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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Lost His Suit.

LEND my dress suit? Not on your
life!' replied the man. 'Inlght get II
In the neck the way Corrigan did,
what happened to CorriganY
well, two years ago a fellow whom
he knew slightly borrowed Corrigan's
dress suit TO so to a dance. NeE< thing
Corrigan heard was that Tie fellow
had dropped dead of heart disease
Corrigan went to the funeral to do the
right thing. When he peeked into the
casket he noticed the deceased had on
his dress suit The undertaken had
picked 1t out because 1t. was the only
dark suit In the fellows wardrobe.
Corrigan wept real tears when he saw
them lowering the coffin into the grave.
That was his first and last dress suit.
He vowed he'd never get another
San Francisco Chronicle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

Senator W. Murray Crane of Massa-
chusetts is a somewhat serious minded
man, BETTING one whose paper mill
manufactures the raw material out of
which Uncle Sans soft money is made.
Nevertheless the senator can and does
tell funny story now and then.
"Once up in my part of Massachu-
setts," said the senator, there was a
farmer who desired to teach his chore
boy how to tell the difference between
a young turkey and an old one after
killing. He said to the boy:
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

tells q story about
a colored man who
was brought before
a court for a trivial
offense.
1T h e state of
Missouri a g a ! n S t
] h n Anderson,
was read in Il loud
voice. and the col
ored mans eyes
bulged nearly out
of their sockets, and
he seemed overcome
with terror and as
constituent.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
Gossip About Few Ce!ebri-
ties Who Are Mentioned In
the Dispatc!les-The Pope's
Doctor Carries a Sword.
w R. W. SEWARD
~ WEBB. w b o,

~ WEBB, w h o.
with his wife
and son. had to leap
from his burning
automobile In New
York recently, can
well afford to burn
up a big touring
car now and then
and never feel the
loss. Mrs. Webb
was Miss Lila Van
derbilt. daughter of
William II. Wander
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

JOSEPH W. foLA' When he was ask
ed If he had anything to say or plead
ed guilty or not guilty, he gasped out:
"Well. yo' honor. eff de whole state of
Missourah is agin dis one pore niggah,
rs gwine to give up right now"
The governor is shrewd judge of
men. as the following story shows: One
day upon reaching his Office at the
capitol In company with a friend Gov
ernor Folk found number of men
waiting in the anteroom. He paused
as he passed through and made Joke
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

said. 'I'll do that and pay you so
much month besides"
81 thank you. madam" he replied,
bowling very low. but signed up
with Mrs. Johnston for life"
"Why, no such contract is binding.
That is peonage"
"Some may call it that, but l have
always called it marriage"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

"EN o W. WOW,
- wow" is the
new police
call. New York city
now has five dog
policemen on duty,
and if these canine
sleuths prove valu-
able other Ameri-
can cities may
adopt the innoya-
ton. The dogs are
imported, like the
idea. They were
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

is building mil
lion dollar residence in Richmond 1t
is said also that he will erect costly
skyscraper for his favorite city and
that he has political inclinations. Mr.
Ryan at present is member of the
Democratic state central committee of
Virginia, having always maintained
his official residence in the state
An Ohio representative has discov-
cred the Original Taft man." He de-
clares that at banquet given In Gin
cinnati in 1897, when Secretary Taft
was then only judge on the federal
bench, Hiram Rulison made the pre-
diction in speech that Judge Taft
Will some day be president of the
United States"
1t is related by persons. in Washing
ton who attended that dinner and
heard this proclamation that Secretary
Taft turned the incident aside by say.
ing, Why, Hiram, what have you
been drjnking?"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07
BOOMERANG THROWING.
A Strange Sport That Is Becoming
Popular In This Country.

Boomerang throwing as one of the
diversions of country life is coming
into favor in the United States as well
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-07

as England and Australia Evidence
cl tnls IS found in the fact that dealers
IN sporting goods now carry stocks !,
Doomerangs as well as OF tennis raclse.
ana golf sticks. The bcomerapg was
originally the weapon of wild tribes of
Australia but the occasion is rare now
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04
The Ocean Mail Project.

