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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Liquid Electricity.

While 81" trains were rumbling and
roaring up Washington street the
other afternoon to the accompaniment
of rafting wagon wheels and the
clacking of iron-shod hoofs, a man
whose gait was somewhat unsteady
iounged around the corner OF Walt
ham street and braced himself against
a building, says the Boston Record.
He studied his surroundings for a
time in a disconnected way until the
noisy passage Of a train reused him.
He looked up and hailed passerby.
1--WE discovered IT," he remarked with
a show of interest Before long I'll be
famous" and he glanced upward to-
ward the 81" structure. discovered
wfat?" queried the ether. "Why, cleo
tricity-I know what it IS now" This
brought another question, and the
man who was to be famous replied:
why, it's liquid noise. I Just dis
covered it." He refused to say to what
use he would put his discovery" but
from his walk as he started in a. zig
gag course up the street he apparently
believed that cor2pared with himself
the discoverer Of liquid air was a back
number.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Boating a Cheat.


In Central Africa the only currency
is the native one, consisting OF cowry
shells. Each piecs Of this money is
worth about the one hundred and
twentieth part OF an English penny.
When DR.. c. II. Robinson was travel
Ing through Afri'A few years ago,
one of the local kings sent him, among
other things, present of hundred
thousand cowries On receiving them,
the doctor says, I vas told what sub.
sequently ascertalned to be correct,
that 1t was customary to give the bear
er OF the present ten thousand cow
rles for himself. They are, as a rule,
delivered in bags containing twenty
thousand each. Noticing that the man
who was responsible for their safe car
rlage had brought one bag that was
obviously under weight some two
thousand cowries having been ex-
tracted from 1t. I asked him II he
was certain that this particular bag
contained the p-oser amount. On re-
ceiving his assurance that he was,
told him to sit down and count from
this bag the ten thousand cowries
which, according to native custom I
owed him. He did as he was hidden
with great alacrity thinking, no
doubt that the white man was sadly
lacking In sagac!ty to allow a creditor
to count his own money unchecked. I
noticed that he took full advantage of
his privilege and, so far as | could
Judge, the sum Which he counted ex-
ceeded by at least two thousand cow
Pies the sum to which he was entitled.
His task completed, I asked him again
IL he was sure that the bag, as deliver
ed by him, had originally contained
twenty thousand cowries. On his re-
plying in the Affirmative, I suggested
that, this being so, the amount which
remained over must therefore be ten
thousand On his assuring me that my
calculation was correct, l told him to
leave with me the ten thousand which
he had just counted and to take the
rest as his due.-Youth's Companion.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Macaroni Wheat. tho
--latest Suggestion for
West.

from Russia, where, from the use that
is made CT it, it received its name
Macaroni is no very uncommon article
OF food in this country, especially al
the cities, while in Italy it is a uni
versal food. 1t is a paste or dough
prepared originally and chiefly in Italy
from the Glutinous -four of hard va
rieties of wheat pressed into long
tubes or pipes through the perforated
bottom Of q vessel furnished with
spindals and afterward dri2d in the
sun or by low heat. Init lions of it
are made In this country from ordi-
nary flour. Mark Alfred Carleton, the
agricultural departments cerealist, in
circular sent out to tue country says
Of the nature of macaroni wheats:
"Macaroni wheats differ radically
from the ordinary bread wheats and
in the field look more like barley than
wheat. The heads are fiat, compressed
and bearded, the beard often being
black; the chaff is usually golden vel
low, but sometimes black, and the
grains are large, hard, yellowish white
and clear, or in wheats Of the best
quality sometimes translucent. There
are also occasionally velvet chaff varie-
ties. In Europe they are known sim
ply as hard wheats, or durum wheats.
The grain Is much harder than that Of
the hardest bread wheats, and in the
best varieties contain an unusual
amount of nitrogen and a correspond
lngly small amount of starch. The
quantity and quality of the gluten
make them extremely valuable for
making macaroni. They are extreme
ly resistant to drouth and resist the
attacks Of leaf rust and smuts to an
unusual degree. On the other hand
they will not withstand the hard win
tiers and are usually grown as spring
wheats. This fact should not, be
strong objection to them, however for
they will behave very differently from
the ordinary spring wheats grown in
Kansas and Nebraska. South of the
thirty-ffth parallel they may be sown
in late autumn" He adds: "In seek
ing for crops suitable for semiard dis
tricts we usually have especially in
mind the benefit Of the region and not
the crop itself. In the case of maca-
roni wheats, however, 1t is not only
true that they can be grown in dry
districts, but they must be grown
there in order to produce the best
quality of grain and up to minimum
Of about ten inches annual rainfall,
the drier' the better, provided the rain
falls in the proper time and the soil
is Of the right kind. Chron-
icle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
A Chinese Funeral,

