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THE RICHMOND PLANET HOT WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. A FILIPINO OFFICER'S TREACHEIRY-A GEN- ERAL'S ESCAPE. A Town Captured.-Strange Report to Please the Soldiers. VOL. XVII. NO. 6. HOT WORK THE PH COLORED TROO A FILIPINO OFFICER'S ERAL'S A Town Captured.-Strange Re SAN FERMANDO, LUZON, P. I., November 1, 1899. Dear Editor:— We arrived here from Calcocean yesterday. Orders came for us to leave La Loma, but where we were to go nobody knew. We, acting accordingly moved Sunday to Calcocean. The trip was through one of the most beautiful stretches of country on earth. One who stays in Manila all the while would think this country a weste, but a trip to the interior would prove different. Everywhere you look you can see the cultivation of rice, sugar and bananas in abundance. The rice fields are green and present a beautiful appearance as far as you look you can see this beautiful panorama of manure's handiwork. We wonder the country is so fertile, there are a half dozen rivers between Manila and San Fernando 87 miles which give the country plenty of irrigation. The country we arrived here about 1:30 P. M. after a two hours' ride that any one would be pleased to have again. A PICTURESQUARE CITY. San Fernando, our present home is the third city of the group in importance and 4th in population. Its importance is due to the fact that it is the starting point for all expeditions going north. It is stated unofficially that we are to garrison the town. We are quarreased in the houses of former high-class Spaniards, and are fairly well equipped. The people in the States think that this country is laid low in waste because a state of war exists but this country is far superior to a good many places in the States; for instance this country is as high low to South Carolina, Wyoming.—these barren countries as chicken salad is to seek horse and navy beans. A trip through would cause great surprise to mo NOTE. Companies I. M; $^4$ and H. 25th are out in Mexico four miles distant. We are now in charge of a guard-house that Filipino prisoners are quartoned in. Serguean H. T. Henry, Company K who was in charge of our Gatling gun is Provost Sergeant. The Imperial 25th Infantry Quartette will give a concert, Monday evening, November 8th. Int Lieutenant Macon Russell, 2nd Lieutenant Wyatt, Haffman and H McBuzar and 8th Vol. Infantry former Sergeants of H and M companies 25th Infantry are all on duty in their official capacity with their old companies, pending the arrival of their Regiment from Richmond, Va. It is rumored that a deserter from the 25th is captain in the insurgent artillery, but it proved to be a "scaliwag," that is, a man who follows soldiers around. MESSAGES FOR HOME FOLKS. Prof. Walter Randolph, Co. K., 25th Infantry, says tell his mother and friends that he is alive and doing well and will write soon. Sergeant Mingo Saunders, Co. B., 25th who has been on a furlough in the States returned to his company at La Loma in time take part in the battle La Lema on October 9th. Mr. E. B. Johnson, formerly of Co. E., 25th Infantry was promoted to be a lieutenant in the 49th. Owing to inability to take Mr. Johnson he has not notified. Sergeant Robert Mills, Company M., 25th Infantry was promoted to last Sergeant vice Hoffman to be 2nd lieutenant. Quartermaster Sergeant Thompson, Company L, 25th is well and back to duty again after an absence of three months. The 24th Infantry is still with General Young. They entered a town this week without firing a shot. The column at last accounts was unable to go any further than the above named point owing to the fact that the river at that point was so shallow that the cascades carry; in the supplies were unable to go further. Arrangements are made to furnish 150 carrababa carts and seventy five mule teams which will be ample transportation. The natives know all about the 24th's record as fighters and are literally afraid to fire on them as they advance. Privates James Benjamin, Willie Lee and Wesley Nicholas send love to their parents and friends. They are unable to write often as there is no 17 ing mail regularly, anxiously awaited agent man is anx- trouble in Georgi- fact that the PLAN- that will, give it as there to go down escape the PLANER transportation to be the PLANET is here. Every instell- uous to know of the and recognizes the ER is the only pap- as it is. I wish I Georgia and rep San Bernardo, Luzon, P. I. Special 6:00 P. M. It is rumored that one company of the 24th was captured while out scouting this P.M. Later—Wounded soldiers going down confirm the report. Sergeant James H. Lightfoot, Co. K desires to let his parents at Mitchell Station, Culpepper Co., Va., know that he is well and hearty. He desires the PLAMER as a medium because his letters to them have not been answered. BAMBAK, P. I., Nov. 24th, 99. Editor of the Richmond PLAMER. Richmond Va. Six: Enclosed please find the capture of O'Dennell or the Twenty-fifth's all night march which please publish with best wishes of the Regiment. The 25th infantry (colored) foot solemn in weary, arrived in Bamban on Thursday, Nov. 15th, and went immediately to quarters where a much needed and welcome rest was had. Next morning the sun shown bright and the boys tired of their trudging the day before took advantage of their lay off by admiring the beautiful mountain scenery Mount Arayat arose from the sugar cane laid prairie like a mighty giant, elud in its great loftiness presenting a handsome natural study. Every one was delighted and wondering how far was the mountain when the cry went up that a party of armed insurgents had been captured and were being brought in. We turned in time to see them being escorted into the presence of the Colonel. The party consisted of an insurgent captain, his wife and ten men of his company. They were armed with ten Remington rifles, which were turned over to Colonel Burt who in turn paid them the bounty, $800.00 Mexican money. The bounty ordinance is $0 per piece. Upon being interviewed Capt. Fernando said that he had come from O'Donnell, a mountain town of great strategic and natural importance to Aguinaldo. OFFERED TO LEAD THEM Depositing his money with, and bestowing his wife to the care of the Colonel, he offered to lead the Regiment. After such an outburst of sincerity the Colonel decided to tag him so Companies B, Lt. Martin; F, Capt. Allright; K, Lt. Bates, comprising the 2nd Battalion present, with two days' rations, under command of Capt. Leonhaeuer, were ordered to be ready to move off at dark, with little or no ceremony the column got off at 7:30 P. M. taking a bee-line for the great western chain of mountains that parallel the west coast of the island of Luzon. We were soon in the foothills and after crossing a few streams we slowly but surely began the ascent of the mountains. The scene was grand and the night was beautiful. The moon shone brilliantly, casting out a flood of mellow light which shone out in bold relief against the silvery clouds that formed the background. We were first on a mount and then in the valley and finally we made the ascent and crossed the East range of this great system of mountains and were now going down a path which van through a field of sugar cane. The tall cane almost interlocked our heads forming a natural archway. This path terminated abruptly at a wide swift flowing stream which Lt. Schuck after much difficulty found a fording through which the dark column waded, filing silently up the hill which led to the heights overlooking D'Onnell an objective point. CAPTURED THE TOWN. Here we rested and formed skirmishes. All being ready, forward was the command and onward, the column moved. An outpost was found captured and placed under arrest with'. 200 yards of the trenches. The trumpet sounded, 'Charga!' And with a mighty yell the column swept forward carrying everything in its path. The enemy RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1900 unable to stand the onlaught dropped their pieces and made for the country. By this time, day had broken and the light aided us in comfortably taking care of the prisoners and our captured articles. The search common to such times was pushed with vigor all day, and all manners of arms and munitions of war were found in the houses of those who formerly claimed AMIGO (friend) Lieut. Bates with 20 men pushed on two miles further and captured an arsenal and commissary warehouse, the latter containing several cases of cool beer which was enjoyed by offles and men alike. During a pleasant night in our new capture and early next morning prepared for the homeward journey. As:20 the victorious colum move off over the wagon road. We arrived at Capit that evening where the 20 left, welcomed us with food and conducted us to our quarters. A WALCOME RETURN. Next morning, Monday, we arrived home where the boys met us with warm food and a cheering welcome. Our capture amounted to 180 prisoner-210 rifles, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, 13 carabiner teams, 24 native ponies, 600 boles, 500 bayonets and a good deal of personal property including the effects of General De Jeffi Agile's secretary of war and official documents. Above was the result of our midnight hunt which is the most complete rout and the best capture of the season, a few more such captures and the insurrection will be "It's all over now." KILLED BY FILIPINOS. Pvt. Lee with three companions of Co. B, 9th Inft., stationed at Qapia went off on a chicken hunt yesterday morning which unfortunately proved his last. The details are meagre. But a scouting party from Co. E, 25th, Inft. at Bamboon under Lieut. Corner discovered burning clothes of an American soldier and on further investigation they discovered the remains of Pvt. Lee, hacked in a terrible manner by bolos in insurgent hands and no trace of his companions. It is presumed that after they had shot Lee they cushion up unmercifully and at tempted to bury him. It is thought his companions were made captives. Senora Aguina lutea, mother of the man, was the father's son, and sister, and $90,000 (Mexican) were reported captured last night. The correspondent of the Manila "Trishuane" with Gen. McArthur's column sends the following interview with a native to his paper. The native said he escaped from Begambung upon the approach of the Americans. A. PECULIAR STORY. On the Sunday preceding the occupancy of the town by Americans, Aguinalde, who of late had been despondent was more so, and could not sleep. So jumping, like a maniac, he snatched his sword from its seaboard exclaiming, "I hate Americans, and not one of their, prisoners in my hands shall lie. In vain his wife pleaded with him to desist, but he gushed her even threatening her with his aside, broke out of the house sword, and made for the prison in which Lieut. Gilmore was confined. Upon arrival there, the guards recognizing him allowed him to pass. He went to Gilmore's cell and with his sword tightly grasped walked in. Gilmore was awake and watching the dictator, though the latter was ignorant of the fact. Gilmora unobserved drew up a loose stone from the floor and removed therefrom a tiny revolver he had kept since his capture and figured asleep. Aggie thinking his time to act had come assumed the attitude of a fencer and made a lunge, when a report rang out clear on the still night air and Aguinaldo, the famous dictator fell dead, shot through the heart. The story is not believed because we left a woman who resembled Mrs. Aggie and who would neither deny nor approved her identity, in O'Donnell last Sunday morning. The Tribune says they are not responsible for the story. RIENZI B. LEMUS, Pvt. Co. K. 25th Inft. Leigh St. M. E. Church Services. There will be services at the Leigh St. M. E. Church Sunday, Jan. 21, 1900, at 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. At 8 p. m., the pastor, the Rev. J. Edward Gundy, A. M., B. D., will preach from the first petition of the Lord's Prayer. On last Sunday, the services were well attended. Friends of the church are always welcome. Notice Great revival at Tabernacle Baptist Church, May St. between Broad and Ross Sts. Rev. E. Tartt, pastor. Come and hear Dr. Bryant of Baltimore and Rev. Fox, who are conducting the meetings. Our object is the redemption of Mayo street with the help of God. All are welcome. Theodore F. Taylor (white) Deputy Clerk of the Henrico Co. Court was arrested Monday evening last upon a charge of embezzling $1000. He is well-known among all classes, who will view with regret his downfall. Rev. J. H. Binford knows how to please the people. Hear the Jubilee Songsters at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Monday night. THE JIM OSOW OAR (Respectfully dedicated to the Members of the Virginia Legislature) Now while our legislators on separate cars are bent, For white and colored people that the races be no blen, And much good time and talent in gas we show away. To keep up irritation that the boys may make it pay: Say, why not be consistent, the logical sequence Press to a final measure in all your doing.? Please Have separate stores and markets, streets, towns and cities large; And even states and countries for the races in your charge? Our merchants then, when ordering their goods from foreign marts, Could have them done us separately to suit Virginia's marts Of local law and equity—the world's weal to conserve. And doing which we'd show to all a sample of our nerve! Such laws can only disgrace those who make them to oppress The helpless in their borders—o harass and distress; The shame is on Virginia, not on the Negro race. Whose patriotism is too pure her welfare to menace. -Eva. FROM CHUROH HILL .Church Services.-.Skinner.-.Deaths Installation of Officers. The services at the various church in this section were well attended, especially those at the Mt. Ouyet Baptist Church, corner of 25th and 31st St. At the foronoon services Rev. Willie Mitchell, of the 1st Baptist Church, filled the pupit. Afternoon, Rev. J. H. Fauntieroy, and at night, Rev. J. Ashby Jones, D. D. of the Leigh St. Baptist Church (white). Parents stop by asking your children roam the stress and fields on Sunday and send them to Sunday School, that they may hear the word of God, and accept some part of it that it may do because some good and save them from destruction. Sickness is again becoming very prevalent in this section. Among the casualties are Eddie Dudley; Mr. John Smith suffering from a broken rib; Mrs. Nancy Mallory suffering from an attack of pneumonia; Mrs. John Harris and hubbard suffering from the La Gripe and paralytic stroke; Mr. Emnest Allen suffering with pneumonia. We hope them a speedy recovery. Mr. George Washington Gilliam. The janitor of the East Bend School was taken very ill on Monday evening and after an illness of four days, passed peacefully away, entering into the unknown world twenty minutes, as we were on the way home. A wife, one son, one daughter, one brother, one sister and one nephew. A foot.step is missing in home, Which never can, we hear again. A place is vasant in our home, Which never can be filled. The following named officers of the Thessalonian Social Club were installed at their meeting room, 503 N. 80th St., last Sunday by ex President Hon. G. E. Booker; S. Walker, president; Isaiah Carter, vice-president; W. E. Patterser, secretary; J. Wright, record secretary; G. A. H. Willis, treasurer; Wm. E. Noble, sergeant-at-army; J. Green, chaplain. Another glorious day was spent at the Mount Olivet Baptist Church on last Sunday. At the foreonow services, the Rev. W. A. Mitchell prescheduled an excellent sermon to a large congregation. The Rev. Dr. George W. Bryant, who will lecture there was present and delivered a most able address. At 8:30 o'clock, the Rev. J. H. Faunteroy, pastor of New Bridge Baptist Church preached a powerful sermon to a large congregation. At night, the church was packed, every available space being filled and so large was the crowd that kind neighbors and friends sent chairs and benches in order to accommodate the hundreds of persons who turned out to hear the able discourse of Rev. M. Ashby Jones, D. D., pastor of Leigh St. Baptist Church. Many of the members of his congregation were present. On next Sunday, the 21st inst., the Rev. S. C. Burrell, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. will preside at the foreonow service. At 8:30, a sermon by Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M. At 8 o'clock p.m., a sermon by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B. D. On Monday night, the Jubilee Songsters, under the leadership of Rev. J. H. Binford will be present and give one of the greatest concerts of the season, for the benefit of the church. Rev. J. H. Holmes, D. D., while on his way home on Wednesday evening last, after paying several calls to some of his Church hill members, met with the misfortune of being thrown from his buggy. A broken shaft was the cause of the accident. Kind friends, among them, Mrs. J. H. Fauntleroy, Mrs. Wm. Murray, Mrs. Coy, Mr. E. A. Washington and Rev. J. Andrew Bowler came to his assistance. UNUS. Heavenly music at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on next Monday night. FULTON NOTES Last Sunday was a beautiful day and many persons were at the several churches. The Sunday School exercises of the three schools were good. The meeting of expression at 11:45 a.m. and the Lord's Supper services, 3:30 p.m. at the Rising Mt Zion Bapt. Church were enjoyed by all present. At 8 p.m., the pastor, Rev. F. W. Williams led his flock into green pastures. The work of the completion of the church is progressing nicely. Friends are invited to come and see for themselves and to donate liberally to the cause. Mesdames Julia Hanley, Julia Bevery, Laura Trimmel and Miss Molly Byd are here from Philadelphia, visiting friends and relatives. Mr. Columbus Conway who has been a victim of paralysis for nearly four years was quite indisposed last week. A grand surprise was led on Mr and Mrs. R. W. Whiting last Monday night by Meadames Adelaide Johnson, Marta Bates and Miss Pauline Warwick and Messa. Alpheus Scott, Alexander Franklin and many other prominent gentlemen and ladies of Church Hill. They brought with them many delicacies of the season, which were enjoyed by the family and all present. The table was loaded with good things. The company was entertained in various ways and by different person, and the wee same hours of morning found them wending their way back to Church Hill, up the grand and pleasant National avenue. Mr Whiting and family extend to them a sordid invitation to call again. Communication services at the Uuion Level Bapt. Church next Sunday, 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Lizzie Johnson returned home from Manover Co., last Saturday A. M. She has been teaching very successfully near Pole Green this term. It has been a long desire of Richmond the theatre-goers to see Mme. Cross in her favorite role of all plays. It has been often rumored that she preferred "Miss Hurricane" in Tycoon; and of course this was as far as Richmond people could go, until last week when it was announced that she would be seen in the role of all roles, "Cleopatra." Mme. Cross has won great distinction in other cities. The press, both white and colored, has spoken of the genius she possessed as a professional actress in this role. But, for some, perapsk unkind, reason she had always refused all offers to be seen in that role in Richmond, until last week when for a charitable cause she appeared upon the True Reformers' stage with Mme. Carrie E. Hawking, as "Charmian" and Mr. Edward Stephens as "Mardian." The scene took place after the production of "Lend me five shillings," and only lasted about fifteen minutes. It is needless to say that the people are worse now than ever before, for they will hardly let her rest until she plays the whole production. They have also found a good "Charman" in Carrie Hawkins. She has the original beauty and becoming grace. Monday night, the 8th inst., the fares comedy, "Lend Me Five Shillings," was produced at the True Reformers Hall by local talent for the benefits of the Colored Orphan Asyrium. The audience who witnessed the play shouted and clapped their approval in an undiguised enthusm and insisted for several moments that certain pieces should be repeated. The play was never allowed to drag. That which was not told out right in the dialogue was grasped at once by the imitator and thrown direct to the purpose, leaving the same impression as if pictured in all its details. The caste embraced the following: Mr. Golightly, Randolph Roper; Capt. Phobbs, Anderson Fields; Capt. spruce, Everett Johnson; Sam. Joseph Vandervall; Mr. Moreland, Evangelist Jackson; Mrs. Capt Phobbs, Carrie E. Hawkins; Mrs. Maj. Phobbs, M. A. Cross. The musical programme consisted of the following: Messames Mildred A. Cross, Fannie P. Walker, G. E. Hawkins and Miss Margaret Tinsley. Those who appeared in the Spanish Mme's were Misses Katie J. Cooke, Hattie Dabney, Susie Crump, Susie Jefferson, K G. Randolph, M White, C. Farley, Sadie Harper and Mme, Lizzie Staudard. The costumes worn by Mme's Cooke and Dabney were quite costly. The waists were imported. A Grand Social. The parlors of Mr. and Mrs. Scott White, of 808 N. 2nd St., were very beautifully lighted and decorated on Tuesday night, the 9th inst., and a grand social was given in honor of Mr. Arthur Stevenson who will leave this city in a few days for Florida. String music to enliven the occasion was furnished by Prof. Jim Durby and his company. While many enjoyed themselves, dancing, waltzing and two-stepping, etc., others greatly enjoyed themselves playing cards, dominos and checkers. The ladies present were richly dressed in white with lovely bouquets of carrions and roses, while the gentlemen wore suits of black. Promptly at 12 o'clock the guests marched in the dining room by the muse and at a long table heavy laden with seasonable fruits and eatables, richly enjoyed the luxuries that met their gaze as the double parlor doors were throw open. The following ladies and gentlemen were present: Misses Martha Rowiett, Beatrice White, Fannie Booker, Stuie Austin, Eliza Matthews, Louise Richardson, Luyc White, Mary Blany, Emily Austin, Mildred Austin, S. A. White, Julia Jordan, Jennie Pryor and Mrs. Rosa Ross, Messrs. Augusta Gresham, Geo. Scott, Arthur Stevenson, A. Hayes, Joseph Winaton, John Dickerson, Willie Coleman, — Devia, John Clark, D. E. Byrd, B. G. McMullin, Robert E. Lyle, Joseph Mein.osh, Willie Smith, Massie Triplest and L. J. Johnson, Jr., of Manchester. All enjoyed themselves until early morn afterwhich the fine rubber-tire carriages of Mr. A. Hayes were used to convey the guests so their homes. MANOHESTER LEITER. Last Sunday was a beautiful day and the church-going people could be seen wending their way to the various houses of worship. The churches were well flipped all day. Little Katherine Gold an, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Golden, separated this life Jan. 10th, about 11:30 o'clock p.m. after a brief illness. she was 6 years of age. The funeral took place from the First Baptist Church at 2:30 o'clock Friday evening, Dr. Binge offlisting. On last Monday night the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Threat was the scene of a brilliant affair. the occasion was a surprise on Mrs. Mary Rose Brown, who left the city Tuesday morning for Koanoke, Va., and will probably visit the state or Ohio before returning to the city. The guests enjoyed themselves until quite late, and then left for their houses, wishing Mrs Brown a pleasant trip. The death of Mr. Moses Booker, who resided in Richmond, was a shock to our citizens. He was well-known and respected by all classes. His funeral took place from the Second Baptist Church, Dr. Blinga officiating. Mr. Nathaniel Alen lett the city Wednesday evening for Philadelphia, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Booker and family are residing in Mayoville. Rev. T. J. J. Mosby is still holding the tert at the Swansboro Baptist Church, and is forging ahead. Mrs. Maria Walker is ordained to her home, on east Josh St. The Independent Band is holding a bazaar every Monday night at Obero's Mall. Manchester will soon have two bands. The new band, under the leadership of Mr. George Jackson, is getting along remarkably well. Rev. Junius Gray, who has been absent from our city about six years, returned last Thursday. He pressed a soul-stirring sermon at the Zion Baptist Church is near city night. Mrs. Mara Jackson died at her residence at 221 St. Saturday morning. Her funeral took place from the First Baptist Church, Monday evening Dr. Bunge officiating. she had been a member of the above church for a number of years. [Harrisonburg, Va., Spirit of the Valley.] The Richmond Times concludes an article on the so-called "Jim Crow" cars with this paragraph: "We again make the point that the white people of Virginia have no disposition to humiliate the black man, or to impose any unnecessary hardship upon him. If, therefore, the "Jim Crow" car is established by law, it will be because insolent and ill-mannered Negroes have forced it. If the Negro insists upon being rude and riotous and indecent in public he cannot expect to be tolerated by descent people." Now, we have no doubt that the writer who penned the paragraph just quoted really thinks that he is not influenced by race prejudice, but every impartial man will see that he is. Suppose a few persons belonging to any nationality were occasionally disorderly would the Times want separate cars for them? We have occasionally seen men of all nationalities commit rude and disorderly acts upon the cars, but we never heard that all people of such nationalities were to be compelled by law to ride in cars to themselves. This ought to prove to the times that this movement is founded on race prejudice. This prejudice, which is always easy to excite, has been seduously kept alive by small calibre politicians who haven't brains enough to comprehend real questions of State. Of course it is unnecessary to say that the last sentence was not aimed at the Times. [Cleveland, O., Gazette.] A Virginia legislator boldly declares his intention to disfranchise the Afro-Americans in the Old Dominion, Brother Patterson, for that is his name, has evidently been sleen for PRICE 5 CENTS about twenty years. If he will only come north and live a few years he will either be born again or die. Our people of Virginia feel that they can spare him, and feel sure. What is sranest of all to us is that Patterson and Editor John Mitchell, of The Planet, reside in the same city. The latter's good work for the last ten or fifteen years seems to have been lost on the former. PYTHIAN NOTES. Sir A. W. G. Farrar of Unity Lodge, No. 24 is sick at his residence, 808 N. 4th St. A club of ladies for a new Court of Calanthe met at the residence of Sister Anna Taylor, 120 W. Hill St., Jan. 14th at 5 P. M. Sir S. S. Baker addressed them. The court will be under the auspices of Maceo Lodge, No. 35, K. of P. Mary's Band met Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 1800 had an excellent meeting and many candidates were made. $100 PAID. MURGUNDY, A. J., 10, 16, 1800 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitechell, Jr. Grand Worthy Counselor of the Grand Courts of Virginia ($100.00) one hundred dollars in payment of death claim of my daughter, Miss Lula C. Watking, who was a member of Martha's Court, No 138, Independent Order of Calanthe, N. A., S. A., E., A., A., & A. Signed: her MRS. LUCINDA X WATKINS. Witnesses: mzk Maggie J. Macklin, C. C. Johnson, T. W. Mitechell. Hear This Gifted Pulpit Orator.I The Rev. G. W. Bryant, M. D., will preach at the Fifth St. Baptist, Sunday night. Subject "The Mighty Eater."