SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W M, CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. IX. An English court has decided that to call a man a convict after he has served a term of imprisonment, and is legally free, is libelous. In America, puns the Boston Tran script, that family which is becoming more and move widely known is colled bacilli; in Paris, parishes; in Germany, germs, and in Ireland, microbes. Women arc excluded from the galleries of the Japanese Parliament "because,'' says a Japanese newspaper, "they might be moved by the debates to furthci political agitation in the empire." The Chicago Times alleges that some of the missionaries of the North India conference have had their hands grow tired in baptizing the converts who are flocking to the gospel because of their labors. A child in England stole a piece of literature valued at less than one shilling and was sentenced to three months in jail. Then, when a hostile mob ad vanced upon the temple of justice, the sentence was annulled and tho child set free. A writer in the Southern Farm makes a strong argument in favor of female phy sicians for women. He says that certain specialties were in the hands of women practitioners in all countries and all ages until comparatively recent times. In support of his position he Quotes from the Old Testament. According to the St. Louis Re/public the Japanese Consul at San Francisco, Cal., appeared before the Trades Council to ask that no boycott bo made on tho Japanese houses. He said ibat Japan ese workmen would never affect Ameri can labor, and that instead of sending their earnings homo they spent them with Caucasians. The Philadelphia Inquirer is scared and is trying tb scare others over the re ported discovery of bacteria in imper fectly refined sugar. It declares that samples show an analysis that 250,000 of these dangerous creatures are con tained in some qualities; but whether this is the consus of a pound, of a ton or of a cargo is not stated. The farmers in the Northwest who burned nearly all their hardwood timber when clearing laud have now cause to regret it. A Michigan paper gives a case in point. A man at Riverton is selling hardwood logs to mill men at good prices, and supplying what is un marketable to his neighbors who have cleared oil their laud and are forced to buy fuel. The New York Sun believes that no ono in New York who has not been out in the far West c:in understand the lone liness of thoso Minnesota farmers who have written to Mayor Grant to send them women for wives. There arc re gions on the plains in this country and in Canada where men go mad from lack of human neighbors, where kittens can be Bold for $5, where almost the only wo men are Indian or half-breed squaws, and where bachelors tame wild birds and try to tamo wolves for company. Says the New Orleans New Delta: From all over the section of Louisiana which is devoted to the cultivation of cotton comes the news that the planters arc preparing to decrease tho acreage of that staple and diversify their crops to a greater extent than heretofore. This de termination is the result of tho low prico for the fleecy staple the present season. This is a wise move on the part of the planters, as nothing tends more to keep the farmer poorer than the one-crop sys tem. If the low price of cotton has bad the effect indicated above, it has at least taught the planter a wholesome lesson. According to London Truth the order against extravagance in the German Army has led to the resignation of nearly all the wealthy officers, and the Emperor now has no regiment at Berlin or Pots dam which can afford to entertain "dis tinguished foreigners" in the old fashion. Formerly, a foreign guest who had vis ited the barracks of a crack regiment was invnriably invited by the officers to dinner; but now there are no entertain ments, and the Emperor has tardily dis covered that lie had better not have meddled in the matter, for all the Rus sinu, Austrian and Italian visitors leavo lltriin exclaiming at the poverty of Prus sian officers, to the iuliuitq mortification 0f {Ua Jfaje»ty. OUR SPRING-TIMES. When spring cornea to seek her own. Do they all rise at her words? IB the little fledgeling's tone Sweet as was the parent bird's? When once more the streamlets roam Do the robins all come home? Here's a nest upon a bough, But there comes no bird to claim; Has she made a new nest now? If from some far land we came We should all tho home nest know, Even were it filled with snow. There are blue eyes that we miss In the flush of violet time; Something lacking in the bliss Of the bird-bells' sweetest chime; In the heart are many spots Hacred to forget-me-nots. If perchance youth cometh back Through some treasure on your