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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
Total Eellnses Of The Sun.

Every year there must be two eclipse,
OF the sun, aud there may bc five. There
are partial eelipses, however, except Ia
the comparatively rare cases Ia which
tho moon passes nearly centrally over the
suns disk and produce, total obseara,
tlon Of his light. Since the inyentioa ot
the spcctroscope Ia 1880, there have been
barely score of total ecllpse.. anil a
number of these could not loo observed
because the belt Of totality fell at tho
eavth's polar region or upon the oee ms.
The belt Of totallty Is u narrow strip
never more than hundred and seventy
miles wide-whefe the point Of the
moons shadow falls upon the earth.
Total eelipsas rarely occur, therefore. #
the same point Of the earth. At Laniou.
for example, there has been 10 eclipse
since the year iii0, except that # Ills,
none u"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

Protection from the coutagion OF
leprosy is becoming serious source of
concern in Louisiana. A young lady,
connected with one of the old Creole
families of Louisiana resident in Iber
vile, recently died of the disease at the
hospital for lepers in New Orleans, to
which she had been brought barely o
month ago. Gases of leprosy, 1t seems,
are not uncommon In the parish of Iber.
vile, and there it was the girl, who was
only twenty years of age, contracted the
loathsome disease. Local treatment was
of no avail, aud as last resort she went
to the hospital in New Orleans, where
her case was found to be past human
relief.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

An Englishman from Bombay, India,
says that the popular pictures Of lions
bounding a. their victims mlsrepresent
this animals mode Of attack. Like other
fierce animals the lions as a rule endeavoI
to avoid the sportsman until wounded,
when, like the tiger, they charge with
coughing roar. When he does at ack
YOU, tie lion goes At great speed close
to the ground and knocks you off your
legs. lie speaks from experience, as he
has killed many lions, and was nearly
killed by one that ho had wounded lie
was dresdfully aoeraled, but says tha,
the iion's claws aud teeth did not hurt
hIs flesh 80 badly ~ be supposed they
sald, The sselly painful psss
4@EHa Iuehl
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

Several farmers near Wapakoueta,
Ohio, have been made the victims of
two very smooth fruit tree men through
a very ingenious scheme. A well dressed
man, driving through the country sell
Ing fruit trees, would stop at a farmers
house. While there he would be taken
very i'll and ask the farmer to hand him
q bottle Of medicine out of grin,
which, however, the latter would not
find. lie would then ask him to 20 or
send somebody 10 town for prescrip.
tlon, giving him lountain pen aud a
fruit tree blank on which to write the
prescription, aud as the medicine wa, OF
such a nature as 10 require the pur.
ehaser's signature the unsuspeoting farm.
or would sign a., Just here stranger
No. = makes his appearance from the
opposite direction, going 10 town. lie
stops for a drink OF water, aud as he Is
eomlng back at once aud is visiting ia
the nelghaFhood, he is asked to take ,be
prescription 60 town shortly after ho
has gone No, llnii his medicine, re.
'-~ars, and goes 20 tosn. la few days
nate q pas agl tho
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
TWO CITIES.

Side by side they stand,
These cities two,
But breath of land
Between them lies;
Above, the self-same skies,
Serene and blue.
One is full of strife
And veal and woe,
Quick with restless life;
The other fair,
Yet of its joy, or care,
No one may know.
Never word doth pass,
Nor any signs;
Its streets are soft with grass;
The light winds blow
Like murmurous voices low
Amid the pines.
And a silence falls,
Profound and deep;
Though the sad heart calls
In its despair,
No answer comes to prayer
For those who weep.
know not which is best
Wherein to dwell
Life's strife, or Deaths calm rest;
Not |. who stand
One side this breadth of land;
cannot tell.
Henry C. Wood, in Frank Leslie's.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
IInlnfnlness of Wives.

Hundred Of fortunes that hivo been
aserIbed to tho industry Of men bear upon
them the mlrGs OF wife's hand, declares
Rev. 4. De Witt Talmage. Bergman,
the artist, was Us lazy as no was talented.
Ills studio WAS over the room where his
wife sat. Every few minutes all day
long, 10 keep her husband from ldleness,
Mr.. Bereham would take stick and
thump a ainst the ceiling, and her hus.
band wonld answer by stampipg on the
door. the signal that he was awake
aud busy. One'half OF the and
punetuality that y. = IN
places OF business .
Ars. lie. ghan's Il -
the ceiling New
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
NO. 80.
RECLAIMED.

