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THE RICHMOND PLANET. VOL XVII NO 20 A STRONG TICKET NOMINATED. The Jackson Ward Republican Convention, met Wednesday night at St. Lukes Hall, corner of St. James and Baker streets. Thaddeus Robinson presided. The following ticket was nominated: Board of Aldermen, John Mitehell, Jr., Benj P. Vandervall, Common-Council, J. J Carter, Morton Deane, Joseph R. Porter, H. F. Jonathan, W. S. Solden, Justices of the Peace, James T. White, Charles E. L. Primus, Henry C. Hunter. The following were the delegates: 1st Precinct, William O. Jones, Thaddeus Robinson, A. J. Molmes, David Robinson, George Stephens, 2nd Precinct, Bernard Brown, R. H. Glover, George Reed, W. H. Magruder Charles W. Young. 3rd Precinct, S. S. Baker, T. W. Mitchell, Daniel Henderson, Jack Acres, R. H. Nelson. 4th Precinct, Pleasant Jones, John G. Smith, Arthur Foxrester, Sonny Howard, John W. Price. Mr. B. P. Vandervall is clerk of the First Baptist Church and a property owner. He lives on 17th and Marshall streets. Mr. J. J. Carter is Assistant Manager of the Richmond Beneficial Insurance company. He is a deacon of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Mr. Morton Deane is an ex-Councilman. He is a property-owner and resides on Baker street, near Baker School. Mr. Joseph R. Porter is a merchant, and conducts business on First St. His family owns property in the ward. Mr. H F. Jonathan is a fish and game dealer. He does a large wholesale and retail business. He owns a fine piece of real estate on the corner of 4th and Duval Sts. Mr. W. S. Selden is a funeral director and liveryman. He owns property at 1308 E. Leigh street, where he resides. All voters are urged to register Tuesday, May 5th in order to be prepared to vote Thursday, May 24th. Young men who can read and write have just become of age should attend to this. A Great Day At The 5th Street Baptist Church. If any body had any doubts as to the Richmond peoples' approval of the Virginia Baptist State Convention and its position as explained in the recent article by Dr. W. F. Graham such doubters ought to have peeped in the Fifth Street Baptist Church last Sunday. Dr. Graham had explained its situation to his people. His noble deacon board and energetis workers quickly fell in line, and as the result $201.00 were raised for the Convention and still there is more to come in. It is possible that $800. may be raised before he leaves for the Convention. The people from every church and every denomination rallied to Dr. Graham's appeal. Never before in the history of Richmond has an article, written by a colored man on vital issues, touching the race question met such general approval. The people declare that the argument set forth in Dr. Graham's article is unanswerable, that nothing yet has been seen in print or elsewhere that bears respectable notice in the nature of an answer. A great revival is in progress at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. Some fifty or sixty mourners are bowed, and upwards of forty converts have been received, so that Fifth Street Church stands in the lead for the Convention and in revival work. It is now a fast according to the best information communicated to Dr. Graham, that there will be over two hundred churches, possibly three hundred, represented at the convention this year. The convention workers are thoroughly organized and are in touch one with the other; for an example, not a single week passes by but what the leaders are in touch and in possession of first class information from every part of the state. The people say they pray for the time to come when white Baptists Boards managing institutions will have the confidence in Negro Baptist School teachers so as to place them at the head of trusty positions like the white Boards at the back of Booker T. Washington and Hugo Johnston. The cry of the day is "On to Lynchburg." ST. LUKE BREVITIES Easter Sunday the St. Luke of Richmond held their Thanksgiving Exercises as follows: Nine Councils on Church Hill and Fulton worshipped at the Fountain Baptist Chu chu, with Rev. Williams and Rev. Bowler on programme. Thirty-one Councils on Shockoe Hill worshipped at Sixth Mt. Zion Church, with Rev. A. Thomas and Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, R. W. G. Secretary on the program, Madame M. A. Cross sang a solo. The members of the several Councils turned out in full, and the sermons were prescheduled to the satisfaction of all the members. The instructions given at the services were timely, and it is hoped may be heeded. The order was reported in a prosperous condition having aided 700 new members in the last six months, paid 83 death claims, amounting to $1887.50, and filling all obligations both in sickness and distress. The Juveniles of Richmond, Va. had their Thanksgiving exercises at the 2nd Baptist Church, April 22nd. The lower Boer of the church was filled with children, who are members of the order. Every Circle in Richmond was represented, save one, and both Mr. Trons and children presented a beautiful spectacle. Miss Gertrude Laurence, R. W. G. Secretary of Javiente, gave the growth of the department in a nice and encouraging manner, reporting 800 new members in 6 months, paying 3 claims, $150. Mrs Patsie K. Anderson, Miss Ella Onley and Rev. Z D. Lewis spoke words of encouragement to the department. We are pleased to report Mrs. Catherine Hobson of Manshester was over with her Circle of children. The R. W. G. Secretary visited Port Walthall Va., and re-instated in the Order Lynear's Council, No. 23, with the following officers: Degree Chief, G. L. Banks; W. C. Hilliard Rosch; V. C. Robert Branch, R. S. E. B. Rowlette; Treas, Harry Jones; Sen. Con, Armstead Maddox; Jun. Con, Joseph White; Sent, Henderson Castine; W. F., Primose Monroe. The Council initiated 20 new members, and starts again with a clear sailing. We hope for them much good. Prof. J. E. Jones made the way possible for such good work. Excellior Council of Wytheville, Va., set apart by National Deputy Sister A. Dawley, reports as moving on adding to her numbers monthly. Great credit to Sister Dawley. Progressive Council, 177, of Talleyeville, Va., has succeeded in getting 85 members. C. E. Atkins is at the helm. RESOLUTIONS. At a called meeting, held by members of Myrtle Lodge, No. 17, K. of P, concerning the death of Sir Edward W. Cowan, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, it has pleased the Almighty God, in His never erring judgement, to remove from our midst, Sir Edward Cowan, our beloved K. of R. and S., who had been a faithful and loving member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 17, K. of P. for four years. Whereas, we keenly feel our loss, yet we bow in humble submission to the God that deoth all things well. Therefore be it Resolved 1st. That in the death of our beloved brother, Myrtle Lodge, No. 17, K. of P., has sustained the loss of a true and tried friend, who always manifested a deep interest in her welfare and whose services in her behalf we will ever cherish in grateful remembrance. Resolved 2nd. That we tender to the family of our deceased brother our heart-felt sympathy and pray that the blessings of God may rest upon them in this hour of their sad bereavement. Resolved 3rd. That these resolutions be published in the Richmond Planet, a copy be furnished the family and also spread upon records of the lodge. Committee. CHAS. FREEMAN, W. H. BRANCH, L. T. CRAWFORD, Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in His divine wisdom to remove from our midst our brother and Sir Knight, John G. Smith, and Whereas, he has associated with us for many years in Planet Lodge, No. 23 K. of P., we feel called upon to give some expression of our feeling on this sad occasion. Therefore be it Resolved lst. We regard our brother as a true Sir Knight and a dear lover of the order. While with us he did all he could to promote the welfare of the order and keep the escutcheon of the Knights unsullied. While absent from us he did all in his power for the upbuilding of our noble order; in that he was instrumental in organizing Peninsula Lodge of Hampton, Va. He regularly communicated with the lodge and kept himself financial. 2nd. While we bow in humble submission to the will of Divine Providence, yet we, fellow Sir Knights feel a deep distress that we have lost such a true and faithful brother. 3rd. That we emulate his virtues and that our charter be drapped in mourning for thirty days as a testimonial regard of a good and true man. 4th. A copy of these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, spread upon the records of the lodge and published in the Richmond Planet. GRO. E. TAYLOR, B. H. PEYTON, B. A. GRAVES. Committee. Rev. Dr. Graham to Deliver Sermon. The Courts of Calanthe, will have their anniversary exercises at the 5th St. Baptist Church Sunday, May 6th, at 3 p.m. All members will assemble in the lecture room of the church. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham will deliver the sermon. The lodges will meet at Masonic hall on Clay St., and from there proceed to the church. The public is invited. Pay the collector when he calls. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900. THAT GREAT EFFORT. PRINCIPLES OF THE GOVERNMENT. Violations of the Constitution---A Ringing Plea For Justice---The Fathers of the Republic. Continued from Last Week. The practical question which divided the American people last year, and which divides them to-day, is this: Whether in protecting the people of the Philippine Islands from the ambition and cupidity of other nations we are bound to protect them from our own. Edward Everett concludes that masterpiece of consummate oratory his address on the character of Washington: "Let us make a national festival and holiday of his birth-day; and ever as the 22nd of February returns let us remember that while with these solemn and joyous rites of observance we celebrate the great anniversary, our fellow citizens on the Hudson, on the Potomac, from the Southern plains to the Western lakes, are engaged in the same offices of gratitude and love. Nor we, nor they alone, beyond the Ohio, beyond the Mississippi, along that stupendous trail of immigration from the East to the West, which burst ing into States as it moves westward, is already threading the Western prairies' swarming through the portals of the Rocky Mountains and winding down their slopes, the name and the memory of Washington on that gracious night will travel with the silver queen of heaven through sixty degrees of longitude, nor part company with her till she walks in her brightness through the Golden Gate of California and passes serenely on to hold midnight court with her Australian stars. There and there only in barbarous archipelagos, as yet untrudden by civilized man, the name of Washington is unknown; and there, too, when they swarm with enlightened millions, new honors shall be paid with ours to his memory." THE TIME CAME. The time which the orator predicted came. In that Eastern archipelago go, no longer the home of barbarian, a people had achieved their independence and thrown off the voke of centuries. They were longing for civilization, education and liberty. To the millions, with which that land is swarming, in the dawning of a new light the name of Washington has become familiar. But, alas, the people are citing his example to protect their own liberties against his countrymen. They are nearly threefold in number the people to whom his Farewell Address was delivered. Pray to God that that revered and beautiful character, our shield so often against tempered folly and unhallowed ambition, may be theirs also. In dealing with this question, Mr. President, I do not mean to enter upon any doubtful ground. L shall advance no proposition ever seriously disputed in this country till within twelve months. I shall cite no authority that is not by the common consent of all parties and all men of all shades of opinion recognized as among the very weightiest in jurisprudence and in the conduct of the State. I shall claim nothing as a fact which is not abundantly proven by the evidence of the great commanders who conducted this war; by evidence coming from the President and the heads of department, or persons for whose absolute trussworthiness these authorities vouch. A LONG LIST OF TRAITORS. hotbed of treason; then the people of the United States, for more than a century, have been traitors to their own flag and their own Constitution. We are presented with an issue that can be clearly and sharply stated as a question of constitutional power, a question of international law, a question of justice and righteousness, or a question of public expediency. This can be stated clearly and sharply in the abstraction, and it can be put clearly and sharply by an illustration growing out of existing facts. The constitutional question is: Has Congress the power under our Constitution, to hold in subjection unwilling vassal States? The question of international law is: Can any nation rightfully convey to another sovereignty over an unwilling peep who have thrown off its dominion, asserted their independence, established a government of their own, over whom it has at the time no practical control, from whose territory it has been disseized, and which it is beyond its power to deliver? THE GREAT QUESTION. The question of justice and righteousness is: Have we the right to erush and hold under our feet an unwilling an subject people whom we have treated as allies, whose independence we are bound in good faith to respect, who had established their own free government, and who had trusted us? The question of public expediency is: Is it for our advantage to promote our trade at the cannon's mouth and at the point of the bayonet? All these questions can be put in a way of practical illustration by inquiry whether we ought to do what we have done, are doing, and mean to do in the case of Juba; or what we have done, are doing, and some of you mean to do in the case of the Philippine islands. It does not seem to me to be worth while to state again at length the constitutional argument which I have addressed to the Senate heretofore. It has been encountered with eloquence, with clearness and beauty of statement, and, I have no doubt, with absolute sincerity by Senators who have spoken upon the other side. But the issue between them and me can be summed up in a sentence or two, and if, so stated, it can not be made clear to any man's apprehension, I despair of making it clear by any elaboration or amplification. I admit that the United States may acquire and hold property, and may make rules and regulations for its disposition. I admit that, like other property, the United States may acquire and hold land. It may acquire it by purchase. It may acquire it by treaty. It may acquire it by conquest. And it may make rules and regulations for its disposition and government, however it be acquired. FROM A CONSTITUTIONAL STANDPOINT. When there are inhabitants upon the land so acquired it may make aws for their government. But the question between me and the gentlemen on the other side is this: Is this acquisition of territory, of land or other property, whether gained by purchase, conquest, or treaty, a constitutional end or only a means to a constitutional end? May you acquire, hold and govern territory or other property as an end for which our Constitution was framed, or is it only a means toward some other and further end? May you acquire, hold, treat, buy, purchase or purchase for the sole object of so holding and governing it, without the consideration of any further constitutional purpose? Or must you hold it for a, constitutional purpose only, such as the making of new States, the national defense and security, the establishment of a seat of government, or the construction of forts, harbors, and like works, which, of course, are themselves for the national defense and security? I hold that this acquisition, holding, and governing can be on.y a means for a constitutional end—the creation of new States or some other of the constitutional purposes to which I have adverted. And I maintain that you can no more hold and govern territory than you can hold and manage cannon or floats for any other than a constitutional end; and I maintain that the holding in subjunction an alien people, governing them against their will for any fancied advantage to them, is not only not an end provided for by the Constitution, but is an end prohibited therein. Now, with due respect to the gentlemen who have discussed this matter, I do not find that they have answered this proposition or undertaken to answer it. I do not find that they have understood it. You have, in my judgment, under your admitted power to acquire, own, and govern territory, which is just like your admitted power to govern, own, and control ships or guns, no more right under the Constitution to hold that territory for the sake of keeping in subjection an alien people than you have right to acquire, hold, and manage cannon or flees or to raise armies for the sake of keeping in subjection and under your control an alien people. All these things arms; and means to constitutional and not to unconstitutional ends. SPECIFIC OBJECTS. The Constitution of the United States sets forth certain specific objects and confers certain specific powers upon the Government it creates. All powers necessary or reasonably convenient to accomplish these specific objects and exercising these specific powers are granted by implication In my judgment the Constitution should be libeasly construed in determining the extent of such powers In that I agree with Webster and Hamilton and Lincoln and Washington and Marshall, and not with Calhoun or the Democrats of the time of war of the rebellion and since. But the most liberal a statesman or jurist never went further than the Rule I have stated in claiming constitutional powers for our Government. The Constitution says that Congress' may make rules and regulations for the government of the territory and other property of the United States. That implies that we may acquire and regulate territory as we may acquire and use other property, such as our ships of war, our cannon or forts or arsenals. But territory, like other property, can only be acquired for constitutional purposes, and cannot be acquired and governed for unconstitutional purposes. Now, one constitutional purpose is to admit new States to the Union. That is one of the object for which the Constitution was framed. So we may acquire and hold and govern territory with that object in view. But governing subject peoples, and holding them for that purpose, is not a constitutional end. On the contrary, it is an end which the generation which framed the Constitution and Declaration of independence declared was unrightious and abhorrent. So, in my opinion, we have no constitutional power to acquire territory for the purpose of holding it in subjugation, in a state of vassalage or serfdom against the will of its people. NOTHING OWNED IN THE PHILIPPINES. NOTHING OWNED IN THE PHILIPPINES. It is to be noted just here that we have acquired no territory or other property in the Philippine Islands, save a few public buildings. By every other acquisition of territory the United States became a great land owner. She owned the public lands as she had owned the public lands in the northwest seded to her by the old States that you own nothing in the Philippines. You people own their farms and dwellings and cities. The religious orders of the Church. The Filipinos desire to do what our English ancestors did in the old days when England was Catholic. The laity feared that the church would engross all the land. So they passed their statute of mortmain. You have either got to let the people of the Philippine Islands settle this matter for themselves, or you must take upon you the delicate duty of settling it for them. Your purchase or conquest is a purchase or conquest of nothing but sovereignty. It is a sovereignty over a people who are never to be admitted to exercise it or to share it. In the present case we have not, 1 (CONTINUED ON THE EIGHT PAGE.) MARRIAGES. MOORE—STANARD—Miss Florence V. Stanard, formerly of Richmond, Va., and Mr. Stewart Moore of Natural Bridge, were married at the bride's residence, 1818 17th St. Thursday at 1 p.m., Lynchburg, Va., April 26 1900. The bride's maids were Misses E. C. Stanard and M. I. George and Mr. Charley Carter and Dr. Merchant were ushers. Rev. T. H. White officiated. The couple left for Natural Bridge, their future home. Miss Mary E. Mitchell became the bride of Mr. William H. White, Wednesday, April 25 h., at the residence of Dr. Sarah Jones, 928 N. Sd St. The grand old gentleman and his bride were handsomely attired. After the reception the couple departed to the residence of the groom. 501 W. Leigh St., where they will make their future home. DEATHS. HUSTON—Departed this life April 27, 1900, at "Manikin, Vau," Mrs. Nellie Huston, the beloved mother of Mrs. Sallia Harris aged 88 years. 