A prominent Chinaman died the
ether day in Boston, and his fellow
countrymen, according to their custom,
prepared TO bury him with the rites
Of their race and religion. The cof-
in was placed on trestl2s In the mid
die of the street At its head stood
small table on which were platters
neutrality-suspicious.; a fowl.and other
food. AT the foot lay a mat From tie
houses on either sides the friends Of
the dead man came, in white gar
nlents to burn Joss sticks and offer
prayers. The dead mans son, also
ROBBED IN white, came out a one, and
Ioosening the long hair of his queue
until it hung about his face, knelt
sohbing on the mat The Chinese as
we see them are a st0ical people, bit
it was plain that the son was a mourn
er in fact as we'll as in name, and if
bearing counts for anything, SO, too,
were some OF the dead mans friends.
Meantime a crowd-of white men-was
gathering on the sidewalk. and in q
little while was pressing c,ose about
the coffin and commenting aloud and
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
The Agnostic.

| AS ASn0SIlG.
what lies beyond the region of The
feeble mind?
know not, for the unseen powers are
not so kind
AS to enlighten me; but this feel Is
true,
mat not in vain are these withheld
from view.
We peer into tne heavens with a
naked eye,
AND then with giant telescope ne scan
the sky.
what realm is that beyond t1e visions
farthest ken?
[ know net, for it's gates are closed to
petty men.
What is the strange, mysterious force
they call the soul?
has 1t home where waves Of mighty
chaos roll?
Has it life persisting after this short
span?
| know not, for such things are hidden
deep from man.
The simple mysteries which nature
doth disclose,
The song of bird; the perfume OF the
queenly rose,
The throb of human heart, its agony
and pain,
The cause of falling dew, the medicine
= Of rain
These and ten thousand phantoms OF
our home on earth
Present a scheme of wondrous wealth
and worth;
And so 1 am content to live aud strive
below,
And leave the vast unknown for those
who really know.
Charles Flowers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Fremskrfdtskyindee

The new woman In Denmark calls
herself fremskridtskvinde, or woman
OF progress, and IL we are to believe a.
writer in the Boston Transcript, who
seems to know about her, she main
tains her claim to the title only by
sacrificing her best womanly instincts.
She is, In other words, rather too ad-
yanced to be Of any real benefit to So
ciety. We are informed that she ap-
parently despises the homely arts Of
her grandmother and by way Of DEM
onstrating her originality fills her
house with tobacco smoke and politics.
She Is prone, says the writer, to re-
gard the rearing of family as a rath-
er irksome and ungrateful task i'm
posed upon her sex, and she is becom-
ing even more jealous of the seeming
freedom and independence of man In
professional pursuits.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Surgical Lessons Of tho SouSi African!ya
The South African war has demon
strated the urgent importance Of net
exploring wounds Oh the field Of bat
tie, or, indeed at Gny time, unless
there is distinct indication for it. 1t
has shown that elaborate operations
are not possible witi tile present a.
rangements, at least in field hospitals,
neither are they needed in many H.
juries in which formerly they were
considered absolutely necessary. TIE
slighter injuries heal readily, simply,
and, as rule, ascrtically, with almost
a minimum CT treatment. What
changes in military weapons time may
bring we cannot say, but there Las
never been a war before in which so
large percentage Of the wounded
recovered. Possibly in the future this
proportion may increase, but even IS it
is, many more died in war from dis
ease than from Wounds. Lancet.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Arid~Land
.. >. Cereal

