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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
A Noted Female Pirate Dead.

The notorious character known as
''Spanish Belle" who has fourished on
the Pacific coast since 1S49, has just
died in Idaho. There is scarcely min
ing camp on the Pacific coast that she
has not visited. Her history, if correctly
told, would fill large volume; and it
for no good deeds have ever been attri-
buted to her in the knowledge of those
past forty years. 1t seems that she
gloried in the crimes she committed, and
during her convivial moments would re-
late some incidents of her past life. From
this source it is gathered that an early
age in her native land she became allied
with a noted sea pirate named Valzaj,
whose vessel was terror to the merchant
ships plying the waters of the Pacific
Ocean. She boasted that her duty was
when the ship anchored at a port OF
prominence, to decoy rich men aboard the
vessel, where they would surely be robbed
and murdered She followed this crimi-
nal career until the discovery of gold in
California when she left her pirate partner
and landed in San Francisco in the sum-
mer of 1S49 At the time of her death
she was eighty-fve years old, although
she could pass for a woman twenty-five
years younger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
LAPoRTE, PA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 3 1seo

That the words "brilliant results" are M,
inappropriate will certainly be granted
when we look at Mr.. Horsley's table of
cases. One patient had 2s7O epileptic
convulsions in thirteen DAYS, and com
pieteiy recovered, not only from the
operation but also from his terrible mo,
ady, after the removal of a diseased NOR
ton OF the brain, the result of an old do.
pressed fracture of the skull. Reside
this, few cases of headache so inveter-
ate as to make ordinary occupations i'm
possible, and life itself a burden have
been cured by trephining the skull. Even
insanity itself has been cured bv such =,
operation in cases in which it has followed
result of these recently lnaugurated oper-
ations will be it is impossible to tell as
yet, but thus far they have been so bene-
ficent and so wonderful as to arouse not
only our greatest astonishment, but also
our most sanguine hopes.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
A Rather Old Story.

Cowardicc often parades behind the
mask of courage. A fellow, hearing the
drums beat up for volun teers for France
in the expedition against the Dutch,
imagined himself valiant enough, and
thereupon enlisted himself Returning
again, he was asked by his friends what
exploits he had done there. He said
that .'hc cut off one of the enemy's legs. :
Being told that it had been more honor
able and manly to have cut off his head,
"Oh!" said ne, but you must know his
head was cut OF before.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
NO. s.
FUN.

The horse-car driver is a non-conduc-
tor.
Making love by telegraph is described
as an electric spark.
Why hasn't the debt of nature been
paid, she's got the rocks2
The lady says "please' to her servants
ana sometimes to her husband if there's
anybody around.
ne Is mean man who, on meeting
an acquaintance who is afflicted with tbe
ague, says, "Shake."
A man may not be afraid of DANCER
1t is the man who takes but ole trip
a year who passes down the main street
of town with the largest valise in his
hand.
Scan women be carpenters" is dis
cussed in The Women's Journal. We do
not know, but they can undoubtedly be
joiners.
Young men should not depend upon
the Government alone for fat places.
There may be openings for them in
tallow factory.
First Doctor-"I hear you treated my
neighbor for typhus fever Was it al bad
case2n Second Ditto--''Very bad the
man never paid his bill"
Said the fax haired maiden to the
dapper young man behind the counter:
'Have you any nice, soft muslin that will
suit my complexion and hair?" Clerk
"Bleached or unbleached?'
1t is pity that people do not know
who invented the mouth organ. Many
modern sufferers would like to erect
high monument over the mans grave, so
as to be sure to keep him down.
The honeymoon is that part of married
life when the bride spends her time in
irving to find out what her husband likes
to eat, and he spends his time in trying
to eat it after she has cooked it.-Atchison
| Globe
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
An Intelligent Pupil.

A railroad conductor wanting to teach
a new brakeman his duties told him To
90 to the other end of the car and when
of the stations along the route that he
should say the same at that end OF the
car. When they came to the first station
the conductor called out 'sMa-wash- -in-e-
ta!'' which is Il small town between In
dianapolis and Elkhart, Ind, and the
brakeman yelled out with all the might
his lungs would permit him: 1.-The same
at this end "-C Chicago Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

Rev. George Washington, who styles
himself ''eldest representative of the
Durham branch in England" writes to q
London journal, urging English collec.
tors of documents illustrating the career
of General Washington to organize them
selves into associations to preserve the
papers collected, and meet from time to
time to compare experiences and ex-
change views.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
VOL. V III.
LfFE'S AFTERNOON.

