Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET THAT MOORE ST. CHURCH COUNCIL. CLAIMS TO BE AN AF FAIR OF ONE SIDE. MT. OLIVET NOT REPRESENTED. The Committees' Failure—The Opinion of an Onlooker. Your reporter visited, as requested, the council at the Moore St. Baptist Church last Tuesday. It was a very badly arranged affair. 1. It was the coming together of an adjourned council which had been held at the Fourth Baptist Church a month ago. That council had appointed a committee to visit other churches and invite them and Mt. Olivet to be present last Tuesday by delegates; but the committee did not visit Mt. Olivet until last Monday night and then at her revival meeting. It was charged boldly there in the presence of all the council that the committee had been direlief in duty toward Mt. Olivet church. This was plainly seen by all. 2. Mt. Olivet church sent, however, a written communication by her pastor, Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, stating that she could not enter into a council, a number of whose members had already passed judgment against her; in other words, several churches including the Second Baptist, whose pastor, Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D., seems to be the leading spirit in opposition to Mt. Olivet, had several months age withdrawn the hand of fellowship from Mt. Olivet, which has never been restored; but yet these churches persist in sitting in trial upon the Mt. Olivet church. Dr. Graham and others claim that this is unbaptiitie. MT. OLIVET'S POSITION 3. The Mt Olivet church holds that there ought to be a mutual council, one in which she may have some say in inviting churches to sit in judgment upon the trouble which concerns herself and the Fourth church. But this is what the Fourth church and the Fifth church easily evaded, because they consider that such an action would be a recognition of the equality of Mt. Olivet church. The councils have all been called by the Fourth Baptist Church; this last one being an adjourned council of that church. Everybody with common sense can see the good sense of Mt. Olivet in not submitting herself to trial to a council called by a church which has withdrawn from her the hand of fellowship and at the same time inviting a number of other churches which had done the same to help her to try to be. But the council as Moore street was blind and deat to all reason on these points, and deat to Rev. Z. D. Lewis and his followers their prejudement, stubbornly refused all suggestions for a council in which Mt. Olivet would be treated as a sister church should be treated. A VOTE TO ADVISE. 4. The Moore St. Church council finally, after refusing to advise the two churches involved to call a mutual council, on motion of Rev. D N. Vassar, a teacher of young preachers in the Virginia Union University, voted to advise the Mt. Olives Baptist church to drop from her roll such members as are considered by the Fourth church her excluded members, and that the church will be advised to grant the letters which any questions being asked. This to some seems a very fair suggestion, while others it does not, since it is the request ex parte council composed of person who had already passed judgment upon the Mt. Olivet church. So there is where the matter stands. Mt. Olivet is in the midst of a great revival, she is not asking for anything of the sister churches but that which is right. Your reporter sized up the whole matter. Anybody could plainly see from the remarks of Reva. Lewis, Vassar and others that they were more concerned about the influence of a certain other preacher than they really were about peace between these two churches. MANY DELEGATES LEFT. When the vote was taken, over half of the members of the council had gone to look after their revivals. Reva Burke, Davis, Bings, and many more had retired, and in fact only those preachers who had in all previous meetings voted against the Mt. Olivet church did the same this time. The little church is in her glory and moving on to success in fellowship with the following churches: Richmond: First Baptism, Fifth St., Macedonia, Sharon, Fitt, Baptist (Sydney), Ebenezer, Pilgrim, Tarnacle; Manchester: Second church and Zion Baptist. Only Fourth church, Second and Fountain of Richmond, and the First church of Manchester have taken action against her. She has nothing to fear. THE PECULIAR STATEMENT OF A PRISONER A Sentence of Five Years—The Appeal Now Pending—A Remarkable Let- [ SEATTLE, WASH., April 17, 1901. John Mitchell, Jr., 811 N. Fourth St, Richmond, Va. My Dear Sir: Permit me to call your attention to the particulars in my case, and the circumstances that actuates me in addressing you. Guilty! This word so replete with sadness and sorrow, fell on my ear on January 30th, 1901. Penitentiary liighning struck me in the city of Seattle, Wash. I was tried, convicted and sentenced in the Superior Court of Criminal department, No. 1, hence a state prisoner. The offense for which I was tried and convicted was that of robbery. My sentence is five years in the state penitentiary. HELD HIGH POSITIONS. This, no doubt, 'will be the proper place to give some of my antecedents, as well as a few of the details of the crime for which I am sentenced to the penitentiary. I spent my early youth and manhood at Balsimore city, Maryland, from which place I removed to New Mexico After residing for some time in Sante Fe of that state I held the position of county clerk of that county for four consecutive years. During that time I was imprisoned and organizing the Nation al Sahk. I was the first, and, later on, its president I haditive business and was doing well. My wife's health failed her, she became consumpitive. My family physician advised a removal to the sound. IN A NEW FIELD. I closed out my business at a great sacrifice, and came to Sphone, Washington. There I located, and made it my future home. Soon after my arrival I commenced the publication of a newspaper. In the county in which I was located I found one of the worst and most corrupt political rings on the face of the earth. This combination had controlled the politics of the county for almost a quarter part of a century. Soon I became involved in a tainted political war with the members of this politically organized. An election of county and state officials was soon to take place; one test the strength of the contending elements in my newspaper. I presented the name of Hen. J. D. Hawkins as candidate for Discriet Judge in opposition to the ring candidate. A sharp fight ensued. Mr. Hawkins was elected by an overwhelming majority. This was the first time for twenty years that this ring had been defeat- WON THIRI HATRED The members of it were very sore. Looking upon me as the principal spirit. I was the object toward which they directed all their shafts of spite. I was arrested at Lake View, Washington and conducted to Tacoma and hence to Seattle county jail, at the preliminary trial I waived examination and consequently bound over to Sup-Court of Criminal department, No. 1. When my case was called, my attorney introduced a motion to continue the case, filing affidavits necessary in such cases. The prosecuting attorney having hit consent, there was no doubt in the minds of those interested as to the continuance of the case. [THE JUDGE'S REFURAL] For some cause best known to himself, the judge would not grant the continuance, and forced me to trial, without having a single witness. Not being allowed to have my witnesses, I was, under instructions of the court, which were, indeed, exceedingly pointed, found guilty, and sentenced to five years imprisonment on circumstantial and prejudiced evidence. My father was a minister of the gospel for thirty years prior to his death. he was not blessed with much of the world's goode. For that reason he began in very early life to aid myself, spent seven years in college preparing for the struggles that awaited me. I earned every dollar of the money which paid my expenses while securing my education. Few Afro-Americans can truthfully makd this statement of themselves. USEFUL LESSONS LEARNED. I am financially ruined in the great battle carried on in endeavoring to establish my innocence. If I could enlist your services in order to make a "quick raise" of a few dollars to enable me to pay my attorney for his service perfecting my ease now pending an appeal to the Supreme Court of this state. I need not add, that your kindness will insure an honest effort to merit your indulgence. FIRST HONOR PUPILS FIRST HONOR PUPILS Week Ending April 19, 1901. 5th Grammar—Mr. J. Andrew Bowler, teacher: John Carter, Rosa Gordon, Alberta Graves, Virginia Lee and Jessie Macklin. 8th Grammar—Miss Rosa B Yancey, teacher: Charles Bossieux, Amanda Gaines, Joseph Hill and Scott Gwathmey. 2d Grammar—Miss Rosa B. Moody, teacher: Bertha Burwell and Minnie Jackson. 1st Grammar—Miss Lucy V. Bolling, teacher: Junius Glover, Eugenia Hall, Senora Jackson, Virgile Simms and Sarah Williams. 8th Grammar—Miss Annie M. Jackson, teacher: Sarah Brexton, Samuel Garden, Herbert Fleming, Ethel Gwathmey, Rebecca Underwood and Nathaniel Yates. 7th Primary—Miss Nannie O. Wyatt teacher: Earl Harris, Mary Christie, Juile Lawrence, Richard Brexton, Ruby Clalborne, Willie Toast, Loney Hargrave, Mattie Barnes, Gertrude Smith. 6th Primary—Miss Lula A. Willis teacher: Tancil Tancil, Beatrice Christ ian, James Roberts, Emma Hill, Viola Cheatham, Percy Jefferson, Jieudetra Temple, Thomas Page, Mary Clarke, Gertude Christian, Bertha Brown, Roberta Dawson, Eleworth Holcomb, Carrie Johnson, Ophelia Johnson. 5th Primary—Miss Mary E. Willis teacher: Ida Thomson, Edward Mc Allister, Ophelia Soup, Ethel Gordon, Clement Hargrave, Adela Johnson, Mary Burke, James Tyler, Wilbert Lawson, Mary Underwood, Wilfine, Coleman,艾伦 Collins, Susie Page. 4th Primary—Miss Maud E. Mundin, teacher: Frank Morton, Wilhelm Saunders, Pearl Morton, Olivia Scott, Cleopatra Scott, Rosa White Lounie Barton, Aurelia Hunter, Luile Brooks Lissie Bland, Irene Christian, Thomas Brandon, William Preston, Blanche Robinson, Arthur Ransom, Gabriel Brooks. 8rd Primary—Miss Annie S. Keene, teacher: Hattie Hunter, Bessie Kirby, Ruby Maslin, Willie Morton, Felix Gwathmey, Eddie Washington, Mary woodson, Hazel Bland, Bessie Scott, Julia Atkinson, Fanny Wright, Magdalena Hamm, Madeline Lewis, John Taylor, Edgar Anderson, Joseph Harris. 2d Primary—Miss Lula G. Haskin, teacher: Berthe Johnson, Mary Ivison, Bessie Allen, Lipporah Yearman, Percy Brown, Perey Sayles, James Coleman, Willie Oaldwell, Florence Wingfield, John Wingfield, Luberta Ashten, Clara Anderson, Aleek Brooks, Isaiah Christian, Augustus Turner, Judson Clark. 1st Primary—Miss Lula G. Haskins, teacher: John Clark, Lizzie Bradley, Amelia Clark, Virginia Mortague, Anna Coles, Daisy Jones, James Christian Allan Lewis, Nathaniel Smith, Estelle Bentley, Dora Jackson, Ruth Riley, Martha Robinson, Emma Smith, Edith Williams, Alma Scott, Lottie Harris, Bettie Harris, Robert Johnson. Would Have Nothing To De With It. Pursuant to a petition headed by Mr. Nelson Williams, Jr., Dr. Dr J. E. Jones and signed by eight other members of the First Baptist Church, and presented to the deacons at their meeting, a church meeting was called by that body to meet on last Monday night to take under consideration the motion of Mr. Williams to appoint delegates to the council which met last Tuesday 3 p. m. at the Moore St. Baptist Church. The object of this council was to assist in setting the difficulties between Rev. Evans Payne, and the Fourth Baptist Church on one side and the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on the other. Deason Thornton Wyatt called the church meeting to order at about 8:45 p.m. Monday, Clerk B. P. Vandervall having charge of the minutes. Lengthy discussions were indulged in. Rev. Dr. J. E. Jones made an earnest plea for the church to send delegates. He was followed by Messrs Nelson Williams, Jr. Rev. R. J. Bass, Rev. W. H. Stokes, — — W. S. Seldon and Israel Meekin, all of whom objected to sending delegates. Rev T. H. Briggs endearced to get the floor to speak on the side. This was opposed by Rev J. Andrew Bowie, Mr. W. P. Willis, Deacons James Wilder, Shepherd Shorts, Rev R. Baecher Taylor, Deason Harrison Smith endeavored to secure the floor to speak against sending delegates. The pending question was ordered a square vote taken Seventeen members were in favor of the motion and about 150 members against it. The vote against it was so overwhelming that the chair did not deem it necessary to continue the count. This settles the question which has been agitated in the First Baptist Church for about two menhs. Mr Joseph Hill sang in Norfolk last night The Ancient And Accepted Scottish The United Supreme Council A. A. S. Rite for the Southern and Western Jurisdiction of the United States of America, of which the illustrious Thornton A Jackson 88 degrees is the Sovereign Gr. Commander through its representatives consisting of Ill. T. A. Jackson, 88 degree, Sov. Gr. Com. and Ill. James O Bamfield, 88 degree, Secretary, Gen., H.E. of the District of Columbia, Ill. Major D Meckins, Deputy for the state of Virginia, assisted by J. Nelson Harris, 83 degrees of Ill. R Jackson, 82 degrees, of the city of Richmond, and of the Masonic Temple Olay area in the city of Richmond. Tu day evening, April 28rd, 1801, and conferred the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite from the 4th degree to the 82nd degree on a class of 28, after which the following Masonic bodies were set apart: Libertas, Lodge of Perfection, 44h degree, Wisdom Chapter Knights of the Rose Oraff, Council Kadosh, 80th degree and Richmond Consistory Subjime Princes of the Royal Secrets, 32 degree. These bodies consist of thirty members. Ill. Harris and Jackson being transferred from Alpha Consistory of Norfolk, by the III Deputy, M. D. Meekins, among whom are some of the most prominent masons of the city of Richmond, a more complete report of the work will be given. After the completion of the work the members of the Supreme Council with the members of the Richmond Consistory repaired to the banquet hall where they partook of a substantial banquet prepared by a committee of Richmond Consistory. NOTICE. Afro-Americans throughout the Southern States especially should bear in mind that by a recent decision of the United States, Supreme Court, the court officers cannot Alteriminate in the matter of selecting juries. The colored race is largely obligated to Hon Wilford H. Smith, of Galveston, Texas, for securing this decision in our favor. If our people wish to get more definite information in regard to this decision they can get it by writing to Mr. Smith. Whenever our people are convicted in the courts and it can be shown that Negroes were purposefully kept off the juries the decision of the court will not stand the test of the Supreme Court and an appeal should be taken to the higher court. The following copy of an Associated Press dispatch shows that this new law has been enforced in the state of Texas, and there is no reason why it should not be enforced in all parts of the country. "AUSTIN, April 10th—The court of criminal appeals to day reversed and remanded the case of John Kipper, a Negro who was given a life sentence for murder of a police officer at El Paso, where the reason assigned by the courts for wrong case was that there were no Negro jurors on the grand or petit injur- The marriage of Miss Maggie B. Woodson, daughter of Alfred and Sarah Woodson, to Mr. Robert H. Tyrse took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs Edwards, No. $2 \frac{1}{2}$ E. Baker street, Thursday night, April 18th, at 9:30 p.m. The bridal party entered to the strains of the wedding march by Prof. Burwell, Miss Lucy Wilson and Mr. Wm. B. Smith Jr., the groom and Mr. William M.son, the bride and Mr. B. P. Vandervall, Rev. Wells, ex-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church performed the ceremony. After refreshments were served the happy couple were driven amid a shower of rice to their new home, 1012 N. 23d St. --- JACKSON-The funeral of Mrs. Mary E. Jackson, the mother of Mrs. Eliza Shackleford of 10 W. Bacon street, Mrs. Edmonia Boiling of 1015 West Leigh street, Mrs. Sallie Tylor, Hendrico Co., Mr. Samuel Jackson of Church Hill, Mr. Robert Jackson of Washington and Mrs. Ostavia Allen of 1209 St. Paul street; took place from the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Sunday, April 14th, at 3 p. m. Mrs. Jackson was one of the oldest members of Mount Carmel Baptist Church and was respected and beloved by all. Rev. White, her pastor, preached her funeral from Psalm 17:15 and before he finished his sermon, there was not a dry eye in the house. "Sleep on belovel, sleep and take thy rest, Lay down thy head upon thy Saviour's breast. We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best, Good night! Good night! Good night! HER GODDWARD ROY—Edward Roy departed this life Wednesday morning, April 24th at 3 o'clock. Funeral will take place from the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Sunday at 11 a.m. Friends and acquaintances are requested to attend. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tyres tender their thanks to friends for their many handsome and useful gifts. FROM PHILIPPINE CABTILLEJOS, ZAMBALEZ, P. L, March 17. 1901 The good work of receiving all insurgent ordinance and the organization of civil government continues. It is reported that Capt. H. A. Leonhaeuser commander of the regiment during the Colonel's absence has surender Aguinaldo and his suite in the monastery between Santa Cruz and Dasol with 4 companies of the 25th Infantry made up of the regiment at large and the Iucanc scouts under Lieut. Corner it is reported on good authority. Twelve Remington rifles were surrendered here on the 10th instant in serviceable condition. The Manila American reports that during an engagement in Cebu one officer and thirteen men were killed. Fights are few and far between. The fateful subig pass and the bloody road from Sunig to this station is being rapidly put in passable shape by Lieut. Brooks and a detachment of the engineer corps. It now resembles a nice county turnip. Since my last letter civil governments have been established in three provinces; viz: Bataad, Tanabas and Pampanga with army officers and one enlisted man thus far, as Governors and other civil dignataries. The natives apparently appreciate it very much. The latest offered those who surrendered their arms is $20 00 Mexican, a parole and the release of any friend the surrendering party may pisk from the prisoners, not otherwise held than prisoners of war. The (athletic friars have brought suit against the bolting native from their faith to recover the church property the latter uses, which they claim is theirs. The suit has not been concluded as yet. Messrs. Hartigan and Marple, former army officers are representing the plaintiff. During one day of last week more than 800 rifles were surrendered or captured. The Carman case has developed several prominent persons engaged in the same practices. Now comes the French consul who went on a furlough a short time ago and found it necessary to extend his leave, owing to the discovery of his game by the Americans. Carman has been admitted to $20,000 bail owing to his health. [Manila New American] Bids have been opened for the extensive improvement of Manila harbor. Captain Biddle, engineer corps, gives notice that bids will receive un til August 1, 1901. Considerable improvement is made at Olangapoo, the Subig Bay naval station. A military station has been established there and so far it contains many wrong doers. The volunteers are fast returning home. A battalion of the 6th Artillery relieved the 82d Infantry in Bataan province and the Transport Sheridan arrived on the 15th instant with new regiments for relief purposes. The Spencer bill has put a damper on all proposed industries. A capitalist who was here to represent a strict railway syndicate has declared all efforts off to secure control of the Manila trainway. The miners and timber men have all given up hope. Contracts which the government let for lumber had to be rescinded, and it is said trade is at a standstill. Manila has become a great port, showing registries of vessels of all nations, and the custom's receipts are rapidly increasing. The government is having consider able trouble with the launches of the Quartermaster's department, owing to the skilker management of the launch is reported in the daily day some launch is reported in the newspaper. [Manila News, American.] The natives are still sticking to the M. E Church and more are joining. Indications predict a complete pacification during the year. General Trias is reported to have surrendered with 119 rifles. Over 20,000 natives took the oath of allegiance in the province of Ilocos Norte, during last week. The oath was administered by the parish priest in the presence of the army officers. This fact will go a long way towards causing them to keep it, as they all have faith in the priests. The Y. M. C. A. here is in a flourishing condition and its semi-weekly literary entertainments are appreciated. Rev. Wims will deliver a sermon tonight* RIENZI B. LEMUS. MR. JOHNSON'S UNIQUE LETTER. Agrees with Deacon Harrison Smith. VALDESTA, GA. April 21, 1901. 818 Wisenbaker Lane. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr. Yours of the 18th instant received and indeed I read and reread its contents vary carefully and as you asked me therein whether I wanted the paper continued or not, you might as well ask me do I wish to continue with my loving wife, for certainly I have intermarried with your paper. It is the best paper the world ever saw. It is without an equal. It is equal to any and surpassed by none. It is superior to all that I ever saw and read. My pen or tongue cannot define its good qualities and I dare say I would sooner be out of my bread than without the paper. I have intermarried to it for the balance of my life. I'm aware that no other paper will suit my fancy like it. It is next to the Hi ble with me and my family. We read it over and over two or three times and as the subscript n ends the 3d of June. you can send it until then and I will send in money and new subscription and start even to date. Yours in earnest. A. JOHNSON. LYNCHED HIM. A Colored Man's Fate—The Mob's Warning. NASHVILLE, TENN., April 23.—Tonight at 9 o'clock, a mob of 100 men forbisly entered the court-house at Springfield, Tenn., took Wyatt Mallory, a colored man from the officers guarding him, and hanged him from the nearest veranda. A strong rope was drawn tight with the colored man's weight, and each member of the mob fired a shot into the body. Then the leader of the mob warned the Sheriff not to interfere with the corpse until 10 o'clock to morrow morning. Yesterday, at Adams, Mallory/ataly wounded J. H. Farmer, a white man and was brought here for safe-keeping. COLORED FOLKS LEAVING GREENBORO, N. O., April 28. One hundred colored men left this city last night for the coal mines of West Virginia. Within the past year several hundred miners have been induced to leave. On account of the emigration of a large number of colored people, and the removal of others from the country districts to the towns, farm labor in this section is very scarce. This has caused some farmers to prepare for only a half-crop this year. Rev Strange in Charge—Rev. Gullin Goes to Berkley, Va. Rev. J. Strange is now in charge of the Third street A. M. E. Church, vice Rev. W. R. Gullins, who has been transferred to Trinity A. M. E. Church at Berkley, Va. B.iv. Strange is one of the best known divines in the state and is well known among all classes. He is now located at the parsonage, 18 W. Jackson street. Rev. St. Mary's 8408 streets. Rev. St. Mary's presch Sunday at 11:30 a.m. 8:00 p.m. BOWERS HILL, VA., April 21, 1901. Mr. John Mitchell; Dear Sir: I have enclosed 50 cents for the paper and will send you the bal- ance soon for six months. I am old and am not able to work and have to beg a few pennies, but hats to do be. I am one hundred and five years old, was born in Liverpool, England, March 12, 1796, came to New York in 1899. I am the only son living that I know of. I am from the Manhattan Tribe of Indians of New York State, I shook hands with Lafayette and how proud I am to hear and read in your paper of Prof. Booker T. Washington's speech. May God bless him and you also. The last time I was in Richmond was the year 1899. I boarded with Mrs. Pollie Bosser on Free Hill. Yours truly, CHAS. HENRY BUR CROSBY. Robbed Him. On Sunday night, 21st inst., abo't b'eclock, Henry Jones, a colored man living at 717 North Third street and employed by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, was held-up on Seventh street, between Grace and Franklin by two men, who dragged him into the alley and riled his pocke- ting. The two men walked down Seventh street unmolested to Franklin street and disappeared, leaving no clue behind them. Headquarters, First Regiment, Uniform Rank, K. of P. April 22, 1901. All captains commanding are hereby notified to assemble their respective companies at the Castle Hall, 511 N. 8rd street May 5, 1901, 1:30 p. m. m. sharp, preparatory to attendance of the Thanksgiving exercises of the Independent Order of Calanthe, which will take place at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church. E. A. WASHINGTON, Major Commanding; ANDREW J. SMITH, J., Adjutant. We return thanks for an invitation to the 83rd anniversary exercises of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Wednesday, A pril 17th, 1901 at 2 o'clock. —Hon. A. Q. Franklin, of Charles City, Co., Va. called on us. Father Thomas B. Bonovan of the St. Joseph's Catechist College for Colored Students of Montgomery, Ala. was in the city. He has been to Baltimore to accompany the remains of Father P. J. McCaffrey, who was his assistant. Father Donovan was the picture of health and was as energetic as ever. PRICE 5 CENTS THE COUNCIL'S ACTION. A Lively Session Was Held—Committees Could Not Agree. RICHMOND, VA., April 28, 1901. The council called by the Fourth Baptist church on the 26th of March, and adjourned to meet on the 28rd of April, 1901, met on the above date in the Moore Street Baptist Church. Prayer was offered by Rev. A. Ferguson. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, the Roll was called and the following churches were represented by their pastor and two brethren: Second Baptist, Ebenezer, Fifth Church, Sydney, Fifth St., Sharon, M. Carmel, Moore St., Fountain Rising Mt. Zion, Mt. Calvary, Mt. Tabor Third St., Union Level, Macedonia, River View, First Baptist, Manchester, Second church, Manchester, Zion, Manchester, Mt. Olive, Chesterfield, Bethesda, Chesterfield, Gravel Hill, Chesterfield, St. John, Henrico, W. Olive, Henrico, Dr. D. N. Vassar, Bethlehem. On motion of Dr. Graham, the following ministers were invited to be part in the council. Reva, W. H. Christie, P. C. Cobbs, J. A. Bowler, T. H. Johnson, Willis Robinson, R. O. Kemp, J. F. Carter, Mitchell Washington, W. W. Harris, J S Brown, P. H. Graves, J. B.ass, J H. Briggs, C. Braxton, R. D. Scoot, Wm Troy. The committee appointed to wait on the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church made their report, which was received. On motion of Dr. Z. D. Lewis, Rev. J. A. Bowler, pastor of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, was called on for a statement concerning his church. Rev. Bowler stated that he was not sent as a delegate, but only as a messenger, and handed in the following letter: RICHMOND, VA., April 23, 1901. To an adjourned meeting of the council called by the Fourth Baptist Church: Dear Brethren; Greeting:—We were called upon to night by a committee of brethren, appointed by you, who handed us a letter stating that it was the desire of the council to have us present in order to be able to settle the difficulties between the Fourth Baptist Church and ourselves. We are sorry to say their lateness in coming, and the revival in which we are engaged make it necessary for us to be brief. We would like to say brethren, (and we desire to be thoroughly understood) that holding as you do a charge charges against us, we can not possibly consent to be tried by parties who have already prejudged us by withdrawing the right hand of fellowship from us, which they have never restored. We are confident of the fact that there are but few, if any, of you, who believe that our desire is other than peace. Praying that God be with you and direct our way and help our heads, hearts and bodies in the way of restitude, we are yours for the salvation of the world. Mt. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. Done by order of the church. S. A. CLAY, Chairman; W. E. PATTerson, Secretary. Rev. J. A. BOWLER, Pastor; W. E. NOBLE, Clerk. On motion of Dr. D. N. Vassar, Rev. Payne named three brethren, and Rev. Bowler, three, for the purpose of coming to some agreement, settling the whole trouble. Rev. Payne selected Dr. Z. D. Lewis. Rev. H. R. Williams and Rev. N. B. Brown. Rev. Bowler selected R. F. Tancil, M. D. E. A. A. Washington, and Dr. W. F. Grahawk. After being out some considerable time, they stated that they could not agree. Whereupon Deacor Irving East of the Moore St. Baptist Church stated the following: "We have done all in our power to adjust the difficulties between the two churches in question; we have stooped as low as we think the Baptist churches should stoop without sacrifice every principle of the church, and the Mt. Olivet brethren seem not to be inclined to make any assistance in the settlement of this difference, Now, I am in favor of putting ourselves in our record as to this matter, that the people may know that we do not endorse taking excluded members of one sister church into membership of another." Dr. D. N. Vassar then offered the following resolution: "That it is the sense of this council, that the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church drop from her roll the names of all members excluded from the Fourth Baptist Church and that the Fourth Baptist Church on hearing the same restore them to full fellowship, and give to all who may apply, letters of dismission, without asking them any questions." Every delegate present voted for the resolution but two. The council then adjourned. REV. DR. A. BINGA, Chairman; W. H. WHITE, Secretary. A more intelligent body has never met in a council in the city of Richmond, and a more harmonious meeting has never been witnessed. Yes, we trust the day is breaking. Joyful times are near at hand; God, the Mighty God is speaking. By his word in every land. When he chooses Darkness flies, at his command. AN HUMBLE HERO BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT "You uns may all say jest what you uns pleases, but I've done said what I think, an what I've said I stick to, an I'll contender to stick to it till I know I'm wrong even if it kills ever' bug in the boardin house an ever' cal in the old man's barn. I have said, an I still say, that that feller is a preacher an that he's on his way up to Deacon Smylar's to make an app'ntment to preach at the Coon Run meetin house." "Pap Sampson, you have said that, an you can just keep on a-sayin it till the cows come home, but I tell you right now you ain't a-hgive to change my mind none. The words I spoke at first I speak ag'in, an them words is that that feller ain't no more a preacher than a rabbit is—nary a speck more." "Jason Roberts, if that feller ain't no preacher, an you air you so dead shore of it, maybe you'll jest be good enough to tell us what under the sun be may be." Pap Sampson thumped his cane down on the ground and straightened himself up with the air of one who has thrown down the gauntlet and is waiting to see if anybody is going to be foolhardy enough to take it up. The young stranger, having quieted the fears of the people at Beckett's Mill, had departed on his way giving no account of himself further than to state that his name was James Melvin. He said nothing of whence he came nor whither he was going nor how he happened to be among them. Very naturally the people were curious about him and equally as naturally they fell to discussing him as soon as he was gone. Pap Sampson being recognized as the village oracle very properly resented the audacity of Jason Roberts in daring to dissent from his conjectures, and in uttering his last speech he felt that he had certainly put Jason down for good and all. But Jason was more tenacious than Pap supposed, and after pondering the matter a bit he said: "I may be mistaken, of course, an so may you. Pap, but mistaken or not my notion is that that feller is rich an that he has come here from somewhat to buy somethin." Pap gave a contemptuous sniff and indulged in a little incredulous laugh. "You have said that, Jason Roberts," he remarked, "an mebby you have said true words an mebby you ain't. But if you thinks they are true words mebby you can go fudder an say what that feller is figurin on buyln." "Oh, I don't know," Jason replied. "Most anything, I reckon." "That won't do, Jason. It won't nigh do. You can't edge out of a box in that sort of way. The fact is you ain't no notion under the sun what that feller is here for, an you mought jest as well may so." "An you ain't no notion neither, Pap, no more than I have." "I've said what he's here for, Jason, an Ive said it boldly, an, as I remarked, the words what I have spoke I stick to, an I will continuer to stick to 'em as long as Gabel's got a button left on his coat. That feller is a preacher, an he's'— "You have said that, Pap, an tharn't no use in you chawin your hash over more than three times. But I know that feller ain't no preacher, 'cause when he come up here he cussed. He cussed Sink Banks, an he cussed him out plain. He said these words, 'Damm you, you make another squeak or try to move another inch, an I blow your head off.' Them was the identical words he said to Sim, for I heard him with my own ears, an I guess you heard him, too, Pap." "I did, Jason. I heard him speak them very words, But what of it? Strictly speakin, 'damn' ain't no cuss word, an I low a preacher mought use it in a case of emergency, though it ain't just proper." Jim Thorn, who had remained silent all this time, suddenly broke into the conversation by remarking with the air of one who has convictions and who is positive of their correctness: "What are the word you 'lows to speak, Jim Thorn," Pap Sampson asked contemptuously, "if you knows so much about it?" "The word I 'low to speak is jest this, Pap Sampson, an you all will see it are a true word if you live long enough; That man ain't nothin more nor less than a rascal hidin out from the law. That's the word I speak, an it's a word I'll stand to if it kills me." There was a moment of breathless silence while the people looked from one to another, and nobody noticed that one of the company colored and after shooting a contemptuous glance at Jim Thorn turned her face away. That one person was Louise, the young and beautiful wife of Sim Banks, the man who had fled before the advance of a herd of cattle. The people of Beckett's Mill were like the rest of humanity in that they were more ready to believe Ill of a fellow creature than they were to believe good of him. For this reason the majority of those present fell at once in with Jim Thorn's idea and proceeded to announce their belief that he was right. To be sure, Pap Sampson shook his head and thumped the earth with his cane and stoutly maintained that he was correct. So did Jason Roberts contend that he was right. Those two men had taken positions, and they felt that it was incumbent on them to maintain them, and nothing short of abso- lute conviction would induce them to recede so much as a hair's breadth. With the others, however, it was different. "Lord, I reckon Jim Thorn is shore right!" Hicks said, breaking the pause. Yes, sir-cee! Come to think of it, I had a sort of a sneakin notion while that feller was here that he won't jest exactly plumb straight." "I noticed," observed another, "that he had a sort of an uneasy look about the eye, like he was skeeter that he mought be overtook an ketched up. Didn't none of you uns notice that?" "Lord, I reckon I did," another replied, "an I mind most distinctly that he didn't appear to act a bit nat'ral. It flashed over me in a minute that that was sometime wrong about him some way." "Shucks!" exclaimed a third. "I seed through that feller the very minute I clapped my eyes on him, an I known as well as if he'd told me that he was hidin from the law. I wouldn't never a-mentioned it, though, if somebody else didn't a-mentioned it fust." Jim Thorn listened in silence to all these men, a cold, incredulous smile on his face and a look of contempt shining in his eyes. He knew that every one of them was uttering a positive falsehood and that not one of them had thought of Jim Melvin as a rascal and a fugitive from justice until he had suggested it. "Wonder what that chap's been up to now," some one said after a pause, "that he's had to take to hidin out this a-way." "Or it may be that he's stoled a boss or somethin," another added. "I reckon on he's most mean enough to do anything, judgin by his looks." "Or he mought 'a robbed a bank, for all we know. Land, like as not he's got a bushel of money hid about him somewhat." These were all merely surmises on the part of the speakers, for none of them knew a thing on/earth about James Melvin. It is strange, however, how near to the truth a mere surmise may sometimes draw. That James Melvin was a fugitive from the law was a fact and that some of the other surmises smacked strongly of the truth were also facts. All at once at this point the attention of the villagers was drawn away from James Melvin and fixed on another subject. Mrs. Sparks had come dashing in among them, her face pale and haggard and her eyes wet with tears. "What's my old man?" she cried. "What's your Ebenezer? Halm' not of you uns seed nothin of him? Oh, my Lord!" Not until this moment had any one noticed that Ebenezer Sparks was absent, and consequently nobody was in a position to enlighten his other half as to his whereabouts. Mrs. Sparks looked eagerly from face to face, then broke forth in heartrending lamentations. "Oh, my poor, brave, foolhardy Ebenezer?" she walled. "I'll never git to see him no more, never in all this world! He'll be killed! He's shore to be killed! I jest know he will!" "Why, great granny, Mrs. Sparks?" Hicks exclaimed, "whatever has got into you to make you talk that a-way? Who or what fs go to kill Ebenezer, do you s'pose?" "Oh, my Lord, Jake, the war'll kill him! It's jest shore to, an I won't nev'er or gift to lay my eyes on him ag'in." "Why, land of Goshen, Mrs. Sparks, how do you go 'bout figgerin that out? How's the war gwine to kill Ebenezer when he ain't got nothin to do with it, I'd like to know?" "But he's a-goin to have somethin to do with it. Don't you all know that them cannons an them guns has done somit him plumb crazy an made him so wild to fight that he's jest put out over thar to jine the war?" Some of the little group laughed outright, while some of them only smiled. Hicks did neither, although he was strongly tempted to laugh. He saw that Mrs. Sparks was intensely in earnest and sorely troubled, and he pitied her. Everybody knew Ebenezer Sparks was a braggart and a coward—everybody except his wife, the one person who should have known it better than any one else on earth. The blind, unreasoning faith some wives repose in their husbands would be ridiculous were it not so pathetic, and Mrs. Sparks was of that class. "I guess you ain't got no call to be skewed about Ebenezer, Mrs. Sparks," Hicks remarked presently. "You can jest bet he ain't gone to jine no war an that he'll turn up here the fust thing you know." The woman shook her head. "You can't fool me," she replied. "You uns all don't know Ebenezer like I do. If you uns had ever heard him talk as I have, a-tellin about the times when he fit into the war an whupped the battles, you uns would know what he is now. Time an ag in I've heard him a-sighin a-a-hopin for a war to git started, so's he could git a chansit to jine it an fight like he uster. He was shy, an he wouldn't tell you all the things, but he told 'em to me." Even Hicks smiled at this. He could not help it when he remembered how often Ebenezer, sitting by the store stove of winter evenings, had boasted of his brave exploits in war and yearned, as a sick child yearns for its mother, for a chance to repeat them. Ebenezer's modesty, like his bravery, was a mere matter of assumption. Just at that moment a boy came running down the street in a high state of excitement, and stopping in front of the group, panted out: "You all better come an git Ebene- RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. They found Ebenezer if he stays that much longer he'll be deader 'an a mackerel. He's most played out now, I guess." There was a moment's silence; then several of the men broke into a loud laugh. Presently Hicks turned to the boy and said: "Is Ebenezer in my store cellar?" "You bet he is," the boy replied, "an he can't git out, nother, 'less'n he's helped out." "What's happened to him?" "Why, he's all buried up under you all's taters. They's most a thousand bushels on top of him." Without another word Hicks led the way to the cellar, and there, sure enough, they found Ebenezer, the brave and the bold, buried under a mass of potatoes which had rolled down over him when he had attempted to secrete himself by burrowing into them. He looked sheepish and cheap when he was hauled out, and when the men laughed at him he was in half a mind to get angry, but he thought better of it and grinned instead. "Your woman 'lowed you war gwine to jine the war," Pap Sampson said, with a smile, "but we us reckoned you warn't burtin so bad as all that to whup no battles, an it looks like we ums war right." "I—I did start to jine the war." Ebenezer stammered, "but how could I git to go any fudder when I done got kotched under them derned taters?" "Did you 'low the war had done retched clean to Hicks' cellar," Pap Sampson asked, "an war you down that lookin round 'mong them taters for a battle to whup?" Ebenezer grinned, but made no reply. His wife, however, who had come up just in time to hear Pap's question, said: "I reckon, Pap Sampson, you all thinks you ums is powerful smart. My land, didn't none of you ums never start nowhar an git lost on the way? Humph! Like as if Ebenezer couldn't 'a fell into that cellar or got sort of rattled an run into it by mistake! Reckon the next thing you all 'ill be tryin to make out that Ebenezer are a coward." "Lord, Mils'us Sparks, we don't need to do nary sich a thing as that," Pap Sampson replied promptly. "Ebenezer has done made that all out as plain as the nose on your face hisself. Yes, sr-ce." "Guess Ebenezer an Sim Banks has done showed jest how brave they are." Jason Roberts observed, with a laugh. "One of 'em a-hidin in a cellar an the other' tearin down the road lippey-clippey, an all on account of a dyevor of old cows. Say, I bet the war'd soon be fit if they ums had a whack at it." "Lord! Wouldn't it, though?" Pap sald, with a chuckle. "Why, 'it'd jest be whapped all to frazzles in no time." Then everybody laughed—everybody except Sparks and Banks and their wives. The two first hung their heads in shame, Mrs. Sparks bristled up in her husband's defense, while Mrs. Banks gave her husband a look full of disgust and coolly turned her back on him. Mrs. Mann noticed the conduct of Mrs. Banks and promptly called attention to it by saying: "Lord, Louesey, you ain't nigh so quick to stand up for your husband as Betty Sparks is for her'n. You acts for all the world jest like you is plumb ashamed of Sim." "I am," Mrs. Banks replied flatly. "Who could help being ashamed of a coward, I'd like to know?" Sim looked up at his wife, a palmed expression in his eyes and his face very red. "Louesey," he gasped, "you dast to talk that a-way about me an we us jest been married a year?" "I dare to speak the truth," Mrs. Banks replied cuttingly, her lips curling with scorn. "I'm plumb ashamed of you." "Then you don't love me none," Sim whimpered heartedly. "A wife what loves her old man ain't goin to run him down afore other folks. Louesey, you don't love me; you don't love me!" Mrs. Banks, instead of being touched, gave her husband one scornful glance and turned and walked away. With her utter want of tact Mrs. Mann said: "I guess, Sim Banks, Louesey's been a-contrastin you with that Mr. Melvin, an I reckon she thinks you ain't much shakes compared with him." Sim's eyes fashed fire in an instant, and, trembling with anger, he cried: "You are a lyn, Mrs. Mann, when you say any such a thing as that, an if you was a man I'd whip you till your hide wouldn't hold shucks. Hain't nobody got no call to speak nary a word ag'n Louesey, an I ain't goin to stand still an let no sich a word be spoke. That's jest what I got to say, an I mean it." Mrs. Mann sniffed contemptuously. "Sim Banks," she said, "you kin jest stand up for Louesey all you pleases, but I mind she didn't stand up for you none, my an notion is she hain't goin to stand up for you, no matter what anybody says. I've got eyes, an what I see I see. Louesey was plumb struck with that man, an you mark my words, Sim Banks. if she ever gits to know him she'll learn to love his little finger better than she'll ever love your whole body. You jest bear them words in BE NOT DECEIVED TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. King of all Hair Tonics, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER. 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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 new look younger. We will also include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely CHEMICALLY PURE, and no soap but a pure soap should ever mind, Sim Banks, an if you live you will find that they are the gospel truth." Mrs. Mann, though actuated by a selfish interest and influenced by that feeling of bitter enmity which a woman has for a successful rival in the affections of the man she loves, spoke nearer the truth than any of her hearers dreamed—nearer even than she herself supposed. James Melvin was in no very pleasant humor to begin with. Since early morning he had been in the saddle, and for 12 long hours he had followed the tortuous course of a dimly marked road which wound uncertainly up and down and in and out among the rugged hills that border the Missouri river. His assertion that the horse he rode possessed a gait like that of a cow was not an exaggeration, and neither was that other assertion, that he was hungrier than a bear. He had eaten nothing since early morning, and his breakfast, secured at a log cabin back in the hills, had not been anything like as sumptuous as he could have desired. And now, on top of these discomforts, James Melvin had suddenly awakened to a realization of the fact that he was lost—lost, with night and darkness coming on and nothing to guide him back to his course. Since leaving Beckett's Mill he had traveled the main road for a short distance, then had turned off to follow a path that led up a ridge through a dark, heavy forest. For a time he got on very well, but by and by he came to a point where the path gave out, and, having nothing to further guide him, he began to ramble about the wood in an uncertain manner. This he continued for an hour before he discovered that he was merely wandering around and around, and it dawned on him that he was lost. He reined up his horse to consider his situation and to try to decide what he had better do under the circumstances. He found that reining up his horse was the easiest thing he had attempted that day. The animal may have possessed other strong points, but the speed with which he came to a halt was certainly far the strongest. While Melyin sat there puzzling over his situation, unable to decide which way to turn, his attention was attracted by a noise which came from a point just beyond a clump of trees. That noise sounded like some one coughing, and it brought a thrill of joy and a ray of hope to Melyin's weary soul. Getting his horse in motion as soon as possible and after some effort, he rode forward until he had passed the trees. There, sitting on a log, with his elbows resting on his knees and his face in his hands, was an old man who CHAPTER III. had every appearance of being a native of Possum Ridge. Melvin was glad to see the old fellow, for he had no doubt that he would easily gain from him the information necessary to guide him to a place of refuge for the night. It must be remembered that Melvin was a total stranger to Possum Ridge and to the manners and peculiarities of its people. Had he not been he would have been far less sanguine of the prospect the discovery of the old man opened up. Approaching to within speaking distance Melvin passed the usual salute. M. M. B. Melvin was glad to see the old fellow tion. To his surprise, the other took no notice. Approaching still nearer, he tried again. "A pleasant evening," he said. Still no reply and no movement on the part of the other. Thinking the old man must be hard of hearing, Melvin advanced nearer yet and, raising his voice almost to a shout, said: "Pretty rough country around here, isn't it?" No reply, and not even so much as the stir of a hand or foot. Apparently the old man was totally unaware of Melvin's presence even. Becoming desperate, Melvin drew closer still and, raising his voice to its highest pitch, shouted: "Are you deaf?" There was a momentary silence. Then slowly the old fellow raised his head and, looking Melvin over calmly and deliberately from head to foot and back again, said quietly: "Young feller, air you a-sp'illin for a flight?" Melvin started back and opened his eyes wide in astonishment. "Why, no." he stammered presently. "Why, no," he stammered presently; "why do you ask that?" "Are you achin to be chawed up?" the old man continued, taking no pe- 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. 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If you want 4 lots like above, send no coupon, let her write her name on a when you send your order. 4 Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth 50c. 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth 50c. 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. County State If you want 4 lots like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has no coupon, let her write her name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you send your order. Uce of Melvin's question. "Of course not." "Are you wantin to be larrped around here among these saplin's till your hide's wore plumb into fiddle strings an thair an aint a piece left of you big enough to bait a fishbook?" "Certainly not. What do you mean by asking such things?" "Are you pinin for me to take you by the heels an thrash the bushes off of a couple of acres of ground with you?" "No. But why?"