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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

csc territory can be estimated, it's ut
most limits at the time Of it's great
est extent were about ! 200 miles
from north to south and 700 miles in
width, or very nearly one-third the
size of the United States That,
however, was before the English con-
quests in Burmah, which considera-
bly, reduced the nominal size Of the
empire. Its present area is esti-
mated at 25O, 1000 square miles, while
it has a population OF 100000 Siam
csc, 2,OO0,O 600 Luosians, and 1,0OO,-
600 each of Chinese or Malays
Government of Siam.
The Government of Siam is in
some respects much like that of other
countries having limited monarchy,
while in one particular it is curlously
different. There are two Kings, a
first and second, each Of whom has
a state establishment, but only one
is honored as sovereign, the other
acting as sort of Prime Minister.
The whole country is divided into
districts, the government of each be-
ing administered by local official
who is Siamese, or Luosian, or Malay,
according to the prominence of people
of these nationalities in the popula-
ton. The reigning King is Chula-
long Kom l., known also as Som
detch Phra Paraminde Mana, who as
cended the throne in 1868, and who
governs by means of a council OF SIX
Princes and from ten to twenty mem
bers appointed by himself. Noml-
nally a limited monarchy, there are
so many ways of setting aside the es.
tablished laws of the kingdom that,
although the Siamese call themselves
the Thai, 1.-The Free" and their king
dom the Muung Thai, 1.-The free king
dom" they are practically under the
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The Prevailing Stupidity.

The miSfOrtuneS of Mr.. Oneslme
Matthew, who put 81 200 in rubber
shoe which he hid so securely that he
was the only person who could not
find it, his quest for it and the arrest
of a man charged with converting
to his own use the strange receptacle
and it's contents, were told in the
Transcript yesterday. They point a
moral, and for anybody but Mr..
Matthew they adorn tale. The
moral is that people who will not
trust banks with their money have
unlimited confidence in rubber shoes,
old coffee pots, and stoves.
A few weeks ago tGrv aged and
very penuriOus woman, res dent OF
a New Jersey town, where she dWelt
alone with her conscience and seven
teen cats, was taken sick, and on. d
search of her house being made by
the friends who rallied round her,
money and valuables to a consider
able amount were found in rusty
old cofee-pot on the top shelf of a
cupboard. Quite recently two maiden
ladies in Maine, or Michigan, or Min
nesota, it matters not which. forgot
that they kept their money in a
stove and started fire on chilly
day, to the immediate reduction OF
their available cash assets.
A few years ago a hotelkeeper in
Southern Massachusetts thought it
was the part Of wisdom to save up
gold. He had quite a golden store,
together with a comfortable quantity
of greenbacks, under his feather bed
when his hotel burned down. The
gold melted, but the greenbacks went
up in smoke, and, as they did not
leave their numbers or other means
of Identification behind them, were a
total loss.
Possibly the fact that no one ever
heard of a rubber shoe or coffee pot
or cook stove plundering a bank and
running off to Canada may make
them favorites with those who are
chemically distrustful, as otherwise
the preference for them as places Of
deposit for money is quite inexplica-
BILE. The use Of money by good
many heavy capitalists, who think
themselves very smart in adding to
to financial distrust and distress by
putting it away in safe-deposit tins.
is not much brighter, for they are
only lengthening out their loss of in
terest all the while. Boston Tran
ScriDt.
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small sum annually from the pecula-
tions and embellishments of his
agents, and it is even asserted that
scarcely more than half the amount
due reaches the royal Golfers. He
probably makes up the difference in
the personal service exacted from all
Siamese natives, every Siamese in
habitant of the kingdom being re-
quired, if called upon, to give at
least three months labor in the year
to his sovereign. The result may be
beneficial, so far as the King is con-
cerned, but as he frequently calls for
this service at a time when the crops
should be planted, or cultivated, or
gathered, the result is far from bene-
fetal to either the agriculture or the
general prosperity of the kingdom.
A similar state of things prevails in
regard to military service, all the in
habitants being required to render it,
exceptions, however, being made In
favor of the priests; of the Chinese,
who are taxed instead; of slaves; Of
government officials, and of those who
are willing and able to purchase ex-
emption by hiring a substitute. The
whole kingdom is practically, there
fore, at the Kings command both in
time of peace and of war, and al
though it is, in some respects, one of
the richest countries on the globe, it's
natural advantages lie unimproved,
anu territory almost the size of
Texas has thus an annual export of
only about al2, 600, 900 year, con-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

