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many olnet children of a larger growth re-
gard them as of minor Importance compared
with the piece-de-resistance the dinner
table.
For such as these the news that comes
from the market these days Is of the most
satisfactory nature. Dealers say that tur
keys are unusually abundant this year and
of an excellent quality. This morning the
crowd in the Center Market was a big one,
even for this time of year. AS rule peo-
pie have not laid in their supplies for next
Thursday yet, but, being anxious not to get
left at the last moment, they have filed
their orders with their poultry dealers, and
each purchaser has spoken for the very best
gobbler or hen the market can afford-and
each one has been assured that he will get it.
One of the leading dealers told Star re-
porter this morning that he had never seen
turkeys run better than they do this fall"
They are in fine condition. and the prices
are no higher, if they not actually low
er, than they were at this time last year,
namely from 121s to 10 cents a pound, and
for the latter figure one can get as good a
turkey as the market affords. There may
be slight changes in the figures next week,
but it is doubtful II they go at all above the
latter figure.
The cold wave that struck this city We'd
, nesday had an excellent effect on the mar
ket and served to keep prices easy. Had the
have been scarcer and would have been held
at higher prices owing to the fact that ship
pers are unwilling to contract for distant
market, when there is chance that their
shipments will spoil en- route With the
weather as it has been the last few days
shipments have been coming in freely and
the commission merchants have had their
hands full.
From Maryland and Virginia.
The larger proportion of the turkeys for
the local market come from the adjoining
states Of Maryland and Virginia, and the
claim Is made that no finer are raised any,
where in the Union, which is the same as
saying that they are the best in the world.
A couple of years ago Queen Victoria sent
to this country for turkey to grace the
dinner table at the palace Christmas day,
but for some unknown reason the order was
placed In Connecticut, which has a pretty
good reputation around New York as tur-
key farm. The farmer who got the order
sent a thirty-pound, corn-fed. grasshopper-
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the outcome of the
contest over the re-
organization of the
House at the begin
ming of each new
session of Congress
when there Is a
change of admins
tration, for that
number of salaried
positions are vacated
by the outgoing in
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THE EVENING STAR.

PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY,
AT THE STAR BUILDINGS,
ll0l Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor 18th Street. By
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
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fattened dry picked biru TO New York for
Ter imperial majesty. He received $13 for
the fowl, and became so famous over the
transaction that proud fellow townsmen sent
him to the legislature.
Westerly is quite a famous shipping point
for Connecticut turkeys, and Horace Vose
of that villa ge has for mary years provid-
ed the Thanksgiving turkey fer the White
House. President Cleveland's fowl last
year tipped the beam at thirty pounds, and
was the pick of a flock in North Stonng-
ton. Mr.. Nosc has never failed to receive
letter of acknowledgment from the dis
tinguished recipient of his bounty. The
turkey which he sent to President Grant
was the largest one ever shipped from
Westerly, and weighed, when dressed, th.r-
ty-sX pounds.
Turkeys frCm nearby points have the
call in the local market, although many
are brought from the west. AS result OF
the manner of dressing them. the latter do
not COX quite as attractive before cooking
do the birds from Maryland and Vir-
ginia, but those who know them say their
dry, seasoned meat keeps its SAVIOR surpris-
ingly well and takes place second to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-23
How the Supply is Obtained.

The methods of supplying turkeys in suffi-
Gent quantities to answer the needs of
big city are interesting CT themselves. The
raisers do not ship direct to the Dealers
but sell to ''haulers." The latter go through
the country with wagons and pick up the
turkeys for which they have contracted
earlier III the season. AS rule they pay
II for gobblers and 80 cents for hen tur-
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Our Trade in Corn.

