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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
A Split Gold Coin.

1.-TWO tens for twenty, please" !"
said gentleman to the cashier in the
county treasurer's off e.
The cashier too. the sstwenty" and
rang it ON the counter. 1t had that pc
culiar dull ring that characterizes coun-
terfeit coins. He rung it second
time, and then inspected it critically.
IT'S it bogusa' asked the owner Of
the coin.
'Oh, no." answered the cashier
''it's good as wheat, but split"
Continuing, he said: ''That is the
first split $40 ever ran across. The
stamping machine at the mint some
times comes down too hard on the
coins and splits them; but it is seldom
the larger coins split. It's mostly
'fives' that suffer. But they are very
careful at the mint, and stop every split
coin they detect. Now, in the thou
sands of dollars handled here every
year, / rarely find split coin. Idon' t
think I've found more than four or five
in year, and, as I say, the coins were
mostly So pieces"
The split $40 looked perfect, and, so
far as the eye could detect, bore no
flaw of any kind. The only fault with
it was in tho .'ring,' AMI the split
made it sound "dead' when thrown on
the counter.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

The enmity of Russia to anything of
a German origin becomes constantly
more and more marked. Efforts have
been made to prevent the use of the
German language in Russian territory,
and now the feeling has taken new
turn. There has been considerab G
immigration of Germans recently ito
Northern Russia, and the authorities, in
order to put stop to it, propose to
levy high tax upon each foreigner
taking up his residence in Russia. The
sum Of $1,000 head is spoken of, the
design being to make it absolutely pro-
hibitory. The objection to German
immigration is that the ne W. comers arc,
es rule, intelligent, and carry with
them ideas of liberaliEing tendency.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

The crcdulity of the foreign noble i.
man has been brought out by swind :
ling matrimonial scheme. A bureau
sent out circular advertising an Amer
lean heiress list of $50, 900, 900 and in
vited the aforesaid no bleman to como
forward, pay fee and be married to
one OF them. Thousands of letters
were sent to the "Bureau" from titled
beggars who wished to scoop in Ameri-
can Doodle. After all, queries the
New York World, why shouldn't COM
mercial transactions like that be con-
Quoted on cold business basisl They
are not, but there is no reason why
they shouldn't be.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

An English company called the New
foundland Colonization and Mining
Company has acquired Ga, 900 acres of
land in Newfoundland, which were
granted to the Anglo American Te!e-
graph Company in 1854. Some of the
grants contain coal beds and variou,
minerals, and others are adapted for
agriculture and numbering. The CON-
pany has been organized by number
of prominent men, who expect to be
able to attract large st rcam of immi-
grafton to the colony.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

Rifle bullets are now photographed
in their course by means of the electric
spark. The camera is taken into a
dark room, which the bullet is caused
to traverse. AS it passes the camera it
is made to interrupt an electric circuit
and produce spark, which Eliminates
1t for an instant and enables the i'm
Preston to be taken. The wave Of
condensation in the air before the bull.
let and the rarefaction behind it are
visible in the photograph, and can be
studied by experts, thus enabling the
form of ball or riffs which minimize,
the resistance of the air to be selected.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
HUMOROUS.
A weather report-thunder.

