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THE RICHMOND PLANET THE FLAMES ASCENDED The Barbarous Torture.--Burned at The Stake. The Governor's Condemnation--The Sheriff Plamed. VOL XVIIINO 5 THE FLA The Barbar BLEEDING The Governor's LEAVENWORTH, KAN. Jan. 15—Fred Alexander, the colored man who on Saturday evening attempted to assault Miss Ews Both, and who was supposed to have assaulted and killed Pearl Ferbes, in this city, in November last, was taken f.om the Sheriff's guard by a mob to-day, and burned at the stake at the scene of his urine, half a dozen blocks from the centre of the city. Probably 8 000 people wine-ed the lynching. The colored man was taken from his cell at the State penitentiary at 8 o'clock this afternoon, placed in a dark brick building. His deputy marshals surrounded him. Deputy Sheriff, Sara Myers, and Thomas Brown sat in the hack on either side of him. MANY VEHICLES FOLLOWED. Fifty buggies and wagons followed the hack. At Fourth and Olive Streets the police in the hack following the one in which Alexander was concealed jumped out and chased several colored men. In the excitement, the prisoner's hack was driven frantically to the county jail, where the prisoner was held and the jail just as the mob reach ed the door. The jail courts were looked. The crowd first attempted to gain admission by peaceful means, but Sheriff Everhart refused to deliver up the colored man. A M & K AS A BATTERING BANK Then the crowd pushed its way to the side door and using one man as a battering ram, the door was forced from its hinges. Then the crowd surged into the corridor by the narrow doorway. A huge iron bar battered the iron door of the cell room. The door was finally bent sufficiently for the men to climb over it. Several gained admission in this way. VELLED LIKE DEMONS. Meantime the crowd had pushed down the side-gate of the stockade, and a yelling pack appeared in the jail yard. The hinges of the side-door. made of heavy sheet-iron, were cut off with sledge-hammers and chisels, and the door of the cell room was broken down. A man with sharp eyes espied a shapeless mass crouched down in one corner of the dark cell. Five minute's work, and the heavy look on the cell door, was issued from the cell. Strong men filled the corridor with hysterical laughter. Outside the crowd was yelling itself hoarse. Then into the cell rushed those who were nearest the door. DECLARED HIS INNOCANCE. The mob issued forth in a moment, dragging the man by the coat-collar. He had been struck over the head with a hammer, but was still conscious. Men fought to get at him, and infurited, saved savagely at him. Up the hill into the court-house yard they dragged him. "Confess before we harm you," said they. "I am innocent. I am dying for what another man did. I see lots of my friends here. They know I did not do it. If I had been guilty I would have said so at the penitentiary, and would have stayed there for life. The warden told me so. Wouldn't I have told them if I was guilty? CERTAIN DEATH AHEAD. "You lie," they cried, and one huge fellow struck Alexander in the forehead with his first three times. Alexander spoke with the resignation of a man who sees before him only certain death. He move was made for a large cottonwood tree in a corner of the courthouse yard. A PLEA TO THE ALMIGHTY. "My God, men," cried Alexander, in his agony, "I have told you that I was innocent. I can't tell you any more, I didn't do it." He lies; burn him," cried the mob. "Take him where he committed the murder," suggested one. Immediately the crowd, carrying RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1901. Alexander, who was brought into a wagon, pushed on toward Fourth St. As a quarter past five o'clock Alexander was brought to the exact spot where Pearl Forbes, the murdered girl, was found, and a semi circle was formed. Alexander was brought up in a wagon, with a dozen men. A-CALL FOR SILENCE. The leader called for silence. The roar ceased, and Alexander was shoved forward in full view of the crowd. A howl went up, which was quickly hushed, as the prisoner raised his shacked hands and began to speak. Twice the crowd drowned his trembling voice. You are going to kill me, whatever I say," he said. "but you men are wrong, I want to tell you right now you have got the wrong man. I didn't do some home day you men will run up against me day you did it. I know it aint any use to say so, for you are going to kill me, but I didn't do it." SHACKLED TO THE STAKE The men standing behind Al Xanders then shoved him from the wagon, and the roar from the crowd drowned every other sound. The colored man was quickly driven down the embankment to the pile of wood, with his hands still shackled, t) be bound to the stake. Many of the crowd carried rails and boards. Several seized railroad iron and carried them to the ravine. A railroad iron was planted upright in the mud. This was made fast to cross-irons, firmly bound to the upright iron with wire. Around the improvised stake, wood and boards were piled. To this the man was dragged, and chained in a standing position to the upright railroad iron. CHAINS ABOUT HIM Chains and irons were wrapped about him, and with his hands still shackled he was m. de fast to the post. Coal oil was then poured over him. Before the match was applied, John Forbes, father of the murdered girl stepped up to Alexander and said: "Are you guilty? "Are you guilty of murdering my daughter?" "I don't know what you have me here for," said Alexander. Forbes replied "For killing my girl on this very spot." Mr. Forbes, if that's your name, have the wrong man" said Alex- don. "Burn him; Burn him!" cried the crowd. ASSERTED INNOCENCE TO THE LAST. "Gentlemen, you have got lots of time," said Alexander. "You are burning an innocent man. You have the advantage of me. You gave me no show. Can I see my mother?" Alexander again asked to see his mother. she was called for but was not in the crowd. Alexander then said: "Will you let me shake hands with all my friends?" NO FRIENDS IN THE CROWD "You have no friends in this crowd, you — beast," said one of the men in charge of the man. 'If you have anything to say, say it in a burry.' Cool oil was then applied for the second time, while Alexander called to acquaintances in the crowd, and said good-bye to them. He talked rationally until John Forbes, the father of the undered girl, lighted the match. Again, Cool oil was asked to make a confession, but he replied that he had nothing to say. FIRE AS A TOFTURE As the flames leaped about him Alexander turned a ghastly hue, and, clasping his hands together, began to sway to and fro, while the crowd yelled. In five minutes the man was hanging limp and lifeless by the chains that bound him. As soon as the crowd saw that life was extinct it began to slowly disperse. Hundreds, however, remained to the last. Men kept piling on wood all the time until about 7 o'clock, when the flames were allowed to die down. A WILD SCRAMBLE. From 6 to 8 o'clock there was a continuous stream of people going from and to the scene of the burning Later there was a wild scramble to obtain relias "AFTER THE HORSE WAS STOLEN." After Alexander's arrest he was taken before Miss Roth, who identified him. Since then a mib has surrounded the penitentiary day and night. Today Governor Stanley ordered two companies of militia to be in readiness to arrest for Leavenworth at a moment's notice. Governor Stanley ordered Warden Tomlinings to arrest Alexander over to the Sheriff, unless he agreed in writing to protect him. GOVERNOR BLAMES SHERIFF Topeka Kan. January 15.—G. governor or secretary condemns Sheriff Everhard, of Leavenworth, in unmeasured terms. He says the Sheriff should be made to make retribution. He has affirmed $500 reward for the apprehension of any one implicated in the burning of Alexander to-day. [Picture of a woman with a headband and a necklace. She is wearing a dark dress with a high collar.] TAYLOR--Died Friday, Dec. 14th, 1980 at 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Luzy J. Taylor, at her home in Cumberland County, Va., in her 42nd year. Her death which was due to heart disease was a severe shock to her family as she had been complaining or by a few days prior to her death. She was before her marriage, Miss Lucy Monroe, and for the past 11 years was called by that name. She was a Christian woman and was loved by all who knew her. She was well known in Richmond and her death will be a surprise to her many friends here. She leaves 4 children, 2 sons and 2 daughters. Elizabeth, Maurice, Gracie and Cleveland Taylor; a mother, two brothers four sisters and three friends to mourn. For the last three years until half she made Oatskill N. Y. her home. She was a member of Petersville Baptist Church of her native home. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Joseph Jones of that church and was largely attended by relatives and friends. Much sympathy is expressed for her bereaved children whom she left behind to mourn. NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Dec 1900. 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 ($1500) in payment of the death claim of Sir Wm. Woodley, who was a member of Damon Lodge, No. 12, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. & A. J. E. Byrd, J. J. Booker, D. D. G. C. S., H. Marshall. COLORED MAN TO WED A WHITE WOMAN. See'y Long's Messenger Secures License for Marriage to Miss Mary A marriage will shortly be solemnized between Murray S. Koonne, S. secretary of the Navy Lord's colored messenger, and Mary A. Anderson, a young white woman. The marriage license was issued Thursday from the office of the clerk of the District Supreme Court, and before the ten days in which it will expire by limitation have passed the hoted man expends to lead his Canadian bride to the altar. He stated last night that arrangements had not been quite completed for the happy event, but that all seem appropriate, and that nothing was expected, and that the marriage taking place is the Anderson's daughter of a Virginia farmer, and in service in Washington as aook. She is extremely good looking. No opposition to the match has been made by her father, nor by any of her relatives. Koonne declares. Koonsie is an intelligent-looking, colored man, of some means and of good standing. He came to Washington from Alabama something over five years ago and secured a position in the Department. His education and intelligence brought him promotion, and he was soon made messenger for the Secretary of the Navy, holding the position under Sally Heshtert and then under Secretary Long. He has a house at 1782 F St. N. W. — Washington Post. Jan. 12. To the Members and friends of the Va. Baptist State Convention — Last year the battle cry for Five Thousand Dollars was made by the leaders of our great Convention; never before in the history of that grand body there was such enthusiasm, unanimity, and determined effort on the part of the churches and friends to accomplish a great work. We succeeded for over Five Thousand Dollars in each money was raised. We believe that by the help of God, and the support of friends, that this year will witness the Negro Baptists in May at Bedford City, raise $10,000 with which to cancel the debt of our beloved Virginia Theological Seminary and College. Brethren, the battle cry has been raised, Ten Thousand Dollars is what we want. Our noble President, Rev. R. H Bolling, D. D. has led the way by putting down his own name for one more's salary many others have done the same. Who will be the next? I herein cheerfully hand in my name for my personal subscriptions of Eighty Five Dollars ($85.00) to be paid when the roll is called next May. I shall endeavor to carry up not less than 200 dollars from the F. Fifth Street Baptist Church. It is hoped that every friend who will give to this great work will send name and amount to the Christian Organizer, Lynchburg, Va. Hear us, brethren, for there is no discharge in this war. The Va. Baptist State Convention is stronger today than ever before; we have no big I's nor little U's, we are all God's servants, each working for the glory of God and the redemption of mankind. Every Sunday school every church society, and every friend, be an aggressive, wise, and wholesome agitation of the necessity of the Negro Baptists of Virginia, doing something by themselves, and for themselves. Very respectfully. HELPS THE CAUSE ALONG. PORTMURTH, VA., Jan. 14, 1901. Mr. Editor; Dear Sir:—You have my highest approval in your sim to crystalize pubic sentiment against lynchings and its evile, which are now being practiced in all the states. You will find enclosed $4.150 for the continuation of your paper. Yours for the advancement of the Negro, SOLOMON BAKER. LYNCHING INVESTIGATION IN FLORIDA. MADISON, FLA., Jan. 9.—An investigation is being made into the lynching of the two colored men here last week. A special term of the Circuit Court has convened, and Judge White presiding, has instructed the grand jury to make a diligent investigation of the lynching, and if the names of the lynchers can be ascertained, to indict them for murder. In the charge, the judge declared that the perpetrators of the lynching were guilty of murder in the eyes of the law, and the grand jury should go to the bottom of the crime. —See the living picture, statuary, and tableaus, t St. John Baptist's hall, Monday night, Jan. 21st, at 8 o'clock, Mrs. O. P. Ferguson, manager. BAKER SCHOOL. Week Ending January 11, 1901. 6th Grammar—Mrs. R. D. Bowser, teacher: Virginia Adams, Bertha Wal- ton, Lillian Hodges. 5 h Grammar—Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher: Julia Lawson. 4th Grammar—Miss Lizzie B. Wills, teacher: Garzude Augustus. 3rd Grammar—Mr. D. Webster Davi- s, teacher: Frank Johnson, Edna Dobbess, Eva Graham, Sarah Minor, Bella Morris. 1st Grammar—Miss Vera A. Holmes, teacher: Viola Grey. 1s Grammar—Miss M. H. Smith, teacher: Ognnie Farley, Lilly Harris, 4 weeks; Ollie Greene, William Par- tee, Elizabeth Howard 2 weeks; Marie Jackson Collette Hayden, Mamie Knox. Florence Wilson 2 weeks. 8th Primary—Miss Louise J. Corbin, teacher: Mary Daggett, Gwondola Brown, Senora Eidridge, Tamar Carter Mary Jackson. 7th Primary—Miss O. F. Brown, teacher: Mamie Johnson, Martha Mi- nor. 6th Primary—Miss M. O. Tinsley, teacher: Rosa Archer. Pearl Brown, Pezzella Brown, Ada Greene, Cora Smith Aeloria Stella, Mabel Stowe, Edna Webb. 5th Primary—Miss M. E. Allen, teacher: Cornelius Gaston, Louise Richardson, Mattie Dawson, Frances Gies, Gussie Forrester, Emily Greene, Ethel J. Jefferson, Lenora Mason, Alice Pree Sarah Toomb. 4th Primary—Miss Martha R Crump teacher: Gazelle Banks, Eibel Jackson, Lizzie Parker, Florence Storra, Carroll Broady, Preston Burrell, Walter Royster, Hesel Graham. 3rd Primary—Miss E. V. Trent, teacher; John Pearson, Vince Fountain, Henry Mayo, Addie Long, Pauline Morris Mary Pearson Mabel Wess Green, Hermion Jackson, Willie Lipscomb, Cassie Nelson, Mildred Taylor. VALLEY SCHOOL 6 h Grammar—Mr. Berjamin H. Graves, teacher; Lizzie Brown. 5 h Grammar—Miss K. J. Cooke, teacher; Georgia Scott, William Pemberton. 4th Grammar—Miss H. F. Bacchus, teacher; Frank Crawley, Daniel Stephens, Viola Brown, Sallie Harris, Elizabeth Taylor, Jestine Williams, Marie Forsey. 3rd Grammar—Miss H. E. Dabney, teacher; Edward Bolling, Ehel Bowler, Theresa Braxton, Roberta Johnson, Carrie Morris, Missouri Tharps Elizabeth Gregory. 2nd Grammar—Mrs. N. J. Wynn, teacher; Blanche Giles, Elise Carter. 1st Grammar—Mr. W. A. Mitchell, teacher; Lella Johnson, Burgess Kemp Willie Branch, Isabel Thompson, Ira Fry. 8th Primary—Sillas Branch, Eddie Stanton, Charles Scott, Mary Clark, Lillian Holmes, Carrie Johnson, Gertrude Stanton. 7th Primary—Miss Cora L. Bright, teacher: Joseph Brookenborough, Lars Brooks, Joseph Loney, Wallace Payne, Clarence Perkins, Samuel Tim- barkle, Cornelius Taliaferro, Lenora Burrell, Nannie Gardner, Daisy Johnson, Martheina Mankins, Mollie Robinson, Lelia Saunders, Louise Williams. 6th Primary—Miss Sallie L. Willis, teacher: Philip Walker, Melvina Harri Eliza Johnson, Eliza Tyler. 5th Primary—Miss M. J. Boyd, teacher: Clarence Brown. Leroy Brown, Lenwood Henley, Collins Johnson, Harvey Kenney, Melvin Robinson, Ernest Winston, Rebecca Brown, Queen Jones, Florence Jones, Rosa Moody, Florine Smith, Rosa Woodson, Lillie Walker. 5th Primary—John Davis, Ernest Hamm, Gertrude Harris. 4th Primary—Mrs. F. P. Walker, teacher: Marie Brown, Pearl Brown, Annie Harris, Lorena Nelson, Rosa Nelson Elenora Nash, Zola Washington, Willie Madison, Larrise Lancaster, Fred Newton, Thomas Dean. 2nd Primary—Miss Ella J. Williams, teacher: Daniel Timberlake, Vivian Kenn. Ernest Elkward. Willie Oliver. Wingfield Coleman, James Monroe, Willie Stevens. 3rd Primary—Miss Ella F. Rolling, teacher: Junius Anderson, Stephen Banning, Willie Scott, Nannie Cartier, Annie Holland, Mary Jefferson, Ida Phels, Josephine Robinson. 2nd Primary—Miss F. M. Robinson, teacher: Charles Davis, Chastine Moss Frank Oles, Thomas Marshall, George Murray. Wirt Owens, Wirt Jackson, Joseph Pernell, Rosa Perkins, Annie Hunter. 1st Primary—Miss F. M. Robinson, teacher: Morris Tyler. Charles Tyler, Emmett Holmes, Percy Lee, Osborne Mason, Joseph Scott, Millie Washing. ton M. Bel Grammar. Beasie Morris. Mildred Smith. Hazel Tyler, Annie Thomas NOORE SCHOOL Fifth Grammar grade — Carri Lee, Matti Kid. 5th Grammar.—Pearl Bland, Lucy Daniel, Mattie Green. 4th Grammar- grade.-Est Wooldridge, Frank Carter, Robert Poindexter. 3rd Grammar- Douglas Barcroft William Booker, Neison Washington, Lila Mines. 2nd Grammar—Alice Johnson. 1st Grammar—Robert Col, Elise Carter, Mary Johnson, Dora Johnson, Bessie Anderson, Oile Frezier, Milred Vaughan. 8th Primary—Mary Gaette, Milton Sampson, Emma Craig, Susie Jones, Sarah Tinsley. 7th Primary—Thomas Branch, Pennie Meade, Fred Shelton, Leon Holmes, Virginia Jackson, Alberta Jones, Emma Johnson, Alberta King, Colia Miora, Ola Wray, Selden Hobson, Alfriend Mason, Bedford Stokes, Alice Carrington, Lizzie Cross, Bessie Ohatam, Arnell Frezier, Ollie Guerrant, Clara Morris, Rosa Patterson. 6th Primary (a)—Henry Johnson, Alfred Wray, Lucy Brown, Lula Gray, Rose Hewitt, Hunter Goode, James Brown, Emmett Johnson, William Johnson, Rosie Smith. 6th Primary (b)—Eva Sledd Gracie Myers. 8th Primary (b)—John Goodman, Chas Hunter, Stewart Hobson, Heaver Martin, Katie Cox, Emma Gross, Rosa Lewis, Sallie Reader. 5th Primary—Albert Martin, Katie Booker, Ether Shelton, Lindsay Glassgow, Cleveland Jones. 4th Primary—Katie Hopkins, Clara Johnson, Virgile Sydney, Lottie Woody Anna Willis, Florence Booker, Fred Jackson, Junius Johnson. 3rd Primary (a)—Annie Jasper, Lillie Johnson, Bray, Mary Craige, Lottie Mickens, Arrew Smith, Thom as Harris, Ernests, John Robinson, Willie Harris. 8th Primary (b)—Jerard Jasper, Robert Smith, Jas, Toney, Wm, Jackson, Marg Coles, Daisy Hill, Pink Funny, Heisen Johnson, Gianche Jones, Louise Miner, Mary Morton, Daisy O'Neal Virginia Richardson, Maude Thomas, Hilton Toronno, Sonnie Wray, Minnie Mickens. 2nd Primary—Lee Frazier, Richard Walker, Ashen Parsons, Beatrice Pryor, Roberts, Rebecca Winston, Alissa Bishop. 1st Primary ()—Edmund Ford Loye Gover, Frank Tylor, Ida Booker Amanda Bancroft, Martha Butler Lizzie Hughes. 1st Primary (1) - S. Bolling, Wm Kenny, Wm. Ellis, Leroy Johnson, Harvry Page. Bassie Carter, Eliza Oculairy, Ica Kenny, Bettie Mayo Mary Richardson. For week ending Jan. 4, 1901. EAST END SCHOOL. For the Week Ending January 11, 1901 6th Grammar—Mr. J. Andrew Bowler, teacher—Ella Cross, Daisy Gilliam, Carrie Gravis, Madeline Harris, Bessie Jones, Carter Jones, Rosa Taylor and Robert Wilder. 8th Grammar—Miss Rosa B. Yancey, teacher—Rosa Moss, Rosa Toast. 2nd Grammar—Miss Rosa B. Moody, teacher—Mattie Jones. 1st Grammar—Miss Lucy V. Bolling, teacher—Olway Steward, Lelia Lewis. 8th Primary—Miss Annie M. Jackson, teacher—Senora Jackson, Lizzie Mitchell, Virginia* Christian, Lucy Brooks. 7th Primary—Miss Nannie O. Wyatt, teacher—Ethel Gwathmeh, Sarah Braxton, Annie Gray Lillie Flippin, Edna Browne, Isabel Johnson, Ophelia Barrett, Charles Starke, Martha James Heskizkian Randolph. 6th Primary—Miss L. A. Willis, teacher—Earle Harris, Hester Braxton, Loulie Lawrence, Gertrude Smith, Bertha Holcomb, Annie Atkinson, James Brexton Richard Braxton, Samuel Language. 5th Primary—Miss Mary E. Willis, teacher—Emma Hill, Mary Tanel, Judetta Temple, Indiana Howard, Carrie Johnson. 4th Primary—Miss Maud E Mundin, teacher—Martha Thomas, Ida Thompson, Henry James, George Tompkins, Percy Jones, Robert Paterson 3d Primary—Miss Annie S. Keane, teacher—Willie Saunders, William Preston, Lizzie Bland, Rosa White, Aurelia Hunter, Thomas Starke Olivia Scott, William Langley, Frank Morton, Pearl Morton, Loulie Brooks, Robert Jackson, Cleopatra Scott, Lonnie Burton, Arthur Ransom. 2nd Primary—Miss Lula G. Haskins, teacher—Jula Atkinson, Hazel Bland, Hattie Hunter, Melinda Harris, Daisy Henry, Rebecca Hood, Alberta Jones, Bessie Kirby, Moses Forsey, Felix Gwathmey, Joseph Harris, Ruby Masklin, Samuel Hubbard, Katie Shelton, B-sissie Scott, Samuel Johnson, George Moyley, Willie Morton, John Taylor, Eidie Washington. 