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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Making and Filling SiIos.

Before the advent of the modern
corn harvester the cost of putting up
ensilage was considerable, but now,
with good management, the work can
be done at moderate cost. Corn en-
silage in the silo will generally cost 81
to 81. SO per ton. This includes cost
of seed, preparation of land, interest
on same, cultivation of corn, cutting,
filling, etc. This will vary according
to local conditions, yield, price of
land and labor, facilities for work. etc.
Glover ensilage will usually cost less
than corn on account of the smaller
expense of growing the crop. The
crop may be estimated at about 81 per
ton. At present no great number of
men are needed to fill silo, as mod
ern machinery greatly reduces the
labor. One man on corn harvester
will cut as fast as the ordinary cutter
can take care of it, and three or four
men can do the loading, unloading
and feeding and see to the filling.
Corn and clover can be put in the
silo either whole or cut, as seems best
under the circumstances, but this is
largely a matter of preference. Great
care must be taken in putting the
materials in whole to see that close
packing is secured about the sides,
and especially in the corners, if the
silo is rectangular. Cut material
packs itself to certain extent, but it
should also be we'll tramped down in
the course of filling.
To get the best silage and the least
loss it is important that the silo is at
least "a feet deep and 80 feet is still
better. Next to the proper depth of
silage the lining and doors are the
most important. Some method should
be employed to make the doors air.
tight, as the ensilage spoils very rap
idly when brought in contact with the
air. To make silo absolutely tight
is next to an impossibility, but there
are several ways to make it nearly so.
The inside may be lined with galvan-
lied iron, but this does not seem to
withstand the action of the acids.
When paper is used between two or
more layers of board it should be Of
some waterproof quality. Shingles
are sometimes used, but are not, as q
rule, very satisfactory. Brick Innings
when plastered with cement are very
satisfactory. Grout or concrete lin
ings are also good.
The atwood round silo is perhaps
the most common type, and also is
about as durable as any for the amount
of money it takes to build it. Such a
silo can be lined with foar-inch matched
flooring and made fairly tight, if the
boards are driven together with very
thick paint or thick coal tar between
them. The numerous ways in which
silos can be built give every man a
chance to select the kind he thinks
best suited to his needs No matter
what the type, all should be covered
with something to keep out the air, if
the silage is to stand for any length of
time. Some method of ventilation
should also be provided in order to
keep the lining from rotting. If these
few simple points are observed there
is no reason why every farmer should
not have silo and be able to keep
ensilage in satisfactory Manner
American Agriculturist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

average Hving-room. Ambitious anna
teurs have not been slow to avai
themselves of the tempting possible
tiles in store for them, and have in
their turn practically verified the
statements of florists that the palm
will stand great deal of neglect and
wrong treatment before showing any
bad results. trust this recital OF
the fact will not encourage any one in
careless usage of SO noble plant, but
rather embolden the fearful to try
their "'prentice hand" upon at least
one or two fine specimens. The firm,
heavy texture of their foliage enables
them to endure better than almost any
other decorative plant the varying and
high degrees of tenn terature to which
they are often subjected, and it is graf
| flying to know that the species that
| thrive best under these disadvantages
are the most beautiful of the whole
palm family.
Palms are especially adapted to
places with limited sunshine. proving
a boon to many city dwellers, and will
do we'll in strong light without sun
shine. They are often greatly in
jured by being kept constantly In
darkened halls and in apartments that
preclude the treatment essential to
their health. A daily sponging of
their foliage with tepid water may be
given by careful hands without dam
age to surroundings, and if they are
carried to another apartment for an
hour of morning sunshine, and thor
oughly showered once or twice
week, they will remain in a healthy
condition, with judicious watering as
demanded. Remember always that
while limited and early morning sun
shine brightens and invigorates the
palm, strong sunshine destroys the
rich green color. .-Vick's Magazine.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Ground Bone for Poultry.

