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THE RICHMOND PLANET STILL FIGHTING. COLORED TROOPS BADLY CUT UP. Tennessee's Loss ----No Peace in Sight. VOL XVIII NO 4 STILL F Great Braw COLORED TR CUT Tennessee's Loss --- CASTILLEJOB, P. I., Nov. 10, 1900. The period has been jubilant, sad and neway. On October 13th Private Charles S. Brown of company K made a cowardly assault with intent to kill on Private Walter Lewis, company I, both members of the detachment at San Marcelino. Private Lewis was the sentry walking, No. 2 Post in the rear of the quarters, which is shaded by a grove of call trees and of very desperate appearance. About 10:30, Pvt Brown approached, after properly answering the challenge engaged Lewis in conversation, repeating the performances as Lewis made his rounds. As he turned to go Brown knocked him down with an ax and raised the same to administer the second blow, but Lewis, though badly weakened, grappled with him calling for help. Brown then broke loose and ran and since then has not been seen. When Corporal Scarca arrived on the scene, he found the two hats, Brown's handkerchief and blonde. RORBERY THE MOTIVE. The measure of the crime was robbery and evidently carefully planned, as Brown left his gun, belt and shoes in the quarters and intended to kill his man, relieve him of valuables and go back to bed. He would have been the last one suspected as he was of gentle nature, which only rascals of his caliber could assume. At San Narciso, Private Burrell, Co.L, acting teamster was shot and mortally wounded by the guard, dying of the same a few days later. The particulars are two conflicting for publication. The 25th Infantry band has been visiting the organization of the Second Battalion arrived here November 29th and gave several delightful concerts. They were ably entertained by company K. A ball was given Saturday afternoon and several speeches were made at the evening gathering. THE FIGHTING CONTINUES. Fighting continues all over the island and the reports show the enemy are again fighting in large numbers. Upon the Province of Iloocs Noote at Navacan, 100 men from the 83rd Infantry and 8rd Cavalry were forced to retreat before an overwhelming number of the enemy, being conclusively whipped. The Americans lost 5 killed and 10 wounded and the Cavalry had 22 horses lost.—Manila American. Musician Wiltmore, connamv L. the elayer of Private Weakly, I. at Iba last August made escape a short time ago and it is presumed went to the enemy. STAFF CORRESPONDENT. SAN MARCELINO, Nov. 20th, 1800 The whole regiment is now here Companies A, C, D, and G being well in possession of Northern Zambales relieving the 17th Infantry. Capt. W. J. Pardee is in command of the Battalion with headquarters at Santa Cruz. SENT UNDER GUARD. On November 25th the Insurgent General Arsacea, who is commanding the forces a detachment of whom attacked Companies K and L on Nov. 10th with disastrous results as told in last letter sent in Corp. A. R. D. Smith of Company L under guard of 100 insurgents to within a short distance of Subie, from which place the Corporal notified the outposts by yelling. He had bad flesh wounds in the legs and heel respectively. It is rumored that the Corporal reported the enemy to be 1500 strong and well fortified in their camps each 501 strong. They treated him well and General Arsacea dressed his wounds. Great jubilation was the result of his safe return, but it was short for on Nov. 29th he answered his last call and joined the loved ones gone before, dying of exposure and blood poisoning. NATIVE OF TENNESSEE Corporal Smith was native of Nashville, Tenn. he was 20 years old and a member of the A. M. E. Church. He was possessed of a gentle nature and robust constitution. He assisted in he organisation of the Young Men's RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1901. Christian association on the line and was President at San Marcelino. He leaves a mother, brother, a beavered regiment and a list of friends to mourn their loss. On Nov. 17, O'Neil assembled the 3rd Battalion at Oastillejos and after many apparent wranglings used to blind the enemy, sent out a detachment from San Marcelino under Lieutenants Hunt, Sharon, Deiss and Hall, a captured hondre led the way through rice fields, over muddy flats, muddy streams, and climbing mountains till 4 a.m. when they were suddenly halted by a sleepy sentinel a volley was the answer to the challenge and the position rushed with the result that 28 rifles, pistols several bolos and much ammunition captured. WAREHOUSE DESTROYED. A warehouse containing several hundreds bushels of rice was destroyed and several American periodicals were found including Munselle magazine containing General Miles' picture as frontpage. The operations have been a complete damper to the Insurgenta order and ranks in this vicinity, and coupled with the comparatively unanimous election of McKinley has set them to guessing. CASTLELEJUS, Nov. 21, 1900. Right after the fights and balls comes disarray. On Saturdays it is customary for the natives to attend the weekly market at Subie therefore necessitating a large bulk train and an escort of soldiers between Castillejos and Subig as the fatal Subie pass as has always been the custom Companies B and K always meet at the out. This mountain pass cuts, one small one and the other of a considerable size, between is a shrubbery covered dwarf for distance of 200 yards. The largest out 300 yards in length and the descent is 350 feet from the foot to the Subie road is a winding path completely surrounded by terribly broken and shrubbery covered ground. THE FILIPPINOS THERE. On Friday night the Insuurgents marched to the pass and literally surrounded it on Saturday morning, Company L sent 20 men from Subio, the advance guard being in charge of Corporal A, R D. Smith. About the same time Company K with 90 strong started under Corporal Lewis with the bulltrain consisting of 40 carts loaded with rice and merchandise and considerable rations including many women. When Corporal Smith with his advance guard reached the foot of the pass and began the ascent, they had no inking of the presence of danger until the report of a bamboo cannon rang out on the crisp November morning air and before they could recover from the shoek bullets were falling around them from every point. SOLDIERS SHOT. Private McCormick of Co. L. was shot in the head and fell, dying instantly. Corp. Smith attempted to seek cover for his men and was shot in the ankle and rendered helpless. Private Price received a severe wound in the body, and private Woulf probably wounded mortally in the abdomen, private Cox and Reason were slightly wounded, both in the feet. NOT ONE ESCAPED. Of five men in the advance guard not one escaped punishment of some kind, the remainder of the command found themselves fighting so close they were forced to stand and fight hand to hand retreating into Subie. Company L then came to the treasure and recovered the dead and wounded. CASUALITIES. Killed. Private McCormack, wounded, Private Wouffield abdomen, severe, private Price, in the shoulders, private Reason wounded in the ankle slightly, private Cox wounded slightly in the ankle, Corporal Smith's injuries are not exactly known. Missing or captured, Corporal Smith, private Edwards of Company L. All the above named were in the advance guard. Private Ray had an exciting experience, they took his gun and belt and fired a volley over his head, he played dead until his company came and rae- coued him. The enemy secured seven rifles in the engagement with the little band. HEARD THE FIRING: Company K when in about a mile of the pass heard the fling and immediately dispatched the bull train to the tront and sent in the report to Lyru at Castillejas. Corp. Lewis had hardly taken this precaution when he discovered small squads of the enemy evidently massing to surround his detachment from all directions. He immediately gave flight but soon found out that his position was too exposed and retreated to the river where he took up a strong position until Lieu-endant [Lynn and Lieut Emiles with reinforcements arrived and the advance again taken up. Upon arrival he the train was left it was found they had disappeared, later it developed that they had b-an captured by the enemy. The advance continued, reaching the small cut, firing only a few occasional shots, when all were well up in the cut the enemy opened fire on them from every nook and corner of the pass. HAD TO RETREAT HASTILY. The situation necessitates a hasty retreat which was one of the most or derly ever recorded. The command was surrounded but kept fighting till they reached the open ground and managed to cut its way through. The enemy yellowed if charging but a volley cut it off and company K escaped without a acrobat. On Sunday Lieuts. Lynn, Emiles and Shores took a very large detachment through and required the wires. STAFF CORRESPONDENT. A New Year's Gift. DANVILLE, KY. Jan. 2nd, 1801. John Mitchell, Jr., Editor. Dear Sir:—Enclosed please find check of six dollars ($600) to pay my subscription for the PLANET to Sept- ember, 1803. I enjoy reading the PLANET and regard it the strongest edited paper of our race. Yours, B. F. JONES. MUCH MONEY PAID. $100 PAID. RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 31, 1800. This is to certify that I have re- ceived from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counselor of the Grand Court of Virginia, ($100) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death claim of my mother. Fannie Taylor, who was a member of Blooming Lily Court, 142. Independent Order of Ualanth, N. A., S. A. E., A., A. & A. Charlotte Gwathmey, Virginia Wright, Mabel Holmes. NORFOLK, VA., Jan 2 1901. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitehell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) in payment of death claim of Sir George Hill, who was a member of Pythias Lodge, No. 21, K. of P., N. A., S. A., E., A.; A. & A. Signed, MARY HILL, Witnesses: T. B. Steward, J. W. Randolph, D. D. G. C. RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 4, 1901. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Va. One hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment and him of Sir Thomas Christian who was a member of Royal Lodge, No. 26, K. of F, N A., S. A. E., A., A. & A. Minnie White, Bettie Dobson. Lalia B. Robinson, R. A. Preston, Willis Wyatt. FINE CONCERT. The concert at the First Baptist Church last Monday night, 8th inst., by Circles 6 and 9 of which Mrs. Hester L. Williams and Mr. H. C. Carter were managers was a success. The oration by Mr. Thomas Wyatt was a feature. Mr. J. Louis Sullivan maintained his reputation as a soloist of rare merit, showing careful preparation and a thorough knowledge of music. Miss Margaret L. Tinsley has lost none of her powers and her clear musical voice was appreciated by those who heard her. Messrs. Thomas Wyatt, Leroy Edmonds, Charles Osborne, W. B. Smith, C. C. Williams, Robert Manning, William Scott, John Harris, Peyton Smith, Walter Johnson, Joseph Anderson, pianist; W. H. Tharps, musical director, and the following ladies: Mamia Haakins, Nannie Mayo, Fansie and Cora Epps, Ida B. Jones and Ocatherine W. Evans played their parts well. A NORTHERN LECTURE TOUR. Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M., our poet and orator, secured a furlough from his school duties and delivered a series of thirty lectures in the regu ar star lecture course of the Lyceum, Churches and Y. M. C. A's, of New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, Ohio and Canada, under the central Lyceum Bureau of Rochester, N. Y. He met with a most flattering reception. It was his privilege to lecture before the Norwich Academy from which Admiral George Dewey graduated, and to visit the old home of Chaplain Manly. Few of these courses had ever had a colored man to lecture for them before and all were abundantly skilled, as we felt they would be. Richmond should feel proud of her young orator who could so thoroughly satisfy large, cultured northern audiences. The following clippings have come to our notice: Interesting Lecture at the Grand Army Hall. A large sized audience listened to an interesting lecture in G. A. R. Hall last evening by Daniel Webster Davis, the noted colored orator, who spoke on the subject, "Way Down on a Plantation" under the auspices of the G. A. R. Benevolent Association, Louis F. Benevolent introduced the speaker, who held the institution of the audience from beginning to end. Mr. Davis was born in Virginia on a plantation, during slavery times, and gave many interesting and funny anecdotes. Mr. Davis thought very highly of his treatment by the people of the north and if he lectures in North Adams again he certainly will have a large audience—North Adams Evening Herald, North Adams, Mass. A Capital Story Teller. Daniel Webster Davis appeared before a large audience at the Rivilroad Y M. C. A. last evening and lived up to his reputation of being one of the best entertainers now before the public. In addition to this he instructed and gave no small profit to those who heard him. Mr. Davis possesses the enviable gift of being a born a story teller and the manner in which he brought vividly before his hearers last evening the picture of things as they existed on the plantations in the old days of slavery was most pleasing. He possesses the deep, full voice of the true southern Negro and this, with his easy manner and wit, makes the things whereof he spoke, held the eloquent attention of his audience throughout his talk. The Y. M. C. A. is to be congratulated on having heard him—Utica Daily Press, Utica, N. Y. SMASHED A CARRIAGE Between 11 and 12 o'clock, Driver Oliver, who handles the reins of Mr. A. D. Price's finest rubber tired carriage drove into the barn and threw the reins to the backs of the team, preparatory to alighting. As he did so, the spirited animals started forward, running the carriage into another, breaking the axle, the lamp and one of the glasses in the window. The damage is only about $80 and it might have been worse. THEBAN SOCIAL CLUB Price's Hall on Wednesday night was the scene of the greatest social event of the season. The Theban Social Club had set the pace by ordering from the PLANET Office the finest invitations and dance cards as yet presented in Richmond. The ladies met the members of the organization more than halfway by the lavish outlay in ball costumes, which were strictly "up-to-date" and in the height of fashion. The gentlemen had the tailors busy as well as the other establishments at work furnishing claw-hammers and wide open vests from the shirt fronts of which glistened ornaments which reminded one of the diamonds of Kimberly. The music was an enlivening feature so much so that it was nearly 6 o'clock A. M. before the new rubber tire carriages and richly livered horses and drivers were able to cease their labors and announce that the last couple had been carried to their residences. The supper was all that could be expected. The officers are C. Bernard Gilpin president; James O. West, vice-president; Chitman M. White, secretary; Carroll E. Thomas, assistant secretary Robert O. Blaud, treasurer; Lee M. Kennah, chaplain. Committee of Arrangements: Messra James O. West, Carroll E. Thomas William Ross, Robert O. Bland, Ernst Henry. The Citizens Lyceum will hold its next meeting at the Leigh Street M E. Church Thursday, Jan. 17th at 8 p.m. Business of importance. TWO COLORED MEN HANGED IN SPITE OF EXPEDITED TRIAL. Sheriff Held Up by MaskED MEN. Unappeasable Florida Lynchers Take Jim Denson and His Accomplice from Jall, String Them up and Riddled with Bullets. MADISON, FLA., Jan 4.—Two colored men, Jim Denson and a half brother, were taken last night about 10 o'clock from the county jail here by persons unknown, carried into the woods about a half mile from town and hung. The bodies were riddled with bullets. They are the two men who a few weeks ago, were charged with the killing of Frederick Redding, a farmer residing in the northern part of this county. They fled to Georgia, were arrested, brought back to this state and confined in the Leon County jail. As there was some fear of lynching if they were brought here before court was held, an order had been issued and published calling a special term of the Circuit Court, to be held county on the 7th instant, and the sheriff had been ordered to bring the prisoners here and lodge them in jail to await the action of the court. The train bearing them was slowed up about a mile from town and the prisoners taken through the woods, to jail KEYS TAKEN FROM SHERIFF. While attending an entertainment at the opera house last night, given by the Knights of Pythias, the sheriff was informed that some one wished to see him. On reaching the street the keys of the jail were demanded of him. He refused, stating that he did not have them, but several men seized him and succeeded in getting them. To repair the jail, he execute their purpose was the work of the clerk. The night was cold and rainy. There was no noise or excitement, and but for citizens knew of the lynching until this morning. The sound of the firing of guns was heard by many, but no notice was taken of it, as during Christmas and New Year's holidays the explosion of fireworks in town and the firing of pistols in the suburbs was of nightly occurrence. From the number of empty cartridges found at the place, it is estimated that the number of lynch rs was a hundred or more. The mob is supposed to have been made up of Redding's friends. They wore masks, and none of them was recogniz-d by the sheriff. The town is quiet to-day. LYNCHED THE SLAYER'S BROTHERS. Tennesseeans Hang Two Colored Men While Real Murderers Escape. BROWNSVILLE, TANN., Jan. 10.—Details of the double lynching near. kiplley last night show that Rue and Frank Givney, brothers of the Negroes charged with the murder of Peace Offisers Will Turner and Albert Durham, were hanged by the mob. They were charged with being implicated in the murder. Henry and Roger Givney the alleged real murderers, are now being pursued by 600 men, and another double lynching is expected. Pays for Three Years. Mr. N. E. H. Porter of South Quay, Va., sends us $4 50 for three years subscription and says: "I am one of the old subscribers, I have been taking your paper for 15 or 18 years, and I believe that it is richly worth $1 0 per year. I love the PLANET, because it is the leading colored paper in the South. I will be glad to have my paper continued. Inclosed, please find $4 50." It is these kind of readers who enable us to render efficient service for the race.—Ed. The beautiful Cantata of Rebecca will be given at the First Baptist Church Monday night, Jan. 14, 1901, for the benefit of the above named church, by the Second Baptist Church Choir. A rare musical treat to all who will attend, General admission, 10 sents. —Mrs. C. H. Trent of New York has been in the city two weeks. —Mrs. Mamie Gates of No. 2005 W. Olay street has returned to the city after a three months visit to New York and vicinity. —Mrs. Florence L. Cogbill, of 200 W. 21st St, Manchester, who has been sick for the past week is much improved. —Thirty laborers employed on the old Exchange Hotel site struck for higher wages last Tuesday. They want $180 for nine hours work. The brick-layers were forced to quit work. —The Clyde Lone Steamer Richmond sunk at Dutch Gap Sunday morning. It struck a rock. The freight was transferred. —Mr. Madison Jasper of Fine Creek Milk, Va., in company with Mr. R. Banks Randolph called on us. Mr. J. H. Brim, commission merchant at Winston. N. C., furnishes fresh fish, oysters and game in wholesale or retail quantities Thankful For The Information. BROSVILLE, VA., Jan. 5th, 1901. Mr. Editor: Dear Sir:—With gratitude, I will answer to your request. And again, I wish for the PLANET to be continue 1, as highly appreciate its statements of the colored man's side of the great question affecting his welfare and improving his condition and ad vancing his interest. You will please find enclosed $1.50 for the continuation of this great paper. I return thanks for your kindness and furthermore ask you when it is out, please continue to send and notify me. Hoping you great success as you journey onward through life's struggle, I am. Yourt with gratitude, RICHARD STRANGE. Leigh St. M. E. Church. Leigh St. M. E. Church, the Rev J. Edw. Gunby, pastor, will hold the 4th and last Quarterly meeting, Sunday, Jan. 13th, 1901. Order of services: 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Love-feast conducted by the Rev. L. J. Valentine, presiding elder of the Alexandria District; 8 p.m., preaching by the presiding elder. 8 p.m. preaching by the pastor. Asbury M. E. Church, 25th St. near O. At the Asbury M. E. Church on next Sunday, January 13th, 1901, the pastor will conduct Love Feast at 10:30 a.m. and preach at 11:30 a.m., subject: "The Conviction and Inquiring." 