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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
GATHERING THE HAY CROP.

The gathering of the hay crop
rapidly approaches, and farmers will
do well to see to ii that it is cared for
in every respect as one of the most
economical and valuable of crops pro-
duced on the farm. In time gone by
too little attention has been given to
it. 1t is important that more interest
be taken in this branch of farming, for
the reason that it governs the price of
milk, meat and stock. Not only does
1t raise the price of these, but it indi-
rectly has an influence over the wheat
and corn prices. The history of agri-
culture has shown that the original
productiveness of farm lands in all civ
ilized countries has suffered, in course
of time, gradual decline. 1t has been
ascribed to the reduction in the area
occupied by our natural pastures and
meadows. This cutting off of the cul-
tivation OF grasses means gradual re-
duction of live stock, which in turn
causeS falling off in the principal
home resources of manurial matter
BY experiments il has been shown that
the chief cause of less remunerative
crops was due 10 serious falling on
of the fodder crops grasses. II sim
ply shows that We need more liberal
productions Of nutritious fodder crops
Chicago Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
rERr1I1zEns FOR POOR LANDS.

The improvement of poor land is
best secured by any means by which
clover may be grown. With crop of
clover to be turned under the question
of the recovery of worn land is settled
af1irmatively. But this is the difficult
ty. The clover must have something
to feed upon, and this is provided by
liberal dressing of lime, by which the
unavailable fertility of the land is de-
veloped and made useful for the crop.
Unless the land is exceedingly impov-
ished by wasteful culture, an applica-
ton of twenty-five bushels of air
Stacked lime will be sufficient to bring
fair yield of clover, and this plowed
under will add large quantity of nj
trogen and organic matter to the soil
Then by giving about 800 pounds to
the acre of mixed superphosphate and
potash salts, good yield of wheat
may be made, and better crop of
clover grown with it than at first.
This moved for hay and then planted
with some early kind of potatoes will
yield a profitable crop. The best ro.
tation under these circumstances is
wheat, clover and potatoes; the next
wheat being sowed on the potato
ground. New York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

1t is good plan, always considered,
of course, whether time and strength
will allow, to take linen sheets and
tablecloths from the line when about
half dry, shake them and smooth them
out, fold them once over and hang
them over the line without any stretch
ing or pulling. A couple of pins at
little distance from either edge will
keep them in place. This gives more
line room, which is often greatly
needed and allows the pieces to dry in
much better shape. Many laundresses
seem to think that clothes may be flung
on the line in any way whatever,
wrinkled, folded or twisted, as the
case may be, but this means just so
much additional work when ironing
day comes. Things that are done right
in the first place save much labor and
perplexity, as well rs not little wear
and tear of the articles themselves.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
THE KITCHEN LIBRARY.

A shelf for books will not be alto
gether out of place in the kitchen.
There are some much needed books for
this part of the house as well as for the
library. For instance, there are the
cook books that the modern house
keeper needs for reference, since
methods are changing all the time,
and there is blank book you need
yourself to jot down receipts in or else
to paste in those you may clip from
magazines or papers. Then there are
the butchers and grocer's books that
should be kept where they are easily
found. That housekeeper who can
prevail upon her cook to keep an ac-
count book, and trust her to guard the
small leaks of the kitchen by taking
pains to note expenditures is fortunate
indeed; however, this sort of "help"
cannot be reckoned upon in every
household.-St. Louis Star-Sayings.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
WORKING HORSES WITHOUT GRAIN.

It. B. Terry, of Ohio, who is an ex-
cellent farmer, has made his boast that
ne can. and does, feed his working
Team on clover hay without grain. The
nay is cut at the right time and is as
good feed as can be made of hay alone.
After all, the more practical question
is not whether horses cannot do fair
days work and keep in good condition
without grain, but whether little
grain and less clover would not enable
3he horses to do enough more to make
the grain an economical feed. We
have, when farming, plowed with horses
without grain, but it was slow work,
and we thought then that if high
priced man worked that team, its
owner, who was our father, could moi
afford not to grain them. Cul
tivator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
HOW LONG TO MILK COWS.

