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The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
NATIONAL PARK
AT PORT HUDSON
NOW PROPOSED
Baton Rouge state-Times.l

The making of National Park out
of the old battlefield of Port Hudson
where one Of the hardest and one of
the most important battles of the Civil
War, in the Mississippi valley, was
fought, has been suggested by A. D.
King, in charge of the National Gene
terry in Baton Rouge, and the papers
and data collected by Mr., King have
been transferred to the chamber of
commerce of Baton Rouge, which is
expected to take the matter up, and
see if congressional action cannot be
secured.
Mr.. King has gone very thoroughly
into the matter, and believes that with
work and effort the park can be es-
tablished. He has discussed the mat
ter with Senator Broussard, and has
secured important data upon which to
go before congress.
Senator Broussard was favorably
impressed with the project" says Mr..
King, land requested that agreements
for title, and all information be for
warded to him. The securing of the
title to this land for national park
would be the first and one, of the most
important things to be done.
"a bill to establish a military park
at Port Hudson, without a definite
price on the land, would meet with no
consideration from Congress, but a
definite agreement as to title and
future guarantee as to title would help
materially.
There are few military parks. There
is one at Vicksburg, best known to us,
and one at Chattanooga and Shiloh,
Tenn, and another at Gettysburg.
"At Vicksburg the National Govern
ment has spent 1885, 200 since the
establishment of the park, and the
states have spent $S71,291, making a
total of $2,266,491 that has been ex-
pended on the park This park was
largely established through the efforts
of Captain Merry of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, who first secured all
historical data on the battle, and then
an option on the lands necessary, and
went before Congress with the project.
"The number of acres required for
bouleVards, highways, and monument
sites would not be one-half that of the
Wicksburg park.
There would be no difficulty in
marking out the highways over the
original battlefield The military sur
vey of Port Hudson was made by the
United States engineers in 1854, while
the forest and breastworks were well
defined Although the forest has been
destroyed and breastworks have been
plowed and cultivated, with the work
of the military engineers just after the
capture of Port Hudson the lines of de-
Tense and offense could be easily traced
st is estimated that to cover the
entire field of operations about 1000
acres would be required. From this
land the government could locate and
establish all boulevards and highways
and reservations"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
SHIPPERS NEED
PROTECTION FROM
COMM. MERCHANTS
Editors The True Democrat:

LultoIs Inc true democrat:
Your usual interest in the prosperity
OF the parish induces me to hope that
you will look into and assist In cor
recting condition which all will agree
is badly in need of change.
7 / refer to the robbery practiced in
the handling of the products of the
parish. This l know is not peculiar to
this parish and is a matter of general
complaint but it is now carried on SO
boldly that some check should seem
necessary. 1t is serious matter when
shipper makes consignment with
the knowledge that he may never hear
from it again and yet this is what often
happens. Probably not one shipper but
can tell of one or several cases where
no return was ever received And 1t Is
a game easily played for it is imma-
terial that he will receive no more
from that man. The shipment of his
neighbor may be absorbed in the same
way through ignorance of the rotten
transaction.
Another favorite trick long practiced
is to make return of one-third, say, at
market price, one-third so per cent
less, and the remainder is reported
Spoiled" when the shipper knows per-
fectly well that all were In equally
good condition. Nothing has been more
disastrous to the trucking business nor
so Irritating than these robberies.
Now as / see it, there are three
remedies (more probably unknown to
me) which would correct the evil more
or less.
First. The cooperative association
adopted in the west and northwest
very successfully - which does away
with the middle man, as all shipments
are made through one man (employed)
who keeps thoroughly posted as to the
markets. This plan would scarcely
work here with our small population.
Second The Police Jury could en-
ploy live man who should keep posted
as to the markets for all products, and
also keep record of all the robbers and
give advice to any one who applied to.
him. This would largely protect the
people from the irresponsible dealers.
Third. The publication in your paper
of sales good and bad, If the people
would do so. The firm that made no
return would be out of business 80 far
as this parish was concerned. From
the record the shipper could decide
when and to whom he could send his
product with some assurance Of q
profit.
have suggested these plans to your
hoping you may be able to
find some cure for a great evil.
JAS. P. BOWMAN.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
CURING PORK ON THE FARM.

