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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Will Sustain 945 ,7G6,3OO Persons.

Have you any idea OF the number
of persons that the United States
would sustain without overcrowding
the population or even going beyond
the limit of density now shown by the
State of Rhode Island? The last CEN
sus of the pygmy State Just gives it a
population of $4,000. The area of
the State in square miles is
only 1850. Thus we find that
there Is an average of 318 per-
sons on every square mile of her ter
ritory. We can best illustrate the
sustaining capacity of the whole OF
the United States and of the other
States by making some comparisons.
The State of Texas has an AREA of
265, $50 square miles, and were it
equally as densely populated as Lit
tie Rhody" would comfortably sus-
tain a population of 1898, ,62S in
habitants-a greater number of per-
sons than the whole country is ex-
pected to have in the year 1900.
Scatter people all over the whole land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
from the Cult to the British posses
sions as thickly as they are now in
Rhode Island, and we would have
945, 666, 800 inhabitants, instead of an
insignificant $4,000, 600. In other
words, if the United States could be
peopled to their utmost sustaining Ca
pacity, we could take care of nearly
two-thirds of the the present popula-
tion of the glcbe. st. Louis Repub-
lie.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
ssThe Tariff is a Tax.v

Under the Mckinley tariff our inn
ports for January, 1894, on the aver.
age tariff of 80 per cent. ad valorem,
would have given us revenue of 81, >
414, 900 for the month. Under the new
law our imports for January, this
year, at the average of 40 per cent. ad
valorem, would give us customs rev.
enue $3, ,956, 900. Thus, upon the sup.
position made by all free traders that
''the tariff is tax. we find that the
German tariff taxed them for the month
of January 81, $40, 900 more than they
were taxed under the Mckinley tariff,
while it doubled our imports of Eng.
lish goods, decreased the products Of
our factories and farms to the extent
of IS, 900, 900 for q single month, and
enabled us. in the same mon tn, to sell
80, 500, 600 worth less of our wn goods
in one of thoss markets CT the world
that are supposed to be waiting ready
to receive everything that we can
grow or manufacture.
We thus have, during the first month
of the present year, under the new
tariff direct money loss of 81, 500, 600,
with direct increase in the burden
of taxation of 81, 800, 900, on the the
ory of the free traders that t'the tariff
is a tax" without reckoning the in
creased taxation necessary through
the increase in our bonded indebted.
npHS
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
ADouble Barreled Gun.

A great many of our Southern
friends voted for free trade as means
of developing their iron industry
among others. They were told by
Mr.. Edward Atkinson, who has been
lifelong enemy of American iron
producers, that free trade was what
they wanted for the development of
their industry, and it was limited that
free trade would also injure the North
ern iron maker--i. g., free trade was
kind OF gun that would hit the
Northern deer and miss the Southern
calf 1t undoubtedly hit the North
ern deer. But how does the Southern
calf come out In 1892 the Southern
States male i,S90,l67 gross tons of
iron aud in 1891 the same States made
l,26S, 425 tons In 1892 those States
turned out ~, % per cent. of the total
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
A WINDY DAY.

The dawn was dawn of splendor,
And the blue Of the morning skies
Was as placid and deep and tender
As tho blue Of a babys eyes;
The sunshine floods the mountain,
And flashed over land and sea
Like the spray of glittering fountain.
But the wind, the wind. All, mel
Like weird invisible spirit,
1t swooped in its airy fight;
And the earth, as the stress drew near it,
Quailed as in mute alright;
The grass in the green fields quivered-
The waves of the smitten brook
Chilly shuddered and shivered,
And the reeds bowed down and shook.
Like sorrowful miserere,
1t sobbed and it walled and it blew
Till the leaves on the trees looked weary,
And my prayers were weary, too;
And then like the sunshine glimmer
That failed in the awful strain,
All the hope of my eyes grew DINNER,
In the spatter of spiteful rain.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
He Knew the Boy.

