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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31

A professional hypnotizer sent Miss
Kate Field his cure for insomnia,
which she gives to the public:
"Procure some bright object upon
which to gaze intently. This must be
suspended few inches from the eyes.
do not know what to suggest for the
darkness which exists in o Pullman
sleeper after the curtains are drawn,
but imagine that your ingenuity
would be equal to the occasion. Hav-
ing selected this object-like glass
ball, small looking glass or one of
those large glass rings sometimes at-
fected by comedians-you must so Sc
cure it in suspension as not to cause
you any worry as to what becomes Of
it when you drop off in slumber.
''Gazing steadily at the bright OBJ
ject you must at the same time allow
your thought to picture to you some
action-say, since you are member
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
an episode of army life. Commence
with the opening of the day, when the
soldier arises from his sleep! See his
drowsy eyes, his content after night
of resttul sleep! Follow his labor
during the day and watch him grow
ing more tired and tired as night ap-
proaches, and see him finally throw
himself upon tho ground, his eyes
heavy, his body tired, his conscience
clear, and wearied nature finally as
serting her sway as he is lulled to
sleep, sleep, sleep!
"Again, imagine caravan crossing
desert or plain. See the weary men,
longing for sleep, seek their resting
place for the night and gradually
dropping off into sound sleep! sleep !!
sleep!
"And now you are in sleep! sleep !
sleep and you will SO continue until
the porter, announcing your arrival
at your destination, awakens you
from sleep! sleep! sleep!'-Atlanta
Constitution.
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SCIENCE IN FARMING,

Agricultural education in France
has progressed by leaps and bounds,
and the French farmer tills his ground
more scientifically than any of his
neighbors. Agriculture is taught in
schools of all grades. In 1893 in
struction was given to 2700 pupils in
French normal schools and to more
than 500, 900 persons who attended
their conferences. Model farms are
scattered all over the land for the pur-
pose OF experiment aud instruction.
While France is probably ahead of
all other Governments in the applica-
tion OF science to farming, Germany
is good second, aud in some direc
tions. notably in the production of
the sugar beet, is in advance of her
rival. In England the general diff
fusion OF the knowledge which renders
scientific farming possible is shown
by the fact that even in a bad wheat
year the average yield per acre is over
thirty bushels Contrasted with this
our own average yield of thirteen
bushels shows sharply the need of the
National Government to make some
better provision for edr cation along
agricultural lines. Farming, like
every other branch OF industry, has
made rapid strides with the last two
decades. 1t has become highly skilled
labor. and it is necessary THAI provis.
ion be made for acquiring the neees-
sary Information about 1t as with any
other trade. Intensive farming as it
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31
HOUSEHOLD AEgAIRs.
cnrwsn rMpaorprn1rs,

In washing embroideries done with
crewels on foundation of linen or
crash, the FIRST time bran water should
always be used to set the colors. To
prepare the water pour gallon boil
ing hot over pound of bran. Let
the bran soak in the water day, stir
ring it occasionally, then strain it
well. Put the article to be washed in
the water when it is lukewarmppress-
ing and squeezing 1t through the water
until clean. Do not think OF wiring
ing dry, but press out all the moisture
possible and dry in warm place with
out exposure to sunlight. When it is
still damp lay the right side on a fan
mel and press on the wrong side. Use
only the best crewels if you expect
them to wash well. New York Post.
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A Famous Pun.

Mr.. j. L. Macadam, the Scotchman
who invented the kind OF paving which
bears his name, is said to have been q
guest at large dinner given in honor
Of Sir Walter Scott. Being asked to
respond to toast, Mr.. Macadam rose,
and, at the end of his speech, pro-
posed the health of "the great Sir
Walter Scott, the colossus of litera-
ture!'' In an instant Sir Walter was
on his feet, and lifting his glass, ex-
claimed: "Here's to the great Mr..
Macadam, the colossus of roads!"-
Life.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31
CARE OF THE PIGS.

