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Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
The Kick Of a Thirteen.Inch Gun.

Some time ago the English Govern
ment experimental with thirteen
lnch gun on ship of the Royal Sow
ereign class. At the first firing of the
gun the entire upper deck was lifted
from its position and sprung along
its entire centre, so terrible was the
shock. The United States battleship
Indinna has been specially equipped
to provide against any such disaster
and her decks have been constructed
in such manner that naval experts
agree that no such damage can befall
her when the thirteen-inch guns send
out their flaming message.
Naval experts are agreed, however,
that when she is in action and the four
thirteen-inch guns are performing
their deadly work tho explosions will
shatter and destroy every piece Of
woodwork and glass in every portion
OF the vessel. That is expected and
prepared for and for that reason the
bsttleship Indiana is composed almost
entirely of iron and steel. She has
been aptly described es an enormous
fioating steel fort with ship built
around it for purposes of navigation.
Fully one-half OF her could be shot
away and she would still iloat and re-
tain her uuequalled fighting pawer.
Those facts and figures should bring
us to realization of what serious
thing war is in these modern times. -
Philadelphia Times.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Too Many Horse Hides.

The hide of the horse has always
been valuable for making ladies' fine
shoes and thongs for belt lacing. 1t
is much finer than the hide OF a beef,
and when split makes very fine and
soft leather. A few years ago the
market could not get enough OF them.
That was in the days when horse
was horse. and worth something, be-
fore the electric motor drove him from
the street car service. AS high as S.
was paid for good hide, and it was
very poor one that would not bring
$2. 30. But as the horse got cheaper
and the advocate Of horse flesh as food
was re-enforced by the butcher who
could palm it off for beef, things slow
ly began to change. Prices went down
steadily, until now it takes No.
hide to bring $l.50, while fair ones
go for fifty cents, and the poorer ones
are thrown away The consumption
of horse flesh in Europe, particularly
in Paris, seems to have increased won
derfully, Judging from the heavy i'm
portation of hides to this country,
while in this country it is said there
is not large city where the horse is
not slaughtered fol the market and
sold either openly OF secretly. The
meat canning establishment are also
credited with utilizing q great many
broken-down animals. Thus, while
the beef hide market has its fuctua-
tions and days of glut and scarcity,
the horse hide market Is completely
stagnated, and there does not seem to
be any possible hope for revival Of
it.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
PHYSICAL SUFFERING NAY
WEAR OUT BODY AND MIND.
Ordinary Wholesome Food VIII Restore
the Former, but Not the Latter; y
brain Food Necessary.

the Former, but Not the Latter; =
BRAIN Food Necessary.
From he Times, Troy, NJ
william b. Harrison, Jr., a well-known
resident OF Berlin, tells. the. Times how he
was stricken with a complication Of diseases
some time ago, being left, after his partial
recovery, mental and physical wreck. Con-
sidering the fact that Mr.. Harrison was com.
PEELED to use crutches, and has now fully
recovered 30 as to be able to put the crutches
aside, this was indeed an interesting case
Mr.. Harrison tells this story:
II am flfty-one years old. Three years
ago last March I was taken sick with COM
plcation Of diseases; my doctor helped me
Somewhat, but I was left with my left leg
swollen, there flvere purple patches on the
inside OF the ankle and there was scarcely
any feeling in the leg from the knee down.
Above the knee there was weak, faint feel
ing. The suffering was almost unbearable,
/ was, In fact, y mental and physical wreck.
had neither energy nor ambition, nv mind
was blurred and could not concentrate my
thoughts. Twas nearly discouraged when
happened to read an advertisement Of the
cures of DR.. Williams Pink Pills. felt that
they would hit my case, and neighbor, tell
ing what the pills had done for q friend OF his,
made me decide to try the remedy; so ven-
tured to send to Schenectady for some ofthe
Pink Pills.
"For year had been able to do no man
ual labor and walked on crutches most Of the
time, but before T had taken half box Of
the pills felt like different man. After
taking several boxes of ths pills my legs i'm
proved, and my bodily health was altogether
better. I put aside my crutches, my strength
returned, my mind became clear and all the
organs of my body seem now to be doing
their work well.
~ am now working most every day and
am in nearly as good health as had been
for several years prior to my last Illness"
Mr.. Harrison was loud In the praises of
DR.. Williams Pills. and he continued:
II can honestly say that feel that III had
not had the pills should not have been here
derful work they have done for me. I sin
cerely hope that this statement may reach
| some other poor sufferers and accomplish as
| excellent work for them as have had the
| benefit Of"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
| densed form, all the elem snts necessary ia
give new life ana richness to the blood and
| restore shattered nerves. They are an un.
| failing specific for such diseases as locomo'
tor ataxia, partialsparalysis. st. Vitus' dance
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after effects of la grippe, pal
| pitation Of the heart, pale and sallow com.
| plexions, all forms Of weakness either in
male or female, and all diseases resulting
| from vitiated humors in the blood. PINK
Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
post paid on receipt of price, 30 cents box
| or six boxes for ~. so (they are never solo
in bulk or by the 1907, by addressing DR.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady
MY.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Goose Fed OIL a Diamond.

