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Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
The Celery Blight.

The bacterial disease of celery,
which blotches the leaves with brown
spots, appears more particularly upon
the golden plum variety, but it is apt
TO attack any variety that is raised.
The germs of this blight can easily be
isolated and studied, and they multi
ply rapidly under favorable conditions.
These conditions, as one might well
suppose, are present when the celery
Is kept constantly moist, but not en-
;irely submerged. The remedy is
likewise easy of solution. Celery
kept entirely under water is not sus-
,eptible to the blight, and it will keep
ihus much longer when the disease is
present than leaves and stalks partly
submerged. When kept free from
moisture the blight is likewise slow of
growth. In wet, damp seasons the
disease spreads more rapidly than in
dry seasons. The necessity of blanch-
Ing celery in soil that is kept free from
moisture by good drainage is apparent.
If the blight attacks the celery in
alarming intensity it is better to sub
merge all of it in water, and keep it
here until dry weather comes again.
The disease in some localities in
vet seasons is SO violent that it ruins q
whole crop when it once gets estab-
lished. The germs when they n ach
the core of plant cause the ter der
heart to decay with great rapidity,
melting it away to worthless mass of
rottenness. AS the bacteria also ap-
pear on carrots it may be that they
,ften start from this source. Prof.
James S. Doty in American Cultiva-
tor
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Thrilling Dive.

At the recent water sport exhibition
in London of the Hex and Scottish
Swimming Clubs several startling
feats were shown. The hardy Scots
aroused great enthusiasm by showing
how company of hardy Highlanders
could swim across stream in action
and keep their rifles in readiness for
work. But the crowning feat was tho
twin brothers diving act, done by two
members OF the Hex Club, evenly
matched in height and weight. The
distance dived was not excessive, but
it required nice Judgment for the two
young men, hand in hand and clasping
each others bodies, to leap at exactly
the same moment. turn in air with the
same curve and descend, beautiful
picture of harmonious repose, plump
into the tank.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Proper Tillage.

The object of tillage is to secure the
proper arrangement of soil particles
with relation to each other. The
stirring of the soil is very beneficial
in the destruction of weeds, but any
system that will keep the soil in the
best physical condition will also keep
down the weeds. Soil temperature
,an be considerably influenced by
physical conditions. The water hold
ing capacity or facility with which
water can move through the soil and
consequently the supply of plant food
which may be carried to the roots of
the crop, the amount of water taken
to the surface and evaporated, are
governed largely by the arrangement
Of the PARTICLES. The free access of
air can be secured in sufficient guam
titles, supplying the necessary amount
Of oxygen, and the soil can be placed
in such a condition of fineness as to
allow the perfect root development.
The Importance of these points makes
it necessary to give great deal of at
tention to the preparation of the seed
bed. South Dakota Experiment Sta
sion Bulletin.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

and bears the badges Of . general and
the cords of the guards. The trousers
are tight-Atting, and have broad red
stripes, and are worn with high yellow
boots. The scabbard of the sabre is
of brown leather. The ight-colored
helmet is adorned with the Prussian
eagle in front. The photographs
represent His Majesty alone, on foot
and on horseback, in company with
General Won Piessen, Grand Master of
the Horse; Count Wedel and Adjutant-
General von Scholl, who are also in
tropical uniform, aud, lastly, His Maj.
esty alone in British uniform.
The Holy City, and all of the cities
and villages of the Holy Land which
the German imperial party included
in its itinerary, made elaborate prep
arations to receive their august guests.
Roads throughout the country were
repaired and hundreds of new ones
are in course of construction. One of
the principal and most historic roads,
leading up Scopus and over the Mount
of Olives, has been transformed into
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Preparation for Winter.

