The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-02-04
UENSFDE SIAsf.
e.. Ez-iiove-ne-,s Shows Up the Cou<s and
its .Al.e,satsnoss.


hrs Leonowens, who was govcrness
OF he young Princes OF Sam, published
q sketch of thc Primo Minister of that
country as follows. He Was the actuai
ruler of shat saIli-barbaro;is realm and
the prime ccntrivor of its arbitrary poll
cy. Black, but ccnleiy. robust and Wig
crous, neck short and thick, nose large
and nostr;ls wide. eyes inquisi;ive and
penetrating; his v5as the massive brain
proper to an intellect deliberate and sys-
teriatic. Wei founded in The best
idioms Of his native tongue, he expressed
strong and discrin,inalive thought IN
words at once accurate aad abundant.
His only vanity was his Engiish." She
also sketches MS harciG.
I've discover in the center OF the hall
a long line Of girls Wit, skins of olive,
creatures who in years anG physical
proportion are yet children, some twen-
ty in number, with transparent draper
ies with golden g;rdles, their arms and
bosoins wholly nude and covered with
barbaric ornaments OF gold. Their on
ly garments The lower skirt, floating III
light folds about their limbs. is one OF
very costly material bordered heavy
with gold. On the end of their fingers
they wear long nails Of gold, t.spering
sharply ike claws Of {. bird" She de-
scribcs dance in this harem while the
Prime kiaister sits stony and grin, his
huge hands resting or his knees in sta
tuesGue rr:,ose. lis department TO his
female s!s.es was stUdiousiy ungracions
and mean.
I'm the midst Of Bangkok is a sort Of
sanctuary for criminals, where l;,rk fugi-
dvcs of e.ery class. Women in disguise
as men, nlen in the attire of women,
hiding phases OF every vileness and
crime o: .sy.ry enorrnity, at once the
E,cst disgusting. the most appalling and
the most unnatural The heart OF man
has conceived. Most Of the women who
died IN 1858. we're OF gentle blood, the
nobies ana Princes OF thc adjacent tri-
hsItary Sat-; the !ss:i-en consort was his
OWL h&if-sister. Bcsi'ie many choice
Chinese and Indian girls purchased an
nuaily fer the roral h:s;em by agents
from Bancock and Bengal. enormous
sums were offered year after year at
Bangkok and Singapore for an English
woman Of beauty and good parentage
to crown the sensual collection. French
women offered themselves Tor the hareui,
but the King would not accept thsm."
Although religious ceremonies were
held at this court Mrs. Leoncwens says:
..Ihe King of Siam WAS more syste-
matically educated, and more capa-
cious devourer of books and news than
perha 2s any man of equal rank in his
time In inborn integrity and steadfast
principle he has no faith whatever. lie
sincerely believed that every man strcve
to compass his own ends. and when
sometimes I venturcd to disabuse his
mind of his daring scorn for motive and
responsibility had the modification to
discover that had but helped him to an
argument against myself. 1t was simply
nay pecuniary interest to do Sc. Money,
money. money. That could procure
anything. The love of children was the
constant and hearty virtue cf this despot.
They appealed to him by their beauty
and their trustfulness; they refreshed
him with bold innocence OF their ways.
At 9 O'Clock he retired to his private
apartments, whence issued Immediately
peculiar domestic bulletins, in which
were named women whose presence he
particularly desired in addition to those
whose turn it was to wait that night.
Ills spies penstrate into every family CT
wealth and influence. Every citizen
suspects and fears always his neighbor,
sometimes his wife "-Csnciaana:i En-
0slirer