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HH THE GASTONIA _ Published Twice a Week—Tuesday * and Friday*. W. r. MASS HALL, Uiter ml ProH«ter. DEVOTED TO THE FtOTECTlOIf OP HOKE AND THE UVTEKBSTS tP TBS COUNTY. "7 VOL. XXV._ GASTONIA, N. C.. TUESDAY, MARCH 1. 1004. ——------—■---- ----- LIKE A CHINESE POBT. Jnuin Speak Scornfully of tke Great Harbor City—Effect ol War Plane. HU*» L Oridawta la tba Chlcaao Trlbaaw Nagasaki, January 13.—Com ing over from China, Nagasaki always seems the most exquisite ly clean and dainty place im aginable. Coming down from Central Japan, it seems almost Chinese in its untidiness, the unkempt, unwashed look of its people, aud its close contact with the older country is ap parent. Nagasaki has always had touch with China, trade being maintained between the two countries after Europeans were excluded and only a few Hol landers were permitted to live here as prisoners. Chinese priests, teachers and painters were always to be found in Nagasaki, and there is much Chinese blood in the Nagasaki people. Citizens of Tokio and Kioto speak scornfully of Nagasaki. There were never samurai here, only trades people, and they en large upon the fact that there are fewer public bath houses here in proportion to the popu lation than in the northern cities. "They areas dirty aa Chinese,” says the scornful courier of Yokohama, and there is no doubt that the people have slackened in many ways by contact with the Chinese. One looks into citing shops that are pure Chinese and kept by Chinese, and the degrading in fluence of its dirt seems to reach to all neighbors. Children of mixed parentage show the sick ly Chinese yellow tinge, and in grown people the continental cast of features is distinct. The Japanese New Year's is over snd gone, but the Chinese stick to the old lunar calendar and are now growing narcisans bulbs by the bowlful tor their Chinese New Year six weeks later. Yet another New Year is celebrated here and the Russians begin their revels by a fancy dress ball on New Year’s Bve. Nagasaki has been a chosen Russian winter preserve ever sipce the Russians began seri ously developing Vladivostok, and when work began in Man churia Russian families arrived each winter by hundreds. The a ■ ' ■ hotels were filled, the larger new hotel was really built to ac commodate Russian patrons, and every possible bouse was leased each season. Russian sign* became as common as English on the streets. Shopkeepers, servants and jinrikisha coolies picked up Russian, and more o< them now speak and understand that diffi cult language than English. These winter visitors bought largely, recklessly, bat not wise ly, in the curio shops, and al ways paid the largest prices. Their tastes were (or the grand and gorgeous, the biggest satin bedspread and curtain, with the biggest branches of cherry blossoms on it, the hugest water jars with the most gilding and painting, which they trustfully accepted as veritable old Sat sums. "Why do you keep sacb rub bub?” I asked the great curio dealer, whose shop a dozen and fifteen years ago was a superior art museum. "For the Russians,” he an swered blandly. "But you say they do not know good things.” Then, with the slow Japanese smile, he answered: "Yes, that is why they pay such big prices. I keep such things in my godown for you. I ask you no more than before,” and at that subtle, flattering appeal I melted, ana was overcharged again for blue and white platea. me families ot military and civil officen from Eastern Siberia and Manchuria are fewer tbis winter naturally- They have gone to colder Shanghai, or tropical Hong-Kong, or re mained at Port Arthur and Dalny, deipite tbe scant ac commodations in those places, tbe want of any hotel at all at Port Arthur. The large Naga saki Hotel is almost empty and tbe stockholders are glootny at the prospect of other winters without tbe Russians. There are no fleets here either, and the forty-two American women who follow uDon tbe movements of their naval husbands are in Hon olulu, in Yokohama boarding honsea or on the way to Cavite, where the runaway fleet is now supposed to be arriving. A French man-of-war came in, coated, and went away, tbe Jap anese cruiser has gone, and only the Italian G. Pisaui remains to play national anthem*, night and mousing, and lend blue and white tailor color* to atreet viataa every afternoon. I he twin Kristian mail steam er Manchuria that has been run ning weekly to Dalny to con nect with the special train de luxe, or Moscow express, over the Trans-Siberian Road baa been in harbor for a month, and by an awkward combination of events most remain here many weeks. Being insured in Lon don, it was examined, or sur veyed, for a coming year by the Lloyd agents here. A canny Scot crawled around through its boilers and shafts and vital regions, and announced defects that would require six or eight weeks to repair—to, this swift twenty-knot boat, the latest thing out from continental yards, complete in all the newest ap pointments of luxury, even to the ladles’ smoking room amid ships, idles here at anchor, awaiting its turn to go into dry dock. And when lit floats out, eight weeks or so hence, wbat a chance there is of finding itself a Japanese dispatch boat! the Msnehnria lost to Russia at team. Meanwhile, smaller ship* of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company make tbe riaky last runs to Nagasaki. A bnjje Hamburg-American ship ia In loaded deeply with Cardiff coal for Vladivostok taking on Japa neaa coal for its own bunkers, and another monster German cargo boat crammed with Car diff coal is due a few days later on its way to Port Arthur. Coal is tbe one topic of telk, tbe chief subject of editorials and European cable dispatches. Cardiff and Pocahontas are names to conjur with, and in modern