If bees 20 into winter in proper
condition to winter we'll, it is neces-
sary to begin early to get them in
good shape. Weak colonies may as
we'll be united early as late, for it will
not pay to undertake to winter them
if they are weak. If bees lack food it
is also best to feed early. The month
OF September is probably the best time
for all this work.
Breeding in autumn is one of the
most important things in successful
winterlng of bees, and very frequently
there is but little, if any breeding done
at this time, on account of limited
supply of nectar bearing blossoms, so
that colonies run down in strength
and there are also no young bees to
take the place of old ones that die off
largely in winter. Bees bred in Sep
tember and October are of the proper
age to winter we'll, and it is plainly
noticeable that when bees have good
fall flow of honey and the hives arc
we'll filed with brood, that they in
variably winter better than when the
contrary circumstances exist.
Queens cease laying to a great ex-
tent after the principal honey har-
vest, and if honey almost stops COM
ing in they will nearly quit laying al
together. This is more especially SO
with old queens, and those only reared
the present season will lay to any ex-
tent. In case OF q dearth of honey in
autumn, it is we'll to feed the bees to
stimulate good blood-rearing. By
daily feeding small portion of sirup,
the queens will respond by laying
eggs, and if feeding is kept up for
two or three weeks, the combs will be
supplied with brood and the results
ars that the most important bees Of
the season are reared.
Colonies may have good stock OF
stores and plenty to winter them, but
it matters not as to the amount of re-
serve stores they may have in the
hives, breeding stops all the same
when the flow of nectar ceases.
Hence we may go into winter quarters
with large colony of bees that may
have any amount of honey but have
not bred any during the fall months,
and such colonies will not come
through the winter we'll, and in most
cases all perish before spring.
Lots of young bees in autumn and
plenty of stores in the way of good
sealed combs of honey are two of the
principal essentials in successful win
tering. Farm, Field and Fireside.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

beautiful carriage drive. This was
done to please the German Empress,
who was anxious to reach this holy
site without fatigue. In the times Of
Titus, with his war hosts, it was moth
ing but narrow mule track. Along
this road David flew from Absolom,
and to reach this spot, where the
Saviour wept over Jerusalem, it has
been climbed for centuries by Romans,
Moslems and Christian knights.
Great improvements were made to
Jaffa Gate, through which the Kaiser
and his party enter the city. A wide
carriage roadway has taken the place
of the narrow passage between it and
the tower of David.
The Church of the Redeemer is now
completed. 1t is magnificent struc-
ture, whose spires tower high above
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Produna Only tho Best.

The farmer should not only try to
reduce the cost OF production, but he
Ihould try to produce the best of
everything. Quality counts in selling.
and any reasonable expense entailed
In the production of extra quality in
my farm or garden crop will be amply
repaid. A little extra care in the Sc
lection of the best varieties, and in
their cultivation and care, will usually
accomplish the desired end. The mar
ket is seldom over-stocked with goods
sf extra quality, and the best always
Iell first at an advanced price.
Selection, thorough cultivation and
fertilization by means of stable man
ure or commercial fertilizers will re-
suit in marked difference in the
quality of berries, fruits and field
,rops. They must have favorable
circumstances under which to grow
md mature, or they cannot be first
,lass. No fruit tree can do it's best
when standing in wet, poor soil.
Underdrain, cultivate, manure and
orune properly, then you can expect
good results. The farmer who pro-
auces the best grains, can, with lit
lie push and energy, dispose of the
most of his field products for seed,
md in this way get more for them
than they would bring in the regular
market. There are always sections
where good seed of various kinds is
,carce. Others wish to change seed
.very few years-a very good prac-
tice This creates demand for grain
of extra quality.
The market for fine fat stock and
breeding animals is never glutted.
But second or third-rate stock is apt
to go begging for a purchaser. 1t may
cost little more for the sire and dam,
but the feed costs the same, or, in
TACT, costs less cor a thoroughbred
animal than scrub, because in the
former i. shows TO better advantage
and sells fcx more per pound The
scrub is usually a long-legged raw
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