Ordinarily until the pigs are six to
eight months old there should be no
other thought in connection with the
raising of them than how to make
them grow. Any surplus fat at this
time is in tho way. The pig needs
that kind of feed that will develop bone
and muscle, giving him size and ro-
bust constitution. These things are
never accomplished by the farmer who
grows enthusiastic by spurts. 1t is
natures way to permit of no stop-offs
on the route travelled by the pig from
the farrowing nest to the packing
house. If he does take stop-over at
any point in his career from any
cause whatsoever he does it at his own
expense. Regular and even develop
ment is always natures way, and her
way should be our way.
For the first few weeks of the pigs
life he is to bo fed wholly through the
dam, and it must always be rightly
borne in mind by the feeder that when
he is feeding the dam he is feeding the
pigs. 1t is very often thoughtless
indifference upon this point that is the
cause of one of the most vexatious
troubles with young pigs. Scours is
not considered very dangerous ail-
ment, but it is much more costly
thing to the farmers pocketbook tLan
all other ailments combined. Thumps
kills its victims in all probability and
the thing is at an end. One pig in
the litter is about the limit of the
trouble with thumps. But with scours
1T goes through the litter. The trouble
does not arise perhaps from getting too
strong flow of milk over an extended
period of time, but rather from too
much at one time and too little at an
other, caused by spurts in feeding, or
by sudden changes in the character of
the milk caused by feeding the wrong
thing. Whatever the cause the worst
phase Of tho matter is not simply that
the pigs are afflicted with a disorder
somewhat difficult to cure, but that it
stunts growth permanently. The pig
that has had the scours never will
make the hog that it might have made
had it escaped tho trouble. This fact
may as we'll be set down rs settled.
Hence, the man who would make the
most of his hogs must avoid scours
with his pige. This he can do only by
properly feeding the dam while they
are young. Nebraska Farmer.
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Mountains on Fire.

A communication from Aveyron,
France, says: "The village of Gran
sac is surrounded by burning noun
tains. The Montet, which, according
to local chroniclers, has been on fire
for more than century, has now the
aspect of q veritable volcano. From
its crater-like summit an intense
volume of smoke rises during the day,
while at night multitude of vari-
colored flames furnish the glorious
spectacle OF mountain on fire.
Actuated doubtless by the strong
winds of the last few weeks, the fiery
clement, which has been consuming
the entire Montet Mountain proper,
has spread to the range, and has
assumed proportions which are very
grave. During the very dark nights
the blaze Eliminates the horizon Us
that of great conhagration. AT
times blue white flames shoot up to a
considerable height, giving the effect
of lightning during storm. A
curious fact about the burning Mon
tet is that whenever a period of very
cold temperature ensues the mountain
fire seems to grow in intensity. All
efforts to extinguish the blaze, or even
to retard its progress, have been in
win. All that has been done to
smother or quench the fire appeared
to but increase the fury of the devour-
ing element. It's progress is increas-
ing, and the blaze never was as fierce
as it is now." This fire is the sequel
to conAagration that broke out in
the coal mines of Fontaines and Mon
tet many decades ago. Joanne men,
tions the burning mountain in his
Geographical Dictionary of France,
1S41," as having been on fire long
time. Chicago Times-Herald.
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The Greatest r1edical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
Medical Discovery.
DONALD KENNEDY, OF RoxBvRy, MASS.

Has discovered In one OF our common
pasture weeds remedy that cures every
kind OF Humor, from the worst Scrofula
down to q common pimple.
He has tried 1t in over eleven hundred
cases, and never failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He has now in
his possession over two hundred certifi-
Gates of its value, all within twenty miles
of Boston. Send postal card for book.
benefit is always experienced from the
first bottle, and perfect cure is warranted
when the right quantity is taken.
When the lungs are affected II causes
shooting pains. like needles passing
through them; the same with the Liver
or Bowels. This is causeI by the ducts
being stopped, and always disappears In
week after taking it. Read the label.
II the stomach is foul or bilious It will
cause squeamish feelings at first
No change of diet ever necessary. Eat
the best you can get, and enough Of it.
Dose, one tablespoonful In water at bed
time Sold by all Druggists
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AFTER THIRTY YEARS.
THE BUCKEYE STATE CONTRIBUTES
THE STORY OF A VETERANS
SEARCH.
How Fred Taylor, Member of the Gal.
liant 189th n. ", v. l., Finally
Found What He Has Sought
Since the War Closed.

