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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21

her fathers knee. She held mirror
in her hand, and after viewing herself
in the glass, she turned toward her
stern parent and said: Gather, did
God make me?''
eyes, my child,'' was the reply.
Gather, did he make you?" she
asked, after q moments pause.
eyes. my child
''Well, he's doing better work now,
isn't he?''-Truth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21

Ell Paso to Santa Rosalia, Mexico:
First class fare $21, Mexican money.
Tickets good for 90 days. Stop over
allowed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21
Holden's Positive + lie Cure.

Sufferers use it. Relief will be speedy
and cure positive and permanent II d.
rections are strictly followed. For sale
Kelly by & Pollard, druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21
CHICAGO NEWS PROVERBS.

Clubs are always trumps in the
hands of the police.
Nearly every woman has her ideal
either man, dog or wheel.
Man was made to mourn, but q wild
over usually outlives it.
Two souls with but two different
thoughts may be won in time.
The highwayman holds up other
people in order to support himself.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21
SMILES.

Once in a while woman dreams that
her husband gives her money to go
shopping with, without her asking for
it.-Somerville Journal.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21

Bank President-Did l understand
you to say that q change of climate had
been recommended for you? 49,.
Cashier-Yee, sir. That is why I de-
sire an earlier vacation than usual.
Bank President-Whor recommended
the change, your physician or your At
tOrneV?
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21

"Mac, hear you have fallen in love
wi bounny Katie Stevens
"Weel, Sandy L was near-verra near
---daein' it; but the lassie had nae siller,
80 said to myself, Mac, be q mon. ,
by wi silent contempt "--Tit-Bits.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-21
NEW YORK
LETTER

(Coutinued from second page.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
While in a General Way the AmeriCa Peace Terms Are Accepted, the Matter Is Believed to Be Left in Shape Which Will Require Further Me-
 gOtiatiOns.

Washington had ambassador conclusion of the conference made be said the subject The Spanish satac tory in all respects though just The reply of the embracing about 2co bears the signature of the Spanish minister of foreign affairs throughout that Of her maes Spanish reply said be divided into five points or heads namely occupation Manila the of commission which treated in the order  their and ammunition by Spanish troops comes
 
 treating subject Cuba Rico the adones Manila and eo understood relate conditions demanded the evacuation of the island ofgovernment Spanish will terminate but understood take the fu s there is said to take the view expressed implied administer affairs of the island As the time of which the Spanish said to regard commission for final determn The American conditions treated length and it to- The commission is to consist of five commissioners Spanish said leaving only the determination of the future of the but also details involved in The of the conference
  desires of this and that another reply from Spain the this evening" President Secretary M
  When cambn his entered White
 
 
 together the S
  John Moore Adee both authorities
 
 previous occasions present When the meeting ended
 
 Secretary Bliss,
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
FIGHT BEFORE MANILA.
A Spanish Attack on inc American
 Lines RepuISed.

Hong Kong, Aug. 9.-The German steamer Patriarch, which left Manila on August 6, arrived here today and brought the first news Of a severe en- gagement between Spaniards and Americans near Manila. The Ameri- cans were victorious and only lost eleven men killed and thirty-seven men wounded. The Spanish losses are not known, but they are reported to have been heavy.
 The insurgent forces remained neu tral. An attack was made on the American camp between Cavite and Manila during the night of July 31 The Spaniards, who numbered 5000 made several desperate charges or the American lines, but each time thu Ire of the American troops drove ths Spaniards back and finally broke tht
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
GENERAL LEE TO GO TO CUBA.
His Corps Will Occupy the Island Un-
 til a Government Is Established.

