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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-12

few years later. BENJAMIN was kill.
ed at the battle of Charlottesville,
Va. Too young to enter the army,
Edwin remained at home with his
widowed mother, who lived with
him until her death last year. In
1912 Mr.. Durham was married to
Miss Hannah M. Crocker, a niece Of
the late Michael Meylert. Several
children were born to this union,
but one surviving. all invalid and
much loved daughter, Miss Ellen.
Mr.. Durham is an excellent ex.
ample Of sturdy American manhood.
He has fine physique, regular feat
ures, and a dignified presence, and al
though now past Atty years of age
one could easily mistake him for
forty. His twenty eight years oil
ardious legal work have left him
with an easy and kindly disposition
companionable manners, and frank
and merry laugh. While his situa-
tion has been such that he could
never hoard money, yet he has al.
ways enjoyed moderate competence
and has freely shared with public
enterprises and charities. Though
not actively connected with any
particular religious denomination b.
has, in accord with his means
always been supporter of AM
contributor to Christian churches
His habits are temperate in al
things, and in all his life no one cal
truthfully point to dishoncrable o.
shady action.
As n lawyer Mr.. Dunham has becI
engaged in general practice cover
ing all the cases which can arise u
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-12

The best place to buy fruit jars is &
Bodine & Warns, Sonestown, Pa.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-10-12

We always keep good supply of paints
oils and glass and all kinds of building
supplies. Coles Hardware, Dushore, Pa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

toward the opening of the country to
foreign intercourse. The Corean.
Japanese treaty of ;s76-the first en-.
tered into by the Coreans-was con.
cluded on the basis of free trade, only
small amount of tonnage dues on
shipping being payable. In subse-
quent convention in 1877 japan was
granted the privilege of opening three
coaling stations on the coast; in 1879
the harbor of Gensan, and later
Chemulpo. were thrown open to
Japanese commerce, all other nations
being excluded from the benefits
granted to japan. In the meantime,
China, which has always regarded
Corea as dependency of her empire,
began to grow jealous of the increas-
ing influence of japan, and to counter.
act this hold Of her inveterate enemy,
encouraged, IL not actually instigated,
foreign powers to follow in the foot.
steps of japan in concluding treaties
with this 'hermit kingdom" and II
was with her help that Admiral
Shufeldt led the way and successfully
carried through a treaty between the
United States and Corea in 1882 Later
on commercial treaties were also ne.
gotiated by Great Britain, Germany,
France, Russia and Italy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
The Natora, varn,sh of Japan.

The famous varnish so extensively
employed by the Japanese for lacquer.
ing various articles of furniture and
small ware is obtained from a tree
known to science as Rhus vernicifera.
This varnish tree, which is called
urushi-naki by the Japanese, grows to
a height of about thirty feet, and, at
the age of 40 years, its trunk is forty
inches in diameter. 1t reaches its
greatest perfection at its 18th year,
and then produces its largest yield OF
lac or varnish This is obtained by
making incisions in the bark in q
horizontal direction, an operation that
may be performed at any time be-
tween April and October. Later in
the year the lac is very thick and
viscid, so that the collecting of it Is
attended with much greater difficulty.
The lac Taper carries his own Pc
culiar bow-shaped knife. made for
this purpose, with which he cuts
two millimeter cash in the trunk OF
the tree and then draws the point OF
the knife through the cut again in
order to remove any chips formed by
the first incision. This cut is made
low down. On the opposite side of
the trunk, little further up, he makes
second cut, and then on this side
again, and so on, until he has made
from six to ten such missions. After
he has operated thus upon about a
dozen trees, the Taper turns to the
first tree and collects the fluid that
has oozed from the cuts, and which,
ut first milky white and thick. be.
comes, through exposure to the air,
first dark brown and finally quite
black This crude lac is called XII.
urushi The tree is hacked in this
way for from sixty to eighty days,
until it dies 1t is then cut down. and
the wood chopped and put into hot
water, which extracts the last rem.
nant of the liquid amounting to not
more than half pint This forms
the poorest quality Of lac The lac is
purified by filtcring it through cotton
stuff, grinding on paint slab mixing
with water. and then evaporating
the latter by heat The finer sorts
are bleached in shallow dishes in the
sun. The best kin 4 is called nashyi.
urushi. the poorer kind henKi-urushi,
and the unbleached jeshime -urushi.
The black varnish, roiro-urushi, is
made from the crude lac. There are
about twenty different kinds in the
market. of which the above named
are the most used.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