Mrs. Robert Rosenthal, of East
Thirty.second street, recently became
the posseesor ofsa diamond of consid.
cradle value in singular manner.
About five weeks ago she went to heI
butchers and selected a goose. 1t was
sent home and, as she does not believe
in confiding such matters to her
servant, she proceeded to open it. She
felt something hard under her fingers
and upon examination found what was
very much like a diamond.
Mrs. Rosenthal did not at first SUP.
pose it was a diamond, but to make
sure she took it to a friend who is O
judge of precious stones. After in
specting it he declared it to be dia-
mond of excellent water, worth in the
neighborhood of $3.50. The goose did
not cost more than $3.50.
Mrs. Rosenthal said nothing about
her find outside the family for some
time, but finally the butcher heard of
it and visited her house to examine
the jewel. He said last night that it
had small fragment of gold adhering
to it as though it had been set in q
ring.
1t is said that when he returned to
his shop he Immediately performed
autopsies on all the geese he had in
stock in the hope of discovering moro
jewelry. de was not successful, how.
ever. He could not remember where
he had bought the particular goose
which Mrs. Rosenthal purchased. 1t
is his custom, he said, to purchase OF
Wholesale dealers wherever he can get
the best for his money.-New York
Herald.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
WISE WORDS.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
Be up and doing.
Some people are too intellectual. ~
some people are too nice.
A tyrant never tasteth OF true friend.
ship, nor Of perfect liberty.
An ad. that induces people to think
is sure to induce some to buy.
Superstitions are, for the most part,
but the shadows of great truths.
Often We love woman when we
can't admire the shape OF her hat.
When q man is asleep and forgets
that he is alive, it is his happiest time.
Most people waste the best part Of
their lives making other people rich.
The best sweets, like the greatest
Joys, should be sipeed, not gulped
down.
The most entertaining takers are
those who say the most in the fewest
words.
A righteous man regardeth the life
of his beast, but the tender mercies of
the wicked are cruel.
Theologies are we'll in their place,
but repentance and love must come
before all other experiences.
As he that lives longest lives but q
little while, every man may be certain
that he has no time to waste.
The only time man of experience
takes his wife into his confidence is
to tell her he is not making any
money.
Man progresses from aversion to
love; but when he began with love
and arrives at aversion he never re-
turns to love.
Every night before man has put
his head upon his pillow he has learned
some new way of making fool OF
himself. The Southwest.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Apple rust is caught from cedar trees
affected with an enlargement of the
| branches known as cedar apples.
Hence the remedy for apple rust is to
destroy all the cedar trees in the
neighborhood, or else to paint the
apple trees green with the Bordeaux
mixture.
Those who retail fruits in the city
find that those of good appearance pay
best, irrespective of quality. The
largest and best looking are first dis
posed of. 1t is only after quality is
known, as in the case of the Seckel
pear, that fruit of common appear
ance can be sold.
1t is an almost universal mistake to
think that trees require no water, or
but little, in winter. There is great
deal of evaporation all through the
winter, and if moisture is not close at
hand the tree will die. Keeping this
in mind, it will be seen why there is
great benefit i'll mulching newly plant
ed trees.
The impression that the growing of
small fruits is both difficult and expen-
siye has been obtained by the putting
of this clase of plants in the kitchen
garden, which is usually too small
To save space, the plants are crowded.
Cultivation is, therefore, to difficult
to be thorough. and good yearly
yield is Out of the question.
An orchard of 100 trees should con-
tain not more the. twenty-five sum.
mer and fall SO: the balance should
be winter apples of best approved
varieties. A few standard apples,
we'll grown and prepared for market,
will make farms reputation, while
if there be score of kinds, there will
not be enough of any one to establish
o name.
The fruit grower who desires to
make the most of his trees must get
acquainted with them and visit them
frequently, even during the winter.
Thus he can look after their welfare,
protect them from rabbits and mice,
remove insect eggs wherever found,
and otherwise assist them. To leave
an orchard to it's own resources all
winter is great mistake.
Apples may be kept in good condi-
zion until late in the summer, by wrap.
ping perfectly sound specimens in soft
paper and packing them tenderly in
clean barrels and storing them in
cold, dark cellar. Another good plan
for keeping them is to bury them in
earth below the reach of freezing.
They will come out in the spring in
good condition. hard, smooth, sound
and juicy, without any loss Of flavor,
ont II gain of it, by the slow. perfect
ripening.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Cannibalisn in Africa.

