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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

The following letter speaks elo-
qucntly for the superior work done
by Chas Weydert, the leading
blacksmith, macIlini>t and foundry
man Of this section:
New Roads,
Pie. Coupee Parish, La.
Mr.. ChaS. Wrydert,
Bayou Sara, La.
Dear Friend,
| cannot delay writing
you few words in regard to the
linc work given in saw sharpening.
| have had five years experience in
that business, and must say that
lever before have | had such fine
work done as yours Though | had
some saws filed from factory, there
was not SO good a result as those
from'you which | tested yesterday.
Finest staple that can be seen even
out of a brand Eagle Gin stand.
/ am very thankful for the job.
Your friend,
Edw. Lauglois.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Gov. EGeard's mother, aged ninety
is dead
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Bryan's paper grows CommOncr
every day.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Why use r
hell VOll can /.
from pure mat
Bayou Sara, La
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

l. j. H. Percy l.
that the
% OF sworn to and subscribed before this
VI August i'V 4. EIluERET,
Clerk and Ex-oficio
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE.

A rol'er-top desk and several
other articles of household furniture
including u chiifonier, student
lamp, and rattan lounge. Apply. at
this Office.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

The n.I.
dance ut the
Thursday nigh
made the event
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31
WI HAVE: a

WE HAVE a
SPLENDID
SEVEN DOLLAR
PROPOSITION
TO LADIES
Fine Gold and Pear
handled Umbrellas, reg
ular price Nine to Four
teen Dollars, each now
only 81 90
We will send You one
on approval, if not salts
factory return at our ex-
pense.
s. Ps SCHUESSLER,
The Jeweler
Baton Rouge, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

From frightful a
M y Gslleger, ofI..
hncklen's Arnica i
atr head and face,
cure exceeded all
wonders in sol es, !
Cuts, Barns, Sc
'ure guaranteed
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31
DON'T TAKE GALLO

0upsui; takes the flin'
without the evil Effects ss.l1
eifectnally. Pleasant teishs|
AIDE, cures all liver diseases, "
lionsness, constipation, iulig
headaches, etc. /
Clears the complexion ata ]
malarial poison, Price s'rii n
For Sale by +. N. Mumfnls|
vile La,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

II. A. HARRISON
Informs the public that on and
after Sept LIST he will be ut his
office, Odd Fellows Hall, conducting
AS usual his cotton buying business.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

IL. Martin, tn
you an estimate
hanging and k
material pertain,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

TO Cure a {
Take IAxatll
Tablets. All I'll
money if it fa1
Groves Signat|
drice 25c.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

The best sod.
Plpttin r~'s.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

A frsr and easy
duced by a few dc
Honnd Syrup, in
gore Throat, or iii
Price % and 80 q
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

There was onl
Of bal, last S,
between st. Fra
NEVILLE, it is pl
played on a wee
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Parents want
photos takei
not to bring
after 1 p. m.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

The house for
approaching 6,
mel' painted. d
a'e'ag clea 'el
fence is pa. up.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31
Order of Ser7id
cisyiIle Charge

Ct. Francisville
g,.lock a M, LIST
pm Sunday SC
a:0a III
Morning Star:
f, II o'clock Il m, IN
nm Sunday sci
days ut $40 7 M,
O'cIOck a liz.
Tunica: Sergi'
OF II o'clock a M.
viirl.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

One of the ul|
III Bayou Sara i
Cor''igan, whic
lively painted.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Fill your EN-
bargains sold b
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Fred ConverS,
toe off this week
weed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

