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The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
HOW TOGO SEALED UP PORT ARTHUR
RUSSIANS LEAVE NEW CHWANG

| passage, which exploded and caused
her to sink. The lieutenant Of this
vessel. Uchida. Chief Engineer Aoki
and eight men are missing.
| A steamer. thought to be the Asa.
gawo Maru. which appeared to have
had her rudder broken. blew herself
up at the foot of Golden hill and sank
there.
Vice Admiral Togo, in his report.
says:
This undertaking. when compared
with the last two, resulted in greater
casualties to our side. Owing to the
| inclemency OF the weather and the
increased preparations for defense
completed " the enemy, we could
save none of the onlcers or the crews
OF the Otaru Maru, the Sagami Maru.
the Sakura Maru or the Asagawo
Maru. 1t is to be regretted that moth
ing particular could be learned CON
cernins Their brave discharge of their
duties, but he memory Of their ex-
emplary co. uct will remain long in
the imperial navy.
THE destroyer and the torpedo boat
flotillas, besides resisting the enemy
bravely, fought against wind and
waves. The torpedo boat fotilla ap-
preached close to the mouth of the
harbor and rescued more than half
the men. The torpedo boat No. CT had
steam pipe broken by shell and was
disabled, but consort, torpedo boat
No. 70, went to her assistance and
towed her away. Three of the crew of
No. 67 were wounded.
The destroyer Actaka has her lar
board engine damaged by shell. and
one sailor on board of her was killed.
One sailcr on board the Hayabusa was
killed by shell.
THE third detachment, Rear Admi-
raj Dewa commanding. reached Port
Arthur at 6 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The first detachment, under Vice Ad-
miral Togo, and Rear Admiral Nashiha
second in command, arrived off Port
Arthur at 8 in the morning for the
purpose of protecting the destroyer
and the torpedo boat fotillas and to
search for the crews of the sunken
merchantmen. The vessels Of these
detachments remained until o'clock
of Tuesday afternoon, but their search
was fruitless. The day was foggy, and
it was impossible to observe the condi-
ton of the enemy.
"The detachment then returned to
their base, and since the morning of
May they have been engaged in other
operations"
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13

Japs in Feng Wang Cheng.

Japs In Feng Wang Cheng.
st. Petersburg, May S.-General Ku-
ropatkin has sent the following tele-
gram under date of May 9Th
Lieutenant General Zassalitch to-
day reports that the enemy's cavalry
and units of their advance guard occu.
pied Feng Wang Cheng to-day.
1.-TWO companies and two squadrons
of their force proceeded toward Dali
andiapu-Tso. Our cavalry and units
withdrew toward Tchlindjano.
Scouts from F'eng Wang Cheng re-
port that two Japanese divisions ad-
vanced May 9th towards Feng Wang
Cheng by the main road from Plan
Min. A third division advancing by
the valley of the All river, occupied
position near khuandiapu-Tso and
posted batteries to fire upon Feng
Wang Cheng, counting upon finding
our troops there.
"The Japanese advanced slowly and
very cautiously upon Feng Wang
Cheng.'
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
LINE OF COLORADO & SOUTHERN
Will Extend from Fort Worth to Hous-
ton and GaIveston-Presidens
TrumbulI in New York to
Make Arrangements.

Denver. May 8.-The Republican
this morning says: The Colorado 4
Southern railroad will extend Its line.
to Huston and Galveston. Texas. and.
thus be in direct connection with the
shipping trade of the Gull.
1t was learned yesterday that such!
Is to be tho result Of the visit OF Pres
ident Frank Trumbull and General
Manager ]. NJ. Herbert to Fort Worth
and Galveston, from where General
Manager Herbert will return to-mor-
row to Denver. President Frank
Trumbull has proceeded to New York
from Fort Worth to attend to import
ant matters regaroias the contemplat-
ed extension.
The news comes not ~ an entire sur
prise to local railroad officials and 1t
has been rumored long before now that
the Southern would acquire line d.
rect to the Gulf. However, nothing
definite in that regard became known
until yesterday. and, in fact, the
Southern officials themselves had not
fully decided to recommend the ex-
tension until their latest visit to
Texas.
At present the Southern ends at
Fort Worth. All Gulf business OF the
road to Colorado is handled by 9th
er lines from Galveston to Houston
and to Fort Worth. The Southern has
been handicapped not a little in hav-
no terminal at the Gulf and has lost
much business to competing lines for
that reason.
From Fort Worth to Galveston is
about $50 miles. The lines which al
ready handle the traffic between the
two places are the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas, the Houston & Texas Cen
tral, and the Santa Fe. 1t is the lat
ter line with which the Southern is In
greatest competition.
1t has not been learned definitely
whether the Southern will operate its
trains over leased tracks Of one Of the
roads already running from Fort
Worth to Galveston, or construct its
own tracks. However. it is believed
that for the present the plan of leas-
Ing is the more advisable. but should
the volume Of business Lecesstate it
the Southern will, of course. not hesi'
tate to build.
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
American Ginseno.

