|, ping his hands; 81 have won II
J. wagert so, dear wife, at once-sh
~ ~, the door" ~,
?" "surely, they are both mad. II
ne evil eye has been cast upon them
e calculated the police officer.
us May, sir, we are neither OF
g. mad" said the husband, volub
enough now since his wife had spok'
'et first, and therefore gone to smut I
street door. Then with many Sestlcu'
va tons he told the man how IL had
! happened, and how b he ;, and his IS " "
Ire had been robbed Of all their Weddl
t'a fnery, and reduced to state
'he "Poor fools!" was all the r
:, officer said, as he turned on his
T. and went out, leaving the street &c
' are wide open for the second time!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
40 they /,

door.
''This is curious" one said to 1ne
other. 81 know that there has been
Every fine wedding here to-day. Let
us 90 in very, very quietly. There
must after so much feasting be plenty
of rich and valuable things about.
We are certainly in luck" StealthiIy
thew entered the house; first they
went into one room and then into the
other, taking and putting into sacks
all that pleased their fancy and was
most valuable.
| The man and his wife, alert to every
sound, heard their gliding footsteps,
and at once guessed that. thieves were
! in their house. Still mute and
motionless they sat, neither utterinS
q word. The thieves, emboldened by
the silence, next entered the room IN
which the bridegroom and his bride
in their sullen obstinacy still sat star
ING silently at one another. At first
when they saw two people there they
rushed back as if to hurriedly retreat
Half q second they hesitatcd, then,
since not voice was raised nora hand
moved to arrest them, they grew yet
more adventurous and entered the
room. They collected all the valuable
ornaments and eating utensils that
Uttered the room and stuffed them
into their sacks, and then, growing
holder and holder, they dragged away
the very carpets from under then feet
Still neither the man nor the woman
uttered sound or syllable.
Then the thieves, with an ever-lu'
creasing audacity, laid hands on thu
woman and took from her every lewe
and stripped her of her weddln!
dress. With lips tightly pressed to
gether she bore all these indiGnitie
in stoical silence. But when they tool
away her gold-embroidored slipper
she with her eyes mutely besough
her husband to come to her aid. Cain
and stationary he sat there; then thel
expression changed to one OF blazln
anger, and out of their dark brow
depths she seemed distinctly to ute
the word Coward"
The thieves now turned their after
ton to the man. With desperst
strength he struggled to retain h
nreci0us dagger iulaid with diamonds
| For minute or two there was hant
to-hand fight, and the man was
cruelty hurt that in his pain he nearI
screamed "Oh!' Fearful that L
+ might be, made to utter some e.
| clamation, and SO, according to tt IL
, bargain, be obliged to tasten u
:, street door,, he gave up the conte
and quietly resigned to the thieves Il
dagger-which had been present
Z his shawl and all his wedding ga
ments.
The robbers having taken ever
: thing that was of any value, nc
staggered away under their load
ill-gotten gains. Still the BRIDE al
oo.ooyo Tttered not kmec'Ai. u
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
How His.Head Was Situated.

The Youths Companion tells q story
of woman on board ship who saw
sailor fall and cut mis- head badly. She
was solicitous in her inquiries as to
his welfare when she saw the captain
that night, and would undoubtedly
have continued her sympathy had not
a rough sea called to mind her own
suAerings. -Four days later, when
she emerged. white and weak, from
her stateroom, she suddenly remem
bered the poor sailor. In the course
of the day she saw him, With strif
of plaster on his forehead. "How Il
your head?" she asked, kindly, as nj
passed her bent on some duty. Yves
by south, ma'am," was the reply, de
li1vered with respectful buthsSy clear
ness, and he was gone,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
A Trayesty on Macadam.

