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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
DAIRY CALVES.

A transition stage from new to skim
milk may commence at one, two or
three weeks old, according to the
vigor of the calf and the strength of
its digestion. With very robust calves
the change may commence when they
are week old, but generally speak
ing it would be better to begin later
with the skim milk. Only little of
that is given at first, then more with
every meal. The new milk ration is
gradually decreased until the whole
ration is skim milk. The whole transi-
tion period need not cover more than
two weeks AS soon rs the new milk
ration is withheld in any degree, some
substitute should be given in it's stead,
to supply, in part at least, the butter
fat that is thus withheld. There is no
better substitute than faxseed. 1t
may be prepared and given as follows: !:
Take a quart of haxseed and i'm
merse it III six to eight quarts of
water; soak for six hours, then boil
for one hour. OF the jelly thus made
feed the calf enough to answer the
purpose. Commence by giving half a
teacupful and increase gradually. Two
indications will tell us when the calves
are getting too much; one is that they
will become too lax in their bowels,
and the second is that they will get
too fieshy. When either of these in
dications manifests itself, we can less
EN- the amount of fiaxseed given in the
milk.
1t is imperative that dairy calves be
not allowed to get too fleshy. just
as soon as they become too tieshy, q
bias of the system is given in that di-
rection, and this interferes with best
milking qualities. Inattention to this
matter has brought injury to many a
dairy COW, and has injured her per-
manently; that is to say, through the
whole of the period of milk giving
Those habits of the system begotten
in early calfhood become, as it were,
an inherent part of the animal, SO
firmly do they cling to them. New
York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
STACKING HAY.

Hay keeps best In rouno stack. If
the stacks are to go up by hand, plant
pole about twenty-five feet high and
stack around it to the top, trampins
thoroughly near the pole. Then rake
the sides thoroughly after a few days
settling, and there will be no percep-
tible waste. 1t is cheaper to put hay
mp in this way than to build barns and
haul it in. Cheaper because the hay
goes up faster and lessons the danger
of loss by rain cheaper because labor
is high and time is precious in hay
harvest; cheaper because it costs
money to build barns. Some may
scout the idea of having to use pole
for guide. Better use a pole and
have all your stacks perfect than to
serve your false pride and have part
of the stacks lose their tops in the
wind, or lean over and leak water. If
the stacking is to be done by machine,
still adhere to the round form, throw
ing each delivery on top of the former
and stack just enough to give the pile
good form. Build the sack about
twenty eight feet high and put about
fifteen tons in it. The hand-built
stack should have about five tons in
it. The small stack always cures best
and makes the finest hay, Rural Life.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
er overfeed young heifers.

Never overfeed young heifers.
Chopped barley is good food for
lambs to make bone and body.
1t has been rem arked that the cream
of experience is skinned from split
milk
Salt is necessary for all vegetarian
animals, and aids N the digestion of
the food
Skill and brain work get better pay
in dairying than in any other branch
of farming.
1t will not hurt any animal that is
kept for dairy purposes to have calf
at two years old.
All dairy room doors and windows
should be pro vided with screens that
will keep out flies and other insects.
Beets, or mangels, which are spe-
cies of beet, may be sown any time up
to June. These plants need very clean
land.
Many persons regularly raise two
crops of potatoes from the same soil,
which can be done on most farms
when managed properly.
Balsam seed should be sown in boxes
or pans in early spring for summer
blooming; in ear ly July, for flowers,
and in September, for winter blooms.
Spray the young potatoes in June
with Bordeaux mixture, mixed with
Paris green, for the double purpose
of preventing rot and killing the
beetles
1t is not we'll to be too hasty in Civ
ing grain to a young colt. The teeth
must be advanced suffic ciently to grind
the food before anything more than
milk is given.
The nitrogen or ammonia of ma
nures and the potash are easily lost.
The former is volatile and goes off in
the air and the latter is carried into
the earth by water.
Don't be in hurry to see cali
grow, and try to make this growth by
| giving it oil the milk it will eat, for
you can easily, by overlooking, spoil
months growth.
| bordeaux mixture, wnen properly
applied, practically protects the foil.
age of apples, ounces, dewberries,
raspberries, blackberries and goose
berries from fungus attacks.
A common kitchen pantry is no
place for open milk settling during
summer. There are too many variable
odors, and there is too much OF open.
ing of doors and the letting in of heat
ed air.
Hot water, ii applied early, will re-
leve caked ud1er. Il that fails, try
vaseline or sweet oil. Rub freque ntly
with the ha nd, using first each time
the hot wa ter, hot as the hand can
bear it.
Sulphur should always be kept in
handy reach OF the shsephouse. 1t is
preventive of many ills. 4 few
pieces of roll birthstone should always
be found in the horse aui COW I, ,ughs.
Insects aud vsrmiu do not lise sui
phuf.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
Take no Substitute for
Royal Baking Powder.
1t is Absolutely Pure.
All others contain alum or ammonia.
FOOlhardy Occupations.

