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VOL. r. NO. 4, 01.5O PER TEAK. FEBRUARY 25,1004. THE- WAR C IN THE EAST. ?? Continued Activivity in War Area . and Increasing Enthusiasm Shown, Especially by m Japs. SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM DAY TO DAY. Dispatch from . Paris, Feb. 17. ? On? of the most important movements of the Japanese troops yet made is recorded to-day. One of the main branches of the army, in cluding a division of guards, is now going on board transport**. This branch consists of three full divisions and aggregate? ap proximately an army of 80,000 to 50,000 men. It is believed that the destination of this enor - mous force is either at a point near the month of the Yalu river or a spot on the Laiotung penin sula, .flanking Port Arthur. Slcty . ThoBtaad Km. . Port Arthur, Feb. 17. ? The report that' the Japanese have concentrated about 60,000 troops at Wonson (on the east coast of Corea) with the object of enter ing Manchuria, is confirmed. f ? ? ? ? Mora Ship* London, Feb. 17. ? A dispatch - to the St. James Gazette from 5|obe, Japan, in reporting the apanese naval attack on Port Arthur, Feb. 14, says the Rus sian guard ship in the harbor and another Russian warship, lying outside the harbor, were torpe wmmmrnmrnrn i ?>????? ? < tired without sustaining injury. ? SwwUm la Com. Nagasaki, Feb. 18. ? The French armored cruiser Ad miral de Gueydon has sailed for 'Saigon, the capital of French Cochin China. The French sec ond class cruiser Pascal left Chemulpo Feb. 16 for Saigon by way of Shanghai. Heavy snowstorms are report ed through Corea. Cr? I TmHiwH ml ItfafMt. London, Feb. 18. ? The Jap anese legation to-day gave out an official cable dispatch receiv ed from Tokio, as follows: - " A number of Japanese refu gees from Port Arthur whc/ arrived recently at Chefoo on board the British steamer Wen chow give in the form of a diary an account of their treatment while at Port Arthur, as follows: *Feb. 8. ? The Japanese were forbidden to embaric on the British steamer Has Bera. All the Japanese were prohibited from leaving the harbor. Feb. 9. ? Eight Russian soldi ers were placed on guard over the Japanese on board the Wen chow. None of the Japanese were allowed to land. The Jap anese on board are about to starve. Feb. 10. ? After appeals to Viceroy AlexiefT ten bags of rice and some biscuits only were sent to the ship in the evening. Feb. 11. ? No heed was takeu by the Russians of our repeated signals; no drinking water. Feb.1 18. ? Renewed appeals ande to the Russians to give aome food at' lea?t to the infants tod sick women. Oaa hundred and three Japan ese boarded the Wenchow from Hartthi. While on their way they were robbed of all their baggage and rendered penniless. There are now 800 Japanese on board the Wenchow and their distressed condition is beyond ^ascription, Feb. 14. ? At ftp. m. the Wen chow was allowed to sail. Feb. 15. ? Arrived at Chefoo in the morning. * It is also reported that there is general disorder at Port Ar thur, mounted Manchurian bun; ditti and Russian soldiers pil laging everywhere. The shop keepers are armed to protect themselves from plunder by Rus sian soldiers. " 1 FeeUeg TMe CewBtry. Vienna, Feb. 21. ? Following a service of intercession in the Russian church at Prague to day for the success of Russian arms, several hundred Slav stu dents gathered in front of the church and created a disturb ance. They then proceeded to wards the United States consu late, where they intended Uf make a hostile demonstration, but the police closed all streets leading to the consulate and af ter some opposition dispersed the demonstrators and arrested many of them . Bryan** Opiniou of Hearst. There has been much specula tion throughout the country con cerning the purpose of Mr. Bry an's tour, or tours, throughout the conntry discussing political issues. It has been charged that he was forming an organization and promoting a sentiment favorable to Wm. R. Hearst, of New York, an aspirant for the Presidential nomination. The Nashville Ame rican a very bitter enemy of Mr. Bryan, recently said: "The staff correspondent ot the, Brooklyn Eagle, who has been touring the sot^h, writes his paper that engineered by Mr. 1 Bryan, to ?wing the solid south for Hearst and his barrel. Bryan's present tour of the soutlf has no other purpose." \ Desiring to get a definite state ment from Mr. Bryan himself, a representative of the State sub mitted the following questions to Mr. Bryan while in the city yes terday: Believing in your sincerity and your Democracy, the State de sires to have you answer through its columns several intimations current in tlpe papers unfriendly to you. . s rx_ 1. Are yota supporting any one candidate tor the Presidential nomjnation^ tor instance, Mr. Hearst?^ ' * v 2. -Is the, promotion of Mr. Hearst's candidacy, or that of any 6tber aspirant, the purpose of yuui* present tour? 8. Do you think Mr. Hearst would make a suitable nominee and a suitable President? 4. If the St. Louis convention adopts a platform or nominates a candidate not favored by you, either or both, would you refuse to support the platform or the ticket? 5. If the free silver plank of the 1000 platform is notreafflrmed by the St. Louis convention, will you refuse to support the plat form and the nominee? To these questions Mr. Bryan wrote tho following answers: 1, 2, and 3. I am not advocat ing any particular man, and my trip through the sbuth is not in the Interest of any candidate. Assuming that the platform will be sound, I regard Mr. Hearst as one among many men worthy to be considered, but do noi care to express an opinion as to the relative availability of various candidates. 