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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-27

Lion tamers arc said to have great
fsscination for their work. 4 French
iaan named Bidel. who was nearly
killed by q lion four years ago, de-
clared shat nc would perform no more,
l5nttn recent arrival lt NeuiIly of a
lion OF extraordinary sizs and ferocity
proved too much for bis resolution. A
iarge and fashionable audience as
sembled to see laiia beard this brute in
his den- He not cniy entered the cage,
bs:t threw away his TDp end fork,
tiire atening the lion ~ith his bare
lits.c:. He succeeded il efssctiug his
retreat ia slIefy-, amid tiI,. applause of
the multitude. and is now described as
a hero instead Of colossal fool
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-27

The paper advocating the single
tax as The remedy for Ill social IL ma
tional evils, si.1 Standard, of New
Yoti., while itself opposing conaioozl
question Of socialism or inlividuaii.s.ri
ssili be iasre ami more distinctly the
politics of the futare. as in the past it
has vslely I-een, and New South Wales
leads IA the formation of parties ON
that iue.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-27
land Tran.formed br Ants.

traveller IL Central Australia has
discovered that the surface of the coun-
try has been greatly changed by what
may appear at first thought ridiculous
agency-the white ants. On plain and
IL Shickets their a.sts are so numerous
that it Is difficult to drive among them
The clay with which the nests are built
80, when cemeubed with resinou%
taa.fer, as hard as brick, and when I'll,
cts fall to pieces they form clay f,sts.
almost impervious to water and not
'ifsily cut up by traffic. The work III
these creatures can be studied in al.
stages; first il the thickets, where the
are commencing worl.; then in the NOR,
'pen country, where they have crowded
aCt the CiIaber; ne st on the plans
where half the hills viii be found de
serted; and lastly on the clay ficts
where they have allacst entirely dis
appeared and the scrub has 5cgsS T.
grow. again. The nests are fars..s.r -.
il.arlsablc for the large lPropo.tlosi q.
.Tsn they coatain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-04-27
IS YOUR TINE ogF?

If this notice is marked with
an y IL shows that your time
has expired. Please notify MS
of the fact if you want the pa
per continued.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04
1892.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

B.. & B.
BLACK SILK GRENADINES.
TWO GREAT PUR-
CHASES have just arrived
that will make a sale that will
require extra salespeople at
Black Goods Department.
Ten pieces Fancy Mesh
BLACK ALL SILK GREN-
ADINES, 20 inches wide,
so GENTS
opieces BLACK SHADOW
GRENADINES, handsome
designs, superb quality, 4S
inches wide,
$2 A YARD
s pieces Fancy Mesh and
Striped BLACK SILK GREN-
ADINES, 48 inches wide, d,
$I.50 A YARD.
The above are the greatest
values in Grenadines we have
ever seen, and we know the
ladies will say so the moment
they see them, Note that the
$1.5o and 81 goods are 48
inches wide.
Something very choice and
new at Silk Department IN all
SILK CREPE CORDU-
ROYS. Beiges, Silver Greys
Old Rose and other
street and evening colors, will
make exquisite gowns,
$l.25 A YARD.
New Dress Goods and Suit
ings, choice fine ones soc, 6oc,
75c 81, S1.25 and $1.5o-the |
best of the season and at prices
that demonstrate that we pro-
pose it shall pay people to
come.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04

added that he made q mistake in his testi-
mony the day before. 1t was bonds and
not stocks that they held in the Penn An
thracite and Maryland Central Companies.
The petition of the Commissioners TO conf
pei the witnesses to answer questions will
be argued before Judge White Saturday
afternoon.
What Houseman Has to Say.
NJ. H. Houseman, attorney for the Mary
land Central, and one of the promoters of
the connected enterprises, spoke about the
matter last night to reporter His claim was
that the Pittsburg bankers would not offer
as much as the Baltimore organizers of the
enterprise. He said "The Pittsburgers
have not yet actually lost a dollar by us
(the Baltimore promoters), but the Mary
land Central people will in the end have to
pay out 5000, 900 to $3.50, 600 to recover back
securities belonging to them which were
pledged in Pittsburg by individuals who
got hold of them, and the loans upon which
were absorbed in losses upon Pittsburg
natural gas stocks, Junction road stocks
and other things totally unconnected with
the Maryland undertakings
Mr. Houseman was on the point of taking
a train for Baltimore when he made his
summary thus of the situation. He was
more terse than detailed in his narrative,
but wanted his side of the case stated in
The DISPATCH about as above.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04
BuH One To-DaY-913.

