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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
PIG-FEEDING TESTS.


Results of Experiments at the Danish Ex-
pertinent Station.
The following are the results of 36
series of trials during five years, with
1913 pigs in all, separated into 175 lots,
conducted at the Danish agricultural
experiment station. Whey for pigs
has greater feeding value, pound for
pound, than turnips. Corn and skim
milk is great stuff to make pigs grow
fast and fat, but the pork is rather soft,
hence substitute barley for the corn
when the pigs weigh 1875 pounds, and
the quality of the flesh, if killed at
1S5 pounds weight, will be improved,
and the shrinkage is no larger. Barley
alone gave better results than when
sGnfiower seed oil cake was substituted
for part of it. One pound of barley
equaled in producing power six
pounds of skim milk or IL pounds of
whey. Young pigs weighing SO to IS
pounds required 3A pounds of grain,
OIL its equivalent in milk or whey to
make one pound increase; at $50 to 200
pounds, about five pounds was needed,
and old hogs weighing over 200 pounds
consumed to 61a pounds of grain
for each pound of increase in weight.
The animals ate but slightly more in
winter than in summer, but it required
nearly half pound more grain feed
for one pound of grain in winter than
i'll summer. There was no marked diff
ference between the food required per
wound Of " ;orl,
ing. Nor was there any difference
between the rate or cost of grain in
barrows or sows.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
FRESH COWS NEEDED.
etearine Fats Are Bound to Predominant
in Shippers Milk.

etearine Fats Are Bound to Predominant
in Shippers Milk.
The professional instructors in but
termaking have had a time of it in ex-
planning why certain creamery is
troubled with the body of it's butter,
the commission firm saying that the
body is short and brittle and crumbles
badly in retailing. One says there is
too much water in it, one says it was
worked too cold, one questions if the
feed did not do the bad job, etc. 1t is
not easy for the creamery men to get to
the bottom facts in all cases, as they
do not know how the cows are handled.
a private dairyman finds that feed does
effect the hardness of the butter fats,
that warm water bath after washing
the butter will soften it so it will not
be so brittle, but the main reason for
hard fats and brittle body is the laclc
OF fresh cows. When the shippers are
dried and fresh cows take their place
this trouble disappears. Stearine fats
predominate in shippers milk as
truly as they do when cottonseed is fed,
and more warmth is required to soften
the hard fats in either case, but the
butter cannot be made quite so good
anyhow, as butter from fresh cowsi
milk.-Rural Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Economic Features of orcharding.

When considered in connection with
farming, trees give the advantage of the
use of overhead space that cannot be
otherwise utilized at all. Small areas in
great cities that are sold for fortunes
are used to erect structures to utmost
limits of corporate laws. Cut orchard
trees to the ground and it will be found
that they occupy as much space on the
ground as in the nir. The overhead
space is brought into economic use. Tho
trees can make use of space and forces
III it which otherwise will avail planter
nothing. The ground while best if kept
in high state of cultivation, can be
cropped with leguminous crops, and
made runs for calves, shoats, poultry,
and the orchard itself made wind
break to a DISQUALIFICATION Gar.
dening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

must necessarily depend upon complex
conditions, and it is not often that the
Dne is selected that offers the least re-
sistance to traction.
The kind of material at hand, its
durability, the kind of traffic to be ac-
commodated, all enter into the ques-
ton of selection.
The use of material that will insure a
permanent, smooth surface, wet or dry,
and unaffected by frosts, besides being
obtained at reasonable price, is to be
commended.
While the results given above are
approximate, rs the exact tractive force
varies over the same road, probably
every day in the year, and very prob
ably no two roads are exactly the
same, yet they are a fair average and
believed to be reliable for basing COM
putations.-Hiram Philips, c. E., in
Rural World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

The Southern Farm Gazette asserts
that no man is a good farmer who does
not at least maintain year in and year
out the average productiveness and
fertility of his farming lands. 1t is
not a hard thiEg to do this either for
my intelligent farmer. Little better
can be expected of an ignorant negro
tenant than to make it his invariable
rule to squeeze out of the soil all that
the soil will bear, paying back nothing
in the way of plant food for future
crops, practicing the plan of soil rob-
berry as a matter of course, but we
surely expect better things of intelli-
gent white farmers and land owners
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