—Samson's riddle. You don't want to miss it. He will deliver one of his famous lectures at the Fifth St. Church Monday night. Mr. Bryant is one of the most gifted orators of the country. Come and hear him. SMITH—Departed this life Saturday January 13, 1900, in the 49th year of his age George W. Smith. He was a member of Richmond Lodge, 1. A P. Funeral took place from 1st Baptist Church, Monday Eve., 15th at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. Holmes officiated who preached a very sympathetic sermon and many friends turned out to pay their last respect. We gave him to the God who gave him. Sir Robt. Brown, Damon Lodge, I, K.of P. of Atlantic City, N.J., is the dog he is called here on account of the brother-in-law, Sir George W. Smith. Parlor Social. There will be a parlor social for the benefit of the Working Girls' Industrial Club at 1329 Ashlaud Place, Brooklyn, New York, evening, 10am-5pm, 1900. Admission, 12.14-4. A Pastor Surprised. A club of ladies and gentlemen through a committee called on Rev. W. H. White New Year's night, and presented him a fine suit of clothes. He also received during the holidays many other luxuries for which he wishes to return many thanks to all partie concerned in these blessings. MRS. BETTIE CARTER, President; "ELIZA SHACKLEFOOT, Vice-Pres "PHILLIS BROWN, Secretary. Mr. Hewin's Marriage. The marriage of Miss Willie R. Allen, the niece of Mrs. and Mrs. John E. Thompson to Mr. Napoleon Hewin will take place Thursday evening, Jan. 25th at 8:30 o'clock at 903 St. John Street. ROBINSON—WILSON—The marriage of Mrs. Bettie Crump Wilson to Rev. Dr. Huddell T. Robinson took place at Jetserville, Amelia Co., Va., Thursday 12th inst., at 8 p. m. The Beethoven Musical Association met last Wednesday night at the home of Mrs Rosa K. Jones with quite a large attendance. Mr. Benj. Smith is lying dangerously ill at his nome on North 4th St. Miss Annie Haywood Reid was married last week to C. M. Batte the ceremony took place at the S Marks M. E. Church, New York. Mrs. J. H. Mason will leave Sa urday to visit her husband at Oiff Forge Hospital. He is slowly improv ing. THE MOUNTAIN PASS MYSTERY THE AUTHOR OF ROTHWOLD SECRET CHAPTER I Christmas Eve. My name is John Douglass. I am a plain-living, plain-spoken man; and, Heaven knows, I never have, and never shall, set up to be regarded as a literateur. Nevertheless, it has been suggested to me that certain adventures through which I passed five Christmasmas ago, and a year later, were so very startling, that I ought to cast them into the form or a narrative for other folks to read. I believe my friends are, perhaps, right in this, and hence am beginning to set down these extraordinary adverbs; but I warn my readers they must cease more than a narration of facts, altogether, unembellished by any graces of literary style. It is unnecessary to detail the circumstances which led me, when by birth a gentleman, and who, even then was not without some little money of my own, to take up my residence in a cottage, which was little more than a hut, at the foot of a mountain in Wales. Suffice it that a quarrel with a relative had made me thus seclude myself, and that, for more than six months, I lived in that cottage with no companion, save my dog, and with no occupation beyond fishing, shooting, and mountain climbing. When Christmas came around, it found me there. Pretty late on the Christmas Eve. I tramped into the town for my store of provisions; and tramped back again through the falling snow, with a misanthropical enjoyment of the fact that, for the first time in my life, I should eat my Christmas dinner alone. I threw another log on the fire, made myself a glass of whiskey today, and was sipping it very much at my leisure, when the furious barking of my dog made me jump up and hurry outside, confident that something was wrong. My hut was at least three miles far from any other human habitation; it lay out of the way of all beaten tracks—so much so that for weeks together no one passed near it. Thieves were out of the question for I had nothing to tempt cupidity. What, then, could be the meaning of Nero's furious barking? It sounded, for all the world, as though he were rending some enemy limb from limb. To snatch up my gun and open the door was the work of a moment. The snow had ceased falling, and the moon was shining brightly but for a moment I saw nothing of my dog though his hoarse bark sounded more furiously than ever. A stone's throw from the cottage, and quarrel at he back of it, was a little copse of trees. From that came the barking and hurrying towards the spot. I was struck dum with horror to see Nero attacking a woman. He had pulled her down to the ground, and his teeth had actually met in the fleshy part of her arm. Even when I called him off, he obeyed with the utmost reluctance, licking his chops, and growling horribly, as though he would fain return to the attack. I administered an angry kick to him in passing, then strode up to the woman, who had risen to her feet the moment the brute let go his hold. Even in the moonlight I could see blood trickling down her hand. Fond as I was of my dog, I felt at that moment tempted to put a bullet through his head so incensed, was I against him. "Good heavens! I hope you are not seriously hurt?" I cried; and, even as I spoke I became dimly conscious that this woman was no ordinary woman—that this midnight adventure was one of her peculiar mystery. Two things assisted me to this conviction. On one, that the woman had never uttered a single cry or groan. Even when Nero's cruel mind had torn her flesh, she had suffered an intolerable silence contenting herself, as I had seen, with a desperate attempt, to choke him off by the unaided strength of her own hands. This in itself was mawrellous, for it is second nature with a woman to cry out at such a time, especially when a cry may be trusted to bring help. Surely her silence must have been due to the fact that she preferred even the pain and peril of those awful fangs to the chance of being seen by any human eye. The other thing was that, when I approached close to her, and she turned and faced me, I saw she wore a black velvet mask, which covered her features sufficiently to defy recognition. Are you seriously hurt? I questioned, anxiously and waiving my surprise, in my fears for her safety. "Has the latter bitten you severely?" For answer she held out her arm, hare to the elbow and showed me a frightful wound. "Good Heavens!" I exclaimed, agnostic; "you had better let me caterize that. Not that I think the dog is mad. I believe him to be perfectly healthy. But still, it would be safer." Then the woman spoke for the first time. Her voice was rich and clear, its accents unmistakably those of a lady; it thrilled me curiously. "Are you alone?" she asked. "Is there anyone in there with you?" and she pointed to the cottage. "I am quite alone. No one will see you. Come!" I gave her my arm. She took it without a word, and leaned on me heavily. We had to pass by Nero, who had been sitting on his haunches still licking his chops, and steadily regarding us. A low and angry growl broke, as though involuntarily, from his throat as my companion passed near him. "Lie down you brute!" I called out to him, in my anger; and, when he attempted to fawn upon me, I sternly put him back. I had never been so disgusted with him before. We entered the cottage. I led my companion to a seat, poured out a little brandy and insisted on her drinking it. I knew she would need some support in the terrible ordeal that lay before her. She did not remove her mask, and I did not suggest that she should do so. As a man of sense, I knew she did not wear that at midnight among the mountain snows without a purpose; and, as a man of breeding, I, of course, refrained from endeavoring to penetrate her disguise. Whatever her reason for secrecy, she was welcome to preserve it, so far as I was concerned. In my own mind, I suspected a love affair—some romantic assignation, perhaps, but I didn't. Let it be what it might, it was no business of mine. Thus I thought, little dreaming then what Fate was weaving in the meshes of her mystic web. "Can you bear to let me cauterize that wound?" I asked. "Of course, I must tell you frankly, it will give you great pain." "I can bear it." "Then, the sooner it is done, the better." As I spoke, I turned my back to her, that she might not watch my movements, and poked into the hottest part of the fire a long flat piece of steel. I brought it to white heat; then I turned my woman. I was as white as a sheet. I am quite certain and it was only with a strong effort of will I kept my hands steady. I would a hundred times rather have passed that cruel steel across my own arm than across the arm of this tender and delicate woman! But it had to be done—for her sake; and I did not shrink from it. I gripped one end of the steel firmly with my handkerchief, and pressed it deep—deep into her flesh! I shall never forget my sensations at that moment. The horrible fire by the burning metal on the cool white flesh caused me to shudder from head to foot; it teeth almost fiercely in the intensity of my feelings, and a copious perspiration started out upon my brow. The tortured victim herself uttered neither cry nor groan. I could see by the movement of her face, that she was setting her teeth hard, and, when the steel burnt its way into the flesh, I could feel her shudder; but this was the only token of her agony. My heart was filled with wondering admiration. This woman had the soul of a heroine, I told myself. Never had I seen in female form, a higher spirit or more dauntless mind. The moment the horrible operation was over I seized my brandy-flask, and attempted to pour a little of the spirit into my mouth. I think she felt herself near swooning for she feebly put up her hand as mine touched the black velvet mask, and whispered— "You will not try to see my face." "On my honor I will not." I answered promptly. "You may trust me." She was lying back in my low basket chair now, on the verge of fainting. Her eyes were closed, her lips tightly set, her face was ashen pale. I administered a little brandy, but feared it would not suffice to revive her. Indeed, it seemed to me she had already swooned quite away. I was terribly perplexed. Fettered as I was by my promise not to look at her face, I could not remove that hateful, tantalizing mask; and yet it seemed monstrous to stand by and make no effort to bring her back to consciousness. To be sure, the mask did not seriously impede her breathing, for it only reached as far as her upper lip, and I had already noticed that her chin was beautifully moulded, and that her teeth were white as pearls, and her lips like some soft crimson flower. But if I was forbidden to remove the mask the interdict went no further, I reflected, and, stooping over the inanimate form, I unfastened the long dark cloak, which was buttoned closely from the throat to the feet. A further surprise awaited me, for, instead of seeing a dress suited to the weather, I saw an evening gown of softest, richest ivory satin, confined at the waist by a zone of pearl and silver, and cut low enough to display the milky whiteness of her throat and bosom such as, for peerless beauty, I had never seen. Around the firm white throat was clasped a circlet of rubies, which flashed like points of fire in the light of my reading lamp. Half-guiltly, I re-fastened the disguising cloak and contented myself with applying some strong smelling salts to her nostrils. Happily, these quickly took effect. I saw the eyes unclose behind the mask—beautiful lustrious eyes I was sure they were, even though I could see but little. She stirred, shuddered put out her hand as though to ward away some peril, then drew her cloak more closely round her. I should say here, perhaps, that the cloak had a hood to it, which was drawn closely round her face, but that I had caught a glimpse of her hair gleaming in the fire light. "I am better," she said, still in that thrilling rich, sweet voice, and in a tone of remarkable self-possession. Please let me walk to the door. All I want is air." "One moment!" I answered. I had been applying ointment to her poor, wounded arm, and now I wrapped a bandage round it. "There, now it will heal quickly. You have been wonderfully brave." I gave her my arm, and led her to the door. Nero, cowed by my displeasure, was slinking outside; at sight of the wound he could not repress a growl. I really did begin to fear he might be going mad; and, perhaps, that is what had determined me to cauterize the wound. At any rate, I had never known him to act like this before. A minute or two we stood together at the door in silence. Far and near there was not a sound. The mountain shrouded from its foot to its loftiest peak with snow, towered solemnly above us; the moon hung high in the heavens the air was intensely cold. Suddenly the clock in the tower of the little church, on the other side of the mountain, struck out the hour of twelve. The strokes were borne to us quite distinctly on the still, frosty air. It was Christmas Day. A slight shiver ran through my companion as we stood together listening to the sounds which told us that Christmas was born. The strokes of the clock might have been falling—each one of them—upon her heart. She roused herself, as though with an effort, and removed her hand from my arm. "I must go!" she said. "I thank you for your kindness; but I must go." "Go!" I echoed blankly. "Go where?" The question fell from me involuntarily. Whatever curiosity I felt, I had not intended to betray it. "You promised not to seek to know who I am," she answered. "Remember I trust you." "And you may trust me. But surely you are in no condition to face this night alone. Let me at least see you to some place of safety. I promise you I will not pry into your affairs. I will not seek to so much as know your name." "I am an unhappy woman," she replied; "a most unhappy woman!" THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIKGINIA And there was a mournful cadence in her voice, which haunted me for long afterwards. "But, at least. I can believe that all men are not false," she added. "I will trust you." I was certain, now, that I was right in suspecting she had come to this lonely place in order to keep some assignation. Probably she had kept her part of it in vain-her lover had forsaken her; her wife also should she say, so mournfully, all men were not false? I frankly doubt, it angered me to reflect that this woman, who had the form of a goddess, and who, I did not doubt, had beauty of face, to match, should have wasted the treasure of her love on one who, probably, cared not for the gift. A moment or two she stood in silence; then she said— "You shall go with me, if you will, as far as the corner of the road." as far as the corner of the road." "The corner of the road! But even then, the nearest house that you can ("I was very fond of Nero.") reach is far away. It is impossible that you should walk that distance through all this snow—alone!" Come with me to the corner, and I shall be safe, she answered quietly. "I have someone waiting for me there." Although I was greatly surprised, I was careful not to show it. "I will do whatever you wish," I said. "Thank you. You are very good and generous. I know it must seem strange to you that I should mask my face like this. It is not wholly for my own sake am so anxious to remain unknown. But I explain. I can only thank you. Now please, let me go." I drew on my fur-lined coat, then gave her my arm, which she sorely needed, for her strength seemed all but spent, and walked with her until we came to the corner of the road. There she stopped me. "Good-night, and good-bye," she whispered softly. "Remember, I trust you never to seek to find out who I am." "God-bye," I answered, wondering vaguely whether this adventure were not simply a part of some curiously vivid dream. She gilded away from me, her dark form shouetted against the whiteness of the new-fallen snow. I tramped back to my cottage without so much as one backward glance. Honor forbade me to try to see whither she went, or who was her mysterious friend. I felt strangely disturbed and restless, however, as I sat down by the fire. "Well, this has been the strangest Christmas Eve I've ever spent, or ever shall spend!" I muttered. I was wrong in this. My next Christmas Eve was fated to be stranger still. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Poverty and Pride Mr. Minks—Have you called on the new neighbors next door? Mrs. Minks—Indeed I haven't, nor I won't, neither. They're the trashiest kind of people—poor as church mice, I'll warrant. They sends their washin' out. "What of that?" "I's pose they is ashamed to show the rags in their own yard."—N. Y. Weekly. So Unkind of Mrs. Jenkinson. Wife—Dear me, it's a rainy Saturday, and I'll have the children racing about the house all day and breaking things. Husband—What have you usually done on rainy Saturdays? Wife—I have usually sent them in to play with Mrs. Jenkinson's children, but she has moved away.—Stray Stories. A Work of Art And she does a fancy stitch. On a crazy patchwork cushion that is the In which she stitched a patch upon the trousers of her brother. —Chichester OTHER VICTIMS. A man is writing on a desk in a room with a window. The room has a cityscape with buildings and trees. Thomas—My dear, it's a shame the way that creature howls! If I had a bootjack I'd throw it at her, and then perhaps we'd get some sleep.—N. Y. World. A. Context View This life is a delusive cheat; When we have solved the question of what is safe for us to eat We die of indigestion. -N. Y. World. une Man's View of It "This paper," said Mrs. Enpeck, "tells of a man who actually forgot he was married." "Memory," retorted Mr. Enpeck, "is a good thing, but there are times when forgetfulness is better." — Chicago Daily News. Traveled on His Face. Mrs. Plum—What an honest face your boy has. Mrs. Glum—Don't say that. "Why not?" "Why, the conductor may hear you and he'll charge me full fare for him." — Yonkers Statesman. How the Rumor Started. First Gossip—Maude sat up half the night with "David Harum." Second Ditto—Maude sits up half the night with a man. She must be engaged. Third Ditto—Maude is soon to be married. N. Y. World. IN CHINA AND JAPAN. In China a woman may be divorced for talkativeness. At the close of formal dinners in Japan guests are presented with any portion of the meal they may fall to eat, which they are expected to take home. From one end of Japan to the other a child is treated as a sacred thing, be it one's own or a stranger's. Each one carries its name and address on a ticket round its neck; but should it indeed stray from home food and shelter and kindness would meet it anywhere. In China hens are employed to hatch fish eggs. These are sealed in an egg-shell and placed under the unsuspecting hen for a few days. The contents of the shell are then emptied into a shallow pool, where they can bask in the sunshine until the minnows are strong enough to be turned into a lake or river. The Chinese visiting card consists of a large sheet of bright scarlet paper bearing the name of the owner in very large characters. The paper is folded ten times, and the name is written on the right-hand lower corner, prefixed thus: "Your unworthy friend, who bows his head and pays his respects," "Your very stupid brother," or something to that effect. In place of "yours truly," "your stupid" is written on the Chinese card. A fire in Japan is exciting. The Japanese seem to lose their heads completely in the presence of the fire demon. The people move from the house where the fire breaks out into the next, then to another, and so on, until the fire is over, the united families moving from house to house with great nonchalance. A man dancing on his roof with a paper fire god is supposed to avert the danger, and no man is more surprised than he when in spite of the fire god the house ignites and in a moment roof and man fall together. In three days the houses are rebuilt and all traces of fire removed. WOULD MAKE GOOD PRESENTS. A novel watch watch coats consists of four coins, a ten, a five, a twenty-five and a fifty-cent piece, suspended in the order named by connecting links, fastened to the gold rims in which the coins are mounted. Coral shirt buttons and studs are extensively shown. Those in which a small diamond is mounted in the center of the button seem to be most in favor. In others the coral forms a a background for small pearls which are mounted in the center. A handsome brooch of gold represents a dragon fly. The wings are represented by four large baroque pearls. Both sections of the body are adorned with diamonds, pearls and topazes, the head containing a ruby, while two pink pearls serve as the eyes. Some striking designs in dog collar belts are shown. One of fine English hogshead has a row of gold pointed tacks along the center. It contains a small shield and ring of gold from which the chatelaine can be suspended. Numerous other designs in black seal and chamois are shown. The demand for serviceable hat pins has impelled manufacturers to offer many new designs. One of a large imitation pearl held in position by four gold arms which clasp the sphere at the center. Each arm is adorned with a diamond. Another pin, rectangular in shape, has concave sides which are adorned with various precious stones—Jewelers' Weekly. SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. Ice will reach a lower temperature than 32 degrees if the temperature of the air is less than that. It will take practically the temperature of the atmosphere. Liquid hydrogen is transparent, and the lightest as well as the coldest liquid known, a cork sinking in it like lead. A whitish substance seen at the bottom of the vessel on Prof. Dewar's first exhibition was really solid air or air ice. An Italian engineering periodical has published a method of sterilizing drinking water by means of peroxide of chlorine, which is so powerful a bactericide that three grammes will sterilize one cubic meter of water at a cost of less than $6\%$ centimes. This process has yielded satisfactory results at Ostend and elsewhere. Barometric readings reduced to true atmospheric pressure are now required by the weather bureau, the approximate corrections for gravity being applied to all barometric readings. This correction applies to all mercurial barometers and is nearly constant at any one station. The corrected reading is a standard measure of atmospheric pressure and can be compared to similar readings made at any place in the world. THE UNITED KINGDOM A needle factory in Redditch makes 70,000,000 needles every week. The street accidents of London amount to about 3,500 a year—nearly ten a day. What is probably the most venerable piece of furniture in existence is now in the British museum. It is the throne of Queen Hatsu, who reigned in the Nile valley some 1,600 years before Christ. More matches are used in the United Kingdom than in any other one country in the world. It has been estimated that English people use an average of eight matches each person per day, and annually over 1,700,000,000,000 are burned. The British government keeps 11 vessels at work sounding and charting the ocean beds to find out where danglers lurk. Last year 10,000 square miles were carefully charted in different parts of the world—Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. PRINCESS OF WALES. How She Manages Her Sandringham Kennels and Personally Looks After Her Pets. The princess of Wales has an aristocratic love of fine animals. She is greatly interested in all full-blood stock from the brood of white Brahms given to her 30 years ago by the queen, to the cream-white horses which draw has to Windsor on days of great state. One of the things which the princess loves best about Sandringham, her country home, is that there she has a kennel of dogs in which there are many of the finest of all the best breeds of England. And it is the daily delight of the princess to visit the kennel alone, or in company with her husband, to trolic with the dogs or carry them the noonday meal of dainties for which they soon grow to watch. The plan of the princess' kennels is a good one, when there are several select breeds to be kept separate. There is a large building fitted up with small dog-houses which are in turn inclosed in different rooms, each one of which is as big as an ordinary barn, so that each breed has a barn of its own fitted up with kennels. Then all are so arranged that they can be opened into each other and thrown into one. The dogs play about in their own separate apartments or barns in bad weather, or run out into the little yards provided for them. But once a day, when the princess visits them, or when company comes to Sandringham, then the doors are all thrown open and the dogs rush into the big light room which is known as "the THE PRINCESS AND ONE OF HER PETS. kitchen." When their meal-time is over, and they are no longer upon inspection, they return to their own separate kennels in answer to the call which the hound master gives, and are in separate barns once more. All of the dogs are admirably trained and when they are placed on sale, as becomes necessary once in awhile when their numbers becomes too great, they are eagerly bought by hunters and dog seekers who wish something very intelligent in the dog species. The pugs, of which there are many, are specially intelligent for that breed—usually considered so hard to teach—and they have deservedly become the pet dogs of English royalty. The pup that disports himself about the morning rooms of the queen is said to understand all ordinary dog commands in three languages, German, French and English. When the princess of Wales goes out to the dog kitchen to feed her dogs, she wears a big apron of white muslin or of light dotted stuff. The apron is plainly made, except for a few tucks, and a neat bib; and is big enough to keep a gown from all harm. As the princess always wears a tight-fitting black dress in the house, the apron strings are tied around as neat a waist as can be found in England. These aprons, by the way, are part of the present which the princess gets every year from the sales and bazars which she opens. And they are also from the fairs which she helps support by buying generously of their stock and so adding not only patronage, but real money also. A soft felt hat and a pair of dogskin gloves complete the outfit which would not seem dressy for the wife of a gentleman farmer, and which any lady with a country home might well imitate. In the basket which the princess carries there are pieces of stale bread broken into "catching" size for doggie's mouth, and scraps of cake and bits of sweets. Nothing very rich ever goes in the dog's basket; for it is the pride of the master of the kennel that he keeps his charges in good health; and that at the annual dog shows they are found to be of just the right weight, neither too fat nor too thin—Chicago Democrat. Trying on New Shoes. One would hardly believe there are special times and seasons for trying on new shoes, but it is so. Larger shoes are required in summer than in winter, and it is always best to try them on in the latter part of the day. The feet are then at the maximum size. Activity naturally enlarges them or makes them swell; much standing tends to enlarge the feet. New shoes should be tried on over moderately thick stockings; then you can put on a thinner pair to ease your feet if the shoes seem to be too tight. Demand Next Nursemids Mothers should insist upon their nursemaids being scrubulously clean in their person, and neat and tidy in their appearance at all times, and particularly should they see to it that their finger nails are never too long, and are perfectly clean, as in the event of their accidentally scratching their charges serious results, of which blood poisoning is not the least, might ensue. Mother—Just hear that child talk. What must people think of him? 