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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
HOW To GROOM A HORSE,

The few stable hands who know how
to groom horse properly are gen
orally too indolent to do it. 1t is quite
an art to clean horse as he should be
cleaned, and it is no easy job. For
that reason he is seldom groomed as
he should be. A groom must be ac-
tive, strong and experienced. Every
inch of tho horse, beginning at the
head, should be gone over thoroughly
with brush, comb and rag.
A man who would not much rather
take care of his own horse, provided
he has the time, has not true love for
the horse. No animal will repay one
for care and attention like the horse.
he will show it not only i'll appearance
externally, but in health and spirits.
Good grooming will do as much in i'm
proving the condition of horse rs az
additional four quarts of oats per day.
In grooming a horse properly be
should be tied from hide to eide so that
he cannot throw his head around and
work himself ell over the floor, which
he is sure to do under the comb If he
is not Of Il disposition too phleematic
10 feel the seraehing. A good brush
and comb are required, as we'll az ia
broomcorn bfush for nane and tail
Never nse the comb ON the horsea
head. II he has any spirit ut all he
will not endure it,
Take the brush ia the right hand
an the heaslstall in the left, steady
hia head while brushing gently, and
then With the eoinb in the left hand
curry the neck fFom behind thu ear
aud the entire right side. Ga through
the same proeess en tho let aido
leave no space untouched After eur
rying take the hrueh anl brush the
hair ths wrong vats scraping the
brush at intervals with the eanh g.
eiasn u. fheu s. tho riRhi way With
the brush foliuw the brush with
weolen rag Rubbing ths hair ap aud
then smoothing t. tes't apHsa lbas
gFeaes anl The haTae Wiil shpe his
kssp'ue eaa set s@ B. e D kaasus
HaN8ANF,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
The Biggest Egg.

eve now come" saidJ. G. Stephens,
at his auction rooms in King street,
Covent Garden, s'to the egg of the
Aepyornis maximus, the biggest bird
living or extinct. 1t has been extinct
for some time, and only two of its
bones have been found. According to
the catalogue the bird was more than
ten feet high and was fightless."
ST should think so, said prospec-
tive egg buyer.
1T would seem to me-" said Mr..
Stephens, ''that the bird that laid this
egg must have been something like
thirty five feet high-about as high as
house. You will see by the cata-
logue that it measures 341 inches in
its longest circumferenc and twenty.
eight inches in girth. This egg is
several inches larger than the egg we
sold last year. Itis, of course, a great
rarity, and not more than thirty of
these eggs are known.
"This, I think, is the finest egg of
the lot. 1t should be remembered
that there are sixty known eggs of the
great aux, and they sell for couple
of hundred guineas each. I don't
mean to say that this egg should bring
as much as great auks egg, but we
sold one not SO good as this last year
for seventy guineas."
The egg was passing from hand to
hand in wooden box while tho
auctioneer was speaking. 1t looked
too large for an egg, though in other
respects 1t seems natural enough. 1t
was not difficult to understand how a
bird that had laid such an egg had be-
come extinct. The strain must hava
been equal to the horsepower of an
Atlantic liner, and the cackle that fol.
lowed the arrival of the egg must have
made the welkin ring until it's head
ached.
The egg is of a brownish gray color
and sounds like porcelain when it is
drummed on with the knuckles. The
bird that was accustomed to lay this
sort of egg lived, it is said, in NADIA
gascar, and buried its eggs in the sand
1t is only possibly to find the egg by
digging in the sand, and more eggs
may yet be found, as good deal of
the seashore of Madagascar has not
been dug up yet.
The egg was finally sold for sixty.
seven guineas. Pail Mall Gazette.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
SEASONABLE RECIPES,

Palm Pancakes - Well beat three
fresh eggs, then mix three tablespoon.
fuls of dry flour with a pint of new
milk. Pass it through "A sieve into the
eggs. Put one-half ounce of lard into
clean frying pan, and when it is quite
hot pour in little batter as thin as
possible. Scatter over it some finely
minced candied citron peel then cover
with batter as thin us before. Fry II
light brown; drain dish and serve very
hot with half lemons. The pancakes
must be not larger than the palm of
the hand
Liver-A very nice and tasty way of
cooking liver is to cut it in slices about
IN eighth of an inch thick, and TO
make the dish look nicely stamp the
liver in rounds with pastry y-cutter
and season it with pepper and salt
then entirely cover with eggs and bread
crumbs and fry in clean hot grease un-
til nice golden color. Fry some very
thin slices of bacon and arrange them
between the liver, and pour thick
brown sauce round the dish, aud un-
less you prefer the sauce plain, YOU
will find the addition of little chopped
gherkin and eapers will improve il
very much.
Peach Short Cake-Use canned
peaches and prepared flower for this
dish. Chop quarter of pound Of but
ter into q quart of prepared -four,
quickly stir into il enough sweet milk
10 make soft dough; put this into
two round cakes upon buttered tin
plates and bake them ia hot oven.
Meantime open a eau of peaches. re
serve the finest for the two top layers
and eat the rest ia small quarters.
When the short cakes in the oven are
d0ne aud cool enough 60 handle, sar
them open slth che all If a fork, hnt.
ter tin insides. divide the cut peaches
upon the tsa bottom layers, aud ar
range the fine oaes on the others
thiekly dust All silh sifted powdered
sugar, lag the tups Hpnn hath under
pieces and serve the short cakes aIih
maEe siftad sugar AL sweet cream
The jules af tAs CANNED peaches, seIl
ssseteAed eth pessleEea sugar, eAu
ha ussd lnsteat II ersaa.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
Malta.

