davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune., 1884-01-02

Ofthe increase in capital, Sl,30OOoo was inc le,
suit of the conversion of banks from the Na'Ion"'
to the State system.
On the first of July last 127 savings banks re-
nortod n the Superintendent of the Banking De-
nartment Int of this number twelve transact no
business and have but a nominal existence Dur
ing the wear one new savings institution was organ
lied ard one closed after paying its depositors ana
creditors in full. The condition Of these savings
banks on the day named was as follows
New-York tribune., 1884-01-02

There seems 10 have been, for number OF years
n steady decrease i'll the number OF Doohs con
tained in school district Libraries. In 1851 1851 the
Dumbcr reported was !, ,2S6,13G; IN lsS l. IoT'Iooi
in Iss2 705. SIP, and now 70l,611. IL ~ Is pro-
nosed 10 continue the advantage OF these hUraIIes
n is ouitr evident that there should be chahge
I'm the extent and manner of their supply or In inc
means of their Preservation. . ~. .toro
Tho Regents of the University report tLat IheTe
a,e twenty -fonr literary and thlTteeL iI@dicai col
Ice. connected with the University OF tLs, otate
01 these two have been chartered duI!nR .he pdsi
ysar TO wit A: Canisus COllege 2! BrtGo, A1u
Niagara University, at SusPensiOL BTiGg1- a.,
TneI,, are under the visitation ol i.e Regents -
acsd,Iaics and academical del'aT-i -iLes,A u oElon
scbooY comprising about $4,000 sChoi'fS ana Law
The instruction Of common school teachers LES
bccn carried on during the past yeal n nlhe yase
oc.JnnicaI Institutions, in which l,tll sChoiaIs
have been trained. These casset are uhner 'he care
of an Inspector appointed by the Regents 1900;
The removal OF tie library building mas necessi-
tatrd the arrangement of the state Library III 'en
,,a,arv quarters in the New Capitol. =, c..o
Grr9n1enspts for the removal OF the otate
Mn.rnn 10 the State Hail. soon as II Is Nacatoi'
have been made The printing OF the r&ieo1oiosSi
iowod by the last Legislature, has Deeh Ies Al1ou
by the Regents.
riglt new banks of discount were organized uuI-
l,g the year. and one failed, leaving the total num-
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-04-05
NO. 48.

tain a circulation rivalling that OF
its predecessor.
In practice DIR. FooTE has a.
ways been Independent, progressive
and original, always foe Of old
fogyism and trade.unionism in med
lcine; once q discipline of tho old
Thompsonian botanical school, a.
opposed to mineral and blood-let-
ting practice, and now a stannch
supporter of Eclecticism and all
that the name implies. He haa
been activelely engaged in the prac-
tice Of his profession for thirty
years, and as the portrait given
herewith is from a recent photo
graph, hard work appears to, agree
with him, and he looks equal to
twenty years more of it.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-04-05

BY 81 !: e
DIR. EDWARD B. FoorE as rep.
resentative of Electric Medicine. as
writer Of popular medical litera.
ture, and as physician stands prom.
inent, and is, perhaps, throughout
the world, better known by his
writings than any other medical
writer who has directed his teach
ings to the people rather than the
profession. Born and raised among
Connecticut settlers, on the "West-
ern Reserve in Ohio, he early be-
gan the work of many self.made
men. Starting at the age Of six
ten as 'printers devil" in Z news
paper Office, he worked his way to
the editorial chair, and was several
ly connected with the most prosper
Gus weekly (of its time in Connect
icut, and the first successful morn
ing paper of Brooklyn, N. Y, but
his main impulse had always been
toward the study of medicine, and
to this end business enterprises were
sacrificed until and apprenticeship
with a noted botanical specialist,
and a course Of study finishing with
graduation, found him prepared to
follow out the bent of his life to its
completion. He was among the
earliest of those who advocated the
publication of anatomical, physio-
logical and hygienic books for the
masses, and bis success in writing
interesting and popular books has
been conspicuous. His first and
best known book, entitled "Medi-
cal Common Sense" reached q cir
culation Of 100000 copies, probably
because of its originality and novel
ty in q new field; and his subse.
quent writings have been mainly in
the same line, "Science in Story
having been written for the purpose
of a8ording readable book for
children and one which should
make plain to their comprehension
the facts which he considered it nee.
essary for them to know concerning
their own bodies.
In speaking of the late Prof. j. !
S. Smith, of Oxford, London, Ma
ture remarks; ut has been said
that in scientific thought, the best
and most original ideas have always
been conceived before the age of
thirty. This is probably true, also,
of the original of this portrait. His
most radical thoughts were publish
ed in his first work, written before
he was twenty-nine years of age,
and though his pen is never long
idle, his first success has not yet
been equalled by equalled by sub.
sequent work, though his "Plain
Home Talk" q revision and en-
largement of "Medical Common
Sense" seems likely in time to o.
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THE WORLD is GOVERNED TOO MUCH
THE DEMOCRAT.
TERMS:

