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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21

true. There are $50 native bands In
Manila, not more than a half dozen
members out of the whole number be-
ing able to read note Of music. They
play by ear entirely, like our negroes
of the Southern states, yet their In
struments are always in perfect tune
and their playing is harmonious and
beautiful.
We had been told such alarming
things about Manila, and warned Sc
earnestly against INDUCING In various
edibles, that we entered the city In
fear and trembling, but we found the
drinking water delicious. the little Bay
View hotel comfortable and the table
quite good, considering the limita
tons. At least there was good butter
and delicious bread, two things that
are not always found in places more
pretentious.
Mosquitoes were troublesome at
night, but canopies over the beds
were ample protection, while the trade
winds. constant the year around
proved the assertion Of the Manilians
that nowhere do people enjoy more
sound or refreshing sleep.
In the houses which have sliding
screens instead OF windows little liz
ards take up their homes, fitting
along the walls and calling to each
other with a peculiar chuckling cry.
They are harmless little creatures and
no one seems to mind them In the
least.
Housekeeping is rather hard for
Americans, for the servants are both
incompetent and lazy. Marketing has
to be done by the head of the house
hold and everything chartered over
has to be taken home afterward. for
nothing is delivered. This, together
with the strain Of being constantly on
the watch against thleving, is trying
to the nerves Of the newcomer.
The Spaniards used to soundly whip
their Filipino servants. engendering
In them, as they believed. a whole
some fear and respect They have no
fear Of corporal reproof from the
Auarinana eanseaaaAtlv are lazy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21

years old astride Of her hip. He wore
a tiny green shirt, his only garment;
on his head an old derby hat was
jammed down to his ears; and. to
complete the picture, his mother took
a cigar about eight inches long from
her mouth, while she chartered with
a shopman, and put it in the boys
mouth for safe-keeping.
The men are taking to foreign GUS
toms more rapidly, and numbers of
them wear regular shoes and put a
gauze undershirt beneath their outside
airy one of just. Some of these ex-
quisite just shirts are 80 fine they are
Q mere thought, and must certainly be
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21
,,ome fault.finding persons are crit

some fault-finding persons are criti-
cising the 500 New Workers who dis:
cussed poverty over a dinner costing
$40 plate and where some of the
guests appeared wearing costly jew
els. II this money had been given to
the poor they think more good would
have been done. More good to the
poor, perhaps, but not to the guests at
the banquet. Just think. remarks the
Indianapolis Star, how much satisfac'
ton 400 OF those guests took In In
specting the titled visitor with her
diamond tiara and ropes Of pearls!
Some people never can see two sides
to a question.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21

Here comes the inventor Of a gun
which, as alleged. can carry big shell
from London to Paris or the reverse.
There has been a great deal Of long
distance fighting recently, but when II
comes to such a range as that war
would appear to be reduced to math-
ematical calculation how to hit the
object aimed at. Perhaps the time
win arrive when hostilities viii be
carried on by telephone.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21
Too often.

Success leads to iuSOlence.-IFiSh
nrnyarh.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21

worn for ornament only. for they serve
neither as a protection or covering. So
delicate is he thread that, in weav-
ing, It is protected by gauze from the
gentlest breeze.
The Chinese are the only industri-
Gus portion of the population and
practically control the retail trade
among the natives. Many Of them ara
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-05-21
DEFIANCE Gold wafer Starch i

WTnOWS,undsr NEW Law obtains
PENSIONS SISsEEasasSss;a. 80 5. 3
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
THE GRAND JURY
ENDS ITS LABORS
Five True Bills OF Indictment
Returned.
Several smuggling Cases Heard in Court
and Several Sentences Of from IS to
90 Days Were Assessed by
Judge Burns.

