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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
ZONE CENT POSTAGE coMINc,n
fdkely to Be Brought About by the Enor.
NOUS Increase in Business,

NOUS Increase in Business.
GAIL over the country men engaged
in the postal service are watching in
tently the progress Of affairs in the
various branches Of the mail bust
ness" said A. J. Ball, chief clerk of
the railway mail service. "The signs
in all directions point to the greatest
year the service has ever had. On
the indianapolis railroads, which form
the main channel for the movement of
mails between the East and the West,
the volume Of business during the
winter has been without precedent.
There are more postal cars in service.
they are hauling more mail and utiliz-
ing more postal clerks than ever be.
fore. During the early spring the
volume has been tremendously heavy.
and this movement of mail shows the
pulsations of business affairs general
iy throughout the country. The fiscal
year for the postal business closes
with the last day of June. Reports
say that, with the beginning of the
new fiscal year, the financial receipts
Will show a profit of 100000 to the
Postoftice Department of the United
states. If such a showing is made,
predict that the people of this country
are on the eve of penny letter postage.
1t is bound to follow soon after the
postal receipts show profit"
Chief Clerk Ball has been in the rail-
way mail service since May II, 1880.
He tossea mail in a railway postal car
for years, and worked his way to the
head of the mail service between Pitts
burg and st. Louis, the second largest
branch Of the service in the United
States.
Il think it was in 1883 or 1884" Mr..
BAH says, "that the postal business
made a profit. From the year it was
established, up to that time, there had
been deficiency every year. As soon
as there was a profit Congress cut the
cost OF sending letter. Before that
reduction the price was three cents for
half ounce. The reduction was to
two cents. The day two-cent hostage
went into effect people throughout the
land began writing letters in greater
number. / do not remember that the
year following the reduction showed
any perceptible difference in the vol
ume OF mail handled in the railway
service, but 1 do know there was a
gradual increase every year after that
time, and in recent years the increase
has been enormous.
10 cut the price of sending a letter
through the mails to one cent will
mean to swell the volume of letters
all out of proportion to the present
number that people are writing. 1t
VIII cause a new age Of letter writing.
both in business and private CORE
spondence. One Of the bugbears of
the railway mail service now is the
business letter that CONNER
e12o h9 eeSd OUT fep t4qs Of all
sealed, carelessly addressed, and are
tedious for postal clerks to handle.
With one-cent postage / believe the
old business circular will become
thing of the past."-Indianapolis News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
The Honest Watchman.

The owner of factory found his
night Waterman asleep while upon
duty and discharged him on the spot.
The man returned next day and asked
to be appointed day Waterman at a
salary Of SO week.
"But l do not require day watch
man." said the factory owner. and
why should l pay you SO week for
doing nothing?"
"Well," replied the former watch.
man, 81 just think you're getting
mighty stingy all of sudden. You
used to pay me $40 a week for doing
nothing."-New York Commercial Ad.
vertiser.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

So lax is the enforcement Of some
ot our own municipal laws and ordi-
naaCes that 1t is of some interest to
Observe the Englishman in London
making similar complaint as to the
smoke nuisance. 1t is pointed out that
though the sanitary authorities have
ample power to prevent the smoke
Nuisance, no action has yet been
hken. The smoke nuisance is
held responsible for much Of
Tie gloomy and foggy conditions
50 common in London, and it Is as
serted that the nuisance is rapidly.
becoming a menace to health as well
as 10 the appearance of'the metropo'
lis" The evil has become so great
and the public authorities have been
30 lax in dealing with it that now a
private society has taken upon itself
% attempt to abate the nuisance.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Inc, psychologists, digging among
aeN libraries of Asia, came across the
fpgesRtory Of Croesus and found that
4A' miserable fraud of a millionaire,
9po mas been arousing the envy Of
sSsefapon after generation for thou
%auS OF years, was worth only $9,000,-
declared Senator Depew in a
Tech recently delivered in Brooklyn.
SSar, with the loot of all the world,
-sasSsged to get together enough at
wy time to pay an Indebtedness to
f'upe who did not dare to deny his
'snands Of $21,OOO,OOO. Fifty years
50 there was not a man in the world
VIA SOO,OOO.000; there was only one
aaa in the Uuited States worth S.
,'S0OO' A 100000 was counted a for.
''us on which to retire, and 100000
20 thought to be the mark Of a SUI
asnely rich man. Today, in Pitts.
Is' Which is one of our minor cities,
y ~ rner worth over a $1,000, 900
!, %ees 3plen Commodore Wander.
\. ~ alsd i ,g rs his fortune Of a 500,
y SV'S kae p3 assed the mark never be
/. Eaached, while now there are in
c0SHtry several who are worth be-
"'sO s200NOO,OO and 100000, 900
i : large number who have reached
N0O,o0o,OOO limit.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Census statistics Of coke manufac-
lure for 1899 indicate a product valued
1t s35,5S5,445, with by-products
amounting to $952,O27. In 1899 the
coke product of the United States was
worth s16,49S,345, and Che by-products
1891. These figures demonstrate
lmpressively the tremendous develop
nent of American iron manufacture
within the past decade. In 1890 over
% percent of the coke produced was
consumed in blast furnaces, and the
figures for 1900 (not yet avaiIable) will
chow, 1t is confidently anticipated, an
even large proportion Of use for this
purpose.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
Excessive PFecautioD.

