SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W, M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. VIII. There appears to the New York Com mercial Advertiser to be some ground for the suspicion that some great, power is guiding the strikes in Europe, which nil seem to bear the uppcarance of concerted action. It was a big drop that the New York Legislature made in the remuneration of the Sheriff of New York, observes the New Orleans Tunes-Democrat, when it fixed his salary at $12,000 a year. Under the fee system it has been nearer 850,000. The most prominent experts in dogs in this country are firm in the belief that thoroughbred dogs are less intelligent than mongrels. Nearly all the dogs ex hibited on the stage are cross-breeds and dogs of low lineage, if they can boust known parentage at all. The Kansas Financier is convinced that "one of the greatest afflictions that can befall a State or community is to have a boom. The recovery is worse than h plague. Steady growth and honest business methods should always be en couraged, but none other." It will surprise many readers to know that Castle Garden, New York, is noth ing less than a fortress extended and built over, and that in the early part of the century it was considered a stronger building than Castle William, which fronts it across the way on Governor's Island. The young Apache children taken to the Ramona school, at Santa Pe, New Mexico, promises to soon adopt the ways of civilization. The only way to tame the Apache, asserts the San Francisco Chronicle, is to begin with the children, and it is doubtful whether much advance will be made with these it they are per mitted to return to their parents. It is to be hoped that some idea of regular work may be impressed upon these youuej savages, for this is the first step in any permanent redemption from their old life. The latest fad of the famous manufac turer. food reformer and politico-econo mist of Boston, Edward Atkinson, is the production of new. cheap and whole some food from such cereals as oat and corn meal, raw wheat, barley and rye. The material is cleaned, steam cooked and pressed into blocks. Out of these he proposes to make dishes that will en able a man to live well at a cost of a dime a day. He has also invented a number of cookers, wherewith a housekeeper can prepare the daily dishes of a family at an expense for fuel of three or four cents a day. It is rumored that New York thinks of celebrating the landing of Columbus all by herself. "Such a show in 1802 would," in the estimation of the New Orleans Picaymit, "be a serious blow to Chicago's fair the following year. The idea is for New York to get up a big ju bilea with a lot of aucicnt looking ves sels. There would be many picturesque effects. Columbus and his followers would have to be gorgeously dressed in order to attract the crowd, but as the Indians in the show would require no costumes at all, the expense would not bo much." Possibly to show how fertile the French soldier is in the way of resource, M. Edmond dc Goncourt relates the fol lowing sensational incident in the fourth volume of his "Journal." just printed: "During the Franco-Prussian war the wheel of a gun got out of order, and an artillery officer directed that it should be greased. Being unable to find any grease, one of the gunners went up to a 'slovenly, unhandsome corpse,' split the skull with his ax, took out the brains and clapped them, all hot, on the wheel. This is very horrible, if true, and is very powerful if it be fiction, and might be recommended to Rider Haggard. Eight more frontier forts have been designated as useless as military posts, and will be übandoued as soon as the gar rison can be withdrawn. They are Fort Maginnis, Montana; Fort Bridgcr. Wyo ming, Fort Sidney, Nebraska; Fort Crawford, Col.; Little Rock Barracks, Ark., and McDowell, Thomas and Verde in Arizona. In the case of some, civili zation has got so far beyond them that they ore no longer on the frontier, and others are to he abandoned in pursuance of the policy of concentrating troops in sufficient numbers to make more impor tant posts schools of instruction. The military reservations on which the forts stand will probably be devoted to the use of Indian i&UouLs. WHERE THE APPLE BLOSSOMS BLOW. Meet me where the apple blorwoms blow. Softly now the fragrant boughs are swing ing. Greet me when the moon begins to glow. And in the pines the whippoor wills are sing ing. With loyal heart a beat, Oh, haste with flying feet. And shame the sluggish hours that wing too Blow. The day was long and dreary. My heart is worn and weary. I count the laggard moments as they go, Love. Oh. Meet me where the apple blossoms blow. Meet me where the apple blossoms blow: T-iet the floating petals flake your tresses, Breathing us a benison below. Crowning our betbrothal with caresses. Far in the upper deep. The stars are now