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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21
THE HEAT WAVE.

The widespread wave OF hea'
which has swept the country
from east to west, originating IN
the middle west, Monday hau
not spent it's force on reaching
Louisiana but has given the very
hottest weather of the summer
The absence of scarcely any
breeze up to Thursday, When
some air was in motion, increased
the suffering from heat. The
highest record South is at Fort
Worth, Texas, when III degrees
were registered. In the Fellcl-
ana the thermometer has risen
to 1913 degrees in the shade
This is the reading of the govern
ment thermometer, Wednesday
at 3 p. m.
This weather though hard on
man and beast is good for the
crops, in so far as the boil wee
wills are concerned, as it is report
ed that they are dropping from
the heat.
So be it. The stock can get IL
, the shade. Spring water an'
palmetto fans can help peopl
through, if the boil weeVils vii
. only faint before they can get 7
: the ice house.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

Do you rise at three O'Clock IN
the morning? Then you have
seen the large red star, which
appears on the eastern horizon at
that hour. If you do not, it will
pay you to set the alarm clock
for that hour, rise and seek the
open, where you can see the star,
for it is the famous Star of Beth
lehem.
Astronomers say that it ap.
pears in the heavens every 500
years, and tradition teaches that
it first appeared at the birth OF
Jesus Christ and was the beacon
which guided the wise men OF the
East to Jerusalem. These
learned men were from Chaldea
where for centuries, the shep
herds on the plains were earnest
observers of the sky and its
stars, and the appearance OF this
one must have excited all of thell
!! aye and admiration: -,--''----''-'-.'
If in these later days it is less
awful to the jewellers of earth
it has lost nothing by it's historl
cal and Evolutionary associations
The fact alone that it's orbit is s.
vast in extent that it appear
within mortal ken, only ever
five hundred years gives a sue
gestion of illimitableness tina
:, human mind can grasp only l
!, part.
l Wanderer from afar, on whf
: other worlds has it's red ligt
i shone? To what other univers
has it brought a message
Z peace and good will?
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21
THIS QUEER OLD WORLD.

| had a dream-Of horrors l
would say looking back upon it,
but with an uplifted calm | en-
countered it's incidents in that
strange world of dreams. First
the soft, yielding blue of the
heavens changed as | gazed into
a hard, ribbed and vaulted roof
as of steel, except that it's mate
rial had the stony look of sap
phires, and no cloud tloated to
veil that threatening armament.
And the word went by on the
wind, as it were, that at a GER
tain hour, all flesh would die.
And I saw the unbelieving hurry
into boats that were speeding to
some fancied place of safety, and
the boats were piled high with
whatever men treasured most
Jewels, money, goods, and one
most beautiful of all, was freight
ed with exotic plants, bright witt
bloom.
And | stood and gazed calmly
as all swept by. Then the waite
came creeping up and licked m!
feet, and l realized the hour wa
} near. And it occurred to me
why not forestall the time, ste
into the water and end the wait
ing?" But another part of m
answered: 1T is but death tina
comes at last. So many quee
things happen, why not walt an
see what will happen next?"
With which bit of philOsOph!
over-wise for a dream, | awok'
d and now commend it to you an
e the faint,hearted everywhere.
M. E. r.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

Mr.. George j. Kelley of Gin
ton has been appointed supervis'
or of this, the fourth census dis
trict of Louisiana. Mr.. Kelley is a
prominent Republican of the Lily
White faction, and his appoint
ment will be agreeable to the
people, for he will not be likely
to appoint any negro enumera-
tors, and he is moreover an ex'
cellent citizen and understands
Southern conditions. Mr.. Kelley
| is now visiting relatives in his
former home, New Jersey, and
no expression of his plans can be
had atpresent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

The New Orleans Item says
that 1t is reported that Gov. San,
ders' friends will not attempt to
remove the constitutional bar tc
a second term for him, but he
will enter the open field against
Senator Foster. All of which
proves that our governor can SET
as far as most into a lOg..Of wood
if not farther.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

