The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, March 03, 1904, Image 1
THE WAR
IN THE EAST,
Report of Loss of Six Ships by
the Japs in last Attack on
Fort Arthur Flatly
Denied.
L?QQdon( Feb. 25. ? The British
Foreign office has received an
Official Dispatch saying that not
one of the Japanese vessels were
Injured in the attack on Wednes
day, the 24th.
A* Important Move.
London, Feb. 26. ? War corre
spondents and Europeans in Ja
pan comment in amazement upon
? the success of Japanese officials
m preserving secrecy regarding
all the operations of war, und
declare this conspiracy of silence
is not only confined to govern
ment and service circles, bat
that it extends to every section
of the community. All classes
of people are submitting with
marvelous patience to being de
prived of news which they rec
ognise is imperative to the suc
cess of the national cause. It is
undoubtably in pursuance of this
policy that no Japanese account
of the Port Arthur attacks has
jet been published and none is
expected until Admiral Togo has
Completed his designs there.
Predicts Japauc.se Victory.
Senator Nelson says United
Btates interests will benefit.
In an address before the Min
nesota Association, of Washing
ton, Monday night at the Dewey,
Benator Knute Nelson predicted
that Japan would win in her con
flict with Russia because the Ja
panese people had the right of
the controversy.
"Russia is a despotism," said
benator Nelson, "and Japan
represents progressive ideas and
representative constitutional go
vernment.* A victory for Russia
means the closed door in Chini
for the United States. A victory
for Japan means the opon door
to our trade in the Orient.
With our possession of the
? Philippines and the construction
of the Panama canal, the United
? ? States cannot help but be inter
ested in the war between the
the two nations that is now be
ing waged for supremacy." ?
Washington Post.
Millions for Pontnl Sorvlco.
The House Committee on post
offices and post roads has com
pleted the post office appropria
tion bill and authorized Chairman
Overstreet to report it to the
Bowse. The bill carries a total
of $169,997,588, or *1,911,818
more than the estimates of the
Department, which were for
$108,085,770, and *10,4*6,039 in
excess of the appropriation for
the present year.
This increase over the estimate
Is made by reason of the in
creased compensation allowed to
the rural free delivery carriers.
The committee cut d<5JTn the es
timates on other items by *3,
255,000, and then added *5, If 0,
000 to the estimates for the rural
free delivery carriers, making
the total siyn for thyse carriers,
$20,180,000. Their compensation
is t hus increased frohi *000 n
year to $720. A provision, how
ever, directs that hereafter they
be not allowed to solicit business
or receive orders of any kind
from any company, person or
' firm, and that they shall not cur
ry tnerphandise for hiro during
the hour* of employment.
For something strictly stylish
And up- to date in millinery, go
to Hifrch Bros. & Co.
, 1I0TH8B iPPilLHG FIRE.
?
$3,000,000 Gt Up li Snkt li lod
estar, I?i Tort
Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 26. ?
The sun set tonight with ten en
gines pouring streams of water
on the ruins of what was prac
tically the retail dry goods dis
trict of this city, for three out of
the five department stores were
consumed in to-day's disastrous
fire, one of which the Sibley,
Lindsay & Curr company was by
far the lagest establishment of
this kind in the city and the old
est.
Following is a table of losses:
Granite building $300,000;
Marble building $75,000; Buell
estate $20,000; Cornwell building
$60,000; Kirley building $35,000;
Walkover Shoe company $10,000;
Sibley, Lindsay & Curr compa
ny $250, 0C0.
The loss on stock was as fol
lows:
Sibley, Lindsay A Curr com
pany, retail, $300,000; wholesale
$1,250,000; tenants in Granite
building $200,000; Beadle & Sher
burne compauy $350,000; Roch
ester Dry Goods company $150,
000. The smaller losses foot up
to $80,000.
Insurance men place the loss
at '$3,000,000. Of this amount
$750,000 represents the loss on
buildings, and the remainder the
loss on stocks of goods and to
occupants of offices. It is esti
mated that 2,500 people are
thrown out of work, temporarily
at least, because of the fire.
The fire started inj^g^ore of
the Rochester Dry Goods com
pany.
Sibley, Lindsay & Kerr com
pany's six story wholesale build
ing, together with the stables in
the rear, was destroyed with all
its contents, this loss being
placed at $1,450,000.
