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St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
DIAMOND Studded TEETH.
"A New FrivOIity of Young Misses With
More Money Than Brains.

wv here the fad originated for | sup
pose ii must have hal a starting point.
am unable to say. nor have | any idea
how far it is likely TO run; but it is al,
undeniuble fact that Well-to-do women
are noW having valuable diamonds set III
their teeth much us they would lave the
same gems set in a brooch or any other
article Of personal adonmcnt for one
cannot but deprecate the practice. for |
believe that many young women who are
silly enough to have the looks Of their
mouths spoiled in this way will regret it
| later on This was said to a reporter
for the New York World by one Of the
most prominent dental surgeons living in
the Murray Hill district.
"What sort of people are adopting
| this fad:' Well, that is a pretty hard
question to answer, but should say they
are mostly OF that sort one would be ant
10 meet at a summer resort. appearing in
fuil evening toilet at the break fast table.
Women who are fond of display and
have more cash than intellect Young,
foolish girls living in boarding schools
are another class that seem to have taken
up the new freak with avidity, and are
Spending their pin money fer dia-
monds instead of chocolates and car
mels. They insist on running the teeth
one way Or another, but always try to
dissuade them from the diamond lunacy
by giving them little fatherIy advice
when think it will be Appreciated But
am very sorry to say that it seldom
Is. ilcrc is a case in point: A few
weeks ago three young girls called OIL me
to have diamonds set in their teeth. |
was slightly acquainted with one of them.
| talked to her quietly and seriously.
They ali listened very attcntively, and
then tod me that they understood it was
al the fashion Or they would never have
thought Of such thing. They thanked
mo and left, convinced of the wisdom of
my advice. Well, that afternoon | met
the same three young ladies coming up
the street. One OF them began to laugh
when she saw me and soon the others
joined her. Then noticed that each one
had stone fastened in her teeth They
had simply gone to another dentist who
had no sCruplcs in the matter.
'ihe diamond is set between the two
nclSor teeth and exactly in the centre Of
the mouth. To do this it is necessary to
drill hole between the teeth, so that
7ncc the stone is placed in position it
houl'! remain there, otherwise the teeth
will decay. 1t might, of course, be re-
moved and the cavity be rcfillcd with !
gold, but cannot help thinking that
he practice should be condemned. The |
operation is rather painful, but is not
iitllcult and the fee is anywhere from
s. to $40, or even morcn
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
THAT pRIZE PUMPKIN.

Jennie Friend was little girl who
reached her tenth birthday only last
| Summer She was as fair-hcalcd a little
imp rs ever the sun shone upon. Away
out on the Pacific coast, where Jennie
lives, the climate is very salubrious, and
fruit and vegetables grow to immense
size; so large, indeed, they become that
beside them the fruit and vegetables
raised in the East look like dwarfs.
Jennie was very fond OF watching the
vegetation about her house, and fire.
quently came home and told her mamma
that she had seen plants grow, and that
even while she watched they grew
bigger and bigger. This fancy of our
little heroine was nouri>hcd by her
parents, who set aside It part Of the
garden for her especial use. Jennie's
garden tlourishcd until it tccamo noted
far and wide as containing remarkably
large vegetables, fruits and flowers, even
in that country of wonderful growth
Near Sacramento, the town in which
Jennie lived, there was hcll every wear
a fair, and to this all growers of fruit
and vegetables and breeders of horses
were invited to come and exhibit Their
garden and barnyard products. One
day last summer Jennie heard her parents
talking about the coming fair, and the
wonders that would be exhibited, and
her childish Imagination was stirred to
It's depths.
For several days she was in deep
thought and her parents watched her
narrowly, fearing that something had
gone amiss with theil little girl. Finally
the sunshine of smiles broke through the
cloud that had rested on her face and /
she told her parents that she was going
to raise something for the fair.
And what are you going to raise, |
my little daughtcr?' asked her papa
"a pumpkin" she said; "and it is
going to be the biggest pumpkin ever
seen in all the State of California"
So Jennie went to work in earnest to !
raise pumpkin. She selected a spot in
her garden that was remote from ary
plant, SO that her pumpkin might draw
all the nutriment from the rrOunG
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
A Weather-Proof Whitewash.

