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THE NORFOLK WELKlA NEVVS-.JC'UllNAI 1 KHH 1 DECLAIM 17 l'J09 ' The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal Tlio NOWH , Established 1881. The Journiij , liHtabllshcd 1877. THE HUSE PUDLI8HfNG COMPANY. W. N. Huso , N. A. HUHO , ProHlilont. Secretary livery Friday. By mull per your. | 1.50. Entered at the poHtollleo at Norfolk , Nob. . JIM second class matter. TuIepTionoHY" "ElH6iTnl "l5epai tnieht No. 2U. HiiHliiosH Olllce and Jolt HOOIIIH No. II 22. Mexico announccH that It will hold Undo Sain'H cent while lie whips Nica ragua. A Danish woman ImH licon made judge. Let tlio American suffragists take courage. Ono hundred and thirty-five thou sand automobiles are to bo turned out In the next year by the manufacturles , nnd all are sold In advance. Ten more dismissals from the New York customs on suspicion. Short cuts to getting money usually prove much more circuitous In tlio long run. Christmas comes but once a year but the Christmas spirit Is the privi lege of every one and the duty as well to exorcise every day of the year. There are a lot of people In Gregory and Trlpp counties , South Dakota , who will not agree with Mr. Hill In his the ory that land lotteries ought to bo abolished. New York Democrats want Hearst to return to their party. The party has found thnat It cannot win with out him and Is pretty certain It can not win with him. "Wo are gradually awakening , " says the Philadelphia Inquirer. Tlio same thing has boon said about China for several centuries , so there Is still hope for Philadelphia. We have been hunting ever since August but in vain , for some real old time thrillers in the fiction line , but now the Congressional Record comes along to supply the need. A New York banker says the colleges legos arc 100 years behind the times In fitting men for business. Strange that people have such antiquated Ideas of the purpose of a college. If the new minister to China de sires friendship of the country at large he will leave the chicken coop door wide open. Eggs sell for only five to six cents in that country. The following clipping from a paper Is rather ambiguous : "Owing to the overcrowded condition of our columns , a number of births and deaths are unavoldly postponed this week. " form these public services. The public now feels that if ho cannot provide the government with competent and honest sugar weighers from within the party , let him keep his bands off. A railroad is being built connecting London by rail and ferry with Black- jed , the westernmost harbor of Ire land. When It is completed London will bo only fourteen hours from Black- 80d. There wore 1,488 suicides in New York last year. It does seem that with two-cent fares and Improved transportation facilities , there ought to bo better ways of getting out of New York. There were three paid admissions on the opening night at a revival of a Greek classic drama in London. Business might have been better the second night , but there was no second night. Explorer Amundson Is about to start on Dr. Cook's trail. lie takes seven years' food with him and meana to find Dr. Cook's brass tubing if it can bo traced to its particular snowdrift and Identified. Hundreds of college students are 1 planning on work as census enumerators j raters next summer. If they'secure positions they will acquire a great deal of information besides the money they will earn. It costs money to burn coal , reads an advertisement. You can gamble this is as true as any passage In tlio bible. And it also costs money to burn wood , if any of your inquisitive friends should ask you. | It sometimes seems as though a great many people had the same idea of life and its purpose as that express ed by the wag who said : "That man lives most who spends the most and dies the most in debt. " Ono can not but wonder whether , If It were England or Germany that had executed a couple of Americans found setting mines under government ships , the United States would be so hasty in sending troops as wo have been in the Nlcaraguan case. A plumber was offered $1,000 by a woman to kill her husband , and he refused. And some people have been known to allege that plumbers had 'no consciences and would loaf unions they were paid ninety cents an hour , with board and cigars. The little Christmas stamps Issued by the anti-tuberculosis leagues are being used again this year. The rove- into goe.s to fighting the great white'n plague. Use them on your Christmas bundles and use them freely. The cause Is yours and It Is a good one. The sugar ttust Is In a hard place. Its reputation for Integrity was long since lost and now Its leading promol * ors are threatened with terms In the penitentiary. Undo Sam Is after them. The way of the grafter and robber Is not as pleasant as it has sometimes been pictured. Chicago Has passed an ordinance prohibiting peddlers and hucksters from crying their wares in the street. It Is senseless practice anyway. The popcorn and peanut vender would get more trade if ho sold their wares In n quiet business like way. Lot us hope the newsboys have also been silenced. Canada has adopted a sensible life Insurance law. Any citizen who will pay to the government ? GO per year from the ago of 20 to GO , will , on reach ing the latter ago , be paid by