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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
Death From Fright.

"During my forty odd years Of
practice | have never seen but one
case where death was caused by
fright, said physician. ''The in
stance speak of happened in South
America, through which l was making
tour. One afternoon we expert
enced rather severe shock of earth
quake. Some time before the shock
was felt young Mexican who was en-
ployed to work about an anatomical
museum in the town where l was then
visiting fell asleep in chair in the
room which contained all the ghostly
relics. Suddenly he was awakened by
an extraordinary noise. He was hor.
rifed to see all the deaths heads nod.
ding and grimacing, and the skeletons
dancing about and waving their flesh
less arms madly in the air. Speech.
less with terror, the poor fellow fled
from the scene, and upon reaching tho
street fell to the ground unconscious
and half dead with fright. After u
few hours he became somewhat ration.
al, and it was explained to him that it
was an earthquake that had caused all
the commotion among the specimens,
but the shock had been too severe and
his death followed i'll II few days. -
st. Louis Globc-Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

The War Department has been max,
ing an investigation into the feasibility
of making the great falls of the Po.
tomac furnish power for the lighting
of Washington City. and the report
which has just been submitted shows
that the project is entirely practicable.
The engineer ia charge of the matter
say that there is no trouble about
transmitting tho power to Washing
ton that at "a reasonable cost canal
can be constructed around the falls to
~ power plant helow them, aud at the
lowest stage ot tho water ther0 il
C3a5 available horsepower. while
tl00 horsepower IL all that il needed
1t present. New Orleans Pieayune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
MY SWEETHEART.
Twas quaint rhyme scrawled in spellin

Twas quaint rhyme scrawled in spelling
book,
And handed TO me with n bashful look,
BY my blue-eyed sweetheart so fondly true,
In the dear old school days long years ago
"If you love me as love you
No knife can cut our love in two"
That "sanders' Speller," so tattered and
torn,
Has always halo of romance worn, II
And never n poet with honeyed pen
Has written so precious rhyme since then
'If you love me as love you"
Ah, dear, you know did do.
I've kept it safely for many year
This dog's-eared, shabby old spelling-bookr
dear,
And now, as hold It within my hand
Again In the school-room seem to stand
Reading once more with rapture new
"If YOU love me as love YOU"
How some foolish saying from out the past
Like rose branch is over the pathway cast,
And the time of flowers, we still remember,
Till minds blow cold in the bleak December.
God grant 1t always may be true
"That you love me rs love you"
Carolyn L. Bacon, in Buffalo Express.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

An eminent medical authority
makes the statement that a great deal
of contagion is due largely to nervous
apprehension and fear. Terror
causes radical changes in the secre-
tions and nerve cells, and while tho
possibility : not the direct cause OF
disease, it 'artainly is sufficient to put
the person in the proper condition to
be attacked by the prevailing malady.
1t is n well-understood fact that ex-
cessive anger infuses toxic element
into the secretions, and the bite of 70
man in state of frenzied rage is nj
most as deadly as that of n mad dog.
Fear destroys the resistive capabili-
ty and, as it were, lets down the
drawbridge and makes way for the en-
emy. In seasons o. epidemic, there
fore, it is necessary to cultivate tran
guilty and cheerfulness, to learn not
to fear and to surround oneself with
an atmosphere of personal, mental AMI
physical defiance of dangers. IT. in
addition to this, due precautions as to
dress, diet and rest are taken, one may
walk in the midst of the pestilence
and dwell in infected regions, and no
deadly thing shall harm one. New
York Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
New Building Material.