Whatever one may think OF
Harry Thaw and his case, all
must unite in admiration OF the
devotion of his mother, who has
remained steadfast to him
through all his troubles and VINO
has now bought a small home to
be near the insane asylum, where
he is confined. Such devotion
would inspire a poet were it rare'
but, there is nothing so common
as a mothers unfailing love-
In palace Or howell, the faithful
ness of a mother finds example,
and is one of earth's synonyms
for unchangeableness.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

No parish, wherein a state
penal farm is located, but will
welcome the Governors idea of
selling these farms, and putting
the convicts out on the roads
The farms are of no profit to the
several parishes, which lose the
taxes and yet must bear the
criminal expense incurred wher
any disorder occurs there. Wes'
Feliciana for instance has hat
several criminal cases in which
convicts were involved. 1t is al
out and nothing in.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

partment of Agriculture make a
fight on the boil weevil in his dis.
trict, and if the farmers would al
WAYS follow the direction of the
department experts, he thought
the pest would be eradicated or
minimRed to a very great extent.
He says that in talking with
members from Texas, he found
that the boil weevil was waning
in those sections, both from
the fact that the people were
fighting it successfully and that
they were learning methods OF
cultivation which had a tendency
to stop the spread of the pest.
In the private business OIL
dividuals of the district, he has
been equally diligent. Answer
by return mail" has been the
rule set for himself and his
young secretary, Alec East OF
East Feliciana. His indefatiga-
bility-and success-relatiVe to
securing first the visit Of the
battleship to Natchez, and then
it's stopping at the towns along
the route in his district Is but
one instance of his constant at-
tention to the peoples pleasure
and instruction as well as their
temporal business. He secured
the figurehead of the U. 5. 5.
Louisiana" to adorn the wall OF
, the state capitol. He arranged
! with President Taft the visit to
. Baton Rouge. He is working on
I larger matters for the benefit OF
his district.
!. In word, we doubt if any
c CONGRESSMAN in as short a while
!. has come more prominently anC
= favorably before the public. Fol
d political reasons, he has beer
:. criticized, but with a public mai
!. to be discussed, even "cussed,
e is better than to be ignored.
l. Mr.. Wickliffe proposes to max
If a tour of the district before hi
ic return to Congress. Thursday
L. by request he attended the Nj
ia sonic picnic at Zachary and d.
IS livered an address. Next wee
a, he goes to DonaldsOnville. Thu!
n. he will in the course Of the ne1
C. few months meet most of hi
ut constituents and render to thel
re. the not unworthy account of h
ee stewardship. At the same tin
to he will make a study of the SIP
o. cial needs of each section that !
err may more intelligently work vii
ed the Department in the people
nix special interests.
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

The Governors Great-Hi
way-to-New Orleans convention
pauned out very well. A large
sum was subscribed towards
buying improved road machin'
cry, and an association organized
with Charles Farwell of New Or
leans, president.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21
The Sixth Districts Popular Congressman Returns
From Useful Stay at the National Capital