The grand jury, summoned to
consider the ofenses against the
United States with which NUM-
Der of people were charged. ended
its labors and was discharged today.
Five true bills were reported. Some
of those against whom indictments
were found are net now in custody
and writs of capias will be issued
against them.
Several sentences of from Is to
90 days for smuggling were pro-
nounced by Judge Burns yesterday
afternoon and this morning
although several were suspended,
pending the good behavior of the
accused.
Bernardina Reyes pleaded guilty
and was given thirty days in the
Cameron County Jail.
Jose Angel Medrano pleaded
guilty; sentenced to thirty days in
the Fort Bend County Jail, but
sentence was suspended during
good behavior.
Severe Mcdonald was given Is
days in the Hidalgo County Jail
and final commitment ordered.
Trinidad Guajardo was assessed
thirty days in the Fort Bend county
Jail; sentence suspended during
good behavior.
Dario Cortez drew sixty days in
the Jail of this county, and final
commitment was ordered.
Felix Vargas pleaded guilty and
was given 80 days in the Fort Bend
county jail, but sentence in his
case was also suspended during
good behavior.
The cases of Espiridion Salinas,
Lucio Guerra and Librado Medra.
no were continued.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
Uses and Misuses of ~
~ Water in Irrigation

different methods and degrees OF
culture. A sandy soil and one with
large percentage of vegetable
matter do not require SO much
working as d fine silly soil having
very little sand. Through the san
dy loan the water more readily
passes and if there is a slight ex-
cess of moisture put on in irrigat-
ing, it passes down to drier soil be-
low. The fine silt soil unless thor
oughly cultivated holds the water
more like rag. 1t will not take
water as readily but parts with it
by evaporation more freely, and
wetted surfaces bake and crack
quickly, hence the necessity of
careful thorough handling.
In preparing a field for a crop
under irrigation care should be
taken that the work is thoroughly
done. He Tho lays out a field
should plan both how water is to
be brought to and any excess car
ried away from each part. The
trench method is the one to be pre-
ferred in irrigating all crops plant
ed in rows when the rows are far
enough apart to admit of it. This
is the better method for several
reasons. Water is kept below the
surface thus avoiding the baking
and cracking of the surface soil
and the consequent excessive eva
poration from it. The surface soil
about the plant is kept loose and
friable more conducive to plant
growth. The roots of plants are
directed downward when they are
not so liable to injury from wind,
sun, and lack of moisture.
In the lower Rio Grande valley
there are large acreages of both
the sandy, and silt types of soil.
To all who cultivate l would say
cultivate, irrigate, cultivate, drain.
Drainage is the last but by no
means of lesser consequence. If
asked which is to be considered the
most important all that could be
be said is-without irrigation moth
ing to cultivate, without cultiva-
ton not worth while to irrigate,
without drainage failure inevitable.
Irrigation and drainage go hand
in hand. understand that move
ment is on foot among irrigators
about Brownsville to work out and
construct a system of drainage. 1t
would be a step in the right direc-
ton if all the irrigation companies
in the lower valley would combine
on general system of drainage
while the irrigation system is I'M
der construction. 1t could be done
more cheaply and with less friction
now than, later. 1t will be neces-
sity soon.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
DOCTORS ARE INVITED.
Secretary Of Commercial Club Sends
Telegram to Mayor Combe Who Is
Attending Physicians Conven-
ton.

This morning Secretary Barnes
of the Commercial Club sent the
following telegram to Mayor
Combe, who is attending the con.
vention of the State Medical asso-
citation at Corpus Christi:
DIR. Frederick J. Combe, Cor
pts Christi. Through the Com
mercial Club. the people of Browns
vile cordially invite the doctors to
visit here this week. (Sigued)
CHARLES M. BARNES, secretary"
The officials of the Brownsville
railroad have signiied their inten-
ton of putting in a low rate and,
if desired, special train for the
benefit of the doctors, should they
decide 20 come to this city. With
these inducements it is thought a
large number of them can be per-
suaded to come here.
In case word is received from
Corpus Christi that the doctors
will come to Brownsville. prepara-
tions for their entertainment will
Immediately commence. 1t is hop
ed that the physicians, who are
now congregated at Corpus Christi
from all over the state may decide
to visit this city.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
HoNoR TO WHOM DUE.

