SULLIVAN JSSllfe REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. X.
The Postofflcc Department has de
cided in favor of Pittsburg without the
"b."
It is calculated that since the begin
ning of time the world has had sixty-sis
quadrillions of inhabitants.
Tho iniuers of the world produce
twenty-five tons of gold every week, but
the precious metal remains aa rare as
ever.
A Loudon journal estimates that a
dentist, who is busy six hours n day can
make ¥SOOO a year by extracting teeth
at twenty-five cents each and filling them
for $1 each.
When evils arc to bo remedied nowa
days, the New York Advertiser notes,
it is douc through tho instrumentality of
societies. The latest in Loudon has for
its object the protection of witnesses
r.gainst insult by counsel.
President Elliot, of Harvard Univer
sity, says that "the immigrants who
come to our shores from abroad will be
found to have received a better common
school training than the average rural
population in this country."
A bicycle iusurancc company, to in
sure bicycles against accidental break
age, has been started iu New York.
When a broken wheel cannot be satis
factorily repaired by the company's
mechanics tho policy holder is givcu a
new machine.
The boy King of Spain, known as Al
fonso No. 13, who is just six years old,
is said to be very obstinate, and if he
wants a thing and cannot get it he gets
into a rage which his mother alone can
appease. He has a great desire to be a
man, and above all is auxiousto have a
moustache. All of which goes to show,
muses the Boston Transcript, that the
divinity that hedges a king does not
prevent the weaknesses of human nature
from invading the royal mind.
Cheap laborers, tho Sau Francisco
Examiner declares, aro pouring into At
lantic ports in a veritable flood. Some
of them impoverished, sonio actually
vicious, ami nearly all anxious to work
at any wage, their employment and ulti
mate assimilatiou present a problem of
the utmost gravity. It would be folly
to allow the condition to become more
complicated by admitting another flood
of cheap laborers, under contract,
through Pacific porti. Happily, the at
tempts to bring in Japanese unlawfully
have failed. The Japanese are coming
fast enough without great corparations
bringing them in herds, ul they have
shown a desire to do. Tho efforts in
this direction have simply been sufficient
to arouse a proper degree of caution.
In Wall street, according to the At
lanta Constitution, no cash passes.
Checks take tho place of money. The
rich men of New York do not carry
money. Tho highwayman who "held
up" Jay Gould or any of the millionaires
would profit little. Only a few dollar*
would be secured. If SIOO lasts Mr.
Uould three months, as it doos, the rob
ber must have a pretty accurate knowl
edge of his uffairs to know when to con
front him with the hope of getting over
teu or twenty dollars. Tho loading mill
ionaires are luou, without exception, of
plain ways and few requirements. They
do not use intoxicants or tobacco, and
there are few things they nee I iuou«y for.
Tho average man who works for his
daily bread has more money in his pocket
than the average luiltliouaire. The
millionaires, too, are as methodical in
their personal as iu their b isiness affairs.
They keep strict account of what tbey
draw tor their expenses ami what they
pay out. Mr. Uould carries his cash ii;
an old-fashioned wallet iu an inside
pocket. Days at a time piss without hit
opuoiug the wallet.
Horse llesh fur food has iucreisel
wonderfully in |mpularity iu Krauce,
stale* the Bo»tuu Transcript, At Paris,
Ibe first horse butchery was opened on
July 11, I Mill, aud iu thai year Du'j hor > t
wre slaughtered. I hrough scveiiteeii
year* the busiues* steadily iui r ate I, and
Ibe cuuut shows that 'i''d,s.'l7 tolipe Is
were cousumed in the city, tin Jauuiry
I, la.s'j, the bursa butcberits nnuiln io l
I'iH. lu other cities of Prance the out
put ul the horse bulul.ern i il euorinui|s.
Illp|mphitgy la also lu great lavoi at It'll
lerdaui. Horse meat i* used there as
human food lo «u vaUmt llial i» unknown
iu iltiuuiark, Haedeu au I liwils irlaud,
as Well as lu paltsof Italy It I* ealeu
sively u*ed iu Mdau, while il is a uuu I
lit Tut iu. lu lUa latter t itj ouiy ilfty
llvs horsta weie slangh'clu I lu ItM,
aud the flesh was u** I iicliulvsly iut
lee ling Ibe aunnals of 4 lueitsgery, A
ii»4( j
It uot adopted In »patu, i| would
bum 111 uumertiua |m<o( UOoiuK, to a flout
urdiuaiy meal I* au alii, le ul lusuiy uu
a« mm o| its high plica, lu Paris, the
pine ol h 10 lie si I* iU »ll hall tIMII o|
Wvil loi taia.
Km DID.
I sent a note to Katy, and was waiting her
reply;
Hut the carrier went his several rounds anil
always passed me by. •
The shades wore gathnring thicker, and tho
sun hung very low,
1 was lying in the hammock and was swing
ing to and fro;
And I asked myself the quosiion, "Did she
answer me or no?'