Central Siam. however, grow the
gutta-percha and lac, dozens OF odor-
ferrous woods and hundreds Of medic
inal herbs. The bamboo is found
everywhere, and it and the rattan
form large portion of the houses Of
the population; teak, rosewood, ebony
and other valuable timber trees are
found in profusion, and must in time
become sources of immense wealth to
the power failing heir to the king
dom. That power will also fall heir
to good deal of trouble with the
population, which is OF so mixed and
Heterogeneous character that the
elements of serious difficulty are al
ways present The Siamese have
been given bad reputation by trav-
elers as being turbulent, quarrel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

same kind of government as mosc
other Asiatics. orativelv
The King of Siam is, comparaI,se' )
s,a nnJ rich monarch, having an
s spnna1 gevenue somewhat exceeding ing
$4,000, 900, of winch s sun e65 900
come come ,h from 4axe ee on fruit trees, sloo,
600 from the spirit TAX a.. ono from
from the opium tax I ~" from the
the gambling tax, el 40 wv srom a the tin
customs duties, ECU, ooo On edible
tax. s27, 900 from the tax t pa same same
birds nests. and about VIC NV As
amount from the fisheries fisheries va farmed
ali the taxes are, howe e,aars are no
out, and siamese tax far nnnle Of of the
Lore honest than the peop r.s Of Of the
same business in other pa = =
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

IN order to consolidate them the
FL territory lying between them
Known as Anam was taken pos
Ion of. The area of Cochin China
fumated at $4,000 square miles,
Its population at 1000, 900.
Poodla has an area of $4,000
are miles and an estimated popu-
|on OF 100000. Tonquin has
Estimated area of $4,000 square
and population of 5000, 900,
lie Anam has 10000 square miles
area and 5000, 900 inhabitants.
aggregation of all these giving a
lar start for a colonial en-
i me west of this territory lies
valley of the great river Menang,
ch' rising in Thibet, over 1000
away, flows with many wind
III a gene raj southeastern course
ush Thibet, a portion of China.
IL OF British Burmah and Siam,
ping through the French domin-
Just before entering the sea.
Nehang is the greatest river in
part OF Asia, both in the length
y course and the volume of it's
FRS comparing favorably with the
yes the Indus or Brahma-Pootra.
rench found that the possession
ne coast lying to the east of the
was of little value without the
valley itself, and accordingly.
eeure possession of this valuable
|h ,oSeted territory, they laid claim
ne nc east bank of the Menang and
Is Islands. AS through a large
y, It's lower course the river
h through , siamese territory, this
~ was equivalent to a demand on
W give up about one-third to
iourth of its best territory.
di in brief is an explanation Of
0lfheulty between France and
ne limits of Siam on the north
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coveted by the French.

coveted by the French.
~ trouble between Siam and
pcp. is only another phase of the
recurring and never-ending East
q Question, the difference between
and former appearances being
in this case the trouble broke
little further east than usual.
over 200 years the French have
1onging for an Eastern empire.
The time of Louis XIV. the dream
mnire seemed about to be real
and but for the almost acct
al formation of a company Of
Itch traders the Empire of India
Mt have been French instead Of
fish The marvellous growth
i the East India Company, the
8oIv marvellous success Of it's
he'd agents ia Hindostan, put an
1 to the French hopes, and
4 Ii the present generation little or
HING was accomplished. About
/ the French, however, estab-
He'd a foothold in the Indo-Chinese
hinsula, and by treaty with the
&ernment of Cochin China acquired
4 island of Pulo Condula and the
hit to establish a station on the
i in land. The right, however, was
her exercised until 1915, when, a
|nute arising between the French
* the government of Cochin China,
con, the capital, was occupied,
i the whole of Cochin China be-
he French province. In 1862 fur
h conouests began, and the sur
nding country began to suffer. II
following year the kingdom of
hbodia was formally taken under
protection of France, which then
an to extend it's dominions still
fhcr to the north. In 1884 trou-
broke out, or was provoked, it
tiers not which, between the peo-
s Of TonQuin and the French,
after a bloody struggle this
81 htly. then a dependency of China,
made French province. This
the two French possessions in
X part of Asia widely separated,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10
A locomotives Cough. :,

