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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
INJURIOUS INSECTS.

We would be glad to have our read
ers make a note of the insects that do
any decided injury to any of the
crops Of the garden, farm OF orchard.
What insects are preying upon the
cabbages this season, likewise the
corn? Keep keen lookout for the
first appearance of any upon the mel
ons, potatoes, cotton, etc. Any dam
aging insect that you are not ac.
quainted with We would be glad to
have sent to us lin pill box), that is,
if you feel any interest in regard to
them OF their work. Some insects
are very numerous this season. and
we would like very much to know
which sections are tho worst infected.
Now that our birds arc about exter.
minated, the fruit grower, tho farmer
and the gardener will be forced to re-
sort to measures for protection that
perhaps he has never before been
called on to make. 1t appears that
from now on, at least for while, the
fight against insects and blight must
be OF nm intelligent and unanimous
character, else the effort to grow
crops will be in vain.-Atlanta Jour
nal.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
White Elephants.

Knighthood is not an honor that
you can obtain in Siam as easily MS
you can in many other countries.
You have to qualify for it by captur-
ing white elephant, which is, by all
accounts, good deal more difficult
than to write Indifferent poetry.
The white elephant is the National
emblem of Siam, and all the speci.
mems that can be caught are kept in
the royal stables and live on the fat
Of the land. There are five of them
at present in hon orable captivity.
All the work they ever have to do is
to take part twice year in a State
procession, and to support the King
by their majestic presence whenever
he has to receive foreign Ambassa'
dor. Besides being knighted, their
captors receive large money rewards.
The more white elephants there are in
the Kings news, the luckier does he
reckon himself likely to be.-Phila.
delphia Public Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

Napoleon, who know tho valuo OF
time, remarked that Il was tho quarter
hours TINT won battles. Tho value ol
minutes has been often recognized,
and any person Watching n railway
clerk hauling ont tickets aud change
during the last few minutes available
must have been struck with how much
could DO done in these short periods
of time.
At the appointed hour tho train
starts and by and by is carrying pas
sengers at the rate OF sixty miles an
hour. In second you are carried
twenty-nine yards. In ono twenty.
ninth part Of u second you pass over
one yard. Now. enc yard is quite an
appreciable distance, but ono twenty
ninth OF second is period which
cannot be appreciated.
Yet it is when we come to planetary
and stellar motions that tho notion of
the infinite divisibility of time dawns
upon us in new light. It would seem
that no portion of time, however mi
croscopic. is unavailable. Nature can
perform prodigies, not certainly in
less than no time, but in portions of it
SO minute as to be altogether incon-
ceivable. The earth revolves on her
axis in twcnty-four hours. At the
equator her circumference is $4,000
miles. Hence, in that part of the
earth person is being carried east
ward at tho rate of 500 yards per
second---thaS is tho moving over
yard, whose length is conceivable, in
the period of one five hundred and
ninth part Of a second, of which we
can have no conception at all.
But more, tho orbital motion of the
earth round tie sun causes the former
to perform a revolution of nearly 600,-
600, 900 miles in year, or somewhat
less than 10, 600 miles an hour, which
is more than 1000 miles in a minute.
Here, then, our second carries us the
long distance of about nineteen miles.
The mighty bali thus flies about mile
in the nineteenth part of second.--
Boston Advertiser.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
pEHoRN1Ne BY CLIPPERS.

1t is reasonable to believe that to
clip tho horns of COW with clipper
or cutter made on the principle Of a
pai- Of scissors must he far more pain
full to the animal and less quick to
heal the wound than if the operation
is done by sharp iine-toothed saw.
BY the clippers the horn is crushed to
some extent, which is unavoidable,
and, while it may be more quickly
done, it is not SO easy to heal. The
fine .toothed saw is n quick means of
separating the horn, and there is prac-
tically no loss of blood, while the
wound soon heals by covering it with
pine tar and mating the hair over it,
or adding some tow to the hair to
make an impervious protection to the
wound. For small calves there is
nothing better or SO good rs caustic
potash, dipped in water and rubbed
on the button of the horn before it
comes through the skin. New York
Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
Greatest OF All Diamonds.

