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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
How Dimes Are Made.

The process of dime making is an inter
IS ing che. 'Fhe silver bullion is first
melted and run into two pound bars. These
n turn are run through immense rollers
and atened out to the thickness of the
coin. These silver strips are then passed
through machine which cuts them into
round discs of the exact dimensions of the
coin, ready for the presses. the strips first
having been treated with kind of tallow
10 prevent their being scratched in their
passage through the cutters. The silver
blanks are then put into the feeder Of the
Stamping presses and are fed to the die by
automatic machinery at the rate Of 100 per
minute As. 900 being turned out in regular
working days of twelve hours.
As the smooth blanks are pressed be-
tween the ponderous printing dies, they
receive the lettersd and figured impression
in manner similar to that of paper pressed
upon q form of type at the same time the
piece is expanded in slight degree, by
The machine drops the COM leted coin into
hands. The instrument used by the
counter is not a complicated machine by
any means, as one might suppose. il is
copper COltIcu uhEli-S IdiSCu
edges running across the surface at dis
tance about the exact width Of dime
From the receiver the money is dumped
on the board or tray, and as it is shaken
rapidly by the counter the pieces settle
down into the space between the ridges
All these spaces being filed, the surplus
coin is brushed back into the receiver, and
the counter has exactly 1860 silver dimes,
Of 1925, On the tray, which mum Der it
requires to fill the spaces. The tray is
emptied into the boxes, ard the money is
then ready for shipment. The dime does
lot pass through the hands of the weigher.
as does the coin of larger denomination.
One and ona- half grains are allowed for
variance or tolerance" in all silver coin
from 81 down, and the deviation from the
standard in the case of the ten cent piece
is SO trifiing that the expense of weighing
the coin of this denomination is dispensed
with. -M0nufacturer and Builder.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Western Cattle to Cd many.

Commercial Agent SmithI at Mayence,
Germany, reports that the prevalence of
high prices for meat has caused firm of
butchers in Mayence to try the experiment
of importing live oxen from the Uoited
States, and that arrangements have been
made for the shipment from Illinois to
Germany of 900 head of fat oxen within q
period of nine months. He is informed
this is the first time that live oxen from
the United States, ali ready for slaughter,
have been imported into Germany. The
first lot of cattle arrived the week proceed
ing Mr.. Smiths report and their appear
ance seems to have raised spprehensive
fears in the minds Of the German butchers
who where accustomed to the tame, SUD-
mlssive cattle of Europe, not to the fierce,
intractable animals of our western country.
The German butcher, Mr.. Smith, continues
like, before buying, to punch the cattle in
the ibis, to scrutinize them closely and
lead them by rope. All this the Ameri-
can oxen strongly resent. The importers
have been Disconnected by the discovery,
and fears are entertained that the sale Of
the oxen will be considerably prejudiced
thereby. Mr.. Smith dryly adds: Per
haps the ocean voyage unduly excited the
animals.
The animals are sold at price 10 to IS
per cert less than the German cattle. Not
withstanding that, according to the I'M
porters' Statement, it costs $50 for trans.
portation aud $3.50 for custom duty for
each animal imported.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Excessive Railroad Rates.

OPINION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSION
ERs IN REGARD To THE CHARGES.
An important decision has been rem
dered by the Board of Railroad Conmis-
sioners at Topeka, Kansas, in the case of a
lege determinations in freight rates
brought by the city of Atcbison against
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the
Missouri Pacific, and the Central Branch
Railway. The wholesale merchant 9:
Atchison represented that the rates from
that city to Kansas pesrEdiare excessive
and ask that the thFfIl,e.ll 6 rates from Kan
sas points to Chicago and Eas ern points
be- made the sum of the two locals east
and west Of Atchison. The board is of
the opinion that the State has no authori-
ty to lay it's hand upon any part of sc
inter State rate, and therefore the only
remedy would be to advance the loca
States rates. The board thinks that The
CONF anies are not necessarily guilty OF
unjust discriur ination in accepting les
rate on through or interstate busines
than on local or State bu .iness. Tie
question of unreasonable and exorbitaDs
rates was discussed at length by the board
The board shows for instance, in the CASE
of the Central Branch, which is solely q
local line, that for the year ending Jun
80, 1889, the road lost 1921 800. The
board is of the opinion therefore that the
local rates are not unreasonable or eXce5-
Siye
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
In erestjng Geographical Comparisons