The nA&
dance ut the
Thursday nigh |
]. made the event
If you have a
yer Or kalSonin
from II. Martin,
/ No one knows I'll
thr peculiar and Il
Z FILLS unlrss they
Many ~ lievc then
m'stakr. Proper
them. 1ahlrr's En-
an infallille cure.
!. tie, f. les Is cts
Fred Converts
toe off this week
wGanl.
s'oI's the Cough u
Laxative n,nnl1
a C. Ia III o,'e day.
5l'cts.
r S. Towles
trip to Nalche3
he found the
lglls of lust.
TO Cure a {
Take IAxa,l,
Tablets. All Il
money if it IA
6rove'S Signat
drice 25c.
One of the III
in Bayou Sara i
Cor''igan, whic
"'e'y painted.
blotcfes and cxcl,
annoy people are $
to throw off inrln
er performance of
will mid and assist
and ensure a skin
entirely free fir,
Price 25cts.
IL. Martin, th
you an estimate
hanging and k
material pertain
There was onl
Of bal, last S,
between st. Fra
NEVILLE, it is pl
played on a wee
From frightful a
his 'ialleger, ola
bucklen's Arnica /
her head and face,
e''re exceeded all
Wonders in sol es, |
Cuts, Burns, Sc
cure guaranteed
The house for
approaching {,
been painted, i
helag cl4a 81
fe,,.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

No one knows II
tlir peculiar and IL
FILLS unless they ]
Many !" lievc then
m'stakr. Proper
them. T'ahlrr's En-
an infallille cure.
tie, +, les Is ct.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-08-31

Little Zuleiki
party TO her lit1
afternoon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22

and not perfect in style, yet If they
were more closely followed IN bank
management nowadays the outer door
need not be plastered owe. with such
notices to creditors as may now be
seen at the corner of Broadway and
John street, The rules provide:
'AI questions of discount to be de-
termined by Ballot. Where there is two
against discounting a note unless
they withdraw their obiections) no dis
count to be made.
"A note once refused not to be tryed
again"
ANY person not punctually paying
his note when due, either as Sig1er or
endorser will be refused any further
discount. Any person suffering his
note to be Sued is to have his name
posted in the Bank.
No reason to be given out of the
Bank for refusing a Discount What
passes in the Bank not to be spoken
on at any other place. New Nork
Financial Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
Water as = Solvent of Values

1t may be true that without water
in large quantities the great enter
prises which now challenge attention
and excite more or less nervous appre-
hension could not be foated It
should not be forgotten by the inves-
tor, however, that water comes nearer
than anything else to the standard Of
the universal solvent, and that when
more of it is present than can be taken
up in disqualification or held in chemi-
cal combination, is not inert, but dis
plays ceaseless industry in wearing
away and pulling 20 pieces whatever
it comes in contact with. In water we
find an explanation Of the alluviaI
strata of dead enterprises upon which
industrial progress builds its more or
less substantial foundations. Just now
we are passing through a period of
emotional insanity, which renders US
temporarily incapable of approaching
the basic truth in corporate finance
that water not only does not represent
actual or potential value, and that it
is a solvent Of values, and that the
more we have of it the less permanent
is that to which it enters as a COM
ponent part.-New York Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
GLEANlNGS AND GOSSIP.

The salary of the young king of
Spain is $75O,O0O a year.
Eight Colorado women are serving
as town and city treasurers.
Mrs. Harrison has given a portrait
of her husband, ex-President Harri-
son, to the Harrison school of Indian
apolis.
The Roman Catholic bishops of
Canada are said to be opposed to the
order giving the papal delegate in
the United States jurisdiction over
the church in Canada.
q sent postage stamp for a pam
phlet which was to tell me how to
succeed" What did it say?" cit
said, Make better use of your postage
stamps. "'-Chicago Record-Hera1d
The value of boots and shoes i'm
ported into the Philippines during
1900 was $160,309. The value of the
imports by countries shows that the
United States only figured to the
amount Of 1882. The two largest
importers were: Spain, $74,1S3; Ger
many, $50,241.
In no part of the world does the
| business of growing chestnuts receive
so much attention and involve the out
lay of so much capital as in France.
| These delicious and popular nuts are
shipped from France to all other
countries, the United States receiving
a goodly share.
David Glasgow of South Bend Ind,
Grand Trunk f1agman, died in trying
to rescue a farmer and his team from
collision with passenger train. He
ran to stop the team. but the farmer
] springing back to escape the whip he
was struck by a passing engine.
A dispatch from Alliance, O., states
that a messenger boy for the Postal
telegraph company in that city has
invented an apparatus which can be
attached to a telegraph key and will
act as caller. 1t works automatically
and when placed against the instru
ment will call another Office, signing
the call regularly.
Charles Blanchard of Logansport
Ind, the man who read the first
pTOOlS VI OuClS 1OIu . SdoIA, Lax
been declared insane. Blanchard was
i'll last winter and his life was de
SPARED of for months. His recovery
was looked forward to during the las1
few weeks, but a few days ago hi:
condition changed and he became VIC
. lently insane.
The Japanese government proposes
in future to construct its own battle
ships and to manufacture its own ar
NOR plates. This decision is rather
disconcerting to the big shipbuildins
firms of Great Britain and the armol
plate manufacturers of Sheffield, since
some of the largest and most recen
additions to the Japanese fleet hav,
; come from the English yards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
USEFUL TO KNOW,

