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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
NO. so.
FUN.

The chambermaid of an apartment
hotel is n suite thing.
Wall decorations are not proud if most
of them are stuck up.
The potato is said to be deteriorating.
but it made many mash in its better
days.
There are those who like the English
sparrows. We refer to the cats.-Bosto,s
Herald.
Wisdom docs not always come in the
yellow leaf, but you'll generally find it in
the seer.
Everybody dislikes the dentist-at
least they show their teeth whenever
they go into his Office Burlington Free
Press.
Upson Downes-'Ive come to you Ba
ker, after little advice" Barker Ger
per-"Well, here's some: never ask for
any
Omaha Teacher-'I would like some
one of the class to define the meaning of
vice versa" Bright Boy-''Its sleeping
with your feet toward the head of the
bed. - omaha World.
"Mary," said her mother, severely, "if
| am not mistaken | saw your head on
Georges shoulder. What sort of an at
titude is that for young lady?" Mary
(ecstatically) -" Beatitude y PhiJadet-
Phia Press.
She-"Do you think of me daily?"
Hc-"I should snicker, my dear little
sugar-coated angel. Think of you daily?
You bet; and now that the days are
longer, sometimes thin of you twice
day. ."-Zezas sUtings.
\ city child, wandering over a farm
yard with his father, was greatly fright
ened at the sight of good-sized gobbler
''Why, my boy, you don't mean to say
that you're afraid of turkey when you
ate one only yesterday" eyes, pa, but
this one isn't cooked"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
The Indians of Alaska.

The Indian of Alaska is different
person, and the Indian problem in Alaska
is quite unlike that which presents itseli
in the case of the aborigines known as
the North American Indians Whether
they had the same origin is immaterial
Environment has created a marked dis
tinction. Laziness is wholly unknown tc
both native men and women in Alaska
They are noted for their desire to accu-
mulate, and there is one Indian Princess,
so-called, in the village here who is really
worth so, 900 in silver, in furs, and in
blankets. They are all shrewd and cum
ming in their pecuniary dealings with
each other and with the whites. They
are notorious liars when it comes to pro.
tecting any one of their own race from
any apprehended harm, but they will
neither steal from each other nor from
the whites. About 1900 of these people
wintered at Sitka during 1888, and there
is a permanent population of about 500
in the village this summer, and while no
white person yet thinks of locking a
door, day or night, in the past eleven
months have not heard of a single in
stance of larceny. Families of natives go
off in their canoes $50 miles to remain
and work all summer at the salmon can
neries, leaving great deal of stuff be
hind in their huts and houses, and when
they return in the fall, find everything as
safe as when they left them.
No tribal relations exist among them.
What are called chiefs are simply patri-
archs or heads of families, and hence.
the first important problem in the task of
civilizing them, by breaking up their
tribal relations, does not exist to vex the
authorities Not only that, they are eager
to adopt the white mans ways, good as
well as bad. They have totally aban-
doned their native dress, except on fes-
tive occasions, when they sometimes, not
often, appear in it. Mr.. Duncan, at
Metlakhatla, on Amelia Island, has es-
tablished saw-mill and a planning mill,
where he manufactures thousands of
packing cases which are sold to the sal
mon canneries. This is an industry that
is available for these people, and while
giving thousands of dollars every year,
under the plea of industrial training, as |
have already pointed out, the Govern
ment so far, has profted nothing from
the methods which have been success
fully pursued at Amelia land.-Ne,o
York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
How He Got the Taxes.

A man named Frye, who lived on
Tinker's Island, used to be the town col
lector of Mount Desert If he didn't get
his money the first time he called, he had
an original way of helping the delinquent
to remember that he would come again.
Taking apiece of chalk from his pocket,
he would write the word 'sTax'' on the
woodwork of the room in large letters,
and the authority of the official is said to
have been acknowledged so well that the
chalk was allowed to remain there till
time or the payment of the tax had
rubbed il off - Leaciston (Ne.) Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
A Watehmaker's Rare Task.

A Boston matchmaker recently had a
rare task. 1t was the putting in order
Of two watches, each of which had cost
S2500. The case of each of these
watches is of pure gold and its works
number fully 400 pieces, On the larger
dial there are four smaller dials; one
showing by u diagram of the sky the
changes of the moon, a second dial each
month, third dial the day of the month,
and fourth dial the day Of the week.
Neis York Tribune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
THE HUSKIN' BEE.

