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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

| reports Will be made today. The
| casualties among the insurgents are
very heavy. We have buried some
five hundred OF their dead and hold
500 prisoners, Their loss in killed,
wounded. and prisoners probably ex-
ceeds 1000.
We took the water works pumping
station yesterday, six miles out. There
was considerable skirmishing with the
enemy, who made no stand. The
pumps were damaged but will be work.
ing in week. 1 have a number of
condensers set up in the CITY which
furnish good water.
The troops are in excellent spirits.
Quiet prevails.
OTIS.
Major General Commanding.
MADRID, Feb. 7.-Private adyices
received here from Manila represent
the Filipinos as being short of am
munition, which they are doing their
utmost to secure, Offering big
prices for it.
The rebels however, assert that
Gen. Rios, Spanish military represe.-
tative, who is now at Manila, whittier
be went after surrenderine Iloilo
to the insurgents, gave them
five thousand Mauser rifles and four
million cartridges in exchange for
Spanish prisoners. General Rios
denies this statement.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. THE
'teamersCentennial sailed this morn
ing for Manila with quartermast-
ers' supplies for the American troops
n the Philippines. Five other steam
srs will follow with supplies within ten
lays.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senator Till
nan in speech in the senate todav
declared that the battle of Manila was
'rought on for the effect it mi ght have
N the treaty. He contended that the
'ilipinos were fred upon before the
Americans chad any title to exercise
ontrol over them. His address was
ull of sensational talk.
MANILA, Feb. 7.-Perfect order pre-
ails in the city proper and matters
re fast regaining their normal condi-
ion. The men and women who took
efuge on board the transports in the
ay when the fighting began Saturday
vening have all returned to their '
ONES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA further '
st OF wounded was cabled from Manila [
lis afternoon. All are Washington f
I'D Utah men.
MANILA, Feb. 7.-After two days of t
yhting the American troops are tax
g much needed rest.
With the exception of desultorv fir W
g consequent on the movements of !,
con noitering parties there have been Fl
hostile demonstrations on either II
lie.
In spite of this condition the insur-
nts are steadily losing ground, as 81
cry one of their movements is in the tt
ture of a retreat.
Villages outside the city are in ruins,
OF the houses having been burned
our troops in order to dislodge the to
tives who concealed themselves ~
erein. The natives fired upon the
nericans as they fed from the burn er
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
ALL SECTIONS
Represented in the National Con-
Vention of Builders.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. THE
National Association of Builders, an
organization brought into existence at
conference held in Boston in 1886
for the discussion of needed reforms in
the building trade, convened in thir-
teenth annual session this morning
with delegates present representing all
sections of the country.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
DEWEY is TRUSTED
No Instructions Or Advice Have
Been Sent Him.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1T is au.
thoritatively stated at the war and
navy departments today that beyond
notifying Gen. Otis and Admiral
Dewey of the ratification of the treaty
by the senate pot a word of advice or
direction has been offered to them by
the executive.
Dewey has made no reply nor is any
expected from him.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

:, Tanned and bronzed, as the result of
living great deal in the open air,
Hoke Smith, OF Georgia. Clevelsnd's
secretary of the interior, visited the
mouse OF congress few days ago. look.
ing robust as ever and altogether q fl ne
specimen of manhood. ALTHOUGH his
political star is at present in eclipse
Mr.. Smith looks forward to the time
not far off, it is limited when he will
again be in the public service.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

during the next few weeks and which
will be held in various places in Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, Texas, Indian Ter
ritory and Oklahoma.
By this means Secretary Wilson
hopes to make himself personally fam
iliar with the condition of thingsin the
Southwest
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
AGUINALDO'S views.
He Says We Began 1t.

MANILA. Feb. 7.-Aguir aldo has is
sued proclamation suspending the
Filipinos constitution, terminating the
session of the Malos congress, and de-
claring that the hostili.ies were begun
by the Americans.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
Charged With Murder.

William Cabin, the Florida fugitive.
who was arrested by Sheriff Boone last
week, still occupies cell at the county
jail awaiting the arrival of officers
from Tai lahassee, who will reach here
in day or two.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
ITS ACTS VALID
Judge HaZen UphoIds the Kansas
Pop. LEGISLATURE.