The cannibalism of the black secret
society known as the Human Leop-
ards, in the country near Sierra Le-
one, disclosed by recent trial, brings
forcibly before us the difference be-
tween the East African and the West
African habits of eating human flesh.
The Sherbro cannibals waylaid and
killed their victims and afterward
feasted on their flesh. The cannibal-
ism OF the east coast is of very diff
ferent kind.
The flesh of the old people-the
grandfather and grandmother of a
family-is dried and mixed with con.
diments, and a portion of this is Of
fered, with dim sort of sacramental
meaning, to travellers who become
guests of the family. To refuse it
would be deadly insult. To accept
it is passport to the privileged posi-
tion of friend of the house. Many
of our travellers in East Africa have
eaten thus acramentally OF ancestors
of some dark-skinned potentate.
The canmbalism of the west coast
is, as has just been seen, of more
horrible kind. There lsa hideously
genuine appetite for fresh human flesh
still existing among the natives of
West Africa. The cannibalism mani
tests itself in refinement of glut-
tony which has its mild analogy in the
tastes of Europeans. Young boys are
Az s,aess'. lie atfrjja;y AZ ,ke@D' @
in pens, fattened supon bananas and
finally killed ands baked. To these
Thvestean feasts comes not only the
savage chiefs of the interior but also,
it is whispered, black merchants from
the coast.-.Londop Saturday Review.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Parents of IS Feet OF Children.

The family referred to is famous in
the West Forks (Ind.) neighborhood
as being the tallest in the aggregate of
any in the county, although there are
individuals of greater stature. What
will also interest students is the fact
that the parents are rather small. The
father is 5 feet 4 inches in height; the
mother less, though both are of
squatty mould. The height and
weight of the children is thus given:
James Connolly, 6 feet 9 inches in
height, weight 26O pounds.
Edward Connolly, 6 feet 4. inches,
weight 245.
Sarah Connolly, 6 feet 4 inches,
weight 266.
W. Connolly, 6 feet u inches,
weight 1913.
N. Connolly. 8 feet A. inches.
Daniel Connolly. 6 feet 6 inches,
weight 245.
Bernard Connolly. 6 feet 9 inches,
weight 24S.
Ellen Connolly, 8 feet II inches,
weight 200.
Bridget Connolly, 6 feet 2 inches,
weight 1876.
7. Connolly. feet 81 fnohes,
weight 178.
The total height of the children is
5S fe ct 81 inches; total weight, 2277
pounds. The father thinks that life
among the timber coupled with abun.
dant diet, is the cause OF the extraor.
dinary growth of his children. India
napolis Sentinel.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