When we learn from astronomers that
the sun is twice as large in circumference
as the circle made by the moon in passing
around the earth, We are inclined to draw
long breath yet We have IN "drv land, "
and by actual measurement, some compar-
iso0s of sizes, which are, TO say the least,
quite interesting.
Asia is more than four times rs large SIS
Europe, and considerably larger thar North
and South America together The United
States and E1rope are almost equal il
ares; British India is more than half as
large as the United STATES, and Canada is
nearly equal in area, including Alaska
Ireland and lndiana are about the same
sjzs. EnglanG and Michigan are about
the same size. You could take enough
land from Texas to make England, Ireland
Scotland, Belgium, The Netherlands,
Switzerland and Denmark, aud still have
enough left to make Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island. Connecticut, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Delaware, New Jersey, Mary
land and Indiana. California is the second
largest State. Nebraska is more than
twice the size of Indiana The Island o.
Cuba and the State of Tennessee are equal
in area. Brazil is nearly as large as the
United States, but the population of the
iop1Ol ID SCSSA oIilCc Uhht VI GHS lOTmtF.
If all the people of the United States and
Canada were placed in the State of Texas,
the number of persons to the square mile
would be fewer than at present in China.
Colorado is as large as New York, Penn.
sylvsnia and New Jersey together. 1t
would take ten States rs large as Massa-
chusetts to make State as large as Kan
sas. There are twenly-ssvaa States or
Territories each larger than New York.
Oregon is equal in area to New York and
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts is smaller
than either New Hampshire or Vermont
Minnesota is twice the size of Ohio. The
three States bordering on the Pacific, are
larger than the thirteen States bordering
on the Atlantic. Montana is thirty times
larger than Connecticut. Iowa is five
times as large as Belgium, and four times
as large as Denmark. Maryland and Switz
erland are about the same size. London
is as large as New York City, Chicago
Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore. and Gin
cinnatti together. There are twice as
many people to the square mile in England
as in Rhode Island, the most densely pop
ulated State in the Union. Japan is equal
in area to Montana, and supports more
than half as many people as there are,now
in the whole of the United; States Ireland
had double the population in 1871 that
she has at present. Help and Home
tStudY
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
A Dam Breaks with Fatal Results.

Early this morning the dam at McClel-
Inns Touring mill about mile west of
Alton, Ontario, broke, and the water
swept down toward this town, car
rying with it six mills and several
dwellings,, and doing thousands of dollars
worth of other damage. The house of an
old couple named Harris was carried away
and both Harris and his wife were drowned
dany other residents had narrow escapes,
oeing awakened by the rushing of the wa
:ar through their houses. Canadian Pa
cife Railroad bridge over the river was
wrecked, but warning was given in time to
prevent the loss of any trains. The damage
done by the wrecking and carrying away
# mills and dams il placed at about s23,-
900, but no estimate can as yet be made of
the amount of the other damage.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Shall We Annex Cuba2
THE QUESTION DISCUSSED BY A LEADING
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR.

