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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

tastes aud aspirations natural to man
of culture, and ambitions growing out
of his royal position and his evident
desire for his country's prosperity, he
is utterly powerless to do the half he
would for his people, because he is
locked up in his palace and can see the
peoples needs only through the eyes
of others and can hear only the voice
of flattery, or, what is yet worse, the
voice of self-seeking and too often dis
honest ambition"
The King assembled the throne when
he was fifteen years old and is now
forty. He has multitude of wives,
according to the custom of the coun-
try, and upward of thirty children.
Though he has so many wives only
one ranks ms Queen.
The population of Siam is a very
mixed one. Only about n third of it
consists of pure Siamese. There are
about 1000, 900 Chinese, most of
whom, strange as it may seem, are
subjects of Holland. The remainder
of the population is made up of mixed
races Burmese, Indians, Malays, and
Cambodians.
The Siamese are essentially peaceful
and indolent. They are social, vain,
and fond of bright dresses and jew
elry, and are inveterate gamblers.
The dress, both for men and women, is
a cloth called ''panoong," about two
feet wide, wrapped around the waist,
with one corner drawn up and caught
in girdle ut the waist. This makes a
sort of flowing trouser falling to the
knees
Well-to-do-people wear, in addition,
white jacket, shoes, and stockings.
The women are distinguished by a
gaudy scarf thrown across the body.
Bangkok, the capital and largest
city, has population variously esti-
mated from 100000 to 10000 So
peaceably disposed are the people
that Colonel David B. Sickles, for
many years United States Consul there,
says the murders did not average one
year. Bangkok is situated on both
banks of the Menam River. Aside
from the pagodas, temples and Govern
ment buildings nearly all structures
are of bamboo, with matched roofs.
Many of these float on pontoons OF
bundles of bamboo in the river, or in
the canals, which form an intricate
network of waterways about the city.
The religion of the people il
Buddhism. Nearly all men of the
upper classes enter the priesthood foi
II short time, and by custom no one
can ascend the throne who has not
been mendicant priest.
The temples are very striking OBJ
jects seen from afar, and some of then
are beautiful, but generally, rs is the
case with most things Oriental, dis
tance lends enchantment to the view
Upon near inspection it is found thai
there is a great deal of tinsel about
them, and their gaudy, cheap orna
mentation does not favorably impres
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
GROWING MILLET.

A good crop of millet may be grown
from n Int seeding, but often extra
care will be needed TO procure good
stand. II will sometimes be slow to
germinate, especially if the sowing be
followed by heavy rain, and thus by
scalding sun. Then the soil is apt to
crust, and as no mir can penetrate it
the germs will perish. Even if the
seeds sprout the crust il 80 hard thnt
the little plantlats cannot penetrate it.
If such crust forms after sowing it
will be best to harrow the field with II
light, sharp implement. The millet
hay should be cut before the seed
forms, or else the feeding value con
centrates in the grain, and the straw
becomes hard, woody, and unpalat-
able. --- Chicago Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

them out with hard, high lift, all
dripping and overhowing with the
greasy stuff, and 30 carry them. OF
course the man that does that gets
grcnsy, dirty clothes. The new way
is TO set the barrel upon blocks and
dish out place for the bucket to sit,
and then put n big faucet in the barrel.
This way there is no hard lifting, no
buckets greasy on the outside, no drip
or overflow.
A little pains to sun scald the troughs
if they get sour under cover will pay.
If it be damp md cloudy scald them
out with boiling water and feed few
handfuls of powdered charcoal to cor
rect acidity of the hogs stomachs. -
Farm Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