And in the leafy maple a little insect hid.
And declared as though he knew It, "Katy
did."
And sho did.
1 finally received it, and I grasped it with n
start.
Did it contain an arrow or dajger to iny
heart?
I hastened to my chamber, very uervous, I
confess;
I tore the letter open and beheld tho fond
address,
But I burnod to know tho answer. Did sho
tell me "Yes?"
And in the leafy maple n little insect hid.
And declared as though he know it, "Katy
did."
And she did.
—Jay Kaye, in Overland Monthly.
TOM'S BARGAIN.
n ' ee > "id'l am cx
trcnicly proud of
v< -*ry nice, from the
Cr w(I U \p- neut little drawing
room, simply but elegant'y furnished,
right nway to the kitchen, where every
thing shone again. And Tom had got.
everything together iu eighteen months,
too, when the luck had changed and his
writing all at once got to be appreciated.
But, as Maggie put it, there was one
trifling drawback, consisting of an al
cove in the drawing room which would
never—no, never look complete without
a piano.
"And a piano you shall have," Tom
said, looking up heartily from the break
fast bacon. "I had a good slice of luck
last week which I never expected. You
remember that long love story I wrote
three years ago, and which I have scut
to pretty well every magazine in Lon
don. Well, Ned Hartley advised mo to
send it to The Woman's Companion,
where it was accepted. They paid me
£35 for it,not quit* a half-a-crown a page,
but it's better than nothing. Don't you
think I could get a decent instrument
for the money?"
Maggie smiled pleasantly. Sho was
extremely fond of music and, being a
managing little soul, equally fond of a
bargisin. It would be far better, she
said, sapicntly, for Tom to keep his eyes
open than togo direct to a maker, by
which he might save at least £lO of his
hard-earned money.
"There are lots of them advertised
every day," she observed. "Givo inc
tho paper and I will show you what I
mean. Now listen to this one."
FOU BALK A bargain; magnificent
piano, by a well known maker; upright
grand, overstrung, doublo check action,
Sott pedal, steel frame, till! compass, tri
chord throughout; tho property of a lady
going abroad; cost £75 but a lew mouths
ago; will sacrifice tor Apply "Bee
thoven," 11H liunnersbury roa I, tlreen
thorpe I'ark, Hampstead, or personally any
day this week.
Tom nodded approvingly. An instru
ment costing but a few months ago up
ward of "three-quarters of a century"
to be disposed of for % third of tile
amount struck him as the very thing 1 e
desired. It was a little strange, though,
an outsider would have decided, that so
valuable a property should have gone so
long begging, or that the lady going
abroad did not get to see tho folly of ad
vertising regularly at the rale of £1 pet
week.
"1 tell you what it Is," mud Tom, "as
Ountiersbury road is close I'll just walk
over there after dinner aud interview
Mrs. 'Beethoven' personally. If I like
the look of the instrument you cau come
over afterwards aud try it."
So it u as arranged, And Tom retired to
his writing den, where for three solid
hours the anticipated purchase was for
gotteu. There was plenty of work now
for the young writer aud journalist, who
for tliu la*t live years hud found it a for- 1
riblc struggle to kep himself, ami find ,
Maggie, who had until recently been cut
as a governess, with those trilling luxu
ries which even the princely salary of a
governess does uot afford. But the tide
had turned now, and although Tom
would uever be a great novelist or
brilliant essayist, lie earned a comfort
able income, which by the cud of the
year promi-cd tu touch close upon four
figures, It *eeuis a bit of mouey, but 1
know more than one of the quiet ones ol 1
wholu the general public have ucvci
heard who ure doing quite as well. It
in so easy lo get a living in literature if
you have lite ability an I know how to
set alioul it—especially know how lu set
about it, which, pcrh4ps, iu the loug
run Is belter lhau ability. But tin*
secret is only learnt by much grief aud
|talu aud bitler dUappolulmeut.
ho I'IIIU llutsbed lits morning's work
and, alter luting comfortably, wtlktd
ovei lo tltiuuersbiiry load, a pleasant,
sviui genleel sliest, with little Imuiui,
all t«ariug a strung family likeu«>4 to
each Other M ud all stilting lit look a* l
they Mule miiii detached retldiucc* ami
not lilt IK I npants ul 4 eoi.ituo|| lull It o
No. IUA was, pt rbaps, W eleaue.
ami in alt r lhau its it«l it, the do* I
had been (tainted wilhlu i Anil mi l nory,
I lit-n wen «*n«uii if while curiam* In
the Windows, ami » nual little maid took
I i.in. . .ilI 11 iii ,hu had usbeln I him
Intu a liny drawing loon, tlt« li.inUun
i heap. Iloi law ill |as his smiouudiwgs
welt, Tout s|Nidll) lorgul theoi as tie
*l*U# **4«t H i*4jr
Ul* tu*! iu tin
'*l jruit i tHoi l*i mhi »ui I
1111l 1 till litij
turn «» 4tMU i4Mt Mrt|
i#4|i bi. li t |4 »
SSI U* ll»» WSNMMS M> IM4
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1892.
ever seen in liia hie. She was young—
not more than twenty-two or three, tall,
with an elegant figure; she had a won
derful mass of red gold hair piled up in
some bewildering, fascinating fashion;
her features were wonderfully sweet and
regular, and her sorrowful blue eyes,
half bold, wholly shy, went straight to
Tom's heart aud enslaved him on the
spot. His was a very sensitive, feeling
kind of fellow, and when be noted the
black dress and tiny white cap perched
upon the golden, wavy hair, Tom felt
that he could do anything for hor, or
die happy in the attempt.