a Washington special to the Chicago
Tribune says: Following the reports
about Secretary Biaine's Hawaiian policy
the people, who seem to know more about
it than the secretary himself does, have
mapped out plan for him to purchase
Cuba. This latest story is interesting be-
cause it gives the views OF q leading
Democratic senator who is probably
Eustis Of Louisiana, This leading Dem
ocratic senator" in an interview, says:
1T is a proposition that has always been
popular in the South, and still is 80, be-
iieve. / should like to see the thing &C,
complished, and if Mr.. Blaine sets about it
in way to make it possible for me TO sup
port him in the movement shall be LAD
to co SO. The United States ought to own
and control Cuba for several good reasons.
''In the first place, as matters now
stand, the great harb0r Of Havana might
become the retreat, the hiding place, for
war vessels enough, in case of a foreign
war, to completely destroy our commerce
1t is at our door, ard both the mouth
the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico
could Da completely commanded from that
place, we should save over 800, 900, coo
KILL oIIg Ia Vic III ycib NuLiFS Oh sugar
and tobacco, which we now get from that
island"
GLOW would you govern it2'
"7here would be no trouble about that.
The population of Cuba to day is not nore
foreign to the language and institutions of
this country than was the population Of
Louisiana ct the time Mr.. jefferson bought
that territory. At the outset, of course, a
in the case Of Louisiana, the officials would
have 10 be appointed by the president, and
that policy could satisfactorily be contin-
ued until such a time rs the people had
prepared themselves for local seIfgovern-
ment. That would come faster than ono
ordinarily might suppose"
do you think Spain could be induced
TO sell; and at what price Z"
Il should think the island might be
bought. Spain does not value it as she
once did. The change of feeling is shown
by the wretched local government she pro-
vides for the Island. thiall | risk moth
ing in saying that Cuba is the worst gov
erned colony on the globe. The peop'e
are pillaged right and left and human life
is most unsafe there. As to the price |
should not like to speak. President Polk
offered 100000, 900 for the island forty
years sgo."
"Wopld the Cubans themselves favor
the transfer of authority"
"Nearly all them, l believe. The peo-
pie feel nearer to us than to the mother
country. 1t is long way across the sea,
but we are their next door neighbors. The
educated aud wealthy Cubans would all be
glad of such change"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Lime and Sand Mixed for Fowls.

Chickens are SO fond Of lime and sand
in the proportion commonly used for plas-
tering, says Farmers Daughter" in
to make up lot now aud then for their
benefit. 1t may be mixed in box in their
yard and left there ready for them as they
putting sand in their food, as some poul-
try keepers advise Pure lime is too cans
tic for soft shell eggs, make lime water
and put sn all quantity in their soft food
once a day, enc gill to meal for 300 fowls
heing amply Sufficient. The moderate
use of lime water in their food or drink is
also good for their general health; it
cleanses and puriies the system and is q
corrective for superabundant acidity, the
principal cause Of disordered bowels.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Mexican Products and Exports.

Thomas Ryan, United States minister to
Mexico, in report to the Department of
State on Mexican products aud exports,
says:
The productions of sugar, corn and
wheat are remarkably small. The aver
age value of the sugar product is about 81
cents per pound, and the export there OF
q cents per pound, aggregating only
$107 ,275, said to be the most inferior
grade. The average value of the coffee
product is % cents per pound, about one
half of which is exported alta value of Is 8
cents per pound, and the value OF the Hen
mcqueen (hemp) export is more than twice
the combined value of the entire export of
sugar, coffee, corn, wheat and fibre.
The native sugar product coming into
the City of Mexico has steadily decreased
from 1884 ,558 Kilograms i'll 1884 to 4, 6S1,-
207 Kilograms in 1888. There has been
steady increase in beef consumption in the
capital, from 30, 751 beeves slaughtered in
1878 to SO, 22S slaughtered in 1883. and an
increase of mutton consumption from 90,
O31 sheep in 1873 to 1870 263 in 1888
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07

Gen. w. s. Rosecrans, Register of the
Treasury, in his annual report shows that
during the year II so bonds, amounting
to $1O3, S94 $50, were issued, and s., 149
bonds, representing 1891, SIT 40, were
cancelled. The total amount Of bonds out
standing is $162;; 42S S12, of which amount
only $lO,312 $50, or l IS per cent, are
held abroad, an increase, however of .22
per cent, as compared with last year, due
to more rapid redemption of domestic as
compared with foreign holdings. OF the
sos 1874 1l2 held by home persons and
CORPORATIONS, individuals and trustees bold
1892, SOB 112 a decrease of $40 964 600
during the fiscal year The amount held
by insurance companies. ETC., IS SAC, S64,-
900, decrease Of 1926, 600, and that held
by savings banks mutuals benefit and
other institutions is $i76, 36'7 600, de-
crease of $14 73S, 700. OF indiyidual aud
trustee bondholders, there are. about 80, eco
holding on IN average $S525 in bonds, 4
reduction of only 1923 in the average
amount held by such persons at the close
of the fiscal year 1888 There are row
outstanding in treasury notes, certificates,
etc, 1919, very little of which will
probably ever be presented 10 the govern
ment for redemption, because lost or de-
stroyed, thus making the government
gamer to the extent of nearly milli7n
dollars. The Register calls attention to
recommendations previously made for
legislation to remedy certain discrepancies
III the statements Of the public debt &C.
count by different officers in the Treasury
Department, ana also repeats his urgent
recommendation for the passage of bill
TO establish q division of balances in the
Treasury Department.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Lands ofthe Southern Pacific in Danger

