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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
FEEDING BIG HOGS,
some Valuable Statistics Furnished By
Prof. Henry.

Results show that for pig weighing
100 pounds about one and a half of
grain is required for the mere MAIN
tenance of the animal body, writes
Prof. Henry. If, therefore, we bring
to our 100-pound pig each day one and
a half pounds of the grain mixture
above mentioned, the animal merely
holds its own weight and makes no
progress, SO that at the close of the day
our pound and half of feed has dis
appeared, our pig is one day older, but
no heavier in weight, and we have
nothing to show for the food supplied.
The amount of meal required to thus
support the body functions without
permitting the animal to gain in weight
has been designated THE food of main
tenance" or 1.-The food of support"
If now we increase the amount of
food from a pound and half a day,
the food of maintenance, to four and
half day, about all our pig will eat,
he will thrive nicely and make a gain
of about one pound day therefrom.
Thus it appears that the three extra
pounds of food which we have given
this pig above the food of support gives
us pound of increase. We may desig-
nate this portion of the ration as 1.-The
food of increase" When our pig is re-
ceiving four and half pounds of feed
per day and is gaining in weight at
the rate of one pound per day one-third
Of what is supplied constitutes the
food of maintenance and two-thirds
the food of increase.
When our 10O-pound pig has increased
in weight TO 200 pounds-the food of
support must also be increased, though
not quite doubled, judging from our in
vestigations. 1t is somewhat less than
three pounds. When our pig has
reached the weight of 500 pounds the
food of support appeared to be about
five pounds, or one pound of food for
each hundred weight of animal carcass.
The decrease in the amount of the food
of support seems gradual, starting at a
pound and half per hundred with
100-pound pig, and gradually diminishes
until reaching a pound per hundred
with hogs weighing 500 pounds But
the five pounds of meal required to
support the hog weighing 500 pounds is
half pound more than that which the
same hog required when weighing 100
for both maintenance and increase.
To our 5o0-pound hog we must first
of all supply about five pounds of meal
to support the animal carcass and to
this must add something like three
pounds additional in order to secure
one pound of increase. That is, with
our 5O0-pound hog it takes something
like eight pounds of meal to give re-
turn of one pound of gain in weight,
while four and a half pounds of the
same were sufficient with the same ami
NAL when it was 300-pound pig.
Evidently from this study there is a
limit to the weight to which hogs can
be proftably fed, even if they can still
make additional gain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
Tobacco for sheen,

Virginia farmer found it convenient
to house his sheep in the tobacco house,
and as they seemed as anxious to eat
tobacco stems as hay, he gave them
some every day as an experiment and
noted the results. Previous to that
time he had lost young sheep by lung
worms more or less every year, but
that year he lost none, though the sea-
son was such that he expected their
deadly visitation. He now feeds tobac-
co stems, when he has them, to his
sheep. lie also feeds tobacco crumbs
and pulverized tobacco in bran and in
the salt to his flock, and they have
been perfectly healthy ever since. To-
bacco is known to- be one of the best,
and to Americans the simplest, insecti-
cides. 1t is quite possible to SO prepare
the system of the sheep by feeding to-
bacco that internal parasites cannot ex-
list in any part OF the animaL-Amer-
lean Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

ships Company. The carpenter had
been at the wheel, and when came on
deck he reported that a strange fish
had been following the ship all morn.
ing. looked at the animal and found
that 1t was shaped like sting ray, thir-
| ty feet across the middle and with q
tapeking tail about forty feet long.
The fish swan just under tho water
and occasionally stuck out two horns,
fathom each in length, and situated
on The fore part of the head. was
sure hat the eyes were in the ends of
thes9horns. Two young ones accom-
panid the large fish, one swimming
just dp top of either An, right and left.
81 directed the first officer to get out
o hafpoon which some whaler had
given him and coil of rope. Just
then the fish swan alongside and up
to thdbow, when the officer harpooned
it, anN the crew of about sixteen men
commtnce hauling it in. They hauled
too faS, however, and could not stop
them until they had brought the fish
half why over the rail, when the weight
tore the harpoon out and the monster
escaped
~ saw both Of the young disappear
when tip hauling was begun. think
the weight of the fish must have been
eight hut dred pounds"
The firtt popular notice of the occur
renee of this great ray on our shores
was published by Catesby, and was
based upbn explorations in the Caro-
linas. ~. Mitchill also described
specimen which was captured at the
mouth of the Delaware bay.
A graphic account of fishing for tho
sea devil is given in Carolina Sports"
by Hon. William Elliott. MIR. Elliott
devotes nearly one hundred pages to
his description of devil fishing, and
has embodied in it much that Is novel
and exciting. He relates the follow
ing circumstance, which shows the
enormous strength of this great ray:
"In one of the inlets of the coast Of
Georgia trading vessel lay at anchor,
and while her crew was on shore one
of these fish seized the cable and
dragged her off, anchor and all, to the
CONSERVATION of the sailors, who pur-
sued their retreating bark for some
miles in their boat, and regained her
when the devil fish had contrived, or
seen fit, to disengage himself from HIS
prize"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
A clever Use OF Photography.