Topeka, Kas., Feb. Judge Hazen
of the district court handed down q de-
recent extra session of the legislature
was constitutional and all it's acts valid.
This is hard on the telegraph COM
panies.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
Stand Pipe Burst.

A stand pipe used by the street
sprinklers. situated near the Con-
sumers' Ice factory, burst at it's elbow
today from the effects OF freezing. and
water was thrown from the creyice in
a spray in all directions.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
Will Meet In New York.

NEW YORK, Feb. Joe Goddard
and Gus Rubin will meet at the
Lenox Athletic club on March 7.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
BUILDING permifS.

Building permits were issued todav
to w. II. Martin for the erection of
two brick cottages on lots 100 and IOI.
Mills, to cost S7OO each.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

The aldermen of Detroit have forbid
den smoking at the sessions Of the
board until $50 p. m.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

Columbia University has 1907 stud.
ents this year.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
1T SHALL NOT BE

Wyoming Is Barred Against the
Prize Fighters.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 7.-Gov.
Richards has issued statement declar-
ing in emphatic terms that the propos-
ed Sharkey-Fitzsimmo fight can OF
be pulled off in his state.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07

ing houses. and still more Filipinos
were wounded by the return fire.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21

"In 1896" said Comrade Myers, was
reading an article in the daily paper regard
ing DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
/ was interested in the account as | was very
sick at that time with stomach and liver
troubles. I was all run down and was in
bad condition. What remedies l had taken
gave me only temporary relief and when l
read the article in the paper l decided to
give the pills trial.
"The story I read was about man in
Ohio, and l said, that if he lived in Detroit
I would go and see him.
"Wel1 [ grew worse instead of better, and
| finally went out and bought box of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. The
first box did not help me apparently, but |
continued using the pills and the second box
gave me much relief.
took five boxes before was cured be,
that was very cheap cure compared with
what had spent with physicians and drug
gists
81 still use the pills once in while and
can cheerfully and truthfully recommend
them to any old soldier who is suffering from
liver and kidney trouble or general debility.
JOSEPH B. MYERS"
Before me personally appeared Mr.. Josep!
B. Myers, who being duly sworn, declare
the foregoing statement to be true in ever.
respect. Signed this 18th day of September
1897. ISAAC M. BATES.
Notary Public
Comrade Myers is q prominent membe
of Gen. 0. M. Poe Post 433, G.. A. R., and i.
well known in Detroit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21
A Running Fight
HOW A NOTORIOUS GUERILLA
BAND WAS F0uGt
Veteran of the First Missouri Cavalry Relates Incidents Of Skr
rshes with Quante|Fs BushwackeS.
From the Evening Ne,os, Detroit, Mich.

The well known employe of Detroit, Michi-
gan, Board of Public Works, Joseph B.
Myers, living at III Fort Street, west, is an
important member of the Grand Army of
Veterans, and recently had a remarkable
experience.
Comrade Myers enlisted at Edinburg, NO.,
in 1862 and served during the war in the
southwest, and was discharged at st. Louis,
Mo-, in 1865. He was a member of Co. K.
First Missouri Cavalry 18th A. G. Western
army, commanded by General Burnside, and
later by Gen. Eads. He participated in the
battles of Springfield, Seas Ford and. all the
principal battles through Missouri.
For months the First Missouri Cavalry
followed the notorious Guerilla Ouantrell
and his band of bushwackers Scarcely day
passed but what there was a running fight.
For nearly six weeks Comrade Myers was
in the saddle constantly. 1t was campaign
of strategy and endurance as both sides
were well mounted. Night and day it was
fight and slirmishes and the men were pros
trated for weeks after Quantrell was driven
from the State. Many times the command
rode all night to cut off his retreat and fought
all day. The men slept and ate in their
saddles during this campaign, and were glad
when they were relieved.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21
Nitrogen and Plants.

