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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
WINTER SHOEING.

Shoes in the winter season are re
quired to discharge a double duty-to
afford foothold rs we'll as to GUARD
against undue wear. William Dick.
son, in the United States Government
report on the horse, says on the sub.
iect: Various patterns of shoes have
from time to time been invented to
meet this dual requirement but the
commonest of all, fashioned with toe
and heel calks or calking, is, faulty
though 1T be, probably, all things con.
sidered the one which best suits the
requirement of the case. 1t should,
however, never be lost sight of that
the shorter, the sharper and the smaller
the calllins are, so long as they answer
the purpose which called them into
existence, so much the better for the
foot that wears them.
High calkins, while they confer nc
firmer foothold, are potent means oi
inhicting iniuring both on the foot it.
self and the superintendent limb al
large. 1t is only from that portion oi
the catch which enters the ground sur,
face that the horse derives any benefit
in the shape of foothold, and it mus,
be apparent to the meanest capacity
that long calkins which do not pene.
trate the hard, uneven ground are sc
many levers put into the animals pos
session to enable if not compel him to
wiring his feet, wreak his limbs and in.
hict untold tortures on himself.
have laid particular stress on this
subject, as | am of the opinion that
the presence of the navicular disease.
n dire malady from which horses used
for agricultural labor should enjoy 8
practical immunity, is traceable largely
to the habitual use during our long
winter months of needlessly large cal
kins, only fractional parts of which
find lodgment in the earth or ice dur
ing procession.
| will explain what / mean. Wher
II horse IS shod with the exaggerated
calkins to which | have alluded the toe
and heel calks are, or ought to be, the
same height to start with, at all events
Very often, however, they are not. an6
even when they are the toe calk wears
down ON animals used for draught pur
poses far more rapidly than its fellows
Mt the heel The result is that the toe
is depressed while the heel is unnatur.
ally raised.
The relative position OF the bony
structures within the foot is altered,
and the navieular bone, which is not
one of the weight bearing bones. II
brought within the angle of incidence
of both weight and conclusion, in.
iluences which it was never contesn
plated il should Withstand, and which
its structure precludes it's sustaining
without injury, Farmers Homo Jour
nal
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
.FARM ANn GARDEN NOTES.

Hen manure is valuable, and should
be carefully saved.
Keep fewer horses, but give then
better care aud feed.
Wood ashes are much better foI
fruit trees than coal
Never lot q horse that has been ex
eroIsing standin draught
A draueht horse need not lac inn.
ported to br a desirable animal.
An effort s being made la tho East
to repeal the olcomargarine laws,
la trimming iruit or forest trees do
not cut eut tno much 90 one tim,
it a. said that hogs iu tn orchard
ate aA ekeell,ut preventative against
blight
Bran ms.ha- aai rnpu Ei indie
ipuhlN e. ths en.ta aiil narlail attack,
pi constipation.
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
RECIPES.

To Make Milk Toast Put one pint
of milk into double boiler rub three
tablespoons of butter and one table.
spoonful of flour to Il cream; add to
the scalded milk and stir until il
thickens. Season with salt Toast
six slices of bread light brown,
slightly butter each slice and dip it.,
while it is hot, into the scalded milk.
Lay them in the dish and over each
slice put large spoonful of the milk,
pour over 1T the remainder of the
milk and serve it at once.
Bread Pudding Boiled ~ Take a
pound of stale bread aud pour over il
Il quart of boiling milk and let il soak
one or two hours, then rub il quite
dne with the hands Add five well
beaten eggs, two cups of sugar, half a
cup of molasses, half nutmeg grated,
half a teaspoonful of ground cloves,
the grated rind of one lemon, half ~
pound of suet chopped fine and u
pound aud hall of raisins. Boil it
-four hours,
Cheese Fingers Take bits of pastry
left from other cooking and roll az
thin A. writing paper spread with
grated cheese, fold aud roll again,
Repeat this three times, then cnt IN
strips as Wide and AS long a. your
finger. Brush with beaten egg aud
bake n quick oven. Watch care
FULLY, 90 they burn quickly aud rs,
qnlro to be only ielieately brown,
Lamb Chops 10 Paper with Pine
terhs Cut piece Of ioolsaap paper
lu the shape If heart aud ailirlently
large to ioli lamb chop lnl, rah q
iiItie oli nyor tbs paper then seasen
the chop With teaspanuiul ~ chopped
euieuH, Une ai chopped parsley, hitle
peppeft salt anh RFaied uuimes
Mrap the chop ia pApef ahirh plan
desn a the sise laf ii upaa efhl
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
The Kind OF Man Women Like.