8 p.m. Sunday School, 8 p.m. preaching by the Rev. L. J. Valentine, the presiding elder. All are invited as this is the last Quarterly Meeting for the Conference year. J. E. Gunby, Pastor. FELL ASLEEP LEWIS—Died at his residence, 1816 w. Leigh St., Friday, Dec. 28th at 6:45 o'clock a.m. Peter W. Lewis is the 51st year of his age. The deceased was a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 1879 G. U. O. of Odd Fellows also of P. G. M. O. Funeral took place Sunday morning, Dec. 30th at 11 o'clock from First Baptist Church of which he was a member for 29 years and deacon for 11 years. He leaves a devoted wife, four loving children, a sister and a brother to mourn their loss. Servant of God, well done, Rest from thy loved employ. The battle fought, the victory won, Enter thy Master's joy. A voice at midnight came: He started up to hear! A mortal arrow pierced his frame, He fell, but felt no fear. HIS WIFE. A Pleasant Surprise. On New Year's night the Surprise Club, composed of patients of Dr. John Meriweather, met at the residences of Mrs. Gertrude Sparks, N 8th St., and presented the Doctor with a handsome purse of Fifty-four Dollars and a Half to purchase what surgical instruments he had use for. The presentation speech was made by Mrs. Meriweather, the well known St. Lukes worker. The doctor responded with appropriate remarks. Refreshments were served and all enjoyed themselves until the "wee sm" hours of morning. Those present were Madames Ela Claiborne, President; Kate Mercer, Vice-President; Mildred Alexander, Treas.; Roberta Coleman, Secretary; Pleasant Knight, Elizabeth Mitchell, Fannie Browr, Millie Brown, Anna Dabney, Charlotte smith, Hattie Cunningham, Gartrude Sparks, M. F Johnson, Nellie Hern, Bettie Payne, Kutty Johnson, aarah Cox, Elizabeth Young, Rebecca J. Meyer, Stewart, Elira Johnson, O. Y. Robinson, Julia Kendall, N. C. Johnson, Watkins, Sarah E. Rose, C Hopkins, Julia Holmes, Frances Johnson, R. H. Evans, Virginia Holmes, M. E. Tomlin, Benson, Laura Coleman, Fannie Dabney, Celia Page, Elora Wright, Batha Fuller, Anna, Young Sidney Clayton, Charity, Eliza Aytos, George Wilkerson, Lucy Harris, Catherine Oliver, Lizzie Vaughan, West, Mary Oliver, Nannie Journey Rachael Taylor, Mille Wilson, Sarah Wilson, Mattie Tazewell, Julia Lynch, Harriet Jones Lissie D Stanard, Emma Spurlock, Hattie D纵尼, Mary Harris, Belle Gardner, Lue Davis, Fannie Croxon, Elira Fettus, Maggie Johnson, Fannie Jones, Jennie Holmes, Susie Langhorne, Hester Young, Lillie Jackson, Mary B. Stokes, Nannie Gray, Agnes Norrell, Peyton F. Johnson, S P. Robinson, Blanche Miles, Mary Anderson, Maggie Woodward, Flemming, Scott, Eiza Carter, Ryan Lewis, Betty Pollard, Mary Morris, B Lounds R. Stewart, Maria Fox, Florence Harper, Ade Lewis, Lucy Perkins Johnson, Claudey Spurlook, Ida Mose F. Norrell, Amanda Robson, Emmy Watson, Patsy Cunningham, Purvall, Lella Bolding, Ardela Ewell, Amandaison, Jennie Cheatam, Mary Geiffin, M. E. Holmes, Louise Johnson, G. E. Hamilton, Misses Hardia Willis, Minie Carter, Catherine Mosby, Luvy Jones, Florence Logan, Meers Wm, Payne, Marcellus Pellehars H. E. Erans W. H. Coleman, W. L. Quazies, W. B. Smith, Jr., John Cox, Thomas Ry, land. John Woodall, P. F. Johnson Lee Anderson, Wm Harris G. Norrell, Adolphus Jackson John Claborne, Cornelius Rose, Solomon Sparks, Chas. Hamilton, James Watson and Mrs. Eliza brown. Interesting Report—Cost of the Farm, The Supt. States the Case. The report of the Superintendent of the Virginia Penitentiary shows that the state farm of that institution has been run at a loss during the past year of $8097 78. The convicts on the farm number 1217 and were maintained at a cost of about 17 cents per day, or $61.93 each per year. 71 white men were pardoned and only 83 colored, 1 white woman and 4 colored women. Two white men died and 17 colored men and 2 colored women. The crimes for which the 481 convicts were sentenced are varied. They are classified as follows: Assault; giving poison 2; arson 2; larceny 147; murder. 49; robbery. 18; embezzlement and forgery. 22; seduction. 4; bigamy. 8; shooting, cutting, burning and assault. 45; manslaughter. 6; while the others were sent up, in some instances, for unmentionable offenses. Fourteen men are in the prison for life—8 white men and 11 colored men. Sentences were from 1 to 26 years—125 received 2 years; 70 got one year; 52 received 5 years; 4 got 11, 20, 28 and 28 respectively. The average sentence was 4 years, 9 months and 8 days. The average age of the new convicts is 26 years and 8 months, the youngest being 11 years and the oldest 76 years. Ino P. O., Va., Jan. 7th, 1901. To Editor of Richmond PLANET. Dear Sir: Your letter to hard. Please find enclosed one dollar and fifty cents for 1900. I want my subscription renewed and shall remit as soon as possible. I would not be without the Planet for any amount. Yours humbly. Mrs. MARTHA J. W. JOHNSON. Remembered Their Pastor. The members of Rev. Dr. A. Binga's church called to see their pastor as they have done for many years during Christmas and presented many tokens of their respect and esteem. Religious Services There. The yearly reports of the religious exercises of the Central State Hospital for the year of 1900 have been very favorable and have been attended regularly every Sabbath at 2:50. The inmates seem to appreciate it very highly, the inmates and some of the attendants are always present. They give good attention during the services, which are attended by all the denominational ministers of the city and of the Normal school, and the ministers take great pleasure in attending these services. So read the 25th chapter of Matthews and the 38th verse: "Naked and ye cloat me, I was sick and ye visit ed me." These services are conducted and looked after by W.B. Wood. The Supt. of the hospital takes great pleasure in making it as pleasant as he can for these services. Organ and books are furnished for them. A Grand Rally. About one month since the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Church Hill started out to raise $50 00 by last Sunday, and as a result, at the close of the services on Sunday night it was any nounced that $142 04 had been given by the members and the many friends of the church, both colored and white. The prize was won by Mr. J. Davis, whose club raised the highest amount. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, the pastoris happy, and the church is moving forward for the maintenance of the prizes for which it was set apart. LE YONET SATURDAY, JAN 12, 1900. SNAKES I wouldn't live in town for all the gum *At I could chew, nor popcorn bricks an' *some* Red lemonade besides. Why, jeet to You never could steal melons—couldn't drink Sweet cider from the fasset when yer paw Brings home the bar's for apple-butter. Haw! I'd rather be a girl 'at cries: "Don't, please!" Than be a boy an' not fight bumblebees. I know a feller, an' he lives in town. An' wears his shoes in summertime, an' dinner when he comes he dassent take 'em off Because his maw says he'll ketch whoop- in' cough Or stub his toes. He don't know much, I bet "Bout bumble-bugs ner turtles; worser yet, "Bout hornets—terrest things 'at ever go A-lookin' for a feller—guess I know. Besides, he's 'fraid o' snakes—bet he ain't seen As many as Sam and me. Course I don't mean Big bore-constrictors, like the once you see All pictured out in my geographe, Ner dragons, with their wings an' ferked tails, An' n't got tooth an' shinin' ferry scales; I kinder guess I'd run if I should see One scootin' down the road there after me. But snakes—jest snakee—I ain't afraid o' none 'Cep nulesnakes or copperheads or one Our hired man says gits in fellers' boots' Jest awtful! Boo—a shiver kinder shoots Up my backbone to think of that! It takes *A lot of things to scare me. Common snakes* *Can't do it. But of course you don't* *kick me* *A lookin' for fern 'em often—no-sr-ee!* —Edward M. Wilson, in Chicago Daily Record. WHY THE YOUNG MAN DIDN'T PAY UP CHICAGO, Nov. 14.—My Dear Doctor: I haven't time to write you a letter just now, old man, but simply want to drop you a line so you will know I haven't forgotten you and the lift you gave me out west. I don't mean to make any excuse for not having repaid that 40, which represents any monetary indebtedness to you, long before this, but—Last week I managed to have $47 left after paying my board. Fearing lest the money should burn a hole in my pocket I went post hase down to the office intending to mail you that 40 immediately. Barely had I got seated at my desk when the phone rang. Hark, now; the plot thickens! A soft, sweet feminine voice came drifting over the wire asking if I was anywhere about. It was Billy. Billy's other name is Ruth Harding Hampton. I met Billy down in Kentucky about five years ago and we fell desperately in love with each other. (More plot, see?) She was then about 17 and I was two years older. Billy's "dad," as she called him, had some of the best trotters in the whole blue-grass region — moonlight drives and all that! You know, doctor? Billy was a great kid. She owned a long-bodied, bench-legged dog that was exactly her age to a day. Now, please, treat that statement kindly, doctor, for Billy is the only authority I have for the dog's age and how Billy knew is more than I can tell. Anyhow, the pup had a woolly face and a hump on his back like a weasel. He was fully three feet long without counting his tail and he was not more than six inches in height except at the point where the hump came in. There he was a little higher, but as I said before I haven't any statistics relating to that particular pup, so it is possible that I err slightly in the matter. Billy said he was a groundhog dog. Perhaps he might have been at some time in the dim past a distant relative of the groundhog, but in the course of evolution the groundhog's good looks must have gone astray before the dog developed. Between the groundhog and the dog there were strained relations—no joke intended—and I think possibly that state of affairs might have been brought about at the time when the dog claimed kinship to the groundhog. But what's the odds? Billy used to take me and the dog down through the tall grass of the meadows to the little creek that wandered cool and clear through the rich bottom lands of the valley. Here was Billy's private hunting ground. Along either bank of the stream whole colonies of groundhogs had established themselves, and thus it was that sport was never lacking for Billy and Bruiser—Bruiser being the dog's name. Billy always carried a long club when she started after groundhogs. In the hot summer afternoons, under the butternut trees that fringed the banks of the stream, she would sit dreamily for hours in the cool shade watching the shadows at play in the placid waters until aroused from her dreams by a bark from Bruiser. Then like a deer she would race to the dog to see that the fight was pull'd off on the square. Billy wouldn't stand for a foul fight. If Bruiser happened to have fallen into company with a groundhog that was too big and savage for him to handle, Billy would wade in with her club and whack the big rodent a few times over the head just to even things up. On the other hand, if it came about that Bruiser had met up with an undersized antagonist she would always pull him off and give the groundhog a chance to run for it. Billy might have been a little rough at times, but if she was it was all because she was the only girl and the youngest child in a family of eight. One time I took a hand in one of the groundhog fights, and Billy promptly gave me a rap over the head with her club and ordered me to mind my own business. Billy was not unsympathetic, for after she had split my head open with her club she took me down to the creek, washed the blood out of my hair, tore her apron into bandages and dressed my wound like a little major. Then she made me wait at the creek until she went home, hitched a horse to the buckboard and came back after me. Billy was indeed in a class all to herself. The day I was to leave for home we had a crying match all to ourselves down by the creek among the groundhogs and butternuts. For nearly a year after I went home we wrote letters back and forth, and once I dropped into verse and wrote quite a wad of it. I had it right, eh, doctor? Say, old man, hold the wire just a moment, and I'll dig up a verse or two of that old poem, just so you'll know where I was getting off about that time. Here we are: Billy thought this verse was great: "Oh, pity the pain of the brave hopes slain; Of the spirit that's wounded sore. Of the heart and the brain that shall never again Know the gladness they've known of yore!" Billy has another think coming, eh? Well, no matter: Billy was a pretty girl, and I was a fool kid, so there you are. The poem goes on, doctor, to the extent of seven verses, but I'll spare you. Well, Billy came to town last week in a private car. Swell doings, don't you think? But that made no difference, for we fell upon each other's necks when we met in the hotel, just the same. After holding an impromptu reunion we made arrangements for the theater. Cabs, supper and the rest followed. Billy was winsome as a girl, but, let me tell you, doctor, she's a dream as a woman! Since I had last seen her she had learned many new tricks, and her pretty little ways soon fanned up the old flame. Her ladyship knew how to order wine. That was one of the things she had learned, and as that I must admit she is indeed mighty clever. Billy insisted on talking theater and plays, but I managed after awhile to swing the conversation back to old A man in a hat is climbing a tree in a forest. BILLY'S PRIVATE HUNTING GROUND. Kentucky. I showed her the scar above my ear, and we went over a dozen groundhog fights in detail. Time marched by on a double-quick, and finally I noticed a strange, troubled look come into Billy's brown eyes. At the same time she reached over, gave me a saucy sort of a dab on the ear with her glove and told me that I must not "reminisce." Billy then gave the tenor of our talk an artful yank, and Kentucky and the groundhogs were left in the hurch. I remember she said she had "merely dropped into town to have a dress made and do a little shopping." Do you know, doctor, even then I didn't tumble? I don't know whether it was the wine or whether it was Billy's charms, but something had surely dazed me. Billy "wasn't in" to callers next day, and, to tell the truth, I wasn't in either. The fact is, I was about $45.50 out. On the night following that of the celebration Billy left town. At the depot she invited me in to see Rathmore's private car. Billy's name to-morrow, doctor, will be Mrs. Rathmore Sutherland. It was a hard jar; nevertheless, I've been bumped before, so I know how to take it. I said at the beginning that I did not have time to write you a letter. Neither have I, but I always have time to tell my troubles. This time I picked you out for the policeman. Don't despair of that 40. Everyone I meet is not a Billy. Sincerely, Dick.-Chicago Daily Record. Wrong Idea of Dignity. Some lines of business in this city are advertised by men who go around carrying large signs, which are on long poles, held in their hands, or strapped to upright frames resting on their shoulders. Thus the sign cannot fail to attract attention, as it sticks above the heads of the crowd. In fair weather the sign man gets along very well, but when it is windy, there is trouble. A sail three feet square at the end of a long pole makes the holder navigate around at a great rate when a gust of wind strikes it. These men work harder than they would hoe corn or sawing wood, yet would doubtless consider it beneath their dignity to work on a farm—Rural New Yorker. Oil from the peanut is said to be of fairly good flavor, but inferior to olive oil. Why Some People Give. Lots of people give just enough so it will rattle in the contribution box.—Washington Democrat. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA. RHYMES AND RUNES. Automobile to Horse. Go to, thou equine dotard, Soon wilt thou find thy plase With other relics of an ancient time; The Dodo, the Pelicosaurus, The Thingmobob and the Whatitsame. An infant I, 'tis true, But what a hearty, lusty fellow, With a constitution of steel, not mere iron. Thou would'st point with scorn at my lack of ancestry. way train has dis- placed the lumbering stage coach, So I will displace you. I have my faults, but my virtues o'ertower them. Without a cause I'd shy and throw my rider. Dos thou know, foolish horse, Thy days are numbered? For it be known. When man has once began to feel The thrill of life along the keel Of an automobile. He murge his pitying eyes upon thee And murmur garrily: "Thou wert a good makehift In times gone by; I thank the kindly. Foul with the Alsorans That must stand and aside. G'lang there! You won't do Now." -W. H. Stemmerman, in N. Y. Sun. Fallen Leaves. "Leaves have their time to fall And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath." -Mrs. Hemana. Leaves, not green, but gray and gold, Fall and fleck the faded grass; Mora and eve the wind is cold— Summer days are gone, alas! Gone, the fields of fragrant corn— Gone, the orchard's gleam and glow; In the same garrulous mourn At the coming of the day. Amber, pearl and purple leaves Sadly fall 'neath sulon skies; Sadly fall, while nature grieves-- closely close their fleeting lives! How they flutter from the trees, Like the listened birds; And are driven by the breath, Like the blizzard-driven herds! How they lie in somber shade-- Yellow, crimson, orange, green; Autumn's opals set in jade-- Autumn's scenic, closing scene! (Rachel-like, the mother tree Weeps for her dead babies, sweet; Ere—a tearful Nibbe-- Her skin children at her feet! -David James Evans, in Washington Star. The Beat of Life The headlong rush slowed to a quiet pace, And every purblind passion that has ruled Our noiseless years at last Spurs us in vain, and, weary of the race, We care no more who loses or who wins— Ah! not till all the best of life seems past The best of life begins. To toll for only fame, Handclappings and the sickle gusts of praise. For place or power of gold to gild a name Above the grave gwheres! All paths will bring us, were to lose our days— (We whose ears youth's passing bell has toiled) In blowing bubbles, even as children do, Forgetting we grow old. But the world widens when Such hope of trivial gain that ruled us Nee Broken among our childhood's toys; for them We win to self-control! And mail ourselves in manhood, and there rise Upon us from the vast and windless height Those clearer thoughts that are unto the soul What stars are to the night. In the Shadow of the Benchea. In the shadow of the beaches. In the shadow of the beeches, Where the many wild flowers bloom Where the leafy silence pleaches Green a roof of cool perfume, Have you felt an awe imperious As when, in a church mysterious Windows fill with God the gloom? In the shadow of the beeches Where the rock-legged waters flow; Where the sun's white splendor bleaches Every wave to foaming snow, Have you felt a music solemn As when minister arch and column Echo organ-worship low? In the shadow of the beeches Where the light and shade are blend; Where the forest-bird beseaches, As when the tree with scent— Is it joy or melancholy? That o'erwhelms us partly, wholly To our spirit's betterment? Where...like some great arm that reaches one gnarled root that may clasp me kindly. While the long years, working blindly, now change my dust to leaves. -Moore Te Little One I know not whither thy dear steps are tending. Dear, on life's thermy ways; I see turning not the twilight ending Of thy sweet days. I hear the music of the merry laughter Clear-ringing over all; I would not think that tears may come hereafter— Yet, the bright tears will fall. I fashion for thee an unclouded heaven Of steadfast stars and run. I see thee sad, and sinning, and forgiven, Where brave deeds should be done. Yet for the end—to know it is forbidden: In blindness, dear, I trust Thou shalt find light to see the thorn-spears hidden Under earth's palied dust. Light—light for thee, a future sky adorning— Garlands and crowns of light! Kissing thy curls I only say good-morning And then—Good-night! Good-night! -F. S. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Justice Will Come When the poor folks try to climb Up to things that promise better, Give up to your leisure time Pulling cash away from others. Till your purse is fat and strong, Till your credit is established, And your bank account is long. That's all true , but mark you. Some time or other, as sure as the day, Justice will you you'll get your pay! Justice will come and examine the brand Made by the dollar you hold in your hand -Rural New Yorker. Hard Times. First Footpad—They's gittin' to be too darn much competition in this business. Second Footpad—What's the matter now? First Footpad—That last feller I held up said he's just been to a church fair and didn't have a cent.—N. Y. Journal. BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." Recognizing the fact that there are many SO-CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are franks pure and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to the colored race through this great paper. In the year 1871 our late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through aunate circumstance, acquired the receipt for OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875, when it was put upon the market-and met with marked success. After a thorough test by the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remedy, true to all that was claimed for it, and worthy in every respect of the confidence of every member of the colored race, because they found it to cause the hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, whenever a genuine article appears upon the market there are always a number of people who imitate and make capital out of the merits of other people's goods. Seeing our marked success, numerous firms have entered the market, offering hair-growers and hair-straighteners, many of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out and doing great damage to the hair and scalp, and the colored people are buying these spurious compounds, which are filled with animal fats, and do the hair more harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that we will forfeit $0.00. Now, we ask you a plain question, lately agree to forfeit $0.00 if you are dissatisfied if they were not true to all we claim for them. We several years under this guarantee, and we are glad who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, we recommend Ozono as the king of all hair Tonies. We take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, some Hair. It will make short, harsh hair long and your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Icch and Scurf can not live after Ozono has been applied. Icch from falling out. It will restere gray hair to its nature hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; to the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozono struts outside assistance. Nothing but Ozono is necessary straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. the hair are seen in a day or two after the first applies. The price of Ozono is 50c, a bottle—first this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of El which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, me and all facial blemishes; makes the old look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a grantee to do all that is claimed for it, or you a plain question—would we absorb dissatisfied with our preparations, time for them? We have advertised for and we are glad to say that every one need in every respect. Our preparations, and every purchaser all Hall Tonics. Ozono will positively ky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Trouble-shair hair long and straight. It will cure scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, has been applied. It will stop your hair by hair to its natural color, making the statement. Many firms are advertising when they send the preparation they tell not use hot irons; they will burn up the out. Ozono straightens without any Ozono is necessary, and the hair stays on use at any time. The good effects on the first application, bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make any time. Cut out this coupon and send large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, high skin soft and plant, and cures all special imperfections, and actually removes one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, the old look young and the young look age of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is and no soap but a pure soap should ever WRECK KILLER s, Wood & Coal. re treet MURRAY, in John Podesta] UNTRY PRODUCE SPECIALTY Prompt Delivery of Good which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozone has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozone as the King of all Hair Tonics. Ozone will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troubleless. It will make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Ich, Eczema, Dandruff, and Scurf can not live after Ozone has been applied. It will stop your hair from falling out. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, making the hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement. Many firms are advertising remedies to straighten hair, but when they send the preparation they tell you to use hot irons. Friends, do not use hot irons; they will burn out the life of the hair, and cause it to drop out. Ozone straightens without any outside assistance. Nothing but Ozone is necessary, and the hair stays straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. The good effects on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first application. The price of Ozono is 50c. a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make this liberal offer, which is good at any time: Cut out this coupon and send to us, enclosing with it the sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozono and one large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, rough skin soft and pliant, and cures all skin diseases. Also removes all facial imperfections, and actually removes small-pox pits. We will also include one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin Food—Nature's great beautifier—removes wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and all facial blemishes; makes the old look young and the young look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever Name..... House, No. Street..... City. County..... State. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. C & O WRECK No.1310 Moore street JOHN W MURRE [Formerly with John Podesta GROCEREIS & COUNTRY F MEAT A SPECIALTY No 128 18th St, Cor Grace. Prompt D ROBT S. FOR RESTER Florist 215 E. LEIGH STREET, Richmond, Va. I am prepared to furnish the public with plants of all kinds, out flowers funeral designs, etc. I will be pleased to have the patron- age of the publis. J. T. TEMPLE, 219 East Broad Street, Bicycle and Machine Shop. OLDEST SHOP, PRICES REASONABLE, LONGEST EXPERIENCE. Beware of Gintments or Catarrh that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarney Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarney Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Soil_by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle. All's Family Pills are the best Home Made Bread, Cakes and Pies For Sale, Also Accommodations For Excursionists and Visitors to the City. MRS. JACKSON 910 StJames St 3m sick members, also their death bene- sake helped many. Hustling and police agents wanted Masonic Hall, 511 East Glay St. Masonic Hall, 511 East Glay St. W. W. ISAAC JOHNSON, Presidents, J. E. JONES, Vice-President, B. P. VANDERMANN, Secretary, J. T. JENKINS, Treasurer, OEAR N. BROWN Manager YUOR ATTENTION, PLEASE. THE UNION BLOOM OF YOUTH BENEFICIAL CLUB, NO. 1, of Richmond, Virginia, was chartered October 18, 1899, is known to be one of the finest and most charitable clubs in this state. Pays weekly Sick Benefits, Birth Benefits and Leaf Benefits. Weekly Prem. Tick Benefent. Birth Benefent. Death Benefent. 06. $ 1 50. $ $ 15.00 10. 3 35. 6 00. 38.00 10. 4 00. 6 00. 45.00 21. 4 50. 6 00. 50.00 75. 5 00. 7 00. 60.00 30. 6 00. 7 00. 70.00 30. 7 00. 7 00. 70.00 40. 8 00. 7 00. 90.00 45. 9 00. 7 00. 100.00 50. 16 00. 7 00. 110.00 Our agents will call on you at any time and will be glad to write your application for membership at any time. Principal office, No. 1705 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Office hours: from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. A. C. Hines, Pres. JNO. H. HENSON, Sec. J. H. BINFORD, Gen. Mang. 5-15-2m. TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER be used on the scalp. And, lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in a pint package of Anti-Odor, a positive cure for Sore Throat or Mouth, all forms of Womb Diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; also removes all smells and odors arising. The actual value of this Grand Aggregation is $4.00, but we let you have it for $1.00, simply to introduce honest goods. In order to protect the public in general from imitations of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have placed upon our coupon our Trade-Mark, one head showing Short Hair and the other head Long Hair. The U. S. Government has granted us this trade-mark, and it is registered in the Patent Office at Washin gten; so if the coupon has this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake. Use only the coupon having the two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Editor of this paper or to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. We have thousands of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: **Boston Chemical Company:** Dear Sirs, You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. Gentlemen. After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight, you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine OZONO hair at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c. 1 bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total. $4.00. If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. James H. Gibbs, Dealer in All Kinds of Meats stall No 12 First Market The best Butcher you can find to buy Fresh, First-Class Meats at a Reasonable Price THANKS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW W I Johnson. Office & Warerooms 207 N. Foushee St., Cor. Broad. HCAKS FOR HIRE Orders by Telephone or Telegraph promptly filled wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended Old 'Phone, 686 Residence in Building New 'Phone, 48 909 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. We want lady or gentlemen Agents in every town in the United States. You can earn big money if you will work for us even in your spare time. Write to us to-day. This may be the chance of your life. This offer is open to ladies or gentlemen—white or colored. SENEGAL APTOM SENEGAL 4 Boxes of Ozon worth 50c. 1 B (1 pint) Anti-O Total, $4.00 Name..... Street..... County..... If you want 4 lots no coupon, let her write when you send your or CA where do James Dealer in All stall The best Butch Meats at a Reason TH W FUNERAL Office & Ward Orders by Tel ding, Suppers and Old 'Phone, 686 Have ARE YOU EAT HARTO 909 E We want lady or go You can earn big m Write to us to-day- open to ladies or ge cial and Fraternal and Its two distinct m gion a place in the f rand opportunity for ry to organize lodges. MAGGIE B. PROCTOR. Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 388 Missouri street, Toledo, O. O is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and survive growth. If your hair is already straight, there a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine 0.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same ar. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Boston Chemical Co., 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send at one worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refine, bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package cor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. House, No. City. State. Date above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who h her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupe er. CAPTAIN HANKINS If you buy you meats FROM—— Les H. Gibbs Kinds of Meats No 12 First Market Here you can find to buy Fresh, First-Qu uable Price BANKS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW I Johnson DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER rooms 207 N. Foushee St., Cor. Bro CAKS FOR HIRE phone or Telegraph promptly filled Entertainments promptly attended Residence in Building New 'Phone, You Got a JOB WARNING BIG MONEY? IF NOT, THE SHOULD WRITE ONA REMEDY CO. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. Elemen Agents in every town in the United State if you will work for us even in your spare This may be the chance of your life. This o Elemen—white or colored. Knights of Columbus of the W Knights of Columbus of the World V. P. & F. K. of W. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legal stituted under the laws and statute of the S. New York, for the purposes of uniting together septable men on the Broad Bases of Charity— to promote the Social and moral condition of hun- itary and uniform ranks will secure for this org ont ranks of all sacred institutions of modern ev active men. Deputies wanted in all section of the Kindly address. G. W. ALLEN Supreme Voyage 384 W. 53rd St. New York This organization has been chartered and legally instituted under the laws and statute of the State of New York, for the purposes of uniting together all as septable men on the Broad Bass of Ubahry—Rarely THE PLANET "MY DAD AN' ME." **Seems like everything I want ter do,** My dad, he jes' don't want me to; Says football's dang'rous, and that he Can't see why I should always be An' can't see why I should always be An' runnin' when the fallers call; Dad says hill-dill an' pris'ner's base Is foolishness, an' that ter chase An' tear around an' climb an' yell Has jes' got ter be broke up a spell He get ter work dad says, at ten, An' that's the way he works Things has changed some since those days, 'Cept dad's ideas, an' they jest stays, An' so somehow we can't agree, My dad an' me. Bob Hunter's dad, he takes him out Through woods an' fields an' all about, An' shows him how ter shoot an' fish, An' shows him how ter shoot an' fish, That dad would take me that a-way Jes' kind o' chummin' for a day. Bob Hunter, he jes' knows a pile His dad has showed him; guess you'd smile Ter hammin' him tell o' birds and things; Why tip-ups teeter an' the robin fish, Jes' where to find the ole mushrat, An' lots of queer things more n' that. Bob Hunter's father, he knows boys, But dad, he don't;' won't stand their I guess that's why we can't agree, My dad an' me. Bob's father, he jes' jumps right in; Plays ball an' slams 'em in like sin. An' laughs at us when we get mad, An' jokes us till we wish we had what we want, when we want to touch When we smash back. He says that we are bound ter git knocked when we're men, An' laughn' now at bumps, why when We all grow up we won't mind much What he tells us the minion, touch Of nature; Bob's dad says. Wish mine Would fool an' talk that way; it's fine. Yer git ter know yer dad, an' he knows An' ain't forgot he was young, too. But dad don't, so we don't agree, My dad an' me. -Waldo, in Good Housekeeping. MISS AURELIA'S PRIZE STORY By Elizabeth M. Gilmer. (Copyright, 1900, the Authors' Syndicate.) MISS AURELIA had long enjoyed, in a little southern town, an enviable reputation for being "literary"—which does not necessarily imply any actual performance in a litterary way. As a matter of fact, Miss Aurelia had given no hostages to print. "that is, if you except the obituary poems signed "A Sorrowing Friend," which always appeared in the village paper coincident with the death of any of her acquaintances, and which the bereaved families always cut tearfully out and preserved between the leaves of their Bibles. Perhaps, though, it was her environment that had as much to do with the estimation in which she was held as anything else. Her large, rambling, old colonial house was the only one in the town that boasted a room that was distinctively a library, and there was that in its imposing rows of somber, calf-bound books which seemed to defuse a nalo of learning and culture. Further than that, neighboring women running in in the early morning to borrow her recipe for blanc mange, or sponge cake, often found her already absorbed in a book, and when a woman reads at the hour of the day sacred to cleaning house, and darning socks, she has established her title to being literary beyond all doubt. Miss Aurelia might have claimed that if she read much it was because she had so little other occupation. Even with the most ingrionous faculty "I—I'VE GOT A MESSAGE TO GO BACK HOME." "I-IVE GOT A MESSAGE TO GO BACK HOME." for making work there is so little to do in a house where there is nobody to put a chair awry, or drop things on the floor, and ever since her father's death she had dwelt alone, save for a faithful old negro servant. Just how lonely it was no one knew but she. So by degrees she had come to take what comfort she could in the kindly little fiction of being literary, which her friends wove about her, and if she tried to veil herself most in it when she saw a woman looking with contented eyes up into her husband's face or a mother romping with her children—well, that was her secret, too. There came a time, however, when Miss Aurelia had a new and very real trouble added to her loneliness. The small property which she had inherited dwindled into almost nothing. One morning she awoke to face the awful problem of how to earn her daily bread. It was then, when she had exhausted every other possibility, that she thought of doing something to justify her reputation as "literary." Fortunately, at the very moment, a magazine was offering a handsome prine for the best short story sent it within a certain time, and in a flash of inspiration she saw herself winning it and on the high road to fortune. To resolve to write a story and to write it are two quite different matters. For days Miss Aurelia thrashed over in her mind plots and counterplots. She grew wan and hollow-eyed worrying over the sorrows of haroines who refused to materialize on paper. Try as she might she could not breathe the breath of life into the figures she conjured up in fancy. In the meantime debts pressed upon her and her need was growing desperate. Then it was she did a thing she could never have believed herself capable of doing—a thing that seemed to her as much a decoration as opening a grave and robbing the dead. She looked into her own heart, and then she wrote. For years and years before when Miss Aurelia was a girl of 17 there had been a tragedy in her life, but she had borne her pain so bravely and made little outcry that nobody but herself, and her father, and one other, had ever known it. That other was Tom Grayson, the overseer's son. Miss Aurelia's mother had died when she was born, and she had grown up on the big plantation, with few other playmates but the big, strong, handsome, passionate boy, whose hand, to her, was as light and tender as a woman's, and whose voice took on cadences of gentleness when it spoke her name. Out of these childish associations, out of common memories, and dreams dreamed together love had sprung as naturally and as inevitably as a rose out of the heart of the spring, and when the boy lover had opened his arms and called her to them, she had laid her head upon his breast as confidently and simply as a bird flies to the shelter of its nest. Hand in hand they had gone to her father, and then— In an instant their paradise lay shattered about them. The old, bitter caste spirit, the haughty pride of the aristocrat flamed up in the old man in sudden wrath. He taunted the boy with his humble origin, flayed him with scorn for trying to steal a silly girl's love in order to raise himself, and the boy, goaded to madness, flung himself out of the room with a curse. "Tom, Tom," she had cried, "I shall never love anyone but you. Come back, come back!" but he was too young and too hurt to heed any pain but his own, and he never even glanced back at her pathetic little figure. The next morning he was gone, and to the girl it was as if the tomb had swallowed him up. She ate out her heart in fruitless longing and anxiety, but no word came, and she did not know whether he remembered, or whether he had forgotten, until after her father's death. Then in going over some papers she found a letter addressed to herself. It was from Tom, telling of how he had battled with fate to make a place worthy of even her in the world, of his success, and begging her if the old love still lived in her heart to send him one word or token. It was dated three years before, and Miss Aurelia, reading it with trembling hands, knew that twice had her father closed the door in the face of her happiness. It was this story of her life that she wrote, and because she dipped her pen in her own blood, and blistered the paper with her tears, and told the thing that was, just as she knew it, the story was sweet as love, and beautiful as hope, and touched every heart with its tender pathos. But to Miss Aurelia it seemed a shameless thing, and she was not even comforted when it won the prize, and made some stir in the world of letters. "Why, Miss Aurelia," said one village oracle, "it's just wonderful! To read it anybody might think it; as I said to John, why, we've known Miss Aurelia all her life, and she never even had a bean, let alone being in love. How could she know what love is like, so well?" "Of course not," answered Miss Aurelia, faintly, "how should I know what love is like?" Even as Miss Aurelia was enjoying the first flush of her literary triumph two men were lingering over their coffee and cigarettes in a library in a northern city. "I tell you, Tom," enthusiastically, "I have discovered a genius. Won our prize story competition, you know. You must read it. Anything so fresh, so tender, so human I haven't seen in many a day. Listen to this description of the boy and girl lovers"—and he began reading a paragraph from Miss Aurelia's story. He had read only a few lines when the other stopped him. "Who did you say wrote it?" he asked, in a tense voice. "Oh, nobody you ever heard of—a woman — Aurelia Carrington — down south somewhere—" But Tom had snatched the magazine from his hand and was racing through it in feverish haste. When he had finished he turned to his friend with an expression on his face none had ever seen there before. "Forgive me," he said, simply, "but I—I'm in rather a hurry. I—I've got a message to go back home, and I leave for the south in half an hour." Two days later Miss Aurelia, sitting in the dusk in her dim old library, looked up to see Tom standing before her as if he had been the spirit of her thoughts. "Aurelia," he said, "let's go back and rewrite the old story, and give it a happier ending?" Miss Aurelia has written no more stories. The editor still laments her as a genius lost to the world, but she knows she is doing something better than imagining romances. She is living one. 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Peter Lon and 15 year old Son, white, Shooting a man, W tumpka Charlie Hart, colod criminal assault Brentley, A Tom Keith, colored, enced lady's room drunk, Near Treenv Rv. T. J. Floyd, colored, wanted to work, Cart revoke, Ill Wm. Prentiss, " " Hughes Bradley, " " Henry Branum, " " Jim Hayes, " " John Black, " " Sim Cremmings, " white, spoke against lynching, Ketgetown, Ga. spoke against lynching, Near Champsion, Ga. nothing, Havana, Cuba. spoke against lynching, New Orleans spoke against lynching, St. Ann Miss party Roasted not dead Murder, Wier City Kan THE TREE Southern Railway IN EFFECT OCT. 21, 1900 Trains Leaves Bichon, Va. Connects at Dawley and Grace. with New York and *Dora*'s *Dora* express (No 5) carrying through sleepers be connections for all Florida points, and connects at Dawley. Charlotte with the Washingtonian of Southwestern Lim- tle Park, and Nashville, and the northeastern New York, and Nashville. New York and Memphis and New York and the Indian Oceanian tourist sleeper Mohave, Wednesday, days, Washington to San Francisco without change, with connections for all cities in Texas, Mexico and California. 12:01 P M No. 7, solid train daily or char C. Connects at Moseley with Farmville, Oxford, Oxford, Keysville for Clarksville, Oxford, Hen derson and Durham and at Greenboro at Winston and Winston Salem, at Dawville with North States Fast Mall, solid train, day y for carries sleeper points South whit teams and New York to Jacksonville and Miami for Nassau and Habana, Cuba Downtown, buffet-sleeper Richmond to Birmingham through Atlanta. From train sleeper Sainbury, Memphis via or = Sheville and Chattauga. 6:00 P M IN LOCAL, daily except Sunda; for Kerville and intermediate point TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. 6:00 A.M. 5:26 P. M., from Atlanta Augusta, Asheville and all points South. 8:46 P. M. C. & O. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Schedule in Effect January 5, 1900, From, Richmond. LEAVE BROAD-STREET STATION. 9.10 a.m. daily for principal stations Newport News, Old Peau, Norfolk and Pors- month, Pardar car. 350. a, daily local for Newport News. b, portmouth and Portmouth ulman to Old Point. 