yRs Democrat is published Fri Week.
A-lueSdays, Thursdays and Sat-
mddys-at Tao Dollars and Fit.
~ Cents per aaslaan; One Dollar
end Fifty Cents for sie months.
Payable in adydnce.
A Advertisements inserted at the rate of
One Dollar per- square for the first
insertion aud Fifty Gents for each
subsequent ono. Ten lines or less
@merier type constitute q square.
Personal Cards, sckcn admissible,
1M be charged double the usual adj
rertising rates.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-04-05
An Awful Story.

There was once an awful little
girl who had an awful way Of say.
ing "awfal' to everything. She
lived in an awful house, in an aw.
full village, which was an awful dis
lance from every other awful place.
She went to an awful school where
she had an awful teacher, who gave
her awful lessons out of awful
books. Every day she was 80 aw.
full hungry that she ate an awful
amount of food SO that she looked
awful healthy. Her hat was awful
small and her feet were awful large.
She went to an awful church, and
her minister was an awful preacher.
When she took an awful walk she
climbed awful hills, and when che
got awful tired she sat down under
an awful tree to rest. In summer
she found it awful hot, and in win.
ter awful cold. When it didn't rain
there was an awful drought, and
when the awful drought was over
there was an awful rain. So that
this awful girl was all the time in
an awful state, and if she don't get
over saying "awful" about every
thing, / am afraid she will, by.and.
by, become an awful bore.-[Child's
Own Magazine.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-04-05
CARDS.

TASSON, John. Physician and
" Surgeon. Office at residence,
At the head Of Beauregard street.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1884-04-05

The St. Louis Republican says:
ut is suspected that Grant is
dreaming dreams again. No doubt
he believes himself q probability in
the next National Convention of
the Republican party. He will
never cease to be q candidate in
his own mind as long as he lives
and no amount Of experience such
as he has lately had in that posi-
ton will ever make him despair Of
the future. What is more, he will
always have a band Of followers
who realize what q return of the
Grant rule would do for them, 50 it
may be set down as a certainty
that there will be q strong Grant
element in the coming June Con-
vention, even if Grants name il
never mentioned"
The most expensive kind Of
false hair is natural silver white.
1t is worth $lS or $40 an ounce
more than its weight in gold
Bleached white hair is worth only
So an ounce. Natural hair of ord
mary shades is worth from IS 70
$40 per pound, except the hair co..
lected by rag-pickers, which brings
only from 81 to %. The value Of
different colors Of hair depends on
the fashion. Yellow hair, not gol~
den, is almost worthless.-fN. Z.
Graphic.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-18

Emil Du Bois On William Siemen

Emil Du Bois on Wtuidn Sieflens.
Siemens telegraph wires grid the earth,
and the Siemens cable steamer Faraday Is
continually engaged in laying new ones. By
the Siemens method has been solved the
problem (by the side Of which that Of fnd-
ing the needle in the hay-stack is one Of
childish simplicity of fishing out in the
stormy ocean, from q depth comparable to
that Of the vale of Chamouni, the ends Of
broken cable. Electrical resistance Is meas
ured by the Siemens mercury unit. "Sie-
mems" is written on water meters and Rus
sian and German revenue officers are assisted
by Siemen's apparatus in levying their as
sessments. The Siemens processes for gild.
ing and silvering, and the Siemens anastatic
printing mark stages in the development Of
those branches Of industry. Slemens differ
entail regulators control the action Of the
steam engines that forge the English arms at
Woolwich, and that Of the chronographs on
which the transit Of the stars are marked at
Greenwich. The Semens cast steel works
and glass houses, with their regenerated fur.
naces, are admired by all artisans. The Sle-
mems electric light shines in assembly rooms
and public places, and the Siemens gas light
completes withit; while the Siemens electro.
culture In greenhouses bids defiance to our
long winter nights. The Siemens electric
railway Is destined to rule In cities and tun.
nels. The Siemens electric crucible, melt
ing three pounds of platinum In twenty min
utes, was wonder Of the Paris Exposition,
which might we'll have been called an expo
sitlon Of S;emens' apparatus and produc
tions, SO prominent were they there.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-18
POETRY.