The late Hon. Chas. Schiller, at one
time State Commissioner of Agricul.
ture and immigration, employed the
following methods of curing pork on
his farm with much success:
When hogs are fat, select any time
during the month of December, JAN
uary, or first half of February, when
weather is clear, wind from north to
northwest, with the thermometer reg.
istering below 35 at sunrise. Have the
water hot and scald as soon as the hog
is dead. Hang up and disembowel the
animal just as soon as it is cleaned.
No butchering animal should ever be
allowed to cool off until after it is
disemboweled. Cut up the carcass as
soon as it is through dripping. Saw or
spit the backbone. Let it and the
spare rib remain on the side, and make
them as long as you can. Hams to sell
readily should weigh from fifteen to
eighteen pounds. The jowl will mix
verynicely with trimmings and shoulder
in making sausage, either for house
use or the market. Feet, when cleaned
and put, raw, in strong brine,
will keep all right for several months.
Spread the joints and sides in the
smoke house, applying small quantity
Of salt to each piece. Let it remain
until next morning to cool, then pack
away, using plenty of clean salt.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
THE MANLY MAN.

The world has room for the manly man
with the spirit of manly cheer;
The world delights in the man who
smiles when his eyes keep back the
tear;
1t loves the man who, when things go
wrong, can take his place and stand
With his face to the fight and his eyes
to the light, and toll with willing
hand.
The manly man is the country's need,
and the moments need, forsooth,
With heart that beats to the pulsing
tread of the lifted leagues of truth;
The world is his, and it waits for him
and it leaps to hear the ring
OF the blow he strikes and the wheels
he turns and the hammers he dares
to swing;
1t likes the forward look in his face, the
poise of his noble head,
And the onward lunge of his tireless
will and the sweep of his dauntless
tread
Hurrah for the manly man who comes
with sunlight on his face,
And the strength to do and the will to
dare and the courage to find his
place!
The world delights in the manly man,
and the weak and evil fee
When the manly man goes forth to hold
his own on land or sea!
American Israelite.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
PAINTING THE FACE.

Time was not SO very long ago, when
the painted lady" was the woman
marked by society, and the bar sinister,
says an exchange. There was then but
one Interpretation for rouge. But now
women have done curious thing; the
little distinctions that once clearly
marked the demi-monde have grown
fainter; the woman with the painted
face is tolerated by women today
where once she was Stunned Can any
woman tell man why the use of rouge
that was never in good taste has, by
women, been absolvcd from the stigma
that was once attached to it? "By
women" because the stigma has never
been removed by men, and is not, in
their minds today. OF course, some
women will answer that every woman
wants to look as we'll as she can; that
if nature has not been kind to her she
resorts to articles; she wants to look
her best. But, to mans mind,
strange obsession rests in the minds
of some women as to what their "best"
is. His mind may be pathetical1y simple
and unframed, but he has never been
able to make out how a decent woman
can make painted lady" Of herself
and thereby lower her standing of sex,
and think that she has improved her
self in appearance or bettered the i'm.
tpression she has made. II the woman
thinks that the man Is deceived, she
deceives herself. For, dense as man
may be about mazes of woman's toilet,
he is never deceived by the painted
face. Rosy cheeks cannot7be initiated,
and he always knows the difference
between the real and the false. A
man is not so easily fooled about some
feminine things as intelligent women
believe. And for one thing, the paint
ed lady" has not very pleasant posi-
ton In the mind of man.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
SEED BED SANITATION.

Circular No. 9 of the Extension Di-
vision of the Louisiana State Univer-
Isity, by C. W. Edgerton, discusses the
question of Seed Bed Sanitation"
Sanitation in the seed bed is very
important matter to all who grow crops
that have to be transplanted from the
seed bed. A great many serious dis.
eases such as the tomato wilt get a
start in seed beds and infect the
young plants before they are set in the
field 1t is possible by practicing
ordinary sanitary measures to decrease
to a considerable extent the loss caus-
ed by these diseases.
The circular discusses the diseases
OF the various truck crops, including
"Damping Off" that may attack plants
in the seed beds and also the methods
Of prevention. The most important
control measures are the use of soil
known to be free of disease, changing
the soil in the seed bed, soil and seed
sterilization, and the spraying of the
young plants.
The whole question of seed bed SAM
tation is one which should be better
understood by growers of truck crops
as it will tend to decrease the great
annual loss caused by the various dis
eases. A copy of this circular may be
obtained by writing the Experiment
Station at Baton Rouge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04

The job of being a critic is the
easiest thing on earth. Any chump
|can tear down, but it sometimes takes
genius to build.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04
SECOND FLOOR.

