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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-12-02
City Lots For Sale.

have the sale OF I'LL the city lots
in Little Falls owned by G. a. futile,
and parties desiring to secure some
Of the finest property in the city
should call on mr..
T. GRAHAM,
Little Falls MINI
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-12-02

All kinds of views taken to order
at ERICKsON's. +
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOIEDO.l
LUCAS County. rs
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LOGO cords of wood
Hn,r,rnS Rios
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HEBRON Bros.
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LITTLE FALLS, Mimi, March IS
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07

from the nose, fetid and offensive odor
of the discharges from the bowels, Of
fensive exhalations; diarrheal dis
charges are semi-fuid, of grayish green
color and often mixed with blood. In
many cases the skin on the belly be-
tween the hind legs, behind the ears and
even on the nose has numerous red spots
which toward the fatal termination turn
purple. AS the disease progresses the
animal becomes sluggish, the head
droops with the nose near the ground,
but usually will be found lying down
with the nose hid in the bedding. If
there has been costiveness, about two
days before death there will be offensive,
fetid discharges; the voice becomes
faint aud hoarse; the animal is stupid,
emaciation increases rapidly, the skin
becomes dry, hard and very unclean,
there is a cold, clammy sweat, and death
soon follows with convulsions, or grad
ually by exhaustion, without struggle.
In chronic diseases or those of long
duration, the animal becomes weak, and
lies down most of the time, eats but lit
tie and has the diarrhna. These cases
may linger for weeks, scattering the
poison of the disease in the discharge
wherever they go.-Western Swineherd.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
AIDS IN THE LAUNDRY.

Gum arabic is, doubtless, the most in.
valuable aid to the laundress who desires
the most beautiful possible finish to hel
goods. AS this gum does not dissolve
very readily, the following will be found
an excellent method for its preparation :
Pound two ounces of the fine white gum
to powder and pour over it in pitcher
apint of boiling water; cover the vessel
and allow it to stand over night. In the
morning pour tie solution carefully from
the dregs into clean bottle and set il
aside for use. A tablespoonful of this
gum in pint Of starch will give fine
smooth gloss to shirts aud like goods. II
is not safe to add the powdered gum to
the starch while it is being made, as there
is the possibility of particles of sediment
being present, and it will be difficult t.
get a perfect blending of the gum.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
CARE OF FENCE CORNERS.

Next to the garden, which ought to be
the best but is too often the worst look
ing place on the farm, the fence corners
ar. likely, at this time, to need the most
attention. 1t goes without saying that
it Is difficult to keep these places clean.
1t is still more difficult to get them clean
after they have been allowed to become
foul. And yet the farmer who has a
high ideal of what farm should be will
not be contented to have his fence
corners become a tangled hedge of
bushes or nest of weeds. Bushes are
worse than weeds, for the latter can be
cut more readily and are not nearly as
difficult to destroy. Not that it is easy
to eradicate weeds when they have taken
possession of fence corners and have
been allowed to ripen their seeds and
mature their stalks year after year with
nothing to interfere with their growth
and development. But it is play to dis
pose of such plants when compared with
the uprooting of wild cherry bushes,
hardhacks, blackberry bushes and
similar growths which find congenial
home in neglected fence corners. Yet
even the latter nuisances can be extir-
pated. 1t will take good deal of work
to do it, but if the work is wisely direct
ed, and is continued long enough, it
will bring its reward. Simply cutting
off the tops, two or three inches from the
ground, once year will not be effective.
Removing the fence, plowing the
ground, and planting it to some crop
which requires clean cultivation, is the
most efficient course. If this is fol-
lowed for two or three seasons in success.
sion the land can then be seeded and can
be easily kept clean. Where this course
is impracticable, cutting the roots of the
shrubs and removing as large portions of
them with the stems as possible, will
give a decided setback to the intruders.
The next spring cut off the tops OF any
and all the plants which appear, and re-
peat the process in the fall 1t is slow
work, and hard work, but if perseyered
in will, in time, give clean fence corners.
And the farm upon which this work is
needed will look enough better, and be
enough better to pay liberelly for its
performance. american Da.ryman.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
SHRINKAGE OF MILK.

