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Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21


n raIcE Esfs srCaTs A. rzrI1FCL as ~ .
D.PEosAsLk. Is EIsIsaED.
'B.Fhicsns. AichOIg'
.Maston"
Yea
We
And in this plural pronoun, uttered
simultaneously by ths two associates Ia
ssingls voice might % heard nood OF
irony and reproaehes-
J T. Mastoa pressed his iron hook on
bis forehead Thea. With voice which
seemed 60 stick ia bis throat, he said:
Did your shaft at Kilim4njaro really
have diameter OF tweaty-sevea
meters"
Yes, sir.7
Did your projectile really weigh 1so..
600 ZOO % kil0grams?"
Yes"
And was the shooting really dons
With . 600 pounds Of neli-melonite?7
Yes"
This thrice-repeated ives" fell or J
T. MGston like masses Of stone on bis
head
Then lean only conclude said he.
''what?' asked President Barbicane.
"As follows" said J. T. Maston- "As
the operation did not succeed, tho
powder did not give 20 the projectile an
initial velocity OF 2.s00 kilOmeters."
Really? said Captain Nicholl, with .
tone OF sarcasm.
Yes, your mell-melonite is good only
70 charge pistols OF straw"
Captain Nicholl sprang up AZ this re-
mark. which was an outrageous insult
10 him.
"Mastonw said he.
"NichOll|
you ought 20 be blown up with tho
neli-melonito."
"No. gun cotton; that Is more sure"
Mrs Evangelins Scorbitt had 10 in
terfere and cool these Two enraged gun
ners down.
''Gentlemen." said she, between tho
associates.
And anyhow" President Barbicane
resumed. with very calm expression,
what's the good OF ordinations? tits
as certain that the calculations Of our
friend, J. T. Maston, were correct, as it
IS certain that the explosive OF our
friend Nicholl had sufficient power. Yes,
We have only employed known quantities
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

The ssnd bag is lnvaluafN - the
sick-r0om. Get come clean, ~. ud.
dry IL thorou0h y N z kettle N ths
store. Make a rag about eight hes
eauare Of flannel, fIl IL wlth a. = u.
sex the opening carefully togstle- I'D
cover the bag With cotton OF linea lbis
viii prevent the sand from sift- at
ard viii also enable yon 70 host hsz
quickly b7 placing IN the oven r. ven
or top q tie sore. After on shy
this zen wiu never arsin st3errr %
van The feet or hands of = SICK rsrson
w.th 5ortle O. hot sster o. brick The
ssnd holds tss beat = long tsu1s, sn5 -
bsg csn - t1exed 30 - TIE back WITH
oat b1rt.r9 tas ia7aiid Il is q Tcos
pan - make two O. t1ree q tte hzrs
ard ksee them oa had. ready f0I os.
sts1T tus Vher nes5e5
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

t-ati1s 'AAi tii3ffe t4.ii. except SUNDAY
Taxing effect SUNDAY iu'l l5 ls.s
Sleeping cas- run on Pae n and ATLANTIC Ex.
presses 70 and from Dftrnf-parIor cars ran
on DAY tx press aud Grand Ranlds Express -
ana from Detr0it--Direcf connections made -
beiroit with AT through trains East-f1ckefs
on SAFE az Union llcket 0flce CT Monroe 81,
and ~ Union deoof
lEEn ". BRisGs. Cen hRi. q Monroe.sI
o.N. &rGs'Ef. y. j. ad z. Agt Chicago.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