A young woman lies in q critical
condition at Coney Island horribly
mangled and disfgured by the lion
she was supposed to hold under an
absolute spell. The other day an
aeronaut fell from a parachute out
West and was picked up a lifeless and
shapeless mass. Recently noted
Spanish matador was gored to death
in bull ring near Madrid aud in the
sight of multitudes of spectators. Not
long ago in New York woman snake
charmer was bitten by poisonous vi
per during a public performance and
narrowly escaped death. Similar in
cidents are of frequent occurrence.
1t is improbable that men and wo-
men expose themselves to such deadly
peril purely for the sake of gain.
They might be excused if necessity
drove them thus to trife with their
lives. This, no doubt, is often the
motive in the case of hazardous pur-
suits. But in many instances the rul-
ing cause is love of notoriety and ap-
plause. 1t is the same morbid craving
that prompts men to jump from the
Bridge or to attempt to stem the Nj
agara rapids.
Nor do these notoriety hunters gen
eral gain the end they strive to obtain.
The world is too busy to keep in mind
the name of every reckless adventur-
er. Often the reputation these peo-
pie seek only comes with their death
in some violent form, and then it is a
reputation for foolhardiness that few
intelligent persons envY.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
cry was so remarkable that 1 made re

cry was SO remarKaDle tnat maze re-
peated examinations to see if any ver-
min could be found, and to discover,
if could, the cause of it's absence.
1t certainly was new to me to have a
poultry house without vermin, and I
never had poultry In heather condi-
tion, or laying better, than during
those six years. I found the poultry
business both pleasant and profitable.
Yet never could decide what it was
that kept the parasites away from the
fowls and the house, except it may
have been the brick walls, that were
always little cool and moist to the
touch of the hand, and probably not
suited to the life of the vermin. What
ever the true cause may be, the fact
remains that this basement poultry
house, with walls of brick, urrounded
by earth nearly to the top on the out
side, with a good roof overhead, and
kept clean and dry, made roosting
place where no vermin would come to
feed upon and annoy the fowls.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
AlIigatOrs Hard TO Kill.

