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THE RICHMOND PLANET A WHITE LADY SPEAKS. THE BURNING OF COLOR- ED MEN. HORRIBLE CONDIDIONS IN CONVICT CAMPS Official Reports Cited.—Senator Dietrick's Proposition. VOL. XVIII NO. 367 A WHITE LADY THE BURNING ED MH HORRIBLE CONDIDIONS I Official Reports Cited.—Senator During the past week two colored men have been burned at the stake. The accounts as they are given in South ern papers are heartrending in the extreme. But in neither case was there any pity shown by the infuriated mob nor by the citizens who witnessed the awful scene; on the contrary, cheers vent the air. Where, oh where! are we drifting? How long must the young be educated in witnessing scenes that would disgrace a heathen nation? God only knows. is it that we never read of such assaults on women during the civil war when they were left unprotected? If one-half of the accounts of assaults on white women by colored men are true, is there not some hidden wrong concealed from the eyes of the world? The papers tell us that Joe Washington, who was burned at the stake last Saturday night denied to the very last having committed any assault on the woman. Be that as it may, there is no doubt but Joe Washington was a bad man. The papers tell us that he had served two long terms in the penitentiary. The Georgia Penitentiary Report for 1896 tells me that Joe Washington was then serving a five years' term in Brown's camp at Dade coal mines for "Larceny from the house." He was then 25 years of age. It was from this camp that the young colored man, Neal Smith was taken from the stockade and burned at the stake in the fall of 1896. He had left the stockade, not being shackled as many were, and committed an unmentionable crime for which he was burned. In the winter of 1896—97, the legislative investigating committee made a special investigation of the penitentiary camps, I think twenty-six in all. I will give a few extracts from the report as given in the Georgia papers. "In the Dade county mines a most revolting state of moral depravity—depravity not to be described in print—was found to exist, with the knowledge of the Superintendents." The convicts, and also guards, gambled, etc. "Many of the convicts were naked to the waist and few of them had shoes." They were nearly starved, besides having no fire to warm themselves by even when they had to go barefooted through snow. They were flogged unmercifully, and one system of punishment was declared by the committee to be "the worst ever inflicted by one human being upon another." The convicts, nine-tenths of whom were colored, as all the convicts of Georgia are, were worked in the coal mines; the old criminals and boys of tender years were herded together like brute beasts and treated as such. Is it any wonder that human beings, emerge from such schools of crime, such hells upon earth, criminals of the highest grade? The corresponding secretary of the Conference of Charities and Corrections said in her last report, concerning the colored boy criminals in Alabama: "They go out half-devil and half-bearst." She adds: "How can we expect that brutal assaults will cease while we are thus making brutes of human beings?" Now what are we going to do? All such ex-convicts cannot be burned at the stake. It is said that the newly elected U. S. Senator of Nebraska, Charles H. Dietrich, who has seen convict-camp life in the South in all of its horrors, intends to bring this subject before Congress next winter with a view of bettering the condition of the convicts. Let all who reads these lines write at once to Senator Dietrich and implore him to go on with his scheme. Any letter sent him and is addressed, United States Senate, Washington, D. C., will reach him. Should he need any additional information concerning the present conditions of convict camps, let him call at 120 Tenth St., S. E., Washington, D. C. CLARISSA OLDS KEELER. August 16. 1901. Rev. Lewis Called. Rev. P. S. Lewis, B. D., who has been the General Missionary of the General Association of Virginia has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church at Lexington, Va. The Elder has the call under consideration and if he consents to accept, the church will be fortunate in obtaining the services of such a tireless worker. Mrs. Ida Belle Seay, Jr., left the city Saturday for Powhatan Co., to visit her sister-in-law, Mrs. Willie Seay, who has spent the summer in Amelia Co. They will spend a week in Powhatan, Bellhead and Rockbridge with her sister, Mrs. William Walton. R. W. G. Counell, L. O. of St. Luke, State of Virginia. The R. W. G. Council is now in session at the 3rd St. A. M. E. Church and has been since Tuesday morning, the 20th inst. R. W. G. Chief, Mr. R. J. Taylor of West Virginia; R. W. G. V. Chief, Mrs. R. H. Cox of Lynchburg, Va.; R. W. G. Secretary, Mrs. Maggie L. Walker of Richmond, Va.; R. W. G. Treasurer, Mrs. A. Dawley of Norfolk; R. W. G. Prelate, Rev. R. H. Cooley of Petersburg; R. W. G. Messenger, Miss Patsey Mabrey of Norfolk; R. W. G. I. Sentinel, Mrs. Kate Lorey of Petersburg; R. W. G. O. Sentinel, Mr. J. H. Minor of Pittsburg, Penn. About 400 delegates have been enrolled. Reports of the past year show great progress. Collected on the first day $106. Collected for the year $164.51. 