SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN.
Vf-, Mi CtiENEYj Publisher;
VOL. VIII.
The Baby.
Tray, have you heard the news?
Sturdy in lungs and thews
There's a new baby!
Ring bells of crystal life,
Wave boughs with blossoming tip;
Think what he may be!
love cannot love enough,
Winter is never rough
All around such sweetness;
One of a mi lion more
Lent to the glad heart's door
In their completeness.
Tho.-ah in each year 'tis told,
Buch news is never old
Of a first birthday;
Welcome thou ray of light,
In joyous wishes dight,
Sail down thy mirth-way.
—Rose If. Lathrop, in the JToiueieife.
Mrs. Melthorpa's Mistake.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
"Mark Antony's widow!'' said Mr.?.
Jlolthorpe, sharply. "Again! Didn't
I desire you to tell her yesterday, when
she called, that I -was particularly en
gaged?'"
Hyacinth Melthorpo hesitated. She
•was a tall, angular girl of fifteen, with
foot and hands pitifu ly in her way, and
big, frightened eyes, liko thoso of a
haro disturbo 1 in its woodlani haunts.
"Mamma," sho vcuturei, "won't
you see her? Biie is very pretty and
young, and she looks so dreadfully
tired."
"No, I won't," said Mrs. Mclthorpe,
standing with a little Dresden statuette
in her hand, and considering whether
it had better be packe 1 in a trunk or
carried b/ hand. "I am going down
to my brother-in-law llarp?r'a, with
Norino, and I have no time to spare for
poor rolations."
"Oh, mamma, hush! She will hear
you!"
"Lot her hear mo. The truth never
yet did anybody any harm. Mark
Antony would marry her, in spito of all
of us, when ho might have had Pru
dentia Goldiland with her quarter of a
million, for the asking."
"Mamma, sho is your brother's
widow."
Mrs. Melthorpo fixed upon her young
est born a Gorgon glance which nearly
froze her to death.
"Be silent, Miss!'' said she. "Is it
for a slip of a thing like you to contra
dict me and lay down the law? Tell
Mark Autony's widow lo go about her
business!"
v At this moment, however, Ilyncinlh
\ras re inforced by a slight, fair-haired
little woman in a very plain black
gown; who valiantly presented herself
on the scene.
"Do not blame Hyacinth, Mrs. Mel
thorpo," said sho. "I called to sec
you because I have just returned from a
visit to Harper Castle—''
Mrs. Melthorpo stiffened visibly.
Hyacinth looked appalled. Even
Norine, tho beauty of tho family, who
lay like a sultana among her cushions,
and drank chocolate,roused herself into
something like attention, lifting her
big, deer-like cyci to the blushing face
of tho newcomer.
"She is pretty, in a wax doll sort of
fashion," thought Norine, who herself
was a sort of Junoniun belle—large,
languid and pink -checked.
'•Yes," said Mis. Melthorpo. "But
if you will allow mo to mention it, Mrs.
Mark Antony, it was hardly tho thing
for you to besiege my poor dear brother
in-law—oven at his own home."
"His wife was Maik Antony's sis
ter."
"Humph!'' said Mrs. Melthorpe, "If
you expect, madame, to be adopted by
all Mark Antony's relations, you will
find yourself considerably mistaken.
You are young and perhaps inexperi
enced. Allow me to warn you that too
much pushing will not be tolerated by
the family."
Mrs. Mark Antony Mnywood colored
to the very roots of her golden fringe
of hair; she would have spoken, but
her sister-in-law kept the floor.
"If you will read the nowspapcrs,"
said she, "you will perceive that there
are plenty of situations as companions,
stenographers, amanuenses, and so on,
to be had."
"But—"
Again Mrs. Melthorpe struck in:
"Or I would recommend you to study
telegraphy, or purchase a typewriter
and practice diligently upon it. Any
thing would be preferable to becoming
a burden upou your friends. Good
morning!"
Mrs. Mark Antony withdrew silently.
Korlne Melthorpe tossed her head; Hya
cinth bunt into tears.