1t is asserted by the friends of the
measure to establish ocean mail lines
to Brazil, Argentina and other South
American countries as we'll as to Aus
tralasia, Japan, China and the Philip
pines that the sum of $1,000,000 added
to the annual profits to the government
from the present system of mail serv-
Ice will cover the cost of subventions
to new steamers and vastly improve
the service. The industrial benefit to
the country of the construction of the
new ships will, 1t is contended, fully
justify the assuming of the financial
burden by the government. On this
point the Iron Trade Review says:
An item which 1t Is believed will appeal
to the senators and congressman from
the inland states is that the money which
will be expended in the construction of
these proposed new steamers will be dis
tributed throughout the entire United
States. A conservative estimate Is that
each ship will cost on an average of ST.
100000 OF this vast sum fully 80 per cent
will be expended upon the labor cost In
volved in the production and manufacture
of Steel brass, wood and other construc-
ton material, besides the boiler and engine
building. The establishment of the pro-
posed seven lines Of steamships means the
distribution of fully S35, 900, 900 among the
wageworkers of the United States, the
employment of thousands of skilled me-
chanics and unskilled labor now idle.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04
Historic Landmarks.

After many years of effort and all
but endless stages of encouragement
the historic Fraunces' tavern, in New
York city, has been secured to posteri-
ty In its original shape. 1t is now
owned by the Society of the Sons of
the Revolution, and nothing short of a
revolution In American sentiment can
ever turn it from its proper destiny
the enlightenment of American citi-
zens on the stirring events of the past
Thoughtlessness and greed would have
destroyed this noble relic, the place
where Washington took farewell of his
officers at the close Of the war of in
dependence, but for the vigilance of a
small handful of patriotic New York
ers. Other monuments of the days
that tried mems souls" throughout the
country have likewise been preserved.
Some few are still in danger of neglect
and perhaps lie at the mercy of van
dals.
Recently the name of a square in
historic north Boston was changed in
order to honor a local politician, who
was an adopted citizen. The same in
difference to sacred associations may.
unless checked by the protests of pa
triots, eventually obliterate other his
toric names or landmarks In the region
Of this square. In many of the coun-
tries of Europe this matter of preserv-
ing memorials Is In the hands of ma
tional authorities, and historical monu-
ments are considered the property of
the people In England there Is n
society formed to act as trustees for
places of historical interest or natural
beauty, holding powers under acts of
and it Is proposed to make
It illegal for private owners to destroy
which by their associa-
tons belong to the whole nation.
France, Germany and Italy exercise
the right of appropriation whenever
is necessary to acquire his
toric sites or building for preservation
as national memorials. We are not be-
hind foreign countries In patriotism,
and we should not be less vigilant
than they in keeping up incentives to
patriotism in coming generations.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

In London 200 BARRIERS will have a
contest to decide which can shave a
man in the shortest time. Incidentally
they can also test the courage Of 200
London men. .
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

If most of the older inhabitants are
to be believed, the weather isn't man.
aged nearly as well as 1t used to be
when they were boys.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

1t will be just like some 'laggards in
love" to say, "This is so sudden" when
proposed to by young ladies they have
been spooning around for about seven
years.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

The young man who thought he
would have a proposal or two before
the middle of January Is now begin
ming to suspect that there is some
thing wrong with his looks.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

Some men will find fault with any
kind OF financial legislation that does
not make 1t unnecessary for them 10
work for living.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04
Stedman the Man.

Upon the death of Edmund Clarence
Stedman, the poet, the New York Trib-
une, which gathered many of the rich
est fruits from his pen, printed this
tribute:
What he did in the impersonal labors of
writer he did as a man in private life
He was an old Tribune man, and in
these pages any tribute to his character
would inevitably possess the note of Pc
culiar understanding and appreciation.
But We have reason to know that an
extraordinary number of men and women
everywhere must share in the gratitude
and the grief felt by his intimate COM
rades. He had genius for helping 9TH
ers a genius which persisted even when
he was we'll nigh overborne by his own
burdens and sorrows Admiration for
Stedman's brilliant powers and his noble
use of them follows him to the grave, and
with 1t the love which is only yielded to
man as rich In qualities Of heart as in
intellectual force.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-04-04

