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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
TRIBUTE TO THE EDITOR.

The Arkansas Democrat pays the
following compliment to newspaper
men:
"Too much cannot be said for the
men who devote their lives and ener-
gies to the boosting of their respective
localities and the state at large.
1.-THE editor, as a rule, is short on
money, but mighty long on giving space
in his paper to things which mean
prosperity for his community, and too
often the fact is lost sight of that the
space the editor SO willingly gives to
aid his community and his people is
his bread and butter. 1t is what he
has to sell, and when he gives away
it is just the same as If the grocer
dished out gratis his coffee and sugar.
"The average editor Is not rich
man, yet he gives of what he has with
a free hand II the people who direct.
ly and indirectly benefit from the free
publicity given them by the editors of
their community would only stop to
figure up what the editor really gives
them they would be surprised, and
would undoubtedly be inclined to hail
the editor as not only the most loyal
but as the most liberal man Of the
community.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
SMALL ECONOMIES.

Constant dripping wears away
stone;" so constant waste in house
lightens the heaviest purse in these
times Of high prices. The young house
keeper should learn early to avoid
drains, small though they sound.
Never use good broom to scrub
when there is an old one.
Never open jar of preserves to use
part and forget the remainder; only a
spoonful of a kind is an addition to a
pudding.
Do not stand brooms and mops on
the lower end; scald them occasionally,
drain, then hang up tout of doors If
possible) to dry, they will last much
longer.
Do not throw dust brushes and cloths
in closet; wash them often and hang
up.
Avoid making too much starch. then
throwing it out: chopping or slicing on
the new table oilcloth; have a board
for the purpose; cutting too much
bread and letting 1t get stale; put in
paper bags and hang 1t up after drying
for crumbs.
Never allow small quantities Of left
over vegetables and fruits to accumu'
late and get wormy. Or fires burn
with all drafts on and the heat escap.
ling up the chimney.
Do not throw away sausage>er bacon
fat; it is good for shallow frying.
Look after these small things and
you will greatly assist the saving
process.
i Be careful about winding the clocks
n Wind them always at the same time
land never wind them too tight. Fine
out just how many full turns of the
key 1t takes to wind the clock to the
proper point, and always stop with tina
number of turns.
A clockmaker has declared that thu
hands of clock should never be turn
ed backward. II it is necessary to Sc
the clock push the hands forward, al
the backward pushing is likely to dis
lturb some very delicate little screws
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
If YOU WERE BUSY.

If you were busy being kind,
Before you knew it you would find
That you'd forget to think twas true
That some one was unkind to you.
If you were busy being glad
And cheering people who are sad,
Although your heart might ache bit,
You'd soon forget to notice it.
If you were busy being good
And doing just the best you could,
You'd not have time to blame some man
Who's doing just the best he can.
II you were busy being true
To what you know you ought to do,
You'd be so busy you'd forget
The blunders Of the folks you've met.
If you were busy being right,
You'd find yourself too busy quite
To criticize your neighbor long
Because he's busy being wrong.
The Content.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
THE USES OF ADVERSELY.
Manufacturers Record.l

Manufacturers Record.)
Some years ago when a disastrous
freeze destroyed one hundred million
dollars worth of citrus fruit groves
and other property values in Florida,
the people of that state Immediately
turned to and worked with greater
energy than ever before. They lost
neither heart nor faith; and Florida
to-day is proof of what they were able
to achieve. A few years ago the Louis
lana cotton crop was so nearly destroy
ed by the boil weevil that the produc-
ton in that state dropped in one year
from one million to two hundred and
fifty thousand bales, being complete
loss of three-fourths of the crop. But
Louisiana cotton growers did not lose
heart or faith in their own ability to
achieve things. They promptly turned
to the development Of other industries
and to the Investigation of agricul-
ture. The state is the richer for their
work and for the lesson they learned.
The cotton growing region of the South
is not dependent upon cotton except
where inefficient farming operations
concentrate all of the energy of the
farmers on cotton. If the cotton in
terests of the South have in them the
stamina of the people of Florida or of
the cotton growers Of Louisiana who
never whimpered when they lost three
fourths of their crop, this section will
quickly re-assert the inherent qualities
of it's people, will diversity its agricul-
ture, will grow its own foodstuffs and
live at home, and will push with re-
newed energy every line Of business
and industrial activity.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
USE YOUR HEAD.
New Orleans States.)

