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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

At recent meeting of the American
Society OF Civil Engineers, b. w. De-
Courcy related an interesting ex experience
while acting as Supervisor aud Bridge
Engineer of railway. He had to use
one of the three wheel velocipedes run.
ming On the railway, frequently employed
by the maintenance of way officials, and
MS his track ran through number of
narrow cuts, he happened one day to
think over the best thing to do should
he meet an engine. He decided that the
only way out of this trouble would be to
jump and at the same time overset tho
velocipede to the right. A trial of this
plan showed that it could be carried out
without injury. The value of this study
was apparent some time after, when Mr..
DeCourcy was running out with his fore.
man to inspect bridge and met loco.
motive ahead Of time in rock cut about
eighteen feet deep. He threw himself
to the right and jumped at the same
time, catching the small wheel and
throwing his back against the rocky side
Of the cut. It was done so quickly that
the engineer thought he had run over
the men ana 90 reported at tho station.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
A RailrJad Tobo ,san for Mu'e'.

HOne of the queerest RAILROADS any
where in the country" said Rev. ID. y.
Banks, of North Ontario, sis a novel
line that runs from South Ontario up to
North Ontario, In San Bernardino Coun-
ty, California, where live. The line is
seven miles long. A span of stout
mules draw the car up over the road.
There is nothing singular about that, but
it comes in on the return trip.
"The seven miles are on tilt all the
way, although the track does not look
like it. So when the car starts back
the mules get on and take a ride, the
car booming over the whole line by
gravity. The mules enjoy it, too.
They ride there in as self-satisfied way
as any other passengers, and the view
seems equally as charming. North On
tario, you may know, is situated at the
mouth of San Antonio canyon, but there
are lot of magnificent mountains around
there. One colony, for they can scarce
ly be called towns, is situated on the
Santa Fe road and the other on
the Southern Pacific. It is the
seven miles of street railway that con-
meet the two.
"The way they get the mules aboard
is this: There is little truck under
the car, and it is pulled out, becoming
an adjunct to the regular passenger de-
psrtmeut. The moment the truck is
slid out the intelligent animals make
start for 1t and step up and on. 1t is
extremely amusing the way they do it,
and the way they enjoy this ride, and
they are great favorites with the people. !"
San Francisco Examiner.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
..But I thought perhaps on account Q

"But thought perhaps on account Of
the child" she began.
"The child-the childl" he repeated,
irascibly, "I'm sick of hearing about
her."
Indignation made Mrs. Dotty quite
bold for orce.
''she's your own granddaughter, sir.
That's what she is"
"Well, didn't ask for her, did II l
never wanted to adopt her. What right
had her mother to make such poor
hand of herself by marrying Tom Bar
rett, and then ccme back to die here,
and leave me her girla Eha She's an
expense, tell you; that's all. An ex-
pense"
''The Lord help us, but he's getting
worse than ever!" murmured the woman,
as, with bang that was downright dis
respectful, she slammed the door behind
her.
"You-you, Miss Bessiel"
She started, as she looked up, and saw
Bessie Barrett standing so near her. She
was slim, brown-haired little thing, OF
about seventeen. She was clad in an ILL
made gown of coarse maroon cashmere.
Her eyes were large, gray, just now very
sorrowful. Her lashes and brows were
quite black. The delicate features had a
pinched look, and the pretty lips were
paier than should be the lips of one so
young.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

British newspapers are discussing
earnestly the question Of cloakrooms in
churches, referring to the absence Of,
and absolute necessity for, facilities for
disposing of wraps, hats and overcoats.
Some churches in the country have wire
hatracks beneath the seats, and few
have wire bars for overcoats and wraps
on the backs Of seats. One church in
Chicago has regular opera chairs and the
attendant conveuiences. A cloakroom
seems to the New York Tribune to fill a
long.felt want, for there does not appear
to be any good reason, these days, any
way, why man or woman should not
be as comfortable in church as in o
theatre.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
"A Curious Difference.