~ carried on in various distr1cts on
the western side of the Malay peninsula,
where tin and coal are also known to
exist.
Domestic slavery is in gradual abo-
lition. Such slavery as exists is en-
tirely debt slavery. The present King,
Ivy m cdict, decreed that no person
born after his accession to the throne
can be held MS slave beyond the age
of twenty-one Chinese coolies do
most of both the skilled and unskillel
labor in the south, especially in the
mills and mines. In the north forest
work is confined almost entirely to
the Burmese, Karens and Khamus.
Nearly the whole of the trade is in
the hands of foreigners. In late years
many Chinese, not subject, like the ma
tives, to forced labor, have settled in
the country. The foreign trade cen-
ters in Bangkok. In 1891 the exports
from Bangkok amounted to about S.
900, 900, the imports to about $1,000
900. TealSwood and rice comprise a
large part of the exports. Machinery,
iron, hardware and cotton goods COM
prise large part of the imports.
Railway building began seven or
eight years ago. There is one COM
pleted railroad from Bangkok to PAX
nam, fourteen miles, and another one
in construction from Bangkok to Ban
Mai, on the Patriew River. and an
other one from Bangkok to Korat, 1G5
miles through very rich unC5veloped
rice growing plateau Another rail
road has been surveyed across the
mountains connecting Bangkok with
the Burmese cities. Telegraph lines
aggregating 1880 miles are in opera
tion. There is postal service in
Bangkok, and in 1885 Siam joined the
international Postal Union.
Along the entire southern and east
ern frontier of Siam is territory either
absolutely annexed to France, acknowl-
edging French protectorate, or in
which French influence predominates.
French intervention in the affairs OF
AMMAN began IN 1887, and was termin-
ated by treaty in 1891, establishing
II French protectornte. AMMAN main
tains an army of 23, $50 soldiers, oi
whom about half are natives. Cam.
bodin recognized the French protec.
toratc in 1863. France has 300 soldier.
here. In Cochin China France has
1880 French soldiers aud requires Il
contribution offs, 900, 900 francs toward
the military expenditures of AMMAN
and Tonquin.
Tonquin, with a population of 8, 900,
900, of whom 1000 are Roman
Catholics, was annexed to Franco il
1884. In 1889 there were IL, All
French troops here, besides $500 M
tive soldiers.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
CHICKEN CHOLERA A RARE DISEASE.

CHICKEN CHOLERA A RARE DISEASE.
disease seldom found to attack focks,
although il has been supposed to be
always present in some sections. That
it is disease and TINT it is occnsion-
ally met with is true but as nearly all
ailments of poultry are attributed to
cholera, the suppositon thatit prevails
extensively is due to lack of knowledge
of the disease rather than to the fnct
of its being present. We have spent
many years in the investigation of
cholera, and only four times in over II
hundred instances have we met with
it. Last season we were called upon to
visit farm where the fowls were dying
rapidly, and all attempts at a cure had
failed. Investigation showed that
every square inch of the poultry
house, the cattle sheds, woodpile, and
every place accessible to the hens were
covered with lice, tho bodies of the
hens literally swarming with the pests
Roup is often denominatel cholera,
and indigestion, due to overlooking,
il also mistaken for cholera. In the
summer season, should the hens be-
come droopy, the best thing to do is
to look for lice. Cholera kills in II
few hours. Roup, Indigestion and
other ailments may allow the hen to
lingcr for week or more he foredeath,
but cholera may be known by its fatal
work in few hours time. Il Mirror
and Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
RAISING FLOWER SEEDS.

When plants nre grown for seed, a
few of the first flowers should always
be removed. This is particularly
necessary 70 the propagation of double
flowers, as the first blossoms are usual
ly semi-double, and will give seeds
that will, in their turn, produce plants
with single flowers. Double flowers
are the result of high cultivation, and
it is only by such that good seed can
be obtained. Consequently, have the
stocksced bed as rich ns possible, and
when the flowers are in their greatest
perfection, remove all buds except the
few that nre partly opened, and at
the same time nip the seeds of the
branches, in order that new buds can
form, which will, usually, cause the
flowers already opened, and those
opening, to yield seed which they
would not otherwise do. When
plant produces flower which is con
sidered perfect, take off all the other
flowers from the plant, and care
fully protect this from all harm. In
most species II single capsule will con-
tain all the seed necessary for next
crop. The bed in which plants are
grown for stock-seed, ia the very soul
of the garden, possessing no nttrnc-
tions for any but the happy owner,
who sees in it sure promise of reward,
in the splendor of his garden in future
years. This is work that can be
made profitable IA well as pleasant.
There is not scotsman in the coun-
try who would not be glad to secure
stocks fany variety of flowers or vege-
tables that have been greatly improved
by careful selections and cultivation.
American Agriculturist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

