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THE RICHMOND PLANET SWEEPING REDUC Wiping Offices out of WHITE OFFICE-HOLDERS FRANT QUESTION IS NOW SECOND A Great Fight Ahead—Will Save $ SWEEPING REDUCTION. Wiping Offices out of Existence. WHITE OFFICE-HOLDERS FRANTIC—THE NEGRO QUESTION IS NOW SECONDARY. A Great Fight Ahead—Will Save $150,000 Per Year... The Constitutional Convention met Saturday, July 27, 1901. Prayer by the Rev. Richard McIlwaine, D. B. Eighty members answered to their names. A resolution was read from the Dover Baptist Association asking that a constitutional provision be enacted prohibiting the appropriation of public funds to sectarian institutions or to those partly or wholly under sectarian control. all cities in which corporation or other city courts are retained there shall be held no term of the Circuit Court, unless and except a city shall have a population of 45,000, in which case, or cases, such city or cities shall be made and constituted a part of contiguous circuits. A LARGE AND SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION. 11. We are of the opinion that the changes recommended in the judiciary system will result in a very large and substantial reduction of the expenses thereof, without impairing its efficien- The President: The report will be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. TRUE REFORMERS SILENT. No Answer to Questions.—Other Rumors. No reply has as yet been received from either Grand Worthy Secretary W. P. Burrell or Cashier R. T. Hill as to the questions propounded by the editor of the PLANET. Barring a general denial of the charge in the secret circular, there have been no further developments. President Taylor has not relinguished his efforts to find out the authors and distributors of that anonymous document. The agitation has been carried to the subordinate fountains and a vigorous effort is being made to countenance its effect. It is now reported that the reason the circular was not signed is due to the fact that through out the brotherhood were persons aspiring to the position, of delegates to the Grand Fountain. To make themselves known, they argued would be to give the official an opportunity to prevent their election. The interference of Grand Worthy Secretary Burrell into the affairs of the First Baptist Church has been the cause of much unfavorable comment and has been retested by church people every which way as a most surprising and indefensible abuse of the purposes of the organization. THAT SALARY QUESTION. The salary question has been uppermost and rumors that the salary of Cashier R. T. Hill is $150, per month and that of Grand Worthy Secretary W. P. Burrell, $150, per month with me denial from those who are in a position to know. These figures were not quoted in the secret circular, but may in a measure be used in T. Johnson's markable suggestion that he too be EXPLY provided for. Died in Washington, D. C., at the residence of her husband, 635 N. St. N., W. N., Tuesday, July 23rd, 1901, at 8:30 a.m., Eliza Bagby J. Johnson, beloved wife of Reuben H. Johnson, formerly of Petersburg, Va., and daughter of the late Alfred and Biddie Bagby. Her remains arrived in Richmond, Wednesday, July 24th at 8:40 a.m. Her funeral was preached at the residence of her Mrs. Eliza Carter, Wednesday, at 4 p., by Reuben D. Davis, A. M. She was laid to rest in Sycamore cemetery. She leaves a doctored husband, two children, two sisters, and one brother: Miss Sarah J. Bagby, Mrs. Eliza Carter and Mr. Alfred Bagby. DR. HARRIS RETURNS THANKS. His Patients Present Fine Presents. Mr. Editor: Permit me, please, through the columns of your widely circulated paper to thank the friends who so generously surprised me by presenting a handsome surgical chair and table on Wednesday night, the 26th of June last. The event will ever remain in my memory as an oasis in the desert, refreshing me and renewing my energies to join in the work of my chosen calling, being mindful that my work is appreciated by a large circle of grateful patients. Again, Mr. Editor, permit me to thank these friends for their gifts, and to assure them of their sincere appreciation of the sentiment which prompted it; and to congratulate them upon their happy selection of a present so useful and so well adapted to the work of their recipient. In the hope that I may be able to --- --- VOL. XVIII NO. 33 The Constitutional Convention met Saturday, July 27, 1901. Prayer by the Rev. Richard McIlwaine, D. B. Eighty members answered to their names. A resolution was read from the Dover Baptist Association asking that a constitutional provision be enacted prohibiting the appropriation of public funds to sectarian institutions or to those partly or wholly under sectarian control. A petition was presented by Mr. Boaz asking that the homestead exemption of $1000 be changed so as to facilitate the collection of debts. Mr. Summers offered a resolution to change the oath of office so that a candidate would affirm that he had used neither money or whiskey to promote his election. The committee on the reduction of expenses made a sweeping report as follows: To the President of the Convention: To the President of the Convention: The Committee on Reduction of Expenses beg leave to submit the following recommendations as to the judiciary system of the State; 1. We recommend that the entire County Court system be abolished. 2. We recommend that the Circuit system, as now constituted, be abolished. system, as now constituted, be abolished. 3. We recommend in the stead of the present Circuit and County Court systems the following. TWENTY <CIRCUITS ASKED FOR The division of the State into twenty circuits, each of which circuit shall have a residing judge who shall receive a salary of $2,000 per annum and $250, per annum for expenses, in lieu of the present mileage allowance. Each circuit shall have a prosecuting attorney whose salary shall be $1,500 per annum, with an allowance of $150, per annum for expenses, who shall perform the duties of the present-Commonwealth's attorney. THREE TERMS PER ANNUM. 4. That there shall be held in each county of each circuit not less than three terms per annum, and such other terms as may be found necessary for the convenient despatch of the business of court; and terms may be designated for the trial of civil or criminal causes. 5. That the Legislature have power hereafter to create such additional circuits to move necessary or advisable, provided that any circuit so created shall not contain less than sixty thousand and inhabitants. OTHER DUTIES FOR CLERKS. 6. We further recommend that the jurisdiction of matters of probate, administration, etc., be conferred in vacation upon the clerk of the Circuit Court in each of the respective counties, cities or towns, and that all matter pertaining to roads, bridges, etc., be vested in the proper county authority established by this Constitution. 7. We further recommend that all corporation, or Husting Courts in cities or towns of less than 12,590 inhabitants be abolished, and that the jurisdiction of such courts so abolished, be conferred upon the Circuit Court of the district in which such city or town is located, and that the question of whether or not a Circuit Court shall be established and held in such city or town shall be determined by law. WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT 8. The above recommendations, in our opinion, should not take effect until January 1, 1904, the end of the present term of the County Court judges, and we recommend that the Circuit Court judges, whose term will expire January 1st, 1903, be allowed to hold over until this recommendation, if adopted, takes effect. The terms of the Corporation Courts, recommended in this report to be abolished, begin and end at separate times and no uniform provision can be made as to when their terms shall expire. We leave this matter to the wisdom of the Judiciary Committee. 9. If this recommendation takes effect, it will result in the abolition of the Corporation Court of Cristol, Buena Vista, Charlestville, Fort Jacksonburg, Manchester, Radford, Staunton, Winchester. It will result, therefore in the diminishing of the officials of our judiciary system as follows: A HEAVY REDUCTION. Eighty corporation judges, eighty-five county judges, one hundred and eight corporation and county clerks, and one hundred and eight Commonwealth's attorneys as well as the abolition of our present Circuit system, and in the stead thereof we recommend the substitution of twenty circuit judges, twenty prosecuting attorneys, which will, of course, necessitate, a clerk for each county or city wherein a circuit court is held. 10. We further recommend that ins THE FAILURE TO SIGN. THAT SALARY QUESTION RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1901 prove myself worthy of their beneficence, I beg leave to remain Yours respectfully, H. L. HARRIUS, M. D. P. S.—The following is the list of those who contributed; Mesdames Frank Kersey, Benjamin Jackson, Lucy J. Howell, Fannie Thompson, D. W. Davis, Maggie L. Walker, Elizabeth Mitchell; Annie Lewis, Mary H. Dawson, Indiana Jackson, William S. Morgan, Grant Ammons, Willie A. Hewin, R. T. Hill, W. F. Graham, James Terrell, James Page, E. W. Brown, Martha Cunningham, John T. Carpenter, Sarah E. Ellis, Mary A. Lemas, W. D. Payne, Fannie E. Brown, Robert E. Grey, Mary Griffin, Julia Jackson, Edith Moss, Rosa Watson, Flor Jackson, C. J. Burrell, W. R. Grey, James M. M. R. Wallace, Nannie Taylor, Sarah Braxton, Sarah Jackson, Bettie Smith, W. W. (Brown) Smith, Serena Taylor, Dollie Gaskins, Elnora Smith, Bettie Graves, Ella Rowe, Andrew Scott, Booker Lewich, A. G. Thurton, Lucy Perkins, Hattie Grey, Lelia Walkin George, Sampson, W. A. Young, Donna Foster, Nannie Booker, Sallie Archer, Taylor Smith, Thornton Payne, Walter Johnson, R. Marks, Annie Burwell, H. G. Burrell, Georgiana Bland, Susie Page, Mary Goodman, W. Isaac Johnson, Z. Jones Wood, Matilda Kemp, John R. Chiles, Carrie Lewis, W. Tilton, Ada Wilkerson, Temple Miles, Sarah Lee Misses Minnie M. Branch, Katie J. Cooke, Fannie M. Robinson, Mattie G. Terrell, A. Deborah Patterson, Julia I. Stephens, E. Celestine Brown, Cora L. Bright, Nellie Sears, Minnie Funn, Nannie B. Jones. Lieut. T. J. Wyche, Messrs. Julius C. Young, Henry Harris, Geo. A. Thompson, Peyton G. Roberts, Robert Grey, P. A. Martin, H. O. Stephens, Sheridan Jackson, H. B. Burwell, Prof. J. E. Jones, Maj. J. B. Johnson, Dr. John M. Benson, Dr. P. B. Ramsey, Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Moore. I, O, of G, S, and D, of S. Members of the above named order will attend a call meeting at the Navy Hill Hall, August 9th, 1901, at 8 o'clock p.m. A good attendance is expected as business of importance will be considered. Also brother J. R. Taylor, who has been re-elected deputy for the first district for the city of Richmond, Va., for the sixteenth term, will be installed. Also Mrs. S. T. Jackson, who was duly elected associate deputy to our worthy, true and tried brother J. B. Taylor, for one term, will be installed and for the second district, brother Daniel Towns and sister Bettie Dandridge will be installed. --- Y. M. C. A. Notes. Sunday was an extremely warm day, yet the citizens did not lose interest in the meeting held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, It was well attended. All said that they were benefited. Programme Pres. R. T. Hill, presiding, "All Hail The Power of Jesus Name." Invocation by Pres. R. T. Hill, Reading of the Scriptures by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B.D. Prayer Rev. Geo. W.罗曼, Song by Choir. Echoes from Y. M. C. A. Jubilee which was held at Boston, G. Seely. S. C. Burrell. Song by the Choir. Special address, Mr. Robert E. Speer's address, Foreign Delegations, and the Farewell Meeting of the Jubilee. By Assist State Secyt W. R. Walker. Special Prayer by Rev. Harris. Song by the Choir. Benediction. All were made to feel that they had made a quick trip to Boston. Meeting in the jail and alms house Sunday 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Bible Study for boys Sunday 4 p. m. Special paper by Master Nash and Daily. All the boys are expected to have a quotation. Be on time. Bro. F. W. Quarles will address the men Sunday 5: 30 p. m. at our rooms. All men are invited. Do not forget that our rooms are opened daily. Stop and enjoy the advantages which are offered you. This is the place for you. The time has come that all people are feeling it is their duty and pleasure to take an active part in the association by giving it their charity support. Destroy our young men, then give them Father and mother how much to you value your boy? Encourage him to visit the Y. M. C. A. 8100.00 Endowment Paid. RICHMOND, VA., July 27 1901. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia. One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) in payment of the deth claim of Sister IndiaCox, who was a member of Maceo Court No. 222, Independent Order of Calanthe. Signed: W. H. Storrs, Guardian for James Cox. Witnesses: S. S. Baker, N. B. Norrell. A Pleasant Day In Suffolk. Rev. W. W. Wines, Jr. and Rev. R. Beecher Taylor, by invitation of Rev. M. B. Hucles, pastor of Pine St. Baptist Church, Suffolk, Va., Sunday, 28th at the said church. The Sunday School was well attended under the leadership of Mrs. F. Larkin the worthy Superintendent. Rev. W. W. Wines, Jr. preached an excellent sermon which the church enjoyed, after which Rev. Taylor was asked to speak in which he commended the church and its excellent work in behalf of the Master's cause. SOME VALUABLE STATISTICS GIVEN THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. LEADING COLORED MEN BEFORE THE BODY. Remarkable Progress Shown—White Men Dumbfounded—The Case in Equity. [Richmond, Va., Times, July 25, 1901.] The Committee on Education held two session yesterday, Dr. Richard McIlwaine in the chair. The morning session was devoted to hearing representatives of the Negro race against dividing the school fund, and that in the afternoon to listening to prominent educators of the State, who argued for manual training and other reforms in the public schools. The speeches were all well prepared and presented, and were listened to by a large audience with close attention and much interest. Rev. R. H. Bowling, D. D., of Norfolk, representing the Virginia Baptist State Convention, presented resolutions of the colored Baptists of the State against the division of the school fund. The speaker said that the Negroes in America to-day numbered 9,300,000; they had issued 300 books; they had $12,000,000 of school property and 37,000,000 of church property. More than 30,000 teachers are engaged in uplifting the chil- dren of the race. They have spent over $10,000,000 for education in private schools. In speaking of the fact that the State prison and jail had such a large proportion of Negroes, the speaker said it should not be forgotten that there were tens of thousands of good colored people, who not only were free from crime, but were making strenuous efforts to improve the condition of a race that had emerged from slaves and had had but few opportunities to take an active part in even the advanced industrial movements of the day. He implored the committee not to recommend any restriction of the present educational advantages. A BAPTIST VIEW. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., next spoke, saying he represented 250,000 colored Baptists of Virginia, and over 6,000,000 in the South. He said the Negro was completely isolated from Africa. He felt that America was his home; he loved its institutions and felt that he should be considered a citizen. The speaker here alluded to the deplorable condition of certain elements of the race and declared that the only hope for a better citizenship lay in a patient persistence in the uplifting influence of education. He pleaded for an equal chance for the Negro in educational advantages; that the race should not be judged by the heights it had attained, but by the depths from which it had spanned. He referred to the fact that the Negro race, coming from fetichism into slavery, readily accepted the Christian religion of their ma ters, which was quoted and preached as justifying their bondage, as a hopeful sign of the trusting, generous faith in the Negro in Divine inspiration. The Baptists last year spent over $46, 000 in publishing a and distributing religious literature. He asserted that the most vicious class of Negroes were those who were the most ignorant. WHITE MAN HIS FRIEND. If, as has been said, the Virginia Negro is superior to others, it is because they have had generous treatment from the white men of Virginia and had the example of their high standards of justice and fairness. We Negroes know that the Southern white men who speak the most bitter of our race and write the most extreme editorials about us is the first man to go to for employment, for just individual treatment or for the loan of a dollar. "As long as the Negro can buy your lands, borrow money from your banks and get justice in your courts he feels hopeful of an ultimate emergence from the present undesirable conditions surrounding the race." Rev. G. B. Howard, D. D., of Petersburg, and Giles Jackson, of Richmond, also addressed the committee in opposition to a division of the school fund. Giles read statistics to show that the Negroes paid a large amount of taxes. He said it was impossible to get accurate returns from Auditor's Office of real estate taxes paid by Negroes. He and the Negroes once lived to live among Southern white folks. When he went North white Yankees looked in their boots, shaved him, drove him in a carriage and waited on him at the table and he did not like any such foolishness. RETARD GOOD FEELING Prof. W. H. Moses, of Staunton, representing the Negro Industrial League, next addressed the committee. Among other points, he referred to the published report that more Negroes who could read and write were in the State prison than illiterates. He explained this by saying that every Negro who could barely scribble his name or spell baker would, on being questioned, proudly re- ply that he was educated. He thought a division of the fund would seriously retard the increasing feeling of comity between the races. Other addresses were made by Revs. John J. Smallwood and M. D. Middleton, who gave interesting accounts of the progress made by the race in thirty years in the industrial, financial and professional walks of life. Prof. Smallwood declared that if the convention would close the rum shops and the mouths of political demagogues and office hunters the race problem would soon solve itself. He made a splendid speech. The committee then rose to meet after the adjournment of the convention. BERKLEY, VA., July 31, 1901. Grand Worthy Counselor John Mitchell, Jr., arrived here last evening by the C & O. route. Grand Worthy J. D., Mrs. Anna Taylor and Grand Worthy R. of D., Miss M. I. Chiles reached here at the same hour. The occasion was the organizing of a new Court of the Independent Order of Calanthe at the Odd Fellows Hall. Mrs. S. L. Mitchell came yesterday morning. After conferring the three degrees on 48 members, the following officers were appointed by the G. W. Counselor: W. C., Minnie Robinson; W. Inspectrix, Lilian Perry; W. Inspector, Minnie Ricks; S. D., Evalina Swain; J. D. Eliza Spence; Orator, Mittle Hillard; Register of D., Mary J. Williams; Reg. of Accounts, Nellie Palmer; Recorder of Accounts, Nellie Palmer; Escort, Mollie Kearney; Conductress, Sarah Phillips; Assistant Conductress, Ida Wilson; Herald, Lemon Darden; Protector, Ehona McCoy. Trustees: Hannah Scott, Delia Hicks and Josephine Wilson. The new organization will be known as Wilhelmina Court. The following assisted in the initiation: Grand Worthy Senior Directress, Mrs. Mary N. Gay; G. W. J. D., Miss Mamie Sheppard; G. W. Inspector, Mrs. S. L. Mitchell; G. W. Inspectrix, Mrs. Eliza Southall; G. W. Orator, Miss Marietta L. Chiles; G. W. Escort, Mrs. Anna Taylor; G. W. Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Priscila Cotton; G. W. R. of D., Gertrude Moss; G. W. Cond., Rosa Riddick; G. W. Ass't Cond., Mrs. Hannah Scott; G. W. P., Mrs. Ada Banks; Ass'g. W. Escort, Mrs. Gracie Troy. Dr. William Troy examined the candidates. This court was organized by the parish officers of Mrs. Alice Clark, the Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor. She was complimented by the Grand Worthy Counsellor and the visitors. The supper was very fine and seldom has a table looked more lively or the delicacies more tempting to the taste. It was a grand affair. Sir Mitchell left this morning for Richmond. The ladies will spend a few days with us. Colored Seaman Drowned The body of William Henry Smith has not yet been found. Smith is the sailor who was drowned in the river Saturday morning last. He was a seaman on board the schooner S. E. Williams, of Baltimore, Captain Bird, on which he shipped a fortnight ago. Prior to that he served an apprenticeship in the coasting trade. Smith was about twenty-four years of age, and was a man of good habits. There was the best of feeling between him and the rest of the crew. His brother also worked on the schooner. The accident occurred about 11 o'clock in the morning. Smith was walking around the boat, and is supposed to have fallen from the rail. No one was near enough to help him, and, although his pitiable sight might seem persons to the spot, by the time they reached the river's bank he had sunk for the last time. The river was immediately dragged and the work was repeated Sunday and yesterday, but to no avail. Yesterday the body was still not found. Smith is a native of Matthews county, Va., and lived there until a few years ago. Then he moved to Baltimore and lived there for a means of livelihood. —Times, 30th alt. She Promised Both. LEXINGTON, VA., JULY 25, 1901. Lexington has had quite a sensation in the way of a negro marriage. Two licenses were issued Wednesday for Mattie Hanna Harvey—the first for the marriage to Rev. Monroe Elias Gerst, of Southampton county, Va., and the second to Isaac Henry Rowland of Lexington. The preacher charges duplicity, and withdrew from the contest, and Rowland married the woman in the African Baptist church before a packed congregation last night. The woman changed her mind about four times. Invitations were sent to her by Rev. Gerst for their marriage. She had others printed and sent out with Rowland's name instead. Gerst arrived yesterday and procured his license, but after four changes Rowland carried the day. Rev. Gerst is a Baptist preacher and a native of Richmond—Diaracht. --- Always reliable, first-class service on the Old Boys excursion to Washington, Aug. 11th. Go with them! RICHMOND A WORD TO BROTHER WILLIAMS. MORE BIBLE AND LESS POLITY. With the exception of a copy of the charge presented and signed by Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting there have been no further developments in the First Baptist Church muddle. Brother John Mitchell, Jr., is a publisher and the notice cites him to appear to show cause why he should not have the right hand of fellowship withdrawn from him or in other words be excluded for publishing the proceedings of the church. JUST AS SENSIBLE Well, it would have been just as sensible to have cited a teacher to appear for teaching, a preacher for preaching, a cook for cooking, a nurse for nursing, a washerwoman for washing, a waiter for waiting, or a employee in a restaurant for serving meals on the Lord's day as to call a publisher of a newspaper to a church meeting for publishing in a newspaper. Yet this is that Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application did and is a doing. Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application doesn't even comply with the rule of the church and the command of the scriptures—he'll not even commute because he demands that the church furnish him with pure grape juice instead of with the genuine article. CONSCIENTIOUS SOMETIMES. Brother Nelson, Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting was conscientious on this point, but in studying the church polity at the place where a member can be excluded without a hearing and without even being cited to appear before the church, he forgot all about the 18th chapter of Matthew from the 15th to the 17th verses. Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application is a missionary appointed by True Reformer R. T. Hill's Sunday School Executive Board to do missionary work among the Sunday School children of the State. EXTRACTS FROM THE SCRIPTURES he will take a copy of that Bible from one side of his capacious coat-tail pockets, or that mammoth carpet sack and turn to that chapter, he'll find these words, "15 Moreover, if thy brother shall tresspass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 16. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the month of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican." DIDN'T SUIT. This evidently didn't suit Missionary Williams. He reached for the black-book—the polity to find authority to exclude a brother without going to him, as prescribed by the divine law. He did not go to see Brother Mitchell, neither the Deacon Board as prescribed by the rules of the church. On the contrary he said the Deacons would not be put out of the church if they behaved themselves. Fancy a young man speaking in such disrespectful language of the elders of the church. Brethren, many of whom have grown gray in the service of the church, Deacons, who are respected by both white and colored people. He referred to Deacons Abner' Cooley, Richard Briggs, J. C. Furley, Benjamin Harris, Thornton Wyatt, Walker Blakey, A. P. Johnson, Christopher Wilkerson, Harrison Smith, John T. Allen, Benjamin Jackson, James Wilder, S.W. Shorts, J. Andrew Bowler, J. B. Bass, W. T. White and others would be removed if they behaved the He called a meeting to exclude and signed the names of Brethren J. E. Jones, Daniel Holman, and Giles Hayden without their knowledge or consent and had true Reformer R. T. Hill make an announcement at a slimly attended meeting on a Sunday afternoon. this is the sight presented to the world by Brethren Johnson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting. MORE QUOTATIONS In that same Bible which Nelson Williams, Jr., the missionary, who forged the names to the application, no doubt sits upon but reads little may be found in Matt. 5:44 these words. "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." But Missionary Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting evidently doesn't believe in that doctrine. He believes in mob-law, the exclusion without a hearing and when he fails it suits his purposes to say to Brother H. F. Jonathan, 'We'll get him next time!' The next time will be Monday night, August, 5th. The PLANET is open to Brother Wil- PRICE, FIVE CENTS liams. The editor will be kinder to him than he was to the editor. Stop sitting on that Bible and stop reading the polity, Missionary Williams. FROM WORCESTER, MASS. Interesting Items. WORCESTER, MASS. JULY 23, 1901 The Annual Union picnic of the several churches was held at Crystal Lake-July 17th. There was a very large at tendance, and every body enjoyed themselves, until the rain came on. The state of North Carolina gave an outing and water-melon feast Thurs. day eve July 25th there was a very large attendance, every body seem to enjoy the programme and after that came the old favorite dish, that is water melon and ice cream. Our city was visited with one of those salry days again. The warm weather is taking great effect on the people. I don't think that we have any right to complain for we are getting our share. Mrs. A. Chatman one of Worcester's oldest residents died July 14th. She leaves one daughter and husband to mourn their loss. Mrs. R. T. Coleman has gone to Pesersburg, Va. to spend the summer. Mr. Coleman will go very soon as all of his people are there. all people are there. The NANET can be held at David Brown 25% DCM, Coleman 398, Main St. D, Gains, barber, Central St. The Lacy Stone Club will give a lawn party Friday evening, July 16 at Dr. Miles Gordon, No. 55 North Ashland St. Return Thanks. Editor of Richmond Planet, I desire to express my thanks to Mr. A. D. Price for an evenings outing given the children of the Friends Orphan Asylum, 112 W Charity St., the evening of July 17th, 1901. The children were greatly benefited by the drive, and we can but hope for Mr. Price a life of success. Yours for the little ones, BETTLE GRAVES. —Rev. R. H. Bowling, D. D. the able divine and pastor of the Bute St. Baptist Church called on us last week. He is looking well. This distinguished pulpit orator is president of the Virginia Baptist State Convention, which is doing such a great work in the commonwealth. —Mrs. Susie E. Meadows, accompanied by her daughters, Ruth and Leota, left Saturday, July 27th for their future home. Hinton, W. 7v. —Misses Clara A. and Marie F. Farley left the city Thursday to spend the summer in Roanoke Va., the guest of Mrs. Alice Johnson. —Mr. $ ^{1} $ B. D. Miller of Montgomery, Ala. is in the city visiting his son, Mr. L. C. Miller, of 927 N. 28th St. He will visit the Buffalo Exposition before returning South. —Miss Nannie B., daughter of Rev. R. Beecher Taylor is spending the summer with Mrs. Wm. Jones of King William Co. —Rev. G. B. Howard, D.D. preached at the First Baptist Church West Point, Va. Rev. W. W. Harris pastor. He paid us a visit on his way to Petersburg, Va. —Mr. D. J. Chavers, is spending the summer in Lousia Co., Va. —Tyler's Hair Improver establishment has removed to 1218 N. 2d. St. —Mr. Clifton G. Cabell continues ill at his residence. Last Sunday closed a remarkable period of special work at the Fifth St. Baptist Church, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. pastor. Forty-seven more new members were fellowshiped into the church; thus making 211 received from the great revival. There are many more yet to be baptized. Last Sunday was also rally day at the church and the collections amounted to $618.07. This is grand! Right royally did the noble grand! the church work. Mrs. W. F. Graham's Club. $ 80.00 Mrs. Georgiana Walker's club. 71.25 Mrs. Isabella Wilkerson's club. 71.10 Mrs. Mary Page's club. 66.35 Mr. W. A. Jordan's club. 54.00 Usher's Club (Bro. Wm. Mason 37.85 Rev. Graham's club. 37.80 Miss Elizabeth Brown's club. 31.30 Mrs. Edith Roman's club. 30.50 Mr. Thos. Trent's club. 14.60 And the general collection brought in a sufficient amount to make out the whole. The church has voted Dr. Graham a month's vacation which he will take in time to go upon a Western and Southern tour stopping in Cincinnati to preach the Educational sermon before the great National Baptist Convention. Very able sermons were preached in the morning by Rev. Holland Powell, D.D. and Rev. T.B. Banks. The sermons were full, practical and simple. Special Sermon to Home Society at First Baptist Rev. R. Beecher Taylor was special sermon to the Home Society, Sunday morning 11:15 a.m., at the First subject. "The Helping NOT LIKE OTHER MEN By Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, Author of "The Brotherhood of Silence," "The Quality of a Sin," Etc. Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey. 2 CHAPTER IV R ICHARD MAXWELL did not, however, send his son away, but he did the next best thing from his standpoint of the circumstances—he kept him constantly at his side on one pretext or another, so that Lisle had very little chance to follow out any inclinations that were original with himself. His father's watchful, restless eyes and keen intelligence anticipated everything which might have embarrassed his theories or created interrogation points in the mind of the youth, and day after day passed without incident other than those of such constant occurrence that they had ceased to be noticeable. It was rarely, too, that Craig Thompson found an opportunity to converse with his young friend, for whom he had conceived such a strong and unaccountable liking. One day, when the work of sorting and separating was nearly completed, Craig rode over to Maxwell's camp and asked for Lisle, and one of the men having pointed him out, at some distance, where he was riding slowly toward the slope of the mountains, Craig gave chase and soon came up with him. "Say, Lisle," he said as soon as they were side by side, "do you remember Jim Cummings?" "No; I never heard of him," was the reply. "Well, he thinks he has heard of you. I thought he had gone cast, but he's shown up here, and he's looking for you." "Looking for me? I don't know him. Who is he?" "He's the fellow that worked for me that you winged—the one who said that you were cut out for a girl and all that. Remember now?" "He's minus a bit of one of his ribs, but he's about as good as ever, and he's a bad egg if there ever was one. He'll hurt you if he gets a chance. That's what I wanted to tell you." "I do not fear hlm," said Lisle Daughtfly. "Who said you did? Not I. I would not be here preaching to you if I thought that you were afraid. But I want to warn you about this fellow. He hasn't made any breaks, and he won't, because he knows that if I had a handle to take hold of that would prove that he was looking for you I'd make mince meat of him in no time. He hasn't said anything; not a word; not he, but he stands around and watches you out of the corners of his eyes and grins like a bloody coyote, so that I know that he's up to something. All that I wanted to say on this matter is for you to keep your eyes peeled so that he can't get a chance to take you unawares. The games will be coming on in a day or so now, and then is when you must have your peepers behind as well as in front of you. The boys like to have the games mixed up with a fight or two, and if Cummings gets a fair chance at you and opens the ball in what these cusses call a gentlemanly way it would not do for me or for Dick Maxwell to take a hand in, for if we did we have seven or eight outfits going all at once, and there'd be a graveyard started there that a dozen eastern doctors could not fill in two years. All you've got to do is to keep your 'trinkets' in good working order, so that you can use any of them at short notice. Do you know him by sight?" "Yes—that is, I will remember him if I see him." "All right; that's all. I'm going back now." He went away then, and Lisle rode on, speedily forgetting everything that Craig Thompson had said, for his mind was busy with other problems that had been suggested to it by his sjourn in the Smoky valley and which were desi- ted to tax to the utmost the explan- tory powers of his father. The day soon came when the work of the round up was completed, and the time for play arrived. There was a broad stretch of level ground near the center of the valley, and that was selec- ted for the place where exhibitions of skill in horsemanship and the use of various weapons were to take place. The men, nearly 200 all told, lined up on either side of the selected ground. Some remained in their saddles, oth- ars stood leaning against their horses, and others, still, tethered their animals some distance away and stood in group, discussing the events that were about to take place or busled themselves arranging for succeeding ones. It was a wild and beautiful picture, and even the cattle grazing along the slopes raised their heads offener, sniffed the air more frequently and murmured their muttering bellows in a deeper tone, as though the excitement of anticipation had communicated itself to them. The first entertainment on the programme was a foot race, and Richard Maxwell was requested to measure off the distance to be run. This he declined to do, whereupon Lisle volunteered to act. His services were accepted, and he dismounted from his horse, leaving it in the care of one of This man while he started off alone drawn that stretch of open ground. Greg Thompson saw him leave his car and go to the center of the field, where, after marking the point timing, he began to pace the disoriented contestants to run. "I fool!" muttered the old ranch-If I haven't lost all my judgments is just the chance that Jim knees will take." Occurred, however, until he spaced the 150 yards and faceturn. Then, up at the line, a horseman was seen "Say, Lisle," he said, "do you remember Jim Cummings?" "Say, Lisle," he said, "do you remember Jim Cummings?" to detach himself from the surrounding group, spur his horse into a gallop and dash at full speed straight toward the solitary figure in the center of the tournament ground. He was bending well forward in his saddle, his right arm was raised above him, coiling and twisting like a long and sinewy serpent was the loop of his terrible lasse, more feared on the plains as a weapon of offense than all other known implements of warfare. Lisle saw and recognized him instantly, and if he had not the loud shout that went up from the spectators would sufficiently have warned him, for there was not a man there who did not know the meaning of such an act. An old grudge was to be settled. A long standing feud was to come to an end one way or another. A duel to the death was to be fought in their presence, and, although everybody could see that the advantage was unfairly on one side and that the man on the ground was practically at the mercy of the other, that was regarded as his own fault, one that he should not have committed while an enemy was near at hand, one with which they could not and would not interfere. Many of them were aware of the incident of the shooting affair between Cummings and Lisle Maxwell, and now they were to witness the final act. The "code of the plains" permitted the man attacked in such a manner to make use of any weapon at his command, and the unmerging marksmanship of the youth was familiar to every man there. Every one expected to see him pull his revolver and curtail hostilities with a single shot. At the instant when Lisie discovered that he was an object of attack he glanced toward the spot where he had left his father. He saw him start forward as if to run to his assistance, and he saw Craig Thompson, who had hastened to his side as if he anticipated the move, seize him around the body and hold him firmly, and he could imagine what the ranchman said, although of course he could not hear it. "Keep back, Dick; keep back! The kid'll be enough for him, and besides the boys would put a rope around you before you had gone a dozen steps." That was what he did say, and afterward he retained his grasp upon Richard Maxwell's arm, fearful of what he might do in the excitement that was to come. Lisle smiled, well pleased. He realized thoroughly the danger of his position, but he was not afraid. As he turned his eyes back again toward his antagonist he drew his revolver and raised it, but as he glanced along the barrel he saw that if he fired there was imminent danger that the bullet might pass through or beyond its objective point and injure one of the spectators who formed the group around his father. He thrust it back again into his belt and drew his knife, smiling when he heard a cheer go up from the crowd in admiration of his coolness and bravery. Then, planting his feet wide apart, he waited. He knew that if that fatal loop once settled around his shoulders he would be dragged down to certain and horrible death. Cummings knew it, too, and so did the men who looked on. There was a hideous grin of exultation on the face of the horseman while he rode slowly toward his intended victim. There was no need for haste. The lad could not escape. The loop of the mounted man's rawhide lasso coiled and twisted, writhed and hissed above and around his head as he advanced to the attack, and Lisle stood with upraised knife awaiting him. Twice Cummings rode all the way around him, toying with the lasso and jeering in an easystance of fury, creeping to the left and decreasing the radius with each turn, playing with his intended victim, and as he circled Lisle continued to face him, never taking his eyes from the hand that held the rope. Then Cummings perceptibly increased the speed of his horse, describing the circles still more narrowly. Riding madly at last, he approached nearer and nearer to his intended victim, the deadly rope never ceasing to writhe and twist above his head, as if it were possessed of life and hatred and was eager to fall upon its prey. Suddenly his arm straightened out, and the loop was released from his grasp. At the same instant Llisle leaped into the air. The rope struck him upon the head and fell harmlessly aside, and another cheer went up from the spectators. Cummings laughed and dashed away, gathering the lasto quickly for another throw. In a moment he was ready, and the circling began anew, while Llisle, seemingly as cool as ever, faced him steadily and with unfinishing courage. Three times the horseman made the turn. Then Llisle saw him rise in his stirrups. The deadly loop left his hand. It seemed to hang in midair over his head in serpentine curves which changed their forms with every fraction of those perilous seconds which seemed like hours. Llisle made no further effort to dodge. He knew that such tactics must soon become futile; that ultimately the rope must encircle him. It were better that it should do so now while he was fresh and still master of every faculty. He remained perfectly still and waited until the loop was almost upon him, and then, with a quick motion, he placed his hands in the position that one assumes when in the act of diving—to gether and directly above his head—and so permitted the coil to encircle him. It fell true and accurately. The horse ridden by Cummings was pulled back upon his haunches, and then, impelled by the cruel spurs and tight rein of its master, it wheeled and leaped away. As the coil tightened around him Lisle managed to seize the rope beyond the knot with his left hand. His right hand still grasped the knife. Then came that awful jerk. He was dragged from his feet headforemost to the earth. As he fell he succeeded in shortening his left arm and reaching out his right hand, which had not loosened its hold upon the knife. The keen edge touched the tightened rawhide and it parted. Instantly he was upon his feet again. There was blood upon his face, but he did not know it. He turned and ran with all his speed toward the nearest group of spectators. A bowl of derision went up from the mob. It thought that he was running away. But that mob did not know Lisle Maxwell. "Somebody's horse!" he shouted as he ran. "Lend me a horse and a rope!" A man spurred toward him, dismounted and thrust the bridle into his grasp. It was Craig Thompson. But Lisle did not see him. He only saw the horse. In an instant he was in the saddle with Craig's lasso firmly in his grasp. He was shaken and breathless by the experience through which he His arm straightened out and stiffened with deadly aim. had just passed, but he was upon equal ground with his antagonist now, and be gloried in the consciousness of his own superior ability. Something new had awakened within him, and he dashed into the arena, eager for the combat. Not half a minute had passed since the cutting of the lasso, and yet Cummings had found time to tie another loop and was riding madly back again. The booting of the crowd changed again to cheers. It was not to be cheated of its sport after all. The kid was game. He would not run away. Warily, though rapidly, the antagonists approached each other, guiding their horses elliptically. Swiftly and silently they rode round and round, their riatas twisting and blissing like colling snakes in the air above them. The first throw must be the last, for if one failed the other would succeed. Both knew that. Strategy alone could mark the victor in that strange duel. Both made the cast at the same instant. Both were true. Cummings' arms were pinioned at his sides, but Lisle, with admirable forthought, kept his right hand poised in the air, so that the lasso in settling over him caught and held only his left arm against his body. The horses, trained by long practice, knew quite as well as their riders the parts they had to perform. They remained stock still, straining upon the ropes and holding them taut. The tableau lasted only an instant, but it was a fraction of time that was fraught with tremendous excitement. Then Lisle's free hand dropped to his holsters. It leaped up again, the arm straightened out and stiffened with deadly aim, there was a fond report, and Jim Cummings pitched headlong from his saddle to the earth. His horse, frightened, started away. Lisle would have been dragged down and killed even then had not his right arm been free. He dropped the pistol and seized the reins, digging the spurs into Thompson's horse, chasing the other, and riding thus madly he succeeded in thrusting his one free hand into one of his pockets. When he drew it forth, it contained a clasp knife. He opened the blade with his teeth and cut the rope. While the cowboys were cheering and throwing their sombreros into the air, firing their pistols and otherwise testifying to their joy and relieving the pressure of suspense under which they had labored, Craig Thompson rade out to Llisle and met him. "Kid," he said, and his voice was husky with emotion, "I'm proud of you! Hang me if I ain't! Just make a speech to them fellers now, short and to the point." But Llisle scarcely heard him. He cantered to the center of the ground and raised his right arm to enjoin silence. When it was achieved, he rose in his stirrups and turned his head slowly from side to side until he took in all who were there. Then he spoke in a clear, ringing voice which every one heard. "If there is any other person here who thinks that I was cut out for a woman and spolled in the making, now is the time to speak," he said. Dead silence followed his words, and after waiting sufficient time he raised his hat, saluted them all and centered to his father's side. But the only words that greeted him where he expected the greatest praise was the calm announcement: "We will take the trail in an hour, Lisle. See that you are ready. You may invite Mr. Thompson to accompany us if he cares to do so." And then without a word in reference to the combat Richard Maxwell mounted his horse and rode away. BE NOT DECEIVED To the COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. 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On being exposed for several hours to dry air, the frogs experimented with last 14 per cent. of their weight, but this was nearly all regained within 24 hours when they were placed in a dish containing water only one centimeter in depth. Youth's Companion. Stranger (at restaurant, reading from bill of fare) -Give me some chicken croquettes. Waiter -Very sorry, sir, but there ain't none. "Then give me oyster-patties." "Extremely sorry, sir, but we have only roast beef, corned beef and stewed beef to-day." "But where are all these things that I see on the bill of fare?" "They're on the bill of fare sir."—Harlem Life. BMsters by Suggestion. Hypnotic suggestion enables us to control processes which are ordinarily beyond the reach of the will. For instance, blisters have been produced in highly sensitive subjects by simply touching the part with the finger or some inert substance and suggesting the presence of a strong irritant. Journal of Physical Therapeutics. Manager—You claim, sir, to have every qualification of a first-rate actor. Can you give me any proof of it? Hamlet de Shakespeare—Well, perhaps I might mention the fact that I am slightly deaf—the result of so much applause, you know.—Harlem Life. A Spirited Illumination Staggers (coming in at two o'clock a.m.)—Look out of 'o'ish window, m'dear, and see the glorious aurora borealis. Mrs. Staggers (waking out of a sound sleep)—Window? That's a mirror you are looking into, and the aurora you is see your own highly decorated rum-soaked mug.—Harlem Life. 图 Billed Attractions Proof. Senameric Little Katherine sat at the breakfast table this morning, pondering the problems of school life. She aroused from her reverie to say: "Well, next year Malcolm will be a lawnmower, won't he? I wonder why they will call him that." "My dear," answered the mamma, "whoever told you that Malcolm will be a lawnmower?" "You told me yourself," answered the child. 