— "Then what you mean by comin a-foolin around me this a-way? Think I'm a derned fool an don't know nothin? Reckon I don't know it's a nice day? Reckon I don't know it's a rough country? Reckon it's anybody's business whether I deaf or not?" Melvin was so surprised at the old man's words and manner that it was a full minute before he recovered sufficiently to make a reply. At last, however, he said: "I am sorry if I have offended you, and I beg your pardon. I meant no harm, I assure you. I—I have lost the road." "Waal, s'pose you have. I ain't found it." "I thought you might be able and willing to direct me so that I can find it." "Am I anywise responsible for your losin it?" "No." "Then it hain't none of my duty to help you to find it, I reckon." "Don't you ever do anything to accommodate people?" "I tend to my own business." "And you won't even so much as direct me to the read?" The old man was silent for a moment. Then, straightening himself up, he said: "I see jest how it are, stranger. You are gwine to keep on a-foolin around here an chawin on the rag till my dander'll begin to rise, an then I'll jest natrally light in on you an give you the allfiredest wust lickin ever anybody got in all this world." Melvin drew back from the old man and eyed him curiously. He didn't know what to make of such strange conduct, and he thought the man must be crazy. Had his situation been less desperate he would have passed on without writing to exchange another word, but after the circumstances he felt that he had gain some information from the man if possible, even at the rate of getting a fight on his hands, that made one more effort. "Say," he said, "darkness is coming on, you can't think of spending the money on this wood." "Can't," the other said. "Waal, in that case, why don't you git out of it, the." "I wouldn't direct me." Boston Chemical Company : Here is another: MOTHER OF THE GREAT WOMEN "Did I cause you to lose it?" "Certainly not." "I tend to my own business." MAGGIE B. PROCTOR, Box 114, Fairfield, Texas. MISS BESSIE POWERS, M838 Missouri street, Toledo, O The native Femaled silent. Melvip waited a moment, then added: "I say, won't you open your heart just a little and tell me where I can find a house?" "Find it anywhere you blame please for all of me. Fust I knowed any house had been lost." "You know what I mean." "Reckon you mean what you say." I know what I mean. "Reckon you mean what you say." "I mean can't you direct me to a house where I can spend the night?" "Mebby I could." "Well, why don't you?" "Don't have to." "No, but you certainly ought to be accommodating enough to do that much for a stranger." "Mebby I ought, but the fact is I ain't keerin in a durn what you spend the night. The whole world's afore you, an you can jest stop what you durn please. Now you have heard me, an the best thing you can do is to git. You have picked an nagged at me long enough, an I ain't a-gwine to stand much more of your foolin." "And you won't direct me to a"— "It ain't my business to direct you to nothin. You ain't got me hired for no sich a purpose." "But you"— "You git!" The old man rose to his feet and started forward, his eyes gleaming with anger. Melvin scented serious trouble and put spurs to his horse and moved on. "I almost wish now," he said to himself, "that I had taken the chances and stopped at Beckett's Mill. It would be no worse to run a little risk there than it is to sleep out in these woods and go without food. O God, if I could just recall that one act which shadows all my life I'd give the world." [TO BE CONTINUED.] Miss Park Slope—For a man who was so dissipated just before his marriage Mr. Dusnap has certainly quieted down wonderfully. Miss Pierrepont—Perhaps he was only dissipated in order to win her.—Brooklyn Life. Where the Humor Lay. Mr. Jones—I have just been reading a funny case—a chap who has been married seven times. Mrs. Jones—I don't see anything funny about that. Mr. Jones—Why, his name is Bliss— Judge. Needed Explanation "That was the time," Rivers went on to say, "that I was drowned, to all intents and purposes. The doctors, by hard work, brought me to." "Any cause assigned for their rash act?" asked Brooks.-Chicago Tribune. THE PLANET SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1901 WHEN MORNING COMES (William M. Evarts' last words were: "Morning is coming.") We call it day, but is it day— Tall light, Through which we seecome and toll away For power and for place? Mayhap the fretting and the pains, The envy and the spite, And struggles after worldly gains Are only dreams that haunt us through A weary, dreary night. We learn to love and then, alas! Greet near us over sise! Breathe we are joyful glass Fate dashes it to blitze. The best rewards are always kept Just out of reach or sight. But haply, after we have slept, A glorious dawn may break and end A weary, dreary night. We fondly hope and darkly doubt, We struggle in despair; We thrust our anxious fingers out A clutch but empty air— And ye shall snap the day Is still to dawn—the light May sweep our troubled dreams away And bring the joys denied us through A weary, dreary night. We learn -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. LITTLEPAGE was a typical southern gentleman. A yeung man, he belonged to the old school. His family was one of the few in Alabama which was wealthy after the war had closed. He had been brought up in the good old way. He had a quick temper, a ready revolver, and what most people would say was an exaggerated idea of courtesy and chivalry to women. He went through college and then through a technical school, coming out with a degree as electrical engineer. Then he came north to take a position with a large manufacturing corporation. Within a few months he had made many warm friends who admired him both for his ability and for his courtly manners. Finally he was ordered by his company to go east to look over an electrical invention which they were thinking about buying. The train left at three o'clock in the afternoon. He was delayed in reaching the station and it was within a few minutes of train time when he clambered on the rear end of the sleeping car. As he mounted the steps a man opened the car door and came out. It was Larsen, a young lawyer, with whom he was well acquainted in a business way. --- "Why, hello, Littlepage," said the lawyer, "where are you going?" "New York," said Littlepage. "Great luck," Larsen answered. "Just got time to go back and introduce you to my wife. She's called to New York by her mother's illness. I A "THE MAN ACROSS THE AISLE IS LOOKING AT YOU." couldn't go with her and I've been worried about letting her make the trip alone. I know you'll be glad to look out for her and see that she gets through all right." "It will be a great pleasure to me," said Littlepage, with one of his best Alabama bows. Mrs. Larsen was a pretty woman. After Littlepage had been presented her husband had just time to get off the car before the train started. Littlepage sat down in the seat with her and soon found that she was as pleasant and entertaining as she was good looking. It was really a great piece of luck for him. It promised to make a tiresome trip rather pleasant than otherwise. Mrs. Larsen had often heard her husband speak of him. He was from Alabama? He had fought a duel or two? Was it true that he had actually shot a man? Did he always carry a revolver? Littlepage tried to explain his delicate ideas of honor and the proper way to protect it. She seemed to be half-afraid of him, and, as Littlepage was a young man, that did not detract from her charm. Half-way across the state, at a little way station, a fat man with a big black mustache and a huge diamond stud got on the car and sat down across the aisle in a seat where he could stare Mrs. Larsen full in the face. At the first glance Littlepage disliked him. He looked impertinent. His appearance put Littlepage almost into a rage. He had an insolent stare, and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes off pretty Mrs. Larsen. Half a dozen times Littlepage glanced up only to catch his bold black eyes staring across the aisle. He wondered if Mrs. Larsen had noticed it. Finally he spoke to her. "That man across the aisle is looking at you in an impertinent way," he said. "If you'll allow me I'll go over and make him stop it." Mrs. Larsen begged that he would do nothing of the kind. She had not noticed that he was staring at her. At any rate, she was sure there was no occasion to make a scene. Littlepage assured her that he was not in the habit of making scenes which could be embarrassing to women. When he spoke to impertinent people they obeyed him without making any loud objections. That was one reason why & gentleman should always carry a revolver. Presently the fat man got up and went out into the dining car. A few minutes later Littlepage asked Mrs. Larsen if she was ready to dine. She explained that she had eaten luncheon just before taking the train and did not care for dinner. So Littlepage went into the dining car by himself. He debated whether he should accost the fat man and hold him to account for his impertinences, but finally concluded that he would hardly be justified under the circumstances. While Littlepage was drinking his coffees the fat man got up and walked out of the dining car into the sleeper. Ten minutes later Littlepage followed. As he stepped into the sleeper he stopped suddenly as if paralyzed by what he saw. Up at the other end of the car, where he had left Mrs. Larsen, she was still sitting, and in the same seat with her was the fat man. It took Littlepage but a second to decide on a plan of action. The impertinent wretch had evidently taken advantage of his absence to go over and sit down by Mrs. Larsen. She was only waiting for him to return and relieve her of the man. Whatever he did must be done quietly and without making a scene of any kind. He took his revolver from his hip pocket and put it in the side pocket of his coat. Then he walked as quietly as possible up the aisle. Just as he reached them Mrs. Larsen looked up. Littlepage recognized an appealing look in her eyes. "O. Mr. Littlepage!" she cried, in an excited tone. All Littlepage's hot southern blood was on fire in a moment. He drew out his revolver and put the end of it under the fat man's nose. "Don't worry, Mrs. Larsen," he said at the same moment. "I'll take care of him." Mrs. Larsen glanced at the revolver and promptly fainted away. The fat man turned a ghastly gray shade and attempted to remonstrate. "Don't say a word to me," whispered Littlepage, in a low voice. "Come right along with me. If you open your mouth I'll blow your head off." In perfect silence and without attracting the attention of anybody in the almost empty car, Littlepage led his captive to the vestibule at the nearest end of the car. There, still keeping silence, he opened the door leading to the steps and pushed the fat man down on the lowest step. "Now jump," said Littlepage. It happened that the train was slowing up for a crossing, and the fat man had comparatively little difficulty in getting off. He landed on his feet, rolled over once or twice and finally got up again before the train got out of sight. Then Littlepage went back to the aid of beauty in distress. She was still lying back in a dead faint. With the assistance of the conductor the distracted Littlepage finally succeeded in bringing her back to her senses. She looked up at Littlepage and shuddered. "Did you kill Cousin George?" were the first words she said. "What do you mean?" asked the astonished Littlepage. "I saw you draw your revolver on him just before I fainted," she explained. "I hadn't seen him before for ten years. He thought he recognized me when he first came into the car, and that was why he looked at me so closely. When he came back from the dining car he got a good look at me and made up his mind that he could not be mistaken. So he stopped and asked if I was not Angie Matthews. That was my maiden name, and of course I knew he must be somebody who knew me. I explained, and he told me his name. He is my cousin, George Elliot. What did you do with him?" "He got off the train a few miles down the road," Littlepage stammered. "Why, he told me he was going through to New York. I believe you shot him and threw his body off the car." "No," said Littlepage, "he got off without making any explanation. If you're worried about him I'll get off at the next station and see what's the matter. I guess perhaps I'd better do that anyway."—Chicago Tribune A Wind That Blow "You call this a stiff March wind?" remarked my friend, Dan Weyrich, the other evening. "Why, this is nothing. This is a southern spring zephyr compared with what we used to get when I was a boy. We were living then over on the farm. Our house was set in a very exposed place on a small hill. When the March wind blew she rocked that house like a small skiff in a gale at sea. I slept then in a bed on rollers. Many a night in March I was awakened by the rolling of the bed all around the room. I would bang against all four walls, making a noise that sleep was well-nigh impossible." "What did you do then?" I ventured to ask. "What could I do," said Dan, "but sleep on the floor and hang on to the bed to keep it from rolling. It was sleeping under difficulties, I'll admit, but then we didn't have many nights like that."—Albany Journal Lacks Opportunity Weyler is Spain's new minister of war. This would be serious, says the Chicago Times-Herald, if Spain had any more colonies to war against. Achievement's Instability. Fame is not an honest mountain We can conquer for all time; No; it is a moving hillside Slipping backward as we almsh. -Detroit Free Press. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA Th Reign of Lawlessness Cures Weak Men Free A INSURES LOVE AND A HAPPY HOME FOR ALL How any man may quickly cure himself af ter years of suffering from sexual weakness, lost vitality, night losses, varicocele &c and enlarges small weak organs to full size and L. W KNAPP, M. 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Freight are received daily from aero-names places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WESIGER Superintendent EDWARDE, BARNER RENEW Southern Railway SCHEDULE 50. R. M. NOIIL SOUTHERN EAPM 60. R. M. NOIIL JACKSON, and 60. PATIAS south Greenbarsboro, salisbury, and Charlotte Sleep open at Richmond 80. p. m. Step 16: passengers at local stations. Step 17: passengers with New York and Florida hotels, with New York and Florida hotels (No 57) carrying through sleepers be with New York and Tamla, with connection to connects at Danville, Charlotte with the Washington and Southwestern Limits to No 37, carrying through sleepers to New York and Memphis and New York and New Orleans, also, Pullman Tourist Ships, Wednesday and Friday, Washington, without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and Califor- mia. 15:00 P M No. 7, solid train daily or Char- lotte, N. C. 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Florida and Neropolitan limited tops a Fredricksburg and Quantico Sleep car to New York Dining car. 5:55 P. M. , Dally, for Washington and potato north. tops a Fredericksburg and Quantico fullman Sleeper to New York ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. (C. & O.) 12:08 P. M. Dally. Steps only Fredericksburg and Dowell. A shipper from New York. 10:81 P. M Dally. Fredericksburg and Neropolitan limited, steps only Fredricksburg Dowell and Ashland. Sleeper from New York. Dining car. W. P. DAYS, Manager E.T. T. Dyers, President DON'T SPOIL DON'T you have to use cheap your money. Make it straight and beautiful with the original Ozonized Ox Marrow an FREEL SAFE. operation that has stood the test of time and never fails to give satisfaction. Renders the hair soft, pli cation and glossy and soft. Solve over 40 years and used by thousands. Warranted harmless. Testimonial on request. Only 50 cents. 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O'FFERALL, ex-Governor of Virginia continues to attract attention and the following extract from the one published in the Richmond, Vs. . TIMES of March 30th, 1901 will prove rich reading to all who love justice and admire fair-play. He said. "The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is as follows: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or burdened by the United States or by any State, except of race, color or previous condition of servitude. 2. "The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislati in." "The Negro was made a citizen of the United States by the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution, and the Fifteenth Amendment declares that his right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by any State because he is a Negro, and if any State shall violate this Constitutional provision Congress shall have power to enforce it by 'appropriate legislation' We hear it frequently asserted that the purpose in calling the convention was to distractise the Negro without affecting the suffrage of the white man. n How this can be done and keep with the Constitution of the United States is a problem too abstruse for my comprehension. No one can deny that under the law the Negro is equal of the white man. It necessarily follows that if a right is conferred upon a white man from which the Negro is excluded, it destroys this equality. "It a Negro is disqualified from voting because he is illiterate or a non-property holder, and the illiterate or non-property holding white man is allowed to vote, the Negro's equality before the law is destroyed. If an illiterate or non-property holding white man is clothed with the rights to vote, upon the ground that he or his father was a voter in 1860, or he or his father was a Confederate soldier, the equality of the Negro before the law is again destroyed, for the white man only could vote in 1880, and a white man only could be a Confederate soldier. It is the imposition upon the Negro of a requirement to make him a voter which necessarily disqualifies him and places him below the white man in political equality. As I have said, the Constitution of the United States has not conferred the right of suffrage upon any citizen; every State has supreme control of this question, and can prescribe who shall be voters and who shall not be voters, but it can't not make fish' of one race or color and 'fowl' of another race or color. Now, there is no use shouting over this gospel which is enunciated as the law, because ex-Gov. O'FERREALL is not a Negro-lover, but he is a great stickler for the fundamental principles of government, the observance of which alone can bring about a nation's prosperity. Still, it makes us feel good and tends to promote that feeling of happiness which is exhilarating in the extreme to see a man of ex-Gov. O'FERREALL's weight and importance meet the issue squarely and stand in the breach, defying the prejudice and condemning the mob. But he quotes further: "Chief Jessica Waite in the case of the United States versus house and other, 20 to 214, in delivering the unanimous opinion of the Supreme Court says: 'It the Fifteenth Amendment) prevents the S states or United States from giving preference to any citizen of the United States over another on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude,' in the matter of suff age. He says further: 'The amendment has invested the citizens of the United States with a new Constitutional right, which is exemption from discrimination in the elecive franchise on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.' He says further: 'Congress may enforce this Constitutional provision by appropriate legislation.' Congress has not, as yet, legislated upon the subject, but who can doubt that it will, should the Virginia Convention undertake to nullify the Fifteenth Amendment, in direct or indirect terms. What will be the character of that legislation? Who can tell? That it will be drastic. I am certain, if the Republican party is in power, that it will be effective, if the Democratic party is in power, I am equally certain, for every Democratic as well as Republican representative takes an oath to support the Constitution of the United States. It is in impossible to work against the appropriate legislation' that assumes the form of a bill. It might send Federal soldiers into our midst on election days and involve us in most serious troubles. I am no alarmist, but when breakers are ahead of us, it is, at least, the part of wisdom to steer a different course. Partisan rancour over the Negro has ceased in the halls of Congress, and sectional strife has virtually ended. We are prospering here in Virginia and capital is flowing into our borders. Surely we do not desire to check the tide that has set in our direction by reviving issues of the past which affected our material growth and welfare. The wholesale disfranchisement of the Negroes, or the imposition of restrictions on citizens, is not demanded by any condition in this state. The necessities of the dominant political party cannot even be pleaded in justification, for it is largely in the ascendency and there is no indication that it will not continue in power. I might suggest that 'striving to better, oft we mar what's well.' Well stated, ex-Gov. O'FERRALL, well stated! Oh, for a thousand statesmen of the calibre of this brainy son the Old Dominion. Oh, that his words may echo and re- echo until the teachings of history have become emblasoned, as it were, upon the blue canopy heaven to be read by all men. The politicians have had their innings. The people will be heard from bye and bye. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, April 11 Otis Sawyer of Montclair, N. J., and G. E. Innes of New York, students, were drowned at Lakeville, Conn. J. W. Carpenter, of Scranton, succeeds R. W. Archbald as judge of the Fifth Pennsylvania judicial district. The widow of former Vice President Breckinridge, 76 years old, has been granted a pension of $8 a month, with $1,350 arrears. In a fight with escaping convicts at Santa Fe, N. M., Convict Stephenson was killed, another convict mortally wounded and two guards wounded. Friday, April 19. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan arrived in Paris last evening. Wholesale egg dealers of Abilene, Kan., will ship 100 cars of Kansas eggs to Cuba. Chicago and Great Western railroad has conceded all demands of the machinists' union. The Illinois supreme court decided that good will, as an asset of a commission house, has no value. The threatened strike at all plants of the big steel trust has been averted by a compromise in the McKeesport (Pa.) strike. The act aimed at cheap lodging houses, in which it is claimed voters were colonized, was declared unconstitutional by Illinois' supreme court. Saturday, April 20. A combine of engine manufacturers, with $25,000,000 capital, will soon be launched. Near Boulder, Colo., a snowlide hurled two locomotives into a chasm, killing four men. At Durault, I. T., five boys playing in a sandbank were buried by a cavein. Only one escaped. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois have formed an alliance to suppress fraudulent insurance companies. A Jew usurer named Serban was recently lynched at Sobbodel, Hungary, by five of his ruined victims. Mrs. Frederick Cordeau, wife of a mill operative at Westbrook, Me., has given birth to her third pair of twins. Mr. and Mrs. Cordeau have been married 24 years and have 25 children. Monday, April 22. The recent storm in Pittsburgh did damage amounting to fully $2,000,000. change enchanting to fully $2,000,000. Three stitches in the heart of Philip Gunn, stabbed in a St. Louis saloon brawl, will probably save his life. Near Galesburg, N. D., Mrs. Hannah Kyoren, a widow, and her two boys, aged 6 and 10, were burned to death in their home. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II was launched at Dumbarton, Scotland, on Saturday, Lady Dufferin christening the cup challenger. United States Marshal Shine, at San Francisco, on orders from Washington, is making extra efforts to suppress traffic in female Chinese slaves. Tuesday, April 23. Secretary Gage yesterday bought $300,000 short fours, United States bonds, at $113.5632. It is reported that great coal deposits have been discovered near the Newd Fjord, on the east coast of Ireland. The United States supreme court yesterday denied the application of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter to be admitted to ball. While catching driftwood in the Ohio river at Legonville, Pa., W. H. Barnhart and Thomas Holsinger were drowned. For starting a fire in a New York tenement, in which were 29 families, Frederick Wagoner, aged 21, was sent to jail for 25 years. WEST POINT HOODLUMS. WEST POINT HOODLUMS. Court of Inquiry Investigating a Breach of Discipline. IN A STATE OF INSUBORDINATION. Colenel Mills Seems Determined to Bring to Terms the Young Men Who, While Being Educated at Public Expense, Would Dictate Policies West Point, N. Y., April 24.—A court of inquiry consisting of Capt. James K. Thompson, of the Fifteenth infantry, Capt. Edward Anderson, of the Seventh cavalry, and Capt. William Lassiter, of the First artillery, yesterday began the investigation of a charge of breach of discipline on the part of several cadets of the military academy. The cadets became disgruntled over the action of Col. Mills, the superintendent, in punishing one of their number, Cadet Ralston, for his failure to report a breach of discipline in the mess hall while the cadets were at supper a few nights ago. The cadets are said to be almost in a state of insubordination. The breach of discipline which has resulted in the present investigation occurred one night recently. The ag- VOLTA COLONEL ALBERT L. MILLS. grieved cadets assembled on the parade ground under cover of darkness and indulged in hideous yells directed at the superintendent. They also removed the sunset gun from its position at the north end of the parade ground and dragged it over in front of Col. Mills' quarters, but were prevented from firing it by the appearance of several sentinels, who promptly reported the incident. THE MARLBOROUGHS REUNITED Papa Vanderbilt Succeeds in Getting the Couple Together. Paris, April 22.