the gov- eminent $ GOO per year for the remain- tier of his life. Here is a provision for old age that has advantages over a life insurance policy. Henry Watlerson says that the dem ocratic party Is not prepared to take advantage of any mistakes the repub licans may make , and the action of Its representatives at the special session of congress indicates that It Is not capable of governing the country suc cessfully If It could take that advant age. It Is stated that J. Plcrpont Morgan has bought the controlling Interest in the Equitable Life Insurance company of New York , which Tom Ryan se cured after the insurance scandals of a few years ago. The transfer carries with it the bagatelle of $472,000,000 , of assets. No wonder Morgan can get control of what ho wishes. The Glldden trophy , the challenge cup presented by Charles J. Glldden , and contested for annually by auto mobillsts In a tour considered the classic of the motor world In the United States , has been withdrawn. There will be no more Glidden tours under that name. In the future , they will be known as national endurance tours. The long search for a discreet and experienced minister to China at last ended In the selection of William J. Calhoun , a lawyer of recognized abill- . ty who has succeeded admirably wlthj L numerous delicate commissions for the government. The situation in the far east demands n man of ability and dis crimination and the president believes Mr. Calhoun to be the man. Some time ago it was telegraphed from darkest Africa that ex-President Roosevelt had gone on a hunt for bon go the most difficult game to kill. There has been no report since that "Bwanna Gumbo" had succeeded , but now comes the story that Kermlt , the son of his daddy , had killed three bongos ! This puts Kermit In the line of succession to the presidency. A Chicago woman declares that the cook In the kitchen has more spending money than the mother of the family In most cases. Wo think the dear body is slightly confused , since the cook In the kitchen and the mother of the family are in most cases the same person. But , otherwise , which would the Chicago woman rather be , the cook In the kitchen with the spend ing money , or the mother of the fam ily without It ? The acquisition of the Equitable Life Insurance society and the Guarantee Trust company gives the Morgan bankIng - Ing house the control of stupendous re sources. The combined capital and resources under the co-operative con trol of this single private banking In stltutlon now aggregates $6,278,000. Some financiers regard this progress of consolidation as a positive advant- ago to the business and financial world as a whole , while another class regard such consolidation with grave appro hcnslon. New York City will pay $50,000,000 next year as Internal charges on its public debt. This one great metrop ills Is carrying twlco as large a debt as that supported by the Turkish gov eminent. If Turkey were as highly developed as the United States , In other words as highly civilized , com mercially , ns New York , it would bo expected to Indicate that fact by an enormous public debt. It Is a pecul iarity of our modern life that the de gree of our civilized effort Is based on the size of our national debts. That's a sweet mess the sugar trust has mixed up for Itself. The theft of thirty millions of dollars from the government through evasion of the revenue laws has been like stealing candy from the babies. Dut its whole- Bale corruption of government em ployees who were permitted to share In the plunder Is oven a worse feature of this cancel n's total disregard of the law. There should bo no compromise of the offense by punishing clerks and hirelings but the head oUlcers of the trust should bo made to bear the burg den of their embezzlement. I Ono of the principals of the Chicago schools advances the theory that hot ' air prpduccs Irritation and bad tempt ers. There Is little doubt that there Is ' some truth In this theory , but it , applies equally to other forms of heat , Our tendency Is to seal our houses hermetically in winter , and many of the physical Ills with which we are afflicted ! ' are directly traceable to the breathing of Impure air. The educan tlonal campaign against tuberculosis Is opening many people's eyes to tlio fatal foolishness of tightly closed houses. The Kansas City Star experimented with an acre of land this past summer to sec what could bo realized In an ordinary garden to help In the sup port of a family. In twelve months this acre of ordinary rldgo land , not all of It having a good soil , netted $1,100. , Tlio gross earnings were $ . - 611.35. The expense Included wages ( $5 n week and board ) during the < larger part of the year. Experienced ( gardeners worked this acre and It was close to one of the best markets. But they | have shown conclusively that a garden ( may do much for the support' ' of any family , willing and able to give attention to it. Japan has succeeded in gaining a great diplomatic victory. She has once more gained her point. Southern Man churia is hers to exploit , to do with as she sees fit. The ascendency of , Japan has been acknowledged by the I state department In the very publica- tlon which declares that none of our rights have been infringed upon. All that the United States can do is to