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How to Becoi Good C< By 'Rev. Thomas B. Gr N answer to the questio I good general conversat Of course, convers diplomats, differ in abi tallk only fairly well, ar I do not mean th ridge, a Crabb Robinso: art of expression, but I firmly believe t:e ability to converse in a way the But it is well, on the start, to b< cannot get blood, out of a turnip." In order to converse one must talk that is all talk is not conversal is senseless. The grand prerequisite, then, to Before one can talk about things one being present, the expression of it i Haviag your facts clearly outI difficulty in .ftting them fcrth provi the business in hand. Of course, conversation implies longer cr shorter series of question * conversation mu.. of necessity be a Inattention means irrelevant tal To the person who would become a knowledge can come amiss-the mo: edge, the better. If you know nothing about art., or the musician? If you know not] with the farmer? If you know roth politician? If you are igno "art of can you converse with the statesma'z The question is sometimes raisec oughly or many things only in part? as * - ?'t all thinc--or, at "A little earning" may be "a dang young man and woman should nut arr o many lines of bun fo&low them all to thg end, but akong way, 'leaning something w ich shal " - - -ti tionalist, but as a contestan: for Yam ato Dan What It Is and Where It ment By,Osca1 HIS ancestor-worship of great essential fact of j fun of it," says one of ophy of our patriotis Hearn wrote- "It is of the emotions of th ional life and shapes it. Loyalty is based upon it. The rades through the battle. deliberate, will and hears the approval of invis This is Ya,nato Damashii (the opment in the lives of the military code of precepts formed the Bushie Since the 'oeginning 'f the present -of the remarkable Japanese success< shown to be "the spirit that quickenm Yalu, in Kore" and Manchuria," *t> wonderful, lo?g-sustained attack -or Arthur. There is a widespread notion ti -cause when they join the colors in ? etermined to die). 'But only in a ists. They count. their lives as for each man is quite willing -o die, at Xis life, if necessary, for the succes only as a victor- Better far that b he should return to his home defeal This is the real meaning of kesshit any event to throw his life away. bi accomplished by his effort he will succeed or die. The code of the se the Individual," and "the latter belt -- thereof. he must live and die fori K uthority."-The Century. T'he Mariner On the Trained Skill r Triurnp By R. I HILE It it true that the Wskill and ability to I force of nature he ingenuity has given _______ mechanism the forces - abling it to come and - enough under the keel and the domination over its mighty who goes down to it. The same brain, the same skill in reading cm: ness under all conditions of wind so conspicuously marked the achiev the past must today meet tests of: as ever before.. Quick, ready and resourceful a handed, curve-fingered hauler of sI equally adroit. expert and efficient, cation and training, such as his forel in the person of the blue-acker-se we live. While on almost any of thi survivors of the old navy-some le' some hard-fisted, sea-worn chief qu; or carpente'r's mate. for, anomalous mates stil have their hands full of the ye-.ath of the great mass of the tor; and while some of the disadv: vo.mg man-of-war's-man, take him 1 tae conditions of naval life of the * Japs in Texas. * As th~e result of an investigatic just completed by County Attornf J ~ohn T. Wheeler, it 1-vould appear th: the Japanese prowess in the art war is not to be exceeded by the ('rafty practices in peaceful pursuit Some two months ago it occurred the County Attorney that the Jap nese colonies in Harris and GalvestC Counties were very probably in viol tion of the Texas alien land lawv nr -he uroceeded at once to look into 11 matter. As a r'esoit of the investig lions he has given out the followin.s "The JTans in Kar'is andI Galvest< Counties areo not viol' tors of tI Texas alien inad l\v- The Tfox: *alien land law is silent on the que lion of leases, so the Jans have n hought. because the.t would he a -1 lation, bi't have taken long ter leases on the land occupied. Th< took no chance. The question now be determined is -Are they bona fit farmers, alien laborer's i'nder co tract, or men who, having no chan' in a crowded land. have come here suck a living fr.em the soil andr lurn home .when they have saved Superintendent 31axwvell will ask t1 New York board of education at i -i.ext meeting to adopt a plan for E ing tenement distr:2 s:hoci child:-en zaidday meal. If ti.e plan should t.depted and the lunc heon a-ct shot: cost six cents each. it would ceat t: city $6,S04.000' a year. Signor Garcia M1eron. the Argentil inister