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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-19
ACT NO, 257,
House Bill No. 513-By Mr.. Fleur

House Bill No. 513-By Mr.. Fleury.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to Article 109 OF
the Constitution of Louisiana. relative
to District Courts.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Genera
Assembly of the State of louisiana two
thirds of all the members elected to each
House concurring, That the following
amendment to the Constitution of Louis
lana shall be submitted to the electors OF
the State, at the congressional election tC
be holden on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1914, and il
approved and ratified by majority OF
said electors voting in said election the
same to become part of the COnstitu-
ton, to-wit:
Article 109, The District Courts, except
In the Parish of Orleans, shall have orig
inal jurisdiction in all civil matters where
the amount in dispute shall exceed fifty
(S50OO) dollars, exclusive of interest and
in all cases where the title to real estate
Is involved, or to office or other public
positions, or civil or political rights, and
all other cases where no specific amount
is in contest, except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution.
They shall have unlimited and exclusive
original jurisdiction in all criminal cases
except such as may be vested in other
courts authorized by this Constitution;
and in all probate and succession matters,
and where n succession is a party de-
PENDANT and in all cases where the State,
a parish, municipality or other political
corporation is a party defendant regard
less of the amount in dispute; and of all
proceedings for the appointment of re-
ceiyers or liquidators to corporations or
partnerships; and said court shall have
authority TO issue all such writs, process
and orders as may be necessary or proper
for the purpose of the jurisdiction herein
conferred upon them.
There shall be one district Judge in
each judicial district except in the First
Fifteenth, Twenty first, Twenty fifth, and
Twenty eighth judicial Districts, where
until otherwise provided by law there
shall be three (3} district judges in the
First Judicial District, and in the other
districts above mentioned there shall be
two % district judges.
District judges shall be elected by
plurality of the qualified voters of their
respective districts, in which they shall
have been actual residents for two years
next preceding their election.
They shall be learned in the law and
shall have practiced law in this State five
years previous to their election.
District judges under this Constitution
shall be elected on the Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1916 and
every four years thereafter.
+, Vacancies occasioned by death, resigna-
ton, or otherwise where the unexpired
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each elector shall indicate as provided in
the general election laws of the State,
which of the propositions, For" or
Against" he votes.
THOMAS C. BARRETT,
Lieut.. Governor and President of Senate.
L. E. THOMAS,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
Approved: July 9, 1914.
L. E. HALL,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
ALVIN E. HEBERT, Secretary of State
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-09-19

apply to all registrations made under the
day OF August, of each year; and the half
license fee shall apply to all registrations
under the provisions of this act made on
or after the first day of August, of each
year All license fees except as herein
after provided shall be based on horse
power of motor and shall be computed ac-
cording to the following standard, to-wit:
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
HuntIno the HIpnonotamu,.

As hippopotamus hunters the Shul.
las of the Sobat region, North Africa,
stand alone. A native hippo hunt Is
an exciting and dangerous sport. The
hunters are in dugout canoes; two
or three paddle while one manages
the harpoon or barbed spear, to which
Is attached a stout rope and float
of ambatch. When the hippo comes
to the surface to breath, an attempt
is made to steal upon him with the
harpoon; when this is accomplished
the hunters make hasty retreat from
the enraged beast, and in turn engage
his attention while attempts are made
to spear him by those in the other
canoes. When severely wounded a
hippopotamus goes ashore to rest or
to die, and not to attack his assail-
ants as has been SO often reported.
The native hunters wait for this and
when the animal goes up out of the
water a volley of spears is thrown
into 1t. and slowly the huge beast
always escape Sometimes the life
or a limb of one of them is sacrificed
to their daring The hide of the hip
popotamus is cut into strips and dried
to be sold to Arab traders who, In
turn, sell it to the whipmakers of
Omdurman and Egypt. Certain por-
lions of the hide are much priced as
shields. The flesh is cut into long,
narrow strips and dried in the sun:
its taste resembles that of coarse
beef-Southern Workman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
NEW LIGHT ON SCRIPTURES
Russian Writer'S Satisfied That They
Have Found Proper Solutions
20 Biblical PARALLELS.

