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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
How Corean Troops Are Drilled.

On the recent arrival at Chemulpi.
Corea, of the United States steamer
Marion, Commander Gridley, accom-
panied by three of his officers, paid an
official visit to Seoul, where they were
the guests of United States Minister Au-
gustine Heard, at whose request His
Majesty, King Ii Fin, granted private
audience to the officers and assured the
commander of his friendship for the
United States. The officers were also in
yited to witness the drill of battalion
Of Corean soldiers, whose military bear
ing was specially noticeable, as were also
the precision and excellence of their
drill.
Two companies of 130 men each took
part in the evolutions, which were per-
formed according to Upton's tactics.
The manual of arms, wheelings and
marching in quick and in double time
were admirably performed. The file
closers all carried long handled clubs, or
paddles, instead of rifles, like the rest.
The officers curiosity regarding the use
of these paddles was soon satisfied. A
poor devil in the rear rank, who brought
his piece to s'shoulder arms" instead of
.order arms" was instantly pounced
upon by two burly file closers, knocked
down and given beating that must
have made his bones ache for month.
He made no more mistakes that day.
This interesting diversion was repeated
several times. York Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Wolves in Russia

Wolves are specially active this winter.
Even in France accidents have been re-
ported, and Government has thought it
necessary to urge the Louvetiers to exert
themselves. Dreadful stories have
reached us from the plains of Eastern
Europe, where the inhabitants are used
to reckon wolves as an abiding peril of
the winter season, and take no great ac-
count of the victims whose lives are lost
in the accustomed manner. But it is
many years since town-even as
'towns" go in Russia-was actually be-
sieged by these animals. Such, we are
told, Is the fate of Tikhvin, in the Pro-
vince of Novgorod. They quarter its
neighborhood in large packs, and make
forays into the streets, seizing any living
thing they can catch. The women
stay indoors, and the men only go out
armed to the teeth. This tale is not to
be dismissed as a mere fable. It may
probably be exaggerated by legendary
incidents handed down from the time
when there was no safety outside the
towns. The Governor is said to have
despatched battalion of infantry, sot-
mia of Cossacks, and three hundred Chas.
seurs to make war upon the enemy. Such
a force may protect Tikhvin, but it is
not be hoped that the wolves will suffer
much. They will be driven off to prey
upon the country districts. Those who
know nothing of the matter are apt to
regard it as another evidence of barbar-
ism that these creatures should be al
lowed to flourish. Why does not the
Government or the people exterminate
them2 The answer is that it cannot be
done, even in France, though they might
be reduced to trifling number there If
the Louvetiers were in earnest. But
wolves are migratory. Many of those
which arc beleaguering Tikhvin may
have Travelled from Siberian wastes
London Standard.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
LApoRTE, PA, FRIDAY, APRIL Z 1893

pard for life, and have a regular warranty
deed made out by Parson Wilsonf never
was in love till met you. / don't know
how this affair will pan out but don't
think I'll be able to winter through without
you. know my love amt worth as much
to you as yours is TO me. and II you say you
viii be my wife, I'll try and make the bar.
gain even by throwing in the whole Good
ness Gracious mine and the "Smali Pota-
toes" which is an adjoining claim. Answer
me quick. IL I don't get an answer, Pm
afraid pll hurt some Of the boys, because
don't know what Pm doing half the time.
Please marry me--will your And oblige.
yours respectfully,
Just as Doris finished reading she
heard step, heavy step, at the door.
She grabbed the pen and wrote in large
letters at the bottom of the sheet:
My answer is es.-DoRIs.
Some one was ndiug over her.
Some one had seen her write. Some
one saw that plain, big eyes," and she
was gathered tight in pair of strong
arms, and felt a fervent kiss upon her
lips.
Another step at the door. It was
"Galena" Mike, a miner.
"Chilhuahua, he said, "there's an
eight-foot vein OF that stuff, and it will
run at least $1,000 to the ton.
.'Chilhuahua" did not answer Mike,
but Doris heard him say:
81 wouldn't give one minute like this
for 5000, 900 tons of it."-New York
World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
The Vegetable Fly.