The familiar face of the pOpu'
lar congressman from this dis
trict, the Hon. Robert g. Wick
life, pictured on this page, is
reminder that Congress having
adjourned, he has returned home
He arrived at St. Francisvllle
Tuesday night, having been de-
layed in Washington by commit
tee work and by looking after
the interests of constituents in
the departments.
He is looking well, hard work
seeming to agree with him. For
any one, who knows him, knows
he is no idler, and this being his
! first time in Congress there was
much for him to do and learn.
He never missed a roll-call in the
House, a record that few, If any,
representatives can equal. Mr..
Wickliffe says laughingly: i
may not have voted right, accord
ing to the opinion of some, but |
didn't dodge. I was always on
+ hand"
Discussing his vote on the tar
if he says that he supported the
+ Payne bill, which was unques'
T. tionably a revision downward OF
q the tariff and was much fairer tc
e the interests of the South than
the bill as finally passed by the
conference committee. The lat
ter did not change the schedules
T which were for the benefit of the
= Southern producer, but did raise
those schedules which affected
- the Southern consumer.
~ He voted to protect the indus
~ tries of his section, which ha
to undertaking Democratic prece
~ dent in the course of the repre-
.. sentatives from this state, an
;, all other states. Tariff for rev
70 enue is good in theory, but invf
- riably works out in tariff on tn
bo| product the man is interested il
~ He gave amusing illustration {
- the One.sided view characteristic
WY of human nature in the idea al
70 vanced by a prominent Virgin
M senator that sumac, which grow
~ on the mountains of Virgin
81 and is principally used in ta
no ming, was a good revenue produ
h. er. The states that have G.
;th all their lumber and have b
come consumers are for fir
,1r lumber. Louisiana is coming
~ the first rank as a lumber pr
y, - Queer. He voted to protect h
,os interests. "The bill as pass
no is by no means what l thil
tor should have passed." said N
80 Wickliffe, but it will have a tt
WI dency to settle business over
hot country, and this is one reas
49,, why it was good thing for
people that the legislation "
completed"
One may be very sure that \
~, Wickliffe does not forget the
'Ae, terests of Louisiana, and his G.
and stituents will hardly criticize i
for that.
:, Mr.. Wickliffe is having the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

1t is found that boil weevils are
in swarms on the riverside at
Port Allen, their progress ap,
parently stayed by the great
river, but this would leave it to
be explained how they got across
at Angola.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

Every tax collector in the state
has made his final settlement
with the State Auditor before
the limit prescribed by law ex-
pires. This is for the first time
in a number of years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

Every automobile introduced
into the country means one more
real worker for good roads.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

When in need of job printing,
send your order to The True
Democrat, st. Francisville, La.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

FOR SALE-Fine Jersey heif'
er, from very best strain of but
ter COWS. Should be in milk
very shortly. For price, write
j. H. Percy, Baton Rouge, La,
P. 0. Box No. 1893.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

Only one hour IN Baton Rouge!
Why, man, all the crowd couldn't
walk around Taft in an hour.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

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4 Misses Mar
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1909-08-21

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
FIREWORKS At LUNA
PARK ON THE FOURTH

The Fourth o. July will be fitting
D celebrated At Luna PARK Sunday
aud Monday There will 30 FIRE
works both nighla and ia order TO
carry them thousands VI feet high,
balloon and aeruuant will be used.
Eddie Davidson. Who hhs been max,
ine woodworking aaeonHlona. will
ascent. carrying with bin a larfe
quantity % nnrnlorcd fireworks
Roman candles rockets. otc Thoso
sill be Tied 10 the ends Of long
fupoa and vii be- exploded By time
fuses ~ tho very Instant Davidson
drops ia bic parachute Il should
make a thrilling Illuminated act
naFidapn wlll also mako nights to.
hiFhi and tomorrow and Monday
afternoons
Mauarcf Charles Loot hns also ar
RANGED to hold tho iasouaA ,iuwn
Band over until Monday. adding
Ffeaily 10 biz program Of Hrycn
FREQ attractions fof tho lndupond,
snee Day celebration.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02

ABERDEEN. july President
J D. hrldgaa OF the State Bar as.
snclatlon. has fixed tho dates FOR
the neat meeting Of Tie association
Il will be held on July 20. 80 aud
81 Already a program for the on.
tertalnmeui Of the association f.
being outlined, and 10 more fully
arrange for # meeting Of the
Chohniia nar association has been
called to meet in this city on Tues.
Nav
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
HOLIDAY AT NAVY YARD.