"It is of no consequence," ho stam
mered, uuconsciously paraphrasing Mr.
Toots. "I did come over to see the in
strument, which I thought of purchasing
if it—that is''—
<'lfit is satisfactory," the lady said,
with a smile, and concluding the speech
Tom deemed it almost heresy to utter.
"It is there, as you see. You are, no
doubt, a good judge, and in that case
the piano speaks for itself."
It did, and pretty loudly, too, as any
ccnnoisseur of the popular form of liar
j moniai torturo would have readily testi
fied. It was suspiciously new, the var
nish was bright aud obtrusive. There
was also some little difficulty in raising
the lid, aud when Torn did clumsily run
his hand over the keys, even he—igno
rant of music as he was—felt startled at
tho metallic demon he had aroused,
i"lt is a great bargain," the lady rc
' marked, "and, as you sec, almost new."
! Tom did see, and hastened eagerly to
; pay a fitting tribute to its youth, which
! apparently was the only virtue it pos
: sessed. And yet the soft hearted fel-
J low, with those pathetic blue eyes turned
I upon him, could not steel himself to
: pronounce the fiat which his common
! sense dictated.
| "1 wiil not decide now," he hesitated,
I man-like. "You see, lam not buying
j for myself, but for a lady—my sister—
| and I should like her to sec it first. If
j there is no objection I will call again to
j morrow afternoon."
"My—my husband chose that instru
ment, ami he was a well known mu
sician," the lady said, almost timidly;
1 "indeed, did not circumstances compel
! me, I would not part with it now; but 1
j am not so well oil as—"
She turned away abruptly, so sud
f denly that for a moment Tom was con
j scions of an idiotic desire to take hor in
I his arms aud comfort her. Yet usually
i he was a keen hand at reading character,
j and some inward monitor warned him
■ even now that the pretty, child-like
I widow was merely acting a part. But
we are only mortal, and Tom knew too
j well what poverty was not to feel for
' thi. others -who suffer from its blighting
influence.
"I am very sorry—Mrs. Kerr, I think
I you said?—but I cannot decide now,"'
iie said, almost humbly. "I will bring
| my sister to morrow."
*"*** • * * *
Maggie listened with iuterest to the
story of the interview, but, sister like,
j she by no means liked Tom's encomiums
concerning the widowed possessor of the
instrument chosen by a well known mu
| sician.
"I declare you are quite iu lovo with
her," she said,half jealously. "It would
I be a roniauce if you weut to buy a piano
aud found a wile instead."
"Natural enough,too," Tom returned*
I "Why shouldn't I n arry? I should not
be iu the way then when Ned Hartley
j comes of an evening."
' It was Maggie's turn to look coufused
now. Ned Hartley aforesaid, a great
chum of Tom's, and a dashing young
journalist of soire repute,certainly spent
a deal of time in Maggie's company, to
Tom's secret gratification,for Ned was a
good fellow, and well able to afford tho
luxury of a wife.
"Wc will go and seo tho lady," she
-aid. "I can't trust you alone again."
Tom assented, although not without
certain misgiviugs. Being, like most of
the craft, »l a so. ;utal, emotional
' uatil'o he did not care to bring his di
vinity under the cold, practical eye even
of his own sister, and as she sat await
ing the arrival of the disconsolate » i low,
and coolly criticising tho unfortunate
piano, Tom begin to scent something
i like trouble iu tho future.
"My dear, the thing is a regular take
in," »lie s«id, decidedly. "Any one but
you would have known that half those
' advertisements were mere dodges—"
"Not forgetting that you advised the
' dodge to be tried," Tom retorted.
Any fulthur conversation was termi
naled by the entrance of Mrs. Kerr, who
stood iu the doorway looking front ouo
to the other. A stray ray of sunshine
, touched her lovely hair and sweet, pa
thetic face <o softly that oven Maggie,
the practical, was fain to admit thai
Tout's extravagances had uot been so en
iterated after all.
I •'! aiu sorry to have kept you wait
ing," she commenced, "but—"
"It u," Maggie cried, tmpuUivuly,
"actually it is, deat' Marion."
Marion, thus aecu*lod, siuile I
tedly, aud leturued Mtjgie's warm uiu
brace.
