davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Real Blue Grass.

One of the standing Jokes of III,
blue grass region is the fact that "blu,
grass" is green. People who visit tn.
famous rich grazing country found il
Kentucky are often the subject TO,
jokes when they want the "blu,
grass" pointed out. But there is /,
blue grass, sample Of which can b.,
found growing at the Department o.
Agriculture. which is as blue as /,
cloudless sky on summer day. It i.
a native of the Apache country. 1
can he found all through New Mexico
and in some of the adjoining States
It is known as the Apache blue grass
It has a broad spear and grows /,
couple of feet in height. A feli
covered with it looks like lake il
which has been dumped barrel O.
indigo. It is said to be one of th,
most beautiful sights of the southwes,
to view great fields of this blue grass
dotted here and there with flowers
Especial attention has been paid to the
cultivation Of a patch of this grass al
the Department of Agriculture, where
it grows luxuriantly, and is one Df the
interesting sights to all visitors to thu
grounds Of that department. Wash.
ingtOn Star. a, ~
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
A Quick. Vitted Woman.

Outside the city Of Boston there Is q
railroad crossing that has become local.
~ famous as a place Of danger. All
this, however, does not hinder workmen
from walking home on the track or div.
Ing under the wooden-fringed bars that
are dropped for every train. Not long
ago q young woman heard the familiar
danger whistle of an engine, and lean
ing out Of the window saw q laborer
upon the track. He lcaped -uuieklg--to
tho inner track at the sound Of the
whistle, looking rather dazed and not
selng the express, which was thunder
Ing along so close behind him that ev-
egybody was dumb and motionless ex-
cept the alert little woman at the win
dow, who cried, "Help! Help! Helpw
It the top of her voice, at the same time
beckoning the man to come to her. AS
she foresaw, the mans instincts made
him start toward the window, and the
quick movement to save a woman in
distress saved his life.
! The express rushed past; the man
stood still in bewilderment; the woman
waved her hand in token of her safety
ana as 1t slowly dawned upon the Door
fellow that she had saved his life he
cropped his dinner pail, pulled off his
cap and saluted her, after which he
crossed himself, picked up his tin nail
anu proceeded homeward as far from
tae railroad track as he could get.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
drying yard of several acres NAV be sd
completely covered with trays as to
look as if smeared purple black.

drying yard of several acres may be sd
completely covered with trays as to
look as if smeared a purple black.
The more extensive prune growers
IN California handle as many as
seventy tons of prunes in day., II
takes from two and one-half to three
pounds Of the green fruit to make one
OF the dried product.
The active work of the harvest over.
the grower looks about for buyers for
his yield. There are always scores Of
purchasing agents for Eastern whole.
sale fruit dealers and commission
houses throughout the horticultural
regions of California in the fruit sea.
son and there are hundreds of local
fruit shippers in the State, The fruit
is sampled and tested for its sacchar.
inc qualities, the frmness of the flesh
and the gloss ofthe skin. Little bags
OF sample fruit are sent here and
there. When sale is made it is
done on the basis of the sizes Of the
dried prunes. Thus there are six
sizes: l, those ranging from forty to
fifty to the pound; 2, fifty to sixty to
the pound; 8, sixty to seventy; 4,
seventy to eighty; 5, eighty to ninety,
and 6, oil below ninety. An ex-
perienced prune grower and buye,
can tell at glance what size of fruit
he is looking at and, Of course, the
larger sizes are the more marketable.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
An Expensive Business.

Residents Of the lower Mississippi
have for many years felt the greatest
concern on account of the washin !,
away Of the banks and the necessity Of
some means by which the currents
could be DETECTED and stop the con.
tinual wearing away of the shores.
Some idea of the expense attending
the keeping of this great body of water
within reasonable bounds may be got:
ten from the statement of an expert
who has just finished an examination
Of this cratic stream. Immense mat.
tresses or mats are made of willows
and underbrush. These are woven in
with wires and poles of various sizes,
forming an enormously heavy and ap.
parently very strong resisting mater.
ial. These mats are woven on bargea
anchored out in the stream for this
purpose. Then they are slid off into
the water and weighted with stones.
Some Of them are three or four hun
dred feet long. Some of the largest
of them will cover eight acres. The
work can only be done during low
water, which fact greatly adds to the
cost, as there is only short season,
and the work must be pushed to the
highest rate of speed. Sometimes,
after all of the effort, the first high
water sweeps the whole structure
away, and oil must be done over again.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Soldiers to Guard Buffalo.

