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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL XVII NO 33 THE FOQLISH LITTLE CALF. A call that was hid in the bushes one day. By its loving and painstaking dam, W was cautioned by her to keep still and to stay Out of sight and as dumb as a clam. Then forth to the bustle of this busy life She turned her attention and feet. And soon she was lost in the hubbub and strife Of the mart on the dense crowded street. Then came forth a butcher in quest of some real. For his customer's fare the next day, And he wanted a calf that was fat as a seal. And a good price was willing to pay; He called on the master of our little calf. That had been concealed in the wood, Whose dam (simple creature,) thought she could now laugh. As her calf in no danger stood. The calf had been told by its dam o'er and o'er. Not to come out from where it was hid. Unless 'twas in answer to her well known low— For dire be its doom if it did. The master, well knowing the tricks of the cows. In hiding their calves from his view, Just called in the men and the boys from the ploughs. And said: "Thus I wish you to do— Go, low like a cow in the woods, dale and blush. And when the calves come out to suck, Just bring them to me at the barn with a rush. Your reward shall be sized by your luck:" Our calf heard the lowing and forth it ran out And was caught in a jiffy and was caged. The butcher was glad and rejoiced with the shout— I can now sell the veal I've engaged." —EVA. A Brilliant Marriage. The happy marriage of the well-known Rev. Percy J. Wallace to the popular and most attractive. Miss Eliza Quarles took place at the Fifth Street Baptist Church on Tuesday evening, July 31st, 1900, the distinguished pastor, Rev. W. F. Graham officiating. Promptly at 5 o'clock the bridal party entered the church as follows: Maids of honor: Misses Rebecca Winston, Ida Hamm, Sarah Quarles and Sarah Randolph. The groom and Mr. S. Arthur Clay. The bride then followed leaning gracefully on the arm of Mr. E. A. Washington. There was present a large number of friends of the contracting pary; among whom were the following ministers: Reva. A. S. Thomas, D. D., W. H. Stokes, B. D., J. Williams, J. H. Binford, J. R. Griffin. The groom looked handsome in his perfect fitting conventional suit of black, while the bride was beautifully attired in a costly costume of steel grey, henrietta-trimmed with passementry. After returning home, the happy pair donned their travelling trousseau and amidst the congratulations of many friends started on their wedding tour at 6:50 o'clock, via the Atlantic Coast Line. RICHMOND, VA., July 10, 1906. There was a grand birthday reception in honor of Mr. Richard Adams et al. Johnson's hall. The following event present: Miss Zippe Scott, Miss Mara the Scott and Mr. James Johnson, Mrs. Robert West, Mrs. John Winston and Mr. Winston, Mrs. Annie Butler and Mr. Henry Butler, Mrs. Ella Cleiborn and Mr. Nelson Elam and Mrs. Jennie James, Miss Mary Prosser, Mr. Richard Wilkerson, Miss Maria Hackett, Mr. J Bowler, Miss M. L. Shepperson, Mr. James Davis, Mrs. Zack Lee, Mr. Lee, Miss Victoria Binford, Mr. Nick Norman, Mrs. T. Cardwell Wood, Mr. Wood, Miss Mary E. Willis, Mr. James Gray, Miss Maggie Jones, Mr. Jones, Miss Julia Owens, Mr. A.Thomas, Miss Belle Hunt, Miss Ellen Morris, Mr. Henry Rogan, Miss Henrietta Eastes, Miss Sarah Willis, Mr. Willie Austin, Miss Sue Therston, Mr. Car Brice, Miss Sue Carter, Oal. Murgan-Jim Corriss Holm, Mr. Water I. Cephan, Miss Lelia Walker, Mr. Tucker Bridy, Miss Lue Dickey, and Mr. —. Miss Annia Lynch, Mr. W. E. Taylor, Miss Julia Bradford, Mr. Fleming Holmes, Mrs. Matilda Mimma, Miss Nettie Jackson, Mr. —. Mrs. Margaret Howard, Mr. William Ferguson and wife, Miss Estelle Only, Mr. —. Miss Ella Shelton, Miss Lucy Read, Mr. John Jackson, Miss Sarah Cottage and Mr. Sam Bolling. —Mrs. Joseph L. Loving, of 1804 St. John street and Mrs. Charlie Lewis, of 819 N. 7th street, left Tuesday, 31st, for Philadelphia, Pa., and Jersey City, N. J., to spend a week or ten days, visiting friends and relatives. —Mr. Charles Washington Bowles of London, England, but formerly of this city is now here. He will take his mother with him to England. WEST END NOTES. Items of Interest. The annual exercises of the Fifth Baptist Church Sunday School took place last Sunday afternoon. It was a most creditable affair. The singing, recitations, essays and speeches were very inspiring. A short, but very pointed, pleasing and forceful address was made b Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham, the principle speaker. We congratulate Supt. Moses G. Lewis and other officers and teachers on their successful art. The picnic will take place Monday, August 6th. Let there be a full and orderly crowd. Rev. W. H. Stokes, B.D, will preach the seventh annual sermon of the Drivers Association at River View Baptist Church Sunday, August 5th, at 8 o'clock. All friends are asked to be present and help the church in her struggle. This seems to be a year of picnics and excursions. Oh, what will the harvest be in cold winter months, next? Dear ladies, smiles won't pay, but cash will, for us to announce to your friends that you are off to the country for a good time. So bring along the cash and we will smile with you. REV J. H. HOLMES, PASIOR Considerable interest is being manifested in the night services of the church. The attendance has been very good by both the laity and deacons. Reverends R. J. Bass, J. H. Faintroy, and W. A. Mitchell have prescheduled excellent sermons, and promise their effort in making the meeting a success. Sunday night Aug. 5th-8 p.m. Rev. R. Beeber Taylor will presach subject, "A Woman's Fetition." Special music by the choir. A FINE LECTURE There will be a public lecture, Wednesday August 15th, at St. John, the Baptist Institute, North First St., by James P. Brooks, L臣立icate of Philosophy, candidate in social and diplomaic services, University Louvain, Belgium subject "Individual Education of the Oloided Man, Solution of the Peace Problem in the United States" Go and hear him FROM HARTFORD. The grand Union Services which were held between the four young people's societies of this city last Wed, evening July 25th, 1900 at the Union Baptist Church was a grand success. The subject, "The Harvest of the World," Rev. 15th chapter, was well discussed by each society, Rev. G. W. Tapler of the Shiloh Baptist Church began the discussion, and was followed by Mr. Wilson of the A. M. E. Zion Church. An address to the young people was made by Brother Collins, of the Talcott St. Congregational Church, Rev. W. G. Wilson, President of the Young People's Society of the Union Baptist Church also spoke. Part of the services was omitted. Refreshments were served in the vestry of the church until 11 o'clock, everything free. The committee spared no pains in making this affair a grand success. Mrs. Mary Butler, wife of Mr. Albert Butler, of 81 Green St. died at the Hartford hospital, Monday July 26rd, 1900. Rev. W. E. Gay of the Union Baptist Church who is spending a week in Woburn, Mass. with his family, he will return about Friday Aug. 3rd. The social committee of the B. Y. P. of the Union Baptist Church met in the veyest of the church Monday evening July 80th and held a grand meeting and planned a great work for the coming month, Miss Marguerite Brown, chairman. Mrs. Catherine Williams of No 129 Martin St. is very ill, also her daughter is very sick. Mrs. Mary Williams is a member of the Union Baptist Church, so dear friends we know our duty, call and see sister Williams. Miss Hattie S. Lewis of 899 Prospect St. is expecting to spend vacation at her cosy little home in White Stone, Lancaster Oo., Va. Mr. Loften, of Martin Street met with a painful injury last week while riding his wheel, he collided with a team on Windsor Ave., cutting his head very badly, it taking five stitches to close the wound. We are pleased to hear he nearly recovered. Mrs. Flosse Dixon is learning to ride a wheel, her instructor is Mt. Joseph Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. S. Bell spent Sunday the 29th in Norwich. Rev. W. C. Jason of Dover, Delaware preached at North Methodist Church on Windsor Ave. Sunday 29th Mr. Jason is president of the Southern College and is very popular in the South. Master Willie Bell gave a very enjoyable birthday party on Wednesday aye RICHMOND VIRGINA SATURDAY AUGUST 4 1900 A GRAND TIME AT THE UNION MEETING. The Sunday School Union met with the Hollowood Sabbath School, Powhatan, Co., Va. July 22. Suns hymn No. 828 for opening, "What Can Wash Away My Stain." President read the 12th chapter of Ecclesiastes; Prayer was then offered by Rev. W. J. Simms. Bro. J. Hickman was then appointed Moterater to day in Union then proclaimed the day. The schools was called, then Superintendents of each school were appointed a committee on general business. The report of the Committee was as follows: "We your committee beg to submit the following: We decided to have four speakers from each school, two verses of hymns with cho., three verses without chorus; three speakers between every song. They spoke from the several chapters viz: 18th chapter of the Bible, 19th chapter of the chapter of Meleschia Job. Rev. 6th John 21st, St. John 6th, 2nd King 20th, Zach 4th Rev. 7th, Rev. 17th, St. John 8th, St. Luke 18th, 23rd Psalm, 150th Psalm, 116th Psalm, 69th Psalm 1st Psalm, 184th Psalm, Ezekiel 37th Jeremiah 8rd, Rev 29th, St. Matthew 28, Timothy 8rd, Zach 4th, St. John 12th, Isaiah 8rd, Rev 10th 6th, 5th, 4th and 75th Psalm. After which Bio W. J., Sinn gave most wonderful talk to the Union, his subject was, "Duy" The president followed him with a short lecture. The Union decided to have a pie-nie at Mt. Zion Baptist Church on the 3rd of Aug. 1900. The collection was then taken up amounting to $8.78. It was a fine day and we had an enjoyable time. Done by order of the aisle named body, Taylor, Press, R. E. Tate, Press, Press, See'y, St. George Thomas, Cor See'y, Tyler Earl, Press, S, Brown Acting Cor. beet'y. Y. M. C. A. NOTES Our General Secretary S. C. Burrel, attended the Y. M. C. A. Secretaries Conference at Hampton last Wednesday. The Tuesday and Friday night meetings are being well attended regardless of the warm weather. Chairman Stephen Braxton conducted the meetings in the city jail last Sunday, assisted by Roy E. J. Sassa, G H. Johnson of New Haven, Coun., Y. M. G. A., George W. Rose, James Hernes, William Randolph and others. Good results were reported. Alma House committee made good reports of the meetings held last Sunday, chairman F. W. Quarles. Bro. Beverly's address to the boys last Sunday was extremely helpful. The boys gave the very best attention. Every man who attended the men's meeting last Sunday and heard the address delivered by brother George W. Roane, subject, "Strength," has expressed himself as being well paid for coming out. Our brother spoke with much force and made every thought so clear that there was nothing to be done but to listen, this the men did. Meetings for August 5th: meetings in August 58: jail Al L. A. H. Bible study for boys 4 P. M. special papers. Men's meetings 5. 80 P. M. INTERESTING STATISTICS. A state official has been collecting some interesting statistics, showing the cost of public schools in Virginia since the inauguration of the system in 1870, with particular reference to the relative amounts paid by whites and blacks for their support. The total cost of the Virginia public schools from 1870 to 1899, inclusive has been $88,419,186. The white schools cost $25,843,480. 20. The Negro schools cost $11,075,755. 80. Of this the whites paid for their white schools, $25-648.480.20. The whites were taxed for Negre schools, $9,192,877 $2. The Negroes have contributed only $1,882,878,48. The total amount paid by the whites for schools is $85 086,307.52. NEGROWS AS LAND OWNERS. The Negroes now own one twenty sixth of all the land in Virginia. They own one sixteenth of all the land in Virginia east of the Blue Ridge. They own one-tenth of all the land in twenty-five counties of the State. They own one-seventh of Middlesex county. They own one-sixth of Hanover county. They own one-third of Charles City County. The Negroal of Virginia are acquiring land at the rate of about 50,000 acres a year. Their real estate holdings would grow larger there were added the farm for them have contracted upon which they are making payments, but have not received title. —RICHMOND DISPATCH. Services at the Tabernacle Baptist Church Sunday August 5th, 1900 at 11 A. M. Preaching by the pastor, subject "Trouble," 8 P. M. communion, 8 P. M. preaching by the pastor, subject, "The Power of the Holy Spirit." REV. E, TARTT, Pastor. A WHITE MAN'S ORIME. To Be Tried In United States Court Board With Rope. NEWPORT FEWS. V.A. July 30.—(Special)—Old Point Comfort was thrown into a state of excitement this morning when it became known that F. S. Oliver, the musical director of the W. T. Carleton Opera Co. which is playing a summer engagement of operatic vaudeville at the Chamberlin Hotel and at the Casino in this city, had been placed under arrest and is incarcerated in the prison at Fort Monroe, charged with committing a criminal assault on Amelia Donati, daughter of Charles Dorati, of Richmond, one of the promoters of the summer season of opera. The girl is very pretty, and only ten years old. The arrest of the musical director caused no end of gossip at the Point, but not until he was looked up was the nature of the alleged crime made known. Oliver came here from New York to lead the orchestra for Mr. Carieton, the well known harpist, and became popular sexually. The hotel people endeavored to keep the gravity of the offence charged from the guests, and declined to give out any information about the arrest, but the newspaper leaked out. It is alleged that Oliver enticed the girl to the rear of the large hotel. This morning Mr. Donatl the father made known the fact of the alleged assault to Assistant-Manager Wood, acting in the absence of Mana-Campbell, and the latter called on the authorities at the Fort to arrest Oliver. A seargent and two private were dispatched to the hotel, where they found O.iver waiting, in the manager's office, having been summoned there to await the arrival of the officer. His hands were tied with rope, and he was led to the dungeon cell at the Fort, where he was incarcerated. The prisoner will have to be tried in the States Court, or in Chamberlin House, for government observation. He will be given a hearing in the morning before United States Commissioner Tucker for a preliminary hearing. An extra guard has been stationed at the fort prison to protect the prisoner. No attempt at violence is apprehended. A GRAND PICNIC. Come and go with us and have a good time Committee of arrangements: Maud Brown, Eliza Mines, Rosa Brown and Annie Logan. THE GIRLS WILL ALL BE,THERE. Excelior and Acme Courts, J. O. C. will give a pie-tie to Seven Pines Wednesday August 15th, and a day of unequalled pleasure and merriment is promised. Games and other amusements will be brought into play, and an opportunity for recreation will be given all who attend. Round trip, including admission to the grounds, only 20 ets. The public is invited. Prof. John J. Smallwood, President of the Temperance Industrial and College Institute at Claremont, Va. called on us this week. He reports his work in a flourishing condition. The excursion to West Point last Monday by the Woman's League was a success. Mr. Carter Wills is sick at his residence 215 W. Leigh St. —Mrs. Cosby, the wife of Rev. D. L. Osoby is very ill at her residence, 744 N. 3rd St. —Riehmond Pleasure boys defeated ed the West Point crack base ball team last Monday by a score of 2 to 1, the game was called on account of rain. —Dr. R. E Jones and wife are now in Vienna, Austria. They are well. The Mt. Olivet Baptist S. S. will give a fine pie-nie, Monday 6th inst, to Seven Pines. Cara leave 29th and P. Sts. every half hour. Round trip, only 10 cents. Go and have a good time. —Miss Charlotte Brigge, and Mrs. Susie C. Winston, left the 21st inst to spend summer at Brownsburg, Va., near Natural Bridge. —Misses Florence, Carrie, and Lena Isham visited Staunton and Hampton. —Miss Olara M. Farley left for Charlottesville this week. —Mrs. L. B. Traynham, of New York City is visiting relatives and friends in Danville, Almagro, and Alton, Va. —Mr. John Henderson Jr. of 1086 and 1088 N. St. Peter St. will take a flying trip Aug. 5th, to the mountains in Cambria, Va. on a visit to his brothers and relatives, and will probably return about Aug. 14th. —Miss Mary Jones leaves for Goochland County to visit her mother and father. Miss Lusy J. Moten, of Washington is in the city visiting her sister, Mrs. H. Powell, 1518 Taylor St. —Miss Sarah F. Grimes left Saturday, July 21, 1900, for Washington, D. C. FROM PORTSMOUTH PORTSMOUTH, VA., July 31, 1900. Miss Robinson and Mrs. Ida C. Smith left the city Sunday evening for Washington, D. C. Rav. J. M. Armstead, D. D. pastor of Zion Baptist Church: 9 a.m., m., Sunday School, Robert Miles, superintendent; 11 a.m., preaching by the pastor; 4 p.m., B. Y. P. U.; 8 p.m., preaching by the pastor. Mrs. Martha King is ill at her residence on Green St., between Race and Griffin streets. St. James P. E. Mission: 10 a.m., Sunday School, Mrs. A. V. Paige, superintendent; divine services at 5 p.m. Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector will conduct the services. The St. James P. E. Mission will give a picnic to White Lily Farm Aug. 6th. Wagons leave corner of Chestnut and High St. There will be music in attendance. All respectable people are invited to go. Miss Lulu Day return'd home (this city) from Washington, D. C. on Saturday, having spent seven months in the nation's capital. The lawn party being carried on at the residence of Mrs. Lewis H. Williams has so far been a success. All are invited to attend so that its success may continue. There were three games of ball played on the 25th and 26th between the Brightington and the Quick steps, which resulted in the winning of all three by the Quick steps. C. Casell, of the Quick steps. Pref. J. W. McDonald of North Carolina was in the city, the guest of G. H. Walker, Eq. Mr. W. H. Jennings is having a tenement house erected at Mt. Hermond. J. S. Collins is contractor. Misses Joana Martin and Gracie Judkins have returned from the Sunday School Institute held at Digg's Chapel, Hickory, Norfolk Co. The funeral of Mr. George W. Brown of Greensboro, N. C., who died on Monday, took place at Emanuel A. M. E. Church Tuesday at 4 p. m. Bw. Dr. McClain (floating). Fall-bearers were: Mesera G. A. Malvin, Eq. Southa Bus. Cyrus Brown, James Watkins. Edw. Chate Theodore Nash, David M Cuffee and Joseph Hall. Mr. John A Miller left the city on Tuesday for Vickburg, Mise., where he will make his home runs. Emanuel A. M. E Church, Rev. Daniel P. Seaton, D. D., p站: 7 m. m, class meeting; 9 a m., Sunday School, Jeffrey T. Wilson, Sr., super- intendent; 5 p. m., Christian Endeavor Society, A. II a. m. and 8 p. m., preaching by the pastor. On Sunday, 29 h., during Sunday School services Miss Grace Judjins was presented a handsome Bible by Bishop B F. Lee in behalf of Eman- uel Sunday School. THEODORE NASH. GRAND RALLY. There will be a rally at C. M. E. Mission on Chaffin, between Reservoir and Randolph Sts., Sunday August 6th. Preaching at 11 A M by Rev. Miles, 3:80 P. M. Rev. Booker of Providence Baptist Church, 8 A. M. Rev. J. H. Dixon of C. M. E. Church of Petersburg. Preaching during the week by able disciples. All welcome. FOR SALE Two desirable building lots on St James Street opposite Ham Oemetry, on easy terms, or cheap for cash. Apply to Mrs. S. A. Boush, Matron Colored Almshouse. [SALISBURY, N. C., STAR OF ZION.] The Richmond PLANET says that the time is approaching for Governor Tyler of Virginia to decide when he will call the Legislature to meet to provide for the leadership of the u-nconstitutional constitutional" convention the object of which will be to disfranchise the Negro voters. Colored men are to be denied admission to the convention. The PLANET thunderingly notifies the white politicians that the teachings of the Scriptures and the lessons of history, as in the cases of Greece, Rome, the evolutions of the British Empire, and the history of slavery, show that absolute power in the hands of wrong-doers is only for a season, and that right will be triumphant in the end. NEWPORT, R. I. The grand social and promenade given by the House Hold of Ruth at South wick's Hall on Wednesday evening, July 25th, 1900, was more than success. Music by Prof. Rice, Committee, Mrs. Hannah White, Chairman, Mary Toney See'y, Robert E. Brooks, Treasurer. Daughters of Rebecca, come again. Mrs. Charles Trent of 76 Leven St. is somewhat indisposed. We wish her a speedy recovery. We understand there are a great many home people as well as strangers sick at the city hospital. Did you borrow the PLANET this week? Why not have it sent to your do.? Only $1.50 per year. $1000 00 THERE. $1000 00 THERE. GRAND TIME AT FIFTH STREET. Fine Programme. The Payment of the Death Claims. The Pythian Rally at the 5th Street Baptist Church Wednesday night. August 1st 8:30 P. M. was a success. The Sir Knights assembled at Price's Hall and marched to the church. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., was accompanied by Col. Jesse Sersaggs, Col. Augustus Taylor, Col. D. Wade Johnson, Col. E. F. Robinson, Capt Willis Wyatt and Major E. A. Washington. Capt. T. M Crump was in charge of the uniform rank. The Scriptures were read by Rev. S. C. Burrell, after which a fervent prayer was offered by Rev. W. H. Stokes. Mise Eva Davis demonstrated her ability as an elegyist and read with marked effect the selection, "The Weight of a Word." Miss Gertrude Bascus' essay, "The Progress of our Odd r." was a gem and the delivery of it was excellent. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr. reviewed the history of the organization, explained its troubles in the past and the success at present; after which he counted out one thousand dollars in money and laid it on the table before the audience. It was in payment of the following claims: Sirs: Henry Elliott, $150. John G. Smith, 150 Ernest Edmonds, 150 Edward Cowan, 150 Sisters: Frances Wyatt, $100 Eizabeth Bauers, 100 Maggie Watkins, 100 Nancy Johnson, 100 $1000. Mr. Andrew J. Smith, Jr., spoke in the interest of the Phos. W. Mitchell Monument Association. After the collection was lifted, benediction was announced by Rev. Archer Smith. The Sunday School Union of the city of Richmond will convene with the Mt. Olivet Baptist S. S. on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock sharp. Persons coming over on the Traction ear, Oakwood line, will get off at 25th and Venable Sts. Those on the Clay St line will get off at 25th and P Sts. The church is on 25th and F Sts. Communion will take place immediately after the Sunday School exercises. W. G. CARTER, Pres., E. A. WASHINGTON, Sec. WEAVER—Died July 18, 1900. Chas. I Weaver; age, 3 years and 2 months old, the only son of Charles and Louisa Weaver. Funeral took place July 19th at his parent's residence, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., officiating. This lovely bud so young and fair, Called hence by early doom. Just came to show how sweet a flower, In paradise would bloom. HIS MOTHER. DIED—NATHANIEL HARRIIS, was born in Amelia County, Va. in 1886 and died the year of 1900. He leaves one son, one daughter-in-law, and two grand-children. He lived at 100 West Leigh St. Third St. A. M. E. Church Services. Sunday, Aug. 5, 1900: Preaching at 11 a. m, the theme: "The hand writing on the wall." Madam Fannie Payne Walker will sing, "The hand writing on the wall." At 8 p. m., Love feast and the "Holy communion." At 8:30 the sermon, "The healing touch," that was delivered some time ago by the pastor will be repeated with chemical illustrations, as used before, by request of the congregation. All are invited; strangers given special atten- Rev. W. R. GULLINS, pastor. R. W. G. O., J. W. Thompson left on Saturday July 28th for Drakes Branch, Va. on Samaritan business. He will stop over in Amelia on return for several days. He says everything looks bright for a fruitful year. Mrs. Sarah Oliver of Brooklyn is in Richmond visiting her sister Mrs. Dora Allen. Did you tell him to call again? Pay the Collector what you can now. Excelsior Lodge, No. 29. K. of P., will meet in their castle hall Tuesday Aug. 7th. All members are requested to be present. The Grand Chancellor will install the officers. ANDREW J. SMITH, J.E. Ast. K. of R. and S. The Cheroot Factory on Brook Ave. between Broad and Marshall S. has thrown open its doors to Colored girls and is inviting them to come in. Whether or not enough of them can be secured to enable the firm to run the factoryon full time is the question. From 150 to 200 industrious Colored girls are wanted and they will be paid while learning. In a conversation with the management, we learned that a factory would be built for the purpose if sufficient reliable help could be obtained. The work is the same as that being performed by white girls in the Allen and Ginter Branch of the American Tobacco Company. All honest labor is honorable and those who claim that they can find nothing to do, will find an opportunity to make themselves independent. The advertisemen may be found in another column. There will be a grand picnic at Seven Pines, Monday Aug. 13.h. by the Bands of Calanthe. Come and go with —Mr. Emmet B. Burke, who played full-back for the Richmond Athletic Club last season is having much trouble with the injuries received at that time and it is likely that he will not be able to play foot ball again. —Miss A. Blanche Moseley is in the city on a visit. —Mrs. Dolly Gaskin will leave this afternoon for Petersburg, Va., for a stay of two weeks. Interesting Old Churches. Some of the most interesting old churches in the world are said to be located in Yorkshire, England. At Adel, for instance, there is probably the one perfect Norman church in England, with its lion's head on the door for sanctuary. At Lastingham there is the wonderful church founded by St. Ceadda, which has a hole in the side down which one descends to find one's self in another church acting as the foundation for the edifice above. At Kirkdale stands the ancient church built by Brand, the priest, which was actually restored some years before the conqueror set foot on British soil. Among the other numerous rarities in churches which Yorkshire boasts may be mentioned the Saxon foresocks on the walls of the aisle in the parish church at Pickering—Chicago Chronicle. From the Resolute's Library. A book taken from the library of the British bark Resolute the day after the Resolute was brought into New London harbor, December 24, 1855, has recently been given to the Blackstone memorial library at Branford, Conn. The Resolute was one of the three ships out in 1850 by the British government in search of Sir John Franklin. In 1853 the ship was frozen fast in Wellington channel and was abandoned. It drifted more than 1,000 miles in the pack ice and was found in 1855 by Capt. James Budding, of Groton. He was able to put it in order for a voyage, release it from the ice and to get it to New London. The book has much interest as a memento of an achievement that was widely celebrated at the time, and generally considered to have reflected much credit upon the Connecticut sailor for a difficult feat of seamanship.—N, Y. Peat The Pugilist's Proverb Once there was a pugilist who devoted so much time to the saving of his money, and so little time to is proving his condition, that his many ager became worried and said to him: "Are you not afraid you will lose your bifting ability if you give all your time to the care of your cash? The pugilist smiled, and without ceasing his stacking up of bank notes nodded his head toward a motto on the wall, which read: Take care of the Pennies. And the POUNDS Will take care of themselves. Moral — Proverbs and prize-fighters are subject to twists. — Baltimore American. They Smuggle Silver In the Central American states gold is almost unknown as a medium of exchange, and a customs duty is placed on silver. But the clever smuggler of that region recently have been caught in an attempt to evade the customs laws to the tune of many thousand dollars. This moves one of the Central American papers to say "The silver now in circulation in tU United States is $629,000,000, against $35,000,000 in 1879. In the light facts the war on silver exists nowhere and never did exist. Here only it exists on silver shipping and smuggling." Chicago Chronicle. THE PANEER SATURDAY, AUG 4, 1900 TEMPERANCE NOTES MISSIONS AND LIQUOR TRAFFIC Now the Work of the One Has Been Refarded by the Flendish Work of the Other. The drink evil which has in Christian lands grown up in spite and defiance of the ministrations of the Gospel, and beneath the full light of Scripture truth, and has become the greatest cause of these lands, and the greatest disturbance to the work of the church, is found to be as great a curse in heathen lands and the greatest barrier to the success of the Gospel among the heathen, and for this, strange as it may appear, those nations that seek to Christianize the heathen are largely responsible for the introduction and perpetuation of the drink evil. What are the facts? Strange as it may seem, the Brahminical, Buddhist and Mohammed religions, considered as pagan and false religions, absolutely prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating drinks, the curse of nations and religions; while by nations claiming to possess the pure and true religion, this curse is legalized and perpetuated, and in some instances forced upon the native races in heathen lands. Strange as it may seem, while the people of pagan nations are renowned for their sobriety, the people of Christian nations are notorious for their drunkenness, and wherever Christian nations have sought by commerce and missions to civilize and Christianize peoples the drink evil has been introduced and proved a curse. In the judgment of those conversant with African affairs, the drink traffic has proved a deadlier evil than the slave trade to the people of that country. Rev. James Johnson, the native pastor of the island of Lagos, who was sent by the Christians of that place to plead their cause before the English parliament in 1887, closed his testimony before a commission of the house of commons with these words: "The slave trade has been to Africa a great evil, but the evils of the rum trade were far worse. He would rather his countrymen were in slavery and being worked hard, and kept away from the drink, than that the drink should be let loose upon them." Even the New York Trihune was moved a few years ago to say editorially: "Think of the monstrous hypocrisy of so-called Christian nations, vaunting themselves on their enlightened civilization, pretending a degree that the Gospel should be carried to all peoples and then invading the dark continent armed with the rum bottle, and in cold blood debauching and ruining its people. On the one hand are the missionaries, on the other hand is the rum of Christendom. Free rum against a free people." The superintendent of Lutheran missions in West Africa wrote a few years ago: "The vilest liquors imaginable are being poured into Africa in shiploads from every quarter of the civilized world. On one small vessel, in which myself and wife were the only passengers, there were in the hold over 100,000 gallons of New England rum, which sold on the coast for one dollar a gallon in exchange for palm oil, rubber, camwood and other products common to the country. I have seen landed from one steamer at a single port, 10,000 cases of gin, each containing 12 three-pint bottles." Recently an African missionary wrote: "Dear friends, we have a very mixed cargo—four missionaries, 20,000 hundred weight of gunpowder, and barrels and casks of gin without number. Our child's surgeon, a very wicked man, said to me, pointing derisively to the gun and rum that were being unloaded at every point along the African coast: "There are the Bibles and hymp books Christian America is sending over to civilize them in African." At a meeting in London a few years ago Bolton under Sin said: "What was Innocent or 40 years ago, and what is she asking? The whole atmosphere of India is to be lending with theeries of hinds, widows and orphans, who often have the length of cursing the British government for having introduced intoxicating drink." At the Parliament of Religions at Chicago, Prasima Charya, a Brahmin of India, said with an onburst of feeling, "Our friends of the Brahmin们 have been picturing to you Christianity standing with a Bible in one hand and the wizard's wand of civilization in the other; but there is another hand, and that is the goddess of creation with a bottle of rum in her hand. I know of a hundred people in the world who are addicted to the drink habit. Of course we have ourselves to blame; but remember that those the conqueror, as one of the offices of the conquered, and that the inviolable habit of drinking is now bowed by the Hindus from the English. Obviously the English had never set foot in India. Or we had never seen a single English free! Oh, that we had never tasted the bitter sweets of your civilization, rather than it should make us a nation of drunkards and brutal!" As a result of the introduction of intoxicating drinks into these countries by Christian nations, the heathen are prejudiced against the Gospel and its missionaries. They are the same nations that send the Gospel of peace as the waters of life to children. of darkness, sent also the relic of evil or fire water, and, in too many cases, the same vessels that carry missionaries of light in the cabin carry casks and barrels of darkness in the hold: True, who they send out missionaries are a different class from those who send out rum, but in the minds of the heathen it is all the same. The only opportunity they have of judging the people of Christian countries is when sailors and travelers land in their midst, and traders do business with them. They say, these are American Christians or English Christians, and see what their religion does. Hence, when missionaries from Christian lands go among the heathen to propagate the Gospel, not infrequently they are accustomed thus: "Why do you come here? Why do you not try to teach and reform your countrymen? Would you have us adopt such a religion as yours, to abandon the systems of our fathers, to become drunkards and blasphemers? You tell us if we remain heathen we shall certainly perish, but it is better that we should suffer than embrace a religion like yours."—Janes B. Dunn, D. D., in Union Signal. A WISE CHIEF. Indicts Summary Penalishment on a Man Who Was Peddling Whisky to the Indians. A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat tells a good story of Chief Jonas Wolf, a famous Indian chieftain of the Chickasaw tribe. Chief Jonas was regarded by President Lincoln as the ablest Indian he had ever seen. Fully realizing that whisky was a dangerous enemy to the peace and prosperity of his people, Chief Jonas was a bitter foe to the whisky peddler, and he was always severe in enforcing the laws made to keep all intoxicating liquors out of the territory. In many instances he did not wait for the law's slow delay, as offenders frequently discovered to their sorrow. "YOU MAKE INDIAN DRUNK." Some years ago he encountered a well-known whisky vender whom he had punished severely and ordered out of the territory several times. Chief Jonas searched the suspicious character's outfit and found that the venturesome old reprobate was well supplied with numerous packages of shotgun whisky. "Through the aid of this poison you have come here to rob my people," said the enraged old governor. "You make Indian drunk and take his horses and wagon and his clothes. Now, I goin' to make this stuff do to you same as you do to Indian." Without further words he made the offender take off the last stitch of his clothing, and while the trembling wretch stood shivering, the chief emptied all the whisky on the man's ralment and touched a match to it. "Whisky make Indian naked. This time he make peddler naked. Now you go. Catch you one time more, you die. Sabe?" Rude as this proceeding was, it cannot be denied that it had a real justice in it, though hardly of the poetic sort. TEMPERANCE TIDINGS. The pulse of every habitual user of tobacco, declares Dr. W. H. Riley, will show irregularities in the heart's action. Smoking in the evening produces wakefulness, as the nicotine acts as a cerebral irritant, and interferes with the vasomotor centers. Northern Europe contains the following estimated number of total abstainers: Sweden, 260,000; Norway, 200,000; Denmark, 100,000; and Finland, 20,000; an aggregate of 580,000 adherents. Mr. Mallins, the head of the Good Templar order, has completed his temperance tour round the world in 44 weeks, during which he has traveled 40,000 miles and sailed on 20 different steamships. The little town of Macy, Ind, is in a state of excitement because a man named Andrew Oliver has secured a license to open a saloon there. For 30 years the place has been without a saloon, though hundreds of attempts have been made to start such places. Recently Oliver advertised in the usual way, but put his notice in a paper published 60 miles away in the most remote part of the county. It escaped the observation of Macy people and the county commissioners, finding no opposition, granted his application. What Drink Did: What Drink Did "A two-dollar bill came into the hands of a relative of mine," writes a lady in Boston, "which speaks volumes on the horrors of strong drink or the traffic in it. There was written in red ink on the back of it the following: Wife, children, and over $40,000, all gone. I am alone responsible. All has gone down my throat. When I was 32 I had a fortune. I am not yet 35 years old. I have killed my beautiful wife, who died of a broken heart; have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone I know how I can get my next men. All I drink, drinken pauper. This is my last money, and my history. If this bill comes into the hands of any man who drinks, let him take warning from my life's ruin."—Michigan Christian Advocate. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing at your beat; for every occupation in life needs thoroughness.—Rev. Dr. McDowell. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA LEFT A BIG FORTUNE Romance of a Woman Hermit of Newport, R. I. Dressed in Rugs and Robbed Garbage Barrels, in the Mentime Hoarding Thousands—And a Sud Life History. The death of Miss Sarah E. Gardiner in her seventy-first year removes from Newport one of its most eccentric characters. Miss Gardiner for 20 years was practically a reclosure. A very few who knew her in her younger days were permitted to talk with her in the streets, but no one ever entered her house as her guest. She lived in a wretched hovel and was pitted by her neighbors, as a friendless creature who must have met with some deep sorrow. In only one person in Newport had she ever confided, says the New York World, and that was Lewis L. Simmons, chairman of the board of charities. She left a will naming Mr. Simmons as her sole executor, without bonds. The charge to divide her wardrobe among well-meaning neighbors appeared a grim joke, as the deceased never appeared in anything but the vilest rags. But Mr. Simmons was amazed to find in the house fabrics of the most expensive winds, many of them still in the original packer. There were elegant, downs, house wraps of softest fabric, dress patterns of costly silks and satins, and furniture coverings that would have been out of place in some of the swell summer villas of Newport. These were found in heaps of rubbish—the accumulation of years. The executor came across, one after another, bank-books calling for various sums on deposit. These aggregate over $50,000, and the executor believes that a further search will reveal more. All of this has been bequeathed to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, doubtless because of her extraordinary passion for cats, dozens of which found shelter in her home. Sarah Gardiner's mother was the daughter of a half-breed Indian and ROBBING A GARBAGE BARREL. of a negro, being a slave in the family of Commodore Perry. Miss Gardiner always claimed that her father was a brother of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. If this were so, she would be a distant kinswoman of the Perrys and Belmonts. She was dark-complexioned and comely in her younger days. Her mother made many sacrifices that her daughter should not be brought up in ignorance. When about 20 years of age Miss Gardiner fell in love with a young sailor. Her sailor having been advanced to the grade of mate, the day was set for the wedding. When his friends learned that he was about to be married they informed the sailor of her supposed parentage. He refused to believe it until he heard it from the lips of Miss Gardiner. Their home was ready for them, but when she confessed that the report was true he went away and was never heard of again. Her nature seemed to change. She devoted herself entirely to making her mother happy. Her mother was a Spiritualist. After a long talk with her daughter on this subject one day back in 1851, the elder woman left to go on an errand and was killed by the cars. Her tragic end made such an impression on Miss Gardiner that she believed her mother's talk on Spiritualism was an admonition of Providence, and thereafter she became an ardent believer in that creed. Miss Gardiner was engaged as a domestic in the families of Admiral Luce, Mrs. Matilda Cass Ledyard and other prominent Newport households until about 15 years ago, when she gave up work and began her wanderings about the streets of the city. Dressed in the shabbiest raiment, she would make her rounds of the garbage barrels, and when her basket was laden with trash would return to her home. It was a mystery what she did with her collections from barrels and ash heaps until her death, when the executor found room after room packed with trash, the accumulation of years. The executor says the elegant clothing was purchased so that she might dress well when she made visits to the medium in Providence. Cyclone Story from Kansas As was expected, Kansas has beaten the Texan cyclone story of a girl being picked up and carried over into the next congressional district and set down unfurried. The story is that of a cow which was picketed on a rope and was picked up by the cyclone and carried up the length of her rope, about 60 feet, where she remained until the storm had passed, when she quietly climbed down the rope and resumed her grazing as if nothing had happened. Perfumed Beds Are Popular. The recent fad for perfumed beds has gained great popularity. The perfuming is managed by spreading a cotton pad, thoroughly sacheted, beneath the lower sheet. By this one's bed can be made to seem stuffed with roses or violets. Wouldn't shoot for 'short A clergyman in Oregon encountered an Indian boy who seemed to be above the usual grade, and engaged him to do odd jobs around the house. After a month's acquaintance, one day the minister brought out a shotgun, and asked the boy if he didn't want to have a day's hunting on the prairie. The Indian boy replied, quietly: "I belong to the Band of Mercy. I do not shoot birds or animals for sport." The minister put away the gun, and has not since used it himself. MARRIED IN A HACK. In That and No Other Way the Happy Pair Wae Enabled to Catch the Evening Train. According to the Louisville Courter-Journal an unusual marriage ceremony took place the other day in Jeffersonville. About 6:30 o'clock in the evening an open hack containing a handsomely dressed man and a striking looking young woman was driven up in front of Magistrate Warder's office on Spring street. The gentleman called the magistrate out and whispered to him that he desired a marriage to the young woman at his side. Magistrate Warder, in a few seconds, was seated in the hack with the couple MARRIED IN A HACK. and the party sped out Spring street and up Maple to the county clerk's residence. On the way people looked after the hack. They remarked upon the beauty of the woman. The license was obtained from the clerk, and then the prospective groo. as the hack started back, looked at his watch and observed that they wanted to catch a Pennsylvania train out of Louisville for Chicago at 8:30. "Marry us as we go down the street," said the impatient young man. "Join hands," said the magistrate, and, as the hack moved rapidly down the street in the direction of the river, they were married. Arriving at the river just in time for the 7:30 boat, the bridegroom dismissed the magistrate, handing him two bills. They were a pair of twenties. Forty dollars is the record in Jeffersonville. No amount of coaxing could induce the magistrate to tell the names of the couple. He said that the strictest secrecy had been enjoined upon him by them. However, the county clerk made his report of licenses issued. It was learned that the people were William Robinson and Lillian Craig. Magistrate Warder thinks they are theatrical people. HER BEAU VANISHED. New York Girl Found by His Wild Cries That He Had Fallen Down a Deep Well. Jacob Guslain was out walking near Fort Hamilton, at New York, the other evening with Miss Louis Jacobs by his side, when he suddenly disappeared without answering a question she had asked him. She was unnazed, and could not account at first for such a sudden desertion. Then, from a hitherto unobserved hole at her side, she heard her lover justly shouting for help, and it became evident to her that he had fallen into an unused well. Investigation showed that her surmise was correct. When she had regained her courage Miss Jacobs hastened off for HE SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED. assistance. She soon brought a crowd to the mouth of the well, carrying ladders, ropes and boards, and after considerable labor they succeeded in bringing Guslain to the level of the street. He was badly cut and bruised. Across his chest was a gash where he had hit a sharp stone or nail, which had separated his outer garments into two pieces. A physician bound up his bruises and washed the mud and refuse out of his hair and made him presentable. Then he was taken to his home. It is supposed that some small boy with malice aforethought removed the board covering from the top of the well and left the coverless well as a trap. The Member's Bear Story. "Bears," said the member just back from a trip. "Yes; saw one. Wait till I tell you. Ball, the guide, wanted to go and look at a bear trap before we went down the river, and I went along with him. He had his ax and I carried a gun. As we came in sight of the trap there was the bear. 