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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16
CURIOUS FACTS.

Kentucky has mail carrier ninety years
old.
In Chile the street-car conductors are
all women.
The word "and" OCCURS 46, ,227 times
in the Bible.
Philadelphia is to have new church
for colored Catholics.
Toddy is from the Hindostanee tari,
tadi, the juice of the palmyra tree.
A Vienna criminal recently made his
escape from justice by means of balloon.
An Illinois man who bet that the world
was round and failed to prove it had to
pay over $25.
The largest ruby known is among the
crown jewels of Russia; its size is that of
a pigeons egg.
The age of Sato Yulzichi, the japanese
dwarf, is about fifty years. His height
is fifteen inches.
A pair of elephants tusks of average
length weigh about 200 pounds, and are
worth about $500.
The three Presidents who died on
July are John Adams, Thomas Jeffer-
son and James Monroe.
The American mosquito has appeared
in England, and the people are vastly ex-
cited by the discovery.
The descendants of Rebecca Nourse,
who was hanged as witch in 1922, had
reunion in Danvers, Mass, recently.
British people drink annually five
pounds of tea per head per annum. The
French average is only half an ounce.
1t IS against the city ordinance in
CASTLE, N. Y, for donkey to appear
on the streets unless accompanied by
man.
A cloud burst in Nevada the other day
dropped enough water on region two
miles square to form lake of ten acres
in extent and ten feet deep.
John Moore, of Indiana, declared him.
self guilty of robbery, paid constable 50
to arrest him, and then hired carriage
for So to take them to the county Jail.
Punch is from the Hindostanee panch,
Sanskrit panchan, meaning five, because
the drink was originally composed of five
ingredients, viz: Sugar, arrack, tea,
water and lemon juice.
Italian excavators at Adulio, near
Zula, Africa, have come upon public
buildings and coins. In the sixth century
marble slab was found there giving the
conquests of Ptolemy Evergetes.
A number of strange fish, formed like
the white fish of Lake Erie, have Just
been caught at the dam near Meadville,
N. Y. Some think they are ciscoes.
They are in color regular strawberry
blondes, with reddish gills and tails, and,
so far as reported, entirely new to those
waters. How they got there is mys-
terry.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

Mr.. q. Meriwether, of South Carolina,
graduate student Of John Hopkins Uni
versity, has entered the educational ser
vice of the Japanese Government as in
structor of the English language and
literature in the second higher middle
school of Japan at Sendal, in the northern
part of the main island. The appoint
ment was made through the Japanese
Minister in Washington and the engage
ment lasts for three years.
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a pleasant flavor, and the natives employ
it as refreshing beverage.

pledSdut udVof, duu tnC AoeiscS OIup1Oy
it as a refreshing beverage.
Two s'cow-trees" are employed in the
order Sapotacee, which embraces numer-
Gus plants valuable for their suculent
fruits, such as the marmalade, star apple,
etc. One of these is called by the natives
massarandaba or aprain, and which Pro-
fessor Orton, in the "Andes and the
Amazons, describes as one
of the noblest trees Of the
forests of Para. It stands from 1S0 to
200 feet in height, is 20 feet in circum-
ference, and is crowned with vast dome
of foliage. The milk yielded by tho bark
has the consistency of cream, and is used
for tea, coffee and custards. 1t harden,
by exposure, so as to resemble gutts
percha, which, indeed, is the product OF
Malaisian tree belonging to the SAM
natural order. The other tree is the bull,
tree of English, French, and Dutch Gui
ana. The milk of this species is some
times employed with tea or coffee, in.
stead of cows milk, but has the disad.
vantage of hardening very rapidly upo1
exposure to air.
The natural order Asclepiadac@ consist.
of plants that are almost always milky,
and the milk is usually acrid and bitter,
and always to be suspected, yet one OF
the plants of the family, Gymnema lacti.
forum, the cow plant of Ceylon, called
by the natives kiriaghuna, yields milk
which the Cingalese make use of as food.
Another example of a "cow tree" be-
longing to dangerous natural order, the
Euphorbiacee, which embraces plants
having acrid and purgative juices, is the
Euphorbia balsamifera, or Tabayba dolce,
of the Canaries. Notwithstanding the
fact that the plants of this genus have
juices that possess very active medicinal
qualities, and are in some cases so ven.
omous that they are used as arrow poi
sohs, 'uo JuiSo VI elic opcCieo tnueI COu'
sideration is innocuous, and according to
Leopold Won Buch, is similar to sweet
milk, and is eaten as delicacy after be-
ing thickened into a jelly.
Still another "cow tree" is found
which embraces plants that secrete an
acrid, purgative, yellow gum resin, such
as gamboge. This tree is native of
Venezuela, where it is known as Palo de
Vaca. 1t has thick bark, covered with
rough tubercles, and its internal tissue
becomes red when exposed to the light
In extracting the milk, the inhabitants
make incisions through the bark till the
wood is reached These cuts are said to
be made only before full moon, it being
imagined that the milk flows more freely
then than at any other time. One tree
will yield quart in an hour. The milk
is freely used by all, especially the chill
dren, although it has somewhat astrin-
gent taste.
In the order Moracee, which includes
the mulberry and fig, there are several
species of ticus that are known as COW
trees, and the milky fluid of which is
bland and used as beverage, although in
most of the species of the genus the juice
is exceedingly acrid. Brooklyn Citize.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

