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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
Statistics of the World.

The Introductory tables Of the latest
edition of the StatcSman's Year Book
1S92) contain some valuable information
as to the population and area of the
world. and also the results of the recent
partitions of Africa. The area of the
world is 50, 299,4 31 square miles, and
the population 40, 729, 151, an average
of twenty -cight to the squar. mile; and
the increase of the worlds population in
the decade 1SS0-90) was 8 per cent. In
computations of this kind several totals,
particularly in Asia and Africa, have to
be obtained by estimate. The area and
population in each of the divisions are
given thus
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
Overcoming Birds Migratory In"
stinct.

The pigration of birds is due to in
stinct. But this instinct may be easily
overcome and suppressed. On the roof
of the Citv Hall in Donauwocrth (Ba-
varia), a couple of storks have nest
which they have not left tor three years.
The first time they remained because
there was a young bird to weak to fly
south. The parent birds were not will
inc to leave their little one and stopped
to feed it. They liked the winter and
have stopped in their nest ever since; hay
rear young every year, all of whom lett
when the cold season came and the rest
of the storks departed for the south. But
the old couple remain and do not seem
to have any worse health for beng cA-
posed to the cold northerly winters on
a high house top Boston Advertiser.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
TIE IDEALBT,
BY JAMES NEWTON MATTHEWS.

BY JAMES NEWTON MATTHEW'S.
He has pondered long the plan
Of nature and Of man,
And is won to the conclusion
That all matter is illusion,
And that all We sec or seem
Is but the dim confusion
Ola dream;
That nothing here is real
Save tho unseen, the ideal,
The strenuous warm motion
Ofthe soul that, like an ocean,
Throbs and s0bs along the shore,
In a kind of blind devotion,
Eyermore.
That which we prize Of earth
Is Of little weight or worth,
For it passes as we view it,
And howo'er We may pursue it,
With a passion to adore
We can ne'er attain unto it,
Evermore.
Yet Loves self is never vain,
1t can neither loso nor gain,
Here nor there. 1t is an essence
That enlarges not nor lessons
Under sun, or sea, or sod
1t is but the living presence
Of god.
Life and Love are one, and are
All in all, from star to star
To the end from tho beginning
When our spirits wore sent spinning
Down etcrnity's long groove,
Nothing has been worth the winning,
Saving love.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
A Vain Desire, Alas!

In note to the editor of the Critic
Col. T. W. Iigginson incidentally says:
ut has been desire of my life to issue
a book which should be wholly free from
typographical errors, but | shall probably
die without accomplishing it. Nor is it
much of consolation to know that my
old friend, the late Prof. Longfellow,
after having the proofs of his Dante
read by at least three different persons,
finally received the published book with
delight at the breakfast table, and at once
opened upon very serious misprint,"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15


From these figures it will be seen that
considerably more than half the popuia-
ton of the earth is in Asia, and yet there
are but forty light people to the square
mile, as compared with ninety IN
Europe. The total money OF the world
in gold and silver coin is given at s., S62,-
O12. 900. an average of $j.31 for each in
diyidua. 4 map accompanying the
Year Book shows that the denscst popu-
lation of the earth, over 400 to the square
mile, is confined to Java, China Japan,
northeastern and southwestern portions
of India. England, parts of France and
Belgium, the Nile Valley, Italy, Portu-
cal. small stri p Of Germany and small
section in the vicinity of New York and
Boston. The area Of Europe in acres is
3. 3S4, S54, $40, of which 125, G35, Gil, or
30 per cent, are forest
The compilations bearing upon the
partition of Africa show how rapidly the
Dark Continent is being absorbed by the
great powers. Its total area IS
11.51i, 500 square miles, and population
1870. 1S5, 600, according to the estimates
Of +. G. Ravcnstein, a member of the
ROYAL Geographical Society. OF these
totals Great Britain has appropriated
800, 926 square miles, with 40, 164, 100
population; France, 2,902, 62l, with %,
1SS, 600 population; Portugal, $40
with SAG, 600 populations; Spain, 203,-
7G1, with 49,, 000 population; Germany,
S22, 600 with $3.50, 900 population; Italy,
6O2, 900, with 300, 900 population; Con-
90 State (BeIgiam, $4,000, with 3D.
600, 900 populations; Boer Republics,
1862, $40, with SSs, GOO population; Swat
Land, G,310, with 81 900 popula-
ton; Liberia, $4,000, with L.
100000 population; Turkey, s36, 600,
with 1850, 600 population. OF the re-
manning area the great lakes occupy
50, $50 square miles. This leaves l, Ssh
39S square miles, with $4,000, 900 popu-
lation Unappropriated Africa includes
Morocco, Borun, kancm, Wadai, Bagirmi
and Sahara. The statistics of the British
Empire show that it has an area OF H.
475, O57 square miles, Or nearly one-fourth
of the globe, with IS, 725, S57, or nearly
onc-fourth Of the population; revenue
of 81, O15, 53S, $50; expenditure of $685.
306, 1926; debt of $5,50S, 1913, 600; i'm
ports, So, 1856, 254, $50; exports, s., 647,-
933, $50; tonnage entered and cleared,
exclusive of home and coasting trade,
169, All, 1857; railways open, 81, S36 miles.
| These returns cover the entire empire,
including colonies, protcctorates and
! spheres of influence.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