Let Brownsville pay the tribute
due to the distinguished veterans
<af the Mexican War, by rendering
1hem a most cordial and pressing
zuvitation to hold their next an
auuaI convention here. The town
will honor itself in so doing. Let
Brownsville go further and do its
acst to secure the land included IN
the sacred and historic old battle
ground of Palo Alto and give it TO
the aged Veterans for them to de-
dictate to the nation as park. Our
people will again honor them
selves in SO doing.
This goodIy land was given to
The people now owning it through
the heroic fighting of these old
veterans. Had they failed, the
land would perhaps not have been
ours today. Surely we can give
back to the men who gave it to us,
4 small part of the ground which
was baptized in their very blood,
20 eHsct monument to the memory
of tfensslyes and of their COM
-.dec x,,r,o fan on This field
It will reflect credit upon Our
people to do this and it will be
cause for shame to us as Ameri-
cans, if We fail TO do so.
There is no time to lose in for
~zrding the invitation to the Vete-
rams, who will meet at Waco Fri
day and Saturday, 1t should be
sent at once, and should be made
rs pressing as possible
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13

There is no nourishment in pure
water either to animal or vegetable
life. 1t is simply carrier of food
to and of effete matter away from
the animal tissue. Thus when wa
ter has done this, its beneficial
work is accomplished. 1t can do
no more. If we attempt to force it
to do what we should do in the
way of cultivation we fail utterly
In regions of moisture precipita-
ton during the growing season the
rain drops take up from the air
some of the free nitrogen and de-
post it on leaf and soil. From here
the fallen moisture carries the
plant food through the pores of
leaf and root to the sap or plant
blood which carries it to the grow
ing organism. Likewise the mois-
ture we put into the soil dissolves
the plant food in the soil and car
ries it to the plant when it can be
absorbed by the vegetable tissue
and made part of it. If then is
none of this carrier of food in the
soil the plant cannot obtain its
nourishment, be the soil ever so
rich in the elements of plant nutri-
ton. Then if we put too much wa
ter in the soil we fill the plants
with an undue amount of sap
which spoils the flavor of our fruit,
makes our potatoes watery, our
cabbage, beans, tomatoes rot.
To obtain the best results the
soil should be porous but not adj
hesive or sticky. A soil kept in such
condition that it is damp yet mealy
under pressure, is one that will
both take up and retain the largest
percentage of moisture. 1t is por-
Gus and free to receive water, not
in pockets as it were but diffused
throughout. 1t is not so close as
to readily part with its moisture
by capillary attraction nor so loose
as to prevent the free rootlets from
reaching out and penetrating it in
search of food.
In natures iabratory in the soil
the presence of oxygen is very nee
essary in the preparation of plant
food. Just the same as in the ami
NAL organism no food can be pre-
pared for assimilation by the sys-
tenn without the presence of oxygen
no more can it in plant growth.
Oxygen enters into combinations to
build up tissue and burn up that
which is worn out. A saturated
soil will not admit air or oxygen
as the open spaces are all sealed
with water, hence the rootletS>die
are drowned-the plaut gets no
food, it ceases to grow, and be-
comes stunted.
Soils of unlike texture require
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
ATTENTION.
PRIGA77ONZSES

All who are interested In irriga-
zen should read carefully. the
article in today's issue of the HER
AID on Uses and Abuses of Irri-
zztion' by w. L. Rockwell, If
1gration manager of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
For this part of the country the
subject is a most timely one. and,
II fact, of the greatest importance,
considering the enormous invest
ueuts now being made in irriga-
zion enterprises in this section.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
Our president is greater thar

Our president is greater than
zay king, yet we treat him like a
hired man." mourns Everybody s
Magazine. And isn't he a hired
zzzn2 Every mau who works for
a salary is supposed to be a hired
man, but there are none who come
under that Category that would not
be willing to accept the treatment
which we give to the one whose
quarters are in the White House.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13
Announcement.

