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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
Universal Love Of Flowers.

"Flower missions" aren't popular
with hard-headed men; they seem al
together too fanciful and sentimental to
be of any use to the people whom they
endeavor to reach; hS. they aren't.
TIE idea that the more poorer and more
crowded class of human beings are the
less they care for anything but food and
drink, comes handy to anyone who
wishes to close his heart and pocket
against appeals from all sorts of missions;
but so far as flowers are concerned, I've
recently learned that it doesn't work.
Not long ago brought into New York
City, writes John Habberton, a great
cluster of common garden flowers to
give to friend; had to pass through
one of the worst parts of the city, and
Just at that time and near me, there was
street fight, an organ grinder with
monkey and breakdown of wagon
loaded with apples; yet I soon found
my handful of flowers the principal at
traction. Men and women looked ad-
miringly and longingly; a drunken
tramp braced up and walked beside me,
and soon l found myself followed by
scores of street children whose manners
would have been creditable to a model
Sunday -school, "Gimme flower, mis-.
teri" asked one after another. In two
or three minutes they got the whole lot,
and, instead of lighting over them,
those who got none clustered peacefully
and admiringly about the lucky ones.
Then began to look around me, and in
the windows of two blocks Of tene-
ment house street saw more flowers
than are on all Fifth avenue. A
Week
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

The President has received letter
from William Hosea Ballou, of New
York, urging him to ask authority of
Congress for the issuance of invitations
to the various marine Nations to Join
with the United States in appointing
delegates to an international conference
for the amelioration of the condition of
animal in shipment and quarantine; to
formulate and recommend international
laws for the punishment of steamship
officers for cruelty of animals at sea, and
to make steamship companies liable to
damage to shippers for wanton destruc-
tion of and injury to animals in transit !;
to recommend new quarantine regula-
tions to replace those which at present
require the cruel slaughter of cattle in
quarantine before they have recuperated
from long voyages and while still suffer-
ing from seasickness; and to suggest
ways, means and regulations by which
the lives of more than ten million dollars
worth of animals now annually destroyed
OF sea may be saved.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

The superstition about the number
thirteen being unlucky is put to multi
piled test in the new twenty five cent
pieces, notes the Now York Sun. On
one side of the coin there are no less
than ten repetitions of the number thir-
teen. There are thirteen stars, thirteen
letters in the scroll held in the eagle's
beak, thirteen marginal feathers in each
wing, thirteen tail feathers, thirteen
parallel lines in the shield, thirteen
horizontal bars, thirteen arrow heads in
one claw, thirteen leaves on the branch
in the other claw, and thirteen letters in
the words "quarter dollar" There
hasn't seemed to be anything unlucky in
the thirteen original States nor in the
thirteen stripes on the flag, and now it
remains to be seen if the man who gets
bis pockets full of these new quarter
dollars will be unlucky.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
LAPORTE. PA, FRIDAY, JANUARY l3. 1893
To her Major

lossal baby on the step. To her Major
Draper addressed himself.
s.Does young person live here who
makes wax fiowersa" he asked.
"Oh, yes, sir; that's Aggie's sister.
It's the second floor, sir; the last door as
you turn to the right"
Major Draper thanked his small infor-
mant and ascended the oil cloth stairs.
The next moment he tapped at the ''last
door as you turn to the right"
"Come in" soft voice answered and
he found himself in neat, though scan
tily furnished room, where a girl of
eighteen sat at table busily engaged in
making waxeu blossoms, while young
girl lay on lounge beyond, busi'
some light needle work.
Lily Melbrook glanced up, exr =. ---g
no more dignified guest than the land
lord but her cheek grew scarlet I!
.'Major Draper7"
ssMiss Melbrook, can it be possible
that this is youa''
Explanations followed, and more ex-
plantations still, and somehow the wreath
CT lilies of the valley was entirely for
gotteni We think it will hardly be
necessary to relate all the conversation if
we give the closing sentences.
"Then may take you away from this
life of toll and privation next months
Oh, Lily, if you but knew how have
pined to call you my wife! And Agnes
and little Mary shall be as dear to me as
if they were sisters in very truthP
Whatever Lily said, she didn't say
'sno," and Major Draper went back to
Miss Fontaine's with the lilies, which
were fortunately remembered just in
time.
"You've been long time" COM
mented Miss Fontaine, rather ungracious-
ly. "What was the price2"
"The pricei" Major Draper felt him.
self flush. ~ never thought of the
price. Anything-nothing. The fast
is, Miss Helena, I have this morning
met, in the manufacturer of these wax
flowers, very dear friend"
"Indeedl"
"And I shall hope soon to present her
to you as my WIFE,"
Helena Fontaine's surprise was very
genuine, if not very agreeable sensa-
ton, but she retained sufficient presence
of mind to congratulate Major Draper
rather coldly.
"And it's all owing to Stephania's
lilies of the valleyl" sobbed Helena,
when the Major was gone. ~ wish /
never had thought of them"
Yes, it was all owing to the lilies of
the valley, and Lily Melbrook thanked
heaven for it, in her pure young heart. -
New York Weekly.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

