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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
Light and Darkness.

A New York electrical journal some
time ago told OF an incident that oc-
Cured in the fitting up of a new office
building near the New York end of the
Brooklyn Bridge. The engineer of
the building wished to wire the offices
throughout for the electric light in
addition to the gas pipes on which the
conservative proprietor insisted. But
all his arguments were in vain, and the
apparently useless extravaganza of
electric wiring was obstinately vetoed.
Suddenly, however, a happy thought
struck the venerable owner. "Why, "
he said, eff the wires carry electricity,
can't you make them carry gas, too?"
A counterpart of this story is now told
of shipyard carpenter, native of
Troon, ON the coast of Ayrshire, Scot
land. When the contract for lighting
the first three steamers fitted with
electric light at the Troon shipyard
was completed this man formed one of
a social party gathered to treat the
electricians who had made the installa-
tion and otherwise celebrate the event.
In burst of candor and comrade-
ship, he was overheard saying to one
of the wiremen: "Man, Peter, efter
workin' wi you on they boats l be-
lieve I could put in the electric LIGHT
mysel, but there's only ae thing that
bates me-" cay, what is that?" said
his interested companion, willing to
help him if it lay in his power. Its
this, man; I dinna ken hoo you get
the lie alnng the wires st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
How to Place a Bed.

"The first thing do when / get to a
hotel is to see how my bed stands in
regard to the points of the compass, ="
said Frederick Wilbur, who is at the
Laclede. cit is usual in fixing up a
room to put the bed where most con-
venient, without regard to the direc-
ton in which the head points, and this
is really the principal reason why
travellers sleep soundly in one town
and lie awake grumbling all night in
the next. To obviats this / take my
bearings with little pocket compass,
and if my bed is not arranged with the
head facing either north or south, L
swing it around right away, and make
it face the north if possible, accepting
the south as compromise. Some
people think it all nonsense to talk
about current of magnetism passing
steadily from pole to pole, but any
telegraph operator or fixer will show
you that this is actually the case. II
you sleep with your head to the east OF
west you don't get the benefit OF this
electric current, while if you lie in the
proper position it passes through the
body during the night. and has
soothing, recuperative effect. Try the
experiment, and you will laugh at
those who take opiates with view to
wooing refreshing sleep. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

The Atlanta Constitution believes
that every man who respects his
stomach will applaud the words of
Doctor j. III. Salisbury on the subject
of vegetarianism People who eat no
meat" he says, have, as rule, less
nervous and muscular endurance than
meat-eaters Officers of the English
army in India, for example, assure me
that it is always necessary to start the
native troops off on a march one day
in advance of the British soldiers, that
all may arrive at "a given point at the
same time. 1t IS useless to deny that
the ruling peoples are meat-eating "
The rotund and well fed gentlemen
who pose at Delmonico's or the Cafe
Savarin as male caryatids, as it were,
to uphold the excellence of the chefs
art, are each and all of them animate
testimonials to the ad dvantages of beef
eating.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

Old United States army regulations
say that the soldiers cap should be
worn jauntily, with little slant over
the right eye. The origin of that GUS
tom may have been in the attempt to
shade the eye while aiming, but it is
no longer observed, and, indeed, most
officers would reprove n soldier who
tipped his cap or helmet conspicuously
on one side. The American soldier
offers marked contrast in that respect
to the English soldier or the Canadian
militiamen, for they wear little pork
pie" hats that are tipped SO far on one
side that they would fall off at the
slightest motion were it not for strap
beneath the chin.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
Why Lost People Walk i'm Circles.

1t is q matter of common knowledge
that when a man is walking blindfold
or is lost in fog or in some unknown
forest or desert instead of walking
straight he has always tendency to
work round in circle. The most
commonly accepted explanation of this
curious fact is the slight inequality in
the length of mans legs. The result
of one limb being longer than the
other will naturally be that a person
will unconsciously take longer step
with the longest limb, and conse-
quently will trend to the right or to
the left, according as the left or right
is the longer, unless the tendency to
deviation is corrected by the eye. The
explanation is supported by the fact
that in the enormous majority of cases
the human legs are proved to be of
unequal length. The careful measure
ments of series of skeletons showed
that no less than ninety per cent. had
the lower limbs unequal in length !;
thirtyfive per cent. had the right limb
longer than the left, while in fifty five
per cent. the left leg was the longer.
The left leg being, therefore, more
often the longest, it is to be expected
that the inclination should take place
more frequently to the right than to
the left, and this conclusion is quite
borne out by observations made on a
number of persons when walking
blindfolded. Science Siftings.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

A distinguished French scientist has
declared that the electric shock as ad-
ministered to criminals by the New
York law does not kill, but only in
duces Inconsistencies, and that the
victim is afterward finished off by the
dissecting knife. The statement, if
true, is chiefly of interest for scientific
purposes, thinks the Chicago Herald,
as it has no particular bearing on the
murderer's ultimate fate. Perhaps We
have in electricity the coming anes-
thetic. Certainly the Inconsistencies
which it induces as applied in New
York is very profound and permanent.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
Eccentricity Easily Pardoned.

