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THE RICHMOND PLANET XVIII NO 18 FIRST HONOR PUPILS MOORE SCHOOL 6th Grammar-Miss F. E. Isham, teacher-Pearl Bland, Ophelia Washington, Maria Bowman, Lucy Daniel, Mattie Greene, Virginia Williams, Joseph Minor. 5th Grammar-Miss F. E. Robinson, teacher-Alberta Smith. 4th Grammar-Miss M. B. Holmes, teacher-Samuel Carter, Eula Barcroft Oggood Wingfield, Willie Harris. 3rd Grammar-Mr. A. L. Morton, teacher-Samuel Carter, Walter Johnson, William Green, Alice Johnson, Irene Williams, Janie Williams. 2nd Grammar-Miss A. G. Foster, teacher-Indie Braxton, Mary Johnson, Robert Jones, George Tazewell, Georgie Browne, Elsie Carter, Ollie Frayser, Pauline Frobert, Roberta Johnson, Virginia Martin, Robert Cole, Walter Jones, Peter Hudson. 1st Grammar-Miss F. B. Dixon, teacher-Milton Sampasn, Emma Craig, Maud Hayes, Susie Jones, Mara Montague, Laura Steward, Minnie Woody. 6th Primary—Miss O. L. Patterson, teacher—Jud Watson, Willie Robinson, Minnie Booker, Ida Goode. 7th Primary A—Miss L. A. Peters, teacher—Joseph Coker, Henry Johnson, Willie Span, Mary Heck, Florence Lockley, Willie Johnson, George Robinson, Alfred Wyatt, Lula Blackwell, Lucy Christian, Lula Grey, Martha Well, Rosa Howard, Miriam Jasper, Daisy Mason. 7th Primary—Miss S. J. Turpin, teacher—Steward Hobson, Katie Cox, Salile Reader, John Goodman, Delia Booker, Adela Cousin, Sia Siedd. 6th Primary—Miss A. D. Patterson, teacher—Geneva Trent, Bertie Bowies, Mud Johnson, Robert Williams, Sallie Cowan, Nettie Fox. 5th Primary—Miss B. L. Murray, teacher—Pearl Anderson, Daisy Hurt, Clara Johnson, George Dyer, John Jackson, James Morgan, Sallie Ellis, Will Lewis. 4th Primary A—Miss E. A. Christian, teacher—Lillie Jackson, Daisy Oneill, Willie Harris, Daisy Hill, Minnie Jasper, Mary Morton, Marie Vaughan. 4th Primary B—Miss H. E. Wallace, teacher—Louis Frayser, Cora Byrd, Helen Johnson, Clara Reynolds, Nettie Trent, Mary Watson, Mattie Walters. 2nd Primary—Miss H. E. Wallace, teacher—Lee Frayser, Richard Walker, Clarence Wilson, Irvin Willis, Helen Garnett, Ocatherine Johnson, Beatrice Prior, Rebecca Winston. 2nd Primary A—Miss K. G. Robinson, teacher—Frank Tyler, Clyde Johnson, Simon O'neill, Martha Butler, Amanda Barcroft, Joseph Campbell, Millie Norrell. 1st Primary B—Miss E. S Powell teacher—Will Johnson, Westley Pierce Sam Mayo, Will Smith, Will Walker, Benetta Stovall, Laura Scott, Mary Cole, Maggie West, Lucy Tecker, Rosa Thomas. 1st Primary A—Miss K. G. Robinson teacher—George Wood, Moselle Lawson, Henry Booker, James Booker, S.Jomon Shores, Joseph Shaeton, Clarence Parsons, Bertha Ross, Minnie Williams Sallie Williams. 2nd Primary B—Miss E. S. Powell, teacher—Will Kenney, S. Bolling, Will Ellis, Leroy Johnson, Harvey Page, Will Logan, James Hardolph, Bessie Carter, Eliza Univaily Mary Gray, Marie Haskins, Verner Holmes, Ida Kenny, Rosa Kenny, Margaret Rishardson. EAST-END SCHOOL For the Week Ending April 12, 1901. 5th Grammar—Mr. J. Andrew Bowler, teacher, Virginia Lee, Jno. Carter and Rosa Moss. 8rd Grammar—Miss Rosa B. Yaucey, teacher: Scott Gwathmey, Joseph Hill and Estelle Kelley. 1st Grammar—Miss Luoy V. Bolling, teacher: Grace Cross, Junius Glover, and Senora Jackson. 8th Primary—Miss Annie M. Jackson, teacher: Eina Brown, Samuel Garden, Herouft Fleming, Ethel Gwathmey, Irmia Harris, Arthur Holmes and Mary James. 7th Primary—Miss Nannie O. Wyatt teacher: Earle Harris, Mary Christie, Lucille Lawrence, Richard Braxton, Mabel Bairn, Ruby Claiborn, Lotia Simms, Ethel Woolridge, Lily Woodson, Henry Braxon. 6th Primary—Miss Lula A. Willis teacher; Mary E. Tancil, Beatriz Chris Ian, James Roberts, Emma Hill, Bertha Dannis, Viola Cheatham, Percy Jefferson, Jieuletta Temple, Willie Johnson. 5th Primary—Miss Mary Willis, teacher; Ida Thompson, Edward Mc Alister, Susie Logan, Ophelia Scott, Gleeman Hargrave, George Tompkins, Leroy Graham, Ethel Gordon, Mil dred James, Maud Lee, Henry James James Tyler, Mary Burke, Lily Christian, Virginia Mitchell, Estelle Smith, Adele Johnson. 4th Primary—Miss Maud E. Mundia, teacher: Frank Morton, Willie Saunders, Bertha Anderson, Pearl Morton, Olivia Scott, Oleopatra Scott, Carrie Smith, Rosa White, Lonnie Burton, Aurelia Hunter, Lucile Brooks, Lizzie Bland, Irene Christie, Inez Harris, Tiller Woodson, Thomas Brandon, John Lawrences, Lilah Gordon, Robt Harris, William Preston, Evans Johnson, Robert Gentry. 3rd Primary—Miss Annie S. Keene, teacher: Hattie Hunter, Bessie Kirb, Ruby Macklin, Willem Morton, Felix Gwathmeil, Eddie Washington, Mary Woodson, Mary Stewart, Hassel Bland, Marie Harris, Bessie Scott, John Taylor, Henry Davis, Edgar Anderson, Samuel Johnson. 2nd Primary-Miss Lula G. Haskins, teacher: Martha Allen, Clara Anderson, Bessie Allen, Liberta Ashton, Willie O戴well, Esher Coyle, Annie Ford, Rosa Howard, Isabel Hood, Mary Ivison, Bersha Johnson, Batrice Johnson, Gertrude Moss, Eva steward Alma Thompson, Florence Wingfield, d, Coleman Holissean, Percy Brown, James Coleman, Holissean, Percy Brown, Jones, Frank (Norman), John Wingfield, Arthur Scott, Howard Thompson. 1st Primary-Miss Lula G. Haskins, teacher: John Clarke, James Christian Samuel Eatman, Robert Johnson, Allan Lewis, Willie Ransom, Eodie Noel, Hezekiah Sayles, Willie Williams, Nathaniel Smith, Lizzie Bradley, Estelle Bentley, Claudine Saylor, Rosa Blackwell, Eula Collins, Annie Coies, Amelia Harris, Dora Jackson, Virginie Moe, Ruth Riley, Alma Scott, Emma Smith, Edith Williams, Claudine Williams, Martha Robinson, Lotty Williams. BAKER SCHOOL 1st Grammar—Miss M. H. Smith teacher Jest Daggett, 'tamar Carter, Senora Eldridge, Mabel Smith, Clarence Grey. 7th Primary—Miss C. F. Brown, teacher—Ada Green, Azelia Storrs, Cora Smith. 5th Primary, Miss M. E. Allen, teacher—Garrell Brocady, Willie Cole Lew-ump, Robert Scott, Bertha Campbell, Augustus, Naomi Hill, Ethel Jacks n. Jones, Lizzie Parker, Florence Storrs, Lillie Waddey, Jeannette West. 4th Primary—Miss Martha R, Crump teacher—Oliver Gey, Abram Johnson, John Pearson, Edward Yancey, William Young, Maggie Farran Ford, Hermion Jackson, Pauline Morris, Mary Pearson, Mildred Taylor, Mabel West, Frances Weaver, Bernetta Young. 3rd Primary—Miss E. V. Trent, teacher—Sadie Lewis. Lewis, Stokes, Katie Gilpin, Erma Benjamin, Malne- on Jackson, Mary Miller Willie Dab- ney, Henry Dawson, Willie Gray, Grat- lion Graves, Joseph Lovings, Allison Miles 6th Grammar—Mrs. E. R. D. Bowser, teacher—Florence Brown, James Gur- ter, Willie Jackson, Lindsay Taylor. 5th Grammar—Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher—Gertrude Augustus, Emma Armstead, Eleanora Smith. 4th Grammar—Miss Lizzie B. Wills, teacher—Belle Morris, Lucy Lewis, Alberta Hughes. 3rd Grammar—D. Webster Davis, teacher—Claiborne stors, Viola Grey Inez Jones, Mary Johnson, Arsena Lewis, Barnice Nelson. 2nd Grammar—Miss Vera A. Holmes, teacher—William Partee, Maggie Baker, Ann Calloway, Lily Harris, Elizabeth Howard, Emily Lewis. --- Leave your orders for fresh meats and fish, Saturday night with H. Salomons will keep them on ice for all night and deliver them Sunday morning. 42 TERRIBLY MANGLED An unknown colored youth, apparently about 19 or 20 years of age, was run over by a freight-train on the James-River Division of the Cheapeake and Ohio railway, about nineteen miles west of this city, at 4 o'clock when he was so badly crushed that he died before he could be brought to this city. It is not positively known whether the boy was stealing a ride or whether he was standing or lying on or near the track when he received his fatal injuries. The local freight by which he was mangled had passed by when the accident was discovered. So far as known only two cars passed over the man, but these did the fatal work. As soon as the accident was discovered the train stopped, and the injured man was taken aboard with the intention of taking him to this city for treatment. He was unconscious when picked up and never regained consciousness. Both leghad been severed, and the shock was so great that he never rallied. WILL KEEP THE COLORED MEN JACKSON, MISS., April 15.—Stone-masons employed on the new State House went on strike this evening because the contractor placed three colored masons at work on the building. The contractors declare that they will keep the colored men at work RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901. Pythians at Pocahontas—A New Lodge Set Apart There. POCAHONTAS, VA., April 18, 1901. Our town is about 300 miles from Richmond but the arrival of Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Keeper of records and Seal, Thos. M. Grump and Past Chancellor, B. P. Vandervell seemed to have brought us nearer to the Capital city. Through, the efforts of Messars W. R. Patterace and D. C. Johnson 38 men ready to be instituted into a lodge of Knights of Fythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. A. & A. The ceremonies took place at Old Fellows. Hall in the presence of Sir Knights from Bramwell, Bluefield and other places in West Va. The exercises were impressive. The following are the officers of the new organization, which is Podahonas No. 41: Chancellor or Commander, R. L. Jackson; Master of Work. D. C. Johnson; W. Unacceellor, P. W White; Keeper of Records and Scull, O. E. Samuels; Master of Finance, W. A. Hilton; Master of Exhecqe, Pete A. Wood; Master at Arms, W. J. Rutherford; Prelate, F. A. Green; Inner Guard, Olse Palmer; Outer Guard, J. L. Woody; Trustees, D. O. Johnson, F. A. Green, W. A. Hilton. Those who filled stations at Pooshontas were John Mitchell, Jr., G. I; C. T. Orump, G. V. C.; B. P. Vardervall, G. P.; w. B. Patterson, of Douglass Memorial Lodge, No 7, Bluefield, W. Va. G. M. of W.; Al xer Hea h silver Leaf Lodge, No 8, Bramwell, W. Va. G. M. at A.; J. M. Jones, Douglass Memorial Lodge, No 7, Bluefield, W Va. G. I. G.; Robert Calloway, Douglas Memorial Lodge, No 7, Bluefield, W Va. G. O. G. Squad No. 2: William Penn, Frank Harper, Willie Ross, S. W. Allen. Squad No. 3: Ryley Sales, Fletcher Harper, P. G. Gaines, Page. Squad No. 4: Henry Hall, Pomp Wright, S W. Lover, Wyatt Logan. A bounteous repast was served and all enjoyed the evening. It was five clock this morning when the work was completed. Grand Chancellor Mitchell was the guest of Mr. D. C. J. hnson. Sirs Crump and Vandervall stopped at Mrs. Smith's establishment. The party left to day for Richmond and expressed themselves as being much pleased with the trip to Poseahontas. Pythians of Richmond—A New Lodge Instituted. The Knights of Pythias. N. A., S. A. E., A, A & A. were at work in Fulton which is a part of this city, last Monday nights and as a result Fulton Lodge No. 42 and 42 strong is satisfied that it knows all about the mysteries of the three ranks. Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr. was assisted by the following Sir Knights: Wm. H. Hill, P. G. O; Ohas. E. Stewart, W. V. C.; Foster L. Lucas, G. P.; E. R. Jefferson, G. K R & S; Wm. H. Randolph, G. M. of Exchequer Wm. E. Noble, G. O. G; Andrew J. Smith, Jr. G. I. G, G. M at A, Jesse Seruggs; Assistant G. M at A., S. S Baker, Augustus Taylor, W. W. Scott; Grand Attendants, Anthony Fowkes, V. M Gwathmey, Craven Tate, Robert Turner, Gabriel Watkins, Marcelius Bingham, Wm. Ellis Jr., Thomas Crump, Themas Russell'Jessie Randell, J. Henry Sokes and others. In following Sir Knights are officer of new lodge: Chancellor Commander, Rev F. W. Williams; Master of work, Wm Scott; Vice Chancellor, Thomas Page, Prelate Wm Brown; Master of Exshquer; Thomas Jones: Master of Finance, D. Owanson; Keeper of Records, R. W. Whiting; Inner Guard, L. Roy Morris; Outer Guard, James Banks. Master at Arms, R. G. Porter. Trustees: Thomas A. Jones, Wm. Scott, James Ox. A bountieous repast; was spread and all heartily enjoyed themselves After the installation of officers by the Grand Chancellor a vote of thanks was tendered the Sir Knights who assisted. This lodge was gotten up by the efforts of Dr. E.R. Jefferson assisted by S. S. Baker with the club under the leadership of the eloquent Rev. F. W. Williams and Wm. Scott who worked untiringly for its success. Ministers And Deacons Meet. The regular weekly meeting of the Ministers and Deacon's Conferences of Richmond, Manchester and visinity was held at the 5:0h. Baptist Church, Monday, 5 p.m, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. presiding. Dvotional Exercises were conducted by Revs. J. H. Burke and Geo. F. Holmes. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. The roll of members was called which showed that there were twenty-four Elders Liecitatiates and Deacons enrolled. The president stated the object of the meeting and announced the program for the evening. There were seventeen applications for membership made to the Conference and after review of qualification were elected. The baccalaureate reported the work done on Sunday and showed plainly that the yhad been actively engaged in doing the Master's work. Many were the words of comfort and cheer given to the Conference. Visitors and friends throughout the meeting was characterised for the spirit of peace and unity, and all realised the great blessing bestowed upon the comunity in having a Conference in the Baptist Brotherhood where the freedom of speech and action can be exercised without being molested by any arbitrary power or influence. In concurrence with the provision of the constitution the first public meeting will be held at the Mr. Olivet Baptist Church Rev. A. Andrew Bowlier pastor, Monday evening, May 18th at 8 o'clock. The committee has been appointed to prepare a suitable program for the cessation. After other routine business the Conference closed with singing, "Blesst be the tie that binds," led by Rev. D. W Davis. Benediction by Rev W. A. Cook. Rev. W. F. GRAHAM. D. D. President. M. F. HUGLES. Secretary. Twenty-Sixth Anniversary Celebrated. The 28th Anniversary of the Moore St. Baptist Church will be celebrated Sunday, April 21st 1801. Prescribing at 11:30 a.m. by Rev. R. Wells; 8:30 by Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D.; 8 p.m. by Members and friends are cordially invited to attend each and all of those services and be an offering. Grand Rally. Grand Rally at the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Sunday, April 21st, 11:30 a.m. Rev. H. R Williams, pastor of Fountain Baptist Church will preach at 8:30 the pastor will preach, subject, "The Great Supper 8:30 p. m. Rev. N. B. Brown, pastor of the Mount Olive Baptist Church, Chesterfield County will preach. The S airlift Beneficial Club will turn out in a body to the afternoon service. We ask all our friends to come out and help us. Rev. W. H. WHITE, Pastor. J. T. BROWN, Church Clerk. —Deacon A. Forbes of Petersburg, Va. called on us. The Annual meeting of the Stock- holders of the Nickel Savings Bank will be held on Tuesday, May 7th, 1901 at 7:20 o'clock p. m. All members of the First Baptist Church, corner Broad and College Sts. are requested to attend a church meeting on Monday night, April 22nd at 8 o'clock. Business of importance. Deacon ABNER COOLY, Chairman, Deacon JOHN S. POWELL, Secretary. A COMPLIMENT FROM THE NORTH [Rockville, Conn. Leader.] "The Planet" is the name of a weekly paper published at Richmond Va. by and in the midst of the colored. people. The Planet is a neway, well edited publication, its articles and arguments showing marked ability, good judgment and sound common sense. The map of the colored race it is as might be expected outspoken and fearless, yet considerate and gentlemanly. $150 PAID. Danville Va. April 13 1901 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell Jr. Grand Chan cellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150) in payment of death claim of Sir R. D. Edmonds, who was a member of Roan Eagle Lodge No. 18, K. of P, N. A. S. A., E. A., A. and A. Signed: P. H. Roisseau, Administrator. Witnesses: Ino. W. Howard, D. L. Banks, A. L. Winston, W. A. Millner, D. D. G. C. CHEAP SALE. Mrs. M. D. Chamle will have a cheap sale of trim ned hats Friday and Saturday. Call and be suited in a flue $5 00 hat now $2 50. $2 50 hats $1.50 to $1 98. Children's hats as low as 50c. in all silk ribbon and flowers. Every little one can have a new hat by Sunday. 318 E. Broad St. REV. WM. TROY HERE Rev. Wm. Troy, former pastor of the Second Baptist Church and also of the Sharon Baptist Church arrived in the city last Wednesday night. He expressed mush regret at his not being notified in time to reach the city in order that he might attend the funeral of Rev. John Jasper. He is now located at Camden, N. J. He decided when he will leave the city. He is now located at the residence of M. and Mrs. J. P Johnson, 715 N. 8rd St. Rev. Troy is the picture of health and is as vigorous as asar. Given Six Mouths. Wm. Brown, charged with felony wm. assailant Joseph G join at Pris- ley in the Hustings Cour- last Wednesday. 17th and given six months in jail. There will be a public meeting at the First Baptist Church, on Sunday night, at 8 p. m., in the interest of the Old Folks' Home on W. Jackson S. Park, in Brooks of Manchester, Va. will preach. The publie is cordially invited to attend. Notice. Members of the club on Church Hill please take notice, this call for the members to get ready for the Doctor. I expect to visit the a obtwine each week in order to organize the court at The ladies of Manchester course will please meet promptly at 4:00 p.m. Monday 22nd inst. to meet the Grand Deputy, Mrs. Anna Taylor. Easter Exercises The children's exercises were quite a success that was given on Easter Monday and we wish to thank our friends for their liberal patronage. A court of Calantha will soon be set apart. Lord's supper services and meeting of expression were both good last Sunday notwithstanding the inclement weather. Rev. Ruffin of Mecklenburg, who has been working here in revival meeting, preached his farewell sermon last Sunday at 8 p. m. and left for his home on Monday. He did much good while he was here. Rev. Jeffries, pastor of the Union Level Baptist Church will administer the Lord's supper next Sunday. Mrs. Louisa Wingfield, the mother of the 18th inst. at 4 a. m. she was a consistent christian and hence she now rests among the bluest. Mrs. Maria Fleming and infant child are sick. Messrs Nicholls and James O. Dar- son have been indisposed for a week. —Mrs. Ada Wood Dixon returned to the city from Petersburg, Va. where she attended the unveiling of the monument erected in memory of the late Rev. Henry Williams, pastor of the Giffield Baptist Church. HENRICO Co., VA., Sunday Evening, April 7th, 1901. The Quioisin Baptist Sunday School met for the purpose of having installation services, Opened by singing hymn, No. 194 On motion Bro. John Bryant was chosen Moderator pro tem Bro. W. J. Cousins, Secretary, pro tem, and Bro. Eugene and Johnson, Chaplain pro tem. And on motion Bro. J. A. Carter was elected installing mast r The Chaplain read for scripture lesson Luke 2:1 at 20th verse, followed by prayer, then singing hymn No. 165 The Moderator then introduced Rev. James Holmes to preach the installation sermon. He ascended the rostrum taking as his text Deut 6:8, 'And these words which I command thee this day shine in the heart.'" and himself the right man in the right place by mastering his text as one fully equipped for the position he possessed. He reflected much oredit upon himself as a genuine Sunday School worker. Then singing hymn No. 65, the list of officers to be installed was called by the Seey' protem. Messra Sylvanus Smith, Superintendent, Wm. Houston, Assistant Sapt; Leonard Ross, Sey'; Misses Sarah R. Greene, Assistant Secretary; Bettie L. Payne, Treasurer; Alice Robinson, Chorister; Martha Lewis, Librarian; Mr. Robert L. Lee, Organist. Teachers: Mr. Joseph Payne, Advance teacher; Miss Sarah R. Greene, Intermediate teacher; Miss Ruth Smith, Iofant teacher. All were present except the organist. They responded to receive the instruction in the duties of their office which was performed by Brother J. A. Carter, in a very diligent manner. The exercises being completed while Misses Ella Anderson Sarah R. Greene sang a beautiful duet by which our very souls were sweetened. The amt. of $1 was taken up. Closed by singing hymn, No. 198. Benediction by Rev. James Holmes. —Mrs. Clarence Les and her daughter, Hattie, who have been spending the winter here with friends and relatives and in Washington and Old Point Compound left for Philadelphia. May Soon Be at War With Half a Million Strikers. THE CONTEST AT M'KEESPORT. It Is Said to be But the Preliminary Skirmish in a Battle For Recognition Which the Amalgamated Association Will Wage. Pittsburg, April 17.—The strikers at the Wood plant of the American Steel company, at McKeesport, secured accessions to their ranks yesterday by the 125 men in the knobling department joining them. This leaves only the steel mill and the hammer departments at work, and they will continue in operation until the work now in progress is finished, when the shutdown will be complete. The officials of the company stated yesterday that applications for employment were coming in rapidly. It was stated that 73 applications were received Monday, but the applicants were informed that no definite answer would be given them for several days. An official very close to the management of the company said today that it is the intention of the company to close down the McKeesport plant for an indefinite period. The present is not an opportune time for a labor contention, owing to the transitory state of the company's future policy, caused by its absorption by the United States Steel corporation. It was further stated that the nonunion plants of the company were producing 45 per cent of the tonnage of the combination, and that no serious inconvenience would result to the trade by the suspension of the union sheet mills. President T. J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association, stated today that the workers were driven to the stand they have taken by not one, but many acts of bad faith on the part of the Sheet Steel company. He said: "The affair in McKeesport is not the only trouble existing between the American Sheet Steel company and the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Works. At the last general conference, when the scale was signed for this year, we tried to secure the signing of the scale for all the mills they control, and pointed out to them that if they refused to sign for all great losses would be entailed and trouble ensue upon our attempt to organize non-union mills." President Shaffer, at a meeting of the national advisory board of the Amalgamated Association today, urged the immediate closing of all plants of the American Steel company in the country, and the question is now being discussed. If the general strike is ordered it will involve 500,000 workmen. Secretary Jarrett, in charge of the labor bureau of the company, was present at this meeting to present the company's side of the matter and use every endeavor to avert a general strike. If the statement credited to the company that the McKeesport plant will be closed indefinitely rather than recognize the union is adhered to President Shaffer's attitude will demand that the entire strength of the Amalgamated Association be pitted against the sheet company as a whole. It is not known whether Mr. Jarrett made any pledges on behalf of the company. The fate of the Amalgamated Association practically rests on the outcome of this conflict, for which the labor officials have been preparing. The Wood plant has been non-union for 20 years, and on account of this was selected as the first battle ground. With the launching of the big steel trust the Amalgamated officials took every means to strengthen their position, and at present the organization is stronger numerically and financially than for many years. While pursuing this policy the trouble at McKeesport was precipitated. The work of organization at the McKeesport department continues, and large accessions to the ranks of the organized workers have been made in the past few days and continue. Death of Bishop Esher Chicago, April 17.