General William l.. Cabell, of Dallas,
Texas, sends to the Baltimore Sun a
roster of the surviving Generals of the
Confederate Army, compiled from the
most reliable data to be had to October
1, 1892. The number of general Of
ficers of all grades appointed and COM
missioncd was 498. One hundred and
two rose to the rank of Major. General
and twenty -one rose to the rank of
Lieutenant General. General Joseph e.
Johnston, six Major Generals, and
twenty-five Brigadier Generals are re-
ported dead since January 1, 1891. One
hundred and sixty six Gen erals survive.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

The Hartford Comm Medical Asso-
citation has adopted resolution depre.
ciating the so-called medical contract
system. The growth of this system,
notes the New York Tribune, has been
great during the last few years. In
Hartford alone there are twenty socie.
ties which provide their members with
medical attendance for small annual
fee, ranging from fifty cents to So. One
society got the doctors to bidding against
each other, and finally secured the SER
vices of doctor in good standing for
37b cents per. capita. Tne physicians
who go into this sort of thing claim that
it is remunerative and that their con-
nection with society brings them out
side practice.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
Five Billion Deaths in a Century.

A French paper amuses its readers by
employing the services of distinguished
arithmetician, In order to discover the
number of persons who die in century;
his calcu,at embraces the whole
world. He has taken a. basis the
number now living, and thus srrisvs at
the conclusion that the number of deaths
in the whole world during a century
amounts to 4 SAT, 500, 900. Pretty fig.
nres these, but only within the means of
Rotbschilds to take into exact considera-
ton as TO their meaning.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

There are fourteen colored female
teachers in the public school service of
New York City. Two private kinder
gartens and several day and evening
schools are also supported by colored
women. These are all taught by colored
teachers. The colored women in the
public school service of Brooklyn ap-
proximate twenty. In the other cities
there are very few colored women tea,h-
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

1t may be of interest to the supporters
of the early closing movement to know
that, according to little pamphlet is
sued for the guidance of commercial
travellers, 632 towns in the United King
dom recognize the carly closing move
ment in some form or another. There
is no early closing day in Liverpool. In
Manchester they close on Wednesday at
two. Glasgow is marked as town
where they close daily at s.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
A Floating Hotel.

A strange craft recently launched OF
Bath, Me-, for use in Florida, and which
will shortly be in New York, is the
floating hotel, ]. 8. Danforth. 1t is in
tended tor service on Florida rivers. 1t
has three keels, is 125 feet long and
thirty feet beam, and draws twenty-five
inches of water. 1t will accommodate
seventy five persons and will be the
floating home of hunters and fishermen
who visit Florida. Orleans
Picayune,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
REMEMB BER.

Remainder. when the timid dawn uncloses
Her magic palace to the sums bright
beams;
Remember. when the pensive night reposes
Beneath her dlvery veil in tender dreams,
When pleasure calls thee, when the heart is
light,
When to sweet fancies shade invites at
night,
List, through the deep woods ring
Sweet voices murmuring-
Remember
Remember, when Fates cold hand has
For aye the tie that bound my life with
thine;
When, with long years and exile, grief un-
spoken,
Despairing heart and blasted hopes are
mine,
Think Of my sad love, think of my last
adieu;
Absence and time are naught when love is
true.
Long as my heart shall beat
Ever it shall repeat
Remember!
Remember, when beneath the cold ground
lying,
My broken heart forever is at rest,
Remember, when some lonely flower is
trying
Its petals soft to open on my breast,
Thou wilt not see me, but my soul, set free,
Faithful in death, shall return to thee,
Then bark to the sad means
II a deep voice groans- :,
RememberI
-Alfrad Ia Mueeat
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

About the last logging that will be
done in Michigan, Wisconsin and other
numbering States, according to the
Woodworker, will be that of reclaiming
the millions of feet of sunken logs which
now lie in the streams of those States.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
There's Money in Turtles.