What a splendid array of water
colors," remarked the caller. But
have you no oil paintings at all?"
"Oh, no." replied Mrs. 'Nuritch. 81
don't consider them SAFE"
"Not safe? How do you mean?"
"In case Of fire, you know,"-Phil.
,delphia Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

a new method Of blasting without
report or shock has been devised. It
consists OF first charging the holes
on the line of the cleavage of the rock
with steam to heat it; then introduce
Ing charge of liquid air to suddenly
chill 1t. The sudden contraction of
the rock by the liquid air makes it
brittle and easy to remove.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

1t is not customary to wear mourn
ing for a very considerable time, but a
regiment of British soldiers have worn
it for over century. They are the
old 47th, the Loyal North Lancaster
regiment, and their mourning is worn
In memory of General Wolfe, killed at
Quebec. This is an honor that no
other man has attained.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

A pound may always be pound,
but certain it is that there is great
difference between a mile in this coun-
fy and in Sweden. Pedestrians in
that country find it so to their sorrow,
as The Swedish mile Is not far from
$4,000 yards in length.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The supreme court of Massachu.
sets decided the other day that the
use Of voting machines at elections is
not illegal and there is good pros
pect of their early adoption by the
cities and towns of the state.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

A German professor declares that a
NOR man in hospital is better of
tban a rich patient in his own house,
md he hopes that this fact will help
b overcome the prejudice against
hospitals.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
NAME; PLEASE7

The Golden Age has vanished and (pee-
haps) the Age of Brass;
The Silver and the Iron Age have like
wise come to pass:
But when the scholars name our time,
| wonder if they'll feel
1t should be called the Novel Age, or
just the Age of Steel?
New York Life
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Mr.. T. B. Grierson recently read in
London a paper in which he expressed
a conviction that unless steps are
taken Immediately to prevent it. Eng
lands steel trade will become an in
dustry Of the past"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The great. Strikes" of oil in Texas
have led to a rapid extension Of its
use for fuel as > substitute for coal.
Among the advantages claimed for 1t
ne economy, cleanliness and conven-
Rnce, ".The expense of stocking Is
4nctically abolished" says the New
Otleans Times-Democrat, "for the oil
automatically pumped into the fur
Races when needed; 1t produces the
greatest heat, and the cost is material
P4ess than wood, coal or any other
PNduct that has heretofore been in
use" No difficulty is experienced in
Aanging the furnaces and engines to
alapt them to oil. Although the
Rxlmity of the Texas oil wells to
ae ocean gives them a decided advan-
1seAh the export trade, the domestic
w 81 their product as fuel will add
greatly to its value, while stimulating
aanQtacturers in that section.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The Memphis Commercial Appeal
deserves; 1--WE have all laughed at the
pnisians for being a mercurial people,
md they richly deserve being laughed
1t but a little self-analysis will show
Is that we are not free from the same
gmlable weakness, and that we have
DO stones to throw at Johnny
Crspaud."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

American paper mills have opened
, new market-in Australia-and II
carloads are being shipped from
Maine to Sydney, via New York City.
Australia has hitherto obtained most
NJ her paper from Sweden.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The tongueless man and the man
without a stomach are news features
but the heartless man and the man
without brains are too common for
notice.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The belief that the diamond is pro-
duced in the "blue ground" rock Of
South Africa is probably mistaken
one, according to Professor Bonney.
He has carefully examined some blue
ground powders containing diamonds
and found them water-worn, and COM
posed OF garnetiferous rock. Two of
the specimens showed the diamond ap-
parently embedded in the garnet, which
leads the Professor to call attention
TO the very close relation that evident
~ exists between the two stones. The
Professor concluded that the diamond
does not originate in the blue ground,
but is there as a derivative of older
rocks.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