The largest mail order house in the
world, now doing business close OF
I$1OO.00O,000 year, owes it's origin to
the quick wit of boy telegrapher,
who once received as a present a
watch sent by mail.
No doubt many boys and girls, too,
had received presents by mail and had
never thought twice about them. But
Richard Warren Sears turned the incl
dent over in his mind and tried to
locate business meaning. The result
was that when he was 45 years old he
retired, worth $2O,OOO,OOO, the result
of seeing a chance which others had
overlooked.
In the east there is a great CORE
spondence school, with something like
a million enrolled students, scattered
throughout the earth. There is hardly
a year when it's profits don't exceed
100000.
1t, too, had curious origin. In the
anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania,
nearly two-score years ago, a young
man was running newspaper for
miners. A law was passed which re-
Quired man who wished to become a
miner to pass an examination involv-
ing some scientific knowledge. The
editor of the paper for miners started
a Question and Answers" columns to
coach readers for the examination.
1t was flooded. Then he printed a
separate paper given over to this work.
1t couldn't supply the demand. So
many letters came asking for replies
that, in self-defense, Thomas J. Foster
had to open a correspondence school.
The rest was simply growth.
We marvel at the size of great enter
prises, but each stands for a timely
idea whipped into workable shape in
the acute minds of some enterprising
pioneer. Chances are as numerous to-
day as ever; indeed, they are more
numerous because there are more folks
and more needs. The moral is:
Use your head.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19

After God had finished making the
rattlesnake, the toad and the vampire,
He had some awful substance left over,
with which he made a knocker. A
knocker is two-legged animal with
a cork-screw soul, water-sogged brain
and combination backbone made of
jelloy and glue. Where other people
have hearts he carries tumor of
rotten principles. When the knocker
comes down the street honest men
turn their backs, the angels in Heaven
take refuge behind their harps, the
devil even barlocks the gates Of hell
Exchange.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
the Dairy Cow In Louisiana
(The Reveille.)

which COW is giving the best quality
of milk.
There are very few farmers that
have not studied the subject, who
realize the difference in amount of
feed consumed by the cow that is
used for maintenance and that con-
verted into milk production. For ex-
ample, take a herd Of cattle weighing
about the same. The amount of feed
for maintenance will be about the same
for each cow, but the amount of feed
converted into milk will very according
to the cow and her natural tendency to
convert food into milk. Knowing this,
lit is easy to see how much feed can be
wasted when fed to poor producing
COW and how much cheaper some cows
can be fed than others, even though
they produce practically the same
amount Of milk.
When feeding a high producing cow
for the maximum production, there are
several things to take into account.
The individuality Of the animal is first
in Importance. Some animals inherit
the power to convert feed into milk
more than others, but any cow that is
a good producer should be dry for at
least two months before calVing, and
she should get a good ration during
this time and not be left on the pasture
with little or no grass on it, as is
generally the case. The reason for
this is that the cow is weak after
calving and must draw on her own
flesh to produce milk for about three
weeks. Immediately after calving is
the time to be very cautious about
feeding. She should never have a
large quantity of feed at this time and
should not be fed anything but little
hay and bran the first few days, grad
Uoity SCGLluS uP W tAC 1uAi &otlou Ill
about three weeks. In fact, the cows
physical condition must always be
watched in order to get the best re-
turns. If the cow gets in a disordered
condition, the grain should be cut down
at once and epson salts or some other
laxative given if necessary.
Many COWS never see the inside Of
la good barn, but this is not SO impor-
tant in Louisiana as in some of the
northern states. However, every dairy
man should have good sanitary barn
to keep his cows in at night, with
plenty of light and ventilation. If the
farmer could realize that a good barn
will make cheaper production of milk,
he would provide better barn in most
instances. The great trouble is that
the farmer does not go about his work
in any systematic way and cannot real
ize how valuable any improvement is
that he reads about or is told about.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
AUTO sTEREoPTIcoN MACHINE.