A weather report-thunder.
A ''boil'' on the stove is worth two
on the neck.
The tailor trade is a fitting occupa.
tion for anybody.
PATHS lowest notes reach as high as
$4,000 every night.
There is n good deal of hemming
done by seamstresses and having by
teamsters.
Almost every man takes his day off,
but we never heard of him brin ging it
back again.
Since young Jinks began visiting Miss
Brown, the parlor lamp in the Brown
d omicile is the latest thing out.
A good many people speak as they
pass by who had better keep still unless
they can say more pleasant things.
Quillpen = Hello, Scribblerl Are
you still living on that first story2
scrbbler = No, Pm up in the attic
now.
First Small Boy--We hae fire at
our house last night. Second Small
Boy-That so3 F. 8. B.-Yes. Pa
G-Ad sistar's baau
Woman is running man pretty close
race In the arts and science but she'll
never get the knack of sharpening q
lead pencil down fine.
Doctor-Ah, yes; sec you have lung
trouble. Patient hopeless consumptive)
Excuse me. doctor, but it strike, me
that it no lung trouble.
He-What did your father say when
you told him that we were engagedl
She-Oh, Augustus, you must not ask
me TO repeat such language!
An exchange says that 'sauerkraut
never ranks among groceries. I" All the
same, it is strong enough to rank al
most anywhere it may be placed.
Clerk-I want an in crease of salary.
Employer (wearily)-All right. Any
thing elscl Clerk-And 1 want to get
off an hour earlier every day, so l ca
spend it.
Fame may be ornamental, but it ISN'T
much use to the man who has TO hustle
seventeen hours out of the twenty four
for his daily bread, with the pie never
any nearer than the horizon.
Benefactor-lf you are good ma.
chinist, why do you not work at your
tradsa Tramp can't bear the annoy
ance of being walked up by factory
whistle at O'Clock every morning.
Tailor-You promised me faithfully
yesterday morning that you would call
in and settle for that suit last night, if
it rained pitchforks. Yes,
] know; but it didn't rain pitchforks.
Lawyer-Your uncle makes you his
sole heir; lus the will stipulates that
the sum of one thousand dollars must
be buried with him. Heir Qeelingly)
Tho old man was eccentric; but his
wishes must be respected, of course.
I'll write check for that amount.
Anxious Wife-Doctor, how is my
husband2 Doctor-He will come
around all right. What he needs now
is quiet. l have here couple of OPT
ates. .'When shall l give them to
hint" ''Give them to him2 They are
for you, madam, Your husband needs
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A scientist says that the Panama canal
will turn the gulf stream and make
Great Britain land of icebergs and
Polar bears.
The rainfall for Washington, D. c.,
during December was only thirty nine
hundrcdths of an inch. For the entire
eastern section of the United States the
fall was from 80 to 80 per cent. below
the normal.
German chemists have discovered in
the cocoanut fatty substitute for but
ter, and it is being produced in large
quantities at Mannheim. One factory
turns out 5000 pounds per day, worth
fifteen cents per pound.
The canal to connect the North Sea
Mt the mouth Of the Elbe will, when
finished, be 81 miles long, IS feet broad
at the bottom, nearly 200 feet at tho
water level, and of sufficient depth to
take the largest German war vessels.
A psychologist in France has been
observing the working of flies IN flying,
and ha, arrived at the conclusion that
the wings of fly make about $50
beats per second, and that such a fly
can travel at the rate of one kilometre
per minute
Experiments in .oiling the waves
have been so successful that all life
boats in England will be required to
carry gallon of vegetable or animal
oil, and distributor of approved pat
tern, for throwing the oil on the sea
il rough weather.
The relative values as foods of the
grains named below are given by Pro-
fcssor Wiley as, first, wheat; second,
sorghum; third, maize; fourth, un-
hullcd oats. Sorghum-seed furnishes
flour like buck wheat that makes passa-
bic bread, and is coming into considera-
BILE use.
In Lawrence, Kan, comparison by
means of photometer between the
brightness of the full moon and that of
the arc lights in use in that city, showed
that at an average distance of 100 feet
from the light of the lamp the bright
ness was twenty FIVE times that of the
full moon.
IN sinking artcsian wells in the Des-
ert of Sahara, Africa, water bearing
strata has been reached at depth of
230 feet, at which steady flow of
about 5, 600 gallons per minute has been
obtained. This water is brackish and
unfit for drinking, but it answers very
we'll for irrigation.
An insect in the ear may be drowned
out with tepid water or killed by few
drops of sweet oil. If anything hard
gets in the ear, double stout horse
hair, place the head on one side and
drop the loop into the ear, move it
about until it catches the object and
then draw it out.
The owl has no power of motion in
its eye, the globe of which is immova-
bly, fixed in its socket by strong, elas-
tic, hard, cartila 5inous case, in the
form of truncatci cone; but in order
to compensate for this absence of mo-
tion in the eye, it is able to turn its
head round in almost complete circle
without moving its body.
Recent observations of the waters of
Great Salt Lake prove conclusively that
the statements made that no form of
animal or plant life exists in the lake
are erroneous. No fish or other large
form of animal life has been discovered,
but the presence of vegetable organism
in the lake may be considered fact
from the abundance of animal exist
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

The secretary of the National Prison
Association estimates that the Gems us of
1890 will show a prison population of
nearly one hundred thousand, an increase
of about thirty thousand in ten years.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

The Armours in Chicago did pack
ing business of $50, 900, 900 last year,
which was $1,000, 900 in excess of
1888. Six thousand men were en-
ployed, and paid IS, 900, 900. The
firm killed 1, 200, 900 hogs, 600, 900
cattle, and $50 900 sheep.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
THANKFUL'S TRIALS.