10:00 a.m. except Sunday. Local Train for Clifton Fife. Connecets at Gordon- vill. for orage Warrenton. Maraes at Pittsburgh for railway only. Connects at Chattanooga to Larchmont at Basic Hageton and at Staundon for Lexington. | 2:45 a.m. limited to, Gordonville, Louisville and St. Louis. Louis- selling cars Conneccts at Gordonville- fo Orange and at Orange with southrn Midday for stationation we at 6:40 P.M. Midday for stationation we at Washington. Conneccts for Virginia Hot Springs. Local Train No.7, follows on bay from Gordonville to Iaunton. 5:30 p.m. Accommodation, except Sunday to Iaunton. 10:45 p.m. Daily, F V F., to Chinatown and Louisville "vulcan" sleeping car. Conneccts for Virginia Hot springs. Conneccts for Virginia to Greenbriar River R I R excursion. LEAVE EIGH CH ST. STATION. 10:30 a.m. Daily for Lynchburg, Lexington, and Clifton Forge. Parlor car, Lexington, sunday, with Buckingham and Alberene branches. 1:15 p.m. except Sunday, to Columbia TRAINS ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. 8:00 m. except Sunday from Dowell, 4:50 m. except Monday, p. m., daily, Cincinnati and Louisville. 11:35 m. daily, 6:50 p. m., from Norfolk and Old Point. 10 r. m. except Sunday, from Clifton Forge. **TRAINS ARRIVE EIGHTH STREET** **STATION** 8:49 a. m., Except Sunday from Columbia 8:50 a. m., Daily from Lynchburg, and Clifton Forge, and except Sunday from New Castle, Lexington and Romney. For detailed information, connections, e.g. apply at Richmond Transfer office, No. 903 Maine and Ohio, and all Ohio Passenger Office No. 890 east Main street; Station Ticket Offices, or address **JOHN D. POTTS,** Ass't. General Passenger Agent. YORK RIVER LINE, WEST POINT The Favorite Route North. LE VE RICHMOND Region No. 101 Train No. 16, 4:30 P M 15:00 AM on Monday to Sunday, for West Point, and intermediate stations making close connection. Mondays Wednesdays and Fidays with steamer for Baltimore. Mondays Wednesday and Friday. Train No. 16, 4:30 P M LO LEP x on Mon Wednesdays & Fridays, for West Point and intermediate stations, connections with stage at Lester Manor to Walker- kirk and Tappanannock; also at West Point steamer for Baltimore. stops at all stations. Train No. 74, 5:00 A. M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except Sundays from Virginia Street Station for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with the manor manager for Walkington and Tappanahook. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND. 9:15 a.m. M. Daily, from West Point, with connection from Baltimore Wednesday Fridays and Satu days. 10:45 a.m. Sundays and Mondays. 6:03 p. M. Daily, except Sunday from West Point. steamers leave West Point vodafone Wed nesday and Friday 5:50 P. M. arriving Salt- moron, Remembered Thursday 6:00 P. m Friday and Saturday steamers call at all landings on York River. O. W. WESTBURY, Traveling Passenger Agent, 920 E. Main St Richmond, Va. J. M. GULF, traffic manager, 601 N. Pass. Agt. FRANK S. GANNON. Third Vice-president and General Manage- washington, D.C. COMPANY'S JAMES-RIVER LINN To Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport News, Claremont and James River landings and connecting a Old Point and Norfolk点 StREAMER POAGONATON LAWES MONDAY, WED NEDSDAY AND FRIDAY AT 7 . M. Electric cars direct to wharf. Fare only $1.50 to do Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point and Newport News. Music by a grand Orchestrion. Freight received daily from above-names places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WEISIGER superintendent EDWARD E. BARNES Fresen General ses: Planters' Bank Building. --- 3 onwhite, attempted Assault Gibson wom criminal Assault. Bell Snuck P attempted Assault. Shooting a man, Wetumpka criminal assault. Brentley, A Bry's room drunk, Neal Breenv ted to work, Cart revile, Ill lynching, Upgetown, Ga. against Billing, Near Thompson, Ga. nothing, Havana, Cuba. ite, Agemoting, Near New Orleans and Assault, burned. St. Ann Miss at, Partly Roasted not dead. d, Murder, Wier City Kan LD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY Passengers can leave Richmond daily except Sunday. Daily excursion is 6 P. M., or Richmond and Peter burg road. (Norfolk and Western route) 9:00 A.M. M. Richmond to Richmond with Old Dominion Lime steamer same evening at 7 o'clock for New York Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer Company Ohio railway and Richmond and Petersburg ra road deposits, and at company's office, 1231 North Street, Richmond. Baggage checked through. FREIGHT. for New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamer to Richmond. every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY VEHICLE. FREE OAY at 1:00 P.M. This steamer carriage stops manifest close one hour before sailing time. Freight received and forwarded and through bills of loading issued for all northern, eastern and foreign ports. NEW YORK" Passengers can leave daily except Sun day. M.) to Norfolk or Old Point Comfort. Western railway. Chesapeake and Ohio railway. Freight for Richmond by steamer via Nor- folk Mondays and Wednesdays 3:00 P.M. Satur- days, 4 P.M. from company's pier. No 2 North Silver foot of North Street. Freight and forwarded daily except unday. For further information apply to JOHNF. MAYER, A rents. 1129 east Main street Richmond, wa W. L. Guillanden, wa RF & P RICHMOND FRED RICKS BURG & PUTMAN ARRIVE BIRD-STREET STATION: 8:50 A.M., Daily, Stops at wide-water Brooke, Fredericksburg, Mil- ford Dos, Elbw, Stops at other station Elbw, Stops at other station Sundays, Sleeper New York to Richmond. 8:05 P.M., Daily live sunday, stops at Fredericksburg, Milford Dos well, Elbw, G en ill n am Miss. uffe. car car 6:30 P.M., Daily Stops only at Fredericksburg Powell, G en n ill n am Pullman cars from New York and Washington 8:45 P. M., Daly, Stope, & Widewater Brooks, Frederickburg, Sum- mary, Woodsiana, McLord, Peno a, Ruther Glen Dow- well, Tayl raville, Glen Allen, and Eiba, Buller Parker Cars ACCOMMODATION TRAINS. (Daily except Sunday) 8:18 A. M. Leaves Eiba for Quantico. 8:40 P. M., Leaves Bvrd st. for Frederick- burg. 8:50 P. M., Leaves Eiba for Ashland. 8:60 A. M. Arrives Bvrd Station from Frederickburg. 8:65 P. M., Arrives Eiba from Ashland. S. A. L. Through Trains. Via S. A. L. Junction and R. F. & Railroad. LEAVE BROAD STREET STATION (C. & O) 8:15 M. Daily, for Washington and points north. tops at Freder ickburg and Quantico Sleep- ers to New York. Dialing car. 8:55 P. M., Daly, for Washington and points north. tops at Frederickburg and Quantico Pullman Sleepers to New York. ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. (O. & O.) 2:31 P.M. Daily. Stops only Frederickburg and Powell, Islan Sleeper from New York. 10:31 P.M Daily. stops only Frederickburg, Davenport and Ashland, Sleeper from New York. During osr. W.P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. E.T. D Myers, President S.A.L. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. The Favorite Route South. Schedule in Effect June 3rd, 1900. Leaves Chesapeake and Ohio Broad Street Station. 7-80 A. M. Daily, except Sunday, for Petersonburg, Henderson, Durhaw, Kaleigh, Alliants, and all points South and Southwest. 2-65 P. M. "Florida Mall and Express," day for Petersburg, Henderson, Kaleigh, Craw, Camdens Columbia, Savannah Jackenville Tampa, Fernandina, and all Florida points. 0-40 P. M. 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The courts have ruled that their paper discontinued the payable time for which it has been paid is unable for the payment of the subscription up to when they order the paper discontinued. COMMUNICATION :-When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your subscription, should give your name and address L. full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS :-In order to change the address of a subscriber we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post-Office at Richmond, Va. is second class matter. SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1901 THE ISSUE IN CONGRESS The discussion relative to the congressional reapportionment during the past few weeks in the House of Representatives has been decidedly interesting. In this as well as all other matters concerning the country's welfare, the colored brother has figured. Viewed from a dispassionate and a conservative standpoint, the colored people had nothing to lose. It was a question between the North and the South, which finally resulted in the South getting the best end of the bargain in one sense and the North in another sense. It means that the former section will not lose any of its representation by virtue of the suppression of the colored vote, and that it will gain a few votes by virtue of an increased population, while the North will gain many more votes from the last specified cause. It may be that renewed impetus may result so far as the disfranchising acts of constitutional conventions in southern states are concerned. The one gratifying feature of the debate was the ringing speech made by Congressman Geo. H WHITE, the lone Afro-American representative upon the flor of congress. There is something touchingly pathetic in his speech of defiance as made Tuesday, Ja. S. Sch, 1901. With the entrance of the Twentieth Century ends our racial representation in the halis of congress. But, we shall come again. This nation is passing through the crusial period of its existence. Human rights are being held cheaply and the lessons of history cast aside. We should yield to nothing, but force and even then under pre- The nation through its rep- tivies will yet reap the whirlwind. "THE TIMES" AGAIN THE Richmond, Va., TIMES continues its attacks upon the helpless and insists that the rights of the Negro should not only be sacrificed, but that he should be made a serf, if we are to judge by its frantic denunciations of us. So virulent has it become that even the conservative white element has become disgusted. In its issue of the 6th inst., it says: "One would infer from some comments in the Petersburg Index-Appeal that The Times thinks that the Negro was wrong to have opportunity to make a living and accumulate. There is, however, nothing in what The Times has said on this subject to justify any such conclusion." It continues: "The Times has the very kind- sort of feeling for the black man, and has said time and again of late that it would be a cruel thing and an unjustifiable thing for the people of Virginia or any Southern State to adopt a rule against black people from white tax payers should all go to the support of the white schools, and only the money collected from colored tax-payers be appropriated to the schools for colored children. We believe in giving the blacks a fair chance to educate themselves and make themselves useful and prosperous citizens." The Times evidently thinks this a great concession. It makes a virtue of a necessity. We have more than once expressed the opinion that dividing the school-tax on a basis of racial taxation would be class-regalisation and accordingly unconstitutional. It indulges in the following silly twaddle: "But that does not alter the simple fact which we stated. We said that this was a white man's country, that white men discovered it, white men settled it, white men gained its independence, white men developed its resources and made it rich and that, therefore, white men would continue to rule it and to enjoy its first fruits. The Index-Appalai says that the statement that this is a white man's country would seem to imply that the white man is aboriginal to which all know is not so. Quite men. When the white man covered America, it was overrun and dominated by savages with red skins. But the white man took possession and the red man was driven farther and farther back into the forest until by and by the white man owned all the land and the red skins were tramps upon the American continent. It says: "That is the way of the white man, especially when he happens to be of the Anglo-Saxon race. When he takes possession of a land, he occupies it and has dominion over it, and that is the simple fact which we have stated." The Anglo-Saxon race has no place in this country, for the Teutonie and Latin races are all mixed in one conglomerated mass. It continues: "There is a place for the black man in this country, and in spite of many complains he is getting along fairly well. Many black men have accumulated, and many educated themselves, have shown the progressive spirit and have progressed. There are hundreds of such men in Rishmond to-day and they are not giving themselves much concern about the so-called Negro problem." Yes, there is a place for the black man in this country, and its limits are defined by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We will accept no less than is specified therein and will demand no more. The black men in Richmond, who have accumulated property, and thank God we are numbered with them, haven't the time to stop and wrestle with the prejudiced cranks, who find pleasure in belittling and maligning them. They are no less active, however, in cultivating individual friendships with white Virginians, promptly complying with their business contracts and living upright lives to the satisfaction of all unjudicious beholders. It then brutally remarks: "They get all the respect that they deserve and no man prevents them from toiling and trading and getting gain. But whenever the black man is put into such competition with the white man as to deprive the white man of the first fruits of the land there is going to be trouble for the black man. Of course they no not, because when he toils, he toils for the white man and when he trades, he sells the white man's goods and pays him for the privilege. But the Times' declaration and threat of trouble for the black man is pandering to the worst prejudices and unworthy of a great journal. If its theories were logically carried out, it would disrupt society and over-turn the government itself. It would afford no protection of the weak against the strong. Is it possible that this editor is not conversant with political economy and is blind to history? And yet with the enunciation of this absurd doctrine and a discounting of ethics, it has the effrontery to publish an editorial sermon every Sunday morning. It concludes its remarkable dissertation as follows: "It has been the aim of this paper and will continue to be its aim to keep the races from clashing, for whenever there is a clash the black man is always the sufferer. This is not a question of 'piety', as the Index-Appeal seems to think. It is a question of conditions." It claims to aim to keep the races from clashing while advocating a policy to produce the very results which it professes to avoid. But why discuss the TIMES? For hypoiseiry, it has a reputation secondly to that exercised by the Dev himself, and the Index-Appeal has not failed to see it. A Horrible Lynching—Forced to Jump From a Fence BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Jan. 2.—A Special from Wilsonville says: "Louis MeAdams, colored who cut and seriously injured J. M. Ray at this place Christmas evening and who was arrested in Childersburg yesterday was taken from officers by a mob of 100 men this afternoon and hanged, four miles from this place. The mob quietly dispersed, and as every man wore a mask, there is no clue as to the identity of any of the lynchers. "When word was received that the colored man had been arrested in Childersburg the Mayor and two deputies went for him last night. The town was quiet and orderly when the deputies left, and it seemed that no preparations were being made to lynch Adams. DISARMED THE DEPUTIES. About four miles from town on their return the deputies were surprised by about 100 armed men, who stopped the team, disarmed the deputies, and demanded the prisoner. A rope was placed around the man's neck. He was forced to mount a fence, the end of the rope was fastened to a tree limb. The rope was knocked from under him and while he awaund in the air the contents of about fifty guns were emptied into his body." THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA FIRE KILLED CHILDREN. Twenty-eight Dead and Twelve Injured in Asylum Holocaust. TWO ADULTS AMONG THE DEAD The Other Victims Ranged in Age From Two to Fourteen Years—Exploding Natural Gas Caused Dianster-Mangers Blaming Themselves. Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 9.—Twenty-eight dead, bodies lie at the morgue and 12 others, more or less seriously injured, in this city, in a result of the terrible holocaust, which occurred early yesterday morning to the Rochester Orphan axilum. Or the dead 26 were children of both sexes ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, while the remaining two were adults, Mrs. Martha Gordon, cook, and Miss Martha Gills, nurse. The fire, which was discovered at 1:10 a. m. and was doubtless caused by explosion of natural gas in the boiler room, spread so rapidly that many of the 109 inmates of the institution were overcome by the flames and smoke almost without warning. In all the long and dismal record of fatal fires in Rochester none can be found which can equal this one in its general horror, in the pathetic scenes in which so many lives were blotted out, in the gallant sacrifice of those victims in whose charge the children were, and in sad scenes at the hospitals and morrow That so many children were saved from the west wing of the building seems little short of miraculous, and when the ruins were visited yesterday one marvelled that the death roll was not even larger. The scene following almost immediately upon the discovery of the fire and the accompanying explosion was one which turned the stoutest hearts sick. The windows of the west wing were filled with the terrified faces of the tiny waifs. Working like men possessed the firemen struggled to release them from their perilous position. The rooms of the dormitory were filled with the smoke of the fire, and the little ones were being slowly suffocated. Most of those rescued were lowered to the ground by means of ladders from the second and third stories. The ambulances from every hospital in the city reached the scene almost as soon as the fire department, but they proved totally inadequate in providing for those rescued. Many sufferers and the dead were removed to the houses in the immediate neighborhood. There were awful scenes around the asylum at this time. Most of those rescued from the building were unconscious from the effects of smoke. It soon became apparent that the building was doomed. A general alarm was sent in and the entire fire department was soon on the scene. The fire was stubbornly fought from every available point, but it was over an hour after discovery before it was under control. The fire was first discovered by two men passing the asylum. They hastily sent in an alarm, and then turned their attention toward arousing the nurses and the children. There was a joint meeting of the board of managers and the trustees of the asylum yesterday. While all sorts of excuses were put forward for the disaster, there was unanimity in conceding that the managers had been derelict in that there had not been a fire and more complete system of fire secures. Indeed, One Thomas C. Montgomery, Frankly expressed the opinion that the managers had been negligent in that they did not employ a night watchman at the asylum and that they had not had the building patrolled nightly. Commission on Strike F Commissioner on Strike For Fees. Utica, N. Y., Jan. 9. The cases of nearly 50 Chinamen alleged to be in this country in violation of the exclusion law came before Judge A. C. Cox, in the United States court, here yesterday on the question of Commissioner Paddock, of Malone, refusing to hear Chinese cases unless the fees paid by the government. The court ruled that the commissioner that the commissioner not bound to decide the cases of the Chinamen unless the government arranged his fees. The department at Washington has held that the cases were civil cases, and that the commissioner was not entitled to fees. There were 110 Chinamen in Malone jail at one time, and Mr. Paddock claims that the government owes him about $1,000 in fees. Colombia's Revolution Again Serious Colombia 2 Revolution Again Serious Washington, Jan. 9.—The state department received advices yesterday from Consul General Gudger, at Pana- indicating that the Colombian revolution has again assumed a serious aspect. He said that the Colombian government announced that the revolu- tionists are approaching Panama and are making preparations for a right, which is likely to occur soon. There is reason to believe that the United States government will adopt a vigorous line of action in case the city of Panama is attacked or there is any interruption of the transit facilities of the isthmus. Another Fatal Prize Fight: Easton, Pa., Jan. 9.—Franch Welsh, the pugilist, died yesterday from the effects of his fight at Cedar Park, Phillipsburg, on New Year's eve, with Paddy Donovan. Welsh's case is one of the most remarkable on record. He had not been conscious from the time he collapsed in the ring until he died, over a week. Welsh, whose real name was Gael Welder, was 21 years old, and lived in Philadelphia. Warrants are out for the arrest of some 30 men connected with the fight, and Donovan and several others are in jail at Belvidere, N. J. To Protect Child Mill Workers Columbia, S. C., Jan. 9. —Yesterday in the state senate Senator Marshall, of Columbia, introduced a bill making it a misdemeanor for a cotton mill to employ children under 12 years of age. South Carolina is the second state in the Union in the number of spindles operated. Fleeing Burglar Killed Str Vienna, Jan. 9.—A burglar named Wanyet, who had robbed a tenement on the Wilandstrasse, shot a woman dead whom he met as he was leaving. Pursued by the crowd, he shot five others dead, and he was not arrested until his revolver had been emptied. Bank Robbers' Big Hunt Shiloh, O., Jan. 9. - David Ozers' private bank was robbed early yesterday of $6,000 in currency, a number of government bonds, and a lot of valuable belongings to the banker's wife. The thief stole a horse and buggy and escaped. GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 8.—Governor Russell has appointed Davis M. Furches, late associate justice of the state supreme court, to be chief justice of that court, and Charles A. Cook, of Warrenton, associate justice. Messrs. Cook and Furches took the oath of office yesterday. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 3.