.'Did you ever notice the curious diff.
ference in the sexes which is shown In
the way man or woman fixes datef"
remarked q gentleman to lady the
other dly.
.sYou ask man when such and such
a thing happened, and he always an
swers, In the year so aud SO, or, About
1900 and something; but the woman
invariably says: about so many years
ago; or 1T was so many years after
was married; or The year after Teddy
was born, aud SO on
Eyes" replied his companion, 81
have poticed it IN myself. feel that
l am getting like the American widow
who dated all her farming operations
from or before Tine year planted Jim,'
which was her realistic way of referring
to her husbands burial. "--Ysukee
Blade.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
LAPORTE. PA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1S. 1892.
moky, binding fog, began to creep up

smoky, binding fog, began to creep up
from the Atlantic.
"If you don't mind" said Mrs. Dotty,
making her appearance with shawl over
her head, tsTll just run over to Devers'
and see what is keeping Miss Bessie"
"Dow he answered.
She had spoken as il the distance were
not worth considering, but it was quite q
journey for her. When she returned she
looked white and scared.
"She isn't there hasn't BEEN"
"Hark!" said Godfrey Kirke, holding
up one lean hand.
"That is only the carrier with the
-four"
"Ask him if he has seen her2"
Mrs. Dotty went into the hall. Almost
instantly she returned.
ssHe has not. He says there is the
body of young woman at the town
morgue."
"What!"
Godfrey Kirke leaped from his chair.
s'He says that the body of young girl
was found in the East Branch to-day"
Godfrey Kirke sank back in his seat.
Mrs. Dotty smiled hard little smile to
herself as she closed the door and went
away. She knew how many friends
Bessie had. She shrewdly suspected il
she were not found at one place she
would be at another; and she was malici-
ously and plea ently conscious that she
had given the hard hearted old man q
genuine scare.
Long the latter sat where she had left
him. Thinking. For the first time in
years he was thinking, sadly. seriously,
solemnly. Than Fsgiving-evel In his
wife's time the house used to be gay and
cheerful on that night, so filed with com.
fort and bright anticipations, so odorous
with the homely fragrance of good things
in the kitchen, so delightfully."- merry with
the brisk hustle attendant on the NOR.
rows festivity. Now it was desolate,
dreary, darksome with depressing and
unutterable gloom. Whose fault was It'll
His! decided 60 1frey Kirke, as savagely
relentless to himself in this moment as
he would have been to another. His
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
THANKSGIVING DAY!

With grateful hearts let all give thanks
All lands all stations, and all ranks:
And the cry comes up along the way,
For what shall we give thanks to-dayi
For peace and plenty, busy mills,
1.-THE cattle on a thousand hills,
For bursting barns, wherein is stored
The golden grain. precious hoard:
Give thanksi
For orchards bearing rosy fruit,
For yielding pod and toothsome root,
And all that God declared was good
In hill or dale, or field or wood:
Give thanksi
For water bright and sweet and clear,
A million fountains far and near,
For gracious streamlets. lakes, and rills
That flow from everlasting hills:
Give thanksl
For summer dews and timely frost,
The SUMS bright beams, not one ray lost,
For willing hands to sow the seed
And reap the harvest great indeed:
Give thanks!
For hearth and home-loves altar fires
For loving children, thoughtful sires;
For tender mothers, gentle wives.
Who fill our hearts and bless our lives:
Give thanks?
For heavens care. life's journey through,
For health and strength to dare and do,
For ears to hear, for eyes to sec
Earth's beauteous things on lan1 and sea:
Give thanksl
M. A. Kidder.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