The lire was discovered by a
night watchman in the employ
of the Rochester Dry Goods com
pany. It was first seen at 4. 50
o'clock, and the watchman says
it started from a fuse which blew
out in the electric elevator con
nection. Almost simultaneously
an oxplosiou occurred in the
basement of lieadle & Sher
burne's, next door. Sinoke and
flames poured through The eleva
tor grating in the sidewalk, and
in an incredibly short time the
buildings wore a mass of flames.
Mr. Williams* Leadership.
The Democratic leader in the
House gives us real joy. What
American politician since Lin
coln has had a more felicitous
method of expressing his opin
ions? Mr. Williams has a good
head, and his thoughts are sea
soned with a spicy humor of a
strictly American brand. Seri
ousness and fun are delightfully
alliod. Arguing against the resur
rection of the curroncy question,
in favor of the theory that issues
are made by conditions and en
vironmont, he observed: "In
1890 the Democratic party stood
for himetalisin, and so far as the
question of ratio is cnncorned, I
believe God, in His wisdom,
fixed for silver and gold the
same law Miat rules with respect
to the price of cotton or corn,
a ballet dancer or an opera
singer ? tho law of supply aud
demand." Ho added, with rare
and charming frankness and
g(K)d humor, that tho more he
read history the more he be
lieved the Confederate States
were right in their interpreta
tion of the Constitution ? which
was no reason for fighting the
civil war again, or brooding over
u difference which has become
obsolete.
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His closer arguments are ad- '
mirable for cogency and clear
ness, but what gives them their
charm is the infusion of sucK
illustrations as he made the
other day in debate: "The claim
that the Republican party is re
sponsible for the prosperity^
which the gentleman leaves to
be inferred, .reminds me of an
old Lincoln story. A woodpecker,
sat on the top of a tree and he
pecked and he pecked and be
pecked, until a strong wind came
along and blowed the tree and
the wbod pecker to the ground.
The woodpecker believes to this
day that he pecked the tree
down.*' He is not a pitiless
story teller. On the contrary,
his humor and his anecdotes
come only to support the posi
tion^ he has assumed, and we
have not noticed any instance of
mere jesting apart from the pur
pose for which legislatures are
ussembled. ? Colliers Weetyy.
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An American WliUkey Claim.
Tottio, Feb. 25. ? The Japanese
government to-day passed the
fa;, o is White whiskey claim by
handing to U. S. Minister Gris
com a check for $115, 000 in favor
of the American Trading Com
pany.
The claim arose from a cus
toms decision rendered in 1900,
holding an importation of 8,000
barrels of whiskey to be alcohol,
and increasing the duty from 40
to 850 per cent.
The Japanese at first rejected
the claim for the repayment of
the amount alleged to have been
overcharged by the customs de
p<ttYHI9ht,uMt \ipon Mf. GriSfebllf
arriving at Tokio he renewed it
and pressed the case with firm
ness. His success in securing
payment is very gratifying to
American commercial men, and
a settlement of the matter is
regarded as another m<?rk of the
friendliness ot Japan* for Amer
ica. ^
Dick I>eelurc<l Successor to
Hauna.
General Charles Dick was
nominated by acclamation for
both the unexpired and regular
terms for United States senator
to succeed the lute Senator Han
na at the caucus of the Republi
can members of the legislature
this evening. The name of Gen
eral Dick was the. only one pre
sented. As the Republicans have
a large minority in both branches
General Dick's election is as
sured and the balloting on Mar.
1, will be only a formality.
The caucus decided upon to
day, it being the opinion of mem
bers of the legislature, concur
red in by General Dick that in
asmuch as the election was to
fill a vacancy, the caucus should
not bo dispensed with even
though more than enough votes
to elect had been pledged.
Hampton Statue Will Be Erected.
The fund for tho Hampton
monument is but slowly increas
ing and many counties have
made a deplorable showing.
The #20,000 appropriated by the
legislature has now become
available for use and according
to the testimony of sculptors a
very handsome design can bo ob
tained for the sum it is proposed
to pay. Mr. Cnas. Frederick
Nichaus and Mr. P. Wellington
Ruckstuhl, both sculptors of
widest ronowu, who have done
many statues of southern men,
have shown to tho commissions
models of their work now stand
ing. No one has yet been select
ed to make the Hampton statue.