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Private schools are fast being transformed into day schools. Then there are private teachers for those arts called "accomplishments," which occupy a prominent place.Th. Bentzon (Madame Blanc), in Ladies' Home Journal. Sluging Soldiers A London paper notes that during the recent Austrian maneuvers the general in command tried the original experiment of using the singing of songs as a means of ascertaining the whereabouts of the different companies of the corps d'armee. He commanded each battalion of a division to learn a certain song of war and sing it when attacked. In this way he was enabled to discover, when some distance off, which battalion was being attacked by the enemy. The songs consisted of old BEFORE. SITTED. Miss Annie A. Wise, Onanoock, Va., writes: I and my sister have both used Ozone and we recom_ send it to everyone. It is the finest hair grower and straightener on earin. Mr. W. C. Biggs, Swarthmore, Pa. says: I have used your preparations. 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An interesting example of this kind of resemblance was recently brought to the attention of the Entomological society in London by Dr. Chapman, who exhibited a spider found inhabiting some rocks near Cannes, on which were also fastened the cases of a species of moth. When at rest the spider exhibited almost precisely the same form and color as the moth cases surrounding it.—Nature. He Knew How to Handle 'Em "Don't pick me up," growled the bad man from Siwash; "I'm a live wire!" "Thanks for the warning," said the gentlemanly bartender, "but it's all safe enough when you have the nippers properly insulated." Whereupon he seized the live wire by his left ear with the ice tongs and hustled him hastily through the outer exit.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cruel Neighbor. "George, that Mrs. Nextence is too horrid for anything." "What are the odds now?" "Why, she said if our chickens ate her flower seed she hoped they'd have appendicitis."—Chicago Daily News. Insanity in French Army A French specialist in mental diseases has discovered that 166 out of every 100,000 soldiers and sailors become hopeless lunatics. Among mechanics the average is but 66 per 100,000. Going and Coming. Women rush frantically to a wedding, but when they return home they say: "O, well; it was just like all the others." - Atchison Globe. It is hard to tell whether flies or people aggravate a man the more.— Atchison Globe. THE SPACE SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1901 TEMPERANCE HEARD IN PASSING. 1 Word Dropped Between Two Disciplated Young Men Showed They Were Not Past Feeling. They were walking with heads bent, and hands behind them, as if in thoughtful frame of mind, and as I frew near, I heard one say, in a rueul tone: "Oh, if we could only forget, it would not be so unbearable; but sometimes, when haunted by the memory of the wasted years, it seems to me I shall go mad." "My case exactly," said his companion, with a half-suppressed oath. "My memory is a curse to me, for it nags me like a fiend." Glancing at the speakers, as they passed, I noted that, although they walked as if the weights of time were fragging at their feet. They were comparatively youthful; but the blotted faces and bloodshot eyes, were in evidence of the why of the nagging memories. A moment later I was overtaken by one who had from childhood lived in our city, and to her I put the query: "Do you know anything of the men you just passed?" "I know nothing good of them," was the quick retort, adding: "We were once classmates, but it is years since I have so much as given them a nod in passing. To tell the truth I often, when not in too great a hurry, as now, go a block out of my way to avoid meeting them, they have fallen so low." "Tell me something of their history, as we walk on," urged I, "for some "OH, IF WE COULD ONLY FORGET." words I heard, in passing, aroused my curiosity to know something concerning their past." "It seems a waste of time to even talk of such creatures," said my companion, with a shudder of disgust, "but I will tell you as much of them as you will care to know. "They were always chums," continued she; "even when they were litle the fellows, it was a common saying: Find Ned, and you will be sure to see Fred." This friendship, which still exists, is the only redeeming feature about either of them. They are only 35 years old, but they are fearfully old in sin. "They belong to two of the first families in the city, both as to culture and wealth. But in spite of everything done to lead them upward and Godward, by patient and loving friends, they seemed bent on going to the bad. Yet they are both well educated. One chose the profession of law, the other that of medicine; but I doubt if patient or client has come to either. They are care-free, however, seemingly, and content to live a life of sinful pleasure. "Fred, as I once called him, married one of the sweetest girls in the world—as such creatures so often do—she was one of the loving, clinging sort of women, made to be love-shielded, but lacking in will power, and after two years of untold misery, she died of a broken heart. If Fred mourned her early death, it failed to influence him. He continued to drink and gamble as before. "Ned never married, thank fortune, but he has well-nigh ruined his old father; while his mother, whose idol he was, rested from her tears and vigils long years ago. "But they care nothing for broken hearts and untimely graves, for they have not one spark of feeling left." She misjudged them, however, in one respect, for I, who, in passing, had caught those remorseful words, known that they suffered keenly, as all must, the sowing of "wild oats."—Mrs. Helena H. Thomas, in N. Y. Observer. Beer Prevents a Wedding Beer Prevents a Wedding. "I can never marry a man who buys beer for his father-in-law," declared pretty Rosa Shoemaker, of Allentown, Pa., who had jilted her lover, Charles F. Clewell, an hour before their intended wedding, because the young man had "set 'em up" to her father. Clewell and the girl had been sweet-hearts for nearly a year, and several months ago their engagement was announced. The young man went to the courthouse to get a marriage license, accompanied by the father of the girl. On the way home the young man bought two glasses of beer for his prospective father-in-law. The girl saw them come out of the saloon, and when Clewell called at the house in the evening to escort his bride to the clergyman's house she jilted him, in split of the fact that she had bought her wedding trousseau. She would give no other reason for her action than that she would not marry a man who treated his father-in-law. DEMENTIA FROM ALCOHOL continued Use of The Latter, Even in Small Quantities, Produces an Unbalanced Mind. The fact becomes more and more prominent that the continuous use of spirits, even in small quantities, is followed by dementia. This may not always be recognized, but measurement of the senses and functional activities by instruments of precision uniformly indicates depression, diminished and lowered vitality. The heart's action is changed, the nutrition and assimilation is disturbed, and the operations of the mind show a wide deviation from the normal state. Where there is hereditary predisposition to use spirits, or the person is a psychopath, or suffers from neurosis, inherited or acquired, dementia is a most natural sequel. The constant anesthesia which follows from the use of alcohol, together with the chemical disturbances of assimilation and nutrition, after a time are followed by permanent organic changes. The action of alcohol on the heart can be traced, but its effect on the nervous centers is more obscure. The steady drinker suffers from the toxins of alcohol and poisons which are produced by this agent circulating through the blood, which finally act on the nerve centers, producing, first, functional, then organic, disturbances, and finally extend to dementia. It is an error to suppose that intoxication is the only indication of damage from alcohol. In reality, such toxic states are only incidents from which recovery follows. The most serious injury comes from the continuous use of spirits and the constant depression of the nerve centers, and the persistent deangement of assimilation and elimination. The periodic drinker has free intervals of sobriety during which nature makes an effort to restore the damage, but the continuous drinker is subject to the constant, uniform action of depressing toxins. Stages of dementia are started, and, although at first slight and obscure, they become more and more apparent. Thus, in one case, a constant drinker after a time shows egotism and superior confidence in his strength, unnoticed before. In another case, stupidity and dullness are the early and later characteristics. In another, the higher brain centers suffer, and the character and pride of appearance is changed. In another, unusual parsimony or generosity indicates a change. Often these mental states appear prominent for some time before organic symptoms are apparent. While each case differs from others in a degree, there can be no doubt that a uniform, progressive degeneration follows in all instances where alcohol is used constantly. Illustrative examples are very numerous, and an occasional so-called exception in which the constant drinker appears to be free from organic disease has sometimes been found. Careful inquiry into these cases with measurements by instruments of precision reveal changes unmistakable. While dementia is the most common form of mental defect, other disease states are noticeable in these cases, and death often follows from acute inflammation of the lungs or kidneys. A general paretic condition may exist in all the organs, while the higher brain functions show marks of dementia. Recent studies in this direction reveal a new field of facts which contradict all assertions of the possibility of a harmless use of small quantities of alcohol daily.—Journal of Inebriety. PROGRESS OF REFORM. Libby, McNeill & Libby, one of the largest packing firms in Chicago, have posted a notice absolutely prohibiting the use of tobacco by their 3,000 employees while on duty. The report of the commissioner of internal revenue shows that our army of liquor dealers numbers 238,683, or nearly four times the number in the United States army under the new law. Japan, with practically the same poor laws as Great Britain, has only 24,000 paupers, while Great Britain has 100,000. A Japanese statesman, being asked to explain, replied: "The Japanese drink tea; the British drink alcohol." A national purity convention will be held in the First Methodist church, Chicago, October 8-10, under the auspices of four national purity organizations having headquarters respectively in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and La Cross, Wis. Fifteen hundred temperance pledges have been distributed among the Christian Endeavor societies of north Pennsylvania by President H. L. Pound, who asks the members to use them as bookmarks, as reminders of their undying antagonism to the saloon and as a means of helping to save others. One of the largest life insurance companies in the country has just established a total abstinence class of policy holders. Mortuary statistics prove that the death rate is considerably lower among total abstainers, and they will be given a correspondingly lower rate on premiums hereafter. Troubling the Doctors. The drink question continues to trouble medical authorities not a little. The Lancet, in an article on the drinking habits of the nation, points out that since the days of Todd—a generation ago—no medical leader has sanctioned the reckless use of alcohol. In an address recently delivered, Dr. Carter, of Liverpool, points out that, while the mortality from almost every disease has fallen, that from alcohol is an exception. The deaths have risen from 45 per 1,000,000 of those living in 1878 to 77 per 1,000,000 in 1897. Dr. Carter is impatient with such matters, and calls for "legislative or other action." Up-to-Date Game. Ned—Close? I should say so. The crowd was just pouncing on the umpire when the police reserves arrived.—Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. IN DISTANT PLACES. Konigsberg, Prussia, has an amber museum valued at 305,000 marka. Venice has a cafe which has been opened day and night for 150 years. New Zealand has in its eidelweise a plant differing but slightly from the famous Swiss variety. In 6 per cent. of the north Italian and 18 per cent. of the south Italian villages the streets are still used as sewers. According to the anthropologist, Alfredo Niceforo, a north Italian differs less from a German than he does from a Sicilian. Distilling seems to be profitable in Russia. A Moscow firm, "Widow Popova," has distributed $1,200,000 rubles as dividends for the year 1900 on a capital of 500,000 rubles. The street-car conductors in Wiesbaden are subject to fines for breach of regulations. For driving too fast a fine of 30 pfennigs (6 cents); for talking to other employees, 50 pfennigs (11 cents) and for not waiting for trailer connection 20 pfennigs (4 cents. Notwithstanding these fines the Wiesbaden street-car service leaves much to be desired. Taxation in Norway is becoming oppressive, and living expensive in proportion. An example will illustrate this: Two banks having the same capital and doing about the same amount of business pay taxes at the rate of 6,000 and 65,000 kroner ($1,440 and $1,574) per annum respectively. The former of these two institutions is in central Europe, the latter in Norway. HOT WEATHER SENSE Walk slowly. Carry a sun umbrella if it adds to your comfort. Follow the shady side of the street where possible. Don't eat heartily of meats—it is like putting coal in the furnace. Don't hurry. There is more "heating up" in three minutes of haste than in an hour of leisurely proceeding. Cut the acquaintance of the thermometer. Discourage talk about the weather, and if you must think of it—think of Peary! In torrid weather wear clothing suitable to a torrid climate—as light and as little as the conventions and circumstances will permit. Free perspiration seldom hurts anyone. The pores are nature's safety valves. It is "dry heat" or the sudden checking of the sweat that is dangerous. Don't drink "cool" alcoholic beverages under the idea that they will reduce your temperature or that of the atmosphere. You are simply adding fuel to the fire. Paradoxical though it may sound, hot drinks are in the end often more cooling than cold drinks. KNOWN IN OTHER LANDS. The new prime minister of Japan, Viscowint Katsura, distinguished himself in the Chinese war by winning one of the greatest fights, the battle of Kangwasai. The duke of Cornwall, though born and bred in England, speaks the language with as decidedly German an accent as does his mother, while the king burrs his r's very oddly. M. Paul Reevil, the new governor of Algeria, is 45 years of age and is a brother of the late George Reevil, the explorer of the Somali country. Originally he was a journalist. Lord Dufferin, who has recently completed his seventy-fifth year, once referred to himself, on account of the numerous offices he has held, as "maid-of-all-work to British governments." In a lawsuit now pending in Scotland to determine whether the late Sir W. Cunliffe Brooks, a millionaire banker, was domiciled in England or Scotland, a lawyer testified that in the last few years Sir William has made 200 wills. FACTS FROM FRANCE Wine growers in France now send sample bottles of wine by parcelpost to individuals. A French company has organized a new steamship line between Antwerp, Havre, Havana, Mexican ports and New Orleans. France holds the record as a user of gold. She has coined 2,300 tons in the last 40 years, against 1,400 used by the English mint. Paris' population according to the census just taken is 2,714,068, an increase of 149,104 over the last census. Paris is now over 900,000 behind New York. The largest Mont de Piette, or, as we designate it, pawnshop, in the world is probably that on the Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, which, it is said, receives in pledge over 1,000 watches every day. COOKING CLASS MAXIMS Uncooked bananas are difficult of digestion. To test pulled bread break it and if crisp to center it is done. The thicker the piece of beef a la mode the juicier the meat. White fleshed fish is more easily digested than the pink flesh chase. Meat, fish and fowl should be quickly seared on the outside when cooked. Potatoes, cucumbers, celery or lettuce are the best accompaniments for fish. Fish for baking should not be split, and, like meat, must go into a hot oven. If you dip the hands into cold water when making raw fish into balls it will not stick. Neatest Town in the World. Brook, in Holland, is far-famed as the "neatest town in the world." It is so fastidious that until a few years ago horses were not allowed in the streets, and the entire town is as scrupulously kept as a man-of-war. It is a village of 2,700 inhabitants, the main industry of which is the making of Edam cheese.—Boston Transcript. --- It Mized Him Up. "As to the coming yacht race," said Mr. Sezzt to his wife. "I think it will be found that there is many a slip between the lip and the cupton." "What?" inquired Mrs. Sezzt. "I mean there will be many a slip between the lip and the supton—there will be many a clip from the slip to the confounded it, I mean there will be many a lip between the cup and the supton—so that isn't right—there will be many a slip from the clip to the cupton—er—that is—there will be a captain from the slip—blame it, Marla, you always get me confused! What I want to say is that there will be many a slip from the lip to the supton—what the dickens are you laughing at, anyhow? That's the way with a fool woman. Wonder to me any man of sense ever tries to talk to the m." "Why, my dear, what is wrong with you this evening?" "There isn't anything wrong. I was going to say that there will be many a slip between the lup and well, I hope we lose the race, anyway, just to teach you to respect your husband more when he tries to entertain you."—Ballimore American. Heron Nests in Maine Woods Heron Nests in Maine Woods. There are three known heron colonies in New England. One of them is on the plantation just to the north of Sebec lake. On a point of land reaching out into the pond is a growth of tall silver birches, and there are at least 100 nests in the tops of these trees. The trees are tall, without limbs for 40 feet or more from the ground. It is a well-known fact that herons never build a nest in a tree with limbs much less than 40 feet from the earth. The nests are constructed from small sticks, some up to an inch in diameter. The nest is at least two feet across, and the eggs are a trifle smaller than a hen's egg, and of a pale blue color. The old birds go long distances on their foraging trips, in some cases 40 and 50 miles. The birds of this species about Moosehead lake and around the ponds miles to the south all make their way to this particular colony at night. Standing on the point one can see the birds coming from all directions during the period in which they feed their young.—N. Y. Tribune. The Gold of the "Dead Rivers." Among the remarkable geological features of California are the gravelly channels of ancient streams, known to miners as dead rivers, which often contain gold in paying quantities. The rivers ran generally from north to south, and some have left beds more than two miles in width. Some of them, after their waters had disappeared, served as channels for lava, which hardened over and concealed the gold-bearing gravel. Particular attention is present being paid to mining these deposits. In prospecting them, "melon-seeds" of gold, varying in size from minute grains to particles a quarter of an inch in diameter, are found. The gold was brought down by the vanished rivers from the mountain beds. -Youth's Companion. Writer and Reader A good and perhaps an old story comes from the Persian. A man went to a professional scribe and asked him to write a letter. "I cannot," said the scribe. "I have a pain in my foot." "A pain in your foot? What has that do with it? I don't want to send you anywhere." "No, sir," said the man, "but whenever I write a letter for anyone, I am always sent for to read it, because no one else can make it out." -Youth's Companion. Cures WeakMen Free INSURES LOVE AND A HAPPY HOME FOR ALL How any man may quickly cure himself at ter years of suffering from sexual weakness lost vitality, night losses, varicoccele & and enlarges small weak organs to full size, and L. W. KNAPP. M. D. g or simply send your name and address to the person you want. 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Southern Railway SCHEDULE IN EFFECT 12TH MAY 1901. Trains Leaves Richmond, Va. 30 P.M. NO. 11 SOUTHERN EXPRESS daily. Atlanta Augusta Jacks n ill- and points south sleeper for Nearville. beverage station at Nearville. Sleeper open at Richmond 6:20 P.M. n steps n passengers at local stations. Oklahoma City 6:20 P.M. n steps n passengers at local stations. with New York and Charlotte. (No 27) carrying through sleeper be two New York and Tampa, with connec tions at Nearville. connects at Danville. Charlotte with the Washington and Southwestern Lima terns. augusta 6:20 P.M. n jacks n nville Tampa Nashville, and M mphiles and Atlanta. New Orleans, also. Pullman Tourist along M for at Nearville. Washington to Florida. Francisco without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. 12 0 P M Ne. 7, solid train daily or char- lormer. Farmville and Fowhall railroad at Keysville for Clarksville, Oxford, Heac- tor, and Fowhall. For Durham, Raleigh, and Winston Salem, at Dauville with No. 12. Utica new Orleans and point in South, whitie carries sleeper to *daw Orans* and Jacksonville *connecting* for Nassau & Hammond. uftet drawings from sleeper Richmond to Birmingham and Atlanta. Through train sleeper, bainbury, to Memphis. 6 00 P. M., NOI J. LOCAL, dally except Sunday. Kevillev and intermediate for TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHOM OND. 6 00 A. M. 40 V.M., from Atlanta Augusta, Ashville and all points South. 8 40 M. from Montgomery and local stations. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAINS. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapolis. Va. YORK RIVER LINE, WEST POINT The Favorite Route North. BALTIMOR LIMITED, Daily, except Sundays connecting at West Point with steam for atlimor and York River Landings. tops on y a stations between Quinton and West Point. Train No. 2 50 P. M. LOC L Expres d lly except Sunday for West Point and intermediate stations. coa nects with stage at Lester Manor to Walkerton and Tappahannock. Train No. 74, 5:00 A. M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily except Sundays from Virginia Street Stations for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at Lester Manor, for Walkerton and Tappahannock. TRAIN S ARRIVE AT RIOHMON w:15 a.m. Daily, from West Point, with Coa nection from Baltimore (except Mondays. 10:46 a.m. daily, except Sundays and Mondays 5:15 p.m. Daily, except Sunday from West Point and intermediate stations. Siemers call at all abs. and York- town Tuesdays and saturdays and Satu- rors, Olay Bank and Glue Manager, Point Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. O. W. WESTBURY, Distr.tt Passenger Agent, Tomas E. Richmond, Va. J M CELF, Taffy Warmer. S H. HARDWICK Gen. Pas Agt. FRANK S. GANSON Third Vice-Int. and General Man- ager, Washington, D.C. WANTED—a first-class pressman Send samples of work and recommendations to VIRGINIA NAVIGATION COMPANY'S JAMES-RIVER LINE To Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point, Newport- News, Clarmont and James River landings, and Connecting, Old Point and Newport for Washington, Raleigh and the North STREAMME PEGAGENTAS LAVES MONDAY, WED HEDBAY AND FRIDAY AT 7 . M. Northeast, M.L. M., M.L. and $100 to Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point and Newport News. Music by a grand Orchee- tist. Fought received daily from above-names places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. INVIN WESTERGATE superintends EDWARDE, BARNEYREPENTS Atlantic Coast Line. Schedule in Effect January 14, 1901, TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED Daily Arrives Petersburg 9:34 a. m. N rfolk 11:6 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg and principal station east of Petersburg. 