Dainty Crepe-de-chjne and Georgette crepe
waists. Some organdie French models
The Coat Department has made special
arrangements for this Christmas Savings Sale,
with all that is new in Sport Coats of wool mix
lures, corduroy and fancy velvet.
Exquisite Furs. Our stock of fine furs CON-
sists of every kind of fashionable scarfs and
muffs of Red Fox, Kit Fox, Isabella Fox, Black
Wolf, Muff1oon, Hudson Seal, Cooney, Badger
and Mink, all at savings prices.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1915-12-04

Every article on this floor will make an ac-
ceptable gift.
Our Ladies Suits are accepted by ladies
who wear only swell garments. At this sale
we offer suits at twenty to twenty-five per
cent. less than any other house.
Beautiful dresses for street and evening
wear.
Embroidered silk robes and corduroy house
robes. Bath robes of soft, fine blanket and
eiderdOWn fabrics.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

stone made joint business. pleasure
and shopping trip to Tulsa yesterday,
They stopped at the oxford.
Burr Randles Of Okema is q guest
Of the Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Lawson Of Ninita
are guests 1f the Alexander.
+, j. Brown ir. Of Mounds guest
Of the Alexander.
From commercial standpoint
Tulsa is the best-stIated town in the
southwest" said Ralph BrowseT of
Nashville, who is stopping at the
Brady. "Of course Gil is chief indus
try here ana tho one more dependable
than any other but at the same time
your city is surrounded 10y an ideal
territory for agricultural purposes. |
made a trip through different parts Of
Tulsa county some time ago and | was
agreeably surprised 10 find so many
modern improved faTms, as ! had al
ways heard that oil was the only asset
to which Tulsa attached any import
ancc. Just a little observation VIII
convince any reasonable man that
Tulsa has just a little the edge on the
best of the cities in the southwest"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
Robbers! Scream Two
Excited Girls; Rats!
Say T7VO Detectives

When is a robber not a rohhcr?
This question was answered and
explained to the satisfaction of an
inquisitive group of county Of
ficials yesterday. Two sisters,
Misses Hattie and Gertrude HurdN,
StenOgraphcrS in the superior
and district courts respectively,
eXpatiated at length ON the sub
ject yesterday.
According to the story told by
the two young ladies' there was
an unusual disturbance in the eel
lar of their home, Eighth and
Peoria streets, Wednesday night.
II was about 1880 o'clock when
the noise in the cellar was heard.
Mr. Purdy was not at home and
the first thought of the two girls
and their mother was Of IA
burglar
"Call the police" eXcitedly
commanded one of the sisters.
And the police were called. A few
minutes later two motorcycle po-
licemen were running TO the
Purdy home Three blocks away
one OF the OItlcer motorcycle
went dead and the officers de-
serted their machines and COntin-
ued to the house on foot when
they arrived Miss Gertrude WAS
standing at the cellar door with
a long, almost dangerous looking
butcher knife clasped in her hand.
Miss Hattie was hcaving signs Of
"Oh, dear me-" and the mother
was calling to the officers to
"hurry down into the cellar and
catch the men"
The officers fearlessly and
without a thought of the first
law OF nature bolted down into
the dark subway. Three big gray
ish-like rats jumped out Of hig
washtub and scurried across the
basement floor to place Of
safety.
The officers laughed, the two
courthouse stenographers looked
dismayed and Mrs. Purdy said
thank goodness"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

