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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
The Picturesque susquehanna.

I have nothing against the Hudson,
although, except for about 20 miles, it
has always appeared to me a trifle
gray and monotonous. But the less
talked of and too-neglected Susque-
hanna is a much finer and more in
teresting stream. had ample oppor-
tunity Of forming conclusions as to
the respective beauties of the two
rivers as l was whisked from Hoboken
to Buffalo the other day. For upward
Of nine hours, and for a distance Of at
least 300 miles. the tracks run through
country which to an English eye has
peculiar charm, recalling as 1t does
(but on q grander scale) the reaches
and the woods of the Thames. Over
and over again as looked from the
windows of the limited l could have
sworn that l was nearing Cliveden
or Medmenham or Pangbourne. Then,
however, the hills would rise almost
to the dignity of mountains. Broad
meadows, filed with rich, lush, sum.
mer grass and dotted with cattle;
great hanging woods, reflected in
calm, winding waters; villas, seem.
ing to speak of comfort and peace;
and, from time to time, glimpse OF
some village or town-at a distance
not very unlike Henley or Great Mar.
low, are among the features of this
pleasing route.-Buffalo letter to Lon
don Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Sometimes, however, we judge the
laughter of men who say what is
funny in quite a different way We
do not think it arises from the precep-
ton Of the intellectual relations of the
representations involved, but rather
from a feeling of the promotion OF
some interest. There are laughs OF
triumph and laughs of scorn. These
are merely considered indicative Of
certain states of feeling of which we
may not approve, but not to imply
anything which would make us think
less Of the persons wit or humor. If
a Voltaire wears malicious smile, we
attribute this merely to his character.
In fact, so commonly is laughter con-
nected with a pleasure in the precep-
ton of the promotion of some interest
that many psychologists overlook the
disirterested pleasure. But 1t is the
pleasure taken in lne perception OF the
intellectual relations or representa-
lions that explain why that which in
wolves the promotion of an interest is
regarded in the particular way in
which these relations become appar'
ent. In order to make something ap'
pear laughabl9, it is put III certain
form which would not be better than
certain others, were it not that there
is disinterested pleasure in what is
laughable. This disinterested pleas
ure, and the desire to enjoy 1t, makes
others then adopt the point of view
which renders it possible. This is
what makes ridicule such a dangerous
weapon, for, more than anything else,
it makes us take required stand
point, and this, very often, is half the
Observation-Disclosures Review.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
Took His Advice.

After she had been married six
months she went to her uncle, who
believes that matrimonial alliance is
a voluntary acceptance of slavery.
Suffering from the conjugal yoke,
hey?" he replied to her presentation
of Affections.
mo, uncle, from the conjugal joke,
for she would not humor his pre1u-
dices.
Same thing" with a hardening
voice ''but I require details before
giving advice"
well, he is a practical joker of the
worst sort. He delights to slip salt
into my tea, wake me out of sound
sleep by playing burglar; send anony-
nous letters threatening to burn the
house down; tell me that he has failed
and that the poorhouse stares us in
the face; swears that the house is
haunted; anything to scare me and
give him laugh"
"Of course. Marriage makes'a brute
of a man and a fool of woman. But
don't you be a soft little silly. &c
right back at him with his own weap'
ons. Mix glue with his shaving soap
Dust the inside of his underclothine
with red pepper. Put sand in his
shoes. Change his best hat for one
two sizes larger. Pretend to fall II
love with some other fellow. KeeI
him in hot water day and night.
guess that will hold him."
She acted on this advice. The hus
band thrashcd the uncle. The wife
holds that he did just right, and nov
there is a prospect that they will live
happily ever after.-Detroit Free Press
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Now that rural free delivery Is no
longer regarded as an experiment but
has been established as a permanent
enterprise, it is time for the Postotflce
Department to take up the question
of increased compensation for the car
riers. The pay of this class of en-
ployes is now $500 year, for which
the carrier must provide q horse ana
wagon. The daily service except
Sundays is q twenty -mile drive, which
occupies an average of six consecu-
tive hours. Whatever may be the de-
cision as to the amount of the pay
there is no reason why the monthly
check should not be sent promptly. 1t
has become the custom of the Gov
eminent to remain o full month IN
arrears.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
ST. FRANCSVE PARISH, LA SATURDAY OCTOBER
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Nature and wisdom always say the
same.-Juvenile.
Life has no blessing like a prudent
friend.-Euripides.
Wealth is rot his that has it, but
his that enjoys it-Franklin.
Politeness is good nature regulated
by goot sense.-Sidney Smith.
Choose such pleasures as recreate
much and cost little.-Fuller.
Eyory one has fair turn to be as
great as he pleases.-Jeremy Collier.
The less we parade our misfortunes
the more sympathy we commando.
Dewey.
A crowd always thinks with its
sympathy-never with it's reason-W.
R. Alger.
There is not a string attuned to
mirth but has its chord of melan.
choly,~~Hood.
Prejudice, which sees what 1t
'pleases. cannot see what is plain
Aubrey De We're.
The Innocence of the intention
abateg. nothing OF the mischief of the
exampls,-Robert Hall.
A person under the firm persuasion
that lie can command resources vir.
tuallg has them.-Livy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
THROUGH CERMANY'S GARDENS.
Where No Land Runs to Waste and the
Fields Look Like Fed Quilts.