a-peep, The drowsy river murmurs tn its flow. I hear its voice repeating: "Life's blossom-time is fleeting." Ah! let us catch the fragrance ere it go, Love. Oh, Meet me whore the apple blossoms blow! —Samuel Mint urn I'cck. A DEBT OF GKATITUDE. The 'lay I arrived in Adelaide, Aus tralia. I was twenty years old, and my pocket contained a dollar for every year I had lived. I had exactly four pounds to begin life on in the colony, and that was more than some of the English hoys who had come out with mo could boast of. We were a queer lot who had sailed from Liverpool—gentlemen, loafers, clerks, lackeys, whole families, single men, servants and what not—all bent on a new life ill the wonderful island of the Indian Ocean. We had come in a sailing ship and been knocked about for months, and a happy lot we were to be set on shore in the then small and straggling town I have named. Luck was with me. On the second day after landing I hired to a sheep raiser who had a ranch on the Murray River, near its junction with the Darling, and on the third we started off up the country. We had two ox teams—that is, we had two covered wagons,each loaded with supplies, and each drawn by three yoke of oxen. A part of the goods were to be left with settlers along the route, and a part belonged to Mr. Davidson,my cmployer. He did not hire me, not being present, but the teams were in charge oi' an overseer named McCall, whom I soon found to be a good-natured, good hearted fellow. Each of us had a native to assist in managing the teams, and, though neither of them could speak ten words of English, they were valuable men, and had no diliiiultyjin being under stood. It.was about Christmas time, anrl the j weather was very sultry, and we aimed to make only fifteen miles a day. We had a full week's j»urncy before us, and noth- . ing of much interest happened until , the fourth day. We went into camp a little earlier than usual on that afternoon, j as one of the wagons needed repairs. < >ur vehicles, afer coming to a halt, stood j about tweuty-five feet apart. While I was Imi I ding a lire to cook supper by one of the hlncks went oil after rabbits, and ; McCall took the other with him to help cut and bring back a lever with which to raise the wagon oil' its wheels. I was thus left alone lor a few minutes, and they had scarcely disappeared from sight in the scrub when a man burst out of the thicket on the other side and came run ning up to me. His face and hands were scratched and bleeding, his clothing in tatters, his hat gone, and he had such a wild and terrible look that 1 should have run away front him had I been able to do anything but stand and stare with mouth wide open. McCall had told me of escaped convict 3 and hard cases who had taken to the bush to make a living by robbing, and the man had come upou nie so suddenly that I was knocked out for the. moment. "For God's sake, young feller, give me a bite to eat!" he said as he stood before me. "Don't be afraid of me—l'm a sheep herder who has been lost in the bush for three days.' 1 I stepped to the wagon and handed him a piece of bacon, some hard crack ers, aud a handful of tea, and then found voice to ask: "JJut why not stop with us for the night?"' "Thanks, but I'm in a great hurry to get back to my herd. I know where I am now, and can get there in three hours. Any matches?" I gave him some, and lie looked all around to make sure that we were alone, and then said: "Young feller, do me a greater favor still. Lend me your pistol and knife un til to-morrow, when you will pass my station. And, furthermore, be kind enough not to mention to one that i was here. Do this and you shall never regret it." I handed him knife and pistol, prom ised what he asked, and he shook mo by the hand and disappeared in the scrub. Ten minutes after he bait gone I figured it out that he was a bushman who had been hard run by the police, but it was all the same to use. lie could have taken what he wanted for all of me, as I felt per fectly helpless, ami 1 wws thankful that he had coine and gone without knocking me on the head. Just as MCOMII came up with the lever there was a clutter of hoofs, and I looked up to see five ■uiunUsci w.'U tide into taniu. Thev were LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890. in the uniform of the patrol, and the ap pearance of the horses and the men showed that they had had a long ride of it. "Well, Capt. White, what is it?" asked McCall, who seemed to know every one of the five. "Been after Ballarat Sam again," re plied the Captain as he dismounted. "And lost him?" "Yes; curse the luck! We struck him near Dobney's yesterday morning, and he led us a chase of fifty miles during the day. Wc killed his horse about dark last nistht aud had him surrounded in the scrub. He got out, however, anil we did not get his track until about noon to day. We followed it to the creek, two miles above, and