How Fred Taylor, u Member of the Gal.
liant 189th n. ", V. l., Finally
Found What He Has Sought
Since the War Closed.
(From the AshtaJula, Ohio, Beacon)
Mr.. Fred Taylor was born and brought up
near Elmira, N. Y, and from there enlisted
in the 1s9th regiment, N. Y, v. l., with
which he went through the war and saw
much hard service. Owing to exposure and
hardships during the service, Mr. Taylor con-
tracted chronic Giarrhea, from which he has
suffered now over thirty years, with abso-
lutey no help from physicians. BY nature
he was n wonderfully vigorous man. Had
he not been, his disease and the experiments
OF the doctors had killed him long ago.
Laudanum was the only thing which afford
ed him relief. He had terrible headaches
his nerves were shattered, he could not sleep
an hour day on an average and he was re-
duced to a skeleton. year ago he and his
wife sought relief in a change OF climate and
removed 10 Geneva, Ohio; but the change in
health came not. Finally. on the recon-
mendation Of F. ]. Hoifner, the leading drug
gist of e..eva, who was cognizant OF similar
eases which Pink Pills had cured Mr.. Taylor
was persuaded to try box. "As drowning
man grasps a straw. SO took the pills, says
Mr.. Taylor. but with no more hope of
rescue. But after thirty years of suffering
and fruitless search for relief mt last found
il in Dr. Williams Pink Pills. The day afterI
took the first pills commenced to feel better.
and when had taken the first box l was in
fact new man." That was two months ago.
Mr. TAYLOR has since taken more Of the pills
and his progress is steady, and he has the
utmost confidence in them. He has regained
full control of his nerves and sleeps as well
as in his youth. Color is coming back to his
strength rapidly. He is now able to do con-
siderable outdoor work.
As he concluded narrating his sufferings,
experience and cure TO u Beacon reporter
Mrs. Taylor. who has been his faithful help
meet these many years, said she wished to
add her testimony in favor of Pink Pills.
ITO the pills alone is due the credit of rails
ing MIR. Taylor from helpless invalid to the
man he is to-day" said Mrs. Taylor. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor cannot find words to ex
press the gratitude they feel or recommend
too highly Pink Pills to suffering humanity.
ANY inquiries addressed to them ut Geneva,
o.. regarding Mr. Taylor's ease, they will
cheerfully answer. as they are anxious that
the whole world shnll know what Pink Pills
have done for them and that suffering hui
manitv may be benefited thereby.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain all the ee-
ments necessary 10 give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are for sale by all druggists. or may be
had by mail from DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, schenectady. \. T., for 10 cents
per bex or six boxes for s2.5o.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31
oLD-TIME QUILTING FRAMES.

Fortunate are housewives who still
possess the quilting frames of their
grandmothers, for these serve admira-
bly, to dry curtains upon. Two or
three curtains can be dried on them at
once. One curtain is stretched over
the others and each held in place by
pins or tackled with coarse stitches to
the lasting or cloth that is bound over
the quilting frame. Indeed, SO much
more convenient are these frames than
the tedious methods of pinning the
curtains to floor with sheets spread
out to protect the carpet that every
housekeeper who has ner curtains
laundered at home should have one.
Some large furnishing stores have
them for sale, and where these stores
are not accessible, any carpenter can
make frame. 1t will net be expen-
sive, as it is extremely simple in de-
sign, and takes little material. Four
boards, each about three inches wide
and one inch thick, are all that is
needed. Two of the boards should be
eight or nine feet long, and the other
two five feet. Having measured the
longest curtain you own, let the car
penter bore several holes in each
board SO that the four pegs he will
turn for you may fasten the frames
into an oblong the size of any curtain
in the house. While the curtains are
drying they can be laid on the grass
or against tho fence in the back yard,
or. i'll stormy weather, stood up i'll any
convenient oom.-New York Times.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Cornstalks are a laxative food.