Old Ragbag Bey, a venerable man,
Arose one morn, and TO his servant said:
"Send hither, son, my slave, Tomato Khan
If, by the Prophets beard, he's out Of bed. "
Tomato Khan responded in all haste,
And, kneeling on the earth before his sire,
Kissed thrice his feet, and, clinging TO his
"why hast thou called ?" respectful did in
quire.
"Mush Allah" cried the old man in breath,
On every hand is desoIation, death"
And she demands q sacrifice from me.
From Am ell Teiba unto Boghar's wall, a..
From Batnas palms to Oudig's sandy plain,
hear the roll Of drums, the trumpets call,
The clash Of arms, and wars intense re-
frain. A".@.ras.a .a aaa .ystf
"Bend on this scimctar, my son, and 90
This day to Boghar on thy dauntless steed-
Join thou the Army Of the Faithful, show
Thy zeal for Allah in the country's need r.
Tomato Khan bound on old Kagbag sword
His love, the fair Aminie, begged him stay;
In vain the maiden wept, in vain implored ;
Tomato Khan strode on his vengeful way.
He did not die as Ragbag hoped he might,
Nor as Aminie thought warrior should;
He did not perish on the field in fight
No Christian hands are reekIng with his
blood.
Kicked by q mule, he fell at Sneez ell Shut
A cheap Arabian mule, a vulgar beast
He family murmured "Allah, this is rouGhl"
And then the throbbings of his sick heart
ceased.
So for his country died Tomato Khan,
A youth equipped for great chivalric
scenes;
Dead by a mule-a martyred, glorious man
A patriot, since the end doth glorify the
means.
A mausoleum hath old Ragbag built
As tribute to Tomato Khan's brave deeds;
At morn, at night, his bitter tears are split;
The fair Aminie wears a widows weeds.
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Chang's Little Luncheon.

"Appetite? Well, l should say so! Just
come with me-" remarked an official at a
dime museum to Philadelphia reporter, In
answer to question put to him about the
amount of food necessary to satisfy the crav-
ings of Chang, the huge Chinaman. Follow
ing the man, the reporter was taken to where
Chang was about to begin his luncheon, and
was presented TO the giant, whose face wore
q kindly smile and who spoke English with,
out any of the unique characteristics that
generally mark Chinsman's attempt in that
direction.
81 have Just had letter from my home In
China" said Chang, "and 1t has put me In
my good spirits. Won't you have some
lunchp" Both the reporter and his guide
declined. "Well, I'm going to have some.
Sit down while get bite," remarked the
giant, and he proceeded to eat. As the lunch
proceeded he chattcd away at lively rats
about TIE French troubles in Southwestern
China, and expressed his opinion that the
Frenchmen would be pretty sick Of the wal
before they got through. ..a.. .........
During the course of his talk careful
note was made Of what be ate, and when at
length he arose, the following list stared a
the startled reporter from the page of hi
notebook: Four large plates Of soup, forty
three fried oysters, two rare tenderioir
steaks, with nineteen baked potatoes and
two dishes of stewed tomatoes; large roas
chicken, three bunches of celery, two custsrt
pies, one mince pie, one apple pie, five cream
puffs, six bananas, . pound Of figs, TIVE or
anges, twenty six ginger snaps, and clever
slices of bread and butter. He also dranl
eight large goblets Of water and four cups o
coffee.
| "Come round and see me when I'm no
busy said the Chinaman, Is he went out
"And look here, you Billy"-to the waite
who was clearing of the tablet want m.
dinner on time to-day. Yesterday you KEEP
me waiting nearly half an hour"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-18
MOSES IN THE SoUDAN.
An Account of Little War that Preceded
EI Mahdis by Many Centuries.
From the american Hebreto.