y correspondent of the AEctio
. Times says that eight inches
/ % sis just about half what it oua
to be" for a good road, and quotes
support of that view the dcscrlptlonH
q nine-inch macadam road from
L. A. W. Bulletin Of August ls
Apparently, however, he fails to noun
the reasons why that particular ro "a
proved o failure. According to Vi
report, sort of trench was made
lot of stone dumped in, some earl
spread over it, q roller put on al
the result called 1nacadam road
Such work is a mere travesty.
road made in such way would ~
low or lower than the earth on !
sides: water could not run OIL It's ~ y
face, and it would work in Oen 81,
the stones. No drainage was pfo'iu ua
for. Neither was the earth ped w y
pressed or shaped before the ssO .,
were laid. Some spots are natural .,
softer than Others and soon yisd1
allowing the roadway to become .
pressed in places. This s no h,
Anticipated and provided for py J,
preliminary rolling. Furthern o.
r. .i4. oorld NOT he eZpecs
from attempting to compress. ~ r
inches of stone at one rolling,
broken stone should have been en- J
down in two layers and :, ea -. IN i
thoroughly wetted and rol1ea' So So,
if anything more was nee hevs be Be
stone screenings should n ls,iod
laid on top, wetted and roll ,sas
Each binder inevitably cau rs =
,, rutty surface, and mud appears
: every rain. ,;t5 th
b oughly good road with n 11o;nr rr Y,sed
a stone, and much less is beng ns o aft /
. q some places. The advocates &C. d oh h,
h stone roads claim that SIX LIKE 1ts
a a give perfectly satisfactory ;y. tss'9 j
. = in some cases even as little "a
u inches. Within reasonable l ahnsA
~ ~ not so much the mere tl h;nhrs'
y y g stone that ensures good , higns'
it is provision for ample PIE; dt rneB
3, ,s then providing q roadDsd F fnaljy,
'e be perfectly compact, and s,,+ anI 81
y. shutting a system OF conS ~ Bnll,
= vision and repair.-L. A W. D
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

One of the developments resulting
from the national bankruptcy law IS
found in the advertising columns Of
the daily papers, says the Dry Goods
Economist. Lawyers are now an
nouncing their willingness, for q suit
able fee, to obtain discharges under
the new act. 1t is a poor law that
doesn't bring grist to the legal fra
ternity's mill in one form or another
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

due rites, and there had been mucn
feasting, and everybody agreed thaV
it had been delightful wedding. The
festivities concluded, the bridegroom
conducted his friends and relatives to
the door, and then ne8li8entiy torgoV
70 shnt il before returning to his wife
"Dear cousin" he said to her as
soon as he discovered his mistake,
edo run and shut the street door"
"What! shut the street door? l.
beautiful and young, dressed in satin
and wearing all these precious stone,
am I to 60 and shut the street door?'
"Well, and pray would you have M
shut the street door? I, g bride
groom. clothed in silk, wearing tn
magnificent shawl and carrying dag
Ger set with diamonds? Is it lit,
ask YOU, that I,should shut the stree
door?"
"You are both crazy and lazy" sal
the young wife, "to think that
should shut the street door. You al
the proper person to do it-and 70
must" she added, stamping her lit
foot to add emphasis to what 81
thought was wifely authority.
"And you are lazy and disobedient
retorted her husband. GLOW dal
you disobey my very first order
And he angrily shook his fist at her;
.. "D0 ono. not lie ,ilosop"y to * ;,
who sneoks 1t inso''' y. .as5t
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
The rennrE OF me ~

Inc report Vi Iuo S"'-
Indian Affairs shows that dur,
past year there have been on the rolls
of the Indian schools 24,O04 pupils,
with an average attendance of 1861,
o considerable increase over the pre-
ceding year. The great majority are
in the regular Government schools,
1899; there are nearly 5000 in the
contract schools, 31j public schools
1877 in mission boarding schools, and
81 in mission day schools. These
later items all show a steady decrease,
the increase being in the Government
schools. The api ropriations for the
education of Indians in schools un
der private control have diminished
steadily.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