The statue will take three years
to complete when once begun.
?Chicken Column.
* How n Fowl llrcntliOH.
JEvery writer on the subjcct of
twb care of poultry in winter is
emphatic in the demand for fresh
ain The reason for this is the
peculiar anatomical construction
of fowls. The lungs by which
respiration takes place, are lo
cated in the posterior and supe
rior part of the breast. They
adhere to the ribs and are main
tained below by a resisting mem
brane moved by muscular power
which causes the inhaling nrd
exhaling. These lungs are pierc
ed with holes, and the air circu
lates in all parts of the body,
even in the cavities of the bones.
Air is brought into the organs
by a long air-tube. The wind
pipe and bronchia have complete
cartilaginous rings. But the
most remarkable disposition of
the respiratory apparatus of the
fowl is the presence of air-cells
in the breast and lower part of
the abdomen. This proves that
the fowl requires in the interior
4yj*r?er quantity of air, in pro
jUBltpii' than the order of Mam
? Cheap Culture.
A dozen fowls may be easily
fed, all tbe food required, from
tbe scraps from table and kitch
en of any average sized family.
The meat, bread, vegetable And
other scraps will feed a dozen
fowls even on a town lot where
they have no range.
On farm, scraps from table
and kitchen will feed twenty-five
or more, even fifty fowls. Fowls
pick up on farm, fields, woods,
and about barns nearly all food
needful.
On town lots whore fowls
should be kept for eggs only, a
cock is not necessary.
Fed on scraps, and egg s and
manure gathered properly fowls
cost nothing on town lots even,
that is a dozen laying hens to an
average family. The product of
eggs and manure is all profit,
and greatly aics in feeding fam
ily and manuring garden.
Several cows, a few fowls and
pigeons will feed the farmers'
family.
Scurvey Leg*. -
Scurvy Legs: This is some
times called "scaly leg," and is
one of the most disagreeable
sights witnessed in a poultry
yai*d; it not only disfigures tho
fowls and denotes filth, but it ig
also a source of annoyance and
discomfort to the birds; it is the
work of a very minute parasite,
and is contagious. There are
quite a number of remedies for
tho disease, but more depends
upon care for a few weeks than
anything else. Take three tablo
spoonfuls of lard, and add to it
two tablespoonfuls of Kerosene
oil and one of glycerine; then
drop into the mixture, which
should be mixed warm (not hot),
twenty drops of carbolic acid;
wash the legs of tho fowl and
wipo dry, rub on tbe mixture
very thickly, having it warm,
not overlooking any part; repeat
this twice a week for two or
three weeks, and the legs will
soon become clean and perfectly
' smooth.
FARM CLIPPINGS.
Fntteitiajc Hup.
The results of different exper
iments in pig feeding vary so
widely, that seems wise for any
farmer who has any considera
ble number of hogs to fatten, to
take two or three of the raettods
that have produced the best re
sults with others, and compare
or confirm them in his own feed
ing. The following summary of
results as obtained by Prof. T.
Hunt, of the Illinois College
farm, in his experiments, will be
of interest to those engaged in
practical pork producing.
I., It requires 13.80. pounds of
skim milk to produce one pound
of pork when fed with corn meal
ratio 1 1*7 to fattening hogs.
2. Skim milk could not be econ
omically fed to fattening hogs
unless it was waste product
wlneh could not be otherwise
utilized.
3. It required on an average
pounds of shelled corn to pro
duce one pound of pork during
an average<period of four weeks,
or one bushel produced 134
pounds.
4. It required 4* pounds of
corn meal to produce one pound
of pork, or one bushel of corn
made into meal and fed dry pro
duced 12} pounds of pork.
5. When fed dry, shelled corn
is lqore economical than corn
meal to feed fattening hogs.
6. It required 7? pounds, or
one peck of ground oats to pro
duce one pound of pork, when
fed with equal parts, by weight,
with corn meal.
7. One bushel of corn is worth
nearlv three bushels of oats as
food for fattening hogs.
8. Corn fed pigs gained about
4$ pounds per week, and ate
about 21 pounds of corn per 100
pounds of live weight.
9. Pork was produced during
the cold weather, with corn at
28 cents vper bushel, for less than
three cents per pound.
10. An insufficient food supply
for two weeks caused a Very con
siderable loss in feeding there
after.