—William Rutledge shot and killed George Bass, a 14-year-old lad, at the former's home, one mile west of this place, about dark last night. Young Bass playfully put a sack over his head and went to the cedar home to frighten some children when Rutledge, not knowing who he was, shot and killed him. Winchester, Va., Jan. 7.—Gen. Turner Ashby camp, Confederate Veterans, has about completed plans for a celebration of Gen. R. E. Lee's birthday, Day Jan. 19. The program includes a march of the old veterans, services in the Courthouse Hall and later a banquet. Several prominent speakers from a distance are expected to be present. Nashville, Jan. 8.—In the joint caucus of the legislative Democratic majority here yesterday afternoon Hon. E. W. Carmack, present congressman from the Tenth district, was nominated by acclamation to succeed Hon. Thomas B. Turley as United States senator from Tennessee. Formal election will probably be in joint session of the general assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 3.—A negro, whose name cannot be learned, was lynched by a mob of his own color last night nine miles north of Quitman, assaulting a small negro girl, Bailiff Campeau this county, had the negro in charge of making his way here. When about to bound a train near Kennedy a mob of negroes prevented him doing so, and taking the prisoner shot him, with no attempt at concealment of their crime. Richmond, Va., Jan. 7.—A dispatch from Norton, Wise county, this evening says: "A human skeleton has just been found in one of the deep mountain gorges almost in sight of town. A pair of gold spectacles, part of the clothing, one glove, 55 cents in silver and a bottle of whisky were found on the spot, but nothing to identify the man. The bones indicate a man of medium size and he had evidently been dead for one or two years. Bristol, Va., Jan. 7.—Since the destruction by fire of the Virginia and Southwestern railway shops here the company will carry out its plan to erect near the site of its furnace in West Bristol machine and carshops that will be larger than anything of the kind that has ever been built in this section. The work is to be started in the spring. The buildings are to be constructed of iron and steel and, unlike the old plant, will be fireproof. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 8.—Joel J. Meyers yesterday restored the $1,800 misappropriated while in the Charlotte office of the Southern Express company. The express company and the surety company will not prosecute him. Meyers was a trusted employee in the Charlotte office, and filched packets containing $1,800 in money and $5,000 in bank checks, intending to use the money to cover a shortage of $100. He lost the entire amount in gambling. Petersburg, Va., Jan. 7.—John S. Moody, who was assaulted and robbed a few days ago by two negro highwaymen near Disputanta Station, on the Norfolk and Western railroad, and so badly beaten, died of his injuries last week. The unfortunate man, who was a former Waverley, in Petersburg, resided near Waverley, in Sussex county. This is the second man who has been murdered near Disputanta and in the same location within the past two or three months. Wilsonville, Ga., Jan. 3—Louis McAdams, a negro, who cut and seriously injured J. M. Ray at this place Christmas evening, and who was arrested in Childersburg Tuesday, was taken from officers by a mob of 100 men yesterday afternoon and hanged four miles from this place. While he swung in the air the contents of about 50 guns were emptied into his body. The mob quietly dispersed, and as every man wore a mask there is no clew as to the identity of any of the lynchers. Huntington, W. Va., Jan. 7—John H. Woods, owner of extensive lumber mills in the southern part of this county, attempted to board a moving train at the Chesapeake and Ohio station here this morning. He had a glove on his hand and he lost his bacon and beneath the train. Both his legs were swollen on the knees. He is 50 years old and will probably die. Woods carried $5,000 accident insurance, the policy expiring at 9 o'clock this morning, just two hours after the accident happened. Norfolk, Jan. 3.—The first cargo of coal which the Russian government will receive on account of the contract made some months ago will soon be delivered. Today the British steamer Ferndene cleared from this port for Port Arthur with a full cargo of Pocahontas coal. The Russian government has an extensive naval station and arsenal at Port Arthur, where the coal will be delivered and where the ships or the caar's navy will take it into their bunkers. Other carroges are expected to follow this one as soon as steamers can be chartered to carry it. The shipmers refuse to state how many tons the Russians have contracted for. Baron Fersen, Russian naval agent at Washington, who is here superintending the shipment, is equally reticent. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 3.—The directors of the state dispensary yesterday made public the annual financial statement of the liquor dispensary system. Not including December, the heaviest trade month in the year, the sales for 1900 amounted to $2,481,740.22, nearly $750,000 in excess of the entire year 1899. For the 12 months of 1900 the increase will be $1,000,000. The state receives 10 per cent net profit, which amounted to $176,012.18. This will be pro rated among the counties of the state for the public schools. The profits accruing to towns and cities, in addition to the state's profit, is $298,168.28. The dispensary started in business in 1894 with $50,000 appropriated by the state. This has been refunded, an equal amount invested in real estate, and a stock of $250,000, paid for, is carried constantly. Mammoth Railread Economy Chicago, Jan. 9.—The Record says: The financial powers controlling the detinies of the great railway systems of the nation are reported to be planning one of the biggest economical reforms in the history of American railroad operations. The intention is to do so by the army of traveling passenger, freight agent and officials directly engaged in the solicitation of business for the lines. Should the plan be carried out it means the discharge of more than 50,000 men. BURLEIGH BILL PASSES. Provides For an Increased Membership in National House. TWENTY-NINE MORE MEMBERS Will Be Added, and of These Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Minnesota Gain Two Each and New York, Illinois and Texas Three Each. Washington, Jan. 9.—By a vote of 165 to 102 the house yesterday accepted the reapportionment plan proposed by the Burleigh bill, which increases the membership of the house during the next decade from 357, the present membership and the membership proposed by the committee, or Hopkins bill, to 386. The result was largely brought about by the influence of certain senators from several of the larger northern states, who threw the weight of their influence in the scale in favor of the larger membership. When it became apparent that these factors were at work against his bill Mr. Hopkins attempted to compromise by giving an additional representative each to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adversaries refused to compromise after complete victory was assured. The Crumpacker proposition to recommit the bill for the purpose of ascertaining what states abridged the right to vote to an extent which would entail reduced representation was defeated, 130 to 110. There was no roll call on this vote, but a number of Republicans voted with the Democrats. Under the bill as passed yesterday no losses a representative, and the following gains: Illinois, New York and Texas, three, Minnesota, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, two each: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin, one each. The bill provides that whenever a new state is admitted the representative assigned to it shall be in addition to the number provided in the bill. It also adds a provision, never hitherto incorporated in a reapportionment bill, to the effect that congressional disaffection to being "contiguous," shall also be "compact." States which are allowed to represent representatives by the bill shall by terms, elect them at large until the legislature shall redistrict the state. During the legislative session of yesterday the senate had under consideration the much mooted canteen question, in connection with the army reorganization bill. The senate committee, in effect, restored the provision for a post exchange, or canteen, which had been stricken out of the bill by the house. For nearly five hours the senate discussed the committee amendment, but a vote upon the proposition is not yet in sight. Senators Gallinger the ammendment, and in turn it was quite as strongly supported by Senators Sewell, Hawley, Money and Carter. It is possible a vote may be reached late this afternoon. Among bills introduced in the senate yesterday was one by Mr. Kenney, a substitute for the army reorganization bill. It provides for the maintenance of a regular army of 65,000 men under the present law and the special enlistment of 35,000 additional troops for service in the Philippines during the emergency in those islands. CARNEGIE COMPANY'S LATEST ENTERPRISE To Build the Largest Pipe and Tube Plant in the World. Pittsburg, Jan. 9.—In explanation of the extensive land purchases of the Carnegie company at Conneaut Harbor, O., and the numerous reports of the company's intention to establish a manufacturing plant at that point, President Charles H. Scwab yesterday made clear the plans of the company with respect to these purchases. Mr. Schwab states that for over a year the Carnegie company has contemplated entering into lines of manufacture other than those in which it has been engaged hitherto, and the first step in carrying out this purpose is to be taken at once by the establishment of the largest pipe and tube manufacturing plant in the world at Conneaut Harbor, O., which is the Lake Erie terminal of the Carnegie-Pittsburg, Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad, 153 miles from Pittsburg. The company has purchased 5,000 acres of land immediately east of the Conneaut Harbor docks, and a large part of this vast contract will be utilized as a site for the tube works. The area will stretch over a mile of the lake and will be the most extensive and complete of its kind in every branch ever built. The investment, exclusive of ground, will reach about $12,000,000. Four Dead in a Tentment Fire New York Jan. 9.—Four lives were lost in a fire which started in the cellar of a five story brick tenement on East One Hundred and Thirteenth street last night. The dead are: Antoinette Mora, 26 years old, the wife of Donato Mora a fruit vendor; Louis Donato Mora, 2 years old; Francisca Mora, 10-months-old daughter of the dead woman; Francisca Mora, 32 years old, wife of Joseph Mora barber, and sister-in-law of Antoinette. The Mora family lived in a flat on the fifth floor and the bodies were found by the firemen after the flames had been extinguished. They had been burned and suffocated. Firemen carried a number of women to the street. The President Has the Grinne Washington, Jan. 9.—Last evening Secretary Cortelyou said concerning the president's illness: "The president's cold has developed into a well defined case of gripe. His physician states there are no complications and that the disease is progressing favorably. The disease must run its regular course, and the president, therefore, is not likely to be out of his room for some days." The French Submarite Re Paris, Jan. 9.—The Figaro, in a special dispatch this morning, describes a voyage of two hours in the submarine boat Morse during the trials at Cherbourg. "In less than two minutes," says the correspondent, "the vessel reached a depth of 18 feet, when she performed her evolutions with ease and perfect safety. By means of an ingenious instrument, the pariscope, floating invisibly upon the surface of the water, everything above was visible. The problem of the supply of air has been solved satisfactorily, and the crew were able to remain submerged for 16 hours without fatigue of the lungs." A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, Jan. 3. Judge Kohlsaist granted a temporary injunction restraining Chicago from enforcing a 75 cent gas ordinance. It is asserted in Dover that the legislature will on Jan. 15 elect Col. DuPont and J. Edward Addicks to the United States senate from Delaware. The senate committee will report favorably the bill to retire Gen. Shafter as a major general and Gens. Lee and Wilson as brigadier generals. Mrs. Maria Sittser, wife of Hon. John A. Sittser, president judge of the Forty-fourth Pennsylvania district, died at Eureka Springs, Ark., yesterday. In his final message, retiring Governor Pingree, of Michigan, predicts a bloody revolution within 25 years unless present unequal conditions are changed. Friday, Jan. 4. Bishop W. X. Ninde, of the M. E. church, died in Detroit, aged 63. The striking structural steel workers in Pittsburgh have resumed work, having been victorious. Gen. R. N. Batchelder, former quartermaster general of the army, died in Washington, aged 67. He retired in 1896. Two carloads of negroes left Montgomery, Ala., last night for the Hawaiian islands. They go to take emplacement on the sugar plantations there. John Billiks, a Greek, who stabbed and killed Peter Glovanis, a fellow countryman, on June 10 last, in Philadelphia, was sentenced to 18 years in the Eastern penitentiary. Saturday, Jan. 5. Miss Belle Fremont, prima donna soprano of the Bostonians, died in Denver last night of pneumonia. According to Consul Listeo, at Rotterdam, there is now a good field open in Europe for American zinc ore. Among the bills introduced in the Colorado legislature was one for the restoration of capital punishment. The President Bey, who was recently displaced as Turkish minister in Washington in favor of Mustapha Bey, has been reinstated. The navy department yesterday issued the expected order announcing the retirement of Rear Admiral A. Kautz, to take effect Jan. 29. Monday, Jan. 7. The estate of the late Senator Davis, of Minnesota, amounts to only $65,000. Suffocated by smoke in a hotel fire at Minneapolis, eight men were taken out dead. Bishop Wigger, of the Catholic diocese of Newark, died at South Orange, N. J., aged 49. John C. Sims, secretary of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, died yesterday in Philadelphia. James Ware Bradbury, United States senator from Maine in 1846, died at Augusta, Me., aged 98. Daniel F. Davis, father of Webster Davis, former assistant secretary of the interior, died yesterday at Kansas City, Mo., of consumption, aged 64 years. In urging the increased army bill Senator Lodge declared in the senate that we will lead the world in commerce, and it is well to be prepared. Tuesday, Jan. S The sugar trust has advanced the price of all grades of refined sugar. Forty new engines have been ordered from the Pittsburg locomotive works by the Illinois Central Railroad company. Congressman R. J. Gamble has been selected as the unanimous choice of South Dakota's legislature for United States senator. Queen Marle Henriette, of Belgium, is in an extremely weak condition from the after results of her recent attack of pneumonia. The Spanish government is projecting the establishment of wireless telegraphy in Spain, Morocco and Tenerife and the other Canary Islands. Because Italian Consul Bacelli, at Albany, N. Y., declared in a speech that "Italians live on 15 cents a day" fellow countrymen demand his recall. At Denver Judge Butler fined the members of the board of county commissioners $250 each for contempt of court in violating a court order by forbidding the sheriff to appoint deputies to guard the polls on election day. Wednesday, Jan. 9. Japan's prince imperial is to start on a foreign tour next spring. The Northern Pacific railroad has sold all its lands in North Dakota, amounting to 1,400,000 acres, to a New York syndicate. Negotiations have been practically closed by the Elkins-Widener-Whitney syndicate for the lease of Cincinnati's street railways. Paymaster Charles P. Thompson, of the navy, died yesterday at his residence in Washington. He had been an invalid for several years. Charles L. Benedict, who was judge of the Eastern district of New York for 32 years, died yesterday in New York. He resigned in 1897. GENERAL MARKETS. East Liberty, Pa., Jan. 8—Cattle mark steady, common, $3.45/70. Pigs, $1.5@5 mediums and best Yorkers, $6.5@5 heavy hogs, $5.45/65 pigs, as to qualifie rough, $7.5@5 Sheep steady, choice milk, $8.5@5 mon, $1.5@2.56; choice lamb, $8.8@10 common to good, $4@4.75 veal calves, $7.25 $7.75. **KMled Incediendy, Held For Murder.** Ballston, N. Y., Jan. 9—Hiram Van Buren was arrested at Providence, Saratoga county, last night on a charge of murder and lodged in the jail here. On Sunday Van Buren discovered Edwin Eddy, a neighbor, attempting to set fire to his house and shot him through the neck, killing him instantly. A woman who had been Eddy's housekeeper recently left him and went to live with Van Buren. This is said to have caused bad feeling, and the tragedy was the outcome. EIGHT DEAD, ONE DYING. Misunderstanding of Orders Caused an Awful Wreck. BRAVE BRAKEMAN SAVES LIVES Ran a Mile Ebefore He Could Get a Lantern to Signal a Fast Express Train—Arrived Just in Time to Save the Flyer. Fairmount, W. Va., Jan. 9.—An eastbound engine with 23 empty cars collided with a westbound engine running light on the bridge crossing the mouth of Koons Run, dove Everson section, on the Monongahela division of the Baltimore and Ohio railway, yesterday, killing eight men and injuring three more, one fatally. Both engines were going at full speed to reach a switch, as the Pittsburgh flyer was nearly due. The heroic action of Brakeman O'Leary in running a mile to signal the flyer saved the lives of many of its passengers. The dead: W. R. Rowman, of Fairmont, engineer; W. J. O'Neill, of Slicerly, Pa.; M. E. Brennen, of McKeesport, Pa., conductor; John Deveny, of Fairmont, fireman; William Parrish, of Keyser, W. V. brakeman; Joseph F. King, of Monongah, W. V. conductor; W. E. Murrell, of Fairmont, fireman; unknown tramp, instantly killed. The heavy engine went entirely through the light one, and as the entire crew was in the engine all were killed except Brakeman Tedlow, who was thrown into the river. He will win. When the first crash came Engineer Richardson, of the heavy engine, pushed the fireman, Murrell, off at the left and he jumped out at the right. The collision occurred on the center of the bridge, which is treacherous, with no guard rails at the side. Murrell was thrown to the edge of the river bank and his engine followed him, crushing him. He died a few hours later. Richardson escaped with slight injuries. Brakeman O'Leary was in the caboose, and was but slightly injured. He immediately set out to stop the flyer, but found all the lanterns were broken. Then he ran to Highland, over a mile distant, and succeeded in getting a lantern just as the flyer came in sight and signaled the engineer. But for his heroic action many lives of the three score persons on the flyer would have been lost. The two engines were totally demolished, together with the four cars. Superintendent A. M. Lane will hold a court of inquiry to determine where the blame lies, and today would only say 'I was a misunderstanding of orders. The Kidnapping Industry Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 9. —From Union Springs, this state, it is learned that N. H. Frazer, the tax collector of Bullock county, has received a letter dated Memphis from men claiming they had kidnapped Frazer's 18-year-old son in Atlanta, and demanding $5,000. The letter contained young Frazer's signature as proof of their claim. The school in the Technological School at Atlanta has has been seen there in several days. The kidnappers asserted they were on their way to Kansas City, whence further negotiations would be conducted. A Separate Trial For Kerr. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 9.-Justice Dixon, in the court of oyer and terminer, announced yesterday that he had granted the application of counsel for the murder of Geoffrey Kerr, indicted for the murder of Jamie chleter, on the alleged ground that Kerr had not been present when knockout drops had been given to the girl. Hair Cutting, Shaving and Shampooing in First Class Style. Tonsailor Apartments now open to receive you. 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Goods Strictly First-class and vered free. THE PLANET Chicago Multi-Tit-Millionaire Succumbs After Two Years' Illness. Chicago, Jan. 7—Phillip D. Armour died at his residence in Prairie avenue, in this city, last evening, aged 69. The end came after two years of illness, during which time Mr. Armour visited German baths, passed the cold months in southern California, and devoted himself largely to an attorney. So carefully had the plans for the future been made that the death of Mr. A. THE LATE PHILIP D. ARMOUR. Armour will have little effect on the outward working of the great enterprise with which he had been so closely identified. It is believed all the Armour properties will be held intact until the grandchildren come into their own. The property interests for which Mr. Armour stood are estimated at $150,000,000. His personal share of this property is variously estimated at from $25,000,000 to $50,000,000. Ninety Lives Imperilled. Marselles, Jan. 9.—A terrible disaster threatens the mail station Russia, which stranded Monday on the coast near the village of Faraman during a violent storm, with 50 passengers and a crew of 40 on board. She has heeled to the starboard, and the waves are sweeping over her. Desperate attempts to rescue her company by lifeboats and steam tugs have been made, but far the rough seas have prevented every attempt to approach the vessel. The wind is still allowing a hurricane, with no sign of an approaching great crowd is assembled along the coast excitedly watching the endavors to communicate with those on board of the doomed ship. It is probable that the vessel and all on board will perish. Charged With Receiving Bribes Charged With Receiving Bribes. Mobile, Ala., Jan. 8—Yesterday afternoon Secret Service Agent E. P. McAdams arrested on Royal street, this city, Capt. C. W. King, quartermaster and supervisor of the government work at Fort Morgan, Ala. Capt. King had just received $1,000 in bills H. Hobson, a contractor on government on government for the fort. The money, previously marked as registered, was found on his person. Hobson declared that King rejected much of his work, and finally proposed that if Hobson would pay him $5,000 he "would not be so hard on him." Hobson agreed to pay him $3,000, and had already paid him $2,000. Kitg was held in $10,000 bail. Colorado's Cannibal Released Denver, Jan. 9.