there lost it. Haven't seen him here, of course?" "I only wish There's a re ward of £SOO on his head, I hear." "It has been increased to twice that. Show me his body and I'll make. a rich man of you." The patrol turned their horses loose and had supper with us, furnishing a part from their own rations. Then there was general talk and story-telling until about 10 o'clock, and then all but one man turned in for sleep. I had been in troduced all around, but had taken very little part or interest in the conversation, being sure, from the first words spoken by the Captain, that 1 had met Ballarat Sam and aided him to moke a fresh start. I thought at first of telliug the whole story to the patrol, but they were serious, sober-looking chaps, and I had a fear that they would give me an awful raking down, even if they did not lug me off and seek to have me punished as aiding and abetting. 1 remembered, too, that I had solemnly promised Sam not to betray him, and so I decided to keep a still tongue aud let the case work out as it would. The patrol left us at daylight, but their work for the next three days was thrown away. They coulll get no trace of .Sam. We continued on up the country anil finally arrived at the ranch, and for the next six months I was hard at work as H slice]) herder, and neither saw nor heard much of the outside world. Then one day I was called iu off my range, which was about five miles from Davidson's house. Each of his herders had from 800 to 1500 sheep under his care on a range by him self, and each lived alone with his dog in a hut. Once a week the "relief," as we called him, made the rounds and left | rovisions and heard our reports. Sev eral nf the natives had visited me—harm- - less fellows, who wanted matches or to bacco, but no white man excepting the relief had come near me for three months before I got the call to report at head quarters. I went into find a couple of visitors there—two gentlemen who had lately arrived from England. One of them, a Mr. Cullen, was from my own town of Shrewsbury, and the other, a Mr. Williams was from Manchester. They had come out to Australia to take up a range and go into sheep as an investment, neither of them intending to remain, but to do the business through an agent. They had purchased 2000 sheep of .Mr. Davidson as a starter, and had taken a, range above us on the Darling Kiver. My flock was togo, as also that of the herder to the south of me, and we had been called into receive instructions. Both of us herders were.to enter into the employ of the new arrivals, who had already secured their land and built the house and stables for the overseer. This man had come up from Adelaide with them, and was a Scotchman named McFarland. The other, who was an Irish lad of twenty, was O'Hara. When we made ready to start, the two gentlemen were mounted on horses. The overseer drove the bullock wagon, as sisted by a black, and O'Hara and my self were on foot. Some of our neigh bors had been troubled with bushracg eis, but we had seen nothing of them, and as the police patrol in the district had lately been increased we felt no fear that the rangers would meddle with us on our journey. The weather was now pretty cold, but as the country was bad we had to let the sheep pick their way and go slow. In the first three days we made only about tweuty-seven mile*, but this was thought to be good progress un der the circumstances. On the third nig'ut, when at least ten miles from any settlers, and more than that from any regu lar highway,we found a natural valley in which the sheep could be herded, and our own camp was made in a grove of ironwood, near a waterhole. We had finished supper and were grouped about the fire, when one of the dogs barked anil we looked up to find ourselves covered by live rifles. There were five strange, hard-looking mon forming a half-circle about us, having crept into the grove so softly that the flogs had not heard them until the last moment. "Brail up or under you go!" shouted a voii e, and every one of us threw up his hands. "Now. then, the first one you who makes a shy move will get a bullet! Close in. boys!" The five advanced to our feet, each I keeping his gnu leveled, and when I could see the man who had spoken I at ! once identified him as Ballarat Sam, the | man whom 1 hail befriended months be j fore. He recognized me almost as quick - | ly, and, taking a step forward, said: ; "Well, boy you did me a good turn I that day, and I'll not forget it. Move ' over to the left. Now, then, gents who ! are you?" The gentlemen gave him their names j and told him their business. They were : pretty Imdly frightened, as I could see, i while \hc overseer trembled like a man in a chill. As he was a big, strong fel low, anil had laughed at the idea of bushrangers meddling with us, I could not underctand his fear until Sam spoke again. '•Better and better!" he said, as