11 months and 13 days Her funeral was held Sunday at the Farrows Chapel A M. E. Chuseh. She died in the full triumph of faith. Dearest mother thou has left us, We our loss most deeply feel, But 'tis God who hast bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal. Her daughter. TWO NOTED K. OF P'S. GO TO THEIR REWARD. In the early hours of last Sunday morning, surrounded by his relatives, friends and fellow K of Pts., Captain Edward W. Gowan passed from a well spent life of little more than 23 years into eternity. He was an exemplary young man and many were the sympathies expressed by his host of admiring friends. His funeral took place from the Ebenezer Baptist Church of which he was a dutiful member, last Monday evening. A duet was rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Clowes. Prayer was offered by R.v. Turner. Miss Margaret Tinsley rendered a beautiful solo, after which Rev. Richard Weils made a few remarks relative to the excellent qualities of the deceased. Rev. S. C. Barrell then proceeded to preach the funeral sermon. Benediction was announced and the remises were escorted to Price's Undertaking Establishment to await transportation to Goodland county where the interment took place. Capt. Cowan was K of R. and S. of Myrtle Lodge, No. 17; a member of Planet Co. No. 8, U. R. and Adjutant of the 1st Regiment, Uniform Rank, Virginia Brigade The escoort consisted of Myrtle Lodge No. 17, K of P., C. C., Samuel Wilson; a detail from the companies of the 1st Regiment under command of Capt. Thomas M. Crump; the Brigade Staff, Gen. John Mitchell, Jr.; the Regimental Staff, Major E. A. Washington. --- Sir John G. Smith departed this life Tuesday morning at 6:05 at the residence of his father, Rev. Archer Smith, 907 N. 8rd St., at the age of 29. He was a Christian gentleman and we hope has the benefita accorded to all of the faithful. His funeral took place from Ebenezer Baptist Church of which he was a member. The Rev. W. F. Graham, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church officiated. Sir Smith was a member of Planet Lodge, No. 28, and the organizer of Peninsula Lodge, K. of P. of Hampton, Va. He was at one time compositor on the Richmond Planet, but until December last was manager of the Richmond Beneficial Insurance Co., at Hampton, Va., when he returned home on account of his health. Funeral Director Johnson officiated. A marked co-incidence is that these two young men were reported ill with in two days of each other and died within the same time. 5th Baptist Church. At the 5th Baptist Church last Sunday the pastor preached at 11:30 A. M. and 8:30 P. M. most excellent sermons as did Rev. Miller at 8:30 P. M. There have been many converts. The white friends of the church will give a musical and literary Carnival for the benefit of the church, Tuesday, May 8th, at 8:30 p. m. Such distinguished talents as Captain F. W. Cunningham, Dr. Thos. D. Merrick, Mr. E. H. Olowes, Messra, A. W., R. F. and M. C. Patterson, Mr. George Bryan and Misses Dillard, Smoot, Leahy, Berta Edmonds, Pratt and Lizzie Patterson will participate. Rev. I. M. Mercer and others. Sir C. C. Thompson is out again after two weeks sickness. Mrs. A. V. Norrell, who has been very sick at her residence, north 7th street, is much improved. PRICE 5 CENTS ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION. ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION. ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICES, SUBORDINATE LODGES. Richmond Patriarchie, No. 6. P. G. M. Council, No. 14. Households of Ruth. All Subordinate Lodges of the Grand United Order of Old Fellows of this city are requested to meet at Price's Hall on Leigh street, Sunday, May 6th at 2 o'clock p. m., to attend the Annual Thanksgiving Services of the Order to take place at the First Baptist Church, corner College, and Broad Sts. at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. Z D. Lewis, D. D., pastor of the Second Baptist Church and a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 8643, will deliver the address. A rare treat in store. Richmond Patriarchie, No. 5. P. G. M. Council, No. 14, also the various Households of Ruth are respectfully invited to be present and participate. The members of the Household of Ruth will assemble in the basement of the church. The line of march, headed by Richmond Patriarchie, No. 5 will be from the hall to 3d, to Broad, to College, to the church. It is earnestly hoped that every member of the Order will be present that the showing may be the best ever witnessed in the history of the organization. Done by order of the General Committee on Thanksgiving services. M. V. P. MORTON DEANE Chair. P. N. F. THOS. M. CRUMP, Sec. Arabella Council, No. 15, L. O. of St Luke reorganized with Mrs. R. D. Bowser as leader, April 30, 1900. Worthy Chief, Emma Marx; Vice Chief, Lizzie B. Willis; D. of Lessons, Fannie E. Robinson; Fin. Secretary, Rosa B. Brooks; Rec. Secretary, E. F. Bolling; Issuing Treasurer, Maggie M. Bunn; Senior Conductor, Cornelia Taylor; Junior Conductor, Sarah Ragland; Inside Sentinel, Florence Aytes; Outside Sentinel, Susie Johnson; Keeper of Warbrebe, Daisy L. Harris; Worthy Mother, Amanda Thornton; Sick Committee: Sisters Julia Fox, Mary Allen, Bellienell; Banking Committee, Sisters R. D. Bowser, Lizzie B. Willis, Florence Aytes. LIST OF MEMBERS. R. D. Bower, Emma Marx, Lizzie B. Wills, Fannie E. Robinson, Maggie M. Bunn, Rosa B. Brooks, Ella F. Bolling, Cornelia Taylor, Sarah Ragland, Florence Ayes, Susie Johnson, Daisy L. Harris, Amanda Thornton, Julia Fox, Mary Allen, Belle Henley, Martha Davis, Jennie Pollard, Rebecca Wallace, France s-Wormley, Mary Nuckels, Ellen Garter, Ella Isham, Luzy Bolling, Lily Lomax, Louisa Chiles, Emma Howell, Mary Ward, Georgetta Ayles, Catherine Robinson, Cornelia Davis, Wildred Robinson, Mary Jones, Arie Quarles, Virginia Harris, Emma Storrs, Martha Hope, Adaline Norrell, Martha Weils, Frances Lewis. Another Court Organized. LYNCHBURG, VA., May 2, 1900 Grand Worthy Counsellor John Mitchell, Jr., accompanied by Grand Worthy Lecturer Sylvia L. Mitchell and Deputy Anna Taylor, arrived her by the O. & O. at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and organized Celestial Court, I. O. of Calanthe last night with a membership of 28. The following sisters are the officers: W. O., Julia A. Watt; S. D., Julia L. Loving; J. D. Lavinia Merman, W. Inspectrix Sotana Roane, W. O. Bette Smith, W. I. Inspector, Berthia Jones, Anna E. N. Jairy, Conductress, Sarah A. Jamison; Assistant Conductress, Eliza Briggs; Reg. of D., Carrie G. Langhorne; Rec. of Accounts, Lottie Merchant; Rec. of Dep., Mildred Merchant; Herald, Kittie Davis; P. Dollie Hendricks. Refreshments were served, and all were greatly pleased with the initiation. This court was gotten up through the efforts of Sir W. J. Wella and lady assistants. Sir Mitchell returned last night by the N & W. route. The ladies will leave to-day. They express themeli- bled well pleased with the "Hill City." HELP WANTED !! We have added another floor to our Factory, which consists of new Machines and we want operators to make shirts. This is a splendid opportunity to the right parties. Rooms large and airy. Call at once. Ladies only. The Old Dominion Shirt Co. 727 N. Third St. MADAM OF THE IVIES. BY ELIZABETH PHIPPS TRAIN COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY THE AUTHOR what reason the distance appeared the bell with steady hand. twice its real length. Evening had quite set in, and the dusk was so heavy that I could distinguish little of the passing landscape. I had let down one of the windows, and the wintry air came in with a rawness and bleakness which seemed to bespeak a high altitude. Then, too, the position of the carriage was such that I knew we must be constantly ascending, and I wondered if The Ivies were perched like an eagle's cyle on a mountain top. Finally, when I had about concluded that the drive would never end, the carriage turned abruptly to the right, and passing between two high granite posts, whose grim outlines stood forth in shadowy sentinels in the gloom, the stone, dark, shaded avenue, which formed a valuable interval between gates and house. An overwhelming desire to learn what I could of these close surroundings of my new home—for so, despite my occasional lapses from absolute conviction, I still confidently believed my destination was to become—prompted me to lean far out of the window, and challenge the more pronounced features of the landscape to reveal themselves to my gaze. We were still ascending, more gradually now, however, and on the left, through spaces intervening between tall and heavily-compacted trees, which I later discovered to be poplars, I could discern a steep embankment, shelving abruptly away from the road along which we were driving. It was impossible to determine its depth, owing to the obscurity of the fast-decending night, but that it was considerable I divined from the fact that, as we passed along its poplar-fringed brink, I saw, quite below me, the dim and distinct silhouette of what appeared to be either a white or grey house. A little further on, and the always moderate pace of the horse generated 1 into a walk, and then into a mere pretence of movement; the driver called "Whoa!" in a subdued tone, in harmony with the hush that pervaded the whole place; and I knew that I had reached my place of destination, and that The Ivles, in all its mystery and strangeness, lay before me. I shall never forget that one moment of misgiving and trepidation which I experienced while the driver was dismounting from his perch. A very panic of tresolution and diffidence took possession of my being. I scored myself for a rash and audacious fool; I took heed of all the remonstrances which had ever been directed at me by my mother and sister; I shrank like a timid child from the indefinable prospect that confronted me; I meditated retreat, ignomious flight, shamefaced return to even that roof beneath which my mother had sought refuge, and where I knew that my abject failure would meet with scant sympathy and copious comments of the "I told you so variety. Then I made a supreme fear and pulled opened the carriage door, and in another instant myself standing before a short flight of broad stone steps, with a bearing as composed and assured as if I had never known a qualm or scrupe in my life. No sooner had my foot touched terra firma than I felt myself again reassured by that strange, mysterious inner consciousness that I was belng directed by an invisible agency according to a preordained and unerring plan. As I paused there briefly, surveying with eyes that were rather contemplative than curious the imposing pile of stone and granite that reared its huge proportions high into the darkness, a sense of well-being and restfulness stole insensibly over me; I felt that this was in very deed home that I had come to; that the previous conditions of my life had been artificial and ill-adapted; that I had heretofore been miscast in the role which had been given me to play; that for the first time since my birth I found myself properly circumstanced and congenially disposed. It was a most singular sensation that pervaded me; I can best describe it as one of calm and peaceful satisfaction, as an intuitive perception of means at hand to gratify vague longings and aspirations which had up to the present time caused me to appear a creature of fitful disposition and unsteady purpose. I felt as might feel an animal that has for years been exposed to false element, and that feels itself suddenly transferred to its proper habitat. A woman in a long dress and a feathered hat is standing in front of a door, holding a handbag and a cane. RANG THE BELL WITH A STEADY HAND. Yet sober common-sense did not wholly abandon me, for I took the precaution to order the man to allow my trunk to remain on the back, and to himself await my appearance. Then I mounted the steed and rang the bell with steady band. A most intense silence seemed to envelop the house; even my summons was of a faint and subdued nature. It took the form of a sweet, solemn, silverly tinkling, as of a fairy chime, fading with minor cadences into the distance. One coul! almost feel how rarely a like sound disturbed the hush and repose of the dwelling. Almost directly I heard a shuffling step approaching from within, the door was softly and with grave ceremony. thrown open, and an old man of slight stature and feeble frame stood before me, the light of bronze hanging lantern above the entrance illuminating with startling distinctness his singularly white face and silvery straggling locks. In his hand he held a tiny old-fashioned salver, and it was apparent that his custom was to receive upon it the cards, without admitting the persons, of such stray visitors as should seek to invade the retirement in which his mistress dwelt, for, scarce waiting for my question as to whether she would receive me, he held it forth, and, still barring my entrance with his small person, said: "Mrs. Eldredge desires to be excused." "Will you tell her," I returned, depositing my card in the small receptacle, "that I am come in response to her advertisement, and say that as I have come from a distance I hope she will see me, unless the position be already filled." My explanation caused him to take a different view of my intrusion, for now the door was thrown hospitably open, and, as I obeyed his request to enter, I found myself in a delightfully quaint old hall, with high raftered ceiling, and far reaches of impenetrable gloom which bespoke spacious rooms and offered a wide field for the imagination. With ancient ceremony the aged butler threw open the door of a small reception room, standing aside for me to pass in, and recumbent by the romantic aspect of the wide shadows by the invited to linger in its shadows by the blaze of a huge blacky log that burns in the caverous fireplace, I smilingly negatived his suggestion, and begged to be allowed to wait where I was. He was absent but a few moments, Scarcely had I become penetrated by the welcome warmth of the fire than he reappeared and desired me to follow him. He led the way up a broad and winding staircase, whose ascent was broken by two or three broad landings, each a small room in itself, and thence across a large upper hall fitted as a picture gallery, the vast dimensions of which were broken by a magnificently carved balustrade, brought all afterwards learnt, from one of the Doria, while enclosed a great well that reached the entrance-hall to roof, where an enormous skylight of stained-glass shed a modified glow upon the space beneath. Daylight having quite faded, silver sconces suspended against the walls gave partial and fifth illumination to the place, the candles shirking their actual duty, however, to coquet among the brighter surroundings of the gilded frames that lined the mighty stretches of wall. Rugs innumerable covered the polished oaken floor, and, had it been possible for the noiseless footsteps of my companion to become less audible, I should have thought that he took heed to so stifle it as our progress increased. We paused at last before a closed door, upon which he tapped so reverently that I was reminded of a priest approaching a holy shrine. A low-toned, exquisitely modulated voice gave us permission to enter. The old servant opened the door, announced me, and immediately withdrew, leaving me in the presence of a woman, the charm of whose personality, the magnificence of whose mature beauty, rendered me wholly oblivious of her environment. What was the emotion that seized upon me as my eyes fell upon Madam? Was it reverence, awe, timidly, affright at my own audacity in offering myself as companion to such as she? Was it the spell exercised upon inferior natures by extraordinary strength of character united to almost perfect physical form? Was it fear? Was it alarm? Or was it—was it not, rather—the birth-agony of a love unique in its nature, passionate in its intensity, soul-enabling in its development, which, though I have known warm family affection, though I have felt strong attachment to two or three close friends, though I have since become the proud and happy wife of a man who holds my very soul in his keeping, has stood apart and aloof, on a pinnacle of its own, elevated and sanctified beyond all the other emotions of my life? The most positive memory I retain of that first meeting is the impression produced upon my mind by Madam. So profound was that impression that in seeking to recall her likeness now, since her visible presence has passed from before my eyes, I invariably picture her as I then saw her, notwithstanding the fact that in after-days I formed a so much better acquaintance with her features and expression. My mind, harking back into the past, conjures up the grandeur of a solitary figure, waiting, in patient, silent dignity, like a noble statue, among the ruins of a shattered world. Sculptured as by an artist's hand directed by a poet's brain, the rare contour of her face was classic in its mould, and superbly intellectual in its wondrous beauty. Mind, soul and heart, the trinity of man's personality, shone through the lovely mask that disclosed rather than concealed her spiritual being. She was sitting, as I entered in obedience to her bidding, in a high-backed chair of carved ebony, with her feet, arched like those of a Spanish princess, resting on a little footstool. About her lay folds of rich black drapery, unrelieved by any touch of color or gream of precious metal. One ornament, if so it might be called, and one only, she wore, and that was the sole jewel I ever saw her assume. It was a ring of gold overlaid with black enamel, and set with a single diamond of great size and, doubtless, of great intrinsic value. It was her engagement ring, which, upon the death of her husband, she had had encrusted with enamel, and this was held secure by a tiny guard so small as to well-nigh escape observa- fion, the symbol of her marriage. She must have been at that time about sixty years of age, although she had the appearance of a greater age. This was due to the absolute whiteness of her still luxuriant hair, which was somewhat hidden from sight by a coifure of finest black hair, that looked like an enamelled arabesque traced up on silver. Her figure was tall, commanding, and very erect; her face gentle, and filled with the paths of supreme suffering and self-renunciation; her manner that of a high-bred gentlewoman, into whose mind the reflection that she is a being superior to the meanest of those about her has never obtruded. Her eyes—brown, kindly and wistful—were very beautiful, and touched one’s deepest sympathies by the strange look of appeal that lay in their depths. The manner of Madam’s interrogatory revealed to me her possession of great tact and cleverness. So adroitly she led me on to disclose my abilities that I am sure I revealed my whole scope and character within fifteen minutes of entering her boudoir, while at the time I had almost no suspicion of the probe she was skilfully inserting. It was not until afterwards, when I was alone in my chamber, that I realized how much personal information she had extracted from me. “My dear,” she said finally, “you are very tired. Your voice betrays a certain strain and weariness that will be followed by an exhausting reaction if you do not get immediate rest. If you are satisfied with my terms”—they were very liberal ones—“let Franklin dismiss your carriage, and let us try for a week, by practical experience, the A CHRIST My Lord! It is to do. And live my life view: The world, with which I give Such honor, as the For These, as This Oh, may I both in As the servant pronounced my name she rose from her chair, and extended a cordial hand to n.e., saying in a slow, gentle voice: "You are the lady who has volunteered to consider the thought of sharing my solitude? Will you not come close to the fire? You must be chilled from your long ride." She motioned to a chair directly facing her own, and resumed her seat. I had touched the long fragile fingers with devout reverence, and, still standing before her, made the amende for my resumptuous appearance in her house. "Madam," I said, "I had the temerity to think I could fulfill your requirements. Pardon me for the audacious thought. I had not at that time seen you, and was unaware how lively worthy of you my companionship would be. My discovery has come in good season, however, and I beg you to allow me to withdraw." SHE WAS SITTING IN A HIGH-BACKED EBONY CHAIR. There was great regret as well as firm conviction in my voice. My appointment was as intense as my assurance of disqualification. I longed to be of service to this woman; all my romantic impulses were stirred by sight of her beauty and tragic isolation; and yet I was convinced of my own inadequacy as regarded her needs. I sighed involuntarily and was about to turn away, but she stretched out a detaining hand, while a little smile of amusement flitted across the gravity of her expression. "Nay, my child, be not so hasty in your decisions," she returned. "After all, it is I who should be the judge of your capabilities—unless, indeed, you are already discouraged by the loneliness of this place, and use your modesty to conceal the real reason of your flight?" The words were in the form of an interrogatory, and I hastened to deny their false accusation. I spoke with considerable warmth, and the smile deepened on Madam's face. "You are quite young," she remarked. "Not more than eighteen or twenty. I should say. That is in itself a strong recommendation to me. I should like to be with faithful about me in my old age. But the singing is selfish one. Youth needs you, and galery and bright surroundings. My home is no place for it to shelter in." She gave a little sigh, as if her thoughts were introspective, and I took advantage of the pause to tell her how little I prized the pleasures which were so dear to most girls of my age, and how devoid of terrors I held solitude. I think the eagerness in my voice touched and won her, for a slight flush crept in her face as she listened. "You have probably never dreamed of a household so quiet and monotonous as this," she said. "We are all old people who inhabit it—Franklin, poor Almaryry, and I. And I—I am, in addition to me." I cried aloud at this, so shocked and startled was I. Blind! these beautiful eyes with their profound depths! "You are surprised," she exclaimed, while I could have bitten out my tongue in annoyance at my own advertence. "Ah! my old eyes are sad hypocrites, my dear, and 'assume a virtue when they have it not.' Now shall I begin my catechism? There is no need to go into the detail of question and answer by means of which Madam became convinced that my endowments were sufficient for the position I coveted. I had received, at the expense of a well-to-do uncle, an excellent education, an', being naturally of a studious habit of mind, had ranged beyond the lead of my preceptors into the fields of general knowledge. I could speak with confidence of my lingual familiarity with French, German and Italian, besides being able to claim a tolerably intimate acquaintance with the most celebrated literary productions of each of these nations. Nor had my English requirements suffered neglect through absenteeism. Well stocked had I been by native harvesting before being allowed to stray afield in search of foreign gleaning. I had an excellent ear for music, and a fair contralto voice, which had been carefully cultivated, so that my singing really afforded pleasure to even critical listeners; I had a knowledge of bookkeeping sufficient to make an exceedingly accurate domestic account; I could read aloud for hours without fatigue of my well-trained vocal muscles, and thoughts and ideas were bred rapidly enough in my brain, even if these were at times too odd and original for easy assimilation