56 death claims have been paid, amounting to $4500 and 7 death claims in the Juvenile Department, $380. The future of the Order is bright. New work has been started, not only for the I. O. of St. Luke, but for the race. The funeral of Mrs. Louisa Owens, who departed this life August 10th, 1901 at 11:40 P.M., after a short illness of about six hours, in the 46th year of her age, took place Wednesday evening, August 14th instant at 3:30 P.M. M. from the Ebenezer Baptist Church of which she had been a faithful, consistent member for nearly 24 years. The services which were very impressive were conducted by Rev. R. Wells, assisted by Rev. W. H. Stokes. The old chair, under the leadership of Miss Nannie B. Jones, rendered appropriate music for the occasion. The Church Aid Society, the Sons and Daughters of Love, with which the deceased had long held her membership were out in full to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased. The floral designs were many, there being several designs from friends in Chicago. The deceased leaves two daughters, Mrs. Eliza Jackson and Miss Sallie Owens, both of "Chicago, Ill.; two sisters and three brothers and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The body was laid to rest in the family section in Evergreen Gemetery. Funeral Director W. Isaac Johnson, officiated. "Farewell, dear mother, farewell, sweet thy rest." Weary with years and worn, with pain Farewell, till in some happier place, We shall behold thy lovely face again. "Through all pains at times she smiled A smile of heavenly birth. HER DADGHTERS Y. M. C. A. Notes. The meetings in the jail and alms house last Sunday were very impressive. The meetings are doing much good. The meeting in Fulton at the Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church was very interesting. The men took an active part. The Y. M. C. A. AS I SEE IT; was the subject. The following spoke: Messrs J. Y. Harris, Joseph Arrington, Albert Tennant, Paul Pollard, A. D. Daily, William Liggins, R. H. Singleton, G. W. Roane, and E. H. Allen also the pastor Rev. Williams. The music by the choir added much to the meeting. This meeting will serve much to have the peo ple know the object of the Young Men's Christian Association. The pastor very kindly invited us to come again. Committee for the alms house and the jail will meet Sunday 11 a.m. Masters Arney Hill and Frank Pervall will read special papers Sunday 4 p. m. at the Boy's Meeting. At our rooms. All boys are invited. All men are invited to the Men's Meeting in g Sunday 5:30 p. m. at our rooms Rev S. P. Robinson, Supt. Sixth Mt. Zion Bapt. Church Sunday School will speak Subject: "Conscience". Every man is expected to attend this meeting and bring another man. Good singing. Speak of this meeting to your neighbor. Remember the Y. M. C. A. Campaign opens with a strong plat-form. Some of the best men are going to stump. This is encouraging for the cause of Christ needs strong men. Those who will not make a compromise with the world. We hear that you wish to attend our Night School this term which begins Monday, Sept. 28 p. m. You are welcome, for our School is open to everybody. 50cts. per month in advance. Miss Pearl Tancil has returned to the city. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST.24, 1901 T. W. MITCHELL MONUMENT. To be Unveiled Monday, Aug. 26, Mr. A. D. Prices, Chief Marshall, The Parade to a Grand Success. That the Thomas W. Mitchell Monument will be unveiled on Monday Aug. 26, is now an assured fact. The various Pythian Companies all over the state are getting in readiness to come to Richmond and one of the finest parades is anticipated. The Monument Association is hard at work arranging matters and have everything about completed. Mr. A. D. Price has accepted position as Chief Marshall and he will be assisted by six aides. The organizations who will be participated will all form at the point designated and immediately on arrival at that point report will to the Chief Marshall. The following gentlemen have consented to act as aids to the Chief Marshall viz. Dr. D. A. Ferguson, Mr. L. T. Crawford, Mr. S. S. Baker, Mr. Ishau Mann, Mr. R. B. Mosby, Mr. B. P. Van derval. The following orders will be observed, 1st. Regiment will be stationed on the East side of 3rd Street, facing west, right resting at Baker Street. 