•'Goosey," cried Norine, "what are
you sobbing about?'*
"Oh, it wai too cruel," faltered
Hyacinth. ••You might at least have
offered her a cup oi your chocolate,
Norine?"
"Nonsense," said Norine. ' "Tho
woman has got to bo taught to know
her place! Lot her goto work!"
"But she never was brought up'to do
anything. She was rich when Uncle
Mark Antony married her," pleaded
Hyacinth.
"Sie might have hid a few thousand
dollars—nothing to what Prudentia
Goldiland would have inherited; but it
is no fault of ours that Mark Antony
gambled them all away. Her mother
should have brought her up dif
ferently.."
' Mamma, it's just the way you have
educated Norino. Sho can't even sew
on her own shoo-buttons 1' protested
truthful Hyaciuth.
"How dare you argue with mo, you
impertinent minx?" retorted Mrs.
Melthorpe, putting down the Drosden
statue.'to and giving Hyacinth a smart
box on the ear. ' 'Go down stairs and
help B'idget, at once; and don't you
ever dare agnin to dictate to mel"
So the packing went on—'for although
Mrs. Melthorpo had only written to her
wealthy brothor-in-law that she would
spend a few weeks at Harper Castle,
with his permission, as dear Norine's
health was delicate, and Hyacinth,
sweet child, was growing a great deal
too fast, still she had invio up her
mind to remain there permanently,
when once she had obtained a footing.
"And I wonder," thought indignant
Hyacinth, "what mamma calls that but
pushing."
The Melthorpes went down by train
the next week but one, leaving the
packing-boxes 011 storage, aud taking
only nine trunks. For Harper Castle
was not many miles from Saratoga, and
Mrs. Melthorpe intended that "dear
Norine" should havo the benoflt of the
fashionable season.
"Albert Harper is as rich as Croosus,"
thought the roaQOEUvering mother, "Mud
there's no reason that some of the
money shouldn't be spent on his
nieces!"
She had not seen mr'i of the Har
pers of Harper Castle, of late years be
cause there had bson no very particular
warmth of nffjctioa between herself and
her sister. "If I had supposed," rea
soned Mrs. Melthorpe, "that Artomis
was going to marry rich, I should liuvo
treated her very diffjrontly those years
that she lived at homo with me. But
Melthorpe said there wai no reason she
shouldn't earn her living, and save ui
tho extra expense of a lidy's maid—
and, of course, all that is a bygone
now, and if wo play our cards woll, we
can have a homo at Hirpcr Castle for
the rest of our lives!"
The elegaut open landau with its
deep bay horses glitteving with gold
plated liar ties', and its two coaclimin
in black livjry, was waiting at the sta
tion. Norino eutered it, moro like
royal Juno than ever. Mrs. Melthorpe
bustled after her, aud Hyacinth seated
herself timidly at tho bac'.c of tho car
riage.
••This is something like,"
languidly exultant. "Mamma, wo'vo
been grubs all our lives, now we arc
commencing to bo buttcsflic). 1 must
say, I liko to-feel my wings."
And Hyacinth was silent.
Colonel Harper met them at the door
—a superb archel portal beneath a row
of Carinthia i colums. He was a hand
some, mid He-aged gentleman, his hair
just sprinkled with gray, his keen, dark
eyes sparkling through eye-glasses.
Norino kissod him effuuvely. Mrs.
Melihorpo sq'ieezo his hand. Hyacinth
shrank back, scarcely daring to appro
priate any of tho welcome to herself.
"Pray walk in,' said tho C-done'. "I
was just considering the propriety of
writing to you, when I received the let
let announcing your speedy visit"
"My dear Albert I Of writing to
us?"
"Yes," sai 1 Colonel Harpar, usher
ing them into a stately drawing-room.
"I do not know that my affairs particu
larly affect the reit of tho family, but I
had decided to let you know of my
second marriage."
Mrs. Melthorpe gare a gasp. Norino
lookod appalled. No thunderbolt could
have taken them more by surprise.
"Artemis has been deal a year now,"
went on tho Colonel, in cool business
like accents. "The lady who has hon
ored mo by intrusti-ug her future to my
cars is * connection of this family.