'l'm sure" murmured Thankful
Penny packer, "Idont know what to
do"
Thankful Penny packer had come to
the far West on what the facetious in :
habitants of Blue Gulch would have
called ga wild goose chase"
She was one of the great ma jority Of
unemployed women in the State OF
Vermont, and her cousin, Squire Todd,
had heard from his nephe w's wife, who
had sister at Blue Gulch, that there
was district school teacher wanted
there.
"Chance for you, eh, Thankful"
said Mrs. Todd. "Better get off as
fast as ever you can, or it'll be snapped
up. Such positions don't 60 a. begging
long"
Thankful looked up with big, wistful
eyes.
"It's awful cold weather to go
West, isn't itl' said she, little tim
idly.
ooh, if you're afraid of little cold
wind and snow furry or twol" said
Mrs. Todd, elevating her nose.
And Thankful packed her trunk at
once, and departed.
s.Ain't It rather barbarous, mother,
said the squire, ''to send the poor gal
way off West in such blizzard as this
'ere2"
swell, joshua said his helpmcet.
"she's been here two good months now,
and we want her room for your Aunt
Eliza, that's got money 10 leave some
day; and, besides, Dr. Lothair's com
ing pretty soon to visit old Doctor Jen-
ningses' folks next door, and it's jest as
well to have Thankful Pennypacker out
of the way"
Squire Todd's lower jaw dropped.
"Why9" said he, in amazsment.
"Why2" mimicked his wife. "WeI,
give me man for solid thick headed
ncssl Hain't you got darter of your
own, and amt Thankful Penny packer
a pretty gal, if she is past FIVE and
twenty year2
"Oa," said the squire. .'Matchmak.
in, cha"
"Well, call 1t what you please,'' said
Mrs. Todd. "Anyhow, it's time Electra
was settled in life, and it's jest as we'll
TO have Thankful Pennypacker off some
where else"
But when the Vermont girl reached
Blue Gulch, old Mr.. Wcr dell, the chair
man of the board of trustees, professed
himself exceedingly sorry, but the po-
sition had just been filed by . half sis
Ter of his own.
"We always give Western girls
the preference. said he.
So poor Thankful went back to
esquire Todd's nephew's wife's sister,
in frame of mind widely differen.
from her name, and uttered the pitcous
sentence that heads our story.
The nephew's wife's sister was called
McCray-a stout, cheerful body, with
bright blue eyes and double chin.
~ declare to goodness, Miss Penny
packer" said she. 81 feel sorry for
you, but hain't minutes time to
spare a-listcnin' to what Miles Wen
dell said just now. Two o the China
men have gone, and Bridget won't stir
into the dinin'-room as long as Wong
See is there. It's strange how she and
the Chinese hate each other And the
train is due in forty minutes, and
eighteen mcalers have telegraphed
ahead"
Cant help your said Thank
full.
"You7 Why, you're an educated
lady," said Mrs McCray.
That's no reason I can't cook a
fricasse. or bake a pumpkin pie" said
Thankful, smiling in spite of her
troubles. ''Aud l have no especial
prejudice against Wong See; SO I'd as
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
has the only herd of buffaloes now in
existence. There are fifteen animals in
the herd, and they are corraled on a
farm about four miles from Yankton,
at the end of railroad built by him
and used by the public for excursions.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

1t is said in Paris that old topers and
were the least affected by the infuenz,
while the strictly temper ate suffered the
most
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
VOL. VIII.
The debt of New York city is now |
sos, 663, O72.
A Philadelphia physician says pea
nuts, taken moderately and thoroughly
chewed, are good for brain workers.

The annual production of eggs in the
United States equals in money value the
country's annual total production of
iron
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14
Snow Flakes.