The cough or puff of railway en-
CINE is due to the abrupt emission
of waste steam up the stack. When
moving slowly the coughs can, of
course, be heard following each other
quite distinctly, but when speed is
put on the puffs come out one after
the other much more rapidly, and
when eighteen coughs second are
produced they cannot be separately
distinguished by the ear. A loco
motive running at the rate of nearly
seventy miles an hour gives out
twenty puffs of steam every second
that is, ten for each of rs two cylin-
derS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

which is annually overfowed and fer
tilted by the river, and is described
as yielding as bountifully as the Val
lev of the Nile. The wealth Of the
forests is wonderful, but on account
of the climate large tracts have never
vet been even explored, and what
may lie beyond is unknown In the
tropical jungles of Northern and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

sisting mostly of rice, tea, pepper,
and other tropical products.
The fertility Of the cultivated land
in the Menang Valley is described by
travellers as something wonderful.
Most of the river valley is what is
called in this country bottom land,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

some and destitute of good qualities,
but apparently do not deserve it, for
the best authorities describe them as
peaceable, polite and kindly people.
They are not particularly cookbook
ing, having a Monaghan aspect, with
large heads, broad faces, wide mouths,
short noses, low foreheads, and the
teeth, in accordance with the pre-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

ated. The same difficulty existed in
the east, where the Anamites some
times paid tribute to China and
sometimes to Siar.. Siam itself has
in times past been dependency of
the Chinese Empire, and even now a
sort of allegiance is acknowledged and
a tribute paid. So far as the Siam
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

and east have always been rather in
dennlte, for to the north, adjoining
British Burmah, there lay a number
OF seml-lndependent states, which
sometimes owned allegiance to Siam
and sometimes to Burmah, as the in
nuence of one or the other preponder-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10
IM AND ITS PEOPLE.
he hR0UT THE LAND OF THE
WHITE ELEPHANT.

the Difficulty Between France
S,.m-Extent of the Siamese EN-
Great Natural Wealth-Its Capt.
the Oriental Venice
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-08-10

vailing fashion, stained repulsive
black. Like most nations having
little beard, they regard this feature
as a blemish, and early in life care
fully extract all the hairs from their
faces. Except small tuft on the
top of the head, the Uranium is shorn,
while the clothing, as is common in
Eastern and torrid countries, is of an
exceedingly airy and primitive char
actar
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-08-24
BELMONT. Miss Ettie Bowdoin is in South

BELMONT Miss Etie Bowdon is in South
Thomaston visiting friends and relatives...
Mr.. I. W. Pease of Worcester, Mass, who is
employed as book keeper IN the Worcester
Land Improvement Co.. and Mr.. Frank G.
Allen druggist, Were in town Friday visiting
at Mr. and Mrs. ~ Il. Allenw ood' Miss
Hattie B. Mariner of East Searsmont was
in town last week visiting her brother, Mr..
Fred A. Mariner. Quite number from
this vicinity attended the camp meeting at
Temple Heights last week.. MIR. Frank
Fletcher, Jr., and his sister, Alice May, of
Roxhury, Mass, who have been in town Wis
ting friends and relatives, returned home
Tuesday :. Mr.. Warren Newbert lost nice
horse one day last week. Mr.. Horace G.
Jordan, who is at work in Boston, is at home
visiting his mother, Mrs. Helen Jordan
MORRILL, Mr.. Frank Northrop of New
Haven, Conn, is visiting his friend and
schoolmate, Mr.. Ashhv Mears. Mrs An
ME Mari is the guest of her sister. Mrs. Lot
tie Murch. Master Orre Nckery went to
Providence, K. l.. last week with his aunt.
Mrs Albert Morey of Belfast is visiting in
town...,I. u. White and Thatcher Brown
are attending the Advent Campmeeting at
Washington, Me. Quite a number 0 our
Young people attended the Chaut itlgua meet
ings at Northport. The seeiahlt At MES
X. q Blood 5 last Thursday was hghly 4n
ieved and netttd 81 to the Society Key.
g. f. Tufts occupied the pulpit last SUNDAY.
The Christian EndeaVor meeting IN the even
ing. lea nv Mrs Elite jackson, was Very n
terestiug Mi W w Cross ana Herbert
+ Cross hay gone back to Boston after has
Ing Il NICE vacation n TWO weeks Mrs.
Mamie Higgins ANA Her little SON, Master
Henry from SpmerNille, Mass, are ,isiting
her folks, Mr. and Mrs. ! W. Cross...--.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-08-24
NOTICE OF SALE.