Evelyn, my d«»r'' (bsokoniag *• »
LAPORTE, PA., FRLDZ, FEBRUARY 28, 1890.
slight figure which up to this time had
lingered among the shadows of tha
bay-window draperies), "I wish to in
troduce to you my late wife's sister and
her daughters. Mrs. Melthorpe—young
ladies—this is Mrs. Harper.
' 'Why!'' cried out Hyacinth, in her
impulsive fashion, "it's Uncle Mark
Antony's widow!"
Mrs. Melthorpo had reddened as il
boiling carmine paint had been poured
through all her veins. Norine grasped
at her lace neck-frills as if she found
difficulty in breathing. Mrs. Harper
greeted them with a certain calm gra
ciousness, liko a queen receiving her
subjects.
''l tried to tell you about it that day
in the city," said she, "I should have
liked to ask you to our quiet wed
ding; but you declined to hear me out.
V. u desired me to read the newspapers,
or to buy a typewriter, or something o
that kind. I could not get a chance to
explain to you that Colonel Harper was
a friend of mine in the old days before
I married Mark Antony, and before he
was betrothed to Miss Artemis May
wood."
Sirs. Melthorpe and Miss Norine re
turned to New York in tho evening
train. After all that was come and
gone they deemed it bost speedily to re
tire from the field. Bat Mrs. Harper
putin a plea for Hyacinth to remain at
the castle.
•'She was the only one who spoke
kindly to mo," said she. •'Without in
tending to be an eavesdropper, I heard
her begging for qu-rter for me. That ,
it was cavalierly refused was no fault of
hers. You will stay with me, dear lit
tle Hyacinth?"
"If mamma docs not object," said
Hyacinth, secretly wondering if tho
world was coming to an end.
'■Mamma' 1 did not object in tha
.east. It was something to have that
:nil, awkward school-girl provided for,
ihe thought.
•'But what Colonel Harper could
lave seen to fancy in Mark Antony's
widow," as she said afterward to
■inc. uau't iiuagme.
Perhaps all this was a lesson to Mrs.
Melthorpe; perhaps not. There aro <
tome people who will never learn much ]
m the school of that grim old peda- <
jogue, Experience!— Thi Ltdjer. •
Two Delicate Operations. >
Thero aio at present in St. Mary's '
liospital two patients whose cases ara '
ittracting a great deal of attention 1
imong physicians and surgeons, says '
:he St. Paul Pioneer Pre us. The moM •
remarkable caso is that of a gentleman '■
connected with one of the leading busi- t
ness houses of the city, who has lately I
been suffering from brain trouble. His'
ca?e had bscomc so serious that it was <
decided an operation was advisable. It
was what is known as degeneration of J
the brain. The only possible remedy is '
by removing the top of the skull and <
taking out tho diseased matter. It is i
an exceedingly delicato operation, of'
course, aud one the success l
of which in this caso was con-!
sidered exceedingly problematical, but
as it was tho only hope tho operation
was performed in the presence of a score
of physicians. The patient is doing 1
well, though tho final result cannot yet
bo determined. Tho flow of blood is
very great, and the operation has proved
much more successful than was thought
probable at the time. It is said to havo
been the first operation of tho kind ever
performed in the state.
The second case, if less remarknblo,
is moro curious. A man in some mys
terious way swallowed his teeth, not
the molars which naturj gavo him, bu(
the set which his dentist provided as 9
substitute. They lodged deep down iq
his throat, and put a stop to everything
except breathing. A hole had to b(
cut in his throat and the teeth extracted.
The operation was successfully per
formed, and tho patient is doing well,
and will keep his eye on his teeth aftoi
this.
Mustard Oil as a Lubricant.
Mustard oil has of lato been given
some attention as a lubricant, and it il
.reported to have beon successfully used
for some time in Germany for 1 übricat
ing purposes. It is said not to be sua
ceptible to cold, and, besides, does nd
easily become rancid or form fatty acid
which would attac'.c metal. Its lubrj
eating valu 1 ", moreover, nccording tl
Prof. G. Il'.rman. of Aix-la-Ohapelld
is of a relatively high order. N> pu
ticulars have been yet given as to tlx
oost of the n»w it* speclU
gravity, etc.
