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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
FOOD For POULTRY.

The most expensive of all food we
find to be barley, au naturel. Not
only is u considerable proportion
thrown about and wasted but much
that is swallowed is never digested,
We therefore give it as n change and
an indulgence, and by no means as the
staple of their food. Indian meal is
the best staple, according to our ex-
perience. 1t is well scalded that the
swelling may be done before eating,
instead of after, thus avoiding various
maladies and perils from overeating
Broken rice, well boiled, is good to n
certain extent.
Malt dust is n valuable resource.
The demand is becoming SO great that
probably it will soon cease to be n
cheap food but while it remains so it
is a real boon both to the fowls and their
owners. They will eat almost any
thing that is sprinkled with malt dust,
and II six-shillings sack of it goes a
long way. A certain proportion of
green food, and also of animal food, is
indispensable. Lettuce leaves, turnip
tops, cabbage leaves, celery, should be
thrown to them. They should have
access to grass, to pick seeds and in
sects; and it is well to put fresh sod
into the poultry yard whenever such a
valuable thing may be spared,
All the worms and insects that come
in the gardener way should be pre-
sented to them; and when insects are
scarce scraps of raw meat minced as
fine MS pins heads should be given.
Add finely chopped eggs for infant
chicks and think the bill of fare is
complete. AS for the pepper corn,
which old wives recommend as the first
thing to be swallowed, we reprobate
the notion as we should in the case of
any other newborn creature. In fact,
it irritates the crop very mischiev-
ously if it gives out its SAVIOR, and if it
does not dissolve it is nothing. -
American Poultry Yard.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
SelI.MedicaiiOIi.

imagination has too much to 10
with mans practice ON himself. One
who reads the little text book on
physiology in the schools will imme-
diately discern in every rumble of his
intestines the kind of action the gas
trio juices are taking on the food that
has gone into the stomach, and he soon
becomes, if he pushes his investigations
further, a monomaniG: on hygiene. 1t
is true that man or woman who has
arrived at the age of forty years ought
to be able to decide at n glance the
kind of food suited best to their di-
gestive organs, and experience ought
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
CURING HORSE HAIR.

For the curled hair used for mat
iresses the following process is used :
The hair is first washed in hot water
and softened, and it is then spun into
ropes while wet and warm and kept SO
until it gets the required set and curl.
1t is prepared for use by picking it
apart. The ropes are hard twisted, SO
that when they are taken apart the hair
curls up and becomes quite elastic. 1t
will hardly pay to curl ones own hair,
as it may be purchased more cheaply
than it can be gathered by any person
not in the business. Most of the
'horse" hair in the market is the pro
duct of horned cattle, the switch of the
tail being used for this purpose. New
York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
AN INDEFATIGABLE INsECTICIDE.

A crow had nest in the woods Just
before my door, and drew his mates and
young ones food from my pasture,
writes T. S. Gilbert. He would walk
along picking up insects or something
right and left, often having to make
quite an effort to swallow them. A few
minutes, and he spread his wings for
home and the squawing of his mate
showed that she was being fed. Then
back he came for more. How many
trips he made per day | do not know,
but good many. | often tried to see
what he was picking up, and he allowed
me to come within three rods; but he
was so quick | couldn't see and my big,
shiny telescope was just as bad as gun
in his opinion; he started for the
woods the moment he saw it coming.
Thus he worked steadily day after day,
and though it seems incredible that
his big mouthfuls were all cut worms
or white grubs, l do not know what
else they could have been, New York
Tribune.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
The Duke De Veragua's Revenge.

