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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

The interesting fact appears to be now
well established that petroleum -produc-
ing strata do not always belong to the
same geological period. Thus, in Ken
lucky and Tennessee, the petroleum is
furnished by the lower silurian stratum,
that is, by the most ancient stratifed
rocks; in Upper Canada it is found in the
lower Devonian, and in Pennsylvania in
the upper Devonian. The springs of
western Virginia flow from the upper car
boniferous strata; in Connecticut and
North Carolina coal oil is found in the
trias; in Colorado and Utah in the
lignites Of the cretaceous formation, while
the oil-producing regions of California
belong to the tertiary period. It is
stated as a remarkable fact that most of
the deposits of the ancient world exist in
comparatively recent tertiary formations,
as, for instance, those of the oil-impreg-
mated sands of Alsace, of the south of
France, and of Abruzzia and Emilia, in
Italy. There are numerous deposits in
Galicia and the Danubian provinces sim
ilarly placed, while the strata that con-
tain those of the Crimea, the Caucasus,
and the island of Taman are of nearly the
same geological epoch. Another fact
stated is that the oils coming from the
greatest depth prove to be OF the best
quality, those produced from nearer the
surface of the earth seeming to have lost
some of their volatile elements.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
Long Life With a Broken Neck.

The unfortunate Mr.. Hill in this city,
is not the first man who has lived with a
broken neck. In a certain North Caro-.
lima district before the war it was the
practice to send to Congress the man who
could lift the heaviest weight. When
the champion got the seat he held it until
he was literally lifted out of it by a more
muscular man. One gentleman won it by
lifting two barrels of turpentine, but
after holding it several terms he was chal-
lenged to contest it with an opponent,
who undertook to lift three barrels OF
turpentine at once. He did it, lifting
one barrel with each hand and third
on his head, but the effort broke his neck
or rather crushed the cervical vertebrp.
The accident did not kill him, and he was
elected to Congress and served many
terms, using an artificial support for his
head. OF course the spinal cord was not
injured or he would have been paralyzed.
San Francisco Ato.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

The noted Philadelphia street-car syn
dicate, which now owns many street car
lines in Chicago and other cities, has
just purchased the Citizens and Peoples
lines of Baltimore, and has its agents out
through the country looking for fresh in
vestments in the same line. The Phila-
delphia syndicate is composed for the
most part of retired politicians. The
Traction Company, as it is known, con-
trolls 150miles of street railway in Phila-
delphia alone.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Says the Atlanta Constitution: sThere
are many queer devices for inducing sleep.
Many believe that we should always lie
down with our heads pointing due north.
Some use hop pillow. Another way
is for man to breathe through his nos
trils, and imagine that he sees every
breath. This is very like hypnotism.
The sensible way is to have regular tenn
perate habits and not excite the brain.
Great soldiers like Napoleon, and Wei
lington put themselves to sleep merely by
exercising their will power. They could
sleep at all times and under all circum-
stances, and wake up when they
pleased -
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
A Colossal Flower.

In the farthest southeastern island Of
OF the Philippine group, Mindinao, upon
one OF its mountains, Parag, in the
neighborhood of the highest peak on the
island, the volcano, Apo, party of bot
anical and geographical explorers found
recently at the height of $500 feet
above the sea level, colossal flower.
The discoverer, DR.. Alexander Schaden-
berg, could scarcely believe his eyes when
he saw, amid the low growing bushes,
the immense buds of this flower, like gi-
gantic brown cabbage heads. But he
was still more astonished when he found
a specimen in full bloom, five-petaled
flower nearly a yard in diameter-as large
as carriage wheel, in fact The enor-
nous blossom was borne on sort of vine
creeping on the ground. 1t was known
by the natives who accompanied DR..
Schadenberg, who called it boo. The
party had no scale by which the weight of
the flower could be assertained,
but they improvised swinging
scale using their boxes and specimens
as weights. Weighing these when op-
portunity served, it was found that a
single flower weighed over twenty two
pounds.
1t was impossible to transport the fresh
flower, so the travellers photographed it
and dried a number of its leaves by the
heat of fire. DR.. Schadenberg then
sent the photographs and dried speci-
mems to the Royal Botanical Gardens at
Breslau, where the learned director i'm
mediately recognized it as a specimen of
the Ratfiesia, plant formerly discovered
in Sumatra, and named after the English
Governor, Sir Stafford Raff1es The new
flower was accordingly named Rafflesia
Schadenbergia. The five petals of this
immense flower are oval and creamy
white, and grow around center filled
with countless violet-hued stamens,
thicker and longer in the female, or fer
tile flower, than in the infertile.
The Rafflesias are stemless plants, the
flowers springing Immediately from the
surface of the branches, and are immersed
among the scales which represent leaves,
Even this mass is parasitical plant
Prairie Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
A Quiverinq Tree.