The whitew&sh used by the United
and bcacons, chosen for its pcrmanerce
under the most extreme exposure to the
weather, is made as follows: Fresh hv-
draulic cement Of any good standard
kind, not of the more costly imported
kinds, three parts, and clean fine sand,
one part, are mixed well with cold water
and Immediately applied. This gives a
light brownish white that is not so gl,r-
ing as the common lime, and has been
found to resist moisture better than anv
other wash. 1t adheres to brick or stone
Or wooden walls or fences very firmly.
In its application the walls are first wet
ted with water, by which the adhesion
of the wash is made stronger than ii ap-
piled to a dry surface.
Another good wash is made in this
way: Half bushel of good fresh lime
is Stacked with boiling water and kept
covered from the air during the Stacking
to prevent weakening of the lime bv the
carbonlc acid of the air. 1t is strained
through fine sieve or cloth and sever
pounds of salt are added; three pounds Of
rice flour boiled to thin paste, half a
pound of Spanish white. and one pound
OF broken glue stepped in cold water
and then dissolved in hot water are
then added, and when we'll mixed by
stirring, five gallons of hot water are
mixed in and the whole again stirred.
This is kept a few days closely covered
when it is ready for use. 1t is applied
hit, being kept in kettle over q fire.
This may be colorcd light brown by
burnt lumber, or a cream yellow by vel |
low ochre. A light gray is made by |
adding small quantity of lampblacl |
previously mixed with water and thor
oughly stirred. One pint Of this wash |
covers square yard
A wash for fences or barns is thus |
made and will last for five years: Half d
bushel Of tsh lime is Stacked and |
strained and three pecks of hydraulic
are added, with water sufficient to
reduce it to a proper liquid condition.
Ten pounds of burnt umber and one
pound of Venetian red are well mixed |
dry; four ounces of lampbIacE killed
with sufficient vinegar are then mixed
with water and added to the other ma
tcrials. The whole is diluted to make a
barrel of thirty gallons. It must stand
4 few days and be frequently stirred be-
'orc being used A wash for inside work
hat will not ub off is m.de Of ore pail
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24

all hours Of the day the little girl could
have been seen carrying her water bucket
to and from the well. 1t was not long,
under the great care she exercised,
before the plant became responsive, and
the exertions of Jennie were rewarded
by the sight of sturdy young pumpkin.
Ny how that pumpkin grew 1t seemed
as if the soil had parted with all its
wealth to give life to that single plant.
1t was not long before it reached the size
of an ordinary pumpkin, and still it ex
panded at a rate unheard of even in
California If Jennie's garden had at
tracted attention her pumpkin could be
said to have caused furorc. For miles
around people came to look at the
pumpkin, and no one doubted it would
really take the prize at the fair.
Little Jennie was just like older people,
and as her pumpkin grew to great pro-
portions she grew very proud of it and
of her own work She loved to stand at
one side of the pumpkin, SO that people
passing along the read could see both
her and the plant, and she imagined that
they talked of nothing else.
Pride goes before fall.
One day Jennie was standing by her
pumpkin feeling particularly happy, for
in two days it was t, be cut and carried
to the fair, ard she pictured herself the
proud owner of the prize. Sae was lean
ing over the pumpkin as she had often
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
LONG LIFE ON THE BENCH
instances Of Longevity Furnished h5
the Supreme Court.

| instances OF Longevity Furnished by
the Supreme Court.
The United States Supreme Court fur
nlshcs some interesting instances Of act
i've longevity, says the Wa>hnrtcn Star
Justice Blatchtord, who died recently,
was 73 ycars Old, but he was in active
| possession Of his mental faculties up to
| the time Of his DEATH His father. r. VI.
| B'atchford, had a recor, no less INTEREST
ing. lie was in the d; Jlomatic service
at IS and was commissioner of public
works Of New York City at II.
Roger B. fancy, chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, remained oil the bench
until he Was IS years Old. He was np
pointed chief justice at the age Of ;)S
He began an autobiography at the age Of
7, but did not finish it, Chief Justice
Marshall, who served from 1909 to l,::l
on the Supreme Bench, was 50 years olu
when i'll health com;cllv,i him t. .rlvc
Washington. He died in tnut wear
llS}5). He was q delegate to The con
ventlon for revising the State constitution
OF Virginia when he was II years old,
and 1t is said that, although he did not
speak often in the convention, when lie
did speak he showed that his mind was
clear and his reasoning as solid rs in his
younger days.
Chief Justice Waite, who died five
years ago, remained on the Supreme
Bench to the last, though he was -
years Of age when he died Justice Strong,
who is still living in Washington, Ic
tired from the Supreme Bench in 1850 at
the age of II. Noah H. Swaync, wEo
died i'll 1854, retired from the Supreme
Bench in 1881 at the age of 7. Only |
one Of the present members Of the Su- |
prcme Court is more than 50 years old. |
This one is Justice Field, who reached |
the age Of 50 seven years AGO.
Several of the Presidents have remained |
III active politics after retirement from
the White House. Buchanan was elected
President at GG and retired 1T the age Uf |
70. Tyler was a member Of the Proyis-
i"nal Confederate Congress at the age of
Il. John Adams at s. years Of age was
a delcgatc to the convention for revising
the Consultation of Massarhuse:ts John
Quincy Adams was elected to Congress
by the anti Mason party when he was 81
and he remained in Congress for seven
gears.
He died in the hall of the House.
James Monroe retired from the prcsi-
tency at 81; was a Regent Of the Uui-
vcrsity of Virginia with Madison and
Jefferson at GS, but declined to serve as
IN eIector from Virginia at 10 On the
ground that an ex-Presidcnt should not
)e partisan, but afterwards acted rs a
ocal magistrate and was member of
he Constitutional Convention of \ir-
5inia. Andrew jackson was 20 when he
eft the White House.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
4 MAN OF WAR ROOSTER.