W am sixty y ears DID," said down.
town merchant, "and I have shaved
overy morning Of my life since ! was
twenty. I got to wondering the other
day how much beard had gone TO
waste, and made calulation. II Is
safe to say that grew quarter OF an
inch of whiskers week, which would
give me thirteen inches q year, and
thirteen inches a year for forty years
would give me forty-three feet and
four inches. That's fearful amount
OF hair to get out Of mans system" "
New York World.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Purity
YOurBIood

Now. as when warmer weather comes and
the tonic effect Of cold bracing air is
gone, your weak, thin, impure blood
will not furnish necessary strength.
That tired feeling, loss of appetite, will
open the way for serious disease, ruined
health, or breaking out of humors and
impurities. To make pure. rich, red
blood Hoods Sarsaparllla stands un-
equalled. Thousands testify to its
merits. Millions take it rs their
Spring Medicine. Get Hoods, because
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
SMOKING AND STORING BACON.

Before it is hung up in the smoke
house, the entire flesh surface of the
hams and shoulders, and sometimes the
mlddllngs also, are sprinkled thickly
with fine black pepper, using large
tin pepper box to apply it. Some
times mixture of about equal parts
OF black and led pepper helps very
much to lmpart good flavor. The
meat Is now hung upon sticks and
hooks, close together without actually
touching, and is ready for smoking.
A few live Goals are laid down, and 6
small fire Is made of some dry stuff.
AS it gets well to burning, the fire is
smothered with green hickory or oak
wood, and basket of green chips
from the oak or hickory woodpile is
kept on hand, and used as required to
keep the fire smothered, in order to
produce great smoke and but little
blaze. If the chips are too dry. they
are kept moist with water. Do not
allow the fire to get too large and hot,
thus endangering the meat hung near
est It, The fire requires constant care
and nursing to keep up a good smoke
and no blaze. Oak and hickory chips
and wood impart the best color to
meat. while some woods, such as pine,
mulberry and persimmon are very OBJ
lectionable, imparting disagreeable
flavor to the bacon. Corncobs make
a good smoke, but they must be wet
before laying on the fire. Smoking
half day at time on several days
week for two or three weeks, will
bring best resulta.
Bacon keeps nowhere so we'll as in
the house where it is smoked. Itneeds
ar and cool, dry, dark room for
Keeping well in summer. The least
degree of dampness is detrimental,
causing the bacon to mold. 1t has
been noticed, however, that moldy
bacon is seldom infested with the
skipper. Some housekeepers preserve
hams in close boxes or barrels, in
cool, dark room, and succeed we'll.
Others pack in oat shells or bran, OF
wrap in old newspapers, and lay away
on shelves or in boxes. Inclosing in
cloth sacks and painting the cloth is
also practiced. The bacon thus cared
Tor must be constantly watched to
prevent mice and ants from getting
access to it.--New England Home
stead.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
POULTRY.

1t would seem as if every person
might see that poultry keeping is
profitable industry now that eggs are
from forty-five to fifty centsper dozen:
and there certainly is money in lin.
tied number of fowls rightly managed.
Considerable care and attention are,
however, Imperative. Perhaps there
is more detail to the work of poultry
culture than to any other class of live
stock husbandry. Certainly there are
any quality of so'called 'little
things" to be attended to. Probably
the poultry house needs whitewashing,
if this has not been done recently.
This not only makes things "look"
vastly better, but is effective against
lice and parasites. The wash may be
mixed quite thin and applied with a
spraying pump; or it may be used
thicker and put on with brush. 10
every gallon Of the wash add a gill of
carbolIc acic, which is an excellent
disinfectant and insect killer. The
feed of fowls during these cold months
needs attention. Bugs and insects are
no more, and therefore, we must sup.
ply our birds with animal food. Boiled
meat, beef scraps, etc., are all good |;
but fresh, raw meat and ground bone
are much better and more nutritious.
Only comparatively recently has a
machine been put upon the market
that will reduce hard, green bones to
hen food surely and expedite.ly,, Bones ,sHa
themselves are yegXdily worked up,
are available as poultry food. Green
food must be supplied to fowls that
are confined; and in fact, to all poul-
try in winter. Hang up cabbage,
where the hen will be obliged to Jump
for it. This will '1ill two birds with
one stone." for the fowls will get the
green food they need and also get the
exercise so essential to health. Boil
potatoes, carrots, turnips, beets and
parsnips, mix with bran and cornmeal,
and feed same every winters morning,
as warm mash. Once or twice day
scatter small amount of grain about
to induce the birds to scratch.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