A dark, handsome gentleman, with
Ede-whiskers and foreign air, stepped
into the telegraph Office on the Co
lumbian Fair grounds at Chicago, and
asked courteously:
''Is this the office of the telegraph,
senor?"
'1t amt anything else," carelessly
replied the operator, one of those
choice essences of Chicago whose only
perfume is crudity.
'I would send telegram" said the
stranger, quietly.
"Would you?" drawled the op.
orator; ''well, why don't you send To-"
The visitors heavy eyebrows raised,
but he said quietly: "How many OF
the words have l permit to send for
twenty-five of the cents?"
"Ten," snapped the operator,
shortly.
''Only so few as ten?" asked the
stranger. ''They gave twelve to twenty
abroad, senor."
''Ten words for n quarter, or she
don't 60, snarled the operator. Glow
much do you want for twenty five
cents?"
The visitors dark eyes cleaned dan
gerously and his firm lips closed.
81 send but ten of the words for
that money, then senor?"
eyes.
''And the name, does it go free,
senor?"
eyes.
A strange smile chased itself around
the corners of the naughty mouth, and
picking up a pen the stranger quietly
wrote:
His Honor, the Mayor of Columbus. Ohio
l will visit your city en- route to New York.
CHRIsToBAL Colon
De Toledo y Larreatagui de la Corda
Ramirez, de Baquedana Gante. Vice-Ad-
miral Aldelantado Mayor de las Indas.
Marquis de Jamaica. Duke de Veragua v
de la Vega, Grandee de In Spain, Senatorio
de la Kingdom, Cabalero de la Insigno
Orden del Toison de ORC, Grand Cruz dc
Carlos Ill, Grand Cruz de la Conception
de Villaviciosa Gentil Hombre de Camarf
de King Alfonso XIII.
The operator took one wild look nj
the message-th he tainted deaC
away.
The stranger was the Duke de We
ragua. - Cincinnati Commercial Ga
Zette.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
TO KEEP STOCKINGS WHOLE.

Here is Il case where the proverbial
"stitch in time" saves great many
more than "nine." Take your stock
ings when they are new, and before
ever putting them on, run them with
soft darning cotton throughout the en-
tire length of the heel, toe and sole.
You need not run them closely, nor
must you draw the thread tight.
When you wear the stockings you
will find that this slender reinforce
ment is sufficient to keep the stockings
from wearing in holes. Strengthened
in this way, your hose will remain in
tact to an honorable respectable old
age. New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
An Oregon Girl's Good Deed.

An unknown girl saved train with
$50 passengers from destruction i'll
Oregon. She was on her way home
from party when she discovered that
rail had been removed on high
trestle, and then she procured Ian
tern and signaled an approaching train.
She then went modestly on her way
and never waited for thanks Detroit
Free Press
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
"Butcliers' Leap."

A curious Shrove Tuesday ceremony
is still observed at Munich, in Bavaria,
called "Metzgersprung, according to
which the butchers apprentices, be-
ing clothed i'll lambskin, leap down
into public well, whence they are
declared by the masters of the guild to
be mates or partners of ("Gessellen, "
or skilled membersl Of the corporation.
Notes and Queries.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A CEMENT FROM RICE.

Rice flour makes one of the best
cements in the world. 1t is mixed with
cold water, then gently boiled over u
slow fire until it becomes clear, when
it is ready for use. 1t is good not only
for common paste, but when made
very thick it may be moulded like wax,
and is capable of taking high polish.
Many of the beautiful small objects
which come from China are made Of it.
New York journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
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 to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
ative effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

Flower

a" am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. 1 think it is
a splendid medicine" Z. A. Bond,
P. M, Pavilion Centre, N. Y.
The stomach is the reservoir.
If it fails, everything fails. The
liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head, the blood, the nerves
all go wrong. If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach first. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower, 1t assures a good appetite
and a good digestion. =
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
Farmer Versus Baker.