—Bishop John J. Esher, after a protracted illness, died in this city yesterday, aged 78 years. Bishop Esher was the senior bishop of the Evangelical church, having continuously occupied the episcopal office since 1863. He served in the active ministry since 1845, and was the oldest minister in active service in his church. He was born in the province of Alsace in 1823, coming to America when 9 years old. The bishop is survived by a widow, one son and two married daughters. The Carnegie Company Transferred. Pittsburgh, April 17.—A meeting of PRICE 5 CENTS the directors or the Carnegie company was held here yesterday afternoon for the purpose of formally transferring the great Pittsburg company over to the United States Steel corporation. The most important action taken at the meeting was the election of William Ellis Corey as president of the local concern, to succeed President Schwab. West Point's Oldest Graduate Dept. New York, April 17.—Maj. Joseph Smith Bryce, the oldest graduate of West Point, died yesterday, aged 93. He was born at Georgetown, D. C. Sept. 21, 1808, and was graduated at West Point in 1820, one of his classmates being Gen. Robert E. Lee. He served throughout the civil war on the staffs of Gens. Wadsworth and Barnard. He retired from the army and practiced law. Boys' Strike For Trivial Cause Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 17. — The breaker boys employed at the Prospect mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal company went out on strike yesterday because one of their number was discharged. The foreman discovered a hot pulley, and called for an oiler. The latter did not respond at once, and a jig tender was ordered to oil up and thereby prevent a fire. The jig tender refused, saying it was not part of his duties to do oiling. The foreman discharged the boy at once, and the other boys then struck out of sympathy. This necessitated the shutting down of the breaker and also the Oakwood, Milvale, Wyoming and Port Bowkill mines. It is estimated that there are nearly 5,000 miners idle in consequence. Personnel of the Navy. Washington, April 17. -Secretary Long has had compiled a table showing the proportion of native born and foreign born sailors in the United States navy. This shows that during the Spanish-American war out of a total of 22,828 the total of native born sailors was 15,406, and of foreign born 7,422. Of the foreign born sailors more than one-half have become naturalized or have declared their intention of becoming citizens. The statement further shows that the navy is more exclusively American than is generally supposed. Minister Loomis Home Again. New York, April 17.—Hon. F. B. Loomis, United States minister to Venezuela, is a passenger on the Red "D" line steamer Caracas, which arrived last night from San Juan. When asked if he intended to return to Venezuela, he said that he did not know, as he had not given the matter a thought. Mr. Loomis said it was untrue that he had expressed himself regarding President Castro's attitude toward America, nor had he said anything about Gen. Andrade. To Arrest Indian Agitators Muskogee, I. T., April 17.—United States Marshal Bennett has issued instructions to his deputies to arrest Lann Tah Micoe and Chitto Harjo, alias Crazy Snake, wherever found. Sufficient information has been received by the court officials here to convince them that these two leaders of the Snake band are again at work advising their people to continue to oppose the policy of the government regarding their tribal affairs. Senator Magee's Successor, Pittsburg, April 17.—The result of the special election held yesterday to elect a successor to the late C. L. Magee, as senator from the Forty-third district, resulted in the election of W. A. Magee, Jr., by a plurality of nearly 3 to 1. J. E. Kane, Democrat, and J. K. King, independent Democrat, were his opponents. Mr. Magee, who is a nephew of the late senator, will go to harrissburg at once and qualify. Monday, April 15. Representatives of 21 labor unions in New York have started an independent labor party. Ambassador Fava, for 21 years Italy's representative at Washington, is to retire at his own request. Alice Kline, 17 years old, of Easton Pa., swallowed poison and died because she was crossed in love. The Korean government has promulgated a law enforcing the penalty of death for opium smoking. Wilhelmina, the young queen of Hokland, is expecting an heir this fall, and has stopped taking her customary drives. At a meeting yesterday of the dock laborers of Genoa, Italy, a general strike was decided upon. This will have the effect of delaying many steamers. Tuesday, April 16. The secretary of the treasury yesterday purchased $1,600,000 short term 4 per cent bonds at $113.56. Mgr. James McMahon, the well-known prelate, died at the Catholica university in Washington, aged 84. AN HUMBLE HERO BY THOMAS P. MONTEFORT COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT --- CHAPTER I THE APPEARANCE OF A STRANGER. The little village of Beckett's Mill had never been in such a state of excitement in all its history. Women, bareheaded and with rolled up sleeves, rushed wildly to and fro across the town's single street or leaned from their open windows and called excitedly back and forth, asking a hundred questions that no one pretended to answer. The children huddled about their mothers, clinging to their skirts, their faces white and their eyes wide with wonder and fear. The men, awestricken, collected on the street corner in front of the postoffice and talked together in low, hushed tones. The cause of all this excitement was the heavy booming of cannon away off to the south and the barely distinguishable rattle of musketry which told only too plainly that a battle was being fought and that men were being killed and mangled by their fellow men. It was in the spring of 1861, at the beginning of the long and bloody war between the south and the north. The people at Beckett's Mill and all over that part of Missouri known as Possum Ridge had heard rumors of a coming war, but they had gone on in their quiet, uneventful way, giving little thought to what they heard and feeling confident that even if war came it would not affect them. And now, right at the beginning, a battle was being fought almost at their very doors. Just a few miles away General Sterling Price and his army of men in gray were laying siege to Lexington and its garrison of men in blue. Unused as they were to war, the people of Possum Ridge saw a dreadful meaning in the rattle of the muskety and the booming of the heavy cannon. As bad as war is in reality, to the imagination of those people it was a thousandfold worse. It filled them with a feeling of awe and terror that is describable, and they could scarcely have been more affected had they known that the end of time was at hand. One old man known as Pap Sampson, who had long been looked up to as the village oracle, shook his head gravely and predicted sad and awful things to come. "As I have said time an ag'in" he remarked, "the people have grown wicked an unruly in their stiff necked pride, an the Lord, he's a-gwine to humble 'em, an he's a-gwine to humble 'em down into the very dust. I've see it a-comin for years, an I've known the mind of the Lord. I knew he was patient an long sufferin, but I knew he wasn't a-gwine to bear with these people forever an that sooner or later he was a-gwine to humble 'em." "Oh, my Lord, my Lord!" an old woman walled as she paced slowly back and forth, frantically wringing her hands. "Oh, my Lord, jest adisten to them cannons a-boomin an the guns a-poppin. Oh, Lordy, it's jest awful they're a-killin an a-slaughterin an a-slayin 'em by the thousands, an afore it's over with they'll all be killed an there won't be nary a one left. Oh, my Lord, my Lord, it's jest awful!" "Well may you say that, Gran'ma Fell," another woman, a religious enthusiast, remarked, "an well may you trimble for all them thousands that are a-bein killed, for they are a-dyn in their sins an never stoppin to ax theirselves the question, 'Where are we a-gwine? It's the duty of good Christians to pray for 'em, an I'm a-gwine to do it.' Suiting her actions to her words, the woman knelt in the street and prayed long and fervently, but she prayed all alone. Everybody else was too excited to listen to her petitions even, much less take part in them. "It's sholy awful!" Jacob Hicks remarked, with an ominous shake of his head. "Pears jest like the world is goin all to smash an that pretty soon there ain't goin to be no end to nothin. Seems like I can most hear the groans an the cries of the thousands that are mangled an dylin. My Lord, my Lord! I wonder what the world is ever goin to come to anyhow." "An the wust ain't begin to come yit," Ebenezer Sparks said solemnly. "Lord, the war ain't fairly got started, an this fightin ain't nothin to what it will be before it's over. Jest wait till you've seed fightin as I've seed it, with thousands an thousands of men a-fightin in an ever-body a-gittin killed! That thar's war shure enough." "I wonder if that war'll git here?" some one asked in trembling and fear. At this question the men and women all looked inquiringly and with wide eyes in one another's face as if inviting an answer. After a short pause Ebenezer Sparks said confidently: "Land! Of course that war'll git here. How can it help it when it's so nigh? Yes, sir-ee! You bet it'll git here. Why, them two armies will wallop each other all round over the country jest like a passel of dogs wallop one another all over ever'whar when they git to fight. Course that war'll git here, jest as shore as anything." "An we'll all be killed," one of the women exclaimed in terror. "Most shore to be," Ebenezer replied consolingly. "Don't see how it can be helped with all them guns an them cannons poppin away all the time ever' which away. Yes, sir-ee! Everybody is most shore to git killed, women an children as well as men." At this encouraging prospect the women set up a wailing and the children began to scream, while the faces of the men grew white and their limbs began to quake. "Lord, Lord! Thar ain't no sparin nobody when them wars are a-gwine on." Ebenezer continued relentlessly, "an ever'body an ever'thing is jest shot all to pieces as so many hogs. Yes, sir-ee! What one army don't get the other does, and atwixt 'em they make a clean sweep, you bet. Oh, my, but them wars is dreadful things! I've fit in 'em enough to know, an to people that aint never had no experience they're awful. But that thar ain't no use of bein skeered, an if you all had ever been in the tight places I have been in you wouldn't be neither. Land, I love war love, an I ain't no more afraid of them guns than I would be of that many gnats. I'd rather fight than to eat, an if that battle keeps up much longer I don't believe I'm a-gwine to be able to hold myself out of it. I got to keep a powerful grip on myself to keep out of it now." At that moment Jacob Hicks gave a start and stood listening intently. From the hard road leading south from the village there came the sound of a horse in full gallop. The rest all heard it and stood waiting in breathless silence. An inquiring glance passed from one to another through the group, but not a word was spoken. Ten minutes passed, and then a lone horseman, wrapped in a cloud of dust, appeared on a little rise a quarter of a mile away. The women screamed, the children set up a cry and the men grew whiter than ever. Ebenezer Sparks—well, it was not until the excitement was over that any one knew what he did with himself. The horseman was barheaded, and as he came madly charging into the village his hair was flying wildly in the wind, and his face looked almost ghostly in its pallor. "Fly for your lives!" he shouted when he was near enough to make himself heard. "Fly quick, for they're a-comin, an you'll all be killed! Fly! Fly!" No one moved or spoke. They were all so terror stricken that they had lost the power to move either limb or tongue. "They're a-comin; they're a-comin; a million of 'em!" the horseman shouted hoarsely. "An they're a-killin an a-slayin an a-slaughterin an a-burnin as they go! Fly, fly, for your lives!" Then as the full meaning of the horseman's words began to dawn on them a new and uncontrollable fear seized on the people. Some of them turned to run away as fast as their trembling limbs would carry them, some sat down and, hiding their faces, burst into lamentations, while two or three women fainted. The whole population of the village was on the verge of a wild panic, and in another moment there would have been a general stampede to the country. "Hold!" suddenly cried a voice among them. It was a firm, confident voice and a voice to be heeded and obeyed. "Hold! There is no danger, and nobody is going to be hurt." The people looked around, and there in their midst they saw a tall, mild looking young man with a pair of keen black eyes and a firm cast of countenance that were calculated to command respect and even obedience. He was a stranger there, and from whence MARIE. he had come and how he had so suddenly appeared in the village were mysteries, but they were mysteries the people did not stop to consider just then. Had an angel from heaven appeared among the denizens of Beckett's Mill at that moment they would scarcely have considered it strange, for to them it was a day of strange and mysterious happenings. "What do you mean?" the stranger demanded of the horseman. "And who is it that is coming?" "Them armies," the horseman replied. "Oh, my Lord, they're a comin, a million of 'em, with guns an cannons, an they're a killin an a-slaughterin an a-slayin an a burnin ever'thing in their track. Oh, fly, fly before it's too late!" The horseman spurred his horse and attempted to ride on, but the stranger took hold of the bridle with one hand and with the other drew a pistol from his pocket, which he pointed at the horseman's head. "Damn you!" he said. "You make another squeak or try to move another inch and I'll blow your head off. What do you mean by scaring all these women and children out of their lives? Haven't you got a particle of sense?" "But they're a-comin, I tell you," the other protested in trembling tones, his eyes starting from their sockets, "a million of"— "Shut up, I tell you, or I'll shoot you down like a dog. Haven't you sense enough to know a drove of cattle from an army of men? Look behind you once, and you'll see what your million of men amounts to." The people had already looked and, realizing the ridiculousness of the situation, indulged in a little nervous laugh. Just coming over the rise was a herd of cattle which the farmers from near Lexington were hurrying back into the RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. hills in order to save them from the depredations of the soldiers. The horseman had caught a glimpse of the cattle back down the road and, being in a nervous state on account of 09. "Shut up, or Fli shoot you like a dog." the firing of the guns and cannon, had taken it for granted that the soldiers of both armies were coming. The coolness and the firmness of the stranger reassured the people directly, and, casting aside a portion of their fear, they gathered about him and looked up to him as a superior being. The men admired him for his coolness, and the women admired him for that and also for his handsome features and his magnificent and manly form. One woman, young and beautiful and strangely unlike the people about her, looked first on the stranger, then on the horseman. The first she regarded with unmistakable admiration, but unconsciously that look changed to one of shame as she turned her eyes on the other. "He's no such a man as that man there," she said to herself. "Oh, my Lord, if he only was, if he only was!" The people, crowding about him, would have made a hero of the stranger, and he allowed them to fawn on him and make over him, though he felt that he had done nothing to merit it. It was all very pleasant, and he enjoyed it. especially when he surprised a look of admiration in the eyes of the young woman who had contrasted him with the horseman, and they had both blushed and cast their eyes down. In that meeting of eyes there was recognition—aye, more than recognition. Yes, it was all very pleasant to the stranger until suddenly his past life flashed before him; then his face paled, and his heart grew sick, and a wistful, furtive expression came to his eyes. There was something there that nothing could blot out—nothing but death. [TO BE CONTINUED.] A Jewel. "I am fortunate in one thing," said Mr. Meekton. "My wife is one of the most economical women in the world." "That is indeed fortunate." "Yes. I don't like to brag, but she is a marvel. She doesn't let me spend a cent of my money foolishly." —Washington Star. Rise and Fall. Go slow, my friend, to win a name; Be cautious on that slippery track; All folks who rush along toward fame Meet others sadly coming back. —Chicago Record. THE ONLY REMEDY. Mamma—I have been almost distracted since brother Frank gave Bobby that drum for a birthday present. Papa—Why don't you make Bobby a present of a nice, sharp penknife? —Chicago Inter Ocean. Indifferent. "Do you think that this world will freeze or that it will perish by fire?" "I don't care," was the answer. "I don't own any stock either in an ice monopoly or a coal trust."—Washington Star. HE KNEW TO HIS SORROW. "How's your father to-day, Tommy?" "He's jest as strong as ever."—Denver Post. Mrs. Sleepyize—Henry, the alarm clock just went off. Mr. Sleepyize—Thank goodness; I hope th' thing'll never come back. Columbus (0.) State Journal. A Dismal Failure Hewitt—Are you a good judge of women's ages? Jewett—No; I can't guess a wom- BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." Recognizing the fact that there are many SO CALLED hair-growers and hair-straighteners now on the market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these are 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, received the receipt, OZONO. It was not offered for sale or purchase to any extent until 1875. Then it was out on the market and met with marked success. After a thorough investigation, the colored people of that time it was pronounced an honest, legitimate remuneration 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 well known to 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 fat, and that the harm than good. To these let us sound a warning—be careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived by flaring advertisements and big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guard, we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we will lately agree to forfeit $50.00 if you if they were not true to all we clad several years under this guarantee, who has used Ozone has been satisfied 20,000 people are to-day using recommends Ozone as the King of take the Kinks out of Knotty, Kin some Hair. It will make short, hair your head of all itching, worrying skin and Scurf can not live after Ozone to from falling out. It will restore gray hair long and soft. Now, right here, let us make a remedies to straighten hair, but when you use hot irons. Friends, do not life of the hair, and cause it to drool distal resistance. Nothing but O straight forehead. You can stop the hair are seen in a day or two of The price of Ozone is 50c. a b this liberal offer, which is good at a to us, enclosing with it the sum of four large boxes of Ozone and one which makes black skin bright, ros skin diseases. Also removes all facial-pox pits. We will also include Food—Nature's great beautifier—and all facial blemishes; makes the younger. We will also include one package absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if you are dissatisfied with our preparations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for several years under this guarantee, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozone has been satisfied in every respect. 20,000 people are to-day using our preparations, and every purchaser recommends Ozone as the King of all hair Tonics. Ozone will positively take Kinks out of Knotty, Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome Hair to take short, harsh hair long and straight. It will cure your head of all itching carrying 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 preserve 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 Ozone 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 Ozone 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. an's age any nearer tian she can her- self.—Town Topics. Human Limitations. First Tramp—It's hard fer a man to live up to his ideals. Second Tramp—Dat's all right! A feller can't git out of sawin' some wood.—Puck. No Chance for Dispute. "You know Will was just crazy to marry me!" said the young bride. "Yes; that's what everybody thinks," replied her jealous rival.— Yonkers Statesman. A Feminine Talker. Small Boy—Mom wants a loaf of stale bread ter make stuffin' with for our turkey. Baker—We have no stale bread left. "No bread?" "But you said your mother desired stale bread." "Yep." "This isn't stale." "Mom's run acrost th' street to talk with th' neighbors 'bout th' goings on at Mrs. Blinker's last night, and it'll be stale by the time she gits back."