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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
SPRING FATTENING,
Keep Hogs So That Short Feed Will Fat
ten in a Few Weeks.

Aeep Hogs So That short Feed VIII Eae~
ten in Few Weeks.
There are two seasons that may be
considered the best for fattening hogs.
One is in the fall, as the weather be-
gins to turn cooler and new corn begins
to ripen sufficiently to feed, and the
other is in the spring, after the weather
becomes somewhat settled and grass or
clover has made enough growth to fur
nish good supply of feed. In order to
get the best results at either of these
times it is necessary that the pigs be in
a good thrifty condition.
In many cases there is failure to Sc
cure the best results at these times for
the reason that the animals must needs
make up for what has been lost during
the summer.
All feeders recognize the fact that the
cold weather of winter and the heat of
summer are the two most unfavorable
seasons to fatten hogs. With care in
feeding and making comfortable,
steady gain may be kept up, but usual
lY it is not a good plan to fatten at
these times. But it is great advan-
tage to keep them in good condition
during the season in order to reap the
full benefit of the more favorable sea-
SONS to fatten. While hogs will fatten
the faster if confined in a close pen,
there is an increased risk of loss from
disease, so that, taking health into con-
sideration, the better plan is to allow
them the range of a good pasture.
Clover is better than grass for hogs,
although with good feed in addition
very satisfactory growth can readily be
secured on grass. Corn with clover
makes a very satisfactory ration for
fattening in the spring. In many cases,
however, it will be good plan to add
a small quantity of oil meal and wheat
middlings. This adds to the variety
and will be beneficial in this respect,
and when corn is high, as it is in many
localities now, IL ration of this kind
will lessen the cost. Health and thrift
are necessary essentials in securing the
the best gain at the lowest cost. and
plenty of green food after a long feed
ing of dry grain with a variety of grain
will make a thrifty growth.
Hogs ought to be kept so that short
feed will fatten in a short time. Gen
orally hogs that are ready to market a
little early-that is, Il little early in the
spring and little early in the fall
usually bring the best prices, and SO it
will often be an advantage to push
them little. A pig narrowed in Sep
TENDER can, by keeping it in good con-
ditioH during the winter and then
pushing after grass or clover gets
good start. be made ready for market
by the middle of May, at least. and will
return better profit than if fed on
until August or Scptember.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

Next box, Fig. 3, was made of the
same dimensions for the lower tank,
only without top, and sawdust (2)
was filed under and around the tank,
raising it even with the upper edge
OF the box. A frame one inch deep
and the size of the boxes is fitted
on the top of the lower box and
tank. To its bottom is tackled
heavy burlap, which is covered
with half an inch of sand and top
sprinkling of sawdust for the chicks
to run on. The top box is placed eight
inches above the bottom one as shown
(3l and all boarded in, an occasional
pane of glass being set in the side to
give the chicks light At the back of
this chick chamber door is made SO
it can be buttoned open or Shut, and
curtain of thick wooden cloth notched
at the bottom hung there. This makes
a room 20X44 heated from above and
below. After the tanks have been
filled a gallon of hot water to each
every morning and evening will keep
the temperature high enough. and per-
haps in mild days too high, if ventila-
ton is not given. The heat is SO even
that the chicks never crowd, as in
some poorly made brooders. The wa
ter is poured in the pipes at Fig. and
drawn from IL faucet at the bottom
and front of each tank. Whenever the
floor of the brooder becomes soiled the
inch frame is drawn out of the back
door and it's sand and sawdust emptied
and renewed. Chicks kept in such
broodcr until they are three or four
weeks old are fit to take their chances
on the floor of the house.-N. E. Home.
stead
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
PERMANENT PASTURE.
Practical Points Collated from the Ex-
perience of Dairymen.