DJRSI- ANT to license from the Hon. Judge of
Probate, for the County of Waldo shall sell
at public auction, On the Thirteenth day Of Ser
temher, A. ID 1898, at two clock i'll the afternoon.
on the premises. all the right title and interest
which CHARLES W. TWITCHELL, late of Free
dom, IN said County, deceased, had in and ~ the
following described real estate, TO Wit The farm
in said Freedom known the SWeerS' farm.
Dated this tweuty-third day of August, A. ID.
1898 3w34 L. g. MORSE, Adn.r.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-08-24

Mr.. F. D. Drake. FORMERLY Of Auburn,
Me-, now tpreman il Belfast shoe tac-
tory, SayS
For more thin three ye:.rs | havo
suffered from Rheumatism il ny chest,
limbs anil back. ANT Times ID seemed AZ
though Wa- broken III Two across mv
back and lips and ! would have to q'i
work. NV food al-o distressed me Hr
NY stomach would -uH. ! hau tre
headaches have ai~o Been troUnsy,
with
INSOMNIA.
Coui not Sleep Mtugr tlIln Two hour
during night ! lad taken DALTON :
~ARS NARIl.L-N nmd NERVE TOMB
bur \ Short Time Mhcn teir better. M
pans left ne. niy food ceased tn III
tres me and my headaches stopped ]
have also had Cutarrh Which il ta~t leaN-
ing me. have Spent 4 large sum Of
money for medicine and treatment with
out relief. I endorse DALTON'S SARSA-
FAEIILA as the beSt medicine ever saw,
and can subStantiate The above state
ments.
Belfast, Me, Drr. ~. 1892.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1893-08-24
County Correspondence.

Foster OF ROckpOrt has been in town visiting
her parents, Nj. and Mrs. j. Higgins Miss
Annie Files has returned home from Corinth,
whore she has been stopping with her sister.
Mr.. Thomas Files Of Bangor was in town
last week
HALLDALE. The rain of last week gave
cheerful look to everything. 1t was much
needed, crops were fast drying up and
feed in pastures getting very short. 1t is
hoped the drouth is broken. w, A. Hall
had an apple tree IN blossom last week. The
name Of the apples IS not known, but it is
thought they must be winter variety
Mr.. Conner of Orland was the guest of Mar
TIN Whittier last Sunday. Mr.. Geo. Wyman
and family of Providence K. j., visited at A.
f. Rayne's last week Mr.. Wylnan is on the
police force in Providence. 4 i. R0wel
and Wife returned from Massachusetts last
week. Nj and Mrs + NJ. Jones and little
daughter Of Boston arrived III town last
Week, ana are boarding 1t w NJ. Nose's.
Mrs. Homes was formerly Miss Lillian SteN-
ansel at this place. Mrs. He~r Lamb was
qute sitk last week. Int i s"nltu Hat letter.
- t' hlbN STRINGS. MISS Iillt " dItiWtli
4n9 NH u 4 WardwelI w Camden arrived
ut y r. l-anetsItls Saturday. Mr.. Ward
we'll returned Ia Camden sunday hut Miss
M. Mll remain for Short vlSit.... Mrs.
Herbert Small II Camden, Who Has Been vis-
ifng Friends in town retulued home last
Week. Mn Ftrey Jordan NJ Watelville ~
in tuwrl.. Miss i.llra simmons spent several
days last week with friends in Frankfort.
Mrs NJ 4 tulrord il spending THE week at
Verona Iark. Mrs. a. sweets,r lately
working ia {. 5 Hendells vest shop, las rs
turned tx her home in Belfast Mr.. j Is.
Frye and daughter, Mrs. Bridges returned
Monday from Northport Mr., Ed Lancas-
ter is At home from Bangor iil Miss
Deerow " Searsport is visiting Mrs Fred
Segar. Miss Eiorna Grant Of Bangor has
Need visiting her sister, Mrs Medora Mar
den. MIR, Earle Gardner will return to his
Boston home next Friday or Saturday ....
Mr., ami Mrs W Rodgers and Miss COOK Of
Hanrlen visited at Mr. ! H Griffin
last week....I H. Griffin and wife
spent several DAYS in Nortlpurt recently
Mr. Geo Clarke Of Charlestown, Mass.
is III town and has bought the farm
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-02
rERNInLN %EXrERIENcR.
Porllouu Ride orn child Trying to Escape
Cruel TrORtmsnL

