SULLIVAN JHLFE REPUBLICAN. W. M. CHENEY, Publisher. VOL. XII. The marriage rate in England is lower at present than ever before. A geographical export estimates the fertile portion of the earth's surface at '20,260,200 square miles and the barren region at 22,960,00 square miles. Russia is the only country from which there has been an increased im migration into the United States dur ing tho last ten months, notes the Rochester Post-Express. Onr trade with tho Hawaiian Isl ands twenty years ago amounted to only $1,631,580 ; but for the last fis cal year exports and imports were valued at nearly twelve million dol lars. Competent authority, even in Eu ropean countries, is unanimous in the view that the wild flowers of America are the finest iu the world, yet, la ments the Detroit Free Press, Ameri cans know practically nothing about them. The Protestant population of all Europe is about 50,000,000, or equal to that of the United States ; but while continental Europe has only about eight per cent, of the Sunday-schools of the world, tho United States has forty-nine per cent., or nearly ono half! Henry Laboucliere says in London Truth:"The reading public maybe divided into three classes : Those who read and remember; they are few. Those who read and forget; they are many. Those who read little or noth ing, and they are most. Tho original writer of to-day belongs to the first class, and, it may lie said, ho writes for the others." There has recently been some dis pute as to the authorship of the song "The Vacant Chair," which has been sung all over the world for nearly thirty years. Tho Watchman, of Bos ton, says it was written by the Hon. Henry S. Washburn, in memory of Lieutenant J. William Grout, who was shot in tho retreat from Ball's Bltifl. The song was first printed in the Worcester (Mass.) Spy. According to the Glasgow (Scotland) News it appears that the latest statis tics issued by the German Imperial Health Department give to Berlin the honor of being tho healthiest city in the world. The death-rate is given as only 16.3 per 1000. The unhealthiest city is Alexandria, which, despite its unvarying fine weather, its 300 foun tains and its soft sea breezes, has a death-rate of no less than 52.9 per 1000. Professor Richard L. Garner is cer tainly an enthusiast in his investiga tion of the language of the simians. Speaking of his recent visit to Africa, he said: "The world at large expects too much. People seem to insist .ipon it as their right that I should goto the gorilla country, spend a few months there, and return with a comptete dictionary to the gorilla language. Why, if I were sure of learning eventhree words a year, I would forsake triends and family, goto Africa and devote the rest of my life to n study that yielded such rich results in the present and promised such im mense possibilities for the future." not only in Japan that, incom- doctors are punished for pro fessional failure resulting in tho loss of lifo of their patients, but in Russia also, where physicians are held simi larly responsible. A woll-known medi cal practitioner at St. Petersburg has jttst boen sentenced to seven days' im prisonment, to a lino of 1000 rubles ftnd to the payment of an annuity of 300 rubles to a lady who was injure 1 by liis unskilful treatment. Russia is already lamentably deficient as far as tho number of Its medical men is con cerned, and this somewhat drastic punishment is scarcely of a character to increase the popularity of tli* pro fession. Uaptaiu Moore, of the sailing ship Mary Gibbs, tells a suggestive story of Ills last voyage. Me was from Boston to the gold coast of Africa, and his Cargo consisted of New England rum. Oddly en ough, lie also took out AM pas- Hangers two woiueu missionaries, who had been sent out to exert a civilizing and Christianizing influence on these benigted people. The brigantine stopped at thirteen ports to unload the Cargo of ruin, which was received with %ild enthusiasm by the natives, while ttobody seemed to want the mission ari«a. Tim latter S«MIUI I ; but, notwithstanding these facts, mouths, perhaps a year, would have on pass before he could have his dear ones with him. But iu the meantime fickle fortune was preparing to do 111 a few days what the Hard work of years could not have accomplished. My friend and I both held stock in the "Tiloluutue Milling I' imo.tny, whose veins of ore ha I lon ( since played out an I be»n abandoned as wortlili-iN The sto.'k was not even north ttie paper on win di it wai printed, and tile world ha I forgotten tUst «uyb a coiapau) Us I ev«r esiste I But tho original jroprietor of tho com- ' puny was one of a class of men to whom many a wealthy man of to-day owes his sudden riso to riches and affluence. He had energy and perse verance and uubonnded faith in tho possibilities of his claim, and kept working away long after his follow stockholders, having wasted their money, ha l given up in disgust. At last the labor of years had been rewarded, and he had struck a vein of ore so rich in quality