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ITO LET--PIeasans. conyeaient rents on Con
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TOR RENT-cottage and barn. with good
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Il ADIES7 WANTED to learn dressmaking,
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n o LET-Lower tenement 2s2 High st., nine
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TO LET-ChoIce upper rent CO Forest Ave. I
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ITO LET-House 457 Cumberland 81. ~ rooms
bath, Laundry. combination heater. fine To-
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rent us Congress 81. rooms, bath and furnace.
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TRAVELLING salesman wanted by estab-
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A GOOD WATCH needs careful attention and
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xgANTED-Every one TO know that Medi-
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w ANTED-FTom four 70 six horses 70 board
ming water under cover; G IN exercise horses II
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once, Box 125. BIownneld. Maine. SAMu Ell
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
UNIQUE CLOCK FACE.
:

colored black so as to distinguish it. A
distance is made between the hour and
minute hands by having the hour hand
in such position that it will pass di-
rectiy over the numerals on the face of
the clock, and the minute hand so
placed that it will cover a path further
toward the center of the dial, and,
therefore, although being on the same
level, the hands do not conflict.
The magical part of the clock is the
power which causes these hands to
move around the face of the dial, so as
to always tell the proper time. The feat
is accomplished by having the two imi-
tations of hands lined with soft iron.
Underneath the dial and lying on the
floor of the window are the works of a
clock, with very long. ordinary hands
attached in the usual manner. To the
ends of these hands the jeweler has
Joined two small magnets. so that they
will attract the soft iron on the backs
of the indices, and then over all this he
has placed pasteboard dial.
After arranging the hands under the
proper numerals and placing the indices
over their proper hands, he has wound
the clock and set it going. Thus the
magnets are moved with the hands of
the clock, so that they are almost in
contact with the cardboard dial. AS
they move around they carry the indices
with them.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
Atmonphere az the snn,

If some of the latest results of
astronomical Investigation are to be
accepted, the atmosphere of the sun
is 5000 miles deep, and is composed Of
various gases and vapors of metals.
Then, as observed through the te1e-
scope, its surface is covered with mil
mute white forms, apparently floating
in an ocean of grayish fluid, these be-
ing clouds, composed not Of water, but
chiefly of carbon, and it is argued that,
just as the electrician uses carbon for
producing the brightest Of artificial
lights, SO the sun employs the same
agent in the production Of its trans
cendent light and heat, the sun clouds
being, in fact, made up of drops of Hq.
uid carbon, which have radiance vast
ly exceeding that of the well-kncwn
glow of the flament in an electric laun
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10

on account OF the clearness of the
glass and the grace of their shape.
Having secured the bottle, cleanse
it thoroughly and then put earth in
it until the bottom is covered to a
height of about an inch. Sprinkle this
earth well, almost soaking wet, and
then throw in three or four catus
seeds. Close the bottle snugly with a
tight-ftting cork and seal it close with
sealing wax. Tie strong cord
around the neck of the bottle and
hang it in a window that the sun
reaches for at least several hours
every day. In cold weather the bot
The iving-room, with a constant tenn
perature of 70 degrees or more, suits
the experiment admirably. Then the
entire process of growth can be
watched with no small interest. The
opening and roofing of the seeds, and
the gradual development of the plants
viii follow, almost as if by magic.
Soon the cacti win be of such size that
YOU can astonish your friends by a
sight of them, and they will hardly
believe you when you tell them these
plants are growing without any care
or water. That they will so flourish
for years is proven by this picture of
bottled cactus grown in the man
ner described at the Berlin botanical
gardens, the bottle having been sealed
I'D lust five years ago.-St. Louis
lobe-Democrat.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
WIRELESS TELEPHONES.
Human Voices, Claims DIR. Peter
Stiens, Are Readily Heard
Through the Earth.