"It is an old school friou I of mine,"
the la iter Mid, incoherently. "Tom,
you have heat Ime sp ik of inn! What
a memory you have, tube sun ' Aml to
think o( you married, and I Never
j knew it' And a widow also! I,«t me
, see. I have not >eu you to* low y> ir*,
h. you hit Mrs, tiriuisha >s. Von
must coinu and »ec our houut, the dear
e»l litllu plate iu ilam|>alt«d, I rail it.'
I'lllU, looking on,thought ll at although
Mis. heir *c. i.i.l pie.ted lo see her old
litem!, she was strangely lit at vase.
HI,, puiud Ma la's i|itwthUM both liiu
lull) ncl n.lusodly, lit* strange levl
111 ; thai kilt an) laying a pari slunk
111 in with a live and out omlof table
"V u miust i >n« and stay Willi us,
an 11l you ale leaviaw here To a tWall
find ).m| % nnltisisl foi lite piano,"
t| i { i|t> Idt I, Hgciooslf. "4n|»uu,
-o io,»g as be dots nul buy U blWsUl,
l out laiti busltaud IM>ml ba*e liteu *adly
112 *»t.»u iu, ikmt , ib#i showy ibiug M uot
o ih put-uy up m i'i« sin.i
i it mini quils kutw liui It tame
i aba st, Wat « I*Ms«*M km-1
found herself established at Tho .Laurels
for n few days before, as she said, she
could finally dispose ot her furniture
and piano .letore going abroad.
She seemed very pleasod to cornc, and
and yet at the same time strangely
loth; at one timo sho was in the best
and brightest of spirits, at another the
beautiful faco looked sad aud sorrowful,
and occasionally tearfully al. •>.
Ouo evening she knocker timidly at
the door of Tom's sauctutn, i having
taken the scat ho offered, 100l 1 into his
face aud said, in a tearful voit
"I have a confession, a slian. 'ul con
fession to make, and it had better be
made now. When my parents both
died last years I found myself penniless,
friendless and without a situation. I was
gettsng desperate when I was introduced
to a tradesmen whose business it was, I
found, to buy cheap pianos and sell
them to unsuspecting customers eager for
a bargan. I was a good lure, and I
played an important part for two years."
"I have taken cheap lodgings in su
surban Loudon, a piano has been
brought in our advertisement inserted in
i the London dnily papers, and—well, you
can guess the rest. I tried to deceive
I you. What could I do, as you were a
j stranger to mo then?—but I have suf
! feted. I would not have cotno here
i unless I had been forced to, and you
canuot toll how I have longed for a little
j rest and quiet. My employer was
! angry; but I was equally determined,
and besides, I half promised togo back
again; but I cannot go now. If you can
only say that you forgive me, remember
ing how hard I was pushed I"
Tom murmured a few incoherent
words and tho next thing happened was
that liis arms were round her, aud sho
was crying gently on his breast. She
made an ineffectual struggle to free licr
! self, but the clasp was strong and kind.
"Tnat is your place," ho said, firmly;
! "rest there, iny darling,"
| And with these words ringing in her
i cars she struggled no louger.
"I have not finished yet," she said,
j lifting the sweet rosy face to his. "Do
you know that 1 am not even entitled to
j that name—l am not a widow at all?"
"So much the hotter." Tom said,
j cheerfully. "Do you know I half sus
pected that there was soiujthing wrong
all the time; but although, my darling,
I did uot buy that very elegant looking
piano, I am inclined to think that after
| all I got quite a bargain."
i"And, like most bargains dear at any
' price," Marion laughed happily.
"You would be dear to me at any
' price, great or small," Tom replied.
' "Don't forget, sweetheart, that I am
I going to marry an heiress, and, what is
more, a wife who really is liked by licr
; pros|)cctive wstei-in-law. lam a fortu
-1 nate man."
"And I"—Marion's blue eyes wero
] turned upon him full of trust and tener-
I ness—"and I aui more than a fortunate
woman. What will Maggie say?"
And at that moment Maggie was ask
iug Ned Laugley a similar qucstioe.
Our First Lighthouse.
The first lighthouse built on this con
tinent was at St. Augustine, Florida.
Its chief use was us a look-out, whetico
the Spanish people of the town could see
vessels approaching from Spain, or get
notice of the coming of foes iu time to
run away. The tower attracted the at
tention of Frincis Drake as ho was sail
ing along the coast with his tleet of
high-pooped ships, ou his way homo
from pillaging the cities of the Spanish
Main. So he stop|»ed long enough to
loot the town and destroy what ho could
not take away. In 1880 the ancient
structure of Coquiua rock, which the
United States had adopted for a light
house, fell down, but before that hap
pened another ouc had bccu constructed.
Kire-towers at the entrance to ports wero
established in the earliest historic times.