/ have become associated with
DIR. c. H. Thorn in the practice of
dentistry, and will be found at DR..
Thorn's Office from l to p. m.
each day.
l feel that I am fully competent
to do your work in manner that
will be satisfactory, and respect
fully solicit a liberal share of your
patronage. DR.. ]. A. TAYLOR,
58-5 Dental surgeon.
The battleship feet has arrived
at San Francisco, and great festiv-
ties have been arranged in its
honor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13

WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1908.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13

The Hittite for May would be
zzore appropriately called the Hit
lzzrd. It makes hit in is attack
an the management of A. and M i.
college, which should bring forth
some sparks from the college man.
zqeucnt.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13

JEROME is now being investi-
gated in New York. Thus do the
people turn away from their idols
specially sensational idols.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-05-13

QUESTION in arithmetic: How
many governors has Arkansas?
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Policeman Shot by Negro.

While trying to gain an entrance
10 house in which several negroes
we're barricAded in order to- arrest
x fugitive, Patrolman /. w. Miller,
IL Shreveport, was shot and seriously
wounded. Charlie Robinson, negro,
d held for the assault. The assailant
shot through the front door with
I Winchester rifle. When arrested,
vhid was not until after the Off
US had spent two hours in storming
md capturing the house, Robinson
bed his hand on a loaded revolver
ready to use it on Detective Mack
Rascoe.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
p,oadhounds Trailing Slayer.

Sheriff Saal left Amite City, with
bis deputies and bloodhounds to IN
stitute search for the murderer Of
Joel Thompson, who was killed near
Morris Retreat, about twelve miles
east Of Hammond. Thompson is
known to have been man of good
reputation and sober habits. The
facts and circumstances Of the killing
are unknown, but as there are sever
al turpentine distilleries in that vi
cinity 1t is generally supposed that
the deed was done by some of the
still workers. Coroner McNeir also
loft this afternoon for the scene OF
ahe homicide.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
FOR PRESIDENT
GOV. JOHNSON OF MINNESOTA
WILL ANNOUNCE.
AT SHILOH IN APRIL
Maneuvering Ground Wanted for
Militia and Taft Recommends
. Purchase of 10000 Acres
Adjoining .Chicamauga Park.

Washington. Formal announce
ment Of his candidacy for the pres
idency will be made by Governor
johnson Of Minnesota at the unveil-
ing Of the Minnesota monument on
the Shiloh battlefield early in April
according to statement made here
by w. B. Hennessy Of st. Paul.
Mr.. Hennessy is a close personal
friend Of Governor johnson and is
believed to be in Washington to
sound Democratic leaders in con-
gress.
"When Governor Johnson an
nounces his candidacy" said Mr..
Hennessy, Everybody will know he
is in the race for the presidency and
not for the long distance talking rec
ord. If the Democratic party wants
a conversationalist, lecturer or win
ner Of honors at the talk-fest to car
ry its standard next fall, Bryan is the
man. But if the party wants q
sound, solid, substantial, popular can
didate who is not a fanatic seeking
personal aggrandizement, Governor
johnson is the man who should be
put up. His popularity and strentgh
are not confined to any one locality.
It is found in all Of the country
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
lie WAS PASSED
49, THE SHREVEPORT COUNCIL
MEETING.
CIST OF STATE NEWS
yrom Every Section Carefully Ed
Tad and Boiled Down For the
ratification Of Our Many
Readers.

aHe lied,' and ~ don't give
s-n if he did" with a few other
torr;d remarks, enlivened the usually
serene meeting Of the Shreveport city
council.
Thse words were tossed back and
sortb by ]. w. Atkins, a citizen and
Councilman Ingersoll, when the new
street railway franchise ordinance
WAS under discussion. Mr.. Ingersoll
onposed the ordinance and gave as
bis reason that the new company was
owned by the Shreveport Traction
Company, between which and the
eity, there has been open war for
some time.
This was not the only sensation
Nj. Ingersoll created at this meeting
4, he said that certain house had
4 case of smallpox and wanted to
know why it was not posted. Health
Officer Blanchard denounced this as
untrue.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Gulf Coast League.