For many years people engaged in
educational work have recognized that
in moving pictures there are tremen-
dous possibilities for giving instruc-
ton and disseminating information. To
some extent they have been utilized
for that purpose in the cities and
larger towns where electricity for
lighting was available; but the difficulty
of producing these educational pictures
in the rural districts where they are
needed most and where they can do
the greatest amount OF good has stood
in the way OF getting the best results
from this method of instruction. Our
extension workers, particularly, who go
out into the state and work among the
boys and girls as well as among the
adults have felt the need of such as
sistance as moving pictures and
slides could render them
LII tu0lr lectures ana demonstrations.
Some weeks ago, the plan of using
the automobile for the purpose of
producing light for moving pictures and
lantern slides in the rural schools and
communities suggested itself to Pro-
lessor Richardson, of the Junior Exten-
sion service of the University, and he
Immediately set to work to put this
idea into practical operation. With
the assistance of the engineering de-
partment of the University he has per.
fected an arrangement whereby the
engine of the automobile operates a
small electric generator which fur
nishes ample light for the production
of moving pictures and slides. Several
tests of this arrangement have been
made, all of which were entirely sue
cessful and satisfactory and proving
beyond doubt that this method of
doing extension work is altogether
practicable. e
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19

An exchange states that one can
read the newspaper proof three or four
times and repeatedly pass the same
error without seeing it. ALI news
,aper men tell you so. But as soon as
the press is started and the paper Ia
printed in its complete shape, there
stands the error in front of you, SO big
that you can't see anything else. It's a
strange fact and is probably the rea-
son why almost any one can edit a
newspaper after 1t is printed.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
WHAT is THE MATTER WITH THE
UNITED STATES?
(H. N. Casson.)

M. IN. SdSSSu.j
What is the matter with the United
States?"
As have been residing in London
since the beginning of the war, have
been hearing this question asked on
all sides. have never heard any sat.
istactOry answer. No one seems to
know.
Why are the American factories not
running night and day? Why are the
railroads not opening up new terri
tories and getting ready for the mil.
lions OF immigrants who have already
made up their minds to leave Europe
as soon as the war is over?
Why are there not fifty American
drummers in London right now, trying
to sell $2OO,OO0,0O0 worth of American
goods in place of the goods that were
bought last year from Germany and
Austria?
Why have advertisers Become quit
tiers, just at the time when their ad-
vertisements were most needed and
most effective in cheering on the bust
ness forces of the United States?
From the European point Of view the
United States is haven of peace and
security and prosperity. 1t has no
troubles that it dare mention to Bel
GUM or Austria, or France or Ger.
many, or Servia or Great Britain, or
Russia.
Every tenth Briton has enlisted.
Every tenth Frenchman is at the front.
Every tenth Belgian is dead. What
does the United States know of trouble?
If could afford it l would charter
the Mauretina and Lusitania and con-
vey party of 5000 American adver-
tisers to Europe for a trip of educa-
ton. would give them a week in
London, a week in Paris, and week
in Antwerp.
would let them look at the United
States from the scene Of war. / would
give them look at real trouble. /
would let them see trains, ten at q
time, five minutes apart, packed with
the MANNED and the dying.
l would let them hear, from frag.
mentary servivors, the incredible story
of battlefields $50 miles wide, and
armies that are greater than the entire
population of Texas.
/ would let them see graves 100
yards long and full, and Belgium, the
country that was, nothing now but
10000 square miles of wreckage.
Then, when they began to under.
stand to some slight extent the magni-
tude and awfulness Of the war, would
say to them:
Nov go back and appreciate the
United States. Realize your opportu-
mites. Don't start digging trenches
when nobody is firing at you. Don't
fall down when you have not been hit.
Don't be blind to the most glorious
chance you have ever had in your life.
Go back and advertise. Get ready
for the most tremendous business
boom that any nation ever had. Build
your factories bigger. Train more
statesmen. Borrow more money. Go
ahead, and thank God that you are
alive, and that your family is alive,
and that you are living in land that
is at peace, at time when nearly the
whole world is at war;"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19
Louisiana is growing cleaner.