Dear heart, then lay your hand in mine,
Wen travel home together,
We've pledged our love in life's rare wine
We've had some days almost divine,
Some-clouds and stormy weather.
When first we joined our eager feet
We sang a sadder chorus
We scarce took time our hopes to greet
We rushed our joys in haste to meet
The world of care before us.
But now, dear heart, you hand in mine,
Wen trudge along together,
We still have draughts of life's rare wine,
And yetsome days almost divine,
While we have left far, far behind
The clouds and stormy weather.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

Claus Spreckles's big sugar plantation
in the Sandwich Islands is on the Islano
of Maui. 1t comprises 2700 acres, and
produces about 5000 tons of sugar eact
year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

The extreme length of the city of Chi
cago is twenty miles, its extreme
width is ten miles, its area is 174I square
miles, and its estimated population il
LOO, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08
Unique Pay for Writers.

Maurice Thompson. in an article en-
titled .'AdventureS with Editors" pub.
lished in America, gives three instances
of authors who were satisfied with their
pay. He says an ''editor told me of a
poet who sent him some verses, and di-
rected him TO invest the value thereof in
fiddle strings and forward them by mail.
| know of writer who was glad
to trade story for meerschaum pipe
Another took guitar in barter, and still
another snapped poetry for lottery ticket
and actually drew prize of $1,000"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1889-11-08

Mr. Gladstone says that he brought
his children up without constraint.
They have never been governed at any
period o! then lives by force.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS.
FROZEN WHEAT.
Tests Made at the State Farm Show That
Ia Ssx,xsH

Tests Made at tho State Farm Show That
1T Is Good for Seed.
An interesting experiment is now being.
made at the State experimental farm with
frozen wheat, which Is attracting the atten-
don Of the leading grain men of the North.
vest This is the first time that an attempt
has been made to ascertain whether frozen
wheat is worth any thing for seed. The re-
suits of the experiment thus far have been
Fery surprising, though it is too early to say
;hat they are by any means conclusive.
About thirty samples Of frozen or
frosted wheat of all grades have been
employed for the tests. Fifty seeds of
each variety were selected and planted
and are growing In the green house. Each
sample is labeled and account is taken of
The proportion Of seeds In each class that ger
inmate and grow. The proportion is very
large. Many Of them have sprouted and
seem to be making healthy growth. The
stalks are now six or eight inches in height
and some of them are stooling out. It re-
mains to be seen whether they have suf-
6cient vitality to mature. Prof Green, who
Is looking out for the grain, expects to get
out a bulletin which will show the farmers
whether it is advisable for them to attempt
to use frozen wheat for seed
The Progress., 1889-03-02
The News l:rIetty Chronicled.

Tho farmers of the towns of Salem and
Rock Dell in Olmsted County, and CAMS
teo, Vernon and Hay field, in Dodge Coun-
ty, will build il creamery the coming sea-
son, to cost s25, ,U90 It will be owned and
controlled bY the farmers Of these town
ships
.s On the open prairie. seven miles west
Of Fergus Falls, the other morning, team
was found, the driver in his seat frozen
stiff. In his pocket was a letter addressed
to H 2. Bensnlan and Swedish Bible
The body--that of a man forty years old
had not been identified
The old city market-hall at ST. Paul, which
has been remodeled into a theater and called
the Newmarket, was opened the other night
by Margaret Mather and her company
The Duluth Electric Light Company will
bui q large brick central power station
IN the site of the big elevator fire Of 1888.
large city contract for lighting had been
secured.
!. O'Brien, of Duluth. has Brahma-
Cochin rooster which is nearly two feet in
leight and weighs sixteen pounds. He
las four fully developed wings, two in
heir proper places and one on each knee
I9Int, and he uses all four of his wigs in
lying.
The large barn Of Hugh Kelly, at Per-
aam, was burned to the ground the other
night Loss, e, 600: insurance, 1900
The Progress., 1889-03-02
HUMOROUS.