1t is not pretended that ground
bone is of any great value to fowls
that have the benefit of an extensive
grass range, but it is of undoubted
value when they are confined either
wholly or partially, and is one of the
essentials to success in winter feed
ing. 1t supplies to the growing hen
bone-making material, and counter
acts any tendency to diarrh@a in
poultry at any age. 1t also tends to
postpone the brooding instinct so great
a detriment when eggs are desired.
Burned bone is sometimes used, but
is not to be compared in value to
ground bone. The latter should be
fine, usually the size of coarse oat-
meal, and mixed with all the soft food
given, usually with the morning mash.
One ounce to every pint of dry meal
before moistening, is about the right
proportion to feed. Ground bone
should not be confounded with crushed
raw bone, which is fed to laying hens
with great advantage occasionally, but
which is too concentrated to form any
considerable part of the daily ration,
as is advised with ground bone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

ing Austrian officer had gone out into
the wilds of Africa as governor of the
great province of Darfur. For twelve
years he had been slave in the hands
of the Mahdists, suffering every in
dignity that the ingenuity of the
Mahdi and his successor, the Khalifa,
could invent. One day q man dis
guised as an Arab trader, passed him
in the street and whispered to him
that he had been sent by Major Win
gate, Director of Military Intelligence,
Egyptian Army, and Baron Heidler,
Austrian Ambassador in Cairo, to help
him to escape. They managed to
have several interviews, and finally
one night, after the Khalifa had gone
to bed and the city was asleep, Slatin
mounted donkey and rode to where
the faithful Arab, Hussein, had camels
in waiting. Then a long and hazard
GUS fight began. which, after much
suffering and many perils. ended in
the officers mess at Assuan.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

having died when he was eight years
old. He worked on the farm in sum-
mer and attended the village school in
winter, and when about thirteen years
old was enabled to go to an academy
near his home, where he studied hard
until he reached the age of seventeen
years. He then succeeded in getting
school, where he taught for several
terms, at the same time studying civil
engineering, and when nineteen years
old he visited the great Northwest,
conducting party of emigrants. He
moved to Brooklyn in 1874, and it
was in this place that he soon became
popular, both in politics, business and
financial circles. At first he was en-
gagged in the business of railroad con-
tractor but, after looking over the
city, decided that there was a great
fortune in the waterfront and began
his favorite scheme of developing the
waterfront until he succeeded in hav-
ing one of the most perfect and
systematic basins in the world.
In 1860 Mr.. Stranahan began the
movement for the developing of Pros.
pect Park in Brooklyn. There were
many who thought his scheme was
visionary, but he soon had the city
officials interested. During this
period Mr.. Stranahan saw Prospect
Park, the City Park, Washington
Park, Tompkins Park and Carroll
Park added tc the great park system.
In 1891 a movement was started to
erect bronze statue of Mr.. SSranahan
in Prospect Park The cost was met
by popular subscription. Frederick
Macmonnies prepared the statue, and
it was unveiled on June 6, 1891. Mr..
Stranahan was also interested in
Greater New York, and frequently re.
marked that he hoped he would live
to see the day that New York and
Brooklyn were united in one grand
municipality. He VIZ one OF the
members of the original commission
that was appointed to bring about tne
Greater New York.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

Some idea of the inner life of the
Mahdi and the Kahlifa is found in
the remarkable experience of an Aus.
trian officer named Slatin, who,
while acting as governor of province
in the Soudan under Gordon, was
captured by the Mahdi and held a
prisoner many years. When Khar-
toum was taken Slatin was living in
a hut at Omdurman, heavily chained
and exposed daily to the insults OF
the mob. After the taking of the
city some Dervishes came to him with
something rolled in cloth, and, com.
manding him to stand forth, they un,
rolled suddenly their bundle and
showed him the CORY head of Gordon
Afterward he learned how Gordon had
died. When Khartoum fell and the
Mahdists were swarming through the
city, Gordon came down the stairway
of his house and demanded the leader
of tae invaders. He was speared to
death where he stood, and his head
cut off to show to the Mahdi.
The return of "The Man Who Was"
in Kipling's story was no more dram.
attic than the actual return to the land
of white men of Rudolph Slatin, or
Slatin Pasha, as he is known. Six
teen years before the young and dash
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Large Barns Not Best.

