SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W. M; CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. VIII. "Old Paris" continues to be demol ished and new and handsome buildings erected on the site. Visitors remark the great amount of building now going os in the French capital. Dr. Beddoe, of London, says blondes are going out of fashion. Brunettes are now all the rago. This will necessitate a darker colored hair-dye, says the mali cious Chicago Saturday Herald. The anticipated failure of the potato crop in Ireland has in it the threat of dire famine and great suffering in the near future, remarks tho Mail and Ex press. The potato is literally the staff of life in the Green Isle; and when it fails gaunt hunger comes in at the door of the peasant's cabin. The Millers' National Association at Minneapolis, Minn., passed a resolution asking Congress to enact a law establish ing uniform weights and measures of tho various products of the United States, and especially fixing a standard for each of the divisible parts of a barrel of flour, now largely sold in sacks. The Ameri can sack holds ninety-eight pounds of flour, or half the contents of an Ameri can (lour barrel. Tho European sack, which is used in the export trade, holds 280 pounds. Next April the British census will be taken. So far as possible the work of enumeration will cover the British Em pire, aud the effort will bo to make tho census tho most comprehensive yet taken. To this end the schedules will be simpli fied. No inquiries will be made as to religious faith or creed, and those bear ing on occupation will be condensed. The census will be stripped of everything that could make enumeration cumber some, and the great end and aim will be to ascertain tho number of subjects of Queen Victoria. There are sections of her dominions where only approxima tions are possible. In British Zainbesia or the Niger Protectorate the work ot the enumerator would encounter peculiar obstacles, not only in the uuwillinguess of the inhabitants to bo enumerated, but their willingness to reluce totals by slaughtering census attaches. But mak ing all these allowances, the forthcoming census will doubtless be satisfactory. It will at all events show that the British Empire has somewhat more than 330,- 000,000 enumerable inhabitants. The current calculation is that at the opening of the year IS9O the population of tho British Empire was very nearly 328,000,- 000, of whom 38,125,000 were dwellers in the United Kingdom, 271.180,000 in India and the remainiug 19,000,000 in other possessions. Two years ago the Indian Government estimated the popu lation of British India at 208,793,350, and that of the native States at (50,084,- (378. A blow has fallen upon the disciples of liippophagy. Those who have pro claimed in favor of horse flesh as a tit and strengthening article of diet for poor people are, says an English paper, beginning to find that their philantlirop ical ideas will not form • into practical shape. Much has been written at vari ous times and in various countries upon the subject, and it is now pretty gener ally admitted that the succulent equine is almost as good as beef. It certainly seemed, without going deeply into the question, that liorse meat must be bet ter than no meat, and upon these grounds it was recommended to people in an humble station of life. What a surprise is now sprung upon the horse eating benefactors! Tho poor have taken the advice offered; they tried horse flesh, aud what is more they like it; so well, indeed, do they like it that in Cologne, Munich, Dresden and Han over the supply cannot keep pace with the demanel, and the price of horsc-flcs'i has risen so high that it is beyond the means of the classes who were encour aged to consume it. Is this increase in value to be maintained? Will horses be come so sought after as fooel that none but the wealthy will be able to indulge in tho luxury? Whataviita of extrav agance this suggestion throws open. The time may come when ducal side boards will groan beneath the weight of a noble baron of bay colt and a saddle of two year-old-filly will grace tho table of the rich. How we shall be able to do honor to our distinguished visitors! Only the other day a Paris paper referred to the enormous prices which blooded stock realized in the market. If hippo pfcagy continues to progress we may eventually find ourselves giving SIOOO fOr a yearling aud serving him up whole for the delectation of a royal guest. THE FARMERS DAUGHTER. Toil should see her tn the kitchen, "ar and apron White as snow. In her eyes The lovo-light shining— On her cheeks A rosy glow. Oh, that pleasant Farmhouse kitchen, Wliat a charm It has for me. When I view Its broad dimension> Where the firelight Leaps in glee. But the picture Would be dimmer, And the colors Not so bright. With sweet Nancy, Pretty Nancy, Young and cheery, Not in sight. Sleeves rolled up Above white elbows, Sweeping hero And dusting there, This fair daughter Of the farmer, For the household Math a care. And her song Is just as tuneful, And her stop Is just as light. As when she, Sweet merry-maker, Joined her mates In p-tty, last night. By and by will, In a moment, Cap and apron Disappear, And in snowy gown And ribbons, Pretty Nancy Will appear. Oh, the little Farmer's daughter, (Heaven bless her As she goes). Sho is fairer Than the lily. She Is sweeter Than tho roso JWrs. M. A. Kidder, in Family Story Paper. THE MYSTERIOUS DRESS. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. "You are invited to the regiment ball, ray clear," said Mrs. Ackland, as her daughter entered the room, her dripping water-proof and umbrella giving evi dence of a sturdy battle with the storm that could be plainly heard even through closed shutters and dropped curtains on that upper tloor. "The most polite letter from Colonel B , and knowing that I forsook society long ago. Mrs. Colonel B • will take you with her own girls. It is really charm ing of her. Here is the ticket." The elder lady's frail fingers drew two elegant squares of pink and gold paste board from an envelope as she spoke. But the girl, having hung her water proof in an adjacent kitchen, and perched her umbrella where it could drip harm lessly in somo stationary tubs said kitchen, did not even pick thein up. "It would be better to publish tho fact that I have retired from society also, mamma," she said, a little sadly. "You!" cried her mother. "At twenty, Effie?" "It comes to that when one has one black frock," said Effie, "and that patched at the elbows." "You could go in white," said her mother. "You look very girlish. Gen tlemen admire white, or used to. White and a few flowers, and no jewelry. No one could find fault with that style. The greatest heiress in Boston, when I was a girl, was known- for her simplicity—al ways white." "I fancy I should be it I went in a sheet and pillow-caso costume," said Effie. "Really, that would be the only white one I could manage. That poor old white dress that stjll exists in your memory is short in waist, short in the skirt, won't meet in the belt, and has a sleeve that would not (go over my wrist. I've grown a great deal in five years, mamma." "Is it five years since you went to your cousin Jennie's wedding in it?" cried Mrs. Ackland. "Dear, dear, how time flies. Couldn't you make over one of my old silks?" "I should be n laughing stock, mamma," said Effie. "Well, I can live without going to the ball, though I should enjoy it very much." "The daughter of Captain Ackland ought to havo opportunities," said the widow. "How are you to marry if you never meet any one, I can not think. A pretty girl like you was never meant to be a spinster and work for her bread." "Thiugs point in that direction now," said the girl. "Type-writing is not a lively amusement, and I am as likely to marry as lam togo to Cuba. Don't sigh so bitterly, mamma. It would only make you lonelier if I went to the ball, and I should be up late and make mis takes next day—lose my place perhaps. I'll write a very polite regret when I get some fine note-paper. Now, let us have tea." The little brown tea-pot, the two blue cups and plates to match were soon on the table. Effie Ackland had a way of making excellent little dishes out of next to nothing—it was very convenient under LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1890. the circumstances—and though the girl pilled for something besides the daily routine of type-writing, and evenings spent in listening to her mother's remi niscences of former grandeur—for Mrs. Ackland had been a belle and a beauty and an expectant heiress when she mar ried the dashing young captain—it was the mother who bemoaned herself. At last, tea being over, it was dis covered that the storm had passed, and that moon and stars were shiniug, anel Effie declared that she would run down to the little stationer's and get some not<*- paper of the proper sort ou which to re ply to the kind invitation and offer of the general and his lady. It was a quiet neighborhood and very late, and Effie wrapped herself in a thick cloak and tied a little blue hood over her head, aud ran lightly elown stairs and down the street toward tho stationer's shop. However, when she reached its door she found it closed. The old woman who kept ithatl expected no customers and hael retired early. Effie knew of another shop of the same sort a few blocks further on which was always open late, and turned her steps that way—at least, she intended to do so. But there are still portions