Buy q fine suit OF clothes to-day for $l3.
Equal to tailor-made suits that cost you $25.
Our price Sl3.
mond streets.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04

GORDON-EDwARDS- May s, 1892, by
Rev. ID. H. Evans, ID. D., ALEXANDER GORDON,
Jr., of Edgewood Pa, and Miss CATHERINE
G. EDWARDS, of Youngstown.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04

MEMS UNDERWEAR.
SPECIAL TWO DAYS. SALE.

There IS such a thing as cl1ng1ng to a
good thing too long. Doubtless many a
'eader of these words is still clinging to the
Underwear we sold them last winter. It's
good yet too good for this sort of weather;
pack it away and select from new spring
stock at remarkable prices.
cases Silk Finished Balbrggan pearl BUTTON AHc
French collarette neck old gold pearl color uuu
worth 75c; special sale price............ II
100 dozen Mems two-thread genuine French
Balbriggan Shirts Drawers absolutely fast
black, sizes "a to So These cannot be i'm lfe
ported to sell under $I.25 each Our price uHo
during special sale. e........................ ~
a. cases Mems Real Maco Yarn Balbriggan
Shirts or Drawers, super6ne gauge best finish AIR.
Their actual worth is 75c, but the special sale u9o
price is only ...... Observation-Disclosures. lU
Scrivens Elastic Seam Jean Drawers which
all other houses have to sign a to sell mr.
them at ST. will sell you them during special fiIiu
sale ....-...............-... UU
Best Pepere1 Jean Drawers in Pttsburg double ,iuo
sewed and full size, worth SOC. ............. VI
cases Ribbed Silk Mixed Shirts or Drawers
in flesh color blue, goods sold fhf mn
elsewhere bargain at $2.25 Special sale n hY
Complete line of extra size Shirts or Drawers
in Gauze Balbrggan, Merno, Gossamer or
Isle Thread, shirts drawers "A to So inch
4oc to 81. 50 each
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
SeWsbOy Sympathy.

A paralyzed newsboy sells papers from
a wheel chair at the corner of Fifth ave.
nue. and Twenty third street. writes the
New York CORES pondent OF the st. Louis
Republic. Visitors from the West may
have noticed him, for he is a pathetic
object aud attracts much attention. His
helplessness has aroused all the latent
pathos in hearts that beat beneath ragged
jackets in that neighborhood. A local
writer tells pleasing anecdote concern
ing him, which | reproduce.
The newsboys all sympathize with
him. They help him fold and arrange
his papers. On warm days they take
turns tanning him, carry his little fold
ing table and assist him in various ways.
One day during the late hot spell n
ragged urchin, with bundle of papers
under his arm, dirt begrimed and carry
ing tin pail in his hand, walked up to
the cashiers window in store not tar
from wh.re the cripple sits. Rapping
on the window ne attracted the attention
of the cashier, and as he stood on his
tiptoe he handed in his pail, while a
smile bewitching as any society belle is
capable of, encircled his dirty face, dis
playing set of teeth pearly white and
as beautiful as nature could form them.
His large, lustrous, sparkling black eyes
caught hold of the cashier, aud he said:
"Say, mister, der lame blokey what sells
papers in de wagon on der corner wants
a drink of icewater."
As the man who handles the cash
passed out the pail of water the juvenile
remarked: "Tanks, mister; you know
der kids awful lame and can't walk"
The New York newsboy is a rough,
slangy, harum- scarum, devil-may care
aud often mischievous individual, but
generally his heart is in the right place.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
The average man has 2,3o4, 900 pores
In his skin.