There was at the Centennial Exposf-
tion the head of woman cut in but
ter, which attracted much attention
from the rural visitors. For this they
passed by the women painted on can
vas or carved IN marble they were too
like the real thing, and they probably
knew how difficult it is to make butter
into moulds. For some reason Malta
reminds you of this butter lady. 1t is
real city-with real houses and CO.
thedral and streets, no doubt, but you
have feeling that they are not genu-
ine,. and that though it is very cleverly
done, it is, after all, city carved out
of cheese or butter. Some of the
cheese is mouldy and covered with
green, and some of the walls have
holes in them, as has aerated bread or
Roquefort cheese, and the streets and
the pavements, and the carved facades
of the churches and opera house, and
the earth and the hills beyond-every-
thing upon which your eye can rest is
glaring and yellow, with not a red roof
to relieve it 1t is all Just yellow lime
stone, and it looks like Dutch cheese.
II is like no other place exactly that
you have ever seen. The approach in
to the canal-like harbor under the guns
and the search lights of the fortifca-
tions, the moats and drawbridges, and
the glaring monotony of the place it.
of one piece and painted with one
brush, suggest those little toy for
tresses of yellow wood which appear in
the shop windows at Christmas time.
OF course the first and last thought one
has Of Malta is that the island was the
home of the Order of the Knights of
st. John, or knights Hospitallers.
This Order, which was the most noble
of those of the days of medieval chiv-
airy, was the band of warrior monks
who waged war against the infidels,
who kept certain VOWS, and who, under
the banner of the white cross, became
honored and feared throughout the
then known world. Their headquarters
changed from place to place during the
four hundred years that stretched from
the Eleventh Century, when the Order
was'first established, up to 1880, when
Charles '. made over to Malta and all
its dependencies in perpetual SOW
ereignty to the keeping of these
Knights They had no sooner fortified
the island than there began the nine
months siege of the Turks, one of the
most memorable sieges in history.
When it was ended, the Turks re-em-
barked 10, 600 of the 40, 900 men they
had landed, and of the 5000 Knights
present under the Grand Master Jean
de Ia Valette when the siege had
opened, but coo capable of bearing
arms remained alive. - Harper's
Weekly.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

In the time of Frederick William III.
when the German Army was resting
on the laurels of the great Frederick.
dandies fourished in great numbers,
among the officers, in spite of severe
official condemnations of foppery. The
monstrosities and extravaganza differed
but slightly from those of to-day
sharp-pointed toes, ridiculously high
colors and short overcoats without
seams. Latter day exquisites have also
adopted the plan of crowding on the
finger as many rings as possible-he
who can carry the largest number on
the ring fingers and at the same time
bend his finger being considered to
have the bluest blood. d.-London Globe.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
Dandies in the German Army.

Referring to the recent order of the
German Emperor with regard to the
dandyfied irregularities which had be-
come common in the German Army, a
correspondent at Berlin calls our at
tention to the fact that the Kaiser him
self is not altogether free from affecta-
ton of this kind, inasmuch as he him
self sets the fashion of ''bangle" wear
ing. In most of the many portraits of
the Kaiser the bangle is brought into
special prominence by the position of
the arm. But though addicted to the
bangle he never condescended to the
earring, which formerly was very com
monty worn among his officers.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