1st Primary—Miss Lula G. Haskins, teacher—Eather Coyle, Eva Steward, Luberta Ashton, Dallera Turner, Bessie Allen, Bertha Johnson, Mary Ivison, Bettie Anderson, Olaribel Anderson, Isabal Hood, Percy Brown, James Coleman, John Wingfield, Percy Sayles, Judson Clark, Ernest Warwick, Floyd Springs, Frank Norman. A most enjoyable, time was spent Wednesday night, the 9th inst at the residence of Mr. A. P. Q. Charles, 1002 N. 8rd St. The following gentlemen were present: M. Marsh John O Lewis, A. P. Q. Charles, D. J. Farrar, Chas. Lewis, Meechik Curtsi, Wm. L. Taylor, William Wood, Geo. P. Bregg, Dorssey Bragg, Drs. E R. Jefferson, —Smith of New York,chas. B. Jackson, Norfolk, Va., A. W. G. Farrar and others. After enjoying all kinds of the season's delicacies and many social games the gentlemen dispersed and wandered homeward in the "wee sma' hours of the morning. LYNCHING IN FLORIDA Killed for Train Wrecking. OCALA, FLA., January 16. —Norman McKinney (coloree) has been ignored for wrecking the Plant System fast train near Dunnell on Sunday night, and the victim implicated two others to share the same fate if they are caught. In less than two hours after the wreck, in which the engineer was killed, the Citrus county officers were on the trail of the wreckers, and a dozen arrests were made before Monday at noon. All of the arrests were on suspicion, and several of those arrests were liberated, they proving conclusively that they were not the guilty parties. Monday afternoon McKinney was found to be taking a deep interest in the affair, and was promptly arrested by the officers, also on suspicion. That night he was questioned so closely, and told so many of the stories that it was decided to carry him to Inverness and the county jail there. On the way, a mob of fifty or more overpowered the officers and took the prisoner. He was taken back to the scene of the wreck and there confessed the crime, implicating and describing two others, who have escaped, but are now being pursued. After the confession, in which McKinney stated that the train was wrecked for the purpose of robbery, the man was hanged from a tree. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict in death at the hands of members unknown. FOWLKE3—MURPHY The marriage of Miss Edla Fowkes to Mr. Jessie Murphy took place Wednesday evening. January 8th, 1901, as the residence of the bride on N. 30th St. Only immediate friends of the bride and groom were present Rev. Williams, pastor of Fountain Baptist Church performed the ceremony. Many handsome presents were received. Y. M. C. A NORES New members were to the explanation on the Sunday School lesson last Satu day. Come again. You are welcome. The meetings in the jail and almshouse by the committee last Sunday were very impressive and accomplished much good. The boys were very much benefited by the address by Lawyer J. Thomas Hewis, subject "Abraham Lincoln," last Sunday. The men took a quick trip to Baltimore last Sunday by the way of the echoes from the conference by Rev W. H. Stokes, B.D. and General Secretary S. O. Burrell. Every man enjoyed the trip and particularly the "Where the Shepherd Leads," "Rest and Obey." The meeting was well attended. All said that it paid for the association to be represented in the different conferences. The men very kindly expressed their appreciation for the trip which was given to them by the delegates by a standing vote. 5 p. m. Saturday you are invited to the explanation of the Sunday School lesson by Prof. G. R. Hovey. Committee will hold the regular meetings Sunday 11 a. m. and 3 p. m in the jail and almshouse. Mr A. Severly of the Sharon Baptist Church will address the boys Sunday 4 p. m. Men, do not miss the men's meeting Sunday 5:30 p. m. at our rooms. Rev. D. H. Chamberlayne will deliver a special address, subject "True Heroian" special solos by Miss Belle Fitzhugh accompanied by Miss Emma Jones. Tell the n-xi man—bring him with you. Hear the fina music by Richmond's best talent—vocal and instrumental—at St. John Baptist's hall. Monday night, Jan. 21st, at 8 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Hoffman Resigns Rev. Dr. R. T. Hoffman, pas'or of Court St. Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va was in the police court last Monday, charged with carrying concealed weapons and attempting to kill his wife. Upon his agreeing to tender his resignation to the church, the charge was willed down. The church it is stated has accepted his resignation. He is one of the most eloquent pulpit orators in the South, and the scandal is much regretted. TRAGIC DISAPPEARANCE BY WILL H. HARBER. Copyright, 1900, by A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company. There was a touch of the destroying breath of autumn in the keen wind which swept over Lyndhurst, an old colonial mansion on the Hudson near New York. The big trees on the terraced lawn and in the dense wood behind the house were shedding their sere and yellow foliage, and in the extensive garden on the left of the entrance not even on a belated flower could be seen in the well-arranged parterres. Here stood a marble statue, there a playing fountain; the entire aspect was cold and cheerless. Within the mansion quite a different acene presented itself. A footman in livery stood in the vast hall; white-capped, white-aproned maid-servants moved about with soft tread and solicitous mien. Five o'clock tea was being served in the quaint Elizabethan drawing room. A man less than 40 years of age, tall, handsome and with a military bearing, reclined in a quantitatively carved easy chair before the glowing wood fire with its old-fashioned brass fender and dragon-shaped andirons. The man's face was full, dark and round; his high, broad brown suggested considerable power of intellect; he wore no beard, and his short thick hair was touched with gray. He had but one questionable feature; an expert physiognomist might have said that it was a pity such a strong face should be marred by a mouth slightly inclined towards weakness. His wife, who sat near him, was a handsome woman; she was perhaps as old as he. Her complexion was clear and good; her teeth were fine and even; between her parted lips they caught the red firelight and it tucked it back broken into tiny gleams. Her hands and feet were small and well shaped, her body possessed an undulating ease of movement that gratified the visual sense of the beholder. Her hair was dark brown, her eyes black and sharp, and these things, with the general contour of her shrewd face, hinted at French extraction. When the tea was brought in a young lady who had been playing a Beethoven sonata on the grand piano in the large bow-window turned to another girl of about her own age who stood by her ready to depart. "You really must stop for a cup of tea, Lottie," she said, laying her jeweled hand on the arm of the visitor. "I am sorry, but I shall miss my train if I stay even a moment longer; as it is I shall have to urge your coachman to drive rapidly." "Oh, surely you are not going, Miss Dean," protested Maj. Goddard, rising and coming towards them. "We really see so little of you, you know, and when you do honor us it is generally only to the extent of a pop call. I am really going to incite my ward to downright rebellion against you and all the rest of her old school friends." "That is right, Guardian." The pianist smiled as she rose, "you must stand by me. Lottie has such a nice time in the city that she is getting above such a quiet retreat as this." "Oh, it isn't that," laughed the accused. "I do it enjoy so much here and I am coming to pay you a good visit before long. Really, I am looking forward to it with a great deal of pleasure." "Well, until then we shall have a truce," cried the major, and he escorted the guest to the door where his carriage was waiting. As he reentered the drawing room the expression of his wife's face riveted his attention. Mrs. Goddard was watching Miss Briscoe, who had left the piano and was pouring the tea at the low brass table in the center of the room. The look she was giving his ward was so full of malignant dislike that the genial face of the major grew grave. He seated himself in the chair he had just left and eyed his wife attentively. Just then Miss Briscoe brought a cup of tea to him. "You'll find it exactly right, Guardian," she said with a smile. "I not only know the number but I now understand the size of the lumps of sugar you want." "It is always right, Blanche, when you pour it for me." He would have added further pleasantries to this had he not felt the rigid stare of his wife upon him. "You have nice manners, I must say," Mrs. Goddard suddenly jerked out, "but I presume you were taught in that Fifth Avenue school to serve gentlemen before ladies." The beautiful girl flushed to her wavy golden hair. "Oh, do pardon me, Mrs. Goddard, I am so forgetful; Guardian looked so tired after his journey to town that I—" "Oh, it doesn't matter in the least," and this retort was emphasized by Mrs. Goddard's rising, pushing past the girl and pouring her own tea. Her face was dark with suppressed rage as she took her cup to a window-seat behind the piano and hastily drank it after the manner of angry individuals. "Never mind," said Maj. Goddard to Blanche, who, with a look of deepening embarrassment on her face, had taken a seat near him; "never mind, it can't be helped." "I wouldn't have displeased her for the world, on—on your account, if for nothing else. I do try my best to get on with her, but somehow I never make the slightest progress in the right direction. I am so awkward." Their voices were so low that they did not reach the tea-drinker in the bow window, but she seemed to know that she was the subject of the guarded colloquy, for she glared over her cup at them like a sullen, infuriated animal. "I assure you it is not your fault, dear," went on Goddard. "You see when I told her the other day that all my mining ventures had fallen through 2 CHAPTER I. and that I have now only this estate and a paltry ten thousand a year to keep it up on, it completely broke her to pieces. She counted on my affairs turning out millions, and I did not know it before, but she had laid a great many plans that must now fall to the ground." "Plans?" said the girl, in surprise. "Yes, she had consulted an architect, about building a house at Newport and one on Fifth avenue. Oh, it was an awful blow to her! I wish she could put a better face on the matter and not take it so very hard. As far as I am concerned, I had made up my mind that matters were not so bad, after all, but she is ambitious, you see, and I never was. I have grown tired trying to get rich. I would like to rest, but—" They heard Mrs. Goddard's cup and saucer rattling as she advanced to the tea table. Then she turned to the door suddenly and her heavy skirts gave forth a rustling sound as she passed haughtily out into the hall. "O. I say, Jeanne!" exclaimed her husband, rising and going to the door, but she had gone out on the lawn, and when he came back to the fire he and his ward saw her walking to and fro on the asphalt drive. A moment later she turned and gave an inaudible order to James, the footman, and he came A GODDARD WENT TO THE WINDOW AND BLANCHE FOLLOWED. out to her shortly with a revolver and a box of cartridges. Goddard went to the window and Blanche followed. "She's going to practice shooting," he said. "When she is full of anger she seems to find a vent for it in target practice. Watch her; she certainly has the most wonderful marksmanship of any woman alive." The major could not help this exhibition of pride in his wife, and he seemed to hold his breath in boyish expectation as Mrs. Goddard took deliberate aim at a white envelope which James had pinned against the trunk of a tree about 50 feet from where she stood. Five reports followed one another in rapid succession. "Good! Wonderful!" ejaculated the major, "she hit it four times out of five, I have no idea," and as he said this Goddard's tone lost a part of its enthusiasm, "i have no idea where she acquired her skill. She always laughs mysteriously when I ask her. It was while she lived in the west, however, I am sure. Often she lets slip little allusions to ranch life and hunting on the plains." Blanche made no response; there was a confidential note in her guardian's anvoice which strongly appealed to her sympathy. It shocked her sensitive idealistic nature to have him admit that there were pages in his wife's history which even he had not been allowed to read. They saw Mrs. Goddard toss the revolver on the grass toward the attendant and turn into the house. A moment later she passed through the hall and went up the stairway to her own apartment. "There is one thing I can not quite forgive in her, dear Blanche." And the major caught the soft tapering hand of his ward and led her back to the fire. "She married me. She must have been influenced to become my wife by the fortune she knew I possessed. She betrays that in a good many ways. She was ambitions; but persons born with craving desires are not to blame for having them, and so I try to overlook this fault in her. Being a poor milliner, who came in contact with the rich just far enough to want to have means, it must have been a temptation to her to marry a man with money. I don't say that she does not love me, for I really think she does. I should be very miserable if she did not." "My poor guardian," said Blanche, tenderly. "You deserve so much. You ought to have all things that belong to good men. I have been very unhappy ever since you told me of your financial loss. You said, I think, that my money was safe?" "Perfectly, I saw to that. I remembered your father's last words of confidence in me and I never have taken the slightest risk with your interests. Your fortune is as secure as if it were in the Bank of England, and the entire amount is earning a good rate of interest." "But I have no use for so much money," said the girl, almost pleadingly, "and I would be so glad if you would take what you need of it." The major flushed. "It would be a cowardly thing to do, and it would call forth much criticism; no, your money is yours; your father saw that I was sufficiently repaid for my services, besides, nothing less than your entire THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. fortune would give Jeanne all she craves. She did not sleep a wink last night. I heard her walking constantly from the moment she retired till dawn. I went to her door twice and rapped, but she would not admit me. Sometimes I am afraid," and the major touched his broad forehead significantly. "Poor guardian!" There was a suggestion of tears in Blanche's eyes and her voice quivered. "If you won't let me help you with my useless money what can I do? Do you fancy this—this trouble has not made me unhappy, too? Your face is my barometer. When it indicates that your spirits are depressed my sky becomes clouded, and then I don't care for anything else. It used to be so while I was at school. Your visit on Friday was the sole event of the week, and I studied hard according to my promise, that I might be worthy of it. I was so proud of you. The girls used to watch for you to drive up and they actually raved over you. They all thought you were so handsome." But Maj. Goddard was not following her with attention. "I have been wanting all this week to put a candid question to you, Blanche," he remarked, irrelevantly. "I am a little afraid you will not fully understand my motive, but I do want your opinion—a woman can judge another woman's heart better than a man can, even if he is her husband. I want to know, Blanche, if you think Jeanne cares for me a little bit?" The girl could not command her suddenly roused emotions; she started and her long lashes fell before his eager, almost breathless stare. It was as if the question had been a shot which reached the very citadel of her most sacred convictions. "Guardian, you must not—you ought not—" she seemed unable to proceed. "I know I ought to be ashamed of myself for admitting that I have doubts, but since my loss and her strange reception of the news I can't help feeling as I do. Oh! Blanche, do you think she only married me for the fortune I had?" "I did not know her then," said Blanche, evasively, her face pale and rigid. "I am too young to read—the motives of women older than I am. I only know, if—if" "If what, Blanche?" "If I had been your wife I should have loved you more in misfortune than ever. Oh, I am so sorry for you! It is breaking my heart." She raised her handkerchief to her eyes and began to cry softly. Goddard pushed her head back gently till she was forced to look into his eyes. "Don't do that, little girl," he said, tenderly, "it breaks me all to pieces to see a woman's tears. I wish the old days could somehow come back; those days when I dreamed of a young trusting wife who would love me for myself and draw me away from evil indications. You never guessed it, little girl, but—" he seemed to realize that he was going too far, for he broke off short and after a moment's pause he began again: "Never was a man a greater slave to a woman's whims than I am to hers. As much as I love honesty, honor, truth and upright living, I am afraid that woman could make me renounce it all if she wished. To me she is as powerful as opium to its most abject slave. I must do something, Blanche; these thoughts are maddening." He touched the bell. "Get out my horse," he said to the servant. "I shall take a ride." He went out to change his dress and his ward sat down before the fire. She heaved a great sigh. "I wonder if she will desert him," she thought; "it would be just like her, now that she can no longer use him." CHAPTER II. Maj. Goddard spent all the next day in the city busy over some legal matters connected with his recent losses. He missed his usual train and was forced to take one an hour later. In consequence of this delay it was dark when he arrived home. The drawing-room was lighted, and through the window he saw Blanche and his private secretary, Mr. Hubcrit Talley, at the piano, but he did not enter. All day he had been worrying over his wife's recent moroseness, and he did not want to lose a moment before seeing her. He fancied she must be in her own apartment, so he went up stairs to her door. It was closed. He rapped gently, but received no response from within. He rapped again, but with no better result; then he tried the latch and found the door locked. For a moment he stood mastered by thoughts which both contradicted and confirmed each other. Then he remembered that the door was the only outlet from the room to the main stairway, and as there was no light to be seen through the keyhole he half persuaded himself that Jeanne had dressed and gone down. He turned quickly into his own apartment across the hall and turned on the electric light. His first thought was that he would change his dress before joining the others, but his impatience to see his wife defeated this idea and he hurried downstairs. He looked into the library, a large, cozy apartment opposite the drawing-room. A coal fire was burning warm and red in the grate, but the room was empty. Just then the butler, Wilkins, opened the folding doors and a view of the electric-lighted dining-hall in its vast splendor of white cloth, silver and cut-glass met Goddard's roving eye. "Has Mrs. Goddard come down?" the major asked. "I did not know she had returned, sir." "Returned! from where?" "From the city, sir. She went in this afternoon." "To the city! at what time?" "She caught the 1:40 train;" it was Blanche's voice behind him, and it contained a note of startled concern. "She said she would go direct to your office and return with you." "I have not seen her; my God! what can have happened to her?" Blanehe motioned the butler to retire, and he did so, discreetly closing the door. The major was deathly pale and his hands quivered as with palsy. For a moment he could only stare into the sympathetic eyes of his ward, who BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. TRADE-MARK. 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 frauds 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 a fortunate 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 the hair more harm than good. 