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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-25
New York Cotton Market.
Chicago Grain Market.

Total receipts. 3s,0VI Spot Price. 8 5-IU.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
Refining Salt.

Refining salt is a simple process. The
raw product of the boiling method
which is in vogue generally in New
York, Michigan and Kansas is in the
form of fake, and the impurities are
Chiefly lime, gypsum and an occasional
trace Of soda Here it is in the form of
haistones The salt from the beds is
first partially ground and then trans
ferred to large, revolving drum about
40 feet long and 6 feet in diameter, rest
ing On an incline. The drum carries the
salt by me MS of ribs or flights, dropping
it at the bottom to be carried up again
and again, the salt gravitating to the
lower end. Air heated to 240 degrees is
drawn through the machine by suction
fans, the heat absorbing the moisture
and the fans removing any dust attached
to the crystal, the friction wearing off
any powder left by the fans and hot air.
The salt is then reduced to the required
size by the roller and boiling processes,
such as are used in making flour. After
each reduction the crystals are subjected
to a blast, expelling the dust, which
dust. compressed with rock salt in which
a percentage of sulphur is introduced.
makes a su|phurized salt lick for stock,
which is extensively shipped to the great
Western cattle anges.-LSt. Louis Re-
,,,bfin
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
The "GatOred Mule"

'Did you ever hear Of gatoreA
muIe:'" asked Mr. William &.
THOMPSON Of New York, who is on
nS way home, c!ter year spent in
Florida for his health.
"a yatOred mule as he is called
in Floriua, is one Of that stubborn
race which has been driven partially
insane from an alligator fright. In
fact, while mule will stoidly wait
to be thrown or a railroad by loco
motive before he moves, he goes into
a wild state of terror at d single
glimpse Of a saurian monster.
"Ihcre are hundreds of 'gatored
mules in Florida TO tell the truth,
l helped to gator one myself. How
id it happen
"Well, | had been staying at Oca.
Ia some weeks, and finally agreed,
with SIEVE al friends, to 20 hunting
in the South. About twenty mi
from town we located upon a small
stream Astounding in game. After
pit hing camp | went for walk, and
before lone found a gator hole ,
From the strong, musty OdOr viii h
issued from it, knew that the owner
was at home.
"Calling my companions, | decided
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

to capture him we ramLnel a long
pole into the burrOW several times.
Finally we heard snap like the re
port Of gun and the pole remIlned
fast The gator had seized it. We
tried yainly To pull him out. Then
some one suggested that we try our
camp mule. We snOlted. The mule
was led down to the hole, chain
ia tened to the role. and then the
frightened animal was started.
"Ihcre WAS creaking Of chains a
roar. and the all gator, fully seven
feet in length, came 0ut with rush
as the mule started on wild run fOi
the road. The saurian's teeth were
sunken so deeply into the wood that
he could not re ease himself, and
away went the mule, pole and all
The alligator spun around, kissing
like a steam engine, but he held on
while the mule thinking himself
pursued, snorted and ran. We FOL,
lowed, into the STREETS OF OScala tie,
the mule and his queer load. Com.
pletely exhausted, he was stopped by
a party in front Of the pOstoticc
The gator WAS dead We skinncJ
and stuffed him. The mule recovered,
but the sight Of swamp now throws
him into a icrfert trtnEy of terror"
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
occupied by some Of the Am .rican cities