If pollen is kept dry it will last for
years.
Whitewash is good purifier for the
COW stable.
Keep the trees growing if you wish
them to succeed.
The harrow is grand tool to use
early in the corn.
Keep the cultivator going every day
possible in season.
If honey is kept in warm, dry place
it will never spoil.
In starting an orchard it is. best to
have only few varieties
1t is suggested that catnip will repay
cultivation for honey alone.
An application of hardwood ashes
will supply the potash necessary for
the berries.
Ayrshire and Holstein milk does not
cream as readily when set as Jersey or
Guernsey milk.
A good corn crop will produce more
than twice as much food per acre as a
heavy hay crop.
The quality and. quantity of the
milk will be improved if COWS are fed
and milked regularly.
Crowd the cultivation of corn now
ON till haying and do not let the grass
get too old before cutting.
Fine manure, raked or cultivated in
near the surface, will add fertility to
the soil and make the plants grow.
At late honey show in England a
large manufactured hive, which could
be taken apart, attracted much atten-
tion.
One German paper recommends Dip
ping the new queen in liquid honey
and then dropping her among the
bees.
1t is not too late in most parts of
the country to get in corn and have it
make a pretty fair crop for silage or
fodder.
Two crops of hay from the slough
will give hay better rellshed by stock
than one. Cut one early, the other
before frost
Every sheepman should attend the
farmers Institutes If the fair asso-
Citations do not give sheep n fair show,
attend the meetings of the board and
tell what they want.
Many people do not like the honey
gathered from buckwheat. 1t is
neither SO white nor SO delicate as
clover honey, which, however, it sur
passes in richness. Alsike honey has
slight amber tint and is said to taste
like Eastwood honey.
Every mutton raiser, and all are
going to be who are not now, should
study the local trade of his neighbor-
hood and then go to the city stock
yards, slaughter houses, and follow up
the carcasses to see where they go,
who buys them and who eats them.
No man can tell another how to do
thing that will certainly make as much
as it did for him; but almost anybody
can tell something that will suggest
new idea that may be turned to advan-
tage. This is what sheep raisers need
now little more than any other class
of live stock men.
1t is interesting and profitable TO
know what is done with the fifth quar-
ter, the skin, entrails, head, lega
blood and manure of sheep at the
slaughtering houses. 1t is fact that
this fifth quarter, SO often loss on
the farm. affords Il big profit to the
trade even If there were no other.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
TO CLEAN WHITE SILK LACE.

There are two well-known recipes for
cleaning white silk lace. One is to
wind it around piece of wood, like Il
piece of broom handle, or glass bot
tie, and to soak it all night in warm
CASTLE soapsuds and milk; rinse in
warm water, soak in soap and warm
water; rinse again without rubbing,
bleach in tbe sun and dry. The second
method recommends that the lace be
spread out upon white paper, covered
with calcined magnesia; another sheet
of paper placed upon it, and laid away
for three days between the pages of a
large book; then shake off the powder,
and the lace will be clean and white
New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
Persian Needle-WOrk.

The difference between Persian and
the needle work we are accustomed to
see seems to lie in the thoroughness
sincerity, an artist would call it
of the former. Every stitch is taken
with mathematical precision, and there
is no sighting ut any point. The
wrong side of the work is as admirable
in its way as the right side. In some
specimens the stitches cover the design
on both sides, the needle being carried
across underneath, as it is in the en-
broidering of China Grape shawls. On
other pieces the needle is put back
toward the wrong side close by the
place it was drawn through, thus
throwing all the work up on the right
side and leaving what looks like beau-
tifully regular outline-work ON the re-
verse. This is the method used in
working sofa pillows, table covers, or
anything which only exposes one side.
But for curtains, handkerchiefs,
shawls, etc, the double-faced en-
bAoidery Is invariably used.
A favorite method of this Persian
worker is the introduction of texts or
sentences upon the border or centre of
her pieces. The lettering is SO quaint,
angular, and disconnected that at the
first look it seems like geometric
pattern. On one white linen table
cover, heavily worked in flowers and
foliage with gray silk, was border of
lettering wrought in gold thread. The
characters were about four inches tall,
and the sentiment they conveyed,
God is great; Good is good" took
mp very short space; but the text
was repeated again and again. .-Har-
per-s Bazaar.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
WHEN A s1Lo Is UNDERSTANDABLE.

The silo is indispensable for winter
dairy. And this makes necessary a
series of crops most suitable for the
purpose. AS the main reliance is on
corn for the ensilage, there will be
little else grown, but the summer feed
ing of cows is a simple matter. This
should be by pasturing, which is the
cheapest mode of feeding cows and by
far the most convenient, as there will
be no time taken up in driving them
back and forth, as they will remain in
the pasture during the three summer
months. 1t is thus seen that the
winter dairy is most economical in
every way, and more profitable than
ordinary dairying as well.-New York
Times
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A sEAsoNABLE RELISH.

A seasonable relish is a stuffed cu-
cumber. Remove the peel from q
large cucumber and cut it into pieces
about half an inch thick; place these
in a steamer and steam steadily until
they are thoroughly cooked-about
half an hour. Have ready in sauce
pan well-seasoned mince or force
meat of any sort Carefully scoop out
the seeds from the rounds of the GU
cumber and fill them with the mince.
Garnish each with ring of capers
placed near the edge and serve on a
border of spinach surrounded by thick
tomato sauce. New York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
War Games.