This story is told of Rudyard Kip
ling, as illustrating very clearly the
characteristics of the vigorous English
boy who was after wards to achieve
such widespread fame with his pen.
When boy of twelve, he went on a
voyage with his father, who, becoming
desperately sea-sick, retired to his
berth, leaving young Rudyard to his
own devices. Presently the poor
father heard tremendous commotion
over his head, and down the compan.
ionway dashed the boatswain three
steps at time, shouting excitedly,
"Mr. Kiplng, your boy has crawled
out on the yard-arm; if he ever lets
go he'll drown, sure" eyes," said
Mr.. Kipling, falling back on his pill
low, with a sigh of relief, ''but he
won't let 60" Household Words.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
1.-THE WORKING GIRLS CONDITION.

Between six and seven hundred girls
and number of men employed in the
s. X. Wilson Woolen Mills at Trenton.
N. j., went on strike yesterday. These
mills have been the only important
works that have been running in Tren-
ton for some time. Ins rider to keep
the hands employed twenty per cent.
reduction was made in their wages last
summer. A refusal on the part of
the owners to restore the cut precipi.
tated the strike.
A committee of the girls called up
on Mr.. Wilson Wednesday night and
told him that they had not been able
to earn more than So in two weeks
since the new scale went into opera
ton. Many of them live in boarding
houses, the leader said, and were un~
able to earn enough to pay their
board. They claim that since the
Wilson Tariff law went into effect the
goods turned out have necessarily
been of an inferior character, in order
to compete with the foreign goods,
and consequently the piece price is
lower.
The girls have the sympathy of the
men employed in other departments,
and are arranging for public meetings
in order to present their case to the
trades people of the town.-New York
Morning Advertiser, March s, 1895.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Atmospheric Fuel.

The possibility of carrying about
with him the means of couDteracting
tendency to become chilled, and u
stock of available fuel with which to
keep warm, does not seem to be recog-
nized by the average individual. But
that ore may by proper breathing
keep up comfortable temperature or
throw off chlllness in almost any de-
gree is fact we'll established by abun-
dant experiments. Almost every per-
son may be exposed to the cold at times
when there is no opportunity to pre-
pare for it, and when there is no chance
to secure extra clothing. In such
cases it is only necessary to keep up
deep and rapid breathing. Fill the
lungs as full rs possible at every in
spiration. If the air is very cold, it
is we'll to hold handkerchief lightly
before the nostrils, in order that the
sudden ingress of large quantity of
cold air may not injure the lungs. The
air shonld be drawn in with some
force, and exhale at once in the same
way. Do not retain the air, but get
rid of it as soon as possible. Two
seconds is long enough for filling and
emptying the lungs. Breathe fast,
almost like painting after violent exer-
else, but with the utmost caution,
stopping the instant any distress or
uneaslness is felt. Wait moment,
then begin again, little more slowly.
Be steadfast in the effort to fill the
lungs as full as possible without strain
ing. Within few moments the blood
will begin to grow warm, the extremi-
ties will feel the glow, and soon the
entire surface will be at a comfortable
temperature. If one wakens in the
night with "crcepy," cold feeling,
this is an excellent thing to do, and
will restore the circulation, and often
produce desire to sleep.
There is another advantage in deep
breathing that is far too little appre.
ciated. One of the most eminent
medical authorities declares that one
can by full, rapid and free breathing
eliminate almost all disease germs and
tendencies from the system.
Rapid breathing furnishes fuel by
means of which all waste matter of the
system is consumed. The blood is
purified. the tissues are supplied with
necessary material, and the entire
body rapidly returns to healthy con-
ditions. New York Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Water Running Up Hill.