There is a social crime that is grow
ing rapidly in this country and which
calls for the interference Of severe
enactments. Reference is made to
family assertions, which is now re
ceiving some attention by social inves
tigators and judges Of municipal
courts as we'll as state legislators
Obligations of marriage do not deter
men from deserving wives and chill
dren dependent upon them for sup
port, and this is done without legal
separation or seeming cause other
than an unwillingness to care for the
family they have sworn to protect
This great evil. growing greater every
year, should be taken up by our leg
islature and a remedy applied to ade
quately punish the deserters Of
families.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The United States, according to the
cbnrchman, has 1O7 social settle
ments. The rest of the world has IS.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

According to the census of 1900
there are 1852 persons to a square
mile in New York and 1O2 to a square
mile in Ohio. The Ohio average if
spread over the Republic would raise
the population of the United States
to 4OO,O00,OO0. If we could reach the
Chinese standards Of economy, in
dustry and temperance the United
States could support on it's 100000
900 acres population of 100000, 900.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The departure Of the American cav
airy and artillery from Pekin restores
peace conditions in China as far as
we are concerned. If civilization has
any more burning or looting to do
there it will have to do it without our
help. When it was announced that
our forces were about to leave Pekin
the people of the district they had
been policing signed a petition beg
ging that they might be allowed to
stay. Such a thing is a more legiti-
mate source of pride to us than a VIC
tory in battle. Many nations have
won battles, and the reputation OF
American troops as fighters cannot be
affected by one trophy more or less
But it is not often in the history OF
the world that an invading army has
been begged by the people it has sub
dued to stay with them, That is real
glory, thinks the New York Journal
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The percentage Of Americans among
Sa enlisted men Of Our navy seems
IN no increasing.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

"The Yankee Peril" continues in
Europe. Almost the whole press, from
the Balkans to Sweden and Scotland,
Is printing articles betraying alarm
over the industrial and financial men
ace of the United States. IN the mean
time, the exports from the United
States continue to increase, and by
the end of the fiscal year promise to
reach the unprecedented sum of
81, 500 ,000,0 0C in value. For the II
months ending with February, the fig
ures we're $1,49O194,9S5. The excess
of exports over imports shows an
even greater increase, being $492,234,'
904 for the eight months ending with
February, against $3O4,219,807 in the
same months Of the preceding year.
It is estimated that the exports for
eights months Of 1901 will reach
81 ,O15, 1854, against S5R2, $50, $50 for
imports. In other words. the American
people will sell to foreigners nearly
thrice as much as they will buy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Speaking about Capitalization Of
power, the janitors of New York City
have formed an association.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

In the report of the director Of the
Peabody museum of Harvard univer-
sity-Prof. Putnam-there is para
graph on the famous Calaveras skull,
which is now in the possession Of the
museum. Prof. Putnam spent week
in a careful study Of the site where
the skull was found and reports that
he is at this time only prepared to
state that afteI a careful sitting and
cross-questioning of all the stories
told at Angels Camp as to the finding
of the skull, he has come to the con-
clusion that these stories "are not
worthy of consideration as evidence"
Samples of the materials from the
shaft of the Madison mine were
brought to Cambridge for study.
Mining work in the auriferous gravels
of Tuolumine county has recently
been again undertaken and fragments
of implements and bones have been
found, it is said. 1t is likely that
more evidence on the antiquity of man
in California will soon be forthcom-
ing.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Mtgrations of rats have beenknown,
also of squirrels, the latter moving
over the country in thousands. Many
fishes are affected by reasons of actiy-
lty. The"writer once witnessed on the
Maine coast the arrival of a devastat-
Ing horde Of dog fishes or small
sharks two or three feet in length. The
day previous not one was seen, but
suddenly they appeared like an army.
The cod and paddock fishing of the 10.
cality was completely ruined by the
Voraclous throng, and the fishermen
began to fish for the small sharks,
which were converted into dressing
for farms, while the livers were made
into.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