Since that breach was made in the
wall of protection, at the end of last
August, we exported in the eight
months from September l, 1894, to
April 80, 1895, just 1891, s04 bushels
OF corn. During the first eight months
OF the Mckinley tariff, from October
!, 1890, to May 81, 1891. we exported
IA, $50, ,S26 bushels. The increase in
our exports was over 3, 800, 600 bushels
during the German tariff period.
The amount of money paid us for
corn exported during the Mckinley
tariff eight months was $685..
$50. For the larger quantity
shipped abroad under the German
tariff we received so, 42I, Ash. Sup
posing that corn was worth just as
much to farmers under the German
tariff as under the Mckinley tariff,
then they sold 3,S00,0o0 bushels for
S172, 800. This was at the rate OF
about four and half cents bushel.
This represents the price paid for
the extra quantity Of our American
product that the markets OF the world
have been willing to take away since
our wall OF protection was broken
down. Is it worth while to grow corn
for the sake of shipping it abroad to
sell at four and half cents per bushel?
This is problem that confronts the
American farmers.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Drowning Boy Saved by a Dog.

A large Newfoundland dog saved q
boys life at Baltimore yesterday. The
boy is Howard Connanbaugh, eight
years old, and the dog, formerly a
tramp, is now cared for by Edward
Lynch. The boy and the dog were
romping on the dock in the morning,
when the boy accidently fell over
board. There is twenty feet OF water
in the dock. The big Newfoundland
saw the boy fall, and just as he came
to the surface sprang into the dock
and SWAN to the fast-sinking boy.
The boy clutched the woody hair on
the dogs neck, which kept him adoat,
and then the dog started to swim with
his burden to the other side of the
dock. A man rushed to the rescue,
and when the dog reached tho place.
jumped into rowboat and managed
to pull both the dog and the boy out
of the water. The dog became hero
in the eyes of the people who had
been attracted to the scene, aud he
was given first-class dinner for his
heroism. Baltimore American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

The New York Ledger maintains
that the secret of China's downfall is
in her insulatic n, which has lasted for
thousands of years, and strongly re-
PEELED all exterior influences. She
marked time while the West marched
past, and her rude awakening has
come from Western forces via Japan;
that is the exact truth Of the situation.
Perhaps the agonies she has endured
in the late war may be the birth .throes
of a nobler National existence for
China. Certainly, if the rulers were
not SO blind. there is not more
patient. quiet, enduring man than the
Chinaman. and unpopular though it
may be to say SO. we believe that the
last word has not yet been spoken,
nor the last gun fred. in the struggle
for Asiatic supremacy, The Jap is
the Frenchman of Asia; the Chinaman
is the German. Germany knew the
bitterness of Jena, and saw Napoleon
enter Berlin. But she also knew how
to wait, and Sedan followed on Ber.
lin. History has always repeated
itself. II China really awakes, she
will be heard Of in an progressive style
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In civilized countries the average
age at which women marry is twenty
three and one-half years.
What is left of potato pulp after the
starch is extracted is used, among
other things, in the manufacture Of
boxes.
M. Tassinari, Paiisian scientist,
finds the smoke of tobacco to be one of
the most perfect germicides and disin-
fectants ever used.
It has been found, on Investigation,
that the cucumber has temperature
of one degree below that of the sur
rounding atmosphere.
Trunk wires to connect London by
telephone with Edinburgh, Glasgow.
and Dublin have just been erected by
the British postoffice.
A small electric lamp is being used
instead of bell in some of the tele-
phone exchanges in England. The call
for connection lights the lamp.
Diamond dust was supposed to be
poisonous by the early chemists, but
it has been settled that there is no
poisonous matter in the diamond.
Two cases have recently been re-
ported of interference with electric
signals on a sta Il railway by the
ground current from an electric troll
ley line.
One of the most striking of the ex-
periments in O recent lecture before
the Royal Institute of Great Britain
showed frozen soap bubbles floating
on liquid air.
Schiffen e. Kircher, OF Grunstadt,
Bavaria, have discovered new min
eral compound which Is plastic in
water, but become extremely hard
when dry. They call it apyrite.
The concrete foottag of st. Johns
Cathedral, New York City, is made OF
one part cement. two parts sand and
three parts round. si..poth pebbles. 1t
is made and mixed bs machinery.
The Berwind. .Wn,-e Coal Com
pany, of Osceola Mis-, Penn, have
new mine turning out 11,OOO
tons n month, in whisn no mule was
ever employed. Electricity does the
hauling.
An electric fire alain now being in
troduced in Switzerlaad acts automat-
ically through the Expansion of a
metallic rod under hat. This makes
an electric connection and it is said
that the alarm is SO ., sitive that it is
put in operation bs Il ding lighted
match near it.
Bodies do not rise Lake Geneva,
in !ee-a u seventeen
lays. and FRED "a - tss Ut all. There
is said to be an underground connec'
ton between Lake Geneva and the
chain of great lakes, and some people
have theory that bodies are often
carried into the larger lakes and never
recovered.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Metal Workers OF Asia.