NAVY YARD. PrQET SOUND
July Am order Was received
hero today from Washington grant
ing Saturday afternoon holidays 10
the employees Of this yard during
the months Of July. August and
September The men are given
these half holidays With pay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02

Win mlscondual ind AZ aha enlof-
cd the court room with two doiec
tlyeH. Shaw who Waa sitting IN the
room. Immediately recognized hor
That's herl he cried Shes
one Of them would know her any
place "
At the close Of the trial she was
arrested and held Without ball
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
TACOMA CAN NOW
BUILD BIG PLANT

TACOMA. July Superior
Judge c, N yesterday. by giving
Tacoma the fight 10 condemn prop
erty at tho Nlsquhlly falls belong
ing 10 the Cascade Public Service
corporation. the Nlaqually Power
company and others In a decision.
opened the way for the immediate
commencement Of work on the big
5000. 900 municipal power plant
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
ASSASSINATION PLOT


STOCKHOLM, July Further
evidence " a plot 10 asaasslnato
the emperor Of Russia fome time
duriug The approaching European
trip has been unearthod here Adolf
Vans. the swede who last seek
shot and killed Mai Gcu nrcck.
man. chief Of the Coast artillery.
and then committed suicide. be
louged to a group Of anarchists who
have been plotting the death Of the
Russian ruler Elght Russian
anarchists were arrested previous
to the killing Of Cen Breokman. but
their apprehension was kept secret.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
KILLED BY A TRAIN.

PORTLAND, July b Charles
Timm. driver Of a milk wagon, and
Clarence Haylctt, aged 70, who was
riding with him, were killed when
their wagon was struck by South
ern Pacific freight train on the out.
HkirtH OF the city,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
POSSE SHOOTS At
A TRAIN BANDIT

VANCOUVER. u. &. july g.-Tho
train rohhef who. on Monday eve.
Ming murdered Constable Decker
and escaped IL said TO have been
seen last niFhi half a mile north
u Ashcroft, fofdlng the nonhpartc
river A DOZEN men formed q
posse which rct out Immediately
The leaders assisted BY blood.
hounda, picked w the trail Of the
bandit n mile out and overlook him.
Three shots were fired At him. but
be got away.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-07-02
FISHERMEN MAY WAR


NEW WESTMINSTER, July o.
There arr Indications Of trouble
arising out OF the relations Of the
white and japanese fishermen on
the Fraser river.
The japanese fishermen have ox.
pressed their willingness 10 take
from the cannorios 1914 cents for
every fish taken during July and
10 cents per fish after that The
whites. however are standing out
for 10 centa fish.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
Worlds Busiest Street.

The shortest and busiest street in
the world is Mansion House street,
London 1t is only about 500 feet
long, and runs between the mansion
house, the official residence of the
lord mayor, and the Union bank of
London, and everything and every
body that passes between the city"
which is the ancient section of the
metropolis, and the rest of London
have to go that way. Not long ago
policemen were stationed to count
the vehicles, two on either side. They
were relieved every hour, because
counting is very tedious work and acts
upon the nerves. One set of counters
reported 1882 vehicles another set
counted 1856 and the other two re-
lays reported totals between these
two extremes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
PineappIes in Queensland.

Altogether there are some 5000
acres devoted to pineapple cultivation
in Queensland, giving yield of some
thing like ten million pines a year.
Two crops are gathered during the IL
months Most of the owners of the
plantations started without capital,
and are now reaping about $3.50 an
acre net profit. 1t is am industry from
which returns are quickly obtained.
Fifteen months after planting the
grower is securing his first crop Next
year he should double his crop, be-
cause, like the banana, once the pine
apple has borne fruit the stalk dies
down, and it's place is taken by one
or more suckers, which, in their turn,
fruit and die A cider of remarkably
fine quality can be made from the
fruit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
DERIVATION OF DOLLAR MARK.
Has Long Been Subject of Discussion,
and Many Are the Theories
Advanced.