Bonfires were built ou top of them at
niglil. The most famous lighthouse of
antiquity stood on the island of Pharos,
0 T tho city of Alexandria, iu Egypt, It
i was one of the seven wonders of the
world, aud was put up dor.tig the reigu
of Ptolemy Philadclphus, After stand
nig for 1 tiOU yearn it was destroyed by an
earthquake. It is undeistood to have
been over SOU feet high.—Boston Culti
' valor.
(actliui Intu "it Scrape."
The origiu of tl e expression above
quoted is as follows. Iu Hcotlaud they
play a game called golf, the favorite
grounds for such sport being the
"dows," or "links." Tho rabbits fro
qoeiit lhe»e "links," and llie hole mode
by litem is called "a scrape." lioll is
played with a hard ball of wood or other
sulxlauee, which is driven from (mini
to point with a lusllet tiiually uiado of
wood, but sometimes of iron. The game
lit If IS a cross belween our croquet ami
"shiuuvi" thus it will be setia that when
the bull geis luto "a scrape" it is very
tiiflifuit to get out, and the player is in
a eoncs|i nuiiiigly Imd llx generally. Much
Incident* occur sn freqiusMly that the
books on "golilng ' have Uidtlowu rules
as lo what liny be dune iu the time of
such au uttivrjjeucy, "gutting luto a
scnum" being I lie goller's greatest draw
1 tack. Vroni ih is his arisen the
i triu uow iu such eoiniuuu use among us,
iiiettuiug iu a I ad
No Veil el II) In," tuuatf
llistiiaii s dticlaies that he owes his
iitggs'l old aMe i" the punitive ul batblitg
ityulafl? aid liuuljf lu eobl water,
tlladslouc ascribe* his luugevity Iu the
i niplitity aud regularity ul his habits.
11 uujstUt iwlUstM that hi* it tvlun tele
bialntl In* yigiiti iir«l biiltniay Is dun lu
hi* uot ii.ttlu < *omu<| or Melted uvel
the i.o.iil sli ms ><i life. Sou Mollke
thought bit rip* old «4u wat waiiug to
teuipe 14irte lu all th» -titan* ol lile, aud
pkuiy oi »»ei. MM i* ihe u|NMt air, IW
I ( v*»e ji* UiiHhs be o*e* bt* odsaunvd a 4»
|u like i «int < laSiUg all tbam III#
git tig ae sue lus togslliel, Slid louslitel
ittu it"a a*> titey aieul atiaiuust ul.iUein
<|itt.su't seem to itn auif aud sut*
lit IUUI lit OU » ' ► a • *b«ul i 4m» J"UU||i
k -y%st s.t | iaa 4'taaa.
AN INTERESTING ISLAND.
THE PEOPLE OFCOZUMEL OFF THE
YUCTJTAN COAST.
Tlioy Wore HlKhlv Clvilijsoil, unit
Mibilne:l a I'.ttoo of Pyxmlos, Also
Advanced In Civilized Arts.
OLDTIIWAITK'S Magazine con
tains an article, by Eugene M.
Aaron, describing the people ou
tho island of Cozumel, east of
Yucutan,wlio had attained a marked ad
vancement iu civilization, and wlioso
records were preserved in voluminous
documents and with great care. Most
of these records were destroyed by the
Spaniards, but copies still remain and
are being deciphered. Stranger still is
tho fact that these people subdued an
other race, a race of pygmies, not more
thau three feet high. Those pygmies
were also advanced iu civilized arte, and
and have left their traces in houses and
temples iu Cozumol, which aro still to
be seen, most of them beiug too small
for men of present stature to occupy.
Such a raco would accord with a theory
that the earliest men were of small
stature, uot exceeding two or three feet
in height, anil that man has developed
physically as well as mentally in succes
sive ages.
The population which the Spaniards
found on Cozumel belougcd to the
Mayas raco, which was tho predecessor
of the Aztecs in Mexioo, and probably
of tho Ineas of Peru. They were once
the masters of all Central America.
They livod in Cozumel iu great sim
plicity, but with indications of much
wealth. They made a paper from roots
and bark, aud appliod a varnish to it
that gave it a white finish as lustrous as
fine note. This paper they used to in
scribe their records. The material was
almost indestructible, and it was pre
pared iu rolls of tweuty feet or more,
which folded like a fan. On theso rolls
their priests wrote, and tho Spanish
priosts say that these .Mayas had their
volumes of medicine, chronology and
theology, besides histories of their own
people, nnd their predecessors, with
accounts of othor nations known to
them. The Spaniards concluded thero
was nothing but deviltry in these books,
and burned them, much to tho distress
of the natives. Four of these volumes
were preserved, sent to Spain with a copy
of the alphabet, which is now the key
that remains to decipher theso records.