It's estimated that the fund raised
by the American school children for
the Lafayette monument will amount
to 100000. The children have done
their part. Now let the monument
he such aone as will not only properly
commemorate the action of the great
Frenchman, but also be credit to the
children Of America.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

The broken language Of the tribe he
endeavored to convey the impression
that he had become inabued with
shirt of their god, which forbade :! MS
death. This, however, had no enect
on the medicine men and the cnl 1,
for, while they listened respectfully
to his harangue, preparations tor the
ceremony went steadily forward:
On the morning Of the fatal DAY he
was aroused at an early hour by two
attendants of tbs medicine man ana
hustled unceremoniously into the
priests tent, where he was stripped
Of his insignas of honor and hurried
toward the fatal spot. The sun was
we'll up when the tedious ascent be-
gan and Hepworth dragged along as
Slowly as possible, glancing often
anxiously at the sun, which was Deat-
inc its fierce rays on the mo- ntaln
side AS he came in sight of the altar
he craned his neck and observed the
sunlight stealing toward the stone
E Turning. he again warned the priests
, that divine wrath would be hurled on
+ them and their altar if they attempted
to proceed with the sacrifice, but
y their only answer was to push stead
ily on. Below him, gazing upward
4 were the villagers, some watching the
:. proceedings with anxiety, for they
more than half believed what III
: said. Ill.,
y and Hepworth had to again appeal II
# the priests, when there was loud ex
q plosion and the altar was hurie'
- beayenward with deafening noise
ID while the priests fell upon their faces
"a When the cloud of smoke rolled ava
at the crowd on the hillside could b
d seen prostrating themselves and bow
inc toward Hepworth. He was es
o. copted back to the village and treate
j. as a god. Nothing was too good 1e
30 him. He was allowed the full llbert
cd Of the island, and two months attel
he ward succeeded in fitting out bus boa
n, and one night showed off in the gre
h. ton of Manila, arriving at the lsian
Id of Luzon after two days sail:
ed During his incarceration Hepwor'
mt had employed his time mining the a
in. tar with the powder from the flask
ID, had preserved. A fuse was made o. y
: . piece of reed stuffed full OF powd
Of and fire was furnished by the crysta
q of Hepworth's chronometer, which
me had fastened together and filled WI
water, thus forming a burning SIaa''
The Though now we'll along in years n
xiv Hepworth is hearty, and, with I
tly wife, enjoys life on the HaWleyt
be- farm.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

The loss of the Maria Teresa IS one
more evidence, although an unpleas-
ant one, of the thoroughness with
which our warships did their work in
the naval battle of Santiago. And
perhaps it also teaches that when a
Yankee ship sinks another it is just as
we'll to let it stay sunk.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

Wilberfo1. nifty, and at
the close of his -,.,.... te people be-
gan to go away. A gentleman who'
according to the programme, was to
speak. said to the Bishop:
'T need not speak. I hardly think
they expect me-" =,
"To be sure they do" retorted the
prelate; "dop't you see they are all
going?'
An English Duke, while being
shown the collection of birds IN a
museum, asked the name of one OF
them.
"That a howl" said the attendant.
ga what?" exclaimed the Duke.
ga howl" repeated the men, with
even more distinctness, whereupon
bystander, seeing the cause Of the
Dukes mystidcation, said, You
Royal Highness, e says hits howl
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
p.ooress of the CRUSADE

To get out of old'ruts use , ~as,t
Good highways promote plO :, .
Where a road is low, the ? der.dl
tive or the location wet una ore
inc and surface-dralnaSe ~
necessary. ant
A law passed by the y s,ers to I
islature requires that wagons afs y ii
three tons shall have WneV 4"ns
tbre e-inch tire, over three inch.
inch, and over six TONS SILL. i
.Cycle Paths" is the MANI ha The !
latest publication issued " parlp
W. It is an eighty page cppnsai
literally illustrated anu ,arJingp
variety of information reS"t taxsfioI
guide posts, bridges and other
cycling, license laws i anu aoImen.
| tsrs Of interests to Whes'
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
Jamaiea's Large Fruit Plantation.