numbers and were evidently waiting
for an opportunity to crush the little
American army as soon as IL had on
tered the ravine lying below the fort.
To defeat these tactics FIVE howitz.
ers and two companies of infantry
were posted as rear guard on rising
ground. while the main body moved
forward to storm the citadel. The
Coreans attacked the howitzers in
large numbers, but the excellent prac-
tice made by the American gunners
under Master A. v. Wadhams scat
tered them effectually ami prevented
any large body of them from getting
into close quarters with our men.
Presently, at signal previously
agreed upon, the firing from the
Monocacy ceased. and amid hail OF
bullets from the enemy our men
sprang up the steep incline to attack
the citadel They swarmed over the
ramparts or through the breaches, and
in twinkling were at close quarters
with the defending garrison. The
Coreans fought stubbornly to the last
without asking for quarter, and were
all of them slain. After that the re-
manning subsidiary forts were soon
captured, and fifty flags and 4Sl pieces
of artillery fell into the hands of the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
IMPoarANr Foop TESTS.
How to Produce Moro Economical and
HeaIthful Articles for thu Table.

How to Produce Moro Economical and
Healthfui Articles for tho Table.
The official food analyses by the
United States and Canadian govern
ments have been studied with interest
The United States government report
gives the names of eighteen we'll
known baking powders some Of them
advertised as pure cream-of-tartar
powders, which contain alum.
The report shows the Royal to be q
pure cream of-tartar baking powder.
the highest in strength, evolving 16o6
cubic inches of leavening gas per
single ounce Of powder. There were
eight other brands of eam-of-tar tar
tested. and their average strength
was Ills cubic inches of gas per
ounce Of powder
The Canadian government investi-
cations were of n still larger number
Of powders. The Royal Baking Pow.
der was here also shown the purest
and highest in strength, containing
As per cent more leavening gas per
ounce than the average Of all the other
cream-of tartar powders.
These figures are very instructive to
the practical housekeeper They in
dictate that the Royal Baking Powder
goes more than SO per cent further in
use than the others, or is one-third
more economical. Still more import
ant than this. however. they prove
this popular article has been brought
to the highest degree of purity-for to
its superlative purity this superiority
in strength is due-and consequently
that by its use we may be insured the
purest and most wholesome food.
The powders Of lower strength are
found to leave large amounts of inn
purities in the food. This fact Is
emphasized by the report of the Ohio
state food commissioner. who while
finding the Royal practically pure,
found no other powder to contain less
than 10 per cent of inert or foreign
matters.
The statistics show that there is
used in the manufacture of the Royal
Baking Powder more than half Of all
the cream of tartar consumed in the
United States for all purposes The
wonderful sale thus indicated for the
Royal Baking Powder-greater than
that of all other baking powders COM
bined-is perhaps even higher EVIL
dence than that already quoted of the
superiority of this article, and Of its
indispensableness to modern cookery.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