and capacity that the stock which had long been valueless leaped at once to par and began steadly climbing. The papers were filled with accouuts of the rich find, and the Stock Exchange was crowded witli eager, excited men, anxious to buy tho long-negleoted stocks. Daily wo eagerly scanned the reports aud noted the rapid rise of Tuolumne Mining Company's stock. At last when it paused and stood still at seventy five above par we sold and found ourselves each seventy-five thousand dollars richer than we had been one month before. Bob seemed but little elated by his sudden rise to wealth and only thought of the happi ness it would bring to those whom he loved. The modest little cottage which he had rented was given up and a handsome mansion purchased and fitted up with the utmost care. Then he wrote for his mother and sister to join him. A month later they came, and no happier group could have been found in all the West than the four who sat down together on the night of their arrival. Many years have flown since the "Tuolumne Mining Company" made its president aud stockholders rich in a single day. Loving care and most skillful medical aid could not win back the health of the good old moth er and she long siuce passed to her home above. Robert Harris is a man well known in tho business circles of Sacramento. His lmir is now gray, and pretty, bright-eyed children climb upon his knee and oall him "papa." The friendship began in Lone Horso Gulch so many years ago has not diminished, but has grown stronger with the flight of years ; for the lady who sits opposite to me while I write and whom I call wife, is "Monte Bob's" sister. Birds at the Pole. Til the countries bordering on the Polar seas, where the changing soasons bring alternately tho two extremes of dearth and plenty, birds are more numerous in the short summer than anywhere else all the world over, aud in winter absent altogether. All are emigrants t ere by force of circum stances. In lue ti.arLTie" the birds of temperate climates are affected by the seasonal changes, though in a less de gree, through the influence of cold and heat upon their food supplies rather than by effect of cold upon their well-protected bodies. A coat of mail is not to be compared to a coat of feathers for safety, so far as a bird's life is concerned. Layer upon layer of feathers can withstand any amount of water or any degree of cold; in proof of this see how the delicate tern, after wintering in com paratively mild weather, go back to tho ice floes of the Polar Sea and lay their eggs on the ice. For two or three weeks the tender breast of the sea swallow is pressed against a cold block of ice. Again, as auother ex ample of the influence of food rather than climate in governing bird action, take tho colony of beccattcos. The beccafico is a Mediterranean bird common oi» the southern shores of Spain and Italy, in the Grecian Islands, Sicily and Malta, and on the northern shores of Africa. Formerly it was quite unknown in tho British Isles, but some years ago a largo orchard of fig trees was plantod near Brighton, and tho boccaficos have dis covered the fact aud come over to share the spoil. Doubtless the nightingales told them the story of English figs and showed them the way ovor. Be this as it may, the little birds from the warm shores of the Mediterranean bid fair to become es j tablishod as naturalized British sub* jects. --Liitell's Living Age. (ioutsklns or Sealskins. It is said that sealskins are going out of fashion, and perhaps the United States are going to a great deal of unnecessary trouble and expense in guarding the preserves of the sealskin monopoly in UeringSea. Certain it is that last winter a great many of the fashionables of Europe, who formerly never appeared out of doors in cool weather unless arrayed in sealskins, appeared in other furs, notably the skins of tho thihetan goat, which is a a very haudsoino fur. It is hinted that the parsimony of the Voi'th Amer ican Commercial Company is largely to blame for this fact. While the Alaska Commercial Company con trolled the output of Bering Sea, it was accustomed, it is said, to make its wares popular by makiug sure that the royalties of Europe, the opera queens and other people, who sot the fashions, had sealskin sacquea and overcoats of the finest skins aud latest cut, and all for nothing. The past year, under the present management, the free list was entirely suspended, and it is asserted that not a single complimentary jacket was received at tho Court of Hi. James. Ladies of fashion waited in vain for their cus tomary tip, and in revenge for the neglect proceeded to array themselves hi goal and other furs. It seems rath er hard to have to give expensive furs to the people who air best utile to pay for them. But it is the way, the world over. Those best aide to pay are tho one* that do not have to. —New Orlean> Pieayiiue. The milling region* of California •■over a bolt <>f eo iit try ah nit 'J2O mile* long by I row iwitj to 100 wide. Terms-- -SI.OO in Advance ; 