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And has this King of Siam cabinet2

ana mas THIS lAlD8 OIL S1dm II OdDlHSb!
Yes. He has his Interior Department, his
Agricultural Department, and his Royal Mint.
Siam now makes coins like the Govern
ments of Europe, and she has given up the
little gold and silver marbles which used to
form her currency. The unit is the tecal, a
round silver coin worth 90 cents, and of about
the size of a half dollar The King imports
Mexican dollars, melts them up and casts them
into these tecals for the use of his people. He
has Postoftice and postal service, and Siam
belongs to the postal union. He collects Gus
toms on imports and exports, and there has just
been built near the royal palace great two
story building which is known as the Temple
of Justice. visited the museum in the palace
grounds and found collection of bric-a-brac
gathered from various parts of the world The
King is making up, or has made, a set of ST.
amese utensils for our National Museum at
Washington, and he is in favor of education.
He does not go in for the education of the COM
mon people as yet, and the Royal College here
is attended only by the nobility. Still, he gives
somewhat to the mission schools, and he gave
$4,000 to the Catholic college which is now
being built here. The Queen added to this
5000, and the Crown Prince laid the corner
stone Bangkok, as far out of the world as it
seems to be, has street-car line running along
the land on the palace bank of the river 1t
has system of telegraphs connecting its diff
ferent cities and it has telephones here at the
Capital A part of the palace is lighted with
the electric light. The King talks English,
and he is thinking of building railroad which
viii open up the interior of his rich Oriental
Kingdom. Siam overfows with natural re-
sources. It's mines contain the finest of gold
and silver. 1t has thousands of square miles
of the richest rice fields. Its mighty forests
are full of the precious teak wood, and the
King owns it all. He is said to have from
$40,000,000 to S50000.000 piled up for rainy
day, and he keeps his money all in his family
by marrying his sisters.
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Yes, the Queen of Siam is the halfsist to
the King, and this has been the custom for
generations. The intermarriage does not seem
10 have deteriorated the family, and this short-
haired Queen is as brightas a button, and helps
her lord manage the affairs of the Empire. She
does not sit on the throne beside him, but she
has great influence over him, and her curtain
lectures, notwithstanding the 90 other wives,
make her thoughts tell She is between 20 and
80 years of age, though she hardly looks 20,
and her short black hair is combed well up
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Ihis Itreshngschns recei-ed the highest award Of any
" me Centennial Exhibition The two last Cold Medals given
~ me Se orE STATE Agricultural Society and has been selected
rom al others snd illustrated described In that great HoGk
"Appsona Of Appd Mechanical Catalogue FREQ.
address, AIRARD HARDER. coblesti sehoharie Co.. n. Y.
Also straw preserving shreshers, OIover.huI~
iers, Foddercutters Feed-!iis, Fa4aing mills aaa
GEv-machnes; all ofthe best la market, q
The Fearlese HoPse-Pewers ere tbs raoat econerra.
5agecnstera ana Cotton irs, and for general farEa
AUD plantation gscs - :
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HAVE just returned
from a great Siamese
festival. For three
DAYS the King of Siam
has nominally surren-
dered his power TO a
Mock King, aud the
whole Of these GOO, 600
Siamese are celebrat-
ing the event. / have
had a chance to see the
people in their holiday
attire, to meet the rich
as we'll as the poor, and
to look upon some of
the beauties of the
most noted Princes
harems. | received
the night before the
event an invitation TO
he nresent from the
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This court of four acres, which ! have de-
scribed above had in its center great swing
hung between two poles. which rose to a hight
of more than 100 feet. This swing had many
ropes holding it to the cross-bar, and it was, I
judge fully 80 feet from the ground. 1t was
upon this that swinging was to be done for
money, and this was part of the days cere-
monies. Just opposite the swing was throne
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Who kills all the dead letters dorchester
Post Express. Miss Direction.
What estate was Jane Eyre to?-PiHsbug
Chronicle Telegraph.
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SimiIia Similibus Curantur.
[NeiO York Herald.l