When diamond is found weighing
more than a hundred carats, the news
is usually heralded with much ado. II
is not to be wondered at, therefore. il
the finding of the "Excelsior" created
considerable excitement. It weighed
in the rough 971 carats, and was found
near Jagersfountain, in the Orange
Free State, Africa. When examined
it was found to be white stone of the
first water, but had small flaw in the
centre. The inspector of the mine, a
Swede name Jorgensen, was the lucdy
finder. The proprietors of the mine,
Breitmayer and Bernheimer, had the
stone tested aud valued by experts,
who agreed that the value was IS, OOO,-
900. It is a fact that two offers of
$4,000. 900 and "a, $50, 900, respective
Iy, have been refused by the propri.
etors. Upon its transfer to the coast
great precautions were taken for its
protection. A squadron of cavalry es-
corted it to the railway station. In
Capetown it was placed aboard the
British gunboat, H. M. S. Antelope,
which brought the precious gem to
London, where it now rests in the fire
and burglar-proof vaults of the Bank
of England.
Tho next largest diamond in the
world is the one owned by tho Rajah
of Matan, on tho Island of Borneo;
this one weighs 367 carats. The hand.
soonest of all the large diamonds
known is, however, the one in the
French collection of crown Jewels,
known as the "Regent," which weighs
1863 carats. Louis XIV. paid 600, 600
francs for it, but now it is valued at
$2,O0O,00O
How much the Excelsior" will lose
in cutting can only be decided by most
eminent experts. AS rule, the larger
diamonds lose fully one-half of their
weight in this operation. Naturally
the cutting, which is done with view
to having as few large pieces as posi-.
BILE outside of the main gem, must be
carried on with the greatest care. This
business Is carried on mainly in Am
sterdam and Antwerp. In Amsterdam
there are at present five large concerns
of diamond cutters, with S72 diamond
mills or cutting wheels. and 300C
hands, besides a large number of less
important concerns. Philadelphia
Record.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laest u Govt Report
Proper Hair Cutting.

The intelligent barber, says tho
Chicago Inter Ocean, looked pityingly
at a young man who had just gotten
shave in the next chair, and was
taking his departure through the
door.
''Look at that gentleman's head"
he remarked with indignant emphasis.
'Every bump in the back and every
scar he ever got there in his boyhood
is as plain as the nose on your face.
Tho trouble is that he had his hair
cut by some barber who doesn't know
his business.
There are dead loads of BARRIERS, :"
continued the speaker, whacking his
razor on the strop, "who sing,
Johnny, git your hair cut short, and
don't know anything else in their
trade They cut away at mans hair
as long as the comb'll take hold, and
don't stop till there isn't any more
hair to cut. A barber should never
cut customer hair short unless he's
ordered to do SO. Hair should never
be cut SO as to disfigure person. A
barber should be something of IN
artist. He should feel customers
head and find out If it has any pro.
nounced bumps, and tho hair should
be raised to see if any scars are con-
cealed. If either of these blemishes
exist the hair should be cut 80 as to
hide them as far as possible. The
razor should never be used, except
sparingly, ON the neck. The hair
should be graduated gently from the
crown and shaded on the neck with
care and patience. 1t makes me tired
to see the work of some so-called
BARRIERS, Next!"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