—The last official act of Charles S. Thomas, who retired as governor of Colorado yesterday, was to grant a parole to Alfred Packer. Packer has been in prison over 17 years. He was sentenced to a 40 year term in 1883. Packer's alleged crime was the murder of a party of five prospectors in the wilds of Colorado. He admitted that he killed one of the men, who he was insane and had assassinated him after murdering the other four with a hatchet. Packer was miles from civilization at the time, and was compelled, he said, to eat the flesh of the murdered men to keep from starving. The Latest Railroad Deal. Philadelphia, Jan. 8.—The board of directors of the Reading company yesterday decided to accept the proposition made by J. P. Morgan concerning the purchase of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and President Joseph S. Harris today went to New York to confer with Mr. Morgan and Charles S. Morgan, giving the financing of the deal. While it is generally believed that eventually the Lehigh Valley and company will pass under the control of the Reading company, nothing was done in regard to that company at yesterday's meeting. Fighting Their Aunt's Will New York, Jan. 9.—Seven nieces and one nephew of the late Anna Winters sat in the supreme court yesterday to contest the will of their aunt who left $2,000,000 to her young husband. Ex-Alderman Dooley's widow was 70 when, in 1894, despite strenuous objections of all her relations, she married young Mr. Winters, who was but little over 24. When she died at 75 she bequeathed nearly everything to Winters. It is alleged that the testatrix was not of sound mind and that the will was procured by fraud. Ambassador Pauncefote to Remain ambassador Pauncefote to Remain. London, Jan. 9—Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, according to information furnished by the press, will remain indefinite in Warrington. It was the intention of the British government to appoint his successor next March, but the questions now at issue between the United States and Great Britain are believed to be far too serious to permit his removal. It is understood also that Lord Pauncefote is willing to stay on, and is likely to represent Great Britain until the close of this year at least, if not longer. Another French Duel Promised. Paris, Jan. 9—It is rumored at the clubs that Comte de Lubersac, eldest son of the Marquis de Lubersac, and Baron Robert de Rothschild, eldest son of Baron Gustave de Rothschild, soon fight a duel as the result of a long standing quarrel, Baron Robert being no longer a minor and being therefore no obstacles to counter. SOMETHING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL ISLE of PINES THE RIVER IS CLOSED. LOADING BANANAS AT THE ISLE OF PINES FOR THE HAVANA MARKET. THE Isle of Pines! What a deliciously romantic sound the name has! But what is it; and where is it? These are questions it were well for us to know, for rumor has it that the island may become a permanent possession of the United States. Secretary Root's visit to this historical bit of land has revealed its value as a naval station, particularly in event of the passage of the Nicaraguan canal bill. The island in question is a small affair—its length variously estimated at from 43 to 60 miles and its greatest breadth at from 35 to 55 miles—but it has had a substantial place in the history of the new world Spanish possessions since its discovery by Columbus in the year 1494. The island rises in dignity from the ocean some 33 miles off the southwest extremity of Cuba, a monster column of finest marble—valuable as the alabaster of Carrara. But Columbus knew nothing of this; he paid little attention to the mountains or their balanness, confining himself mainly to the attempt to extricate his ships from the labyrinth of bays and keys which surrounds the island, and into which he had unwittingly allowed his ships to push their noses. The incident recalls a curious bit of history connected with the second trip of exploration made by Columbus. The discoverer's fleet had been for many days sailing along the southern coast of Cuba, Columbus being under the impression that the latter was the coast of Asia. But the thorough old mariner, though he had no doubt himself that a party might by landing return to Spain across country, he could not rest with the thought that a single member of his company might question it. To satisfy himself on this point he sent a public notary to each ship to take the depositions of the members of the crews from cabin boy up. He sent with him four witnesses. Every member of the expedition swore he believed this to be the continent of Asia—had they not traveled 300 miles along the shore LOADING BANANAS AT THE ISLE O without finding a break? Clearly it could be nothing less than a continent! However, Columbus was still fearful that some of the men on their return might seek maliciously to damage their leader's reputation by denying their statements made under oath. He accordingly decreed in writing that the officer making such refutation should be heavily fined and that a ship boy guilty of this offense should have his tongue cut out. Having satisfied himself of the genuineness of his discovery Columbus turned south with the idea of leaving his quest in strange lands. He had proceeded no great distance when he sighted land. Following the shore line for a distance he finally anchored and landed for a supply of wood and water. He named the place Evangelista, but paused to make no explorations. He hastened on with the hope of gaining the open sea and of finding the course homeward. Presently, however, he found himself in a great bay or channel and the crews began to despair of finding their way back. After a consultation it was decided to double on the trail, as it were. This they did, sailing back along the coast of Cuba, and the story of the trials and superstitious happenings which were a part of the return voyage is a matter of history. It was later learned that the land to which Columbus gave the name Evangelista is the largest island immediately adjacent to Cuba. It became known as the Isle of Pines, doubtless because it has a more extensive growth of pine timber, at a lower altitude, than exists anywhere else in the tropics. The bay into which Columbus sailed is that which is now known as the Lagoon of Signaune. This stretch of water penetrates deep into the island. To all practical purposes there are really two islands separated by lagoons and swamps, but in a measure connected by the rocky ledges running through the marsh. There is more than an historical interest attached to the Isle of Pines. It has a touch of romance, having been The Wayback Martyr. "Henry, the ancient Romans had sofa pillows." "H'm; I wonder if the Roman wives let the Romans put their heads on them?"—Indianaapolis Journal. Too Broad to Be Deep. The broadness of some men's minds is only exceeded by the shallowness.—Chicago Daily News. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA once the home of pirates! The buccaneers who flaunted the black flag in the Caribbean sea in the early days carried their ill-gotten gains into the secret bayous of the Isle of Pines. The notorious Gibbs is said to have had a den somewhere among the natural strongholds of the island. Politically, the island has for years belonged to the province of Havana, the judicial district of Beijul. In 1858 Capt. Gen. O'Donnell, of Havana, conceived the idea of working the marble quarries on the island by the means of convict labor. The place became a convict colony, and even now the drill marks by these men—criminals and political offenders—are to be seen upon the gray and weather-beaten faces of the mountains of marble in the Sardas quarries. Within a distance of two miles there are six peaks, each fully 1,000 feet high. Despite the fact that marble of the finest grain and color is to be found in these mountains, the quarries have been little worked since the days of the convict colony. The people—there are about 2,000 on the island—confineth themselves chiefly to the growing of bananas, the raising of cattle, the cultivation of a few agricultural products, the making of tobacco poles and the burning of charcoal. An American who has visited the Isle of Pines reports that the six marble mountains are enclosed by a barbed wire fence and owned by an old mulatto woman who Lives in an adobe house at the foot of one of her mountains. The principal towns, Nueva Gerona and Santa Fe, are squalid and unpretentious, though the latter is recognized as a resort on account of its mineral springs. There are few people on the island outside the villages. There are few plantations and pineapples and other products are not cultivated extensively, though small quantities are raised. Doubtless the reason for this is that the only available market is the city of Havana and the transportation is very poor. F PINES FOR THE HAVANA MARKET. Besides the pines, cedar, mahogany and other valuable woods are found in great abundance. It is reported that sulphur, rock crystal, quicksilver, iron and silver are to be found upon the island, but they have never been mined. In a word, the island is potentially rich. In the eyes of the United States its great value lies in the deep indentations of its consts. Though Vivijafana bay is the only practical harbor around the island a four-fathom channel stretches from Vivijafana bay westward along the north shore and between Dios and San Felipe keys to deep water. On account of the natural protection it is claimed the spot will make an ideal place for a naval station. MILTON B. MARKS. A Unique Colony. In some respects New Zealand is the most advanced of any British colony. Its climate is absolutely perfect, its population hardy and devoted to the land of their adoption and its resources are most fruitful and already highly developed. The workingman is supreme there, and it is the boast of the islands they do not contain a millionaire! To New Zealand belongs the credit of having established franchise for its women and pensions for its old people, and it has shown a general capacity for management in affairs far in advance of any other capacity of its age. The Maoris are decreasing in numbers, and, although they have made an effort to adopt civilization, it is not suited to their temperament.—Chicago Chronicle. Facts About Thibet Thibet is larger than France, Germany and Spain combined, and has a population of 6,000,000. It is ruled over by Dalai Lama, who acknowledges only a nominal allegiance to China. He is the head of Lamaism, which is the oldest and strictest sect of Buddhism. 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END OF WORK and at prices which the execution of the Richmond, Virginia Y $1.50 PER YEAR THE PLANET SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1901 WAR REMINISCENCES But as an Officer This Young Soldier Was a Lamentable Failure. "Most good officers would make excellent soldiers," murmured the old staff officer, but all brave soldiers would not make fine officers—no, not by a big sight." The time was just after supper, but the old soldier lay back with one leg thrown over the arm of his easy chair, and his face almost hidden behind the cigar smoke. The light, turned down, threw the dim, uncertain shadows of a misty past about the room. Battallions of shadows chased each other over the walls, and, through the cigar smoke, charging squadrons rushed batteries placed high upon the ceiling. It was the time for a story. Both the colourel and his Boswell recognized that, says the Louisville Courier-Journal. "I was thinking of a child I knew in Longstreet's corps," said the colonel, simply. "He was just 15, and a chap to be proud of. Longstreet saw him about the second night. The general had ridden to the front, and there, far ahead of the line, was the boy. He was about the size of a woodtick, but he made enough noise for a brass band. The men were crouching and hiding behind cover, but to see that lad you would not have thought there was a tree or a rock in a hundred miles. Every time his gun went off it would a most knock him over. Then he would rub his shoulder, all the while jumping up and down and shouting: 'Give 'em h—l, boys! Give 'em h—l!' "Well, that time 'we give em h—l' and, in the charge, the boy was the first one over the breastworks. His commander was overjoyed to see it. After the fight the general sent for the youngster. The lad came and stood at attention before his officer as straight as you please. Gen. Longstreet con- complimented him on his bravery. Then he said: 'And why are you fighting, my son?' "Why, to be an officer, of course, sir, replied the little hero. "All right, I'll make you a lieuten- ant." "In a week not an officer in the army could strut like the now lieutenant." new lieutenant. "Then we had another fight. The bullets began to whistle, and the new lieutenant showed signs of nervousness. He did not shout: 'Give am h—l this time, but looked all white and scared. Of a sudden he dropped SHOOT ME IF YOU WANT TO." his sword. Right before Gen. Longstreet's eyes the boy soldier ran away. "The general summoned him after the battle. The lieutenant came, fearful and penitent. "Do you know I should have you shot, sir? thundered the officer. "Yes, sir,' replied the boy. 'I don't know why I did it, but I just ran. I couldn't help it, sir. Shoot me if you want to, or give me my gun, and I'll win my straps again.' "For a minute the general stared at his impudence, then said: 'I'll do it.' "In the next fight I was at the front with Longstreet. There was that boy, not a boy, a buti of battle, shouting, cheering, whooping, at the very front in every charge. Two men had to drag him away when we were forced back. "After the fight Longstreet promptly had his straps returned to him. Again the youngster went in as an officer, and again he ran. For the second time Longstreet put the boy back in the ranks in disgrace, only to reappoint him after a fight. As usual, the boy lieutenant ran. "Then, before he could be summoned, he sought out the general's tent. Longstreet looked at him sourly. "What do you want?" "The lad flung his sword on the ground and tore the straps from his shoulders. 'Take your d—n old sword,' he said. 'I wouldn't have it. I'm going back in the ranks.' And he stalked proudly from the presence of the astounded general and his staff. "Three days later a boy hero fell, yards in advance of a charging gray line." Very Pompous. Quinn—Such pomposity in the army is disgraceful. DeFonte—Pomposity? "Yes; since Finn has been promoted to corporal he objects to his letters being marked 'private,' for fear people may think that in still his rank"—Alcott Daily News. An Old Soldier's Story of Raw Recruits' Work with Magazine Rifles. The civil war was fought almost to its close with the Springfield muzzle-loader, but some of the last union regiments were armed with the Henry rifle, then comparatively new, a 15-shooter, with a magazine which had to be taken out to be refilled. Some of the things that happened after one regiment was armed with Henrys are described below in the words of an old soldier, says the Youth's Companion. "My old regiment," said he to R. B. Townshend, an English writer who has lived in the west, "got most terribly used up in one of them last campaigns before Richmond, and there wasn't mote'n 50 of us left that wasn't either dead of wounds or sick or invalidated out of the service. So what did they do but send us back to the base and reorganize us with a fresh lot of officers and about 900 newly drafted men. "They were a pretty poor lot. I tell you, us fellers as had had four years of it and knew what soldiering was, "WHERE DID YOU GET THEM COFFEE MILLS?" we felt mighty sick at being paraded with all them last sweepings of the draft. "Well, they took our old Springfields away from us, and armed the regiment with them fine new brass-mounted Henry magazine rifles, and sent us right to the front. "I liked the new gun well enough; 'twasn't a bad gun, the Henry; you hear me talk! But what I and my old chummies didn't relish was the notion o' going into action alongside of them 900 raw recruits. We hadn't much use for them, you bet! But there was no help for it, and the general he shoved us right along to the front, and then them recruits had to go under fire for the first time. "Forward!" says somebody, and we run forward till we come to a pasture with a fence on the farside, and a wood beyond it. There was a good few rebel sharpshooters in that wood, and right away they began to belt a few shots into us. We'd ought to have run on, but we all stopped. "Fire!' says somebody. And then you'd ought to have heard them raw recruits whaling away. Every last man of them had his magazine emptied in about 25 seconds. Then come a lull, for they'd all got to stop firing to onet, and pull out their magazines and fill up with 15 more cartridges. "And in that lull what d'ye reckon we heard? "Why," said the old soldier, in answer to his own question, "no noise like a hailstorm over in them woods where the rebws were. It was only the leaves and the small twigs falling down from the high tops of the trees where them recruits' bullets had gone. "I reckon they must have fired about 15,000 rounds up there. Fell down just like rain, the leaves did. You see, fellers like that, when they're exulted, are dead sure to fire too high. "Nor they didn't scare them rebws, neither! Why, one of them hollowed across the pasture to us; 'O Yank!' "Shrinker—no!' calls out the reb 'But, O Yank,' says he, 'say! Where d'you get them coffee-mills?" Dr. Hunter Holmes McQuire, dead at the age of 63, was medical director of the army of the Shesandoah valley and of the Second army corps during the civil war, and being on Stonewall Jackson's staff, was closer to that brave soldier than any other man in the army, says the New York Press. One incident of his career is amusing. He was anxious to get into Richmond, and the Northern troops were anxious to keep him out. One night he came upon a body of confederate cavalry en route and in rout. The Yankees had just sent it flying for shelter behind stone fences. "What sheep are these?" McQuire cried, giving the order to halt and re-form. The cavalrymen answered: "Baah, baah, baah!" from their hiding places. Thereafter throughout the conflict whenever any of that command came within sight and sound of McQuire the welkin was made to ring with "Baah, baah, baah!" The doctor delivered a speech before the confederate veteran camp in this city several years ago, and as he left the hall a battered member whispered in his ear: "Baah, baah, baah!" Doctor: how about those sheep before Richmond? Parke—It's a great thing, old man, to have a wife that you can depend upon. Lane—It is, indeed! Yours that way? "Yes, sir! I know to an absolute certainty that she will exceed her allowance every month."—Puck. When Fortune Frowns. Fortune is oftimes kindest to thee on whom she frowns.—Chicago Daily News. Two Sides. "Yes, sah," said Uncle Rastus, "I preached fo' dat cong'gation two yeahs, an' all I evah got f'm de memahs wuz $10. Ten dollars, sah. Not a cent mo.'" "That was miserably poor pay," replied the listener. "I don't know," repoined Uncle Rastus, scratching his head reflectively. 