The Madras Mail gives the follow
ing report of a lecture ON Atmospher-
lie Nitrogen i'm it's Relation to Vegeth-
tom delivered by DR.. w. J. Leather,
Agricultural Chemist to- the Govern
ment of India, at the College of Agri-
culture, Saidhpet.
The lecturer, introducing the sub
ject, Thought it would be as well to set
out briefly The reason why it occupied
and still occupies an important place
in the field of agricultural research.
EARLY in the history of chemistry it
Was determined that all plants were
built up of two dis tinct classes Of sub
stances, one of which became dissf-
paIted ON heating while the other did
not. The composition of the latter, or
mineral, portion was only accurately
determined later ON, but it WAS read
lily recognized that the plant must rely
entirely ON the soil for a supply OF IT'S
mineral ingredients. Regarding the
portion which was disSipated on heat
ing it wtls discovered hast century THAT
this portion consisted of compounds of
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitro
gen; and lit has been known for over
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21

the entire surface about a food deep.
Holes were them dug in the rotten
straw where the hills were to be, the
ground spaded up we'll at these places
and the seeds plant ted. About the time
the melons We're ripe the corn WAS so
high that thieving neighbOrs did mott
see the patch, and the location as well
aIs the mulch was an advantage.
tried it once in Ohio with equally good
results. On the homestead claim
which l bought on the KANSAS prairies
were the butts of some old hay stacks
beside an old cattle yard. / ploWed
the yard and an adjoining patch of
prairie sod and spread the old hay over
it. / dug hills and planted water mel
Ons and cantaloupeS. had melons for
tin whole neighborhood without anOth-
er stroke of work. So long as l lived
in Kansas | tried melons under cult
walton in old ground, / grew them ON
fresh prairie sod and mulched with
old stack bottoms, with straw, hay
and with coarse manure, and the
mulch seemed to be the easiest and
sureSt to succeed. When we came to
live IN Virginia / found pine leaves a
handy material with which to mulch.
Hele the peoples call them ''sla'ts,"
which is the short for shutters, because
the leaves shatter off the trees. They
contain no weed seeds, and are cheap
and exceedingly good for making a
mulch. If they have been first used
ais bedding for stock so much the bet
ter No better or sWeeter melons or
cantnloupes are grown than we have
every year. 1 first plOw the ground,
plant the seed and generally cultivate
it until the melon plants begin to start
their vines. Then mulch so heavily
that no annual weeds can come
Through. The soil remains moist
throughout the season. Sometimes l
grow pumpkins in the same way, and
the results are simply WOndeTuI. III
1897 l grew seven pumpkins ON one
vine in mulched ground which averag-
ed over fifty pounds each, and they
were of the choicest quality. The way
to prove this plan is to try it. After
over thirty years of experience in
mulching melons, POTATOES, tomatoes
and other crops, too, like it exceed
mgly we'll; but the coating must be put
on so thoroughly as to cover all Of the
surface so deeply that no weeds can
grow and that the soil will be moist
during the dryest weather.-Rual
New Yorker.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21

ther experiments showed that the le
guminosae, did not thrive in cultiva-
ton potts from which all micro organ
isms were excluded, that these plants
developed nodules ON their tubercles
and thrived we'll if the cultivation pots
were WAtered With muddy water OBJ
uained by shaking fertile soil with wa
ter, but not if this walter was previ-
orsly steril1zed by boiling. The lectur-
er them described the experiments in
detail and summarized their results ais
follows: Plants belonging to the mat
ulal orders Graminaceae, CucifeTae,
ETC., did not assimilatel atmospheric
nj rOgen; plants belonging to the SUBJ
order Papilionaceae (order Legumin>
oS4ie) assimilAted a,bmOspherfcv nitro
gen if certain heterogeneous were
present in the soil. The experiments
of Hellriegel and Wilfarth have been
corTobor@ted by LAWes and Gilbert.
The lecturer then proceeded to- give in
detail the evidence tending to prove
that the nodules mentioned were due
to incubation, and said Gnat certain
psychologists had separated organ
is1ns from these nOdulek. Noble, it
appears, has grown these organisms
and has placed them ON the market in
suitable vessels cfNitAagin'O so that
SOILS deficient in the organisms may be
supplied With them. Regarding the
practical utility of ''Nftragin'' the in
formation at present available seemed
insufficient to base amy opinion on the
matter. The lecturer incidentally point
ed out that some of the lower forms
of vegetable Life such AIS Algae and La
chens seemed to be capable of assim1-
lating free nitrogen, which accounted
for the phenomenon noticed by some
observers that land left apparently
bare showed an increase in the amount
of nitrogen present. The question in
what way do bacteriH aSsist certain
plants i'm assimilAting atmospheric Nj
trogen' Was answered by Lawes and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21

