SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN. W M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. X. Robert Bonner docs not think the j rotting mile will icach 2:05. It is said th;it the general use of the typewriter has greatly injured the ink Business. Although the summer of 1891 was ex ceptionally cool, murders and suicides I were unusually numerous, a fact, that maintains the New York Commercial throws some discredit on | the old/'theory that heat provokes to | crime. / A steamboat line will begin running in i A few weeks between Chattanooga, ' Tcnn., and St. Louis, Mo. The business j men of Chattanooga arc delighted at the prospect, which means a reduction in freights to that point. Within fifteen jiiays 61000 each were subscribed by 107 of Chattanooga's citizens as a guarantee fund. The trip of the steamer Herbert 'a few months sinco over the same route, mude in the interest of Chattanooga merchants,demonstrated the entire feasi bility of the scheme, as the Mussel Shoal Canal made the worst part of the river navigable, and below that the voyage was perfectly e-isy. The American Wool Importer sees the solution of the deserted farm problem in New England in the rising of sheep. "Many ot these deserted farms," it says, "can be bought from to §ls per acre, and there are clusters of them where 1000 or more acres can be secured in a body. These farms can be stocked with grade aud Southdowns costing at from $5 to 88 per head, but these breeds of course should not be run in flocks of more than thirty to forty head each. We have recommended Shropshires and Southdowns because of their siyierior mutton qualities, and because they are hardy and early to develop. The llatnp -Bhiredown will also please, perhaps equally as well, aud furnish most tooth some mutton. The New England muttoa raiser is not only favored with sweet feed among the limestone and granite ledges and in the green valley of his domain, but is also additionally favored by a close proximity to the best markets in the country, where early lambs need never to hunt a buyer and where' prices for prime mutton arc always good." The eastern shore of Maryland has been so little disturbed by immigration, remarks the Chicago lit raid , that the region numbers comparatively few sur names, so that at various times it h'is been necessary to resort to odd but very ancient devices to distinguish betweeu men bearing the same name. The com monest device is tho patronymic by which of two men bearing ex ictly the same Christian and family name one is distinguished from the other by the ad dition "of William," "of Thomas," or "of John," as tho case may be,the mean ing of the phrase being "son of William, Thomas or John." Another device once commonly employed was to couple with the name an adjective to indicate some physical peculiarity, as "long" to indi cate a tall man, "black" to indicate a dark man or "red" to indicate a ruddy man. Occasionally tho distinguishing word is uucomplemeutary. "Devil" is not an unusual prefix to the Christian or surname of a man having a reputa tion for vice or recklessness. A man bearing one of the best known names in Maryland carried to his grave this pre fix. _ The agent of a commercial bureau who has been through nearly fourteen coun ties in western Kansas, for the purpose of obtaining information on which to base a judgment of the business condi tions of that part of the country, reports that that portion of Kansas is enjoying the most prosperous era in its history. The banks, he says, are in excellent con dition; their deposits are increasing, and they are not using much Eastern mouey, large amounts being received from fann ers who are paying off mortgages and have money ou deposit after doing it. Tho abundance of the crops this year is such, he declares, as tom ike up for the losses sustained by the farmers in pre vious seasons. According to his obser vation the chief dillieulty tiiey have tj contend with is the lack threshing machines to handle the wheat. Mu; the farmers do not let this trouble thou much as they are disposed to hold the grain for higher prices, believing that by next February they can get £1 a bushel instead of sixty cents, which is the present price. The [irosoenty of tin; grangers is having its effect on retai 1 business. THE WORLD AND LIFE. Ttio onward rushing stream of life Engrossed his every thought. The turmoil oft ie day, the strife With which man's breath was wrought Made up existence tohismiud; The world was all in all. He was a captive—passive, blind- To struggle or to fall. Such was his thought; he never knew What force beyond it lay, Until across his path Love threw A rosy, sunlit