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=.- __ _L- ..... - C The True Democrat. cisfirlti. ,M i n. II. l4Nn) tVt a!" t , tn l i, I ,' ;,~:ii' . r EI nter riSe u b"r;i t S, . ' ,s a r i t, "Atin jm int raft, for n, 'h lt,,l,+'r" E], rtl'r't+l ,t hI . I , t t 1 l!1',". ' I' r "l l k0 1 0 Subscription S1.50 Per Year in A.Vance. ';tt rti~t", hiluill\" _J, 111" )n,'['ilt ' ' of the il t t It Ive ci p Ian I x ,li li't I I III1 ll Siurl' f is ' d, plain ft lllll;tl Initu " ifl' ;w ll:Io m an ) .\as foir simtihe' ,X1lletives like Oan analII nio ,,e would ditfer from tlºt hlarn 1(l d(ctor, l)ut as fprl 1p)rofanity' S b'ing natural it reuinds tI'' wriiter of a stoiy tilh by a Southern lady long ago. Shle was gue~ t at a grand "inlfair" as wIdd ing r I ellltions were ctllhd then, and all was go. ing ierril y and well, when sud denly tl bride, a biteautiful and hitherto ly l,st girl, steullled in to till' iiiih(l h o til' raItii and ad dril5ssed It e i, n c'paliy, using tih vilest o)ltls and1( tile' miost ol)sciclne langnuage, b''toe slie could be si lIin led. 11't, go'iell'al Colnst rnt.a tion can be iniagined. It was heightened when it was discov ereld that thlie lori girl's mind, long on the balance lbetween s':n ity and insanity, a fact carefully concealed by her I,)people, had bIen til)leed to the wrong side by thil excitement of the hour. She was insane. The foul language was proof of it. Thle lady, who told the story, would thus conclude: "I am as sured that this tendency is al ays noticeable ong the eong the in sane, and I shouldn't wonder (glancing teasingly the while at her husband, who was noted for the shu'p seasoning hie W put on his reIa;trIks) ii all Wio() use strong language iltay I-t Io entitled to the saie icx cuhse as t Ie I)oor, ill 'ated bride."s A\ iintItl'esting editoiirial ill a receld t tis ~ t'r is given oii this object, wiearelin various in stances are cited of famous nen, who have regularly read the dwic tinary in whole or in lpart, and witli full knowledge of and in tent as to whiat they were doing, not like the inan, who read the book throughlout and found it "interesting but rather discon nected." Putting disconnectedness aside, there are many mlore toil some ways of acquiring a larige vocabulary than by simply going to a dictiona ry occasionally and reading several pages at a time. A recent novel describes how a poor boy increased his storie of knowledge by memorizing a cy clopednia, but failed on some point of information because he had only gone as far as Ath. One trembles at the amount of his learning ihad he persevered to the end. Certain old-time schools taught directly fromn the diction ary, instead of a "speller and de finer," and where time was no object and books were few, the plan is not without merit. It is undoubtedly tirue that al though the English language is growing constantly, and peopl>e learn the new words that irelate to the new inventions, like auto mobile and aeroplane for in stance, as a rule the vocabulary of the average person is not near ly so large as the person educa ted twenty -five years ago. The average person answers the question about his pleasures in a single word, fine" or "grand," or alas, he may eve say "all right." 1li, willingness to oblige you is expre'ssed in tllhe w ,rd. ",,urn." Thli,, word dmc)s duty for many other purlosºs,, of which the attentive ear will easily be convinced. And oulr language is so richl in wo)1rIs withi (ev(ery shade, of mean ing: And they who confine thetm- 1 stilves to few words, and these of louibtful al)l)ropriatene'ss, are 1 like a miillionaire vwhi w()ould go into a jew elry slitp and content hiiimself with a ibrass ring when jewels and tine gold could as easily be his. Therefore lhe. who o)wns a di. tinlitryv, nttcds to e utter no i iagi V( word, "sctsain e, to possess iimself of thlle rich es of the Elnghislis language. llI,' nlt'dl only 1)l1)l11 ( and enter. L.1N') IS NOT LESNN I. L ' I .1 splccial frolii ('linton to tihe 'ity press 'reads: An ini tliovdit farit of t.l) acire toldi here last Saitturday for '$2)i2', (ndler the sheriif'.s ham;nmer. 