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St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
The Dirtiest Town in the World.

Annoy, China, bears the unenviable
reputation of being the dirtiest and most
unheaIthful city on the globe, writes
United States Consul Bedloe. The repu-
tation is thoroughly deserved. What IS
a more unpleasant fact is the promise of
the present tendency of affairs to lower
and worse condition. The reasons are
obvious to newcomer at glance.
The city is built on the edge of
mountainous island and is exceedingly
Old. Inscriptions on ancient tombs run
back as far as the beginning of the
Christian Era, and coins found in acct
deatally discovered graves date to dyn.
aSt;es from 500 to 1909 B. G. During
all this period the hillsides of the city
have been used as burying grounds. As
the population increased the houses en-
croached upon the cemetery land, until
finally the two became hopelessly inter-
mixed.
The United States Consulate IS re-
garded as very superior locality, butt
is surrounded by over 100 tombs. A
score of the large blocks of granite used
in and about it are old tomostones. On
the hill Immediately behind the residence
of f. Malcampo the graves touch one au-
other at every point and form q solid
white surface of rock, brick, porcelain
aud cement, covering more than 1000,
900 square feet. Near the Lam-paw-do
joss houses $4,000 bodies are said to
have been buried vertically to save space.
They lie or stand in plot OF land of as
many square feet. Annoy proper and its
suburbs have living population of
about 1, 900, 600 and dead one of four
and a half times as many. The wells are
SHALLOW aud are sunk on the edges Of
tac graveyards, aud even among the
tombs themselves. | have not seen one
whose water is not muddy and dis
colored by the perpetua' turning up of
the soil.
The city is relic of the past. 1t is
vailed the same as it was in the time of
Confucius. 1t has no sewers whatever.
Tle streets vary from two to six feet in
width; no wheeled vehicle can use them.
An equestrian would experience great
difficulty in turning corner. Here and
there is an open space or plaza, dug out
SO as to be huge open cesspool; into it
the streets discharge their flth.-The
Practitioner.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
WORDS OF WISnCM.

The brilliant daughter makes brittle
| wife.
Arms, women and books should be
looked after daily.
Fame is said to be monument erected
after one is dead and buried.
When one man will trust another with
his umbrella it is safe to say that the
other man is honest.
A man in love can do more thinking
without thinking of anything at all than
any one else on earth.
He who Is false to present duty breaks
a thread in the loom, and will find the
flaw when he may have forgotten its
cause.
Very few women grow old without
becoming more patient, and the years
seldom add up on a mans shoulders
without making him more frctful.
The communist is one wac has yearn-
ings for equal division of unequal earn
ings. Idler or buugler, he is willing to
fork out his penny and pocket your shil-
ling.
The girls of sixteen who consider
themselves young ladies should not snub
the ugly-loohiny boys of the same age.
When the girls are twenty-five and
tritle shelf the boys will be young
men and may remember the snubs. 1t
pays to be polite all the time.
Every man expects in his own case to
have ample time to get his worldly af.
fairs in good shape before he dies, but
40 man ever has. Men hope to leave
enough to keep their wives, but they
leave it in such shape that the women
lose half the threads in trying to get af-
fairs untangled.
A dandy is clothes-wearing man.
nan whose trade, office, and existence
consist in the wearing of clothes. Every
faculty of his soul, spirit, person and
purse is heroically consecrated to this one
Dbject-the wearing of clothes wisely
aud we'll; so that as others dress to live,
he lives to dress.
If we WORK upon marble, it will per-
sh; if we work upon brass, time will
sfface it; if we rear temples, they will
crumole into dust; but if we work upon
immortal minds. if we Undue them with
principles, with the just fear of the in
Unite and love of our fellow.men, we
engrave on these tablets something
which will brighten to all eternity.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
Giving All Honor TO His Wife.

The German Emperor loses no op.
portunity of winning favor with the
ladies with his gallant speeches
One Of the prcttiest Of these courtier-
like utterances was delivered in an.
sWerlng a toast to his wife in the
province where she was born: "The
bond that unites me to this province
and chains me to her in manner
different from all the others of my
empire is the jewel that sparkles
at my side. her Majesty the Empress.
Sprung from this soil. the type Of the
various virtues Of German princess,
it is to her | owe it if | am able to
meet the severe labors OF my office
with happy spirit and make head
against them"
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
A TIME-SAVING DEVICE.