of New York city where it is very easy to lose one's self; and besides, Effie was not an old resident of that part of the town. Some how she missed the right corner, crossed the street at a wrong angle, and shortly discovered that she waa lost. It was a gloomy and unpleasant street, in which she found herself, and the girl was somewhat frightened. However, she decideel that the best, thing she could do was to keep on walking until she came to a elecent shop or met a police man of whom she could ask the way. She acted on this resolution with her usual promptitude, but for a long while she went on seeing nothing but liquor or cigar shops and meeting not a solitary guardian of the peace, aud came at last to an old building with a blank wall, in the center of which an ardied gate stood open. Just as she stood opposite this gate two drunken men camo l«owliug down the street, and in terror .of them she stepped beneath the arch. They passed without seeing her; but before she dared ' to venture out a light' Shone in her face, I and, turning, she saw a figure in black, with red shoes, a red cap, .horns, hoofs, a long tail which becarrietl over his arm, and iii his hand a great pajper parcel—in fact, Satan as we see him portrayed in ancient pictures, acting for tho/nonce as messenger-boy. Startled beyond expression, f Eflic was about to fly, when thc< demon ispoke. "Well, mamselle, Fve been waiting for you a long while," was his character istic remark. "I came so tar to save time. Won't you get ajroasting!" Then he tossed tho parcel into her arms, turned and fled. Effie fled also. Whatithe demon had given her she did not knotw, but sho quite mechanically clutched it as she flew along the lonely street, and by mere accident took the right direction and found herself at the corner-of an avenue she knew. She arrived at*her own door just in time—at least, so her morther de clared-Mo save that lady going out of her mind with terror. She hael no paper, but she had the parcel which] the de moniac personage had crammed' into her hands to prove that she hael not merely imagined the meeting with him, and noiv she unfastened the many pins that helel it, unfolded the paper and sundryimuslin wrappings within, and beholel—a dress —tho loveliest ball ccstumc of golden satin anel black lace that could 1 be im agined ! The demon had presented nor with a dress in which to attend the ball. "What eloes it mean?" sho ejaculated. "Really I feel as if I was out e>f niv mind." "It must be providential," saiel the mother. "Try it on, my dear." Efiie obeyed. The costuino fittediher perfectly. "You look like an angel!" said the mother. "But the demon saiel I should have a good roasting," said Effie. "It was only a man in somo queer dress," saiel the mother. "Of course," saiel Effie. "At least, I suppose so." "And now you can goto the ball," said the mother. •'Shall I dare? Will I not find my costume vanishing,like poor Cinderella's, in the midst of my dance, with whatever stanels for the young prince at the officers' ball of the regiment? I doubt if it will be here in the morning; besieles, I ought toaelvertise it: 'lf the fiend whopresenteel a young lady with a black lace ball-dress, in a dark alley on the night of the —th, will kinelly call,' or something of the j sort." "Oh, we will look into the papers, of course," said the mother. "But I elon't believe we will find anything—fate in tenels you togo the ball." So it seemed indeed. Effie went to the ball, and her dress was prouounced cliarmthg. In passing, I will mention to the reaeier that it was there that she met the gentleman who af terwarel became her husband, anel that much happened and all good fortuno came to her through the demon's gift of tho ball-dress. No one ever advertised for the dress, anel it hung in Effie's warelrobe until her weeleling-day. She never wore it again, nnd never expected to solve the mystery that surrrouneled it. Effie hael married a rich man anel livcel in very elegant style, anel a man servant was one of the necessaries of tho house- hold. Mrs. Ackland—who lired wltli her daughter—suggested a Frenchman, nnd having advertised for such a person, a candidate presented himself. He had but one reference, but that was a good one. "I will tell you the reason I have no more, madame," said he."l have had iny ambitions—desired togo upon the stage. I even obtained a position—l played n demon in the hist act of a great spectacle at the Theater. There wore seventy-five demons—it was glori ous. But alas I I got into difficulties j there through my good nature. The rc- I nowned Senora V had been playing | at the theater, and left behind her a lace I dress. She telegraphed that she would send her maid for it, as she was to wear it that night. Every moment was preious, and the old lady who had charge of me had sprained her ankle. 