Ginseng. which is grown In Korea.
Manchuria. and the Unitel States for
export to China only. is thought by the
Chinese to revive vitality and bring
youth to the aged American Sang"
is used also for Strengthening the
heart Experiments In English speak
ing countries have shown 1t To be inert
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Counterfeit Denver Bill.

Denver, May S.-Counterfeit bills OF
the $40 denomination, bearing the date
of 1882, are being circulated according
lo general notice issued by the Unit
ed States secret service officials. The
notes bear the imprint of the Denver
National Bank, although none have
yet made their appearance in the city:
Most Of them brought to light by the
secret service men were discovered in
Wisconsin and the middle western
states,
The Grit-advocate., 1904-05-13
Evacuation of New chwano.

London, May decentralization
seems to have seized on the Russian
forces. They have abandoned New
Chwang without striking blow, dis
mantlng the forts there in the dead of
the night and shipping the big guns on
railway cars to Lao Yang to help Ku-
rOpatkin resist General Godama, who
is hurrying to attack him at the head
of the victorious army of the Yalu
1t is at Lao Yang General Kuropat-
kin has determined to make his de-
,cisive stand. and within a few days
the crucial land fight of the campaign
will take place.
New Chwang May 7. 2 a. n.-There
is every indication that the Russians
have decided to evacuate New
Chwang. Troops have been leaving
here all day long. The forts have been
,dismantled and all the artillery has
been placed on board trains All the
local transportation has been com
mandeered by the Russian authorities
There Is current here a native rumor
that Japanese transports are in Foo
Chau ION the west side of the Lilac
flung peninsula and about sixty miles
north of Port Arthur). but this report
lacks confirmation.
The fear is held here that If the Rus
SLAMS leave and the Japanese do moi
at once take possession Of New
Chwang. the brigands, who are nov
across the river. near Ying Kow, vii
pillage the place. The foreign resi-
dents are prepared to resist the brig
ands should they come over The
British consul has requested that 0
gunboat be sent to New Chwang.
The Russians probably will destroy
the gunboat Sivoutch before leaving
The vessel is at New Chwang.
JAPANESE troops fired on what prob
ably was the last train out of Port Ar
thur as it passed near Port Adams
They used artillery and small arms
and killed or wounded several Chinese
II is reported here that Vicerov AL
exieff was slightly wounded prior tt
his departure from Port Arthur He
barely escaped from there before tht
Japanese closed the lines OF communi
cation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

chance. know man who went for
six Years without finding one and then
lighted on stone valued at $4,000.
Your divers steal them pretty often
ii you do not keep your eyes wide
open. There is Malay at Broome
today who has stone worth $4,000,
but no one can get at 1t, for he OBJ
tanned 1t on the cross and is afraid to
show or sell it. l tried to do business
with him. | learned that the beggar
was fond of champagne, SO | made up
to him and became his best friend.
shouted unlimited champagne and
after day or two got him into a
condition in which he agreed to bring
the stone next day and sell it to me
for 9100. But the next day he disap-
peared. 1t cost me ELS for cham
payne, and the Malay came out on
top in that deal. London Mail
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

naval strength Of Russia in Far East.
crn waters is now, SO far as first class
fighting ships are concerned, quite
equal to that of the Japanese; but the
Japanese possess huge secondary
fleet that might be brought into most
effective use after the first line had
fought a crippling fight. The Russians
are, however, UNNECESSARILY inferior
to the Japanese in regard to coaling
and dockyard facilities and bases of
operation. And then the much vaunt-
ed Japanese patriotism? That, too,
like their true fighting capabilities,
has yet to be put to the test, and until
it is done no one can say how the Jap
anese forces and public wifi behave in
the face Of reverses, no matter how un-
important they may be.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
To Light Westminster.

