SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. IX. £ Hero are more women in British In aia (124,000,000) than there are men, women and chile still springs immortal That it leads the wanderer home. Oh, the bliss that lies before us When the secret shall be known, And the vast angelic chorus Sounds the hymu before tho throne! What is fame, or wealth, or life? Past are praises, fortune, strife; All but love, that live 3 forever, cast beneath, When the good and faithful servant takes the wreath. —Academy. A YOUNG MAN SAVED. BY AMELIA E. HARK. Julius May was a lawyer—that is, he was going to be one—if spending more or less hours every day in lteed & Tap pen's olfices could produc the arrangoa for result. At first the prospect had been pleasant enough to him, but a course of winter amusements in New York must have some effect upon a youtig man, and the effect in Mr. May's j case had not been, in a legal sense, sat- I isfactory. Music and the drama, libraries bound in Russia, instead of calf; fine ladies and i fancy balls, London tailors and Fifth avenue boarding houses—these, and many other splendid things, had become very agreeabble to the newly-ficdged ex- | quisite. But his little fortune was rap- , idly disappearing, and his little salary j was so extremely small that was scarcely 1 worth counting as a means toward these I desired results. What must he do? He had asked him self this question almost every hour late- j ly, and had never got but one answer— j "Marry!" At first he had met the sug gestion with a negative shrug, and a ! muttered "Nonsense!" but it had come back every time with a more persuasive i appearance. Finally, one cold, windy ! night in March, he determined tc devote an hour or two to a consideration of his j chances in the matrimonial market. I After a careful and honest review, lie was compelled to admit that among all the rich and splendid girls whom he had habitually spoken of as crazy about him, ! only two were likely to be crazy enough 1 to entertain the thought o£ marryiug him—pretty little Bessie Bell and the ex- ; ceedingly clever Nora St. Clair. He was quite sure both of these lovely creatures adored him; the only point to settle was which he liked better; or rather, which it would be best for him personal ly and commercially to choose. Bessie was »the only child of a rich widow, who lived in excellent stylo, and who was perfect mistress of her income. She was a sweet, dainty little blonde, always irreproachably stylish in dress, j always ready to dimple into smiles, and ! never at a loss for just the most agreeable thing to say. Nora was a close friend of Bessie's, but in all respects a contrast. She was no tenderly nuturel heiress, but a poor, [ brave girl, who had by the force of in tellect, study and hard work gained an ; enviable position in the literary world, j ller income from her writings was very handsome; she visited in the most aris tocratic circles; she was charming in person and manners, and dressed like the rest of the fashionable world. But then Julius felt that in every sense she would not only be the "better half," but probably the four-fourths of the house; and that his peisonality would simply sink into "Mrs. May's hus band." So Bessie won the decision, and he determined, if his new suit came home tho next day, to offer Miss BeU the handsome person which it adorned. For, to tell the truth, he was a handsome fellow; and if this work-a-day world had only been a great drawing-rooca, with theatrical alcoves and musical con LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1891. servatories, why, then Mr. Julius May would have becu no undesirable compan ion through it. The new suit came home, and fitted perfectly; the to aso rial department was equally effective in results; every pre caution had been taken, and ho felt an earnest of success in the very prosper ity o these preliminaries. Ho rang at Mrs. Dell's door; before the footman could open it, a gentleman carae quickly out-, throw himself into Mrn. Bell's carriage, and, in a voice of authority, ordered the coachmen to drive to the wharf. Tho incident scarcely attracted his at tention until, upon entering the parlor, he saw pretty Bessie watching the dis appearing vehicle with tearful eyes. She glided into her usual beaming, pretty manner; and very soon Mrs. Bell cauie in, and asked v 'uC to remain to dinner. After (1 ; - or, Mrs. Bell's clergyman called -out some of the church's chari tk , and as the young people wero sing ing, they went into tho library to discuss them. Now was tho golden moment, and Julius was not