a:- Washington. has publish k under the title "Economical ar ustrial Notes About the Unitt s." It is a study about the ec cal and commercial situation inited States and its commerc1 with Argentina. ne a 'nversationalist -egory. a, "Is it possiblc, by study, to become a ihalist?" I would answer-Yes. itionalists, like artists, poets, oratcrs and ity. There are men and women who can d others yet who can talk amazingly well. .t any one can become a Goethe, a Cole a, a Carlyle, or a De Quincey in the divine that any person of good sense can acquire Lt shall be respectable. ar in mind the good old saying that "You have sometaing to converse about. The .ion. It is mere twaddle, as insipid as it the good conversationalist is knowledge. must knew about them. But, the knowledge s easy. ned in the mind, you ought to find no led yo: keep cool and attend strictly td a party of two, or more, and means a s and answers; hence rae parties to the ttentive to each -cther's remarks. t-and irre'-vant talk is not conversation. good general conversationalist." ne sort of . knowledge, and the more varied knowl 'how can you convers^ with the painter iing about agriculture. how can ycu talk ing of pcliLics, how can you talk with the onstltutions, governments and Laws, how "Which is better, to know one thing t'or The answer is: Strive to know as much any rate, about several things. erous thing," but it is a danger that every >e afraid of. ian i:aought these day; it is impossible to them all you can go at least a part of the I be of use to ycu. not only as a conver he prizes of life.-New York American. iashilb .Finds Its Highest Develop in Japan. 1King Davis. the Japanese is no superstition; it is the their lives. "Western people easily mt: their writers, "but therein lies the philos -a." It was of this feeling that Lafcadio probably the most profound and powerful race-that -which especially directs nat iational character. Patriotism belongs tc soldier who, to make a path for his com y flings away his life * * * obeys the ible witnesses." oul of Japan). It found its highest devel knights. the samural of feudal days, whose 0, so elevr1y expounded by Dr. Nitro)e. war there have been many exlanations s. But more than ever before it has been th" which has "won the battles on the e spirit that quickeneth" which made the the s iperbly defended fortr'ss of Port at the Japanese soldiers are fatalists, be war-times they call themselves kesshitat restricted sense can they be called fatal Feit, it is true, but only in the sense that Ad expects, when his crisis comes, to give > of his task. He hopes to come back, but is bones bleach in a foreign land than that e d or with his work unaccomplished. al. It is not that the soldier is bound at t that in any event where success may be win even at the cost of his life-he will murai "conceived the state as antedating g born into the former as part and parcel t, or for the ]egitimate incumbent of its and the Sea. f the Seaman Depends the h of Victory. .Zogbaum. mariner is no longer dependent upon his andle and move his ship by means of a cannot control, and though humar him a machine combining in its of the air, the fire and the lightning, en ;o by day gr night wherever there Is water to float it. the sea ever remains the same. power will always be the problem of him toutness of heart, the same quickness ol rent and tide, the same resourceful readi d wave, fog, storm, or battle, thit have ements of the American naval seaman of seamanhip as rigid in their requirements s was the nimble topman and the tarry teet and bowline, another "handy man," but with complicated duties requiring 'edu ath ers never dreamed of, succeeds thefr aman and artificer-of the times in which e big ships may still be found some sturdy tel-headed, oaken-hearted master at arrns: rtermaster; some canny, handy gunner's ;as it may seem, the. carpenter and his work even on the newest of steel ships crews is apparent even to the casual '.isi mtages of youth may l)e evident in ouri y and large, he is an excellent product of present day.-Century Magazine. stake?' The alien who buys land and remains upon it may some day be come a citizen, but the leasing of land and the retention of fealty to a tforeign power clearly indicates that rthe lessee desires every. advantage en joyed by our citizens without shoul dering the full responsibilities of American citizenship. Later on I may he able to answve- s)e o,lestion I have ust asked and the press will be wel e(mue to a full report cf my investi ~ations on the .lp frrm cutestion." Galvecston Tribune. Widtows in Ko:rea never' remarry. no ratter 'ow yon they may be. Even hlough they h:d been married only a onth. they may not take a second husband. The Liberty Bell pays the penalty of greatness by being hauled about. over the countrty for the