Probably the best thing that was
ever written on the interesting ques-
tion of what women like in men is
summed up in the idea that women
like man who can be strong as lion
when trouble comes and yet if one is
nervous and tired can button up
shoe with an amount of consideration
that is mental and physical bracer
up. They like man who likes them,
who doesn't scorn their opinions, who
believes III their good taste, who has
confidence in them and wit enough to
realize that when one of the fairer sex
is slightly stubborn persuasion is more
powerful than all the arguments in the
world. Detroit Free Press.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
Bargaining in Algiers.

"That makes me think of the time
l bargained for mule in Algiers, /"
said f. l.. Mantell, of Cleveland. 81
found fellow who had one. | went
to him with an interpreter. The dia-
logue that ensued was about as fol-
lows:
''The interpreter, with a yell-I
will give you $40 for that mule.
''The Arab-'Ten dollarsl Muir
derer thief brigandi'
''rhe interpreter will make it
81. Do. You hear, you miserable
scoundrel, will make it $11. Eleven
dollars | offer you for your old mule,
which will die in about week. You
are robber and thief to take that
much, but am a generous man and l
serve great and generous man and in
my great generosity [ offer You that,
you scum of Africa.
''Then they both yelled and shook
their fists Mt each other and I thought
that they were going for each other
hammer and tongs The row they
made was terrible, but no one seemed
to notice it. Finally a bargain was
struck and then they fell upon each
others necks and embraced. That
was the way 1 got my mule. De
troit Free Press
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
141O Bus. Potatoes Per Acre,

This astonishing yield was reported by Abr.
Hahn. OF Wisconsin, but Salzer's potatoes
always get there. The editor of the Rural
New Yorker reports yield of 736 bushels and
pounds per acre from one of Salzer's early po-
tatoes Above l4l0 bushels are from Salzer's
potato, Lightning Express, has record of S0}
bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as
S2.50 barrel and the best potato planter in the
world for but 81.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T with
&c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive free his man.
moth potato catalogue and a package of six
teen-day "Get There, Eli" radish. A
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
FEEDING MILK TO COLTS.

In England and Scotland it is an al
most universal practice to feed draught
colts daily ration of new milk, gen
orally warm from the COW. Flaxseed
jelly and crushed oats are sometimes
added, but the mixture is carefully
skinned before feeding. AS might be
expected, colts fed on this with what
they pick from their barns rations
and the mother milk make an enor-
nous growth, often fully 1000 pounds
at eight months old.
For show purposes this is good
feed, but the flesh laid on is not solid
and speedily falls away when actual
work begins. Bones and sinews share
the same condition, hence the preva-
lence of unsound joints, especially
soft, puffy hooks, are sure to follow.
Milk feeding forces rapid growth in
consistent with the nature of the horse
and the work he is called upon to per-
form. Nothing will build up an old
or run down horse for show as quickly
as milk. Nothing is so good as milk
drink to remove an appearance of
gauntness during shows and sales.
When horse is recovering from
stomachic troubles milk may be fed in
small quantities to good advantage,
but as in cases of colts great care must
be used in regulating the quantity
given.
To build up run down constitution
i'll colt nothing takes the place of
milk, but it should be well skinned
and fed in moderation. Two or three
quarts three times day is enough.
Taper off the feed gradually. Milk
feed cannot be dropped suddenly with
out injury to the colt. 1t should
never be used to put fat on to an al
ready hearty youngster. and remem-
Der that nature would have supplied
the mare with a large udder if colts
needed much milk. New England
Homestead.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
HARDNESS or BUTTER.

The New Hampshire Experiment
Station has conducted some expert.
ments as to the effects of different
foods upon the hardness of butter, and
though the work in this direction is
not as yet extensive enough TO Justify
the drawing of conclusions, their ex-
periments thus far indicate: That
gluten meal tends to produce n much
softer quality of butter than corn
meal and cottonseed meal, and other
things being equal tends to lessen the
churnabllity of the butter fat Tint
with the same COWS the hardness de
pends much more upon the character
of the food then upon the nuiritive
ratio; that ensilage produces much
softer butter than does good hay but
II is also favorable 10 the flavor and
texture of the butter product that
skinned milk has very favorable ef-
feet upon the churnabiliiy aud quality
Of the butter fat and in IA single trial
apparently reversed the general rule
that the volatile fatty acids decrease
as the period OF laetation advances 4.
that cottonsoed meal tends to produce
an unusually hard quality Of butter,
and that eottonseed meal and gluten
meal might be used together with cN
cellent resultsi that contrary to gen
eral belief the melting point of butter
fat Is not q good indies of the COM
mercial hardness Of butter that Will,
in general soft butter meta "a a
lower temperature than hard butter
there q uo definite relation hctw,eu
melting point aad actual harlmes
that no relation can be traced between
tools aai volatile fatty acids except
in the eaef Fl. kim milk that USUALLY
hmdncas and volatile arida ,afy m-
Ferata, haulAess eeaarails increasing
sHi volatile ae.ia decreasing a. tht
pegtpa af meisiiou aifAHees naets
NluHniti4 liaslan imam
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
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 well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
"TOm Tiddler's GrOund.o