ray. He drank its warmth, and then it seemed 'Twas he who ruled the world; And sweeter than he ever dreamed Before him lifo unfurled. —Flavcl Scott .Vines, in Harper's Weekly. ~DORAT~ I. Duncan Holmes (soliloquizing in street car) —I don't believe in love at first sight, but I believe in fate. Ten min utes ago I wis on my way down town with the fixed intention of going in that direction and no other, yet hers I am riding up town, with not the vaguest idea of stopping anywhere. What in duced me to change inv mind so sudden ly? I have never done such an erratic thing before. What lovely, lovely eyes she has! Conductor—Change cars for Thirty - tourth street ferry. Duncan—Shall I change cars? Perhaps I'd better. A voicooutside—Bananas! Ten for a quarter! Put 'em up in a bag for yar? Duucan—No, Pll stay where I am. It is true, I saw Sissy Tomkyns in this car as it passed ine, but I would never run three blocks for the pleasure of talking to him. Much more likely to run the other way. He is an unmitigated ninny —every one knows that. I was immense ly relieved when he got oil the car. Voice at the window—Teu for a quar ter! Duncan—And then I got this seat di rectly opposite her. How fortunate! Was there ever such a face? And such beautiful hair! The old lady must be her grandmother—no, I don't ■want ban anas. We were so near her when we were hanging on that strap together that she heard every word we said. I could see that plainly. That's Tomkyn's one virtue, he gives a person such opportun ities for being orilliant. (Car goes on.) Voice in distance—Ten—quarter—bag for yer Duncan—lt's fate, that's clear. It is a little dark in the tunnel, so now I can look at her without her knowing it. I have never seen such a pretty profile nor such a lovely smile. And what a soft, sweet voice she has ! I would listen to it all day. The old lady seems to be a sensible sort of party. Why does she not drop her fan or her handkerchief, or do something to give me a chance of making myself useful? Conductor—New Haven depot! Duncan—Nearly every one is getting off the car. A little tripuu the country would be agreeable, perhaps. No, I'll stay in town and go up tho avenue. What is the old lady saying to bur now? Some thing about the streets? Old Lady—We must notgo too far up, Dora. You will have to ask the con ductor. (Looks round anxiously.) Duncan (raising his hat). —Can I be o( any service, madam? Old Lady—Thank you. I want to know where number Fifth avenue is. Duncan—l am not quite sure, but I will ask the driver. (Goes out on front platform.) Small Hoy in the street —Look.out for de dog! (Car stops and frightened cur runs in.) Small Boy (gleefully)— There he goes 1 Mad dog, mad dogl (Lady passengers scream and rush out the other door.) Dora—Don't be frightened, grandma. Wait for me; you will fall, graudma! Conductor—Well, I never seed such a stampede. Passenger (to Duncan) —The young lady dropped her cape. There she goes; you can catch her. Duncan (taking it and rushing out) — Fate is w; th me! ii. Duncan Holmes (smoking in his room) —What a race I've had all the afternoon with that fur cape! I distinctly saw her and the old lady getting into a cab, and Iran blocks and blocks to catch them. There was such a crowd in the avenue that I could hardly keep the cab in sight—l knew it by the blue curtain at the back. At last it stopped ; I came up breathless making my best bow; tho door opened and two gentlemen got out. There were two cabs with blue curtains, and I followed the wrong one. What a dilemma I was in. I was determiuod to find her before an advertisement for tiie cape appcured in the paper, for I would not relish going to her as if to claim "twenty dollars reward." I turned the cape insid3 out in hopes of finding some clew to the owner, and in the little pocket was a slip of paper with three memoranda written in a delicate, run ning hand: "Notcpaper, milliner, Charley's slippers." How I envied Charley, whoever he might be. Her brother, I thought, and she was going to order his slippers—a good, kind sister. There was nothing else in the pocket except the handkerchief. 