Among the half civilized peoples OF
Central Asia are many artistic workers
in metals. One of these Nations or
tribes, the Burates, is famous for in
laid work. The Russians call these
workmen "Bratskaya Robata." They
use gold, tin and silver for inlaid work
on iron. The art has been practiced
by them for thousands of years, and
their skill has been recorded in the
ancient folk songs Of ASIA. A writer
describing their work say they ham
mer the silver, gold or tin very thin
Then the part of the object to be iu-
laid is made rough with a hammer,
the surface of which is roughened like
file. Templets of birch bark serve
to cut the metal iuto the proper shape,
which is laid upon the heated object
and lightly hammered into the rough
surface, then heated to blue color,
and the inlaid metal is hammered
smooth with polished hammer
Scientific American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Write Cheerful Letters.

The popular woman does not write
doleful letters; she waits till she is in
a better frame Of mind 'efore begin
ming them, for she realizes that there
are burdens enough in life without
adding to them by inAicting pessimis.
tic epistles on her friends.
III she writes a letter of condolences
it seems to come from the heart, for ii
it does not sound that way she will
not let its GOODNESS further grieve II
bereaved one; and if she sends con-
gratulations to bride or mother
she makes point of recollectin.s or
looking up some rousing good wishes
that have the ring of genuine inter
est
One woman drops fragrant flower
in a letter, not to q gushing school
girl, but to an old lady or q tired
mother Of an exacting family, and by
this bit of sentiment-not sentlmeu-
tality-keeps her memory green in the
hearts of her friends. = New York
Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
THE OLD CHURCH BELL.

High up DER the heads of the people
That pass like vague ships on the street,
1t hangs in its home in the steeple,
That throbs with the winds rhythmic beat;
What heeds it the world or its noises?
What recks it of trafflc's loud din?
OF tears, or the clamor of voices
That speak Of the light hearts within?
Enough that its duty is ringing
In every condition Of weather,
Enough that its mission is bringing
The spiritual household together;
Enough that 1t strikes for the hours
That speed in a ne neer-ending chain,
And chimes over nuptial flowers,
And tolls for the funeral train.
Enough that 1t speaks to the mothers
In clear, unmistakable tones,
And fathers and sisters and brothers,
From all the earth's populous zones;
Enough that it brings to the altar
The ones who have strayed from the truth,
AS we'll as the weak ones who falter
Mid trials unknown in their youth.
So there, while the pale stars are marching,
And rivers roll on to the sea,
And heavens blue vault is o'er-arching,
The bell in It's belfry will be-
And then, when its mission is ended;
And turned is the last burial sod,
Its echoes full-toned will be blended
With trumpets that call us to God.
ALFRED L. Hostelley, In New York Observer
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
The Poison OF the Ornithor,,ynchus,

The hind feet Of the ornithorhynch-
us. "the mole with webbed feet and
the bill of duck" that puzzed ZOO
logists SO much for long time, are
provided with solid spur connected
with a gland. Have we here {. poison
gland? From some apparently trust
worthy accounts that have reached him,
Mr.. Stewart thinks we have. This
gland Is ut least venomous at a certain
season. A dog was wounded by one
of these Ipurs three times, anl the
symptoms the first time were those of
pain and somnolenca, but there were
no convulsions, titubations or tremb.
ling. Upon the two other occasions,
the symptoms were less pronounced,
and even null, thus indicating habitu-
alton. The poison has proved mortal
to the dog in four cases, but in man
the symptoms disappear without caus.
ing death.--Scientific American.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Brought to Light.