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Two Hours Aloft on the Fan of a Buzzing Windmill Formerly He Was Plain "Boots" to His Fellow Citizens of Fruitvale, Cal., But Now They Call Him King of the Air. The San Francisco Examiner says that after a few more misadventures in his own inimitable style, as the program does say, the people of Fruitvale may ask Alsinus Gustavus Leeper to give regular performances. He is so original in his method of mixing up with trouble. Not long ago Mr. Leeper, alias "Boots," built himself a tall barn that was the pride of Fruitvale. The builder also shingled the structure at odd times, climbing to work by means of a ladder inside the walls. On the day he completed the job Mr. Leeper thoughtlessly nailed shingles over the opening above the ladder, thus shutting off all means of escape. Mr. Leeper yelled for help, but his folks were away from home and the neighbors thought he was celebrating the completion of the barn. The Fruitvale hook and ladder company finally turned out and rescued Mr. Leeper. While this incident boomed the industrious citizen as a public entertainer, it was but a feeble show compared with his windmill adventure the other afternoon. The mill buzzes above a tank at the top of a 40-foot skeleton towgr in the back yard, pumping water for Mr. Leeper's pigeons and other live stock. "I think the bearings need oil," said Boots. "With the wind in this direction the fan is right over the tank where I can climb up and oil the places." Crawling up the tower frame with his oil can, Mr. Leeper got astride of the fan, or tail, of the windmill. He was busy olling when the breezes shifted six points and swung him clear of the tank root. The wind also ASTRIDE OF THE FAN. freshened, and the lubricant in the journals induced the mill to brace up and spin at the rate of 30 knots an hour. "Help!" shricked Mr. Leeper, but the rattling machinery drowned his voice. The wind shaked, gain until the direction of the fan from the time the roller mounted it, was entirely reversed. Instead of riding above the tank, Mr. Leeper bucked and wrigled and swayed in midair on the razor-backed fan, 40 feet from the ground. This was a condition of deadly peril, even for a man who had marooned himself on a barn. Mr. Leeper's hair and whiskers carried with terror. There was nothing to do but cling to the upper edge of the fan, and this he did so fondly that his finger-nails made scars in the paint. The mill grew fractious and bucked like a wild west broncho. "If I only had my spurs on," wailed the dizzy man, "or even a gennan-sack for a saddle, I might hold on till the breeze shifts again." Meanwhile his cries had attracted the family and a crowd of neighbors, some of whom wanted to bet on the finish. "Throw her out of gear and stop the mill," the daring rider hellowed from his bounding perch. They tried it, but his weight on the fan prevented the gear from working. "Get a ladder, then," howled Mr. Leeper. The ladder was useless, for the fan awayed too much to offer a resting place for the upper end. Two hours or more did Mr. Leeper ride his wild race against time, waiting for the breeze to subside or haul to another quarter. He made a verbal will, dropping the words down between jolts, praying alternately and saying things in a whisper to the flery, untamed wind-mill. At last the wind died away, and with the ald of ropes the men hauled the fan around to where the exhausted performer could tumble off to the tank, from whence they lowered him gently down and rubbed his joints with witch hazel. Alsinus Gustavus Leeper was some what lame and tired, but he is soothed by the reflection that he is the greatest bareback rider Fruitvale has ever produced. "This was a worse job than riding the barn," said Boots. "You see, I had a better seat, and the wind didn't bother me. Two or three times I came near being blown off the fan, and the way it bucked loosened some of my teeth. Talk about riding a man on a rail! I'll bet the sharpest rail ever split feels like upholstered plush compared to the edge of my windmill fan." WHAT RAILWAY MEN TELL US. The railways of Great Britain give employment to 900,000 people. All the railway stations in Sweden at which meals are served are known by a sign bearing the suggestive emblem of a crossed knife and fork. As the average life of a car wheel is ten years, there are needed 1,200,000 new wheels every year to replace those worn out in the service. Terra-cotta sleepers are being used in the construction of Japanese railroads, the greater resistance to decay more than compensating for the increase in cost. In one of the great railroad stations in Buda-Pesth artists have been engaged to decorate the walls with views of the principal Hungarian bathing resorts. In the western part of British Colum- bla is a novel railway, two miles in length. The rails are made of trees, from which the bark has been stripped, and these are bolted together. Upon them runs a car with grooved wheels ten inches wide. A novel way of illuminating a railway tunnel has been devised in Paris. Reflectors throw the light from many electric lamps 16 feet above the rails to the sides of the tunnel, where it is again reflected by burnished tin, a soft and agreeable light. The trains automatically turn the current on and off in enering and leaving the tunnel. In laying a new fire-alarm cable between Randall's and Ward's islands and the Bronx, in New York, says the Railway and Engineering Review, a locomotive was used to haul the cable into place. The cable, which was 600 feet long, weighing three tons, had been stretched out across Randall's island, and was attached to the locomotive by means of 1,000 feet of $1 \frac{1}{2}$-inch rope. The engine is said to have done the work easily. BELOW THE EQUATOR At the recent sales of stand sheep in Melbourne very high prices were realized. Eight rams averaged £421 each. Some of the mountains in the "South African Switzerland," east of the Orange Free State, rise to an altitude of over 10,000 feet. All plates of obsolete New South Wales postage stamp from 1836 to 1891 have been destroyed by order of the treasury department, in order to prevent the striking off of reissues. When the Boers form a firing line nobody is left to look after the horses, which are trained to remain where they are, as soon as they feel the reins dropped over their necks. Bouvet island, Antarctic ocean, a volcanic mountain about 1,800 miles southwest of the Cape of Good Hope, was discovered in 1739 and twice sighted since, the last time 70 years ago. It was recently visited by the German exploring ship Valdivia. Its sides and crater are covered with ice and ice caves. Buenos Ayres seems to have the largest "rocking stone" yet discovered. It is situated on the slope of the mountain of Tendil, in the southern part of the province, and measures 90 feet long by 18 feet broad, and is 24 feet high. Its bulk is 5,000 cubic feet and it weighs at least 25 tons. Nevertheless, it is so beautifully poised that a single person can set it rocking. When the wind blows from the southeast, the stone, which is pyramidal in form, sways to and fro on its foundation like the branches of a tree. FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST. An unbreakable mirror of celluloid is a German invention. There were 15,607 foreigners in China in 1897. If the conductor of a street car in Hamburg carries even one passenger for whom there is no seat he is subject to a fine of 72 cents. In time of war France can put 370 out of every 1,000 of her population in the field; Germany 310 and Russia 210. Under government control of the sale of intoxicating liquors in Russia there has been a noticeable diminution in drunkenness and in those crimes and misdemeanors which are caused by intoxication. In China, $12\frac{1}{2}$ miles from the village of Liou-Chek, there is a mountain of alum, which, in addition to being a natural curiosity, is a source of wealth for the inhabitants of the country, who dig from it yearly tons of alum. Germany has added a two-pennilin postage stamp to its new issue for 1900. It is light gray in color, the design being the same as for the other low-value stamps, and will be used for printed matter and postal cards in city delivery. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM The water buffalo is the Philippines' beast of burden. A jackrabbit sausage factory is to be established in Kansas. L. O. Colburn of East Shrewsbury, Vt., has trapped 83 bears. Naturalists say that a single swallow will devour 6,000 flies in a day. It took 27 witnesses in the justice court at Cripple Creek to decide the ownership of a spaniel pup. When a camel wants water it moans continually. It is pitiful at night in the desert to hear the ceaseless moaning of thirsty camels. In New York horses are now dyed. When suitable for carriage work, save that they do not match in color, they are now chemically "blended" to the tint desired in a few minutes. Tarantulas are being raised in Australia for the sake of their webs, the filaments of which are made into thread for balloons. They are lighter than silk, and, when woven, lighter than canvases. Each tarantula yields from 20 to 40 yards of filament, of which eight twisted together form a single thread. Brown—Robinson claims that he could have cut me out and married you himself if he had wanted to. His Wife—Why didn't he do it, then? Brown—He owed me a grudge,—Tit-Bits. An Ignorant Club. The Youth—Why should victory always be represented by a female figure? The Sage—You don't see the appropriateness now, but you haven't married yet—Indianaapolis Journal. We're sure that happy day. And such that place—I tell you true— Where you must things just your way, The world will all be dead but you. —Detroit Free Press. Missed His Vocation. Patient—You should have gone into the army, doctor. Doctor—Why so? Patient—Judging by the way you charge your friends you would be able to completely annihilate an enemy. Chicago Daily News. High-Priced Man Bilkins—I am told that Ward Heel never took a penny as a political bribe in his life. Gilkins—I believe every word of it. Ward Heel is a highly-priced man. Ohio State Journal. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA HE WANTED HER BACK Chicago Husband Interrupts His Wife's Vacation by Resorting to a Photographic Trick. According to the Chicago Daily News a broker of that city who has not been long married allowed his wife to go on a visit to her relatives in Wisconsin recently, and his days were weary and his nights dreary, and he moaned for her return. It had been agreed between them that she was to stay in Wisconsin for a month, but before the end of the first week of the separation he felt so lonely that he determined to make a touching appeal to her to return at once. He wrote her ASSUMED A LOOK OF ANGUISH. such a letter as the circumstances seemed to necessitate, and then he went to a photographer's studio and asked to have his portrait taken. "Look here," he said to the photographer, "I want a cabinet picture of myself. Can you take it at once and let me have it finished by to-morrow?" "I will do my best, sir," answered the photographer. "Follow me," and he led him up to a glass house on the roof and invited the broker to take a chair. "Would you like any particular background or accessories, or just plain?" inquired the artist. "Just plain—the plainer the better," replied the broker; "hurry up; I'm reshed for time." The photographer placed the sitter in position, giving an upward tilt to his head and carefully arranging the pose of the hands. Then the artist put his head beneath the black cloth and screwed up the machine to the proper focus. "Now look bright and cheerful," she said, "and keep your eye fixed on that black spot on the wall." Instead of looking bright and cheerful, however, the broker dropped his jaw, let his arms fall listlessly and assumed a look of infinite anguish. "Why, what's the matter with you?" exclaimed the photographer. "Pray brace up and look pleasant." "If this position costs anything extra," said the broker, "I am willing to pay for it. My wife is in the country visiting friends and this picture goes to her. See? I know what I'm about. So pull the cloth off and begin counting." And the portrait was duly finished and it as duly accomplished the object it was intended for. The broker's wife was back in three days. WON'T TRY IT AGAIN. West Hunting on a Bicycle, But the Expedition Didn't Prove a Great Success. In the gray dawn of Saturday morning there passed out of Camden, N. J., a man, a bicycle, a gun and a dog. The man was on the wheel, the gun was on the man and the setter dog followed in the wake, says the Philadelphia Record. The outfit must have put in a busy day down in the country somewhere, for as it returned to town in the evening the NIMROD ON A BICYCLE. dog looked as though it had gone through a carding machine in a woolen mill; the rear tire of the wheel was as flat as a stale pancake and the man wore a dejected look behind his gunner's rlg. There was no sign of game about the outfit, and it looked as though the day had been fruitless, even if it was busy. "It was my own scheme to go gunning on my bike," said the man, with a faraway look in his eyes; but it was not what you might pronounce a howling success. When my dog got on the track of a rabbit I tried to follow, but I couldn't push the machine through the underbrush and leaves. I was afraid to leave it, because I was uncertain of finding it when I got back. When I got started home, disguised, my dog was so tired that I had to crawl. Then I got a puncture and had nothing to mend it with. Next trip I make will be in a train that will carry me 100 miles from civilization." Water Sold by the Foo At Watkins, N. X., water is now sold by the cubic foot instead of by the gallon. The rates are 30 cents per 100 for the first 1,000, ten cents per 100 for the second, and seven cents per 100 for each additional 1,000 feet. These rates make the water a little more expensive to the largest consumer. Cooperative Meadows The little town of Moorehead, Kan. has a cooperative hotel, laundry, hall, creamery and canning factory and a cooperative dining hall, with several cooperative farms near by. "Why, it's saving money on useful things and spending it on pretty ones." —Indianapolis Journal. Elev. 1 " Put hand on white woman, Jasper Fla. ug. 11, Bill Wilson, " Attempted Assault, Port Gibson, M. s " Will Chambers, " Criminal Assault, Bell Buckley, Fann. " Will McClure, " Attempted Assault, Clem Ga. " Charlie Hart, " " Brantley, Ala. " 20, Peter Loin and " 15 year old Son, white, Shooting a man, Wetumpka, Ala. Aug. 16, Charlie Hart, colored criminal assault Brantley, Ala. Aug. 16, Tom Keith, colored, entered lady's room drunk, Near Greenville, S.C. Aug. 20, R.v. P. J. Floyd, colored, wanted to work, Cattersville, Ill. " Wm Prentiss, " " Hughes Bradley, " " Henry Branum, " " Jim Haves, " " John Black, " " Sim Cremmings, " Aug. 28, — white, stroke against lynching, Georgetown, Ga. Sept. 12, Rev H. B Battle, col spoke against lynching, Near Thompson, Ga. Sept. 27, Senior Sanchez, Ouban, nothing Havana, Cuba. October 11 Judge Barit La Plase white, Assaniting, Near New Orleans " 18, Joe Letters Colored Arson and Assault, burned. St. Ann Miss " 18, Robert Smith. Col Innocent, Partly Roasted not dead " " 20, George Wells, Colored, Murder, Wier City Kan The Reign of Lawlessness THE TREE C. & O. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. ROUTE. EFFECTIVE OCT. 29, 1899. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, BROAD-STREET STATION 9:00 A. M., Daily, with Parloror, for prin- ple stations, Newport News Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth Corbettons, Old Dane minton Seam Ship except Sunday for New York. 8:45 P. M., Daily, with Parloror, for local stations, Newport News Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Connects at Old Point with Washington, steamers and Saltimore steamers except Sunday. 10:20 A. M., Day Express except Sunday for Clifton Forge. Connects at Gordonville for Orange, Calverton, Manassas, Dria, and Washington, at Union Station, Charlottesville for Lynch bay, at Hagerstown. 12:15 P. M., Daily, with Parloror to Cincinnati, Louisville and St. Louis. Stopps only at important stations Con- nects at Orange and at Orange with Southern By- northbound; at Covington for Va- Hot Springs. Messrs. 7 Locals served o. Daily. No. 7 Locals Trains except Sund- day, following above train from Gordonsville to Staunton 6:30 P. M., Accommodation, except Sunday for Deswell. 16:30 p. m., Daily, for Cincinnati, with Pall- minton, Union W. Va., and Gord- onsville, Union W. Va., and Leat- ville, meals served on Dining Cars. Connects at Staunton (excep- tion Vanderbilt, Vinchelle, Va., and at Covington, W. daily for Virginia Hot Springs. TRAINS LEAVE EIGHTH-STREET STATION. 18:00 A.M., Daily, for Lexington Lynchburg, and Clifton Forge, connect ex- spectively, and bringham and Glif- ton Forge with No. If Cincinnati. 5:00 P.M., Except Sunday, for Columbia. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND, BROAD-STREET STATION. 8:00 A.M., Except Sunday from Doswell. 8:30 A.M., Daily from Cincinnati. 11:20 A.M., Daily from Norfolk and Old Point. 8:30 P.M., Daily, from Cincinnati and Lous- saint Point. 6:50 P.M., Daily, from Norfolk, and Old Point. 7:45 P.M., Except Sunday, from Clifton Forge. TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET STATION. 8:40 A.M., Except Sunday from Columbia 8:20 P.M., Daily from Lynchburg, Lexington and Clifton Forge, and except, Sunday from New York and Cosney. JOHN D. POTTS. Ass't. General Passenger Agent. Southern Railway SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOVEMBER, 14, 1899 Trains Leaves Richmond, Va. 11.60 P.M. NO 11 SOUTHERN EXPRESS $all P.M. Point South Sleeper for Dauville, points South Sleeper for Dauville, Greenboro, Salisbury, and Charlotte. Sleeper open at Richmond 2:40 p.m. Sleeper open at Richmond 1:00 p.m. Connects at Danville and Charlotte with New York and Florida Express with New York and Tampa sleeper connections for all Florida points, also connects at Danville, Charlotte with New York and Memphis, New York and Florida sleeper Monays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Washington to San Francisco without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California 15:01 P M No. 7, solid train daily for Char M.A., M.C. Connects at Moseley with Farnsworth and New York to deliver Keysville for Clarksville, Oxford, Henderson and Durham and at Greenbrook for Baskerville. On Union St. Salm at Danyville with no. 85 United States Fast Mall, solid train, daily for new Orleans and points South, which carries and delivers Jeans and New York to Jacksonville and Miami for Nassau and Habana. Through sleeper Salisbury, to Memphis. 6:00 P M. M., NO 17, LOCAL, daily except Sunday for Keysville and intermediate points TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. 6:00 A.M. 6:00 P M. from Atlanta Augusta, Asheville and all points South. 8:00 P M. from Keysville and local stations. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS. Nos. 61 and 62. between Manchester and Ne- apolis. Va YORK RIVER LINE, WEST POINT BALKMORE LIMITED. Daily, except Sunday for West point, and intermediate stations making close connection. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with steamer for Haiti more. Train No. 10, 2:80 P. M. LOCAL EXPRESS, Mon Wednes & Fridays, for west Point and intermediate stations, connec- tioned with the Tappanhannock; also at West Point with steamers for Baltimore. Stops at all sta- tions. Train No. 74. 5:00 A. M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except Sundays from Virginia Street Station for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with local landmarks for Walkerton and Tapahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND 9:20 a.m. Bally, from West Point, with Connection from Baltimore, Tuesdays, Thursdays 10:45 a.m. m. Mondays and Fridays. 6:40 p.m. Daily, except Sunday from West Point and intermediate stations. Seamers leave West Point Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, arriving Baltimore 8:20 following morning; resting Baltimore at 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays arriving West Point 7:30 and Seamers call for lowing morning. Seamers call for River Rivers. Steamers call at all landings of York River O. W. WESTBURY. Travelling Passenger, Agents. 928 R. Main St. Richmond, Va. J. M. GULP, L. Traffic Manager. W. A. Wurk. Sen. Pass. Agr. FRANK S. GANNON. Third Vice-president and General Manager, Washington, D. C. MRS P. C. EASLEY, ICE-CREAM PARLORS 609 N. 2d St., — Richmond, Va OLD 'PHONE, 1704. Steam Ice-Cream Manufactory Ice-Cream made daily both Winter and Summer, and we can supply you with any quantity at all times. Satis- action guaranteed. Special attentions given to all orders. $6-8m. DAILY DOMINION STEAMSHIP 00- DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY. Passenger main line and Ohio; railway a. Sunday via Cheesapeake and Ohio; railway a. 6 F. M. or Richmond and Peterburg rail- way a. M. or Richmond and Peterburg rail- way a. M. connectus at Norfolk with Old Domi- line steamer sailing same evening at 7 o. Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer Co- mpany's. 908 east Main Street; Cheesapeake and railway and Richmond and Petersburg railway and company's office. 1323 each Main Street. Richmond Baggage checked through. PARTICIPLE. for New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamers. sailing from Richmond BY, WEDNESDAY m. FRI. DAY at 6:00 P.M. steam or carriage steel age passengers only. Passengers can leave daily except Sunday for a Comfort day 4 P.M.) to Norfolk k or Old Point Comfort day 5 P.M.) to Western railroad or Chesapeake and Ohio Freight for Richmond via steamer or for Folk Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 P.M. Saturday, 4 P.M. Company's piar. No 2 North River foot of Beach Street. Freight receives and forwarded daily except Sunday. 4. m. ullauden, President New York. VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COMPANY'S JAMES-RIVER LINE To Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport, Claremont, and James River landings and news, Baltimore, Old Point and Norfolk for Washington, Baltimore, the North STREAMER POCAMONTAS LEAVES MONDAY, WED. NESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 7 A.M. NESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 7 A.M. Electricians display the Fare only $1.25 and $1.00 to Norfolk, Portsmouth, Omaha and Newport News. Music by a grand Orchestra. Freight received daily from above-named places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WEISIGER, Superintendent SDWARD E. BARNEY, President General Offices: Planters' Bank Building. S.A.L. SEABOARD AIR LINE. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 8, 1998 LEAVES BYRD-STREET STATION for Henderson (arrive Durham daily, except Sunday). Raleigh, Sanford, Southern Pines Wilmington, Wake Forest, Monroe, Charlotte, Lincolnshire, Shelby, Wake Forest, Chester, Clinton, Greenwood, Abbeville, Elkton, LANTA Augusta, Macon, Mont gomery, New Hampshire, Tensasola, Jackson ville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Texas, Mexico, California and the west via Memphis or New Orleans. Trains leaving at 9:00 P M runs through soli- d in Atlanta without change of cars. Steep- er ready for occupancy at 8:40 P M TRAINS ARISE RICHMOND 815 a.m Daily, except Sunday (Sunday 8:00 a.m a.m.) 7:00 p.m Daily. For tickets, baggage checks, sleeping or reservation, etc, apply to h. M. BOYKIN, General Agent, 826 East Main St R. S. ST. JOHN, Vice-president and gen'l managw W. N. MOORE, General Superintendent W. N. B. GLOVER, Vice-president er. New 'Phone 923 ATLANTIC COAST LINE **SCHEDULE in Effect November 19, 1899** **TRAIN LEAVE RICHMOND-BYRD STREET** 9:00 A. M., Daily Arrives Petersburg, 9:31 A. M. 11:26 A. M. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverley and Sufk. Va. 9:05 A. M., Daily Arrives Petersburg, 9:50 A. M. 4:15 P. M. Fayetteville 12:50 A. M. Jacksonville 7:30 nah 12:50 A. M. Jacksonville 7:30 nah 12:50 A. M. Jacksonville 7:30 needs at Wilkeson riving at Goldsboro 8:10 P. M. Wilkeson 8:10 P. M. Pullman Sleeper New York 8:45 P. M. M. Wilkeson 8:45 P. M. Pullman Sleeper New York 8:45 P. M. M. Daily except Sunday Arrives Petersburg 12:50 P. M. Stops Manchesterville, Centralia, and Chester on signal 6:48 P. M., Dally. Arrives Petersburg, 7:21 P. M., connects with Norfolk and worm for Norfolk and immediate points. Earns connections with A. and D. fer stations between Emporia and Lawrence, ville W. Kenny 8:58 p. M. Fayetteville 12:19 p. M. Jacksonville 12:34 p. M. Savannah 7:34 p. M. Jacksonville 11:60 p. M. Fort Tampa 9:65 p. M. NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA POINTS.-Arriving Alkia M. Augusta 8:10 A. M. Mason 11 a. m., Atlanta 12:15 P. M. Pullman Street to Wilmington Charleston, Jacksonville, Aiken Augusta and Mason. 9:00 P M., Daily, arrives Petersburg 9:30 P M., Daily, arrives Petersburg 10:30 P M. Mames local stops between Petersburg and Weldon. Arrives Lynnburg 24 M. M. Roanokau, Va., 10:30 A M; Bristol, Va., Monroe, Va. at Emporia for Danville, Va. Pull man sleeper Richmond to Lynnburg. 10:45 P M., Daily, arrives Petersburg 11:30 P M., Daily, arrives Petersburg 11:30 Trains Arrive Richmond. 8:28 A M., Daily, from Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Maceo-annah, South. 8:15 A M., Maily except Sunday, Atlanta, Athens, and Raleigh, Henderson, Lynnburg and the West. 8:27 A M., Maily except Sunday, Petersburg Local. 8:27 A M., Sunday only, From Atlanta, Athens, and Raleigh, Henderson, Lynnburg, and the West. 8:27 A M., daily except Sunday from Gold- boro and other intermediate站 nines Norfolk and Suffolk 10:15 A M. 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Wurxxvax broken-down politicians become anxious for an issue they pro- ceed to raise the Negro scare-crow, Joun E. Erra thinks he has founds ‘way to fame upon the ash-pile of race Prejadice. —-— Gax. Oris announced that the war in the Bhilippines was ended, and yet he has cabled tnis week a longer list of men killed by the Filipinos and dis- ease than at any previous time sines the trouble began. =————— Tax Richmond, Va, Disraron has Feturned to its “first hate” and is now Urging the white people of the state to @omand that thsir representatives in the legislatare of Virginia support the Epps’ ‘Jim Orow Oar” Bill. Tar “Jim Crow Csr” Bill passed “the lower branch of the legislature of Virginia without opposition on the ith inst. This is the work of the Demoorats. It must be passed by the Senate and be signed by the Govertor “before it becomes a law. = “Tam Boers seem to have decidedly ‘the best of it in South Africa. Eog- land is sorely taxed in her war in the ‘Transvaal. Her generals have bsen ‘outwitted and her troops entrapped. It is estimated that more than eight thousand British troops have been killed, wounded and captured. _—____ Tue Washington, D. ©., Bex, an- ounees that for the first time in twen- ty years a colored Republican has been ‘promoted from a clerkship to the po sition of Assistant Assessor. The Pro- motion was made by a Democratic As- @essor. It is very properly enquiring 8 to what is the matter with the Re. publican Commissioners. Ex-Voxcamsmax Davin G. Coxsox shot and killed Erueuexer B. Soorr, Loran Dewanm and Cuanves Jozrax, Woutding James Goupan at Frankfort Kv., January 16th. He was himself ‘badly wounded in the arm. All of the partias present were white andthe colored folks only eame for- ‘ward at the faneral,—the white folks’ funeral of course. Tho affair was very anfortanate. ‘Tau Committes on Roadi by a vote ‘of 4 to 7 decided on Monday night, the 5th inat.. to report favorably. the ‘Errs “Jim Crow Oar” Bill, which;is de- signed to disturb the fraternal feeling existing between thejraces in Virginie. Isis unfortunste, butya p»sple who withstood 250 years of galling slavery, four years of bitter war and thirty years of so-called liberty will mot die ‘oF get ous of breath bec .use a few Ne- @ro-haters choowe to forse the rail- ‘weed companies to haw! them as quar- antined patients suffering with - amall- pox. : ‘Tre Richmond, Vs., Tixs in its tesue of the 18th inst. saya: “The seperate car aot is not doeigned ate. diser.maiaation against the blacks. While the bill provides that black men shall not ride in the same car with white men, it also pro- vides that the whites shall pot ride ia she apartment assigned to the blacks. The Dill does not say that the blacks shall not ride in a Hrsi-clane car. It dove not exclude the biacks from the best of accommodations. It simply provides that whites and biacks shal! Rot be mixed up in the same spart- ment. It is no more a discrimination against the bineks than it is a discrim ination against the whites.” ‘This is only making e virtus of a ne- cessity. The bill was framed with an idea of making it constitutional. It provides that colored persons can ridein the same car with white per- sons as servants and makes no provis- jon for white persons riding in the ssme car with colored persons as ser- vants. In thin the basic principle of equality disapfears. . THE DISPATOR’S LAMBSTATIONS. | the citizen of color and “Jim Orow Car”, legislation. || Although it stands sworn to recog- | nize theeivil and political equality of Jail men before the law, and by the | terms of the Constitution of the Unit. ed States and the Bill of Rights of Vir- ginia virtually 1s warned against clase lngislation by a reminder that this is e government of the people, and not a | government of the white;people only, it says: se ube Companies will make « tniatake nt “i a ing bi. “Hundreds of the beet ed shrewdest friends in this State will tell them candidly they would better ac- quieses in the evident determination of our people.” This is said to companies which are bringing millions of dollars worth of ‘capital to Richmond and affording em- ployment to hundreds of its citizens, Already James River is honey-eomp- od with trestle work and pillars, hous- €8 having been ;torn down to permit of the improvement. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company, and the Seaboard Air Line have joined hands to expend millions of dollars upon railroad station and ite entranes thereto. The Southern Railway Oo..at its own expense is also erecting a hand- some railway station and its other im- Provements in Virginia will no doubt reach # million of dollars, With the colored people vieing with each other in cultivating a friendly re- lationship with the white people of Virginia, this journal now demands that the railrond companies pay trib- ute to “King Race Prejudice,” and that all of the disorders ef the past be brought forward accompanied by the resurrected corpse of ill-teeling, Only the wishes of one portion of the body politic are te be consulted, and every ward heeler.j;rum-sucker, jail- bird and political thug in the eommon- wealth is to be enlisted jn s crusade against a docile, liberty. loving people. ‘The Drsratcu has the effcontery to say: “As tor the colored folk, we car but repeat what we heve so often said to them—that the interest of both whites and blacks is that the two races should keep separate and apart.” ‘They are asfseparate and “apart as they ever will be on “this side of the Jordan.” ‘The only |mixing noticeable is in the publie schools and in houses of questionable repute. In the matter of publie conveyances which are operated by virtue of a pub- lie franchise, there ,should be no such thing as the esteblishment of private |: comforts to the discomfort of any large portion of the publi who had part ia], granting the franchise, But what is the use of arguing with | race prejadice or citing great princi-|_ ples to a paeked constituency? The}, DUPATOR gays: “The whites do not want the blacks] n their cars, and are exasperated | when they fad them there. partica- | arly when the blacks are disorderly, mpertinent, or unsiean.” " : Then they should run ears upon]; rivate proverty and by private|; ermission and not ask favors at the}; ‘ands of the people, a portion of which | t hey propose to humiliate and ineon-|, renience. ' It would makes mule smile to hear white “gutter snipe” ands white| ar-room sot, using the language quot-| ¢ dwhich the Disratom neceesarily im-| , lies is applicable to them. The Dre-|t ATOH must take the average colored | aan to be a simpleton when it eays: “The wonder, the impenetrable mys- : ery to us, is how selt-respecting golor- | * d men or women can wish to go where hey are certain and sure they are not | r ranted ; where their presence is toler-| ted only under compulsion of law? | ‘Thie was the logic of the arist oeracy | ( t England in dealing with the Puri- an Fathers and the Colonists. t Under our law every citizen is en- | tled to certain privileges, among yhieh ia life, liberty and the pursuit of | sppiness. fs If there be any mystery whatever, it || Jeneoushed in the fact that the Bill ¢ {Rights of Virginia set the bounds] * oF every white andoolored maa to go. | It is in recognition of this tact whieh uses ut toaskfor all of the rights in|! he matter of public convenienee | hien are accorded to each and every |¢ ther citizen, The only wonder is that |® the Disrarom was not posted on thie fact and should pause evens moment to ask the question. It concludes: “Rumor bes said that the bill will fail in the Senate, bat we have no such fear. We think the whites of Virginia are thoroughly in favor of separate railroad-cars for whites aod. blacks, and we are confid:nt that senators will Fecogaise that fact.” + ‘The Disrarom hes been in the busi- nens of stirring up race-hatred for the last thirty-five years and itis time thet At qui’ its old time practices, As for Mr. Joux E. Evra, his time is nigh at hand when he will be baried so deep that he will hardly have a resur- reetion upon the second call of Ga- ‘Baie.’s trumpet. His clase is passing away, thank Gon, and a new citizen is upon the field of action. The colored man is marching to the music of the union and these petty annoysnces, while embarrassing will in-no-wise impede hie progress in his ascent to the table-land of materi- al prosperity. A WORD FROM ‘THE GENTEBL NEGRO” tainly have more than one editor deal ing with the “Jim Crow Oar Bill,” now pending before the lower branch of th logislaturegot Virginia. The writer of the article in {its issuy ofthe 14h inst, under the éaption o “A Word to the Genteel Negro”” seem: tobe" white man whom God made.’ He must be in some way connected with the ex-slave owners, with whose sup. port and influence we expect to detes: that prejadiced measure. How eloe could that journal have vsed the fol lowing language ? “We have word this morning for the genteel Negro, for the Negro with am. ition, for the Negro who honestly de. sires to improve his mind and morals and botter his eondition, Ia what we have said in previous articles we have ot meant to discourage him, not to take away his aspirations. We would rather bid him God speed in his en- desvors, and aid him in lifting himself up to higher level,” Oh, if the writer of these lines only meant what he has said, we eould in- ‘deed take hope, And again: “There ig always room at the top. ‘There is e future for the genteel Negro butit is necessarily a thing of his own making. Booker Washington, Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and such other Ne- groes whom we might name, have at- Sained national distinction, and esjey the respect and good will of the na- tion. One of the most conspicuous ar- tioles in the current issue of Harper's Weekly, and we mast say one of the mott interesting articles is from the pen of Paul Laurence Danbar. Ia the sity of Richmond there are Negro law- ers Negre dostors, Negro bankers, Rearo merchants, Negro teachers, Ne- gro real eatate owners, all of whom are making « place for themselves at the top. This simple statenent smould be enough to stimulate every ambitious Negro t» greater exertion,” ‘The Taces says further: “We said ina recent article that the Negro could not, in the natare of the. case secure the benefit and the elevating influences of what the white man calls his ‘society.’ That door is closed to the black man, and will always be closed.” Will the Tress’ editor never seo? Will he,never understand ? The doors jo white society may remain barred forever, 80 fares weare gomeerned, We do not seek admission there. Itis aur civil and political rights, for which we are contending. The hearth-stene nas no viage in the controversy. The railroads of this country do not open he doors to the sosiety of the white pan. If they did, you would necessa- ily be required to explain why white ail-birds, penitentiary convicts, dive seepers, white women of questionable haracter are permitted to associate nthe railway trains with the best white people in the land from the “hind art” of the baggage ear to tie tail-end f the aleeper. These privileges constitute elvil and ot social rights, As to the elevating influences of the rhite man’s society, the eolored man t the South is constantly securing it, ot us an equal, but as a servant. ~ The effect is far-reaching, neverthe- 98 for the father as a butler and/, cachman, and the mother as the nurse nd chambermaid become acquainted |, ith all of the rales of polite sosiety |, od the ‘black Chesterfield” is bat lit-|, @ behind the white one in observing e rules of decorum and performing}, 3080 requirements of etiquette whieh |. ave made southerners famous and, ir black servants the best in the |, rid. More than this too, these same col- ed employees are educating their aildren on the outside and the fin- ructions given embrace a praetieal |. aching along the lines, whieh their mployers have marked out, By thia method, the colored teacher aros from her “nurse mother” and || \e colored physician learns {from his| putler father” the rules and require-|' ents of polite white eociety, and be- |! mes transformed into what the |! mens’ editor is pleased to term “The | entes! Negro,” . There is no clamor on the part of] is upper class of white men for “Jim || rom” car legislation, 1 They are in favor of enforsing order] 1 the railroads, bat when it eomes to ; aking color the basis, they remem. |‘ sr that in years past and gone, any|; 38 Who would attempt to separate| em frem their black mammies would | ‘ve had thelr trouble for their paias. |] Mr, Joux E. Ervs, the patron of this iquitous measure, simply for a little ep notoriety would stir ap thol ldron of rao prejudice, inflict] { edless expense upon railroad compa. | ( | RICHMOND PLANET RICE MOND VIRGIN! rng canna . Gov. MoKiewar tried it and failed To-day he is sleeping “beneath the clods of the valley,” where soun and very soon all that is mertal of thia Richmond white man will be laid aay forever. ‘The Truss eontinues: “But may not the Negro make a sosi- ety for bimeeit? ‘That ie a question which we must answer. We know that he 380 doso- We cannot say that he will, dus we toll him to take heart and make the effort.” The question displays your Jack of knowledge. The Negro ia in your midst with a society as marked as that to whieh you referred and yet you know it not. Rechmond has it aosiety, and this is true of all of the other-ities of the commonwealth. Disreputable charac. terecan neither enter its portals nor ‘knock long at its doors, | What yon hoped. for, sirjhas already been realized, The Tues says: “We have sald that God Almighty draw the solor-ling, hut the line whieh hasthus divinely been drawn between Mie two rages, it ast Dy any means the only line in society. There are white men and white msn. There are "sev. eral clasvos in avctety, Wo have 10 fsriatoeracy in this eountry, but we have our social grades. “Tho Negro ‘must follow the white man’s example in this respect.’ | He bap already followed it, We eax rive names and clte instances. _ It Gop Atatanry drew the eolor-line, He has been very active in wiping out the line that He drew, for we must confers that there are’ several “white colored” ladies who obarge us with slighting them, by not touching our hat to them on the streets. In the way that they are hanging citizens of color for alleged attempted assault and insult, we took no chances about even leoking at them long enough to reeogaige them,—and like the Levite, "passed by on’ the other aide.” ‘The Tuces continues: His high time that the gentes, cultivated Negroes were drawing. the line, and drawiag it sherpiy. These Negroes, if they would improve theme selves and lift their fellows ‘Up, mast begin by flocking to themselves, and by establishing their rules of culture and morais, It the few will organise themselves into their own little “cote, ries, and weeve notice that the low-liv. vA ‘and Unelead shall not enter, the goud work will’ have made a good stert, and the aystem will eventually eatabliah iteolt.” This is just, what we are doing, sir, and shall be pleased to have you’ aid asin this matter. We have well nigh gotten rid of the low-lived and un- jlean eolored folks ; now, will you astiat as in getting rid of the low-lived, un- lean white ones? We want true separation. We in- end to keep the white men of the gers stripe on their side of the line, Do you not know, sir, that white nen are living in clandestine relatoin- hip with Negro women, degrading chite society and assisting Go Ax GoxrY 1 obliterating the color-line rich youare #0 desirous of seeing patnteined? It ta necessary that a bill be passed aaking it s felony for white men to seociate with colored women and vice eres, Let us bogin the good work at once nd send these anti separationiste to he penitentiary where they can spend rom one tofive years in theughttal neditation, ‘The Tneas’ editor concludes: “Bat welnsist that the Negro mast © this for himself. Me has been in the abit of relying upon the ‘government © pull him througn, but the govern- AeNt with all its powers esonot create ar him a society of refinement aud ood merals. ‘Ths Negro must work at hie own salvation, sod the. work ust be done siong the lines which we ave indicated,” We are reiying upox but one govern- ent now and that is the state gov- ament. You have struck the key- ove and we shall begin at once anew 18 work of ercating a society of re- aement and good morals, To help usin this work, keep your], eherous white men on their side of | 8 line among there own women, or | ve Us permission to shoot them. We'd rather not do this; but we are jtermined to do what you advise in is matter—to work out our own sal-|| tion along the lines indieated. You have our thanks, sir and best] iahes. Now, onos for all it isa pall, | ® pull altogether by the educated the}, » pur altogether by the educated the} AN ANTI-LYNCHING PETITION. It Is Referred Aftor Debate to the Senate Tadiciary Vommittee. A petition, handsomely bound, and signed by 8,260 colored ‘persons. ask- ing for such legislation as will Protect colored men of this country from the “barbarous practice of lynehing and burning colored men,” and which was Prevented ip the Sensis, Tuesday, Jan- uary 16th, by Mr. Oullom, of Iilinois, caused an’ interesting idebate. In the ‘course of the discussion Mr, Chandler chairman of the Gommittes on Privi- loges and Eleations, thonght it deaira ble to be perfectly frank. “There is no powsr in Oongress,” said he, “"to Prevent or to punish crimes commit. ted in che varions States. If the States donot punish erimes, for the punish- ment of which they have enacted laws, no Feceral law oan take the place of Uselesr State laws.” Mr. Ohandler added there was no Federal law under ‘Which the violator of even the suffrage Jawa gould be punished, = ueeee ie ec ee —The briek fell on his head, but he is going te hour the Jablilee Songsters Mond: it, 224 inet., at the Mt. Olives. ‘Ohareh, ‘THE TERRORS OF MOB LAW. {Riohmond, Vs., Times, Jan, 18, 1900.} We take the following from the edi. torial columns of the Roanoke Times: Brom Newport News now comes the report that the lynching of young ‘Watts in that city for an erim- inal ass ult, a few days ago, was all's horrible mistake. ‘From "the, state. mente now mady it looks av if Watts were the victim of a woman’s desire to hide her shame Ths whole affair is most reveling, zee itisan instance of the miserable effests of mob violence Too often have communities allowed themacives tobe wrought up and led into the commission of deeds that they could not bus regret upon calm reflse- tion. In the case of Watts, if the above statements are true, all of the facta, would havo cms’ cut in the gourse of «fair tral and the Jyneking of an innocent man avoided, Of course there are times when men are so much worked upon by the horror of the crime committed that they can hardly be expected not to lose their heads, yet there are no eases in which the ex- excise of the law would not be a better gourse. The Watts instance is a strik- ing example of the result of over zeal- ove law and order committees. We make this the occasion for relat- ing @ most remarkable iveidens which has rceontly come to our knowledge. ‘Hon, W.W. Baker, member of the House of Delegates trom Uhesterfleld county, gives us the story and in the interest of law and order authorizes us touse is, In the same spirit ana for the same Lp ed we a it. Some time ago a civizon of Chesterfield, upon the complaint of a married wo: Man. Was afrested on @ charge of criminal a¢aault.. ‘Lhe womef wad heard to scream and the maa was seen to run from the hous, There was no question aa to his identity, because he Was well known to the community. The Woman decisred that he had as- Saulted ber and sven went so far as 0 show fioger prints upon her throat. There was great indignation in the community and a party waa organized to lyneh the mao, But forsunagely fur him, aepeeial grand jury was aam- muned and immediate steps taken to ‘ave the cage regularly tried in court. Mr. Baker was foreman of the grand jury, sud although the evidence Sgavnat the man seemed to be conclu. tive, he determined to doeverysning in his power tu get at the facts. ‘Lhe Woman told a sicaigut forward story, and as we have already said, exhibited floger marks on ber turvas whica, she desiared, were inflicved by the prison- er. After her tesimony was given, Mr. Baker impressea upon her the fact that this man’s live was in her hands: shat if he was guilty of the terrible crime of which sne had charged him, he deserves vo be hung, but sbat if ne. was not guilty soe would be guilty of murder ia swearing away his life. Che woman flually broke down and con- feused thas she nau told her Story in Order to conceal her own shame and the bruises om her throat were made by her iudignant husband because ef her infldeliy. Of eourse she grand jury aid nov resurn a irue bill and the Migidebt was closed ‘Lnis shows how dangerous mob law is. Human liberty aod human life are precious and the organic iaw of the land provides thst whenever a man nas been accused of 8 crime he shall have a fair trial before a jury of his peers and shall have the privilege ot introducing teetimony ie his own be- elf, Lt 18 she business of our courte to thorvughiy investigate all such esr- 96 and ascertain the exact truth. But ‘he mob docs not pursue such a course. Che mub sctewpos impuise and often upon eX parte evidence and never gives tho scoused the opportunity of miroducing testimony to prove his in aucencs. When the mod rules no man’s life is safe, for the mob hangs nen upon the mere suspicion, FROM BUsrON. The Hand-in. Hand Club of the West End has acquired quite s repatation tor hospitaluy. The genial President, Mr, David Urawtord who w one of she sould ciutisens of the lish Ward is an inventor of no mean ability. He is the President of the Boston. Smelting Uompany,& business conrerao run un der the auspices of colored men wh are demoosiranog their capacity te tara ous tone OF snsiting ate saue tO tand’any test pur spoa ite as they are Virginian: the readers of this Paper feels commendable pride in see ‘ing the eatimabie geatiomen rise so eminence among his :eliow men. Old Virginia is representated in ev- ery department of business and social lite im this gay metropolis. Among che politisiaus we have living among ushoo. John J. Smith, an old war hors of the Kepubiican party; Hon. 4, B. Lattimore, ex-Kepresentative of the Legisiature, Insc 5 Millen, Ex Deputy State lospector, Mark Lunaou, Past Vommander K. A Bell, Fost 184, G. a. BR. Mass Department. I believe the Judge Adyoesie of the Massacnu- setts U. A. K., a colored man, Lawyer James H. Woif eisims Virgivis as nis home, Thseclubs are Ti Rpg by the Virginia contingent by scores, ‘The Comus, (UV Vonaeli and Powha- tan, brothers of the Inte Judge George F. Rufio, are well known in Virgian, sigo a ioug list of members hail from the Oid Dominion States. The Grant cluo presided over by ex-Depusy seal- er of Weignts and Measures, Mr. Har. dy, has also a large membership and the roster shows many Virginians. The Resolute loested on Camden St., shows up well with a large body gasrd to the president who hails from Virginia. Tne Hand-in~Hand not only has its President from ‘ig bat the dis- tinguished. caterer, George Orawford sod hie royal highness, the corpulent Asst. Manager of the club is a native Viggi tan. ‘8 expect to give from time to time a list of the offigers of these clubs. One of the flnest appointed organiza- tions existing im this city is the Cater- ere’ Clad located on Yarmouth Strest, end flourishing under the suspices of Henry MeKenney, Esq,,.well known politician of the 10:n Ward. Mr. MeKioney gets up as fines bill of fare as it has been of lot to pertake of. His right hand man,Mr J. H. Allen also vontributes to ene the cravings of the inner man, At thie resort situated on Yarmouth Street in the exclasive part of Boston the — Robert Car- ter dispenses his hospitelity with » lavish hand. We would be amiss in Ses if we failed to mention the Hammond Vinb of Kendal Street the boys of which swear eternal fidelity to the manager of this journal. Adolphus Siegg is the manager and is ably as- sisted by the suave Joseph Clark him- elf an old Virgioia boy and one who is always willing to are friend. The seavy of this ol are Colonel oes Hewitides owe tee ee ities, as strateriet. Arthur ¥. See » J, quiet, Captain Gharles H- Malligan, well known in the Military orders, Fellows, and Politieal Associations of the 18h Ward. The Marlboro Olub holding forth at Charles Street should net be Forgotten. Situeted on the banks of the Onarles River where the brain and brawn of the Harvard College students are ever wanting to try their prowess at the oar or in other athletic sports it is an ideal plage for a visitor to seek pleasure. The defeat of George Dixon at New York recently has cot lessened the for, bis equate deaiiay he! eee for bis square referee in the Daily Traveller of the 11th inst., said “George Dixon started out to box when a great projudies existed againet white man facing a Negro in the are- ns. By his gentiemaniy conduct in the ring Georgs won his way in the confidence of the white men at the South that when he fought his battles at New Orleans he was not only given «fair show buthe was the first color. ed man who fought in a ring at whicn colored and white men met on sn equal footing to witness a battle. He Was credit to the race inasmuch as he always assisted a needy person. O'Rourke who ia worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars to-day never would have made s dollar hed it not been for the wonderful prowess of Dix: om. All hail to Dixon. ‘The revival services at the Zion ‘Church are being well attended. The Fraternity of Brotherhood of Goachman are arranging for a grand Annual Ball in the near future. ‘The Fraternal Association composed of the 400:hs of Boston are also ar- ranging for a fine affair. Arshitect Glover heads the committee. Give some of our dades position of Messenger and see them get the Big Head. This applies to a ruoner who lately was appointed to a city job. He hasthe opinion that he iss digger man than Hon. John D. Long, Secrets ry of the Navy. 0. the conceit of some men, Sropher, come down off your igh pereh. ‘uch credit should be aécorded Mr. William Royster for the excellent manner he is running his Gate. and Bakery at 1788 Washington Street. He has the placed fitted up with all of the up-to date applinages and » partisular article is the self-playing piano which discourses sweet music to bis many pa- ‘rons. Mr. Royater ix destined to'do good business and desires the pat. onage of all irrespective of color. fhe Richmond Pcanar is on sale at at J. W. Broome's Barber Suop, corner Osmbridge Street and Blossom Street also at Mrs. Florence Contees, 17 Phil lips street where all communications snould be addressed. When you want sny business and private ‘correspondence attended to — she Richmond Puanee in joaton. You will got good treatment sod advice which will not eos. you « Cent. Allwe expect in return is that Jou patronize the paper and help Hon. john Mitchell, Jr.. financially to keep &p kis good work. Advertisement of any nature will be insoried et the rate of 60 cence per inch. The Richmond Puawet is the best paper in the South to advertise for missing friends and acquaintances Electric Line Makes Trees Bloom. An extraordinary phenomenon has heen noticed with regard to the cheat. nut trees in the Avenue Louise, Brus. sels, since the installation of the elec- trical trams. Thefr foliage begins to turn brown and drop early in August, to bud and even to blossom again in October. The trees on the Opposite aide to the trimways behave like ordi. nary trees, for they lose their foliage in the late autumn and do not put forth fresh blossoms until the spring. Bot- anists are inclined to believe that the cause of this singular state of things is due to the electrical current which passes under ground acting upon the roots of the trees, which are otherwise quite healthy —Londou Chronicle. A Photographic Rock. On a ranch at Bradley Flat, near Ho! Springs, 8. D., ts a ledge of rock whic! seems to possess all the properties o ‘@ photographic plate. When the rucs fe moist the rock will show after « thunderstorm a clear photograph 0! the surrounding trees and bushes Gradually pictures so taken seem ta tade out, being renewed by each new thunderstorm, though the same ob- Jects are not always reproduced. ‘The Tock seems to be a combination of flint and sandstone and is of a dirty Fed color—Chicago Chronicle. Some Big Salaries. Speaking of big salaries, the biggest om record was paid to George Gould. For ten years’ work his father gave ‘im $5,000,000. The account was down as “for services rendered.” That was at the rate of $500,000 a year. The highest salary ever paid a railroad President was the $75,000 a year that went to Sir William C, Van Horn when he was president of the Canadian Pa. ciflo—N. ¥. Press. Making It Plawsible, Merchant—And why wouldn't the customer buy that tiger skin? Office Boy—He said it wasn’t gen- une. “And didn’t you make {t appear plausible to him that ft was genuine?" “Why, of course. I even told him I shot the tiger myself."—Fitegende Blaetter. ‘Uncle Btls Ideas. Wrinkles are one of the signs of time The presence of danger makes many @ man brave, after it has passed. Some men outlive a questionable rep- utation by becoming thoroughly bad. In the Philippines the proximity of the American troops oft proclaims the “amigo.”—Cleveland Leader. “kG Shantedth Mecnes. “Didn't you shoot anything at all, John?” “Yes; I got a fine bag of game, but it was stolen from me on the cars.” “Well, never mind, John; you've Drought home a brand new story."— Indianapolis Journal. Work to Music. In railway building in the Soudan there are two harp players and a flute player to every pang of 40 or 50 men, As long as the music is brisk the labor ers do not seem to feel fatigued.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ih Sale a hE ee a On the Queensland, New South Wales, boundary line, on the edge of ‘the Australian desert, an artesian well has struck «. yield of water of 4,000,000 gallons +. day—Chicago Chronicle. ‘ ="1,000 REWARD, _ te oe ‘ Dr. Shea, Marvelous Kedtum) Gtvea the names of dead and itving friends fell Who and when "you will js aloe of Zac mare Reaigs oc aaytug vce wacneess Tienes what itu. He can call up’ your PElohds and show them to-yeur "Cam make Fop allaround the room. He asksao questions don't ask you to write sasmes for Bin, ,Don'ttry to Pomp you im any “way, mar tells you right of. Hels ea? dorsea by. ‘spirttualtets Fecetved from them @ gold medal aia lal license to practice fin wendertul ‘¢redentiais no-one else can show, can g1¥e thousands of rererences to both ‘white ‘and Seven be Beookayseseiy SNe Seven fe Brookiynewill aoe eu anee Se a0 do ail that he can toll of. Can tell what Business is best for you and ‘where, bow Fyin shoedy marriage with the one Fou. Flow. ce aucceantal ina Your Goings ta short what is beet to do. "He succeeds Allothars fail. “Positive satistaction. or no Pay. Cali and seo.” You will find 1¢ Tacky te Consult this Christian gentleman. He haa medicine thae wit cure drunk ‘oad be Bevivan pavieut not’ Knowing it aa througs Aim arenow ' @ HICH, HAPPY AND See ancs with all their unai ‘while those Regicet his savice are sali invoring, Doverty.. Turough his perfect knowledge ot Shemistry, he can impars to you a secret’ Fritorersome, your guomies and win pour Trends. Hin aid and advice has often policited; the reoult has always beon the po- Seeks Shseey “ft babry sesrrege aed fall. He bas tu secret of. winning the af: fections of the opposite sex. tt is ihe gure of spieliualiam that in olf iarge cities Saeee area, cla of men and women who anim Powers they do not possess They ‘have Relther ‘xifve,credentinis or relaransse, Barely tne colored people cre not so wanting in werise.as to. throw their time and” semee gyray_onvanch, " Dr. Shem refers to the MOG William Dsnumbre, Arehitect and buildercad Cleveland Ave. and Archer Sewell, Stipe builder, so uth Brookiyz.. Ail have him for'th opast seven Fears. “He = free test of hin powerto all. the Bas ‘actioed five yearsin Mew Orleans: 86, Loe Momp hin and Loutsviie, ‘umderesanae ehorought ¥ the diseases. spells or infwemest the race is ‘subject to. fie ie now and always had'a iar ge patronage from then, PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: ~ Brookiya, Aug. 45,1601 —This 3s to certizy atcaue tg Nay Yor tom Avan. 