An alligator's tenacity for life is re-
markable. I have no doubt that when
its brain is pierced by bullet the
animal does not long survive, but sinks
nto deep water, where it cannot be
seen. l have never succeeded In kill
ing and bagging en- alligator by shot
In the brain. The structure of the
skull provides so much protection of
the brain, and bullet might easily be
defected by the hard bones. 1t was
not my vocation to go about killing
nlligators, but on one occasion I was a
witness to the great difficulty of taking
the animals life.
We were on shooting party near
the Pcintee Indigo Factory, on the
Ganges, and one day when we re-
turned from our mornings round III
the iungles after deer and always
possible tiger or wolf, we found that
some fishermen had brought in an
alligator about six feet long, securely
bound on bullock cart. The animal
was still alive, but had evidently been
severely beaten to make him quiet on
tee bullock cart, so the order was
given to tie stout rope around Its
loins and to turn it into small tank
to refresh and recover itself while we
were taking our baths and our break
fasts.
Breakfast over the alligator was
hauled out of the tank, and was quite
lively, so that it had to be fastened to
tree. Then operations for killing
it began, but bullets from small rifle
or an ordinary twelve-bore gun seemed
only to irritate it. A Sontal brought
large spear, one of the lato venabula
ferro- which they use, and drove it
down the alligator's throat into its
vitals, and this had more effect, while
another man got an ak and chopped
away at the neck till the head was
separated from the body. The body
was then cut open, and the heart was
lying on the ground by its side, but
still the tail continued to move. But
here we withdrew, and the mob of
Sontals, who had been eagerly waiting,
rushed in with their knives and cut
up the body and ate everything eat
able, SO that in short time there was
nothing left but the skin and bones
Longman's Magazine.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
HEALTHFUL COOKERY.

When we reflect upon the depend.
ence of the mind upon the bodily con.
dition. writes Fanny l.. Fancher, we
cannot escape the conviction that a
good cook is benefactor, and the
caterer who feeds his fellow men
wisely, is as great as he who rules a
nation.
The numerous writer's upon this
subject, and the cooking schools, or
clubs, springing up here and there
prove that it is gaining the interest
which its Importance demands. From
this we opine that the twentieth cen
tury maiden may boast of her ability
to render Beethoven's sonstas; but
her skill in the culinary art will be
her greater pride. Then, indeed,
will dyspepsia be routed, since inn
proper diet will not be from infancy
the regimen. When the appetite is
not depraved, its cravings will often
be guide to proper diet. Sugar, so
often craved by children, was former.
ly considered luxury, but now it is
deemed necessity since it furnishes
caloric for those whose weak digestion
forbids much fat or oily foods.
The rigor Of winter demands meat
and other heat-producing material.
The economic housewife prepares her
meat by roasting or boiling; indeed,
the frying pan is said to be the curse
of American cuisine. Haste surely
makes waste in the cooking of meats
The writer's formula for roasting beef
will be found profitable.
Having secured good roast the
dealer soon learns where he can send
poor cuts proceed as follows: Rub
over the surface scant handful of
salt to three pounds of meat; place in
shallow kettle, the kind used by most
housewives for frying fried cakes !;
cover with inverted pie-ti and place
in piping hot oven. After baking
fast for ten minutes to preserve the
juices, lower the temperature. When
partially done, turn over the meat.
In this process no basting is necessary
and the generated steam prevents
overlooking. This is the principle of
the patent baker which all cannot pro-
cure.
When ready for the oven do not add
water, as is the custom, in open pans.
When baked, however, AMI removed
from the kettle, water aud Hour may
be added to the meat broth for the
desired gravy. Try this way, and you
will never again roast meat IN aD open
dripping pan. New York Observer.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
AmDIuOus Tor F1ne UOmns.

The first ambition of every Chinese
is to have splendid coffin. A poor
man will starve himself for years to
have one. 1t is always received with
great ceremony on its arrival at the
house and is regarded as the most val
liable piece of furniture in the estab-
lishment. 1t is kept in the place of
honor. No one is ever buried till
there is ready money enough in the
house to do SO with out the family
running into debt.
There are many strange customs
connected with the funeral rites. One
of these is the burning at the. tomb of
paper horses, idols, umbrellas and
clothes. These are supposed to be
necessary an / useful to the man when
he gets to heaven. By being burned
they undergo some material resurrec-
tion and meet him there.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
CROP ROTATION.