1 have kept it as a souvenir. There can be no harm in such a theft as that. Some d«j. when LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1891. we are both old, I shall hunt hor up again and give it back to her, and we shall laugh together over the mad-dog episode. There is metnneholy satisfac tion in the prospect. It is a pretty little trifle daintily embroidered in blue, with her name in one corner—Theodora; a sweet, stately, name, just suited to her. This shall never leave me until I give it into her own hands. When that time comes my hands will be wrinkled and snaky and my hair white, her blue eyes will be dim with years and her voice cracked—bah! what is the use of thinking of it? I don't believe in fate, but I believe in love at first sight. Ah, me! James is staying a long time. I told him to ride both ways. What a mercy it was that I did not carry out my first plan of applying fox information at the house in Fifth avenue to which they were going. I should have looked a precious idiot. I had made up my mind to relate the cir incident in an off-hand way and to describe the two ladies., par ticularly the old one, her soft, white hair and grey eyes, and all that, but any one, at least any woman, would have seen that I was in love and would have taken infi nite pleasure in enlightening me. I thank my lucky stars that I did not go there, but received another inspiration when within live yards of the house. I took one more look at the cape and saw that it was quite now and had the maker's name inside the collar. I dashed over to the elevated, caught the next train, rode down town, and reached the furrier's shop just as it was closing up. The pro prietor was very obliging, called up his men, had the matter looked into, ami in formed me that a cape similar to tho one I showed him had been made a week ago for a Mi's. Charles Botan. Married, married—Theodora! He gave me her address. I shall leave on Saturday and join mother ami the girls in Switzerland. Here is James. Well? James—lt's all right, sir. The ladj described the capo exactly, so I gave it to her. She was very much obliged to you, and the gentleman gave me five dollars, sir. Duncan —Yes; very well. Nowlwant you to pack my small trunk. lam goin<j to Europe. And, James, about what age j s —er—the gentleman, Mr. Botan? Did he seem to be a feeble, delicate-looking sort of man at all ? James—No, sir. I took him to be about thirty-six or seven—a little older than yourself, sir. Duncan—Yes. Now go. Fato is against me 1 in. Duncan Holmes (in his married sister's drawing-room two years later) —It was certainly a strange coincidence, to say the least. Soon after reaching Geneva I saw in a New York paper tho death, "suddenly," of Charles Botan,at tho ad dress to which 1 had sent the fur cape. Two weeks ago I came home, and while attending au afternoon tea, here at Mar garet's, saw sitting in a corner, dressed in black, Theodora. I went to my sister anil whispered, "Who is she?" "She?" returned Margie, "iu black? Oh, that is Dora Botan. Poor dear! she has only just left off her crape. You must meet her; she is charming." Iu another min ute wo were standing before her. Margie said, hurriedly: "Dora, this is my brother, Duncan Holmes. You have heard me speak of him," and thou flew oil to greet n new-comer. Ah, what a delightful half-hour I passed talking to her, listening to her Voice, and looking it to her eyes! She is not much changed, though sadder than she was, and I fan cied once that she had a dim recollection of me, but that is hardly possible. She did not speak of tho fur-cape incident nor of her husband. I have met her twice in the street since then, and last Sunday I went into church with her. She promised me she would be here this evening, and she has kept her word. (His sister shows Dora in.) Dora—l am early, I sec. Good eveniog, Mr. Holmes; are we tho first ariivals? Duncan—No; there arc several per sons in the next room, but it is very comfortable here. I) crn —i have not been anywhere for so long that I feel quite strange. Duncan—Yet, a inusicale is not a for midable affair. Have this arm-chair, and I will take this one. Now, I want to toll you & secret. Dora —A secret, Mr. Ilolmes? Duncan —Yes; and to restore to you a piece of property of yours which acci dentally came into my possession two years ago, and which 1 have felouiously retained and concealed until now. Oh, you need not think this a joke, it is solemn truth. Have you forgotten? Dora—Have I forgotten what? Duncan—That we met two years ago, you and I. There is recollection written in your eyes, but you do not quite place me. Dora —I thought I had seen you be fore and heard you talk. Only yester day 1 was thinking Duncan —Of me? Thank you. Now listen. 