afraid to seize it. What do men say on such occasions; Do they ever say what they intended? Do they remember what they say? I don't believe Julius did; for before he lwd done—right in the middle of a most eloquent sentence —Bessie laid her hand ou his with a frightened little move ment, saying: "Sir. May, please, sir, please do stop! Surely you know that I have been en gaged ever since I was eighteen to Pro fessor Mark Tyler. Everybody knows it —we had a betrothal-party—he is just gone to Europe for six months, that id what I was crying about; why, all our set knew about it, though he has been away for nearly two years in the Rocky Mountains and California. Mamtna said we were to wait until I was tweuty-ouo, but I love hirt just the same—and I am quite sure I rever did anything to make you thiuk I could care for you in this way, Mr. May;" and Bessie looked just a little bit indignant. "I have had the honor, Miss Bell, of being your escort all winter." "Oh, dear! Did you think I was go ing to marry you for that? In all our pleasant little dinners and drives and dances, is there matrimonial speculations! That would indeed bo dreadful I" She loved the professor too trnly; she had beeu simply pleasant and friendly to him as she had been to all her other gen tlemen friends, who, however, had had too much sense and modesty to miscon strue her kindness. Then she walked 112 < her pretty little aviary and licgnn cooing to her birds. Julius hardly remembered what passed afterward, except that he received a cool courteous "Good-night, sir," in answer to his "Farewell," and that he found himself walking round Madison Square iu a very unenviable state of mind. To this speedily succeeded the thought ot Nora; he must see her to-night; to morrow Bessie would give her own ver sion of his conduct, and then—well, he would not acknowledge that that could make any difference in Nora's liking for him. "And yet," he murmured, "wo men are such uucertain creatures." Where his own interests were coucerned, Julius was not wanting in a certain strength and decision of character, and in less than an hour after his rejection by Bessie Bell he had so far composed and encouraged himself as to determiue upon a visit to Nora, though whether he shoulel offer himself to her or not was a point he left to the development of cir cumstances. He found Nora at home, and, more over, she seemed disposed to welcome him wih extra cordiality. He noted with a admiration tho refilled anel cul tured aspect of the room—the luxurious copies of her favorite authors—-the artist's proofs of rare engravings—the blooming ferneries and flowers the cosey student's chairs—tho sofa, warm rugs aud carpet— the dancing firelight —the rich silk and laec that robud the lithe, graceful figure of Nora—all these things had a fresh atiel delightful charm in them. In a little while ho managed to make tho conversation drift toward Bessie. Would she be married when the pro fessor returned from Europe? "Oh, dear, no; not till she is twenty one." "Is it not rather a mesalliance?" Nora's eyes grew dangerously bright. "Certainly not. Professor Mark Tyler is a wonderful chemist and geo logist—a man of world-wide fame. It is a great honor for Bessie to be loved by such a great soul." "Ah, indeed 1 Iliad not thought of it in that light. People usually spoke of a mosalliauces with regard to money affairs." "Yes, I know," replied Nora, "and just there they are frightfully wrong— there are worse mesalliances than dis parities in fortune—but, however, here there is none of any kind; the professor has found chemistry a sufficiently rich alembic with a residum admitting of no kind of doubt." "Will you be glad when she marrie*?" "Very." "Yet you will lose your friend?" "By no means. She will remain at home, anel tho professor and I are very old friends; lie knew me when I was a little girl." "Indeed! Perhaps you may marry before MibA Bell." "I may do so. I liavo no specific against doing such a thing eventually; but 1 am quite sure 1 shall not do so im mediately.'' "Why tfot?" • "Because I cannot afford It. I aim '""'t one of those women who would be •ikely to make a mesalliance—in money matters—and I repoat, I cannot afford it just yet. I havo at present another ex travagance before me, a great deal nicer than a husband." "I should like to know what it is." "A long European tour, with, per haps, a peep at the Pyramids and a ram ble about old Jerusalem." "Oh, dear!" said Julius, in a tone half serious aud half mocking. "I should have no chance, I suppose, against such a temptation?" "None at all," she