Where do they 20,
The melting fakes of the bright, white
.snow2
They goto nourish the April showers;
They 20 to foster the May-time flowers;
Where the roots of the hidden grasses grow,
There do they 60.
How do they go'
Drop after drop, in a silent flow,
When the warm rain falls, and the winds
are loud,
And the swallow sing in the riffs of the
cloud,
Through the frozen veins Of the earth be-
low
They softly go.
Why do they go?
Because Dame Nature will have it so!
More than this, truly, I cannot tell;
/ am neither seer nor an oracle!
When all is answered, only know,
That they come and go!
Kate Putnam Osgood, in Wide Arake.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-03-14

The big Michigan rose on the porch
of the Todd farmhouse was all in bios
som when Doctor Lothair came at last
to make the long promised visit to his
friend, Doctor Jennings.
"Bnt it amt no uscp' sighed Mrs.
Todd to Electra, her daughter. "He's
brung wife with him, I'm told-a
bride all the way from Dakota Turri
tory"
'.Humph" said disappointed Elec-
ira. ga regular wild Indian, guess.
But, for all that, Pm sort O. curious to
see her. Let's 60 in to night, mother,
when they re through tea. !"
SO Mrs. Todd and the squire donned
their best clothes, and Eec.ra put on
bag newest set of fish-sc iewelry.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9. 500.
What Citizens Say.

Mayor Callaghan's town is wet to-
day.
His street work will suffer delay
and his children will be idle.
? They will have nothing to do but
gamble and fight chickens.
But they'll have enough corn for
tortillas.
And their wives will have to make
them.
But the voter will smoke his ciga-
rette and play with his pelon dog.
His aldermen can not drive about
to see what the citizens need to be
done.
And his brothers of the county
clique can not electioneer in the conn
try because of the heavy roads.
The country veter can stay out of
the sodded fields for several days and
read the alliance paper.
And their minds will be moulded
accordingly.
And the crossroads beer stand
under its withered arbor, will suffer
and await the politician that never
came lin wet weather.
Said politicians fences will sadly
need mending when it dries up and
then their work in the city for which
they draw fat salaries, will be given
over to clerks. And the poor clerk
will be over-worked and wish st.
Patrick's day was near.
But the street car driver and street
car mule will be happy. For they
will have big loads of swearing pas
sengers, and this ought to make them
happy. ~.
And the cars will be of the track
more than ever.
The slowest man will catch all the
trains and ring up more fares than
the one who tries TO earn his $40 a
month.
And the bootblack will have more
work but his receipts will not be in
creased very much. The man on his
beat will take shines for toll and take
them often.
Our real estate market Will fall a
little. Property wet does not show up
we'll and the dealers seem to know it.
But it will bring lots of ducks and
the pot hunter and the sportsmen can
have fun and make money.
And the city hotel guests will be-
come fat and happy,
The drummer will stay a day longer
in town, because he likes good fare
and can't get out on account of wash
outs.
The rain will do lots of good and
less harm. CHARLEY.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
A Card
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. s, 1890.

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. s, 1890.
ED. LIGHT: In your local column
of Saturday last appears a reference
to brutal assault upon Delethia Nc
Gee by boarder in an Alamo street
boarding house Mrs. Kings. Refer
ence is made to the cook as female
pugilist, and that the assault was
caused by difference of opinion on
the "color line" Justice to Miss Nc
Gee forces me to ask a correction.
She is an esteemed member of the Mt.
Zion church and a shining light in
colored social circles, earning live
lihood for herself and widowed moth
er by daily labor.
A part of her earnings is spent in
acquiring an education.
The dispute arose over dog play
ing with a rooster, and the wounds
inflicted in the lip and forehead bears
testimony to the brutality of the
assault. attended the patient short
ly after the assault, and she is still
under treatment.
Very respectfully,
J. r. WATSON, NJ. D.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
O'Brien's Advice.

