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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
Well Matched.

There are now living in Washington
married couple, Paul and Albina
Hellmuth, who were born at Baden,
Germany, within four miles of each
other. Even through their childhood,
playing in the streets of the same town,
they were strangers to each other. In
the course of events they came across
the ocean to the land of promise, and
at different times and by different paths
they drifted to Washing gton, where they
met and loved and welded. Upon
comparing notes to take out their mar
riage License they discovered, to their
mutual surprise and qualification, that
they were not only natives of the same
place. but rejoiccd IL exactly .he same
ages to = day.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

1t would seem that Lord Stanley,
Governor General of Canada has de-
cided leaning toward blue blood, and
considers the intrinsic value of coronets
greater than that of kind hearts. That
nobleman and Lady Stanley announced
their intention of giving two dances at
the Government House, but greatly
surprised the aristocracy of Ottawa by
omitting from the list at least two thirds
Of the Members of Parliament. Instead
of these ''grave and reverend seignors, :"
he invited number of minor officers
whose birth entitled them, in his opin-
ion, to precedence. Great indignation
10 expressed in the lobbies of Parliament
ever Lord S.snley's action.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

1t to the hilt in the bears breast as the
animal lunged up against him. The
blood followed the blade in stream.
The bear staggered back. Before it
rallied Bip turned to the other one. It
had knocked the settler to the ground,
where he lay stunned. In second
more the bear would have torn the
mans throat to strings. With one
slash of his effective weapon Bip sew
cred the big arteries in the bears neck,
and laid the windpipe open. The bear
raised up erect on it's feet and fell over
backward with its whole weight against
the side of the camp. The shock was more
than the structure could stand, and the
shanty came down with a crash, bury
ing bears and all beneath pile of
boards and scantling. The next that
Bip knew it was broad daylight. He
was lying on the ground on deerskin.
He was sore and lame but managed to
get to his feet. A big-whiskered man,
a pale, weeping woman, and two
frighten ed-looking children were
grouped near him. By the side of q
ragged pile of boards that had been the
face camp, lay the carcasses of two
huge bears. The big -whiskered man
came forward, grasped Bip's hand, and
told him he had saved his life. The man,
his wife, aud two of the children had es.
capped from the wreck of the shanty
with but slight injuries, strange as it
seemed, but the other child had been
killed. Bip fOlt that he would be safe
with these people, and he told them his
story. He then learned that the face
camper was Israel Vawn, noted re-
llgious enthusiast, who had set tiled in
the wilderness to form the nucleus of
colony of his followers. Bip helped
rebuild Vawn's camp, and when it was
done Vawn made him promise that he
would remain at the camp until the set
tier made business trip to Little Rock
and returned. When Vawn came back
he placed in Bip's hands bill
of sale for himself from his master.
Vawn had purcha,ed the young negro
and given him his freedom. The over
joyed Bip remained in Vawn's service,
asd was given the name of Solomon
Vawn. Israel Vawn died about the
time the war of the rebellion began.
Bip, or Solomon Vawn, came North
and settled in the Cumberland valley,
where he worked as farm hand until
he died some months ago, nearly 80
years old. He is buried near Mont
Alto, and his grave is on land, / be-
ieve, formerly owned by Thaddeus
Stevens. ~. r Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

Wing Chin Foo, the Chine'e jour-
nalist of New York city, who has
written some expose, for American
newspapers of the doings of his fellow
Celestials, is fearful for his life. Recent
developments show that $500 has been
offered for his death, and an extra
$4,000 to enable tho successful assassin
to leave the country. He has had the
enmity of the Chinese secret society at
New York for several years, it having
followed him from San Francisco.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
The Best We Can.
When things don't 60 to suit us

why should we fold our hands,
And say, "No use IN trying,
Fate battles all our plans"
Let not your courage falter,
Keep faith in God and man,
And to this thought be steadfast-
"Pll do the best can."
II clouds blot out the sunshine
Along the way you tread,
Don't grieve in hopeless fashion
And sigh for brightness fed.
Peyond the clouds the sunlight
Shines in the Eternal Plan;
Trust that the way will brighten,
And do the best you can.
Away with vain repinings;
Sing songs of hope and cheer,
Till many weary comrade
Grows strong of heart to hear.
He who sings over trouble
Is aye the wisest man.
He can't help what has happened,
But-does the best he can.
60, if things won't go to suit us,
Let's never fume and fret,
For finding fault with fortune
Ne'er mended matters yet.
Make the best of whate' er happen
Bear failure like a man;
And in good or evil fortune
Do just the best you can.
-E6en E. Rezford, IN Saturday Night.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