One of the old residents of Mount
Vernon wac Theodore Marston, who
moved into the place before it was
town and settled on the south tier of
lots next to Readfeld, where he made
himself good farm. He was eccen-
trio, but man of the strictest honesty
and remarkably generous to the poor.
When he sold poor man bushel of
corn he never struck the measure, aud
if asked why, he would put his hand
on his heart and say: Something in
here will tell when it is full enough, ;"
and it was never ''full enough" till
we'll rounded. In 1916, which is known
as the cold season, he kept his granary
open for those who had no cash and
would say to those who had: "You can
get it somewhere else, keep it only
for those who can't pay. Lewiston
Mel Journal
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
LAPoRTE, PA, FRIDAY, JUNE 1e 1s93

The report Of the rife had walked
him, and he was soon in his mothers
arms
His story was to this effect: After
he got into the boat, he had commenced
to pull on the warp-rope, which, sud-
denly parting, he fell backward, strik.
ing his head against thwart.
He was stunned, and for some time
after he was so confused that he hardly
realized what had taken place, but lay
with dizzy brain, perfectly still.
When at last he realized his situa-
ton, he was too far off to make his
feeble voice heard. When the boat
struck the rocks, he got out on the
sand.
After vainly shouting, he thought he
would try to get nearer the ship. He
left the beach, wandered about for
awhile; then he became very drowsy
near the close, marshy thicket, and SO
lay down and fell asleep.
"Aye, aye, my boy" said the cap
tain, and you may thank your mother
for saving your life. Lily" he con-
tinued, turning to her, after they ar
rived aboard ship. "God bless you
You have proved yourself a noble
creature. The other day I thought and
expressed the thought, that one 80 frail
and usually so timid as you could never
be brought to show courage. Now ]
perceive and acknowledge my mistake,
for you have shown me that the sofest
| and most oontla woman NAV in cartain
situations, exhibit more firmness and
resolution than strong man. New
York Ledger
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

Mountains and mountain ranges in
the United States, and, indeed, the
world over, have usually been named
not by the mountaineers themselves,
but by the dwellers in the plains, who
saw the mountains as more or less
distant prospect. 1t sometimes hap
pens that a mountain or a mountain
range bears two names because of diff
ferent aspects present to dwellers upno
each side. The several Blue and Blue
Ridge Mountains were named mani
testify by those to whom the ranges
presented themselves against Il more or
less distant horizon. One of the
Green Mountains in Vermont is called
Bald Face by dwellers in the Adiron-
dack region about Paul Smiths, a name
justified by the aspect of the mountain
from that part of the wilderness. The
Adirondack Sugar Loaf could never
have been named by dweller upon its
own top. The Orange Mountains took
their name, however. not from their
sunsect aspect as seen from the low
lands, but are only another evidence OF
The affection with which Dutchmen
sling to the name orange, an affection
that has led them to fix that name on
;he map in whatever part CT the world
;hey may have tarried.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
The Rich Sixty Years Ago and Now.

Are the rich, as class, growing
richer, and are the not rich, rs a class,
growing poorer? We deny it. and We
affirm, and appeal to the assessment
lists everywhere in support of the affir-
nation, that there are more fore
handed men to-day, according to the
population, than there have been since
the Government was founded. There
are few, a very few, men who count
their wealth by millions, but it is
doubtful if, with the exception of per-
haps half hundred persons, the rich
men of to-day are any richer than ths
same percentage of the total were sixty
years ago. When it was said that John
Jacob Astor was worth million peo-
pie stood in awe, cvactly rs they do
now when the seventy millions of jay
Gould's estate are mentioned, --Phila-
delphia North American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
Three Tall Brothers.

