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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
Hall a Century of the Telegraph.

The facts brought out on the fiftieth
anniversary of telegraphy, which was
recently celebrated in New York, are.
very interesting to the student of ma;
terial and social progress. 1t was on
the day of the great Wing convention
at Baltimore that the first message was
transmitted in this country that was
to demonstrate the utility of teleg-
raphy and relieve Professor Morse of
the stigma of being "crazy." His
wire between Baltimore and Washing
ton announced the nomination of Clay
and Frelinghuysen an hour before the
train reached the Capital. Since then
the figures of telegraphy have grown
amazingly, and never so rapidly as at
present. AS late as 1860 one operator
sent all the newspaper dispatches from
Chicago announcing the nomination
OF Lincoln. 1t took 125 operators to
furnish the telegraphic news of Cleve-
lands nomination at Chicago. Even
down to 1880 only fifty newspapers
received special kilograms. Now there
are 600 that have special service. A
single establishment in this country
has 800, 900 miles of wire in operation,
and %, 900 offices, and last year sent
10000, 900 messages.
There are now In the world about
1000, 900 miles of telegraph wire in
operation, and in addition to the tele-
graph lines there are nearly 10000
miles of nautical cables, over which
the Morse system is used. The news
paper and press associations, which in
1880 received but $4,000, 900 words,
now consume nearly 1900, 900, 900
words in supplying the public with
news and reading matter. What all
this signifies in behalf of public en-
lightenment and commerce almost SUR
passes comprehension. 1t enables one
to enjoy two lives in one. It has ad-
ded tenfold value to the art of print
ing, and has increased the national
wealth enormously. Yet orthodox
science and the bushes world were so
sure that Professor Morse was ''crazy"
that he was ashamed to conduct the
first public experiments in person,
lest he should be hooted out of conf
dence. What lesson on charity an d
and the folly of snap Judgments! =
Boston Globe
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
FATTgNING EWES.

Ewes may be fattened for early mar.
ket at the same time they are rearing
the lambs, and the lambs will be i'm
proved at the same time. Ground
oats, buckwheat and corn, mixed in
equal parts, will make an excellent
feed for the sheep, and two quarts a
day may be given. To prevent the
sheep from gorging themselves and
running their heads along the feed
troughs to gather big mouthfuls, and
so choke themselves and spoil the
good of the food land they are very
apt to do this, give the feed in fiat
troughs, with divisions made at every
foot, placing the meal equally in each
division. The troughs should be kept
in a separate part of the yard or lot I,
SO that the feed may be distributed
without crowding. New York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Blood will tell in dairy cattle.

Blood will tell in dairy cattle.
Take good care of the young COWS,
that they may continue profitable
when they are old.
To protect the brain of the horse
from the rays of the hot sun is hui
name and may save the life of the
horse.
Scotch Clydesdale breeders are re-
ported to be increasing the size of
their horses and to be going in for
the largest sires.
The dairyman with a good we'll and
windmill can feel about as indie
pendent as the one who has running
water on his farm.
In oiling the harness if cod-iiver oil
be used in the place of neats-foot oil,
it is said that the leather will remain
unmolested by rats or mice.
When you strip cows teats to the
last drop in milking, do it not SO
much for the immediate gain as to
keep the udder of prolific habit in the
future.
The merciful dairyman when he
draws calves to market puts them in q
comfortable crate, instead of tying
their legs and doubling them under
the wagon seat.
There are many horses that have
never been seen to lie down i'll their
lives. Their rest is not complete, how
ever, and their joints and sinews are
liable to stiffen early.
In hiving, one essential is to have
the hives In cool place. The bees
readily than one which has been baked
in the hot sun all day.
1t is pretty well established as the
results of experiments that the same
anouut of feed required to produce
one pound OF butter fat will produce
three pounds of beef
Professor Henry shows by expert.
ment that il costs 81 81 90 produce
100 pounds Of gain with lambs, aud
50 03 10 produce the same gain with
pigs of about the same age.
Root crops are being urged 10 tako
tho place of grass ia winter Heets,
turnips, carrots, etc are recommend
"a a. healthy stock food, which will
lenalhen out lhe grain supply
4 perfect Cow resembles perfect
ulaehine The food aud drink given
hsr Is taken into the stomach and con.
,efied into milk. and ahen not IN
. ailk il takes tbs iofm II Heah,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
CARE OF INDIA RUBBERs.