A new building material called
compoboard is thus described by the
Northwestern Lumberman: 1t is
made of one-eighth-inch strips of
wood from three-quarters to one and
quarter inches wide, placed be-
tween two sheets of heavy strawboard
and united under heavy pressure with
Il strong cement. The process of
manufacture is peculiar. Into the
machine that molds the board are run
two sheets of the strawboard from
rolls, one from above and one from
below n table onto which are fed from
feeding device the strips of wood.
A roller running in tank of the
liquid cement rolls upon the inner
surface of the sheets of strawboard,
and the three layers of material run
together between rolls and into hy-
draulic press capable of exerting q
pressure 100 tons to the square inch.
Ten feet of the board is stopped auto
matically for a few seconds in the
press, then run out upon a table fit
ted with cutoff saws, where it is
sawed to the desired length. 1t is
then run upon trucks, placed in the
dry-kiln, and when taken out is
trimmed to fortY-eight inches in
width.
The strength of the board as COM
pared with It's weight is marvellous.
The ends of an eighteen foot can be
brought together without breaking or
warping it. No conditions can warp it.
Wall paper is put upon the board
and the finish is as fine as upon any
plastered wall. The strong points
claimed for the board: 1t is not more
expensive than frst-class plastering.
1t forms an absolutely air-tight wall.
1t stiffens building much more than
any coat of mortar can. 1t is quickly
put on and produces no dampness, thus
causing no swelling and shrinking of
floors and castings. 1t is light, thus
avoiding the dragging down of the
house frame, the consequent cracking
of walls and the warping of the door
frames. 1t forms solder, cleaner,
drier wall at no more expense than is
involved in the old way.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

An estimate of the charitable be.
quests in England during 1898 puts
the total sum at about $1,000, 900.
This is held to be about ne-tenth of
the estates upon which probate duty
has been levied. Among the larger
amounts given are the following: Earl
Of Derby, 800, 900; Richard Vaughan.
OF Bath, a retired brewer, 1926. 900 :.
the Rev. James Spurrell, 81 800, 600 {;
John Horniman, tea merchant, $780,
900; Henry Spicer, the well-known
paper dealer, $3.50, 900; Sir William
Mackinnon, 100000. The largest
legacy of all is by Baroness Forester,
$500, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
How lie Saved the Baby.

Elijah Davis, motorman on car 121
on the Lake Breeze line of the Salt
Lake City Railway, some days ago
saved the life of babe which had
crawled upon the track between Ninth
and Tenth West on Second South
AS the car turned on to the clear
stretch in the vicinity of the Fisher
Brewing Company's works Davis gave
it all the current possible, and the
motor was doing its best. The motor
man had his eyes fixed ahead, aud to
his horror saw little child not over
eighteen months old moving in the
grass and weeds in the middle of the
track He threw off the current, set
his brakes and rang the bell. Tho
track was slippery, and the wheels
continued to move. The car was rap
idly approaching the babe, and it
seemed as though no power could save
it.
The continued ringing of the gong
and the shouts of the motorman at
tracted the attention of the child, and
it crawled out of the weeds and di-
rectly upon the rail. Here its posi-
tion was even more dangerous than
the other, for the cruel wheels was
sure to grind the little body into
small pieces. Seeing that he could
not control his car, Davis left his
post, jumped to the step, and, cling
ing 10 the outside hand rail, reached
out ahead OF the car. The baby was
stll ON the track, and as the car
rushed down upon it the plucky mo.
torman grasped its dress aud drew the
child out OF harms way. salt Lake
Utah Herald,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

The Chinese trade unions can trace
their history back for more than 1000
years. The Chinaman does not dis.
cuss with his employer what he is to
receive for the work he does; he sim
ply takes what he considers fair and
proper remuneration. He levies toll
on every transaction according to laws
laid down by his trade union, and
without for n moment taking into
consideration what his employer may
consider proper. He is, therefore,
says n correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Telegraph, generally called a
thief; but he is acting under due
guarantees, in obedience to laws that
are far better observed and more strict
than any the police have been able to
impose.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

1t takes 5000 mail cars to Distribute
Uncle Sans mail, and the New York
division alone requires $40 railway
post clerks to handle it. Last year
these clerks handled 1,207, 220, SIT
pieces of mail bound past their divi
sion, Of which 753, $40, s35 were letters.
To get clear idea of the immense
amount of mail matter in this number
of letters, suppose they average four
inches in length aud are laid end to
end. They will stretch over line
1916 miles long. All railway post
clerks must be quick aud intelligent
and have thorough knowledge of the
whole country. la the second divi.
sion there are $4,000 postoiiicos. and
the clerks know every Que. This sys.
tenn of railway po-toilices has proved "a
valnqble, says the writer from whose
interesting article ia llarpcr's Young
People these facts ara drawn. that il
is nov being operated On the transat
lantie steamships.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