"He had given up hope and it required a
to persuade him to take them regularly.
'He, however, did as she desired, and If
appearances indicate health in this man,
Qne would think he was better than before
His paralysis.
"'Why,' says he, Il began to improve in
two days, and in four or five weeks l was
entirely well and at work.
"Having seen these results l concluded
that such remedy is surely worth a trial
at the hands of any physician, and conse-
uuently when a short time later was called
upon to treat lady suffering with palpita-
ton of the heart and great nervous prostra-
ton, after the usual remedies failed to re-
leve, ordered DIR. Williams Pink Pills.
The result was simply astonishing. Her
attacks became less frequent and also less
In severity, until by their use for period of
only two months, she was the picture of
health, rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed, as
well as ever, and she has continued so until
to-day, more than one year since she took
any medicine. / have found these pills a
specific for chorea, or as more commonly
known, st. Vitus dance, as beneficial re-
suits have in all cases marked their use. AS
a spring tonic any one who, from overwork
or nervous strain during long winter has
become pale and languid, the Pink Pills will
do wonders IN Frightening the countenance
and in buoying the spirits, bringing roses
to the pallid lips and renewing the fountain
of youth
Yours Respectfully,
! II AIpRIGHT Nj ID
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
From the Examiner, Lancaster, Pa.

"AKRoN, Pa, April 9th, '95.
DR.. WILLIAMS MEDICINE Co.:
Gentlemen While it is entirely contrary
to the custom of the medical profession to
endorse or recommend any of the so-called
proprietary preparations, shall, neverthe.
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ton, DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie. The fact is well-known that medical
practitioners do not as a rule, recognize,
much less. use preparations of this kind,
consequently the body of them have no
definite knowledge of their virtue or lack
OF IL, but soundly condemn them all without
q trial. Such a course is manifestly absurd
and unjust, and l, for one, propose to give
my patients the best treatment known to
me, Tor the particular disease with which
they are suffering, no matter what it is,
where or how obtained. was first brought
to prescribe DR.. Williams Pink Pills about
two years ago, after having seen some re-
markable results from their use Reuben
Hoover, now of Reading, Pa, was promi-
nent contractor and builder. While super
intending the work of erecting large build.
Ing during cold weather, he contracted
what was thought to be sciatica. He hay
ing first noticed it one morning in not being
able to arise from his bed. After the usual
treatment for this disease he failed to i'm
prove, but on the contrary grew rapidly
worse, the case developing into Hemiphlegia,
or partial paralysis of the entire right side
Of the body. Electricity, tonics and mas,
sage, etc, were all given trial. but moth
ing gave any benefit, and the paralysis con-
hnued. In despair he was compelled to
near his physician announce that his case
was hopeless. About that time his wife
noticed one of your advertisements and con-
;luded to try your Pink Pills.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
A FARMERS COMPASS.
little Implement That Is Useful for Q
Variety of Purposes.

little Implement That Is Useful for q
Variety of Purposes.
1nclosed please find diagram of
farmers compass, little implement
which 1 find very handy in setting
buildings, squaring up fields, etc. Take
q pine board IS or 20 inches square; lay
off a perfect square and put brad in
each corner. Draw lines diagonally
across so Us to find the exact center, and
drive a brad in it. File sharp, and be
sure they line up exactly. Fasten
sharpened stick or post to the board, or
nail the board securely to stake, and
the implement is done.
In this country northwestern Ohio),
where the land is laid off by range or
section, it is easy to run lines at right
angles to the roads. By setting the
compass so the brads will range with a
given line and by looking across the
other way you have a right angle, and
by setting stakes in range you can run
us many angles as you choose.
The idea is not original with me. I
got it from a Scotchman named
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is a regular prescription. 1t is com.
posed of TIE best aonics known, combined
with the b, bioc surihers, acting directly
on the mucous surfaces. The perfect com
bination of tine two ingredients is what pro
duces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
FARMERS COMPASS.