Owing to the easily combustible
character of barn contents such build
ings are much more likely to be burned
than are others much more common
in the country. At this season of the
year, when such barns are filled with
damp hay or grain the moisture rising
from them makes the best sort of
lightning conductor, and this always
when it hits such barn sets it on
fire, with the result that it and neigh
boring buildings are burned. For
this reason it were better if barns
were built smaller and less expensive
ly, and were scattered in different
places on the farm, instead of being
hudled together, as is usually the case.
1t is always best to insure the barn
whether the house is insured or not.
In the house fire most often results
from carelessness. In the barn it
may occur from causes which no fore
thought could have prevented.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

parts broken and indefensible. The
vast mass of assailing Dervishes made
thereby their rush, in two bands, just
before the British relieving force
came in sight of the white walls and
green palm groves of the city. Cor
don died at his hopeless post.
This undoubted triumph intoxicated
his followers with faith, but demoral.
lied the Mahdi. He took to unbridled
luxury, and died of it's consequences
on July %, 1885. The desert ascetic.
whose bed had been mat of straw,
expired upon Persian carpets in all
the splendor and state of a great East.
ern prince, having founded in his
brief career an empire built on the
basis of slavery and reckless blood.
shed. Before death he had himself
nominated Abdullah as his successor.
who thus inherited dominion
stretching from the Bahr-el- Ghaxal to
Egypt, and from Darfur to the Red
Sea.
The new tyrant began with very
great ideas. He proclaimed that he
would conquer all Egypt, as we'll as
Abyssinia. Putting all laws on one
side, he made himself absolute master
over life and death in the Soudan.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
DEFEAT OF The DERvISHES---
THE S0UDAN REC0NQUERED.
tsChinese,, Gordon Avenged.

Gordon Avenged.

Then, becoming bolder, the pretender
Of sudden openly called himself the
Mahdi, a name derived from word in
the opening chapter of the Koran.
He called himself Mahdi Khalifat
er Rasul, ("the successor of the
Prophet"), while his adherents called
him Sayid ("The Mastery; Savid ma
ell Nah Ii ("Our Master, the Leader").
This troublesome and extraordinary
person, with no drill or military sci
ence, no weapons to speak OF, but
plenty of ferocious followers, principal
ly of the Baggara race, marched through
the towns and villages of Kordofan,
and with 10000 men beseiged Ell
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Retaining Soil Moisture.

The we'll known method of soil cul-
tivation for conserving moisture is
followed by all intelligent farmers who
operate on large scale, but it is not
easy to practice when several crops
have to be taken from the soil each
year; or in other words, where inten-
siye farming is practiced. Such farm
srs know that while it is comparatively
easy to conserve moisture in loamy
soils it is difficult to accomplish the
purpose by the same practice with
sandy or gravelly soils. The best
method of conserving moisture in soils
Of this character is by the use of veg
etable matter incorporated with the
soil. Coarse manure is used for mulch
ing and when the crop is removed the
land is sown to crimson clover, rye OF
other similar crop turned under, and
vegetable matter supplied in that
manner Soil of the character indi-
Gated, in the absence of system of
irrigation, should be filled with hnmus
by the use of the plowed under crops
mentioned, to enable it to absorb and
retain all the moisture possible. Dur
ing the early part of the summer the
plants should be thoroughly cultivated
and frequently, and in the late season
the soil, not shaded by the growing
plants, should be covered with a
coarse mulch of straw manure, which
will assist in the retention of the
moisture and also add to the fertility
of the soil.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
How Bees ventilate Their Homes.

