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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
VIGIL AN T,

BY Tom Hal. Sire of Little Blown jug 2.
II Sd, Brown Hal 2. - l-2, and Hal Point
er 2. ID, Star Pointer, world boatcr,
l.. 594.
LIST dam, Bessie by John billiard, Jr, 2nd
dam the"Cage Alexander Mare" u fast
natural PAGER and dam of speedy PAGERS
John Dillard, .Ir. by John billiard, sire Gi
dams Phil Thompson, 2 l6i; Reputation
2. 2lt, and Mcleod .. 81: the dam Of John
billiard, Jr, Belltonndcr 2nd dam by'Priccs
Messenger; Sd dam !S john Randolph.
Viglant's record at Woolvillo Fair /
mile in 80 seconds.
Vicilant is now ten years old, l6l hands
high and will serve ii limited lilIlAher OF
mares for the season 1928 at my plantation
near st. FrancisVille, La,xa
TERMS $13.G9
". II. RICHARDSON.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21

The Items Almanac and POliti.
ca! Register, for 1899 has reached
ns, aud promises to be a valuable
book of Preference OIL our table. The
flexible manner of binding makes il
easy to handle, and the clear type
makes it easy to read. Published
by N. o. Item Co., price 90 cts.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21

Tie B. Il. Advocate Of the 18th
Oajlishes Auvther Particle by DIR.
John MscKowGH, which contains
a severe arraignment Of Dr. Sou
cbop Of the State Boasd Of Health
and DR. KOhuke Of the City Board
for thcir conceaimcnt Of the cXis,
tence of yellow fever in New d.
leans to the jeopardy Of the SUE
rounding country, making th2
health Of thousands subServicnt to
the commercial interests Of the city.
lie calls it "The Disgrace of Louis
lana" and expresses his confidence
that the grand jurieS and the prose.
cutting attorneys of the state will
punish these men for their viola
tons of law. lie names dates AID
facts, claiming that aS early as July
20, 1898 COnceaIment began.
We welcome this beginning of the
crusade against last years prac-
tees. The country has q terrible
grievance against the city-nev-
or to be forgotten or forgiven
unless atoned for by future hon.
esty and truth. The health of the
people must be accounted dearer
than gold, Or else the groans Of the
sick and dying will call down the
vengeance of God upon the city and
the men, that for paltry gain, per-
nit peslilenco to go forth, uncheck'
ed, on It's mission of sorrow and
death.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
Sheriff Sale.
liza 81

State Of Evnis afta Parish of West Felici-
afta, 10Th ind Dist Court.
Ell Newsli.m W. Nose Hill
By virtue If d writ of Fl Fa to me di-
rected from tie Court and Parish aforc-
said in the atNrTe entitled cause 4 have
seized and will offer for sale ut public
anction tn tie highest bidder ut the resi-
.lonce of Nose Hill on
Wednesday, FeG list 1899
ut the honr of & o'clock. NJ, the follow
ing described property towit: IS barrels
of corn lnOr8 or less.
Terms of sails cash with benefit of up.
vraisenent. j. Ii. giack,
Sheriff
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
THE TRUE DEMOCRAT.

Subscription, Fer ahnnm $3.50
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
aCHIzzKzua5Uzzzrz@

The Mr.. Mangum, who il trying
to revoluti onize labor by introdu.
ing monkeys to pick cotton is doing
snail service to his fellow-man.
Just as ye are trying to elevate
and educate IabOrers too!
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
The Egan scandal, relating to Illt

The Egan scandal, relating to the
disgraceful man ner i'll which Com,
! miSsary Gen Egan attacked his
superior officer, Gen Miles, is the
sensation Of the day, 1t bids fair
to bring the long gathering trouble
In Tho War Department to a head.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1899-01-21
SATURDAY, JAN 81. 1899.

1t seems that there is y majority
in the Senate against ratification OF
the peace treaty.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

O..
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09
SNAKE STORY.
Mine OF Reptiles Discovered in Pres
ton County.
Rohr. Corr Argus.


On last Christmas day DR.. w. j.
Sergent was out rabbit hunting and
holed a rabbit il cliff of rocks. He
worked half day trying to get it out
and failed. He closed UP every crew
ice in the rock to keep it in and went
home to get his box to put in the hole.
When he got home his brother-in-law
Henry Blosser. Of Cheat Haven, was
there and he did not go back. On
last Saturday he was picking whortle-
berries and came to the place. where
he had stopped up the rabbits. He
concluded he would take the stones
out of the holes. When he took the
stones out, he was somewhat surpris-
ed to find that it was den of snakes
The snakes commenced to crawl out
and the Doctor begun on them with
his cane. He killed nineteen copper
heads and twenty seven rdttlers. The
poison from the snakes made him
quite sick and he had to call in Dr.
Cobun, Of Masontown, to give him
medical aid. At The present time he
is getting along as we'll as could be
expected.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

Several OF the papers of the state
are talking rather loud about the
free advertising expected by some
of the University authorities. Some
of them also make remarks that are
anything but creditable or compli-
mentary about the expenditures
made in some other directions.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09
Lost.