Washington. Aug B. Preparations are being made to send Maior-General Fitzhugh Lee and the Seventh army corps to Cuba. immediately after the conclusion of peace between the United States and Spain The plans provide for the emharkation of the troops within week. Tor the last two weeks the Sev- Ienth corps has been fully equipped by the assignment Of signal officers, engineer officers and surgeons to duty under General Lee, and the regiments of his command have been mobilized at Jacksonville, a convenient place for embarkation.
 It has been generally understood in both official and unofficial quarters for some time that General Lee would have the honor of entering Havana with the troops of his command. It was presumed that this would be done | in the fall, when the campaign in northern Cuba should be begun; but now that an early peace seems prob able, General Lee will go in the head
 of the garrison force to administer the military government pending the 1 installation of the Cuban admins
 tration The troops will be distrib-
 uted among the large towns of north
 ern Cuba, notably Havana and Ma tanzas, and on the southern coast at Cienfuegos. It is probable that three or four
 regiments of General Lees corps will
 be withdrawn from Jacksonville to
 Join the provisional division under General Wade for Porto Rico.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
\ Complete Story of the Events Sue Ceeding the Fall of Santiago and the Umbraqe of Garcia Be- cause He was not Per-
 mitted to Loot the
 Captured City.

equal number of Spanish soldier1
 armed only with barrel slaves could chase Garcia's army from here to Cana Maysi and then scare it into .ne sea Captain Charles Selva, Cuban off, cer on the staff of General Garcia, en- plained to me the other day why ft
 was che Cubans refused to fight at RI Caney and San Juan when our men were falling by the hundreds.
 "It is different with us,'' he said. You have plenty of men and we have not. Suppose you do lose a couple of thousand men, haven't you got TO- 100000 more to draw from? When we lose man we have none to take his place. We must bury his arms with him. Therefore we must be careful We should not be expected to ge against Spanish rife pits
 And that is the Cuban view of it. Nearly 1000 American heroes might fall that a skulking Cuban might loot
 city he could never take. Whether Garcia will lift his arms against tho United States I will not attempt to Drophesv. but he is saving to his fol- lowers that General Shafter broke | faith in keeping him out of Santiago. and again in refusing to let the flag 1 of Cuba Libre float in the captl1 city It is said Garcia will leave Cd If his resignation is accepted. ] Q. j. Lay of Kingston. Janla nrasident of the Cuban junta iI
 n7aica. reached here yesterday oN
 steamer Dee from Kingston and
 0ut to Gareia's camp. where he talked
 with him. On his return this after- noon I had 9 chat with him. He
 frankly expressed his disappointment
 and dissatisfaction at the exclusion of
 Garcias army from the city.
 SAYS GARCIA WAS RIGHT. 1 "Jt is a violation ot the agreement
 of Acerraderos. he said ''At that tune General ShafteT promised Gen.
 eral Garcia and General Rabi that the city would be turned over to them
 when it was taken. Relying on that promise General Garcia joined his
 forces with the Americans As soon
 as the city capitulated General Garcia
 was told to keep his men out of it. | I have looked in vain here for Gu
 ban flag; not one is flying. Several Cuban residents wished to hoist the Cuban flag over their residences. but 1 General Sbafter. while not refusing. told them he would rather they would
 not So you see the Eubans are in no
 way recognized. What else was there
 for Gene~a1 Garcia to do but to go
 his way!'
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
ANOTHER STORY OF THE FIGHT

New York, Aug. 9-Further partic- ulars of the fighting at Manila have been received today by the Evening World. A special says: General Greene's force, numbering 4,000 men, had been advancing and entrenching. The arrival of the third expedition filled the Spaniards with rage and they stood to give. battle before Camp Dewey could be reinforced. Trenches were extended from the beach, 300 yards to the left flank of the insur- gents. Sunday was the insurgent feast day, and their left flank withdrew, leaving the American right flank ex- posed.
 Companies A and E of the Tenth Pennsylvania, and the Utah battery were ordered to reinforce the right flank In the midst of a raging ty- phoon with a tremendous downpour of rain, the enemy's force, estimated at 5000 men, attempted to surprise the camp. Our pickets were driven in and the trenches assaulted. The brave Pennsylvania men never f1inched, but stood their ground with a whitening fire poured on them. The alarm spread and the First California regi- ment, with two companies of the Tf:rd artillery, who fight with rifles, were sent up to reinforce the Penn sylvanians.
 The enemy were on top of the trenches when these endorsements arrived, and never was the discipline of the regulars better demonstrated than by the work of the Third artil- lery under Captain O'Hara Nothing could be seen but flashes of Mauser rifles. The men ran right up to the attacking Spaniards and moved them down with regular volleys The Utah battery. under Captain Young, GOV cred itself with glory The men pulled their guns through mud axle deep. Two guns were sent around on the flank and poured in a destructive enfilading fire. The enemy was re- pulsed and retreated in disorder
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
SENATE AND THE TREATY
The Views of One Member Upon
 fhe Final Adjustment.

