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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
A Case OF Identification.

A prominent uptown man tells the
following story on himself, He says:
81 was in Chicago short time ago,
and knowing that l would receive
through the Post Office money or.
der within the next day or two, went
around to the Postoffice to identify
myself to them in advance.
"I am expecting a money order to
the amount of - said to the clerk
in that division, and my name is -
/ showed him some letters addressed
to me from other parts. Now ]
continued, IF ! am not the man
claim to be I must have killed him,
and am now impersonating him. The
clerk laughed, but l thought that Wis.,
ions of more Holmes murders were
floating through his mind. Well, the
order came on time, and when called
to get the money the same clerk was
at the desk. He took one look at me,
sized me up and without more ado
counted out the money and handed it
to me, saying: ooh, yes; you're the
fellow who murdered the man. -
Philadelphia Record.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
The Boston Commercial Bulletin of

The Boston Commercial Bulletin of
August "a says:
"These States comprise the region
that produces what are called ter
ritory" woods. On March 1, 1893,
fine territory staple was selling in
this market at go cents the secured
pound. On August 10, 1894, Just be.
fore the passage Of the German tariff,
it was selling at 40 cents. 1t is worth
to-day 33 cents.
"In two years the value OF the
American flock has dropped from
$l25, 909,264 to s66, ,6s5, 7G7, thanks
to the success Of our free wool friends
in the elections of 1892. On account
of the slaughter of sheep, md the
shortage of the clip, some growers re-
ceived more for their wool this year
than last. None OF them havo re-
ceived anything approaching the
prices paid when wool was not under
the blight, as it has been since March,
1898, of hostile control by the National
Government.
In 1893 the farmers OF Now York
State averaged 200 sheep each. They
can easily see how they have been
robbed by o glance ut tho following
statement:
The average production of clean
secured wool by each farmer in Ohio,
Michigan and New York States during
President Harrison's Administration,
and under McKinloy's law protection,
was 600 pounds, the valuo of which
was 60 cents per pound. Under Cleve-
lands Administration md German
tariff free trade the value OF tho same
has been 80 cents per pound. The
net gain to each farmer by reason OF
cheaper free wool clothing (allowing
three ponnds Of purc secured wool
to eight annual new suits OF clothing
to each family would be $3.50. Civ
ing credit for cheaper clothing, tho
net average loss on the wool and
sheep by reason OF FREQ wool has been
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
LAPORTE, Pa FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1895.

could out OF jackson by abusing him
as roundly as the rules of the court
would allow. And, after all, who
could tell? The jury might take the
the bit in their mouth, and give us q
verdict in spite of the law and evi-
dence. Responsibility becomes amaz-
ingly light when divided by twelve.
On the reassembling of court I was
q little surprised as we'll as annoyed at
Toms absence. Gould it be he was
leaving me in the lurch, and staying
away to avoid the modification of our
final defeat?
had just risen to address the jury,
when somebody plucked ms by the
coat.
1t was Tom, his eyes fairly gleam-
ing and his whole frame in tremor of
excitement.
"What's tho matter?" I whispered.
"MacPherson's here"
"What! the other witness?"
eyes; just arrived"
''But will it help us to call him?"
''Trust me for that. Put him on
the stand at once"
w Auu oadAh l. uDh hAAA
"No matter; you can't 60 far
wrong; if you miss anything I'll
prompt you"
In few words I explained to the
court our reasons for wishing to re-
open the testimony. jackson turned
pale, and whispered to his counsel,
but they shook their heads; our ap-
plication was one that would be grant
ed, of course.
"Call your witness, said the Judge.
"Donald MACPHERSON |" shouted
Tom.
The witness, brawny Scot, ad-
vanced to the stand and was sworn.
"AIr. MACPHERSON, look at that sig
nature and tell us if it is yours" I
said.
''It is"
''Do you know the signature to the
right of it?'
eyes; that's the signature of Mr..
Andrews.
"Did you see him write it?"
"No; but 1 am weel acquent with
his hand"
"Were you requested to witness
that paper?"
eyes"
"By whom?"
"By Mr.. Jackson"
"Did Mr.. Andrews say nothing
about it?"
"No; he was dead when I came
in."
There was no cross-examination.
81 submit the case without argu-
ment," I said, resuming my seat.
Our senior opponent was one OF
those lawyers with whom it is mat
ter of conscience to show fight to the
last. In brief speech he admitted
it to be essential that both the wit
ncsses should have signed their names
before the testator's de.sh, but claimed
that, inasmuch as the testimony of
Jackson and MACPHERSON was in direct
conflict on this question, it must be
left to the jury.
Seer ertainly;" answered his Honor.
But when he had concluded his
charge there wasn't much Of Mr.. Jack.
son or his testimony left.
The jury gave US verdict without
leaving the box.
Tom, am sorry to say, behaved
very unhandsomely in the division of
the spoils.
Although I was literally paid, he
took the widow and her whole for
tune for his share. New York News.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