N. s. Nesteroff, an attache of the
hussian Department of Agriculture, is
in Michigan inspecting methods en-
ployed there in cutting and market
ing lumber. His object is principally
to get information respecting i'm
provcments in sawmill macbinorv
Mr. Nesterof pronounces the Saginaw
valley mills the finest he has ever
seen. He was especially interested in
the maple sugar industry in the
spring, and spent month in n New
York State sugar camp. This bust.
ness was entirely new to him, and he
Will try to introduce it into his native
country, which has, he says, an abun-
dance of sugar naples.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

The statement that child five and
a half years of age would not have
more than one hundred and fifty
words in its vocabulary that it was
able to use understandingly, led a
careful mother to note for month
the number of words used by her
child. All the parts of speech used
were recorded, with the result that in
this case the child appeared to have q
vocabulary of 1923 words.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
Some OIL Statues Found.

Some interesting discoveries are re-
ported in the ancient Roman city OF
Thamugodis, in Algeria, now known
as Tinigad. In excavating the capitol
many fragments of colossal statues, at
least twenty eight feet high, have been
found. Traces of painting have been
discovered on three other statues re-
Gently unearthed 1t now appears in
disputable mat the ancients were not
content with the mere beauties OF
form, but painted their beautiful
statues in all the colors of life. New
Orleans Picayune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

A young man of Lewiston, Me-, who
prides himself on his attractiyeness
Tor the gentler sex, got on train the
other day and saw good-looking
young lady, who seemed to have no.
body with her. He approached her,
relates the New Orleans Picayune, and
did the masher act. She was re-
sponsive, and he was having very
nice time when II man came in and
thanked him for having made the task
OF taking lunatic to the asylum
easier than he dared hope.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
LAPORTE, PA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894.

concerned" be assured her. "You
said all was over between us that day,
Octaxia, and / accepted your decision.
"But--but it is not too late yet,
jerome. /"
'1t Is too late !" was the stern re
ply.
Pretty, pink-cheeked, Margie made
charming bride, few weeks later,
and the Gothic-roofed cottage, with
its hop-vines and Virginia creepers,
is no longer in want of mistress. -
Saturday Night.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A fish swims with its tail, not with
its fins.
India ship.worms ruin n vessel in
five months.
A new species of giraffe has been
discovered in Africa.
Owls without tufts are day owls !;
those with tufts are night owls.
Recent experiments indicate that
the normal eye can discriminate tif-
teen separate tints in the spectrum.
The latest German Government re-.
ports show that eight persons have
died of leprosy three of them since
1S70) in the district of Konigsberg,
and that ten persons are now suffer
ing from that disease.
If it were possible to cut sections
out of the side of soap-bubbles, and
then by some delicate process handle
the pieces, there would be required
fifty million films, laid one upon an
other, to make pile one inch in
height
Meteorolo3ists say that the heat Of
the air is due to six sources: ~ That
from the interior of the earth; (2)
that from the stars; (3) that from the
moon; (4) that from the friction of
the winds and tides (5) that from the
meteors; (6) that from the sun.
A novel way of illuminating tun-
mel has been devised in Paris. Re-
Electors throw the light from many
electric lamps sixteen feet above the
rails to the sides of the tunnel, where
it is again reflected by FURNISHED tin
The trains automatically turn the cur
rent on and off in entering and leavin3 z
the tunnel.
The apparatus for keeping the eye
moist is complex and efficient. 1t COM
prises the lachrymal gland, which
secretes the tears; the lachrymal car
uncle, small feshy body at the iuner
angle of the eye; the puncta lach-
ryme, two small openings at the ma
sal extremity of the eyelids; the
lachrymN' ducts, which convey the
tears into the nose, and the lachrymal
sac, dilatatIon of the canal.
Linseed-oil increases in weight when
exposed to the air in a vessel protect
ed from the dust. So far as its phys
ical qualities are concerned, it under
goes gradual change, assumes 6
darker color, becomes more vicious
and less infammable. An experiment
made by a Bavarian chemist resulted
in 3.5 ounces of pure linseed oil in
creasing OBI ounces in weight after
the oil had been exposed to the air
eighteen months-an increase of about
eight per cent.
When electric motors were first ap-
piled to cars grave doubts were enter
tanned as to the resU,tant effects of
the extreme iarring on the poles of
the field magnet, in the light of the
knowledge that permanent magnet
loses its magnetism by jarring. The
law of compensation seems to abound
in nature, since it is now proven that
the field magnets, which are not per-
manent magnets. increase in magnet
ization by the iarring to which they
are subjected.
An arrangement for heating water
by an incandescent electric lamp in
the lighting circuit has been devised
by M. Leon Pilot, of Paris, by which
he utilizes eighty-fve per cent. of the
heat given out by the lamp. He
claims that an eight-candle lamp will
maintain the water at temperature
of forty degrees centigrade; while a
sixteen-candle lamp will maintain it
at boiling point. The receptacle,
holding about pint, affords, within
the larger lamp, boiling water in ten
minutes.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
TELLING STORIES.
I know OF q boy that's sleepy,