Some years ago Russian wrote q
fantastic (but none the less interest
ing on that account) book In which he
set forth that the intervening years
between the boyhood Of Jesus and his
appearance at the age Of thirty years
were chiefly spent In India, and that
it was there that he obtained a knowl-
edge Of which he made good use in
his ministry. Another Russian, Mich
olas Morosow, biblical critic, recent
ly published book on the revelation
of st. John, the sale of which has
been interdicted by the Russian
church. Morosow claims to have dis
covered all the mysteries In the
Apocalypse. He AYERS that all the
signs Of the zodiac are discoverable
in the book Of Revelation; that the
four cherubim are the four constella-
tons; the twelve gated celestial city
is the armament. This author claims
to have discovered the actual day in
which the Christian prophet wrote
Revelation; that the writer thereof
was not the apostolic St. John, the
beloved Of Jesus. but st. John Chrys-
ostom. the golden-mouthed- patriarch
Of Constantinople and that the year of
the writing was 396 A D. In this Rus
slams argument 1t Is set out that the
representation Of the heavens In the
Apocalypse corresponds exactly to
what 1t appeared from the Isle Of Pat
mos on the evening Of September 80,
1896. A. D.. and the like appearance
has never since been witnessed on
this island.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
EARLY PEACE WITH IRooUoIS
Ono Of First Official Acts Of English
Governor Was to Sign a Treaty
With the Tribe.

The first treaty between the Eng
lish and the Iroquois was made on
September "a, 1864, and ushered in a
friendship that continued for more
than a century. The Iroquois had
been alternately at war and peace for
so years, and the English found their
dusky allies valuable in the war with
the French for North American SUI
premacy
The treaty with the Iroquois was
one of the first official acts of the
English governor, who earlier in the
same month had taken over the Dutch
possessions and changed the name of
New Amsterdam to New York and
that of Fort Orange to Albany. In
1893 and again three years later the
French invaded the Iroquois country,
and the redskins lost half of their
warriors In 1913 the French gave up
all claim to the Iroquois, and peace
reigned for a time, but in 1855 the
warriors joined the English in the
war for the conquest of Canada.
When the American Revolution
broke out the Iroquois adhered to the
crown. At the conclusion of the war
most of the Iroquois took refuge in
Canada
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GROCER EXPLAINED THE HEN
Mean Man Might Have Been a Little
Wiser, But He Was Also Mad
der After IL.

How much for eggs?" asked the
kicker, as he entered the grocery with
a basket on his arm.
Same price-35 cents" was the re-
ply.
You mean that, do your"
Certainly"
Sir. | have always suspected you
OF being a swindler, and now l know
you arei Look at this newspaper.
Read that article. Doesn't it say that
owing to the season being a month
ahead of time the hens are laying to
beat the band, and eggs are down to
20 cents? Doesn't 1t say that, sir?"
"Oh, yes. but this paper is two
weeks Old
And what of that?'
why, two weeks ago the hens did
begin laying, and eggs went down to
20 cents"
"Ha, i knew it,"
But there came a snow storm and
the hens quit laying, and prices went
right back to old figures. You have
no idea how quick the best Of hens
will get discouraged and quit bust.
ness"
80 the hens run this country, do
they!" muttered the kicker.
Alas, they do, sir, and all that a
poor grocer can do is to follow hum
bly, after and hope to make bare
living for his family Sorry that I'm
not hen, sir, but l must put up with
1t. Did you say one or two dozen?"
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Dr. A. R. Taylor, a foremost west
ern educator and for many years pres
ident of the Kansas State Normal
school in Emporia, tells this story:
AS | was walking down town one
day, just a few steps ahead of me was
fine old gentleman in silk hat and
broadcloth, who had most absurd
poster pinned on his back, contrasting
oddly with his dignified bearing. Just
then around the corner came young
fellow with an even more ridiculous
poster pinned to his back Being ig-
norant of his own decoration, the
youngster Immediately began laugh
ing at the older man.
SO l fell to moralizing," says DIR.
Taylor, "deducting something like
this: Gould we but see ourselves as
others see us, we would often change
the theme Of our DISCOURSE Then as
/ stepped into butcher shop the pro-
prietor called out to me: Good morn
ing, DR.. Taylor. Why, what's this the
boys have been pinning on your
back? "-Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
Fresh Air Society.