One of the fourishing industries in
Cairo, Egypt, is the manufacture of
paint from mumrnies. The mummies
are ground to powder, and this pow
der is mixed with oil. Thus, solilo-
quizes the New York World, Pharoals
dust may adorn the side of house,
while great CAESARS clay is only stop
ping a hole to keep the wintry wind
away.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

The investment of $4,000, 900
made by the British Government in
the Suez Canal shares will in q year or
two, according to Mr.. Goschen, be
worth s95, 900, 900, which proves it to
have been an excellent stroke of busi-
ness as well as Of diplomacy.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

For two years the photographic
Bureau in Washington has been try
ing to learn something of the char
acteristics of the Atlantic Ocean as q
great moving body Of water by means
of bottles. As a result it has been as
certained that the whole Atlantic is
slowly circulating round and round
like an enormous pool.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

An officer in the British army thinks
that ducks would be preferable to
pigeons for carrying naval dispatches
over the sea, because they would drop
down and sit on the water when tired
and resume their flight after resting.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

Florida orange growers have ar
ranged for two fast steamships, with
a earring capacity Of $4,000 boxes
each, on the route between Jackson
vile and Liverpool, England.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

England has ninety-four universal
ties, while the United States have four
times as many institutions of learning
that claim the name of university.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15
St. Landry Democrat
by L. A. sANDOZ,-
OpeIousas, Louisiana.

Tt Is said that one in every SEN or
the worlds workingwomen supports
her husband.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

THE suicides and defalcations in
Berlin ought to warn Kaiser Wilhelm
that Germany is overstrained. But
will he be wise in time?
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

ST. LOUIS has no notion of putting
up the shutters" She is going to
build two new million-dollar hotels.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-10-15

There is baby at Heppner, Oregon, which
weighs less than a pound.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
THE NATIONAL PARK.

Illustrated Lectures to Ise Given Shortly
by q. 4. Brown.
Il. L. Brown, local artist has in proper
alton and will shortly give an illustrated
lecture on the Yellowstone National park
The object is to give a comprehensive
knowledge of one of the most marvellous
regions in existence, embracing the follow
ing features:
Introductory, extract from "The Story of
Strange Land" by Prof. David S. Jor-
dan. president LELAND Stanford, Jr., mi
versity. California; location and general
features OF the park, with map; Mammoth
not springs, appearance formation ana
cause Of action; Obsidian Cliff origin,
structure and appearance: Norris geyser
basin; lower geyaer basin; upper geyser
basin: phenomena Of 'Reyser action; yell
lowstone lake, comparison between ancient
and present lake. with map; Grand canyon,
how and when formed; Amethyst noun tain
and phenomenal structure.
The illustrations are from nature by pho
Biography, color sketches in oil, maps and
enRravings from United States geological
survey, etc., and are exhibited by one of
the latest improved dissolvng stereopti-
cons. They embrace every feature known
to that section. the whole making one of
the most interesting and instructive exhi-
bltlOns extant
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

