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A Chew, the DIVERS Call II.

The Diver Beefsieak Club had chew
last night in the club rooms. 80 Madison street
Two hundred pounds of beefsteak. u cask OF
ale. and innumerable songs. recitations. and
witticisms were digested. Justice Diver
Congressman Dunphy. and Alderman Brown
helpel dispose of the feast.
The sun., 1893-01-10

PEEScEToN. y. j.. jan. a.-Tho Rev. John II.
Davis d. u. OF the Princeton Theological
Seminary. class 81. has accepted tho unnnl-
enue Presbyterian Church. New York city.
The sun., 1893-01-10

NuENos AYnEs. Jnn. 3.--Attsr n stubborn ce-
sistancc OF two weeks. cnserns has hcrn sur.
rendered by the "cbels tn thu Gnyornmcat
troons,
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Appor,,oumeut of the GILLIAN Indemnity Fnna

The Board appointed by Secretary OF tho
Navy Tracy to apportion the indemnity fund
received from the Gillian Government for the
attack on the crew OF the Baltimore In Octo-
ber. 1901. met yesterday afternoon In the
oGlce Of the Lighthouse Inspectors. Tompkins-
The Board consists OF Capt. W. g. schley,
Lieut. Commander Sabree. and Past Assistant
Surgeon Edward r. Still. all three, being on
It will take about n week to Rprortion out
the claims. The indemnity money amounts
brought with him from the Chilian Govern
mont about two months ago and deposited for
the benefit Of the victims or their families.
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George GoaIet. Ay Brlt, Iss4.
Try il A famous vintage. famous wins.-Ads
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A WILDTIME ATTHE GARDEN.
THE CRoWD INSISTED THAT GLEA-
SON TAME THE ZEBRA.

The Great Horse Tanner Wanted to Delay
Until Tonight, but the Spectators Hooted
and Howied and Demanded that He 60
On-He Drove the Benst A-oundthe Ring
at Last aud Everybody Was Satisfied.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
happiness and stability Of the human
race depend on the adoption of Its views.

ELECTRICITY is beginning to play an
important part in horticulture. In Am
ateur Gardening correspondent records
the following result of experiments in
the zero elcctrifcation of soil in which
plants were grown. On January 10 he
planted some hyacinth bulbs in pots
specially constructed. The bulbs grew
rapidly, and the plants came into bloom
on February IA.
Work on the mighty telescope for the
French Exposition of 1909, which was
to enable US to see the man in the moon,
has been suspended, after considerable
progress had been made in the construc-
ton of it, especially in the optic portion.
The great lenses are already cast, but the
whole affair is now abandoned for want
of money. The principal man of funds
in the enterprise was the late Baron
Reinach of Panama.
Ir IS told of St. Petersburg professor
that he was a violent opponent OF woman
suffrage because the average weight OF a
mans brain was 1850 grains, while that
of a woman was only 1850. When his
own brain was weighed it was five grains
less than the female average.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
One View of Biography.

What right has biography to be in
two volumes One can say all that Is
worth saying about any man except
Gladstone in a very few hundred pages,
and what is more, within the scantler
plot of ground the biographer can present
a more artistic view of his subject. VI
course, the world likes to hear gossip
about the victims teaspoons and the size
of his collar and generally such stuff as
in decent age would be left for house
maids conversation with the footman.
The conditions under which biographies
are hurried through the press nowadays
absolutely prevent them from being great
works in the correcter sense of the word.
Our belief is that the biography is
sort of an advertisement. The compiler
receives very generous help from null
titude of quite insignificant people, aud
feels constrained to publish the letters
they wrote to the victim, and the letters
the victim wrote back to them. So the
gentle reader is asked to take interest IL
men and women whose Importance it Il
impossible not to magnify. If only bi
ographers knew what to omit, thing:
would be 50 much the BETTER Pal
Mall Gazette.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
Thu Tanning OF Anirnafs.

