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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

cations are mostly trashy moves OF the
worst class, and as for newspapers, they
haze always been failure in SIAN. A
good many have been started, but in al
most every instance the paper was COM
peeled to suspend in little while on ac-
count of something published about
some foreign Minis-er or some member Of
the Siamese court. There are now two
papers printed in En Elisa in Siam, but
they don't amount to much. One Is y
weekly and the other semi-weekly.
The head wife of King Chuialon 5korn
is the Queen Of Sam. Her dress is the
regulation Siamese kind, . scr; OF bif~
urcated skirt. The wives aud daughters
OF the mobiles Of Siam are refined and
handsome, Mr.. Child says, but there are
few handsome women IN the lower
Classes. The Queen is little woman,
as, in fact, most OF the females of the
country are Kissing is not INDUCED in
even between near relatives or lovers.
Instead, however, they rub their faces
together as if they were smelling.
Oae of the chapters Of the volume
describes the ceremony declaring the
Crown Prince heir to the throne. The
ceremony lasted four days, and fully
SEQ, coo people turned out in holiday
attire on the final day. The young
prince. ten years old, was carried on q
golden chair to the throne, preceded by
five little girls dressed as angels. The
boy was dressed in white silk and the
tuft of hair on the top Of his bead was
cncircled with a coronet Of diamonds set
| in silver. His title is now Sondetch
Phra Boron Orotsaterat Chow Fa Maha
Chaeron Tit Adtoasa Chulalongko rn
Bodintara Tetwaraugoon Baromagndu-
arensoon Bottesa Devawong Ookretapone
Warosutochat Tanzarark Weratreeboon
Serepepat Narwesoot, Crown Prince OF
Siam.
Mr.. Chill thinks that Siam has a great
future, IS the country is progressing
very rapidly under the present King, and
the Crown Prince is being given liberal
education.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

tlons IN regard to my trip, which were
interpreted to me, and after I had re.
piled, he bowed gracefully and retired.
The audience was over, and l was then
introduced to a number of the brothers
OF the KING and Governors OF provinces.
Next day copy of the Kings speech,
with the translation, was sent me.
MIR. Cnild says that dressed in his
plain suit of black he looked like crow
among flock of tropical birds. King
Chulalong korn understands English, but
doesn't speak the language, or at least
not on State occasions. According to
Mr.. Child, he is "a wise, humane,
prudent and brainy monarch" One of
the Kings brothers is a graduate of
Cambridge, and several of his children
were educated in England.
Siam is larger than Texas and has
about 10000, 900 inhabitants. The ex-
ports are principally rice, cattle, sugar
and paper. The country is out Of debt,
but the people are nevertheless heavily
taxed. The taxes are collected, not bv
Government officials, but by contractors,
the collection of the taxes in the differ
ent districts being let to the highest
bidders. Among the principal imports
are American flour and canned goods,
In the city of Bangkok are twenty-four
paddy or rice mills run by steam and
some OF them furnished with electric
lights. The first Improvements of this
kind were By an American. The city is
walled in with wall twelve feet high.
Buddhism is the State religion, but all
religions are tolerated and the Christian
are doing good work in the
kingdom. The natives are, as a rule, in
dolent, and spend much Of their time in
cock lighting and gambling. The women
do most of the WORK, and if treated well
make good wives. Polygamy is not
practiced much among the common
people. Theatres are numerous, but the
performances are very tame. Women
are the performers, as rule, and pos
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
keEn Scn9r of llnr il pity

Everybody knows that a ferret will
drive away the rats, bat everybody does
not know how to manage ferret, which
must be done carefully, for should the
ferret get away he will be more destruc-
tive than hundred rats. But it is an
easy matter to keep {. ferret in q cage,
and as the animal gives off q strong odor
his presence is quickly noticeable to the
rats. If they find out that there is fer
ret on the premises they will leave as
fast as their legs will carry then, as they
well know that ferret can pursue the
into their holes. A prominent poultry
man who had over hundred chickens
Killed By rats in one night could de-
nothing for relief until he purchased a
ferret, which is kept in cage in the
brooder-house. Since the cage with the
ferret has been placed in the house there
have been no signs Of rats, as they left
in body.-New York Journal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

In late number of the Young Wo.
man a well-known physician affirms that
no changes which have come over our
social life in the last twenty years are
more remarkable than those in tae physi-
cal training and education OF women.
We have learned that women can with
every advantage practice physical Gull
ture as we'll as men. Croquet began the
bene6cent evolution, cycling followed,
then lawn tennis, then cricket, alter
wards swimming became POPULAR until
now there is hardly an athletic sport IN
which our sisters do not share.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
War on the Starfish.