A certain baker in business in a
small town in Normandy obtained his
supply of butter from n farmer in tho
neighborhood One day he discovered
that the pats, which were supposed to
weigh three pounds each, were not up
to the standard, and further examina-
tion revealed steady diminution in
the daily provision. At last the baker
lodged n formal complaint against the
farmer, and the affair was brought be
fore the local court.
"Have you scales?" inquired the
magistrate.
Eyes, Monsieur le Juge," was the
reply.
'And have you any weights?" con.
tinued the Judge. An answer this
time in the negative was as promptly
given.
But how did you manage to weigh
your butter?" asked the magistrate.
Then the farmer related that ever
since the baker had taken his butter he
had returned the compliment by buy
ing his bread. The baker supplied
him with three-pound loaves, and he
had used them as weights for his but
ter. ''lt is his fault, not mine, if the
weight is not correct, added the
farmer, who was speedily acquitted
and left the court in triumph with an
escort of friends and admirers. Since
this trial the farmer is said to have
been supplied with more than his due
provision of bread; but he has taken
good care not to fall into the opposite
error, and the baker has now his three
pound pats of butter, full weight, but
not an ounce more.-London Tele.
nrrn,nb
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

to teach Tbs IA never to touch any food
that disagri es xith them. This l. true
also oi DIR mixing. When a man u
forty years # age he ought to under
stand himself sufficiently to gnari
against all imprudences IN either est
ing OF drinking or working, hut tbst
is about all he ought TO know about n
He expects to be employed as an eX-
pert on others IN his own line Of study,
and he ought to be willing 10 recIFrO-
cate by employing q physician Ehen
he is sick. Austin Statesman
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

Conductor F.. d. Loomis, Detroit, Mich.
says: " The effect of Halls Catarrh Cure Il
wonderful Write him about it. Sold b!
Druggists, 75c.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

In 1862 France had 101 500 thresh
ing machines, of which $3.50 were
worked by steam.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

Gutta percha was introduced into
Europe from Malaga i'll 1852. The
annual consumption now is 100000
pounds.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

A GENTS WANTED IN EVERY TOWN TO SELL
~ silk pieces, waste silk, Embroidery and spool
Silk. Pleasant, profitable employment
II. EAION. Miltnnborn W.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
We Cure ISupture,

No matter of how long standing. Write
for free treatise, testimonials etc, to 5. j
Hollensworth x Co, Owego, 1ioga Co.. \. Y
Price 81: by mail. 81 Is.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

James Frost and Annie Winter were
arried in North Missouri recently.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

The wheat area Of India j. estimated
Mt u, 900, 900 acres.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04
l BLOOD POISON
A SPECIALITY.

iol ite potassium. sarsapsrils Hot sr.snz fat "
ru1raatre curc-afs c1r IA rhii. is 80 aniv
thi1r thst VIII cure pefrntnctiv- p .i- rs tsof sat
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

Beecham's Pills instead of sloshy minera'
waters. Beecham's-no others. % cts. a box
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

Cough nights On going TO bed take a dose
of Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-08-04

ifauy one dauhs~ rhst
~c can cure .hr ~ a. OBJ
sfirrtc case q - - -
uaEs ct htrr ~ Q. for
particulars md invest.
gate oar rsiist iisv. cor
tHHre'li tackinr -
o. A Nhcn furrrurv
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30