1t was once the fashion to pat all rem
nauts of dresses AMI other wearing aD-
parel, whether Of cotton or4wool, away
in a deep and annoying receptacle
known as the 'piece bag" If a froc.1
was torn and mast be quickly mended,
a plunge into the depCns of this bag
brought up fifty little rolls besides the
one sought. A set of stoat pasteboard
boxes containing "the pieces OF eacn
member Of the family with the name and
contents written and gummel to the
top is the tine-saving device uset by
one systematic housewife that I know.
Cotton and wool pieces are kept in sep
arate boxes. Feathers, flowers and hars
belonging to tae different members Of
tie family are put away IN the same
fashion. Trunks containing bedding or
dresses not IN use are also labelled with
their contents. YORK Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
FEED FOR AN IDLE HORSE.

A horse has a small stomach aud active
digestion, writes Henry Stewart. Tho
feed therefore should be Of the highest
nutrative quality, with as little waste
matter as may be. 1t sh ould be as easily
digestlble as possible. Whole corn AMI
cob is not such food, and on general
principles is not to be considered either
healthful or profitable. The feeding
value of a food, as estimated by its chem;-
cal constituents, is not a safe guide, as
the cob, while not without some seeming
nutritious quality, is hardly digestible,
and in this respect has about the same
value as woody fibre in the form CT a
dust. In the experience of horsemen the
cob has been suspected Of dangerous
qualities and as productive of indiges
ton. Certainly it is not in any way a
food that can, under the special exigen-
cies of the season, be considered useful,
safe or economical.
But corn is an excellent food for
horse under certain circumstances. 1t is
concentrated food: it has a large pro-
portion of carbohydrates which supply
the required heat and is suitably deficient
in the alOuminoids that are not wanted
by an animal thai is resting. Again, its
starchy character is such that when, in
the form Of meal, it is masticated it be-
comes plastic and solid mass that is not
readily attacked by the gastric fluid, and
is thus not easily digested and is likely
to produce an attack of collie, which
while it may not be dangerous, yet takes
up SO much of the reserved force of the
animal as to cause loss of food. The
corn, then, should be coarseIy ground,
and if fed without hay will be still more
safe and profitable to feed.
A horse OF 1000 pounds needs, in ad.
dition to fifteen pounds of good Timothy
hay, not more than ten pounds of corn
coarsely ground, and this allowance of
grain may be considered as equal to fifty
per cent. of whole grain. This supplies
about twenty pounds of dry substance
containing of digestible matters fourteen
pounds of carbohydrates, pound and
three. fourths of albuminoids and half
pound of fat, which is ample for horse
OF that weight, ana even iof one OF I1uU
pounds kept in a warm stable without
work, but having sufficient exercise to
keep the blood stirring and maintain
healthful consumption of food.
A stable may be warm and yet well
supplied with fresh air. A sufficient
supply of oxygen is Indispensable for the
proper change of the carbohydrates OF
the food into heat. In close, warm,
impure atmosphere loaded with carbolic
acid this oxidation cannot go on, and
the animal becomes listless and sleepy
and the food is wasted. Therefore am
pie ventilation mist be provided, and a
Temperature of not less than forty de.
grees will be far better for the horse than
one Of sixty with less fresh air. So long
as the stable does not freeze the temper
AZURE will be safe. Rural New Yorker.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
A WOMAN'S GOOD WORK.

Mrs. Alice Lincoln, of Boston, has
efectually proved that the price paid by
poor tenants for the miserable quarters
which they call home is sufficient to fur
nish them we'll lighted, well ventilated
and comfortable rooms. 70 convince
the public of this she rented one of the
most unhealthful of these house, had it
thoroughly c!eansed and repaired, low
cred the rents, and finds thai she has
generous dividend on her investment.
The house is called the Good Luck
House, and Mrs. Lincoln has studied the
subject of tenement houses for twelve
years.-New York Commercial Adver-
tlser.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12

The word etiquette" is Anglo
Norman, and primarily had some
what different meaning from its
present one. 1t formerly meant SIM
ply the ticket which was tied to the
neck of bags or fastened to packages,
to note their contents. Finally it
seemed that the word came to be ap-
piled to cards given out at an enter
tainment, with certain rules Of be-
hayior for guests printed upon them.
Thus behavior was Or was not "the
ticket" or "etiquette," and the slang
term, "juSt the ticket" and our ele-
CANT word "etiquette" have the same
derivation.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
VIII Seat the Thomas Cat.

