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; A Good Time e t?o buy a s Good Timepiece v I have Just received a lot of new Watches > which are worth your seeing?probably the isoxt interest ng asHortment ttiat e er came to ' anc.inter, I never saw handsomer J styles and as 1 bought them at a discount.-or ( cash, I mean to sell th e m at pleasing 1 r prices If you need a i I Watch J can tit your I ? taste and y ur purse, i f right now. Come in and talk it over. T B. C. HOUGH. I ir I Jeweler and Stationer. I 1 1 f LANCASTER * ENTERPRISE. * i Published Wednesdays by j Entkrprisk Publishing Co. c A. J. CLARK. Editor. 8 One Year, ... .$1.00 Six Months, - - .50 8 Three Mor Us, - - .25 c IN ADVANCE. ? f Wednesday, February 17, 1904 i = ?? ? t The Baltimore fire enipha 1 sizes the importance of fire in- c surance and of carrying it in c the large companies. Doubt * less there are a number of small c companies that were badly r crippled by that fire ; but the ^ large companies will go right ' alomr as if nntliincr liaO lmn f pened. t ===== t When cotton was selling for five and six cents a pound the publishers of many weekly papers reduced the price to one dollar a year. They probably now realize the unwisdom of that course, when everything that goes to make a newspaper ^ and to keep the makers of news- s papers alive has advanced in ( price. Any weekly paper worth r reading is worth $2 a year, ac cording to present standards#? 1 The State. 1 But wo .furnish the Enter- 1 frisk for $1.00, and just here 1 we wish to call upon you who e have not paid up to call and N settle, or send tlio money, if J you are not coming to Lancas- ^ ter right soon. Wo need it, c and shall expect you to pay * without further delay. Many, ^ many have paid. To them we ' extend hearty thanks. ^ i In last week's Entkrprisk 1 we stated that the Baltimore ' conflagration was the third 1 greatest in the history of this ' country, hut we have since ' learned that it is the second largest and most destructive * tire of this country, the Chicago ( tire in 1871 being the largest 1 and the Boston fire in 1872 be- * tlw. ir 'IM.? a ! vmv inii vi. ii vmii i no ouur | comes tliis paragraph bearing on (ho same subject : ' The Raleigh Times says : "It 1 is now beyond doubt that the N destruction caused by the Ii re ; t in Baltimore is the greatest L ever experienced in any single ! fire in the history of the world." I While the loss was appalling, it was yet about $70,000,000 ( less than that incurred in tho : 1 Chicago fire, without consider ' t ing the sacrifice of life. But!, our Kaleigh contemporary lias 1* forgotten the little affair pre r sided over by Nero. There ' wore no fire insurance cofnpa-U nios in those days, so the esti-U males of losses are not accurate, , but the city was burning for! fully one week. In such fires! us destroyed the cities of Koine,, ' Vienna, Jerusalem and London, M the losses were total, there be ! > I ng no insurance, the great >oon of modern property hold irs. Nor were there fire-proof raults and safes, so that the de truction of treasure of all kinds vas enormous. DANGEROUS? UNMISTAKABLY. A passenger boarded an Vtlantic Coaot Line train in 1 I 1 A Al__ * A 1 . _ yiianesion recently witn a jug ?f gasoline which he set down >eside liis seat. The car had lot gone but a few miles before in explosion occurred which lurned the man badly and set ire to the coach. The passengers got out, but the car burned ip. The fire started by that ug of gasoline could not be put >ut, so the car was side-tracked md left to the flames. That Haiti more fire was pread and rendered more unontrollable by the explosion of gasoline tanks and drums. In act it caused the Hurst buildng in which the fire originated o collapse in ten minutes after he fire started. It is a danger>us thing when it comes in ontact with heat. It will exlibit its energy at once. The xplosions of gasoline are what tin tlio Enterprisk'8 presses, t is the explosiveness of gasoine that makes it valuable as l propelling power for engines, >ut it must he properly confined >r it is exceedingly dangerous. RUSSIA-JAPANESE WAR. The Japs and the