—N. Y. Weekly. There is no truer friendship than that of the boy and the dog. There are no happier days to which the grown man may look back with a tender regret for their passing than the days spent in the old home fields with the faithful four-footed companion of youth. Confidence between boy and dog was perfect. The dog perhaps was not a thoroughbred, and had come into the world minus a pedigree, but the boy accepted him for what he was, and in the blessed ingenuousness of youth may even have found an occasion of added pride in the dog in some characteristic which he now knows was highly to the animal's discredit as determined by the bench show standards. And as for the dog, on his part, too, he took the boy for what he was, asking of him no more than that he should condescend to make of himself a demigod for unstinted confidence, affection and worship. If the scientists would devise a way to represent the care-free happiness of boyhood days in some equivalent of foot-pounds, the amount of it justly accredited to the companionship of boy and dog would be expressed in many tons—Forest and Stream. If the question were asked: Why do the rhinoceri grow their horns upon the nose, instead of on the head, like other animals? the answer would probably be that they require them for root digging and such like purposes as well as for war, and the nasal position reckens them more general- Human Limitations No Chance for Dispute A Feminine Talker: "Nothing but fresh bread." "This isn't stale." The Box and the Dog. Fashions in Horns. antes to do all that is claimed for it, or you a plain question—would we abso- cate dissatisfied with our preparations, for them? We have advertised for and we are glad to say that every one died in every respect. our preparations, and every purchaser his Hair Tonics. Ozono will positively y, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Trouble- hair hair long and straight. It will cure scalp diseases. Itch, Eczema, Dandruff, has been applied. It will stop your hair y hair to its natural color, making the statement. Many firms are advertising then they send the preparation they tell not use iron irons they will burn up the up out. Ozono straightens without any ozono is necessary, and the hair stays use at any time. The good effects on the first application. bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make any time: Cut out this coupon and send One Dollar, and we will forward to you large bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, high skin soft and pliant, and cures all ial imperfections, and actually removes one fancy jar of our Electrical Skin moves wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, he old look young and the young look age of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is and no soap but a pure soap should ever ly useful than if they were fixed on the top of the skull. At present the rhinoceros is the only quadruped which has a horn of this kind, but a study of fossil mammals shows that he is the sole survivor of a vast number of creatures whose natural weapons were built on the same general plan. In fact, in the days of the rhinoceros' early forefathers horns of this kind were probably much more common than those such as we see on the heads of oxen, antelopes and sheep. In the course of ages the fashion in wearing horns has undergone a radical change, but the rhinoceros, who is essentially a conservative beast, has stuck to the older method. —Pearson's Magazine. They Met Their Match At an evening party the other night one of the guests made a novel bet. He placed three jugs in a row. Tying a piece of stout string to the handle of the first one, he threaded it through the handle of the second jug, and tied it again to the handle of the third jug. Then he offered to bet the other guests that he would free the middle jug without untying or cutting the string. Many took up the challenge and wagered he could not do it. When all was agreed the man who had made the bet calmly lit a match and burnt the string through and took the bet.—London Answers. A Strange Punishment In Guiana, if a child is slow in its movements the parents apply an ant to the child instead of a whip, to make it move faster. This little ant bites more cruelly than a mosquito, and its bite is apt to be troublesome afterward. As you can imagine, the treatment does not make the child kind to others, and the children of Guiana are said to be particularly cruel to animals. The little boys of Guiana do not reckon their age by years, but by their ability to endure pain. Until he gets to the point where he can let the Huecu ant bite him without wincing, he is considered merely a baby.—Detroit Free Press. The Diameter of Venus Prof. See has lately measured the diameter of the planet Venus and finds the value 16.80. This is in agreement with the value 16.82 found by Prof. Auwers from heliometer measures taken at the transits of 1874 and 1882. If these are reduced to miles (taking the solar parallax as 8.80), the resulting diameter of Venus is 12.181 kilometers, or 7,564 miles.—Science. Suspicious. First Bookkeeper—Dobson has been chuckling to himself over his work all day. He must see something very amusing in the figures he's working with. Second Bookkeeper—That so? Well, let's watch out and get away the min- Suspicious. 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 of testimonials we have not space to publish. Here is a sample of one: Boston Chemical Company: Dear Sirs, -You are at liberty to state in any newspaper that I have used OZONO, and give it my most hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often, it does me good to recommend honest goods. Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a short while only, I am glad to say that my hair is already straight and growing finely. A last word. OZONO is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful and luxurious growth. If your hair is already straight you can use it to secure a glossy long growth. Buy only the genuine OZONO. It will be at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive your order. 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. Boston Chemical Company ; Here is another : Gentlemen,—After using OZONO a that my hair is already straight and grow A last word. OZONO is absolutely cause a beautiful and luxurious growth you can use it to secure a glossy loo "OZONO." Send us $1.00 at once, and day we receive your order. BOST 310 Boston C 310 East I enclose you the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00. worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical $1 (pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. Name. Street. County. If you want 4 lots like above, send $ no coupon, let her write her name on a when you send your order. ute closing-up time comes. His three-year-old boy has been saying something cute again.—Judge. The Real Thing. The Suitor—Here, on my knees, I place this ring upon your finger. My love goes out to you. The Coquette—But how do I know it is genuine? "My love is as genuine as the blush on your cheek." "Bother the love! I mean the ring." —Chicago Daily News. Plague of Flies in Paris Paris has been suffering for months from a great plague of flies and other insects. Naturalists trace this to the wholesale slaughter of birds for women's hats, and the ministry of agriculture has issued a circular ordering a stricter observance of the laws enacted for the protection of birds.—N. Y. Sun, One Man's Wisdom She (after the proposal)—Are you in favor of a long or short engagement? Hi. If you can cook I'm in favor of a short one. If you can't we had better make it long enough to enable you to learn.—Chicago Daily News. Like Your Shadow Friends are like your shadow —only with it, in sunshine. —Chicago Dally News End of a Romance "I called to see your father this afternoon," remarked Charlie, as he took a seat in the parlor. Dora fluttered visibly. Recovering herself with an apparent effort, she said, simply: "Did you?" "Yes," replied Charlie. "He has been owing our firm a little account for a long time."—Tit-Bits. Perfidious Man. Mrs. Lingust- I want to get a divorce. My husband talks in his sleep. Lawyer Soozem-But, my dear madam, that is no ground for divorce. There is no cruelty in- Mrs. Lingust- But he talks in Latin, and I don't understand that language at all.-Baltimore American. Parlor Diplomacy Mrs. Brago—Tell me, professor, will my daughter ever become a great pianist? Herr Voglesnitzle—I cannot dell. "But has she no of the qualifications necessary for a good musician?" "Ach! Yah, matam, she has two handts."—Tit-Bits. Entitled to Them Lawyer—My client wants two pensions. Pension Agent—Two? Lawyer—Yes; she can prove that her deceased husband wouldn't have gone to war at all if she hadn't made him—Chicago Record. MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. MISS BESSIE POWERS, 383 Missouri street, Toledo, O. guaranteed to straighten hair and If your hair is already straight, growth Buy only the genuine the goods will be sent the same TON CHEMICAL CO., 500 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Chemical Co., 1 Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. $1.00, for which please send at once 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. ....., House, No. 1 City. State. $3.00. If you have a friend who has piece of paper and pin to coupon Euchred. Euchred. "Elphalet," said she, reproachfully, "I do not approve of such extravagance. Now, when Alfonso calls, he is sensible, and does not come loaded down with expensive flowers." "Henrietta," said he, calmly, "it is generally understood that a knave can't win a queen unless he is one of the bowers." "You are both knaves," she murmured, coily, "but you are the right bower and he—is left," and with these words she melted into his arms.—Town Topics. This Woeful World. "Some people," sighed the disappointed one, "are so lucky that it seems as if they simply can't lose, no matter what happens." "And still the people who lose," said the amateur philosopher, "are not always happy. I know a fat woman who would like to lose about 60 pounds and can't, and it makes her hopping mad every time she thinks of it."—Chicago Times-Herald. Lenten Meditation "Oh, where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I am going to church, kind sir," she said. "What do you there, I would ask, pretty maid?" "I pray, and I think up new hats," she said. —Detroit Free Press. JUST IN TIME. He—Too bad, Miss Maud, that you are always engaged. I would propose to you on the spot. She—You are just in time, because I broke off my engagement yesterday—Heitere Welt. No Difference. Whoe'er the man, when plaudits gay Resound among the spires and arches. The people shout the same "hooray!" The brass bands play the same old marchs. -Washington Star. Just His Way Mabel—I sometimes think that Charlie doesn't love me—he acts so silly. Agnes—Nonsense! When he acts silly that shows he's in earnest. Judge. THE PLANET SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901 TEMPERANCE NOTES It Leads a Christian Physician to Take a Positive Stand Against Alcoholic Liquors. Dr. Harold Remington was the son of a man so rich that it seemed wholly unnecessary for him to do anything more laborious than to keep track of the investments which fell to his share. He was singularly unspoiled by the money which was his inheritance, and the forceful activity of healthful young life had created in him a desire to make a place for himself in the world. Having been graduated from a coeducational school he had quite naturally selected one of his schoolmates for a wife, and for reasons of their own they had chosen this town rather than a large city for their field of labor. There was little in Harold's education, intellectual or religious, which developed in him any sense of personal responsibility for the unfortunate in life. He did his work carefully and conscientiously, charging up his poor patients to the benevolent fund, and was in a fair way to get used and hardened to, social distress, as he had to physical pain when something happened. The doctor and Helen had settled themselves one evening for the quiet talk which was their rest and comfort after the day's labor, when he observed signs of excitement about her, and persuasively asked: "Well, what is it? I see you have something on your mind." "O Harold! it is such a dreadful thing. You know I told you that the German woman who comes to help the housemaid with the washing and cleaning was such a bright ALCOHOL THE CAUSE OF IT. woman. I often wondered why she had to work so hard. This morning she came with her eyes all red with crying to tell me that she didn't believe she could wash to-day. I asked her what was the matter, but she didn't want to tell. Of course I knew there was some trouble, and I insisted on knowing. I took hold of her arms to make her sit down and she cried out as if it hurt her, and then dropped into a chair and cried as if her heart would break. I couldn't do a thing but wait till she got quiet, and then she broke out in German and told me how her man had beaten her and showed me her arms pounded almost to a jelly." "Harold," said Helen, suddenly, straightening herself and looking him keenly in the face; "you drink wine sometimes, don't you?" Harold laughed heartily. "Why, sweetheart, are you afraid I'll beat you?" "Nonsense!" she said, leaning back in her chair with narrowing eyelids, as if she were scrutinizing something closely. "You don't suppose I think you capable of that; but what is it about the stuff that makes such brushes of men?" "I don't know," said Harold, indifferently. "Probably the beast is in the man by nature and the liquor rouses it to activity." Helen was silent, but her steadfast gaze remained fixed on the opposite wall until her husband turned it toward him, exclaiming: "What a brown study! Why don't you tell me what it's all about?" "It's the poor woman and her trouble. I wish I could do something for her." "I guess you can; trust you to cheer her up." "Yes, but I mean something more than that. What can be done for her while he is like that? Say, dearest! let's study up alcohol. I hear it's in the public school course, but you and I don't seem to know very much about it." Of course Harold could not refuse such a pleader, but truth to tell he did not feel any great interest in the subject. Drunkenness was utterly disgusting to him. It had been his pride that he had never been overcome by liquor, and he often declared that a gentleman ought to be above such weakness. But Helen threw herself into the business with a zest, getting scientific opinions and verifying them as far as possible in the laboratory. After the investigation had been going on for some time and the counts against alcohol had multiplied appallingly, Helen inquired one evening with a rogust smile: "Harold, do you believe alcohol ever did any good?" Harold pulled his mustache thoughtfully for a moment and then replied, soberly enough: "No, my dear, I honestly don't, and I've sworn off, for I'm persuaded a Christian man can't afford to have anything to do with it, and I've made up my mind that I can just about do without it in medicine, too." Helen's eyes dilated and brightened, as she exclaimed enthusiastically: "You blessed man! I knew you'd find a way to help. And how about the saloons; do you think a Christian man ought to vote for them?" "No," said Harold, positively, though he remembered that the saloon had not heretofore entered into his political calculations. Indeed, politics had never interested him very much, but he saw that as a Christian he had a duty to perform there, and he was not the man to shirk a duty when it was made clear to him. On another evening Harold reported a case from which he had just returned where a baby had been born of drunken parents in the midst of horrible conditions, and it had a depression in the skull which made it certain it could never be up to the average mentally. "I tell you," said he, "I hated to see the little creature live. It's sure no be a curse to the world. I'm not sure but drunkenness is responsible, through heredity, for the biggest part of our defective and criminal classes." "Why," said Helen, "it is what the Bible says: "The iniquities of the father shall be visited upon the children to the third and fourth generation,' and you remember, Paul said: 'If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy,' and he says, too, that the baby is 'the temple,' and she shuddered at the thought "Holiness is wholeness of body as well as of soul," went on Helen. "Glorify God with your bodies," said Harold, softly. Helen laid her hand on his and said, reverently: "Let it be our work for Jesus to make our young friends understand this."—Carrie L. Grout, in Union Signal. DRINKING IN BOER ARMY. It Is Always and Strongly Discouraged—Splendid Results of Total Abstinence. The fighting Boer has always discouraged whisky drinking, and the present war is no exception to the rule, as the following, by Fritz v. d. Straaten, in the Sud-Afrikanische Korrespondenz shows: "In the Boer army liquor drinking has been prohibited from the beginning, and smuggling prevented as much as possible. The rule has worked well. Our men have been in the saddle hundreds of miles at a stretch and in all sorts of weather, yet non 'caved in.' We had no hygienic unforms, many had not even warm overcoats; yet the cold nights and hot days did not hurt the men. I have asked many medical men about the matter, and nearly all attributed the remarkable physical endurance of the Boers to their abstemiousness. It has been said that liquor will assist one in bearing fatigue. Not a word of it is true. Once during the campaign on the Tugela I, with a few comrades, reached an abandoned farm. The sun was sinking. We had been in the saddle since daybreak, without food or drink. Nothing eatable was in the house, but one of the men found a bottle of Cape brandy. Everyone shared the find except an old cattle Boer. And the result?—all who took a drink were in a raging fever half an hour after. Despite all the hunger and thirst I had experienced, I never felt so bad during the whole campaign. Had we met any Britishers when we continued our ride, the old Boer who refused to drink would have been the only one able to fight. It is absolutely false that liquor raises the courage. The only result it has is to make men more careless. This may have been of some value in the old days of hand-to-hand fighting; but what is wanted today is iron nerve, a clear eye, quick decision. I will only add that the Europeans, on the Boers' side, felt no bad effects from being deprived of liquor." —Literary Digest. TO THE POINT. Chicago has 600 churches and 6,000 saloons—Christian Work. "Don' pass too much o' yoh time whah dey sells gin," said Uncle Eben. "When a man gets to be a saloon fixture he generally goes to smash in a hurry, wout waitin' foh a lady to come roun' wif an ax."—Washington Star. A man who has just retired from the employ of the Pennsylvania railroad after 50 years of continuous service as a night watchman declares that he is the luckiest railroad man on record. He has never been reprimanded, never met with an accident and never caused one. On the other hand, he once stopped the Philadelphia express on the edge of a washout, and saved 200 lives. In spite of many temptations, an onth never passed his lips during all his years of service, and he has never used tobacco or tasted liquor. Perhaps his efficiency and freedom from accident were not due entirely to luck—Youth's Companion. Ether Drinking in Prussia To the evils of alcohol are now added the evils of the ether drinking, which has spread alarmingly in eastern Prussia, where ether is sold in the saloons, like any liquor, four or five grams to a glass. 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All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by email: info@microsoft.com TERMS IN ADVANCE Das Copy, one year, $1.00 Das Copy, six months, 1.00 Das Copy, six months, 1.00 Das Copy, four months, 50 Das Copy, six months, 40 Single Copy, $4.00 AQVERTISING RATES COMMUNICATION :- When writing to a person you should or you should discontinue your paper you should give your name an address I. full, otherwise we cannot find your name in our books. COMMUNICATION :- In order to enquire the address of a subscriber we must send the form as well as the present address Inherited in the Post-Office at Richmond, Va. should class matter. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901 It is a significant fact that Hon. Wm. BOTALL, who spoke emphatically against the Negro, was defeated for the nomination as a member of the constitutional convention. SENATOR DANIEL'S OPINION. We have never believed that there was the remotest danger of the separation of the school funds upon the basis of the amount of taxes paid by white and colored persons. It would be a fatal blow at the public free school system itself, for if a child's education is to be ganged by the taxes its parents pay, then the children of the white laboring man would be great sufferers. Senator John W. DANIEL's ringing utterances in dealing with this question will attract universal attention. He is quoted as follows: "I beg leave to say that I think it would be unfortunate for any auch provision to be put in our State Constitution. Apart from all questions of constitutional and legal import, it seems to me that the proposition is lacking in just regard for the natural relations of the State to its citizens. It would contain a restriction upon legislative power unprecedented in the United States. It would create a running sore in the Commonwealth that would be fruitful of constant and irresistible agitations. It would put us out of sympathy with the great body of our fellow-citizens elsewhere, as well as a large mass of them (white and black) in our own Commonwealth. It would destroy the hope of a stable, judicious and satisfactory Constitution which is now kindled in the breasts of our people." and again: primary education ought to be free so all. With the three 'R's' open to everybody they have the keys that unlock the book of knowledge, and it is their own fault or peculiar misfortune if they do not thus work out their own salvation. You will observe that I speak of primary education. I do so because I think much of education has been wasted and there is ample room for improvement and reform, without disturbing the foundations of education, paying to any one primary opportunities. "The spirit of the epoch into which we are happily moving is a liberal one, and as the shadows which owe issues have left upon us the more and more precede, it will become more and more liberal. Our own people are librarians by nature and history, and there was never a time when they could better afford to be liberal by interest. He continues: "Every Southern State and every border State has had a Constitutional Convention, and some of them two Constitutional Conventions, since Virginia's last one, in 1867. All of these States have had racial questions to deal with, and some of them were stirred to the highest pitch of indignation by the atrocities of carpet-bag governments, yet in no one of them has any such racial move as the partition of school funds by severe racial lines ever found fear. This is a most significant fact. He shows the concurrence of all of the Commonwealths similarly situated to ours. The step is advisable. We would isolate ourselves by taking it and chill the samper of reform. "The power that comes after struggle and suffering is ro烈ly tempted to extremes. But then, too, is the happy chance of moderation and wisdom." It is noted, however, that the distinguished Virginian opposes the public high-school and thereby antagonizes every institution of learning that attempts to educate its pupils beyond reading, writing and arithmetic. This will be the issue then, and not the absurd proposition which some were credulous enough to believe could be enacted into law. CAPT. WISE'S POSITION. We read with satisfaction the remarks accredited to Hon George D. Wise. The following is the extract to which we refer: "Captain George D. Wise, who was nominated as one of the Democratic candidates for the Constitutional Convention from this city, has some decided views on the suffrage question, which he does not hesitate to express Captain Wise does not believe in the enfranchisement of the Negro, and says his proposition is made in the convention he expects to deliver a carefully prepared argument against it. "He says he will oppose the whole sale wiping out of the Negro vote on two grounds—first, because he believes it is in conflict with the United States Constitution and will not vote for any clause that will not stand the test of the court; and, second, because he believes it is against the very spirit of American institution. Captain Wise says that one of the issues upon which American independence was won was that no people should be taxed without representation, and he will never give his vote in violation of that great principle. "He says Virginia has led her sister States in the past and that this is one of her greatest opportunities. The Voice is here, in the opinion of Captain Wise, that she can set the pace by making an up-to-date constitution, which will stand the test of the courts and lead to a higher and better civilization in the South." "He believes the eyes of the civilized world are upon Virginia now and it behooves her representatives in convention to so act as to win the plaudits of mankind—to open the gates of the South to capital and to bury the last words of colonialism. "In looking at the list of men who have been nominated for the convention so far,' concluded Captain Wise. 