The huskin' bee wuz over, ez the sun was 60
in down
In yaller blaze o glory jist behind the ma
Piles brown
The gals wuz gittin ready N the boys wuz
standin' by,
To hitch on whar they wanted to, or know
the reason why.
OF all the gals what set aroun' the pile of
corn thet day,
A-twistin off the rustLn' husks ez eff twas
only play,
The peartest one of all the lot-'n they wuz
pooty, too
Wuz Zury Hess, whose laffin' eyes cud look
ye through and through.
Now it happened little Zury found a red ear
in the pile,
Afore we finished huskin, N ye orter seen
her smile,
Fur, O. course, she he'd the privilege, eff she
wud only dare
To choose the fellow she liked best n kiss
him then n there.
My! how we puckered up our lips N tried to
look our best,
Each fellow wished he'd be the one picked
out from all the rest
Till Zury, after hangin' back leetle spell OF
so,
Got up n walked right over to the last one
in the row.
She jist reached down II touched her lips
onto the OF white head
o. Peter Sims, who's eighty year eff he's
day, It's said;
She looked so sweet oil Peter tho't an angel
cum to stay,
As how his harp WIZ ready in the land o
tarnal day.
Mad? Wall should say was; n toll her
goin' hum,
As how the way she sighted me he'd made
me sorter glum,
N that didn't think she'd shake me right
afore the crowd
/ wuznt goin' ter stand it-'n | said so pooty
loud.
Then Zury drapped her laf1in eyes N whis,
pered to me low,
Il didn't kiss ye fore the crowd-'cause-
'cause--I love ye so,
N l thought ye wudn't mind it eff kissed OF
Pete instead,
Because the grave is closin jist above his
poor OF head.n
Well-wimmin's ways is queer, sometimes,
and we don't allus know
Jist what's a-throbbin' in their hearts when
they act thus n So
All know is, that when bid goodnight to
Zury Hess,
lovedher more n ever, N I'll never love
her less.
7. p. Ryder, in Courier-Jou,mal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
Big Birds in the TransvaaI.

Most of the larger birds that | have
seen in the Transvaal, Africa, are evident
ly of great bodily powers, which their
ample wings sufficiently indicate. These
are half vulturine in form as well as In
habit. My companion and | wounded a
bird Of this description one day with the
gun with which he had full liberty here.
| don't know its name, but here is de-
scription: Body and neck pure white,
wings black, flat bill z 1-2 inches long,
legs II inches and 5 1-2 feet from tip to
tip of the wings. We brought him home
and had him going about the green for
days. One day we discovered him 'bolt-
ing snake about two feet long (by de-
scription the African cerastes, II rather
evilly disposed species, one of the cobras)
and three days afterward we found him
dead.
Next in size to this bird is the Katfir
crane, which is darll-blue in pluma@e.
This is much Of the build of the former
bird with this exception-its bill is more
Of a beak, short and strong. Next comes
the vulture, truly of the fowl-feeding
race, for he is not long in picking the
bones of any oxen that die. 1t used to
be fine of twenty pounds for shooting
this bird in the Free States, they were
considered so valuable in removing putre-
scent animal remains, and / believe their
services are essential yet. We have half
a dozen different kinds of hawks, some
resembling our English birds of prey in
size and habits, but of much finer plum
age.-Netccostle Chronicle.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
Electricity on the Diner Table.

A Brazilian inventor to whom a patent
has just been issued proposes to remedy the
annoyance suffered from the shaking of
dishes upon the table on shipboard by
means of an electrical contrivance. His
idea is to use an electromagnetic device
TO the underside of the dishes will be at
tached small pieces of iron, and on the
table will be laid long strips of soft iron
to which wires leading to battery will
be connected The use of this electro
magnetic appliance will not mar the ap-
pearance of tables, and certainly it
should prove effective, - Times Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
Personal Earnings.

