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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
Quick Shooting in Border Days.

"Have you any idea how fast man
could shoot pistol in the border daysa"
said J. w. Delany, a Montana ranch
man. "a man who couldn't pull a
trigger so fast that you couldn't distin-
guish betw cen the successive shots was
slow. When they emptied their guns it
sounded like one long report. And pull !
Why, I've seen men that could kill you
before you could shoot if you had a gun
leveled at them. Fact. Take the time
when Doc Hamilton, the notorious bad
man of Colorado, killed Sheriff Harrity
in Denver. Hamilton had been wanted
for several killings and was dead shy.
When he turned a corner he'd walk
away round near the edge of the pave
ment. Afraid somebody would get the
drop on him if he turned too sharp, you
know. One day be was in hurry,
however, and ran around corner and
looked square into winchester held by
Harrity.
."Well, Doc, got you, says Harrity.
"'You've got too strong hand, Har-
rity, and can't call you,' says Hamil-
ton, taking it cool and easy as you
please.
".Yes, full house, Doc; guess you had
better travel on in 'front.'
"Hamilton was standing with his um-
brella on his hip, Leaning on it. He
looked the sheriff square in the eye.
Mind you, the rifle wasn't four feet from
him, and leveled straight for his head.
Just as Doc started to move a runaway
horse came down the street. Involun-
tarily Harrity glanced in that direction.
Doc saw his eyes waver for an instant,
pulled his gun-you see he had his hand
on his hip-and shot Harrity stone dead
before he could pull the trigger of his
ifle."-Washington News.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

In the latter part of October good
roads ongress will be held under the
auspices of the Agricultural Department
of the Columbian Exposition Road ma
chinery, taxation, legislation, tolls, free
roads, repairs, and material for construc.
ton, will be discussed. The object is
to advance the cause of good roads in
America, and to develop more practi-
cal system OF improving our highways,
best methods of construction, and to en-
courage the public and private support
for the same. The congress will be held
in the permanent Memorial Art Palace
in the Lake Front Park. T. Butter
worth, of Chicago, is Chairman of the
committee.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
A Trick of the Eve.

By cutting three strips of white paper
Of the same length exactly, with one OF
them half as wide as the others, one OF
neatest tricks of optical illusion can be
produced. If those of the same width
are laid orosswise, the narrow strip
placed in the centre, 1t will invariably
seem as il the broad strips were con-
siderably shorter than the narrow one.
The illusion is enhanced by laying the
pieces of paper on black surface. By
placing the three strips in the form of an
invert ed en-" and using the narrow
strip for the diagonal line, the latter in
turn will appear much shorter than the
other two. To an unpracticed eye the
illusion will seem very remarkable in
deed when it is demonstrated that all
the strips are of the same length. st.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
LAPoRTE, PA, FRIDAY, NAY 12 1893.

the old life behind us. We've didn't
know how people might feeli"
tsBut it SEEMS" said the professor,
with smile, "that the old life has fol-
lowed you. Do you know, Milly, it
seems as if it was only yesterday that I
went away3 Do you remember"
She interrupted him, quickly:
"Oh, forgotl" said she. ~ have
not yet congratulated you."
.sUpon whatY My new booki It
isn't published yet," said he. with q
puzzled air.
"No-upon your approaching mas-
riage."
"My marriage9 To whoma"
"To that pretty little Mary Redwyn,
of course" said Miss Milly, trying to
smile. ''I've suspected it this long
time"
s.Mary Redwyna oh, the little type
writeri" said he. 'sI've just secured a
place for her at Dickendall's publishing
house. But as for marrying her-Why,
Milly, don't you know that there's only
one woman in the world for met Don't
you know that loved you before went
to Heidelberg, though l never had the
courage to tell you so2 Did you suppose
| could care for little doll like that,
when might hope to win your sweet
hearth"
Just then Miss RedwYn thrust in her
curly head.
"Good-by, Miss Millyl" said she. 81
tod you, didn't 1, that was engaged as
stenographer at Dickendall s. Co.'s2 Tm
going there now."
Good Martha Duluth was close be-
hind.
"Mllly," said she, ''you must not
overtire yourself. You have told her,
professor2"
eyes," said the professor, 81 have
told her."
Miss Milly looked up with smile.
81 think shall never be tired again."
said she. "Oh, l am so happyr-Sat.
u.day Night.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