Tho Sultan of Turkey may not be
much of financicr, but his ideas of
meeting a monetary crisis are practical
and sound. A few weeks ago an audit
of his finance department disclosed a
big deficit, and to meet it his Majesty
ordered a reduction in the salaries of
his state officials. Another monarch
would have raised the public taxes.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

The National Rife Association be-
lieves it to be entirely feasible to bring
together in connection with the World s
Fair the expert shots of England, Ire
land, Scotland, Australia, Canada and
America in matches for the military
craftsmanship of the world. Such an
attraction would prove a drawing card
for even so great an exhibition as the
proposed exhibition of 1892.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

The Italian East African Company
will organize an extensive factory in
Africa, and do whatever else is neces-
sary to work large plantati ons there.
To our minds, says the New York o.
erper, factories are better than fort
resses, and the nation that will intro
duce the industries of peace, rather
than the art and implements of war, is
Africa's best friend.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
The Italian Protectorate over Aby

The Italian Protectorate over Abys-
sinia has been strengthened by tho
recent march of a small army to the
province of Tigre. The new king,
Menelek, is thereby recognized through
out the country, and the cession of the
northern part to Italy made permanent.
The climate of the uplands of Abys-
sinia is so much more healthy than that
of the greater part of Central Africa,
that Italy may we'll congratulate herself
on the peculiar advantage she has
gained by her venture in the Dark
Continent.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

There are, it appears, in Europe, the
Americas, Egypt, South Africa, Japan,
India, etc., no less than LIZA, 600
miles of land and telegraphs, and their
estimated value is $25S, 642, 500. Of
cables, 107, 547 miles have been laid
down by companies, at a capital outlay
of $50, 600, 600. BY government, 49,
b23 miles of submarine cable at cost
of $18, 500, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
wit That was Appreciated.

Tompkins-Pshawl Browns no wit.
There must be an element of surprise in
what man says to make it wit. Don't
you agree with met
Wilson-Perfectly. That was elev-
er witticism you got off the other day.
Tompkins-I forget. What did I
saya
Wison-You said, Heres that five
I borrowed from you. Harper
Baxar.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
HUMOROUS.

Most any city can look well II it has
good site.
If experience is so great a teacher,
why do we speak of "green" old
age2
The only way to be happy on five
hundred year, is to 1.-Two on four hum
dred and ninety nine.
First Little Girls your doll
French doila Second Little Girl
don't know, she can't talk.
The most disagreeably obstinate per-
son on earth is the coal dealer when he
insists on having his own weigh.
No wonder the toy pistol cannot be
exterminated. People are always
teaching the young idea how to shoot.
The plumber executes his work very
finely, as rule. When you get his
bill, you feel as if you would like to
execute the plumber.
Old Gentleman Ito little girD-Sissy,
what makes your eyes so brighta Sissy
(after little thoughD-I guess it's
cause they're kinder new.
Some men will get up out of bed at
night in the coolest of weather to 60 to
fire who cannot be induced to get up
at z to start one in the stove.
The two most exciting periods in q
woman's life are when she is listening
to her first proposal and bidding on q
basket Of broken crockery at an auc.
tion.
A new variety of clam has been dis.
covered. As it is tenderer than the old
style of clam, it will not be used for
chowder, but will be worked up into
chewing gum.
Mrs. Bloodgood-Whati not an open
fireplace nor a stove in the housea How
does your father warm his slippers,
Willie2 Willie (rucfully)-Wmms 'em
on me, ma'am.
"a man may smile and smile and be
william" This probably accounts for
the existence of so many villainous
pictures of persons who have been told
to look pleasant.
The nuisan ce of the hotel was in the
parlor warbling, "Oh, would were a
bird" "Well, here's beginning for
you," said the landlord. And he
handed him his bill.
A delinquent walks into the prison
carrying his head high and with GER
tain patronzing air. Pointing to the
constable who is leading him by the
arm, he says:-"Allo him to pass; he
is with me.'
''That is not more than half the COM
position" she said, as she turned on
the piano stool. "Shall / play the
restf "1es, he repiled, distracted
ly, ''play the rest by all means; play
all the rests you can find"
'.Miss N, how could you think
that had ever said in company that
you were stupid; quite the contrary,
whenever your name was mentioned I
was always the only one who didn't say
So"
Az agricultural journal advises:
"Gril Jour own bones" When aman
is in such a condition that he he has no
further use for his bones, he is alto
gether too exhausted to grind them.
He sometimes ''grinds his teeth" but
there he draws the line in the matter of
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