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The company making STRAIGHTAGE of Virginia, with ample capital to carriage the leading citizens of this city, and "fake" concerns that are trying to do one Old 'Phone 1432 Cornellus J. Cooke THE PLANET SATURD. Y. JAN. 12, 1901 The Patriot Powder EVERY reader of the stirring history of the American revolution knows what a fierce battle ground was the Mohawk valley. Lying open, as it did, to Indian and tory incursions, its patriot inhabitants were constantly in a state of fear, and many who were true to the colonies were compelled to smother their feelings in order to save both life and property. Among the American families who during the struggle occupied an humble house in the heart of the valley was one named Whitton. Some time before the opening of hostilities the childless couple had adopted an orphan boy, who, although American by birth, bore the name of Gottlieb for a German grandfather. Gottlieb Whitton, as he was known was a smart boy of 15, short and stout and the possessor of a nature which was hard to ruffle. Up with the lark and to bed with the sun, the boy was known everywhere in the neighbor hood for his industry, and parents were wont to hold him up as an example to their less thrifty children. The Whittons were favorably disposed to the American cause, though they had succeeded in making no enemies of their tory neighbors. The house in the valley stood on the trail to Fort Stanwix, an American out post, and the spies of both parties were almost constantly crossing the neutral ground. One. night Gottlieb Whitton looked from the small window of his attic and witnessed a very unusual proceeding The moon was a pale crescent in the sky, and the drifting clouds still further dimmed the little light it afforded He saw a man carrying something into the house from the garden that came almost up to the back door. It was not Mr. Whitton, and the proceeding was enough to arouse the boy's suspicion. Again and again the strange man made little trips between house and garden, each time bringing from the latter something bulky, which he carried in his arms. At last the man disappeared in the garden and did not return. The boy waited and watched a long time for him, and at last creep back to his hard bed in the corner and fell asleep. The next day the farmer told Gottlieb that he and his wife intended to visit some relatives at one end of the valley, and concluded by saying that he would have to remain at home and keep house two or three days. Once it was on the boy's tongue to mention the strange movements he had witnessed the previous night, but fearing to let Mr. Whitton know that he had played the spy he let the opportunity pass. When noon came the boy found himself alone with a dinner of his own getting, and at sundown he had fed the cattle and shut up the house. His adopted parents at parting had cautioned him to admit nobody, and Mrs. Whitton had taken care to say that she had placed all the food he needed in the pantry, and that she had locked the cellar till their return. The boy went up to his bed in the attic as the birds retired to their nests in the trees. Falling asleep almost directly, he passed through the first sound slumber, and then lay wide awake on the cot. Suddenly there came up from below and into the loft through the open window, the hum of voices. Gottlieb crept to the window and looked out. A large tree grew in from of the house, shading the long porch during the day, and throwing its branches over the sloping roof. There was a figure under the tree which was not there when Gottlieb crept up to bed. While he watched it was joined by another which came from the porch, and then the low voices were resumed. The next minute Gottlieb went down stairs in his bare feet. The boy knew that the men outside contemplated mischief of some kind, and all at once he thought of the mysterious proceedings of the night before, and coupled with them Mrs. Whitton's remark about the cellar. Stealthy footsteps came across the porch, and found the patriot boy listening at the door. "Are you sure the boy sleeps in the garret?" asked a voice. "That's his nest, as everybody knows," was the answer. "I know where the bolt is, and here I have the glimlet ready. It will not take us ten minutes to saw out a hand-hole, and then we're inside." "Do you think we'll find the Yankee powder in the cellar?" "It is nowhere else. We've tracked it to Jonas Whitton's house, and it hasn't gone onto Fort Stanwix yet. A sly fox is Jonas, but hereafter he can't blow hot and cold with the same breath, for everybody will know how he hid Yankee powder in his cellar." Like a flash the whole truth dawned on the boy in the dark. The numerous trips between garden and house were now explained. There was powder in the cellar, and it was patriot powder at that, intended to be smuggled into Fort Stanwix at the first favorable opportunity. Gottlieb felt his heart leap with a desire to save the powder. He knew how sorely the little garrison of patriots needed the hidden article, and he resolved that if he could prevent it, it should not fall into the hands of the tories, to which party the men on the outside evidently belonged. He did not have much time for reflection when the glimlet began its work on the door. He must act quickly. Stepping to one corner of the room, he found a rifle which always stood there, and in a moment he had carried it to the door. "What do you want?" suddenly asked the boy, in a voice sufficiently loud to be heard by the men outside. In an instant the boring stopped. "If you want to come in, why don't you knock?" continued Gottlieb. The men consulted in whispers, the purport of which Gottlieb could not catch; but a moment later a fast struck the door, rapping three times. "Hello, there, boy!" cried a rough voice. "You know now that we want to come in. Why don't you open the door?" "I don't open at night to strangers," replied Gottlieb, undaunted. The men laughed together. "You'll save the door if you draw the bolt," said one. "We want to look into Jonas Whitton's cellar." "It is locked, and Martha Whitton carries the key," answered Gottlieb. "She is a careful dame, Martha is!" was the derisive retort. "She does well to go away from home with a lot of Yankee powder in the cellar. The trail leads to this very house, and there can be no mistake. Don't you intend to let us in, boy?" "No." A moment's silence followed Gottlieb's firm reply; then a heavy hand struck the door a powerful blow. The boy knew the strength of the heavy hinges and thick planks; yet the men could in a little while batter down the door and overpower him. "I know you are tories, who don't like Jonas Whitton," said Gottlieb. "I have been told not to let any strange people into the house till my folks come back." "But you will let us in, Gottlieb, laughed the tory who did the talking for the big, brawny fellow in rough homespun. "If you won't open the door and don't want it to fall on you stand aside. We are going to have the rebel powder." "You charge the door at your peril, answered the boy, raising the rifle to his shoulder. "Hal! What have you got in your hands, boy?" "Attack the door and see!" Retreating footsteps took the torles to the edge of the porch, and Gottlieb heard one say "He's but a boy. The capture of the powder will make heroes of us and hasten the fall of the fort. I am not afraid, Reuben; the door can't withstand me. So here goes!" These words were followed by a spring across the porch, and the pow- "ATTACK THE DOOR AND SEE." erful tory fell against the door, shaking every board in it. At the same time Gottlieb pressed the trigger, and the bullet which terns through the planks at short range drew a loud cry of pain from the man who fell from the poreh. Accustomed to the use of the rifle the boy patriot began to reload in the dark. Coolly, but rapidly, he rammet the bullet home, and once more stood ready to resume his defense of the powder. "We'll come to-morrow and take every ounce of Yankee powder in the house, and you besides," roared a voice at the door. "We won't leave one log on another of this rebel domicile. You're not one whit too young to hang, boy. This is not the end of the battle. We only say good-night." Then it was that one man led away another, who tottered as he walked, and who groomed at every step. Gottlieb's bullet had inflicted a wound in the tory's shoulder, and blood had been shed in defense of the Yankee powder. Long before daylight half a dozen neighbors whom the boy could trust were concealed in the house; but the enemy did not come back. When morning came more patriots gathered to the rescue, and before long Jonas Whitton's house had the appearance of a little fort. Later in the day a party of tories made their appearance, but the fearless men who met and defied them caused them to beat a hasty and inglorious retreat. Gottlieb saved the patriot powder by his hercism, and when it entered Fort Stanwix under guard the brave little garrison threw their hats in the air and gave three hearty cheers for the boy hero of the Mohawk valley. It was by acts like these, many of which have never been recorded, that the colonies achieved their merited independence. Gottlieb Whitton is one of the forgotten boy-heroes of the revolution.—Golden Days. According to Contract. Mouse Owner—You didn't pay the rent last month. Tenant—No? Well, I suppose you'll hold me to your agreement. Owner—Agreement—what agreement? Tenant—Why, when I rented you said I must pay in advance or not at all.—Ohio State Journal. Too Much Explanation. We do not mind having a man waste our time if he does not take up too much time explaining that he does not want to waste it.—Washington (ia.) Democrat. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA The village of Brackel, in Belgium, enjoys the fame of having originated one of the most celebrated races of domestic fowls. The Belgians do not hesitate to assert that the Brackel hens are unequaled for the excellence and number of their eggs, while the roosters have developed, thanks to generations of cultivation and the influence of "crowing tournaments," a power and rhythm of voice equally unrivaled. The breeders have a theory that the musical contests in which the Brackel roosters are trained serve to develop the peculiar qualities of the race. However this may be, it is certain that cultivation has differentiated these fowls from all others.—N. Y. World. Reckless Fishing Method "Our fishing methods are absolutely reckless, and we allow the young to be destroyed, not only in thousands, but in millions. It is not only that the Chinese and Japanese line their seines with mosquito netting, and thus capture everything that is not microscopic, but the shores of the bays and lagoons of the island are swarming with ducks, which eat up the small fry of the mullet and even pursue them into the shallows far distant from the coast line."—Hawaiian Star. Hot Water in Cuba Hot water is very difficult to obtain in Cuba. Water is heated in small vessels, and a surprisingly meager amount seems to be needed in the day's work. Cuban cooks have developed the system of washing dishes in cold water to an art, but American servants find it difficult to get accustomed to this hot water scarcity. N. Y. Sun. Hard. Miss Rosa Dawn--Don't you think those hills are lovely, Mr. Tire? You should see them in the early morning, when the sun is climbing grandly over them in his fiery chariot. Mr. Plumpford Tire (who has just come over them)—It may be all right in a chariot, but I'd like to see him do it on a bicycle.—N. Y. World. Tailor—We came, baron, to ask you to pay your bill. We cannot wait any longer because we have not been able to pay our own bills for cloth for three months. Baron—Well, I declare—you fellows incur debts and then you come to me for money to pay them. What impudence!—Heitere Welt. For Eating "They say a carrier pigeon will go farther than any other bird," said the boarder, between bites. "Well, I'll have to try one," said the landlady. "I notice a fowl doesn't go far!"—N. Y. World. JOHN M. 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To IDA NOHL: Take notice that on the 18th day of January, 1900 at the office of N. J. Law, is No. 809 E. Marshall St. in the city of Richmond, Va., I shall proceed to take depositions of William Brown and others, to be read as evidence on my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery proceedings in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond; wherein I am the plaintiff and you are the defendant. If from any cause the taking of said deposition be not commenced, or concluded on the day named, or if commenced be not concluded the taking of the same shall be continued as the same place and between the same hours from day to day until the same shall have been completed Respectfully. WILLIAM NOEL. By Counsel, WANTED. A pair of bad health that RTPAT'S will not treat. The family wish and pray for it. One pair of bad health that RTPAT'S will not treat. The family wish and pray for it. One pair of bad health that RTPAT'S will not treat. The family wish and pray for it. NELSON'S STRAIGHTINE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING KNOTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRA BELSON'S RAIGHTINE THE LATEST DISCOVERY FOR MAKING OTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRA KNOTTY, KINKY, CURLY HAIR STRAIGHT. GUARANTEED FREE FROM ANY INJURIOUS CHEMICALS. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. HUNDREDS OF TESMONIALS FROM USERS. Agents W We want go everywhere Straightline We allow o big profits a very liberal Be the first hold of it. Write to-do information. STRAIGHTINE is an Elegant and Highly Perfumed Dressing, and invigorates the Hair. Makes the Hair grow. Prevents it ing out. Removes Dandruff. Cures all kinds of itching, irrita Diseases, giving a rich, long and luxurious head of Hair. As a D is superior to any kind of oil or cosmetic, as it does not make the my or sticky. WHAT THEY SAY HE is an Elegant and Highly Perfumed Dress creates the Hair. Makes the Hair grow. Pre- oves Dandruff. 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Goes like wild fire, and it works on the hair like magic. MARY F. MAYNOR, Altoona, Pa., writes: I used your Straightine with wonderful results. NELSON MYF0 CO., Richmond, Va. a can at all drug stores, or sent by mail in stamps or silver. NELSON M'F'G CO. Price, 25 Cents a can at all drug stores, or sent by mail to any address on receipt of 30 cents in stamps or silver. NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. THE GREAT PROVIDERS. THIS WILL BE A MONTH OF GREAT THE cleaning-up month of weeding out and reduce figure into the calcula- ply try to dispose of as ma- to start the New Year with article we have marked awa- ty housekeeping can pick up ALL GOODS STORED MAYER & SOUTHERN FURNITURE 7 & 9 WEST J B Mc STEAM DYING AND 418--420 east M Established, 1865. S. S. Did You E Now That the "GIFT G Near at hand that a Is one of the most Sensible and Send a Friend. If Good, it stant reminder of the giver. A PRETTY DESK, ODD PARLO MIRRORS, MORRIS CH COUCH, CURIO Are a few suggestions, from o WILL BE A MONTH OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY coming-up month of the year. The buying out and reducing stock. Profits into the calculations at all. We Lodge of as many goods as posses New Year with a clean sheet. We marked away below cost, and we can pick up some choice bar- dges STORED FOR XMAS DELIVERY. LAYER & PETTLE BURN FURNITURE AND CAR & 9 WEST BROADS 1865. S.S McKENNE, M. B McKenny DYING AND CLEANING 20 east Marshall st Ri 1865. You Ever Th at the "GIFT GIVING SEASON" at hand that a Piece FURNITURE is almost Sensible and Useful Present end. If Good, it Lasts For Years, under of the giver. BESK, ODD PARLOR PIECES, MANTLE ORS, MORRIS CHAIR, ROCKERS, PIC COUCH, CURIO CASE, PEDESTAL suggestions, from our lovely line of THE cleaning-up month of the year. The time for weeding out and reducing stock. Profits will not figure into the calculations at all. We will simply try to dispose of as many goods as possible so as to start the New Year with a clean sheet. Many an article we have marked away below cost, and the thrifty housekeeper can pick up some choice bargains. ALL GOODS STORED FOR XMAS DELIVERY. SOUTHERN FURNITURE AND CARPET CO. ```markdown ``` STEAM DYING AND CLEANING WORKS 418--420 east Marshall st Richmond Established, 1865. S.S McKENNE, Malayer Did You Ever Think? Now That the "GIFT GIVING SEASON" Near at hand that a Piece FURNITURE Here! Is one of the most Sensible and Useful Presents you could Send a Friend. If Good, it Lasts For Years, and a con' stant reminder of the giver. A PRETTY DESK, ODD PARLOR PIECES, MANTLE, MIRRORS, MORRIS CHAIR, ROCKERS, PICTURES, COUCH, CURIO CASE, PEDSSTALS OR LAMPS, Are a few suggestions, from our lovely line of goods. THE FURNITURE LEADERS. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY IED 1865 Phone ESTABLISHED 1865 FROM ANY INJURIOUS CHE. HICALS. ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS. HUNDREDS OF TESIMONIALS FROM USERS. RIGHTINE. and Highly Perfumed Dressing. It softens Makes the Hair grow. Prevents it from fall. Cures all kinds of itching, irritating Scalp and luxurious head of Hair. As a Dressing, it cosmetic, as it does not make the Hair gum- THEY SAY. writes; ROSA HOPE, Henderson, Va., writes; Send me two dozen more cans of Straightine at once. Goes like wild fire, and it works on the hair like magic. es; I ntine. MARY F. MAYRIE, Altoona, Pa., writes; I used your Straightine with wonderful results. drug stores, or sent by mail to any address on river. NELSON M'F'G CO., Richmond, Va. CASH OR CREDIT A MONTH GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. Month of the year. The time for reducing stock. Profits will not calculate at all. We will sim- many goods as possible so as with a clean sheet. Many an away below cost, and the thrif- k up some choice bargains. EED FOR XMAS DELIVERY. & PETTIT. FURNITURE AND CARPET CO. EST BROAD ST McKenny, AND CLEANING WORKS Marshall st Richmond S. S McKENNE, MaLs er Ever Think? GIVING SEASON" There! at a Piece FURNITURE We and Useful Presents you could it Lasts For Years, and a con- ferrer. ARLOR PIECES, MANTLE, CHAIR, ROCKERS, PICTURES, CURIO CASE, PEDESTALS OR LAMPS, from our lovely line of goods. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY Agents Wanted. We want good agents everywhere to sell Straightline for us. We allow our agents big profits and make very liberal terms. Be the first to take hold of it. Write to-day for full information. Phones: New, 373, Old, 369. LA SALUTA THE NATIONAL ANTI-MOB AND LYNCH-LAW ASSOCIATION [Incorporated.] Headquarters, pringfield, O. H.C. Jenkins, O. H.B. Harris, Vice Pres. ET. Barker, Organizer, S.Z. Huffman, Seed S W Robinson, 23 N. 18TH ST. Dealer In Fine Wines, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your Patronagejie. Respectfully Soll cited. Atlantic Coast Line 5:30 P. M., Daily except 5:30 P. M. Peterburg 6:15 P. M. W. 5:30 P. M., and Rocky Mount. P. M., makes all intermed stopa. 6:45 P. M., Daily Arrives Petersburg 7:30 P. M., Connects with Norfolk and Wester- thern with Norfolk and inter- mediate points with D. and D. for stations between Emporia and Lawrenceville with 12:39 a.m. savannah 5:45 P. M., Jacksonville 11:30 a. Port Tampa 9:30 P. M. NEW LINE 11:30 P. M. GEORGIA POINT — driving Augusta 6:30 P. M. Mason 11:30 P. M. Atlanta Mason 11:30 P. M. Sleepers New York to Wilmington Charleston, Jacksonville, Port Tampa, Miami, Augusta and Mason. 8:00 P. M., Daily Arrives Petersburg 9:30 P. M., Wakes up takes local stops between Petersburg and Weslton. Arrives Lynch- burg 6:15 P. M. Roanoke, Va. :30 P. M., Bristol M. M. Connects to Emporia for arrival, arriving 8:35 A. P. Palman puller Richmond to Lynchburg. 10909 P. M., ___ except Sunday. NEW YORK YORK. Arrives Charlesh 7:46 A M. Arrives Charlesh 7:46 A M. sackenville 1 P. M., augustine P. M. tampa 9 P. M. 1:46 P. M., ___ December. 8:25 A. M., ally, from Jacksonville, Savannah, Atlanta, Moorugain, all uphill. 7:15 A. M., Daily, except Monday from 8:45, Augustine, Jackville, Avail, Gladstone, all uphill. 8:15 s. M., Daily, except Sunday, from Alanta, Athens, Saliegh, Render, Luchburg and the West. 8:37 A. M., Daily, except Sunday, Peterburg bural local. 8:00 M., bural local, only from Alanta, Athens, Saliegh, Render, Luchburg and the West. 11:10 A. M., Daily, except unday, from Gold boro, nonstate stations, Norfolk unaffiliated. 11:08 A. M. Sunday only. From Norfolk, Sud Petersburg. 12:38 P. M., Daily, except Sunday from Petersburg. 6:55 P. M., Daily, from Norfolk, Suffolk and Peterburg. 7:26 P. M., Daily, from Miami, Port Tampa, Jackville, Savannah, Gladstone, all uphill. 8:66 P. M., Daily, from Petersburg, Lynne burg, and West. T. M. EMERSON J. EJKENLY, General Manager H. M. EMERSON .G .W LEWIS. Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public Abstract of Title Office. Titles property carefully examined. Spial attention given to suits and other masters PATENTS Caverts, and Trade.Marks obtained and all Patent messiness conducted for MODERATE FEED. Our Office of Patent Officer and we can secure patent in less time than those remote from Washington. Send model, drawing or photo, with descrip- tion. We advise, if possible, to second charge. Our fee not due till patent is received. A PAMPHLET "How to Obtain Patents," with same save in the U.S. and foreign inves- sions sent free from U.S. To Repair Broken A. d. cles u. c. Majer's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT. MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT. Benevolent Investment And Relief Association. OF VIRGINIA. Chartered by Legislature of Virginia. MAIN OFFICE: 84 W. LEIGH St. RIOHMOND, VA. Sick and Death Benefits Paid. Those who dc not keep a regular Bank Account, the plan of this Association takes its place. MONEY LOANED to members on PERSONAL AND REAL ESTATE SECURITIES on small weekly payments Interest Paid on all Deposits. For further information apply at the main AGENTS WANTED. G. O. Coleman, Presseunager old H. Blackwell, See'y & t's 8 HE PLANET SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 1900. A Grand Meeting. Fifth St. Baptist Church was crowded Fifth day evening last, the occasion being the installation of officers of the Sunday School Union. At 3:30 o'clock sharp, the meeting was opened with singing by the various schools, the chairman of the committee on program, ex president E. A. Washington, presiding. The welcome address was delivered by Mr. S. E. Thurston of the Fifth St. S. A. student of the Union University. Some very fine recitations were delivered by speakers from the various school. Seated upon the rostrum, with the master of ceremonies, were Mr. R. H. Thurston, the retiring president, than from a more energetic and successful leader ever has never before over that anguish body Prof. D. W. Davie, Rev. R. J. Bress, Mr. W. G. Carter, if the Second Baptist church Sunday School, and Mr. Shelton the retiring chaplain. A well prepared paper was delivered by Mr. Olifton Cabell, president of the boy's branch of the Y. M. O. A. The Union was highly entertained with sweet music consisting of solos duets and quartettes, by Miss Nandi B. Jones, the accomplished organist of the Elenzen Baptist Church. Mr. Geo undo the sweet singer from Mr Carmen Brothers and C. C. William the great eran chisterer, Mr H. Graham and others of the Fifth St. Baptist Sunday School. After the able address by Rev. W. H. Sticker, B. D, and the officers being duty is stalled, a special prayer for the prosperity of the Union was dred by cercon W. P. Burrell, ex-president of the Union. The travel was then turned over to the new president, Mr. Samuel Turner of the Mount St. Sunday School who announced that the next place or meeting will be duly published. West End Newey Items. The past month has been fruitful many marriages have occurred and several more are planned for the present and next month. Don't fail to let your friends know through this paper, also get your wedding cards at the same office. The congregation at some of our churches are exceedingly small these beautiful Sundays. Why is this so? Rev. George E. Johnson, pastor of River View Baptist Church is reported quite sick at his home. Rev. Champ has charge for the present and they say he is a good preacher. In this community are down sick with the grippe and other diseases. Several of the old citizens have joined the great majority and many of the younger ones are answering the roll call. It is reported that there were warm times at the business meetings of some of our churches last Monday night. Well, some chairmen will run a meeting into a fuss or break a trace