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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, Troublesome Hair, make short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp diseases. Itch, 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 up 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 Scap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever Like a shapely pillar of consolation stood before him. "Blanche, do you think—think she has gone?" he asked. "I can't say, dear, dear guardian. I hope not. Don't give up." He seemed to have a sudden inspiration. "Come into my study," he said. She followed and stood in the dark as he fumbled with the electric light fixture. In a moment the little room was illuminated. He pointed to a big iron safe in the corner, and said, huskily: "She could not go without means. She saw me put $5,000 away yesterday. She has always known the combination." "Oh, she wouldn't dare to take your money!" exclaimed Blanche. "She knew I had a deposit in the bank," he said; "besides, what is mine is hers. She knows that." With trembling fingers he turned the combination bolt. In a moment the heavy door was opened. He drew out a strong box from one of the compartments in the safe and raised the lid. The money was gone. "That settles it!" Goddard said this with more calmness than Blanche had expected, but it was the calmness of utter despair. He closed the box almost with scrupulous exactness, then shut and locked the door of the safe. He went back into the library and stood before the fire, his limp hands clasped in front of him. "Tell me what to do, Blanche," he said, plaintively. "I can't give her up. I simply cannot! I have been under bursting shells and whistling lead as thick as hail and not cared so much as that" (he snapped his fingers), "but I can't face life without her." A door opened cautiously. Wilkins put in his bald head, fringed with gray locks. "Shall I serve dinner?" he asked. "Yes, but I shall not wait," said his master. "I am going back to the city." Just then there was a ring at the door. Goddard drew himself up and listened, a light of sudden expectation in his eyes. "Sign here," a boyish voice said to the footman who had opened the door. "A telegram!" cried the major, and he went to the door and brought it back, tearing it open excitedly. "Detained in town," he read, triumphantly. "Perhaps you ought to come to the Palace hotel to see me. Will return in the morning. Jeanne." "Thank God!" he exclaimed, joyously; then his eyes snatched a thought from the depths of his ward's great staring orbs which made him glance towards his study, and she saw the joyous light in his face flicker as if a strong breeze of suspicion had blown upon it. "Ah," he sighed, "but she intended to go. Blanche; she (TO BE CONTINUED.) bscribe to the Planet "Come Into my study." he said. The money was gone. "Shall I serve dinner?" he asked. intended to leave me!" He dropped his hand heavily on the old-fashioned silver bell on the table. "My overcoat, and the carriage, James," was his husky command. Blanche linked her tapering fingers over his arm. "But not before you have eaten your dinner, dear guardian," she pleaded. "When you get to the city she will have dined and you may be the worse for it." He waited till James had left the room; then he said: "I could not eat a bite right now if my life depended on it." When she had seen him put on his coat and leave the room she ran to the window and watched the carriage drive away at the highest speed of the blooded horses. Then she went into the dining-room, bowing to Mr. Talley, who stood waiting for her. They took their places at the long table, he on one side, she on the other. He was a handsome man of perhaps 27, who wore no beard and had the strong features of a successful actor; his hair was thick, moderately long and of a blackness which went well with his dark eyes. "Is the major coming in now?" he asked her, deferentially. "No. he has had to go back to the city, Mr. Talley; it was a telegram, I think." "Ah!" the young man seemed unable to control his surprise, and then it became evident that he found much in her tell-tale face to confirm his sudden suspicion that all was not going well with his employer. "I only wished to ask his advice about some correspondence he directed me to write." And the secretary's words contained a polite suggestion of apology for his inquiry. The soup was brought on by Sarah. "I beg your pardon, miss, but you have forgotten to take your medicine," she said. "It doesn't matter," answered Blanche. "Never mind about it." "But Dr. Fleming told me to be sure to see that you took it before each meal, miss." "Well, bring it to me, Sarah; you are a good doctor yourself." Blanche followed the girl into the pantry, and when she had taken the medicine she said: "Mrs. Golddard was detained in town to-night. Maj. Golddard has gone to meet her; she will return to-morrow. If the servants inquire you may explain." Then she went back to the table and she and Talley ate their dinner silently. It was as if he knew something had happened to which he had no right to allude. 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 from the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. 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 or 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. Here is another: Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 883 Missouri street, Toledo, O. 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." Send us $1.00 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. CAPTAIN HANKINS where do you buy you meats? FROM James H. Gibbs, Dealer in All Kinds of Meats All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone Halls rented for meeting and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large piano or band wagons for less reasons bale rates or carriages, barges, etc. Keeps constantly on hr and time Funeral Supplies. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT—MAN ON DUTY ALL NIGHT J. A. & C. J. Cooke SUCCESSORS TO Henry Cooke, Boston Chemical Company: Dear Sirs.—You are at used OZONO, and give it fooled so often, it does me g Here is another: Gentlemen.—After usin that my hair is already stra A last word. OZONO cause a beautiful and luxur you can use it to secure "OZONO." Send us $1.00 day we receive your order. BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Bron Chemical Co., 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. Choose you $1.00, for which please send at once. $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refine. Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package. Worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. House, No. City. State. send $8.00. If you have a friend who has me on a piece of paper and pin to coupon. RAIN HANKINS you buy you meats FROM—— S. H. 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COLORDED men, stick to your own people. Our females are all right. Keep the white men over on their side of the barn-yard fence and you stay on your side and there should be peace in the land. A WHITE jury at Madison, Va., brought in a verdict on January 12, 1801, finding J. DORSEY NICHOLSON (white) guilty of committing a criminal assault upon a white female. The punishment was twelve months in jail. This affords food for refinement. It Nicholson had been colored, a mob of white flands would have been dancing, Indian fashion around his body while he slowly burned to death at the stake. WHILE Congress is voting away the money of the people of the United States, and the administration is making arrangements to purchase from Denmark the Danish West Indies, it would be a belifting testimonial to the devotion and patriotism of our people to reimburse the Freedmen's Bank depositors. Mr. H. ALLENOF Washington, D.C. is pressing the matter and we trust he may meet with success. NORMAN McKINNRY, (colored) who was suspected of having wrecked a freight train, was hanged near Inverness, Florida by a mob of white men, Sunday night, 13.h. inst. In this state capital punishment is meted for murder. This would seem to effectually dispose of the charges in KANSAS and COLORADA that it was due to the absence of such a law in either state that the recent lynchings took place. The lynchers will use first one excuse and then the other in order to justify them in their bloody work. Lynch law must go! We have received the "Colored American Magazine" for January. It is a very fine edition. The following are its contents: "I Greet Thee, Abram," said the Noble, "Frontpiesiee, drawn by Alex andre Skeete; Elijah Parrish Lovejoy—John Livingstone Wright, illustrations from photographs and prints; Virginia Union University, with illustrations of the new buildings, and portraits; Miss Wilkins, M. D.—Edward Elmore Brock; Greater Opportunities for the Civic Development of Mankind—D. Augustus Straker; Here and There, many illustrations from photographs; Boston's Smart Set, with portrait of eight popular Bostonians; The Stress of Impulse. (arial) -Maitland Leroy Osborne; 'The Science of Vocal culture'-Prof. Theo. Orury; Pauline E. Hopkins. (A Sketcher) with portrait; Winter's 'abrund' ('oem')-Hattie E. Wallace; Fascinating Silie Storia III. Abraham and Isaac (Illustrated)- Charles W nallow Hall; Decorations for the Home-J Roy Barrean; William Wells Brown (Iustrated)—Pauline E. Hopkins; Editorial and Publisher's Announcements WAIT6D FOR THEM A m b of white men attempted to drive a colored man from N. wburg. Warwick Counsy, India, about the 9th inst because it was alleged that he had a white wife. The colored man refused to leave and when the mob went to his house and commanded him to come out, he refused to obey the order, firing upon him in true western style order. The mob decided that 'd seretic was the better part of valor' and left. The Sheriff instead of defending the man advised him to leave the immunity. This he refused to do. The colored people in the neighborhood armed themselves and gunned the colored man's cabin. The whi would-be-yebeyhers cont'd themselves with holding a mass meeting, while the co-ored brother continue to 'hold the tort.' He has not been injured up to this latest reports. This is what we have claimed all along. It requires nerve and backbone. It manhood is present, there are certain white men who will recognize it and come to the rescue. If the colored people of Leavenworth had been equally as determined, that city would not now be disgraced by an unholy lynching. "THE OOLOBED LANDLORD." THE RICHMOND DISPATCH in its issue of the 16th inst., speaks of the report of Auditor MARYE which shows that the colored people, who owned nothing at the close of the war now pay taxes on 900,790 acres of land which is but a few thousand less than one million acres, the value of which is ($8,979,506) eight million, nine hundred and seventy nine thousand five hundred and ninety six dollars. The DISPATCH is so dumbbounded at these figures that it speaks of the mortgages on the same. This, brother DISPATCH, is a sword which cuts two ways. There is a mortgage on the Richmond City Hall, but the city claims to own it. There is a mortgage on the state government but no one refers to it. There is a mortgage on the national government and no one says any thing about it. To use plain figures, in 1898, the United States Government owed $1 964,837,180 90. In 1890, the state of Virginia owed $50,837 315. The city of Richmond owed in 1899, $7,396 041. So you see if the colored folks owe the white folks for the land purchased, they are following the example set by the governments—city, state and national. When it comes to owing people there is one race which is ahead of the colored brother and that is the white one from whom he buys his property. The white race lives on credit and the poor Negro is now trying to secure the same kind of credit to live upon. Be charitable, Brother Dispair, be charitable! THE LYNCHING IN KANSAS LNCHING is no longer a local but a national evil. If it be a national evil, then national remedies should be applied to eradicate it from our form of government. The burning of FRED ALEXANDER (colored) at the stake in Leavenworth, Kansas, is as astounding as it was in human and cruel. Were the evidence not so overwhelming and unconsciliated, it would be difficult to believe that in a community where prize-fights are not permitted that a brutal exhibition of the animal passions should be made to all world. SHERIFF EVERHANDY took ALEXANDER from the penitentiary where he was safe and carried him to the city jail where he was not safe. The most remarkable part of the whole affair is that United States troops are quartered at Leavenworth, Kansas. The mob was supreme. And this too in the face of the constitutional provision which declares that cruel and unusual punishments shall not be inflicted upon any of the people thereof. FRED ALEXANDER was charged with attempting to commit a criminal assault upon EVA ROPH (white) and was supposed to have assaulted and killed PEARL FORCES (white). There was no evidence whatever relative to the last specified charge. It was all supposition. But ever had he been guilty of all of them what excuse could be given for the saturating of his body with kerosene oil and the burning of his person at the stake? Could a Christian do such a thing? Could a community laying claim to civilization permit such an exhibition of flandishness? It is needless to comment upon the sufferings of the victim, of how they struck him with fists, hammers and blunt weapons, of how he pleaded for his life, of how even after he was convinced that he must die, he proclaimed to all of the world his innocence. Is it possible that the American nation will longer tolerate this crowning infamy of the 19th Century and the ushering disgrace of the 20th? We shall see. It marks us as a nation of barbarians, units for self government THE JICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA and universal in the ways of civilization. The members of that mob were guilty of cruel, brutal, premeditated murder. Their hands are stained with human blood and the city must feel the odium of the disgrace as much so as the state in which it occurred. No x use given can tend to relieve the partisans participating in it from the responsibility. The work of the mob is antagonistic to a civiliz'd form of government. Not even in the land of the Cz r., could a more flendish exhibition of unbridled passion have taken place. We are indeed a sorry lot to be talking about carrying the blessings of civilization to the Chinese, the Filipinos, the Porto Ricasas, the Hawaiians and the Cubans. The army of 100 000 man is needed at home. But what are they worth here when the noi a from the violators of the law was heard by the United States troops at Leavenworth, Kansas, and they were not permitted to go even a dozen yards to prevent a murder. If burning at the stake has bee me a national method of punishment for citizens of A rican descent, the sooner they prepare for it the better. A thousand times was it more preferable for FRED ALEXANDER to have died fighting for his life than to have surrendered to a cowardly sheriff, who after disarming him, turned him over to a cruel, heartless mob. The colored man as New Orleans who died fighting the space for all colored men in the world. Do like white men have done—sell your lives as dearly as possible and when the end comes, go shouting home to heaven—or the other place. I will at least give us a record for beavery and serve to check the onward march of the white cowards who would submit us to nameless tortures. Burned at the stake in the face of his declared innocence! What is government but a sham? What is the appeal to the law but a reechoing mockery of the one making it? BOSSCHIETER MURDER. Presecution Ends Its Case Against Three of the Prisoners. KERR'S EVIDENCE NOT NEEDED The Fourth Man Under Indictment, Who Was Expected to Turn State's Evidence, Not Called Upon—One of the Prisoners Interrupts a Witness. Paterson, N. J., Jan. 15.—The trial of Walter L. McAlister, Andrew Campbell and William A. Death, three of the four men accused of the murder of Jennie Bosscheiter, a mill girl, under circumstances revolting in their utter lack of humane considerations, commenced yesterday before Judge Dixon, in the Passaic county court of oyer and terminer. George J. Kerr, the fourth man under indictment, was not in court, as he has been granted a separate trial on the ground that he was not present when the fatal dose was administered to the girl. Before the trial was begun it was expected that at least two days would be necessary to complete the jury, but Judge Dixon carried the proceedings on with vigor that within an hour after the court was called to order he had empanelled his 12 jurors and heard the opening lines of the address of the prosecuting attorney. The remainder of the day saw four of the principal witnesses in the case on the stand. Mrs. Nina Bosscheiter, the mother of the unfortunate girl, was one, her daughter Susie another, Christina a proprietor of the saloon where it is situated, and administered to the girl, was the third, and Gus Schulthorpe, the hack driver of the horrible midnight ride, was the last. Mother and daughter told Jennie's life at home and at the mill, telling fully of the incidents just previous to the girl's disappearance. Of the four witnesses the testimony of Schulthorpe was the most important, as well as the most startling. In his crude, unvarnished way he told to the minutest detail the story of the crime. He graphically described the taking of the almost unconscious girl from the saloon to his victoria and of the ride out of the city and the unspeakable crime committed on the dead or almost dead girl. Kerr only was exempt from participation in the assault which the hack driver described. With brutal roughness, without the slightest attempt to conceal facts under nice words, in the language of the streets, Schulthorpe told the occurrences of that stop on Rock road. With an array of expert evidence to show the cause of death, the admission of statements made by the police that one of the defendants made a confession of crime, and a sensational interruption of one of the witnesses by one of the prisoners, Prosecuting Attorney Emley tonight announced that the case of the state was complete. When Sergeant McInerney was testifying that Death confessed his complicity in the crime the prisoner jumped to his feet and shouted, "You lie, you lie." Consequently, pulled him down, and after the evidence was given by several other detectives Death was summoned to the stand. He told of his arrest and of a number of questions put to him by the police, but he stepped down from the stand without stating what it was he told the police. Judge Dixon then admitted the evidence of the policemen, in which they said Death had confessed. Policeman Perry testified that Death confessed that McAllister put the drug in the girl's wine glass two or three times. Large Reinforcements For Kitchener London, Jan. 16—The government has decided to send large reinforce- ment to Lord Kitchener, and the war office is going out this decision, has determined to enlist 5,000 yo- many volunteers. That foe Mandolin Club—Messrs Gee, Komp and others and Prof. Har ris, violinists; Mr. Billy S nith, Clarion netist, will be at St. John Baptist' hall Monday night, Jan. 21st, at o'sck. M. S. QUAY FOR SENATOR Pennsylvania's Legislature Again Elects the Beaver Statesman. VICTORY ON THE FIRST BALLOT. The Senator-Elect, Who Takes His Seat Thursday, Received 130 Votes in Both Houses-Democrats, With One Exception, Voted For Guffey. Harrisburg, Jan. 16.—After a memorable struggle, which had continued for several years, Col. M. S. Quay, regular Republican nominee for United States senator, was elected yesterday by the Pennsylvania legislature to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of his term on March 4, 1899. His combined vote in the senate and house was 130, or three more than the number necessary to a choice. The house and senate met jointly at noon today to canvass the state and declare an election. Mr. Quay's commission has already been prepared and signed, and he will take it to Washington this afternoon. A party of his friends will go with him to be present when he takes his seat in the senate tomorrow. The Democratic vote was cast almost solidly for Col. James M. Guffey, of Pittsburgh, and that of the anti-Quory Republicans was divided among nine "favorite sons." Representative William J. Galvin, of Schuylkill, who voted with the Republicans on the organization of the house, was the only Democrat who voted for Mr. Quay. When he cast his vote the followers of Col. Quay broke into cheers, which continued for more than a minute. Representative L. D. Brown, of Crawford, he was nominated by the Prohibitionists and endorsed the Democrats and Populists, voted for the Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow, the Prohibition leader. Col. Guffey lost three votes by the absence of Representatives George J. Maloney, of Venango, and Madison A. SENATOR M. S. QUAY. Garvin, of Adams, who were unable to be present on account of illness, and the pairing of Representative Arthur H. Squier, of Wyoming, with Isaiah R. Haldeman, of Montgomery, Republican. Mr. Squier was present, while his pair was ill at his home with typhoid fever. The vote in detail: House, Senate, Total. M. S. Quay. 10 James M. Guffey. 44 12 56 Charles Emory Smith. 24 11 10 34 George E. Huff. 6 1 1 7 Others voted for in the house were: Jeremy McCenway, I; William McCenway, I; John H. Harris, I; Charles Tubbs, I; Congressman M. E. Carroll, I; Silas S. Crawley, I; Palmer, absent 3. The wildest excitement prevailed during the balloting in the house. Long before that body convened at 3 o'clock the chamber was packed with legislators and spectators. The crush for admittance was so great that many members had to be dragged into the hall by the police. The entrances were guarded by a cordon of policemen, who were powerless to cope with the crowd. In a rush to admit Representative Galvin the door in one of the lobbles was broken down and the hall was soon crowded to suffocation. Before the ballot was taken Charles W. Neeb, of Allegheny, and John H. Thompson, of Centre, Republicans, who were absent on account of illness when the house organized two weeks ago, presented themselves at the bar and were qualified by Judge Wilson, of Beaver. These members were claimed by both sides, and when they voted for Col. Quay they were heartily applauded by his followers. Thomas K. Beaver, of Junita, voted for Olmsted, but before the result was announced he changed to Mr. Quay. William P. Winner, of Bucks, who voted with the anti-Quay Republicans on the organization of the house, was absent and unaccounted for. Before casting his vote for Mr. Quay Representative Thomas J. Reynolds, of Lackawanna, withdrew the name of Congressman William Connell, of Scranton, who was nominated at the organization. Mr. Reynolds said he had been nominated and elected as an anti-Quay Republican, but that he believed in majority rule, and would vote for the caucus nominee. He voted with the anti-Quayites on the organization of the house. Representatives Samuel A. Kendall, of Somerset, and Donald P. McPherson, of Adams, who also voted with the anti-Quayites at the organization, voted for Mr. Quay. The announcement of the result was followed with much shouting and aplaus in both houses, during which adjournments were taken until today. There was much revelry in Harrisburg last night over the success of Col. Quay, and his followers burned red light with an extreme gang hand. From the moment the result was announced the house until a late hour the streets were crowded with a hoarse, shouting mass of Quay followers, led by bands of music. The anti-Quay Republicans issued a long statement last night charging seven legislators with direct violation of signed pledges not to vote for Quay under any circumstances and declaring that "if these Republicans had been true to their pledges the election of Mr. Quay would have been impossible, withstanding the perfidy of those Democrats who deserted their party." The accusers of legislators are: John K. Thompson, of Johnny C. McTighe, Allegheny; George C. Hill and George B. Tiffany, Susaquehanna; Thomas J. Reynolds, Lackawanna; Benjamin F. Welty, Franklin, and Samuel A. Kendall, Somerset. GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 11.