Iknow OF boy that's sleepy,
can tell by the nodding head,
And the eyes that cannot stay open
While tho goodnight prayer is said.
And the whispered "Tell tory,
Said In such drowsy way,
Makes me hearthe bells of Dreamland
That ring at close of day.
So you want a story, darling!
What shall the story be?
OF Little Boy Blue in tho haystack,
And the sheep he fails to see,
As they nibble tho meadow clover
While the cows are In the corn2
o Little Boy Blue, wake up, wake up,
For the farmer blows his horn!
Or shall IT be the story
OF Little Bo Peep tell,
And the sheep he lost and mourned for.
AS If awful fate bcfell?
But there was no need of sorrow
For the pet that went astray,
Since, left home, he came back home
In his own good time and way.
OBJ. the pigs that went to market
That's the tale for me to tell
The great big pig, and tho little pigs,
And the wee. wee pig as we'll.
Here's the big pig-what beauty!
But not half as cunning is he
AS this little tot of q baby pig
That can only say "We-wer'
just look at the baby, bless him!
The little rogue's fast asleep,
might have stopped telling stories
When got to Little Bo Peep.
Oh, little one. how I love you!
You are so dear, so fair
Here's goodnight kiss, my baby
God have you in His care!
-Eben L. Rexforj.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
IlIumInel Gold FIST.

Mr.. Edison, at one of his enjoyable
scientific seances, had large glob2
of gold fish whose anatomy was dis
tinctly outlined and every action Of
each organ was plainly seen. This the
wizard" accomplished 10y making the
fish swallow minute incan lescent
lamps aud by invisible wire con luctel
the electric current. The fish ap.
parently were not incommolet by
their diet oteleetrieity. ATLANTA G. IN.
Attlutiun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

In twelve months American railroad
companies have paid $239, GIG, 2s4 as
interest on bonds and $95, 1897, 691 as
dividends on stocks.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

The most unhealthy city in Europe,
according to statistics recently issued,
is Barcelona, Spain, one of the love-
liest places in that part of the con-
tinent. One who lives in Barcelona
increases considerably his chances OF
1oo@l
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
GETAWAYS CHOICE.
by HELEN WHITNEY CLARK.

7 amt right, ac'
acordin' to my
idees of what's S
right an whats S
wrong, Octavy !"
said Grandma
Mockbee, severe
ly. "An' l shan't {
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

The Egyptian Government pays in
terest on $50, 200, 900 Nile Canal debt
and 100000, 900 Suez Canal bonds,
squeezing the money out of the farm
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05
The New Zealand Maoris own about
10000, 900 acres of land.