Siam has figured largely in legend
and poetry Marco Polo visited it.
Tales in which there is strange blend
ing of the improbable and the true
have been told about it. 1t is only
within comparatively recent times that
accurate information has been OBJ
tanned concerning this far-away coun-
try. Authentic Sinmese history be-
gins with 1850, when Ayuthia, now q
cluster of ruins seventy miles north of
Bangkok, was the capital The period
from 1859 to 1888 was made illustrious
by the career of Constance Falcon, a
Greek of Cephalonia, who attained the
dignity of Prime Minister. He in
duced the King to send an embassy to
Louis XIV. Ayuthia remained the
capital until 176S, when, after a siege
of two yenrs, it was taken and burned
by the Burmese These in their turn
were driven out by Phya TAX. the son
of Chinese by Sinmese mother. He
made Bangkok the capital and after
ward asceuded the throne. The pres
ent dynasty was founded in 1882.
The present ruler is King Chulalong-
korn L., of whom and of the form of
whose Government Carter II. Harrison
in his book, "a Race With the Sun, !"
thus speaks:
"The King owns everything and, in
a certain sense, everybody. He is lord
of all he surveys, and yet is himself
the veriest slave of the groveling su-
perstitions and vile customs of his
pcople-superstitions and customs
which must he II source of intense dis
gust to so intelligent man rs King
Chulalongkorn evidently is, yet which
he could not escape, except Mt the risk
of losing his throne
absolute monarch, his will a law to
every man in the realm, his proclama-
tions gainsaid by no one, yet he him
self is absolutely governed by custom
and the opinions of his mobiles, even to
7 the daily routine of his life. With
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Sell wheney you can get fair
price.
Plenty of road work makes muscle
and endurance.
There are % distinct breeds of
sheep in Great Britain.
Be very careful of your horses when
they become overheatod
Good drainage is necessary to the
successful raising of grain.
The quality of the manure depends
upon the food of the stock.
A strong constitution is as desirable
in horse rs in human being.
Select your best mares and breed
them to the best horses you can get.
Have good bull in your herd il
you want cows for milk and butter.
Too much care cannot be exercised
in keeping cream or butter from all
odors.
Teach the colt the use of the halter
while very young, both to lead and to
stand tied.
Choose the dairy salt with care, for
on it depends the appearance and
keeping qualities of your product.
If the pastures are eaten very close
Mt the beginning of the season, they
are not apt to give good growth Ia
ter on.
1t is said that sheep are excellent
for keeping down the grass in the
apiary. The bees rarely trouble them
and the combination is II profitable
one.
If you have dogs or cats about the
place have water where they can get at
it handily these days. Many dog liz
driven mad because of lack of water to
drink. Fact.
1t is said that the secret of the sue.
cess of the British farming is the COM
bination of sheep and turnips. The
turnips make the sheep and the sheep
make the wheat.
The breeder who aims to secure
quality, beauty, style, size and good
road gait, as well as speed, will find
profit in the business provided he
works intelligently.
The ounce is gross feeder. No
other fruit requires so much manure or
such thorough cultivation, 1t is be-
cause it is neglected that no better re-
suits are secured.
Don't make poor butter. 1t is not
wanted Oleomargarine is preferred
and is often cheaper, Good butter at
a fair price will drive oleomargarine
out of the market quicker than con-
gress regulations.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

between Siam and the Pacific Ocean.
The boundary line between Siam and
AMMAN, according to the maps, and rs
it actually existed until the French
put forth their present claims, was n
range of hills running parallel with
the sea coast and forming the water
shed between the sea coast and the
valley of the Mekong River. The ex-
tensive tracts of country between the
river and these hills, like much of
Siam, is largely jungle and waste, and
like all of Siam is without roads or
means of traversing it, Slams hold
on this territory has always been
weak, and France has long desired
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
ROOTS FOR FEED,

The cheapest winter feed for swine
is roots. They may not have so much
nutriment in themselves, but they
tau SO the hog to get more ont of his
other feed, just rs good clover pas
ture causes the hog to get more out
of grain. Turnips and rutabagas may
be grown on the land from which ear
ly potatoes or sweet corn has been re-
moved, or piece of clover sod may
be broken up after the hay is harvest
ed.
Don't lean over the fence TO pour
the slop in the pigs trough. The
fighting pigs will cause you to spill II
good part of the slop, and resting
your weight, supported by the rail, is
not healthful exercise. Pass a
trough through the pen into the other
trough. And if you nail II board over
the first trough the pigs cannot stop il
with their noses and waste the slop
when it is poured in.
The old-fashioned way is to dip the
buckets in the slop barrel, then lift
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
Old War Weapons at the Fair.

