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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-20
WHAT A GOOD VOTE is WORTH.
Joseph W. Folk, in Youths Compar

Joseph W. Folk, in Youths Compan-
ion:
Bad citizenship is nearly always
aggressive, whereas good citizenship
is too often apathetic. One good,
honest vote for the right is worth
an eternity of private defamation
against the evils of corrupt politics.
Corrupt political conditions exist on
ly because good people, through
their inactivity and political negli'
gence, permit such conditions to ex-
list.
In vain do we inveigh against cor
rupt practices while failing to take
the initiative in virtuous practices.
Before we cry out against others for
their WrCng-dointg, we should first
clear our own skirts by right-doing
He who sleeps upon his rights
will rest upon a stony pillow. Lib
erty is not for the slothful, the neg
hgent and the pathetic; she abides
not with those who are indolent in
her service.
The patriotism of peace is often
more necessary than the patriotism
of war, for history shows that where
one government has been destroyed
by wars and pestilence and other
calamities combined, corruption il
times Of peace has undermined a
score.
There never was a time when the
need of patriotic men in public at
fairs was greater than now | dc
not refer to the need for men II
public office alone, for man does
not need to hold public office tt
serve his country. Some Of the
greatest men in the nation have
never held office. When some o.
the disciples of Christ disputed
among themselves as to who should
have the highest office in the king
dom OF heaven, not understanding
the kind of kingdom He had come t
establish, they left the controvers.
to Him, and he said, "WhOSOever o.
you will be the chiefest, shall bt
servant of all"
So true greatness consists in ser
vice; service Of ones fellow men;
service Of ones country. If one car
perform service in public office, wei
and good; but it should not be for
gotten that it is just as essential fol
good government for private citi
Zens to discharge the civic response
bilities resting upon them as it is
for the faithful carrying out of Off
cial obligations in the public ser
vice
When the ancient philosopher wa;
asked how injustice could be Danish
ed from a republic, he replied, by
making all feel the injustice done
to each"
1t is equally necessary that each
should feel the injustice done to all;
for, surely, that which affects the
whole is of no less consequence
than that which affects a part
During the last few years there
has been a moral awakening in this
country. What has been accomplish
ed in applying moral ideas to pub
lie and private acts has been brought
about because coed men have gone
into politics; and there they mus
stay, or else all that has been gain
ed will be lost. Whether or not Il
L.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-20

have sufficiently regained my
health to give all prescription work
my personal attention.
Send me your orders for anything
in the drugs or druggists sundrles
line, as we'll as your prescriptions
and your orders will have prompt
and satisfactory attention.
Respectfully,
LIP. KlL5OURNE.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-20

Misses Belle Barrow and Leila Col
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4 D. M, Pythian Hall, lessons on
Mondays and Thursdays thereafter
with soirees every other Friday
night. Admission to soirees, gentle
men Csc, ladies 1Oc. Tuition of dane
ing pupils $10O per month.
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r,oNco pEnt,ern pArec

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New Orleans, April %, %, 1912. Ia
you Sara to New Orleans and return
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April 22nd. Return limit to reach
original starting point prior to mid,
night of April 2Sth.
For further information, call or
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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-04-20

first voter. The influence OF that
first vote for right or wrong cannot
be overestimated.
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LITTLE ADS.''

FOR SALE--Jersey COW with
young heifer calf-W. T. FORRES-
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FOR SALE.

Pea vine hay and feed oats at 6Oc.
JAS. P. BOWMAN.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
STEAL A LOCOMOTIVE.
Thieves Take joy Ride on Engine
borrowed without Leave.