Science makes slow progress in aerial
navigation, exclaims the Brooklyn Citi-
zen. The balloon of to-day is scarcely
an Improvement in any sense on the
Montgolfier affair of hundred years ago,
and the flying machines, though more
complicated, are no better guarded
against abrupt descent toward the center
of gravity than that of the SEQ lehman
who announced about century since
that ne was going to fly out of Edin-
burgh on pair of big wings, and broke
his leg at the first attempt.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
Three Tall Brothers.

"The life of a Maine woodsman and
hunter is very bealthy," said Charles E.
Hayden, of Auburn, sand it is not an
unusual thing thai men who follow the
life from boyhood develop into the verit-
able giants of old. While I was at
Castle Hill, Aroostook, 1 made the ac-
quaintance of three brothers, who were
said to be the tallest men in the county.
Their names were Allie, Elihu and
Elidad Frank. These three brothers,
laid along in line on the floor, would
measure twenty-one feet to an inch in
their, stocking feet, and without their
caps on. Two of them were more than
seven feet tall, and the other one was q
little less. Old Mr.. Frank, their father,
was taller than any of them. Their oc-
cupation is that of woodsmen, farmers,
hunters and horse swappers. Lewiston
tMe.) Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
wAITiNo.

As those who on some lonely mountain.
height
Watching through all the weary hours Of
night,
Await the pale rose of the morning light
await for thee.
As one who. waking on bed OF pain :.
And helpless in his agony, Is fain p
To wait the sweet return of sleep again, 7
wait for thee.
As he who, in some vast cathedral, dim
With shadows, silent waits, on bended limb
The music of the Eucharistic hymn.
wait for thee.
As deaf men crave for song, and blind for
sight,
As weary SONS of toll long for the night.
And as the fettered spirit longs for fight.
I long for thee.
Arthur 7. Froggatt, in The Spectator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
American Coal is Cheap Abroad.

Within the past few years American
coal has almost entirely replaced the
English fuel used on the Island of Mar
Unique, West Indies. The average con-
sumption there amounts to about 5000
tons a month, nearly all of which goes
from Philadelphia. The price delivered
is 500 per ton, against S5.3S for Eng
lish coal. Within the last year or two
quite large trade in soft coal for West
Indian points has beea built up at this
port, and it keeps on increasing at a
very satisfactory rate. .--Philadelphia Re
cord.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
THE QUIET HOUSE.