wrecked on the coast of Corea, to in,
quire into the Gen. Sherman affair
and to obtain il possible a treaty of
commerce. Peaceful negotiations,
however, proved to be impossible.
The natives garrisoned the forts along
the river and prepared to make things
hot for the foreigners should they at
tempt to ascend the river toward the
capital. A survey expedition, under
Capt Horner Blake, consisting of the
Monocacy and Palos, with four steam
launches, was sent up the river. When
they were close to Kang-wa island the
Corean batteries, containing some
eighty guns suddenly opened fire
upon them. The redoubt was in
stantly wrapped in a sheet of flames
discharging in a few seconds about
three hundred shots One account
says that these rasped the water like
a hailstorm. The veterans of the
civil war had never known such rapid
firing. Yet only one American was
wounded.
Fortunately the order to fire had
been given few seconds late; the
American vessels were already out of
the line of fire. and as the guns of the
natives were fastened on logs, they
could not be manipulated and were OF
no further use. The answering fire
from the gunboats and launches soon
cleared the fort of it, defenders and a
week later a punitive expedition was
landed in order to teach the Coreans q
necessary lesson. The force, COM
posed of $50 men, was led by Com
mander L. A. Kimberly, the adjutant
general being Lieutenant Commander
W. Scott Schley. who was afterward
to win fame as the rescuer Of Lieut.
Greedy.
The first battery, which was at
tackled unexpectedly in the rear, was
taken without difficulty; the works
were completely demolished and the
cannon rolled into the river. On the
following day the next fort-"Fort
Monocacy," rs 1t was chrittened--was
cleared by shells from the Mono
cesy's guns and was then dismantled
by the landed troops An ad-
vance was next made upon the citadel
or principal fort, which. was. perched
on the crest of rocky hill :, The
Coreans were lowering beyond the
reach Of our guns In vastly superior
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

tho hermit kingdom" in more
than name The present king
had assembled the throne a couple of
years before. but being mere boy
the government was wholly in the
hands of his regent father, who
was bitter hater both of foreign
ers and of change Some French mis-
sionaries, who had braved the law of
the country and boldly advanced into
the native cities, were horribly massa-
cred in 1866, and French expedition
sent to chastise the Coreans assembled
the Seoul river and attacked several
forts, but lost so heavily that the ex-
petition sailed away without having
accomplished the end aimed at, and
having left the Corean soldiers with
the impression that the foreigner
could not fight, and that the Corean
was invincible.
In the same year an American
schooner, the General Sherman. chart
cred by a British trader, sailed for
China on an experimental voyage of
trade and discovery. The vessel en-
tered the Ia tong river and never re-
turned. 1t was burned by natives
and those on board were slaughtered
to the last man. On the news of this
massacre being received Commander
now Rear Admiral-R w. Schufeldt
visited the peninsula with the war
steamer Wachusett on mission of in
quiry. No satisfaction, however, was
obtained, and similar mission, under
Comma nder Febiger, of the Shenan-
doah, despatched few months later.
proved equally barren. Finally, in
1871, our Asiatic squadron, consisting
of the flagship Colorado, the corvette
Alaska and Benicia, with the gun boats
Monocacy and Palos was despatched
under Rear Admiral Rodgers. to Co
rean waters
1t was intended to secure treaty
for the protection of Americans ship
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
How Is 1t Done?

The following mysterious adver-
tisement appeared recently in a
London paper: Gentleman, 26, re-
spectacle appearance and religious
inclinations. wishes to marry under
chronological principles, and in
vites correspondence from any lady
having tho same desire" How do
you marry under chronological
principles Do you both have your
bumps felt, and then compare notes
to see that there are no sincom-
patibilities of temper?"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
1T WAS THE SMALL BOAT.

IL
things, coupled with reliability of
statement. Mr.. Howard had looked
over his staff that night before giving
the assignment.
'Get to that wreck, Carleton" he
said testify. You are the only man
here who can write it up without
having the waves roll mountain
torn thick section from the block of
copy paper and hurried away.
Bud found no difficulty in locating
the wreck, although he could see it's
dark spars outlined against the sky
much better by running along the
water front as far as II street. The
storm, which had been raging for
three days and had finally caused the
disaster, had subsidized a trihe, and
from this distance the great, black
hulk seemed resting easily upon the
waves. On account of the hour there
were but few spectators-only the
hurrying life-saving crews, the pa
trolmen and the inevitable groups OF
ragged wharf-rats. And Bud OBJ
served, WITH ueiiphU, Indt not auOtner
paper had reporter on the scene
lie looked around for Carleton and
some one told him that the "chap"
that had been writing there for a
long time, sitting on On overturned
small boat, had ut last righted the
little craft and set off for the half
submerged ship.
HE hadn't oughter, either" the
man continued. This water amt
as peaceful rs 1t looks We had a
hard pull gcttin' in the last trip with
thc passengers, and the wind is risin'
higher every minute"
1t was true that the clouds had
begun to roll again, while the light
ming threw ever sharper and more
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
starving without Hunger.