Thieves Take JOY Ride on Engine
borrowed without Leave.
FFum The Lexington (Ky.l Leader.
Thieves in Lexington had opened up for
them Saturday morning an entirely new
field for operations when an enterprising
gentleman whose identity Is as yet un-
known pocketed one of the Queen and
Crescent yard engines and sneaked on
with It shortly after daylight. His ef-
forts to pawn II at the ''hoek shops" were
evidently unsuccessful. however. and he
dared not wear II for his watch charm, SO
he left Il on a side track In the southport
Of town half a mile from the roundhouse
where he got it. II is thought he escaped
having Il noticed by railway employees by
tucking IL In has coat tail pocket as he
left the rouhdhouse.
Just what time the engine was taken
from the roundhouse near the Queen and
Crescent station is not known, though II
Is thought that the trick was turned
about daylight When the engine was
wanted for use in the yards II could not
be located. and the yardmaster and other
employees were astounded when some time
later the engine was found on a side
track in the extreme south end of the
city half a mile from the roundhouse.
Nothing had been hurt about II so far as
could be found, and the thief had appar.
emily limited himself to a short and harm
less Joy ride and left the engine when he
reached the end OF track No. g." which
is a side track.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
GREAT FAIIs OF THE POTOMAC.
How washington DiRer. from
Other American clties<

How washiagton DiRer. from
Other American Cities<
From he New York Sun
Mr.. Burieson. chairman OF the sub
committee on the District Of Columbia
Of the House Committee on Appropria-
tons. IN expounding HIS scheme for the
requirement and exploitation Of the
Great Falls Of the Potomac In behald OF
the people Of the District and Of its two
constituent States. says that the COM
mittee has set out to make Washing
ton model for the other cities OF the
country In the art Of getting the greatest
returns for It's outlay"
II would not be practicable TO get
Initiated IN other cities those conditions
which have gone toward making the
District a model OF municipal efficiency.
In the first place. It would be neces-
sary to disfranchise the inhabitants. In
the next place. 1t would be necessary TO
install. with power. an expert like the
Engineer Commissioner OF the District
OF Columbia, with no personal interest in
local real estate operations. and no fear
before his eyes OF the primaries or the
boss. to keep out politics and let in ideas.
Local gratitude would doubtless go-out
to such an Official though local elections
would never get him In The statue Of
Boss Shepherd in front Of the District
Building in Pennsylvania avenue Is not
a tribute Of popular sympathy with
grand larceny, though the cursory OBJ
server might be apt to suppose so. It Is
a testimonial OF appreciation TO a man
who really did things. and started WASH
ington on the way to realizing the plans
Of its founders. even though It also
bears evidence. on the part Of the con-
tributors, TO a rather cynical willing
ness TO allow a good cook to lick his own
fingers.
Mai. Judson, the present Engineer
Commissioner OF the District. has been
strongly urging on Congress that the
paramount taxpayers. the people Of the
United States, are entitled. In the per-
sons OF such OF their number as visit
the Capital. to see something more than
merely well kept Capital; that they
are entitled to see large improvements
going on. Now that that genial old
Juggernaut Uncle Joe is In the way OF
being rolled over. instead OF rolling over
other people. there is evidently a chance
for such ideas.
The Great Falls Of the Potomac. end
ing tnlrteen miles ABOVE -.IeXandria,
''ffteen miles In length and OF very
great descent" according to Jefferson's
Notes." attracted the practical eye of
Washington by the promise and po-
tency Of their water power before the
age OF steam came IN. No wonder they
should attract more urgent attention
now that the age Of steam is going out
and that II has become practicable to
harness them SO as to supply heat and
light for the Capital
This seems an unexceptionable op-
portunity for the conservation Of nat
ural forces In the interest Of all the
people. Moreover, though the mill will
never grind with the water that Is past.
the water that is past Is stin available
for other uses, such as those large uses
Of establishment proposed In the report |
OF the McKim-Burnham commission Of
ls0l, which up to date no effort has been |
made TO fulfill
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
FAvoRs DUTCH TREAT"
''Have One ON Meo Il Under the
Ban at COIumbia University.