a fierce look came into his eyes. "Boys, here's that overseer who set the patrol on our track down below, and who wasn't satisfied with that but must turn out to help them. I think we have mr.de a good haul of it." All of our arms were in the wagon, and we were helpless to offer any resistance. The first thing they did was to despoil the two gentlemen :ind the overseer of everything of value, and then each one was lashed to a tree. O'Hara was ordered to sit down beside me, and the black took matters so coolly that nothing was said to him. The rangers signed to him| to turn to and get supper, and he fully obeyed. When they had eaten and drunk and lighted their pipes Sam turned to mc with: "And so you didn't tell the police that you gave me food and a pistol?" "No, sir." "I know you didn't, for I was that tired out that I laid myself down for two hours almost iu your camp. Even when they told you who I was and that a price was set upon my head you hadn't a word to say." "No, sir." "Well, you boys have nothing to fear. We have nothing against you. After a day or two you may go free." There was no sleep for anybody until after midnight, ami I don't think the two gentlemen or the overseer slept at all. I know they were wide enough awake when 1 opened my eyes in the morning. All of us bud a bite to eat after the out laws had finished, and then the wagon was robbed of whatever they fancied and hauled off about thirty rods and upset in a deep gully. The oxen were turned loose with the sheep, and when we set out Sam and two of the men rode the horses and the rest of us went on foot. One outlaw on foot went ahead and the others closed up behind us, and the gen end direction was to the north. Every mile took us into a wilder and more un settled country, and it was so broken that I felt that I could not get out even if turned free. At about four In the afternoon we reached the rangers' camp, which was in a wild and desolate spot. I don't think they intended the gentlemen any harm from the start, but that the overseer's doom was sealed we all felt certain. Ho realized it, too, for I observed that he was constantly on the watch for an opportun ity to bolt. It came as we entered the camp. Realizing that they meant to pay off the old acore, he suddenly dashed for a thicket. He took them off their guard, and if an accident had not happened him he would have got clear off. Half way to the thicket a stone turned under his foot and threw him, and as he got up one of the men shot him down in his tracks. They left him lying there and went into camp, saying that they had meant to tor ture him with tire,and that he had got out of it too easy. The two gentlemen were very closely guarded, but O'Hara and myself were allowed to walk about as we pleased. They had taken over £IOOO from the two and bore them no grudge, but for five days and nights we were prisoners and in their power. Ou the morning of the sixth day, when it was plain to be seen they were off for another adventure, the four of us were turned loose and told to make our way home. They headed us to the west, which was the wrong way, and we traveled twenty miles in that direction before we found out the trick. We were nearly a week in in the scrub, living on roots and berries and decayed wild fruit, before we reached a settlement, and were then all of thirty miles from Davidson's. We were a sad looking lot when we finally reached home, and, while Mr. G'ullen was taken with fever to die in about ten days, Mr. Williams was so broken up that he lived only long enough to get down to the coast. A year later Sam and two of that crowd were caught, tried at Sandhurst, and O'Hara and I saw them drop from the gallows.— New York Sun. Island of Malta. Malta is a British possession in the Mediterranean, including the islands of Malta, Go/.o and Comino, and the unin habited islets of Cominotto and Filfa, the entire group lying about six miles south west of the southernmost point of Sicily and 200 north of Tripoli, in Africa. The area of Malta proper is about 100 square miles, and population about 140,000. There are neither rivers nor lakes on the island, and no forests or brushwood; and most of the surface is a calcareous rock exposed to the winds from the African deserts, and but thinly covered with an artificial soil chiefly brought from Sicily. This is. however, by careful cultivation made to yield abvmdant crops of cotton, greens, beans and grass, and excellent fruits, of which the orange, olive and fig are renowned. In summer the heat is excessive day and night. The sirocco prevails, especially in autumn, and there is little land or sea breeze. "But in win ter the climate is delightful.— Neto York i JJisjiateh. The largest steam derrick in the world | is used by a shipping company at Ham i burg, Germany. It is kept at the dock < | and used in lifting immense weights on and off shipboard. It can pick up a ten j wheeled locomotive with perfect ease. When two racing steamers make the same number of knots an hour, there ; suit, naturally is a tie.