The average man has 1904, 900 pores
fn his skin.
About eight species of whale are
known on the California coast.
An opal weighing one pound and a
quarter has recently been taken out of an
Idaho mine.
The Krupp works in Essen, Germany,
contain 2542 furnaces. These consume
1865 tons of coal aud coke daily.
A horse will eat in year nine times
his own weight, COW nine times, and
an OK six times and sheep six times.
In speaking of the solidifcation of a
body by cooling, Professor Dewar says
that water can be made to become solid
by the evaporation of quarter of its
weight.
San Francisco, CAL, has an earth
quake proof hotel. 1t is constructed of
iron aud in the form of two hollow
squares, one within the other, arranged
so as to brace each other.
1t is said that natural deposit of a
material capable of use as polishing
powder for metals has been discovered
near Walcha, New South Wales, and
that it is being introduced on the mar
ket.
Not earthworms but ants are the soil
tillers of parts of Southern Africa. Ant
hills exist by millions, each covered by
soil so fertile that common saying is
that an OK can be pastured on an ant
hill.
Sleeping in the light of the moon
when it is near the full is said to be in
furious, especially near the tropics. 1t
has no effect where the direct rays do
not fall on the head or eyes of the
sleeper.
Among birds that have the power of
imitation the parrot is the best; but, as
a matter of fact, its voice is decidedly
inferior to that of the mynah, a species
of starting. Curiously enough, the male
bird speaks in high, clear tone, like
that of a child, while the female has
gruff voice.
An English scientist has made a calcu-
lation about the time it will take to fill
llc "OIll Win an VIC pCOpiS ~ "iti
hold. The present population OF the
globe is supposed to be about L 1,467,
900, 900, and he estimates that the max
mum of the inhabitants that can be sus-
tanned on the entire land surface OF the
earth is 5,944, 600, 900, and that this
figure will be reached A. d. 2072.
The galloway at the Deer Park group
of mines near Descauso, CAL, was
broken in singular manner recently.
II has single span of 445O feet. The
tension is twenty ton, and the loads are
120-pound sacks of ore from the mines
on the mountain side to the mills below.
Just after an extra hard shake in the
series of earthquakes there it parted. 1t
is supposed that the vibrations, coming
from each end of the line, met in the
centre and caused the break.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
yanderbilt's Way.

a writer in the Figaro throws an in
teresting light upon Mr.. Vanderbilt $
method of buying pictures. The mil
ionaire, it seems; went once to Nelson
er and asked him which of his works
was, in his own opinion, his chef d'ouvre.
Meissonier answered.: "The Chess Play
ers." "Whom does it belong tor" was
Mr.. Vanderbilts next question. "To
Herr Meyer, of Dresden" was the an
swer, That very night Mr.. Vanderbilt
dispatched secretary to Dresden, who
went straight to Herr Meyer and de-
manded to know his price. 1850, ,000,"
replied the owner, thinking that he had
effectually frightened his interrogation.
~ take it," said the secretary to the
great astonishment of Herr Meyer, and
take it he id.--Pall Mall Gazette.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
The SulIen Hamster,

AS the squirrel was SAID by the old
Norsemen to bring all the news of the
animals to Thor, because he was the
merriest and most socIable OF beasts, so
in the talk of the Russian peasants the
hamster IS the synonym for all that is
sullen, avarlcious, solitary and morose.
Even in color he Is unlike any other
animal, being light above and dark be-
| low. This gives the hamster somewhat
the same incongruous appearance that a
pair of black trousers and light coat
lend to man; in other respects he is
like large, shaggy guinea pig, with
very large teeth and puffy cheeks, into
which he can cram vast quantity OF rye
or beans for transport.
Each hamster lives in a large, roomy
burrow all by himself, in defense of
which he will fight like badger against
any other hamster who may try to enter.
Family life he wholly avoids, never
allowing female inside his burrow, but
keeping her at a good distance and max
ing her find her own living for herself
and family. The last burden is, how
ever, not a serious one, for by the time
the young ones are three weeks old each
discovers that family life is a great mis-
take and sets off to make bachelor bur
row for itself and save up beans for the
winter. For, in addition to its other
amiable qualities, the hamster has that
of avarice in marked degree, and heaps
up treasures of corn, rye and horse beans
far in excess of his own private wants for
the winter. His favorite plan is to dig
a number of treasure chambers, all COM
municating with central guard room,
in which the owner eats and grows fat
until the hardest frosts begin, when he
curls himself up to sleep until the
spring.
But this life of leisure does not begin
until the harvest has been gathered.
While the crops are ripeniug, the
hamstcrs work incessJutly to increase
the. boards, and as much as three hun
dred weight of grain and beans have
been taken from hamster's burrow.
After harvest the peasants often search
with probes for the treasure chambers
of the robbers, aud during the present
scarcity in Central Europe they will no
doubt exact a heavy tribute from the
hamsters' stores.-Spectator
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
The Power of Lightning,