| occupied by some of the Am 'rican cities
greatly exceed that taken up by the prjn-
cipal cities Of the old world Both Chi
cage and Philadelphia, measured by
square miles, are bigger than London
| Each Of eleven American cities spreads
| over more territory than does Paris. Ber-
lin is exceeded in area by seventeen cities
of this country.
THE Railroad Gazette has collected
statistics Of train wrecking and train
robbing for the first six months Of 1898
which yield some surprising results. Ono
is accustomed to think of train wreclers
and train-robbers as infesting spar>ely
settled Western States, but the statistics
show, On the contrary, that such crimes
are most prevalent in we'll settled States.
The Gazettes figures show sixty one at
tempts to wreck trains and twenty one
attempts to rob them. Mas, a:husctts and
Illinois head the list in the number of
attempts to wreck trains, and Ohio fol-
lows. In these three advanced States
were made more than onc-'alf Of all the
attempts to wreck trains, and the great
State of New York follows. The only
explanation offered for this preprnd'r-
ancc of train wrecking in wcll$ e'tlcd
and, generally speaking, well-govcrn"d
States is that the mileage Of railroads is
greater in those States than in others, an,i
the tramps, who are responsible for most
attempts TO wreck trains. flourish in
thickly settled regions. The geo .raph-
ical distribution of attempts at train rob
berry are still moe curious, says the
Philadelphia Ledger. Iowa heads the
list; the Indian Territory and Oklahoma
taken together have the same number;
Texas follows, and then comes Kansas
and Nebraska. Siyty-sevcn per cent. Of
all the train robberies or attempted train
robbcries occurred in these four States
and two Territories.
The St. Louis Republic says: To those
who imagine that Christianity is leclin
ing we submit for study the following
summary made by the English historian,
Sharon Turner, and which can be easily
verified: At the end of the first century
there were 800, 900 Christians: at the end
of the second there were :, $50 90; then
the figures advanced thus: In 800 \ d.,
iV,NOob'J 1IA Wv -. H., 1c,''O,Oo'I IL
100 a D., 2o.OO0,Ov0; i'll so A. d.,
81 900, COO; in 800 A. d., $1,000, 900; in
1903 A. d, 10000, 600; in 100 A. d.,
$1,000. 600; in 1900 \. D., 1000, 800;
in 1909 \. d., SO Goa. $50; in 100 A. d.,
= co., O0); in 1880 A. D., 1000 600;
in 1000 A d., 100000 600; in 1900 A.
D., 100000 0; in 1900 A. d., 155,
OOn, 900; in 1893 A. D., go Ooo,0CO. 1t
thus appears, continues the Republic,
that the century Of greatest growth is
this century-the age If intelligence and
progress par excellence. The gain of
100, 1000, 90 in such a century is sugges-
tive of yet more rapid growth in the flu
ture, as knowledge and civilization and
human brotherhood make themselves felt
to the ends of the earth. The age of
steam added 1O), coo 600 to the Christian
roster. The Electric Age, on whose ttresh-
old we stand, will bring in the greater
part of the whole human race. A Chris
tanned earth is no longer an "iridescent
DREAM"
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
TO-DAY BECOMES TOMORROW.
Places in the Pacific Where the Sailor
Loses Days Pay