Gilbert ais fOllOWs:-'The alternative
trogen seem to be: LIST, that under the
conditions Of the Symlbiosis the plant
is unable to fix the free nitrogen of the
a tmOsphere by it's leaves; 2nd, that the
organisms become distributed within
the soil and there fix nitrogen; the re-
sulting heterogeneous compounds oecom-
ing available hs a source of nitrogen
to the roots OF the plant; 3rd that the
free nitrogen is liked in the course of
the development of the organisms
within the nOdules, and that the result
ing heterogeneous compound are absorb
ed and utilized by the host" The third
suggestion seemed the most likely one
Leaving aside the purely scientific
ASPECT of the question, the lecturer said
he would like to- deal with the practi-
cal side of it. i Wtbs true that Through
the agency of pulses the land became
enriched to "a certain ex tent for a sub
sequent cereal crop. But experiments
carried out ht CawnpOre and else
where showed that the root residue of
a pulse crop could only be relied upon
to increase the cereal which filled it by
about ten per cent, which Wais very
Little compared with the increase
which could be obtained 10y the use of
heterogeneous mhnures. Doubtless the
part played by pulse crops in India
was an hll-important one, but lit would
be folly to trust ito such crops alone to
replenish the soil and to- neglect the
use of cattle dung and other manures
supplying nitrogen to the soil. The
soils of India were very poor in nitro
gen; and this left only one conclusion
to- be drawn, namely that, although
our pulse crops were annually assimi-
lating some nitrogen from the a,tnlos-
phere, the amount so brought into COM
bination With the soil was NOT sniff
cient either to increase NATURALLY ,the
store of this all-important plant food.
or even to maintain it alt high level
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-06-21

their carbon and a part of their OXy-
gem from the atmosphere, and that
most of the water entered through the
root, the supplies of these substances
being practically unlimited.
The question WAS whether plants OBJ
tanned their nitrogen from the soil or
from the free nitrogen of the atnos-
phere. The first experiment. was made
in 1779 by Priesuy, who, working with
primitive apparatus, came to the con-
clusiOn THAT plants assimilated the free
nitrogen of the atmosphere. Twenty
years later De Saussure, ais the result
of his experiments, came to the Oppo-
site conclusion. In 1887 BussingauM in
Vestigated the mahter with indecisive
results, but he again attacked the sub
ject in a more thorough manner in
1850 and subsequent years. He grew
plants from seed in "a Soil which was
caphble of supplying the necessary
mineral matter, but which did not con-
tain amy compound of nitrogen. The
whole was enclosed in "a large glass
sphere, which was occasionally sup
piled with carbon diOXide, supply of
water being given to the soil. In this
WAY the compounds of nitrogen were
as far as possible put out of reach OF
the plant while the free nitrogen of the
atmosphere was in contact with lit.
His experiments showed that the nj
t1togen in the plant WaS practically the
SALINE in amount as that originally con-
tanned in the seed-in other words that
the plant did not assimilate atmos-
pheric nitrogen. These results were
subsequently confirmed by other exper-
inenters, notably Lawes, Gilbert and
Pugh, of whose apparatus and meth.
DDS of procedure the lecturer gave a
detailed account With THE aid of the
necessary appliances.
The question could not be allowed to
rest here, for There WAS a generally
expressed opinion among British farm
ers that clover, in addition to produc-
ing excellent crops of hhy, enriched the
soil for succeeding crop of wheat or
barley, and further that all competent
Investigators admitted THAT the Ques-
tion, in spite of the results already
men TONED, was nOt fully solved( while
some of the field experiments seemed
to confirm the British farmers opin-
ion. Hellriegel and WilfaTth carried
out a series of Investigations ON the
relation which existed betWeen the
amount of plant food in the soil and
the weight of crop obtained. Plants
were grown in steriliZed soil in a Sc
ries of pots having a good supply of
plant foods other thhIn nitrogen. In
one pot of O. series there we're NO COM
pounds of nitrogen present; in a sec-
Ond pot a small amount of combined
nitrogen as sodium nitrate; i'm a third
pot twice ais much and so on. 1t was
found THAT in the case of the Grami-
naceae and some others THAT the
weights of plants produced depended
largely on the amount of combined
nitrogen supplied, but that With the
Leguminosae the yields varied. Fur
Their, the striking fact was DEMONS trait
ed that pea plants grown in s'terilized
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30