'I am constrained to believe that the convention will make a Constitution which will not only be adopted by the people at the polls, but which will be a rich heritage to those who are to follow for all time.'" Captain Wise said equally as much along this line before he was nominated and his endorsement carries with it an approval of his views. All of the patriotic Virginians are not dead yet. EX GOV. O'FERRALL'S DECLARATIONS. It requires a true statesman to face the clamor of the politicians and seemingly in the face of sure defeat enunciate great principles and at the same time appeal to the law. This is what Hon. CHARLES T. O'FERRALL did in a series of articles contributed recently to the columns of the Richmond, Va., DAILY TIMES. But it is to the one under date of March 29, 1901, that we desire to call attention. Ex-Gov. O'FERRALL said: "Editor of The Times: "Sir,—Under the organic law of this Union, the Negro is a citizen, with all the duties and responsibilities of any other citizen. He must pay taxes upon his property, he must fight whenever his country or State demands it. and he must perform all public services just as any other citizen. It is contrary to the genius of republican burdens without citizenship permit the Federal Government has declared the Negro to be worthy of citizenship, and Virginia by her solemn act has ratified that declaration." Could any language be stronger or meet the issue more squarely? And again: "The Federal Constitution has not clothed the Negro or the white man with the right of suffrage; it has left the question of suffrage to each State to be determined according to its own will, only prohibiting discrimination on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. But as a cardinal doctrine of a republican government, I insist that the power to select rulers and participate in the affairs of the Government should be conferred upon all citizens who required to perform their duties in the regard of the burdens of citizenship, regardless of their nativity, blood, race or color, unless by their bad conduct they have rendered themselves dangerous to society and brought themselves under the ban of our criminal laws, or provided themselves worthless by contributing nothing to the support of the Government." He "shied his castor" in the ring and none have appeared bold enough to cross swords with him. "When once the great fundamental doctrine of equal rights to all citizens, special privileges to none, is trenched upon who can tell to what extent it may finally go; where it may finally end? Take away the ballot from the Negroes as a class, because it is regarded as expedient for this or that reason, and a presedent will be set for like action as to some other class, whenever a majority may again consider it expedient. 'Revolutions never go backward.'" "I am opposed upon principle to disfranchising any class of citizens because of their nativity, race or color." Ex-Gov O'FERRALI is a Democrat to the core. He at one time was the recognized party leader in Congress and this adds weight to all that he chooses to say upon this subject. It is gratifying indeed to see a Virginian "to the manner born" speaking out in open meeting and warning the people against the demagogues, who live but to day, and to-morrow are gone forever. MANY ILLEGAL DIVORCES MANY ILLEGAL DIVORCES Supreme Court Declares North Dakota Decrees Invalid. LESS THAN TEN PER CENT LEGAL As Many of the Couples Have Sneeze Remarried, the Decision Affects the Legitimacy of Many Children—Unscrupulous Lawyers Responsible. Fargo, N. D., April 17.—As a result of the United States supreme court decision declaring invalid divorces granted in this state in which residence was not banafide, there came a flood of telegrams today from those likely to be affected. It is believed that, owing to the practice of rushing home immediately after decrece were granted, less than 10 per cent of the divorces allowed during the recent divorce period would be found valid if contest. But of those secured a large percentage were agreed cases, where appearance was made by both parties. Comparatively few had bitter contests and only in these can the question of residence be raised. Many of the latter class, however, included distinguished easterners and foreigners. A majority of these have remarried, and the decision of the court not only affects their present status, but the legitimacy of many children born subsequently to second marriages. This makes the court's finding far reaching and creates great anxiety. Applicants for divorces have always been warned against abandoning their residences so hurriedly, but much of the trouble has been caused by divorce bureaus, operated by unscrupulous local attorneys, with branch offices in the east. A majority of the victims have been from New York, although New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New England states are well represented. Notwithstanding that 12 months' residence is now required, there are a number of applicants here at present. MASCARDO CANNOT ESCAPE The Insurgent General's Chief of Staff Has Surrendered. Manila, April 17.—The chief of staff of the insurgent general Mascardo has surrendered at the town of Marivales, in Bataan province, Luzon. He said that Mascardo's band of followers, now greatly diminished, are in a bad way. It is impossible for them to elude the Americans, they are unable to obtain food and want to surrender. It is expected that Gen. Mascardo himself will surrender shortly. A civilian namer Fletcher, accused of unlawful conversion of commissary stores, will be tried by the provost court today. Speaking of the commissary scandals, a prominent army officer said to a press representative that he had every reason to believe that Col. Woodruff, head of the subsistence department at Manila, was not implicated. He said that Col. Woodruff was ignorant of the fact that Harold M. Pitt, manager of Evans & Co., the army contractors, was leasing him the house in which he lived for much less rental than Pitt had paid therefor. Upon discovering this Col. Woodruff immediately vacated the house. Pitt is alleged to have said that Capt. Read, of the commissary department, deceived Col. Woodruff, who thought Capt. Read to be thoroughly honest. The irregularities in commissary matters were first attributed to Capt. Read's unfamiliarity with commissary work. An Anti-Union Labor Combine Newport, Ky., April 17.—A notice was posted yesterday on the doors of the factory of the Wadsworth Watch Case company, where a strike has been in progress, that hereafter no union labor would be employed by that concern. An additional notice stated that the same stringent action had been taken by the following leading companies of the country manufacturing watch cases: The Keystone company of Philadelphia, the Fahig of San Harbor and the Crescent of Newark. Notice was given that the companies had formed a combine against the employment of union labor. "The Hat Trimmings" Cases Settled. Philadelphia, April 15.—The Record says: The famous "hat trimming" cases, involving about $20,000,000, and which since 1884 have been the subject of bitter legal battle between the government and a number of importers, have at last been settled. It is stated on high authority that a compromise has been effected through which the merchants interested will receive about $4,000,000 from the United States treasury in full settlement for the much larger amount they claim to have been forced to pay in excess of legal duties. Death of a Noted Educator. Baltimore, April 17—Prof. Henry A. Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins university, died suddenly at his home in this city yesterday morning, aged 52. The cause of his death is general breakdown of his system. Although the professor had been in ill health for several months, it was not until a few days ago that his symptoms became at all alarming, and his death was entirely unexpected. 9 For the North Pole Montreal, April 17.—Capt. Hanbury, the well known English explorer, has left here for Edmonton by way of Winnipeg on a private tour of exploration in the direction of the North Pole. He will travel by means of boats and sledges. He was to have started some months ago, but the sudden death of his father called him back to England. Millions For New York Schools. New York, April 17.—Mayor Van Wyck yesterday approved bond issues for $3,700,000 recently passed by the municipal assembly. The sum of $2,-000,000 is to be spent for school houses in Manhattan and the Bronx, $1,200,000 for Brooklyn and $300,000 for Queens. Mayor Van Wyck also approved a bond issue for $200,000 for a high school in the borough of Richmond. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Jackson, Miss., April 16.—Stone masons employed on the new state house went on strike yesterday afternoon because the contractor placed three negro masons at work on the building. The contractors declare they will keep the negroes at work. Point Pleasant, W. Va., April 16.—A south bound freight train on the Ohio River railroad ran through a temporary trestle near here yesterday. The engine and five cars went through and were destroyed. Engineer John Pennock, of Parkersburg, remained on his engine and was killed. Several traimen were slightly injured, among them F. W. Johnson, F. E. Frost and Burt Way, of Parkersburg. Knoxville, April 15.—The board of managers of the National Soldiers' Horses for Disabled Soldiers have completed their investigation of a site at Johnson City, Tenn., for a new home to be erected there, and passed through here yesterday afternoon en route to Los Angeles, Cal., to inspect the home at that place. Gen. Charles M. Anderson stated that in the course of two weeks a site would be in hand, and without delay improvements on it would begin. Whitesbury, Ky., April 13.—Two men were killed and two wounded in a fight between Sheriff John W. Wright and his deputies, on one side, and the deserpoedes who robbed and murdered aged Mrs. Jemima Hall and her son, on the other. The fight occurred on the mountain top, between Boone's Fork and Mill Stone Creek. Wright and his posse started out several months ago to capture the gang who cruelly tortured and murdered the aged widow and her son and burned her body, with the little hut in which she lived. Atlanta, Ga., April 11.—Governor Candler left last night for New York to borrow $200,000 on account of the state to pay the school teachers of Georgia their second month's salary of the present year. The governor is permitted to do this under the constitution, but back of it all is a controversy between the state officials, which involves the public property fund of $432,000, now in the state treasury, and the legal right of the officials to use it temporarily. This matter is to be tested in the courts for the purpose of future guidance. Mayking, Ky., April 15.—Later advices from the feud troubles at Boone's Fork are that Deputy Sheriff John H. Elkins, of Whitesburg, who was on Wright's side, was shot twice in each shoulder. Creed Potter, with John Reynolds, was shot twice, only slight flesh wounds. John Reynolds is believed to be shot fatally. A dozen armed men guard the house where Reynolds is being nursed. The others occupy positions for picket duty. The Wrights received over a dozen armed recruits yesterday. W. S. Wright and his son, William, were buried in the same grave yesterday. Sylvania, Ga., April 13.—Last Monday a negro entered Dave Cowart's house, near Portal, in Bullock county, and went into his daughter's room. Miss Cowart screamed and Mr. Cowart entered. After a desperate struggle the negro escaped. Next day a negro from South Carolina, named Kennedy Gordon, was arrested. Mr. Cowart and other citizens gave the negro a "chance for his life" and told him he could run or be lynched. The negro made an effort to escape, when two loads of buckshot were fired at him. Some of the shot passed through his body, and he was then left, supposed to be dying. Thursday Gordon showed up at Rocky Ford. That night a crowd of people took charge of Gordon to carry him to Portal. After crossing the river there were a number of shots fired. No member of the posse returned, but the report is that the negro was "lost." A MURDER 8ENSATION. Major Barnard B. Evans Charged With Killing His Friend. Columbia, S. C., April 15.—Late Saturday afternoon Capt. John J. Griffin, commercial agent of the Norfolk and Western Railroad company, was shot to death in the rooms of Maj. B. Barnard B. Evans, brother of ex-Governor John Gary Evans, in this city. Maj. Evans was arrested on suspicion of having committed the crime, though there is not the slightest evidence of a motive, the men being warm friends. Dr. R. W. Gibbs was summoned by Evans. When Dr. Gibbs announced that Griffin was dying he declares that Evans, who had been drinking heavily, became wildly excited and exclaimed that Dr. Gibbs lied and that Dr. Gibbs and not himself had killed Griffin. The physician, under pretext of replacing a broken instrument, managed to get out of the room, although Evans declared that he should not. Dr. Gibbs summoned the police and they were refused admittance until Judge Ernest Gary, a cousin of Evans, arrived. Evana struck Judge Gary and was taken to jail in a state of hysteria, having declared that Griffin had taken his own life. The coroner's jury yesterday afternoon rendered a verdict that to the best of its belief the death of Capt. Griffin was caused by a gunshot wound inflicted at the hands of Maj. Evans. The news of the tragedy excited intense interest over the state. Ex-Judge Gary Evans, of Spartansburg and Capt. N. G. Evans, of Edgfield, S. C., brothers of Major Evans, arrived yesterday and have secured counsel for him. Major W. T. Gary, of Augusta, Ga., an uncle of Major Evans, is also here. Hopeless. Jack—Hello, old man! What makes you look so glum? Jim—Edith—Miss Sheeroff—has refused me; she doesn't care at all for me. "Who told you?" "She did, of course. Why, what do you mean?" "Oh, she told me some time ago that she never hoped to make you understand it." - Harper's Bazar. HOMEMADE DRESSES HOW A TAILOR BLOUSE SUIT CAN BE MADE. One of the Newest and Most Popular of All Outdoor Costumes—All Sorts of Woolen May Be Used in Making a Stylish Garment. [Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association.] The tailor blouse suit is one of the newest and best liked of all the outdoor costumes, especially for young women. It is made of all sorts of woolen materials, but the most suitable are the smooth surfaced goods, like cravenette suitings, whipcords, coverts and mixtures. A few are made of cloth, and some are of venetian, but the handsomest are of the heavy cravenette coverts. These come from 44b to 48 and 58 inches wide. It requires five yards of the widest to make a suit like the one in the illustration, which shows the tailor blouse. The skirt to this is what is known as the flare skirt, and, as is usual with tailor suits, it is made quite plain. It is finished simply at the bottom by binding of velutina. There is always a fancy shirt waist to wear with the blouse suit, and this is still further ornamented with a lace cavat, such as was worn by 'the "incroyables." Anything to set it out in front. The blouse is made so that it can be worn open or closed at will. The back is shaped like any dress waist, and cut off at the belt line, but under the belt, falling over the skirt, are two little tablike postilions. These are faced with the same kind of silk as the lining of the blouse. The back has four pieces—viz, two center and two side back pieces. The fronts are so much deeper under the arms that no underarm pieces are needed. At just one half of the way between the side seams and the front is a dart which gives a certain figure. The rest is cut rounding at the bottom, and this is sewed fast to a belt made of stitched panne velvet. The colors are suitably chosen, and the panne is stitched in contrasting color, sometimes in black and as often in white or other color. When the rounded front of the blouse is sewed to the belt, it must be held full, so as to give it the puffed out effect, and to that end it is cut two inches longer than the belt. That throws the fullness to the front in the anrow- ```markdown ``` BLOUSE TAILOR SUIT. ed manner. The fronts at least of the blouse must be lined with silk or satin or pannne. The collar and the revers are of panne stiffly stitched with black, and a very narrow black soutache braid can be added to accentuate it. The whole front of this kind of a blouse is lined with light weight buckram, and this is to be stitched in overcast until it is fairly quilted on to the lining. And yet not one of these stitches must show. The front of the tailor blouse is cut wide enough to fasten in double breasted style if occasion should require it. There are three frog buttons on each side, and to make them firm a small piece of buckram is put under them, and then they are sewed fast with that as a stay. The sleeves are coat shape from the shoulder almost to the wrist, where they widen out to a narrow flowing shape. This is easy and only requires that instead of narrowing it into the wrist it be cut a little wider, say two inches, as the cuff adds to the effect. The cuff is made of stiffened panne stitched like the revers and turned upward. The lining to the sleeves extends to the wrists, and at the bottom is a band of panne stitched like the rest. It is not absolutely necessary to use panne, for white cloth or taffeta or velvet can be used in its place. The puffed undersleeve is of plaited silk muslin. To make the sleeve, first cut and sew the lining, and then sew the band around the wrist after having faced the inside of the wrist. Then cut the outside and sew that and press the seams and bring it down over the lining and sew it to the lining. After this lay the plaited undersleeve along under the band and stitch it down so that both are held firmly. Then take the cuff and sew that with the seam upward so that when the cuff is turned it will come right. When this is done, fasten the two points of the cuff together. OLIVE HARPER. Supposed Suicide Was Murdered Supposed Suicide Was Murdered. Wilkesbarre, Pa., April 17.—On Monday Joseph Kutajapa, a Slav, was found hanging to a rafter in his boarding house at Kingston. It was thought he had committed suicide. Coroner McKeen found evidence last night, however, that the man had been murdered. A number of people are said to be in the conspiracy. The murdered man was known to have money. One woman was arrested last night. A MARYLAND ELECTION. How the New Law Worked in the Contest at Frederick. MANY DEFECTIVE BALLOTS CAST. Colored Hitterates Were Instructed to Vote For "the Long Name," and the Word "Democrat" Was Then Changed to "Democratic." Frederick, Mf., April 17.—The first election held in the state under the new election law was the municipal election in this city yesterday. Owing to the arrangement of the names of the candidates in alphabetical order the count was slow. George E. Smith, Democrat, was elected mayor by a majority of 133 over William H. Hamsburg, Republican. The Democrat elect all the aldermen by average majorities of about 100. Gittinger, Republican, for register, is elected by 91 majority. Many ballots were defective. The action of the supervisors in putting the word "Democratic" after the name of each Democratic candidate, so that it would conform in style and appearance and occupy exactly the same space on the ballot as the word "Republican," caused much complaint among the Republican managers. It is said that the colored illiterates were instructed to vote for the long name, and when the Democrats learned this they changed the word "Democrat" to "Democratic." Then, according to general report, the illiterates were told to vote for William H. Ramsburg, who heads the ticket, the Republican candidate for mayor, and Edward A. Gittinger, who heads the ticket on the second block, the Republican candidate for register, and to let the rest of the ticket go, for any attempt to vote for an aldermanic candidate might endanger the entire ballot. The registered vote of the city is 2,360, of which there are 401 illiterate. Of this last number 265 are colored. Killed His Bride of Four Months. Killed His Bride of Four Months. El Paso, Tex., April 17.—A tragedy shocking and mysterious was enacted in Juarez, Mexico. Monday night, when Andres Garcia sent a bullet crashing through the head of his young bride and then blew out his own brains. A fit of unreasonable jealousy was probably the cause of the act. Andres Garcia and Miss Anita Teresas were marmiled in Chihuahua four months ago. Both belonged to the first families of Mexico and were popular. The young couple went to Juarez to visit friends, and were being entertained at a ball when the tragedy was enacted. Victoria, B. C., April 17.—Advices have been received here that a steamer will leave England in January to lay that portion of the Pacific cable from Queensland to the Fiji islands. A second steamer leaves in August next year to lay the cable from here to Fiji islands. It is expected that the cable will be completed by December, 1902. Relief For Letter Carriers. Washington, April 17.—An order relieving letter carriers of wearing the heavy uniform coats and vests during the summer was signed yesterday by Postmaster General Smith. Postmasters may permit letter carriers to wear a neat shirt waist or loose fitting blouse. Ride THE RICHMOND STAR Bicycle. Manufactured for us Exclusively. We Build Enamel & Repair ANY BICYCLE. LARGE STOCK OF TIRES, BON SADDLES, CEMENT. INNER TUBES BASE BALLS, BATS, BICYCLES, STOVES & PISTOLS. ON INSTALLMENT. Our prices are lower than any house in the city. Call on us. Harris Hardware Compan, 409 East Broad St., Richmond, Va. This week we shall do some unparalled p ice-cutting in Parlor Suites—also Bed-Room, Dining-Room Furniture and fine Carpets. Carload of new spring goods are arriving—and room must be made for them—no matter what the sacrifice. Special prices will also prevail this week in Crockery, Draperies and Framed Pictures. Come in to-morrow and get acquainted; you will enjoy a look through this magnificent stock of Furniture, Carpets and Housefurnishings—and remember—you can have anything in this big store for a promise to pay. Your—for home comfort. Southern Furniture and Carpet Company. 