The Secretary of the Interior at
Washington has under consideration q
project which will hereafter furnish
some of the Fort Logan cavalrymen
with a novel variety of active duty in
the summer and fall seasons. It is
that detail Of Regular Army troopers
be told off to guard the herd of buffalo
which exists in Lost Park, Colorado.
There are still about forty of these
rare beasts alive, but if some immedi.
ate precaution is not taken to protect
them against the depredations Of pot
hunters they will speedily be EXTERN
mated. Late last fall one buffalo wa,
found dying at remote distance fron
it's fellows, having been wounded {.
number Of times by rife bullets. Il
was put out Of pain by a deputy gam.
warden, and its stuffed frame is nov
among the collection of rarities in thu
rooms Of the State Historical Society;
This incident led to the discovery
that several others of the herd hao
been killed during the preceding sum
mer. No trace of the marauders WHIT
did the killing could be discovered,
nor could any effective means be de-
vised by the State Game Warden te
guard against them in future. A goot
deal of indignation was aroused therea
among sportsmen and others who arr
interested in preserving Colorado'E
rapidly dwindling buffalo. AS re-
suit the scheme to use cavalrymen wa.
concocted, and James A. Miller, clerl
of the Supreme Court, was delegated
to communicate with Congressman
Shafroth on the subject. This action
was taken by MIR. Miller on May 5,
and yesterday he received from Con.
gresham Shafroth a letter, inclosing
statement from the United States
Adjutant- Generals office to the effect
that the military buffalo warden pro,
posal was under consideration by the
United States Department Of the In.
terior.--Denver Republican.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
POPULAR SCIENCE,

At the last congress of German Nnap
yardists Professor Workman reported
chat he had found living bacteria in
vine which had been bottled twenty.
Eve to thirty years.
1t is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only Interchangeable
through life, but the chance of the fin.
ger prints Of two persons being alike
is less than one chance in sixty-four
billions.
Among the animals which surpass
man in the ratio of brain weight to body
weight are the following: Among the
Rodentia squirrels and mice, among
the Primates many old and new world
monkeys.
Air can not be easily liqui6ed, but
according to the American Machinist,
the difficulty of putting it to any prac.
teal use lies in the fact that it must be
stored and transmitted at q tempera.
ture of more than 200 degrees below
zero.
It is reported that commercial oils
are to have another addition. In China
it is stated that successful extraction
Of tea-seed oil has been obtained. II
is said to be slightly pungent but edi
BILE, and also of consistency which
makes 1t valuable lubricator for fine
machinery.
Colonel Davidson, of Edinburgh,
who, besides being the inventor of the
elongated bullet with conalures, Of
telescope sights for sporting guns, and
of the method Of laying guns and NOR.
tars by the collimator, was an officer
of distinction in the East India service
and the father of the Edinburgh Rifle
Volunteers, has had to wait till he was
eighty six years of age before receiving
. X. G. B.
Bulgaria is thinking of substituting
the reformed Gregorian calendar for
the Russian orthodox one, bill fol
that purpose having been drawn up at
Premier Stoiloff's request by signor
Cesare Tondini de Quarenghi, On
italian mathematician, and DR.. Shish'
manoff, President of the Bulgarian
court Of cessation. It is hoped that
after the. Bulgarian sobranye has
adopted the reform it may spread tc
all the countries that use the Roman
calendar.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
How to Sleep q Will.