the surrounding domes. 1t has cost
more than l, 200, 900 marks $500, 0OO),
containing in its corner stone (laid in
1881 q document written by the
present Emperor of Germany. elo-
quently extolling the desire Of ''my
royal grandfather to accomplish what
is only now possible" referring, of
course, to the instance of King David,
who wished to build the Temple at
Jerusalem, but was forced to hand it
over to his son Solomon. The docu-
ment also declares that this church
"shall stand as q monument to the
faith opened TO evangelical Christen-
dom through the reformers, and as
visible witness to the unity of faith
in which the evangelical churches of
Germany are bound with each other
and all outside"-a clear indication of
the purpose matured five years ago in
the Kaiser's brain to stand as the
Pope of Professionalism.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

methods is required. Under the Sc
leucid sovereigns Syria was the seat of
splendid empire, and it continued to
be populous and opulent province
under the Roman sway. Antioch was
one of the four chief cities of the Ro-
man dominion. Later, under the Om-
myad Caliphs, Damascus was the capi.
tai of Islam. For many centuries
after Greece had decayed, and the
sceptre had passed from Rome to Con-
stantinople, the vast peninsula now
known as Anatolia was the most dense
ly peopled, most hourishing, and most
highly civilized part of the Mediter-
ranean world. Under favorable cir
cumstances it might regain much that
it has lost. If, through an arrange
ment with the Sultan, the Germans
were permitted to undertake the task,
they would undoubtedly be able,
through the construction of railways
and the stimulation of industry and
trade, to regenerate the whole of west
ern Asia from the Tigris to the Bos-
phorus. The suspicion that William
II. has designs in this direction has,
naturally, excited jealousy in Paris
and st. Petersburg. France has long
considered that she has species of
pre-emptive right to Syria, and has,
more than once, assumed a tutelary
role toward the Christian inhabitants
of that country. Russia, from her
coign of vantage in Armenia, contem-
plates the prospect Of absorbing Ana
tolia from the northeast, and has no
desire to see her path obstructed by
German :nterposition. The Russian
censor allows the well-known St.
Petersburg paper, the Novoye Vremya,
to declare that ''the political signifi-
canoe of the German Emperor's trip
to Palestine is beyond all doubt. He
evidently desires to familiarize himself
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

toration to the Christians of the towns
of Jaffa, Nazareth and Bethlehem. In
the Church of the Sepulchre he
crowned himself King of Jerusalem,
claiming the title by right of his wife,
Iolante, daughter of the Latin EN-
peror of Constantinople. In 1910
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who,
though an Englishman, became King
of the Romans and German Emperor,
headed an expedition to Palestine,
and, by treaty with the Mohammedan
ruler of Syria, obtained terms even
more favorable to the Christians than
Frederick II. had secured. In 1874
Rudolph of Hapsburg, having gained
the imperial crown, pledged himself
to join in crusade, but troubles in
Germany detained him and he failed
to fulfil his vow. Thus we see that,
in his visit to the Holy Land and IN
his declared intention to promote the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
THE MAHD1's TOMB AT oMpuRMAN.

we're disinterred from the tomb at OBJ
1urman, and is keeping it as curio.
The headless body was thrown into
the Nile, but few not fastidious
officers who were present took some
toe and finger nails as mementoes.
Since the overthrow of the power Of
the Dervishes more details of the life
Of the Mahdi, their first great leader,
are coming out.
That potentate, after the capture of
Khartoum and the death of Gordon,
was no longer the humble Dervish of
three years before. His success had
developed the sensualism of his ma
ture. For several months he had
left the conduct of the war to Osman
Digna and Abdullah, whom he named
the Khalifa and nominated as his sue
cessor. He increased his harem and
led self-indulgent life, not caring
even for the adulation, akin to wor-
ship, which the people had paid to the
man who had won glory for Islam. In
six months from the day Gordon died
the Mahdi himself succumbed. Ac.
counts differ as to the cause Of his
death. Some say that he was pois.
oned by woman he had foully
wronged; others that he was killed by
one of his generals, and others that
his debauched life had its natural
end. ''Thus," writes a historian
"ended the Mahdi-whose career had
involved the murder of a hundred
thousand men, women and children
and hundreds of devastated towns and
villages" The Khalifa, his successor,
erected magnificent mausoleum over
his remains. 1t walls are six feet
thick; it is thirty-six feet square anG
thirty feet high. Above this is {.
hexagonal wall fifteen feet high, from
which springs lofty dome. Th'
British fire, however, in the receni
battle, injured the edifice, and wher
the city was captured, Sir II. Kitch
ener ordered its destruction.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Naming tho Chicken.