In front of Macedonia Church, in Col
umbia County, Ga, is a quivering tree.
Years ago, the negroes Of the neighbor-
hood say, murder was done under its
branches. Two men had accompanied a
woman to church, and after she had en-
tered the edifice they quarreled about
her, and one cut the other to death. The
murderer escaped, and ever since every
limb, large and small, on the tree trem-
bles as if in fear, or as "A suffering ami
NAL would quiver. This occurs when
not a breath of air is stirring. No negro
in Columbia County can be induced to
pass the so-called haunted spot alone at
night. Prominent gentlemen say they
have noticed the phenomenon, but no
explanation of it has ever been volun-
tered Chicago Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
A Pound of Lead 0utweighs Pound of
Feathers.

A scientific paper recently offered re-
ward for the most correct answers to GER
tain scientific problems. Among others
was the old scientific ''conumdrum !"
Which weighs the most, a pound of
feathers or a pound of lead2 OF course,
a pound is a pound, no matter of what
substance, ,and when the simple or thought
less person answers that pound of lead is
the heaviest, everybody laughs. Charles
Pitt, in answering this question, claims
that the pound of lead would weigh the
heaviest because the feathers would be
buoyed up by a weight equal to the
amount of air which they displace-just
as cork is buoyed up in water. In
future, therefore, we must refrain from
aughing at the FOOLS answer, as practi-
cally it is correct. OF course, if weighed
in vacuum pound of any two sub
stance would weigh alike.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

The New York San says: A new era
in the South's iron and steel history is
marked by the organization of English
companies, composed of the leading iron
and steel makers of Great Britain, to
build extensive steel and iron works, in
cluding four furnaces, steel rail-mill,
rolling mill, ETC., at a new town at Cum
berland Gap, on the dividing line be-
tween Tennessee and Kentucky. The
name of the town is to be Middlesbor-
ough, Ky, and for over year the work
of buying mineral lands, preparing rail
road connections, ETC., has been vigor-
ously pushed by the American Associa-
tion Qimited), which is the name of the
parent company. Over $4, 100000 in
cash have already been paid out, and up
ward of 10000 acres of mineral lands
purchased and over S7,000,000 more
have been pledged for new enterprises.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
New Jerseys Prehistoric Freaks.

The annual pilgrimage of George H..
Cook, of New Brunswick, N, j., State
Geologist of New Jersey, through the
rocky regions of that State, has resulted
this year in the discovery of many valua-
BILE fossil specimens in large deposits of
sandstone. Footprints of an extinct
species of beast and bird have been dis
covered embedded in the stone, which
Geologist Cook says was once as soft as
clay The red sandstone area has been
found to extend over vast section of the
State and the stone is very valuable.
After boring in several places the geo
logist estimated the sandstone deposit to
be fully 13, 500 feet thick. He bored
2135 feet without passing through the
stone The clear and distinct traces of
animal life were found in the deposit.
Impressions of leaves and perfect fishes
were very plentiful, and limbs of small
trees had become part of the deposit.
A rare find was the small branch of a
tree with three perfect sprouts and one
whole leaf.
Near quarry at Belleville two skele-
tons of an animal greatly resembling the
horned toad were found. Slate deposits
run nearer the surface and above the sand
stone west of Morristown, and from its
appearance there must have been an oily
vegetation in its vicinity in past ages, as
the slate cuts like half baked clay and
leaves an oily stain upon the hand.
Fine specimens of tagging have been
taken from the sandstone near Milford.
On one specimen, distinctly outlined, are
the footprints of reptile. The stone is
reddish brown and as hard as blue curb
stone.
Along the Washington Valley and near
the banks of the Rockaway River, at
Boonton, petrifed fishes have been found.
These rare fossil specimens will soon be
added to the valuable collections at Geo
logical Hall, New Brunswick, where there
is stone, found near Freehold, on which
is the impress of prehistoric mans foot.
-Ne,o York Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