According to the newest theory o
sleep, that curious phenomenon results
from the brain being literally drowned
in blood. The Psychologist who has
made this discovery has also found out
how you may regulate your period Of
sleep to the minute, and wake as regu.
larly as the punctual cock. All you
have to do is to raise or lower your
head by means Of pillows Of various
thicknesses. If you want to SLEEP
longer than you do at present, lowel
the pillow and let in more blood on thu
brain; if you want to sleep less, rails.
your pillow and let in less blood
Never take narcotic drugs, as they in.
iure the brain, but lower the pillow
more and more till sleep comes. You
need not go to the expense Of buying
an alarm clock, either, since this sim.
pie plan will enable you to awake 81
any hour.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Alabama Without NIarshals.

The State Of Alabama finds, -iteeli
in the unusual predicament Of hav
ing no United States marshal. The
commission of United States Marshal
Tisdale, for the middle southern dis
tricts of Alabama, expired Saturday,
and it is the opinion of lawyers that
there is now no marshal. Mr.. Tisdale
resigned in July. At the request Of
the attorney general he has continued
il Office, but he is of the opinion that,
his commission having expired, he can
not discharge the duties of the Office
unless he is reappointed and makes a
new bond.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
CHEAP ARMOR PLATE,
Inc Government Considering the Carmen,
ter Process.

1AAAASHO SOuSINCrlnT the C9rnop,
ter Process.
). Il. Carpenter, founder of the Car.
penter Steel Works, Reading, Pa, OF
which he was formerly general mana.
ger, has prepared statement showing
that steel armor plate can be furnished
TO the government at .tritling figure
compared with what is now being paid
MI. Carpenter is we'll known steel
expert and inventor and was formerly
IN the United States navy. The Car
penter Steel Works, from which Mr..
Carpenter has retired, have up to this
time furnished the government with
nearly 81, 10000 worth of projectiles,
and 100000 order is now being
hlied. His price is so for below the
government limit Of $500 ton, which
the Bethlehem and Carnegie compan.
les say they cannot meet with their
Harveylzed nickel steel plates, as to
occasion the armor plate board much
surprise.
Mf' carpenter claims that by new
pneumatic process steel of the best
physical properties and chemical con.
d'tions can be uniformly made and
much waste avoided. A plant CAL be
built for this plan at half the money
and the steel can be made and cast in
q quarter of the time now required.
Experts in steel and government in.
spectors OF manufactures seem satisfied
OF the value Of the process and bis
ability to perform his promises. His
estimates of cost have been compared
with the cost sheets forward to con-
gress by the examining board, and was
found to agree except where less work
is done.
Originally Mr.. Carpenters plans
were to organize and equip the works
himself, but now he concludes to give
the option to the government. II it is
declined, he says he will organize his
own company and sell the armor plate
at $3.50 per ton, allowing $50 for profit
and contingencies. The board has
written him that it will be ready to
consider his proposals in few DAYS.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
The Medical Congress.

The international congress of medi-
cine was opened at Moscow Thursday
by Grand Duke Sergius, representing
the car. There are altogether $50
delegates, OF whom half come from
abroad. Among the honorary presi-
dents, DR.. Taylor and DR.. Billings
were elected for the United States.
Count Deilof, minister of public in
struction, delivered the address of well
come.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Yukon ana AlOnulko UOlu rleiu6.
Parties intending to visit the Klon-
dixie Gold Fields or invest in stock
companies operating in that country,
are advised to get the Canadian Gov
eminent Alaskan Boundary Commits
sioner, Prof. Ogilvie's, Report on the
Yukon and Klondike Gold Fields, be-.
fore doing 80.
This is the official report made last
spring which SO astounded the Cana
dian Government that they did not
publish it till Prof. Ogllvie confirmed
il personally on bis arrival in Ottawa.
The report is very extensive, abound
ing in Photographers and Maps and
giving the most reliable information as
to routes, climate, and the indescrib-
able wealth awaiting the miners. Sent,
postage paid, on receipt of fifty cents,
by the Toronto Newspaper Union Pub.
fishers, A Bay st., Toronto, Canada.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Sensational kidnapping Case.