"Have One ON Me- Ii Under the
Ban at COIumbIa University.
From The New Yok Evening TelsEan-
Is the familiar threat or promise.
Have one on me-" soon to disappear
from the haunts Of everyday speech?
1t probably will If the custom inau-
gurated at Columbia spreads through
out the city. Should the new scheme
become general, then hereafter every
individual will buy his own drinks, and
no more. The treating system win dis
appear altogether. and one can safely
join q crowd OF seven or eight without
the necessity of taking seven or eight
drinks before he can get away.
Columbia students are adopting the
German system. one which has recently
been Installed at Michigan. Cornell, the
University OF Pennsylvania, and vari-
Gus other colleges As elsewhere in
the city, It has always been considered
the proper thing. wherever students
congregate. for each to buy In his turn.
If the crowd Is q large one, by the
time each has bought in his turn the
price per man has run up to two or
three dollars, and the burden, per man,
Is an astonishingIy heavy one.
The new system eliminates treatinn
entirely. II you want a drink. and
walk into a cafe where several of your
friends are gathered. you simply order
your own drink and pay for the same
without regard to the inclinations, pro-
pensities. or thirst of the others
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
BOOK TREASURES OF PAST.
Costly Books of Antiquity Pri1ed By
Collectors.

The cost of materials and copying.
Illuminating and binding books by hand
made them the treasures OF rich collec-
tors and the pride OF museums. palaces,
and convent libraries. Immense sums
were invested in them, and a rare or
unusually original copy became a gem
In value. as well as sentiment. Cicero.
whose magnificent library was almost as
famous as its owners eloquence, declared
that he had seen a parchment roll con-
tanning the entire "Iliad" OF Homer,
which was compressed between the shells
Of a nut. a work OF extreme skill and
patience. which a French savant. NJ
Huet. has since demonstrated was within
the range of possibility. Many such tours
de force are said to have demonstrated
the skill OF ancient copyists and their
parchment and vellum-
In the eighth century It was with great
difficulty that monk OF the rich Abbey
of Saint Gail. France, gathered piece by
piece sufficient parchment to begin the
transcription Of a rare work Later. IN
112o. a monk employed TO prepare a copy
of the Bible could not find in all England
sufficient parchment for the purpose.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
BOYCOTTS AMONG NATIONS
ARE SELDOM SUCCESSFUL
Threatened Exclusion of American Goods from Russia
Not Menacing.

The threatened boycott In Russia
against American goods calls to mind
the fact that such measures taken by
one nation against another have seldom
succeeded In accomplishing any result
more desirable than the qualification
OF national ill-feeling. Whether with
OF without the sanction OF their gov
ernments. boycotters have found It diff
ncult to shut on the currents OF trade
between two countries without bring
ing down harm on their own lands
Moreover. the boycotts have usually
failed to shut on the trade that they
were aimed against
The exclusion OF American meats
from Germany is not In the true sense
a boycott, for Il Is backed by the Ger
man producers and is carried on with
out any especial idea OF holding up the
United States. A true boycott, on the
other hand, was attempted when Chi
nese merchants four years ago UNDER
took TO give up purchasing Of American
exporters. The Chinese boycott lin
gered on for many months and caused
great anxiety. with some financial loss,
to American houses trading in China.
The Chinese Boycott.
Just as the recent Russian boycott
proposals arose from distaste for the
policy OF the United States In termin-
ating the commercial treaty in exist
ence between the two powers. SO the
Chinese boycott came OF Chinese dis
pleasure at the continued exclusion Of
Chinese immigrants from our territory.
A strong hostile sentiment lay at the
root Of the trouble in both cases.
The Chinese boycott came as a sur
prise to the people Of the United States,
who thought this country WIS on the
best OF terms with the Asiatic empire.
Few Americans realized. before the
boycott was declared, the force OF this
peculiar Chinese trait Of sensitiveness.
merchants who would not
lave thought OF making a trip to this
country. much less Of settling here, felt
Lggrieved that this country should shut
out countrymen OF theirs. The motives
Tor grievance lay less in the fact that
he possible immigrants were deprived
II the advantages OF coming to the
United States than in their being
ieemed unworthy OF admittanee. along
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
DEATHS IN BERLIN ADDEDTO
RECORD OF WOOD ALCOHOL
Consumption of Poisonous Intoxicant Is Spreading in
This Country and Abroad.