Ammonia cleans hair brushes; dry
them, bristles down.
The smoke of common wood fire
has been recommended as an econom-
ical and efficacious disinfectant for
sick rooms or other contaminated
places.
A piece Of brown paper One-eighth
inch wide pasted round the edges Of
negatives prevents scratching when
they are packed away in cases.
Wood pulp is said to make an ex-
cellent water dressing for wounds,
for the reason that it absorbs q large
quantity and holds it well, evaporation
being slow. 1t also retains heat well,
SO that it is serviceable for both cold
| and hot poultices.
Old newspapers are sometimes used
to advantage between the layers of
taxpayer on the roof of a house.
They keep out the heat in the sum-
mer, and in winter keep it in.
The following metal polish is recon-
mended by the Centraizeitung fur
Optik und Mechanic: Heat to 8
parts OF Stear1ne, 81 to 50 parts Of
mutton grease, 2 to 21a parts of
stearine oil, until liquid; add 48 to SO
parts Of finely powdered Vinea lime,
and let cool, with stirring. This
polish should be kept in well-closed
cans.
To make an ink for writing on
glass dissolve 20 parts Of shellac in
$50 parts Of alcohol and 35 parts of
borax in $50 parts Of water. Then
pour the first solution slowly into the
last one and add a water-soluble dye
! Of the color and in sufficient quantity
to produce the tint desired
A spot remover that is said to be
of extraordinary value as grease
! eradicator is made Of SO parts ben
zine, 10 parts acetic ether and 1 part
pear OIL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22

Kisses, jecrs and cheers. 1t finally
dawned upon him that he knew SO
little about music that he couldn't
even keep street piano time.
After consulting the printed pro
gram the Irishman announced that
the tune was There'H Be a Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight.
Just then an alarm of fire was
sounded at the engine house across
the street. Pat noticed that his horse
was restless and appeared impatient
to start. He jumped upon the box.
As he did so a fire engine dashed out
and started up Jefferson street. Pats
new charge was after it in an instant.
The Irishman's cries were in vain. the
horse would not stop. Passers-by
stopped and looked upon the strange
race. The piano swayed from side %
side; sometimes in the street car
tracks, the next minute in the gutter.
When the fire engine reached
Fourth avenue the driver heard the
out whistle and he drew his horses
to walk. Pats stopped suddenly
and the ditch digger returned to his
old business.
When he gathered himself up he
mournfully turned the beasts head.
climbed upon the box and started
down the street. At Sixth he met the
Italian. There was another confer
ence and at it's conclusion O'Leary
received 500 and the Italian was
again the owner Of the street piano.
And the Italian never explained
that his horse was trained for the fire
service and ran at every alarm
Couier-Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
Use of Cocaine Increasing.