terrain Sunday school. The orchestra
viii open their concert at o'clock
each Sunday morning. giving selec-
tious until $40, after which especially
prepared oVerturos VIII be given, the
program being changed at each CON
cert Director keos has made ar
ranEements for getting special canon
iCal music for these programs. The
organization has been constantly de
VclopinE since the opening Of school
and is now in its finished form.
.
JAMES KELLEY. DRILL captain
of the Royal Neighbors, Tuesday
night was presented with beautiful
medallion tahlcCloth 10y the ladies of
the Royal NeiEhhurs in remembrance
Of his birthday. The piece was made
by the ladies themselves, each COM
pleting three sections. The material
was purchased 10y the Woodmen of
Tulsa. At Tuesday nights session the
Woodmen conducted a class adop'
ton, AT which sevonty-tive new
members were received into the or
der More than two hundred Wood
men and Royal Neighbors, many Of
whom were from sand Springs,
BiNby. OwasSo and Broken Arrow, at
tended the meeting A banquet COM
posed portion # The days pro-
gram.
THE GIRLS BIBLE CLASS Of the
Tulsa high school met in regular
semi monthly session after school
Yesterday afternoon and short pro-
gram was rendered ty the students.
Norma Miller and Etholyn Carpenter
sang a duet piano solo. Naomi Cusac,
and vocal solo by Lillian Roach ended
the program. School Ilfe and Life :
! School" was the subject presented to
the YOUNG ladies by Miss Flemma
Suidow, leader school taken on a
basis of real lie with IS responsible
/ ties and cares and after life as con-
.iDuA;iOn ot school % progress and
learning was the tone u he leaders
.alA. To he uuSt FISH loyal forgiN-
.luc. Kind and self sacrificing, were
the things upheld before the class as
Z Just aS essential things 10 learn in
school AS subject matter, and just as
. essential for progress in after life.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24
Clearance
Sale
Millinery

The Unique Millinery is
now under new manage
ment. It will be the constant
aim of the new management
to be up to the minute Oh
Millinery Styles.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-24

SEE,ANSs s-ss s-N->S e1tNF N,rn
rusGt Eo- -hs Aon6Al Ei~chSS.-a az 20
gcecaS Vt u.Ag each Sun6aV rno-n.nS
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21
Poison Tablets Guarded.

Various methods designed to pre-
vent the mistaking of bichloride OF
mercury for medicine, or some other
harmless substance, have been pro-
posed with the idea of making it pos,
sible to use this deadly poison as an
antiseptic without mourning any dan
ger. Two of the latest of these are
extremely simple but evidently effec-
tive. One method consists in string
ing the tablets together and then bot
Ting them in the usual manner. A
tablet can only be detached by cutting
the string, and this apparently does
away with all possibility of mistake.
The other method is to incase the tab
lets in metal guards so that it is i'm
possible to swallow them. The tablet
can be dissolved with the guard in
place or can easily be removed from
the guard.-Popular Mechanics Maya
zine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21
Low ROUND TRIP FARES TO
CALIFORNIA; EXPOSITIONS
AND THE PACIFIC COAST

Low round trip fares are now in
effect via the Scenic Highway Of the
Northern Pacific Ry. to CALIFORNIA; Ex-
positions via the North Pacific Coast.
These tickets permit liberal stop-overs
and enable the tourist to include both
Expeditions as we'll as stop-over at
Yellowstone National Park via Gardi-
ner Gateway.
II You will advise when you will plan
your western trip, will be pleased to
quote rates, send copy Of our hand
some Expeditions folder as well as
Yellowstone National Park and travel
literature, and assist you in any way
possible in planning your 1915 vaca-
ton trip. A. M. Cleland, General Pas
senger Agent, SIT Northern Pacific
Ry., st. Paul, Minnesota.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21
GOODNESS FOR ITS OWN SAKE
Better Live Up to Duty Than Have
Correct Religious Beliefs, De-
clares Writer.

