Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET AT LITTLE 'BIGGER' SOY USED TO OWN. While our people object to the use of the term. "migger," still the sentiment contained in these lines written by Mr. Howell C. Featherton, overbalances the objection and we note with pleasure the heartfelt love felt for "That happy smiling boy I used to own." The father of the author is now a member of the Virginia Legislature from Campbell Co.] He would get scared in battle, and, dam' 'im how he'd run! But he'd always find the comp'ny when the soldier's work was done; An' he'd steal good rations for me, the' from whence I've never known. And I've oft' been saved my supper by the boy I used to own. The war was long and bitter, but his ardor never flagged; He kept the oath to follow me he'd sworn: An' when it was all over, I brought him home again. That shiny, grinnin' boy I used to own. He would lie 'bout the battles, an' he swore he'd fought 'em all; Me said he'd killed some sixteen men, he knew he'd seen 'em fall; But he took a fatal fever, which no skill could cheek nor tone, And I nursed him like a brother then, that boy I used to own. But soon it was all over, and we laid him in his grave. No truer friend I've ever had to mourn; And I raised a granite monument to mark the place we laid That loving faithful boy I used to own. He had his small shortcomings, and they may be counted sin; But Saint Peter knows a 'nigger' and he'll make excuse for him! And if, in God's great goodness, I shall view sweet heaven's throne, I know I'll see that smilin' face, that boy I used to own. I have met a heap o' people, and I've had a heap o' chunus— Good fellows, just as good as ever known! But I've never seen a better, nor a truer, kinder friend Than that little 'nigger' boy I used to own. His hide was black as charcoal, and his heart was just as warm; He wasn't a great philosopher, but HOWELL C. FEATHERSTON. Work of the Samaritans A few days ago the Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria held a very impressive meeting. Every one present offered a few words of encouragement. A number of hymns were sung and fervents prayers were offered for the good of the order and the unconverted. The following committee was appointed to surprise the family of the late C. W. Harris: Mesdames Frances Goode. Elvira Bundy, Mary B. Graham and Harriet Witt; Messrs. Robert Taylor, Wm. Jones, Andrew Pettis, Prof. J. H. Blackwell, W. H. Hatcher and John Baker, obairman. We are glad to say, this committee met with much success. The committee presented the family with several bundles and about ten dollars in money. Mr. Baker, Prof. Blackwell and Mr. W. H. Hatecher impressed Mrs. Harris veasy much with their entreaties for her to accept Christ. A very touching hymn was sung by Mr. Baker and a touching prayer was offered by Descon Morris Goode. We hope that God will bless the Samaritans for their liberality and crown their efforts with success. We will say to the chairman and the committee, "You deserve much praise for your good work." On the Monday night, Robinson Lodge, No. 114 I. O. of G S, celebrated their 27th anniversary by a grand annual supper given at the Samaritans Hall, Manchester Va. The supper was indeed a grand affair and every one present enjoyed themselves. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Q. W. Moon, Mrs. J. P. Harris, Mrs. Wm. Howell, Mrs. Lewis Goode, Mrs. M. J. Washington, Mrs. J. F. Bunday, Mies Martha Cole, Messrs. Adam Harris, Robert White and many others. Messrs. S. H. Johnson, John F. Bundy, R. H Taylor, Earnest Taylor, Lewis Goode, James E. Hight and Walter Finney composed the committee to whom much praise is due for their style and good taste in arranging such a delightful repast. A Southern Jamboree. We have just received from the publishers a copy of this most unique musical composition. It is certainly one of the most catchy and attractive pieces of music that we ever heard. It is almost impossible to keep your feet still while it is being played and it is making as big a hit as "Georgia Camp Meeting." A sufficient guarantee of its merit is the fact that it is from the pen of Mr. J. W. Lerman, the composer of the now famous "Kaya Kaya Dance." The regular price of this music is 50s per copy, but if our readers will be sure to mention the name of this paper they can secure a copy by sending 20s to the Union Mutual Music Co., 20 E. 14th St., New York. PARSON—PATTERSON—The marriage of Miss Margaret L Patterson of Richmond, Va. and Mr. Gec. W. Parson of Philadelphia took place in that city on the 27th inst. Miss Patterson is well known here and highly esteemed by all who know her. Delihtful Tea. NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 2. 1900. NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 2, 1900. Mrs. G. B. W. Kelly, of 63 Chapel St. Norfolk, Va., gave a very delightful tea at her home Dec. 28th in honor of her brother, Mr. Q. P. Williams, of Flushing, N. Y., who spout that she has holidays with her. Among those present were Mrs. M. E. Tylier, Miss Bettie Jackson, of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, and Mr. F. Smyth, of Norfolk. DR. GRAHAM REMEMBERED On New Year's Night His Store Room Was Filled with Good Things. Another year, my dear brother has closed leaving us with a realization of many things which we should have done. You too are now entering upon a new era with so many responsibilities before you. I feel, that with the graces of God upon you, He will give you strength to equal them all. You have served us faithfully for the past seven years, overcoming many obstacles in the pathway of our noble old church. Thanks to be to God they have been trodden down and we begin the new year with a brighter prospect. We tender to you a simple little gift, small in value, but just a loving reminder of the occasion. Our president being so feeble in health has grieved us all. She has been a noble worker, always ready to aid you in all of your good work and may the new year bring to her renewed strength; as well as to you and your dear family, is the sincere wish of each of us. MACEDONIA CLUB, Mrs. Isabella Wilkerson, Pres. Miss Bertha Williams, Seat. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1900 WEST END NOTES. WEST END NOTES. All of our churches closed the New Year with great success. Very little dissension and great work secomplished. Many added to the fold with great spiritual influence in this section. The River View Baptist Church built a new house of worship and have increased her membership and congregation largely and added much to her financial income. Their last communion on the 4th Sunday in December was crowned with abundant grace and the people are moving forward most happily. The 5th Church is making progress. She has done wonderful work, but a brighter and grander future awaits to crown her noblest efforts. The Second Baptist Church has added to her already noble record. All the pastors, deacons, trustees and other officials of the several departments of the various churches have made noble records for themselves in their faithful labors to build for Christ. Some of our Sunday Schools have given their children most cordial and solid remembrance, and the little ones are inspired to enter the New Year's work with greater courage and new zeal. May Christ lead the way. MARRIAGES OF THE SEASON. The marriage of Miss Alice Selden to Mr. Charles Jackson took place on December 20th at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mead Selden in Harvey town. The marriage of Miss F. O Logan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nienios, near Middleton Mills, Fluvanna Co., to Mr. Joshua Smith of this city took place during the Holidays at the bride's residence. Rev. Samuel Harris officiated. Mr. Smith and bride is at home No. 101 W. Green St. A holiday p-try took place Tuesday, December 26th at Windsor Castle, Goodhland Co., at the home of Mr. Thomas Lee Edmonsd. At 12 o'clock sharp all made the Grand March to a most appetizing and richly laden table, one's eyes need to look upon. Among the guests present from Richmond were Rev. and Mrs. John R West, Miss M. A. J. Taylor, J. E. Lawrence, Sarah L Carter, L E Cox, Mers. Thomas L. Elmounds, host; Wm. E. Daudridge, Wm. H. Carter, John and Malcolm Guarrant and others. Goochland Co., Mr. and Mrs. Wm Guarrant, Mr. and Mrs H. D. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hopkins, Mrs. Matilda Ellis. Mrs. Philias Robinson, Mrs. Bettie Boyd, Mrs. Elva Pleasant, Misses Fannie, Alies and Bertha Hopkins, Miss Lucy Cottrell, Messra. Eigar Guarrant, John Randolph, J. H. Johnson. The 11 o'clock breakfast was fit for the Queen and the 2 o'clock lunch was fine. Xmas Dinner Party. There was a beautiful dinner party given Christmas evening by Misses Belle Jordan, Mary E. Harris and Mr. Jefferson D. Trueheart at their residence on West Franklin St. Covers were laid for about twenty three persons. The menu included all the delicacies of the season and every one spent a very enjoyable evening. The following named persons were present: Misses Maria Hackett, Bettie King, Mattie Holmes, Lelia Sheperdson, Mattie Hundley, Mary Hampton and Miss Grey; Messrs. Lewis Adams, Preston Jones, Marion Carter, London Dabney, Lewis Collins, Wm. Harris, James Branch, SchaFFER Clark, Gus. Banks, A. L. Johnson, George Jeffries, mr. Irving and Mr. C. Bedford. PRIEST CARRIED HIM. Father Murphy Carries an Injured Negro on His Back Seven Blocks to Secure Medical Aid. John Mahead, a Negro painter, while at work on a building in New York city, fell from a seafold three stories to the ground. He broke his arm and two ribs and was injured internally. A crowd gathered as he lay on the ground, unable to move, but no one sent for an ambulance and no policeman appeared in sight. After Mahead had been lying there for ten minutes, Father William Murphy of the Church of St. Peter and St. John came along. He rebuked the crowd for dilatoriness in calling an ambulance and then tried to find a policeman. When he was unable to do so, he took Mahead on his shoulders and carried him seven blocks to a drug store, where he sent a call for an ambulance for Fordham hospital. Passed Away PHILADELPHIA, PA., Dec., 18, 99. Sunday, Dec. 3rd, was a day that will long be remembered in the minds of those who turned out at Allen's Chapel to pay the last tribute of respect to their friend and classmate, Rosa B. Reil, the daughter of the late Patrick Reid of Lynchburg, Va., who died Nov. 30th, after an illness of nine weeks, in her 17th year. Rev. Dr. Palmer of the Allen's A. M. E. Chapel officiated at the service. His text was "One is not dead but sleepeth." He spoke of the life and character of the young woman, her patience in sickness and that unshaken faith which she showed even unto the end and standing at the head of her class in the Institute for Ocolored Youths of which the choir of 40 girls was made up. As the corpse was being borne to the altar the choir sang, "I am coming to the cross." The floral designs were numerous and beautiful Among them were a pillow of roses from Allen's Chapel Sunday School; a wreath of 17 roses from her brothers and sisters; Mr. and Mrs. James Ward, an anchor; Mr. Miller autumn leaves and roses; Miss Mary B. Hatcher, a harp and out flowers; Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hatcher, pink roses; Ex-Dist Attorney Graham and wife, flowers; W. M. Thompson, out flowers; Mrs. Lizzie Tharman, wreath of out flowers; Young Ladies from Bryn Mawr College, a harp; W. B. Primas the setting sun; Miss Nettie Bowyer, carnations and roses. The flower girls were schoolmates, Miss Eva Rock, Anna Miller, Haggah Rose, and Lydia Wilson The pail bearers were James Parker, George Alexander, Joseph Garrett, Walter Gordon, Andrew Coles, Burnet Brown. The casket was white, lined with white satin, with six silver mounted handles. Mrs. Addison Forster, the popular underster, had charge of the funeral. She leaves four brothers, three sisters and a mother to mourn their loss. RICHMOND SPARKLES. Tahera was a grand supper Dec. 29th, given by the little Independent Club of the west end at Johnson's Hall Carriages brought the little fellows and their sweethearts to the hall. The magnificent parlorors were strung with boys and girls dressed very fashionably. Among them were Misses Williams and Gwena. Refreshments were served at 2 A. M. Messrs. James Bailey of Orange, N. J., Robert Davis of Newport News, Va., and Garrison White of Hot Springs, Va., were in the city. I wonder will that fellow get his girl back again, Mr. Bailey has gone?" Well, I don't know. He wants her to apologize. "He does! Well, I feel sorry for him. She'll never think of such. It's all over with him now." Why don't some girls receive Christmas presents? They claim they have winning ways. "Yes, that's the trouble, those ways are meant for too many. A fellow never knows when he is best." It's a sure fact the girls on 18th St. love doll babies. One says she has been playing with dolls for seventeen years. Mrs. A. Ballot is now living at the residence or Mrs. M. E. Smith, 605 N. 1st St. Members of the Richmond Athletic Club must be present at a meeting next Thursday night, or else forfeit their membership. Signed by President, Staff and Committee. Great many people of Jackson Ward lost their chickens week before last. Mr. Andrew Smith lost nine hens and a fine Irish game rooster. They trimmed the fence with feathers and left a sign that they were coming again. A certain member of the Independent Club fell out of a chair Friday night and wanted to fight because he didn't know how he fell. The Merry Twelve gave a grand entertainment last Tuesday night week. Among those present was Mr. James Williams and Miss Lillian Moore. A good many boys from the V. N. C. I. of Petersburg spent their Christmas in Richmond. Miss Lillian Moore and Carrie B-Smith, teachers in New Kent County, came home Christmas and returned last Monday to their schools. Mr. Charles Russell is home from the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, after a term of six years. There were a good many entertainments given on Church Hill during the holidays. The boys kept lively; but were not too disorderly for the occasion. Fire-works could be seen and heard in all directions. The Florida bellmen and waiters expects to leave Jan. 15th. The boys from the Sea shores and mountains spent the Christmas here after having a large season away. Young boys stop playing pool in 1900 make a new rule, for in a length of time it will turn you a fool, then you can see the cost of pool. Church Notice. First Presbyterian Church, corner Monroe and Catherine streets, Rev. W. E. Partee, D. D., pastor; Mrs. Olivia C. Bolden, organist. Preachin, t 11 A. M., and '8. P. M. Prayer Meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 P. M. Sabbath school at 9:30 A. M., Dr. P. B. Ramsey, superintendent. A cordial invitation is extended to all persons to attend any and all of these services. Oct-21-1yr is COLORED MAN HUNG COLORED MAN HUNG For Murder of W. M. Jolly In Dinwiddle. HE GIVES ADVICE ON THE GALLOWS. He Claimed Self-Defense. PETERBURG, VA., January 2 — Junius Robinson (colored) was hanged in the jail-yard at Dinwiddie court house to-day for the murder, on the 31st of October last, of Mr. W. M. Jolly, a prominent merchant and citizen of the county. Robinson was arrested on the day after the crime, and was sent to the jail in this city, as a measure of safety, the feeling in the county being very strong against him. Mr. Jolly, who was shot through the abdomen by Robinson, died on the following day, after being put on the train to be brought to the flame for the Sick in this city for treatment. Robinson was brought to trial at the November term of the County Courts of Dinwiddie, Judge B J Epes presiding. The evidences against him was brief and positive, the jury were out only fifteen minutes, and a verdict of murder in the first degree was rendered. The Court sentenced him to be hanged on January 20d, and this sentence was carried into execution today. The prisoner, after sentence, was immediately brought back to the jail in this city to be kept until today. During his confinement here he made a good prisoner, giving no trouble whatever, nor any cause for complaint. He was allowed to see his friends at all times, and had the benefit of constant spiritual advice. The Rev. Farrell, a colored pastor of the city, was with him and administered to him as all times. He was taken from the jail to the county court-house this morning by Sheriff Young. Before leaving he shook hands with the officers of the jail, wished them all well, and babe them a cheerful good-bye. Cuffs were placed upon his wrists, and in his hand a Bible. A large number of colored people assembled at the depot to see sim off, but no signs of feeling were shown. The execution was very quiet. The soffard had been erected in the jail-yard, and a high fence built around it to exclude the public view. Many people had assembled at the courthouse, through curiosity, but everything was orderly. Only a limited number of persons were admitted to witness the execution. Robinson, accompanied by his spiritual adviser, and Deputy-Sheriff Boisseau and Fisher, who adjusted the sap and rope, assended the scaffold without fear or the tremor of a muscle, as far as could be observed. His firmness was remarkable, and from the appearance of his features, one might have judged that he was going to a sense of pleasure, instead of death. After prayer by the Rev. Farrell Robinson made a few remarks to those around him, more in the nature or advice than otherwise. He advised all men, and young men, especially, against strong drink and its evil consequences. He warned them against carrying pistols. "If you have pistols," said he, "leave them at home; if you have not, it is better to leave them in the stores." It was probably strong drink that got Robinson into his trouble, and it was his pistol that killed his victim. Other advice of like character he gave. All arrangements having been completed, the trap was sprung at 11:07 A.M. Three ropes connected with the trigger were simultaneously pulled from the jail by the Sheriff and his deputies. The body shot down, and remained almost stationary—very little twitching or contraction being observed. In eight minutes the attending physician, Dr. Briggs, pronounced the man dead. Fifteen minutes, however, were allowed to elapse before the body was cut down. The neck was broken by the fall, and death was easy. The body, which was subsequently viewed by the crowd of people present, was not claimed by any one, and will, therefore, be shipped to a medical college in Richmond. Robinson leaves a wife in North Carolina, and a mother and other relatives in Dinwiddie county. None of them came near him during his confinement in jail, and when asked if he wished to see any of them answered with an emphatic "No." Robinson was 21 years old and came to Diwiddie county from North Carolina to work as a laborer on the Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina railroad. He, with others, had been several times warned by Mr. Jolly against travelling across his farm. On the night of the fatal shooting Mr. Jolly found Robinson near his house, and ordered him to leave. This the colored man refused to do, and his languages and conduct were such that Mr. Jolly went towards him to enforce his order. Thereupon Robinson drew his pistol, shot Mr. Jolly down, and then left the farm. Robinson claimed that he shot Mr. Jolly to save his own life; that Mr. Jolly pursued him with a drawn knife, and that he acted in self-defence, a any other man would have done White there were witnesses to the shooting, none of them appeared in court to testify to these claims of self-defence. Pastor Remembared CHESTERFIELD Co., VA., Dec. 27, '99 Rav. Nelson B. Brown, Dear Pastor: --It is with great pleasure and satisfaction to me, as well as for the gratification of a large number of members to present these gifts to you: namely, one suit of clothes, one shirt, one neck tie, one collar and one pair of shoes, and a purse, containing a n-at sum. And also hope that you may see in the example of these members the beauty of unaltering friendship. We, as members have journeyed through life in the church with you tor more than five years. We look back over the past, and contemplate with satisfaction the good you have done us. During your stay with us you have preached and talked and worked for the glory of God, and the elevation and comfort of your fellow men, and it has been the earnest efforts of your members to present to you these presents as a token of their love and esteem. And may we all with you, dear pastor, so live that our end will be full of joy and peace. And may we press onward for, beyond the Alps lies Italy, and beyond this dim world lies heaven. The following is a list of the committee: Sister Procebe Alexander, Lavinia Gross, Margaret E. Ford, secretary. MANY THANKS. since I cannot express my thanks and gratitude to you, the honored committee, nor the members you represent I therefore command you to God; assuring you through this help, I shall ever be found ready to help you all—by both precept and example, morally, intellectually, religiously or any other way that will be helpful and uplifting. May the blessings of God rest upon the church and visit it, wishing you all a happy New Year, N B. BROWN. Pastor of Mt. Olive Bapt. Church. On Tuesday night, January 2nd, Miss M Frances Epps was utterly surprised at her residence, 740 North 3rd St. when at 9:20, a large gathering of gents and ladies presented her with a bountiful purse, groceries and