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IL 0ugh flescts aHo iaii Information can -
hsa - cailns UpQA A. q a.n.Iuisi flcilf { aeenf
81 depot, ~ a "a Alulsau. ulou ticAct agent
u Avufor-St., Osisat tills NlrA.
4 i. lalk atn. Pass. Agent
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

bitt Absolutely crushed and broken
hearted she had followed him.
Dear Naston n~-she began.
well yes, said be, 'but onl7 under
one con6ftion-that I shall never make
anv mathematical calcul atoms
My dear friend 7 have horror -
then. answered the exce llent widow.
Thas Il happened that the secrets-y
of the Eun club made Mrs. EvanEeltns
sco-hitt N-s r. 7. Mssfon-
IN rersri ~ the articleof Alciie Pier
senx. ve might saT thatit b-ough hin
into T-pat celebrity ard e7ltation.
It rss translated into al languages.
rri7ted IN every pspe-. a1d tlus his
rams became knorn al over 80
world TIE fsthe- q his Cd sweet
heart ks6 refused hin bis 6auThrs rsT's
hard. sf-er ceiling hi-n fhat Re colli uot
give him h's 5srrh-e - hs vss go
smart R1t rsv. afee- haVing read 81 :
article. md beng Sc 20 understand 8.
vithout ar hetp. he began - feel sorry
snd know better he sent ki1l a. i7vit "a
tloa e 5ine WITH him and rs daazhter.
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

= is SD that RIDER HaVFsrs hss
t1-ned vegetarian. ard fr.ds tkst Re can
vork lonrer ard - b<t-fr eFsct q :
mea6less d1e1 Or vo1l8 faink tat
Vas7 vriEaz soas q nis bios5- -csrs Ing
tales. he sab3is1ed @ ST exc zsivs Diet
q raw bseL Fs-11gs IL ssezsSs ~ -
a4sx snsrzLIzz ~ .ztA<v
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

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u4PzosAsLk. Is EISIsaED.
"B.rtic4ns. AichOIe'
Telegram-herald., 1890-03-21

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wKEz ~ wcRrrs For-E-Ar1-r TEEz FEs.
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
pEcuLIARITIEs OF THE SEXES.

The professional funny men never
seem to weary of pointing out the little
peculiarities that distinguish the one
sex from the other. We are told that
although woman's hand is more deli
cate than mans, she can hang on to
hotter plate; and that she will never
employ button where she ran use
pin, while man won't use pin while
he can tie himself up with piece of
string. While there is no doubt just
as much truth as wit in these sayings
if the photographers had considered the
garments of the different sexes they
woul have found better vehicle for
marking distinctions.
When woman puts on new gown
it is one of the happiest days of her
life, while man feels uncomfortable
until he has grown used to his new
clothes. But this is not the most Pc
culiar thing about new clothes. When
a woman so garbs herself she is brand
new from head to foot. She is SYM
phony in silk, or wool, or cotton, as
the case may be.
A man is entirely different. Even
when he puts on a full suit his hat or
his boots are apt to be old enough to
spoil the effect as whole. When all
these things are brand new his cravat
will have frayed edge, or his gloves
be shabby with wear A man with a
$40 silk hat on his head and a 6.shil.
ling gingham umbrella in his hand is
not an anomaly, but woman who
robbed Peter to pay Paul in such way
would have her sisters in the streets all
twisting their necks' off to stare after
her. -NeU York San.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
LAPORTE, PA, FRIDAY, 2. 1890.

Then think she wandered through the
brush in state Of exhilaration, and
finally brought up in the river. She
left me fine legacy, and it is all owing
to old Belle there that I stumbled on
it She shall have tho best of every
thing as long as she draws breath.
The only thing that ever worried me
about the money was a superstitious
fear that it would bring me no luck. ]
haven't had an unluckly day since ]
found it, and it enabled me to leave
the bench and go into business for my
self, besides buying mortgage on the
house I am living in, which / after
ward bought outright. Buying the
mortgage looks like going at it tho
wrong way, but can assure you that I
enjoyed shaking it at my landlord and
threatning to foreclose it. ."--Ns,o York
Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
A Busy Preacher.