by those to whom I might chance to utter them, to ensure my being a fairly entertaining and easy conversationalist. I did not offer Madam this frank inventory of my accomplishments as I offer it to my readers. She was supplied with the opportunity of discovering it for herself which is denied you. I am not egotistical in thus acknowledging my gifts and attainments; they were simply the stock-in-trade by means of which I hoped to secure a living, and it seems necessary to the telling of my tale that I should make mention without mock modesty of the The manner of Madam's interrogatory revealed to me her possession of great tact and cleverness. So敏厉 she led me on to disclose my abilities that I am sure I revealed my whole scope and character within fifteen minutes of entering her boud尔, while at the time I had almost no suspicion of the probe she was skilfully inserting. It was not until afterwards, when I was alone in my chamber, that I realized how much personal information she had extracted from me. "My dear," she said finally, "you are very tired. Your voice betrays a certain strain and weariness that will be followed by an exhausting reaction if you do not get immediate rest. If you are satisfied with my terms"—they were very liberal ones—"let Franklin dismiss your carriage, and let us try for a week, by practical experience, the question of our mutual suitability. Will you do so?" My vanity whispered that beneath the outward calmness of her manner it could detect a strain of suppressed eagerness as to my decision, which flattered me beyond words. I gladly assented to her proposal, and in obedience to her request rang the bell and gave the old butler the order to send off the waiting carriage. Madam further desired him to tell the housekeeper to prepare my room, and as she departed she extended to me her right hand with the gesture of one asking a charity. "Will you allow me a more personal inquisition my child?" she asked with some hesitation. "Will you mind it very well? If you touch your face and read your words, the only method that remains to me? Perhaps you will even be good enough to color for me the crude sketch which is all my rude fingers are able to form." I knelt at her side, and she passed her slender fingers defy, shrewdly, over my features. I thrilled beneath her gentle touch almost as might a malden beneath the caress of her lover. "A goodly growth," she remarked, as her hand dwell upon the thick masses of my hair. "It's color?" "Chestnut, my mother calls it, Madam," I replied. "With golden lights threading it?" she asked, a little eagerly. sue asses a troop eager. "It is induced of changeable shades," I returned modestly, for I well knew that my only patent of beauty was composed of the sun-flecked hair that was my mother's pride, together with the white and perfect teeth that were my own delight. Madam drew a tiny chain from its seclusion beneath the bosom of her gown, and opened a massive socket, as large as a man's watch, that depended from it. I could tell by its construction that it was divided into four compartments, but only one of these was revealed to my curious gaze. That held the miniature of a radiant, blooming girl, upon whose exquisite brow rested the suggestion of a dawning matronhood which, when it assumes natural and graceful possession of a woman's face, enhances a thou-fold the beauty of immaturity. It was Madam. No one could for an instant doubt that. But oh!-Madam with hope and joy and anticipation irradiating the features whereon havoc had since marked its course. "Is it such as this was?" she asked, holding the case towards me. "Much the same, I think." I replied. "Only yours was doubtless more beautiful, Madam." She sighed and closed the case. Probably for the sake of one who had admired and loved its beauty, she mourned the fading of her locks. And so together we painted for her enlightenment a sufficient likeness of my outward aspect. "Hazel eyes, chestnut hair, perfect health, which implies a fair complexion, good features, and a nothy-shaped and well-set head—you should be something of a beauty, my dear," my apprasier concluded with a humorous little smile. "I met, Madam, I am not," I answered fully. "Tutty. My mouth is far too large, my face is too thin, my skin too colorless, and with all I am too tall and lanky to be attractive to lovers of beauty." Sextor Resartus. Many a young swell, grandly got-up, With the ladies makes a hit; He wears a three-inch stand-up collar, With no shirt hanging on to it. - Ally Sloper. FIT FOR A HIGHER SPHERE. Vicar—Your daughters ought to do this heavy washing, Betty; you are too old for such work now. Betty—Ah, and other work, too, sir; I ought to be only for ornament at my age!—Fun. Answered the Purpose. A woman whistled at a car, It stopped with sudden jerk; He whistled as a failure—but Her woe got in its work. -Chicago Daily News. Old Aristocrats Mrs. Beaconstreet (of Boston)—Do your new neighbors belong to the newly-rlch class? Mrs. Porkenlard (of Chicago)—Dear me, no! They've had money for over six months.—Judge. Hia Preferencee. "I don't care for your poem, 'The Song of the Lark,'" remarked the editor. The poet sighed wearily, "To tell the truth," he replied, "I myself much prefer the lay of the hen."—Philadelphia Record. Mistress—Why did you get steak for breakfast when I told you to order pork chops? New Cook—Shure, ma'am, Oi niver eat pork at all, at all—Chicago Daily News. She Was Too Inquisitive. Castleton—Wasn't your engagement with Miss Splicher broken off rather suddenly? Clinker—Yes. She insisted upon knowing what my intentions were.—Town Topics. FOR SUNDAY READING My Lord! It is Thy work which I would do. And live my life with this one thought in view; The world, with all its wealth, can never Such honor, as the privilege to live For Thee, as Thine ambassador below. Oh, may I both in word and action show The joy I feel in that most sacred call, And count it my chief pride, my life, my all! As Thou earth was moved to sympathy, When human sufferers were brought to And made the blind to see, the lame to walk, And en the leper clean, the dumb to talk; May I, doe, as Thy faithful servant, seek To bind each broken heart, support the weak. And in each life, however cold and drear, Bring warmth of Christian sympathy and cheer. The lowliest memental Thou didst not despise, Naught was unclean nor common in Thine eyes. And Thou art the Eternal King of all. A sparrow cannot e'er unnoiled fail. Oh, teach me, Lord, the vast and priceless worth Of each immortal soul, that dwells on earth; And may I ne'er despise the smallest deed, Or e'en the humblest in his time of need. My Lord, it is Thy work that I would do, And live my life, with this alone in view; The world, with all its wealth, can never give Sue honor, as the privilege to live For Thee. And when I go from hence on high. To join with those that praise Thee in the sky. Oh, may there marble to welcome ma, Who while on earth I led from sin to Thee. —George Jeffrey Russell, in N. Y. Observer. CONQUERING BESETTING SINS. Homely Hints That May Help Strengthen the Character Against Assaults of Evil. He who makes excuses for them never will overcome them. The first thing is to admit that they are sins and must be conquered, that to overcome them will involve a severe struggle, and that this struggle cannot succeed without Divine help. In other words, face the facts if you expect to make any headway in conquering your besetting sins. Then do whatever is possible in the way of strengthening the will. This is easier with some than with others. It is possible to all. Earnest reflection, the realization of what any sin is in God's sight, and of the peculiar mischievousness of the special form of sin in question, and the resolution to be ready for it hereafter, and to resist it—these furnish strength of will. They confirm the purpose and resolve not to yield. Furthermore, victory involves beginning again after failure. It is possible, of course, not to fail, yet nine times out of ten failure occurs before long, and is more discouraging because of the special effort to overcome which has been made. But it is a part of the discipline of character to go through the experience of failing and trying again. We ought not to fail, but, when we do fail, we must not be disheartened, but pray for Divine forgiveness and help, and face the struggle before us with determination greater than ever and with an affectionate trust in our Heavenly Father more intense than ever. No one can conquer besetting sin in his own strength. Let this be distinctly understood. Whether one be a Christian by profession or not, it is equally true, and the whole history of Christianity has proved it, that no one ever succeeds in overcoming the sin which besets him except as he depends upon and follows the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is Christ who wins the battle in us and through us. We are His soldiers in the fight against our sins, but we cannot fight even in His cause by ourselves. We must have and must realize the cooperation of His Spirit. Besetting sins are among the most enticing. They would not be besetting sins unless they were. Whatever their form, they have a grip on us which we never fully realize till we try to cast them off. Triding although they may sometimes seem, as we first face them, we soon learn that our relation to them is that of a real terrible bondage. If we are to live Christian lives in any true sense, to know anything of the happiness, freedom and usefulness of true followers of Christ, it can only be as we consecrate ourselves without reservation to the struggle which begins when we first learn what Christ is like, and continues till our last breath, the struggle to overcome, in His name and for His sake, the sin which doth so casily beset us.—Boston Congregationalist. An Unselfish Spirit Jesus was not self-engrossed. He went through the world with His eyes open for others. He saw the man at the pool of Bethesda. He saw the great sorrow of the widow as she followed those who carried her son to the burial. He saw the blind man by the way. He saw that the people were hungry and faint. With Him to see was to do. "Wilt thou be made whole?" "I will not send them away fasting," exhibit the spirit of His life. One self-engrossed becomes narrow and selfish, and, of course, miserable. But on looking out for others and thinking how he may help them broaden in his sympathy, enlarges in his spirit, and carries life and happiness wherever he goes.—United Presbyterian. Patience. We come to patience by being tried, tested, rasped, chafed—by being put under the flail and beaten, by being put on the anvil and hammered.—Rev. John R. Shannon. Mr. Aldermann—Young Hikoller just asked me for Mary's hand and I told him to take her and be happy. Mrs. Aldermann—Oh, John, how could you? Mr. Aldermann—Confound it, I had to! To-morrow is election, and if I'd kicked him out of the house I'd have lost his vote.—Judge. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph promptly filled. Wed ing suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686 Residence in Building New 'Phone 480 PLAYED FOR STOCK One of the Biggest Poker Games Ever Played in America. Amount Won in One Pot Turned Out Later to Be Worth $180,000— Players Had No Idea of Value of Their Chips. "Speaking of big poker games," said a westerner to a New York Sun reporter, "I guess I sat, at least for a short time, in as big a poker game as was ever played in this country, though, to tell the truth, the players did not at that time have any idea of the value of the chips they were using so freely. "It was in 1882 that the town of Carbonate Camp almost in a night grew from one cabin located at the point where the Spearfish ditch crossed the sawmill wagon road, about 14 miles west of Deadwood, to an enterprising city. The lightning change was caused by the discovery of high-grade ores carrying gold and silver. The excitement became intense, and town lots were surveyed for miles, while log and frame houses were being built every day. "At that time many of the mines which have since become famous were merely pockets, and the owners were trying to raise money by stocking the enterprises. So it came about that nearly every man in camp had mining stock to burn, all beautifully engraved, and much more attractive in external appearance than Uncle Sam's own bills. The snow that winter was unusually deep in the mountains, and as the work in the new mines was almost altogether on the surface operations were suspended until spring, and all buoyancy was taken out of the stock, much of it being looked on during the winter as worth scarcely more than the paper on which it was printed. "One of the favorite recreations of the miners was gambling, and as mining was much more plentiful than currency, it was largely used for stakes in the games. The most common stock A HEAVY GAME OF POKER of all was perhaps that of the Rattler Gold Mining company. In fact, every- body had Rattler stock, and wanted no more. "One night four men and myself started a game of poker in the Lone Star saloon. We all had plenty of Rattler stock, and it supplied the stakes in lieu of money. The bind was 100 shares, and it took 200 shares to play. We were playing jackpots. Rattler Bill, one of the owners of the mine, opened the pot for its full value of 5,000 shares. He had three jacks and sat to the left of the dealer. The next man had a four-card flush and stayed, with a raise of 5,000 additional. I was the next man, and as my supply of Rattler stock was a little shy, I dropped out. The next player, Morris Welch, saw both raises, and Bill stayed in, making a total of 50,000 shares before the draw. The fifth player, the dealer, dropped out. "On the dead Rattler Bill drew two cards and got another jack. The second player filled his flush, and Welch stood on four kings. Rattler Bill led the play with a modest bet of 5,000. The second player saw the 5,000 without raising. Welch saw the bet and raised it 20,000. Rattler Bill saw the raise and raised it 20,000 more. The second player dropped out. Welch saw Bill's raise and made it 40,000 more. Bill saw the raise and called. The hands were laid down and Welch raked in the pot. "Nothing was thought of the size of the game at the time by the other players, who had happened to be temporarily short on Rattler stock, as there was absolutely no market for it. But within a month the snow disappeared, and work was resumed with great activity. Strike after strike was made in the Rattler, sending the stock bounding toward par. Within 90 days it had reached $0 cents, and Rattler Bill's lucky companion sold his stock, his winsings for the poker game netting him $180,000." A certain man was invited to speak at a gathering, and, being nobody in particular, was placed last on the list of speakers. Moreover, the chairman introduced several speakers whose names were not on the list, and the audience was tired out when he said, introducing the final speaker: "Mr. Bones will now give us his address." "My address," said Mr. Bones, rising, "is 551 Park villas, S. W., and I wish you all good night." ner intense Papa. 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Tonsorial Apartments now open to receive you. Call and see me. MONEY Open an Account with Us We will lend you any amount from $5 to $1,000 to be paid back in small weekly payments. Something new, purely mutual and ticks the place of a bank account to persons of small means Terms reasonable. Address or call on THE U. 8. MUTUAL BANKING CO. Room 7, Ebel Building, 832 EastMain Street. The Custalo House The Custalo House 702 E. BROAD ST. Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Meals At All Hours. New Phone. 1261. Wm. Oustale. Prop. H. F. Jonathan, Fish Oysters & Produce 120 N. 17th St., Richmond, Va Orders will receive prompt attention Phone 157. Dr. Humphreys' Johnson, VECTOR & EMBALMER N. Foushea St., near Broad. VECTOR HIRE-- electograph promptly filled. Web ments promptly attended. in Building New 'Phone 480 AC PLANET A HIDDEN LIGHT. My Uncle Jim's a wonder; He would know jest what to do He would say, "Say, another Waterloo. He could figure in a minute. How his side might win the day But none ever came his way. Am' as fur financeerin', That is where his talent shines; He knows how folks should handle Railroad pools an' banks an' mines. He though big undertakin' his Seems to hastime gay. He could fix 'cm in a lift. But none ever came his way. Ucle Jim is livin' quiet Ucle house behind the hill, Am' the goss on without him Missin' all his and skill. War, diplomacy, finances Would have felt his master sway Had occasion only offered-- But none ever came his way. -Washington Star. THERE is a cheery old gentleman living in a western suburb who is worst to boast of the number of friends he has. "Everybody likes me," he says, in his open, candid way, "and of course it's natural that they should. There ain't no good reason why they shouldn't like me, is there?" Of course the person interrogated says there is no good reason and the old gentleman, recognizing in this unpadded tribute to his popularity, is much gratified. "The only enemies I ever had were the people I've lent money to," he resumes. "Now, you're a friend of mine and I like you, just the same as you like me; but if you was to ask me to lend you $50 I'd tell you to go plum to Jericho—then I'd keep your friendship Spoen I should lend you $50. Do you know what'd happen then? No, you don't need to tell me you'd pay it back promptly, just the way you said you would. I know all about that. No girl "Well, mebbe you would and mebbe you wouldn't. Anyway, I ain't going to resk it. You're my friend now and it's the way I tell you: The only enemies I ever had in my life was people I lent money to." It is the opinion of a nephew that the old gentleman never lent a copper penny in his life and that he is merely theorizing when he talks of the quenching effect of loans upon the sacred frame of friendship. At the same time he concecedes that it is more than likely that his relation is right. "I've given him the opportunity to verify his position in a practical way," said the nephew, one day. "But that was only when I was in a tight place. WHERE HE COULD WATCH IT. He said he would love to do it, but he wasn't going to lose the affection of his pet sister's only boy on account of a few paltry, dirty dollars. I told him that I would insert an 'unwavering affection' clause in the note along with the interest and waiver of exemptions, but he couldn't see it. On the whole I'm glad he didn't. I went to a man who advertised that he assisted people of delicate sensibilities and cultured instincts. I didn't quite see what my instincts and sensibilities had to do with the case, but it seemed to me that I hit the requirements anyway, and I went to him. "He soaked it to my delicate sensibilities at the rate of about 15 per cent. a month, and he made it rather impleasant for me. He could raise the goose flesh on a man's cultured instincts beyond anybody I ever went up against, but after all I don't believe he was a marker to what Uncle Peter would be if a man owed him anything. I can imagine a man cherishing undying enmity toward Uncle Peter about 30 days after he had touched him for a five—supposing such a thing possible. You've heard father tell about the hoe, haven't you?" The father of the nephew tells about the hoe frequently—or, rather, he begins to tell about it. His love for the venerable Uncle Peter has not been dimmed by any sordid squabble over borrowed money any more than has that of his son, but it has been chipped at the edges in some other way apparently. It appears that when Uncle Peter's beard was of a virile sandiness and long before his farm was surveyed and platted into town lots, with duly dedicated streets and alleys running along the sutabaga and cauliflower rows, He owned a hoe. Speaking of the cauliflower reminds the nephew's father of the time Uncle Peter's hired man, Lem Jackson, was digging potatoes and threw some clods into the wagon along with the tubers. He says that Uncle Peter threw the clods out again and exhorted Lem to be more particular and even to take time to knock off any dirt that might stick to "them taturs." "I paid $25 an acre for that dirt, Lem," he remonstrated. "Not only that, but I've spent a matter of $25 more for fertilizers since I took the place. What you throw into that there wagon don't do nobody no good. It don't hold it's shape long enough to pass for a tatur and get paid for as sich; it jint grills up inter dust and shakes out of the wagon on the road to town." Lem retorted: "Uncle Peter, don't you reckon you git even on that with what mud you bring in off the road in wet weather?" The hoe had been bought at the store where the pleasant and umbrageous town of Lombard now is. When it was new Uncle Peter used to treat it like a fine-tempered razor. He never allowed a hired man to use it, and he used to bring it in with him from the field at noon and stand it up in the kitchen, where he could watch it white he ate his dinner. When the year's work was done he would give it a coat of axle grease to protect it from rust and then would lock it up in the tool-shed. In course of time, however, the hoe grew dull, and Uncle Peter had to take a file to it. After the third filing he let Lem Jackson take it to hill up the beans, and Lem got tired and leaned on it too heavily. Uncle Peter took it very hard. He told Lem he would just as soon have had him haul off and slap him in the face. The hired man offered to pay for the hoe, and Uncle Peter said that was the least he could do. He held back $1.65 of Lem's wages, figuring 15 cents for wagon hauling from Lombard. Then he nailed up the fracture in the handle and swathed it with wire, and, handing it to Lem, told him to use it more carefully in future. "I dunno but I ought to charge you for my time a-fixin' it," remarked Uncle Peter. The hired man said he'd like to know how he made that out, and "accordin to the way he figgered the hoe be-longed ter him." "I ain't a-goin' to argyer with you about it," said Uncle Peter, with dignity. "The hoe's mine. I bought an' paid for it. If it was your's I'd still be entitled to charge you for repairs, but I didn't say that I would charge you. I only said I ought to charge you—and so I ought. By gum! I b'live I will charge you." "When you get a man that'll do things like that you've got a mighty mean man," said Uncle Peter's brother-in-law. "I used to pity his women folks," he continued. "He had a right nice wife, and as saving as a woman need be—but she wasn't saving enough for Peter. He'd go nosing around in the pantry and figuring with them on the laundry soap, and he'd pick up a scrap of something or another that he didn't think ought to be thrown out and pack it back into the house and say: 'See here, M'rier; these blamed spen'thrift ways of yours had ought to be quit.' At the same time he never got mad or mean before company. When there was company at the house, his wife told my wife once, she used to sit and just look at him and wonder if it could be that she was mistaken about him after all." About this time something usually occurs to break the thread of the narrative. It seems to work the same way with the nephew, so that a nobody in the suburb has ever heard the story of the hoe in its fullness. Both father and son start in good faith, but the temptation to digress is too much for them. They cannot resist telling about the time that Uncle Peter insisted on the utilization of the water in which Aunt Maria boiled the potatoes—how he insisted that potato soup was a palatable and nutritious article of diet, and would by no means be convinced that it was at least necessary to peel the potatoes before boiling them, holding the peeling of potatoes to be sinful waste. A hundred instances of their relation's frugality tempt them to daily in side paths from the straight and beaten track. The hoe has been filed down to a stub since it was last delivered to the hired man, and there is a rumor that a man in the subdivision named Wheeler was told that a neighbor came by night and borrowed it, but beyond that is nothing but the most vague surmise. It is agreed, however, that Uncle Peter is a pleasant, chatty old man. In fact, he seems to be liked outside of his family—Chicago Daily Record. "Were you ever bribed?" asked the constituent. "Never!" replied the Montana legislator, emphatically. "No one ever has dared to even offer me money for my vote." "I'm glad to hear you say that," said the constituent. "Of course," went on the legislator, "some one occasionally leaves a few thousand dollars in my room or slips a little money into my pocket, but no one would have the hardihood to hand me anything."