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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

This is what a blunt young lady
with red cheeks and lively step told
her companion: ''If any swallow
faced, billious-looking, skinny woman
will drink pint Of sweet milk, with
ore fourth the quantity of lime
water every day, and sleep eight
hours at night, she will be bright
looking, if not pretty in ninety
days"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
Hardware,

Is NEEDED every day of the year.
About the first thing which comes to
the mind, in speaking of hardware
is nails. What is the price? $l.35
per keg; wire nails $l.75 per keg /;
Ready mixed paint 81. 25 per gallon;
Double bit axe 81 90; Y cut saws So 90
grind stones as low rs Is cents, each
mounted on good frame S2.75; best
railroad wheel barrows, garden wheel
barrows, $40 and S2.75. Many items
in a hardware store you seldom see
unless called for. They are not suit
able for show windows-are too large
for shelving. You may not know
we keep them. We have sold iron
and wood pumps for
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

This is n quiet campaign, but
they say considerable wide awake
work is gong on among the Demo-
Gratis Of the Western and Southern
parts of our county. If all reports
are correct we fear that q number
of our Cherry people will catch a
surprise on the evening of Nov. 7th.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

A. b. Fox has started operations
at the Mercur Coal Mines, and will
continue to April 1st, 1894. He
furnishes coal to families at Hills
grove, Forksville, Eagles Mere,
Highland Lake, Picture Rocks,
Tivoli and number of other towns.
-Hughesville Mil.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

Our school board should pass a
resolution to the effect that scholars
afflicted with any contagious disease
shall be dismissed from school until
thoroughly cured. A resolution
like this might save lots of trouble
i'll the future.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
30 Years.,

IRON PIPE for water and steam;
iron pipe fittings for water or steam;
bath room furniture and fittings;
boat or crib spikes, kxs, l0c, l2c, 4,
xlO, 12c and lac; steel road scrapers;
wagon swingle trees, so cents; wag-
on neck yokes, rs cents; double and
swingle tree irons, 25 cents per set;
wagon and buggy spokes; wagon
and buggy bent rims; buggy bent
shafts; building paper, $l.00 per
roll of 500 so. it,; galvanized cellar
window screens; steel post hole dig
gers; cast steel crow bars; steel
harrow teeth; ready made and paint.
ed valley tin; large iron kettles;
barbed wire; ribbon wire;
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

We request our read. d.ers to peruse
the elect on proclamation
published elsewhere in our columns
and be thoroughly conversant of
how to cast their ballot and ready
to give Instructions to the readers
of our contemporaries, on election
day. The REPUBLICAN, and the
REPUBLICAN readers takes the lead.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

And now the venerable Mugwump,
Carl Schurz, has reached the con-
cllsion that Cleveland is a disap.
pointment. A fear has taken pos,
session of Republicans that
Carl is about to return to their
party.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

f. W. Gallo CHER gave party in
honor of his sister, Miss Catherine
Gallager, on Tuesday evening. A
large number of people were pres
ent and enjoyed a good time.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
Under the New Law.

Instead of having a duplicate
number OF ballots for each election
district as required by the old law,
the new law directs that the com
missioners shall, in addition to the
number of tickets required to be
printed for general distribution
having printed five hundred official
aud one hundred sample ballots fer
every live thousand voters within
the county, which tickets shall hc
kept at the oiliee OF the county
commissioners for tho une Of amy
district OF districts, the tickets lor
which may be lost OF destroyed
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

10 TuE PUBLIC Whereas my Nlfe
Rosetta Morgan, has left mg hf.l aud h0aid
nf ifusi hef "a my acfoHul e. | Wiii pay
u0 bills # Aef contracting
s, | AoAaAk,
foK tsp op "a, lsga,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

The farmers have been favored
with fine weather for gathering fall
crops.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

m%ic nu@rvMnsw pMm NN w" """"'
is incapable Mpdm Judge Inspector or
~v''y ID" WI" M a H
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

The young people of town enjoy
ed party at the residence of +. NJ.
Crossley, on Friday evening last.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

Surveyors " g. Mason Of La
porte, u, \, Bird OF Estella aud
Henry swank Of Muuey Valley, are
all given employment hY tho Tan.
ning Trust, Mr. Mason IL at Green.
wood, Mf. blfd At Proctor aud M
swank i doing tho work At tho
Nuney Valley tannery.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

We will take orders for goods at
our EaglesMere Branch Store which
IL IN direct communication by tele'
phone, with our main store ut
llughesyille.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
ELECTION PROCLAMATION.

sy yeuya a
electors Sullivan
% %S$ $s% c%y T% y % the %s
a%bnng&
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cross in he hcandida
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27
f urn i t u r e
DEPARTMENT Is Nor DEAD.

