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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Sawdust is used instead of hair in
mortar.
Petroleum wells have been discovered
among the coal beds of Alabama.
A machine for making shoe strings out
of paper is a recent Philadelphia penn
invention.
A Cincinnati (Ohio) child has been re-
claimed from idiocy by the operation of
craniotomy.
A torpedo net constructed of inter-
locking steel rings is soon to be put to
practical test.
If the sun were a hollow air ball, 1t
would take 1881, 200 globes the size of
the earth to fill it.
Dry ropes immersed for four days in a
bath containing twenty grains of sui
phite of copper to quart OF water are
for some time preserved from the attacks
of animal parasites and rot.
The Hungarian Minister of Commerce
has under consideration plan for the
fastest train in the world, to be run on
an electric railway, and to carry passen-
miles, in two hours and half.
The principle of the compressed paper
car wheels, which are so widely used
throughout the world, is applied in
France to the manufacture of pulleys for
power transmission. The pulleys are
said to be very light, cheap and service
able in every respect.
Fcrty-three vessels were built last year
in San Francisco, CAL, of which seven
teen were schooners, fifteen propellers,
six sloops, three steamers, one barken-
tine and one ship. The total tonnage
was II, ,671. AZ net, which is largely in
excess of the previous year.
A new rolling mill in the Krupp
Works at Essen, Germany, is probably
larger than any other in the world. 1t
will roll plate about twenty eight inches
thick and nearly twelve feet wide. The
rolls are of steel. Each pair in their
rough state weighed 100, 900 pounds.
Pyrogranite is new brick, of Russian
origin, that is being tried by English
builders. 1t is made from a combina-
ton of fusible and infusible clay, and is
strong and hard, resisting crushing
force of five and one-half tons per square
inch. 1t takes high polish, and the
clays,may be mixed to give great va
riety of colors.
A patent has been granted for an elec-
trical drill for oil wells. The devise
consists of series of motors in tandem,
connected in such way as to make one
motor. The design has been to get the
power within a six-inch diameter, so that
the entire mechanism, which much re-
sembles common boiler, can be low
cred in the well and the power can be ap
piled at the bottom. The drill bits are
firmly fastened on the rod, which Is
worked rapidly in and out of acylinder
after the manner of piston rod.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10

One of the queerest problems with
which municipal government ever had
to struggle, thinks the Chicago Ne~s, is
now confronting the city officials of Lon
don. According to the authentic re-
ports that metropolis is responsible for
the death of 5000 persons run over by
horses and teams during the last year.
As the traffic in the London streets is
constantly growing there seems to be no
show of an abatement of this mortality
and the "Mayor and the corporation"
are scratching their heads desperately to
discover some way out of the difficulty.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10
The lake marine is undergoing gre'

The lake marine is undergoing great
changes, notes the Boston Transcript.
Sailing vessels are fast giving place to
steamers, and the new steamers are
larger than their predecessors and are
Steel In 1886 the net tonnage on the
great lakes was 634, ,652; in 1890 it was
S26, $50 tons, while the valuation of
vessels rose from $50, 597, ,450 to $685.
12S,500 Whereas in 1886 there were
but 81 propellers on the lakes of over
1900 tons, in 1890 the census expert
found ITO. There were 6 steel vessels
afloat on the lakes in 1906, now there
are IS, valued at 81, ,964,00 OF the
lake marine 1853 were steam vessels,
and 902 used sail power alone, or were
employed as barges.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10

The Indian Territory is not, protests
the San Francisco Chronicle, as often
supposed, chiefly inhabited by red men.
The total population of the Territory is
about 15S, 900, and of this number 1O7,-
900 are whites. 1t is only question ,of
time when demand for State Govern
mont will arise, and there will be trouble,
for all the land in the Territory is held
by the Indians, who are not citizens of
the United States, although they hold
the realty. The complication promises
to be pretty one.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10