CORK, September 9.-Mr. William
)'Brien, speaking at Meelin County,
rork, said it would be Ireland's own
ault if q single child starved. The
.enants ought not to pay penny of
.ents until their families are provided
or. They had no business to make
begging appeals of Irishmen abroad,
Dut should look to Mr.. Balfour and
his sublime schemes. 1t would be
perfectly within their right to de-
nand that the boards of guardians
compensate them for the loss of their
.rops. If the guardians had the
courage TO boldly relieve the people,
he Irish leaders would promise to
hammer extra relief out of the gov
,rnmenr.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
AUGUST 1890.
OPENS UP IN MUNICIPAL
CIRCLES,

And the First Council Meeting OF
Transacted.
A goedly number of the aldermen
were present, and the quorum went
to work at the usual hour yesterday
afternoon. Their work was princi-
pllly that of listening, and they used
their ears accordingly.
Petitions and communications were
first taken up, to-wit:
Ed. Braden asked for time to COM
plete the city hall. Referred.
Citizens asked for gas on Presa
street all the way down, and were
also referred. Referred" means
sending them to the proper committee.
They want Burnett street opened
and distractions removed between
Pine and Palmetto streets. Same &C.
ton as before.
Conrad Huberich wanted to build q
frame house on Taylor street, and
William Frombey wanted damages
because of the opening of Cevallos
street, near Festtown. Also referred.
port, and Eliza Nette's petition to
erect frame addition were referred.
while Mr.. Shacklett's prayer to erect
four houses on Convent street, Mrs.
nemonett's for repairs to her house;
+. Howell & Co. to extend side track
were filed, |. g.: pigeon-holed
The matter of awarding the con-
tract for the new fire alarm system
was turned over to the fire commit
tee, and $3.50 was voted to make pic
ture of the new city hall.
Streets and bridges committee re-
commended that a commission be APP
pointed to assess damages 10 property
of Mrs. Mary Niggli to be condemn ed;
Assessor Frasch was allowed $500 for
four new maps; citizens were granted
more water mains on Sixth street;
Mrs. r. Breslin's taxes of ST. were re-
mitted; ana it was decided to con-
denim property along Mill and Water
streets to widen and straighten the
same.
The charge was made that the ere.
nation society speculated on their
property and they were refused re-
| mission of taxes.
The regulation hitching weight was
made ten pounds and the new hitch,
ing ordinance was adopted. 1t re-
quires that all animals left on Com.
merce street shall be tied. On other
streets they must be tied or attached
to weight. or being in charge OF
some person over II years of age.
New business came in by Rogers
having S4C0 appropriated for revising
and republishing the city charter.
Every council has this done and all
the aldermen therefore get their
names printed in a book to De handed
down to posterity for posthumous
fame.
Hack berry street was ordered
grubbed and graded and the council
adjourned.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
MINERS Letter at Last.

New YORK, September "a Pana-
ma special says: The following Is
Minister MINERS letter to Captain
Pitts, of the Pacific mail steamer Aca-
pulco in regard to Gen. Barrundia:
United States Legation, 1870 p. M.
Guatemala City, August p, lS90.-If
your ship is within one league
of Guatemalan territory and you
have on board General Barrundia
it becomes your duty under the laws
of nations to deliver him to Guate-
malan authorities on their demand,
allegations having been made to this
legation that said Barrundia is hos
tile to and an enemy to this republic.
Guarantees have been made to me
by this government that his life shall
not be endangered nor any other pun
ishment inflicted upon him than for
causes stated in the letter of Senior
Augusano to Consul General Hasmer
dated yesterday,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
Unruly Cow Punchers.

NEW YORK, September 9.-The ri
btous conduct Of cattlemen on ocean
returning from Europe
has been the theme of many COM
plain to made to Colonel Weber at the
barge Office landing bureau. These
men 60 to Europe to take care Of cat
tie, and on the outward voyage are
kept busy and out of mischief, but
when they return home with nothing
Ito do the trouble begins. The latest
& sc of distur bance raised by cattle
men was on the steamship Amster-
dam, which arrived here today.
There were sixteen in this crowd, and
their conduct was so outrageous that
the steamship company has decided
not to ship any more of them as pas
sengers. A similar edict from the
lines that sail from England had
b riven cattlemen to cross over to Hol-
and in order to secure passage for the
United States.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-09
Kansas Crops Improved.

TOPEKA, Kas., September 9.-The
monthly crop report of the state board
of agriculture was issued yesterday.
1t shows that the condition of grow
ing crops, excepting corn, is better
than a month ago. Reports from all
but five counties show that of the to-
tai area of corn only 56.4 per cent. is
worth harvesting and the average
yield per acre is only sixteen bushels,
making the total yield about 50,000,-
Geo bushels.