One of the greatest mistakes which
was ever made in the management of
milch COWS, was to milk them little
over half the year, and allow them to
run dry the other half, writes Albert
Pringle, of Canada. There is little
profit in this. A good animal should
be fed well and kept producing all, or
nearly all, the time. 1t is probable
that, in state of nature, the COW would
cease to give milk when the time came
for the calf to cease to suck. But our
domestic animals are not in state of
nature, and they are Influenced by sur
roundings. The object in view would
have something to do in this matter of
protracted milking. If the aim is the
greatest amount of butter and cheese,
then keep the COW milking nearly all
the time. IL the aim is to raise an ex-
ira calf, it would, of course, be well to
free the COW from the milk pail sooner.
The farmers common sense and OBJ
servation and the stockman's sagacity
must be used here, as everywhere else.
Many farmers make a great mistake,
not only in drying up the mich cows
too soon, but in the time of calving.
The cows are usually timed to calve
about the time the cheese factories
open. The cows are allowedto dry up
soon after the cheese factories close in
the fall, except, perhaps, one or two of
the best, which are milked once day.
This certainly is not the way to make
much profit out of the cows.
The vitality of the COW will certainly
afford greater results expended in
lactation. Dairymen will scarcely
have failed to notice that even the new
milch COW begins to fail in her milk
soon after service. OF course, one in
variable rule will not do for all COWS
and all breeds. Some may not be
MIXED to advantage more than six
months after coming in before service.
Others may be MIXED with advantage
for year, others longer. knew a
COW to be milked for six consecutive
years, continuously, with profit.
Instead of having all the COWS calve
in the spring, they ought to be timed
to come in at different seasons of the
year, so that there may be continu-
ous supply of milk The cheese fac
tories will take the milk six months,
and the creameries the other six. Get
the right kind of cows and feed them
well, and they will milk eleven months
in the year, and sometimes longer, if
the COW is well bred. American Agri-
culturist.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
The Process Of Coating Mirrors.

The process of coating mirrors with |
mercury does not materially differ now
from that of three hundred yc.rs ago.
A large stone tatno ground perfectly
smooth is SO arranged as to be easily
canted little on one side by means of
q screw set beneath it. Around the
edges of the table is groove, in which
mercury may flow and drop from one
corner into bowls. The table is first
made perfectly horizontal, and then
tin foil is carefully laid over it, cover
ing n greater space than the glass to be
coated. A strip of glass is placed along
each of the three sides of the foil to
prevent the mercury from flowing off.
The metal is then poured from ladies
upon the foil till it is nearly quarter
of an inch deep, and its tendency to
Cow is checked by it's affinity for the
tin foil, and the mechanical obstruc-
tion of the slips of glass. The plate of
glass, cleaned with especial care, is
dexterously slid on from the open side,
and it's advancing edge is kept in the
mercury, SO that no air or floating OK
idle of the metal or other impurities
can get between the glass and the clean
rface of the mercury. When exactly
in it's place it is held till one edge OF
the table has been elevated ten OF
twelve degrees, and the superfiuous
mercury has run off Heavy weights
are placed on the glass, and it is left
for several hours. 1t is then turned
over and placed on frame, the side
covered with the amalgam which adj
heres to it being uppermost. In this
position the amalgam becomes hard
and the plate can then be set on edge
but for several weeks it is necessary to
guard against turning it over, as until
the amalgam is thoroughly dried the
coating is easily injured. The process
is attended with many serious difficult
ties. The health of workmen is affected
by the fumes of mercury; the glass
plates are frequently broken by the
weight placed upon them, and the
coating of amalgam is frequently
spoiled by drops of mercury removing
portions of it rs they trickle down, or
by it's crystallizing, or by mechanical
abrasion X Courier Journal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
Novel Way to Danish Flies.