Like the notes that stir and die
When harp string snapsin swain
Like a fading sunset sky
After driving wind and RAM
Like sound within Q shell. =
Like an odor in the air,
Like an echo in a dell,
Like star, remote and fair,
o my child, thou art to mel
And thy soul is linked to mine.
AS the pale moon draws the sea.
Or the sun lifts up the vine.
In the passion of my tears,
In the blindness of my grief,
Through the melancholy years
eschewed the sweet relies;
And stretched my vearning hand
Through the dark, to clasp thee near
But to bind me in the bands
OF an ever-haunting fear,
/ smiled ON those beside me,
And deemed did thee wrong,
And dreamt thou mighst deride me
For sharing joy or song
Now thy face comes pack W me,
All free from tear or stain;
A brighter image of thyseif,
Triumphant over pain.
/ sought it not, for needless,
nursed my own despair;
And so / hold it likeness
OF reality most fair;
No picture could unfold It
To any strangers eye;
IT'S like starlet shining
Within a winter sky.
Good Words,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

The poultry products of the United
States last year amounted to nearly $780,
600, 900; no less than Is, 900, 900 dozen
eggs were imported at cost of nearly
$500, 900, while the annual importa-
ton for the past four years has been So
216, 1896. With these facts before them,
marvels the New York Independent,
some still call poultry raising triiing
OCcupatiOn
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
eight.

Charles A. Berry, prominent railroad
man of st. Louis, Mo-, believes that the
time is not far distant when railroad
colleges will be established, as the rail
road business 'requires as much technical
knowledge and skill as law or medicine.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

Secretary of War Elkins has amended
regulations so as to contine the enlistment
in the United States Army of boys be-
tween the ages of sixteen and eighteen
years to the grade of musicians or to
learn music, and then only to fill
known vacancy.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06

The number of students now registered
at the University of Michigan, at Ann
Arbor, is 2691, the largest number ever
attending any American institution of
learning, and leading Harvard by twenty
ainhf
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
ALL DOLLY'S DOING.
by HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

HE yellow sky
barred with lines
of dark cloud,
the ground tight
frozen like q
mask of iron
a windy March
sunset-this was
the time. The
old nursery at
PeakHill, lighted
by the flicker of
a wood fre-this
was the place.
Two girls, seated
on q dilanidated
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
VOL. x.
George W. Gable says that the Ameri-
can literary taste is rising.
In Algiera, North Africa, twelve mill
ion acres of barren land have been re-
claimed and planted in vineyards.

One of the finest possibilities of uni
versity extension in the United States,
argues the Washington Star, is in the aid
it will give to ambitious workingmen.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
THE ROYAL NOSES.
An Awful Rumor That Created Much
Commotion Among Loyalists.

An Awful Rumor That Created Much
Commotion Among Loyalists.
The sailor prince, as Prince George
Is often called, is .repited to be a gay
and sociable young man, good natured,
merry, and very democratic in his
tastes. When both he and his brother
were at sea in the Bacchante he dis
played, in spite of being seasick with
unsailor-like frequency, marked apti-
tude for the naval profession. He was
on friendly and agreeable terms with
the other young officers on board, and
after time, finding that each one of
them was known by some handy nick
name, he allowed them to drop his
formal title, and answered readily to
that bestowed upon himself. He was
known simply as Sprat; and his broth
er with equally good temper accepted
the name of Herring. But out of the
familiarity of the princes with the
other gay young midshipmen arose sew
eral ridiculous rumors, one of which
was that the royal middies had allowed
themselves to be tattooed by their COM
rades-and tattooed upon the nosel
Each of them, it was stated had al
lowed his princely countenance to
be adorned upon its prominent
feature with a broad arrow. done
indeHbly, the one in blue and the
other in red ink. In England the broad
arrow is the recognized symbol with
which the government property-in-
Guiding army wagons, mules, provision
bags, and the garments of victims-is
regularly stamped. That the princes
should have allowed themselves to be
dedicated in such burlesque manner
to the service of their country was an
idea highly displeasing to the British
public, for the story, absurd as it was,
found many who accepted it as truth.
1t was, SO absurd that it went for some
time uncontradicted. no one officially
able to deny it supposing that it would
be seriously regarded. The Baechante,
moreover, was at that time halfway
around the globe from England, and it
was not known to her officers that the
story had made such commotion there.
But at length an English official in Aus
tralia communicated with the ship, and,
having received formal>denial of th>
truth of the story, cabled the informa-
ton to London, and the next day the
Times published in its columns an
authenticated refutation of the charge,
and gravely assured its loyal readers
that the royal noses were safe and un.
adorned. Eng. Times.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
OVEG THE WAY.