—Postoffice Inspectors Bulla and Owings yesterday arrested Julius Brantigan, railway clerk, running on the Chesapeake and Ohio, between Norfolk and Richmond, for riding the mail. Brantigan has been in the postal service for 11 years. He will have a hearing today. Jackson, Miss., Jan. 15.—The Hinds county grand jury yesterday afternoon returned an indictment against J. E. Gibson, the Indiana building contractor arrested several weeks ago on the charge of attempting to bribe Governor Longino to secure for him the new state house contract. Gibson is in the city, under $5,000 bond. Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 13.—The question of labor is a serious one all through this section, not only in reference to securing hands to cultivate the farms, but also as to cooks and other help in the houses. While this is the case in the country the servant problem is also a perplexing one in the towns and villages. Nashville, Jan. 14.—Walter S. Rainey, circuit court clerk of this (Davis) county, was arrested here yesterday on a charge of embezzlement in office. The warrant was issued upon application of the Fidelity and Casualty Insurance company, of Baltimore, which is on Rainey's bond. He was admitted to ball in the sum of $10,000. Frederickksburg, Va., Jan. 14.—The case of Mrs. Sadie Heineman, grand-daughter of the late Charles E. Hunter, against her uncle, George L. Hunter, for $2,500 damages on the charge of having skipped her in the face on the street here some months ago, came up in the corporation court today. The jury, after deliberating an hour, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, fixing the damages at $300. Culpeper, Va., Jan. 14.—The observance of Jan. 19 as the birthday of Gen. Robert E. Lee at this place has been postponed to some future time on account of the illness of the president of the Culpeper Chapter, Daughters of the Church. Mr. Charles E. Lightfoot. Extensive evidence had been made for the occasion, and the Culpeper Chapter had resolved on that day to entertain the Confederate veterans of this county. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 14—Rankin Clemens, a farmer of Fayette county, whose estate is valued at $500,000, was brought to a hospital here last night with his skull badly fractured. Robbers visited his house Saturday night, called him to the door and broke his skull with a hay fork. They attempted to force their way into the house, but the women within barricaded the doors. Only a small amount of money was secured from the man's pockets. He will probably die. Richmond, Va., Jan. 14—Early last night, in a thickly settled part of the city, a negro man grabbed one of two ladies who were on their way to church together and was dragging her into an alley when her screams attracted the attention of Policeman Gorman. On the latter's approach the negro fled, but Gorman brought him down with a bullet in his leg and landed him in the station house. The negro proved to be James White, who has been in trouble before for indecent conduct. Tampa, Fla., Jan. 15—Train wreckers are believed to have caused the derailment of a West Coast Plant system train a few miles south of Dunnell, Fla., late Sunday night, causing the death of Engineer Tom Roach and injuries to several passengers. The railroad officials refuse to furnish any information regarding the wreck. A survey of the track at daylight showed that a rail had been removed. Five trains were been arrested, and officers are on the trail of three others. Fredericksburg, Va., Jan. 13—Mr. Thomas H. Sullivan, of Stafford county, met with an accident while hunting in the marsh which will probably result in his death. He was using an old fashioned muzzle loading fowling piece, and as he fired at a flock of geese flying by the gun exploded, big splinter penetrated the upper part of Mr. Sullivan's forehead and he was otherwise badly injured. A piece of the gun stock struck Willford Sullivan, a companion, and knocked him senseless. High Point, N. C., Jan. 15—A band of alleged counterfeiters was arrested here yesterday afternoon by Charles E. Wright, of the United States secret service, assisted by United States Marshal Milliken and local officers. Those arrested are Ezekiel Gurley, James Spencer and Will Rach. William Matthews, colored, was arrested charged with passing spurious metal. Mr. Wright says the counterfeit money is made of babbitb metal, in denominations mostly of half dollars and nickels, and some dollars and quarters. One of the prisoners is scarcely 18 years old. All have a fair reputation. Alexandira, Va., Jan. 13.—Alexandria has had a city debt of greater or less amount since 1819. It was first contracted to subscribe to the construction of turnpikes, and the "rent roll" of the corporation was set aside as a sinking fund. Never since that date has Alexandria been out of debt. In 1880 it had reached $1,057,588. Then on a compromise by the creditors the 6 per cent debt was refunded into 3 per cent and 3.65 per cent bonds, and the rents of the market house made a sinking. Since that time the bonds of the city have gone up from 48 cents to par, and the debt has been reduced to $798,300. A new bond has now been made to levy an annual fee for sinking fund and use the market rents for the improvement of the city's streets. Irvington, Va., Jan. 13.—There was a tremendous demand for oysters in Carter's creek, Larcaster county, during the past week. Between 40,000 and 50,000 bushels were sold to vessels and shuckers, at an average of 50 cents per bushel. On one day there were 18 vessels buying, with capacities ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 bushels each. Rappahannock oysters have not been sold in large quantities before this winter, as prices had been low. One hundred thousand bushels has been the highest output for the creek of any season in recent years. Carter's creek is near the confluence of the Rappahannock and the Chesapeake bay, and is almost landlocked. The oystermen continue to take the bivalves from the natural rocks and will continue to do so until April 1, at which date the oyster season ends. Cuba Is Foreign Territory. Washington, Jan. 15.—The United States supreme court yesterday announced its decision in the case of C.F. W. Neely, charged with embezzlement of the public funds of Cuba while acting as financial agent of the department of posts of that island, holding that Neely is subject to extradition. Justice Harlan, who handed down the unanimous decision, declared that Cuba is foreign territory. Clark Only One Vote Short Helena, Mont., Jan. 16.—William A. Clark, of Butte, lacked one vote of the number required to elect him to the United States senate yesterday. The first ballot for senator was taken at noon by both houses. Two members were absent. Had the vote been in joint session Clark would have been elected, as he received a majority of the vote cast. A joint ballot will be taken today. BURNED AT THE STAKE Ristous Mob Executed a Negro at Leavenworth, Kan. DIED PROTESTING HIS INNOCENCE The Mob of 8,000 Who Witnessed the Terrible Lynching Rushed For Relies When the Flames Had Done Their Awful Work. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 16.—Fred Alexander, the negro who on Saturday evening attempted to assault Miss Eva Roth, by whom he was identified, and who was supposed to have assaulted and killed Pearl Forbes in this city in November last, was taken from his cell in the county jail by a mob yesterday and burned at the stake at the scene of his alleged crime, half a dozen blocks from the center of the city. Probably 8,000 people witnessed the lynching. The crowd first attempted to gain admission to the jail by peaceful means, but Sheriff Everhardy sternly refused to give up the negro. Then the jail doors were forced, and the mob dragged out the wretch. He had been caught over the head with a hammer, but was consolated. Men fought to get at him and struck savagely at him, hitting only his captors, who guarded him well. Outside the stockade the crowd surged. Alexander and his captors were surrounded by a solid wall of human flesh. Across Third street and up the hill into the court house yard they dragged him. Then they stopped still. "Confess before we harm you," said they. "I am innocent. I am dying for what another man did. I see lots of my friends here; they know I did not do it. If I had been guilty I would have said so at the penitentiary and would have stayed there for life. The warden told me so. The policeman told me so. Would not I have told them if I was guilty?" When he talked his voice was steady. He spoke with the resignation of a man who sees before him only death. The negro was taken in a wagon, followed by howling thousands, to the place where he was murdered. He constantly reiterated his innocence. Arriving at the place he was placed on a pile of wood, with hands still shackled, and there bound to an upright railroad iron. Chains and irons were wrapped about him, and with his hands still shackled he was made fast to the post. Coal oil was then poured over him. Before the match was applied John Forbes, the father of the murdered girl, stepped up to Alexander and said: "You have guilty of murdering my daughter?" "I don't know what you have me here for," said Alexander. Forbes replied: "For killing my daughter on this very spot." "Mr. Forbes, if that's your name, you have the wrong man," said the necro. "Burn him; burn him." cried the crowd. "Gentlemen, you've got lots of time," said Alexander. "You're burning an innocent man. You took advantage of me. You gave me no show. Can I ask me to leave?" A man in the crowd called for the mother, but she was not in the crowd. Alexander then said: "Will you let me shake hands with all my friends?" "You have no friends in this crowd, you d—d beast," said one of the men in charge of the negro. "If you have anything to say, say it in a hurry." Another man then stepped up and said to Alexander: "Make your peace with your God, nigger, for you will surely die." Coal oil was then applied for the second time, and while it was being done Alexander called to acquaintances the crowd and said goodbye to them. He talked toward the John Forbes, the father of the murdered man, lighted the match. Again Alexander was asked to make a confession, but he replied that he had nothing to say. As the flames leaped about him Alexander turned a ghastly hue, and clasping his hands together began to sway to and fro while the crowd rallied. In five minutes the negro was hanging limp and lifeless by the chains that bound him. As soon as the crowd saw that life was extinct it began to slowly disperse. Hundreds, however, stayed to the last. When the fire had died down sufficiently to allow the crowd to approach the remains of Alexander there was a wild scramble to obtain relics. Bits of charred flesh, pieces of chain, scraps of wood, everything that could possibly serve as a souvenir, was seized on the garrisonness. Governor W. Stanley, says a Topека dispatch, is indignant over the lynching at Leavenworth. He says it will result in the establishment of the death penalty in Kansas, as it should do. Governor Stanley condemns Sheriff Everhardy in unmeasured terms. Philadelphia's Murder Mystery Philadelphia, Jan. 15.—The police yesterday recovered the broken pieces of the body and believed to have contained the poison administered to Rev. Father Riegel, rector of the Church of the Presentation, Cheltenham, who is alleged to have been murdered and robbed in a house on North Eighth street. Among the several suspects under arrest is a 16-year-old boy known as "Kid" Howard. He informed Coroner Dugan that after the phial had been shattered he buried it in the yard, where it was discovered. The boy was then committed as a principal in the alleged crime. Later a warrant was issued for a man whose name was not made public. The Texas 041 Find. Beaumont, Tex., Jan. 16.—The excitement here over the big oil well increases with each hour. There is no indication that the flow of oil from the geyser is diminishing, nor is there any change in the character of the fluid. Capt. Lucas, upon whose land the well is located, is busy making preparations for an attempt to stop the immense flow. The town continues to fill up, and the streets suggest a great holiday event. City property without oil prospects has increased fivefold in value. A lot near the business center which could have been bought last week for $5,000 now is unpurchasable at $20,000. STOLE A QUARTER OF A MILLION. Fugitive Clerk Will Be Arrested on Landing in Liverpool. New York, Jan. 18.—Acting under instructions from Chief of Detectives George F. Titus, Scottaid Yard officials were yesterday cabled to arrest today in Liverpool, as he steps off an incoming steamer, the defaulting confidential clerk of a large wholesale house on Walker street, who is said to have gotten away with $50,000 at the firm's funds at the time of his flight, and to have embuzzled nearly $200,000 before he was even suspected. Beyond admitting that there is such a case officials refuse to give the name of the defaster, the name of the boat he sailed on, or the name of his employers. Capt. Titus states that the case is one of the largest he has had since assuming charge of the detective bureau. The clerk for a long time enjoyed a position of trust, and the utmost confidence was reposed in him by his employers. His social connections are excellent, and no shadow of suspicion attached to him up to a short time before his flight. His stealing of the large amount extended over several years and was effected by means of forgery and false entries. HISSING A CONGRESSMAN West Pointers Object to Impugnag a Cadet's Veracity. West Point, Jan. 16.—An unlooked for incident occurred yesterday at the close of the afternoon session of the congressional committee's investigation at the United States Military academy. There was a very large attendance of army officers, with their wives and daughters, present. When Congressman Drfggs asked Cadet Deen if it was through having a "convenient memory" that he could only remember Cadet Sheridan's name out of all the men he had exercised, there was a storm of hisses, which ran around the room. The women, as well as the men, took part in it, and it was evident that they considered the question as one impugning the credibility of the witness. The course of honor at West Point, according to the testimony adduced, does not admit of untruthfulness, and the people living at the post resent anything suggestive of a doubt on this point. A COUNCILMAN'S "PRIOE?" Scranton City Father Demanded $500 For His Vote. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 16.—At the hearing yesterday in the councilmanic bribery cases two witnesses were examined. Ex-City Treasurer Boland and his brother, William Boland. The Bolands were among the incorporators of the Lackawanna Telephone company. The ex-city treasurer admitted having seen a check given to ex-Mayor Bailey by an agent of the Barber Asphalt company for signing the asphalt ordinance. He also testified that he had been solicited by several councilmen for the Lackawanna ordinance. William Boland admitted that ex-Counselman Edward James, who he just taken his seat in the legislature, said to him: "I'm not in council for my health. You will have to play ball and put up with the other fellows if you want that ordinance to go through. Five hundred dollars is what my vote is worth." A Shaft of Light to Mars Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 16—Prof. Pickering, of the Harvard observatory, said today: "Early in December we received from the Lowell observator, in Arizona, a telegram that a shaft of light had been seen to project from Mars, lasting 70 minutes. I wired these facts to Europe and sent out neostyle copies through this country. Now the story has gone the world over. In Europe it is stated that I have been in communication with Mars, and all sorts of exaggerations have sprung up. Whatever the light was, we have no means of knowing. Whether it had intelligence or not, no one can say. It is absolutely inexplicable." Kruger May Live in New York London, Jan. 16.—The Daily Express says: Mr. John E. Mulholland, who arrived in London last week, bearing an invitation from a number of well known New York citizens to Mr. Kruger to proceed to the United States, has been to see him and has offered him a palatial residence in New York city. Mr. Mulholland told a representative of the Express that he was quite sure Mr. Kruger would accept the invitation, and would go to New York about the middle of next month. Denies Report of De Wet's Cruelty Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 15.—P. I. Wessels, one of the Boer envoys to this country, yesterday said regarding Gen. Kitchener's dispatch as to the flogging of three commissioners by Gen. De Wet near Lindley last week and the shooting of one of them: "I am certain the report is false. Such an act is contrary to Gen. De Wet's character and contrary to the nature and policy of the Boers." THE DELAWARE DEADLOCK Addicks Twelve Votes Short of the Necessary Number. Dover, Del., Jan. 16. —The initial ballots in the general assembly yesterday for two United States senators were ineffectual, as was expected. The respective houses voted first for the successor to Senator Richard R. Kenney (long term) and then to fill the existing vacancy. John Edward Addicks, the Union Republican leader, was voted for successively by his followers, but lacked 12 votes; the regular Republicans divided their vote between Col. Henry A. Dupont, of Wilmington, Charles F. Richards, of Georgetown, William S. Hiles, Judge William C. Spruance, Benjamin Nields, Levi C. Bird and former Senator Anthony Higgins, all of Wilmington. The Democrats supported their caucus nominees, Senator Kenney and State Chairman Willard Saulsbury, Senator Farlow, of Sussex county, who went over to Addicks on the final day of the session two years ago, and who is now ostracized by the 22 Democrats, voted for Kenney, and then cast a second ballot for John G. Gray, Democrat, of Wilmington. Willard Saulsbury believes that Delaware will have two vacancies in the United States senate. Pettigrew's Commercial Navy Plan. Madison, S. D., Jan. 16.—It is announced by the Social Democrats of this city that Senator Pettigrew will, at the proper time, introduce a subsultate for the subsidy bill, which will be made or the same amount of money to be expended in building new vessels to be owned by the government and to be known as the commercial man be chartered for commercial purposes in time of peace and used as transports in time of war, but always to be officered and controlled by government officers. Dubois Again Elected Senator. Boise, Idaho, Jan. 18.