The public drinking cup and roller
towel have been abolished.
Many towns have had spring clean.
ing day.
The water supply in a number of
towns has been improved
Do your part to keep the good work
going. Cleanliness is next to Godli-
ness"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-12-19

Fifteen Polish immigrants arrived at
Norwood, where they will settle on
farms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
England Alone Is Buying
Grain in Normal Quantity

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 12.--England
alone of the belligerent European
powers is buying grain normally, ac'
cording to delegates to the eighteenth
annual convention of the Grain Deal
ers' National Association. which con-
vened here today. Nearly 1000 dele
gates, representing export and COM
mission firms and country dealers,
are in attendance. sa
The grain trade to England was
entirely normal, the dealers asserted,
but France was buying now only
about 10 per cent. of it's usual
amount. Germany and Austria, they
said, were purchasing nothing. The
dealers pointed out that Italy, Spain
and Portugal, which ordinarily do
not buy American grain until jan
uary, were now bnying heavily. Rus
sia. 1t was declared. never had OBJ
tanned grain from this country and
was not doing so now.
Among the speakers today was
Charles d. Jones, of Nashville, Tenn,
president of the association.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
FIERCE FIGHTING
At FRENCH TOWNS
Albert, RoYe and Lass;gny Are
Scenes of Terrific Struggles,
Correspondent Says.
by me Associated Press.

LONDON, Oct 12.-'Prhe fiercest
fighting during the last fortnight"
says Reuters Paris correspondent.
"centered around Albert. Roye and
Lassigny Not an acre of ground in
this region is without traces of the
terrific struggle.
ALBERT, which was first regained
from the Germans, is heap of ruins.
Only the gilded clock tower remains.
Roye sustained an uninterrupted
bombardment for fortnight and no
longer exists. Lassigny was the last
stronghold of the enemy, being the
point of the wedge which the Ger
mans We're endeavoring to drive into
the allies.
''The struggle in this region had
much of the same character as that
on the right bank of the Aisne.
Around Roye, like scissors, the Ger
mans made the most of the quarries
in establishing a defensive, necessi-
tating regular siege on the part Of
the allies. There, as in many other
places, the enemy had prepared his
ground in time of peace"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Dom Paul's Nephew Held as
Englishman by Germans

LONDON, Oct. L. The Rey Epka.
de War;. nephew of Paul Kruger,
and at one time secretary of state for
The Transvasl and general in the
Boer army, arrived in London today
after two-month detention in West
phalia..
Mr. de War; is resident of the
Boer colony at Hohenward, Tennes-
see, and is an American citizen, but
he was held by the Germans as a
British subject because he did not
have bis naturalization papers with
him He appealed to the American
embassy in Berlin and was released.
One hundred and forty Americans to-
day reached the Offices of the Ameri-
can relief. committee in London, COM
ing from Ostend.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Shells Hit Antwerp House
Where American Writers Were
By the AssecIated rre...

LONDON, Oct. 12.--The Chronicles
Antwerp correspondent, Who has just
reached London, says that the day
before the Germans entered Antwerp
he went to the Queens Hotel to as
certain the whereabouts of n group
of American journalists who had
been staying there
He found that they had left the
city after having spent the night in
p. private house which was thrice hit
by shells and which finally caught
fire.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Death of King Charles
Expected to Have Little
Effect on ROumanians
Br the Associated press.