During the hot, dry months when flies
are abundant, COWS are almost sure to
shrink in the milk flow. There are some
points about this matter that are we'll to
consider. A great many dairy farmers
follow the practice of turning tile cows
into small pasture at night for the sake
of the convenience of finding them the
next morning. During the day the cows
are so bothered by flies that they will not
eat what they should even if it is easily
procured. If they cannot Craze at night
the result will be that they get too little
food in the twenty-four hours, and must
in consequence shrink in their milk. The
wise dairyman will see to it that the COW
has plenty to eat. If 1t requires Il little
extra study and effort on his part to get
it for her he will do it, for he knows this
important fact, that if the COW shrinks in
summer he can rever get her back to as
large flow in the fall as he otherwise
would. Good management of the COWS
is one of the foundations of success in
milk production. Flies in the day time
and continent at night will beat the
best COW in the world.-Hoard's Dairy
men.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
SEALING OF JELLY JARS.


Strain jelly into jelly jars which have
been thoroughly washed in soap and
water and have been standing in boiling
water for half hour. When the jelly
is cool pour over it small quantity Of
melted paraffine; let it harden; then poui
in more, for as the first hardens it may
crack or shrink from the sides and leave
spaces where ferments may enter. In
other words, the jars need to be made
air-tight-not that the air does mischief,
but because it contains the organis ms
which on entering the jelly cause by
their growth the changes known as
".ouring." The object is to exclude all
cro-organisms.
This may be done in other ways than
by use of paratfine. Cut piece of white
paper just large enough to cover the
Jelly; soak it in alcohol for five minutes,
then fit it into the tumbler and pack over
it wad of sterilized cotton batting, let.
ting it fill the mouth of the jar or tum-
bier like stopper. This is an effectual
means of preserving all kinds of fruit,
as micro-organisms cannot go through
the batting. Care must be taken, how
ever, to have it properly sterilized. This
may easily be accomplished by making
the wads of the required shape and size
and putting then in tin plate in hot
oven for half an hour.
When putting the cotton into jars be
careful not to touch the under side OF
the wad or allow it to touch anything
until it is placed in the jar; each may be
wound with piece of cloth to make it
look neat, or piece of paper may be
tied over it.-Chicago News.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
The Lapps.

The Lapps call their country Sabine or
Same, and themselves SameIots, and the
term lots has generally been supposed to
be a contemptuous nickname given to
them by foreigners, derived from the
Finnish s'lappu," and meaning simply
.land' d's-end- .olk." A more PLAUSIBLE
suggestion, however, is that Of Professor
Friis, of Christiania, who refers the
term to an old Finnish root ''lappaa," :"
signifying to roam or wander about,
in allusion to their nomad habits.
In the mouth of southern or
more civilized Lapps it appears to have
become synonymous with rude or bar
barous, and is SO applied by them to the
less cultured northern communities.
Anthropologists seem to have some
difficulty in assigning to the Lapps their
exact place in the human family, but it
may be safely affirmed that they are a
combination of Caucasian and Mongolisn
types. Be this as it may, their physical
characteristics are remarkable; decidedly
more remarkable than attractive. They
are probably the shortest race in the
Eastern Hemisphere, unless it be Mr..
Stanlcy's demoniacal dwarfs. A man
over five feet in height would be giant
among them, and the women are rarely
more than four feet six inches. They
are also the shortest headed and thinnest
skinned people in the world. Some of
them, indeed, are long-headed enough
in the intellectual sense and know as
we'll as any how to drive bargain and
deal with strangers, but they are none
the less pre-eminently what the scientific
people designate as "brachycephalic. y
Good Words.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
RECIPES.