—The legislature balloted in separate session for United States senator yesterday. The full vote was: Dubois, 41; Shup, 27; Joseph G. Rich, 2. This elects former Senator Fred T. Dubois. ee a ee ET ee ee eo a 7S EN eS se Ha fo ge o RK eee. ; ee SS yy Be SATURDAY JAN. 19 1902 A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED ‘Thursday. Jan. 10. A movemoat is on foot to abolish the ‘whipping post in Delaware. Thirty-one deaths have resulted ‘from the Rochester orphan asylum fire -of last Tuesday morning. Miss Elizabeth Shifler, a 90-year-old hermit, was burned to’death in ber. hut near Keedysville, Md. Fred Puterbaugh, aged 12 years, while skating yesterday near Wilkes- barre, Pa., broke threugh the ice and was drowned. Frank G. Clarke, representative tn ‘congress from the Second New Hamp- shire district, died In Peterboro, N. H., aged 50 years. Experiments in Havana prove that mosquitoes spread yellow fever, and that there is ae danger frem am in- fected person er infected clothing. Friday, Jan. 11. Rear Admiral Thomas F. Phelps, of ‘Washington, died in New York” of pneumonia, wir. Charles B. Barnes, United States consul at Cologne, Germany, has re- ceived his exequatur. Commander Jehm W. Quackenbush, U.S. N., retired, died yesterday at his residence in Washington. Senator Tillman, ef South Carolina, denies the report of a disagreement he- tween himself aad William J. Bryan, Secretary Wileen han addressed a letter to the chairman of the senate ‘committee on agriculture and forestry in defense of the Grout oleomargarine bin. Saturday, Jam. 12. At Jackson, Miss., the rainfall im 24 hours amounted te about four Inches, Lord Lionel Cecil, kaif brother of the Marquis of Salisbury, died in Lon- don yesterday. M. De Witte, the Russian minister of finance, will be created a count at the Russian new year. According te advices from Berlin the health of Dowager Hmpress Frederick fs again causing anxiety. Lawrence Martin, aged 20, of Taun- ton, Mass., hurt in'a feotbail game at Fall River on Christmas day, died yes- terday of his injuries. ‘The liabilities of the 16 London stock exchange firms which recently failed Aggregate £2,000,000, In one case the figures reaching £300,000. Monday, Jam. 14. ‘Thomas M. Patterson, of Denver, succeeds E. 0, Wolcott as United States senator from’ Colorade. Four hundred fishermen are missing, and they are supposed te have perished in a storm Jan. 10 off the west coast of Japan. ‘The anthracite miners’ convention at Edwardsville, Pa, will take decisive action to prevent strikes for. trivial cause, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, the richest man of his age in the world, was mar- ried today at Newport to Miss Elsie French, J. Y. Paige, for six years past clerk to the comptroiler of the currency, died of pneumonia in Washington yester- day, aged 50, Samuel Lewis, the notorious Lon- on money lender and usurer, who has bean called the “greatest and meanest of modern Shylecks,” is dead. ‘Tuesday, Jan. 15. ‘The bill to increase the salary of North Carolina’s governor from $3,000 to $4,000 passed both houses. New Hampshire's legislature elected Judge Henry E, Burnham. United States senator to succeed Chandler, Andrew Carnegie denies the report that the J. P. Morgan syndicate is £0 purchase the Carnegie Steel company's works, Mrs. Susan L. M. Ward, widow of Mareus L. Ward, former governor of New Jersey, died'at her home in New- ark yesterday, aged 86, ‘The Massachusetts legistature today re-elected George F. Hoar United States senator. Democrats voted. for Richard Olney, ex-secretary of state. ‘The state electoral colleges met yes- terday, cast the votes for president and vice president and appointed mes- fengers to convey the votes to Wash- ington. Wednesday, Jan. 16, John Hunn was formally tnaugu- rated as governor of Delaware at the county court house at Dover yesterday, Samuel A. McNeal, the fugttive ex. district attorney of Altoona, Pa, has been taken to chat city from the Nor- folk (Va) jail. | A convention for the purpose of urg- ing upon congress the passage of an Act providing for statehood will be held at Guthrie, 0. T., Jan. 30. Work on Lord Dunraven’s cup chal- lenger, at Glasgow, is all done at night, and the greatest secrecy is observed, Even waste scraps are locked up and ‘sealed daily, At Thomasville, Ga., William Doss, a young lawyer, son of the sheriff. is “Phareed wih Killing Emmett’ Sims from ambush, They were rival lovers of the same girl. Gen. McDowell, a well-to-do store- Keeper of Spring Creek, Ark., was shot and killed in a business quarrel by Dr. Snipes, his friend and partner, who 1s ‘& prominent physician. Senator McMillan Re-elected. Seestee Wee \ Sans! , heroes Lansing, Mich. Jan. , 16—United States Senator James McMillan, of De- troit, was re-elected by the Michigan legisiature yesterday afternoon, being the unanimous choice of the Republi ean majority. He received 85 vetes in the house and 31 In the senate. Thom- as E. Berkworth, of Jaekson, was -given a compiimentary vote by the Democratic minority. The vote wes Verified in joint convention today. Cold Atr om Draught. Hot or cold air will be turned on from spigots to regulate the tempera. ture of « house as we now turn on hot or cold water from spigots to regulate the temperature of the bath during the coming century. Central plants will supply this cool air and heat to city houses, in tle seme way as now our 4s or electricity is furnished. Rising early to build the furnace fire will be ‘® task of the olden times. Homes will have no chimnoys, because no smoke Will be created within their walls— Lsdies’ Home Journal. Building of an Isthmian Canal at PANAMA ‘The French Project in Which the Government Is Offered a Controlling Interest ee RS Se st 7 SS a = Sa ISSR RES See SS SS | RE = at pee . es SS — Sie sat Sioa mmm - Pan PEE ys er e =" SS = wits GREAT Suna CUTiee tates basi Rie TR: © CLOSELY has the American pub- S Hie connected the Panama canal en- terprise with the mame of De Les- seps, and so familiar are we with the circumstances surrounding the failure of that great engineer ang the scandal that followed him to his grave, that we “are prone to look upen any project con- nected with the Panama venture as a “swindle. Whem De Lesseps began the ‘construction of the Panama canal we dreamed of a grand reality; when he failed we awoke to find our reality but a dream. But in 1894 a new company took hold of the work where the De Lesseps com- pany dropped it. Of that new company ‘we have heard, or acemingly cared, but little, until now they offer to our gov- ernment a controlling interest in their project if we will finish it. ‘The first impression is that they have nothing but a concession and a vast amount of worn and antiquated machinery te dis- pese of, but that is wrong; they have @ partially completed canal, a canal ‘that is nearer completion than we prob- ably realize, and, while it may not be good policy on the part of our gov- ernment to buy, it would seem te be peor policy on the part of the French company to stop their work at the pres. ent time and lose the hundreds ef mil. lions that have been invested so far ‘The result may be two canals where we have so long wished for one. At the present time about 4,000 men are engaged in the work of separating North and South America at Panama. Work is being pushed almost entirely from the Atlantic side, and of the 46% miles that it is necessary to cut thyeugh before ships can pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans 15 miles are already completed. This channel completes the tidewater section ef the canal on the Atlantic side—nearly one- third of the eatire cut. It has been dredged to a depth of nine meters, or mere than 30 feet, and 30 meters wide at the bottom. A glance at the accompanying map shows the route of the canal, and also shows the Charges river. The greatest engineering difficulties encountered are occasioned by the crossing of this river In several places. While during Sf Ts ee I) da ry SN. Lg One Cag hee } i: ae Pe ae S fo" Lo 2. S. Treen oe Sats PE er: A \ oe ee a Ve Yn PES % Sencieic SOCEAN. MAP SHOWING ROUTE OF THE PANAMA eons the greater portion of the year the Charges river is but little more than a brook, there are times when it become: a raging torrent. To control this tor rent of water and store it as a supply for feeding the canal is the problem that bas taxed the ingenuity of the en- gineers, and yet, now that they have solved the problem, it seems decidedly | simple. ‘The Charges river rises in a series of ‘deep ravines some miles to the north- east of the route of the canal. It is from these ravines that much of the water comes which produces the floods. To stop these floods the engineers have dammed the mouth of the ravines and by this means have formed a lake ca- ‘able of holding back the greater part of the water that would carry destruc- ‘tion with it if permitied to go unob- structed and at the same time sup- ply a feeder for the canal, ‘The Bohio lake shown in the map is another deep cut through which the Fiver flows and which will become a Part of the canal as well as a storage reservoir for the water needed to feed Mt, This is accomplished by damming the mouth of the cut and placing a lock at the lower end, ‘The difficulties of earing for the floods in the Charges river and provid- jag a water supply for the canal over- linen 6b Gaile: Ohaiaks et } ome Japanese are truly meking rapid strides in their march toward western culture. The latest innova- tion is the formation of commercial schools for the training of female clerks, and one of the largest railway companies in Nippon has intimated that after a certain date women only will be employed in the clerical de- partment.—Hong-Kong Press. THE RICHMOND~ PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA come, the remainder of the work re solves itself into the digging of the big ditch and the building of the system 2: locks that will raise a vessel over the divide between the two oceans. To accomplish this there will be 8 system of eight lockages, the first one in from the Atlantic side being At the outlet of the Bohio lake. The line of the canal, however, has been so selected that it will be possible to make it tide water channel whenever conditions warrant the ex pense. Of the present canal the di viding reach will be about 21 meter above the mean level of the sea. Towards the work of digging the great ditch itself great progress has been made. Not only has the canal been practically completed from Colon, on the Atlantid side, to the Bohio locks, but beyond that a great amount of work has been done. At San Pablo, 22 miles from the Atlantic the canal is now large and deer enough to float an ordinary sized ves sel, and at La Corosita, 28 miles from the Atlantic, the cut is rapidly near ing completion, Of the work of excavating th Culebra cut presented the greates difficulties. ‘This cut carries the cana through the divide between the tw oceans, and is eome five miles is |tength. Some idea of the amount o work that has been done on {t may be had from the accompanying en graving, which shows the cut as it i 34 miiles from the Atlantic. The worl of excavating has been carried to § point within eight miles of the Pa eific, while some work has been don at Panama, the Pacific terminus o the canal. From this brief description of th work that has already been accom plished it may he seen that th French company has something mor than a plan to sell to us, even thoug? it may not be a feasible propositior for this government to buy. At the same time, with so much accom ‘Plished it would geem to be almost « settled fact that the company behinc the enterprise would push it to fina completion, whether we build anoth er waterway to connect the twe oceans or not. Of the machinery of which so much has’ been said, there are millions o} dollars’ worth of antiquated dredges, excavators and other expensive ma. chines piled in heaps along the route of the canal just as they were left by the De Lesseps company, These are scarcely worth the expense ol marketing as old metal, but many of the machines now in use by the new company are modern, and at least one-half of them are of Amer- iean build, In a word, the new com- pany has been administered with economy, and a desire to complete the work of construction with as lit- tle expense as possible, WRIGHT A Parrenen: Queer Tee Making, Water in @ shallow pan, in a shef. tered place, will freeze even when the |thermometer is above the freezing point. This is due to the rapid loss of heat of the earth after nightfall. In some hot countries ice is obtained in commercial quantities by setting shal. low earthenware pans of water on the ground protected from the wind. Science. Incomplete Instruction. “Here's a sermon on ‘How to Bring Men to Chureh.’" “Does it say anything about how to keep men awake in church after you ge: them there?"—Chicago Record, Heard at the Clab. Cleverton—How was the dinner last night? Dashaway—Fine, old man. It was ‘the best dinner I ever drank.—Town ‘Topics. Got Rich Quick. Sara Bernhardt’s long engagement in “L’Aigion” at her Paris theater, Just closed, is sald to have averaged in receipts $2,100 « performance. ‘Weutt Weeks wes eras Give to a pig when it grunts and « child when it eries, and you will have fine pig and a bad child, ‘i acest elaine ibis’ Seti. “Shakespeare didn't have the genius to make a million dollars,” remarked the servile citizen “No,” answered the millionaire who has been flattered before. “But let us not look down on Shakespeare. Let us give him credit for having sense enough to be comfortabls and happy without demanding such an immense amount of capital for the enterprise."—Wash- ington Star. *: LUCK FORSOOK HIM. Hillions Made tm Betting om Races by am English @Micer Lost in the Same Way. One hundred to ene were the odds against Bendige in the Poonah Hunt Pate. ‘These odds wore cried into the ears of & young subaltern in the British army in India and a legacy ef £200 surned {x his pocket. One hundred to ‘onel He thonght the odds over, went "p ead put every penny on the out- sider. Then the unexpected happened. Beadigo came under the wire in an rasy eanter, As a result young Lieut. Fredericks walked away frem the bet- ting stands with £20,000 inthis peck- ats. ‘This was the beginning ef the big- eet run of racing luck that India has < Gag oP re OO ee ae Ad ete \\ \ od eee lees ever known. Fredericks followed up bis success and everything he touched turned to gold. In five yeara his £20,- 00 had become £500,000 and all India was amazed at his fortunes, Then Fredericks threw up his commission ‘and returned to England. Me teek a house in London at £3,000 a year and made a record book on the Derby. It was the year that Baron irech’s La Fleche suffered defeat by Lord Brad- ford’s Sir Huge. Fredericks backed Ya Fleche in enormous sums and in the one race lost half of his fortune, Disgusted, he went back to India to pick up anew the threads pf his old luck, but they were gone, He lost steadily. To-day Fredericks is stable chief to a racing chief in one ef the north- western Indian provinces. PERTINENT QUESTION: Little Girl Wanted to Know Whether the Lady Caller Had Fergotten ‘jaan Most people have met the woman who says: “Well, I must be going," and who them proceeds te spend the next hour and a quarter In saying good-by. Comparatively few people know her direct opposite, whe goes when she is ready without prelim {naries. The two met the other day, and the consequences were amusing, ‘The woman who procrastinates went to call on the woman who is prompt and businesslike, and the latter's little daughter was prestat during the call. ‘Finally the visitor announced that she really must tear herself away. After which she started an entirely new line of conversation on the subject of the reported engagement of a grass widow in the next block, and kept the hostess and her little danghter stand- ing on their feet for something like 20 minutes. ‘The little girl had been taught by her mother {pat it was bad form to thus stand upon the order of your go- ing, and she nould not understand it, She felt sure, says the Chicago Trib- une, that her mother’s visitor would not intentionally so violate the pro- prieties. She had heard her say that fo & Eo \ of rN ex TSC) «3 { Tie // IW i Hey, // 4 | athe y UF bigs Wik fh , I” \W I eae poo) rT aa wr wi / “pr you ForGET To cor" she must be going, and she wanted to save her from the consequences of s lapse of memory. The fareweils had slowly progressed from the drawing- room to the reception hall, when the child finally decided that it was time to do something. “Excuse me, Mrs. Jones,” she said, planting herself squarely in front of the procrastinating visitor, “but did you ferget to go?” ence OEE i hese, Some of the orange growers in Flor- ida cover their trees with tents so ar- ranged as to admit the sunlight on one side and keep out frosty winds on the other. In each tent is an oil lamp, which is lighted on cold nights to keep the trees warm. - Otters as Fish Ontchers, In various parts of India otters are used by the natives to catch fish for them. So rapid is the speed of the otter under water that no fish can escape them. When not working, the otters are tied to stakes, like chained logs. NOTABLE MEN. Lord Salisbury has never been knows to be in the peers’ gallery in the house of commons, and Mr. Gladstone, thougk he was in parliament for 00 years, was never seen in the smoking-room. It is declared to be a fact that when Joseph Chamberlain was made colo- nial secretary he did not know where ‘the colonia] office was, although it is Just opposite Downing street, wheve he had so often sat ava cabinet minister. An album once belonging te Von Moitke and now preserved at Creisan contains, among other autographs, « five-line poem by King Ludwig HI. of Bavaria, in which Von Moltke is styled “Germany's greatest here.” | George 8. Goddard, the new state Ii brarian of Connecticut, graduated trem Wesleyan im 1892 and received the degree of B. D: from Yale in 1895. He Ddeoame assistant librarian of the state library in 1898, Gens, Joe Wheeler, Fitzhugh Lee and John B. Gordon will attend the next mecting of the Confederate Veterans’ ‘associationas invited guests. The gath- ering will be held next August and St. Joeeph Mo. fs making a strong effort to secure it. In accordance with the will of the late marquis of Bute the employes on his estate in the island of Bute were paid s sum equal tea full year’s salary. ‘The legacy applied enly to these who had been upward of two years on the estate at the time of Lord Bute’s death. About 100 men of various grades par- ticipated. BREVITIES. Switzerland cultivates 85,000,000 ‘fruit trees. California strawberries now in the ‘New York market sell at $1 a pint. Commercial estimates of the 1900 wheat crop of Siberia place it at 22, 000,000 Wushels. ‘There are now about 5,800,000 farms in the United States, and 600,000 fac- teries. iinofa’ beet sugar output last year was valued at $250,000. About 5,08 acres were cultivated. A twentieth of Scotland's arca {s forest land, seven-tenths is mountain heath and lake, and only one-quarte: cultivated land. A shipment ef 100,000 young penct trees from Georgia nurseries, boun< for Cape Colony an@ Natal, South Af rica, will be made soon. ‘Theaverage yield in France per acre fer barley was shout 22% bushels {1 1699 and 21.1 bushels in 1900. That of oats wae 27.8 bushels in the forme: and 25.8 in the latter year. According to the report to the Ger man government from the imperis consul general at Valparaiso, mad uader date of June 21, 1900, the ex porte of wheat. from Chili since Jam wary 1, ef this year, amounted ti enly about 6,000,000 ‘kilograms, o: ‘about 220,000 bushels. MINES AND MINE PRODUCTS. Sufficient coal can be obtained from Japan's mines to supply the whole country’s necessities. Ia 1890 the mineral production of the United 6tates amounted to $819, 000,000 and in 1899 to $976,000,000, The miners of the Yukon distriet, Alaska, employ 5,280 men, who re- ceive am average of $1 an hour, « A company has been formed in New York te work the sulphur mines in ‘the Taccorah mountains, a distance of 80 miles from the seaport ef Arice, Chili, Coal waste in this country has ‘Dees cnormons in the past. Tho vast culm heaps for yeare piling up at the mouth of every coal mine represent. ed waste of natural material ameount- Ing te millions of dollars. It is only comparatively recently that this culm waste has been utilized for pre- ducing energy. INDUSTRIAL, ‘The Hawaiian Planters’ association has offered $6,500 in prizes to invent ‘ors of labor saving machines to be used in the sugar business, ‘There is one large factory in Chi cago which has been successfully manufacturing the American coal briquettes. for several months, and with a daily output of 200 tong, o1 ‘about 60,000 tons a year. It costs more to build fast ships ‘than slow ones; it costs mere to main- tain them; they wear out very much faster than the freighters, and thelr earning capocity is not so large in comparison with the amount of money invested, There has been such a tremendous decrease in Alaska’s output of furs that a decided stimulus is felt in the business of fox farming in the south- eastern part of the territory. Numer ous such enterprises are being organ- {zed, and a skunk farm is also being established. ELECTRICAL. Electric fans now take the place ix Caleutta of punkhas that were pulle¢ by coolies. All electrical machinery is now en tered duty free in India, but there ii 8 duty of five per cent. ad valorem ot electrical goods. The longest electric railway in the world is to be built in Montana. It is to connect Billings and Great Falls which are 200 miles apart, ‘The penny-in-the-slot aystem of dis tributing gas in the poorer districts of London has proved so successful that attempts are now being made to ap. ply electric light in the same way. Heavy cars, each holding 60 passen- gers, traveled easily 37 miles in one hour over the Albany and Hudson elec. tric railway, at the formal opening recently. The road is interesting in that it is the longest “third rail” road in the world, and, although an expert- ment, it seems to be s perfect success, eis Diente tac a, ! ‘“I think there should be a law against publishing Iies,” said the inno cent-faced man as he laid down his pa per and heaved a sigh. “Have you discovered a lie?” was asked by a fellow passenger “I'm sure of it. A man who was on @ steamer when she was wrecked claims to have swum a distance of 4 miles to land. We know that is a physical impossibility. I myself was once om & steamer lost off coast and at that time I was called = champion swimmer, I swam and swam and swam, but I didn’t swim no 40 miles. I could not have done it.” “How far did you ewim?" “Thirty-nine miles to foot, slr, and any man in this world who says he has swum 40 is w lisr, sir, and the truth isn’t in him, sir!”