The newspapers are recording the fact
that Mr.. H. NJ Flagler gave DR.. George
Shelton, of New York, S37 900 volun-
tarily as a fee for medical services to his
daughter. Forty years ago this would
have made a large fortune for any man,
one that he would have felt justified in
retiring from business on.
But the value of personal services and
fees has grown with everything else in
recent years. 1t is interesting to note
what vast sums professional people have
earned simply by their personal labors,
without counting business investments of
any kind.
Patti, the only Patti, has undoubtedly
cleared a couple of millions by that
wondrous bird warbling of hers. No
body who ever lived has ever earned so
Jefferson have each rounded up million
dollars during their professional careers.
said that Henry Ward Beecher earned
million in his lifetime from preaching,
lecturing and writing.
Among doctors and lawyers, too, the
sums earned by those in the first rank
are enormous. General Buffers law
practice amounts to from S150,0 600 to
5000, 900 every year, In one single case
he received fee of 800, 900. The
earnings of one law firm in New York,
Butler, Stillman & Hubbard, foot up
$3.50, 900. The head of this firm Is
William Allen Butler, who wrote the
poem of ''Flora McFlimsy." He dropped
into poetry in his youth, but wisely
dropped out again and into something
that paid vastly better. Helping people
quarrel is far more paying investment
than rhyme stringing. The business of
this law firm is chiefly the reorganization
of railroads. They sometimes receive
$50, 900 for one fee.
Among doctors the figures are not so
high, but still there are millionaires
among them, too DR.. William A. Ham
mond had for many years in New York
an annual practice worth S45, 900. He
will still retain much of it, now that he
has gone to reside in Washington, ''as
matter of sentiment
In business the sums earned are equally
large. The President of the New York
Life Insurance Company has a salary of
$50, 900. The Equitable Life Insurance
Company pays its President 500, 900 a
year. Several railroad Presidents get
$50, 600 A New York house that makes
a speciality of the sale of roasted coffee
pays its buyer $50, 900 year He saves
that much to them. The general man
agcr OF q varnish house in Brooklyn also
receives $50, 900 year. So that it pays
better in the long run to have success
full private business than 10 be President
--Le,eeU .Neies.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-09-20
CURIOUS FACTS.


Damsons originally came from Damas-
Gus.
The number of writers of the Bible is
fifty.
James McCosh, the metaphysician, is
seventy seven.
German student life differs very ma
terially from the student life of all other
nations.
A white kangaroo, the first ever
known, is on exhibition at the London
Aquarium.
In France the doctors claim on the es-
tate of deceased patient has precedence
of all others.
The total number of bodies registered
as buried in cemeteries used by London
is 1876 ,S75.
A letter can now be sent round the
world in sixty-nine days, via Vancouver,
British Columbia
A Londoner advertiscs that he is
''Porous Plaster Manufacturer to Her
Majesty the Queen"
A new and expensive whim in jewelry
is to have diamonds bored and strung
upon ci..... like pearls for a necklace.
One of the wonders of Paris is well
1850 feet in depth. Hot water rushes
out Of this well in q stream ia feet high.
A Kanawha CIV. Va.) fisherman
caught jack salmon that had swallowed
one bass and had another half way down
its throat.
John Bright said that he owed his
quick imagination to his lifelong habit
of reading poetry every night before 60
ing to bed.
A murderer was convicted at Yelling
ton, New Zealand, by bits of newspaper
used by him as wadding and found in the
wounds of his victim.
S. Landman, of Waynestown, Ind,
has calf without tail or eyes and Rob-
ert Jones has another that has the skin of
an elephant and no hair on its body.
The most northern electric light in the
world is at Hernosand, Sweden, on the
Gulf of Bothna, above the 62d degree of
latitude. Light is needed there at 2:30
p. NJ.
The Berlin newspapers chronicle the
fact that the heat of the present season
has been greater than ever recorded since
1719, the year when regular observations
were first taken.
The great bell of Hung-wu, which has
long lain half buried in the ground, has
at length been lifted by foreign machin-
cry and hung in pagoda built of iron
by a foreign firm. According to proph-
ecy, this bell was never to be lifted
until China had entered upon a new ca
reer of prosperity.
In the Town Library (Stadt Bibliothell)
of Nuremberg is preserved an interesting
globe, made by John Schooner, professor
of mathematics in the gymnasium there
A. d. 1920. 1t is very remarkable that
the passage through the Isthmus of Pan
ANA, so much sought after in later times,
is on this old globe carefully dilineated
On the sides of the Jesen Fiord, on the
west coast of Norway, mountains rise
perpendicularly to height of several
thousand feet. Recently stones and
rocks, some of which are said to have
been as large as house, began to fall on
one side OF the ford. The avalanche
continued for more than two hours, and
the crash was heard ten miles away
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LAPoRTE. PA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1889.