Among the landed properties
brought to the hammer within the past
few days was Elmswood, in Hertford-
shire. In a small house, now demol-
ished, on this estate, lived for many
years James Lucas, ''the Hertford-
shire Hermit" whom Charles Dickens
made the subject of one of his Christ
mas stories, ''Tom Tiddler's Ground. I"
He was well educated man who
inherited the estate of his father, a
prosperous West India merchant.
His eccentricities are summarized in
the Dictionary of National Biog-
raphy," which says he refused to ad-
ministers his parents wills, deferred
for three months when the sepulture
was enforced) the interment of his
mother and barricaded his house of
Elmswood, in the kitchen of which he
took up his abode. He excluded
furniture, abJured washing, slept on a
bed of cinders and clothed himself in
loose blanket. His skin grew
grained with dirt, and his dark hair
long and matted.
His dietary, besides bread and pen
rings and gin, and he protected his
food from rats by hanging it in bas-
ket from the roof. Lucas enjoyed the
society of tramps, always putting to
them series of questions, and re-
warding satisfactory answers with cop
pers and a glass of gin. He thus at
tracted all the vagabonds in the king
dom, and had to protect himself by re-
tanning two armed watchmen, who
lived in a hut opposite the formidable
iron grille at which he received visi-
tors. These included Lord Lytton,
Sir Arthur Helps, John Forster and
Charles Dickens. This eccentric per
son died of apoplexy in 1874, and was
buried in Hackney churchyard. Lon
don News.
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The Western Gretna Green.

There is probably no city or town
in Wisconsin where so many mar
riages take place as at Kenosha. 1t is
the Gretna Green for Illinois, and
also many towns in Michigan. Hud-
son is also noted as a centre for mat
rimonially-inclined couples from Min
nesota, and Hazel Green has like
reputation for Iowa and Northwestern
Illinois young people who do not wish
to be put to the trouble or publicity of
taking out marriage license. Ken
osha, however, is far ahead of its rivals
in that respect. The town is about
midway between Milwaukee and Chi
cago, and consequently has the Worlds
Fair city to draw from for the greater
proportion of the business in the mat
rimonial line. - Milwaukee Wisconsin
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16

Convenient and useful cases for
knives, forks and spoons are made of
white cotton flannel. Half the ordi-
nary width of the flannel is the width
of the case. Make it long enough to
fold onto itself the length of the knife,
spoon or fork, and allow five inches at
the top, with rounded corners, for the
flap.
Bind with pretty braid, and stitch
the fold into twelve compartments
with the silk used for stitching on the
braid
When filed with silver, they are
conveniently rolled up, tied at one side
by piece of braid, and put away.
The silver is kept bright and un.
scratched in these cases.
Pin balls or pin cushions-and
neither name is exactly appropriate,
may be made by covering six uniform
circles of thin cardboard, about two
inches in diameter, with China silk.
The same color, different shades or
contrasting colors, may be used to suit
ones tastes.
Sew two circles together, back to
back, with silk. Procure baby ribbons
to match, and suspend the three at
different lengths from II many-looped
bow.
Arrange the pins like rays from the
circles, having. if desired, different
sized pins for each circle. This makes
n useful and pretty ornament for the
parlor, ms there is no room where pin
is needed more. Yankee Blade.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
LEATHER SCRAPS FOR GRAPEvINEs.

Any kind of tanned leather, whether
in the form of scrap or otherwise,
decays very slowly in the soil and the
best way to use it is rs a mulch about
your grape vines. If spread over the
surface to the depth of two or three
inches it will keep the soil underneath
moist and cool, and at the same time
prevent the weeds from growing. As
the leather decays the fertilizing ma
terial in it will be carried down to the
roots by rain, and nothing will be lost
by using such coarse scraps as top
dressing for plants. If spread over
your garden and plowed in the
leather will decay somewhat more
rapidly than when left on the surface,
but in hoeing and wedding of your
plants tho large scraps are likely to
become somewhat troublesome. New
York Sun.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16