Sir William Preece's wireless tele-
phone experiments, by which it is an
nounced it has been possible to hear
distinctly series of taps used on the
Morse principle, has caused great in
terest in the electrical world and has
been made the subject of statement
by DR.. Peter Stiens, who has been hard
at work for years on a system of wire
less telephony.
In an interview with representa-
tive of the London Central News DR..
Stiens said:
II have read some account of Sir Will
liam Preece's wireless telephone ex-
periments, but I may say that ! am not
working on Herzian waves at all. My
principle is that of using only one
means of conduction-namely, the
earth. simply send electricity
through the earth from one apparatus
to another in sympathy with it. No
high poles or balloons or anything OF
that kind is required for my system.
''My apparatus is small and portable.
Of course, I cannot, for obvious reasons,
just at present tell you about It's con-
struction and method of use. / have
not had an opportunity of examining
Sir William Preece's system, but see
that in the newspaper account all that
is claimed for it is that the users can
hear taps, which, when used as a Morse
system, can be utilized in the sending
of messages.
"Now, from this it would appear that
to be able to use his inven ton one must
be a telegraph operator or other person
understanding the Morse code. Oh
course I don't know what Sir William
has in mind for the future, but claim
that by my invention not only taps
but the spoken words, the sound of the
human voice, can be heard and that at
great distances with excellent results.
Soon I hope to be in a position to give
a series of practical demonstra tions in
the presence of electrical experts
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sharks teeth about her bronze throat.
Her arms and limbs are bare. She has
teen shoes, but she prefers to be COM
portable. She also refuses stockings,
contrary to the Samoan warrior, who, it
is told, marched with his comrades in
battle array wearing a pair of opera
length silk hose, the soles of which were
worn completely off. These had no
doubt been given to him by some Eu-
sopean travellers.
Although the Samoan girl does not
wear clothes, properly speaking, she is
taught while still very young to en-
broider and sew.
The hairpins worn in her hair are
beautiful in their workmanship. They
are made out of the wood of a cocoanut
tree, and are carved with dead cocoa
hut leaf. This is most delicate work.
The girls are taught to swim when
babies. They are graceful and readily
learn to dance. As a people the samoans
are great dancers, and during their
holiday seasons they dance day and
night. They are also fond of music,
Ind have native instruments, which
they beat to strange rhythmic music,
aot altogether beautiful, but har-
monious.
The marriage of the Samoan girl is
arranged by her parents. The girl never
thinks of having any opinion of her own
ON the subject, but accepts the parents
3aa 4s1J~ FTIies n nt
prevent her from having any number
If admirers before or after marriage.
which seems to be another matter ene
sirely. She is far more interesting in
her native costumes, pursuing the Gus
tomary life of her own people, than
when she tries to ape the foreigners
who visit her beautiful tropical country
10 admire her in all her native sim
plicity and beauty-N. 7. Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
HOW TO CLEAN JEWELRY.
To Keep Diamonds Sparkling and
Silver Trinkets Shining Is Not
a DifEicuIt Task.

Diamonds may be cleaned by brush.
inc them with a lather of soap and wa.
ter, rubbing them afterwards with eau
de cologne. If well shaken in bag oi
bran they acquire great brilliancy. Cut
stones should not be wiped after being
washed. Wash in a iather Of white
soap, rinse and put on their faces in
sawdust until quite dry. Opals which
have become dim may be polished by
rubbing them well with oxide Of tin OF
with damp putty spread on chamois
leather; finish with damp powdered
chalk, also spread on leather. Then
wash the opals with soft brush in wa.
ter and then immersed in the follow.
ing: Salt one pine, alum one pint, salt.
peter two pints, water four pints
Leave the silver in this for five minutes
then rinse in cold water and polish with
a leather. They should be kept in sil.
yer paper. Oxidized silver can be
cleaned in a quarter of pint of sui,
phuric acid, mixed with one quart
of water. Ordinary silver articles may
be kept bright by cleaning them with
slice of lemon and afterward rinsing
in cold water. Then wash in lather Of
soap and rinse in hot water, dry with g
soft cloth and polish with leather
Nickel should be rubbed with a flannel
dipped in ammonia. Amber may be
rubbed with wet powdered chalk; ther
with little olive oil applied with fan.
mel. Ivory can be whitened with {
solution of peroxide Of hydrogen, OF
let the articles stand in spirits of wine
in the Observation-Disclosures CONNER
a;a1 Tribune
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
OVERLOOKING ANIMAL.
1t Is Known to Naturalists as Giyp'
todOn, and Belongs to the Arm
adilIO Family.