Potato Fritters-Grate four lare>
potatoes; add two well-beaten eggs, into
which two tablespoonfuls of flour have
been stirred until smooth. Salt and fry
like oysters.
Tomato Soy-Chop equal parts half
ripe tomatoes and onions; cover with
vinegar and cook slowly till thick. To
every quart add one.half cupful sugar
and pepper and salt to taste.
Lamon Flummery-Soak half box
of gelatine two hours in cold water
enough to cover. Pour over it two tea
cupfuls of boiling water; add heaping
cupful of sugar; stir until it is melted,
then strain; add the juice of two large
lemons, and when nearly cold beat the
whites of five eggs, stir them in, whip
the jelly until it is light and pour into a
wet mold. Serve with gold or sponge
cake.
Coffee Jelly--Soak the gelatine two
hours, make quart of strong, clear
coffee, pour it over the gelatine, add
half coffeecupful of granulated sugar
and stir until dissolved. Pour the jelly
an inch deep (or less) into clean square
bake tin, and when cold, cut into small
square or triangular. shaped blocks by
dipping a knife in hot water. Heap on
a glass dish, and serve with gold cake
aud sweetened cream.
Apple Dessert-Pare aud core tart
apples, leaving them whole. Make
syrup OF one and one-half cupfuls oil
water, and one-half cupeul of sugar.
When the syrup boils, put in the apples,
placing small piece of butter in the
centre of each. Cook until the fruit is
clear but remains whole. Remove the
fruit and when cold, fill the centres with
jelly, and serve with whipped cream
sweetened and favored with vanilla.
Prune Jelly-One pound of the best
prunes, one box OF gelatine, lemon
juice, cinnamon, sugar. Stew the
prunes in one quart of water until they
are in pieces, removing the stones. Soak
the geatine in one pint of cold water,
and when the prunes are done add the
gelatiue, which should be soft. Sweeten
TO taste. A little lemon juice is indis-
pensable, aud trace of cinnamon. Poul
into a mold and eat cold with sweetened,
whipped cream.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
THE VIRTUES OF STONES.

have heard farmer brag that he
hardly had a stone on his place as large
as his hand, and to most farmers the
idea of stony farm is abhorrent. This
is mistake, and stones, like almost
everything else, are not without their
virtues. They help to make the soil rich
by constantly wearing away and giving
to it new material. They make it mel
low and porous, and when GOODNESS is
needed they keep it cool. In warm
weather they cool very quickly at night
and condense the dew, thus gathering
moisture from the driest air, so the land
does not bake in dry season or run to-
gether in wet. Then the stones gather
the water around them, making the soil
porous. In winter they give warmth to
the ground, for they absorb and retain
the heat from the sun. AS long as they
do not interfere with the cultivation of
the land let them remain.
Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


An excess of manure is injurious to
grapes.
A sharp, steel rake is good weed
killer at the start.
Cultivation will benefit the trees for
few years after setting out.
Prune the trees in the orchard; keep
in good shape from the start.
Good returns are made when the skim
milk is given to the young pigs.
Pull up all dead stalks of plants from
the fower-beds and keep them neat and
trim.
1t is useless to try to keep pigs strong
and healthy without plenty of proper
food.
Keep the tomatoes we'll picked off the
vines. Every one should be removed
when ripe.
Glover and corn cut in the milk fed to
young pigs is al excellent thing to pro-
mote growth.
No plan of management will be best
in all cases; the owner must adapt the
treatment to the condition of the orchard /.
If second or third crops are to be
grown in the garden, be ready to plant
them US soon as the first crops have ma
tured.
On clay land especially the applying
of course fresh manure is beneficial on
account of the mechanical effects pro-
duced.
There is no profit in pigs that receive
no attention. To make them pay they
should receive some care and be fed in
the most economical way.
Wick says that bulb planting should be
done as early in the fall as the bulb can
be procured-though it is not too late
any time before winter closes in.
Supplying all of the essentials of a
crop, such as a good soil, thorough
preparations and good seed are of more
Importance than the signs of the moon.
One reason why some men do not sue
ceed in fruit growing is that they grow
nothing else. They buy fertilizer, meat,
grain and everything they use. This
takes all the profit.
Flower pots can be rid of earthworms
by pouring on the soil warm decoction
of wormwood and powdered horse chest
nj is. The worms will come to the sur
face and can then be removed.
Nothing delights pig or benefits him
more than feed of roots. 1t is worth
while to give them a ration of potatoes,
bects, turnips, or artlchokes at least
once week, or as often as possible.
Fruit tree borers do not like to work
where the fruit grower plants the trunks
near the ground with cart grease that is
made up of portion of pine tar. Some
employ gas tar, but this often does great
injury, says Meehan in his monthly.
The brood SOW should be given plenty
of food; in fact, she requires about twice
as much as an ordinary pig. If she does
not have enough food to keep herself
and farrow in good condition the owner
will be disappointed when the little pigs
are full grown.
According to Professor L. H. Bailey
eight and perhaps ten species of native
cherries are in cultivation; of these
three are grown for fruit and all but one
OF two are cultivated for ornament.
None of the species have gained much
prominence under cultivation, and most
of them are of comparatively recent in
production.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
The Way Opium is Gathered.