2nd Regiment will be on immediate left of the 1st Regiment. Regiment. Invincible Lodge No. 2674 G. U. O. of O. F. form on South side of Jackson St. east of 3rd St. O. Northside I. O. of O. F. form on North side of Jackson St. east of 3rd St. Pythian Lodges will form on Jackson Street west of 3rd St. in order of seniority. Carriages on Leigh St. east and west of 3rd St. All K. of P. uniform rank companies will report at the Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd St. at 12 o'clock sharp in full dress uniform. Other organizations will form at points above designated and report to Chief Marshall A. D. Price at 1:30 p. m. The line will move at 2:30 p. m. sharp as follows: from Baker along 3rd street Broad to 19th to Marshall, to Church Hill Ave., M street, to 30th to P street to Oakwood Ave. thence to the cemetery. (The Municipalipal Band will head the pavilion. The Association desires to thank those who have contributed also those who have rendered any assistance. There are still some who have not paid their subscriptions and they are earnestly hoped that they may call at the office of the Secretary, 305 N. 2d or at the Treasurer office, 504 N. 2nd and pay at once that our list may be completed for publication. The following amounts were received last Tuesday night at the meeting. The officers of the association, the dignitaries on the program and the cord pullers will occupy carriages Planet Lodge, No. 23 will go in carriages also. Committee and speakers and those who are to take an active part in the program will be in the Castle Hall at 1:30 sharp in order that they may be assigned to their Carriages. Two Important Articles. Mr. William Allen White has just returned from Lawton, where he went to write for THE SATURDAY EVENING OF Philadelphia, the story "opening" of the Indian lands. Mr. White's vivid account of the mushroom city that sprang up in a night, is of striking and timely interest. Lord Balfour, of Burleigh, Secretary for Scotland, and Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, will contribute to an article on THE SATURDAY EVENING Post, of Philadelphia, per of official significance on Carnegie's Gift to Scotland. Lord Balfour is one of the trustees of the millions, Mr. Carnegie has given to the Scotch universities. COLORED GIRL KILLED. Twelve-Year.Old Child Frightfully is Mangled on the C. & O. Road. An unknown colored girl was run over Monday night in the "valley" in the vicinity of Brown St., and was instantly killed. The accident happened on the Chesapeake and Ohio road. The body was terribly mangled. No one had recognized it at the hour of going to press. Apparently the girl was about 12 years old. Coroner Taylor viewed the remains, but no inquest was held, owing to the lateness of the hour—Leader. The Republicans Nominate. The Republican State Convention met at Roanoke last Wednesday and nominated the following ticket: Governor, J. Hampton Hoge of Montgomery; Lieutenant Governor. Robert W. Blair of Wythe; Attorney General, D. Lawrence Groner of Norfolk. The nominations were made by acclamation, the contest from Richmond between Chancellor Mike Williams, and Postmaster Knight's forces arrived in a victory for Mr. Knight, the contestants being seated by a large majority. There were very few colored men in the convention. The picnic given by the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church S. S. last Tuesday to Bothwell Park, was a grand success in every way, and the officers and committee of the S. S. were highly complimented, both by the street railway and train officials, on the excellent order and splendid conduct of the members and friends of the S. S. The picnic was al-ready going successfully. The train consisted seven coaches and one refreshment car, all of which were well filled. PEACE WAS IN SIGHT PRAYER WAS RESORTED TO. Conference Committee Solved the Problem—Would Not Hear the Report. CHAIRMAN BRIGGS DECLARED THE MEETING ADJOURNED. Wild Scenes of Disaster. The meeting of the First Baptist Church last Monday night was attended by about 500 persons and it was evident that there would be a lot time. Editor Mitchell was not present. He left at 4:45 p. m. that day for Norfolk, Va. Promptly at 8 p. m., Bromer W. I. Johnson moved that Brother D. Webster Davis, A. M. take the chair. Brother William Henry Davis moved that Rev. Thomas H. Bridg's take the motion and declared Brother Bridg's elect ed and he proceeded to the daily. He is now known as the parliamentary law Butcher and he is called "Butcher" for short. TANGLED AND KEPT TANGLED. Right well did he keep his record for outrageous ruling. As an example he had the paper which the deacons had acted in writing the church meeting, and without it having the paper which belonged to the deacons meeting received by the church, proceeded to entertain a motion to lay it on the table although it was really not in possession of the church. The motion to receive X made by Bro. Robt. Watkins, who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster Rule. Brother A. J. Holmes moved that all of it be tabled. Carried. Then the prayer