of the current receipts OF horses Of all
descriptions in the Chicago market are
mares Stallion keepers without an
occupation, and the mares going by
tens of thousands into tie barns of
the big dealers in the great cities of
the North and of Europe! From these
stables they never come out rave to
begin career of drudgery in the
traces, which leads to but one place
the boneyard. Where are the colts to
make up the requisite future supply to
come from?
One surprising feature of the Chi.
cago market at present is the great
number Of active, "nervy" 1850 to
1900 pound "chunks' being exported
by French, German and English buy.
ers at prices ranging from 800 to
$16O. The demand seems to have
shifted from ''drlvers" to chunks, and
at least one-half of the latter are
mares going to help horse the omni-
buses and lighter trucks of Old World
cities. This removes many mares that
to the cover of heavy draught stations
would have given good, big geldings
for the United States markets of 1900,
but never q one of them will nurse
another foal. Query: Why this de.
mand for a class of stock which Europe
was supposed to produce in sufficient
numbers to satisfy its own markets?
Have the foreigners been abandoning
horse breeding of late years, as we'll
as the farmers of America? And, il
SO, to what extent will this effect the
future Of market values here?
1t is pleasant to note that few men
who have not lost their heads have re-
tanned some good mares and have kept
them stinted to stations of proper
sort. These are the men Who will not
be found without choice "draughters"
to sell when the day of reckoning ar
rives. Evidence is accumulating to
show that by another spring many far
mers will want to patronize the stall
lion keeper again. but the colt crops
of 1894, 1895 and 1896 will be found
light beyond all repair. Those who
begin next spring will be in time for
the markets of about 1902. The fact
is we have now to practically begin
draught-horse breeding anew. We
have lost substantially all that was
gained at such great cost in point oi
weight and quality by the free patron
age of pure-bred horses during the
twenty years ending with 1898. and
the coming year will witness the be-
ginning of the work of reconstruction.
That it will proceed along better lines
than before cannot be doubted. Farm.
ers have learned by bitter experience
the difference between mere bulk and
quality, and it will never again bepos.
sible to impose upon them to any serI.
GUS extent with ill-bred, post-legged
hulks that never should cover mare.
When there are many buyers after
every big, fine "span" of geldings in
the market a few years hence will you
be caught empty handed, OF will you
be among those who, taking time by
tho forelock, have prepared against
the day?-Breeders' Gazette.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

THE ADVANTAGE or A BrsxAcmNd GROUND
Bleaching powders. chloride Of lims
and chemicals are damaging things tt
use on good fabrics. They will inevi'
tably decrease their wearing qualities,
and unless used with the utmost care
are likely to make holes in the goods.
For all-round bleaching, q grass plot
is the best Of oil places. To spread
the linen out on tho green turf and
keep it we'll sprinkled with soapsuda
for few days is to insure q bleach o.
perfect as one could ask. Failing oil
this, a great deal eau be done on the
roof of q porch or on the lines in the
yard. Many housekeepers do not
seem to be aware that il clothes are
hung out of a suds dripping, and al.
lowed to drain and dry in bright
sunshine, they will bleach almost as
we'll as on the grass. They may be
sprinkled again and again, and for this
purpose force-pump that can be used
in pail of water is of very great ad-
vantage. In localities where there
are no drying grounds or bleaching
facilities of any other sort, o good
deal may be accomplished by hanging
a little frame from the window and
putting the pieces to be bleached upon
this. One ingenious woman has had
q hinged frame attached to the out
side of the window sill. The frame
turns up against the wall and is Sc.
cured with hook. Whonever it is
necessary either to bleach or dry any
thing, the frame is let down, a strong
cord fastened at the other end and
drawn through ring at the top OF
the window keeping it in position.
Here stained table linen or other ar
ticles are hung out and kept wet with
bleaching out in a very sat.
isfactory fashion.
Any of these ways are far superior
to the chloride OF lime bleaches or
any of the thousand and one labor
saving compounds with which the mar
ket has for the last few years been
flooded. New York Ledger.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
lie Will Not Drown Himself.