-HousehOlder to tramp-"No, you
can't have any thing to eat here. Go
right away" Tramp ..That's what
they told me over the way They said
you had only one meal a week here.
Sorry troubled you. Ta-ta. IN. Y.
World.
An Irishman stopped at hotel,
got supper, breakfast and lodging and
told the landlord in the morning he
had no money. The landlord asked
him why he did not say so last night
"Och, | thought you would feel sorry
enough to hear it this morning!''
I'll don't see why you can't get
rich. You sell a handspring for 81 so
that only costs you ten CENTS s'That
may be true, sir, but we have to keep
three clerks to wait on the lady shop
pers, and we must get our money back
in some way. Jewellers Weekly.
"A Lesson in Derivation--..P Pa, y
said little Johnny Fangle. what
does the word 'cornucopia mean? =
I" 1t is derived from the Latin cornu,
ne.ninr .nlen+r No. fon,,, p.1s' ~
meanin1 ro,lrsa,f Tohnn,,,, "a !. = d. ~
of bornsi M,,st - 49, T.t;. 10y ~.
) saloon ), DraLa, : Mo , aaaa;na - ~
pa,,,,-. !, -.
10y ~. 20: ooen - t'ar '.l's - .lie :,
:, fa,,,, :. l " W. "a .sens anu eheeriul
aa, ssel 80 - 's.s sa,a ni7 l's.nei nas ~. a
Rohhn ), ,ar,iad [ an 49, .si..;.4 !. iueeu' ;.es.,
~ ~, ,,io,1l-
old setp,, ..f1h I - s,nasa,, ~ rer,;aa 80 :,
pahb1. ..t,,a,s1ii "a po0s' oplioe ~.
' = -, s -, ), IT.. 80 s'nu
@'o >, 5 o''A ! -. ~ i'ol ? Da1si.
: plolllel. nuinley' 10 you suppose
= cssn ges.your ~ "lle TO give our Ioung
Laoles Domestlc economy ASSOCIATION
/. an .. ADDRESS lse: on. housekeeping or some
ehlng q thae sort! Tier books and
zlnag'azlne art,cles are SO much ad-
inlleu s,i''. ! LINK she must talk dc.
llgne,u1iy W, oi,' laws; my VIE can {
.lh s, .e,, ~ Mnae me mater WIN
#ners Ir solle 5 al Vf1Se. s-springfieid
The Progress., 1889-03-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mark Twain is said By one who
knows him we'll to be the most miser-
able OF men. He is possessed Of wild,
mad fear that ill-luck is bound to over
take him and deprive him Of his fort
une. It is said that he shed tears OF
despair when an old fourteen-dollar
COW died short time ago.
Mrs. Delano a. Goddard. who died
In Boston, was a lady of fine literary
attainments and a linguist Of unusual
accomplishments. She was for MANY
years the Boston correspondent of the
Worcester Spy, and part Of her liter
ary work was the compilation, with
Harriet w. Preston, of volume of
poems, s.Sea and Shore. y
They say Thomas Hood first
planned the phonograph; as witness,
this, from his 8 Comic Annual" for
1889: . In this century of inventions,
when self-acting drawing paper has
been discovered, for copying visible
objects, who knows but that a future
Niepce. Or Daguerre, or Herschel,
or Fox Talbot, may find out some sort
OF Boswellish writing paper, to repeat
whatever it hears. =
Toward the end of his life. It is.
said, Charles Reade was accustomed
to dictate his compositions to secre-
tary while he paced the room, suiting
his actions to his words. In Love
and Money the remark occurs in the
dialogue, There's smut on your
nose. The great dramatist gave the
original exclamation off with such
perfect intonation and gesture that his
secretary was for once deceived. He
rose, went to the mirror, handkerchief
in hand, only to be laughed at by his
employer. N. Y. Tribune.
An old book has just come to light
which was written by Jay Gould, the
railway magnate, before he was known
to fame. 1t is entitled "a History of
Delaware County and the Border
Wars Of New York The book is
loud in denunciation of aristocrats,
and in praise of liberty, honest men
and manual toll, containing, among
other things, this sentiment:
1sThe noblest men know in earth
Are men whose hands are brown with toll;
Who, backed by no ancestral graves,
HeW down the woods and till the soil
And win thereby prouder fame
Than follow kings and warriors name''
General Lew Wallace and his wife
are both handy with the pen, and
busy with it, too, having each sent out
two books during the year just ended.
They made money. The Harrison
biography, by the General, was well
paid for, and the .'Boyhood of Christi y
a high-priced holiday book, has already
gone into it's fifteenth thousand. Mrs.
Wallace's two books. The Repose of
Egypt" and .'The Land OF Pueblos,''
both sold well. It is said that the
General has made at least sixty thou
sand dollars from his '.Ben Hur,"
and his "Fair God" has also turned
him in q neat sum.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
WONDERFUL SEOUL
a Strange City Rhn Of Strange Peop6S and
stranncr Customs