Russians ire at it. The first gun was ired by the Japanese on the >th of this month. Two Rusian vessels were destroyed. )n the 9th some of the Japalese war vessels surprised Port Vrthur after the manner of )ewey at Manila, and disabled liree of Russia's vessels. Since hat conllict they have had seviral others,and the result has invariably been in favor of Japan, rwelvo of Russia's warships lave been either sunk orso badly lisabled that they are out of msiness, and eight others have >een captured by the Japanese. >o that Russia's navy is now 50 vessels weaker and Japan's s seven stronger than when lie conflict started. Of course loth sides have lost some men, bough the loss of life and the ist of wounded is as yet com laratively small on both sides. 1 .1 i s... ? K ? * - I v> inn va iu<iii;air7 uiai iiuuiu i,<)<>U soldiers have been captur (d l>y each side. The Japanese ire landing troops on Corean oil. One report says that over loo Japanese soldiers were sa>ered by the Russians. While lussia is vastly larger and has nany millions more people than lapan, still Japan has perhaps he most modern navy in the vorld, taken altogether; and hen Japan has a great advantigo in proximity to the scene >f action. She is lighting near I Oil IP- wllilp TilKvin lmu #?. , I I (to v \ ' ravel 5,000 to 10,000 miles to jot to the battlefield, and when i vessel is crippled it is out of nisiness for the balance of this conflict. Russian supplies and >oldit rs brought to the front by atlroad have come some 5,000 niles over a newly constructed >nd poorly equipped singlerack railroad, with rails ,veighing only 10 pounds. % ! A HA ) A \irv nr? /^i g s\L\ u risAJ | New Ye; I Thanking our customers \ and in order to reciprocat in patronizing us so lar^ w extend the time in the s 1 TKirtv * - J W So that all of our customei * our reduced prices. Cloth I pally overstocked on, and : ^ to sell, regardless of cost ^ we have the exclusive sale 1 HighArt ^ Which is by far the best fi m like you were moulded an J every suit there is a writte ( have a new suit in case it ^ Now, I can tell you why 1 guarantee?it is simply be J is thoroughly tested and s m into a garment, consequer B shrinkage or fading. So, f advantage of the cut price; ^ you will only call at our < m stock, we will promise to < J some of our competitors G 1 sure that you do not for Douglas Godms ; J I hese shoes are the very b( I* pair is guaranteed to be s a leather soles and double-tip J to be the same as sample < j store, we will freely give y ^ of the ones returned that a |. Hats, No Ei ^ Come along and let you & have a sample lot that wt ? get them out of our wa j 3 Shirts are going at cost. It 1 of f 1I/K 1/^k \t fA Itftll ^1 A1 m 11.1 i, vviuv.il \vl win in ^ kinds in abundance and w ? any prices given you. Ag ? ers for their liberal patron \ and hoping they will conti j future, we remain, j Heatli Bankii m j lPPY I SPEROUS { ar to All | ? S I for their liberal patronage * :e for their past kindness J ^ely, we have decided to J. ilaughtering of prices to w ys- Longer ; rs will get the benefit of J ing is what we are princifor the next month intend C L T~? 1 1.1 A. ^ t. everyone Knows inai v of STROUSE & BROS. ? Clothing 1 tting and makes you look ? d poured in them. With ? ? n guarantee that you will I fades or loses its shape. a they can make you such a cause every piece of goods 5 shrunk before it is made ^ ^ ltly there is no chance of # forward, boys, and take m - tU 1- A?^ T c f 5 1 (J 1 111C 11CA I Urt^a. II ? emporium and inspect our ^ dress you up or else make ? IVE you a new suit. Be I get our up-to-date line of I and | in Shoes I est manufactured. Every ^ t rr\i i n l/r cr>li^ ^ IV/I1U I\.uvil\.l ^v/ll II IV I ) niMIU f 3 toe. If they do not prove m :utopen and shown at our 4 ou a new pair, on receipt ^ ire not as we say they are. J id to Them j t r cranium be covered. We J t will almost give you to J y. Our best soft-bosom w * Millinery, a few pickings \ it cheap. Groceries of all ? nil sell you cheap?meet ain thanking our custom- ^ lage shown us in the past, i nue to patronize us in the I \r iuuis iu serve, ft ig filer. Co. j #