One of the most curious productions
Of the West Indies is the famed vegeta.
BILE fly, an insect about the size of a
drone bee, but without wings. In the
month of May it buries itself in the earth
and begins to vegetate. By the begin
ming Of June sprout has issued from
the creatures back aud made its appear
ance upon the surface of the ground.
By the end of July the tiny tree
(known on the island as the fly tree) has
attained its full size, being then about
three inches high, but perfect tree in
every particular, much resembling a
delicate branch. Pods appear on its
branches as soon as it arrives at its full
growth; these ripen and drop off in
August. Instead of containing seeds, as
one would naturally suppose, these pods
have from three TO six small hari worms
upon the interior. Collaboration.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

A st. Louis man says that cit is u
question just how far silk hat and
supreme nerve will carry man, but our
people appear to yield readily to such in
fiuences. The best instance of this is
Colonel Hale, of nowhere in particular,
but who has habit of blowing in with
the spring breezes and promoting things
generally, much to his own interest.
Colonel Hale blew into rapidly grow
ing Western town recently and quickly
grasped the fact that there was no cable
road. With everything gone but silk
hat and S125, he spent S100 for admis-
sion into swell local club and proceeded
TO exist on the remaining S25. He
gathered about him the leading moneyed
men and laid bare the scheme of mill
ions in cable road. He agreed to OBJ
tain the franchise and put it all through
for $50, 200, part of which was to be
paid down as guarantee of good faith !.
Do you believe that that fellow busted
ND his silk hat and attacked the alder
men next. By dint of promising and
pompous appearance of wealth he Sc.
cured an ordinance, was voted stock,
drew what was coming to him aud blew
out again, leaving every oae to wonder. I"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Grover Cleveland evidently thinks that

Grover Cleveland evidently thinks that
typewriter letters are not good form.
This, at least, the New Orleans Picayune
thinks, is the fair inference to be drawn,
from the following incident: A politi-
clan of National prominence the other
day, wishing to urge the claims of a GER
tain person for a cabinet position, die
tated letter for Mr.. Cleveland to his
typewriter, signed it and sent it away.
Shortly afterwsrd he received reply,
written in somewhat Grabbed, but dis
tinct hand, which on examination
proved to be an autograph of Mr.. Cleve-
land. The gentleman has put the letter
carefully away, and says that he will
never again be guilty of sending Mr..
Cleveland typewriter letter. The
typewriter is very convenient, all the
same, and good deal more legible than
most autographs.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Mexicans have been using decoction
Of black spiders as q cure for typhus
fever.
The average weight of the circulating
blood in the body is about twenty y-eight
pounds.
Tanning is done In this country in
about one-quarter of the time allowed in
Europe.
The leading metallurgists in this
country and in Europe have for some
time been endeavoring to enlist electric.
itv into their service.
It has been shown by Nathan that the
addition of small proportion of nitro
genous material to the smust" of fruit
results in the formation of more alcohol
than usual.
The duration of the electric spark
does not exceed the twenty-five thou
sandth part of second, and bullet in
flight has been photographed by means
of this spark, marvellous development of
modern science.
A moist, warm atmosphere, where the
changes of temperature are slight, is the
most favorable for persons suffering from
rheumatism. The worst place is one in
which the air is the dryest and the cli-
mate the most changeable.
The programme of the sanitary exhibit
to be held in connection with the Chi
cago Exhibition defines its purpose to be
to show az adequately as possible the
position-in in which the theory and prac.
tice of hygiene stand at the present day.
Copper and brass can be melted in an
iron pot because their fusing point is be-
low that of iron, but most metals are
melted in earthen pots-crucible is the
technical name. These are earthen ware
jars OF various sizes and shapes which
stand tremendous degrees of heat.
Ono of the latest ideas for illuminat.
ing towns is to suspend in the air large
balloon shaped like torpedo and made
of thin aluminium, filed with a suitable
quantity of gas and having rotating fan
to keep it steady. The light can be de-
rived either from number of arc lamps
attached to the ends or sides, or from
incandescent lamps with which the out
side of the balloon can be covered. The
height of the balloon above the ground
would be regulated by the length of
cable employed.
Professor Joseph Leidy placed the fact
beyond doubt several years ago, that
alge existed in the tissues of fresh water
mussels. Professor John A.. Ryder
noted green about the heart of oysters
in the aquara at Sea Isle City, and
which coloratinn, noted also in Europe,
has been ascribed By Professor Decaisne
and Others in France to phycocyauin alb.
sorbed from certain Iatoms. Professor
Ryder inclines to the belief that DIR.
Liedy's discovery, as above noted, forms
more probable explanation.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