An old trapper has been bringing
from the mountains for two weeks a
number Of peculiar little animals
that have puzzled good many PEG.
pie to tell what they were. They
are about the size Of common cat
and have large bushy tails like that
of raccoon. Their bodies are long
and slender and well protected by a
thick growth of brOWnish-colOred
hair. Their eyes are black and snap
ping, and when leased they growl
and spit like cat, showing row Of
teeth as sharp as cambria needles.
The name Of these little animals is
the Bessaris, and they are a species
of the civet cat, ranking between the
fox and the weasel. They are better
than all the pussies in creation as
rat exterminators, and about twenty
of +hem have been turned loose in
different warehouses and livery
stables in this charlottesville APP
peal,
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
Frances Got It,

II want some more chicken" said
4-year-old Frances at the dinner
table.
Il think you have had as much as
is good for you, DEAR" replied Fran
ces' mamma.
Il want more" And Frances
pouted.
"You can't have more now; but
here is a wish-bCne that you and
mamma can pull. That will be fun.
You pull one side and Ill pull the
other, and whoever gets the longer
end can have her wish come true.
Why, baby, you've got it! What was
your wish, Francesca
Il wished for some more chicken, y
said Frances, promptly. She got it
this time.-Boston Beacon.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
1t Has Many Uses,

Few people realize the value Of salt
It can be used in many ways about the
house and is indispensable as medi-
cine. A little salt rubbed on cups will
take off tea stains. II put in whitewash
it will make it stick better. Used as a
tooth powder it will -.eep the gums hard
and rosy. Salt and water is one Of the
best gargles for sore throat, and Is
preventive of diphtheria if taken in time.
Salt and water will clean willow furni-
ture, if applied with brush and then
rubbed dry. If held in the mouth after
having tooth extracted it will stop the
bleeding. Calico and all prints will hold
their color and look brighter if rinsed in
salt water. Silk handk erchicfs and rib
bons should be washed in salt water and
il, mel while hot to obtain the best re-
suits.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
HE is STILL BOSS,
There Have Been Many Giants, but
Chang Is the Tallest Now Living.

There Have Eeen Many Giants, but
Chang Is the Tallest Now Living.
Turner the naturalist, declared
that he once saw, upon the coast Of
Brazil, race Of gigantic savages, one
of whom was II feet in height. M.
Thevet, Of France, in his description
Of America, published at Paris in
1875, asserted that he saw and
measured the skeleton Of South
American which was II feet inches
In length. The Chinese are said to
claim that in the last century there
were men in their country who meas
ured IS feet in height. Josephine
mentioned the case Of Jew who was
10 feet inches in height. Pliny
tells of an Arabian giant, Gabara, 9
feet 8 inches, the talleSt man in the
days of Claudius.
John MiddIetoWn, born at Hale, in
Lancashire, in the time Of James l.,
was feet inches in height; his
hand WAS II inches long and 81
inches broad, says Dr.. platt, in his
History Of 5tafTOrdshire. The Irish
giant, Murphy, contemporary with
O'Bricn, was 8 feet 10 inches. A
skeleton in the Museum Of Trinity
College, Dublin, is feet 6 inches in
height, and that Of Charles Byrne, in
the museum Of the College Of Sur
geons, London, is 8 feet inches.
The tallest living man is Chang-tu-
Sing, the Chinese giant. His height
is : feet inches. -Tid-Dt
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
ADD kEROsENs TO THE STARCH.

It does not seem to be generally
known that the addition of little ker-
ose1e oil 70 the raw starch in which the
bosoms Of shirts are starchell the second
time will produce highly satisfactory re-
suits. The first s:archin5 should be
done in hot starch il til" usual way.
Then to one SHIRT take gool half tea
spoon of starch and dissolve it in as
little cold water as possible. Next fill
the eartheD dish in which you dissolved
your starch not quite half full OF cold
water, and add teaspoonful of kero-
sene. Stir the oil well into the starch,
then dip your shirt bosom several times,
rubbing in the starch thoroughly with
the hands. After this fold the snirt
smoothly, roll it tight and Ie- it remain
so at least an hour before ironiug.-
New York News.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Washing trees with common soft soap
kills borers.
Don'r forget to keep the poultry house
clean in damp weather.
Only about ten per cent. of the apple
trees planted ever bear fruit, AMI the
chief cause Of this waste is lack OF care.
An oil proverb says. "Wheat alter
wheat, you'll have nothing to eat; Rye
after rye, you'll have bread till you
die. !"
Why will oar farmers persist in living
on beef aud pork when fowl flesh is just
as easily and cheIpig raised as either
aud is more healthy aud palatable, and
is, in fact, aluxurya
If the moths of the peach borer have
appeared, it is we'll to whitewash the
trunks OF the trees az once. A thick
lime wash, vita tablespoonful OF Paris
green Or London purple added to each
pailfill, is reco nmsndei. The wash
should be applied at least two inches be-
low the surface OF the ground.
Among the insect destroyers DO not
forget the nogs, sheep and hens in the
app.e orchard. Those who are afraid OF
spraying vita poisonous solutions need
not be afraid OF this, nor OF burning up
the rubbIsa heaps around the fields that
are likely to segvaas laarboring places this
winter Tor coe ,ons, eggs or adult insects.
And liberal in4nuring and good cultiva-
ton protects many plants from serious
injury that void be killed By insects II
noorlv led aud cared for. lit i the
lean s.ls that IS lousy and the feeble
n;.ng taa. g ail.e by insects.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
NEW CoLoRs FOR FALL AND WINTER.