when his devoted wife had dropped and
died under his ever-increasing arrogance,
dictation. His! when Maud married the
first man who offered himself, to escape
from her fathers pretty rule. His when
Robert ran away to escape the narrow
obligations and unjust restrictions laid
upon him. Hlsl when the child his
dead daughter had left him could no
longer endure his brutality, or accept
from him the scsnt support he so grud-
gingly gave. His fault-all hisl In
those lonely hours the whole relentless
truth dawned upon him, as such truths
will dawn, in most bitter brilliance. He
dropped his head on his hands with u
groan.
He looked around the dim, shabby
room. He looked at the dying fire in
the CRATE. He wondered of what use
would be to him now his twenty thou
sand in bonds, his eight hundred acres
of meadow land, the money he had out
at interest. He rose in dazed kind of
way, a shadowy purpose taking definite
ness in his mind. He wished he had
been better to Besse; he wished-but
what was the use OF wishing nowf There
could be but one satisfactory answer to
all his elf-condemnation. A shot from
the revolver in the drawer yonder, that he
had always kept in readiness for possible
burglars. II rose. He moved toward
the table. His figure cast fantastic
shadow on the wall. The tears were
streaming down his cheeks. There
might be thanksgiving for his death.
though there could never have been any
| for his life.
Hark
He had the weapon in his hand. He
started nervously. Was that Bessie's
voicea He turned, dropping the revolver
| with clatter. Yes, there she was, not
three feet away, fresh, fair, damp, smil-
| ing.
.'It is the queerest thing" she said,
coming toward him as she spoke. 81
felt lt-badly--yesterday, and / went over
to Mrs. Farnham's to see if she could get
me work. 1 met Mrs. Nelson, aud she
asked me to go home with her. Dicky
was i'll, and she wanted me to stay over
night. She sent you note. At least
I
she sent the boy with it, but he lost it,
aud only told her so this afternoon. As
soon as l knew that started home
alone-although Dicky was no better. !"
"Yes9" said Godfrey Kirke. He was
listening with an unusual degree of in
tercst.
"And tonight, when I was almost
here. Nelson's IS quite two miles away,
you know, l got lost in the fog"
Her grandfather regarded her In
amazem ent. What made he pale cheeks
so bright2 What excitement had
blackened her gray eyesa
"And-a gentleman who was coming
here found me. and---and brought me
home. Please thank him, grandpa
Here he is!'
With an inciedulous, gasping cry,
Godfrey Kirke retreated, as big brown,
muscular fellow came dashing in from
the hall.
"Robert"
"Fatherl"
Then they were clasped in each other.
arms.
ssI'n back from ths sea for good,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

Imports of wheat into Great Britain
during the fiscal year just closed have
amounted to nearly 1870, 900, 900 bushels.
This large quantity is in excess of the
present requirements of the country, and
the result has been that the price Of this
grain has fallen lower than ever known
previously. 1t is believed that 100, 000,-
900 bushels will be needed to supply the
deficiencies of the coming year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

An elderly woman entered the room.
She had small, pale withered face; a
kind face, though, pleasant, gentle.
She was dressed in worn dark gown.
The net fichu, crossed over her slender
shoulders, was clasped by an old-fash-
ioned medallion.
"To-morrow will be Thanksgiving
sve," she said; ~ wished to know if l
might prepare for the day after"
An originally handsome apartment,
this in which the old man sat, and it
had been handsomely furnished. Now
both the room and its belongings bore
the mark Of creeping poverty, or ex-
treme penuriousness. The master of the
house, seated by the center table, seemed
to share the character of the room. He,
too, had been handsome once. Now
he was expressive only of age and in
digence, from the threadbare collar of
his limp dressing gown to the tips of his
thin and shabby slippers.
''Prepare what9" he growled.
"Why turkey, sir; or a pie, or-or
. bit of cranberry sauce, sir"
He looked so fierce, her words died in
her throat.
"Turkey! And where do you sup
pose can get the money to spend on
turkey7 And pie! To make us all sick,
aud bring doctors and doctors bills
down on mel And" with sniff of
disgust, .crauberry sauce-the skinny
stuff! No, Mrs. Dotty. A bit of bacon
and some bread will be good enough for
poor folks like us-good enough"
His housekeeper, for that was the un-
enviable position Mrs. Dotty occupied in
Godfrey Kirke's household, resolved to
make one last appeal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
her. And I chancsd to find nv littl.

father. And chanced to find my little
niece Bessie lost out there in the fog. A
young lady, vowl And I was think
ing of her as a mere baby yet! just
think! She tells me Charlie Nelson
wants her."
'No2 Well, Charlie is fine fellow.
Hc can have her--a year from to-day"
So now you know why the Kirke
homestead is dazzling with lights and
flowers, and why it resounds with laugh
ter this Thanksgiving; why old Godfrey
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
work.