—Chicago Post. Youthful Patriotism. There is a small boy at Islington, whose father is a Frenchman, but who, himself, was born in England, and has lived there all his life. Consequently, he considers himself to be an Englishman. He has recently gone to school and has been taking his first lessons in English history. The other night he looked up from his book, musingly, and said to his father: "Papa, we weicked you awfully at the battle of Waterloo, didn't we?"—Tft-Bits. Not an Exception: Little Nice—Do you eat tobacco? Uncle Wayback—No, I only chew it. "Wat's the use of chewin' anything if you don't eat it?" "I-I dunno." "Seems to me grown peoples never know why they do half the things they do."—N. Y. Weekly. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR Help That Came When Most Needed—Divine Force Resides in a Prayerful Life. "I was on my knees praying about it. I told the Lord I could die if it was His will, but wouldn't He please spare my innocent children." These words were uttered at a "district meeting" in England, says the British Messenger, and were part of a poor woman's testimony to a recent goodsend. Two earnest men, belonging to a benevolent church, were visiting and distributing alms among the destitute one winter night, and at a late hour had nearly finished their round, when they learned that the widow for whom they intended their last donation had changed her residence. No one could tell them where she had gone. Finally one of the two men suggested the name of another woman as a person likely to need the modest sum still in their hands. She lived somewhat out of their way, but she was poor and the mother of a large family of young children. The men decided to carry her the money. It was after ten o'clock when they found their way to the tenement house, and climbed three flights of dark stairs. A knock brought the woman to the door, and having made sure that she was the right person, they left the money in her hand. Surprised and thankful, she asked them from whom the gift came. "From the Lord," they said, and immediately went away. It was two weeks afterward that the poor mother told the story containing the pathetic passage which begins this article. She and her children had for some time failed to find work, she said, and were entirely without fuel and food. That night the hungry children had gone supperless to bed, and had eried themselves to sleep. She was alone, wrestling with her sorrow, when the knock of the messengers called her from her knees. King David, when he was an old man, declared that he had "never seen the righteous forsaken." Men may challenge the "prayer test," and the theory of special providences may be doubted; but none will deny the personal advantage of a prayerful habit, and the reverent character that generally goes with it. We may go farther, and believe that such characters are among the divine forces that move the world.—Youth's Companion. IN THE LORD'S OWN TIME The Necessity of Exercising the Virtue of Christian Patience—The Fruit Not Yet Ripe. For several months before Bonaparte decided to give the Parisian mob his famous "whiff of grapeshot," he was often implored by his friends to come to the front in dealing with the political situation. His invariable reply was: "The fruit is not yet ripe; when it ripe it will fall into my hand." There are many situations in this world that we cannot hurry without spoiling them. We have to wait for the slow processes of ripening, and then, on a favorable moment, we find that what could not have come to us a year or two before lies at our feet or falls into our hands. Events work together much like the words of a combination lock. You stand before a safe turning a little knob this way and that, and the safe remains just as securely locked as it was before you began your manipulations, but now turn the knob half an inch to the right or left, you hear a little click, and you can move back the heavy bolts without difficulty. There is no use of worrying or getting impatient about some things. You will have to wait until the combination is right, or to use Napoleon's figure, until the fruit is ripe, before just the situation will arise which you desire. Many a man has failed, when he was on the verge of success, because his impatience led him to pluck unripe fruit.—Boston Watchman. GOLD DUST. He who forgets God forgets his only certain good.—Boston Congregationalist. There is a blessing in hardness. Enduring it with courage and persistence makes us strong.—J. R. Miller. God is so great that He communicates greatness to the least thing that is done for His service.—John Wesley. But the majority never know what their vocation is, because God does not intend them to know it. * * They even fulfill their vocation and do not know that they have done so.—Faber. He who cannot feel indignation against wrong cannot in a manly way forgive injury. The only revenge which is essentially Christian is that of retaliating by forgiveness.—F. W. Robertson. When you come down from the summits you do not come away from God. There is no task in life in which you do not need Him. The work bench needs His light as truly as the cloister.—Phillips Brooks. The care of dying is with God. I cannot hinder it; I dare not hasten it. But the care of living He has shared with me. I cannot go wrong in dying if I make my life, by His assistance, what He meant that life should be. The glory of a life is in the quantity of devotedness to God, in the fidelity with which the simplest thing is done, in the quantity of the higher life that can be thrown into the lowliest duty or the humblest position.—F. J. W. Ware. Right living in the fullest sense of the word, the spirit of love to God and love to man, carried into every relation of life, brings the soul into such a state that it is sensitive to moral truth and apprehends it as by Instinct.—G. S. Merriam. It's Real Fun Now "Bobby is attending to his pianoforte lessons very faithfully of late," said the youth's uncle. "Yes," replied his mother. "I don't have any trouble with him about that now." "How did you manage it?" "Some of the neighbors complained of the noise his exercises made, and I told him about it. Now he thinks it's fun to practice."—Tit-Bits. Ed u " Put hand on white woman, Jesper " Attempted Assault, Port Gibson, M's " Criminal Assault, Bell Buckley, Tenn " Attempted Assault, Che " Brantley, Ala. " 16 Char ie Hart, " 20, Peter Lon ard " 15 year old Son, white, Shooting a man, Wetumpka, Ala. Aug. 16, Charlie Hart, colo d criminal assault Brantley, Ala. Aug. 16, "om Keith, colored ente d lady's room drunk, Near Greenvie, S.C. Aug. 20, Rev. T. J. Floyd, colored wanted to work, Cartersville, Ill. " Wm Prentiss, " Hughes Bradley, " Henry Branum, " Jim Hayes, " John Black, " Sim Cremmings. " white, smoke against lynching, Georgetown, Ga. Sept. 12, Rev. H. B. Battle, col., spoke against lynching, Near Thompson, Ga. Sept. 27, Senior Sanchez, Cuban, nothing Havana, Cuba October 11 Judge Kavita La Place white, Assaulting Near New Orleans " 18, Joe Leftora Colored-I Arreon and Assault, burned, St. Ann Miss " 18, Robert Smith, Col. Innocent, Partly Roasted not dead " 20, George Wells, Colored, Murder, Wier City Kan THE TREE Southern Railway SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 2ND, 1900 Trains Leaves Richmond, Va. 11,00 P.M. NO. 11 NOUTHERN EXPRESS daily. Atlanta Augusta Jacksonville and South Sleeper for Danville, Greensboro, Salisbury, and Charlotte. Sleeper open at Richmond 030 o. m. Sleeper open at Danville, with Connects at Danville and Charlotte, with New York and Florida Express tween New York and Tampa, with con- nections for all Florida points, also connects at Danville, Charlotte with the Washington and western Lim- tle cities, throughough Danville, bet'n New York and N. Shiville. New York a.d Memphis and New York a.d Tampa, with American Towne sleeper Mon a.d, Wednesday and Frid- days, Washington to San Francisco without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and Cali- 12:20 P M No. 7, solid train daily or Char lotte, N. C. Connects at Moseley with Keysville for Clarksville, Oxford, Hen derson and Durham and at Greenborson and Keysville for Keysville, New York, to New Oregon. Salem at Danville with no. 35 United States Fast Mail, solid train, daily for new Orleans and point to South, which cleans and New York to Jacksonville, and Miami for Nassau and Habun, Cuba and Mem via Asheville and Chattanooga. 6:00 P. LOCAL, daily except Sunday for Keysville and intermediate point TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND 6:00 A. M. 6:25 P. M., from Atlanta Augusta, Asheville and all points South. 8:40 P. M., from Keysville and local stations. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS. Nos. 61 and 62. between Manchester and Neapolia. Va YORK RIVER LINE. WEST POINT Train No. 16, 1:30 P M BALKINHAM BALKINHAM Sunday at West point, and intermediate stations making close connectio. Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays with steamer for Haiti- Train No. 10, 9:30 P. M. LOCAL EXPRESS, Mon Wednes & Fridays, for West Point and intermediate stations, con- tinent and Tappanhankoot; also at West Point with steamer for Baltimore. Stops at all sta- tions. Train No. 74, 6:00 A.M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except Sundays from Virginia Street Station for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with Tappanhack manor for Walkerton and Tappanhack. Steamers leave West Point daily except Sundays 5:50 P.M. M. arrive Saltimore 8:00 a.m. Steamers leave Saltimore daily except Sundays arriving Richmond 6:15 a.m. Steamers call at Gloucester Point and Almond Hairy, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Yorktown and Clay Bank, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. G. W. WESTBURY Travelling Passenger Agent 8.0 E. Main St Richmond J. M. CULP Traffic Manager GON. PASS, Agt. FRANK S. GANNON Third Vice-president and General Manager Washington, D. C. BUSINESS CARDI There is being group a Colored Men's Business Card for the purpose of increasing the business of our Race, any one desiring a space can get it by applying at the PLANET OFFICE OLD DOMINION STEAMSF HILO DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY Passenger can leave via Cheesapeake and Ohio, railway Sunday via Cheesapeake and Ohio, railway 9 P. M., or Richmond and Peterburg rail- way and Western route: 9:00 A.M. or continuing: 10:00 A.M. Line steam sailing same evening at 7. o'clock for New York Passenger can Richmond Transfer Ou- gang's, 900 east Main Street; Cheesapeake Ohio railway and Richmond and Petersburg counties, and at company's office, 1832 east Main Street, Richmond. Baggage checked through. FREIGHT. For New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamers. Richmond every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. 3:00 DAY at 5:00 P.M. This steam carrier sleeps manifested one hour before sailing time. Freight received and forwarded and throug- hout loading issued for all northern, eastern, and foreign ports. FROM NEW YORK Passengers can leave daily emoji Sun day Friday, Sunday 4 P. M.) to Norton or Ole Point Comedy 5 P. M.) to Norfolk and Western railroad or Cheesapeake and Ohio railway. Passenger for Richmond or steamers via Nor- folk Mondays and Wednesdays 8:00 P.M. Satur- days, 4 P.M. range from company's plan. No 3 Morah River is located in the area where the resolved and forwarded daily excuses Sunday. VIRGINIA NAVIGATION To Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport- News, Claremont, and James River landings, connecting at Old Point and Norfolk for Washington, and the North. WED- STREAMER POCASTONHAM LANE, WED- NESDAY AND FRIDAY AT 7 A. M. Eleven miles direct to wharf. Fare only 3. $10 and $10. Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport and Newport News. Made by a grand Orebe- rion. Freight received daily from above-named places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WEISIGER, Superintendent EDWARD E. BARNEY President General Office: Planters' Bank Building. S.A.L. SEABOARD AIR LINE. SCHEDULE IN EFFE T MAY 8, 1888 LEAVER RYD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. 9:05 A M Dail 9:00 P M for Henderson (arrive Durham daily, except Baltimore, Richmond, Sanford, Southern Pines Wilmington, Wareboro, Meadville, Lincoln colincoln, Shelby, Motherfordton, Chester- wood, Wood, Abbeville, Eberton- Atlanta 'ATLANTA', Woodland, Jackson, Mont- gomery, New Orleans, Pensacola, Jackson, ville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Tex- aulonia and the west via Meas- phis or New Orleans. Trains leaving at 8:30 P M runs through south at Atlanta without change of car. Sleeper ready for occupancy at 8:30 P M TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND 815 a.m. Daily, except Sunday (Sunday, 6:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Daily For tickets, baggage checks, sleeping on reservation, etc., apply to H. M. BOYKIN, General Agent, 888 East Main St R. ST. JOHN, Vice-President and een' manager V. R. MOGHEE, General Superintendent, L. S. ALLEN, W. R. GLOVER, traffic manager. general ve' each New 'Phone 983. R. F. P. RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC. Schedule in Effect January 16, 1900. LEAVE BYRD ST. STATION. 828 A. M., Dally, for Washington and points North. Stops only at Milford and Fredericksburg. Pulman Sleeperes to New York. 8290 A. M., Sunday only, for Washington and points North. Stops at Ea ba, Glen allen, Ashford Worlvorsville, Doswell, author Glen Poole, Milford, Woodland, Guilin, Summit, Fredericksburg, Brooks, and Widewater, Pulman car. 5:45 A.J.M.J. Dativ, except Sunday, for Huntington and colts North Washington and Indiana. Ash 兰, Taylorville, Ruther Glen, Peoles, Miford, Woodland, Guinea, Summit, Frederickson, Widewater, Wulman car 12:00 M. Daily, except Sunday, forw- ork and points North, Stops at Eibla, Ashland, Dooswell, Milford, and Fredericksburg, Perlor car Conway and Congressional Limited at Washington 7:45 P.M. 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The address of a subscriber we must be sent th former as well as the present address. Received in the Post-Omice at Riokmond, Va second class matter. DON'T forget to warn your children to be polite to every body. We have succeeded to a remarkable extent and even the Negro-haters can see it. HAVE you registered? Do so next Tuesday. The polls will be open from sunrise to sunset. COLORED men, the constitutional convention is to be made an issue May 24th, 1900. Vote against it. The Democratic Party seems to be bitterly opposed to our progress as it was before the war of the Rebellion. TUESDAY, May 8th. is registration day. Let every young man in this city who has become of age register and vote. EVERY attempt to belittle and check the progress of the colored man has brought dismay and discomfiture to the white one. EX-JUDGE THOMAS S. ATKINS died last week. He presided for twelve years as Judge of the Hustings Court of this city and was a Republican in politics. Gov. CANDLER's memorial day speech at Atlanta on the 28th ult. will do the south no good. Such efforts are as worthy of condemnation as the fran- tle utterances of those whom he criti- cises. A Republican County Convention was held at Roxboro, N. C., on the 28th ult., and no colored man was allowed to even enter the hall. This is the latest phase of the party question in that state. What will the colored brother do about it? Colored men, we must improve our condition. Do not get weary. Do not imagine that all white people are against us. We have thousands of friends who plead our cause whenever the opportunity presents itself. --- COLORED men, we must afford no encouragement to the low disrespectful elements amongst us. They should be sent to the rear and kept there. They retard our progress and hinder our onward march to material prosperity. --- THE constitution of Mississippi and Louisiana, and South Carolina have been changed so as to disfranchise the colored citizens. Will any one affirm that the white people of those states have divided on this account and that dishenest practices are no longer in vogue in those states? Let the man who thinks so raise up his hand. THE action of Constable W. C. TALLEY (white) in protecting STEPHEN BAPTIST (colored) who was charged with the murder of PETER JONES (white) deserves commendation. He notified the mob of Buffalo It. this Springs that he would protect the prisoner at all hazards and succeeded in landing him safely in Petersburg, April 24th. It is gratifying indeed to find an officer in that section of the state who fully realizes the solemn nature of his obligation. THE NEW MOVEMENT. It is now plainly evident that the talk about a constitutional convention and the creating of a new instrument, which shall disfranchise the Negro is but a cloak to hide from view a more far-reaching purpose on the part of certain political leaders in Virginia. While the suffrage will be restricted by constitutional enactment, hundreds of office-holding white men who hold jobs will find themselves seeking employment elsewhere, the moment the present document is laid aside. It is estimated that $80,000 per year can be saved to the commonwealth. The legislature of Virginia increased the expenses of the state government over $80 000. It becomes evident that the wealthy classes are being called upon to pay these bills, and so hundreds of white men who are not opposed to Negro suffrage in itself are using the weapons against it as a deceptive method to get at the white men of Virginia who are responsible for this condition of affairs. It is evident that the humble classes of white men, whose prejudices have been aroused will be placed in the same boat with the humbler classes of Negroes and their bark floated to destruction so far as their suffrage rights are concerned. It is indeed strange that their leaders do not see this. For our part, we are opposed to the constitutional convention because we dislike deceit, and because any attempt to trifle with the ballot in order to disfranchise any particular race is in direct violation of the federal constitution. STILL AGAINST US. THE Richmond, Va., TIMES which now never loses an opportunity to say a mean word for the colored citizen, belittling his efforts and misrepresenting his aspirations, under the caption of "The North and the Negro" cites an abstract from the address of that prince of villiers, Dr. PAUL B. BARRINGER of the University of Virginia and says that these utterances are approved by the Medical Board of New York. It affirms that the second generation of Negroes are infinitely worse than the first. This declaration applies to the white man as well. It talks about the merals of the Negro, oblivious of the fact that they are but a duplicate of the morals of the white man. The only difference is that the white man in this country has become pastmaster in the art of deception. He paints vice, virtue, and drunkenness, sobriety. The great trouble which the upright celored men are having is due wholly and solely to the bad examples set by some of the white folks. Even their gambling dens and whiskey resorts are backed by white men who draw the shekles at the expense of the best blood of the race. We advise our people to imitate the virtues of the white people and ignore their vices. This will bring prosperity and will lift us in the scale of human civilization. A gang of toughs of this city consisting mostly of fools and idiots banded together Tuesday night for the purpose of intimidating the Negroes of this city and forcing them to leave town. About twenty persons were engaged in this feebulous work, and armed with guns, etc., visited the homes of several Negro families and warned them to leave the city within twenty-four hours, or suffer the consequences. In order to further emphasize their words a considerable amount of promiscuous shooting was done. THE GRAND JURY TO ACT. Now this is the first time in the history of our beautiful city, that such lawless actions have ever taken place and we may rest assured that the better element of our citizens will not only set their foot down hard, upon such procedure and prevent its reocurrence, b that they will take the matter in hand next week when the grand jury meets and see to it that all parties connected with this disgrueful matter are brought to the bar of justice. Our citizens take a wonderful amount of pride in the record this town has made from a criminal standpoint. There has been only one killing within the borders of the town in her whole history. This is by far, the best record of any city of the first class in Oklahoma. HARSH LANGUAGE. Lawlessness in other lines has been practically, wholly confined to, vagrants and tramps, who are not residents of this city. In fact, crime of all kinds has been discountenanced here to such an extent that our people know better than to indulge for they too well know the consequences. How it came that this band of fools got the notion into their heads that the duty devolved upon them to drive away from this city a number of good, respectable citizens just because of their color, we will not endeavor to explain. They, themselves, will be given an ample opportunity to make a full explanation of the matter to the jury which will try their cases at the next term of court. —Stillwater Gazette. A GRAND AFFAIR There will be a Grand May Pole next Monday night at Price's Hall by Shining Star Lodge, No. 26 L. O. of D. S. This entertainment will be both attractive and interesting. The public invited to attend. Admission 10 cents. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND IRGINIA DEATH IN A UTAH MINE. An Explosion at Schofield Kills Over a Hundred Men. THE WORK OF RESCUE GOING ON. Eighty-five to Ninety Dead Bodies Already Recovered—One Report Places the Loss of Life at Over Two Hundred—Blasting Powder Blew Up Salt Lake, May 2.—A terrific explosion occurred yesterday in the winter quarters of the Pleasant Valley company's coal mine at Schofield, on the Rio Grande Western railway, near Colton, Utah, by which, according to reports, over 100 people were killed and many injured. It is reported that 90 bodies have already been recovered. The explosion is attributed to the blowing up of a number of kgs of blasting powder. The work of rescue is going on and everything possible is being done to relieve the suffering and ascertain the number of dead. Superintendent Sharp, of the coal company, and Superintendent Welby, of the railroad company, have gone to the scene on a special train. A special from Schofield states positively that there have been $55 dead bodies taken out of the Pleasant Valley Coal company mine No. 4. There were 250 men at work in the two mines, Nos. 4 and 1. The balance of the miners are dead. The explosion is supposed to have occurred in No. 4 and extended by a connection to No. 1. Among the dead ahead identified are Jack Wilson, R. E. Evans, Pete Crockett, John Anderson, James Wilson, Will Winstead, George Haddow and son. Severely injured: John Kerton, Thomas Tivsey and son, William Brewster, Thomas Sellers, Thomas Brown. CANADA'S GREAT FIRE Ottawa and Hull Flame Swept and Six Lives Lost. Ottawa, Ont., April 28.—Over five square miles of territory burned over, more than 2,000 buildings destroyed, six lives lost, 7,000 men, women and children homeless and property loss of $17,000,000, according to the latest estimate, insured for half its value, are the results of the destructive fire which swept this city and Hull Thursday and yesterday. Although under control for many hours the flames were not entirely extinguished until yesterday. The fire, which started in Hull, across the river from Ottawa, at 11 o'clock Thursday forenoon, was not under control until midnight. Meantime sparks which flew across the river started fires in Ottawa in the early afternoon, and for hours the citizens of both towns were fighting flames. A large cliff which extends from the Ottawa river back to Christ church and the Church of St. John the Baptist was the only thing that prevented the whole city of Ottawa becoming a prey to the flames. Ten Years For Syndicate Miller. Brooklyn, May 1.—Miller, the Franklin syndicate operator, was yesterday sentenced to ten years in the Sing Sing penitentiary. After the sentence Lawyer House, for the prisoner, made a motion for a stay of proceedings. The motion was denied, but later Judge Hurd granted ten days' stay before Miller is to be taken to Sing Sing. In the meantime Lawyer Ridgeway went before Justice Maddox, in the supreme court, and secured an order to show cause why a certificate of reasonable doubt should not be given. The argument will be heard on May 4. Change of Venue in Geshel Care Change of Venue in Goebel Case. Frankfort, Ky., May 2.—After hearing the testimony of about 40 witnesses and brief arguments by counsel for both the prosecution and the defense, Judge Bentley and the petition of five of the defendants, complicated complicity in the Goebel assassination, for change of venue. Those who joined in the petition were Republican Secretary of State Powers, Capt. John W. Davis, Henry E. Youtsey, Harland Whittaker and Richard Combs (colored). Judge Cantrill will decide today to what county the trials shall go. Strike on the D, J, and W. Oswego, N. Y., May 2.—About 60 employees of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western coal trestle struck yesterday because of dissatisfaction over the wage schedule. The company says that Italians will be imported to take the strikers' places if necessary. The strikers claim that they can cripple the trestle and purpose to induce other employees to quit unless their demands are granted. Shopmen and freightmen of the road at Buffalo have also struck, making the total number on strike between 250 and 300. New England's Eight Hour Workday new England Eight hour Workday Boston, May 2.—The eight hour day was established yesterday in almost every district in New England where journeymen of the building trades have organized, and the concessions were obtained with little friction and only a few strikes. The most widespread demand for the eight hour day was made some weeks ago by the granite cutters throughout New England, and while at most places the demands were granted there were a few echoes of that contention yesterday. Government Receipts and Expenses Washington, May 2.—The monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that during April the receipts aggregated $45,039,236, and the expenditures $40,903,927, leaving a surplus for the month of $4,136,000. The receipts during the month show an increase of $3,500,000 as compared with April, 1899, and the expenditures a decrease of $25,000,000. Death of Ex-Mint Director Leech. New York, May 12.—Edward O. Leech, former director of the mint, who underwent an operation for appendicitis in Mount Sinai hospital on April 12, died in that institution last night. Previous to the merging of the National Union bank with the Bank of Commerce Mr. Leech was cashier and second vice president of the former institution. BIG BATTLE IMMINENT. Britons and Boers Will Probably Fight Near Thaba N'Chu. London, May 2.—Fighting, heavier than any since Ladysmith, seems to be imminent near Thaba N'Chu. The dispatches of Lord Roberts dated Monday and Tuesday show that the Boer rear guard stubbornly resisted his advance, forced the British on Saturday and Sunday to act chiefly on the defensive. Gen. French/ who is directing the operations, has at least 15,000 men. Some estimates give him 30,000. The Boers are estimated to be at least 6,000 strong, and possibly 10,000. According to a dispatch from Pretoria, dated April 28, they were expecting to give battle, and have numerous artillery. So long as the Boers engage the attention of half of Lord Roberts' force at Thaba N'Chu his advance, forcing the British on Saturday Gen. Botha will be, however, considers that Gen. Botha will be longer than a few days. The feeling is that he must be beaten off by the masses of Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked the British outposts at Boshof, the headquarters of Lord Methuen, on April 28, but without result. The British guns at Warrenton shelled the Boers out of their half constructed trenches Sunday. A native runner got through from Mafeking to Ootslal, 61 miles north, on April 16, with dispatches for nearly all the London Post with the Morning Post says: "We can stick it out for two months or more. Nobody minds." THE EIGHT HOUR WORKDAY Philadelphia's Workers Encouraged For the Success of the Movement For the Success of the Movement. Philadelphia, May 2.—The demands of the Allied Building Trades, composed of nearly all the building trade unions in this city, for an eight hour workday with increased pay, were put in force yesterday, and as a result $3,000 men are on strike. Men in several trades not affiliated with the Allied Building Trades also quit work yesterday, but many of these returned to their work during the day, the differences between them and the masters having been adjusted. Signatures of employers to agreements are being constantly received, according to the labor leaders, and it is their opinion that many of the trades belonging to the league will have all their men working within a week or ten days. The fact that so few workmen were compelled to strike is considered by the leaders as favorable to the cause of the workmen. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, with a strength of 4,000 men, is not affiliated with the Allied Trade Union, and received the signatures of 250 individual masters to the demands of the men. In many cases the masters in certain trades have signified their willingness to accept the men's demands, but have steadily refused to recognize the unions. Without a full recognition of the organization there can be no settlement, the men say. Pattison Not Pushing His Boom. Chicago, May 2.—Robert E. Pattison, ex-governor of Pennsylvania, a lay delegate to the Methodist general conference, arrived here yesterday. "I am not here for the furtherance of my candidacy for the vice presidency," said Mr. Pattison. "I am interested deeply in the work of the church and am here solely for the purpose of participating in the deliberations of the month. I am a delegate to the national convention, and shall go to Kansas City. If the convention sees fit to nominate me for the vice presidency I shall esteem it an honor. I am not seeking votes or the support of any state. The naming of Mr. Bryan for the presidency will not cause me to decline the second place." Train Crew Fled From Flames. Duluth, Minn., May 2.—Fierce fires are raging in the forests in this vicinity. A train on the Sauntry Logging road of the Northern Pacific road, 12 miles from Duluth, is imprisoned in the woods at the end of the branch. The bridges burned while the train was in the timber. The train was abandoned and the crew made their way out. The residents of Woodland, a suburb of Duluth, were alarmed yesterday afternoon when the fire came out of the woods and caught in the old race track buildings. Families began moving their household effects. The fire department was summoned and checked the fire. Senator Clark's Montana Defent. Butte, Mont., May 2.-Senator W. A. Clark made his first fight in his campaign for vindication at the meeting of the state Democratic committee here yesterday, and was defeated. The fight was on the question of apportionment of delegates to the state convention to select delegates to the national convention. His son, Charles W. Clark, led the opposition to an increase in the representation of Silver Bow, Clark's home county, and other anti-Clark counties and to increase it in the "cowcounties." Silver Bow, however, won by a vote of 14 to 10. Americans at Paris Exposition. New York, May 2.—Bankers estimate that American visitors to the Paris exposition will spend abroad this year $40,000,000 more than is usually spent by Americans in Europe during the vacation season. In 1889 it was estimated that about 120,000 people from the United States attended the Paris exposition. The director of the United States mint at that time estimated that passengers from New York to Europe spent that year $92,771,950. Voorhees' Gift to Foreign Missions. New York, May 2.—Some weeks ago Governor Foster M. Voorhees, of New Jersey, promised to give $5,000 to the board of foreign missions of the Reformed church of America on condition that the remainder of the debt of $40,000 was raised by May 1. The board failed to raise the amount. Yesterday Governor Voorhees sent word raising his gift to $9,000, and making it unconditional. An Extension Granted to Spaniards. Washington, May 2. The president has issued a proclamation extending for six months from April 11 the time allowed Spanish subjects in the Philippines to designate their allegiance, in accordance with the treaty of Paris. Houston, Tex., May 1. The crucial flood situation has changed to the north. The Trinity is out of its banks at Dallas and south of that point, and a heavy rise is coming from above. Albert Voight, a former soldier, was drowned at Dallas. The report from San Angelo is that there was a tremendous rain in that section, and the North and Middle Conchos have risen 20 feet. Several hundred head of cattle are reported drowned in the North Concho. In the southwestern part of the state a tremendous rain fell and the Guadaloupe and Nueces are rising fast. The Colorado is rising at Austin, Columbus and La Grange. Commissioner Ratchford to Resign. Washington, May 2.—It is expected that Mr. M. D. Ratchford, who recently was appointed state labor commissioner of Ohio, will resign from the industrial commission about June 1, when he completes work he has in charge. HERO OF MANILA BAY Cheered by Six Hundred Thousand People in Chicago. THE MONSTER STREET PARADE. For Four Hours the Admiral of the Navy Was Busy Bowing Acknowledgments of the Cheers That Met Him on Every Side. Chicago, May 2.—Yesterday's celebration, the first in America at which Admiral George Dewey could be present on the anniversary of the battle of Manila bay, was worthy of the famous victory. Fully 600,000 people were gathered along the line of march of the day's parade and for four hours the admiral was busy bowing acknowledgments of the cheers that met him from all sides. When the parade entered the thickly crowded streets down town the admiral met his real reception, and it was most enthusiastic. The cheers made practically one continuous roar, at many times so loud that it was difficult to hear the music of the band which marched ahead of the admiral's carriage. The sidewalks were packed on to walls and all joined in giving the admiral a loud call in point of enthusiasm has never been surpassed by that extended to any man who has ever been the guest of the city of Chicago. On the steps of the Art Institute, on Michigan avenue, were gathered 300 young women, a number of them clad in white, being so placed as to spell the word "Dewey." As the carriage containing the admiral approached their voices burst into "See, the Conductor," and the marching was stopped until the song was finished, the admiral expressing great pleasure at the singing. Naval, military and civic organizations followed the carriage containing the admiral through miles of streets decorated with flags and bunting and with models of the cruiser Olympia made from various materials, the most popular practice being to outline the cruiser in colored electric lights, Speaking to the Manila veterans escorting his carriage the admiral said on seeing one of these Olympias, "See, boys, there is the old ship," and the sailors gave a hearty "Aye, aye, sir," in response. Not less pleasing to the admiral than the expressions of greeting and good will shown by the decorations were the many spontaneous proofs of a real welcome that he received. If the admiral's carriage came near enough women threw flowers from windows of high buildings and the sailors around his carriage picked up many bouquets that had missed their mark or fallen in the street. A number of women fainted in the crush. The coming of the admiral was made known by the special parade escort, a detachment from the United States army, galloping up to the reviewing stand. When the detachment had formed a carriage containing Admiral Dewey, Mayor Harrison and Charles A. Plamondon, of the reception committee, drove up, giving the crowd its first view of the admiral. Admiral Dewey bowed to Mrs. Dewey, who sat at one of the broad windows of the Union League club, directly opposing the reviewing stand, and then the reviewing stand, accompanied the stand, Mayor Harrison standing in front with Admiral Dewey. The long parade then began to file by, requiring two hours to pass the reviewing stand. There was a luncheon at the Union League club, and at 8 p. m. Admiral Dewey and his aides were the guests of the University club, while Mrs. Dewey and the members of the women's reception committee were entertained at dinner by Mrs. Arthur Caton. At 11 p. m. Admiral Dewey and his party visited the Naval Reserve Veteran association ball at the First Regiment armory. Methodist Laymen's Demands. Chicago, May 2.—Lay delegates to the Methodist general conference, regulars and provisional, put their desire for an equal voice in the government of the church into a set of resolutions at the Auditorium last night and presented them at the opening session today. Equal representation right away is what the laymen ask. They recite the fact that a straw ballot of the Methodist clergy developed an overwhelming sentiment to admit them to the church councils on an equal footing, and announce that 141 provisional delegates were elected in the belief that the conference would seat them. Mrs. Wilson's Tragic Death Havana, April 23]—The wife of Maj. Gen. James H. Wiley, military governor of the department, Matanzas-Santa Clara, died Saturday morning from the effects of burns accidentally received in the morning while driving with her daughter. While alighting from her carriage Mrs. Wilson stepped on a match, which ignited her dress. Her hands were so badly swollen before her death that it was found necessary to cut the rings from her fingers in order to give her relief. The daughter and coachman were also burned, though not seriously, while endeavoring to extinguish the flames. Murdered Body in Express Package. Cambridge Springs, Pa., May 2.—Last Thursday night two unknown men left a box at the American Express office, with orders to shop to Vermont. While the agent was making out the bill the men stepped out and have not been seen since. Yesterday the box was opened and was found to contain the body of a dead woman, blonde, aged about 36, with a wound in the abdomen. The coroner is investigating. Town Wiped Out by Forest Fires. Menominee, Mich., May 2.—The town of Arnold has been wiped out by the forest fires. This makes the fourth town to be destroyed. Details are lack- ing. A passenger train reached here yesterday for the first time in two days. The coaches were blistered by the heat. The wires are all down, and railway traffic is suspended. The forest fires cover an area of 30 miles and are spreading. Big Oil Combine in Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 2—One of the largest oil combines in the west filed articles of incorporation here yesterday under the name of the Superior company, capital stock $10,500,000. The company is organized as a consolidation of six companies operating in central Wyoming. In the vicinity of Douglas and Casper. The stockholders and trustees are oil men and financiers from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Binghamton, N. Y. J. A. & C. J. COOKE SUCCESSORS TO Henry Cooke, cob A. Cooke. Corn elu. Cooke. Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Liverymen OFFICE, WAREROOMS & STABLES; 528 N. Adams St. Near Leigh St. Night Calls and Orders by phone Promptly Executed. Residences U. GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Tazewell, Va. May 1.—News has reached here that Pine Run mine, at Tom's Creek, Wise county, is on fire. Four men have been found suffocated and two others are known to be in the mine. The mine has been flooded in the hope of extinguishing the fire. Washington, May 1.—President McKinley has indicated his purpose to attend, if possible, the reunion of the army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg on May 25, and if the public business will permit he also will attend the Memorial day ceremonies at Antietam battlefield on May 25. Columbus, Ga., April 26.—Claude Dorsey, of Atlanta, 21 years old, while up a telegraph pole yesterday, slipped and came in contact with a live wire. When the same time his hands, a truck in a network of telephone wires, a circuit was established and 1,040 volts went through his body, killing him instantly. Morgantown, W. Va., May 1.—Ella Campbell, a spinner, 35 years old, tied fatrons about her neck before leaping head first into the well at her home. She had been a teacher in the public schools and became morose over the death of a very dear friend. Her sister discovered her bonnet near the well and gave the alarm. Tampa, Fla., May 2.—Northern capitals after thoroughly examining the landscapes of Tampa, have organized a company for the purpose of planting sugar cane on a large scale and refining the raw material. The organization, which is known as the South Florida Sugar Planting and Refining company, is incorporated under the New Jersey laws. The company is capitalized at $1,000,000. A large sugar refinery is to be erected in Tampa. Montgomery, Ala., April 26.—At the Democratic state convention yesterday J. M. Samford of Lee, Charles E. Waller of Hale, Jesse F. Stallings of Butler and Charles M. Shelley of Jefferson were placed in nomination for governor. The first ballot resulted; Samford, 216; Waller, 96½; Stallings, 102½; Shelley, 89. Before the result of the third ballot was announced all candidates except Samford were withdrawn, and his nomination was made unanimous. Webb, Miss., May 2.—Robert and William Chambers, prominent young men, were shot and killed last night by T. B. Abbey, a reputable citizen. The Chambers brothers went to Abbey's plantation and instituted a search for some negroes. Later they met Abbey, and in an altercation the latter shot and killed them both. Burlington, N. C., May 2—At 2 o'clock in the morning a crowd of citizens numbering about 150 visited the jail at Graham, and showing pistols in the face of the jaller demanded the keys of the jail. Leaving the majority of the crowd on the outside, four or five of the leaders went up to the cell of the negro Sellers, imprisoned for attempted assault on a young white girl, and mutilated him. There was no excitement. Anuja, Ga., April 21—Thomas J. Hunter, formerly auditor of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad company, was found guilty of embezzlement in the superior court yesterday and sentenced to the penitentiary for five years. It was charged against Hunter that he had misappropriated $20,000. When the shortage was discovered Hunter was out of the city. He was later arrested in Morocco and returned here. Hunter was once a prominent club man and society leader. London, Ky., May 1.