knee, Still tho heart will prove a lack, Ix>vely though the child may bo; For if it so needeth you. You still netd your mother, too. Sometime will the far-off springs Come back with these later ones; There will be no missing wings, There will be no missing tones, — All the joys, but dearer grown. Of the spring-times we have known. —Mary A. Mason, in frank Leslie's. THE TRAVELING RING. At the unearthly hour of 3 A. M. the discordant Alpenhorn wakes tho guests of the Hotel Rigi-Kulm to give thciu an opportunity for seeing the sunrise. The hotel is on the very summit of the mountain, and in front of it stands a platform. You can see the sunrise as well and better from the window of your own room, but there is an extra charge con nected with the use of the aforesaid platform, and you would feel as if you ■were swindling the management out of the admission fee if you were to see the spectacle from any other point of ad vantage than tho one provided for the purpose. But tliis is neither here nor there. Miss Viva Merrick, of Chicago, hur riedly donned a morning gown and hastened down utairs at the sound of the horn. Ragged- patches of mist rose lazily from a lake of bluish fog that filled the valleys; rugged tops and sharp crags rose in bold outline, like coral reefs upon a sea of floating dampness. t Everybody, including the young ladv, felt uncomfortable. The greenish half light that precedes day would make 'the rosiet complexion appear pule, dull and lifeless, and rob any face of its beauty; it was therefore quite unselfish in Captain Percy Demp ster, It. E., on leave from India, to oiler his greatroat to Miss Merrick as a pro tection against the icy wind that blew sharply from the glaciers. But he was a gentleman, and would have done as much for any lady, young or old, pre ferably. of course, the latter, otherwise he would have tendered his coat to the young lady's aunt first. As usual, everybody felt better as soon os the first rays of the sun had gilded the edges of the long-stretched clouds. As the captain looked for his overcoat he could not repress the ejaculation, "Bj Jingo, what a pretty picture!" and he dropped his single eyeglass to see better. Frau Professor Holtzhackcr began to rhapsodize, "Yes, eet, ees wonterfool, v onterfool, shplentit, grossartig, wirk lich gar zu nettl" because she thought he meant the sunrise. But he didn't. Miss Merrick's head just peeped out of the captain's greatcoat, her cheeks all aglow with the rosy light of the newborn day. Her eyes shone and sparkled with pleasure, and the crisp morning breeze scattered a few stray locks of golden hair that had found their way from under the dainty traveling cap. Grcuze or Fragonardor Jacquet could not have wished for a better model. If there is any man who finds fault with the captain for taking advantage of the coat incident to introduce himself, then let his neighbors watch that man. It was not accident that placed Demp ster at the ladies' table at breakfast, but the "Herr Ober-Kellner" (head waiter). Consideration—two francs. Miss Merrick's vivacity and esprit formed a refreshing contrast to the primness of her maiden aunt, and the young officer found her more charming as their ac quiantance progressed. What difference does it make whether one goes from Luzerne to Interlaken and thence to Zurich, or vice versa? Hardly any under ordinary circumstances. But if it is a question of keeping in the com pany of a clever little lady by reversing a proposed route it makes all the differ ence in the world. , And that is why the captain feigned pleased surprise that the intended line of travel of the ladies should coincide with his own plans, which it did not. But, as everybody was pleased, it did not matter that he changed his route. The turnmor passed very agreeably to all, and left a deep impression upon the captain. First he dropped his single eyeglass for good, in deference to the common sense ot Miss Merrick; next he abjured brandy and soda as a concession to the aunt's temperance principles; then he became solitary and taciturn when the young lady was not around, and, ultimately, he contracted the dangerous habit of look LAPOETE, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1891. ing at the moon long after everybody had gone to sleep. No one could hove called Miss Merrick n flirt, but womanlike, she thoroughly understood the subtle art of keeping her adorer in hot water by being alternately coy and cold. Which showed that she liked him, or sho would not have teased him. At Scheveningen, in Holland, the whole affair came to a climax. It was during an early morning stroll down to the beach. They sat. down in a couple of those old wickerwork chairs. For awhile they discussed the morsels of gossip that are repeated every