—Chicago Daily News. FOUR LOVE STORIES. | They Show That Some Brides Must | Be Won in Queer Ways. ‘Qe Man Had to Cross the Ocean tn @ | yarn oye corer eeanpse Jacob Bletebley, who recently died tm Hull, left a widow who had set him an odd prenuptial task only four years before. She was pretty Florence At- lerby, daughter of a merchant skip- per of thet eesfaring town, and she had agreed to marry him if he would tail to her from Sandy Hook, N. J. {m an open boat. Bletchley built a to-feot boat with a deck covered bow, In which he stored his provisions. Without any shelter for himself he passed 24 weeks at sea, signaling sail- Ing ships for his provisions. He land- td at Cardiff, Wales, and was married three weeks Ister. Bletchley’s widow ls not making a similar offer, though many men are willing. John Sutton, of Somersetshire, loved © buxom English lass named Palmer. She was an admirer of great physical jttrength in men, and she told him she would marry him on the day that he should pull up by the roots an oak sapling that grew in her father’s gar- den. ‘The prospective father-in-law id not object to the task and Sutton pulled and pulled until his eyes used to stick out beyond the bridge of hia hose. One day, after six months of effort, the sapling gave way so sud- denly that Sutton landed on the back of his neck, seeing 60 many imaginary stars that {t was three days before he could stand at the altar and see the veal star plainly. Mary Eltham, daughter of a master carpenter in Leeds, England, had cap- tured the hearts of John Taylor, of Blackburn, and Henry Gooding,’ of Bydney, Australia. She would not make & choice, however, until they had entered a year’s contest at saving human Mfe, Within six weeks Good- Ing rescued a girl at Yarmouth pier. Three months later Taylor rescued two workmen from the ruins of a Leeds foundry. A week later he took & drowning boy from a milldam. Then | Gooding carried a woman and three ehildren out of a burning building in Biackfriars, London, A few weeks |later Taylor went sailing, the boat TOP & Ug 7 Na RE Wu 4 - ft Al beset f ran Wie 4 ey | Wel ? SA fit Sad | te A WEN ce j capsized, and he rescued a man and @ boy. A week later he carried his brother eut of the burning home in Leeds, winning the bride by two lives, Fred Cheyne, a Scotchman, fell in ‘love with a young woman at Crewe and she sens him elephant hunting, with instructions to bag 12 of the brates in six months and hurry home with»the ivory. Cheyne hastened to Somaliland as the most likely hunting grounds, and for three weeks he wrestled with the fever. For two months he searched in vain for ele- phants; then, in a streak of luck, he killed two in a week. The next week he got a third animal, which came near getting him just before the last lucky shot. In ‘three months he Atretched nine huge brutes on the ground, and, with the tusks, broke for home. He had a fortnight to spare when he got there, but they didn't wait for that. Sichadaan cae Gee eee cs sones, & Methodist, of Gentryville, Mo., a few years ago bet a two- months-old calf against a colt owned by Smith, a Baptist, of the same town, that the ‘prophet Jonah was a Meth: odist. ‘The bet was finally decided in favor of Smith, on the ground that Jonah was immersed. ‘The same two men made another curious wager be- fore the election. If Dockery received & majority of 50,000 or less Smith agreed to become a member of the Methodist church for one year; if Dockery’s majority ran anywhere from 50,000 to 70,000, Jones was to be- come a Boptist for one year. If the majority was over 70,000 au bets were to be off. In the contract they agreed not only to attend the other church In case the bet was lost, but to go ‘through all the ceremonies necessary to join. Jones agreed, on becoming a Baptist, to be immersed, and Smith agreed to be sprinkled when the bap- tismal rite was performed. A Victim of Lightning. A farmer in Worms, Germany, was struck by lightning while plowing, the Gash passing through his hat, leaving # hole as large as a fist; then down hla neck and through the plow handles into the ground. The victim, who was ill for several days, finally recovered, but he has entirely lost his memory. minaiahteiab. teak ce ee ks ‘There are 141 theological schools in the United States, 52 law schools, 82 tegular medical schools, nine eclectic tehools and 14 homeopathic. Ee ‘308 8 20d Sierot i fr Ouiting. thaving and Shampoo- sng i First Oluas Bayles | Tonsceall Suyrtments now open to receive, you, all xnd ene m= t Home Made Bread, Cakes and Pies For Sale, Also seommdatione Far Exeur- sivnis'a and Visitor the City. Bed Ty Kv iN 910 Stam Se Ni ee ae 5 —_—— Cammen Sylva’s Firat Book. It was not until after the war tween Russia and ‘Turkey that queen Began to write for publica although she had written verses eretly, and pasted them in a large scrap book from early childhood. Hes iirst book was written in a peculiar mame ner. One day the national superintend ent of schools came to her and said he wanted a book to offer as a prize at the end ef the year to certain Roumaniam school children, and suggested that her majesty write one. The queen entere@ inte the plan with enthusiasm, and tm three weeks had written a book of fairy tales, taking old Roumania legends as the foundation for her stories. The Yolume was such a success, and creating it gave the queen such pleasure, that she turned to writing in earnest, and volume after volume has appeared bear- ing the name “Carmen Sylva" on Ste title page. One day in each month i now detoted to reading the que=n's books in the public schools of Row- mania.—George T. B. Davis, in Wom an's Home Companion. ‘dea Min Gea ee A certain man’s wife was much troubled with the thought that the house would be broken into. Her husband, being kept awake at night by her anxiety, hoped to eure her of the delusion by arranging with @ man he knew to enter the house an@ pretend to be a robber, while he would satisty his wife by going dowm and scaring him away by fring his revolver. The man agreed, and re ceived a small fee for his’ trouble On the night in question the wife heard some noise, so aroused her hum band, who crept downstairs with hie revolver. All was quiet, but he bold ly entered the dining-room and, ory ing “Hands up!” fired bis revolver into the ceiling. Still not a sound, With a sudden feeling of anxiety he struck a match, and found every par ticle of plate and valuable things gone. The man had come early and made the most of it—Tit-Bita, Osan’ Binkte Within Ges Oe ‘The eastern edge of the North, American continent Is overflowed by" the sea, and that is why the water. near the coast is so shallow. 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[Special New York Letter.] AS EACH new season advances there is always an absurd rumor to the effect that fashion makers have doomed the blouse and its twin sister the shirt waist to utter objection, but with exactly the same regularity these delightful garments come to the front, smiling and serene, and beautiful as a morning in spring. This season was no exception to pre-ceeding ones, only in so far as the rumors were more exaggerated than usual; but, as if to make the denial more vigorous and emphatic than ever before, both the blouse and shirt come to us in a glorified form, more beautiful and fascinating, being artistic and perfect down to the smallest detail. Every known material enters into their construction, from the cheapest cotton to the costliest silk, while in design and finish they are utterly without limit, and the same may be said of their price. One and all of these late models are remarkable as much for the novel originality of their style as for the exquisite combination of color and decoration seen on both day and evening waists. The most marked feature in all the newest blouses is the elaboration, not to say fussiness, seen in the sleeves. This fact leads me to think that before the season is much further advanced we shall see many exaggerations of the full puffed sleeve of the moment, but let us hope it will be some time before lovely woman will disfigure her shoulders and arms by the erstwhile balloon sleeve. But to return to the blouse. The handsomest models brought out this season, and also the most expensive ones, are made of fine Chantilly lace mounted on a foundation of cloth-of-gold—the shimmer of the gold cloth through the soft meshes of the lace DAINTY BLOUSES FOR ALL OCCASIONS being particularly striking. The sleeves in these models follow in outline the quaint "1850" style, while, without exception, the girdle is of the pointed order, drawn down in front under a slide buckle. Fur, chiffon and lace form a somewhat incongruous, but at the same time a truly charming decoration on not a few swell-looking blouses made of crepe de chine, while broad ostriche leather bands and dainty mirabout in combination are seen to particular advantage on some of the latest winter models fashioned of panne velvet in such black, as well as in all the delicate pastel colorings suitable for MARIE BROOKS FOR EVENING WEAR. evening wear. The jaunty little lace bolero, while not to be reckoned among the novelties by any manner of means, is still one of the most sought after adjuncts to the blouse beautiful. It will continue to play its important dual part renovating old waists and ornamenting new ones. The fancy of the moment is to mount it over an accordion plaited black chiffon blouse, which is made to pouch ever so slightly both back and front over a folded girdle of white pannie velvet. I might mention as an interesting item of fashion news that the accordion plaited blouse, although it enjoyed a wonderful reign of popularity the past three seasons, is not passe in any sense of the word, but on the contrary, is one of the most popular of the moment. Fine black Chantilly lace accordion plaited, being Twenty miles for a Penny. The Russian government has decided upon the introduction of specially cheap fares upon the Transsiberian railway in order to encourage emigration to the country. A ticket from Russia to Tobolsk only costs 4s 6d and from Tobolsk to any station whatever in Siberia the fare is only 9 shillings. Thus the tripper can cover over 6,000 miles for a matter of 13 shillings.—Stockholm Daehlad 6 more effective as well as somewhat newer than either chiffon or the plain net, is considered quite the proper thing to use for this purpose. According to the latest edict of Dame Fashion the one and only correct manner in which this lace may be used is to mount it over a white taffeta silk lining, and, when fashioned in this way the effect is simply stunning. The thing par excellence for evening wear is a blouse slightly decollete, made of white mousseline de soie, cunningly inserted with strips of finely sequined black lace; its beauty being further enhanced by means of a broad folded girdle of white satin held in place by any number of tiny jeweled-headed pins. This waist, with its fine trimmings of lace and its general air of daintiness, is charming and desirable to a marked degree; but, nas, like many other things pertaining to the fashionable wardrobe of the moment, is so costly in price as to place it quite beyond the reach of any but the fortunate possessors of a full purse. Tucked taffetta silk blouses are more than ever de rigeur. Within the past week I have seen some very pretty models made in this popular fashion. The prettiest one, in my opinion, was made of shimmering white taffetta, closely tucked, each tiny tuck being outlined by a mere thread of gold. The chic air of the waist, however, depended solely upon the collar, which was made in the fashionable pointed style, heavily stitched with gold thread and fastened to the waist by means of small gold buttons set in a rim of pearl. Black taffeta silk blouses are ever in good taste and vastly becoming to the majority of womankind. They come in a great variety of pretty styles, and where all are so charming it is rather a difficult matter to pick out one as meriting description more than another; yet I remember there was one that struck my particular fancy, both on account of its originality and general good appearance as well as its simplicity of design. It was tucked, of course, but in this instance the tucks were somewhat wider than any I had ever seen. The front was slightly pouched and opened to disclose a becoming little vest of stitched silk, crossed by narrow strappings of handsome galloon; while the sleeve, made in the popular bishop shape, was finished at the wrist by a big, turned-back cuff trimmed with several rows of the galloon, stitched down flat. Tucked velvet blouses are to be counted among the season's favorites. They are exceedingly rich and handsome in appearance, and are the swell thing to buy; but it should ever be borne in mind that their manifold charms can be exploited only by the tall, slender woman an endowed by kind nature with a slim waist and a fine figure. The devotees of the woolen blouse, and their name is legion, will find much to praise and little to condemn in this season's models. Fashionable dressmakers are fashioning their handsomest wool blouses of fine cashmere, elaborately trimmed with fancy galloon of every kind and description, usually finished with a folded collar and flaring cuff of panne velvet, black being given the preference. Many of the handsomest cashmere blouses are tucked just as though made of silk. I saw a lovely one yesterday in the new shade of pink, profusely tucked and trimmed with quantities of lace. As there is a distinct liking for dark red, it naturally follows there are red waists galore. With the first chilly breath of winter our thoughts turn in the direction of something cozily warm in the way of flannel blouses and shirt waists. As if to meet this very requirement up-to-date shirtmakers are turning out some ideal waists fashioned of silk-finished flannel. They are made perfectly plain, the square shoulder effect being carefully maintained, while the comfortable fitting coat sleeve is made to flare a little at the wrist. No matter how much money we spend on our gowns and blouses, it is in our neckwear that extravagance runs riot. One can spend a small fortune on these fallails of fashions and at the end of the season have nothing to show for the expenditure. It takes a lot of pln money to buy one of the simple creations composed of mousse-line de sole and soft goffered ruffles of chiffon, and the same may be written of the huge ruffle of black accordion plaited chiffon edged with ostrich feathers or fine fur. 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Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the FULL NAME of your future husband, with age and date of marriage, and tells whether the one you love is true or false. There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting a Medium, but such beliefs are contrary to the truth. It is only from the lack of discrimination that such a conclusion can be reached, it is not every one who placards himself or herself as a medium that can stand a test of what he or she claims. And a person of an enquiring mind may ask the reason why. It is simply t these advisers do not take the able to study hun an nature. They do not spend their thoughts for a moment with acquiring the art of phaseology and kindred branches that will have a tendency to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of all obstacles. It is an undeniable fact that persons will come for advice in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet as soon as they confront a Medium they try their utmost endeavor to dispel from their minds what they know so as to hear if it will be rehearsed by the Medium. To get the secret out of a person is the art used by many unprincipled mediums, but to take hold of the head and gain control of the mind thereby is a matter of impossibility to most of them. And yet this can be done and by consulting Mrs. Marth the seeming mystery becomes a realization. This subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even college professors. So it proves conclusively that although there are inculcated in our bodies only tongues perhaps the gates of wisdom not been closed to the entire profession. It takes a great deal of study to be come an accomplished medium and by a continuous and unstiring effort, the key to the well of apparently unfathom able mysteries has been secured by MRS. 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SECURITY, INDUSTRIAL MUTUAL AID SOCIETY Hustling and polite agents wanted, Masonic Hall, 511 East Glay St. Wm. Isaac Johnson, President, J. E. JONES, Vice-President, B. P. VANDENHALL, Secretary, E. T. JANKINS, Treasurer, Oscar N. BROWN Manager PICCOLIN V. P. & F. K. of W. 215 E. LEIGH STREET, Richmond, Va. I am prepared to furnish the public with plants of all kinds, cut flowers funeral designs, etc. I will be pleased to have the patron- age of the publs. THE PLANET SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1901 FIRST WHIRL WAS ENOUGH. He Took a Ride in an Automobile But Hereafter Will Stick to Horses. "No more automobiles for me," remarked the visitor from New York, mopping his brow at the very remembrance of a recent experience, relates the Detroit Free Press; "henceforth, or until those that deal in them are willing to furnish an iron-clad guarantee that the patron will return sound in nerve and body, I prefer to be loyal to the good, old reliable horse. If the latter does take a notion to run away once in awhile he has a speed and time limit—the runaway automobile doesn't know when to stop. "For some time my wife has been trying to induce me to adopt the newest style of street transportation. In New York city, you know, we have some very fashionable auto turnouts, and they serve various purposes. The city authorities are even thinking of using them as street-sweepers. My better-half harped on the matter so persistently that I finally consented to give one a trial, and I engaged a brougham to take us to a swell reception. The 'doings' were only a few blocks from where we live, but it was not without some trepidation that I entered the horseless vehicle. We started off at a nice sober galt, which soon increased to a wind-splitting speed that quite took my breath away. As we whirled along through the crowded street, cutting off trolley cars and other rapidly moving vehicles, my wife's face suddenly assumed a concerned look. "Why, I do believe," said she, 'that the man has forgotten the place. I'm sure we must have passed it.' "Just then I caught a fleeting glance of a familiar corner, quite a distance beyond our destination. "I stuck my head out of the window and hailed the cabby. He seemed to be very busy at the moment, and it was difficult to attract his attention. I then gave my lungs full play and managed to get his ear. "We've passed that address long ago,' I shouted. "I know it,' he replied; 'I've forgotten how to stop the blamed thing.' "Then for heaven's sake, man, I cried, 'steer up on a back street, or get out into the country, out of danger.' "Luckly, he was a skilful helmsman, and he managed to guide the auto out to a little park, which is not frequented very much at this time of year. Well, sir, I guess we must have circled that park a hundred times before the power ran out. There was nothing else to do. It was hard enough to overtake us in the first place, and the person that did understand the method of stopping the carriage couldn't have gotten aboard. It soon became noised abroad that there was a runaway automobile in the park, and we were pursued by a horse of policemen, small boys and dogs. The experience forbly reminded me of John Gilpin's famous ride. It was 12 o'clock midnight when the blamed thing finally came to a standstill. The cabby said there would be no etra charge, and my wife and I were satisfied to take a street car home. She has never mentioned automobile since and we are now going to receptions behind a horse." A STORY OF FISH. It Really Was the Largest One He Ever Caught, and No Lie About It. "The biggest fish I ever caught," began the story teller, a scholarly looking party who evidently knew more about school books than fly books—"Got away," interrupted a thin-faced little man with a nose like a shingle, relates the Washington Star. "I'm no liar," the story teller flared up. "This is a true story, and I'm prepared to sweat to it. It was in the year '89, when we had the hottest summer—" "I didn't know the summer of '89 was so very hot," said a man in a weather-beaten straw hat. "If all you didn't know," said the story teller, "was piled on top of you, you'd be flatter than a flounder and deader than a mackerel. As I was saying, in the summer of '89 a party of us went to upper Canada on a fishing expedition. It wasn't hot up there a little bit. On the contrary, it was so cold that the ice froze the first night we got there." "Goshi!" exclaimed the little man with a shingle nose. "As I was saying," said the story teller, showing genuine gameness, "it froze the first night we got to our fishing ground, but we went out the next morning just the same, and I hadn't been fishing more than 15 minutes when I had a bite that I thought was going to pull the boat under. I let go of my rod and it went scooting through the water, but I soon got it again, and the fight over the water and under it began in earnest. I hadn't been fishing for a long time, and was nervous as the dickens, but I had some sense left, and I didn't intend to let that fish get away if I could help it. I was so excited that I never did know how long I tussled with it, but in time I landed him in the boat, and he was the biggest one I ever caught in my life. It was ex—" "How much did he weigh?" eagerly inquired the man in a straw hat as he drew up close to the story teller. "Exactly half a pound," said the story teller, as serious as a sermon. "You think you are dern smart, don't you?" sniffed the little man with the shingle nose, as he got up and walked outside, where he could get more breathing room. Why Some People Give Why some People Give. Lots of people give just enough so it will rattle in the contribution box. Washington Democrat. Few Distinguished Congressmen. The average length of a career in congress is four years. At the beginning of every congress about one-third of the members of the house are new to the business. It is a rare thing for a member to make any sort of a mark in legislation before he has been in the house at least two full terms, and those who have forced themselves above the surface before the close of a single term can almost be counted on the fingers of one hand. The ordinary congressman comes and goes and leaves no trace behind him, except on the salary vouchers. The man who stays in the house for more than two terms has a fair chance of wielding a little influence. He gets his name into the congressional record once in awhile; he is recognized by the speaker occasionally, and if he is unusually lucky the newspapers take him up and sometimes give him a headline all to himself.