—It is stated that the White-Howard fief of Clay county has terminated by agreement. The factions have made friends and have decided not to prosecute in the several murder charges against the Bakers, and that faction will not appear against James Howard, accused of the murder of George Baker, and the indictment is to be dismissed. James Howard is one of the men charged with the murder of William Goebel at Frankfort. Many men have been killed in the feud. Richmond, Va., April 25.—Mecklenburg county narrowly escaped having a lynching yesterday. A negro named Steven Baptist was arrested by Constable Talley charged with the murder on Sunday of Peter Jones, and Talley on Monday of Peter Jones, county judge to take him to Petersburg, safe keeping. On the way to the deputy demanded the prisoner, but Talley held the crowd at bay at the point of a pistol, declaring that he would defend Baptist to the last extremity. His determination aided the mob. Atlanta, Ga., April 30.—The "Malmed Veterans' Battalion," a Confederate veterans' organization, is being formed in this state for the purpose of attending the reunion of the United Confederate veterans of Louisville. One of the qualifications for membership is that the applicant for enlistment must have lost either an arm, a leg, a hand or an eye in the Confederate service. The battalion will be composed of 105 veterans and all expenses will be defrayed by a fund which is now being raised by public subscription. Richmond, April 28—The Massanutten bank, at Strasburg, Shenandoah county, was robbed about 1 o'clock in the morning and some $5,000 secured by the burglars. An entrance into the bank building was effected with a skeleton key. The vault was forced with levers and the safe wrecked by means of nitro-glycerine. There were eight men in the gang, most of whom stood guard in various sections of the town. They fired a number of pistol able to attention from the bank. Several persons took out of their windows were ordered to draw on threat of being shot. After the robbery the gang boarded a hand car and went to Riverton, where all trace of them was lost. INTEROCEANIC CANAL National House Considering a Bill For Its Construction. OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE. Powerful Leaders of the Majority, Though Favoring the Canal, Think the Time Not Ripe For Beginning the Work. Washington, May 2.—For the first time during the 50 years of agitation of the project for the construction of an interoceanic canal the house yesterday entered upon the consideration of a measure to actually authorize the building of the canal. Many times propositions bearing upon the subject have been before the house, but this was the first time positive action can be predicated. Today the bill will be voted upon before adjournment. The debate yesterday was memorable because of the unexpectedly powerful opposition it developed. Mr. Burton, of Ohio, chairman of the rivers and harbors committee; Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, and Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, chairman of the appropriations committee, threw the weight of their influence against it, not because they are opposed to the building of the canal, but because they considered that the time for authorizing its construction was not ripe. Mr. Burton and Mr. Hitt contended that the bill would violate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, which guarantees the neutrality of the canal, and Mr. Cannon quoted Admiral Walker, chairman of the 1stmain canal commission, as saying that the commission was not yet prepared to say which was the best route. Mr. Cannon contended that the authorization of the construction of the canal over the Nicaraguan route at this time would delay its building for years and cost the government $50,-000,000. The debate also developed other lines of opposition. Some of the Democrats insist that the amendments striking the words "defend" and "fortifications" from the bill are designed to make it harmonious with the Hay-Pauceforet treaty, and that it is therefore objectionable, and Mr. Shackleford, of Missouri, desired the bill that if the treaty is ratified the bill will go into effect. The anomalous situation is therefore presented of practically every member on the floor professing his friendship for the canal and yet of powerful opposition arrayed against it on various grounds. Tuesday, May 1. Illinois Populist convention, at Chicago, instructed delegates for Bryan. The ball in honor of Admiral Dewey in Chicago last night was a brilliant success. Because he brutally beat Plantation Manager Skinner George Gordon (colored) was lynched at Albin, Miss. Shag Rock, long a menace to navigation in the harbor of San Francisco, was destroyed by nine tons of nitroglycerine yesterday. Mrs. Buenavista Hunter, daughter of the late United States Senator Burns, of Missouri, committed suicide by shooting at Platte City. By the giving way of a scaffold in Albany yesterday Hugh McDade and Newton Lovejoy, painters, were dashed to the pavement, 55 feet below, and instantly killed. Samuel C. Seely, sentenced in 1895 to eight years' imprisonment for robing the New York Shoe and Leather bank of $554,000, has been released, commutation for good behavior reducing his term. M. Duruy de Lome, the former Spanish minister at Washington, has been appointed ambassador to Italy. The ecumenical conference held its final meeting in New York last night. Ex-President Harrison presided. The United States supreme court has recessed until the 14th inst., when a decision is expected in the Kentucky contest. The jury in the case of B. H. Roberts, on trial in Salt Lake City for unlawful cohabitation, disagreed and was discharged. At the close of business AprH 30, the public debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,120,802,085, which is an increase of $12,545,727. Gen. Von Steuben, who visited the United States at the time of the Yorktown centennial celebration, when he represented the Steuben family, is dead in Berlin. GENERAL MARKETS. Philadelphia, May 1.—Flour slow; winter superfine, $2.5/¢; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $2.30; $3.0/¢; city mills, extra, $2.50; $2.75. Rye flour quiet and steady at $1.50; $3.40 per barrel. Wheat steady; No. 2 red, spot, in elevator, 71%/72% corn. quiet. No. 2 mixed, in elevator, 44%/45%c. No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 47c. Outs of the kitchen, 41%/42%. Hipped, 30%/ 31%; lower grades, 28%/30%. choice timothy, $18 for large bales. Beef dull; beef hams, $12/22. Pork steady; family, $14.75/15. Lard dull; western steamed, $7.45. Butter firm; western creamery, 15/20%; do. factory, 13/14%c. imitation creamery, 14/17c. New York dairy, 15/18%c.; do. creamy, 16/20c. fancy Pennsylvania prints jobbing at 24/27c.; do. wholesale, 23c. Live poultry quoted at 10%/14%c. for choice western creamery, 20/22%c. for chickens, 25/30c. for spring chickens and 10/19c. Dressed poultry (fresh killed). choice western fowls, $4%/30c. old roosters, 8c. nearby roasting chickens, 12/14c.; western do. do, 11/13c. = Le ° & ail ; SIGE ra lbs i. nna Ea Ge Re Seo er ee When Garkness thick reigned over all the jeep. When mist and chaos over earth ala keep ‘heir formless shadows ever volled. tn God said: “Let there be ight ffren, men tn sin and shame wore weighted f wn, ‘And groveled Uke the serpent on the ground, Der ll groas Garkiess with its deadly God said: “Let there be light!” When in the fullness of the glorious day. ‘Christ came, the sting of death to take ‘away, The angels gladly sang o'er Bethichem’s ‘He comes! Behold the light! Rejoice Refotoe, O men of earth, and sing, ‘Hosannas shout for tidings that we bring. No more need you in sadness alt, and night Awake! Behold the Light! +-Frank Moore Jeffery, in N. ¥, Observer. SHAPING CONDUCT BY TRUTH, Seoret of the Growth of » Symmetri- onl Character—Concerning ‘Gains Welesn, | It ts impossible not to have some Standard for conduct, and it is impor- tant to adopt the highest. In study- ing our fellow men we inevitably de- fide that they are most truly and worthy of imitation who most clearly mean to be and do that whieh is abso- Jutely true. This isnot merely because the truth is solid and invincible, the wnly safe foundation for either belief or conduct, It also is because that which fs true appeals convincingly to ‘the human heart. No character grows symmetrically or in the right diree- tion unless in harmony with what is ‘true. | In the highest realm of effort open Xo mankind, the spiritual, truth pos- sesses a vital importance greater, if possible, than anywhere else. “God has given us divine truth to be our guide. It was embodied and {llustrated in Him who said of Himself: “I am the truth.” Make it therefore the test question of your life, whether you are choosing a course unmistakably identified with truth. Wherever it lead. to, it is the way of righteousness, upon, which the divine blessing will rest and the choice of which will result in spir- Atual development ond fruitfulness. God's truth, given for our guidance, enlightens us as to duty, warns us of temptation and peril, stimulates us ‘to energetic endeavor, guides us in per- plexity, cheers us in discouragement, suits our every need, and by this won- dertul fitness reveals the fact of its di- vinesource. | In the application of this principle ef shaping conduct by truth, perplex- ities often arise. How far may we con- (orm ourselves to social usages which involve apparent, if not actual, disre- gard of exact truth? When allence involves no perceptible evil conse- quence, and speech or action necessar- fly would involve the revealing of an opinion possibly injurious to others, ‘or which they have no right to know, end injurious to us to have them knew, need we be outspoken or ac- tive? A hundred such problems occur ally, and sometimes it is @lfficult to determine where the Holy Spirit points the footsteps of the most devout dis- iple, fone thing can be assumed. Although may not always be duty to say all that one knows or thinks, it is duty mever to be false. When a social us- ‘@ge, which in form may involve a vio- ‘Nation 6f exact truth, is so well under- stood that there is no violation of the spirit of truth, there may be no need of opposing it. Where the world is agreed to say, for convenience, what fs not strictly true, no evil may result. There is no harm in saying that the aun rises. But wherever a violation of the spirit of truth is Involved, no mat- ter how slight, a Christian soul is on its guafd. Here, as elsewhere, the let- ter killeth; it is the spirit which giveth Uife, But usage in common speech, in business, in mamy departments of life, 4s so tinged with deception, often well {Intended gné even almost unconscious, that the peril of wandering into the land of deceit is grave—Boston Congre- gationalist. | | TRUE SAYINGS. * | ‘The Sermon on the Mount fs just as truly doctrinal as the Epistle to the Romans,—Ram’s Horn. | It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies—seldom safe to venture ‘to instruct, even our friends. —Colton, | How very littie, after all, have we done for God, and how very self-seck- ingly have we done that little!|—Fa- ‘ber. All our possessions are as nothing when compared to health, strength and a clear conscience—Hosea Bal- lou. People can easily take the sacred name “duty” as the name for what ‘they desire anyoue else to do.—George Eliot. « If you wish success in life make per- severance your bosom friend, experi- ence your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius—Addison. The present consequences of our eonduct are not all we have to meet. ‘The lines of moral and spiritual law must ron on through all the worlds end all states of being. The change which Is made by dropping the body cannot arrest the effect of deeds done in the body. So far an those deeds were done by the mind and will, they work their results in the mind and will—C. G. Ames. _ I ae ‘War and Whisker«. ~*~ Lord Roberts does not comply with the queen's regulation directing the shaving of the chin, writes a corre- spondent on the subject of war and whiskers, Lord Roberts’ father, ac ‘sording to his portrait in “Forty-one ‘Years in India,” wore aide whiskers, Dut shaved the upper lip. At Majuba Sir George Pomeroy Colley wore a ‘beard, which is common on active ‘service; at Halifax, N.S, the wearing ef a board is compulsory in the winter fmontha The late Gen. ener shaved the upper lip, and Indeed Whole face, just as did Maj. “Roddy” Owen; some young officers have late- ly been reprimanded for doing the same, The “Captain with His Whis- kera” of the Dundreary style was a eontemporary of Lord Allcash In “Fra Diavolo” but o small aide whisker ex tending a8 low as the lobe of the ear ‘was worn by military officers until the eye of the Zulu and Afghan wars, when it went out of fashion, though his royal highness the duke of Cam- bridge stuck to his, which are even a trifle larger. Naval officers must either ‘be clean shaven, like Lord Charles Beresford, or must wear a full beard, like his royal highness the duke of York, Blue-jackets formerly had to be clean shaven, receiving permission to wear beards from Mr, Childers London Chronicle, pwtane’ eeeielle wal Social relations behind the scenes ere as various as anywhere else,” writes Franklin Fyles of “The Thea- ter and its people” Love and hatred, harmony and jealousy, amis- bility and disagreeableness—all the characteristics of life elsewhere exist just the same in stageland. But it {s '& fact, however, that an atmosphere of pretense extends from the mimio soenes to the spaces behind them— ‘hat is to say, the actor is inclined to ‘seem more.polite than he feels. It is #0 among other people, true enough; bet the amenities ot intercourse among the players overlay a vast deal of professional animosity, Thus the ardent sweethearts of flotion may be unoongenial in fact, the fond mother may secretly despise her son and the dutiful daughter may not be on speake ing terms with her father. But have there not been dissensions in the sweetest-toned church choira? It may ‘be sald that theatrical companies get slong together as well as classes in colleges or seta of clerks in storea— Ladies’ Home Journal. a ie a The command of a receiving ship is Preeminently that of a married man, and he and his family always live on board, in unique and delightful homes, There are but six receiving ships in the service—the Franklin, at Norfolk, Va. the Independence and Pensacola, at Mare Island, Cal; the Richmond, af League Island, Pa.; the Vermont, at the Brooklyn yard, and the Wabush, at Charleston, Mass.’ There fs no house Fent to pay; the captainis allowed two stewards by the government; eo it is looked upon as one of the very few chances offered tn the naval officer's career to save money.—Anna A. Rog: ers, in Woman's Home Companion. Save One Per Cent of Fees. Tt is estimated that fish hatcheries pay if one per cent, of the eggs ar rive at maturity A cod yields on an orerage 4,000,0 eggs, so one per cent, would represent 40,000 cod, which, at £0 cents each, would mean & money value ef $20,000. A turbot ylelds 10,000,000 one per cent. of which means 100200 tarbot, which, at $1.25 each, is $125,000. Outside of the hatcheries it is estimated that not more than two eggs of a fish in a aea- son live to be mature fish—Newport Press, thes Dinteenshitk Pee Mentk Dein. In the enterprising cities of Buenos Ayres automobile carriages are no un+ common sight, in the form both of pri- vate vehicles and of delivery wagons, Cycle roads now radiate from Buenos Ayrea to distances of 60 and 70 miles in the surrounding country, and under the care of the Argentine Touring club these roads are reserved for the use ‘ot bicycles and automobiles—Youth’s Companion, : ) Her Oriticiom, “What would you do if you could play the piano as good as I can?™ asked a young lady of the housemaid. “Shure an’ Oi wouldn't get discour- aged at all, at all. Ofa kape roight on larnin’ till Oi could play it dacent- dy,” was the reply.—Chicago Evening News. Soeese at Mistress—And remember this, if I have occasion to reprimand you I don’t want you to answer me back. _| The New Cook—No, indade, mum; I ain't that koind. 'F I've got onything ‘t say, I'll speak it plain t” y'r face— Philadelphia Bulletin, pantinn Seo ‘Hesembiances. Tn what four respects does a caller resemble a lover? First, he comes to adore. Next, he gives the bell a ring. Next, he gives the maid his name. Then it he does not find her out he is taken inindendenk, Bigger Than Life, Visitor—But this portrait of Mr. Bulger is a good deal more than life size, Artist—I know ft. That fs the size he thinks he is.—Tit-Bits. ‘Bébadioes dane a” Humming birds in Mindora, one of the Philippines, are very pugnacious, Hundreds of them simultaneously at- tack a huntsman and seriously in- jure him.—N. Y. Sun. Keep Your Eye on Him, It's a good plan to keep an eye on the individual who is always telling you that it takes a thief to catch a thief.—Chicago Dally News, ‘aes Shiuaee Dhabi. ‘The best policy is to say nothing uc aet—Chicago Daily News, THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA ——————_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_———— CU" HE WIND BLEW HARD. pees a8 Po eee - f CQ"'7 isn.” That's Why © Passenger Who Hea! <o7 X -'¢ Sako Imbibed Too Much Suddenty Was <a x ChB a5 3 .Nebber 3 Missing from the Train. is Ket aes 7 ee eon AS te, Be “The wind blew a paghenger off my d st ts | eric (J “No, suh, I 4 train when I was railroading in the | LCOS WHR Cy 2 “You were western country,” said a conductor, 7 GRY en te | frumenti.” how onan Illinois Central run, to a ao aeet Lawe Chicago ‘Tribune reporter. corre nnn nerentenarnnnaten! “But I didn’t know it until three SLEPT WITH A CORPSE. aes are di years after the occurrence,” he con- ieee “Yes, sar; | tinued, “He was ticketed for southern | Hieutenant Manrahan’s Silent Cem-| 4at tall."—B. California, and several times during panion at Snickers Gap _ the day he asked me questions. Soon Camp. me after bis last question I missed him —— A certain G from his seat. Later in the day he was| The snow was falling and the sky| fond of sett! —-—| 2 Paige ae eB apg eZ | WIND was eee) cre etill missing, but his overcoat was on the back of the seat. “I asked other passengers if they had seen him leave the ear, No one re- membered it. I searched the train, but failed to find him. I then took his ‘coat and turned it in, making a report jon the cage. ‘The company held it for ‘some time, and when no inquiry was /made the company advertised the cost in the hope that the mystery might be solved. ‘There was no response. This only spurred the company to renew its search, and I know that several hun- [dred dollara were spent in an effort to find the owner of the coat. You Ce ‘railroad companies have souls, in spi of an opinion held by some to the con- ‘trary. “And now here is one for the coun- try editor. Such a one heard of the in- cident and printed it in his paper. Cu- riously enough, one of his subscribers who read the story was the man who Tost the coat, and he presented himself vat the company’s office, proved his ‘Property and got it, | “Hie story was that he imbibed pret- ty freely and stepped out on the plat- form to get fresh air. The wind was blowing a gale, and before he could get ® purchase it swept him from the car. As he was drunk, the fall did not hurt ‘him. I do not eay this, however, as favoring too free indulgence in liquor. “When he sobered up he felt ‘ashamed, and stopped in a farmhouse near by, where he found » bargain in farm land and purchased. He canceled his far western trip and settled on his newly-acquired purchase. That was his story. I have told mine.” CLEVER WOMAN BURGLAR. hswony eee as a er erent coe ene A hairpin as a subtle picklock in the delicate fingers of a woman is the ex- planation of the many mysterious cases of burglary in the Manayunk district of Philadelphia, Laura Hilton fs the extraordinary woman burglar. By her an intricate lock is es well understood as a watch by a jeweler, A hairpin in her skilled Wht h N Pa , | | LNW Mane HN are illkbe A ait 1 L'a 5 A) LAW ey yoy ss ( | i" : i | \ HAIRPIN WAS HER PICKLOCK. fingers is a magic open sesame. For ‘years this woman, protected by her dexterity and her catlike manuer of ‘creeping through sleeping houses, has pursued a criminal career undetected. Her life is a strange mixture of ro- Tance and crime, Young, beautiful, refined, she fell in Jove with @ fascinating scamp, and ‘against the wishes of her parents, who are of a good old southern family, | eloped with him. It was the old story —the man sinking lower and lower in ‘crime, and the woman clinging to him through all. Finally he became a pro- fessional criminal, and the woman was his “pal.” Then came arrest and con- viction for the mon, and the woman was left to fight the world alone. She followed the plan of battle that had been taught her. ‘This unique woman burglar is 33 years old and is very prepossessing. She is about the medium height, with a slender, graceful, girlish figure. Laura Hilton is now in Moyamen- sing prison awaiting trial. She was ar- rested in an outbuilding in West Phila- delphia. It was her way to hide in such places until everybody was asleep find then enter and plunder residences. The woman has made Philadelphia her headquarters for at least three years, but where she has lived during that time is not known, g ea “Love,” cried the poet, “love will con- quer all things!” “I'm!” replied the misanthrope; “did_you ever try it on the grip?’— N. ¥. World. What She Waa After. Chappie—So she told you I was as bright as a dollar? She—Yes; but she said «he'd rather have the dollar.