In the United States Circuit Court in
Los Angeles, Cal, counsel for the United
States government flea amended bills in
equity against the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company, in the consolidated cases
against that corporation, to yaeate and ar
null the patents to lands issued by the
Land Department, to that company. The
ground upon which the United States
seeks to vacate the patents goes into the
legality and validity of the organization of
the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as
corporation. IT goes into the title of all
lands In California claimed by that cor
porstion, and involves the question as to
whether it now holds any franchise from
the Unitas States.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Not SO Poor as He Seemad.

Lord LonsdaIe was said to have more
daughters than eny other member Of Ihe
British aristocracT.
At one time he was at German water
ing place and took walk with his six
eldest daughters. Some Germans, little
behind him, gazad al the procession, aud
presently one Of them remarked in an I'M
dertope, "Alas, p5or man p
Lord Lonsdale caught the words, and
turned Immediately.
con, no, sir; lot so poor as You think.
l hsve SIX othe- daughters At home. -
Yo2tth's C0np0ai2n.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
ROYAL Arch Masons.

The twenty second session of the Gem
eral Grand Chapter of the Royal Arch
Masons was held in Atlanta, Ga. Officers
elected are David f Day, Buffalo, n Y :.
general grand high priest; Joseph P. Hor-
ner, New Orleans, deputy grand high
priest George T. McHann, Baltimore,
general grand king; Benjamin F. Halter,
Memphis, Tenn, general grand scribe ;
Reuben C. Lemon, Toledo, O., general
grand treasurer; Chris 6 Ferry, Buffalo,
n. Y, general grand secretary Sylvester
s. Bean, Creston. Ia, general grand cap
tain of the host ; Jas. w. Taylor, Luthers
vile, Ga. general grand principal So
iourner
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Southern Lumbermen

ENDORSE CHICAGO AS HAVING "EQUAL IF
NOT SUPERIOR ACCOMMODATIONS"
The Southern lumbeTmen in their con-
vention at Montgomery passed resolution
declaring the yellow pine nauufscturers..of
the States OF Mississippi, Alabama, Florida
aud Georgia do heartily commend the en-
ergy sud enterprise Of the citizans Of Chi
cago IN their efforts to secure the Worlds
Fair rs being city where visitors ard ex-
hibitors viii find equal if not superior &C
commodstions 10 those which could De ob
tanned in any srles ritY III the Onion and
that tbe convention endorse the { AIMS u
Chicago as the most thoroughly represent
alive CITY among the various 1nunicipali
ties working to the end desired.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Charitable Beuueses

The will of the late j. Warren Merrill,
of Cambridge, contains the following pub
lie requests: Baldwin Place Home for
Little Wanderers, $4,000; American Bap-
tist Missionary Union, $4,000; American
Baptist Home Mission Society, $4,000 !;
American Baptist Publication Society,
$4,000; Colby University, $40 600; New
ton Theological Institution, $4,000; Con-
ference of Baptist Ministers, $4,000 ];
Massachusetts, Baptist Convention, $4,000 );
Trustees of the Daniel White Charity,
$4,000; Brown University, $4,000; Vassar
College, $4,000.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Magnificent Beuuests.

The will of John H. Shoenberger Pitts
burg's iron master, who recently died in
New York, provides among other large be-
quests for 100000 for Shoenberger
Memorial Hospital, to occupy eight acres
Of land next to the Allegheny cemetery !;
800 coo to the Protestant Episcopal do
cese of Pittsburg, and 100000 to Trinity
Episcopal church of that city, conditional
upon the abolition of the pew renting sys-
tim and the institution of morning and
evening services daily.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Burning Corn for Coal.

A special from Hiawatha, Kans., SAYS
that the farmers Of that vicinity are burn
ing corn for fuel, finding it cheaper than
coal, Corn is sold on the farm at 20 cents
per bushel, while the average price of coal
delivered at the farm ranges from % to %
cents per bushel The Farmers Alliance
brought the attention of the farmers to the
relative prices of the two commodities and
advised that half the corn crops be used as
fuel, thus advancing the price of the other
half and saviag in their fuel bills The
farmers have begun to act on this advice.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Barb WiIe Trust.