perience of Dairymen.
At late meeting of the Illinois
dairymen's association one speaker
said he prefers sowing all kinds of
grass seed excepting clover, early in
the fall, and that. as every square inch
of ground is capable of containing
seven grass plants, he uses 45 to so
pounds of seed to the acre: or-as some
seed weighs but pounds to the bushel
from 2 to 8 bushels of seeds. For
permanent pasture O mixture OF vari-
cites is necessary, so that animals
may always find some fresh growth,
but for moving ground it is best that
all ripen at the same time. He gives
orchard grass the lead, both for pasture
and meadow, as yielding most with
least drain on the soil, ard least liabil-
ity to de out. 1t is social grass, doing
better in company with clover and other
grasses than alone. He has had twelve
years experience with meadow seede d
in early fall with % pounds orchard
grass, of meadow fescue and of oat-
grass, following these "a pounds with
4 of red clover or . of alsille, to be sown
III lIlC sprung. AL IllcSc uldIuTc dl
about the same time. For permanent
pasture ground his preference is for 90
pounds orchard grass, 5 of blue (green)
grass, of meadow foXtail, 3 of meadow
fescue, 2 of rough-stallled meadow, of
timothy, . of fall oat grass, of alsike
clover, , of red clover and of crested
dogstail, making in all AZ pounds to the
acre. An important point brought out
by the American Dairyman counts
against the policy of soiling, although
seldom taken into consideration. Grass
grown in the shade. either of it's own
blades or of trees or bushes, is never
eaten by animals except under pressure
of starvation, and cannot be supposed
to have much nutritive quality or to in
crease the yield of milk or flesh. Every
one who has occasion to notice pasture
ground has seen the short, sweet, nutri-
tious grass growing in the full light
eaten down constantly and patiently to
the very dust, while close alongside
whole mouthfuls might be taken at 6
bite of long blades looking as if good,
but utterly rejected by the instinct of
the grazing beasts. A large part of the
heavy growth moved and carried in for
soiling must often be of this unsavory
character.-W. e. Waring, in N. Y.
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

An investigation of the result of eat
ing fish preserved on ice for use in Lon
don markets has lead to the discovery
that those fish were most dangerous
which had baen kept, in immediate con-
tact with the ice. Poisoning by fish
which had not been in contact with ice
Has not observed at all. This is at
tributed to the influence of the water
derived from the ice. and bearing what
ever impurities it had had before being
frozen. Chicago Times
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly ON the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIc SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
IOUL9ViifF. KY NEW YORK, N.Y.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOMEMADE RROOpER.
An Arrangement That Has Hitherto Dor
ITS NVnrlr AJn,;,ohI,

An Arrangement That Has Hitherto Done
Its Work Admirably.
The man who expects big price for
early broilers must have some means
Of caring for the young chicks as they
leave the incubator, else they will soon
be dead loss" OF course he can
buy brooders and broode rs but if time
be plenty and money scarce with him
as with many others he will prefer to
make brooder. The following home
made arrangement was built by H. ".
N. Dimmick of Madison countyy N. ",
and found to do its work admirably
with hot water. We show cross sec
ton. Two tanks were made each 3Gx12
inches and four inches deep Fig. l with
pipes for filling and faucets for empty
ing. A box, Fig. ., to inclose the upper
tank was made 44x2O inches and eight
inches deep. An open space was made
in the bottom of this 1Ox34 inches and
after the tank was carefully placed the
space between it and the box was filled
with sawdust and tight cover nailed on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
Cne of Them Should BE in the Kitchen of
Every farmhouse. 80
The wood box Illustrated herewith is
made of bea ded ceiling. The cover is
CONVENIENT WOOD Box.

securely fastened with stout hinges,
and is open only taking out OF
putting in wood A piece of 2x4 is
placed across each end of the bottom,
into which the casters are secured
This, wood box can be easily moved
when sweeping or hopping, and if it is
painted color to- correspond with the
woodwork of the room, looks well. II
con be made large or small as desired.
-0saEge Judd Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
False Promises.

OF the gigantic host of advertised rem
edles for dyspepsia, not one in ten is effect
i've A bright exception is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, a stomachic without fault,
sure, speedy and thorough. Nor is it less
efiicacious for constipation, biliousness, sick
headache, nervousness, debility, kidney
troubles and rheumatism.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

In the Studio. - Jubson - "Ah.
Smears, going in for animal painting,
eh?" Smears-''Yes, here's, yelping
dog am at work on" Jubson -
"George! 1 can hear him." Smears-
That's fattering." Jubson = you
must be doing, him in yellow ochre; yell,
oh cur. See?" Smears, with Shrek
OF anguish, puts Jubson out of the eighth
floor window and resumes work. -
BROOKLYN Eagle. ,. ... a..
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

DoBBINs' Electric Soap has been made for
"a years. Each years sales have increased.
In 1888 sales were 2, 047 500 bOres Superior
quality, and absolute uniformity and purity,
made this possible. Do you use it, Try it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