If there be any buster man in New
York than Rev. Morgan Dix of Trinity
Corporation he would, says CORE
spondent of the Richmond Va.) Dis
patch, do well to step up and be identi-
fed. Besides attending to the vast
routine business of the Trinity Corpora
tion, with its $40, 600, 900 invested,
prea ching regularly, marrying people,
visiting the sick and officiating over the
dead, he is called upon by men and
women of every walk in life for advice
on all sorts of questions. No matter
how early you go to his office in the
morning you will find adozen or twenty
people ahead of you. They all want to
see the distinguished rector of old
Trinity in person and explain to
him their various schemes and trou-
bles. The writer of this waited two
hours in his office the other day for an
opportunity to get word with him on
hihteSi Va piiNdtO DuoiuCSSs Al DCI-
sonal appearance, DIR. Dix is one of the
most striking men in New York, and
always attracts great deal of attention.
He is strong preacher, deep thinker,
and his voice has lost none of the charm
that made him famous as preacher.
While not exactly the fashionable
preacher, he is called upon by society
to officiate at weddings that are un-
usually profitable. His personal in
come is enormous, and he has a COM
Portable fortune. He gives away a
great deal of money, and has helped
more young men to get on in the world
than any preacher of the day.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
An Extraordinary Discovery

"When I was youngster and asked
my father for money he used to tell me
that money didn't grow on bushes, and
until the summer of 1881 l believed
him." said a we'll known resident of
Belleville, whose pretty cottage over
looks the placid Passaic. 81 changed
my mind in that year, however, upon
discovering, to my extreme satisfaction,
that at least on one occasion money
could be picked fr ON bushes with as
much case as l could pick ripe rasp-
berries. 1t @'as on the Fourth of July,
and on that day the woodcock season
opened. was out early with my setter
Belle, and we crossed the river to pick
up some birds that had located IN the
little strip of alders short distan &C
above the Jersey City water works. 1t
was a dry season, and the birds were
thick along the river, having been
driven there by lack of moisture along
the mountain brooks and in the woods.
81 had killed four birds, when Belle
came toward me with $40 bill in her
mouth. You may imagine my surprise.
/ took the bill from the intelligent
brute, examined it, and found it moist
with dew but perfectly good and
whole.
"'You know a good thing when you
see it, Belle said. Go and see if
there is any more like it there, and she
started eff at brisk trot. / watched
her and saw her spring up and pluck
something from bush in the thlcket
A moment later she was at my feet with
a $40 note in her mouth, holding it as
tenderly as she would bird. l was
utterly astonished, and plunged wildly
into the thicket, regardless of the cat
briers and other thorns which cl ung to
me like the hands of drowning man.
had not gone 20 feet before / saw a
$40 bill impaled on a thorn of wild
app'e tree and just ahead was another
sprout decorated like Christmas tree,
with bills on every thorn.
81 went right to work gathering in
the fruit. There were tens, twenties,
ffties and hundreds twisted around the
twigs, stuck on thorns, or crowded in
to the crot ches of limbs. Several bills
were scattered over the ground near by,
and while l was gathering them Belle
brought in ten and twenty from
some distance ahead. heard gun
shot some distance behind me, and it
spurred me on to extraordinary indus
try while the money market was easy.
I plunged ahead, picking bills from
the bushes as l went along and showing
them into the pocket of my shooting
coat. ] came across two more little
trees trimmed with greenbacks, and
then located regular savings bank
lost in the woods. 1t was big black
locust, with trunk ten inches in di-
ameter, completely covered with bunch
es of cruel thorns down TO within
foot of tie ground. The thorns were
plastered all over with bills, many of
which were stained with blood from
the fingers Of the person who placed
them there. I believe picked up
$500 from this tree, and not bill
W as less thana five.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

An old couple, perhaps the oldest in
the world, died not long since in the
village of Monastir, France. The man
was 135 and his wife 1913 years. The
couple lived in house which they had
built themselves exactly a century ago.
Adjoining the house was a little garden
plot which in process of time has de-
veloped into wood with trees 80 and
100 years old, trees which the husband
planted himself and constantly tended
to the day of his death.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

Carnegie, Phipps & Co., of Pitts burg,
Penn, have instituted series of ex-
perlments on new process, which if
successful, will prod uce armor plates of
such siren 9Th as to render vessels
equipped with them shot proof. The
process, according to the Philadelphia
Inquirer, is secret one, but it is under
stood, while the plates are not rolled
from cold ingots, it is somewhat similar
to the cold rolling process and will
greatly strengthen the material. Tho
results of these experiments will be sent
to Washington, where the plates will
be tested by the government. If the
experiments are successful the patcntce
of tho process will be paid royalty of
$25 per ton, the highest royalty ever
paid for any iron or steel process.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
A Monster Tree.