Among the envelopes containing the
electoral votes for President and Vice
President was one with queer seal,
now in possession of Mr.. Spar, one of
the doorkeepers of the United States
Senate reception room. 1t seems that
Montana, though State for scme time,
has as yet no seal. The envelope con-
tanning the electoral votes was fastened
with great splash of red wax fully two
and half inches in diameter and in the
wax, while it was still soft, was stuck
bright silver dollar of the year of Mon
tana's admission into the Union.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Pests Of Australian Farmers.

The Australian farmers have many
enemies to fight against, besides those
which have been imported into the coun-
try, like the rabbit. Large fruit eating
bats do much damage to the orchards, and
it is no pleasant sight for the industrious
agriculturist to see devouring swarms of
these So called flying foxes advancing on
his crops of an evening. Wild dogs were
formerly very numerous, but they did so
much damage that they were destroyed
without mercy. On large plantations .
man is kept whose sole work is to lay
out poison for them. One of the greatest
annoyances in certain parts of Australia
is the poisonous nett. or "stinging
tree" It is SO poi onous that if its
beautiful heart shaped leaves are only
put in motion they cause one to sneeze.
They are covered with nettles on both
sides, and sting from them gives great
pain. Horses wounded by them roll as
if mad with pain, and If they do not at
once receive attention they will in this
way kill themselves. s.-Chieago Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Tallest Structures in the United States.

The tallest structure now existing in
the United States is the Washington
Monument, the memorial shaft erected at
the National capital in honor of the
memory of the "Father Of His Country"
It Is $50 feet in height. Next after the
Washington monument, the tallest struc-
ture is the tower on the Madison Square
Garden, near Madison square, New York
City. The lookout gallery at the sum-
NIT of this tower is the highest point of
vantage in New York City, and with the
exception of the summit of the Wash
ington monument the highest in the
country. From the pavement to the
electric lights On the forehead of the
gilded Diana, which until recently
crowned the structure. there was an in.
terval of BAL feet. York Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

The death of General Beauregard
leaves but one OF the seven full Generals
of the Souther Army living and none of
the five men on whom the rank was con-
ferred at the beginning of the war.
These five men were Cooper, Lee, Joseph
E. Johnston, Albert Sydney Johnston
and Beauregard. Bragg and Kirby
Smith were afterward made full Gen.
erals. Kirby Smith alone survives.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Cultivating the Appetite.