Jamaica has the largest fruit plan
tation in the world, of which $4,000
acres are owned by an American COM
pany. and the other 10000 acres are
held under lease by the same com,
pany, making the total acreage owned
and operated by it $4,000. This com,
Dony owns and employs in the fruit
carrying business twelve steamers
and last year shippea>to America Hnt
.1-o,ubarn
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
Picks From Portugal.

Next to Portugal, Japan sends The
greatest supply of toothpicks to the
United States. These are made by
hand from fine reeds. They, too, are
sold in close competition with the
American product, owing to the
cheaper labor in Japan. The cases in
which the Japanese picks ere incIosed
are fine specimens of skill with the
jackknife. They are Of wood, cut into
strips as thin and delicate as tissue
paper, but very strong. The cases
are ornamented with hand-painted
Japanese scenes and are of size con-
venient to be carried in the vest
pocket. The competition between the
Japanese and Portuguese makers on
the one side and American manufac
turers on the other has become very
keen. An importer of toothpicks sale
recently that the Japanese picks cal
be made and sold in the American
market, cases and all, for less thai
the cost of the paper boxes that con
tain the domestic picks. -Philadelphl
Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
decided that the Pullman Palace Car
Company has nc right to maintain and
govern the town of sPullman. Fhe
company will not contest the decision,
and one more experiment in applied
sociology comes to an end.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

Every member Of the Hobson Ner-
yimac party has been promoted In
this instance the Republic has not
shown itself ungrateful.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

Much regret has been expressed
that the anarchist, Luccheni, who as
sassinated the Empress of Austria and
was sentenced to life imprisonment as
the maximum penalty under the laws
of..Switzerland, could not be tried
moro 4hn nnnoItv nf death would hovn
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
Choice Repartee.

Some one, blaming little girl for
her extravaganza, said: "You should
not burn the candle at both ends:
"Why, is not that the way to make a, !,
both ends meet?" retorted the child.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
MN4M-
5 GOO.
Sek4AS%SK4;
Rural d.

hufdi ~ EE
. It is certain
roads remain as
free mail deliver
physical impossibility,
stahl, in the Chicago Reco.
times the mails cannot be deh,.,
all to farmers or even to the resi-.
of outlying suburban districts; and E
aside from this, the roads in most
localities are such as to make the daily Fl
delivery of mail unbearably costly. 4
TO the other gains from road improve.
ment may be added the fact that III u
would permit rural free
at reasonable cost.
In an address del
Senate Chamber, Sp
March 20, 1892, I said r
age cost of wagon tn
the United States v
cents per ton per mill
age annual wagon :, n
moved $50, 1000, 900 to- "''> !
roads would save alb 4
q year. AS I expla! Il
, dress, these figures IS
from calculations ba
: reports made by the -,
Railway Commissions and the Inter.
> state Commerce Commission, and on
the statistics Of railway, river-boat
, and lake.vessel traffic then furnished
by the 1890 census. So far as have
y been able to learn, it was the first a. |,
" tempt to do more than guess at the
. magnitude of wagon transportation
y and the saving from good roads. The
:. address was published and widely
4 circulated by the illinois division Of
~ the League of American Wheelmen,
- and the figures we're at once vigor.
=. ously assailed. But no one has ever
! succeeded in proving that they were
y much in error. Later, Professor
u u Latta, of Purdue University, invest.
~ gated the cost of wagon transports.
y, ton, and arrived at practically the
y same figures. In 1896 the Good.
70 roads Bureau Of the Department Of
y Agriculture sent letters of inquiry to
or 10000 farmers throughout the Union,
10 and from the data thus obtained and
10 from other sources it reached the CON
~ clusion that the cost OF wagon trans
~ portation is twenty-five cents per ton
r. per mile; that the annual wagon trans
10 portation moves 313, 349, 227 tons, ant
On that good roads would save each yea
~ nearly $500, 100000. In the $780,,
+ 600, 900 were included the loss OF per
ishable products for want OF access y
for markets, the failure to reach market
Id when prices were good and the failur
9 " to cultivate products which would b
Ike marketable if markets were Away
Id. accessible. :.
,ho The sum of 5000, 100000 is a b
his annual tribute to mud. 1t is lnequi
inc able to put all the burden OF roa'
ks, making on the farmers. Other class
1ev are benefited by good roads. Geo
mo roads must come through some pla
,s;n of State aid that viii secure the prop
participation of all classes and OF co
the porations in bearing the cost.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