-Chicago Chronicle. An Old Custom. Why is it the duty of the bride to cut the wedding cake? The fact is—at least so a professor told me the other day—that the Romans are at the bottom of it. The original Roman marriage was effected by the simple process of the bride and bridegroom breaking a cake of bread and eating it together. This developed into the bride cake, and the bride cut it because it was the duty of the woman to prepare food for the man. Young brides of to-day who think it the height of ill luck not to cut their own wedding cake are probably not in the least aware of what they are symbolically pledging themselves to; but they had better bear in mind that if they wish to keep a man in a good temper they must not forget to feed him—Detroit Free Press. Custom Influences Language Custom Influences Language. Pomologists, like botanists, find it impossible to enforce the rules of priority in names of fruits and flowers. In fruits the names of Bartlett for a pear and Telegraph for a grape have not been changed in spite of the efforts of leading pomologists and pomological societies to support prior names. Those who lead in these good efforts forget that the only law for language is the law of custom. In a famous grammar we are told "the English language requires the pronoun 'it' for all inanimate objects; but custom has so firmly made the sun a he and the moon a she that we have to accept it." Thus it will ever be. To secure the adoption of a prior name reformers must bestir themselves before custom gets possession of the field.—Mechan's Monthly. Have Wills of Their Own That the women of China do not lack courage is proved by the fact that they sometimes seek suicide as relief from unhappy marriages, and uncongenial husbands would frequently be murdered were not for special punishments, "ignomious and slow," devised for all women who should attempt homicide. The mere existence of this law proves the necessity for it. Again, not long ago, 15 young girls of Canton threw themselves into the river to escape from marrying the husbands chosen for them.—Montreal Sun. Wilkelmina's Dramatic Power. Many say that the loveliest voice in Holland belongs to the young queen, Indeed, people who have once heard her speak will never forget the impression. Her voice is soft and silvery, and at the same time it can be firm and resolute. When the queen at her coronation two years ago delivered her speech everyone was loud in praising her. Some said that Queen Wilhelmina would have been a grand actress if only fate had not placed her on a throne. Julius Claretie, who was present, said that he would engage her on the spot for the theater. It is a fact that never a public speech has been delivered so well, so beautifully, so feelingly. Every word was spoken exactly as it should be spoken. And she was only 18 years of age. It is true that the queen has done much amateur acting, of which she is very fond. She often takes principal parts which she plays wonderfully well. No doubt this has been of great use to her, to facilitate her difficult task. London Gentlewoman. American Salesmen Best Consul Hossfeld, of Trieste, after announcing that cheap lamps could be sold in southern Austria to great advantage if American manufacturers would imitate the tactics of Viennese lamp makers and open stores of their own, continues his report as follows: "No native can sell American wares in a foreign country as successfully as an American who is familiar with the language and the customs of the country. This has in recent years been demonstrated in every large city of Europe. The American knows what most retailers in southern Europe, at least, still have to learn, viz., how to advertise, how to display goods, how to meet competition, how to gratify and at the same time to educate the popular taste, and, above all, he knows how to 'bustle.' It is, moreover, difficult to induce a native retailer to buy foreign wares as long as their sale is still in the tentative stage."—N. Y. Sun. Treatment of Indian Raisha The rajahs of India, of whom there are over 100, are classed in divisions, each of which is entitled to a complimentary salute of a certain number of guns, ranging from 9 to 19 per rajah. The greatest punishment the government of India can inflict on a native prince short of deposing him to doock him a gun or two on his salute. On the other hand, a couple of guns extra is a promotion as much prized as a step in rank bestowed on the field of battle. Strange though it may seem, a rajah need not necessarily be a high caste man. Several Indian kingdoms are ruled by princes of very inferior caste.—N. Y. Sun. Evolutions of the Warship. A whole fleet in the days of Nelson could be built and fitted out at little more than the cost of a single iron- clad; the coal expended on a single cruise would pay for the refitting of his whole battle line, while the immense shells required to make any impression on the modern armor plate cost more than his whole armament. But the modern line of battleship could neither be built, armed nor fought without the use of steam and its evolution may be said to have commenced with the first application of the steam engine to navigation.—Chicago Chronicle. Have No Idea of Value The African native has no real sense of the value of money, and if he is in the mood for work will toil as readily for three pounds sterling as three shillings, but if he has once been paid a certain sum for labor he will never work for less, but will sooner starve; and a very amusing instance is given of a native who would not sell some fowl for 18 pence each because he had heard that a friend had been paid two shillings. He walked 130 miles to try and get the higher price, and still being offered one and sixpence tramped home again with the birds.-N. Y. Sun. Not Up to Date. "Oh, the disgrace of it all," wept the unhappy wife of the defaulting bank employe. "Alas! Alas!" moaned her friends, not knowing what else to say. "Oh, the disgrace," continued the sorrowing woman. "To think that Henry only got away with $8,000, when everybody else is taking all the way from a hundred thousand to a million." Now, when it was too late, she realized her mistake in marrying an old-fashioned man—Baltimore American. To-Day— In this issue of this paper appear the opening chapters of the story we have previously announced and recommended entitled: "A Tragic Disappearance" The plot of the story deals with "the most daring scheme that the fertile mind of an ambitious woman ever evolved," but, after all, The Ending Is a Happy One And happy will be the person who secures all of this literary treat we have secured for our readers. Be sure and be the opening chapters in to-day's paper. JOHN M. HIGGINS DEALER IN Cholce Groceries Wines Liquors & Cigars. PURH GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 E. Franklin, St.; (Near Old Market.) Richmond, Virginia. The Custalo House, 702 E. BROAD ST. Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Meals At All Hours. New Phone, 1261. Wm. Gustalo, Prop H. F. Jonathan, Fish Oysters & Produce 120 N. 17th St., Richmond, Va Orders will receive prompt attention Phone 157. A. Hayes, Office and Ware-Rooms 727 North Second St. Residence: 725 N. 2nd St. First-Class Hacks and Caskets of all descriptions. I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All Country orders are given Special Attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. New Phone 1198. M. Gives the names of dead and living friends tell who and when you will marry, also of friends you will marry, absent friends bushish or anything you know what it is. He can call up your spirit friends and show them to you. Can make questions don't ask you to write names for him. Don't try to pump you in any way. You should be dorsed by leading spiritualists everywhere received from them a gold medal and speeched to by spiritualists powerful credentials no one else can show to the thousands of references to both white and colored patrons. Twenty-five years practice can do all that he can tell of. Can tell what business is best for you and where, how to do it. Can be successful in all your doings in short what is best .do. He succeeds when he pays. Call and see. You will and is lucky to consult this Christian gentleman. He has a gift to do drunkenness, can be given patient not even it. Thousands through him are now . PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Brooklyn, Aug. 15, 1891 — This is to certify that came to New York from Albany. I was a large city, a huge city of work and out of money. I had luck. I lucked. I undertook. What to do I did not know. I friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea. He took me in and treated me as another Through him I got a good position that very money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all it bad luck, sick or in trouble to go to him at once. ALBERT AYERS, 2007 Atlanta Ave South Plainfield, Aug. 15, 1891 — This is to certify that my husband had gone away and bad luck, sick or in trouble for him night and day. He heard of the wonderful things Dr. Shea was doing, I resolved to consult him. He where he was; told he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He also wish to say that one from the dead also wish to say that the lost sum of $260. I am a poor woman and I was most insane I went to Dr. Shea to my intense joy I did did it as he told me. I thank God there is a man so gifted in our that can help people and tell their what to do. A SENSATION IN BROOKLYN - A MINIB TER'S STATEMENT. DR. SHEA has been carefully educated in the Honest pathic and Eclectic Schools of Medicine His success is wonderful in curing paralysis humiliating patients and can cause Constipation. 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The object of this suit is to obtain a diverse avineau matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendants is a non resi- dent of the State of Virginia, it is or- dered that she appear here within 18 days after due publication hereof and to whatever may be necessary to pro- tect her interest herein. A copy, Toste: P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. N. J. LEWIS, p. q. To IDA NOEL:— Take notice that on the 18th day of January, 1800 at the office of N. J. Law, n. 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; where in I am the plaintiff and you are the defendant. 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Atlantic Coast Line Schedule in Effect January 14, 1900 TRIN LEAVE RICHMOND-BYRD TREE STATION [9:09 A.M., Daily, Arrives Petersburg 9:08 A.M.; Norfolk 11:27 M., Moss only on Petersburg, Waverly and Knoll. [9:05 A.M., Daily, arrives Petersburg 9:08 M., weldon 11:45 A.M., Charleston 11:20 P.M., Hannah 12:00 A.M. Jacksonville 9:30 P.M. Tampa 6:20 P.M. Connects with No. 47, arriving Goldsboro, Waimington 8:45. Pullman New York to Jacksonville. [11:20 I.M. M., except un- known Petersburg, M. Manchester, Drewery Contraita, and Chester on Pet- burg 4:15 P.M. Arrives 11:00 burg 4:15 P.M. Alpines 11:00 5:20 P.M., Daily, except Sundays Petersburg 6:15 P.M., Wash- ington 8:50 P.M. and Rocky Mount, P.M. makes all intermed stops. :45:25 P. M., Dally Arrives Petersburg 7:25 P. M., Contacts with Norfolk and Western Tampa, and inter- mediate pount; Emporia (connects with .. and D., situations Emporia and Lawrenceville), Weldon, and Layetteville 13:15 a.m. savannah 7:00 a.m. jacksonville 11:46 a. 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Blackwell, See 'n' Me HE PLANET SATURDAY, JAN. 19, 1900. WHAT IS A BOY? What is a boy? Come! answer me! I say, what is a boy? A little ch ld. So meek and mild And sweet as he can be? A little thing To play with toys. And make the wekin ring? To run and play The live long day. A little bag of noise? May, but he is the future man Who shall control affairs; Cortive, invent, force and plan. When threatening danger stares. The future husband, father, friend, Philosopher and basd. Buler warrior to defend Our fortunes when ill starred; The teacher, preacher, diplomat, To train, instruct and guide; Unteward measures to combat When evil doth betide. The skilled mechanic architect, The future merchant price, The first city who can protect, And will not matters mince. The capitalist who shall build up Our country's wilds and wastes, Who will with kings and emperors sup And cultivate fine taste; The future surgeon, doctor, man Of scientific bent. Whose mind can solve more problems than Most others can invent. The navigator who shall find New land in distant seas. And bleed the rest of human kind By spread gnaws of these. If there be other useful spheres, Which human scape may fill, The boy will fill it, never fear, For he will fill the bill. —O. M. SIEWARD. A FINE SERMON—SABBATH DESECRATION DISCUSSED. Interrupted the Minister--A Strange Scene at Ebenezer Baptist Church. No Excitement—The Deacons Wery Very Diplomatic A large crowd assembled at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on last Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock and Rev. W. H. Stokes, the young divine preached a most elquent and instructive sermon. Just in the midst of one of his most elquent rhetorical periods, a man nearly six feet in height arose, and with arms uplifted srieve down the main saint exclaiming, "Brother Wella is the man! Brother ella is the man! Thank you, Lord and thank you, Jesus $300!" By this time he had reached the middle of the church. He said something about scaring everybody in the church and then sank to his knees. Rev. Stokes being interrupted, paused while the congregation looked on in amazement. Some one remarked, 'New Convert,' and there was no excitement what ever save that made by the tall, brown skin man who had suddenly taken from the presacher the attention of the congregation and certainly himself. Then the unhunched deacons came to the side of the man. On one side and then on the other the heads of the deacons above the level of the congregation. Deacont Fox and Knex were on hand. WHISPERH D IN HIS EAR. A few whispered words in the ear of the man caused him to rise, and then gently started him towards the front seat which he had so lately vacated. He went apparently unresistingly, then to the u most surprise of every body, instead of stopping, he went over the elair, climbed up to the rostrum, paid no attention to the steps, while the deacons who had stood beside him gassed after him in wonderment Not long though, for he grasped the hand of Rev. W. H. Stokes and began. "The Lord has taken my feet out of the mire and clay and placed them on the firm rocks of ages, etc." Then, the deacons noiselessly and with no excitement whatever marched up into the pulpit while Rev. Stokes was undergling the repeated and hand shakes from the mysterious stranger. Then, a deacons whispered to him again and he suffered himself to be led to his seat in front, and the services were resumed. Rev. Thomas H. Briggs was the only visitor on the pulpit rostrum and he took no part in the exercises at this point. Rev. W. H. Stokes made light of the matt-r and the congregation was not at all affected. It was then that he began telling of the Christian's experiences and he spokes of the desecration of the Sabbath. When the (chief of) Po devised a plan to force 200 loons not more than seven were closed on Sunday, that there was something wrong. "ON PICKET DUTY." "Where are some of the members, the members of the church this morning? he exclaimed. "They are on picket duty at the bar rooms." He declared that he saw a woman once on picket duty for a bar room. At this point the mysterious stranger arrose part the way again, but deacon Knox who had been placed in charge of him drew him back into his seat. The only other time that he escaped from Brother Knox was when he moved to words the table to give some money to the "poor saints" Then Rev. Briggs prayed. A man who was caught in the flood at Galveston, Texas presented a paper which was read by dracer J. J. Carter. It stated that he was in the water holding to a log for 48 hours and was struck on the jaw which issued a contraction of the muscles and locked his jaw. A Boston doctor recommended that he go to Hot Springs, Va. where the water might cause his jaw to relax. He is fed through an opening where three of his teeth have been removed. The doctor said he was dying on his feet. Twelve dollars were given him. The services over, benediction was announced and the mysterious stranger being released by Deacon Knox was lost in the crowd. The church officials displayed excellent judgement. This same stranger is said to have visited the Sixth Mt. Z on Baptist Church Sunday night but he was un ceremoniously put out. The daily papers tell about this same Edward Harrison, who on Tuesday last got in trouble as foll. was: Isaac L Butler, (white) a foreman at James U. Bryal's tobacco factory. Sixth and Oary streets, was assaulted by a crank named Edward Harrison, whom he was attempting to put out of the factory yesterday afternoon. The colored man has made himself objective to the factory people on several occasions. He is a religious crank and he insisted in making incoherent speeches to the employees. He formerly worked at the factory, but he was discharged for making a nuisance of himself. The man went to the factory yesterday afternoon, and when Mr. Butler attempted to put him out, he assaulted him and beat him severely, striking him in the face, breaking his nose, and otherwise bruising him. Mr. Butler was taken to the Madison Flats on 51 St. where medical attention was given by Dr. Michaux. He is not seriously hurt. DASOL ZAMBALES, PROV. P. I. We are now at our stations as follows: Co. A, 26th Infantry at Dacow with 30 men, stations at Egina and six men at Iba and 7 men at San Isidro Co. C, 26th Infantry at San Isidro with 30 men at Agno; Co. C, 26th Infantry about 10 miles from them and that in the way we are separated here. The Inaugur nts are in the town and mountains too and we look for them any time, but we have had no trouble with them yet. The natives are now gathering rice for the rainy season. The women cut it and bring it in town and put it under a grass shed, the next day they put it out in the sun to dry and about noon they put it in a hollowed out loot and pound it until all the rice is off the stalks. HOLD IT HIGH. They then beat the chiff. and hold a basket full as high as their heads and pour the rice on a big board and the wind blows the chaff away, then the rice is used for food or sour sour, as they call it. The women go half naked and bare footed with only one dress; the children completely naked, the men not much better; they wear a big knife called a bolo in their language. The white soldiers on the island treat the natives very badly and call them "biggers." The houses are built of straw and bamboo, without nails. Our quarers are made of bamboo straw and tied together with bamboo strings. CARR ING THE MAUL Nearly all the mail is carried by hand. It arrives at one station then a detail of a few men take it from it, place to the next, and so on until it reaches Degupan from whence a rail road runs to Manilla, P. I. The natives of the town in which we are located participate very freely in the church services, they wear a circle of beads and a cross at the end of it. The Filipinos use an animal called the taurus to convey things from one place to another. Everything there is very quiet at present but in my next letter I will give you he details of the island and all about the vicissitudes of the troops in the Philippines. We use Mexican, Spanish and American easy and two of their dollars are worth only one of ours. Very respectfully yours, LOUIS BROADUS, 1st Sergeant Co. D, 25th Infantry. Miss Emily Price and Madam Hawkins will sirg. Madames Bolder, Jackson and Miss Besse Murrav, pianists, at St. John Baptist's hall, Monday night, Jan. 21st at 8 o'clock. Ashbury M. E. Church, 25th St., near O. Ashbury will hold two services next Sunday as usual, at 11:30 a.m. and at 7:30 p.m. At 11:30 the Rev. Brother Williams of the Fountain Baptist Church will preach. In the evening at 7:30 p.m. preaching by the pastor. Every member and friend is cordially requested to be present at these services. Much interest being manifested in the revival at this church, which began January 14th and is continued for another week. Leigh Street M. E. Chursh Services will be of an interesting nature at the Leigh St. M. E. Church on Sunday as the Stewards are making efforts to raise in full their pastor's salary. In the morning there will be preaching at 11 a.m. In the afternoon at 8:15 p.m., preaching by the Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., of the 5th St. Baptist Church at which time the choir of his church under the leadership of Prof. A. McCoy will conduct the singing. Praesaching at 8 o'clock. Come join with us in the worship of the day. ODD FELLOWS SURPRISED East End Lodge of Odd Fellows while in session last Tuesday night at their hall on P Street, was agreeably surprised by a company of ladies led by Mrs. Laura Burke, Mrs. Mary Braxton and others. As the ladies entered, the N. G. rapped the lodge up. The lodge greeted the ladies with a jolly song and after they were seated P. N. F., O M. Steward, on behalf of the lodge welcomed them in a felicitous impromptu speech which was happily responded to on behalf of the ladies by P. N. F., R. A. Ordan. The lodge then closed and the ladies handed around refreshments which were greeted enjoyed. It was well on toward the "wee ama" hours of the night when the company broke up, well pleased with themselves and all the rest of mankind. Mr. R. M. Smith. Headwaiter or Hot Spring Hotel, Va. called on n The marble men and women, living pictures, and beautiful tableaux, including an Oriental group will be marries of beauty at St. John Baptist's hall Monday night, January 21st, at 8 o'clock. Jubilee Singers at Mount Olive Baptist Church 25th and S St., on Monday night, January 21st. Black Patti cannot beat the sing by the Jubilee Singers at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Mrs G. W. Lewis is indisposed Her husband visited Newport New Va. Wednesday last. The young men of the Theological Club gave quite an enjoyable entertainment and full-dress ball. Prices hall on Wednesday night, 9th inst. The tables were most abundantly and tastefully supplied by M. N. Winston. A. Hayes' new hack was out last Sunday in Africa. It makes that part of the city shine brightly and the people think it is the finest in town. All of his hacks are of the latest style. I you want hacks for weddings, supper etc, call and e.g. A. Hayes, 727 No. 2 Second Street. PROMINENT PEOPLE. In New York a Mr. Wickea is a dealer in lamps, while Mr. Lampe is a dealer in lamp wicks. William A. Procter, a prominent resident of Cincinnati, has presented an extensive chemical library to the University of Cincinnati. Chief Porter, who rules the Creek Indians, of Indian territory, is a rich man and well educated. He is a full-blooded Creek, but few would guess him to be an Indian to see him on the streets. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's successor in the house of representatives is William Richardson, who was once sentenced to be hanged as a confederate spy by Gen. Crittenden, but who was recaptured before the sentence could be executed. The Norwegian writer Bjornajerne Bjornsen celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday recently. He is spending the winter in Paris, giving the finishing touches to a three-act play entitled "Laboremus." The object of the play is the glorification of work which the author places above love. The piece is considered by competent judges to be one of Bjornsen's best productions. Lord Rosebery's mother, the duchess of Cleveland, is a wonderful old lady. Though she is in her eighty-first year she is still full of energy and is a delightful companion. As an illustration of her activity she did not indulge in love for travel until she was over 70 years of age, and since then she has made many a journey, including a tour to India, the West Indies and British South Africa. COST OF A HURRICANE. (The government's estimate of losses following in the wake of the West Indian hurricane of September 8 includes the following:) The loss of rice is estimated at 73,000 barrels of four bushels each, representing a value of about $219,000. Exclusive of the damage to farm buildings, machinery, etc., the total loss may be estimated at $5,000,000. The loss of farm animals is estimated at 1,300 horses, 150 mules, 20,000 cattle, 2,800 sheep, and 900 swine, representing a total value of about $490,000. Of pecans there is an estimated loss of 2,500 pounds, valued at $100,000. Three thousand trees, valued at $75,000, are also reported as destroyed. The area under corn is estimated to have been about 815,000 acres, with an indicated production of about 17,500,000 bushels. The loss to this crop is estimated at about 1,000,000 bushels, or 5.7 per cent., representing a value of about $500,000. The area under cotton in the counties in which serious damage resulted from the storm was approximately 1,300,000 acres with a promise on September 1 of a crop of about 640,000 bales. The reduction of the crop is estimated at about 68,000 bales, or 16.6 per cent. On a basis of $50 per bale, the amount destroyed would represent a value of $3,400,000. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. Outside of those on farms and ranches, there are 2,833,877 horses, 1,466,970 meat cattle, 162,115 mules, 156,470 sheep, 1,592,816 swine, and 47,652 goats. The average of mules is smallest in the north central and south central, being 2.7 in both, and is largest in the north Atlantic division, where it is 7.0. For cities of over 100,000 inhabitants Kansas City and Memphis report the largest relative number of horses and mules respectively; Chicago of sheep, Indianapolis of swine, and New Orleans and Milwaukee of goats. Horses, mules and neat cattle, including dairy cows, are least numerous in the larger cities and most numerous in the smaller ones. Sheep and swine, however, show the reverse. Their greater number is due to the stock yards and packing houses. The average of sheep mainly reported in connection with stock yards, ranges from 13.2 in the western states to 13.9 in the north central. Florida has the largest average of swine -8.3 Goats are more numerous in the south central states, where they average 3.9. They average 2.2 for the country. BITS FROM AFAR. The Paris theaters give away an average of 8,500 free tickets daily. In the German empire there are 2,918 public establishments for hot baths—one to every 18,000 inhabitants. The British claim to control the gold fish market of the world. The fish are getting scarce and the price has doubled. New Zealand proposes to send a letter to any part of the world included in the postal union for two cents. The theory is that increased business will eventually make the system self-supporting. The German protectorate in East Africa has a coast line of 620 miles. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICMOND, VIRGINIA: OZONO IS KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS TRADE MARK BE WARNED. By honest methods and is to-day the only gen- ence, and possessing the confidence of the colored excited the cupidity of the unprincipled, who, to get injurious to the hair and skin, and dangerous to health and life. Be warned; don't send your money to get only in return a mass of lard and tallow and animal fats, that injure your hair and cause it to fall out, destroy its growth, and cause you to become bald. Deal with a legitimate firm, who will treat you fairly and give you value for your money. We do solemnly swear that our remedies are true to all we claim for them, that they do not contain any animal fat or injurious drugs, and we will return the money for every case of dissatisfaction. We refer to Metropolitan Bank, Richmond, Va., or to the editor of this paper. The word OZONO and the cuts shown in this advertisement are registered as our trade-mark in U. S. Patent Office. Any infringement will be promptly prosecuted. OZONO positively straightens Knotty, Knappy, Kinky, Stubborn, Harsh, Refractory Hair. No injurious hot irons are necessary to produce this effect. OZONO does the work alone, and the use does not have to be kept up after the hair becomes straight, and washing the hair hastens the treatment, doing it good in every way. Cures Dandruff, Baldness, and all itching, running, scaly, humiliating Scalp Diseases; causes the hair to grow long and straight, fine, and beautiful as an April morning. Price, 50c a box; 4 boxes does the work. OZONO cannot fail. Read our grand offer; Cut out this advertisement and send to us with $1.00, and we will send you immediately four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which makes rough skin soft and brightens up black skin several shades; also one bottle of SKIN FOOD, which removes Wrinkles, Freckles, Moth Patches, Tan, Liver Spots, Small-Pox Pits, Birthmarks, &c. It makes the aged look young, and the young look younger. We will also, to show our liberality, include a package of ANTI-ODOR which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body—such as feet, arm-pits, &c.; cures Sore Throat and Mouth, Womb Diseases, Sore and Frosted Feet, &c. This grand combination, worth $3.50, we will send you on receipt of One Dollar, to introduce honest goods. Parties sending us $3.00 will receive four lots. Register your letters. AGENTS WANTED. BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 E. BROAD ST., RICHMOND, VA. an area of 384,000 square miles and includes a portion of Zanzibar. The population is estimated at 8,000,000 natives and about 1,000 foreigners, mostly Germans. The country is being rapidly developed. MILITARY. There are eight field marshals in the British army. The French minister of marine recently made a tour of the harbor of Toulon in a submarine vessel. The last equine census in Russia is stated to have shown considerably more than 10,000,000 horses fit for war purposes. The proposition for the construction of a floating machine shop for the use of the squadrons in various parts of the world is receiving earnest attention. It Wna a New Gun. I was jogging along over an Arkansas highway on horseback, with a settler's cabin about half a mile in advance, when I saw something kick up a dust a few reds ahead and heard the report of a rifle. I reached the cabin to find a man with a gun in his hands, and his face wore a smile as he said: "Stranger, how nigh did the bullet come to you?" "Not within ten rods," I replied "Shoot! She don't carry as fur as I thought fur." "Did you aim at me?" "Plumb fur your hat, sah, but I hope you won't feel put out about it. She's a new gun, and I was jest trying her range. Fine weather, sah, and mebbe you could git away with a drink from a jug?"—Chicago Daily News. England Educating Gardeners Since the old system of garden apprenticeship has been abrogated some agricultural schools and other institutions have examinations, and give certificates to those who successfully pass them. The London Royal Horticultural society is doing good work in this line. On April in each year they have examinations open to all. The questions are such as any first-class gardener should be able to answer promptly and on the spot. At the last examination there were 236 candidates. Three hundred were taken as high water marks, and only those who received 200 points and upward received first-class certificates. N. Y. Herald. Science's Alarming Strikes. In a recent lecture Dr. Hoffhauer claimed that the age of fishes can be told by their scales. These show under the microscope stripes similar to the bands in the cross-cut of a tree, which indicate the age of the fish. We are now able to approximately state the age of horses, fishes and trees. Tremble, oh, ladies, but some scientist will make a discovery enabling a lay observer to determine the human age at sight. Would life be worth living then? -Vienna Tageblatt. Americans by the Year 2000 There will probably be from 350,000,000 to 500,000,000 people in America and its possessions by the lapse of another century. Nicaragua will ask for admission to our union after the completion of the great canal. Mexico will be next. Europe, seeking more territory to the south of us, will cause many South and Central American republics to be voted into the union by their own people.—Ladies' Home Journal. How He Got Out. Custodian—You changed your mind about taking that flat as soon as you went inside? Portly — Change nothing. There wasn't room in there even to change my mind. I just backed out.—Denver News. Artificial Indigo. Artificial indigo is not a new product, although its manufacture has been so expensive as to exclude it from the market. Some time ago a large staff of trained chemists, maintained for purposes of practical research by the Badische Anilie und Soda Fabrik, turned their energies to the production of a cheap though serviceable article. It was a costly investigation, but not an unremunerative one, since many good things were discovered by the way. At the last the triumph of theory was reached in the perfecting of a process which practical ability, combined with vast knowledge and enterprise, has made a great commercial success. The output is now equal to the indigo crop of 250,600 acres in Behar, and the planters are new appealing to the Indian government for aid in setting up a supplementary sugar industry as the only chance of competing with the German factory.-Olleger Chronicle. Cyclone Pranks. A traveler in the west, Rev. G. T. Brady, says that of all the manifestations of power he ever witnessed, from an earthquake down, a cyclone is the most appalling. The midnight blackness of the funnel, the lightning darting from it in inaccessible fierceness, the strange crackling sound from its bosom, the suddenness of its irresistible attack, its incredibly swift motion, its wild leaping and bounding, like a gigantic beast of prey, the awful roar which follows—all this but feebly characterizes that strange ravener of the plains. He continues: "The cyclone plays odd pranks. I have seen two horses lifted in air and carefully deposited, unharmed, in a field about an eighth of a mile away. I have seen chickens and geese picked clean of feathers, and yet feebly alive. One house, I remember, had a hole ten feet in diameter cut out of its roof, as if by a circular saw. I have seen the black, whirling cloud lift a building and shake it to pieces, as one shakes a pepper-box. One of the worst cyclones I ever knew threw a heavy iron safe about as a child might toss a wooden alphabet-block in play. It is an irresponsible as well as an almost omnipotent monster, and it seems to love the hideous jokes of its own concocting."—Youth's Companion Why You "See Stars." If you are one of those who frequent the police courts, you have no doubt often heard the victims of assaults declare that their assailants hit them so hard that it made them "see stars." And, indeed, the sensation which you experience from a violent blow on the head resembles very much the sight of stars. The fact is, there is a phosphorescent power in the eye, which shows itself when the head is struck violently, and is often perceived in the act of sneezing. The jar to the system caused by the blow produces a pressure of the blood vessels upon the retina, causing either total darkness or a faint light which floats before the eye and in which the imagination discovers thousands of fantastic figures, the majority of which resemble stars.—Chicago Tribune. The Trolley in Siberia Electricity is conquering the world with greater rapidity than did its mighty predecessor in mechanical achievement, steam. The gradual opening of the trans-Siberian railroad has led to the introduction of electric light and electric machinery into the towns of Siberia. Recently the municipality of Vladivostok decided that electric trolleys were indispensable to the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of that remote city, and it was resolved to build at once about 20 miles of electric tramways and to light the town with electricity, besides introducing other modern conveniences. Most of the machinery will be of American manufacture.—Youth's Companion. Solons Who Get No Pay Only in Britain, Italy and Spain do M. P.'s serve their country free of charge. In Portugal the case is curious. Until 1892 Portuguese M. P.'s received ten shillings a day. This was then abolished. But the lawmakers still have free passes on all railways, and constituencies may pay their members a wage of not more than 14s 10d a day. As compared with his colleagues in other countries, then, we find that the British member of parliament enjoys but few privileges; nevertheless, his position is second to none in point of importance.—N. Y. Sun. Remains of Ancient Men In some grottoes in Algeria French explorers recently discovered stone implements mingled with the remains of extinct animals belonging to quaternary times. Further explorations indicate that during the age when the grottoes were inhabited the coast of Algeria had a configuration different from that of to-day. Among the animals associated with the ancient human inhabitants of Algeria were the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus and various species of ruminants.-N. Y. Sun How It Happened. He—I have been late to work every morning since my employer raised my salary. His Wife—Yes; now that we are able to hire a cook you can never get your breakfast on time—Judge. Confidences Exchanged. "What I object to," said the cable, "is being disturbed when I'm in bed." "And I think," said the telegraph wire, "there ought to be some rest for me when I'm under ground."—Harlem Life. C & O WRECK M C WALLER Fancy Groceries, Wood & Coal. No. 1310 Moore treet Mountain Range in the Pacific. From a scientific standpoint one of the most interesting discoveries made by the government survey in the Pacific was that of a submarine mountain range about 500 knots from Guam, which apparently connects with one which extends from the coast of Japan to the Bonin islands. In this range was found a single peak which came to within 488 feet of the surface, and a careful survey of it developed the fact that it closely resembled in outline the famous volcano Fujiyama, near Yokohama, Japan. To the north of this range, according to the report, the bed of the ocean slopes gradually to the eastward into the great Japanese deep, which for years held the record for ocean depths.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. Wendland's Iron Ore What the gold reefs of Johannesburg are to the Transvaal, the Wabana iron beds are to Newfoundland. They form immense deposits of rich red hematite ore, three miles long and several hundred feet wide, and showing 340,000 tons in sight above water. The beds dip downward at an angle of eight degrees, and it is believed that they extend below the sea in practically unlimited quantity, though what is now in sight will suffice for a generation's work. To all intents and purposes the mine is open quarry. The ore is got at by chopping off a surface covering of earth and rock and then loosening the hematite with charges of dynamite. -Chicago Daily News. His Rule of Action. "John Henry," said Mrs. Bickers to her husband, "it is time we returned the Gilkinsons' call." "I have no intention of returning it," said Mr. Bickers. "Why not?" "Because I believe in returning good for evil."—Detroit Free Press. His Interpretation. Mrs. Henpeck—I see that they cannot get enough men to run the warships in the navy. Mr. Henpeck (soto voce)—Now I understand why they call a ship "she."—Baltimore American. WANTED 100 [Colored Girls. to make Che-roots. Will be paid $2.00 per [F week while learning. They can soon make from $3.00 to $4.50 a week according to their capacity—and willingness to work. STEADY AND REGULARLY. The work is healthy, light, clean and easy. Only girls of good character and behavior wanted. Apply at once to 25th St., between Main and Franklin Sts. 1-10-47 ATTENTION LADIES. Come to Mrs. M. D. Chamlee, 318 E. Broad St. Goods almost given away to make room for a change. Over 300 trimmed hats that sold for $2.50 to $3.50 now down to $1 Children's trimmed hats as low as 25c, 50c, 75c, and $1. A look at the cheap price in the windows will cenvince you of what is going on inside. Don't forget the place, next door to art gallery. 318 East Broad St. C. M. H. Madam Alviah, OFFICE HOURS: From 10 A. M. to 10 P. M. DAILY. Wonderfully Gifted Clairvoyant and Business Medium If your host or absent friends interest you; if you desire to be more successful; if you desire to have your domain trustable removed; your lost love interest your enemies converted into stalking friends—in a word, what may be your trouble, suspicions or desires, call on this wonderful gifted Lady. If secret enemies have hurt you the Madman can r move their evil influences and care you. Madman A vish advises you with a more than human foresee and power. She can diagnose disease through her Clairvoyant sight. Readings by mail, send soiled pocket handkerchief, $1,00, 2 cent stamp and receive complete life reading. All business strictly confidential. MADAM ALVIAH 321 Brook Ave,—Richmond. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A Wonderful Face, Bleach AND MUJH STRONGHEATER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. We can buy a hair straightener or to buy "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-Like complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown hair into shades lighter, and a mulatto person perfectly. It takes eight hours a shade or two lighter will be noticeable. Is does not turn the skin in spots but makes the skin seem beautiful without continuing to wear wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth without harm to the skin. When you color the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed hair is not recommended. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes is worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through our mail service. If you want to send C.O.D., it will come by express. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box of money to us, that no one will snow含 several receipts. To sell three nice four-room houses within one square of the new electric line so Petersburg, in Manchester, Va. easier, easy, M. L., 212 N. 9th, City. THE HAIR & TRAIGHTENER CRANE AND CO., 122 West Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. WANTED