| a Strange City RnlI of strange Poou6G and
Stranger Customs
What wonderful city is Seoul! Its
800, 900 people are made mp Of strange
characters. and my eyes hayo been bob;
bing about like the rays Of kaleido-
scope in my efforts to appreciate It all.
Every thing is new and every new
thing Is strange The big wan which
surrounds the city is q wonder. and its
three great gates are more wonderful
still They are closed every night at
sunset with iron-plated wooden doors,
and after this time none outside the
city can get in nor can any inside the
city get out As the sun sinks behind
the mountains which surround the cap
ital band of soldiers playing music
which sounds for all the world like
Scotchman's bagpipes goes from gate
to gate and bars them shut At the
same time watch-fres spring up upon
the hills in every direction, and from
these the King knows that all is well.
These watch fires are signals, and they
form q part of a continuous line of fires,
which are built upon the hills in all
parts Of Corea.
They tell by their different flames and
the intensity whether all is well along
the coasts of the east and west and in
the mountains to the north and south.
They are, it seemed to me, royaltKs
farewell word from the day and they
really meant that the country was quiet
and the capital might sleep in
peace
The city does sleep, too. It's people
go to bed with the shadows OF evening
and by the law the man or boy who is
out after dark is bound to be whipped
Women have the right to go about at
night, and foreigners are never halted,
as are the Coreans. Such lanterns as
are used are of the rudest shape, and
they consist of framework holding a
candle, with a thin gauze cloth thrown
over it. There is a great bell in the
center of Seoul and tins is rung early
in the morning for the opening of the
gates. This bell is in the middle of the
long, wide street which divides Seoul
in halves. and it forms the heart of the
capital. Frank G. Carpenter in Nation
al Tribune.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
Observation-Disclosures

Dairy Commissioners Ives Issues a Circular
of Instructions.
Dairy Commissioner Ives has prepared a
circular to the dairymen and cheese-mak-
sers throughout the State In it he gives in
struction as to what colorings are allowed
by law in the adulteration of butter and
cheese. He warns against the use of any
coloring containing even one per cent. of
any vegetable or animal oils, but allows the
use OF alkali solutions. These instructions
are given under late decision of the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue that the use
OF coloring matter in which animal or vege-
table oils have been used is punishable
under the oleomargarine law of 1885, This
outlaws coloring that is greatly used in
this State 1t is composition obtained
from South American tree in which
cotton-seed oil and an animal oil are used
to make it an emulsion.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
1t Was Not a Libel,

A libel suit for $500 was Instituted
some time ago against the Minneapolis
Tribune by Levi M. Stewart. The suit
was based on a humorous item in which
some one was quoted as saying that Stew
art had moved his office to his house to
save exrenses. The Supreme Court recent
~ decided against the plaint #, holding
that such statement was not libalous.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
Went with the Man She T,ovea

e Oakes Ames, young man at st.
Anthony Park who can draw his check
for $780, 900, became infatuated with Miss
Emily Watson. the pretty assistant post
mistress there, last summer. The parents
OF the girl objected to the match because
OF her youth, while the mother of young
Ames demurred to a nuptial knot on ac-
count OF the difference in station of the
pair Ames returned from Chicago the
other afternoon, met the girl at st. Paul,
and the pair went by carriage to Mendoza,
where they were un ted by justice of the
peace, after which tney took train for
Detroit, Mich Annes is cousin of Gov
ernor Ames, of Massachusetts, and most
of his property is Chicago real estate.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
A Desperate Suic.de

Samuel F. Rothschild, whose three at
tempts at suicide in st. Paul resulted in
his death the other night, was one of the
wealthiest Hebrews in Hartford, Conn.
He owned mucn valuable property, and
had disappeared from his home three
weeks ago in fit of despondency. His
son, William B. Rothschild a well-to-do
merchant of Hartford, would come for his
remains
The Progress., 1889-03-02
Tho State Militia.

A'report made to Congress recently by
Adjutant- General Drum shows the following
concerning the militia in Minnesota: Cen
eral staff, %; 90; cavalry, company officers, 8;
non7commissioned officers, II; musicians, 2;
privates, 65; total cavalry, rs; artillery,
company officers, 4; enlisted men, IS; total
artillery, q; infantry, regimental, field and
staff, 80; company officers, 50; enlisted men,
1,565; total infantry, 1856; aggregate, 1,6s0;
unOrganized militia, 147,GOO.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
"A Pretty Romance.

G. 0. Kleven. clerk of the court of Rice
County, and Annie r. Eleven, of Albert
Lea, We're quietly married at the Railway
Hotel in Austin the other afternoon. They
wore married before nearly seven years
ago. Being quite young they disagreed,
separated, and finally were divorced.
They were 10 sooner divorced than they
saw their mistake. Mutual explanations
took place, the old love was renewed, and
the elimination was the ceremony here
recorded
The Progress., 1889-03-02
A Peculiar Lawsuit.