once, like flash, he mounted the stairs,
went over and came back. AT present
am waltzing daily in the ring with beal
and performing goat. The bear is d
nervous animal and cannot be tampered
with too much. They have intelligence
to know their master and to remembei
the tricks they have to do. Bruin is moi
to be trusted, though, any more than a
monkey, and for that reason 1 have to
keep chain about his neck while he is
performing. The cerebral action of a
monkey is as quick as that of man, and
bear, think, comes next"
''Do you think any animal can be
trained if properly handled2"
mo. There are some dogs and horses
that can never be taught anything. Some
men can learn easily, while Others are ut.
terly stupid, and so it is with animals. !.
have had fine looking lions and tiger
that could not be taught a single trick
They could not learn, for it was not in
them. Then have selected scrawny.
watery- fierce-looking lion ano
taught him without any trouble. I have
long held that no species of animal is
harder to teach than another.
"Now the goat is obstreperous and
seemingly hard to train, but constant
practice will make him fine performer.
Goats have excellent ideas of how to do
a thing when once taught. Often they
attempt to shirk their tricks by pretend
ing to forget, and l dare say they do fire.
quently forget But where the trick is
performed with the trainer a we'll edu-
Gated goat will seldom forget his part.
For instance, the moment l stoop over,
as if I were getting ready for some one
to jump leap frog fashion over me the
goat knows that he has to jump on my
back, and he does not hesitate. Then
when l begin to stand up the animal
knows that he is required to climb upon
my head, and in a twinkling his four, feet
are planted securely on the top of my
Uranium. When / begin to lower my
head that is a signal for him to leap to
the floor. You might say that all train
ing is objective, that Is, not so much a
process of reasoning on the part of the
ANIMAL but merely mechanical ODE
dience guided by the intelligence of
SIGHT
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
Electric lighting has had a mary

Electric lighting has had a marvellous
growth in this country. President Dun
cans address to the recent National Elec-
trio Light Association contained the state
ment that one year ago there were 1000
plants in the United States; these now
number nearly 5000. One year ago there
were 175, 900 arc lamps in use; there are
now 219, ,924. One year ago there were
1,75o, 900 incandescent lamps in use; at
the present time there are over 2, 500, 600
forty y-nine per cent. increase.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.