Certain gentlemen of large ideas an-
nounce that they intend building an air
line from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
"To those of ideas somewhat less
magnihed," comments the San Francisco
Examiner, "the raising of the necessary
500, 900, 900 might seem in the nature
of an obstacle, though attention is not
called to the fact with any view to
discouragIng enterprise.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
It seems to the New Orleans Pic

1t seems to the New Orleans Picayuue
that another expedition to rescue Emin
Pasha is in order. DR.. Stuhlman has
written a letter from Tabora stating that
Emin is at the south end of Lake Albert
Nyanza, almost at the mercy of the
Arabs, whose revolt has spread from the
Congo Free State into the German terri.
tories, and that he is waiting for assist
ance to get away. 1t is not stated
whether Stanley will go to his assistance
aUain
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

Few cities ever get started--''laid
out" as it is commo lily called--as they
should be. They get in shape by mere
chance and that, explains tho Chicago
Herald, is why they are so frequently
misshapen. New York City has fewer
alleys than any other city in the world,
Notwithstanding it is one of the largest.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

The Victoria Government finds itself
compelled to reduce the bonuses paid for
the export Of butter. Last year as much
as $500 was used for this purpose,
six cents per pound being paid on all
butter that realized over twenty i've cents
in the English -larket.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
THE posoLrNK,
Across the stretch of marshy plain
The sunbeams fash and quiveT,

Across the stretch of marshy plain
The sunbeams flash and quiveS,
Among the ranks Of ripening grain
And blooming brakes Of rustin9 cane
By many winding river,
Upon whose low and sedgy brink
The blitho and bright eyed Bobolink
Sings 'tChacki Chacki Tweedledss'
Come with mel You shall be
Glad and free-glad and free!
Chackl Chackl Tweedle-dee-eep
The sea wind pliers many gem
Among the dewy rushes,
Upon her 1.-the and graceful stem.
The queenly star Of Bethlehem =
Droops. bathed in crimson bushes;
The sluggish waters rise and sink
And time thy song, oh, Bobolinkl
Hark! "Chackl ChackI Tweedle-deei
Fame nor fee-troubles mel 7tpe
In my glee-glad and free!
Chack! Chacki Tweedle-deep
Through interlacing boughs that bar
The woodlands mystic bosom
Among yon shadowy depths afar
Shines like newly fallen star
A bright magnolia blossom,
Near where the wild deer comes to drink
From some clear pool the Bobolink
Chants ''Chackl Chack! Tweedle-dee!
Fair and free-wool and lea
Turf and tree-for thou and me-
Chacki Chack! Tweedle-deep
The CLINT upon thy sheeny coat,
The splash Of gold and scarlet;
Who would suspect such tender note
Should echo from thy dusky throat
Thou young Bohemian VARIETY
The bashful stars begin to blink,
'Tis vesper time, sweet Bobolink!
Ahi "Chack! Chack! Tweedle-dee!
Come with me--so happy we
Sorrow free-our dreams shall be-
Chacki Chack! Tweedle-dee-ee."
M. M. Folsom, in Atlanta Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
An Informal R.past.

81 suppose" said Mrs. Brown. ''you
would like me to wear new dress at
this Thanksgiving dinner you are going
to give2'
"Can't afford it, growled old Brown.
GAS long as you have the turkey well
dressed you will pass muster. Judge.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
The Thanksgiving Turaey.

As Thanksgiving Day walks down this way
The strutting turkey is i'll at ease;
''Pm poor as the turkey Of Job," says he;
Tough and unfit to eat, you see;
I gobble no more OF my pedigree,
Lest some poor fellow should gobble me;
And a turkey buzzard think I'll be.
For the present, if you please
-Bnghamton Republican.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

The report of the Society of Friends
in England shows an incsease in its
membership Of 221 over last year, bring
ing it up to a total of 22,2S7. There
are now in Great Britain $40 "mect-
ipo,c ~
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

''London requires some women to act
as sanitary inspectors" )" is the opinion OF
DR.. Corner, Medical Officer for Poplar.
With the help of efficient women work
ing among the poor, he thinks epidemics
might be nipped in the bud. Glasgow,
Scotland, already has Blk women in.
spectors, Who are doing an admirable
work
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
BESSIES THANKSGIVING.
BY KATE NJ. CLEARY.

MOST dimdent
a n d m o d e 8 I
knock it was.
Perhaps because
it was so very
dimdent, so very
modest, irritated
all the more the
peculiarly alert
nerves of Mr..
Godfrey Kirke.
''Oh, come in,
come in!" he
cried.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

In the new Maine town of Rumford
Falls, where not even log hut stood
year ago, a $40, 900 residence is build
ing and 700 men are at work upon mills
and other structures.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
Cause for THANKSGIVING.

Sunday-school Teacher = Z" Willie,
have you had anything during the week
to be especially thankful for2"
Willle-ssYes'm, Johnny Podgers
sprained his wrist and licked him for
the first time yesterday. Burlington
Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
A THOUGHT For the Season.