COrnStaiks are q laxative 1000.
White Plymouth Rocks make an ex.
cellent cross with White Wyandottes
for general market fowls or eggs.
Nearly every poultry raiser has
more or less land upon which crops
may be grown that are especially suit
ed for poultry.
Equal parts of bran and corn meal
mixed with water aud baked hard is
an excellent food for young chicks,
especially if soaked in sweet milk be-
fore feeding.
If you have n stony or graveliy
point i'll the pasture that produces
nothing, stimulate it with dressing
of horse manure in which there is
plenty of grass seed.
The time to kill weeds in the potato
field is when they first start. Weeds
that have been permitted to grow
large have done the crop about all the
harm they can do.
One very common mistake made by
owners of clay farms is tramping them
when wet, and cases are not rare
where there has been almost failure
of a crop from this cause alone.
Look over your raspberry canes,
and if they seem swollen, cut off the
infected canes and burn them, thus
destroying one of the worst pests this
delicious fruit has in this country.
Burn all clumps of dead, adhering
leaves found in your fruit trees, and
save the fruit buds from destruction
by the tiny worms that have passed
the winter in hiding in these leaves.
The farmers of Texas use ordinary
baking soda with quite good success
in keeping weevil out OF corn and
other grain. The amount used is
twelve to fifteen pounds of the soda
to every hundred barrels of corn in
the shock.
The feet of foals very seldom re-
ceive the care and the frequent in
spection SO necessary to their future
perfection of form and soundness.
Horses feet, from this cause alone,
frequently become deformed, defec-
tive and unhealthy.
Not one garden in q hundred ever
has okra growing in it. This is a
great omission. 1t is perfectly easy to
grow, it bears edible pods all summer
long if they are kept cut off as soon as
large enough, and they are delicious
in soups, ragouts, ETC., and for pickles.
It is better to have the space in
your buildings devoted to roosts sep
arate from the laying or nesting Sec
tion. They can always be found in
one or the other place at certain peri
ods of the day, and the droppings, if
confined to one place, do not befoul
other parts of the building.
Hens like green cabbage when it is
hung up where they can chip off bit
when SO inclined, and in the winter
and early spring, when there is little
green food growing, nothing is more
convenient and beneficial. Onion tops
in spripgtime are excellent Us blood
stimulant and should be fed with soft
food.
Any building you erect for your
poultry should, if-you keep 100 head,
have room in the center for storage
of grain and such tools aud cooking
apparatus as is necessary about we'll
ordered lie ephouse. The building should
have wings ON either side with u three
foot passage way in the center, throw
ing pens, say five by zen feet ON either
side. the number of such pens de-
pending u'on the size Of the building
you erect,
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FASTENING FOR COWS IN THE STABLE.


The safest mode of fastening COWS in
their stalls is by strong leather
strap around the neck, with ring
stitched in, into which a snap hook
may be quickly fastened. The hook
is attached to short chain with a
ring at the end which slides up and
down on bar of iron fastened to the
side of the stall. The chain is long
enough to permit the COW to reach the
further erd of the feed trough. II
there is gutter eight inches deep be-
hind the cows for the manure, they
will stay on the floor inside of the
gutter. The inner floor should slope
two inches from the front to the
gutter. which affords ample drainage
and keeps the cows clean. New York
Times.
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RECIPES.

Hoe Cake-Stir in with enough
Indian meal to make batter, little
salt and two eggs. A nice cake for
breakfast.
Swiss Cream-One quart of cream,
favored with vanilla, rose or peach,
sweetened to your taste, the whites of
five eggs stirred in when hot, exactly
as custard TO be eaten cold.
Soft Waflles s-Cne quart OF milk,
four eggs, one gill of yeast, half
pound of butter, one pound Of flour |;
mix butter and milk and set it to rise
at breakfast ono teaspoonful OF saler-
atus.
Almond Custard-One quart of milk
boiled with stick cinnamon, yolks of
eight eggs; sweeten it very much;
quarter of u pound OF blanched
almonds, pounded fine with rosewater.
Stir it one way until thick.
Whigs-Half pound butter, two
pounds -four, one pint of milk, six
eggs-butter must be melted in the
milK-three tablespoonfuls of yeast.
If you wish them for tea, stir in half
pound of sugar after they rise.
Rice Pancakes-Two largo cupfuls
of Iice, wash it well, boil in quart OF
water; when the water is boiled off
add one quart of milk and one cuptul
of wheat flour with one egg. Bake on
griddle as you do blckwheat cakes.
Olykocks-Sixteen eggs to pint OF
milk, four pounds OF -four, one and Il
quarter pounds of sugar, one pound
of butter and as much yeast as will
make them rise; put dried currants
or raisins in the centre OF each cake
tefore you put them in the boiling
lard.
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Growing Scarcity of Furs.