— A'ew York Voice. Terms—sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. TO CLEAN AND CURL, OSTRICH FEATHERS. A clever woman says:"l clean and curl all my ostrich feathers, and think that tho best milliner cannot do it much better. In a solution made of good castile soap and soft water (boiled and beaten into foam) the feathers are washed, having some time before soaked them in clear water. After that process, I put them on a clean table and rub them care fully with a fine linen cloth, or simply pass them through my hands a few times; then I lay them between two linen cloths, beat them gently till they are dry, when I pull them apart and hold them over a bed of red-hot coal to curl. This must be done very carefully and not too near the coal, as the downy feathers are very easily singed. A bit of sulphur thrown on the coal when white feathers are to be cleaned, insures a puro white. This process seems bothersome, but is very simple and quickly done." CIIIMNKY CURTAIN. A handsome chimney curtain to hang across the fireplace whore there is no fire place under the shelf, is made as follows: Take stripes of blue cross-stitch canvas, twelve and one-fourth inches wide, and stripes of old red plush, five inches wide, united by drawn stripes of heavy white linen, the seams being concealed by rows of cross-bars. The plush stripes ore left plain, the rich pile needing no decoration; the canvas oues are ornamented with a cross-stitch border in red, white and gold. The design is worked with coarse em broidery cotton, or twist and gold thread, each stitch being crossed over two threads each way. The drawn thread stripes have a clean linen ground, and are worked al ternately with red and blue threads. The cross-bar row beside the red stripe is blue, beside the blue one red. The hanging is trimmed at the lower edge with a fringe knotted of blue and red cotton. The knotting is as follows: Two red aud seven blue double threads, uine and one-half iDches long, are looped in alternately to the half, so that four red and fourteen blue double threads are formed. The red knotting threads are united by a chain of single buttonhole knots, while the blue ones form pointed ribs of knots, and then also seven chains of buttonhole knots. Line curtain with linen.— Yankte Blade. iiEnnv RECIPES. No more healthful diet can be put upon the table at this season than fruit, says the Courier Journal. Leibig -says on this subject: "Besides contributing a large pro portion of sugar, mucilage and other nutritive compounds in the form of food, they contain such a fine combination of vegetable acids, attractive substances, and diuretic principles, with the nutri tive matter, as to act powerfully in the capacity of refrigerants, tonics and antisceptics, and when freely used at the season of ripeness, by rural laborers and others, they prevent debility, strengthen digestion, correct the putre factive tendency of nitrogenous food, avert scurvy and probably maintain and strengthen the power of productive labor." Fresh ripe fruit is particularly whole some if taken in the early part of the day. That housekeepers may serve them with variety the following sug gestions are given: Frozen Currants—Mash a quart of red currants, add two pounds of sugar, the juice of three oranges and one lemon, let stand one hour, add a quart of water, stir until the sugar is dissolved, turn iu the freezer and freeze. Currants and raspberries—(for tea or lunch) —To every quart of largo, red raspberries allow a pint of ripe currants and a pound of sugar. Put on a pre serve kettle, bring to a boil, dish and set in the ice—the juice should jelly. Currant Sponge—Cover half a box of gelatine with half a cup of cold water, and soak for half an hour; then pour over half n pint of boiling water, add half a piut of sugar and stir until it dissolves. Strain half a pint of currant juice, and put on ice until thick and cold ; then beat the whites of four eggs, putin the mix ture, beat until smooth, turn into a fancy mould, and set on ice to harden. Raspberry Meringue—Crush a pint of ripe raspberries with a pint of sugar; beat the whites of four eggs; stir all to gether gently until it stands alone. Raspberry Tapioca—Wash a teacup of tapioca through several waters, then cover with cold water and let soak ail night. In the morning set on a close fire; pour over a pint of boiling water; simmer slowly until the tapioca is per fectly clear. Stir a quart of ripe rasp berries into the boiling tapioca and sweeten. Take from the fire: pour in a deep dish; set on ice: when very cold, serve with sugar and cream. Stewed Gooseberries—Stem and top one quart of gooseberries; put them in a porcelain kettle; add one pint of boiling water; cover the kettle close and stew ten minutes. Add