Different from the other "side
shows located on Midway Plaisance
though among the latter are some
of surprising interest-the German
village, III certain sense and to II
certain extent, forms part of the Ger
man official exhibit at the Worlds
Fair. For in two of the buildings
that compose this so-cnllod village are
housed thousands of objects of price
less value, which in their aggregate
may tittingly be described as museum
of inestimable worth and of unparal.
leled completeness.
The most wonderful, and by far tho
costliest, exhibit, is that OF armor,
weapons, knives and all the parapher.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

her Indo-Ohinese possessions to en-
tend to the east bank of the Mekong.
1t is this territory, then, 100 to $50
miles wide, between the Mekong and
the coast range of hills, which has
been the casus belli.
England is interested in the ques-
tion because the disputed territory
touches her Burmese possessions on the
north; because of her hereditary
hatred of the French, and because of
her jealousy of territorial acquisition
in the east by any other Nation. Rus
sia, as the ally of France in Europe
and the rival of England in Asia, has
double motive for taking the part OF
France.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

the American. They are not nsstly
kept, and the visitor picks his way
through rubbish heaps to the temple
entrances. Here come the people in
swarms so pray and to listen to the
monotonous chants of crowds of lazy
priests. The lower part of the edifice
contains the images of Buddha, and
all around the pagoda are buildings
devoted to the service of the priest
hood. The most famous temple in all
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

Mekong, or a distance of nearly 100
miles It's greatest breadth is about
$50 miles. II is bounded on the south
by the British Malay States, occupying
the lower end of the Malay peninsula,
the Gulf of Siam, French Cambrodia
and Cochin China. On the west and
north it is bounded by Burmah, ex-
cept that lower Siam touches the Bay
of Bengal, and on the east the
boundary is Tonquin and AMMAN,
French possessions.
II is in this quarter that the trouble
arose which threatened an East Indian
war and, perhaps, the peace ofEurope.
AMMAN is n narrow strip of territory
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
CLEANLINESS IN THE DAIRY.

Cleanliness Is absolutely necessary
in the dairy business-alike for milk,
butter and cheese. Much attention is
needed to maintain the cleanliness of
the milk recepticles, such as pails,
pans, cans, and churns. In the first
place, there should be sufficient sup
ply of pans, that those emptied and
washed in the morning need not be
used until evening of the next day.
After washing, they should he placed
in the sunlight until used. On cloudy
days they can be thoroughly dried
about the stove. If put together
when they IRE wet, and allowed to
thus remain for several hours, they
cannot dry, and when separated at
night they will give off disagrcenblc
odor, and warm milk placed in them
is certain to be contaminated. All tin
dairy utensils should be first washed in
boiling water, then thoroughly rinscd
in cold water and turned bottom side
up to drain and dry until again used.
All vessels about the dairy should be
cleaned as soon ns empticd. The
shelves, benches and racks upon which
the pans are set should be washed with
soap and water every time they are
cleared. i New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

English farmers who have any grass
to sell are masters of the situation.
At a recent grass sale in Flintshire,
one meadow of fourteen acres brought
S400; another of eleven acres 1856 !;
several six-acre fields $245 each, and
others from $40 to $25 each.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
scARycRows.