When the land has been prepared, the
seed sown broadcast, and covered by
the use of drag, the field is laid off
into small beds about ten feet in width,
irrigated by little water channels. The
plants are carefully tended, and when in
bloom the petals CLEAN like silver.
These are not allowed to fall off, but are
picked one by one and dried by the
women and children of the cultivator's
families and then used as a covering for
the manufactured cakes OF opium. The
bare heads or capsules are left standing
until ripe enough for lancing. This is
done with an implement somewhat lik e
the knives of cupping instrument, and
it is said that much skill is required in
making the inclsion just the right depth,
for if made through the walls of the
capsule the juice will flow into the cavity
and be lost. The cut is made transversely
and may extend thirds around the
capsule, or tic be made spirally, ending
beyond the starting point.
This scarifying is done towards even
ing, and the next morning early the cul-
tivators appear with their long knives
and scrape off the exuding juice into
vessels held in the hand. Now this is
opium in the crude state, and when
enough of the juice, half dried, has been
collected to form cake it is wrapped in
leaves and put in the shade to dry. In
this condition it is purchased by buyers
travelling from one village to another.
They gather it in small lots, and either
work it over themselves or put it into
cotton bags and take it to Smyrna,
where it is inspected. Am erican Farmer.
Onlv ono eounla Il. ~ EQQ l;ya - cal
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
HOG CHOLERA SYMPTOMS.

Symptoms of hog cholera are described
by the Iowa State Board ot Health as
follows: The presence of the disease is
indicated by cold shiver.ng, lastip ?
from few seconds to several hours !;
frequent sneezing, followed by loss of
appetite; rough appearance of the hair,
dro oping of the ears, stupidness, at.
tempts to vomit, tendency to root the
bedding, to lie down in dark and quiet
places, dullness of the eyes, often dim
sometimes swelling of the he'll, erup-
tions of the ears and other parts of the
body, dizziness, laborious breathing,
vitiated appetite for dung, dirt5 and
salty substances. accumulation of mucus
in inner corner of the eye, discharge
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07


Admitting that Capt. Andrews voyage
may not benefit science, add that he may
not convince travellers that small boat is
superior to an ocean palace, would con-
tend that every passenger in an Ocean Grey
hound should sleep easier in his comfortable
berth when he knows that the great sea has
been successfully crosse in a cockleshell; /;
and may not many lives be saved by this
plain object lesson, showing that wooden
boat is unsiakabe? On lake, and river, and
bay, hundreds go down annually who lose
presence of mind because they fail to re-
alize this simple fact. An is there not a
lesson to be learned in courage, in endur-
ancs and good seamanhip? Does not any
man who successfully controls the elements
add to mans confidence and benefit the
whole community
Visitors to the Worlds Fair, at Chicago.
will eagerly sesk out this American Column
bus and see for themselves his little folding
boat, the "Sapolio,' with which he is scour.
ing the seas to show the world that modern
men and modern metho is are far ahead of
the year 1892. w. A. NUZUM.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
FOR THE HOG pAsruRAar.

Clover should not be the principal re.
hance for the hog pasturage, but if there
is not sufficient of this field should be
sown with oats, rye, or barley to supple
ment it. Sorghum and pumpkins should
also be grown to help out the feeding
later in the season, so that the hogs may
be made ready for market without so
much as we have been in the habit of
using in the past. The best profit IN hog
feeding results when the desired weight
can be made with the least corn. This
method of feeding is practicable now,
because the market does not call for such
heavy weight as formerly. Light
bacon" is now the grade that brings the
top prices es-Chicago Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
Not as Many Stars as We Imagine.