7&9 WEST BROAD STREET. To Lay the Pacific Cable ROCKWELL'S RECOMMENDATION Regarding Court Ceremonial China Adopted by the People Chima Adopted by the Powers. London, April 17.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to The Times from Pekin yesterday, says: "At the meeting of the ministers of the powers today it was decided to adopt the recommendation of Mr. Rockhill, giving effect to article 12 of the joint note concerning the reform of tsung-li-yamen and the modification of the court ceremonial. It was agreed that in place of the tsung-li-yamen there shall be a wai-wu-pu, or board of foreign affairs, having precedence over other boards. It is to consist of a president, who shall be an imperial prince, and of two ministers, one being the president of a board and the other a member of the grand council, with direct access to the emperor. There will also be two vice ministers having knowledge of foreign affairs, one of them speaking a foreign language. "With regard to court ceremonial the ministers of the powers, when about to be received in audience, will be conveyed in imperial chairs to the palace through the central gateways, and be received in the halls where the emperor is accustomed to entertain the imperial princes, and they will be shown honor equal to that shown by European sovereigns to foreign ambassadors." A Veteran Soldier's Windfall. Dayton, O., April 17—Henry H. Hawthorne, one of the invalid soldiers in the Soldiers' Iome here, has just received notice that he has been made the beneficiary to the amount of from $200,000 to $500,000, left him by a woman out of gratitude for having saved her life many years ago. The woman is Mrs. Josephine Fairfax, who recently died in the south of France. While bathing at Kent, England, he saw a woman and her son in a boat, which capsized. Hawthorne, being an expert swimmer, succeeded in救着 the woman, but the son was drowned. A few years ago he met Mrs. Fairfax in England and refused a reward which she urged him to take. Lackawanna Switchmen on Strike. Scranton, Pa., April 17.—About 100 switchmen employed in the Lackawanna railroad yard in this city quit work yesterday because two of their number, Michael Herrity and Patrick Toomey were discharged. Yardmaster B. E. Knowles dismissed the two men and placed two men from Hoboken in their positions. When John Murray refused to instruct the men he was discharged. Superintendent Clarke states that the men will not be reinstated, and that the question of their membership in the brotherhood did not enter into the case at all. There is talk of calling out the switchmen on the whole system from Hoboken to Buffalo. Fell Eighty Feet to Death. Buffalo, N. Y., April 17.—A derrick car and a gondola toppled over a bridge over Eighteen Mile creek, 18 miles from Buffalo, on the Nickle Plate railroad, yesterday afternoon. Six men went with them to the rocky bed 80 feet below. Two were so badly injured that they died within half an hour after the accident. Four others were brought to the Emergency hospital, in this city, where the surgeons said it was doubtful if two of them would live. The dead men are William Dohgreen, aged 41, and Nicholas Wagner, 38. Wesley Eddy, 34, and A. L. Cameron, 41, may die. RICHMOND STAR bicycle. Hamel & Repair GARGE STOCK OF ST. INNER TUBES BICYCLES, STOVES & PISTOLS. Our prices are lower than any ware Compan , st., Richmond, Va. STATUS OUR HOUSE. learn the Money! do some unparalleled p ice—also Bed-Room, Dining- line Carpets. Carload of arriving—and room must matter what the sacri- cal also prevail this week and Framed Pictures. Come quainted; you will enjoy a efficient stock of Furniture, fashions—and remember— in this big store for a —for home comfort. PETTIT, and Carpet Company. ROAD STREET. Pea PN 3aTORI DAY, APR T 5 “20, 1901 = s iF o AA) bate eT RES ORNS * ~~ oO a GRANNY’'S LITTLE SAM. {Title scene, as told by Granny to het ttle grandson, so many times, of th ‘Stampede of the people to get off the islan ‘Before being surrounded by our gunboats Was an actual occurrence at the captun #f Port Royal, 8. C., November §, 1861] ‘Come to granny, biess you, honey, You is granny's little Sam, ‘You ts wut a barrel o” money, If you ts de blackest lamb. ‘Come, you litte plcaninny, WII you little woolly haid, “Granny rock you in de arm-chatr, “Tia you’ time to go to bald. ‘Yee, you’ granny’ll tell dat story, “Bout ele massey, how he run, ‘When do Yankee gunboats firin', In de year of sixty-one, Massey'd tell mose ebery ebnin’ He weren't ‘fraid ‘no Yankee gun— ‘He was born tn South Carolina, ‘Aa’ be'd nebber, nebber run. ‘Close dem eyes, you picantnny, Fo’ you’ granuy's gwine to tell How “twas airly in de mo'nin’ ‘When de gunboats gin to shell. Keep dem feet still. 0, dey’s blessed ‘Run fo’ granny ail de day— Dey jus’ lub to trot fo' granny, ‘Fo’ ube's ole ia ebery way. ‘Tee, ole massey's eatin’ breaktus,, iranny won't fo’get dat day, ‘When shell from dat big gunboat Knock ole massey's house away. ‘Keep dom ben's still, granny lube ‘Fe’ Gey bring tn all de wood Since yo" mamma's gone to Hebbea— Close dem eyes, yo’, and be good. Den you eught to see ole masse, Nebber see'd de like o° dat, ‘He fall ober from de table, Nebber stop fo" coat er hat. All dat day at ole Po't Royal, ‘How dem bustin’ shell did cum— ‘Long befo’ de dew was fallin’ ‘Hbery one was on de run ‘Bherybody on de island Run like race hors on dat day, Fo’ ‘twas ten miles to de ferry, ‘An’ da’ was no udder way. Hiain't yo" eyes close yet, ma honey? ‘Close dem up fo" granny ‘tight; Yee, Gey Kill yo" ole gran-foddeh Ta dat dreful dretul aght. ‘Bx you'd seen dem folks all runnist, ‘Mo'n ten fousen, so dey sayd. ‘Black an’ white an’ big an’ lite, ‘An’ old massey way on ahaid, Am’ dat road to dat ole ferry, ‘De biggest sight you ebber see’é— Dey all froad away dler luggage, ‘Bo dey cud make betteh speed. ‘When ole massey reach dat ferry, ‘Palk about yo" wind-broke hoax, Fo! dat ferry wussent big nut ‘Take dem people all crows, An’ de callin’ an’ do yellin’, "Cause dey cudden't get no riée— Hendreds jump'd right in de ribbe, Dey mus’ reach de odder sida. Bless yo" heart, you little niggah, Ain't you gun to sleep to-night? Lay yo" hald down, clone dem black eyes Granny hug ma honey tight. ‘What de do wid po’ ole massey? Den’ know, chile, I moes fo'get, But i¢ granny’s not mistaken, Po’ ole massey’s runnin” ye Andrew J. Post, in National Triune BECAME A PET IN THE ARMY, Wittem Presented by a Little Girt to Soldiers Fighting for the Union Fiag. One evening toward the clone of the war, while union soldiers lay in camp ona hillside near the Staunton river in Virginia, the cry of “Halt! Who goes there?” from a sentry started every lounger to his feet, and several of the more curious ran to the guard line to find out what the trouble waa, A minute later all knew that the night visitor who had been challenged was ‘no enemy, says the Chicago Chronicle. A little girl of about ten years of age, holding a white kitten in her arms, came forward into the light of the fires, conducted by two soldiers, who had told the sentry to pass her in, and who looked as proud as if they were escorting a queen. The whole regiment gathered, including the colonel himself, to look at the child and hear her tell her story. A very come SAY rAd i = es . aa SHE WANTED TO GIVE SOMETHING. short story it was, scarcely a para- graph, but there was matter enough in it for a full chapter. She lived near by with her father, who was sick and poor, and they were northerners, she ‘aid, and “union folks.” Her mother twas dead and her brother had been ‘Killed while fighting in the federal army. She “wanted to give some- Rhing,” and when the union soldiers ‘came she thonght she would bring her Pet kitten and present it to the colonel ‘The colonel took the little girl in Bis arms and kissed her apd said be was not a bit ashamed of his weak- ‘fess. He accepted the kitten with ‘thanks, and its innocent donor was gal- lantly waited on to her humble hore loaded with generous contributions. The white kitten was adopted by the regiment, but continued { be the Property end the special pet of the colonel, and when the war was over he took it home with him. Both Shavers, Barbers and carpenters are both shavers.—Chicago Daily News, fie a eae A feature of interest connected with slectric fans is that they are purely American, both by right of invention and of use. It is a somewhat singular fact that their use in other countries and in hot climates has been so limit- ed, but it is believed that at least the beginning of ® considerable export trade in this class of merchandise has been made, and that from now on fnereasing and satisfactory numbers of these instruments. will be shipped abroad from our American ports. A modern development of the fan, which was primarily designed for rentila- tion and for moving air or the creation of amall breezes, is the application to the fan mechanism of cooling and heating devices, so that an actual ehange in the temperature of the air may be made. In this way certain electric fan installations have been made lately which serve the triple pur- pose of cooling in summer, heating in winter and ventilating the reoms.— Electrical Review. ais aa aaah ‘With the Mabrattahs caste preju- dices are, as fs well known, not so strong as among some races in India, but in Baroda all strongly approved of Maharajah Partab Singh's helping to carry the coffin of « deceased Eu ropean. Where no caste fellows of the deceased are available for this last service, I think all Hindus would hold a man disgraced if he did not help. Gtill {t is usual only for per sons of the same caste to carry a corpse. Among the Mahrattahs, gen. erally speaking, water must only be taken from a member of our own caste, but with modern ideas these obligations are getting relaxed. The drinking water in my palace ta drawn and served by a caste man.—The Ma. harajah of Baroda, in Nineteenth Cen. tury. a The fly collector asked the medest hotel clerk to change = twenty for him. “Got nothing but two five-dollar Dills,”" said the clerk, looking over his safe deposit. “By the way,” asked the fly col lector, going down inte his pocket book, “did you ever see an eight-dolla: bile “No; nor you either,” responded the elerk with confidence. “Bet you the drinks,” ventured th fly collector, holding something in his hand. “Done,” said the clerk. “I'm willing to pay for the drinks to see that kin¢ of. bill, but I guess I won't have to.” “No?” grinned the fly collector “How's that?” and he handed to th clerk an eight-dollar bill for « pais of trousers.—Detroit Free Press, Shines Satna aie a) ‘The French Huguenot refugees, who have met in the crypt of Canterbury cathedral ever since 1650, when a royal charter of liberty to worship was granted to them, have sworn al- legiance to King Edward VI. Their Pastor, Kev. Jean R. Barnabas, preached @ memorial service for her late majesty, Queen Victoria, and then, according to ancient custom, the oath of allegiance was taken, the pas- tor with uplifted bands making the solemn declaration, to which the peo- ple responded “Amen."—N. ¥. Sun. Swccsestul Selentitie Misa: Setiere. Danish eggs are taking the lead for their good qualities, thanks to the sys- tem of cooperation and selection adopted by the producers. Every egg shell supplied carries the name of its raiser, and as the eggs are all tested a bad egg is traced home. Each raiser must supply eggs thrice a week. The central authority can reject an egg several days old. ‘The eggs are tested and sorted according to their size by an automatic machine—London Globe, Men Pretty Decent After All, ‘Men are pretty decent, after all. A man walked inte this office to-day and raid he wanted to pay a bill 12 years old. The bookkeeper could not find the account. “Never mind,” the man said; “L remember the amount; it {x $16, and here Is the money. I would have paidit long ago, but have not been able.” Dit you ever have a thing like that happen to you?—Atchison Globe. Just = Wisk, Mr. Plodder—I see there's s man in New York who has just paid $51,000 for a seat in the stock exchange. I wish I bad enough money to buy one, Mrs. Plodder—For goodness’ sake! What do you want with a seat in the stock exchange? “I don't. Imerely want to have that much money."—Philadelphia Press. (Cy St Ey An Interesting chair in the newly restored church called the Garrison church, at Berlin, has been ordered by the kaiser to be placed in his pew there. It ts a simple wooden affair, and bears the following inscription: “King Frederick William I. once sat on this chair during divine service.”"— Chicago Inter Ocean. ‘A General tdea, “But,” said the cruel editor, “this fs not good dialect poetry.” | “Not good dialect?” answered the dreamy poet. “Sir, I defy you to find a single word that is spelled correotly in that poem. I guess I know what dialect {s."—Baltimore American. Easy to “String.” Nell—I never knew a girl so sus septible to flattery as Mande. Belle—That's right. Jack told her she was an angel, and she went right off and began taking lessons on the harp.—Philadelphia Record. | Susptetous, Some men think nearly everybody is lying awake nights trying to invent ways to swindle them.—Washingtos a.) Democrat, Beware of Them, Beware of folks who have s0 many friends living at a distance—Wash- Sogton (Ia.) Democrat. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. FEEDING THE BABY. AML MIU Given {o Little Children Should Re Sterilized, ama Sea- ‘wbusdy Sent a Stetbe nk: There has been a great change for the better in the feeding of little children in the last score of years. Far more children who are deprived of their mothers’ milk thrive on ar- tificial feeding than formerly. This Is chiefly due to the process of sterili- zation. All milk red to infants or little children who live largely on milk should be sterilized. Thia should be done to destroy imparities which the milk may receive from contact with the air and from vessels which hold it, as well as to destroy germs of typhoid fever, tuberculosis or other diseases which may be received from the cow. ‘the importance of sterilization, therefore, cannot be in- sisted upon too strongly. Apparatus is sold for this purpose, so that it may be easily accomplished in any kitchen with little trouble. Formerly the milk of one cow was insisted upon. Some authorities object to this, preferring a child should be fed from @ mixture of the milk of different cows. There is more salt and sugar in hu- man milk than in cow's milk. A very little loaf sugar and a little salt should be added to milk given to an infant. A safe rule for feeding little infants {s to boil a teaspoonful of powdered barley and a little salt in a gill of water for 15 minutes. Strain the mixture through a fine strainer which is kept for the purpose and sterilized every time it is used. Add to this mixture as much cow's milk and a little sugar. This preparation can be taken from a bottle. Some- times oatmeal must be substituted for barley. Use oatmeal in place of barley if the child’s bowels are not as open as they should be. For a very young child physicians generally rec- ommend cow's milk, weakened only with water. If it sours on the stom- ach, as it may, make a very thin, transparent mucilage of the best gum arable and milk, sweetened and fla- Yored with a little salt, and give the child » little, It ts = simple, harmless medicine —8. ¥. Weekly. TRAP FOR COCKPOACHES. eeeetase Saree, i one ee ee To find a roach crawling on the dining table fills the heart of many a housewife with disgust, and she is tempted to kill him instantly, which, ‘a H if if NN A . . HU | EN “ =e WA Aw ‘BUG TRAP FOR TABLE LEGS, of course, soils the cloth. ‘The best way is to prevent the peste from climbing up the table legs, and that is just what the invention of P. J. MeAtee, of Gilberton, Pa., is designed toaccomplish. We illustrate the idea In the accompanying picture, = por- tion of the trap being cut away to give a view of the interior arrange- ment. The bug who climbs this table leg must not only know how to swim, but also be able to find his way out of the trap when once inside, and the chances of his reaching the top are small indeed. The slanting upper wall of the trap is highly polished, and this causes many of the insects to fall Into the liquid as soon as they attempt to crawl across it. ‘The liquid may be kerosene or some pol- son, making it impossible for the in- vests to long survive a bath im the trap. The invention may be used on tables, beds, dressers, and, in tact, any article of furniture on which cas- tors are used, as it comprises a cas- tor with an extra long shank, having the trap surrounding the lower por- tion and adapted to support the leg as shown.—Chicago Daily News. A Modesnte Waaatun Gains A moderate outfit for a bride would he a good street costume, several odd codices, a black skirt, a silk gown and ahouse gown, These, with the elothes whieh she already has, entirely reno- vated and remodeled, and a sufficient amount of neatly-made underclothing is all that any girl in moderate er: cumstances needs fer her trouseau— even less would be in order.—Emma M. Hooper, in Ladies’ Home Journal. Gea ee _ St. Peter—Did you ever do anything very bad? Fair Arrival—I—I smuggled a few laces through the customhouse. St. Peter—Oh, well, come in. We can't get along without women—N. ¥. Weekly. Another Opinion. “Do you think bachelors ought to be taxed?” asked Willie Wishington. “No,” answered Miss Cayenne. “I think the girls ought to make up purses and pay them bounties for not making homes unhappy.”—Washing- ton Star. Wine tai ed is tee teenie Jimson—What became of that man who had 27 medals for saving people from drowning? 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Weekly. ‘Woman's Tact. Rev. Cassington—Honestly, Miss Deering, do you think my sermons are too long? Miss Deering—Oh, dear, no! Imere- ly think that life is too short —Puek. A Cheaper Method. Knicker—Jinks has been ordered abroad te take the mud baths. Bocker—Why doesn’t he stay at home and run for office?—Judge. GQaihhed Aeaa tina weal ‘ina en One of the most extraordinary me- mentoes of gambling mania is to be seen to this day at Houghton hall, the residence of the marquis of Cholmon- deley. This is a blank space where the central flight of steps leading to the entrance hall should be, The hall at one time belonged to Robert Walpole, earl of Orford. Lord Orford was a tre- mendous gambler. One of his feats was to gamble away that particular flight of steps. The winner earted them off, and they have never been re- placed. ‘The effect of the blank space is most singular—London To-Day. New Industries im Palestine. One of the Zionist movements in ‘Vienna is an effort to establish indus- tries in Palestine. Among those being considered are fez and basket making and the manufacture of textile fab- rics, clothing, paper, chemicals, matches, machinery, bricks and tiles. ‘The production of wines has been one of the Zionist developments and has Proven successful, large quantities of Palestinian wine being exported ane nually—N, ¥. Tribune, Might Need « Sixe Larger, ‘Towne—Hellol Where did you get the new tile? Browne—Won ft from Jinks ona bet, He’s got to give me a wine supper to- night on another bet. “H'm. Don’t you think it would have Deen wiser to wait until to-morrow morning to select the hat ?"—Philadel- while Press. Russians Stay Up Late. ‘The Russian people are not favorable to the old adage early to bed and early to rise, ete. 