acquiesce nnd pretend that the open door is not shut and keep on sawing wood , dig through the Panama canal , fortify Hawaii and bide our time. Without battleships or military force In the far east our moral Influence | weighs very little when balanced , against the heavy battalions of Dal Nippon. Five foreign governmental communl-1 ties In international postal agreement with the United States have placed restrictions on mail from the United States bearing the Red Cross stamps | or any other such insignia. Four of | these countries refuse absolutely to receive them under any circumstances. One other has notified the department that the s'amps must be placed upon the back of mall , packages or letters , otherwise they will bo returned to this country. The four countries refusing the stamps on any conditions are Great , Britain , Orange River Colony , South- | ern Rhodesia and Transvaal. Germany - ' many is willing if placed on the back of the letters. The restriction is made because It Is believed that the similari ty in stamps will confuse the postal authorities. President Hill of the Great Northern railway makes some severe but de served criticisms on the way the gov ernment has handled the public lands in the United States. He says there ) still remain millions upon millions of acres of valuable public lands and In dian reservations in the west , undevel oped and unoccupied , while millions of men and women in the more thickly settled portions of the country are making hopeless struggles , to procure | j ' ionics for themselves and their chil- Iron. Much of this land Is still unsur- i veyed. Why doesn't the government' i ' throw open those sections and provide . for doing this in a manner that will enable the deserving worker , the in- dustrlous men and women to make a I iiome for their families Instead of allowing . lowing It to bo grabbed up by land I speculators who do not Intend to de velop It , as most of the Flathead reser vation was ? The future of the nation depends on the success of the farms. They are the country's most valuable asset , the basis of all industry. Canada has a law known ns the , Industrial Disputes Investigation Act , j which has done much to prevent In' | ' the dominion such disastrous strikes | as that from which the United , States . Is now suffering. It provides that neither employes nor employers In any mine or public utility shall resort to strike or to lockout until the dispute shall have been investigated by a board of conciliation and Investigation appointed by the minister of labor. The chief merit of the law is its sim ' plicity. It compels neither party to arbitrate nor to abide by an arbitra l" tion imposed upon it. After the board has investigated , if it cannot concili ate , the contending parties may then . fight It out as they see fit. The object of the law is to check any immediate rash action and compel both parties to consider the matter seriously before hostilities actually begin. In America the hostilities como first and make such bad feeling between employes and employers that adjustment Is much more difficult. The law has worked admirably In Canada and something of that nature would save the United States a great deal of loss and suf fering. The tlmo will come , and It Is not far distant , when disputes as regards the proper wage scale paid any largo body of men employed In the same capacity by the railroads , will bo ad justed by the government. In most strikes a handful of men tie up the work of largo corporations and subC sldlary concerns , throwing thousands of non-participants out of employment and not only Inconveniencing the pubCl He | | In general , but oft times causing much Buffering. The public IB given the least consideration nnd the "pubII He | | bo damned" method of acquiring what is thought to bo n just wage scale is fast losing adherents. If laws.w can govern freight rates , why do they ( not cover wage scales In the same manner ? If the people through their public officials , have the right to tell n railroad just what freight rate should bo charged on a certain comc modlty t ; , why have they not the right to"Ulctato t Just what wages it shall pay , its employes ? BRYAN HEDGES AGAIN. Mr. Bryan Is hedging again. , This tlmo it's on the prohibition proposition. I Some weeks ago a report came out. of Lincoln to the effect that Mr. Bry-1 nn had espoused the cause of national j prohibition. Ho was going to make that his paramount Issue for the next presidential campaign. That was the water wagon ho would ride Into the j white house on. | Democrats everywhere protested against this issue. There was a gen-'n ' I oral cyclone following the announce- \ incut. But Mr. Bryan let the statement - ment stand for several weeks , looking on and systematically taking note of i what people said. With his car to the I ground ho found the Issue was unpopular - ular as a general proposition with 1 ' leading democrats , so he backs up and , says he never meant it. Ho doesn't expect to live to see national prohibi tion. No , no. He wants the liquor traffic regulat ed , that's all. It's the same kind of a back-up that characterized the peerless leader when | he withdrew his statements , made in Madison Square Garden , about federal ownership of railways. He found It was unpopular , and took it