The opponents of prohibition are
pointing out that Bismarck was
mighty hard drinker up to the day Of
his death, at the age of eighty-nine.
But they carefully forget the thou
sands of hard drinkers who died at the
age of thirty-ive.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

The Beka crcvasse below New
Orleans is being closed, but the
leVees on Red River are in bad
shape. Some serious breaks
have occurred and much. human
suffering follows. One of these
is at Tsylortown, IA miles south
of Shreveport. Approximately
1OO,OOO acres are flooded.
Mayor Bernstein of Shreve-
port wired United States Engi-
neer Smith at Vicksburg, asking
that a government snagboat be
sent to Taylortown to rescue
stranded families and render
any needed assistance. He re-
received a reply that afternoon,
stating that a boat had been or
dered to Taylortown from Alex
|andria.
It is conservatively estimated
that the damage caused by the
food throughout this section will
amount to a million dollars. Con-
siderable loss has occurred in
the city, and more than a hun
dred negro families, living in the
bottoms, have been driven from
their homes.
The whole country as far south
as Coushatta is threatened with
inundation.
But one life is reported lost in
this locality up to the present
writing. Saturday, about 10
O'clock in the morning, the s.
year-old son of Mr.. Voge, living
on one of the Marston planta-
tions, accidentally fell off the
gallery of his home into the food
ed waters and was drowned be-
fore assistance could be render
ed.
The Government has issued a
warning for residents south OF
Shreveport to make arrange
ments for the protection of life,
as well as property.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
Total Solar Eclipse.

On Sunday morning, June y,
there will be almost total eclipse
of the sun. Should the wealth
er be clear on that date mid
day will seem like the dusk Of
evening. The eclipse will begin
at Washington, D. c., at 9'27
o'clock in the morning and will
end at 12:41 o'clock, making the
hours it will be visible in your
section of the country from 1927
o'clock until 1:41 o'clock, your
time being one hour later than
Washington time.
''The eclipse will be total in
Southern Florida and about Is
per cent in the other sections.
There was a partial eclipse
of the sun last January, but at
that time only a small part OF
the sun was obscured, and then
only for a few minutes, and as
a result it was hardly noticeable
except by astronomers; but the
eclipse scheduled for the latter
part of this month will be visible
with the naked eye, while most
of the sun eclipses of the past
were only visible through smok'
ed glass. )"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

1t is rather q severe common
tary on the amount of Biblical
knowledge possessed by the
House Of Representatives and
the headliners of the daily press
to note that ''ParsOn "Shsttuck' s
speech in the House went en-
tirely unchallenged and uneon'
corrected although he persist.
emily referred to the Sixth
Commandment, as being the
one which fOrbids adultery
This paper seems to have been
the only one last week to give
the numersl correctly, viz; the
Seventh Commandment.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

H. Tue movement to give the La.
~ sa' sa University a set income,
isii OF one mill of the state
R ~ sprOpOsed- is in the right
| |n,s,aon' 1t gives solidity, per.
Ill., s'rSace and confidence to this
n NC ;, Institutions financial sta,
\, \ Il relieves its trustees from
Ano, s,ef recurring fight to get
N % ! And more than
4. ~ IL will remove the excuse
'e politics. " inquire III
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
Dangers of New Currency Law.

When a Republican journal
like the Philadelphia Mort h
American sees dangers in the
Aldrich- Vreeland currency bill,
it is added argument for Demo
cratic success this fall. That
Journal says:
This law will mean the turn
ing over Of the treasury of the
United States to the gamblers of
the New York stock exchange
for a period of six years.
1t will mean the making of
good times and bad tines of
bull markets and bear markets
according to the pleasure OF
Rogers and Rockefeller in the
National City bank and j. P.
Morgan in the National Bank of
Commerce.
1T will mean not the slow and
certain movements of contraction
and imitation by the natural laws
of commerce, but sharp changes
forced at will by the master
gamblers.
It will mean the gilt to the
chief enemies of the nation of the
power to issue or retire half a
billion of dollars, exciting specu-
lation or compelling disaster &C
cording to whichever best suits
their betting book.
What the effect will be upon
the coming elections we do not
know. We do not know what
measure of punishment a long
suffering people will inhict upon
their betrayers.'
Gov. Sanders has lost his
mother jn law, Mrs. j. F. Shaw
of Arkansas.
DL Dao.o 5000, hoe - ,>o,>,,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
No. 20
Society TO Blame.