A dispatch from Lake Charles
says: A meeting of the Gulf Coast
Baseball League is scheduled to be
held in Lake Charles, Beaumont, Port
Arthur and Orange are fully in line
and ready to get into the game, while
Lafayette and Crowley are ready to
be presented. These towns, with Lake
Charles and Alexandria make seven
aspirants for berths in the league.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Farmers Weather Reports.

Judge Watkins made an unsuecess-
full attempt in the house to have an
amendment placed on the postoffice
appropriation bill authorizing post
masters to furnish rural letter car
riers with blank slips on which to
stamp the daily weather reports for
distribution along their routes. The
amendment. was knocked out on a
point of order, to the effect that it
was not germane to the bill.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Mayor Webb Reelected.

ihs second municipal primary held
msnlted in the reelection of Mayor
y y, d. Webb, who won over j. H.
useen, by majority of 5 votes. The
','s ~ was: Webb 1873, Green 133. For
alderman, L. M. Nance received 1873
snd George Life 135.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Indications for Cane Crop Good.

A dispatch from Jeanerette says:
The weather of the past two weeks
has been everything that could be
desired, and the planters have taken
advantage of it and are now well
up with their crops and field work.
The cane is nearly all planted and
the general outlook indicates as large
crop as that of the past season.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Will Investigate Charges.

The Special Committee appointed
by Speaker Cannon to investigate the
charges made by Representative Lii
ley, Of Connecticut, concerning eff
forts to influence legislation by the
Electric Boat Company has sum-
moned a number Of witnesses to ap.
pear before it Monday.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
wars on Gambling.

A record breaking bill in the anti
gambling line, prohibiting gambling
on anything from a horse race to "fu-
tures," even to making illegal tele-
praphic commanications on such mat
ters, will be introduced in the house
during the present week by Repre-
sentative Campbell, Of Kansas.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Protest at Opelousas.

Posters were distributed about the
Of Opelousas calling a mass
meeting to be held at the court house
to protest against the recent action OF
the democratic state central commit
tee in refusing to enter upon an IN
vestigation of the alleged frauds in
the last primary election.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Against Rate Laws.

A delegation of organized labor,
consisting Of tie labor committee of
the Southern railway, called on
speaker Cannon and expressed the
hope that there would be no further
railway legislation affecting the rev.
enues Of common carriers, enacted at
this session of congress. q
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
A Ghastly Find.

Joseph Wolf, who lives at the old
ihayer place on the west side of the
nyer, near Lake Charles, found boz
under the bank and on opesfns IL
found . portion nf-trg skull OF a
hupan. The box was full of dirt and
nher portions of the remains may be
in the bottom, but Mr.. Wolf did not
investigate further. Some believe that
the box contained the remains of Mrs
Emily Comstock, who mysteriously
disappeared from her home here
about twenty years ago and has not
been seen Or heard of since.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
TIIBoDAUx La. SATURDAY MARCH 21 1905
Much Wanted Negro Arrested.

Albert Briggs, alias John Sanders.
negro, who is wanted by the local
authorities on several charges, con-
slstlng Of robbery, lying in wait with
attempt to murder and assault with
intent to murder, etc, was arrest
ed at Lecompte by Deputy Sheriff L..
J. Heirzler of that place, brought to
Alexander and placed in the parish
Jail.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
White House Conference.

There was another conference at
the White House on the proposed leg
for revising the Sherman
Antitrust Law in . way to prevent
il from applying unduly towards or
ganized labeT, and to permit pooling
OF rates by the railroads.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-03-21
Sugar Refinery Leased.

According to an agreement filed
Ia the Parish Clerk s Office at New
IBERIA, the Segura Refinery has been
rented to Joe Berg and W. H. Sut-
clife for the next three years by
D. -Segura Surgar Company. Under
ine terms Of agreement as recorded
me lessees are to loan the company
aooO for three years at 8 per cent
ana pay an annual rental Of ST. 200
ahd to turn over to the Company 20
pef cent Of the net earnings.