The buzzing sound that bees make
in their hives, and which can be often
heard by those standing outside, is
not produced for the sake of the music
It is to expel the bad air; and row or
file of them may often be found near
the entrance, engaged in that health
giving operation.
Meanwhile, there is another little
company standing just outside "fut-
tering'' the fresh air in. All this time
the little messengers between hive
and flower go, come and go,and brush
past the ventilating corps, with their
little loads of honey.
AS high as twenty bees may be en-
gagged at once in this praiseworthy
process of giving fresh air to their
homes. When they get tired their
place is taken by others, and the good
work of aeration still goes on. Every
where,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
M THE MAHD1sT CAPITAL CAPTURED BY THE

victory gained almost the entire Sou
dan, and opened the way to the con-
quest of Khartoum.
Then the victorious and pious slave
dealer set out for Khartoum, where
the hapeless people, deceived by the
hope Of English help, had fingered t.
welcome Gordon. No notice was
taken of that hero's proclamations to
the Soudanese. His communications
were cut with the north, and very
soon q horde numbering 100000
swarmed at the heels of the Mahdi
into Omdurman and the outskirts Of
Khartoum. This was in October,
1884.
The low Nile left part of the ran
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Fertilizers for Peach Trees.

One of the difficulties in successful
peach growing is to get good land to
grow them on. The success OF peaches
on poor, sandy soil when the coun-
try was new, and when even this had
plenty of potash, has led to the belief
that sandy soil is always best. 1t re-
quires not only heavy potash man
uring to make long sandy
soil fit to grow peaches, but also the
building up Of humus in the soil so
that it can be filed with carbonic acid
gas and make the potash effective.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

Obeid and took the town after one re-
pulse, cruelty numbering its brave de-
tenders.
That conquest increased the name
and fame of the Mahdi, who settled
down like king at Ell Obeid, while
preparing for a further advance to
Khartoum. By this time he had in
famed with his preaching and success
the whole of Kordofan and of Seminar.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
Palms and Their Culture.

Until within a few years the palm
was regarded as wholly florists plant
something to be rented for special
occasions, guarded with the utmost
care. and returned with sense of re-
lief if it met no harm. But progress
sive florists have dispelled this alln-
sion by culling from this great family
such varieties as are best adapted to
amateur culture, and to endure the
vicissitudes that characterize the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

except that corner where the city of
Khartoum sits upon the junction of
the White and Blue Nile.
Before he could master this central
position he had to confront the expe-
dition under Hicks Pacha, sent by
the Egyptian Government to Rahad.
Everybody knows the miserable issue.
The Mahdi cut that force to pieces, so
that hardly man escaped, and by this
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Mint Rotation.

Successful farmers do not consider
it best to grow mint more than two to
four years on the same land. The
crops are usually followed by clover
or grain.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
followers have probably made the city

desolate.
The city has had an eventful history
since 1882. Raouf Pacha was govern
ing the Isle of Meroe for the Khedive
in that year. News was beginning to
arrive Of certain Dervish wandering
in the Soudan, who was drawing all
the natives to him, and especially those
Arabs who lived by the slave trade,
which Gessi Pacha had been extirpa-
ting.
This Dervish, Mohammed Ahmad
by name, could turn, it is said, all
government bullets into water. and
had, in truth, once and again defeated
Egyptian troops sent to arrest him.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

the Nile from the ruins of Khartoum,
and by the complete re-establishment
of British power in the rich Soudan-
ese provinces. With the overthrow
of the Mahdist empire the last strong
hold of the slave trade in the world
has been destroyed.
The man who has routed the Der
wishes, Major General Sir Horatio
Herbert Kitchener, G.. B. G. M. g.,
has rendered the greatest service to
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

and
overwhelming is
the defeat of the
Dervishes.
J a n uary 27,
1S85-E n G | a n d
was humiliated in
the Soudan by the
rout of her troops,
the assassination
of Gordon and
the fall of Khar-
toum, the capital
of the Equatorial
p r O v in c e s of
Egypt and the
centre of British
influence in Gen.
trail Africa.
S epte m b er 8.
1859 n 81 a n d
and Gordon were
avenged by the
utter rout of the
Mahdists. by the
fall of Omdurman,
the Mahdist capi-
tai, just across
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06
eRookLYN's FIRST CITIZEN"

Farmers Son Who Won . Public Statue
in His Lifetime.
The late James s. T. Stranahan,
who for quarter of a century had
been known as the "First Citizen of
Brooklyn" was born in Peterboro,
Madison County, N. Y. April %,
1908, and came of Scotch Irish an
cestors, his great-grandfather having
settled in Rhode Island in 1725. Mr..
Stranahan was brought up on farm
under his stepfather, his own father
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-06

The ascension was made at Easton,
Penn, March %, 1856. At the time
Mrs. Hubbell was twenty-seven years
old. The ascension was decided
success, and the papers of those days
extolled the achievement as one of the
most marvellous with which women
was accredited.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-14
vas made brigadier general in May.