Most Disastrous Overf1ows That Have Oc-
CURED In Years.
KEoKUK, Iowa, May Tt is not believed
that so great disaster az that Of 1881 will
result from the present foods in and around
Alexandria, Mo. Unprecedented rains Of
the rsst week have swollen the Fox, Des
Moines and Skunk rivers to suoh an extent
that the levsss bstwsen this place and Alsx-
andria broke, flooding thousands OF acres.
mostly in wheat, and doing grsat damage.
Alexandria is being rapidly submerged and
people are preparing to 60 the highlan ds.
great loss of cattle ls nevertheless reported.
Business at Alexandra is at standstill and
the only means of looomotion il bv boat.
A view of the flooded district.
from Warsaw presents picturesque sight,
The river has made the lowlands back Of
Alexandria great lake upon which arc
noatina wreokaRe. drift wood and small
buildings. The loss cannot be estimated,
but stock and farm products have suffered
greatly.
Greatest fears are entertained for the ex-
tensive levees along the Illinois shore, bu
it Is now thought thousands of acres be-
tween Warsaw and Quincy will not be in
undated. The river measures about
eighteen feet above high water mark, both
at Warsaw and Alexandria, and water ia
pouring over the lowlands. At Keokuk til .
water is Is 6-10 feet above ths high water
markof 1864, but there are no indications
ofaa further rise, rs the rain has appar-
emily ssed.
Heavy floods aEe reported along the line
Of the Toledo, Peoria & Western road.
with bad washouts near Bushnell. Untold
damage has been done crops and farm
property by rains and foods. On the
mississippi the danger point is passed and
the river is falling. Between Alexandria
and West Quincy some thirty miles of
track of the st. Louis, Keokuk Il North
western are covered from one to two inches
and trains were abandoned this after
noon. At Canton, No.. this morn
a freight engine. The report that a train
was washed away is untrue. 1t is expected
that the water will fall enough by Monday
to permit trains to run as usual. Tho Rock
Island, paralleling the Des Moinea river, ia
badly damaged, but a large force is making
repairs. and trains are running ON time.
The Bonaperte woolen mills a,e closed
until the flood recedes.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
EFFECT OF THE
VIII Drive Chinese Laborers Out of II
Country.

VIII Drive Chinese Laborers Out of tho
Country.
WASHINGTON. May 7.-On inquiry at the
Chinese legation to-day it was ascertained
that the published statement is incorrect
that no protest has been made to the state
department by the Chinese minister
against the exclusion bill, passed by con-
grsss the 4th inst. The minister saws he
called in person at the department on the
morninR of the 9Th, and in the absence of
Blaine saw Assistant Secretary Wharton
and notified him that he would send to the
aSpartment ,;,I ,,,a written protest against the
the president Immediately. The written
protest reached the department. at two D,
m. to- day. The minister states that he
objects to tho bill mainly for reasons that
IT renews the Scott law of 1883; second. it
deprlves Chinese of the right Of bail in
habeas corpus cases; third, it requires the
registration of Chinese laborers, which is
practically Impossible for them to comply
with rs they must all prove by white wit
nesses that they have lawfully entered the
United States, and as the first exclusion
law was passed in 1882 every Chinaman
must produce before collector of internal
revenue white witness who knew him ten
Yeas ago. and can swear he was in the
United States at that time.
This law leaves the issuance of certih-
Gates Of registration to the discretion of
revenue officers, and provides no way of
compelling him to do Justice to China
man. he must register and produce his
evidence In the district whore he resides.
His white witnsss may be 5000 miles away.
A senator who has carefully examined the
bill announced in the senate that its prac-
tioal effect will be to compel all Chinese
laborsrs 70 leave the United States within
tho year fixed for registration. Sherman,
chairman of the foreign affairs committee,
said this registration is similar to the
slave regulations in force before the civil
war, and to the ticket-of-leave Australian
convict system. The minister said these
features of the bill are i'll direct violation
OF the treaty Of 1880, which guarantees Chi
neSe lnborers in the United States tho treat
m ent OF subjects of most favored nations.
He further saws that the treaty of 1880 was
agreed to by China at the express request
Of the United States which sent three o
its most distinguished citizens to Peking to
ask for it. He declined to state what course
his government would take on account of
the passage of the bill.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
The Ministerial Crisis There Causes
Much Anxiety in Germany
and Austria.
Rudinrs Probable Successor. Sig
nor Giolitti, In Accord With
the Triple Alliance.
The Czar's Presence a. Potsdam Assured-
In the Intersst Of the Entente
Foreign News.