The Chicago Times Herald observes
"Albert Bach, who suggested before
the medico-legal congress that ply.
sicians should have the right to de.
stroy the life of a person afflicted with
an incurable disease and suffering in.
tensely from it, is mol the first to ad.
vance the proposition. The subject,
repulsive as it is to the Imagination,
has been discussed by more radical
European scientists, who would also
dispose of the congenitally insane
and persons deformed from birth and
liable to protracted pain. Their sug.
gestions have never amounted to any
thing more than a temporary sensa-
tion. It may be conceded that in a
few cases, such as acute mania OF by.
drophobia, where the patient is suffer
ing from pitiless malady without
hope of relief short of death, the ply
sician has taken the responsibility OF
ending the agony by administering an
overdose of opiates. 1t is we'll known
that during tho war surgeons some
times gave the coup de grace to tor
tured victims of battle. But what
responsibility these well-intending
practitioners take! What an unholy
function to gain the name Of phi.
lanthropy or science! If the prac.
tice is common or if physicians gener.
oily approve oft they keep knowledge
and approval to themselves. Their
offcnse is murder under all laws,
human and Divine. The sanctity Of
life is paramount to every other con-
sideration, aad it would be indeed de.
plorable il tile right to slay and fear
lot should be delegated to any class
of men, either by law or by common
consent.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

taken into consideration the fact that
during the past two years the price Of
oil agricultural products has been un.
commonly low. In that period, for
example, cotton reached the lowest
rate on record, though cotton is not
protected by the tariff at all. Wheat
likewise reached it's minimum figure.
Every country in the world has been
affected by this decline in the value of
agricultural commodities, and wool
has furnished no exception to tho
rule"
Such statement is the product Of
IN unduly stimulated Imagination for,
in point of fact, foreign wool is not
only no lower than in October, 1891,
when the Mckinley law had been in
force for one year, but is higher in
the markets of the world, as will be
seen by the following table of London
market quotations for eight Of the
leading London grades OF wool that
are most like American wool:
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
The UpaS Tree Myth.

The nonsense about the poisono us
exhalations of the upas tree were dis
sipated long ago. It is. however, a
good old myth, with many variants in
folklore. Professor Weisner believes
that the upus tree is the AntiaIis toxi-
caria, to be found in Java. There is
one species, the innoxia, which is
harmless, whereas drop of the ISL
pisated juice of the toxicaria will kill
dog. Anyhow, there are quite
number of the so-called upas trees
growing in the botanical garden of
Java, and you may walk around the
grove in the most comfortable man
ner.--New York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
FREE WOOL FRAUD.
FARMERS LOSE S43O A YEAR IN
ORDER TO SAVE 1920.

Practice Works Very Different From
Democratic Promises - Wool
Higher In Foreign Markets, but
Cheaper Here-Facts That New
York State Farmers Will Appre.
clate.
Many newspapers have republished
significant table prepared by Messrs.
Justice, Bateman & Co., wool commits
sion merchants of Philadelphia. show
ing the comparative value OF wool on
October l, 1891, one year after the
passage of the Mckinley law, and Oc-
tober l, 1895, one year after the pas
sage OF the free wool Wilson German
law, as follows:
Comparison of prices for leading grades Of
American wool October 1, 1895 (about one
year after the passage of the Wilson Free
Wool billy with prices for the same grades in
October, 1S91-about one year after the
passage Of the Mckinley law.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
THE MISSING WITNESS,

HAD just taken
possession of the
worst room in
Diggs's tavern
I was a Eyoung
lawyer on my first
circuit, and Diggs
kept his best ac-
commodations for
the old stagers-
when the words,
II say, Bill, and
I ON Mansfield
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
ABANDONED WAR MATERIAL.
Quite a Quantity Found on an Uninhabit'
ell Island.