that were burning at her departure.
And to John Inpleheld she was the
very image of his buried wife, such as
he remem bered her on the first
Thanksgiving which they had passed
under their own roof Therefore,
though naturally a stern and rugged
man, he could not speak unkindly to
his sinful child, nor yet could he take
her to his bosom.
You are welcome home, Prudence"
said he, glancing sideways at her, and
would have reioiced TO see you, but
she has been gone from us these fonr
months"
81 lSnow it, father, know it," re-
piled Prudence, quickly. And yet,
when first came in, my eyes were SO
da2ed by the freight that she seemed
to be sitting in this very chair.
BY this time the other members OF
the family had begun to recover from
their surprise and became sensible
that it was no ghost from the grave
nor vision of their vivid recollections,
but Prudence her own self Her
brother was the next that greeted
her lie advanced and held ont his
hand affectionately, as a brother
should, yet not entirely like brothe
for with all his kindness he was
still a clergyman and speaking to a
child of sin.
Sister Prudence" snid he earnestly
Il rejoice that a merciful Providence
hath turned your steps homeward in
time for me to bid you last farewell,
In few weeks, sister, am to sail as
a missionary to the far islands of tn
Pacific. There is not one of these be-
loved faces that | shall ever hope to
behold again on this earth. oh, may
| see all of them-yours and all-be-
yond the grave
A shadow fitted across the girls
countenance.
1.-THE grave is very dark, brother"
answered she, Withdrawing her hand
somewhat hastily from his grasp.
You may look your last at me by the
light of this fire.
While this was passing the twin-girl
the rosebud that had grown on the
same stem with the castaway-stood
gazing at her sister, longing to fling
herself upon her bosom, so that the
tendrils of their heart might inter
twine again, At first she was re-
strained by mingled grief and shame
and by dread that Prudence was too
much changed to respond to her affec-
eiohi "a b"uO hci o"h PuitUJ "O"iu w
felt as a reproach by the lost one But,
as she listened to the familiar voice,
while the face grew more and more
familiar, she forgot everything save
that Prudence had come back. Spring
ing forward, she would have clasped
her in close embrace. At that very
instant, however, Prudence started
from her chair and held out both hands
with warning gesture.
mo, Mary; no, my sister" cried she;
"do not touch me. Your bosom must
not be pressed to mine"
Mary shud cred and stood still, for
she felt that something darker tn ar
: the grave was between Prudence and
herself. though trey seemed SO neal
each other in the light of their father
hearth, where they had grown up to
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30

chair in its place next dis own, and
o. ten did his eye glance thitherWard
as if he deemed il possible that the
cold grave might send back its tenant
to the cheerful tireside at least for
that one evening, Thus did lie cherish
the grief that was dear to him. But
there was another grief which he
would fain have torn from his heart;
or, since that could never DO, nave
buried it too deep for others to behold
or for his own remem Orance. Within
the past year another member of his
household had gone from him, but not
to the grave. Yet they kept no vacant
chair for her.
While John Iuglefeld and his family
were sitting around the hearth, with
the shadows dancing behind them on
the wall, the outer door was opened
and light footstep came along the
passage. The latch of he inner do r
was lifted bv some familiar hand, and
a young girl came in, wearing cloak
and hood, which she took OFF and laid
on the table beneath the looking
glass Then after gazing moment
at the Preside circle, she approached
and took the seat at John lugletield's
right hand, as II it hat been reserved
on purpose for her.
Here ! am at last father" said
she. You ate your Thanksgiving
dinner without me, but have come
back to spend the evening with YOU. "
Yes, it was Prudence luglefeld. she
wore the same neat and maidenly at
tire which she had been accustomed to
put on when the household work was
over Tor the day, and her hair was
parted from her brow in the simple
and modest fashion that became her
best of all. If her cheek might other
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30
WORMS oF THE EARTH.
Their Perception of Danger Is Moao
Acute-I.iie Underground