The existence of vast plains in this
country where because of the drynes5
of the climate agriculture is but little
pursued by the small population, is
phenomenon that before many years
will be radically changed. The In
creasing interest Of great numbers Of
people in the semiarid west Is mani
tested more and more each successive
year in the delegate conventions held
to devise measures to water the arid
lands and to interest the United States
government in the work, that certain
~ is one of the rSost important of this
period. And while so many people
have been thinking on the subject of
utilizing those plains for agriculture
by means Of system Of general irri-
cation the United States department
or agriculture has been intent upon
finding and introducing crops adapted
TO the semiarid districts. During the
last twenty years a most useful work
mas been done in this direction, but
only a small beginning has been made.
Seed corn has been imported from
certain district in Africa and alfalfa
IRON districts Of Turkey and grass
that Is a species of wild oats without
bristles or beard. All have proved of
value as crops. Especially has alfalfa
proved OF value; there are usually four
cuttings year Of it, or ten or twelve
tons from an acre, and it Is excellent
food both for cattle and hogs. The
Cudahys of Chicago have a packing
house in Los Angeles, and thousands
OF acres Of land in one body, some
thirty miles from that city, which are
planted to alfalfa and into which hogs
are turned and allowed to help them
selves to the green fodder. 1t is sup
posed to be a profitable enterprise, for
otherwise the Cudahys would not pur-
sue 1t. But southern California Is al
ready under extensive irrigation, and
all the crops that are raised anywhere
grow finely there. 1t is mainly of the
semiarid west, which includes both
the Dakotas, three-quarters of Ne
braska, two-thirds of Kansas, all of
Oklahoma and western Texas that the
agricultural department has offered Its
latest contribution to the agriculture
of the enormous region. This con-
tribution is Of macaroni wheat, which
the department believes to be quite
as important as the other mentioned
and which may be probably grown in
the plains region of the United States
far beyond the hundredth meridian,
and only less prnhtably in all the
states and territories west of the
hundredth meridian to the Pacific
coast. The new wheat was imported
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Goats in the
:. :. Far West

At the rate at which the Angora
goat is now securing a foothold in the
west and the southwest the time is not
far distant when the goat industry
will take precedence over the business
Of cattle and sheep culture. Since
1849, when the first Angora goats were
brought to this country by DR.. James
3. Davis, of South Carolina, who re-
ceived them as a present from the
Sultan Of Turkey, the goat has slowly
but surely gained a standing among
the industries Of the west, until there
are now many more than a million
goats in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,
California, Idaho Utah and Oregon.
Stockmen are awakening to the
great possibilities in the Angora, and
this at time when the profits of rails
ing sheep and cattle are On the de-
cline. Almost every region of the west
possesses the peculiar requisites for at
tanning the best results in raising An
CORA goats, and experts declare that
the conditions in the mountainous re-
gions of Arizona are almost identical
with those of the province Of Angora,
Turkey. The summers are warm and
dry and the winters cold and wet, con-
di.lons which are conducive to the
highest development of the goat, in
flesh and fleece.
So great is the confidence in the fu-
ture of the goat industry that a large
amount of capital is being put into
goats by northern sheep growers. Sew
eral companies have been formed ftr
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Delareys Who Rushed
the British at Wax
fontein.