Recently quantity of arms, ammunition,
etc., was found on an uninhabited island,
known as Grassy Cay, off the southern edge
of the Andras Island, one OF the British b.
hamas. The attention Of the United States
State Department authorities has been un-
officially called to the matter by tho British
Embassy In order that they might ascertain
the source Of these abandoned munitions OF
war. 1t is presumed that they were intend
ed for the Cuban insurgents, and were tenn
porarlly deposited on Grassy Cay. The
matter has been referred to the United States
Attorney at Key West for investigation, on
the theory that the articles may have been
shipped from that vicinity and illegally
landed on British soil. The names appear
ing on the packages are given, but for pru-
DENTAL reasons are withheld from publica-
tion. The cases contained twelve Remington
carbines. a quantity OF medical stores, 1000
cartridges. 10. 500 rounds OF Remington am
munition and 1850 rounds OF Winchester
ammunition.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
SWEET PATIENCE.
Oh, trifling tasks SO often done,

Oh, trifling tasks SO often done,
Yet ever to be done anew!
Oh, cares which come with every sun,
Morn after morn, the long years through
We shrink beneath their paltry sway
The irksome calls OF every day.
The restless sense OF wasted power,
The tiresome round of little things,
Are hard to bear, MS hour by hour
Its tedious iteration brings;
Who shall evade or who delay
The small demands OF every day?
The boulder in the torrent course
BY tide and tempest lashed in vain,
Obeys the wave-whirled pebbles force,
And yields its substance grain by grain;
So crumble strongest lives away
Beneath the wear of every day.
{,
We rise to meet heavy blow
Our souls sudden bravery fills
But we endure not always so
The drop-by-drop of little ills!
We still deplore and still obey
The hard behests of every day.
The heart which boldly faces death
Upon the battlefield and dares
Cannon and bayoEets, fGints beneath
The needle points of frets and cares;
The stoutest spirits they dismay-
The tiny things of every day.
And even saints of holy fame.
Whose souls by faith have overcome,
Who wore amid the cruel flame
The molten crown of martyrdom,
Bore not without complaint alway
The petty pains of every day.
All, more than martyrs aureole,
And more than hero's heart Of fire,
We need the humble strength of soul,
Which daily tolls and ills require;
Sweet Patience, grant us, if you may,
An added grace for every day.
Elizabeth Akers Allen.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
Working Under the Bed OF the Thames.

For months men have been working
deep down beneath the bed of the
Thames, IN the very heart OF London,
in the construction of the electric rail.
way from the city to Waterloo. The
only opening is in the middle of the
river, and through this the excavated
earth is removed. The workmen have
now passed beyond the river bed on
either side. and are making their way
under the city. Tit Bits.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

There are one thousand secret or
ders in New York City, remarks the
Observer. and they have not single
woman member, and three hundred
churches, the membership of which is
three-fourths women.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

More than 100 canning factories
have been started in North Carolina
this year, and hereafter there will
probably be great increase in the
number of factories with each recur-
ring fruit season throughout the
whole South.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
Meaning oil Clown.

Clown was at first tattooed per-
son. In Britain and France the coun.
try people retained the habit of
tattooing or of painting the faces in
imitation of tattooing long after it
had been abandoned in the cities. -
Baltimore Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

Tom and l had been cronies from
the time we committed our first juve.
nile treepass on Deacon Boxley's
watermelon patch till we afterward
studied the action Of that name to-
gether in Judge Thompson's Office.
81 say, Bill, I've got case, and
want your assistance"
"Ah!' said ], in consulting tone.
ga will case," he continued, "full
of the incest kind of points, and the
prettiest woman in the world for q
client"
"What about fees?" I inquired.
"If we succeed there'll be plenty of
money; if we don't, it will be noble
cause to fail in"
"That's what they said of the dash
ing young chap that broke his neck
trying to make two-forty time with
the chariot of the sun, but it didn't
mend his neck"
"Confound your mythology; busi-
ness is business. Let me state the
case"
estate away"
This was it:
John Andrews had settled in the
country when it was young. He had
grown with its growth, and was the
proprietor of half dozen farms and
zone fair daughter"
His wife, the partner of the earliest
and severest portion of his struggles,
had died many years before, and his
daughter had become the mistress of
his house while yet child. AS Effie
increased in years her father pros
pered; and when at length he found
himself the possessor of wealth, the
ambition, SO common under such cir
eumstances, of elevating his daughter
to station in life above that in which
she had been reared became ruling
passion. The first thing was to buy
her splendid education; and. like
other not over-good judges of the ar
ticle, he was governed in his choice
more by the gaudiness of the coloripg
than by the quality OF the texture.
At the end of the usual period Effie
was sent home Finished" A house
was purchased in town, of which Ellie
was made the mistress, and at which
Mr. Belden, q young gentleman of city
antecedents, and far too nice to have
anything so vulgar as visible call
ing, became a frequent visitor. He
had just brains enough to think of
providing for the future by scheme
of which Miss Andrews and her appur-
tenances constituted the central fea-
ture.
But one difficulty remained to be en-
countered. How to conciliate the
rough old woodsman there was the
rub. He had permitted his daughter
to amuse herself with the young dandy,
much as he would have allowed her to
play with poodle. But could he
have brought himself to tolerate the
idea of her marrying anybody?
When Belden reported at headquar-
ters and implored the paternal sanc-
tion of his suit he received no such
thing; son the contrary, quite the re-
verse"
When Effie tried to talk her father
over, for tho first time in his life he
few into passion with her, and she
dared not renew the subject.
But Love, tho little pagan, pays no
respect to tho fifth commandment
The officious interference Of parents
and guardians only renders him the
more impatient and unruly.
Effie, after protesting she couldn't t
possibly think of such thing, and af-
ter many vain attempts to conjecture
what people weuld say, at last, with
graceful hesitancy, consented to elope
Rage, frenzy. despair are weak
words to describe the emotions OF
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