In these days, when india rubber
shoes are so often made of shoddy
material, it is especially necessary to
take good care of them. 1t is q great
mistake to wash an india rubber to
free it from mud. Soap always in
lures them, and even clear water ap-
plications are of no special advantage.
The best way is to allow the over
shoes to become thoroughly dry.
Then brush them free from all dust
and mud, and rub them thoroughly
with vaseline. This not only cleans
them, but leaves an oil surface, which
makes the overshoe more impervious
to water. There is an india rubber
cement which is at times quite eff
fective in mending small rents in
Dvershoes, though it does not last a
great while. In buying overshoes it
is always best to buy of the freshest
stock you can secure, and to buy them
of trustworthy dealer who will not
deal in inferior goods. Boston Gull
tivator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
LET TILE HENS SCRATCH.

The natural food of fowls consists
mostly of seeds, insects aud grass. 1t
is not natural condition when the
birds have but one kind of food. The
birds that build in trees and feed their
young would be unable to supply them
If only seeds could be provided. As
the concentrated foods must be given,
the variety is also to he considered.
Suck substances as grass and the
shoots of tender herbage are intended
as much for dilution of the eoncentra-
ted foods ms for the nutrition To be
obtained thereirom. The work of feed
ing her young is not incumbent on the
hen 10y bringing the food to them, but
she is intended 30 lead them, guide
them aud scratch for them. The feet
ot the hen perform the same duties ~
the wings of flying bird, aud her
feet ARE well adapted tor providing
food tur her young. Hence We may
rightly conclude that scratching is a
Natural function of the domestic hen.
lha ben, however, performs greater
work than the birds ou the wing
b.rds seldom lay more than two or
three eggs before beginning incnba-
t.ou, hui the h,A maF lay from fifteen
to hilF, DF even isufr. SRe mnst pro
dHre thr.e RI. s., as sell as maintain
hareif tu tte laiutli state she Lays
feser er, hut haH greater iiaieuliY
ie tfamauH ipoA atl resisting eue-
mif- Au sgF masiia Substance
aul eannai he produced from rim
sIa article 81 ie'l lae hen fe4a.rea
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
Two "Lighinlng Calculaiors.o

The late George Bidder, at the age
of eight years, could answer almost
instantaneously how many cents
there would be in any sum under 81
01O, 900, 0O0 Zerah Coburn was an
other lightning calculator of the same
generation. While yet n small school
boy he was asked D. name the square
of 931, 9ll, which he instantly stated
to be BJl. 9as. u1l. N1l "a further i.
luslTata his peseFs be multiplied tho
above sim ~ a. aui the pro luet by
the same Number. lie onra csleuiate.i
the cahe root of tll,D1i, lts.dlf IA
exactly i've sacoais. ~at. Louis Rs.
public.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
RECIpES.

REClPES.
Gingerbread Two pounds flour,
one-half pound OF butter, one pint
molasses, one-fourth pound sugar, one
ounce ginger, one-half teaspoonful of
cream of tartar.
Fried Chicken Dressing n halt
gallon of cold bread. Moisten with
gravy from the cooking chicken, throw
in q handful of powdered sage, tea
spoonful of pepper and n little salt.
Mix well, working it like bread and
roll out in small cakes, dip in flour
and fry in lard.
Honey Comb Pudding-One cup of
-four, one cup of sugar mixed with
the flour, one cup of milk, two cups
of molasses,. eight eggs. Beat the eggs
and pour them into the molasses.
Measure one cup of tutter, then melt
it and add it to the molasses. A tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in little
of the milk should be added the last
thing. Bake three-quarters of an
hour. Serve with sauce.
Fried Beets Boil few beets until
tender, then cut them in thin, long
pieces. Put them in stew pan with
a teaspoonful Of vinegar, the. juice of
one lemon, pinch of sugar, a very
little grated nutmeg, salt and pepper
and two tablespoontuls of soup stock
or fresh butter. Put the sauce pan
on the back OF the range and let it
simmer half an hour, stirring occa-
sionally. Boiling the beets iu soup is
an improvement.
Dried Beef Creamed Chip the beef
in small, thin slices, or, if bought al
ready cut, pick it apart in small!
pieces, and carefully remove all fat
and stringy pieces. Put tablespoon.
full of butter into a small saucepan /;
when hot add the beef and frizzle for
four or five minutes, stirring con
stantly. Then add cup of milk, into
which has been stirred level table,
spoonful of cornstarch; let it boil up
until il thickens sufficiently and serve.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
The Cars Enormous Stables.