Their Perception of Danger Is Moab
Aouto-Lire Underground.
The worms know we'll that rapid
The approach of mole to their In
uocent burrows, and the moment they
teel it rush wildly to the surface.
prepared rather to face the worst
shat lark or blackbird may bring
upon them than to await the on
slaught of their most ruthless and
bloodthirsty enemy, says the Corn
Hill Magazine. If you dig pointed
stick into the ground and shake tho
earth little by moving it from side
to side you will find dozens OF worms
hurry up to the surface at once, un-
der the mistaken impression that the
petty earthquake is some mole's do
ing For the senses OF oarthworms
are extremely keen and their percep-
ton OF danger most acute and vivid
A person unaccustomed 10 the
ways OF worms might wonder that
enough OF them could be found in the
comparatively small tract of land
which each mole taboos or occupies
as his own to satisfy the needs of so
yoracious creature. But, as
matter of fact, the worm population
OF England is something incredibly
high, to be numbered no doubt, by
millions of millions. Every field on
our downs is far more thickly popu-
lated under ground than London ia
on the surface; every meadow is as
dense with teeming thousands OF
worms as Lancashire is with men or
an anthill with emmets. The
soil swarms with life.
Vinegar kills worms, and where
barrel of vinegar has been accident
ally spilled upon the ground tho sur
face is sometimes positively covered
before long by thick layer of wrig-
Cling creatures which have come up
to die. as is the wont OF their species.
The abundance and ubiquity of the
game explains the numbers and
frequency of the hunters. Every
mole eats daily many pounds Of
worms, and yet every field supports
whole yillageful of them,
1t is the entire drama OF nature on
small scale underground remorse-
less, self-ceutered unfeeling as ever.
Worms exist, and exist in thousands,
because there are myriads and
myriads of dead leaves for them to
live upon. Almost every dead leaf
that falls from tree or shrub Or weed
Or herb, except in autumn (when the
supply all at once immensely out
runs the demand), they carry undor-
ground and bury or deyour with cease
less industry In doing so they
create and keep up the layer OF vege-
table mold on the surface OF tho
earth which alone makes plant life,
and especially cultivation, possible
Cultivated areas are, therefore.
those where worms are most abun4
dant. SO far as they themselves are
concerned, however, the worms eat
only for their own appetite's sake
and never suspect they are tho
friends OF lordly man, whose fields
and crofts they thus unoonscioasly
fertili2e.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30

Daughter" cried John Inglefield,
between wrath and sorrow, stay and
be your fathers blessing, or take his
curse with you"
For an instant Prudence fingered
and looked back into the fire-lighted
room, while her countenance wore al
most the expression as if she was
struggling with a fend, who had
power to seize his victim even within
the hallowed precincts of her fathers
FOR AN INSTANT PRUDENCE FINGERED.
hearth. The fiend prevailed and
Prudence vanished into the outer dark
ness, When the family rushed to the
door they could see nothing, but heard
the sound of wheels rafting over the
frozen ground.
That same night, among the painted
beauties of the theater of neighbor-
ing city, there was one whose dissolute
mirth seemed inconsistent with any
sympathy for pure affections. and for
the Joys and griefs which are hallowed
by them. Yet this was Prudence
Inglefield. Her visit to the Thanks
giving fireside was the realization of
one of those waking dreams in which
the guilty soul will sometimes stray
back to its innocence. But Sin, alas,
is careful of her bond slaves; they hear
her voice, perhaps at the hottest
moment and are constrained to- go
whittier she summons them. The
same dark power that drew Prudence
| Inglefcld from her fathers hearth
the same IN its nature, though height
ened then to dread neeessity-would
snatch a guilty soul from the gate OF
heaven and make its sin and its pun
ishment alike eternal
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30

on his massive and sturdy frame, rem
deriug his rough visage so thatlt looked
like the head of an iron statue, all
a-Rlow from his own forge, and with it's
features rudely fashioned on his own
anvil At John lngleheld' right hand
was an empty chair. The other places
round the hearth were filed by the
mem bers OF the family, who all sat
quietly, while, with a semblance of
fantastic merriment, their shadows
Glanced on the wall behind them. One
OF the group was John Inglefe' IS
sou, who had been bred at college and
was now a student OF theology at An
dover There was also daughter Of
IL, whom nobody could look at with
out thinking of rosebud almost
bloSsomiug. The only other person at
the Preside was Robert Moore, formerly
an apprentice of the blacksmith, but
now his iourneymen, and who seemed
more like an own son of John lngle-
field than did the pale and slender
student
Only these four had kept New Eng
lands festival beneath that roof. The
vacant chair at John lngletields right
hnnd was in memory of hi9 wife,
whom death had snatched from him
since the previous Thanksgiving.
With a feeling that few would Ii We
looked for in his rough nature the be
TtAreh husband had himself set the
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-30

A few days ago in village named
Daduzai, India, rain fell, preceded by
a wind storm, and with the rain came
q shower OF hallstones which lasted
for an hour and a few minutes. Tho
most curious part of this occurrence
is that the hailstones, when touched,
were not at all cold, and when put
in the mouth tasted like sugar.