Husk. cotton and fiber mattresses;
bed springs; feather pillows ehilds
cribs; lounges, couehes, easy chairs
40 different styles; tables, stands,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-10-27

y h-rin fruit eans-best char
coal Tin, $500 per gross hand made
mesoa's glass jars |. aud = qts,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

the road or disturbance in the com.
merclal world.
From o'clock at night to O'Clock
in the morning is the busiest time in
the yard. Then they are making up
the trains for the next day. All
night long the engines puff and sput-
ter and throw myriads of sparks from
their stacks, dropping a car here and
one there, like the mail clerk distrib-
uting letters, until the engines stand
alone exhausting steam as If tired
nut with work.
A Perilous Life.
At night, too, the swltchmen must
be more careful. They must be ever
on the watch lest misstep throw
them in the way of a moving car, re-
sulting in the loss Of limb or, what
is still more serious, life. OF the
2S, 900 employees killed and injured on
the railroads the past year, fully one
third met with the accident while
coupling or uncoupling cars. : Statis-
tics show that one man in every
thirty who follows railroading meets
with an accident, and the chances are
about equal when one does occur that
the unfortunate is switchman.
In law recently passed by the
Legislature compelling railroads to
equip their rolling stock with auto
matte brake; and couplers, the
swltchmen have some hope of light
ening their labors and removing the
possibility of accident. This will
also tend to reduce the rates of insur-
ance, $500 policy being the most any
company will take, and for which they
charge the eXtortionate premium of
$37.
An engineer, flremer, foreman, and
two helpers constitute switch crew,
unless there is grade, In which case
two extra helpers are carried. When
hired by the month they receive
salary of from $45 to $50, ten hours
constituting a day, though they not
infrequently work extra time when
trains are late or the yards blocked.
No regular hour is set for dinner and
they are compelled to eat at odd mo.
ments wherever they happen to be.
These irregular hours and extra
pay for overtime are the cause of the
switchmen advocating scale fixing
the pay by the hour at the rate of
twenty-five cents for day men and
twenty-seven cents for night workers.
Those who remain any length OF
time at this employment do SO be-
cause they can hope for promotion
when occasion offers, or because they
can find nothing better. This leads
to a constant change of employees,
which explains why the foreign ele.
ment predominates, and why there Is
often more or less friction in their
clans
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
The Artfulness of the Ant.

Like many other insects, the ant Is
very fond of sugar, to obtain which
it employs skill that is almost in
credible. An observer thought he had
protected his sugar basin from the
attentions of number of ants by
placing it in the center Of a vessel
full of water. To his amazement,
however, he found that they got at
the sugar by Ginning UP the wall of
The room to the part of the ceiling
that was just over the ceiling. From
this point they allowed themselves to
fall down among the sugar. Several
that were carried by the draught
past the bowl fell into the surround.
ing water, and would all have been
drowned but for the efforts of theiI
mates, who succeeded in rescuing
some Of them. The truth of this
singular occurrence is youched for by
the witnesses of it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
Giant Palms of Cayenne.

The most interesting thing in ca
yenne is the Place des Palmistes, or
grove of palm trees-a square wherein
perhaps five hundred cabbage palms,
averaging ninety feet in height, are
planted in lines about twenty feet
apart, and the same distance from each
other in three rows. They are like
half dozen of the world-renowned
palm avenues of Rio Janerio's botani
cal gardens massed together stately
Titanic halls or Egyptian temples, with
enormous round gray pillars, smooth
as marble and straight as arrows, up
holding massive arches of glossy dark
green verdure. One never tires of
walking in these giant aisles, of gazing
upward at the verdant roof which
tsembles and whispers with every pass
ing breeze, but wonder and admira-
tion grow with each succeeding visit
New York News,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
Artificial Diamonds.