—Puck. So US Ed Wa P) Pech) NES SLEPT WITH A CORPSE. ‘The snow was felling and the sky evercast, just as at Valley Forge more than ¢ cautery and'e quarter aga. Jt was the morning of Washington's birthday—and the occasion and the day were pecullarly calculated to stir the patriotic heart and quicken the reminiscent mind of the old soldier. Lieut. Hanrahan stroked his drooping military mustache, as he regaled a Group of interested listeners with stories of army life. He was telling, in his inimitable style, of a memor able engagement under Gen. Sykes, when in came the veteran with the ‘withered hand. He was careless in at- tire, and his nose resembled the wan- ‘ing light on a ragged reef. He gave the countersign, and, having success- fully passed the picket-lines, advanced confidently toward the santtary chief, whom he saluted with mock dignity. Hanrahan surveyed the intruder gravely for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter. “You aloive yet?” he queried. “O! thot ye wor did long toime ago, Whoy, ye luk loike ye hed bim loyin’ out in ‘th’ trenches all noight. Where ye bin | —tch th’ banquit? Plaze turrun ye're hed t’other way—ye put me moind fv thet ould song: ‘Wid All Thy Faults, Oi Love Thee Still," only it ought teh be ‘distillery’ in ye're case.” ‘The soldier with the withered hand end robust breath tilted forward and warmly shook the Heutenant’s band. “Yee the only old boy in my reg- fment that (hic) I kin talk to as a brother. Shay, conferdenshully, I've got to go up to Thirtieth street.” “Thet's none o° moy bizness.” The soldier drew closer and whi pered in Hanrahan’s ear, first excus- ing himself to the assemblage “Th’ ould, ould shtory,” remarked Hanrahan, as he resignedly reached for his litile black purse, “Kyar fare, Ss 1t—Oi'm afraid its whishky ye want. Oi moight es well pinshun ye off an’ be dun wid ft Here's ye're Xyar fare—it'll carry ye both ways. Be careful an’ don't take th’ wrong yar.” ‘The soldier with the withered hand patted his old comrade familiarly on the back, made an extravagant bow to the assemblage, and, in a voice of assumed pathos, said: “Thish ain't (hic) th’ first time ‘Wiish brave man has saved my life.” Hanrahan stood in the attitude of command. “Now,” said he, “attinshun! Rolght, face! Furrud, march! Gud-boye, an’ luk out ye don't git off at th’ wrong strate.” ‘The soldier went out with as true military precision as was possible un- der the circumstances, “That poor divvle,” sald the open- hearted Hanrahan, “wuz wid me in Kum'ny A, Eighty-third Pennsylvany vol'nteers, an’ well do Oi raymimber an incident at Snicker’s Gap, in th’ Blue Ridge mountains, overlookin’ th’ Shinendoah valley. Gin'ral Marr wu there, too, an’ his famyus wholte W — "8 ey XA - i Oo horus. Wan noight, afther puttin’ th’ inimy teh floight, toired, hungry an kivered wid blue clay, we lay down fr @ secluded ravine teh snatch a few hours’ rist. A drizzlin’ rain wuz fallin’ an‘ th ‘commodashuns wor not th’ best in th’ wurruld, Howivir, Ol spri¢ me ilecloth down in th’ mud ‘an’ troid teh make mesilf b’lave Oi wuz at a summer picnic, Nixt teh me wuz a young sojer, wid his face turned torrud th’ skoy, an’ wid divvle a bit dy shelter. “‘Mebbe he’s dhramin’ fy his swate haart far off sumwhares, poor boye, thinks Oi, an’ Oi divoided me blankit wid him. Oi wuz hankerin’ fur a bit fy tobaccy, an’ wunsht durin’ th’ noight Of asked him if he hed anny in his haversack. He niver med an- ewer, an’ concludin’ th’ poor feller wus complately worrun out, Ol let him slape on, an’ tuk a moor or less ray- frishing snooze mesilf. Whin th’ bugle gev th’ reveille, th’ sojer boy niver shiirred. Oi shook him voil'atly, but shtill he didn’t budge. Th’ mornin’ war dim an’ gray, an’ whin Oi placed me hand on his forrud th’ cowld chills kervooted down me shpinal colyum. Me kumpanyun fy th’ noight wuz ded! An’ thare he wnz left, in Snicker's Gap, wid his handsome young face shtill turned torrud th’ skoy an’ a fotygraf? of a swate young girrel chasp-ed toightly in his hand."—De- ‘trolt Free Preas, | Down to His Intelligence, | Jacob Edwards, an old“fore-de-wan” colored man, who declared that he did ‘not know how old he was, but that he ‘must be “nigh er hundred,” was be- fore Justice Grannan the other morn- ing on the charge of being drunk on the street. He said it was his first offense, and told the magistrate that he had, seen snd talked with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Prof. Morse and all the great men of bygone days. “And yet you fell victim to the demon drink,” said the justice. “Wot _kigd of drink, you say, sah? Dat wuz gli wotTarunk~™ = =~ ——~ “I say you were a victim of alco holism.” “Nebber had dat, sah; only de rheumatism, ech.” “You fell into evil ways.” “No, suh, I fell into de gutter.” “You were overcome by spiritus framenti.” “Good Lawd! Jedge, I didn't do dat, aia 1” “You are dismissed. Get out.” “Yes, sar; de ole man understands dat talk."—Baltimore News. Met His Maton. A certain Glasgow lawyer wus very fond of setting traps for workmen who might happen to be working in or about his house by leaving money or some valuable article about. A workman, well aware of this fact, found a half crown lying on the floor in one of the rooms. He smiled as he said to himself: “I know what that's for.” And, taking a brace and a bit from his bag, he drilled a hole in. the coin and, puiting a large screw through it, he fastened it securely to the floor. ‘The lawyer has not set eny traps aince—Spare Moments. s 1 ‘Geneon Gat “Dear Lord,” returned Dorothy, at her morning devotions, “I thank you that you didn't make me a centipede, ‘cause then ‘twould be awful hard to button up so many shoes before break- fast."—Judge. —-___ A Fearful Aocidant. A frightfal secident took place on Saturday, 28th ult.. on Main St., near 14th Bt., where the Richmond and Oar- olins R.'R. Oo., are having erected a bridge. The work is being done by tde Pennsylvania Steel Oo. A nine-ton girder was being hoisted by a derrick waich was propelled by a boiler. The entire structure tilted and fell into the street below, a dis- tance of abrut 80 feet, at about four o'clock. When the mass had fallen cries of distress were heard and it beeame evi- dent that many were caught under the wreok. Waiter 8. Plosk, of ee George B. Bower of Halifax, Pa., Har- Fy Marsolf of Harrisburg, (Fa. wer killed outright. Arthur Leslie Everett of this city was seriously injured and Miller Brabaker of Halifax, Pa., and Joseph Simmers of Harrisburg, Pa. injured. All of the parties are white. Everett has sinee died. Prompt Payment. Maxonzstan, Va., April 25, 1900. Rey. R. J. Bass, President People’s Reliet Ass’o. ‘Through you I desire to thank your sempany for the prompt payment of siex and death claim of Thirty-five dollars (499.00) of my deceased sister Ells Williams, 1316 Perry St. ‘Respectfully, Wruis Wretrass. One ofthe grandest entertainments of the season was given last Friday pies hepa ry to 3:30 a. m,, by the Ladies Independent Benefisial Olub at Price» Hail, Beautiful ladies and gallant beaux tripped the light fantas. vie toe uni the wee sma hours, then all were ushered into the dining hall to an elaborate supper, ansurpassed by ony. of the year, ‘or an hour or more fan and humor reigned supreme amid the clatter of dishes and merry isughter, Among the invited gueste we noticed Miss Mary Roper, Eugenia Oliver, Kate James, Maggie furoer, Eva Williams, Rosa Banks, Mattie Terrell, Madamee O. Kemp, Osrrie Hawkins, Lizsie Stan- ard, Mrs. Obas. Lewis, Mr. Sam Miller, Nick Walker, Collins Valentine, Con. way Reid, Wm. Miller, Chas. Campbell Jonn Fraiser, Ben. Sircus, ae Bol. den, Charles Freeland, W. O. Turner from Independent Club, and Eddie Stanard, Randolph Williams, Thomas Ewell, 8. P. Ravb of Union University, Ubris. eas Mr. ee William Rush, Jef! Waliace, John Mitchell, Jr., and others, Mrs. W. M. Miller, President; Mee. 1B. Jackson, Vive-Pres., Mrs. W. D. Payne, Seeretary; Mra. 0. T. Valen- tine, Treas.; Mra. Benj. Sireus, Chap- jain. Madame Rosa Lovings, Philis Hyde, Lilhe Briggs, Ann Tinsley, Katie Wal- VIRGINIA:—In rae Law axp Evai rx Count or tx Orry oF Bicuxown, the 14th day of April. 1900. Ausx, Hoos, = ah vs in Chancery. Sanam Hinas, Det't ‘The object of this suit is to ob ain a divores from the bonds of matrimony by the plaintiff from the defendant ‘and effidavit having been made and filed that the defendant,Sarah Hines is non resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear hers with- in fifteen daye after th- due pu lica- tion of thi order and do what is necee- sary to protest her interest in this suit, A copy teste P,P. WINSTOR, Olerk. ‘To Senin Fins: "+90, You will take notice that I shall on the 7th day of June in the year 1900 at the offise of N. J. Lewis, 600 8, Mar- shall street n tho city of Richmend, Virginia between the hours of 9 v’elock &.m., and 6 o’elock p. m., pros-ed to take the depositions of "William G ‘Harris aud others to be read as evi denes in my behalf in » eortata suit tn ‘equity pending in the Law and Bquity Court of the eity of Richmond, Va, ‘wherein you are defendant andi am plaintiff, and, if, trom any cause the ‘aking of said depositions be not com. ‘meneed on that day or if commenced ‘be not conglnded on that day the tak- ing of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and be- Sween the same hours until the taking of the snid depositions shall have been ‘eoneluded. Aaxaxpmn Huses, By counsel. ‘J, Hasny Onvromrio, p. q- oe P= tat Mckay SUA I tae zceolais Opera Company played. toa well filed house at True Reformers’ Hall. There were some visible hitehes, but afcer aa hour of delay the curtain arose 00 the final of the first ac. of Willard spen- cer’s Tycoon in which Madame Urose assumed the title ‘role, with Mr. Sid- ney Mayo as Alvin. ‘The curtaio again arose, on “Pinafore” apd selections from both acts were aung, The caste sufared greatly trom a tow disadvan: {ages and the ehorte did its best under ‘the prevailing circumstances. —— _ <-> Poawssatanr Ga Wi A counei! was ealled atthe Mt. Zion Baptist Church for the ordination of Brother AT. Taylor as ‘eacon of the ehureh. The following eburebes were represented: Little Zion, Mt. Pero, ‘Pine Hill, Green Brier. ' The council ‘was organized with Kev T P, Harris, pastor. moderator and Rev. J.P. wn, Secretary, Brother B. Lang- horn of Little Zion, preached the ordi. nation sermon. Deacon George Wash- ington, the ordination prayer; Charge byT. *, Harris, pastor; Hand of Fel: lowship, D. D. Brown of Green Brier, Brother Langhorn ascended the 2 accompanied by: Rev. T. P: Harrie ari Rey. Anderson of Mt. Pero who made ® fine selection, Rev. Langhorn preached an able sermon. Later in the afternoon, the church held com- munion service. While the crowd was large all seemed to have their hearts engaged in the work. ——_—_---____ Beware of Ointmente for Ostarrh that Contain Mercury, ss mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such arti les should never be used except on } rescriptions from a physi- cians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the. good you etn possibly derive from them. Hall’s Oatarrn Core, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & 0o., Toledo, O., contains no mercu- ry, and is taken ioternally, acting di- rectly upon the bleod and muecus sur- faces of the system. In buying Hall’s Oatarrh Cure be sure you get the gen- uine, lt is taken internally and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonals free. DW-Boid by Druggista, prise 75e. per bottle. Ball's Family Pills are the best. Saeiisies Sle atsiee te Tonsorial Artist. s, sy Little Billy's Place, 20 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. First-Class Shaving and Hair Cutting. Om Our oe baer are the Larger and cannot be easily imitated. Your pat- ronage respectfully solicited whee. Jam, WILLIAM D. smirn. Composer and Publisher of ORIGI- NAL MUSIO, 1728 North Camas Bt, Philadelphia, Pa. 509% discount to any one who ean sell 100 copies, or more of “LOYAL COMRADES” of ths G. A. R. or any of my publicaticns, Correspon- denes solicited trom any wide-awake Persons who will grasp a good oppor- tonity tomake money. “Decoration Day” is near at hand, do not delay. 428-4, as State of Ohio, City of Toledo, } 4, Lucas County. - Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he isthe senior Roan ofthe firmof F J. 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People are always interested in ventriloquism, und, be ides knowing the host had never be fore laid claim to the art, I was curious as to his first attempt. A good-sized audience had collected, and the auditors were seated in chairs before a small platform. Our host presently stepped forward, and after a few practical remarks regarding his art, proceeded to give illustrations by talking with some one who was apparently in the ceiling. I thought the effect marvelously good. The next feature of the entertainment was a dummy brought in by two attendants and propped up in a chair placed on the platform. It was an outrageous looking affair, with straws sticking out at all the joints. My friend made a few remarks of apology for the dummy (which I certainly believed it needed), stating that, after all, he was merely interested in his work as an art, and had had no opportunity to procure the regulation figures. He then pro- DUMMY AND VENTRILOQUIST. needed to make the figure recite verses, crack jokes and sing songs in the most approved manner of a professional. I was utterly bewildered, until the explanation came where I had least looked for it—our dummy, ungainly in form and bulging with straw, suddenly rose and walked from the platform. The effect was tremendous; for a moment it seemed as though we, in the audience, could not believe it—that the dummy had been a real live boy all the while, and not one of us had guessed it. Then we rose in a body and, amid a storm of applause, surrounded the clever ventriloquist and his accomplice. Iwent into the dressing-room after it was all over and helped take the dummy apart; so I can give a pretty accurate account of how he was made up. In the first place, the boy was enveloped in a suit of clothes very much too large for him, and the extra space was filled in with straw. The ends of the trousers and of the arms were gathered together and held with twine. A large pair of shoes fastened at different angles made feet which seemed utterly lifeless, and gloves stuffed with cotton took the place of hands. A false face cleverly constructed covered the face, and a red handkerchief and large derby completed the deception. The false face was made from a piece of cardboard about eight inches long and seven inches wide, bent into a semicircle. The eyes, nose and mouth were painted in with ink. If desired, the jaw could be easily made to work up and down. In this case, the lower part of the face must be covered with some dark material, so that it will not show when the mouth opens. It is not difficult to acquire a small amount of skill in disguising the voice, and, if the attention of the audience is attracted in a certain direction, it is very ready to believe the sound comes from that direction. A boy lying down in the room overhead is a sure means of making a voice come from that direction. The success of the dummy will be assured if it is properly brought in. The boy must remain perfectly limp, and handle as little as possible like a living thing—Boston Globe. Weight of the Human Brain The weight of the brain bears little or no relation to the ability of its possessor. The brains of two idiotls weighed, respectively, 57.7 and 69.9 ounces, while that of the gambetta weighed less than that of the average boy of seven. A weak-minded man had a brain weighing 70.5, while a dwarfed Indian squaw possessed one of 73.6 ounces. When Thoroughly Aroused by Jealousy Camels Engage in Bloody, and Remarkable Combats. Camels have such a meek and sadened look that we never think of them as being quarrelsome, but it seems that there are occasions when their temper is aroused. The follow- ing description of a camel fight is supplied by an eye-witness; "I have seen strange combats between animals in many lands, but none more remarkable than one I chanced to light upon in the holy city of Kairwan, in Tunisia. If the Arabs were like the Spaniards and South Americans they would certainly go in for camel-fighting as a regular sport. Even cock-fighting is not an exhibition of greater pugnacity, and the trial of strength between camels is naturally o. a far larger scale. The Arabs, however, do not approve of camel-fighting; firstly, because they are not a cruel race, and secondly, because the event invariably means the loss of one valuable animal—if not two. Once two camels have begun to fight in real earnest it is impossible to part them before one at least has been killed. The cause is generally jealousy. But though the Arabs do not approve of the fight, the sight is not one to be missed, and they quickly gather in great crowds. The camels begin by lowering their long necks, and bending down like bulls about to rush. Their object is both to bite and to charge. A camel's bite is usually made only with his lips, but these are of such exceeding strength that they can inflict very serious wounds. The important point in a camel-fight is for one beast to get his antagonist down, either by tripping him, breaking his legs, or by some other judicious application of science. This done, the next thing is to pummel him to death with the cushion-like feet, which are like the hardest boxing-gloves ever tolerated in a prize-fight—Golden Days. SERVES AS A CLOCK. Kansas Farmer Has a Bantam Rooster That Is as Reliable as Any Timepiece. Dennis Keefe, who lives three miles southeast of Newton, Kan., has a three-year-old bantam rooster which, in one direction at least, shows more than human intelligence. 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In an undeniable fact that persons will come to advice in full knowledge of what they are to know, and yet as soon as they control a Medium they try their utmost endurance to dispel from their minds what they have so as to hear if it will be rehearsed by Medium. To get the secret out of a person is the art used by many unprinciped mediums, but to take hold of the head and gain control of the mind thereby is a matter of impossibility to most of them. And yet this can be done and by consulting Ms. Marth 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 unfathom able mysteries has been secured by MRS. 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E Ceney and around Santiago—Corporal Darner Killed at San Juan Hill. Ye glowing tribals of Meghan advocate Negro officers. Antonio and Jose Macco, Gomes. Miss Chiquita, the lighting man who outwitted the diplomacy of the Spanish minister at Washington. The Negro who outwitted the colorless. The colored Register of the Treasury who has to sign Uncle Sam's money make it good. OVER 200 PAGES Every Page brimful of New and Interesting Reading With about fifty full half tone and line engravings of soldiers, officers, and scenes of the late American warriors and the Philippine quarers, a Filipino lady of Manila, and a brief sketch of the Philippines and their civilization. Full sketch of the sth Va. Volunteers and their treatment under threats of Gaitling Gauss. HANDSOME PICTURE OF GEN. NELSON MILES, the Major General in command of the American warriors and the Philippine quarers, a Filipino lady of Manila, and a brief sketch of the Philippines and their civilization. Full sketch of the sth Va. Volunteers and their treatment under threats of Gaitling Gauss. All for $1.00 "Much in Little." Mailed Free, AGENTS WANTED—Big Percentage—Send for copy of book and agent' terms Address, E A JOHNSON A WAYLAD SEMINARY and COLLEGE V. P. & F. K. of W. DIRECTORS. New Phone, 1133 THE PLANET SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1900 CAMPFIRE STORIES A Private Who Gave His Captain a Good Drubbing for His Abuse. "Yes," said a veteran of the civil war, who possessed a medal for gallant services. "I went into the army a private and I came out a private, but that doesn't signify that I never went any higher. I was pretty young when the war broke out, and there were many fellows in the company who would naturally be considered for promotion before I would, but, nevertheless, after about a year's service, I was promoted to be a sergeant. "But the honor didn't last very long, and the way in which reduction to the ranks came about is characteristic of the spirit which dominated the volunteer organizations and the state of discipline which prevailed. "You know you couldn't treat private soldiers in the volunteer regiments in the army in precisely the manner regular soldiers are treated. In the first place, the officers of the regiment were elected, which I believe to be subversive to good discipline, for a man who votes for an officer has a sort of feeling that that officer is under some obligations to him—that, in short, he has a proprietary interest in the officer. Again, the men and officers were social equals in civil life, and in some instances the officers were of humber occupations than the men who served under them. "Well, my downfall came about through the conduct of the captain of my company. If there ever was an arrogant, exasperating dog, it was he. He was a good soldier and a brave man, but his elevation had a bad effect on his head—his capital piece was swelled beyond all reason. He treated his men as men before the mast are supposed to be treated by the most brutal masters of ships. "Well," continued the veteran, "I had a hard time of it with this martinet. The most ordinary order was given in the most insulting manner. He never lost an opportunity to humiliate me and wound my feelings. If I had been an habitual offender against good discipline instead of a pretty good observer of it, I could not have been worse used. "But the end came at last. One day when I had been detailed for guard duty Capt. — discovered a trifling offense against regulations which I had committed. That was his opportunity, and he used it with a malicious satisfaction. I was ordered to report to him, and was on my way when I met him in the company street in the presence of a large number of soldiers. "He stopped me and began to abuse me like a thief and a scoundrel. One to hear him talk would imagine that I was a captured deserter. I was technically to blame, and so I could do nothing but grind my teeth and bear it all, although I grew hotter every minute. "Finally, encouraged, perhaps, by my submission, this man applied a vile epithet to me. "Then it was all off. I slammed my musket to the ground and sprang at A STRAIGHT ONE ON THE NOSE him with other weapons—a good, hard pair of fists. I was a more active boxer than he, and Mr. Captian got it good and hard. I swung on him with my right, and when his head went over to one side from the blow, I knocked it back with my left. Then I uppertent him, and followed that up with a straight one in the nose, and, by way of embellishment, blackened one of his eyes. "By this time the captain yelled to the men to arrest me. If he hadn't they never would have done so; they were not a bit sorry to see the captain well dressed out, for he was intensely unpopular. I went to the guard house and the whole story came out on my trial. The offense which I had committed was punishable even by death, but all the punishment I got was reduction to the ranks and a transfer to another company—the latter part of which sentence was highly to my liking."