A part of the brake of cabriolet
was lost some where in town on
Thursday. 1t consisted of straight
piece Of iron and the shoe. Finder
will return TO this office and receive
reward.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09
Remnant Sale.

All remnants of carpets, lnattings
etc, to be sold much below price
Remnants run from 5 to Is yards.
Hirsehman's.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

The rubber trust ought to have
taken advantage of the occasion to
get lot Of the material shown in
town to day.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

There Will be two shows in South
Morgantown to-day but the average
man has seen more than that number.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

People who go over the country
with games make their living at it,
Their victims gather up experience.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

The sucker and his money is soon
parted.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

It's safe thing never to bet on an
other mans game.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

The death Of Thorn Dorsey was
heard here with regret. He had a
bright future before him.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

Pink lemonade never made people
walk like some of them walked to-
day.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

Seneca will break out of the reser-
walton tomorrow
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

Fairmont could only stand one
performance but we will get two of
them.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

The elephant is being seen.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

The Texas mob law" so called,
has been pronounced uneonstitution
al because nobody can understand
it. The court of criminal appeals
declares that it is imperative and
void because 1t is incapable of con.
struction. But the truth is the max
ers of the lawwere themselves incap-
able construction.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-08-09

An enterprising Sunday journal
bethought it of interviewing Mr..
Edison on God. Mr. Edison leaned
on a bench, took chew of tobacco
and said Il don't know anything
about God, but chemistry shows
that there is some kind of master
hand back of things. | never rea-
son about it, because that would
plump the whole matter into logic,
and it had better stay where it is in
nature. The same paper is now 60
ing to interview Nat Goodwin on
the pope's last encyclical, Mr.. Fitz-
simmons on the council of Trent and
Brander Mathews on the Chinese
system of finance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
WHY SHE KEEPS YOUNG.
Gives Few Hints to the Faded
Friends.

Gives Few Hints to the Faded
Friends.
Everyone has to do some disagree
able things in this world" said the
nk-cheeked woman of 40 to the
woman of %. whose complexion looked
like a bit of faded gray crash But
there are always two ways of doing
disagreeable things and the choice
rests with the person who has to do
them" The faded young woman
looked puzzled and the wrinkle
deepened between her eyes, says
the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. You and | illustrate
the two ways of performing unpleas-
ant duties" continued the pink-cheek-
ed matron. IF | so to bed early it
is because | want to keep young and
healthy and good-looking as long as
possible, or because | am tired or be-
cause my book is dull or for some
other purely selfish reason. If you
were tired to death you ,'ould stay
up If you thought any one needed
your society or you ought to finish
your embroidery or you ought to send
letters to China. If you wanted to do
any of these things | wouldn't object,
but you don't. 1t is the staying up be-
cause you feel it your duty to do so
that is making you old before your
time" The faded woman of 25 sighed
and the CHEEKY woman of 40 went on:
you give big parties because you
think it your duty to entertain and
make your house pleasant for your
husbands friends. You always look
like a ghost at the feast and have
nervous headache for a week after
ward. You look forward with dread
to big dinner, but you give one every
two weeks. l give parties, too, but
not for conscience sake. | enjoy them.
never gave formal dinner in my
life and my only reason for not doing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07

so is that don't like them. OF course
l cannot escape unpleasantnesses, but
l take them as lightly as possible. II
wasn't very enlivening to have to
nurse an old third cousin VINO called
on me one day and was taken down
with the grip. But | waited on her
day and night because l wanted her to
get well and go home. You would have
done the same thing. even for
stranger, but not for any selfish, ma
terial motive-simply because you
would hail it as a duty When l stand
for two hours to have a gown fitted
1 do it of my own free will. In order
to have the gown | would willingly
stand two hours more. No such vain
courage buoys you up. You dress be-
cause your means and position and
family demand it. | tell you there
is a great difference in how you take
things. my dear. The point of view
is everything, and the right one,
which is the wrong one, l suppose.
does ones complexion so much good"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
MOATED CASTLES OF ENGLAND.