These histories would probably throw
some light on thi pigmy raco which they
overcame, aud whose traces arc scattered
all over the island. At ouc point ucar
San Miguel, the principal village, aro
ruins that suggest an old temple, sur
rounded for several hundred feet by a
stone pavement still to be tracod, and
which indicated that a paved thorough
fare occe exteuded to the sea a mild dis
tant. Thero arc few inscriptions on
these ruins, but the interest and curiosity
is aroused by their size. A house, whose
exterior was only uiuo feet high, four
teen feet loug, and twelvo foot deep,
with doorway 1 y feot wide, and three
feet high, would afford cramped accom
modations to tho average man of to-day.
Tho monuments, a kind of triumphal
arch, are ouly from eight to ten feet iu
height. It has been argued that theso
were simply tombs or burial places,
which accounts for their small si/.v.', but
tho monuments do not accord with
known burial customs. Iu addition to
this, there are numerous traditions of tho
survival of individuals of this race to
within n recent (icriod, and their proba
ble existence at tho present time. Be
sides other interesting ethnoljgical ques
tions, the investigation on this subject
alone might throw light upon a most
iiupoitaut problem.
Sttudoners iu Itussin.
(Jnited Slates Consul.General J. M.
Crawford, of St. Petersburg, ha beeu
investigating the culture of the sunflower
iu ltu'-ia, and rc|xut* that there are
over 700,000 acre* of lan I devoted to
the sunflower culture in tho Kmpire, al
though the llr-t effort In grow this
plant for mercantile purpose dates back
uo lurlt ei than I^(2.
Tho thief product U the seed, the
average yield of which has been about
Ll.'iti pounds to the acre, this se'liug in
Hussia al an average price of one ami
oue-lutlf cents a pound. Ihe yield to tho
farmer growing suntlowers is about *2O
an acre, agalutt the u»uil return of about
£lO |ier acre of ordi tary products, and
the suii in which the sunflower ia gruwii
becomes very porou* ami heller pre
parol lor tile rotation crop*, I'he *ee Is
of some *|HCIe!S oi sUliltoter I* used ill
uiakiiig ml which, in etui sequence ol su
perior coh r, flavor, aud taste and its low
price, has lur/oly taken the place in
Kuaain of llie frolicb tablu oil, lu an
other species of *uul)owei ibe so d* aro
sold to h.itiab 'l somewlial u* peanuts aro
iu Ibis follußp. Allel the oil lilt lleeu
pieced out the seed it is »olti iu a
cake furiu as ion I lor t alt e, the ciports
ol this from Hutsia to Germany, lieu,
mark audllrt't: Biilaiu aguregttitig ol
late yeais nearly Mo,!' hi,u io pounds a
year.
Titu tuull > tut sta is* aro gathered
limn the fields md due I iu pile*, ami
have vny la.gtly taken the place ol
tiiewood iu l.ie country district*, lu
foci, the to sialas are preieneti fven tu
piut wood, producing a quit s ami bo!
flame Ilia. As .bout a ion ul sm llie
wood l* nulhult I 11oiu all acre ol itud,
this ia luokid upuu a* a decide I admit*
laye iu those distill Is while wwsl is
scarce. I'he a*he* ul thi •ui.fltiwu oiu
taut a Itlgll (tt li i ill i ;ti ul pot>i*alUo>, all I
mu laigely lis. I*. -t Itanium, t miti
tile system ul eul 11 sal liot adopted, the
stalks ul Ihe kUnlloati ale ulle.i ll.it.
■ utile* in 4lamelei aud about eight leel
dla- .t'ei and i t outamiU4 ahttul '/i H U
«.. ts In older tu giuw list plant plot
llably, .1 IS U...MSI, Io a
will, which al Ibe MMite lliue mwit be wk
in is-ulif deep and «.i»i|Mt I to *U'laiu
iht ialb nub lit I 'wis \nit.in. a
|*VlMsa
Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months.
SCIENTIFIC ANI) lNDL'SritlAli.
A steel rail lasts, with average wear,
about eighteen years.
The rise iu the price of camphor gum
is due to its extensive use in the manu
facture of smokeless powder.
A German has invented an incandes
cent lamp apparatus for showing tho in
terior of boilers while uudor steam.
Waterproof cellulose paper of ouo aud
two colors is being introduced by u
German firm for tablecloths, book backs,
temporary covers for roofs, etc.
A new electric licat alarm cousisls iu
the employment of a column of mercury,
which by its expansion above a certain
point completes the circuit aud rings au
alarm.
A novelty in tho way of metal car
rooting is made of corrugated iron or
steel. This gives great stiffness between
the car lines. The roof is porfectly
water-tight, easily repaired aud cheap
and strong.
A patent has been issued in Germany
for it process of manufacture of u sub
stauco to take the place of gum-arabic.
Wheat brau is the substance treated
chemically, resulting iu a strongly ad
hesive mucilage.
Tho Belt Line Tuuncl in Baltimore,
Md., will soon be equipped with throo
electric locomotives, capable of develop
ing 1200 horse power each. About two
hundred freight nnd passeuger trains
will be moved through tho tunnel a
ilny.