warfare Providence plainly leans to the side of tbe biggest coal piles, and victory goes with tbe Cardiff fnel. The inconveniences of war are beginning to be felt by every one. Every port has its stranded passengers, who had expected to preceded to Australia by the new Japanese steamer the Nikko Marti, and many bad delayed sailiug in order to go by Ibe luxurious and beautifully ap pointed new ship to-day. In* stead, their passages are can* celed, the civilian officer* are on shore, and the beautiful new | boat with its tapestried, lacquered, and carved saloons, is at Yokosuka navy vard being fitted with gnns ana berths to become s fast transport. In the same way the Hong Kong Maru, which shonld leave to-morrow for Sea Francisco, is called off and will go to Yokoanka to be fitted for n tr in sport. In consequence there is no mail to America this week, snd the Government having also chartered the two other large Japanese mail steamers running to San Francisco, and the three large ships of the Seattle line, mail communica tions with America will be much hampered for the coming weeks or months. Sell Fertility. : To I ho editor of (*• Q—Mm I "A half truth is father to a lie," and *t are often given a part of the truth on the soil query. It ia the most impostaat ! question that confronts ns farm ers to-day on soil fettility. The use of commercial guano if a conditional problem. If the same bread is used on soils of di He rent composition, like results will not be obtained, and why? Because the soil may first con tain an abundance of one, and be deficient in the other two; and the other soil may contain the two lacking, and be defi cient in one. God speed the day when we shall agree upon some fundamental principles, and wheo we shall discover and demonstrate the beat, and moat economic methods for the perma nent increase of the productive ness of the soil, when we make guano that will salt our soils, instead of baying commercial guano and wasting onr money to enrich the guano trust and adver tising our ignorance. The Boyd Atkinson block of buildings in Kockiogbatn was destroyed by fire Satutday morn ing. Some of the atrnctiires were frame buildings and were occu pied by negroes. Origin of the fire cot accounted for. The Gibson manufacturing company at Concord baa in creased its capital stock from $26,000 to $500,000. A large part of the retail dry goods district of Rochester, N. Y„ was destroyed by fire Friday. The loss it placed at $4,000,000. CANAL TUATY M CUtCT. Washington, Feb. J8.—Secre tary Hay and Minister Baoan Varilla at 10:30 o'clock this forenoon exchanged ratifications of the Panama canal treaty at the State Department. At 11:50 o'clock the President signed the proclamation putting the treaty into effect. As soon as the proc lamation was signed it was re turned to the State Department. The cabinet wha not in session when the proclamation ranched the White Honae from the State Department. Secretary Locb took the document to the Presi dent and he aimed it immediate ly. The proclamation la purely a formal document. several irgai questions remain to be nettled, among them the effect upon canal payments of the pending litigation la France by the Colombian government to prevent the sale of the canal proparty to the United States. But the State Department baa a conviction, baaed on unofficial assurances, that the French court will reject the Colombian suit. Another legal question is wheth er by the terms of tbe Spoon er act the $10,000,000 whichwas to be paid Colombia can be paid to Pauaaia and h is lor the At torney General to decide wheth er additional enabling legislation will be required. It will be some time before these questions can be settled, and awaawUle no money is likely to pass. Schley U Writing • Bank Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, retired, is writing a book of his experiences in public life. He has been engaged in the under taking for a good many months and it will be some time yet be fore the work is completed. It is understood that it mil contain several interesting chapters on the subject of the famous Schley Sampson controversy. The Ad miral proposes to put into the book a number of facta which were not permitted to be brought out during the Coart of Inquiry, and which he thinks should be recorded as part of the history of the naval engagement at San tiago. w*$ps__J Attaactha Uaaa at Yt iavitiag task aad tv* ■ _I Browa Uam. yard. 15c to 2Se. Dress Goods. foe cokumi sad aUtt*wabt aaita. Embroideries. ®(llg§p;§l ^ W acgga^ at yard, Sc, 10c, 13c aa4 »c. Greatest value* o® tk. BmIhC. Trimmings. iB a™ Trimmings vs siwnys nsvs deaigM^^'ome’i^wbite •*• ^ ***** Corsets. htJfc&fc W,t *** fcH.-'Ttas.M.tf* Meal waista for boya and girls, 2S cents each. Jas. F. Yeager. NOTHING TO DROP ON We write insurance risks anywhere is Gaston county. Consult us when you want Insurance. : t GASTON LOAN AND TRUST CO. W. T. LOVE. frnmn . B. O. SciUKS. Tfiimwr. HEADQUARTERS FOR WURAHCB. ^CASTOMA.H.C. TM rtjU rang MU a—in. THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA A GREAT NOVEL of AMERICAN LIFE by BOOTH TARKINGTON . " • ' vf •• . "'-c V* The story of a fearless newspaper editor who did his duty as he saw It-at the risk of his life* containing a beautiful love romance. NOVEL THEME. BRILLIANT TREATMENT. RAPID ACTION. ■A 'It, ■ rn ptt pup u wi »> " A tip-top story that will be en|oyed by every reader. Begins in THE GA ZETTE Tuesday, March 8th.. . . • i'*" . ' • T* ‘ ;rA'>.Vw. . Subscribe now to Gaston County's leading newspaper; Twice a week, $1 a year. Terms Cash. . ■ THE GAZETTE Is. one newspaper In Gaston County whose circulation grows greater and not less! . Thirty-five new subscribers added themselves to our list last week! • * V-'y*..,; t.:/
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