'My friend,' she »aid to me, 'if you would but go down the long stairs and to the end of the passage, and wait with the parcel until Mamsclle Fanchon, the senora's maid, comes for the dress, you will save us all much trouble—you will not be wanted for an hour.' "I obliged her, of course. I even went into the damp alley of the back en trance and waited there. I was kept a tremendous time, and when at last n young woman rushed in, I gave licr the parcel—like an idiot—without asking who she was. [ gave it to the wrong woman. Fifteen minutes after the real i maid arrived. Oh, there was a row! All j I was worth would not have paid for the I dress. Hut 1 was dismissed at once. I I deserved it. It was the act of an idiot. I llow well do I remember what I said to i her—'you'll get a roasting, raamselle.' 1 Well it was I who got the roasting. At j first they accused me of stealing the j dress, but—'' | "I am sure you tell the truth," said I Eflfle, and engaged the man at once. i That day Beuora V was astonished j by receiving a box which contained the ! long-lost dress uninjured. A letter which was inclosed told tho ' story in full, but without giving any i names, and Camille—tho new waiter— ! never guessed that the liberal gift he re- I ccived at Christmas time was offered,not j to tho accomplished waiter, but to the | demon who had brought about so much j happiness by his gift of a ball-dress.— ; Fireside Companion. ! The Strangest Fish in tho World. The strangest fi*h in the world is said, to be the humble herring. He is as common as mud, and as cheap as dirt, but he cannot be beaten for flavor; and it is claimed for him that he supports more persons than auy other creature in the world—in the catching, the preserv ing, the selling, or the eating. Another curious thing is that he assumes so many shapes and names. Catch him in, one place and lie is a bloater; in another, a sodgcr; in a third, a sprat, and, when young, he is taken from the Thames and called whitebait, while across the Chan nel in Brittany, before lie is more than a couple of inches long, ho can be found tinned and labeled in pure olive oil as a sardine, lie is a wonderful tish and from the out-and-out genuine ancient and fish like smell (luring the herring harvest that obtains in the neighborhood about Amsterdam, it is not very hard to believe that that ancient and highly-respectable town is really built, as they say, on her ring bones. Ouce upon a time tho herring used to be wo-shiped in Holland, a custom that obtains to-day in Scotland in a very prac tical manner. They havo a cheerful method at some of the fishing ports in that country of insuring luck before they start out. with their boats on a fishing trip. Each man thrashes his wife, and the one who first draws blood is sure to have the biggest haul. For self-protec tion the women invented a pcculiai method of lacing their corsets, which thus became known as herring boning, a term now in every-day use among sea faring men. The men will not go out, however, if a woman wishes them "good luck," or if a rabbit or a pig crosses their path, being perfectly sure that thej will have nothing but their labor fot their pains.— Neu> York Times. To Dislodge a Fish Bono. It sometimes happens that a fish bone, accidentally swallowed, will remain in the a;sophagus, and be troublesome. In fact, death has been occasioned by tho great irritation of a fish bone. In such cases as soon as possible, take four grains of tartar emetic dissolved in one-half pint of warm water, and immediately after, the whites of six eggs. This will not re main in tho stomach more than two or three minutes, and probably the bono will be ejected with the coagulated mass. If tartar emetic is not convenient, a spoon ful of mustard dissolved in milk-warm water and swallowed will answer every purpose of t the emetic.— Commercial Ad vertiser. Stuns by Its Odor. A Or. Juenemann, of Vienna, has in vented a fluid, the use of which, he claims, will minimize the horrors of war, naking it almost bloodless. The fluid is to bo placed in a shell, projected in the ordinary manner, which it so constructed that it will burst in filling or striking any object offering l«it Blight resistance. The fluid, upon luing released, so affects persons inhal ilg its odor that they immediately be crime unconscious and remain in that slate half an hour or more. The inventor is endeavoring to obtain atest of his invention by the military Mthoritiea.