ROME, via Paris, Oct 1.-THE Idea
Nazionale published an inquiry made
ut the Balkan legations concerning
the attitude of Roumania after the
death of King Charles. l.. Mikailo-
witch, Servian minister to Rome, like
all others from the Balkan States,
expresses the opinion that the death
of King Charles will not produce any
great change in Roumanian. politics,
as the differences between the king
and his people were more exaggerated
than real. He adds that Roumania
wishes to continue the policy which
she adopted IN the second Balkan
war, and which enabled her to in
crease her territory without. serious
danger.
A change in the attitude of Rou-
mania. according to displomats from
the Balkan states, is not expected to
occur Immediately after the death of
the king, but change may be ex-
pected, they intimate, if the battle of
Cracow has decisive results.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Antwerp Authorities Requested
to Resume Civil Government
BY the United Press.

RooSENDAAL, Holland, Oct. 12
(via The Hague) Upon request of
the German forces of occupation at
Antwerp, the Belgian authorities,
headed by Burgomaster Jan de Vos,
have undertaken to continue the civil
government of the city.
The Germans have Nremoved the
heavy siege guns-the 42-centimetre
pieees-with which they effected
demolition of the Antwerp forts,
and it. is assumed here these will be
sent to aid the German forces oper-
ating in the region of Verdun,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
200, 900 Austrians Engage
in Battle With Montenegrins

PARIS, Oct ia dispatch to the
Havas agency from Cettinje says the
Austrian troors who on October s
fought the Montenegrins on the way
to Sarajevo we're 1000 strong.
The Austrians lost 1900 in killed
o.. wounded. and in Withdrawing to
Kslenoyitci1, forty miles south IF
Ssrajevo, lost 500 more in killed or
wounded. The Montenegrins also took
many prisoners, according to the cor
respondent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
I'm Coats We Feature
In Coats We Feature
In Coats We Feature

Near Seal Coat, Ciyet Cat trimd 1880
Near-Seal Coat, Chinchilla trimd 80 50o
Csracu Coat, Skunk Rac'n trim'd $3.50
Caracul Coat, Kit Fox trimmed 10000
Near-Seal Coat, Nat Squirt trim'd 1880
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
d ciaLs in Notions. tuesday Only

M or {. ! d.
black; a numbera; 10
MiIIs all numb trs
IN white onih;
sanity Bell wide
rubberfzed
wood sold BY the pnly only
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12

These ostrich plume trimmed hats met with instant
ton Of this SALE The hat itself is made Of fine quality silk
quality ostrich feathers beautifully manipulated There
IDEAS principally black and the wanted coors midnight bl
true Partisan touch Decidedly SIS TO SS hats for Wonde
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
WOmen's. Smartest CT

II it were for Wonder Week these suits would be
for Wonder Week value giving have permitted you saw
diagonal the other gabardne of excellent quality
nings black navy Russian green brown special for Wonc
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Values to Soc Dresden and Persian Ribbons

Very rich and beautiful Dresden md Persian patterns
large range of mediuIn and dark eolors specially ~
fancy work and inches wide value to Sec yard - -
special for Wonder Week, yard.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Women's Regular $500 New Fall Shoes
Silk and Lace BIouses, Value $500

To describe each model would a o
time and We know will like them
imported aces black and coored silks satin chif-
other dressy II VI
bargains at SO and more; special for Wonder Week
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
SILK Messaline Petticoats. Value $500

Here is petticoat all silk messaline
at glance; coors black. Russian
white blue and and brown others; the
zeal value Of this skirt with skirt y
Newark of the same quality is 49, Wonder Week price
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
th Suits: Value ESQ

fked at $3.50; but to upaold our reput
/ of 81 on each suit. There are two mo
wet collar and cuffs, and best quality yarr
er Week. at ..........-. .-..-....-...-, =. /.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Women's Reg. $1.sS Silk Velvet & Plush Hat
Women's SOC Black Silk Isle Hose
Irish Linen Pattern Table Cloths

Good strQng sturdy kinds from best flax close firm
dressing launders and perfectly dainty neat
G5xi5 inches, value 81 as, special for
65XS1 inches, value $215, special for, .1.5e
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-12
Value TO 25c Mems Liner
Handkerchief

All fine sheer pure linen, slight secondss WI
not affect the wearing qualities; an opportnne I'm
to put in supply. with prices soaring on hhe