According to report of the Statisti-
clan of the Department of Agriculture
about one tenth of our agricultural prod
ucts is exported. The sum is, however,
made up from very few articles. These
are cotton, tobacco, meats, breadstuffs
and cheese. Seven -tenths of the cotton
product goes to foreign markets. All
other articles except those above stated
when put together are but three per cent.
of the export. The expectation of to-
bacco is not increasing materially or so
rapidly as home consumption. More
cheese could be sold if its reputation for
quality should be kept up and there were
more disposition to cater to fastidious or
peculiar foreign tastes. Butter exports
could be made larger if they were of bet
ter quality. Our great American crop
corn-is chiefly consumed on the spot,
noe more than one-ixth, it is said, going
beyond the boundary of the county in
which it is grown, and only two to three
per cent. being now exported. Nearly
two-thirds of this crop is produced in
seven States-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska,
few others producing more than is re-
quired at home, and the larger portion
having deficiency to be supplied by
those seven States.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10
THE MAN OF OUR TOWN.

There was a man in our town
Who would not advertise,
And SO, with me- you'll all agree
He was not extra wise. -
But when he found his cash decrease.
With all his might and main
He set to work to figure up,
And make an increase plain.
Says he, "My cash must not decrease.
1t paineth me full sore;
For 10, instead of getting less,
1t should be getting more.
Experience has taught me this:
The man who would be wise =
Should advertise by night and day,
And 1 will advertise"
And soon this man of our town
Began to advertise;
And so, with me, you'll all agree
That he was very wise;
And 10! the gold poured swiftly in,
1t overfiowed the till;
Since that time he has advertised
Is advertising still.
Montreal Witness.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-04-10
VOL. TX.

A shipment of fifty-two natives o!
East Africa arrived at Hamburg, Ger
many, the other day, and will enter the
service of the Wocrmann Line of steam.
ships as firemen. This is announced as
the first experiment in utilizing a semi
savage people in this kind of labor.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
A Bag Luncheon.

Variety was given to one of the late
luncheon parties of the season partici-
pated in by company of young women
by the guests appearing in paper bags
The striped paper used by druggists was
bought in quantities and gummed to-
gether to fashion the large bag needed.
Every bag was notched at the top as
commercially, and after it was filed
with a young woman it was drawn up
around her neck and confined by a
string. Openings were left for the feet
so that locomotion was possible, but the
arms were bagged. Over the head was
fitted a smaller bag .,1ertures for
the eyes and respiratory purposes.
The effect of a score of these animated
paper parcels moving about the drawing
room was most grotesque. Identities
were concealed till luncheon was an
nounced, when at a signal the fragile
shells were burst and twenty handsomely
gowned but rather warm looking young
women stepped out of their paper cases.
Her Point of View in New York Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
she Had Packed Everything.

Said a woman who lives in an apart
ment hotel: Just as ! was going out
one day the lady in the rooms across the
hallway of the apartment hotel begged
to see me. She looked dreadfully and
she was half crying.
Wont you please lend me dress, or
or a cloak. | have got to catch a
train she gasped.
''She seemed to need dress, but /
knew her only slightly and made up
my mind she had gone mad.
"'My trunks have all gone she
walled. John is to meet me at the
wharf. We sail for Europe in an hour.
| simply can't miss the boat. have no
one to turn to. | cannot get a dress
made; you can see that yourself. If you
have human heart you will help me
out. Give me cloak and-and pair
of shoes and "a thick veil. Oh, please
be quick
81 told her that she needed rest and
perfect quiet and that would rub her
head. | asked where she got the dress
she had on.
~ all O4O Ih4LS vas SO4uS W
leave she sobbed, and don't want my
head rubbed. | want some clothes.
You see, packing is such warm work.
decided to put on these old things and
just slippers; you must give me shoes,
too, and-oh, shall miss that boat
:" My dear madam
ooh, don't you understand, she
shrieked, 4 have packed everything
everything. The clean clothes l had
laid out and my travelling dress and
everything. They are all packed-and
gone-gone. | had forgot | had these
things on-and | packed everything
everything, and John is at the wharf
now with the children srom their gran.3-
mothers and You will not help me.
''She went completely into Mysteries
right in my hallway, poor little woman.
She was good deal smaller than l, but
| fixed her up. wonder what John
said when he saw her. New York
| ,pttar
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
Happy Highland Lassies.