'We've got him!' said Ball, in the words of the Winchester Calendar. I was raising my rifle, but Ball said: 'Don't shoot; he's safe.' We walked up close and the bear stood up. Ball aimed a crack at him with the ax, and the bear dodged to one side and trotted off. He wasn't in the trap at all, and I forgot to shoot. Ball said—Never mind."—Forest and Stream. Contributory Negligence. According to a decision of the Kentucky court of appeals, if one annoys a dog while the animal is eating and gets bitten as a consequence, the victim is guilty of contributory negligence and cannot recover damages. In Brazil orients and guardians may, before leaving, require the marriage of their charges, requiring a medical certificate from the bride or bridegroom certifying that he or she has been vaccinated. THE GIFT OF CONSCIENCE. That Little Hidden Monitor Befriends and Counsel in All Perplexities of Life. Gen. Washington is spoken of as a great president, and his name has been handed down from sire to son as one of the world's greatest statesmen. George Washington was also a Christian philosopher and as a cautious, a commanding moralist he uttered important and inspiring truths. Washington once wrote: "Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience." It has been well and wisely said: "God's crowning gift to man is the gift of conscience." Reason is indeed a wonderful gift to man; by its musings have been turned into cloquence and conversations into volumes that have made the world wise. Imagination is also a great gift to man, as by this divine agency colors have been wrought into an enchanting scene upon the canvas. Memory is a divine gift to man, by which the past is brought into the present, the bad with its reproof and the good with its reward. But there is no gift comparable to the rightly ruled conscience, that friend, counselor and judge within the breast of mankind. It is true, and none knew its truthfulness better than Lord Byron, who wrote: "Whatever creed be taught or land be Man's conscience is the oracle of God." Those of you who have read Leslie Stephen's "Life of Samuel Johnson" will recall that event in the great scholar's life where conscience speaks so loud. In his old and honored age he goes back to the little town of Litchfield that he might stand with uncovered head from morning until night on the very spot in the public highway where 15 years before he had wickedly refused to look after his old father's book stall. Though his action made him a grotesque ague, exposed him to the sneers of the passersby and endangered him, as an old man, to the storms, yet his conscience compelled him thus to explate the guilt of a disobedient son. You have heard of the famous English judge whose duty it was to sentence an employee for the murder of his employer. Suddenly the judge took his place in the dock beside the prisoner. He confessed that 30 years before he had taken the life and property of his master, and thereby rose to his present position and influence. He urged the judges to condemn to the death to which his conscience had so long forced him. If Samuel Johnson had listened to his conscience in the first place he would have been saved from a deep humiliation, and the famous English judge would have been saved from a death on the gallows. Listen to conscience. It is your best teacher. Conscience will befriend and counsel with you in all the perplexities of life. Conscience is God within you. Listen to Him when He speaks!—Baptist Union. A KNIGHT IN OLD CLOTHES. The Man Who Was a Hero and Did Not Know It-Ideal of Fidelity. His name never appeared in print but once, and few he read it then remembered it. If it is graven upon a monument, it will be in small letters, on a stone erected out of a widow's penny. The world did not know that he was a hero, and he did not know it. He was a crossing tender in a suburb of Chicago, and he did his monotonous work for years without one heroic incident apart from the performance of simple duty. Yet all the time, and perhaps unconsciously, there was growing more clear in his mind an ideal of duty, and what that duty might one day require. A few days ago the lightning express was coming down the track. It was his duty to see that the crossing was clear, and to signal that fact to the train with his white flag. He did it, and was slowly backing from the track, still waving his flag, for the day was dark, and the engineer might not see till the train was near. From the other side of the track a little girl came toddling down, right in front of the swiftly approaching train. The train was almost upon her when the watchman saw her. He shouted, but she did not hear, or it was too late for her to heed. Even as he shouted, he ran. He knew what it meant. To save her life was to lose his life. Yet right before the train he rushed, caught her, threw her with all his might beyond the rails, and in that instant met his death. This is no tale from the days of knighthood and the reign of chivalry. It was no Arthur or Galahad that did this deed, but a knight in old clothes. It is not the glory of our common manhood that such qualities lie often unrecognized, and not infrequently latent, in the humblest lives. When they appear now and then, brought into visible shape by some emergency, they glorify not only the one exceptional deed which he performs, but all men who so labor with fidelity that may become heroic to the sight of men as it ever is to the sight of God, and all duties performed in that spirit, even those that are commonplace. of simple duty makes clear in *Hebrew* souls an ideal of fidelity which sometimes even to the sight of men, and always to the eye of God. It comes true heroism—N. Y. Independence. Wanted Her Whole. Mr. Muchash—So you come to ask me for the hand of my daughter, ch? Mr. Plainsay—No, sir! I want your daughter to be my wife. I'm no "Jack the Ripper"—Norristown Herald. The Word—and the Work. There is no harm in the tongue when work keeps space with the word.—Ham's Horn. SAID SHE'D SCREAM. "Ordinarily the office of private secretary to a United States senator does not bring with it any exciting adventures or thrilling hairbread escapes," said an old newspaper man, who had such a job, to a New York Sun correspondent, "but there was an exception in my case right at the beginning of my senatorial career, and I had such a fright that I wanted to quit right then and there. It happened at the senator's house one morning while he was at breakfast. He lived in a large house with a big lobby or hall, and every morning most of the available space in it was occupied by all kinds of people wanting senatorial assistance of one kind or another. "On this particular morning there must have been 50 people of both sexes sitting around waiting, when a very handsome young woman, beautifully dressed, came in and asked to see the senator. It was my business to be out in the lobby looking after applicants, and, noticing that she was not of the common run of callers. I politely escorted her to a small alcove down the hall, where she would be out of the crowd. She told me she wanted to see the senator on particular business, and I informed her that she could not see him that morning there, but she might see him during the day at the capitol. "Finally she became less insistent on seeing the senator and asked something about my authority in the premises. Of course I made myself out to be just as important as I could, and then she came directly at me. "I want some money," she said, nervously, 'and I must have it. Do you understand? I must have it.' "Yes, madam, but in such matters the senator must act for himself." "Well, I've got to have the money," she asserted, in an ugly tone, 'and if GAVE HER THIRTY DOLLARS. you don't give it to me right now I'll scream.' "You'll what? I almost shrieked at her, as I felt the beads of perspiration breaking on my brow at the thought of what a scream, under the circumstances, would sound like by the time it got into the newspapers. "I'll scream," she repeated, as cool as a load of lee in February, "if you don't give me the money." "I saw my finish right there, and I knew there was no good in struggling. The time had come for some quick thinking and I did it then if ever in my life. If she screamed I was a ruined man, for there were men and women all around who didn't know me at all and would believe the woman first always, no matter what I had to say. Even if they did not, the scandal of such a thing right in the senator's house would make it necessary for him to let me go. I was poor enough, but I had $30 in my pocket that I had just received as salary from the paper I still worked for, and I went down after it. "There," said I, dragging it out and handing it over to her in a nice roll, 'is $30, all the money I've got. Take it, and welcome." "Is that all?" she asked, as if disappointed. "Yes," said I, 'all except a few cents in change which you can have if you want them. I am a new man here, and have a family to support, and if you make a scene it will ruin me and do you no good. For heaven's sake, take the money and go." "Oh, you may keep the change," she said, with a haughty wave of her hand, and very deliberately she stuck my roll of bills into her jacket, got up and walked out. "I followed her to the door, and I never so much wanted to lay violent hands on a woman and fire her out as I did that one. When she had got outside I flew back to the dining-room door in a cold sweat and beckoned frantically to the senator to come out. I was so badly rattled that I couldn't talk, and I felt just like one does in a nightmare. I pointed the woman out to him as she crossed the street, and told him how I had saved him from a blackmailer at the cost of all my money and four years of my growth. "You did the very best and wisest thing that could have been done, my boy,' he said, patting me on the shoulder reassuringly, and I grew calmer, but I didn't get over the shock for a month, and during the six years I was with him I never saw any women visitors except in the presence of witnesses. Not much; once was an ample sufficiency for me. He made good the $30 I had been held up for, and we never saw the woman again, nor could we ever obtain any clew to her identity, though I had a couple of detectives the story and had them on the look-out for her." Can More Then His Share An Indianapolis man, operated uporecently for appendicitis, was found to have two appendices. Growth of American Population. There were but 5,300,000 people in America when this century opened. France had five times as many people; Germany, and even Austria, had four times America's population; Italy had three times as many, and so had Great Britain. Even Spain had double our number of people, and little Portugal was almost our rival in numbers. We have more people now than any European nation except Russia.—Chicago Chronicle. She was rather proud of her waist and she intimated that he couldn't guess the measurement of it. "I can give it within the fraction of an-inch," he replied, and he did. "Some one must have told you," she exclaimed. "Wrong," he answered. "Then how did you guess it?" she asked. "I didn't guess it," he said. "I happen to know the length of my arm." Then, with one exception, everyone laughed. The one exception blushed. —Chicago Post. A Queer Son. Mr. Milligan (reading a letter from his son, who is a soldier in the Philippines)—That bye of ours is after complainin' that he is detailed for police duty in camp. Mrs. Mulligan—For the love of Hiven! An' jist't think that he wuz dyn' t' git on the force before he enlisted!—Brooklyn Life. Reelprocity. "That fellow Wanterby's an upstart," deo'ared Wanterby's neighbor. "He's forever boasting about his grandfather." "That's no more than fair," piped the oldest inhabitant. "I recall to this day how Wanterby's grandfather used to brag about him when he, was a baby." —Philadelphia Press. A. Strong Indication "Do you think he has any real business ability?" "I should say he had. I did him the favor of going on his bond, without compensation, the other day, and blamed if he didn't let me furnish the war tax stamp for the document."—Chicago Times-Herald. Proof Positive. Female Customer—You say these spouses are solid silver, young man? Clerk—Yes, ma'am; every one of them. Female Customer—Who are they made by? Clerk—Sterling, ma'am. His name is on every spoon—Judge. **Not Necessary.** Deacon Short—Robbins gave me a lead quarter when I asked him to change a dollar for me. Friend—Did you get after him about it? "Oh, no; I didn't have any trouble in passing it."—Harken Life. **Constantly Needing Things.** "My lord!" announced the new herald, "there is a woman without." "I'll bet my halidome," exclaimed the feudal baron, "tits me noble consort. There's a woman for you who is always without something." — Philadelphia Press. The Way to Success The Elderly Gentleman—The true secret of success is to find out what the people want— The Younger Man—and give it to them, ch? "Naw, corner it." — Indianapolis Press. An Interloper. "Henry, I wish you wouldn't lie down on those sofa cushions. Your clothes are dusty and they smell of tobacco." "Indeed, Genetieve? What are these sofa cushions for, may I ask?" "You know very well. Fido sleeps on them."—Chicago Tribune. **We're Glad of It.** "I cannot sing the old songs." She sang in mournful chant. Her hearers rose and loudly cried: "Well, we should say you can't." —Baltimore American. **MUST HAVE BEEN HEREDITARY.** Daughter—Uncle, don't I look very much like mamma? Mother—Hush, child! How can you be so vain?—Der Floh. Summer Fool. The fool, who just for fun, Points a weapon at your throat Has now a rival fool— The fool who rocks the boat. -Chicago Daily News. Like Father, Like Son Jimmy—Who is that man, mamma, who just called me a little monkey? Jimmy—Who is that man, mamma, who just called me a little monkey? Mamma—I don't know, dear, but he must know your father—Harper's Bazar. Of Course She Does. Mrs. Murphy—Do you use condensed milk? Mrs. O'Fahey—I think it must, be condensed. There is never more than a pint and a half in a quart—Tit-Bits. A Condition, Not a Theory. Politicus—The question is, what shall we do with our new possessions? Younghub—I'll tell you what I do with mine; I walk the floor nights with it—Harper's Bazar. Marrled Men Preferred. Old Editor—Where is Scribler? Assistant—Gone off to get married. Old Editor—Well, I am glad of that. He won't kick so about staying here nights now—N. Y. Weekly. Unencumbered She—Have you many debts? He—Hardly one. I might almost marry for love—N. Y. World. English Battle Heroes. Of the men who won the Victoria Cross in the far-away fifties no fewer than 64 are living to-day, so that of all the living men who are entitled to wear the cross more than two out of every five have lived to wear it for more than 40 years. Even of the band of 62 Crimean heroes who were decorated by the queen in Hyde Park, on the 26th of June, 1857, 24 are still living. —Scottish American. THE PLANET SATURDAY AUG. 4. 1:30 HER LADYSHIP won her name because of a certain touch of dignity evident when she pressed her ten toes to the floor and stood erect in her flannelette bedgown waiting for her nightly dismissal. Then her wispes of hair were worked into "candle ends" and drawn away from her wonderful white ears, and she held fast in her bosom and lavished her love on a hideous Indian mahogany doll, which she called "Katie's dreffel black baby." She was a born woman, standing three feet one; a Turk, a Terror and a Tyrant; a delicious lapful, and aged three years. Katie's dada was an underwriter in Cornhill. Fitting initials under ships' names on slips of paper day by day seemed, in abstract, a simple enough thing to do. Yet he had served many toilsome years that he might sit No.2 in a marine underwriting-room. He was deep-shouldered, large-limbed and a Kensington ratepayer. He had a taste for admiralty law, and a passion for athletics. He was a "straight left," with the gloves, and a "good stick" at hockey, and could sprint a hundred in 11. Kensington Gore was ornamented with polished Indian clubs and iron dumb-bells; cross folls were linked to the walls. There was, besides, a horizontal bar in the garden, and a punching ball suspended in his bedroom. "Katie's mamma" was pink-fingered, petite and unpunctual, and as fair as gold. She made altar cloths, platonie acquaintances and wonderful shivering table jellies. With men she was "moody," and she had a pretty way with her words. Also she had a little money of her own. All along her life of line—from cradle to corsets—she held in favor small things, forget-me-nots and tiny fairies, seed pearls and ponies, skye terriers and dainty Moonish skippers. And she ended, as is fit and seemingly, by marrying an extremely big husband, whom first she flouted, then feared, and finally was proud of. Now she rallied to the royal nod, pampered his appetites, pandered to his whims and generally killed the king with honey. The fourth character is the other man. He was almost the very ordinary of nature's handiwork. He was not much to look upon, as the phrase runs. Still there were certain notes and touches appealing to the species feminine; the cultivated chivalry and the suggestion of strength; the practiced boyishness of his voice and manner, the carefully engendered atmosphere of mystery. (He was, in fact, so very secret a man that, instead of putting his eggs in open baskets, he concealed them in his tail pockets, and occasionally sat on them.) "Katie's dada" was at this time in Cairo, swimming in the Nile and seeing to something about underwriting Egyptian halls. She asked all her brothers and all his sisters to the house in North Grove, Highgate; and the other man came, too. So often, indeed, that people whispered and wrote to and froal and women offered her cold cheeks, and men curious eyes, until she began to feel almost that the best way of stultifying criticism was to justify it. Her sister, the credentialed disputant of the family honor, at last represented the general feeling in unmistakable terms. But "Katie's mamma" was no culprit, and she burned in the cheeks and grew tall and beautiful to look upon. She felt, maybe, prospectively guilty, which is a most uncomfortable feeling. "Jess," she said to her sister, "you may go to the place wherefrom the sulphur comes, and there you may sit on a coal and eat small sour apples." He turned up soon after with some forced flowers and things, for she was dancing that evening to Willoughby's band. She confessed to her maid that she felt strangely fresh that evening. He said she looked "ravishing," and raved about "eternal devotion" and "a life of consecrated worship," and other strikingly absurd things. "Mabs, Mabs, trust me and test me, darling," he concluded. The upshot was that, being a neglected wife and a woman of moods, she sent him away, and said she might meet him at eight, perhaps, at the grove, by the bar gate. It was still a quarter to eight, and he stood there under a dripping umbrella, and the water tumbled from the leaves of the trees on to his shirt cuffs. A mail cart sheened past him and plashed him with rich running mud from the road. That made him cause the driver, and the dug his heels into the clay and gravel, and comforted himself with a rehearsal of his first words when the lady should at last appear. He thought of the touch of her gloved hand, the poise of her chin above her furs, and the light that should live in her eye. He did not—as men are said to do in crises—prejudge all that was to come. Yet now and again, in the full sound of passion, little biting notes came through like the sighing of a zephyr in a gale, and left him, that was strong, feverish, unrestain and a trifle trembly at the knees. Jack Holden had always "done him well," had always offered him a whole hand and the choicest it was his to offer. Then ten—twenty—years into the future he sped forward and saw dimly; and the half sight left him nervous. He remembered how Mrs. Holden had looked one night when. tired, limp and with a pallid face, he had seen her at the fag end of all-in-the-morning ball. It wanted still eight minutes to the appointed time, and the eager dampness had crept into his light boots, and at each turn he pressed the water from his sodden soles—like a game he used to play when a boy, called "snacker." But if she would only come now, how all these troublesome thoughts would fly; if only he might see her nearing him; if only he might feel her eyes and breath close to him here! "Oh, why doesn't she come?" he muttered, weakly and feverishly; "she didn't use to be unpunctual at other times." A wayward hansom sputtered past him, and the whizzing wheels gave out mud which licked high and splashed his collar. He almost tasted the dirt. He was young—comparatively; he hadn't had much of a time in the world, really—other women there were; why should he bind himself fast and hard here and hereafter? Of course, he felt sorry for Mabs. "Yes," he said to himself, "I feel uncommonly sorry for Mabs; but, then, women always get over these things somehow." Besides he was doing the right thing, and that was solace and success to him. In a flame of virtue he whistled softly—almost to himself. Then, in an instant, the alert vehicle weed, and the horse was brought to the dead halt at the curb by his side. "Cub, sir?" said the driver. "Yes!" said the Other Man, "and drive to the Empire." She ate her dinner by herself, and at seven she dressed in front of a blazing bedroom fire. Descending she stopped on the land- KATIE TO HER MAMMA ing to feverishly faster, her last glove button. In her trembling she tore away the fastening. "This made her feel ill-dressed and hot across the shoulders. She stopped at a little white door, where, on the panels, in riot and confusion, were tumbled those glutinous transferable pictures which children delight in. They dragged heads and tails all over the bottom panches. Cheerful and rubble and kings and smiling queens, in purple robes and toppling yellow crowns; and monstrous goats and bears and wonderful rearing coal black elephants. Katie's mamma thought naturally of the culprit. She remembered taxing and reprimanding her that same morning for a similar treason against the reigning law. "Or-wight," her Lady-ship had said, "Katie do that no more, if possible." And now as she waited a little softened figure showed itself at the door. It was gowned in pink flannel, and held out two irresistible arms, pearl-buttoned at the wristbands. "You did that, Katie?" her mother said, sternly, pointing to the desecrated panels. "Me no do it," her Ladyship replied firmly; "Katie's dreeff black baby." Her Ladyship referred as the delinquent to the aforesaid mahogany abomination. Then, watching her mother's gathering face, her untruthful and diplomatic Ladyship, ran to her mother's skirts and said softly: "Katie sleepy again." Her brown hair had now she stood back against the door, baring over her pink collar the whitest little neck in the world. Her mother's silence puzzled her, and she was afraid. She gathered in all her breath, bursting at last into an agony of tears. "Katie goo' girl," she said, with her lips a quiver. Her mother stooped to her and she threw up both her arms. "Es, 'es, 'es, mamma, mamma, tiss me," she said, brokenly. It was here that "Katie's mamma" threw away her hooded cloak and accounted and splked her hat several savage times with three long dagger pins. Moreover, she comforted Katie with tears and hugs and odd little laughs. Afterward she wrote a long letter to her husband, telling him about Katie's advancement in learning and specializing some obviously impractical plans for the summer. It was really a very long letter. Then she gave orders that the front door be bolted and that Katie being restless, should sleep with her that night. And all this while she was moved with pity for the Other Man—waiting and hoping, she thought—he who at this moment was racing down High street, Talington, behind a big cigar, thanking and praising his stars that he had not betrayed his career and queered his season's pitch by running away with his neighbor's wife. He thanked God, and then whistled. For such is the selfishness of Other Men—Black and White. Dressmakers and Bad Fits. The dressmakers are meeting with such disaster in their attempts to collect through the courts bills for dresses for which payment is withheld on the ground of a bad fit that there is talk of a dressmakers' trust or some sort of protective association. The advocates of this movement say it is impossible for an ordinary man judge to tell whether a gown fits or not if the wearer wants to make it appear otherwise. Fasting Easy After First Week. A faster says that the discomforts of living without eating for several weeks are not serious, and after the first week of fasting they are hardly noticeable.