The Chicago authorities are rank homeop-
athists. They allow barrel of whisky a
month to the Chicago PoOrhouse on the plea
that since whisky causes poverty it should aid
toward curing the same disease.
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A good appetite has this resemblance to vir-
tue, that it is its own reward.
A sleeping policeman is one of the silent
watches of the night. Rochester 1idiags.
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nation of hybrids We saw many Chinese a
we sat here and waited, and in the procession
which came about one-tenth Of the member
wore pigtails.
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Bangkok has its land as well as its water
population, though the latter is six or eight
times as large as the former. Mr.. Child esti-
mates the size of this city at 700,e coo souls and
he tells me that at least 100000 people live
IN Siam. Our drive was through wide bushes
of palms, by streams covered with the leaves
OF the lotus, across many bridges which span
ned the thousand canals of the city. We saw
many fine European houses, dirty and out of
repair, which l was told were the residences of
Princes and mobiles; and we came out into a
vast plain of rice fields the soil of which was
as rich as guano. The land houses of the COM
mon people are nothing but sheds, and they
are built upon piles high above the ground
They are not much different from the floating
houses of the river, which I described in nv
last letter, save that they are stationary. Bang
kok has few stores to speak Of The average
stock of goods could be put in Saratoga trunk,
and the Chinese have the monopoly of all kinds
of business. There are three small, low walls
about the city proper, outside of the palaces
and temples, but everything looks ragged and
rusty, and ready to fall into ruins.
FRANK G. CARPENTER,
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New Spring dresses are generally worn with
an elastic step.-Baltimore american.
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THE KINGS PALACE.

from high, dark. Jersey cream colored FORE
head. Her teeth would be pretty If she were
not addicted TO betelnut chewing, and she has
jewels enough to form Kings ransom. The
Crown Prince is bright little fellow of eight,
and when he was declared heir apparent to the
throne, not long ago. an eyewitness tells me he
was literally covered with jewels "There
was" said this man, I" at least quart of dia-
monds, sapphires, rubies aud pearls upon him,
and the gold jeweled crown on his head was
almost as tall as himself"
| drove out yesterday afternoon with The
Hon. Jacob t. Child, our Minister to the Court
of Siam. and took a look at the palace of this
Crown Prince. It isa grand structure of white
stone, with pillars and galleries, surrounded
By immense grounds, and as yet unoecupied
The Prince will go into it with his wives when
he reaches manageable age, but he is now
only eight, and he stays at home with his
father
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SIANESE ROYALTY.
Our Correspondent Witnesses the Great
Festival Of the Year. and Describes
the Mock Kings Procession.

How the Real King Locks and 4cts-iTis Immense
Fortune and His Progressive GOFernment-Babies
In Diamonds, aud Wives by the Hundred-A LOOK
nj The Palace. and Something About the Harem-
Siamese H0ney. and How IL Is Made-The Land
Population OF Bnngk0k-PaIaces for the Princes
and H0Fels for the People.
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In 1850 'Broten's Bronchial Troctes were intro
duced and their success as cure for Colds Coughs
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A Fact and Original.
BY HB."

During the late Presidential campaign my
three year-old boy was deeply interested in the
political conversations, speeches, etc.
One day he observed a boy of about his own
age riding up and down hestreet on tricycle.,
and upon my return home he requested me
to secure tricycle. for him, and advanced
several ingenious arguments why he should
have one. finally told him that when our
hardware merchant went to purchase goods |
would send to Cleveland aud get one for him.
The boy deliberated for moment, and re-
piled:
oh no, pa, don't send to Cleveland; send to
Pap Harrison"
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visited the palace yesterday. The contrast
of the rich and the poor is nowhere more an.
parent than here. The King of Siam has acres
of palaces, and he has / am told, a hundred
women in hisroyal harem. These have nany SER
wants in attendance. and inside the walls of the
palace there is a little city whose size and num-
Der is known only to his Majesty himself The
harem is filed with the prettiest girls of Siam.
The King has the right to all the women of the
Kingdom, and it is the theory that he owns all
the men. The whole Kingdom belongs to him
and he dictates the actions of the people. His
palaces and the palaces of his Princes, outside
of the temples, are the only large buildings in
Bangkok. few months ago, upon going down
the river in his royal barge, he saw fine house
which had been erected on one of the banks.
He asked: Whose house is that" aud was
told that IT was the residence of one of his rich
Chinese subjects
He scowled and said: "That house is too big
for that mans station."t This word came to the
cars of the owner 1t terrified him, and he
tried to sell his property, offering it to the
French Legation for $50 600. They refused tn
buy it, and in despair he gave the property
TO the King. The King accepted the gift, and
now graci0usly allows the owner to live in it.
Had the man acted differently the King might
have confiscated the house and the owner been
punished on some pretext or other. The palace
in which the King holds his great receptions is
MucA ike the pdiacec OF Europe. IL mas Euro
pean furniture cut-class chandeliers and sew
eral stories There is little Of the Samese about
it. except in the great throne room of the King
The walls of this are lined with gold and silver
trees and the leaves Of these are of pure gold.
The King has gold and silver umbrella over
him, and in former times it was customary for
his conrtiers TO never appear before him save
on their hands and knees. Just now this has
been abolished, and his majesty shakes hands
as does our President
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FUN.
+ UN.
Good Stories Sent in by Our Subscribers.
Tnn Bad for Pnnr Rarnnr.