Tolstoi proposes to establish poly.
glot school in Russian, French anc
German. He says that he has contri,
buttons in plenty sent to him an6
money offered ''for the good OF man.
kind" which could be used for the
purpose.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
purpose.

Londcn University seems to have
awakened to the necessity of reform,
for at the recent meeting of Convoca.
tion resolution asking the Govern.
ment to bring in its bill for reconsti
tuition was carried by majority ol
acc to 24Q.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
uNFaurrFuI APPLE TREES.

Too early fruitage in newly-set trees
is often q sign that disease or insects
have attacked the tree and driven it
into premature bearing. Too late
coming into bearing usually indicates
an excess of nltrogenous fertilizer,
and often a deficiency OF the mipersl
elements of plant food. Liberal dress.
ings of potash and phosphate will
bring many old orchards into bearing.
Boston Cultivator.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Spring
svuediCine

our blood in Spring is almost certain to
be full OF impurities-the accumulation
of the winter months. Bad ventilation
of sleeping rooms, impure mir in dwell
ings, factories and shops, overeating,
heavy, improper foods, failure of the
kidneys and liver properly to do extra
work thus thrust upon them, arc the
prime causes OF this condition. 1t is
of the utmost Importance that you
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
RAW PHOSPHATE.


s'Natural plant food" or .'soft
phosphates." These and other names
are applied to the raw phosphate
mined in Florida. In some of these
deposits the phosphate is in softer
or more soluble form than in fine
ground South Carolina phosphate
rock untreated with acid. These
Florida phosphates vary widely in
composition. All reputable dealers
in these raw phosphates guarantee the
amount of phosphoric acid or bone
phosphate in the materiafthey sell.
In the absence of such guaranty, we
should hesitate to buy, fearing that
an inferior article was being palmed
off on the strength of the known
quality of certain brands or mines OF
reputed merit. it.-American Agricul-
turist.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
Where Did You Get This Coffee ?

Had the Ladies' Aid Society of our Church
out for tea, forty of them, and all pro-
nounced the German Coffeeberry equal to
Rio! salzer's catalogue tells you all about
it! 35 packages Earliest vegetable seeds $1.00
Order to-day.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND with
15c. stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, you will get free package OF
above great coffee seed and our 14s page
catalogue! Catalogue alone Sc. postage. "a. J
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

The camphor of commerce is the
product OF several varieties OF trees
which grow wild in India. Ceylon AMI
alelg parts 0t tropical Aria,
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

If you are doubtful as to the use Of Dobbins'
Electric Soap, and cannot accept the experience
of millions who use 1t, after the 81 years 1t has
been on the market, one trial will convince You.
Ask your grocer for iE Take no imitation.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

In Germany the butchers have lately been
raising the price of horse meat, owing to
the exhaustion of the supply Of cheap horses.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27
COMMON SENSE POULTRY MANAarMrNr

COMMON SENSE POULTRY MANAGEMENT
What breeds pay best9 is question
often asked OF the fancier aud answered,
generally by recommending the breeds
he handles, writes S. N. Woleott. In
my experience the first cross between
the Leghorn and large breed makes
the nearest to an all.purpose fowl of
any one ever used. My first Gro IS
was from White Leghorn cockeraa.
and Plymouth Rock hens. 1T pro,
Sa9sa beautiful white toYis. .shs ma
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1896-03-27

A CoUGH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED
"BrOlul's Rronchidl Tioches'' are a simple rem
cdy and give immediate relief. Avoid imita-
tions.