Recourse has been had TO pho
Biography for registering the records Of
volt meters at central stations An
incandesccnt lamp is arranged so that
the rays of light project upon a mar
row slit, before which is placed tho
needle of the volt meter. Obviously.
in moving across this illuminated slit
the needle obscurcs the light and the
shadow is recorded on sheet of sem
sitized paper as a white image on a
dark ground. The sensitized paper,
which is rolled upon drum. is caused
to move at a regular rate by an ordi-
nary cloclxwork mechanism and the
intervals of time are recorded by it
photographically at the same time as
it receives the shadow of the moving
needle
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
August.
Flower

MY wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years, Life bee
came a burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, l purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like a charm. Mywife received inn
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs los pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. II. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. O
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

new single horse sweeper has been
tested with satisfactory results. In
stead of collecting the dirt in long
lines or near the cutters it takes up
and deposits the swecpings in semi
circular box, having a capacity Of
forty-two cubic feet. When the box is
full the revolving brush can be lifted
from the street and the dirt taken to
the dumping ground. The inventor
claims that one of these machines with
a six-foot sweeper drawn by two horses
will clean four miles of roadway thirty
feet wide in day, or as much as ten
men and a dumping car perform under
The present system. 1t sweeps the gut
ters close to the curbstones.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

two iron arms 16 inches long, l inch
and outward extending f1anges. These
fianges are inches long, extend up l
inch. On these fianges the bag is
hung for filling. l l are two springs
made of tough wood, 2 feet inches
long, ~ inches wide and 3-S of an inch
thick, fastened TO d just above E with
a wood screw, and at the other end to
arms H II with rivet These springs,
l, should be just long enough to make
arms II stand out at right angle with
ID. shows small block between the
springs | long enough to spread the
outer point of the arms II H 20 inches
apart. The. arms II H are fastened on
top of ID with light wood screw bolt
and have half-twist at X 3 inches from
back end, to make them lie fiat on top
of d and fat against the springs l /.
Rip the upright in center down IS
inches and insert piece of hoop iron
l. fastened in with rivets. l. has fine
notches filed in on the back side and
extending back of upright 3-S of an
inch. The clevis + should be made so
that it's upper inside edge will engage
that of the light iron brace fastened tc
c is inches from the bottom with
wooden screw and to board b. The
dotted lines show the bag in position
for filling, resting on board A. This
holder can be used for long or short
bags, as d with all things fastened to
it moves up or down, and the clevis f
holds it at any place desired. The
springs l adjust themselves to wide
or narrow bags Farm and Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

Invention is sometimes thought to
have reached its limit. but of the en-
ergy in pound of coal when burned
some one has calculated that only |
per cent. is used in moving passenger,
and only one-half of per cent. in in
candescent electric lighting. The rest
goes in friction and waste. The prob
lem of the next century is going to be
the saving of this wasted 80 or 99K per
cent, just as the problem Of the last
century has been to secure the use OF
per cent which moves trains and the
4 per cert which makes an electric
light
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
Cheap kxcursrons TO the west.

An exceptionally favorable opportunity
for visiting the richest and most productive
sections of the west and northwest will be
afforded by the series Of low rate harvest
excursions which have been arranged by
the North Western Line. Tickets for these
excursions will be sold on August 22d, Sep.
TENDER 10Th and October 10th, 1893, 10 points
North Dakota, South Dakota, Manitoba,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah,
and will be good for return passage within
twenty days from date OF sale. Stop-over
privileges will be allowed on going trip in
Territory TO which the tickets are sold. For
further information call on or address
Ticket Agents of connecting lines. Circu-
lars giving rates and detailed information
will be mailed free, upon application 10 W.
A. Thrall. General Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Chicago q North Western Railway,
Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
MUSICAL BEDSTEAD.
The Unique Piece of Furniture Owned BY
an East Indian.


an East Indian.
A Bombay man has constructed a
bedstead priced at 10000 rupees. and
the Ironmonger appends the descrip-
ton as follows: ut has at its four cor
ners four full-sized gaudily-dressed
Grccian damsels, those at the head
holding banjos, while those on the
right and left foot hold fans.
Beneath the cot is a musical box.
which extends the whole length of the
cot, and is capable of playing twelve
different charming airs. The music
begins the moment the least pressure
has been brought to bear from the top,
which is created by one sleeping or
sitting, and ceases the moment the In
dividual rises. While the music is in
progress the lady banjoists at the head
manipulate the strings with their fin
gers and move their heads. while the
two Grecian damsels at the bottom fan
the sleeper to sleep. There is button
at the foot of the cot which, after a
little pressure, brings a cessation Of the
music, if such be the desire of the oc-
cupant"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
DlSTlLLlN0 WATER.
A Simple Apparatus Which Does enc
Work Quickly and Cheaply.