—Chicago Times-Herald. Taxed According to Size. Dogs in Hamburg are taxed according to size—the bigger the dog the higher the tax. ```markdown ``` THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND VIRGINIA.' AGED WOMAN AT NOME. The Reign of Lawlessness Mrs. Susam Worden, 82 Years Old, Has Decided to Seek Gold in the Frozen North. A woman of 82 has started for the gold fields of Cape Nome from San Francisco, the oldest of her sex to seek her fortune in that bleak and inhospitable region. She is Mrs. Susan Worden, and, despite her years, she is active and enterprising. She went to California by the Panama route 48 years ago. With her husband and son, she went into the placer mines along the foothills of the Sierra, and later visited almost every important mining camp that was discovered on the Pacific coast. from Brit. A woman in a skirt and hat stands on a rocky ledge, holding a long stick and a bucket. Water flows from a large pipe into the bucket, which is filled with water. The woman appears to be working on a construction project. IN SEARCH OF GOLD. ish Columbia to Mexico. She located mining claims in many of these new camps and accumulated enough of a fortune to insure her comfort in her old age. For more than 20 years she has resided in one of the houses owned by Marion Clark, her son, in Oakland. The spirit of adventure, however, has never died out of her heart, and the recent stories of wealth found in the sands at Nome determined Mrs. Worden to again join the men and women who are going there by thousands. Mrs. Worden stated before she sailed that she had no fear of the climatic changes she might encounter going from Oakland to Nome. "I have coughed it in many a mining camp on the Pacific slope," said she, "and I am not afraid of a little cold weather. I shall remain at Nome until I make another fortune." Mrs. Worden's son, Marion Clark, is known as the man who introduced Lotta, the actress, to the footlights. Lotta and Clark appeared in the same shows in mining towns, he playing the banjo accompaniments for her dancing. Prof. Edward Clark, of the Southern California conservatory at Los Angeles, is a grandson of Mrs. Worden. The wife of Attorney Lincoln S. Church, of Oakland, is her draught daughter, and the latter's child calls Mrs. Worden "great-grandmother." Mrs. Worden has made inquiry among her old friends of the California mining camps, but has failed to find anybody going to None who is within ten years as old as she is, and of this fact she seems as very proud. APE WASHES DISHES. As a Farm Servant This Monkey proves Useful and Valuable to His Master. Samuel Farrer, of Trembley, N. J., near Elizabeth, has a large monkey on his farm which has become a noted character about the country. Not only does he perform various antics which attract visitors from far and near to watch him, but he is valued as a useful and obedient servant. The monkey does everything his master says but talk, and he tries to do that if chattering and motions amount for anything. The most useful and at the same time intelligent act the monkey per- MONKEY WASHES DISHES forms is to get the big dinner bell down from the hook on the porch promptly at noon—each day and ring it vigorously for the farm hands to come to dinner. The animal does not stop his ringing until he sees the men drop their hoes or farm implements and come to the house. The monkey is a good watchman and runs chattering to the house when a stranger approaches. It will also carry water from the well, wash dishes and do many chores about the farm, and is especially handy in shaking down apples and cherries from the trees. It frequently sits at the table and eats from a plate with as much deorum as a well-disciplined child. It delightts in playing pranks with the horses and to ring door bells as a joke. It is fond of milk, and will milk a cow with much dexterity. The animal is an early riser, and if perhance the household is late in rising it will seize the bell and soon have the inmates astir. A substituted forefinger was shown by a Koenigberg doctor at a surgical congress in Berlin. He had cut off the patient's second toe and sewed it to the stump of the missing finger. Primary union followed and the new finger could be moved by its owner. "Mrs. Featherwell's new hat is the very latest style, isn't it?" remarked Mr. Blykins. "Yes," answered his wife. "But how did you know it? You say you pay no attention to fashion." "There couldn't be any mistake in this case. If it weren't in the latest style, she wouldn't dare wear anything so ugly."—Washington Star. Put hand on white woman, Jasper ug.11, B! Wilson, " Attempted Assault, Port Gibson " W Chambers, " Criminal Assault, Bell Buck " W McClure, " Attempted Assault " 16, Char Issart, " " ran y, Teun. " 20, Peter Lon and 18 year old Son, white, Shooting a map, Wetumpka, Ala Aug.16, Charlie Hart, colored criminal assault Brantley, Ala. Aug.16, Tom Koeh, colored, ente ed lady's room drunk, Near Greenvle, 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, stroke against lynching, Georgetown, Ga. Sept.17, Rev. H. B. Battle col, spoke against lynching, Near Thompson, Ga. Sept.27, Senor Sanchez, Ouban, nothing Havana, Cuba. October 11 Judge Barit La Place, white, Assaulting, Near New Orleans 18, Joe Leftore Colored, Arson and Assault, burned, St. Ann Miss 18, Robbers Smith, Col. Innocent, Partly Roasted not dead 20, George Wells, Colored, Murder, Wier City Kan M O. & O. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Schedule in Effect July 15 1900, From Richmond LEAVE BROAD-STREET STATION 7:00 a.m. except Sunday local for Newport News and Old Point 9:30 a.m. daily "Fast Trail" for Newport News, Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. This train stops only at Wilkesboro. 8:40 p.m. local for Newport News, Old Point and Norfolk. willman to Old Point. 7:00 a.m. except Sunday, local train to Clifton Torrance. 12:01 noon, except Sunday, mountain specialist and White sulphur, near Dittin west of Goodsville, mrs. a in carco, connects for Orange Calverton, Manassas and Washington. 12:45 noon, Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. Pullman sleeping cars, or connects for Virginia Hot Spring. 6:30 a.m. Gordonville Accommodation, except Sundays. 10:45 p.m. Daily, F. F.V., to Cincinnati, Louisville, willman sleeping car. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. LEAVE EIGHTH ST. STATION. 10:30 a.m. Daily for Lynchburg, exington and Louisville, with Buckingham and Allene branches and for New Castle daily. 6:00 p.m. except Saturday and Sunday, for accommodation. On Saturday, will leave at 8 p.m. TRAINS ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. 8:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. daily, Cincinnati and Louisville. 6:15 p.m. Except Sunday from Hinton and mountain resorts. 6:55 a.m. daily, daily, from Cincinnati and Louisville. 11:35 a.m. daily, 6:00 p.m. except Sunday and 12:15 p.m. daily from Norfolk and Old Town. 8:15 a.m. Except Sunday, from Clifton Torrance. TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET STATION. 8:40 a.m. Except Sunday from Warren and Bristow on Monday only from Caddisfield. 8:20 a.m. Daily from Lynchburg, and Clifton Torrance, and except Sundays from New Castle, and Rosene. For detailed information apply at Richmond Transfer office, No. 903 east Main street; Chesspake and 1 Ohio Passenger Office No. 890 east Main street; Station Ticket Office No. 890 east Main street. JOHN D. POTTS. Aux't. General Passanger Agent. Southern Railway Southern Railway SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 2ND, 1900. Trains Leaves Richmond, Va. 18:00 P.M. S. SOUTHERN EXP. At Atlanta to Jasper, Jeppsville, and points South. Sleeper for Danville, gregsboro, Sallisbury, and Charlotte. Steps for passengers at local stations. nos. 61 and 53, between Manchester and Neapolis, Va YORK RIVER LINE, WEST POINT The Favorite Route North. LEAVE RIGHOND M TIMBERLAND M, BALTIMORE LIMITED, Daily except Sunday making close connection Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with steamer for Haiti Train No. 16. 4:80 P. M. LOCAL EXPRESS, Mon Wednes & Fridays, for West Point and intermediate stations, conference rooms, and Tappahannock; also at West Point with steamers for Baltimore. Stops at all sta- Train No. 74, 5:00 A. M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except Sunday from Virginia Street Station for West Point and North Street Station for Washington, with stage at Lestor manor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. 9:15 a.m. M. daily, from West Point, with connection from Baltimore except Mondays. 6:40 p.m. M. daily, except Sunday from West Point and intermediate stations. Seamers call at Richmond Street Station daily except Sundays 5:00 p. M. arriving Baltimore 8:00 p. m. returning leave Baltimore 5:00 p. m. daily except Sundays arriving Richmond 9:15 p. m. Seamers call at Gloucester Point and Almonds Wharf, Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays; Yorktown and Clay Bank, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. O. W. WESSEURY, Trawallville Press Agent, 900 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. J. M. GULP, traffic manager, sen. pass. Ags. FRANK S. GANNON. Third Vice-president and general Manager Washington, D. C. WIRGINIA NAVIGATION COMPANY'S JAMES-BIVER LINE To Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport, News, Clarmont, and James River landings and connecting at Old Point and Norfolk to Washington, Baltimore and the North. STRAWER POGAORONT LEAVES MONDAY, WEB Electric-cars direct to wharf. Fare only $1.5 and $1.00 to Norfolk, Portsmouth. Old Point and Newport News. Music by a grand Orchestra Freight received daily from above-names places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WESIGER Superintends EDWARD E. BARNEY President General Offices: Planters' Bank Building. DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY susannegers will leave Richmond daily except Susanne Gers will leave Richmond daily except 9 P. M., or Richmond and Peterson bark rai- l, Norfolk and Western route 1030. A K. Line steamer with Old Domini Line steamer sailing same evening at 1 'o'clock for New York Line steamer Transfer Company's, 965 east Main Street Richmond Ohio railway and Richmond and Petersburg depots, and at company's office, 1825 East Main Street, Richmond. Baggage check through. FRIGREY. for New York and all points beyond can b. shipped by steamboat to Richmond. every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THUR. EAY at 8:00 P.M. This steam carriage steer- ing manifold closed one hour before selling time. Freight received and forwarded and through bills of lading issued for all northern, eastern and foreign ports. FROM NEW YORK. Passengers can leave daily except Sun day at 8 P.M. (Saturday 4 P.M.) to Norfolk or Old Folk comfort, connecting with Norfolk and Western railroad or Cheapeake and Oats railway. Freight for Richmond by steamer via Nor- folk Mondays and Wednesdays 8:00 P.M. Satur- days, 4 P.M. Sailings from company's pier. No 2 North River foot of Beach Street. Freight received and delivered except Sunday. For further information. JOHN F. MAYER, Agent. 1213 east Main street Richmond, Va. W. L. Guillainen, President New York RF&P RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC R. R. Schedule in Effect July 1, 1900. LEAVE BYRD ST. STATION. 3:28 A. M. Dally, for Washington and points North. Stops at Wilford, *caughting and Quaucoi.* *ul'macktion* to Washington and New York. 8:20 A.M., Sunday only, for Washington stops at Ebb, Glen Allen, Ashland, Pleasantville, Deswalt, author Glen, Brownsville, Bosswalt, woodsland, Guinea, Hillsford, Frederickburg, Brooke, Widewater and Quantico. 2:01 A.M., Daily, except Sunday, for Washington and point at North Stops at Ebb, Glen Allen, Ashland, Doswell, Wilford, Frederickburg, Brooke, Widewater and Quantico. 12:00 M., Daily, except Sunday, for Washington and point at North Stops at Ebb, Glen Allen, Ashland, Doswell, Wilford, Frederickburg and Quantico. Buffet Par oror, Connects with organizational Limited at Washington. 7:45 P.M., Daily for Washington and point at North Stops at Ebb, Glen Allen, Ashland, Doswell, Wilford, Frederickburg, Brooke, Widewater and Quantico. Stops other stations sundays, deeper Richmond, near New York, deeper Washington to Philadelphia. ARRIVE BYND-STREET STATION. 8:40 A.M., Daily, Stops at Wide-water, Brooke, Frederickburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, and Ebb, stops at other stations Sundays, deeper New York to Richmond. 8:35 P.M., Daily at Sunday, Stops at Frederickburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, Glen Allen and Ebb, Buffet Par oror. 8:30 P.M., Daily, Stops only at Frederickburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, Glen Allen and Ebb, Buffet Par oror. 8:40 P.M., Daily at Wide-water, Brooke, Frederickburg, Milmit, Guinea, Woodsland, Milford, Pensha, Ruther Glen, Doswell, Taylorville, Ashland, Glen Allen, and Ebb. ACCOMMODATION TRAINS. (Daily except Sunday) 8:18 A. M. Leaves Elba for Quantico. 4:00 P. M. Leaves Pryd, St. for Frederick burg. 6:00 P. M. Leaves Elba for Ashland. 4:00 M. Arrives Elba from Ashland. 8:06 A. M. Arrives Bydr Street Station from Frederickburg. 6:05 P. M. Arrives Elba from Ashland S. A. L. Through Trains. Via S. A. L. Junction and R. F. & P. Railroad. LEAVE BROAD STREET STATION. (C. & O.) 6:20 A. M. Dally, for Washington and points north. Stops kicksburg and Quantico Pullman slepers to New York. Dugas for Washington and points North. Stops at Frederickburg and Quantico. Pullman Slepers to New York. ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. (C. & O.) 2:30 P. M. Dally, Stops only Frederick burg and Dowell Sleeper from New York. 10:30 P. M. Dally Stops Frederickburg, Sleeper from New York. Dugas for W. R. M. TRAffic Manager E. T. D. Myers, President S.A.L. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. The Favorite Route South. Schedule in Effect June 3rd, 1900. 7-30 A. M. Daily, except Sunday, for Petersburg, Henderson, Duraw, Raleigh, Atlanta, and all points South and Southwest. 2-85 P. M. "Florida Mall and Express," daily for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Craway, Camden, Columbia, Savannah Jacksonville Tampa, Fernandina, and all Florida points. 10-49 P. M. 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THE BUTOHERY AT NEW ORLEANS The action of the mob at New Orleans last week may well cause apprehension throughout the entire country, showing as it does the evident disposition of the people to disregard the law upon the slightest pretext. Because ROBERT CHARLES, who is alleged to be a desperate character saw fit to shoot an officer, who attempted to arrest him without a warrant, and when he had committed no crime, the entire populace seems to have been aroused. A mob was formed and indiscriminate shooting commenced. Colored people, who were peaceable and law-abiding were hunted and shot down in cold blood. It was a dark day in New Orleans. To make a bad matter worse, the police authorities encouraged the murderous elements and afforded no protection to the innocent, but hunted blacks. Two colored men were killed and four more beaten nearly to death. Throughout the day, Thursday, July 26th, the mob roamed at will and colored men and women were shot down. Business was practically suspended. In one night, one colored man was beaten to death and six so badly injured that they are not expected to live. Scores of other persons were wounded. Only when the business interests found that it was paralyzing trade was the militia ordered out. Then the violence was deplored and the Mayor made efforts to check the lawlawy. Children were not even spared and in this great populous southern city hundreds of colored people are suffering as a result of these terrible conditions. Our situation in the South-land is peculiar. In the midst of the white men, who are friendly toward us, we find thousands of others who are as ferocious as wild beasts. It is unfortunate indeed that we must submit, and accept our surroundings, but we can do it if we try. Our progress has been phenomenal and it has only tended to increase the hatred of the lower elements against us. They dislike to see colored families in good circumstances, and every species of misrepresentation are resorted to. Our plan is to accumulate money, if only a penny at a time, buy property, educate our children, improve our condition by being tidy and clean in appearance. These critical conditions cannot last forever. They must give away in the face of progressive action. The lower strata of white men who oppose us will be forced to the wall, and our recognition by the better class of white men will surely follow. Despite all of these outrages and butcheries, we are not as bad off as we were thirty years ago. The man who cannot see progress at the expense of blood is blind indeed. It seems that the shedding of blood has preceded all great reformations and it may be that these sporadic outbreaks are indicators upon the dis plate of time of the final emancipation of the citizen of color. When our people become financially independent and personally brave in defense of home, leaving it not to the lawless classes of our people to set the example as was done in the case of ROBERT CHARLES, then we may be content to announce the arrival of the race's millennium and the complete success of our people in all this land. WITH A RIFLE IN HIS HAND. ROBERT CHARLES, colored, charged with killing Captain Day and Patrolman LAMB and badly wounding Officer Mora died game Friday, July 27th, in the city of New Orleans, La. The city had been virtually turned over to an irresponsible mob and CHARLES knew what to expect if he was taken alive. Single-handed and alone, but armed with a Winchester rifle, which he fired with deadly accuracy, he defied the entire police-force of the city, backed as it was by twenty thousand infuriated citizens. It seems that upon learning that CHARLES was in a house on Clio Street, near Saratoga Street, the officers entered the side alley of the house. LALLY was shot in the abdomen and PORTEUS in the head. The other officers and the colored man, who betrayED CHARLES, ran as fast as their legs could carry them. ALFRED J. BLOOM FIELD, said to be a young boy was shot dead. It was decided to smoke CHARLES out and the building was soon in flames. LEOLREL, one of the leading confectioners of the city was fatally shot also ex-Policeman EVANS, JOHN MANVILLE, GEORGE H. LIONS, ANDY VAN KUREM, H. H. BALL and FRANK BERTURT and J. W. BOCIL wounded. With smoke and fire on every side yet grasping his trusty rifle he left the building, receiving as he did so a bullet in his breast. A moment later, he knew no more, dying in the midst of his enemies. Soon thereafter, the mob exhibited its rage by flying into his body and certain flandish members of it stamped his face into an unrecognizable mass of bleeding flesh. Others wanted to burn the body. But Robert Charles had passed beyond the portals of human injury. His soul had returned to the God who gave it. His enemies could not do otherwise than admire his intrepid bravery. He lived like a colored man and died like a white one. We do not know as to the merits or demerits of the charges against him. It is said that the offenders, whom he is charged with killing attempted to arrest him when he had committed no crime. Suffice it to say that he set an example which every colored man in the Southland should imitate. When we are assailed by lawless mobs, backed up by the officials, who are in league with them; we should imitate the white man to the extent of selling our lives as dearly as possible. Death had no terrors for ROBERT CHARLES. Bold and defiant to the last he fought all comers, and only yielded up his life when his finger could no longer pull the trigger. To have surrendered to the officers of the law would have been to place himself in the hands of a howling mob, who would no doubt have mutilated and burned him. Colored men, we should be respectful to white people, observant of the law and industrious in our daily life; but greater than this, we should be manly and courageous. The world hates a coward and admires a champion. Will the colored men of the United States understand this? Will they meet death fearlessly as they have done on the battlefields? If they will, respect will come to them in civil life, even as it has shone upon their banners during the days of war. Live uprightly and die game. Oh, for a thousand ROBERT CHARLES throughout the Southland! BIG DAY AT FIFTH ST. BAPTIST CHURCH. Last Sunday was a day long to be remembered at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. It had been announced that Dr. Graham would presach on "Baptist Council." The people came from every part of the city until there was a great congregation anxious to hear and understand the subject. Suffice it to say that they went away well pleased and satisfied over what they had heard. Next sunday morning Dr. Graham will presach from the sujet, "What is the matter with the Baptist preachers?" The Fifth St. Baptist Church is highly pleased over the progress being made, preparatory to caring for the National Baptist Convention. A great many of the best white people of the city are lending a helping hand by giving money and other things for the support of the delegates. Such gentlemen as Dr. Merriweather, Dr. Ferguson and many others are doing what they can to aid the good cause along. Rxx. Mr. O. B. Baysmore of Portsmouth, Va., called on us. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. FOUR YOUNG WOMEN DROWNED. Carried Off by the Heavy Undertow at Ocean City. Ocean City, N. J., Aug. 1—Four young women residents of Philadelphia met a tragic fate in the surf here yesterday about noon and their hostess, Mrs. Meehan, of the same city, who was bathing with them, was recued by a life guard in an unconscious state. The drowned w.re: Misses Elise and Virginia Lowe, aged 18 and 20 years, respectively, daughters of Dr. Clement Lowe, residing in Mt. Alry, and Misses Jennie and Birdie Lonsdale, aged 19 and 23 years, respectively, daughters of Edwin Lonsdale of Chestnut Hill. The group were in the water, at the foot of Fourteenth street, where few persons enter the surf, and did not understand the treachery of the boisterous sea and heavy undertow that was running on the strand. They were in the water about 15 minutes when two of the girls got beyond their depth. The other two went to their aid, and were swept out with the current. Mrs. Meehan endeavored to render what assistance she could and almost lost her own life in the attempt. Life Guard Lee and a gentleman, whose name was not ascertained, saw the struggling bathers and rushed out with a life line. They brought Mrs. Meehan into the shore, unconscious and returned for the other members of the party, but they had in the meantime disappeared. The rescuers, however, succeeded in recovering the bodies. Mrs. Meehan recovered consciousness shortly after her rescue. Negro Desperado Shot to Pieces. Negro Desperado Shot to Pieces. New Orleans, July 31. After a desperate battle, lasting for several hours, in which he succeeded in killing Sergeant Gabriel Porteus, Andy Van Kurem, keeper of the police jail, and Alfred J. Bloomfield, a young boy, fatally wounding Sergeant John F. Lally, John Banville, ex-Policeman Frank H. Evans, A. S. Locone, one of the leading confectioners of the city, and more or less seriously shooting several citizens, the negro desperado, Robert Charles, who killed Captain Day and Patrolman Lamb and badly wounded Officer Mora last Tuesday, was smoked out of his hiding place in the residence section of the city Friday and literally shot to pieces. Two of his wounded victims have since died. An Equestrienne Killed New Rochelle, N. Y., Ang. 1.—Miss Clarissa Blake, daughter of S. Parkham Blake, a retired banker of Boston, was killed here yesterday afternoon. She came here to purchase a horse for cross country riding, and picked out a magnificent bay. She mounted the animal and took several turns around a field and then started to try him over the hurdles. She ran him to a hurdle and the horse rose to it, but as he went over his hind hoofs struck the top rail and Miss Blake was thrown. She struck on the back of her head at the neck. Her spine was broken at the base of the brain and she was dead when picked up. Cuba's Constitutional Convention. Cuba's Constitutional Convention. Washington, Aug. 1.—The war department yesterday promulgated an order fixing the time of holding the Cuban election for the selection of delegates to the constitutional convention, to be held in Havana Nov. 5. The election of delegates takes place Sept. 15. The order declares that "the people of Cuba have established municipal governments deriving their authority from the suffrages of the people given under just and equal laws, and are now ready, in like manner, to proceed to the establishment of a general government which shall assume and exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction and control over the island." VA. BAPTIST S S. CONVENTION DANVILLE, VA., June 12, 1900. To the Sunday School, Associations, Uniona and all connected with the Virginia Baptist State Sabbath School Convention—Greeting— Dear Brethren: We take this means of calling your attention to the fact that the annual meeting of your Con- vention will convene on the First Baptist Church Sunday school of Man- cheese, Va., on Wednesday before the north Lord's day in August 1900. It is the earnest desire of the Board that you be represented, and raise all money possible for Conventional pur- poses. At no time in our history as a Sunday School organization has been it more imperative that the friends of the Con- vention should rally to its support than now. The true-hearted and loyal men and women who have stood by us so faithfully in the past, and by whose wise counsel and strong financial assist- ance the Convention has been ab e to carry on the great cause of religious education throughout our State, are now expected to respond to our call. The existing troubles in our State present a condition of affairs never witnessed before. A crisis is to be met. To do so as becometh Christian men and women will require serious thought and prayerful consideration. o one who has the cause which we represent at heart can afford to absent himself from this meeting. There may be differences of opinion among us. Does that justify any in withdrawing? Some mistakes may have been made. Is not the Convention the best place in which to correct them? The cause we seek to advance is too important to be abandoned, breenren: We are sowing both for time and eternity. Let us stop and ponder well before we utter one word to discourage or lift one finger to destroy the work built by our own hands—an organization which has done much good, and destined to do more to promote our Master's kingdom. Come to Manchester. Come in large numbers. Come with renewed zeal. Come with an earnest desire to draw into one strong brotherhood all who are in sympathy with the great objects for which the Convention was organized. Our missionaries are still upon the field planting new schools, fostering weak ones, carrying Bibles into the homes of the benighted and desititute, and preaching the gospel of the Son of God to dying men and women. Shall this work cease? Shall these servants of God be recalled from the field? Shall our grand old Convention, with all its history, its achievements, its pleasant associations around which our memories linger with fond recollections, go down? It is left with vou to answer. Let every school, association and union join in one united cry "On to Manchester." Reduced rates will be secured over all lines leading into the city. Yours for God and humanity, R. T. HILL, President, W. F. GRAFTY, Sec. GY* THOS. W. MITCHELL Monsumen'Association The committees are enthusiastic over the outlook for the monument, they propose to erect over the late, lamented Col. Thomas W. Mitchell, of whom it may be truly said, a more gallant, envirulous Knight neer backed a friend or breast a foe than "Tom" Mitchell. The officers of the association are fully confident that they will be able to unveil the monument by the middle of September, at which time they expect to have the grandest Pythian scene in this state. The association is fully aware of the magnitude of the work they have before them, to have everything in place in so or so a space of time; but being very much encouraged with the prompt and ready responses, backed by the very energetic committee, they feel fully able to measure up to the requirements of the undertaking. Therefore, we call upon every true and loving Sir Knight and friends in general to help us in this grand and noble cause. Let us have your subscription at once. Show your true Pythianism and your friendship and let us erect this monument to this grand and noble, true and tried Sir Knight. We are sorry to state that our report was unavoidably crowded out last week. The following is the subscription list: J. Henry Taylor, $2 00 W. W. Henry Stokes, 2 00 D. W. Davis, A. M., 1 00 John T. Taylor, 1 00 B. H. Peyton, 2 00 A. D. Price, 5 00 J. R. Griffin, Jr., 1 00 Ulysses Briggs, 1 00 Winston D. Payne, 2 00 Thomas M. Crump, 2 00 W. A. Kyles, 1 00 James W. Thompson, 1 00 Isham Mann, 1 00 Rev. W. F. Graham, 2 00 W. Henry Walton, 2 00 J. A. Smith, 2 00 Charles A. Hall, 1 00 James A. Dixon, 1 00 John E. Cogbill, 1 00 Rosberry Mosby, 2 00 Col. E. F. Robinson, 2 00 Rev. J. H. Brice, 1 00 J. C. Farley' 2 00 Mrs. G A Foster, 1 00 Rev. W. W. Wines, Jr., 1 00 Q. Wm. Moon, 1 00 Edw. Harris, 5 00 Cash, 5 00 Wm. L. Willis, 1 00 L Straus, 25 The amounts subscribed and the names of the donors will be published pach week in the columns of this paeer Mrs. G. A. Foster of Planet Court has the distinction of being the first lady to subscribe. Now let all the other ladies follow. Suicisions can be left with Thomas M. Crump, treasurer, 504 N. 2nd S. The association meets every Tues day evening at 8 p.m., at the rooms of the Y. M. C. A. The full committee is expected to meet next Tuesday evening at B. H. Peyton, President; J. A. Smith, Secretary; Thomas M. Crump, treasurer. Executive Committee:—W. H. Walton, James W. Thompson, Willis witt, B. A. Graves, James L. Thompson Louis T. Crawford, Isham Mann. Reformatory Superintendent Resigns Elmira, N. Y., Aug. 1. -Superintendent Brockway, of the Reformatory, resigned this afternoon, to take effect Dec. 1. His brother Hugh also resigned. Superintendent Brockway was given a brief absence to the expiration of his position of absence. Dr. Frank W. Robertson has been appointed acting superintendent until Dec. 1. For years past charges of inhuman treatment of prisoners have been made against Superintendent Brockway, but he remained unshaken in his position until a few months ago. Leaky Dock Causes Heavy Damage. New York, Aug. 1.—Drydock No. 2, at the Brooklyn navy yard, which is being repaired at an estimated expenditure of $1,000,000, sprang a leak yesterday. In a few hours there was ten feet of water in the drydock, covering in the tools and machinery used in the construction. The water also filled docks. The leak has not yet been found. If the water tinnues to run into the uncompleted dock the repair work six months will need to be done over. The damage is already large. Death of a Leading Jew Boston, Aug. 1.—Ballard Smith, the well known journalist, died yesterday in the McLean asylum at Waverly. For a number of years Mr. Smith was connected with the New York World. For some time he was managing editor, and afterward a leading correspondent of that paper. Mr. Smith was 45 years old. Rural Free Delivery Extension. Washington, Aug. 1.—The postoffice department has established rural free delivery service, to begin Aug. 15, at Townsend, Del., Jamestown and Saugerties, N. Y. The rural free delivery service at Louden, N. H., has been transferred to Concord, N. H., because of the discontinuance of the former postoffice. Canvassible Swimming Feat. St. Louis, Aug. 1—Athlete John C. Meyers yesterday swam from Alton, Ills., to St. Louis, a distance of 27 miles, in exactly eight hours. He was not greatly fatigued at the finish. Meyers had wagered that he could make the distance in five hours, but lost. General Grant's Grant Grandson. St. Petersburg, Aug. 1—Princess Cantacuze, granddaughter of the late ex-President Grant and daughter of Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, U. S. A., gave birth to a son weighing 11 pounds July 27. The Army of Pensioners. Washington, Aug. 1.—The forthcoming annual report of the commissioner of pensions, Mr. Evans, will show a grand total of 993,529 pensioners on the rolls on July 1 last. On July 1, 1899, there were 991,519 pensioners on the rolls. During the year 40,645 original pensions were granted and 4,699 names were restored to the rolls. To offset these 43,334 names were dropped from the rolls during the year, including 35,809 by reason of deaths, 909 by remarriages or pensioners, and 6,616 for other causes. HARTONA will make the hair grow long, soft, and straight. The use of one box of HARTONA will show immediate results. Makes the hair grow on bald and thin places. 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Call on or drop him a postal. 6 15-lm WANTED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND honest persons to represent us as Managers in this and close by counties Salem, Salem, and Salem. Position permanent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted at a station. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped envelope. The DOMINION COM FNAT Dept. Chicago. AT WINSTON'S ICE-CREAM IN EVERY STYLE AND FLAVOR. Soda Watr, }ALL FLAVORS. ICE CREAM SODA A SPECIALTY. Milk Shakes, Limeades, Nectars, Phosphates, Mineral Waters, etc. Pic-nics and Festivals Special Selection in Cigars, Pipes Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. N. Winston, 537 Brook Ave United Aid & Insurance Company, SHALL BE HEREAFTER ....KNOWN AS United Aid MAIN OFFICE: 506 E. Broad St. 909 East Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. J. S. Liebert, No. 322 East Broad St. A declaration of prices that will not fail to attract attention of the Economical Buyers: ENAMELED WARE 17 Qt Dish Pans..... 14 Qt. Dish Pans..... 10 Qt. Straight Pots..... 2 8 and 4 Qt. Pudding Pans..... 2 Qt. Preserving Kettles..... 4 Qt. Preserving Hettles..... 6 Qt. Preserving, extra heavy Lipped Sauce Pans..... Cedar Wash Tubs..... Clothes Wringers..... We Ready Mixed Paint, full weight We keep in stock a first-class ber Shears, Straps, Razors and re Lower than the Lowest. 17 Qt. Dish Pans. ..... Worth 75s., for 45s. 14 Qt. Dish Pans. ..... Worth 60s., for 38s. 10 Qt. Straight Pots. ..... Worth 75s., for 48c. 2 8 and 4 Qt. Pudding Pans. ..... 10s 2 Qt. Preserving Kettles.....Worth 20s., for 15c. 4 Qt. Preserving kettles.....Worth 35s., for 24s. 6 Qc. Preserving, extra heavy.....Worth 55s., for 35s. Lipped Sauce Pans.....8. 10, 12 and 20s. Cedar Wash Tubs.....48s. Clothes Wringers.....Worth $2 00 and $2.50, for $1.35 and $1.50 Ready Mixed Paint, full weight cans. from 10s. Up. We keep in stock a first-class line of Pocket Knives, Barber Shears, Straps, Razors and Clippers. Our Prices are Lower than the Lowest. ```markdown ``` Fine Dentistry is possible, only with fine material fashioned into cor rect form with infinite care and skill. Money invested in fine Dentistry pay a high rate of interest often for a life-time. The interest is beautiful Teeth, Comfort Pleasure and Health. OFFICE HOURS: From 8 A. M. to 6 P. M Old Phone, 816 Dr. P B. Ramsey, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. Do You Know Him? I would like to know the where abouts of Robert Dillard. The last we heard of him he was at Newport News. If any one know anything of him we please see the need here. He has two sisters Ms. Sue Furbush and Mrs. Annie R. Diggs of Chicago His father's name was William Dillard and mother's name Louisa Dillard. Any information will be thankfully received by Mrs. Sue Furbush, 511 12th St., Lynchburg, Va. ju9-8t. SOUTHERN EPWORTH LEAGUE CONFERENCE. Atlanta, Ga., July 25—£9. 1900. Southern Railway announces rate of one first class fare for the round trip from all ticket stations on its lines to Atlanta and return on account above. Tickets to be sold July 24th and 25th with final limit, returning August 1st. The Southern offers double daily limited service in both directions for those attending the above conference. C. W. Westbury, T. P. A. Worth 75s., for 45s. Worth 60s., for 83s. Worth 75s., for 48s. 10s. Worth 20s., for 15s. Worth 85s., for 24s. Worth 56s., for 35s. 8, 10, 12 and 20s. 48s. North $2 00 and $2.50, for $1.35 and $1.50 ans. from 10s Up. line of Pocket Knives, Bar Clippers. Our Prices A REAL GRAPHOPHONE --FOR-- $5.00 Simplr "Lockworl" Motor, Mechanical Visible, Durable Con- struction. When accompanied by a Recorder this Graphophone can be used to make Records. The standard Record is $7.80. Reproduces in the standard Records. Send order and money to our nearest office. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO. Dept. 20 NEW YORK, 193, 165 Broadway. CHICAGO, 88 Wabash Ave. ST. LOUIS, 101, 106 Broadway. WASHINGTON, 090 Pennsylvania Ave. PHILADELPHIA, 102 Chestnut Ave. KENTUCKY, 090 K. Baltimore St. BUFFALO, 635 Main St. LAN FRANCISCO, 195 George St. PARK, 101 Broadway. BERLIN, 155 Kronenstrasse. Low Rate Tours to Niagara Falls, $18.00 Round Trip from Richmond. Via Southern Railway and York River Line to Baltimore, thence Penn. R. R. or B. and O., leave Richmond 1:30 p.m., following dates: On July 25, August 8, 22, September 5, 19 and October 3 and 17, via Penn. R. R. from Baltimore. On July 18, August 1, 15, 29, September 12. 26 and October 10th via B. & O. R. R. from Baltimore. Tickets good returning to Richmond twelve days including date of sale. For information as to schedules, state- room and parlor car reservations, etc., apply to RICHMOND TRANSFER CO., 908 E. Main St. Or. C. W. WESTBURY, T. P. A., Richmond, Va. THE PLANET GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Manassas, Va., July 30.—Ex-Congressman E. E. Meredith died at his home here yesterday afternoon from an acute obstruction of the bowels. Dr. J. Ford Thompson, of Washington, and Dr. O'Brien, of Alexandria, were summoned here to perform an operation, but death ensued while they were making preparations for the operation. Piedmont, W. Va., July 27.—A carload of negroes passed through here this morning for Elkins to work on the construction of the new coal and iron railroad, the southern extension of the West Virginia Central railway. At the present rate of arrival of laborers men will soon be at work along the entire line. Work on the tunnels is progressing rapidly. Covington, Ky., July 28.—Wallace Bishop and Thomas Mulligan, who a few weeks ago wantonly killed an unknown tramp in a camp near Lndlow, Ky., and then killed Officer McQuery, of the Covington force, in their effort to escape arrest, were found guilty yesterday. Bishop was sentenced by Judge Tarvin to be hanged Aug. 30 next. The jury recommended imprisonment for life instead of hanging for Mulligan. Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 1.—Governor Beckham has decided to call an extra session of the legislature at some date between Aug. 15 and Sept. 1 to amend the Goebel election law. It is understood that a bill has already been prepared for non-partisan election commissions in each of the counties to report to a non-partisan state commission, with two representatives of each party on the state commission and on each of the county boards. Bristol, Va., July 27—The National Pneumatic Water Elevator company was organized here this week with a paid in capital of $25,000. The company's authorized capital is $100,000. It is chartered under the laws of Tennessee. The officers are: Capt. J. H. Wood, president; H. E. Jones, vice president and treasurer; B. B. Harding, secretary and general manager. The company will open a factory here for the manufacture of the Frost-Hayes patent water elevator, a new invention. The company is composed of leading business men here. Bristol, Va., July 26.—The Columbian Paper company 1.1.3 closed contracts for hundreds of cords of pulp wood in Southwest Virginia. A large quantity has already been received here, and many tracts of poplar are being prepared for shipment. The big plant will be ready for business early next year. The Empire Lumber and Mining company will before many weeks have a large lumber plant in operation in Shady Valley, 20 miles south of Abingdon, when for the first time timber will be cut from one of the finest forests in the United States. Berryville, Va., July 27.—The new building of the Berryville high school, which has been under construction for some time, is now nearing completion. It will be a very handsome structure and an ornament to the town. It is entirely of brick, measures 50 by 66 feet, and is 56 feet in height. It contains six class rooms, each 23 by 29 feet, and an assembly room 29 by 46 feet. On the roof are four dormers and four gables, which allow ventilation through the garret; each class room is also ventilated by means of air tubes having outlets through the cupola. Lexington, Va., July 27.—S. D. Swisher's dwelling, on Upper Kerr's creek, was struck by lightning, which tore off a part of the roof, chimney and set fire to the house, but was put out before any serious damage was done. Two of his sisters were in it at the time, but escaped injury. Mr. Swisher was at the granary, a short distance away, and was rendered unconscious for some time. His left arm was so injured by the shock that he was unable to use it. Two boys were near a well at the house and were hurled to the ground. The bolt is supposed to have passed over the granary before it struck the house. Huntingdon, W. Va., July 28.—Hamilton Runyons, of Marion, O., and Miss America Arthur, of Barboursville, W. Va., were fired on from ambush, it is thought, while driving near Long Branch late Thursday night. Runyons was fatally injured and Miss Arthur, her physicians say, cannot possibly recover. Her nose and part of her face are torn away. The person in ambush fired twice, the weapon used being a double barreled shotgun, which was loaded with slugs. Miss Arthur was spending the summer at Long Branch, a resort 20 miles south of here, and Mr. Runyons, to whom she was to have been married in September, arrived here Thursday to spend a few days. Raleigh, July 30.—A general election will be held in this state next Thursday, and the question of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution limiting the electoral franchise will be voted on. There is apparently little doubt as to the result of the election both as to the amendment and state ticket. It now seems to be simply a question of majority. The opponents of the amendment acknowledge that it will be adopted. As the amendment and the Democratic state ticket will run very close together the Populists and Republicans have practically abandoned their state ticket in an effort to elect a majority of the legislature and return Butler to the United States senate. During the first three months of the campaign they had two state tickets in the field, a straight Populist ticket and a straight Republican ticket. There was, however, all along perfect unity of action by the two state committees and an understanding between the leaders of the two parties that at the proper time before the election their tickets would be consolidated. This consolidated ticket, which is known as the "fusion ticket," was made up little more than a week ago, and has been printed and distributed. On it are three Republicans and eight Populists. The offices assigned to the Republicans are governor, attorney general and chairman of the 245 corporation commission. Dr. Thompson, Populist nominee for governor, has issued an open letter announcing his retirement in favor of Adams (Rep.). In this he practically concedes the defeat of the state ticket. Presence of Mind Saved a Life. Chicago, Aug. 1.