''One of the few instances of a stream
running up hill can be found in White
County, Georgia" said I. r.. Faulk-
ner, at the st. Nicholas 'Near the
top Of a mountain is spring, evident
ly siphon, aud the water rushes
from it with sufficient force to carry
it up the side of very steep hill for
nearly half mile. Reaching the crest
the water flows on to the east. and
eventually finds it way into the Allan
tic Ocean. OF course, it is OF the same
nature as geyser, but the spectacle
of stream OF water flowing up asteep
incline can probably be found no.
where else in the country, and appears
even more remarkable than the gey-
sers of the Yellowstone. Cincinnati
Tribune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
THEORY AND CONDITION.
WORKING GIRLS SUFFER FROM
WILSON'S WICKED WORK.
Defenseless Wage Farmers in Woolen
Mills Unable to Earn Sufficient to
Pay Their Board Under the Free
Trade Tariff, Which Reduced
Their Earnings.

I-PRoFEssoR WILSON'S THEORY.
I have on my table, as I write, two
samples of woolen-pile stuffs, such as
make good and serviceable cloaks or
sacks for working girls abroad. and
which many here would be glad to
get. Under the law of 1888 they were
dutiable at 35 cents pound, and 35
per cent. ad valorem; making for one
sample duty of POT per cent of
which 172 per cent. was covered by
the mild looking specific duty of ''35
cents q pound;" and for the other,
I'll per cent, of which 1876 per cent.
was carried in this specific duty. The
Mckinley act raised the duty on these
fabrics to 49, cents pound and so
per cent. ad valorem. This would
make for the first sample duty of
203 per cent, of which 243 per cent.
is imposed by the specific duty, aud
for the second sample duty of 253
per cent, of which 1913 per cent. is
likewise imposed. And this il the
name of American labor!
The poor girl, earning the meager
wages of fifty cents day, having by
two days work made enough money
to buy dollars worth of this mate
rial, would then have to work six days
longer to earn sufficient to pay the
Mckinley taxes upon it. Those taxes
increase the cost of the one from 81
79-100 cents to 81. %, and of the other
from A $500 cents to $1.5S. I'm.
der the bill now proposed, the cost
of these goods would be raised to A
and Ga cents respectively, and these
duties are to be lowered one eighth
with the lapse of five years.
Of course the present rates are pro-
hibitory, and such articles never APP
pear in the table of imports, but these
examples serve to show both the work.
ing of specific duties on cheap and COM
mon goods, and the merciless taxes
imposed on the poorest and most de-
fenseless of our age-earners. -Wm.
L. Wilson, in the Forum.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

A very serious fall has taken place
in the price of horses in Paris, also in
various French towns, says the Phila-
delphia Record. This is said TO be
mainly due to the extraordinary in
crease in the number of bicycles and
tricycles, the production being during
last year excessive namely, over 100,-
600 more than in the year prior.
The complaint is bitter on the part of
horsedealers. who say the bicycle is
taking their bread away; but they
must, like the rest of society, suffer
for the benefit of the million.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

In Lambeth, says the London Tele.
graph, milk vendor displayed a tin
plate, setting forth that all the milk
sold from ''this establishment was
guaranteed pure as delivered at the
dairy farm. An inspector purchased
a pint for analysis, and informed the
milkman of It's destination. Gan
right" said the vendor, "there's its
certificate of BIRTH" and he tapped
the tin plate with a milk can compla-
Gently. perhaps I may be able to
send You its certificate of baptism
soon," answered the inspector, which
he did in the form of summons, which
subsequently, was transformed into
fine of $25 for adding fifteen per cent.
Of water,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The New York Sun remarks: Form
erly men lived in palaces and con-
Quoted their business in the plainest
Of buildings. The many big white
edifices recently erected in this city
indicate a change in this respect. The
semi-public corporation lead the way
in movement which must improve
public taste. Some of these structures
show a completeness in detail, a
breadth in total effect which recall the
profusion of the Italian Renaissance.
Then the tendency was to seek the
beautiful in the surroundings of pub
lie worship, in places of trade and in
the furnishing of the home.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The story is told of old President
Humphrey that he got bequest all
unknown to himself for Amherst Col
lege, made by woman, stranger to
him, to whom he had given up his
seat in stage coach. The story is
nearly matched by the bequest of $13,-
900 given to DR.. Talmage's wife by a
woman to whom Mrs. Talmage had
shown personal attention by visiting
her when she was sick in hospital.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