1 came uptown to-day in a street car, and as we reached the tuuuell heard a familiar voice which gave me a thrill of delight. The words it said were un poetic and commonplace: "Bananas! ten for a quarter. Put 'em up in a bag for ycr?" In an instaut I seemed to see you sitting opposite me, a sweet-faced old lady at your side. She asked me where No. Fifth avenue was. Do you remember now? A hunted dog rau through the car and you vanished from my sight. What is the matter? There are tears in your eyes. Dora—Yes; I recollect it all. It was only few weeks before my great, great sorrow- Duncan—Oh, pardon me. I did not mean to grieve you so. II .rk, the music is beginning. Shall we go into tho other room? Dora—No, thank you; wo can hear very well. Are you fond of music? Duncan—Yes; very. That fellow plays well, too. Dora—l am so glad you thought dear grandma had a sweet face. It suited her character exactly. I nearly died when I lost her, and now I am quite alone. Duocin—ls she dead? lam shocked to hear it. I had no idea you were in mourning for her. (Aside.) Where on earth is Botan, then? Dora—Your face shows you are grieved. Thank you. I remember that you were very kind that day. (Singing begins.) That is a fine voice, but I very tired of the song. Are not you? Duncan—l do not know it. Dora—Not kuow "Marguerite?" Duncan—Yes, yes; of course! Par don me, I was thiuking of something else. lam glad we arc not to have another verse. It is time I restored the rest of your property to you. This hand kerchief has been all over Europe with mi.'. Dora—Did I drop it in the car? But, no; you have made a mistake. It is not mine. Duncan—Not yours? I found it in the pocket of your fur cape, and it has youi Bame. Look—Theodora? Dora—lndeed you mistake. My name is Dorothea. Duncan—l do not understand. Did not my servant goto your hour in Seven tieth street? Dora—No; he could not linve done so, for I have always lived in Madison ave nue. Duncan —But he saw your—your— Mr. Botan. Dora—Who can you mean? I have no brother, and my father has been dead for ten years. Duncan—But—but do you mean tn say you did not lose your fur cape thai day? Dora—Mr. Holmes, I assure you 1 never had one. I begin to understand now. The lady who sat next me in the car had one on her lap. Duncan —1 see, I see; I was on a wild goose chase. But tell me, what is your name? Margie called you Dora Botan. Dora—Hero is my visiting card iu her card-basket—look! Duncan —Miss Dorothea Boughton— Mis* Dorothea Boughton! Miss! Well,' well, what au absurd mistake I made! Was there ever such a stupid?. Sissy Tomkyns himself could not have done worse. Let me explain f-oui the beginning. Dora—Hark! A duett. (Tenor sings.) "For one brief space we mat, I looked on thea and loved, and lov-od thee!'' Duncan—That is just my case. Dora—lt is not polite to talk during the singing. Duncan—For two years I have loved you hopelessly, Dora—Dorothea. What say you ? Dora—Hush—sh! Listen I (Soprauo sings.) "Look, look in mine eyes Aud ask, and ask no inore!" —Frank Leslie's Newspaper. Pigeons in Journalism. The Edinburgh evening papers have a traiued service of carrier pigeons tor use at race meetings, football or cricket matches, shooting competitions, etc., and in out-of-the-way districts where there is no telegraph or telephone within easy reach they are often very useful. They are housed iu quarters specially erected for them on the flat roof of the office, the dovecote including an ingen ious trap arrangement and electric bell. When a reporter desires to use tho pigeons lie leaves word the night before with the person in charge of them. This is very necessary. When they are to fly far on auy particular business it is better that thev should be only lightly fed in the morning. The pigeons—two or four, as may be required—are caught in tho morning and placed in a comfortable wicker or tin basket, like a small lunch eon basket, with compartments. The reporter, when he leaves the otfice, car ries the basket with him. lie also pro vides himself with a book of fine tissue paper, "flimsy," and a sheet of carbon ized paper, "a black." He writes his report very legibly aud compactly, so as to put as much on a page of "flimsy" as it will possibly hold. Theu he rolls tho "flimsy" neatly up and attatches it to the leg of the bird by means of an clastic band. Or ho may sand two pages of "flimsy," one on each leg. The pigeon, being released, makes straight for home. Time*-Democrat. Sidewalk Rope-Balanclnjf. The sidewalks in Havana, Cuba, aro usually about one foot wide. You bal ance yourself on the curbstone and walk along as though walking on a pole fence. About every second person you meet is a colored woman, with a big laundry basket on her head. At first it is a little awkward, but before you have been here long you get so tuat you can pass tho laundry woman without knocking the basket oil her head, and, if you stay long enough, you could get a job in most any circus as a rope walker. On the principal streets the sidewalks area little better, but two feet and a half is con sidered a very wide sidewalk.