Al addition to the French Navy to
the cxtent of seventy eight new craft
is proposed by Admiral Krantz, the
Minister of Marine. OF these fifty four
will be torpedo boats; the rest ironclads
and cruisers.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

South Dakota claims to have been
grossly libeled by Chicago newspapers,
which repre- sented that the people of
the new State were starving. The Leg
islature, therefore, retaliated upon Chi
cago by instructing the South Dakota
Senators and Representatives to vote
for New York for the Worlds fair.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

There is a vast quantity of meat re-
CARED in Europe over and above what
ID provided. In France, 226, 900 tons
are yearly required; Germany, $50, 900
bns; Austria, Is, 900 tons; Belgium,
4S1, 600 tons; England, 672, 900 tons.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
No less than twenty eight private
sealers are fitting out at Victoria for a
raid in the Behring Sea this summer.

An Indication of the spread of Eng
hsh as language is given by tho fact
tnat it was chosen for use in the record
ing ef important treaty engagements
between Russia and China.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
At the Photographer's.

The professional bcauty-Will my
pictures flatter me2
The poseur-Ah, madame, that ques-
ton l must answer in the negative
zewn TeRisa.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11
s...s1 .25 in Advance; s1.5o after Three Months.
NO.26.

From Night to Light.
Friend, you are sad, you say7
Your grief once In the past
AL shall be clear to you;
The sorrow shall not last,
But then be dear to you
Some coming day.
So consolation find;
Yield not thus to despaie;
Believe Joy waits for you,
And, in the future, there
Opens her gates for you
Be then resigned
-Georgs Birdseys.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-04-11

The Lond on market is largely over
stocked with diamonds.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
He Fell Over A Cliff.

From Highlands, N. e.. Comes a
horrible story Of the tragic deati, of
one of South Cardinals leading citi-
zens, Vanderhart Lewis, of Charles
ton. Lewis, his young wife aud child
have been spending the summer at
Highlands, one of the most popular
of the Carolina resorts. they having a
cottage there. Laat week these three,
with Miss Vanderherst, the niece of
Mr.. Lewis, were walking near the
edge of the pr,cipice at Glen Falls
about two miles from Highlands.
Suddenly Lewis slipped, aud before
the Mortified relatives could do any
thing to prevent it, fell over the preci-
pice distance Of a hundred feet to
rocks below. There was no help nearer
than three miles, and 100 feet down
lay the husband and father apparent
ly lifeless.
Miss Vanderherst ran at the top of
her speed t. Highlands for. assistance,
while the almost crazed wife stood by
the edge Of the precipice watching
over the body Of her dear one below.
For three hours she was compelled to
endure this suspense; then help ar
rived and the meE succeeded in getting
to Lewis. He was not dead and by
hard work willing hands got him to
the top and then to his cottage home
two miles off, but there was little hope
and within an hour Lewis died. His
body was taken to his home in
Charleston.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
THE FERTILIZER TAX.
Judges Bond and Seymour Pronounce 1t
Unconstitutional and Void.
T From the Mecs and Observer.