o, mothers, worn and weary
With cares which never cease
With never time for pleasure,
With days that have no peaca
With little hands to hinder
And feeble steps to guard,
With tasks that lie unfinished.
Deem not your lot too hard.
! know q house where childish things
Are hidden out of sight;
Where never sound Of little feet
Is heard from morn till night:
No tiny hands that fast undo,
That pull things all awry,
No baby hurts to pity
As the quiet days go by.
The house is all in order
And free from tiresome noise,
No moments OF confusion,
No scattered. broken toys;
And the children's little garments
Are never soiled or torn,
But are laid away forever
Just as they last were worn.
And she, the sad-eyed mother
What would she give to-day
To feel your cares and burdens,
To walk your weary way!
All! happiest on all this earth,
Could she again but see
The rooms all strewn with play things
And the children round her knee!
Alma Pendexter Hayden.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The length of the alimentary canal is
shout thirty-two feet.
A valuable discovery of leucite-bear-
ing rock has been made at Harden, New
South Wales.
The least distance determined for the
fixed stars from the earth runs into bill
lions of miles.
The molten metal in a Bessemer con-
verter is 5000 times fainter than the
light of the sun.
Sound, travelling in air, from sun to
earth. would require about fourteen
years to accomplish the journey.
Platinum can now be drawn into wire
strands so fine that twenty-seven twisted
together can be inserted into the hollow
of hair.
A new arc lamp has pair of carbons
which meet at point like the strokes
of the letter v. 1t is at this point that
the light is produced.
A mixture of two parts of pounded
ice and one of common salt will reduce
the temperature of body surrounded
by it from fifty degrees to 0 degrees.
Professor L. Fl. Bailey, in his report
to the Cornell University, formally es-
tablishes the commercial value of electro
culture for certain winter crops, and es-
pecially for lettuce.
An interesting invention is that of an
incandescant lamp in which the plug
carrying the leading-in wire is made up
of composition which unites with the
glass to make an air-tight joint.
Light, proceeding with 10000 times
the velocity of the earth in its orbit,
gives us some idea of distance, when we
learn that its flight from the sun to our
globe occupies rather more than eight
minutes.
An excellent method for waterproo6ng
the surface of wall is to cover it with
solution of soap. After twenty-four
hours coat OF lime solution is applied.
This process is repeated several times,
and is claimed to make the wall perfectly
water-tight.
Sea serpents, flying dragons, birds
with teeth, connecting links between
(DlTus, ueucS huu 1OpsikoSS duihioio oo
flarge and clumsy that second brain,
located near their tail, was necessary to
properly direct their movements, all
these have existed in past times, and
have left the traces of their bodies in the
rocks for our instruction in these latter
days.
The water spider, which spends most
of its tims under water, carries bubble
of air for breathing on the under side of
its body; and when this air is exhausted,
it comes to the surface for more. 1t is
enabled to carry the air bubble because
the under side of its body is covered
with tiny hairs set so close together that
the surface film of gthe water does not
pass them.
1t is not land vegetation merely that
is large in the Northwest, but the plant
life of the sea. Among the shoal of the
British Columbia coast the alg@ and
kelp, which on the Atlantic side of the
continent seldom grow to be more than
six feet long, are found thirty feet in
length, and at the ebb and flow of the
tide their long, leathery leaves are often
seen in parallels along the surface, like
exaggerated lily pads.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

Other lines will doubtless be projected
or started during the year, adds the At
lanta Constitution, and the outlook is
certainly full of promise. The figures
quoted show that railway construction is
fairly active in the South, and they in
dicate more prosperous state of af-
fairs than has been supposed to exist. If
it be true that money talks, the m,llions
invested in these big enterprises should
be regarded as positive testimony of the
most encouraging nature,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

The statement that woman could be
implicated in every case of bomb throw
ing which has taken place in Paris has
been proved. The New York World
facetiously asserts that women are EN-.
ployed almost exclusively in the dyra.
mite factories of France, and are equal
upon provocation to blowing men up.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

A Chicago paper recently gathered the
statistics for several years OF murders,
legal hangings and lynchings. In 1882
the murders were 1885; in 1889, 1867;
in 1890, 1890; in 1891, 5906, and in
1892, 6792. There were 1913 legal
hangings in 1891, or 1 legal hanging to
As murders, and 10Y legal hangings in
1892, or 1 to 63 murders.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
Dew and Colors.

Dew is great respecter of colors. To
prove this take pieces Of glass or boards
and paint them red, yellow, green and
black. Expose them at,night and you
will find that the yellow will be covered
with moisture. that the green will be
damp, but that the red and the black
will be left perfectly dry. chicago
Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

The New York Financial Indicator
says that railway construction will soon
be in full swing again, aud prints table
showing 164 new lines in thirty Ave
States and Territories, with over 1890
miles of proposed mileage, on which some
work has been done or is about to be
begun. At the close of last year, or at
the present time, we find the following
new lines and mileage credited to the
South
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
MISS MILLY'S ROMANCE.
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

ISS REDWYN il
behind again this
week." said Miss
Duluth.
"What ! againG'
said Miss Milly.
Miss Milly was
seated at her desk,
the big account
book open before
her, and a pen be-
tween her fingers.
Mill y Duluth
had been a beauty
in her day. She
was not ,lnnleas-
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

The Chicago Herald alleges that "our
language is phoneticallyso difficult to for
eigners that to lecture before an Eng
lish-speaking audience in the English
tongue gives them an acute pain in the
laws"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12
We spend $50, 100000 year on our
The Chinese propose trying to dislodge
the Russians from the Pamir, or that part
of it to which China lays claim.