IFLUENZA AT SEA.
iw it Struck Fleets and Visit
ed Distant Islands.
>e Ocean no Limit to the Pro
gress of the Epidemic.
The peculiarity of influenza, says a writ
in the Loudon Pall Mall Gazette, is that
ica or an ocean puts no limits to its
ogress. Ships sail into influenza as
sy sail into the doldrums; in passing
rough a certain region of the high
is they take on board something
lich starts an epidemic of influenza
long the crew, and if thoy be not far
>in port, they will not improbably
d the epidemic prevailing on shore
len they arrive. The fleet under
jmpenfeldt left Spithead on tho 2 I of
iy, 1782, and kept cruising out of
;ht of land between the Lizird and
,po Ushnnt.
About the end of May influenza broke
ton board all or most of tho ships,
d so seriously disable! the crews that
e Admiral was obliged to return to
rt in the second weok of Juno,
aothcr incident in tho naval annals
ings out a further curious side of this
uny-sided epidemic influence. The
igate Rose arrived at Portsmouth from
ewfoundlaud on November 4, 1788,
a timo when influenza was prevalent
this port. At once all the dogs on
>ard ihe frigato were taken with cough
id catarrh, and in a short time the
hole ship's company sickened with it
Another example, similar to the last,
as furnished by Lord Howe's fleet,
hich sailed from England for tho
>utch coast on tho 6th of May in the
ime year. Towards the end of May
IO disorder appeared among tho crew
112 the Rippon, and, two days later,
inong the crew of the Princess Amelia,
'ho crews of other ships in tho fleet
ere affected at different time', some
ot until their return to Portsmouth
l tho second week of June,
'lus fleet, like rtmt nl
idmiral Ki-mpenfeldt, had nocommuni
iition with tho shore, after leaving
'ortsmoutli, until it reached the Downs,
n its return, about the 31 or 4th of
une. An equal y remarkable instance
fan opposite kind was observed dur
ng tlie epidemic of 1837, when the
lalady is first mentioned as having
>cen prevalent in Lisbon, and among
he merchant shipping in Portuguose
nd Spanish ports, during the month of
r. iiliry. Early in February it appeared
■i the Russell, an English min-of-war,
lien a' anchor in tho Tagus, and the
irst man it attackel had been ox posed
he greater part of thj clay in a boat
nd on shore.
The discaso rapilly spread, and af
ected eighty-four of tho crew. In tho
aine year the Canopus, with 650 men,
iftcr three years of scrvico ou the Medi
erranean station, left Malta on tho Ist
>f January, and, after having stopped
wenty-four hours at G.braltar, and
jart of a day at Barcelona, reached
Plymouth Sound on tho Ist of Febru
iry. The weather was cold and wet,
ind influcnzi was prevalent on shore,
ind yet tho crew continued in perfect
icalth until the 15th, when tho epi
lemic struck down two-thirds of the
men in one day. In March tho disease
reached such a hoight at Barcelona that
business was almost suspended
Another curious phenomenon is in tho
epidemic catarrh which breaks out
among the inhabitants of such remote
islands as St. Ktlda and Iceland, whon
Btrangers touch at the former, or the
first spring ships arrive at tho latter-
The St. Kilda influenza used to be
thought to bo a mere fable, although
Dr. Johnson believed in it against the
scientific opinions of his day.
During a seven years'residence in Nor
folk Island, tho well-known settlement
of the descendants of tho Bounty mu
tineers, I had opportunities of verifying
the popular local tradition that tho ar
rival of a vessel was almost invariably
accompanied by an epidemic of influ
enza among tho inhabitants of tho
islanl. In sp'to of the apparent re
moteness of cause and offect, the con
nection had so strongly impressed itself
on the mind of the Njrfolk Islanders
that they wero in the habit of distin
guishing the successive outbreaks by
the name of the vessel during whose
visit it had occurred. But the phe
nomenon is not confinod to Norfolk
island.