Where No Lind Runs to Waste and the
Fields Look Like Fed Quilts.
North Germany Is a low and level
plain, bearing the strongest possible
outward resemblance to patchwork
bed quilt of the old fashioned log
cabin pattern.
The land Is cut into patches no
larger than our garden plots. Patches
mostly rectangular shaped, but some,
to meet the exigc1cles of the ground.
are curves, squares, half squares,
wedges and ovals. Not d fence or any
sort CT boundary line Is anywhere
seen.
The freshly quilted colors Of these
little fields, green, brown and yellow,
according to the tint Of the crops and
the foliage alone, give diversity to the
placid scene, for solldlty. regularity
and the quintessence Of stiffness
stamps everything German.
Clearly outlined against the horizon,
picturecquing the otherwise monoton-
Gus landscape, are countless windmills
whose jagged arms seem forever beck
onipg to you frantically as you speed
along.
There is, however. no such thing in
Germany as "out IN the country" in
our sense of the term. The dense pop
ulaiion Is all either gathered into the
cities that stand in astonishingly close
proximity, or into the little peasant
villages everywhere dolting the plain
usually about two miles apart, and
looking brown and teeming like wasps
nests.
Absolutely no land runs to waste in
Germany. Every foot Of soil is grain
sowed or planted to vegetables or flow.
ers. One crop Is no sooner removed
than the ground Is again plowcd and
made ready Cor the acxt crop.
The ground looks as light and loamJ
as If it had been all shaken through 9
coarse sieve, or gone over with
coarse comb. Yet these smooth fields
are mostly cultivated by yokes d
clumsy oxen or single cows that draw
their loads by ropes and feathers at
tached to broad bands dashed in front
driven often by women.
German farming implements arc al
far inferior to ours The scythe is 1
straight stick with two subhandles 1T
tached. The general fork and rah'
combined is wooden and clumsy, will
three times wide apart. FARMING
utensils are very costly, too, in Cor
many.
No rugged scars Of gashed earth ar
anywhere seen in Germany, bu
smooth, white high roads, bordered OF
both sides by apple trees. These tree
belong to the government, to whicl
they yield a considerable revenue b,
the sale of their fruit to the peasants
who sell 1t, In turn, and at profit, t.
townspeople.
Aside from oxen and COWS, the peas
ants themselves, rather than horses
are beasts of burden. Nearly ever
man. woman and child of them carrie
a. large basket strapped over the bac
at each shoulder, in which they carr
manure, grass or grain to and fror
| the felds.-Farm Journal.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
STRIDES IN MATCHMAKING.
Gre't Part Played BY; Machinery - Cuba
UncOnqueGsble.