There is more money in Texas turtle
than in Texas steer. It costs nothing
to raise turtle, and he weighs, when
full grown, from 400 to $50 pounds,
and sells for more money per pound than
a steer. The herds of turtles at Aran.
sas Pass, their principal gra zing ground,
show no diminution. Atlanta Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13

The demand for Percheron horses for
export is so great that the purity of the
breed is threatened, and stud-book has
been started III France by which the
pedigree may be preserved and the race
kept up to the standard.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
SCIENTIFIC AN. ~,UsTRIAL.

The diamond drill is pointed with
black diamonds.
All twisted boring tools are said to be
of American invention.
A cure for lumpy jaw, says Secretary
Rusk, is iodide of potassium.
In recent parade in Youngstown,
Ohio, the search lights were operated by
threshing engines.
An uprising scientist has discov-
cred { liberal use Of soap ie sure
prev -. of the cholera.
e being taken to establish tele-
gommunication between Den.
sweden, under the sound.
1t is said that little tungsten added
to pure aluminium obviates all difficulty
from attacks by water, salt or otherwise.
A new signal telegraph consists of
electric lights for the signals and key
board that works the lights according to
the Morse system.
Some recent investigators claim that
'weetness and fragrance of the very
Ter is due to certain benefcent
81 'Nacteria.
esent day most heavy tunnel
VIZ by machine drills, driven
by ed air, which also serves to
We works.
I'M sheets will make much
m, ible and satisfactory roofing
tt tscopper, now generally used in
buildings.
. ticity will be successfully applied
to oad locomotives within the COM
.elve months, all claims to the con-
trary Notwithstanding.
The electric street cars OF Albany, N.
Y, are provided with an automatic de-
vice that shows the name of each street
just before it is reached.
Adulterated rubber is recent discov-
cry. A dry farina -four is mixed with
milk of the rubber tree, after which it is
smoked and dried by the usual process.
Chlorine gas, decomposed from sea
water by means of electrical machines,
is employed for disinfecting the hold,
storeroom, etc., of vessels of the Italian
navy.
Some of the English pumping engines
perform work equaling the raising of
100, 900, 900 pounds one foot high by
the consumption of one hundredweight
of coal.
: Wonderful improvements in iron and
steel making are promised. which will
greatly reduce the cost, and increase the
use of these metals in all of the indus
tries and arts.
Joseph B. Strauss, of Cincinnati,
claims to have perfected an electrical
signalling device by which fireman at
a large nozzle can communicate with the
man in charge of the fire engine.
1t is proposed to erect an electric over
head road from the Chicago Postoffice to
the Exposition grounds, to transmit the
mail at high rate of speed. The road
will be built over the tops Of the houses.
The facility and speed with which
temporary field telegraph lines may be
constructed and operated is shown by
General Greedy, who tells of corps
working for the International Boundary
Commission, which set up and took down
telegraph line thirty-five miles long in
three days.
An English firm is introducing an in
genious safety device for use in electric
generating plants. When the current
in any circuit is too great, compound
metal strip bends till it breaks mer-
curry contact. There is also small wire
fuse so that no sparkling takes place.
The mercury contact is under oil.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Pretty we'll off-The leaves.
A blind man-The shutter manufac-
turer.
A man of might is too often man of
wont.-Puck.
Horse sense seems to consist in the
ability to say "Nay."
All work and no play makes Jack a
dull old millionaire.
The spur of the moment is about as
dangerous as the pistol that isn't loaded.
Truth.
"What makes Rustler so round shoul-
dered2" "Oh, he's trying to make both
ends meet"
"Eyes operated on at two dollars
week." as the cook said when she was
pairing potatoes. Evansville Breeze.
If strict ideas ever come,
That Boston lady had 'em.
She never said ''chrysanthemum,"
She said ''chrysanthe-madam."
Life.
''She is very distant in her manner"
"Distant! Why, her disposition is SO
freezing that she is constantly taking
cold from It."
Old Lady-"If I had your face do you
know what l would do?" Beggar-
"No'm." Old Lady-s'l'd wash it,
New York Herald.
SIT is dreadful, Maria, that you always
will have the last word" "Please,
ma'am, how am to know that you have
nothing more to say2"
By the way, isn't 1t little late for Lieu.
tenant Peary to start for the North Pole2
Is it generally understood that the poles
are closed.-Boston Herald.
Is he business man? OF course;
And constant are his labors;
He in a village lives, and tends
The business of his neighbors.
Yankee Blade.
He-"Is this the first time you've
ever been in love, ,darling2' She (thought-
lessly)-"Yes, but it's so nice that
hope it won't be the last p-Tid- Bits.
BARRIERS, it can not be denied
Are honest fellows--5ut
Wheneer they chance to cut your hide
They try to hide your cut.
Puck.
"There, man ma" said the small boy
as he gazed at the dromedary, "that
must be the camel that had the last straw
put on its back. Washington Star.
Knowitt-"ADima are naturally of
quarrelsome disposition. AS the poet
says, dogs delight to bark and bite"
Howitt-"Yes, and even the oyster Of
ten gets into broil.'
''I've been working hard all day."
said the music teacher, as he entered the
parlor of his boarding house. "Well,
now you can play while, replied Cub
bison as he vacated the piano STOOL
Judge.
The Husband-"Youre not economi-
CAL" The Wife-.Well, if you don't
call woman economical who saves her
wedding dress for a possible second mar
riage I'd like to know what you think
economy is."-Mercury.
He wrote story, very Short
Accepted. Quite hit"
But it was very, very long,
Before they printed it.
Detroit Free Press
Suitor-"M Madam, love your' Wild.
ow-"That's an old story" Suitor-
~ adore you'll Widow-"A hackneyed
phrase" Suitor-'I cannot live with
out you aud wish to marry YOU" Wild.
ow-.'sAn original idea at last; yes, /
like that. Mercury.
Mr.. Wade, husband who deserves
canonization, once mentioned to his wife
tragic circumstance that he had read
that day in the newspaper. A passenger
on transatlantic steamer had fallen
= m,d-ocean, and had never
q. "Was he drowneda"
as.~ de. "Oh, no; of course
not, saiua. Wade; ''but he spraincd
his ankle, believe. .n-Argonant.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
Sir George Trevelyan, Prime Minister
Gladstone's Secretary for Scotland, says
we may read books, but we must read
newspapers.