The Boston Transcript tells of sum.
mer resort landlord who will get rid OF
the flies i'll his house i'll novel way.
Hewill offer prizes to the boarders
who shall catch the most flies. Their,
will be II first prize, consisting, say, OF
some such rare object as lithograph
of Bishop Brooks; II second prize, II
beautifully illustrated souvenir cireu-
lar advertising the hotel, and SO on.
The effect of these prizes will be to set
all the boarders to catching flies, and
the dining-room will be regularly
cleared of them by the same persons
who have been accustomed to COM
plain of the insects.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
HOW TO CLEAN CALVES FEET.

Calves foot jelly is often recon-
mended as diet for invalids, but I
have never seen any method of clean
lug the feet, writes Sharlot NJ. Hall.
The following method is the result of
experiments made in our family and
we have found that calves feet are
more easily cleaned than pigs feet.
Skin the feet carefully down to the
hoofs and then put them in boiling
water for ten or fifteen minutes The
hoofs will then slip off easily and leave
the feet clean. Wash we'll and they are
ready for use.
Picked calves feet are much nicer
than pigs feet, and the stock or jelly is
very fine for soups. Detroit Free
Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
Interesting Scenes in Tanrier.

Tangier's beauty lies in so many
different things-in the monklike garb
of the men and in the white muffled
figures of the women in the brilliancy
of its sky, and of the sea dashing upon
the rocks and tossing the feluccas with
their three -cornered sails from side to
side; and in the green towers of the
mosques, and the listless leaves of the
palms rising from the centre of mass
of white roofs; and, above all, in the
color and movement of the bazars and
streets. The streets represent absolute
equality. They are at the widest but
three yards across, and every one
pushes, and apparently every one has
something to sell, or at least something
to say, for they all talk and shout at
once and cry ut their donkeys or
abuse whoever touches them. water
carrier, with his goat-skin bag on his
back and his finger on the tube through
which the water comes, jostles you on
one side, and slave as black and
shiny as "A patentleather boot shoves
You on the other as he makes way for
his master ON fine white Arabian
horse with brilliant trappings and a
huge contempt for the donkeys in his
way 1t is worth going to Tangier if
for no other reason than to see slave,
and to grasp the fact that he costs any
where from hundred to five hundred
dollars. To the older generation this
may not seem worth while, but to the
present generation-tho of it who
were born after Richmond was taken
it is new and momentous sensation
to look at man as fine and stalwart
and human MS one of your own people,
and feel that he cannot strike Tor
higher wages, or even serve rs parlor
car porter or own n barber shop, but
must work out for life the 5000 his
owner paid Tor him at Fez.-Harper's
Weekly.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
RECIPES.

Stewed Canned Mushrooms Drain
the mushrooms from the liquor, put in
the stewpan with a large tablespoonful
of butter for five minutes, stirring all
the time now dredge them with flour,
cover with half pint of cream, stir
ring all the time till il boils.
Mutton Broth-The water that NUT
ton is boiled in makes very good
broth. After removing the mutton set
the water to cool; when cold remove
the fat that will rise in cake to the
top. Heat what remains, adding a
good quantity of salt and little pep
per also rice or barley and an onion
IL desired
A Dainty New Dessert-A loaf of
angel food filled with charlotte russo is
a new dessert that is much liked The
loaf of cake must be baked in deep
round pan, and just before il is needed
cut layer from the top, take out the
centre of the under part without break
ing the wall, and till in space with the
charlotte russe. Put the top ON the
cake, cover with soft frosting aud
scatter over il powdered maearoons OF
eandied yiolets.
Cucumber Sauee-To one pint drawn
butter sauce, made with three table
spoonfuls butter, two tablespoonfuls
hour, one-half teaspoonful salt, one
half saltspoonful pepper aud one pint
hot water, add three tablespoonfuls
chopped cucumber pickles. Use fret
two tablespoonfula butter with the
hour, adding the third after the sauce
IL cooked, % avoid iloating oil on the
surface. Mia houT. salt and pepper
together, aud add all Al once 10 the
meltea butter,
Almona Filling Tor Layer Cake
blanehe ponnd q almonds. resersa a
dozen, and chop tine the remainder
heat the shitss II three eggs, a.lding
gEassaally aeaRt cup e powdered
sugar When stlEf enough B. slaad
alene, sase saoaHh - lcs ths tpp II
1ha ssks, and lalA IAe chopped allaeasla
alth lhe Fsst hpFsad lhla telA een lhe
ls1efa aaa eafef lAs top 9Th tAe .
-sffe'i ppftlun SPLIT ~ taa lhe dsseA
sAaie aliAasasls, asssl aFfaiss ~ sas
laA1 IA the ieiuR Ahilu aaft
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
PLANTS IN THE KITCHEN.