MADAM, what was the name OF
this spring chicken?"
Mr.. Golightly stared hard at th.
landlady as he spoke. The bird in ques.
ton, skillfully eluding the fork with
which he supposed he had impaled it.
had leaped from under the carving
knife and struck him squarely in the
shirt front.
"Name, Mr.. Golightly," said the
landlady; "I don't think it had o
name"
"You should have called it Hope.
ma 'am," said the unhappy carver.
"And why Hope?"
Because, he bitterly answered as
he scraped the gravy from his neck
tie, because the poet says that Hope
springs eternal in the human breast -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

/ The GERMAN EMPEROR'S
{ TRIP TO PALESTINE.
Is 1t Williams Dream to Be the Pope
of Professionalism

that William II.'s visit to the Holy
Land has been prompted by motives
that appeal to modern rulers mind
more strongly than do sentimental as
sociations. There is Near East as
we'll as Far East which awaits Euro
ropean colonization and exploitation.
The present condition of the former
region presents dismal contrast to
it's former prosperity, to revive which
only the impact of Western energy and
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

interesting 1ucl-
dent, not only by reason of the MEM
orable chapters of history which the
visit recalls, but also on account of
the possible political consequences.
William III. is not, by any means,
the first Emperor of Teutonic stock
to set foot in Palestine. For nearly
two centuries the expulsion of the in
fdel from the Holy Land was held to
be the sacred duty of the heads of the
Holy Roman Empire. In the Second
Crusade the Emperor Conrad organ
lied the great expedition which cost
the loss of many thousands in the
march across Asia Minor; ultimately
reaching Ptolemais, he laid siege to
Damascus in 114S. It is true that
the siege ended in catastrophe, but
the German bearer of the cross
had, at least, done his best to
succor the Christian kingdom of
Jerusalem. About forty years later
the Hohenstaufen Emperor, Frederick
I. (Barbarossa), led German host to
Constantinople, and thence acr oss
Anatolia, but he was not fated to see
Syria, being drowned in Cilic ian
river. His grandson, Frederick H.,
was more fortunate. Proceeding by
sea from Italy to Ptolemais, he ob-
tanned, in 1929, the surrender of th g
whole of Jerusalem, with the exceptio n
of the Mosque of Omar, and the res
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Wheat-fed Hogs.

As wheat is now cheap again, more
or less of it is likely to be fed to hogs.
1t does not make as nice looking pork
as does corn, as the latter shows more
tat, and therefore takes the eye of the
purchaser. But if some wheat is fed
withsthe corn the pork will be as fat
As if wholly corn fed. and will be much
better in quality. The hogs will eat
more and digest better when wheat
and corn are fed together, because the
combination of these two grains make
better balanced ration than either
alone.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Propagating by Cuttings.