There is said to be distressing
amount of lunacy in Ireland, the number
of cases per 100, ,00o of population hav-
ing increased from 249 in 1880 to 355
in 1891.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
LOVE MUST BE WON.

Love is not free to take, like sun and air:
Nor give away for naught to any one.
It is no common right for men to share
like all things precious it is sought and
30 IL another is more loved than you
Say not 'It is unjust" but say: 'If
she
Has earned more love than it is her due,
When deserve more it will come to
me-"
But II your longing be for love indeed
I'll teach you how to win it-a sure way; /;
Love and be lovely, that is all you need,
And what You wish for will be yours some
day.
Susan Coolidge, in Household Companion.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-01-13
THE WAX FLOWERS.
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

OW beautiful, Lily!
1t seems as if i could
almost smell tn e fra
GRANGE. / wish we
could afford to keep
them" :"
And little Mary
Melbrook stood glee-
fully on tiptoe to ex-
LIZ
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

styles, suitable for all mankind and will
go at prices that will astonish you. No
necessity even for the children to go bare
footed in summer when you can buy
Shoes at your own figures. We have an
immense stock of Clothing for summer
wear, lightweight, tailor-made handsome
and cheap. Jeans Pants, 800 pairs, from
so cents to 81. All of our Lawns, Chal-
lies and other wash goods will be put on
the counter and sacrificed. We have also
opened a ) and 10 cent counter of Glass
ware, upon which will be found pitchers,
cake-stands, Dishes goblets, etc, great
bargains for the money. Laces, Trim
mings, Ribbons, Hosiery, Underwear
Neckwear etc., cheap. Forked Deer and
Greenyille tobacco at % cents per pound.
These are only few Of the many bar
gains | offer. Come and see me and you
will save money. j. A. BARRETT.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