—Harriet Snyder, the 5-year-old daughter of William E. Snyder, of Benton Harbor, fell 15 feet into the well of the walking beam of the steamer City of Milwaukee white off Chicago yesterday. She lay on a mass of heated oil and the steam chest, about to be crushed by the next swing of the massive beam, when she was rescued by the quickness and daring of an oller working at the engine. He saw the little girl fall, and before the arm could descend he had hurried within reach and had drawn her from danger. Her Electric Spark The young lineman twirled his hat in his hands in an agitated manner and spoke in a voice that seemed to have a tendency to get away from him. "Millie, the fact is, I—I—there's something I've been wanting to tell you a long time, but I can't seem to fetch it. When you look at me like that, you know, it breaks me all up. I've been coming here so long that I oughtn't to be afraid, I reckon, but—but you know how it is—or maybe you don't, either. I thought I could say it all right when I came in, but you're a little the livest wire I ever—I didn't think it would be so hard when I—" Here he came to a dead stop. "Millie!" he exclaimed, in desperation, "I'm short circuited! I've burned out a fuse!" "Jerry, are you trying to ask me to marry you?" "Why, of course I will, you foolish boy!" And love's current flowed unobstructedly again, lighting up with its pure radiance the rose-embowered pathway, that, etc., etc.-Chicago Tribune. Chicago's Half Mile of Babies. "Baby Boulevard" is the popular name of the long stretch of broad cement walk which skirts the west edge of Chicago's Lincoln park, from North avenue to Center street. An observant man, walking south, passed 28 baby buggies and met 82; in two buggies were howling twins. A Lincoln park policeman is authority for the statement that there are more babies trundled over this walk than over any other length of sidewalk in the city. He said in one day he checked up 214 fathers, doting mothers, nursemums and small brothers and sisters showing baby buggies, go-carts, wheeled chairs and perambulators over the cement slabs. "And that was only when I was in that part of the park; maybe five hours during the whole day. That was on a Saturday. On Sundays they come in droves."—Chicago Journal. A Feathered Weaver. Of our feathered weavers the Baltimore orbole is undoubted the most skillful. He swings his woven hammock at the very extremity of some overhanging branch, often in full view of the passer-by, quite inaccessible to most of his enemies. The beautiful nest is made of any suitable material which the bird happens to find. String, hair, grasses and plant-fibers are often used, but I once had the good fortune to find one which was made entirely of silk. The thread had been thrown from the windows of a near-by tapemill, and Lord Baltimore had been clever enough to take advantage of a rare opportunity. The result was that the lucky fellow provided a very aristocratic home for his mate and prospective family of little ones.—Ernest Harold Baynes, in Woman's Home Companion. Deception. The Man wore chin whiskers and spoke the agrarian dialect. But he was not a farmer. When the Bunco Persons had buncoed him, only to discover that he was not a farmer after al., they were very angry. "We've a good mind," they hissed, "to have you arrested for losing money under false pretenses!" The Man was thoroughly frightened, for this was in New York and he was well aware that the Bunco Persons were under police protection—Puck. What Cheer Rock Near Providence, R. I., is a rock in a cave that has an interesting tradition associated with it. The story runs that Roger Williams, the founder of the Rhode Island colony, on his banishment from Massachusetts, landed on this rock, where the Indians hailed him with the words "What cheer, Netop? (friend)."—Detroit Free Press. Joys of Matrimony Smith—Say, Smith, how is it that your wife always dresses in the latest style, while your clothes are generally seedy? Brown—Oh, that's easily explained. My wife dresses according to the fashion books, while I dress according to my bank book—Chicago Evening News. Had Heard of Them Before. Teacher—Yes; the constitution was adopted in 1789. Now, Johnny, can you tell us anything about the principles of American liberty? Johnny—Gee! I should say I could! Pap's been runnin' fer office ever since I kin remember—Puck. She—I will give you my answer in a month. He—But I won't be able to stay away from you for a month. "Then go and ask papa now and you won't be able to get around here for a month." Its Pull. Barber—Does de razzer pull, boss? Victim—Yes; but one of the spiral springs in the chair seems to be screwed so deep into my back that I don't think the razor can drag me out on the floor. —Judge. THE BICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Slow Work "Maria, you let that young Bobster stay last night until one o'clock." "But, mamma, you told me I must "But, mamma, you told me I must give him time to propose." "But five hours!" "Why, mamma, you know he stutters."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Contradiction. "Do you believe every man has his price?" "No, sir," answered Senator Sorghum; "that's a libel on human nature. Every once in awhile you find a man so rich he doesn't need any more money." —Washington Star. Acceptable. "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going a-wheeling, sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid?" "Yes, rubber is good for tires," she said. -N. Y. World. LETTING WELL ENOUGH ALONE. Customer—You enlarge photographs, don't you? Photographer—Yes, madam. Customer—Well, I wish you'd enlarge this one, but you may leave the nose as it is!—Filegende Blatter. The Danger. "It is a perfect little lamb," One often hears it said; And, many a time, the little lamb Grows up to be a "mutton-head." —Radford Review. The Voice of Experience. "Do hogs pay?" wrote the anxious inquirer to the editor of an agricultural paper. "Not if they can help it," replied the editor, who had just been looking over his list of delinquent subscribers.—N. Y. Journal. Their Secret. "Oh yes, they had been secretly engaged for at least a year before their marriage." "Who told you?" "Why, everybody knew it!"—Chicago Times-Herald. **Imitation Dog.** "Bixby's dog is a great imitator. He can stand on his hind legs and drink from a bottle." "I suppose he has often seen his master do that."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Fortunate Indeed "Well, Maggie," asked a teacher of a little girl, "how is it you are so late in coming to school to-day?" "Please, sir," was the reply, "there was a woe bairn cam' to oor hoose this mornin'." "Ahi!" said the teacher, with a smile, "and wasn't your father very pleased with the new baby?" "No, sir; my faither is awa' in Edinburgh the noo, an' disna ken about it yet; but it was a guild thing ma mither was at hame, for gin she had been awa' I wadna hae kent what tae dae wit'." St. Andrew's Gazette The Vernacular now that young German fel- me ter sie in our 'ouse six is agow? Well, w'en fust 'e come, I give yer my word 'e didn't know nothink but 'is own lengwidge; but we贝 learnin' im English, an' now 'e can speak it puffick-'jes the sime as wot you an' me can."—Punch. Love at First Sight. Goldstein—You may believe it or not, you vos der only girl— Miss Flamberg—Oh, don't gif me dot! "Der only girl I efer met vot der first ting I vanted to know vos not how mooch moneysh haf she got."— Puck. Not Guilty. Bad Burt (swaggeringly, in bloody Gulch hotel) — Wall, tenderfoot, I's pose you've killed your man? Algy Dwessy (the tourist, horrified)—Me? Oh, deah, no! Why, he's upstairs this verwier moment attending to me luggagel—Puck. His Last Hope Gone. "Alas!" sighed the oyster as he felt himself conveyed from the plate on the end of the table knife, "alas! this is an end to all my hopes of getting into good society."—What-to-Eat. Busy. It is first a nomination over which he has to fret. And next it's on election that his ardent friends are set. And when he gets elected and there's no where else to climb. He hustles to be chosen for the place another time. In the midst of all these duties which a statesman cannot shirk. You women here he gets the time to do his office work. —Washington Star. National Employment Agency. 27 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. 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This is certainly a most generous offer and the follow-up to men who have his daily mail show how men write him. "Dear Sir--Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your work thorough test and the benefit has been exact and completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize the difference. I am dear Sir--Your method worked beautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength and vigor have completely returned and enlargement is entirely satisfactory." "Dear Sir--Yours was received and I had not trouble in making use of the recept as distressed, and after a few days use can truthfully say, it is a boy, a weak man. I am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor." "All correspondence is strictly confidential, mailed in free sealed envelope. The receipt is free for the asking and he wants every man to have it." "A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER" Do you know that Mr. O. M. 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Finest quality Diamond Point 14k Gold Pen and the only Positively Perfect feeding device known to the science of fountain pen making. Any desired flexibility in fine, medium or stub. By mail, postpaid, upon receipt of $! You desire paye sent by registered mail, send 10 cents additional. SATURDAY, AUG 4, 1900 How a Man Can Live Nicely on Thirty Cents a Day. Young Stranger in New York Tells How He Managed to Exist Comfortably on Limited Capital-His Accounts Itemized. There is a man in New York who has been living on 30 cents a day, and declares he was extravagant at that; he might have lived cheaper. He is a young college graduate, and just now is in a position where he can afford better living. This is how he tells of his 30-cents-a-day experience in the St. Louis Republic: "I came to New York fresh from college and with small capital. I believed that with my college education I could succeed. I felt sure that I would obtain a foothold in a short time. Accordingly, I went to a boarding-house of the better class. My opportunity did not come as soon as I expected. I moved to a cheaper boarding-house. Still there was none to give me the work that I desired. I began to hunt for other work. No work and a capital of only ten dollars made me realize that something had to be done. I did it, and did it at once. I had a fair idea of the gaudy attractions of the Bowery, and incidentally of its cheap places of living. I decided that the Bowery was the only place for me in my distress. A place to sleep was the first consideration. After a canvass of a number of the place, I and one which was cleaned in the others. I obtained the right to see one of the boxes at the rate of 15 cents a night. The next question to be settled was the food problem. I decided to limit myself to 30 cents a day for food and lodging, and I never went hungry. For breakfast I spent five cents. My purchase was either coffee and crullers, coffee and soils, or a plate of that mystery called hash, without the coffee, but with an ample supply of bread. "My lunch cost nothing except a few hard words. I made a systematic tour "HOW MUCH?" I ASKED. of the saloons that served "Free Hot Lunch" and usually got a plate of soup and some bread or crackers. "Dinner was the great meal of the day. For ten cents I had meat, potatoes, coffee and bread and butter; sometimes I invested five cents more and had pie. The next night I ate five-cent hash to even up. "At one time it became necessary for me to replenish my wardrobe. I needed some new linen. This, including shirt, collar and cuffs, cost me 18 cents. A pair of shoes became a necessity and I visited one of the little underground shoe stores kept by an Italian. I explained my wants and he handed me a pair of shoes. "How much? I asked. "Putta on," was the reply. "I put them on and the Italian made the price $1.50. "Fifty cents," said I. With a most agonizing look the Italian emphatically declared that he could not sell them at that price. "As I was about to take them off he offered a compromise and the second-hand shoes became mine at a cost of 70 cents. "My total outlay for the five weeks on the Bowery was as follows: Lodging for 35 nights at 15 cents per night Meals for 35 days at 15 cents per day. 5 25 Shoes and linen ..... $8 Total ..... $11 38 "I had started out with ten dollars and a top coat worth $50. At the latter end of my life on the Bowery, I pawned the coat for two dollars. So after my five weeks' experience I still had 62 cents left as pocket money when I secured my present position. "Of course some can and do live cheaper on the Bowery than I did, but I paid my way and, considering the money spent, I lived in comparative luxury." An enterprising Philadelphia restaurant proprietor hung out a large black-board sign the other day, with the following announcement: "You can't beat our 15-cent dinner." The sign proved to be a good drawing card until a young man of humorous turn of mind came along. The latter, seeing the sign, stopped, and, after scrutinizing it closely, smiled one of those smiles which bode no one any good. He waited until none of the employees were watching, and, taking out his handkerchief, he erased the letter "b" from the word "beat." The transformation was complete, and it was not until a crowd had collected that the proprietor of the restaurant discovered why there was a larger crowd outside than inside. Few Divorces in Scotland. The court of sessions of Scotland granted 175 divorces in 1899. Two-thirds of the actions were brought by wives. Grit Proved More Valuable in His Case Than Guns. Released at the Foot of the Scaffold Just Because He Had More Real Gall Than His Less Gullty Confederates. "The nerviest chap I ever saw," said a western mining expert to a New York Sun reporter, "was a horse thief out in Nevada. It was 25 years ago at Pioche, Nev., which is off the map now, I guess, and the town was all torn up over the loss of horses by the depredations of thieves. Finally Mike Corey, a well-known Piochan, lost a fine bay mare and Mike thought enough of her to take active measures to get her back if possible and punish the thieves. He sent word out to all the camps and settlements, and in the course of several days he heard of the mare at Desert Spring, about 75 miles away. A man had bought her over there from a party he did not know. Mike made all the inquiries he could, and at last we had a 'round up,' that is, we put guards over the town and called on all the inhabitants for miles around to come in and be identified. Four hundred and fifty men reported and all were duly accounted for but three. These three could not satisfyly explain themselves, and they were locked up till we could have the Desert Spring man pass on them. He came and at once said that they were the crowd who brought the mare to Desert Spring. That was all the testimony we wanted and after a trial by a pick-up jury the three horse thieves were condemned to be hanged that same afternoon down at Big Tree, four miles from town. A procession was formed with the three prisoners in a wagon having a high seat for convenience at the hanging, and we moved off toward the scene of action in good order. Arriving there one man was seated in the wagon and driven under the limb of the tree with the rope dangling down from it, and when he was "DRIVE ON!" SAID SHORTY. properly adjusted for the application of the rope our leader took a blank book out of his pocket and addressed the prisoner. "What's your name?" says he. "I don't mean the name you go by out here, but your real name; the one they know you by at home?" "The prisoner gave his name as requested and it was not the same by which he was known in the west. "Now your address," continued the leader, after writing down the name. "The man begged and pleaded to be let go, making all sorts of promises, the leader in the meantime writing down all the facts he wanted for his final report. "Drive on," he said, briefly, to the man at the lines, and the horse thief was swung from the wagon seat and held up by the rope around his neck. "Then the wagon was driven around and the second man was put in, and when he was under the limb and the rope fixed, the leader took out his book and pencil and asked him the usual questions, winding up with: 'Now what have you got to say?' "He told such a pitiful story of wife and children and tompation and bad company that the crowd began to weaken. The leader closed his notebook with a snap. 'Drive on,' he commanded, and the next instant the prisoner was swinging and the wagon moved around for its third and last load. "This chap was an ugly, little sawed-off cuss, with a face like iron, and he had watched the entire proceedings without turning a hair. He stepped to his place and took his seat like a soldier facing a fort, although his arms and legs were tied and he could not move with much grace. The leader, as well as the rest of us, was more or less moved with admiration for his nerve, and when the old man took out his notebook and pencil he was quite pleasant in his manner. "Well, Shorty,' he said, addressing him familiarly, 'what have you got to say?' "Drive on," said the prisoner as calmly as if he had charge of the funeral, and the effect was so startling that the whole crowd broke into applause and asked for a stay of proceedings. It was a case of good hard nerve winning against big odds, and the prisoner was told he might have a chance for his life. He didn't break down, then, either, but said he would do nothing or say nothing until we had released him from the ropes around his arms and legs, and we soon had him loose. Then he told us that if we would let him have any old plug of a horse and ten hours' start he wouldn't ask odds of anybody. He got the horse and he got the start, and he got out of the country quick, and we never heard of him again, but I have always thought we let the worst one of the gang get away, simply because we had such a high regard for nerve." Good Thing In Certain Cases. Mrs. Henpeque (reading)—It says here that this new elixir of life will make a man live for 200 years! Mr. Henpeque—If I was a bachelor I'd buy a bottle—Puck. Realistic Value of Art. "Did you like my painting of 'A Rainy Day in Summer.'" "Yes; it reminded me that you have never brought back my umbrella."—Chicago Record. THE BICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND. VIRGINIA live right her in the north. 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ALLN Supreme Voyager, 884 W. 83rd Street, New York “Earompay ave. 1 1000 Ay esa eken } estar TZ ene “Thy word have I hid in mine heart that ‘Umight not sin against Thee.” ‘As @ firé to purify, As & light.to journey by, As a balm alt wounds to heal, For mine own and others’ weal, » As @ Vase of ointment sweet, ‘As a rule of life complete, Az 8 Seed to grow and bloom So that sin may find no room, As & song to banish fear, As @ spring of water clear, As the spirit’s armament, As supply for every wani— i By Thy graco assist me, Lord. In my heart to hide Thy Word. —R. 8. Thain, in Chicago Advance. HINDRANCES. “Bome of the Reasons People Do Not Go to Church, Especially in * Larger Cities. ‘A minister who labors in a district of the better class of tenements oceu- spied by the “middle class” spoke of the difficulty of building up acengrega- tion. A large proportion of the fam- ‘lies were formerly church members, and may nominally still be so, but they have fallen away from church inter- ests, and are with difficulty, if at all, recovered. If he could have what was formerly his own, he would hare a large congregation. ‘The class referred to nearly all come from Christian or church-affillated families. Zhe better and more intelligent young people, trained under church influences, are the ones who rise to the best middle \positions—earn good salaries and live comfortably, as the people in that dis- trict all do—and this accounts for the churchly origin of the great majority of them. ‘Che minister accounted for their Inck of interest in the churches in svarious ways, One was their habit of flitting at the beginning of the rent ‘year. If a family can find as good a “tenement as.they occupy for the same rental, freshly put in good order and clean, they prefer to move rather than to stay during the process of house sclesnitig and refitting. Having no par- ticular anchorage, they are easily in- -duced to change location. Local at- tachments do not form in a rented house, When church relations are broken loose two or three times they Decome too feeble to hold. There are no social ties to hold them to the schurch. A solid church can only be built among established homes. He thought this largely accounted for ab- wentecism. Asked if he did not thing ‘that other more general influences have large effect, his experience led his mind ‘to trace the power of other influences ‘back to those he had described. The salaried man, not strongly drawn to the church, claims one day of outing aud breathing, so he goes and takes his amily to the parks or to the country; or to dine with old friends, makes a social or an out-door day of it—and it 4g not easy to break in upon this habit when once formed. Asked. how he tried to counteract these influences, he said his methods were largely social— attempts to renew the old attachments and to form new ones by pastoral ac- quaintance avd service; and by thor- ongh preparation for his pulpit and midweek meetings. ‘These are local conditions. They are not muflicient to explain the expiration and dissolution of such a church as our old Chicago Fifth, and the halt of the denominations generally. Is there an enfecblement or partial paralysis ‘of the religious instinct? This is hard~ ly supposable. It is more probable thaf'it is seeking new forms of grati- fication—that it is finding expression more consonant with itself than that which the churehes afford, that it is setting up new gods and new ideals to worship—each after bis kind, like the eld Semites, each family of which had Sts own teraphim; the great god ‘among all of which is Mammon. If so, he-will be found to be a bad god, whose altars smoke with human sacrifices. Let those who love God thank Him most that. He condescends to dwell with them.