There is a place In New York State called
! ireland, where lived some years ago an Irish
man and his wife by the name of Keenan, who
were continually quarreiing with each other.
Their farm was wild land, part of which had
| been cleared and seeded to grass, the stumps
having been left standing
During the haying season Keenan,, who had
| Just bought new rake, fearful that his wife
would break it if she used it among the stumps,
had told her TO use small garden hoe-being
rake and hoe combined. She, however, used
the new rake and broke it. For this keenan,
beat his wife pretty badly, and she had him
arrested
Asth Justice of the Peace had been troubled
with them before, he thought he would teach
them a lesson, so issued warrant. The Con-
stable brought keenan,, and Mrs. Keenan, was
sworn.
When asked by the Justice why Barney had
whipped her, she answered Because / would
not rake hay wild de hoe he struck me this
side of me cheek and that side of me cheek,
and axed me would | rake hay wild what he
told me-; and ! told him would not rake hay
wild de hoe and at that he took the long part
of the rake which / had broke and broke it
up in bits over me, and | ran over against the
side of the fence aud left him talking wild him.
self about the rake which / had broke. No
longer ago than Yesterday" said he, Il paid
twenty cints for that same rake, and now the
divil may have it."
The Justice fined Barney $50 The Sheriff,
Charley B, who was present when the fine
was imposed, said:
I" 1t is too bad, Mrs. keenan,. You and Bar
ney are just starting ona farm, and it will take
one of Barney's best cows to pay that fine"
"Ah, an it is just good enough for Barney;
for I'll have the money, Charley, I'll have the
money"
No, you won't have one cent of it. You
won't have the money, Mrs. keenan,"
Sure an who will get the money, thin2"
"The County. All such fines Mrs. keenan,,
60 to the County"
"Ah, the County the County! Wasn't it
that took the licking? That is America, is it?
All Charley, that's too bad for poor Barney.
Faith an he didn't hurt me mooch, anyhow"
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Special Correspondence NATroSAE-T TRIBUNE.
BANGKOK, SIAM, March, 1889.
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did not meet the King. His royal highness
had gone up the river few days before / ar
rived in one Of his steam-launches, and had
taken a goodiy number of his wives with him.
He is q bright-eyed, handsome young man, and
he is now about thirty-fve years old. He
dresses in Siamese costume wears lots of gold
and jewels, and is the bona-fide ruler of his
people. He tries to do good in the Siamese
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HEAVY WEDDING RINGS

llion The National Tribune
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There was one lady in our party. an Ameri-
can girl in American dress, and she was Of more
interest TO the women abont US than were the
proceedings themselves. They gathered around
her and they squatted down by her Held
heir naked babies up for her to pat, and offered
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-04-18

IooFYR1oHrED Ely FRaNK c. oAEPESTER' 1851
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FOR THE LADIES.

MentIon The National Tlfbune.
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SHERIFF SALE
ESTATE!

Whereas by virtue OF Sundri writ OF Fl. Fa. Is
sued out OF the Court OF Common Pleas OF Sny-
der county. and 10 me directed | will expose 10
Public sale at the Court House In the borough OF
LMllnlnhurnh Pm
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SNAP SHOTS.
|rr AND FOREIGN JoTTINas.
nm .or MANY MATTERS OF MOMENT
BRrkrLY PUT.