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Y , after which she moved to Kast Orange N J. ‘The lest I neard of her, she was ie New York. Any information will be Saas Dine ea her mother, Mas Oagoumes Ove warns, 5°41 2 Oazhertae St, Richmond, Va, THE PLANET THE LAST TIME. Twaz a peaceful hour at the close of day. When we took our stroll down the garden We talked of the future, the present, the past, Till shadows of twilight were over us cast As to future years—they had much in store. And we planned to meet them as off before For our present bliss we were glad at heart. From our past regrets 'twas a joy to part As stars far above us illuminated the night; So Hope cast its rays and the future was bright. In that peaceful hour we had sweetest zest; Years of toll were crowned with a well-earned rest. Could we hope 'twould last? We could hope and pray: The Gate of the City was standing ajar! Had we known, or dreamed, that we never- would go down that walk, as so off before. When the gloom would have wrapped us round! Would have crushed our spirits with dread —profound! Kind Providence shielded our hearts from the blow! It shapeth events so we never can know. But a little while and the summons came! Twas a soft low voice that had called her name: To where the redeemed shall forever rejoice. There a granite stone shall recall her worth when she safely rests in the arms of earth. As year after year of her life comes to view, The record proclaims: "She was faithful John M. Moore in N.Y. Observer." A Cousin by Courtesy By Dorothy Machette Cole. (Copyright, 1901, by Authors Syndicate.) "BE SURE to attend the French opera." Amid the mingling of voices in a chaos of farewells, which were waffled to me as my steamer pushed slowly from the pier, this last injunction sounded. It was impossible to tell by the tone from which particular one of my friends it came, and to me this has always been a source of regret. It is interesting to trace from its slender beginnings the twining thread of destiny. At New Orleans the colonel welcomed me with a charming hospitality which, like his wine, spoke of days past and gone. As I grew to know him better, he became to me a veritable living embodiment of the spirit of gracious cordiality and easy tolerance which is so much a part of the bone and fiber of the true southerner. He possessed in a marked degree that culture and courtiness which is the heritage of all Creoles; yet there was a certain reserve about him. a "A DREAM, COLONEL, WHICH HAS BEEN REALIZED." quiet dignity, which while one was bound to respect it, did not invite intimacy, and made even our friendship a plant of slow growth. "A family trait," he laughingly remarked one day, "The DeRolkes, monsieur, are more given to the doing of deeds, than to talking about them." I could well believe it. As he stood, his heels together in military fashion, his head thrown back, he looked, in spite of his small stature and delicate frame, the equal of any knight in deeds of chivalry. It was a source of wonder to me that the colonel had never married, and his avoidance of the subject, whenever by chance or otherwise I approached it, did not lessen my conviction that in the depths of his heart a romance was hidden away; a tender memory folded in the sweet lavender of years. Meanwhile the Lenten season was drawing near its close, and on every side I heard mention of the beautiful Mile. Rosiere, whom Rex had chosen to be queen of the carnival. "Mile. Marie? Yes, certainly I know her." And the colonel smiled, in answer to my question, while a curious expression, which I was at a loss to interpret, flitted across his face. As I still looked inquiringly, he continued "Yes, she is beautiful, very beautiful—the most beautiful woman I have ever seen ex- cept one," he went on, musingly. "And, like that one, she is utterly heartless." I was interested at once, but the colonel was evidently not inclined to gratify my curiosity. "You were speaking of the opera," he said. "We will go this evening." The languorous Faust music of Gounod was filling the French opera house with a flood of impassioned melody as we entered. A moment later, and I felt the pressure of the colonel's hand upon my arm. "Mille. Marie," he whispered, and my eyes followed his. "Twas but an instant, that thrill of ecstasy, exquisite, indescribable, which the sight of her marvelous beauty produced; a moment in which all my youthful dreams of woman's charm and loveliness was mirrored. The sorrows of Faust and Marguerite possessed but little interest for me that night. My eyes, in spite of strenuous efforts to the contrary, persistently followed the outlines of a graceful figure, clothed in a gown of ivory whiteness whose diaphanous folds shone against the crimson of her opera cloak like a delicate white cloud in the evening glow. As the curtain fell the colonel arose. I again noticed what seemed to me an expression of annoyance of Mile. Marie's smile as she turned to greet us. In the dark eyes, filled with liquid beauty, was a look of almost childish innocence and sincerity; the "touch of the Madonna" was in her face. We chatted gaily a few moments, Mile. Marie gently chiding the colonel, for as she said, having forgotten her and promising forgiveness only upon his speedy remembrance. "And Monsieur Averell, my friend?" he asked, it seemed to me hesitatingly. "Yes, colonel. Indeed, yes, and remember, soon," Mile. Marie answered smiling and lifting her eyes to mine with a look which seemed to echo the welcome of her lips. An unusual silence was upon the colonel as we smoked that night. It was broken finally by a trivial remark from me regarding the opera. "And Mile, Marie?" he questioned. "Did you not find my words true, monsieur? Is she not beautiful?" I was conscious of the penetrating power of his gray eyes as the colonel leaned toward me. From his manner it was plainly evident he had something to say to me. We smoked in silence a few moments and then it came. "I had hoped you would not meet Mile. Marie, monsieur," he said slowly. And as I turned upon him a look of astonishment; "You will remember that I told you, that she is without a heart." I was inwardly amused at the colonel's anxiety and waited with interest for him to continue. "I should not tire you with a tale which concerns myself," he said, earnestly. "But I would consider I was unworthy the friendship of your father, did I not warn you," and in a hesitating way he continued: "I loved once, monseur, a beautiful woman, more beautiful even than Mile. Rosière, and she was none other than her mother, and fool that I was, I believed myself secure in her affection. It is the old story. All was well until the advent of her cousin, the dashing Victor Rosière who came from Paris. I was then thrown aside. She has been dead these many years and I will speak no ill of her, but I warn you, monsieur; Mile. Marie is her mother's daughter. You may perhaps even have hear a rumor that is current, of a cousin who is to come for her some day." I had indeed heard the rumor, from more than one of my club acquaintances, the story of the wealthy Parisian, an ideal gentleman, hearsay had it, who was generally supposed to be the betrothed of Mile. Marle. "An Apollo for beauty and a Croesus for wealth, I suppose," Le Vere had said, but why does he not make himself visible?" True, indeed; the only thing that seemed to be lacking to establish the claim to perfection of this remarkable personage was the fact as Le Vere put it, that he had never made himself visible. So far as was known, Mile. Marle herself had never seen him and it was a palpable fact that she did not appear to evince the least impatience concerning his coming. With many misgivings upon his part, as I had reason to know, and unbounded joy on mine, the colonel and I repaired one evening soon after to the home of Mile. Marie. As the colonel afterwards remarked, "that was the beginning of the end." In spite of his many admonitions and in the face of numerous wise looks and covert smiles, which LeVere and his fellows lavished upon me, I pursued happiness through those glorious, golden days which followed, with the abandon of a butterfly for the summer's flowers and sunshine. When at last I revealed my secret to him, when I told him of Mile. Marie's love—the love that was mine alone, the colonel refused to credit my words. "You are jesting, monsieur," he insisted. Finally convinced and partially recovering from his surprise, he found voice to question. "But Mile. Marie, your cousin? The one whom you are expecting from Paris?" Mile. Marie's face wore a look of roguishness as she turned to him. She smiled, that radiant smile which was my heart's undoing at the French opera. "A dream, colonel, which has been realized," she answered. "An ideal, a cousin, by courtesy." Amply Fortified Blobbs—If you would keep well eat plenty of onions. Blobbs—I guess that's right. No self-respecting microbe would care to stack up against an onion eater.—Philadelphia Record. Queen Alexandra's Modesty. An interesting story is being told of Queen Alexandra, which is typical of the woman. Some one at Osborne addressed her as "your majesty," the day after Queen Victoria passed away. "There cannot be two queens," she remarked, adding that she wished to be called "her royal highness" until after the funeral of Queen Victoria—San Francisco Argonaut. Hope Springs Eternal. Poet—Good news, dear. That poem of mine— Wife—Has some one accepted it at last? "No; but I've learned that there's a new magazine just started in San Francisco that I haven't submitted it to yet."—Catholic Standard. her investigation and pulled from the hollow trunk of the tree two tiny catamounts, or wildcats. Mrs. Link carried the baby catamounts to her mountain home, a distance of ten miles. Then she determined to domesticate these kittens. At first the creatures were inclined to be vicious and resented all her friendly approaches. They gradually became doosile and in time followed Mrs. Link wherever she went. She would take them on her hunting trips, and soon discovered that the cats would indicate to her the near- Requirement in Page Bing—What's become of your dog? I haven't seen him around lately. Boker—I took the precaution to try some of the medicines on him that were recommended to me for the grip. Chicago Times-Herald. Sartorial Skill. "Dat mus' be a fus'-class tailor Sam's got!" "You bet! Jes' see de way he kin make a kalsominah look like a gam- bler!"—Puck. OFFICER WITH NERVE. Compelled a Kentucky Dancing Party to Hold Up Hands While He Made Arrests. A St. Louis Post-Dispatch correspondent describes a sensational incident that occurred recently at Wayking, Ky.: "Hands up, everybody!" The fiddlers stoppe' with one terrified screech, the women screamed and half a dozen lank mountaineers rushed for their guns. A quick command of "drop that," shouted by the man who stood with a pistol in each hand at the door of Sol Hall's cabin, made them change their minds quickly. The biggest mountain ball in years had been broken up in confusion, for "HANDS UP, EVERYBODY!" Mountain Detective John W. Wright had come, and in that room were four men accused of murder he meant to have. Behind Detective Wright stood his brother, Sol Wright, and another officer, and the six pistols of the three men effectively covered the 40 mountaineers in the room. "Josh Bentley, Zack Bentley, stand out!" commanded John Wright. The two men stood forward. "If a man in the room moves, shoot him," said the leader of the officers. He put up his pistol and stepped into the room. As he did so a shot fired from the left of the cabin knocked off his hat. He caught it as it fell, drew his pistol quickly again and placed it against Zack Bentley's head. "Another move and I blow out his brains," Wright shouted. There was not a sound after that. The two Bentley boys were hand-cuffed. Then Wright paused. There were two others there, his own first cousins, whom he must arrest. "Martin and John Wright, come here." The pair came forward sheepishly and held out their hands. Detective Wright slipped on the shackles. Then he bowed to the assembled company. "You kin go on with yer dance," he said. "There air 11 others that I'm a-goin' to get some time, but I don't see any of them here." Then the officers walked out with the four men, for whom a reward of $800 has been offered. "I'll git the other 11 that are mixed in the murder of Mrs. Hall and her boy, Sherwood Reynolds," said Wright, when he put his prisoners in jail, and everybody in the mountains knows that he will do it. CATAMOUNT POINTERS. Pennsylvania Woman Has Trained Two Wild Beasts to Take the Place of Dogs. Mrs. Helen Link, who is known as the huntress of the Neversink mountain, located in a wild region of Pennsylvania, is mourning the loss of one of a pair of remarkable wildcats she has owned for some years past. Mrs. Link has the reputation of being one A man is digging a hole in the ground. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long coat. There are trees and bushes around him. of the best hunters and shooters in the state. A few years ago while on one of these hunting excursions Mrs. link leaned her gun against a tree, and in doing so noticed a hole in the trunk. She thrust her hand into the opening and was rewarded by having her fingers nipped. Nothing daunted, the huntress of the Neverskii continued her investigation and pulled from the hollow trunk of the tree two tiny catamounts, or wildcats. Mrs. Link carried the baby catamounts to her mountain home, a distance of ten miles. Then she determined to domesticate these kittens. At first the creatures were inclined to be vicious and resented all her friendly approaches. They gradually became docile and in time followed Mrs. Link wherever she went. She would take them on her hunting trips, and soon discovered that the cats would indicate to her the nearness of rabbits, quail and other game. In a short time Mrs. Link taught them to "point" as well as the best trained dog. Proof Positive. Nell—Charlie has acted very indifferently lately. I wonder if he intends to marry me just for my money. Clara—Oh, I'm sure not, dear. I had a talk with him this evening and I am sure he intends nothing of the kind. Nell—But what makes you so sure? Clara—Well, you see, he proposed to me.-Harlem Life. Prompt Punishment. "What is your order?" asked the waiter girl. "Anything you please, dear," replied the burly policeman. "I'm hungry enough to do the cannibal act to-day." "We don't serve lobsters here, sir," she said, with offended dignity.-Chicago Tribune. Atlantic Coast Line. Atlantic Coast Line. Schedule in Effect January 14 1801. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED Daily Arrives Pasteurship 9:00 a.m. folk 11:27 a.m. Stops only at Pret- shore. Naburg, Gaverley and Snohok, Va 9:05 AM. Daly arrives Petersburg 9:50 AM. Warden 11:00 a. m. Fayetteville 4:28 p. m. Arleston 10:55 p. m. Navahann 2:55 p. m. Jacksonville 8:80 a. m. Port Ta- ma 7:10 p. m. Connects at Wilson with No 47 arriving Golddabor 8: 25 p. m'. Wilimirgin 6 p. m. Pull- man Sleeper New York to Jackson- ville. 11:55 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 12:30 p. m. Stops Manchester, Drewry's Blue, Centralia, and Chester on signal. 1:15 P. M. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED Daily. Arrives Petersburg 8:45 p. m., Norfolk 5:58 p. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverly and Suffolk. 4:80 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. 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Connects at Petersburg with Norfolk and Western railway, arriving Lyndhurst 9:30 a. m., Roat oke 5 a. m., Bristol 10:40 a. m. Pullman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:80 P. M. Daily, Arrives Petersburg 12:10 a. m. 11:50 P. M. Daily, Except Sunday THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL Arrives Charleston 9:60 a. m. Savannah 10:50 a. m., Jacksonville 2:50 p. m., St. Augustine 4:20 p. m., Port Tampa 11:30 p. m. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND, 4:00 A. M. Daily, From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and all points South. 6:40 A. M. Daily, except Monday.From St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Savannah and Chicago.7:55 a. M. Daily From Petersburg, Lynchburg, and the West. 845 a. m. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11:10 a. m daily, except Sunday From state stations, Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 a.m. Daily, From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 11:05 a.' m. Sundas *only from Beeskal* Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:10 p. m. Daily, except Sunday, From Petersburg. 7:22 p. m. Daily From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsboro and all points South. 8:50 p. m. Daily From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 8:56 p. m. Daily, From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. SECOND TO NONE Woman's Corner Stone Beneficial Ass'n. Incorporated, March, 1897 OFFICE: 502 W. Leigh St. Authorized Capital, $5,000. Claims promptly paid as soon as satisfactory notice of sickness or death is placed in home office. OFFICERS: Louisa E. Williams, President Kate Brown, Vice-President Bettie Brown, Treasurer Mildred Cooke Jones, Sec. & bus. Man. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Louisa E. Williams, Kate Holmes, Mattie F. Johnson, Ann M. Johnson, Bettie Brown, Mildred O. Jones N & RY. W Norfolk AND Western FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER WARE ROOMS: 1508 East Broad Street, Old 'Phone 920 RESIDENCE 1308 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. phone:1484 I blu MRS. MARTH. the world renowned and highly celebrated business and test Medium reveals everything. No imposition. Can be consulted upon all affairs of life, business, love and marriage a speciality. Every mystery revealed, also of absent, deceased and living friends. Removes all troubles and estrangements, challenges any Medium who can exceed her in startling revelations of the past, present and future events of one's life. Remember she will not for any price better you; you must not possess gain facts without nonsense; she can be consulted upon all affairs of Life. Love. Courtship Marriage Friends, etc with description of future com- ments. She is very accurate in describing missing friends, enmies etc, law affairs, contact ed wills, divorce and speculation uable and reliable She reads your destiny--good or bad; she withhold nothing MRS. MARTH tells your entire life past, present and future in a DEAD TRANCE, has the power of any two Mediums you ever met. In tests she tells your mother's full name before marriage, the names of all your family their ages and description, the name and business of your present husband the name of your next if you are to have one, the name of the young man who new calls on you, the name of your future husband, and the day, month and year of your marriage, how many children you have or will have; whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and if he will marry you; if you have no sweetheart she will tell you when you will have and his name, business of your future tenure. Your future will be told in a neat clear and plain manner and in a dead trance. Mothers should know the success of their husbands and children young ladies should know everything about the sweethearts or intended husband. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know all, do not let silly religious seruples prevent your consulting. Madame is the only one in the world who can tell you the WEEK. Wear your future husband, with age and date of marriage, and tell 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 one who one places himself or herself as a medium that can stand a test of what he or she allows. And a person of an enquiring mind may ask the reason way. It is simply it these advisers do not take the able to study human nature. They do not spend their thoughts for a moment with acquiring the art of phaseology and kindred branches that will have a tendency to make the pathway to the road of the business clear and devoid of all obstacles. It is an undeniable fact that persons will come for advice in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet as soon as they confront a Medium they try their utmost endeavor to dispel from their minds what they know so as to hear if it will be rehearsed by the Medium. To get the secret out or a secret to the Medium is the art used by many unpraniped mediums, but to take hold or the head and gain control of the mind thereby is a matter of impossibility. to most of us this can be done and by consulting Meditations the seeming mystery becomes a realization. This subject has received so little attention by eminent men and even college professors. So it proves conclusively that although there are infringers in our midst with oily tongues perhaps the gates of wisdom have not been closed to the entire profession. 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Entrance examination and classification of new students Tuesday, Oct. 2. 8:45 a. m. Tern begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 8:45 a. m. Catalogue and further information on application to THE PRESIDENT. W I Johnson. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EM3ALMER Office & Warerooms 207 N Foushee St., Cor. Broad. HCAKS FOR HIRE Orders by Telephone or Telegraph promptly filled wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended Old 'Phone, 686 Residence in Building New 'Phone. 48 Knights of Columbus of the World Knights of Columbus of the World TO WHOM IT MAY CONNERN: This organization has been chartered and legally situated under the laws and statute of the State New York, for the purposes of uniting together a receptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Be and to promote the Social and Moral condition of human military and uniform ranks will secure for this organ (in ranks of all second institutions of modern even higher order). I employ served in all section of the state. Kindly address. 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Write orfull particulars to To Repair Broken And cles to Major's Cement Remember MAJOR'S RUBBER CEMENT MAJOR'S LEATHER CEMENT To all who owe the Pittsburg agent, Mr. Joseph Evans: Please settle up with him at once. The Planet can be obtained at Mr. Nelson Coleman's resta- turant, 1214 Wylie Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. --- A Richmond. Va. SONA BALMER Cor. Broad. y filled w attended 'Phone, 4 Of the World w. red and legally state of the State together all of Charity—Bem position of humani for this organi of modern event section of the so V. P. & F. K. of W. Mone HE PLANET OF A SCIENTIFIC SORT. If the world be divided into land and water hemispheres, London is the center of the land, New Zealand of the water. The hill of the termites or white ants of Africa are very high. If the houses of men were proportionately lofty, the humblest residence would be a mite high. Animals are sometimes turned green by copper. A sheep which had been exposed for years to copper fumes and dust had a fine green fleece. This animal's drinking water was also contaminated by refuse from the copper works, which seemed to have no bad effect upon its general health. Unless strong measures are taken the sturgeon will soon be extinct in the Lake Huron and Georgian bay district. The fish are being slaughtered at a fearful rate, one firm alone having shipped 70,000 pounds of caviare in the season. The roe is the part of the fish that is most valuable, and as they are therefore taken just before spawning they have no chance to reproduce themselves. In France a so-called lamp has been invented for the production of dark radiations, which, although themselves invisible, are capable of imparting a phosphorescent glow to certain objects brought within their influence. A statuette, coated with lime sulphide, for instance, when placed in total darkness near a "dark lamp," soon begins to shine, emerging into sight as if it had been created out of nothing. WITH THE SPORTS. "Muggsy" McGraw has discovered a Cherokee Indian who can hit like Delehanty, field like McGraw himself and run the base distances in eight seconds. English tennis players have challenged Americans to a game and have been accepted. The games will be for the world's supremacy, and will be played in this country. Ungallant students at Syracuse university have ripped the letter "S" from the sweaters because the co-eds on the basket ball team have been granted the privilege of wearing the athletic emblem. Evidently Mexican followers of the cock-fighting game do nothing by halves. At a recent series of battles in the state of Chihuahua over $100,000 is said to have changed hands among betters, and stakes of $5,000 were offered for some of the mains. While efforts are being made in nearly every state in the union for better protection of game a northern New York man gives hunters the cheerful news that wild deer have destroyed his crops for two seasons. He is allowed neither to shoot nor dog them, and asks the state legislature to repeal the law protecting them in order that he may save his property. BITS OF MISCELLANY Spain's kingdom of Austurias, according to the British Medical Journal, boasts of 28 centenarians in a population of 600,000. It is not difficult to make post holes in Alaska. A mas: of powder blasts out the hole in an instant, a telegraph pole is inserted, water is poured in, and the intense cold holds the pole secure in an incasement of ice. Rev. John L. Sewall, pastor of the First Congregational church in North Brookfield. Mass., has announced to his parishioners that he will accept a reduction of ten per cent. of his salary of $1,500 a year, inasmuch as many of the congregation are facing a ten per cent. reduction in their wages earned in the local shoe shop. A new province is to be formed in India by placing the four districts of the Punjab that lie beyond the Indus under a government of their own. They are the extreme northwest districts that have been the scenes of the recent petty wars, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan, with the political agencies of Dir, Swat, Chitral, the Khaibar, the Kuram, Tochi and Wana. OF ENGLISH MAKE. England spends £580,000 a year on blacking. Khaki cloth is out of fashion in England, the tailors offering quantities of it "at a ruinous discount." While the English law provides for the organization of labor bodies it deprives them of the privileges of incorporation. By 1940 the population of London will require 420,000,000 gallons of water a day. Only 30,000,000 a day can be taken from the Thames. In England the breeding of mice has reached a high state of development. A Manchester man recently paid $125 for a black and tan mouse of distinguished ancestry. There are 466 tennis courts in the various parks of London, and more than 45,000 games were played last season. About 15,000 games of cricket were played during the year. WILL INTEREST BRITISHERS The population of London has increased to the extent of 700,000 since 1881. Every inhabitant of the United Kingdom may be said figuratively to hold sway over 30 acres abroad. The entire collection of coins and medals in the British museum consists of nearly 250,000 specimens. London has 56 parks and gardens of from one-fourth of an acre to 198 acres, and 30 open spaces and commons from one to 267 acres in size. Time and Beauty. Time is an expert beauty slaughter er.