Grelt Part Played BY: Machinery - Cuba
UncOnquersble.
The consolidation of two large
match companies recently effected in
London attarcts attention to the great
growth of the business abroad, and,
curiously, its apparent inability to Sc
cure foothold in Cuba The union Of
, the Diamond Match company with the
Bryant & May concern makes am
doubtedly the largest incorporation Ct
its kind in the world. An idea of the
total output of matches is to be had
by figures furnished by the Atlantic
Match company, one of the strongest
competitors. Five hundred million
matches are said to be made daily
in Europe, and these figures may be
doubled for the United States.
One factory in Ohio alone is cred
tied with turning out 100,000,O00 fin
ished matches in "a hours. Fifty mil
| lion feet of lumber are used in the
United States in the manufacture of
matches, and some $20,O000O0 invest
ed. What an important part modern
machinery plays in this industry may
| be imagined when it is said that only
about $4,000 people are employed.
There are but a few statistics to
giYe," said a match representative
recently, ITO convince one of the
strides in the business. American
matches have been able to secure a
foothold in Europe because of the su,
periority of American machinery over
tools that were in use rs years ago.
In Cuba however, machinery is al.
most unknown. Matches are hand,
made, and yet we do not seem to get
in Some attribute this lack of sue.
cess to the popularity of the small
wax match made in Havana, which
boys peddle on the street for almost
nothing. There are about nine of
these factories in Havana alone, and
it would be strange Havana, in
deed, without the ragged little match
boy. Cubans will not use any other
kind of a match. New York Post.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
Personnel of the Navy.

The semi-annual edition of the naval
register, bearing date of July 1, but
which has been delayed in publication
through the failure or the board of rear
admirals to report the names of the
two lieutenants whom they have Sc
Iected for retirement, shows that there
have been rs designations, % retire
ments and 80 deaths in the navy and
marine corps since Jan. l. One naval
cadet was dismissed, but subsequently
pardoned. There are 81 rear admirals,
of whom three are extra members"
promoted for war services, whose re-
tirements will not create vacancies;
10 regular and three extra captains,
112 regulars and three extra command
ers, ITO regular and two extra lieuten-
| ant commanders, 300 regular and four
extra lieutenants, and 104 junior lieu
tenants.
The register shows that there Is a
, serious shortage in the number of en-
signs. The law authorizes 245, but the
list contains only 1875. There has been
much complaint over the lack of watch
! and division officers for warships, but
although secretary Long has frequent
ly urged on congress the necessity OF
authorizing an increase in number OF
, naval cadets and shortening the course
of instruction in order to provide
enough junior officers, his efforts have
been unavailng. The fact that 119
vacancies exist among the ensigns at
time when there are more vessels
| in commission than ever before ex-
cept in war times, will be brought to
the attention of congress as an argu-
ment in favor of increasing the number
| of naval cadets.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
HUMOROUS.

Wigg-"He is young man Of
promise" Wagg-T prefer a young
man who pays"
Blobbs-"What did you do to the
painless dentist when he broke your
jaw" Slobbs-"Threw him out of
paneless window"
Hoax-'"That's something that could
never be construed as singular coin
cidence of BIRTH" Joax-"What's
that?" Hoax-"Twins."
Optimist-"What's the use in being
sore about it? That doesn't do any
good" Pessimist-T know; that's
what makes me SO sore"
Closefist-"By shaving myself all
my life estimate that have saved
over $1,000" Wigwag-"Ah, your
face is your fortune, eh?"
"Bigbrain expects to get fortune
out of his new incubator" ANY great
Improvement" Eyes; it has a phon.
ograph attachment that says:
'Cluck-cluck!'
Wantoneau-"Do you ever find any
thing interesting in the vermiform
appendix? DR.. Cutter-I usually find
a fee of hundred or so in every one
operate upon"
Mistress-"What was the policeman
doing in the kitchen, Nora?" Nora
Counting me, num-" Mistress
Then he'll have to stop. I'll not let
you make police court out of ny
kitchen"
sue-"Pauline's father is quite a
genius" Belle-"In what way?" Sue
why, he had a pair of recording
scales attached to her hammock. II
they registered over 1870 he knew Jack
had been sharing her seat"
Waiter-"You'l find broiled steak
nice, sir" Henpeck-"None for me.
You advertise everything home style
in this hotel, don't your" Yes, sir"
Well I'm dining here because l want
to get away from home broils."
Street railway superintendent-"So
you want a job as. conductor, chi
What experience have you had?" APP
plicant-T am a hero of the Spanish
war" Experimentation does
that fit you for being conductor
Applicant-"Well, you know they say
none but the brave deserve the fare.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Elaborate experiments in feeding
wheat to farm animals and swine have
been made this year at the Kansas
Experiment Station, and also In other
States of the corn belt. The experts
conclude that wheat has greater nutri-
tive value than corn, and may be used
either crushed, = mixed with oats or
corn, or in connection with straw In
time of extreme scarcity. The drought
IN Kansas has not affected the wheat
crop, ard many farmers will be COM
PEELED either to use their wheat as fod-
der or to sacrifice their live stock.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
Naws frnm Tristan da Cnnha.