meeting commenced. PRAYED A LONG PRAYER. The amusing part of it was evident when Brother W. S. Selden called upon Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the appointee for the meeting to pray. He offered up one of those long-winded-prayers with which he has no doubt afflicted the poor Sunday School children of the State during his visits as missionary. He prayed too that we might separate in peace. His prayer had about as much effect as water upon a duck's back. THE CONFERENCE OF LEADERS. In the meantime a committee on conference had been hastily organized. At last it became manifest that a wide split existed in the church between the contending elements and after a hasty consultation, it was decided that something should be done for the interest of the church to check the mad career of those who seemed to be in control of affairs, backed as they were by a combination, which cared for naught else than to carry a point. THOSE WHO TALKED TOGETHER In one of the ante rooms, the following brethren were consulting: R. T. Hill, Esq., Cashier of the True Reformers' Bank; Dr. Dr. J. E. Jones, of the Union University; Hezekiah Jonathan, a leading wholesale and retail fish dealer who is well-known, Deacon Thornton Wyatt, acknowledged to be one of the most conservative men, and a man of unblemished character, Rev. R. J. Bass, President of an Insurance Co. and pastor of the Baptist Church at West Point, Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M., pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Manchester, Va., a noted author and lecturer of national reputation, Deacon C. Farley, a well-known photographer, Mr. Henry Davis was subsequently called in. This meeting was indeed a great one. The spirit of God seemed to be with the brethren. Mutual concessions were made and from what we can gather an admirable paper was drawn up, which the leading men of the church believed would have solved every problem confronting the church. Each one got down on his knees and asked for divine guidance. They reached a unanimous conclusion, and it was understood that the plan would settle the trouble and bring peace to the church. THE DEVIL IN THE CHURCH. But while they with God were at work on the inside of the committee room, the Devil was at work on the outside in the church. They had apparently forgotten that they had left outside Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting, Brother Tom H. Briggs, "The Butcher", Brother Robert Watkins, who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster Rule and Brother Henry G. Carter, who no longer wears those big-leg white breeches and shad-belly coat, but who nevertheless is now called "Shad-Belly" for short. WOULD NOT HEAR REASON When the committee came out, Bro. R. T. Hill stated that they had reached an agreement. Bro. Nelson Williams, Jr., who forgived the application for the meeting had made a decision to join the journal. He would not withdraw it, in the hope that that the report of the conference might be received and acted upon. Brother Hill informed the committee that he could do nothing with the clamoring elements which had been brought there, and Brother Tom H. Briggs, the parliamentary butcher declared the motion carried. 1a was about 10 o'clock and the wildest scenes were repeated as before. DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS When the votes were announced it was followed by shouting, clapping of hands, and remarks were made to make uncomfortable those who were opposed to the procedure. The voting seemed to be divided as follows: 225 for the True Reformers, 123 against and 102 not voting either way. At this meeting was presented the remarkable spectacle of a body of people refusing to listen even to a conference report of their own acknowledged leaders. It was no surprise that they would not listen to Editor Mitchell's defense in his own behalf. The disgust was wide-spread and the most conservative members expressed their alarm at the turn affairs had taken. "SHAD-BELLY" DISORDERLY. Brother Henry G. Carter was so bold and disorderly that Deacon John T. Allen, one of the most conservative officials in the church took him to task. He was endeavoring to induce ladies to vote his way although they did not want so to do. For a few minutes, he looked as though he would strike the deacon, Rev. W. T. Johnson takes charge on the first Sunday in September. Rev. P. S. Lewis, B. D., who has been elected to the church which Rev. Johnson left will no doubt be installed very soon. The salary at Lexington was $700 per year. BROTHER JONATHAN HOPEFUL. Brother H. F. Jonathan, the recognized leader of the forces for right and the interest of the church was on hand early. He was not surprised at the action of the mob which had been brought down, but expressed a determination to continue the struggle for God's law as set forth in the Scriptures. Brother Edmund Warner was also