A few growing plants give an @sthetic
touch to the appearance of the kitchen.
I once read, writes correspondent of
the New York World, that the beauti-
full flower known as the Cyclamen had
a sort of Cinderella beginning in the
fire corner of an industrious house
wife's kitchen. She used a perforated
shelf, back of her kitchen stove, on
which she placed box of earth for q
propagating bed.
The heat from the fire and the moist
ure from the steam out of the vaporous
pots and kettles produced such healthy
and vigorous plants that florists with
elaborately managed greenhouses
looked at them in amazement.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
PArrRSrsa or SWINE.

Fattening of swine is the subject
treated of in the second annual report
OF Professor j. w. Robertson, Cana.
dian Dairy Commissioner. In yiew of
the great profit secured by swine
breeders for their product last season
tho Professor experiments are timely.
Tho experiments we're carried on al
the experiment farm located AZ Ottawa.
OntaTio. Tho experiments covered
the following points First. the dif-
ieTsni amounts of grain required b.
pfo'nee a pound OF increase ia live
weight When led steamed and warm in
one casp and raw and eoll IA another.
Second, a record 81 the comparative
quantities of grain required to pTo,
dnee q puand ot lhegeaae IA lave selght
during the diiiereut stages - the feed
iAs period Tie grain vac fsi wet la
hath INSTANCES fheIe seTo tssnty
Tour pisH N lhs pkpeEilat "a, siAtsen
being berkshire sfatles aud eight Ia
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


The light Brahmas are excellent lay
ers.
Green corn ensilage will injure any
animal.
Sunfower seed is excellent for chick
en- feed.
Cooked rice is said to be good for
the chicks.
A good dust-box is valuable aid in
destroying lice.
The profit on hens should average 81
per head year.
In breeding the evidence is strongly
in favor of your sires.
The soft-shelled eggs are laid by the
hen which is too fat.
The best natured foal can be easily
ruined by careless and incompetent
handling,
The best milk cows will become poor
mixers if they are not properly fed
and cared for.
Picking. packing and marketing are
points to be attended to in growing
berries for profit.
Charcoal is good purifier, and
should be given to the fowls or kept
where they can get at it,
The India game fowl has come 10
the front rs II remarkable layer and an
excellent fowl for the table.
The egg of the black Spanish fowl is
generally credited with being much
richer than most other kinds.
Don't catch a sheep by the wool. II
Is not the kindest way 10 handle them.
Ii hurts the sheep and il hurts the
wool also.
Keep tho premises up and things
looking neat aud tidy The extra
amount OF labor to do this will never
be felt in n year
IL the mature fowls, the sitting hens
especially, are entirely freed from yer
inin, there will be only half the trouble
ia raising the young chickens.
Work horses want bone, muscle aud
strength, and not too much fat better
feed oats, bran, good hay aud other
forage, and not 50 much corn.
II Is time o. quit growing weeds and
paying out eash Tor labor g. cut them
after lhsy have gone 81 seed Let the
heek al them early and 40 seed seed
viii mature.
Tomatoes grown from Australian
seed are reported - be moFe unifurm
aud Fegnlal IA shape aad the plants
rather more productive than the saas
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

The forests of Germany cover abou
81, $50, 900 acres, or one-fourth of the
whole area of the empire, of which
about $4,000, 900 acres are crown prop
erty. $3.50, 900 acres belong to COM
munities and corporations and II, 0O0,-
600 acres are owned by private per-
Sons.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN BOTTLES.