The Gar of Russia has four sets OF
carriages and horses--the gala, the Eng
lish. the French and the Russian sets
each one composed of fifty horses.
The Russian set is the only one which
follows his to Gatschina the gala and
the French ones never leave st. Peters
burg, and are composed each one of
one coachman-in-chief, who has under
him five others, and awhole host of foot
men and stablemen. For the gala set
fifty Hanoverian horses are reserved.
This race is unique. and figures on
the blazons of the Duchy of Brunswick
and the Kingdom of Hanover, and,
according to legend, comes in a
straight line from the white horse
given by Charlemagne to Guelph
lord who was an ancestor OF the
sovereigns of Brunswick and Hanover.
These horses are of pure snow white,
and have strange, dreamy blue eyes.
The carriages are of Louis XIV. style,
and the berline, which is kept solely
for the coronation and the marriage
of the sovereign, Is studded inside and
out with diamonds, surmounted by an
Imperial crowd, adorned with precious
stones. Eight footmen clad in white
and gold liveries, with cooked hats,
lead the horses. These splendors,
which were displayed at the corona
tion of Alexander III. and offered a
spectacle half Asiatic, half European,
to the astonished eyes of the Western
Ambassadors, will be seen again on
the occasion of the marriage of the
Czarewitch. For daily use the Emperor
contents himself with the Russian
tr6ka, in which there is only room
for himself and the coachman, and
which is drawn by three horIes, the
trotter in the middle under the arch
of silver bells, and the two gallopers
wearing plumes of feathers on their
heads The Grand Dukes have only
one set of carriages, but are allowed
to sit in the gala equipages ut all the
public ceremonies. New York Adver-
tlser
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
ABOUT DRIVING HORSES.

The driver who thinks that because
his horse is fresh he can stand it to be
driven fast at the start for several
miles, and then given a chance to rest
by going slow, or who drives fast for
a while and then slows down to walk
in order to rest up for another squirt,
will not get the best speed out of a
horse with the least waste of vitality,
especially in going long distances.
1t is steady gait that counts most
and wears the horse least. Give him
a chance to get warmed up first and
then let the gait be steaoy one.
Another item is not to feed too
heavily before driving. A light feed
of oats will be far better than heavier
feed of a more bulky grain. Exercise
or action too soon after eating retarls
digestion, and tie animal that must
travel at n good gait with loaded
stomach cannot but show the effects,
and if driven rapidly for even short
distance after eating hearty meal
there is considerable risk of the collie.
Watering properly is fully as i'm
portant as feeding When horse is
being driven on the road he should
not at any time be allowed to overload
his stomach with a large quantity of
water. SO far as is possible the rule
should be to give water frequently,
and while he should have all that he
will drink, it should be given in small
doses.
The good driver can tell by the way
his horse goes the amount of work he
should have. Indiana Farmer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
A RusT-REsIsTINd VARIETY.

A new rust-resisting variety oi
wheat is reported by the South
Australian Register. 1t was observed
by farmer, several years ago, while
resping badly rusted field of wheat,
tvt among it were some heads wholly
unaffected. He picked and carefully
saved them, sowing the grain the next
year. 1t yielded well and showed no
sign of rust. From that beginning
the stock has increased until twenty
acres were raised last year, the crop
of which was taken at a good price.
American Agriculturist.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
The Horses Original Home.