when cold '.rcartea poverty knocks at my door,
And robs, me Of blessings gathered before;
Takes glass f.osn my table, a coal from my
fire,
..a ,ohes nv dear Bessie in meaner attire,
envy sometimes in the heat of the day
~, verr good friend who lives over the way.
mn, when sit dowp at my pleasant fireside,
And count over the .oys l was never denied
~ sweet little wife and the babes at her knee
w health and my conscience unsullied and
free
No longer suffer my wishes to stray,
or envy my fried who lives over the way.
ue,s wealthy, hut feeb.e; he's titled, but old:
his son is spendthr1ft, his wife is scold;
Su,picious of others, ill-pleased with himself,
ps euIy delight is to reckon his peif.
Were he ten times as rich I'd refuse night or
day.
IN change with my friend who lives over the
way.
Though poverty, frowning peeps in At my door,
ri neither be beaten nor vainiy deplore;
ri scare him away by hard work If can,
And look In his face with the heart of a man;
And hiving at home all the joys that may,
Forget my poor friend who lives over the way
Charles Kelley Shetterly, in Boston Investi-
gatOr
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

-Chitty-"O, there are some honest
men among lawyers" Laymen-''TheiE
clients s"-Boston Transcript.
Jack - ''Tom called me a fool"
Maud-''Indeed! What did you do when
you found you were discovered%-N.
Y. Herald.
-Ted-"He's full of impracticable
ideas" Ned-'I should say he was
The only one of his schemes that didn't
go up was flying machine IN. Y.
Sun.
He Ought to Become a Novelist
Tom-''Smart fellow, that Smith. He
can talk an hour and say absolutely
nothing" Jack-"Then he must be a
society lion." Tom-"He is."-Yankee
Blade.
Publisher - 'T wish you would
write us a good sea story" Great
Author-"But l have never been to
sea-" Publisher-"I know it. l want
sea story that people can under
stand. ."-Tid-Bits.
The Last One.-Pigson-'I don't
believe in the phrase as easy as lying
Now, nothing would be so hard to me
as to tell lie." Bluntley-''Ah! wish
we all had your ability to conquer diff
culties, Judy.
She lin a carriage)-"An eminent
physician objects to tennis because it Is
a one-armed sport" He driving with
one ehand)-"Nonsense. So is carriage
riding"-N. Y. Herald.
Mrs. Chinner seems to have a very
pleasant time of it." pleasant timei
Why, that womans life is one complete
round of enjoyment" 'sIt is?' ''It is
that She belongs. to seven sewing cir.
cles."-N. Y. Press
She was From Boston. She re-
marked proudly:-"No member Of my
family was ever known to break his
word" mo" replied her husband,
although some of the words were big
enough to stand breaking several
times. s."-Washington Star.
-"Dear, is it really true that youI
mother surprised you and Chollie Astor.
bilt kissing in the hallway the otheI
night?' mot exactly. Her sudden
appearance surprised Chollie but not
me. e."--Indianapolis Journal.
-Apprehensive.- Mr.. Ketchum (of the
Id" uFH u heUCHuIu q oklHHcHuJ-
isn't Johnny, the office-boy, unusually
attentive to business these days?" Mr..
Skinnem-"Yes. Works overtime and
keeps everything as neat as PIN" Mr..
Ketchum-"H'm! That boy is either
stealing from us or he's nursing am bition
to Join the frm."-Chicago Tribune.
Too His storical.-'I'm thinking OF
getting up fancy-dress ball, at which
all the guests will have to appear in the
costumes worn by the founders of their
families. Wouldn't it be picturesque?"
Hardly. There wouldn't be anything
very picturesque about lot of brick
layers and butchers and innkeepers."-
Kate Fields Washington.
Realizing His Ambition. -"Young
Goode has always had an ambition to
be benefactor of his race" "Yes, be-
lieve So" "And now he is about to real
ize it." Indeed? In what way?" HE
has notion that great many people
are buried alive?" "Yes" HE is going
to do his best to prevent that" ''How?"
''He is going to become doctor.p-N.
7. Press.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
ciamntis in Decoration.