Our navy will rank as the fifth in the
world when our new ships are at1oat, be-
ing surpassed only by England, France,
Russia and Italy.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-05-12

Uncle Sans salary list calls for the
annual payment of about 800, 900, 900.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

With moss green satin ribbon simu-
late the leaves by long loops. The lid
is fastened 70 the box at the back with
baby ribbon. With an awl make the
desired number Of holes, and after pass
ing the ribbon through tie in loops or
resettes.
Exquisite little baskets for souvenirs
can be crOcbeted Of raper and decora-
ted with flowers anS pretty ribbons.
Cut long strirs Of plain tissue and
paste the ends together, making as long
a strip as desired TO begin the work.
Crush and roll this lengthwise till it can
readily be picked up with the hook OF a
large ivory crochet needle. Be sure and
have a smooth one. Work smoothly as
YOU would with wool, start with chain
OF single crochet. Small hoops can be
made Of bonnet wire and wound with
the paper for handles The cut shows
q basket made of straw colOred tissue
trimmed with yloletS and ribbon.
To make these little flowers, cut a
piece oil violet tissue . inches long and
IL inches wide. Fold through the CEN
ter. Again fold this double piece
through the center and once again. Cut
according to the dotted lines, and when
open you will have two pieces Ike
Fig. 3.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

A beautiful example OF the work Is
seen In a glove box covered with moss
green Grape paper. Any pasteboard
box that is firm and Of the right size
will serve for q foundation. Cut strip
OF the Grape an inch wider than the
height OF the box; half an inch OF the
extra width is glued 20 the bottom, and
the other half is Tapped over at the top
and glued inside. Cut strips or card
board TO duplicate the sides, ends and
bottom; cover these on one side with
sheet wadding sprinkled with satchet
powder. Over the gum layer OF deli
pink Grape, being very careful to have
the corners and edges sharply defined.
Paste these duplicates into their re-
spective places, aud the box is done.
Nov for the cover OF lid. Tear from
the original the side strips, pad the top
with batting and cover with green Grape.
Line as you did the box.
Cut strips Of green Grape three inches
wide and two yards long. Braid IN
three strands or twist as cord, and
''overtop" this with embroidery silk to
the edge OF the cover, leaving a loop In
front TO raise the lid by.
Decorate the top with flowers and
ribbon. A bunch OF mountain laurel
produces a dainty effect for this moss
green box.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

be taken out Of It by parboiling before
IL can be made palatable in any way.
This is certainly true OF poor, coarse
Quality OF mutton, but IL Is not true OF
prime mutton. There is not one In ten
of the households that make use OF
mutton In their weekly bills Of fare that
do not serve IL boiled, with the inevita-
bic accompaniment OF caper sauce.
Now. this method OF serving mutton Is
very good, but IL becomes mOnOt0Dous
when 10 is the only method OF cooking
this meat.
A roast leg OF mutton Is as delightful
"a a roast OF beef, but there are several
reasons why it does not appear on oul
tables in perfection. One Of the most
important OF these is that our mutton Is
seldom hung for q sufficient length OF
time TO render IL tender and hue In ma
vor. Where there is cold storage ac-
commodations, or, better still, where
the weather is keen and cold, mutton is
improved in quality by hanging full six
weeks after il has been killed. Itshould
never be used iG less time than two
weeks. This statement sounds start
ling TO many people who are unac-
ouainted with the METHODS OF the best
butchers in our large cities, who under
stand the business most thoroughly.
Meat that is KEEP, in this way, at cold
temperature always, without the slight
est danger Of becoming tainted, &C
ouiress delicacy and tenderness that
cannot be obtained In any other way.
Mutton, like beef, should be served
rare. The saddle, the leg and the ribs,
which are generally cut into chops,
make excellent roasting pieces. A rib
roast OF mutton is generally known In
our markets as a rack and brings the
highest price of any cut because OF the
large amount OF waste that is entailed
upon the butcher when making this cut
from the shoulder or fore quarter. The
breast aud other meat remaining usual
ly sells for half the price pound that
the fore quarter does entire. The hind
leg makes u very good roasting piece,
though it Is not quite so tender as the
rib roast. A saddle OF mutton is simply
the two loins lying on each side OF the
backbone. This cut is not common In
our markets, as the hind quarters are
generally divided by butchers and the
two loins sold separately.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
ANCIENT ORDER UNITED workbench.