The United States is the wealthiest
nation in the world, estimated per capita.
There is $3.50 of wealth per capita in the
United States, and 1925 per capita il
France. According to the area, France
is of course much wealthier than the
United States.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

What in the world is the use of sitting
around waiting for something to turn up.
You might just as well sit down in the meadow
and wait for the COW to come up to be MIXED.
Get up and shake yourself and make up your
mind to turn up something. Ii you have moth
ing definite in your mind, then write to b. +:
johnson & Co. Richmond, Va, and they will
tell you thing or two that Will make you
lump for joy
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

And 100 men to call daily on any druggist for
free trial package OF Lanes Family Medi-
cine, the great root and herb remedy, discov-
cred by DR.. Slas Lane while in the Rocky
Mountains. For diseases of the blood, liver and
kidnevs it is q positive cure For CONSTR alton
and clearing up the complexion it does Won
ders. Children like 1t. Everyone praises it..
Large-size package, 20 cents. At all drug
gistS'.
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The honor of inventing the steam fire.
engine is claimed by the late Captain
John Ericsson, of New York. The date
of his invention is 1888.
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A School of the Highest Order for Young
Ladies'.

Ingham University, lie Roy, \. Y, estab-
lished over fifty years, offers superior advan-
tages in its Literary, Music and Art Depart
ments. Excellent home. Attention given to
social culture. Rates moderate. Send for
catalogue. Address Miss r. NJ. Webster,
Principal.
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Five cents saved on soap; five dollars lost on
rotted clothes. Is that economy? There Is not
s cents difference between the cost of bar of
the poorest soap made and the best, which is as
all know, Dobbins's Electric.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

ANNIE DAVIS, of Mansfield, Ohio. committed
suicide because she didn't take a prize al
school.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

A pocket mirror free to smokers of "Tan-
sill's Punch" &c. Cigar.
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For Constipation or Sick Headache, use Dr.
Pierce's Pellets; Purely Vegetable. One a dose
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

A NEW railroad is to be run from point OIL
the Missouri River to the Pacific coast.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

Cornell University has japanese noble
man among its students,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16

THE Bible Society has issued, up to date, a
total oil nearly so 0G000O Bibles.
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Ifaffiicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
sons sEye-wat-r Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
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THE Auditorium Building at Chicago is sew
enteen stories and about 200 feet high.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-16
Our Girls.
Kitty is witty,
Nettie is pretty,
Lutte is cute and small;
Irene is a queen,
Annette is a pet.
Nell is the belle Of the ball;
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RISING SUM- CECIL COUNTY. MD, FRIDAY, JUNE