Modern processes of preserving
meat by freezing it we're anticipated
by nature in her process of preserving
the mammoths or great woolly ele-
plants of the far North. After the
flesh of these animals has been frozen
for several thousand years it can still
be eaten. A correspondent of NJ.
Paul Boca reported to that scientist
that mammoth flesh thus preserved
tastes good deal like leather.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

make of the country aud last year
they IN ,de nineteen per cent. When
the free trale President goes out of
Off ,e they will be fortunate if they
are making seventeen per cent 1t is
probable that their solid support OF
the British candidate aud the British
theory OF trale development will cost
the n the labor AMI profits that would
have pertained to the making OF at
least four million tons of pig iron.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
S~tNG
Strike me n note OF sweet degrees
ne o,yoaf doOrooo-

Strike me note OF sweet degrees
OF sweet degrees
Like those in Jewry hearts of old;
My love. If thou wouldst wholly please,
Hold in thy hand harp OF gold,
And touch the strings with fingers light,
And yet with strength as David might
As David might.
Linger not long in songs of love-
In songs OF love-
No serenades nor wanton airs
The deeper soul of music move;
Only solemn measure bears
With rapture that shall never cease
My spirit to the gates of peace
The gates of peace.
So feel when Francesca sings
Francesca sings
My thoughts mount upward; am dead
To every sense of vulgar things,
And on celestial highways tread
With prophets of the olden time.
Those minstrel kings, the men sublime
The men sublime
IT. W. Parsons.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Let Us Hone So.

John Burns believes tha. within the
next twenty-ti years Auerictus will
he emigrating to Eisiinl, b,stu.e iu
that time England will have ths mo lei
Government of the world. Sooner
than that, Jnhn. Mr.. Cleveland aud
his chum, Wilson, will go over To pave
the way iu J5. Jersey City Evening
Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
An Attack on Farmers.

The diff i,ulties OF managing thu
American wool business have been
multiplied. We have to share the
American market with many foreign
been competitors with our home mar
ket and the American wool growers
are competing on such unequal terms
that the industry is shrinking. The
domestic wool men we're hit hard by
the German bill.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

was gltsia' "a She r.ar With orders I'D
lively as cricket and throwed off thet
coat because ct was warm runnin'.'
"When seen what I'd done Jumps
for'a'd, grabbed his arm was so ex-
cited, an yells: 'An did she marry
Silas Quincy?'
'Et wasn't your fault she didn't
he said deliberate like, rollin' up his
sleeves. Fer got home two days
after thet letter an stopped the we'd
din party on their way to church. !"
"Sights" !" cried the Chronic Loaf
er.-New York Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

Finland must be sportsman para
disc, opines the Atlanta Constitution.
In ten years 80, 900 domestic animals,
including $4,000 reindeer were de-
stroyed by wild beasts, and in that
time HOO bears, 1900 wolves, 55, 900
lynxes and foxes, $4,000 ermines, and
5000 birds of prey, eagles, hawks,
ETC., were killed.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The New York Independent says:
"We have quite overlooked, many of
us, the extensive and valuable forests
of the South. We are already getting
lumber from across our Northern
border. Would it not he we'll to make
larger use OF our timber resources in
the South?"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The Live Stock Report, of Chicago,
says that every indication points to
decrease in meat supply, which is
likely to be general in all branches,
and that the market is now in healthy
shape and brighter for the producer
than for several years.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
THE REUNION.

HE stage ratified
into the village one
pleasant July day
and drew up at
the store. L h Q
G. A. R. man, the
nj y passenger,
climbed out of the
numbering vehicle,
dragging after him
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

Edward Atkinson says that the time
will come when the Gber in the cotton
stalk will be utilized, and there are
important elements for tanning and
dyeing in the root.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
The Dairy Farner's Experience.