Secretary Morton shows that Great
Britain is our best customer. Our ex-
port trade to England alone is greater
than with all the rest of the world put
together.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

Perhaps the new woman is RESPONSE
BILE for the falling off in marriages in
England. For the first quarter of
this year only 1916 persons in 1000
married, which is the lowest rate on
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

S422.80
NO. 4.

The same paper said:
s'But the worshipers OF the McKin-
ley tariff idol are rapidly diminishing
among the farmers of this country"
If ''the worshipers of the Mckinley
tariff idol" are diminishing, why did
many hitherto Democratic farmers last
year join the Republican party 1t was
to repudiate Grover Cleveland, and oil
that he stands for, and for nothing
else. They ranged themselves with
the Republican party for protection.
If the coming session of Congress
don't try to give them protection suffi-
cient to protect, these former Demo-
cratic farmers will have no further
use for the Republican party, and
these Democratic newspapers know it.
This is why they are shrieking SO
loudly that Mckinley protection is o
dead issue. They want it to be q
dead issue, otherwise they are beaten.
These former Democratic farmers
want the law that made the American
people under General Harrison's Adj
ministration not only the most pros
porous in Its history, but the most
prosperous people in all the world.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

They have found out in California
that peach stones burn as we'll as coal
and give out more heat. They sell OF
the rate of $3 ton.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

that under the free wool policy of
Grover Cleveland the loss on wool and
sheep has amounted to millions of dol.
lars in the Territorial sections, where
sheep have increased in number. The
following table, showing tho effect OF
the free wool on the value OF focks,
is taken from the Department of Agri.
culture, and it is limited to the only
States where land is cheap and where
the sheep have increased:
The Effect Of Free Wool on Valuc OF
Flocks.
Tho official reports from the Department
OF Agriculture show the following:
VALUES OF FLocxs. JANUARY 1.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01
Fifty-four members of the new
House OF Commons, about one in
twelve, have written books.

London has decided to convert into
parks and Fairgrounds for children
the 173 disused graveyards in that
oitv
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

Total. .s22, 1924, ,s01 s2s, 1861 s37, ,1Os, ,932
Decrease from value in 1894. .S5, 922 900
Decrease from value In 1893 IA, ,284 ,13l
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-11-01

Commenting upon the foregoing,
a newpaper defender of Grover Cleve-
lands ruinous free wool policy said:
'Any newspaper disposed to be fair
in discussing wool values would have
Abendblatt., 1895-03-29
Qnf9efdoben.
Die nod %anhdneiaeu pro5cfe oe9en John
Sampfon mo 6euofeu auf nd6ften
Germin perIeot.

9eute Morgen erpirtte @nfpdlt 9onobue
Die @erf9iebung Der mod a%nbdngigen Qnz
flagen gegen sSSobn SampIon unb @enofen.
Sn benz SAT- 2267 iinb SOnep @len, Bar
ne9 Bird, @iGtum Burns, S6o5. Murpbp,
SSp6n Bingham, @eo.S. Mc8uire, Mdt6etp
&ileD, @m. Moffit, 8biIip 8rimbeG unb
@r<SenatOr Sobn s. O'W3ullsp, IN 8erbin@
bung nit benz 1eberfaQ in Dem SttmmplaB
113 DAT Str. unb Der @rmOrOunJ bon @I=
itab 90. Golianber angetlagt.
go. 1897 1T cine Gin5eldnfldge 9egen
SSobn SumpiOn fir Die @rmoroung bon
@uitab 80. Gollianber.
@eqen Charles Stnbel, So6n Sampfon
uno Sbomas MurpbD liegt cine antlage
regen 4ngriffs auf Sbomus Gurrier Dor.
Die Nummern 1852, 1857, 1858, 1897
entbalten Mnflagen tpegen &ngriff5 euf I1=
malt 5rant 6umlin unb 5rieori4 Miebe>
man unb Nnbere.
SIN @eri6tsfouI paren SO9a SumpiOn,
George HileD, Y6tlip SrtmbeI un0 9eorge
Mc@uire anpei enO.
Qnpult Daniel 0pnobue IteIt, ben On
trag auf @eri4iebung gum nd3itenS ermiH.
Abendblatt., 1895-03-29
NebetmnikuOuer 9aoro.
Gin on9efebener 6efdoftsmonn
mahrid2einlib Don einem
SAleidoiebe erfdohen.
Don Dem nt0roer bis iebt nidt ole eerineife
Spur oefunoen.
QertnQton, @n.. %. MGra.