—The Duke of Marlborough, after traveling for a month in the south of Spain, came to Paris a week ago and stopped at the Hotel Bristol, on the Place Vendome. While the duke was in Spain the duchess had been in Paris, and for the past three weeks she has been staying at her father's mansion in the Avenue des Champs Elysees. After the duke returned from Spain he went to the house of his father-in-law, where he saw the duchess. The duchess drove to the Hotel Bristol, where she was joined by the duke, and together the Marlboroughs proceeded to London. This would indicate if discord existed between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough that her father had succeeded in smothering it. The couple had been practically separated since Christmas. Bishop Wigger's Successor. Newark, N. J., April 24.—Very Rev. John J. O'Connor, vicar general, has been appointed to the bishopprice of Newark, made vacant by the death of Bishop W. M. Wigger. Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, late yesterday received a cable message from Rome confirming the report. The cablegram, which was sent by the Very Rev. Mgr. Doane, of Newark, at present on a visit to Rome, also contained the announcement that the Very Rev. William H. O'Connell, at present rector of the American college at Rome, had been appointed by his holiness to become bishop of Portland, Me. To Contest a Doctor's Big Bill. contends a doctor's big bill. Pittsburgh, April 24.—The executors of the estate of the late C. L. Magee have determined that the claim of Dr. Walter C. Browning for the sum of $190,000 for professional services during the illness of the senator will have to go to the orphans' court of Allegheny county and be passed upon by that body before the bill is settled. H. S. A. Stewart, one of the executors of the estate, said today that the bill was beyond reason, and that the people who had charge of the estate would have to contest it in order to vindicate themselves. A Monster Cargo of Seals. St. John's, N. F., April 24.—The sealing steamer Terra Nova, the largest of the sealing fleet, returned from the ice floes last evening with 42,000 seals, the heaviest cargo for many years. She was frozen in the ice for two weeks, quite unable to escape. She reports that the steamer Virginia Lake has been similarly imprisoned for a month, and is not yet clear of the ice. Many Divorces Granted. Scranton, Pa., April 24.—President Judge Edwards yesterday handed down 14 divorces, and but for the fact that the decrees had not been prepared by the attorneys four others would have been granted. They were handed down today. On this week's list 36 of the cases are actions in divorce. Lawyer Acquitted of Murder Charge. Lexington, Ky., April 34.—Attorney W. O. Nicholas, who on Friday last shot and killed Owen Bradley, a well known race horse owner and trainer, was acquitted yesterday on examining trial. Armed, Bradley searched the city six hours for Nicholas. A woman over whom the trouble arose secretly warned Nicholas by note. He was prepared, and secured the first shot when the men finally met. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA. HOMEMADE DRESSES HOW TO CUT AND MAKE A MODEL JACKET. One of the Most Useful Parts of a Woman's Attire—It Supersedes the Box Coat—The Most Popular Material. [Copyright, 1901, by American Press Association.] Jackets are such a necessary part of a woman's attire that it is well for them to know how to make them, especially as they cost so much. In fact, they cost entirely out of proportion. They take but a yard and a half of covert or beaver or any dress material 44 inches wide. The lining can be of the mercerized sateen and often is. Silk or satin is narrower, and it will require three yards of either to line a short jacket. The box coat will not be worn to any extent this spring, and THE MODEL JACKET. the one thing for almost universal use in this line will be the short jacket. The style will be the one in the illustration. To cut it one needs but the ordinary waist pattern for a jacket. The back, it will be noticed, has the side shoulder pieces much higher than usual. There are eight pieces, two fronts, two side body pieces, two shoulder side pieces and the two center backs. Fig. 1 shows the front and Fig. 2 the back. The front is double breasted, and the bottom is shaped to conform to the latest figure, with straight front. There are many jackets with single breasted effect, and to make such it is only necessary to cut the fronts off at the line which marks the middle of the double breast. In this case the revers should be somewhat smaller and set three inches lower down. That brings it right. Buttons and buttonholes take the place of the invisible fastening so long in vogue. To get the measure it is necessary to get the length from the top of the shoulder at the neck down to the desired length below the belt. In case the wearer is very stout the front should be rather longer than it would be otherwise. It can be cut to form a deep tab, if so desired, by rounding the front down from the side form or dart. But the straight one will be rather the better form. After the first line is made, measure from the slope of the shoulder down to the hips, always allowing two inches for "take up" in the sewing and trimming off of the edges. The object now is to have the shoulders very square, and to this end it is necessary to have a piece of buckram with a layer or two of cotton batting basted to it and sewed in with the sleeves. All that part of the front between the buttons is stiffened with buckram, just such as tailors use in men's conts. A narrow bias piece of the same is basted all around the bottom of the jacket, allowing it so that when the hem is turned it will not double. The back pieces are cut on the same lines as any tight waist, only letting the shoulder pieces be raised by cutting off an inch of the top, if the pattern is a narrow one. That brings it right. When the material is cravenette covert, it is not necessary to sponge or "bushel" the material, as that is always done with those goods. The fronts require the most careful treatment. When the fronts are cut out, they are of the same size, though they do not look so in a double breasted jacket. One side comes under as far as the other goes over. It is the same way with the single breasted one. So when the fronts are cut the revers may be cut with the rest, but in others the revers are made separate and sewed on. In any case a piece of the stuff is cut from each side for facing, and this is first lined with buckram and then stitched over and over to make it as though one with the lining facing. This buckram must reach from the top of the revers and the collar and on down to the bottom and be as wide as the facing, and that must go as far back as the buttons, whether single or double breasted. When the buckram is firmly quilted to the facing, the lining to the jacket is made ready and stitched to it down the front. The lining is to be doubled and stitched so that it hides the raw edge of the cloth. When this is done, the facing is basted with care to the outside and stitched firmly. Some tailors stitch this three times to get the solidity. When this is done, it is ready to sew together, and back and front are basted and tried and finally sewed together. The lining is in the fronts, and the lining for the back is cut by the same pattern as the outside, run up on the machine. This is then basted to the center seams in the back, then, after turning it farther, to the side backs. The shoulder seams are now put together and pressed, and the front lining is basted down to the underarm seams, and the back lining is brought over and neatly hemmed down. The shoulders the same. When all this is done, the buckram for the bottom of the jacket is to be firmly basted along the bottom so that it will be just the right distance from the edge to allow for the hem, or, to speak more correctly, the facing. OLIVE HARPER Martinsburg, W. Va., April 21.—Trial of Harry Lord for murder in the court circuit of Berkeley county came to a close with a verdict of not guilty. Lord, a man of 22, killed Joseph Hess on the west side of North mountain on Dec. 9 last. The evidence showed that Lord discovered his wife's intimacy with Hess, and that the latter had tried to induce the guilty wife to poison her husband, and had threatened to kill him. DEATH OF DR. GUZMAN. Was Secretary of the Bureau of American Republics. Washington, April 24 —Dr. Horatio Guzman, secretary of the bureau of American republics and for many years minister from Nicaragua to the United States, died yesterday, aged 50. Dr. Guzman was appointed minister to the United States in 1889, and served ten years in that capacity. He also served as a delegate from Nicaragua. minister from Nicaragua to the United States, died yesterday, aged 50, Dr. Guzman was appointed minister to the United States in 1889, and served ten years in that capacity. He also served as a delegate from Nicaragua to the in- DR. GUZMAN. again to the international American conference of 1889-90. He was well read and thoroughly versed in French, Spanish and American literature, and these accomplishments were instrumental in securing for him the position of translator in the bureau of American republics after his term as minister had expired. Soon after he was made secretary of the bureau. BURIED A BABE ALIVE. Man and Woman Under Arrest Charged With Monstrous Crime. ed With Monstrous Crime. New York, April 23.—Patrick McEvoy, a laborer employed by the New York Central railroad in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, saw a man and woman bury a 2-weeks-old baby boy alive yesterday. As soon as McEvoy realized what was being done he ran to the rescue and succeeded in removing the loose earth from the child in time to save its life. The man and woman ran away, but McEvoy gave a description of them to the police, and an Italian man and woman were arrested in Yonkers on suspicion that they were the would-be murderers. The man said he was Glvori Dutta-cavolo, of Manhattan. He said he was married and had three children. The woman said she was Francisca Stinella, 18 years old, a dressmaker, and unmarried. She declined to say where she lived, but to Roundsman Brady at police headquarters in Yonkers she volunteered the information that she was a niece of her companion. The woman denied that the babe was hers. She said she never had a child. The prisoners were held to await the action of the grand jury, charged with attempted infanticide. To Contest Her Mother's Will. Jersey City, April 24.—Aaron S. Baldwin, executor of the will of the late Mrs. Edia J. McPherson, widow of the late Senator McPherson, has been served by counsel for Mrs. Edia M. Muir, only surviving child of the testatrix, to show cause why a temporary administrator should not be put in his place and why he should not be restrained from executing any power granted to him by the issuance of letters as the executor of the will. This will be the preliminary fight in the contest Mrs. Muir has begun against her mother's will. The mother gave her only a life interest in the estate. Charged With Wholesale Murder. Chartres, France, April 24.—Suspicion in the brutal murder of five children, which occurred here Monday at a farm in the neighborhood, now falls upon the father of the children. It is suggested that the father murdered his children in a fit of drunken madness, as he spent the evening in drinking, and as no trace of the alleged tramps has been found. It is a strange fact that while the children were killed with a hammer or bludgeon, their father was only stabbed, and his wounds were slight. Briere, the father, is under arrest. Railroaders Settling Photo R Railroaders Settling Their Difference New York, April 24—The Central Railroad of New Jersey yesterday agreed with the representatives of the trainmen on its lines on a new wage scale for the men. This agreement includes baggagemen, brakemen, switchmen, drillers, flagmen and others employed in the yards, as well as those on the road. Ten miles an hour is to be run in case of distance runs and ten hours is to be a day's work. The new scale for the telegraphers will be finished today. President of the W. and L. E. Pittsburgh, April 24.—Upon reliable information it can be stated in advance of the annual meeting of the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad board of directors that at that meeting Joseph Ramsey, Jr., vice president and general manager of the Wabash system, will be made president of the Wheeling and Lake Erie. This will displace Robert Blickensderfer, the present president, but he may be retained as general manager under the new management. Chicago's Chief of Police Resigns. Chicago, April 24.—Chief of Police Joseph Kipley handed in his resignation last evening to Mayor Harrison. For some time it has been evident, from statements made by the mayor, that he did not intend to reappoint Chief Kipley, and as the appointment is to be announced next Monday the chief decided to take matters into his own hands. Mayor Harrison declined to discuss the retirement of Chief Kipley or give the name of his successor. Guilty Bank Officials Commit Suicide Vancouver, Wash., April 22.—Charles Brown and E. L. Canby, president and cashier, respectively, of the First National bank, of Vancouver, which was closed on Saturday by the controller of the currency, committed suicide Saturday night two miles from this city by shooting. Their bodies were found yesterday morning lying together in a small clump of bushes. Both used the same weapon. They confessed to Bank Examiner Maxwell on Friday that they were responsible for the $81,000 shortage in the bank's cash. They had been speculating. Cigarettes Outlawed in Illinois. Springfield, April 24.—A bill was passed yesterday by the lower house of the legislature prohibiting the sale, giving away or bringing into the state of cigarettes, cigarette paper or any substitute thereof. WOOD IN WASHINGTON. Cuba's Governor General to Introduce the Commissioners. EVERYTHING IS HARMONIOUS. Says That Within Twenty-four Hours After the Cuban Convention Concludes Its Work the Country Can Be Turned Over to Them. Washington, April 24.—Gen. Leonard Wood, governor general of Cuba, with Mrs. Wood and his private secretary, arrived here this morning, having reached New York last night from Havana on the Ward liner Morro Castle. Gen. Wood, who expects to return to Havana on Thursday by way of Jacksonville, Fla., has made the hurried trip to this country for the purpose of introducing to President McKinley before the latter leaves Washington for the Pacific coast the five members of the special commission on foreign relations appointed by the Cuban constitutional convention. Gen. Wood does not hesitate to talk about affairs in Cuba. "The only object of my hurried visit here," he said, "is to introduce the five members of the special commission on foreign relations appointed by the Cuban constitutional convention to President McKinley. The members of the commission represent all the different groups of Cubans composing the constitutional convention. They have come to the United States for the purpose of conferring with President McKinley on the matters which the convention does not thoroughly understand, and when they return and make their report I am convinced that there will be a thorough understanding on all sides of the controversy. "The constitutional convention has never voted on or rejected the Platt amendment. This I can state positively, notwithstanding the reports to the contrary which have been sent to the United States from Havana. Things have been cabled here which had not the slightest foundation in fact, which described the strained relations between the representatives of the United States and those of the Cuban people. Everything has been harmonious since I went to Cuba, and the convention now in session is a thoroughly representative one. Before the Platt amendment was passed by congress the Cubans knew the desires of this government on the issues which the amendment contained, because they were submitted to them through the executive. Intervention and the establishment of naval stations are the two things which they do not properly comprehend, and I think that when they are fully explained in Washington the only indication of a difference of opinion will have been removed. "There are really but two great questions yet to be settled. One is the reduction of the duty on sugar and the other is the passage of the constitution. One is economical and the other is political, yet in a measure they are akin. After the constitution has been properly framed and adopted the economic question will disappear, as there must be a great reduction in the duty on sugar. Then Cuba will be prosperous and its relations with the United States settled on a solid basis. That will end the whole difficulty, and in 24 hours the country can be turned over to the representatives chosen by the Cuban people." Ride THE RICHMOND STAR Bicycle. Manufactured for us Exclusively. BASE BALLS, BATS, BICYCLES, STOVES & PISTOLS. ON INSTALLMENT. Our prices are lower than any house in the city. Call on us. This week we shall do some unparalled price-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. St. Mary's, W. Va., April 23.—A terrific natural gas explosion occurred in the Commercial hotel early yesterday morning. The building was entirely destroyed and four bodies were found in the ruins, as follows: Sam Cunningham, oll driller, Rixford, Pa.; John George, oll man, Butler, Pa.; Harry Robinson, tool dresser, Corning, O.; John Slater, 15 years old, son of the proprietor of the hotel. Several others are badly injured. Greensboro, N. C., April 24.—One hundred negroes left this city Monday night for the coal mines of West Virginia. Within the past year several hundred miners have been induced to leave. On account of the emigration of a large number of negroes and the removal of others from the country districts to the town farm labor in this section is very scarce. This has caused some farmers to prepare for only a half crop this year. Montgomery, April 24—The people of Alabama voted yesterday on the proposition to call a convention to assemble in this city May 21 to adapt the state constitution to the needs of the present day. The returns indicate that the convention has carried by 30,000 plurality. The principal reforms which the convention has in view are suffrage, the courts, the terms of public officers and the abolishment of so much local legislation. Nashville, April 19—Senator W. B. Eldridge, of Memphis, in open session of the senate yesterday accused former Comptroller James A. Harris of an attempt to bribe and blackmail, and precipitated a sensational scene. He charged that Mr. Harris offered him $500 and promised him to have withdrawn a suit pending against him on the condition that he would vote for the terminal bill when it came up on a motion to reconsider. A committee was appointed to investigate the charges. Harris denies the charge. Richmond, April 24.—Joseph H. Shepherd, who for a number of years had been a clerk in the office of the auditor of public accounts of the state, was arrested yesterday, charged with embezzlement of public funds. The amount covered in the warrant of arrest is $50. The specific charge is that Shepherd fraudulently made out a warrant in favor of an officer for $50, which was not due him, and certified under his signature that he had mallied the warrant to him, but instead appropriated the money to his own use by adding the words "or bearer." It is understood there are several other cases against the accused. Louisville, April 19.—The principal damage done by the wind and rain storm that swept over many of the southern states late Wednesday night and early yesterday morning seems to have been the unroofing and damaging of factories, churches and residences, the temporary flooding of streets in cities and the interruption of telegraphic communication. A small Tennessee river steamer was sunk at Bridgeport, Ala., but no lives were lost. A severe gale at Carrollton, Ala., unroofed the jail, court house, several residences and a church. The drug store of H. B. Upchurch and a large mill were demolished. The only death reported is that of R. G. Elwood, who was engineer of a freight train wrecked by the storm near Jackson, Ala., on the Mobile and Birmingham railroad. A gale swept Gadsen and Guntersville, Ala., doing considerable damage. Three churches and 12 cottages were almost destroyed. RICHMOND STAR Bicycle. Hamel & Repair GARGE STOCK OF T. INNER TUBES BICYCLES, STOVES & PISTOLS. Our prices are lower than any are Company, t., Richmond, Va. ATUS OUR HOUSE. learn the Money! do some unparalleled price— also Bed-Room, Dining- ne Carpets. Carload of arriving—and room must matter what the sacri- lal also prevail this week and Framed Pictures. Come quainted; you will enjoy a efficient stock of Furniture, shings—and, remember— in this big store for a —for home comfort. PETTIT. and Carpet Company. ROAD STREET. THE PLANET SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1901 TEMPERANCE FRUITS OF THE SALOON. Police Court Scenes That Are a Sad Commentary on 20th Century Enlightenment. A year ago we published in the Advocate the following statement of City Magistrate Clarence W. Mead, made by him from the bench, says the editor of the National Advocate. "There are seven police courts in the borough of Manhattan. Take rum away and I am certain that two courts will be sufficient to do all the work." A few days ago the New York Press printed a most pitiful story, that of a man utterly given over to drink and who had drawn his 15-year-old son down with him, until the pair stole a horse to get the money to buy liquor. The father took the proceeds of the theft and went on a long debauch and the son, arraigned in the police court, begged to be sent to the Elimira or some other reformatory in order that he might be freed from the to which his drunken father had brought him A still more sickening sight is reported by the Philadelphia press as having been witnessed in a police court of that city. Three sisters, the eldest but 20 years of age, stood before Magistrate South with bitter smiles on their faces the other day while their old mother was sent to prison. Ella Callahan, the eldest, was asked to testify. "Ella! Ella!" said the old woman, half tenderly, "you ain't going to have your mother sent to jail?" "Why not?" said the girl, bitterly. "What else are you good for?" "I mean, judge," said Ella, "if she was put into a dungeon, where she would never see daylight, I'd be thankful. As far back as I can remember she was always getting drunk. She's made me cry with shame more times than I want to remember. It's been a terrible thing, not only to me, but to my sisters, the young girls there, judge." She pointed to Mary and Anastasia Callahan, the first 17 years old, the other a slender girl of 15. "When we were little children," she continued, "mother was drunk so often that we were sent to St. Joseph's home in Spruce street. The Sisters of Charity were very good to us. They brought us up well and we've always kept respectable. I've been working with Mrs. Riley at 910 North Forty-eighth street, more than ten years and the other girls have worked and we helped to keep a home at 1031 Winter street. We tried hard to get our mother to stop drinking; but she wouldn't." Then the girl began to sob. "Do you want my sisters to testify?" asked Ella. "No, I've seen enough," said his honor. "I'll send her to the house of correction for a year." And these things are done at the opening of the twentieth century in a so-called Christian country. Yet who cares! NEWS NOTES. Drink revenue is wet with tears and stained with blood.-Christian Work. The village board of trustees of Prairie City, Ill., has passed an ordinance which declares that neither freight nor express company shall without violating the law introduce any kind of spirituous liquors within the corporate limits of the town. An ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco or cigarettes to minors has been passed by the municipal council of New York, without a dissenting vote. The ordinance makes the offense a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of ten dollars or imprisonment for ten days or both. Plans have been adopted by the permanent temperance committee of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church for a national campaign of education on the temperance question. Cash prizes aggregating $500 will be offered for literature bearing on the question that will appeal to the voters of the country and to children. A Praying Sheriff. A correspondent writing from Me, says: Sheriff Pearson spends most of his time with the prisoners. He goes from cell to cell inquiring into each case, and it is no uncommon sight to see him kneeling at a cell or praying for its inmate. When a man comes to be freed from prison there is something more than a mere unlocking of the prison bars. There is a last talk with the sheriff and a prayer before the doors are thrown open. Not one of the men discharged since Sheriff Pearson took hold has since come back for another offense, though this was very common formerly, as the number of prisoners under his care is a third less. When he took hold there were 149 inmates; now there are but 99. He hopes to reduce the average to 75. "With the help of God I will try to make men of the poor fellows sent down to me," Sheriff Pearson said recently, after morning service. That is the best service I can run. der to God and to the world. I believe I shall be able to surround the men with such influences that when they go out it will be to make a strong fight against temptation. God is blessing the work and I am satisfied."