is so great success that it is now con-
ceded no such ship is complete without
it.
The first submarine cable manufactory
was started in Italy two years ago; now
it has an output of 10000 metres per
day.
An increase in phosphorus In iron has
been found to decrease its conductivity,
and the same peculiarly has been no.
ticed with manganese.
The shortest time occupied by the tor
nado cloud in passing given point
varies from San instant" to about twen-
ty minutes, the average being seventy
four seconds.
During the last ten years an oculist of
Cronstadt is said to have treated thirty
cases of photo electric ophthalmia, new
disease due to the action of the electric
light on the eyes.
Two travelling platforms of ten tons
capacity moved by electricity and
mounted on girders are used to carry Wis
itors around the machinery hall of the
Paris Exposition.
An English club man wagered $25 that
he could stand for thirty minutes without
moving muscle outside of those required
for respiration. At the end of twenty
two minutes he fell over in fit.
The boring for oil in the United States
is not always successful--for instance, a
boring at Southbury, Conn, has lately
been abandoned after 200 feet had been
explored and $10,O 900 lost in the under
taking.
A fragment of meteor which recently
fell in Chicago, was analyzed and found
to contain 73 per cent. of iron, 81 of
nickel, 3 of manganese and small quanti
ties of aluminium, cobalt, tin, copper,
arsenic, etc.
Coal dust triturated into dust as fine as
flour has Just been tested as fuel for
iron-making at the Morehead Mill,
Sharpsburg, and found to accomplish as
much in one hour as the gas furnace does
in an hour and quarter. Being mine
refuse it costs nothing.
DR. Imlach, of Liverpool, has come to
the conclusion that consumption can be
transmitted from COWS to human beings
through milk. His experiments prove
that guinea pigs, rabbits and monkeys,
fed on the milk of tuberculous COWS de-
velop tubercular disease.
An official report gives the number of
British boiler explosions for the year end
ing with last June as sixty-one, with a
loss of thirty -one lives. More than half
of the explosions were due to the use of
worn out boilers, seventeen to defective
designs and fittings or undue working
pressure, seven to Ignorance or neglect of
attendants, and six to miscellaneous
causes.
Mushrooms are but tender toad-stools
grown where the soil is very much of
vegetable substance. All such objects
are but the cells of plants in the soil given
discharge from the ground by a force
Of electricity which the earth discharges
wherever plants or corals are grown. A
form is given the object by part of the
substance being spilled over the top of a
stalk and contracted by the dryer con-
lition of the atmosphere. The seams in
the top are but a consequence of the
shrinking of the substance.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
An official inspection of Russian nr;sor

An official inspection of Russian prisons
has revealed sad state of overcrowdino.
In one prison in the Caucasus designed
to accommodate eighty prisoners no less
800 are huddled. 1t is said that the
chief cause of the annual increase of con-
victions is the widespread drunkenness
which now obtains in the village COM
munes, and is demoralizing and impover-
ishing the peasantry.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
Climate for Consumptiyes.

The several climates of Florida, Colorado
and California have each been much prescr bed
for sufferers from lung disease, yet thousands
of the natives in those States die OF this fatal
malady. A far more reliable remedy is to be
had in every drug store in the land and one
can be used at home; a remedy which is sold
by druggists, under the manufacturers pest
tire guarantee that, If taken in time and given
a fair rial, 1t will effect cure, or money paid
for il will be promptly returned. We refer tc
that world-famed remedy for consumption Tor
lung-scrotula) known as DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 1t is the only remedy for this
terrible disease possessed of such superior cur
ative properties as TO warrant its manufacture
ers in selling 1t under a guarantee.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
A WaIkinq.C Cane of Rhinoceros Skin.

One of the most curious among all the
curious presents which the Emperor of
Germany has recently received as pro-
ducts of his African possessions is a trans
parent walking stick made of rhinoceros
skin. 1t appears that "Reichscommis-
saer Hauptmann Wissman" sent large
piece of skin over to friend at Hamburg,
who gave it into the hands of clever turn
er to be made into walking sticks. By
means of some novel process the turner
has rendered the skin transparent and is
beautiful amber color, which has been
done before, but never without changing
color in very short time, while in the
present case the yellow is steady and un-
changing. .-Ne,o York Tribune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
A shoemaker named John RYAN .

A shoemaker named John Ryan, of
Joliet, H., has won the international
prize of $500 offered by boot and shoe
journal of Boston for the best essay ON
boot and shoemaking in all its branches.
Every State in the Union contested for
the prize, also Canada, New Brunswick,
and Nova Scotia
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Over 60 people were forced to leave theil
homes yesterday to call for free trial pack
age of Lanes Family Medicine. If your bloc
is bad, your liver and kidneys out Of order, ii
you are constipated and have headache and an
unsightly complexion, don't fail to call on any
druggist to-day for a free sample of this grand
remedy. The ladies praise it. Everyone likes
it, Large-size package 50 cents.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
The historical works relating to the
American Civil War already exceed 5000
volumes

Efforts are being made in the courts to
have electricity considered as a manufac
tured article.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Thirteen railroads concentrate at Chat
tanooga, Tenn. II has over 300 manu-
featuring establishments.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