AT last one of the eminent chemists
belonging to the French Academy of
Sciences has been successful in artifi.
cially producing genuine diamonds.
The lucky discoverer is M. Henri Mois-
san. Several of his associates have
been experimenting in this direction
for years, and black crystals of pure
carbon were produced some months
ago, but M. Moissan's achievement is
production of perfect crystals equal
in purity to the diamonds found in the
mines of Africa. To be sure, the crys-
tails are very small, and it may be that
the production of diamonds large
enough to be of serious Importance to
the world of commerce in jewelry is
still very far off, but the fact that SO
much has been done will undoubtedly
set dozens of chemists to experiment
ing in other parts of the world, and it
may be that in time artificial diamonds
will be produced galore.
The ancient philosophers tried the
philosophers stone, the test of which
was to be that it should turn to gold
that which it touched of certain baser
metals. But diamonds are much high
er in value than gold, and there is
sense in which this is n greater triumph
than the discovery of the philosophers
stone would have been. But, after
all, the value of alleged valuable
things are mostly only relative. When
diamonds get to be SO plentiful that
everybody can have them in his shirt
front very few people will want them.
This would have been equally true of
gold if the philosopher stone had ever
transmitted copper of lead into that
precious metal. New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
NOT LOOKING FOR A LAp1u.

Not many years ago, before the
"boom" struck Southern California,
Mr.. L., an old New Yorker, had a
large ranch near Los Angeles. He was
fond of good company and a good din
ner and frequently entertained house
parties at the comfortable, old-fash-
ioned Mexican Hacienda. Among
others who made a stay with one of the
New York parties was Miss M. AL
though u woman of uncertain age'
she retained much charm of manner,
and her quick wit was respected by
every one who had come in contact
with it. Mr.. L. was jolly bachelor
of perhaps forty summers, who had
seen much of the world, and had a
magnetic personality. He was a man
of enormous proportions some of
them, no doubt, encouraged to their
growth through his fondness of good
things to eat.
The party was at dinner at the ranch
one day. The host, the bachelor, sat
at one end of the table and Miss NJ
was on his left He had been chatting
with her for some time when she asked
for spoon. Mr.. L. arose at this and
bowling in his most suave and polite
way, said:
"My dear Miss, won't you take
me?"
"Mr. L." retorted the lady, 81
did not ask for ladle. New York
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
WHERE SHE DREW THE LINE.

She had just burned her arm on the
oven door and her desultory remarks
were yet echoing through the humble
yet comfortable cottage, when the man
with grizzled whiskers and an air of
self-repression knocked at the door,
When she appeared at the threshold
he fell upon her neck.
''After all these years, after all these
years." he sobbed.
The lines in her forehead deepened,
but she was silent.
''Can you"
Seizing her yielding hand he
directed a burning glance into her eyes.
forgive me for leaving you,
Mary?"
A sigh agitated her bosom.
EYES," she answered, 81 had for
given you for that"
"Mary."
The joy that shone from his face was
q corker.
"But-"
She contemplated him in a weary
way.
"-I don't see why you couldn't let
it go at that. / don't believe / can be
resigned to- your coming back"
Heperceived the necessity of great
sacrifice on his part, and went forth
into the woodshed and piled the ax.
Detroit Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

steps. A y norid, well-built man
is descenG, and in q trice you
have askd Iaou can go up Turn
ing his gothturcd face to you, and
taking a |c from his mouth, he
says, Whit dot?" The request
is repeatettd light shines in his
eyes as heVwers: "Kumcn-see-de.
haus-in. yah, YAH" and then
struts off a,g the moving cars, just
as man al rs at the door above and
invites yoa Itoccurs to you then
that "Hansls extended the invita-
Of his coun onlySyod did not know
1t.
Once Id e little house a good
view OF theds can be had from all
sides, and commence to realize
the dangeltich these switchmcn
bravo IN fperfOTmance OF their
duty. In out, over and under
the moyinN rs, waving their arms
and shoutit o the engineers, an.
parently WI as little thought OF
! their perilp position as q man on
an OK cart, tppy lot, who seem too
bnsy to lei cares Of life worry
them for 4 ment. The switch.
mans works t all manual labor,
though 1t hIgh Qnd dirty. He
must be cool quick OF action at
critical moli;; he must have a
perfect con4)n of force and dis
tance, and nonvcrsant with the
time-cards of the roads, for those
in charge Of H.ansfer trains often
visit two ON &c yards during the
day and mlf We right Of way to
regular trainS
Some of tAtloqs puilt within
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