The starfish has been unusually de-
structive to the oysters of Narrapansett
Bay this season. This pest fastens it's
rays around the oyster and slowly de-
stroys the outer fibrous edge of the she'll,
and having made an opening feasts upon
the contents. The process is supposed
! to take a week, but as the starfish move
over the beds by thousands, the work of
destruction is almost incalculable 1t is
estimated that four tifths of the oyster
crop in the bay would have been eaten
by the star-tish but for the use of
remedies, one of which, the invention of
an old dredger, is particularly effective.
1t consists of triangular framework Of
iron an inch or more in diameter, with
the sides about six feet in length and the
rear bar little shorter. Iron braces ex-
tending in all directions strengthen the
frame. Solid iron wheels six inches in
diameter are placed at the ends of the
rear bar to prevent the disturbance of
the oysters. Two chains are attached in
loop from to the rear OF the drcdge, to
which are appended from sixteen to
twenty ropes, interviewer with cotton
warping, which trail behind the dredge
and form mop that covers all the
surface passed over by the dredge. The
starfish adhere to the fibrous surfaces If
the mop, and are taken out of the water
and destroyed. All the principal planters
use steamboats, in dredging. and on these
crafts hot-water tank is utilized in
killing the fish. Sometimes peck of
the fish are taken out at single haul.
When sailboat is used for dredging
purposes, the fish are piled up on the
shore in heaps and subsequently used as
a fertilizer. The work is begun in May
and steady prosecuted at frequent in
tervals until the first or second week of
December, or until the cold weather
causes the fish to cease work. The star
fish are said to be destructive only to the
oyster beds between Martha's Vineyard
and the mouth of the Hudson River, the
temperature of the waters of this latitude
being favorable to their increase. In
bays fed partly by fresh streams they do
not seem to thrive, which accounts for
the preservation of the natural beds in
the Taunton and Providence Rivers
| New York Post,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

Agent Tingle estimates that for one
seal which the poachers secured they de-
stroyed seven. This seems like a hign
estimate, but facts obtained this year in
Alaskan waters prove that the seals go
much farther out to sea for food than
was formerly supposed. In shooting
seals in the open ocean the chances are
all against capture, for the mortally
wounded seal nearly always escapes cap
ture and dies in some remote place where
it's skin il lost. The poacher IS interested
only in getting skins, so he spares moth
ing. The result is that unless check IS
put to illicit sealing next year the bust
Desa, even in the Pribylov islands, will
ha nracticallv ruined.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

The Baltimore Manufacturers Record
declares that business conditions in the
ing the past year. Il sR H}ssrvelously dur.
potent Influences in the South that are
bringing about improved conditions can
be briefly told. The restriction of credit
during the past year has compelled the
planters to pay their bills AMI practice
economy, thus reducing in appreciate
degree the cost of raising the present
cotton crop. The large reduction in tae
cotton acreage of this season, which
promises to yield not more than 7,000,-
900 bales, as compared With over 9,O00,-
900 bales last season, has advanced
prices five-eighth cents above the figures
ruling at this time last year, aud before
the crop comes in the planters will re-
alize handsome profit. Mlcd of the
acreage withdrawn from the Gotten has
betn devoted to food crops, the result of
which will be more cash in tho South
and less dependence upon the West.
The condition of other agricultural in
tercsts in the South is equally satisfao.
tory. The rice crop of this season is
the largest ever raised, and the sugar
production for the year Just begun is es-
timated to be about 0,000 tons in cx,
cess of last season. Increased attention
is being given to the higher branches of
agriculture, the rasing of fruits, tobacco
on the eastern coast, AMI a market for
Florida fruit is now being opened in
England which promises good results.
The soil of the South is being made to
yield more profitable returns than ever
before. The leading industrial interests
OF the South have been developing
steadily during the past year, and while
less attention has been given to the cs-
tablishing new enterprises, the existing
concerns have been continuously in OPP
Grafton, and their business has yielded
good margin of profit. The lumber in
dustry is handling an enormous volume
OF business. and judging by the amount
of woodworking machinery that is going
South, this branch of manufacture is
rapidly expanding. Every branch of
the mining industry shows activity, and
The iron trade has preserved ITS equilib-
rum under trying circumstances, which
have been felt more severely in the older
producing sections than in the South
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
THE CABIN ON THE CLAIM