All young students of naturalhistory
are familiar with the armadillo, the
curious little animal which is found ir
Central and South American countries,
but no doubt very few of them know
that once upon time there existed a
gigantic arn1adillo as large as rhi'
noceros. A famous entomologist tells
how one day he saw a small armadillo
running around his garden with three
little monkeys perched on his back, but
had he seen great armadillo, large
enough to carry three or more men,
tearing across his premises he would
have been more astonished than
amused.
This gigantic armadillo is known to
naturalists as the glyptodon, and fossils
and remains have been found in the
bone caves of Brazil. Paraguay and Uru.
quay. Traces have also been found in
the Pleistocene deposits in these coun.
tries. The young naturalist may think
that Pleistocene is rather a formidable
word, but when it is explained that il
only means the period just preceding
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
THE PARTING SALUTE.
Now They Say Good-By I'm Europe,
Asia, the Islands of the Pacific
and Other Places.

The Turk will solemnly cross his
hands upon his breast and make pro-
found obeisance when he bids you fare
WELL
The genial Jap will take his slipper off
as you depart and say with smile:
"You are going to leave my despicable
house in your honorable journeying-
I regard thee!"
In the Philippines the parting bene-
diction is bestowed in the form of rub
bing ones friends face with ones hand.
The German "lebe wohr' is not par
ticularly sympathetic in its sound, but
it is less embarrassing to those it speeds
than the Hindu's performance, who,
when you go from him, falls in the dust
at your feet.
The FIJI Islanders cross two red
feathers. The natives of New Guinea
exchange chocolate. The Burmese bend
low and say: ''Hib. Hib."
The "Auf wiedersehen" of the Aus
trians is the most feeling expression
of farewell.
The Cuban would consider his good
was given good cigar. The South Sea
Islanders rattle each others whale
teeth necklace.
The Sioux and Blackfeet will, at part
ing, dig their spears in the earth as a
sign Of confidence and mutual esteem.
This is the origin Of the term, Bury
ing the tomahawk."
In the islands in the straits of the
Sound the natives, at your going, viii
stoop down and clasp your foot.
The Russian form of parting saluta-
ton is brief, consisting of the single
word, "praschai," said to sound like
sneeze. The Otaheite Islander will
twist the end of the departing guests
robe and then solemnly shake his own
hands three times.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
WERE REAL PERSONS.
Mother Goose and Mary Who Had the
Little Lamb Both Lived in
Massachusetts.

Many suppose "Mother Goose" TO be
an imaginary parsonage, but she Was
real woman, and her maiden nant
was Elizabeth Foster. She was born ir
1868, married Isaac Goose in 1898, few
years later became a member of the
Old South church of Boston, and died
in 1857 at the age of 80 years. Hel
songs were originally sung to hel
grandchildren. They were first pub
lished in 1716, by her son-in-law, Thorn,
as Fleet, of Boston.
The "Mary" that chad a little lamb
was Mary Elizabeth Sawyer, a Massa,
chusetts girl; the lamb was one OF
twins forsaken by an unnatural mother
Mary took it home and cared for il
herself. They became fast friends, and
when Mary started to school her pei
missed her very much. So one morn
ing it followed her. At school she
tucked it under her desk and covered
it with her shawl, but when she went
out to her spelling class the lamt
trotted after her. The children laughed
wildly, and the teacher had the lamt
taken from the room. On that morn,
ing young student named Rawlstop
was a visitor at the school. The Incl
dent awakened his poetic genius anu
a few days later he handed Mary the
first three verses of the poem. He died
soon after, ignorant of the immortal.
ity of his verses.
The lamb lived many years, and rlei
death by the horns of an angry cow
Mary's mother spun he wool into yarn
from which she knit her daughter a
pair of stockings. Years passed and
the stockings became yellow with age
Finally Mary raye1ed them out, cut the
yarn into bits, fuffed it out, sewed il
to cards, and after writing on them yer,
flying the genuineness of the yarn, sold
them to secure money to help save the
Old South church at Boston. Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
THE GIRLS OF SAMOA.
they Wear Kilt Skirts and Necklaces
of Sharks Teeth and Are
Born Coquettes.