Deaths by starvation are probably
commoner among the rich than among
the poor The cancellation that comes
from chronic indigestion simply pro.
claims an ill-nourished body. n starv.
ing without hunger Every physician
In New York, from whatever social
circle his patients are drawn, treats
many such cases of starvation. The
milk diet, so much talked of for the
past twenty years and so little under
stood, is really device to feed these
starving men and women who perish
for lack of nourishmcnt in the pres'
ence Of plenty.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

Formerly all the mandolin used
in this country were imported from
Germany and Italy; now nearly ali
that are used here. and great many
are used, are made In this coun try.
In the past year and half or two
years the mandolin has become very
popular here. and its popularity show,
no sign of diminishing. The demand
for mandolins come from all parts Of
the country, and 1t Is so great thai
wholesale dealers in musical instru
ments are not able to keep up with Il
promptly. 1t is said that we make IL
this country mandolins better thar
the imported, and the same Is said O,
American guitars Guitars made IL
this country are now used Throughout
the land. and they are also exported
to all Spanish-American countries.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

in yet, Mr.. Howard" ono OF the men
replied. He"
But the door shut with a bang, to
open minute later, when the same
worried voice inquired:
where's Bud? No, l suppose he's
not to be found, either! Did anyone
ever know him to be on hand when he
was wanted? Here, Bud" as the
grimy-faced galley and general utility
boy in question came in with his
proofs, ''go down to the foot of Il street
and find Carleton. There's a wreck
off the point, but it won't do us any
good unless he gets here with that
copy pretty soon. We go to press at 0
o'clock-in just two hours. Bud"
c He stopped with a half smile, for
the boy was already part way down
the stairs on his way to the street.
None of us knew exactly why we
gave the weird, shriveled specimen of
boyhood the name of Bud. Possibly
it was because of the certainty we
felt that he would never become a
blossom. He was a thin-shouldered,
shrunken-chested little fellow, small
even for his IL years, with a sharp
featured, unchildish face and the sug-
gestion of eternal Group in his voice.
He had driftcd into the office one
stormy night about year before the
time of which 1 write, and, although
his request for "a place" had been
promptly refused, he had calmly
stayed on and became fixture. He
was not communicative about him
self, and we were not particularly
curious. One of the women proof
readers discovered before long that
the gray rat under her desk was not a
more constant habituo of the Office
than was Bud. He spent the hours
between the time the paper went to
press and the arrival of the
day mer at II o'clock sleep
ing on a pile of empty mail
sacks in dark corner of the engine
room, but from that time on
he was alert and ready for business.
AS 'understudy" for Frank The regu-
lar galley boy, he was fast picking up
the knowledge of printing and had
occasionally displayed surprising
amount of information regarding the
general makeup of a newspaper,
strongly imbued with the idea that
all things were secondary in inn
portapce and must be subservient to
its requirements. Nothing pleased him
so much as an errand of the kind just
given him by the city editor, and we
all knew that he would return If he
was alive.
Carleton was new man on the
paper, little green in the business,
but with nose for newsstand sense
of honor and the eternal fitness of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

conquerors, The citadel was named
Fort Mckee, in honor of the gallant
young officer who was the first over
the parapet
The defeat of 1871 probably rendered
the Coreans more ready to treat
peaceably with foreigners than they
were before. In any case the hour for
opening up the country was at hand
The process began in 1876, when a
treaty was made with Japan. A party
of Japanese sailors, while landing for
water on Kang-w wa island, were mis-
taken for Americans or Frenchmen
and were fred upon by a neighboring
fort japan saw her opportunity, and
her fleet demanded as an indemnity
that certain privileges in trade be
granted her. This was III, first step
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
To Our Readers.