One day the swell artist was pass
Ing the house of the younger one, says
the Boston Globe. and the latter called
to him: "Mr. Chrome, l have just
finished two pictures, entirely differ
ent in subject, and would like to have
your opinion of them" The great
man said he would be only too happy
to look at them, so, ushering him
into the house and opening the par
lor, the owner pointed to two pictures
hanging ON the wall, and said: "There
they are. One picture is of my father,
copied from an oldfashioned ambro-
type; the other is painting of Lily
Pond" The artist, after adjusting
his eyeglasses and looking carefully
at the paintings moment, turned
and asked: (which one did you say
was your father, Mr.. Madder?"
THE biggest dollars we see arc those
lust out of our reach
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
August
Flower

Eight doctors treated me for Heart
Disease and one for Rheumatism,
but did me no good. 1 could not
speak aloud. Everything that took
into the Stomrch distressed me. I
could not sleep. 1 had taken all
kinds Of medicines. Through
neighbor 1 got one of your books.
procured bottle of Green's Aug
ust Flower and took it. I am to-day
stout, hearty and strong and enjoy
the best of health. August Flower
saved my life and gave me my health.
Mrs. Sarah J Cox, Defiance, o. Q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
the past two or three years are pro-

the past two or three years are pro-
vided with automatic switch boards,
fashioned not unlike the old-time
Gillian telephone board, and oper-
ated on the same principle. This is
placed in the second story of the
switch-house, where a view can be
had of all approaches
A Labor-saving Device.
Sitting before long table contain.
ing row of numbered levers one man
controls the switches that let ali
trains in and out of the yards at the
station. This is regarded as labor
saving device by the railroad com
panies, and, though it costs more te
operate, it dispenses with the ser
vices of six or seven switch tenders
placing the responsibility in the
hands of two men and reducing the
possibility of accident. At the Older
stations the old-time manner of man.
aging the yards is still in vogue, and
absolute dependence is placed upon
the switchmen, who must throw the
switches, make the couplings, and be
responsible for the safety of all cars
arriving or leaving the yards.
One of the most important duties
is that Of examining the condition
of cars while making up trains, and
reporting any defect A weak or i'm.
perfect coupling is sure to make
trouble, and single accident may
mean serious loss to many patrons OF
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
THE LAST RESORT.

eyes, " said the Marchioness of Be-
gadzir, as she furtively dried tear,
''my son, Lord Da Massey, has run
through his entire fortune; in fact,
there is left to him only one loophole
of escape from absolute ruin, and of
that he must at once avail himself"
"What is ?" asked Lord Zavus, to
whom she was detailing her woes.
''That is to cross the Atlantic and
marry an American heiress."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
III, superior to Gunpowder

The German military authorities are
experimenting with a new explosive
which its inventors claim is destined 10
supersede gunpowder. The explosive
brown fatty substance. A spark or
shock does not set it off. Heat to a
considerable degree does not affect 1t.
scarcely any smoke and but little sound
accompanies the explosion. When in
guns the explosion is obtained through
contact with another chemical COM
pound. 1t is Intended mainly for the
artillery branch of the service.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
of reasonable probability shall be re-
counted here. Chicago Record.


Patient-"What do You mean, Doc
tor, by this bill for one hundred and
twenty dollars, when you came to
see me only four times?"
Doctor Well, don't see how you
can complain, for l haven't charged
you anything for those four visits.
Patient-"Then what is this bill
for?"
Doctor-''Why, you said that you
got along better when l staid away
than when l came, SO I have charged
you for the times I've staid away.
Harper's Bazaar
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

'Who is your doctor, George?" .
CDR. Smoothman.
"How did you come to have that
Drained creature?'
"Oh, my wife once asked him if he
could tell why she always had cold
feet, and he told her that they were SO
small that they couldn't hold blood
enough to keep them warm. She
wouldn't have any other doctor now"
Buffalo News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