ress at that place. Ga last Sunday
the crowd present was suffi elent to
fill the seats oVershadowed by the
immense tent. The ground is elevat-
ed and rather undu ating, too much
so to be an ideal place to drive blind
horses over, neither would ii be adj
visable for man with drove of chill
dren to perambulet e in that locality du-
ring dark nights, unless his life is IN
sured and he can truthfully say, III
know that my Redeener lIveth. F"
The northern portion of the ground
is outskirted ny deep ravine, which
reminded us that there has been "A
flood. Fourteen families are tent
ing aud several others are boarding.
The sermon bS Rev. j. r. Hardin
in the morning was an able effort.
His theme was the sufferings OF Christ.
He was followed in the evening by
DR.. Savage, of Jackson. whose text
was, ''W hen Z0n travele ] she brought
FORTH In plain unostentations
manner lie showed the necessity OF
wrestling with God in prayer in order
to obtain blessing. The indications
on that day were that much good
will be done. Several young men
and ladies asked an interest in the
prayers of Christians. There was
enough dust to make 1t uncomtortabl BILE
and to bring distinguishes, wash
pans, etc., into reqnlstiOn.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01

Great. stupendous and far reaching in
It's benefits boon to the people, pana-
eea to the poor mans pocket. This sale
will stand solitary and alone in the history
OF the dry goods business in Bolivar. 1t
cannot be equaied. The man don't live
upon Tennessee soil who will sell goods
cheaper than / offer my stock. | intend
to lead in low prices. The farmers and
Eaboring classes generally should take ad
vantage Of this opportunity to buy cheap
goods. My house is crowded with new
goods from top 10 bottom. Of course my
stock is too large to mention every article
separately, but desire to quote a few
prices, and to state that am receiving
new goods daily Only last week, car
load of Shoes was placed in my house.
These Shoes were ordered direct from the
Factory and bought at an immense bar
gain. They are of the latest shapes and
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-09-01
Letter Prom CIlicau0.

EDITORS misunderstanding
some of your readers would like to
hear from US, | will give you little
sketch of our trip.
Mrs. Alice E i#aris and her cousin,
Miss Lillian Smith, of Grand juno
ton, Z [. burden, Mrs. ROME Guy,
Miss Annie Bree ling, my sou and
daughter, Willie and ROME. left
Grand junction on the morning of
the 22ad of August at 1870 on a spe-
cial train, run in honor Of the Press
Association OF Mississippi, under the
supervision of Col. Montgomery, q.
z. A. OF the |. G. railroad, with eight
coaches comforta bly, filled.
Our first stop was at Jackson,
when by the kindness of Col. Mont
gomery, Prof. IL. q. Irby and wife
and w. E. Powell were added to our
party. They were the last to board
our train. Col. Montgomery knows
just how TO make his passengers have
pleasant time,
We tee raphed to K. of p. Head
quarters to meet us at the train.
We arrived in the city at $50 p.
m, and got off at 39th street, when
we were escorted to Pythian Head
quarters, 389 Bowen avenue, where
we were pleasantly situated at 30
cents each per day. The same rate
will be given TO all OF my Haldeman
county friends In parties of not less
than eight, with only two in a room.
It is situated in the residence part OF
the city and there is not saloon in
the district.
Wednesday morning We started
out earIY>for the fair, and by 3 pm.
we broke down and had to return.
That night E. +. Durden and myself
ATTENDED Welcome Lodge No. l X
of T. Thursday we took things
more modei aleiy, as it was Illinois
day. There were but $50, 900 peo-
pie at the fair. We stald out un-
til after the fire works.
The Administrative Liberal Art
building, which is the largest build
ing in the world, AMI the Agriculture
and Electric buiI,llngs, with the lake
that divides them, looks like a pict>
IRE nave seen OF street in Paris.
| would advise every one that can
possibly spare the means AMI time to
c me. You en- liee tor 81 per day,
D r4r,I ami lodging.
As to-day Is negro day at the tair,
We did not go out. We took in Ar>
mouPs meat packery to-day. They
slaughter 1000 hogs aud from 1000
to 5000 beeves per da~. The hogs
start out of The stock pen and do
moi stop until they are in The box, and
Just long enough Their to De shipped
to our Southern farmers We came
near freezing in the cooling room.
We then went up on top of the
Masonic Temple, which is twenty-five
stories high, next to the highest in
the city, the others being twenty four.
We ,lien took i'll Lincoln Park OF
800 acres. which Is grand.
We will start home September lsf.
Had big fire last night IN which
l3l houses were burned Yours,
j. L. Low.
Chicago, H.. August %, SO.