9:05 A. M. Daily Arrives Petersburg 9:50 a. m. Weldon 11:50 a. m. Fay-steville 4:25 p. m. harleston 10:55 p. m. Savannan 2:55 a. m. Jacksonville 8:30 a. m. Port Tam pa 7:10 p. m. connects at Wilson with No 47 arriving Goldboro 8: 25 p. m., Wilmington 6 p. m. Pulman Sleeper New York to Jacksonville. 11:55 M. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 12:80 p. m. Stops Manchester, Drewrya a Buff, Centrila, and Shaw. 13:15 P. M. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives Petersburg, 8:45 p. m. Norfolk 5:55 p. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverly and Suffolk. 4:30 P M Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 5:20 p. m., Wel dec 7:42 p. m., and Rocky Mount 8:56 p. m. Makes all intermediate stops. 6:00 P. M Daily Arrives Petersburg 6:45 p. m. Makes all stops. 3:57 P. M. FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED. Daily, Arrives at Petersburg 7:87 p. m. Connects with Norfolk and Western for Norfolk and inter-m-diate points, Emporia 8:40 p. m. (connects with Atlantic and Danville for stations between Emporia and Lawrenceville. Weldon 9:13 p. m. Fayetteville 12:32 a. m., Charleston 5:23 a. m. Savannah 7:50 p. m. Jacksonville 12:15 p. m. Port Tampa 11:30 p. m. NEW LINE to Middle Georgia Points—Arriving Augusta 7:55 a. m., Mason 11:15 a. m. Atlanta 12:85 p. m., Thomasville 2:25 p. m., Pulman Sleeper New York to Wilmington. Charleston, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and Mason. 9:10 P. M. Daily, Arriving Petersburg 9:55 p. m. Connects at Petersburg with Norfolk and Western railway. arriving Lynchburg 2:80 p. m. Roanoke 5 a. m., Bristol 10:40 p. m. Pullman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:30 P. M. Daily, Arrives Petersburg 12:16 a. m. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICEMOND, 8:20 A. M. Daily, from Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and all point, South. 7:85 a. m. Daily From Petersburg, Lynchburg, and the West. 9:45 a. m. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11:10 a. m. daily, except Sunday From Goldsboro and intermediate stations, Norfolk and Suffolk. 2:10 p. m. Daily, except. Sunday, From Petersburg. 7:22 p. m. Daily From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldabo- ro and all points South. 7:30 p. m. Daily From Norfolk, Peter's burg and intermediate stati nati. 8:56 p. m. Daily From Petereburg, Lynchburg and West. T. M. EMERSON Traffic Manager. J. K. KENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMERSON, General Passenger Agent O. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger, Ag S24 East Main St. W. P. TAYLOR OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, EXCEPT SUNDAY Passenger can leave Richmond daily exce- sion via Cheesapeake and Ohio; railway, S. M. or Richmond and Pusleybury (Norfolk and Western routes: 8:00 A.M. controlling at Norfolk with Old Domini Lincoln Street sailing same evening at 7 schools for Norfolk and West. Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer Company, 809 east Main Street; Cheapeake an road, 809 east Main Street; Baggage check-through. PRIESTH. for New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamers. sailing from Richmond road, 809 east Main Street; Baggage check- through. PRIESTH. for New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamers. sailing from Richmond road, 809 east Main Street; Baggage check- through. DAV at 5:00 P.M. This steamer carries size age passengers only. DAV at 5:00 P.M. This steamer carries size age passengers only. Freight received and forwarded and bills of lading issued for all northern, eastern and foreign ports. FROM NEW YORK' Passengers can leave daily except Sun at 3 P.M (Saturday or P.M.) to Norfolk or D al comfort, connecting with Norfolk or Western airline or Cheapeake and Obli railway. for Richmond by steamer via'Norfolk Moments and Wednesdays 8:00 P.M. Sat sundays, 4 P.M Sallings from company's pier. No 2. Mort sallings from company's pier. No 2. Mort and forwarded daily exces. unday. and forwarded daily exces. unday. W. L. Guillaudeau, Pres. N & RY. W Norfolk AND Western NOV. 19, 1890. LEAVE RICHMOND, BYRD STREET, STATION. 9:00 A.M. M. Daily, Richmond and Norfolk Vestibule limited. Arrives Norfolk I.M. A M. Daily, Richmond and Norfolk Vestibule limited. Waverley and Suffolk Second class makes not accepted on this train 9:06 A.M. M. Chicago Express" for Lynchburg, Richmond and Chicago. Pullman Sleeper Eonak oke to Columbus; also for Bristol, Karolina, Pullman Sleeper Renoak to Knoxville. 6:48 P.M. Daily for Norfolk, Suffolk and in Norfolk at 10:40 P.M. Arrives at Norfolk at 9:00 P.M. Daily, for Lynchburg and Roanoke Connects at Roanoke with Wash- ington. Pullman Sleeps Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe for restaurants cars Hadd- ford to Attala, Ala. Pullman Sleeper between Richmond and Lynch- burg, and berth ready for coop- sure at Norfolk and the East 11:30 p.m. bailed Limited 7:00 p.m. Office: 888 Main St. JOHN WAGNER City Passenger W Mews &amp; CH BOSLEY District Passenger Agent W BRIE General Passenger Agent Gen e Offices: Roanoke Va. The Economy 808 N. 3RD STREET. W. O. TURNER,||Prop. FINE TAILORING CLEANING DYEING and REPAIRING. short Line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba, Texas, California and Mex- rea, rea, rea, capitals of six states. Schedule in Effect May 26, 1901 Leave N. 27 N. 31 Richmond 2:40 p m 10:40 p m Petersburg 3:27 p m 11:80 p m Raleigh 7:40 p m 4:10 a m Arrive Hamlet 10:35 p m 7:00 p m Atlanta 9:00 a m 4:45 p m Leave Hamlet 10:50 p m 7:20 a m Arrive Columbia, east'n time 2:00 am 10:35 a m Leave Columbia sent'l time 1:05 a m 9:40 a m Arrive Savannah 4:52 a m 1:47 p m Perrandina 9:80 a m 6:00 p m Jacksonville 9:15 a m 6:10 a m Dallahessie 9:15 p m 6:30 a m Ocala 1:48 p m 1:00 a m Orlando 5:10 p m 7:20 a m Tampa 5:40 p m 6:15 a m Port Tampa 10:30 p m 8:80 a m Miami 9:45 p m Train No. 41 leaves Richmond 9:38 a.m., daily for Petersburg, Northin N.O., and all intermediate points Connections at Nolina with train arriving from Henderson 2:10 p.m. a.m. Raleigh 2:50 p.m. daily, and Durham 4:15 p.m. daily except Sunday. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, New York and the East daiy. No. 44 a. 6:40 a.m. and No. 66 at 3:35 p.m. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East Coast points and Cuba a. Dporto R. 20. New Orleans for all points in Texas Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND DAILY 6:32 a, m. Nj. 34 From all points south 3:21 p, m. Nj. 68 From southwest. 5:46 a, m. Nj. 38 -From Nj. iima, Nj. Petersburg and local points S. REPI G CAR SERVICE. Nos. 81 and 84 - Florida and Metropolitan L limited. Drawing room at Sleeping-cars and Through Day Coaches between New York and Tampa. Through Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping cars between New York and Atlanta. Nos 27 and 66 - Florida and Atlantic Fast Mail. Through Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping-cars between New York and Jacksonville, connecting a Hamlet with Sleeping-car to and from Atlanta, in connection with which Through Pulman Tickets are sold Fines Day coaches. Z P Smith. Dist. Pass. Agent. R. E. L. Biceh, Gen'l Pass. Agent. C. & O. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. ROUTE Schedule in Effect May 28, 1801. Front. Richmond. For Newport News, Old Point, Nort菲和Portsmouth. 8;00 a. m. (except Sunday) Local. 9:00 a. m. Daily. Fast train. Stops only at Williamisburg, connect as Norfolk for Newport News, Va. Beach Monday, Wednesday, Fri- day and Saturday with Boston steamers. 3:45 p. m. (daily) Local. Connects to Old Point daily with Washington and Cape Charles steamers and except Sunday with New York (Old Dominion and Baltimore steamers. WESTBOUND. 10;00 a.m. (except Sunday) for Lif- ton Forge, connects for Oranges Warrenton, Manassas Branch, Hagerstown and Lexington. No. 1 2:45 p. m. daily St Louis limited with Pullman fcr Cincinnati Louisville, St Louis and Chicago No 7, local train follows No 1, except Sunday, from Gordon'sville to Staunton. 5:30 p. m. accommodation, except Sunday to Doewell. 10.45 A m. daily, with Pullman from Olinnati, hicago, Louisville St. Louis, etc. corrects at Ronceverte, except Sunday with Greenbrier River Railway. LEAVE EIGHTH ST. 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Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va., as second class matter. A rather remarkable case is reported from Onancock, Va, where STRAUD FosQUE, colored was condemned to be hanged August 9th, 1901 for the murder of another colored man. The white people of the community interested themselves in the case and made application to Gov. J. Hoge Tyler for a pardon. The Governor could find no extenuating circumstances in connection with the case and refused to interfere. Thereupon FosQUE was released or permitted to escape and has not as yet been captured. The colored people are said to be in favor of the hanging, and the white people are against it. THE NEGRO AS A HOBBY. The Constitutional Convention of Virginia now to be a veritable white elephant on the hands of the people of Virginia. Most of the work is being done by committees and none seems to be attracting as much attention as the one to which has been assigned the duty of restricting the elective franchise. All kinds of reports are being circulated as to what the committee will do. The latest is that a tax qualification of $1.50 will be required. This was tried once before and soon became one of the most unpopular measures ever placed upon the statute books. We cannot fully understand Senator John W. Daniel. He is chairman of that committee. He is sworn to support the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Article XIV is as follows: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state in which they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." Could language be plainer? It is mandatory, and there can be no escape from its plainly expressed provisions. Article XV reads: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any state, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." This too is equally sweeping and yet in the Richmond DISPATCH of Sunday, July 28th, the reporter stated: "It seems not improbable that a real estate qualification will be the chief fea- ture of the suffrage clause of the new constitution. It is understood that six, oblyseven, of the members of the George Committee are committed to man. It is further stated by one of the committeemen advocating a real es- tification, that more of the mem- ber a real estate qualification of the favor any other single plan. What there is a field for mis- sion in the committee which will not be neglected by the men who believe that the requirement that every applicant to vote must be the owner of $300 worth of land will solve the great problem before the convention. For the suffrage problem is the problem of all. It is not the wish of the advocates of a real estate qualification that there be any educational requirement. This latter is regarded as a makeshift so far as it would be effective in eliminating the Negro vote. The Negroes are rapidly learning to read and write. It is not improbable that the class of colored illiterates is decreasing more rapidly than is the class of white illiterates. The Negro is also acquiring real estate more rapidly than is generally supposed. That is, the number of Negroes owning realty, is steadily increasing." He continues "But it is a fact that there are few Negroes who own land to the value of $300. At least, that is the view of the advocates of the real estate qualification. While there are Negroes who own small pieces of land, there are said to be few who own pieces worth as much as $300. The advocates of the real estate qualification are most earnest. The fact that they are so much in earnest, and the further fact that they number nearly one-third of the committee, which is a much greater number than is claimed by the advocates of any other plan, gives hope to its advocates." He says further; "The Suffrage Committee will meet again Tuesday morning. It may report in two weeks. It has the most difficult work of any of the committees. Every plan of suffrage proposed may be objected to on the ground that it will cut some of the white men of the State out of the right to vote. It is the belief of the advocates of the real estate qualification that it will deprive fewer whites of the right of suffrage than any other proposed as a method of eliminating the mass of the Negro vote." One of the members was desperate indeed, for he is quoted as follows: "One of the most prominent members of the convention said yesterday that he was considering the propriety of offering a resolution which should provide that none of the tests provided in the suffrage clause should apply to the full-blooded Negro. He will probably offer the resolution. This is regarded as significant, as indicative of the fact that the tests of the State are not opposed to the Negro, nor constituting the suffrage simply because he is a Negro 'The old issues' Negroes are not giving any trouble, and have not given any." The plan to disfranchise white men's Negro offspring would indeed raise a howl from one section of the state to the other. The body should engraft a provision making it a felony for a white man to carmally know a colored woman and vice-versa, fixing their punishment at confinement in the penitentiary from one to five years. Some of our females are so white now that they charge us with bad manners because we hesitate to speak to them on the streets. If the constitutional convention will take hold of this end of the question, it will be the cause of much satisfaction on the part of the advocates of the rights of the full-blooded Negro. This then is an insight into the situation. How can Christian legislators or atheistic ones with honorable intentions disregard the amendments, which they as citizens are bound to support? This is the question of questions and will be a source of embarrassment in Alabama as much so in Virginia. MURDERED A COLORED MAN. STRANGE things are happening in Virginia. JOHN HITCHCOCK, a white man charged with the murder of ROBERT McALLISTER, a colored man, at the almshouse, Petersburg, Va., last June, was found guilty on Tuesday, July 30, 1901, in the Hustings Court and his punishment fixed at eighteen years in the penitentiary. HITCHCOCK and McALLISTER were inmates of the almshouse. The former became jealous of the latter on account of the fact that McALLISTER was attentive to one of the white female inmates. He threatened the colored man's life. On the afternoon of June 13th, 1901, HITCHCOCK borrowed a gun to hunt rabbits and kept it until night. When the aged colored man went toward the gate, HITCHCOCK fired on him, killing him almost instantly. When charged with the offense he said, "Prove it if you can, no one saw me shoot him." The commonwealth was represented by its Attorney, Mr. R. H. MANN, and the defense by JAMES M. QUICK, JR., both white. The jury which was composed of white men returned a verdict in about an hour. This will be indeed a revelation to many people and brings to mind the saying, "Justice may sleep, but never dies." There are white men in Virginia who will do their sworn duty regardless of the environments of race prejudice. Getting HIRCHCOCK convicted is one thing, and getting him into the penitentiary is another. When the prison doors slam, with him on the inside, we shall notify our readers of the fact. Putting a white man in the penitentiary for killing a Negro? Jehosephat, but aren't times changing? Good Lord, deliver us! Secretary Root is at his summer residence, Southampton, L. L., for a three weeks' vacation. The Federal grand jury was called into session at New York yesterday to investigate the affairs of the Seventh National bank. Joseph R. Hixson, general eastern agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, died at his home in Ellizabeth, N. J., yesterday, aged 60. Abdul Hamid's beautiful enemy, Princess Haree Hanem, wife of All Nourl Bay, consul general for Turkey in Rotterdam, has escaped from Constantinople. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DRAWING FOR HOMES The Government's Unique Lottery for Oklahoma Lands. MANY THOUSANDS PRESENT Names First Drawn Were Greeted With Wild Cheere—Crowd Suggested That Lucky Man and Woman Should Get Married. El Reno, O. T., July 30.—Oklahoma's great land lottery was begun here in earnest yesterday, and when the commissioners appointed by the Federal government adjourned the drawings for the day 1,000 of the choice of the 13,000 160-acre claims in the Klowa-Comanche country had been awarded. The first name drawn from the wheels was that of Stephen A. Holcomb, of Paul's Valley, I. T., for a homestead in the El Reno district, and the second, Leonard Lamb, of Augusta, O. T. These two men select the two choiceest claims in this district. The capital prize winners, however, proved to be James R. Wood, of Weatherford, O. T., whose name was the first to come from the Lawton district wheel, and Miss Mattie H. Beals, of Wichita, Kan., who drew second number in that district. They won the first fillings in the Lawton district, and will undoubtedly choose the two quarter sections adjoining that town. These are considered the most valuable in the territory and are, it is estimated, worth from $20,000 to $40,000 each. It is estimated that fully 25,000 persons witnessed the drawing. Every man who did not draw a prize from the wheels yesterday had steadfast faith that to-day or to-morrow will surely see him the possessor of a slip reading him a title clear to 160 acres of Oklahoma's land. When the close of the drawing for the day was announced at 6 o'clock hundreds who had neither eaten nor drank during the day sank to the ground where they stood from cheer fatigue or went wearily to find places for rent or to refreshment booths uptown. The day was remarkably free from quarrels, and general satisfaction with the government's method of disposing of the land was felt. It has been found that many hundred applicants have "repeated," and that others have applications so illegible that they will be thrown out. Over this much discord has resulted, and the outcome may be an appeal to the courts. The first name brought out for the Lawton district was that of James R. Woods, of Weatherford, O. T., and the crowd went wild. This meant that Woods would be able to claim the quarter section adjoining Lawton town, one of the choicest in the entire country. The second ticket was drawn, and Colonel Dyer cried out: "I have the pleasure to announce the name of the first woman to draw a prize, Mattie H. Beal, of Wichita, Kan." Then Colonel Dyer gave her description as 23 years old, 5 feet 3 inches in height, "just the height of Woods." Instantly the crowd caught the humor of the situation, and thousands of throats sent up the shout: The eighteen h winner in the Lawton district was Minerva McClintock, aged 25, of Oklahoma City. She was married Sunday, and by this act forfeits her right to the claim. She might have chosen a cliff near a country seat town worth several thousand dollars. POTATO FAMINE THREATENS US. Great Scarcity of Homely Vegetables That Made Ireland Famous Made in Ireland and Famous. Philadelphia, July 31.—The entire east is threatened by a potato famine. Here are a few starling facts: Potatoes, which last year at this time sold at $1.25 a barrel, now sell at $4, and dealers do not hesitate to declare that the $5 per barrel mark will be soon reached. The early crop, during the unfavorable weather conditions, rotted in the ground. This happened in all the potato growing sections. The shipments from the South are all in. They were only half what they were last year. The only thing that can check the upward price of potatoes will be the late crop, and this is not due until September. From all parts come the same cry of crop failure. It is watted here from the interior of this state and from New Jersey and Delaware. There is some hope held out that the yield from New York and Michigan will be satisfactory, but it is only a hope. Maryland appears to be the only state that will give a fair crop. EDITOR BRYAN HEDGING. Wouldn't Bind Himself To Retire From Presidential Race. Chillicothe, Mo., July 31.—William J. Bryan was asked today if he would be a candidate for the presidential nomination again in 1904. Mr. Bryan sald: "I have repeatedly said that I am a candidate for no office. However, I would not enter into a bond never to become a candidate. It would be foolish in any man to announce his candidacy for such an office at such a time, and it strikes me as a foolish question to be continually put to me by the newspaper men. Lehigh Valley Earnings Philadelphia, July 31 — The June statement of the earnings and expenses of the Lehigh Valley Railroad company was issued yesterday. The earnings were $2,342,434; expenses, $1,799,053, and net earnings, $543,381, which is an increase in net earnings over June, 1900, of $126,339. BOCIALISTS IN HARMONY. Telegram Was Sent to Debs With News to That Effect. Indianapolis, July 31.—The National Socialist convention made an effort yesterday to harmonize and was partially successful. After a conference between Mr. Brooks, leader of the Chicago faction, and Job Harriman, leader of the Springfield faction, a message was sent to Eugene V. Debs declaring the convention to be harmonious. The platform committee reported yesterday afternoon. The platform as reported declares that private ownership of the tools of production and distribution is responsible for the ever-increasing uncertainty of livelihood and the poverty and misery of the working class, and it divides society into two hostile classes—the capitalists and wage workers. It advocates as "immediate demands" public ownership of all means of transportation, communication and all other public utilities, as well as all industries controlled by monopolies, trusts and combines; reduction of the hours of labor; state or national insurance of working people; the inauguration of a system of public works and improvements for the employment of the unemployed, the public credit to be utilized for the purpose; the education of all children up to the age of 18 years, and state and municipal aid for books, clothing and food; equal civil and political rights for men and women; the initiative and referendum; and no more public land to be sold. DULUTH BOY IN BLOODY DUEL. Hartman Seriously Wounded German Army Officer In Sword Combat Duluth, Minn., July 31.—Information was received in Duluth yesterday that Adolph Hartman, son of Emil Hartman, of this city, has just fought a duel with swords with Lieutenant Pachmann, of the Getman army. It was a bloody encounter, in which the lieutenant received a number of severe wounds, one of which severed the jugular vein. Hartman was also seriously wounded. Hartman graduated from the Duluth high school in 1899 and went to Achen, Germany to take a course in mining engineering. At a "commers," which was attended by students, army officers and others, Hartman and Lieutenant Pachmann became involved in a quarrel which resulted in the Duluth man slapping the face of the lieutenant. A challenge followed, and the matter being referred to a court of honor, it was decided that a duel of the first class must follow. As young Hartman was unfamiliar with the sword, he was allowed six months in which to "train" for the encounter. In the third round the young American was wounded in the head, a piece of the scalp being cut away. From the third to the seventeenth round the fighting was fierce. In the latter round young Hartman again wounded the lieutenant, his blade gashing clear across his forehead. Although both were weakened from loss of blood, the fight continued until the nineteenth round, when the lieutenant's jugular vein was severed. CHOATE AS A MEDIATOR. Rumor That Kruger Has Asked Ameri- can Ambassador's Services Can Ambassador's Services. London, July 29.