At general election in England,
candidate personally unknown to the
voters of certain borough was asked
by party leaders to stand for it. He
belonged to good family, and was a
barrister of promise in London. His
path to success was open. as the
borough belonged to his party. But
when he mounted the platform to
address the electors, after q sentence
or two he suddedly became pale and
confused, his eyes fixed on board OPP
posite on which was scrawled with
charcoal, Forty pounds" He
stumbled through short speech, and
then hurriedly left the stand.
A few days later he rose to speak in
another town, and again the myster-
ious words written in black on the
wall confronted him. Again he left
the platform, and that night retired
from the contest for the seat in Parlia-
ment. Not long afterward he disap-
peared from public life, and retired to
an English colony where he hid him
self on ranch. The words, it was
found, referred to theft committed
in his youth, which he supposed had
been forgotten.
Alexis Piron, the French poet and
satirist, sought for many years to OBJ
tain seat among the Forty Immortals
in the French Academy. He was rec
ognized among the poets OF his day,
and was confident of his ultimate ad-
mission, when vile ode, written when
he was boy, was brought to light,
and he knew that the door of the
Academy was closed in lis face for
ever.
In both of the great political parties
of this country there have been in-
stances of men eminent il, mental abil-
ity, who have failed to.receive the high
political honors, because of the
shadow of some fault or folly of their
earlier days.
Behind all the happiness of life, be.
hind even Gods love, thera is such a
thing as law. "Who bre sas il always
pays the penalty" God may forgive
him, but the lines on !. s.s(ssre. ~
taint in his soul, remain to tell of tdJ
vice of his early days. ,.-Youth's Com
panion.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

How many OF the people who use
the pump handle" handshake know
its origin? asks the Pathfinder. A
Westerner hit the idea of its discom-
fort when he said it was Ser all the
world like shakin' paws over barbed-
wire fence" The truth of the matter
is that 1t was originated by the Prince
of Wales when "that august person
age" was suffering from boil under
the arm, necessitating tho awkward
movement. Doesn't Shakespeare say,
"New customs, though they be never
SO ridiculous, nay, let them be unman.
ly, yet are followed"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
Attacked by Whales.

Captain Mitchell, of the steamer tug
Thomas j. Smith, which arrived here
from sea, having in tow the bone-laden
italian bark, from Buenos Ayres,
which she picked up to the southwark
of Fenwick Island, reports having
been attacked by tremendous school
of whales while cruising forty miles
southeast of Cape Henlopen. The
whales surrounded the tug for II period
of four hours, blowing large streams
of water into the air, which COM
pletely shut out all view of the sur
roun1ings. Capta Mitchell says
that in thirty years service at
sea on tugs he never before saw such
large whales, nor were they ever
known to congregate in such numbers
so close to the land. 1t was Il serious
time on board the frail tug, and all
hands were badly scared, as these
monsters seemed infuriated and dashed
along the sides of the boat with great
force. Captain Mitchell ran the en-
gines full speed and attempted to get
clear of the school, but the huge
marine animals followed the tug, al.
most swamping her with the immense
volumes of water they threw on board.
Finding that any attempt to get away
from them was futile, Captain Mitchell
loaded up large horse-pistol he la
on board and began firing into them,
but the bullets took no effect. One
monster he put six shots into. but it
only infuriated the animal still more.
It was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon
when the leader OF the school headed
off shore, and soon the whole number
followed and disappeared. -Philadel-
phia Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