From the Ne,rs and Observer.
Yesterday the decision of Judge
Seymour was filed in the case of
American Fertilizer company against
the Board of Agriculture. in which
the plaintiff asked for an injunction
against the State seizipg its fertilizers
for the non payment of the $500
license tax.
Judge Bond cpucurred In the ot,in
ion, which for wait OF space we can.
not print III full today. 1t Is held
that the tax levied is an import duty,
and further that it is tax on COM
merce; and for both reasons, it is not
warranted by the constitution Of the
United States, and is void. The court
saws that the lax is not within the
scope Of the police power of the State;
nor is it a mere "iuspection tax" which
the State might impose merely to COW
er the cost of an inspection, and which
would be lawful.
This decision is no surprise to us
since the recent decisions of the SUI
preme Court of The United States in
the drummers' tax cases and the origi-
nal package case, both of which are
cited as authorities
We deeply regret this decision,
which will seriously embarrass the
Agricultural college, whose support is
largely drawn from the fund We do
not see how that institution is to get
along now, without aid from the gen
eral tax fund of the State
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
What Senator Vance Did Change.
lGoldsboro Arg,es.l

The following letter from Hon. L.
B. Vance speaks for itself 1t was
written, as will be seen, in reply to a
letter of inquiry to know just what
"tampering" he did with that Sub
Treasury bill, for which Polk and
some few others are attacking him SO
violently:
UNITED STATES SENATE, J
WAsHINGToN, D. c., Aug. Z.
M. - Esq, Goldsb no, ". C.
My DEAR 81 R:-Your favor of I'd
inst. has been received. 1 take pleas
ure in answering it, but am compelled
for want of time to be very brief.
The bill as Polk and Macune hand
ed it to me contained a provision that
supervisors of warehouses, who were to
be agents of the Treasury Department,
should be elected by the qualified vo-
tiers of each county wherein the ware
house was t, be situated. I did change
that and provided that they should be
appointed by the Secretary of Treasu-
ry. Please get a copy of the constitu
ton and look at the second clause of
section 2, article 2, and you will see
why there is no greater danger to the
good cause of the farmers than if it
should be entrusted to the manage
ment of leaders who could not frame a
bill without directly violating in this
way the plain language of the consti-
tu,ion-so plain, in fact, that school
boy cannot misunderstanding. I made
no other changes in the bill except to
change the word Sub treasury" and
substitute 'bonded agricultural ware
houses" for the reason that there is an
old political prejudice against that
name Sub-Treasury. Those who
charge me with thus changing the
provision of the bill in order to make
it unpopular are guilty of falsehood
and absurdity. 1 was and am friendly
to the purposes of the bill, and to
everything that the farmers wish that
can be granted without violating the
fundamental law of my country. If
their cause is wisely directed it will
triumph assure as there is justice up
on earth. It is pity that it should
be handicapped at the very start by a
measure so unconstitutional and i'm.
practicable. May God give them
wisdom to do right and succeed.
1 thank you for your kind express
sions for me personally.
Very truly yours,
z. B. VANCE.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
Sale of House and Lot.

pY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE sU-
Dperior Court of Forsyth county, made in the
special proceedings of r. B. Kerner, Admir-. of
Mary A. Bowers, decd, vs.. VIM. Bowers and
others, on Saturday, the 23d day of August,
1890, at l o'clock p. M, at the Court House
door IN Winston, n. c., will expose at public
sale to the highest bidder a lot of land lying in
the county of Forsyth, and State of North Car
olina, and in the town of Winston, adjoining
the lot of A. L. Stephenson and others. This Is
the lot whereon Mrs. Mary A. Bowers lived
prior to her death, and is 50x22O feet
Terms OF sale, three months credit, with
bond and approved security. Title retained
until payment ofpurchase money.
r. B. KERNER, Admir-.
July II, 1890. of Mary A. Bowers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21