A national association has been
formed to promote the use of fresh
air, particularly in sleeping cars and
schoolrooms. One may laugh at the
modern American tendency to insti-
tutionalize everything. and form So
cieties to do things which every hui
man being should attend to for him
self, but such an organization as the
one referred to has its uses. The no.
ton Is still abroad in the land that
some kinds Of fresh air are very dan
'gerous to human beings. and must be
used with extreme caution to avoid
fatal results. Might" air Is one OF
these supposedly deadly varieties OF
atmosphere; fall air Is another;
moving air, otherwise known as
drafts" is a third. In fact, there
are almost as many kinds of evil at
mosphere as there are fools to make
the classihcation-and the name of
the last Is legion. The fresh air as
sociation can combat these absurd mo-
tons. Perhaps also it can spare a lit
t time to look into the Chicago sys-
TEN Of school ventilation, which Is
based on the assumption that teach
er who Ia competent to instruct young
minds doesn't know enough to tell
when her room needs an airing
Chicago Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
AUDREY EQUAL TO OCCASION
Hard to Refrain From Admitting In
genulty of This Little Wash
Inqton Girl.

Audrey was thirteen, but a big girl
for her age, according to the Washing
ton Herald Yet she was still child
in her absorbing taste for sweets. Not
far from her home the food show,
which is held annually in Washing
ton, was going on, and the idea that
there were pounds of cakes, jellies and
chocolates all ready to be eaten occu-
pied her mind every morning as she
wendell her way to school past the
building. This preoccupation of
thought resulted in arithmetic in
which four quarts equaled one yard,
and Napoleon crossed the Rubicon on
the ice In history lessons. But Aud
rey was modern girl, and soon found
a way out of her trouble.
Saturday she decided to put her plan
into execution. Mother had gone to
work at the treasury, and Audrey was
monarch of all she surveyed literally
She could not get into the food show
without being accompanied by an
adult. Now, adults in such cases be-
ing regarded as necessary evils, the
girl determined to be one herself for
the occasion.
Down at the ten-cent store she
bought diamond ring and smaller
one of plain gold Then she HE'D home,
arrayed herself in her mothers best
suit, put on picture hat with a big
veil and went to the food show. The
doorkeeper passed her in unnoticed in
the crowd of others streaming in, for
the figure seemed that of short wom-
an. Inside, Audrey did her duty There
was not a bit of food in the house she
did not sample, nor cake nor candy
Of which she did not bring away speci-
mems. When she went home she was
one of the fullest and happiest chill
dren in Washington. And yet men
talk about woman's lack of inventive
power.
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NOT AFRAID OF THE FUTURE
Anyway, as NANNY" Put II, the Cir
Gus Was Right There and
Winter Was Not

La Fontaine's fable of the grasshop-
per and the ant finds an echo in real
life in the following incident reported
by a Chicago United Charities work
err There was a colored nanny on
the South side who had often applied
to the organization for clothes and
food. One day last summer one of
the branch superintendent came
across the good woman in State street.
She was dressed up In full regalia,
her costume resembling somewhat the
Sunday clothes worn by Joseph, and
she was followed by q troupe of
ebony-faced "chillun."
Going somewhere" asked the su.
perintendent.
"Yass'm," was the reply, veal is
gwine to the circus"
The circus! How did you manage
to buy tickets?"
Wall. yo' see it was dis way. We
sold the cookstove yesterday an
bought EN-"
Sold the cookstove that we gave
you?" echoed the other in dismay.
''Yass'm. You Sc. durin' the sum-
mer we can git along fair to middlin'
on cold victuals, an anyhow, winter
is long way off. an de circus am
hyah right now"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
Famous EIaapole.