because they do not understand how to preside. Hold your temp $p$, braithen and peace will be sure to follow. Master Daniel H. Brown spent ten days in Gloucester County visiting Miss Norda Cooke and other friends Xmas was made very pleasant. The many friends of Rev. D. Tucker will be pleased to learn that he is meeting with grand success with both of his large churches near White Stone in the tidewater section. Several hundred dollars raised at our rally, go forward brother. Some one stole the mission box and its contents, about $8 from the deak in the pulpit of the 5th Baptist Church between the morning and evening services, Sunday Dec. 80th. The marriage of Mies, Sallie Jasper and Mr. Redd was a splendid affair also that of Miss Booker and Mr. Wm Davis, Misses Sarah L. Carter, Fannie Cox and Addie Cosby, bridesmaids. Our congratulations. It should have been Mrs. Celia Bolling and not Lelia whose death was published last week. AJAX. Y. M. G. A. NOTES. The attendance to the explanation on the Sunday School lesson was very encouraging last Saturday. A good beginning. Remember that everybody is invited to come. Free. Our night school has begun its work. Do not miss this opportunity. We have faithful teachers who are giving special attention to this part of our work. 50cts per month in advance. The committee held meetings in the city jail and simshouse last Sunday. The results were good. The boys were out in large numbers last Sunday. All took part in the Bible study. There was a full attendance to the men's meeting last Sunday. We were delighted to see so many strangers. You are welcome at all times. Dr. G. M P. King of the Va. Union University succeeded in making an impression upon the men which will bring forth much good. Such plain and practical address will help any people to live right Subject: "How to Make the Century New." The dust rendered by Mr. R. H. White and A. C. Johnson was enjoyed by all. Men help to make the work a success. You are invited to the explanation on the Sunday School lesson to day at 5 p. m. The Y. M. C. A Circle was full of life last Friday night. Subject for the next meeting: "The Possibilities of the 20 h Century." Sunday at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. the committee will hold meetings in the city jail and almshouse. Be on fir Lawer J. Thomas Hewin will add the boys Sunday 4 p. m. Subject: raham Lincoln. All boys are in Echoes from the Y. M. C. C ence held in Baltimore by Rev. Stokes and General Secretary Burrell at the men's meeting 5.30 p.m. Be a committee meeting and invite the next MARIANNA FLA., Dec 8 1900. To All the Country and to Every Negro Especialy: We wish to call your attention to the fact that your chances to become a race and a great capitalist. The chances to do so in detail, first to unite and all the necessary preparations to form iron combination of race unity will then attach itself thereto which is enterprises of a financial nature of every class of the kind that is established in a commercial world and is been operated today by the Anglo-Saxon: To become great capitalists after doing the thing named above is to organize such institutions as we have reference to in writing this article. The Florida Ocean Investment Company which is now running and has been successfully running for several years: setting out the basis upon which this corporation's life has been kept. In the first place it having at the head of it one of the most able financiers and the best business manager not only amerg the Nekros but in all the other countries this fact attaches our business rights. First, we sell real estate, we make loans on real estate, we act as renting agents for real estate. We contract for erecting structures both large and small and we make large grading contracts. We build railroads. We also set for orphans and for widows and make bond to save illly look after their business and hold deposits for any or all people as any other bank. This article would like to contrust us to do for them either one or all the given rights named above, we would be pleased to have you call or write us. Second, we also have several certifi- cates stocks, bonds that we issue: first series installment stock upon which you can pay one dollar or fifty cents per month for 84 months. Then you can withdraw one hundred or fifty dollars. Just see the great help this stock is to every poor man and woman whose wages are too small to lay aside a dollar for the rainy days. Any time after your certificate is six months old, you can borrow 75% of the amount you have paid in or if you have got a vacant lot, you can borrow money to build a house and in this way you can get a house without a great strain. Poor men and women don't let this opportunity pass you for time don't wait and old age is coming. Ibid, what about our bond, which has the same title to you and do the same good though you be here or in any other part of the world that an improved piece of real estate would b. ? In fact these bonds are better for the holder thereof for he or she does not have to pay any tax on them but all of the income on these bonds to the hold or thereof in the way of dividend is a net profit at about fifty per cent. Mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts forget the steps that have been already trod and on higher plains urge your way. Don't say as the old saying said. "Let my children do as I did" for your children's chances are different from yours. This is largely true by your planning for them Will you, one and all, accept the opportunity to teach and take one of these bonds for sure and your daughter, nephew or niece that it is be the starting of them in life as it will be an income as long as they shall live? At the present stage of the Company the dividends are about twenty-four dollars a year on the hundred; and when the Company grows the dividends will be larger. You can't invest your money so as to make a larger per cent on it than this. I know no one will pay as much. I speak these things to the duty of the Negro and what every Negro ought to do. Whether you do your duty towards this institution or not I can't tell. Whether you do now or not the day will come when you wish you had for fathers and mothers, uncles and aunts are largely responsible for the condition of their sons and daughters to lay b neglecting along these lines and letting them go in the way they are setting for the want of these great protections. May God speed the day when not only the mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts but those who are styled as leaders of the Negro race, both men and women, with these protections mentioned above will dam up the stream that is flowing so many boys and girls to hell. The day is now when the Negroes should give their business to their business Negroes which would advance the Negro race a large per cent in every sense of the word. Make your calls, send your correspondence to No. 8% Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. I am respectfully yours for the Negro race, JOSEPH P. LONG, President. FROM CHICAGO. This marriage of Miss P. A. Randon and Mrs. --- took place at the bride's residence, 1252 Indiana Ave., at 8 o'clock by Rev. Thomas. The bride was handsomely attired in lavender silk with Irish lace caleshy draped over her costume in flouces extended with the hair carelessly fastened made the bride very beautiful. The marriage ceremony was wiressed by hundreds and testimonials from man far away were received. The house was filled with presents and she asap bird as bird in a gilded cage. The following are a few of the many presents, draw case, basket, large ve, as, Bible fruit dish. Mr. M. E. Wise will pay a short visit to Inuianapolis. Rev. Anderson Churet ev. of Palatine church at 625 Fulson ary one visit his in ch. G Powers, Chief Statistician Twelfth, urge of Agriculture, of the to sh. In Census, desires in his reports Ame. ow the progress and status of the alli. rican N-ger in agriculture and its ad pursuits, and is now making an in. auctive investigation of the same. addition to the data obtained in the regular course on the agricultural schedules of the Twelfth Census, he has designated Mr. William T. Ferguson, one of his Negro elks, to make certain additional inquiries, along thence, of the informed Negroes throughout the country, and the RICHMOND PLANET takes pleasure in urging all those who are requested to aid in furnishing the additional data to make full and prompt replies to all inquiries to the end that the investigations and report may be as full and accurate as Chief Powers desires it to be. THE 'RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION OF HON. WILLIAM Attended By Members of His Cabinet, Senators, And Foreign Ministers. AT TRUE REFORMERS' HALL. Friday Jan'y 18th, 1901 at 8 p.m. Given en by Circus No. 12 for benefit of The First Baptist Church. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr will represent Hon. Wm. McKinley; D. Saras G Jones will represent Ms. Wm McKinley; Mr E A Washington will represent Hon. Theodre Rosevelt; Mies Florence isham will represent Mrs Rosevelt; The Cabinets Diplomatic Corps Senators and ladies of state will be represented by more than fifty people. There will be a session of the Senate, Congratulations by Foreign Ministers in their original tongues, and in conclusion a banquet to which the audience is respectfully invited. Music furnished by the Municipa Brass Band. The Senate Chamber will be gorgeously decorated, the ladies will appear in brilliant costumes, representing Chinese, Japanese, and other foreign nations. The whole will be a grand scene of magnificence and splendor. Admission 15 cents. Lady and Gentleman 25 cents. Reserved Seats, 25 c Mrs. R. T. HILL, Pres Miss Q P. 4. MEREDDEN, Sec'y Mrs. JOANNA THOMPSON, Treas. Miss SALLIE BOEHREAU, Assistant. R. T. HILL, Manager. Grand Bazaar. There will be a Brasar at the Samaritan Hall, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, January 14, 15 and 16, 1901, for the benefit of Mr. Sheba Ft. No. 140, G. F., L. O. T. R. Refreshments in abundance. Misc and good order. Admission 10 cents. Respectfully yours. MRS. S. D. WOOD, W. M. Miss L. E. GUTHREY, W. S. WANTED WEEKLY-100 COCKS. Housemaids and Wattresses for New York and 1 other Northern Cities, wages from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Transportation furnished, also 50 farm hands for Maryland. —Miss Jannie Turner of Chicago who has been visiting her sister here Mrs. L. D. Davis and W. H. Lewis, returned home last week. —Little Connie, the six year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Reid of 723 west high st., was painfully burnt last Thursday, and is doing as well as can be expected under the treatment of skilful physician. A That is, when you get the next issue of this paper, you will find in it the open-ing chapters of MR. WILL N. BARBEN'S strong story, entitled "A Tragic Disappearance" It is a story that is more than worth your while to read, and we urge our friends not to lose the first of it, and also to You will really be doing the friend's job by getting the friend's name on our subscription lists in time to get the first chapter. Shortening the Time Friend—Doesn't the ride back and forth to the country every day seem long? Mr. Suburb—Long! It's too short. When I take the train in the morning, I know I've got to pitch in and work like a horse the moment the train reaches the city. That makes the ride seem too short, doesn't it? "I presume it does. But how about the ride back?" "Well, I always remember after I start that I've forgotten something my wife wanted particularly, so that ride is always over too quick."—N. Y. Weekly. Thoroughly Feminine. She (angrily)—A woman doesn't know the value of an anch, eh? Gracious! Do you mean to say a woman's word isn't as good as a man's? He-It may be better from a moral point of view, but it isn't as satisfying. Any man as angry as you are now would choose a stronger word than "gracious!"—Philadelphia Press. Can't Live It Down Farmer Haystack (who has discovered Mose Mokeby in his chicken chicken coop)—Why in tarnation dew yew niggers persist in stealin' hens? Mose Mokeby—Well, sah, as we has de repertation, we might jus' as well live up tar it—Puck. Fashion's Decrees of the Winter in GOTHAM Some New Elaborations Are Being Shown on the Season's Visiting Gowns THE possibilities of the new ombre taffeta VISITING gowns show some new effects in the way of elaboration produced by the use of the new ombre taffeta. This is shaded in the length of the silk from a very dark to light, and is used for applications or incrustations, either on fine net or the much used moiré pane. The shading of this silk makes it very handsome and effective. The colors are pure white, shaded to greens, blues or reds, or the deep orange and royal blues. The shaded browns lead in popularity. One of the new visiting gowns trimmed with this is made of black cloth, with applique of black panne outlined with a golden ombre taffeta. The graceful hanging skirt has trails ```markdown ``` OF GOLDEN BROWN SATIN FACED OLOTH. of leaves fashioned of the applique. On the bolero the leaves are in clusters so closely that they almost cover the sleeves. The design covers the short back, and the longer fronts, with an edging of mink tail coming against the ivory white satin of old lace veiling. The vest is of shining golden tissue, while at the throat there is a hint of turquoise blue velvet. A second gown for visiting purposes is of golden brown satin cloth, trimmed with pane in a lighter shade, with brown ombre taffeta in a paisly design. The skirt has a front panel of the velvet, with the ombre taffeta in paisly design. The cloth is plaited on each side. A pointed bolero of the cloth, with vest of velvet trimmed the same as the skirt. A more simple gown, yet one that is decidedly more striking, is of helotrope zebelline cloth, with rosettes of ombre taffeta in a light blue. The skirt is fastened at one side with three large rosettes of the taffeta, each having a gold button in the center. It has a natty box coat, with a large turn-over collar and revers of velvet, edged with mink tall fur. Three rosettes of the taffeta to finish the front. MILLINERY styles the New Year will bring JANUARY and the new century will bring us some slight changes in fashions. Among these will be a little variety in the way of hats, and the prevailing millinery will be Henry IV, and other cavalier styles. Not alone in black, but in colors as well, trimmed with black and white A woman in a long dress with a high headdress. TRIMMED WITH BLACK PANNE AND GOLDEN OMBRE TAFFETA. plumes, velvet hats are to be the strong point. Smooth covered, draped or made of velvet braid—that is to say, folds of velvet used as braid, sometimes with chenille. For instance, a fold of velvet edged with chenille is twisted into hat shape. These combinations are used either of black or pastel tins of velvet edged with black chenille, trimmed with white or black feathers and relieved with gold. Pearls and turquoise are ornaments which are very much seen in the velvet hats. In color the new century will be ushered in amid a burst of red. Red velvet for millinery purposes is even now assuming such proportions that it may be safe to class it as a fad. The shade Good Memory of Ranehmen. A California paper says that the men who live on the ranges are notable for their remarkably retentive memories.—Chicago Inter Ocean. A Subject of Wonder. It never ceases to be a wonder how some folks can think of so much to talk about.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat is a rich garnet, with a slight cardinal tinge, giving it life rather than dullness. Hats of this are made in all shapes and are preferable trimmed in roses and foliage. Many of the green leaves of velvet or other textures are used on such affairs and are a relief from the fancy feather ideas of the early season. Another of the fads of the hour in the way of millinery is gold roses. It is but an outcome of the craze for gold that has not yet reached an end. These roses are made of beautiful, thin gold cloth and are exquisite in their richness and artistic effect. They are tasteful and novel, and when properly combined and worn by the right person are very effective. These gold roses are combined with empire green velvet leaves, and are especially liked upon black, garnet and green velvet hats. WHAT we lack in the production of fashions HAS the burst of patriotism that caused the women of the fashionable city in New York and other cities in this country to patronize home industry in the purchase of their gowns had its full run? For many years the ultra-fashionable set in America have been patrons of the fashionable costuming establishments of London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin, but with the breaking out of the war with Spain the ladies displayed their patriotism by purchasing their gowns at home. Now the trend seems Paris-ward again, and I put the above question to one of the leading dry goods trade journal writers—a member of the staff of the Dry Goods Economist—a few days ago, and received this reply: "America cannot produce the novelties of design either in materials or completed costume that the American woman demands. Our American women lead the world with their costumes; they set the styles for Europe as well as America, but their ideas to secure the best results must be carried out in Paris, for we lack both the men and ```markdown ``` OF ZEBELINE CLOTH IN HELIOTROPE. the facilities for doing so in this country. "Our facilities for manufacture are not yet high enough in many interests to produce materials that will suit the critical taste of this class of society. But in addition to a lack of manufacturing facilities we lack also the artistic class who have turned their artistic facilities to mercantile art. We have the artists, but they would rather put their ideas on unsaleable canvases than upon saleable dress goods. Yet the reproduction of artistic designs in fabric was really the origin of the majority of European art centers. "When we can supply the designs and have the facilities for manufacture the American woman will buy her gowns at home rather than go to Paris for them. And, as American ideas are now valued in Paris, New York may become the fashion center of the world when we produce the needed men and methods." SARAH DAVIDSON. Caste Among Turkish Women. It is not generally known that there exists among Turkish ladies of high class a kind of caste feeling similar to that prevailing among Hindoos. It takes the form of a fear of contamination from the outer world and is only observed by those who cannot afford to keep servants in sufficient numbers. Before meals ladies always wash their hands at a tap from which the water runs into a marb basin. They will turn on the tap when they are just going to wash, but when they have finished they let the water run till somebody shuts it off, as to do it themselves would make them unclean. They cannot open or shut a door, as the handle would be unclean, so a slave is generally kept handy for the nurse. N. Y. Thomas A. Edison's motto is: "Neve watch the clock." So devoted to his work is he that he frequently works 16 hours at a stretch without noting the passage of time. Not Likely. Jones—What a lucky fellow you are, Brownl You always seem to catch your train with such ease. You never rush up at the last moment like most of us. Brown—You're making a mistake, my dear fellow. My misfortune is really worse. I never catch any proper train. You always see me waiting patiently for the next—N. Y. World. C & O WRECK M C WALLER Fancy Groceries, Wood & Coal. No. 1310 Moore treet Crump & West Coal Co No. 1719 East Cary Street, —Dealers in all kinds of— COKE, COALAND WOOD Kept dry under shelter Prompt Delivery and Satisfaction Guarantee Office: 1719 East Cary Street. 83, OLD AND NEW. DINNER INVITATION SOCIAL COMEDY USHERS IN A NEW YEAR By Elisa Armstrong. SUPPOSE there, is no way out of it," sighed Mrs. Smith. "We must ask the Brownson's to dine with us on New Year's day. Such a bore as it will be, too. I believe that woman thinks she is the only person on earth who knows how a turkey should be cooked. She will intimate as much when she comes to the table, as "Humph," retorted her husband, gloomily; "that is all you know about the real awfulness of having them. You will not be obliged to sit in a close room after dinner with an overloaded stomach and listen to Brownson's interminal stories of how he booked a nine-pound salmon and almost shot a bear. When he has quite finished with the turkey, he says, "Oh, no," retorted Mrs. Smith, with deadly sarcem, "I shall only have to listen politely while Mrs. Brownson brings up all her children in turn through the measles. "A NOTE FROM MRB. BRONBON." scarlet fever and whooping cough. And if I say a word about my children, who are a hundred times as pretty and clever, she will almost yawn in my face. Still, I suppose we must have them." "I suppose so, since we are under business and social obligations to them, but it will be dreadfully expensive, and—" "And the cook will probably give warning because of the extra work." "While the Jones family, who don't speak to the Brownons, and whom we really like, will be offended with us." "And mamma will be angry that we did not ask Dora and Mr. Willing instead." "It will not to mention the fact that the children will in all probability behave like Comanches because company." "And the housemaid will be so anxious to get through that she will squander the gravy on the best tablecloth and add the turkey dressing as an unnecessary addition to the trimming of Mrs. Brownson's waist." "And all to entertain people who bore us nearly to death. Still, you had better write the invitation at once and have it settled." "I will, dear. Come in, Norah, what is it? A note? Oh, Wilfred, listen. It is from Mrs. Brownson. They want us to dine with you. New year's day and meet those housemaids. You have been so anxious to know! Isn't it love?" "Indeed it is. We shall have a most delightful time. I don't know a more entertaining fellow than Brownson; I shall quite enjoy a long talk with him." "I am sure of it. And Mrs. Brownson is such a splendid housekeeper, too. 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