1t helps to put life in the soil and can
be pastured as we'll when the land is
in rough condition as when smooth.
The cost of seed is a mere trifle. One
bushel will do for eight acres, and one
bushel to twelve acres viii make big
show and be of great help to the land.
When the practice of sowing clover
seed becomes general clover seed will
be used without stint, as it should be
in order for us to see its full value.
Glover, like some of the weeds, is hard
to exterminate if allowed to go to seed.
If the seed are plowed under six or
eight inches they will remain in a
sound condition for years and grow
readily when brought near the surface
by deep plowing. Where the clover
has ever been on the land clover
plants will make their appearance
every time the land lies idle. Red
clover when fed alone to work stock
may be in many ways Objectionable,
but when fed in connection with tim
othy hay We cannot see that any OBJ
lection can be made to it. Much OF
the prejudice against clover as food
for work stock comes from letting
stock have too much. But no particu-
larly bad results have been noticed from
giving work horses all they can eat OF
timothy and clover equally mixed. 1t
should not be forgotten that meadows
with clover in them should be cut as
soon as the clover is ready for the
machine. If clover is allowed to get
dead ripe its nutritive qualities are in
1t measure lost. Timothy loses moth.
ing, save a little in weight, from being
early harvested. Farmers Review.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
THE KITCHEN OF A FARMHOUSE.

THE KITCHEN OF FARMHOUSE.
The kitchen of the farmhouse should
have the best attention in the laying
out of a plan for building. To slight
1y alter Solomon's advice about the
field, it may be said, first make the
kitchen fit and then build the house.
This is due to the most important part
of the farmhouse-thew wife and moth
er. Her health and life often depend
upon the kind of kitchen she spends a
large part of her time in. 1t is pre-
ferably built as IN annex to the house
on the east side, getting the morning
sun and escaping the midday heat
On the north side should be an out
side kitchen Tor storage, for a laundry
and the refrigerator. There should
be windows on three sides, and the fire
should be on the side adjoining the
house. e.-New York Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16

Money stringency is not the only cause of
hard times, and it takes very little money to
make good deal of happiness, as the follow
ing shows Mr.. r. B. Kyle, Tower Hill,
Appomattox County, Va, writes that he was
afflicted with rheumatism for several years,
and physicians gave him no relief. Finally
he was rubbed all over with st. Jacobs Oil
and it cured. During his illness he had
spasms and was not expected TO live. This
points way to many who think times hard
but who can find an easy way out of their
krouhins
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
MARKING SHEEP.


Much complaint is made of the dam
age done to wool by marking with tar
or paint which will not wash off. The
following recipe is recommended as
one which will resist the weather and
at the same time can be readily re-
moved with soap and warm water:
Take lampblack or Spanish red, and
mix with strong vinegar; mix it well
to the thickness of paint. The sheep
should be marked ON some part of the
back; by this means the mark is not
so likely to be obliterated by the ami
mails rubbing together. BY employ
ing the above mixture, instead of the
wool being deprecated in value. as it
is by the use of tar and paint, it will
bring its full value New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
KEEP THE BABIES WARM.

A professional nurse of many years
experience tells me that she finds more
babies suffering from insufficient
clothing among the rich than among
the poor. For example, she was sum.
moned by physician to a wealthy
family where the five months old
baby was suffering from some mysteri-
ous trouble that baffled everybody.
He could live only a few days, the doctor
said, if something was not done. He
could keep nothing on his stomach, and
was slowly starving to death. The
nurse found a distracted mother and a
pinched and moaning baby. His flesh
was blue, and there was n settled look
of anguish on his face.
The nurse picked him up from the
silk and laces of his costly crib and
found just what she expected. Dress
and skirts of linen fine us gossamel
and about rs warm; shirts and socks
like lace; flannel skirts of the reguia
ton number, but SO fine and thin as to
give little warmth. lis this the way
you have dressed your baby from the
first ?" asked the nurse. "Oh, yes, I've
always had the best of everything for
him, answered the mother. "Well,
it's no wonder he is sick. He hasn't
enough on to keep fly warm in
July" The nurse called for the thick
est blanket in the house and the hot
water bag, and sent the astonished
mother downtown for the warmest
flannel wrappers, however ugly they
might be. The result was that in II
few days the child was taking his food
perfectly, and was thriving rs we'll rs
could be desired. - Babyhood.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
HOw's This I!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, KINSAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 7jc. per bottle. Sold
by all DRUGGISTS. Testimonials free.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16
Grass and Glover seed,

The largest grower of Grass and Clover Seet
in the world is Salzer. La Crosse, Wis. Over
50 hardy varieties. with lowest prices!
Special low freight to New York, Pa. and the
East.
lFYoU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T with
lac postage TO the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis, you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts aud his mammoth farm
seed catalogue; full of good things for the far
mer, the gardener ard the citizen
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-03-16

Gutta percha was first introduced
into Europe from Malaga in 1852.
The annual consumption now amounts
to 1000, 900 pounds.