i. W. Edwards. Of Lans;ngburgb. was pros.
'rated by sunstrokc during the war and Il
has cntaiicd on him peculiar aud serious
consequence. AT the present writing Mr.. L.
Is prominent officer OF Post Lyon. @. A. H.,
Cohoes. and past aid de camp on tho stafr
OF the commandcr-in-chief Of Albany Co. In
the interview with a reporter he said
was wounded AMI sent to the hospital
Mt Winchester. They sent me, together with
Others, to Washington ride of about 100
miles, Having no room In the box cars we
were placed fa,o II? on the bottom OF fiat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro..
tected heals. When l reached Washington
was insensible and was unconscious for ten
days while in the hospital. An abscess gatn.
cred In my ear aud broke; II has been gath.
erlnS and breaking evsr since. Tho result
OF this 100 milo ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostration, insomnia and
rheumattsn; completely shattered system
which gave Inc no rest night day. As u
last resort took some Pink Pills and they
helped me t. n wonderful degree. My rheu-
matism Is gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia
and constipation are about gone, and the alb
scess In my ear has stopped discharging and
my head feels as clear as bell, when before
1t felt as though it would burst, and my once
shattered nervous system is now nearly
sound. Look at those fingers, Mr.. Edwards
said, ''do they look as II there was any rheu-
matism there2" He moved his fingers rapid
ly and freely and strobe about the room like
young boy. "Ayear ago those fingers were
gnarled at the joints and so stiff that could
not hold a pen. My knees would swell up
and could not straighten my legs out. My
Joints would squeak when / moved them.
That is the living truth.
'When came to think that was going
TO be crippled with rheumatism, together
with the rest of my ailments, tell you life
seemed not worth living. l suffered from
dependency. l cannot begin to tell you,"
said MIR. Edwards, rs he drew a long BREATH
what my FEELING Is at present. | think IL
you lifted ten years right Off my life and left
me prime and vigorous Mt fory-seven,
could feel no better / was an old man and
could only drag myself painfully about the
house. Now 1 can walk of without any
trouble. That in ITSELF" continued Mr..
Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me
cause for rejoicing, but when you come to
consider that l am no longer what you
might call nervous, and that my heart is APP
parently nearly healthy. and that can sleep
nights. you may realize why may appear to
speak In extravagant praise of Pink Pills.
These pills quiet my nerves. teke that awful
depression from my head and at the same
time enrich my blood. There seemed to be
no circulation In my lower limbs u year ago,
my legs being cold and clammy at times.
Now the circulation there is as full and as
brisk rs at any other part of my body. L
used to be so light-headed and dizzy from
my nervous disorder that frequently fell
while crossing the floor of my house. Spring
is coming and i never felt better in my life.
and am looking forward to busy season
of work"
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Give the fowls little meat, or cut
green bone, and don't forget to cut
some grass for them overy day.
Chopped onions is one of the best of
green foods.
Watch out among your young stock
for specially perfect specimens. and
give them special care, as you may
want to exhibit stock this fall, and
these will then be right in line.
As soon as tho chicks aro Matched,
put them in basket, and with the
old hen, remove them to the coop you
havo prepared for them. Then i'm.
mediately take the old nest pnd burn
it. This will remove all trouble from
lice.
If the mower was carefully stored
in the fence corner when through hay.
ing last season, do not DO surprised to
find it rusty and badly weather worn,
for such shelter is apt to ''preserve"
machinery that way. You may have
to buy new machine.
Rolled oats, or cracked wheat is tho
best feed for little chicks. It requires
no preparation, and they will do nicely
ON it. It is cleaner than mush, aud
soft feed, as it does not get mixed up
with tho dirt Of tho coop, hence there
is loss danger Of disease.
1t is not too early to he studying
the litters of pigs to determine which
of tho females aro the very best. OF
courae, tho sensible breeder will re-.
servo these or some of them for his
own use as the breeding stock for q
part of next years crop.
When your chicks have Matched and
you put the old hen in coop, be suro
and have no bottom in it. Let her be
ON the ground. A close box, with a
board bottom, such as 10 sometimes
used, is bad in summer, rs it gets so
hot the hen suffers greatly, and not
infrequently dies.
One tie in time may not, like the
proverbial stitch, save nine, but it GER
tainly will save many broken branches
and shoots, and lessen the ever pres
ent danger to be apprehended from
strcng winds. Therefore, just as soon
as the plants need support, they
should be staked and tied. or other.
wise secured, according to their re-
quirements.
During the warm weather it is not
unusual for hen to hustle the hatch
ing process along SO that the chicks
will appear one or even two days ahead
of time. Last week fourteen Brown
Leghorn chicks surprised us by com.
ing day or two ahead of time. So it
is we'll to watch out for them, toward
the last, or before you know they are
Oh deck some OF them will be trampled
to death.
Drinking fountains, in one, two OF
three gallon sizes, made Of crockery,
are, in our estimation, about the best
thing to furnish cool, Glenn water to
any flock Of fowls. and should be
placed IN q shady place in or outside
OF the building. Running water is
best; but wo can't all have such n
convenience, and must 10 regulated
by our surroundings. Cold, clean
water is a very important thing in
warm weather. Be thoughtful and hu
name to your flock.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
A NapOleOnic Relic at the Paris Fair.