refreshments. Miss Epps has been sick for two months and her many intimate friends made her heart glad by their kindness and generosity. May God bless them. Planet Court, 137, meets, Friday, January 12th at 4 P. M. All members are requested to be present, as it is the installation of new officers. Grand Social Event. On last Tuesday night, Price's Hall was the scene of the first Grand Social of 1900, which did honor go to the 20th Century Social Club. The half was filled at an early hour with charming young ladies and gallant men who "tripped" well at the sound of the music. Later, the Grand march was played and all were ushered into the spacious dining hall, where a sumptuous repast was served. After all were in the master of ceremonies, Mr. John Brown, introduced the President, Mr. R. Jefferson Kyles who delivered the welcome address. He was followed in excellent addresses by representatives of the various clubs. It was the wee sama hours of morning when all left for homes. A Creditable Enterprise. Messrs J. A., & O. J. Cooke have just secured a magnificent bridal carriage. It is richly upholstered, brand new and thoroughly up to date in every respect. They have also a new funeral director's wagon. It is a handsome affair and we examined it thoroughly as the handsome outfit stood in front of the PLANET Office. There will be services at the Leigh M. E. Church Sunday, Jan. 7, 1960, at 11 a. m., and 3 p. m. At 8 p. m., preaching by, and the pastor, the Rev. J. Edward Gun-by, A M., B. D, at which time the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered and the reception of members. All are welcome. The Installation Exercises of the Sunday School Union will take place at the Eonezer Church on Sunday, January 6th, at 3:00 P.M. A special programme has been prepared and all will be benefitted. R. H. THUASTON, Pr es., A. BEVERLEY, Cor. See'y. Mrs. Sarah E. Johnson, nee Caniday of Saltimbrus, M.I., is visiting her sister. Mrs J. M. Shappar 1 of 33 West Jackson st., where she will be pleased to see her friends. PRICE 5 CENTS PYTHIAN NOTES. Richmond Lodge, No. 1, met or Monday night, Jan. 1, 1900 as Masoni Tampa. The attendance was slim The Grand Chancellor was present and presided. The officers however from some cause were not installed. Planet Lodge, No 28, met on Monday night, Jan. 1, 1900. The attendance was slim, but much business was transacted. The Grand Chancellor assisted by Sir James L. Thompson, of Old Dominion Lodge, No. 8, who acted as Grand Master-at-Arms and Sir S. S. Baker of Macao Lodge, No. 25, who acted as Grand Prelate, installed the officers for the ensuing term. The attendance at all of the lodge meetings this week, thus far, has been very slim which is doubtless due to the extreme cold weather, as well as the holidays. Sir C. C. Williams, of Planet Lodge, 28, is confined on account of sickness, at his residence, 712 Preston St. Sir Thomas F Paige, K. of R. and S., of Bruee Lodge, 31, of Barkley, Va., was in the city last week on business of importance. Virginia Lodge, No. 6. and, Sampson Lodge, No. 16, will meet on next Monday night at Price's and Johnson's Hall respectively. Sir E. K. Page left Richmond yesterday, Jan. 2, 1800, for Youngstown, O. to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. A. C. Page. Unity Lodge met on the 22nd ultima at a full attendance. Much business was transacted. Officers elected for ensuing term: John T. Harper, G. C.; A. G. Johnson, V. C.; Leroy Brown, Prelate; John A. Jackson, K. of R. and S.; Fletcher Johnson, M. of F; Burwell Jackson, M at A.; A. W. G Farrar, M of W.; W. Van Jackson, Grand Representative; W. Van Jackson, six months' trustees. Unity Lodge meets again Friday night, January 12th at 8 P. M. As that is the first meeting in the year we hope to have a good attendance. We will install our newly elected officers. Come early so we can leave early. Unity Court, 182 held its monthly meeting, Dec. 21, at 4 P. M. A great deal of business was transacted. It was a quiet and loving meeting. The following officers were elected: J. W. Robinson, W. O.; Charlotte Brightwell, W. I.; Mattie Campbell, W. I. spector; Maggie Woods, W. S. D. Jeannette Jackson, W. J. D.; Elizabeth Robinson, W. O.; M. E. Brown, W. I of D.; Pearl Waddell, W. R. of A. Matida Hall, W. R. of D.; Plumm-Dabney, W. E.; Maria Jones, W. O. Agnes Gray, W. Asst. O.; Thomas J. Blackwell, W. H.; Maria Evans, W. P. NOMAD LOST—On Friday night, December 22, 1899, from 307 W. Olay Street, to Adam, on the right side of Brook Ave., going towards Broad St., a lady's neck fur of tan, with 8 dark brown tales, 2 small heads and 4 little paws. Reward of $5.00 will be given to the finder, if brought to 307 W. Clay St., city. Mr. Hamilton Carter Dea Mr. Hamilton O. Carter who has been sick for sometime died Thursday morning at his home in North 9th St. Mr. Carter who was a very prominent society gentleman was secretary of the Orion Club and ex-president of the Ciceronian Literary and Society Circle. He was also Sergeant-Major of the Six Virginia Regiment and correspondent for the PANET. At this writing arrangements for the burial had not been effected, but it is likely to occur Sunday morning from the First Baptist Church. He was one of the leading advocates of the project for the formation of a Grand Literary Circle of the state and with the assistance of Mr. Thomas H. Wyatt, George E. Taylor and other gentlemen, he had arrangements on foot for the first convention in this city next spring. WANTED—A good cook and general house servant. No washing to do. Only three in family. Apply with references to 2119 E. Broad St. Settled woman preferred. President G. W. Hayes of Virginia Seminary, enroute from Williamsburg, Va., where he delivered the Emancipation address Jan. 1st, called on us. It is presumed that the boys and girls will step off in order to get a rid in a fine bridal carriage of Moors, J. A, and C. J. Cooke. Rev. P. H. Gravas of Frederick Hall, Va., called on us. Mr. Lewis Potter of Heurico Co. left Sunday for Alexandria, Va. JOHN OLMSTEADS NEPHEW BY HENRY WILLAED FRENCH [Copyright, 1898, by J. P. Lipphcott Co.] [Copyright, 1898, by J. P. Lippincott Co.] If the meeting had been the working out of his own plans, Stanton would have carried his message on his tongue. As it was, he held it more in deference, waiting for an opportunity that was slow to come. "Your trip has changed you till I believe your friends at home will hardly know that it is really you." Miss Braddon said, in response to a passing compliment. "You wouldn't have said that a year ago. You'd just have looked me over solemnly, and remarked, 'Him. You must have been out of doors. You have freckles on your nose.'" "I certainly had a vast collection of disagreeable traits," Stanton replied, seeing his first opportunity. "I've covered some of them and been making a struggle to dislodge them. I'm glad if you see a change, for you knew me at my worst, and I'm heartily ashamed of it. Any change at all must be for the better." "Oh, Mr. Stanton, what an ideal!" she exclaimed. "Of course I knew you at your worst, but, truly, that worst was so much better than the best I ever knew of hosts of people who think themselves very good, that I have always considered you a remarkably model man. Papa says it's all because you're an Olmstead and couldn't be anything else. And don't you think we all of us a little ashamed every time we look back? I am. If I weren't I shouldn't think I was making any progress." "You're comforting to say the least," Stanton replied, and was going on to greet the opportunity, when Miss Bradon interrupted: "We saw by the paper that you were soon to leave for home. What a lion they will make of you!" "Because you deserve it; of course." "Deserve, what?" "Now, Mr. Stanton, if I didn't know you I should think all sorts of things; but instead I'll begin and tell you all about what you know just as well as the rest of us, only you don't see it in the same light. Didn't you make a great of yourself when your steamer was captured by pirates in the Gulf of Sam?" "Indeed I did not, Miss Braddon." Stanton exclaimed, and his cheeks washed. "I swung a rusty sword in the face of a few Chinese cowards, and they ran without a scratch. That was herod indeed." "Of course I don't know all the particulars, but I'm sure the king of Slam thought so, or he wouldn't have decorated you with an order. The New York papers thought so, or they'd not have printed so much about it. The British government thought so, or it would not have remembered it till you reached London, two months age, and presented you with a medal. But how was it about your being almost killed by a tiger, in India, while saving the life of a little native girl? There was a story printed about that, too." "I was hardly hurt at all." Stanton replied, thoroughly confused. "I simply wanted the tiger's skin as a memento, and I have it." With a merry laugh Miss Braddon applauded: "How fortunate for the little girl that that was just the tiger whose skin you wanted, and that you wanted it at that very moment when it was about to kill her! But what papa thought most of was your address before the Historical society of London, when you gave them an old Babylonish brick. He said he couldn't see how a lawyer could possibly so much about antiquity." Nainly Stanton endeavored to take another step toward the end he had in view. Before the evening was past Miss Braddon had invited him to drive with them to Vesuvius the next day, and to sit in their box at the opera the next evening. This second day was a failure, like the first, so far as the message was concerned; while with every atom of manhood in him Stanton struggled to hold himself back from what he knew would be a fatal plunge into that bewildering pool. Why should she fascinate him till his heart and brain reeled? No woman faid much as attracted him before; and knew, of all times, when it must not be! "Is it because she knows that I am married and thinks herself safe?" he called himself, "I hope she is safe. If not surely I am not worthy of Esther thorndike's love. I don't know. Sometimes when she looks at me that way, as though she were ready to put her arms round my neck, I feel as if I could throw away everything to run to her. He would be throwing away everything, and I will not do it." Then he thought of ignominious light, but there was just one day left before his intended departure from Naples. He determined to see it to the end, true to himself and to his wife, and if he still failed to find the opportunity to give her the message he would at least conduct himself in such a way that he might write it in a letter and send it to her after he was gone, asking her to deliver it. He even decided to take the initiative, and invited the banker and his daughter to spend the last afternoon in a sail to Papal. At the very last moment Mr. Braddon seated that he did not much like the water, and decided to remain at home. A cold shiver crept over the young lawyer as he heard the announcement; but Mr. Braddon had no intention of abandoning the trip on her father's account. "Of me?" "Certalniy." "Why?" * For what? " With grim determination Stanton clutched the door of his heart that nothing should open it. It was a very new experience. Miss Braddon had never made herself so beautiful before. She had never been so entertaining. The boatman was accustomed to carrying lovers to Capril. Of all the world the Bay of Naples is the place for them. It is the beautiful home of love. If Stanton had sought for opportunities to say: "I love you," they were without number; but to deliver his message was utterly impossible. The sails were filling to return when Miss Braddon said, abruptly: "Mr. Stanton, you are not really so happy as you wish to seem. I wonder if you would tell me why?" "It is because I am not satisfied," he replied, as abruptly. "I was afraid, at the time, that it would prove an irksome boxage, and I am very sorry," she said, as though in all their conversation they had spoken of nothing else but that one subject which had not once been mentioned. "You werp mistaken," Stanton replied, calmly. Like a flash the dark eyes turned on his. "Do you mean that it is not irksome?" "Not in the way you mean," Stanton said. "I hardly understand you." "Yet I very much wish that you did." "Why in particular?" "Because through you is my only hope of being understood where, of all, I am most anxious to be understood." "Do you mean with Esther Thorndike?" "Yes." "Why, you have never even mentioned her name." "I if I were not bound by a condition that is a most irksome bondage. I should have gone to her, direct, long ago, instead of living in the hope that in some way I might reach her through you." "What would you have me say to her?" "Tell her that I am trying to be a better man than when she saw me, and ask her to give me freedom from the chains she bound, and let me, as a man, come to her, as a woman, and try to win her love." "Truly, Mr. Stanton, you astonish me. Is that what you have been thinking of, all these days?" "I could have had but one other thought." "What thought?" "To win your love." "And that you do not care for?" she asked, almost sadly, trailing a rope in the water. "That is not the question." "It is for me, if I love you." Stanton turned, slowly, till his eyes rested full upon hers. His face was very pale. It was more than he had ever dared to dread. He knew that it meant death—death to the hopes he had fostered and the dreams he had dreamed, death to his self-respect, death to his future. Yet he could most easily have said: In a look if death there be, Come, and I will look on thee. His lips moved slowly, but they moved steadily, with all the force of his will behind them, as he replied: "Any living man who had the right would be a blind fool not to love you and long for your love." "But you have not the right?" "No." "Because you have a wife?" "Yes." "But do I not understand the arrangement, and does not Esther? And if you asked her do you not think that she would agree to some arrangement that would set you free?" "After she has seen me and known me, if she cannot love me and be my real wife, and if for herself she wishes to be free, she can say so. It is her right." "Is it because you have discovered that you really want a wife, a real wife, and your sense of honor forces you to hold the place open for her?" "I think not." "Surely you don't mean that you think you love her?" "I don't know." "Did you ever see her face?" "Never." "Have you ever learned much about her?" "Well, if you were not bound in honor to her, surely for that one meeting you would not still be thinking of her." "Or perhaps we might have met again and again, as the result of one meeting, had it not been for that binding. At all events, for that meeting I am indebted to you, and by your help I hope to meet her again." "Surely you do not think she loved you, Mr. Stanton?" "I hope that she will love me, some day." "Has no one tempted you to let slip such a slender thread - that?" "It must be stronger than it seems, for no one has tempted me—no one but the woman to whom I have come for help to win my wife." The boat was close upon the landing-stage. The carriage was already waiting there. As they stepped on shore Miss Braddon turned abruptly, and said: "If you and Esther should try to be more to each other, and fail, it would be worse than it is now. You cannot possibly be sure that you love her. I will tell her all I know, but let it rest this way. You said that you were to reach home on the 6th of December. It is the first anniversary of the marriage. Think it over till then. If you --- THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINA feel as you have said to day, send some flowers to papa's bank for her that day. If you find that you have a single doubt, oh, I beg of you, for her sake, not to do it. She will think it over, too, and if the flowers come to her she will send some message to your home in Brooklyn, telling you what she feels in her heart is best. If you do not send the flowers, it will only be that you wish to be honest and true. If she returns some message which you do not wish, remember it is because she, too, is trying to be honest with herself and you. "Now, don't think it rude in me. I am only a woman, and I want to be alone. You have said good-by to papa. Please let me say it right here; and may the best of life be your always!" Before he could speak, she was gone. Stanton stood in bewildered astonishment and watched the carriage drive away. At least she was not angry. She did not look it. Yet the carriage disappeared and she had not looked back. Her last words were still ringing in his ears as Stanton took a worn card from his pocket and read: "May the best of life be yours, always! Esther Thorndike." He replaced it with a troubled algh and turned his face toward America. CHAPTER XL On the afternoon of the 6th of December, 1893, Stanton stood upon the wharf at New York. He went first to a florist's. Then repeating Miss Braddon's words, "I want to be alone," he went to a hotel and took a room without registering. It was a useless precaution, however, for the morning papers announced his arrival in a way to indicate Miss Braddon's prophecy correct. His office was besieged when he reached it in the morning. He was astonished that business men could be so cordial. In spite of every effort, it was noon before he reached his home, where Sam and his wife made their timid greetings as expressive as they dared. They were amazed by the hearty response they received, for since his baby days they had never known the young master say so much and say it so kindly to them. There were many messages and cards of welcome. Dr. Borden had already called, and left word that he should call again. The good man might chide his friend if he thought him in the wrong, but he was enough of a true man to be all the more his friend for that. One envelope Stanton caught eagerly from the pile and it hurried to his room. There he opened it and in blank astonishment stood staring at the card it contained. Across the center was the name "Esther Thorndike." In the corner was Mr. Braddon's home address, and above the name was written: "Jeremiah 40:4." "She might have said what she had to say without the help of Jeremiah," he muttered, and, folding his arms, stood looking down at the little card as it lay on the table. It must have been for some time that he stood there, and the knife was outting deep, for tears glistened in his eyes, when a jap on the door roused him and Sam's white head appeared. Sam had come with a simple message from his wife concerning the hour when the master would have the first meal served; but the sight of the master's face obliterated it, simple as it was, and to an incoherent effort on Sam's part to say something, Stanton replied: "Bring me a Bible, Sam." Sam's wife stood anxiously waiting at the foot of the stairs, for she proposed to have that first meal the masterpiece of her life. "He don't seem to want to eat, M'ria, Sam said, when he was safely landed at the bottom. "His arms was folded and his hair standin' up, and when I asked him how 'twould be 'bout eatin', says her: 'Bring me a Bible, Sam.' Now, do you go fish one up, M'ria, an' fish it lively; for he didn't look like he cared to wait for one to grow out in the garden." The good woman knew the locality of everything in the house except the books. Books without pictures had no charms for her. It happened, however, that there was one Bible, a colossal affair, overburdened with illustrations, resting upon a plush cushion, under embroidered velvet, in the library. In calmer moments she might have recalled the whereabouts of some smaller copy, for there were Bibles enough about the house; but her mind was centered on soups, broiled chicken and condiments, ples, cakes and puddings, with bread turned upside down in the oven for just a last touch of brown on the bottom. She recalled only this one copy, and started for it at a rolling waddle which really was not resultant in such rapid transit as her ordinary gait, but was more in harmony with the general idea of home. She dusted the huge volume with her apron and came back to Sam, bending under the burden. When the verse was found, Stanton unconsciously read aloud. The print was colossal; in common, instinctive consistency, a silent perusal would not have coped with it. When Sam returned to his waiting wife he said: "Now, M'ria, you mark my words. What with wanderin' in ungodly parts, 'mong pirates an' tigers an' heathen kings an' old bricks, as you've read about in the papers, that young man has gone daft. He just made them leaves飞 till he struck what he wanted, an' then he read out to me 'bout chains, an' Babylon an' Christopher Columbus, an' up he jumped and down them stairs an' out doors like a rat with a cat behind." "Sho, Samuell!" his wife said, struggling to be calm. "Might be you was a leetle daft yourself. Christopher Columbus aln't one o' the Bible folks. You know that, Samuel." "I'm not so sure I do, Mria," Sam sald, doubtfully. "I know he come on inter. But I have my doubts if he didn't take his name outer the Bible, same's I did. He read it all out plain, and the very last was Christopher Columbus. Book's open just as he left it, Mria. You just go see." Mria climbed the stairs and studied and studied till the came to the verse which Sam recognized. "That's it! That's it!" he exclaimed. "Now back back and read it all." Sam stood speechless at the open door. So Saria read, slowly and solemnly, as was beifting one who could not read well at the best, and was reading from the Bible: "And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well