Reliance Lodge, No. IS, had good
meeting on Tuesday evening. In the
absence of Bro. Steenrod, who was
away on State business, the chair was
occupied by Foreman Chas. +. Brand
fass, in creditable manner. The first
degree was conferred on Frank Bach
mann and Lewis H. Bachmann. The
bylaws were adopted and ordered
printed. A good social time followed
the regular business. The next meet
inc will be on Monday evening, but
after the first Of April every Tuesday
evening.
There was large attendance OF mem
bers and visitors at Welcome Lodge on
Thursday evening, and an enthusiastic
feeling pervsded throughout. Bro.
Chas. Gilligan caused good deal OF
amusement by giving comic reading
in his original style. Rev. Bonnheim
entertained the brethren with an excel
lent speech, in which he said that he
believed this TO be one OF the
grandest orders In existence.
The Committee on Anniversary
Celebration reported progress. There
were eight limitations, for in each de-
gree. The first and second degrees will
be conferred on six candidates from
Wellsburg next Thursday evening. The
committee on officers chairs reported
progress, ond a committee appoint
ed to investigate in reeal- % lodge
banner.
Special Organizer Garrison is having
great success with the charter list Of
Excelsior, No. 10. He has secured sew
euty-seven signers already, and expects
10 have over one hundred by the first
of April, at which time the lodge will
be Instituted. All who wish TO avail
themselves Of the charter rates are re-
ouested 10 give their names In as soon
as possible, as the list will be closed on
April 1st.
Past Grand Master Workman Ford,
of Pittsburg, is expected TO be here on
the occasion Of the Welcome Lodge an
niversary.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
NOT CONSUMPTION.
The, Symptoms in Miss WheeIer's Case
Had Been Misunderstood and She
Had Been Long Impr0p-
erly Treated.
After Twenty-Five Years of Suffering from
Catarrhal Drain, Headache, Dizziness,
Palpitation. Cough. Chest Palms, Dys-
pepsia, 10 Entirely Restored by Drs.
Copeland, Bell and Davis.

Miss Ella Wheeler. No. 1873 Seventeenth street
philadelphia" dressmakes. furnished the
following remarkable statement for publication
in iaio1emen.of Drs. Copeland, Bell & DGVis's
method Of treatment:
my trouble began twenty-five years ago. &"
says Miss Wheeler, with cough. cold, sHsezing
and feverish spells. have taken thorough
treatment from fifteen OF our city physicians
and have swallowed barrel Of cod liver oil in
the rounds OF them all without benefit.
Some OF the doctors told me my trouble was
hereditary and would never get well OF It,
while others told me might grow out OF H. but
everything took did me no good. One doctor
told ms had consumption and would never
get we'll
FINALLY read in one OF the papers OF lady
who hSd precisely the same symptoms as had,
and felt II she could get cured could also. 30
| made up my mind 10 80 and consult Drs.
COPELAND, Bel aud Davis and the hrst visit I
made 10 their Office I was 80 near dead aud 30
very wess had % stop az different places on
my way to rest. a. once placed myself under
their care. Al that time my nose would stop Up