4 and 5. These questions can not properly be considered or in telligently decided until the plat form is adopted and the candi dates selected. 1 think, however, that the question of support will have to do met by those who bolted in 1896 and 1900, rather than by those who have been faithful to the party. W. J. Bryan. Chicken Column. Seasonable Hints. Thirteen eggs are too many for a ben of the right size to make a good sitter and mother. Eleven eggs are enough, and, if the weather is cold, reduce the number to nine. One of the most certain signs of Hisease or sickness among poultry, is the changing color of the comb. If your fowl is in perfect health, the comb will be bright red; but, itthecomb looks dull and pale, your fowl is sick and needs your immediate at tention. The lives of many val uable fowls might be saved if more attention were paid to the appearance of their combs. Keep the Birds Healthy. Doctoring poultry is a regular, conundrum. It is not always* best to try to cure sick chickens. I make it a rule to use every method to prevent sickness, and if some ailments come, I chec? them at* on oa. IX I am unsusoess mi ia 'win. ?iwn?<w wr(w? form presents- itself, the only conclusion I come to is to kill and bury th?* fowl. I prevent a great deal of sickness by keep ing the house clean and well aired during the day time, with a little ventilation at night. I avoid crowding. I feed none but the best of grains. I keep the birds exercising. I keep down the lice., 1 use plenty of kero sene and lime about the place. Air slaked lime is sprinkled over the roosts, platforms and nests. The walls are whitewashed, and to each pail of wasn I use an ounce of carbolic acid. I also pour keresene over the roosts, in the crevices_of the building and in the nests. If I notice a slight cold among my fowls, such as a sneeze, I put a little kerosene in the drinking water, and generally the trouble is righted. If I notice a dump ish fowl, with apparently no symptoms o ( sickness, and yet not in the best of health, I give a teaspoonful of castor oil, and ^he ailment is, as a rule, con quered. I should never use a bird for breeding that ever had the roup or cholera, no matter liow "completely cured" she may be I do not believe there can be a complete cure of conta gion. I experimented conside rably on this, and always found that the young inherit the weak ness of the parent stock. From a hen that apparently was cured of the roup, I raised a flock of weak constitutioned birds. All breeding stock must be perfectly well, and must not have any con stitutional weakness. Inbreed ing is also one prime <5ause of so much sickness anfong poultry; and if inbreeding would be made apunishable crime, three-fourths ef the fanciers would be indicted. A girl just returned to Hanni bal, Mo., from a Boston high school, said upon seeing a fire engine at wont: "Who would evah have dweamed such a vewy diminutive apawatus would hold so much watah?" lulu's VUILI STHE1E1T. >Mti iteH Om Mmamlaf Om OattM Onr-tlgMW Qlvw hi OmpwUm New Orleans, Feb. 19. ? Secre tary Hester's weekly cotton ex change statement, issued to day, shows for the 10 days of Febru ary a decrease under last year of 06,000, and an increase over the same period year before last of 06,000. BJor the 172 days of the season tha^ has elapsed is behind the save days of last year 94,000, ana behind the same days year before last 19,000. The amount brought into sight during tne past week has been 154,076 bales against 207,788 for the same seven days last year, and 211,883 year before last The movement since Sept 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 6,338,057 against 6, 845, 140 last year. Over land across the Mississippi, Ohio atuf Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 687,031 against 822,762 last year, interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 824,010 against 295,578 last year; southern mills takings 1,155,000 against 1.132,927 last year. The total movement since Sep tember 1st, 8,502,098, against 8,500,407 last year, and 8,521,064 ydfcr before last Foreign exports for the week have bees' 105,614, against 175, 199?last yqar, ma King the total for the season 4,845,481, against f, 86ft, 0$1 last year. The total takings of American my^s, north, south and Canada IImm far for the season have fjPbft,78M22 agaiast 2,706,610 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior ci ties have decreased during the week 77,109 bales, against a de crease during the corresponding week last season of 68,824. Including stocks lefc over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 8,669,897, against 8,811, 481 for the same period last year. The Cotton Mnrket. New Orleans, Feb. 19. ? The cotton market opened active and remained active until near the close. Bullish sentiment was predominant and bulls conl rolled the market throughout the day. At the opening selling orders were heavy, evidently coming from the shorts, but their offer ings were, readily absorbed. The hull leaders took on immense loads and continually reachtd out for more. Their buying^ however was not aggressive. At the opening the Liverpool mar ket was considered disappoint ing and this encouraged bears. They sent prices down about 20 points, but the bull leaders kept the situation well in hand and forced prices gradually up until they were about 60 points higher than the lowest levels, and about 40 points higher than the close of yesterday. Toward the close the market became quiet and with the disposition to take profits. The closing was steady and from 23 to 28 points higher than the