one pound of sugar, stand on the back of the stove where it is not too hot for fifteen minutes. Gooseberry Food—Stem and top a quart of ripe gooseberries and stir them in one pint of water until they are crushed. Pour through a colauder to re move the skins; add a teaspoonful of butter and a cup of sugar, and the yolks of four eggs well beaten, and pour in a glass bowl. Beat the whites of the eggs until frothy, and add two heaping tea spoonfuls of powdered sugar, and heal until it stands alone. Heap on top of the Kooseberriu. NO. 37. THE VOICEFUL WAVES. The voiceful waves! I love at night to stand Mad with strange yearnings on the shelly sand. To watch the foam flowers fade beneath my feet. And guess what words the lisping combs re peat. Then, if a ship's snars, like a full-spread hand, Within the round red moon are framed complete, I seem to fly to tropic Islands sweet. Where dusky creatures list upon the strand The voiceful waves. At morning, too, when sea gulls, white and fleet. Swim through the mists with measured pinion beat, X almost hear in forests old and grand The unseen winds—l hate this gold-cursed land, And they have told me of some safe retreat, The voiceful waves. —George Horton , in Chicago Herald. HUMOR OF THE DAT. Conflicting dates—Candidates. Kidnaping—A sleeping infant. The huileof fortune—Petroleum. Shaking for drinks—The trcmuloua toper. Can a bird drinking he said to be liquidating his bill?— Full Itiver Tribune. Pothumous works should be published in some dead lunguage.— Pittibu rg Chronicle. It is comparatively quiet when so still you can hear the dew drop.— Binghamton Republican. «. A sulky horse can usually be cured by driving it in some other kind of a vehicle. —New York Ntics. Put two doors side by side and the small boy will go through the one that squeaks.— Mercury. The papers at this trying time All speak of death, the killer: We're bold to take, in prose and rhyme. Somebody's sarsaparilla. —Judge. The ancients excelled us in many things. Now, there was Job, a boiler that never exploded.— San Francisco Alto. The humorist seldom gets rich from his ideas,but he is usually able to make a good thing out of one and another.— Puck. A dentist of this city-puts 'in false teeth so naturally that they look and ache exactly like tho originals.—Phila delphia Press. The health journals and doctors agree that the most wholesome part of the or dinary New England country doughnut is the hole.— Troy Times. In ancient times 'twas Ajax bold The lightning did defy: In modern times 'tis Kemmier, who. This feature will supply. —GoodalVs Sun. Popinjay (passing store) —"Good gra cious! What is the matter with that man leaning over the counter there?" Blobson—"Got a counterfeit, I guess.— Mercury. Bank Cashier (of Hibernian extraction opening his mail and smelling the docu ment) —"Hello, this note must have been drawn in the Oil Regions, 1 see there are three days grase on it." Trumble (to office boy)—" Can you tell me if the sporting editor is in his office?" Office Boy—"He ain't got any offlis. He's outside making the baseball score on the bulletin."— Pittsburg Press. Mrs. Brown—"Why do you like to have the doctor come to see you, Johnny? Is it because you get nice things to eat?" Little Johnny—"Naw; 'cause I can put my tongue out at him."— Bazar. "Girls are queer." "Whyso?" "Why, when that pauper Bolus was married to Miss Stockanbonds, the heiress, she looked tickled to death when he en dowed her with all his worldly goods." —Bazar. Mrs. Jinks—"l declare, Alice Smith is to be married! It is frightful the way girls marry nowadays. A woman should never think of it until she has reached tbeageof discretion!" Mr. Jinks—"ln other words, you would rather have them stay single all their lives."—Law rence American. There is a postoflice in Idaho called Deer Valley, with a mail twice per week. For six weeks last winter the only letters received came for a young man from his girl in Chicago, and the inhabitants fin ally became so wroth that they arose in their might and run him out of town. — Detroit Free Press. Jack Wheeler—"l say, Louis, how old do you suppose .Miss Smith is? Her aunt says she's just twenty-one." Louis Waite (who has not been in the wholesale dry goods business for nothing)—" Aw. yes; marked down from thirty-three; to be disposed of at a bargain, old chupjfie."— Mornhi'j Journal. Irish Moss. This edible, or rather drinkable sub stance is gathered around Cape Cod, in Massachusetts. It is combed off the rocks beneath the sea, and carefully carried to the shore where it. is dried in the sun, packed in barrels, and sent to the brewers to form an important element in beer, and save malt. This sea farm ing yields $75,00(1 annually, and as no fencing or manuring are required, and no tax on the land, it should be quite an independent kind of industry.— The Mill none. J
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