edification of the masses. eChicago automnobiles who allow oil oto dirop from their ('ars on the asphalt e. pavements ar'e liable to a fine of n-om a $25 t o $250. e The Rateliff-Rotherhithe tunnel now .,being built under the Thames will take ''fve years to ecnrstriut. Its length will Sbe L.SS3 feet, with an external diameter a of sixteen feet andi two footways four 'e eet eight and one-half ines wide. iWhen it is fr.is>el there wi!l be three e ttn.els~ under the Thamnes at London. Beiritum. whe:e out:!e libraries are 1e almost unknown., enjoy.s : 0.000 public ?d houses. That m'eans one public house dl for thirty-six inhabitants, or one pub d lie house for twelve muen above 17 years )- of age. During the last fifty years the af population has increased 50 per cent; ",the number of public houses 258 per cnt, REPORT IS UPHEL (Government Officials Claim Accuracy Fcr Cotton Figures BURIESON SIDES WITH BUREAU Director North Sets Forth His Pcsi' tion in a Letter to the Texas Mem ber of Congress at Whose Instance the Provision Was Insterted in the Census Act Says the Bureau Can not Compete With the Proposed Ginners Association and That Spec ulators' High Estimate Would Again Prevail-Mr. Burleson Expresses His and Senator Baileys Con..r rence. Washington, Special.-Director of the Census North. in a letter to Repre sentative Burlesan, maue public, takes notice of the situation presented by the cotton statistics given out for publica tion Thursday and expresses his sur prise and concern at the recent alleged movement in the Southern States "ap parently approved and augmented by the cotton growers themselves." to de stroy the census reports by concerted refusal of the ginners to make returns. Director North asserts that a continu ance of the cotton ginning reports is impossible without the systematic and whole-hearted cc-operation of the gin ners of the South. Immediately after the receipt of the letter. Mr. Burlescn. a member of the House census commit tee, and the author of the provision making appropriation for the gathering of cotton statistics, gave out an intei view in which he upholds the director In the work now being done by his bureau. The letter is as follows: "Washington, Dec. 1904. "Hon. Albert S. Burleson, House of Representatives. "My Dear Sir: It seems proper to invite your attention to certain anom alous conditions which confront the Census Office in carrying out the pro visions of section 9 of the act to es tablish a permanent Census Office, di recting the periodical collection of the statistics of cotton procuction through the agency of the ginners. This pro vision was inserted in the law at your urgent request and that of other Southern Representatives on the plea that it was necessary for the protec tion of the cotton producers against the speculators and others interested in depressing the price of the staple for their own profit. It was stated that enormous losses resulted from the untrustworthy estimates put forth every year by speculators and agents of the Liverpool market and that early and trustworthy official information regarding the size of the crop would protect the grower. disarm the specu lator and market manipulator. and per mit the law of supply and demand to regulate the nrice. ACCURACY UNQUESTIONED7. "Since the law was passed, Congress has appropriated and this office has disbursed more than $125,000 a year in the collection and dissemination of this information. The system has been gradually perfected until it has be come mc.re nearly perfect than any similar plan for obtaining exact knowledge of the size of any agricul tural crop during the progress of har vesting. "No complaint has been made that the census rcports arc not accurate: indeed, for a year or two past, we have been able to trace the crop so closely that practically every bale has been accounted for. "The statistics increase in value ev cry year: for it becomes possible, hy comparison of the statistics of one year with t.hose of tho same date in pro ceedng years. to judge the size of successive crops with an accuracy never before known or approximated. "The ginning reports of the Census Office have crowded out the speculan tive and interested estimates referred to. and the single oh.icct which the Southern Representatives had in view in urging this legislation has been successfully accomplishted. GINNERS' MOVE DEPRECATED). "In view of these facts. T have bh:n surprised and conserned at the pres eat movement in the Southern Slates. which is apparently approved and aug mented by the cotton growers them selves, to destroy the census reports. by the concerted refusal of the gin n ers o ak th retuirns upon which ment has not seriously affevtedl our wor.k. but if it continues and spreads. it will necessarily destroy its value (uring the coming year. It appe:ars to have been suddenly discovered that these reports. undertakecn solely at tihe demand of' the cotton grower. are hizhly det:-inental to his interests. Mr. E. F. Webber. president of the Mem phis cot ton exchan.m. is quo ed as de claring that 'the cotton interests of the South have everythking to lose and nothing to gain by thiuir contI inutan;e: they put the mnanuifaoluring interecs in possession of informuationh that is "My teninhas been call'd in the so-called 'Nat ional Cot ton Gin ners' Association; the prurpr::e of whiebh is stated to he 'to gathecr eccurate and eliable informat iou reg:arding the aount of cotton produced, in ad vaux c fthne gov cronent re'po: t. 