Travelled by generations, but still an
unknown way-the two friends, one
whose years had covered so long and the
other so brief a span, had gone beyond
the sunset Chicago Times.
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9ai1Y r eagle
MISS MADGE.

Your cheeks were a-gioxtng with roses,
Your hair was ripple of gold;
Away with the pain that Gisclos5s
The love thst bore you Of old!
You taught me to whiri to the measure
OF waltZes-and scbottisches too.
The knowledge has given me pleasure,
hiiss Madge-and owe it to you.
With fingers as Hight as fairy,
You thrummed on the ivory keys;
With badinage hlithesoTne and airy,
You taught me to be at my ease,
And join IN your melody, ringing,
And thrilling my heart through and through
So am lauded for singing,
Miss Msdge-snd owe 1t to you'll
a worldly wise beauty Of twenty,
Who many conquest had seen,
OF lovers you surely have plenty,
Why Toy with a lad OF eighteenf
Your manner, bewitching and ertless,
Ersnared me for aye, as you know
And now am bitter and heartiess,
Miss Madge-and / owe it TO youI
Florence SeoIlard Brown.
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09
A Trick Of the Trade.

I sell shoe that costs me 81 at TIE original
price, and use il as leader Then / marx
my 81 Is shoes at $50, the So at s250, tbs
s. . az 81 and the s. CO gooss ct IS. Seei A
customer wants 20 look az my low priced
grades; show them, and bring Out al ny
principal lines Likely Is not persuade hin
or her to pay IS. and this secures me fair
profit No, dent sell many at 81, and even
II l did, the less economical buyers make it up
TO me by giving me handsome profit o. To
better shesS-Stoe eai Leather Reporter
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09

I felt most for the mother, who had been
completely deceived, and would scarcely be-
heve that Mag Storrie was not relative of
her expected son-in-law. Rosina declared
that it was al false, till stopped her and
her evil helper by telling them that had got
it all out Of Marshall, and that he now knew
how he had been duped / say stopped
Rosina, for the news caused her to drop off in
faint When we got her right again she
piteously declared, and suppose with truth,
that she knew nothing Of the means that had
been used by Mag Storrie to charm Marshall
into loving her, and that the whole scheme
had been proposed to her by the fortune
teller when Rosina asked her if there was
such thing as a love charm. The agree
ment was that Rosina was to tell her every
thing likely to be of use TO her and to give
her 20 shillings if she succeeded in charming
Marshall into marrying Roslna The money
was demanded long before the marriage, and
more demands followed, Mag threatening to
reveal all to Marshall, and to charge Rosina
with devising the scheme If her e1tortions
were refused. In this way she had forced
out Of Rosina all her savings and three pounds
of the money given to her by Marshall to
furnish the house. She had also got from
her silver watch, two gold brooches and
ring, under the pretense that she needed them
to rule Venus, and keep Marshall from going
back to his old love- Mag Storrie stoutly
denied every particular in this statement,
but on going TO her house found the watch
and brooches and the ring. got good deal
of money also, but Of course that could not
be identified, and there was also bank note
representing such large sum that the man
who was with me wistfully remarked:
"When Pm too old to remain detective
I'll turn fortune teller, and try to make a
little money"
I When the case had been prepared and ad-
justed we were glad to take Rosina as wit
ness to make sure of Mag not slipping
through our fingers, for she had engaged
clever lawyer, who had a. reputation for
talking judges and juries out Of their own
convictions, and the law in regard to fortune
telling has never been on a satisfactory basis
The result was that conviction on both
charges followed, and Mag went to prison
for six months, while Rosina crept from the
court room, shamefaced, broken In spirits
and ruined in prospects. She left the city
Immediately and eventually married a pub
lican in the west. lave seen her twice since
that, and she is now nearly as broad as she is
long, with the same merry black eyes and
determined curve of the lips Fer husband
appears to let her rule, and to be as happy
under her government as some men are In
ruling. Marshall made Bella his wife not
long after the disappearance Of Rosina and
made ample amends in his after conduct for
the misery he had caused her to endure be-
fore.-Jemes McGowan in Sheffield tEng)
TELEGRAPH
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09
lie LEFT THEN.
An Interesting Poker Story with an Abb
rupt End.