unto thee; but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear; behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go." But there was never a word concerning Christopher Columbus at the close, and the good wife remarked, as many and many a time she had done before: "Samuel, I told you so." In the meantime Stanton had crossed the city of Brooklyn and found the door of Thaddens Braddon's mansion opened for him by the banker's daughter, even before he rang the bell. He never knew precisely what took place, but he always remembered the flash of the diamond set in pearls, and the words: "I didn't want to love you. I didn't want to love anyone. I ran away from you in Jerusalem and Paris, for, until you bowed to me in Naples, I felt sure that you must have found out who it was, and I knew that if you looked into my eyes they would betray me and you would know that I—that I was only a woman and I loved you." PERSONAL MENTION Ml Hung Chang has a $100,000 collection of furs. Miss Rebecca Lash celebrated her ninety-sixth birthday with a reception to the people of Chelsea, Mass., to whom she related personal recollections of Paul Revere. Fred J. Mauren, who looks after Uncle Sam's m 'is at Portland, Mich., is the youngest postmaster of the presidential class in the United States, being only 30 years old. When Edward J. Victory asked to be excused from serving as a juror in New York he gave as his reason that he is a man of bad character and that he had been arrested three times. One of Mr. Chamberlain's favorite recreations is to hear his daughter read French aloud. He is very particular in the choice of their reading and likes to be consulted about every new book that comes into their hands. He is also very strict in the matter of their theatrical attendance, and will never allow them to witness any play to which the most fastidious taste could object. Some one asked a friend of Alfred Belt how much the South African billionaire was worth. "He probably could not get out more than a thousand millions now," was the response, "but if he would let the price of rough diamonds go below 28 to 32 shillings per carat no one knows how much he would realize. For no one else except Rhodes knows how many barrels of diamonds they have salted away down there to keep the market steady." An unusual marriage was witnessed at Perry, O. T. A swollen creek separated Albert Perry, a cowboy, from Emma Moyer, about the time they were to be married. The clergyman was with him. The groom plunged in and swam the creek, but the clergyman feared to follow. The happy couple and their friends assembled on one side of the stream and the clergyman howled his questions and benediction from the other side, and thus they were married. AMERICAN TIMBER. One and one-quarter million square miles is the estimate of the timber area of Canada, as given by the United States consul general at Montreal. One of the most valuable timber trees in the great northwest, the red cedar, grows to a maximum height of 300 feet and a diameter of 14 feet. Some historical trees have lately come into the New York lumber market from the Wilderness battlefield of the civil war. The bills of lading showed that the trees had been felled and the lumber sawed there. In some of the planks the minle balls can be seen plainly, the wood directly adjacent to the bullets being discolored or rotten, but not enough to damage the lumber. The portion of the state of Washington west of the summit of the Cascade range is covered with the heaviest continuous belt of forest growth in the United States. This forest extends over the slopes of the Cascade and Coast ranges, and occupies the entire drift plain surrounding the waters of Puget sound. Excepting the highest mountain peaks and the sand dunes of the coast, which are treeless, the valleys of the Cowltz and Chehalis rivers, which are dotted with small oaks and other deciduous trees, and the stunted yellow pines occupying with open growth the barren Stellacoom plain, all of western Washington is covered with a magnificent forest. COLOR SCHEMES IN THE HOME Much can be done to promote health and a happy, cheerful disposition by a proper regard to the tone in which the rooms of a home are furnished. If a room be large and it is desired to make it appear smaller and more cozy it can be done by having the ceiling and walls decorated in a dark shade and the draperies in harmony. If blue be the predominating tone of a room it will have the effect of making the room look larger than it is, and it can be introduced in some degree in a small room for that purpose. It must be used judiciously, however, for if it be in excess or of a wrong shade it will give a room a cold, cheerless appearance. Red makes no difference in regard to size, but it always gives the idea of warmth and comfort. It will always accentuate any tint of green that lurks in the other colors employed. Red in some tone or another might be used to advantage in a room that was not lighted from without, or in one that had a north light. On the other hand, green should never be used under such conditions, but only where a room is powerfully lighted, or a flood of sunshine penetrates. 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If you want it took down, you Bot to sce the boss, Here he comes now.” And he placed his ladder against the barn and went off without further Parley. “How do you do?” was the noncha- lant greeting of the newcomer, stand- fing at ease in the road beyond. The girl walked to the fence with a de- termined air. “Good afternoon,” she said, stiMy. “I Was just ordering the man to remove this sign from our premises, but he de- glined, referring me to you as the “boss "—her pretty lip curled—“and I weust ask you to see that the obnoxious ‘dng {s taken down at once.” “Well, really, that is beyond me just ‘at present. Ib was put there by order ‘of the committee, of which I am only, em insignificant member, and—" “Will you kindly inform me by what wight the committee ordered it put ‘pon our barn without our consent?” ‘He was civil and self-possessed as he replied: “Why, it was rather cheeky, wasn't 4? But I presume they took your con- sent for granted. Anyway, if you don't mind, I'd like to have it remain there ill to-morrow, when I can arrange with the committes, I'm awfully sorry 4 you object” He smiled across the fence at her, with frank, handsome eyes. Jo was mollified and recognized the fact with horror. In an effort to tbe as dignified as she felt ahe ought to be, she went to the other extreme. “I most certainly do object, and far Phermore it will not be necessary for You to nee the ‘committee.’ Iam per pes able to take the sign down my- i” And with a haughty tom of her Dare head she went to the ladder. She yras stroggling with it and had half- Gragged it toward the elgn, when it seized with quiet strength. [Eaton me—if I am not mistaken— te my lndder—" “And your barn, too, I suppose you were going to adad—" She stood pant- ‘mg with childish rage. “The rent has not been paid, I know, hut it will be 8 soon as possible. In the meantime, pray be generous enough to spare ns er Insolence.” ‘There was silence when he carried the Jadder to the fence, threw it over, and Aimeelf climbed to the other side. ‘There, he turned a face white with suppressed feeling. “I shall not re- Ply, for fear of telling you some plata as to your display of temper. faan see about the sign to-morrow. ‘the meantime permit me to be equal- Yy firm in my determination that it Yaust remain there for the present.” ‘Then swinging the Indder over his shoulder, he went off rapidly down the vaflroad. Jo stared stupidly after him, | then she turned to the sign. “There you are now, but net for long. ‘We'll see.” The white letters mocked her with a vacant grimace, and “Come. One, Come All” danced before her eyes a she made her way slowly back tothe house. They shone along every fence, they adorned the well curb, where she stopped for a drink of water. At the pig sty she paused and said in response to friendly grunts: “You would have Detter manners, wouldn't you, piggy-| cor iggy: | At supper her mother said: “Well, Jo, what did you do about the sign?” “Nothing,” Matilda echoed, teasing Jy. “Nothing. Of course not. Jo's ex- citements usually end in smoke,” then added: “However, there is nothing te do but to let the sign stand. It is not in our way.” But Jo's anger blazed. “Perhaps not, Bat it is the principle I object to. We nized a hired man from the Taylor place, whom she had often seen the worse for liquor, : Still singing, he came nearer. Then he tried to walk the rails, chuckling foolishly as he balanced himself for second, then fell, full length across the track, and ley quite still. Jo, who had Dent low cautiously, hoping he would pass without seeing her, rose now, with & quick cry of alarm. Climbing to the topmost rail she watched him intent- ly, while he made no sign, but lay like ® log. Without hesitation, she ran to him. Just then she weard a distant rumble and the shrick ef a whistle. ‘The train! With desperate strength she shook the prostrate figure. “Get up! the train is coming! Oh, get up! Quick!” But there was no movement in response. “Wake up, for heaven's sake.” Then down. upon her knees, with cll her strength, she tried to drag ‘the limp, unconscious man from the ties. She raised his head and her hand was wet. The horrible dampness sick- ened her; the croak of the frogs in the meadow near was maddening; the sound of the train grew more distinct, and still the heavy, clumsy body lay where it had fallen, now half upright in her arma She rose, staggering un- der the burder, tripped over the ties, and stumbled over the steep bank. Down they sank into a mass of wild clover bloom that enveloped them in its cloying fragrance. A frightful shriek and glare, a deaf- ening rumble just over her head, then all was silence. She was alone, with the night and the stars; alone in worse Wen Ss Nee fe ee ieee RNS SAR-CS Seer F ee 9 a Ks Sa el a eS et Saale A MAN Was PUTTING IN THE LAST , than solitude. She rested the limp | head in her lap; it felt wet, and she dared not look for fear of what she might see, and, seeing, faint at sight of. Her voice, raised in a cry for help, ‘was caught by the smothering clover and sent back to her in mocking whis- pers. Then came what seemed a dis- tant echo: “Hello! Where are you?” “Here.” “Where?” impatiently, | “Down here. Help!” And the bend- ing blooms were brushed aside as a tall, dark shadow obscured her patch of sky. | “Why, Miss Josephine, what has hap- pened? Are you—Good heavens!" Fo: he saw she was not alone. Tenderly, | without a word, he carried the still life Jess figure to an open spot, then re- turned and helped her torise. “Tell me all about it,” he said, gently, wiping the blood from her dress with his hand- kerchief. | Dazed and tearful, Jo explained. “1 saw him coming along the track. He seemed to be—to be tipsy, and, well, jhe fell. ‘Then I heard the train and dragged him out of its way, That's jal” And she emiled, and blushed a Uttle in the darkness at the pressure of her hand which accompanied his words: “Brave girl!” | ‘Then both bent over the man, who slowly opened his eyes. “He is not dead,” she breathed, gratefully, and he said: “No; he will soon be all right. ‘He was unconscious from the blow; ap- parently struck his head ashe fell. But {t fs not serious, Will you watch by him just a moment while I summon sid?” He returned shortly with two servants, who bore the wounded man away, leaving Jo and the hated son of the landlord together. “With your permission I will eee you to your house; but, first, may I finish what I had begun when Z heard your ery for help?” He went to the barn, where a second Jadder—his ladder—rested near the one she had brought. Placing it in position, he mounted, and she ran to the foot. “What are you going to do?” “Remove the sign. I have reconsid- "ered my determination.” And be smiled down into her eyes. | “And so have I reconsidered mine. Come down, or I'll shake you off,” and still pale, but laughing gleefully, she grasped the ladder by both sides and shook it @ trifle. “Come down and don’t bother about that old sign.” Again on terra firma, be placed his ladder so that it leaned upon hers af- fectionately, und together they went towards the house. | “Ry what good fortune did you bap- pen to be so near when I was in trou- ble? she asked, looking up at him as ‘he made a pathway for her through the inquisitive corn. “Icame to take down the sign. And you?” A smile and quick blush. “So @14 1," she said.—Chicago Daily News. Comparison. McSwatters—Why are you always borrowing knives and dishes of your neighbors? Haven't you got every- thing you need in the house? Mrs. McSwatters—Yes, but I want to know if theira is as good as ours.— Syracuse Herald. Settled Out of Court. ‘Mra, Casey—Ié iver I catch your goat atin’ me washin’ agin, Mrs. Mulligan, ‘I'll sue ye ferdamages, Mrs, Mulligan—There’s no nade of suin', Mrs, Casey. Come over here an’ Til give ye all the damages ye want an’ more too—N. Y. Journal, ‘Those Loving Girls. ‘ Maude—Do you know that people are actually beginning to eull me an old maid? Ciara—Oh, they've been doing that for years, but I suppose you are just be- ginning to hear them."—Chicago Dally THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRCINIa PEARL BREAKS JAIL. ‘Young Woman Stage Robber Cuts Her Way to Liberty. Pearl Hart, the female stage robber incarcerated at Tucson, A. T., awaiting trial on an indictment in the United States court, broke jail the other morn- ing by cutting a 15-inch opening through the wall ten feet above the level of her cell floor. It is supposed that she had a confederate and is attired in male attire. A few days ago she declared that she would never submit to be tried under the laws neither she nor her sex had a voice in making. Pearl Hart is the woman who helped hold up the stage between Globe and Florence on Monday, May 29. She did the work after the manner of a master hand. She and her com, anion, Joe Boot, were captured a few days later by Sheriff Truman. The stage was lumbering along through the hills with nothing of nn. ‘usual interest to disturb the monotony of travel, when two persons attired ir mountain dress suddenly appeared from behind a clump of bushes. With revolvers cocked and held with steady aim, they gave the old-time frontier or der to “stand and deliver.” The distance from Globe to Florence 4s 65 miles over a country inhabited by an occasional prospector, hunter or band of roving cowboys riding the range. Midway between the two places on the banks of the Gila river Lies River- side. Between Riverside and Globe the country is so rongh as to be impassable, except on the stage road. Tall, craggy peaks rapidly give place to narrow, winding canyons. Formerly there was much freighting to Globe over this road, but this is now done away with by a railroad which reaches the camp from ancther direction. It was in this lonely se = 2 KE: TS Lah xe ee SG OTN, » NE cae |S wa! - le tate co i err Zz oi a J PEARL HART. (As Bhe Appeared tn the Jail Yard at Tuc ed te the J country, nearer to Riverside than Globe, the robbery occurred. “Hold up, there!” the ery rang out, as the two figures, with revolvers lev- | eled, stepped into the road before the fast-driving stage. The driver pulled up the horses with a tug that nearly set them on their haunches. ‘The situation was not realized, though two passengers had loaded six-shooters, until they were safely cov- ered by the weapons and commanded to line up for inspection, The driver had nothing to lose. One passenger, O. J. Neill, who ie well known in the territory, was relieved of $390, a six-shooter and gold watch and chain. About $60 was taken from the other two passengers, besides a re- volver. It all occurred in a few minutes, but not so Guickly but the driver and the passengers had time to take numerous mental notes, Both robbers were attired in men's clothing, but it was observed that while one did the robbing the smaller of the two, a short distance away, held deadly aim on the little party with never a tremor of the small white hands, While not a sound escaped the lips of the de- | termined face that peered from behind the big revolver, the stature, general appearance and the partial view of the features of the smaller robber pro- ‘claimed undeniably the fact that it was & woman. | There have been female highwaymen before, but never a woman stood forth more sublimely self-poised in euch a ‘dramatic scene. Her conduct would have done credit to the tutelage of Black Bart or any hero of the tales re- Inted in the border histories. After the hold-up, which was ac complished without the waste of a cartridge or the disturbing of even a Jackrabbit, the stage was allowed to Proceed. Mr. O'Neill stopped off at Riverside and at once began arranging @ plan of pursuit. The stage, with {ts Passengers, continued the journey to Florence, where Sheriff Truman was informed. He joined Neill at Riverside, and the little posse took to the hills. ‘The capture was made at night in the brush fr the hills near Benson. The woman showed fight, and taunt- ed her companion for allowing himself to be taken without a battle. ‘The off cers found in the woman's possession a sack containing $400 and a gold watch delonging to Neill, one of the stage pes- sengers., ‘On being taken to Florence the wom- ‘an was recognized as Pearl Hart, who is well known throughout Arizona and southern California. She is about 25 years old, of medium height, with dark hatr and blue eyes. Some of her friends say that ghe planned the robbery in or- der to obtain funds to take her to Obio, where her mother was seriously ill. Boot is a dissolute character, whe fre- ‘quented the dives of Phoenix. Pushing Along the Good Work. “My wife got up 3 charity card party last week.” “Did she have any success with it?” “I should say she did! ‘Took in al- most enough to pay for the prizes.”— Chicago ‘Times-Herald. a the Darke ‘The sald: *T sad to-nignt afieieh ees ented, : rn ' I'm sure to got turned down.” / __=—Chicsgo Dally Newn, is he Reign of Lawlessness. = eS SDR aR a ee aes a Lats Staeeee Se Beda ea aN : re ate Cas . 3 : ‘ 3 ee ——n *- : Pe an, ae ss Baa ee ae a ee a oe ig. ak he een ese ua eS ee a ee ey Number of Persons Lyncked from January 5th; 1897, to January sth, 1898, . ; : . Date. ‘Names. Oharge. Place ——- ¥.J. Baker, colored Postmamer, no charge Lake Cit Jan, 7; Lincoln MeGelsey, colored, | Marder, Mane P. 0 2 —= Devoe, golored. assault, Pearken, Axi igs See es ees = YS cag ee ea SOM Ror ES SO NP a a Se on ee ate | os a Dem ge ere Gen Waste Lung, colored, shooting officer, Clarksville, Md. 11 19 George Washington, colored shooting Constable Weimar, Toxes “18 John Becker, white, murder Great Bend, Kansas ~ ITBol. Jackson, colored “ Wotumpka, Als Lewis Speiz, colored murder * Jesse Thompson, colored murder “ ‘amp Reose, colored murder " Jone 22 Obarlie Washington, colored rape and ropvery, Dayton, Ais. Wm. Street, colored, attempted aneault (burned at stake) Deviine-La Jane 22 —— Howlett, white murder Hilisville, Va, June 14, Mrs. Jake Cebrose, colored, nothing, Plano, Texas, June 22, — Packs, 8 yrs old. colored, nothing. Batesville, 8. 0. | Jaly 11, John Henry James, Colored, Orirainal Assault, Wood's Or vesing, Ve lly Sree | ee Colored. Assault Coaling, Als July 14, JamesRedd colored Murder Monsicello. “irk. ee geen ees) Oe " ts 2 Joly 20, W.T. Patterson white murder Westville, Mien. July 22; Jon. Williams, colored, Impadent to white man, Seotland Nook, 3.0. Augua7 Dan Ogg, | ‘colored ’ In white families room, Paleaines, Tex | August 8 John Meadows, colored Oriminal Assault, Garmol.Ga August @ Will Sanders, ‘colored murder, Clarendon, Ark. * 9 DennisRicard, “ a a q “ 9 Manse Castle, 2 7 “ 9 Rill Weaver, = R Me & Thiftifoak Walker,” Ootored Sand-bagaii Cornith, Mi bar ullos! or, 5 bay ith, jes. “ 38, Alex Walker, Colored, ‘Troublesome, “Pleasant Hill, Ais, “18 James Nealey, Colored, Wanted Drink Soda Water, Hampton, Ge. Aug.20, ———~ Colored, murder an’ assault, Friendship Ge, Aug 21; Tom Miller, Colored, attempt assault, Qoitman Ga | Sept. 8’ —————__Qolored Nothing forth Texas, | : o Se : Shires aor fa ere Sept 11 Beny Jones, White —— Liberty Mo, PAE Aiport Anderson, Celsced Stealing Sulligent Ala, | » ™ George Burden,’ ” Suspected Orisainal Assault, Griffin Ga. Sept. 12 Lee Pickett, White Oriminal Assault, Patrick Uo. Va, Sept. 26. John Williams, colored, murder and aseault. Mountain City, Bena. Got. 5, Wright Smith. ' Colored Attempted Assault, Annapolis, Md. Oct’ Rev. Jeme Shelton, Colored. “Nothing, Jevequens, Couaty Mins Oct, 28, Fish Burke, Colored Defended Themselves Harperevilie. Miss, | “” &" 5. E, Gatewood, * = ze any “« “ienry Anderson, ‘ 4 . = eh “ John Gatewood,“ * o s rats st Rgenaamaeeee 8 “ “ a st een « 7 * igi ee “ . “ « Me 6 eee Lig “ . « mak Arch Baur, Attempted Murder, “ Sia Qet. 28, Jolin Anderson, Colored innocent _Latayette, Ala. 3 Nov. 9, ——— —— colored, Defended :Themsclves Phenix, 8 0. 1 Nov. 10, —————— colored. No Grime Wilmington, NO.” 3 Nov. 2%, Ed. Merriweather” “Marder Monticello, Ga, Resear Fake Glover egsed; infured whitaman, Meridian, Miss, Decamber 6th. Jake Glover, colored, ocean’, Montieello, Ga. 1 Deo tt, Joh Borie EE, Burning Hae Harness OO Dee. 24, ton, - jew Harmony Grove Jan:,8, “Maransll MoGregor, Golored Bars basuing Bank, Ale. | Feb® ‘Alfred Boynton and wife Colored Nothing" Fort Gaines Ga: Zeb 12 Cupid Redding Colored “Murder Leosbarg Ge | el era March 1+ Morria Christopher, colored, Criminal Assault, Hope, Ark, March 18, William Cotton, Jr., eolored, Arson, Palmetto,Ga, «- “Harrison Hudson, ce “ uae ere c a ‘ oe o# ie “ “ a 1 “Jno. Jameson, (wounded) “ . “22° General Duckett, colored, Troublesome, Little Rock Oo., Ark, - 1 “ “Edwin Goodwin, = * nd fe q = © gaan Ree « « 4 “ «Joseph Jones, - 7 * Mad “ Benjamin Jones. 