THE LATEST THE STATE,

AT last it is said the Governors
Mansion will be completed in month
Or two.
Miss Matte w. Rountree as
sumes editorial control of the Or
pha,as' Friend
The date for the Rev. Sam P.
Jones to begin his Wilmington meet
ing is Sept. the 2oth.
Henry P. Cheatham, colored, was
nominated last Friday for Congress by
the Republicans of the Second Con-
gressioEal District of North Carolina.
Clara New, a colored woman, was
shot by her lover, Julius Bloodworth,
at Wilmington last week. She is
dead and her murderer has not been
caught.
An old negro was killed by an
excursion train near Fayetteville last
Friday. He ran up the track instead
of getting off of it and the engine
caught him before the engineer could
stop.
More than fifty new buildings
have been put up in Morganton with
in the last year. Some of these are
very handsome structures, costing
from eight thousand to ten thousand
dollars.
The Governor has offered a re-
ward of 5000 for Robert Lee Smith,
who last month murdered Thomas P.
Sharp, in Davie county, and at once
fled. 1t is suspected that he is hiding
in Virginia.
The s'Students Handbook of the
University" published by the Uuiver-
sity Y. NJ G.. A. for the use of new stu
| dents will be sent FREE E to any one up
on application to A. H. Patterson,
Blowing Rock, N. &.
Governor Fowle is now at the
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
West Va, and is the recipient of
much attention. A fine outdoor
lunch was recently given him and ex-
Governor Fitzhugh Lee.
Bill Atwater, colored, resisted ar
rest in Durham county last week.
He collared officer Jack Barbee and
1 tried to take MS pistol from him. Bar
bee fred and Bills system now con-
tains good sized bullet which may
result in death.
"A gentleman who has been in the
four counties, Wake, Vance, Warren
and Granville, and in the border
counties of Virginia, heard every one
he met say that the tobacco and corr
crops were the finest ever seen in this
country.-Durham Globe.
ID. w. Shuler, cashier of the Bank
of Hickory, n c., died suddenly last
week of heart disease The failure of
his bank the day before is supposed to
have fastened his death. He was a
native of Charlotte, Mich, but had
resided at Hickory for a number of
years.
The delegates from North Caro-.
lima to the American Forestry Associ-
alton, at Quebec, Canada, September
2, are: W. H. S. Burgwyn, Peter NJ.
Wilson, A. F. Page, w. A Lash, J. A
Holmes, L. J. Haughton, w. J. Nc
Diarmid, William Beall, Donald Mac
Rae, Dennis Simmons, John Robin
son and r. L. Steele
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
Judge Gilmer Buys Piedmont Springs.
T From the Greensboro Patriot I


Col. Robt. M. Douglass returned
yesterday from Piedmont Springs
where he went on Aug. 18th to attend
the sale of the Springs property which
was sold on that date at public auc-
ton. The property was bought by
Judge Jno. A. Gilmer cf this city for
the sum ofS1O.OOO.OO.
We understand Judge Gilmer will
form stock company and allow all of
the old stock holders to take shares
that wish to. The Springs, Hotel,
Cottages, and in fact the whole PROP
erty will be put in first class condition
and the intention of the new company
is to make the Piedmont Spring one
of the most famous summer resorts of
the South. A short branch road of
the C. F. &c Y. v. R. r. from Wal
nut Cove by Danbury to the springs
would make them the most easily &C.
cessible of any in the State and we
would soon see the hopes of the gentle
men composingthe new stock company
fully realized.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-08-21
Boycotted by a Sub-Alliance,
TCharlotte Chronicle.l

A sub Alliance of Caldwell county
has boycotted the Lenoir Topic, pre-
sumably for its opposition to the sub
Treasury bill; and this, notwithstaad-
ing the fact that the Caldwell County
Alliance declared against the bill.
Of the action of the sub Alliance,
the Topic says: "Reoently the sub,
Alliance of Lenoir township, at a
small meeting when most of the Re
publican members were present, pass,
ed resolutions declaring the Topic to
be an enemy to the A lliance and boy
cotting it, This is, of course, wick
edly false accusation, as intelligent
readers of the Topic well know. We
know who is responsible for this fool
ishness and it shall serve neither to
make US hot against the Alliance nor
to bend our knees to anybody"