Washington, Aug 9.-Senator Bur rows of Michigan was at the war de- partment today Speaking of the sit uation as respects the terms of peace, the senator said that he had no means of judging what would be the prevail ing sentiment of the senate as to the treaty of peace, as he had had no con- versation with any of his colleagues on the subject recently. "As for my self, I don't care to go very deeply into discussion at this time, but in general terms, take this view of it:
 We must have absolute possession of Porto Rico, and Spain must relin- 1uish completely her sovereignty over
 yuba. We should retain permanently he island of Porto Rico. Toward Cuba we will act in good faith and with perfect justice, giving to the peo- pie of .iie island a free and indepen- lent government as soon as it can be established. We must see to it that ! good and stable government is es- -ablished, and, of course. the future will depend upon the ability of the people of Cuba to govern themselves, he United States giving them all Dos sible assistance and every opportunity o maintain themselves as free and Independent people.
 As to the Philippines, 1 do not be- 'ieve that we want the entire group If islands. with it's several million of 'emi-harbarous people Tn my opinion we should retain one entire island he best in the whole group for our 1 7urposes-ahsolutelv as our own for naval station and commercial base
 Nur ownership of the entire island
 should be absolutely complete. with TO vestige of Spanish influence any where upon it. This would give us Ill we want for the development ana ! protection of our commerce. The rest If .re group of islands might go back Q Spain or the people be left to work
 nut their own destiny The question of just how far this government should exert itself in the matter Of securine gOod government for the islands | which we 10 not retain. is matter If detail for the future: the only
 hing that I care to say on that point 's that I doo't think this government
 should retain control or interest in
 tho rest of the islands after havins | aiken possession of the one v-o want
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
THE SPANISH ANSWER.
The Reply Was Not Laid Before the
 Cabinet Unfil Tonight.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The cabinet adjourned at 12:95 without having re- ceived official word of the Spanish ac- ceptance. No hour was fixed for Am bassador Cambon to arrive, but when the cabinet broke up it was stated that the ambassador might deliver the an swer within an hour. The president made no statement about the reas- sembling of the cabinet. It was un- derstood, however, that the tenor of the reply might necessitate the calling of the cabinet together again. A dispatch was read from Admiral Dewey announcing the arrival of tho f Monterey and Brutus at Manila and that there was plenty of coal and fresh provisions.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
STARVING AT MANILA
The Slaughter or Horses and Dogs Has
 Begun.

Manila, July 30.-(Via Hong Kong, Aug. 9.)-The scarcity of food now af- fleets even the richest classes in Ma nila. There is no meat, bread or flour. except very small reserves, chiefly laid under requisition for the Spanish troops. The newspapers, though rig idly censored, admit that famine and unprecedented rains are causing an epidemic.
 They pretend that the disorders are trivial intestinal ailments. But it is believed that most of them are dysen- tery, due to the wretched food and the dangerous character of the water. A number of important persons are ill. An abattoir has been estat ished for slaughtering horses and dogs. The stock of fuel, too, is alr ost exhausted and bakers are burnir doors and window frames.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
TWO MORE PRIZES.
Norwegian Steamers Caught Pooling
 With the Blockade.

Key West, Aug. 9.-Two Norwegian steamers have been added to the United States large collection of war prizes. They are the Aladdin, captured by the auxiliary gunboat Hawk, off Cadiz light. Isle of Pines, on Saturday last, and the Bergen, talk en by the auxiliary gunboat Viking, off Francis Key, on Sunday. The Alad- din had cleared from Tampico, Mex, for Sagua la Grande, with cargo of sugar. The Bergen was ostensibly bound from Santiago for the same port for the purpose, it is said, of taking off refugees. Both steamers were seized without difficulty.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
MOVING ON SAN JUAN.
The Advance of the American Troops
 Northward

Ponce, Porto Rico, Aug 9.-(Even- ing)-General Henry, with the Sixth Illinois and the Sixth Massachusetts, Will move tomorrow by the way of Ajuntas on Aricebo, which is about twenty miles north of Ajuntas as the crow flies. A short stretch of road that the troops will have to follow is in very bad condition.
 Practically all our troops will then be in motion in four columns toward the capital of the island, San Juan de Porto Rico. General Schwan is at Yauco. Wilson is near Coamo, and General Brooke is at Guayma The Porto Ricans enlisted by General Stone have been engaged with small Spanish outpost between Adjunta and Utuado.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
AN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT.