—National Advocate. WHO ARE THE INEBRIATES? Skeletons in Respectable, Refined Homes Luid Bare by a Physician. Some time ago a gentleman called to see his friend who lived in a most beautiful town and in the most genteel quarter of that town. Their conversation drifted toward the temperance question. The visitor remarked: "Well, you must see very little of the evils of intemperance in such a place as this. It is the vice of the poor and the ignorant. Well-to-do people and educated people are not likely to become intemperate." "Come, stand here on my doorstep," said his friend, "and I will answer you. Over there in that street, only a week ago, a wife had to rush out of her luxuriously furnished home at midnight to escape the fury of a drunken husband who flourished a loaded pistol and threatened to kill her. Over there, in that other street built up with neat houses, is a family who wait day by day with painful anxiety the return of the husband and father from his business in the next town, for on three or four days of the week it is probable he will come back reeling drunk. What an agony of shame for that wife and her children as they watch for those unsteady footsteps! "Now turn and look in another direction. One of the houses over there is occupied by a man past 50. He has plenty of money and a good education. His only occupation for years has been to drink himself into a state of intoxication and then slowly to recover from his spree. He is a selfish, rich drunkard. "Look, now, in another direction. In that house with the fine lawn about it lives a prominent citizen. He has given his son every advantage, but the only return thus far has been the bitter humiliation of paying the bitter drink bills and gambling debts. "Look once more. On that cross street is the home of a man who is THEY ARE NOT COMMON DRUNK ARDS. certain lines of ability towers above ordinary men, but now and then he is brought very low. If it were not for these occasional excesses in drink how useful would be his career. "Now you have seen the skeletons of some of the homes near where we stand. Not far away from here in another genteel neighborhood is a place where men come together to chat, to play games and to drink. They are not brawlers and common drunkards, but men who hold responsible positions and live in some of the best houses in the city. Some of these same genteel gentlemen must be sent home in cabs. In a quiet, highly decorous fashion they take too much drink, and need help to reach their homes. They are not common drunkards reeling through the streets. Then they would be disgusting. At this date they are very respectable gentlemen who occasionally take too much. What they may be later on remains to be seen. Not many people know that these men get drunk at all. Some who do know it are quite disposed to make light of it, and some are saying; 'Well, if it is safe for them—it is safe for us.' Safe for them? Safe for anyone to contract such a habit? Ask the families of these genteel drinkers. Trace the career of other men who began in the same way. Some of the poor wretches with battered faces and tattered garments from whom you shrink were once genteel folk who occasionally drank to excess. The habit grew, and now? Look at them. "Have I answered your question? Does it seem as if intemperance were the vice of the poor and ignorant only? It invades every circle and finds its victims among all classes. The flourishing business man, the successful lawyer, the skilled physician, the learned judge, the trusted financier, the talented artist and the popular minister are on the lists of the drunken. If in a long period of years only a few such prominent instances were found it would be sad enough, but go where you will you must hear the sad story of how some one high in position fell wallowing in the mire because he gave way to the drink habit. "When you see its ravages in a cultured community like this, when you see manliness destroyed here and the brightest hopes blasted, when you see innocent people compelled to endure shame and mortification—can you blame anyone for advocating absisnce? "I say nothing now about local option and prohibition and other schemes for regulating or abolishing the liquor traffic. Some measures may not be wise at all. But all these matters are entirely apart from the settlement of my personal relationship to this question. I think it best for me, I think it best for other men, in view of the perils by which we are surrounded, to abstain from the use of intoxicants."—Dr. Shinn, in International Good Templar. What is Rensonable? "Reasonable" is a word that has a wide latitude, depending on a man's prejudices.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA THE LEAP TO DEATH. THE LEAP TO DEATH. Laughing Eyes Shared Fate of White Elk. Her Lover. Young Chief Is Forced to Ohey Judgment of the Shoshone Indians and Maiden Who Was to Be His Wife Follows Him. White Elk, the son of Standing Bear, the Shoshone chieftain, sat stolidly in the grim circle of Indians that sat around the council fire. He sat unmoved as each Indian in turn thrust his hand forward with the fingers outspread and the thumb pointing downward. The last Indian in the circle had made the sign. Standing Bear arose and stood stiff and stern in the red light of the burning embers. Every eye was upon him. White Elk sat looking stolidly at him through half-closed eyelids. Standing Bear thrust his arm out at full length and slowly spread his fingers apart and turned his thumb towards the earth. A scream came from a group of women standing near the chief's lodge. Then two old squaws led away a young Indian woman who still sobbed in spite of the storied stolcisism of her race. The sentence of death, says the Chicago Tribune, had been passed: White Elk sat alone in the silence of the night listening to the rushing waters of the Popoagie. It was the voice of his executioner. Three days more and he was to be cast from a high rock into the "Place of Punishment," the deep hole in the mountains which swallowed up the rushing Popoagie and carried it somewhere deep down into the bowels of the earth. White Elk could regard death with equanimity, but he could not bear the thought of eternity spent battling with the spirit of the waters while Laughing Eyes waited for him in vain in the happy hunting ground. White Elk's head dropped forward and he groaned. He heard a sound behind him and sprang to his feet Laughing Eyes stood beside him in SHOT STRAIGHT DOWNWARD. the moonlight. She motioned him with her hand and he followed her out to the cliff overlooking the deep crevice, down whch the Popoagie lost itself. On the cliff the two sat in the moonlight. "You must not give yourself to the spirit of the Popoagie," said the girl "You can go away. I will go with you. The Blackfeet have been your enemies, but they love you, for you are a mighty warrior. To them you can go and they will make you a chief and I will go with you." White Elk sat silent. Then he spoke: "I must die, because I did not put to death Nazalla, the Blackfoot chief. I had my spear at his throat. I might have killed him. But years ago Nazalla spared my life when as a boy I was hunting alone in the forest. He gave me food and water and showed me the way back to my own people. I could not kill him as he lay wounded. But the Shoshone fear Nazalla. They think that with him dead the Blackfeet would never more triumph in battle. But I could not kill him. I would rather die and disappear into the under darkness forever." The girl fell on her knees and entreated him. White Elk softly stroked her hair. But he only shook his head in reply to her entreaties. Three days passed away, and the next morning just before sunrise all the Shoshones were gathered in view of the great rock that lifted itself above the deep sink hole of the Popoagie. The medicine men of the tribe swaying their bodies chanted a death hymn. As the first rays of the sun shone down the valley and rested redly upon the little group on the rock White Elk stepped forward with a strong young Indian on either side. He turned and looked keenly back at the group of women who stood about Laughing Eyes. He gave a sign and the two young Indians rested their hands on his shoulder. White Elk stood with his face lifted up for a moment to the clouds. He cast his eyes around and took a last look at the woods and at his people standing grim and silent in the clefts of the rocks. Then he sprang forward and shot straight downward from the top of the cliff. His body turned half over in the air. The Indians stood looking downward where the form of the young chief had disappeared. Then there was a cry and all looked again towards the top of the rock just as they saw Laughing Eyes hurl herself headlong downward towards the rushing water. She sank from sight and her body, too, was drawn downward to the depths. White Elk's soul would not have to escape the spirit of Poposagle to meet that of Laughing Eyes. PERSONAL POINTERS. Frank Doster, chief justice of the Kansas supreme court, has served in a variety of professions. He started as a railroad engineer, was next a soldier, then an actor and finally a lawyer. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, was recently asked his opinion of a popular speaker. "Well," was the slow re- ply, "he explodes like Vesuvius, but with none of the lava and all of the gas." Vice President Roosevelt prefers to be called by the title of "colonel" rather than by that belonging to the exalted civic position he now holds. "I earned my colonelcy," he says, "and the other thing came to me." Sidney A. Witherbee, a millionaire mine-owner and promoter of Mexican railways, of Detroit, is said to carry the heaviest life insurance of any man in Michigan. He placed $300,000 a few days ago, making his total insurance $500,000. Mr. Witherbee pays in annual premiums $18,000. Ten years ago Senator Thomas C. Platt, of New York, was quite a robust man, and seldom experienced a day's illness. He has aged wonderfully in the past few years, and especially since the recent death of Mrs. Platt. His term as senator will expire in 1903, at which time he will be 70 years old. The only American Indian in the United States navy is Chapman Schenandoah, an Oncida 29 years old, who is on the cruiser Atlanta. He served through the war with Spain on the San Francisco and the New York. The dusky sailor, who is a favorite among his shipmates, is a graduate of Hampton institute. Prof. William Dewitt Alexander, who has been for many years at the head of the survey department of Hawaii, has resigned to accept a position on the United States coast and geodetic survey. He will have charge of that branch of the department which has to deal with Hawaii and Samoa. He is a native of Honolulu, his father, a missionary, being a native of Kentucky. CHURCH AND CLERGY Six out of every 1,000 marriages in Great Britain take place in Jewish synagogues. The Lutheran general synod of Minnesota has barred out all members of secret societies from membership in the organization. Members of a church in Buffalo will take roomers and boarders during the Pan-American exposition and apply part of the proceeds to clearing up the church debt. Ground was recently broken in Brooklyn for the construction of what will be the largest auditorium for Sunday school purposes in the world. The building will adjoin Bushwick Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of which it will be a part. Within a few years it is hoped to build a new church, which will conform in architecture to the new Sunday school building. The building just begun will cost $50,000. J. Pierpont Morgan is a very busy man and his time is, of course, enormously valuable, but he always manages to attend the Episcopal general convention and has not missed one for many years. This year the convention will be held next October in San Francisco. The splendid Crocker mansion there has been placed at the disposal of Mr. Morgan for use during the convention. OF INTEREST TO EUROPEANS. There are in the Geranium empire about 822,880 more women than men. Sweden, France, Germany and Finland have a census once in five years. The Paris faculty of medicine has established a school for the study of tropical diseases. The Romans built London about the year 50 A. D., but London wall was not built until 306 A. D. A copy of Bradshaw's Railway Guide for 1839, the original edition, brought $125 at a recent London auction. An interesting part of the German parcels post department is the room where the packages sent by soldiers are received. Soldiers are allowed to send packages at the low rate of 20 pennfing (five pounds) up to three kilograms (6.6 pounds), regardless of distance. During the last year 3,562,800 soldiers' packages, with a value of 712,560 marks, were sent. INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS The modern kid glove goes through the hands of 235 workmen before it is finished. The world's cotton crop is 5,330,000,000 pounds, including 600,000,000 pounds used in China. The catch of sprats in British waters fell from 149,502 hundredweight in 1890 to 62,197 hundredweight in 1898. Every mineral and metal of value in the arts and industries is found within the limits of the United States. Work on the first factory for the manufacture of American shoes in Mexico began last month. Mexican leather will be used. ELECTRICAL CURRENTS. London has now two underground electric railways, and others are to follow shortly. The last of the cable cars have disappeared from St. Louis, being replaced by electric cars. Already nearly $40,000,000 has been invested in electric undertakings in the Argentine republic. After a two-year struggle with Chicago's bad streets, the Illinois Electric Vehicle company, operating 100 auto cabs, has decided to go out of existence. LITERARY LITTER In the United Kingdom 173,346 people are engaged in making books, newspapers, prints and maps. Omar Khayyam, the great Persian poet, philosopher and astronomer, died in the year 1123, and for over 700 years little more than his name was known in Europe. Maurice Thompson, author of "Alice of Old Vincennes," "Witheery of Archery" and other clever books, who died at his home at Crawfordsville, Ind., recently, was one of the greatest archers since Robin Hood. Capt. Dreyfus' forthcoming book, entitled "Five Years of My Life," will deal solely with his first trial, his public degradation, and his imprisonment on Devil island. The Rennes trial will not be discussed until the next volume. One of the finest living critics of pure literature is Rev. A. Ainger, master of the temple in London, who is also noted as a biographer and editor of Charles Lamb. He is the highest authority on the life and writings of "Elia." "Abbottsford," Walter Scott's beautiful house, is to be let, with its 1,300 acres of shooting. The novelist's family have always found the place an expensive one to maintain. It is now owned by his great-granddaughter, Mrs. Maxwell Scott. When Tennyson was nearly 60 years of age, and his fame might fairly be assumed to be world-wide, Edward Moxon, the publisher, decided to approach Gustave Dore and commission him to illustrate the "Idyla of the King." After Dore had considered the proposals, he asked: "Who, then, is this M. Tennyson?" TO PRESERVE CUT FLOWERS. Never place cut flowers in a draught or in sunlight. In cutting the ends, snip them off at right angles to the stalk. Do not allow the ends of the stems to rest on the bottom of the vase. Do not place flowers near or under lights—gas or lamp—when it can be avoided. Change the water each day, and at the same time again cut the ends of the flower stems. The ends of the stems of all flowers should be cut off before they are placed in water. It is better to strip the leaves from that part of the stem which will be immersed. Maidenhair fern should be kept rolled up in moistened paper and on the ice, or, with the stems in the water, in a cool place, until ready for use. In this way it will last for some time. Mignonette is generally grown in a cool house, and for this reason often droops when first placed in a heated room. It is well to put it in the icebox in water, for a time, when it will revive, "harden," and, if properly cared for each day, last a long time. Many flowers do more satisfactorily if placed in water with the chill off until the stems have become filled, and are then allowed to stand in an ice chest, or very cool place, for a time. Roses will occasionally revive if placed in ice water—always with the ends of the stems previously cut. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. France has only one university, that of Paris, but has 16 university colleges. The public schools of Washington are opened every day with the reading of the Bible. In 1899 the public high schools of the United States graduated 20,344 boys and 36,124 girls. The boys are taken from school earlier than the girls and put to work. Among the 2,754 students who matriculated at the Edinburgh university last year there were 252 women, 215 of whom were enrolled in the faculty of arts, three in science, 13 in medicine and 21 in music. An effort is being made to establish in one of the Scotch universities a chair for the study of the Scotch language and literature. The old Scottish tongue as written by James V. is almost unintelligible to the modern Scotchman. The late Gen. Harrison was the only man ever elected president who during his college days was a member of a Greek letter society. The society whose alumni rolls are honored with his name is the Phi Delta Theta, which is one of the famous "Miami triad" of fraternities, the other two being the Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chl. The chapter of which Gen. Harrison was a member was the first chapter organized in the fraternity—the one at Miami university, Ohio. FROM DIFFERENT POINTS. The farms in the neighborhood of Pretoria have been proven rich in coal, copper, gold and diamonds. Dublin has only 40 acres less of parks than London. The latter has 1,800 acres. Still both cities are short of breathing spots. Statisticians have discovered that a college woman can throw a baseball only 45 per cent. as far as a college man, but can jump 62 per cent. as far. Although there are many cold winter days in northern Italy, third-class railway cars are never heated, and second-class cars only on express trains. Umbrellas were not known in this country until a year or so before the revolutionary war, and it was nearly a century thereafter that they came into general use. Lady Sybil Primrose, the eldest daughter of Lord Rosebery, is said to be one of the best informed women on politics in the world. She not only constantly studies the subject in books, but in the newspapers as well, and by means of convention with nearly all the diplomats in London. GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS. Cyclists will make Buffalo their Mecca this coming season. The I. A. W. annual meet will be held there in connection with the professional races given by the N. C. A. Havana is anxious to become a racing center. The New Morales Park association has applied for membership in the American turf congress and proposes to open its season November 15. The University of Michigan is getting even with the University of Chicago for a galling football defeat last fall. The Wolverines have captured two winter indoor meets from the Maroons. J. H. Taylor, British open golf champion, has been challenged to play a match by Jack White, professional at the Seaford links, for $250 a side. The match is to be home-and-home, 72 holes in all. A remarkable fish yarn comes from Metropolis, Ill., where a Lake Michigan perch was caught in the Ohio river. Chicagoans say the fish descended the drainage canal to the Illinois, thence to the Mississippi and down to Cairo, where it turned up the Ohio. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY. (THE CAPITAL CITY LINE.) Its Magnificent Through and Local Passenger Services Between The East and South and Southwest. THE SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY is called THE CAPITAL CITY LINE, because it enters the Capital of the six States which it traverses, exclusive of the National Capital, through which its trains run solid from New York to Jacksonville, and Tampa Florida. It runs through Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C., Columbia, S. O. Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., and Tallahassee, Fl. This route continues to run the famous FLORIDA AND METROPOLITAN LIMITED, and THE FLORIDA AND AILANTA FAST METRAINS affording the only through limited service daily, including Sunday, between New York and Florida, and the shortest line between these points. These splendidly modern trains of the SEABORD AIR LINE RAILWAY arrived at, and depart from Pennsylvania Railway Stations at Washington Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York carrying Pullman's most improved equipments, with unexcelled dining car service, compartment, drawing room, and observation cars. It has Pullman service five times per week each way from Washington to that excellent resort, Pinhurst, N.C. It has the short line to and from Richmond Northfield, Portsmouth, Raleigh, Southern Pine, Columbia, Savannan, Jacksonville, Tampa and Atlanta, and the principal cities between the South and East. It is also the direct route to Athens, Augusta and Macon. In Atlanta, direct connections are made in the Union Station for Chattanooga, Nashville, and Memphis, also for New Orleans and all points in Texas, California and Mexico. In addition it is the only line operating through trains, and Pullman sleeping cars between Atlanta and Norfolk, where connections are made with the Old Dominion Steamship Co. The m. M. the M. & M. T. Company from Boston and Providence, the Norfolk and Washing on Steamboat Company from San Francisco, the Baltimore Steam, a sack company from Baltimore, and the N. P. & N. Railway, from New York and Philadelphia. Through Pullman cars also operated on quick seedless between Jacksonville and St. Louis, via Monticello, and between Jacksonville and New Orleans in addition to through trains with Buffalo Air Cars between Savannah and Montgomery. The local trai service is first-class with most convenient schedules. In the SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY will ticket passengers for any points, forording the quickest schedules, finest trains, and most comfortable services. It will mile books sold at $28.00, are good from Washington, D. C., over the entire fleet of 2,600 miles including Florida. A Confusion of Ideas Sir Henry Howorth, who was formerly a member of parliament, is a writer of mark, certainly of research, for his "History of the Mongols" took many years of steady and arduous inquiry. A good story Sir Henry tells against himself in regard to this work. One evening, while taking in to dinner a lady who had been lightly primed as to his great subject, there was a strange conversation. "I understand, Sir Henry," the lady said, "that you are fond of dogs; so am II" "Dogs, madam," was the reply. "I really must plead guiltless; I know nothing at all of them." "Indeed! And they told me you had written a famous history of mongrels."—Yorkshire (England) Post. Marine Plants on the Roof of Asia. A remarkable discovery by Capt. H. P. Deasy in the Kuenliun mountains is that of a species of marine plant, called grasswrack, at an elevation of 16,500 feet, more than 10,000 feet higher than the summit of Mount Washington. The plants were not growing, but were found, with their leaves and fruit, deposited in a bed 10 or 12 feet thick, which was covered and interspersed with strata of blue clay. The explanation offered is that the deposit once formed part of the bottom of a salt lake—Science. Nature's Crowning Work As for the woman, she found the chief wonders of creation not in the culminating vertebrate, but in the lowest orders of life. "The jellyfish, for instance!" exclaimed the woman. "How was it ever got to jell so beautifully?" Now the others thought they could understand her awe, although none of them, as it transpired, had ever put up any preserves—Detroit Journal. The Kalzer's Palaces. It is a rare privilege to be permitted to visit any of the kaiser's palaces. He thinks he is entitled to at least as much privacy as the lowest of his subjects, and his orders in regard to visitors are strict. As the Neues palace is regarded as above all others a haven of rest, few tourists are permitted within its precincts.—Chicago Inter Ocean. Too Big a Dinner. Recently at Relau, in the Selamas district, a boa constrictor swallowed four goats one after the other and then disposed his 18 feet of length to slumber. It was not his dinner that disagreed with him, but the vengeful owner of the goats, who followed and slew him as he slept.—Penang Gazette. Cars in a Saloon The sultan of Morocco, who is not inclined to pedestrianism, has had a little line of cars built through all the rooms of his palace, ending in his bedroom. A small motor pulls a novel sort of sleigh fitted with two seats, in which the sultan is able to recline at his ease.—N. Y. Post. Railway Traffic of the World. 