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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
CONSIDERING AN ARMlsTlcE
'pain May Yet Declare the War on In
Cuba O. save Herself

Cuba 60 save Herself
Washington April 1t i learned
at one Of the foreign embassies here that
the Spanish government has under a
very earnest consideration the issuance
Of proclamation declaring an armistice
IN Cuba. This decree has not yet been
signed so FAR as known here. nor does
the information Indicate that final de.
termination has been reached As vet.
The measure, however, Is being strongly
pressed upon the consideration of Spain
by some OF the continental powers, that
acquainted their emm,,io, with the
fact. IL is the hops Of the powers urg.
ing this move that by means OF this
concession war might ha averted. al.
though It is realized the United States
may not regard the concession adcauato
tomeet the case.
Inquiry in official circles show moth.
Ing has been received from Minister
Woodtord on the subject of the proposed
armistice' or indeed, upon any subject.
Even were an armisticc determined by
Spain There Is authority FOR the state.
ment that 10 would not change the pur.
pose OF the administration 90 forcc mat.
tcrs 20 an immediate issue. Armistice
at this time 10 /. said, would not result
IN postponCmcnt 1t contemplated action
even for a dav.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
SPAIN MAY YIELD.
Powers Have Given Her TO Understand
What She Could Expect.

What She Gould Expect
Madrid, April 9-Thcro Is reason "a
believe that the powers have made OK.
tuordinury propositions 60 Spain. They
have said IN effect that IL she should
make such concessions to the United
States as they believed to be- necessary,
the powers OF Europe would guarantee
her against war, both external an inter.
nal
The powers would delegate to one OF
their own number, Austria, whose
throne is soclo,ely allied to that OF Spain
by ties Of blood tho duty OF defending
Spain against any international foes that
might arise, menace TO the dynasty,
as result of yielding 10 the demand. Of
the United States
In plain English this means that Aus.
trian troop, would, II necessary, be sent
to Spain 20 maintain order and 20 sun.
press civil war Tho Austrian troops
would have behind them the allied NOR.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

disrcgaried, the president SAYS. no less
20 by the sau.ard, than By the Cubans
Tho existing condition, cannot but MI
TINS government and the American peo.
pie with the greatest apprehension.
The me-,ag, furnishes no definite
conclusion n 10 the uc2t step 20 bo
taken timer ~ suggest, that the facts
which the president sets forth Justify
immediate action by congress
Tho message it.eif bears evidence that
the president has purpo,cly RETAINED
from making q d.rctand specific recon.
mondatl1n.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
DYNAMITE eXPLooEs.
Car Loaded with the Explosive Biow.
Up. wreeking . Traln-

Great Falls, Mon, April s--ons Of
the worst wrecks that ever happened in
Montana occurred ON the Montana Cen.
trail Thursday night The dead are:
L. oppcnbeimer, engineer; Charles
W. Cockrell, fireman: and A. J. Martin.
head brakeman.
Westbound freight train No. "a, had
arrived at the Dry Forks bridge, 90
miles from here, and proceeded to cross.
The train was composed Of IL loads, one
car ot dynamite. When within 81 feet
OF the bridge, the dynamite exploded,
wrccking the bridge and tearing 10 cars
to hndling wood. Telegraph poles and
wircs wers blown out and communica-
tion from Great Falls shut Of. The
wreck immediately caught fire and was
consumed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

Guthrie, o. T., April s,-Dick IVES,
was killed south Of this city. Officers
had been on the watch for him for some
time and located him in camp. A lively
battle ensued and he was shot dozen
times before he gave up. West was
formerly cowboy and Indian scout.
Rewards aggpgating t2lOO were out
standing for his capture dead or alive.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

WEYMOUTH Eng, April 9.-Uni,eti
States cruiser Topeka, formerly Dioge.
nese. Lieutenant John J. Knapp in com.
mand, and United States torpedo boat
Somers, commanded by Ensign @. W.
Hazelton sailed early this morning for
the United States.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

London, April 9.-Ths Vienna cor.
respondent Of The Daily Telegraph says /:
How seriously the situation is under.
stood here is shown by the fact tina.
court circles already believe that Queen
Regent Christina may soon return to
her native land Suitable preparations
are already making at the palace Of her
brother, Archduke Lugen.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
CoRsuis May Leave spain.

Washington, April 9.-Permission has
been given by the state department. to
United States consuls In Spain to leave
that country If they so desire pending
the threatening severance Of all diplo.
matte relations between Spain and this
country
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

New York, April 9.-It is reported
great difficulty has been experienced
In enlisting able seamen aboard the Yer.
mont, and In consequence the advisable.
ity Of Offering bounty Of $500 to sSOo
Tor seamen is now under consideration
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

Leayenworth, Kan, April 9.-The
body Of Mrs Brewer, wife Of Justice
David J Brewer Of the United States
supreme court, who died In Washing.
ton, was buried In the family lot here.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
Nln.r, ON strlk.