back. If it had been popular , he would have been | father of a new Idea. THE CRISIS IN ENGLAND. Not for more than 200 years has England j confronted a crisis such as that / which now faces her. The Issue | is ] not a matter of domestic or foreign policy j , it Is one of revolution. The't constitution ( of Great Britain itself is threatened ( with permanent change. The liberal party has gone over entirely to socialism. It has been evi dent for the last year or two that the voters do not approve of this ; and at every bye-election the unionists made such gains that it was clear that they would succeed to power whenever another general election took place. It became necessary , if the liberals were to hang on , that they should play politics. This they did by forming a budget which it was impossible for the house j of lords to accept. It Is true that tho' ' ] great land-owning Interest in Great Britain has always acter the hog. It , has never contributed its share of taxation. But by this bill it is - most confiscated. The capital of the country is directly attacked , and must be driven away if these provisions were to be carried out. The worst of it is that the money thus raised is to be spent partly on new war preparations , approved by national hysteria , and partly on corrupting so- 'tcialistlc nostrums. l The liberals care nothing for the principles Involved. What they have sought , and what they have succeed ed in doing , is to make an issue out of the house of lords. The commons have the exclusive right to originate money bills. The approval of the lords has always been a mere formality. By forcing the lords to disapprove this monstrosity of a budget , the party in power can appeal to the country on the ground that the lords are usurping power In a revolutionary way. The real issue is whether or not the upper house shall bo abolished. On the other side , there is no worth ier choice. The conservatives are al-j ready committed to the worst features' ' of liberal socialism. They would protect - tect the big land holding interest as in the past , and throw the burden on the people. And they would restore the protective system , which would bo madness for a country wholly dependent - [ pendent on foreign Inarkets. It is an evil choice that lies before England. OUR NEW POSSESSION. Probably one of the next stops wo will take will be to establish a protec torate over Nicaragua. As long ns she Is coming Into the family It may be well to know something about her. Here are the facts : There Is only four square miles difference between the area of Nicar agua and the state of New York. Take Connecticut out of New England and Nicaragua would cover the rest of It. It is approximately half the size of the state of Washington. To be exact , It covers 42,000 square miles , which is larger than Holland , Belgi um and Denmark combined. It has a remarkable extent of coast line on two oceans. On the Caribbean , It reaches nearly 300 miles due north and south ; on the Pacific , It extends 225 miles. Its greatest width is 275 miles , or approximately the distance from Washington to Now York. Its least width is 125 miles , or approxl mately the distance from Chicago to the Mississippi river. It haa the smallest population of , any Central American country , but Is cor respondingly capable of great material development. There are only about 000,000 people within Its limits. Of these , five-sixths are upon the westerner or Pacific side. The eastern , or Car ibbean shore , lies low and IH drained by ; many rivers. The only Industry of this section is the growing of bananas , which wore shipped In 1908 to the number of 1,500,000 bunches , valued at 50 cents n bunch. The principal town < Is Blucflolds , a llttlo south of the center , having 5,000 Inhabitants. On the Pacific populated slope the chief ! cities are Leon , the historic and interesting old capital , with CO.OOO In habitants ; Managua , the present cap ital , with 40,000 ; Matagalpa , with 1C- 000 ; Granada , with 12,000 ; jyid sever al other towns of from 5,000 to 10,000. Nicaragua has a president , n cab inet nnd five ministers or secretaries , thirteen departments or statob , and live ' divisions like our territories. Its national assembly consists of only one chamber , which is now in session. Nicaragua is located within the trop ics ' , but It has n considerable variety of climate. Although the past coast is low lying and warm , the central and western sections are in parts so moun tainous ' and elevated that the temper- nturo never reaches a high point and Ihe ' climate can bo considered salubri ous. The western section , In which the greater part of the population Is located ' , has such a varying latitude and the country Is so broken with lakes ' ' and so close to the sea , that It j' Is ' ' not by any means as hot as It appears - pears ' ' to be. AROUND TOWN. Christmas comes next week. The last package should bo on Its way. Only a little more than a week till Christmas. You can be prudent without being a tightwad. Only eight more days in which to buy It. Better start. This weather ought to be a boomer for the gumdrop market. If it keeps this up , we'll have winter the first thing you know. Maybe Dr. Cook retired to seclusion j because ; he was afraid to face a real husky blizzard like this. Smith ought to have waited till after the holidays to ask us to put up money to see the aeroplane fly. The weather man seems to think the ; clearance sale season has arrived , from . the way he's marking down the temperature. Congressman Sulzer introduced a resolution to give Zelaya the Third I Degree. Senator Rayner wants to give ' him 212 degrees. What do you think of a man who gives his wife money for Christmas , expecting her to go spend it for things he'd naturally have to buy ? The up-country liquor dealer can't see why Omaha saloon men should be allowed to violate a law that dealers out through the state are required to live up to. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Half of the little education people have , is usually wrong. It Is fortunate that not all people guilty of contempt of court , show it Every man is -reformer until re form j tramps on his toes. Then how he i yells. Men are like boys ; you can't get ' up a surprise party on them without ' their finding it out. All the praise a man gets for hard work and prudence Is that his friends say ho is a "lucky dog. " Usually a man does not have time ( to work on his own scheme , ho is ' bothered so much by other schemers. Tell a woman a truth so palpable , she cannot deny it , and she will say : "Now you are trying to be sarcastic. " Wo wish the bible readers would In vestigate and report : Did Job blame ' the troubles that befell him on his wife ? When a man talks five minutes over the telephone , he says , "All right" ten times. A woman will say "Well" that often. It takes a boy seven or eight years to learn the multiplication table , but he can learn to ride a bicycle in an hour and a half. An Atchlson young man has discov ered that his steady has false hair , and he is about half convinced that her heart Is false , too. When a man In church gets ready for the contribution basket , nnd finds his smallest coin is a quarter , the bad taste in his mouth lasts all through dinner. When a preacher scolds because of the empty benches , those who are In his congregation feel that they are getting abused because they don spread out more. Of course , when you are accused of wrong-doing you can explain It , but the thing to remember Is that you are not going to bo given a chance to explain - plain , Home Course In Live Stock Farming VII.-Silos and Silage. By C. V. GREGORY , Au ir of 'Home Courie In Modern Agriculture , "Miklntf Money on Ilic I inn , Lie. Cooyrlflht. lUUi ) by Amerlcm Prest Association , Kit 10 Is no food on ( ho farm Til that Is more economical than silage. Ten to thirteen tons of green fowl can be produced to the aero. When made Into sllagu this Is practically canned and will keep In good condition all winter. Stock Is In especial need of some succulent feed during the winter. In deed , feed of this kind Is essential If the greatest possible profits are to he obtained. Silugo supplies succulent feed In the rhoupost and must con venient form. It Is an especially val- FIG. XII.EIIECTI.NO A STAVE SILO. ualile feed for dairy cow1) . Twenty-live to thirty pounds of silage per day will keep the milk .vlelds up to a point prncticall.\ high as could be reached on pasture. A silo Is Indispensable- the dairy farm. It means summer conditions all the year round. The value of silage for beef steers has not been fully demonstrated as .vet , although a great many feeders are using it with satisfaction. Used In moderate quantities. It cheapens the cost of gain and keeps the animals healthy. For calves and stock cattle silage Is an excellent feed , keeping them thrifty and making cheaper gains than could be produced in any other way. All kinds of sheep do well on silage. It Is 11 good feed for hogs It fed In moderation , and chickens are very fund of It. The main consideration In locating the silo is to have It convenient. Since most of the silage will probably be fed to dairy cows , the best place for the silo will be at the end of the cow barn. Feeding bunks can be arranged close to the silo for feeding silage to young stock. Wooden Silos. There are several types of silos. Many of the first silos put up were built of lumber double walled and elded on the outside. This made n very good silo , but one that was alto gether too expensive. A later and more popular type is the stave silo. This is made much the same as a wooden tank. It consists of long staves held in place by hoops , with a row of doors ou one side. Stave silos are used more extensively at present than any other type. They are cheap , easy to erect and fairly durable. This hitter point depends largely upon the kind of wood used. White pine and redwood are the best materials for staves. They will lust twenty years or more. Cypress. Oregon tir , lareb and hard pine are all durable woods for silo construction. Whatever kind of lumber Is used it should be of tlio best quality , straight grained , sound and free from loose knots. A stave silo should be kept well painted ou the outside. It must be anchored solidly with guy wires , as It will blow over easily when empty. The hoops will need to be tightened In the summer time when the lumber shrinks and loosened again when the silo Is filled. Cement and Tile Silos. Concrete Is used to n considerable xtent In silo construction. If proper ly put up a concrete silo Is practically