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Consul-General of Chils.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Collaboration has
peen received here that Mr.. Charles W.
Flint OF New York has been appinted Con-
suhGeneral OF Chile by President Balma-
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Creased the WaIIs

Ida Hardie was arrested last evening for
malicious mischief and taken to the new
City Hall police station. Her father was
arrested one week since for the same
offense. 1t is claimed they creased the walls
of cottage which they occupied, making it
unsightly and unit for occu nancy
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A Drunken Sailor Overboard.

August johnson. sailor of the schooner
Laura May. lying at Howard No. 3, had
rather close call for his life about o'clock
yesterday afternoon. He had been up
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At Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 26.-The game was
called at the end OF the eleventh inning to
allow the visitors to catch the train for
Chicago Cievelauds 4. Philadelphias t.
Batteries-Gruber and thinner, Keefe and
Clement.
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Returning Tourists.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 26-Mrs. Russell Har
rison, Mrs. Mckee and Senator Mcmillan OF
Michigan were passengers by the steamer
Majestic, which sailed to-day for New York.
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Guilty as Charund

q. Allen. an old negro. accused Of an as
sault upon two seven-year- girls, was
found guilty as charged by jury in judge
HebbArd's department Yesterday.
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kt Pittshnrp

PITTsBURG, Aug. 26.-Baldwin to-day
pitched the best game ever seen on the
home gro unds. Pittsburgs 6, Bostons1. Bat
teries-Baldwin and Miller, Staley and
Bennett.
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New YORK, Aug. 26 = Ella Matsada
Sorakichi. the widow OF the japanese
wrestler. was tonight locked up ON a
charge Of larceny. This afternoon she en-
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town and returned drunk to the vessel. In
attempting to step on board, he lost his
balance, and went head first into the Day.
He could not swim, and would, no doubt,
have been drowned lad not the steyedores'
gang at work unloading the vessel sprang
to his assistance. Several ropes were
thrown to him, and by their aid he man
aged to reach a raft of piles close by, and
then staggered up ladder to the wharf
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BASEBALL GAMES.
Several Close Contests Between National
League Clubs

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Both clubs played
we'll to-day, Chicago having a slight adyan-
tage. Chicagos 9. Brooklyus s. Batteries
Gumbert and Merritt, LOvett and Kins-
low.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
Divination In Mongolia.

He was native OF eastern Tibet, and
was known as the Lab jyal-se-re. He
passed his time in prayer, thus warding
off all calamities from the country, the
people and their docks and herds. Espe-
cially was his wonderful foreknowledge of
use to all those who were about to start Oh
journeys or to undertake perilous expedi-
tions, for he could foretell all that was to
befall them.
Taking few presents, and accompanied
by the two Mongols who had offered me
their services, went to the Gegen's tent
and having given him long blue silk
scarf, called kata-the Indispensable &C
compartment of any present or request
together with the other presents, whic:
comprised convex and concave looking
glass, razor and piece of soap. begged
that he would deign to disclose to me the
fate of my xpedition-should I be able to
cross the terrible Dire ch'u and eastern
Tibet, or should be obliged to retrace my
steps and fail in my attempts
He took up from beside him a little gold
box in which were dice, held it up to his
forehead while he muttered a prayer,
opened it, and looked at the dice Then he
took book, and turning over the leaves
till he reached one whose number CORE.
sponded with that turned up on the dice
he oonned it for a while, and then delivered
himself of this remarkable prophesy:
"You want to go through Ch'amdo?
Well, between this place and the Dire ch'u
you will perhaps have trouble and fall in
with brigands, or perhaps you will not
As to the Dire chu, it is terrible stream
to cross, and you may cross it or you MAJ
not. But as to traversing all eastern Tibet
and reaching Jyagar Qndia) or Ssuch'uan
1 cannot tell; it is beyond my ken. &c
careful, be careful"
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
A Brave Bow.

A boy about nine years old was bathing
one day, when, by some mischance, he
got into deep water and began to sink
His elder brother saw him and ran to save
him, but, lacking strength or skill, he
also sank to the bottom OF the river IS
the two drowning brothers rose to the
surface for the last time, they saw broth
or, the youngest of the family, running
down the bank for the purpose of trying
to save them. Then it was that the dying
nine ear old boy acted the part of a hero
Struggling as he was with death, he gath
eeredll his strength atd cried to his broth
ar on shore: Don't come in, or father
will lose all his boys at once!" N BILE lit
tie fellow! Though dying, he forgot him
self, and thought only of his fathers grief.
He was a genuine hero. HIS brother
obeyed his dying command, and was spsr-d
to comfort his father, when is two dead
sons were taken from tn river clasped in
each others arms. Bows, you are not
called to be heroes in this way, but you
are called TO consider the feeling of your
parents, and to study how to avoid giving
them pain. Blessed are those children
whose words and deeds make sweet music
in their parents souls -Se'eCted
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
A Pretty Piece of Ornamental Gar
deninY.