A sensational kidnapping case came up
IN tie Galveston court Saturday. Mrs.
?. j. Wilson claims to be the mother
of child and says John Cox is its
father. Mr.. @. J. Willis, brakeman,
says he is the father and refuses to tell
it's mothers name. Mrs. Wilson is said
TO have stolen the child and was re.
manded to the criminal court for trial.
Whether there are two babies in the
case. or one. is mystery.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
A Heated Bore.

In boring the Simplon Tunnel under
the Alps the workmen must contend al
one stage Of the work with q tempera.
ture Of 1872 degrees. But the engin,
GERS expect to bring it down to ninety
by forcing in air and atomized water.
The tunnel will be twelve and quar-.
ter miles long, three miles longa
than any other under the Alps.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Brutal Murder at a Picnic,

Without p.ovocation gang of West
Virginia desperadoes swooped down
on picnic party at Glenwood, Ohio,
Saturday night and broke up the party
by their orgies. Revolvers, knives,
canes, slngletrees and clubs were used.
The women tainted and others fled to
the hills. Lew Holley was killed out.
tight and William Porter and Van
Linkfield, two members OF the picnic
party, were fatally stabbed. Alonzo
Porter had his scull fractured and halt
his face cut of. John Wallace had a
part OF his hand cut off and an eye
gouged out. The ruffians were the
members of the Holley band of out
laws, who have killed at least a dozen
men,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Some London Statistics.

An expert at figures $4,000 vehicles,
q quarter of them omnibuses, pass
through the Strand in London every
day, and the narrowness of the street
causes each of their $4,000 occupants
to waste on an average three minutes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
C1Mau had much strength.
baokaohes Common 20 Mothers,

Baokaohes Common 20 mothePos
The busy mother sometimes feels IN ins
She ieeis Inactive, w weary and depressed i.
Her back, oh, how II achesl When she sits
down she feels % though she must get right
up, and when she stands, that she must sit
down. The truth Is, the capacity OF hor neH.
y0us system has been overworked, Il has
become exhausted and there is . breaking
down. What she needs IL 4 course Of DF.
Simmons 6quaw Vine Wine TO restore
beatty esa 41 nal activity and .e
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Confinement and Hard Work

Indoors. particularly in the sitting pcs ure, are
Tar mere prejudicisl to health rHn excessive
,ouscular exer,icn in The opeI. air. Hard Sc
denta.y workers are far too weary after cf!cc
Seu,s ~ taso much neetful exercise in the open
n w. T,,cv often need toni.. Where can they
saap ,nrigor ttiop more certainly and agreeably
; ;b from Hcs.e;ter's Stomach Filters, reno
want particularly adapted 10 recruit The e1-
ssns,pd foyce of nature Use also for dyspcp-
~ Kidney. liver and rheumatic ailments.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Very Large Crop of Grain Expected.

It is officially announced that very
large crop of grain is anticipated in
the Argentine Republic, the grain
under cultivation covering larger areas
than ever before. The wool clip, it is
further stated, will be heavy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restoror 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DE-, H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch St., Phila, Pa.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Yukon aud Klondiko Gold Fields.

The most potent argument for hell IS tho
cumulative character OF sin.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Nrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ieething, softens tee gums, reducing lnflamma'
zion ,allays pain cures wind cole. COCA bottle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Eczema is a local disease ana needs local
treatment. The irritated diseased SKIN must
10 soothed and smoothed and healed. No use
TO dose yourself and ruin your stomach just be.
cause OF an itching eruption. Tetterlne is the
only simple, safe and certain cure for letter,
Eczema, Ringworm and other skin troubles.
AT druggists or by mail for so cents in stamps.
J. T. shuptrine, Savannah. Ga.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

You cannot make w!se fool by feeding
him on fish.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Most mortals never practice economy until
they have to-.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

shiftlcssnes5 Is hard tines private secre-
tary.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

It is not the anguish Of wickedness that is
40 fearful, but its Joy.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Purely aIOcaI Disease.

No one ever got into trouble by taking his
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28

Christ bears the same relation to God as a
word does to the idea it expresses.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-08-28
Bad Taato IN tho Mouth.
GIFT. @lttE,,1.