A question which has often been
asked, but rarely answered satisfactorily,
is how far one would have to go around
the earth, moving east or west, and sup
posing no time lost in transition, before
one would reach the point where to-day
changes into yesterday or tomorrow,
says the Boston Globe. Evidently there
must be such point somewhere, for an
hour is lost every fifteen degrees one
goes to the east and an hour gained
every fifteen degrees one goes to the
west.
To put the question in another way,
suppose it is one minute past midniyht
in Paris on the morning Of October l,
what day is it that same N oment at the
antipodes? Is it October or September
80?
Apparently one can prove that it is
either of these days by making an in
stantaneous journey half way around the
earth, either to the east Or to the west.
crooks point to minute past midnight,
it is approximately / o'clock in the
morning of Oct. at Vienna, 2 o'clock
Of the same day at Sebastopol 3 O'Clock
at Astrachan, o'clock at Bokhara, 7
o'clock at Saigon, 9 o'clock at Yoka-
hama, II o'clock at Pine island, and
noon at Fortune Island-the 1st of Octo-
Der at every point.
On the other hand, going westward one
finds that it is 10 O'Clock in the evening
of Sept 30 at the Azores islands, 8
O'Clock in the evening at Buenos Ayres,
I o'clock at New York, 6 O'Clock at New
Orleans, 3:l5 at Mexico City, l o'clock
in the afternoon near the Aleutiau
islands, and noon at Fortune I-laad--the
date being Sept. 80 in each c,se
Thus one has demonstrated that it is
noon of Oct. 1 and noon Of Sept. 20 at
the same place and at the same time.
This certainly would be embarrassing
to the good people of Fortune Island,
and in order to avoid such complications
and relieve we'll meaning islanders in the
Pacific from mixing up their Saturdays
and Sundays in hopeless fash;on, an ar.
bitrary line separating to-day from yes
terday or tomorrow has been agreed
upon by the navigators of civilized ma.
titns.
This line has been drawn to avoid
touching land. No one can be exactly
sure of the moment of passing it, but the
line runs just east of the New IIebrides
and the New Caledonian groups, and
passes near the Marion Islands and the
Caroline Islands.
Captains of vessels, judginr by the
positions of the islands me- tion d, can
fix the date within few mi. utes
Vessels sailing from west cast, on
passing this imaginary line, simply re-
peat the day before on their log books,
which consequently show two days bear.
ing the same date
On the other hand, ships going in the
opposite direction skip the tomorrow
and lose day entirely. In the first
case the sailors get an extra days pay,
in the second case they lose days pay
The conclusion of the whole matter is
that when Paris clocks indicate minute
past midnight on Oct. l it is Oct go.
ing east as far as the imaginary line just
indicated, while it is Sept. 90 going
west up the same line.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

What do you think of the idea adj
vanced by some prominent botani>t that
q tree, providing it meets with no acci.
dent, will live forever? De Candollc, an
eminent French authority, says: "Trees
arc not subject to death, and, barring
accidents and Iavages of insects, will
continue to live on Indefinitely" Gray,
the noted botanist, also indorses the
theory that, inasmuch as trees an.
nually renew their youth, they are virtu-
ally immoral His exact language is as
follows: 1.-The old central part of the
trunk may decay, but this is of little
moment 50 long rs new layers are regu-
lar!y formed at the circumference. The
tree survives, and it would he difficult
for science to show that it is liable to
death from old age in any proper sense
of the term. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
Don't Tease Children.

The positive delight which some other
wise very good people take in teasing
children is surprising. Il would sooner
discharge nurse for this fault than for
any other" said wise mother land
when find friend who THINKS it an
amusing matter to tease my child re.
prove him us readily as I would child
for the same otfcnse. | have known
to be utterly ruined trough
this silly practice. "-lNcw York Re-
corder..
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
an UNUSUALLY LIVELY CHOIR
Among the Singers Put the Par
son to Flight.