Colors adopted by the French syn
dictate for the autumn and winter of
1929: .,
Rose-Pale rose.
Azalee-T'he pink of the azalia.
Geranium-A geranium red. III
Roi-Light crimson.
Pivoine-Beet red.
Provins-Red, shading on maroon.
Argent-Siiver gray.
Nickel-Nickel gray.
Platine-Stone gray.
Angelique- Grasshopper green.
Corial-Coral pink.
Aubepine-Hawthorn pink.
Roi de May-Tne pink of the May
rose.
Cerisette-Pinkish cherry.
Pyguralian-Light tan.
Carlbe-Dark tan, bordering on
brown.
Modore-Reddish brown.
Cel-Light blue.
Matelot-Sailor blue.
Marine-Marine blue.
Ivolre-Ivory white.
Creme-Cream white.
Page-Heliotrope.
Eminence-The purple worn By en-
inent ecclesiastics.
Castille-Spanish yellow.
Coquelecot-Cardiral red.
Petit Duc-Robin's egg blue.
Paon-Peacock blue.
Nil-Nile green.
Russe-Russian green.
Tabac-Tobacco brown.
Marron-Chestnut Brown.
Islande-Island blue.
Trianon "A light shade of old rose.
Castor-Beaver Brown.
Champagne-A light ecru.
Frontigon-A pale wine.
Grenat-A deep wiae.-Dry Goods
Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
COCOA MATTINGS.

Cocoa mattings, which are useful and
desirable for piazza mats aud coverings
and for covering the corridors OF coun-
try houses used only part of the year,
are yard and quarter in width, and
the best quality is sold for sixty cents a
square yard Ole of the best patterns
has an orange ground crossei by broa
brown stripes; another pattern HIS an
ecru ground with red stripes. For the
sltting-room Of such houses blue denim
is sometimes used as a border, or all
over the floor as a background for rugs.
Fax colored linen with conventional
tleur- de-lis or other design makes a cool
and soft looking background for rugs.
Or it may be laid over heavy carpets as
desirable change for summer, and is Il
protection to the carpets as we'll. In a
family where there are many children
who dine at the family table a pair of
crumbcloths made Of this linen are Il nelp
in keeping the dining room IN nice con
dition. A good quality of tue linen,
which is two yards wide, is sold for fifty
cents per yard. A mating Is shown
this summer that is made III Imitation
hard wood floors, being like the n in
color and design. The mattlngs are
iointless and OF fine weave, some of them
having borders. They are yard wide.
st. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
LUsTRoUs BUGS IN VOGUE.

Richtield has gone bug mad, says a
correspondent at R!chield Springs, N.
Y. This statement has an invidious
sound, am aware, but it is the unvar-
nished truth none the less. There may
be palliation in the fact that the insects
are of high order of creeping things
They are not loathsome, like the blatta
orlentalis or any other of the bugs that
cloak their ofensiveness with names sew
eral times as long as themselves. On
the contrary, these bugs over which
Richield has lost its wits temporarily
are harmless, unobtrusive and in some re.
spects beautiful members of their kind.
They are of the genus eIator noctiIucus,
described by naturalists as "a winged,
luminous insect which emits brilliant
light from yellow spot on each side OF
the thorax and from other parts of the
body"
These particular specimens were
brought to Richield by the Cuban
grandees at the Darlington and by them
were introduced to the throng on the
verandas one evening. The Cubans had
thirty or forty of the curious beetle like
insects, more than half of which they
gave away to ladies among their &C.
quaintances. Fastened to the Dress in
a piece of lace, the currullas, as they are
called by the natives, look in the dark
like cluster of emeralds of wonderful
brilliancy, and, as every lady who could
get one has worn IN with her evening
toilet, the effect has created decidedly
novel sensation. Washington Star.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
TO CLEAN ENGEATINGs.