The origin of the sign 5, as repre-
TEN, has long been the subject of
discussion and not little doubt. 1t
has been variOusly accounted for, the
derivations generally advanced being:
1. a combination of the letters u.
S. After the adoption of the federal
constitution these initials were pre-
fixed to the federal currency, and. ac-
cording to many who have given
study to the subject, the two letters
were simply run together so as to
make the magic 5, the loop of the u
disappearing in the operation.
2 An adaptation or modification Of
S/S, once used to denote a piece of
eight reals, or, as a dollar was then
called, a piece of eight
3. A form of II. s., which was used
to mark the Roman unit of money
A. A contraction of p and s., used
in Spanish accounts to indicate peso,
dollar.
5. A device formerly seen on the re-
verse Of a Mexican Pillar dollar Ga
Spanish coin), representing the Pill
lars of Hercules, connected by scroll
displaying the words Plus Ultra.
6. A contraction of the Spanish
"fuertes," (hard), to distinguish the
silver, or hard, dollar from paper
money.
In all Of these cases il must be ad-
mitted that there is no little specula-
ton, and up to this time there is no
prospect that the question will ever
be definitely settled. The student OF
the subject can take his choice, and
doubtless will be able to find some
kind of authority for any one of these
diverse explanations.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
President Helps Orphans.

Hundreds OF orphans have been helped
by the president of the Industrial and
Orphans home at Macon, Ga, who
writes: I'VE have used Electric Bitters
in this institution for nine years. 1t has
proved a mos. excellent medicine for
stomach, liver and kidney troubles. We
regard it as one of the best family medi-
cines Oh earth" 1t invigorates the vital
organs, purifies the blood, aids digestion,
creates appetite. To strengthen and
build up thin, pale, weak children or
down people it has no equal. Best
for female complaints. SOC at All Drug
gist's. N
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
ORIGIN OF THE RESTAURANT.
May Be Said to Have First Appeared
In England About the Time Of
Shakespeare.

In primitive times, the only places
In London where the public could be
entertained with food had been the
cooks shops. The famous East Cheap
was a. great thoroughfare, down which
the stalls of the butchers aternated
with those Of the cooks. You chose
joint at the flesh market and you
carried it next door 90 be cooked for
you by a certain hour. II you wished
for wine, you must bring that with
you, for the cooks sold no liquor, al
though they seem to have provided,
AS time went on, more and more of
the natural accomplishments of meat,
such as bread, vegetables and pastry.
This habit continued until well into
the reign Of Elizabeth, and so long as
such an inconyenient custom pre-
vailed there could have been no real
comfort for any citizen who chose to
dine abroad. He must have had as
much trouble with porterage and bas-
kets as country party has to-day at
picnic. But about the time that
Shakespeare came up TO London a re-
markable change took place in the
customs of the town, and the practice
Of public hospitality and entertain
ment was singularly facilitated. The
nature of this change lay in the sud-
den development of the tavern and
the consequent withdrawal of the
cookshop. The worshipful company
of Pastelars, as the cooks were called.
ceased to enjoy the monopoly of pro-
viding hot meals.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-07-30
LOVES OF MEN AND WOMEN.
Writer in American Magazine Dis
cusses Question of the Be-
stowal of Affections.

"Now | am going to say something
woman, one who really is a woman,
has once truly and deeply loved a
man she can never wholly stop loving
him. For that man she will always
feel a certain tenderness / still have
a great tenderness for Frank. And |
have, too, an even greater pity. Per-
haps | pity him chiefly because he
has never for one moment suspected
how | felt toward him. He could not
possibly conceive of my being rebel
lious. If he were to read these words
It would not occur TO him that | could
have written them. In spite Of all his
shrewdness, which makes him see so
clearly into the weaknesses of bust
ness men, he has never doubted my
loyalty. | could have friendships with
dozen men and he would not raise
question even in his own mind That
confidence is dear TO a woman, even
If she knows that she does not de-
serve it. In one way / do deserve it.
Never for an instant have | been at
tracted to another man And yet
believe | could easily love another
man. | could even love two men at
the same time, one of the two being
Frank. At this point perhaps | be-
come shocking. Merely to love two
men at the same time is scandalous
in a woman. Yet many men can and
do love more than one woman at the
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