To the unfortunate name wood aIco-
hoP' must be attributed the confusion OF
that article with grain alcohol. which
has resulted in thousands OF deaths. first
and last For between the two exists
this difference, that while the one is only
an intoxicant in the ordinary sense. the
other, taken in considerable quantity.
acts as a speedy and fatal poison.
The fact that the police in Berlin have
traced the recent epidemic among the
tramps Of the city to q supply OF cheap
schnapps fortified with methylated spir-
its places fifty more deaths to the credit
OF wood alcohol Methylated spirits is
the blend formed by mingling methyl or
ordinary alcohol with wood or methyl
alcohol. The latter predominated In the
Berlin tramps' drink in the proportion Of
to l. The deadly stuff was traced TO a
distillery at Charlottenburg. near Berlin.
where a grade OF liquor was manufac-
tured for the use only Of the lowest
saloons.
Epidemic I'm Harlem.
The similar use Of wood and alcohol IN
tuning up frewater to suit tough tastes
has more than once caused deaths by the
wholesale much nearer home than Berlin.
Ten years ago a strange and fatal epi-
dwellers in an Upper West Side district
OF Manhattan. The district was OF no
great extent. The symptoms were vio-
lent and the result was fairly sure to be
fatal
When the authorities came to investi-
gate they found that all the victims were
taken IN shortly after filiing up on, liquor
IN certain saloons Of this neighborhood-
The whisky passed out over the counters
in these places was found to bear the
brand Of "Stryler's Farm" An investi-
CATION showed that It contained enough
wood alcohol to bring death in few
drinks
Unscrupulous manufacturers who dose
their liquor with wood alcohol know that
a certain moderate amount OF that poison
can be taken without marked harmful eff
feet On this harmlessness In small
amounts they depend to keep them from
homicide and its unpleasant consequences
They fail to consider that those who
drink the worst grade Of whisky are
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14

sure that 1t does not reveal much, II
anything.
All new ships are built with the great
est possible secrecy. Every man who is
employed on a new war ship has TO take
an oath that he win never reveal any
thing he may learn. No outsider is al
lowed anywhere near the building yards.
When the first Dreadnought was being
built, for instance. the great vessel was
guarded so jealousy that no one, save
those actually employed on her, was
allowed within forty yards. To show
now strictly this order was carried out.
two post captains OF the navy in uni
form were turned back by the police
and private detectives on guard. Each
workman Is detailed on to do his own
particular share and he is not allowed
In any other department Of the building
yards unless he carries a special pass.
Men who wander into other departments
without this permission are dismissed
instantaneously.
So closely are the new vessels watched
that the workshops are guarded by spe-
cial armored fireproof doors. The keys
of these doors are always IN charge Of
high officials. Whenever the doors are
opened an entry is made In a book kent
for the purpose. stating who opened the
doors. why he opened them, and the
time Of doing so. The actual plans of a
new battle ship are the most carefully
guarded OF all the admiralty's secrets.
They are kept in rooms which rival any
men never have the whole plans in their
possession. Parts are given out at a
time to different men, and every
craftsman is carefully watched so
that he can take no copy Of the part
Of the plan In front OF him. So well are
the plans divided up that even II three
or four men agreed to act together they
would be unable to md out much about
latest Dreadnought. Whenever
any portion OF the plans goes out OF the
its movements are as care
fully watched and checked as those OF
the keys referred TO above
Even when a vessel Is commissioned
there are many secrets hidden from the
themselves. It Is known, for
example. that torpedoes carry on their
heads a special apparatus capable Of
cutting through the stoutest steel nets
ever made. But the bluejackets OF the
torpedo branch know nothing about this
INGENIOUS contrivance. The secret Is lock-
ID In the captains cabin. ready for use
n times of war.
Visitors do not see much when they
70 on board Of British battle ships.
rhe bluejacket who is showing them
around Is as anable as possible about all
zinds of innocent subjects. But II he
suspects that you are trying 10 pump
lin. all his genial manner disappears
When the German Emperor visited Gi-
,raltar a few years ago the greatest
were taken quietly and in
the politest possible way to prevent
Members OF the Kaiser's suite seeing
90 much, and sentries were placed al
III sorts Of odd corners on board all
he men-of-war.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14