1t has been found thai czone bleaches
paper perfectly without injuring the
fibre in the least It can be used ior
removing mildew and other stains from
engravings that have been injured by
hanging on the walls of damp rooms.
The engraving should be carefully
moistened and suspended in large ves-
sci partially filled with ozone. The
ozone may be generated by putting
pieces of clean phosphorou: in the bot
tom of the vessel partially covered with
water.-New York World.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup Of Fig, has a perma-
neEtly beneficial effect on the human system
while the cheap vegetable extracts AMI min.
erai solutions, usually sold as medicines, are
permanently injurious. Being well informed,
you will use the true remedy only. Manufac-
tured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
THE TOMATO AND HOW To COOK IT.

THE TOMATO AND HOW TO COOK IT.
Scaloped ToInatoes-Butter pudding
dish, put III layer OF sliced fresh to-
matoes or canned ones, sprinale with salt
and bits of butter, then put IN layer OF
bread bread crumbs and ill the dish with
alternate layers, moistening the crumbs
with spoonful of water unless the to-
matoes are very juicy; the last lay or
should be crumbs; bake half an hour il
quick oven, serve hot.
Planned Tomatoes-Wipe half dozen
large ripe tomatoes, cut IN two cross,
wise, set them in baking tin, SKIN
down, in moderate oven, cook slowly
so they will keep their form. When done,
sprinkle salt over the II and place a small
piece of butter on top of eacl half. Lift
carefully OF to platter, serve in indi-
vidual dishes.
Baked Tonatoes-se|ect large smooth
ones, wash and wipe. Vita sharp
knife cut piece out of the centre at the
stem end and ill with sugar. Bake on
an earthen plate in quick oven until
done.
Tomato Stew--If yea wish to use
fresh tomatoes, peel, slice and cook i'll
granite iron until soft, strain through a
colander, put in a hegping tablespoon
full of butter for each quart Of tomatoes
and one even tablespoonful of sugar, salt
to the taste, then thicker with Tine soft
bread crumbs ten minutes before using.
Canned tomatoes steHel and strained
make nice stew.
Tomato Toast-Pour a quart OF stewed
tomatoes through a colander, put them
in stew pan, season with salt, one
spoon of sugar and two OF butter, toast
thin slices of bread quickly aad lay Oh
hot platter and butter; when ready to
serve pour half pint OF sweet cream II
the donates and stir for a monels, then
dip it on to the toast AMI serve 1mne-
diately.
A German Dish of Tomatoes-Put two
tablespooniu.s of butter In the spider,
when hot cover the bottom of the spider
with small ripe tomatoes, brown them,
lUTH OSGI, SSaool Win Ssiit az u %
little flour over them, and add cl2 oil
sweet cream, let them stew a few min
utes, then serve.
Fried Tomatoes-Pcel and cut cross
wise in thick slices, sprinkle salt over
them, roll cracker crumbs until they are
as fine as meal, dip the slices of tomato
in beaten egg, then in cracker crumbs
and Try in two spoonsful Of not butter.
If you wish sauce for them put cup
of milk to scald and thicker with hall a
spoon of -four mixed with a spoon OF
cold butter.
Tomato Mayonnaise-Peel and cut off
Il thin slice from the stem end of as
many large tomatoes as you wish to
serve. With II spoon dip out most OF
the seeds, chop a peeled cucumber aud
some wafer cross, season WITH salt, fill
the cavities of the tomatoes Prepare
ON large platter young lettuce leaves,
three or four il IA place, set eacl tomato
on cluster of the lettuees and dip
spoonful of Inayolnsise On esca tomato.
M. J. Ashton, in the Housewife.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
No LAWYER wanted.

A short time ago an old negro was
up before the Judge, charged with
some trivial Otfense.
"Havcn't you a lawyer, old man?"
inquired the Judge.
NO, sah."
Cant you get one?"
"No, sab"
Don't you want me to appoint one
to defend you?"
"No, sab; / jos tho't I'd Leah de
case to the ignance OBJ de cot"
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
The Only One Ever Printed.

N4hN lUU THE WOKDI
These is a 3 inch display advert isement in
this paper, this week. which has no two words
alike except one word. The same is true OF
each new one Appearing each week. from The
pr. Harter Medicine Co. This house places
lish. Look forit, send them the name Of the
word and they vii return you BOOK, BEAUTI-
EUL LITHOGRAPHs orsAMPIES FREE.
St. Landry democrat., 1892-11-12
A New Southern Iuiusirg.

Jute can be ralse1 in almost any part
of the South, and when the demand
iastiiies it the Southern States AMI Calf
iornia wrll furnish all neeict in this
country. Experiments have been made
in all of the Gulf States, aud tae -esuis
has been that the plant grows well, plo-
duces good article of the fore, and II
every way is quite equal to the jute plant
of India. New York journal.