Assumption, Ills, April o. The min.
ers Of the Assumption Coal company
went on strike, the difference being Ia
the scale Of wages. Rana and Taylor.
vile are also out, and no coal can be had
In this part Of the state.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
OoId shIpmsnts cstaIus In.

New York, April o.-Gold is being
shipped from Cuba to this city. Al.
ready 100000 has been received and
$500, goo was engaged for shipment in
addition. The gold is shipped from HA.
yana because war Is imminent
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10
Pa.tmAsirr Arrr.iah.

Shawnee, o. T., April o.-Postmas.
ter Boggs was arrested here, charged
with embezzling registered letters in
his charge. Bond was fixed at s2S0O,
which he readily filled.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

Guthrie, .. 7, April s.-David
Hughes was convicted Of murdeing vi.
rich Jenkins, his neighbor. Hughes
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
life.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-10

al and physical force OF Europe.
The papal nuncio. who has been re.
peatedly TO the palace in the last "a
hours, is believed to be in sympathy
with this programme.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
Autumn BuIIIs--The Gala.

To be most successful in plant growing
we must study the habit of each plant,
says Vicks Magazine. At its native home
the Gala stands in foot or more of wa
ter in bright sunlight, and in a soil as
rich as our richest compost. 1t Is said
that soon after the towering season is
over the water subsidies, and the soil be-
comes as dry as it is possible to get in
the tropics. Here, therefore, nature clear
ly teaches us how to cultivate the cala-
To start with, the plant must not be put
in too large pot it requires to be root
bound to flower well-this especially when
grown for winter Towering. A six or sew
en-inch pot will be large enough for
good-sized rootstock. good plan for
the summer is to turn the pots over and
let the tubers rest in some shady place
until September. This plan also answers
we'll for amaryllis-smalI pot and complete
rest during summer. 1t is true that some
growers of the Gala keep the plant grow
ing during the entire summer, while 9TH
ers set it out in the garden where the
plant continues to grow with what wa
ter nature allows. But for ourselves, We
have found it best, to obtain the most
flowers during winter to keep the plant
dormant in the summer. Having rested
thus, the plant is ready to be repotted
in the fall, in the same pot, adding a lit
tie liquid manure when started in the fall.
After repotting, the plant shonld only be
lightly watered for two or three weeks.
or until the leaves begin to push, and then
given water generously. The soil should
be rich-a good loan, rotted COW manure
and sand. Give plenty of warmth-remem-
bering the broad open sunlight" of the
tropics-plenty of water, and the plant will
begin blooming early in the winter and
usually continue until the next spring.
The flowers viii come almost before you
know it. Again. for the prosperity of
the plant 1 would add what has been said
of the Gala and its needs Water like
a MILL heat like a furnace, food like an
army, absolute rest during summer"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
ORANGE CROP IN FLORIDA.

c. r. Stewart of Titusville has gone to
Bonaventure to plant about 300 more or
dnge trees in his grove.
Michael F. Dwyer of Brooklyn. N. Y,
is still charging his grove at Banyan,
having contracted to have 800 more orange
trees planted.
Joe Vendig. well-known sporting man
acreage of his orange grove at Tropic by
having more trees planted.
Meanwhile: C. w. Pugsby, Charles
Pugsby and Miss Frank Pugsby are now
having several hundred cords of wood
cut for the purpose of firing their groves
in case of another freeze.
Orlando: James Dodge, who owns a
fine orange grove near old Fort Gatlin, is
arranging TO protect his trees against any
cold wave which may come during the
approaching winter He has about sixty
cords of well-seasoned pine wood piled
at intervals throughout his grove, with
which to build wood fires i'm case Of
drop in the temperature to the danger
point The wood has cost nothing beyond
the cutting, hauling, possibly one dollar
per cord.
w llldID M. BiOMH VI 1ltu5Nlite uOes uOl
believe in being in the rear when it comes
to orange culture, for he is adding an
other 1000 trees to his grove at Banyan
He and f. l.. Brady have also had fuel
hauled into their Minis groves in readiness
to protect the trees when the colp snaps
are on.
Palmetto: Two of the largest orange
deals of the season were made here on
Monday. John Arnold of Gainesville
bought the crop of S. 3. Lamb for 81 per
box on the trees. T. b. Parker, a local
merchant. bought the crop of the Lowrey
Bros, also for 81 per box on the trees.
The two groves will yield about twenty
five carloads.
ST. James City: The truck farmers of
Pine Island and Sanibel Island have been
hustling for the past six weeks. Every
available foot of land on these two ISL
ands IL under cultivation, and already
planted with tomatoes, eggplant, peppers,
cabbage, etc If success attends their ef-
forts there will be many happy families
and much rejoicing in this section of
Florida.
Barlow: r. b. Candy has a fine crop
of oranges on his place just across the
river from Barlow. He estimates that he
has between 200 and 800 boxes, and he has
already declined an offer of 81 box on
the trees This grove should have in the
neighborhood of a thousand boxes next
wear; and this is one of many in the coun-
iy. which proves that the damage from
the freezes is already largely overcome.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
Truck Farming.