Lonely, you say? with mighty arch
Of sky SO grandly blending?
By bright-hued clouds and glittering stars
A tender message sending?
Joyless? when out of crimson cloud
The sunrise pours its glory,
Morn after morn rep ating well
Aurora's cheerful story?
Peaceless? VIII night with noiseless fe-t,
From fslds of herbs and fowers,
Sweet odors of her mantle dark
Bears to this cot of ours?
Like faintest sounds Of distant seas,
founding soma castle hoary,
We hear the great worlds Tar and fret
And trace her chang full story.
As far away white glenming sail,
Trimmings bend of river,
A noble deed with radiant flash
Makes every he ,rtstring culver.
So thankful, where the kindly stars
Spangle the blue with beauty,
We look, and Breathe the fervent wish,
That all may do Their duty.
Boston Transcript.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
A New Remedy for Chapped Hands.

A remedy for cSapped hands, which
is old in the country but new in New
York, is almost lnfallible. Put one
pound of flesh lard in kettle, add one
pint of hot water, set it away to cool.
Skitf of the lard and put it in an oat-
meal kettle, add half a pound of tried
suct from young beef. Peel and CRATE
two large carrots and stir them into the
suet. Cook slowly one hour, strain
through double cheesecloth, then strain
again; add few drops hergamot oil aud
dip in small dishes to 1emain.-New
Xoyk Press
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
Close to q Meteor,

The meteor seen during the day near
Cloverdae, Cal, fell on the ranch of F.
X. sprowles, just over the couaty line
in Lake County. Sprowles was out
hunting quail, and the meteor fell with
in twenty feet of him. He was knocked
down by the shock, and it was about
five minutes before he could gather his
senses and stand upon his feet. Tae
meteor made deep hole in the ground
where it struck, aud many pieces of
meteoric metal were lying around for o
space Of 900 feet, some of which he car
rled to San Francisco to have assayed.
He believes that he has a fortune in that
hole. in the ground. San Francisco
Chronicle
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

lean woods used. The latter Is generally
made party to a small fraud. 1t is used
in making clever limitations OF the
acacia. The genuine acacia comes from
Jerusalem and is expensive, but the
smoky, clouded effect is produced much
the same in the dogwool. Others used
are English furze, olive, box, English
myrtle, bamboo and Madagascar vine
AS to the heads, they are almost unlim
tied in the materials usel. Ivory, gold,
silver. sharks tooth, bac!lhorn, African
hogs tusks, rhinoceros bone, tortoise
she'll and whale bones are the princ!Pa@
ones
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

The common people sit on the floor
and eat with their fingers. but chairs
and knives and forks are being grad
ually introduced into the country. Many
of the natives are borr artists in maxim :
statuary and pottery, and in working in
gold and silver. The country is priest
BuldhisD ridden and there is more
superstition in Siam than perhaps in any
other country in the world. Beggars
are numerous around the temples, but
they are mostly lepers, leprosy prevail
inc in the country to an alarming extent,
as also cholera and smallpox the year
round. Siam is silver country, gold
currency being almost unknown. The
dead are cremated instead Of buried.
Popular education extends only to read.
ing, writing and arithmetic. Every
body reads a great deal, but the publ"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
SELECT SIFTINGS