From the american Hebreto.
The Soudan Is none other than the Cush
of the Bible, which the Septuagint and the
Vulgate rendered Ethiopia. When Moses
had arrived at mans estate Egypt was In
vaded by an Ethiopian army, which success.
fully laid waste the country as far as Mem
phis. In their despair the Egyptians prayed
to their oracles for aid, and the advice they
received was that they should offer the lead
ership Of their armies TO "Mosss, the He
brew" This they did. The great difficulty
of the campaign was to traverse roads that
led to the Ethiopian camp, in consequence OF
their being infested with dangerous serpents.
The willy Israelite provided his advance
guard with number of ibes In baskets and
instructed the soldiers to let the birds loose
on the serpents. BY this ingenious expedi'
ent the roads were speedily cleared and
Moses was enabled to surprise the Ethiopi'
ans and defeat them with great slaughter.
Carrying the war into Meroe itself, Moses
then laid siege to the capital, Saba. The
obstinate resistance offered by the defenders
prolonged the siege for some time, but event.
ually the city was delivered up by Tharbis,
the daughter of the Ethiopian King, who had
watched Moses from q distance, and from
admiring his valor had fallen In love with
him. The story ends happily with the mar
riage of Moses and Tharbis.
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When Winnie Ream was modelling her
statue Of Farragut, the Admiral's old boat
swain visited her studio. She asked him to
look while she worked, and tell her If there
was anything he liked, "and anything you
don't like, either,' she added. He stared
and stared, and presently he began to laugh
softly to himself. She turned quickly !:
aWha.'s the matter?" "Why, you've gone
and left out the trumpet, and the old man
never would q lefs It of that day." The
first idea was TO represent the historic "swsar
word" scene at the passage Of the forts.
aWhy, to be sure" she said, "and what
else sn But Jacks courage was gone, and
he hsmmed and hawed, she urging him with
questions, until he broke out with: "Well,
now, look q here, the old man wasn't such
id fool - to 80 into . fight with his best
clothes on, and you've logged him out there
like house a6re !" Then be ned precipi-
lately, 1leaving me-" the sculptress said,
s.sace TO face with this awful fact that had
put him In full dress uniform. / sent at
once to Mrs. Farragut for sighting suit,
and she let me have the very one he wore d
Plaquenune Band, Of which this 10 fac
simile."
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-18

London Tiraes.

II appears that wherever there is surplus
moisture, large eucalyptus will prove Of
great service, and group Of them will dis
pose OF q vast amount Of house sewerage.
But where there is water which 1t Is mot de-
sirable to exhaust, IS In good well, It will
be wise to put the eucalyptus very far away.
The owner Of Bay Island Farm, Alameda
county, CAL, recently found curious root
formation Of the eucalyptus In the bottom
OF his we'll, about sixteen feet below the sur
face. The trees to which the roots belong
stand fifty feet from the well. Two shoots
pierced through the brick wall Of the we'll,
and sending on millions Of 1bres, formed
dense mat that completely covered the bot
tom of the we'll. Most Of these fiben are
no larger than threads, and are 20 woven and
intertwisted as to form mass - inpenetra-
BILE and strong q though regularly woven in
! loom. The mat when first taken out OF
the we'll was water-soaked and covered with
mud, and nearly al that man could lin,
but when dry It was nearly q con TO touch
. wool, and weighed only few ounces
This Ii m excellent illustration Of the way
| IN which the eucalyptus absorbs moisture
| IL roots going 20 far to Hnd water, pushing
themselves through . brick wall and ther
developing enormously after the water u
reached. 1t 10 thought that ons Of the causes
Of the drying up Of wells II the unsuitable
thirt Of these vegetable monsters'
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'.'.''.''.''''''s'
FINGER NAILS CAMEoED, PRICE
$25 AND UPWARD.