An interesting account of Tristan da
Cunha, that solitary island in the mid
die of the Atlantic. between America
and South Africa, is given in "Annales
Hydrographiques," by German cap
tain who recently visited it.
There are sixty-three inhabitants on
the island. he says, and their time is
spent in fishing and breeding cattle.
They have between five hundred and
six hundred COWS. and as many sheep,
and they also have an abundance of
butter, milk, eggs and vegetables. On
the other hand, they are often in need
of -four, tea, coffee and tobacco;
though, as there are only five smokers
on Tristan da Cunha, the occasional
dearth of tobacco cannot be regarded
as a national calamity.
The German captain found the Is.
landers very sociable. They provided
him and his men with supply of
fresh meat, and in return received
some articles of clothing, which were
much needed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05


Inc recent disastrous explosion in
''ladelphia from the ignition of gas
laae vapor has directed renewed at
atO1 to the dangers attending the
Eafage or bending of this volatile oil.
aSolene has been exploded for years
lamps and stoves and more recently
launches and automobiles, and has
F''ed itself to be, in the careless han
4ag given it, about as dangerous as
4uamlte' If those having some ex-
Nlence and skill In its handling have
soaents with 1t, no surprise need be
@Wnen the vapOr from a leaky bar.
= ID grocer's cellar meets a spark
~ ezplodes, Yet In many places no
E4uate measures have been adopted
regulate the storage Of the oil. In
V afst flush Of the excitement in
''aadelphia the Ledger of that city
"0nmends that the sale Of the fluid
absolutely prohibited. This, 1t &C.
4'SIedges, would be a hardship to
''ue manufacturers who use the oil
4Sely' as also to families who en-
w y II IN cooking, but they, as we'll as
''F people, 1t argues, would be pro-
I 'ea from a real and ever-present
'lser by the prohibition.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Il Is the teaching of common sense
3 well as of experience that q man
bio has reached middle age should
'yer take physical exercise to the
glHt Of WEAKNESS, and that any
Iartlon which he may make should
\ less violent than the training to
5hlch he was used to in his earlier
TarS. 1t is not we'll that a man at
by age should attempt to maintain
be highest degree Of bodily strength
! id agility except as q preparation
ran event which will tax his powers
y the utmost. The prizefghter puts
tinSelf into the best condition for @
alteSt, but it is never his aim to keen
i that state. Experience has taught
PIN that there is a limit beyond which
reduction Of weight is unsafe. Men
Jho use their brains much cannot
AIRY muscular development far. The
Tatest minds and their greatest
f0rts have not been associated with
Rverely trained bodies.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

'ue world stands to-day, the fall
nations is through internal decay
\ dlslntegration, rather than from
INVASION Of armed enemies. The
'D'eSl empires of the past, whose
'''4' OAee ruled a good part of the
w. are falling into bankruptcy
VI must inevitably end their ex-
/. 'uCe as independent countries. The
@puOn of Persia by Russia and
!, w britain Is concrete Illustration
4' lew method Of invasion of one
n. S Oy a more powerful empire.
! WA is practically a bankrupt ma.
~ ",day, and is owned part and
h. W Russia and Great Britain.
~. aS raised loans time and again
e TWO Powers, and to-day mort
= cover her railroads and chief
uies' The end of her resources
a0' yet be in sight, but she has
a%ueally delivered ovar half bor on
i, " Russia and the other half to
The result is that Persia
i y an independent country. She
s, W. make a move in the game
cS without consulting her own
NJ sua Il she attempted it one or the
Mould block the move,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