Who would think that rooster coult
become great pct on board ship? Bn
on he flag hip ''Chicago, the man-Uf
war which last spring travelled almost six
thousand miles to get home for the Co
lunblan naval parade, there was a roostc'
that was the pet of all the men on board
snip. He was bought in the West In.
dies, on the way to Nonteyideo and was
intended for the Christmas dinners: but
his great chccrfulness, us shown hy his
hearty growing in the most uEseason-
able weather, won him his life.
After his liberty had been given to
him, and he had become fairly tame, he
noticed one day another very proud
rooster in a polished brass vcntilat0r
which stands on the quarter deck. He
Immediately put on his proudest air
then, noticing that the other rooster did
the same, he stepped closer to inquire
and soon found himself glaring pugna-
cious'y at that other fellow, who seemed
quite as dctiant as himself From looks
it came to blows, and soon our rooster
was Indignantly lighting his own re-
Election. Occasionally he would strike
the ventllator a very hard blow with his
bill and bethrown back much astouished.
only to return to the attack when he
noticed THAI his enemy apparently re
treated.
This was kept up at intervals for
several weeks until the rooster learned
that more hard knocks than glory were
to be got by keeping up the fcud. Even
now, after many months on board, he
rencws tie attack, but in a
half-heartcd way, as if he knew he was
doing something silly.
His name is ''Dick,' and when there
is food ahead he answers to it like
gentleman. At Eusenada, in the Argen-
tine Republic, the Chicago lay alongside
the dock in the Grand Canal, and Dick
was allowed to run On shore and pick up
what he could find. lie never strayed
far from the gangway, and would come
proudly strutting back when called on
board by one of the men.
lie is very pugnacious bird, and in
Enscnada started fight between a dog
and himself. The combat, witnessed by
he whole ships company, while pro
luctlve Of no harm to either side, was a
most amusing sight, and consisted of |
lashes at the dog with occasional real |
blows on the part of the rooster, and |
much barking AMI running about on the |
'art OF the dog. st. Nicholas.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
THE HAY-M0W,

Nhenc'cr I rise at morning song,
And see great cloud banks black anC
long,
And hear the drum sticks Of the rain
Beat softly on the window pane
| know at bal! [ may not play,
Nor wander down the mcu'low- way
v here vines with juicy rubicS grow.
And like white wheels the daisies blow.
But when my study task is done,
out to the hay NOV may run,
And climb upon the raftcrs high
v here round the n, sting swallows tly,
And tWitter in their siI y fear
Because they think robbcr near;
To be robbers not my plan.
But play that rm diycr-man.
The hills Of hay, these are my sea,
And seem like waves far under me:
Down, down plunge with merry vim,
Then swiftly to the shore swim,
AnI climb once more, and leap again
Into the middle Of the main:
| IS SO much fun that if can
Some day I'll be Il diver man.
-lCiintOu ScolIard, in Frank L4slic's.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24