We sometimes blame young
men for their ruin, when we
ought to blame the circum
stances that ruined them. So
clety is quick to punish certain
forms of murder. Let a negro
kill white man, or assault a
white woman, and a mob gets to
him with a rope a long time be-
fore the sheriff arrives with his
handouts. But for u quarter
of century it has always been
the case that white man kills
another, the lawyers plead, the
women weep and the jurors de-
clare: One man is already dead;
what is the use in killing another
And after a number of months
in prison the door is opened and
the murderer is out. Does not
this fact teach young men that
they can murder without fear of
punishment? Dozens of times |
have heard men in this city, men
who may be called for jury duty
at any term Of court, say:'You
cannot convict a negro of muir,
der in this parish if some influ-
entail white man is interested in
him, and you cannot convict Il
white man of murder under any
circumstances Does not this
sort of talk cheaper human life
and make murderer even of
boys?
I'VE are on the march back to
a state of -barbarism. The
sharpest knife, the strongest
arm, the quickest pistol deter
mines the supremacy. And the
next step is mob that is Judge
Jury and executive officer. The
man who carries a deadly wea-
pom does it either because he
! feels unsafe or because. he in
| tends to use it. IF he carries
| it because he feels unsafe, he
| had better change his associates.
| If he intends to use his weapon
! he is a criminal. And in either
case he will either kill or get
| killed. For that man who stands
at the Judgment bar of God
| with the blood of his fellow on
| his hands the unWrltten law Is
no plea. The written law de-
clares: No murderer hath eter-
nal life Within the past few
weeks, as never before, the old
Bible words rang out: Her
house is the way to hell going
down to the chambers of death.
The bloody and deceitful man
shall not live one-half his days.
Flee from the wrath to come. -
| Rev. j. K. Means 8 of Baton
Rouge in Sermon.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
Help Central.

| liz oS1SpllollC ID Ollc vi Uul
greatest modern conveniences
not to say Injuries. The an
noyance one experiences from il
are as nothing and less than
nothing when compared to the
slow and troublesome means of
communication before the days
of the telephone. Remember
when impatient over a slight de,
lay at the phone, how much long
er it would take to send that
message by hand.
Delays may be reduced in
number however if a few COM
mon sense directions were fol-
lowed, thus:
Don't ask for a number with
out first consulting the directory.
Many of the annoying wrong
number calls" are traceable to
this cause. Digits have a bad
habit of transposing themselves
if one trusts to memory. You
know how you feel when you
are called to the telephone by
mistake. Usually, the Gale +
rather than the telephone opera
tor, is to blame, by giving the
wrong number.
Don't make a practice of hold
ing long conversations, if yoy
are on a party line. While you
are holding the line, it is busy
to all others. Remember that
others on that party line are
cotenants, so to speak. A little
consideration of this subject
would remove much complaint
The busiest time of the day
in the average telephone office
is between $50 and 1920 a. m
Professional and business mer
are then calling up clients ant
customers. Housewives ar,
giving orders connected will
| the days domestic duties. [
conversations of purely socia
nature could be deferred unit
the afternoon, the pressure
would be materially relieved
Women could greatly help the
telephone operators by remem
boring this fact. incidentally
they would benefit themselves
by assisting in producing better
service.
| When your telephone bel
rings, answer it promptly. l.
you don't the person calling may
hang up the telephone and g
away, assuming that you are
not in. If you delay in answer
ing under such conditions, yol
will be informed that there is
no one on the line Remember
that the operator is powerles'
to hold the caller there. No
can your operator, as a rule, tel
you who has called you. Sh'
docs not knOw
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

All farmers and lumbermen
should send to the U. S. Dept
of Agriculture for circular 139
Primer on Wood Preservation
It contains so much useful in
formation that tits worth many
times the post card required tt
ask for it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

Caleb Powers, supposed muir.
derer of ex-Goy. Goebel has been
pardoned by Kentucky's new
governor. Howard also.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