81.25 after Three Months. THE PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THIS PESTIFEROUS INSECT. How He Grows and Spreads Over the Country—lnsect Knemies of the Locust. IT is only within the last twenty years that the locust has attract ed much attention by its ravages. Locusts had several times been known to do damage to vegetation in Manitoba and Minnesota as early as 1819, when they are said to have been very numerous. Indians speak of hav ing seen them flying in great swarms in the air, but as there were no culti vated fields for them to destroy, they were thought nothing of. There is no account of their doing much damage before 1874. Whether swarms of th'Bse insects visited those districts as often prior to their settlement as they have since, it is not easy to ascertain. The breeding places the locusts in the West have been plains ele vated above the surrounding country, where the wind is brisk; they aro treeless and without rank vegetation. When the insects migrate from the West to the East, as they have been doing lately, they find no such plains, but they seem to have a faculty of adapting themselves to their sur roundings. Dampness spoils the eggs so they will not hatch. The general opinion is that as soon as these lands are settled and cultivated and trees planted, which will not be many years hence, the locust will be greatly di minished, if not driven entirely from our Western States. Eggs laid in June often hatch in July, but the time required varies greatly in different latitudes, at various altitudes, and at different times of the year. The young, after hatching, require from forty to sixty days in which to mature, varying, of course, according to the state of the weather, the abundance of food, and also their vigor. Soon after hatching the little fellows begin traveling in search of food, as they are generally hatched on grounds partially bare. In a very short time they moult or shed their skin, which operation is performed four more times in most cases before arriving at matu rity. The larva quits feeding and becomes dejected and drowsy, creeps to some sheltered nook and there lingers for a time, when the skin of its head and thorax crackß and it wriggles itself out, a soft and tender looking hopper. Soon, however, the tender limbs and body become dry and rigid, and the locust is again in trim for its raids. Its appetite Is iuisw very keen from its late fasting, and it devours everything in its way that is eatable. The principal change from the larval to the adult locust is the acquisition of wings. The wings are developed as folds of the integument and strength ened by hollow rods called "veins." There are in the veins of most in sects six main veins. These usually contain an air tube and a nerve. The arterial blood flows through them, so that the wings of insects act as lungs as well as organs of flight. As soon as the wings of the locust are fully de veloped it leaps into the air, unfolds its hitherto-untried members and takes n short flight. Each one does this for himself. Then soon, when there is a brisk breeze blowing, great numbers with one accord spring into the air and begin rising in a circling manner until they have attained a sufficient altitude, when they permit the wind to carry them along. They do not fly but float on the breeze, with their face to the wind. When hungry they come down and feed and then are off again. This con tinues until near the time for deposit ing their eggs. It is evident that the enormous powers of flight possessed by the locust, especially its faculty of sailing for many hours in the air, is due to the presence of a great number of air sacs. It will be seen that, once hav ing taken flight, the locust can buoy itself up in the air, constantly filling and refilling its internal balloons with out any muscular exertion, and thus be borne along by favorable winds to its destination. The number of enemies of this dreaded pest is "legion." Professor Sam Aughy says that during a period of twelve years, he dissected (330 birds of ninety different species, all show ing their great fondness for the locust as food. Not only wild birds, but all kinds of poultry eat them with avidity. Even squirrels, mice, chipmunks, weazles, skunks and larger animals devour them in groat numbers. All reptiles and fishes do a great deal to ward lessening the numbers of this as well as other injurious inserts. How ever great is tlio destruction of locusts by those animals which we cannot see, it is carried ou in a much larger scale by insect parasites which we do not notice. These are very numerous in species and individuals. Some of them confine their attacks exclusively to the oggs ; others to the young ; and still others only destroy the mature locust. The locust also lets internal para sites, which do much toward dimin ishing this dreaded pest. lu view of all the enemies, includ ing man, this poor insect has, it is truly surprising that a single one at tains maturity. N«w York Suu. The Custom Mouse receipts in Guat