II one has never used clematis for
decorating she can have no idea of the
effectiveness of this flower and the
many ways in which it can be used. II
can be arranged in a large vase or bowl
If intended for the table or m antel, and
when thus used the flow ers should be
clustered together in loose masses, using
the green leaves as background to
bring out the beauty OF the bloom.
Large branches are very effective
massed upon a platter filled with wet
sand, with some sprays falling over the
edge. This is especially pretty in a
window corner, on little table, or ON
the window sill, if it be broad The
white clematis is much handsomer for
house decoration because it is more
easily brought into harmony with its
surroundings than the purple. It is
much less hardy than the purple, and
for verandas It is better TO have the two
varieties with the white on the best
protected sida.-Demorest
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
A TRUsTY BEAR.
How Bruin Took Care of His Masters
Sheepfold.

How Bruiu Took Care of His Masters
SheepfOld.
Tom is the name Of big tame bear,
owned by Pennsylvania farmer. The
bear has pen between the house and
barn, and long chain fastened to his
collar lets him play all around the
pen. One moonlight night the farmer
was awakened by great growing and
rattling of the chain. Looking out of
the window and seeing nothing, he
shouted at Tom to keep quiet; but just
then Tom broke his chain, ran to the
barn yard fence and quickly climbed 1t.
The farmer pulled on his clothes and
ran out TO the barnyard and found Tom
trying to make a wild bear drop sheep
which he had stolen from the yard.
The sheep was bleating and kicking in
the bears paws, and Tom was dancing
around the thief, cutting him :. ID doing
his utmost to head him off. The wild
bear lodged to the right and left and
then suddenly dropped on oil fours,
seized the sheep by the neck with his
teeth and started to drag II along the
ground. Tom sprang upon his back
at once and bit him in the neck, and
then the wild. bear let go the sheep and
gave battle to Tom. During the fight
the farmer ran to the barn and got an
ak, but for long time he had no chance
to use the weapon. Finally he saw his
chance and buried it in the wild bears
neck, and Tom then easily flushed him
Golden DAYS.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25

and on the fore paws until he backed
away from me to escape. To get him
to go up the plank without leaving it
and running away required almost end.
less patience. When he had backed as
far as the center of the plank the board
was of course level, and parallel with
the floor. AS Parnel1 kept on backing,
the further end of the board slowly
came down to the floor, and he found
himself going down hill. He didn't
like this. When he reached the end
his part of the work was done. Then I
had to teach his mate to jump up on
the raised end facing Parnell. This
brought the board to d level again. I
teeter-tottered them up and down by
having my trained dog step from one
side to the other of the center of the
plank" -t.
'How about tanning lion by looking
into his eyes?"
''You might as well tame him by fix
ing your eyes on his tail. l look into
my lions eyes to see what the expires.
sion may be. There Is where l find
the danger signal. If the signal SAYS
go ahead then l can turn my back on
Mr.. Lion and go ahead safely.
never turn my back on him,
however, within reach of his
paws outside of the bars. inside the
cage am master, but if turn my back
when am outside and am within reach
l court instant death. Female and
male lions should not be kept together.
The lions are more tractable when
they are alone. The average lion
lives fourteen years in captivity, but
performing lions sometimes die
younger. Tigers are more manage
able than lions when once trained, but
they are harder to train and make less
spirited performers. IN. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
w Napoleon III. and the Painter.

The favorite painte r of the Third en-
pire was Winterhalter, as Delaroche
had been of the Orleans family. How
ever, an order was given to Couture for
large picture representing the bap-
tism of the little Prince Imperial He
went to work with great ardor, MAX
ing sketches, and preparing vast COM
position. In the course of the work he
had to have sittings from the various
members of the imperial family and
their immediate followers. If a por-
trait painter, when his sitters are or
binary mortals, has nearly always to
undergo many unpleasant scenes, it is
easy to Judge how his temper is tried
and his nerves unstrung, when those
sitters are princes or sover cigns. 1t is
likely that in Couture's case.the sittings
were not agreeable either to the painter
or to his models Napoleon III. wished
to direct his artist, and of all artists
Couture was the least easy to direct.
Finally, one day, goaded beyond endur-
ance, the painter turned around and
said:
''Sire, who is to paint this picture,
your majesty or I?' And neither
painted it. The emperor gave no more
sittings, turned his back on the painter,
and his .courtiers turned theirs also.
The order was not maintained, and all
the work of many months was wasted.
e. p. A. Hea ", in Century.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
A Joyous Occasion.