—"United States Ambassador Choate has left London for Holland," says The Daily Express, "not for a holiday, but—so rumor says—at the invitation of Mr. Kruger, who desires him to act as a mediator in bringing about a settlement. "It would naturally be supposed that a settlement could not take place without the irrepressible Dr. Leyds, but if Mr. Choate has gone to Holland Dr. Leyds has left the country for Brussels, starting Saturday." No importance is attached to this rumor by The Daily Express, for the paper refers to it editorially in a facetious vein as a "South African gooseberry." OHIO'S POPULISTS MEET. With Silver Men They May Nominate Mayer Jones for Governor. Columbus, O, July 31.—At the Populist meeting here yesterday resolutions were adopted denouncing the contest going on between the Republicans and the Democrats of Ohio as a sham battle, a greedy scramble for place and power, regardless of the welfare of the people. A convention of Ohio free silver men will be held here today. If its candidates and platform are satisfactory to the Populists it is believed the latter will make no separate nominations. It has been suggested that all opposed to both the Democratic and Republican state tickets unite on Mayor Samuel M. Jones, of Toledo, for governor MEXICAN SONGSTRESS HONORED Austrian Emperor Remembers Her Noble Act of Years Ann. Vienna, July 29.—Emperor Francis Joseph has forwarded a generous gift to Senora Concha Mendez, the Mexican songstress, on the occasion of her 30th birthday. After Emperor Maximillian had been shot and Empress Carlotta had gone insane, the audience at a Mexican theatre called upon Mendez to sing a song, villifying them, but she cried "No, I shall not villify the dead and the unhappy," and a hush fell upon the house. The incident is recalled in connection with the gift. The Terror Comes to Philadelphia. Washington, July 31.—The torpedo boat Terror, which has been at the Norfolk navy yard since the Spanish war, has been surveyed, and enough repairs will be made upon her to permit her to be towed around to the League Island yard at Philadelphia, where she will be laid up in fresh water. Andrew Carnegie has presented the city of Winnipeg with $100,000 for a free public library, which has been accepted by the city council. W. E. Samuelson, of Provo, Utah, broke the world's unpaced mile bicycle record last night, riding the distance in 1.53 2-5. Superintendent of Philadelphia's Mint Henry K. Boyer is seriously ill of typhoid fever at his country home in Lower Providence, Montgomery county. Operations have been begun on the proposed ship canal between St. Petersburg and the White Sea. The Colburn family offer a reward of $500 for the finding of Mr. Colburn's body. Earl Spencer, chancellor of the Victoria University, yesterday severely criticised Dr. Koch's theory to the effect that human beings were immune from contagion from tuberculous cattle. STRIKE NOT SETTLED STRIKE NOT SETTLED Amaigamated Association's Committee Failed to Agree. ANOTHER CONFERENCE TODAY I trikers Hesitated to Accept the Clause of the Compromise Which Allows Opening of Union Mills To Non-Union Workmen. Pittsburg, July 31.—Disappointment and apprehension pervade the air of Pittsburg this morning because of the failure of the executive board of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers to ratify the peace proposals arranged at the conference in New York last Saturday between the national officers of the Amalgamated Association and Messrs. Morgan, Schwab and Gary, representing the United States Steel Corporation. When the conference opened yesterday morning it was confidently expected that an agreement would be reached in a short time, but after a session lasting from 9.30 a.m. until 6.30 p.m. the meeting adjourned without arriving at any conclusion so far as known to meet again today. The protracted session indicates that the board is not satisfied with the provisions of the compromise measures, and unless some modifications are made its ratification is doubtful. The opening of union mills to non-union workmen is the principle on which it is believed the board hesitates to accept, and the long-distance telephone between New York and Pittsburgh was worked frequently yesterday to get a modification of this clause. The workmen hold that this would give the mill owners full opportunity of crushing the union without a strike by finding excuses to discharge union men and then fill their places with non-unionists. Another rock of dissension is said to be the retention in their present jobs of the men who worked as "strike breakers" at the various mills during the strike. It is said that these men have been promised the protection of the manufacturers in case of a settlement, and that they will not concede their dismissal at the request of the organization. The workers, it is said, are willing to declare the mills now working non-union open mills, but strenuously object to having all the mills of the combine classified as open mills. It is doubtful if the members of the general executive board of the Amalgamated Association ever were more uncommunicative and reserved than during and after the meeting of yesterday. The importance of the matter in hand, the fate of the strike and the welfare of thousands of members of the organization, now idle, rested upon their decision. The full board was present, with the exception of National Trustee John Pierce, who was away on official business. Those present, in addition to the officials of the board, were Joseph Bishop, former president of the association and now a member of the Ohio board of arbitration, and M. M. Garland, also an ex-president of the organization. At the close of the day's session the members of the board skipped away one by one to their respective homes, until no one was left at headquarters but President Shaffer and Secretary Williams. They at first refused to give any information, but finally President Shaffer volunteered the statement that an adjournment had been taken until today. Further than this he would say nothing, and admitted that even the announcement of adjournment was more than he should have said. Secretary Williams said matters were in such a condition that nothing could be made public. Pittsburg, July 31.—Late last night it was suggested here that the failure to agree was not a hitch over any one clause in Morgan's offer, but because there are two pronounced elements in the executive committee. The conservative force, headed by President Shaffer, Secretary Williams and some of the older and more experienced leaders, are understood to look with favor upon the propositions submitted. The more radical element, which is largely made up of the aggressive and younger men, are understood to be anxious to hold out for more favorable terms. CENTRE REPUBLICANS CLASH. Split In Bellefonte Convention Over Endorsing State Administration Bellefonte, Pa., July 31.—At the Centre County Republican convention here yesterday the Quay and anti-Quay factions clashed for over two hours over the question of an endorsement of the state administration. The result was a defeat for the administration followers, the resolution for the endorsement receiving but two votes on the final ballot. Secretary of Agriculture John Hamilton led the Quay forces and former Governor D. H. Hastings the antis. Colonel Wilbur F. Reeder was reelected county chairman. William M. Allison and John M. Dale were elected delegates to the state convention and Edward G. McKinley was nominated for prothonotary. The only endorsement in the resolutions was of the National administration. Governor Pardoned Mrs. Nation Topeka, Kan., July 31.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, who is serving a sentence in the county jail for joint smashing, was yesterday pardoned by Governor Stanley. 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ALLEN Supreme Voyager, 334 W. 53rd Street, New York. Old hunters say The MARLIN has so many things to comm- mand in that top of the action is always closed, the mechanism the most sim- ple, the finish elegant, the cone structure a action to throw its bullet a little more accurately and plant them with a little more force than any other rifle. For determines 30-55 or 30-30, 450 rounds, 300 Illustr- ers, or a couple. MARLIN FIRE ARMS CO. NEW MAVEN, OONN. SUMMER BOARDERS WANTED : Mrs. J. T. Allens, Cumberland county, Va 15 minutes walk from Farmville station. Plenty of vegetable and fruit. Good mineral water of all kinds and a very quiet place. For other in formation apply to. Mrs. J. P. ALLEN, Farmville, Va., Box 71. THE MAYOR V. P. & F. K. of W. O We pay sick Benefits Promptly. Death Benefits in 24 hours after sat- sifactory proof in 24 hours filed in the Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: PRES., - - - ROSA K. JONES VICE-PRES., - - MAGGIE L. WALKER TREAS., - FANNIE C. THOMPSON SECV'Y & MAN'GR, PATSIRK, ANDERSON, LIZZIE M. DAMMALS, M. JOE HARRIS Christian Workers Assembly, Montreal N. C. July 20, 2007, August 4, 2003 N C. July 21st-August 4th, 1901. For the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all stations on its lines in Virginia to Black Mountain, N. C. railroad station for Montrest, N. C. and return at fare one and one-third for the round trip, selling dates July 19th to 22nd inclusive with return limit August 8th, and from all stations in North Carolina at one fare for the round trip, selling dates from North Carolina points July 20th to 23rd inclusive, with return limit Aug. 8th. THE SPACE SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1901 FRISCO'S BIG STRIKE ON Traffic at a Standstill as Result of Teamsters' Fight. CITY FRONT FEDERATION OUT Twelve Thousand Men Join Original Strikers' Ranks—They Claim It is a Fight For General Recognition of the Labor Unions. San Francisco, July 31.—The labor trouble in this city reached a crisis yesterday. Maratime traffic and labor along shore are nearly at a standstill, and industries are almost totally paralyzed. The order for a general walkout of the City Front Federation, which comprises 14 unions and organizations, with a full membership of about 15,000, was made effective yesterday morning. Three thousand of these men are employed at sea or in other cities, and the strike order does not apply to them until they return to San Francisco. Twelve thousand men obeyed the order yesterday. The City Front Federation is composed of the following organizations: Sailors' Union of the Pacific, four local unions of longshoremen, marine firemen, brotherhood of teamsters, ship and steamboat joiners, porters, packers, warehousemen, ship clerks, pildrivers and bridge builders, hoisting engineers, steam and hot water fitters, and coal teamsters. When the order to walkout went into effect all the big shipping companies, with one exception, were left without a union man. By a special agreement, entered into some time ago between the Pacific Coast Steamship company and the Firemen's union, firemen remained on the vessels of that company It is claimed by the officers of all the organizations involved that the strike is not purely an expression of sympathy with the union of teamsters, or any other body of workers who are in dispute with their employers, but is a taking up of the gaudiet thrown down by the employers' association. In other words, the City Front Federation is determined to defend the principle of unionism, which the associated employers have announced their intention to crash out. Both sides seem determined to carry the fight on, and all efforts on the part of the mayor and others to bring about a conciliatory settlement have this far proved unavailing. It is reported, unauthoritatively, that several of the larger wholesale houses will close down until the strike is settled. Walter Goff, president of the labor council, said today: "This is the greatest strike in the history of the state. Its effects will be far reaching; the city and state will suffer untold damages, but the responsibility for it is all with the employers. They have discharged men right and left for adhering to union principles and in taking up the battle, the affiliated trades are merely fighting for their rights." There is every prospect that many other unions will be drawn into the fight, in which case the business of the city will be completely tied up. The coal handlers may refuse to handle the fuel supply of the city, or the drivers of oil wagons to deliver oil to manufacturers who use that product for fuel. The coal supply of the city will last but two weeks with ordinary consumption, but with economy it may be made to last a few weeks longer. Should the coal and oil supply be cut off, the lighting company will be compelled to close down and the city will be left in darkness after night fall. Several disturbances occurred yesterday, and the first really serious fight since the trouble commenced took place between a party of strikers and two colored drivers imported from the interior. The colored men state they were attacked and fired into the strikers in self defense. One man, a striker who happened to be crossing the street near the scene of the trouble was slightly injured. The non-union men were arrested but were released on bail. Sewer Workers Want In Kingston, N. Y., July 31.—All men employed on the new Kingston sewer system struck yesterday for higher wages. Former State Senator Jacob Rice is the contractor. Henry L. Wilson, the United States Minister to Chili, will be tendered an elaborate banquet by Chillan friends. San Francisco is having a sixteen weeks season of grand opera under the direction of Professor Steindorf. Congressman Burk, of Philadelphia, gave the leopard he received as a friendly token from India to the Zoological Gardens. President L. F. Loree, General Manager Potter and other officials of the Baltimore and Ohio left Baltimore yesterday for a third inspection trip over the road. Wednesday, July 31. The Pennsylvania oarsmen who recently rowed at Henley have returned home. The Virginia constitutional convention will fight today over a motion to take a recess until August 20. The Ellis Glenn jury has been discharged. They stood seven for acquittal and five for conviction. Vice President Zanortu of Chill has resigned as a protest against further military preparations in that country. An unsuccessful attempt was made to wreck the Baltimore and Ohio express train from Chicago to Baltimore near Watertown, Ind., last night. RIDING ON A DOOR The Unique Steed Which a Cyclone Furnished to an involuntary Traveler in Ohio. Christian Van den Harvner, familiarly known in Cellina, O., as "Cyclone Johnny," isperhapsa the only man living that enjoys the unique distinction of having ridden a cyclone astride a house door for a distance of over a quarter of a mile. This remarkable feat, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, was performed not as a matter of choice, but, perforce, of necessity, by the above-named person when the cyclone swept across Cellina in May, 1886. "Cyclone Johnny's" description of the cyclone is graphic and thrilling. OVER THE TREE TOPS. He was living at the time eight miles west of Cehina and on the night of the cyclone he and Mr. Bryan's family were watching the raging of the storm in the west. The electric display was wonderful, and to him it seemed as though the world were about to come to an end by fire. The flashes were so brilliant that the eyes could not withstand them. The family became alarmed and decided to go to the cellar for safety. The cellar was directly underneath the porch, on the west side of the house, and Harvner assisted in getting the children to a place of safety, and he was the lastone to leave the house. Just as he stepped upon the porch and before he released his hold upon the doorknob the storm swept down upon him in all its fury. He went sailing through the air over the tops of trees, the uppermost branches of which tore his clothes from his body. The gait he traveled was terrific, and it seemed but a second from the time he started out until he found himself safely dropped into a large cornfield uninjured, save for the scratches inflicted upon him as he sailed over the tops of the trees. This field was a little over a quarter of a mile from Mr. Bryan's house, and Harvner wandered about in the darkness and driving rain until he met a searching party, among whom was Mr. Bryan, who, together with his entire family, was saved by their opportune flight to the cellar. WHEN F^2SES FALL Ingenious Device for Getting the Unwieldy and Frightened Animals on Their Faces. In all cities many horses fall whenever the streets are covered with ice and slush, and, as a rule, there is considerable difficulty in getting them on their feet again. An ingenious inventor recently decided to provide a remedy for this evil, and, consequently, he promptly fashioned a machine which is designed to raise horses that have fallen in this manner. The machine consists of a large tripod, the beams or supports of which are furnished with iron points at the MACHINE FOR RAISING HORSES ends, so that they can be firmly fixed in the ground. At the top of the tripod is an iron pulley, which can readily be worked by two men. After a horse has fallen the machine is placed over him, and he is then connected with it by a broad girdle, which is passed around his body. The next operation is to attach the two ends of the girdle to the pulley, and after this is done the men work at the pulley and the horse is on his feet again in two minutes. If, as sometimes happens, the animal has injured himself and is unable to stand, the machine is so placed that he can be suspended comfortably in the girdle until he has recovered his senses. Husband Was Interested A lady in Birmingham, Ala., while at a circus, fell in a fain*. A carriage bought her home, a doctor was summoned and she recovered consciousness. He put a little thermometer between her lips and told her to keep her mouth shut for a few minutes. Her husband viewed the proceedings with interest, and asked the price of "the little jigger," saying that "it is the only thing that ever made her keep her mouth shut." At the Race-Track They find at the race track that pedigree does not always make the mare go.—Puck. Sorry He Lied. De Garry—You are the only woman I ever loved. Madge—In that case I can't be your summer girl. I don't want any amatu—Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A MOUNTAIN SIREN By John Winthrop Green When a man has a story to tell, I believe he should be permitted to tell it in his own way and that the reader should not sneer and criticise because the teller must use the personal pronoun and perhaps refer to his perception or his prowess. If it is his adventure, how can he avoid saying, "I did thus or so?" If his courage pulled him out of a tight place, why seek to demean it? A man is what he is. If things have happened to him which may be of interest to others, let him write them as they took place, whether he was a hero or a crayon. Your atlas will show you that the eastern Carpathian mountains form a portion of the boundary line between Servia and Bulgaria. If you cross anywhere to the north of Pilot, you must cross the range. In my wanderings afoot I had planned to cross the range by the public road between Pilot and Nissa, but for three days I was a guest at a poor little wayside inn in the shadow of the foothills. This inn differed in no degree from a hundred others, being only a wretched apology for a house of entertainment, but I had made a long tramp and wanted a breathing spell before the long and rugged ascent. The landlord was a silent, morose man, giving me little attention, and his wife was a sloven with a face which a man would look at twice only for its wickedness. The beds and the fare were of the meenest, but as I had expected nothing better I was not disappointed. On the second day of my arrival as I was walking along the banks of an stream half a mile from the inn an English pedestrian came along. That is, he was a pedestrian in the sense that he was afoot. As soon as he learned who I was he told me that a cousin of his had journeyed that way three months before, but had mysteriously disappeared. The missing man had been traced as far as Pirot. He was known to have set out for the mountain road, but he could not be traced into Bulgaria. Somewhere on the mountain trail he had vanished from sight. The story did not interest me overmuch. American and English pedestrians abroad have a habit of disappearing from the world now and then, and it is learned later on that they were tucked away in some obscure inn or camped amid some old ruin. The searcher passed on to my inn and made inquiries and two hours later informed me that he had secured no news. That evening a second searcher arrived. He was a native Servian, living at Leskovatz, and had been hired by a Frenchman to prosecute inquiries regarding the disappearance of a young man of 20 who was making a pedestrian tour. Indeed I soon recalled the fact of meeting the young man at Semendria two months previously. He had headed for the Carpathians and Bulgaria, and he had also disappeared on the mountains. Even when the two disappearance were coupled together I saw nothing alarming. It was not until the third day that I felt I had cause for speculation. Then a police official who had been sent out from Novibazar by the widowed mother of a young man who had disappeared as mysteriously as the other two reached the inn. This young man, who simply set out for a two weeks' tramp in order to boast of having crossed the Carpathians, had been traced to within five miles of the inn, but the landlord and his wife stoutly denied that he had ever reached it. There were roads by which he could have branched off and continued his way, but yet the official was not satisfied. He frankly told me that he believed young Hull had come to the inn and been made away with for the money he carried. I had seen nothing suspicious, and he had no real grounds for an accusation, but he went away, saying that he would have the place watched. I was ready to take my departure on the fourth day, when there was a sudden change in the demeanor of the landlord and his wife. All at once they became obsequious and smiling and solicitous. A nice lunch was put up for me, and they refused pay for it. I was given the clearest directions and was told that almost as soon as I had begun the ascent of the mountain I would find an interesting ruin a little off the road. It was something I ought not to miss, and they kept extolling it until I promised to turn aside. I set off in good spirits, though wondering a bit as to the sudden and singular change in the people of the inn, and by noon I had covered a distance of 12 miles. I passed two inns without stopping and likewise three or four peasants' huts, and when I sat down to rest it was on a large stone by the roadside and close beside one of the branches of the Danube. I nibbled at lunch as I rested, and I had been sitting perhaps 20 minutes when a young woman with a fish pole in her hand suddenly appeared. I gave her good day as a matter of course and was not much surprised when she laid down her pole and came and sat beside me and began to ask questions. She was a peasant girl of about 24, better dressed and better looking than the average, and in addressing a stranger she broke no rule of conventionality according to the peasant code. I invited her to share my lunch, and presently we were chatting away like old acquaintances. In many instances the peasants of Servia had displayed more curiosity than a born Yankee, but this girl went deeper than any of them. Some of her questions were answered and some turned aside, but she certainly came to know a good deal about me. I was a single man, and I had not communicated with my friends for months. I was strolling from point to point to study the people and see the country and was not expected at any particular point in Bulgaria. Peasant though she was, she had the gift of a lawyer in extracting information. An hour slipped away, and then a man appeared. He was also fishing or pretending to and