close of yester day, May closing 28 points high or than yesterday, at 14 cents. They have a nice old lady in South Hosting of the genuine Partingtonian variety. She re rently alluded to the illness of a friend with "you see he had di gestion of the lungs, and then it settled." rARM CLIPPINGS. The Outlook. The outlook is decidedly blue for the farmer who lets his Farm' Journal stop. Few rays of sun shine are likely to be encounter ed for the next five years. The wheat market goes up and down, but there has been a gain in price, with prospect of a fur ther rise. There hss been, and still is, a a firm potato market. Those who have sound stock, for table or seed, can sa^l at good prices. j Our export cattle trade is in creasing. Last year upward of 420, 0C0 head went abroad. ThQ total exports of provisions for the same period amounted to nearly $200,000,000. Corn is active and firm, and some advance probable. Buyers complain that farmers are in no haste to sell. If they have sound corn, they may safely sell at their leisure. There has been a weak demand for all kinds of horses, with the exception of druft animals, for some time past, but prices are stiffening, and will advance with the opening of spring. It will still pay to breed high-class horses. American apples have won many friends in Europe during the last few months. They have been a feature in the market there, and a large trade is as sured in future years for our fruit. Growers of choice apples have a bright outlook. Just what is being done in the United States to increase our foreign trade in poultry pro ducts we are not now able to ftnr jPamdWa neigh bors are nursing this business through their Department of Agriculturo. There are possi bilities in this trade worth look ing after by our own officials. Thing* to Drop. Things that hurt the pocket, the feelings of others, the con science. Drop a hot iron; it burns. Anything else? Yes, lo's of things that farmers are trying to nandle. but which do more ffhrm than good ? some of them. Drop trying to get over more ground than you can till well. Drop the old cows, sheep and hens. They will make the rich est man poor. Drop the cows that hare Jteen favorites, and yet never have paid their board a single year since you got thero. 'Drop the crops that you have been raising to a disadvantage. Profit comes from growing things that can be produced in your locality at low cost for la bor and marketing. Drop loose methods of culture. They will bring nothing but trouble Drop promising more than you can perform. Drop unkindness to members of your family, in the house and in the barn. Drop loitering about town when jou have no business there. Drop saying: "It's nobody's business what I do." It is some body's business. No one can draw a line about his feet and say, ??I live in here. Everybody must keep out." , Drop oaths, love of gossip and telling foul stories. In short, drop everything that helps to make a man less worthy to be trusted, and more to be dreaded, by all good citizens. Hot iron burns, but there are many things that hurt worse. Tha White Knight; no amoke to compare with it. For mile at th* Cam den Drug Company. Trjr tlitm, ami t? convinced. A Wile* P*w?r. Ths power of t wife for wood or evil U irresistible. Boat must oe the <eeet of or happiness most be forever ? known. A good wife Is torn aas wisdom, courage, and str? gth, and endurance. A bad wMs m confusion, weakness, diseoeS ture and despair. No -conditio* is hopeless where the wife pos sesses firmness, decision and economy. There is no outward prosperity which can counteract indolence, extravagance and fol ly at home. No #pirtt can long endure bad domestic influence. Man is strong, but his heart ia not adamant. He delights in en* terprise and action, but to ana tain him he needs a quiet mind and a whole heart. He ? needs his moral force in the conflicts of the world. To reoover his evenness of mind and composure, home must be to him a place of repose, of peaces, ot cheerful ness, of comfort, aid big soul renews its strength a0afiat,*Mb goes forth with freak vicjarl| encounter the labor and trowMNP of life. But if st home he flnds no rest, and is there met with bad temper, sullenness or gloom, or is assailed by disoontent or complaint, hope vanishes, and he sinks into despair. ? What tt Teach the Bays. If you do this you will not bare lived in vain: Teach them to plow thorough* ly and well. To chop with both the righi and the left hand. To sow grain broadcast as wall as with the drill. To run the reaper, the mower and the binder. To milk 'a eow elesn. (Yw cannot do this unless you know how yourself ) To feed the oows, horses and other stock right. (You may be absent sometimes and need to have the help of the boys*) To drive the horses on the road and on the farm utMjr. To harness the horses and to care for ihem in the To bring in the wood tor nrght without being reminded of H ev ery time. To hoe corn and potatoes, and to dig them in their season. To hang up their hats when they come into the housa. To be polite at the table. To speak respectfully to every one, young and old. To read, not simply story books, but the papers of the day and best current literature. To be ceat and clean in their habits of dress. To keep things "sleeked up" in their rooms. To love the truth always. To deal honestly with all men. To be good citizens* loving their country and respecting its institutions. To seek the fellowship of good men, good books and good things in nature. GARLAND'S STABLES. New Stables, Fresh Stock. Up-to-Date Vehicles. ?*?? C.all on me on Rutledge Arenuef fust below the Old Postojflce. W. A. OAKLAND, I Prop'r,