active and outspoken. The talk of the most conservative members of the church is a study, and there is no longer any denial but what the actions as rendered are a disgrace to the Baptists of this community. NO ATTEMPT TO DEFEND IT. No one outside of the ring attempts to defend the affair and but, few of them defend the affair and but few of them. The regret is that such a disgraceful happening should be possible in a Christian church and this too on the eve of the reception of a pastor, who is, to a large extent being held responsible for the conditions which obtain. Miss Nannie Crump has been quite sick at her home, 603 W. Leigh street. Mrs. Florence Cogbill, and her two children, Lafon and Kirkland, of Manchester, Va., are visiting relatives in Surry County. Miss Annie M. Jackson is spending her vacation in the country. Messrs. George Seay, Jr., and W. H. Seay will leave Saturday for Rockbridge. Capt. Henry Stokes has returned to the city after an absence of two weeks. Miss Hattie Johnson of Charlotte, N. C., in company with Miss Mary F. Clarke called on us. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Price are the happy possessors of a bouncing baby boy. It arrived here Aug. 8, 1901. Mr. Isham Mann has been granted a divorce from his wife, Odie and is single again. Mrs. Clara West is very sick at her residence, 1928 West Clay St. Rev. J. R. West has the sympathy of his friends. Mr. Charles S. Pleasants, of Jacksonville, Fla., called on us. He is the cousin of Mrs. E. J. Crane. Mrs. W. T., Lillie, and Daisy M. Wright are spending their vacation at Walkerton, Va., the guest of Mrs. Jas. Carter. Mr. W. L. Tunstall, cigar manufacturer of Baltimore was in the city this week in behalf of his brands. He He was well pleased with his trip. Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Bell and infant daughter, Pearl, of Philadelphia, Pa. who have been visiting relatives and friends in this city since the 10th, inst left to-day for their home. During their stay here, they were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Crump, 603 West Leigh St. Their visit was enjoyably spent and they were royally entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Booker, Mr. and Mrs. James Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Thos. M. Crump. Their friends regret that their visit was not more lengthy. Dr. Oswald Bowser has passed the State Board of Medical Examiners and will locate in this city. He is the son of the well-known Mrs. Rosa D. Bowser. Miss Winston, 114 W. Baker St., returned from Powhatan Co., Va., last Sunday. She seems to be very much pleased with her trip. THREE IN ONE NIGHT. NORFOLK, VA., Aug. 20, 1901 — Editor John Mitchell, Jr., arrived yesterday, (Monday evening, via C. & O. route. He wore the fatigued uniform of a Brigadier General, U. R. Knights of Pythias. He was met by Assistant Inspector General, R. M. Sears. They repaired to the Masonic Temple where the ladies were awaiting Grand Worthy Counsellor, John Mitchell, Jr. Dr. Wm. E. Atkins arrived a few moments later and proceeded to work. Theu the vork of ini 'to began. The following officiated; Grand Senior Directress, Mrs. Florence A. Kind- d; Grand Junior Directress, Mrs. Mary F. Henderson; Grand Worthy Escort, Mr J. W. Randolph; Grand Wor- liness, Mrs. Aunie Stevens; Grand Worthy, Owner, Mrs. Fannie Cook; Grand Worthy Inspector, Mrs. Emma Cherry; Grand Worthy Herald, Mrs. Prise la Franklin. The officers of the new court are as follows: W. C. C, M. M. A. Jackson: S. D., Mrs. Ada Isabel; J. D. M., Mrs. Rosa Strand: W. Inspectych, Mrs. Mary White; W. O. Mrs. Luvenia Robinson: W. Inspector; Mrs. Dora J. Sears; W. E. Mrs. Emma Fichetch; W. Cond. W. Mrs. Rosa Robinson: Asst. Cond. Mrs. Nora Hawk: Asst. Cond. Mrs. Mary Merchant: R. of Acet, Mrs. Dewens; Reco of Dep. Elizabeth Jane: Mrs. Clarissa Little: H., Mrs. Ella Willi Trustees, Mrs. Mollie Landin; Mrs Laura McMillan: Benjamin R. Bolding This court was organized through the efforts of Col. R. M. Sears and his Madame, and will be known as Dora's Court Independent Order of Calanthe. Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr. then went over to the Castle Hall, of Pythias Lodge. No. 21, Knights of Pythias, N, A., S, A., E., A, A and A, what land was a Sir Knights had gathered. He made a stirring address and was loudly applauded. The following Sir Knights filled the chairs: V. C., Lee R. Lane; Master at Arms, C. E. Perry; Prelate, Edward Langley; M. of Work, John Dagner; Inner Guard John A. Williams; Outer Guard, John McCoy; Attendants; Sirs John Royall, Henry Hill, W. S. Adams, John Tyler, S. T. Harris, Alfred Pollard. The three ranks were conferred on 38 candidates and it was nearly 3 o'clock in the morning before the work was completed. The following are the officers of what will be known as Phoenix Lodge, No. 44, Knights of Pythias: Chancellor Commander, S. T. Hill; V. C., W. H. Fleming; P. G., W. B. Hawkins; M. of W., Benjamin R. Boulding; m. at A., Luke Merchant; K. of R. & S., E. C. Crocker; M. of F., Wm. Gordon; m. of Ecxquerche, P. C. McMillan; I. G., Wm. Smith; O. G., Thomas H. Brooks; Trustees, Walter Jones, B. R. Boulding, W. E. Smith. Seldom has there been greater enjoyment at an initiation and the interest lasted to the end. All except those who were to be initiated in the new company retired to the dining hall below where refreshments in abundance were served. This lodge was instituted through the efforts of Special Deputy Grand Chancellor, R. M. Sears. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., organized what will be known as Conway Company, No. 18, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. The following are the officers: Captain, Benjamin R. Boulding; 1st Lieut., Wm. H. Tylter; 2nd Lieut., Lee R. Layne; Guard, M. H. Alston, Sentinel, Thomas Winborne; Recorder, G. W. B. Hawkins, Treasurer; Wm. Toomer. This company was organized through the efforts of Col. R. M. Sears. There was great rejoicing at the conclusion of the initiations. Gen. Mitchell declared that it was the first time during his official career that he had seen or heard of so much work being done in one night. He was outspoken in his commendation of Col. Sears. Col. M. D. Meekins of the 2nd Regiment conferred with Gen. Mitchell for quite awhile relative to matters concerning the Department here. In April he was the guest of Col R. M. Sears, but his morning at 6:50 a.m. for Richmond From Mt. Clair, N. J. This club has learned with deep sorrow of the passing away of our associate and member, William H. Newton, who was endeared to us all by his manliness of character, beloved for his bright and cheerful disposition, respected for his earnest work in the club and church. His death brings to us all a realizing sense of his great worth as a companion and a man of affairs. Broad in his views on all questions, upright in all of his dealings with mankind, with temperment that carried the sunshine of a noble heart and mind into every walk of life, he has left an example of true manhood which we can best honor by emulating. We feel that his untimely death is not only a sad blow to his friends and fellow associates in this and other organizations with which he was connected, but is to be deplored as a serious loss to the community. He earned for himself the enduring reputation of an earnest, honorable gentleman. The club, out of respect will donate $8.30 for the expenses for this occasion. There is a reaper whose name is death, And with his sickle keen; Reaps the bearded grain, at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Signed by ORIENTAL CLUB. Mt. CLAIR, N. J., Aug. 14, 1901. FUNERAL SERVICE. The funeral services of William Haywood Newton was held in St. Mark's M. E. Church, Rev. J. H. Blake, pastor, Aug. 14th, 1901. William Hayward Newton was born in Virginia, Jan. 10th, 1872. He lived in Montclair, N. J. about four years and was known by all to be quiet, peaceful, and upright, all who knew him, loved him and respected him for the many noble examples for the right he has set forth. He was worthy of the confidence placed in him. He was a model young man. He was sick for a long time but not give up. He was faithful and served the church until the end, and now he has everlasting life. He was happily converted to God nearly three years. He was a faithful soldier for Jesus. He was a member of James H. Jackson's class, No. 1, also a member of the pastor's Bible Class, and did much for its success. He was an active worker in all the young people's meetings and will be missed by us all. He had a sweet life and God was with him to the end. He was very sick in the Hospital for two weeks, yes, very sick. The doctors did all they could to save him, but could not; yet he answered the voice of Jesus and is gone to Him for rest. He died Tuesday morning about 9:15 a.m. He went home to Jesus. He left a father, Mr. Addison Newton, of Richmond, also six sisters, Mrs. George W. Rison, Danville; Mrs. Ned Simpson, Newport News; Mrs. John Jones, Richmond; Mrs. Catherine Brooks, Richmond; Miss Maggie Newton, and Miss Mildred Newton of Richmond, and a host of friends to mourn their loss, but their loss is his gain. May God bless them all, and may we all meet in Heaven and part no more, forever with God. He was a strong character and a very remarkable young man, always ready to do some small thing for a righteous cause. He won a place in the hearts of all. We will miss him here, but we will meet him there, over the river, just beyond the Jasper wall. The pastor preached an excellent sermon, text found 1st Cor. 15: 57. A GIRL'S MURDER STARTED IT Now the Cithens Say They Will Drive Every Colored Person From Town, Including the Negro Porters—Blacks Are Hiding In the Woods. Pierce City, Mo., Aug. 21.