The spring and autumn maneuvers
of European armies cost annually S10,-
900, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-05

"Three years since | went away n
bachelor forlorn," laughed Jerome
Meadowgay, MS he strobe along toward
the Mockbee farm and turned his
steps toward the old stile at the foot
of the lane.
\ tall figure stood in the dusky
twilight, sanity outlined against the
slowly fading crimson of the west.
Welcome homel" called soft
yoiGa.
Jerome sprang eagerly forward.
"Murgie - he cried.
"No, not Margie !" in pettish tones.
'lt's Oetayia. Don't you know me,
Joromcg" she asked then added, ia
dulcct accents, - did not know my
own heart when ! sent You away For
give me. Jerome, and and let us bury
the past '
4 soft hand was laid on his arm, and
oetayia'a liquid eyes lookedapparently
into his
jerome pvt the haud soldly aside.
"ihe past is buried. ~ tsg "a am
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-09-28
STATE OF VERMONT.
N BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS
In the matter of the Suihcgan bridge
wreck on the Grand Trunk Railway In
bloomfield, April 22nd, 1894, resulting
fatally to Thomas &. White, and In In.
juries to two other employees.

Public investigation of the cause OF
this accident was had by the Board
at Island Pond, and at the scene OF
the wreck, May 2nd, Bird and 18th,
and August Goth and 30th, 1894.
There appeared before the Board,
Henry w. Lund, States Attorney OF
Essex County representing the State
George n. Dale, A. A. Strout and c. A.
Hight, attorneys, and Z. =. Hannatord,
Chief Engineer, representing the Grand
Trunk Railway Company; and Zophar
Nj. Mansur, attorney, representing the
relatives of the deceased victim OF the ac-
cident.
From the testimony and the several in
spections of the premises of the accident,
it appears that gravel train, consisting
of twenty cars, bound east, was crossing
the so called Nulhegan bridge in Bloom
field (Which was single span. link and
pin, through bridge, of ITO feet in length)
on April 22d, 1894, going at the rate of
about twelve miles per hour and, as the
locomotive came within a few feet of the
eastern abutment, the bridge fell to the
river bed, carrying with it the engine and
three cars. The other cars, following in
the train, came over the western abut-
ment and piled upon the bridge and the
cars that went down with it. The en-.
CINE was backing, and, as the bridge fell,
the tender reached beyond the east end
of the bridge, and, the coupling breaking,
it did not go down with the engine.
The evidence shows that the first yield
ing of the bridge was at the up river
corner OF the east end, and that it was
caused by the settling Of the bridge rest
and substructure on which it was placed.
This bridge rest settling so as to leave
the sustaining power on the down river
corner of this end Of the bridge, moved
the bridge out of level, and it warped or
twisted to the right as the train was
running and collapsed at once, tipping
the engine to the right and dropping it to
the bottom, nearly on it's right side.
brakeman Thomas c. White was found
under water in the cab Of the engine.
dead. The fireman came up through the
cab window and escaped death, although
somewhat injured. The engineer also
escaped in similar way.
There were some twenty-five men on
the train, in the caboose car, at the rear.
A mixed train had passed north over the
bridge four hours before,
The stream was high. and its current
immediately under the bridge is rapid,
at freshet, by reason OF the dam and
sluice way located about 90 feet above
and built for the purpose of floating log,
down the river. y =
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-09-28
Shall The Lease Be Extended2

One of the most idiotic acts of
the Democratic Congress, recent
ly adjourned. was the abrogation
of reciprocity treaties concluded
under the Harrison administra-
ton. Especially was it idiotic
and most damaging to disturb
our commercial relations with
Cuba. Under the reciprocal ar
rangement with the island our
commerce was increased millions
OF dollars annually; but, true to
its impulse to destroy everything
that had the impress of Republi-
can handiwork, the Democracy
killed this commerce outright.
The party not only did this, but
1t excited the resentment of the
Spanish authorities and thereby
brought about revival of the
high duties against American
imports. And. with such damn.
ing record as this staring them
in the face, the party's orators
and organs boast that they arc
"opening the markets of the
world to American products =
AS nearly az they could do so tn,
party's representatives opened
the American market to tn.
world and correspondingly clos
ed 1t to many of the products o
our own people. Greatly weak
ened barriers against the FIRE,
competition of outside producer,
yet remain, but these the Democ
racy propose to tear down ;
they are given further lease q