.Gray. a Baptist preacher who re
4, ,loped from Shamokin, Pa, with the
J,neiehbor, was arrested in Phila.
n, with his companion.
,,beme TO convert Rome into sea,
| avn by building canal to Castlefuno,
| 4. distant, at cost of 65, 600 00J francs,
| ,,,,e,,ei by General Garibaldi, has
| ,,ryei and Commission to examine
.sbility appointed.
I-nniic pool, in which all the leading
= Glass manufacturers of the United
Il rfl cooperate rs to price Of product
| sb,, matters ofimportance to the trade,
in process Of organization. When
[. sei the combination will include the
| - Of the Pittsburgh Consolidated
| IowGass Company, the United Glass
I,.By the headquarters of which
| Transferred to ca icago last week, and
Inambes & Mckee Company, owner of
|nsk gla.s.factory located at Jeanette.
a strong probability that all the win.
-,s, manufacturers Of Baltimore and
me- concerns in Ohio and lniiana,
me- no, controlled by the United Com
vii ais, enter the combination, as ne
on, looking to that end are now in
es
1 mar 2. Robinson, late Registrar Of
N University, at Providence, II. l., aud
a(Eey. l.. q. Robinson, eX-President
l., institution, was arrested charged
,he embezzlemcnt of 10000 of the
! dihe University. 1t is reported that
|m5uut Of Robinson's shortage will
Isl7OO. lie claimed to be innocent of
|rminal offence and gave 5000 bail
i appearance.
aaonal Silver Convention is to be held
Louis, beginning on November %.
c,' ofthe meeting, so its promoters
to bring up the silver question in its
tancc to all OF the industries in this
b.
Navy Yard officials have decided that
tel States warship Galena requires
plcs.
builder Of the famous Joggins raft
bred for New York from ST. Johns,
but broke TO pieces and distributed
per the Atlantic instead of going to its
ion, has begun work upon another
u will be $50 feet long, 100 more than
Egns, and i5 feet deep, containing H.
(soflumber and it will be rigged with
ss, with fore and ait sails and a steam
sgear.
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III excess
grades RI
one OF OF
here on !
sheep, az
evidence
Inent TO
The repo
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LllClZlNG NEW ENGLAND.

ioN' THAT NV ENGLAND WILL BIZ
COME NEw FRANCE.
sensation has been caused at Mon
lnada' among the English.speaking
lon by II speech on the future of the
canadian race ON this continent de-
before LCnion Catholique by Charles
a French.Cana liam orator and
Pn' He said that the French Cana
ID grown 50 fast that there was not
them at home, aud many had TO
the ates TO find live
Ihcy were in absolute major
hVe cities in New England.
Fey had TO combat much prejudice
Rome many apparently insuperable
Yet they haltriumphed and had
her races to acknowledge they were
'share in the government of the
aEd TO all the privileges of citizen
Fhou'' however, losing TIA ir National
" Iro'es'ant minister had told him
\ would be able to celebrate the hun.
nn''eTsary Of st. Jean Baptiste So
'ss than fifty years in Boston
OuI' tieh be French Canadian and
o' 'he French-C madam Nation. |
.and would then have become New |
me Yankees were going to the
'helr places We're being filled by
analiahs, who in half Il century
~ absolute majority in the New
'a'eS' and could thus inspire re-
'heIr religion and their nationality
'sm In the United States was to.
Sc divided against itself, which
napusti were divided into thir-
MeIhodists into fourteen, and SO II
a. Protestant religions, yet cathol-
growing all the time in a solid
60 would soon control the Conti-
increase of Catholicism in the
A'es was proved by the fact that
4 wv more Catholic voters than
u New York City itself. So Il
~ Eastern states, or would be
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II" ~ head of cattle aud some
|l,. ,sneh'', whereupon ~ other
En- ssse' on the same property were
y" crossed the frontier.
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CHEZ!
EGGS
NoyEMl