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Men eee © 1 FULQON sTREET, e BROOKLYN, ¥.-%9 / WONDERFUL Curly Hair Made Straight By % 7 44> TD GYR CARGM Ron Lares meron St ok Seeman, OZONIZED OX MARROW The winder ete formate tue aay. pe sctaioa de chee that aay ich Giteneal $eonwhaa jane Seahsatesian aint ee eet nape erie centre andar gui ee tea iebenarertenanay are Pearce eh tie cpre os Wee OZONIZED OX MARROW o., 76 Wabash Ave., Chicago, i. © THE PLANET ROMANCE IN AN EGG. Volk Finds a Husband for a Pretty Illinois Girl. Goose That Laid the Golden Egg Must Now Take a Seat in the Background for the Hen That Laid the Egg of Love. Many castles in Spain were built out of the war over Cuba, one of them developing from the romance of an egg. A year and a half ago, when the call for volunteers went forth, a simple farmer's girl out in Illinois did a very simple and sentimental thing. She wrote her name and address, "Margaret Gehl, Casey, Ill," in her prettiest schoolgirl handwriting on an egg. Then she put the egg in a case that was being packed in a box for market. Then the egg traveled in a case from Illinois to the Boston commission markets, and finally met Charles G. Duffy, a shef of Lowell. Duffy read the inscription on its shell. The character manifest in the dainty ehirography impelled him to send a word of greeting to the romantic maiden. The invitation fascinated and became fixed in his mind. Then he broke the egg and Cupid came forth. Love was hatched in the incubator of latent affection. Egged on by an occult force, the chef wrote to the woman whose name was the passport to his heart. She replied. Correspondence was established, photographs were exchanged and both were convinced that it was no shell game. He went to Porto Rico with the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers. Her womanly heart applauded his bravery. When the regiment returned home Duffy lost no time in taking a trip to his sweetheart's home. They met, they loved more deeply, they plighted their froth. When the snow has whitened the New England hills they will be yoked. The goose that laid the golden egg must now take a roost in the back. INSCRIBING HER NAME. ground and make way for the hen that lays the egg of love. Charles G. Duffy is a prepossessing young fellow of about 23 summers, and, as may be imagined, of a romantic nature. As for Miss Gell, she is the daughter of a farmer of Casey, Ill. In the early part of 1898 she was engaged in the unromantic task of casing eggs for shipment to the east. As she mechanically deposited egg after egg in the hard and unsympathetic case a feeling of her lonesomeness bore upon her, and with it a pining for the love of some noble, true-hearted man. Partly by inspiration and partially as a mere relief from the monotony of the work, she carefully selected one of the largest of the eggs and inscribed upon it her name and home. It was a neat specimen of penmanhip. Its very formation betrayed the writer to be a woman of affectionate impulses, and seemed to invite a response from some good man. Miss Margaret retired that night with the love light of expectation in her eye. She was imbued with new hopes and aspirations. The day would come. Day after day she besought her father with inquiries when he returned from the daily trip to the village post office. Day after day she was doomed to be disappointed. And then, one day her hopes were realized. It was a diplomatic missive from Mr. Duffy—not too forward, not too bold—but merely setting forth the circumstances of the finding of the hen fruit and apologetically explaining that the writer thought that Miss Gehl would be pleased to learn that the egg had fallen into his hands. Miss Gehl's reply was equally diplomatic, thanking her correspondent for the trouble he had taken to acknowledge the receipt of the oval messenger, and implied that further correspondence would not be altogether distasteful to her, as she felt a strong inclination to learn something of the east. Letter followed letter throughout the entire war, while Duffy was at the front, until eventually the item of stationery became an important factor in Charley's weekly disbursements. With each succeeding letter more endearing terms were employed, ranging in the process of evolution from simple "Mr. Duffy" to "My Dear Charley." That was the beginning of the end, and now the end of the egg romance is fairly in sight. In Training. Kabesley—The amount of time you have put in dodging the fellow you owe the five is worth more than the money. Mudge—I know it is, but I have a owe that some day I will owe an amount worth dodging for.—Indianapolis Journal. When the Worm Turned. Mrs. Smith repeatedly reminded her husband that the silver was hers, the furniture was hers, and so on, until poor Smith almost wished he had married a girl without a penny. The other night Mrs. Smith awoke to hear strange voices in the lower part of the house, and, vigorously punching her husband in the ribs, called: "John, get up! There are burglards down below." "Eh?" Inquired Mr. Smith, sleepy. "Burglards — downstairs!" shrieked Mrs. Smith. "Burglargs?" said Smith, as he turned over. "Well, there's nothing of mine there!"—Tit-Bits. Carrying Out the Union Idea. "I don't know how to prepare that dish, ma'm," said the cook. "Well, never mind, Mary," returned the mistress. "I'll prepare it myself." "If you do, ma'm, I'll have to quit." "You'll have to leave me. Why?" "Well, ma'am, the rules of the Amalgamated Union of Cooks do not permit a member to remain in a place where nonunion labor is employed on any part of the work. If you're going to do anything in the kitchen while I'm here you must get a union card."—Chicago Post New Complications. Quigley—What! Your friend, the undertaker, going to settle in Wellsville? Why, that is the most healthful spot on the earth. Wharfield—Yes; but he was creditably informed that a new trolley road is to be put through the town, and that two young doctors are to move there.—Brooklyn Life. More Precious Than Diamonds. She—Harry, Kate Snowhill has a diamond ring that her lover, Fred Stilton, gave her. Funny that you never gave me any diamond ring. He—Nellie, it is only girls who are not precious in themselves who require the embellishment of precious stones. Sie—Oh, Harry, what a dear fellow you are!—Boston Transcript. Object Lesson "Young man," asked the proprietor of the store, who was making the rounds of the various departments, "how can you afford to dress so elaborately and expensively on the salary we pay you?" "I can't," gloomily answered the salesman. "I ought to have more salary."—Chicago Tribune. Not Intimate Hedrickton—Are you familiar with the Godjumma, who live next to you on our street? Sandbliss—Oh, dear no. We sometimes borrow their lawnmower or get them to feed our cat when we are away, but nothing more than that.—Boston Transcript. An Undesirable Remedy. Jones—Had a tilt with the wife, eh? Well, don't feel so downhearted over it, old man. A thunderstorm clears the air, you know. Brown—Yes, that may be true, but it don't help the man who has been struck by the lightning.—N. Y. World. In the Hurly-Burly. But few can ever hope to have A pedestal to stand on. And most of us are lucky if We find our feet to land on. —Puck. HIS SUSPICIONS AROUSED. Mother (to Fritz, who's being photographed for the first time)—Don't cry so, Fritz! Nothing will hurt you, and it'll only take a minute! Fritz—Yes, but that's just what you told me when we were at the dentist's! —Unsere Gesellschaft. Autumn twists the human visage In a melancholy frown At an unexpected rainfall With umbrellas all down-town. —Chicago Record. Gave Them Their Due. "They say that at some of those summer resorts the rooms are so small a man can't have his valise in with him." "That's not so; I got my valise in all right; but, of course, I had to go out in the hall to open it."—Detroit Free Press. Earls Down When he was of the poorer class He had to pay his fare. But now he travels on a pass, For he's a millionaire. -N. Y. World. No Home Remedies for Her. Nell—Nothing in this country seems good enough for Mame. She goes to Europe for gloves, gowns, hat and everything she wears. Belle—Yes; she even goes abroad for her health.—Philadelphia Record. Everybody Knows Him. Yeast—You say that man who just went by is one of the best known men in town? Crimsonbeak—Yes; he couldn't borrow a dollar to save his life!—Yonkers Statesman. Hip Way Out. Ethel—And so you told him what you thought of him, did you? And what did he say? Kittle—The horrid thing! He said he was pleased to know that I thought of him at all—Somerville Journal. It Did. "Doesn't it hurt your conscience to wear those pretty bird wings on your hat?" "It does a little, because they are not genuine wings. They are only clever imitations." Chicago Tribune. The Worm. Mrs. Flashout—Yes, Bobby; all these beautiful silk dresses of mine come from a poor, little, insignificant worm! Bobby Flashout—Yes, mamma; and papa is the worm, isn't he?—Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA IS A GOOD DRESSER. Mrs. McKinley's Gowns for This Winter Are Said to Be Beautiful and Becoming. Mrs. McKinley, our president's wife, is, as everyone knows, a great invalid, and her husband's devotion to her is a beautiful example, which will go down in history. She has excellent taste in the choice of her gowns. She receives, almost always, seated in a large armchair, so has her dresses made that the front effect is always good, and her trains are so arranged that there is not too much fulness at the top of the MRS. M'KINLEY. (The President's Wife Receiving in Her Silver Gray Peau de Sole.) skirt and yet enough to hang in graceful folds about her. Mrs. McKinley's gowns for this winter are in excellent taste. She has one of silver-gray peau de soie, which is a sort of heavy ribbed silk, with hardly any luster. The skirt has a long train, and all up the front and on both sides are bands of beautiful steel embroidery, with small silver spangles. The bodice is embroidered in the same way and is relieved at the throat by a collar and jabot of real lace. It is made surplice, with long, tight-fitting sleeves, which fall well over the hands.—Demorest's Family Magazine. HOW TO CLEAN JEWELRY To Keep Diamonds Sparkling and Silver Trinkets Shine. Not a Difficult Task. Diamonds may be cleaned by brushing them with a lather of soap and water, rubbing them afterwards with cau de cologne. If well shaken in a bag of bran they acquire great brilliance. Cut stones should not be wiped after being washed. Wash in a lather of white soap, rinse and put on their faces in sawdust, until quite dry. Opals which have become dim may be polished by rubbing them well with oxide of tin or with damp putty spread on chamois leather; finish with damp powdered chalk, also spread on leather. Then wash the opals with a soft brush in water and then immersed in the following: Salt one pine, alum one pint, salt-peter two pints, water four pints. Leave the silver in this for five minutes, then rinse in cold water and polish with a leather. They should be kept in silver paper. Oxidized silver can be cleaned in a quarter of a pint of sulphuric acid, mixed with one quart of water. Ordinary silver articles may be kept bright by cleaning them with a slice of lemon and afterward rinsing in cold water. Then wash in a lather of soap and rinse in hot water, dry with a soft cloth and polish with a leather. Nickel should be rubbed with a flannel dipped in ammonia. Amber may be rubbed with wet powdered chalk; then with a little olive oil applied with a flannel. Ivory can be whitened with a solution of peroxide of hydrogen, or let the articles stand in spirits of wine in the sunshine.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. WASHING THE FACE Instead of Using Water After a Walk Ladies Should Bathe with Leit Virginal. Many skins will not stand constant washing, a practice which indeed tendsto coarsen the complexion. Thorough washing once a day is sufficient for most women, and is far preferable to partial and careless ablutions morning, noon and night. Instead of cleansing the face in water when coming in from a walk, or when one feels that a wash would be refreshing, it is a capital thing to bathe it with lait virginal. It is an excellent purifier, easily made and harmless. It is, moreover, delightfully refreshing. I give the recipe: Rose, orange flower, or elder flower water, one pint; simple tincture of benzoin, two ounces; tincture of myrrh, ten drops; glycerine, ten drops. Place the rose water in a bowl, and while stirring it, with a glass or porcelain spoon, add drop by drop the benzoin, then the myrrh and glycerine. Be sure you get the simple tincture of benzoin, as the compound tincture contains other ingredients quite unsuited to the purpose. Some skins will not stand glycerine. If this is the case with yours, all that need be done is to omit it from the emulsion. Never use pure glycerine to the skin of the face, as it tends to induce hairy growth. The lait virginal should be applied with a soft rag, and one is often surprised at the amount of dirt, unsuspected because undetected, which is brought away.—Philadelphia Press. The Queen's Ice Chest. The queen's ice chest. The stores of ice at Windsor, Osbyne and Balmoral counties are very large. At Windsor there is storage room for about 500 tons. There the supply is obtained from the lake beneath the north terrace, from Frogmore and Virginia water. Ice is not only lavishly used in the royal kitchen, but also for reducing the temperature of her majesty's apartments in hot weather. Then it is packed in pretty wooden buckets and stood in the fireplaces. American Dentists the American dentists are acknowledged to be the most skillful in the world. Many of them are practicing with great success in Europe. In Germany they are subject to considerable annoyance. Their American diplomas are not respected. They cannot buy anything at a drug store except on a prescription signed by a German physician.-N. Y. Journal. VERSE FOR THE SEASON. The Bachelor's Prayer: Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Ten or twelve years would be just about Make all of my sisters young ladies again Make all of my brothers young unmarried men- Blet out all my nieces, my wee nephews too, Toill till the holiday season is through; Carry me back to those old days when F Didn't have about forty-five presents to buy. Backward, turn backward, O tide of the years. They are sweet, they are cunning, the dear little dears; They "love Uncle Jack very much," so the two. When Christmas begins to loom up to their view; But things of late haven't been coming my way. I am ready up at present and therefore I pray: Swing backward, O Time, from the schooleless shore. Make me nephewless, niceless, till Christmas is o'er. -Chicago Daily News. The Old Way Them folks in town has curious ways of doin' things, far shore. And some of them are curiuser than any I seen before; But the most ingested one of all, as fur is that I know. Is that of wattin' to kiss a gal "under the mistletoe!" Geezumsel! When I was young we didn't do that way! Why, any place was good enough, and any time of day! The parler er the kitchen, er the good old clickin' gate. Er the meet, house er picnic ground would do, I want to state. And we used to kiss 'em easy, for we had no time! No rushin' an -sacin' then, for kissin' no won't be crime! Jest a pleasant recreashun! Yes. It's forty gear age. That first I kissed yer maw, and then they no mistletoe! -Chicago River The year ends sadly, you and I Have buried what we love the best; And yet, thank God, I still can say Be glad, my love, 'tis Christ's birthday. No little stocking for us now To fill with toys up past the brim— Nay, weep not, love—no fevered brow. No further suffering new for him! Our child is safe from earthly ill— So spite of all, I praise God still. Put sorrow from your heart to-night And welcome joy, what's its guise. Our dead child comes—a vision bright— He greets us with the Christ-child's ayes. He makes them glad, this Christmas day! -Judith Spencer, in Good Housekeeping. When, Where, Why? That's the constant cry— Though the things be plain as day— Though the time be right away— He's in duty bound to say, When, where, why? When, where, why? Sometimes think I'll die; Dress him up bewitching sweet— Taste him down the street— Ask of everyone you meet, When, where, why? When, where, why? Is it wearing? My— Still, to really doff the mask— Answering's a pleasant task— Suppose he wasn't near to ask, When, where, why? -J. Michael Cooney, in Atlanta Consti- tition. Christmas Shopping. From the top shelves gently take them; Brush away the dust with care; Milk allure lives to make them— There is buying in the air. Slippers with those figures wondrous; Necklaces which loom up so loud; They might be deprived of thundrous— Place 'em all before the crowd. Fragile tools for manicuring, Boxed in plush of red and blue, And suspenders so alluring, Silken and of stunning hue— Bring them out. Another season None to notice them will pause. Work 'em joy observes no reauses. Work 'em joy Santa Claus. -Washington State His Heart "I bear no costly gifts," he need, "I bring no wealth to thee. As others might, but still I pray That you will smile on me." "There is one gem," the maiden said, "One gift that I demand From him who comes to win my love Ere he shall claim my hand. "I do not ask for worldly wealth From him that I would wed. But he must have a heart that is good." The gentle maiden said. * A Child Is Born "A Child is born!" the magic crippled, and then The Voice spake softly in the hearts of men: "A Child is born whose heritage is such That he doth obey this Prince of Peace Shall know the law that rules the soul's increase." The Many say the Child but turned away And many say anything, or an idle day! The Few looked in heaven, saw the pain The sum of life and death, of good and sin. Then spake the Voice: "This is the Saviour —Love, Lord of the earth beneath and heaven Gave me." —B. C. R. Chicago Daily Record. The Eternal Gift I thank Thee, Father, for life's joy Which reignn in my heart; For peace which nothing can destroy. Whose Fountain-head Thou art! No less I thank Thee for life's pain, Which strengthneth my soul; Life's ceaseless pleasures would be vais As a desired goal! Forgiveness When Love forgives she buries injury In some far grave—pledge of her secrecy. No scar reveals, no friend nor fos may trace. By her least sign, the sacred resting place. Her pardon hath a balm for hate's defeat A kind and full remission, and complete. For trust beams in her faithful, tender eyes; In silence, more than words, forgiveness lies -May Hear Hall, in S. S. Times. A. Shepherd Bird The yakamik, a bird of the crane family, is used by the natives of Venezuela in place of a shepherd dog for guarding and herding their flocks. It is said that, however far the yakamik may wander with the flocks, it never falls to find its way home at night, driving before it all the creatures intrusted to its care—N. Y. Herald. Question of Love. "I wonder," he said, "if I ought to be angry." "What's happened?" asked his friend. "Why, I went to her father and told him that because of my deep love for his daughter, I wanted to marry her." "Well?" "Well, he said' that because of his deep love for his daughter, he wouldn't permit it. Now, do you think I ought to be mad or just disappointed?"—Chicago Post. "Well, what are you looking so sour about? Is she coming home?" The Law and the Saw. It may be true, as a sage has said. That an empty stomach knows no law; But an empty stomach knows enough To shun the place where there's wood to saw. -Chikago Times-Herald. PROSPECTIVE PUNISHMENT. Kind Old Lady—What are you crying for? Boy—Cos I'm goln' to gilt sumthin'— Golden Days. "Sat. Upon." When Johnson rolls home late at night, Delayed by festive curry. He finds his wife sits up for him. And then makes him "sit up!" —London Fun. Learning Appreciated. Cultivated Stranger—You advertise for a man who can speak 26 languages? Mr. Gotham—Yes, sr. The position is still open. "May I ask concerning the matter of its duties?" "Certainly. I own considerable property in New York, and I want a man to collect the renta."—N. Y. Weekly. Solemn Redections "Of course," remarked the impressive man, "we are all wayfarers together through this vale of tears." "That's true," answered the person who continually worries for fear he is getting short measure; "but a lot of us are a long way from being fair weighers."—Washington Post. Very Sharp. Teacher—Now, Johnny, if the earth were empty on the inside, what could we compare it to? Johnny—Yes, ma'am; because it would be hollow ground—Brooklyn Life. How Some Men Do It. "He told me last week that he had to economize, but I don't see that he has been doing it." "O, well, you wouldn't notice it, ang-way. You see, he economizes by cutting down his wife's expenses."—Chicago Post. To Be Had for the Asking. The Caller—So Albertine is the eldest of the family. Who comes after her? Little Brother—Nobody has come after her yet, but I heard papa say that if anybody did come, he could have her for the asking.—Tit-Bits. Ruined by Smoking. "The average life of an engine only 38 years?" said an astonished passenger. "Why, such a tough-looking thing ought to live longer than that." "Well," said the engineer, "perhaps it would if it didn't smoke so much."—Tit-Bits. Well Named. Deacon Johnson—I call dis yar mule ob mine "Poor Exse," because he's better dan none! Deacon Jackson—Sho! Ise named mine after my dude son-in-law, 'cause he don't pay for his keepl—Puck. A Truth Twisted "It is a woman's lot to suffer in silence!' I wonder what is the origin of that sentiment?" "Perhaps it is a corruption of the truth that a silent woman suffers a lot."-Detroit Journal. Evidence. Father—But our boy is only 15 years old. What makes you think he is in love? Mother—He washed his neck this morning without being told to do so.—N. Y. World. Another Great Reform. “What reform are you interested in now?” “I am advocating that people be paid double for the work they do when they don't feel like working.”—Chicago Record. Just the Patient for Him. Young Dr. Fresh—Here comes that Mrs. Towler. Positively, there isn't the first thing that ails her. Old Dr. Sage—Evidently you are just the man for her case.—Boston Transcript. A Modern Columbus. “Wow!” exclaimed the young man, as he hastily withdrew his arm from its resting place. "Why, George," asked his fliance, "what in the world is the matter?" "I have just made two important discoveries," replied George. "One is that you have a wasplike waist, and the other is where the pins—or at least some of them—go to."—Chicago Evening News. 5 On the first Sunday in the month the saturdays were well attended. Communication services were largely attended and impressively conducted at the Concord Baptist Church by its pastor, Rev. Dixon. Meetings will be held every evening this week at the Concord Baptist Church in which important religious subjects will be discussed, and special prayer offered for revival of the Holy Ghost and the salvation of souls. PETERBURGE, VA., Dec. 14, 1899. At the regular meeting of Auxiliary Lodge, 2, K. of P., the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: O. O., David B. Cornish; V. C., William A. Bragg; M. of W., Edward Branch; Prelate, Walter A. Byers; K. of R. and S., E. W. Wood; M. of E. Josiah Coleman; M. at A. William A. Scott; I. G., Richard Smith; O. G. John Byrd; Attendants: John J. Ellem, James Macklin, James Bolling, Robert Vernon, Grand Representative, Edward W. Wood, alternate, Moses Batts. Fine Stationery, School Supplies, &c. Nelson Winston, 537 Brook Ave Fronting First Presbyt'n Church. GOOD POSITIONS: Hundreds of our patrons in this and northern states and cities want farm hands, cooks, nurses and general laborers. If you want a good home or paying employment write or call at W. M. Martin & Co., 814 East Broad St., Richmond 12-80-1m Go to S. Garrett's and get your Christmas suits made to order. THE NATIONAL ANTI-MOB AND LYNCH-LAW ASSOCIATION [Incorporated.] Headquarter, pringfield, O. H.C. Jenkins, Pres., a Jas. Harrin, Vice Pres., E.T. Builer, Organizer, S.E. Huffman, Seet. Will organize in every state of this Union. Agents wanted, Katy locality. Apply to, E. Huffman, Seey., Spring Mike of Liberty, Justice and Prosecution, the Secretary Samuel. Huffman for circular giving fall particulars THE NATIONAL ANTF-MOB AND LYNCH-LAW ASSOCIATION WANTED-SWEET & BRIGHT AND honest person to represent us as Manag- er, sales and close by counters. Salary, $900, no benefits. Boardside, no more, no less salary. Positively permanent. Our references, any bank in the office, only office work conducted at home. Reference closes self-addres- ed stamped envelope. The Dominion Company, Deps, Chicago. Will organize in every state of this Union. Wanted in every locality. Huffman, Scaff, Spring field, O Liberty, Justice and P possession. Written by Secretary Samuel Huffman. Wanted in falling partisanship WANTED WEEKLY 100 COOKS Housemaids and Wattresses for New York and other Northern Cities, wages from $3.00 to $50 per week. Transportation furnished, also 50 farm hands for Maryland. R. W Elsom. tf 417 E. Broad S; WANTED—Two good women, one to cook, wash and iron and must be about thirty years old. The other for chambermaid and wait at table and must be about twenty-two. Wages to first one $18.00 to increase to $150 per month, so from $140 to $180 is a good place for two sisters or friends. Must be presentable and first-class. Send references to 609 E.MARSHALL St., Richmond, Va First-Class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family has not a suitable place. All Country oak given Special Attention. Your special attention is call d to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. M. F. MAURY. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 1015 Main St., - 2nd Floor [RICHMOND, VA. New'Phone 1198. W. S. Selden. Pure and Fresh Medicines only will cure you then purchase your Drugs and Medicine from: FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER 1508 East Broad Street, RESIDENCE AND WARE-ROOMS: 1308 E.Leigh St., Richmond, Va I always give the bottom prices on every thing I sell. Just now I am doing better than ever. I have knocked the Bottom out! 25 Cent Books. These 25cts. and 50cts. books at 20 Per Cent off the price: Brudder Gardner's stump speeches. Casey's recitation and humorous stories. Cassie's sketches. Correct manners. Cushing's manual. Diseases of Dogs. Elite letter writer. Fronco Gentan, Italian and Spanish at a glance. Patriotic recitations. Hunters' and trappers guide. Japanese fate book. Manual of the republic. Mock title. Pocket encyclopedia. Wilson's modern Dances. Webster's pocket speller and defender. 50 Cent Books. Book-keeping at a glance. Bakers manual. East end register. Hand book of eliquette. How to draw and paint. Hayle's games. Painters manual. Poems of Goo R. Sims. 