The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 8, 1901, Page 8

-~ OYALTY is really going to pay a visit to this country in the person of King Chulalongkorn®of Siam, and his Queen. Hamilton King, United States Minister at Bangkok, Siam, has been in- formed through Prince Devawongse, Sia- mese Minister for IForeign Affairs, that King Chulalongkorn of Siam would like to pay a visit to America in the near fu- ture. His Majesty has it in his mind to vigit Japan, and would be pleased to avall himself of the same opportunity to visit the United BStates also, The Minister o3 HY Sl st iy Pineapples for Decoration INEAPPLES for decoration seem a little odd, but they prove very ar- tistic for center tables. The variety Caraguata cardinalis has green leaves, the inner ones of the rosette hav- ing a magnifi »nt orange red tint. Out of this rozette rises the bright red blossom. The brilliantly tinted leaves of blooming plants retain their color a whole year, Other plants show beautifully marked leaves. Billbergla rhoducyanea, for in- stance, has fluted leaves, with wavy white cross lines. Strong plants bear stately blossoms surmounted by large rose-colored leaves. These plants collect a great deal of water in the funnel-shaped base of the leaves, whereby the at- mospheric moisture necessary to the plant iy created and maintained. The plants renew themselves by sprouts, so that one plant provorly attended to provides never- ending pleasure, THE SUN Hamilton King, our Minister DAY CALL, ety at Bangkok, receives formal no- tice of Chulalongkorn’s projected trip. The monarch wants to take another look at western civilization for the benefit of his subjects. He will make the trip in his own American trade with Siam. +_____.._.———— e e e e e thinks that such a visit would lead to a better appreciation of American iustitu- tions on the part of the Siamese. ¥or some years there have been period- ical rumors that the King intended visit- ing America. There is a certain degree of caution required in discussing and ar- ranging such a trip, because of the ne- cessity of determining the exact status of the King abroad in such a mannsr that nothing might happen in his treat- ment which would cause him to lose dig- nity in the eyes of his people, While the King was on his trip through Europe several years ago circumstances with re- gard to his reception gave rise to much rewspaper comment and misinterpreta- tion. It is against the possibility of such misinterpretation that he wishes to guard, He appreciates that for one monarch Lo vigit the realm of another means an in- vitation from the sovereign host and more or less recognition on the part of the government to which he is of neces- sity in the position of a guest, He at the same time appreciates that with our republic it must be quite otherwise, and while he fully understands this and would be glad to come to the United States im yacht. This wvisit should boom a private capacity, if he could do so, for the sake of the education it would be to himself and his people, he feels a feac that t® go in such a manner might be regarded in Siam as indicating something of hostility, or at least indifference to his country, The King would come with his suite in his own yacht to S8an Francisco. There lives in Michigan, at Grand Rapids, Rev. Daniel ¥. Bradley, D, D., who was bomn in Siam and lived there years ago as an intimate friend of his Majesty, and who speaks the Siamese language fluently, He would be of vast assistance if his ser- vices could be secured in charge_ of the royal party. Siam is well disposed toward us and thoroughly appreciates the influence of America in the Chinese question. She has known us, with the exception of the Cheek case, very favorably through our missionaries, but naturally through such a channel she has known us only as a good people rather than as a great and strong nation, For political power she has always looked toward Europe only. The best Siam has seen or now knows in coramercial or industrial development lias either been seen in Ilurope or been brought hither from IZurope by her lead- ers, very many of whom have been edu- cated there, The stars and stripes have not been seen in the harbors of Bangkok for over six years, but American commerce is find- ing its way there and her products are commending themselves in competition Japan has opened her doors toward rerican goods and American institu- bition of her little sister. All#this makes the King the more desirous of knowing A Lsldle Sa Ll 3 Bee Venom for Rheumatism na advocates as an effective rem- edy for rheumatism the saturat- venom of bees, ¥or the purpose he ex- tracts the venom, treasuring it up in way of punctures. Ie founds this treat- ment on his discovery that rheumatic pa- to anything like the same degree as other people. e found that the tumefaction bee does not appear in the rheumatic pa- tient unless he has been stung several hardly felt. When the patlent suffers himself to be stung repeatedly his im- comes complete and he feels no pain whatsoever. What is more, he gets with the cheap stuffs that flood the Ori- tions, and the ways of Japan are the am- the United States. A DOCTOR of much repute in Vien- ing of the patient's body with the quantity and applying it artificially in the tients do not suffer from a bee's sting or swelling that follows the stinging of a times, while in some cases the stinging is munity against the poison of the bee be- cured of his rheumatism,