as he came in sight he called him, and he joined us and was introduced as her brother. A glance from face to face made me doubt the relationship. In my own mind I figured that he was her husband. He tried to smile and show a pleasant face, but I instinctively felt that he was a rascal. He had a furtive eye and a bad mouth, and I thought I caught signals between the pair. Such a thing as fear, however, had no place in my heart. I had no weapon aside from my stout stick, but I was afraid of no man by daylight on a public highway. I was ready to move on when the woman spoke of the castle ruins. They were only a step away, she said, and if I missed them I would be sorry forever after. The man at once added his persuasion, but as I was ready to go with them he claimed to have left his knife a hundred rode away and set out after it and left the two of us to walk on together. From the moment we started I noticed a change in her. She looked about apprehensively, her laughter was forced, and her demeanor put me on my guard. It was as if she expected me to be shot down from ambush, Hed W. H. He meant murder. I not been able to see the old ruins almost as soon as we started I should have doubted that they existed. As it was I found myself wondering if this pair was in any manner connected with the disappearance of the tourists. I was on my guard for what might happen, and yet I did not betray myself. I kept up the conversation as we walked along, and I am sure she took me for an easy victim. I rather expected to be fired on from behind some rock as soon as we were off the road, but by and by we heard the man calling from the ruins, and I realized that the ambush would be there if anywhere. As we halted on the plateau it was easy to make out that a vast building had stood there once. I should have said a monastery, but the woman insisted that it was a great castle belonging to some mighty prince and that it had been destroyed by an earthquake. I wondered among the acre of ruins as we talked. As we neared what must have been the rear of the building I found that the walls stood almost on the brink of a precipice. Before us was what had been a large room, with three of the walls yet standing. There were no less than five window openings, and as I advanced to one of the woman said: "No; take this one. My brother has built a platform from which you can look up and down the valley for miles." A peculiar something in her voice caused me to glance at her face, and I found it pale and her features working in a nervous way. It was the window, then, which was the ambush. My heart beat against my ribs, but I meant to see the thing to a finish. The man had called to us, but he had not seen him since arriving at the rulns. With a laugh which sounded more like a croak the woman pulled herself together and preceded me to the window. To reach the opening we had to climb up three stone steps, and she stood for a moment looking out and clinging to the wall for support. "You will see a fine view—a fine view," she said as she made room for me. "Step out and look up and down." I did not step out. There was something so modern about that platform and it had been built so deftly that I feared it. I simply clung to the wall and thrust my head out, and I was looking up the valley when the woman gave me a push with all her strength. Her hands did not strike me fair or my hold would have been broken. I was whirled half way round and partly thrown down, but as I recovered my footing I swept her aside with my arm, and she went to the ground, with a scream. Next instant the man came dashing through the doorway in the wall. He had a knife in his hand, and he meant murder. I leaped down to meet him that I might have free play for my staff, and I believe we battled for ten minutes. Still lying on the ten minutes. Still lying on the man. Aye, but that fellow was crafty and villainous and determined. Had I fought him with a knife he would soon have settled me. It was the stout staff which kept him off, and it was the staff which finally dealt him a blow that laid him out unconscious. I looked for the woman as I stopped to breathe, but she had disappeared. I went over to the window and examined the platform and found that it was sustained by a lever which could be pulled out and allow the bottom to drop. As the man began to return to life I lifted up my staff and beat him till I was weary, and then I went my way up the mountain road. That ambush had gathered at least three victims, but it was not for me to carry a mystery to the police and be detained in a filthy jail for months or years while they took their time to solve it. Wood That Looks Like Metal A European selentist has discovered a method by which wood may be given the appearance of metal. Outside of the added value for decorative purposes which this may give, the advantage to be derived is not clearly apparent. The wood is said to be rendered exceedingly hard and strong, although it is equally uncertain what part of the process may be assumed to confer these desirable qualities upon wood which was soft and weak before treatment. The process is described as follows: The wood is first soaked for three or four days in a solution of caustic alkali at a temperature from 75 to 90 degrees centigrade and is then transferred at once to a bath of hydroxysulfate of calcium, to which a saturated solution of sulphur in caustic alkali is added after 24 hours. The wood remains in this bath, which is kept at a temperature of from 35 to 50 degrees centigrade, and finally it is soaked for about 30 to 50 hours in a solution of acetate of lead. The wood is then dried at a moderate temperature and may be polished with a burnisher of hard wood. In this case it can be made to acquire a brilliant metallic luster, and if the surface is previously rubbed with a piece of lead, tin or zinc and a glass or porcelain burnisher is used the effect is increased. The wood treated in this way resembles a metallic mirror.—Chicago Chronicle. The Eloquent Butter Crock On one of the desks in the house was an old fashioned gray crock. It was covered with a snow white cloth, to which clung a moist layer of salt. It was the simple product, "mother's butter" from the farm. The jackknives were dipped into that crock and the butter reverently tasted as if it recalled happy memories of the old home. There was something in that butter which no chemical synthesis could imitate, and although it spoke no word that sample of "mother's butter" was eloquent. Many of those congresses on no doubt recalled the days when as barefoot boys they sat with the churn between their knees trying to make the monotonous splash of the dasher drown the shrill whistle of a chum on his way to the old swimming hole. What an age it seemed before the little white flecks appeared on the dasher handle, showing that the butter had "come" and with it an honorable discharged. And then at night those biscuit, with sorghum sirup and "mother's butter"—oh, what a charm in such memories—those worn hands, that sweetest face, long since gone to rest! There was an eloquence in that jar of mother's butter—pure, genuine, wholesome—which even science, money, art, political craft and congressional oratory could not overcome.—National Magazine. Thinking Aloud This habit is more common than most of us imagine. In fact, many of us do it without being aware of it. We become absorbed in our thoughts—preparing some argument in support of a course we propose to take, for instance—and the passsby or our friends are amused by hearing us express our thoughts aloud. Ask your friends if you do this. This habit is said to be a sign of madness, but you need not be alarmed, for almost everything is a sign of madness according to this or that authority. But the habit is more common among older people than among the young and vigorous. It is one of those things which come with increasing years. You are far more likely to think when you are greatly worried than in any other mental condition. The Real Thing. Sometimes the imitation of nature's forces on the stage surpasses the real thing. Franklyn Fyles says that once at a rehearsal of the storm scene in Shakespeare's "Coriolanus" the tragedian Edwin Forrest was asked, "How was that peal of thunder?" "Not a bit like the real thing," he replied testily. "You must do better than that!" "Oh, we can," said the manager, "but there happens to be a thunderstorm outside, and that clap was the real thing." A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, July 25. W. Morgan Shuster left Washington, D. C., yesterday for the Philippines, with a revised copy of the tariff. Edgar W. Abbott, professor of languages at Butter University, Indiana, was drowned while bathing yesterday. Saturday, July 27. Knights Templars will ask President McKinley to visit their encampment next month at Louisville. Minister Wu Ting Fang says he has no knowledge of the fact that his country intends to recall him. Signor Francesco Crispi, who has been dangerously ill for several days, seems to be weakening gradually. Voorhees, a pitcher for the Atlantic City baseball club, was left $60,000 by the death of an aunt. Governor Stone has reappointed Dr. J. L. Forwood, of Chester, a member of the state quarantine board. Mayor Ashbridge has returned to Philadelphia, after a two-weeks' vacation, during which his whereabouts were unknown even to the newspapers. Monday, July 29. There were nine deaths from the heat in Cincinnati yesterday, while Louisville had three. Surrounded by a brilliant cortege and in the presence of the diplomatic corps, President Romana opened the Peruvian congress yesterday. The Denver National Live Stock Association has issued a warning against hasty acceptance of the Koch tuberculosis theory. Pressed glassware factories of the American Flint Glass Manufacturers' Association started up today, giving work to 20,000 men. High telephone rates in Chicago, Ill., has caused court proceedings against the Chicago Telephone company by the Illinois Manufacturers' Association. Congressman W. H. Graham, Allegheny; Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, Lancaster; Edward Bailey, Harrisburg, and Senator William P. Snyder, Spring City, have been named as Pennsylvania's State Capital commissioners. Tuesday, July 30. Paul Alexis, the novelist, is dead, in Paris. Mormonism is reported to be making rapid strides in Germany. tupid bridges in Germany. The Lyons-Mediterranean railroad has purchased a number of American locomotives. GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Natcha, Miss. July 30.—Captain Lyman G. Aldrich, a distinguished ex-Confederate soldier, a prominent Knight of Pythias and Mason, dawned here yesterday of paralysis. Louisville, Ky., July 30.—James F. Grinstead, who was nominated for mayor of Louisville in the Republican primary of July 15, announced yesterday that he would not accept the nomination because of dissatisfaction at the way the primary was conducted. Montgomery, Ala., July 23.—At the constitutional convention yesterday section 45 of the executive department was adopted as follows: "The legislature shall pass such laws as they may deem expedient to suppress the evil practice of dueling." Memphis, Teen, July 30.—Judge John L. T. Sneed died here yesterday. He was an officer in the Mexican war, a brigadier general in the provisional army of Tennessee after the secession of the state, and after the war served on the supreme bench of the state. Parkersburg, W. Va., July 30.—The jury in the Ellis Glenn case is still out. Today they were excused until Tuesday. It is understood they stand ten for acquittal and two for conviction. Ellis Glenn apparently is little affected by the actions of the jury and is in the best of humor, occasioned by her belief that she will be acquitted. Richmond, Va., July 23.—At the constitutional convention yesterday Delegate Richmond, of Scott, presented a resolution requesting all males 16 years of age or over up to 60 years to work three to five days on the public roads and authorizing boads of supervisors to levy a tax of 15 cents on the $100 for road purposes. Georgetown, S. C., July 20.—A boiler in the saw mill of the Winyah Lumber company of this place exploded last night, almost totally wrecking the plant. Three colored hands were killed and seven more injured. A schooner lying at the wharf was damaged by the explosion, and fragments of the machinery were thrown almost into the town. Little Rock, Ark, July 20.—Lewis Haynie, a brother of State Senator Haynie, and Hopkins Halton, both of Camden, were killed, according to a report received here yesterday, by a negro named Siegler, whose house a party of whites attacked late Saturday night near Glennville. There are about 400 negroes to 30 whites in that region, and further trouble is feared. Richmond, Va., July 24.—At the constitutional convention yesterday it was recommended that the governor's salary be reduced from $5,000 to $4,000; that the several offices of auditor, railroad commissioner and public printer be abolished; that every executive office of the state, except the superintendent of the penitentiary, be elected by the people for a term of four years; and that no state official shall receive fees of any kind. Beaufort, S. C., July 25.—It now appears that William Cornish, the negro sailor, who is supposed to have been lynched at Port Royal on Sunday night, was a subject of Great Britain. He came here from the British West Indies on a sailing vessel some weeks ago, and in his deportment towards the whites was insolent, claiming the king of England would protect him. No trace of the missing man or his body has yet been found. Memphis, Tenn., July 25.—Dispatches received here yesterday told of a serious state of affairs at Osceola, Ark., where, it was claimed, Sheriff Bowen and Circuit Clerk Driver refused to vacate their office, although having been removed by the governor. It was said that many persons were armed, and an outbreak was regarded as imminent. A correspondent was sent to Osceola yesterday, and at 8 o'clock last night a telegram was received from him stating that the stories had been exaggerated. Beaufort, S. C., July 24.—During last week a negro sailor named William Cornish entered the homes of several white women at Port Royal and it is alleged attempted assaults upon them. On Sunday he was captured and placed in jail there under guard of a deputy. About midnight last night the screams of a man were heard in the outskirts of the town, followed by six pistol or rifle shots in rapid succession. This morning the deputy was found in the jail tied hand and foot and his prisoner missing. Montgomery, Ala., July 26.—The issue in the constitutional convention yesterday was the grandfather clause in section 4 of the suffrage article. Williams, of Marengo, took the floor in defense of the clause. His people, he said, wanted to get rid of the negro voter and wanted to disfranchise no white man. "The negro," said D. L. Hefflin, of Chambers, "is not fit to vote, and the lively imaginations of the minority cannot paint him so." He answered the plea of Governor Oates for the faithfulness of the old slaves. "They were all right," said Mr. Hefflin, "but are passing away. The time has come when we have got to look after the young bucks." Columbia, S. C., July 26.—The state executive committee last night adopted a resolution ruling esnator McLaurin out of the Democratic party. The action was totally unexpected. The resolution was as follows: "Whereas, The Hon. John H. McLaurin, Jr., senator elected to represent the state of South Carolina in the national congress, has by his affiliations and votes in that body ignored the national Democratic platform and thereby misrepresented his state and his Democratic constituency who elected him; therefore, be it "Resolved. That it is the sense and conviction of the state Democratic executive committee that Senator J. H. McLaurin, from the standpoint of honesty and self-respect, should tender his unqualified resignation immediately." On the Contrary Chicago Man—To be perfectly candid, politics are rotten with us, and I suppose they are with you. Boston Man—On the contrary, politics is rotten, with us—Puck. Commandments "The eleventh commandment," writes a lady to this office, "is to obey the other ten."—Atchison Globe. 5 A Record for Red Tape A Record for Red Tape. According to a Vienna correspondent, a fire recently broke out at Hermannsreuth, an Austrian village near the Bavarian frontier. A Bavarian fire brigade, which was stationed only three miles away, hastened to the rescue, but the Austrian custom house authorities refused to allow the fire engines to pass the frontier before the usual tax on imported machinery was paid. The Bavarian firemen naturally turned back, and half the village was burned down before the nearest Austrian fire brigade was on the scene. Detroit Free Press. Girls and Boys in the Orient Girls And Boys in the Orient. While the birth of a girl is not mourned over in France, as in certain oriental countries, still it certainly does not call forth the triumphant joy caused by the advent of a boy. The tiny outfit has been tied up with blue ribbons in expectation of the hoped-for boy; should a girl be born these are changed for pink.-Ladies' Home Journal. Malaga Grape. Malaga is supposed to be the home of Malaga grapes, but in that particular it is largely a misnomer. Malaga grapes used to flourish in that vicinity many years ago, but there was a blight that killed off most of the vines, and that special brand of fruit is now chiefly grown elsewhere in Spain—N. Y. Sun. Breaking the Record "I see that it costs $82 to fire a single shot from a 16-inch rifled gun." "Is that all? It cost me a cool $1,000 for a single shot from a four-inch revolver." "What did you shoot?" "My neighbor's fancy Jersey cow -Cleveland Plain Dealer. It Was Mutual "Bridget, I didn't like the looks of that man you were entertaining in the kitchen last evening." "Shure, an' same t' you, ma'am, E' said ez how e' wondered Oi could worruk fer th' shipliny thing e' took yez t' be."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Matrimonial Sagacity Dolly—I wouldn't marry a man unless I could look up to him. Polly—Weil, I wouldn't marry a man that I couldn't pretend to look up to, anyway.—Chicago Record-Herald. When the receiver of the Standard Exploration company in London announced a deficit of $2,500,000 through speculation, threats of lynching the directors were freely made. GENERAL MARKET8 Philadelphia, July 30. — Flour firm; winter super fine, $2.29. — Pennsylvania; super clear, $2.35. — city mills, all clear, $2.55. — city fowl slow at, $2.65. — per barrel. Ryder wine at, $2.80. — red spot, $7.10% Corn unchanged. No yellow, local, 60c. Oats steady. 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I hear it beats in morning still sides skies have lost their gloom, and through the woods there runs a thrill that waits Arbutus into bloom. I am it thrill in spouting May— a muffled murmur on the breeze, like mellow thunder in a way, a booming voice of distant seas. In called June I catch its roll, pulsing through the leafy shade; and pain I am to reach its goal, and see the drummer unrailed. Or when the autumn leaves are shed, and frosts attend the fading year, like secret mine sprung by my tread a covey bursts from hiding near. I feel its pulse 'mid winter snows, And feel my own with added force, when red ruff drops his cautious pose, And forward takes his humming course. The startled birches shake their curls, a withered leaf leaps in the breeze— Some hidden mortar speaks, and hurls its feathered missile through the trees. Committal of life of these born of life, of servant wing. A dynamic voice. The drum is music in the spring. Thy flight is music every hour. John Burroughs, in Atlantic. (Copyright, 1991, by Authors Syndicate) THE last warning shout had been given and already the gang plank was being pulled away, when I dashed down it, a bag in either hand and the tails of my mackintosh flying in the air. I landed on the deck with a jump, and down at my heels a most banged my large Gladstone, hurried by the mighty arms of the Liverpool cab driver who had taken me to catch the tender for the American boat. The heavy bag did not stop where it landed, but riccoetched along the smooth deck unlit it bumped upon a respectable Saratoga upon which was sitting a girl with her back turned to the direction of the missile that disturbed her so uneremoniously. She jumped up with a scream. It was useless for me to attempt dissimulation, for the eyes of the entire deckfull of passengers were upon me. The offended young woman, a tall, straight, handsome girl I noticed even then, glanced up upon me. I stammered something foolish, but the brown eyes were unrelenting. In despair, I threw up my hands. "I'm awfully sorry, but I'm not guilty; there is the criminal on the dock." And I pointed to the jehu, who stood on the landing grinning at the mischief he had worked. A sweeping glance of indignation, and I had leisure to study the back of the fair enemy my too athletic driver had made for me. It was worth studying, too. There is a vast deal of character in a back; it is the foundation WAS SUNDAY MORNING WHEN WE SAILED UP THE DELAWARE. which the body is built. As I resumed my errant bag I noticed the mass of dark hair that surmounted the back. Dark hair and brown eyes are always a dangerous combination. After a brief sail down the Mersey, we reached the liner waiting to take us to Philadelphia. Those solid old boats, making no pretence of speed or fashion, were always my favorite Atlantic ferry. The rest and comfort of their ten days' trip make a sea spell enjoyable. I dodged the young lady of the Saratoga as we made the transfer to the Waterland, and for the first few hours of the trip was too busy fixing up my stateroom to go on deck and take a glance at my fellow-passengers. When the dinner-bell rang I was ready with an acute appetite. I found my plate, as an old traveler, beside that of the captain. As luck would have it, on the other side of our official host was seated my girl of the Baratoga. Fortunately, the table was full, as was indeed the entire saloon, for we had not yet reached the open oasis, and our maiden travelers had their first waves to experience. Good Capt. Ebers was busy recognizing a friend here and there and in becoming pleasantly acquainted with those at his table, left my vis-a-vis and myself to the silent occupation of eat-ter. Now and then I dared a look at those brown eyes, but they never met except with a frigid glare. For almost part they roved over the entering saloon, and in them lurked at the rockless exhilaration of time-out passengers. Now morning the girl of the Sara-borne myself entered the saloon at the moment. come the veterans," called by old captain. Except for ourselves the saloon was deserted of passengers. "Wonderful how a little sea will keep our folk to their cabins," as we seated ourselves at the table with an amused glance at the deserted board. Capt. Ebers is a tactful man. He was quick to see the constraint between my fellow "veteran" and myself, and he laughingly said: "Two such hardy travelers should have a formal introduction, though it is usually a superfluous formality on shipboard. Miss Gray, permit me, Mr. James Fisher, our most steady patron; we are thinking of giving him a pension when he gets too old to travel any more. Curious that you never met, for you have both crossed with me many times." The captain rattled on determined to put us at our ease once and for all. Shipboard friendships, especially between hardened travelers, progress rapidly, and once forgiven for the assault the Gladistone made on the Saratoga, Miss Gray and myself became friendly, even to the extent of chuminess. That is her word. I disclaim responsibility. In six days at sea two people will have exhausted all ordinary topics of conversation. Then they begin on affairs that on land would be sacred after a decade's acquaintance. We had the deck to ourselves, and were sitting behind the protection of a deck cabin. I had been, as if I were still a boy, retailing much matter concerning myself and my doings. "And now," I said, as I came to the end of the chapter, "I am actually running away back to America for fear of a marriage happening to me." "You are becoming interesting. Please go on." I ignored the badnage, which, indeed, was unworthy of her. "Yes, it is a fact. My dear Aunt Eliza was planning a descent upon my bachelorhood, with a 'dear girl' in her train; and, knowing auntie's propensities, I just skipped. I shall probably go to the Philippines via San Francisco." "How funny. Just my case, too. Not about going to the Philippines; but I am also running away from a prospective matrimonial alliance. Such things have happened, but wouldn't it be curious if it were we who were running away from one another?" "That would be curious," I assented. "Speak for yourself, please. But, seriously, we must investigate and settle the matter." "That is easily done," I replied. "Do you know my Aunt Lizzie?" "I haven't the pressure." "Then you don't know my Aunt Lizzie, for if you did you would not think of knowing her was a pleasure. That sounds very like a bull, but I think it will stand the test. However, if you do not know my Aunt Lizzie, you certainly can't be the 'dear girl' she was bringing to bear upon me, and, therefore, it is evident that I am not running away from you. Q. E D., as they say in Euclid." "Well, I suppose it is equally sure that you were not the particular man I was running away from." It was Sunday morning when we sailed up the grand old Delaware. Miss Gray and I were leaning over the rail watching the green and gold of the shore as it slowly unfolded before us. A puffing little tug was coming to meet us, and we knew that it contained the health officer and the advance guard of customs men. My companion was unusually silent, and indeed I was in no mood for light conversation. Two people thrown closely together for 11 days find much in common, and then to wrench off that friendship suddenly on entering port when they each go their separate ways, gives pause to the most careless heart. There is something in the companionship formed on the ocean that binds closely. I felt the coming separation, and vaguely, but none the less bitterly, resented it. "Does the sight of home again make you sad? I thought you were a much traveled young lady?" I had no warning of the words that were to come. "I deceived you in a trifling matter, and though the thing is of no consequence, I felt like telling you the truth. I told you in jest that I was in the same boat as yourself, that I, too, was running away from a mate. On the contrary, I am running to meet one. No, not one of my choosing, but one already found for me. I know you will think it strange that I should speak of this at all to you, but I felt that I must tell someone. And then we did discuss one another's affairs so freely that it isn't as if I were telling it to a stranger." The snorting little tug was lying as our feet. We were both watching the white-duck sailors making fast. Her hand was in mine. "Soon neither of us will have to run away," I whispered. Masquerading in the Past. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Venice set the fashion in all matters of amusement and was a sort of combination of our Monte Carlo and Paris. Throughout the eighteenth century the Venetians were seized with a perfect mania for masquerading and gambling. Paris and London followed suit, and the two most popular amusements, both public and private, were masquerades and gambling saloons. People not only wore their masks or visors at balls, but in the Mall and the parks and the theaters. At length matters got to such a pass that when a police raid was made on a certain loose dancing place in Soho and an order was given for every one to unmask, what was the amazement of the police to find that at least a third of the company consisted of ladies and gentlemen of the highest aristocracy, some of whom had even brought their daughters to an entertainment which, to use the words of a contemporary, was "a disgrace for a female even of the lowest class to attend."—Saturday Review. Rule Works Two Ways. As a rule the more a man wants the less he gets—and the rule isn't too stuck up to work near end forward, either.—Chicago Dally News. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA TECHNICALITIES OF THE LAW A divorce granted after the commission of a crime against a third person by a husband is held in state vs. Kodias (Mo.), 51 L. R. A. 509, not to make the former wife a competent witness against him respecting such crime or conversations with the husband during marriage. A merchant who gives to a designated class of customers an opportunity to secure by lot or chance any article of value additional to that for which such customers have paid is held in Meycauz vs. state (Ga.), 51 L. R. A. 409, to violate a penal statute against lotteries or other schemes or devices for harassing money or any valuable thing. A broker through whose efforts a binding contract is made for land between his principal and the owner of the land is held in the case of Roche vs. Smith (Mans.), 51 L. R. A. 510, to have earned his commission, although the owner cannot make good title because of encumbrances not known to the broker. The remedy of the principal is held to be against the third person. A person seeking passage on an electric street car, who signals the car to stop and then attempts to cross the track to get on the proper side for boarding the car and is struck by it, is held in Walker vs. St. Paul City Railway company (Minn.), 51 L. R. 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Emperor William has ordered all German officers on leave in France, in places where there is no garrison, to report their arrival to the local civil authorities within the first 24 hours. With a view of preventing dust from accumulating on the line and blowing into the carriages, the whole of the London & Northwestmain line from London to Carlisle is now ballasted with clean granite chippings in place of cinders. The pig, as is well known, will destroy and cost rattlesnakes with impunity. It is said that the poison is not sufficiently introduced into the circulation to cause death, owing to the thick, adipose layer with which the domesticated pig is covered. At the Brooklyn navy yard work has begun on two novel targets which are shortly to be used in testing the new Gathman gun. Each target will represent a broadside section of the battleship Iowa, and will have the same resisting power as the armor of that vessel. They are to cost $40,000. MEN AND AFFAIRS AT HOME. Rev. 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At first I calculated that he might be mistaking the crests of the waves for feathers, but no, a little reflection convinced me that he wasn't any such a fool dog as to do a thing like that. Then I noticed that he was pointing directly at a white ship that lay out in the harbor. I pulled out my field glasses and took a look at the ship, and then the mystery was made clear. The ship he was pointing at was the United States man-o-war Petrel, and then the man with the shifty eye executed a sudden leap and escaped from the car before his wrathful listeners could hop on him and macerate him. An Emphatic Disagreement. A notable disagreement of a jury occurred in Muncie, Ind. Henry Worfel was on trial for creating a disturbance on a trolley car. The jury was locked up to consider the case, and in about half an hour a tumult arose in the room. Shourn and blaspheny were heard, and when the door was hurriedly opened the black eyes and bloody noses of several of the minors indicated that they had discussed the case with their fists and had emphatically disagreed. TOLD OVER THE TEACUPS. An Indian and a Russian woman are among the graduates of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania this year. Every year shows an increase in the number of women who in traveling employ valets, instead of maids. The valet acts as couries and attends to the luggage. The inauguration of the monument to Rosa Bonheur, which has not been, like most monuments, raised by subscription, but erected by a private individual, took place recently at Fontainebleu. Turkish women, it is said, are becoming more independent every year. Despite of orders to cover the face in public, many boldly let their veils fall aside and keep them off altogether when entering a shop. There are hundreds of women connected with the newspapers of the land as literary, dramatic and art critics, society and general reporters, but the honor of being the only woman city editor is said to belong to Mary M. Lee, of the Titusville (Pa.) Herald. Miss Rebecca Page Knox, daughter of the United States attorney general, is a pretty brunette of 20, and is described by her father as a "level-headed girl." Miss Knox has spent much of her time in study and travel. She is the constant companion of her father in their life life and they are spoken of as comrades. The advent of two Moorish women from the grand vizier's harem, who have accompanied the deputation from the sultan of Morocco to King Edward, is quite a matter of moment. We know little of our sisters in Morocco, for the Moor, as in the olden days, still jeniously guards his women relations from contact with the outside world. Mrs. Louis Botha, wife of the Boer commandant, vindicates women against the asperation that they cannot keep a secret. The most experienced diplomatist was never more discreet than this lady. During her stay in London she has been besought by interviewers and bombarded with letters. But not a soul has the least idea of what is passing through her mind. And she has enjoyed shopping in Regent street as if she had not a care in the world. WHAT WE ARE TOLD. In India and Persia sheep are used as beasts of burden. Belfast is the richest and most populous city in Ireland. The price of medicine in Persia The price of medicine in Prussia is regulated by the state. regulated by the state. A six months' cruise will decrease the speed of a ship 15 per cent. There are 11,700 hotels in Paris, in which there are on an average 240,000 guests. Backwoodsmen of China still use the bow and arrow as a weapon and do very effective work with it. Most civilized nations begin the day at midnight; astronomers and navigators since the time of Ptolemy begin it at noon. On some of the foreign steamship lines the captains are naval officers, and, in case of war, would retain their commands. The Arabic vernacular furnishes a singular illustration of the popularity of war in the east. It has over 50 names for the sword. Remonstrating with policemen, cab drivers and street car conductors is a serious offense in Austria, as all those persons are rated as public officers, to insult whom means imprisonment and fine. FOOTLIGHT NOTES. The Paris theaters give away an average of 8,500 free ticket daily. London people spend on an average seven shillings a year in theater tickets. It is said that Pietro Mascagni, the Italian composer, has signed a contract for an eight weeks' tour in this country with an Italian orchestra, beginning early in the fall, for which he is to receive $90,000. Mme. Melba is a great lover of the River Thames, and for the third year in succession has taken a charming little house at Marlow, above London, in the Quarry Woods, with a lawn which runs down to the Thames. Do not bathe when tired. Avoid bathing when cooling off after perspiring freely. Leave the water immediately if the slightest feeling of chilliness is observed. Persons whose heads and feet have a feeling of numbness after being in the water a short time should not bathe in the open air. A strong and vigorous person may bathe early in the morning before breakfast, but young children and adults who are not strong should not bathe until at least two hours after eating. OUAKER REFLECTIONS. Winks sometimes speak louder than words. It's an ill wind that blows the doctor good. Some people who buy spring lamb have the wool pulled over their eyes. The rate at which some people live is only regulated by the question of how much credit they can get. "Here is a coin," said the collector, "that I am sure is valuable, but it is so old and worn that I cannot tell just what it is." "Can't make head or tail of it, eh?" remarked the man who wasn't much interested in antiquities—Philadelphia Record. His Retort. Waiter (suavey)—Yes'r, that's the exact amount of your bill; but—er-h'm—you have forgotten the waiter, sir. Guest (savagely)—Yell, I didn't eat the waiter, did I?—Puck. A QUEER MEMENTO. It Explains Why a Youthful Prodigal Returned to His Doting Mamma and How Beauty Affected a Bellboy. The actress, recently returned from a season made up largely of barnstorming, was unpacking her trunk, under the cormorantlike eyes of her stay-at-home friend. The latter knew the loathing with which garments associated with one-night stands are forever viewed when the tour is over, and she always found it to her advantage to be on hand when the trunk was turned upside down. Suddenly she plunged an arm into its disordered depths and drew out a small something, at which she gazed in horror. "Well!" she declared, "I understood that one-night stands shatter the nerves and reduce the strongest brain to more or less idiocy; but never, never, did I think that I should find in the trunk of a friend of mine a piece of chewing gum!" The actress gazed at the accusing morsel and smiled. "That is a token, my dear; not an ordinary piece of vulgarity. You see, I kept one-half and he kept the other." "Worse and worse!" gasped her friend. "Never yet have I known you to stoop to the chewing-gum kind. Who was he, and is it serious?" "Serious is the word for it. I admit. I met him in a 'one-horse' town in Missouri under the most romantic circumstances. I really thought I had had some experience with the sex, but he went beyond anything I have been accustomed to. I went to the hotel the night we arrived and rang the bell for a pitcher of hot water. A boy about 15 or 16 you couldn't tell his age, for his figure was young and his face was old—answered my ring. He brought the water, set down the jug, and, as I supposed, left the room. When I turned there he was, staring at me. 'Can't I do anything else for you?' "DON'T YOU WANT NOTHIN'?" he said. I thanked him and said no. In a few minutes he was back again. 'Will you be hungry when you come back from the theater?' They always are. You can't get nothin' to eat here at that time, you know.' I blessed the boy, and asked him if he would leave some sandwiches in my room before he went home. That night he was waiting on a bench in the hall, his pockets stuffed full with moist and crushed eatables. He didn't want to take any money for them, and seemed hurt when I insisted. He stood there again, watching me eat his provender. Finally he said: 'Ain't you young to be on the stage?' I said no, I was the age of the others in the company. 'Well,' said he, 'you look different from any actress I ever see.' After that, of course, I was his slave. "When we left, strange to say, I couldn't find him to say good-by to him, and I went away wondering if his feelings had been too much for him, or if he had lost his tenderness for me as suddenly as he acquired it. At the station there he was, however. I went up to him to shake hands. 'Thank you so much'—I was beginning, when he cut me short. 'I'm comin' along,' said he. The company was in ecstasies o. mirth. On all sides I was teased about being followed by an infatuated bellboy, and, as for me, I didn't know what to make of it. He sat in the same car with us, at the back. After several hours he came up to me and took the vacant seat beside me. 'Want to know why I come along?' he asked. I did want to know, decidedly. 'Well,' he explained, 'you see, I left mother three years ago, 'count of wanting to see something of the world, and that. I hadn't ougher done it, but I done it just the same. She's been a-writing for me to come home, but I didn't just feel like goin'. Guess I was some 'shamed'. But when I hear you was goin' right past home, I says: "Till go along, sure I will." And that's what I done, too. I get off pretty soon. Good-by.` Pe stuck out a grimy hand, which I grasped vigorously. I said the proper things about being good to his mother and not running away again. He nodded sagely and rose to go. Then he turned round. 'Have a piece of gum,' he said, sticking out a bit at me. 'Thanks, I don't chew,' I said. 'Take a piece, anyway,' he insisted, tenderly. And so I did. He got off at the next station and waved his hat to me as he trudged up the road toward his home. I threw the gum into my handbag and subsequently into my trunk. It seemed a breach of faith to throw it away. I hope he'll make his old mother happy." "How would you define diplomacy?" asked the student. "Diplomacy," answered the man of experience, "is the art of conducting a quarrel without becoming visibly angry."—Washington Star. Costa Mesa Dwell—Except that the initiation fees are higher—Brooklyn Life. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA INDIAN SHOPPERS. Redskin Have a High Old Time Whenever Uncle Sam Pays Them Their Allowance. Arkansas City, Kan., is quite a trading point for the Indians from the territory. One day a number of bucks and squaws rode into town single file, tier their ponies in a bunch, and out to spend their last allowance from Uncle Sam. The first place they came to was a furniture store, the owner of which had chanced to display a lot of old-fashioned, bright-colored ball fringe in the window. They gave a few significant grunts, walked in, and purchased the entire stool, proceeding SLAPPED THE BOY'S FACE. then and there to bedeck themselves. Those that wore the big gray felt hats pinned a band of the fringe around the brim, with the balls dangling; some made necklaces and bracelets of it, and others used it for belts, while all that was left they looped fantastically over their red blankets. There were broad grins of satisfaction on their faces, when suddenly the leader said: "Eat," and off they strode in search of food. One squaw, says the Detroit Free Press, got a big sack full of bananas and, calmly seating herself in the middle of the pavement in the busiest part of the town, began to devour them. This was too much for a group of small boys near by. They immediately dared the bravest of their number to steal or beg a banana. As the former was far from safe, he put on a hungry, woe-begone look and approached, gesticulating and saying: "Me cat!" The squaw eyed him unblinkingly and went on bolting bananas. But with his companions guying him from a distance, the urchin would not give up, so the pantomime continued until the last banana disappeared, when she rose with a bounce, slapped its skin full in the boy's face, and strode off after more. NELTON WAS BRUTAL. That Is Why His Good Wife Will Never Againn Buy a Box of Cigars for Him. Mrs. Nelton, asserts the Chicago Tribune, is not going to buy any more cigars for her husband. She almost believes now that all the jokes in the comic papers anent the kind of cigars wives buy for their husbands are true. She has insisted ever since Christmas when she bought the first box of cigars for Mrs. Nelton on purchasing all his tobacco for him. Mr. Nelton thought it would be too bad to tell his wife just how bad the cigars were, since her only object in buying them was to contribute to his pleasure, so he smiled as sweetly as SMOKED LIKE A LITTLE HERO he could and smoked the cigars like a little hero. But in an unguarded moment the other night the truth came out. Mrs. Nelton awoke some time after midnight with a start. "John, John," she gasped, "there's a burglar in the house." "O, think not," said her husband, sleepily. "Yes there is," gasped Mrs. Nelton. "I know it. He is in the dining-room. I heard him lighting one of your cigars." "One of those 'Pride of the Tenement' that you gave me?" "Yes, that was the last box I bought." "All right," said John, turning on his side and shutting his eyes again. "Leave him alone. We'll find his deed body on the floor to-morrow morning." Mrs. Nelton says that John can just buy his own old cigars now. Wolves in Northern Canada Wolves are increasing alarmingly in the forest lands of northern Canada. This is accounted for by e increase in the herds or leer through out the country. As U deer have multiplied, so have the wolves, which prey upon them. Reward of Merit Aunt Julie—Now, Tommy, that's a nice boy! Do the churning, and as a reward I'll let you turn the wringer for the new washing machine.—Harper's Bazar. Explanations Unnecessary. Mamma (to Freddie, just returned from a call upon his aunt)—Well Freddie, what did auntie say? Freddie (disgustedly)—Don't, Freddie.—Brooklyn Life. IN THE REALM OF POETRY. Courage! Best partner of our joys and woes! 'Een in the darkest hour of earthly ill, Newest dammed, thy welcome beacon glows. Throbs with each pulse, and beats with every thrill! Bright o'er the wasted some thou hover- est still. Anger of comfort to the fading soul, Undaunted by the tempest and chill, Whose angry and disastrous blows roll, And taint what thou hast done with death and dole! When sorrow rendes the heart with feverish pain. And wrings hot drops of anguish from the brow. To soothe the soul, to cool the burning brain, O, who so welcome and so true as thou The battle's blood-dimmed scene and angry glow. The thigh-enriched pillow of distress. The lonely moment of excluded woe. Alike thy guidance and thy worth confess. Alike thy valor and thy friendship bless, -Robert Mackay, in Success. Yer Mother Wha'd yer do without yer mother? How'd yer know what things was right? How'd yer know what was frightened? Who would hear yer prayers at night? How'd yer keep yer cloes thegather? How'd yer dast ter hev, a stick, Ef thar wan't no ma ter help yer, What could fix yer up right quick? Thar's sometimes yer ma she licks yer, (Though perhaps yer ougher be); Pr'aps yer been a-makin' faces, Oa-a fightin' with Bob Lee); But you may be mother— Not fer more'n a dozen farms; Fer thar's nuthin' dast ter touch yer W'en yer in yer mother's arms. An' one time I knew a felter What jes' didn't have no ma— Don't it seem like that was awful? Oh. o' course, he had er pa; But th' pas ain't mas, no siree! W'en a felter's felice bad; An' beck' is a housewife Ef a pa wuz all I had —Detroit Free Press. The Plains of Peace. Thus in the night I heard The voices of one Whose heart and soul were stirred To reach the sun. Anon, across the yeas I heard him cry: "O give me back the fears The hopes gone by! "The lowly ways were best The vale and glen. Where I could toll—and rest With other men. --Charles Hanson Towne, in Youth's Companion. Oh, for a breath of the pure, fresh air That blows through the country lane; That is where the sun grazes where They gather the golden grain— Oh, to be out at Uncle Dan's, Where the sky spreads broad and blue When the cream is thick in the shining pans. And there's joy in the work men. Where they've got them 'electrical fans to blow And kin live in a decent style. Where there's nothin' to do and sights to And people can hear the chink Of the chunks of ice that in their tea And the other stuff they drink. —S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. Enchantment The perfect hush of summer broods o'er all; The distant masses of blue, misty trees; The sleeping clouds, like spell-bound palaces, Like snow, nor head the parting call Of yon belated cuckoo. As in three The river scarely moves; the gentle breeze Is softer than the murmur of bees; And even the dew will hardly dare to fall. This charmed peace has brought my soul so near To Nature's heart of deep tranquillity, That all the world is far removed from me; And all my thoughts, as always, turn to thee. It seems a hundred years since thou and I? James Slainey, in Chambers' Journals An Ideal. 