w. II. Jenkins in Farm and Fireside
says: From my experience in marketing
fruits and vegetables grown on my truck
farm 1 may be able to give some points
that VIII be of interest to your readers. In
these times of intense competition it re.
quires business ability, push and enter
prise to successfully market ones pro-
duce. One may produce a first-class arti-
Gle. but unless he has the business knowi-
edge to advertise it and push its sale some
more enterprising man will get the start
of him in supplying the market.
A few years ago when ! began truck
farming l had so little competition that
could not supply the demand in the two
or three villages near me. Other people
found that / was making a little money.
and now at times there are more fruits
and vegetables offered for sale than the
market will take at q price that gives the
producer any profit. When there is a fun
market only the best grades of produce are
wanted so we may say i'm a word that
successful marketing depends on having
a prime article and in knowing how to
reach the peop,e who want. The most of
my produce is sold from the market-wagon
!n the villages near me. AS my time is
worth more attending 10 matters at home
l do not go with the market-wagon, but
try to hire a man for this work who has
the qualifications for q good salesman. /
have found great difference in men in
their ability to approach people in a way
to make sales; some men will sell twice as
much as others. 1 want a man who Is
genial, polite, has a pleasing way, who as
honest, a faithful worker. and quick and
accurate in making change.
Another point is TO have a wagon. horse
and harness attractive in appearance These
help to make a better impression on the
people to whom you want to sell. other
things being equal, the rich and fashionn-
bic people will buy from the market wa
gon that looks nicely. and Of the sales
man who is well dressed and has pleasing
manners.
One of my specialties is celery. The
lunches are carefully assorted, and all
the small and inferior punches are put in
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

is then taking away that which some one
must return at considerable cost at some
time in the future. There are men who
hatter themselves that they are good
farmers who have for years been engaged
In robbing their soil OF fertility while they
were producing big crops to sell for money
10 add to their bank accounts or invest
i'm other ways. The great wheat fields of
the Northwest the once fertile prairies OF
the corn belt and the immense Plantations
OF the South all show to a greater or less
degree the effects of constant cropping
and selling the products of the soil.
Every pound of potash or phosphoric
acid taken from the soil is worth just
as much to the owner of the land as il is
to any one else, and these things have a
price in every market in the civilized
world The farmer who Is constantly taxi
ing from the store of these essential plant
foods without returning their equivalent
TO the soil is a wasteful farmer, and fire.
quenty this waste is greater than that of
the man who allows his crops to waste on
the land, for in that case the plant food
goes back to the soil.
The proper method of farming is to so
conduct operations that every year the
farm will grow better instead of poorer.
The beauty of this is that the proper
method Is the one that brings In the most
money, if the average farmer only under
stood such things better.
Disqualification Of interests leads the
corn farmer TO grow oats. grass and live
stock, and he stands ready to take adj
vantage of a good market for any of these
things when it comes along, while the fail
ure Of one crop does not affect him disas-
trously. Diversiication for the cotton
planter allows him to raise his own bread
and meat and save paying freight on these
things. While this might reduce the acre.
age of cotton grown in the South, there
is not a doubt but shortage of this kind
would result in such an increase of price
that he would get as much for what he
did grow as he would have got for the
crop If his whole acreage had been In
cotton, and in the end he would reap
greater profits than ever
With live stock and clover and grass IL
is possible to keep any land up to its
highest state of fertility, and it is a hope
full sign of the future that such a system
of farming has more advantages with
every passing year
The lands of England and Germany, as
well as other foreign countries, yield as
well now as they did in the time of Julius
Caesar. while the farms of China ana
Japan have been kept in constant use for
ages without being reduced to barren
ness. There is a great opportunity for i'm
provement in this respect among American
farmers, and the question of conserving
fertility must become of paramount inter
est in the near future unless we cease to
be wasteful farmers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AMID CAROLINA