"The life of Maine woodsman and
hunter is very healthy" said Charles
+. Hayden of Auburn, "and it is not
an unusual thing that men who follow
the life from boyhood develop into the
veritable giant Of old. While was at
Castle Hill, Aroostook, l made the &C.
quaintance of three brothers, who were
said to be the tallest men in the county.
Their names were Allie, Elihu and Eli
dad Frank. These three brothers, laid
along in line on the floor, would
measure twenty lone 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 a
little less. Old Mr.. Frank, their father,
was taller than any of them. Their
occupation is that of woodsmen, far
mers, hunters and horse swappers. -
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
Rivers hold in suspension over one
of their volume of solid mat

Rivers hold in suspension over one
hundredth of their volume of solid mat
ter.
So dense is the water in the deepest
part of the ocean that an ironclad, il
it were to sink, would never reach the
bottom.
A writer calculates that it takes
eight times the strength to go upstairs
that is required for the same distance
on the level.
Doctor Eugene L. Crutchfield, of
Baltimore. Md, has received the gold
medal of the Society of Science, Let.
ters and Art of London.
The phenomenon of phosphorescence
is not universally understood. Objects
possessing this property absorb light
during the day and emit it at night.
Doctor Sievers, of Giessen, has re-
ceived grant of $4,000 from the Ham
burg Geographical Society for ex-
plorations in the Llanos of the
Orinoco.
It has been estimated that bell of
common size, whose sound would
penetrate a distance of three to five
miles on shore, could, if submerged in
the sea, be heard over sixty miles
Luminous earth worms have recently
been seen near Richmond and other
parts of the Thames Valley in England.
But it is pointed out that these phos-
phorescent annelids are not uncom-
mon, having been described by Grimm
as early as the year 1910.
It is now claimed that there is such
thing as electric sunstroke. The
workers around electrical furnaces In
which in metal aluminium is produced
suffer from them. The intense light
causes painful congestions, which can
not wholly be prevented by wearing
deep colored glasses.
At recent meeting of the
Ornithological Society in Berlin
Doctor Reichenow gave an interesting
account of the discovery of the re-
| mains of some remarkable birds il
T, Argentina. From the remains it il
calculated that the birds must have
been twice as high as the ostrich.
A sudden loss of blood by the lancet
or from a wound, or rapid drain OF
the vascular system, as in cholera ol
diabetes, causes the intense sensation
| of thirst. The thirst of fever, on the
other hand, is not caused by the lacf
of fluids in the system, but by the dry
ness of the thro oat, mouth and skin
caused by the unnaturally high tenn
perature of the blood.
A dispatch received at the Lick Oh
servatory, in California, from Profes
sor Schaeberle in Chile, said that tn
Lick Observatory expedition to observ'
the total eclipse OF the sun was sue
cessful in every respect, and that tn
mechanical theory of the solar coroni
formed by the Professor had beel
verified. Fifty photographs wer
secured, three telescopes being used.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
The wild Turkeys Plumage.

Without bright or gaudy mark
upon it, the plumage of tho wild
turkey is the most strikingly beautiful
of any that adorns American birds. 1t
CLEANS with a rich golden bronze.
mingling with quivering shades of
richest blue and dancing ripples of
opalescent green, as the lights and
shadows play upon it as the great bird
sails through the air or struts masest-
ically along among its forest haunts.
A black band elittering with metallic
instre sips the end of each feather.
Moreover, there is regal force and
bearing abont the wild turkey to which
even the eagles much vaunting majesty
is inferior. York Penn Gazette,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
No Thanks Needed.

4 friend OF certain Iowa Congress-
man tells story on the statesman, who
is at times absent minded and makes
embarrassing remarksas a consequence.
During the last session the absent
minded member took occasion to plcs.
nounce eulo9y upon a deceased fell
low member from neishboring State.
A few days aftcr brother of the de-
ceased member met the culogist on a
street of the capital, and taking him by
the nand thanked him very earnestly
for the kind words he had spoken.
81 beg you not to mention it" re.
piled the Congressman. 81 was only
too glad of the opportunity to say what
! did. Sioux City iowa journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
NOTHING TO DO.

Nothing to DO but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes,
To keep one from going nudes
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as fash tbs gone.
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere TO stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere TO sleep but In bed,
Nothing to weep but tears,
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs,
All, we'll, alas alack!
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we've got;
Thus through life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but a gait :,
Everything moves that goes.
Nothing at all but common sense
Can ever withstand these woes. =
Chicago Mail.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

A new diplomatic departure has been
initiated by France in the sending of
NJ. Pierre de Maillard, an agricultural
engineer, to Berlin as g technical
agricultural attachc to the French EN-
bassy. The stationing of similar at
taches in nll countries is under con-
sideration.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
SHE AND !
Why do 1 love my love 80 well2
Why Is abe all in all to mep