Work quickly ana Cheapy.
Enlightened people read with In
creasing disgust and alarm of the min
eral, vegetable and animal impurities
that are to be found in most drinking
water, even from country wells and
cisterns. Recent startling revelations
as to the propagation of various dis
eases by germs conveyed in food and
drink, and especially the peril from
cholera to which America was exposed
last fall and is likely to be again this
summer, have led eminent physicians
to urge upon the public the use Of the
boiled or distilled water for drinking
purposes
is much preferable to boiled water.
The former is absolutely pure; in the
latter certain diseased germs may have
been killed and rendered harmless, but
their dead bodies, to say nothing of the
sewage, drainage from stables, soluble
matter from dead cats and horses, and
other undesirable foreign matter picked
up from the air or earth, still remain
therein. Hence the extensive use of
distilled water, by the bottle or cask,
by those who can afford to buy it thus,
and the demand for convenient and
economical means for making 1t in
modest homes.
Charles e. Taft, an expert civil en-
gineer and an inventor, has designed
the condenser" here illustrated for
that purpose. From the cover of an or
binary teakettle (A), set upon kitchen
stove or range, the adjustable tube (C)
carries steam over to the three-legged
tin receptacle (D). The latter is filed
with cold water. In the center of it is
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

On August 22nd, September 18th and Oc-
tober 10th, 1893, round trip tickets at very
low rates win be sold by the Santa Fe Route
to the following destinations, viz: Topoints
IN southwestern Missouri, TO all points in
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, wyoming, Utah,
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and
also TO Phoenix and Tempe In Arizona
Tickets will be good from starting point on
date Of sale only, and for continuous pas
sage in both directions, with final limit for
return passage of not moro twenty days
from date OF sale; except that stop-overs
will be granted within the limit beyond the
frst Harvest Excursion point on the route
of the ticket.
Detailed information can be obtained from
the nearest ticket agent Of the Santa Fe
Route or on application 70 Jno. j. Byrne,
Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager, Chi
cago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
why Car Wheels wear Out.

car wheel wears out because the
meta of which il is composed comes
away in thin scales. microscopic
examination shows that the continual
EARRING has tendency to destroy the
conference of the particles. and thus
gradually disintegrates the whole.
Car wheels long in use become so brit
tie that stout blow with a heavy
fly into fragments as though they were
mode of glass
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
A Debt of Gratitude,

Mr. Slimson-willie, why didn't you
take off your hat to your aunt when we
passed her?
Willie Slimson-Because, pa, / was
over to her house yesterday, and she
wouldn't give me piece of pie.
Mr.. Slimson-Then you should be
doubly polite to her, Willie, for having
saved your life. Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
MONEY IN STOCK.
why Farmers Should Raise More Mutton,
Beef and Pork.

Why Farmers Should Raise More Mutton,
Beef and Pork.
Fat sheep of large size command good
prices. 1t is not easy to secure fat sheep
that present an attractive appearance
on the market stalls, although there are
apparently plenty of sheep offered for
sale. The attention given to wool has
not been conducive to breeding the best
mutton sheep. A ram of the Shrop-
shire, Oxford or Southdown breeds, if
used for grading the flock with the
view of producing choice mutton, will
make marked improvement in a flock
in single season.
Bacon and pork bring high prices at
present. There should be fair profit
to breeders in the east in producing
pork, especially when the prices are so
good. There is always waste of GER
tain foods that can be well utilized by
swine, and if only one or two pigs are
raised they will paw a profit compared
with other stock. Despite the fact that
the west produces cheap corn and pork
the prices now received for pork are
larger than for many years previously
Beef cattle should pay as well in the
east as in the west. Food can be pur-
chased and converted into manure
while the cattle are growing. and al
though but small profit may be no.
ticed from the cattle the farm will have
been increased in fertility and produc-
tiveness. Troy IN. " Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

craving is an excellent one now in use
The IN ain barn is about 20 feet square,
and the shed attached 12x20. The floor
shown through the open door gives
ample room for carriages, sleighs, the
lawn mower kindling wood, etc, be-
sides room to unhitch and clean har-
ness. The harness closet is on the barn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
IL Yon Had a Friend