Westminster Abbey is to undergo
something tantamount to revolu-
ton. The historic Pyx chapel, the
massive door of which is familiar
feature in what are popularity known
as the dark cloisters, is about to be
lighted by. electricity and thrown
open for inspection.
Public entrance to the chapel was
no easy matter, for no fewer than
seven keys were necessary before the
two oaken doors would swing open.
1t was in this chapel, one of whose
doors was upholstered in human skin.
that in days gone by were stored gov
eminent standards and assays of
gold. Among the other contents of
the place are a curious stone altar
and some ancient chests, in which
State documents, exchequer tally
sticks and other things were de-
posited.-London Correspondent New
York Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
A Wonderful UnexpIored Forest.

Until recently it was supposed that
where the ocean is deepest no or
ganic life existed. No light penetrates
there to any great extent, and the
pressure of the water is terrific.
Wood, for instance. is compressed to
half it's size if lowered to 5000 feet.
But recent scientific discovery proves
that even in those mighty deeps, great
forests Of seaweed cover the bottom
of the ocean and reach to the surface.
In these strange forests spiders and
dreadful wormlike animals of tremen-
dous size exist. Sea urchins, shells
and millions of other things. It might
not be pleasant forest in which to
take a walk. 1t might SEEM like a
nightmare, but there is no denying
the fact that it would be wonderful
place. real enchanted forest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
THE GENTLE OUTLAW.
Gov. Ferguson Is Astonished by the
Manners of Bill DooIn.

In yesterdays issue the Journal
printed the personal account of Gov.
Tom G. Ferguson of his meeting with
Bill Doolin. the notorious Oklahoma
outlaw. The chief point of interest in
the story was that the governor found
that the outlaw. in friendly inter-
course, was so harmless in appearance
SO gentle in word and action, and with
al such a quiet, Obliging and lovable
character that he seemed incapable of
committing crime. either by violence
or treachery. The governor showed
Doolin to be of the cast in which By
ron's Corsair was moulded, 1.-The mildest
hammered man who ever scuttled ship
or cut throat" And SO DOOlin in
fact was. during the days of his SUI
premacy, and SO have been most of all
OF the desperadoes in the frontier life
OF the west.
There is nothing very surprising in
this popularity when you come to
think about it carefully. AS men are
not all good, SO also are they never
all bad. The deepest villain that ever
drew breath, drew gun or stretched
halter has had some streaks or fits
of goodness and displayed occasional
~ pride, sense Of honor or feeling
Of pity or remorse which Contrasted
strangely and often grOtesquely with
the general tenor and course of his
bloody and vicious career. At least,
it has been so in the west The James
gang and the Younger boys are reput-
ed to have waylaid and robbed the
rich and then given up the booty SO
gotten to relieve the needy and dis
tressed. Quantrell was such a loving
and exemplary husband that one OF his
widows composed this eDitaph for in
scription upon the tombstone over his
last resting place: "One hero less on
earth, one angel more in heaven" 1t
is not at all certain. however, that
QUantrell, in spite of his domestic vir-
tues, is really in heaven, but it is
quite probable that had he lived until
the animosities excited by his bloody
deeds had subsidized, many morbid
minded people would have conceded
with the fiattering opinion enter
tanned by his widow. and would have
been glad to do him special honor as a
conqueror and hero.
The ruffians and the totally bad
men who took to the road in the pion-
eer days in the west all died early. 1t
was only your insinuating, plausible
rogue who lasted for any considerable
time The, drunken Boosting, bully
ing. noisy fellows do not make sue
cessful desperadoes.-Ka City
Journal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
FIRST SIGHT OF A MANATEE.
Strange Sea Monster That a Fisher
man Saw in Florida Waters.