SANDY" who said they used the same
in laying off the lands" in the blowing
matches in Scotland. 1t is a great adj
vantage to have the fields a perfect
right angle or the sides of same paral-
lei, to avoid short rows. We frequently
pass fields that have short rows on one
side, owing to the fences not being
placed as they should be. Ihave loaned
this tool to mechanics to set buildings.
Malcolm Crockett, in Ohio Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Stop a small malady. which is stealing
your strength, before it outruns your power
to arrest it, and recover what it took from
you. The safest and promptest recuperator
of waning vitality is Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which renews vigor, flesh and nerve
quietude because it restores activity to those
functions whose interruption interferes
with general health. Use the Btters for
dyspepsia, malarial, rheumatic and kidney
complaints and biliousness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

A good average-trained horse weigh
ing not less than 1000 pounds, we'll fed
and treated, when actually walking ga
miles per hour, can exert a tractive
force of 100 pounds.
From the above table we see one
horse can draw approximately three
tons on plank road, 21a tons on cubical
blocks, one ton on packed gravel or
packed earth, one-half to one-fifth ton
On unpacked earth dry and one-third to
Dne-fourth ton on packed earth after
rains.
The exceedingly low tractive force on
steel rails explains the assertion often
made that it is often cheaper to haul
freight by rail from points in the Mis-
sissippi valley to the seaboard than to
deliver it from the farm to the railway
station.
This is especially true during hard
winters, when all farm products are
higher than at any other time and more
In demand.
The final decision of what material
should be used in constructing road
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Cheap Excursions TO Great Southwest.

March 10, 1896, the Santa Fe Route will run
series of homeseekers' excursions from
the East to principal points in Arkansas,
Arizona, Southern Missouri, Oklahoma,
Indian Territory and Texas.
Ticket rate will be about one fare for
round-trip, with liberal limits and stop-over
privileges. These Santa Fe Route excur-
sions will enable you to take Midwinter
trip to new country.
BY addressing G. Il. NICHOLSON, G. p A.,
Monadnock Building, Chicago, you can OBJ,
tain free literature descriptive of the Great
Southwest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
To California in Pullman Tourist Sleeping
Cars.

The Burlington Route &C., B. & Q. r. R.
runs personally conducted excursions tc
Calf rnia, leaving Chicago every Wednes
day. Through cars to California destina
ton, fitted with carpets, upholstered seats
bedding, toilet rooms, ETC.; every con.
venience. Special agent in charge. Route
via Denver and Salt Lake. Sunshine all
the way. Write for descriptive pamphlet
to 7. A. Grady, Excursion Manager, 2D
Clark St., Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

A BOY of seven protested earnestly after
his HOLIDAYS against being sent back to
school, "Whatp' said his father, don't
you want to go to SCHOOL," Eyes, but not
to that school" "And why not to that
onef Because they want to teach me
lot of things that l don't know anything
about"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Is the title of sumptuous volume of $50
pages, printed on fine enameled paper and
illustrated by 200 exquisite half tone engrav-
ings, which the Passenger Department Of
the Southern Pacific has Just issued. 1t
contains no advertising matter, but is a
gracefully-told story of the romance of the
country traversed by the Southern Pacific,
and the narrative of what a party of four
saw in journey over this great trans con-
tinental highway. AS an example of book
making it is far in advance of anything
heretofore attempted by any railway, and it
is one of the marvels of modern commercial
enterprise that the book is given away. By
at once sending 20 cents to pay postage, you
can, on application to S. f. B. Morse, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific.
New Orleans, La, securea COPY of this work
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

AT the Boys Boarding School. - Fair
Patron-"What do l sees You make your
pupils saw wood for you3" Principal
"Again you see the fruition of plan of
progress which have realized-to combine
gymnastic exercises with practical results"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

ers are quite apt to ask questions, and they
sometimes receive curious answers. This
question was as follows: "Now, pupils, how
many months have2S daysl" GAN of them,
teacher" replied the boy on the front seat
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

The, Corn Belt' is the name of an illus
trated monthly newspaper published by the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy r. r. 1t
aims to give information in an Interesting
way about the farm lands of the west Send
% cents in postage stamps to the Corn Belt,
2O9 Adams st, Chicago, and the paper will
be sent to your Address for one Year
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THE EVIL OF RESTRICTED LIcENsE.-Old
Party (sady) poor man, why do l al
ways find you hanging around this saloon!'
Bibulous Bill-'I can't help meself, Mister
It's the only one in town" -Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

ION, papar' said a Pittsburgh little girl,
"Susie Ganwell has subscribed for maya
zine and got such beautiful picture-a
yard of cats. Mayn't l subscribe, tooa"
mo, my dear" replied papa, kindly yet
firmly. ''Nearly every yard on this street
is full of cats after dark, and / don't think
we ought to add to the number"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
SILVER KIlNe BARLEY. 1,e nu.