II. Indian corn is the most
economical pork producing ma
terial during the winter months
in regions where extensively
grown.
Death on LU-e.
The following ideas of differ
ent farmers about the best me
thod ol destroying lice on cattle
was collected by an industrious
editor, whose name we are una
ble to give ? the fapts are worth
a place in memory, and in scrap
I ooks:
R. L- A. ? For lice on cattle,
add three ounces of camphor to
pint of alcohol and.upply it with
a sponge. This is suro to kill
the parasites, and will not take
the hair off. ? LL. II. Donaldson,
Tuscola county, Mich.
Put equal measurements of
lard and keroseno together, and
apply warm with a swab, and
card it into the hair well. ? Tj. C.
Wood; Allegheny county, N. Y.
Strong old fashioned soap will
do the business. ? II. M.
Peed a large spoonful of equal
parts of salt and saltpeter for
nine successive mornings. ? F.
H. 8.
Kerosene poured upon a cloth
and rubbed upon the back and
neck of tho creature will prove
etticacious. Do not pour it uj>on
the animal, or it will blister. ?
Subscriber.
Twenty-five hens and fifty pig
eons on a farm will find all eggs
needful for average family and
fomo to sell, will furnish all fowl
moat in abundance fowls for
family all year and some to spare
for marketing.
The New Building* At TheMr
Urouud*.
The contract for the lesigvs
for the buildings for the new fair
grounds has been given to
Messrs. Shand& LiaFaye,-arohi
tects. These designs have bees
submitted, and have practically
met the approbation of the com
mittee.
There will be an exhibition
arena with grand stand and niile
race track with grand stand, ana
athletic park with stand. These
will be separately fenced in.
Around the exhibition will be
placed the woman's building, 68
by 108 feet with an art wing 25
by 50 feet; the poultry building,
50 by 150 feet, and the commer
cial building, 08 by 130 feet. All
of the boildings will be one sto
ry, and arranged after the usual
exposition style, with high roofs
and large entrances. There will
also be three cattle stall build
ings, one sheep stall building
and one for "hogs.
Adjoining the race track will
be three large stables for wit*
tering horses. "Bob" Davis^
the well known trainer, w)m)
thinks there is no place like Col-,
urnbia for wintering, was largely
instrumental in having these
stables established. He is now
in Charlotte, but intends to come
back next year to Columbia.
"Of course," he said yester
day, "I'm coming back. There
isn't any place like Columbia for
horse flesh. I am just waiting
until tne track out at the new
grounds is completed, and ac
commodations ure arranged for
my stock."
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Tit for Tat.
A cook at a cheap boarding
house in New York played a lit
tle gum6 on u gambling boarder,
a newspaper humorist, by serv
ing him with a piece of sole lea
ther instead of beefsteak. "You'
ve changed your butcher, Mrs,
JJasche?" suid the boarder, look
ing up at the landlady after sew
ing two or three minutes on the
leather. "Same butcher as usn*
al replyed the boarding mistress
with a patronizing smile. 'Why?r
"Oh, nothing much," suid the
humorist, trying to make an im
pression on the steak with his
knife and lork; "only this piece
of meat is the tenderest I have
struck in this house for some
weeks." ? Norristown Herald.
A Grammatical Point.
Amos paralyzed his teacher at
the grammar school the other
day, and gave him a pointer that
had never beforo penetrated his
repository of educational knick*
knacks. Says the teacher:
"Amos, what part of speech is
the word book?*'
Amos ? "Book is a common
noun, third person, singular
number, masculine gender, nora
? t
"Masculine gender, you youn*
idiot, what do you mean?"
Amos ? "I mean that this book
I'm speaking of is of tlie mascu
line gender."
Teeacher ? 'What book is that.*
Amos ? "It's a hymn book."
Citizen to underyjker: 1 thought
Mr. Mould, that you were going
off on a vacatiou? Untertaker,
I did intend to start over a
month ago, but old Mrs Bently
was taken dongerously ill, and
I've beenjsort of hanging on, and
(iu a low, injured tone ot voice)
I'll be blamed, sir, if she ain't
getting better. ? Epoch.
New minister (who doesn't
know that tlio late lamented
died of dynamite): "And did
your husband die in |>eacc, Mrs.
Bently?" Mrs. Bently (with a
sob); "No, air; he died in pieces."
? Epoch.