Now that the markets of the world
are waiting anxiously to purchase our
supplies of farm products, it is we'll to
let the farmers know what enormous
quantities of our butter AMI cheese
they are purchasing under the Cor
nan tariff. The great increase in this
branch of our foreign trade can be
seen from the following figures, show
ing our exports for the seven months
ending January 81, 1895, as compared
with the seven months ending January
81, 1894, as follows:
BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS.
Seven months ending January 81,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The Texan Legislature has, by reso-
luton, invited cotton manufacturers
in the North to remove to Texas and
get the trade of Mexico and South
Americn
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The Chicago Record AYERS that mat
rimonial statistics prove that the mas
culine girls wedding usually comes
long after all her friends are married.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

The Sac and Fox Indians are said to
be the purest- -blooded red men in the
country. They neither marry in or
give in marriage outside their own
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Decrease .. .2Os, s57
4,51S,9S9

OccTcdSo. 1,OAo,Vo0
Here is another instance where we
find that, with the markets of the
world wide open to lis, our export
trade of American products has fallen
off, the shipments of butter during
the seven months showing decrease
of 2, 204, 900 pounds and the shipments
of American cheese showing a falling
off 4,514, 900 pounds. The buyers of
dairy products in foreign countries
must have forgotten that our wall of
protection has been broken down, be-
cause we are hardly letting ourselves
out to such advantage as the free
traders promised the farmers when So
liciting their votes before election.
There is no theory about our dairy
export trade. IL is condition that
conJronts American farm srs-a con-
dition OF smaller exports under free
trade tariff
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

This is condition that confronts
both Professor Wilson and the work
ing girls. "The poor girl, earning
the meagre wages" of "Ss in two
weeks" under Mr.. Wilson's free trade
tariff, has been ''unable to earn
enough to pay her board" although
working for six days in the week. If,
however, she worked on Sunday as
we'll, and worked every Sunday for
half year, she might be able to spare
money enough to bny a wooIen-plle
stuffs cloak, provided she m, lie no
purchases for any other article of
wearing apparel. This. Mr.. Wilson.
is the condition OF your "poor girl"
under one OF your ".norciles' taxes
imposed on the poorest and most do
fenseless of our wage earners."
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19
Aue.-:. -:.proposes TO encourage cotton
growing by loans and subsidies to the
growers.

Negotiations are in progress to be-
gin the astronomical day, like the
business day, at midnight instead of
at noon.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-04-19

BUTTER AND CHEESE EXPORTS.
Seven months ending January 81.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1895-06-27
a Pretty wedding.

At nine a. m. today, John ]. Theis and
Katie Kane were married at the Church
of the Lady of Angels. Father Fl itzgerald.
officiating. Ed Bennett was best man
and the bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Mary Kane. The church was
beautifully decorated with flowers, and
the ceremony was impressive in its
solemnity. The church was filed with
the friends OF the bride and groom.
John ] Theis is young business man
of this city who has, during his two
years residence here, won the respect and
esteem of the entire community. He is
held in high repute tor his integrity and
affabilitv. The bride is daughter OF
Henry Kane of Westport, but for several
years she has been resident of this city,
and her modest bearing and lady-like
demearor on all o,c sions has won for
her circle OF friends, all OF whom extend
heartiest congratulations.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1895-06-27
Team Drowned

Charles E. Parker and wife, Misses
Leila Carr and Mabel Parker and Frank
Parker went out to Fairy Lake on Thurs
day last to spend several days. On Fri
day morning Frank started to drive to
town with a top buggy to which was
attached the fine young driving team OF
Charles Parker-one OF the horses he had
sold short time before to Robert Nc
Cracker for 500 cash-and in crossing
a narrow bar which is just under water,
the team swerved from the safe tra~k
INTO deep water and quicksan1. The
horses went down at once, taking the
buggy with them, only the top was ont
OF water. Frank can not swim and was
in peril of drowning. He hallooed tor
help until he wasexhausted and after an
hour of this suspense aid came TO him in
the person OF Ed. Evans, who rescued
him from his perilous position. Both
horses were drowned but couple hours
later the bodies came to the surface.
when .he harness was removed and the
buggy hauled ashore. Itwas serious
loss and a narrow escape.