7 bi o> 1 “ © Moser Jones, & & a “Jou King, ~ . : “ & Joho Jchnson, = es “ “ Namesunknown, 5 u | 48 Kinor Wilson, oolored, Fired on white men,Suver City, Miss, « 8 Boe % ey = “ Wilie Bera, = . “ April'8, Forest Samorson, Colored. += Murder Brookville Mise April 11, ‘Rey Giibert Bil . Nothi Wap eu | il 11, v + i800, * iD} ‘aynesl : April 187 AH Larus white marder Henderson Tena | April 38, Will White. white murder Clinton Ark | April 28, Sam Hose, Colored © Murder and Assault Newnan, Gs. | 3B) Rev. Lige Strickland Innocent Palmetto, Ga, “ 24, albert Sewell Talked too mueh April 8, Forest Johnzon, —_eolored Murder, Brookville, Miss ' * "Moses Anderson, ™ ¥ “ : April 26, Charles Williams aliss Jones, Colored Murder, Galena, Kan. Apel. Wilietece = permmecamuah Lecebars, Ge, ). Willis 8, ~ ‘Sy Ark, May 8, Bill Dibbies, * ‘Trespass, Lebanon, Tean. | May 24, J. Humphries, white, shelter’g a murderer, Aley, Henderson Qo., Tex 1 chy pease * is = Mere Avril 27, Daitehell Daniel Oolored ‘Talked too Much, Leesburg, Ga. ; Jane 14,” Lewis Patrick, ” Murder. Beaufort. 4.0. 3 Jane 37, Ed. Ellis ” Detended s colored man, — Oardiff, Ale. 1 «""" ‘Tim Dill, * © ” ct » Adam Samuels - - ] Jone 5, Will Will, ” Brother toa murderer, MeCullay’s Mill, 1 Jane 14, Lewis Patrick, Suspected of Marder, Moorehead ity, NG. Ale. } Jose 12, —— ‘Drowned a Man, Dansellon, Fla. 3 Jays, eae nie, Taroeeat OnGuioaniis Ge | 115, ‘mi wi ler, int ie 1.” Pat Bowers, Soanpad Shazuster, | Lexington, 00.,8.0. aly 22, Brack Defatts, Italian, wounded a white man, Tallulah, La. 1 “«" Mr William Cuonard white Mormonism ' JasperOo 1 “ 4 Frank Embree Colored Assault = Higbee Mo 1 « SCaeemeDeeee ek ee “ ; . = Soe me ee = ; ole Bele Ke 6 “ ; «a Scene ee ‘oli “ ; “24, Click Davis, colored, marder Wilmoth, Ark, 1 igen ee nee ae . ; Big sores Seno af pe aad “ 3 “ 22,touls Sammin “ 1 « “Stank Embree “ — aassalt, Steinmete, Mo. 3 Joly 25, Henry Novels, colored —aitempted assault, Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 <<" Charles Mack, ** scateoaas rebttold, Ge 1 Roe mamas |e ing eet ‘ ( Bandall Hamilton “ Chareh-burning, Faqua Prairies Tex ug. 92°83 Hamilton, ee OF ea t. ‘8, olphus Brclvn, @ ores 4, Lal 7s Edgar Barr, ” on. « (emeie janaad\ 4 4 - Edward i * n 2 — “Pat hand om white woman, Jasper Fis & 0g. 11, Bill Wilsen, tL Attempted Assault, Port Gibsons Witt Chambers, ‘+ Criminal Assault, Bell Buekley,.fevn me Will MeClore, “Attempted Assault, em Ge B S38 Charlie Hart, S os “Brantiey,Alm. 2 “20, Peter Loin ard a AB year old Son; white, Shooting aman, - Wetumpka, Ale, @ Aug. 16, Charlie Hart, colored ' criminal assauit’ Brantley, Ala B Aug 18. Tom Kei:h, colored. entered iady's room drank, Near Greenv'le, SC. # Aug, 20, R=. TJ. Floyd, colored, wanted to work, Osrtersville, Til. = so" Wm. Proniiss cima aes “ x “Hughes Bradley, “= § « ® & “ Heory Branum,) | $i) x Sim Hayes, ME ead ie x “John Bleek, Bice be i - x A 20 o fice aks acaieed Si Gente Gs. =~} ug. }—— —— »hite. sy oke agains* lynching, wn. Fa. Seps. 13. Rev. H. B. wattle col , spoke againet gnebiog, Near’ Frompson, Ga, © Sept. 27, Senor Sanch+z, Quban, bothing ‘Havana, Cabs. 2 October 11 Judge Sarit Le Place ‘white, Agsaniting. Nesr’ New Orleans 2 Z 18 Joe Letsior» Colored Arson and Aasault, burned. St© Ann Mies © “18. Robert Smith. Col Innocent, Partly Roasted notz dead * a “20, George Wells, Colored, urder, Wier City Kan i ne — ——E—ESSSS—S——_—_——__._= Cc &0 Chesapeake and JED DOMINION STEAMSHIP Oo * * Obio Railway. \~>inrumyon wew youn, EXCEPT svxmaB- ened g:hassengers oan leave Richsnond ally emeope : Sunday "Via Chsspenke and Ohi reliwayen BEFECTIVE OCT. 29, 1809. |‘nma. Mitotials Mawes eS Ear, a TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, SoBErotive at Norfolk with Ol Demtas BROAD-STRERET aTaTIAN Ltne steamer sailing same eveaiss ey BROAD-STREET STATION 00 A.M, Daily, with Paloreer, tor prinet PS taeas. Newport” Newt ots iat Worfolk Red "Pertactonte Counter at Norfalk with Old" De | Soap | ce Yon ame PAE! Dally ith Puluman, for aaeae ae frauen, fete Rorfeieing Feramentt. Conseets ‘8% Old Point with Washingte:. | Steamers: eat” witn "balttiore wae iiepeeergereest anaes: oe | MMM Baste Tate Seat ae Sorgonarilte tos "Stage | Galverts” Mantttes, “cena dria, and ‘Washington, ai _Unior | SiMtiom, OnaAotienis tor’ tyne Pangani Beni for hagetnowhe ‘Bild Py M.'Daligy wit Pullman's Cochin acLouirsiic end Be rouse ther Suig” at tmpartant”wtations ‘Gee. Becta nt Condouetule tee Orseee Eiatfraton a Soutbers RY Rorurbound’'ct Woriaging fot We Hoc aprings: Eo eae teats Detter SS, fling Be, SiR fee Ccracaevilie miscnuse tao Fas Recotmodattog, exoeptBaneay for 10:80 p.m. Daily, for Ciocinnatt, vite Palle We into wee! dousvilie to Cincinosti and Lew: ieee. Swonts ears ye, ae Sire coetnche At Sagan Sept undayyicr Winehneter, Ve, See a Covington, a dally oz Viralnie Wor Speen TRAINS LEAVE EIGATH-STREET STATION. } \a-m A. ss Dally, for Lexington Lynenvare, ‘ana Cito Feat chance ees San iay iid a *y Shin Seer oe S:m ru. Except’ Sunday. tor ‘Golumiia TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND, BROAD-STREET STATION. £00 4. x., Kxcept Sunday trom Dosvwell, $:30 4. &.. Datly trom Ctnctmmati. ae 2 ig.oDal'y" trom Norfolk ane O1@ a0 va Daliy, from Cinetnnatt and Loa on0 Mp, Daly. from Norfolk, and O16 H Tee a Bxoept Aanday, trem Clifton Forge. TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET STATION. ERE cessor Sender: trom colombia E58 Fat Hom tnenserg Sunes and Gliton waren wsatncgt fae Gay trom New Gusue’ ca Beene. ° JOHN D POTTS, Aan’t. Ganeral Passoangar Agans. pouthern Railway ee OR i oto ree aro ee ee ‘Trains Leaves Richmond, Va- 11,00 F a. No 12 SOUTHERN EXPRESS @atly iv Atlanta augusta Jecksouvilles and Foiuts “Souths Sieener for Danville. Groeuatoro. Salisbury. and Charlotte. Sleeper open at kichmoud 6:30" po as Stops for pausengers at locel stations. Connects av Danville acd. Charette, [Ross)carrging throng ie-pest Set Ween New Vouk anatempe tk obs neotons for all Florida. points, also fhe Wastinyton ane Souihwessats TA ea" Gto sit carrying through alee bet'n New York aad Nasavilie “New York ad Memphisand ‘new Yor and Sleeper Aton ays, Weduesdasgana Pet leeptr Mon ays, Weduesdays ant Gace, Waatingion to ian, franciaos Without change, with connections Sitpoimes in “Buss, eles and Onli ise F'n Ro, {, solid trata daily for Char Toite, NG! Connects at Moasley with Farniviile and Powhatan railroad ‘at Keysville for Clarksville. Oxford, Hen- ferwon and Darkam and at Greeuabore for Durham, ae and Winston Haag vrei tae Xow Orleans and poinis Soath, which fartiee sleepers New York to ew Or Raneana New York to Jacksonville and Minit for Nasesa oud Habeas. Through aleeper Salisbury, to Mom 6:00 7. Hs to37, 8 ior Kevevilie dnd intermediate poses TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. ste a. S357-K., from Atlante Auguste, Asher! le Segall Points Boat. 850. X.,from Reysville snd local stations, LOCAL Fawtent Taam, mos. 41 and 62. between Manchester and Ne- spol. Va Sr York River LIne, weet bons The Favorite Route North. LEAVE RICHMOND arin No. Wt0 FM, Bairixons Linrted, “Datty ensept Sanday tor ent potmt and Antartainteguat Sige tnd wndaye ei eee eee ‘more. ‘Frain No. 18,2:90 7. x. Local xxrunss, Mon Wedues & Fridays, for West Point and intermediate stations. con ects with stage at Lester: wauot fon Waites. tom and. Tappahanncck: alse st Weat Haig wiht eam eve tor Baltimore, Stops stale, rr eaba innit ae is! Locus nea, leaves dally sxoepe Sanaa, trom Virginia. Strece Suntioe for West Point Sud intefmodiate ‘stations eomnccting tis Hage at Lostor manor ior Walsrioe aad Fae pabtsanock. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. #20, m, Bally, from West Point, with Con- Seeeton trom Baltimore, Naesdays, Thutads aturdaye. ie a. a. Mare sneFridars. | w, Gi pm, Daily, exept Sunday trom foiat ana intermediors wiatnany = Stoamere leave Wert Point Vordays , Wed neadayed Pridays 6:20 p.m. arriving halt more 30 follewing morning; retaratug leave BiNinorecat 6am deel gu, Titredys Sid Saturdays arriving West Folot yas eee Rigi mond S30 f0 lowiSy’ moral Stoamers'eall as ail aadiags of York River o.w. WESTBURY, ‘rravelling semcuse = nate oe Hickneee: Va, outer, ae rank, Tinie usunger, och: Pas at FRANK 8. GANNON. Mhird Viow-rrestdent and Genorai Manage Waahington, D. C. Ms HRS P G. BASLEY, ICE-CREAM PARLORs, 609 N, 2d St., — Richmond, Va OLD ’PHonm, 1704, Steam Ice-Cream Manufactory Ice-Cream made daily both Winter and Summer, and we ean supply you etion gosrantock. yosial stustt given ‘0 all orders, 668n, ! s JED DOMINION STA WSHIP* Gos ust smnren ga on. seer emma Pus es We er in Sar rma orig ener ee ced, scart Bec rees road. 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SS SATURDAY JAN. 6, 1900. ———— Coxonsn folks, let us pray for these Negro-haters, God knows what to do > with them —_—_——_ CoromeD men, let us continue our efforts to improve the conduot of the srising generation. ‘Watt, thank the Lonp, there will be mo separation hereafter. The Devil will mix the Epps of the white race with Johnsons of the black race, What ‘a consoling thought! Wa would tike to know whether or not Mr.Joux E. Eres’ antipathy to Ne- groes extends to any and ail osessions, and to night-time jovialities as well as to day-time plesaurest | a Hon, Joax E Evra was certaialy in wantof a issue when he introduced ‘thes “Jim Crow Car Bill.” [tis un- fortunate that his experience ase le- Dorer did not teach him wisdom ass legislator. Richmond is ashamed of fin Acolored man who is ill-mannered, <Zishonest and sloveniy not only injures Animeelt and family, but the race with which he is identified. As strange as Gt may seom, with the white man it is different, Every disreputable act of s evhite person 1s charged up to that per- son only. — ‘Tux holiday edition of the Ixpramar sours Faxemax wasa gom and reflects great credit upon the management. It outstripped all of its contempora- ies in ite typographical appear- ance as well as in the enterprising dis- play of “cute” and literary produc- ions. ———_———— Hox. Gonos F. Bowurs died at Hatches, Mise, Tuesday, Des. 28th. Be was well-known throughout the eountry, He was Major-General o! <ahe Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. Hthas not been long since his wife paused away. His estate is eaid to de ‘worth $100,000. He was one of the Aand-marks of the re-construction pe- xiod. ‘Tax great conflagration which dam- aged the offives of the C. &0.R.R. ‘Co., was a calamity of no small propor- tion, although it may prove a blessing in disguise. ‘This progressive line will suffer but alight inconvenience for within two ours afterwards its vast machinery ‘was in partial working order aod with: n six hours all was going on as usual, ‘Mr, Joux D. Poz7s, the polite, genia end skilifall Division Passenger Agent ‘was among the first to have his depart. meni in shape in the ChamYer of Com. snores Building, assisted ax he was by his ever energetic chief clerk, Mr. W ©. Wourman. Ws have received ‘> handeome amd superbly illustrated »istorieal and | geographical hand-boo: of the stieh- mond Fredericksburg and Potomss R. R. It contains the photographs of an 1869 train on this line, the Byrd Street Station in this city. the fac-simule of an old schedule issued) by thie iine ‘May 30:b, 1836. By this it is aeen that ‘where it took 15 houre to go from Richmond to Washington, the same distanos is covered in about 4 hours. The other il!ustrations are decidedy to the interest of this city, showing a they do historical sites and buildings and telling in detail about the indue- trial boom which is now in full blast within this historic locality. Mr, W. P. Taytog, the young and accomplished Trefiis Manager deserves ‘great credit for his enterprise, At to Mejor. E. T, D. Mraes, every- body knows him for his sterling char- acteristics. He is knowa from Oanade to the guif. The interests of the fines of which he is president are always paramount with him. ANOTHER “WAIL IS ISRAEL.” tudes, From advocating the princi- ples and teachings of the Holy Juavs, condemning fraud and declaring the fatherhood of Gop and the brother- hood of man, it has proceeded to adv3- cate all of the heresies of the lowest white elements of the republic. It was opposed to dishonest zelee- tions; it ie now advocating « criminal amendment, disfranchising a large Portion of the body politie. While standing sworn to recognize no man or discriminate against him on ac- count of race, color or previous eondi- tion of servitude. it proceeds to do this very thing which it is sworn not to do. How elee are we to regard its “now you ‘tee me, now you don’t” policy in deal- with the question cf “Jim Crow Oars,” in Virginia? In its issue of ths 80th ult, ander thecsption of “The Negro’s Mistor- tune” it says: “The position of the black man in America is not enviable and we confess that we cannot see any very brilliant prospects for him.” The above is a frank sdmission, There are numbers of people who are suffering from s similar aberration of the eye-sight, And again: “He was created with s black skio and the white man was created with a Fepugnanes to him.” Isthis the trath? Is this repug nance of the white man to the Negro, inherent or is it acquired? If the former, why is it that the closes: friendships between black and white children have existed from the earli- cet moments and Isstto the closing hours of a success‘ul life ? Is this the truth, Mr. Trexs? Ii so why was it that Mr. Bax (white) of Chicego, travelied « thousand miles to save the life of Brow (solored) at Rockford, Mi.. simply upon the feiand- ship of ehildhood days. Isthis the trath? If{so, why did Mr, Hows 0, Faarmensrox, publish in arecent edition of the Washington Posr the following lines: “I have mst = heap of prople, and Tyo had a heap o’ chums— Good fellows fust as good as ever known! But I've never seen a better, nor s truer, kinder friend ‘Than that little ‘nigger’ boy I used to own.” And again: “fbere are lots of pickaninnies ‘round my old plantetion home But Alee, he belonged to me alene He could ovtrun all the o-hers, and he'd fight an’ lie for me, . And I loved that ‘nigger boy I ass toown.” Still again: - “But soon it was all over, and we laid him in bis grave, No truer friend I’ve ever hed to mourn; And I raised s granite monument to mark the place we Inid, ‘That loving, faithful boy I used to own.” Ab, the Timas editor eould not have been slava-holder’s son. He could not have been nursed by a black mam- my. or he would have blushed ere he wrote those words. There are aristocratic white men to- dey who never knew any other mother but the black mammy. < One ofthe leading white Indies of this section had interred in the Shockoe Hill Cemetary the silent form of her black iaamray. — Ieig this ‘new issae white folks” who never knew the Negro, who talk about separate cars and advocate oth- er humiliating discriminations. Bat, sir, we always find a friend in the offaprings of the old slave-holders. This forms the bond of union between the races. But the Tuxes indulges in more of its Negro-hating rantings. It says: “Therefore. the black man cannot hope ever to get the reflaing inflaences of that society which the white man has made.” : Why not? Is he not to-day in the bedrooms, dining rooms and parlors of the most aristocratic families of the south? What other answer need we make to that absurd jstatement? fle is mors refined than he is educated. Black men and women are better post- ed to-day upon the rules of polite so- siety than are thoussnds of white men, who can only see into these aristocrat ie mansions from the front door, and dare not cross the portais of the par- lors where the Nogro, as a servant is in all of his glory. ‘Ts saya: “In Amerion there is no aristocracy exoept the aristocresy of merit. Th: white boy of the humbiest origin may, hy hisown efforse and merits, secure Searene are te ea ‘bemefiss.” THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIKGINIA ee ee a eS ee ne ee and money does not eouat. It you ‘Cannot trace an aristocratic lineage, the family would jst a8 soon think of having their sons and daoghters warry ‘Chinamen as to have them train avd associate with » white manor woman othumble origin. Is it possible that o citigen of color had to advise you of a condition of affairs existing in: your very midst. What else meant the F. F. V's of Virginia? The Tras eon tinuea: “But that door is abut to the black man and the probability is that itywill always be shut, Decause, as we have said, the white man «as created with arepugnance to the black man whieh he cowid not, if he would, overeome.”” It eaye farther: “He is unwilling to receive the black mapas # guest st bis fireside, He may have friendly feelings for him and may be willing to do him anv favor vhat be can, but tc receive him in the inner circle and to treat him as an inti- mate he cannot do” This, sir, is the doctrine of caste. Mt has existed in all ages of the world. The Negro does mot wish.» piace aso gusst at your fireside. He asks on the other band that you will not present yourself as s guest at his fireside, Te saysalso: “There is another view. The gen- teel, educated black man is not only debarred trom intimate associstion with the whites. Dot he is often foresd into unpleasant associations with the inferiors of his own race. No. matier bow cult:rsted be may be, no matter how much money he may have, he it often foreed by reasen of his color into Posicions whose surroundings must be aoything but agreeable to his feelings. fos more or lessextent he most for. ever suffer the discrimivations that are made against his race. He is, toa degree, effected and injured by every crime thet the meanest Negroes com- mit, and no matter how refloed and elegant he mey be, he must suffar up- on oseasion for the bad manners aod general offensiveness of the lowest classes of his race.” For once it has pictured a condition as it actually exists. Is continues: “We have in mind the ‘Jim Orow’ car which isso objevtionable to the dlecks. White men do not objast to traveling in the same car with decent well-behaved Negroes, but they do ob- j:et to being forced into an association for the time with black men and wom- en who are dirty in person aad bois terous and offensive in manner, and, as we said in a ree-nt article, auch as: sociation is not only ditagresable. bat absolutely ® menace to peace and good order. White men do not like the: ‘Jim Orow’ ear, per se any more than black men like is.” Thefelsss of people referred cto, do aot asta rale go into first-class cars, but are eatistied to journey in the smoking ears. As to the boisterous ill mannered colored people, the railroad car is no place for them and: the con- ductors have long ago been armed with power to not only enforces order but to put them off the train. You argue thatithe meanest, lowest white demi-monde is to be accorded privileges denied to the most ssif-re. specting, genteel Negro. The very iden is beard. ‘The Tres has the sudacity toay: | ©All black msn look alike to the law: and the law cannot discriminate, The atest good to the greatest number fra well fecognised mexia of the law and those who advocate the “Jim Crow” car say that it is batter for the few genteel blackre to suff-r than for all the whites to euff-r trom the uff-n sive and dangerous Negroes who ride back and forth on our railways.” This is a condition pistured by adis ordered mind, crazed by prejadiee and devcid of Obristianity, There ie ‘ne suffering upon thé railroads of Virginia Oolored people of this etate are ead to be more orderly, well-behaved than any other class in the world. ‘Tia is why the agitation for a sepa- rate car law is received with but little favor and has been ones before “put to sleep,” where it was hopedthat it would) “know no waking” There are white men in Virginia, who know the Negro and to them we we shall make our appeal to avert this crowning infamy of the Nineteenth Oentary. Let us have no “Jim Orow Or Law” in Virginia, Brilliant Marriage. Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 27, 1899, long before she hour, o'slock p.m. a lage crowd hed gathered at the Pine Street A. MB. Ohareh to witness the marriage of Mies Oora L. Williams to Me. Nelson A. Ewit'y, which was ons of the prettiest marriages ever solema. ized in Soffsik. Promptly at the boar, 8 p. m-, Profs Tate and Uoldon began to play the wedding march. From the right snd Jefe aisle Hon. — Jordan Thompson, Profs. A. J. Browa, L. R. Pieree, ush- ers, met the bride leaning on her brother, Robert’s arms up the center aiele to the altar, where the parties were met by the groom and oest-man, Mr Jesse White, from the alcove. ‘The church was artistically decorat- ed with holly, put wera and palms, which presented a besutital picture, ‘The ceremony was performed under alow tone of the wedding march bs the pastor, Rev. J. Quffy. The bride was attired in a beautfal blue travel: ling costame and carried « bouquet of bridal roses. Aftar the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Twitty were driven’ to the Southern depot where they boarded the 8:5: tain for Washington, Philadelphia and other cities. They'will be gun about teudays. Upon their returr they will reside at No 95K, Washing. ton St, Mr. and Mrs. Twitty received many valusble acd useful to Kens a8 well as best wishes of o larg cirele of friends. GOOD POSITIONS:—Bundreds of our patrons in thie and northern states and cities want farm hands, cooks, Durses and geveral iaborers. If you Want 8 good home or paying emp o7- ment write or gall at W.M Martin & Co., 814 East Broad 8%., Richmona, Vas ‘12-80-1m_ Fe ee ee | THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE. FOR THE PEOPLE ! BY THE PEOPLE! OF THE PEOPLE? AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK, $5,000.c0 = : ae ee f Se AMON ROUMASSOCial a 4 TEA ey j x NA MA Pee’, \ a RE as i ae ) b a w/e e2 ae S PRR 2 Bis . ieee A aaa " Ce iu EEN, of Cites) OL Sa eee gD “Re a ey 1 Mine ea ») <- | {Vem — A mC ze ; Ps He er ey ‘N Ss) ae A sl aa oe Se pene ee a : Home Office:—6or North Thirtieth Street, Richmond, Virsinia. - eae ee OFFICERS ELECTED atthe Annual Meeting of the People’s Relief Association held on the roth inst., REV. R. J BASS, was elected Presipent, MR. CHARLES WEST, Vice-Presment; and MRUB A WASHINGTON, SzcreTary. NO CHANGE WAS: made in the BOARD» OF MANAGERS, and MR.S. A. CLAY, was elected Inspmcter | . The reports from the various fields were most encouraging and showed much improvement i | the Work FROM PORTSMOUTH. An Interesting Question—Religione-Items Personal Notes. Poxtsmoura, Va., Jan. 2, 1900. No subject of secular discussion eould be more spprovriace on the jast dey of the year of 1899 than whether ‘or pot it is the last dey of the nine- teeoth century. It was @ question with many. Many contended that ‘she twentiesh century began at the turn of twelve o’ciock Suoday night, December 81, 1869. L clsim with sa - isfaetory proof, 1 ee and take grest pleasure in stauing from & degree of common sen 6, that a century is & pe- rod of one nundred years. ihe Chris tian Ere began with the year one and therefore ended with the year one haudred. Nicety nice (99) would nor have completed the erniary, bat $0 plus 3 would; soitisin this esse, du in the cuneiusion of my mird, we are yet fn the nineteenth century. Rev. F.C. Campveli, pastor of the Third Beptist Church preached 60 able sermon to his large cougr-gation Sun day might, Deo, 81; texs, LLL Pealms. A destructive fice ocurred near Svott’s Oreck Bridge. Two bar-roome wore destroyed. Mr. E.3 Hvimes, manager of the Od Reliabie Richmond Beorficial aod Tosurance company, and amr. Z. R. tuffio, manager of the Benevolent Io vesument, spent their Xmas in Rich- mond, Va. A club, composed of married ladies only, cails iecit “Mistletoe Club” Le hoide a festival every evening, begio ning at 7 p. m.,at Honor’s Hall, Qoun- tv 56, and is working for the benefic of Zion ‘Baptist Onurch. Cmom'tiee: Mrs Catnerine Ruddick. Mcs. Mary E. Coles and Mrs, Fannie Ridaick. ‘Mr. George Melvin, attoraey-at-law hes moved to No, 618 Green St. ‘You wili flad the Ricnmondg Pxaxet at No. 516 Green Se. T. H Cougs. FROM ELKHORN. Obristmas Exsroises—Personal Items. Exxnoux, W. Va., Jan.1, 1900. The Christmas Tree at Upland Bap- tist Church was enjoyable. The pro- pramme consisted of recitations, 28- Says, enios, ete. It showed: the earnest work of our beloved superintendent, Samuel Hicks. The pastor, Rev. R. N.. McKoy re- ceived many useful and eostly pres- ents on the tree. His little baby that was left mosherless when it was ten days old te doing well, under. the care- far attention of Mra Mary Hicks. Mr W. W. Hicks spent the oe here with his wife and relatives. He his been attending. the Bluefield sehool. Mre. E. V. Cheatham was very sick @uriog the holidays. Mr. P. Biand spent the Xmas holi- days at Roanoke. Mra L J. Morgan wes presented with a bsadsome — watch by her bueband. Five doliars for New Year's present from Mrs. 6, Kershaw, white, Mr. John Pitman of Buckingham Co. Va., was visiting friends at Buuelleld and Elkhorn daring the holidays. We hope be had « good time and will soon come agai. Mr. George Carter is suffering with pleuriey. Narwan Monean. Parantsvre, Va., Des. 14, 1899, A‘ the regular meeting of are Lodge, 2, K. of P., the foliowiag of cers were elected for the ensuing term: O.0,, David B. Cornish; V.t., Welvam A, Bragg; M. of W., Edward Branch ; Prelate, Waiter A. Byere; K. of R. aod 8., EB. W. Wood; M. of K, Josiah Colemav ;M. at A., Wi liam A Seott; I.@., Richard smith; 0. G., Joho Byrd; atteadants: Jona J. Ei- Jom, James Macklin, James Boling, Rubert Vernon, Grand Representa. tive, Edward W. Wood,calternate, Mos- os Bats, absences WARES rata ERED br WA Bicert perenne opens So an aD ta" aaid mad laes Bprasaa Sr Sat eae raat Beto. Romore.nat as aaiary. ‘wonton Fermancatr’ Ost titerena'ae tay tenet Eyyigva” hemtiaiy ais ors etuat Sagtemped envilope. Tus Doximton Gom- ESN Gees eae) SIT RRR ee 7 PS NS, HELPED TO CAPTURE DEWEY. She ie Gennes aaa oe War by a Brave On the night of the 2ist of March, 1803, the federal leet undertook to run the blockade at Fort Hudson, the Hart- ford and Switzerland, with portholes closed, leading. ‘The old Mississ!ppl, being next in line, opened fire on our batteries, viz. our nine batteries with four siege pieces each, of the First Ala- bama, Our batteries immediately re- turned the fire. The entire fleet and immense mortar guns on the federal side and all the land batteries on the confederate side, aggregating 36 heavy guns, were intensely engaged in this artillery duel. Melancthon Smith, the gallant cap- tain of the Mississippl, and his officers and men fought with a heroism and bravery known only to Americans. Lieut. George Dewey was on this vessel, and was the last man to leave it, His men, the marines that were captured, ‘were loud in their praises of his gallant conduct. The Mississippl had 27 heavy guns on a side, and threw several broad- sides at our batteries, and during the engagement it struck on a sandbar, but the officers and men remained on the Yessel fighting until the boat, which was set on fire by our “atteries, was flereely burning. When it became necessary to abandon the ship her boats were lowered am rapidly as poastble and the men and some five-or six officers were landed on the opposite shore. -Melancthon Smith, with several officers, sailed down the river back to the ficet under a heavy fire. Dewey remained on ‘the burning’ vessel until the last man was taken off, and then, in his efforts to save these men, he was himself cap- tured at the sugar mill. The night was ‘very dark and it was impossible for the federal men to make their escape. ‘The confederate force, numbering some 300, erossed the river and captured these 280 marines and some five or six officers. On their arrival at Fort Hudson I was on the guard detail near the officers. The men were loud im thelr praises of Lieut. Dewey, and he was pointed out to me. He was peculiarly impressive— & handsome blonde, with bine eyes, very fair and rather stylish in appear- ance. He seemed to be a man of great determination. The young lieutenant whom the men praised so highly on that cecasion for his heroism is now the world-famous American admiral, loved as much by the south as by the aorth, and admired by all the world as the greatest naval hero of the times. The federal marines and officers were held only a day, until we could parole them for exchange, as we had no place to keep them, being practically surround- ed by Banks’ army. They were taken to Baton Rouge and exchanged. The e; ene comtecerate suppnes trom apove, which aided Banks in finally forcing the capitulation of that stronghold, after aslege of 51 days, To appreciate the predicament tn which the Mississipp! was placed at the time of her destruction by us, it will ‘De necessary for ine to explain the ‘strength, position and elevation of our ‘batteries. The river bank was very ‘igh. The river was about a mile and ® half wide, with the deepest part on our side. Our batteries were no well arranged that it would be almost im- ‘posaible for any vessel to pass, and had ‘not the night been dark and had not the two federal vessels that passed been painted black and had their port- holes closed, #0 as to conceal thelr lights, they would most certainly have shared the fato of the Mississippi. J. J. MDONALD. [Raltor’s Note—Mr. McDonald was one ef the bravest soldiers of the confederacy. He was born March 19, 1845, tn Macon coun- ty, Alabama. At the age of 16 he enlisted sn'the civil war at Claton. Ife was captured At Island No, 10, in the Minstenipp! river, ‘and carried to Camp Dougina, Chicago. He says he was well treated while « prisoner of war. After he had been exchanged he arrived at Vicksburg July 41862, from which place he was sent to Fort Hudson, and remained there until July $, 1803, when that place surrenderad. He was paroled, returned home, remained a few months, and was exchanged and returned to serv- feo, being stationed at Mobile, Port Powell and Fort Gaines, at the mouth of Mobile Day, tn the service of heavy artillery, In the spring of isi, when Sherman began his famous reid through Georgia, Mr. MeDon- Ald was transferre’ to Johnson's army, tn time to-be in the battle of New Hope Church. Me was tn all the Mghts around Atlanta, including the stege of that city, ‘When Gon. Hood became commanding gen- eral Mr. McDooald went with the army to Nashville, Tenn., was in the fights at Co- lumbia, Franklyn and Nashville, and re- mained in the army unit! 1t was finally sur- rendered at Greensborough. N. @.. in the spring of 1865.) Seen a ene RACE FOR HIS LIFE. Brewery Workman's Thetliing Bx- perience Among Two. Immense Whirling Knives. ' Abraham Sapiro had «. thilling race for his life in a beer vatat Katz Bros.’ brewery here, says s Paterson, N. J, communication to an exchange. He ‘won the race and saved his life. ‘The vat, which is used for mashing the malt, was empty and Sapiro went into It to repair one of the two big stee! knives which revolve. from a shaft in ‘the center and mix the malt. While working away Sapiro was startled to see the knives commence to move. ‘Thomas McKay, the engineer, not knew: ing thet Sapiro was in the vat, had set ‘the knives in motion. Paced by one of the sharp instru. ments and chased by another, Sapirc PAP th A : tH FE WZ SNS eta aane a ea EEKEN 1 RAN AROUND IN THE VAT. ran around in the slippery vat at top speed. For five minutes the race for 1] Mieiscatinwed. Tiemlly Sapiro eotes attracted the attention of McKay, who came running to the side of the vat. He was so terrified hy what ke saw that he became rooted to the ground and in adaze watched the chase. Sapiro cried desperately for help, ‘The shaft had reached {ts maximum speed and the man between the knives could not last long. In the meantime a slip on the copper bottom meant a horrible death. Sapiro was on his last legs when workmen from other parts of the build- ing heard his cries and stopped the ma- q|chinery. The runzer fell to the bot- | tom of the vat exhausted. He was un- | burt, aa ha ’ MONKEYS AND TRUSTS, Story of @ New Oricans Stmina ‘shat. Likes te Held Om-to the Pen nies He Collects, “I have always claimed that Darwts. hed things wrong-end to,” sald # Bar Tonne street philosopher to a New Ox leans Times-Democrat reporter, “and: instead of man being highly developed monkeys, monkeys are nothing but de, generate mes. Ihad this theory strong ly confirmed the other day, while I was: strolling down Rampart street, Stand ing near the corner of Canal was am. organ grinder with a monkey attached! toa long cord. The monkey wore ared jacket and a military cap and dieplagedi y en 2 ies am abnormal energy in hustling for small coin. He hopped nimbly from one Spectator to another, holding ext his paw, and whenever he received a com tribution he would stuff it immediately into his pocket, “Presently the organ grinder ealled upon him to disgorge, and to my great surprise the monkey ran.out te the end of his tether and showed every sign of rage and indignation. ~ He clutched his pocket eonvulsively, and when the man tried to.approach he clawed at him Mike a wildcat. It was perfectly clear te my mind that that monkey was the de scendant of a long line of monkey-grab bing ancestors, and was merely exhibit ing his hereditary instinets. At any rate, he stood off the organ grinder te ‘the great delight of the erowd, and the ‘fellow turned blue with wrath. Ad@ Inst he took a very unfair advantage, He ‘reeled up the string, lifted the poos beast from the ground, grabbed him by ‘the tail and held him reverse tf mid- air, Fifteen cents in coppers drepped evt of his pocket, and as they hit the sidewalk the monkey emitted s howl of griet that was audible half way te the Clay statue. Then his owner tied him to a tree and proceeded to gather ep the coin. “The sorrow of the monk while he ‘watched the operations was really pas thetic, but when I passed their way half an hour later he was hustling around for penines as eagerly as ever. If that ‘animal was loose in his native wilde 'R bet he'd organize a cocoanut trust im side of ten days.” BPeeaak. Lawyer (speaking of prisoner at bay) —Ican say on oath, sir, that I have seem this man in places where I would be ashamed to be seen—Colambua (0) State Journal. An Ideal Union, i! He—Was it a happy marriage? She—Happy? Why, they've bees married five years and they ereetill flattering each other!—Puck. ‘Too Good to Laat. Briggs—When 1 buy cigars by the box the trouble is that they don't Jas Griggs—You don't buy the right kind.—Judge. Explained, 5 “My vife never gomplained.” “Bore her sufferings in silence, eh?” “Dot's right. She had lockjaw."—= Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gia neuen eee ee Jack—Remember, darling, that this diamond is a secret. Ida—Allright, dear; rest assured that I will keep it.—Chicago Record. : HEAVY LANET SATURDAY, JAN. 6, 1900 WASHINGTONLETTER WASHINGTONLETTER A BRILLIANT RECEPTION. Friendship of the Diplomatic Corp. WANT A WAR WITH ENGLAND. Chairman Boutelle's Illness. ¢From Our Regular Correspondent.} WARNINGTON, D. C., Jan. 1, 1900. President McKinley's New Year's levee was one of the most brilliant ever held in the White House. It began promptly at eleven o'clock A. M., with the reception of the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps, followed by the Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, the judges of the U. S. Court of Claims, the Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, ex-members of the Cabinet, ex-Ministers of the U. S. Senators and Representatives, the Commissioners and Judicial officers of the District of Columbia, officers of the Army, officers of the Navy, officers of the Marine corps, officers of the District of Columbia Militia, prominent bureau officials of the Executive Departments, the veterans of the Mexican war, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion, the Union Veteran League, the Spanish war veterans, the Ouest Inhabitants Association of the District of Columbia, and the general public. THEIR SATISFACTORY ATTITUDE. To the close observer who had been present at many New Year's receptions, the most notable thing about today's reception was the attitude of the European members of the Diplomatic Coros towards the President. Instead of the perfunctory and supercilious poiteness with which these men used to greet our Presidents, which has made more than one American's blood boil with indignation and his foot ache with a desire to kick somebody, these diploies had found a way to cordiality with which they greeted President McKinley, showing very plainly their desire to stand well with him. There is a meaning in this changed attitude—a meaning that makes a good American's heat expand with pride. In former days, diplomatic representatives of the great European powers regarded the United States as a second or third rate nation, not worth cultivating; to-day they recognize the United States as a world power, second to none, the good will of which it is not only good policy to cultivate, but actually dangerous to lose. As a deep student of politics and human nature, President McKinley is fully aware of the change brought proud of the part he played in bringing it about. More than once while listened to the expressions of good wishes for himself and the nation, by the diplomats, a merry twinkle was seen in his eyes by those who were in a position to see, and it is quite certain that he saw the humor as well as the honor of the situation, and that he enjoyed it. THE WORK OF YELLOW JOURNALS. The yellow newspapers which had been arranging a war with England because of the seizure of American flour, consigned to South Africa, and a new Fenian invasion of Canada, made the decision of the President and his Cabinet to send more troops to Alaska, to keep order and protect the interests of the thousands of American gold-seekers who will flock there in the spring, the basis for a new batch of sensational stories quite as ridiculous as those which preceded them. If certain newspapers are seriously taken by the outside world as representing American sentiment, we shall soon be known as a nation of the most colossal liars on earth. Comic papers and a few Senators and Representatives who play instead of working when Congress is in session, are responsible for much public misinformation as to the life of the average Senator or Representative. Everybody in Washington who has ever taken trouble to ascertain the facts, knows many men in both branches of Congress who have health and often die from the effect of their hard work during a session of Congress. THE ILLNESS OF A CONGRESSMAN. One who has been a careful observer of Congressional life said, in speaking especially of the illness of Rep. Bouttele, of Maine, chairman of the House Naval Committee: "Hard work and consequent irregularity in eating and sleeping are responsible for the breaking down of Mr. Bouttele's health, just as the same thing caused the death of Mr. Dingley. Some of the members don't care a rap for their legislative duties; they have a good time and pay no attention to Congress. But the committee chairmen, the filior leaders, and the legislative wheel-horses, often sit up nearly all night going over documents and figures relating to contemplated legislation. They go only a few hours rest and then tired, listless and irritable, they go to the Capitol for a day's work. After hours spent in mental activity in committee rooms, they will, in the course of the afternoon go to it one of the Capitol restaurants and eat a heavy, indigestible meal. With that sort of thing going on daily for months, it is surprising that there are not more break downs among the working members. Not one in a hundred can stand it for any length of time." Chairman Taylor, of the Roberts committee says, he thinks the committee's report will be submitted to the House by the middle of this month. It will, of course be adverse to Roberts. OUGHT TO BE WHIPPED. Smart Young Man who Played Pranks with an Engaged Couple and Caused Grief. That there is such a thing as carrying a joke too far has been learned by a young man who is employed in an Eighth street department store, says the Philadelphia Record. A fellow employee of the joker has been engaged for some time to a young woman who is employed in a Ninth street department store, the wedding having been announced as an event of the near future. It has been an everyday occurrence for the TOPPLED OVER IN A FAINT. groom-to-be to talk over the telephone wire to inquire as to her health. For several days last week the ting-a-ling that set the young woman's heart in a flutter was missing, and she did not hear from her loved one. Never before had he been so neglectful, and when she could wait no longer she called up the Eighth street store and inquired for him. The joker, who answered the 'phone call, knew of the relations of the loving couple, and when she asked for her future husband the funny man's answer was this question: "Didn't you hear about him?" The young woman replied in the negative and the joker informed her: "He has been married and has gone south on his wedding tour." The telephone receiver fell from her hand and she toppled over in a dead faint. She recovered her senses only to swoon again. After nearly an hour of fainting spells she was prevailed upon to go out for a walk. The first person she met on the street was her lover. Weeping, she fell into his arms, and it was some time before he knew what was the matter. Finally the girl understood enough to laugh instead of cry. He had been away a couple of days on business and was on his way to his loved one's side when she came to him unexpectedly in tears. Despite the practical joker, who does not think himself so funny after all, the young couple propose to marry and live happily ever afterwards. CHASING A PEACOCK Chicago Chinamen Capture a Fugitive Bird Intended for Their Sacred Dragon. Consternation reigned among the celestials in South Clark street, Chicago, yesterday afternoon, when the temple seemed doomed to lose its most cherished offering to the dragon—a fan-talled peacock. Won Sung Wing, believing that the seat of the bird's flying powers was in its feet, had tied the pedal extremities together. He opened the window to communicate his order of chop aney to the restaurant next door, when the peacock, longing for other morsels besides rice HUNTING THE SACRED BIRD. and corn, spread its wings and flew out. Won Sung was appalled when he saw the valued bird alight in common mud and uttered a shrill cry that aroused his countrymen. The peacock seemed to realize that the signal for pursuit had been sounded, and, taking to wing again, left the temple a block behind. The Chinamen never stopped to exchange their embroidered alipers for rubber boots, but were soon hurrying toward Harrison street. A cry of dismay arose from the pursuers when the bird flew directly in front of a trolley car and seemed doomed to an untimely fate. The fender lifted the peacock from the pavement a moment later and the pig-talled folks breathed a