Altogether too much time and talk are
expended on what we shall eat and what
we shall drink. Dainty dishes are all
very we'll in their way, but in many
families their preparation seems to be the
chief end and aim of existence. No
sooner is one meal cleared away, than
plans are laid for something new and ap-
petizlng for another.
What to cat forms the subject of con-
versation in little gatherings of all sorts.
OF course, cooking schools and the gen.
eral interest in culinary matters have
something to do with this, but the sub
ject, like all others, is in very great
danger of being overdone. Especially
is this the case where there are youny
and growing children. They gather
from all that is going on about them
that eating seems to be the principal in
terest of the family and friends, and it
is not difficult to see to what this will
lead. The little appetites are pampered,
and the minds are filled with fastidious
notions about dishes and the way to
serve them.
Too much importance cannot be at
tached to good, plain cooking and the
proper preparation of food, but eeting
should not at any time form the princi.
pal subject of conversation. 1t is moi
considered good form to talk about ones
food while at table; there are topics OF
conversation much moro desirable, and
some pains should De taken to introduce
some agreeable and interesting subject
at the outset of the meal. Do some
thing, do anything to avoid the unceas-
ing TRADE about what to eat and how to
prepare it. That sort of thing is we'll
enough in its place, but is by no means
a proper subject for general discussion.
The Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

A new style of wall decoration in these
hard times in England may become pop
ular, opines the Chicago Herald's Lon
don correspondent. A Dover street
sufferer by recent corporation collapses
has papered one of the rooms of his
house with share certificates, now value
less, but which represent the investment
of an immense sum. G. w. King, the
well-known philatelist, set the fashion
some time ago by covering the walls of a
room with postage stamps valued at
$4,000.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
THE ROAD TO Yesterday

Will some wise man who has journeyed
Over land and over see
70 the countries where the rainbow
And the glorious sunsets be-
Kindly tell little stranger
Who has oddly lost her way,
Where's the road that she must travel
To return to Yesterday
For. you see, she's unfamiliar
With To-day, and cannot read
What it's strange, mysterious sigu.posts
Tell OF ways and where they lead.
And her heart upbraids her sorely,
Though she did not mean to stray
When she fell asleep last evening
And abandoned Yesterday.
For she left deal neglected
That she really should have done;
And she fears she's lost some favors
That she fairly might have won.
So she'd like to turn her backward
To retrieve them If she may
Will not some one kindly tell her
Where's the road to Yesterday
Julie M. Lippnann. in st. Nicholas.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
TALKS CHEAP.

There's lots o quaint op sayin's
pve,noticed in my day
Big truths and solid principles
Told in the shortest way.
My father ust to have one,
An this Is how 1t ran:
talks cheap, my boy" he uet to say,
"But money buys the LAM"
own the sayin's homely.
Undignified and rough;
But then 1t tells jest what you mean,
An tells 1t brief enongh.
An when you git to thinkin
How short is life's thin span,
It's we'll to min "that talk is cheap,
But money buys the LAM"
'Twon't do to boast an bluster
An brag an try to bluff;
An don't you git to thinkin
This world saint up to snuff"
It Is; an while you're blowin'
Your own bazoo my man,
There's some one sneerin', ''talk Is cheap.
But money buys the LAM"
Chicago News Record.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
Parental influence.

Az a general rule child's taste, opin.
ions, character and trend in life, and
even its permanent destiny, are practic-
ally shaped before the child is seven or
eight years OF age. The failure Of the
parents rightly to instruct and train it in
these early years, both by teaching and
example, by constant watchfulness and
loving care, can never be made good by
lifetime of deye tedness in later years
Detroit Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
The Biggest SchooIhouse.

A schoolh ,use to cost 5000. 900, capa.
BILE of seating 24o0 pupils, is being built
in New York City. The structure will
contain four floors and an attic. The
first floor will be used for a playground
and will be SO arranged that it can be
thrown into an auditorium 60x120 feet
for lectures and evening classes. The
attic is to be devoted to manual training
and gymnasium. Tie three floors ,e-
tween are to be divided into classrooms.
SAN Francisco Chronicle.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

The Territory of Arizona is, so far as
the sheep industry is concerned, in as
prosperous condition, AYERS the New
York World, as any State or Territory in
the Southwest.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

Kate Fields Washington, after patient
toll, has discovered that it cost more to
bury and eulogize dead Statesman than
it does to feed and clothe him during his
two years of Congressional service.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