'n' doughin' at every turn That summer is singin' the whole day long, An' we get to thinkin' it wholly wrong To be takin' things easy. Takin' things easy, with duty done, An never thought of fear When the shaman's eyes the set of sun An 'the moon an' the stars draw near- The real reward that a man kin claim In the search fur wisdom an' wealth an' fame Is to chance, some time, without risk of death To be takin' things easy -Washington Star. Summer Clouds Swinging through that cope of blue, Blending off from snowy whiteness, To a grayish dappled hue. Listless, lazy, language, bolting, Piled against the eastern sky; Hurrying, skurrying, onward ever, Rolling, romping, rushing by. Battlements of wondrous grandeur, Lying low against the sky; Edged with quaint fantastic figures, Sinking, drifting, drop from view. Wayward, wandering cloudlets jostle And sweep by with lost sali; Lost to view and lost forever, To the mortal in life's vase. —Arthur R. Ford, in Canadian Magazine The Born Commander. His parents proudly looked at him When he in childhood lay, And marveled at his strength of jaw, And wondered at the way His brow projected over his eyes, And marveled at his hands, And said: "T's plain enough that he Was born to give commands." He rides down through the streets to-day, And off he lifts his hand And fiercely jerks the rope above His head and gives command. His head is front!" and when Forgetful women drive To loiter on the step he yells: "Come, now, be lively there!" -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald A Clever Retort The tongue is a very sharp weapon, and those who use it should be prepared to receive a stab in return. At a reception in Washington, the daughter of a famous man of aristocratic tendencies met a western lady, who said: "I have had the pleasure of meeting your father, Miss Blank." "I dare say," said the younger lady, languidly. "Papa, in his position, "I should judge so," replied the western lady, like a flash, "especially when he is at home!" -Golden Days. A Delicate Position. "It was very embarrassing," said Mr. Stormington Barnes. "Very embarrassing indeed. I fear the lady thought me rude; but rather than be suspected of egotism I kept silence." "What has happened?" "Our hostess asked me who is the greatest living actor. How could I avoid misinforming her without appearing to indulge in self-praise?"—Washington Star. She Was an Exception They had protested they were each other's first and only love. "And this engagement ring—" he was beginning. "I do not care for it. It's a style I'm not used to." "Then let me tell you, you are the only girl who ever declined it on that account." -Philadelphia Times. Reasoning by Analogy Mr. Bronston—Mr. and Mrs. Upton both had on new suits in church today. Mrs. Upton's dress was tailor-made. Mrs. Broneton—Huh! How do you know it was tailor-made? Mr. Bronston—Beeause Mr. Upton's clothes were ready-made.—N. Y. Weekly. Against Her Rule "Cholly Dinsmore proposed to me last night," confided Miss Bunting to Miss Killduff. "Did you ask him if he could support you in the style to which you had been accustomed?" "O, dear, no. I never ask men who propose to me that question."—Detroit Free Press. He Wouldn't Be Busy "Let me see the funny paper," urged the little one. "But I'm looking at it," replied her father. "Oh, well," she returned. "you can look at it after supper, for you don't have to go out to play."—Chicago Post. Easily Defined Inquiring Youth—Pa, what is a discriminating and differential duty? Pa—A discriminating and differential duty, my son, is that sort of duty which impels your mother to call me "darling" in the parlor, and something else after the company has gone home. —N. Y. Times. Paradoxical Prevarication. "John Henry," said Mrs. Glivimfitz to her husband, who had excused his late arrival by saying that he had sat up with a sick friend, "that is not only a barefaced lie, but it is such an old excuse that it has whiskers on it."—Baltimore American. Another Version The tramp, he tackled a brand new bride And asked her for something to eat; "Will you give me some bread?" (but he meant a whole meal); She consented with smiles that were sweet. She brought him the half of a loaf, and said: "Here some of my very own!" He told her then failed: "I asked you for bread And what do you give me?—a stone!" PhdDelphia. Bulletin. Miss Weary (listening to the steam-boat whistle) - I wish that dreadful noise would stop. It makes me feel nervous. Mr. Porem - Is that so? Do you know, I don't think I have such a thing as a nerve about me? "Indeed! What do you call it, then, gall?" - Harlem Life. A Flavored Stick "Why, he had the head of his cane flavored with wintergreen and blood orange. Now he has such a pleasant taste after holding it in his mouth awhile." -Chicago Daily News. Poker in the West "So he died with his boots on?" interrogated the man on the coach. "Yes, stranger," responded Amber Pete, "he had a little halit of slipping aces in them an' the boys didn't give him a chance to take them off." —Chicago Daily News. The Custale House Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT Meals At All Hours, New Phone, 1261. Wm. Oustalo, Prep H. F. Jonathan Fish Oysters & Produce Orders will receive prompt attention Phone 157. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited J. MR3. MARTH, the world renowned and highly celebrated business and test Medium reveals everything. No imposition. 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THE PLANET SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 1901 THE COMPANY'S SHARE. Enique Plan Followed by an Eastern Railway Conductor in Dividing Up Cash Receipta. "Ive heerd it said," remarked the rural traveler to the conductor of the suburban train, "thet, in spite of what folks sez about big combinations and syndicates grindin' down the laborin' man an' swindin' the poor, the company doesn't always get the best of it." "No, not always," said the conductor. "But how kin a conductor—well, now, not bein' pussal, but you fer CHANGED THE NOTE INTO SILVER CHANGED THE NOTE INTO SILVER. instance, how could you git the best of the company just takin' up tickets of which the company knows just how many is issued?" "You can't get the best of it on tickets," replied the conductor, "but sometimes a passenger boards a train in such a hurry that he hasn't time to purchase a ticket and we collect his fare in cash. I knew a conductor once, Bill Seruggins was his name, who made considerable out of cash fares; and yet Bill claimed that he always gave the company its proper portion." "How's that?" asked the rural traveler. "Well, Bill has a good route for cash fares—he used to run an accommodation—and when he came near his last station he'd take all the money he had collected and throw it up in the air. Whenever part of it stuck to the bell rope he gave to the company, the rest was his." "I expect the wear and tear on that there bell rope didn't amount to a great deal." "I expect you're right about that; and yet they say that a ten-dollar bill got caught on it one day." "Then I suppose he turned that in the company?" "Well, I believe Bill did friend turning in that note; but when he took it down he found it was folded so derned peculiar that it just had to stick to that bell rope it it come anywhere near it, and so he didn't think he'd had a square deal." "What did he do about it?" "Had a passenger change the note into silver and threw it up again." MARVELOUS SWIMMER. Seven - Year - Old Girl Performs Aquatic Feats That Are a Surprise to Experts. Little Elaine Golding, although only seven years old, is a marvelous swimmer, and has proved herself to be a champion of this useful art in many contests. In fact, she has won 38 gold and silver medals for showing just how much better and faster she could KING READY FOR A DIVE. swim than other ambitious young swimmers. She may be seen any day at Bath Beach, L. I., performing strange aquatic feats with her older sisters, Ethel and Florence, who are also perfectly at home in the water. Elaine learned to swim when she was only three years old, and she can now float and swim for hours at a time with perfect ease. One of her daily duties is to dive from the Captain's pier, to get to the water below. For Decency's sake, Burdstone, lend me $150, will pay for, old fellow?" I want to pay my wife's funeral expenses." Mainly." Check for the amount and date over.) To hear of your wife's death, When did she die?" year and a half ago. The man I'm going to marry to the bill has got to be so much obliged to "Chicago Tribune T. W. MITCHELL MONUMENT A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN. More Money Contributed. A Plea to Those Who Have Subscribed to Settle Up. Everything points to a grand success on the occasion of the unveiling of the monument to Col. Thomas William Mitchell, late Adjutant General of the Virginia Brigade, August 26th, 1901. A great amount of interest is being manifested by friends all over the state and great preparations are being made by them to be present on this occasion. There will be excursions from Norfolk, Hampton and Newport News. From this section over three (300) hundred Uniformed Knights will come to take part in the parade and exercises in memory of their late comrade in arms. The Monument Association desires to thank the many friends who have so readily responded to our appeal. Among those who have contributed recently are the following: John S. Powell, $1.00 Wm. E. Atsins, M. D., Hampton, 1.00 Onley Council, 168, I. O. St. Luke, 2.50 Sylvia Court, No. 105, $10.00 Blooming Lily Lodge, 15.00 Fulton Lodge, 42, $2.00 Royal Lodge, 26, $5.00 Narcissus Court, 229, $5.00 Unity Lodge, 24, $5.00 Commonwealth Lodge, 81, A.F.M., 2.00 Planet Court, 137, $5.00 Robert S. Forrester, $1.00 The monument will be of best Blue Granite, and will stand when completed 12 feet, 8 inches high. It will rest on a mound 1 foot high, giving it quite an imposing appearance. The cost of the stone is $200.00. The other expenses incident to the unveiling will run it considerably over that amount. Invitations have been sent to the various organizations. We are making our last appeal and it is our earnest desire that all who have subscribed will pay up at once, and all lodges and courts will respond as liberally as possible and help us to clear up every item of expense. Full reports as to receipts and disbursements will be rendered through the columns of the PLANET. Any information desired concerning the Association can be obtained by applying at Headquarters of the T. W. Mitchell Monument Association, 305 N. 2nd Street. The Thos. W. Mitchell Monument Association, B. H. PEYTON, Pres.; J. A. SMITH, Sec. FROM WORCESTER Lost the Race-Items of Interest. WORCESTER, MASS., July 22, 1901. Major Taylor was beaten badly last night by Nelson of Chicago. That will be news for all wheelmen. He left on the late train for Washington, where he is to race on the 23rd and at Baltimore on the 24th. A. H. Johnson, the drummer boy of 62 has his order book of engagements this year filled or nearly filled. He is well-known all through the New England States as the best trick drummer in the states. Boston, July 21.—Benjamin H. Brown, colored waiter, who shot and killed Mrs. Alice Crowell, white, at the Hotel Rexford, made a confession to the police. His case also came up before Judge Bennett in the afternoon and he pleaded "Not guilty." Preliminary hearing was fixed for July 26th. N. B. Marshall, colored, will look after Brown's interests. It was a love affair, although she had a husband. Mr. John Abbett, one of our old residents got married to a New Bedford lady July 24th. There was quite a number in attendance. The residents of our city made great to do about giving Major Taylor a reception, when he was in Europe. Now he is at home, we don't hear anything of the reception at all. Worcester, wake up, Major Taylor is at home. Mr. George Rengles of 46 Dewey St., was married to Miss Mabel Oxford, of Gardner. There will be a reception at their residence Thursday, Aug. 1st. It has been rumored around that Roger Wolcott Club has its gotten license granted them. We hope it is so, and we hope that they will take warning and run it in a manner so they can get it again next year. Miss A. Ada Bell has taken a position in Whitinsville as governess for the summer. She will be missed by her friends very much. Rev. W. H. Cuffy went to Atlantic City on the 25th last to attend to some business of importance. F. J. SPELLMAN FROM FULTON. The Sunday School Mass-meetings at the Mt. Calvary and Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Churches last Sunday at 4 p.m. were grand successes. Rev. J. J. Woodson delivered an excellent address. Rev. F. W. Williams made a few pointed remarks. The children rendered an excellent program. The excursion to West Point on last Monday was a grand success. The Mt. Calvary Baptist Church will give a grand excursion to De Witt on the 19th inst. Get ready and go with them. The Rising Mt. Zion will have a grand rally next Sunday. Come out and help them. Little Henry Fisher was very seriously injured by a horse last Monday. His skull was very badly factured. Miss Daisy Calloway and Mrs. Sallie Thompson visited Mrs. Calotta Calloway this week. Miss Cassie P. Harris and Mrs. Calloway left for Phoebus last Monday morning. Little Minnie Yancey is quite ill with typhoid fever. Mrs. Clara Tyler and her two sons will take a trip to Lawrenceville in a few days. Mr. Lee Roy Morris, the leader of the choir of Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church and a faithful worker in the church left on the 19th instant to visit his sister in Trenton, N. J. We hope him a pleasant stay. Messrs. Robert Roy and Andrew Anderson have gone into business in Newport News, Mr. Roy being in the tailoring business and Mr. Anderson in jewelry business. May they have excellent success. Messrs. Adolphus E. White, Thomas Jones and Thomas Beverly are doing good business on Graham St. Each of the three gentlemen are accommodating. Call and see them. Mr. White has renewed his wagon. Mr. Jones has recently purchased a fine horse and wagon. Mr. John Noel is doing good business on Fulton street. The Business Association of Fulton is doing well with its ice-cream parlor and confectionery. Give them a call. Mr. William Dickerson, the clerk, is always pleasant and will treat you nicely. REPORT OF THE CONDITION —OF THE— NICKEL SAVINGS BANK. At Richmond; in the Commonwealth of Va., At The Close of business, July 15th, 1901, Made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ 5,120.25 Furniture and Fixtures 1,600.00 Current expenses and taxes paid 370.42 Checks and other cash items 317.00 Exchanges for clearing-house. 122.00 Specie, nickles and cents 1,826.28 Paper Currency 3,127.00 Total $12,482.95 Mississippi Virginia Bossiex Fannie Eaton and Hattie Brown are on the slack list FROM THE WEST END. Next Tuesday, August 6th is the date, 8:30 o'clock a. m. is the time to go with Fifth Baptist Sunday School to Spottswood Park. Messrs M. L. Crittenden, Wm. E. Ferguson, John Cosby, Jeff Martin will sell you a ticket. Adults, 50 cents; children under 12 years old, 25 cents for the round trip. All orderly persons are cordially invited. Take S. A. L. train, Broad and 15th Sts. Will not stop in Manchester going but will stop on return trip. M. G. LEWIS, Manager; W. H. CARTER, Sec'y; Rev. Davis' Effort. Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M. preached a most able and soul-stirring sermon at the First Baptist Church, Sunday morning 21, ult. from the subject, "Our Love Toward God," It aused much favorable comment and made a marked impression upon the congregation. Excluded Members Dropped. The Pilgrim Baptist Church in her regular business meeting after hearing from the Bethlehem Baptist Church, being represented by a committee composed of the pastor, Rev. B. H. Jackson, and several of his officers concerning her, the Bethlehem's excluded members, namely Messrs Nelson Taylor, Benjamin Johnson and Henry Brown which was proved that, they were, oratory. warned that they were excluded. Then the Pilgrim Baptist Church voted unanimously to drop their names and ordered it to be printed. Done by order of the Pilgrim Baptist Church. Rev. W. L. WEATHERLY, Pastor, ROBERT CHANDLER, Clerk. Auxiliary Calanthe Club of Peters- burg. PETERSBURG, VA., July 18th, 1901, Anxious Calanthe Club of Petersburg, Va. to form a Court of the same name was organized, July 7th, 1901 by Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor, Sister Anna Taylor, the tireless worker of the Courts of Virginia. Our city is all alow with the spirit of Calantheism now, and very soon we expect to have one of the largest courts in the State. We have a large club and new names are added at every meeting. We are anxious to make up for the time lost by not having a court here before. July 21st, 1901 our club had the honor of a visitor in the person of Miss Marietia L. Chiles, Grand Worthy Register of Deeds, who accompanied Sister Taylor and much valuable explanation on all points in the order were given by her and enjoyed by all. We hope to have her over again soon. The following are the officers of the club: Pres., Sister Anna Taylor; Sec'y, Mrs. Mary Newton, Ass't Sec'y, Miss Lottie E. Wood; Treasurer, Mrs. Luvenia Batts Chairman of committee, Mrs. Lonnie Hasting. THE COLORED FAIR AT TASLEY, VIRGINIA. Aug. 13, 14, 15, 16, 1901. PROMISES TO BE THE MOST CAP- TIVATING AFFAIR OF THE SEASON. -A'T- The managers are sparing no pains in setting the grounds in a tasty order. The circle is being prepared for speedy flights and several jockeys are availing themselves of the opportunity of educating their horses how to come down the horse track. One of the drivers gave his horse her head some days ago and the 'test was equal to the task.' The gait she pulled the bike is only a secret to be made known at the Fair if necessary. We hope no one will be unnerved but be prepared vigorously to meet competition. The grand stand and ladies' ball are being beautified with a coat of paint. The exhibition hall has special facilities for display and safe keeping of articles. Nothing is overlooked or undervalued by the managers. We hope the friends and patrons will show their appreciation and manifest their interest by producing something to put on exhibition. We ask the ladies especially to show their in needle work, bakery, cannery, and culinary line, while the gentlemen will make full the agricultural, mechanical and stock departments. The railroad authorities have given special trains and excursion rates to visit our Fair at Tasley, Va., August 13, 14, 15, 16th. We send a cordial invitation to the public to visit our Fair this season and be courteously conducted through the thoroughfares of same. The merry-go-round and other amusements will be there. Read our weekly articles through these columns and follow them up to the Fair. For any information, write to J. D. UZZLE, Sec'y, Accomac C. H.; or SAM'L L. BURTON, Onancock, Va. 8-3-3t. REPORT OF THE CONDITION —OF THE— NICKEL SAVINGS BANK. At Richmond; in the Commonwealth of Va., At The Close of business, July 15th, 1901, Made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. RESOURCES Loans and discounts . . . $ 5,120.25 Furniture and Fixtures . . . 1,600.00 Current expenses and taxes paid . . . 370.42 Checks and other cash items. . . 317.00 Exchanges for clearing-house. . . 122.00 Specie, nickels and cents . . . 1,826.28 Paper Currency . . . 3,127.00 Capital stock paid in . . . $ 5,920.00 Surplus fund . . . 1,100.00 State of Virginia, City of Richmond. ss: 1. E. A. Washington, Cashier of the above named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. 2. E. A. WASHINGTON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 29th day of July, 1901. ALLEN G. COLLINS, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: R. F. TANCIL, Directors R. J. BASS, J. HENRY JONES. TO THE LADIES. OUR MONTHLY REGULATOR has made hundreds of women happy. There is no remedy known that will so surely and quickly bring relief. It is perfectly safe and never fails. All packages sent securely sealed by Mail or express. Price $2.00. OXFORD MEDICAL CO. Rumford Falls, Maine, Box 1147. 8-2- Im. Captain Thomas M. Crump, has been in Stanton, Va., several weeks in the interest of the Southern Aid Association. He is doing good work and makes encouraging reports from the field. Col. John R. Chiles after a two weeks furlough has returned to duty looking well. He seemed to think the vacation has improved his health during this hot spell. Notice U. R. K. of P. The Brigadier General will attend a meeting of the 1st Regiment at the Pythian Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd St., Wed. April 16, 2015. Numbers are earnestly requested to attend. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Dear Co-Workers: After considering the various interests of our Convention, the Board, after consultation with Rev. R. C. Quarles, G. P. Inge, Esq., Rev. R. B. Hardy, Rev. Toliver and other friends of Charlottesville, with whom the Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention will meet, has decided to have the Convention convene on the original date, AUGUST 21st, 1901, at the First Baptist Church of which Rev. R. C. Quarleg is pastor. All Schools, Unions, Conventions, Associations, etc., are urged to take notice of the above statement. Send names of delegates and representatives to Rev. R. C. Quarles as soon as elected, so that ample provisions may be made for entertaining them. R. T. HILL, President; W. P. EPPs, Chairman; NELSON WILLIAMS, JR., Sec'y. jy-13-4t VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE SUN- BAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. Danville, Va., July 5th, 1901. To the Sunday-Schools, Associations, Unions, and all connected with the VIRGINIA BAPTIST STATE SARBATH- SCHOOL CONVENTION,-Greeting: We take this means of calling your attention to the fact that the annual meeting of your Convention will con- vene with the First Baptist Church Sun- day-School[of Charlottesville, Va., on Thursday before the fourth Lord's Day in August, 1901. The state B. Y. P. U. will hold its annual meeting also on Wednesday preceding, so that all delegates who desire to do so may have an opportunity to attend the sessions of both bodies. It may be useless to remind you that it is your duty to be represented at this gathering, as you have been so very dutiful in the past. But we are living in an active, earnest, and progressive present. Conditions have changed. New issues are to be met, and if you are convinced that the position taken by the Convection up on the surface are that now being agitated in our States the best calculated to advance our interests as a denomination and as a people, then show your faith by your works by being represented at Charlottesville. It is the earnest desire of the Board that our representation shall be larger and our contributions greater than at any previous session. See to it, brethren, that you send up more money for Home Missions. The Board cannot successfully do the work we have undertaken unless you contribute more liberally. Do not forget our Educational work. We have obligations that are pressing. They must be met. Union University, Hartshorn College and Spiller Academy all expect help at your hands. Let all be remembered. At our last session we decided to do our Foreign Mission work through the Lot Carey Foreign Mission Convention. Send up, therefore, something with which to carry out this obligation. Come to Charlottesville. Come with a renewed zeal. Come with a determined and fixed purpose to support and advance all the objects for which our Convention stands. The Convenion will meet on the original date Aug. 21, 1901. Reduced rates will be secured over al-railroad lines leading into Charlottesville! Let every School, Association and Union join in the cry: On to Charlottesville. Yours for God and humanity. R. T. HILL, W. F. GRASTY. President, Corresponding Secretary. jy 20 4t The Greatest Offer Yet! WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDY YOUR PICTURE HAND THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. They can be worn by either male lions. We have made special arrangement to furnish all new subscribers, who possess these handsome Medallion free of charge together with a good Photograph of the colors and we will send the button. Enclose 5 cents extra to pay postage will be refunded. Send us one yearly yearly subscribers, two Medallions. Now is the time to take advantage price of the subscription. 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