downright. 1892. New York Associated Press.
BERLIN. May Z. The government awaits
with considerable anxiety the solution ol
ths Italian ministerial crisis. Although the
triple alliance Of last year was prolonged
till 1887 il ID all important that the snooes-
sor OF Rudini bo man who will give
genuine. not merely verbal adhesion.
Official advices point to tho selection oi
SiRnor Giolitti ~ RudiRi's SUCCESSOR. The
| North German Gazette SAYS Giolitti 10 en-
tirely in sympathy with Crispi's and
Rudiai's FOREIGN policy and would moi
allow any reduction in the war budget OF
dimunition of military forces. Despite
this assurance. official CIRCLES undoubtedly
fear that Italy's economic weakness will be
drag upon effective action as an ally, The
crisis is likely to altar arrangements for the
meeting of Emperor William and King
Humbert. The situation causes decided
weakness on the bourses, both here and at
Vienna. as Rudini's defeat is felt here to
have an import far beyond Italy's domestic
interests.
The Allgemaine Rech Corresponding an
nounces positively that tho ozar is coming
TO Possdnm. II is certain that attempts 70
renew the entente with Russia ia tho direc-
tion Of negotiating commercial treaty
were baked by st. Petersburg opposition,
and even the courtesy Of visit from the
czar would DO welcome ~ tending to recon
olliation. In the meantime, the anti Ger
man party prevails in Russia. The repres-
alon of the German element in Baltic
provinces is moro severe than ever. The
use of the Russian language has bseu made
compulsory in schools which hitherto were
exempt.
The trial of w. R. Whitney, of Boston.
who ID charged with = hsinous offense
against morality, commenced here behind
closed doors. After a short hearing the
case was adjourned to allow the defense to
call further witnesses.
Ex- Minister Delbruck has become
strong advocate of worlds fair exhibi-
tion at Berlin. At large industrial meet
ing, commenting upon the fast that Ger
man commercial bodies wanted to be in
ternatlonAlly exhibited, Delbruck attrib-
uted the desire to the favorable influence
Of tho new commercial treaties. The move
ment for an international show has spread.
pstition which will be presented 10 Chan
oellor Won Caprivi, in its favor.
Some American physicians, after form
Ing Kelley institute at Copenhagen, camc
here to try to introduce tho cure. The
American legation here is flooded with In
quiries regarding the estate of Baron Fisher.
who is said to have loft relatives in the
United States. The German authorities
tell the legation that the estate is entirely
mythical.
Count Ivan Shouvaloff. Russian minister.
accom- mpanied by his secretary, called upon
Minister Phelps in order to give him 4
quasi formal expression of Russia's graft |
fcation over the work of the American re- |
lief commission.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
Secretary Noble Did Not Refuse In
formation to Congressional
Committee
Quite Probable That Raum Pur-
posely Misreported Him to
Shield Himself.
Protest OF the Chinese Mintster Au.,na,
the Exclusion BfIi-Bland Bill NAV
S8 Como Up.