A French engineer, NJ. Edouard
Gras, has conceived the idea of repro
ducing the historic house of Long
wood in which Napoleon lived at st.
Helena as an attraction during the ex-
hibition of 1900. The house, which,
according to his scheme, will bo an
exact copy of the original, will be sur
rounded by panoramic canvases repre-.
senting tho natural surroundings. =
New York Post.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
Experiments With Eycsigs.. .

Experiments have been made to de-
eide how far spiders can see. and it
has been determined that they have a
range of vision of at least foot. 1t
is not always possible to tell, however,
whether the lower animals perceive
by sight or hearing or by the action
air in motion has on their bodies.
Experiments tend to show that mice
are sensitive to motions of tho air
which to human ears create no sound
whatever. New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

If so. it is only question of time when
bright eyes grow dim, manly steps lose firm
now will be destroyed forever. Get a book,
titled 'Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your
Life Away" and learn how No-To-Bac. with
out physical or financial risk, cures the to-
bacco habit, brings back the vigorous vital
ity that will make you both happy. No-To-
Bac sold and guaranteed to cure by Drug
gists everywhere. Book free. Ad. Sterling
Remedy Co., New York CITY or Chicago.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

Old Rip Van Wrinkle went up into the
Catskill mountains to take little nap of
twenty years or so, and when he wakened,
he found that the "crue1 war was over"
the monthly magazines had fought Il
over" the second time and "blown up"
all the officers that had participated in il.
This much is history. and It is also an his
fosscal fact that, It took the same length of
time, for DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
Il Is the most effective, Liver, Blood and
Lung Remedy Of the age. In purifying the
blood and In all manner of pimples,
blotches, eruptious. and other skin and
scalp diseases, scrofulous sores and swell
Medical Discovery" manifests the most
positive curative properties
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

The daily income of the principal
rulers is said to be: Emperor Of Rus
sia, $25. 900; Sultan Of Turkey, $lS.-
600; Emperor of Austria, $4,000;
Emperor Of Germany, $4,000; King of
Italy, $64OO; Queen Victoria, $6300;.
King of Belgium, $1640; President of
France, $4,000; President of the United
States, $137.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

The pleasant effect and perfect safety with
ative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions
makes it their favorte remedy. To get the
true and genuine article, look for the name OF
tho California Fig Syrup Co., printed near tho
bottom of the package.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
And Make Money At 1t.

If you only knew it, the trouble is with your
digestion. If that was gool you would sleep
more money ut it. How can one "get on"
wnen the whole system Is sluggish? But peo.
pie don't realize what is the trouble. A box OF
Ripans Tabules makes life worth living. At
druggists.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09

The proposed British railroad to
Uganda, Africa, will be notable ad-
dition to the travelling fasilities in
Ugsndaland.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-08-09
Does He Chew or Smoke?

Signs Of a recent earthquake have been
found on desolate island In Lake Superior.