A machine for tho manufacture of
steel and iron pipes is tho invention of a
Pennsylvania mechanic. A bar ot steel
at white heat is fed to the machine and
comes out a perfect piece of pipe. The
size and thickness cau bo made as do
sired.
The vaults ol the United States Sab-
Treasury iu San Francisco, California,
tiro being fitted with wires for protec
tion from thieves. The wires are to bo
between every two rows of bricks, and
any attempt to interfere with the cement
or bricks will disturb uu electric curreut
and sound a waruiug.
To mark steel tools; Warm them
slightly and rub tho stool with wax or
hard tallow until a film ga'iiers. Tliou
scratch your name on the wax, cutting
through to the steel. A little nitric acid
poured on the marking will quickly cat
out the letters. Wipe acid and wax oil
with a hot, soft rag, and tho letters will
bo securely etched.
A simple mode of purifying water is
to sprinkle a tablospoonful of powdered
alum into a hogshead of water, stirring
the water at the same time. This will
precipitate nil 112 . impurities to the bot
tom after being allowed a few hours to
settle, and will so purify it that it will
bo found to possess nearly all tho fresh
ness aud clearness of tho finest spring
water. A pailful containing four gal
lons may be purified iu this mauuer by
using uo more tliau a teaspoouful of the
alum.
A Wonderful Lighthouse.
Oue ol the most wonderful lighthouses
in the world is that at Minot's Ledge,
near Boston. Its history has been ouo of
romance. The greater part of its founda
tion is under water at low tide, lu I s
a skeleton lighthouse of iron was croctc I
there on iron piles placed in holes drilled
into the rock. A turious hurricuno burst
upon the coast in April, 1851, an I
anxious watchers from tne Cohassct shore
thought that the structure had been car
ried away. But, as tho sun sank, out
shone the light across the storm-tossed
waters. At 10 i\ M., the light was se ■ i
for the list time. At one hour after
midnight the fog bell was hoard above
the roaring of the breakers. At day
break the ocean was a blank; tho ligltt
hou-c was goue. Knowing that uo help
could reach tlieiu, tho keeper* had lighted
their lamp as a warning tj others, and
their lives hail gone (tut with it. Now
a granite towc occupies tho spot. So
difficult was it to lay 'he foundation iu
the surl that only thirty hours' work
could lie done during the first year, bit
the lower stands to-day as enduring as
tho ledgo itself—au isolated pile of stone
amid the waves, by the force of wliic'i
it i* swayed like a tree iu wiud. During
tho long w inter mouths alt communis i
lion with Iho laud t* shut ull. 111 sum
mer the occasional visitor is hoislo 1 into
the lighthouse from hi t boat by means of
a chair, aud front timo tu lime a skul is
lowered by pulteys to c iuvoy ouo or
auother of the live kcc|iers to tho shoio.
the life tell* on ihetu frightfully. Sev
eral of them have been removed Ikh cut
they have gone iu aue, and more thru
one ol tlieiu ha. uttemptu I suicide.—
Boston T'aiimjript.
Pigmies ul lltiiiilur.is.
lu the e»rly day* of the America i iu i
hog any trade iu tho iutcriur ul tho main
laud a patty ul Woodcutters uu tlt« M itlu
Itiwr, British lloudatas, claimed to have
discoveit'd audi iptore I a »lruuge lilll<
lutitig which suddenly trout the
loresls, an I Was l>»> startled by the *i ,lil
ul the whit' *lu luak* It* est s|»e. ll was
a dark tai.Uud girl, about eiglil> eu year*
old, and usit nulla threw feel high. 8 te
lle I Uo c veritig e»c«pi inn luxuriant
black ball until ouu ul the uuu gave tier
bia red Matt ml shirt, winch ou hei
n ache |lo llie ||ioui«d, Tu Mb Vei .
Willi situ w I* by Uu means *tupid, at w at
ployed l.» km La ly eou*eul lo ,UI .1 Ih"
jutrty lo ibe sell tome lit ul Inn people,
alio, she loltl Until! lu the May a io..g.it,
were au agricultural pu ipl« liviu* iu a
stclituel valley. Uavin* gtftdud Ifctoe
tltuly *lop|itul lo llateii, a It.;.i h*i cip
111* lilal '1 * be II | a Ituhbt'i ul Vult I >
lellliM lb* aoultuller. to i»,nilu ju
wuila »li« aeut to pfu|<are bvi puuple bn
boa* a. 11 Ibe si iW.t .it dstit I i
lulu Ibe a I*. an 1 that re I shut u i
by *M«b» *a**i » y » * >.i "•»>
|! t ti*§4 iIM i !»«»•#
» Aea late +«*
NO. 41.
THE UStLEjS,
Poets should not reason.
Let them sing;
Argument is treason,
Bells should ring.
But the poet duly
Kills his part
When the songs burst truly
From his heart.
As the leaf grows sunward
tioug must grow;
As the stream flows onward
Song must flow.
Useless? aye—for measure,
Hoses die,
But their breath gives pleasure
God knows why!