Neighbor what are you cele-
brating, Pettingill? The Fourth isn't
here yet.
Mr.. Pettingill--Uur cook has been
with us year to-day, and she doesn't
show any signs OF leaving yet.-Puek.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
She Took the Trick,

There was whist party one evening
last week at North Meridian street
home, which was attended by number
of society people and some whist play
ers. One young lady whose enthusiastic
admiration of the game was greater
than her ability to play it was paired
with confirmed whist player addicted
to the use of phrases. At one point of
the game, when it was her play, and
the cards on the board indicated that a
high trump was desirable, her partner
said: 'sNow, don't send boy to the
mill!''
This was Greek to her, but when it
was. explained she made the correct
play and stored the phrase away in her
memory for future use. Later in the
evening it was her last play, and high
trump was necessary to take the trick.
A smile of victory overspread her face
as she triumphantly laid down the ace
and said:
There, didn't lead horse to water
that time, did I?"-Indianapolis News.
"A Funny -Burlesque-"I saw
a bookstore bum yesterday. 1t was
one of the funniest sights in the world
to see the firemen watering all those
books" Bookworm-''To me, sir, it
seems like sacrilege. Why did it strike
you as funny?" Burlesque-"It was a
pun" Bookworm-"A pun! / do not
understand" Burlesque-"Yes, a pun,
for it was a play upon words. "r-Nail
and Express,
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
A Delicate Question.

Polly-Dolly, l want to ask you a
delicate question.
Dolly-Well?
Polly-Jack Harding is my fame,
you know.
Dolly-Well?
Polly-Do you think it would be un-
maidenly for me to ask him to ask me
to fix the day?-Judge.
The Bossier banner., 1892-08-25
American women Famed as Athletes.

AS athletes American women are
gaining even transatlantic fame for ex-
traordinary pedestrian feats, polo play
ing, cycling, and few have managed
even football Nearly all the cycle
clubs have admitted women, and gym
nasiums and special schools for women
In boxing and fencing are increasing
Every fashionable school for girls has
its physical culture class, and the future
women of society are learning how to
turn somersaults backward, as well as
TO leave carriage with grace, and to
play the mandolin and harp Domestic
Monthly.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-23
The Wealth Producers.

Commissioner Nesbitt, of Georgia, has
this to say of the farmers as class:
The farmers constitute fully 80 per
cent of our population; they are the
wealth producers of our country, and
as rule the most conservative class of
our citizens. The policy of the govern
ment has Disseminated against them,
and their burdens are becoming each
year more oppressive. The government
owes it to them at least to listen to and
investigate their demands. Give us a
graduated income tax, which would only
be just, inasmuch as the few who reap
benefit from the labor of the many
should be willing to literally respond to
the support of the government, whose
strong arm in time of danger is stretch
ed out for their protection. Did it ever
occur to you that whenever our govern.
ment is menaced and the treasures of
the rich threatened it is this strong, con-
servative laboring class which steps into
the breach and stands as bulwark be-
fore the expected danger. 1t is the
privilege of this class to demand re-
duction of our taxes-federal, state and
municipal-and they should strive, in
season and out of season, to accomplish
this result. They have right to ask
that the restrictive feature of the ma
tional banking system. which imposes a
tax of 10 per cent. on all state or local
banks, be abolished; also that silver be
remonetized.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-23

WE DO things well in many instances.
We pride ourselves on being the great
est people of the time. Indeed, there
are those among us who think we do
everything better than any other people
of any time do anything. But there is
one thing in which we are derelict, and
in which we might take a lesson from
people whom in general we hold to be
below us. The fellows down in the an
tipodes could give us a suggestion or
two on the use of the gallows. The
prompt and effective manner in which
Deeming's trial and execution were hand
led shows that the people of Australia
know what to do under certain circum-
stances. 1t would have been the worst
miscarriage of justice in history if this
callous-conscienced fend had been al
lowed to live long. 1t will be interest
ing to know what confession he made
prior to his execution. And now,
where is the Whitechapel ripper ?" for
Deeming does not seem to have been
the cool and cautious butcher who per-
petrated go many murders among the
fallen women of London.