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Fourth St., Richmond, Va This Grand Special Offer for 80 Days only. Write for Anything and you will get it. A man and a woman sit in a room with a large window. The woman is reading a book, while the man is reading a newspaper. A baby is lying on the floor in front of them. A lady living at Lawrence, Mass., describes an interesting condition of affairs in her household. When she first heard of Ripans Tabules she was having an awful spell with her stomach. She had had them off and on all her life and had swallowed enough medicines to stock up a drug store. "I was losing flesh every day," said she. "Some days I was so weak I couldn't get out of bed. I know if I hadn't get relief I wouldn't be here now." Two dollars' worth of Ripans Tabules was all she ever used, and they made her a well woman. Her husband says she looks better now than he ever saw her. She made him take the Tabules for billiousness and they acted just as well in his case. Ripans Tabules are a regular stand-by in that family now. WANTED—A woman of 64 had health that RIP-A-TABLE will benefit. They have given her. Do you give relief. Rate the word RIP-A-TABLE on the package and accept no rebates. RIP-A-TABLE is available for 6 months, to be delivered to the Ripans Chemical Co., 212 N. 5th Street, New York. HOUSEHOLD MAGAZINE THE GIRLS OF SAMOA They Wear Kilt Skirts and Necklaces of Shark's Teeth and Are Born Coquettes. The girl of Samoa is a born coquette, full of romance and natural grace. Her usual costume is a necklace of shark's teeth, some metal earrings and a short skirt. The number of shark's teeth in her necklace is the measure of her popularity among her admirers. The more teeth the greater the belle. From the time she is ten years of age she begins to make eyes from behind a beautifully carved fan. As usual with bouquettes, she is flickle in the extreme, as well as romantic. Her nature is as fierce as that of the warriors of her country, and she is a thoroughly trained athlete as well. She is skillful in the use of arms and is cruel and relentless in war. She is equal in strength to many of the Samoan warriors. For dress occasions the older Samoan girls wear the same costume as a man. This is a kilt or piece of drapery wound about the waist in a manner which seems to a foreigner nothing short of mutilated. This is called lava-hava, a sort of mat material. A mere scrap of it wound about the waist of a child is considered dress sufficient. Ordinarily the children wear no garments whatever. The drapery is of the same general character as that worn by natives of most of the South Sea islands and the Indian archipelago, as well as the south- SEALATANA, A SAMOAN BELLE. ern countries of Asia. It is called by the Malava the sarong. But the Samoan girl has been out in the world more or less of late years. The tourists from other countries have visited Samoan; so the natural beauty of the native Samoan girl is being spoiled by her great vanity. She not only apends a great deal of time in beautifying herself, but she adopts such incongruous combinations as a fine mat lavava and a ball gown waist or velvet besque cut V necked, her hair done up empire style and wearing, to complete her toilet, a string of ferns around her waist and a necklace of the inevitable shark's teeth about her bronze throat. Her arms and limbs are bare. She has been shoes, but she prefers to be comfortable. She also refuses stockings, contrary to the Samoan warrior, who, it is told, marched with his comrades in battle array wearing a pair of opera length silk hose, the soles of which were worn completely off. These had no doubt been given to him by some European travelers. Although the Samoan girl does not wear clothes, properly speaking, she is taught while still very young to embroider and sew. The hairpins worn in her hair are beautiful in their workmanship. They are made out of the wood of a cocoonnut tree, and are carved with a dead cocoonnut leaf. This is most delicate work. The girls are taught to swim when babies. They are graceful and readily learn to dance. As a people the Samoans are great dancers, and during their holiday seasons they dance day and night. They are also fond of music, and have native instruments, which they beat to strange rhythmic music, not altogether beautiful, but harmonious. The marriage of the Samoan girl is arranged by her parents. The girl never thinks of having any opinion of her own on the subject, but accepts the parents' decision as inevitable. This does not prevent her from having any number of admirers before or after marriage, which seems to be another matter entirely. She is far more interesting in her native costumes, pursuing the customary life of her own people, than when she tries to ape the foreigners who visit her beautiful tropical country to admire her in all her native simplicity and beauty.—N. Y. Tribune. To Preserve Old Letters. Here is a unique method of saving old letters. A youthful bride has been trying to bring herself to burning up her love letters. They had accumulated during the years of her engagement to such an extent that to save them all was out of the question, and to burn them was out of the question, too. Instead, she has torn them, palmastakingly, into small bits and changed them into an embroidered covered pillow. It's a suggestive idea, and might be utilized in preserving all sorts of old letters and manuscripts. WATCH THE SHOULDERS. They Should Be Level, Large, Erect. Insemiably Descending and Delicately Poised. A common form of neglect is the shoulders, which are allowed in childhood to grow lopsided, and take on an ungrateful stoop. Often they are crowded so by ill-fitting corsets that they seriously displace the collar bone. Instead of such malformation they should be level, large, erect, insensibly descending, and well poised, making the waist appear round and small. Massage and oils will do much to tone up the neglected shoulders, and the skin can be whitened and made beautifully firm by this paste, which is of Spanish origin: Beat the whites of four eggs in rose water, adding a few grains of alum. Beat until the paste is thick. Spread the composition on a layer of old linen and apply to the neck and shoulders at night. French ladies are so expressive with their shoulders that they give them every advantage, as their "shrug" is a part of French conversation. An authority on the subject says: A difficult habit to break is that easy, lazy manner of sagging down when sitting, which, in addition to sleeping on high pillows, makes many round shoulders and sunken chins. People should always watch themselves, and when they discover the fault straighten up; but it is so easel, to settle down in this way after years of indulgence in the habit that many get discouraged and prefer to grow crooked. Let me warn you, ladies, to be eternal, vigilant in acquiring a good sitting posture. The joints you possess were given to you to bend with, and it is also a crime to sag down as if you had no lungs or other vital organs. Hold in the backbone, throw the chest out, bend from the hips only, and so contribute to the perfection of your figure, your beauty and your health.—St. Louis Republic. HOSPITAL INCIDENT. Curious Way in Which an Ignorant Foreign Woman Interpreted a Simple Prescription. Doctors and nurses who have to deal with foreigners in hospitals know by experience how careful they must be in the use of words when giving directions about medicine, otherwise the most ordinary instructions would be apt to be misunderstood, with probably fatal results. The head physician of a well-known charitable organization in this city recently had a curious experience of this kind. A woman had brought her baby for medical attention. It was not really ill, but very much needed daily application of soap and water. The doctor gave the mother some medicine for the child and then directed her to "wash the baby." To many of the foreigners the word "bathe" is entirely un- "KIN I PUT A LITTLE SUGAR IN, TOO!" known. Knowing from experience that the mother would have little faith in the efficacy of soap and water alone, the doctor wisely added that she should put a certain amount of salt in the water. The use of salt in this way being entirely new to the mother, she would naturally conclude that this alone was the curative agent and obey the doctor's directions. As the woman was about to leave, the doctor, as was her custom, repeated the directions, saying: "Now, remember to give the baby the bath of soap and water and salt every day." The woman looked up and asked: "Please, lady, ken I put a little sugar in it, too?" "Sugar?" said the astonished doctor. "Why do you want to put sugar in it?" "Cause the baby won't take nothin' that ain't got sugar in." And then only did the bewildered physician realize that she had unwittingly said: "Give the baby the bath." To the mother the word "give" meant to feed, and the baby's salvation is probably due to the fact that it had always so strenuously objected to taking anything that did not have sugar in it. —Chicago Daily News. The Ripple a la Mode. There is not an inch of crinoline used in the new skirts; there is not an ounce of starch put in the petti-coat, but everything around the foot must ripple and billow and curl and swirl until one feels as if one were fellowing in the wake of a steamship when going behind the fashionably dressed woman! An Unreasonable Child. Mother—Johnny, what makes the baby cry so? Why don't you try to amuse him? Johnny—I am tryin' to, but he don't want me to teach him to stand on his head. N. Y. Journal. After His Rejection. Sue Brette—Everyone is congratulating me on my new lithographs. Foote Light—Indeed! And don't they look like you?—Yankers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA DOCTOR AND PATIENT. Contagious diseases kill 240,000 people in France yearly. America has two leper hospitals—New Orleans and Frisco. A sanitarium for the treatment of officers and men of the regular army suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis will be established at Fort Bayard, N. M., and hereafter transfers of enlisted men can be made to this hospital upon recommendation of the medical officers of the army. One hospital in New York has adopted a camera to record minutely the action of patients in epileptic fits and similar afflictions, and many moving pictures have been taken showing the movements in walking of persons afflicted with locomotor ataxia. They are produced slowly on the screen, so that physicians are enabled to study the symptoms carefully. Moving pictures have been taken in Vienna showing operations being performed by great surgeons. A sudden and wearing attack of coughing often needs immediate attention, especially in consumptives and those chronically ill. In an emergency, that ever useful remedy, hot water, will often prove very effective. It is much better than the ordinary cough mixtures, which disorder the digestion and spoil the appetite. Water, almost bolling, should be slipped when the paroxysms come in. A cough, resulting from irritation, is relieved by hot water through the promotion of secretion, which mistens the irritated surfaces. Hot water also promotes expe- tectoration, and so relieves the dry cough. THE AUTOMOBILE Steam plows are to be used in South Africa for entrenching works. An English physician has driven a motor carriage 5,000 miles at an expense of only $130. There is a regular service of automobiles between Newcastle and Sunderland, and other systems are projected in various parts of England. President McKinley has at last ridden an automobile, actuated by steam. Washington is an ideal place for motor carriages and should be a good field for companies dealing in them. In England the automobile has begun to figure so frequently in drawings, according to the Moto Car Journal, that soon little or no notice will be attracted by the use of the same. An unfortunate accident occurred a few days ago on a gasoline-propelled automobile. The tube connecting the gasoline tank with the motor broke, and as might be expected, the escaping fluid took fire and enveloped the vehicle in a sheet of flame. The occupant was badly burned. It is stated that automobile omnibuses will be substituted at once for the old horse-drawn stages on Fifth avenue, New York city. We understand that the omnibuses will not be allowed to be crowded, and a little sign bearing the word "Full" will be displayed when every seat is taken. This is the general European custom. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Washington has 2,000 union printers. In Austria they make flour out of potatoes. An English electric organ has 64,500 miles of wire. Within a year eight beet-sugar factories have been built in Michigan. The city of Pittsburgh is to manufacture its own patrol wagons, hose carriages, buggies and other equipment. A syndicate has been formed to build a single-rail high-speed electric railway on the Behr monorail system, between Liverpool and Manchester. Among the enriches in the new railway museum at Dresden is a proclamation printed in 1830, warning passengers that trunks cannot be forwarded unless they are brought to the station at least an hour before the departure of the train. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN Japan has had a Jewish synagogue since the year 1182. It costs only two cents to ride on a street car in Milan. By means of artesian wells over 12,000,000 acres of Sahara have been converted into fertile soil. In proportion to population, the little republic of Switzerland can boast of having a larger army than any other nation in the world. The number of timber rafts on all the rivers of European Russia is said to be more than 80,000 yearly, with a total of some 25,000,000 logs. Five names are written on as many slips of paper. One of the slips is drawn at random. The name on the slip is the one the child has to bear through life. GLOBE SIGHTS Some men never go anywhere, except when there is a fire. The women are beginning to divide their friends into two classes; those who can be paid with a Christmas card, and those for whom they must buy presents. When a man complains that he has to borrow money to pay his December taxes, his daughters wonder why he doesn't borrow to buy Christmas presents instead. A man should be careful of what he says at this season of the year. If he says he likes the music of a hand organ, he will find on Christmas that one has been charged to him.—Atchison Globe. Not to Be Misled. The Court—Is this the man you arrested, officer? The Officer—Let me feel av his head, sor; I know the shotp whir me billy hit.—Philadelphia North American. Intense Happiness. May—In what sort of a mood were you when Jack proposed? Ethel—A conjunctive mood, dearest. -Harlem Life. Good News for the Unemployed I live right here in the north. I am in touch with those who need help can find out who is unreasonable and unjust. I have ready them and good women as cooks, charmermails and general servants, and often for good indoor and outdoor men servants. I pay your fare to which is added a reasonable amount for expenses and fees. I take no orders under any circumstances from disreputable houses and hells of that kind, and the best protection is afforded the respectable girl who respects herself. In care of the "Spectator." 12.2.8mc BLACK SKIN REMOVER COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE AFTER A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. This preparation, if used as directed, will turn the skin of a black person four or five shades whiter and that of mulattoes perfectly white. It appears using it can see the result in forty-eight hours. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. It is a very good thing for the face, and it needs to be in the eye while washing the face. One box of this preparation is all that is required if mussels as directed, the skin remains clean, continues continual use, and is perfectly harmless. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, and pimples from the face without harm to Direction and preparation will be sent to any address on receipt of $2.00. C. O. D.. or send money order. Packed so that no one can know contents except the receiver. THOMAS B. CRANE. 1234 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. MEN CURED FREE discharge* all other results of self-abuse of excesses. It cures any case of the difficulty at which restore the organs to full nature at strength and vigor. It also clad this wonderful discovery wants to let every man know about it. He will therefore send receipt giving the various ingredients to be used so that all men may be trifly aware can cure themselves. He sends the receipt free, and all the reader need do is to send his Hull Bldg, Betrot, Mich, requesting the receipt as receipt in this paper. It is a generous offer, and all men ought to be glad to have such an opportunity. N & R. W Norfolk and Western Schedule in Effect Nov. 19, 1899. LEAVE BICKMOND, BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A.M. Daily—Richmond and Norfolk Ves. 11:35 A.M. Stated. Arrives Norfolk 11:35 A.M. Stated. Arrives Waverley and Suffolk Second. tickets not accepted on this train 9:08 A.M. M. Railway to the Chicago Express" for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Baltimore and Chicago, Pullman Sleeper Roan oke to Columbus; also for Bristol Fueley, La. Roanoke, Roanoke, Pull man sleeper Roanoke to Saville 6:48 P.M. Daily for Norfolk, Suffolk and in intermediate stations; arrives at Nor Fueley, La. Saville 9:00 P.M., Daily, for Lynchburg and Roanoks Connects at Roanoke with Wash ington and Chattanooga Limited Dallas, Roanoke, Baltimore, Memphis and New Orleans. Cars Parlor and Observation Cars Rad- ford to Attalla, Ala. Pullman Sleep- ing and徙車urg, and berths ready for coop- nancy at 9:00 P.M. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Petersburg to Roanoke. Train arrives at Petersburg and the West daily, 8:15 a.m., and 8:15 p.m from Norfolk and the East 11:06 a.m and Vesti bulled Limited 7:00 p.m. Baltimore and St. JOEN E WAGNER City Passenger and Ticket Agent CH BOSLEY District Passenger Agent WB BEVIL General Passenger Agent General Offices: Roanoke, Va. UNITED AID & INSURANCE CO. Incorporated Under the Laws of Va This Company is doing a great work It cares for its sick members and provides for their burial. It pays from $1.50 to $16.00 per week when sick and from $15.00 to $125.00 at death. Record: Three years successful business; over (25000) twenty-five thousand members received; over 4000 sick and death benefits paid. Reliable young men and women can always get work in this Company. Write to us at once and say in what field you would like to work. Main office, No. 508 E. Broad Street Richmond, Va. J. E. BYRD, President, P. S. BROWN Secretary. PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Patent business conducted for MODERATE FEES. OUR OFFICE is OPPOSITE U.S. PATENT OFFICE and we are less than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or pencil, with description. We advise, if patentable or not, free of fee. How not to fill out a certificate. A PAMPHLET "How to Obtain Patents," with cost of same in the U.S. and foreign countries sent free Address. C.A.SNOW&CO. OPPLE PATENT OFFICE WASHINGTON O. G. WANTED- SEVERAL BRIGHT AND honest persons to represent us as Manger in this and close by counties. Salary in this and close by counties. no mors, no less salary. Position any manent. Our, efficiencies, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work k conducted at home. Referees. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. THE DOMINION CORP. Dept. 8, Chicago. JOHN M HIGGINS DEALER IN Choice Groceries Wines Liquors & Cigars. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 E. Franklin, St., (Near Old Market.) Richmond, Virginia. A. MRS. MARTH, the world renowned and highly celebrated business and test Medium reveals everything. No imposition. Can be consulted upon all affairs of life, business, love and marriage a speciality. Every mystery revealed, also of absent, deceased and living friends. Removes all troubles and estrangements, challenges any Medium who can exceed her in startling revelations of the past, present and future events of one's life. Remember she will not for any price flatter you; you may rest assured you will gain facts without nonense. She can be consulted upon all affairs of Life, Love, Courtship, Marriage, Friends, ete., with description of future companion. She is very accurate in describing missing friends, enemies etc. Her advice upon sickness, change of business, law suits, journeys, contested wills, divorce and speculation is valuable and reliable. She reads your destiny—good or bad; she withholds nothing. MRS. MARTH tells your entire life past, present and future in a DEAD TRANCE, has the power of any two Mediums you ever met. In tests she tells your mother's full name before marriage, the names of all your family their ages and description. the name and business of your present husband the name of your next if you are to have one, the name of the young man who new calls on you, the name of your future husband, and the day, month and year of your marriage, how many hildren you have or will have; whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and if he will marry you; if you have no sweetheart she will tell you when you will have and his name, business and date of acquaintance. All business and date told in an honest clear and plain manner, andrance. Mother's should know the success of their husbands and children young ladies should know everything about the sweethearts or intended husband. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know all, do not let silly religion seruples prevent your consulting. Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the FULL story of your future husband, with a and date of marriage, and tells whether the one you love is true or false. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting a Medium, but such beliefs are contrary to the truth. It is only from the lack of discrimination that such a conclusion can be reached. It is not every one who placards himself or herself as a medium that can stand a test of what he or she claims. And a person of an enquiring mind may ask the reason why. It is simply it these advisers do not take the able to study human nature. They do not spend their thoughts for a moment with acquiring the art of phaseology and kindred branches that will have a tendency to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of all obstacles. It is an undeniable fact that persons will come for advice in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet as soon as they confront a Medium they try their utmost endeavor to dispel from their minds what they know so as to hear if it will be rehearsed by the Medium. To get the secret out of a person is the art used by many unprincipled mediums, but to take hold of the head and gain control of the mind thereby is a matter of impossibility to most of us. And this can be done and by consulting Matter the seeming mystery becomes a realization. This subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even college professors. So it proves conclusively that although there are infringers in our midst with oily tongues perhaps the gates of wisdom have not been closed to the entire profession. It takes a great deal of study to become an accomplished medium and by a continuous and untiring effort, the key to the well of apparently unfathomable mysteries has been secured by MRS. 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ROBINSON, No. 28 N. 18th Street, Dealer In Fine Wines LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. Prompt Attention. Your patronage is respectfully solicited FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER Office and Warerooms: 207 N. Foushee St., near Broad --HACKS FOR HIRE-- Orders by Telephone or Telegraph promptly filled Wed dings suppers and Entertainments promptly attended Old 'Phone 686 Residence in Bullding New 'Phone 480 Virginia Union University RICHMOND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. RICHMOND WAYLAND THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY SEMINARY and COLLEGE Opens in magnificent new Granite Buildings the first Wednesday in October at 8:45 A.M. Examination and Classification of new students the same hour of the preceeding day. EXCREDINGLY STRONG FACULTY. BEAUTIFUL AND EXTENSIVE GROUNDS, [FINEST OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, LARGE LIBRARY. NEW EQUIPMENT. THEOLOGICAL COURSE. Scholarly, Sound, Evangelical, COLLEGE COURSE, Modern, Broad, Thorough, COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE, to fit students for College. ACADEMIC OR NORMAL COURSE, to prepare students for teaching, or for living wise, useful and noble lives. Unexcelled advantages for those who wish to take common School or College studies in connection with Theological. A talented young man can find no better school if he wants the best preparation for a life of wide usefulness and deserved respect THEOLOGICAL COURSE. Scholarly, Sound, Evangelical, COLLEGE COURSE, Modern, Broad, Thorough, COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE, to fit students for College. ACADEMIC OR NORMAL COURSE, to prepare students for teaching, or for living wise, useful and noble lives. Unexcelled advantages for those who wish to take common School or College studies in connection with Theological. A talented young man can find no better school if he wants the best preparation for a life of wide usefulness and deserved respect For further information, apply to VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Va Knights of Columbus of the World VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY, Richmond, Va THE MARRIAGE OF THE MARRIED WOMAN Knights of Columbus of the World V. P. & F. K. of W. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally instituted under the laws and statute of the State of New York, for the purposes of uniting together all asceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the front ranks of all secured institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all section of the country to organize lodges. G. W. ALLEN, Supreme Voyager, This organization has been chartered and legally instituted under the laws and statute of the State of New York, for the purposes of uniting together all asceptable men on the Broad Eases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the front ranks of all secret institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all section of the country to organize lodges. Kindly address. G. W. ALLEN, Supreme Voyager, 884 W. 52rd Street, New York City NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE. THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT. BEFORE AFTER GUARANTEED FREE FROM ANY INJURIOUS CHEMICALS. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. HUNDREDS OF TESIMONIALS FROM USERS. INJURIOUS CHEMICALS. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. HUNDREDS OF TESIMONIALS FROM USERS. BEFORE AFTER We want good agents everywhere to sell Straightline for us. We allow our agents big profits and make very liberal terms. Be the first to take hold of it. Write to-day for full information. STRAIGHTINE is an Elegant and Highly Perfumed Dressing. It softens and invigorates the Hair. Makes the Hair grow. Prevents it from fall- ing out. Removes Dandruff. Cures all kinds of itching, irritating Scalp Diseases, giving a rich, long and luxurious head of Hair. As a Dressing, it is superior to any kind of oil or cosmetic, as it does not make the Hair gum- my or sticky. WHAT THEY SAY. STRAIGHTINE is an Elegant and Highly Perfumed Dressing. It softens and invigorates the Hair. Makes the Hair grow. Prevents it from falling out. Removes Dandruff. Cures all kinds of itching, irritating Scalp Diseases, giving a rich, long and luxurious head of Hair. As a Dressing, it is superior to any kind of oil or cosmetic, as it does not make the Hair gumy or sticky. WHAT THEY SAY. P.A.MKAY (Agent), Maxton, N.C., writes: I took sticker orders in one and a half day's work. Straightine works well on fire, and it works on the hair like magic. ROSA HOPE, Henderson, Va., writes: Send me two dozen more cans of Straightine at day's work. Straightine works well on fire, and it works on the hair like magic. ROSA WALLER, Pikeville, Ky., writes: I take pleasure in recommending Straightine. MARY F. MAYOR, Altoona, Ph., writes: used your Straightine with wonderful results. F. A. McKAY (Agent), Maxton, N.C. writes: I took extra four writes in one and a half day's work. Straightline is a very quick seller. Rosa WALLER, Pikeville, Ky., writes: I take pleasure in recommending Straightline. It gives satisfaction. Price, 25 Cents a can at all drug stores, or sent by mail to any address on receipt of 30 cents in stamps or silver. $1 00 - ONLY - $1 00 [BOARD BINDING—LEATHER TRIMMED, $1.00] History of the Colored Soldiers IN THE Price, 25 Cents a can at all drug stores, or sent by mail to any address on receipt of 30 cents in stamps or silver. NELSON M'F I G O CO., Richmond, Va. History of the Colored Soldiers IN THE IT'S WHAT YOU SAVE NOT WHAT YOU EARN! THAT MAKES YOU RICH. THE NICKEL SAVINGS BANK 601 North 30th St., Richmond, Va. R. F. Tancil, M. D. President. R. J. Bass, Vice-President E. A. Washington, Cashier. Branch Bank-Planet Building, 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. sa IIE re a 7d a Pie. VOLE SE TEA eula Neo qi aco. " aay is, ' » Be Ba ee “SATURDAY, JAN, 21, 1900 REMARKABLE WOMAN. tutes Fannie W, Tenison Sews, Paints cna Dubretaere with Nor Teeth ee It has often been said that » woman's foort trastworthy weapon is her tongue it has been left to Fannie W. Tunt- of Sag Harbor, L. 1, to show the what a very useful organ the organ really is, says a Philndel- phia Times correspondent. Thirty years ago Miss Tunison was born, and, to the grief of her parents, she was found to be suffering from a form of infantile paralysis which total- Jy incapacitated her from using either her upper or lower extremities. Her parents were only poor farmers, in a small way of business, and Fannie’s affliction not only weighed Feavily upon thetr minds, but upon their pockets as wa Miss Tunison has turned her ‘shortcomings to gvod account. De- prived of the use of her limbs, she gets slong perfectly well with her tongue, ‘and paints, embroiders and writes o better hand—or rather meuth—than ‘most people who are blessed with the ‘use of their ten digits. She makes mote money, too, than the majority of her fellow-townemen, for last year she earned over $1,000 by executing orders for pictures given to her by summer “isitora at Sag Harbor. ‘Miss Tunison’s work is of no mean or fer. The pictures that she paints com: Jax favorably with any amateur art 's, and she paints with considerable quickness. So proficient is she at wield- ing the brash with her tongue that she excels at copying, and she possesses ‘several canvases that would bring cred- 3t to any copyist. She is especially good ‘At painting pictures of the Montauk Point lighthouse, and the little picture, ‘which takes her less than 20 minutes to paint, she sells to visitors for the price of one dollar. But it is not onty as an artist that ‘Miss Tunison shines. She ts expert at fancy work as well, and, wonderful as it may scem, she is perfectly able tc thread her needle and use the scissors. NB Ran = = LA et wee bt LP: LISS a aeons Ass PONS oe DES M183 TUNISON AT WORK. She never requires the assistance of aybody, and all the work she turns ‘out ts done strictly by herself. When Miss Tunison is at work she is seated in a chair which has been spe- cially made for her. From the aun of the chair rises a metal rod which sup- ports a small wooden table, and it is ‘upon the table that all the work is done. In spite #her afiction, Fannie al- ways has a cheerful word for visitors Indeed, it is her greatent pleasure to re- celve company, and she is never 50 happy as when she can show off her ‘wonderful powers, In appearance Fannie differs some- what from the ordinary mortal. Ow- ing to the excessive use of her tongue, the muscles of the neck are extremely well developed and stand out thick and Prominent. Her eyes, too, have a guid look about them and roll, when she speaks, ina peculiar manner. Her \peech is thick and heavy, no doubt Aue to the excessive size of her tongue. ‘Theway in which she threads a needle 4s peculiar. She flrat holds the needle in her teeth for the purpose of planting 4t firmly in the wooden table before her. She then takes up the cotton, bit- ing it off the length she requires. ‘The next step is to hold the cotton with her Ups, which she screws up in a peculiar manner. ‘hen in a trice, before one ean say “Jack Robinson,” she takes am at the eye of the needle before ‘her, and ten chances to one, the needle 4s threaded. Marking Household Linen. It is customary to mark household nen which is made before marriage with the maiden name of the bride, Dut after ‘marriage the initial of the ‘husband’s last name is taken, If the marking is done with ink write the Jastnamein full, but if embroidered, use only the initial. The tablecloths may ‘be embroidered in the center or in ‘ene corner. I prefer to have all house- hold linen marked in the corners. You may buy at any of the large dry-goods stores kid letters in all sizes, from ‘those suitable for a handkerchief up to those large enough for household Hinen. A plain white tablecloth is Suitable for all occasions. Unless one has an abundance of money it ts bet- ter to be content with a good qual- ity of plain white damask than to in- yest in fancy tablecloths.—Ladies’ Home Journal. How to Deodorize Petroleum. The following rule for deodorizing Petroleum seems to bea good one: Mix chloride of lime with petrolenm in the Proportion of three ounces for each gallon of the liquid to be purified. It should then be introduced into a cask, ‘where come muriatic acid should be added and the mixture well agitated, 0 as to bring the whole liquid into in- imate contact with the chlorine gas. Finally, the petroleum should be paised Into another vessel containing slaked Mme, which will absorb the free chlor ine and leave the ofl sufficiently deodor- ized and purified —Ladies’ Home Jour- nal. 1 en Ee eS = RATTLERS AS GUARDS, South Carolina Postmaster Used the Venomous Reptiles to Frightes Om Burgiars. According to the Columbia (S. C.) correspondent of the Philadelphia Press the best burglar alarm im the country is the bur-r-r in the warning of a deadly rattlesnake. That is the opin- fon of Postmaster J. A. Pinson, of Thicketty, Cherokee county, and he has had experience with both burglars and the burglar cure. ‘The post office of Thicketty occupies & corner in Mr. Pinson’s store, in which he sells and buys everything }used and produced in the country = aN i | eS Spe eo : mon | i ar DOING POLICE DUTY. ‘round about, He has been troubled with burglars, and several months ago the post office was robbed. Mr. Pinson found the burglar und has just secured Bis conviction in the United States court. He says, however, that his mind is now easy on the subject of bur- glars and he is not even particular ‘bout locking his store door at night. Bull dogs may be silenced or polsoned, but his guards are ever faithful. Soon after the Inst robbery, Mr. Pin- ‘on procured four snakes of the dead- Hest kind. He keeps them in a box in his store, inviting all his customers, particularly the negroes, to examine ‘them. He remarks that they are great Fat catchers, and tells how he fastens Strings about the necks of the snakes and turns them outin the store at night before closing up. Mr. Pinson says his plan has many benefits, In the first place the rate are cleaned out; then he is not dis- turbed after hours by persons want- ing their mail. It is understood that store is used only in daylight; again, ho can rest in absolute peace, without the least dread of burglars. A negro cannot be gotten within 100 feet of the building after dark. If any attempt is made to rob the store and post office, Mr. Pinson Is con- ‘dent it will be the work of tramps or traveling cracksmen who ere not ac- quainted with the facts. In that case the county will have to bear funcral expenses, but the county will be rid of bad characters. Snakes as guards, he says, beat dogs all to pieces. They draw customers fn the daytime and deter them at ‘aieh _ UNFORTUNATE BLUNDER. Man from Maine Drops His Railway Ticket Im a Mail Hox Instead of Postal Card, Josiah Harrison, who said that he “lived down in Maine,” was an unwill- ing guest at the Wisconsin Central sta- tion at Chicago one night recently, In his confusion and rush he dropped his ticket instead of a postal card into the letter box, then waited for morning and a mail-carrier. When he reached the station the line of west-bound passengers already had formed and the train was on the track under the shed. Suddenly he remem- bered that his wife had been promised B lsfete Lane 1) is. » 3 Wel 0 — Nil us) ‘some report from him each day of the Journey. So he dived into his pocket for a card and pencil. After some ef. fort, the task receiving his undivided attention, the startling intelligence was conveyed that he was well and hoped she was, that he had arrived in Chicago and soon would be leaving, and that he hoped “these few lines” would reach her. Then, as he supposed, he dropped the message in the box and trotted up to the ticket window, where he calmly handed in his ticket to be stamped. “This is no good here,” said the agent. “Put it in the box over there,” handing the card back. Harrison grasped it. It was the postal card. , He sat down to thinks then the train inoved out. “Wal’, I'll swan!” came involuntarily. “I might hev’ knowed that something like that would hev’ happened. That's like wimmen folks, wanting « man to write ever’ hour.” In the morning at 6:30 o'clock the carrier appeared, and, after a few ex- planations, assisted by the agent and policeman, Josiah recovered his ticket and a fair share of bis neace af mig f. Sympathy. Neighborly sympathy is a good thing, but a man dislikes to have to break a limb in order to get a little of it Chicago Dally News. All in His Eye @). ‘The greatness of an egotist {s all in hits 1.—Chicago Dally News. THE RICHMOND PLANET, CHMOND, VIRGINIA. FOUR-LEGGED THIEF. B 0D POL Rey ‘Chieage Dog Steals Newspapers for » et Dishonest Master Who After Ore SON CURED ‘The Warren avenue station police in : Chicago are hunting for « thief that steals news, and according to present oe Andicatic it will take the whole avail- tte Ah nie? “ele evs! BY BOTANIC BLOOD BALM 4 ‘The description of the culprit is: (B. B. B.) “Tall, four legs, two drooping ears and 2. a a along tail.” Residents of the neighbor- —_ hood have been annoyed byhaving their] BOTTLE SENT FREE! IF Vi morning newspapers stolen from their doorsteps. Complaints became so fre- ——- quent that ecial detective was di i Seed te ately fon cd catch the thus | 2% Inexpensive Home Treat} , Bo tee PE Si TN <ES shy Ws a8 » i -s* (| =a > == ‘iccanst (ITA i fee Saree —— [oe aS ere STIS ie a er aS ESS Sr ye Ne A Sc] fy) “ SS! a Ta me oS LG Fira DOG NEWSPAPER THIER, Wideawake and alert as the detective was it was along time before he learned how the newspapers were really stolen. One morning as he was watching the residences near Oakley and Warren av- enues, which is the locality where the papers had regularly disappeared, he saw a dog dash for a paper and run swiftly away with it. So astounded was he that he forgot to give chase until the criminal succeeded in getting away with his booty. To the thefts of the dog the police now ascribe all the complaints of newspapers missing in this district. eB bl een a alenee A farmer's wife in Connecticut is az enthusiastic raiser of fine poultry, an¢ among her flock is a large turkey got dler, which has developed remarkable qualities. One day he tried to call away & brood of chickens from the mother hen, and succeeded fn doing so. Short ly after he took toa nest and sat or one hen’s egg. Ali endeavor to arive him off having failed, the farmer's wife procured a dozen duck eggs and placed ‘them in the nest, and the gobbler at tended to them for ten days with the most touching devotion. But he wat frequently disturbed to show skeptics his occupation, and he soon grew angry At last on one occasion, after he had deen pushed off after astont resistance, he turned around and began to smash the eggs, and could not be stopped un: ‘Ul they were all destroyed. AIDS TO GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. One keep-clean is worth a dozen make-cleans. Apply a drop of oll to the door hinges to keep them from creaking. A cor soaked in ofl makes a good sub- stitute for a glass stopper. Flowerpot stains may be removed from window sills with fine wood asb- en The most effectual remedy for slimy and greasy drain pipes is copperas dis- solved and left to work Bradually ‘through the pipes. Refrigerators should be thoroughly cleaned once a week, everything re- moved, shelves and racke washed in warm soda water, wiped dry, and then sunned, if possible. ‘To purify the air of the cellar and de- troy parasitical growth, place some roll brimstone in a pan, set fire to it, close the doors and windows as tightly as possible for two or three hours; re- peat every three months.—Good House- keeping. WARM POULTRY HousE. “Although Bullt om a Northern Slope the One Here Illustrated Is Rea- sonably Comfortable. The cut shows an attempt at makin, the best of ciroumstances. The pot try house must face the south or the southeast, while the ground where the house should stand slopes toward the worth. The floor was dug level inte 2 Se 2) a BN SS WATat HOUSE ON NORFRERN SLOPE. the bank and a foundation wall waa put in as shown, the top coming up to successive levels to accommodate itself to the rising ground. A drain is laid along beneath the wall to carry off the water coming down the bill. Acement floor is laid the whole length and a large window is inserted in the south tnd. Such a building will prove very warm in winter, even though built as it is upon a northern slope—Farm and Fireside. 2 ene Sverage annual Cost per pupil fer ‘saianes im tne Chicago high schools 2s $53.56. Westminster college has been estab- lished by Presbyterians as a part of Cambridge university. Nature study at the zoological gar fens is to be a part of the course of in- struction in Philadelphia public schools. The alumni of Tufts college have ob- tained a voice in the government of the college in the form of a board of overseers, Car fare is not needed by school chil- aren tn Victoria, Australia, They are carried fm street cars to and from school free of charge. Meceitan Beans oie edie. Maggie—Ain’t dat villun jest orfal! Jimmie—Dat’s only in de play. Iseen dat feller give a nickel to a blind man once—N. Y. Journal. ‘ 0 Hewitt—Does the new play have a happy ending? Jewett—No; the hero and heroine marry in the last act.—Town Topics. BLOOD POI- SON CURED bY BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (B. B. B.) BOTTLE SENT FREE! An Taesneneetines Treat ment That Cures to Stay Cured. Is your color bad? Is your throat sore? Tpading Are you all ran down? ‘Symptoms, Is the hair falling out? Have you ewollen glands? Have you pimples? Does the skin itch and barn? Have you aching in the bones? Have you Rheomatiem? Have you uleers in the mouth? Do humors break out on the skin? Does the blood circulate sluggishly? Does the blood feel hot end fev- erish? Do the hands jand feet puff up and swell? Is there a prickling sensation in the skin? “Have you sores on your body that ‘won't heal? - There is only one real cure for this disease and all the above eymp- toms, and that is B. B B. (Botanic Blood Balm.) which does not eon- tain vegetable or mineral poison, and B. B. B. cures to stay cured. People cured by 8. B. 8, 20 years ago are well and free from Blood feing today. So you may test B. 'B. B. We will send » sample free.to apy sufferer. Not s corner or acrevice of the ayatem can escape the searching determination of Blood Balm to ex- pel all traces of Blood Diseases. There is not in the entire body, ‘even a spot in which virus ean hide, that is not attacked and cleaned by the onward movement of Botanic Blood Balm, Te grizes all, the poison be- fore it; and in an incredibly shors tease of time a new. being comes into possetsion. | Pimples disapposr new ‘rich blood is made; the hair ps falling out ani in, taleers and sores are healed, Bone Pains and Rheumatism are qured and every evidence of disease disappears. t druggists, $1 per B. B. B. pole; six large, bottige (fall treatment) $5 we send to an} sufferer a trial battle tree and prepaid on recaipt of 2 stamps to pay postage, Describe your trouble snd ‘we will FITS Free medical advice. Address, LOOD BALM OO., 145 Mitehell 8t., Atlanta, Ga. BEFORE MAKING ~ | J ‘Your purchase you would do well ; ito call at chs m 140 relible faraiture house in the city and see the fine line of U Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cioths, Ri And in fact everything that is need ed in house furnishings. | RUGS AND CARPETS, Of every description ; also the lat- EB jest designs in ROOKERS and spoo- ial OHAIRS. Cur foods are the N best from pries and the price ir very low. , g| G durgen’s Son 421 EasT BROAD 8T., MW Barwon 4th and Sth Street covoveoononoscwonceoeceesnonenenennet RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC RAIL-ROAD. SOMEDELR tr BEMIOT Nov:eaen LEAVE BYRD-STREET STATION. 8:43 A. M. , Daily, for Washington and Point eerie Slope only at alto She Feoderteaabera’ Pullmes 8:90 4 M., Suaday only for” Waahington and ay te Rorth. Stops at Kibe « Beran, Ashland, “Toyione Fencia, ‘Mi lfsrd, “Wee dalase Geinea'semmit Federieksbare Brooke, and Widewater. Ful manos. S140 a... Dally except bunday, for Wash RS it at fitbe, “Glen Taylorville. dorwell, Retbe? in Fenols, lord: Woody re, Guinea Summit, Prede fekeburg Brooke, Widewats!, 15:90 W., Datlgy ‘except banday, tor Wash = sain and, ponits Xortk, Stops fen alien, Aablang, Doswell! Miltord & Frederioxs gare Parlor Car goaeets with mgrensions’ Liam : 1:46 pw. Datly for Wash 4 poten 346 p, wa, Dally for Wantiogton and _potats North. Bop: a eive, debian Doswell, ailtord, Frederiets Burg, Brooke. and Widewater Stops at othe- stations Sundays Sleeper, Wasiagton te Palle deiphia, ARRIVE BYRD-STRERT STATION. suo. Stops at Widewater, mean een Doewell Asnisnd Bitwand other one Seeereeee ean 2:00 P. M., Daily. except Sunday. Fredoriakaoarg wiltera Doswelt Afhiand,giea* Allen aud iba, 6:98 B, M., Daily, Blope cay “uk Bana SNAG, Domo Asuna ana Biba 8340 Pai, Dally.” Sopa at Widewnter WO ™S grook,, Predoricksburg, "Bast anit, Guin, Wooclane;aiford Foaple, nether Glen, Donel len, and iw ‘Sleeping - Oar ACCOMMODATION TRAINS. + exoept Sunday. 122 a.m Leaves'Bibe tor Gestion, fou P Mt Laavon Byrd-sirest for Prederions- va 6:29 P. m., Leaves Elbe fo: Ashland. 8300 A. mh Arrives Elba from asbland 83s A. my Arrives Byrd-Street trom ‘Fred srioeaben an 2, ws Aaron Ee from Ambland. ©. 7.D MYERS. President, Bicemoxp, Va., Jan. 1, 1900 eit Master Masons gE their mothers, wives, Ging es SRAM? are respectfully invited RIES), (0 8 mass moetingat Ma eee Wray) nie Hall, ~ Olay SSPE AY 4t., on Thursday, Van, new 25,'1900, at 8 o’elock P. M. for ‘the purpose of z0-organizing the onder of the Eaatern Star at which time plans for re-organ- {ation will be presented, ins. Jas. H. Hayes, es W. Hl. AxpERsox, aS ‘Special Deputy SSR DAE SER GBS DASE D GORE DI OE RS Nie NOES a fg k 2 f — _Blrtistic Work. oC 5 } j r : = . ao | Digb=Class ... Fob=Printing 4 FINEST i A : aos WEDDING j It you are desirous of securing any ki: STATIONERY, ; of work in the Job Printing Line sneh « 3 SUPERB | VISITING, INVITATON, ANP BUSIN: 3 VISITING 1 CARDS; SOCIETY- STATIONERY, (85. ; CARDS BOOKS, POSTERS, &c., FOR THE oO PUBIIC AND SECRET } send us yout order We are prepared SCCIETIES. de all work promptly and at the lowes? a prices. Special Disce-ntfor Cash Per | sons desiring euts or drawings of them. ; gs ieee —f— | selves or their places of busisiess, can \ have the work neatly executed ( Satisfaction Guaranteed — THE CITY = DON’T ASK US TO SPECIFY... 4 - ++. WHAT KIND OF WORK WE DO. We are prepared w execute i! kings une at prices which will be Kies as satisfactory as the skill displayed in the execution of the orde:. _ Address, TO SEE 3 John Mitchell, Fr., Editor, : Richmond, Virginia, US. Palen ere ! PLANET SUBSCRIPTION ONLY $1.50 PER YEAR RISRRAR RR RR RARER RRR RT BRT B NI ROIS SB DENTISTRY PAINLESS EXTRACTION i ‘ible, iy Tian matical fonteesk ee Sa rect form with infinite care and = sae Sphere rend Den- ote tora ictime, Tas neet eetis beautiful Teeth, Comfort Pleagursand Health. Orrice Hovas: From 8 4. M.to 6 P.M Old Phone, 816 Dra'P, Be! Ramsey, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va, eee ee emer ee _IN THE FRONT RANK. Sxcurrry, Inpustriar Mv- TuaL Am Socmry Has beema great beuen ite their sick members, also their death bene- tehave helped many. Hustling and polite agente wanted. Meeonic Hall, 511 East Gley 8, ya soon Vere B. z x Yaxpuevats, Secretary, D.3!Ouavans Manseor’ Tonsorial Artist, ' sty Little Billy's Place 20 W. Leigh 8t., Elchmond, Va. First-Class Shaving and Hair-Cutting. @@-Our styies are the warmer and cannot be easily imitated. Your pat- Fonage respectfully solicited. ee Benevolent Investment And Relief Association, OF VIRGINIA. Ohartered by Legislature of Virginis. Marx Orrioe: 84 W, Laan Sr, RICHMOND, VA. Sick and Death Benefits Paid. Those who do not keep aregular Bark Ac- count, the jplan of this Association ‘takes its place, MONEY LOANED to members on PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE 8E- CURITIES on small weekly payments Interest Paid on all Deposits, For further information apply at the main office, OF acaxre wax. Rey. G. 0. Coleman, President ; Prot. J. H. Bisckwell, See’y & Manage W4NTED SEVERAL PERSONS FOR Dis- Tor Oates Betece nO Ne FOR, Dis. ume geisha ses ancl cc Sie ceastir ata acetate Pale ay ise “ssezaces, wie Beenie, tesa, SPAnged Enclose ‘self-addressed envelope PLANET DEPOTS . The PLawar can be foand at the fol- owing places every Saturday: Axroona Pi DO Johnson, 1821 18th Ave Amtanrio Orer NJ John Johnson, 1605 Baltie Ave. W.0. Robinson, 1908 Artie Ave Axum, Com. 'G.E. Lennon, 45 Citton Ave, Buutavon, Pa. Jobn Mimms, Bavznconx, Mo, Wakefield Book Ooncern, 420 Draid Hill, Ave. Buavaowr, Taxas pot. 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Thomas, Mupurox, P, Joott Barboae Pek De ele 986 Ohursh 88, ohn hy be John A. Whidbse, 80 St. Paul 86, Geo, Peaman 888Queen Se r ‘Nuwronr ews Va 1. L. Brown 625—224 8t ‘Wayne Orudup, 2800 Madison St. Robert Rodgers, 629—28rd St. New Pa. W. Barber 7 North St, Newrorr, R. I. Jeferson Marrow, 11 Caleb Earlest New Your N.Y., Frederick J. Brown, 88 Oresent Ave W_H. Allen, 142 Columbus Avenue Geo "H. Washington, 458 7th John Willan 008 Washetgton, Eh datos eee cham Ae ee J.B. Timbrook,85 Soath Oanal Lewis Biggers, 601 Washington bt, Oxamna, ALA. Ed. V. Nearing oS atucr, 8980S. Main St. . Minor, 880 8. Main Putuabatrma Pa., Gen. R. R. Johason, 1022 Locust Se) James Accove, 208 &. 9th St. BP Mackens, 1116 Pine St Jamon B Warwick, 254 8 11¢h 8 Andrew Kinkaid, Pine St, B. J Kohler, 1040 Pine St, J. A. Stokes, Broad « Fitewater Ste, Lively Oenteals Laundry Btoyele Ge lent rene Va. polos Jarrett, 701 High Peart 8, UGH KEMP SIR, Nelson House, Market St W. J. Bilis. Paastine, Texas, e H. B. Barrett, Prrrenune Pa Jos. ‘Evans, Main Office 8rd Ave, A. A. Charles, 6086 Kelly St, Prarr Orrr, Aa. J. A. Epson. Pangensavne, W.Va. Marie L. Smith, 428 8th St. Puautriaco NJ JE Robinson Panurrro, La Rev. @. V. Spencer, Poors Ponvr, Va. W. 8. Knotts Rawsviiix, N.C. R. R. Watkins, Rores, N. 0. Lenox Gaylord, Riomwowp, Va., W. H. White, 601 W. Leigh 8@ Sramarrat, 0. John W. Huffman, 508 Lagonda Ave: Srown Curr, W, Va. a RB. D. Coles Sanu, Va. 8.8 Anderson. Smad, ALA. Bugen T. Fisher Tooswaree, W. Va. 0. . Spruill, Unnaxa, Va. W. D. 'darcia Wr«inetos, N, 0. W. H. Moore, 8 Mulbery St; Jes. @. Blain, 310 8. 7th 8a, Waauarvruon, Va. E. J. Field. Warauixe, W. Va; SF ete x. astm + £. Jenain; s Waco, Texas. ~ Southern Herald, Wierox, NC, Samuei Loliver Wasmixarox, D Ocoper 426 7m Hereny 8 “9 so = z re es e- S ST STR fips eyVAues +3 sea ? = ties Ae Ny ae SATURDAY JAN. 13, 1900, Y. M0. A. Notes. ‘The boys’ literary last Tuceday wes ‘very interesting. eitation by Obas. Finatey, select reading, Frank Bac- ebus; current topics, Joseph Brows ; solo, Pres Joseph Baker; duet, Josep Brown and Joseph Ellis. Prof. & H. Peyton, after along stay in We: hington, v. C., is in the city. ‘The prayer meeting and Bible sisss ‘were weil attended last Tuesday night. ‘Members of the Tue:day night Bible less led quite s turprise on our geo: eral secretary, 5. C. Burrell, by mak- ing his little daughter, Hattie Augusta Barrell a gift ass token of apprecia- tion for him. Mother and father are greteful. Through the hindnese ot Mr. H, B Burwell, we were presented with s Yery hatidsome piano stool. which wa much needed. We thank Messrs. Geo. James, H. G. Carter and Master Geo. W. Jackson for the Daily Times, Dir. pateh ard Leader. ‘The attendance to, the xplanation en the Sunday tchool lesson Sat uarday was good. The committee on almshouse work ‘and street work Iast Sundsy reported that all the meetings were good. Brother Thomas Skipwith of the Sharon Baptist Church gave the boys s ~~ address; sutject, *'The Boy Jesus.” ‘open meeting for men last San- gar Ges yellastensed. | Bubjeot, “Fol Me." All rook, on, sesive’ part @peoial nolo by Mr. lgpes. A yee ian THO hea = zpaahed for it while in jail by the ». M: GO... about 5 years ago, hus developed to be ‘@usefol young man. He was present ‘to this meeting and said much to on- egret us in tho work of the Lord. . G. R. Hovey, dean of Wayland Tallege, will explain the Gunde) Boho! lesson to-day at 5 p. m. The boys will be addressed Sunda) 4 bu. by Supt. Beverly of the Fifth %s. Baptist Church Sanday Behoo!. Rev. Beokett of the Third St. Meth Sanday 6:00 p.m. Bolo by Me: Ref Banday 5:80 p.m. Solo RB. B. Bicgleton. Dust by Pree. Clitten Oxb land Mr, W. H.Joves. Free to all men. Don’t step in a mud-hole, Go to th ‘Mb. Olivet Baptiet Chureh (chureh-hill) ‘Monday night, 22d inst., to hear the Jubilee Songsters. Bev. J. H. Bintord, leader. UARI0N BLOOM OF YOUTH. The Union Bloom of Youth is the Iatest candidate for publie favor Bos - mets office has been opened at 1705 F, Broso St., with the well-known, Mr. A. O. Hines, as president ; Larnie Lee, vies. resident Jobo Tchnson, wee- etary ; Rev. Jas. H. Binford. manager ; Tacob Wallace, trecsurer; Jamee'To wan, John T, Cooper, John’s. Jenkios. Sames H. Burton, wate, gentlemen are reliable nd pay all c'aims vrom I. @heir'cireu). x. and patronize them, ——_+--_—_ WANTED AT ONCE:=Two gld-toah foned south ere cooks to gois v Now Xorg.ss puss, Sood, salary, and » com! lehome. Address, ——— Maryien eB Te Now York, N.Y. —.-s—_—___ FROM PORTSMOUTH. Portamourn, Va., Jan, 16, 1900. A very pretty marriage was tolemo- ‘Ward by the Rev. J. M. Armstead,D. D., Zion Beptist, Church Jan. 10, ‘até @elock p.m. ‘The contracting parties being Mz. A. 0. Harvey of eo Tao qian Bt. and Miss Hattie F. Hill, the be ‘daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jno. ‘Hill, of 1st Ave. ‘The bride was dressed in white or- gandy and arried pink. and white @ercations The Carag wore # conven ‘tional suit of black. Miss Lucy M. Hill, a sister of the bride, was bride's masid and wore white organdy over = and carried cream carnations Channie Biont was dressed ins bof: Miss Maud Cornix was dressed in white over blue ; Miss Ada 0. Allen ‘was dress din white over green. Mr. Bagene Griffin acted as best man and ‘wore a convention suit of black; Mr Joshua Jordan, Mr. David Wilkins and Mr. George Williams wore the conven- ‘tional suit of black. There wasa grand reception wit- messed by many at the residence of the bride on lst Avenue. The bride re- ceived many pretty ani valuable pres. yeats. Our young people should learn te ‘Dehave better at marriages and othe ‘entertainments held in churches. ‘The funeral of Mr. Charlie Fields, « prominent young man and beliked by all who knew him took place at Zior Beptist Chureh Jan. 14th, at lls. m Rev. J, M. Armsetead. D. D. ‘The funeral services of Mr, Frank Johnston took place at Zion Baptia Church Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock and was Jargely attended by sympe- thizing friends. Rev. J. M. Armstead D. D., cffiemted. Rach and Smith, Fu neral Direetors of 1000 County &t. The Rev. F. C. Csmpbeil, pastor ot the Third Baptist Choreh preached at Bp.m. Text: Deut. 20:4. At 7:30 p. mm. his text was Romane 6:31, These meenees as usual, were largely attend. <a. Oharles Jackson was shot by « whit man three times Monday, Jan. 15th, » the Seaboard Depot. Heis very bai off. Sunny Jones, of Boit St., attempted to commit suicide Saturday, Jan. 13th by drinking thirty-two drinks of whis key. He is very ill. ‘Mr. G, A. Melvin has been very in disposed. Mr, W. H.C. Brown waa appointec to succeed the late Prof. P.O. Saree at Newport News Custom House. left Friday to qualify, He will mov his family to Newport News to live i atew hak Mrs. John Riddick of Columbia St is confined to her house, though littl improved at this writing. Mre. Virgie Hatchett aod Mrs. Molli Martin were the guests of Mra. Andrey 4, Bick of Mt. Hermon, Sunday Lt ‘The funeral of Mrs. Philie wie took place at her residence, Columbi b Street, Mondsy, the 16th inst., at 3p m. The deceased was between the age of 60 and 90 years She leaves two daughters in New York and one son in Portemouth, Va., to mourn their loss. Rev. J. M. Armistead, D. D., officiated, The Shining Star Lodge, "No. 28, 6 U. 0. of G.8. and D. of 8, will give an entertertainment Feb. 5th. beginning at 7p m., at Odd Fellows Hall, Queen St., between Effingham and Ohestont Bts. Sister lodges and friends are eor- diaily invited. ‘The small-pox is a matter of serious importance apd seems to hover over the city and vicinity asa great monster. At this writing we are having spring weather. ‘You will find the Richmond Planet at the office of the Farmers Union Beneficial Association, 516 Green Bt. 