Scnrecrows should have long sleeves
OF some light material, and the "bones"
should stop at the elbows. The lower
sleeve will then wave in the wind. 1t
takes u crow longer to acquire feel
ing of security in the presence of n
gentleman who is constantly waving
his arms. Il New York World.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30

MALTA of chivalry. That in itself is
valued at 500, 900, and there are sin
gle pieces in it that are worth from
$4,000 to 500 each. This particu-
lar collection, filing three large and
high halls up TO the ceiling, is the
most perfect and complete of its kind
in the world, and to every person OF
education, to every artist and littera-
teur, to every student, and to every
lover of history, archaeology and eth
nology, this collection will appeal with
particular force. 1t has been arranged
with consummate skill, partly in large
cases of solid walnut, having glass
doors, so that days study may be
pursued with the greatest ease and in
dividual profit. -Chi,ago Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-08-30
"PEARL OF ASIA"
SIAN, THE LAND OF THE WHITE
ELEPHANT.
ITS Ruler, People, Territory, Army
and Navy strength and General
Conditions Famous Bud
dhist Temples.

[AM. the land of the
white elephant, the
pearl of Asia,
occupies nm extern
sive territory of
very irregular out
line in southeast
ern Asia. Its area
is about $50, 900
square miles, its
population about
10000, 600. In ex-
treme length it ex-
tends from four
degrees in the
Malay peninsula
Chiengsen, twenty
degrees, twenty
two minutes north,
on 1 N q river
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-20
THE SEATTLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT TUESDAY. JUNE 20 1891

ration day the device which held
the pulley for the haiyards gave
away. making il Impossible TO hoist the
weather signals. Hall vas for . number
Of years sailor. bat 10 now employed as
lineman by the Home Messenger CON-
psny and used the regular nneman's
climbers 10 make the ascent He carried
with him an open band 20 be bolted
around the flagstaff beneath the g.ided
bail. 20 which the pulley was TO be fas-
tened. When everything vas ready Hall
grasped the flagstaff and rapidly assembled
the swaying pole 20 the height Of $50 feet
above tie sidewalk As he approached
the top the pole bent Outward and the
daring climber swung around to the outer
side, q movement that made his friends on
the roof, Who. by the way. were painters
and accustomed to aerial work. hold their
breath - fer one brief instant shey
thought be had lost his grip. Not so, how
ever. for, although the pole diminished to
. sixe 50 smsll as TO render his climbers Of
little service. being barely two inches in
diameter. Hall reached the top in Just
two minutes after making the start. only
to End that the hand which had been pre-
pared was half an inch too small. lie
tried to force il around the STAFF, bus could
not, and descended without accomplish
ing anything.
Hail 10 . big strapping fellow weighing
It's pounds, and lives q, 52l Cherry street.
He i, to have SIS for fixing the truck and
another ascent will be necessary.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-20

TAroosH. Jvlns Ia--s p m.-Partly cloudy;
light soathwett wind. British man of war
pasaed In 81 Ola m. sch Comet passed in at
II 81 a m ;
MAN BAY, jane ia--5 ?. m.-Partiy cloudy:
iigh, southwest wind. Tug Hoyokein bay.
CLALLAu Bar. June la-5 p m.--Cloudy.
iresh west winG.
PYsur. Juna M-s p m.-Cloady; light
west wind.
Poxr CRxscRfr. June ia-3 p m.-Parsly
cloudy; light ,:ess wind.
Powr ANGRiys. Juno ls-5 r. m.-Cloudy:
igh southwes. wind str usytian Republic as
docs.
poxr TowxsgSp, June 10 Especial AR.
rivsi~Bk saginaw from San Francisco. Tor
for, Ludlow.
Hoeui.x. suus II Especial i-saiicd- Str
Point Iona. scir Ia Gsronde, sehs Enssrpsiss.
ali for san Frsiiclsco.
sAS FRsNsiec,. June ia-Arrived-Bk
Seattle. Cleared -sh W. II. starsuck. for Van
couver: bktu ra,e Flicttnger. for seattle. De-
parted -su Cit. of Puebia. Tor Victoria and Port
Townsend: hsyn Cranis. for Sanaimo.
sorraaSrroi. Jane IL Arrived - Berlin.
from New Iort:
GLASGOW. June 10 --Arrived-Stats OF CAli!or-
mia. from New norx.
GIsKAArAR. Game ie.-Arrivsd-Fuias, from
New York.
PHILADELPHIA. yuae II Arrived Brlilsh
Princes, from 1Iyerpoo'.
NEW YogK. jane 10 -Arrivei-Dldam. from
Rotterdam; Iesve, from bremen; frtesland,
from satwcrn