Why do l love my love so well2
Why is abe all in all to mel
Itry to tell, cannot tell,
It still remains mystery;
And why to her am 80 dear
I cannot tell, although try.
Unless find both answers here;
She is horself, and 1 am /.
Her face is very dear to me,
Her eyes beam tenderly on mine,
But can I say never see
Face fairer, eyes that brighter sinner
This thing cannot surely say,
II speak truth and do not lie;
Yet hore am In love to-day,
For she's herself, and am I.
It cannot be that fulfill
Completely all her girlish dreams,
For far beyond me still
Her old ideal surely CLEANS!
And yet l know her love is mine,
A flowing spring that cannot dry.
What explanation? This, In fine,
She is herself, and am I.
Mid all the cords by which fond hearts
Are drawn together into one,
This is q cord which never parts,
But strengthens as the years roll on;
And though, as seasons hurry past,
Grace, beauty, wit and genius die,
Till the last hour this charm will last,
She is herself, and am /.
She is hersel', and ami.
Now, henceforth, evermore tho same,
Till the dark angel draweth nigh
And calleth her and me by name.
Yea, after death has done its worst,
Each risen soul will straightway fly
To meet the other. AS at first,
She II be herself. shall be 1.
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16


- ing to his mate, as
they stood on the quarter deck of his
ship, the Flying Arrow, which was
standing along past the coast of lower
Guinea, Africa, on her way to the Cape
of Good Hope.
"Aye," said the mate, glancing to-
ward the pretty wife, who rat not Ear
six years. ''But in spite of what you
say, have no doubt she has courage.
Her accompanying you on a sea voyage
proves that"
Courage! She has none at all. ]
have known her to be frightened by a
mouse! You yourself witnessed her
terror in the storm We had few days
ago."
II think I have heard You say she is
good shot with the rife"
Eyes; all habit. Her father was
great sportsman, and he taught her not
to be afraid of gun. But she would
tremble at the thought of shooting e
bird-that l know, She could never
be persuaded to fire at anything but a
wooden target.
"In case of an emergency, however,"
Nonsense, man |" laughed the cap
tain. "She would be as women always
are in time of peril-too furried-too
excited to do anything, how much So
ever she might have the wish to be
otherwise. But I like her none the
less for this feminine failing" added
Bertram, who, being a strong, power
full, decided man, seemed an excellent
match for his frail looking, gentle part
ner.
''But persons like her sometimes
show more real courage than larger
and more masculine women"
"All bosh People say that, but they
seldom really think 80. P"
On the day after this conversation, a
gale from the west drove the ship to-
ward the coast, compelling the captain
to anchor within hundred yards of
the land, in q small sheltered bay, to
save his craft from going ashore.
BY the next morning the gale had
subsided, but the breeze soon fell away
to dead calm, preventing the skipper
from sailing.
He had lowered his gig to enable
some of his men to repair certain dam
age which the cabin window had sus-
tanned during the tempest.
At night, the men not having yet
finished their work, the boat was left
astern, with the warp attached to pin
aboard. Little Thomas, tho captain s
six-year-old son, was in the cabin just
after the men left the boat
The night was very dark, and none
of tho occupants of the craft observed
the movements of the youngster, who,
when the cabin was deserted, opened
the window, seized the warp of the
boat, and, drawing the latter close to
the vessel, got into it
An hour later, Mrs. Pe.trnm, missing
her little boy, went on deck to look
for him.
But she could not find him.
The captain aud his men joined il
the search, but it was soon evident
that he was not aboard.
AT length it was discovered that the
boat which hal been left astern wa.
gone. The pin to which the warp had
been fastened was found broken, show
ing thst tho boat had got adrift.
II see, said the captain. 'Thomai
must have got into the boat, end be
gan pulling on the rope, in this wa,
parting the pin"
my boy! My boy." cried Mrs
Bertram. in anguish. where is lie
Where can he be?"
The captain tried to laugh away he,
fears.
"The boat has drifted ashore" sait
he. "The current sets that way
Don't worry, Lily; we will soon nav,
him back" :"
| He lowered a boat, and was sool
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
A Boston paper says "1he rattan
has no place in the equipment OF
competent teacher"

One of the rules in force mt the new
University of Chicago is that every
student must take at least one hours
physical exercise every day.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16

Two-thirds of the total number of
children under ten years of age in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland are insured in one form or an
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-16
A WOMAN'S TRIAL.
BY RUFUS HALE.

A PTAIN B E R T.
rams wife, Lily, was
a frail, delicate
young woman, with
blue eyes, brown
hair and a soft, low
voice.
'In fact, she looks
as if a breath of wind
would blow her over
board" said the
captain, one morn
ing to his mate. as