The Prickly Ash Bitters Company,
of ST. Louis Mo-, have just published
a thirty.two page book entitled "UsE-
Full INFORMATION" Every one should
have it. 1t is written In plain lam
guage, emitting medical terms as
much as possible. You will find there.
in great many useful things you
should know. Send your address to
the company and receive a copy OF
"UsEFuI. INFORMATION"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
To Avoid Collisions.

lieutenant T. Boyer OF the French
navy, to avoid collisions proposes to
introduce at the top on all fast sail
ing steamers an electric light, which
will cast beam ahead to indicate
the direction in which the vessel is
steering So long as the approach
ing ship was not in the actual pen
ell of light it would be unnecessary
for her to alter her course.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
Teaching Him tho Error

Teaching Him the Error of His Ways
His Mother-Johnny, always re :
member what told you. When you
see any little boy showing anger
take him aside and make him feel
that he is wrong. Did you do so
yesterday with naughty Tommy
Tubbs?
Johnny-Yes. indeed. did.
punched him good. too. -Chicago
Record.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
At the Poultry Show.

"Groat snakes! There's fifty-seven
little chicks In that box! How could
one hen hatch out as many as that"
"A hen didn't do lit They was
Matched In a lin incubus. you dorm
fool"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
Maria ge-a-la- Mode.

Best Man. at telepbone-Is that
Lawyer Breaknot?
"Yes."
well. wo are waiting for the YER.
dict-what's thatp Good! Absolut e
divorce for Mrs Marrymuch All
right. parson, let 'er go. Life.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
A Disadvantag, in Aluminium.

The telephone business has de.
veloped an interesting fact that may
check the growing popularity OF al
minimum. The metal has recently
been used in telephone diaphragms.
and there are signs that 1t corrodes
under the action OF the human
breath.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
OUR FLAG in COREA.
THE FIRST TO TEACH THE
COREANS MANNERS.
How the Massacre OF tho Crew of the
American Schooner Gen. sherman
Was Avenged by Our Asiatic squadron
In 1871

N o R ID f r TO
trace the history OF
Americas relations
with Corea and the
general opening up
of the country to
the influences OF
western civiliza-
ton. it is necessary
to go back to the
year 1866. At that
! time Corea was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

A fish with head and body re
sembling that of an alligator was re
Gently captured of Fort White. Fla
II weighed one and half pounds
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
PRESENTS TO THE:NAvY.
GIFTS RECEIVED BY UNCLE
a SANS CRUISERS.

cities After which They Were Called
Have Made Offerings of siivorwarc.
Beiis and Other Articles of Uso and
Bcauty, Bunting and SILK.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01

OMuley NISSAN, the late sultan OF
Morocco was . mnch m r,.., n' n.
and his millinery bills evidently
shortened his life lie had LOU
wives.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-01
A
NEWSPAPER
fSTORY

THE city edi t o r
opened the door
and peered impa-
tiently through
the C l o u d s of
smoke rollin g
over the ! O n g
center table in
the repo r t e RS
room.
ibid y o u g G t
that story, Carle-
ton?" he asked.
ksCorIntAnfc not
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-11-09
PHYSICAL IORCF.
The Ultra Wing of the Irish Party Is
Getting Festive.

The Ultra Wing of the Irish Party Is
Getting FESTIVE.
LONDON, Nov. S.-The Scotland Yard
authorities inform the Associated Press
that they have evidence that the physi-
cal force party is planning an immediate
campaign, as a consequence OF the I'M
satisfactory reply of John Morley, chief
secretary for Ireland, to the Dublin
deputation, in reference TO The release
OF Irish prisoners in England.
The physical force party, according to
the same authority, is in active comma.
nication with sympathizers in the United
States. The officials are receiving re
ports concerning the operations of the
party in America from Pinkerton.
Timothy IIealy, it is said, has definite
ly cut loose from Mccarthy and Dillor
and the Parnellites will follow him. This
the Healyites claim, will form the nu
cleus of the party they eventually viii
have. They will have "a newspaper.