The girl of Samoa is born coquette,
lull of romance and natural grace. Her
Usual costume is necklace of sharks
kirt. The number of sharks teeth in
her necklace is the measure of her popu-
arity among her admirers. The more
eeth the greater the belle.
From the time she is ten years of age
The begins to make eyes from behind a
beautifully carved fan. AS usual with
oquettes, she is fickle in the extreme,
Is we'll as romantic. Her nature is as
ferce as that of the warriors of her
ountry, and she is a thoroughly
rained athlete as well. She is skillful
h the use of arms and is cruel and re-
entless in war. She is equal in strength
many of the Samoan warriors.
For dress occasions the older Samoan
sirls wear the same costume as man.
This is kilt or piece of drapesy wound
lbout the waist in manner which
Gems to foreigner nothing short of
miraculous. This is called lava-lava, a
tort of mat material. A mere scrap of
wound about the waist of a child is
considered dress sufficient. Ordinarily
The children wear no garments what
wer. The drapery is of the same gen
.ral character as that worn by natives
If most Of the sah sea.islands and the
indian archipelago as well as the south
I'm countries OF Asia. 1t is called by
The Malays the sarong.
But the Samoan girl has been out in
HE world more or less of late years.
The tourists from other countries have
risited Samoa; so the natural beauty of
The native Samoan girl is being spoiled
by her great vanity. She not only
spends great deal of time in beautify-
ng herself, but she adopts such incon-
gruous combinations as fine mat lava
AVA and a ball gown waist or velvet
basque cut V necked, her hair done up
impire style and wearing, to complete
ier toilet, a string of ferns around her
waist and a necklace of the inevitable
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10
WASHING THE FACE.
Instead of Using Water After Wall
Ladies Should Bnthe with
Lait VirginaI.

Many skins will not stand constant
washing, a practice which indeed
tends to coarsen the complexion Thor.
ough washing once a day is sufficient
for most women, and is far prefer.
able to partial and careless ablutiont
morning, noon and night. Instead OF
cleansing the face in water when com
ing in from a walk. or when one feels
that wash would be refreshing, il
is capital thing to battle it with laif
virginia.. 1t is an excellent purifier
easily made and harmless. Tt is
moreover, delightfully."- refreshing. ]
give the recipe: Rose, orange flower
or elder flower water one pint; sim
pie tincture of benzoin, two ounces;
tincture of myrrh, ten drops; gylcer,
inc, ten drops. Place the rose wa
ter in bowl, and while stirring it
with a glass or porcelain spoon, ado
drop by drop the benzoin, then the
myrrh and glycerine.
Be sure you get the simple tincture
of benzoin, as the compound tincture
contains other ingredients quite IN.
suited to. the purpose. Some skins will
not stand glycerine. II this is the
case with yours, all that need be done
is to omit 1t from the emulsion. Never
use pure glycerine to the skin of the
face, as it tends to induce hairy
growth.
The lait virginia. should be ap.
piled with a soft rag, and one is often
surprised at the amount Of dirt, un.
suspected because undetected, which
is brought away.-Philadelphia Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-02-10

man he will not think the word so hard
to master after all. From having found
remains of the glyptodon in the Pleisto,
| Gene deposits the scientific men know
that the great animal was living just
before the human species came into ex,
istence.
| At the Cincinnati museum of natural
| history in Broadway there is life-size
| cast or restoration of the remains OF
| the glyptodon, and very wonderful,
| thing it is, and something well worth
seeing. The picture gives an idea of its
appearance, but it should be seen to be
appreciated. The shell of the arma.
dillo, it will be remembered, is madt
up of buckler-like plates, so that wher
he wishes to decline himself to company
he can roll himself up and present moth.
| ing but his hard shell to the world. The
glyptodon, however, differs from the
armadillo in that his shell, or carapace
is composed of one solid piece, and {
very big piece it is. Indeed, if it wal
| turned over the shell would make very
nice bathtub, large and deep enough
for several little boys to swim in. Tht
facial portion of the skull is very short:
the limbs are very strong and the fee
are short and broad, resembling, exter
nally, those of the elephant or the to6l
/ toise.
There are many entertaini
to be seen at the museum O. rs
tory, both for the studd and the
casual observer, and the cast of thu
glyptodon skeleton is not among this
least interesting Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.