There are few benefits which we
owe to our forefathers greater than
the endless skill and patience With
which they tanned those animals
which we call at the present day do.
nestle" It must have required
steady perseverance, extending
through countless generations, to
have succeeded in inducing such es'
sentially wild and mistrustful animals
as cats to lay aside their tlmidlty ana
suspicion, and to become the faithful
friends Of man.
The people who accomplished this
great benefit for pOsterity had more
leisure than their restless and hard
worked desc ndants; they were, gen.
orally speaking. members Of slave
states, in which the focd supply was
plentiful, and in which we may sup
pose that both masters and slaves had
plenty of time on their hands I'D
some cases the obvious utility or the
animals caused them to be tanned; Id
some cases this very utility came 70
invest them with special sanctlty,
Wn!cu, dS III lllt Cast vi tilo Noo Al
Egypt and the cow in India, afforded
an additional guarantee for their pres
ervatIOn.
The ancicnts seem to have tanned
almost all the existing animals known
to them that were worth tanning; haa
they known the American bison, they
might have added him to the list OF
draught animals we possess; possibly,
too, the weasel, stoat, and p0lecat
might have Leen reclaimed and en-
ployed as useful foe to vermin 1t
is certain that some animals Which
were once med have been allowed
to relapse into wild state, such as
hawks, monkeys, and crocodiles 10
Egypt, aud WeaselS in Greece
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
4 Train 81 ExIfes.

All travellers IN Siberia desire to
see something Of the criminal exiles.
WAen, therefore, was informed that
q detachment was on its way from
Tomsk, / took conveyance and
drove out to meet it.
We had driven a considerable dis.
lance without seeing the slightest
signs of life oa the deserted highway,
when suddenly on the crisp, frosty
air, I distinguished a faint, distant
sound, SO peculiar and weird that it
at once attracted my attention, as it
was evidently approaching Us.
1t was not unlike the noise which
would be produced by hundreds Of
small birds singing all at once, yet l
could see nothing Of any sort any
where on the vast plain. AS well as
l could, with my limited Russian vo-
cabulary. l drew my drivers atten-
tion to it. 10 him it was neither
novel nor interesting; he knew what
It was at once.
1.-THE arrestanti are coming" he
remarked briefly; and shortly after,
on ascending 4 rise in the road which
had concealed them from our view,
there came in sight big body Of
men coming slowly along, and | dis
covered that the strange noise which
had 50 impressed me was produced
by the heavy chains they wore.
But then, alas. all preconcelved H.
lusions vanished, for it was a loath-
some and depressing sight, rendered
doubly SO by the bright sunshine.
There was abolt it absolutely
nothing of the poetic, such as | ilid
been led to expect. 1t was simply a
huge crowd of what looked likc-and
probably was-thc very scum O. the
earth, for all races seemed to be rep
resented,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
A DRESS THIRTEEN HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

A DRESS THIRTEEN HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
The oldest dress in the world is prob
ably that described by French traveller
in Japan. 1t belonged to an Empress of
Japan who lived in the Thirteenth Cen
fury, and it has been kept all these CEN
turtles in temple near Yokohama, where
the priests sometimes exhibit it for a
sufficient reward. 1t is kept in an old
Golfer, and it is shrouded in white silk.
The robe or robes, for there are seven of
them, are described as a diaphanous
mass, crumbling at the edges with de-
cay. The material is crepe or some
flmy stuff, and the effect must be like
that worn by the serpentine dancers. 1t
is made with long train, pagoda sleeves
and high collar like Medlcis cuff.
The upper layer was once white, and is
now the color of ivory, embroidered with
flying birds the size of crows, with
dragons heads, green, blue and violet.
Then come seven layers of the silk mus
lin, yellow, blue, violet, old gold and
green. on which seem scattered strange
animals, all in flight. The seventh,
which touches the body of the long dead
empress, is violet embroidered. with
figures like phantoms. The embroidery
on this wonderful robe is said to be as
transparent as the gauze. The effect of
the whole is smoke colored.-[ Washing
ton Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
WOMAN IN JAPAN.

Every fold of the dress, every turn of
the sash, has its meaning in Japan. You
can tell the sex of the tiniest baby by
its garments, for the little girls have the
brightest, gayest colors. Every woman
is walking biography of herself.
You know by the dress, the couture,
the sash her rank, her age, her position.
The wife's dress differs from the maidens
and womanhood has its insignia of honor
which other women may not wear.
You might object to the dress Ell
quette which betrays years in the ar
rangement of the costume, but in Japan
it is considered quite as much of a COM
pliment to ask woman her age as it
would here be considered an impertin-
ence.
She will always answer you at first by
saying: How old do you think9"-IOak-
land lCal. Echo.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
THE NEW BODICEs.