-Chicago Daily News. THOUGHTS ON MAN. Man is the little world.—Lorvaster. Man is the wonder of nature.—Plato. Man is an epitome of the world.—Pliny. Man is the measure of all things.—Protogoras. Men were gay deceivers ever.—Shakespeare. Man is the great wonder.—Hermes Trismeyistus. Man is a sample of the universe.—Theophrastus. Infinite is the help man can yield to man.—Carlyle. Man the image of God's personality.—Bronson Alcott. Man is a soul using the body of an instrument.—Prochis. Man! Thou peidulum betwixt a smile and tear.—Lord Byron. Certainly the greatest scholars are not the wisest men.—Regmer. The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.—Mencius. Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.—Longfellow. is in the city of God.—Longtellow. All men commend patience, though few be willing to practice it.—Thomas Fempis. Man is an imitative creature, and whoever is foremost leads the herd. —Schiller. The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so. Henry Home. The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.—Sir Joshua Reynolds. Most men employ the first part of their lives to make the last part miserable.—La Bruyere. EUROPEAN ECHOES. William the Conqueror's castle at Bonneville, in Normandy, was sold at auction recently for $16,000. A Swedish turnip weighing 26 pounds and a yellow weighing 23 pounds, both grown by a Forfarshire farmer, have been on exhibition in Dundee. Berlin is afflicted by a new toy imported from Paris. It is a pocket whistle that emits a whine, winding up with a shriek of "Mamma, mamma." The water boundaries of France are as follows: Mediterranean sea coast, 395 miles; North sea, Straits of Dover and English channel, 572 miles; Atlantic ocean, 584 miles. The door by which the president of the republic, the king of Sweden, the shah, and other distinguished visitors were in the habit of entering the Paris exhibition has been sold for 12 guineas. A Roman mob unveiled a new bronze fountain in the Villa Nazionale by force recently. An injunction had been obtained against the exhibition of the fountain, on the ground that the naked figures of Naiads that adorned it were immoral. A crowd armed with tools marched to the place and tore down the boards that inclosed the fountain. A LINE O' TYPE OR TWO. A hot poker softens old putty. Ants won't cross a chalk mark. A little carbolic acid keeps mold from ink. Many a guaranty isn't good.—Atchison Globe. A sponge dipped in turpentine renovates gilt frames. Boston pays $166,000 a year for its school janitors. California fruit canners ship 50,000,000 cans a year. The secret of success is constancy of purpose.—Disraeli. Anger is a stone cast into a hornet's nest. -Chicago Daily News LIFE LINES. Twenty-three persons a year are killed by lightning in England, 92 in France, 908 in Russia. Yellow fever came first to Rio Janeiro in 1849. Since then it has regularly killed 1,200 a year. The British death rate has dropped in the last 20 years from 21 per 1,000 to 19.4; the French, from 22.3 to 22 only. After the adoption of a proper drainage system, mortality in Bristol fell from 100 to 65 per 100,000 inhabitants. For every person who dies in a year, there are two people constantly ill. Each person loses, on an average, 13 days a year by illness. FACTORY FIGURES Norway works 684 factories by steam, and 637 by water power. Great Britain's factories consume over a quarter of all the textile fiber in the world. Belgium's horse power employed in factories has grown from 20,000 to $20,000 in 50 years. The average product per factory operative in Canada is $1,230 a year. In the United States it is $1,450. Out of 260,000 tons of soap made yearly in the United Kingdom, they use 235,000 tons at home, an average of 14 pounds a year apiece. RAIN AND SNOW. England's rainfall is equal to 3,000 tons on the acre each year. London gets 13 inches of rainfall in summer, against 12 in winter. Snow falls on 15 days in the year at Dublin, 71 at Moscow, 46 in Iceland. October 7, 1829, saw the earliest snow of the past century in England. England gets on an average 32 inches of rain in the year, Scotland gets 30 and Ireland 35. The level of perpetual snow is 4,000 feet in England, 15,260 at the equator, 3,400 in Norway. --- ALL SORTS. Lemon juice followed by salt takes out ink or rust. The manicuring art had its origin in the convents of France many centuries ago. Lake Copals, in Boeotia, famous in antiquity for its eels, has now been completely drained and turned into 48,000 acres of arable land. The cars loaded with oranges sent out last month from southern California would have made each day a train 1½ miles long. As illustrating the cumulative force of the five-cent piece it is shown that the total income of the 94 street railway companies operating in Pennsylvania during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, was $24,457,181. No longer will the school children be bothered by the question of what state in the union has two capitals. An amendment to the Rhode Island constitution was adopted at the last election which does away with the capital at Newport, and henceforth the one capital city will be Providence. The wood of the chestnut tree is considered valuable for many purposes. It is strong and tenacious and may be subjected for years to the influence of air, wind or water without decaying. In some places the trees are cultivated solely for the wood. It inflames easily and produces a great deal of heat, but is considered dangerous as fuel on account of its tendency to throw out sparks. It makes excellent charcoal. ODDS AND ENDS. It is estimated one-third of the dwellers upon earth are habitual users of tobacco. The tip of the minute hand of the average watch travels nearly four-fifths of a mile every year. The finest piece of amber ever found off the English coast was recently picked up by a traveler near Lowestoff. It brought the lucky finder the sum of $137. Only in 17 states can a married woman dispose of her separate and independent estate by will. In the remaining 28 states she must have the consent of her husband before she can will her own property as she may wish. There has been no official designation of the recent additions to the territory of the United States, and it remains for congress to adopt one. For the time being those who are conducting the correspondence of the state and war department usually refer to "the United States and insular possessions." It is cheaper to be born in New York than married or buried. An exception may be found in the case of the very poor, who can be married for nothing. A child may be brought into the world among the poor of the East side, clothed and given a nursing bottle for $6.40. But death swells the bill to at least $30, the minimum for which a man can be buried outside of Potter's field. 'LIBRARY GOSSIP. A Roman journal estimates the value of the libraries in Italy at $12,000,000, and that of the paintings, statues and vases at $30,000,000. Canadians have ever resented Rudyard Kipling's allusion to the dominion as "Our Lady of the Snows." Goldwin Smith has now placated them by calling it "This Land of Sunshine." All letters to the editor published in the Academy begin with "Sir" and end "I am, etc." Sometimes the effect is startling. Thus Andrew Lang concludes a letter to the Academy as follows: "Mr. Richard Grant White was not infallible—in Greek. I am, etc. A Lang." In sending to George Bancroft a specimen of the pork raised on his farm in Vermont Mr. Eavarts wrote this characteristic note, which was found preserved among the historian's papers after his death: "Dear Bancroft: I send you two products of my pen to-day—my usual half barrel of pig pork and my eulogy on Chief Justice Chase." MILITARY MATTERS. The Mexican army of more than 25,000 men is supported upon a trifle more than a million Mexican dollars a month. The Mexican congress does not cost a million dollars a year. Men who are enlisted for service in the navy are not to be assigned to service in submarine boats without their consent, and the bureau of navigation will recommend that special service enlistments for these vessels be authorized. Earl Roberts is endeavoring to abolish the prejudice English officers have felt against wearing their uniforms in public. A new rule has been made compelling officers to wear their uniforms when appearing at the war office, probably with the idea of helping to overcome the popular taste for display felt among the military men when they are not on actual duty. RAILWAY RUMBLES A railway engine is equal in strength to 900 horses. Senator Hoar believes, and acts on the belief, that the last car in a train is the safest. The life of a steel rail under regular traffic is not more than 12 years. On a siding or spur it will serve for a long period. One of the oldest railroad men in Indianapolis is C. B. Cole, who is employed by the joint inspection and welging bureau. He will soon be 79 years old, and for 60 years has been in railroad service, mostly traveling, but he has never even seen a wreck. A Musical Typewriter One of the most interesting of recent inventions is the musical typewriter. It does not play music, but writes it, the keyboard being an arrangement of musical characters instead of ordinary letters. The mechanism is in most respects similar to that of the everyday typewriter. The sheet of paper on which the music is to be written is printed before- THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA. takes origin by cen- ious in been into s sent Cali- day force in that t rail- nnsyl- ended children hand with the lines of the staff, and, by pressing one of the buttons, the musical character desired may be made to assume its place on the line wanted, so as to stand for the proper note or other mark. Full notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes appear on the keys, as well as the signs for sharps and flats. In writing music, the operator first prints the clef mark, and then the arrangement of sharps and flats which indicates the key in which the piece is written. Chords are formed by putting the component notes together, one after another, but in a vertical line on the staff. It is all very simple, but, as may easily be realized, this kind of typewriter requires special expertise and a good deal of practice. It is likely to be of more value in copying than in actual composing—Saturday Evening Post. 1,000 REWARD, Dr. Shea, Marvelous Medi- How the Supreme Court Votes. Some future Saturday the nine black-robed judges will descend by private elevator to their consultation room, observing with scrupulous care the seniority of members, even to the order of the entrance into the room, and begin balloting on the Porto Rican cases. In the consultation-room much of the dignity observed elsewhere is eliminated. The stately black robes are removed and the justices sit about a long table, the chief justice, Mr. Melville Fuller, at the head and the junior justice, Mr. McKenna, at the foot. Justice McKenna will cast the first ballot to settle those eventful cases. It is one of the traditions of the court that the balloting must be in inverse order of seniority, the chief justice balloting last. Justice Marlan is the senior member of the high tribunal, from the point of service, but the chief justice rates him—Joe Mitchell Chaple, in the National Magazine. The Peanut as a Civilizer. The peanut seems to be playing the part of "civilizer" in some of the foreign possessions in tropical Africa. Traders give a negro a bushel of nuts for seed on condition that he returns four bushels from his crop, and since the yield in good years is twentyfold the black man generally has a surplus which he can sell at the rate of a shilling a bushel. From a single station in Senegambia there were shipped in 1898, 29,000 tons. Small boys and scientists have long been in agreement touching the value of the peanut; now statesmen also will have to do it honor, since it seems likely to lead the native African into the paths of agriculture.-Youth's Companion. Nature's Parks in Africa In central Africa are found districts which impress the beholder with the belief that the hand of man has shaped their features, although there is now no population capable of producing such effects. These districts, near Lake Tanganyika, are called "park lande," and their origin was recently explained before the Linnean society in London, by Mr. Moore, as being due to the spread of vegetation over a light surface soil gradually deposited above the salt steppes left by former lakes. In some places these districts are covered with natural plantations that have a "quite homelike look." They Can't Help It. "It seems to me," said the lovely Mrs. Kaflippe, "that society isn't what it was when I began going out." "No," her gentle friend replied, "I suppose it isn't, but then you must remember that nearly everything else has changed along with society during the past 40 or 50 years."—Chicago Times-Herald. The Real Thing The Suitor—Here, on my knees, I place this ring upon your finger. My love goes on to you. The Coquette—But how do I know it is genuine? The Suitor—My love is as genuine as the bush on your cheek. The Coquette—Bother the love! mean the ring.—Chicago Daily News. Anurchenlon Employer—Yes, I know! They claim that our goods were not as represented. Didn't we write that our salesman would call on them about the matter? Clerk—Yes; but they don't want him to call. They're afraid he'll sell them more goods!—Puck. Not So Far Behind. Aunt Geehaw (of Hay Corners)—Jist think of it Joshuway! them city wimmin git a noo bonnet every Easter! Uncle Geehaw (soothingly)—Wall, M'riah, you git a noo bonnet about every three or four years yourself!—Brooklyn Eagle. The Doctor Prescribed Change. Arabella—George, dear, I want some money. George—Why, I gave you a check yesterday. Arabella—Yes, dear, I know, but the doctor said I was to have plenty of change—Chicago Inter Ocean. "I guess it's time to go," he said, "And started. "You've guessed it," she replied. And so they putted. -Detroit Free Press. Needed Further Instructions Prison Warden—It's just been found out that you didn't commit that crime you've been in for these years, and so the governor has pardoned you. Innocent Man—Um—I'm pardoned, am I? Prison Warden—Y-e-s, but don't go yet. I'll have to telegraph for further instructions. Innocent Man—What about? What about? Prison Warden...to me that considerin' you hadn't business here, you ought to pay the state for your board...N. Y. Weekly. A Failure. "Did anybody ever try to start a newspaper here?" asked the intellectual-looking man with glasses. "Yes," answered Broncho Bob. "But it failed. The editor wouldn't 'tend to business." "Was he a dissipated man?" "No. But he insisted on sitting at his desk with his camera at the door, when he ought to have been standing with a six-shooter in his hand and his eye at a knot-hole." — Washington Star. 1,000 REWARD. Dr. Shea, Maryelous Medtum PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Brooklyn. Aug. 15, 1801 — This is to certify that came to New York from Albany. I was a student out of money. I had no luck in anything I undertook. What to do I did not know. What to do I go and see Dr. Shea I did. He told me to go and see Dr. Shea he took me in and treated me as a brother. Through him I got a good position that very much money and did me no good. I bless the day I first met Dr. Shea. I would advise all if bad luck, sick or the trouble to go to him at once. ALBERT AVERY, 2957 Atlantic Ave South Plainfield, Aug. 15, 1801 — This is to certify that my husband had gone away and I had to go to him in his right and day. I gave him no dead. Bearing of the wonderful things Dr. Shea doing, resolved to consult him. He told me to consult him where he was; told he he would come home and when. To my joy all of it came true. He died. I also wish to say that this month I lost the sum of $360 — am a poor woman who was taught to Dr. Shea and he told me I wanted to my intense joy I did him. it as he told me. I thank God there is a man so gifted in our what to do & SENSATION IN BROOKLYN—A MINI TER'S STATEMENT. I wish to state that one of my parishioner was sick and in trouble for a long time, Maria and I were in a hurry to stand her case. She had several doctors but none of them seemed to know what was the matter. None could do her any good. I wished she had a doctor. Hearing of the wonderful work being done by Dr. Shea the last few years, I thought she was a kind sympathetic gentleman. He gave one a wonderful test of his power; told me did by her daughter. He told at once what we were in a short time cured, and well and well. Now all is changed, and are well and prosperous. 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Send model, drawing or photo, with description of device, if feasible, or other patent. Our fee not due till patent is acquired. A PAMMETY. How to Obtain Patent with cost free. U.S. and European countries not free. Address. Dr. Humphreys ornellus J. Cooke HE PLANET SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1901 THE RING WAS GONE Story of a Magic Lantern Seance and a Young Man in Love. Missed the Diamond He Had Given Her from Jessie's Finger and Finally Found That He Was Courting Another Girl. Thomas Schureman, who lives on Holly avenue, in West Indianapolis a few weeks ago made a bad loan and, in lieu of the money, he was overwhelmed with the borrower's gratitude and a magic lantern. The gratitude, thought Schureman, was without practical value, but the magic lantern might be pressed into service. The machine was set up and a number of private exhibitions were given, attended by Mr. Schureman, the operator and Mr. Schureman's dog, Blix. A state of perfection was reached in the course of time, and the other night, says the Indianapolis press a number of friends were invited to the Schureman home to witness the first public exhibition of the collection of slides. Unfortunately for the host, he invited a man who was engaged to a girl. The man could not appear on time, but the girl took her chair at the hour set. The seat at her side was reserved for the young man. Half the performance was over when Schureman's assistant at the door was interrupted in his observation of the pictures by the appearance of the belated young man "Where's Miss Heustis sitting?" he asked. As well as the darkness would permit—and it might be said that the room was as dark as dark could be—the usher directed the new arrival to the seat reserved for him. "Here," said Mr. Schureman, bringing the picture into focus, "we find real Japan—Japan unsullied by contact with the western world of commerce, far from the—" Just then a girl sitting three chairs from the front felt her hand pinched THE MUSICIAN and saw vaguely a young man take his seat at her side. "Great Scott, Jessie," said the voice in her ear, emerging from the blackness. "I've had the most dreadful time finding this seat in the dark. That fellow at the door said it was no use, that people coming in late sought to sit wherever they could. I told him I had to sit by you and that I was going to sit there or break up the meeting. He wasn't on, you see. Geel! Oh! Jessie, I'm so glad I found you. You don't know—" "For generations this imposing impressionation of the god has watched over its thousands of worshipers. India—India, the land of mystery, philosophy and age—has at last found the germ of progress buried in its breast—" "Sh!!" said the young man's girl, "I don't know what you're talking about. I can't hear Mr. Schureman; keep still." "Ha, ha," chuckled the young man, just as though you cared for the old lecture. You said you would be glad when the room was darken—"And now," continued Mr. Schurman's voice, "here is one of the Indian fakirs, bowed with the weight of years, hoary with age. What secrets of nature has he mastered, what great philos—" "Jessie," said the voice in the ear of the girl. It was a command voice this time. "Sh," she whispered back. "Keep still." "And now, after many weeks in this land of mystery and age and ruin we turn with a feeling of relief, perhaps, toward the shores of our own native land—" "Jessie." "What? Shl Stop!" "You're not wearing my ring? What does this mean? Have you taken it off? Have you ceased to—" "lain't that pretty?" whispered the girl. "What do I care for that when you —Oh, Jessie, mine." "What land is greater than this? What nation stronger; where the flag more honored, more revered than our own stars and stripes." And as the lights flared up to a viola accompaniment, the young man discovered why he had missed des- sle's ring. It was another girl. Works in Many Countries. The Salvation Army has representatives at work in 47 different countries, and issues 45 periodicals, printed in 21 languages. Entitled to Compensation. Patience—Is that so that your engagement is broken? Patrice—Yes, it is. "And the ring; that's gone too?" "Yes; the mean thing asked me to return it." "Why, you wouldn't want to keep the ring if the engagement was broken, would you?" "Certainly, I would. Why, he wore out four of my waists and nearly fractured my ribs in three weeks. Isn't that worth some compensation?"—Yonkers Statesman. Loyalty. "Your wife," observed one of his friends, "says you are decidedly in favor of amending the laws so as to give women equal rights with men in voting, holding office and disposing of property." "If my wife says so," said Mr. Meeker, "it's so. I have always been of the understanding that my marriage vow bound me to love honor and O. K. her in everything."—Chicago Tribune. He Knew the Act Vaudeville Manager—No, we cannot book you to act. You see, we do not allow any profanity in our house we do not allow any profanity in our house. Badd (of Wroughten and Badd)—Why, sir, there is not a profane expression—not even any slang—in our turn. Manager—I know. But we do not allow the audience to swear, either.—Baltimore American. A Case In Point. "Money," remarked the man who is given to trite remarks, "is the root of all evil." "That's nonsense," answered the commercial friend. "I have read the histories treating of the subject with great care, and I am convinced that the snake who made the trouble in the garden of Eden didn't have a dollar to his name." - Washington Star. It's Wicked to Lie "I'm surprised, dear, that your friend, Miss Singleton, should encourage wickedness." "Why, Charles, she wouldn't. How can you say such a thing?" "Because she did. She asked me how old I thought she was, and she knew I was too much of a gentleman to tell the truth."