During the year 1899 no less than
24,621 human beings were killed by
the bites of venomous snakes in India.
The number was larger than in several
preceding years because, it is thought
Of the floods, which drove the snakes
to the high lands, where the home
steads are situated. Wild beats during
the same year destroyed 1866 human
lives, tigers being responsible for 899
of the victims, wolves for 1888, leopards
for 327, while the remaining 1902 were
killed by bears, elephants, hyenas,
jackals, crocodiles and other animals.
The destruction of cattle amounted to
1928 killed by wild beasts and 9449
by snakes. These statistics are from
the government report of India.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Aluminium, or aluminium, as it is
more properly called, has. not been
used inthe manufacturers long enough
for its qualities to. be generally
known, and metal workers frequently
ask about it's strength. Under trans
verse strain it is not very rigid, but it
will bend nearly double without
breaking. Its tensile strength is
greatly increased by forging and
pressing at a temperature of 600 de-
grees Fahrenheit and if alleged with
nickel 1t is much stronger than when
pure. Cast aluminium is about equal
In strength to cast iron in tension, but
in resisting compression it is compar-
atively weak.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Consul Nelson of Bergen is the au-
thor Of report that a Copenhagen
chemist after experimenting for sew
eral years, has invented a cheap sub
stitute for rubber, which he calls
"solicum." 1t is produced from as
phalt, and can be used for the manu-
facture of linoleum, rubbers, insula-
tors, etc. It is also claimed that the
material can be used as r,"t;--''- - 80
--l~.., ,snu CuaJ II ls absolutely water
proof. The immense value which a
cheap and good substitute for rubber
~ould have has led to great number
of experiments during recent years
with various substances, none of
which, however, up to date, have
shaken the pre-eminent position
which rubber holds as an insulator
and waterproofer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
MISS L. MATTHEWS.

The public lis warned against buying
fire wood, posts Or timber from tenants
on Rosedown, Texas aud Lakewood
plantations. JAS P. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Two clerks named Thomas and
Clarence were Elm the employ of a
wealthy merchant. Thomas was al.
ways an Industrious lad. but Clarence
was much given to frivolity and was
extravagant in his habits. In after
years Clarence married his employers
daughter and was made a partner in
the business. Thomas continued to
be an honest. industrious clerk all his
life and his services were much ap-
preciated by Clarence and his father.
in-law.
Moral: There is no royal road to
success.-New York Commercial Ad
yertiSer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
Fables Up-to.Date.

A party of young people returning
from "a picnic in great exuberance Of
spirits sat in street car and sang
coon songs. Two men sitting apart
from the picnickers spoke to each 9TH
er and laughed, whereupon a young
exuberant said to herself: "They are
pleased with my singing" and she
whetted her voice still finer.
In truth. one of the men had whis.
pered to the other: THAT girl has a
voice like rusty hinge"
Moral: Conceit is not infectious;
that is. the other person will not
catch the conceit you have of yourself
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13
Trespass Notices

Hunting Of any kind on Greenwood
plantation, likewise SEEMING, is poaitive-
ly prohibited under penalty Of trespass.
Any permission heretofore granted is
now revoked. No exceptions.
MRS. B. REED
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

From and after this data all hunt
ing OF any kind on the Pecan Grove
plantation is posi- lively pro .ibited ua-
der penalty ef tre,passing. Anyone
found on this place ~ithou' permission
will be considered trespassing ano
prosecuted to the full extent OF the
law. r. NJ. LEAKE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

The public is herepywarned against
buying wood, posts or timDe~~-o OF any
kind from tenants on Ogden and ouh--
ley plantation.
MISS l. MATTHEW'S
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

From and after this date all hunting
OF any kind on Ambrosia and Independ-
ence plantation is positively prohib-
tied under penalty of trespassing.
Any one found on these places without
permission will be considered trespass-
ing, and prosecuted to the full extent
1.-The law.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

From and after this date all hunting
OF any kind on my PLACES, Solitude and
Swamp Tract is positively prohibited
under penalty of trespass. Any one
found on these PAGES without permits
sion will be considered trespass;ng
and prosecuted to the fall extest OF
the law. w. B. SMITH.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

From and after this date all hunt
ing of any kind on the Greenwood
plantation 8 positively prohibited
nder penalty of trospasslng. anyone
found on this p ace without permission
will be considered tresp ssing and
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

Hunting OF oil kinds, with dog or
gun, on the Rosebank, Pecan aud In
dian Mound plantations, is hereby
prohibited under penalty of trespass.
Persons found so engaged on any OF
these places will lie prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
MRS. NJ. RYLAND.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

MRS. J. A. VENTREss.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-07-13

From and after this date, all hunt
ing and fishing on the Cottage planta-
ton is positively prohib ted under pen
atty of trespassins. Auy one found on
this place without permission will he
considere trespassing aad prosecuted
to the full extent of the lay.
RICHARD BUTLER.
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PHYSICIANS.

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To EXCHANGED finely Improved, 30
acre bottom farm. for Wichita prop
erty. Geo. II. willis, 50 Whine building.
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EIdridqe Commission Go

CATTLE. HOGS AND sHEEP-stock
yards Wichita CCusign your stock 10 us
Tor best possiois resU =. We sXDecr %
get and hold cur tr2d5 By the thorough
efficiency CT our work and the strict
business integrity OF our Wefl5ds. and
cordially invite your business "a rhi5
basis. Telephone ee5.
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