davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
Fresh. Mater Commerce.

Probably there are few people whose
attention has not been specially directed
to the subject, who are aware of the
magnitude of the commerce upon the
Great Lakes.
1t has been asserted that more tons of
freight pass through the Detroit River
in year than the total imports and ex-
ports of the United States for the same
period.
The commerce of the Great Lakes is
carried upon more than two thousand
vessels, of which more than half are pro-
PEELED by steam.
About six hundred schooners, some of
them great four-masted craft, ply on the
lakes during the five or six months when
the straits and ports are not closed by
ice. Many more are small schooners !;
and of these a large number, on the up
per lakes, are owned and manned by
hardy Norwegian sailors who have emil
grated to this country.
Steam is gradually displacing the wind
as the motive power of the lake traffic,
and steel is displacing wood as mater
ial. The steam vessels, too, are con-
stantly increasing in size. In 1856,
there were but six steel vessels ON the
Great Lakes; in 1890 there were sixty
eight.
At the same time that these changes
in the size and material of vessels are
taking place, a change is going on in
their ownership. There is a smaller pro-
portion of vessels owned by individuals
or small partnerships. The traffic of the
lakes is rapidly coming under control of
corporations possessing large capital.
The two great items of freight in the
vast traffic of the Great Lakes are ore and
grain. Many millions of tons of ore are
yearly brought through the Sault Ste.
Marie canal down the lakes. Seventy
million bushels of wheat and four million
bushels of flour go annually by water to
Buffalo. The corn tonnage is still
larger.
Yet the Great Lakes are closed to
navigation during as least six months a
year, and winters have been known when
Lakes Superior and Michigan were frozen
from shore to shore. Youths Compan
ion so
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
The condition of rural France hai

The condition of rural France has some
resemblance to that of rural New Eng
land. The Economiste FrancaiS gives a
digest of number of recent documents
relating to the condition of the agricul-
tural laborer there. Wages of farm hands
have quadrupled during the present
century, and the greatest increase has
been in the lowest form of labor. The
man of all work, who was paid only $40
per year. in addition to his board in 1884,
now gets $50, while the shepherd, "the
aristocrat Of the farm" who received
then $62 and board, now gets only S120.
His wages have not doubled, while those
of the humber workman have more than
quadrupled. The increase of wages of
farm hands is ascribed in part to the de-
mand for labor in factories and on rail.
roads, and in part to the military service,
which takes young men from the farms
at the period when their habits are form
ing, and gives them taste of town life
from which they are never wholly
weaned. When their term of service
expires, they begin to look for situations
in the towns and to worry the public men
to find places for them. These drafts
upon the rural population, tending to
lessen the number of farm laborers, raise
the wages of those who remain. The re-
suit is smaller profits to the farmer and a
sort of agricultural crisis. Still another
fact in the matter of rural depopulation
is noticed, namely, diminption in the
number of children Several cantons
are named in which there has been a
marked decrease of population since
1868. In two of these tho ascertained
reason for diminution of fhe number of
births was ''the desire of the parents to
improve their own condition" and it is
added that this efTect{ has followed
Here we find real Malthasianism in prac-
tics.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
THE DESERTED HOUSE.

Back from the road, up the old path,
Unmindful of harvest and aftermath,
With empty easements, drear and gray.
The house stands. facing down the bay
And either side the slanting gate
The faithful sentinel lilacs wait.
Deep tangling vines with close embrace
The porch's futed columns trace.
And busy swallows dart and call
From out the rain-stained, sagging wall
And longing, watching, desolate,
The faithful sentinel lilacs wait.
At dusk in the old house I see
A dancing lights weird mystery.
Is it firefy's fitful gleam,
Or some ghost candles Pickering beam2
Is it for this, when the hour grows late.
The faithful sentinel lilacs wait?
Boston Transcript.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

There is quite little society war in
England over the wearing of cockades by
servants. When the custom began, the
cockade on a servants hat signifed that
his master was either in the army or
navy. Now it signifies nothing, and
military men are inclined to assert their
prcrogative to the exclusive right to
adorn their servants hats with cockades.
AS solution of all differences, it has
been proposed that Parliament should
pass an act imposing a tax on cockades-
Everybody who wants to put cockade
on a funky's hat can then do 50 by pay
ing for the precious privilege.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