prayer to their idols. The chase led up and down Clark street from Polk to Van Buren. Many times a celestial got close enough to the bird to attempt a tackle, but invariably the proud creature slipped away. A colored boy employed at the Hotel Grace, who boasts of a proud record for chicken catching, found the game to his liking and captured the bird. He surrendered it to the custodian of the temple and was well rewarded. Go to 8. Garrett's and get your Christmas suits made to order. THE RICHMOND,PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA Big Flock of Voracious Birds Attack a Truck Farmer. Sink Their Banks in His Cheek, Slip His Face with Their Wings and Get Away with Five Pounds of His Sausage. A thousand voracious crows swooped down on John Schmidt, a German truck farmer, the other morning, took from him a five-pound package of sausage, and flew away. The experience of Schmidt is one of the most remarkable of the kind that ever decorated the books of the Chicago police department. His farm is at Fifty-second and Humboldt avenues, Chicago. The attack upon him was made near his home when he was returning from a meat market a half-mile away. His face and hands show the effects of his fight with the birds, and a Newfoundland dog that accompanied him lost one of his eyes. Schmidt reported his experience at the Craigin police station in the afternoon. He speaks English but imperfectly, and with difficulty made himself understood. He said he noticed a large flock of crowns when he left his home to go to the market. Like all others who are familiar with the habits and cowardly-disposition of the bird, he had no fear of them. He walked with his dog to the market, bought five pounds of sausage, and started home. He was within a short distance of the farm, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, when he saw the sky darkened by a great flock of crowns. There must have been a thousand of them, he said. Everyone of the flock seemed to be "cawing," and the combined efforts produced a noise loud if not harmonious. The flock came directly toward him, he said, and commenced to circle about him. He stopped and watched the strange sight. The circle gradually became smaller, and suddenly the birds STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. swooped down upon him before he could make up his mind what to do. The dog barked savagely, and Schmidt picked up a stone in a wain effort to defend himself. But before he could hurl it a big crow sunk its beak in his right cheek, and a score of others struck at him with their talons. They struck him in the face with their wings, all the time keeping up a hideous "cawing." For five minutes the battle continued, Schmidt all the time hanging onto his package of sausage like grim death. But in one great effort to free himself of his tormentors, he let the package fall, and then the battle ended. The birds fell upon the meat, and in a twinkling the paper was torn to shreds, the crows one by one seized a link, and flew away. Schmidt, bleeding and with his clothes torn, made his way, with his dog, to the farmhouse, and later in the day the strange case of "crow hold-up" was reported to the police. The only theory advanced that might explain the remarkable attack is that the crows may have been driven to the attack by extreme hunger. On account of the warm weather their flight to the warm south has been delayed. The crops are all gathered, and their source of food is gone. To add to Schmidt's misfortunes, his crops were nearly ruined during the summer by the crows. As he expressed it: "Dey dook my groops und now dey dook my sissage." Monkey Takes Dog's Place. Dr. W. L. Dancy, of Jacksonville, Fla., went quail hunting one day and accidentally shot his dog. He found a fugitive monkey in the woods and soon he observed the monkey about 50 yards from him, chattering, and beckoning him with one hand and pointing into the grass near by with the other. A covey of quail flew up from the grass near the monkey when Dr. Dancy arrived. Four quail were killed. The monkey continued pointing during the rest of the day and was a great deal more successful than a dog would have been. An Italian claimed the monkey when Dr. Dancy came out of the woods, and so the doctor had to part with the hunting companion. She Improved the Color. Entering a music shop the other day a Welsh miner, who had lately come into a considerable sum of money, asked the price of a grand piano. He was told it was $250. He bought it. A fortnight after he returned for a music book, and the shorman asked him if the instrument gave satisfaction. "Man," he said, "but you wouldn't know it now. It looks just splendid! My old 'oamon has painted it yeiler to match the chest of drawers." Postage Stamp Ball Dress. One of the most curious dresses ever made was probably that worn by a lady at a ball at Baltimore. it being entirely covered with postage stamps. The stamps, 30,000 in number, were pasted on a thin foundation and represented the postage of every civilized country. SAT UP IN HER COFFIN. Missouri Girl Awakens from a Protracted Trance with a Story of Seeing the Lord. From Chillicothe, Mo., a correspondent writes to the St. Louis Republic that after being given up for dead by her relatives and the attending physicians, and having all her funeral arrange- ments made, Miss Nora Johnson, a 18-year-old girl living near Braymer, sat up in her coffin and told of a strange visitation that she had experienced while her parents were making ready for her interment. Miss Johnson is the daughter of a well to do farmer. A few days ago, SAT UP IN HER COFFIN. without any previous ill health, she suddenly fell into a deathlike trance. Just before animation was suspended she had been in the best of spirits. The trance so nearly resembled death that parents and physicians alike were baffled. The girl was laid out, and an absent brother, who was in Chillicothe, was telegraphed for. He had just concluded reading a letter from his sister Norn, and the shock caused him to swoon. He had scarcely reached home to join the other mourners at his sister's funeral, when their weeping was changed to amazement by the girl sitting up in her coffin. Her awakening was as sudden as had been the suspension of animation. Without warning she came out of her trance, and as her astonished relatives gathered about her she related to them a strange vision. While she had been on her bier she declared that she had a dream. She had seen and talked with the Lord, and He had told her that she was to die within a week. The girl talked about nothing else that had occurred during her trance. She seemingly was unconscious of everything about her, and remembered nothing save the warning she said she had received from God. The nature of the message she brought back from the spirit land, or dream land, as it may be, is such that the Johnsons were reticent about telling the facts in the case. During the week they had watched her carefully. The other day the week expired, and at the last report the girl was still alive and healthy. The Johnsons are highly respectable and truthful people. They are vividly impressed with the experience they have passed through—that of almost burrying the girl alive. LAST OF HIS KIND. Uncle John Padgett, of Dubols County, Ind., Lives at a Trapper, Remote from Other Men. Residing in the woods of Dubols county, Indiana, miles away from any other habitation, lives "Uncle" John Padgett, one of the remaining pioneer trappers and, hunters of southern Indiana. He still makes a good living by trapping the mink, otter, skunk and fox, and kills enough game on which to UNCLE PADGETT'S CABIN. live comfortably, with the addition of the vegetables which he raises in a little patch of ground near his cabin. All strangers are eyed suspiciously by him until he is satisfied that they do not intend to encroach on his favorite haunts, then he becomes hospitality itself. "Howdy, Mister," is his invariable salutation to everyone. Those who gain his favor can be assured of a free passport to a paradise for sportsmen. The march of civilization has gradually driven the old man further and farther into the forests, until now he is sufficiently isolated to be free from annoyance the rest of his life. The only persons he sees are the traders who come to buy his furs, and an occasional hunter. 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Moreover, the more I thought of the girl and her pleasant ways, the less I liked the idea of accusing her of wrongdoing. I pondered the problem for a good hour. Danders' note was in my pocket. It was some encouragement to find that the handwriting was not a bit like the fine feminine scrawl of Miss Ellen Robertson. It was perfectly possible that this copy of the Londoner might have been taken out by another person, Danders, for instance, as well as by Miss Robertson. With this theory in view I went manfully to work at my cards again, and so thoroughly convinced myself that such must be the case that when my friend, the librarian, passed my desk at closing time, and asked me whether I had found my man, I was weak enough to say. No. According to the strict terms of the inquiry, I had not found my man; it was a woman. I came across several more cards bearing Miss Robertson's signature and a request for the Londoner of 1848; avidly she had used the volume almost every day for a week. That evening I kept away from the Gazette office in order to avoid the questions I should have met there, for I had reported that I was examining the cards in the Manhattan library. Thus does conscience make cowards even of successful detectives. The next day I put in eight hours of work at my bundles of cards, going back half a year. Apparently no one else had touched that number of the Londoner or any other number of that magazine. I reviewed the evidence as detectives are wont to do in books. Here was a young woman engaged from marring till night in copying from the Londoner of June, 1848. "Daisy's Quest" had been stolen from this book, and according to Terrill, an expert, it was unlikely that there was another copy outside of that library to be found in the country. No other person had taken the book out. Nevertheless, before any accusation could be made, it would certainly be necessary to connect Miss Robertson with Danders. That might not be easy. Puzzled and sick at heart, I was leaving the library at four o'clock, when at the door I found Miss Robertson gazing out into the rain with dismay. I had purposely avoided her during the day, contenting myself with making sure that she was at work as usual. It was impossible to avoid her now, for I had an umbrella and she had none. Perhaps, after all, a deductive ought not to neglect this opportunity to know more of Miss Robertson. So I offered to take her to the car. Her manner was a trifle stiff; perhaps she had noted and resented my studied avoidance. "Let me see--you will have to take a sixth avenue car," said this particular detective, in his stupid way. "Why, yes; but how did you know that?" said Miss Robertson, her curiosity getting the best of her displeasure, if there had been any displeasure. Perhaps it was only my conceit that gave birth to this latter fancy. I have always been considered a fairly ready liar, but for a few seconds I stumbled. I could not tell her that I had her address carefully copied into my note book. I suppose it was newspaper instinct that prompted me to say: "I happened to see you take a Sixth avenue car last night as I was going home." "That's very strange," said the girl, looking up at me with a twinkle that even the shadow of the umbrella could not eclipse, "for I walked all the way home last night." I was enough of a liar to see my way clear now. "Really! Then it must have been some one very much like you, and some one who came from the library. Then perhaps you do not take the Sixth avenue car after all?" "Yes, I do. I live in Thirtieth street. But before I take my car I have to stop on Sixth avenue at a book-store where I ordered some writing-paper for my father last night. The rain has stopped, so that I needn't trouble you to go out of your way any farther." "It is not out of my way. Besides, it might rain again." So we went on towards Sixth avenue and then turned uptown. In less time than I can write it, and by what magic I hardly know, I had wholly forgotten that Miss Robertson was probably a criminal of a mild type and I the aleuth-hound on her track, the avenger. She had very pretty ways—for a criminal. And she talked more to my liking than any other girl I had met in years, or before that. "There's the sort of rain costume you ought to have," I said, pointing to a draped wax figure in the brilliantly lighted show-window of a great shop—a woman in a long mackintosh, holding an open umbrella in the face of a suppositional rainstorm. It was the regular rainy-day exhibition of that particular shop. Miss Robertson paused and looked at the display with interest. There were also costly gowns and fine furs in the same window showcase, which was as big as some drawing-rooms. "Yes, that is very nice," she said, with something of a sigh. Evidently the sight of so much silk and satin made her envious. "Why," I asked, "does every woman sigh deeply as she turns away from such a display or from a jeweler's window? Five women turned away from that window in the last three minutes, and every one of them gave a deep sigh as she did so." "Did I sigh too?" "You were the fifth." "It was not covetousness that made me sigh," she said. "It was the sight of that umbrella held against what was supposed to be a driving storm. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to run into a lamppost or into another person when you carry an umbrella in that way? Of course you have. My poor father made that observation several years ago, and was unfortunate enough to devise a remedy." "Yes. Do you remember my mentioning, the day we first met, that my father's eyesight had been almost destroyed by an accident? One night during a storm, when people staggered blindly along, their umbrellas held straight in front of them, a woman put the point of her umbrella into my father's eye. At the time he thought but little of the matter, but some nerve was injured, and he has been almost blind ever since. That is nearly three years ago. While laid up, he invented a way to prevent such accidents. He proposed to sew an eyeglass into the umbrella, so that a person could look ahead and avoid any obstruction." Not a bad idea, I should think. I suppose he patented it and lost a pile of money; inventors always do." "Yes, he lost more money than we could afford, making experiments, and I did my best to spoil a dozen fine umbrellas—we had quite a lot of them—by cutting holes in them and sewing in bits of glass that wouldn't stay in place after all." "But the patent? Why couldn't he sell that for lots of money?" "The patent? Oh, he never got a patent. It seems that some one took a patent on the same idea more than 40 years ago. It cost papa about $400 to find that out. Patent lawyers are expensive. Poor papa! Between the Spanish Inquisition and his patent umbrella—" And a sigh finished the sentence. "Did he show his idea to any umbrella makers?" "Oh, yes. But when he found that he couldn't get, a patent he lost heart and put the dozen umbrellas away in a corner, each umbrella with a big hole but with no glass as yet. That's why I have no umbrella to day." "Blessed invention!" I ventured, and I really meant it. Miss Robertson flushed slightly. "You wouldn't say so if you knew what it has cost us." "I know an umbrella maker," I went on. "He's an intimate friend of mine. Do you think your father would object to my taking one of his sample umbrellas to my friend? Patent or no patent, it might be worth something. You might at least get your $400 back again." "You are very kind. I will speak to him about it. Here is my street; goodnight, and thank you." "I was loath to let her go." "Suppose I ask your father at once; would that do any harm?" Miss Robertson's pretty brow contracted for a few seconds. "I think not," she said, finally, and we went on. "My father is a little peculiar. Illness has made him so; if he is a trifle brusque, you must put it down to the whim of an invalid." We stopped at an old-fashioned, comfortable house of the plainer sort, and "My book on the Spanish Inquisition." Miss Robertson opened the door with a latch-key. After climbing two flights of stairs I was ushered into a plainly furnished but exquisitely neat and clean room. There was a lamp on the table, under the light of which an old woman sat sewing. Before a grate fire sat a man who must have been an exceedingly handsome fellow in his youth. Even at 65 his white hair and bushy beard and eyebrows gave no sign of illness, for his complexion was as rosy as that of a child, and as his keen ears detected the step of a stranger there was almost the elasticity of youth in the way he stood up and, holding to the arm of his chair, waited for explanations. Miss Robertson nodded to the old woman and kissed her father. "Papa dear, here is a gentleman who wants to talk to you about your work. By the way, it has just occurred to me that I do not know your name. This is terribly improper, is it not?" She smiled as she took her father's hand in hers and gently patted it. The old man waited silently. "You see, papa dear, this gentleman has been very kind in helping me at the library; and to-night, as I had no umbrella and as it was raining, he insisted upon bringing me home." "You are welcome, sir. Ellen, has the gentleman a chair?" And until he heard me sit down the old man remained standing. "You wish to see me about my book on the Spanish Inquisition. Are you a publisher?" "No, no, papa dear. It is about the umbrella that Mr.—" and again she paused. "Seymour," I said—"James Seymour." "—that Mr. Seymour wishes to see you. On the way home we happened to see something that suggested our patent to me, and Mr. Seymour knows an umbrella manufacturer who might be interested in the matter, even if nothing more came of it." While her father pondered she said to me: "We speak of it as our patent, although, as I told you, we have no patient." "I could take my friend one of your umbrellas this evening," I said. What awful lies we detectives have to tell! THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA Miss Robertson looked at her father. "You are very kind," said the father. "The trouble is, Mr.-Mr.-" "Seymour," the girl prompted. "Ah, yes, thank you, dear—Mr. Seymour—you are very kind, but we have not one umbrella fit to show. My daughter has not succeeded in sewing the eye-glass piece in so that it holds its place when the umbrella is opened and closed." "I can easily finish the one I began last," said Miss Robertson, "if Mr. Seymour could wait for a few moments." "Most certainly I can," said I, perfectly happy, and willing to wait all night if necessary, "and—" Here I stopped to listen to a queer noise or succession of noises coming through the half-closed door of the next room. It was the sort of sound that is made by a pump when sucking air instead of water, or by a person in great distress from asthma. "That's Mrs. Wiggins," said Miss Robertson, jumping up. "Please excuse me for a moment." She left the room, closing the door after her. I had hardly begun to talk with Mr. Robertson before she came back. "Mrs. Wiggins says that supper will be spoiled unless it is eaten at once—this minute. And, as it will take me a good many minutes to make that umbrella presentable to a real umbrella manufacturer, may I ask Mr. Seymour to take supper with us?" Before the father could add his request I had assented, without attempt to hide my pleasure. "It is ready now, and on the table," she went on, ushering me into the next room, which proved to be a tiny room even for three persons—so small, in fact, that every time Mrs. Wiggins appeared from the kitchen Miss Ellen had to rise and move her chair to let her in. "This room often reminds me," said Miss Robertson, "of the lady who closed her first visit to a New York flat with the remark: 'Well, now that I have seen all the closets,' where are the rooms?' She must have come from Virginia, our old home; we have big houses there. But if it is a closet or no better, it's our own. With Mrs. Wiggins"—here the same curious sound of a pump in distress made itself heard—"that's Mrs. Wiggins now;" and Miss Ellen jumped up to allow that singular old woman to come in with a dish of roasted rabbit. When the door closed after her, "Mrs. Wiggins has her peculiarities, as you may observe," said Miss Robertson, laughing. "That peculiar snort of hers is something I can't understand, except as a signal to open the door. You see, I have to get up every time the door is opened; and, as Mrs. Wiggins usually has her hands full of plates or carries a tray, she cannot knock." "And to kick she is ashamed; or perhaps she feels that it would be undignified," added Mr. Robertson, with a smile. "So she snorts," said Miss Ellen. "And she can also cook," said I, for the rabbit was excellent and cooked to perfection. Roast rabbit was something I had not tasted since I came from the country. "I really don't know what we should do without her, papa, dear. You see," turning to me, "she stays in the room with my father a great deal of the time while I am away, so that she can get him whatever he requires." And so we chatted throughout the meal, with but one shadow upon the feast. I felt that I was a traitor. Here I was eating and enjoying the bread of these good people and meanwhile plotting their ruin. Another week's acquaintance with the Robertson family, and I should be ready to throw the Gazette overboard and help the criminals to escape. After the meal was over and Mrs. Wiggins had snorted at the kitchen door for the last time and gone home, we sat down by the fire, and while Mr. Robertson gave me a somewhat rambling account of his researches upon the Spanish Inquisition—at least it seemed rambling to me, perhaps because of a disturbing vision upon the other side of the fireplace—Miss Ellen worked deftly at one of the famous umbrellas, and I talked as cleverly as I knew how, trying to divide my remarks between the Spanish Inquisition and the patent umbrella. Very much too soon those deft and dainty fingers had finished their task. "There," excalimed Misa Robertson, with an accent of triumph, interrupting her father's graphic description of the persuasive effects of thumbscrews as manipulated by the Spanish Inquilitors. "I do believe practice makes perfect. If that eye-glass falls out, I shall be surprised. Nevertheless, Mr. Seymour, you can tell your friend that this is the work of a beginner. By the way, it's my old school umbrella." I tested the work and shook the umbrella up and down. It had been so long since I had had a taste of anything like home life, and this little glimpse of a home had been so grateful to me, that I was sorry to find that the glass held in place. It might be a long time before I was invited to sit before that fire again. Half-past eight rang out from the little clock on the mantel-shelf. I had no further excuse for staying. "Whether or not I succeed in convincing my friend of the value of this great invention," I said, getting up. "I must thank you both for a pleasant evening." And I told them something of my boarding house life, the only one open to a young man who comes from the country to make his way in the great city. In return they told me something of their old home in Virginia. "Come again as soon as you can and let us know the result," said the old man, rising to bid me good-by. 