'i'This farm wouldn tti liihave stl1d for $10,i00 three years ago. which goes to lriove the etlecet of the otill weevil in this country during the tast few years. We very inichi depirecate the publislhing abroad of such Ian item as this, particularly in those words, as the iinji r., it does the section of country far outweighs its value as a news item. Had tle reason for the low price been given mlore in detail it ilighit have been lell)pful. For instance, alithough the depreciation is due to the b()ll weevil and the coiinse (l uint delpressioln agricultur-ally and the scarcity of money, thiere can be no dloubt that the farilll in question-- in fact any fairm in the Felicianas--is as valuablke now as it ever was if put into sominething besides cottoin. The fact that land brings a peor price is because tile natives are in no mood, or not sot situat ed, as to Sl)end mioney for inivest Inent. There can be no doutlt that the times are big with op portunity for any who can come in and buy on these foreclosures. Had the sale referred to above been as widely advertised be forehand, as it was afterward, there can be no doubt that, a very much larger price could have been secured. GOOD ROAD 1 . An exchange, the Lake Clhtarles Amlerican-Press, in an edilorial scores the factional inIluences thatt are working against the Governor's good roads l)lans. Thlis Ipateri is only authorized to sl)eai; for itself, and to re)port whiat it sees in its own ilnlnedi ate constituency, and speaking within these liititati(ions it ('an truthfully say tlihat any Irivate antagonism to the Governor hias notliing to do with the coldness with which his schemie was tiist received, or with the heavy hoar frost that has subsequently set tied upon it. The people would be very foolish to reject anything good because they did not love the person who suggests it, lpar ticularly as the irecal resl)onsibili ty and priaise would be theirs and not the Governor's. The cause of the friost is not due to factional feeling but to the criticism of methods and results in places where the work has al ready been started. The com plaints of undue expense anti in effective work have not been without influence, while the ag ricultural depression undoubted ly has been the principal reason why the good roads pilans arte at present abortive. PROBING COMMITTEE MEETS. Thile Text-book Probing Com mittee met at Haton Rouge, Wednesday, withl all present, in cluding the newly appointed members B. F. Thompson and H. W. Newman, vice Judge Thorn ton and Mauriice Stern riesigned. Supt Harris, Messrs. Weber and AltII m, and Judge Lawrason, men: ,ir of tile State Board, were hiaI The State Superinten den:, ir. Harris, expressed the d i; hat the truth should be est:i wd. "It has been charg ed ti. -e recommend bad books, and ' the changes have cost t1he t' ( of the State $400,000 additional. If this is true it is very serious. Times are hard, and if this burden has been put on the people of the State through a blunder of ours, I wish it known," said he. Further he explained that the book on phys ics was changed as the new one was simpler, but he had made no effort to learn the opinion of teachers. In the matter of the rejection of Tarr & McMurray's Geography, M r. Harris stated that the com Inittee re(oggnized the great iner it of tli geography, but that the (comllittee objec'ted to the geog rapl.vh upon the ground that there \\was a Northern edition of the work in which the people of the South were mnaiigned and harsh terms were used in referring to them. He believed that Frye's Geography suited the majority of the teachers, and for that rea son the book was selected and recoimjended. In the matter of the spellers he said the Aswell Spellers were accepted both on account of their merit-as text-books and especial ly because they were the work of a Southern author and excep tionally good as to the subject matter which they contained. For a like reason Nichlolson's Arithmetics were approved. Chamber's History was dropped because it was too hard, also King and Ficklen's Louisiana History. He said Mrs. Magru der had approached himi about - her book but he had declined to look at it until it was submitted in due c(ourse. He claimed the excuse of a precedent some years ago for examining the book in manuscript. Judge Law rason stated that he had heard the teachers discuss ing the grammar and geography