'It also a0 pears th'at 'this information isto be sert inl co an itd the muemhcrs or the asoction vill he sw.orn not to di vulI ee it 'The !iflotion 's st.ill hghy esirabhle. but1 po;ssession of it is to) be restrictd ti Io those whoi grow and -'in thP cottonl. New Burieau Cief XX bingtor,. .Special. -- Preshnt Rosvelt ha 'appoin ted J1. IIlmpItn Moore, of Philadeclphia, chief of thec Bueau of :Manufact urers of the De patment of Commnerce and Lahor. Mr. Moore is president of the National League of Republican Clubs and was formeri-: ety treasurer of Philade'!phi.t. He has acerpted t'le O1ppoint ::nd w ill enter upon the~ dlchlIrge of his d1u ties about the firs of the year. Cornell Experirment Stationl. Cornell University experiment sta tien has issued two important bulle tis5 on grape pests. which have hcen received by vineyardiists in Chautua qua County grape distri(t. One is by Prof. Mark Vernon Slin;griand and treats of grape be:!"y m.ith. while the other. by Prof. Frei JIohnson. discusses the grape root worm and the grape blossom bud gnat. The last named is a new enemy of grapes and was dis covered by Prof. Johnston last year'. For three years these two mecn have been studying grape pests in Chatutau qua County IN SOUTII CAROLINA Many Newsy Items Gathered Frcrr all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middlin!. Galveston, steady ..................6% New Orleans, easy .................6% Mobile, firm ......................6% Savannah, quiet ...................6%,4 Charleston, quiet ..................6%1 Baltimore, nominal ..........-...0. 03 New York, quiet ..................6.85 Boston, quiet .....................6.85 Philadelphia, quiet .............7.10 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Middling .....................7 Tinges ................. ....6% to 7 Stains ...... ............6,a to 6 7-1G City School Superintendents. Columbia, Special:-The second and last session of the Association of the City School Superintendents was held in the parlors of Hotel Jerome Wed nesday morning and the reading of papers and their discussions was re =umed at 9:30. The first topic considered was "Com pulsory Education." The discussion was opened by Mr. T. C. Walton of I Anderson, who made an earnest plea for compulsory education. Interesting discussi,r followed, the sentiment being in favor of compul sory education. Mr. Nathan Toms of Darlington then read a thoughtful paper on "High School and College Coordination." The discussion that followed this paper brought out many valuable sug gestions with reference to this great and important question. "The Necessity of Drill Work in Latin," was the next subject on the programme. The discussion was opened by Mr. A. R. Banks of Lan caster, who argued forcibly in favor o' Latin in the High school and of thor ough drill work in this subject. "Religious Instructions in Publi: Schools," was the next subject on the programmem and was opened by M:. E. S. Dreher in a timely discussion. A great deal of interest was mar. fested in statistics prepared by Dr. Drher to show the sad fact that te children of the secular schools are rot familiar with the Bible. Twenty questions were submitted to one section of the eighth grade of :he Columbia High school, consisting of 23 girls and 17 boys. The results mere such as make manifest the need of a more definite and comprehensive study of the Sacred Scriptures. The answers given In many instances were startling and pathetic on account of their ab surdity. The answers were all marked and graded; the average for the class being but little more than 50 per cent. out of a possible 100. Following are the questions which the graded school children found so difficult: 1. Name the mountain on which the ark rested. . 2. Why were the Egyptians afflicted with plagues? 3. Name five of the plagies? 4. What was the Passo1er?. 5. State the circumstances under which the ten commandments were given to man. 6. How was Jericho captured? 7. How did Absalom meet his death? 8. What remarkable thing happened at Beishazza's feast? 9. Who wrote most of the Psalais? 10. Who wrote the Book of Pro verbs? 