—TjiVew York Telegram, Terms—sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months, SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. To make labels adhere to tin use a freshly made solution of gum tragacanth in water. A largo eleposit of glass sanel lias been discovered near the mouth of Lewis River, Washington. A monstrous brass casting was suc cessfully run nt a foundry in Pittston, Penn., the other day. It Is a pump chamber weighing 6000 pounds. It has been estimated, from a micro scopic examination of the impress of the word "hello" on a phonograph cylinder, that it contains sixteen thousand indenta tions. The census of 1880 placed the number of water wheels operating as motive power in the United States at 54,404. This tally represented a total of 1,225,- | 379 horse power. The owner of a new tire, made of hol low spring steel, circular, oval, or square, thinks that it will succeed rubber tires for wagons or bicycles. It can be fixed on so that it can never come off. It is now said a new industry will spring up for the manufacture of rope, twine, paper, etc., from hop vines. Ex perts have made a test, and it is said they are well adapted to those purposes. Frank B. Crockett, of Tipton, Ind., lms built a midair railway for passengers and freight traffic. The only motive power he calls "the power of gravity." The track consists of an iron cable sus pended by slides which work between posts arranged in pairs forty ro Is apart. His track is a half a mile long. He gives exhibitions daily. Workmen were sounding for founda tions for a railroad bridge in the Oconee River, Georgia, and struck an artesian well in the centre of the stream. The piping projects into the river bed some | fifty-two feet, while the other end pro i jeets a few feet above the surface of the ! water. From the cud of the pipe a bold ! stream jets high into midair. The water j is almost as cold as ice anel as clear as ' crystal. Electrically heated flat irons arc now j made which are very serviceable. The ! flat iron is of the usual form, but made ' hollow. The interior contains a lot oi j coileel wires,through which the electrical j current passes anel heats tho wires red hot. The latter are arranged between | protecting sheets of mica and asbestos, j You turn a switch, and the flat iron at j *>nce he.-ats up ready for use. The street wires supply the electrical current. Oil varnish is follows: Threo i pouuds of resin melted is mixed with | two pounds of Venice turpentine and one | gallon of drying oil (boiled linseed oil), when well mixed by stirring while hot it is cooled a little and one quart of turpen ! tine is added. Another way is to melt ' three pouuds of resiu with half a gallon ! of drying oil, and when nearly cold add i two quarts of turpentine. The first men - tioucel is least liable to crack and most j elastic. The Cannibals of tho Ouhanghl. Father Augouard, Apostolic Pro-Vicni j of the Oubanghi, contributes to the I Minion* Catholiyuei the narrative of a I journey which he has just made from : Loango to the Oubanghi, an affluent of I the Congo. He states that it is his in- I tention to found a station upon the up | per Oubanghi, 1100 miles from the | coast, among the anthropophagous tribes | with whom tiie slave is regarded simply las an article of food. He gives some | curious information as to these tribes, re marking that while in certain parts of | Africa cannibalism only exists :n an in ; cideut of war, to eleprivc the vanquished 1 of even the honor of burial, in the On- I banghi country human flesh is an article : of regular consumption, not a day pass ; ing without a village immolating some j victim destined to proviele a feast. Sometimes it is the death of a chief, at ' others the celebration of a victory, at I others the arrival of a piece of gooel news, ' which serves as a pretext, and one chief j will vie with another to see which can ! immolate the most victims. These sav ages regard human flesh as a dainty morsel, and prefer it to any other food, considering that it is a noble kind of food, fnr superior to that of animnls. When teild that it was horrible to eat their fellow-creatures, thoy simply re plied: "No, it is elelicious with salt anel i spices." When Father Augouard went onto point out to them the difference between man and the animals, and to say that if they fell into the hands of their enemies they might, bo eaten in their turn, all they said was that that was tho fate of war, and that, just as man warf nobler than tlio animal, so his flesh was' "more noble to cat."