A very pretty piece of ornamental gar
dening. not too difficult for beginners, caa
be done with an old umbrella or para ol
and some plants of cypress vive, mau ,an ) a
sweet pea, or anything that is not of to
aspiring a nature. Such climbers as tue
morning. glory, canary bird vine. and other
twenty footers, are better left for I'M.
slightly fences and buildings. Plans are
better than seeds, OF rause more certain
and they do not take so long to catch the
knack CT twining and spreading. Um-
brella ribs are not decorative, and to see
sucp an object standing there week after
week, waiting for its clothes, does not give
people pleasant impression OF garden.
But first find your umbrella; and this
MAJ not be so easy, for "retirsd" um-
brellss that are no longer fit for use are
seldom seen. Some member of the family
however. may be able to produce one, and
then it should be stripped Immediately of
the few tattsrs left to it. The next step
is to paint the frame and handle bro xn,
and when quite dry, plant the end of the
handle firmly in the ground. with the
frame fully opened. II the handle is
rather short, it will be an improvement to
add piece OF wood to it.
1t is now ready for the vines, which
should have made some progress in grow
ing; aud when they once bsgin 70 do their
best, the old umbeslla frame mskss such
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
The Cautious Skipper.

A tame boa constructor was hauled out
of its box and blankets for the benefit of
the captain of an American sailing ship
who had expressed desire to inspect It,
The writer put the reptile through its
paces;;" demonstrated its docility by twist
ing it about his arms and neck; opened it's
mouth to prove the absence of poison
fangs, ana then offered to place it in the
hands of the spectator. The latter agreed
that its gentleness was indeed wonderful
and beautiful to witness, but he did not
avail himself Of the opportunity to take
the snake.
Stimulated to further endeavor in vindi
cation of his pets character, the Snowman
proceeded to establish by variety of tests
that the creature was really SO perfectly to
be trusted that child might play with it
without fear of its biting or putting forth
Its constructive force; and the Yankee skip
per observed, "That's So" and conceded
with all that was advanced-but he did not
take the snake Somewhat vexed by his
reluctance, which paid bail compliment
to his competence or veracity, the exhibit
or presently demonstrated In a nettled
tone: "My dear sir, one would think you
were afraid" "Wal, don't know" an
swered the mariner; "better look coward
for five minutes than a corpse forever
mage. ALI the YaaS RcC1
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
About the Size of It.

The president in his Birmingham speech
seemed disposed 20 ask questions. He said:
You have increaS ed your production OF
c. ION and you have ADDED an increase in
ten years o. nearly 800 per cent in the
production of iron You have prodr Cad
three fourths of the cotton crop of tue
world, and it has bought you since the
war about $S,OOO,0O0 0U0 Of money to
enrich your people, bat as yet you are
tpiuring in the South only per cent oft.
Why not. with the help we will give you
in Nav England and the North spin it allf
Why not establish here cot on mills thai
shall send, not the crude agricultural pro.
ducts 20 other markets, but the manu-
featured products2 Why not, while sup
plvlng Is 900 QUO of people, reach out and
take a part We have not had in the COM
rnerce of the World | believe we are to
see now renaissance in American pros
perity and their upbullding again of our
American merchant msr,ne.
| believe that these Southern ports tha'
so fsvorably look out with invitations to
the States of Central and S,uth America,
shall yet see our fleets carr ing the Ameri
can flag and products of Alabama to the
markets of South America.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
Overneighborly.

Mother has often told me Of funny
time she had when she was quite young
housekesper. afflicted with borrowing
neighbor This lady seldom had anything
of her own at hand when it was wanted,
80 she depended upon the obligiDg djspo
sition of her friends. One day my mother
put on her large house keeping apron and
stepped across the yard to her outdoor
kitchen. The kitchens of Kentucky were
never part of the house, but always a
little distance from it, In separate build
ing.
''Aunt Phyllis, said my mother 10 the
cook, who was browning coffee grains in q
skillet over the FIRE, 81 thought told you
that was coming here to make pound
cake and cream pies this morning. Why
is nothing ready?'
''Ta me, Miss Emmeline," replied Aunt
Phyllis, miss Tilda Jenkins done carried
off every pie pan and rolling pin and pas
try board, and borrowed all dc eggs and
cream fo' herself. Her bakin' isn't mon
begun"
This was high handed proceeding, but
nothing could be done in the case. It was
Mrs. Jinkins' habit, and mother had al
ways been 90 amiable about it that the
servants, who were easy going, never
troubled themselves to ask the mistress,
but lent the inconvenient borrower what.
ever she desired. Sometimes, Just Is we
wsrs going TO church wss too little ss
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
Advertising a Science.