contains large storehouscs and elevators
for farm produce, 1t is a sight worth
seeing when the farmers come into the
city with their six-horse teams and wag-
ons loaded with produce Thee seems
to be thousands Of them in the streets,
and he load on each wagon is enormous.
"DD all ve"rtahl 3 grow large in that
part of the country?' inquired a report
| el.
| 'Not al Of them. Pumpkins, for in
stance, grow no larger than in the East.
We can beat the world in growing cab
bagcs, however. saw one head of cab
ba@e that weighed CT pounds. 1t was
SO big that it filled a cart, and the leaves
hung down over the wheels. pic-piant
stalks are longer than am"
1lr. Gale is over six feet in height.
The memory Of Mr. Greeley was held in
reverence in the city named after him,
Nr. Gale said, and large square in the
city had been set apart as IA site for a
monument On which statue of the great
e"Itor Will be erected. The city is near
the CacheIrpoudre River, from which
water IS drawn to irryatc the farms.
Wells are used also for irrigation.
" Nen Af. tftrlrN ir>t saw the site
OF our city, said Mr. Gale, lit was a
sandy waste, with here and there a cac-
tus. That was twcnty-tArcc years ago.
lie went with the first colony, IN they
were obliged to ride in Stages three
miles from the nearest railway station.
hen some OF the men saw what Il d, So
late Hooking spot they had been taken to
they turned back ut once, ard left the |
place for good and all. Mr. Greeley
mounted box on the sand and made 4 i
speech to those who remained, telling
them what might be accomplished bv
irrigation. Those who listened to his
advice and stayed in Greeley have be-
come rich men. 1t isn't at all surpris-
ing That the people out there believe that
Alr. Greeley was one of the best and
Wlsest men that ever drew breath'"-
New York Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
Crazy France.

1t became positively dangerous
during the EcVvIut'Un + pronounce
the word royal or Ei9E. and especially
the name 0, any monarch Vho had
ruiEncI in France. The inn0eeut
King Of "Tw>lf;h Night" Vas sup
pressed, and the nomenclature 0f the
"dvyil's picture bnarIS' thoroughly
revised. For d littl" while the king
Of diamonds AMI OF clubs bn"anp in
Discriminatory the "eXetutivc IUWcr'
0: diamonds Or The "vptO1 Of clun5,
but the card LHanu|acturcr5, Urhain
Jaumo and Jcan-Dcm0Sthnne Du-
gourc, ayerrcd i'll lie Journal de Paris
(Ndrch, 1888 that "a Stanch Repub-
liC&n. even when playing a game,
ought not to use expressions which
constantly remind all his hca' crs Of a
state Of dcsp :tism and Inequality"
Hence, they inform all and SundrV
that for The future the products
manufactured hr them will bear en-
tirely iiciV titles, the tlrants will be-
come gcnjl, their cOnSoTt5 liberties
jacks "eQud!ltiCS, and aces laws
The term, 'reinc-at tillc." the term
applied to the Unique honey bee in
tie hive BY French nutura,i ,istS was
changed into "laheiIle pOnucuse."
Citizens whose name happened to e
LeOri (hing) were invited to change
1t into LalUi, (laW}, and the sight IF
King, even under adverse circum.
stances, grated 50 terribly upon the
patriots nerves that one day a shop
was sacked in the puIaiS -Egaltte be-
cau.e its window contained an en-
craving OF Charles |. on the scaffOld.
Nowhere did the Oh, ,ectOn to words
quasi distinctive Of the Old regime
become so tyrannical as in the play
house. The slightest allusion to the
monarchy provoked a disturbance,
nay, a riot, which nine times out Of
ten had to be qucIlcd by the inter
veution Of the authorities clifton,
in Cornei!lo's Menteur, says:
Ellie loge G. la pace ct SO nomme Lucrece
Quele place? koyalo,
The last word had scarcely left the
actors lips when the house rose at
him as one man. I'll NY plus de
Place ROyale; c'est Ia Place des
Piques," they hCwled, and, in spite
of meter and everything else, the line
had then and there to be repeated, as
corrected by the audience.-The
EOrtnighlly Review.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
Largest Dgawbridge in the World.

New London, Connecticut, has the
largest swinging-span drawbridee in the
world. 1t is on the Shore Line Railway,
and was built during the summer . Of
1889. This Titanic sran, which iy.of
steel and weighs $4,000 pounds, is
the centre one il the great Pequot River
Bridge, the total length of which is
,423 feet. The pier upon which this
triumph of mechanical construction
swings was sunk in fifty feet of
water and eighty feet of sand and mud.
-LSt. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
Poisoned Through q letter,

Vcratrino is vegetable powder,
nearly white, very acrid and poison.
Gus, which is Obtained from genus Of
plants called vcrat um sabuUiIa. 1t il
subtle and dan-trOls lIcisOn, tho
OdOr Of which mounts to the brain and
IS very liable t. produce death or in.
sanity. One day in 1870 Prince Bis.
marcl1 received q letter marked "pri-
yate." 1t wa oTcucd by his conGden-
ia recrctary, who lad read but few
lines whom he fell into 4 3N.o II. An
other clerk who tried to read the 1T.
ter was seized by the Same symptoms.
y physician save their lives, but only
aftor hard struggle. 1t was after
ward ascertainc1 that the lcttc~ had
heen poisoned with vcratrinn. evi-
IDENTITY intended for the famous German
Chancellor
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
HOW TO SAY HAWAII.