''The use of cocaine has become so
general in Kansas City" says the Kan
sas City Journal, that the police have
begun to look upon it's unrestricted
sale with alarm, and stringent meas
ures will soon be taken to restrain and
supervise the sale of the seductive and
terrible drug. The effect of cocaine on
the system seems to be worse than
those brought on by Intoxicating
liquors. In addition to this the police
say that it seems to destroy the moral
sense. Probably half of The inmates
Of the local Jail are users of it. 1t is
said of the negroes who frequent the
clubs and other meeting places that
during the past several years a ma
jority Of them have almost stopped
drinking alcoholic stimulants and have
gotten into the cocaine habit. AS a
rule the drug is 'snuffed.' During the
day the sales are large, but at night
the most is sold. Men, women and
children buy it. By those not familiar
with the north end of the city, the as
tonisLingly large traffic in this drug
cannot be comprehended. Most OF the
.frequenters of wine rooms are cocaine
@fiends.' The touts, crooks, alley rats
and the idle and vicious in general
use it in large quantities. 1t is q
strange sight to see the procession OF
buyers Of the drug file into the drug
stores at night. Many lay down their
last nickel for the little wafer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
TO A DOG POISONER.
Egg T TT ENxH Ex =

When Ronnie, terrier owned by
| Rev. DR.. A. A. Murphy, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church, New
Brunswick, n. j., was some time ago
prisoned by a unknown person, the
pastor, who is bachelor, wrote the
following open letter to the poisoner:
ITO the Man Who Poisoned Ny
Dog:-Whoever you are do not
know, neither do l care to know, for
I fear that I should despise you more
than Christianity admits. That little
dog never harmed you or any other
creature, human or brute. Had you
come here he would have greeted you
warmly. Why did you do it? Be
sides, if it had to be done, why not
use chloroform? Why use that ter
rible poison that gave him two hours
of agony before he passed away, but
which he bore like the little hero that
he was? If there be a dogs heaven
and who shall say that there is not
the brave, honest, affectionate little
fellow is there, for he was just as
good as it is possible for a brute to
be; while you are - still on earth.
Repent, sir, for as sure as the God
who created men and dogs is right
eous, shall He hold you responsible
for such an unwarrantable, cruel, evil
deed. l say this without any idea Of
vengeance, for I have nothing but pity
for such as you. No more shall ne
accompany me in my rambles, nor
when left at home run to meet me
with an ecstasy of delight on my re-
turn! Yet, much as I shall miss my
little friend, and he did comfort me
in my loneliness, I would rather be
the subject of his loss with the last
lick of his tongue on my hand and the
glance of his dying but loving eye in
my memory than be you, with the
consciousness # your bad, black
deed in your heart. In memory of
Ronnie."
Died, 1853 College Avenue, May %,
1901.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
A MISSISSIPPI SWAMP.

Here in this sultry July afternoon
The white light through the shade
seems gloomy green;
Here lies, all motionless, the loag
lagoon
Through twilight where no sun is
ever seen.
Huge turtles bask by yonder sluggish
lake,
A hoarse bullfrog is croaking from
the bank,
And like jeweled necklace swings a
snake
Amid the MOSES of a cypress dank.
Here, like a shipmast rooted in the
soil,
A great live-oak defes the future
gales;
Gigantic grapevines, twisting coil on
coil,
Have weaved his cordage and his
mighty sails.
A scarlet splash of color. here and
there
The trumpet blossoms flag is all
afame;
Beside this stream, the cardinal
flowers glare
Like eyes of tigers none can ever
tame.
Here magnolia with resplendent
buds
Seems a green billow strewing peer
less pearls,
Or bearing fiocks Of swans on emerald
floods,
Afiutter in a maze of snowy swirls.
The sluggish waters, green with
curdled scum.
Are glorif1ed by lilied robes of
Lilies so pure, SO lovely, that they
come
Like myriad moons on some en-
chanted night.
The purple bunting that is glinting by
Seems like pansy that can scar
and sing;
The scarlet tanager that f1utters nigh,
Seems like poppy warbling on the
wing.
The redbird. like a crimson shooting
star,
Burns On the vision with a blaze in
tense;
And like two jeweled daggers, from
afar
Two humming birds pierce through
the shadow dense.
The yellow-hammer for a moment
glints,
A golden-breasted, dotted autumn
leaf;
The oriole, in black and orange tints,
CLOVIS through the greenwood like
flaming sheaf.
The hermit thrush. that forest Ham
let, sings,
Asking the old. old question, eyer
new,
Yet still unanswered by created
things,
And hid forever out of mortal view
Walter Malone in Criterion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
A DANGEROUS ACCOMPLISHMENT