—JVeM l York Journal. Terms—sl.2s in Advance; 51.50 after Three Months SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. An average locomotive costs SIO,OOO. Iron has been rolled to the thinness of l-1800th of ail inch. A new method to utilize coal calm has been successfully tried. Antimony is found extensively in Por tugal, the largest beds being situated near Braganza. An electric flying machine was re cently made to rise to a height of seventy feet and fly about 400 yards. The French make paper umbrellas, rendered wholly waterproof by gelatined bichromate of potassium. By the use of the camera, with power ful telescopes a new and very large crater has been shown upon the moon's sur face. A French electrician has gotten up a device by which he can send 150 type written words per minute over a single wire. The sturgeon is toothless and draws in its food by suction, but the shark has hundreds of teeth set in rows that some times number ten. The largest locomotive yet built in Europe was recently sent out of the Ilirschau works in Munich, Bavaria. It is forty-six feet over all and weighs eighty-four tons. Telescopic steel masts or rods are to be used in lighting the public squares in Brussols, Belgiuju. The object of this system is to preserve the beauties of the parks in the daytime. The effective range of the modern magazine rifle is not less than a mile, and the maximum range not less than two miles. There is danger from richochct up to a distance of a mile. As heat resistants we may mention as bestos, plaster-of-paris, uncalcined gyp sum, sand, clay, ashes, charcoal, soap stone, pumice stone, chalk, infusorial earth, mineral wool, rock, wool. The Majestic is the most economical coal burner of any of the Atlantic flyers. She burns but 220 tons a day, shows 19,500 horse power and makes an average of over twenty-three miles au hour. Electricity is playing an important part iu the working of heavy guns, am munition hoists, and winches in the French Navy. New ships are being fitted with electric appliances iu lieu of hy draulic gear. The practice of placing t v e green boughs of the eucalyptus tree in sick rooms is growing iu Australia. They not only act as disinfectarts, but the volatile scent has also a beneficial influ ence on consumptive patients. Smoke is finding its champions in Eng land, notwithstanding the efforts made to preveutits diffusion in the atmosphere. It is claimed that the carbon in the sm Dke is a powerful deodorizer, and as such, is a blessing rather than a nuisance. By means of a powerful jet of com pressed air a German engiueer drives dry cement down into the saud ur mud at the bottom of a stream, so that the water immediately fixes the cement and it be comes like solid rock, suitable for founda tions. An American machine which will suc cessfully work out the fibre of sisal from the plaut has produced a boom iu that industry never realized with the English machines heretofore used. The new ma chine does not cut the fibre, aud the product leaves the machine ready for the market. After the passage of an electric storm there is quite an appreciable amount of ozone in the atmosphere, so much so that its presence may bo frequently de tected by exposing a piece of blotting paper, previously dipped in a solution of starch and iodide of potash, when it will be turned blue. The French are now painting their war vessels a dull, sulphurous gray, ex actly the color of smoke as it arises from canuons. They say this color has the advantage of being as illusive and indis tinguishable in fogs and sea mists and darkness as during the smoke of battle. It is more baffling in the search light than any other tint. A five-iuch shot was recently fired through the cellulose belt of the Danish cruiser Hepla, entering the bow in the port side, and coming out on the star board side. The llepla steamed for three hours at a speed of sixteen knots per hour. The cellulose is reported to have proved so effective that at the end of the three hours the water-tight com partment through which the shot passed contained but two feet of water. During the run the water rose high above the shot hole. Cellulose is a water-excluding substance. A Rare Book. The Carnegie Free Library in Alle gheny, Penn., has become the fortunate possessor of a copy of Audubon s "Birds of America,"the gift of Mrs. William J. Alexander, of Monongahela. The work is one of considerable rarity and of great value, copies of the original edi tion of 1844 selling at from #2500 to S4OOO. It is not generally known that the great naturalist's daughters live iu old homestead near Audubon Park,over looking ths Hudson. They were once possessed of considerable wealth, but it was lost through unfortuuate invest ments, and they are now in somewhat straitened circumstances. Some of the big handsome plates from which Audu bon's monumental work wits pnuteil ara preserved in tile Museum of N<»tur:d History iu Central I'ark. — Bieton T/'iir.