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oelstammer, Prdftbent Der v0umane Sociez
to-, unb Elm berboragel1ber Seuerper1i9e=
rungsmdnn, ltegt in Solge zines piitolen@
i4uhes, tpel9er unter geb%etmniBboIen rmz
1tdnoen beute morgen bel Sdgesanbru6 abz
gefeuert tpurbe, als Qei6e in 1einer bieiieen
Wobnung. @r be1ppbnte nit Ieinem BRET
3ebnid6rtgen Spbne i'm eriten Stpdtperfe
Elm na6 Der binteren 8eranba gebenbes
3immer. @egen flint ubr tpurbe Der &nobe
Durb 3erbre9enbes 9lds unb ben SSaQ zines
8aditetnes auf ben SuBboben aus benz
S9lafe getpedt; einen Mugenbltd Ipdter
b0rte er einen 9tItolenI9 duff, bann einen 6efz
ttgen $ampf unb glei9 barauf nod etnen
@9uB. Damn erfolgte auf benz 5uBboben
Der 8eranba Elm i9perer San, unb purOen
19nele SuBtritte i'm 9ofe bernommen.
Mls Der Sunge aus benz 3immer elite,
fanb er letnen 8ater nit elmer grpBen Wunbe
in Der Wange, aus pelber 8lut itrDmte.
Die Somtlte tpurbe iofort genedt unb IS
fomen Nahbarn, tpel9e bic S6iHe gebDrt
hatten, berbet. Dis Ner5te 3ur Steue ma
rem, mar Campbell bereits cine 2ei6e.
Die 8eranba truq @puren BON einen
befttgen Sample; Der JuBboben lpar BON
S9ubndgeln 3ertrabt, unb man fdnb MI1e
auf berfelber. Gampbeps 8itole tpur6c
nit 5tpet leeren &ammern bi9t BEL ibm qea
funoen, unb fein @e1i9t mar 19tpet bpn
BUILDER perbrannt, 10 baB bic S9ife in
tur5er @%ntfernung abgefeuert 1ein muBten.
Die Samtlte unb bic Na9baren ne6men an,
oaB Campbell Semonben BEL Der Gtsttfte,
tpelde auf Der 8eranba 1tanb, .bDrte, unb
btnausgtng, I'M na93u1eben, tper bort 5et;
Dab Dann Der unbetannte einen 8uGitein
na9 ibm mart, Der bur9 bic @la8t6i;re
flog; oaB Campbell bann ~feuerte, norouf
Elm &f tattfunb, Bel tpel9em Campbell
aus {etner eigenen PtftOle einen S9uB in
bas 9eft9t erbtelt.
Campbell beabft6tigte, beute MOrgen
mad benz nabe gelegenen @erfdiIes 3u reia
len, uno tdufte ft9 geftern BON Der vStan=
barb Nccibent Company" cine rn~fqltspoGlce
i'm 8etrage BON $4,000; fein @e1unDbettsz
mar felt mebreren sSSa6ren Elm
t9le9ter g%epe1en, oa er in 5oGge BON Wunz
ben, peG9e er i'm 8iirgerfriege .rbulten
battle, tbetltpei1e gelG6mt mar. Oesbalb
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cine nod 10 feline Heife, obne cine urfausz
PDltce 81 faufen. Gampbeq's Srau Itarb
bor a4t Sabren, unb er binterlGBt bier
6eute Mprgen nurben @pirbunbe mad
Campbell 6ofe gebra6t; bteSe no6mau Sic
auf Dem nit 8ddItetnen gepflofterz
ten 6Dfe auf unb berfolgten bie1elbe bur6
cine birtere Bforte, p%erloren ite ober in
5olge Der bielen Spuren, tpel9e our9 Die
in Der @IeD 5uiammengeGaufen Menge
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