The railroad commissioners have grant
ed he Denmark petition, and the Coas,
Line viii come through the town on the
road bed graded a couple Of years ago
The spartanburg w C. T. L. has in
vited their sisters in this state 10 meet
here in grand council the 27th and 18th
inst They wish to arouse a more lively
interest in the order.
e. II. Gasque, Of Marion. has in his pos
session a G-pound shen from the battleship
Indiana, that was fred at Santiago while
destroying Cerveras fleet Also a piece
OF the Spanish cable that was cut at San
tago. These interesting relics of the Gu
ban war were sent to Mr.. Gasque by one
of the sailors of the Indiana.
The limbless cotton grown by n b.
smith, near Camden, Notwithstanding the
unfavorable season, has made a tremen-
dous yield. This cotton as planted In the
driE about eight or ten inches apart, and
many of the stalks have upwards of $50
Dolls. The lint is also very fine. The stalks
are very large and tail. MIR. Smith will dis
pose OF small quantity of the seed.
The Southern Railroad is soon TO begin
the erection of a shed for the convenience
Of passengers at the Banding street depot
at Columbia. The plan is to have a long
shelter similar to those now used at va
rious towns in the state. The shed Is to
extend from Banding street towards Lau-
rel ana viii afford ample protection in
Indictment weather against any inconven-
fence The work on the proposed pfan win
begin now shortly aud in the course of a
few weeks the shed will be completed
T. n Garrett reports the measurement
Of the boss of all the pumpkin vines. 1t
was grown on The place of his uncle. John
G. Garrett, in the Cripple Creek section
of Fairview township, Greenville county
The vine was rs feet long, and bore over 10
pumpkins, aggregating in weight about :
700 pounds. Fourteen of the largest aver
aged % pounds each, the smallest of them
weighing 81 pounds, and the largest, which
took the blue ribbon at the Fairview stock
show, &c pounds. The others averaged about
~ pounds each The vine grew from com
mon seed, planted last May by Mrs. Gar
relt on clay upland, comparatively new
ground
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

separate baskets and sold for culls. In
this way / grade all the produce, then in
supplying customers my man IS able TO
give them just what they want, and those
who want a good article can always get
1t, and by supplying them with that which
is uniform in quality l can keep their pat
ronage. have also learned that one needs
to carry quite a variety of fruits and veg
etables on his market wagon, for ii is Of
ten an accommodation to customers II they
can buy all they want from one wagon.
If one does not grow the article wanted
In his own garden he should try to supply
1t in some way. During the fall, when peo-
pie are making pickles and canning fruit,
l have found the greatest demand for cab
bage, cauhflower, onions, small cucumbers,
and peaches, pears and tomatoes.
A subject to which 1 would call the at
tention of truck farmers Is utilizing the
refuse that is not marketable by feeding
it TO some kind of live stock. I have only
little land in grass, but now keeping
cow that provides the family with milk
and butter on refuse from the garden, by
feeding little grain with 1t. l feed her
the sweet corn stalks and small ears NOT
marketable; small apples and potatoes,
cabbage trimmings and barn grass, ana
some other weeds that I pull up when
am wedding the crops. Then it pays 20
keep a pig, which can be partly fed on
such refuse as cabbage and caulifoweT
trimmings. One weed l find very trouble
some is pursane; when wedding 1 always
pull it up, put it in baskets and carry II
off the field. and ! have found that the
best way 10 dispose of il Is to carry i,
to the pig, which will eat it readily.
usually grow about 10000 punches of Gel
cry, and in trimming it for market 1 have
large quantities of refuse. My horse has
learned to eat this, and will now eat it
as readily as hay. and carry him a large
armful three times a day. He is well fed
on grain and gets but little in addition
to the celery trimmings. My poultry also
consumes a part of this refuse from the
garden, all of which helps to make eggs.
milk and meat and the animals thus fed
make large part of the manure 1 use
on the garden. In the great business en-
terprises that are the most successful ali
the waste material and by-products are
utilized; nothing is lost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
OIOr in MIX.

While 1t is often true that what we
call odor in milk comes from the air of
the stables, it is also true that there is
an odor in the milk in any case even in
the milk of COWS that are kept with the
greatest of care, says the Farm Review.
1t was long ago discovered that every ami
NAL throws off a volatile oil, which evap-
crates about as quickly as it comes to the
air, and this fine gas, produced by the
change of the oil from liquid TO a gas
eous form, is what assals our nostrils,
and is what we denominate odor. The
pores that carry this volatile oil TO the
surface OF the hide seem to be numerous
and 10 be distributed we'll over the body.
This is what makes scent in dogs of value
If it were not for this oil being constant
ue as a tracer Many of the lower ami
mails have their sense of smell so devel-
oped that they are able to detect a very
small amount of this odoriferous oil.
Some Of the tubes that carry this oil
from the internal organs of the COW,
where it is elaborated, have their orifices
in the udder. This volatile oil thus gets
into the milk, and the only way to get
rid of il is TO aerate the milk The oil
evaporates so rapidly that the exposure
of the milk to the air, especially when it
is exposed to the air in the form of small
sheets of spray, results in getting It out
of the milk II also shows why the milk
should not be at once covered and left
covered. It is not a certain sign that the
milk is dirty If there be an animal odor
connected with it, But It is a sign that
the dairyman does not know how to ham
die it.