—Chivaro Inteniar GEMS OF THOUGHT. God uses the chaff to protect the wheat—Ram’s Horn. : dfaman cannot be a Christian in the Place where he is, he cannot be a Christlan anywhere. — Henry Ward Beecher. ‘Srayeler to God's last city, be giad that you are alive, Re thankful for the city at your-door, and for the chance to-bulld its walls a little nearer Heav- en before you go.—Drummond. Many Christians’ live and do in this world as if religion was but a by-busi. ness and this world the one thing neces- sary; when, jodeed, all the things of ‘the world are but things by the by,and religion on!y the one thing needful.— Joka Bunyan. Obedience must be the struggle and Gesire of our life. Obedience, not hard and forced, but ready, loving and spon- taneous; the doing of duty, not merely that the duty may be done, but that the soul in doing it may become capable of Feeelving and uticring God. Phillips Brooks. Discipleship to Christ is not « long Ia- bor, or a long pathway, at the end of which we secure 2 reward in payment for what wo have, one. It is a life which has its inheritance, ag its birth- right, at the outset, and moves forward Sin the conscious possession of it.—Tim- othy Dwight, — .—*S i Every-Day Life. caeigen (at front window)— Policeman—Yes, ma'am. ‘What's ‘wrong, ma'am? ‘Mra, D'Avnoo—Nothing’s wrong: but T wish you'd step into the kitchen and itell the cook not to burn the mest, as she did last night. I'm afraid to— By. ¥. Weekly. ‘There Are Others. “That's = coéy-lookng couch, old man.” “Yes, but I never go near it.”” | “What's the matter?” “Well, there are only three pillows that I'm allowed to put my head on, ‘and I can't stand the wear and tear of ‘picking them out from tae other seven,"—Bultimore American. On the Mond to Greatness. |. “Well,""asked-the acquaintance, “how Js that boy of yours getting along at college?” ; ST tell you,” sald the proud father, jwho had just returned from a visit to {the young man, “Arth’s getting to be la good deal of aawell. He plays lawn ‘tennis and says “by Jove!’ "—Chicajge (Tribune. BASEN Saely 1 SithodsSlaen Wedeaaan tne tien | “What a change one woman can make in @ man’s life!” sighed a forlorn youth. “That's right, my boy,” rejoined his juncle, who had been married for a number of years, “and what lot of change she requires while doing stt"— Chicgo Daily News, Said Behind His Back. “Did you say that politician was a queer: fish?” “Yes,” anawered the precise man. “But perhaps the metaphor is open to question. ‘There's nq doubt about his being as slippery as a fish. But he hasn't nearly so much backbone.”"— Washington Star. Nothing in Tt “They are telling some dreadful stories about her,” whispered Mrs. ‘Talkspreader. “But I don't think sho fs really wicked,” replied Mrs, Mollify. “She's just curious."—Philadelphia_ North American. Iva an Hl Wind, Bte. Mae—Little brothers are a nuisance. ‘They are always about when they are not wanted. - Ethel—Yes, but then they sometimes come in very handy as witnesses in breach of prothise suits —N. ¥. Jour- ‘nal, PF ere. Doctor—I never dare act cheerful when I'm out im society. Doctor's Friend—Why not? Doctor—It I do, you see, all my pa- tients whe owe me money think some lother patient has just paid me a big bill—Chicago Record. A Measure of Success. Friend—Oh, by the way, 1 have been curious to know whether you were sne- cessful with that strange patient you \Were treating last winter. Doctor—I was, partially. He has ‘paid almost half of his bill —Philadel- phia Catholic Standard and Times. ' Indolence. In oft he Bevirsly’ to econemion, ‘His struggles with dismay we view | To make a day's work do for two, Washington Star. i EE CRYING xEED. ‘ ! A | 2 i ine ES 9 = «WOU Roly | WY deat . t eR < Ue A Re | | 1 : ess Nez) NY! KY 4 ‘Husband—My dear, we must econo mize and buy only the mdst necessary ‘things! Wife—All right; then I shall buy myself a new hat to-morrow; that's ‘the thing most necessary just now!— ) Fiiegende Blaetter. You Know Him. ;, One ertaaent Vimeo oo wow Sa erreurs ne And says: “Don't let me interrupt,” Tniags anata anaes Seageys ons wiesecilon wictaee! “My husband anticipates all my wishes,” said Mrs. Vandereamp, “So does mine,” ndded Mrs, Welrichs, “but I am one of those that prefer realization to anticipation.” — Town Topics. Coald Het Wellt ~ “Could you do the landlord of the ‘Lady of Lyons” " asked the manager of a seedy actor. “Well, I should think I might; 1 have done good many landlords.”— Boston Traveler, Dixcreditably Light-Hearted. Smith—What © happy woman your wite is. Jones — Yes; I've noficed that, it makes a woman ‘cheerful when she's, got the upper hand of’a man perman- ently—Chieago Record. ieald* te thé’ Neetaedane Knicker—Jones is a self-made man. Ho wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Docker—Maybe that’s why he has his knife in it now.—Brooklyn Life, ‘Foo Mack, “He seems to be a promising young man.” “Oh, yes; be always bas a suit for breach 6” promise on hin kande."— Philadelphia Butletin. At the Mastoale. Miss Pounder (at the plano)—It you would all talk "ti the same key I could accompany You «6 much better.—Ralti- ‘more Amerienn, ‘The Ident iden, Yale Senlor—Will you—will you be “my ideal wite? + ae 7 IPE RI eee ELANET.RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. a m —sij | pamer, SHR Ms UeFote fettowers gave |) come fam? Now, ant Bhi ‘their lives to save the army, which |! take off his bat te 5 Rear het ‘they did save, the latter sacrificed the | /se drammy dat de, Weve LIE, of lives of his men for nanght, as the [in de control wag SRR, Pee rey ronalt. ots Seebion nee omer: Seaey as pee aR ee x . H. Tarbell, in Troy Times. ister jam co PE Ee OUTS ———_— [Teckeep ent tell "en oS a HEROIC OLD SCOUNDREL. _| !1oose;’ en pay de es "D ~ 5 jtwo dollars, an c ‘That Was What They Caltea te |jhome, ez pleasans 04 Major But He Kaew How t tic KEENAN'S CHARGE. oma Pee eee —— eas Long Roi How kone Mem Save@ the Union Army “There wasn't a man at the officers’ One hundred mil at Chancellorsville by a Deed mess but despised the major,” said an |/a roll of that len ad Mntabines nten Gl pieces exptnie tthe ce eee ee ae |. This stirring story in rhyme recalls ‘a sad though heroic incident of the battle of Chancellorsville. Gen. How- ard’s corps (the Eleventh) had been surprised and put to a disastrous rout by Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson's army. in that unsurpassed fiank movement which will go down upon the pages of history as one most remarkable. Gen. Birney's division of Gen. Sickles’ corps (the Third) wan the first to feel the shock of the terrible disaster from the victorious foe. Gen. Birney turned to Gen. Pleasanton, that superbcavalry leader, who happened to be near by, to atem the tide until he could get his men in position. Thio is touchingly and strikingly portrayed in the follow- ing verses written by an unknown an- ‘thor soon after the battle: KEENAN'S CHARGE. (Chancellorsville, May 2, 186%.) ‘Tho sun had set: ‘The leaves with dew were wet— Down fell a bloody dusk On the woods, that second of May, ‘Where Stonewail's corps, Uke @ beast of prey, ‘Fore through with angry tusk. “They've trapped us, boys!” Rose from our flank a voles: t With a rush of steel and smoke ‘On camo the rebels straight, ‘Bagor as love and wild as hate, ‘And our lines reeled and broke; Broke and fled. No one stayed but the dead! ‘With curses, shrieks and cries ‘Horses and wagons and men ‘Tumbled back from shuddering glen, And above us the fading skies. ‘There ts one hope still— ‘Those batteries parked ae allt : “Battery, wheel!" (mid Toar) Pass pieces fix, prolong to fre Retiring. “Trott” in the panic dire. A bugle rings “Trot!"—and no more. ‘The horses plunged, ‘The cannon lurched and lunged To join the hopeless rout. But suddenly rode a form Calmly in front of the human storm, ‘With a stern, commanding shout: “Align those guns!” (We knew it was Pleasanton’s). (The cannoncers bent to obey, ‘And worked-with a will at hie word: And the black guns moved as if they bad heard. But, ah! the dread delay! “To wait is ertme: ‘© Goa! for ten minutes’ time!” The generat looked around. ‘There Keenan sat, like « atone, With his three hundred horse alone, Less shaken than tho ground. “Major, your men—* ware soldiers, general.” “Then Charge, major! Do your best. ‘Hold the enemy back at all coat, ‘TAL ay ‘guns aro placed, clan the army te rome. ? You'll die to save the rest!” ‘Then by the shrouded gleam of the west- ‘em skies Brave Keenan looked into Pleasanton’s eves For an instaat, clear and cool and still, ‘Then with a smile sald: “I win!” “Cavalry, charge!" Not a man of them ‘ahrank, ‘Their sharp, full cheer, trom rank on rank, Rose foyously, with a Willing breath— Rose like a greeting hati to death. ‘Then forward they sprang, and spurred ‘and clashed: Shouted the officers tn crimson aash'd; Rode well the men, each Drave ax his fel- ow In their faded coats of blue and yellow. ‘And above tn the air with an inatinct true, Like a bird of war thelr pennon flew. ‘With a clank of scabbards and a thunder ‘of steeds, And Blades that shine Ike aunltt reeds, And strong brown faces bravely pale 4 | hi VAD dif a_i re ica, Nose ate fa Wiseaeeet ot Nery? oar eat - Re rea ee awh Cae Rey LN , VN RO alee POTN, et tay ee. ee Catyay” Mad ke ate Gig Stee Me Sigel Gee Tele ate ees For tear their proud attempt shall fail, ‘Three hundred Pennsylvanians close. ‘On twite ten thousand gallant foes. Line after line the troopers camo To the edge of the wood that was ring’@ with flame, Rode in and sabered sind shot and fell; And no one came back his wounds to tell. And full in the mldst-roee Keenan, tall 4a the gloom, lke martyr awaiting his I, While a’ circle-stroke of his saber swung Round his head, ltke.a halo there, luminous une. * Line after tine; aye, whote platoons, Struck dead in’ their saddles of brave dra- Roona By the maddened horses were onward borne, And into tho vortex flung, trampled and torn, As Keonap fought with his mon, side by ide. : So they rode til there was no more to ride. But, over them, lying there shattered and mute ‘What deep echo rolls? “Tis 'a death salute From the cannon in place; fer heroes, you braved Not tn vain; the army wax saved! Over them now—year following year— Over their graves the pane cones fall, And Use whip-poor-vill chants his specter cals; But they stir not ‘again: they. raise no cheer— They have ceased. But this glory. etal! new=r cease, Nor their light be quenched fm the light of. peace: The tush of chefr charge te resoundtog stil: ‘Thatsaved the army at Chendellorsville. “The Charge of the Light Lrigade” ut Balaklava kas been su: ¢ the world over a¥ written in that ma:cblesb verse of Lord Tennysch, Yet Maj. Keenan's gharge at Chancellorsyit!é. with bis 300 gallant Pevnsylranians, will go down upon ihe brightest. pages of history as an-examplo of unsucpassed) bravery and troe‘heroism. cow paring ta f ‘Lord es ; vaer with Ms herote followers gave their Iven to save the army, which ‘they did save, the latter sacrificed the lives of bis men for naught, as the result of a blunder of a staff officer— D. H. Tarbell, in Troy Times. HEROIC OLD SCOUNDREL. That Was What They Called tne Major Bat He Knew How to Fight. “There wasn't a man at the officers’ mess but despised the major,” said an of army captain, relates the New. ‘Work Sun, talking to some friends the other night. “We all felt that he dis- tinctly lowered the social tone of the regiment. He was sullen and loutish and slovenly, with the air of a man ‘who had proved false in some crisis jand who had a grudge against fate for his own misdeeds. He was full of mean, contemptible ways. Besides, che drank heavily and would lie for days ata time in a drunken stupor. “We would have got rid of him on ‘charges but for the fact that he could ‘fight. It wee in the early days of the -/- wif E : Wy] \ wD Iya eee | 1% < ee Ui 3S J 4 } ES he ave So kee \ eee = Seep ony (oe A NaOH ZA ie BOHeeruroRk campaign in the Tennessee valicy, and there was plenty of fighting to do. ‘Im battle the major became another man. The boys forgot his ugly and contemptible ways, and I guess the major himself did. Then we got a iglimpse of the man as he must have ‘been before some great trial spailed jhim. His eyes lost their dull and lmy look and blazed beneath his shaggy brows, and under his soiled ‘uniform his frame took on the com- ‘manding lines of the soldier. In the noise and smoke his manhood had » teief and savage resurrection. “Somehow, before the regiment Anew it, on such ogcasions, it was fol- lowing the major lickety-split in dashing charge, or taking his orders as !t stood grimly in line waiting at- ‘tach. ‘The colonel and lieutenant colo- nel, good fellows though they were, did ouly a thinking part. It was the major who was doing all the fight- ing, and the boys knew it. “After every battle we would treat ,the major with respect for a little ‘while. Our regiment was winning glory. The colonel got the thanks of ‘congress and the general of the brig- ‘ade got a promotion, but we all knew ‘it was that mean cuss, the major, who did it. We tried to be nice to him, Dut he always spoiled things. Once we actually got up a banquet in his honor, after he had led the regiment brilliantly in three successive days of fighting in the woods, But he drank shimself under the table and into a prolonged debauch, and the next day ‘the regiment went into battle under the colonel and was on the run until nightfall. “I think we were all relieved when the major disappeared once for good. Tt made the officers’ mess more con- genial. But the regiment never amounted to much after that, While it began the war brilliantly, it ended ie fn disgrace, and our brigadier is unofficially on record with the state- ment that the only good charge we made in those last years was-once on the sutler's tents. The war depart- ment never knew why our record was so uneven. It was dll on account of that heroic old scoundrel, the major.” Status of the Brigadicr, In January, 1862, when Judah P. Benjamin was secretary of war of the confederacy, in reply to an ingniry from the chairman of the military committee of congress, he announced that the construction placed by. the war department on the law was that bfigadier generals were not ofticers, generally, indepenceritly of any par ticular command; but,on the con- trary,-under section six of the act of March 6; 1861, held their offices “only while the brigades were in service.” According to this ruling: says the Chicago Chronicle, sot a few so-called brigadier generals !yst their rank ahd ititle when not in s:rvice with a brig- ade. “In practice,” added Mr. Secre- tary Benjamin, “the assignment >of brigadier generals kas been made by the president. where. the body. of troops did not excred the number sufficient for a sincle brigade; as, for instance, Gen, Withers. at Mobile,-or Gen. Lawtou at S2yanagh. . A, brig- adier general is never appointed with- ‘out ascertaming: in wdeance'that there are a sufficient number of regiments ready to form a brigade for the gen- ¢Fal_so appointed,” A Confession of Wenkneay. Fretting is a perpetual confession of weakness.—Chieago Dally News, Weether Disease so “De folks what sive in do north,” said Brother Dickey, “is so perlite ter 4 cullud man hit alos’ takes. de (breath outen ‘im! Dey calla. you ‘Mister,’ en de ol’ 'coman “Misties,’ en some er dem go so fur ex ter take off dey hatter you en pass de time's day, des lak’ a cullud man waz some boty: Ter day I met one er ‘em! jen be li his beaver so high I wu |"fraid-de English sparrows would btil @ nes’ in it! But w'en I ax ‘im fer fa dime, ter git my dram, he say he sorry, but he done swear off. Den, | wien T ax ‘im fer some "bacea, he pase (he don’t chiw it; but gimme match, en he say I kin light @ se-git wid dt, ef ever T gite one! Now, how \diffunt dat in om Master William! Wren he wuz arunmin” fer de Tegie, “he 'say: ‘Heah, you Black tellin ot skiMl, you! aa Sete ernie eas See come fum! Now, Mr. William didn™ ‘take off his bat ter me, but he git me so drammy dat dey gin me a free ride in de control wagon, en fine mee: heavy ez ef I been 8 white man; ex Mister William come down ter de ols lock-up en tell em: “Tu'n dat nigge loose;” en pay de fine, en gimme n’et two dollars, en cuss ‘me all de way Thome, ez pleasans ez could be!”—At Janta Constitution. : Long Roll of Paper. One hundred miles without a break—- a roll of that length was made at ‘Lioyd’s paper mills at Sittingbourne in Kent, last year by the first Ameri can machine introduced into England ‘The Sittingbourne roll is over three times the length of the 3i-mile rol ‘which previously was the longest of record, and which was made by. the Racquette River Paper company at it paper mills at Potsdam, N.Y. A roll o} sper 14 miles In length and 96 inche Eotetath, or ten inches wider than th /Bacquette company’s roll, was shows .at_ the Pittsburgh exposition. T “welghed 2,058 pounds, and was called ‘the Jumbo roll, because when it was be ‘mg moved it required the united atrength of 12 strong men to put { into the wagon,—Cincinnati Enquirer 0) SA ely RE ERE “What's your name, young man?” toguired ea emploperiet 40. epplicen for @ post as boy. “Revelations, sir,” was the reply. “Funny-name that. Whose inspira ‘tion was Revelations?” “Well, {¢ was like this,” said th ‘boy. “My eldest brothers were trip lets, and they were christened Mat thew, Marx and Luke, so father thought hé'd better stick to the Nev ‘Testament, and when I was bor: bay got through it.” “Were you the last, then?” _ “Lest but one, sir; they went to th Old Testament for the baby an called him ‘Numbers.’ —Londo Spare Moments. Out of the Ordinary. The -two old friends, as has beer narrated before, met’ again afte ‘years of separation. “By the way, Brown,” said Jones “do you remember that snub-nosed -cross-eyed little Tilbury girl with « face on her that would derail an ex ‘press train? She used to live some ‘where in your neighborhood, I think,’ | “O, yes, I remember her perfectly, replied Brown. | “Whatever became of her?” | “Tam sorry to disappoint yon ‘Jones"—here is where’ the _variatior ‘comes in—“but I have not the slight est idea. I didn't marry her."—Lon don King. rik al dia il | Miss Gush—Do you uke classical music, Mr. Souraropp? Mr. Sourdropp—Yes. “O, Iam so glad. Do you not find in ft great inspiration, sublime thought and trve beauty?” “Not exactly. I like it because ne biithering idiot can beat time to it with his foot."—Daltimore American. 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From Norfolk, Sat 168 ¥. a. Batigexoope Salay trom Pee 655.2. Me, Dally bso Norfolk, Suffolx and Pouarsbarg’ Ta52.M., Dally. rom Sami, Port tam Ban 2teergtitn Sarasa, argon si panna O80F M, Daly fom eee irae burg, and West, 7. M, EMERSOR, B, KENLY, ‘Tradlc Manages. x mamesnaere .G W. LEWIS, avntecbe oe Te Oak Tee eapare Lossiten exXsmined. 8p cial THE PLANET SATURDAY, AUGUST 4. 1900 MESSAGE FROM CONGER Col. Daggett Forwards a Telegram From Our Minister in Pekin. DEOLARES FIRING CEASED JULY 16 Dispatch Sent by Lieut. Col. Coolidge, However, Indicates That Firing Still Continues—Europe Now Believes the Legationers Safe. Washington, Aug. 1—Doubt has given way to a feeling akin to certainty that the legationers at Pekin and the gallant marines who managed to reach the Chinese capital just in the nick of time were not only alive on July 22, but, in all probability, are still alive and likely to remain so until they are released from their state of siege. The officials here feel certain that the attack by the Chinese on the legationes will not be renewed. Adjustant General Corbin yesterday received a dispatch from Lieut. Col. Coolidge, commanding the Ninth infantry at Tien Tsin. It came by way of Chefoo, and contained a copy of a letter written by Lieut. Col. Shibi, military attach at the legation of Pekin. The letter is dated July 23, and urges the hurrying of reinforcements. It declares the legations have been attacked continuously since the 20th, and that the number of foreigners killed is 60 in all. Last evening the war department received two more telegraphs from China, signed by Col. Daggett and dated Tien Tsin, July 27. According to these telegraphs a message just received from Mintser longer says that since the 16th, by agreement the has been no firing. The legations have provisions for several weeks, but little munition." The allies are soon to advance. Practically no looting by Americans. No unnecessary killing. A rather startling proposition was advanced yesterday which, if adopted, might put at once to the test the Chinese profession that the Boxers, and not the Chinese government, are responsible for what has happened in Pekin. This was to the effect that the international force was prepared to take that government at its word and to join forces with it inscrunching out the insurrection. The kernel of just the proposition is to be found in the last condition laid down by the president in his reply to the appeal of the Emperor Kwang Su and there may be a development in that direction speedily. The official confirmation of the news that Minister Conger is safe and well, coupled with the statement that he has provisions for several weeks and that the firing on the legation has ceased was welcome intelligence, though not unexpected in view of news. The information from Col. Daggett was aptly telegrambed to President McKinney at Canton, who has been advised of the receipt of messages always as soon as they reach here. A DANGEROUS PROBLEM Confronting the Allies in the Proposed March to Pekin. London, Aug. 1.—A sensational Shanghai correspondent still hints that the Chinese are juggling with dates, but in face of the constantly accumulating evidence that the ministers were safe on July 22, and despite the omission from all the dispatches of anxiously desired information regarding the real situation, political and otherwise, at Pekin, there are very few in London who do not believe the dispatches genuine and reliable. The allies now confront a most difficult and dangerous problem. Without doubt the ministers are held by the Chinese as hostages, and the outcome of the advance on Pekin, which, in all probability, has already begun, will be awaited with intense anxiety. Today's dispatches show that the allies, notably the Japanese, have been pushing their preparations with feverish haste. The Chinese are strongly entrenched at Wang Tsun, from which position, however, it is believed they can be ejected without great difficulty. The danger is that, if defeated there, the Chinese will retire on Pekin and put the remainder of the Europeans to death. The governor of Shantung has telegraphed to United States Consul Fowler, at Chefoo, that the tsuang-li-yamen directs him to notify the consuls that "as the military operations at Pekin and Tien Tsin are unsettled" only messages in plain language, without cipher or reference to military affairs, will be delivered to the ministers. Dixon's Arm Broken in Prise Fight. New York, Aug. 1.