It Duff, who
tee in his
le following
day breaks,
50" "They
.e following
,asant gossip
%.
: out Of the
raeli for the
!. Lord Be-
lace?" as ke'd
"I feel that
sian felds!''
Hall Bishop
nifty, and al
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
Putting Moonlight in Music.

:, Beethoven's famous composition.
the Moonlight Sonata, is said to have
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
.ONSTANTLNO-

)NSlA AN Ii ~ "
pie was the scene
not so very long
ago of the mar
riage Of a hash
eesh eater to his
very pretty
cousin. The
marriage" cere-
mony was per
formed with all
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14
TEE :. TRUE :, DEMOCRAT.
Published Weekly at

CT FRANCIsyILLE, LOUISIANA.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-14

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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-19
HANCOCK NOT PARDoNE0.

Governor Gage of California has
decided not to pardon John Han
cock from San Quentin prison. A
request for Hancock's pardon was
received from Governor Sadler OF
Nevada who wishes to have Hancoca
pardoned in California 50 that could
be taken to Nevada and tried for the
murder of two travelling companions
W ON he killed in July, 1887. Han
cock is serving ten years IN San
Quentin for robbery.
Governor Gage is not certain OF
Hancocks conviction in case he is
taken to Nevada, as it has been said
that the crime was committed IN
California. Governor Gage is con-
sidering whether he will permit
Hancock to be taken to Nevada to
stand trial without pardoning him
Ii this is permitted however, Han
coca will probably not be brought
back in time to be tried at the APP
preaching November sitting OF cour'
and so his trial, if it occurs at all
may be looked forward to for mex
| Spring.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-19
SALE

By virtue of an execution issued out OF the Dis
trict Court in and for the County of Lincoln, state
of Nevada. and 10 me directed AMI delivered for
Judgment rendered in said Court, the twentyhfth
day of August A. d. 1899. In favor of Robert
Thompson aud against John r. Knisht, Mary l.
Knight, Turner Davis, Mary q. DAVIS Mrs z. W
Eduey, John s. Knight. Sally Mcclure .. W. knight
susa n, DANIELS, "A. NJ. Daniels. W. A. Rhodss.
Birdie e Rhodes, Jas NJ. Wright, Nary q Wright
b. Knight and II. u, Knight. foe the sum OF
Eighteen hundred tsl 500 Dollars, ebt, together
with interest at the rata Of pc cent per annum
from date OF Judgment. aud si . -uiug costs aud
interest have levied on tue f. lata & propert y
to- wit:
The Roadside" mining clstia, tae "rilden'
mining claim the "aummit" miniag claim, the
..Elbown mining claim. aud u Sat'r rights con
neeted herewith aud pArsaiaiaS itarets, all o.
which are situated Ia Silver Park MI Ing D1stric T.
about As m les North Of Phoebe in the couaty II
! Lincoln State Of Nevada.
NolIcEIs HEREBY aIvsN THAT IN MON
day the sixth Dig Of November A. D 1899 at II
o'clock uoon will sell all the ignt, title aud in
ter.st OF said DESCENDANTS in an | 70 tle above 5
eriiesl property, al Phoebe, Lincoln County, New
ada 81 The front door Of the couri louise ct Rabli
Auction, for Cash in hani 70 ths aisaest aud hes
bidder 10 satisfy the said Execution and all cost
JAKE JOHNSON, shsIia