PorllOuS Ride of Child Trying to Escape
CruNl TrURtmont,
VALPARAISO, INp,, Jan. LA homeless
waii was ono OF tho passengers on tho
Lake Shore fast train which pulled into
the union depot, Chicago, ut q late
hour last night A lIttlo girl, but thir-
tcen years OF ago, driven from home
by tho cruelty Of adopted parents, had
taken passage on tho train ut LaportO,
and secure from tho observation Of tho
bluecoated conductor, had travelled to
Chicago in search Of an aunt and uncle.
She did not travel US other passengers
did, for it was not hOr lot to occupy n
OF the cushioned seats in the com.
Portable passenger coach. Her tiny
hands Cl0sped tho big iron brake
and across tho open prAlrIes,
the biting December wind boating her,
she rode for sixty.nine long miles. Tho
swarthy engineer in tho hugo locomo.
two did not dream OF tho peril Of that
little body. 1t was a night OF bitter OK
perience ior Mary Blanche. Tho story
OF her lilo is tinged with pathos. Her
parents formerly lived near Otis, but
death laid low tho father and mother,
Tho only child became u charge ~ tho
Laporto orphans homo, and later was
adopted by q farmer named Davis. He
was not kind to the child, aud unkind
treatment drove hor from the shelter OF
his roof. Last night, whom tho train
came to a stop at Laporte, tho little
waif scantiIy clad, climbed on tho bag.
gage car in tho roar OF the engine, for
Il night ride to Chicago.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-02
a FAKE FIGHT.
ThagS What It Would Have BsOn IL Barge
and MoAnlIRa Ind RouEht.

N"N AASNAhNAAN NNA A0AEhN
NEw YoRE, Jan. 1,-Judge Newton,
OF tho Coney Island Athletic club was
very Indignant yesterday over Manager
Bentop's statement blaming him for
the failure Of Dick Burge to make u
match with Jack McAulIae. Newton
emphatlcally denied tho imputatiop
and said; "Burge is to blame. He
cannot fight below l40 pounds, The
reason l declared the match of was be-
cause OF crookedness on the part Of tho
Burge party, As near as / can get at
the facts in the matter Burge had
agreed to lay down for McAuliGee in q
certain round, aud his hackers were to
bet on him that way, This game was
to have been worked, l understand, If
McAulile agreed to fight at 1873 pounds.
II the weight was made at 1888 pounds
Burge was to do his level best to win.
McAuliae was not a party to the deal.
Mcdonald, Burge's trainer, knows more
about the matter than anybody else
outside Of Burge. lilo holds q certain
paper which explains tho situation
thoroughly, Qpd ii BNrgo refuses to
make up with him no may make its
contents public. At any rate the
CoRoy Island Athletic club would have
got tho worst Of tho deal, We are not
promoting fake fights, and for that
reason we refuse 10 have anything
whatever 10 do with the Burge'MCAuI-
life contest,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-02
FOR Two YEARS
William Nuss Suffered Terribly From
CataTrl.
Ito Makes n "laIn statement of wtnt ITO
Went Through, aud Points tho Way To.
ward Relief aud Cure to Those Who Arc
Afflicted.

Mr.. William NUS, OF Cameron, ". Va, a
blacksmith and wagon builder, by OcCu patton,
states rs follows: Two yCnFS ago ny nose and
lhrOat got sore. something different from wlint |
Cd itOm myllOSG down over my upper llp,uniil my
lip was so SIN. swollen aud red as lire, tnNt [
could not open my mouth without grOat plin.
Mynos!rlls would clog up and | could not lie Il
minute on my back for the mucous dropping into
mY throat, aud choElug me, consequently had
TO sleep on my Side Nlt together,
My throat was sore all the tlmo with n kin
Of dry sticky feeling In II, causing Inc 10 drink
water frequently to relieve the distress, with
aching over top OF head md through my eyes.
Ny ears got dry and scales came out Of them,
md they wGrcUlwRysitChl keeping me picking
At them every day for about eighteen months,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-02

A largo manufacturer, whose affairs
woro very much embarrassed, and who
was overworked and broken down with
nervous exhaustion, went to u celebrated
specialist, He was told that tho only
thing needed was to DO relieved OF care
and worry, and haye a change OF
thought. This doctor was more con.
siderato of his patients health than
OF his financial circumstances. lie
ought to have advised him to uso DR..
Miles Restorative Nervino, tho best
remedy for nervous prostration, sleep
lessness, dizziness, headache, i'll effects
Of spirits, tobacco, coffee, opium, etc,
Thousands testify to cures. Book and
tIial bottle FREQ ut Logan Drug Co.'S 5