or's central camp. As one looks up the
grand avenue one faces a huge shami-
ana, in which both the investiture and the
reception were held. This tent was ca
pable OF seating over 1900 spectators, and
the decorations in It were all blue and
white and gold. Behind this shamiana
was the Kings state dining tent, hung
with blue. where $50 guests attended the
state banquet.
The green lawns and gardens IN many
Of the big camps, and especially those
around the Kings camp, still are look
Ing perfectly charming, and over G., 900
Is reported to have been spent on the
rose plots near the Queens tents. For
miles in front Of his majesty's quarters
were the other camps. comprising the
durbar city. There were in all I35 ruling
princes present at the durbar and the
camps OF these chiefs were In close
proximity to that Of the King-E Emperor
and are mainly situated along the thor
oughfares appropriately called Kings
way and the Coronation road.
The King arrived at the center OF the
great plain, about three miles from the
camp, for the durbar, in state procession
and proceeded half round an enormous
banked-up arena calculated to hold So
900 spectators. Thence he proceeded to
the center Of q smaller amphitheater,
which accommodated some 1000 persons
only. These privileged persons comprised
the Indian chiefs, the governors, and
lieutenant governors, the imperial and
provincial councils, with all the leading
officials. nobility. and gentry Of India
After receiving the homage Of the
chiefs on a special dais, under a regal
purple canopy. his majesty and the
Queen proceeded to a splendid marble
dais. surmounted with golden dome,
situated about 100 yards from the CEN
ter Of the small amphitheater. and show
ed themselves in their coronation robes
and crowns to the assembled multitude.
Some 1000 troops, with the heralds, and
massed bands consisting OF nearly 1000
men, were assembled around this dais
in front OF the, huge assembly on the
big earth mound The scene almost de-
fed description.
The omission Of the elephant procession.
and the retainers' review, such as was
held in 1900 and which later Lord Crewe
described as the first circus the world
had ever seen, were two omissions IN
the programme which are generally re-
gretted. There are over 10000 tents
erected on the plain. 1t is not too much |
to estimate. therefore, that the dweIlers
In tents numbered over a quarter Of a
million persons.
The recent appointment of Mr.. Winston !
churchIf to be head OF the British ad- |
niralty recalls the fact that there is no
more jealously guarded governmental |
department in that country than the !
me over which he now holds sway. The |
.hief OF the British navy is the most l
-eticent man IN the cabinet. that Is, when |
question time" approaches. Whenever /
le has to give an answer one may be ]
The Washington herald., 1912-01-14

/ with the population Of European ceun-
tries.
Lacking countenance from the I'M
perial government, the boycott was IA
vored by a strong group Of native mer-
chants. Their purchases from the
United States were understood to
amount TO an enormous sum yearly.
They possessed a fairly close organiza-
ton and controlled no small part OF
the business OF the chief Chinese ports
Of entry for American goods.
Small Eject ON Trade.
As It happened. the boycott came AZ
a time when the trade OF the United
States to China was low, following sea-
sons OF unusually large sales 1t was
generally supposed that the Chinese
market was overbought. and small
sales Of the chief American goods were
looked upon as in order there for
time. The sales total had already sur
ffered a fall before the boycott wAs de-
clared. Merchants In this country were
therefore disposed to look upon the
boycott as a somewhat similar demon
stration to the strikes sometimes start
ed in slack times when the workers. II
they consented to remain at work,
would be laid on or put on part time
in any case. The boycotters. IN other
extgencies OF the time would have pre-
vented their doing IN any case.
The presence OF other and powerful
influences in the Chinese market makes
it difficult to say what effect the Chi
nese boycott exerted on trade from the
United States. The danger OF the move
ment lay in the fact that this country
effected its chief sales to China in COM
petition with other countries which
were perfectly ready and with the help
OF sufficiently strong Chinese support
might be able to step in and take the
trade away from us.
Friendly relations 'imperceptibly re-
turned and placed the Chinese mer-
chants and American exporters little
by little on a better footing. Evidence
of the change OF Chinese sentiment ap-
peared last year. only a few months
before the outbreak OF the present Chi
nese disorders. when a party OF busi-
ness men from the United States made
a tour OF the empire and were gener-
ally received with marks Of regard and
hospitality by the merchants at the
various Chinese centers.