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Checks cleared through the National Bank of Virginia. Loans negotiated. Its never too late to save your money and remember "A dollar saved is a dollar earned." Four per cent interest allowed on deposits. Checks cleared through the National Bank of Virginia. Loans negotiated. DIRECTORS. Rev. A. Ferguson Rev. W. S. Christian, Anderson Evans, J. Henry Jones, Lewis L. Banks, Charles West, Benjamin Smith. Rev. A. Ferguson Rev. W. S. Christian, Anderson Evans, J. Henry Jones, Lewis L. Banks, Charles West, Benjamin Smith. ae a al i re as ait Vac. Ue eres (a . Wyss ae Wy , Sa SATURDAY, JAN, 6, 1900 RHYMES AND RUNES. MWhen Peasy Goes to Market. (When Perry takes ber basket up And off to market goes, Fm stupefied with wonder a ‘How very much she knows. Bhe makes her way between the stalls And with jwxlicial air ‘Decides that this ts “'so and #0” ‘And that is “pretty fair.” Bho krows {f fish are fresh or not, And wise as any owl, Bhe differentiates between A cnicken and a fowl. Bhe thumbs the breastbune of the one ‘And pults the other's legs; She xquints her pretty little eyes ‘To test the new-lald eggs. ‘The ver"tables must be Just right, For with a critic's eye Bhe scans them, not inclined to pass ‘Their imperfections by.» Bhe calls the market folks by name; Ab, what a lot she knows, When Porgy takes her basket up And off to market goes! When Peggy does the marketing, ‘My heart with pride she fills; 2 go along, a useless thing, Exeept to pay the bills. Johnstone Murray, in What to Eat. Soe ege F was once a great reformer with a purpose ‘sianch and true, fre show misguided peopid Just the things they ought to do. fpot the way the opposition tried to cheat mo was « shame. bay only chance to beat “em was to learn thelr littie game, Be T had to drop my objects philanthropic and high-toned. fMfy plans of reformation for the present 1 "were postponed. Fuoth I: “Uniens T hit the pace and leat fay came the dance, By elevated ‘purpores wit never get a chance.” ‘Whe I got elected and had climbed to lofty heights, ir acheme to throw me down brought [weary days and anxious nights, |X had to keep on guessing as to "who" and “when” and "how." ff was once a great reformer. I'm a pot Biclan now. Ears ‘Star. . pe ‘Gneomplainingly she bore the mot! housewife care and unremitting toll, be it said, throughout her length of womanly reward was stinted praise. Uvsd a life as iowly as the loam, fet just her patient smile suggested heme mother-love that watched o'ertrundle: en’ the pralseloss husband often said Be made his home-life happy. when the “riends had crossed upon her Dreast Ured hands, that she might better rest, noted the angelic smile of peace ‘wore at labor's end and toll’s surceaxs aplteph to mark her grave they framed while mo deed of martyrdom was ‘named, nes told all of wife and mother strife— writ beneath her name: “A Farm- ‘ex's Wito— She made his home-life happy.” y Farrell Greene, in Good Housekeep- tng. oS Bates Dally Pecks. Gatly tasks are hard for thee, © toller of the eartht ‘acest not the dignity ‘That gives them priceless wortn, might @ child, with careless thought, ‘Throw by the haif-writ page, even Know how far tt taught ‘The lessons of his age. learnst o'er and o'er agzin Zn painful ways and slow, 1¢ wisdom God would share with men— ‘The lore His angels know, He who sent neceseity ‘To guide thy wayward tread, Dids thee find in service free » Thy daily heavenly bread. Jove thy Iife and hold it dear— © count it sweet and Dlest! ts thy friend, to show thee clear ‘Thy loving Lord's beheat. ‘Elizabeth French, in Springfeld (Mass, ‘Republican. Wasestdticns, man who signs his name and draws ‘Hie placid dollars from the bank boyhood dreamed of loud applause ‘For an adventurous soldier's rank. ‘man who fights from day to day For fame or fortune—or for bread— Tas wont to boast that he'd display Buck wealth that lords must bow the ead. man who tries to spoak a Jest pede thoughtless duris which cause « ream he turns to, wisdom's guest A laughing world will mock anf jeer. Joves ovr prophecies to slight, Pride should flaunt her plumes too ‘free: things we are are never quite The things which we have meant to be. “Washington Star. Gallantry. ‘Ho was strong and she was fair, ‘They hurried through the strest, ‘And sheets of rain were falling there, Asi water splashed thelr feet. Bho carried uo umbrella; he Held ene above his head: “ray share my shelter, miss, with ma,” very geatly said. ‘A frat olf woman, poorty clad, ‘Tradged on the way they went; ‘Her hoad was bare, ber leok was sad, ‘And ake was pale and bent. ‘The sir! looked ap and then replied! “You're very, very kind!"— ‘They hurried onward side by aide, ‘The woman trudged behind. —® EB Kiser, in Chicage Times-Herala. _ Sue Opes meant. Would you understand ‘The language with ne word, ‘Fhe speech ef brook and bird, (Of waves along the sana? Would yoo make your own ‘The meaning of the leaves, ‘The song the silence weaves Where Hitie winds made mount | ‘Would you know how sweet ‘The falling of the rill, ‘The calling on the hiit— AN tungs the days repeat? ' Neither alms nor art, ‘No toll, can help you hear: ‘Whe secret of the car | Tain the pen heart. __ ~Join Vance Cheney, ia Century. Bibiies) Information, “Now, boys,” said the Sunday schoo! » “ean any of youname the three t teaste of the Jews?" <Yesm.” replied ou little fellow. ‘ery well, Joknay. What are they?” “Breakfast, Aine eat upper,” was Unconseleusty logical reply —Tit- IN ARID COLORADO. Irrigation Has Changed the Desert Into a Garden, But the Prost Is Reaped by Water Monopolies Whose Proprietors Grow Fat on the Sweat of the Totlers, Bpecial Denver (Col) Letter.) GREAT change is taking place A in Colorado. Many eastern peo- ple are under the mistaken im- pression that the mining industry is the principal source of its prosperity, but the stock and farming industries are much more profitable, Certainly they are more lasting. The profita of agriculture and stock raising during the present year are estimated at $60, 000,000. This rapid increase is mainly owing to the numerous irrigation en- terprises, especially in southern Colo- rado—the arid district. There are in Colorado about 5,000,000 acres of land susceptible of irrigation, and practical. ly valueless without water, About half of this area is now under irrigation and cultivation. To water this desert region here have been constructed within the past few years 12,000 miles of irrigating canals. The capital ex- nded is estimated at $5,000,000, not Including the purchase of the arid lands. ‘These irrigating canals extend southward frem Denver to Pueblo Canoa City, Trinidad, Durango, De Beque, and throughout the Grand, Sax Lula and Arkansas valleys, tapping th mountain streams for hundreds o! miles, From these large canals small ca nals are run in various directions, ear rying water to farmerr throughow! the districts, thus gridirontng the val leys with artificial streama and, t some extent, modifying the dry, heat ed atmosphere. ‘These canals are 10 or 12 feet dee] and about 20 feet wide at the bottom sloping outward at the top. The bot tom and sides are, of course, cement ed “water tight." The larger ones have » capacity of irrigating about 50, 000 acres of lang In construc’$ng these immense ca nals the buildi ts have adopted the pre a : CO io Eee She eet i Sint a ica a eee Sah ee ee ee oi erate bavi hedts 5 Caan See ype - Ee tae eae ek Eo. Se ca Pe Geom a i ate RE BAe Tee eS, bY cs Bie ee ee Dine an ieiianiadGattcnts ce ee Ristorie grades and/followed the lines of the ruined and forgotten primitive irrigating ditches of the aboriginal tribes who inhabited this country ages ago. The modern engincer finds that he cannot improve upon these scientific channels, Here are the ruinsof ancient Yeeervoirs, into which were led the fertilizing streams from the moun- tains and the rivers to nourish thelr growing crops. * In this arid section i requires about 18 inches of water yearly to. grow crops. This water is distributed in aix irrigations, of about three inches each, at stated intervals. There ia much @issatisfaction among the farm- era at the appropriation of these nat- ural streams by the water syndicates. Steck raisers must also pay a royalty ieee ok basot tae ? i 4 a es ae Sees 7 ans Ae yf nfs Wry ari {RR neem es 7 1 ae TSS ae HEADGATE OF Canaz. for water, as the streams are fenced with barbed wire, or guarded. The few sluggish streams on the desert ‘oon run dry, or sink into the sands, and during the heated term, when no rains fall in this arid region, thousands ef dead cattle are seen on the plains— perished for the lack of water which in taken from them by the big compa- nies. The loss in cattle and sheep by the appropriation ef these streams is immense. Water can only be had by purchasing steck In the company, and upon the face of each certifloate ts a description ef the land to which the water is to be spplied. Based upor this certificate the company issues to the farmer a water deed, or check, for the quantity he is entitled to. The holder is entitled te a voice in the management of the eompany. When he sells his land the water stock goes with it. The water is the most valuable part of the farm. * Dhis important fact is usually ever pout by the easterm purchaser, until is too late. He should first endeavor to get land near an unappropriated stream—if he can find any in southers Colorade; otherwise he will land with- $a the grasp of the water ectopus and Gnd himself making yearly payments tor his farm long after he has paid for the land. ‘That fm, he ast continue t fer water or abundgn his ranch BES be within » hundred yards of » ving” stream, but he ts not permitted to dig a ditch and tap that stream, though he sees “oceans” of water run- ning by his door and to waste. The stream has been “appropriated” by the irrigation company and he must get hia supply from them. A “water right” costs from $1,000 to $2,600 for an eighty-acre farm, near the towns; but out in the arid regions the stock is sold at smaller Sgures, and the farmer pays, In addition, about $2 per acre, yearly, for water. As water is most valuable where it is scarce, these companies practically hold a mortgage upon the productive energies of the people of the districts. ‘True, they have greatly alded in re- claimipg the waste lands, but there is no doubt that Colorado would soon be- ‘come even more populous and wealthy were it not for the wholesale appropria- tion of the streams by the irrigating com anies. A number of these com- Paniea have located, through “dum- mice,” extensive af government lands. Then they appropriated the rivers and creeks and buft their stor age reservoirs and irrigating canals. They pay the government price and charge the settler from $10 to $20, or more, per acre. According to govern- ment land office reports nearly 1,000,- 000 acres of land have been taken in Colorado during the past year and nearly all of it is owned by these water companies, Ofcourse, irrigation greatly increases the value of these arid lands, but the asttlers claim the right to do the irrigat- ing. If the streams were not monopo- [ized by the corporations, each farmer (or the settlements), could construct thelr own ditches, and tap the streama. Some of them are sinking artesian wells, and will thus be Independent of ‘the irrigating canals. That is why the ‘government is asked to sink artesian wells in Colorado desert lands. | Tein held that the federal government should the water supply, both In the {nteresta of public and private lands. The settlers hold that the water naturally belongs to the lands—it is part of the land, and cannot be segre- gated. ‘This comes down from the aborigines, who claimed that water was commun- ity property. It belonged to all—ne one could take that which belonged to Sthers. but esch persow was entitled rs much ashe could tse. Forthiehe gave his share of labor in constructing ditches, ete. They held that the water, like the air, was free to all, the man and the beast, and no one individual had a fight to take unto himself that which belonged to all. Under the laws of Colorado this orient law {s reversed. A person may “appropriate” a stream and no one may take water out of it with- out first paying him. He owns the wa- ter by prior “discovery,” or location, and his neighbors above and below him must pay him a royalty. Under the aboriginal custom, and the Spanish law, the water is a part of the lund. Thia is what is called “riparian rights” and was also embodied in the old Roman law. It is now construed otherwise, against the interests of the government and the general public. Who shall own the streams must soon become a national issue, as millions of ecres of land are forever worthless. Shall a few corporations own these streams (and practically the land) or the people to whom they naturally be- long? Irrigation {= comparatively new in Colorado, These large enterprises have sprung into existence within the last ten years, since the tide of immigra- tion haa begun to flow in and created ® great demand for lands—especially public lands. Much of this arid region is being planted to sugar beets. It is well adapt- ed to thelr culture and it is predicted that the desert regions of the United States will eventually become the main source of the sugar supply of this coun- try. The beets raised here contain from 200 to 800 pounds of sngar to the ton, a larger per cent. than the beets growr in less warmer sections. ‘The beet is an adjunct to cattle and hog raising. It fa an excellent food and makes the milk of the cow much sweet- er and increases the flow. They are also fed to horses and sheep. And as less water is needed for irrigating them, farmers are turning their atten- tion to this culture as a measure of economy. It bas been generally be- Keved that beets canont be successfully grown where {irrigation is necessary; but ft is here demonstrated that even a better quality is produced on arid lands. J. M. SCANLAND. | @ood News for the Unemoloyed Llive right here in the nor:b. I am ‘n touch with those who need help aan fiud out who is unreasonable and anjusc. [I have a steady demand for good women as cooks, chambermaids snd general servants, and often for, rood indoor and ou!door men servants. / Upay your fereto whichis added a | easonnble amount for expenses and ees. [take no orders under any cir- sometances from disreputable houses od hel's of that kind, and the best rotection is afforded the respectable girl who respects herself. Send one stamp for information to F. Z. 8. Paxeaaino. Albany. N. Y. 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HL white, 501 w, Leigh 88) Srnmarmmo, O. John W. Huffman, 608 Lagonda Ave Sroxn Curr, W, Va. = B. D. Coles Sauem, Va. 8.R Anderson, Beuqa, Aus. Engen T. Fisher ‘Toewarze, W. Va. 0. H. Spruill. Unsaxa, Va. W. D. ‘Barris @a0m, Wi. O. WW HL Moore, 8Sialbery St, Jan. G, Blain, 810 8. Teh By, Waacerviita, Va. Wes J. wee. ve: xusiina, W. Vat M. F. sf og, 18 X, Brosdway . F. Jeanin| é Waco, texas “ Wawona urn Samuel ‘Toliver Wasurna rom, D Qooper 82 tun *ereey HEY PLANET THE RAMBLER Does not the law of God that applied to priests concerning their marrying, in the Old Testament, apply to gospel ministers in this Christian dispensa- tion? The common acceptation of a priest is one who ministers and administers in holy things—a clergyman. It is a difficult matter to prove that a Baptist Medicalist or Presbyterian minister is not a Priest, although not so called. In Lev 21, we said that a Priest shall not take a wife that where, or pro- fane, neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband, for he is holy unto the Lord. "And he shall take a wife in her virginity, a widow or a divorced woman, or prefane, or a barlot, these shall he not take, but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. Neither shall they take for their wives widow, nor her that is put away, but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before." Ezekiel 44. NO WIFE FOR HIM Thus you perceive that a priest, a minister is forbidden to take to him self as a wife, any woman not a maid, a virgin, or the widow of a priest, let the possessions or ability be what they man. Maid—a young unmarried woman, virgin, a woman who has had no caremation knowledge of a man; a maiden Maiden an unmarried woman, especially if young, a maid, virgin. It is so plain that a way faring man though a fool need not err therein. It is astonishing why some preachers in taking wives to themselves will not conform to the above laws. Some old men say, that they are afraid of misers as Peter was at the trial of Jesus Christ. The law does not give the age of the Priest. It is understood to apply to Priests of all ages and sizes. The old Priest is to take a maid to wife as well as the young priest. If the old Priest entices his procuring a wife into the hands of Christ the Head of the Church, he will give him a virgin, a maid, who will prove to be a wife to him in every sense the word. The minister in his marriage ceremony says: "What God hath joined together let no man put asunder." According to such. God must have a hand in marriages, then why not trust him? A PECULI&R ANNOUNCEMENT To where are we drifting? I see an announcement in the "Christian Banner, that a colored Baptist Church in Philadelphia at its Christmas services: "Mass will be sung by the choir in the evening." As an ecclesiastical term there are twelve or more different kinds of mass: a heavier mass is a musical service rendered in connection with the celebration of the eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church. It is appalling to see where some pastors, for the sake of drawing a congregation, get money. Fifth here will lead their churches. Some Baptist pastors will lead their churches into the observance of Easter. a heathen feast, merely to get money. Some think because the term Easter is in Acts 12:4, that they must observe it. Leading theologians outside of the Roman Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church hold that it is an improper translation, "solely derived from the English church for it properly means the passover." It is said that the protest by the founders of the General Association colored is "a sham, an incongruous jargon." It is said so have been issued, "by the most influential colored Baptists of the state." The "Christian Banner" in its issue of the 22nd inst. wishes to know, "Do the white Baptists consider the Negro Baptists a part of the great Baptist family, or a foreign element? According to the American Baptist Year Book, they are classed as foreigners, or with them and not with the native white Baptist of this nation. For years the front part of the said book had 1V groups. Group III is composed of "Foreign and colored populations." The colored National Baptist organizations are in that group. It is clear we are not classed with those "to the manor born" Perhaps we are the cause of it. Instead of calling ourselves American citizens we call ourselves Negroes or Afro-Americans. WANT A MEDIATOR. Some propose a mediator, between the National Baptist Convention, its constituents and the Lot Carey Convention and its constituents, and the Virginia Baptist State Convention and her constituents. I do not know that a mediator will amount to anything. I know that "to err is human, to forgive is divine. To underder that the unfortunate, uncalled for "split" is irreconcilable, for these reasons. The National Baptist Convention is charged with believing, misappropriating, neglecting africans, robbing her missionaries in Africa, yes, represented to the public as a dishonest body. The Virginia Baptist State Convention is