According to q census bulletin, the
ratio of land and water surface is 90. 16
and 1.S4 per cent. respectively. This
bulletin also gives the area of the States
and Territories by counties, and the
classification Of the latter by sizes. The
average number of persons to each square
mile of the land surface of the Union is
21.0S. As Illustrative of the sustaining
capacity of the United States, the bulletin
says that if Texas, the largest State in
the Union, was as thicklY populated as
the State of Rhode Island, it would have
S3, 523,62S inhabitants, while if the
United States had density of popula-
tion equal to that of Rhode Island, the
population of the Union, instead of being
81, ,622,2 $50, would reach the enormous
sum of 945, ,766, 300, or nearly two
thirds of the present population OF the
world
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
The Strongest Race.

"The Irish is the strongest race in the
world" said one of them. .'We have
the breadth, the chest. A few years ago
two regiments of the British army were
lined up, the one in front of the other.
There were 1000 Englishmen of the
Royal Guard in one line, and 1000 Irish
men of the Connaught Rangers in the
other. The lines began at the same
place, but the line of Irishmen stretched
thirty-six feet further than the other.
1t was caused by the difference in width
of chest, for the men in both regiments
touched elbows. ."--St. Louis Republic.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
IDEALS.
Like butterflies that fret

Like butterflies that fret
Entangled in net,
Then at the last thro' some chance rift es-
cape
OF half their radiance shorn,
With ruffied plumes and torn,
Bright mockeries of their former hues and
shapes;
So in the poets mind
The rich ideas confined
Struggle to break in music from his tongue;
He speaks-he speaks-but ah,
How changed, how different far
The thought once uttered from the thought
unsung!
So, too, the painter sees
Bewildering images,
And brush is seized, and canvass quick un.
furled;
The bright creation glows,
But 10! his easel shows
Mere shadowy glimpses of that vision world.
Know then whateer we Gull
From Arts fields beautiful,
Whatever fruits PHILOSOPHERS may yield,
Their prototypes more fair
Are blossoming elsewhere,
Sweet songs unsung and visions unrevealed;
Until the veil is rent,
Our hesh-imprisonment
And we are borne beyond this dusts con-
troll.
Then shall our orbless eyes
Behold realities,
And soul commune Immediately with soul.
Temple Bar.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
Rightliandedness.

There is evidently something in the
structure of the human body that makes
a person naturally right handed. If this
were not so the fashion of using mainly
the right hand or the left would change
from generation to generation Instead of
remaining the same as it seems to have
done from the earliest times of which we
have any account. The two sides of the
body are rarely the same. The left foot
is generally smaller than the right, the
two sides of mans head do not curve
in the same way, and the brain structure
is not exactly the same on both Sides
ST. Louis Republic.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
LAPORTE, PA, FRIDAY MAY 90 1891.
I'm no scholar myself, and I'm his mothers
ofko- -

III no sCuoidr uyscii, ,duu 1 IL LIS uosAokt
after an.
81 will write to him." said DR.. Mary,
quietly; and so she went away.
al never see a lady doctor afore," said
old Mrs. NARROW, with long sigh. "But
she's pretty creetur, and it seems good
to have her around. hope she'll come
again soon."
''You may be very sure of that" said
the matron, brusquely. CDR. Clarimont
amt one to neglect poor people because
they are poor"
That evening Aunt 10, frying crullers
over the kitchen fire, was surprised by q
visit from her niece, who came in all
wrapped in furs, with her cheeks Grim
soned with the frosty winter air.
'sBless me! this amt never you'll" said
Aunt 10, peering over her spectacles.
"I drove over to see you, Aunt 10"
said Mary, 'tto tell you that you were
right. The metal was counterfeit"
"Eh?" said Aunt 10, mechanically la
ding out the brown, curly crullers, al
though she did not look at what she was
doing.
huNo WllItCh w ulaiiOWs Cdh-
ceiling our engagement" said DIR. Mary,
calmly, albeit her voice faltered little.
''The man who will heartlessly let his
old mother go to the almshouse, sooner
than to take the trouble to maintain her,
can be no fit husband for any womanl"
And then she sat down by the fire and
told Aunt 10 everything; for Grabbed,
crusty old Aunt 10 had boen like a
mother to her, and the girls heart was
full to overflowing.
When she had ceased speaking, Aunt
10 nodded her head.
''You have done well and wisely"
said she.
Old Mrs. NARROW died that winter in
Aldenbury Almshouse, with her head on
DR.. Mary Clarimont's arm, and never
knew that her garrulous confessions had
deprived her son of his promised wife.
And Mary says quietly and resolutely
that her profession must be husband and
home to her henceforward.
'Just what it ought to be-" says Aunt
Jo. "No women ever yet succeeded in
doing two things at once. ."-Indi annapolis
| Neaps.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
PardOning the Dead.