To clean coarse glass bottles and de-
canters, throw half cup of coarse
sand into them and shake until they
are clean. Too long a shaking will
scratch the glass. For fine glass. cut
a raw potato into small cubes, and use
in the same way. The process will be
longer, but there is no danger of
breaking or scratching. New York
World
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

When foot and mouth disease made
its appearance in Barcelona, Spain, at
the end of last year, such a thorough
system of inspection was put into
operation that the disease was soon
brought under control.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

Effectually yet gently. when costive or bilious,
or when the blood is impure or sluggish, to per-
manently cure habitual constipation, to awak-
en- the kidneys and liver to a healthy activity,
without Irritating or weakening them, to dis
pei headaches, colds or fevers, use Syrup of
Eipe
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

weight is 1sO to 200 pounds alive per
head. In these experiments the in
crease of live weight per pound re-
quired Ala pounds of q mixture Of
ground peas, barley and rye to pro-
duce it. it.-American Dairyman.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
Do You Wish
the Finest Bread
and Cake?

1t is conceded that the Royal Baking Powder is
the purest and strongest Of all the baking powders
The purest baking powder makes the finest, sweet
est most delicious food. The strongest baking pow
der makes the lightest food.
That baking powder which is both purest and
strongest makes the most dioestible and wholesome
food.
Why should not every housekeeper avail herself
of the baking powder which will give her the best
food with the least trouble?
Avoid all baking powders sold with gift
prize, or at lower price than the Royal,
they invariably contain alum, lime sui
phurc acid, and render the food unwholesome.
Certain protection from alum baking powders can
be had by declining accept any substitute for the
Royal which is absolutely pure.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

Inventors of any hing made of wood assisted
financially or otherwise TO patent or place ON
market. VIM. Mattison, Box 3i5p New York.
II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water, Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Rny stock in the Bassick Gold Mine. see adv.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

A. M. Priest Druggist, Shelbyville, Ind.
says: Halls Catarrh Cure gives the best of
satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonials,
as 1t cures every one who takes it." Druggists
sell IL, T5c.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

Impaired digestion cured by Beecham's
Pills. Beechams-no others. Is cents a box.
Why SO hoarse2 Use Hateh's Universal
Cough Syrup, 25 cents at druggists.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
UA Nh The Favorite gooyH powpxl
nv M for the Teeth and Breath, $50.
THE BASSICK COLO MINE. COLORADO.

solid body of ore 20 r. wide; average value 81 ~,
per ton shaft dOl II. deep the other 400 H. deep;
engines giving 1870 horse power; also electric light
plant machinery on the surface cost $an,tHu; the
mine paid s2,2bnn In three years; | have for sale
lOUD shares OF this stock at 81 ~ per share, fun paid
tIar value - per shares have personally inspect
ed this mine. and think the stock win br ng par
within mouths besides dividends; order az once n
you wish stock send for prospectus. ". r..
WATERMAN. t10k Block. Syracuse, n Y.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30

and given up 10 die. Father bought me a
bottle of Dr. Kilmer's SWAMP ROOT, and
before had used all of the second bottle felt
better, and to-day am just as well as ever. A
year has passed and not a trace of the Grippe
is left. SWAMP-IeOOT saved my life.o
d. ii. BILGER, Hulmevile. Pa. Jan. 10th, 1893
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1893-06-30
)ROPSY (! DROPST !! DROPSY f!


respected Dr. kilTneI
My wife had suffered
for three years with
Dropsy, during that
time she was attended
by five different
physicians, none
of whom helped her
for longer than a few
days. We also used
besides, more than
twenty different REM
edies, but nothing
would help.