11. Who went to heaven without dy ing? 12. Name the last Book of the Old Testament? 13. Is the Book ol Hebrews in t.he Old or the New Testauient? 14. Name five miracles recorded in Old Testament? 15. Five in 'the New Testament. 16. What was H-erod's greatest crime? 17. How was Saul of Tarsus con verted? 18. Who presided at the trial of Christ? 19. What was the transflguration? 20. Have you read through the New Testament? Elected Bishop. The Rev. William F. Manning. vicar of St. Anne's Chureh, Trinity Parish, New York City, has been elected Bish op of the new Prctestant Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg. Pa. He is forty years of age, is a native of England, a graduate of the Uhiversity of the south, Sewanee, Tenn.. and was form erly in charge of a Church in Nash ville. Tragedy at Cheraw. Cheraw. Spv~ial.-Cheraw had a fa tal accidlent as its quota of Christmas esualties. Saturday night a number of persons were in the st.ore of Mont gomery & Croxion. i party was stand ing in the rear of the store discussing the danger of pistol carrying. Mr. L. B3.. Croxton la. a spirit of levity, it is sm, to sca;e the crowd. p)ointed his pistol behind him and fired. A negro man named iBen Perry, who was sit ting on a sa h ack of the group and who had no: been noticed, began to cm'plain. n examination it wvas ound that I: 3was shot through the Etonmach. E'. ry attention was given to h0lim, but het died on Sunday morn Capt. Franch's Daath Accidental. Chattane::ga, Tenn.. Special.-An1 in estigating board of ~the seventh cav lry appoi:ted by Colenel Pearson :oncluded t- investigation of the cause f death (a Capt. Howar-d WV. French, who wa.s md dead with a bullet through I heart on Tuesday. While the boarr ausedi to give out its find igs until- it is sent to the War Depart met tis understood tt-at accdental hilling was the veidiet. News of the Day. The Government of Chili projects the building of a large roling mill. Ad lress the Ministerio tde iudustrial y Obas Publicas, Chili. They say in New York that Russel! Sage is about the only rich man of that city who has not in the past month or so been arrested for overspeeding an auto or ignoring the traffic regulations. MIr. Sage comes down-town about three times a week nowadays. Of late he has taken to an auto. hut it is not thought probable that he will be beaten by the WORK AHEAD OF LAW MAKES Some Measures That Will Engage the Attention cf the Lawn-akers. The most important problems the new Legislature, which convenes on Tuesday of this week, will have to solve will be compulsory education gad the matter of raising more revente Dy taxes, though of course the dispensary situation will bob up in an entirely new li.ht and about Its head already the clouds are gathering for a fine old storm. There are many other matters of minor importance, but concerning which there is more or less feeling, and altogether the session promises to be an unusually interesting and entertain ing one. Two-thirds of this Legislature is entirely new blood, and is therefn-e largely very fresh from the people. The unexpected then is to be expected, and the end of the session may see some very important and far-reaching chan ges in the statute law of the State. This is not what is known as an elec tion session, but this Legislature will ncv.rtheless have several important positions to fill by ballot. A new Speaker is to be chosen, but so far as is known Mr. M. L. Smith, of Camden, has no opposition for re-election to this position. T. C. Hamer will also be re elected clerk of the House without op position, it is thought. Mr. R. R. Hemphill will be opposed for clerk of the Senate by Dr. T. T. Sturkle, of Orangeburg. A new superintendent of the penitentiary is to be elected. D. J. Griffin will likely be re-elected without opposition, though it has been suggest ed that he will be opposed by Dr. Eu gene Jarnigan, of Marion. Two new judges are to be elected by this legis lature, the terms of Judge D. A. Town send, of the seventh circuit, and Judge Earnst Gary of the fifth circuit, expir ing this year. Both will be candidates for re-election. Judge Townsend will have rivals in the persons of Senater D. E. Hydrick, of, Spartanburg, and Sena tor F. P. McGowan, of Laurens. Judge Gary's opponents will be Senator Hay, of Kershaw, and J. W. Vere, of Edge field. Several college trustees and mern bers of the penitentiary board are to be elected. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. A strong sentiment in favor of com pulsory education as a complement to the child labor law has been rapidly crystalizing throughout the State the past several months. The State press generally has expressed itself in favor of such a law, and that those who are the closest to the school problem want it is shown by the resolution recently adopted here by the joint association of county and city school superintend ents. Governor Heyward, who has zeal ously interested himself in the educa tional problems of the State, favors a compulsory education law. Some effort may be made to carry out State Superintendent of Education Mar tin's recommendation to bring the Citidel here and combine it with the South Carolina College as a basis of a State university, but it is not thought that this scheme has much chance of success. Though the South Carolina College will likely be started out on a university career, by the Legislature granting the trustees' recent request for an additional appropriation of $10,000 for that purpose. AS TO TAXES. The State is face to face with a se rious probblem with regard to taxes. Nearly a million and a quarter is re quired to meet the present needs of the State government, but though there is now about $204,000,000 worth of prop rty on the books, a five mills levy does not seem to be sufficient. The State is running behind, the great bulk of the taxes nit being collectible until the spring. The State has so far borrowed $500,000, and there will have to be greater revenue by about $200,000 if the State is to have any hope of getting back to cash basis. The quadrenniel assessment of real estate will be made next year, and if this class of prop erty can be gotten on a more equitable basis there is some hope of getting all the additional revenue from this source. In this connection an effort will be made to get a law passed re quiring market value returns instead of returns on a 60 per cent. basis. By the present valuation there Is in round numbers $100,000,000 worth of this class of property in the State. Of course it is argued that a market value return of this property would be unjust be cause of the ease with which personal property dodges the tax collector, and the fact that the constitution fixes 3 mills as a levy for school purposes is also used against the advocates of a greater valuation of real estate. But it is pointed out that the greater valua tion will provide enough additional school money to allow the doing away with the special school levies, which prevail in almost every school district and that after all the real estate owners will pay out no more than they are now paying to maintain the schools. THE DISPENSARY. What will be done with the dispensa~ ry is altogether problematical. The feel ing is growing steadily stronger that the system in its present condition Is a menace to good and honest govern met and has a corrupting influence on politics in all departments of the State government, but not only does the constitution forbid a return to the ld)ar system. b)ut there is no general desire to go back to this. the prohibi tion sentiment having steadily gained ground. In case the present dispensary system is wiped out It is difficult to predict whether local option-each county controlling its own whiskey traffic under dispensary regulations or high license, with dispensary regu lations. would take its place. Another change that is possible is the passage of the orIginal Brice bill, which allows a county to vote out its dispensary without tax to maintain prohibition and without forefeiting Its share in the gneral dispensary school fund. When Chroee county voted cut its dispe'a saries by such a decisive majority there was trembling among the dispensarv ioherts, but the predictions that other counties would be quick to follow Suit seem .to have come from false prophets The State board has indicated a wil lingness to allow a community to do away with its dispensary, but this mat ter is tied up In an injunction and the decision week after next may deny the State board's authority to do such a thing. The suggestion from Senator Timan is that the sale of whiskey be farmed out to some responsible con cern, but this Is not likely to prove popular. Homicide Near Greenville. Greenville. S. C.. Special.-Saml Maddox was shot and instantly killed on a farm near here by J1. B. Waldrop Both men seem to have leased thE same farm. an-I v;hen Maddox weni to take possession he found Waldroj there. The men were V. eli known and industrious white farmers. Waldrol surrendered to the sheriff. Some sensitive souls feel they cannot enjoy theit Christmas dinner until they have given some poor soul a suit of .wormnou snmmer underwear HAS ALMOST FALLEN Port Arthur has Reached tihe Point Gf Surrender PROPOSITION IS MADE TO NOGI Japanese Commander Receives a Let ter From General Stoessel Relating to the Surrender of the Besieged City and Fortress Original Garri son of 40,000 Men Now Reduced to $15,000-Capture of 203-Metre Hill Was the Beginning of the End. Tokio, By Cable.