season about somebody or other. Suddenly both grew silent. He began to draw figures in the sand with his cane and she beat a tatoo with her dainty slipper while gazing out upon the sea and the outgoing fishing boats in an ab stracted manner. The captain spoke first. "About a year ago," he said, "I picked up a ring in Simla, India, which bears on its inner surface the initials 'V. M.,' which are your initials." Miss Merrick listened in mute surprise, which changed to aston ishment when thccaptaiu took a ring with two dinmonds from his pocket. He next took her right hand, which hung by her side, with his other hand. Hers was a very pretty hand, and the most pleasant thing about it, to the captain, was the tinniest suspicion of a responsive touch. What he had to say as he placed the ring upon her finger was so interesting that she did not interrupt him. They returned to the hotel long after breakfast time. Before entering, the captain said: 4 'By tho way, darling, why did you look so surprised when I placed the ring upon your finger) I should think that you v must have expected something of the kind all along." Miss Merrick had forgotten all about the incident in tho pleasurable excite ment of the captain's proposal. But now sho took the ring off her finger, examined it carefully, and spoke: "Per cy, dear, don't be offended, but this has always been my ring. I lost it five years ago in Newport, It. 1., and I cau tell it to be the same ring by a tiny flaw in one of the stones, aside frotn the initials." And now comes tho strangest part of this narrative, to wit: The story of the wanderings of Miss Merrick's ring. It took two years to ascertain all the facts' about it, but the captain insisted upon establishing a clear chain of evidence, which would begin with Miss Merrick and end with himself, or rather with both. The loss of the ringihad first been no ticed by the young lady on her return from a shopping tour in, Newport, where she was spending the summer. Bhe would hardly have suspected that the elegantly dressed man who had assisted her into her carriage had deftly slipped the ring off her finger whQe doing so. It was Handy Bill, probably the most ex pert pickpocket and sncakthiof in Amer ica. Mr. Twygg, the celebrated detec tive, happened to see the theft because he had been watcliing'the man. Unfor tunately, Mr. Twygg's business in New port was of so delicate a character that he could not allow his presence to be come generally known by arresting Handy Bill, and therefore did not molest him for the present. Some two weeks lutter an opportunity offered for a con fidential chat with the thief, the outcome whereof was that he delivered the stolen ring to tbo detective and left town the morning following. Mr. Twygg carelessly put the trinket into bis pocket und—returned to New York. One day not long after a Russian de tective called at the office of his Ameri can conterree. Paul Sergiloff's mission, to the United States was to deliver cer tain documents to the Russian Minister and to gather information concerning a. Nihilist agitator sojourning in Canada. It so happened that his first point in prospect was Newport, where the Rus sian envoy was spending part of the sum mer. As Mr. Twygg searched for a match in his pocket with which to help the Rus sian to fire for his cigarette, he ielt Miss Merrick's ring. What could bo more natural than that ho should ask his visitor to deliver it up to its fair owner, or that Sergiloff should courteously assent? But Miss Merrick had left Newport, and in the excitement incident upon the recept of a ciper telegram recalling him to Russia at once, the Russian forgot to return the ring to Twygg, and carried it with him to St. Petersburg. One morning they found him there, dead, in a narrow alley. A bullet wound in his temple showed the manner of his death, and the cause for it was evidenced by the circumstance that the entire front of his vest had been partly cut and partly torn away. The deed was done by Nihilists anx ious to secure certain papers that Sergil off was supposed to carry in his inner vest pocket. A few months later the murderer and some brother Nihilists were arrested and underwent the farco of a Russian trial for political offences. The murderer was hanged and his comrades went to Si beria. To one of them he had given the ring before being executed. What fearful days and weeks and months of weary travel those were for the unfortunates destined for the lead mines I The exile who had the ring concealed in his boat managed to escape between two stations. No pen can describe the adventures and hardships of the fugitive Journey through a country in which the native* hunt escaped exiles as they would wolves; no word" can do justice to his suffering* as he