THERE is only one sudden death among
women to every eight among men. But
then it's only minority of women who use
the telephone cOnstantly.-St Joe News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

IT takes two to make a bargain, and fire.
quently third party must come in and pay
the bills.-N. o. Picayune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

MUST not be COMPOUNDED with common cath
artic or purgative pills. Carriers Little Liv-
erPills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect. One trial will prove their superiority.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

HERE'S remarkable case The other
day wagonmaker who had been dumb for
years picked up a hub and spoke-Bing-
hamton Leader
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

You know how the dead look out of their
eyes; well, that's the way woman looks
Waen she meets another woman whom she
no longer intends to ''znow. "-Atchison
Globe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

JOHNSON says the greatest magicians Of
the age are the paper makers. They trans.
form rags into sheets for editors to lie on.
N. Y. Ledger
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

"BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs" are widely
known as an admirable remedy for Bron-
chitis, Hoarseness, Coughs, and Throat
troubles Sold OniY III boreS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

TIE best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Sold everywhere. 25c.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

PATIENT-''The doctors have given me
up" Friend-"Then you have one hope
left" "Whatis that!" 'Give up the doc.
tors. "-St. Joseph News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

CRABS are never sick-they have so MANY
claws they always feel weiL-N. o. Plea
yune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from a
disordered liver and is promptly relieved by
Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don forget this.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

T. THAT wa1 crack shot," said the boy az
ne diShgured the show-window with peb
Washington Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar for Coughs
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

ONE isn't obliged to appear before the
grand jury to indite his thought.-Bing.
hampton Republican
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

He Couldn't Toll the Difference
"Miss Soprano, who sang in church this
morning, has very clear voice Is it nat
uralfp Basso-"No; tits oired."-Har-
ward Lampoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

TIE teamster has no excuse for being
ide;, his business is always driving
BmghamtOn Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

TIE crow is willy bird. Nature has made
him caw-tious, as it were-Buffalo Express
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

THERE are no tramps in China. Tramps
object to chop sticlls.-Rochester Post
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

SOME of the very best lamps are only good
when they arc Wicked-Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

HEADsTRoNG-goats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

The Ethiopian, like the desert flower, is
"born to blush unseen. ''-Boston Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

A TUNE of the whirled-waltz music.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

For Observation-Disclosures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

NEVER apart-the whole. Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

SKIN deep-bananas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

APUT-UP transporting a family.-Pucl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

QUITE o swell-mumps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

TAKES drop occasionally-the elevator
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

Ducks and ral5cs-the drcdger.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01

WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS PLEASE
state that you saw tho Advertisement in this
paper.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-01
SELL MUSIC y u Y! =!
wh oNyi tai suIN

s ssT!Ros' f sSs WO0dWardS MUSICAL MONTHLY.
and receive sample copy with Ave complete places q
vocal and instrumental music. Addreka WOODWARD'0
MUsICAL MONTHLY. SAG broadway, Now Y York.
Hg-NANE THIS PAPER every you uritA
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
Bronson Alcott's Potato Bugs.

The Listener heard a singular story
about Bronson Alcott at Concord the
other day, told to illustrate his remark
able guilelessness of nature. When the
potato bugs first began to ravage the
eastern fields, a good many years ago,
Alcott had a promising potato patch,
and his next neighbor also had one,
the two fields adjoining, with a fence
between them. Alcott rose very early
in the morning and went at his field,
and was out of it by the time his neigh
Dor got up.
The neighbor worked very industri
ously clearing his vines of the beetles,
which he stripped off into tin pail
and then put into a fire which he had
built near by, but he seemed to make
no impression upon the pestilent in
sects. One day Alcott passed by as the
neighbor was thus busily engaged and
saw him putting a pailful of the
potato beetles upon the fire. The phil
Osopher looked very much panied.
my friend" said he, Il wonder how
you can be so cruel as to burn those in
sects"
''Have to do something with them, +"
said the neighbor II see your vines
look pretty clear. What do you do
with yours?"
oh" said Alcott, Il gather them
off carefully into basket, and then, as
gently as l can, throw them over the
fence into your ieldl"-Boston Tran
script.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
The Window in Art and Literature,