Crop rotation should be practiced if
you mean to improve the land. A crop
rotation of three, four, or five years,
with clover for one of the years, can
be so arranged that the land will be
continually strengthened by it. This
method, in connection with all the
manure which can be manufactured
and the turning under of green crops
as often as may be possible, is the way
by which many poor farm has been
changed into good one. and land
which barely paid its taxes has been
made to yield an excellent living, but
this has been done only by good,
methodical farming and not by hap
hazard methods-Chicago Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
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
alive; 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, 1894-08-03
Railroad UP the JnngIrau.

The project to build railroad to
the top of the Jungfrau, 1878 feet
high, is likely to be carried out if the
Swiss Government approves. This will
be the most ambitious scheme in
railroad building ever undertaken.
The promoters offer to spend $20,0
to build an observatory at the summit
and man it if the Government will
grant the concession. -Chicago Her
aid.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03

The mother of Marie Bashkirtseff
said, in recent interview, that she
still had much of her daughter diary
that had not been published, and that
the journal would not appear in its en-
tirety until she herself was dead.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03

Nevada shows in ten years an abso-
lutte diminution of population of 26. 81
per cent
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03

DIR. Kilmer's SWAMP Root cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton, N. Y.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
A Beautiful souvenir spoo

CHINA is to have new telegraph line 5000
miles long
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03

Cockrosohes are sacred insects
smons the chtnsss,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
Halls Catarrh Cul

Will be sent with every bottle of Dr. Ho1ste'J
certain Group Cure. Ordered by mail, post
paid, so cts. Address, Hoxsie, Buffalo, y. Y.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03
Is Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

ACTORS Vocalists, Public Speakers praise
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1894-08-03

karls Glover Root, the great blood purifier
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation, p cts. 80 cts, 81.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-19

The majority Of intelligent persons are
more or less Indifferent as to the disposal Of
their bodies after death, but 1t may be safely
asserted that not one would be found to ex-
press wish that his or her body should be,
carefully preserved In q polished oak or elm
brass mounted coffin aud In walled grave or
vault. 1t Is the result partly Of tyrannical
custom and partly to leaving all to the under
taker. The latter has been shorn Of much
of his former profits derived from the sale OF
scarves and hatbands md the hire Of pals,
plumes, feathers and other trapplngs of woe.
The polished coffin and the brass furniture
are the surviving relies Of the Funeral COM
pletely furnished" Of past age aud are clung
to with afectionate tenaclty by those whose
interest 1t is TO have them continued.
But the undertaken 10, after all, what the
public make him. The courage and persist
ence Of a few individuals swept away the
costly and useless trappings Of woe; only a
very little more courage is required to substi-
tute cheaper and perishable collins for the
pretentious upholstery exhibited in the coffin
Of the day. II the upper classes would set
the example and make perishable collins
fashionable 1t would soon spread to the
working classes, who are still tempted to
spend upon n coffin and burial money which
would be much more wisely expended in pro-
vIdlng additional comforts and even necessar-
les for tho living The Lancet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-19
lNor IN ANY WAY A FAILURE.
s.rhs Peoples Palace" In I>ondsa Ds.
feAdsd By walter Bssant.