said, positively; and though she kept up the bantering tone, it was quite evielent to Julius that if ho asked her in sober earnest she would answer just the same with a slightly dif ferent acreut. But Nora, with a woman's ready tact, turned the conversation, aud gradually led it into a very unusual anel practical channel—the nobility and tho necessity of labor. The glowing thoughts, tho plain yet hopeful truths that fair young woman uttered, Julius hoard for the first time in his life that night. Never be fore had he realized the profit aud the eloep delight which might spring—and only spring—from an honest career, lio matter how humble or laborious, if it was steadily pursued until success crownetl it. She hid none of her own early mistakes and struggles, and then alluding to lierassureel position and com fort, asked Julius "how he supposed sho had wou it?" "By your genius," he said, adinir ingly. i "Not so, sir; but by simple, persever ing, conscientious labor iu the path I had marked out for myself. Therefore," sho said, with a bright, imperative face, "go home to-night, Mr. May, choose what particular form of law you will study, throw yourself with all your capacities into that one subject, and success is suro to come. Dcpenel upon it, tho world is not far wrong in making success tho test of merit." "You have made a new man of me, Miss St. Clair," said Julius, enthusiasti cally. "When I have provoel this, may 1 conic into see you again?" lie had risen togo, and they stood with clasped hands—"Then you may come again." Nothing more was said, but thoy quit-o understood each other, aud Julius went out into tho clear starlit night, determined to make himself worthy of a good woman's acceptance, before ho offcreel himself again. Next evening, Bessie and Nora sat in the their after .'.'tj..cr coffee; it was an hour for contieleuce, and Bessie said, rather sadly: "Poor Julius May—he asked me to marry him last night." Nora turned quickly, but said nothing. "That is, he wanted te> marry my money; everybody knows that if he loves anybody regally, it is you, Nora." "Ho called on me, too, last night," said Nora, "and I saw ho was in trouble, so I gave him something to do. Nothing like that old, old gospel of Work when you 're iti trouble. When he hael elone it, I told him he might come aud see me again." "Surely you would never marry him! You will just have him to dress and take caro of." "All men need women to care for them; else why wero women made? But I think Julius will do very well yet. These elegant carpet-knights sometimes elon armor and take the worlel by sur prise." "We shall 9e0." "Yes, wo shall see. Time proves all things." Time proved in this case what has often been asserted, "that every woman influences every man she comes in con tact with, either for good or bad." Julius weut steadily to work, used with economy the remains of his patrimony, became known among lawyers as a hard readiug, clear-heaeled, steaely young man and in a littlo more than two years he ventured to call again on Nora St. Clair and ask her a certain question, to which she answered, with pride and con fidence: "Yes." Another evening Bessie anel Nora sat sipping their coffee together in the gloam ing of an early summer evening. "Bessie," said Nora, "Julius May asked me last night to marry him." "Goiug to do so, Nora?" "Yes. dear, I am going to take care of him, and ho is going to take caro of me." "That is 'all right,' I suppe>se." "Yes. lam quite sure it couldn't be better." Both girls sat silent a while, anel then Nora saiel, sadly: "I havo been wondering how many bad husbands might havo beeu good ones, did women always use their influence for noble ends. There ought to bo a saviug power in love—if it is true love—and thero is, for I havo proved it; and what I havo done other women cau do also." The Ledger. A peculiar caso of increase in coal con sumption is reported from France. An official engiueer, having been called to investigate the cause of a considerable augmentation of tho consumption of fnel by a large battery of boilers, discovered that tho phenomenon was due jto the pressure of water in the smoke shaft. The measures which were taken to ex clude the water have resulted in a sav ing of sixteen per ceut. in the annua! coal bill. A new apparatus throws fifty pounds of dynamite three miles. Terms—Sl.2s in Advance; $1.50 after Three Months SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. It is estimated that at least 1,000,000 pounds of rubber are used annually for bicycle tires. A Detroit manufacturing firm will make steel wagon wheels, with