-Great Nogi reports that he has received a letter from Gen eral Stoessel relating to the surrender of Port Arthur. The news that the Russian forces al Port Arthur have been reduced to such a strait that at last the heroic com mander has been forced to proposc surrender follows upon a month of re verses. The siege began almost wit! the firing of the first gun in the war now nearly 11 months ago, and whe: perhaps the greatest stronghold in the world was garrisoned by 40,000 Russiat soldiers, supported by a formidablh squadron of modern battleships. cruis ers and torpedo boats. These war ships have been destroyed or dispersei until but a few torpedo boats remaih In the harbor. The garrison at lates1 accounts, had been reduceed to aboul 15,000 men. On December 4, High (203 Metre) Hill, was captured by the Jap. anese. On December 19, the Eas Keekwan fort was taken by them an( the Rihlung fort fell on December 29 From the hour of the fall'of East Keek wan events seem to be hastening to ward the culmination for on Decembei 31, Sungshu Mountain fell into tht hands of the besiegers and only a fey hours later the "H" fort, anothei strong position was captured. The report that the non-combatant of Port Arthur had been accorded asy lum behind Liao Tie Mountain ma have been an indication that the Jap anese commander foresaw that the sur render of the Russians within a ver! brief time was assured, Think Fortress' Fall Near. Tokio. By Cable.--Follov-ir:. th, dramatic capture of Sungshu Mour tain Saturday morning, the Japanes Sunday captured "H" fort and a receni ly constructed fort on Pan Lung Mour tain, which gives them possession o the entire lline betweet Rihlung Mont tain and "H" fort by way of Pan Lun; Mountain. Simpultaneously, the ea treme Japanese right, pressing sout] along Pigeon Bay, captured the height south of Housanyentao. A telegram received late Sunda: from the beseiging army says: "Par of the center, dislodging the enem: occupied 'H' fort at 7 o'clock thi morning and also captured a new for on Pan Lung Mountain. Thus the lin between Rihlung MountaIn and '11 fort via Pan Lung Mountain fell firn ly into our hands. "Part of our right, which commences a bombardment at 8 o'clock this mort ing andi dislodged the enemy, who r< sisted stubbornly, firmly occupied height south of Holbsanyentao at o'clock." News of th'e continuance of Japs nese successes at Port Arthur is r4 ceived with elation in Tokio. It i known that the Japanese losses wer comparatively light, it is believed her that the RussIan garrison Is finall; reaching its limits of strength, ehdu ance and numbers. The Emperor and Emperess held brilliant New Year's ceremony at th palace Sunday. From early in th morning they received in audienc Japanese statesmen and peers an, na'val and military officers, who ol fered their homages in order of prw cedence. The more prominent official received the diplomatic corps at o'clock, p. m. Shot Out Boy's Eyes. Nowport Nows, Special.-Fred West inglouse, the small boy who was she yesterday at Oriana by the prematur< expoion of a gun which was bein, loaded by a negro, will -lose his eye sight as a result of the accident. Thb shot struck him full in the face, de stroyng both eyes. IPolice Officer Shot. Charlotte, Special.-Rural Officer S E. Cole, or Belmont Park, was kille< Sunday afternoon at half-past,5 o'cloc1 by a negro, Will Springs. The homicidi was committed at the railroad crossin, near Sugar Creek church and withil 200 yards cf Zion negro church. Mr Coles-son-in-law, Mr. H. B. Nabors, machinist at Liddell's, was there an was sirot also. How seriously he wa wontdedI does not yet appear: it seem though. that he is not much hurt. Mr Cole was attempting the arrest or negrio for the larceny of a bicycle he lansing to another negro. Dr. Chadwick Not Arrested. New York, Specia.-Dr. Leroy Chadwick. husband of Cassie L. Chat wick, arrived in this c-ountry Satui day on the steamship Pretoria. ran th gautlet of big crowds which had wai ed for hours to see nim, was haled t Hoboken poiic-e headquarters and t the recordler's court, and finally Iel for Cleveland. not as a prisoner, but a th~ guest of Sheriff Barry. who ha come fronm Ohio with a warrant fc the doctor's arrest which he did nm Odds and Er.ds. Thoughtfulness doubles the value< a gift and often halves its cost. There is nothing harder on ti nerves or worse for the clothes tha p ackng water on both shoulders. When God has buried your sins it a sin to dig them up again, even thoug it be only to show them to your friend The man who made the biggest fo Iof himself at election will be the fir to dnounce the excitement of a r tQUISEHLW MEAT ROLL. Two cups of cold chopped meat, one egg, two cups of rolled crackers, meat broth to make enough dough soft enough to mold with the hands (more than two cups). Bake in -a deep pa1 s MILK SOUP. Use one quart of new milk, one salt spoonful of salt, one snltspoonful of powdered cinnamon, one teaspoonful of granu...ed sugar; scald all together for an hour in a pitcher set in ;t kettle of water; then add the well beaten yolks of two eggs. Good for delicate persons and children. BAKED SCA OPS. Trim the scallops well, after taking from the shells, thoroughly dry them and fill each with the scallops, but in rather small pieces. Over each spriu kle salt, if needed, few drops of lemon juice, some chopped parsley, and, -ast ly, some fine bread cruibs, moistened with melted butter. The scallops should bake for aboit twenty. minutes and be, srved on the shells. INDIAN PUDDING. 