Harry and Evelyn Thaw see,
ing that they were losing space
in newspapers have now had a
reconciliation, the details OF
which will point a moral in a
paragraph, if one cares to look
for it.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

White Republicans of LOuisi.
ana do not think half a loaf bet
ter than no bread. They are re-
fusing half a vote in the national
Republican convention.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20

The completeness of our banking
facilities is one of the reasons for the
satisfaction among our large number
of customers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
10 TO the Grand Jufies'

r,n,. :, :. nsns coopes Banner sr. takes axes
d nank Of West , ,n hopeful view Of the ne"
''''S .a9lniscegenatiOn law than we
Ito 5p.m :, will be seen by the SUD-
~ article from that paper
rp law leaves the response,
his, I'M Cd the Grand Juries. But
rs, dealer !, Grand juries are superior TO-
,phagus Mo an' advance Of public opinion
I'd Headstones that the first inquisitlonal
+ best quality : mnst be that of Public
u prices ,oo. which will support
S I'd iuries in doing their duty.
. .,. H. Banner says;
% s"llgies best Thanks to the efforts of unit
G. MFTz 1press and to our representa-
IN the halls of legislation,
eng looked for anti-mlscege,
,ton law has been passed; all
NO a sn s ShtDOW remains to be done IS to
sfaction gua,,, kn,nrp the signature of the gov
nOr
The day of reckoning has ar
he'd; the moral perverts who
ilVerwsre, TOLD hiring the years that have pass
atch repafHg have been Haunting their evil
ntices in the face of long
uferng public will have to
pmd their ways or be publicly
No. h,UinOoq aHIpd before the courts OF JUS
one WIT cas and there branded what they
ire on anytbit pmd thrown into the dungeons
LELD, trsvelil bunder over the errors of their
vile, Miss avs For years they have de-
adegery moral law and have d.
aed shafts at the very fOunda-
fine mules al lon Of society. Public opinion
OATS LesPedea amted them not, and the ad-
"1S m~y, Ice Of friends was laughed at.
arroI Hill "a klhe youth of the country was
being brought up amidst this
ateHness, and the consequence
W fAAT Is been that many bright and
LILLE, LA. nnising future has been
d by leCksd upon the rocks of i'm
'aVluS"n' agshty and there left to perish.
'''' C W, , ha. he dark shadow has entered
Rooms lnya happy home and though
might have been dispelled, the
o-.Dt arnish always remained with
JEAKLs Pose near and dear.
Inc law is with US and every
7nr-F grand jury in the future should
hsEe the most minute investiga-
0aand present to the court,
w GIXHtR name Of every violator.
leSe social murderers should
eceVe no consideration what
DdkCl YER The last grand jury show
111JE La a@e right spirit; they made a
or lS' careful and searching in.
OOi I" S'gatlon, but owing to the alb
'LOT' 'uBOl law with which to
Confectionery. ach The guilty, they were pow,
Now we have law, and
uOI1ea lla# offers no compromise
IIOO|P@l Stares the violator in the
ayou Sara. zee The law says that HE
Proprietrsss ,r 1A10o ~ JAILrnO alter
accommodating votn.
Delightful rifd Rd, s,''e grand jury strike high,
freeze. ue biggest and most
III trains e1erful as the first example.
D'ak up the practice and in do.
Ferry 5s'ais they will be performing
FnOst important and laudable
mt Trips. York '> '''OO'''A'
Light Packas
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
Bank Talks By Il? st. I f'.,s s' %;, 1 s,'''''
No. 4. Efficient Service.

If your ideas are already formed as
to what bank connection will do for
you, we want to demonstrate to your
satisfaction that our customers receive
benefits that you never fancied.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
Jumbo is Good.

bI,.n, shreveport journal
n :, y remarks: AT the bot.
n, 81 the Worlds failure is the
M. 70 20 feed the New Orleans
4 1 PM '9 R daily reading matter
h,ta D,a Hearst and Coney Island
an1o u dlshing it up to them
bev ,,r s'yle' which is the way
pettv Won" aaO, It, And gumbo is
IVY good dope at that"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1908-06-20
q

You may not require our services in
every department, but whatever your
needs are in banking, We wish to serve
you. A personal talk with the cashier
wi clear any dc ubtful points that you
NAV have about our service.