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There is always peace somewhere, ; Deep and still. ‘You witlcome to It and know | Tie tils wut Motor at the thine ate | Open wide, Deeply breathe an? gently wait— "There abide: — Aisten for the gulding volce, God's. to yous Every tie daily task ‘That vou do. ‘Phe will ake off all he Jar | And the fret Mastty you will torgive and toree What the rather takes trom you Whole your life is niven to you | With no fons. ‘That which drops trem out the years } Is not life, Only that which lists i saved; Cease from etre. Strange how engerty we grasp, crear That which perishen and fais in decay: Only trust the Father's love ‘And His cave; Ute witibe all Henves to you imme diner, in Spsingneid Re on in 8p Ofaan) Re. publican, —— WHAT OF YOUR INFLUENCE? @ Lesson from the Realm of Science ‘That Makes Clear a Great Moral Truth. Scientific men tell us that the slightest thought passing through the weakest mind theoretically changes the whole physical universe. ‘The ex. planation is on this wise: Each parti. le of matter influences and is influ. enced by every other particle. “In the Processes of thought portions of brain cells, which are material sub- stances, are broken down, thur chang: ng their relation to the material uni. verse, and in order to maintain the equilibrium the paysical world must <hange in relation to the changed What is taught in theory in the realm of science is absolutely true 4m the sphere of morals and religion, We cannot think a thought, good or ad, that does not affect the ethical phere. “As a man thinketh in his heart so 1s he.” “No man liveth unto Bimself, and no man dieth unto him. elf” We are molded by our Sroughts, and we in turn determine Se fashion of the moral world, ‘What an awful thing to contemplate, ead yet what a great truth is in, solved, what a responsibility is placed pen us! Our modesty compels us to Yeok askance upon this doctrine of ger influence, but science and Serip- fare assert the fact in the boldest terms. Gingle acts of influence cannot mean very much, since they must ef meceasity be small. Yet repetition gun _make up for their lack of magat, Sade. For instance, a flake of snow, hich we can catch in our hand, and hich before sts beauty is clearly ree enized melts away, is not very large aad contains little power. Yet thet fame flake when it falls with hunt reds of others upon the plains and mountains of the northland forma She mighty glacier. Those rivera of ce which move slowly but trresiatibly Gewards the warmer climate reveal ty tes the possibilities of repeated inf. macen. Our little influences acting repeat. eily are the very things that ‘mele he power of Christian lving in this May and generation. ‘This thought hes been expressed in the hymn: ‘ arts frome of water, tte grains oft ag Make the mighty ocean, and the beers land; a aattie deeds of kindness, tte we yo mate the world around ws tke 6 srssven The. question ts not y have any influence, for (hether we at is act. tled. The question ov ght to be on which side shall it be ht to t dite: er for evil? for the « fe! 4 church or the ee bur influence is mmall we have the eee rt vasa Gay persistent Se clan” at with Gos car ae It ts ours to : ° have @ part in fashion. Se en ote oer aentche oee ay Be kay" suntey for the coming the Kin; ae, © | of Kings and Lord of Lords. fetes iwaice to the. fact that thi cay ®" 1 our opportunity ts the day of Set’ g power. Let ux remember that Ge 4 can take the weak things of this ¥ gorld to confound the mighty, : be consecrated to His purpose Foal om neces by His might.—Baptist The World's Advance, ‘The world’s advance is due enly ‘to the hopes, the plans, the Progress sand the work of Mving men end ‘women who have tasted of the wa- ‘ters of Hite oa themselves and know what it Is to live and are determined ‘hat the rest of the world shall have Ae more abundantly, as Jeaus Christ ‘Himself has promised. — Edward Everett Hale. te eens ‘The Olf tm the Lamp, ‘The Spirit of Chriat im the churek # she oil in the Jemp of itp forms and ordinances. And that Spirit ts the spirit of practical sympathy with Christ in the things He lived for, died for and cares for, the spirit which distinguishes the ready from the unready at His coming.—Jamea M, Whitton. MORE LIGHT. Revelations of Trath Being Con- tantly Made to the Heart Pre- ; pared fer 28. will guide you Into all truth.—St. John, 16: i The more you ponder the Scrip- tures the more you find in them. They are not to be simply read, but care- fully studied. ‘They are like the ocean in that they ft every experience and are responsive to every aspiration. ‘The text disturbs us by its very richness. It shows us a vista so full of promise that we shade our eyen, while gratitude fills them with tears. No statement in the Bible so clearly defines the dignity of the soul or the close relation of God to it. One can- not accept it without a desire to live in the very shadow ot the throne it- self. Meanness becomes meaner still, vice more vicious, and virtue, hon- esty and loyalty more precious. God's revelations have always been made to those who were willing to listen, and they will never cease. The old prophets were like the hills which lift themselves from the plain. Christ was the mountain which pierces the clouds and rises to heights unknown But the loving lips of the Father are not sealed. There are many things yet to be said. We may not be able to bear them now, but when we long for greater knowledge that greater knowledge will come. Christ did not speak to the disciples alone. He looked beyond them to the spectral ages to come, to the genera: tions yet unborn who would read, and ponder, and ask for more. ‘The disciples were the representatives of the whole family of believers and of the seekers in all time. In every cen- tury the race has had all it couid use, but no century has all the truth there 's. God is inexhaustible, We may krow, develop, aspire, but what we attain is only the crumbs that have dropped from the Master's table, a handful of sand from the infinite stretch of seashore. What Christ meant was that His coming created an appetite for the truth, the eternal truth, which will always hide itself behind the horizon, no matter how rapid our progress may be. And when His earthly mis. sion was ended, and He had returned to the home on high, that mission would continue. He was truth fn the manger, truth along the dustry Fond He traveled, truth on the cross, truth ascended 'to Heaven, with ¢ ‘spear thrust in Hiv side as a reminder of human Ignorance, indifference and hatred, and He fs still the truth, ready to reveal Himself to those who seck Him with the earnestness of desire. ‘The world feels the need of a pres. ent Christ. It is not enough to look back through the mists of half for- gotten memories to Judea, not enough to look forward to the vague hope of a second coming. We want Him now, a spiritually perceptible Pres. ence, for the burdens of life are many and heavy, and we cannot bear them alone. Chriat, therefore, fs not in Heaven, but in a real sense He is here. There ts no experience of honest joy or rugged sorrow with which He docs not sympathize. There is no day in summer or winter when He does not form part of the household. If our eyes are withholden and we see Him not, it is because our Inck of faith, like a grain of dust, has blind- ed them. The yearning of the heart is ax loud asa trumpet call, and when its notes are heard in the other world ministering spirits hasten to our re- lief, unseen, perhaps, but not unfelt. In the solitude of your grief you have the company of angels, God's messengers, who bring the good of Heaven to the ill of earth. You are not forgotten, you are not neglected; you are ever in the Eetrnal Mind. You may not grasp that fact, {t may even seem to involve an impossibility, but it is the foundation on which all grand- eur of character is built. Without it religion becomés devitalized and per- funetory, “SS > All the beings tn the other world are interested, profoundly interest- £4, In the development of this world. Were this not so, would Christ have come that He might help us to make the «srooked paths straight? If He had gone to “prepare a place for us, thr t where He is, there we may be *! 20," is it not because the Father ' eves His-children and ts always ready to answer their erles for assistance and advice? Close the shutters of the heart and you live in worldly darkness, open them and the sunshine of the Eternal Presence pours in. Think of these things, keep this mighty truth in mind, become receptive to the influ- ences from above and they will be to you what the dew is to the flowers. Revelations of holy truth, locked out by selfishness and passion, by avar- fee and enmities, are always knock- ing at the door, and to-day and to- morrow and every dsy God will speak to you, and the sweet influences of the higher life will make you calm and brave and strong. Christ's heart was in Heaven even when His feet were on the earth, and ours may be also. Those who look shall see, and those who listen shall hear.—George H. Hepworth, in N. ¥. Herald. 8 Giapelts Forte use, fanges and bananas reach a deli- elous perfection in Porto Rico, end frosts are unknown. The cultivation An Informal Invite, ‘Mrs. Goodart—Poor mani Come te my house, across the way there, this evening, and you shall have s good dinner. Harvard Hasben—Some of your guests disappoint you? That's rather short notice; I'm afraid I ean't get my fall dress wuit out 0? the laundry im time —Philedalphia Press. ‘THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. GOOD STREAK IN HIM New York Man Tells Story of His ) «Feathered Friend.” Queer Acquaintance with a Creok | Made in Dakota—ad Man Shews | Mls Geatitade ima subetan Meee Wace ‘The New York man bowed to an im- mense red-faced man who was just leaving the bar. The red-face, says the New York Sun, beamed until it outshone the huge diamond stuck in the scarlet cravat, and the silk hat came off with a sweep, “Who's your fat friend?" asked the Boston man who had been invited to rink at the New York man’s ex- pense. “He calls himself Wilson now. I've an idea he opens the directory and chooses a new name whenever it ecems advisable. I knew him 25 years ago in a little Dakota town, and he was doing business under the name of Johnson then—Bill Johnson, grain buyer and tinhorn gambler. “I was a young fellow and new in the west, but was trying to hold down a lumber yard for a Chicago firm. One night I was in the office late wrestling with a trial balance when the back door opened and in rushed the queerest looking object I'd ever seen. It looked like a feather- bed on a spree and cut loose from its cover. Naturally I jumped up and grabbed the thing nearest my hand, which was a big ink well, but just then a voice came out through the feathers. 2 “For God's sake, man, don’t make the mess worse. Hide me somewhere. T'ma friend of Mr. A’s— “Now, Mr. A—— was my boss, and I didn't know much about his friends, but if this was a specimen of them, I didn’t like his tastes. Just then there was a noise outside and the feathered biped plunged under the counter in the dark little back office. ‘The door opened and a man stuck his head in. There were other men behind him. “‘Seen anything of a tarred and feathered scoundrel? He ran down aS Eee / HRS iid HIS / a Picea? VE Hee A\ | \ eh y this way, and we've got some busi- ness with him.” “I didn’t know anything about the row, but it doesn't seem natural te give o man away, so I lied, and the crowd went on down street. Then } picked the queer bird out from un- der the counter. “They had used him pretty hard and he was scared half to death. He in- sisted that he knew Mr. A—— well and could get help from him if he were there. I suppose the scamp deserved lynching, but I was always a fool. 80, finally, I hitched up my horse and bug- gy, wrapped the man up in some of my clothes, and drove him across country to a town on the other railroad where he had friends who took him in. “He cut the country after that and I never heard of him until almost two years. Jasep when I got a note warning mg that I'd better draw out all the money I had in the Uttle bank there fa town, I didn’t know what to think, ‘but I drew out the money just for luck; and I'm blamed if the cashier didn’t abscond the next day with every dollar the bank held. “Some years ago I came to New York to live. The first person I met in the Fifth Avenue hotel was my old Dakota friend, minus the tar and feathers and plus'a checked suit and a silk hat. He knew me like a shot. “*You got your money out of the bank, all right?’ he said. “Did you send me that note? “Sure thing. I was in the deal, but I didn’t like to ses you hit. I owed you s good turn. Don't believe it’s al paid off yet.” “He never has anything to say tc me, but he always looks glad to se me. I suppose he’s a fash crook but I've an idea that if I needed « lit tle money I could borrow it from him more easily than from any ef my Wall street friends.” Unique Letter from Kansas. A Kansas man, who contemplated buying « bicycle, wrote this letter to ® manufacturer: “My neffew bot hisself a new bissickle and sent me his old one by frate, and I’ve learned to ride sume. It’s « pile of fun, but my biasickle jolts considerable. A feller com along day before yestirday with » bissickle that had hollerinjan rabber tires stuffed with wind. He let me try hissen and mi, it run Ifke « kushen, He told me you sell infun rubber just the samo as hisses, Mine is all fron wheels Do you punch the holley hole through the infun rubber er will I have te do it myself? How o you stick the ends ce aftee [ON done, It your rubber all ready will 1 come any eheapes empty? f can get all the wind 1 want here" awa i as According to the usual measures of friendship, ‘tle with those that ave Ne ea How trane- porting should it be to thy seul that the great God should entertain and atrike such = friendship with thes, se Vile, ae rebellious and abject as thou wast, Hew wonderfal a thing ts filet And oven surpassing al wos Gere Js i after the manner ef men? How far, herein. are His wars Po Ue adore our ways and His thoughts ‘afore our thoughts even as the Reavens are above the earth—Joha Howe. Soamps Seampered. A scamp was originally only a trar- eler, but in the early middle ages most of the scampering was done for some good cause, and the man who scamp- ered was in vircue of that fact ad- judged to be person of bad character. ‘albany Journal. See eenees ‘The Real Thing. Hotel Guest—Can you get me an un- abridged dictionary anywhere in the house? Bell Boy—I'm afraid not, sir, but there's a lady from Boston on the seo- ond floor.—Sommerville Journal. Bhe Was Posted. “The bride must have studied the marriage service long time.” “What makes you think so?” “When the officiating clergyman faltered she prompted him."—Chica- go Record. ‘Tree Economy. Friend—Why do you wear those fearfully old-fashioned collars? Winkers (a man of affairs)—Be- cause when the washerwoman sends them to anybody else, they send them back.—N. ¥. Weekly. Tramps Won't Eat Her Cooking. Mrs. Benham—Aren’t you glad I de- cided to do the cooking? Benham—Yes; we never have tramps stopping here for grub nows- days.—Brooklyn Lite. STREET TATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED Daily Arrives Pe S108 wa, Some folk 13:97 a. m. oe bet. ersburg, Waverly, and{Poffolk. Ve. 9:05 A.M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:50 a.m., Weldon 11;50 s. m., Fayetteville 4:25 p.m., ( harleston 10:55 p. m,, Savannah 2:55 a. m., Jacksonville 8:80 a, m., Port Tam: pa7:10p m., Connects at Wilson with No 47. srriving Goldsboro 8: 25 p. m', Wilmirgton 6 p. m. Pall- man Sleeper New York to Jackson. ville. 11:56 A. M, Daily, except Sunday. AF- tives Petersburg 12:80 p.m. Stops Manchester, Drewry's Bivfl, Con: tralia, and Chester on signal. 8:15 P, M. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED Daily, Arrives Petersburg 8:48 mo. Norfolk 5:85 p.m. Stops only os Roto etnre, ‘averly ard fuf- 4:80 P.M. Daily, except Sunday. ar vives Petersburg. 6:20 p. m., Wel den 7:42 p m. and Rocky cunt 8:56 p,m. Makes all intermediate stops, 6:00 P.M. Daily Arrives Petersburg 6:60 p.m. Makes all stops 6:67 P.M. FLORIDA AND WEST IN DIAN LIMITED. Daily, Arrives at Petersburg 7:87 p.m. Ccnnecta with Norfolk and Western for Nor- folk and intermediate points, Em- Pore. §:40 p. m. (connects with At jantio and Danville for stations be. green Bmporis and Lawrenceville Weldon 9;10 p. m, Fayetterville 12:82 &, m., Charleston 5:23 a m., Serqnnah 7:04 m., Jncksonville 215 p. m., Port Tampa 11:80 p.m. REW LINE to Middle, Georgie a redcgierg Angaste 15 0. m., Macon 11:15 a. m., Atlante 12; 85 p,m, Thomasville 2:25 p.m, — Pulimad "Jeepers New York ta Tominaga: Oharleston, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Avguste and Macon. New York to Thomssville every Tuceday, 9:10 P M., Daily, Arriving Petersburg 9:55 pm, “onoects at Peternburg with Norfolk and Western railway, arriving Lynchburg 2:30 = m., Roanoke 5s, m., Bristol 10:40. m. Pullman jieeper, Bichmoud to Lrnohbarg. UWoP. M-Dally, Arrives Petersbarg 21¢ a. m. 1:80 P.M. Daily. Escept Sunday THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA PECIAL Arrives Charleston 9-36 & m, Savannah 10:50 a, m., Jack- sonville 2:50 p. m., St. Augustine 4,20 p.m: Port Tape 11:80 p.m. TRAIN ARRIVE IN RICHMOND, 4:00 A. M, Daily, From Jacksonville, Bavantab. Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta sod’ all poin’s South. 6:0,A. M. Daily, exeopt Monday From St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Savan- nab and Charleston. 1:85 a. m. Daily From Petersburg, Lynebburg, and the West, 8:45 a.m. Daily, except uadsy, Pet ‘eraburg local. 11:10 & m dally, except Sunday From Goldsboro ‘and intermediate ata- tions, Norfolk and Suffolk. 1.42 m. Daily, From Norfolk, Su folk and Petersburg. 11:05 ». m. Sunday only from|Beetelk, Satfolk end Petersbore. 2:10 p.m Daily, except Sanday, From etersburg. 7:22pm, Daily From Miam|, Port ‘Tampa, Jacksonville, Bavannsh, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldabo- ro and all points South. 6:80 p. m. Daily From Norfolk Suffolk and Petersburg. 8:68 p. ‘m- Dally, From . Petersburg, murg ani Feeney M. EMERSON, ‘Traffic Manager, 4. B. KENLY, General Manager. iH. M. EMERSON, General Fassen; " O.8. Campo” i ivision Passenge: Ag 824 Bast Main St. W. P. Tavuor, SECOND TO NONE Woman’s Corner Stone Beneficial Ass’n- Incorporated, March, 1897 OFFICE: - 502 W. Leigh St, “~~ Authorized Ospital, $5,000. Claims prompily paid as s00n as aat- isfactory notice of sickness or death is placed in home office. OFFICERS: Loules B Williams, — , Presbleat Holme : President Bettie Brows, = ‘Treasures Mildred Cooke Jones, Bee. & t us. Man. Boaxp or Dimzcrors: Lovin E, Willteme, Kate Holmes, Maitio F. J. Ann M. Jobnson. Bettio Beoee taindses 0. Jones, NW Norfohk@Westem BUN. Ganeds » STtinerauern | taba pupusa ees ae 4:00. M., Dally—Richmend andNortolk Veo Hah Pe trae were ‘Waverly and Buitolk Sesaed elas tae Soe oe Weaidinies Geese bet ane Chicago. Pullman ileeper Boas a eaten cere ners oe Se Geemirea sone Sts Seti ecernre eat cue o Baise begvenn emeeeriie Sere eae an 0. ee Peacoat Sevaane “Connects ai Roanoke with Wash- —— Chattanooga Limited. Goss. Stee gee es Rovio, deeeteecrnaan tak ate aeons Sian creer Baad pee hres t Pel a: = fram arrive nt Rishwond ‘trou Treetare soltin Wevahhieesns ony pemvers from Norfolk aad she East 1:06am and Veo, eA aa mes ny Passes See seg ee TEE suaerat ee es W S. Selden, FUNERAL DIRECTOR & EMBALMER WARE RUOMS: 1g03 East troad Street. Qld "Phone 920 RESIDENCE 1308 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va oe, 1488 hag Lf A a MR MARTH. the world renowned and highly selebrated business and test Medium reveals everything. No imposition. Can be counsulted upon all affaire of life, business, love and mai & specialty. Every myster; revealed, tise of stente deceaced and living friends. Removes all troubles and estrangements, challenges any Medium who can exceed her in start- ling revelations of ‘the past, present oe — vel one’s life. Re- member she will not fer an= teyou! jensen eet ae ee facts without neneensc; Bac ena consulted upon all affaire of Life, Love. Courtship Marrsige Friends. ete wih discription of future com panion She ie v-ry sccorate in de teribing missing friends, enimies ete, business. law suite journeys, contest ed mills, divorce and speculation is val uable and reliable he reads your destiny--good or bad; she withold nothing MR . MARTH tells your entire lite ast, mt and future ina DEAD FRANUE, hes the power. of any two [Mediums you over met, ‘In texte she tells your mother’s fullname before marrisge, the names of all your family their ages and description. the name and business of your present husband the name of your next ifyou are to have ene, the name of the young man ‘who now calls on you. thename of your uture husband. and the day, month nd year of your marriage, how many hildten you have or will have: whethe ¥ your present sweetheart will be true toyeu and ifhe will marry you; if you have no sweetheart she will tell fe when you will have and his name, yasiners and date of acquaintance. Ali your future will be told in an honest clea: and plain manner and im a dead tranes, Mothers should knew the suc- cose “f their husbands and children young ladies should know everything about the.r sweethearts or intend husband. Do not keep sompany, mer- xy or go into business until you knew falirdenot let silly religion eoraplos prevent your consulting. ‘Madame is the only one in th reneld who can tell you the FULE MAGHist our future RUSDEWE, Wie mae mew Hate of marriage, and ‘eile Whether the one you love istrue or false, There are some persons who believe that there is no truth to be gained from consulting s Medium, but such beliefs are contrary tothe truth. It is only from the lack of discrimination that such sconclusion can be reached, It is not every one who placards himself or herself a8 a medium that can stand a test of ee, Asie an caquiring mind may ssh thoresson way "It tteteapls % these advisers donot take the uble to study humen nature, They ‘do not spend their thoughts for a mo- ment with acquiring the art af phase. ology and kindred branches that will Lave a tendeney to make the pathwra to the road of the business elear and devoid of all obstacles. It is an undeniable fact that persone willoome for advios in full knowledge of what they want to know, and yet 8 2000 as they confront a Medium the 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 ora PALMER ES CUumenes wine cet come is the art used oy many unprincip.ed mediums, but to take hold ox the head and gain control of the mind thereby is | matter of Sareea oe most of them. 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I think he was in with the thief, though willing to give me a show. When the prisoner took the stand, he declared that if he HIS HONOR STATES THE LAW. had stolen anything it was while he was walking around in his sleep. The statement caught his honor, and he said: "How yo' all gwine to hold a pusson 'sponsible fur what he does in his sleep? Dair an' no law 'bout dat. If Julius dum took dat watch an' money an' didn't know what he was doin' den he's got to be discharged from custody." "I was pleading my own case," continued the Iron City man, "and I replied to the judge that the rule ought to work both ways. If Julius had taken my property in his sleep, he ought to return it while he was in the same condition. I wasn't blaming him for being a somnambulist and was willing he should go free, but I should expect him to enter my room in his sleep that very night and leave my lost property on a chair. That was a stumper on judge and prisoner, and after scratching their heads and wiggling around his honor replied: "Julius, dis yere case has dun got mixed up. 