Judicious advertising always pays.
Yet there is no way in which money can
| he more rapidly and hopelessiy squandered
than by i'll planned advertising methods
The art of attracting popular attention
hiss become science.
Some of the best business talent of this
country is constantly employed in devisine
ways of fixing the public interest with The
least outlay. Every device has bee tried
and that the general verdict Is that The
b.s and CT eapest is well arranged news
paper advertisement.
Next in point of value to the columns Of
widely circulated newspapers are carefully
arranged exhibits at great public gather
ings which are in fact object lessons that
which are in fact object lessons that sup
plement and verify the printed newspaper
advertisements.
The descriptive circular is fast following
the handful into desuetude in well in
formed business cifcies. The printed or
painted advertisement hung up in public
places, the 'hotel tlotter," the writing
desk with gaudy card attachment. the
fence painting and thousand and one other
special advertising schemes: by which the
travelling fakir once furnished and trs"
fat, were Ling ago discarded by shrewd
business men and now catch only that
class of ipgenues which cashes checks for
strangers on railroad trains and is beguiled
by the still small voice of the buDco
:steerer Houston Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
Cause of Talleyrand's Lameness.

The cause of Talleyrand's lameness has
long been matter of dispute. During the
fifty-two years which have elapsed since his
death his deformity has been accounted
for in all manner of ways.
Some stories have it that the defect was
congenital; others that it was occasioned
by an accident which befell him in his in
fancy. The most curious explanation Of
all is that offered by writer in The Quar-
terly Review. ITO quote the very words
of our informant, an eminently distin-
guished diplomat" says the writer, "Tal-
eyrand's Vienna colleague, Baron Wessen-
berg. told me years ago that his lameness
was owing to careiessness Of his nurse, who
laid him down in a field while she firted
with her sweetheart, and on coming back
to her charge found some pigs dining on
the infants legs. am sure that Wessen-
berg told me this as an established fact,
and am all but sure that his authority
was Talleyrand himself"
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
THE MOQUl SNAKE DANCE.
Ghost Dancing Is Sedateness Itself in
Comparison with It.

Ghost Dancing Is Sedateness Itself in
| Comparison with It.
benjamin Brink, Moqui, Ariz," was
written on the register at the Palmer House
by robust looking man of 90, somewhat
Stoop shouldertd.
From what have heard of the ghost
dance," said Mr. Brink, "Icannot see why
1t should stir up such a row. The snake
| dance | believe, is ten times more eXcit-
ing, and the Zuni. Navajo and Moqui In
dams on the reservation near my home
work themselves into perfect frenzy dur
ing it's progress, but never think of modest
| ing the whites
at is part of their religion, though, and
| II any attempt were made to stop it be-
leve there would be bloodshed The dance
takes place once in two years. Prepare
| tiOns were made several weeks before it
| came off, and | was as anxious to be
| spectator as they were A stranger or
| wilder ceremony l never saw. hope
| shall never see it again. The dance took
place just before shutdown, and got up on
high ledge where could get good view.
The space allowed for the dancers was not
large, and was inclosed. Fifteen fine look
ing Indians began to walk rather slowly at
the Enclosure. They were almost naked,
and every part of their bodies, even to their
feet, was smeared with a red and green
paint. Each man had fox's scalp dang
ling from his waist, and in each hand car
ried a rattle made of gourd Hoofs of
deer were tied around their ankles and
wrists, and at each step and movement of
the arm noise enough was made to wake
the dead.
1.-THE snakes to be used in the dance had
been caught several days before the fete,
and just before the dance had been placed
il a cluster of trees beneath where stood
After the men had yelled till they were
hoarse, and had made themselves tired
with stamping on the ground, fifty more
painted redskins came rushing down hill
filed into the inclosure, and then began
such a tumult as / never want to hear
again. At given signal the sixty ,e now
thoroughly frantic men made a rush for
the grove where the snakes We're hidden.
Each man came rushing back with wrig.
CLING and squrming snake, its neck be-
tween his teeth so it could not bite him, re
entered the ring, and began a slow walk
around the center stone The reptiles
Kissed and dashed their tails and bodies
around the necks of the apparently mad
red men. Several of them were bitten by
the snakes. which were the most venomous
in the country. 1t is wonder all of the
performers were not bitten Two OF them
died day or two after the dance the herbs |
applied not being sufficient to draw out the |
poison.
after the ceremony each man snatched |
his snake from his mouth, ran down into |
the valley below, aad there the reptiles |
we're set free. The Indians were thorough |
ly exhausted after their violent exercise, |
and could scarcely crawl back up the hill
From what l could learn such ceremonies
as the snake dance have been held for
centuries. "-Cnicago Tribune
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23