A correspondent from Minnesota
writes that tamarack tree Qarix Amer
icana) has lately been found which
meas ured seven feet eight inches in cir i.
conference four feet above the ground,
and was estimated to be 125 feet high.
tho largest cedar thuja occidentalis)
observed by the same correspondent,
meas ured ten feet four inches in cir
cumference at four feet above tho
ground, and was about seventy feet
high. Both these trees grow near a
brook of constant spring water, and in
alluvial soil, rather stony.
A monster elm tree stands on the
Avery Durfee farm in Wayne County,
N. Y. Two feet above the ground it
measures thirty three feet ten inches in
circumference, and five feet above the
ground twenty feet and ten inches. 1t
is sixty feet to the first limb and tho
total amount of lumber in the body
Of the tree is 16, $50 feet.
Eighty years ago when the farm was
cleared, this tree was left as a land
mark. 1t was then giant among the
surrounding forest trees.
A correspondent in Glenellen, Tenn,
sends us the following memoran DUN
with regard to large tulip tree recent
~ cut down near that place. The small
est diameter across the stump, three
feet from the ground, was seventy eight
inches inside the bark, which showed
GOA layers of annual growth, with only
thirty. eight layers of sap wood occupy
ing width of an inch and half. The
diameter increased three inches in the
thirty years, beginning with the 536th
year of the tree 5 age, and six inches in
twenty five ears, beginning at period
when the tree was eighteen inches in
diameter.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
FASHION NOTES.

Yokes and guimpes of velvet go with
velvet sleeves.
Large -fowered and small pompadour
fowered brocades are among the new
silks.
Feather boas and stoles and triple
capes of cloth will be much worn with
wool gowns.
Small bonnets are worn on dressy e.
casions and in the evening, larger On ~
and hats for street wear.
Many of the now silk petticoats are
trimmed with fots of ribbon and cas-
cades and ruffles of lace.
Heliotrope velvet slippers, with pink
silk stockings, are new fancy of those
who like that sort of thing.
Tartans, Scotch colors In broad
stripes, and bordercd robes arc the
pronounced novelties in wooden stuff.
Narrow side panels of silk are some
times introduced in tho plested or plain
skirts of wool, tartan or striped gowns,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
THE WRAPPER HABIT.

1t is the easiest thing in the world
for girl to get in the habit of slip
ping on wrapper in the morning, at
tending to whatever househould duties
she may have to perform, and n ot real :
ly dressing herself until she wants to
go out or the middle of the day has
been reached. There is use for the
wrapper, Of course, but its use ism for
you to regard it as something you
can ''pitch on and be untidy in.
Don't ''pitch on' anything you wear.
Clothes have an effort in your habits as
well as your personal appearance. and
the girl who is willing to eat her break.
fast in loose, untidy wrapper will
soon think it no disgrace to leave her
hair up in papers an hour or so longer,
or, horror of horrors, go without wash
ing her face until later in the day.
You do not believe you will ever come
to it.
Well, it's the first stop that counts,
and just as soon as you conclude that
how you look before father doesn't
make any difference, just so soon are
you in fair way to fall into very un-
tidy habits. Remember that the sim
plest of dresses neatly made and whole,
only takes a minute more to assume,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

The prevalence of drunkenness in
Russia has become so great as to attract
the attention of all Europe. The Gov
ernmcnt refuses to take any active steps
toward checking the evil, owing, it is
alleged, to fear Of losing the revenue
from the manufacture and sale of alco-
holic liquors. There have been 800
deaths in Olessa alone during the past
year directly due to the excessive use of
such intoxicants.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

In forty counties in the State of Illi-
nois there are said TO be over ID 900
members of tho Farmers Mutual Bcnc-
fit and Cooperative Association. In
that State they are erecting elevators
and cooperative stores. They are also
extending their organization to all the
States and are forming new lodges or
assc Citations very rapidly. They already
reach and cover more than ten States.
This association, the Dry god Ciroa icle
thinks, is likely to become one of the
most powerful agricultural soc :eties in
this country, if not in the world, and
one which will have much influence in
directing transportation of products by
railway and in the purchasing of goods
in large quantities from both first and
second hands. Probably it will also ex-
ert great influence in shaping legisla-
ton with regard to railways. 1t is
lily new name, with new feat.
ures added, for the granger lodges,
-hici were so widespread few years
AGE.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
Very InOppOrtune.