Public sale at the Court House In the borough OF
ne fMlddeburgh, Pa, on
1 omrj Saturday, November 16, 1889,
Tat 10 o'clock A. NJ. The following described real
. we estate 10 wit All that certain messuage tene-
dos ,ment or tract OF land situate In Adams township
ues Snyder county, Pa.
Sc ol TRACT No. l. Bounded North by land of
Se tIIenry Meyer East by land OF Levi Decker,
lockSouth by land OF John l.. Cooper and West by
cha aand OF Joseph Meyer, containing i25 ACRES
,es more or less, whereOn are erected "A HOUSE,
nj fSTABLE, and other outbulldings.
Au y TRACT No. 2. situate In the township and
hihOunty aforesaid, bounded North by Jacks
,es; Mountain, East by land Of Joseph Meyer and
iingnames Ettinger South and West by land OF
c thiDsaac Krebbs, whereon are erected FRAME
pnin,iRIST MILL, HOUSES, BARN and other out
cher buildings, containing 81 ACRES more or less.
i. o TRACT No. 3. situate In the township and
a "a caounty aforesaid, bounded North by Jacks
rshountain, East by land OF John NJ Meyer. South
n, a9y land Of Jacob Bngaman. West by land OF
cowohn Meyer containing ACRES and IL perches
cal more or less.
W. q TRACT No. (. situate I'm the township and
- b'Ounty aforesaid, bounded North by Jacks
'h SoMOuntain, East by land of Abraham Yerger,
south by land OF Levi Decker and West by land
ne rlpf Daniel Rarck, containing % ACRES and l56
xtreperches more or less.
ket Seized taken inte execution and TO be sold as
rcess she property OF w. j. Meyer.
49, REUBEN DREESE, Sheriff
Is Is ISherirs ONCE, Middeburgh, Pa oct ~, 1889.
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fair demand and steady in price, with 2lc
outside price for best eastern. Texas and
California woods quiet. In pulled woods
there have been sales of super at 33Ge30c, and
of extra at 25(Q2Sc. Foreign wO0ls lirm, but
not meeting with much demand.
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BOARDING HOUSE.

The undersigned having made ample proparE
uon for the accom- N modation Of the public would
respectfully announce that he will iuIniJ board
,hg and lodging at the rate OF seyenty,ii'e cents
'esd ior horses furnished cheap.
those not having tried his table are espect
lIniy invited TO call, and they will not y away
CClssatished. Rooms few doors west y the
Dourt House, Middleburgh. Pa.
PROP ietor
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE,

lS The ORPHANS COURT Or SNYDER COUNTY.
The undersigned Auditor appointed by the
above named Court at September AdlouIhnu
Term, 1883 10 make distribution or the iuhns III
NE hands OF George |. Kline and ZachaflaS
Meyer, Administrators OF the estate OF Samuel
Meyer, decd, VIII meet all parties Interested AZ
The Court House. I'm the Borough OF MiddleDufgn,
On saturday, November 30, 1889 at 10 O'Clock a. IN
AZ which time and place an claims must be pre-
sented or be forever deDarred from claiming apo
portion OF said fund.
H.H. GRIMM,
Auditor
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'' IN EASTERN AFRICA.
news arrived Of the homeward
sAn'ey with Emin Pasha and his
~ 'he reported dis .ster of DIR.
iiI,Ra, lAe BriLish East Ac,,,a.,
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ST. ELMO HorRL. Nos. 3f7 & $40
ARCH Strict, PHIJ'A.-Rates re-
duced to 81 90 per day. The travel
ing public will still find at this Hotel
the same liberal provision for their
comfort. IL is located in the immedi"
ate centres of business and places Of
amusement and the different Rail-
Road depots, as well. All parts Of the
city, are daily accessible by Street
Cars constantly passing the door. IL
offers special Inducements TO those
,yisiting the city for business or pleas
.ire. Your patronage respectfully
Collected. Jos. NJ. Feger, Proprietor.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-09-20
Butler Opera House.
SEPT. 20TH, 1889.

EGYPT: Those who We're fortunate
enough to attend the theatre last evening
were no doubt surprised at the deep and
absorbing interest entering in Laura Don's
play as brought by Effie Ellsler ana her
excellent company. Those who have ad-
mired Effie Ellsler in serious roles, should
by all means see her in Egypt" 1t is a
revelation, showing how broad and COM
prehensive is her art She makes of this
girlish part delightful picture, full of the
charm of simplicity, a charm that has no
equal by the way
The play is remarkable creation in a
way 1t introduces a dream that is proba-
bly, more original, and affording wider
scope to the actress than any known to the
stage. It's characters are drawn from life
and are all good, and its direction is fre-
quently superb. There is q wonderful
climax in the third act, where Egypt re-
ceives the news of her fathers death, but
to speak briefly it is strong play, abound
ing in dramatic interest Omaha RepHb
Dc1U