On August i, 1916, st. Georges
Church, Leicester, England, which was
new building, was entirely destroyed
during thunder storm. The steeple
having been burst asunder, parts of it
were blown to distance of thirty feet
in every direction, while the vane rod
and top part of the spire fell perpen-
dicularly down, carrying with them every
floor in the tower, the bells and the
works of the clock. The falling mass
was not arrested until it arrived on the
ground, under which was strong brick
arch, and this also was broken by the
blow. The cutters and ridge covering
were torn up, and the pipes used to con
vey the water from the roof were blown
to pieces. Mr.. Highton calculated the
power developed in the discharge of the
lightning which destroyed this church
with some known mechanical force. He
discovered that hundred tons of stone
were blown down a distance of thirty
feet in three seconds, and consequently
a IL, 220 horse power engine would have
been required to resist the efforts of this
single flash. h.-Scientifc American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
Easy Way to Remove Paint.

1t is very seldom now that you see a
painter burn off old paint with spirit
lamp or torch, though there are still a
few that stick to the old method. The
easiest way to clean paint off wood, or
even metal, is to mix lime and salsods
pretty thickly in water and then apply
freely with a brush. After short time
the paint can be scraped off without
difficulty. Any amateur can use this re-
ceipt, oply little care is advisable, as
the mixture will remove skin from the
hands or face even more rapidly than it
will remove paint from wood OF metal.
New York Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30

The editor of a New York weekly
paper has offered to pay Professor Sehi.
apareli's expenses to this country and
back in order to give the distinguished
scientist an opportunity to peep at Mars
through the great Lick telescope in
California, 1t is generally agreed, re
marks the Chicago Herald that the most
important of the professors discoveries
have been confirmed by the recent OBJ
servations of other astronomers. The
strange thing about it is that Schiayar.
clti has been able to sec more with a
telescope of certain size than others
have distinguished with larger iustru.
ments. Thiswill be popularity explained
10y saying that he has very bright eyes
The professor himself says that he has
been observing that one planet for many
years, and that ones eyes derive greater
distinguishing power 10y becoming ac.
customed to the light of particular
star, Whichever theory is true, if Schi-
aparclli comes to look through the Lick
telescope he ought to be able, under
favorable con litious, to tell us something
new about the surface OF Mars.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30

Widespread public interest Is being
aroused on the subject Of improving the
public highways Of our country. Col
Oncl Albert A. Pope, Of Boston, has
given great impetus to the question by
publishing in pamphlet form "a Me.
mortal to Congress on the Subject of a
Comprehensive Exhibit Of Rolds, Their
Construction aud Maintenance at the
Worlds Columbian Exposition" The
Memorial contains letters from
President Harrison, members of the
Cabinet aud Il large number of other
prominent mon in every section Of the
country all highly commendatory of the
movement for the improvement of public
roads throughout the United States. Be.
sides these letters extracts are given from
editorial articles favorIng road reform in
leading papers all over the Union. These
extracts show that the press every
whore Is in line with the hudable eff
forts to improve and maintain public
roads all over the land.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
ADricOt Paste,

Apricot paste, known as Kamar ell
Dine, is, together with dried apricots,
one of the principal exports from Damas-
Gus. The fruit, when gathered, is
crushed in kind of large iron wire
sieve, and the thick juice which results
from this operation is collected in earth
en- vats, and then spread on planks COW
cred with layer of oil, where it is
allowed to remain two days exposed to
the air. At the expiration of this time
the paste is removed and turned. On
the fourth day the paste is again re-
moved, and it then has the appearance
Of band of leather, very thin, and of a
reddish-brown color, about yard and a
half long and half yard wide. This is
the finest quality of paste. The same
operation is repeated once or twice to
obtain a second and third quality, each
time little water being added to the
residuum of the former operation. The
bands of paste are then folded so as to
form bundles of about five pounds weight,
which are sold according to quality
Scientific American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
OLD JOHN HENRY.
Old Johns jes' made o the commonest

Old Johns jes' made o the commonest
stuff
Old John Henry.
He's tough, I reckon, but none too tough
"Too much, though, IS better than not
enough"
Says Old John Henry.
He does his best and when his best's bad,
He don't fret none, nor he don't get sad
He simply lows it's the best he had
Old John Henry.
His doctern's ies' o the plainest brand
Old John Henry.
ga smlin' face and hearty hand
IS a religion at all folks understand"
Says Old John Henry.
He's stove up some with the rheumatic,
And they haint no shine on them shoes o
his,
And his hair amt cut, but his eye teeth is
Old John Henry.
He feed hisself when the stocks all fed
Old John Henry.
And sleeps like babe" when he goes to
bed,
"And dreams o heaven and homemade
bread"
Says Old John Henry.
lie amt refined as he ort to be,
To fit the statutes of poetry,
Nor his clothes don't fit him, but he fits
Old John Henry.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30