GLOW do you pronounce the name of
the island kingdom which wants to be
annexed to the United StateS?' was q
frequent question recently. The most
commonly accepted orthorpy is "IIah-
wi-e," the second syllable accented, and
The az long, as in "pine.' The ques-
ton was once asked of a high-caste
Hawaiian lady, we'll educated in her
own and the English language. She an
swered:
''The proper pronunciation is Hah-
van &c. There is no "w' in our alpha
bet, and no letter or combination of let
tcrs which takes the sound of w. as in
English. The missionaries who first
translated our language found it diff
cult to pronounce or express the sound
which is, to my Ca, correctly conveyed
ny the letter W soltcned and made full.
Our "a is pronounced broad, as you
pronounce it in fall and our II is like
the EnsGriv9iad adi1eh is to pronounce
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24

Birds find their food in strange
places. There Hrc birds that live with
cattle for the purpose Of eating their
parasites. Lottiy the old story OF
ThucT,ii,es is found to have been abb
solutcl y true, and that there is a
species Of quail that jumps into the
mouth Of the Nile crocodile and SO
frees him Ct the learlas OF parasites
which adhere TO the crocolile's gums.
In animals We find industries. II
hunting is calling, the lion has a cal,
ling. 1t is all brute courage on his
part, without much skill, while the
wolf anI thr fox ShD" much ingenuity,
displayed in the taking Of their prey.
In birds, the eagle It,h,> down upon
q small animal or bird, and SO his APP
petite is satisfied, but crow, who has
to eat to live, shows no such holiness.
He schemes for his ends
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24
sUsJUeATIoN OF THE DESERT,
Surprising Results Obtained by irrigation
in the Southwest,

All INC 6OuCnWeSt.
We have a vast domain of arid
land which, under scientific irriga.
Clon, Will some day support a great
population. The Mormons have COM
pelIed the desert to produce fruits,
grasses, and cereals in abundance,
and Joseph Smiths followers may
Justly claim t. he the pioneers in the
practice Of that sort of agriculture on
u large scale in this country. though
1he ancient mission farms and vil.e-
yards Of Southern California were
irrigated in d crude way. What the
M0rmonS did half century ago and
The Spanish missionaries more than a
century earlier still, the modern
Farmers OF California, Colorado, Ari-
Eona, New Mexico, and half dozen
other States and Territories are now
repeating with profit and on a rapidly
increasing scale, until 3,COO 900 acres
Or land, comprising "a, 600 farms, are
0OW under irrigation aud the average
value OF their prGiucts ranges from
&8.@1 % $40 per al
Surprising results are obtained on
these lands where man is his own
r2lIMakcr, for the soil is of the
rlchest, and once the irrigation sys-
TEN is in operation there is no inter-
rupt'on by drought. The magnin-
cent crops OF corn, alfalfa, wheat,
and hay obtained, the wonderful
yields OF fruit and the possibility Of
uninterrupted pa5turage for cattle
nave given great impetus to irrlga-
zion in the far West and the next
few years will witness Il rapid ex-
panSlCn OF the productive area Of
shat region. Less than one-half of
one per cent. Of the total arid region
or the country is now under irriga-
tIOn, and Of the $50, 600, 900 acres so
classified there are GIG, 900, 600 acres
upon which water would produce
crops. OF the remaining vacant pub.
TIC lands, nincty-nve per cent, or
about 342, 0JO, 600 acres, are in this
region.
The free arabic lands having been
taken uD and land that was cheap |
1ew years ago rising rapidly in value,
1t IS easy to see that the next step
must bc the reclamation Of tho
Great American Desert" by irriga-
t4On. -MlnncapOliS TIibune
St. Landry democrat., 1894-02-24

done before while thus muSing, when all
OF sudden she felt something crackl9
and crumb!e, and she was pitched head
long INTO the pumpkin, which had given
WY beneath her weight. She was, in
decd, sorry sight when carried sobbing
to her home, and refused to be comfortcI
even when her papa told her that the
next time she wanted to win prize she
hai better raise cannon balls New
York journal.