son to Flight.
Perhaps if the Rev. Lamb Agnup
CT Wee ing Canon, n. NJ, knew &c
much about church choirs as h,does
now he would not have attempted te
stat ma cho at that place.
the reports of the Weeping Car,~
experiment are correct MI Agnus
had Bat recently left theoloyical
s,'hooi and had more enthusiasm than
p actical KIN w edge, but there can
lie no do BIT that his intentions
wee the best. 1t was said many
t mes in Weeping Canon that the
C e gyman I'm ant we'll but had no
sab -" At all events. according to
the g'nc' ally credited accounts G. the
anal, as give i the B st0n Adver-
ttse", Mr.. Agnus set about forming i
ma choi soon after his arrival in
We ping Canon.
AT his pors nal and urge ut sole ia.
ton about eV ry cowboy and miner
in that part Of Sierra County who
c hid sing, or who thought he could
sing, WAS t ken into the choir On
trial The first few lehea So 5 were
d sAurcN If many sl"eplrs' niVht to
NJ. AInus, but matters finally pro-
gre-s d to such stage that 1t was
announced that a concert would be
Fl en- by the choir on an evening in
the early part OF June l. was gen.
galIy suppoes d that an int!uenti and
| 0 .uluT individual who was known as
'thlOrilc Jack" would be given the
leading part because Of his remark.
ably powerful if not particularly
sweet voice. but Weeping Canon was
startled by the announcement that
young ranChman, IO'npiliO Peral tus,
was to be the star Of the evening. 1t
was noticed that 'Chloride" Was alb.
sent from the rehearsals after that,
and many Of the older and wiser
members Of the choir at once resigned
tom The OryaniIut ton.
The concert was held on the even.
Ing as announced, but what the
Weeping CarOn coyote, the local
weekly, desert ed as an "unfortunate
misunderstanding" served to sho! ten
the program notlceab|y. After the
choir had sung two athens, which
were vigorously applauded. Seno~
Pcraltc5 started in on Il 500 He had
hardly finished a brief recitation when
double barreled gun was thrust
through one of the open windows and
heavy load of bucAshot was dis
charged at the solust As the buck
shot ''Scattcred" to a great extent
several Per ons in the auden e were
more seriously injured than Senior
Penalties was, and the in ured ones
mace haste to whip out their six
shooters
A large portion of the audience
made a rush for the door; many 9TH
ers dropped quickly to the floor and
crawlCd under the benches; some
vicious Cowboy "ShUt out" the lights
and, to queue the Weeping Canon
toyute, 1.-THE scenes that followed
beggared description.
Abont 8 o'clock that evening
young man in clerical garb hailed the
Hermosa stage exc teddy and clam.
bered ia. His muddy and dlshevel d
attire was not such as the Rev. Lamb
Agnus usually wo G, but he was the
individual. He was afterWard in-
duced to return to the Weeping
Canon Church after a few weeks had
elapsed; but for several years since
his return he has insisted upon purely
congregational singing.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
DEAFNESS Cannot be Cured

y local ap ,lcation as they cannot reach the
i, ased portion # he ear. here Is only one
y to cure Deafness, and that is by con titu-
nal remedies. Dcafne s is caused by al in
med ,ndiion Of tne mucous lining OF the
ustachian Tube. When this tube gels in
imed you have a rum ling sound or inner
ct hearing, and wnen it is entirely 81 >ed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inham-
,ation can BE- taken out and this tube re-
stored to normal condition, herring will be
destroyed forever; ME cases out ten are
aused by cs.tarrh, which is nothing but an in
AIMED cDni ton If the mucous surfaces.
We will give On' Hundred u liars for any
tsc of y afness {cau ed by catarrh) that can
1t he cure BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
4rculars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

Needs assistance it may be best to render it
promptly, but one should remember to use even
the most perfect remedies only when needed.
The best and most mrle and gentle remedy is
the Syrup of Figs manufactured by tie Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

Ladies needing tohic. or children who
want bail, lii g up shn ia take fro"ns Iron
f'itters 1t is plea ant to Ia e, car $ Mal"r
lhuigest on, II uu~leas ANA Liver Comp. ANTS,
makes the EoOd E!cn a ID prr.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

If your Pack ,ciles, or you are all worn out,
good fer not ting, it is general d biity.
,trong, cleanse ypur liver, and i've you a good
rppe:it4-t 49,"
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
yy~
" ittn Nature

The greatest uni erslty is Oxford. It has
81 colleges and 5htlls
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

The Orlnff Ii N ~ IS be.ievel to lie Pa
SD ,nsiole for 81 murders.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

Wash rusty gilt frames with spirits %
wine.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
German
Syrup

I must say word as to the e.
fcacy of German Syrup. I have
used it in my family for Bronchitis,
the result of Colds, with most ex-
cellent success. I have taken it N.Y.
self for Throat Troubles, and have
derived good results therefrom.
therefore recommend it to my neigh
bors as an excellent remedy in such
cases. James 7. Durette, Earlys~
vile, Va. Beware of dealers who
offer you something just as good"
Always insist On having Boschee's
German Syrup. o
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

II atf1ctci with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac ThOmp
snS Eye Water. Druggists sell at 2Jc a bottle.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18
] Am IEn1y Thankful

beechG;n 5 Ills n ,trInK OF water MORN
2hgs. lie cham 3 10 tr-. - cents a b,x
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