He in whose store of blessings there may be
Enough, and yet to spare,
B.stowing, with gentle charity,
Upon the poor share.
BY all the gladness that his gifts provide
Will have his own thanksgiving multiplied.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

"Soup, Soap aud Salvation" is the
conciss motto in the rooms of the Bal
tlmore Free Sunday Breakfast Associa.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18
More than one million Federal sol.
diers of the Civil War are still living.

1t is interesting to learn that Arizona
is as large as Great Britain and Ireland
combined.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

wears brann-new suit, and flower in
his buttonhole; why Robert, 10 his
riGhtful place, looked so proud and
pleased; why dear, busy little Mrs. Dotty
beams benignly; why Bessie, gowned in
snowy, shining silk, thinks this is a
lovely old world after all; why Charlie
Nelson is so blsssedly content, and why
in each and every heart reigns supreme
Thanksgiving.-The Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-11-18

A doctor has launched the theory that
the best method of inducing q flow Of
thought is to lay the head fat on the
g.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-11
A DIVERS DARING VENTURE.
He Will Make an Attempt When Four
Have Fatally Failed.

He Will Make an Attempt When Four
. Have Fatally Failed.
M. E. Chalk, the celebrated diver of Du-
luth, has gone to Alpena, where he will
undertake to find the wreck "Pewabie'
and raise it. The vessel went down TWEEN
ty-fve years ago in 100 feet Of water.
Four attempts have been made to raise the
vessel, in each of which a diver lost his
life. OF all four only one lived to reach
the surface. The pressure of the 10y water
was SO enormo that life was squeezed
out. Diver Chalk has a contract with sew
eral wealthy Michigan men, who pay him
$1,000 for the attempt. guarantee his life
insurance in case he died, pay all expenses
of the experiments. etc., and in case they
are able to bring up the wreck. they agree
to divide the cargo equally. Tho "Pe-
wabic'' is loaded with $50 tons of copper,
valued at 1856, 900. as we'll as $4,000 worth
of imperishable freight. The diver has
had a helmet made that will stand 450
pounds Of pressure to the inch, and, be-
sides the usual rubber dress, will wear a
wrought iron vest and special steel devices
over his arm and leg joints to do away
with some of the water PRESSURE. He ia
confident of success, and expects to follow
it by locating and raising several sunken
silver and copper carriers in other parts of
the lakes that are of greater value but are
in deeper water.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-11
PERSONAL.

o. R. Mertz. of Chicago, is in the city.
J. Gleason, of Wolf Creek. is IN the city.
Chas. Budd of Bohemian, is a visitor in
Helena. "@w-@.. "" @
J. A. Savage, of Livingston, is at The
Helena.
Hon. Jas. Shields of Elliston, is a visitor
in Helena.
]. II. Kanouse, Of Townsend, ia a visitor
in Helena.
o. F. Goddard, the Billings attorney, is
in the oity. M".MM@ M".-
E. G. Smith. Of Columbia Falls. is at the
Grand Central.
Attorney Thompson Campbell, of Butte,
is at The Helena. w.. .~-,
Geo. H. Wiley, of Fond du Lao, Wis. is
a visitor in Helena. -
A. N. Spratt and family have returned to
their Michigan home.
Jos. P. Porter went to Denver yesterday
via the Union Pacific.
E. H. johnson, of Miles City. ID on a
business trip to the capital.
Goo. A. Cartier, of Ph%ilipsburg, is d
guest at the Grand Central.
A. u. Schneider. the merchant, of Dia-
mond, is at the Grand Central.
Hon. Jesse Taylor, of Choteau, the we'll
known cattle grower. is visiting the capital.
II. y. IcHfy 1iflvou III hoio.la yos'e.uoy
from Fort Benton for a visit of a few days.
j. B. Sanford, of Sanford & Evans, who
went to California for his health, has re-
turned.
N. r. Petelle, of the Chicago Daily
News, is a visitor in Helena on his way to
the coast.
Allen Il. Towle, representing the Rail
road News company, of Chicago, is a Wis
itor in Helena.
Thos. Weir, superintendent of the Gran
lite Mountain mine. and Mrs. Wier are
guests at The Helena.
Judge Benton, of Cascade county. and
County Attorney Douglas Martin. arrived
in Helena yesterday from Great Falls.