painfully, v 1ilst the flush OF crimson that
left her pale as before.
"Perchance you may hear news of him
then" said Gretchen. "Hans BONNER Is very
kind, he tells me often of those poor men
more especially of one who has been severeI.
used by the commandant of the garrison, fol
what reason Hans cannot imagine"
"Do you know his name?" asked the
stranger, with wistful entreaty in her voice
that showed how momentous the question
was to her.
"No. Hans never told me, but will ask If
you wish. I hope, though, he is no friend
of yours, for it would grieve you to hear
what Bchmer recounts of his treatment"
SIS this the way that Gesmany treats her
conquered foe?' asked the girl proudly.
"Nay, be not vexed," said the old woman
gently. "It is not Germany-private grudges
do not count, dear child. This case is un-
usual. We. who have heard it from BONNER,
grieve also for the poor man; but no one can
aid him."
A shadow of deep pain crept across the
face of the listening girl.
"No one, sho moaned, unconscious of her
hearers wonder. "Ah, dear Heavenl no
one. Since she who loves him best is his
greatest enemy"
When she had left them and gone to the
rest she so sorely needed, the two women sat
for long by the stove discussing her strange
advent.
II feel so sorry for her," the old mother
said. ga young, beautiful, forlong thing,
astray in the great cruel world like that. Ach,
mein Gott how hard it seems"
'She is not happy" said soft eyed Gretchen,
with wonder in her voice and face.
Happy No. She looks to me like n
beautiful, -plumaged, foreign bird that I
once saw in a cage in the Thier Garten. 1t
hung it's head, and its soft wild eyes looked
through the bars, and tho children called it,
but never song nor a sound had it, but Just
stood there and looked as if with freedom
had departed all its life. So does she."
Tho pretty German maid sighed compass
sonately.
"Will she stay with us, think your" she
said ut length.
II hope she will. Hero, at least, she will
have rest and safety"
"But if they track her2 The police are so
clever, you know"
"My child, there never was q decd of
mercy yet that tine good God could not shield
and protect. We need not fear. We have
done no wrong"
And they kissed each other, and having
said their evening prayer, lay down and slept
with humble grateful hearts, rucked by no
fear of conseq .cnces for that charity which
sthnketh no evil"
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Nonsense. You take too gloomy view
| of everything" said the kind hearted Ger
man. "Well, have brought you letter. 1t
is from Il countryman of your own, so at
| lep.t my sweetheart told mo. How she camo
b& it is a mystery, but perhaps it has good
news or may treat of ran som. Who knows |!
I only hope it may, for this lifo would kill
| you soon; am sure of that"
"a letter, did you say?"
"Yes; and from II com patriot. Take heed
no one sees you read it, 1t is as much rs my
life is worth to carry it TO you, but then Gret-
chen pleaded so prettily and asked so tear
| fully-what could 1 do2 Here, take it, but
don't read it, for the love of Heaven, till you
are safe and unobserved." The tiny missivc
was passed rapidly from hand to hand. none
seeing the transfer. and LerUux concealed it
in the bosom of his coat.
Ninette, safe and sheltered still from the
ever-dreaded discovery OF her whereabo uts,
had formed IL plan, desperate and hopeless
enough, but woman-liko in its very selt-sac-
riflce and devotion.
Knowing that Hans BONNER was the lover Of
the knd-hearted girl whose ready invention
had com pletey concealed her own identity, she
persuaded Gretchen to coax him into deliver
ing a letter to.her husband with plan for
his escape. Her object was 10 induce Boh-
mer to assist him. At dead of night, when
the German had the sentry duty, this could
easily be managed. Once out OF tho garris-
son Gretchen was to meet him with the peas
ant suit which had SO we'll disguised his wife.
The necessary papers and form 5 would be
obtained rs if for the departure 9f Cousin
Hans" Thus disguised he could make his
way out of the city-take the train for what
ever place he deemed best, and theh, at the
first opportunity possible, mako his way to
France. OF the risk she herself ran by re-
sumns her woman's attire, Ninettc thought
noting. To save her husband from ;he tor
ture and oppression he daily endured, this
was her only thought. She preserved her
own part in the plan strict secret, knowing
well that believing what he did of her, the
mere mention of her name would have de-
TERED him from attempting to escape. The
letter containing these directions purported
to bo from Il French soldier, and was written
in their own language.
As Pierre Leroux read it In solitude that
night by the light of tho misty moon-ray s,
his heart for moment bounded with hope
Freel To bo free On;e moro-to quit
this hateful tyranny to bid farewell
to persecution cruelty = sufferng The
thought was in itself relief. A moment
after, his faco paled. his hand trembled
the letter with its sweet insidious tempting
was crushed in his grasp.
"My word--I have given my word" he
muttered.
And that was the only answer honor .oor-
mitted.
Though the gates of his prison stood open,
and mono barred his progress back to liberty.
he could not forget that he was ON parole"
that simple soldierly code of honor bound
him in chains 1rmer than any his foes could
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.