The original home of the horse has
been generally supposed to be the
country which forms the highlands;
of Asia, about the fortieth degree Of
latitude, and recent authorities re-
port that herds of wild horses are still
to be seen in certain parts of Western
Mongolia and Northern Thibet. From
time immemorial this country has
been favorable to the growth of
horses. At a very early date, several
thousands of years before Christ, the
horse was taken westward. The Baby
lonians used horses in their expedi'
tions.
The cuneiform characters which are,
used to express the word horse mean
literally the "animal of the East" In
Egypt the horse is not found depicted
on the monuments until about B. G..
1000. In Nubia the horse was ap-
preciated and loved. In hieroglyphic.
inscription the statement is made that
when Piankhi, the Ethiopian invader
of Egypt, had captured the stores and
treasury of his foe, Nimro!, he went
into the stables, and finding that the
horses had suffered from hunger, he
burst into rage and said 81 swear
by my life, and by my beloved Ra,
that to have kept my horses hungry
is more heinous in my sight than any
other offense which thou hast COM
mitted against me. The native land
of the Arab horse includes the Arabia
peninsula, the lands about the Tigris
and Euphrates, and the Damascus
district. All Arab horses are asserted
to be descended from a fabulous mare
called "Kuhailat of the old woman"
New York Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
RATS IN A CELLAR,


Cellars should be built always with
regard to safety from vermin. Once
these get foothold in the walls or
under the floor it is almost impossible
to dislodge them, and if they are
poisoned the dead carcasses are as bad
as the live animals. SO that the con-
struction of the cellar is worth think
ing of. The floor should be made of
concrete, over a layer of broken stone,
well rammed down. Rats cannot
burrow under such floor and gain
entrance in that way. Then the walls
should be built up of stone laid in
mortar, and all the crevices should be
flied with small chips to make the
wall tight. The foundation of the
wall should be made Mt least six
inches wider than the wall outside, as
the rats will try to make their way
along the wall, and never make the
offset outward to get under it. The
beams of the floor above the cellar
should be bedded in the wall, and the
wall built close around the ends of
them. This also 1nsures soundness in
the beams and prevents rotting, as
there is nothing better for the preser-
vation of the timber than lime. 1t
has been recommended that the holes
made by the rats be smeared with tar,
which is offensive to them, or to place
some concentrated lye on the bottom
of the burrows, by which the rats
feet are burned. This 50 disgusts
them that they leave the premises.
But there will always be trouble unless
the walls are built at the first in tho
way mentioned. d.-Germantown Tele-
graph.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
A CUP OF wELL-MADE TEA.

There are few "pick-me-ups" equal
in potency and pleasant effects to a
cup of well-made tea; few things that
will SO put to flight "the tired feel
ing" millions of brain workers are
familiar with; per contra, there are
few more injurious compounds put in
to human stomachs than the long
stepped decoctions, replete with
.stringent tannin, that the average
Hibernian charwoman imbibes in
boundless quantities. What is we'll
made tea? To begin, the tea itself
must be good; and then the making
of it in heated pot with freshly
boiled water, standing just long
.nough-that is n fine art that can be
acquired, but only by patience and
persevering study. New York (Inde-
pendent.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
Cheap aud Plentiful Remedy.

Common salt is one of the most val
liable remedial agents the world con
tains. Used as tooth powder, alone
OF with a little prepared chalk, it
whitens the teeth and makes the gums
hard and rosy. 1t is good gargle for
sore throat, and if taken in time will
benefit, if not cure, diphtheria. 1t
will stop bleeding of the mouth, and
in warm water is q good emetic and
remedy against several poisons. There
is nothing better for sore feet and
hands than salt and water, and for or
dinary sore eyes, though a painful
application, will often effect a COM
plete cure indianapolis News.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
SUMMER CARE OF THE CALLA.