Washington, Aug 9-The war de partment today received the following cablegram from Hong Kong. from General Merritt:
 Adjutant-General, Washington:
 "McArthur's troops arrived on the 31st. There is no epidemic of sick ness There have been five deaths. Lieutenant Kerr of the engineers died Of spinal meningitis. The landing at the camp was delayed on account of a high surf. To gain an approach to the city Greene's outposts were advanced to continue the line from Neemino Peal to the beach on Sunday night.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
THE CORTES TO BE CALLED.
If Spain Must Give Up Cuba and Porto
 Rico at Once.

Bayonne, France, Aug. 9.-Dis- patches received from Madrid dated yesterday announce that the form Of the Spanish governments acN2tance of the American peace conditions in- wolves the publication of an armistice This, it is added, must be agreed to and if the United States insists upon the immediate evacuation of Cuba and Porto Rico, the cortes will be con- voked within fifteen days. Continu- ing, the Madrid dispatches say the most vigorous military censorship is exercised today.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
WEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES.
A Subject in Which the Government I Suspiciously Interested.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The officials of the geological survey are of the opinion that the Philippines may be rich in coal and petroleum deposits and they say it is known that gold is to be found there. It has been de- cided to make an examination of the mineral deposits of the islands, and pr. George w. Baker of the geological survey will proceed to Manila as soon as possible.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
PORTO RICAN WAR.
Madrid Hears That the Spaniards
 Have Gained Advantages.

=, drid. Aug 9-An official dis patch from San Juan de Porto Rico has been received by the minister of war, Lieutenant-G Correa, say ing that Spanish force under Col Pinto has entered the town of Faiardo, previously occupied by the Americans, who on retiring, took their flag with them According to the same dispatch force of insurgents attempted to surprise the Spanish outposts at Arecibo, on the north coast of Porto Rico but were repulsed. several in surgents being taken prisoners
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
SPAIN ACCEPTS.
And at the Same Time Tells What
 She Thinks About It.

Washington, Aug. 9.-Spain's reply is an acceptance of all the conditions laid down by the United States, but Spain presents elaborate views of each point involved and on questions which would naturally arise when the American conditions were carried into execution. Whether this will be con- sidered satisfactory remains to be decided
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
GRANT TOR PORTO RICO.

Newport News, Va. Aug s-Gen- eral Fred D. Grant. his staff and the six companies Of the First Kentucky regiment Col. Castleman commanding. embarked tonight for Porto Rico on the transport Alamo.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10

Spanish center, and the enemy re- treated.
 Later the Spaniards made second attack, but were again repuised and retreated into the brush, keeping up an incessant fire on the roads leading to Manila, over which they apparently expected the American troops to ad- vance. Some estimates place the Spanish losses at over 5C0 killed and wounded
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
WHEN MANILA WILL FALL.

New York, Aug. 9.-A dispatch to the World. dated Manila, August 4, vH Hong Kong. says: The United States monitor Monterey arrived here today. Manila will fall as soon as the Monadnock comes here. She is ex- pected next Thursday. Admiral Dew ey's ships are stripping for action.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10
HAVE ENOUGH THERE.

Washington, Aug. 9.-The secretary of war has stopped the dispatch of further achievements to Porto Rico. General Miles reported by cable this morning that the force at his com- mand was ample for the purpose of completing the conquest of the island.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10

The Spanish attacked sharply. The artillery outposts behaved we'll and held their position. It was necessary to call out, brigade
 Secretary Alger regards the Manila fight as the beginning of a general at tack on the Philippine capital
Arizona republican., 1898-08-10

If it were not for fhe mountains and jungles ] would venture that an
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
THE SWANPAN.
Description Of This Ingenious CaIcuIat.