emala am muted during the year 1803 to (1,3 )l ,Ml H. The tax ou the expor tation of coffee produced #1,198,807, which gives a total for all resources from the Custom Mou»e, export* and imports iuoluded, «>t nearly #5,600,- 000. There are nine Yale men tn the Mouse of K*preseuiativea aud four m |lt'> I'nited hiatea Senate. g NO. 42. THE FELLOW'S MOTHER. If he knows it all, as some chaps do, And thinks he's smart, and says so, too, Who holds the same erroneous view? The fellow's mother. If he's narrow-chested, weak at knees. And soft of muscle, tell us please, Who thinks he's a modern Hercules? The fellow's mother. If, In the eyes of woman dear, He fondly thinks he has no peer, Who entertains the same idea? The fellow's mother. If the lifohe leads is fast and gay, And if weak his morals, tell us, pray, Who's last to think he's not OK/ The fellow's mother. If, perchance, a time comes when He's sick and friendless, tell us men, Who hurries to his bedside then.' The fellow's mother. If, later on} he should be found Watering with tears a grassy mound. Who'll slumber there in the quiet ground? The tellow's mother. —Joseph Banister, in Raymond's Monthly. HUMOR OF THE DAY. A lean dog generally growls the most.—Ram's Horn. Those who serve friends never lack employment.—Judge. Beats the world—'The impecunious tramp.—Texas Sifting*. When a man hears of distress, he longs to give advice.—Atchison Globe. A Boston woman speaks of a dirt wagon as a "real estate conveyance." —Statesman. It is strange, but true, that cold cash always burns in the spendthrift's pockets. —Truth. Mamma—"Mamie, don't!" Mamie —"Oh, please don't make me don't, mamma!"— Judge. The less people know about each other, the politer they are to each other.—Atchison Globe. Missed his calling—The fellow who was forgotten by the hotel clerk. Dansville (N. Y.) Breeze. The fool has one great advantage. He never lets his better judgment get away with him.—Galveston News. I always know when comp'ny's here, I can tell it any day ; For papa then calls mamma "dear,'' And never calls her "say." —Detroit Tribune. "Yes," remarked the egg; "my the. atrical venture was a success. I was cast for the villain and made a great hit."—Truth. Farmer—"Now, what do you s'posa that man's a yellin' at?" Son —"Ha appears, father, to be yellin' at the top of his voice. " —Judge. As a supreme test of the bullet-proof oloth it is suggested that it be made into seats ami knees of trousers for small boys.—Kansas City Journal. Little Girl (to her mamma) "What is a dead letter, please?" Mamma— "One that has been given to your father to post."—Jewish Messenger. Though ambuscades have passed away Along with things of bygone date, It is a fact that e'en to-day The Ushennan dot i lie in weight. —Buffalo Courier. As soon as a man makes a little money it is discovered that his wife is qualified by birth aud education to shine in the oest society. —Atchison Globe. There is nothing that gives one such an idea of the importance of an old saw as the fact that it sometimes per versely works just the other way.— Truth. He—"Well, for my part Ilike a pic ture that tells a story." She—"Mrs. Witherby's portrait ought to suit you, then. It makes her positively hand some."—Harlem Life. Fond youth, though summer bids you shirk, For picnics ne'er forsake your work, Close to your office duties cling— Don't undertake to push a swing. —Washington Star. English Visitor—'"What are the dis eases peculiar to yer H'merican youth?" Yankee—"Croup, measles, ohicken-pox, huppiu cough an' love." Cleveland Plain Dealer. If people would exercise the same ingenuity in paying a debt that they do in contracting one, interest rates would be lower than they are now. American Investments. There is no pen powerful enough to deaoribo the feelings of a man ou the oeoasion when for the first time ho goes out walking with his first wife, wearing his first plug hat.—Truth. Mrs. Newly wed—"And do you al ways trust your husband implicitly?" Mrs. Experience (enthusiastically) —"lndeed I do —that is to say, o) course, to a certain extent."—Homt Journal. "I don't mind a woman bein'noat,'' said old Mrs. Jason, "but one woman I used to know was jist a little too neat for any use. Why, that there wornau used to take a couple of gold fish she had out of their tank every Saturday night and give 'em a bath. —lndianapolis Journal. Some day a great genius will develop. He will invent a double-barreled alarm elook that will go off a second time after any desired interval. After the first rude half a>v,»keniug a man cau enjoy the best part of any uight's sleep that of not hiving to get up right away —in the s< retie half-oonsciou« confidence of having a sure thing ot not oversleeping himself.— Pnok. ••('•rat in the Jeweler*' l.aaguage. Twenty-fourorat gold la all gold, twenty-two carat gold has twenty two I part* gold, ou- ol silver and uu« of i cupper; eight« i earat gold Sax eight eeu p«rta of pure gold and tbrea parts ,a uiade up •»( l)| parts of aiht-r aud M| parts of copper j —MI Louis ltepubllo