Are you badly hurt, my boy?" De-
larey is reported to have asked as the
wounded lad was being carried to an
ambulance.
Yes, I believe I am going to die"
"Good-by, my boy"
"Good-by, father" And Delarey
went back to the firing line and the
boy was carried to the field hospital,
where he died an hour later. The in
cident, as above detailed, may or may
not be true, but 1t Is certainly char
acteristic of the stern, silent man who
fought Kruger and Krugerism in the
volksraad for more than a decade
without once engaging in debate. And
to his eternal credit stands the fact
that of all the Boer leaders he alone
has refused to impress into his service
men who have taken the oath of neu-
trality. Delarey is the Bayard of the
Transvaal, without fear and without
reproach.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

The state geologist of Texas has dis
covered sources of mineral wealth in
that state that are astounding. He
ays that in one county alone-Chero-
Eee-there are 60O,OOO,OOO tons of rich
iron ore in sight, and that in the
EhOle Of eastern Texas there are g.
WOOO,OOO tons. BY the side of this
ore lies all the coal necessary to work
It into shape. No country in the
world" says the scientist, has cheap
e material for smelling iron than
EASTERN Texas"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

l;Fescens' record 55I.eaking perform
'hce at the Brighton Beach track
marked him as the king Of all trotters.
The fastest two heats and the fastest
beat ever troted in a race are achieve
cents either Of which would have
aaced to make the event at Brighton
Racn memorable in the history of the
port CresceUs' record for the two
aas 400 l-2) betters that made by
Aux on Sept. II, 1894, by two seconds,
10 his first heat, trotted In goa ia,
A never been eQualed In a race.
Sat is CreSceus, and may he remain
sps to his name by ever increasing
u hOnors.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

From and after this date all hunting
OF any kind on Ambrosia and Independ-
ence plantation is positively prohib-
tied under penalty of trospassing.
Any one found on these places without
permission will be considered trespass-
ing, and prosecuted to the full extent
MRS. e. Fl. BARROW.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

h, aOO' savings banks are increasing
~ IN number in the United
f., Last year the system was in
b' .,., in 1872 schools Of 90 cities in
@'es' During that year the depos-
,s''ned a total of $S76.229. Of this
ut SoiO'7o1 was withdrawn, leav-
. uePos!t Jan. l, 1901, $685., 52S.
y Fa9e year eco stations of the
H., F'Oyident fund in Is. states re-
v deposits from 1000 children
l9 ,a''as to s94,11O. Of this amount
n, ~ was Withdrawn. Dayton, O.,
n, -i0ns the cities inthe numbered
i, aHHS: having 316 in % schools,
b ~. S'oom where the Savings Of.
ill.,, Un are collected CONSTITUTING
LOS Angeles ranks next, with
Ia \, III 81 schools; then Chicago,
=, ~ O]akS in 1913 schools; Kansas
.lss,,.' ~ banks in As schools;
al,. 5, Penn, go banks in "a
IN Long Island City, where the
b q0 vas inaagurated in March,
SSakS in II schools.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Dr. Mary Wooley, president of Mt.
Holyoke college, says that gentle
woman" should be a synonym of "col.
tge woman" and adds that "the sac
t6ce of gracious womanhood is fer
hO great for knowledge and is not
rQuired."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Americans do not mOnopolize the
Dactice Of keeping the courts busy.
4 is published that in 1899 there were
nore than 1,125,O0O actions started in
England, making litigants Of over 4
oercent of the population.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

The New York World says that we
ran smile at British jealousy of Amer
iran trade triumphs, but when John
mil intimates that American ladies
can't dance he'd better look out. There
IA such thing as going too far.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

among GIasgowS municipal instl-
,,tjobs are wash houses. where house
riveg get the use of washing stall
and clean appliances as we'll as of a
irving stove, al for four cents an
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
COMPANY WAS pERELlcT.