—For nearly 15 hours, ending about noon yesterday, this town of 3,000 people has been in the hands of a mob of armed whites, determined to drive every negro from its preconcepts. In addition to the lynching on Monday night of William Godley, accused of the wanton murder of Miss Gazelle Wild, and the shooting to death of his grandfather, French Godley, the mob yesterday cremated Peter Hampton, an aged negro, in his home, set the torch to the houses of five blacks, and with the aid of state militia rifle, stolen from the local company's arsenal, drove dozens of negroes from town. After noon the excitement died down, the mob gradually dispersing, more from lack of negroes upon whom to wreak their hatred than from any other cause. Many of the negroes who fled the city are hiding in the surrounding woods, while others have gone greater distances in seeking safety. Every negro has left the town except a few railway porters known to be respectable, but these must also leave. The citizens of Pierce City say that as negroes have committed several crimes in the last ten years none shall live there in the future. The same feeling already exists at Monett, four miles east of Pierce City, and the end of the Frisco passenger division. It may be necessary for the road to change all porters in Springfield hereafter. New elements in the killing on Sunday afternoon of Miss Wild have developed today. It appears that she started for home alone, her brother lingering behind. About one mile from town the brother found her with her throat containing lifeless near a culvert under which her assailant had attempted to drag her. Evidence of a terrible struggle was shown. A copper-colored negro was seen sitting on the bridge a short time before the tragedy occurred. It is supposed that the negro sprang upon her when she was passing and attempted to force her beneath the bridge. She probably fought with such desperation that he could not acco- plish his purpose, and cut her tha- in the struggle. ANGER AAA ta oe a SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1901 ‘ Ral). RCI a2 a MEMOKD Tuk Lili: Behold the lilies of the Setd, ‘How beautiful and fair; ‘Their fragrance, ax a breath of maven, Refreshes all the air. No sordid labors bow them down, No cares their lives oppress: ‘They only tell of God's great love, And that is blessedness. ‘The wings of morning are too stow ‘To bear us from His sight; ‘The midnight has no shadows deep To hide from us His light. If not a sparrow falls to carth Unnoticed by His eye. (Will He, our Father and our Priend, Unheeded pass us by? Shall we not learn from fading flowers, ‘Frail children of the dust, ‘To lay our cares before His throne ‘And in His goodness truet? ‘There are no cares that weigh us down, Nor blinding tears that fail, Nor sorrows plercing to the heart, But He beholde them ali, And reaches out in tender love, "Mid danger and alarms, A refuge for our souls within ‘His evérlasting arms. Frances E. W. Harper,.in Unton Signal, MRS. DUNCAN'S EXAMPLE. How Her Simple Act of Duty Turned the Current. of.an Influen- tial Life. Gen. Joseph Duncan, efter four terms in congress, was elected, in 1834, to be governor of Illinois, which Position be held for four years. He invited a young man, ‘Truman M. Post, whom he had known in Wash- ington, to come to his Ilinois home end serve him as clerk, or private secretary. The young man arrived.at Jackson- Ville, where Gen. Duncan resided, on @ day when the governor-clect was receiving a large delegation of his Political friends. ‘The table was set under the oaks, and the young sec- retary took his seat among the prom- nent men. To his great surprise, Mrs. Duncan called upon him to ask the blessing, and he could only stammer: “Madam, I beg your par- “don; I am not a Christian.” There was a moment's pause, and then Mrs. Duncan, standing at the head_ot the table, in a quiet, wom- anly Yoice, uttered a prayer of thanks for the blessings with which the Heavenly Father had spread their table and filled their lives. Everyone was impressed by the act, but two persons were deepiy moved. One of these was Gov. Duncan, who shortly afterward became s Chrie- tian and sr’i grace at his own table. ‘The other was young Traman, whom she bad supposed, from the churac- ter given him by her husband, to be & professor of religion. To-day few names of ministers are better remembered or held in higher honor throughout the northwest than that of Rev. Dr. Truman Mar- cellus Post. As a frontier missionary he did heroic service, extending his labors over a wider and wider area as his power and influence enlarged, and occupying at length a leading pulpit in St. Louis, whence his work reached out on every side in a rapid- ly-feveloping region, encouraging feeble hands, multiplying agencies of beneficence and leaving its mark on future generations. When some one, in his later yeers, referring to his early political asso- ciations, asked him what changed the current