How to care for the Gala during the
summer, in the most satisfactory way,
seems to be question on which many
growers of it differ, writes Eben e.
Rexford, in the American Agricultur-
ist. Some keep it growing all through
the year, and because it does compare
lively we'll with this treatment, they
argue that the proper way is to keep
it growing. l do not agree with them,
however, because do not believe any
plant ought to be kept growing actively
all the time. There should be period
of rest. My plan is to put the pots
containing the plants out of doors in
June, turn them on their sides under
tree, or in some partially sheltered
place, and there L leave them until
September, without any attention
whatever. After a short time, the
foliage turns yellow, and very soon it
drops off, because the soil in the pot
is becoming dry. In two weeks after
putting the pot out, you would not
suspect there was live root in the
soil it contains. But the live root is
there, all prepared. OF course the
soil absorbs more or less moisture
from the air, but not enough, in an
ordinary season, to keep it from get
ting rs dry as dust. One would ma
turally think the root would wither
away, but it does not. Although the
soil about it seems robbed of all
moisture, the root holds enough to re-
tain plumpness.
In September prepare a fresh COM
post of mucky earth, some sharp sand,
and little loan. If the roots are
strong, good-sized ones, 1 use an eight
inch pot to plant them in. Good drain
age must be provided, for, while the
plant likes great deal of moisture at
its roots while growing, it does not
take kindly to stagnant water about
them. Keep the soil moist, or wet,
by frequent applications of water,
rather than by confining it to the pot
by imperfect drainage. An imper-
fectly drained soil soon becomes sour
and heavy, and this induces disease;
and ali unhealthy Gala seldom gives
flowers. Plant the roots so that the
crown will be two or three inches
under the soil, water well, and in a
short time young leaves will appear.
Then give more water, but do not
keep the soil very moist until strong
growth has begun. If there are two
or three good, strong roots, do net
separate them, but gives larger pot, if
necessary. I prefer to grow two or
three roots of blooming size in the
same pot, because the quantity of
foliage will be much greater than
when but one root is used to pot,
and there WILDE as many again flowers.
If given proper care, pot containing
two strong roots ought to have at least
one flower open and bud showing
nearly all of the time from January
to April.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
GROWING WHEAT MOST ouEAp1Y.

A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer, I'll. Voorhees,, of Grand
Traverse County, writes that he makes
more money by extending his acreage
as much us possible, and working the
land with least labor, instead of by
concentrating his effort on a few
acres. He claims that he can put in
wheat for fifty cents IN acre, sowing
it among growing corn, harvest it for
S1.25 an acre, threshing 81, market
ing fifty cents, making, with 81 for
interest and taxes, total cost of So. %
per acre of wheat. His crop of twelve
bushels per acre was sold for sixty
cents bushel, from which deducting
expenses leaves him profit of about
81 per acre, or, to be exact, 81. 50.
We think there are some mistakes
about the low cost of growing wheat.
He has allowed nothing for cost of
seed, and fifty cents an acre will not
pay the cost of cultivating it in among
the grown corn. The most serious
mistake is in allowing nothing for
depreciation of the soil. There comes
an end to growing wheat or other
grain unless the ground is fertilized,
though the method of skinning the
farm yields apparent profits for a
time. The more practical way to
grow wheat Mt "A profit is that given by
Frederick 2. Root, of Western New
York, who grew crop of nearly forty
bushels Der acre and made somethin N o.
from it despite low prices. Mr.. Root
keeps up his farm and can grow such
crops 50 long MS he lives. Mr.. Voor-
hees must come to time when he
cannot grow even twelve bushels of
wheat per acre. Boston Cultivator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO CLEAN SILVER.

To clean silver first wash or remove
oil the grease from the silver, then
rub with a wooden cloth wet with am
monia and whiting, and polish on the
chased and filigree parts with tooth.
brush. This whiting is wet with am
monia, and made into cakes or boxes,
and agents are around selling it for
fifty cents box, that, the probability
is, cost them ten cents. 1t is good to
clean glass windows and all kinds of
glassware with. New York Advertiser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20

During fire in stable at Pau Sec,
Province of Quebec, Canada, bay
stallion returned twice to the burning
structure and drove out horse that
was so terrorized as to be unable to
make any attempt to escape.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20
How the Rail Was Fixed,

To illustrate the amount of red tape
now used along the Southern Pacific
Road story is told of recent visit
of an inspection party at Benson,
comprising General Superintendent
Fillmore, Chief Engineer Hood,
Superintendent of Track Hawgood
and Roadmaster Stanton. Near by
was the section boss and his gang. A
defective rail was spotted.
Hood" said General Superinten-
Z dent Fillmore, 'that's bad piece OF
track there"
"Hawgood," said Hood, "that's a
poor piece of track there"
Stanton" said Hawgood, "that
rail is bad
pat, said Stanton to the section
boss, "have that rail fixed.
Said Pat to one of his men. ''Here,
Jose, fix this rail. Tombstone
tArizonia) Prospector
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-07-20

The Capitol at Washington has cost
more than $50, 100000. 1t covers
three and half acres, the dome is 307
feet high and 1876 in diameter, and is
exceeded in size only by st. Peters in
Rome, st. Paul's in London, the In
valides in Paris and st. Isaac's in st.
Petersburg.