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 Of the various species of legumes ex- perimented with, the lupinus micranthus proved the most satisfactory. One bush, 1 of which Inspector Shinn has received photograph. although only four months 1 old, was of immense size and In full bloom ''The use of the lupin and other ntrogen-storing plants" he said, lis com ing to be recognized as of the greatest advantage in progressive agriculture The | plant extracts the nitrogen from the air and stores it in the leaves and in tuber- cules that form on the roots When the ! bush is plowed under the ground, all this | stored up nitrogen is added to the soil, | so the use of the lupin is of particular benefit in soils which are poor in nitro
 Tt is a curious fact" he concluded. ''that this very. plant was formerly re- garded as the farmers. greatest enemy, and it's very name, lupinus from lupus, Latin for wolf) was given 1t because It tiiity. We have found. however, that it may be used, not to rob the soil of it's fertility, but to rob the nitrogen from | the air and enrich the soil with 1t.
 A Blind Shot-Putter.
 BERKELE- March 26-T H. Morri- son, the blind freshman student at the l University, is the latest addition to the squad of track and field athletes. Mor- | rison is taking a teachers course in | physical culture under Professor Walter E. Magee at the gymnasium, and he did not propose to be deprived of the out | door exercise which his more fortunate fellow-athletes enjoyed. Last night he came down to the cinder path in athletic i suit and spent an hour or so practicing l putting the shot. Morrison, who is pow | erfully built, managed in spite of his in ability to to put the weight about thirty feet. When he has practiced the "knack" a few times more, and has be- come more familiar with the Seven-foot ring in which he has to stand, he hopes to be able to raise his mark considerably.
 Berkeley Bonds Defeated.
 BERKELEY, March 26.-A small vote was cast in the bond election in Berke- ley to-day, which resulted in the defeat of the bonds. The proposition was to bond for $60,0O0 for a new high school: 5000 each. expiring three every year. It 1 was rejected by wide margin. The total vote east was i1S7 of which 58l i've, were yes and 527 no, and twenty-nine illegal. i Seven hundred and ffty-eight votes were necessary to carry the bonds. The vot- ing was not very, heavy, and the oppon- ents of the bonds did the most work. What will be done by the Board of Edu- cation as a result of the election has not
 Many Studying Greek.
 BERKELEY, March 26-Professor E.. B. Clapp. head of the department of Greek at the University of California, has Der of high school pupils in the State | studying Greek has tripled since 1895. According to the statistics, the number of schools in which Greek is taught has in 1 creased from sixteen in 1895 to thirty ! eight in 1898, and the total number of stu dents in Greek has increased from 1S9 to 5S0. The high schools having the larg- est number of Greek students are the Lowell High, with eighty-seven, the Girls High, with eighty-four, the Berkeley. High, with fifty-seven, and the Oakland High, with fifty-three.
 Played a Ten-Inning Game.
 BERKELEY, March 26-The University of California baseball team defeated the Firemen's Fund nine, of the Insurance League, on the college campus this after noon by score of to D. The score stood to at the end of the ninth inning, but in the tenth inning the Varsity players braced up and made two runs. The field ing by the Berkeley players was excellent, very poor. Next Tuesday the Varsity will play Karl Krug's picked nine, and on Saturday a game with Santa Clara will probably be arranged.
 Says Polygamy Still Flourishes.
 BERKELEY, March 26-Miss Clara Pierce, who has been doing missionary work in Utah, in an address yesterday afternoon in the Berkeley Presbyterian | declared that polygamy is still generally practiced in Utah. and that the Latter Day Saints are about to inaugurate a vigorous campaign to secure converts all over the country. She declared that some steps should be taken to counteract the dangerous influence of the Mormon
 
 Seek Higher Degrees.
 BERKELEY, March 26.-The following post-graduates have been advanced to candidacy for higher degrees by the graduate council of the University:
 Miss l.. N. Colman. M: A (Greek); icent ". Shinn. Ph; D; Cpedagogyl; Harry B. Torrey, M. s. (biology); J. U. Smith, M. s. N(mathematicsl Miss Emily P. Rhine, M. S.. (botany); Miss Edith s. Byxbee M. s. (botany); Mis- Clara l.. Williams, M s. (botany).
 Berkeley News Notes.
 BERKELEY, March 26.-Ernest Nie- haus one of the proprietors of Niehaus Brothers mill in West Berkeley, had the index finger of 4IS left hand cut off this afternoon while working in the mill Dr. c. F. Gladding of West Berkeley dressed the wound.
 The Berkeley Daily Press, which was started about a week ago by the striking tion to-day leaving the local Journalistic field to the two dailies, the Gazette and World
 Next week will be vacation in all the public schools of Berkeley.
 The inter-class field day of the Berke- lev High School will be ..o.d next Mon- day afternoon at 1:3O o'clock on the Uni- versity cinder path. All three classes will :. enter teams, the seniors being explained by J. Brock and the middlers and juniors by H. Irwin.
 w P Drum the crack sprinter of the University, broke a track record in prac- tice last night on the University cinder l path He made @ lap in 35 seconds fiat, the best previous tune being 35 2-5 sec onds
 Alameda News Notes.
 ALAMEDA, March 26.-The Congrega- tional Church of this city celebrated it's nineteenth anniversary last evening by appropriate exercises in the church par