The drama vas introduced into Rome
B. c. 36l to .ay a plague.
De Ia Reynieres "Almanach des
c uImauds' IS the most famous cooS
book.
Vatcl, Condos cook, kilicl himself in
despair because the fish came too late for
dinner.
Drowning, IS punishment Of crime.
was legally enforced IN Scotland up to
the year 1911.
The noble army Of commercial travel
ers in the United States numbers 300,>
900 members.
At banquets, during Queen Eliza
beth's time, every guest came with his
spoon in his pocket.
TAe Egyptians and the Phn1icians are
joint claimants for the honor of the in
vention of water craft.
The seats of a Greek theatre were ar
ranged as at present, bat the parquct
was given up to the chorus.
Some English capitalists have formed
company for the decentralization Of
elephants in South America.
In the last fifty years England has
paid 5000, Go. 900 in subsidies to steam.
ship lines all over the world.
An Australian fnancier who has JUS
failed for $3.50, 900 offers his creditors
one-ffth of cent on the dollar.
Ox-tail soup was invented by French
prisoners in the English fleet, who were
given for food only the tails and re.
fv-e.
North Africa, including Egypt, su3-
plies Englaud literally with beans, the
total imports of which re about 1,OOO,-
900 bushels monthly.
The oldest college in Chlle is the In.
s!ituto Nacional, which received its
charter from the King of Spain more
than one hundred years ago.
Tle Duke OF Norfolk anuses himself
by collecting blottiug paper and pads,
which he accumulates with as much care
as if he were q phllatelist gathering
stamps.
Columbus is said to have discovered
turtle soup, but one of his most inpor-
tant discoveries was toblcco, which he
found tue natives OF tle West Indies
using.
The Shah of Persia, when he prays
kneels on rug that is richly set with
diamonds and pearls and is valued at
50, 100000 The Sultan Of Turkey has
q duplicate of it.
Center County, Penn7ylvania, has a
natural curiosity in the shape Of a
twenty-acre pond which appeared in
single night on ground never known to
he covered with water before.
A Springfield (lass.) photographer
has perfected process by which he
can open the eyes OF one VINO has died
and obtain photograph which has all
the semblance of life. The value OF this
process is obviously great.
Two Indian mummies, one of them
that of child, ard the other of an
adult, were found recently i'll a mound
of sand on Long Islau1. in tie Colum-
bia River, Oregon. Both are perfectly
preserved, having hair aod teeth in
tact.
The moose in Penobscot County,
Msine, are SO accustomed to the train
that they gaze calmly and critically at
the locomotive, and are not frightened
by whistles or Kissing steam jets. People
frequently shoot at them from the car
! windows.
Violinists have been known who were
so fond of their instruments as to keep
them by their bedside. Notable among
these is the young violin virtuoso Nathan
Laudsberser. HIS express command to
the people where he resides, is, in case
Of fire, to save his loved instrument
first.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

SAYS the Chicago Sun: 1.-THE spirit
of speculation is subsi ding in commercial
circles in the United States; honest and
cash dealings are on the increase. Com
,nercial failures are on the decrease"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
RhOIonite is Somewhat Rar..

Rhodonite IS a somewhat rare stone of
the malachite variety, which comes
from the Ural Mountains. 1t is not
green, like malacllte, but a beautiful
notified rose color. Entire library sets
have been made up of this beautiful
stone, including inkstands, penholders.
paper weights and trays. A complete
set is valued at $500. New York Tri-
bune,
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
garfpturai Authority.

Teacher-In what part of the BIZ
ole 10 1t taught that man shall have
only one wife?
Little Boy--I guess it's the part
That says no man can serve two mas
ters--Good News
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
"IHE PEARL OF ASIA"
EX-MfNISTER CHILD ON SIAM
AND THE SlASlESE.
His Presentation to King Chu!atonG-
korn-Customs OF the People-
No Kissing in Siam 49, he
sources of the Country.

the United States at
the Court of Siam five years, and was
given every opportunity to gather
material for just such work on the
country as he has published. In chapter
describing his presentation to King
Chula.orgkorn, x~Minister Child says:
CAT the hour named Is p. n.y. hand
some open carriage, drawn by four
Australian horses, with outriders and
drivers dressed in livery, drove up to
the entrance of the Legation, and lead
ing official who spoke English huently,
informed me that he had been deputized
to convey DR.. Mcdonald, the Vice
Consul General, and myself to the
palace, whereupon we entered the car
rage. The outrlders galloped in front,
the driver cracked his whip aud away
We went at rafting rate, scattering
pedestrians on all sides, dashed through
the gateway in the city walls. the
sentinels saluting us, and after drive
of about three miles, turned from the
main highway into the esplana1e that
skirts the palace walls. AS soon as our
carriage made its appearance, battery
stationed near the main entrance ID the
palace grounds commenced firing a
salute OF forty guns"
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