A sight that is getting more and
more rare now is that of a manatee,
or sea cow-the wonderful mammal
that lives exclusively in the water like
a fish, and that has furnished the
foundation of many a mermaid story
by thrusting it's head and shoulders
out of the ocean near shore just in
time to let a startled crew see it.
Il shall never forget the scare got
at the first sight of manatee," said
John Mansfield, the angler. 1T was
last year, in the Indian River, in
Florida. My boat was anchored near
bank Of grasses, and / was lolling
in the stern, looking idly downward
into the water and thinking of any
thing except a sea monster, when sud-
denly vast form made me pull my
head back instinctively.
The thing was so dark that it look
ed almost black. 1t was shaped like
a huge, thick carrot, only, instead
Of the thin tail of a carrot, it had a
broad, fiat tail exactly like that of a
lobster.
"It came along smoothly and ST.
lently, gliding close along the bottom,
and at first l couldn't see any head
at all. 1t looked weird, and I couldn t
imagine what it was.
Suddenly, it bent that big lobster
tail backward, doubled it beneath it.
self, and instantly it's progress stop
ped as if it had put on brakes.
THE next moment the thing was
apparently standing straight up on
end. Then I saw two bony things
like arms shoot out from the upper
part of its body, and the thing began
to bob back and forth like a very
clumsy person trying to make funny
little bows.
Then | realized that what I was
looking at was manatee, or sea cow,
and that it was in the act of feeding.
A big bunch of river grass grew just
where it had stopped, and it was TAX
ing it down in great mouthfuls.
Il now saw that it had head, sure
enough although it was a most alb
surdly small head, looking like little
cork in big, fat bottle. But the most
remarkable thing about the head was
the mouth. "The lower jaw was all
right. 1t was like that of SEAL But
the upper jaw was split vertically, SO
that it opened like the upper lip of a
rabbit. 1t was a true hare lip, only
it was about forty times as big as
the worst hair lip that was ever on
dry land.
with the queer upper lip the mana
tee seized the big whisps of river
grass, and handled them as an ele-
plant would handle hay with it's
trunk. Then the lower jaw would
shot out and yank it into a cavern
Gus mouth. 1t was great sight-the
funny mouth, the tiny head, the huge
body, twice as big around as that of
man, and about as long, the rough
hide, the tiny ripper and the lobster
tail-a veritable cross between a cow
and seal, and fish and a water
bug. Washington Post
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
Somewhat Twisted.

The average American in the Phil.
ippines makes sorry work Of the Span
ish language; but the Spaniards also
have difficulty in mastering English.
A Detroit woman opened a Manila
paper the other day, and saw the fol-
lowing advertisement of a prominent
Spanish dry-goods house that caters
to American trade:
Importing house receiving by alb
mails from Europe. The highest nov
elites in weayings of silks and linen.
Hats, and all sorts Of Adjoining for
ladies and children. A complete as
sortment OF all kinds of goods for gen.
tlemen."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
HoW's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
T. J. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
perfectly honorable & all business TRANSACT
lions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O,
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh euro is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by ell Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

When we introduced Billion Dollar
Grass three years ago, little did we dream
it would be the most talked of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
on earth. but this has come to pass.
Ayr. Editors wrote about 1T, Ayr. Col"
leze Professors lectured about it, Ayr. In
stftute Orators talked about it, while in
the farm home by the quiet freside, in the
corner grocery, in the village postofice, at
the creamery, at the depoc, In fact wher-
ever farmers gathered, Salzer's Billion Dol
lar Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
to IA tons per acre, and lots of pasture
besides, is always a theme worthy of the
farmers voice.
A. Walford, Westlore Farms, Pa, writes:
IL have 60 acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover.
It is immense. cut three crops this sea-
son and have lots of pasture besides"
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND loo. IN
\ STAMPS
TO the John A Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and receive their big catalog and lots
Of farm seed samples free. [A.CL.l
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
1ittla dandellon

Little dandelion
Stahted In one day
Grinnin ut de autumn
Jes' like 1t was May.
Nebber mind de chilly wind
Nor dc sky severe,
Little dandelion,
Fohgot de time O. year.
Little dandelion
Made do day seem bright,
Though de fros' win ketch him
Long befo' de night.
Reckon he's a hero
OF q humble style,
Case II takes q heap o. grit
sometimes les to smile.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
10000 Plants For Ice.