hollow felloes and spokes. The big clock in the tower of Phila delphia's new City Ilall is to be wound by a steam engine. A consolidation locomotive weighs fifty tons, and will draw on a level about fifty times its own weight. A Japanese recommends cleansing the hands with tartrate of ammonium to avoid poisoning from white lead. Steam pipes have been made in Eng laud from the ramie fibre. This ma terial is subjected to tremendous hydraul ic pressure. Electric light or power is now used in nearly forty American mines, and with such success that a rapid extension of electric mining is anticipated. A new car of the Michigan Central Railroad does the work of 300 men in scraping the dirt dumped on the sides of the track to the edge of the fill. An investigation in Switzerland shows that mortality from organic diseases of the heart decreases as the altitude of the habitation rises, and that it is greater in towns than in the country. Cork covering for steam pipes has proved very successful in England, and in some cases it has been found to make a difference of 100 to 124 degrees froir the temperature of uncovered pipes. Two Austrian engineers have invented a new explosive which is called ecrasite. Its power, as compared with dynamite, is as 100 to seventy, and it may be ear ried from place to place with perfect safety. An electric typewriter is being con structed which will write letters iu New York as they are transmitted from Bos ton, and vice versa, the communications being transmitted simultaneously ovei four separate wires. Twelve thousand silkworni3 when newly hatched scarcely weigh one-quar ter of an ounce, yet in the course ol thoir life, which only lasts about thirty five days, they will consume between 300 and 400 pouuds of leaves. An English inventor has constructed a novel device to do away with the enor mous pressure of water against the bows of ocean steamers. It consists of one oi more screws on each side of the bow which throws the water asie l " ami creates a dry well in front of the vessel. One of the recent inventions for life saving apparatus is the Irvine pneumatic gun for throwing a line to ships in dis tress or to persons in a burning house. The air is admitted from a reservoir to the chamber behind tho projectile at a pressure of 2400 pounds on tho squan inch. The Kin? of Spain's Foibles. The Paris Fiqaro thus describes tho King of Spain: "He is small, very small; but sinewy, restless, full of fun, and pre cocious. He dreams of uniforms, flags and battles. He will not have toy horses but for two years has desired a live horse, in order to run races. He says 'thou' to all people. He likes to nick name the old Generals. For instance, Marshal Martinez Campos, chief of the military cabinet, is called 'Campitos' bj the child. AVhen ho does not get what ho wishes at once ho grows exceeding angry and can be quieted only by thesofi words of tho CJueen Regent. He is stub born. He speaks excellent English al ready. What offends hiin especially is the knowledge that ho is still a child He would like to grow large at once, hi a man with a great mustache without de lay. He cauuot understand how the King of Spain can be so small." The Worst Smell In llio World. MM. Bauman and Fromm, experi menting iu Freibunr, Bresgau, on the organic derivations of sulphur, caused hydrogen sulphide to act upon acetone. They obtained trithio-acetone and a new compound, non-volatile and crystallino, and at the same time a very volatile sub stance was given off, to whose odor all tho most ill-smelling substances hitherto known wero as attar of roses. The dis coverers think this gas is monosul phureted acetiu, but they have yet beer unable to isolate it. Their efforts in that lino, although they used the most perfect apparatus at their command to prevent the escape of the smallest quan tity of the gas, brought an indignant storm of protest from the whole city The stench was unendurable within a radius of 700 metres.— Picayune. The Thumb King. "And do they wear them on theii thumbs;" "Yes, miss, and they are right pretty, too." A jeweler's clerk was displaying his new stock of thumb rings. "May I try one on?" "Certainly," he replied, and stoopod ] low over the pink-tipped fingers, slip- | ping on a tiny circlet of pearls. "It doesn't look so bad after all," i «aid she, "you see the band is so nar- j row and the pearls so small that tho j effect is not awkward, sis I expected it would be. I'll take that one." The advent of this unique little orna ment is greeted with rather more favor than was at first expected by tho jewel ers.—Nme York liccorder. M). 