Indestructible. Silos must be well re- enforced with stool wire and must be put up by some one who understands the business If they are to be sutlsfac- tory. Silage freezes worse In a cement than In a stave silo. A double walled cement silo does away with this ob jection , although It Increases the cost considerably. With the recent high prices of lumber , however , n good dou ble walled concrete silo does not great ly exceed a good stave silo of the eiime size In cost. Stone , brick and cement blocks are all used for silos with good results. The main thing Is to get them laid ac curately and properly re-enforced. A silo made of hollow building tile is giving good satisfaction at the Iowa experiment station. These tiles are laid In cement , being put together edge wise. The resulting dead air space Is very effective In preventing freezing. When lined with a coating of rcmont Biich a silo IH air and moisture proof. It IP as durable and satisfactory as a double walled concrete silo , costs Iew. and there Is less risk of failure due to improper erection. Details of Construction , the alto ihniild be located , as close to the Imrn as possible. It Is not advisable to put It Inside the barn , it Hikes up room that IH needed more for other purposes , IB unhandy to ( III , and the odor of Ihe sllnge IH objection able. There will be some odor any way , but not so Hindi when ( he silo Is located outside the barn. A handy method of roust met Ion IH to connect the silo wli . the feedwny of the Imrn by a narrow chute which oMcndn the full height of ( he silo. The ullage can be thrown down thin eliuie and carried Into Ihe burn. There should be doors at frequent ltm > rvitls the entire length of Ihe chute. A frequent mistake In milking silo doors IH In constructing them too Hinnll , tlniH making It untmndy to get out and In. Great care must be taken to see that the doors fit snugly , us the silo must be absolutely ulr tight If the ullage late to keep well. A silo Is really a big can , and sllnge Is nothing more or less than canned corn. The crevices about the door may be filled with wet clay before the sllagu Is put In , or tarred paper may be placed over the doors. Another point to look to Is to see that tlio Inner wulls arc ns smooth an possible , so that the silage will settle evenly. Uneven settling means air spaces nnd decay. Some expense can be saved In buildIng - Ing a wllo by having It extend four or five feet below the surface of the. ground. If deeper than this It will bo too much work to get the silage out. Either cement , hard burned brick or stone may bo used for building the foundation. The foundation up to the surface of the ground should be eight to ten Inches thick , with a bearing sur face about four Inches wider. Tim foundation should be flush with the wiills of the silo on the Inside , so as not to Interfere with the settling of the sllnge. If the soil Is of hard , Imper vious clay no lloor will be needed. In looser soils a cement Door four to six Inches thick , made as described In arti cle 2 , will be necessary. Size of the Silo. The size of the silo will depend upon the amount of stock to which silage Is to be fed. It Is better to get size from depth rather than from diameter , ns the pressure due to additional depth causes the silage to keep better. This greater compactness also Increases the capacity of the silo. If fresh silage Is to be had at all times the silo should be of such a size that at least two Inches In depth will be fed each day. If fed slower than this It will spoil ou top and the value will be reduced. The ordinary size for a quarter section Is sixteen feet In diameter and thirty feet In depth. If more capacity is wanted ten to twenty feet may be added to the depth. The following table , condensed from bulletin 100 of the Iowa experi ment station , gives tlie capacity of silos of various sizes : The following table from the same bulletin gives the approximate amounts of silage needed per day by the vari ous classes of animals : Kind of stock. Pounds. Lteet cattle of sllnge. Calves lo-25 Fattening cattle 12-30 Dairy cattle 30-50 Sheep 3- & Corn Is tiic principal silage crop because of Its yield and feeding value. It should be cut for silage Just as the ears are well denied. If cut too early sour silage will result. If left longer it will be too dry to pack well. This FIG. XIII. A TILE 8ILO. can be helped by running water Into the silo us It Is being tilled. A wind elevator Is by far the most satisfac tory means of getting the silage from the cutter to the top of the silo. A long canvas tube extending down Into the silo keeps the silage well mixed. Tramping the silage thoroughly ns It is put In Is one of the secrets of hav ing It keep well. It should be espe cially well tramped around the edges. After the silo is filled a few oats may be scattered around on top. These will sprout , forming nn air tight cover ing , which will keep all but the top few Inches of silage from spoiling. Married In the Morgue. Even the most burdened of the at taches of the morgue In San Francisco were surprised when Itudolph Swelzer and Louise Hueber insisted that they bo married In the lust resting place of the unidentified dead. The ceremony was jwrformed by Justice of the Peace Treudwell , who left nn inquest joat long enough tor the ceremony.