IrOphSNulHS ny CuttIuKss
To many people the springtime,
when trees and shrubs are putting
forth new foliage, seems much the
best time to cut and plant cuttings.
But behind the tree or shrub are thou
sands of roots, each ready, SO soon as
the ground is at all warmed, to send
up sap to swell the buds into leaf and
start the shoots which nature has pro-
vided for future growth. In the cut
ting all these roots have to be pro-
vided, and the chief object of the
propa gator who uses cuttings is to
keep leaf and shoot from sprouting
until at least some root can be made
to furnish it with sap and provide for
future growth. For this season late
in summer or early in the fall is
much better time to plant the cutting.
At this season the ground is always
warmer than the air. If the top of
the cutting out of ground is kept wet
by being covered with cloth that is
never allowed to dry, there will be no
danger that the buds shall dry up be-
fore the root has started to sustain
future growth.
Before cutting can become plant
it must slowly dry in conditions such
that part of the sap will exude from
its lower cut surface. This hardens
into what is called Jealous" Out
of this callous start white hair-like
threads whose purpose seems to be to
absorb water. When the bud begins
to swell it needs more moisture and it
draws on the sap in the cutting to
supply it. This, in it's turn, draws on
the part below. Thus the moisture
which the threadlike roots have alb
sorbed is supplied to the cutting to
replace what the bud has taken. SO
soon as the thread-lik roots find they
are of use. they rapidly increase, and
extend themselves, furnishing more
and more sap to be elaborated by the
leaves and sent back through the cut
ting to increase it's size.
By the usual method of making the
cutting in spring and planting imme
diately, the callousing of the base and
starting of roots has to be two to three
or four weeks after the buds burst
into leaf and shoot. SO long as sap
in the cutting lasts there is appear
ance of life. But the experienced
gardener knows that cutting thus
planted can seldom or never be estab
Gshed on it's own root, and he is not
disappointed when midsummer heats
come to see the shoot wither and turn
brown, often after it has grown three
or four inches long. g.-American Cul.
tivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Fixing tho Hen House.

It would be good idea to look the
hen house over-you may find some
cracks or knot holes in the walls or
floor that ought to be fixed before
cold weather sets in. Lights may be
broken out of the windows that ought
to be replaced, and it may be the roof
nseds repairing to prevent dampness
from the fall rains that will soon be
here. These things attended to now
will give comfort and health to the
towls and prevent loss to their owner.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

with Asia Minor. the theatre of the
German colonization movement in the
near future. All recent efforts have
tended to impel German emigration to
that quarter"
Forty new photographs of the EN-
peror William have been taken in the
tropical uniform which he wears on
his journey to the East. The uniform
IS OF thin light brown material. The
coat 10 comfortable and little loose.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
AMuskrat Cause. Trouble.

A little muskrat caused an untold
amount of trouble in big city 'ew
weeks ago by succeeding in cutting
off the electric light supply of the en-
tire place. 1t was over an hour be-
fore che cause of the disaster was dis
covered. The city all over was in
total darkness. On examining the
feed pipe the little animal was found !;
it completely blocked the passage.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

security anc welfare of his fellow
Christians in that country, William
II. is recurring to duty which was
recognized by the German Emperors
for almost two hundred years after
the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem
was founded by Godfrey of Bouillon,
Duke of that very Lorraine which in
our day has been restored to Ger
many.
It is generally believed. however.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Many Forms of Bacteria.

So small are bacteria that it would
take, in some cases, as many as fifteen
thousand of them arranged in row to
make an inch. They have different
forms, some being round, some oval,
some rod shaped, while others are
much the shape of corkscrew.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

Newspaper Circulations in the World.
There are 2200 daily and $4,000
weekly papers published in the United
States, and twenty eight different
languages, other than English, are
represented in the newspaper press of
the country
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

boned animal that requires . great
amount of feed to maintain it, and still
more to fatten it. A hard feeder in
every sense of the term, there is little
or no profit in handling that kind OF
stock A careful feeder who under
stands his business should always
make fair profit, even in an off year,
by handling improved stock. 20. J.
Vine in New England Homestead
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

The interior of gold-bearing rock
was inspected in an Oregon town by
means of the Roentgen rays, and veins
of auriferous metal were as plainly
visible as if they were on tho surface.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
Our Omcers' Pay.

The salary of lieutenant-coloneI in
the United States Army is $4,000; of a
briga,lier- general, $4,000; and of .
major-general, $500.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

Between 1870 and 1897 the deaths
per thousand from consumption in
Philadelphia decreased from 3.42 to
Log.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17

The accompanying design shows in
a striking way how we lead the world
in respect to the number of news
papers printed. Poor old Spain is at
the foot of the list, and this no doubt
is explained by the high rate of illit-
eracy that prevails in that benighted
country.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-17
THE MAHprs TOMB.

Whom Omdurman Was Captured the
British Ordered It Destroyed.
It has been ascertained that Major
Gordon, nephew of General Gordon.
secured the head of the Mahdi when
the embalmed remains of the impostor