Fur-bearing animals are becoming
scarcer, not only in British North
America, but as we'll in our own far
northwestern possessions. There is a
noticeable decrease in the catch Of
Alaskan fox. sable, ermine and mar
ten. The blue fox OF Alaska is an
especially valuable and beautiful fur.
The white fox, which many think very
handsome, is still comparatively cheap,
and is used for small rugs rather than
an article of apparel. San Francisco
Examiner.
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Thirty Thousand Dollars ior His Legs.

The heaviest verdict for personal
damages ever rendered in Northern
Ohio was awarded to Guy Monroe q.
Toledo on Thursday. The verdict
WAS the result of damage suit
brought by Monroe's father against the
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
Company. Gny is thirteen year-old
boy, and in crossing the track on II
bicycle he was struck by n switch
engine and both legs were torn of
The suit was for s75. 900 and the jury
awarded $50, -Sanausky lOhio.
Register.
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APPLE FAILURES AND REMEDIES.

The primary cause Of the recent
apple failures Of Western New York
is neglect, says late bulletin Of the
Cornell University. The remedies to
be applied are summarized as: Till
ing, feeding, pruning and spraying.
The trouble is not, however, purely
local, and this advice may be followed
with profit by most fruit growers
New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31
PREPARE FOR SPRAYING.

Any farmer who has dozen or more
apple or pear trees, should have o
spraying apparatus and familiarize
himself with the use of fungicides and
insecticides. The difference in value
between a good and poor crop will
more than pay for the outfit, and it
often comes handy for spraying other
crops, such rs potatoes, tomatoes, etc.
American Agriculturist.
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is practised in Europe will eventually
redeem much of the unused land in
the Eastern States, and at the same
time furnish our cities with cheap,
palatable and healthful food. New
York World.
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Rich
Red Blood

Is the Foundation of the Wonderful Cures by
Hoods Sarsaparilla.
That is Why the cures by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla are CURES.
That is Why Hoods Sarsaparilla cures
the severest cases of Scrofula, Salt Rheum
and other blood diseases.
That is Why it overcomes That Tired
Feeling, strengthens the nerves. gives energy
in place of exhaustion.
That is Why the sales of Hoods Sarsa.
parilla have increased year after year, until
it now requires the largest Laboratory in the
world for the production of
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There is natural and very strong desire
in the spring and early summer to get rid Of
underwear and overwear, so that the fresh
mir may thoroughly refresh. But the worst
colds of the whole year are taken, and espec-
tally at open windows, where the drafts are
strongest and chill the surest. 1t Is there
where lumbago sets In. 1t is just the condi-
tion and circumstance to make such an at
tack sure. 1t is Just the time also when st.
Jacobs Oil should be handy for immediate
use. 1t is time, too, when it makes its
surest cures. For lumbago it is a certain
remedy.
The annual appropriation for lighthouse
keeping is now nearly 100000.
DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binghamton. N. Y.
Twenty per cent. of the pupils In British
schools are said to be near sighted.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inf1amma-
ton, alays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. Il bottle
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31

NJ. L. Thompson 81 Co., Druggists, Couders-
rort, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell it, 75c.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1895-05-31

Twenty per cent. of the pupils in British
schools are said to be near sighted.
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Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up chill
dren's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. G. BLUNT,
Sprague, Washington, March 8, 1894.
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If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomr-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
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Hen,tb Your ye,t pocket!

box of Ripans Tabules can be slowed
away in your vest pocket 1t costs you only 50
cents, and may save you as many dollars
worth of time and doctor bills.
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The annual appropriation for lighthouse
keeping is now nearly 81, ,000, 900.