The new bodices of taffeta silks are
generally quite full. They are made
with bretelles or wide collars and cuffs
of Venetian guipure or Russian en-
broidery; or where the skirt is trimmed
with ruffies, edged with point d'esprit
or VaIcnciennes lace, there is deep
ruff1e of silk surrounding the shoulders
in berthalike fashion, similarly edged
with lace. Where this extreme sloping
effect is not becoming, the bertha is
caught up by small pleat on the
shoulder to give a slight bouffancy to
the top of the sleeve. This is more be-
coming to most women than the full,
sloping effect Of the fashionable bertha.
Combinations of color are seen on some
of the handsomest French dresses. Thus
a new gown of satin dc Lyons, fabric
which is revived with sitter silks, is
made of turquoise blue, combined with
Havana brown. The upper part of this
gown was fitted with perfect smoothness
around the waist, and was of the tur-
quoise blue; but the deep Spanish flounce
that iell from the knee was made of the
brown satin. with two narrow ruffies
with rolled edges around the bottom and
two similar ruffies at the knee, where
the fiounce joined on the skirt. Tho
bodice of this gown was finished with a
fall of guipure lace, in which the pattern
was run with threads of gold.
Swiss muslins and organdies are more
suitable trimmed with ruffles than any
thing else. The fine dotted Swisses are
especially pretty when finished with
point d'esprit rutiies, while the sheer Or
Candle is made in genuine old-tirne
fashion with ruffies edged with Valen-
ciennes and full waists and dged
berthas and trimmings of satin ribbon.
New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

]; DR.. p was net really surfy man,
but the hurry Of his large and ard
uous practice made him appear so
sometimes. Directly opposite his
Office lived Mr.. Bradley, whose wife
was an inveterate and loud-voiced
scold. She had never had occasion
for the Doctors services except for
one thing, and that was to set her
dislocated jaw several times. 1t had
been first injured in an accident some
years before, and had never fully re-
covered; any unusual strain was liza
BILE to throw it out of joint again.
One morning, as he was preparing
In haste for long round Of profess
stonal calls, his ears were assailed by
the din Of Mrs. Bradley's scolding.
She was giving her husband violent
1curtain lecture" and no doubt the
Doctor was nettled by the sound.
Il hope she won't put her jaw out
of joint with her clack, and como
over here to have it SET" muttered
he to himself.
But the next moment in she came,
holding her chin in one hand, and
with the other pointing into her open
mouth, which she could not shut, and
mumbling, "Ah, ah, ah."
ayes, yes, 1 know!" exploded the
Doctor; you've got your jaw out
scolding your husband. expected
It'll I expected it! Well, sit down
here, and I'll put it down in wink"
showing chair toward her as he
spoke.
She began to sit down, but, just as
she was almost seated, the Doctor
discovered that the chair did not
face the light as he wished, and gave
1T slight turn. Somehow, between
Them, the chair was so misplaced
that she missed it, and sat down with
q tremendous thump on the floor.
It Is an Ill mishap that brings nobody
good. The force of her collision with
the floor did neater Job in setting
her jaw than the Doctor could have
done.
Yet, all the anne, Mrs Bradley did
not like such a style of surgery.
Scrambling to her feet, she squared
off, with battle in her attitude and
fire in her eyes, to give the Doctor a
lingual thrashing. But she had met
more than her match. The Doctor
flung open the door, and scizing her
by the arm, marched her out and
down the steps, exclaiming:
/ $50 right home and stop scolding
forever, for I'll never Let your jaw
again."
Home she went, and 1T is said she
never scolded any more. The Incl
dent Is suggestive to doctors and
scolds.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
FEMINIsITY's MANY BADGES.