The Emperor of China has curious
way of expressing his gratitude
for the faithful services of de-
ceased minister. In the issue of the Pc
kin Official Journal which followed the
death of the Marquis Tseng an imperial
decree was published announcing that
his majesty freely pardoned the dead
statesman all the faults and crimes
which he committed during his ife.--
Chicago Ne,os.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

The old furniture mania has reached a
second and, in the estimation of the New
Orleans Times DenocrGt, more rational
stage. At first the rage was for old
furniture, simply without reference to its
quality. Now people ale more discrim-
mating, having learned that III the good
old days there were bad or dishonest
workmen, just as there are to-day. At
the present time the old houses in Hol-
land and Belgium are looked upon with
the greatest interest by collectors of an
tique furniture, as they contain great
deal of the finest furniture, which has
been handed down for several genera
tions.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

Thirteen members of the new United
States Senate are natives of New York,
Ohio comes next with eight of her sons
in the Senate, while Pennsylvania and
Kentucky have six each.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

India silks are as cheap in Boston as in
Calcutta, and they do say, whispers the
Boston Transcript, that most of the
charming ''Indian" fabrics now for sale
on the bargain counters are made in
Manchester.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29
VOL. TX.

/, A writer describes Kodiak Island,
Alaska, as larger than either of the New
England States, with a genial climate
capable of producing many varieties of
frllit
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-29

Wire-wound guns are the latest ac-
suisition of the United States Navy.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24
BaS elm S1fGen mereen mid.

Sebrer: .Sest iass mir sinmaI, War,
mas tlr etu nure4t btsinsen SOiepbs
8rl6sr, as lie i'm psrfauften2~
War i9wiss, Der 9sbrer frast etneu
susitea, bIittsR Ruaben. Seinsr Tam INIT
mort sebeu.
.Ruu. wsr wsis esq irast Der ssbrs'
uo9mals.
Da ftsbt Der fIeine Nprte auf, bsTeu
Batter du Saubdsmauu iR unh fast friI9
.Sie ~perfaxftm TIN pisl ~ biais!'
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24
Gin aureaeuoer Spurt.

vaomm, auua, i'd bab nod siniss BE.
iorsunssn 81 MAIDEN. bu tannff mid besIei'
ten.~
Sdqt mir gar ni9t Elm. bu sebit In ale
RapierIaosu uub frast pis uisI 100 gsrs
lobunsstartsn fofeul"
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24

tetne Na@f@t mebr gu boffen unb perfaIs
len Der san3en Strsnse u~nierer @efese."
Ser prdHbent bob bic Sisuns auf, obne
benz prieffer 5eit gu elmer antwort au uers
s6nnen. Die Wa9en huntington ben ans
sstlasten nnb fdbrten i'm In ben Rerter
Surid. wdbrenb i'm @eri9tsiaaIe cine sroBe
unrube eniifanb, bls nt9t frhbsr aufbSrte,
bis bic Wa9en ben bebeutenbften Ebeil Der
Suf9aner binaussebrdnst batten.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1891-03-24
Das Gn0elkin0.
Gin GHGblnna

aus ZEN SSudsustasen tn Srantrei9
pon
". 0alter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
lowAs NATIONAL GUARD.

The Regulations Being Revised BY the
Nstispal Gusrd Asssoiation.
CEDAR RAPrDs, Ia, Nov. I3.-The
board Of the Iowa National guard ap-
pointed to draft code of regulations
Tor the guidance and government Of the
state militia, il In session hare. The
regulations adopted by the National
Guard Of other states were reviewed in
detail, the Massachusetts, regulations
bsing used - basis. The board was
divided up into 4 subcommittee, and to
each one was given d part Of the regula-
tions which il il proposed to adopt.
These committees win revise the regu-
lations referred to them and get them in
shape for presentation to full meeting
Of the board early in December. A
meeting of the National Guard associa,
ton. consisting of all the oficcrs, wa
held In the evening. The meeting il oi
special Importance, rs it has been called
Tor the purpose of bringing the laws
governing the I. N. c., which are abou,
ten years behind the surrounding states
up to the present system Of army regu
lations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
TO SAVE TEN NEcks.
Fund Started 60 Secure Counsel
Plead for Rsspited Negroes.