An Interesting Poker Story with an Abb
rupt End.
They were sitting in hotel corridor, and
an old man, who spoke in an intense but de-
hberate manner, was telling of great poker
game As the story went on his listeners
drew their chairs closer around the narrator.
Every man was leaning forward with an
eager glitter in his eye Half smoked cigars
fell unnoticed to the floor. There was scarcely
a movement in the little group.
The old man was evidently master at
story telling He had been, too, if one might
judge by his lively description of the game
which be was describing, an expert player
himself. He began with the beginning of the
jackpot, went carefully over the deal, the
draw and the preliminary betting. And
when be got to the first bet Of the opener
there was O breathless silence around him,
save for his quiet, measured tones, as he told
of the game The game, as he described it,
had been played in train and he had been a
witness Of it.
John" he said, fitting bis chair back a
little and then causing it to sway with a
rhythmic motion of his body, 'bet 500
The man next to him ran his cards over COM
pletely and raised him $50. The next man
saw ING raise. JONI TdlSSu Z 1OV again L Us
next man again ran his cards over carefully,
placed crisp 500 note on the table, besitat-
ed a moment and then, adding another one
to it, pushed them both into the pot without
a word The third man laid down his cards,
leaving John to bet next. He saw the raise
and placed $1,000 beside it, whistling softly
to himself. His opponent laid down his
cards and pulled long pocketbook from his
pocket. He took out a roll Of bills and
counted them over very deliberately. Then
be picked up his cards and ran them over
again HIS face was pale, but calm. He
said nothing
There was an intense strain in the absorbed
silence Of the group now. The man drew a
long breath. Another moved uneasily in
his chair, but no one said word.
''The man counted out sl,000,n continued
the narrator, "then he counted out another
thousand, and another and another until five
piles lay before him. John looked at him
moment and went down into his pocket. The
hands of both the players were trembling
slightly, but both looked confident"
One Of the listeners now tapped his foot
impatiently on the floor.
The man slowly pushed the five rolls to
the center Of the table, he went on Johns
eyebrows came together. He took his wallet
and placed it beside the bills"
A futter ran through the group, followed
by sudden hush The narrator stopped ia
his story, and bringing his chair down to the
floor, reached for a match Ee struck it,
waited for tie sulphur TO burn out, and re-
lighted his cigar Fer moment he pulled
away silently. And thenF said one OF his
hearers nervously.
Ca then the train stopped at my station
and had to get of New York Trihune.
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09
.ezI Dezgsrs'

Scale books, coal tickets, etc, FOR sic a
this o1fics. Orders by mat Will rece ',
prompt attention address The Hichiss
EaSLE, Wichita Eza. 7stf
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09

Take t.e Few short line, C. K L. y.
Rock bland route TO Kansas City, -.
Joseph. Chicago and - Louiz ii+sf
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A SURE CURE FOR PILES

DR.. Kinks German P lie Ointment has cured
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. when I'll othe
Ointmeuts have failed. 1t absorbs the tunoFs, al
avs the itching at oHce acts a poultice. gives
instant relief. DR.. Kinks German Pile Ointment
is prepared only for Piles and tic ing Of the private
parts, and nothing else. Every box is warranted.
Sold by druggists sent by mail on receipt OF price,
DC and sl00 per box. Sold By Hettiager Bros. ard
Aldrich & Brown Wichita Kansas
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-09
Dishes to Order.

Dyspeptie ito wai.erS-W after, wartad
some s-ais bread but Sc i:as NOT In css BIZ
OF fare
Nas,er-So, sab, not cis ebs1.n'; but NC
kin cook It 70 order. Any-aiaS nc: IL 10
bill 90 fars we cooks to orG>r, axa -gsv
York SUE