B&rna and stable i art not suitable
plftcu lor hi a roMM*
Terms $1.25 in Advance; $1.50 after Three Month*.
Bravery of the Russian Soldier.
The Russian soldier, says a Russian
general in Harper's Magi tint, dies at
bis post. I have seen him in winter on
sentry duty on the heights of Bhipka
die standing, surrounded by snow, and
transformed literally into a statue of
ice; I havo seen him die on the march,
striding over the 6a'idy deiert, and
yielding up hU last breath with his last
step; 1 havo soon him die of his wounds
on the battle-field or ia the hospital, at
a distance of three thousand inilos from
his native village—and in these supreme
moments I havo always found the Rus
sian soldier sublime.
Although a child of the plain, where
his eye rarely descries tho most
modest hill, wo seo him boldly scalo
the topmost summits of the Caucasus,
and climb tho rocks and glaciers of the
Thian- Shan, fighting all the time. He
feels at homo everywhere, whether ».
tho steppes of the father-land, in thi
tundras of Siberia, or tho mountains
and deserts of Central Asia. He has an
exceptional faculty of putting himself
at his ease wherever he may be, even in
places where others would die of hun
ger and thirst.
I have seen tho Russian soldier at
homo in timo of peace, or during truces
in the enemy's country, rocking tho
peasant's child in the village where he
was stationed; I have seen him biv
ouacking in the desert, with his tongue
parched and burning, receive his ration
of a quarter of a litre of salt-water; I
have seen him in heat and in cold, in
hunger and in thirst, in peace and in
war—and I havo always found in him
tho same desire to oblige, tho samo ab
negation cf self for tho sako of the
safety and tho good of others. 1 hose
special characteristic! of the Russian
soldier—his self-denial, his simple and
natural self-sacrifice—give him peculiar
powers as a warrior.
Climbing Stairs and Hills.
The doctors tell us that a moderate
climbing of stairs and hills is benofit
cial. It stimulates tho action oir tho
nearr, una wnere this organ is sluggish
in its movement it is well to accelerate
it by walking slowly up any ordinary
ascent. It is, indeed, becoming a
noticeable habit to avoid everything in
the way of second or third stories, and
those conservative persons who cling to
their upper offices and havo no eleva
tor are lot alono by idle visitors at lent,
and by nearly all who can satisfy tlioir
demands as woll in more oasily accss
bb placet. Indolence, like appetite,
grows by indulgence, and it is only oc
casionally that tho well-protected gar
den whore our vanities and foibles arc
cultivated is invaded by a disturbing
breeze. When wo hear, for instance,
of the old women who act as general
servants in the apartment houses of
Paris and with the ease with which they
mount six or seven fl gilts of stairs
mauy times daily, wo aro willing tocon*
less to a little of both compassion and
envy.
But we need not go so far away from
home. Only last weok a woman who
sat down breathlessly at the head of
two long flights of stairs,an 1 summoned
her first words to utter a complaint, re
ceived from tho friend who offered her
sympathy this unintentional reproof:
"Wo should all hero spend moro timo
in giving utterance to vexed wordi wero
it not that Mr. Blank, who is 89 years
of age, comei here every day to attend
to bis business, and never says a word
about tho stairs, or seems to think of
fatigue." Perhaps the elevator will be
not an undisgu!s?d blessing after all.—
Boston Herald.
Treachery of Australian Natives.
A conspicuous trait in the charactorof
the Austra'.iaa native, sayi Carl Tum
holtz, is treachery, and tho colonists are
wont to givo tho stranger the warning,
"Never havo a bli c'.c fel'ow behind
you." Nor should she, as a rue, rely
on them, llow difHcu'.t it is for them
to lay aside their uncivilized l:a >its
may bs seen from the following inci
dent, which happened at Dawson River:
A squatter was walking in the bush in
compnny with his black boy hunting
brush tur'.cey (Talogalla). As they
sauntered forth the black boy touched
him on tho shoulder from behind and
said, "Let mo go ahead." When tho
squatter asked why ho wished togo
before him, ths boy answered, "I feel
such an inclination to kill you." Tho
black boy had been oil the station for
s veial yean, where ho had served as
shephard sad bad prove! bim*«lf v«r/
capable
NO. 20.