Maine Yankee, and ir less than ten
seconds she had guessed how the mistake
occurred.
"WelI, now," said the captain. 81
thought it was awful funny that a woman
should want to buy sextant. Now you
have disappointed me, don't see how I
am going to sell it, unless l leave it at
the instrument makers and let him get
what he can for it."
Oddly enough, from this point this
story runs along so naturally that you can
tell it yourself.
The tall captain escorted Miss Bourne
uptown, called on her two or three times
while he was in port, corresponded with
her when he was away, and in less than
a year this notice appeared:
Sprow,-3ourne-In Kennebunk, Me-,
May s, at the residence of the brides parents
Capt. Edwin Il. Sprowl AMI Henrietti E.
Bourne.
And now my story is done.--Boston
Globe
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30
A Hens Queer Freak.

Hop Whitney, of Monroe, Ga, tells a
strange story of animal life. A cat Sc
lected the fodder loft as the home for
her kittens. A sitting hen was near her
neighbor, and had the misfortune to be
broken up. She at once ousted the cat
from her bed and appropriated her three
kittens. When Hop went into the loft,
he was surprised to see the nanny cat
lyingwithout her kittens, and when he
attempted to take the kittens from the hen
he found he had considerable row on
his hands. Atlanta Constitution.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-09-30

pool when | was second mate of the Julia
A. Smith. And now have put out n
months earnings for new one. What
possessed me don't know"
And so the captain went on.
Now, Captain Sprowl was not, as you
might think from the name, bald
headed old man with bushy whiskers.
No; names are very misleading. In
stead, he was tall and slender, with a
sandy mustache, and had not gray
hair in his head. He came from Maine,
and although but thirty years old, he
had been for SIX years captain or the
Edna Dunn, now lying at Constitution
wharf, in Boston, discharging her cargo
of sugar.
"Wcll, y pulled the captain, "nothing
to do now but to get rid Of the old sex
tant. should go ashore next time if
had two scxtants to navigate by. Must
work The old off on some lanGlubber or
somebody"
The package was lying on an old news
paper which he had read through and
through on his last trip out.
"The very thing!" said he. "I'll put
a notice in the papcr-'Sextant for sale,
cheap and if somebody don't bite at
it, miss my guess"
The next morning the only thing the
captain could see in the paper was this !:
Sextnnt for sale by ship captain; near
lyn ew and in perfect ier; will be sold
cheap. Address o., Al Globe Office.
And now my storv's beurn
Eta Bourne bad been at work in a
millinery store in Boston for nearly two
years. She and her older sister Annie
had learned the trade with the village
milliner down in Kennebunk.
But Annie, who had long been the
belle of the village, got married, and
Eta concluded to try her fortune in
Boston.
She was full of ambition.
So it fell that in her two years in the
millinery store she studied shorthand
and typewriting, with the intention of
fitting herself to be a confidential clerk.
On Sunday she saw this advertise
ment:
For Sale--Joness Premier Typewriter at
-
perfect order. Address o., AZ Globe office.
Eta Bourne, being a Maine Yankee,
knew n bargain when she saw it. She
wanted to own a typewriter, aud so she
wrote brief note addressed to CO., AZ
Globe Office" asking where the machine
could be seen, and dropped it into the
letter box as she went to work Monday
morning.
Now, l said at the beginning that the
advertising clerk was to blame. Per-
haps the mistake was partly that of Eta
Bourne. At any rate it will never be
known.
The clerk was sorting the replies and
putting them in their Appropriate boxes.
When he came to Eta Bourne's letter to
80. AZ" he read it 30. Al" and put it
in the pigeonhole as such.
That was very, very little mistake,
of course, but you who have noticed
how things go in this world of ours have
discovered that the most serious changes
in the course of our lives come about
from just such little happenings,
For it was that very day that Captain
Sprowl advertised his sextant for sale.
, And Captain Sprowl was 90 A."
Now the tall captain was very busy