as being too hard. He said that he was a new member of the Board of Education and that with other members he was of the im pression that such changes were made every four years as the conditions required and that as the board had the utmost confi dence in the committee selecting tlhe books hlie 'hat, wih other members, accepted the report of the committee and had voted for the books recommended. Per sonally lie had examined very few of the books. Had not seen Mrs. Magriuder's History in Inmanuscript. PrIof. Weber stated substan tially what his chief did, although denying that hie had been intlu ence by gratitude to approve the t Brumbaugh Readers, but lihe nevertheless admitted that Prot. SBruImlbaugh had r1ecommended him to tile Louisiana authorities. Traveling Auditor Smith had not colmpleted his compilation of Sstatistics with regard to the cost t of thile change of textbooks. His partial report slhowed that for - tihe four years from 1905 to 1908 1 the total cost of text-books was .$483,515.30, and that while the number of pupils increased in the public schools every year 210,000 in schools in 1905; 225,000 in 1906; 243,000 in 1907, and 260, 000 in 1908--the school book sales a during these years decreased, s due to the fact, it was explained to the committee, that the chil dren exchanged books among themselves, and to the further fact that tile last year before a textbook adoption the local deal : ers would not handle the books t to any great extent. Reports fromn teachers on the . new books were largely favora ble, two objecting to the readers, two to the geography and one to " the lphysics. Several qualified their statements. 1 A protest was received from the Co-operative Presidents' Club of New Orleans, and the la dies were invited by wire to at Stend the next meeting. There I were no other complaints. The ,Times-Democrat, although spe a cially called upon, ignored the summons, taking the position probably held by the objecting Louisiana press in general-that 3 what it had to say had been al - ready plainly set forth in print and its duty was to lay such t matters before the public instead ) of investigating committees, Is It Oil? Undoubtedly it is, but the real question is, in what quantity? Thursday while some workmen were digging post holes to put in some piling at the levee, near the Compress, they were amazed to see one of the holes till with a liquid bearing every evidence of petroleum. Moreover the hard clay bed was found to be com pletely impregnated with it, and the odor can be detected a block away. The theory that a cask of oil might have been spilled there is hardly tenable as water would have long since washed it away. It is aplarently from a vein but how far away the main feeder is remains to be discovered. Ex pert opinion will bt, obtained. Meanwhile the excitement is naturally very great. Every one is going to see and smell for hiiii self. Mlr. Braswell is working herd in his itineracy over the parish. He talked to a large audience of negroes at Independence Church on Mrs. S. H. Barrow's planta tion: He met the white planters at Laurel Hill yesterday. FOR SALE-Oakdale planta tion and tenement houses includ ed. Fertile land, well improved. For particulars apply to H. M. Gastrell, St. Francisville, or Mlrs. H. C. Gastrell, 1022 Jena St., New Orleans. The colored Baptist church at Pinckneyville, St. Peter's, was burned down, Tuesday morning between one and two o'clock. The members are asking their friends to help them rebuild. J. W. Washington is the pastor. Some one rang up to ask why the Banks were closed Jan. 8. Fourth grade please answer. Fred Magearl has made a neat job of paintming the new galleries on Dr. Jones' residence. W. B. Davidson and R. C. Brasseaux have bought the tim ber in Mrs. Ventress'. swamp and will clear it out as rapidly as possible. U. D. C. Items. Miss Katie Childress, who is Acting Custodian in Mrs. Vaught's absence, writes to West Feliciana Chapter as follows: "The boxes which were sent by freight arrived safe and sound. Please let me thank you most sincerely for the interest the West Feliciana Chapter has tak. en in the Christmas celebration. The two boxes of jams, jellies and preserves will be used later, thus giving another treat