the following resolution read: That
Hon. William F. King. member of the
house of representatives from the
Fifth representative district of Sussex
county, be, and he is hereby, ordered
to have himself united in the bonds of
matrimony within the next thirty days
ensuing Or else he shall be fined an
oyster supper for the members of the
house of representatives of the pres
ent general assembly. The lady Of
his choice must be under six feet
three and must not weigh over 300
pounds" The resolution was passed
without dissenting voice. 1t begins
to look as if the members
would enjoy the oyster supper. In
fact, it is whispered that DR.. O'Day
has already been instructed to look out
for some of the finest oysters that he
can secure. Mr.. King has received q
number of letters from forlorn ma'dens
in neighboring states who want to
link their fortunes with his. He keeps
these letters locked in his desk, but
says that some day he will show them.
A Baltimore young woman wrote re-
Gently, inclosing a bow of blue rib
bon. Several widows are also report
ed to have implored the legislator to
surrender to Cupid. Some inclose pho
tographs. Matrimonial journals have
also been sent to Mr.. King, and re-
quests for his photograph have been
received. One New York woman
wants to be married in the hall of the
legislature. and says that If Mr.. King
consents she will throw in an oyster
supper "to boot" Some choice litera-
ture, such as the Ways of Cupid" and
the Marble Heart" have also been
forwarded to him, but If any of the
women have succeeded in making an
impression upon the legislator. his fell
low members cannot find it out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
A Pass from Sarah Bernhardt.

A London bookseller tells this story:
"One time Sarah Bernhardt visited my
shop. | showed her every attention,
and she seemed pleased As she was
going out she took hold of my pencil
and asked me something in French
which l did not understand. Seeing
that l had failed to catch her meaning,
she looked about on the counters, then
quick as fash she took up a volume
of one of the very best sets of Scott,
bound in tree calf, opened it at the
very center, wrote something quickly,
calmly tore out the leaf, handed it to
me, smiled and went out" The as
founded bookseller looked at the leaf
and discovered that Sarah had written
pass for two to her performances
that evening.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07

tx, OLErus ussmIu y. r. Goodwin.
EX-Congressmsn a. T. Goodwin.
from Alabama, writes the following
,etter:
The Pe-runa Drug Manufacturing
Company, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen-I have now used two
bottles of Pe-ru-na, and am a well
man today. l could feel the good eff
fects of your medicine before l had
used it a week, after suffering with ca
sarrh for over year. Respectfully,
A. 7. Goodwin.
Catarrh in its various forms is rap
idly becoming a national curse. An
nndoubted remedy has been discovered
by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the past
forty years Prominent men have
come to know of its virtues and are
making public utterances on the sub
iect. To save the country we must
save the people, To save the people
we must protect them from disease
The disease that is at once the most
prevalent and stubborn of cure is ca
.arrh. Public men of all parties rec
ogniZe in Pe-ru-na a national catarrh
remedy of unequa!ed merit. Send to
DR.. Hartman. Columbus. Ohio, for a
free book on catarrh
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
Plenty of Rubber Trees.

According to information received
at the British foreign Office the fears
recently expressed that the supply of
rubber from the Amazonian forests
may be exhausted in the near future,
are not very well founded. Para rub
ber is produced over an area amounting
to at least one million square miles.
and while overproduction exhausts the
supply in particular localities, nature
quickly reproduces the trees when an
opportunity is given her.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
p POWER FROM THE NILE.
Vast Possibilities of Suitable Use of tn q



Professor George Forbes. says Lon
don Engineering, is reported to have
said to an interviewer, in reference to
his Nile power scheme, that power
could very easily be generated at the
First Cataract, where Assouan, one of
the most important towns in Egypt.
is situated, to supply electricity for
pumping purposes for the irrigation
of Egypt proper. This would certain
ly be the most important application
of it at this juncture, but the power
could also be introduced into the sugar
factories and other works at Assouan
and elsewhere, and also utilized for
electric light, railways and tramways,
which could be worked from there
With the facility of large pumping OPP
erations by means of electric power
it would be possible to reclaim vast
areas of good soil which are Mt pres
ent above the reach of the existing
irrigation canals. At the Second Cata-
ract, which is situated just above
Wady Halfa, power could be develop
ed to any extent that is likely to be re
quired. Its chief value here would
be for working the two railways thai
have been built by the Sirdar-one fol-
lowing the course of the Nile toward
Dongola, the other running across the
hcScIl 10 Rbu liaIlll. ana thence.
when completed. to Kartoum. But in
order to work this last railway with
the best economy. it would be neces-
sary to make use of the Fifth and
Sixth Cataracts in addition. These
Professor Forbes had not examined,
and consequently did not know what
their capabilities We're. Near the
Third Cataract is n place called Kai-
Der. There Il reef OF granite runs
across the river, and s entirely COW
cred by the water when in flood.
while in summer all the water flows
through three channels in the reef
At this point n dam could easily be
built. not only for impounding the wa
ter in reservoir. but also for assist
ing the irrigation at low water in
Egypt proper, and 10 work machinery
for generating electric power. This
would be applied partly TO the work
ing of the first railway referred to
above and partly to pumping opera
tions in the Dongola province. This
province appeared to Professor Forbes
TO be capable of being made one of the
most fertile regions of the world. Pro
fessor Forbes has submitted this re
port to the Egyptian government, and
II remains to be seen what will be the
outcome.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
IN GOLD WATER.
Annual Christmas Handicap OF London
serpentine Swimmers.