1t is not supremely important, how
ever desirable, that any single one OF
our beliefs in religion should be cor
rect, not even our belief in God; but
if we try to live up to the rule OF
duty, which is love, we shall be &C
ceptable to God whether we know any.
thing about him or not; and we shall
not be acceptable to him, no matter
how correct our knowledge of him, il
love be wanting.
ences, but it is all matter of opinion
or belief based on evidence, as to the
value and bearing of which good men
may differ It is noble study, worth
giving ones best thought to, but the
enforcement upon ones soul of the OBJ.
legation of duty until it is natural to
do right and impossible to do wrong
here is task, here Is primacy
Yet, as it appears to me, our pur.
pose and aim should be to love and
cultivate goodness for it's own sake
because it is good, rather than be
cause it will secure happiness and
avoid misery in the future life. In the
answer to the first question in the
Assembly's Shorter Catechism, mans
chief end" may be ito glorify God,'
but it is hardly ito. enjoy him for
ever" however that may be the result
To glorify God is very nearly the same
thing as to magnify goodness, for GOD
is infinite goodness. That is his rul
ing quality.
To be utterly, totally good, loving
helpful, self sacrificing, good as the
holy God is good, to do justly, to love
mercy, this is to walk humbly before
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21

have reaped additional harvests by
importing precious stones from the
Orient to the United States
One thing Keegan and Rosencrantz
had impressed upon them during their
years of experience in the Orient
no matter how successful American
push and blurtnes may be in this
country, it is different in the far East
There the trader must be keen, pc.
lite, diplomatic and leisurely. He
must, above all else, understand the
peculiar temperament of the Oriental,
and the first Lesson of this difficult art
Keegan and Rosencrantz learned as
mere boys in the streets of San Fran.
cisco's Chinatown.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21

jewelry, plated ware and trinkets
such as they knew would be in de
mand wherever Orientals were to be
found and as a GROWING stroke OF
good luck, they secured the agency for
large watch manufacturing concern
Then they engaged passage on an
east-sailing vessel, packed their bags
and baggage, sent their wares into
the hold of the ship and for one fool.
ish day on the eve of their departure
thought they had done all that was
necessary.
They CHANGED to meet a man who
had been in China and knew some.
thing about the methods of the coun-
try.
"Of course you are taking dinner
togs?" he said.
Dinner togs-dress suits" echoed
Rosencrantz, looking anxiously at
Keegan. Dinner toys were included
in their dreams OF things which
would be added unto them after they
had won success, but which had no
part in their present wardrobe What
should we do with dinner togs?"
only this explained the man who
knew, "the Chinese merchants have
been doing business with English
men, who have educated them to ex-
pect man to dress for dinner. The
English always do, you know, and if
you expect to get in with these mer-
chants and compete with the English
men you will have to do as they do
When the two young men were
alone they regarded each other sadly.
I'VE have spent all our money,
Keegan," sighed Rosencrantz, but If
we must we must"
So together they went sorrowfully
to the place in San Francisco where
dinner toys were least expensive. 1t
was serious matter, for when they
had provided themselves with the
new articles of apparel they had but
$50 in the world to speed them on
their venture. They had not been
long in China, however, before they
realized how fortunate had been this
eleventh-hour warning, and how wise
they had been in needing it.
Succeeded From the Start
Luck was with them from the start.
They stopped first at Honolulu,
where they managed to. sell goods
upon which the commissions amount
ed to $500. Then they went on to
Japan, where they received a check
for another $1,000, and from that time
on they were never in need of funds
In China they made their greatest
success because they understood the
language, although at first the pros
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-05-21
WOOL GROWING IN
CANADA A SUCCESS
This By-Product of the Farm VIII
Make Many Western Canada
Farmers Rich.

Alberta wool growers are looking fo,.
70 cent wool this year. That ia the
assertion made by prominent sheep
man OF the Grassy Lake district. at
Is quite within the pale of possibility
that We will receive that figure from
our wool this summer" said he land
l would not be surprised to see some
get more than that.
The war has caused a great demand
TO be made on the WOODEN mills. and
they have got to have the raw mate
rial"
The present season has been most
propltlous for the growing of wool, and
the growers expect to reap a big har-
vest of splendid quality. The winter
has been very even, and the sheep are
doing well on the ranges.
No special breed of sheep Is kept
on Western Canada farms, and all
seem to do well. The advice of those
interested In the welfare of the farm
ers Of Western Canada, advise all
VINO can at all do so to enter upon the
raising of sheep. They have proved
most profitable to those who go into
that industry on a scale commensu-
rate with their means, and their farm
area.
The climate is perfectly adapted to
the raising of sheep, they are easily
kept, and as pointed out, there is good
money to be made out of them.-Ad-
vertisement.