'Cordin' to law yo' got away wid de stuff and can't be held, but 'cordin' to de white man's dream-book yo' got to walk in yo' sleep a'gin to-night and put yo'r stealin' back in his room. Dat will leave ebery'ting jest as it was befo', an' it 'pears to me dat you'd better tackle some odder man an' do it wid yo'r eyes wide open." "Julius didn't wait to walk in his sleep again, but handed me my property before we left the courtroom. Not only that, but as near as I could make out the judge had to take my watch from his own pocket." MAY AND DECEMBER. Lizzle Flynn, 21 and Attractive, Weds John O'Donnell, Aged 79, Wrinkled and Eccentric. From Lincoln, Neb., a correspondent writes to the Chicago American that John O'Donnell, one of Lincoln's oldest and wealthiest citizens, was married to Miss Lizzie Flynn the other day by Father Reade, in the Roman Catholic church. Mr. O'Donnell is 79 years old, while Miss Flynn is but 21. An attempt has been made by Mr. O'Donnell who THE BRIDE AND GROOM. is an eccentric old gentleman, to withhold from the public the romantic circumstances connected with his union to Miss Flynn. He offered a reward to the county clerk if he would withhold the issue of license from publication. Miss Flynn lives in Toulon, III., and met Mr. O'Donnell six months ago while he was visiting friends in her home city. Each recognized an affinity when being together but a few hours. On leaving for his home a few hours after they first met he sought a correspondence with her, which resulted in his inducing her to go to Lincoln one week ago, and their marriage took place. Miss Flynn has friends in Lincoln and Omaha, who were much surprised, for she is not only young, but beautiful and well educated. A Country of Theaters In the United States there are over 8,000 theaters, and these are located in about 3,500 towns. During the theatrical season there are perhaps 6,000 traveling companies continually on the road. SOME CHOICE LITTLE POEMS The Valiant Lover. Shall I brood, and shall I grieve, Wear my heart upon my sleeve, At the irones of Love Storm, and mourn the sweets thereof, Since the bitter fates decree Heart's-ease bourgeons not for me? Nay; although we may not press, Sne and I, in long caress Lip to tip, nor hand in hand Nave the summer-lilled land, Still faith uphold my soul High above the depths of dole! Faith in her white constancy, Though leagues part us like the sea! In ways that now diverge In Love time shall meet and merge! Faith that life shall one day seem Like a paradisal dream! —Clinton Scollard, in Woman's Home Companion. And throes of earthquake tremble into rest; For thankless labor, or for anguish deep, We find requital in the realm of sleep. Loss is the shadow of approaching gain, And buds of joy from bitter roots of pain Into shy bloom, or radiant beauty, start, Out of the worn waste places of the heart, Until we feel, though none may understand, Bitter and sweet come from the self-same Hand. -William Hamilton Hayne, in S. S. Times. A Laughing Matter. His battered head was bandaged, His nose was in a sling; His guts were both in mourning, He couldn't eat a thing. But food composed of liquids, Because his gums were sore— Because his teeth were missing That filled his mouth before. His back was nearly broken, And he was weak and lame; He'd been in no explosion, No buzz saw it to blame. No bounce out April fooling, And one of them caught it To fool had caught him at it- Men laughed until they cried! -Chicago Times-Herald The Dead. Life in Whose life all life began, Thou great All-Wise, who hast decreed Within the babe shall be the man, The larger life within the seed. Who sowed the aching void of space With dust of systems yet to be, The babe with whom thunderous rains Centers Omnipresent in Time. Since life is thus from less to more, Why should we speak with sobbing breath Of those not lost but gone before Into that larger life called death! —George Benson Hewetton, in N. Y. Independent. Reassured. The rich man tells me I am blest! I am poor—I toll each day, With never a rest! I read of him at play On the grassy slopes—I hear How he sails away To foreign land I toll a year For less than the rich man's son Spends in an hour—He lives In royal splendor—I None Of the pleasures that wealth gives Are mine—I hear my little one Improve in love For much that I would fail Lay at his feet—But, oh, I shout with glee! Contention swells within my breast— For I have poverty— And the rich man tells me I am blest! Resurrection Gray alders swing above the shelving sand Their dropping tassels brown; The banks of willow cops on either hand Flame out with crimson crown. Down from the tufted mosaic ledges green, where sunlight falls all day. Love. Long ice-banks toward the darkling water lean, And break, and float away. The russet meadow lands are silent still; With lingering drifts of snow; No bluebird sings, by pasture fence or hill, But long ago. But hidden piles of water and quiver deep Beneath the sun-warmed soil, Where life, half-wakened, stirs from wintry sleep To meet the smile of God. -Mabel Earle, in Youth's Companion. When Mother Says "Come In." In memory still I still Iain hear My mother calling: "Willie, dear come, Willie! Hurry in!" In fancy I can see the door And hear the door of yours And hear her say: "Come in!" In every gladdest hour of play My joys were always swept away. For mother ne'er forgot to say: "Oh, Willie! Now come in!" It was long ago that I Obeyed that sweet, that fond old cry I'd come, dear in! And oh, I would love A child again, back there, and see Remained to call me in! Ah, when my cares are put away. When I am through with toll and play, Shall I, up there, hear mother say. In loving tones: "Come in?" —S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. Wisdom in the Nursery. All being on a stroll intent, The youngest on the mission want To see if father would assent. Returning then in some dismay, The little one made haste to say, "He won't go out with us to-day." She told them when she made her plea, "You're dreadful nuisances," said he; "Distressing nuisances, all three." "If that was all of his reply, The eldest said, with brightened eye, "The pleasure he will not deny." "For when he won't, he just says 'No.' He grows when he gives in, and so If he said 'nuisances,' he'll go." And here the door wide open swings. While cheerly this warning rings, "You nuisances, get on your thing." —Chicago Evening Post. An April Fool Joke. A 'aided purse upon the pavement lay To tempt my greed, but I was not be- I passed it by, for this was All-Fools' day. I passed it by and noted, as I smiled, That Jones, my stupid neighbor, fellowed I lingered near and was again a child. Which, years agone, had marked my boyish glee. Ah, how the dimming eye with moisture fills As memory brings back that April day! The purse was full of twenty-dollar bills. And Neighbor Jones went smiling on his way! -N. Y. Life. Telephone in Surgery. The war in South Africa has led to a novel and singular use of the telephone in surgery. Army surgeons search for bullets by means of the telephone probe. The special utility of that instrument is based on the fact that when the pincerlike ends of the probe close over a metal body a noise is heard in the telephone.—London Echo. BED FOR HOSPITALS. Provisions Made for Treatment of Numerous Diseases and Also for Surgical Work. The illustration shows a specially constructed bed adapted for use in hospitals, provision being made for treating numerous diseases and also for surgical work. A cooling tank is provided which contains ice and wa- IMPROVED HOSPITAL BED. ter, and this can be brought in proximity with any portion of the body while the remainder is given hot treatments by other appliances. The special function of the cooling tank is to regulate the temperature of a pyretic or febrile patient—as, for instance, in spinal meningitis, pneumonia, typhoid fever and all forms of eruptive diseases, where bodily temperature plays such an important role. In spinal meningitis and typhoid it may be necessary to apply heat to the spinal column and neck of the patient to produce muscular relaxation, while the general temperature is reduced by the application of the cooling apparatus to other parts of the body. The mattress of the bed is adapted to be inflated with hot water or air, and in order to maintain the water at the required temperature the mattress is connected with the water heater in proximity to the bed by means of a pipe. It will be noticed that supports for a fractured arm or leg are also provided, as well as a thermometer, writing tablet, holder for medicine glasses, etc. The designer for the appliance is Adolfo Luma, of Chicago, Ill.-Louisville Cour-Journal. HUNDRED YEARS HENCE. The Fearsome Future Woman to Whom the English May Be Expected to Look Forward. This is what the writer in one of the English magazines predicts will be the state of affairs when another century rolls around: "By that time women will be all six feet in height, many of them considerably over, while the average height of a man will be five feet nothing. Woman will be strong and lusty; broad and heavy in build, and will be very proud of her large feet, hick wrists, powerful limbs and great muscular development, while men will have grown vain of their trimly-corseted waists, nice pink and white complexions and soft voices. "Love will not have been completely done away with, though sentiment will have given away to common sense. Every woman will be required to marry and support two husbands, one of whom must be a useful, domesticated creature, capable of tending the children and looking after the household (while the wife is away in the city earning good money to keep the home together), and the other will be a better looking, and therefore more ornamental creature (not a 'general utility' man like the 'housekeeper'), whose duties will be to act as companion or 'gentleman help' to the mistress and ruler of the mansion, and keep things up to the mark generally. "Women a century hence will all wear 'bloomers,' both literally and figuratively speaking; any woman transgressing by appearing in a long-tailed skirt will be condemned to act as public street scavenger for as long a period as the local council shall determine. Women will also wear a mustache, and the faces of men will gradually become smooth. Cooks will no longer be at a premium, as tiny tabloids of food will take the place of the elaborate dishes of the past. We shall be able to get through a six-course dinner in about two minutes, a tabloid for each course, or, if we prefer it, we can have, multum in parvo, a tabloid with everything compressed and co-densed into one harmonious whobs." Vegetables composed largely of starch and water, potatoes particularly, should be boiled at a continuous high temperature. Otherwise they will become water soaked and of poor flavor. Unique Concerns—Old Violins According to a German correspondent, a concert was lately given in Berlin which has a unique interest on account of the instruments used for the occasion. The first item on the programme was played on violins formerly possessed by his royal highness, the late duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. They were a Stradivarius of 1723, a Rueggeri of 1667, an Amati viola of 1680, and a Teichler violaceo of 1703. Other violins were: One formerly belonging to the earl of Palmouth, a Carlo Bergond of 1733, a 1723 Stradivarius, made for and owned by the king of Spain; Lord Nelson's Amati of 1648 and his Sanctus Serafin of 1712. Voilin bows were made by Tourte, and formerly owned by Vieuxtemps, Leonard and Paganini, and the Vuillama bow, formerly owned by De Berlot and Prince de Chimay—N. Y. Sun. Heavy Rainfalls Exceptionally heavy rainfalls often occur, sometimes with disastrous effects. For periods of five minutes rainfalls have occurred at Bismarck, N. D., at the rate of nine inches per hour, at Jacksonville, Fla., at the rate of seven inches, and at Galveston, Tex., at the rate of 6½ inches. In periods of 60 minutes rain has fallen at these three stations at the rate of over two inches per hour; at Galveston at the rate of 2½ inches. One inch of rainfall is equivalent to 27,154 gallons of 226,000 pounds on each and every acre of the wetted area. Rainfall at the rate of nine inches per hour represents a fall of 33.500 pounds, or 4,073 gallons, per minute per acre. In five minutes, such a rainfall would cover each area of four square miles with 51,000,000 gallons—a quantity much in excess of the daily consumption of the city of Washington.—Washington Star. Sweetbreads with Parmesan Cheese. Two tablespoonfuls butter, one pair sweetbreads, cooked and chopped, three tablespoonfuls Parmesan cheese, three egg yolks, salt, cayenne, one tablespoonful butter. Melt butter, add sweetbreads and cheese, cook until cheese is melted, add eggs slightly beaten, and seasonings; just before serving add butter. — Good Housekeeping. FIRST HONOR PUPILS BAKER SCHOOL. 6th Grammar—Mrs. Rosa D. Bowser, teacher: Julia S. Lawson. 5th Grammar—Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher: Gertrude Augustus, Emma Armateed. 4th Grammar—Miss Lizzie B. Wills, teacher: Belle Morris, Mary Qarles, Roscoe Mitschell. 2nd Grammar—Miss Vera A. Holmes teacher: William Partee, Sarah George Lily Harris, Addie West. 1st Grammar—Miss M. H. Smith, teacher: Mary Daggott. 4th Primary—Miss C. F. Brown, teacher: Perzelia Brown, Azelia Storrs. 6th Primary—Miss M. C. Tinsley, teacher: Cornelius Gaston, Lelia Caliway, Emily Green. 5th Primary—Miss M. E. Allen, teacher: Louis Grump, Naomi Hill, Ethel Jackson, Nellie Jones, Alice Price Flor eanstors Lillie Waddy, Jeannette West, Preston Barrell. 4th Primary: Miss Martha R. Crump teacher: Bruce Fountain, Charles Gray, John Pearson, Junius Smith, Adeline Carter, Battie Fishugh, Harmione Jackson, Addie Long, Mary Pearson, Mildred Taylor, Mabel West, Frances Weaver. 3rd Primary: Miss E V. Trent, teacher: Sadie Lewis, Armsa Stokes, Victoria Farley, Esther James, Katie Gipin. Maloneon Jackson, Carlota Kersey, Mary Miller, Sarah Taylor, Luco Williams, Augustine Bollard, Alfred Cross, Willie Dabney, Henry Dawson, Willie Gray, Gratton Graves, Elise Mayo, Immanuel Stuart, Henry Yancey. MONROE SCHOOL 1st Grammar—Miss Kate C. Watkins, teacher: Resa Cousins, Lottie Lawrence, Mattie Mosby. 8th Primary—Lucy Winston. 7th Primary—Miss Emma A. Erans teacher: Olareene Crawley, John Holmes, Alexander Jonastan, Robe, Mosby, Arthur Thompson, Aureus Watkins, Horse Wooison, Oelia Brown, Fannie Braxton, Mamie Bagney, Ludy Jonsson, Gracie Livey, Aima Lewis, Virginia Robinson, Ethel Ransome, Marian Smith, Lizzie Wood. 6th Primary—Miss Susie B. Orump teacher: Marian Partee, Oliver Tomlin, Emily Lewis. 5th Primary—Lillie Barrett, Irma Feids, Adeline Friends, Leila Honemun, Fiorence Hampson, Carrie Johnson, Juna Lewis, Aunie Fucker, Saran Taylor, George teacher, John Price, Columbus Samuel. 5th Primary—Early Baptist, Willie Moeby, Washington Mines, Aua Ferras, Lilie Bates, Eunel Crawley, Marie Eil- ington, Sara Floy1, Mary Palmer, Koas Spargen. 3d Primary—Leslie Wood, Bessie Thomas, Virgile Baptist, Lucy Freeman, Bessie Gatewood, Sissie Goodie, Aima Hundley, Margaret Harris, Ophelia Macks, Anne Paulips 2nd Primary—Leslie Eldridge, Geo. Green, Ocead Smith, Jesse Oren, Lieie Brooks, Minie Beent, Amy Franklin, Maggie Johnson, Elizabeth Moore, Viola Watson. 1st Primary—Sarah Hewin, Maud Hassett, Pearl Morton, Rebecca Thompson, Annie Thompson, Mastie Ross, White Aden, Wm Jones, Livvy Lewis, Alice Woodson, Bruce Smith, Fred Smith. MOORE SCHOOL 6th Grammar—Miss F. E. Isham, teacher; Pearl Blau, Ognita Eimon- son, Fannie Woolfock, Joseph Minor. Edward Russ. 5th Grammar—Miss F. E Robinson, teacher; Easie Woolfridge. 4th Grammar—Miss M. B. Holmes, teacher; Nelson Washington, Richard Stokes, Osgod Wuglfield, Gracie Wray, Heartlett Waskins. 3rd Grammar—Mr. A. L. Morton, teacher; Walter Johnson, Eva Jonway Louisa Dawson, Mar, Jasper, Alice Jonsson, Irene Williams. 2nd Grammar—Miss A. G. Foster, teacher; Oine Frayer, Elise Carter, Robert Oule, Peter Hudson. 1st Grammar—Miss F. B. Dixon, teacher; Emma Frayer, Laura Steward, minnie Woody, Milton Sampson, Lena Archer, Finneuse Branch, Susie Jones, Anna Pruse, Saran Tinsley. 8th Primary—Miss O. S. Patterson, teacher: Leon Homme, Allen Page, Mary Blair, Marie Booker, Miannie Booker, Aline Carrington, Arcel Frayer, Olivia Urquhart, Virginia Jackson, Albissa Jones, Conla Minor, Mary Michelle, William Brownasil, Leonard Jonathon, Cornelius Cokes. 7th Primary A—Miss L. A. Peters, teacher: Ernest Johnson, Lula Orey, Miriam Jaspo, Florence Lockley, Char- lesia Steuther. 7th Primary B—Miss S. J. Turpin, teacher: Adrian Jones, Eva Sidney Sain- beer, Katie Ox, Della Booker. 8th Primary—Miss A. D. Patterson, teacher: Irene Deept, Albert Martin Harrison Books, Gostie Browes, Nate Fox, and Johnson, Henry Little- grey. 5th Primary—Miss B. L. Murray, teacher: Laura Dundagge, Sarah Hog- son, Kate Hopkins, Loisie Woodg M. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING: Brooklyn, Aug. 15, 1891 — This is to certify that came to New York from Albany. I was a stranger in a strange city, out of work and I undertook. What he took in anything I friend advised me to go and see Dr. Shea I did. He told me the cause of my troubles. He told me that I was another. Through him I got a good position the week. I had been to others; they took my money and did me no good. I bless the day and I will be missed. I will all be bad luck, stick or in trouble to go to him at once. Sincerely, ALBERT AYERS, 2957 Atlantic Ave South Plainfield, Aug. 15, 1891 — This is to certify that been absent two years. I mourned for him light and day. I gave him up as dead. She was doing. I resolved to consult him. He told me my husband was alive and well and where he was; told he he would come home is home now, come back like one from the dead. I also wish to say that this month lost the sum of $360 — am a poor woman and I told me there she so gifted in cur midst that can help people and tell them what to do. Sincerely. & SENSATION IN BROOKLYN - ▲ MINIB TERN'S STATEMENT. I wish to state that one of my parishioner was sick and in trouble for a long time, Mrs. Helen Johnson, a one-time pastor who understand her case. She had several doctors but none of them seemed to know what was the matter, and one pastor for any good and other. Hearing of the wonderful work being done, she sent a few years, I thought I would call and see her. She knew him a kind sympathetic gentleman. He gave me a wonderful test of his power; told him did by her daughter. He told atonice what we were and her family had seen, and aroud a cloud. Now all is changed, all are well and all are well. He meddled Dr. Shea to all those in sickness or distress of any kind. Rev. William Johnson Pastor Lebanon Church, Brooklyn. DR. SHEA has been carefully educated in the Homeopathic and Electronic Schools of Medicine Rheumatology Asthma, Knee Pain Paralysis Rheumatology Asthma, Sore Knee Pain Paralysis Cancer, Constipation, Agnation, Dyspnepsis Cape Worms, Liver Complaints, Dearfane Heart Disease, Heart Disease, Consumption, Diseases of women and children, Fits, Kidney Disease and all strange mysterious diseases which matter what they be. Nothing but honorsble treatment. He can and will honestly remedies and new success. Has had ample experience in public hospitals and private clinics. No trifling with human life. Call us. Do not delay. Diplomans hang in parlor is a registered physician. A new remedy is available. Hospelessness and those that other cannot cure solicited to call. Fat folks this medicine made parents. All letters must contain $2 two stamps, a lot of hair. For consultation, advice and diagnosis. Postal cards. Charges for medical treatment only. Reception this paper. 651 FULTON STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y. John Jackson, Pearl Anderson, Hester Glasgow. 4th Primary A: Miss E. A. Christian, teacher: Daisy Hill, Mary Morton, Daisy O'Neill, Marie Vaughan, Lillie Jackson, Martha Johnson, Lottie Meekins. 4th Primary B—Miss H. E Wallace, teacher: Marie Cousins, Clara Reynolds. 3rd Primary—Miss H. E. Wallace, teacher: Irwin Willis, Lee Frasier, Lillian Coleman, Helen Garnett. Beatrise Pryor, Belle Smith, Mary Smith. 1st Primary A—Miss K. G Robinson, teacher: James Booker, Frank Morris, Clarence Parsons, Joseph Shelton, Bennie Fleming, Moselle Lawson, Berta Ross, Sallie Williams, Minnie Williams. 2nd Primary A--Miss Kate G. 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Dr. Humphreys Load by druggists, or sent on receipt of price Impharmacy Bld. Ga., Oct. William & John L. V. Pt. CURIS at z= os = Soa —————————— er Sai : 5 , vere : HE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIR‘ A. A GREAT DaY IN PETEFSBURG. Mi Riot, — rt — a ee 7 ' fener pat of eastern Tennessee. on] fox with SS Eien ncssee Rev. T. 0. Fieming of Braidwood, ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK. mountains, where it has not been| Aaron 1 pa a 2c ‘Tharedey, Avril 18, 1901 was a great, illinois ame $0 Joliet to spend. un’ | Hi WU melting, the snow fs reported to have| tically th E74 ; ere dey ee ee ae Coseels ear, AG Sisk eee Bie oid, hares a & depth of nearly two feet.| Mass. a be AN “ce ~ el \" ard'people, who were very glad to see sa . |The rivers are out of bounds, Tre| Mr. Weld i} havnt } AN Amid a mighty throng of people, the | him. The Ohio River Fl janufact ena bi ROM, | Segrss'g ocementtc ar Sourz| Mi. Wm. Cerrof Seningalley, 11; Than i ad ea fearon ec cr me ene Catena | Villars, DD. mes aoveied at | pe are et ee sera an in Former Years, . e te a "4 SSS landford cemetary of thie city. | Braidwood to vai his ebildren 10 that ae Knoxville, Tenn. April 23—A party| Tine-tent d m_\ gether st the grounds,and bye. m |. Mrs, Mary Lark Hill, the noted] JOLLIFICATION MEETINGS HELD,’ te Seay Setainn neces | ees A ws fhcre were three thousand or more | evangelist has gone to Chiosge to make| = Venvenens tothe mente aoe nee ee ‘ PZ 22 | peosle £0 band to mivoaee the greatest {it her future home, ewan ‘Punt Mave Ratu Badly tonw-| euggrt that 460 beat of cattio were | owe + Vp event at has 0 jackso le vi - eS @ io wie ZF | rent shat tas tanen place among our] Mrs. Jeokson of Soringvaliey a vie] anced, With Hundreds of Families) dangor of fresing when they la. “AC \indgdy I eens Beet city ang oritgvalley fe visit-| Driven From Momes, Feel Jubiiant| COrding to their story the snow was| Stier vod ‘The vublicsohools and teatories of !°G, bia lias friends, ‘That the Situation In No W. from four to alx feet deep when they} Other 180, van = eniiie . aakacinns6i , © Situation In No Worse. e 7 | esenprtan SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1901 the city closed by special order 40 ax een rhe zt. Fiage retorsed to For-] Cinctonati, April 24—While the Ohit| “ars, co wre mountain, Inch pipe ee thoes exerciees-| Mrs. Jenkine, the ond spiritualisr | tlver fs reported as falling from Pitts- Mayking, Ky. April 20.—Joseph| ings to d = ag fromptly at 2 p.m. Captain J. AO.) "ifm. “thomas, the great, root. and] burg to the mouth of the Hig Kanawha, | Jobson and John Potter, two of the| finished, SPRING Stevens, the chairman of the mona |nerb doctor is doing a great work in| almost 200 miles, there is still much| R#Y80lds feudists, deserted from the| ing feat o g great work in| almost 320 er re een seen em On bis cold coush old Winter lies asleep, White frost and snow envelope his huge form, Bue victims, frozen fart, arcand him eens Wuile blows the wind in one eternal storm. He wakes! snd vengeance flashes from hie eyes. Hus presence withers every living ‘thing ; Toe te: der plent is blasted, droops and dies, And stoutest hearts bow] down and ‘own him king. His conquest seems indeed to be eom- lete, B.rhesven and earih seem pleased to give him sway, Bis harsh behests they foytully re- at, And dreadful slaughter follows day by day. But, bark! a rostlin,! as of silky gauze Fair Spring! tie ebe! bebold her form divin | With golden wand, she doth espous the cause Of all oppressed and lo, the warm sun shine. ‘The frort and snow and all that bligh ‘are stayed, Ard in their stead the {belmy breeze blow, And plants which droope?, with joy ‘ousness are mede ‘To fill the earth with perfume as the; grow. Ase, by her very genthness, swee ‘Spring ‘Makes good her sway and corquers s the goes: The bi is, alert, are seen upon th ing, They sing and sport, while earth wit gladness glows 0. M. Stewarp POET STEWARD OBJEUTS. Esitor of Tue Praset: tiease allow me, through the ool. umrs of your widely’ cireu'ate? Jou - Dei, toeall attention to the fisgrant vi: lesion by the Rev JH. Briee of the rulr® of propriety cbserved by educat- eo and literary people. Reeently, 1 reovived a eopy of the winvtes of the proceedings of the last session of the Gand Lodge of the Koights of Pythias of Virginia held at Lynchburg. You can imagine my sur- grise ard indignation when, on turn irg to the 2lat page, under the head of Wednesday's proceeding I read. * Rev JH. Brice contributed the following eulogy for publication,” Then follows tte poem, which I, at the rr quest of ‘Mr. B. B. Peyton, o mposed and read at the memorial exercises held a Price's Hall Jast fall in honor of the late lamented Col T. W. Mitebell. Col. Mitchell was s warm personal friena of mine snd@ the poem expressed the true sentiments of my heart tc- ward him. It was evtitles “In Memo- riam: Col T. W. Mitchell and begins: *A shaft in ite ansonscious grandeur, Reared, heavenward ite. aspiring head.” ‘Now, composed that poem which cunsists of five stanzas of eight verses each. And. the firet and only time it wes cver published was in the Rich- mond Piaxer over my name. ‘There facts I esn prove by, 8 ‘cloud of witnesses.” What right then had Rev. J. H. Brice or any body else to “eontribute” the labor and prod uet of my brain for publiestion without giv- ing me due credit for the rame? Everytody knows thet it is @ stand- ing rule amcng literary people that whenever any part of the writings of one person shall be used by another, ‘the original writer ebell be given due eredit forit. Otherwise, ie ‘perscn using the writings of another is Guilty of plagiarism ;and Webster's dictionary seye, in defic ing plegisrism,—that i ie—~ ‘literary theft.” And in de fining the verb to plagiarize, it aavs it is: “te steal from the or of another.” Sow, can it be pleaded, in extenue- tion of the cenduct of the Rev. J. H. Brice in this matter, that he, and edu eated gentleman, a minister of the gos- pel, is ignorant of the rules to which I referred? Or, does he not xnow the meaning of plagisriim and ie also ig- norant of the meaning of ‘Meum o suum’? T imagine that the reverend gentle- man felt exceedingly grend when my Porm was read before the Iedies and entlemen of the Grand Lodge ana Brand Court of Calanthe ae ‘hig prc- duetion ; also, no deubt he felt shat his fame was made when he saw the tame poem spread upon the minutes of the Grand Lodge over and under the pame of “J. 8. Brice” without ary reference to the man who compos- ed it or even embracing it in quota- tion marke Or it may be that the use of quotation marks was not taught when he went to school, Ihave made here « plain statement of the facts in the ease and ean prove them. Be, I will not charge the Rev. J. H. Brice with plagiarising or steal: jing the fruit of my labor or product of ‘my brain, but leave it to the intelli- gent and impartial publie to decide ‘There are men in the world who thirst for fame cr notoriety (they| don’t eare which) and not having the ability to earn it are willing to resort to any expedient to secure it, even to exploiting before the public in the ebsracter of others. Now, Ido not aay that the Rev. J. H. Brice has beeo fuilty of any thing of this kind. "But Tdocontend that bis conduct in st- tempting to give the