—The one time invincible George Dixon succumbed to Tommy Sullivan, of Brooklyn, at Coney Island last night in their battle at 122 pounds. The end came as the men shaped for the seventh round, when "Tom" O'Rourke, Dixon's chief second, admitted defeat for his man, and claiming that his left arm was disabled refused to permit him to continue. Dixon was getting all the worst of the body punching each was administering. Upon examination Dixon's left arm was found to be broken in two places. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Otto Methal, of Chicago, was killed and 14 passengers injured in a wreck on the Southern Illinois road near Benton, Ills., yesterday. Mrs. Mary I. Bonney Rambout, a well known worker and educator among the Indians, is dead at her home in Hamilton, N. Y., aged 84 years. Harry B. Metcalfe, Prohibition nominee for vice president, was formally notified of his nomination last night in Carnegie Hall, New York, by Dr. Samuel Dickie. Andrew Carnegie is trying to railway so that it may become an auxiliary of the Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie road. Friday, July 27. A bolt of lightning killed seven head of cattle on the farm of Thomas Beatty, near Wilmington, Del. Germany's imports last month reached 4,900,665 tons, an increase of 105,715 tons, and the export* reached 2,600,527 tons, a decrease of 10,903 tons. Two years ago L. B. Scott, a law student of Hamilton, Ont., saved Miss Nerschoyle, of Los Angeles, Cal., from drowning at Atlantic City. She died romancing him $7,000. The total value of ammonium, gold and silver exported from Manila, Cebu and Iloilo, Philippine Islands, the only ports of entry during the calendar year 1899, amounted to $19,265,091. Saturday, July 28. A wreck on the Pennsylvania road at St. David's station, near Philadelphia, demolished 20 coal cars. Cause, a broken wheel. At Santiago, Cuba, a firm of American contractors is advertising for 4,000 laborers to begin work on the Central railroad on Nov. 1. It is said an important discovery of copper has been made in northern Natal, and that the lode is reported to be four feet wide. Despondent, Thomas Cavanaugh, 43 years old, committed suicide with a shotgun at his Philadelphia home. The left side of his face was torn away. The national committee of the National (gold standard) Democrats decided not to fuse with anti-imperialists and will make no presidential nomination. The antis will name a ticket at Indianapolis Aug. 14. Monday, July 30. Senator Wellington, of Maryland, announces that he will oppose the reelection of President McKinley. E. G. Rathbone, ex-director of posts in Cuba, was arrested in Havana for alleged crookedness. He is out on bail. The Labelle-Jefferson furnace, at Staubenville, O., operated by the National Steel company, has closed for an indefinite period. Former Assemblyman Eben Winton, one of the oldest newspaper men in New Jersey, died yesterday at his home in Newark, aged 78. Ten Eyck, the champion amateur carman, declares he will not row at Parsi because his club (the Wachuset) has been unfairly treated. In the Goebel murder conspiracy trial at Georgetown, Ky., ex-State Secretary Caleb-Powers admitted bringing armed mountaineers to Frankfort, but denied usung murder. Tuesday, July 31. Farmers in the northwest have appealed to the railroads for help in obtaining men to harvest. For defying a strike injunction, Thomas Brennan was sent to jail at Springfield, Ills., for 90 days. Steam tug Templar blew up at Baltimore, killing Engineer Jeremiah Moore and Fireman C. E. Wood. It is asserted that a strike of 24,000 puddlers throughout the country is probable. They demand increased pay. Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of Massachusetts, has been offered the post of ambassador to Italy, vice William F. Draper, resigned. Harley Wheleyplain, 16 years old, was drowned near Muskegon, Mich., in a futile attempt to rescue his playmate, 15-year-old Earl Harris. John - H. Cummings of Janesville, Wis., and Carrie M. Anderson of Fort Atkinson, both blind, have just married after 20 years courtship. Wednesday, Aug. 1. George Daniels, United States consul at Hull under President Harrison's administrations, died in London yesterday. Anti-imperialists vigorously denounce Senator Hoar for his announced intention to support President McKinley for re-election. Governor Beckham, of Kentucky, will call an extra session of the legislature the last of this month to amend the Goebel election law. John Nelson defeated Jimmy Michael by five yards in the 20 mile paced bicycle race at Charles River Park, Boston, last night. Time, 33:03 1-5. The British court will go in mourning for King Humbert from Aug. 2 to Aug. 23 and for the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from Aug. 2 to Sept. 13. GENERAL MARKETS New York Live Stock Market. New York, July 31. Beeves steady to feeling; cables unchanged; shipment made; lambs and cattle; beef. Calves quiet; veals steady, some late arrivals unsold; veals, $4.50/77; butermiks nominal. Good sheep firm; commercial lambs; lambs medium grades easier; sheep, $4.80; export wethers, $5.25; lams, $4.75/84; culls, $4.49/59; no choice here. Hogs nominally staved at $.65/64; choice light state hogs, $5.80. Final Act in Boundary Dispute. Managua, Nicaragua, July 25.—Amid great military, civil and religious pump the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican government engineers and Gen. E. P. Alexander, of South Carolina, arbitrator of the boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, appointed by President Cleveland, signed yesterday, in the presence of a large and distinguished company, the maps delimiting the boundary recently agreed upon. This ceremony terminated a dispute which has often threatened war between the two governments during the last 40 years. Big Elevator Destroyed by Fire. Buffalo, July 25. —Fire last night destroyed the Eastern elevator, which is situated on the island opposite the foot of Washington street. The elevator and its contents were valued at $750,000, and are a total loss. The cause of the fire was not learned. There was no explosion preceding the fire. Carpenters and painters had been at work in the building, and it is possible that some one of them dropped a THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA Law of Moses. One of the most peculiar courts of justice in the United Kingdom is the Beth Din, as it is called, over which Very Rev. Dr. Adler, chief rabbi of England, who completed his sixty-first year on May 30, presides. It is held once a week in a building near Leadenhall street, city, and there the Jewish people submit their quarrels and cases to the arbitration of Dr. Adler and two others. It was in the same way that Moses used to adjudicate upon the differences of the children of Israel of course, the decisions of the Beth Din are not legally binding, but all who come before the court are asked to sign a form accepting the decision of the judges as final. Dr. Adler was born in Hanover, and has been chief rabbi since 1891, when he succeeded his father, who had held the position for 46 years. He was educated partly in England, however, and was at University school with John Morley and the late Sir Julian Goldsmid, the Jewish millionaire.-Golden Penny Magazine. What They Said "Did the girls say anything when they heard of my engagement?" she asked, with a little curiosity. "Very little," was the reply of her dearest friend. "But they said something?" "Oh, yes; they said something." "Well, what was it?" "Well, most of them merely exclaimed: 'At last!'" There was a pause and then she askel: "Well, what did some of the others say?" "One of them said: 'Who'd have thought it?' Another: 'Will wonders never cease?' and a third—" "Oh, never mind the rest," interrupted the flancee. "I never did have much curiosity."—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Curls Facts About Hair Curious Facts About Hair Growth. A foreign investigator has studied the growth of the hair under careful conditions and has demonstrated some curious facts. The hair was cut close to the head in patches and the check to growth lasted about a month, after which normal growth was restored. The average rate of growth was half an inch a month. Each pair of hairs formed a distinct group, in which one hair takes the lead in growth for awhile, then the other, alternating in growth during life and falling out finally in a similar succession. The life period of a hair is from two to six years, in which time it grows 20 to 40 inches, the most rapid growth being in the middle of the period.—Detroit Free Press. Trials of a Debutante "Her father and mother and two brothers had coached and advised and criticised her to a degree that she couldn't cross a room without tripping, she simply felt all feet and elbows. She couldn't even speak grammatically Once there was a Mr. Armatt, immensely clever, brought up and introduced to her, who casually remarked: 'I was at So-and-So's last night,' and what do you suppose she answered? 'Was you?' Upon which he simply stared and never came near her again, probably taking it for granted she couldn't make herself understood in English. Just fancy—was you?" "Lippottcino. An Amateu> Fisherman Bride's Little Brother (to bridegroom)—Did it hurt you much when she did it? Bridegroom—What hurt me? "The hook. Did it get into your lip?" "I don't know what you mean, Johnny." Bride's Mother—Leave the table this instant, Johnny. Bride's Little Brother—What for? I only wanted to know if it hurt him. You said that sis had fished for him a long time, but she hooked him at last, and I wanted to know if—"N. E. Magazine. Whitefield Church The remains of George Whitefield, the founder of Calvinistic Methodism, lie in a vault under the pulpit of Whitefield church, more familiarly known as Old South church, in Newburyport, Mass. Whitefield lived between 1714-1770. The church contains a noted whispering-gallery, said to be equaled only by that at St. Paul's, London. It is also noted for its extremely slender spire.-Detroit Free Press. Not Equal to the Effort. Cholly—I say, Algie, who is that vulgah person on the othah side of the sweet? Algie—Weally, my deah boy, you'll have to excuse me. I'm so beastly fatigued that I can't look fathah than the middle of the bloomin' street, doncher know.—Chicago Evening News. Looking Ahead "So long as mother is willing that I should marry you," said the sweet thing, "papa can be easily won over." "Er—ah—do the women folks always rule in your family?" asked the young man—Philadelphia North American. Responsibility Fixed Mrs. Rash - I hate to take a ten-dollar bill when I go to buy a spool of thread. Mrs. Dash - You do? Why? "Oh, the clerk that waits on me always coaxes me to spend the rest of it." - Indianapolis Journal. Her Coo. Mrs. Hoon—Mrs. Nicekind has a very sweet and pleasant voice, hasn't she? Mr. Hoon—Yes; I understand she always calls her husband downstairs as if there was company in the parlor.— Judge. He Was One of Them Mom from New York —my father spent a good deal of time with me that Miss van Swell —I've understood that you had an expensive education— Judge. Very Neatly Ent. A city man complained bitterly of the conduct of his son. He related at length to an old friend all the young man's escapades. "You should speak to him with firmness and recall him to his duty," said the friend. "But he pays not the least attention to what I say. He listens only to the advice of idiots. I wish you would talk to him." ence, and possessing the confidence of the colored race, we have met with grand success, which has excited the cupidity of the unprincipled, who, to get your money, are putting on the market vile nostrums, injurious to the hair and skin, and dangerous to health and life. Be warned; don't send your money to get only in return a mass of lard and tallow and animal fats, that injure your hair and cause it to fall out, destroy its growth, and cause you to become bald. Deal with a legitimate firm, who will treat you fairly and give you value for your money. We do solemnly swear that our remedies are true to all we claim for them; that they do not contain any animal fat or injurious drugs, and we will return the money for every case of disas-faction. We refer to Metropolitan Bank, Richmond, Va., or to the editor of this paper. The word OZONO and the cuts shown in this advertisement are registered as our trade-mark in U. S. Patent Office. Any infringement will be promptly prosecuted. OZONO positively straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky, Stubborn, Harsh, Refractory Hair. No injurious hot irons are necessary to produce this effect. OZONO does the work alone, and the use does not have to be kept up after the hair becomes stright, and washing the hair hastens the treatment, doing it good in every way. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, and all itching, running, scaly, humilbiting Scalp Diseases; causes the hair to grow long and straight, soft, fine, and beautiful as an April morning. Price, 50c a box, 4 boxes does the work. GZONO cannot fail. Read our grand offer: Cut out this advertisement and send to us with $1.00, and we will send you immediately four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which makes rough skin soft and brightens up black skin; two bottles of one bottle of SKIN FOOD, which removes Wrinkles, Freckles, Moth Patches, Tan, Liver Spots, Small-Poison Birthmarks, etc. It makes the aged look young, and the young look younger. We will also, to show our liberality, include a package of ANTI-OSOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body—such as feet, arm-pits, etc. Sore Throat and Mouth, Womb Diseases, Sore and Frosted Feet, &c. This grand combination, worth $.50, we will send you on receipt of One Dollar, to introduce honest goods. Parties sending us $3.00 will receive four lots. Register your letters. The Finest. "Uncle John," remarked Dick, "in the finest after-dinner speaker I know of." "Why," said his friend, with some astonishment, "I never heard he had any ability in that direction at all." "Well, he has. I've dined with him several times at various places, and after dinner he always says: "That's all right my boy, I'll pay for it.""—Collier's Weekly. Census Taking in Arizona. He covered the porch of the Red Hat with an ugly brace. "Say!" he roared, as the hotel guest moved uneasily. "I am here wilde Widle Sam at me back. I am here to take de census, an' I am here to do it quick. Gimme de facts in yer career, or I'll have to git it from yer relatives, see!"—Chicago Daily News. A Theatrical Haunt "I suppose in your varied theatrical experience," said the matinee girl, "you have seen life in all the big cities. What is your favorite haunt?" "Well, really 'haunts' are not my specialty," replied Mr. Barnes-Tormer "although once I did play the ghost in Hamlet." -Philadelphia Press The Flies Are Wary. Mrs. Goaph—My daughter, you should cultivate a sweeter disposition toward the young men. Remember that "vinegar never catches flies." Miss Goaph—But, mamma, you always cautioned me not to permit any fly young men to call. — Baltimore American. In French. Kendrick (who for two months has been studying French)—Say, Sutton, I can write a good letter in French now. Sutton—'H'm! Is that so? Well, you may be able to write a good letter in French, but I don't believe you can write a letter in good French.—Boston Transcript. Proof. "Did you say that trusts were the means of raising wages?" "Certainly," answered Senator Sorghum. "I know the president of a combination who has raised his salary four times in the last two years."—Washington Star. A. Sample Pair What fools these earthly mortals be! What freaks the human race begets! *Bring others is the girl who paints* *the attackers cigarettes.* -Chicago Dally News SHE DIDN'T KNOW SHE DIDN'T KNOW. Mrs. Younghusband—I want some lamb. Butcher — Yes'm. Forequarter of lamb, mam? Mrs. Younghusband—Well, no; I think three-quarters will be enough. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Along the Road. A man should have, I say, Some cash to spend and some to lend, And some to tuck away. -Chicago Record. The Rural Humorist. Farmer Dunk (to his nag) — Whos, there, Filipinol Whoa, confound youl Farmer Hayroob —That's a funny name for a hoos. Why in kunkett do you call him Filipina? Farmer Dunk — B'cuz he's always sunnin' away — Judge. Wasted Mud. "Did you ever try mud baths for your rheumatism?" "No. I once ran for a political office, but that was before rheumatism had asserted itself."—Chicago Times-Herald. An Object of Interest. "Are you resolute in your idea of being a singer?" "I am," answered the young man. "Are you attracting any notice?" "Some. While I was practicing yesterday two of the neighbors stopped at the door to ask what was the matter with me, and to inquire if they could be of any assistance."-Washington Star VIRGINIA:—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 24th day of July, 1900. James L. Parker.....Plaintiff vs Ida Parker.....Defendant IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bonds of matrimony by the plaintiff from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Ida Parker is a non resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication of this order and do what is necessary to protect her interest in this suit. A copy, Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. To Ida Parker: You will take notice that I hall on the 20th of September, in the year 1900, at the office of J. Henry Crutchfield, numbered 12111 E Broad Street in the city of Richmond, Va., between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day, proceed to take the depositions of Alex Booker, and others, to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery, depending in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and, if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or if committed, be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued in any way to day, or from time to time, at the same place and between the same hours, until the taking of the said depositions shall be completed. JAMS L PARKER, By Coussel. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. g. IN THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 1900. Nelson, John.....Pl't'f} against Nelson, Martha.Def'd't} IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant Martha Nelson is a non resident of the State of Virginia. it is ordered that she do appear here with in fifteen days after the due publication here of and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein. a copy Teste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. g. To Martha Nelson: You will take notice that I shall, on the 28 th day of August in the year 1900 at the office of J. Henry Crutchfield No. 1211½ E. Broad St. in the city of Richmond, Va. between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on that day proceed to take the deposition of Hester Jones and others, to be read in evidence in my behalf, in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond wherein you are defendants and I am plaintiff and if, from any cause, the taking o the said depositions be not commenced on that day. or. if commenced, be not not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day, or from time to time, at the same place and between the same hours, until the same shall be co-pted. JOHN NELSON, By Counsel. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. 7,14-4t VIRGINIA:—IN THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, THE 9TH DAY OF JUY, 1900. Oterianch B. Bland.....Plaintiff vs. John Henry Bland.....Defendant IN CHANCERY. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. And an affidavit having been made and filed, the defendant John Henry Bland is a non-resident of the state of Virginia, it is ordered that he do appear here within fifteen days after due publica- tion hereof and do what is necessary to protect his interest herein. To John Henry Bland; You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of September, 1900, at the office of Wise & Watkins, room 50, 8rd floor Chamber of Commerce Building, corner of 9th and Main street, Richmond, Va., between the hours of 9 a.m., and 6 p.m., of that day, I shall proceed to take the depositions of Lucy Jane Holmes and others to be read as evidence in my behalf, in a certain suit in equity, pending in the Law and Equity Court of Richmond, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendant; if from any cause the taking thereof be not commenced, or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking thereof will be continued from day to day or from time to time between the same hours and at the same place, until the same shall be completed. OTERIAN C. BLAUND, Wise & Watkins, p. q. 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WITH FULL UNIVERSITY POWERS. ide for Young Women. MTRIAL and COLLEGIATE NURSES. Careful Oversight. N B. TEFFT, Richmond, Va. GOOD TIME. Courts will give a fine— SEVEN PINES, AUGUST 15TH. 20 Cente. members of these two Courts Got a JOB? IF NOT, THEN YOU SHOULD WRITE AT ONCE TO— MONEY? REMEDY CO., St. RICHMOND, VA. In every town in the United States, work for us even in your spare time. The chance of your life. This offer is far colored. Johnson, MER AND EMBALMER. N. Foushee St., nr. Broad. FOR HIRE Legraph promptly filled. Wed- dents promptly attended. In Building. New 'Phone, 48 and consider. Do you know that my celebrated Imperial Whitener will positively brighten black skin, making it bright skin persons, can brighten the skin entirely white. Our duty to complete the treatment, and the use does not have to Whitener cannot fail. It is harmless in every respect, and pressing to the contrary. The effect is at once. By my I have managed to make it at a price within the reach at $600 a bottle. Recently I reduced it to $200 but I will send a bottle prepared to any one who will and matter every bottle, and will send back the money if you don't delay, but send $50 at once. RILAS GATHRIGHT VA. TOWNSHIP, RICHMOND, VA. BLACK SKIN REMOVER COPYRIGHTED. BEFORE AFTER REDUCED TO $1.00 A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. HAIR STRAIGHTENER. All-One LARGE JAR make any one person's hair grow long and straight. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-LIKE complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person four or five shades lighter, and a mutilate person perfectly white. In forty-eight hour a room with a large mirror will not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white. One box of this preparation is all that is required. It uses as directed, the skin remaining beautiful and freckled, dark spots, plumages and black-heads, smallpox pits, tan and liver spots without harm the skin, then you get the color you wish, stop the preparation, and prepare preparation will be sent to any person for $1.00, or send Post-Office Money Order, Express Money Order, so that the袋 Letter, C.O.D. Packed so that all you will know contents except receiver. THOS. B. CRANE. 122% W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. WANTED—A number of men and women for first class places in Richmond and elsewhere. If you want work, come to see us. J. H. Rice & Co., tf , 317 N. 5th St.