Randolph, Ky., writes: I
will never be without DR..
N. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine. Toured me Of
Chronic Constipation
aud Torpidity of Liver
eftefseveral Physicians and
many Patent Medicines had
failed. / took three timer
as much "Black DraughtT
% the directions said take,
and It had but little effect
on mo, and I don't think Il
hoA S>n,>n h otRnnNth
The herald., 1897-03-09

best hated men in this country, and In
| spite of the fact that in this particular
case his interests lay counter to those of
! the majority of the people of this coun-
| ty. he is certainly one of the most potent
| agencies of development and advance in
| the whole union. He is many times
| millionaire, and instead of using his
great wealth as the Astors have in hold
| ing unimproved city property for others
| to make valuable, or like Jay Gould in
engineering corners in the stock mar
ket. Mr.. Huntington has built railways
and shipyards and harbors, operated
steamship lines and has helped to keep
the world moving. If he were to draw
his money out of all the various enter
prises in which he is interested, and
should settle down in his old
age to clipping coupons by the
wholesale and retailing a little
charity, he would probably get
less cursiag and more praise, but there
would be many thousand hungry families
that now are we'll fed. l have met Mr.
Huntington a number of times and have
talked with him on the harbor question,
anu L dill DOuild ~ say L AoNAANA NNAA'-A
and like him. When he is against you,
he says so in plain language, with no
diplomatic sugar-coating about 1t. / re-
member one occasion when he sat by my
desk and talked to Mr.. Freeman, Gen.
eral Forman and myself the better part
of two hours, and at the end of the
conference he used these words: Il
don't know whether 1 can get that ap-
preparation for Santa Monica or not
I think I can. But know very well you
can never get damned cent for the other
place"
1t appears to me that his position in
this matter was a great deal more en-
titled to respect, than that of some OF
our best citizens, who were visible in the
midst of the fray making a desperate
effort to be on both sides at once. Here
is to Uncle Collis," his long life and
prosperity, and when the next big bat
tie comes off, let us hope to be able to
fight with him and not against him.
But to return to the sequence of events
in the long controversy. The first inti-
nation we at this end Of the line had
that the Southern Pacific had shifted
from San Pedro to its new-found harbor
near the wharf was when Senator Fell
ton went before the committee on COM
merce to secure an appropriation of
5000 900 to begin work on the outside
harbor. and found the way blocked by
a sensa ationaI telegram from Mr.. Hood,
the engineer of the Southern Pacific
company. stating that the holding
The herald., 1897-03-09
"REMINISCENCES OF THE GREAT FIGHT
The Secretary OF the Chamber of Commerce Tells
the Story
EIGHT YEARS SINCE THE CAMPAIGN COMMENCED
And There Have Been Many Pretty Pieces OF Poemics
in Those Long Years

Senator Frye Thought That Los Angeles Should Move to
f1arbor Instead of Having tarbor for ltself-Ihe
Story of Coils P. 1untington's lrrepressible
and Almost Omnpotent Opposition
The Gallant and Successful
Struggle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-23
BUT NOT GOOD TIMES.

1t was formerly held that big ex-
port trade in which the balances were
in our favor meant plenty of money
and good times, just in proportion TO
the favorable excess of balances. But
the rule does not work, is not a reliable
one. The record Of 1896 in exports,
which is just compiled and published,
show 1896 10 have led all previous years
For the month Of December the excess
Of exports from the United States over
imports was S59.271 ,O93; for the twelve
months this excess reached the enor-
nous figure of S325.322, 1s4. The two
noteworthy facts embodied in this state
ment are the increase in December ex-
ports over any preceding month last
year, and the rise of the years entire
export trade TO the largest total in our
history. Exports from the United
States last year foot up something over
one billion dollars; the exact figures are
81 ,O05, S7S,417. This is $50, 900, 900
larger than the total exports during the
calendar year 1891, the previous high
est record in our commerce. Since the
export movement has been increasing
month by month. there is little doubt
that the record for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1897, will also exceed even
the billion-dollar exports for the fiscal
year 1892