47. A. SON 6 OF REST. Oh! rfng me a song of evening; A song of peace and rest,- ' When, weary with useless flying •' The wild birds seek the nest; , When the lamps of homo are lighted And those we love draw nigh, And overhead the kindly stars • Are smiling in the sky. The day has been dark and dreary, The shadows fall thick and fast, And my limbs and my heart are weary ' From battling with tho blast; And now as the shades of evening Creep darkly o'er tho land, I sigh for a breath of peace and rest j And the touch of a friendly hand, • My thoughts turn back in the twilight,' To scenes long passed away. When, free from tho thrall of labor, I wandered in childish play; 4 I soe the vine-clad doorwuy. Where oft my mother stood. Anil the thoughts of a home I know no more Come o'er me like a flood. Then sing mo a song of evening, Of peaceful love and rest; I am weary of useless striving And X long for the sheltering nest. Tho rugged shadows of evening Aru filling all tho land, And I sigh for a breath of love and rest And the touch of a mother's hand. —Mortimer C. Brown, in Yankee Blade. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Dear little things—Diamonds.— Pitch. Because yon feel good is no reason you are.— Pittsburg Post. You can buy a line 5 kt. diamond for SSOO, if you have the §SOO. The deed of an incendiary is correctly referred to as a "burning shame."—At lantti Journal. The deaf mute should express himself iu musical language; ho uses a hand or gan of speech.— Puck. Always hope for the best. You will never get it, so there will be no excuse for abandoning hope.— Puck. Though "make hay while the sun shines" Is a proverb neglected, "Make love while tho moon shines'' Is forever respected. Washington Post. Girls should bear in mind that haul ing young men over the coals does not tend to make them pop.— Detroit Free Press. Handsome is as handsome does. A five-cent fan will give as good a breeze as one all gold and fenthors.— Boston l'ranscrij)t. AV'aca a man wears an air of resigna tion, he may be suspected of boing a bank officer about to visit Canada.— Texas Sijtinqs. Capital and labor could get on well enough together if there were not so many men trying to get capital without labor.— Texas Siftings. He loved her, but her scornful laugh Embitters now his lot; He tried to take her photograph And showed her what he got. Washington Post. When wc come to reflect how hard it is to keep down the natural instincts, isn't it a lucky thing there are no Indian hair-cutters or barbers?— Philadelphia Times. "It is very strange," said the amateur gardener; "I planted radishes there, and nothing but a lot of green stalks have come up, with not a radish or sign of a blossom on 'em."— Puck-. Dashaway—"l hear that you upset some soup on MiSs Palisade's dress at the dinner hist night." Stuffer—"Yes; and I was fearfully put out about it. You know it isn't polite to ask for soup twice."— Cloak lievieic. Gentlemen—"But I'm afraid he wouldn't make a good watch-dog." Man with Pup—"Why, bless yer 'art, it was only las' week that this 'ere wery animal held a burglar down by the throat and beat his brains out with his tail."— Brooklyn Life. "You couldn't guess my age, now, could you?" said Miss Passiegh to Billy Bliven. "No," was the reply, "I am sure I could not." "I have seen just twenty-five years." "I say, Billy," mut tered Dick Suiggens, at his elbow, "ask her how many years she was blind."— Washington Post. "I say," said Gus De Jay, as he laid the paper across his knees, "this article says that a flood of intelligence is going to sweep the country." "Well, deah boy, don't let it worry you," replied Willie Washington. "You're not likely to be any flood-sufferer, you know."— Washington Post. "llow did your revival over at Apache Gulch pan out?" "Well," answered the Arizona evangelist, "it wasn't exactly a success. At the third meeting I hap pened to say that I believed Apache Gulch was the wickedest place of its size on earth. After that my words fell flat. It was the first time the towu had been rated as first-class in anything, aud they didn't care to lose the distinction."—Jn dianapohs Journal. A little girl who is just learning to read short words, takes groat interest in the bij; letters she sees iu newspapers. The other eveuing,. after she had kept her mamma busy reading the advertise, mcnts in the newspapers to her, she knelt down to say her prayers. "Lord" she lisped, "make me pure!" Then she hesi tated and went oa. with fervor, a mo aient latter, "Make me absolutely pure, like baking powder!"— Christian lie,jit ter.