The Highland lassie has been able for
the past six months to obtain her costume
in this country, for Scotch tweeds, Scotch
plaids, Scotch ginghams and Scotch caps
have been very fashionable indeed. And
now we have the lovely India silks
wrought out in Scotch design, bearing
the big, gaudy thistle all over their sur
face. Like the real thistles the imitation
ones are somewhat irregular in design
and size and shape. The color likewise
is variegated, alternating all along the
line of pi1k, through the various shades
of green, verging on to the white and
drab, touching on one or two shades of
yellow, and finally settling down to the
big, glorious red thistle that is the pride
of the Scotchman and the delight of
the woman with decorative art tastes
New York World.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23

Considerable attention has baen di-
rected to the tricks of the diamond trade
IN Paris by the investigation of the
charge that firm of diamond dealers
had "doctored" yellowish diamonds
from the Cape so that they could be sold
as gems of the first water. The illegiti-
mate proceeds of the firm from this prac-
tlce are estimated at $1,000 OO. The
Paris professor of chemistry, Berthelot,
has shed this light on the matter:
The painting" of diamonds is a trick
known to all dealers in diamonds. l am
surprised only to learn that these men
allowed themselves to be caught so
easily. To give yellowish Cape diamonds
the appearance of white Brazilian or In
dian diamonds a man has only to dip
them in aniiine. The process resembles
the blueing of clothes by the washer
woman, and was discovered about ten
years ago.
The operation is SO simple that not q
few Paris women practice it. They buy
cheap diamonds and touch them up Just
before wearing them out in an aniline
bath. The appearance of the doctored
diamonds deceives at first glance even
the experts. The layer of aniline wears off
quickly, however, and the fraud is then
quite evident.
Diamond dealers are on the alert
against frauds of this kind, and | doubt
that any house could market $4,000, 900
worth of the doctored goods. The diff
ference between Cape diamonds and the
Brazilian or Indian diamonds, which is
the basis of the fraud, consists in the
greater beauty and clearness of the
latter, as well as in their greater durabil-
ity. Yellow diamonds break easily.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23

rests well, amuses herself to her tastes
evenings. and sleeps soundly. She has
had heavy losses, but bears them well,
and recoups herself admirably by simply
taking the best personal care of herself;
aud bright brain repays her by good
spirits. which are delight TO all about
her; clear sense, which prompts the right
word and action, and poise which it is
not easy for circumstances to disturb.
Men and women both like her. she is
so sound and sweet, and not afraid to
speak the most unwelcome truths when
necessary. Speaking the truth is an ac-
complishment with her-she says it so
fully, and yet without i'll natured sting;
you get the good of it, and yet your
feelings are saved all that is possible
You know people put salt with rose
leaves to keep the scent. Shirley Dare's
Letter
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23

A young Esquimau seal huntar had
become engaged to the daughter OF n
rich neighbor, but was unable to oh
tain the consent of her parents to a
speedy marriage
Between the cake OF Ice on which
the young sealer had erected his hut
and the larger foe which was pre-empt-
ed by the parents of his sweetheart
the cold had broken an impossible
crevasse some hundred feet or mora in
depth, and twenty in width. Save for
a single iutting fragment, Just thick
enough to bear little more than his
own weight, his home was completely
cut off from the world about him.
This practical isolation inspired him.
He began storing up in his humble
quarters oil, bfubber and other delica-
cies sufficient for the support of two
persons for at least six months. He
had resolved to steal his bride, and
knew that If he gained his ice foe with
her and broke down the bridge they
were safe from trouble or pursuit for
the winter season, or until the warmer
weather of the summer moved the ice
bergs to closer contact. BY that time
he hoped the opposition of the parents
would give way to pardon and recon-
citation.
The Esquimaux sleep on a raised snow
bank on one side of the igloo, or ice
house Encased in their sealskin night
bags, with huge protecting hood over
the head and face, they are as comfort
able as their natures require
The youth waited outside the girls
home until he thought that all within
were asleep; then creeping through the
narrow entrance, he made his way to-
ward the young woman. He seized the
long, baglike mass in which her form
was incased, bore it triuInphantly across
the narrow bridge to his stronghold,
and before pursuit was possible, with
his AK cut down the ice bridge and was
safe.
Not waiting to hear the objurgations
of those on the other side of the abyss,
he knelt down beside her and dragged
back the hood to catch a glimpse of
her face
He had stolen his intended father-in-
law.-Parsons' Weekly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
Ordered a Coffin for Her Cat