Women who NEEDLE with the affairs of
the world are beginning to wear as many
badges to represent their orders as did
the knights of old. The college woman
has her class colors in ring or pin, and
if in addition she be a colonial dame,
she will probably wear badge of blue,
buff, and white in enamel and gold that
testifies to her ancestry. 1t is said that
more women are proud to wear this
badge than to display the modest little
silver cross with the purple ribbon that
belongs to the Daughters of the King.
The women of the Federated Clubs have
an order of pink and blue, and the mem
bcrs of the Isabella Society and the
Women's Relief Corps still another. A
woman of great energy may also find
time to wear on occasions the white
ribbon of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union and the yellow of the
female suffragists, and mourn that there
are no more societies to demand her
time.-[New York Post.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
The latest hair-Dins are of she'll with

HO lhbSot oAC VI NAA|'A W .-A
two long curved lines in diamonds fold
ing back and terminating in whirls.
A new harp is tipped with a row
of gold feathers. They form curved
ornament and are drawn and modelled
with great perfection.
The chrysoprasc is green and in high
fashion abroad, the Prince OF Wales
having recently bestowed it as bangle
set in diamonds as wedding present.
Yellow is said to be favorite shade
for children's dresses this summer, and
is especially becoming to those who have
dark hair and eyes.
Gallons and ribbons are among the
most stylish of skirt-trimmings, both
being frequently applied to the same
skirt. When used together they should
agree in color.
Pale violet stockings are embroidered
with black t1cur de lis, and black ones
with tiny violets or miniature roscbuds.
The street gown should not measure
over four and half or five yards at the
bottom. It is close at the waist.
Baby ribbon is much used for trim,
ming children's dresses. The tiny loops
are ruched up so closely that actually
miles of the ribbon are used on gown.
A child's party gown of cream colored
bengaline is bordered with ruchc Of
this ribbon, over which falls frill Of
fine blonde, headed by another ruche Of
the baby ribbon.
Grass linen and linen canvas are used
with all materials except those of very
light weight, for which crinoline or tar
latan is preferred.
Young ladies abroad are wearing in the
hair with evening dress a fiat bow of
velvet corresponding in color either with
the gown or the trimmings. This bow
is put on wire covered with velvet and
curved to fit round the coils of hair at
the back Sometimes the velvet is very
finely wrought with gold, silver, jet OF
Jewels, and it often serves as back
ground for some sparkling diamond or
naments.
A new capote is the Charlotte Corday
cap. 1t is full crowned cap like that
which bears the name of the famous
French woman. A twist of black satin
ribbon, with standing ends in front and
perhaps rose or jeweled aigrette, com
pletes an arrangement that does duty
this summer for an elaborate bonnet
The daintiest new trimmings are COM
posed of arabesques of suede leather on
background of fine guipure lace or OF
bands of gold canvas set thickly with
spangles of vario-colored metals.
The favorite shoe for travellers to the
Worlds Fair will be a laced boot of rus
set Russia leather or one of kid foxed
with patent leather.
The cape which covers the waist line
or picturesque empire coat Of tan cloth
with miroir velvet trimmings, is the favo-
rite wrap.
Embroidery on footwear is more general
and more elaborate than ever before. A
stylish cottage Oxford tie is shown Of
French kid, with close jet embroidery
on toe and each side the instep.
Some of the new bodices are finished
with deep collars, which cover the shout
der-seams and give the sloping effect tc
the shoulders now esteemed elegant.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest of all the baking powders
The purest baking powder makes the finest sweet,
est most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most digestble and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
Of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with a gift
or prize, or at lower price than the Royal,
as they invariably contain alum, lime or sui
phuric acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining to accept any substitute for the
Royal which is absolutely pure.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
CAPES OF LACE.

Lace capes, fashioned much like the
winter models. with velvet or jetted
yokes and collars, have made their ap-
pearance, like many other of the seasons
fashions, long before they are required.
These capes are very handsome, indeed,
especially those which are only garni-
tured with expensive cut jet ornaments
and fringes. Some costly French capes
have yokes and collars of gold and jet
net, dotted with cabochons, and few
models are lined throughout with rows
of jctted galloon in stripes falling over
the cape from the yoke New York
World.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
THE NEWEST JEwELRY.