Long before most of us were out of
bed on Saturday morning. December
24th, a shivering band of Serpentine
swimmers stood ruefully surveying
the ice-coated course, over which they
usually hold their annual Christmas
handicap. Ice, as a rule. is a trivial
matter to those indomitable spirits.
but it is a more serious impediment
where racing is concerned. So, for
the first time in thirty-f four years-the
whole lifetime of the club. in fact
the course was reversed. the race be-
ing started from the east instead of
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
DIFFICULT RHYM ES.
Some Amusing Efforts Over Month"
and Orange"

Some Amusing Efforts Over Month"
and Orange"
"You can't" says Tom to lisping Bill,
find any rhyme for month"
"A great mithstake," was Bills re-
ply.
III ind rhyme at onth.
There are certain words in the Eng
lish language that present almost in
superable difficulties to the would-be
poet, and such words are month" and
orange" However, as in the above
example, certain persons have sur
mounted the difficulty, though, it must
be admitted, only by compromising two
wN'ds or distorting, splitting and 9TH
erwise spelling one. Better than most
is Christina Rosetti's example in her
Sing-Song Nursery Rhymes.
How many weeks in month?
Four as the swift moon runnth
This is distinctly better than the eff
forts of many lispers. who confess
their inability to rhyme to month"
although they could do "wuth." Less
grammatical, but. more funny, is the
university mans attempt:
How sweet 1t is to toll from month to
month,
Working equations from one-plus
oneth.
Father Prout has left on record a
full and frank confession of his inabil-
ity to find a rhyme for this difficult
word. He says in long poem, which
achieves the rhyme!ess as the end of
every verse;
We parted at the gate in June.
That soft and balmy month.
Beneath the sweetly beaming moon
And (wunth, hunth, bonth. csunth-
can't find rhyme to MONTH.
Notwithstanding all these failures to
find perfect rhyme, however, there Is
one example that may be said to hit
the mark 1t is ascribed to w. S. Gill
bert, and includes not only rhyme
to month" but also 20 orange" 1t
runs:
From the Indus to Blorange
Came the rajah in month.
Sucking now and then his orange,
Counting al the while his Grunth.
This is the only perfect instance, and
even this is not perfect. for, though the
Irish river Blorange is an absolute
rhyme to orange" yet it is kind of
rhymeless blasphemy to pronounce the
name of the Hindu's holy book as If it
rhymed with month" Its real pro-
nunciation is "Grunt," but lest the
poor word under discussion should go
forever minated. we may all admit
that the final "h" is no just cause or
impediment, and that this is no time
to talk of proper pronunciations.
There are many amusing attempts
with regard to orange" The follow
ing is good sample; it also includes
the lemon:
I gave my darling child lemon
That lately grew its fragrant stem
on,
And next. to give her pleasure more
range,
l offered her juicy orange
And nuts-she cracked them in the
door hinge.-London Standard.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-03-07
MUST M AIRY.


Or Feast a whole Legislature on succu-
lent Oysters.
The way of the bachelor in Della
ware political circles is thorny one.
In the present legislature there is one
member of the house, Hon. William F.
King by name, from Sussex county,
who is a bachelor and a prosperous
merchant Mr.. King is about 35 years
old. He wears beard, neatly trimmed
in the latest style, and there is prob
ably no better dressed man in the
house. He attends strictly to his own
business and that of his district. Even
the pretty young women of Dover,
who have also learned of Mr.. Kings
single state, have been unable to make
an impression upon him. In order
that all the members of the house
should enjoy welded bliss, Representa-
tive Donahoe of Wilmington, the
Democratic leader Of the house, arose
to a point Of personal privilege few
days ago. He said that he regretted
to learn that one of the members of
the house was travelling through the
world alone. and he desired to have