Speaking OF the harvest outlook,
the New York Herald says that winter
wheat fared very badly, but the loss is
considerably repaired by spring wheat,
the average condition Of which is
1922, and for all wheat the average
condition is 76.2-fgures which indi.
cate that the total wheat yield will be
over 400, 900, 600 bushels, from three
fourths to four-fifths of an average
harvest. Tho average condition Of
corn is 99.3, and the acreage 1918, as
compared with the area planted in
1894. The largest corn crop ever pro-
duced in the United States was 2,O6O,-
600 bushels, in 1891. But If the
present estimates of the Department
of Agriculture prove to be correct the
corn crop of 1895 will break even this
record
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

The Atlanta Constitution observes:
The new directory of ST. Paul gives
that city n population of 1910, 900,
whereupon the Minneapolitans ex-
claim: ooh, wait till you hear from our
directory man. He's not slow. He will
rice to the occasion" With these rival
cities 1t is question of which direc.
tory comes out last, or, as Colonel
Carter, of Western Texas, used to say
81 like to hear the other fellow lie
first. then know just how far I must
60 to annihilate him."
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

Tho capital employed in banking in
the principal countries is as follows
Great Britain, 81, O20, 900, 900 United
States, 80, 655, 600, 900; Germany, ST.
425, 900. 900; France, $l,025, 600, 900 ;
Austria, $3.50. 900, 600; Russia, $775,
100000; Italy, $455, 100000; Aus
tralia, 1926, 900. 900; Canada, $175,-
900, 900.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
FRIDAY, AUGUST 80 1885,

no tools that would enable him to ef.
feet his escape. Therefore I armed
myself with Adsir's pistol, and Nam
mie and baby and kept watch over
my prisoner until we were relieved at
2 o'clock by the arrival Of my hus.
band.
Going out into the street, he sum-
moned policeman. The burglar was
brought out handcuffed and carried
away.
I was not ST rprised to recognize the
waiter James. New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
A Primitive Confessional.

1t was o custom of the Grow Indians
that the members ola war party when
taking the trail should confess their
immoralities to each her. The most
solemn oaths OF secrecy were taken,
and women were never admitted to
the secret societies thus established.
New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

The New York Mail and Express re-
marks: est is u hopeful sign when
more than 100000 industrial work
crs receive an advance of wages aver
aging about ten per cent, during the
first half of the year 1895. And the
figures are official"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

A prominent physician thinks it
amazing to see SO many people travel
ing for their health with rapidity
that sugl ests they have been shot out
of gun. He thinks itrather remark
able that SO few of them kill them
selves in trying to get well.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

1t is believed by some who have ex-
amined the histories of so-called musi-
cal prodieies that they are developed
by making when children the discov
cry that the tips OF their fingers will
produce on piano the same time and
tone they make with the tips of their
tongues in their mouths. -~New York
World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

The first practical attempt to raise
journalism to the height of learned,
acknowledged profession in Germany
is being made at Heidelberg Univer-
sity, where Professor Adolph Koch,
the historian, is delivering series OF
lectures on the history of journalism
and of the press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
AN ANNIVERSARY.
DAIR SELKIRK

D AIR SELKIRK
ard I were quietly
married in the dear
little church of our
native village. and
as Adair had al
ready secured en-
ployment in q dis
tant town of some
Importance, we left
shortly after the
ceremony for our
future home.
We secured board
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

The ninth month of the Gorman
tariE gave us total imports of manu-
factures OF foreign wooden goo Is worth
SO, DOL, 413, as compared with I'M
ports worth only S623, l59 in May,
1894
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30
It Takes the Cake.

As representatives of corruption,
deception, intrigue and un-American'
clsm, the second Administration OF
President Grover Cleveland has never
been equaled in the history Of the
United States.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

With the exception of Belgium,
whose debt has been incurred for in
ternal improvements, every European
National debt is in great part war
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-30

William Carol, of Brooklyn, who
has 1O7 years experience of the worlds
affairs, says that it is steadily growing
hptter