—Buffalo News. Wisdom of the West. "We find," said the foreman of the western jury, "that if, as the prisoner says, the shootin' was accidental, then he ought to hang; for in these gun affairs a man oughter know his own mind. It oughter be shoot to kill or no shoot. A man who has accidents happen to him with a gun is dangerer to our society, an' oughter be put out of the way for the safety of respectable folks."—Philadelphia North American. UNCLE BIG IKE ON "WAH." Reminiscences of an Old Body Servant of a Young Confederate Soldier. "Well, Mars William Henry, dey tells me de wah am ober. Mighty quick done up, wa'n it it? De wahs I is use ter wan't no sech fas' perceedin's, but dem Dagoes ain't mor'n ha' maf' noways. I seen lots on 'em down in New Orleans when I use ter go down dar wid mules from Kaintucky. Dey gits mad mighty easy, en den look out, er dy'l stab ye in de back; but when dey hez to face yer in a fight it don't 'quire long to whip 'em." "Why, Uncle Ike, I didn't know you were in the war of the rebellion. You lived in Mississippi then you told me. Did you join Sherman on his raids?" "Sherman? No, Mars William Henry, I wuz on t'other side. De way hucom it wuz, my young marster hed to go; leastwise his pa couldn't hole him at home no longer, en so ole marster sont me wid him. I won't nautin' but a fell-ian', but I wuz strong en healthy dem days. Ery-body called me 'Big Ike'. fur I wuz putty pow'rul t de ahms en shoulders. We hed sev'rul o' de same name—Little Ike, Ike Johnson, Ike Partington (a foolish sort o' nigger, allus crackin' jokes) en me. Dis wuz how it hap- "DE HAIR ON MY HEAD PUTTY NIGH BIZ." pened: Ole marster eum out to Waverly (dat wuz de name o' our plantation) he en hont fur me. When I walked into de room I s'luted him, en he 'costed me; den he sez: "Set down, Big Ike; I want to talk wid yer." "I begun to wonder what wuz a-comin', but putty soon he sez: 'How would yer like to go wid yer young Mars Charles to de wah?' "Well, sah, de hair on my head putty nigh riz up strait ende kinks, I wuz so s'prized; yer know I nuver thought o' bein' tooken fur a body-sarvent! I didn't know nuthin' 'bout 'tendin' to close or shinin' shoes or sech like; but marster key' on: 'I think he kian trust you wid him. You know he'allus been mighty delikit, so you'll ha'f ter look out for him—nuss him ef he's sick e r wounded, en bring him back to me ef he's killed. "I sed I would, en in a few days we lef' fur de front. My young marster j'ined his rigment on de road to Vickssburg, en arter some fitin' on de Big Black en long c' de way we got dere. Den Gennel Grant penned us up, en things got mo' en mo' ser'ous; meat got skurcer en skurcer; dey took to killin' de mules and hosses, kase dere wuzn't nuthin' fur de po' things to eat, nur nuthin' fur us. Yer mayn't b'lieve it, but hossflesh ain't sech po' eatin' when yer stummick' em'ty in callin' rashruns, en dey ain't no rashuns. I allus wuz a good cook; dey ter use nobody could barbecue like me at home, en when we he de big times, de fish-frys en de Fo'th' o' Julys, you'd better b'lieve Big like he to be on hand! I tell you he could roas' a 'possom to de queen's own tas'e, en jes' sarve it up wid plenty o' rich grayn en brown sweet-'taters de-lish! So in de siege I set to work to make good stews outen hoss en mule meat; den when I could git some greens, en make a few cohn-dodgers, why, Mars Charles en me jes' nutchell smacked our moufs over it, en said grace inside 'tout puttin' it in words. "I thought we'ed hard hard times in Vicksburg, but I 'spose it we'n't nuthin' to de hardtack full o' worms our po' soljers hed to eat in Cuba en in de camps! Some on em looks like dey hedn't hed a squar mense scey dey been gone. Wid dem yaller leggins on dve spindlin' legs dey 'minds me o' yaller-legged-chickens. "I hear how as yaller-jack cotch some on 'em, too; when he's roun' yeur mout as well say yer pra'rs en sing: 'Far well, Vain Worl!'!" "Well, Uncle Ike, did your young master as well as yourself escape the shells at Vicksburg?" "Yes, sah; I brung him back to ole marster safe en soun, putty thin en a little de wuss fur wear en tear, but alive en ready to fight ag' in as soon as he got thru' wid his pay-roll. Thinkin' bout it all, Mars William Henry, wah's a mighty quare thing! It's bad in some ways, en then ag'in it good in others. Wher'd this country be ef we hedn't fit the British; en wher'd people be ef de nort hedn't fit de south; en wher'd Cuba be ef we hedn't whip de Spanish? 'Pears to me like,' on de whole, wah's a fine thing; leastwise our wahs is!" -Orlena L. Shackleford, in Woman's Home Companion. A Relic of Corinth A walking stick which Speaker Henderson usually carries with him was made from a tree which grew on the battlefield of Corinth, where he was wounded during the civil war. It was given him by Congressman John D. Allen, who fought in the same battle on the confederate side.—Chicago Tribune. Woman's Way. A woman never uses a hammer to drive a tack if there is a flatiron handy.—Chicago Daily News. HIS FIRST BATTLE. An Officer's Story of How His Men Ran Away from Him and Other Experiences. What are the feelings of an officer when for the first time he leads his men into battle? This is a question which the soldier himself alone can answer, and we suspect that a good many would be unwilling to go too closely into the subject. The hum of a rifle bullet, the shriek of a shell, the rush of a cannon shot must be, and always has been, extremely trying to the experienced warrior. A certain officer, who prefers this occasion to be nameless, has frankly described his first experience in battle. "We were advancing to the scene of operations," he says. "On entering a strip of wood it occurred to me that my man, being raw recruits, would not fight well on horseback, and so I ordered them to dismount. This, of course stopped the whole body of the army behind the regiment. While the men were leisurely tying their horses an officer came up at a furious gait and asked peremptorily: "What have you stopped here for, and blocked up the whole road?" I saw the point in a moment, and bade my men move out of BOWS OLD AND NEW The Many Different Styles Used in Ancient Warfare. While universally used by the anclents, the form of the bow varied with different nations. The Scythian bow was in the form of the letter C, and the bow of the Tartars—descendants of the Scythians—still keep that shape. The Greek bow was not more than three or four feet in length, but so stout and stiff that it required considerable strength and skill to use it. It is said that the first Greek bows were made from the horns of a species of goat, the bases being united by means of a metallic band. Afterwards other material was used in their manufacture, but they still retained their original shape. These bows were too short to WANTED 5000 respects class dem-att cooks, cham laundresses a Address. DAVID Bou 8-24-1mo. You can dress fashionable the Ozonised) as it is per cooks to make and bead do it. Be au Sold over for cannot supply we will fired Ox Mar Chicago, Ill "I RUSHED TO THE FRONT." the wood. In the meantime my scabbard got itself hopelessly entangled in a bush, and 'the more I tried to get it loose the more it stuck the faster.' So I told my men to form at the edge of the wood and wait for me. Then I cut the straps and left my broken scabbard in the bush, while, with naked blade flashing in my hand, I rushed to the frout. Not a man could I find. They were anxious to see the fun, and had run over the brow of the hill, and scattered along the whole length of the line. After infinite difficulty, many words and more temper, I got them together again. "We were barely in position when I heard a distant cannon, and at the same instant saw the ball high in the air. As near as I could calculate, it was going to strike exactly where I stood, and I dismounted with remarkable agility, only to see the missile of war pass 60 feet overhead. I felt rather foolish as I looked at my men, but a good deal relieved when I saw that they, too, had squatted on the ground, and none of them were looking at me. I quickly mounted again and commanded them to 'stand up.' We were ordered to charge soon after, and the enemy easily gave way before us, for which I was most devoutly thankful. We passed some dead and wounded, the first sad results of real war that I had ever seen. At night black clouds overspread the sky, the rain fell in torrents, not even a campfire could be kept to light up the impenetrable gloom. I stretched myself upon the soaked ground. The pale, rigid faces that I had seen turned up to the evening sun appeared before me as I tried in vain to shield my own from the driving rain, and as the big foot of a comrade, blundering around in the darkness, splashed my eyes full of mud, I closed them in my first sleep upon a battlefield."—Chums. BLOODIEST OF THE CENTURY. In One Hundred Years There Has Been No Battle to Equal Gettysburg. Gettysburg ranks in history as the bloodiest battle of the century. It is likely to retain its sanguinary preeminence through the current year, which completes the nineteenth century. The combined losses of the federal and confederate troops was over 40 per cent, of the entire number engaged. That is to say, with 100,000 on each side, the number of dead and wounded amounted to 40,000 apiece. It was the second great battle of the civil war that was fought on union soil, Antietam being the first. There, too, the losses focted up 35 per cent, of the whole number engaged. What gave to these two battles their peculiarly bloody character was the fact that the confederates were making a desperate endeavor to lodge themselves permanently in the federal lines, while the union troops were fighting on their own ground. But although Gettysburg ranks first in history, Cold Harbor stands forth as the bloodiest place known in our civil war. In 15 minutes the union army lost 15,000 men, and the horrible slaughter was stayed only when Hancock refused to charge again on a position which was impregnable. Utica Observer. Youngest Drummer Boy W. P. Malott, of this city, thinks that one of the drummer boys who served under him was the youngest boy in the civil war. Mr. Malott was leader of the band of the Twenty-first Indiana regiment. J. W. McMillan, solonel. Eddy Black, one of his drummers, was just eight and a half years old when he joined the band in 1861. He remained, with the regiment for over a year, until congress discharged all the regimental bands. Eddie died a few years after he came home. He was a brother of Charles H. Black, the carriage manufacturer, of this city.-Indianapolis News. Only Apparently Contradictory. It sounded contradictory, but after all unquestionably there are occasions when one can "give away" and "sell" at the same time. "She told me," said her dearest friend, "that she never would marry for money, but don't you think she gave herself away when she sold herself to old Bullion?" And the dearest friend's friend thought she did.-Chicago Post. Applying Remedy: "Tommy doesn't feel like going to school this morning," said Mrs. Tucker. "He says he has a pain in his stomach. It's lying on the lounge in the sitting-room, all bumped up out of shape." "I think," said Mr. Tucker, reaching behind the mirror, for a small rawhide, "I can liek him into shape." —Chicago Tribune BOWS OLD AND NEW The Many Different Styles Used in Anci- cient Warfare. While universally used by the ancients, the form of the bow varied with different nations. The Scythian bow was in the form of the letter C, and the bow of the Tartars—descendants of the Scythians—still keep that shape. The Greek bow was not more than three or four feet in length, but so stout and stiff that it required considerable strength and skill to use it. It is said that the first Greek bows were made from the horns of a species of goat, the bases being united by means of a metallic band. Afterwards other material was used in their manufacture, but they still retained their original shape. These bows were too short to be of much use, and, comparatively speaking, but a small portion of the troops were armed with them. The Romans carried the bow to Britain, where it at once obtained favor, and during the Middle Ages, was extensively used, forming an important element of the armies of that period. The English archers were said to be the finest in the world, and their skill decided the battles of Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt. The bows used were of two kinds, the long bow and the arbalest or cross-bow. The arbalest was made of steel or horns, and was of such strength and stiffness that it was necessary to use some mechanical appliance to bend it and adjust the string. The arbalestiers carried a quiver with fifty arrows, and were placed in the van of the battle. Knives Made by Pressure. It is announced that an entirely new method for the manufacture of table cutlery is being introduced into Sheffield, England, and is exciting much interest. A round bar of steel is placed in a machine, and by means of hydraulic pressure a perfect knife is formed—blade, bolster and handle. The "fash" is taken off, and it is subsequently ground and polished by machinery. One such machine is capable, it is stated, of producing 5,000 of these all steel knives per day, at a comparatively small cost in labor. The machines are capable of dealing with any kind of cutlery or tools. Largest Flower in the World. The largest flower in the world, it is said, is the bolo, which grows on the Island of Mindanao, one of the Phillipine group. It has five petals, measuring nearly a yard in width, and a single flower has been known to weigh 22 pounds. It grows on the highest pinnacle of the island, about two thousand feet above the level of the An Odd Railroad. A horse railroad about a mile in length, accommodates the residents of a suburb of San Francisco. The grade is about $3\frac{1}{2}$ percent. A horse draws the car and passengers uphill, the car descends by its own gravity, and then carries the horse on the rear platform of the car. The ascent is made at the rate of $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles an hour, the descent averages at the rate of 15 miles an hour. French Annexation Within the last twenty years the French have annexed no fewer than 2,000,000 square miles of Africa. They own Alehira, Tunis, "the light soil" of the Sahara, Senegal, the ivory coast, the western Soudan, Dahomey, the French Kongo, and a large tract on the Somali coast, while in Abyssinia they are making steady way. Smallest Republic. The smallest republic in the world is the little community of Gaust, comprising 140 souls, who exist on the flat top of a mountain in the Pyrenees. This miniature republic is only one mile in area, has existed since 1648, and is recognized by both France and Spain. It has a council of 12, who elect their president. A New Industry. A Georgian woman, thrown upon her own resources, has hit on a novel plan for earning her daily bread. She takes care of graves, assuming the responsibility of keeping cemetery lots in order with well-trimmed grass and walks. A Powerful Beast. The rhinoceros beetle has as tenacious and as powerful a grasp as the most ferocious bulldog. Its head may be two-thirds torn from its body, and it will not loosen its hold. It has real horns and not mandibles, like many of its family. Good if True. Frederick Hachman, of Milwaukee, claims to have invented a telegraph instrument that will print messages in typewritten letters without the aid of an operator at the receiving office, which may be hundreds of miles away. A Remarkable Sun Dial. A huge sundial made entirely of plants and flowers adorns the South park, Chicago. The standard which casts the shadow is also decked with flowers and is made to resemble a gigantic ear of corn. Chinese Babies. Chinese babies are fed on rice and nothing else after they are a few months old. Cow's milk is never given to them. Chinese houses are never heated. If a baby is cold he is given a sun bath. Good Digestion. It would be difficult to imagine more extraordinary digestive powers than those of the hyena. One of these beasts has been known to swallow six large bones whole without crushing them. The Stars. The faintest stars visible to the naked eye are of the sixth magnitude; the faintest telescopic stars are reckoned of the sixteenth or seventeenth magnitude. Explosives Galore. Thirty years ago there were only two dozen explosive compounds known to chemists; now there are over a thousand. WANTED- Names and address of 5000 respectable colored girls for high class domestic service in the North as cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laundresses and general house-work Address. DAVID GIBSON. Burlington Emp'y Agency, 3-24-1mo. Burlington, N. J. Notice You can dress your hair in the latest fashionable style easily and safely with the Ozonized Ox Marrow (copyrighted) as it is perfectly harmless and never fails to make kicky hair straight, pliable and beautiful. Imitations won't do it. Be sure you get the genuine, Sold over forty years. If your dealer cannot supply you send us fifty cents and we will ship you a bottle. Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 78 Wabash Ave. Chicago, Illinois. 2 0:58 m. 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Hustling and polite agents wanted. Masonic Hall, 511 East Glay St. Wm. Isaac Johnson, President, J. E. JONES, Vise-President, B. P. VANDERNALL, Secretary, E. T. JINKINS, Treasurer, Oscar N. BROWN Manager A Hayes, Office and Ware-Rooms 727 9th Second St., residence: 725 N. 2nd St. First-Class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a sparse room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All Country orders are given Special Attention. Your special attentions call to the new style Oas Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at each insurable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best from price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROADST., between 42nd and 5th Street 7 PLANET DEPOTS The PLANET can be found at the following places every Saturday: BEAUMONT, TEXAS Wm. Archibald, BOWERS HILL, VA. A. Ashburn, BERKLEY, VA. Nario Riddick BOSTON, MASS. William L. Reed 155 Cambridge St. Mrs. AnnCellia 141% Northampton St Edward Foote, 194 Northampton, St BALZIMER, MD. P. D. Blackwell, 208 Risumond, St. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. Miner Baker W. L. Johnson, CAMBRIED, MASS. Jas. O. Greedie, 73 Peasant St. CLIPTON FORGE, VA. W S. Thomas, DEMOPOLIS, VA. John W. Anderson, FULTON, VA. Thomas Page, State St. FARMVILLE, VA. P B Hairston, GERMANTOWN, PA. W. M. Byrd, 176 W. Price St| HAVERHILL, MASS. Mrs L A Bailey, 24 Dudley St HAMPTON, VA. Solomon Phillips LYMCHURGE, VA. Chas. Morgan, 702 Taylor St. Mr. HOPE, W. VA. R. H. Thomas, NORFOLK, VA., John De Bona, 886 Church St. NEWFOREY NEWS VA I. L. Brown 2.31 Madison St. Wayne Crudup, 1222, 31st St NEW YORK N. Y. Frederick J. Brown, 4075 Park Ave W H. Allen, 142 Columbus Avenue Geo H. Washington, 453 7th " Wm Johnson, 242 w 47th St John Williams, 988 Washington, W. A. Kenney, 1789 3rd Ave. OXANNA, ALA. Ed. V. Nearing PHILAELPHIA PA. James Accoe, 206 S. 9th St. E P Mackens, 1116 Pine St James E Warwick, 254 S 11th St Marin Riio, 1218 Pine St E J Kohier, 1040 Pine St J. A. Stokes, Broad Fitswater St. Charles Steward 1240 Rodman St. Lady Central & Laundry Bicycle G 507 South 11th Street ATLANTA BURGE, VA. Joe Jarratt, 701 High Pearl St, POUGHKENBURN, N Y W. J. Ellis. Nelson House, Market St PALBERTINE, TEXAS. H. B. Barrett. PITTSBURG PA Jos. Evans, Main Office 8rd Ave. A A. Charles, 8988 Kelly St. ROPER N. O Lenox Gaylord, RICHMOND, VA., W. H. white, 501 W. Leigh St. URBANA, VA. W. D. Harris WILMINGTON, N. C. W. H. Moor, 8 Mulberry St WACO, TEXAS. Southern Herald. WINSTON, N C. Samuel Toliver WASHINGTON, D E E. Cooper 30% 4% Atlantic Coast Line Schedule in Effect January 14, 1900 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 A.M., Daily, Arrives Petersburg 9:21 A.M.; No Fork 11:29 stops onval at Petersburg, Waverly and Sulphur, Fla. 9:05 A.M., Daily, Arrives Petersburg 9:28 A.M.; Weldon 11:48 stops yettersville 4:16 P.M. Charleston 12:00 M.W. Savannah 12:50 A.M. Jacobsonville A.M. Fort Tampa 6:20 P.M. Connects Wilson with no 47, arriving georgebaldus P.M. Wilmington 6:48 Pelham Elmer New York to Jocasseeville 11:30 A.M., except Sunday, Arrives Petersburg 4:16 stops Manchester, Drewry's Bluff Centrails, and Chester on signal. 3:38 P.M., local, Arrives Petersburg 4:15 stops, all stops. 3:38 P.M., Daily, except Suzuki 4:15, Petersburg g 6:15 P.M., weldon P.M. and Rocky Mount, 9:20 P.M. makes all intermediate stops. ;8:8 P. M., Daily, Arrives Petersburg 7:21 P. M. Coasts with Norfolk and W. M. Coasts for Norfolk and inter- mediate ships. Emporil 9:28 connects with Norfolk and D. C. stations between emporil and Lawrenceville), Weldon 8:08 P. M. Pattersonville), m. avannah 7:04 A. M., Jacksonville 11:00 A. M. Port Tampa 9:45 P. M. M. Port Tampa LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGE FOIN'S—Arriving Augusta 8:10 P. M. Jackson 11 M. Atlanta 12:15 P. M. Port Sleeper's New York to Wilming- ton, Charlton, Jacksonville, Port Tampa, Miami, Angusza and Mason. ;9:00 P. M., Daily, Arrives Petersburg 9:28 P. M., Weldon, 11:30 P. M. Makes loops between Petersburg and Weldon 2:15 A. M., moosanola M. 4:30 A., Bristol V. 10:40 A. M. Connects as Emurolia for mantilla, arriving 5:25 A. M. Palman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg .G W. LEWIS. Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. Abstract of Title Office. Titles to property carefully examined. Special attention given to suits and other m ters in relation to property. S11 N. 4th St. 8-24-8m