forge. He bent his head now, and n sudden
scorch, as OF tears, fell from his aching eyes
under their closed and heavy lids.
some one at least pities me-" he thought.
"She whom loved is alone heartless. What
Is liberty, safety, TO mo now?''
With the next day his answer was given +,
bohmer to transmit ''Say thank my un-
known friend" he said gently; 'but l am ON
parole can say no moro'-and the great
rough kindly German was touched TO tho
heart by those brave simple words.
To be continued)
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BY MAURICE LEGRAND.


CiiABlER y. COuilnueu'
For 4 moment the man hcsitated-somt
plying instinct, some touch OF natural com
passion for the girl he had SO bitterly
wronged swept across his heart. 81 woult
do it, he said, slowly at last, "but-there is
aserious obstacle"
"What is it?" demanded the other, with un.
controlled impaticnce.
'She is already marriedP'
With one bound Leopold Won Brandstein
crossed the space between them and seizec
/ him by the throat.
"Ho nd spy. liarl" he Missed. "Do yor
dare to mock me? You swore she was youl
| daughter"
The slender frame OF the Frenchman swayed
like reed in the grasp Of his powerful an
tagonist. His teeth chattered with terror
his limbs shook and trembled.
$50 sho is" he gasped.
''1 hen why did you utter that liep" asked
Won Brandstein, releasing him.
"It was no lic" answered the other dog.
gedy. 'She married u miller in her OWE
village. When she joined mo he took arms
in the war; they had been welded but a
week.
"His name2" questioned the colonel,
sternly.
"Picrre Leroux"
low harsh laugh burst from the lips Of
the Prussian.
$50 it is he, I was not far wrong when
scented a rival in him. A fine brute, but
resolute and dogged as u mule. Well, he is
safely nettod. The wife OF week may soon
be widow. Listen, Leon. Ifwar and sick
ness work their will, and chance ordains
that this man may never claim his wife, will
you then aid mo in my plans2 Win her
will, on that am resolved p'
81 will do my utmost for you," said the
Frenchman humbly, "but-"
'No butts. Swear it, Or"
''Hush, he said, looking timidly around
"Iswcur.
Good. Now you may go. 1 will tell you
my plans later on. Meanwhile, your work
must be to Soften her resentment against
me, and never cease to point out the nd
vantagcs my love will bestow on both.
She has suffered for llal affection once, per-
chance she may sacrifice herself at its shrine
again."
And with mocking laugh he left the room.
Leon Monprat sat there for long. In his
own selfish tyrannous way he loved this girl
and her sufferings touched him with a faint
remorsc, But he loved himself better, and
the cowarIice and the greed of his nature
made him plant as wax in the hands of his
tempter. lie dashed a tear from his eyes as
he rose at last and prepared to seek his couch
He had child's facile emotions of grief and
pleasure, and mixed with his many acts O.
wanton cruelty, there lay Il repentance and
regret that were at once childlike in theii
evanescence and worthc&sness. 81 am sorry
for her." he said to himself now, every
sorry; hut she will have brilliant life if she
but listen to his love, and II shall have
safetyw
How much that last thought had to do with
the resolution he had formed and the tragedy
that was TO follow, he never confessed even
to himself. He sought rest and slumber, and
found it too, while in the chamber above the
girl he was to betray lay in unconscious agony
of the hours that passed or the schemes tha;
would draw her into their meshes ere another
day had fled.
Love was with her still-but love now
meant only torture that would never end
regret that would never die.
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CHAPTER XIV.
"PARoLE D'EoNNEUR."