This is remarkable offer the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, makes.
They will send you their big plant and
seed catalog, together with enough seed
to grow
1000 fine solid Cabbages.
1000 delicious Carrots,
1000 Blanching, nutty Celery,
1000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1000 splendid Onions,
sl,O00 rare, luscious Eadishes,
900 gloriously brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to ins
duce you to try their warranted seeds
for when you once plant them ysu viii
grow no others, and
ALL FOB BUT l6c POSTAGE,
providing you will return this notice, and
i you with send them 2oc IN postage, they
Will add to the above package of the ia
nous Berliner Caulihowsr. 1A.C.L.l1
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

Tampico expects to be the chief Mex
lean harbor before long. 1t is twelve
hours distant from the capital by
train, and it's waters are deep enough
for the largest vessels and fully pro-
tected against storms
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
Swiss Hotels.

There are now 1900 hotels and pen
sions in Switzerland, employing some
thing like $4,000 persons during the
summer season. 1t is estimated that
$50. 900 people visit Switzerland In the.
season and spend about SIS, 1000 ,00o
there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
Mexico, ID. f.

"MeEco, d. B." as the postmSek on
all Mexican postal matter reads. Means
"DistrictT ederal," or Federal Dfstr.ak
and corresponds to our Washing
-. G.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
STAMPS

It's an easy matter to please woman;
all you have to do is to let her have her
own way.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

After driving a London omnibus for
sixty-one years, from 1872 to 1908,
James Perry has retired.
Girls dressed in gaudy red, black,
and white uniforms are selling butter
and cheese in the streets of Berlin for
a new company.
The remains of a heretofore unknown
Northern Egypt. The bones indicate
that it was an ancestor of the rhinoce-
rOS
The wagons Of the London fire COM
pany are to be supplied with bells so
that the firemen will no longer be COM
PEELED to utter cries to clear the
streets.
The bashi-bazouk shaves. his head
except tuft at the crown, which is to
be used by the angel to jerk him into
paradise if he should be slain by his
intended victim.
In view of the fact that contagious
diseases may be conveyed from mouth
to mouth, many children in England
now have on their hatbands the words,
please do not kiss me"
In the absence of horses both plow
and a mower were used tied behind his
automobile by Mr.. RaSer, an Ohio far
mer. The machine was geared too
fast to give the best results.
During the summer large numbers
Of women come from Poland, Silesia,
and Galicia to Central Germany to
work in the sugar-beet fields. They are
driven in gangs by a male Overseer.
Watchdogs are to be employed to
guard the German government dock
yards. A dog is to accompany each
sentinel, and the animal will be set up
on any stranger who fails to respond
to the challenge.
Dogs with collecting boxes attached
to their collars are comparatively COM
mon in Europes It may not, however,
be generally known what large sums
they earn for the charities they rep
resent. It is stated in the last part
Of the Animal World (Hutchinson)
that one which used to beg for hos
pital in Ireland collected in five years
nearly $4,000. He had a special bank
ing account, which was submitted pc
r:odicaliy TO chartered accountant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

The population of Ireland is 4,432,-
274, and the decrease for the year 1902
has been 1G.003. -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
An Egg Tester Free,

Together with an incubator and brood
er catalogue. containing among much
other valuable and interesting informa-
ton a colored plate. showing by eigh-
teen views the development of the
chick in the shell, free, by sending to
Geo. Stahl, Quincy. H.. four cents.
to pay for postage and packing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

The average mans idea of a b46ness
transaction sG one in which he GETS the
best .of the BARGAIN.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
WHY Do we Die .

If it WASN'T. for his fool luck the fool
wouldn't have the money to part With.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
ton. allaYs pain, cures WIND collie. 25c. bottle
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

A man is in luck if he doesn't get turned
down while waiting for something to turn
nm
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

Vital statistics classified snow the re-
spiratory organs to be the feeble point In
man. Diseases Of the lungs are ort of all
proportion in fatality.s Take Tay,or's Cher
okee Remedy Of Sweet Gum and MulleinA
for coughs, colds and consumption.
At druggists, Csc, SOC. and $l.00 bottle.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25

JUNE TINT BUTTER Color makes top.
CT the market butter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-02-25
Billion Dollar Grass and Alfalfa.

A man never believes he is really pre-.
JUDGED even when he admits it..