'T. B. Ooxxs. From Hartford. Barrrorp, Oonn., san. 15, 1900. Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the attendance at the coneert given by the Willing Workers of Zior Ohureh in its vestry Jan. 11th, was no so good. The programme was quit lengthy including some very fine selec: tions, Yooal and inetramental with ¢ few humorous recitations by Mra. Bak. er, Mieses Davis and Condon. Mme M. Bill Franeis rendered one of her favor tte selections, accompanied by Mini ‘Van Houten in her usual brilliant way bleh was encored unanimously. Th address of the evening was delivered by the Hon. W. D. Cross, which wai very interesting for its instructivones and humorous witticisms, Prof. Wil liams acted as master of ceremonies nd acquitted himself vers ereditably The reception given by the Joll Five at Horse Guard Armory Thuredas evening, Jan. 11th, was e howling ano cess, The club was able to add to it bank account, quite a neat little sum. Delegations came from Springfield New Haven, Bridgeport and man} other surrounding towne. It reflect great credit on its officers, Messrs Faller, Hilton and White for their un: tiring ‘aggressiveness in making thi the leading social function of the sea Son, supper was served at 12 o'clock after whioh the offisers made a few re. marks and the orchestra played, Home sweet heme, De You Know Him? I desire to know the whereabouts o my father. Carter Bray. He was with MoClellan’s army in 1602. | He had tm sisterajand two brothers, Lbut all an jead. _ Tam the only one living of thre scan. Hy wes born 25 miles ‘west 0 Ashland, Hanover County, Vs., and wa es by « woman, named Betsy Kim gh. His sister Anca Bray saw him las ‘on the government boat at Yorktown ‘Bis relatives wore two sisters, Doll ‘and Anna and. brothers, Bartlett an, ‘Banks; two sons, Henry and Andrew all of whom are dead. Any information will be thankfully reorived by Isaac Baar, hal Roseton, N. ¥ — DozYou:Know Them? To the Richmond Planet: Tam hunting my relations. Mj mother was named Lucy and her two daughters were Agnes and Lusinds, and my brothers were named William, Aaron, James and Peter. All wert be ig 1044. Theis mastar's name we <p, Wm. F, Gordon Edgeworth, Albemarle Goonty a Eke man thai brougnt them was named Poindexter. He earried them down Mississippi, am the oldest son of my mother who i waking inquiry, George Willisms. Any information will be gladiy re- ceived at 414 N, Patrick St., Alexan- dria, Va. 'Bt-1-20 00. TURNER~—The funeral of Mr. Wil: liem F. Turner took place Sunday, Jan. Tth, 1900, in the afternoon under the auspices of Excelsior Lodge, No. 8, Matore. The services were conducted by the Rev. Robert F. Wheeler. The lodge turned out as a body. The inter: ment were in Spring Grove Cemetary The pall-bearers were Mr. Charles Timbrook, E. Walker, Benjamin John son and Georgs Wileon. ‘The deceased had been in employ ment of Mr. Richard J. Dillon. the restuarant manager, for anumber o} years and wasa first-class coachmat and was well thought of by every one that knew him. Mr, Turner was ana tive of Georgetown, Va Mrs, Rosie White ot No. 8 Huntly Ave., is very sick with «cold. Mra, Baynes and her little baby hav: been very sick for the Jast two week at their home on Windeor St. Mrs. B.A. Oully is very sick at he home at 66 Grand 8t, — PASSED AWAY. ‘Wise Robinson, age 17 years, depart ed this life Monday, December 18, 1899 His faneral services were held at Fifth Baptist Chureh, Tuesday, December 19th at 3 o'clock P.M. The pastor, Rev. H. Powell paid beautiful tribute to the deceased, who professed faith fin Christ during his liness. Ths choir sang “I am eoming to the cross,” by the request of the family. Miss :Finnetts Harris sang very touchingly “Some Sweet Day.” ‘The casket was covered white plush, and the floral offerings were many. Undertaker A. D. Priee officiated. = __ B.Y. P.U. The B. ¥. P. U., under the energetic President, Mies Annie B, Haskins and her corps of officers at the Fifth Street Baptist Church is progressing nicely, ‘The actendance is very good and the exercises very encouraging and in- Structive. Much good isdone by the union attending the sick and looking atter the poor. This is the place for all young people to engege their time for good, Meeting every Tuesday night, 5:30 P.M. All are invited. ‘Come and receive » word of encour- agement. ‘The following programme was well rendered on last Tuesday night: Meet- ing ‘opened by singing bymn,, “I am resting on the Savior’s. love,” Gosps! Voices. “Building on the’ Rock.” Scripture Reading, Luke XV:11-24; Fervent prayer UY Bro. John Adams: Hymn, I beard the voice of Jesus say,’ Subj, for discussion ‘Ia a Fax Cour: try,” Luke XV.11-24, Brother V. Q Hawkins with a very timely talk opeu- ed the beautiful sunject. Many in spiriog and instructing, thoughts wer brought cut by the diseussion of thi subject. Hymn, “My sing all taken away,” also ‘Rest at the Fountain.” ‘In fitting remarks Prof. B. H, Poy ton presented ‘a book to Brother R. in bebalf of the Union for THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIKGINIA his faithfulness. Hymn, “Jesus Sav- jor Pilot me;” “A Lew po at the door.” _Collestion. ietion by Rev D.H Obamberlayne. ome out on next Tuesday night. The subject “Lessons for Simon and Us” Luke VII:36 50 will be opened by Brother Ayers. All are invited to come and brings friend. Let us en- gage ourselves more im religious work Wo ere proud to note thet our chor- ister, Brother O. O. Walliams is im- proving nicely after his recent sick- ness. Fear God and do the right. Miss A. B, Hasxurs, Pres, Mus. Locr Bavaazy, Seo'y. THIRD BAPT. ORUROH, HAMPIYON Leads « Surprise. ee te ae ee 10:80 o’oloek, beneath the crystaline skies, while’ the atars were quietly shining in the heavens. and all nature seemed hushed in the embrace of sleep, a crowd of Third Baptist Chureb members and others, clad in jubilant gard, suddenly appeared at the dwell ng of their pastor. Rev. A. 0. Skin- ner, loaded with choice groceries, s0 Shak a large room was almost filled. This is anid t0 be one of the largest. if not the largest surprise ever led ons pastor in Hampton. The pastor was lost for language express bis profound gratitude to the unexpected, but welcomed visitors. Other presents have been sent to Rev. Skinoer from his many friends of Hampton throughout the entire week. ‘The pastor bain every way, preven himeelf to be ap effleient afd profi cient pastor, and has succeeded in se. ‘uring the esteem of all the ladies and gentlemen with whom he hes been aght in contact. His eongregations are creveent. He ia steadily growing in the affee- tions of hie people, and they in hit His ambition is to ‘carry them up to the third heaven of success. ‘A Boatse. It will be a “— of jubilee, if yor gotothe Mt. Olivet Baptist Churet next Monday night to hear the Jubiles Songsters. ye een J. Hugo Johnston o! e Va. N. and O. Institute called or us last week. ex ean D. oo of ae a ‘00 us in company wi W, H, White, ee —Mr. Jatiics N. Vandervall, former ly of this city, but now located a Orem . N.J., isin the ott, ‘visiting bis relatives and friends. le is look- ing well and reports business on th increase. — Oburch Baotice | First Presbyterian Onureh, corner Montoe and Oatherine streets, Rev. W. E. Partee, D. D., pastor; Mrs, Olivia O. Bolden, organist. Preashin . ¢ ll A. M, and 8 P.M, Prayer Meeting every Wednes- day as at § P.M. Sabbath school st.0:30 A. M., De. P. B. Ramsey, super- intendent “2 & cordial invitation Is extended to all persons to attend any and all of theseserviees Oet-21-1yr Ie WANTED—A woman to eook and do light house-work. Must be « good bfoma maker. Apply 20 2. ‘Marehall We Buy ee AND... PAYS THE... BEST PRICE! catty at THE PLANET OFFICE DR. D.A. FERGUSON, Dentist. Gold Crown and Bridge Work. 8} ‘Attention paid to Ohildres’s Testh Office, 110 E. Leigh St., Yuvitea to Tey ft. J. Boreton Gabley—I am quite an en- thusiastic advocate of cremation, don't you know, It’s a grand idea—I think every one ought to be cremated. __ Bronson—indeed! But why don't you what you preach?—Har Tem ite ‘Haman Natare. “Jigby's wife makes the poor fel- low's life = burden complaining be- cause she has to work 20 hard.” “Why doesn't Jigsby turn in and help her?” “He does want to, but she won’t let him."—Judge. Not Easily, Satiaea. ‘The Young Wife—And how much money a month will you allow me, dear? The Husband—Well, I gpess about $100, “Oh, pshaw, Fred; you earn more than that, don’t you?”—Yonkers States- man. ‘Vain Resrets. Reginald O’Rafferty—Since I learned to love youse, Angelina, I almost wisht T'd never learnt ter smoke. It takes so much money ter satisfy me cravin’ fer cigarettes dat I'm ’fraid I'll never save ernuff ter git married.—N. Y. Journal. tihchn wat ee “Talk about New York being the leader,” said Mr. Wabash, of Chicago; “New York ain't in itl” Why, even Paris ls copying after Chicago. I hear they're going to have a world’s fair over there!”—Yonkers Statesman. A Slight Misunderstanding, Judge—Did you see the prisoner at the bar? Witness—Naw; when I see him he was on the street where the bartender chucked him out.—Puck. | Not What She Meant. “So you have given up your musle since you got married, Mrs, Mango?” “Oh, yes; Iseem to have forgotten all I ever knew about harniony."—Phila- delphis Bulletin, After the Quarrel. She (soornfally) —I suppose yux would like to have me return your ring? Ho (absentmindedly)—FEh? Did 2 vive aoe a uate Cicae anetee "PTE CHEER YT rece- 80} TRUE CHEERFULNESS. Looking om the Bright Side Eventual Wy Conquers Every Obstacle im the Way te Mappiness. |_If one could choose that gife of all others which would bring the greatest Dlessings in its way, it would be the gift always looking on the bright side. It i ‘the people who cultivate the wise it of looking for the silver lining in the eloudsaround them who ultimately succeed. | ‘The habit of looking for the bright side is especially valuable to the mis- tress of @ householt!. The radiance of her cheerfulness extends like waves of light to all who come under her influ- ‘ence. Many a good man, broken down by discouragements, has been cheered by the counsel of such a brave woman and encouraged to make a fresh start, and has gone on to final success. In the darkest hour, when even hopeful youth shrinks from what seems a hope- less struggle, some courageous mother has urged her son to persevere in well doing, and kept him true to himself. ‘That there is a bright side even in the darkest hour, a way out of the most per- plexing maze, let us never doubt. The Most disheartening failures have often ‘proved the stepping stones to success. ‘The'old saying: “It is always darkest defore dawn” expresses a spiritual truth, if not a natural one. No truly great, original work of man, jays the New York Tribune, has met ‘with unqualified success from the be- ginning. All great inventors have been called foolish dreamezs by the shallow thinkers of the world until they proved the value of their work. ‘This some- times took years of trial. It takes a wise person to recognize true gold In its crude form. Genuine merit often fails at first to be recognized. If we can learn experience from every failure, and gather strength for a new trial by persisting in walking on the sunny side of our daily path, we need fear nothing. ‘The experience of all teaches the truth, that by keeping the bright side before them, and never turning back to brood over the past, and by this means only, ‘Mon may rise on stepping stones ‘OF thelr Shall asteen te thats thine. PHOTOGRAPH FRAME. ‘How to Make = Dainty Birthday oF ‘@hrintmas Present at a Merely Nominal Expense. To makes pretty and cheap frame for photographs, procure a sheet of stout cardboard, and from this cut an oral frame the size desired. Buy some poppyheads from the chemist; the price varies according to size, but good “ones may be had at three for five cents, With a sharp, strong knife cut off ‘cleanly the grooved cireular disks at the end of the poppy heads. Gum thege | neatly with strong gum oF fish glue on the oval frame, outer and grooved side uppermost. When dry and securely fixed paint these diske with gold or all- ver metallic paint, and also fein’ any surface of the cardboard left visible be- tween the same tint or a contrasting enamel. ‘The photograph may be fixed to the “back of the frame in several ways, s0- ere ~ pe ~. se LP ~~ Da / aaa? \gh ‘lye te i & OLA pape oe woman peaien® cording to the value In the owner's es timation. It may be placed behind « piece of glass, and secured by gluing em @ plece of cardboard at the back of the frame to hold all together, or it may be Ughtly pasted on the back of the frame, ‘which can them be hung up by rings or ribbons, ‘The above method of decoration is very admirable and effective when a plain wooden frame of the type used for poker work is chosen, the rim of the oval opening being ornamented in the above-mentioned | way. — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, Ey concn a er amg a Dust must be looked upon as one of our greatest enemies, both indoor as well as outdoor dust. A room should not be dusted for an hour after it has been cleaned. By this time the dust will have had time to settle. Carpets, when not properly clean, are enemies to health. They should be shaken as often as possible, as this prolongs their wear; the dust which collects under them grinds out the threads. When a car- pet is faded washing it with strong salt and water will often restore the bright- ness of the colors. Cheap dusty coals ‘are injurious to health, and the fumes aifect the throat and lugs, The best Kinds should always be used and will be found the cheaper in the end. | Dressing for the Halr, A nice dressing for the hair is made by dissolving half an ounce of the best white wax in seven ounces of almond oil. When neasiy cold add 12 drops of essence of almonds or 20 drops of lem- on, or, in fact, any perfume that you Yancy. To arrest the falling of the hair and to promote new growth mix two wine glasses of deodorized paraffin with three parts of aglassof rum. Rub this Into the scalp. A little sweet olive oil rubbed into the hair of a person whose scalp has little natural oil is an excellent occasional treatment. One should never allow the hair to get too ary, for the hair becomes brittle, breaks at the end and loses all of its gloss. With Emobhasis. Yeast—What is that blue streak in the air? Crimsonbeak—Oh, that's the colonel talking to the man in the gas office over the wireless telegraph.—Yonkers Statesman. "Stepping Stones. “Mrs. Canter doesn't seem to be ris- Ing rapidly in society.” “No; she hasn’t learned yet how im- portant {t is to snub the right people,” —Puck. ‘Why the Months Are So Named. ‘The word “month” is descended from the Saxons, and simply means the time when it “mboneth.” “Jan- uary" is from the Italian word “Ja- pus," who was god of the sun and year. “February” is from the Latin word “Februarius,” and means the month of expiation, because the Ro- ‘man festival of purification occurerd in February. “March” is from Mars, the “god of war,’ ‘and was the first Jmonth in the Roman calendar. The Jews began their year at the same ‘time, and “July” was “Quintilius,” or fifth month after March, and its name ‘was changed to July in honor of Ju: Mus Caesar. “August” was “Sextilis,” ‘or sixth month after March. In honor of Emperor Augustus ite name was changed to August. Septem, octo, novem, decem—seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth—give names to September, October, November and December.— ‘Mary E. M. Richardson, in Woman's Home Companion. earner ‘The first thing which strikes the traveler in China, upon his entrance into any of the many cities of the celestial empire, is the strings of dried mice which hang from the roofs of the houses suspended by their tails, just as ssusages are hung in front of butcher shops in France. The Chinese hunt these mice with a long sharp- pointed knife, which they plunge into the animal's throats. Then the mice are suspended by the tails until the blood has dripped out, when they are skinned, drawn and smoked. Another favorite dish with the Chinese is doge feet. The feet of black dogs are con- sidered more of a delicacy than those of any other color, and white dogs are rejected as being tasteless. Dogs fat, prepared in a special manner, is looked upon as s repast fit for a king. —N. ¥. Herald. ; @Qucer Things im Rew Seniané. The crow in New Zealand strikes as Sweet a note as any heard in the wood- land. The robin has no song and no red breast; the native hen ia the great- est of rat killers; thero is a caterpillar which turns into a plant. These and some other productions of nature have done for New Zealand what the kan- garco and the ornithorhynchus have done for Australia—given it the sug- gestion of oddity and the marvelous. ‘Rabbits and sweetbriers, introduced tor pleasure, spread like wildfire, and it fs an attraction to be duly adver tised in the sale of land that it hes been cleared of sweetbrier and fenced against rabbits; and then, later, the rabbit becomes a profit instead of a pest, and is exported by millions to feed the English —Henry D. Lloyd, in Atlantic. ' ee H Preducts of the Soudan. ), There is alreaity talk in England of developing the natural resources of ‘the Soudan through sclentific explora- tion. Immense forests line the banks of the Blue Nile along its upper reaches, extending to the Abyssinian frontier. The ebony tree is met with along thet river and also near the Sobet. On the White Nile the india rubber creeper, a valuable source o} rubber, abounds. There are large for eats in the Bahbr-el-Ghazal province Gold was once mined in some of the mountains of the Soudan. Search will be made-for coal.—Youth's Companion, ' a New Artisetat Paving stone A new artificial paving stone je made in Germany. It is composed of coal tar sulphur and chlorate of lime. The tai fg mixed with the sulphur ang horoughly and the libe is aided to th seiiaad ease cater coateg tnt produot is broken fine and in added with ground glass, or blast furnace slag. The Dlocks are then subjected to a preasury ‘of $,000 pounds to the square inch— Sclentiflo American. ————... ‘Teacher—Johnny may stand up te recite. Now, Johnny, suppose I borrow $50 from your father and agree to pa} five dollars a week, how long will it be Defore he gets his money? ~ Johnny—Just one week. “Oh, think again; that's not right.” | “Yes, it is, I know my father. He have you up in the courts by that time.’ | <N. ¥. World. Gtenndé Was to Statens tec tenn Strengthening the lungs, especially the apexes, may be done by blowing through a small pipestem or tube that will allow the breath to pass out slowly. First fill the lungs with good alr, then dlow with steady force vigorously, but not violently. A few times daily will be aufilcient—Ladles’ Home Journal. | Genuine Proof. | Ida—Thty pretend to be biue bloods, but I bet thelr father is a retired sa loon Keeper. May—What makes you think s0? “Because the family uses the side @oor #0 much."—Chicago Evening News. Financial Eatrangement. “What cold glances Wiggins gives you, Billy.” “Yes; he owes me five dollars, and T owe him four dollars; he's mad be- cause I don't pay him."—Indianapolia Journal. He Was Curious. “This is the fourth time I have pre- |serited this bill,” said the collector, an- grily. |" “ivue," replied the debtor. “And, | do. you know, I’ve been wondering wily you do it.”—Chieago Post. We Must Have It. He—Is there nothing in the worla you care for except money? She—Lots of things, but they all teak Wionage oN. oS Soornal Wheat and Chat. The chaff of the joker is wheat for the comfe jourfiais—Chicego Dally News. Her Fatal Opportantty, — — “Did that bottle of medicine do your aunt any good?” ¥ “No; a8 soon as she read the wrap- per she got three new diseases.”"—Chi- eago Record, j ee, “I have came, Rachel,” he sald, ten- @erly, “to ask you for this little hand. Not that one—this one!” i \And he reached for the oni thet had in otatink din 30,0 Menene Welt |i During «® violent thunderstorm at Ithaca, N. ¥., last summer a writer for the Companion was surprised to ob- serve, several times in succession, a short luininous streak which appeared at a particular point in the clouds, and remained visible about two seconds at a time. It was probably an example of the rare phenomenon called bead Iifht- ning, described by Prof. Elihu Thom. son at the recent meeting of the Ameri- can association. When seen to advan- tage it resembles a string of luminous beads hung in a cloud, “the beads being somewhat elliptical and the ends of their axes in the line of their discharge being colored red and purple, respect- ively.” As seen at Ithaca the line was viewed nearly end on, and there was only @ suggestion of color visible.— Youth’s Companton. a Siete Tie wen In China, 124% miles from the village of Liou-Chek, there is @ mountain of slum, which, in addition to being a natural curiosity, is a source of wealth tor the inhabitants of the country, who dig from it yearly tons of alum.” The mountain is not less than ten miles in circumference at its base and has a height of 1,040 feot. The alum is ob- tained by quarrying large blocks of stone, which are first heated in great furnaces and then in vats filled with dolling water. The alum crystallizes out and forms a layer about six inches in thickness. This layer is subsequent ly broken up into blocks weighing about ten pounds each.—N. Y¥. Post. Bees Stole Back Pilfered Honey. A curious incident of the bee world ts reported from Hampshire, England. A cottager took two Inrge bars of honey snd @ square section from one of his hives. This honey he put into a large pan and covered it with a cloth, placing it in an upstairs room of his cottage. During the day the bees got scent of the honey through the open window and the whole hive entered the room, crept under the cloth cover and took away all the honey in an incred- fbly short time and stored it {o their hive again. The quantity was about tem pounds in weight—N. ¥. Sun. “You said you have no opinions sbout the guilt or innocence of the prisoner,” said the friend. “I know it,” said the man who had been to court. 5 “But you had already expressed opinions to me.” “I hed. But the opinion I was forming of the lawyer who asked me all those hard questions was getting to be so enormous and intense that there was no room for any other just then."—Washington Star. Out for Bustaens. Mack O'Rell—Old chap, I always con- sidered myeelf a pretty magher, but the other day I met my match. Luke Warme—How was that? “Why, I noticed a beautiful young woman gazing in a chop window. I went up and coughed slightly to at. tract her attention. Guess what hap. pened.” “Can't imagines” “Why, abe tried to sell me some cough drops.”"—Chicago Evening News. Making It Pleasant. Mrs, Wiggles—Mrs. Bjohnson spoke of you when I met her yesterday. Mrs. Waggles—Did she? What did she say? “Oh, if I had thought you would ask that I would never have said [Saythitg about Tt!"—Somerville Jour ca Mother (at a party)—Why did you allow young Saphead to kiss yow in the conservatory? Danghter—Why, ma! “Oh, you needn't ‘why, ma,’ me. One side of his nose is powdered, and one ‘side of yours isn’t, and the people have noticed {t."—Pearson'’s Weekly. 5085 nm. 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Funeral Directors Embalmers and Liverymen. 528N.AdamsSt. Near LeighSt. Might Calls and Orders by Telephone Promptly Executed. Residence Up-Stairs Read UWletGienn. ‘Teo Busy. @Qat tae @eetnens. Maeking It Pleasant. Caacht. SS ee ME i ae eh F as, ! j pa Seah ca nea ae " _ & Woman Soldier. : ‘The “Fighting Fifth,” which ts likey to take a leading part in the fighting in South Africa, is one of the very few regiments in the British army in which ® woman fought for many years side by side with the ment On the iombstone of her grave at Brighton, which is still kept in good order by the officers, is the inscription: “In memory of Phoebe ‘Hessel, who was born at Stepney in the year 1713, She served for many years in different parts of Europe, and in the Year 1745 fought under the command of the duke of Cumberland in the battle of Fontenoy, where she received a bay- onet wound in her arm. Her long life extended from the reign of Qucen Anne to that of George IV, from which mon- arch she received comfort and suppore in her later years. She died at Brigh- ton December 12, 1821, aged 108."—N, Seen. Canned ice is one of the novelties that are shown at the Philadelphia ex- port exposition. For household pur- Poses this consists of hermetically sealed nicke} balls and hollow dishes, ‘These are filled with water before they are sealed and frozen at any arti- ficial ioe plant. The advantage claimed for this method of refrigera- tion is absolute freedom from mois- ture and extension of freezing on ac- count of the ice nat coming in con- tact with air. ‘This preventing evap- oration, the sealed utensils can be re- frozen continuously for years. A ball is dropped into a pitcher of water and keeps it cool for a day. — Chicago Chronicle. Disinfecting Surgeon's Hatr. It is stated by @ French scientific Journal that the surgeons of Austria and Germany, on the motion of Dr. Hubenek, of Breslau, are considering whether or not to make it a rule that sutgeons should be clean shaven, Hair {sa nest of microbes, some of which are pathogenic. Of course, there Is an- other preventive of danger—that {a, to disinfect the hair by washing it before performing an operation. A Hungar- ian surgeon would not accept as a pupil ® woman doctor with a fine head of hair unless she cut {ft short, and, atrange to say, she did—London Globe. aie Mahar aes: “What are you so angry about? Wasn't your benefit at the theater o success?” “Yes, but you see,I ordered a wreath from the florist, and arranged that the florist’s errand boy should hand it to me during the perform- ance. What did the numbskull do but hand me the wreath when the house was as still as death, and say, “you'll get the bill to-morrow; I forgot to bring it!”—Humoristche Bleetter. Patrick und Som. __ Patrick—And phwat did the gintle- ‘man say to yez whin you asht him for ‘the place? | Son—He towld me he knowed me boi the lucke av me to me daddy. (Much pleased)—“And phwat did yes say to thot?” “Oi towld him it was not me good lucks thot Ui was expechtin’ to rloom- mind me."—Detroit Free Press. Dress Reform in Kansas. “Thet’s right. One o' them eastern women critters in what they call a rainy day costoom went a-cavortin’ by our place yestiddy, an’ you never see sich a outlandish rig.” “Kind o° short an’ resky, wuz it?” “You bet it wuz. Derned ef {t didn't actially shock th’ corn!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retath Games ate tie ee Jones—What were the boys all laughing so heartily over? Browa—Smith got off one of his Jokes, “Why didn't you laugh with the rest?" “It was on me!” — Columbus (0.) ‘@inte Journal. e Tee in Canc. Old Phone 1 431 Le Sale aaa EEE Re 5 pS Vag Pete 3 ¥ 3 | RGR venneg [as age cae Re ea