— London Times. Heat nnel the Growth of the Hair. It is generally understood that the hair and nails grow faster in hot weather than in cold; but, perhaps, few are aware that any temperature can impart so great a stimulus to the growth as Colonel Peje valsky, the Russian traveler, savs the Central Asian heat eliel during his jour ney in those regions in the summer of 1889. In June the ground anel the air became excessively hot, so great, indeed, as to render travel in the daytime impos sible. Within a fortnight after this op-j pressive weather began it was noticed that tho hair and bearel of all the party' was growing with astonishing rapidity and strangest of all, some youthful Cos sacks, whose faces were perefectlj{ smooth, developeel respectable beards within the short period of twenty days.! Commercitd Advertiser. NO. 52. THE WORLD A GRAB BAO. The world is a grab bag, long and wide, And the truest hero, lie Who deepest thrusts hiß hands inside, | Whate'er his manners be. No matter who he tramples on. The people all confess, The stain of his offense is gone 1 112 he but win success. About the bag, men strive and shout; Someone breaks through the ranks; A prize he seizes and throws out To those behind, the blanks. More curious still, the men behind, Forgetting selfishness, Heroic traits in that one find Who wins from them success. —Columbus Dispatch. HUMOK OP THE DAY. Parts unknown—On a bald head.— Terns Sifting*. If the hoys do not kiss the misses,then the girls will miss the k issn ' - Bingham ton Leader. { Americans want y »u a hot 'lay they like to hi >n over them. Columbus Ay A Texas debating so>v y had for a subject, "Is it prr>jW v .ifla the r in dorg?"— Texas Si/tings. Trump—"Say, mum, your dog bit ine." Lady—"Well, never mind, I'll wash Ins mouth."— Good yews. Greene—"llecan lick you, can't he?" Bryton—"lie? Why, he couldn't wake me up in fifteen minutes with a club! ' — Chatter. Mrs. Youngwife—"Did you ever try any of my biscuits, Judge?" Judge— "No, I never did but I dare say they de serve it." Two periods.—Before marriage: "Why so pensive, dearest?" After mar riage—"Why so expensive, Mrs. Jones?" —llackct. Debtor—"l want to pay that little bill of yours." Creditor—"All right, my dear boy." Debtor—"But I cau't." —Beacon. "Give evety man his dew," remarked the nocturnal atmosphere as it soaked the tattered garments of the tramp.— Wash ington Hatchet. "They say fogs are detrimental to to matoes." "They arc. I had about eight bushels of them stolen one foggy night by tramps."— Bazar. * Mr. Borrowit—"l wish you would help me out a little to-day." Mr. Busy —"With pleasure. I'll hold open the door."— New York Weekly. Citizen (agit \tedly)—"What, a writ forme? Why, God bless us!" Consta ble (stolidly)—"Nop. Wrong again. Mandamus."— American Grocer. "I don't mind the pitfalls of life," ho said, as he rubbed his head ruefully and picked himself up, "but these banana skin falls 'll kill me yet."— limar. Whether Miss Willing, of Philadel phia, is to marry Millionaire John Jacob Astoror not, there is many another Mis? willing.— LouissiUe Courier-Journal. He only shaved clean once a week, And when ho died his widow bought A cactus plant and kissed it oft; Thus was he to her tuein'ry brought. —Philadelphia Times. Blobson—"Poor Mrs. Tufstake! Do you know how she happened to lose all her money?" Dumpsey—"Yes; she took three lawyers into board."— Burlington Free Press. He (at the baseball game)—"Do you know what a 'muff' is, sweet?" She (blushing)—" Why, of course 1 do. It is something your hands can meet in."— Burlington Free Press. Visitor (to prisoner)—" What brought you here?" Prisoner—"Misplaced con fidence." Visitor—"Uow was that?'' Prisoner—"l thought I could run faster than I could."— Racket. "Your circud doesn't seem to be par ticularly attractive this year," remarked a visitor. "No," replied the manager, "But you ought to see my advance ad vertising car."— New York Sun. Johnny—"Please, pa, let ine have a quarter to give to a poor lame man." Pa —"Who is the poor man lame man, Johnny?" Johnny—"Kr—well, pa, he's the ticket-seller down at the circus."— West. Shore. Stout Old Lady (to druggist's boy)— "Boy, d'ye keep a preparation forreiluc ineweight!" Boy—"Yes'in." Stout Old Lady—"Well, I don't knosv exactly how much I ought to get." Boy (diagno singly)—"Better take all we'te goi, ma'am." Beggar—"Ach, my dear madam, can you not give me a pair of old boots?" Lady—"Why, those you have on are quite new yet!" Beggar (in a whining voice)—" That's just it; the horrid things ruin my business."— Das Uumoristische Dwtaehland. A lecturer once prefaced his discourso on the rhinoceros with: "I must beg you to give me your undivided attention. [lndeed, it is absolutely impossible that you can form a true idea of the hideons animal of which we are about to speak unless yon keep your eyes fixed on me." —Ne«> York News. Teacher—"Bobby Swapples, what is a quadruped?" Bobby—"A quadruped is an animal with four legs." Teacher— "Right; now give me an example of a quadruped." Bobby—"A horse." Teach er—"Right; can you give me another example?" Bobby—(enlightened after much thought)—" Another horse, " Jester,
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