Thousands Killed Yearly.
Eight hundred thousand men find
employment On the various railroad
lines which rayerse the United
States, and of these fully one-fourtb
are stationed N the Yards as switch.
men. or all ne men who have any.
thing to dc Nth railroading there
are none of hom the public know
so little as sSitchmen Did you ever
notice the 1nt-armed, one-legged man
waving his ed flag at the crossing?
He Is knc Ia as f1agman, but he
was swift man once, and there are
many hundreds of others just like
him.
Did you oyer see one-armed man
struggling With the patent lock of a
switch, his empty sleeve fiuttering In
the wind? He's only tending switches
now, but he'cne belonged to switch
crew, rodo 3. IN engine, and helped
to make 4 lie long trains which
carried pad a 5ers and freight out of
Chicago, st the Inter Ocean. 1t is
a dangerolf aling-this occupation
of switchraa With meager chance OF
promotiont tut little recognition by
the publlcl b, it is necessary and
important bi They are as much
paIt Of tiie Dad as the conductor,
who talIeskC arge Of the train when
1t is made .. or the engineer who
pulls it, II without them trains
would stop roads would become
blocked, an, railic finally cease alto
gether. MOI than one thousand men
are employe in this capacity in the
yards about licago.
q tIfarious Duties.
No one fully understand the
multitarioa duties which fall to the
lot of switimen without paying a
visit to som one Of the many yards.
About the (rst man you meet will be
great bra Ey, ruddy-faced son OF
Ireland, wi, In rich brogue, will
order you ol Of the way of moving
locomotivespr you are almost GER.
tain to sta on the wrong track),
and then lscastically inform you
that this isa'Toosda" or a "Winsda,"
and that th, "Enginer" has a bit O.
| ,,i,d e.. - hot n,rt;c,,lor n;aco ~
nlnL W %G pai ~ .',ai piu.o VI
.taoh, Lay S"iiIo .onoIa ono possiplnioy ,s. y,
Snee '1l'u sotonu tp ia.oi youi
nIn,o .Iro. .nan ,,, ~ W ,ui Ono p,ipI VI uhe
.n anhin', a.h - mn, my saoie i sGyae
Wases stI ~, 9oiu'I ''. ,,a anu i,iquiies e,,
nom w. io ,,tt - p,n baaa W. Go"h.
oi 20, - -, "iuli pioau GIN 0tta.
- 49, icy, ,ui, oaeo nis
B IaIe s''ClI . ,olnlisC i hes PACK.
| onoino l,a slrna ,,,ur +orn,ontor o,t
of reach 1f our voice, and you turn
Just in tiuie see another man max,
ing frantic notions and yelling at
the top on voice, "Gaet uff dose
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
TOO WEAK TO WANDER.

Cholly Dudekin-''My head feels
vewy light; I'm afwaid my minds
wandering"
AL McWaidister--''Well, don't worry
about that, dear boy; it's not strong
enough to wander very far, don't cher
know ?"--New York Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

Tramp-Bog your pardon, sir, but
Affable Party-Oh, that's all right,
certainly; don't give 1t another thought.
When you stopped mo didn't know
but you wanted quarter or something
of that sort, and you only wanted to
beg my pardon? Granted, freely! God
bless you, my man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26

Gas I was saying" said old Mr..
Skinphlint, of the Story-Tellers' Club,
"as 1 was saying, he then borrowed
$40 of me-"
Gentlemen, interrupted the Presi-
dent of the club, rising to his feet, 81
must rule the gentleman out of order.
One of the first bylaws of this club is
that only stories which bear evidences
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
THE MERRY SIDE 0FfLIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

She Was a Observation-Disclosures
the Door = Human Nature - His
Theory, ETC., Etc.
He courted her for twenty years
And they had had but few dissensions;
But many hopes and many fears
She had concerning his intentions.
At length he popped of color red
Her cheeks there was an instant flood in
And she replied, with dropping head
And downcast eyes ''This us so sudden "
--NewsYork Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
HE WANTED TO BE FORGOTTEN.

Dudely Canesucker-"Your noble
uncle will probably remember you.
when making his will. -
"Confound it That's what I'm
afraid of. If he remembers me it's all
up. with me, replied Teddy Wander
chump. Texas Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-06-26
NOT THE ONLY ONE.

He-'Dearest, for six months now,
three times week, have called upon
you. Is not the great love 1 have be-
ginning at last to dawn upon you?"
She-''Yes; and that is not the only
thing that is beginning to dawn,
either. Truth.