the time to ramember), mother said that q
small black boy, with very white teeth and
q very woody head, would pop up at her
chamber door, exclaiming: 'Ho Idy
Miss Emmel'ne. Miss Tilda done sent me
to borrow yo' prayer book. She's goin' to
church to-day herself
Or, of summer evening, her maid
would appear with modest request 70.
Miss Emmeline's lace shawl or led satin
fan; Miss Tilda wanted to make call and
had nothing to wear
All this, think, made mother perfectly
set against our ever borrowing so much a.
q slate pencil or pin. We were always to
use our own things, or 60 without. |
never had sister, but cousins often spen,
months at the house, and went in and GU,
of my room in the freest way, forever
bringing me- their gloves to mend or tie
ties 10 ciean. rs cousins will.
Never borrow" said my mother. Blu
or give away or do vii bout, but b, be-
holden TO nobody for IoaI "-Hnrpers
Young People
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
About Ingalls,.

Mr.. Ingalls, recent utterances have
placed him in the front rank of future
senatorial impossibilities st. Louas Post
Dispatch
Ex-senator Ingalls, is about to start
stock ranch. If the ex senator Is wise he
will steer clear of watered stock Wash
inqton Post.
With Ingalls, and Paul Van Der Wort
becoming farmers, it begins to look as if
the late Gov rnor Foraker of Ohio might
be the next to renouuce his siaful alliance
with the G. o. p,-Omaha World Herald.
There is mysterious grave on Ex-Sen.
ator ingalls, truck farru about which the
usual romance has been woveo. 1t is
probable, however, that it Is the grave of
his buried political hopes. -Kansns Ctu
Times
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23

The most polite man we know of lis one
who never permits himself to look over
his own shoulder.
The thrifty potato-bug energies to join
the Farmers Alliance 10 q movement to
prevent cheap potatoes,
Partisan wit once defined experience
as a comb that one became possessed of
after having lost ones hair.
1t takes long time for young man to
become good carpenter; but he can learn
enough about the trade In six weeks to
join strike.
His wife-"Well, well, Tom, ycu must
be pretty tired after walking home In that
condition Jsggon Golly full)-'' wasn't
the length of the walk that tired me; 1t
was the breadth of it."
Mrs. Helen Cougar says she has kept
record of The accounts of wife murder by
drunken husbands Published in the daily
papers since January 1, 1859. the sggrs-
gsts number; she says, is s,O04.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23

"ONAL$-
Besides the hiGes If the alligator, of
which $4,000 OF u 900 are annually utilized
IN the United States, There are OLner COM
mercisl PRODUCTS obtained. The Teeth,
which are found, white, and conical, and
a. long Us two joints OF AN average finger,
are mounted Win gold or silver anu Used
for JeWelry, irlnkeLs, and for Leethlnk
DsbIes to play Win. They are also carved
into variety OF ferns, such as whistles,
buttons and Gale handles. THIS Industry
Is carried On principally In Florida.
Among Chinese druggists there is
great demand toI alliga.urs' teeth, which
afe said to be powdeAed and administered
As remedy. AS much as d dollar piece
Is palc by them tCr me Teeth. AIl The
teeth OF the alligator are OF the class OF
conlcal tusks, WIFI Ao cutting or grinding
apparatus, and hence The aulmal ID 1.rcou
To Iced chiefly Oh cArrion. Which Is reao,
Prepared Tor his digestion. ULher COLI
murclal products OF the alligator ale lAe
Oil and LII lsk pods. The alligator OF twelve
feet III length, Oh boiling, furnishes ton
fifty TO seventy plnts OF excellent o.l,
winch, III BrazlI, Is used Tor lighting and
III Med.cne. The OIL has been lccom-
MeA0td Tor the cure Oh quite variety ..
diseases. 1t has high reputation auoLs
the swampers Is reu1dy Tor rheuuaLlsn-
being gwen botu inwaruly ano out"ar ~.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
How Spain Gets o Little Tobacco.