to the men and not having all come on one day. Your check of $14.00 Isent to Mrs. P. J. Friedrichs was in turn given to me to be used for the Christmas festival. As per request $4 was used as a splecial donation to the two Vet terans from West Feliciana Par ish, both Veterans greatly alp preciating the remembrance from your Chapter." From Miss May Gillmore, at one time a member of West Feli ciana Chapter, but now active in Julia Jackson Chapter, Crystal Springs, Miss., the editor has a copy of the program that Chap ter used on Lee Day. Miss Gill more says also that they have a historical and literary program at each meeting, and issue year books for them. We must ad mit that this is advancing in U. D. C. work. Meat is high but Louisianians have the means at hand to supply acheap substitute: rice. If the canny Jap can wax and grow strong on the pearly grains, there is no reason to think that Americans may not do the same. In every native Louisiana home, rice is served.at least once a day, but the new-comers who know it not need instruction as to how savory it can make a meal. As a component part of gumbo, as the thickening for soup, boiled plain and served with gravy, or in the form of custard, it furnishes a food, cheap, easily digested and full of nutrition. Its use makes meat unnecessary except in small quantity. New Orleans and Retu LOUISIANA RAILWi tLA. RY. & NA'. CO. - ACCOUNT MARDI GRAS - Tickets on sale FI'bilinarV 1 to, . iiniitcd to ren 19, 1910, Wsih extension until 1 :'ti 7, 1910, ticketwith special agent and lay\ aIltofl1 at T,'ain leaveis Hltyou SariII 4.2 Arrives Baton Houge 5:-5 a. a Arrives New ( )rlhaniis (('tanal it.) t:40 PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPING E. C. D. MARSHALL, E. 0. General Passenger Agent, Shreveport, La. Improve Your Parks and 0 Hinderer's Iron 1112-1118 CAMP STREET, NEW O IRON FENCES CHEAPER THAN Iron ('hailrs, Iables, Settees.. ['lIn n I o.x.s. Ilangint Arbors, Artches. Vases, Fountains anud benches for Parks, O(Jice Railing. Ho,f ('restil. St3m irwans. Stn tures, Hitching Posts, ('arriage StYip,. Ihridge Pla Doors. Ciesspool Rings, lHii º Grate liars, Malleablh aid Gra Irlion Castings, Drinking Fountains. Fe'ic. Mater.al. CEMETERY FENCES and MEMORIAL CROSSES. 'THE SOUTH'8 CREATEST AY Y SCHOOL OF BUSINESS." NEW ORLEANS, LA. LONonldbe T. i No dents. 22000 fortme= THE SAFEST AND QUICK= TRANSFER MO LONG DISTANCE TEL FOR RTES APPLY TO LOCAL GUMBERLAND TELEPHONE & TE INCORPORATED ` Miscellaneous Advertisements. Two Houses for Rent. Ap lply to J. M. BELL, Agt. FOR RENT OR SALE-My residence now occupied by Mor ris Burgas. For particulars in quire or write SAM ROSENTHAL, St. Francisville. On account of removal I offer for sale a portion of my house hold furniture, also my iilclh cows and cattle and mules, one surrey. Apply to MORRIS HIRG;AS. For Sak. 5 large mules in good condition. 1 cinch Ericsson Hot Air pump. 1 10 ft. Imperial Windmill with 50 ft. steel tower. Also grade Hereford cattle. Horse and Mule Colts. Lesjedeza Hay and Seed for fu ture delivery. EDwAuu BUTriLER, St. Francisville, La. FOR SALE -Seed Oats, Les pedeza Hay, Berkshire pigs, reg istered stock, W, B. SMITH, Solitude. La. FOR RENT OR SALE- Land known as the H. M. Williams river plantation, also the Burgas tract, adjoining Myrtle planta tion. The former place is well adapted for rice culture or truck growing. For terms, apply to MRs. H. M. WIILIAMIS. WANTED TO BUY-One wag on scale. Must he in good condi tion. Apply to MORRIS iUR(l\GAS. The public is hereby warned against buying wood, timlber or stcwxk fr',w tenants on Oakley, Ogden or )Down, plantations or driving therefrom any cattle or stock, or bunting with dog,, or gun. These plantations are closed against agents of every desc'rijption. Miss L. L. Matthews. FRENCH PUPILS WANTEI)D. Apply to Mrs. J. P. Newsham. For Saie RED RUST Grade Red Proof Oats, Native Onass J. BURRL and At 2is W. H, w JAIMES _ Naps, tomu W. i. Wicker W. W. P'ulmer M. L. Lre I) M. Pharel i. A. Hinning I . 'I li If 1 j ;. E. Srnl b t; W If. "hitakif - I). W. Ard W uIT \yJ W.Itanie If. T. Ltilce H. If LatieruflO .I I lurriVn WJI)rc·,lis Si l; I.. lBro a Wright ' 1 A rd 1t I'. Wngbt I ,ý . 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