The Federal Steel Company, the gigantic
corporation formed for the purpose of
combining all tie wire, wire nail and
barbed wire manufacturing plants of the
country, and controlling these three great
industries, has been formally organized,
and the directors and stockholders are now
in session in Cleveland, OHIO, closing the
contracts with producers of rsw material
and accepting the options held upon the
stock of the com oanies which will form
part Of he consolidation.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07

More restitution in Kansas the farm
ing population of whole county (Ssevens)
being officially REP orted as needing help to
avert terrible suffering, is not starvation.
Why do not the prosperous among the
Kansas people give these distressed per-
sons permanent relief by aiding them to
emigrate to the ever-fruitful fields of
Louisiana City lem.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Fire n Cincinnati.

The freight shed of the Cincinnati South
ern Railroad. st Mclean avenue and Ken
ner street, took fire. and with its contents
was destroyed. Loss about $12, 900. The
cause of the fire is mysterious, as there
was no fire about the building.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
The Brazilian Republic Recognized

The Federal Council at Berpe has IN
structed the Swiss consul general at MO
Janeiro to continue with the provisional
government the relations heretofore MAN
tanned with the empire
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07

Says famous Englishman "You
Americans are getting so that you have no
interest for any time but the present.
Years ago we used to think that we were
pretty wide awake when we coined the
phrase men of the day But bless me,
you have no use for men of the day; you
only care to know about men of the hour. ,
And ! expect you will soon ignore every
body but men of the minute. The Ameri-
can people live on the sharp point of the
passing moment, and seem to enjoy it. )"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07

It is currently reported in political circles
that ex Senator B. K Bruce, of Missis-
sippi, will soon bs made recorder of deeds
for the District of Columbia.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07

The speskership contest, which has been
dull and languid up to this time, is begin
ming to develop some little acrinony
among the contendiug forces. The latest
gossip is that if Mr., Reed secures the
adoption of the unit rule in the New York
and Pennsylvania delegations in his favor,
the Western men will form a combination
with the South and unite solidly upon
from the West and elect
him on well defined geographical line.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Rice in Spain.

The cultivation of rice in Spain is a very
ancient one, and it is grown in the province
of Valencia exclusively, where the low
district between the mountains of central
Spain and the Mediterranean offers great
advantages for the necessary irrigation
this being done by the river Fucar, and
also a well arranged canalization. The
ground under rice culture comprises about
$4,000 hectares, and an average crop is
calculated to be about 100, 500, 600 kilo-
grams, which yields about rs, 000, 900 kilo-
grams Of rice witReut husk. The quality
IF this rice is excellent in all the different
kinds sown, and is said to be equal to the
famous Carolina rice. The town of Valen-
cia consumes % per cent of the total crop
of the province ; 30 per cent is used in
other parts of the country, and the remain
ing 25 per cent is shipped to transatlantic
places, mostly to Cuba. Foreign polished
rice has been imported in years of bad
crops, although foreign rice finds market
there when the price ranges lower than
the home production. - Port Of Spain
Gazette.
The Post SAYS: Mr.. Thorn as Randolph
of Galveston, Tex, was appointed assist
ant superintendent of the clerks document
room at the House of Represents ives,
taking the place 81. L. T. English, deceased.
Mr.. Randolph is well known in Washing
ton, having served an apprenticeship on
the Sunday CapafnI during Don Piatt's
regime, on the Gazette under the late 7.
B. Florence, and then on the Washington
Tribune. He was formerly connected with
the press Of New Orleans, and left that
city TO accept q position under q promi-
nent mel chant of galveston. For the past
five years he has been on the Capital.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-12-07
Heavy Crops of Fodder Corn.

Rural New Yorker expresses the opln,--
ion that heavy crop of fodder corn will
take out of the soil about all the manure
you can put in Many farmer has proved
this to his sorrow by maturing heavily
and then sowing thickly The large B and ne,
". corn. He gets rank growth, ba. a the
succeeding crop tells story of weakness.
ties of corn would yield as large G, crop pno q,
edible fodder and leave the soil IN much
better condition for succeeding crops