The above curious sign, hanging in par
lor window Of small house on street not
hundred miles from the corner of Broad
and Walnut, attracted the attention Of
Record representative yesterday afternoon,
and ascending the marble steps he rang the
bell. A small colored boy, clad In claret-
colored livery, and the front of whose jacket
was almost concealed behind several dozen
brass buttons, opened the door.
81 want to see the fnger-nail man. Is he
In ?" questioned the scribe.
eyes, sab. Step dis way, sab, }" and the
sable juvenile led the way into small par
lor, In which were seated two very pretty
young ladies and blonde dude; the former
together, the latter off in corner by him
self.
"Take seat, ssh," continued the boy,
pushing forth chair and then vanishing
through the door, which he closed behind
him. q. ....... .....-.. ,...-...-.
After an interval Of five minutes, during
which the reporter got interested in an arti-
Gle in copy Of the Atlantic Monthly for
June, 1860, which, with several other speci-
mems Of current literature lay on the center
table, the folding doors Of the rear parlor
opened and . odest-looking young woman
came out. She handed small package to
the young ladies, who At once went away,
and the blonde dude then stepped forward.
"Aw, Miss Jones, I'm awfully sorry, but
a. ,,,,t ccv.. ~ v,nr~orv v,,o ur,uo. ,r,uat M
to New York. Won't Saturday do ss well ?
Same time, you know"
| Miss Jones acquiesced in the change Of
time and the dude departed.
81 was attracted by the sign In your win
dow. May ask what it means ?" asked the
reporter. =.
"Certainly, sir" was the smiling reply.
cit means Just what IL says-fnger nails
cameoed, that Is to say, I will cut cameo
on either Of your thumb nails, portraits,
initials or crest, just us You choose to have
IT," "@
ais that not something new?"
"It is the very latest idea from Paris and I
am the only manicure In the county who
can do IL. studied IL for six months there
and only came homo about two months ago;
but don't think Philadelphia Is up to the
cameo Idea yet. have only had three Gus
TONERS for that sort Of work. think will
take an Office In New York. would, NO
doubt, do much better over there"
ssIt seems to bs an expensive luxury"
"Wsll, yes, It Il 30. To cut good por-
trait-hsad on your thumb nall and then fin-
ish II properly, would have to charge $50,
but could do crest or . monogram for
$40 or $50, or even s25, - say on the sign
below" g
"Whst sort Of designs have your cuftcmsrs
here chosen ?" s ti ause ~ stsf
aAil portraits. Two were young men who
we're engaged and wanted their Bancees' por-
traits done, and tho other was . young mar
risd lady, who had her husband's picture
cut. She said IL was for his birthday pres
snt." W taA ,ssles e
fa tse-lf : "a ~ Il q aH4sf s55s
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-18
WHOLE NO. III,
TAPERING OFF THE TOP.
Progress of Work on the Great Marble
Cenotaph at Washington.
Chicago Herald.

Chicago Herald.
Seventy men are at work on the Washing
ton Monument grounds, cutting and dressing
the stones preparatory to placing them In
position on the monument. These men
have been at work, when practicable, since
when the structure had reached height of
40 feet. 1t is not intended to resume the
work of setting until the 6rst of May, al
though there is a sufficient quantity Of stone
now dressed and ready to be placed In posi-
tion to raise the monument thirty additional
feet. 1t Is necessary, however, TO have
plenty Of material on hand when the work
is once commenced to preclude the possibil-
ity Of its being stopped for want Of material;
and, therefore, by May 1st 1t Is intended to
have stone enough to raise the monument
470 feet. Nearly enough stone is already on
the ground. The Lee company, Of Massa-
chusets, which was at first awarded the con-
tract last year, succeeded in supplying but
twelve suitable blocks, and at an expense Of
$4,000. Owing to their failure to furnish
sufficient quantity, their contract was an
nulled, and awarded to Hugh Sisson, Of
Maryland. lie expects to supply about 200
blocks month, and at that rate there will
be sufficient quantity on hand to make the
monuments height 500 feet; and, If this Is
accomplished, 1t is expected that all Of 1t
will be set by the middle Of August. All
that will remain then will be to erect the
pyramidal marble summit Of fifty feet, ma
king the monument $50 feet high. When
the structure reaches 400 feet, there will be
a change in the manner Of setting the stone,
in order to prepare asure foundation for this
summit. Instead Of being set with smooth
interior surface, the blocks will be bracketed.
The first course above 470 feet will jut about
SIX inches, and these corbels or projections
will be increased gradually up to the height
of 900 feet. There will then be q firm
foundation for the summit, which will be
upheld by arches resting upon these corbels.
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some Plantation PHILOSOPHY.

De shrewd man aim de bes' citizen. De
sparrow hawk am mighty keen, but he's .
awfal rascal.
De bes' work what . man does Ii allus
slow. De con sprout doan rush its way
through de clod.
De bes' man sometimes shows dat he b
oulen humor. De gentless hoss sometimes
tries ter bite yer when yer buckles on de
saddle.
When coward takes up de notion o.
fighiin' he can whup brave mar. De snap
PIN dog what backs in TO der fsnce co'ner IL
awful.
When . 'omaa comes to me and tells mo
dat one o. de nabers Is bad. knows dat one
o. dem is bad, but de oman whut does de
talkin ID de one.
De man what am allus ut work aim no slgn
dat de neighborhood kaint do widout him.
De suck-aig dog Is pokin' roun' while Dc fox
houn' ID ter sleep.
De prospects, o. man Ii allus greater den
de fack wbut follows. De fish pulls mighty
hard fore yer gifts him outen de water,
an yer think dat ounce catfish weishs ten
poun's.