The cattle industry of the United
States represents the immense capital of
81, 200, 900, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

HARVARD COLLEGE has received $4,000 IL
gifts during the past year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

The blood in the human body counts
up record of I6S miles day or 81. .320
miles per year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Don't you tCdnt to sGre money, clothes, time.
labor, fuel and health? All these can be saved
say '.t,ai," knowing if you try it once, you will
always use it, Have your grocer order.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Maine is now greater spruce than
pine tree State with regard to the pro
duction and sale of lumber.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

COTTON SEED, which used to be thrown
ly.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
a Fair Trial

We recommend ''Tansill's Punch" Cigar.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09
Forced TO Ieuye Home.

THE different manufacturing establishments
Of Ohio produced S34s $40, ,45G last year from q
capital of 500, $50 S;}6
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use DR..
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. OF druggists.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

NVESTERN RESERVE SEMINARY AND NORMAL
w COLLEGE, W. Pennington, o. 60 years. Both
sexes. Seven departments. Board and Tuition 800
per year. REV E. r. WEBSTER, A. NJ, President
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-08-09

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla will convince any reasonable
person that Il does possess great medicinal merit
We do not claim that every bottle viii accomplish a
miracle but we do know that nearly every bottle,
taken according TO directions does produce positive
benefit Its peculiar curative ,ower is shown by
many remarkable cures.
81 was run down from close application to work,
but told had malaria and was dosed with
quinine, etc, which useless. decided to take
Hoods sarsaparilla and am feeling strong and
cheerful. feel satisfied it will benefit any who
give 1t a fair trial."-W. B. BEAaIsH, 26l Spring St.
New York CITY
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-19
Put on the Buffers.

Did you ever notice the way in which a
train of railroad cars are fastened togetheri
At the end of each car is huge bolt which
slides in and cut little way, to which i;
hooked another bolt just like it on the next
car. When the engineer backs and the two
cars come together, they do not strike with a
hard bump, jolting the passengers out o.
their seats; out the two fastenings meet, each
slides in a few inches breaking the force Of
the blow, and the tive cars come together
easily and gently These slides are calle5
buffers, because they buff each other, and
save the cars from many bump. Now do
you know that everybody can carry with
him a buffer, which will help him to avoid
hard hits with other people. That buffer is
kindness
A kind word, spoken gently, even in an
swer to an unlIind one; kind action, seek
ing the good of another; above ALL a kind
heart, full of love, viii make all around US
friendly, and fill the world with sunshine.
You remember how Joseph went out of
his prison 10 become prince. If he had
moped and sull1ed in Potiphar's house. as he
had some reason for doing, or had sat down
in the prison cross and snappish do you sup
pose he would ever have risen to greatness?
No, with all his ability, but for his kindness
and cheerful, helpful spirit, you and would
never have heard of his name Kindness
will often succeed where eminent ability
will fail.-Rdleigh c. AdUOcdte.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-04-19
Anfnmatie TnrnstILa.

The principle of the automatic box
es, which form such prominent objects
at our railway stations, has been ap-
piled TO doors and turnstiles. A coin
of the proper value must be dropped
into slot before the door can be
opened, and thus the services Of a
monev-taker are dispensed with. Such
doors are applicable to the entrances OF
exhibitions and places of amusement.
Their special use, however, IS for
lavatories and the like. For such cases
It is necessary to insure that the doors
shall always be closed after a person
has passed out through them, and that
they cannot be again opened except by
the proper coin. To this end folding
doors, meeting at the middle are en-
ployed. To the inside of each door, and
al right angles to it, there is fixed a
gate.
When the doors are open the two
gates close the passage, and when the
gates are open the doors are closed. A
person wishing to enter an unoccupied
apartment finds the doors open and the
gates closed. He drops his penny into
the slot and then pushes open the
gates, the door closing behind him.
When he energies he opens the doors,
and at the same time the gates close
behind him. Thus the entrance is al
ways arred.-Americdn CltltiUGtor.