ERO x" said
B o h mer, coming
close to him in the
exercise yard, 81
have good news for
Ayou." The listless
}patient face turned
toward him.
"For me? What
news can you have
that W IL d b G
good? Even my
release from this
d en- of misery
would not give me
happiness or con-
tent.
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love returned, is the pitiless pursuit of love
scorned.
She had bcsousht and prayed her father to
leave this place, but he sterny refused. She
withheld herself from his nightly assemblies,
and kept strictly to her own small dreary
room, but she could not escape her foe when
he chose that she should again sec him. II
was noon whom he called, and her father sum-
moned her to his presence. Then, ere she
could leave the room, or utter remonstrance
lie locked the door, and she found herself trap
ped and shared ere she was aware of it. Like
an enraGcd lioness she turned on the man be.
fore her.
rs it at your bidding am treated thus?"
she asked,in a voice thar rang clear and cold
as The blows of steel on iron.
He smiled-a cruel mocking smile thai
ashed her rage TO threefold fury.
''lt is; you will not hear me by fair means.
"And so you use force--a manly action
but after the chivalry displayed in warfare
by your eountrymen, it does not surprise me
that you have mono left for women"
'You shall not ansrr mo today" he said
coolly. "Be us scornful as you please. The
lions claw is preferable to the patio de vel
ours sometimes"
"What do you want with me2" she asked
abruptly.
"Much; but 1 would havo you listen to
reason in the first place. l fear 1 offended
you on the last occasion we NOT. l have
como TO entreat your forgiveness"
"You are welcome TO entreat it as long a.
you please"
without your granting itf'
"Yes."
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II noon next day
when Leon Mon
pratt sought hi 8
daughter, she was
no W hero 10 b e
Mound. In tho
darkness of th Q
night she had fed,
leaving for Ii i'm
only these words
OF farewell:
"You have be-
trayed me. Gu r
bond is broken"
Startled and be-
wildered he stood
thcre-the winter
sunlight on h i $
face-a fear b c
could not master
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pAl DlOIe.
TX days passed,
With the seventh
her torn or t or
sought her ngain.
His long absence
Ind relieved her.
She thought he
would neither seek
nor molest hel
more.
Had she known
more Of life, sllG
would have known
also, that stronger
than the sweetness
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ETWe keep on hand full line Of
NJ agistrates Blanks. Orders by mail
filled at short notice from the MID
LAND Office.
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CHAPTER XIV.
"CHARlTY."

IT'S the first sanction nature gave to m an,
Each other to assist in what they can.
SIR J. DENHAM
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CHAPTER XIII.

IN THE LIONS MOUTH.
Most women's weak resolves, like reeds, will fly
Shake with each breath, and bend with every
sigh;
Mine, like an oak whose firm roots deep de-
scend,
Nor breath Of love can shake.nor sigh can bend,
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To MOTHERS.

Every babe shoald have a bottle of DIR. FAIR
My rEErHING SYRUP. Perfectly safe. NJ
Opium or Murphia mixture. VIII relieve Collie
Gripping in the Bowels aud prom ate d nrult Teeth.
ing. Prepared by DRS. d. FAHRNEY 4 SON
uasurstown, Nd. Druggists sell it; 25 cents.
Trial bottle sent by mail 0 cents. febl
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-03-09
Little Falls Locals.

LITTLE FALLS, March THE school
at Frum's closed Friday with an excel
lent entertainment at night. Miss Peery
has taught a first class school.
s. s. Swisher has bought farm OF
John Sans and will move there April J..
Thos. Jolliffe will move into the house
now occupied by Swisher.
o. Is. johnson. Jas. Barnes and Ben
son Jacobs represent Little Falls at
Washington at the Inauguration.
Mrs. Jos. G.. Coombs was at Ellington
yesterday visiting Mr.. and Mrs A. R.
Price who are the happy recipients of a
bouncing girl.
Lloyd & Swisher have moved their saw
mill from A. J. Frum's land to site on
Timothy BENEFITS land.
Luther Steele is again able to resume
work on Armstrong; R. r. Camp, now
on the Parkersburg branch, after lay
off of six weeks
JOS. r. Conway, who has been absent
teaching at Pennington for the past four
months is expected home to-day.
Freedom Conway has at last, we are
glad to say, been granted a pension for
the loss of son during the late war.
Kinsley Bros. left here yesterday with
a large raft of sugar tree logs. Natures
highway still has the cheapest freighting
facilities.
The remains of Vim. Richardson, ST.,
were inferred at Pisgah graveyard Thurs
day last. Mr.. Richardson was an aged
and highly respected citizen and for
mer resident Of Clinton, but for the last
year his home was with his son in Bat
telle district, whom he survived just six
weeks