'This pudding varies from the usual recipe by the addition of rice. Heat -. four cups of milk to the scalding point, I stir in one-half cup of corn meal made smooth in one cup of cold milk. When this has boiled two minutes add one-half cup o uncooked rice, one-half cup of sugar, one-quarter cup of mo lasses, a level tablespoon of burter and a teaspoon of ginger or one-third of a grated nutmeg. Pour into a but- - tered baking dish and bake in a mod crate oven three hours. Stir a few f times from the under side. SPICE CAKE. - Beat the yolks of two eggs, then add one-half cup of soft or light brown sm gar and beat again.' Add the juice of half a lemon and part of the yellow, rind grated. Cream half.a cup- of but ter, add one-half cup more of sugar and mix with, the beaten egg and sugar. Add one-half cup of molasses, one-half cup of sour milk and two cups of Siopr sitted with a pinch of salt, a level tea .. spoon of soda, a level teaspoon of cin namon, three-quarters level teaspoon cloves and a saltspoon of grated nut imeg. Beat well, then add one cup of seeded raisins rolled in Sour and a saltspoon of chopped citron. Bake in a slow oven. ABOUT BATH ROOMS. It is amazing how the average arch itect avoids planning for more than one bathroom in the moderate sized house, says the Northwest Horticul turist. He might -be a herald of health and comfort to many a felly. P He could so easily suggest omitting the "parlor' and putting in three or four bath rooms instead. And every " family who could be persuaded to this would sooner or later rise up andi call him blessed. Of vital things in the house few are so vital as sufficient bath rooms.Jut one or two bathrooms are 6 ficient for all but the rich, while many very ordinary Jhomes have two pairlors and a living room or library. Surely, extra bath' rooms might take the pice of the former by substituting a very~ small reception room. - sThis is chiefly' due to the frightful' conventionalism of womankind. "Whatever Is must be," now and for ever more, is the ideal of the average home maker, and the architect must live down to the level of his client i' he live at all Never put fruit stained table linen Into hot s9apsuds, because it will set the stains. Fine table Ujnen should be changid freqjuently, so that it will not require - tard rubbing, as that wears it. out more quickly than.anything else. ;If you wish to' avoid streaks wnren washing nicely painted floors, begin at the' bottom and wash all the way to the top of the door. While the paittll is all wet begin at the top, wash down ward and wipe dry at you go. Streaks are caused by soapy or dirty ,water running down over the dry paint. Willow and rattan furnIture may be renewed in appearance by washing with a stiff brush in warm water and white soap; then, when the article is - still wet, put It in a box which can be closed tightly .and place a small quan -tity of burning sulphur around th.e bot tomi of the bor. Allow it to remain one-half or three-qtarters of an hour. IWhy 'not keep up writing desk sup plies just as conscientiously as those for the pantry? Few households would get alonig a week .without sn gar, salt or soap, yet how many letters are unanswered for the lack of a good pen,~ a stamp, or an envelope. It is not the expense, but lack of thought that keeps an insufficient or meagre supply of the necessary articles on hand. -Pumpkins and -squashes will gener- ' --ally keep better in a garret when the temperature is above freezing than in - the cellar, where it is very apt to be too damp. tAlways keep cheese well covered in a achieese. dish or it will become dry darid tasteless. If the cheese is wrapped Iin ai cloth saturated with vinegar it twill keep beautifully moist and'retain its flavor longer. New Fad in Letter Writing. The latest fad among women who . vary their forms of letter writing every little while is to use Roman numerals e.for dates. It is a puzzling proceeding, fltoo, for to see a note of November 11, for example, dated XI., XI., MCMIV., is quite as confusing as is the illegible e rawls of the average fashionable wo mans handwriting.-New York Press. - ~The largest continuous stairway in It the wvorld Is that whieh leads to the tower of the Philadelphia City Hall. Ithas 59SstensL .