l was walking along the street not
long ago when my attention was called
to small coffin in an undertaker's win
dow. My curiosity was aroused, and
went in and asked what it was ntended
for. 1t was only IS inches long and 6
inches wide, covered with white velvet,
with broad band of black around the
sides. 1t was perfect in every detail and
was really quite startling.
THAT coffin" the undertaken told me,
sis meant for a GAG. A lady, prominent
in society, had jrN had pet kittie die,
and she ordered this coffin made especi-
ally for it. 1t is metallic one"
l was surprised at this, but was more
startled than ever when he continued:
Eyes; the funeral is tomorrow. They
have lot out at Calvary, and it is to be
buried there. They have just ordered
beautiful tombstone for it."-Chicago
Il0ho
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
Taking a Church Census.

The women who lately tried to take a
census of the metropolitan district for
the churches had some curious expert
ences in their work. 1t was smooth sail
ing in good neighborhoods. but elsewhere
the visitors were received far from cor
daily. 1T took me some time, said one
of them, ''to nerve myself tostart on the
tour assigned to me, but when set about
it l started out early, determined to visit
my thirty families in one day. At the
first place at which called, instead of
getting my information in five minutes,
as expected, it took me half an hour to
convince the woman that was not book
agent. Having satisfied her on that point,
she let me III. Then | had to listen for
two straight hours to her family history
before | could get what wanted. That
was sample experience. used up five
days in learning if thirty families went
to church; if so, where, and if not, where
they preferred to go. And all my fellow
visitors seem to have had the same kind
of experience. One church census in Il
lifetime will suit everybody that know"
New York Times.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23

The possibility y the probability, in
deed-of becoming stout and i'll shaped
is the cause of much anxiety to young
women who wish to preserve slimness of
contour. Observation teaches them that
the sex, under its present lazy, hstless
habits, inclines to obesity. This tendency
to physical grossness is indeed much
stronger among women than men. But
methodical exercise in the fresh open air
supplies the remedy.
A woman may be perfection itself in
graces of mind and in all that pertains
to the toilet, and may be withal the
owner of handsome face; yet wanting
a graceful form and a 1.-THE movement of
the body, she loses much i'll attractive
ness. Is it not strange, therefore, that
women should neglect the cultivation
of these charming personal features9-
Washington Star.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
She Kept Cool.

A few days ago as Broad street car
was approaching the railroad crossing
on the down town trip, the bells tinkled
for coming railroad train and the gates
began to come slowly down. Seeing this
the driver hurried his horses so as to
cross the railroad before the train ar
rived and thus save the waiting time.
Among the passengers was young lady
who took in the situation, and who was
somewhat frightened. But she did not
lose her head. Not at all.
Not wishing to cross the railroad track
under the then existing circumstances,
she calmly pulled the bell as a signal
that she wished to disembark. The
driver obeyed the signal of course
When the car stopped the danger was
over and she did not wish to disembark,
so she quietly remained in her seat. The
railroad train passed safely by and the
street car resumed its way, but it was
some little time before the driver re-
gained his placidity, if looks are any
thing to judge by.-Providenc Journal
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
She Had a Practical Mind.