—John Boyle O'Beilly.
. lUJMOIt OF THE DAY.
Our nffiional bird—The foul.
"A sea of troubles"—Bering.
lias his ups and downs—The balloon
ist.
Tho bare may bo timid, but lie dies
game.
The beat business college—The school
of experience.
"Who shall decide when doctors disa
gree?" The autopsy.
All things come to those who are wait
ing for something else.
Twirling coins is haidly the way to
"turn an honest penny."
The grain elevator is a sort of maga
zine of cereal stories.—Puck.
When wo say that a mail is a l)rick,wo
do not mean that he is uiadc of common
clay.
A "signal triumph"—The weather
man's prediction which happens to come
true.
Even when a ship parts with her
anchor she still keeps her hold.—Texas
Siftiugs.
A poem that is always sure of a
market—The lay of the hou.—Lowell
Courier.
When the office seeks the man, it is
not reijuosted to "call uround next
week."
Is the fellow that "paluU the town
red" guilty of a cardinal sin?— Atlanta
Journal.
When a Frouctuc litor gets mad he al
ways dips his pen in Gaul.—Uoston
Transcript.
No matter what foolish things you try
to do, people won't laugh at you it you
succeed.
A man must go back to his ancestor?
when they ilo not eouie forward to him.•—
Texas Siftiugs.
If any boat can shoot the rapids suc
cessfully we should think it would bo the
gunboat.—Texas Siftings.
There are some people so morally con
stituted that they would use a 110-tou
gun of reprojf to kill a sparrow ef wick
edness.
"This is highway robbery,'' said Mor
rison Essex, as the heavy rams washed
the road away from ill front of his plac»
—Puck.
What nation in frugality
With Scotland can compare?
We knenv it tor reality
Soiue Scotchmen iivu on Ayr.
—Judge.
"Trotter seems to be a very happy
inau. lie never has any bills to pay."
"How's thatf" "No one will ever trust
him."—Judge.
Nearly 2000 musical instruments were
burned up in a Chicago lire the other
night, because the flrumeu could not play
ou any of them.—Statesman.
.Mrs. J. Brown Stono—"After all, th«
plumber who was working for us is u
very satisfactory man." .Mr. Stone—
"Yes; he tills the bill."—Puck.
"The Countess do Rlcetir," 1 hear J,
"American—some Western town
The reigning belle'—l lo »iv"*l nil knew
My old scliool-iuate, Sai.'antlci Urowu.
—Fuck.
Wyncli—"So poor Staggers i.as shuf
fled oil thu mortal coil." I.yuch—"No.
As 1 understand it, he tried to; but the
boys ha l tho rope too liriuly leeured
around his neck.
Wife—"Charles I w uil tome money."
Husband—"l can't let you have it.l
gave you a checkyyesterday.l' 1 Wife—
"Well, that's uo sign you should waut
to give ute a chock to-day."—-Detroit
Free Proas,
The papers are mentioning as an item
of news that the typewriter tjirU are
forming a union—just as though thu
typewriter girls hadn't been busily ["rul
ing union* ever tiuce they became au in
stitution.—Kaunas City Journal.
Ti e teachers in the public schools arc
telling a good story ou a little Newark
boy. It is said that the teacher asked
Ihe cla»» to coin |'.no the word "tick."
i'he boy held up his hand, indicating
that lie «<ii ready to au.wer, an I said:
"Sick, sicker, dead I" Columbus
School Journal.
llPtfttH lu Souls Karljr.
A run 40 »eld>n»j «>|i tile t for urn cry
was accomplished by theological stu
dents at the wreck of the Mc tutor t'aiit
uul on l.asc Michigan, N xwulmi ¥<■*,
1 > *;• I'tiey were assisting theiu»elv««
in a c-iuimi of study at feivaustou, 111.,
by uiv.pt.iiij eutplotiue it a* surf Mult al
Isclmml to thu life *aviu i siattou them.
Ibe disaster <* urrwd uesf Fort Hiteildau,
nitieii utile* away, and lbs new ol gal
I ant )'Uu«| fellows was suouitouad la lite
steuu by Five ol litiuit
r.-th' 1 lite i ! i»t si I t, In one uf
lliu u> <»i mivid sloiuu ot isuiiil )car*.
1 tie lltviut iiuviei was mi) tew
i,lt>i«u miu, and the tiM.l and tain weie
bllitdiuy. Aflei lltuli Inals
.id toj>ti slut tbr<iu jit woo ls aud oust
tie., .tint, tlttf) fouit I Uteutseives uu i
•
a mil* from sboie, t"'< to* to Iw r«tt•
b) a shot ilue Ne*>. 1 1 be I ss*, lltuf '
eted llw Ituai Willi IUUM Ittto Ms
SIIIIII ls> I hvi
i«ta»bt ttit. < nipt au I salted til
• i il'm jt,t» -US OU l us<d Hi*
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