Ing Machine.
The device known as the swanpan is
a small counting table used by the
Chinese TO facilitate numerical calcu-
lotions The Chinese have no figures,
nor any equivalent for them. but they
have made use Of the swanpan Tor
many centuries. The merchants and
manufacturers are usually very expert
in making calculations; brt tx Iabo.
ing classes are rule, ignorant Of
the simrl,-L arithmetical operations.
employ the swanpan in computing
even small amount. 1t is an in
genious little instrument. divided into
TWO compartments, an upper and a
lower, and the compartments are cross-
cd by slender bamboo rods, tightly
stretched twine, or, more frequently,
by iron wires. Two small halls are
strung on each rod, or wire in the
upper compartment, and five on each
wire In the lower compartment. The
principal use Of the upper. set of halls
is to double the numerical valua or
the lower ones. The balls on the first
wire to the right represent units. the
next tens, the next hundreds. the next
thousands and so on, in tenfold pro-
erosion. BY thus using the swanpan
any sum expressed in figures NAV be-
shown by the movable balls with ac-
curacy and surprising rapidly. Chi
nese accountants become so EXPERT in
using the device that, even in large
commercial transactions, they can COM
pute the sum total in less time than
II would take to write down the fig
ures. In its construction and use the
swanpan closely resent les the abacus
a calculating machine used in mercan.
tile transactions by the ancient
Greeks and Romans. "Abacus Pvtba-
goricus" was anciently a name for the
multiplication table. In our modern
schools a kind Of swanpan. or abacus
is frequently used for teaching small
children addition and multtplicatton
1t usually consists of a. frame with
Twelve wires running through it and
twelve beads or small balls on each
wire.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29
THE PITCH LAKE.
1t Is Inexhaustible Apparently. No Mat
ter How Heavily Drawn Upon.

ter How Heavily Drawn Upon
The famous pitch lake, or great btu
men deposit Of Trinidad. is situated a!
Point Libres. on an elevation of about
mile from the sea. 1t covers an area
of nearly one hundred acres, and its
appearance is that Of dull, still, dark
waste. 1t is irregularly circular, and
it surface perceptibly convex, BEING
more elevated in the center, and
thence insensibly declining on all sides.
In the center the pitch is quite soft
in fact, semi-liquid-bu it becomes
more and more hardened as its circum-
ference widens out. Except the soft
central parts, the surface is intersected
n all directions by numerous assures
or chasms, varying in breadth from
wo feet to sixteen feet, and from half
foot to seven feet in depth, widen
.ng also at the surface and terminal
ing acutely at the bottom, thus pro
ducing, as it were, inverted angular
hollows while the sides are regularly
rounded. These creviccs are at all
times filled with fresh water. Here
and there, where the bitumen Is mixed
with earthly water, grow llchens,
MOSES, grasses, etc. The center of the
lake, the pitch pot, or chaudiere, as
it is called, is at all times so soft that
it would be impossible to venture on it
without mourning the danger Of being
engulfed. The lake Is government,
property, and parts of it are leased
out to private individuals, who have
to pay royalties, according to the
amount of pitch removed, which
amount is checked by the government.
The pitch lake is practically mex
haustible. No matter what quantity
is taken out, 1t is replaced by fresh
pitch, which always wells up to NIL
the hole. The surface of the outer
edges of this most wonderful OF lakes
is quite hard enough to walk upon; but
a curious result ensues II you stand
still for any length of time on one
spot. For some yards around you the
pitch bodily sinks until 1t forms a
basin. 1t Is quite different to sinking
in sand, where your feet gradually dis
appear without making any apparent
difference in the level of the ground.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1898-12-29

Equal parts of litharge and glycer-
inc mixed together to the consistency
of putty make a good cement for
mending almost everything breakable
about the kitchen. This cement will
mend stone jars or any coarse earthen-
ware, stop leaks in tin pans or wash
boilers and cracks in iron kettles.
When lamp tops are loose they can
be fastened on the lamp with it, and it
will also tighten loose nuts or bolts
where the nuts have been lost. Prop
erly mixed, the cement will resist the
action of hot and cold water, acids
and almost any degree of heat OF
course, care should be taken to see
that it is perfectly dry and hard be-
fore the article mended is used; it
sometimes takes week for the ce-
ment TO harden, and Mt other times
only day. This depends upon the
amount OF cement used and the state
of the weather for drying purposes.