Sister-You ought ot to have sung
that song about hat last night just as
Mr.. Smith was coming in, Tommy.
Tommy-That song, "Where did
you get that hata' why ! don't SEQ why
| should not sing that. Most all the
boys sing it now.
Sister-But it was very much out OF
place. You ought to have perceived
that Mr. Smith was wearing silk hat
for the first tine-last evening.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
BIRDS AND BUGS FOR FLOWERS.


Flowers are fading as trimmings
for evening dresses and the fashion is
setting toward birds and insects.
Flights of jet swallows are seen fleeing
across the skirt of an evening dress.
Perhaps the bodice will be ornamented
with swallow, too. Huge butterflies
made of jet, gold tinsel or of pearls and
iridescent beads, are made large enough
to me right across the front of the
bodice of an evening dress. The wings
are outspread and the butterflies are
said to be modelled from natural spe ci-
mems. Smaller butterflies hover about
the shoulders and on the skirt. .-Mw
York Telegram.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
Chatter, AClintter. andt No Matter.
Deep wIthih the woUden borues :

thastoIlkOMntteTs anu I NO M8tter.
Deep wIthih the woUHen borues
Ofa vale IL straYed one Gay,
Drawn onsBy the.sweetes.. --.sio
Waited tnrougnits shady wa
Chatter, cnattef,
And no matter"
Was TIC song it seemed to say.
AS wandered, grew the music
Yet more clear and sweet to me
Till found bubbling brooklet
Gliding onward to the sea;
"Chatter, chatter,
And no matter"
Gliding onward, fresh and fre
In pool its waters tarried,
Silent, by messy bank,
Where the weeping willows dropping
Singing rose and dipping sank;
Chatter, chatter,
And no matter,'
Breeze kissed branches rose and sank.
Standing on its brim pondered,
Dreaming on its perfect glass,
Till l seemed to see beside me,
Gazing down, joyous lass;
Chatter, chatter,
And no matter"
With the pool her looking glass.
Then the years seemed swiftly feeting,
Once again, but aged, stood
The woman now, a-looking backward,
Thinking of her maidenhood;
Chatter chatter,
And no matter"
In her long passed maidenhooc
Far out from the wooded valley.
Then journeyed to the sea,
Where l heard the tides a-beatine
Grooming now song to me;
Beating, Beating,
Time affecting,
From the brooklet to the sea.
". II. Hazeltiae, in Yankee Blade.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02
NO. 20.

and then you are ready to see, or be
seen by anybody, and you are not 80
much dressed that you cannot dust the
little dainty belongings in the parlor or
dry the silver and glass as it is so care
fully washed on the breakfast table.
Keep the wrapper for your bedroom,
for the time when you arc little tired
and alone, but do not under any cir
cumstances permit yourself to get into
the habit of wearing it through tho
early morning hours when you want to
look as sweet and be as bright as that
sweetest of blossoms-thc morning
glory. Ladies' Home Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

English stoats and weasels are being
exported to New Zealand from England
in large numbers to XII off the rabbits,
and the rats, which have been food for
the stoats and weasels in Eng and, are
increasing enormously in some districts.
There is talk of a movement to prevent
the expectation of any more rat de-
stroyers.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-05-02

Armlcss and lcgless Mary Goodwin
of Sugar Island, New Brunswick, is
dead. In her youth she developed a
fondness for sewing and became an ex-
pert in the art, using. only her mouth
for cutting her material, threading the
needle and d DING all the acts involved
in fine sewing. She was over 80 years
old