WASHINGTON, May 7.-socretary Noble
addressed the following explanatory letter
70 Cnalrman Wheeler, Of the committee on
ihvsstlgatlon Of the pension office ~ have
learned from the commissioner by his lot.
ter 70 mo Of the End inst, received at the
department on the 4th, of his comnunica-
ton TO you, dated May 2, in which he
states that he has been directed by the
honorable secretary of the interior to re-
fuse to furnish information desired by your
committee concerning certain correspon-
dence. upon the ground that the oonstitu-
tion and laws of the United States repose
IN him (the secretary the power of ap-
polntment and removal, and that in the
seoretary's opinion he ia not required to
furnish congress or one of its committees
the grounds upon which such appointment ts
and removals arc made. While believing
this statement of the law is such az might
rely upon safely were 80 disposed, as the
mead OF thla departments, have to inform
yon that tho commissioner has m1sappre-
hended my purpose.
SO far as the investigation by your com
mittee is concerned, have no disposition
TO refuse in this instance, either upon the
N~S~AAAS SSAsOA ~ tA4U COA missioner or anY
other, investigation into the correspon den Dc
mentioned by you in your letter OF April l6.
but think your demand should be more
definite as to cases and time. Otherwise
the labor will be very great and the time
ana clerical force required to perform it
more than you probably desire. NY inten-
tlon In anything said was no moro than
that your committee should be informed of
this fact, and you be asked to specify az far
as possible particular letters you desired,
when copies would be furnished. Had the
secretary been inquired of, his views
would have been communicated
to you with direotness and cor
tainty. I am not content to have
your committee close its labors upon any
as to my willingness to
allow free investigation, and beg to say if
You will convey to me statement of what
the committee desires in regard to the cor
respondence as to special examiners. ana
within what dates you desire it, will
furnish copies as soon as the force at nv
commsna will asiew, Y,
r.', W hatsyer may be nv constitutional
rights as an officer adhere to the purpose
OK pressed when I first voluntarily stated to
your committee that, in accordance with
the views of ths president, wish to aid Won
in your investigation and not to hinder
you."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08

tions Of the Fifty-Hrst congress wars
xl.OO8,00O,00O. and statements prepared
tho present conpress viii be- iess " by % about
xbaOo0,Oo0 than those Of the Fifty-frst
congress.
Tho estimate Of revenue for the fiscal
year. submitted by tho secretary OF the
treasury. is $455,000000, which will mean
deficiency In revenues as compared with
expenditures Of about $4,000, 900. The 49,
innate Of our appropriations for this ses-
slon Includes provision for sinking fund
OF $48, COO, 600.
Reod, commenting on the above state
nent, said: "All the above estimates are as
unloading as a democratio platform. They
cover only the items passed upon by the
house and BY pinching the honest expendi-
lures of tho government in such way as
makes even the democrats smile among
themselves, for they know the senate must
increase them or starve the Government.
There 10 no real reason why Coy. Sayers
should not put forth any gueases he may
them for facta''
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08

I \ I Il
TO gst on roofs and in trass and await tho
coming of rsscueru. Many thrilling apd
narrow escapes Ars reported.
second break OF over 600 fset occurred
to-day. Three men were standing on tho
dyke whom II gave way and were rescued
with difficulty. Nearly all houses in tho
inundated district are threatened with
total destruction, AZ drift wood ana
dsbris is piling against them. House.
hold goods wore doatsd OF and
rescued in had shape. Small houses along
the river bank in the city were carried
away and. the owners are occupying fonts.
The marsh commissioners hold the railrond
responsible for the damage, ss the dyke was
constructed Of sand instead Of dirt.
The greater portion OF the crops had
bsen planted and will bs = total loss.
- the ground cannot be used
this season. Several industries in the city
are threatened BY the high water, and un-
less tho river quickly subsidies, of which
there II NO indication, they will be COM
PEELED TO shut down. Most Of the railroads
are again running.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-08
WILL RETRENcH sss,ooo,ooo.
Estimated Appropriations of tho Fifty
Second Congress.

Second Congress.
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Sayers (Texas), a
member of the appropriations committee,
in conjunction with the clerk of the COM
mittee, has prepared for tho use of the
speaker statement of appropriations made
by the regular annual appropriation bills.
In explaining tho statement to-day Sayers
said the appropriations of the first session
of the Fifty-hrst congress aggregated
$l92, 1861 ,09S. without including appropri-
ations OF $l0,000,O00 for the sugar bounty
and S3e,367,6o5 for dependent pensions,
making $4G.36560b, which the present CON
gress must provide for. "Our estimate of
the appropriations of the present session."
said Savers, 'is $4s5. $40 aa9. 1t may be
assumed. however, Tint this total may be-
inoreasadsor dimisshed before the several
bills become law. II is believed that the
estimate makes liberal allowance for all
proper expenditures. SupposinR appropri-
ations OF the short session of the present
congress- do not exceed those of the senate
proportionally, they will aggregate,
excluding the river and harbor
bill. $460. .s20, 400. az compared with
appropriations OF the short session
Of the Fltty-tirs congress ageregsting
Soil ~ ,612. being adifierenos of more than
$SOO00,OOO in favor of the last session of
the preasnt congress. The total appropria-