! 1897.
 Mai. Gen. Henry c. Merriam was born in Maine, November, 1887. He sntered the volunteer service in 1862 as a captain of volunteers; became captain of the Eightieth United States colored infantry in March, 1863; lieu tenant colonel of the Eighty-ffth United States colored infantry in May, 1864. He entered the regular army in July, 1866, as major of the Thirty eighth infantry, becoming brigadier general in June, 1897.
 Mai Gen. William R. Shafter was born in Kalamazoo county, Mich, in 1885. He served during the war for the Union in the Michigan volunteers, reaching the rank of lieutenant colo nel He participated in dozen hotly contested battles and was breyetted brigadier general for gallantry
 In May, 1897, he was made a briga- dier general.
 Maj. Gen. James F. Wade is a son Of 4he famous Senator Ben Wade of Ohio, and was born in that state in 1843. In May, 1861, when only IS years of age, he was made the first .feutenant of the Sixth cavalry; in May, 1864, he became lieutenant colonel of the Sixth colored cavalry, and in Septsmber of that year colonel. He was brevetted frequently during the war.
 He became colonel of the Fifth cav airy in April, 1887, and brigadier gen eral in May, 1897.
Arizona republican., 1898-05-14
THE NEW MAJOR GENERALS.
Records of the Men Who Will Com
 mand the Volunteers.

The records of the new major gen. erals appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate are given in the following sketches:
 Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is a nephew of Gen. Robert E. Lee and grandson of Col Henry Lee, the revolutionary commander. He was born at Cler- mont, Fairfax county, Va, on Novem- ber 19, 1886, and was graduated at West Point in 1856. He was severely wounded in a fight with Indians, and in May, 1860, he was ordered to report at West Point as instructor of cavalry.
 At the beginning of the civil war,
Arizona republican., 1898-05-14
SKAGUAY vS. DYEA.
They Learned of the War on the
 First of May.

Skaguay, May 1.-There is war in dead earnest now, between Dyea and Skaguay. Dyea has been cutting prices and Skaguay has met the cut. Ten days ago freight rates to Lake Bonnet were 16 cents a pound, now the price is 10 cents, including toll, which makes it about equal to Dyeas lowest rate. Of course this state of affairs cannot be long continued. Neither can afford it. Neither is old enough or rich enough to long main tain a rate war. But the Klondykers now arriving are enjoying the situa- tion extremely, and when the Tartar arrives tomorrow the matter will reach it's climax. The packers here are determined to have that freight, if low rates can. secure it. The Dyea men will be here in full force, and lively times are expected s
 The trail from the Summit to Lake Bonnet is very good and will remain so until the snow melts. After that it will be a question of road building. Log Cabin is the name of the "city'' between Lake Bonnet and the Sum init, the resting place for weary pack CTS.
 It is sometimes difficult to feed all corners in such a country as this, and the other night some meat was set before us that was peculiarly stringy and distressingly lean. We could not keep from our thoughts something we had seen by the trail half mile from the hotel, lean dead horse with the meat neatly cut from his flank. I cannot say what horse meat tastes like, for I was a vegetar- ian that night.
 Much stealing is going on at the lake and at Log Cabin. Lynch law does not prevail on the trail this year but the Canadian police are doing their best to enforce order and are succeeding very we'll. The time is past, however, when a man can leave his goods cached anywhere with safe ty. Thousands of men and thou sands of tons of goods are at Lake Bonnet awaiting the breaking of the ice. Lumber for boat building costs $26O a thousand there. Hay is worth $400 a ton. Other things are in pro portion. The ice on the lake is be- ginning to get rotten" Several out fits have fallen through the ice and been lost, and several poor fellows ruined in consequence The ice will break very soon and navigation tc Dawson will be open. This is by all odds the best time to go in. The long