Military Boys at Chattanooga Ola.
missed From the Service.
Adjutant General Brandon, Of Ten.
nessee, issued orders Friday muster.
ing out Of service company I, of Chat.
tanooga. Of tn Sixth regiment, Ten
nessee national guard, on recommen.
dalton Of Colonel Mitchell, Major
Brown and Captain Fulwer, because Of
a disorganized condition and non-at-
tendance at drill.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

'le landIady who presides over the
4aneFS and edibles of the American
@qlng house comes in for a great
'A Oh ocular criticism and some
~S lOf very little praise. Any &C.
sun 10 add to her scant praise is
S41Ofe welcome. A Chicago land
" Oas Just earned distinction for
'Vt OF benefcenCe. One Of her
''uVrS is a salesman who lived for
N'yS upon distilled water. At tho
" mat period he broke his fast
,'''se his landlady insisted that he
''''1' She was imperious, but she
: ueF way. Now, any landIady who
70 One Of these freak fasting ex-
' 10 entitled to the gratitude
'" 1'fed Observers. But what was
motive? Surely this must have
Profitable boarder, If he paid
s''t rates. 1t is probable that her
4, 's was that Of self-defense; she
' WISH to risk the possible ex-
~ VI a funeral, remarks the New
y mall and Express.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Professor Ludwig Marienburger Of
EcagO announces that the earth
laws closer to the sun each succeed
frg summer and recedes farther away
each winter. Though the exact meas
vrsnentS are not at hand, this condi.
lion Of affairs has been suspected.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Time Coming When
They Will Supersede
Cattle and Sheep.

the establishment of immense herds
on the mountain ranges, and in sew
eral Instances in which sheep have
Teen excluded by the department Of
the interior from the forest reserves
goats will be turned out to pasture.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
Trespass Notices

Hunting Of any kind on Greenwood
plantation, likewise seining, is positive
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, 1901-10-26

One Of the bills of Importance to
Vrkmen which are before the Cali.
clan diet proposes that every town
Of 10000 inhabitants and upward
should be obliged in the course of
the next three or six years at the
latest, to open an Office for those who
are in want of work. 1t must be free
Of charge, subject to government in
syectiOn and its statutes are to be rat
4ed by the governor of Galicia.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS TEING9 AND
EVENTS.

"hen Chinaman Dies tho CofHn which
contains Ills Remains i, Placed on
Trestles In the Middle Of the Street
Bank on Wheels.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

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 PLACES without permits
sion will be ,nsiderel trsspass,ng
and pro ecl.ed to the full extent OF
tho law. w. B. SMITH.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

From and after this date, ell hunt
ing and fishing on the Cottage pIanta-
ton is positively prohibited under PEN
atty of trespassing. Any one fonnd on
this place without permission will be
considered trespassing aud prosecuted
to the full extent OF the lay.
RICHARD BUTLER.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

A candy dealer of national repute
says: "The American women eat more
candy than any feminines on the face
Of the earth"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

Hunting OF oil kinds, with dog or
gun, on the Rosebank, Pecan and In
dian Mound plantations, is hereby
prohibited under penalty of trespass.
Persons found so engaged on any Of
these places will be prosecuted to the
full extent Of the law.
MRS. NJ. RYLA~D.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26
MISS L. MATTHEWS.

The public is warned against buying
fire wood, posts or timber from tenants
on Rosedown, Texas and Hazlswood
plantations. JAS. P. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

From and after this date all hunt
ing Of any kind on the Pecan Grove
plantation is positively prohibited uu-
der penalty CT trespassing. Anyone
found on this place without permission
will be considered tresppssing and
prosecuted to the full extent Of the
law. Il. N. LEAKE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

The public is hereby warned against
buying wood, posts or timber of any
kind from tenants on Ogden and Oak
ley plantation.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

We are punished by our sins rather
than for them.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

From and after this date all hunt.
ing of any kind on the Greenwood
plantation positively prohibited
nder penalty of trospsssng. Anyone
found GU this p ace without permission
will be considered tresp ssing and
prosecuted to the full extent Of the
Mrs. J. A. VRNTREss.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1901-10-26

No man ever lived long enough to
get square with this big round world.
There is no slave like the political
slave. He has got thousand vas.
ters, and not one true friend.