The latest fads in jewelry are little
green frogs and tortoises made entirely
of emeralds. Besides these there are
lizards and serpents. A wild fowl on
the wing is the newest desi On for a dia-
mond brooch. The daintiest little
brooches consist of three tiny birds
carved in colored stones and perched on
a gold or enamelled twig. Diamond Or
naments for the corsage are made to
represent bows and strands Of ribbons.
The bow is usually worn on the shoulder
and the ribbons follow the curve of the
low bodice Detroit Free Press.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
German
Syrup

JUDGE J. B. HILL, Of the Superior
Court, Walker county, Georgia,
thinks enough Of German Syrup to
send us voluntarily strong letter
endorsing it. When men Of rank
and education thus use and recon-
mend an article, what they say is
worth the attention of the public.
1t is above suspicion. u have used
your German Syrup" he says, for
my Coughs and Colds On the Throat
and Lungs. I can recommend it for
them as a frst-class 1uedicine.'-
Take no substitute. @
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
The Name "Fcrdiuand."

The first half Of the name "Fcrdi-
nand" is feovh. ''you!h' or ''lifc;' tie
second half is a little uncertain, but may
be conjectu:cd to be probably nan;h,
"dariny." 1t was the Spanish Goths
who gave it its earliest vogue in the Pen
insula as fernando, King of CASTLE,
sent it on to Aragon and thence to
Naples, where it became Ferdinando,
and Fl cures in ''l'he Tempest accord
ingly as Ferdinand. With Ferdinand
and Isabella its fame grew worldwide.
Again, in Spain itself, it became Her
nando and Herman, in which last shape
it was immorta!ized by Cortez. Who
would have suspected the conqueror OF
Mexico of bearing a name which on anal
ysis turns out to be pure Anglo-Saxon /
New York Recorder.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

COLONEL Jesse E. Peyton, of Phila.
delphia, "the Father of Centennials. "
has started movement for great inter
national celebration to commemorate the
twentieth century of Christianity, and
to be held in Jerusalem, six years hence.
They say that the Colonel can think up
more centennials in an hour than most
people can in day; and though he is
old enough to be venerable, he is not
too old to be vigorous.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
FOR THE LADIES.
A FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR KISS.

At a recent charity bazaar, given at
the Princess d'Arembergs residence in
Vienna, Austria one of the most beauti-
full stallholders was the Marchioness
Pallaviccini. An English gentleman
who was present offered to pay S., 900 to
the charity if the warehouses would
give him only one kiss. This she did,
to the great JOY of the onlookers. The
kiss was paid for on the spot with bank
of England note.-LChicago Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
To Cleanse the System

Efectually yet gently, when costive or bill.
ious, or when the blood is impure or sluggish.
to permanently cure habituel constipati on,
TO awaken the kidneys an | liver to he .lthy
activity. without irritating or weak ening
them, to dispel headaches, cold or fayers use
Syrup OF Figs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

An observant Philadelphia makes the
assertion tn It girls with retrousse noses
marry sooner, and are more fortunate in
catching good husbands, than tho young
ladies whose features are of the Greek or Ro-
man type.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

Two COWS belonging to i'll Costellow. in
Windsor, N c.. were found dead, with
the head of one ,ocked between the no MS Of
the other It is supposed that they b I'd been
fighting, and died in their struggles to de-
tach themselves
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

A rapacious appetite is possessed by hog
in Scio, Oregon. Its owner often said that it
seemed to eat its own hulk Of food at each
meal. when the hog WIS killel, it was
found to possess two perfect stomacls and
two complete sets of intestines.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

Some Of the residents of Weir City, Kar-
sas. amuse themselves by engaging in ba-
mana eating contests. The present cham
pion won wager by eathing ihirty-two ba'
nanas at a sitting.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05
FASHION NOTES.

Serpents of silver coil around umbrella
handles.
Moonstone flowers with gold and
ieweled eenteHs are ShsWQ.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

For impure or tn II Blood, Weakness Mala>
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness,
take Browns iron !3itt Est gives strength,
making old b rsons feel young-and young
persons strong: pleasant to take.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

Always put the meat in boiling water
to preserve its juices. Soup meat, how.
ever, should always be put on in cold
water to extract the juice, :.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-08-05

II your Back Aches or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, it is general debility.
Browns Iron Bltters viii cure you. make you
strong, cleanse your liver, and i've YOU COCA
appetite-tone the nerves.