American ingenuity in holding the
ribbons is extending very rapidly to the
manufacture of ribbons as we'll, boasts
the Chicago Herald. The product of
American looms has increased, according
to the figures just published, from
S.. 023, 100, in 1880 to Sl7, ,OS1, 447 in
1S00
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

O1NG0 w y i {
found sometimes in
a day at Pyrites,
and so Chihuahua
Brown went there
when the camp was
first started. That
was six months be-
fore the time OF
which / write.
Pyrites was a typ
ical mininU foun
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

The United States furnishes 673, 900
Freemasons and 647, AL Oddfellows,
''wlth lodgeroom reasons for late hours
and latch keys, according to the Chicago
1Iornll
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

A French merchant, the victim OF sew
eral defaultipg cashiers, now advertises
for "a cashier as honest as possible and
paralyzed in both legs"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

the usual amount of water on their
hair and combed It back slicker
than they had been in the habit
OF doing. All this seemed to have no
effect upon Mrs. McGuire's help. She
was as demure, retiring and modest as
when she first arrived. There was one
boarder who loved the pretty waiter-g girl
with the consuming passion of a secret
affection. Ho scarcely dare raise his eyes
to her, he was so diffident. The futter
Of her dress was sufficient to cause every
nerve in his body to tremble. If she
spoke to him he was sure to put lump
of butter in his coffee or sprinkle sugar
all over his plate during the ensuing mo-
ment of confusion. This boarder was
"Chihuahua" Brown. He was reserved
in his manner, SO quiet and gentlemanly
that Doris was naturally attracted to him.
They became friends and gradually "Chi-
huahua" Brown learned of the past life
of Doris Ware. Her father had been o
man of wealth; he was speculator. A
bad investment had left him almost pen
niless. He lacked the moral courage to
face adversely and in moment of des-
peration and dependency he blew out
his brains. The shock almost killed his
wife, woman of a delicate, nervous
temperament. His daughter Doris 70 e
superior to the occasion. She supporte
her mother from the rather small wages
she earned in a store. Ore day she read
an advertisement in a Western paper:
"Ten girls wanted for light, easy occu-
pations in the mountains; wages $25 per
week." With such large wages she
could comfortably support her mother.
The amount was more than twice as
much as she had been receiving. She
had used her meagre savings to come
West, only to find that ''the light, easy
occupation" for which the ten young
girls we're wanted was to serve beer IN
dance. hall in Leadville. Being almost
without money she took the first place
she could get; it was her present one
waitress in Mrs. McGuire's restaurant.
"Chihuahua" determined that the girl
should not longer work in the restau-
rant. But what could he do7 There
was no other occupation in which she
SouN ShSoSO oAa ACuidtn III JAAiCS, uuu
he could not bear the thought of send.
ing her away
Well, there was one thing which
ought to be done, If it could he done.
One September morning "Chihuahua'
Brown bade adieu to Pyrites for short
time and went up to his mines on Snow
shoe Mountain. Before going he laid
in large supply of writing paper,
some big, thick pointed pens, bottle
of ink and some blank mining deeds.
The miners working adjoining claims
noticed that 'sChihuahua' Brown was
paler than usual. His manner was less
reserved. He was nervous and excited
at times. He sat up late at night writ
ing and always concluded by tearing up
what he had written. One night when
he was thus engaged, one of the men
working on the night shift came to- the
door and yelled:
"Chihuahua! chihuahua come into
the mine aud look at the stuff we've got
in there-we've struck it big"
"Chihuahua" hurried into the mine.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07

Reports from New Orleans show that
the Louisiana sugar crop reached last
year 1S9, 500 tons, upon which the
bounty will be 81, $50, 900, as against
$6, ,S82, $50 paid in bounties last year.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-04-07
A man in Wolfe County, Kentucky,
has been disfranchised for life for selling
his vote.

Calhoun County, Florida, is without
a railroad in its borders, has not single
lawyer, nor is there single barroom in
the county.