II Fund Started 70 Secure Counsel to
Plead for Rsspited Negroes.
HAnLEsToN, Nov. 13-In September
lIf ten negroes were convicted Of the
l1urder of Thornton Nance, also colored,
T. Lawrence county, this state, and all
xere sentenced to be hanged last 'Octo-
~. The governor, however, granted a
respite. At the trial IL was proved that
there was conspiracy to kill Nance.
Friends of the defendants say, however,
that the shooting was done by another
negro named Henry Suher, who has
since been captured, and they are max
ing an effort to procure counsel to move
Tor . new trial for the condemned men.
=. A. Webster, the Republican state
chairman, started the movement, and
now collections are being taken up in
al the colored churches and secret so.
cieties to raise money for the fund. II
b not probable that Governor Tillmau
win permit the men TO be hanged, even
;ta new trial is not secured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
want Attorneys 10 Disrorre.

Sioux FALLS, s. D., Nov. l3.-The
county commissioners ordered the coun-
ty clerk to compile . list Of all the jury
cases held since the county was organ
lied, twenty-five years ago. The board
has also instructed the state attorney to
sue the attorneys for q fse Of 45 in eech
case. The law provides for the collec-
ticn from the attorneys of $5 in every
jury case, which fee is to b turned over
to the county. Il has been the rule with
the attorneys to collect the fee and
pocket it. II is estimated that there
have been in the twenty-five years some
$4,000 collected in this way. The
county board took its action on the adj
vice Of State Examiner blanchard. The
attorneys win fight.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
A Kansas CITY wreck.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Nov. IL. Train No. |
on the Kansas City road, which left
Chicago at 3 o'clock p. m, and was due
In y. Paul at 7:30 q. M, left the track
two miles north of this place on the
seyenzfoOt dump at 1920 am. Five
cars left the track, three rolling down a
seven-foot embankment. Seven hours
were required to clear the track
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
SIM Hepe for rnaemnlty.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.--The informa-
tion is given on what is claimed as high
diplomatic authority; that the Italian
government is very hopeful that con-
gress will vote small indemnity to the
families Of the alleged Italians who
were killed in New Orleans, and even IL
the indemnity is not made that Italy
win establish the entente cordiale sew
cred by the departure of Minister Fava
from Washington. In this event it is
said to be probable that Baron Fava
win again be placed in control Of the
Italian legation here. Baron Fava,
however, has recently beeu made an en-
bassador, and Italy has never sent q
diplomatist Of that high rank to Wash
ington.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
THE LATEST DEAL.

vandsrhilts Said to Have Bought s10,-
600, 600 Elevated Stock from Gould.
NEW York, Nov. l8.--It Ii rumored
that the Vanderbilts have bought $10,-
900, 900 Manhattan Elevated railroad
stock from Gould, and that they will
take an active interest in the property.
It il also stated that this interest will
prevent the consummation Of new
rise In the transit scheme.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13

BINoHAMPToN, N. Y, Nov. IS. DIR.
Charles A. Barnes, of Mechanicsville,
has been arrested here, charged with
abduction. An officer has arrived from
Mechanicsville, who says Barnes has
been married six times and has three
wives living. Two years ago he was
married to Miss Fenton, daughter ol
Rev. Mr.. Fenton, Of New York city
The couple moved to Round Lake
N. II, and Barnes and his wife sspar-
ated soon after q child was born to
them. Mrs. Barnes had some money
left her by her fatber, which Barnes
endeavored to get control of. Failing
In this, Barnes, ON the evening Of Octo-
Der 20 last, stole the child.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
Train Robbers FoiIed.

BrRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 1S.-At Col
nnsville, Ala, at o'clock q. m, d gang
Of fifteen white men well dressed, cap
tured the railroad station and lay in
wait for passenger train No. / Of the
Queen and Crescent line from Cincin-
matt, for the purpose Of robbery. OIL
GERS appeared and drove the gang away.
As the train pulled in four Of the rob-
bers returned aud attempted to board
1t. The citizens and trainmen fred on
the gang. who fled to the woods, One
who was slightly wounded was cap
tured. The prisoner is unknown.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY NOVEMBER IS. 1891.
FARMERS CONGRESS.
cali for . National Convention Isesoiu
tions Adopted.

n Il
U4ii for National Convention Resoiu-
4 tions Adopted.
SEDALIA, No., Nov. 13.--At the after
nbon session of the National Farmers
cQugress resolutions were adopted re-
ekesting every state, county and dis
lx1ct agricultural society in the United
mates to appoint one or more delegates
- national convention, to be held In
conjunction and as q part OF the twelfth
ezlnual session Of this body at such place
1--WE may select; asking cooperation of
the states in obtaining adequate appro-
Nations from congress to complete at
oyce the plan adopted by congress at its
I9st session for securing twcnty-six feet
o. water in the river from Savannah,
"a ITO the ocean; favoring the
ection OF president of the
nited States by direct vote of the peo-
- and the election OF United States
pAtors by direct vote Of the people oi
{ u mates; recommending that congress
mand that the tar levy be limited tc
I = absolute wants Of the government
nestly administsd; that the secretary
e. agriculture increase the number oi
presentatives for the introduction o
nerican corn into foreign countries
"a Toring sufficient appropriation 70,
y = proper Improvement Of the water
ys Of the country; favoring the con
n of all trusts and combinations By
Ort to the ballot box; fayoring the i'm
Z Movement and simplifcation of the sig
q y service and crop reports system o
t&e United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13

WATERLoo, Ia, Nov. 13.-In the nli-
nois Central yards in this city mis-
placed switch caused switch engine 10
be canght between two strings of cars.
The tender was jammed through the
cab, cutting Engineer John Bantons
right leg of and crushing Fireman
Joseph Docker's legs so badly that he
win die. Banton viii recover.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
Employes or the 500 Road In Min
neapolis Ont for More
Money.
Three OF the Strikers Arrested for
Interfering With the Com
pany's Property.
Three Lifers Escape from the Wis
consin Pen, ISnt Are Recap.
tured- The Northwest.

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 3.-The switch
men on the $500 road in this city have
gone out on strike for the scale. They
get 25 cents less q dak than the scale.
Three Of them are under arrest for inter-
fsring with the company's business.
These are E. A. Gifford, A. G. Richard
son and w. n. Fsnn. More arrests arr
threatened. The arrested men per.
suaded the new men who were hired, tc
quit, and all the switching Is now being
done by officials Of the road.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
Pounded Preacher smarl.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov. 13.--Sam Small,
the noted evangelist, was attacked and
severely beaten by Tom Minor, an At
lanta saloonkeeper. The liquor mans
fists were welded with great force, and
the sensational preacher came out of the
encounter with split lip, and badly
bruised nose. Last Sunday the reverend
gentleman delivered an address to a
large crowd at the Prohibition hall, in
Atlanta, and after attacking the charac-
ter Of several Atlanta whisky dealers,
he charged Tom Minor with having de
serted his family. leaving them to
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13
Killed an Eloping Lover.

Ell PAso, Tex, Nov. 13.--Ramon
Gaudara and Miss Perez eloped from
Quadrillo, Mex, Gfteen miles below
this city, and caught the train at Rio
Grande station, on the Southern Pacific
railway. Upon boarding the train Jose
Perez, . nephew of the lady, got on to
stop the runaways,. when Gaudara
opened FIRE, shooting Perez in tho hip.
Perez returned the fire, killing Gaudara
instantly. Miss Perez Ii q cousin Of
President Diaz. of the Mexican republic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-11-13

More Interesting than Secession Stories.
WAsHrNGToN, Nov. Is. No news has
been received ut the Brazilian legation
here to indicate the secession Of prov
inces from the republic of Brazil. Far
more interesting than the statement Of
threatened seccssions Is the assertion
made by an official here that the Brazil
ian government, finding the monarch
lists more numerous than had been sup.
posed, would cut the gordian knot by
exiting the leaders who are working for
the restoration of the empire.