/he Mist and the Night Wind.
[A e mist rose from the river,
It sifted through the trees,
wof nil about the wooded hills
A gray and ghostly frieze.
i.nd the wind amid the pine trees hissed
Its loftj scor.i of the valley mist.
rhe mist spread over the valley,
It swept on quiet wings
O'er sedge and marsh and meadow,
O'er rocks and fairy rings.
And the night wind told the trees it kissed
Its hate for the low-born valley mist.
But when the day was dawning,
The pallid mist grew gold,
And to the azure o'er the hills
In clouds of glory rolled.
While amid the pines, and in its pride.
The scornful night wind sank and died.
—lHlttburg Dispatch.
HUMOROUS.
The coming man will fly wlieii the
coming broom is after him.
The boy who is loft unmolested in
the pantry is likely to strike a pudding.
When a worn in wants the earth, it is
with tho view of giving it to some
man.
A young man whoso girl went back
on him says that ho suffers from heart
failuro.
First Dentist—Are you meeting with
any luccess? Second Dentist—Oh, I
am pulling right along.
No one is allowed to dostroy pavei
mcnts, yet it is not unusial to sco a
mango tearing up the street.
If a lovely woman smacks mo on one
cheek I will turn her the other also,
bravely ejaculates a humorist.
''Good-night; I hopo you 11 sleep
well," said the friend of the policeman
as the latter went out on his night tour.
In Siam it is death to mention tho
king's name. In Russia it is destruc
tion to tho jaw to pronounce sonio of
tho names of the common paoplo.
Scientist—Bring me a decoction of
burned peas, sweetened with glucose
and lightened with chalk and water.
Waiter (vociferously) —Coffee for one.
Tho Good Friend—So, good bye,
dear old follow, and if over you want
fnO oomo to mo o'tid we'll go together
and find somo one who will lend it to
us.
Man of the House (coldly)—To what
am I indebted for tho honor of this
visit? Caller (with folded document)
—To the firm of Allwoad & Go. —57.60.
I'm their new collector.
She—Why do you look so unhappy,
George? Don't you know wo are one
now? He—Yes, Iv o heard that be
fore, but when it comes to paying the
hotel bill tho landlord doesn't seem to
think so.
How inconsistent somo men are, to bo
sure! Thcro's Bleigh, for example. Ho
is forever boasting that he never docs
anything by halves, and yet everything
that is done at all in his house is done
by his better half.
Woman—Hera, tako this coat.
Tramp—l know it's a hard winter, but
stylo or nothing is my motto. Fashion
decrees that single-breasted ulsters shall
bo worn, and you will notice, madam,
that this coat has two rows of buttons.
I cannot tako it.
"Don't sleep with your moutn open,"
snid Fred to his younger brother. ''You
should breathe through your nose."
•'But I don't know when my mouth's
oj en. What do you do when you wnko
up and find your mouth open?' 1 '"Wiia
do I do? Why, I get up and shut it."
Takes two, they say,
To make a light;
And when they quarrel
Neither's right.
Sold Her Body for Glnarcr-Breacl.
'Squire Smith Kennedy says that he
has attended several hangings in his
life. Tho most notablo one was tho
hanging of a blackwoinan, a slave, noar
the Fair Grounds. She was hanged for
poisoning a couple of her master's chil
dren. S'.icsold her body to some med
ical students at Lexington for all the
ginger-bread she could cat while she
v. as in jail awaiting for tho execution.
After the hanging tho students placed
tho body in a colli J, and swung it undei
a wagon and drove oil to Lexington in
hot haste —their horses in a fast trot—
hoping to arrivo there in time to resusci
tate the body with electricity. Just before
arriving tliero tho rope broko and the
c >rpse fell to tho pke and the c< Hi i
broke into halves and the corpse rolled
out. They gathered it up and carried
it into Lexington by hand-power. A'
U' thing more was heard of the woman,
it is fair to presume that tlioir experi
ment «II A FTDLURJ. (FY.)
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