There dwells near me a little kid
That's learnin' how to talk
He tries to do as he is bid
An does his best to walk.
An if l thought that he'd receive
Advice, I'd give him some,
And that would be to make believe
That he was deaf and dumb.
I'd tell him to quit practicing
His ''ah goo by the hour;
To smile an never do a thing
But blossom like flower.
I'd show to him how often men
Go slidin' down luck's hill
By simply sayin' somthing when
They ought to have KEEP still.
It's kind O. hard, when you have tried
To steer Alright your bark
To see your fragile hopes collide
Agin some fool remark.
If l was him I'd change this bent,
Nor try to rise above
My present state, but be content
To live. an laugh. an love.
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
LONDON Shipments SIGNALS.
How They Privately Communicate
Respecting Customers.

Did it ever strike you that on
''signaled" as surely as any train en-
tering railway station? Most prob
ably not; yet such a thing must
often have happened in your case, es-
pecially if you do your shopping in
or about London, and are in the habit
of going regularly to certain shops for
certain things, so that some of the as
sistantS come to know you by sight
as they very quickly do.
Old hands can carry on a sort of
conversation in the presence Of a
third party as expert as themselves,
but ignorant of the special code in
which the two in question are work
ing; hence the instances we are about
to cite are only specimens of one Of
the many codes in use in the city.
If, in showing you to the counter
you seek, the shopwalker in the
establishment in question extends the
first two fingers of the right hand and
grips the others, the assistants i'm
mediately understand that you are a
point upon it.
A twirl of the right side Of the
mustache upward with the right hand
signifies that you're sort of fool,
who knows nothing and whom, conse-
quently, it is safe to rush" for all
you're worth-and the assistants
charge accordingly.
1a
who has had previous experience of
you, and has come to the conclusion
that you are a particularly sharp
customer, who cannot be taken in on
account of your knowing the price of
a given article to the fraction of a
penny he will let the assistant about
to serve you know this fact by wind
ing his watch chain about his left
forefnger in an absent-minded sort of
way, the exact significance Of the
sign being: Tartar; no good trying
bluff
If little fattery will work well
with you an assistant knowing this
will telegraph the fact from the OPP
posite counter by putting the finger
Ups VI UOIu IOSSCnSi INC
significance of it being Barney"
Even more explicit instructions can
be expressed. For instance, if an as
sistant espies another bringing down
a particular roll of silk which he
knows is dyed one of your favorite
colors he will pass his fingers over his
upper lip, which means: Raise the
price of this particular article" in
contradistinction to putting something
on all round
A similar movement across the
lower lip would mean that it is as
well to lower the price if possible, as
it can be made UP in raising that Of
the next thing you ask for, many
customers being easy to serve once
they have bought something which
they consider to be bargain.
"Be cautious" is indicated by rub
bling the left eye with the back Of the
fOrefnger.
appear Indifferent and she'll bite
is conveyed by putting thumb and
| forefnger in each waistcoat pocket,
while biting the thumb nail means:
Take no pains; she is only an old
stager who has come to look at some
thing for a friend
Postpone pressing the customer"
is signified by passing the hand over
the forehead from left to right.
These are only a few Of the more
frequently used signs in one establish
ment in London. but there are count
less others. Indeed. volume could
be written On the subject without ex"
hausting it.-London Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-22
Passengers to Newfoundland by

Passengers to Newfoundland by the
Allan liner Siberian dropped bottle
overheard on September 9, 1900, when
a day out from Newfoundland. The
bottle was picked up on February 26
at the north side of the island of
Three, Argyleshire, and it was dis
patched to ST. Johns, in accordance
with a request contained in message
inside the bottle. The bottle was
floating on the waves about Nv days,
and so must have travelled in the Gulf
stream almost in a direct line about
10 miles a day.-London Mail.