The Kew Gardens Flagstaff, reputed
to be the tallest in the old world, has
had to be taken down owing to time
and decay having weakened it at many
places In its $50 feet length. Experts
will have to decide whether 1t can be
regretted. For over fifty years it has
been landmark in Kew Gardens, and
on the death of reigning sovereign
and the coronation of his successor 1t
has borne a specially large Royal
Standard sent down by the board Of
admiralty. This year. when it came
to be examined by the men who are
hauled to its giddy height by ropes,
1t was found to have so many weak
places that it was deemer advisable
to lower 1t to the ground, and this has
just been done. The spar is a remark
ably fine specimen of a Douglas fir,
and was sent to Kew Gardens by Mr..
Edward Grey, a timber merchant in
the Canadian trade, in 1851. 1t came
from Vancouver island, and was then
ESQ years old.-London Mail.
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WAS NOT SHIP IN DISTRESS
No; Thouehtiess Cook Merely Flung
Red and White TabIesloth to
the Breeze.

The cook of the three-m asted
schooner Rodney Parker has asked
for police protection when he goes
ashore, according to latest advices.
The trouble is over his hanging out a
red and white table cloth to dry late
Tuesday afternoon off Highland light.
The lookout at Highland light read
the table cloth as q signal of distress
and phoned in request for a tug.
Two towboats rushed out of Boston
to answer the call for help. The Betsy
Ross was the first to come alongside
the schooner.
'Halloa!" shouted the master of the
tug.
"Halloa!" promptly responded the
captain of the Rodney Parker in the
most cordial and affable of tones.
WELL" said the tugs master, you
want towboat, don't your"
What for?" This In polite, musical
notes, with the proper rising infec-
ton, reused the ire OF the tugs mas
ter.
You're In distress, aren't your
Not that l have noticed; but if
you'll stand by for couple of hours
I'll look the vessel over and let you
know" The captain of the Parker
showed his teeth in a grin.
Perhaps what you wanted was a
revenue cutter?" rasped back the mas
ter of the tug. and with a swing on
her heel, the Betsy Ross headed into
the harbor again.
THE next time take a trip of Bos-
ton light at night and In the early
dawn for a schooner with cook
aboard who can't hang out table
cloth without calling for help, 1t will
be because I've gone dotty in the
head" soliloQuized the master of the
tug on arrival at T wharf in the af-
ternoon.
I'D like to meet that cook ashore"
Boston Post.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
DANDRUFF,. FALLING
HAIR STOPPED
Harmless, Old Fashioned Rem
edy Brings Back Color to Gray
Hair and Makes It Grow.


How many old-fashioned remedies are
being used, which goes to show that it
is hard to improve some of our grand
mothers old-time, tried remedies. For in
stance, for keeping the hair dark, soft and
glossy nothing equals our grandmothers
sage tea" Although, by the addition os
sulphur and other Ingredients, this old
fashioned brew has been made more eff
fective as a scalp ltonic and color re-
stOrer.
Nowadays, when our hair comes out Or
gets faded or gray, instead of going to
the garden or garnet for herbs and
making the ''tea" ourselves, we simply
go to the nearest drug store and ask fol
bottle OF Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Hair Remedy.
Druggists sre authorized to sell II
under guarantee that the money will be
refunded If 1t fails to do exactly as rep
resented.
This preparation is offered to The
public at fifty cents a bottle, and Is
recommended and sold by all druggists
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
HOW TANGO HAS TAKEN HOLD
Seems That Everybody Who Dances
at All Must Get That Fashion
able Fancy.

"Afterward we'll all go to the thea
ter and see tango and trotter. We hear
they have some new steps and figures
for both the tango and the hesitation.
We simply must learn them"
This followed the invitation to din
ner and is a recent phase of the dan
cling madness. 1t is an intermezzo only.
after dinner dancing, either at home
or at one of the popular resorts, IS
imperative. 1t is not wholly bad form,
however, to take one or two nights off
weekly-counting Sundays provided
the time thus stolen from the dance is
devoted to picking up new steps and
new figures.
Cabarets or theaters are the only
places these may be acquired cheaply
if one is an adept. Dancing masters
are SO overworked teaching rudiments
that they have no time for refine
ments. So theater managers with a
pair of good dancers on the bill are
sure of a crowd in the front seats You
take the guests at your dinner along
so they may enjoy the novelties Of
fered
Then the visitors steal the steps.
They are rewarded the following eve
ming by being for brief hour, at least,
the cynosure of all eyes.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21

At present over 100000 Afghan pa
tients are said to visit medical mis-
sions on the border for special treat
ment A large proportion of these
cases are for diseases of the eye, caus-
ed by sun glare, dust storms and by
flies, especially in the case of children.
Also there are many bullet or knife
wounds which require surgical treat
ment. The mission hospital at Pesha-
war treats about 1000 patients an
nually, of which two-thirds are At
ghans
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
Removing Paint From Glass.