traveled alone through the vast solitudes. On the edge of the Khirgiz-Sleppe he joined one pf the largo caravans of es caped convicts that contieually travel eastward. It is easy for an exile to obtain assist ance in Samarkand, or, for that matter, most anywhere in Central Asia, although it is, or rather was extremely difficult foi traders to enter the territory. In Samarkand the ring left the hands, or rather tho boot, of tho owner, and was traded for an outfit that would dis guise its wearer into a dervis. The new, possessor of the circlet was a Persian merchant traveling to Herat. Everybody from Khiva and Buckhara and Samarkaud and Tashkend and even to Teheran goes to Herat, and that is why there is always such a thieving rab ble there in spite of a strong British gar lison. And one fine morning somebody snatched tho Persian's leather pouch. The merchant set up a great hue and cry, and the thief was captured after a long chase by a young mule driver from Jelal labad. Overcome with joy at the return of his valuables the Persian presented the young fellow with the ring. Would it be possible iot a good-look ing mule driver to wear a diamond ring without exciting comment sometimes. Mrs. Dudley was the first European lady who saw it, and told young Am brington about it. Two daysjater the pretty widow work it. Oid "Indians" will remember the scene up Simla way that terminated tho en gagement of the two. Ambrington received his letters ' and presents back. They made nearly a car load. He reciprocated by packing her tender missives, etc., into an envelope. Ambington always was a fool, and with in three years after coming into bis estate he had acquired the reputation of being the most gullible spendthrift in the service. But he had had a most sincere admiration for Mrs. Dudley, who was really a charming woman. Her actions in public were, however, such, occasion ally, as to give rise to unpleasant remarks. But she was simply thought less. One day Captain Dempster made a re mark to Ambrington to tho effect that tho latter wus neglecting a sweet girl in England for the sake of a woman who could not begin to compare with her. Ambrington was nearly drunk at the time, and he made a scene. Next morn ing his friend received his deputies, and they met early on the following day, pistol in hand. There they stood facing each other, each ready to kill tho other. One, two, three—fire! Two shots rang out almost simultane ously, and Ambrington reeled and fell. They thought at first that he had been mortally wounded, but he wasn't. The bullet had squarely hit a ring in his watch pocket, and had driven it into his chest with such force that it broke ono of his ribs and imbedded itself in the muscles. Of courso after one of the combatant* had been hurt they were in honor bound to be good friends, in token whereof Ambrington eventually gave the ring to Dempster. Miss Merrick, or rather Mrs. Dempster, has an extraordinary influence over him, and even expects to mako something out ■of him—eventually.— Pittsburg Bulletin. Remarkable Group of Mines. A group of old Spanish or Aztec mines has recently been discoverod at Lac Placitas, about twenty miles from Al buquerque, New Mexico. An extensive system of underground work has been brought to light. The mineral discov ered, while not of the highest -grade, is rich enough to my handsomely and runs generally from SSO to S6O to the ton. But what is more interesting is the fact that tnese explorations have developed unmistakable evidences that the work on these mines, which was performed, no body knows how many centuries ago, was brought to a summary conclusion by an earthquake or general upheaval ol some sort. Not only all the mine work ings, smelters, furnaces, etc., were buried under some fifteen feet of earth, but there has also been found on th< same level the ruins of what was once at aqueduct for bringing water to the camp from a source about tea miles distant. The camp of Las Plactias is ou the east ern slope of the Scandia Mountains,about twenty miles from Albuquerque, and promises to become one of the most in teresting fields of archeological researcb yet discovered in that country.— Chiocuf< Herald. The Thermometer. Hero of Alexandria, who lived about 130 years B. C., is said to have been th< inventor of an instrument for measuring the heat or cold of the atmosphere, which instrument continued in use until about the close of the sixteenth century. It was then reduced to a more convenient form by one Sanctonio, nn Italian, and was afterwards considerably improved, especially by Fahrenheit, who, in 1720, affixed the graduated scale and addeo other details which chiefly tended tc render the tnermometer the instrument of practical utility which it now is."