"Ths Peoples Palace" In Iondca Des
9sadsd By walter Bssant.
A report was recently started by
English newspapers that .!Ihe Poo
ple's Palace" In the east end OF Lon-
don was failure, This is tho insti-
tuition which was suggested to the
philanthropic people Of England
by "All Sorts and Conditions OF
Men," the novel written BY Besant
and Rice. The rumor. which has
been printed in some American pa
pers. Is denied by Besant as follows
In the London Queen:
There is not in any single depart
ment OF the palace. that I can dis
cover, the least note Of failure. As
regards the educational side. the
evening classes are crowded. There
are classes in science, trade and
workshop, engineering and building.
special subjects for women. There
are about o hundred Of these classes,
with students numbering nearly
1000. There is q practical day
school for boys numbering 400 There
is o students circulating library. and
there are social and readiug-rooms for
the students. The palace possesses
q gymnasium, which is one Of the
finest in the country. Attached to
gymnsstic exercises are "studies"
in single stick. club and boxing
gloves On two days in the week
the girls have the gymnasium for
themselves. Well, but how about
the recreations of the palace? Let
us take list of the amusements for
one week. Monday. a costume re-
cital Of ..The Daughter OF the Regi-
ment;" Tuesday, girls annual swim
ming entertainment for women only;
Wednesday, students night; Satur-
day, popular ballad concert On three
nights in the week the beauti-
full winter garden is open from to
10 p. m. AS for the clubs and socie-
ties that belong to the place, there
are many-cricket, cycling, football,
ramblers. swimming, tennis. rowing.
photograph. sketching, and boxing
clubs The library receives an
average OF 1000 visitors day; it has
all the newspapers and journals; it
has about To- volumes. and 1t has
recently been enriched by Harry
Quilter's donation Of the "Wilkie
Collins" Collection Of Fiction. In
short. the palace is busy hive Of
working and playing bees 1t is 3
living active center OF light and
leading.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-19
Early Potatoes.

Western Plowman gives tais pan
to secure carly potatoes: We take q
lot of old tin cans and put them In the
stove long enough to unsolder them.
This leaves only the rim of the can.
This rim is filed with good rich dirt,
and a part or a. whole of potato
planted in it. Keep the rim together
by tying q string around 1t and place
the cans where they will be kept warm,
watering them with lukewarm water
frequently. When the sprouts appear
above tho ground they should be ex-
posed to the sun as much as possible.
When the proper time has ar
rived for transplanting, prepare
your hills, cut the strings
around the cans and you will find the
earth in . compact mass ready for
transplanting. The potatoes will
grow right along without noticing the
change and you will have early pota-
toes for your own table, and nice ones
too, If you have attended to them
properly. This may not he practicable
In raising early potatoes to sell, but
for home use we can recommend it,
and at this date, while the ground is
covered with snow, we have new pota-
toes we'll under way.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-04-19
Condition Of Our soiIs.

The Minnesota Experiment Station
has published bulletin thirty, contain.
ing the results of their Investigations
as to the deterioration of our common
soils under the present unsystematic
methods of cropping. The summary
Of the bulletin is as follows:
/. The continued cropping Of soils to
grain crops only without any system
of rotation or other treatment is tell
ing severely upon the original stock
of half decomposed animal and
vegetable matters and nitrogen. Soils
which have produced grain crops, ex-
clusivcly, for ten or fifteen years con-
tain from third to a half less humus
and nitrogen than adjoining soils that
have never been plowed.
2. Soils which have been cropped
until the organic matters and humns
have been materially decreased, retain
less water and dry oLt more readily
than when there is a larger amount of
organic matter present in the soil
g. Soils which are rich in humus
contain larger amount of phosphates
associated with them in available
forms than the soils that are poor in
humus.
4 Soils which are rich in humus
and organic matters produce larger
amount Of carbon dioxide that acts as
q solvent upon the soil particles and
aids the roots in procuring food.
8. One-half of q sandy knoll, heavily
manured with well rotted manure.
contained nearly a quarter more water
during six weeks drought than the
other half that received no manure.
s. The supply of organic matter in
the soil must be kept up because it
takes such an important part, indi-
rectly, in keeping up the fertility Of
the soil. A good system of rotation,
including sod crops and well prepared
farm manures, will do this, and will
avoid the introduction and use Of COM
mercial fertilizers which are now cost
ing the farmers of the United States
over thirty-fve million dollars an
nually. twill not do to wait until
this question forces itself upon us.
2. A rotation Of crops will soon be
necessary on account Of the peculiar
composition of some of the soils and
the corresponding subsoils, especially
those IN which the surface soils are
richer in phosphates and nitrogen
while the subsoils are richer in potash
and lime. By means of rotation the
full benefits of the strong points Of
both the top soils and the subsoil will
be secured