ka.e licenses were issued to
%. haddook, a, and Miss Ida May
bolh " ogden: Stewart a.
Z" anu Mrs, Sarah j. Rogers.
w " SAT- Lake city; Samuel
'ii 4, and Mrs. Olcvn u. Mil
- Dolh " Peterson, Morgan coun-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
YOUNG ORCHARDS.

Young orchards should have attcn-
ton. when there In any Huarc time go
over tho trees. cutting away weak.
useless wood when the trocs hro young
" the time TO give thom good ntton-
tion. and wcil.kept orchard viii rr-
spund 10 the extra labor laid out, say
American Gardening. n young trees bo
lett to thums, ives II will not be- LONG
before they grow out of rhnp', Strong
shoots. which give the trees q sirng-
Cling appearance. should be- shortened
back. one should always aim 10 have
compact. well balanced trees and also.
N fine fruit be the object. kerg the
growth thlnnod out, as when there "a
much wood IA a trcc sunshine cannot
Fct at the fruit. and under those uir-
cumrtnnces poor fruit results. Young
orchards should be thoroughly culu-
waited Tor a few years. ! don't know
~ anything better for young trees. II
one-haif ~ an orchard be- cultivated,
the other left In grass, thst which was
cultivated would grow Just ~ fast
again and much cleaner and healthier
4 tree TINT mnkea 70 clean. healthy
growth ~ tho one from which We can
expect fine fruit.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
BREEDING OF THE HORNS.

In SIS had herd OF horned COVE.
ala not want to cut on their horns,
but determined to yet rid Of them In
some manner I bred them to nollcd
hull. whose mother was IA horned COW,
TO my surprise. but one In ten of the
calves had horns. In ~ | had lne
herd Of pollcd hoifora, having sold all
my horned cattle. These pollcd heifers
thus produced from horned mothers by
n bull from a horned mother never have
had horned calf, although all my bulls
have been from horned mothera This
shows how easy II II 10 breed on horns.
True. It takes time, yet | think II the
best way,
In my experience I ind horned cattle
require rs much again stable room as
polls. FOR I herd an my young cattle IN
q large pen. like ehocp, until they IRE
ready to drop their first calves. All
the older cattle are kept IN another
shed In the same way unless | milk
them. Then for convenience put them
In stalls They gather at the feed
troughs 40 thick as they can crowd.
none disturbing the others. II Il not
one fourth the labor TO stable them
since l use no chains. stanehlons or
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-30
oyERwoREED BUTTER.

There are two extremes In working
butter. either of which will damage q,
and reduce IT, grade. even v the ut
most care is taken ln an the operations
OF making tho butter M to that time.
one OF these. and the worst one, q
overworklng, leaving so much water in
A. that d shows go once that u has not
been properly worked and II graded ac-
cordlugly. II In necessary To leave u
certain amount of water IN the butter,
and too much or too little spnllt 10 Ca
a certain extent. but ~ the two evils,
pvcrworking h. the worst, for Il de-
Ytroys the grain ~ the butter and spells
ltn appearance when u comes 10 the
table and spoils the appetite for It i'm
mcdiately. II IL a fine distinction Ia
tell Just when TO stop. and this many
times IL the only difference between the
maker OF nrst-clnss butter and the
maker Of grease The housewife who
knows lust when tu stop IN the one who
will get the best reputation as n butter
maker, and the ono who learns THIS
lesson the most perfectly VIII be thc
one who can get private customers at
an advanced price.