Tormented with dyspepsia, you could not
give him better advice than TO adopt and
stick to a course OF Hostetters Stomach Bit
ters, finest and safest of tonics aud regula-
tors. This is no barren assertion. Expe-
rience has proved, physicians and the public
certify to 1t. No less emphatic is their in.
dorsement of It as remedy for malarial
disease, constipation, rheumatism, kidney
disease, govt and neuralgia Use 1t with
persistence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
CARRIAGE

floor with the vehicles, and no am
monia from the stables can reach it
and rot it. The horse can be taken
from the floor directly into the stable,
going out of doors The hay
is put In above the barn floor, and after
being cut thrown down a shute into
the stable. Farm Journal
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL BAG HOLDER.
A Device That should Find q Place on
Every Farm.

A Device That should Find q Place on
Every Farm.
A is inch board IL inches wide and
20 inches long. b is l inch board 6
inches wide and "a inches long. Nail
small strips under the ends of these
boards, l inch strip under board A
and strip 2 inches thick under each
end of the board B. To make the hold
er stand well c is an upright stick 11zx
III inches and 81 feet high. mortised
in the center of boards A and b. d is
a stick 11SX11I inches and feet inches
long. E is band made of IL hoop
iron fastened to the lower end of the
stick ID on both sides and fitting loose
around the stick c so as to be free to
slide up and down. + is a clevis made
of light fiat iron, bolted loose to d .
inches from top of d at G. H H are
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
A VILLAGE STABLE.

One That Is Suitable for a Horse, Cow
and Carriage.
A correspondent asks for the plan of
village stable suitable for a horse, cow
and carriage. The one show n in the en-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
The True Laxative Principle

or the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup Of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human sys-
tenn, while the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold rs medicines,
formed, you viii use the true remedy only.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07
was Amused.

Blanche-Do you think he sees him
self as others sec him?
Clara - lie must. lie is always
smiling. Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

THE washcrwoman's motto: "Let us soap
for the best"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

A CHICKEN ought TO make n good guide.
At least It knows considerable about the lay
OF the land
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

BIRDS with bright feathers are not al
ways fat.-Ram's Horn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's sulphur Soap.
HRS Hair and Whisker Dye, soc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

II is thyme that makes the old man sage
Truth
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

DoN'T sit in a draught. II you do the doe
tor will, In ell probability, be the one 70
caeh 70.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

FINANCE Ia the science OF creditably max.
ing something OF other peoples money
Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

VINO was the first wheemani Father
Time From the beginning he has gone on
by cycles. -Demoresps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

]. A. JOHNSON, Medina, NY, says: "IIall's
Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by druggists,
as cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

TRY being as pleasant as you can for
week and sec what will come OF Rams
Horn,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WHY is the person suffering from tho In
fiuenza likely TO lose his sense OF touchl
Because he does not feel well
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

HE-"Could you marry man who Is you
inferiorfn She: II suppose shall have 70.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WONDER II Jatjat Jit Singh's 300 wives
were obliged to take his name, and IL so,
how much they took at a time Chicago
DISPATCH
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

IT ought TO be an easy matter for us b
hear the bark Of holer tree
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

THE quickest way Of smoothing roug
characters is TO iron them.-Texas Siftings
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

EASILY EXPLAINED. FAM le-"Why Is IL
called the gift of specch" Cumso-"Be-
cause talk is cheap. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

MEDICAL science has achieved q great
triumph IN the production OF peecham'a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

Too many churches reckon mans stand
ing in the church by his sitting. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

"THE only way to prevent what's past"
said Mrs. Mudoon, "is TO put stop to Il
before it happens. n--Demorests.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WHEN the dressmaker cannot collect he
bill dress suit is likely to be ordered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WHEN money gets tight it Is locked up
Elmira Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

CONSIDERING their freedom from dis
ease and their willingness to consume
yearly or quite all kinds of food, geese
are very profitable when given proper
management
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WHEN men stop climbing they begin 10
fall,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

NEXT to Nothing-one degree above zero.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

WHEN silence reigns is 1t necessary Z
carry an umbreilai
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

THE fgure-head Of college il usually the
professor Of mathematics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

"WELL, I've been making goose Of my
SELF said the hen. when the eggs on which
she had been sitting hatched into Roslings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-09-07

AN ALI~ARoUND REMEDY Pills.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-21

The committee on claims reporting
on tue sewer dispute tween 'he city
and county, found that S72i8.85 was
owing 20 the county aud recommended
that that amount be appropriated to
the latter. Adopted.