Many a famous picture has a window
for its setting. Noah sending forth the
dove from the little cubit window. The
mother of Sisera looking out at a win
dow as she cried through the lattice,
why is his chariot SO long in co1ning9'
Sister Anne at her watch on the top OF
the tower, who saw onlya 'great cloud
of dust coming this way" Charlotte
Corday, ever standing behind prison
bars. Is it accident that in fiction all
pleasant things are seen from within,
while pain and disappointment Turk in
ambush for those who look through the
wrong side of a window? A beggar
child feels all the lonelier that she has
no part in the Christmas cheer which
she regards from the outside of a lofty
easement.
Poor Enoch Arden, tempted by the
glowing window of Philips house, saw
framed in that comfortable square of
ruddy light" his happiness and his de
SPAR. But from Casa Guidi windows
the mistress of magicians looked down
upon "a little child singing 80 Bella
Liberia" and ''leant upon the music as
a theme" for masterpiece of art. 1t
was inspiration that gave the name of
The Open Window to the magazine of
the Shut-in society. Through it the
dear feeble folk catch a glimpse of the
great, busy world, where their heavy
feet may not go. 1t is like draught of
wine to them.
Look out, not in" is law of phys
ical as well as of mental hygiene. 1t
is like lifting the lid of Pandora's box.
Woes fly out, leaving the blessings to
be counted. Chicago Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
choru. aIrl.. HcnnIrcmcnt..

at is not nm easy task TO get good
chorus girls, said an operate manager
yesterday. "Of course there are plenty
of girls-such rs they are-ambitious
70 shine rs lyric stars Something moro
than ambition, however, Is necessary.
One of the requisites is a pretty face,
another n comely figure, and another
OF course, is musical ability II Is not
an easy job TO train thirty or forty girls
who are unfamiliar with the comic
opera stage. Four week. arc REQUIRED
70 drill them tolerabiy we'll. and then
they will need frequent rchc rising after
beginning their public performances.
y director must have Jobs provcrbial
patience 10 teach lot Of iabbering.
untamcd chorus girls how TO sing and
march in harmony.
''Thc salaries Of chorus uirls range
from ten 10 twenty dollars "a week. al
though fifteen dollars Is about the av-
erage. The male members of n chorus
get little more than girls Some 81
the smaller road opera companies play
throughout the year. and they arc
boons to large class OF girls and young
men who would otherwise bc idle dur
ing the summer Summer opera snaps.
though, are becoming the proper thing.
Several companies arc formed ia
New York for a ten or twelve weeks
engagement every spring. The salaries
of the summer companies are consider
ably less than those In the regular sea-
son, however. New York Telegram.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02
Foreign Decorations Tor Sale Here

Foreign Decorations Tor sale Here.
The news that Lieutenant Grant, Of
the British army in India. had received
a promotion and the Victoria cross for
his defense Of the helpless garrison at
Thobal. was particularly pleasing TO
Captain Ogilvie, who Is stopping at the
New York hotel, and who T. personal
friend Of the brave Observation-Disclosures
now.
I'm show you n Victoria cross. 4" he
said to friend, and leading the way
he walked about twenty feet from the
hotel entrance and stopped IN front Of
window wherein coins stamps and
medals were exhibited. There on n
glass swinging shelf were medals aud
decorations without number Tic bat
ties Of Sadowa, lnkcuuan. Balaklava
and Sollerino were inscribed on some
bars, and others told Of the Ashantce
and Zulu "wars.
Evidently the owners had cUtne to
hard straits tJ part with such precious
trophies. Among them was V. g.
a red ribbon attached showed that tho
owner had got it in the army. Blue is
for the navy Its odd, said Captain
Oglivie, TO think OF the beggarly pen
sions Of the Ola World countries when
we see what America does for It's war
riors. a man who lost a finger In the
late war gets more money every year
than the widow OF the lieutenant killed
in action on the other side. New
York World
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-02

In the West Indies one of the char
acteristics Of an intelligent cook Is the
care with which he or she win see TO IL
that n papaw tree is growing within a
short distance Of the kitchen door The
fruit Of the papaw, II large and wen
grown, Is not TO be despised as a break
fast dish, and rs rich golden flesh Is 10
many much more palatable than that
OF the popular melon. But the ut-
Effectiveness Of the p paw for the cook
consists in its leaves which possess the
remarkable property OF rendering meat
tender. The toughest bccfsteak or the
most hopeless old rooster can be made
soft and comparatively Juicy by being
wrapped for an hour or two In the
large, dark green papaw leaves. New
York Commercial Advertiser