FL. CHENEY e. Co., Toledo, 0.
~ Sold by Dru .gists, 75c.
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

The Nile has fall Of only inches in 1000
miles
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

The Widows Mite is prominently
placed and the sight-sccr cannot
miss it, Some coin; shown are from
the days of Scleucus |. He was
Syrias first king and lived from 3j4 to
g9t b. c. Indeed, these coins are
rhront logical history that reaches from
such an early period to the latest bright
bits the minis are turning out to-day.
A splendid and very interesting dis
play is made by the Postal Department.
1t began with an Old mail coach. This
particular coach has history. 1t once
carried TIC mail in Montana from Helena
to Bo-eman. This was in 1862. Then it
made the trip but once week. Now,
In these times. that same mail route is
covered four times a day; the coach had
the honor of carrying such distinguished
people as President Garfield and Presi-
de t Arthur in 1883, and General Sher-
man in 1877 In contrast to the old
Gail coach is the model of modern
railway postal car The model is open,
and on idea of the Interior Of arrange
ment is readily obtained. Then this
department presents a model Of the
"Pony Express, and by its side later
day Especial delivery" boy on bicycle
and dressed in the regulation uniform.
Anothe life size model is near. an ,Es-
quimatx, with his sled and dog team,
carrying the mail in the snowy desert of
the distant north. Tie Government has
secured modes of the mail carriers:
methods Of sorting the mails, etc. etc,
from nearly ali the nations of the World.
I yesuine there is not similar exhibit
to be seen in any museum in the world.
But one case in the postal depart
ment inevitably catches and holds
the crowd. II is coliec-
tfon ~ sa # the curios that are an,
St. Landry democrat., 1893-11-18

something of an elegante, a pretty woman
with a profusion of blond hair, and
dresses richly in fine taste, the French
men, who are versed in such matters,
prudently refused her petition.'
New YORK is the most crowded city in
the Union. She has fifty-nine people for
every acre of her area, and, taking only
the built-up part into consideration, the
average per acre--the actual distribution
of the people-is increased to ninety four
per acre. In vivid contrast to this is the
amount of elbow room EMO ed by the
citizens of San Daiego, CAL, where,
according to the Pittsburgh Dispatch,
there is less than third of an individual
-.3l-to the acre, and nearer home is
Auburn, Me-, with only "a of an inhab-
liant to each acre actually built over.
The density of the population in New
York City can be even more wildly i'm
agined when it is taken into account
that Manhattan Island forms hardly more
than half the city area only 81 per cent.
and that 50 per cent. of the population
lives on Manhattan. Four of the down.
town wards, covering total area of only
little over enc square mile, have an
aggregate population bigger than that of
Cleveland, Buffalo, New Orleans, Pitts
burg, Wash ngton or Milwaukee. A
review of the data obtained from all the
cities shows that the average percentage
of open space to total area is only twelve.
The percentage is greater in the South
Atlantic group. This is due to the fact
that in the majority of New England
cities the present limits are the same as
the old town boundaries, and municipal
Improvements are confined to wards
where the most people live. The AREA
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We have never been undcrso!d for we buy in
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ences taken from their canonical

books:
"Endeavor to break ans er by love.
Do good for evil. Cunqner the greedy
by rich gifts and Ike liar by the truth. "
Heavy rests upon the world the suf-
ferings produced by birth, age, death
and disease, and he who will add pas
sion to their number strengthens the
ranks of the enemies that are pursuing
him. Because we see the world dis
tressed by multitude of plaques, be-
nevolence should grow in us and we
should relieve the ever renewed suffer-
ings by untiresome assistance.
If we apply to Buddhism the SEN
tence: tYou shall know them by their
fruits" we must admit that it had
very beneficial influence among the
people, where it was introduced.
We will discuss the practical side of
Buddhism in later article, because
the average American is too much in
clined to look upon the Buddhists with
contempt, instead of acquiring the
good and noble so plentilully contained
in the mild teachings of Buddhism.
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