The war games best calculated to
yield really useful results are those
which are sometimes played in antici-
patton OF some field day or series of
man6uvres. II is surprising how
often there Is total disagreement be
tween the probable issues arrived at,
severally, by real men on real ground,
aud those brought about by lead pieces
upon the map or model. Ground fea.
lures, so apparently insignificant that
their existence is undiscovered even
upon the largest scale maps, will soine-
Tunes suffice t. alter the entire situa-
tian. Speaking generally. the eom-
mon result of much playing Of war
gaines Is g lneaieate the mistaken idea
that, given certain data, combat haa
a fixed lssne. An ounce nf practice il
worth a tun at theary. One 81 the
iifst thinga shieh Il Is enseutial ta APP
4 eiate Il thst ~ saT there - a. such
thlng a. esrtaiutF and that il IL tbs
spseied which serF frsgnenllY hap
pens All that the hsst general can IL
u - lnsuFe ths aeafed result - iaf -
Ia ts ahlat anl make pFeper pFepaTa
liana fuF mantlna ihe aiiiealtY u easa
"a failure IsFeA1 Affas.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value TO health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due 30 lis presenting
In the form most acceptable aud pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
atiYe eheetnally cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
IL has given satisfaction to millions and
met With the approval of the medical
profession. because Il acts on the Kid
neys. Liver aud Bowels without weak.
ening them and il il perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
syrup If Figs i foe sale by all drug
eisls Ia 5lle and II bottles, but IL i man.
uiaetured BY the California Zig syrup
"a. only. whose name il pinned on every
pa kaRa. alssl the name, syrup II Eigsi
AL heiHg sell informed fan all LOT
aeeepE alY Substitute Il oiiered.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Missouri has 9301 school districts,
IL, IA school houses, 3,677 school
teachers, S22, 430 persons ofschool age,
and 610, $50 in the public schools.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Il can heartily say TO any young man
who is wanting good employment, work for
johnson d Co., follow their instructions and
you Will succeed SO writes an agent of b. F.
johnson & Co., Richmond, Va, and that's the
WAY all of thnr men talk
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Iheas ATs - lAu ssazaafaeluTes.
aslna ~ eaHi. tHAi lHsl II gAnlsfiala anal
pFe.saelng - zaaaal ealpal = VI 300,
alAs asau
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

'fhe aashaganf us.ssslA produced tom
single tfss feaeaal{ 80 sla@ 4 - Iloa
slaEAa ssfe saia IL EuEsps teE Ill. .eoo
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

f. B.Walthall & Co., Druggists Horse Cave
KY, say: Halls Catarrh Cure cures every
one that takes it." Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21
We Cure Rupture.

No matter of how long standing. Write
for free treatise testimonials, etc, to s. j,
Hollensworth a. Co, Owego, Tioga Co., n Y.
Price 81: by mail 81 l5
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Inventors of anything made of wood assisted
financially or otherwise 10 patent or place on
market. VIM. Mattlson, Box 3l79. New York
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup costs no
more than others and benefits more.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-07-21

Beecham's Pills correct bad effects of over
eating. Beecham's-no others. 25cents box,
The herald., 1893-12-20
Notice Inviting Street Work Pro.
pOsals.

DURSUANT TO STATUTES AND TO ORDI-
Il nance No 1924 OF the Council of the city
OF Los Angeles, adopted Nov 49, 1S93, direct
ing this notice, the undersigned invites and
will receive at his Office in the city hall, up to
IL O'clock AIN. of Tuesday, Dec. 26, 1898,
sealed proposals or bids for the following street
work, TO be done according to specifications No.
II for cement sidewalks in the city oil Los An
geles, poosted and on file, therefor adopted
or herein mentioned. to-wit:
That a cement sidewalk five feet in width be
constructed along the south side of said
ELEVENTH STREET,
From the easterly curb line OF Vernon street
to the westerly curb line of Sentous street.
excepting such portions of said street between
said points along which a cement or asphalt
sidewalk has been constructed and accepted
said sidewalk to be constructed i'll accordance
with specifications on file in the Office OF the
city clerk, said specifications being num-
bered T.
Bidders must file with each proposal or bid a
check payable to the order of the mayor of this
city, certified by responsible bank, for an
amount which shall not be less than ten per
cent OF the aggregate of the proposal, or bond
for the said amount and so payable, signed by
the bidder and by two sureties, who shall JUS
tify, before any officer competent to administer
an oath, in double the said amount, and over
ana above all statutory exemptions.
In bidding use blanks which will be fur
nished by the city clerk upon application.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. IS, 1893.
C. A. LUCKENBACH,
City clerk and ex-oficio clerk of the council of
the city OF Los Angeles. IL 192t