A most peculiar case came up recently
before Judge Lochren in Minneapolis.
Louis Waller, while conveying the bo ly of
his young son in carriage to the grave,
was run into by a team owned by Reidell
g Nelson. The coffin was thrown out and
broken and the body exposed to view.
Waller sued for 5000 This was the first
case Of the kind ever before the courts.
The Progress., 1889-03-02

In one year, a Des Moines youth
got into jail, broke out, saved two boys
from drowning, discovered and put
out a fire, had his arm broken, stole
horse, shot at burglar and put out his
brother's eve.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
a safe Containing $4,000 missing.

While all the other safes in the ruins of
the recent opera house at Duluth had been
opened or located, tae large one Of Siegle
Levy, wholesale liquor dealer, could not
be found the other day, although IN eycava-
ton had been made all arouod where it
was supposed to have fallen. This safe
contained notes, accounts and cash to the
value Of about $4,000
The Progress., 1889-03-02
PERSONAL AND PoLITlcAl.

& JUDGE W. NJ MERRIcK, Of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia, died
on the 4th in Washington, aged seventy
years.
& MRS. MARY 81 FIsKE, a lady we'll known
as journalist, stcry-writer and dramat-
ist, died at her home in New York on the
4th of pneumonia
FoRTY members Of the Ministerial An,
soclation of indianapolis called il bodv5
on General Harrison on the 4th and pre-
sented the President elect with an adj
dress expressive Of their cordial esteem
and affection.
The Progress., 1889-03-02
/ LATEST NEWS.

5s ArlIN - NEW -
A. l. ED sERToN " emoyed from the
the 9Th by the p ;s;lent and Hugh s.
Thompson of 6outs. Carolina appoln ed in
his stead.
IHE troops had :,ran to charge the riot
7rs at Rome, lta}y on the 9th An i'm
mense amount OF property has been
wrecked.
On the night of the 9th Mr. Kent, land
lord of the Gloucester hotel, Swansea, Eng
land, heard burglar in his room. He.
Jumped out OF bed and grabbed the in
truder. Mrs. Kent took her husbands re-
volyer and SHOT the burglar in The thigh
and left |, he room. During her absence the
bur lar escaped. Upon returning, Mr.
Kent was found to have been seriously if
not ia a ly Wounde with a razoE
DEPUTY IT, S MARSHAL CHAMBERS arrived
atPIttslu 6, Pa, on lhe 9th, having in
charge thirteen counterfeiters from Batler
county. Alarge quantity of spurious coin
was captured
The works OF the Visions n Sulphite FL
ber, Co. located at Monico, Wis, were de-
stroyed by lire on the 95h. Loss S12O,O0O
TAE extensive chemical mannfac,ory of
John Wyeth & Bro, Philadelphia, Pa, was
d s royed by fire on the IO5h. Loss So 3OO.-
600 Great excitement prevailed in the
neighborhool. During the progress OF the
fire The cen raj portion of the building fell
buTying three fremen
On the 9th, the railroads of Germany
We're i1nreded by snow, and in some places
were entirely blocked.
s AN attempt was made on the morning of
the 10th to burn tenement build ng in
SnY Hos, ,<,ftr 81
fuses and packages Of powder were found
after the flames had been extinguished.
ca the 9th a man named Young working
m the woods near .Gl dden, Wis.,, was
ki led by a fal ing plank. Within a week
in the woods of Northern Wisconsin five
men have been killed. five had legs broken
and a number otherwise injured
FIRE in the Standard Oil Company's
works at Constable Hook, n j., on the 10
Loss $75.O 600 8
EIGHT wOrkmen killed near Halle, Ger
many, on the 10th by passenger train
The steamer Hayden Republic, rec tly
the cause OF SO much trouble with Hayti.
arrived at Boston, Mass. on the 10th.
HEAVY snow storms were ported from
the Sou Of England and Wales on the
10th. Throughout Holland the storm was
very severe, many shipwr cks with great
loss Of life are reported.
The bursting of centrifugal machine
In the New York Tar ar Compares works,
Brooklyn, n. X. killel two men and
wounded three others
1HE bo. tom dropped out Of pot Ell ed
with molten ass in tho works of James j.
Murray i Co, Phil ,delphia, on the even
ing Of he 10th. setting fire to the building
and doing $40 . 600 worth OF damage
The trst yes ibule train from New
.Orle NJ arrived at the City of Mexico or
the l1th.