The Trade Register repeats a state,
rent the truth of which is obvious,
net which cannot be too often i'm
rpssed on beginners and small deal,
as It is that most of the successful
BUSINESS men had their start under
De same conditions that surround
lletentbs of the small merchants,
nd that their success has been due to
Aer courage and persistence In adver.
tsing,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
Bull Took Second Story Room

Missing young bull, weighing over
300 pounds, Henry G. Wagner, a farm
er Of Strausstown, Pa, Instituted
search, and found the animal looking
out of the second-story window of a
vacant house. With the assistance of
neighbors the animal was driven down
a winding. stairs and out of the build
ing.-Philadelphia Record,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

From and after this date oil hunting
Of any kind on Ambrosia and Independ-
ence plantation is positively prohib-
tied undor penalty of trespasslng.
Anv enc found on these places without
permission will be considered trespasg-
ing, and prosecuted to the full extent
MRS. e. 81. BARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

+ Il reported as evidence Of the
,,mation Of trade in Southern Rus
!, that seventy per cent. Of all the in
astral works of the great manufac-
rniug government of Ekaterinoslav
no suspended, and in order to re-
b distress and to prevent disturb.
mn 10000 artisans have been deport-
n 10 their homes in the interior at
,bo s,uense Of the Government.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Game idea of the expansion Of the
.aray industry of the country may
|, eojped from the fact that the num-
I, II tons of freight hauled one mile
creased from 95,329,3GO,27S in the
y, ending June so, 1896, to $780,
200 in the year ending June 30,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

From and after this date all hunting
OF any kind on my places, Solitude and
Swamp Tract is positively prohibited
under penalty of trespa4s. Any one
found on those places without permits.
sion will be ,ns:dored trespassing
and pro ecated to the full extent of
tho law. W. B. SMITH.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
Trespass Notices

Hunting Of any kind on Greenwood
plantation, likewise seining,is positive
~ 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, 1901-10-05

, New Jersey woman dlslocated her
- saying "goo-goo" to her baby.
=, is q terrible warning to people
1ot the baby-talk habit run away
-sb them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
A Sure Thing.

"There is just one way for us te
meet success in this venture" said
the first schemer.
"And that?" queried his partner
SIS to avoid meeting our creditors.
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

a, course the men who failed to get
.,,s IN the Government land distrl-
Aim are more or less inclined to re-
n the arrangement as a wicked lot
90 dpvice,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

In China and Japan 40 cents in gold
a day is big wages for good workmeD
at the mating factories, those less
skilled receiving anywhere from half
that sum down to a days rations in
rice,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

From and after this date, all hunt
ing and fishing on the Cottage planta-
ton is positively prohibited under pen.
atty of trespassiny. Any one found on
this place without permission will be
consilerel trespassins aud prosecuted
to the full extent OF the lay.
RICHARD BUTLER.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

The public is hereby warned against
buying wood, posts or timber OF any
kind from tenants on Ogden and Oak
Icy plantation,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
MISS L, MATTHEWS.

The public is warned against buying
FIRE wood, posts or timber from tenants
on Rosedown, Texas and Hazlewood
plantations. JAS P. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

=, surprising how few bicycling &C.
.,,,ts one hears Of since autos he.
.,s 30 common.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

Hunting of all kinds, with dog or
gun, on the RosebanS, Pecan and In
dian Mound plantations, is hereby
prohibited under penalty Of trespass.
Persons found so engaged on any of
these places will se prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
MRS. NJ. RYLAND.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05
IA Good M ANY,

"What's your dogs name?'
Zip"
"short for Tippecanoe?"
ooh, no. | just call him Tip be-
cause he's a pointer. "-Philadelphia
Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

From and after this dats all hunt
ing Of any kind on the Pecan Grove
plantation is positively prohibited I'M
der penalty ef trespassing. Anyone
found on this place without permission
will he considered trespassing and
prosecuted to the full extent of the
law. r. NJ. LEAKE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

From and after this date oil hunt.
ing of any kind on the Greenwood
plantation 8 positively prohibited
Ddar penalty OF trespassing. Anyone
found on this p ace without permission
will be considered tresp ssing and
prosecuted to the full extent Of the
Mrs. J. A. VENTREss.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-05

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