- *cript. NO. 5. A HAITNTINO THOUGHT. If the wind is the breath of the dying, As ancient legends say, What rebel soul, defying. Sweeps down the storm to-dayf What fruitless, mad regretting Uttered that lingering wail? What life of war and tempest Is spille:! upon the gale* If the wind is the breath of the dying, Across this sea of light. What saintly soul, replying, Goes out to God to-night? Whom does this moonlit zephyr .. Uplift on its white breast? What spirit, pure and patient, In rapture sinks to rest? —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, in Independent. HUMOIt OF THE DAY. The tramp's style of expression is never labored.— Washington Star. Jagson says it's a lone; loan that lias no returning.— Klmirct Lrazette. Even the strictest vegetarian believes it is meet that he should eat.— Boston. Courier. We have hair-dressing parlors, and why not dental drawing-rooms?— Boston, Gazette. The "balance of the season" is what troubles paterfamilias. — Boston Common wealth. "No, Gubbins, you will never be a brain-worker." "Why not?" "Haven't got the tools."— Dansville Breeze. There's one good thing a bad boy won't take, and that is good advice— Richmond Record. The dear hunting season has been trans ferred from the beach to tho drawing room.—l'ittshurg Dispatch. In the world of fashion every old hen has her set. And they manacre to hatch out a good deal of mischief. — Terns Si/tings. The barber who will invent a style of whiskers which the wind can't blow through has a fortune awaiting him.— Buffalo Express. "So you live in Chicago?" "Yes. "Are you interested in the fair?" "You bet, I'm engaged to three of 'em at pres ent."— Cape Cop Item. Some one says "poets are declining;" this is evidently a mistake. Every poet will tell you that it is the editors who are declining.— Richmond Recorder. The youug man who sajs "Thank you!" when the girl he loves has promised to be his wife ought never to say it in words.— Someroille Journal. He took the coin they gave him there, Its looks he could not trust; He raised it to his lips with care— 'Twas thus he oit the dust. Washington Star. Mrs. Pendergrast (in disgust) —"You call these shades alike! Is there anything you can match?" Mr. Prendergrast— "Yes. Pennies."— Kate Field's Washing ton. "Father," asked a boy, "why do they call this place the Exchange?" "Be cause, my sou, it is where we exchauge money for experience."— Boston Bul letin. He (seriously)—"Do you think your father would object to my marrying you?" She—"l don't know. If he is anything like me he would."— Brooklyn Life. If some people were to do unto others as they would have others do to them they would not have a single moment in which to look out for themselves.— Dallas News. "You had better accept Mr. Hippie," laid Mrs. Elder to her daughter; "it is your last chance." "You thiak this is the court of last resort, do you, mamma," asked the girl.— Detroit Free Press. Editor-in-Chief (to managing editor) - signed." Managing Editor—"James has abdicated, sir, not resigned. James, you know, was offico boy."— Jury. The husband was reading the news at night. And his wife said: "Pell me, pray, How mauy balloonist? were killed outright Who made ascensions to-day?" —Xew York H-ess. "H'm—that young man of yours—is he worth anything, financially?" "Why, yes, papa. lie is worth at least $35 a week to the store, he says, though they only give him ten."— lndianapolis Jour nal. jinks—"Waite would be a good mar to start a church." Fiukius—"Why so?" Jinks—"He has sisters enough among our leading families to start i good-sized congregation."— New Ymi Herald. Miss Pearl White—"l wish you to paint my portrait." Dobbins—"l'm sorry, ma'am, but I can't do it." Miss Pearl White—"Why not?" Dobbins—"l never copy other paintings."— Cincinnati QatetU. First Jeweler —"Do you sell that new house of Upson, Downs & Co?" Second Jeweler —"No longer; I sold them sev eral large bills. They paid promptly at maturity, so I stopped."— Jeweler's Circular. Visitor —"I have often wanted to visit a lunatic asylum, but I suppose there is none in the city." Resident—"No, but we've got a Board of Trade. (Proudly) Como along. It's in session. It will do just as well."— Boston Herald. First Youth (at railway depot)— "Traveled fari" Second Youth—"Not yet, but I expect to before I stop. lam going west to seek my fortune." First Youtlv—"l just got back. Lend me i dime, will you?"— Kama* City Jovrnai.
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