New Zealand exports produce every
year to the value of SIS for each head Of
the population. Tue net increase in
such exports has been from s2S, 800, 900
in 1881, to almost $50, 900, 600 in 1899
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04
St. Landry Democrat.
BY l.. A. SANDOZ.
OpeIousas. Louisiana.

No less than 80, 900 American women
now ride bicycles.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-03-04

The Rural New Yorker tells that Sofa
beans are being used satisfactorily for
coffee by some farmers.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-05
Rio Again shelled.

A cable received Tuesday from the manager
of London bank In Rio, dated 10 a. M,
says that the rebel squadron resumed the
bombardment of Rio that morning. The
forts replied to the bombardment Of the war;
ships, after which the latter ceased firing and
retired out of range.
The damage TO Rio ID not known, but 1t
Is said to be heavy. The warships are also
reported to have suffered by the fire of the
forts, and on several Of the rebel ships the
shells of the forts are said to have caused
death among the crew.
In Rio there was much loss Of life and de-
struction Of property, bu: full particulars
were unattainable,
Shipping 10 now shut out of Santos and the
rebels have thus accomplished the object
they had In view when their shtps were first
sent TO Santos, namely, to deprive President
PeiIoto's government of the revenue he has
been deriving from the custom house there,
which was considerable sum of money, as
Santos is a port having q large trade with
the European countries and with the United
States.
A Buenos Ayres dispatch to the New York
World says: The bombardment Of Rio de
Janeiro, which began Saturday, has sus-
pended. Soon after the bombardment began
the foreign warships in the harbor hoisted
signals signifying their desire that the firing
should cease. The signals were recognized
By Admiral Melos, and the latest news 10
that the firing upon the city has been sus-
pended pending negotiations.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-05
PROSPECT OF A COMPROMISE
The Repeal Senators are Ready to Max
Terms with thu silver Men.

The Repeal Senators are Ready to Make
Terms with tho silver Men.
A Washington dispatch says: The Demo
cratic repeal senators have practically given
up the idea that the Sherman law can be re
pealed Internationally and have, after mum.
erous conferences, decided upon a compro.
mise which they believe will end the long
fight and secure the passage Of bill to re
llcvc the present situation by the end Of neIi
week.
Senator German and other Democratic
repeal senators have been actively engaged In
arranging the terms Of the compromise and To-
night they believe that they have succeeded.
1t involves concessions on both sides. First,
the repeal of the purchase clause; tecond, the
coinage Of specified amount, two or two and
q half millions month until the total silver
coinage is 300, 100000, thcn the coinage Of
all the bullion In the treasury, and fourth, the
sale of gold bonds to increase the gold re.
serve to an amount which will be deemed suf-
fcIent to insure the maintenance of gold and
silver money at parity. When the proposi.
tion was submitted to Secretary Carlisle he
insisted upon the latter provision TO the
agreement.
It's the general understanding that the sill.
yer Republican senators will agree to the
compromise indeed, Senator German vouchei
for that. The only thing In the way Of thit
programme now seems to be the President.
lie has not, so far as known, absolutely given
his consent although the acquiescence Of
Secretary Carlisle would indicate that he
would do SO.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-10-05
A Russian yvarsh,p sunk.

Fragments Of woodwork, boats and other
wreckage have hoated ashore in the Gulf Of
Finland, showing that the Russian warship
Pousalka, with 10 officers and $50 seamen
had foundered and that all hands were lost.
The Pousa.ka sailed on Tuesday from
Revel, in the Gulf Of Finland, for Helings-
port, In the same gulf, and has not been
heard from since.
The body of q sailor, who is supposed 10
belong TO the crew, has been washed ashore
in the Gulf Of Finland, and IL Is known that
heavy gales swept over those waters soon after
she left the port. There is no doubt, as the
admiralty state, that the Pousalka has foun-
dered.