Miss Jessie Gordon, daughter of a
rancher who lives in the woods in Kitsap
county, while returning home after WIS.,
iting her uncle, saw a big black bear
standing within a few feet of the trail,
and apparently waiting for her to come
closer. Womanhke, her first impulse
was to scream at the top of her voice;
her second, to start for home at the full
est speed along the trail. She had over
half mile to go, The bear, apparently
scared by the shrek, started on parallel
track in the same direction, over fallen
logs and through thick brush. The race
was neck and neck one, both contest
ants making good time.
Finally, on arriving at the young lady's
home, the bear politely passed around by
the back into the woods, while the other
contestant passed like whirlwind into
the front room by the open door, and
fell exhausted on the floor. She did not
go into Mysteries, but suggested to her
father as soon as she regained her breath
that he might as well take his gun and
look for that bear instead of standing
there asking foolish questions. Seattle
Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
Oh, THE PRECIOUS eAeIssI
Although Their Mothers Are Very FOND
They Are Sometimes CareIasa

AHhongh Their Mothers Are Very Fond
They Are Sometimes Careless.
Oh, the precious babiesl What is a
home without one? Yet, notwithstand-
ing they are so dear to the human heart
their fond mothers are at times very
careless of their dinpled little treasures.
This is shown every day in the week.
Sundays excepted, at some of the big
retail dry goods stores.
Perhaps mamma wishes to do some
shopping. and the servant has been given
IAN afternoon off"
1t is too fine day to remain indoors
so mamma puts her darling into its
wickerwork carriage and trundles it
down town to plunge herself into the sea
of bargains
OF course she cannot take baby, cart
and all into the store. Baby must be
left outside, and there be lies in his
perambulator, sometimes conteutedly,
sometimes not Usually, however, baby
is asleep when mamma enters the store
and leaves her cherub in the big arched,
rotundalike doorway.
Mamma seldom seems to imagine that
there are kidnapers stalking through
the land and that her darling may be
stolen.
The other day young mother entered
large store in Fulton street, Brooklyn,
leaving her sleeping infant outside in its
carriage. She had not been gone more
than twenty minutes when baby awoke.
Scores of strange faces were around him
and he was frightened by the hum of
many voices. Up went his under lip
and the sensitive little fellow began to
sob. Soon his sob became a cry, which
quickly developed into an ear rasping
squawl. Men got out of the range of
sound with alacrity, while women only
paused long enough to say, Poor little
thing!" and then passed on.
Finally a sympathetic, matronly look
ing woman stopped in front of the wee
but noisy boy. For moment she re-
garded him in silence and then tenderly
lifted him i'll her arms aud nestled his
plump form close to her BOSOM
100 is somebody's little totsey wotsey,
90 poor little fng, 90 is, she said sooth-
ingly. Deere, dere, deary, don't 90 ky
any more. Mamma will come back"
Instantly the crying ceased, but it was
for an instant only. Baby unscrewed
his eyelids, which before had been tight
ly closed, and gazed in speechless won
der at the strange woman with an I'M
transferable vocabulary.
One glance was enough for him. The
next moment he was making more noise
than before. With the most modern and
highly approved baby lingo the unfor-
tunate woman tried to comfort him, but
her every effort was in vain. Still the
baby squawled. The situation was be-
coming desperate, when suddenly the
child's mother FASTENED to the spot and
took the shrieking youngster from the
woman's grasp.
Ruben, Ruben, my own sweet love,
what is the matter, matter, matter? Tell
your mamma, mamma dear. There,
there, there, t-h-e-r-e'-
And the baby stopped crying, put his
thumb in his mouth, opened wide his
deep blue eyes, gazed with infinite salts
faction and complacency at the crowd,
and calmly submitted to being returned
to his nest in the carriage.
That child knew his mother and did
not understand foreign baby talk.-New
York Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-10-23
souvenirs of Patti and Nilsson.

Among the curious treasures cherished
by the famous songstresses Patti and
Nilsson, with greater affection than any
peculiar jeweled souvenirs of later days,
are the little common toy violin on
which Nilsson learned to play when four
years of age, and beautifully appareled
doll named Henriette, presented to the
little seven-year Adelina at her first
concert in New York. OF considerable
more value is ring with sapphire eye,
in which diamond tear glitters, and an
exquisite rose of gems, which some un-
known admirer threw inside her door,
having the inscription of her favorite
song, 1.-The Last Rose" PATHS latest
gift is bangle of fine gold lines repre-
senting stave set with notes la, do, "a,
in large diamonds, to signify that she
was radoree of the people stin.-Ex-
chanon