There seems to be little doubt that the
number of the visible stars is really linn
tied. Most astronomers now admit that
the total number of stars visible in our
largest telescopes cannot much exceed
100, 100000. This is, of course, large
number, but compared with an infinite
number it is really very small. 1t may
be proved mathematically = and the
demonstration is a very simple one--that
were the number of stars really infinite,
and equally distributed through infinite
space, the whole heavens would shine
with the brightness of the sun,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
HOW TO PEEL TOMATOES.

1t is so customary in preparing toma-
toes for the table to peel or skin them
that we jump at the conclusion that any
one can peel tomato without being told
how to do it. But such is not the case.
Nearly all cook books say: ''Pour
boiling water over ripe tomatoes, then
skin them," and at least ninety in every
hundred persons attempt to peel them in
this manner, and consequently do it
with much difficulty and very imper-
fectly.
This is the proper way to peel toma.
toes: Cover them with boiling water
half minute, then lay them in cold
water till they are perfectly cold, when
the skin can be slipped off without
difficulty, leaving the tomatoes un-
broken.-Emma P. Ewing.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07

The above report was later confirmed by
cables from Madrid, one of which sail:
The Captain of the Vera Cruz describes
Captain Andrews as hale and hearty. Cap.
tain Andrews, he says resented question
as to whether he wished to be taken aboard
the steamer, declaring that he was certain
that he could reach Huelva without assist
ance in time for the October fetes. He
asked only one favor-that the Captain of
ths Vera Cruz should hand letter to the
American Consul at the first Spanish port
he entered. Captain Andrews then tied his
letter to piece of scrap iron and threw it
aboard the Vera Cruz, and after mutual
farewells and wishes for prosperous
voyage the two vessels parted.
On the following day, August 9th, the
''Sapolio" fell in with the German ship
"Adolf," Captain A. Scheepsma, who writes
that on that date he supplied Captain An
drews with ''fresh water, fresh bread, eggs,
and claret, also with lantern and a length
o! line, captain AMI boat being all right"
We give it just as written, showing that our
German friend can be as lioeraI with his
letters as with the fresh bread, watch must
have proved so grateful to the daring lone
voyager who clrries no fire. and on whom
the baker does not call in the morning.
The New York Herald, in an editorial ar
tic.e on August Goth, rather unjustly COM
mentcd on Captain Andrews trip. 1t said {:
The cable disp a,ch published yesterday
giving news OF the intrepid Captain Ander-
son, Of dory fame, has given encouragement,
if not assurance, to his friends.
There can be no scientific value in voyages
of this sort AMI no results can come from
them that are of much nterts to the gen
eral pub lie, save the proof that sixteen
foot Loaf may in exceedingly c,ln weather
cross the Atlantic Were Captain
Anderson to prove by his attempt that a
transa tlantic voyage was infinitely more
pleasant an ra j, in small boat than in
an ocean p llace, then the community might
be crate, ,u. Most interest now centres in
the possibility of his fin shing his trip alive.
Just how Captain Andrews mot Ander-
son, as the Herald has iii could select sixty
days of exceedingly calm weather" re-
mains Tor the Herald weather makers to
show. IL this voyage draws out such AN ex-
traordinary contribution to marine science,
1T will almost tqlal the di covery of srayi
tation. Eut there are other things to be
caimel i'll behalf of the venture, some of
which aro well state III the folio winr letter
writ eli IN re ,ly fo this crit;cicn.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-10-07
SOAKING SEED POTATOES.

) A French pota o grower claims yields
of forty-two tons per acre. He plants
the seed whole, cIltivates deeply and
manures literally. He also immerses his
sced tubers for twenty-four hours in a
solution of six pounds of sulphate of am
monia and six pounds of nitrate of potash
in twenty-five gallons of water, allowing
the tubers to remain for twenty-four
hours afterwards so that the germs may
have time to swell.