— >St. Louis Republic. The shad fishing industry in Oou i uecticut is threatened with destruction, Terms—Sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Berlin will not permit an electric road. Denver, Col., will have a mineral palace. Cork covering for steam pipes has proved very successful in England. Many of the explosions in flour mills have been traced to electricity generated by belts. In Denmark the life-saving stations arc all supplied with oil for stilling the waves in storms. A new bag machine both cuts and sews tho bag, and thus saves the labor of fourteen operators. It takes about three seconds for a mes sage togo from one end of the Atlantic cable to the other; this is about 700 miles a second. In welding pipes by electricity, it has been the usual practice to employ inter nal mandrels to prevent collapeo or change of circumferential ontline. A large body of antimony has been found in Inyo County, California. The owner says he has in sight bowlders of the metal weighing from two hundred to three hundred pounds. It is a val uable find. Miss Frye, a school teachcj, has dis covered a method by which better tiles can be made than have ever been made before. She has a patent and is likely soon tp turn from school teaching to financiering. The exhaustive experiments atSalford, near Manchester, England, with a view of ascertaining the most efficient method of purifying sewage, has resulted in the recommendation of an electrical system as the most satisfactory. Small articles made of malleable iron are now finished and polished bright by being placed in revolving drums with curriers' shavings, from which they emergo wtyh all of the rough edges smoothed and the surface highly pol ished. A secret chemical powder introduced abroad, when sprinkled over the top of the coal in a newly made hre cements the upper part of the fuel together and causes the coal to burn at the bottom and throw the heat into the room in stead of allowing a large part of it togo up the chimney. A process has been recently invented by which iron may be copper, the sur face of the iron being protected by a layer of melted cryolite and pho3phoric acid. It has been found that if the ar ticle, when immersed, is connected with tho negative pole of a battery, the cop pering is done more rapidly. By a new process waste leather scraps are steeped in a solution and subjected to a hydraulic pressure to mould them into railway brake shoes. The leather shoe weighs 44 pounds against pounds for iron, and it will wear three times as long. Such, at least, is the claim of the compressed leather men. A permanent and durable joint can be mado between rough cast-iron surfaces by the use of lead to make a very stiff putty. This will resist any amount of heat, and is unaffected by steam or wa ter. It has been employed for mending or closing cracks in cast-iron retorts useil in the distillation of oil and gas from cannel coal. High funnels seem to bo growing more and more popular among the build ers at the yards of tho British navy. The Merseo has had hers doubled in height, while those of the Blake are not less than fifty or sixty feet, reaching as far up as the tops. It is said that the result, as far as appearances are concerned, is any thing but pleasing. The Cnrre of Health. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes has made a discovery. It is that of the law of the curve of health. "It is a mistake," ho says,"to suppose that the normal state of health is represented by a straight horizontal line. Independently of the well-known causes which raise or depress the standard of vitality—there seem to be, I think I may venture to say there is —a rhythmic undulation in the flow of vital force. The 'dynamo,' which fur nishes the working powers of conscious ness and action, has its annual, its monthly, its diurnal waves, even its mo mentary ripples, in the current it fur nishes. There are greater and lesser curves in the movement of every day's life—a series of ascending and of de scending movements, a periodicity de pending on the very nature of the force at work in the living organism. Thus we have our good seasons and our bad seasons, our good days and our bad days, life climbing and descending in long ot short undulations, which I have called the curve of health. From this fact spring a great proportion of the errors of medical practice. On it are based the delusions of the various shadowy systems which impose themselves on the ignor ant and half-learned public as branches or 'schools' of science. A remedy takeu at the time of the ascent in the curve of health is found successful. The same remedy taken while the curve is in its downward movement proves a failure. So long as this biological law exists, so long the charlatan will keep its hold