Take acetic acid and dilute it one
half in hot water, then apply to the
paint spots while it is warm Re-
heat if it gets too chilled The hot
acid will not hurt the hands, fabrics
or the glass, but it must be kept from
children who live mostly from hand
to mouth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21

wonder that she should be so blinded
by the surface honor as to lose sight
of the beauty of the underlying
thought And 1t was Gail who was
least surprised of the three when
note came from Reynold next morn
ing inviting them to come little ear
lier than the hour set for the exhibit
ton.
1T is like him to want to spare
Edith any embarrassment she might
otherwise feel in viewing her own por-
trait before the others
1T is an undeniable honor" de-
clared Aunt Myra, and gave Edith's
blooming cheek playful pat.
When they arrived at the time ap-
pointed, Reynold met them at the door
of the studio. His manner was chiv-
alrously courteous, and he showed
them into the well-lighted studio
where the pictures were hung There
were portraits Of many noted PEOPLE,
besides pictures of Imagination and
idealism. The three ladies looked
at all in turn as they went along, but
their interest was at heart superb
cial, SO eager were they to see the
one Of Edith In the mauve colored
gown.
The best is shown last" he de-
clared, drawing aside the curtain
which hung before it.
They stared in amazement Instead
of the one Of Edith as they supposed,
the picture showed Gail dressed in
gray and crimson against back
ground of rich velvet curtains. But
surprising as was this fact, what really
caught and held their attention was
the expression Of her face. The dark
eyes were luminous with wonderful
look of sweetness and sympathy. 1t
was as though veil had been drawn
aside and her real soul for the first
time revealed.
We'll, well, this Is a surprise, to
find our little Gail, instead of Edith,
as we were led to suppose" said Mrs.
Creder, recovering her poise. Her
tone was playful, but Calls sensitive
intuition OWNED that she considered
he had made poor choice OF sub
1ect. Yet no one could deny the ef-
feet he had attained was beauti-
full.
Reynold laughed and passed off the
situation In his easy fashion. For a
few minutes they chatted lightly, then
turned to review more carefully the
other pictures. Just before the ar
rival of the first group of guests, Gail
slipped back to gain one more glimpse
of her pictrue alone.
Did I look like that, wonoer7
Did l ever look like that?" she ques-
toned naively. as the sweet pictured
eyes met hers.
Like that and much more-to me-"
came Reynolds quiet voice. She
turned and saw him there beside her.
Looking up in shy surprise, she
read In his eyes, not the surface ad-
miration he had given Edith and 9TH
ers Of the house party-but some
thing infinitely deeper.
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21
Fishing by MoonlIaht.

On the Ningpo river. in China, moon
light fishing is carried on to a large
extent. For this purpose long, mar
row, fiat boat, provided on one side
with board sloping down into the
water. and painted bright white. is
used. On the other side of this craft
is a net stretched vertically on stan
chions The fish, attracted by the
white board, jump upon it. and thence
into the boat, the net preventing them
from falling into the water on the 9TH
er side.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-21

Our colleague at the adjacent desk
has just cogitated this: If a man has
nothing, he must do something to
have anything. But if man has
something, he needn't do anything to
have nothing in very short time
Boston Transcript
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it may be long wait / Will keep my

it may be long wait. / Will keep my
hands clean"
Hugh" said Major 6harpless, On.
terihg through the curtains. Il don't
think you need to wait. my boy. You
have your triumph In being willing to
forego Dreferment for your duty
That Is a far greater triumph than
the winning Of the senatorship. You
may have Marion whenever you want
her"
Hugh turned to the girl Il want
her now" he said quietly. for my
strength lies In her"
Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure News
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