impression that he nad composed s poem which al! my frieods know originated with me is in- ex.usable. Respesitally, 0. M. Srawaxp, Richmond, Va., April 15, 1901, —Rey. Wm. Fox is ineondooting re- vival af the Mt. Olivet Baptist Ghuroh, There have been 2 conversions, and @ mourners, A GREAT DAY IN PETEFSBURG. day with the Gilfleld Baptist Ohureh, ‘nd the people of Petersburg. "Amid & mighty throng of people, the fine granite monument to Rev. Henry Wihfaran, DD. mas uaveiled at the Blandford cemetary of this city. ‘Aten early hour the people Soren to gather at the ee: by2 p.m there were three thousand or more people on band to witness the greatest Cvent that has taken place among our peov'e since the war. PLAORS CLOBED. ‘The public schools and factories of the city closed by special order so ss to allow all to attend these exercises. Promptly at 2p. tm, Captain J. A O. Stevens, the chairman of the mona ment committee called the people to order and had the Gilfleld choir to sing the doxology. Rev. Henry Madison then led in a very feeling and sppro- priate prayer. ‘Asleep in Jesus was’ ext tung. "TR ( DIROT STATED. ! Chairman Stevens in choice words set forth the object of the gathering, which was to dedicate this mcnament, crested by the Gilleld Baptist Chureh ‘sod Sunday School tothe memory of the late ard honored pastor, Bev. @. Wiliama, DD. He then nirodused Me, William H. Johaton, Searetary of the committee, who read a concise and interesting re- port of the church and Sunday School in erecting thie monument. He showed that the first collection for this purpose war just $1600 raised in March, 1900 and that sinee that time the sum of Fifteen Hundred and Six- |ty three Dollars hag been raised and thatthe monument hed been fully paid for and all the expenses eonnect d therewith, and the receipts were in || the hands of the treasurer. ‘A DESCRIPTION OF THE MONUMENT. ‘| Thy monoment is of fine granite, Mt. teen feet, seven inghes in height, with >| = base six by six feet rquare; and of fine proportions throughout. This monument is finely polished and has letters of large # 2°, retting forth the p| Hite snd character of Dr Williams, Osptain stevens led forward little . | Ernice Sobinson and Carrie Rawlings each ter i old, who at the girer _|signal pulled the cords and the vei fell trom this magnificent struetare andthe thousands of people gazed it '|rapture and wonder upon that fin work of art, t THE SUNDAY SCHODL’s ANTAEM, At this point the Gilfield Sunda: ®| School sang, ‘OnJorden’s Storm: Banks I Stand.” Then the cbairma ® | introduced Dr. W, F. Graham, of Ric mond as orator of the day, b| Dr. Geaham was in fine trim, and fo nearly sp hour held that vast assem biege speilbound, ashe, in charming! beautifal langusge ard spmpsthet words pronounced « most benefittin eulogy upon the life, work and charac ter of the late Dr. H. Williams, Jr, DR. GRABAM’S GREAT EFFORT, This was a masterly effort of D: Grabem. and he was highly commen: | | ed to the great crowd present, =| ‘The pastor of the church made som * | remarks, commending the church an *| Sandsy Sebool for their devotion t "| the memory of Dr. Willisms. and to the tuccessfal way in which they ha *| carried thie work to success. "| He emphatized the fact that Rer © | Williams had erected his own mont «| ment in his grand chursh building an | in the lives and enaraster of the wom || en and men trained by him in Obrist | ian service. g REV. DR. BOLLING THERE, * st] Rev. R. H. Bowling. D. D., of No d|tolk made = most felicitous’ addres , | and Rev.0. B. W Gordon mad- som e | ery appropriate remarke. ‘Among the mioisters on the pla 41] form were Reve. Jas. Keiser, T. é| Bowman, Berry Anderson, Harrie an --| others, >-| The various committees also ose: ::| pied seate on the platform. The widow of Dr. Williams remains seated in her hack near the mont ®| nent" Miss Mabel Harris, the nie¢ of Rev. Dr. Williams! and Miss h| Harve!, whom he reared, oscuple | seats on the front of the platform. it] _ ‘There were about one hundred’ ar i+| fifty persons on the large rostrum: The Gilfleld cbureh and Sunds id} School are deserving of great cred d | ter their loyalty and successful effor 2] in thie enterprise. . THE COMMITTEE COMPLIMENTED, The committee bas manifested rare taste and good judgement in the work committed to them. This church not only held on to ite peator when age and siekness had rep- dered bim helpless, but continued to pay him his fall sslary until he died, and has now paid thir noble addition al tribute of love to his sainted mem- ory, st acost of nearly Sixteen Hun- dred Dollars, Let every churet in the land profit by this noble example and loving spirit of this noble band of cbristian®. Dr. G. W. Lee was unavoidably de- tained at home so could not be with Us as was expected. _- WHITE FRIENDS CONTRIBUTED, Several white friends of Petersburg contributed to this monument fund. as did some other churehes and friends. The ebureh is grateful for all this. The Bethlehem Baptist Church of Caroline Co. sent $1 58 by their pastor, Rev. J, H. A. Cyrus last week. ;tharedey bight Dr. Bowling preseh- g@.30,8 fall house et Gilfleld Soptint jureh, Pastor Howard beptised 42 candi- dstevon Sanday, April L4th and again Daptived fifteen on Sunday. Apel Sist, and gave the hand of fellowship to s large number at night, There are still other candidates now awsiting bap- ‘tiem in the same church. A missionary: mass meeting in the imterest of missions and Jusstion will be held at this chureh next Sun- day, April 28th, Several of the city pastors will take part in this meeting. Osptain Stevens, chairman. and Mel: Johnson, secretary, with the other oi fleors just feel proud of the work sc- complished. ——__ ‘The Court’s Thanksgiving. ‘The Courts of Oalenthe will observe Thanksgiving exercises of the Jnde- Pendent Order of Calanthe Sunday, ny Beh, 1901.8 p.m» at the Sixth ‘Mt. Zion ree arch. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. will de- liver the sermon. ‘The Knights of Pythias and the Uni- form Rank are invited to sscompany the Court, Sadat ara obenans Duval St. left the gity last Wedacsday ‘tor Boston, Mass. | ‘News From Joliet, Illinois, Rev. T. 0. Fieming of Braidwood, Llinoie came to Jolies to spend Fun day, April 21st with his old ebureh ar'peaple, who were very glad to see a. Mz. Wm. Carr of Springvalley. 1! , fo through our city on his wey to Braidwood to visithie euildren io that ace Mrs, Mary E Lark Hill, the noted evangelist has gone to Obiesgs to make is her fature home. Mra. Jnakson of Spingvalley is « vie itor in the city this week. Mr. Williams of Springvalley is visit- ing Ata Joliet friends, far ‘and Mre. Figgs returned to For- fest, Ii) after an extended visit with Mrs. Jenkins, the nokd spiritualiar Wm. Thomas, the great root and herb doctor is doing s great work in the city. He cures rheumstiem and various other diseaser. Leave orders Saturday and xet your fish and meats fresh off fee Bunday. at H. Salomon, —Mr E. Grehem, of U, 8. Gran! Lodge, No, i, K-of Ps whoa now tc cated at Jersey City, N. J. called ox us. Hebas been absent from the city 25 years. He wasaccompanied by Sir W. &. Hill, —Mr J. W, Roberts of 1110 Moor: surest has been Ladispored for the pas! week. ——Mr. Bimon Archer, of Washing ton, D O., who came toattend the fan eral of his mother, Mre Kate Archor called om us. —Wr, W. 8, Whitlock, Fine Gree! Minis. Vou, callad on us and paid "i own tubsoription and that of Mr. Jas Stanard. We were pleased to vee him te of Grand Lodge of Virginia : Riehmoad, Va. April 18, 1901 SE es at a eS eee Fythian Period XXX VII Pareuant to the Acsion of the Grand Lodge in ite 14h and 15th Amnus! Session at Lynchburg, Va. and Articie II, Section 2 of the 0. nsitisution of the Grend Lodge of Virginis, the 16th An- nual 8.ssion will convene Tuesday May 2ist, 1901, 9:80e. m. at Portemouth and continue in session two days. ‘Each Suberdinate Lodge is entitled to one Grand Representative for each 50 members in good standing or pari thereof. all Hew yy must bave paid their ‘wemi-annusl taxes aad endowment taxes in order to be entitled to repre Sentation upon the floor of the Granc re. All Past Charcollors desiting recog tition in the Grand Lodge and wh have not previeusly bees admitted t membership in the Grand Lodge mus! present acertificate sigoed by the Char cellor Oummander and Keeper of Rec orda and Seal of the lodge of which hi is a» member showing that he is enti. tled to the rank. All Subordinate aye will forward » once the names of the Gcand Repre sentativer to Sir Thomas M Cramp ‘Grand Keeper of ecords nd Seal 504.N. Second St, Richmond, Va For information concerning trans a ete,, Address the Gran ‘eeper of Resorda and S-s!, Given under my hand aod Seal at Rich mond, Va, this 18:h day April, 1901, John hitehell, Jr. [mar] Grand Chancellor, ‘Thomas M Crump, Grand Keeper of Reeora: & Seal Leave your orders for fresh mests and fich, Saturday pight with H. Salo- mop and he will keep them on ice for you all night and deliver them Sunday morning. a We have received s program of the memorial services in honor of the laxe John Jasper to beheld by the Negro Baptist Uonference of Boston and vi cinity at the Morning Star Baptist Chureh, corner Piedmont and Ohurch streets, Boston, April 28th, 1901 at 3 a The eulogy will be delivered by Rev. ve. Thomar Btarford, D.D., LL. D, Ristor of St. John's Baptist" Chureh, jorth Cambridge, Mass. Another Lodge Instituted—The Grand Chancellor at Work Here. ‘The Grand Chancellor, John Mitet- ell, “Je. instituted» most promising dodge of Knights ot Pyshias, N. A, 8. A. EB. A, a. &4.. on Wednesday night, 24th inst, atthe Pythian Castle Hall, 511 W. 8x street. It will be known as Ubristian Hope. No. 43. Dr. Wm, EB, Atkins, Grand Medical Director arrived trom Hampton, Va. at7 p.m. and proceeded to examine the candidates, ‘he following officer ed: G, V. O., Ohas E. Steward; @. M- of W., W.H. Hill; @ P., W. H. Bol- ling; G. M. of Arms, ol. “Jesse Sorunge and 8, 8. Beker: G. Mf. of R. J. Johnson; G. K of R. &S., B.A! Preston; @. I G., Alpheus Seott; G. 0.G., Uipcoe Briggs; lat Attendant, Andrew J, Smith, Jr; 2nd, Winston D. Payne end others. In charge of floor works, J. A. Smith. The following cflicers of the new lodge were installed: C. O., W. E. Mitchell: V. O., Thomas Howard ; P.. Jcseph Wilson ; M, of W.,J-N. Briggs; M. of Exchequer, A. V. James; M. of F., Opris Foster; K. of F-and 8., H. @. Lewis; M at A., RL. Jackson; 1G, J. H. Garter; 0. G., J. B. Robinson; Trustees: W.B. Harris, T. W. Epps, A.T, Banks, At, C. H. Hamilton, Jas. T.,White, J. Thomas Moore. “Iris lodge wae gotten upby the ef- forts of epesial Deputy, Grand Ohan- cellor, Willis Wyatt, who deserves great credit for hie persistency in this Gireetion. ‘A bounteour supper was served and the newly made candidates were joy- ous over the beauties of the initiatien. Rev. Jasper’s Will—Left More Than! y ‘Three Thousand Dollars. { ‘The will of the Inte Rev. John Jas- per was probated last Wednesday, i * the Obaneery ourt, Judge Lamb p neree: Janper loft his resid #2 sv. Sas} jence, St. domes tirest to his wife durin [112 lifetime ‘and it, then passee ¢ hee daughter, Mrs. R. EH. Glover. © ‘hit ‘Mrs. Jasper found over thre cae tihisuow bes” Semper jence and it has now in bank. adeposiced we Rev. TroytoPy =_ eneh: Bev. Wm. Troy, wi 6th Mt. Zion Baptist st 8:00p. m. at whict to Rev. John Jaspe" terms, He will 5 = preach at the Oturch, Sunday atime he will reter ka. most ‘touching geach again at § p. BNCOURAGING OUTLOOK. The Ohio River Flood Less Serious Than in Former Years. JOLLIFIOATION MEETINGS HELD. Gated, With Hundreds of Families | Driven From Homes, Feel Jubilant ‘That the Situation In No Worse. Cincinnati, April 24.—While the Ont river is reported as falling from Pitts- burg to the mouth of the Big Kanawha, almost 200 miles, there is still much distress from that point to Cincinnatt, about 200 miles. The weather bureau still predicts that the limit will be Feached here today, and that there will de still less trouble below this city. While alarming inquiries come from Ironton, Portsmouth, Huntington, Cat lettsburg and intermediate points, the Weather bureau says the outlook is really encouraging and that the begin- ning of the end will reach Cincinnati ‘this afternoon, when the stage will not exceed §8 feet. The Big Sandy and other lower tributaries are falling, as well as the headwaters, The heavy snow in the mountains at the head- waters of the Kentucky river, followed by rains, have not checked the rapid flow in the lower Ohio, as was feared. ‘The most encouraging news yester- ay came from Point Pleasant, where the river became stationary, and later reports show that it is falling as far down as Marietta and Parkersburg. In some of the smaller places bells were rung and cannons fired and jollification meetings were held when the station- ary stage was reached. Preparations are belng made for demonstrations of rejoicing throughout the Pomeroy bend. Pomeroy, Middleport, Point Pleasant and other places in that dis. trict have been badly inundated, with hundreds of families driven from theis homes. The depots at these place: were under water and the telegraph of fices moved to higher ground as earl; as last Sunday. ‘There 1s great alarm at Catlettsburg Ashland, Ironton, Huntington, Ports mouth and other lower points, wher the crest of the flood is now passin and where false reports have been cir culated about another rise. One o these reports was that there had bee a cloudburst up the Big Sandy, sor! ously affecting Catlettsburg, Ashlan and other places. It turned out tha | the flood had caused the natural ga | pipe line supplying these places t | burst, and they were left without ligh and fuel. The large rolling mills an factories at these places were compell .| ed to shut down. From that point t ,] Cincinnati the rise fluctuates from one || tenth of an inch in some hours to al most three-tenths in other hours, an when {t increased last night there wa 1] renewed alarm at Ironton and Ports | mouth and points opposite them. ‘The weather bureau here, howeve reports that there is no change in th situation and that the flood continu to pass rapidly out of the Ohio valle: -] All these reports about a second ris ‘were due to the fluctuations and 1 such false rumors as were circulate *| below Catlettsburg about a wate =| spout. 7] At 6 o'clock last night the stage the Ohio river was 65.1 feet and ristr at the rate of two-tenths of a foot p. hour. This is more than five feet abo *| the danger line, and within three fe | of the limit expected during this floo P| The water in the tenement hous | along the river front is now over t hj feet deep from the first floors. The 8] tenements are so densely packed th _{ there 1s no room in the upper stori + | for extra lodgers. The people were r ."} Moved from the first floors Monday a1 from the second floors yesterday. coal and lumber yards along the rive 2} 8 Well as the warehouses and facto fes in the lower part of the city, a submerged, but will suffer compar tively little loss. Many barges ha - | been sunk and there has been so1 F one ge to other craft. ;|. With the Ohio river on the Z| the Little Miami east of the city - @| the raging Mill creek west, Cinciran: 4s bounded by water on ‘three -ai¢ 1 and by hills on the north. From tn oS sili i ene OC water hx te cteae FOOLISH STRIKE OALLED /orr. — il we eeeetme te wees Witkesbarre, Pa, April.” 34. strike! at the Prospects Jnctic ine Lehigh Valley Coal com pny “ended Iast night in a victory gor the com Dany. ‘The 1.200 empl yes went ons strike early last weer eevee ie tender in the breaker ,vecause Jie The fig tender war Waead by ihe foreman to do sor ,, dered by the fused, claiming he “0 Sling. | He re. te do such work. “,W8# not employed vere Teanenon , Two other employes Tae oemgate’ to do the work, but eueen, 4. They were also sus- the Uninn? er, national organizer o fee net Mine Workers, arrived in re et | avening, and after a conter- SETA. the local loaders of the Unt- ted Mine workers it was decided to cal fica xe off. It was also decided tc CAG" Ane the three men discharged an¢ Tho were the cause of the strike. Here Set 4c the United Mine Workers wil 2° crecognize strikes unless sanctione: the district executive board. Dyan te Ararerens Sat ee Genoa, April 24.—The premier, Sig- Bor Zanardelli, hes telegraphed the strikers here that he would arbitrate thelr differences with their employers if both sides agreed. Upon the receipt of this communication the ship owners alse wired Signor Zanardelli asking him te arbitrate the matter, GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Memphis, Tenn., April 23.—A raport has renched here that the Choctaw ex- press train has been held up by ban- ite near the Iron Mountain crossing, fm Arkansas, and robbed. It ts said that the express messenger and train porter are seriousty tnjured. Knoxville, April 22—fnow eontin- ‘eed te fall all day throughout the greater part of eastern Tennessee. On the mountains, where it has not been melting, the snow is reported to have reached a depth of nearly two feet. ‘The rivers are out of bounds. Tre ‘Tennessee at this point ts 16 feet, and rising rapidly. Knoxville, Tenn., April 23.—A party of herders reached here yesterday from the Smoky mountains, having been driven out by the heavy snow. They report that 400 head of cattle were in danger of freezing when they left, Ac- cording to their story the snow was from four to alx feet deep when they started from the mountains, Mayking, Ky., April 20.—Joneph Johnson and John Potter, two of the Reynolds feudists, deserted from the barricade of their fellows im the moun: tains yesterday and surrendered to Deputy United States Marshal Fulton. They were taken to Whitesburg jail. A posse of 100 men is being organized to effect the capture of the remainder of the faction, | Pensacola, Fia., April 24.—The coun- ty board of public instruction has de- manded the resignation of C. H. Dye principal of public school No. 1. They allege Dye made himself obnoxious tc the teachers and pupils by making in. sulting remarks about the southers cause when they were at work pre- paring a program for the pupils to take part in the Confederate decoration day ‘Dye is from Massachusetts. pee ere iri neat een loan eee ‘Washington, April 24.—It has been| determined to increase the regular army to approximately 76,000 men, and to leave it at that number unless con- Aitions in the Philippines should make more troops necessary. The president| and Secretary Root reached this con- clusion yesterday, and the details will be worked out by the secretary and Gen. Miles. ‘The number of officers ap- pointed will be as originally contem- plated. The artillery corps will be in- creased to its full strength of 18,000 men. It has not yet been determined what proportion of the troops shall be stationed in the Philippines. Charged With Folsoning Hashand. New Haven, April 24.—Accused of ‘the murder of her husband by poison intended for her paramour, Ann Maria Rathbun, a woman of middle age and the mother of four children, was yes- terday placed on trial before Judge El- mer, in the superior criminal court. ‘The interest aroused by the elrcum- stances of the woman's life, already laid bare through the conviction on a charge of adultery of John Hi. Hart, the boarder and friend of Rathbun, the lover of Rathbun’s wife and alleged in- tended victim of the fatality which Is now laid at her door, held close the at- tention of the assemblage. Wednesday, Apri 20 Governor Stene Sized Jane & San Gx Ste oy eee ae eee eet cat ene execution of Henry Ivory and Charles Perry, of Philadelphia, who murdered Prof. Roy Wilson last spring. William Lee, a Chicago saloon- keeper, was shot twice by two masked robbers yesterday, and will probably die. Smallpox has broken out fn the In. dian school in Oregon. There are 50 pupils there, all of whom have beer vaccinated. Postmaster Harrison, of Havana, ha: resigned and Carlos Hernandez, a Cu ban, has been appointed his successor ‘The plow manufacturers of the Uni ted States practically have complete the formation of a $50,000,000 combina ton, ay -) panne areal: Philadeiphie, | Ase 3. er eee sist superting, Eeabaaat, Pennerivani pene on ee oe Be ee ae ee eee oe Cnet amen trade, HGS%c. Sais quiet; No. 2 white, clipped, f4c.; lower grades, 29@%30. Hay quiet; No. } timothy, $17.00 for large pales. Beef firm; beef hams, $19.00G2. for, ie Sen ctaeee ete Seer ee eee Ser are fee roosters, 15@20c. for winter chickens, 90 a oe ae ee ducks, wed poultry at Wie. fer ee ae oat eer ers, 10@i2c. for frozen chickens and 9% SS coe ae ae Seay Sao Sc aa a ate ae fim conan ata steady; fancy large colored, U@U%e.; de G@I2%e.; do. do. white, UKGikc, Eas pee eaten ee ra en eee Be ea eee cree se ere See ee eareee ne fee oe eee ea oe See ee a ler Sr eee ‘ers, $6.2006.25; light do., $6.10G6.15; heav hogs, $5.10@6.15; ples, 36.9006; skips, 9% ear eee Sere wes. _——_———____ The goat produces more milk am nually {n proportion to its ive weight than any other animal kept for mills production—Chicago Chronicle. IN THE LABOR WORLD. Pete Ourran has lended in England and is telling the Britishers that the Americans work harder and longer each day than do the Europeans, The Missouri supreme court has handed down s decision was passed at the last session of the legislature, and provides for an ex- mining board, from which all bar- bers must secure a license. ‘The London Society of Compesiters has voted to reduce the dues of eut of-work members to sixpence per week. It has also voted that any mem- ber who has reached the age of 6 years and has been 35 years » mem- ber shall receive ten shillings = week as & benefit, After several years of agitation th unions ef New Huven, Conn, sccure: the passage of an ordinance compell ing contrasters te employ union mes wherever possible om city work. Nov the corporation counsel has declare the eet upconstitutional ax intertes {ng with the “freedom of contract.” Asron D, Weld, of Boston, is prae- tieally the sole owner of Ludlow, ‘Mass, @ town of 3,000 inhabitants. Mr. Weld is president of the Ludlow Manufacturing company, a concern which furnishes employment to near- ly all the laborers und which pays nine-tenths of all the taxes collected in the towa. In « short time 4,000 men will be at work building the underground road in New York. Two shafts have already gone down, one 100 feet, the other 120, each 32 feet in dinmeter, and ‘compressed air is forced through six- inch pipes to all underground work- ings to drive the drills. ‘This, when finished, will be the greatest engineer- ing feat of the age. MISCELLANEOUS BITS. ‘The muncles of the human jaw exert # force of 534 pounds, ‘The London dog show, to be held in Crystal palace, has 12,121 entries. We pay im the neighborhood of $50,- 000,000 a pear in taxes on sugar. Fifty-one out of 1,000 men marry Younger than 21, 168 per 1,000 women. One hundred pounds of raw fowl equals 87 pounds boiled, but only 80 pounds roast, Fifteen per cent. of the street lamps in Grest Britain are fitted with incan- ‘descent mantles. A trained cat in Newark, N. J.. see- ing a building afire, set up a how! by which the structure was saved. ‘The Japanese have tried the west- eon edvention for their girs, and put it softly down as unsuitable. In 1879 1 person in each 7,503,105 ear ried by British railways was killed. In 1896 only one in every 196,067,935. Najib Taky-Uddeen, the assistant aurgeon whose assignment to Colum: bus barracks was announced a couple of days ago, is a Syrian, 23 years old He studied with American mission aries in Beirut, came to this country fled papers for citizenship and com pleted his education at the Universit; of Michigan, studying medicine there He served as hospital steward in the war with Spain and upon examination passed with an unusually high aver ase. @URTAIN CALLS. Shendon is threatened with a dramat- fe production of Oscar Wilde's fantas- tle story, “Fhe Pieture of Dorian Grey.” Jamon K. Baskett may tour Austra- Ya im the summer of 1902, a proposal to that effect having been made te him by J. €. Williamson. Paria eritios have treated the French version of “Que Vadis” with marked hostility, asserting that it iss pla- giarism from the elder Dumas’ “Acte™ and Chateaubriand’s “Martyrs.” Ceastes Hewtrey, who comes te this seuntey next season with = fine Eng lish reputation to back him up, will appear im New Fork tm the fall in “A Message from Mars.” He will be un- der Charles Frohman’s management, ‘The receipts of the 40 performances of Geunod's “Faust” at the Paris op era house last year were $145,480 “Faust” was sung twice as often a: any other opera, “Les Huguenots” be ing the next in popularity, with 20 per formances. Blanche Walsh's production of ramatic version of the novel “Joa of the Sword-Hand” will be one of th most Important efforts to be stage next season. She will spend $30,000 o1 it. Her supporting company will be é particularly strong one. ea Ta recemt years Great Britain has} tions of the world in the manufac- |} ture of hardware. The United States anew kkadh fn the profustfon of that vommedity—Industrial Journal. Beware of Ointments for Ostarrh That Contain Mereury. i HAs mosouryiill warely destroy, the cence of ome Wud eossploiely devangs ‘ the “whole teystem when entering it}; through the mucous surfaces. Such |} articles should never be used exeept| on preseriptions trom reputable phytt- cians, 3 acne they will do, is ten fol you ean possibly Cevesaroust ‘Hol’s Cntarrh |, Ours. byw. J. Cheney & Ce. §Toledo,10., contains no mereury, | and is takenfinternally, acting directly | pon the blood and muogus surface of jo arniem, In buying Hall's Catarst Oure be sure you get the genuine. 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