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Prophecy Fulfilled. "The late editor's wife is something of a humorist." "Indeed?" "Yes. Took a line from his original salutatory and placed it on his tombstone." "What was it?" "We are here to stay!"—Atlanta Constitution. Slow to Realize. "My dear," said Mr. Bickers to his wife, "I saw in the paper to-day a decision of a Virginia court that the wife may, in some cases, be the head of the family." "John Henry," replied Mrs. Bickers, "the courts are sometimes very slow about finding out things!"—Puck. Monet Tight. Drug Clerk-I've been docked a week's salary for making a mistake and killing a man. Lend me five dollars, won't you? Friendly Policeman—Couldn't possibly. I've just been suspended a week for killing another one.-N. Y. Weekly. A Moral Lecture Miss Upperten—They say there is a great deal of misery among the poor. Miss Gotrox—Well, it's their fault. There is Reggy van Pelt, for instance, with only $10,000 a year, trying to keep a yacht and a stable of horses—no wonder he is miserable—Puck. Then He Dodges Who says I cannot meet my bills? Of libels that's the worst! Wy, sir. I meet them every day— Uh, they are them first. —Philadelphia First. NOT LIKE MOTHER'S. Mother Hen—You're all right, my dear, but you can't lay eggs like mother used to lay—Chips. The Exception to the Rule. "When a woman is telling anything she always adds a little to it," remarked the observer of events and things; "except it is her age which she happens to be telling."—Yonkers Statesman. Not Always Necessary. "I tell you it takes a mighty smart and shrewd man to accumulate a large fortune these days." "Oh, I don't know; not while heifresses are so easily satisfied as some of them seem to be."—Chicago Post. Good Cause for Deduction. Doctor—Why have you deducted a quarter from my bill? Patient—That is for the six cigars you broke when you thumped my chest—Philadelphia Record. Scored Heavily. "I wish to ask you one question," said the Sweet Young Thing. What I want to know is this: Are you so mean because you are a bachelor or are you a bachelor because you are so mean?" -Indiana Press. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA RESISTS AN OFFICER. Chicago Goat Fights Policeman in a Basement, But Has to Yield to Arrest. Rolling over and over on the floor of the dingy basement of a vacant building at 152 Thirty-fifth street, Chicago, Officer James Cody struggled with a goat. The animal disregarded the flash of the policeman's star and paid no head to his threats of arrest. It fought with characteristic stubbornness and jabbed the officer with its horns while it countered with its hard hoofs. When the battle was over Officer Cody rubbed his brushes, pinned his torn clothes together and led the vanquished DRIVEN INTO A CORNER. away to the Stanton avenue station, where it was locked up with the patrol horses. Shortly before six o'clock a woman entered the police station and informed Lieut. Murphy that thieves were cutting out the lead pipe in the basement of the vacant building, which is but half a block from the station. Officers Cody and Fleming were sent to the place, and while Fleming forced open the rear door Cody stood guard in front. As Fleming entered he heard a noise in the front and made his way thither. As he opened a door he was attacked by the goat. Fleming stepped aside, but the goat did the same trick. The officer hit the goat over the head with his club, but the blows had no effect on the animal. The goat drove the officer into a corner and he drew his revolver, but instead of again attacking the officer the goat plunged through a window and, with lowered head, rushed straight for Cody. Cody tried to escape, but the animal struck him, knocking him down. Cody regained his feet and seized the animal by the horns and the struggle continued. Fleming reached the scene just as it seemed that Cody must give up the struggle, as he was nearly exhausted. Fleming seized the goat by the horns and beard and, throwing the animal over his shoulder, still retaining his grip on the beard, carried it into the lieutenant's office. MORE THAN HE WANTED Professor in a Chicago College Asks for Dogs and Is Overwhelmed by His Dutiful Class. A professor at a Chicago dental college was recently about to perform before his class certain operations in vivisection. "Do you think that anyone of you could procure me a dog?" diffidently asked the preceptor of his class the day before the proposed demonstration. The professor spoke as if he had some doubt as to whether a canine could be obtained. After class the students put their heads together and in three hours, by dint of tireless STUDENTS PLEASE PIN DOES NOT DISSECTION CAPTURED FIFTY-SEVEN PUPPIES effort, they managed to corral 57 puppies, mongrels, whelps and hounds and curs of low degree. They carefully sequestered the brutes until the following day, and next morning at class hour each student appeared in the lecture-room with one or two dogs carefully tucked under his arms. The professor was bewildered, says the Chicago Chronicle, but his bewilderment turned to alarm in a few minutes when the mischievous students turned the dogs loose in the lecture-room. The animals upon being given their freedom immediately engaged in an internecine riot and the yelps and howls to which the wounded gave tongues resounded throughout the entire building, bringing janitors and a policeman to the scene of carnage. It was half an hour before the newcomers could pry the belligerents apart and restore order. Hearse in a Rumgamage Sale. There was a rumgamage sale in Jacksonville, Fla., to which a generous stable-keeping firm contributed an article that shocked the ladies. It was a shabby old heart, which for many years had seen much service. Little Japanese Cook. O, he was a perfect jewel—her little Japanese cook! So watchful and attentive! He wrote in his little membrandum book all her instructories, so there could be no mistake. His culinary! Incomparable. His manners? Divine. But, like all good things and perfect jewels, he had to go. He begged the privilege of calling and say good-by before sailing for his native land, and in due time his card was presented by the footman with a "Th. D." after his name. Madame found him in full evening dress and some foreign decorations. He informed her that his degree had been conferred by a celebrated German university, and that he had been in America to obtain at short range material for a book on the manners and social customs and the daily domestic life of the upper-class American people. At first inclined to the horrors and hysteries, madame finally yielded to the humor of the situation and forgave the former cook his amazing duplicity. If I am not in error she invited him to dinner to inveigle her husband into the joke.—N. Y. Press. Cooperation in Farming: The Dane thoroughly understands the value of cooperation. Butter was at first made on every farm, but partly owing to the difficulty of procuring trained butter makers, partly to the smallness of the farms, Danish butter was at first of uncertain quality and fetched a low price in England. So the goahead Danish farmer combined with his fellows, and at the present day almost every parish has its cooperative dairy. On an average 150 small farms combine together to establish a dairy, subscribing between them £1,000, that is eight pounds sterling each, this being enough capital for a dairy of 850 cows. A cooperative society has also been formed for organized egg collecting for export. Local societies are established all over the country, whose members engage to deliver fresh eggs. They are fined five pounds six shillings for every bad egg delivered after fair warning.-London Express. A Chinese Choir A church choir, complete in all its parts and composed exclusively of Chinese vocalists, accompanied on the organ by a young Chinese matron, is one of the unique practical sights and results of Christian effort in San Francisco. Of course it has required years to accomplish this result, but in those years the zeal and hope of Rev. I. M. Condit and his missionary wife have known neither flickering nor wavering. As a result, Dr. Condit presides Sunday after Sunday at the services in the Presbyterian church on Stockton street; a Chinese congregation composed of men, women, children and infants in arms attend for worship, and now sufficient advance has been made to have the music of the service rendered by a double quartette of male and female voices. — San Francisco Chronicle. King Edward has expressed a preference for one very popular hymn. Six years ago he directed a letter to be written, stating that among hymns of a certain kind he thought that there was "none more touching, nor one that goes more truly to the heart, than 'Nearer, My God, to Thee,'"—Detroit Free Press. One of Them. "Do you suppose," asked the fair Eulalia McGillieuddy, "that the lower creatures ever have any amusements?" "Well," replied Jason P. Simpson, "I have heard of a fish ball."—Detroit Free Press. They Don't Speak Now Ida—I want to have some pictures taken. Can you recommend a photographer? Ada—Flashem! I've heard that he has a way of making the homeliest people look absolutely handsome.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Decrease in English Arrests. Since the outbreak of the war in South Africa, a marked decrease in the number of prisoners up for trial at the assizes has been noted in England.—N. Y. Sun. Beautiful Ancient Statue. The Greek inspector general of antiquities states that the bronze status of a youth recently discovered at Cervio, in the Ionian islands, dates from the period of Phidias, and is the most beautiful relic of antiquity yet brought to light.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Cruel Girl. "Ah, Mirabellette!" he sighed. "May I not hope that you will be mine forever?" "If you wish to hope that long, Mr. Sophie," she replied. "I don't suppose I could stop you."—Philadelphia Press. An Unexpected Result An amusing episode occurred at a political meeting at Lavender during the general election. After hearing the speeches of the candidate and his supporters an aged conservative from Wolverton mounted the platform and caused some mystery by dramatically holding aloft a walnut, when he proceeded to say: "This is a political walnut. The rough shell represents the radicals; the next, the thin, bitter skin, is the liberals, and the kernel represents the good conservative." A man in the audience cried out: "Now crack it." The Wolverton tory did so, when lo and behold! the kernel was rotten! The admixture of laughter and chagrin that followed may be imagined—London Spare Moments. Chinese Fun. A man asked a friend to stay and have tea. Unfortunately, there was no tea in the house, so a servant was sent to borrow some. Before the latter had returned the water was already boiling, and it became necessary to pour in more cold water. This happened several times, and at length the boiler was overflowing, but no tea had some. Then the man's wife said to her husband: "As we don't seem likely to get any tea, you had better offer your friend a bath!"—History of Chinese Literature. Bare Astronomical Event The sudden blazing into view of a star previously invisible ranks among the very rarest of astronomical events. Only 14 times since men first began to write down records of the skies has such an occurrence been chronicles and but once before have astronomers found a "temporary" star rivaling in splendor Anderson's recent discovery in the constellation Perseus - Science. I.O.ST. LUKE NOTES--DEATH CLAIMS PAID The Endowment of the R. W. G. Council, I. O. St Luke of Virginia has paid the following Death Claims since the Annual Meeting of the last R. W. G. Council in Lynchburg, Va. 1. Elizabeth B. andum ..... Elijah Council, No. 99 ..... $ 5000 2. Lola Johnson ..... Southside ..... 172 ..... 2500 3. Kitty Smith ..... Randolph ..... 110 ..... 5000 4. Beal Johnson ..... Lily of Valley ..... 114 ..... 5000 5. Ella F. Robinson ..... Ump. Chap C ..... 126 ..... 5000 6. Martha Coleman ..... Union Prospect ..... 151 ..... 5000 7. Sareh Hill ..... Virginia Council ..... 127 ..... 5000 8. Francis Mitchell ..... Mt. Sinai ..... 54 ..... 5000 9. Eveline Moore ..... Mt. Carmel ..... 43 ..... 5000 10. Millie Scott ..... Namozine ..... — ..... 5000 11. Fred Mann ..... Sheba ..... 18 ..... 5000 12. Henry Graves ..... Hatcher ..... 89 ..... 5000 13. Mary J. Lancaster ..... St. Mary ..... 5 ..... 5000 14. Louisa Trent ..... Mt. Sinai ..... 54 ..... 5000 15. Loui Bailey ..... Evergreen ..... 159 ..... 5000 16. Vick Daniel ..... Maege ..... 171 ..... 5000 17. Sarah J. Willis ..... Coral Reef ..... 180 ..... 5000 18. Mary school ..... Ezakiel ..... 121 ..... 5000 19. Nellie B. Shelton ..... Magdalena ..... 125 ..... 5000 20. Thomas Carey ..... Elijah ..... 99 ..... 5000 21. William Johnson ..... Elijah ..... 99 ..... 5000 22. Eliza bpacrow ..... Arabella ..... 87 ..... 5000 23. Rev. James H. Holmes ..... Forrester ..... 9 ..... 5000 Claims paid since the ($100.00) one hundred dollar policies have been issued January 1, 1901. 24. Charles P. Robinson.....Golden Rule C. No. 62. $ 100 00 25. Thomas Gaines.....S. Matthew No. 33. 100 00 26. R. H. Fulcher.....St Joseph No. 101. 100 00 27. Michael Henry.....Howard No. 173. 80 00 28. Maria Maudy.....Randolph No. 110. 100 00 29. R. A. Patterson.....Golden Rule No. 62. 100 00 30. Pleasant Goodwyn.....Green Bay No. 17. 100 00 31. William H. Brown (6 months) No. 17. 50 00 32. Minnis Washington.....Washington Gee No. 85. 100 00 Total 82 claims amounting to.....$ 1912 60 The Death Claims of $100 are being paid promptly to every St. Luke who has been in the Order (6 months) and over. Deputy Mary Holt Dawson will initiated into the Order Monday night, April 22nd, 1801 at 8 o'clock, her male Council of 35 gentlemen; and consecrate the same council known as Zimor, No. 168 on Monday night, April 29th, at the St. Luke Hall. This is the third Council Mrs. Dawson has set apart to the O. St. Luke and one Juvenile Circle. We congratulate her in her past work, and predict for her a bright future. ports the work very favorable. The St. Luke of Wittheville have purchased a handsome lot with a hall on the same, and have now the first hall owned by colored percolons in that section. The Executor Council is getting along nicely, initiating members at each meeting. The R. W. G. Vice-Chief, Mrs. Frances Cox has lately made a Juvenile Circle at Lynchburg. Va. and now she is busy gathering a Union Council to be made in the near future. We wish her much acess. Mrs. Paul Barnes, of Lynchburg, Va. D puty Louisa Allen will initiate a male council in the Order on Tuesday nig t, April 19, 1801. This council will have 85 gentlemen also, and will be known as Friendship Council, No. 1. This is the second council Mrs. Allen has set apart this year. She has one of the largest Juvenile Circles. D puty Ella Ooley is working on two councils: (1) Male and (1) Female. These councils are coming on nicely, and will be made early in May. Look out for the date. The Deputies are all trying to do work that will be creditable to the Independent Order of St. Luke. Miss Gertrude D, Lawrence R. W. G. S. suvenile Department, is completing arrangements to conscrate her Misses council; we will give full acceptance. Deputy Thomas Brown, of Petersburg, Va. has reissued two Councils in his district, and with the efforts of R. Ooley and sister Reeseas a. dolpin, Petersburg, Va. have added 200 new members to the Order. The R W. G. Seey made a flying trip to Wytheville, Va. to consecrate a Juvenile Circle of that city. she re- A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, April 11. W. B. Carrow, who suicided in Indianapolis, left this message: "Tell Carrie Nagon that rum and cigarettes are a dammation." Mrs. P. D. Armour and J. Ogden Armour, wide and son of the late P. D. Armour, have given $1,000,000 more to Chicago's Armour Institute. Mrs. Helen Potts Hall, alleging that she was the adopted daughter of the late G. F. Gilman, the Atlantic and Pacific Tea company millionaire, brings suit for her share of his estate Friday. April 12. The movement to erect a monument to Gen. Harrison in Indianapolis is being pushed. Work in Indiana's bleck coal districts, where over 3,000 union miners are on strike, is at a standstill. Citizens of Bradford, Pa., failing to secure an injunction against a proposed pest house, burned the building. M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the French premier, allow him to leave Paris, and he started last evening for Antibes. Sir Thomas Lipton has given up the idea of bringing Shamrock I across the Atlantic as a racing partner for the Shamrock II for preliminary trials in American waters. Saturday, April 13. The Northern Pacific railroad will this season expend $10,250,000 on betterments. Apostle George Q. Cannon, of the Mormon church, died at Monterey, Cal., aged 75. The daughter of Governor Nash, of Ohio, will name the battleship Ohio, to be launched at San Francisco May 18. Gen. A. C. McClurg, head of the publishing house of A. C. McClurg & Co., of Chicago, died yesterday at St. Augustine, Fla. The Arkansas senate passed a bill making it necessary to secure a license, at $5 a year, before drinking intoxicating liquor as a beverage. At Milwaukee Judge Elliott, in the circuit court, decided that Christian scientists are not liable to prosecution under the Wisconsin medical law. The Colombian government has decided to sell the exclusive right to work the pearl and coral fisheries on Pearl Island, 50 miles south of Panama, to the highest bidder for a total of 18 years. Wednesday, April 17. The German labor market does not improve. There were 122 applicants for every 100 vacancies last month. At Mason City, Ia., Mrs. H. B. Tunure shet and killed her husband yesterday and then committed suicide. It is thought she was insane. Secretary Wilson has decided to send out an expert—Prof. Knapp, of Louisiana—to investigate the rice growing countries of the world. Mrs. William R. Day, wife of Federal Judge Day, former secretary of state, who recently suffered a paralytic stroke at Canton, O., is greatly improved. ports the work very favorabe. The 8t. lukes of Wytheville have purchased a handsome lot with a hail on the same, and have now, the first hall owned by colored persons in that section. The Execsior Council is getting along nicely, initiating members at each meeting. The R. W. G. Vice-Chief, Mrs. Frances Cox has lately made a Juvenile Circle at Lynchburg. Va. and now she is busy gathering a Union Council to be made in the near future. We wish he has access. Mrs. Pauline James, of Lynchburg, Va. reinstated her circle, and is adding new members monthly. We wish to compliment sisters L. A. Stephens, Emma F. zergald and others on this addition. We have very encouraging reports from all over the state, since the Easter Thasking Exercises. Deputy William Randolph of Hanover Co., Va. reported some good work. He has established at Oak Grove King William County, Va. a Council known as Oak Grove Council, with 40 members. In spite of the rain, the children of the Juvenile Department turned out in full to their Easter Exercises. Sunday at the 5.0 h. Easter Church. The exercises were the best the Department has ever had, and the credit of the same is due to the efficient committee; Mrs. Delia Lewis Ellis, Martha Smith Morgan and Miss Gertude D. Lawrence, and the pianist Miss Annie Brown. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham spoke for the encouragement of the Officers of the Department, Matron and children. Annual Sermon. To Those Whom These Greetings May Concern, Know Ye:-- That the members of the Tabernacles of the general Grand Accepted Order of Brothers and Sisters of five and Charity, located in Richmond, Va. will have their 21st Annual sermon presached at Eisenstein Baptist Church on the 4 h Sunday, April 28th, 1901, at 8 o'clock p. m. Officials of the day; Brother Thomas M. Moor, W. S.; Sisters Celia Gray, W. V.; S. M. L. Richardson, W. S.; Emma Wells, W. T.; Bro. Rannolph Richardson, W. Chaplain; Sisters Nettie Clay, W. Con.; Frances Howard, W. A. U.; Brother Henry Branch, W. S.; Bro. Wm. M. Mickian, W. Marshall. The sisters will assemble at the church at two o'clock p. m., and the brothers at the Charity Hall, on Navy Hill at 1 o'clock p. m. Line of marche from the hall to Baker street, then to 1st street, then to Leath street and from there to the children, where the sermon will be prescheduled by Rev. A. S. Thomas. THOR MINOR, W. S. M. L. RICHARDSON, Sue'g WM. M. MICKIAN, Marshall A farewell reception was given in honor of Mrs. Olarence Lee and her daughter, Hatlie, of Philadelphia at the cosy residence of Mrs. Major Anderson of Woodville, Thursday evening, March 28th, 1901. The evening was spent in playing various games, after which the guest were ushered into the large and beautifully decorated dining room where they were served the luxurge of the season. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Marian Anderson, Mesdames G. Lee, Harrier Sister, Mesdames Hattie Lee. Ross Allen, Maria Harris, Thomas Harris, Virginia Ball, Fannie Mickey, Robertett Harris, Munnie Mickey, Virginia Harris, Joseph Montague, Messrs James Banks, Henry Taylor, James Sayles, Charles Johnson, Joseph Harris, Ejiah Ransom, Augustus Banks, Henry Brown, Shedrack Flemming, Geo. Gatewood, Albert Jordan, Geo. Mickens, Reuben Frye, Richard Burton, Thomas Tolliver. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is too good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheyney Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Chaney & Co. Testimonial free. old by Druggists, price 75 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills are the best. JOHNSON—SAUNDERS The marriages of Mr. James Saunders to Mrs. Garstude Johrn *n* will take place on May 1, 1901. Paul St., Thursday, May 2, 1901. Friends are cordially invited. No cards. I desire to find my mother. The last time I saw her was five years ago. She was then in Greenboro N. Her fi- at husband's name was N. Gooseby, last husband's name, Green Gravely, his gravely, man of No lie Gravely, She had four children vis. Mattie, Johnnie, Mary a Risa Goose by, two of which are in Danville, Va. one at Winston, N. C. and the other at Martinsville, Va. Any information will be thankfully received by Miss Mattie Gooseby. 122 Craghhead S., Danville Va. 3-3t WANTED: a fire-safe, usessman bond samples of work and recommend- sions to Leave orders Saturday and get your freight from fresh office Sunday. at H. Salomon KNOW YOUR FATE and FORTUNE Madam Alviah, Wonderfully Gifted Clairvoyant and Business Medium If your lost or absent friends interest you; if you desire to be more successful; if you desire to have your domestic trouble removed; your lost item is returned; your enemies converted, edified, or misunderstood in a word, whatever may be your desire. suspicions or desires, call on this wonderfully gifted Lady. 5.7.1 If secret enemies have hurt you the Madam can remove their evil influences and cure you. Madam Alviah advises you with a more than human foresight 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. 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