charged with breaking a compact, which her minutes of 1899 show she did not, that she is hostile to the Union University and refuses to be a feeder thereto, that she is malicious, prejudiced, envious to white persons, and desires no more communication with them than the Jews had with the Seminarians. With such alleged charges, and published broad-cast to the public and the audience of the Home Mission Monthly to the Virginia Baptist State Convention, put forth reconciliation between said Convention and the General Baptist Association of Virginia, colored. I have, and I think others are like me, lost all confidence in the brethren of the General Association, and acting as they have without a cause, show they are not to be trusted. Where is the law, municipal, state or national, local or general, that no person, or persons shall publish Baptist Society S., or otherwise, but the American Baptist Publication Society? Where, also, is such law that no person, or persons shall use colored school, except the American Baptist Home Mission Society? There are persons who talk and write as though the National Baptist Convention and the Virginia Baptist State Convention are committing a trespass upon and infringing upon the rights of the Publication Society and the Home Mission Society. The union, the world, is big enough for them all. So mote it be. FROM BEDFORD CITY. Woods—Johnson. Editor of The PLANET: Wednesday afternoon at 12:80 o'clock, Rev. W. W. Woods, pastor of the Washington St. Baptist Church and Miss Julia A. Johnson, instructor in the City Public School, were united in the bonds of holy matrimony at Big Island, Va., the home of the bride, by Rev. J. S. Brown. The parlor was beautifully decorated with evergreens and choice flowers. The wedding march was played by Miss Minnie Horner of Bedford City, Mr. G. L. Brown and Miss Ella Terry led the way and halted before a beautiful arch, then followed Mr. Charles Christian with Miss A. J. James of Roanoke city, followed by Mr. Preston Johnson and Miss Mary Sargregs, followed by the maid of honor, Miss Ella Tinsley with the groom. The bride came in leaning on the arm of Mr. Edmond Woods, the brather of the groom, and under the arch where they were made one. The bride was attired in white chukka silk and the skirt in the conventional black. The maid of honor was dressed in the same costume of the bride. Her an enjoyable repast, the bride en-groom left for their future home in Bedford City, where they were royally entertained by the following parties: On Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah Thomas; Thursday evening, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis; Friday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Powell; Saturday at 3 P. M., a choice dinner by Deacon W. H. Brown Sunday at 3 P. M. a sumptuous feast was spread by Rev. and Mrs. Silas Smith. The new couple received many costly and valuable presents from their many friends. We wish them a long and happy life. ST. LUKE'S BREVILIES On Wednesday, December 20th, the funeral of Mrs. Angie Scott, wife of Deacon Alpheus Scott, and a member of Magdalena Council, 125 was presched at the Fourth Baptist Church, by Rev. E. Payne. The deceased has been a faithful member of Magdalena Council for 8 years. The Council paid the last tribute of respect to her, and she was handsomely buried in white broad cloth case. Wellington Harris (affiliating. Mrs. Mattie F. Johnson, Degree Chief; Ida B. Williams, Recording Secretary. At the St. Luke Hall, Friday, December 29th, Miss Eliza Kiely gave to her private school a beautiful Xmas tree. The tree was ladened with presents for both pupils and teacher. The exercises were creditably rendered. School every day from 10 A. M. to 1 P. M., at St. Luke Building. The Endowment Board met Tuesday January 3rd. Reports all came in favorable, and the work on an increase. Reported 100 new policies issued for the month. The death claims of Payne Ranom, $50, St. Matthew Cennail, 33; Collin Wilkins, $50, Mt. Lebanon, 10 of Petersburg. V. Faillie Lewis, $50, Amity, 38; Angie Scott, $50; Magdaiene, 125, was paid. This pays the claims for the year 1899. The Board of Juvenile Department met Saturday, December 31. The work is prospering, and the matrons feel very encouraged for the work done during the past six months. Mrs. A. Dawley of Norfolk, Va., made application this week for a chart to establish a Council in Wytheville, Va. Mrs. A. Dawley is National Lecturer of the Southern District. Mrs. Maggie L. Walker will initiate a council at the head of Broad Ft., known as Ham's Council, Monday, December 8, 1900. This council has for its officers: Brother David Bratford, W. G.; Charles Thompson, V. C; Thornton Leo Cost, Recording Secretary; Financial Secretary David Thompson; Treasurer, George Brown, Worthy Father, David Bratford; C. Adv. Ellis Williams. The gentlemen and ladies of this Association, are very earnest in their efforts, and the St. Luke's feel very encouraged at their efforts. Union Prospect Council, No. 98, of Wordsville, Va., initiated 1b candidates at their last meeting, and have a great many more. East End Union Council, No. 132 of Church Hill are adding to their numbers. Evergreen Council, 159, is still on the increase. The secretary of the Council gives favorable reports. Mr. W. H. Morgan of Ooleley Council and Miss Martha A. Smith of Hannah's were united in matrimony Tuesday, December, 24th. They will reside in the future at 1022 N 5th St. We hope for the young couple a pleasant sailing through life. St. Matthew Council, No. 28, celebrated their 28th Anniversary. Tuesday, January 3, 1800 M. H. Hill, Recording Secretary gave an annual report for work done in the Council during the year. Miss Ella J. Williams read a paper, which was enthusiastically received by all present M. H. Griffin, Degree Chief; J. R. Griffin, F. S. M. W. Hill, R. S.; Armistead Miller, Treas. The Council begins the New Year with bright prospects for success. Rescue Council 150, will initiate a club of gentleman Thursday January 11, 1900. The Council's of Petersburg, Va., had a mass meeting in November, and the result of the meeting is felt in every Council. Sister Rebecca Randolph, and Brother R. H. Cooley, are leading the numbers. We hope for the councils a happy New Year. Thebaus' Anniversary. Last Thursday night, the Theban Social Club celebrated its second anniversary at Price's hall with a magnificent supper Arrangements for the occasion had been carefully planned by an efficient committee, therefore the results of the event were attended by a mark degree of success. The affair which was a full dress one, demanded nothing less than high bourn admiration and indeed the scene was their beauty. The ladies wore their silk gown with their dainty folds, and danced to sweet strains of entrancing music. The officers are: R. O. Mundin Press, Wm. Armstead V. P., Stephen Davis, Sec.; Armstead, A. Sec'; Chatman White, Treasurer; C. Bernard Gilpin, Chaplain THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND. VIRGINA GONE BEFORE. MISS MARY K. Allen, the devoted little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. wm. B. Wood, departed this life, Dec. 28th, 1899 at 1:80 P. M., at the residence of her parents in Dinwiddie County, where they have resided for ten years. She was a devoted little daughter and much loved and treasured by her parents. she was born in Richmond in the year of 1876, where she spent 18 years of her life. Afterwards she moved with her parents to Dinwiddie Co. Va., the place of death. She bore her suff-rings with patience and Christian fortitude during the time of the confinement to her bed which was one month and two weeks. Her funeral services took place at the Giffield Baptist Church of Petersburg Va., at 2 P M., Dec. 28th. The services were conducted by Rev. Henry Williams, the highly prized pastor of Giffield Church. Miss Mary died in the Christian faith, having been a member of the Fourth Baptist Church of Richmond, Va., for ten years and was very devoted to her church. She often spokes of it during the trying hours of her illness. Her last words were "I am trusting the Lord." A large crowd of friends and relatives attended the funeral services at the church, many of whom followed her saired remains to the place of interment in the Blandford Cemetery to pay the last earthly tribute of respect to their venerable little friend, Mr and Mrs. Wm. B. W. Wood's family burying ground is in the Symeary Cemetery, Richmond, Va., but owing to the fact that no more burying was allowed in that place; except by those owning sections that have not been filled, they could not bury their sweet little daughter there where her remains so justly belong, so they had to have buried in the Blandford Cemetery. Petersburg, Va. Her parents are now prostrated with grief on account of her death; but in the language of Job, they are able to say, "The Lord giveeth and the Lord taketh awa", bless be the name of the Lord. Miss Mary leaves to mourn their loss a mother, step-father, grand-mother, eight aunts, four uncles, and a host of other relatives and friends. Her step-father, Mr. Wm. B. Wood is well-known in Richmond where he has been a deacon and trustee of the Fourth Baptist Church of Richmond about 26 years. He is at this time a very important attachee to the Central State Hospital, where he has been employed for 44 years. Ever since his employment he has been the on y conductor of religious services at the Hospital. He takes great interest in such work. Miss Mary Allen was buried in a beautiful Antique casket. There cannot be too much praise given to Mr. James M. Wilkerson, one of the most popular funeral directors in Petersburg for the most efficient way he superintended the funeral. The following were the graecefully gentlemen who asked as pall-bearers Messrs. Frank Smith, Aderson Smith, Charles Johnson, Johnny Johnson, William Wyehs and George Taylor. Gone! Gone! Gone! one, Gone to thy tomb, God hath recalled thee In thy youthful bloom. Death hath its singer, Rest upon thee now, Still beauty lingers. On thy pillow bow. Gone! Gone! Gone! one, Gone to thy rest. God hath recalled thee, In thy youthful bloom. Her Mother Y. M. G. A. Notes. The Young Men's Christian Association wishes all "A happy new year." Our General Secretary, S. O. Burrell, visited the Penitentiary last week to see a young man from Norfolk. He was well pleased with the visit. The boys under the committe- ship of Frank Baceus and Geo. Jack- son, last Wednesday at 10 A. M., led a surprise out to the Orphan Asylum. It was enjoyed by all. The boys Auxiliary, represented by Mrs. Baceus and Mrs. Cosby, led a surprise on the interior of the Alma House, last Wednesday S. P. M. They were assisted by Mr. George W. Roane and Mr. Frank W. Quarles. The explanation on the Sunday School lesson last Saturday by Proof Genung, of the Va. Union University, was well attended. The boys were set in large numbers last Sunday to hear the most timely and instructive address by President Clifton Cabel. Subject, "Sowing Seed." The men last Sunday were well paid for coming out to hear the instructive and practical address by Rev. R. J. Bass Subject, "What is your record?" The address will be remembered by all who were present. The boys Sunday, 4 P. M., will have a Bible Study. All boys are invited to take a part. Doctor G. M. P. King, formerly of Wayland Seminary, Washington, D. C., now of the Va. Union University, will deliver a special address to the men Sunday at 5:30 P. M. at our rooms. Special music. Free to all men. FROM HARTFORD Rev. A. D. Chandler, pastor of the Union Baptist Church, Wooster St., preached an interesting sermon. Sunday morning, D.-e Slist; text "God's leading of His people." For his evening text, "The future for God's people." Miss Frances Jackson of Jackson, Ga., is the guest of Mrs. D. Daniel Hilton of 410% Garden St. Mr. Frederick Taylor, janitor of the police building is ill with pneumonia. The Christmas exercises which were held Dec. 25th and 29th for the benefit of the Union Baptist Church Sunday School was a success. There were several solos and restitutions rendered by the little ones. At 10 p.m., Santa Claus stepped in and made their hearts rejoice with books, dolls, games, candies and toys. Too much credit cannot be given to the superintendent, Deacon J. O. Taylor, and teachers. Mrs. George Boyd of 43 Wooster St., is suffering with a severe cold, but at this writing is much better. The S. S. Union which was held at the Shiloh Baptist Church Sunday, Dec. 31st was a pleasing affair. Rev. Dudley, pastor of the Union Baptist Church, was an able address. Solo was rendered by Miss Luey Johnson of the Shiloh Belfry Sunday School. Recitation by Mimi Mamis Taylor. A fine essay was read by Miss Louise Thompson of the Congregational S S. Mr. Theodore Lang of Wethersfield avenue, has been indisposed, and also his son; Arthur. They are improving. FROM CHURCH HILL Services at all the churches on last Sunday were well attended, and the most of them kept the New Year 'Watch.' The Mount Olivet Baptist Church, 25th and 8 Sts., is about completed and the dedication will commence on Sunday, the 7th inst. On last Sunday Rev. J. Andrew Bowler filled the pulpit at 11:80 o'clock. A. M., and delivered an eloquent discourse on subject, 'The Answered Prayer.' At 8 o'clock p. m., the Rev. Aroher Ferguson, pastor of Mount Galvary Baptist Church, accompanied by deson A. E. Daniel, put in his appearance according to promise and after congratulating the congregation upon their noble work in such a short time, proceeded to deliver one of the most able discourses we have ever listened to. He was very pointed in his remarks, and everybody seemed to have been well pleased. At 8 o'clock p.m., there was a well filled house, nearly every seat being occupied, to hear the Kev. A. 8. Thomas of the Sharon Baptist Church, one of Riehmond's greatest pulpit orators. He held his audience spell-bound (young and old alike at times giving vent to their feelings) as he reasoned with them out of the word of the Lord. At the conclusion of his discourse the Reverend left for his own church to conduct the New Year watch there. Immediately after the services, Revs. J. Andrew Bowler, J. H. Fauntleroy and R. J. Bass lad off in the New Year watch, and from that time till 2 o'clock, the brethren and sisters took an active part in the meeting, singing, praying and exhorting. At times, many were bathed in tears as the spirit of the Lord ran through the house. The music by the choir during the day was on a fine order, and was highly complimented. M. F. D. B.-rightwell of Bridgeport, Conn., called on us. Mr. C. A. Payne of West Virginia called on us. Mrs. H. M. Burk of Washington, D. C., is in the city and the guest of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Maria Burke on Baker Street. Mrs. James Custalo in North 5th St., who was so seriously burnt some time ago, has recovered. Miss Lottie Mitchell, the great, "water glass" dancer will appear with the comedy company at the True Reformer's Hall, Monday night in "Five Shillings." DOG ADOPTED KITTENS. Flossie Is a Remarkable Canine and Can Reason Things Out Almost Like a Woman. The Philadelphia Times tells some interesting stories of Flossie, a dog once owned by a Mr. Kramer of that city. That Flossie is a remarkable dog no one will doubt who has seen or heard of her wonderful traits. The most striking will alone be necessary to prove the assertion. It so happened when she was a member of the Kramer household that the family was disturbed by a black tabby cat that repeatedly trespassed upon the premises and annoyed the occupants by her loud crying. Flossie stood THE HAPPY FAMILY. it as long as any patient, long-suffering Christian dog could, then she determined to take the law in her own hands. This she did as soon as the opportunity presented. One day Tabby appeared within the sacred precincts of the Kramer garden. Flossie was lying in wait for her and proceeded to violently protest against the intrusion. She inserted her teeth into Tabby's neck and made so deep an impression that the cat bade farewell forever to the garden and the world. Then to her horror Flossie discovered a circumstance of which she was totally unaware. Tabby had recently given birth to kittens. There were two of these and both were still nursing. Sure death confronted them, in view of the demise of their mother, and Flossie was directly responsible for their deaths. Though she knew of their condition before this did not excuse her. She could not bring the cat back to life, so she decided to supply her place as best she could. Seeking out the little ones, she brought them home to the shelter of the Kramer house and nursed them as diligently as the fondest mother could. In a brief while the kittens becameustomed to their foster mother and grew under her care to soon take care of themselves. They are now big cats and mourned the loss of Flossie sincerely when she disappeared. Their joy on her recovery knew no bounds. Circumstances Alter Cases. "I notice," says Uncle Gabe, "dat de man dat sings. I would not live away de loudes" on Sunday am gin'ally de one dat gits to de platform fust when de train runs off de track."—N. X. World A Prolonged Address. "Does your wife talk until she gets the last word?" "Yes, and she talks after that, too."—Chicago Record. Dating Mission Work Simmon—Wille, where did you get that black eye? "It's all right, pop. I've only been villifying the boy next door."—Tit-Bits. It's What You Save Not What You Earn, That Makes You Rich. [Image of a man in a suit with a bow tie, facing slightly to the right.] R. F. Tancil, M. D., President. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SAVE MONEY and remember "A dollar saved is a dollar earned." Four per cent interest allowed on all deposits. Checks cleared through the National Bank of Virginia. Loans negotiated. DIRECTORS:—Rev. A. Ferguson, Anderson Evans, J. Henry Jones, Lewis L. Banks, Charles West, Benjamin Smith. STEPHEN M. MARQUINE, PUBLISHER E. A. Washington, Cashier. RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 1. 1900. All Master Masons, their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are respectfully invited to a mass meeting at Masonie Hall, 511 E. Clay St., on Thursday, Jan. 25, 1900, at 8 o'clock P.M. for the purpose of re-organising the order of the Eastern Star at which time plans for re-organization will be presented. MRS. JAS. H. HAYES, W. H. ANDERSON, Special Deputy LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS." This delightful farce will make its First Appearance in Richmond by Amateurs at True Reformer's Hall. January 8th, 1900. To witness this Play means an evening of unusual pleasure. If you don't want to laugh, don't come. The play begins with the Military whirl, that alone is worth the price of admission. CASTE: Mr. Golightly, Mr. Randolph Roper. Captain Phobbs, Mr. Anderson Fields. Captain Spruce, Mr. Everett Johnson. 9am. - Mr. Joseph Vandervall. Mr. Moreland, Mr. Evangelist Jackson Mrs. Captain Phobbs, Mrs. Carrie E. Hawking. In connection with the above there will be the Spanish Maze, in which the following beautiful young ladies will take a part: Misses Olara Farley, Sadie Harper, K. Gabriel Randolph, Kasie J. Cook, Hattie E. Dabney, Susie Jefferson, Mrs. Lizzie Stanard, Mrs. Carrie E. Hawkins. These will pose as living pictures: Misses Mary M. Scott, Sadie Farley, Madaline White, Susie Crump. Music will be furnished by these artists: Mrs. Fannie P Walker, Mrs. Lena V. Jackson, Miss Margaret Tinsley, Miss Bassie Murray. There will also be shadowgraphs and statuses. ADMISSION, 200. Performance begins at 8:30. 12.23-3t Established 1868. Old 'Phone 1431. J. A. & C. J. COOKE SUCCESSORS TO Henry Cooke, Night Calls and Orders by Telephone Promptly Executed. Residence Un-Stairs Messra, J. A, and C. J. Cooke, the enterprising Funeral Directors and Liverymen of 528 North Adams St., has added to their livery a fine rutber tire Casket wagon which can very easily converted into a floral wagon and also a fine light colored lining bridal carriage. They invite their many friends and patron to call and inspect. Mrs. Millie Grant Hill met with a painful accident at her residence, No. 1116 Buchanan Street, by falling from the railing of her back porch. Her face and tongue were cut in a terrible manner, requiring the assistance of three surgical doctors. The editor of the PLANET was kindly remembered by Mr. J. H. Terrell, who presented him with a fine ham Many, many thanks, Mr. Terrell has our best wishes for the prosperity of himself and family. There is talk of a certain couple hastening their marriages in order to be the first to use the new Bridal carriage which Messrs. J. A. and O. J. Cooke have just purchased. Well boys, who'll be the next? —Mr. E. S. Holmes, manager of Bishmond Beneficial and Insurance Company of Portsmouth, Va., left for Portsmouth, Sunday, Dec. 30th, after spending the holidays with his family. —Miss E. Beatrice Watt of The Reformer Department of the G. U. F. U. O. T. R., who has been visiting Roanoke, Va., has returned to the city. While there she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. McPherson. —Mr. J. H. Mason of 10 E. Daval St., has been moved from his home to Clifton Forge, under the care of the doctors there. —Mr. Z. B. Ruffin, manager of the Benevolent and Investment Company at Portsmouth, left for Portsmouth Sunday, Dec. 30th, after spending the holidays with his family. SPECIAL. Dedicatory Services of Mount Olivet Baptist Church 25th and 8 Sts., Sunday, Jan. 7, 1900. 11 A. M., Rev. R. Beechar Taylor. 3 P. M., Rev. Jacob T. Turner. 8 P. M. Rev. J. H. Holmes D. D.