on the ignorant public. So long as it ex ists, the wisest practitioner will be liable to deceive himself about the effect of what he calls, and loves to think are, his remedies." By the failure of the Cape of Good Hope Bsuk seven dioceses in South Africa lose between them the sum of $135,000. NO. 30. A DREAM OF THE SEA. A farmer lad in his prairie home Lay dreaming of the sea: Re ne'er had seen it, but well he knew He pictured image and heavenly hue; And he dreamed he swept e'er its waters blue. With the winds a-blowing free, With the winds so fresh and frea He woke! and he said: "The day will oome When that shall be truth to me;" But as years swept by him ho always found That his feet were clogged and his hands were bound, Till at last he lay in a narrow mound. Afar from the sobbing sea, The sorrowing, sobbing sea. Ob, many there are on the plains to-night That dream of a voyage to be. And have said to their souls: "The day will come When my bark shall sweep through the drifts of foam." But their eyes grow dim and their lips grow dumb. Afar from the tossing sea, The turbulent, tossing sea. —Albert Bigelow Paine. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A closing remark—"You shut upl" When doctors disagree the coroner takes the matter up.— Epoch. The pot must have been boiling when it called the kettle black.— Puck. It is strange, but the dregs of a pot of "red paint" are always blue.— New York Herald. It's not always the little things that tell. Sometimes it's her big brother.— St. Joseph News. Painters are not of a military turn generally, yet they stand by their colors. —Texas Si/tings. The way-station master always has an unflagging interest in through trains.— Washiiu/ton Star. Hotel Porter—"Art you a guest of the house?" Mr. Gruff—"No; I'm paying for what I get!"— Puck. "Your wife seems vexed." "Yes. She went out to match some ribbon and found it at the first store."— Life. When a dressmaker doe»n't give her customers fits, the customers give the dressmaker fits.— Louisville Journal. The difficulty in this cold world is that too many fellows want to stand with their backs to the fire.— Bradfordßecord. "Men need moral courage more than they do higher foreheads." This ig true. Cows have high foreheads. Chicago News. Johnny is a smart boy. When he -was asked to define moustache he instantly replied, "It's a baug on tho mouth."— Epoch. The faults of our neighbors would be less conspicuous if our own virtues were not quite so glaring.— Milwaukee Sentinel. Don't laugh at your wife when she tries to stone the hens. She may ask you to help her stone the raisins.—El mira Gazette. There is a good deal of speculation about astronomical studies, but the astronomer seldom gets rich out of it.— Binghamton Republican. Auntie—"Johnny, jou never hear your papa use such language." "No; and I take mighty good care that be doesn't hear me."— Harper's Bazar. His name we never see, although In print he has a mighty mission; For he's the dark, mysterious, "Well-informed politician." —Judge. Fecblewitte deems it an exemplifica tion ot the fitness of things that love which is without bounds should make of life a never-ending spring.— Detroit Free Press. "I see that quite a number of our younger verse- writors have taken to writing their songs in antiquo English." "That is quite an appropriate setting to their ideas." Caller—"And this is the new babyl" Fond Mother—"lsn't he splendid?" Caller—"Yes, indeed." Fond Mother— "And so bright. See how intelligently he breathes."— Chicago News. How hard it is, in these unhappy days, To keep beyond the line of Falsehood's spell. Since e'en a proverb, old and hallowed says, That Truth lies—at the bottom of a well. -Life. Editor's Wife—"Sanctorum, you look disgusted; anything gone wrong?" Edi tor—"Yes; missed the mail, and my typewriter is sick!" Editor's Wife— "Too bad to miss male and female the same day!"— Argosy. Priest—"Well, Dennis, you're mar ried, I hear. I'm very glad of it. How do you and your wife get along to gether?" Dennis—"Well, yer riverence, Oi t'ink we get along besht togitber whin we're apart."— Boston Courier. 'Tis folly to spend life hoarding up gold With intention from commerce to lock It; For, as wise men remarked in the past, we are told. No shroud was e'er made with a pocket. —Milwaukee Sentinel* "Look, Adolph. Your tailor's sitting over there." "Don't attract his atten tion.'' "Ain't you getting on well to gether?" "Yes, but I don't want to em b«rrass him. He owes me receipted bills for two suits of clothes."— Fliegende Blaetter. The last stono in the Government granite dry-dock at Mure Islaud, CM., has been laid. The structure, which has already cost $2,800,000, is UQW nearly finished.
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