On our horneward way we encounter the
nightly exodus of Spaniards, male and fe-
male, young and old, who come into the
town on daily permits for trade or labor,
and have to return before the fortress gates
are closed. OF these there are between three
and four thousand, and many of them make
a handsome income by daily smuggling
small quantities Of tobacco, concealed by
many devices in their clothing or their
loads. Their Numbers are SO great that,
even if the Spanish frontier guard does not
afford some connivance, which is not very
improbable, it must be impossiblet to search
them all etfectually, and the women especi
ally are the greatest and most successful
defrauders of the Spanish revenue.
Amy one who waits at the Landport gate
may see stockings, dress improvers, and
other recesses being stuffed, coram publico,
with small packets, which. as the average
profit Is 20 per cent, will well pay the
trouble and risk of carriage. was told of
one very successful method Of smuggling
which is much practiced. Dogs are brought
to Gibraltar from their Spanish homes
From six to eight pounds weight of tobacco
10 tied round their necks, and with this
they run straight home, carefully avoiding
everybody in the shape of q custom house
officer. They are trained to esime by the
agency of men dressed in custom house
uniform, who thrash them numerically,
and thus instill wholesale horror OF the
appearance of a government servant.
Nor are frauds committed upon the Span
ish excise alone. Often enough it is found
that the food supplies for the Gibraltar
market have been cunningly tempered
with, as when the vendors of live turkeys
increase their selling weight by examining
sand down the Threats of the poor birds be-
fore they cross the neutral ground.-Mur
rays Magazine.
St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-23
Cleveland, Hill and Free Coinaoe

WASHINGTON, April 26 lion. D. n
Richardson, ed or of tue mocrat ot
Davenport, Iowa, and a sjAuuch part
mao is in the ci'y, and sal ii an iut.r-
view: "Cl@v-lanG is the Deilo rae, 5 on =,
nope in 1892 He is the only nations
D. mocrat, and l 90 not SEE any other pos
slbtllty next year | kn:.w it Is said Cl. v.
and's silver letter killed him There is a
great d.at of such talk, yet hr. Cleveland
has not changed one lOta from the vie" y
he expressed four OR six years ago g..
entertained the same views when he Wa,
voted for in 1888, ana IT he was right then
he is right nov
''lf the alliance element Succ cd in get
ting free coiLsge hereaY mo he Demo
cratic piuftHrm, re sic gone no. So long
as the tariff Is kept a, lie front, we are
strong III he cnis,aIt of = lS-r IS ~ b.
the chief issue, W. art ,lFl =.
Tine East, W III its comm, = al inte~e t,
does not wan. Tree coIhae, and th~re NE
many Dem crars in the We who 90 M
| REGARD Tree coinage as a hertSy, because
1t Is an attempt to make seventy hv~ cert,
dollar. We cannOt u>e tholu abroad.
Englsnd France and Germany will not
take them
We " II not Ike Austrian silver. l.
is discrvd:jed. We don know how mi h
ron they out in It, Nor do we want ai-n
money l. i 4 tide better nov, but We
'ont want money that is only worth 30 to
~ per cent OF it, face value.
mo oue will objoc. TO free coinage if
hey will put dollars worth OF silver In
II dollar. But Ia king DEF a,ed currency
hat is worth only Is cents on the dollar Is
heresy, and that Is the whole question.
There is no other Democrat than Mr.
Cleveland who has a stan, ing al over the
country. Mr.. Hill is not known except
sutagonisticallv He is known a. q poll
.ician, Very bright politician, with a
arge folio wing In New York, but the PEG
pie have made up their minds that that
sort of thing DOES not 10 any more There
10 no one but Mr. Cleveland looming up.
Mr.. Cleveland is not politician He
mas ideas of what is right, and he ex-
presses them. He has not depended on
Ihe suffrage Of the American people If
he is not chosen 1t makes little # -rence
TO him. H. is strong III the Nor Eesl-
hat Is with the silver q4eN'io. OUT Of the
"ay. Iowa will probably present the
name of Governor Boles for vice president
The latter, | believe, will be re elected,
and Cleveland and Boies would, think,
carry Iowa and be very strong in other
Northwestern States. But, after all tue
whole situation turns on outcome OF
This alliance movement If the silver
question is got out Of the way before 1892,
we will be strong. If Lot, the outlook Is
uncertain. at any rate. there mast be q
great deal of clearing up before next yesr,
and this barnyard business got out of the
way"