The barley wonder. Yields right
along on poor, good or Indifferent soils
so to 100 bust per acre. That pays at
zoe. bushel!
Salzer's mammoth catalogue is full
of good Things. Silver Mine Oats yield
ed POI 1-3 bul Fhels in 1895. 1t will do
better in 1896. Hurrah for Teosinte,
Sand Vetch, Spurry and Giant Glover
and lots and lots of grasses and clovers
they offer. 55 packages earliest vege-
tables $1Ool
IF YOU VIII CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
with 1Oc. postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get
free ten grai1h and grass samples, in
Guiding barley }etc., and their catalogue.
Catalogue alpine Sc. (K)
GALL the goSd things have been said"
Staylate m4rmured witha sigh;
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Cheap Excursions to the West and North


On March 10 and April Z, 1896, the North
Western Line Chicago Il Northwestern
R'y) will sell Home Seekers excursion
tickets at very low rates to large number
of points in Northern Wisconsin, Michigan,
Northwestern Iowa, Western Minnesota,
Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota,
including thserfamous Black Hills district.
For full information apply to ticket agents
of connecting lines or address w. B. kNIs-
KERN, Il. P. q I. A, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THE human heart is like Heaven the
more angels the more room.-Fredrika
Bremen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

- FITS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. Motifs afterfi first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THERE is money to be made in Cripple
Creek. When you go take the Crock Island
Route" to Colorado Springs. This is the
only direct line-saves several hours time
to Cripple Creek. Send for full informa-
ton. JOHN SEBASTIAN, Genl Pass. Agent,
Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Now THE timid, doubling sutton,
By Professor Roentgen's art,
May, before he speaks, discover
II she has marble heart.
Indianapolis Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

To THE thinker, the most triling external
object often suggests ideas which extend
link after link, from earth to Heaven.-Bul-
Wer
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Snow us the man who never makes mis-
take and we will show a man who never
makes anything.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THOUGH plunged in ills and exercised in
care, yet never let the mind despair.-Phil-
lpS,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Mrs. NUpoP-"Oh, youmustcome and hear
baby talk" Uncle Bob-'I shall be de-
ighted-but you must act as interpreter"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

'NoNE Of your sauce" as the boarder said
when he refused the Worcestershire.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

"How DO you sell this music paper?"
asked the customer at the stationery store.
Ppm not certain about it," said the new
clerk, ''but think we sell it by the choir"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

"MAMMA," asked the little girl, peering
in between two uncut leaves of the maya
zine, chow did they ever get the printing
in there{D
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
That's What II Is Now.

A country road should be something
more than a weedy strip of land b.
tween two farms
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THE shortest way to glory is to be guided
by conscience.-Home.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

THE chameleon, which is said to feed upon
nothing but air, has of all animals the
nimblest tongue. Swift.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

EVERY one that tatters thee is no friend
in misery.-De Foe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
DOCTOR ALBRIGHT.
a Broad-Minded Physician with
Progressive Ideas.

Believes In Recommending Any Med
icine That He Knows Will Cure His
Patients-Thinks DIR. Williams'
Pink Pills Great Discov-
cry He Cites Some
Marvellous Cures.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

PIso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. M. ABBOTT, 3S3
Seneca st., Buffalo, N. Y, May Q, 1894.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Personally Conducted Excursions to Cali


Via the Chicago, Union Pacific & North.
Western Line, in upholstered tourist sleep
ing cars, leave Chicago every Thursday via
the North Western Line. Low rates, pic
turesque route, quickest time and careful
attention are advantages offered to those
who join these excursions. Cost of berth
only $500. Ask your nearest ticket agent
for full particulars or address w. B. kNIs
KERN, G. P. q T. A, Chicago, Ill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

Mrs. MANHATTAN -''What OBJ lection have
you to marrying Mr.. Severance" Mrs.
Lakeside "a very serious one. He's pay
ing big alimony already. Truth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

He (gallantly)-"I couldn't kiss anyone
,ut you, dearp Shelf that's the case,
'ou can't kiss me San Francisco Wave.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12
Yours Respectfully,
j. ID. ALBRIGHT, NJ. D."

OMAN wants little here below''-
So runs the good old song;
If he but advertises, though,
He doesn't want that long.
Printers Ink.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-03-12

GALL the goSd things have been said"
Staylate m4rmured witha sigh;
Mabel yawneH and shook her head
"Wel, suppose you try 'good-by.'"
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