of his life into the channel which proved so conspicuously useful, he told the story of Mra. Duncan's Prayer. Her quiet act of duty at a trying moment had followed him with its ineffaccable impression until he dedicated himself to the God she loved and served. Mrs. Duncan was then dead, but the power of her ex- ample lived on; Dr. Post is dead, but his werk survives. ‘The incident at the governor's din- ner is not unique. Others of similar distinction have happened and passed without fornishihg the making of a chapter. But this one—like all inci- dents—is measured by its conse- quences. It not only showed the character and quick resource of a noble Christian lady, but, unexpect- edly to herself, it bore fruit and made her remembered. And the re- vival of every such memory is stim- ulating and instructive. — Youth's Companion. GEMS OF THOUGHT. Don't turn your talents into talons. —Ram's Horn. Christ is not valued at all unless He be valued above all—St. Augus- tine. Little iove, little trust; but » great love brings a great confidence.—Rob- ert Leighton. The things in life that are worth obtaining must be secured with effort. Rev. 0. S. Kriebel. One may grow old gracefully by sit- ting always at the Master's feet, learning ot Him, by benefiting others with the knowledge gained, by keep- ing closer to the infinite Father the nearer life's eventide comes, and never ceasing to have a definite some- thing good to live for.—Rev. Mr. Young. Consider the difference between im- pulse and action, petween resolving and doing. Many men are well-wish- ers, but who have no intention of ever sarrying out their better _ desires, Few know how to convert impulse into action and the finer aspirations into habits and aystematic activity. How often do we stand beside men who have broken the hearts of those whom they loved.—Rev. Dr. Hillis. OPEN DOORS. Character Atinined Only by Emibrec- ing Daily Sack Opportunities ma Sdcaiaien eae: Ht #s interesting to note how often the word door occurs in the New Tes- tament. The writers all seem to have conceited of everything worth apy- thing as lying over aguinet us to be en- tered by a door. And it ietrue. There are great possessions awaiting every man, but each one must be entered by its appointed door. We know at once how teve this is when we think of some of the common- est objects of life. Thus one's profes- wion must be entered by the door of long training in schools and colleges. One's trade must be enterd by the long service of apprenticeship. The realm af knowledge cannot be had for the asking, but must be entered by the door of long reading and study. Now, the same thing is true of the religious life, or character. It issome- thle to be entered into by a door. Here character stands over against every man, calling him to enter into it and possees H. It is the one thing on earth worth entering. It is above and beyond all other things. Everything else exists for character; other things are passing, while character is eternal. Now, right over against thie world of character God has set open doors. We have merely to choose to walk through them. Thos the church ts one door. It is not primarily a place of men holding some belief, not primarily a place for Preaching. But firet of all tt is a door —a door from lower life to higher. from sin to righteousness, from noth- ingness to character, from earth to Heaven. What isthe true charch? Not the church that believes this or believes that, but the church that is a door for souls to pass over into the life of Christ and the consciousness of God. is the true church. The teacher ought to make the Sun- @ay schoof such a door—a door through which youth posses over into a man- hood of purity and purpose, and a knowledge of God's ways. Duty is a door. Obedience tewds over into knowledge. Duty leads over into God. It is one of the doors God opens to every humblest man. Every oppor- tunity of service for doing a kind deed is a door. God pity the man that passes by duties and opportunities; be is passing by doors that open right into the heavenly villhs. “Not once of twice in our fatr tshand story ‘The path of duty was the way to glory; Ho, that ever following her commands, ‘On'with toll of hearts and knees mad hands. ‘Thro’ the long gorge to the far light has ‘won His path upward, and prevail'a, er ee the toppling crags of Duty Are close upon the shining table tings To which cur God ‘Himself is moon and ‘sun. And then there is the door, greater than all others, over into righteous- ‘ness, Jesus Himself, He once said: “1 am the deor;” again He said: “Iam the way.” Yes, his life is the life that leads over into character aod Heaven. His truth sets us free. His faith opens the gates of invisible things. His love fe the door over into the world of large- ness and joy. Service done in His name is the door to God Himeelf—Christian Work LIVING BY DAILY WORK. Time Common Expertence Is tn Ae- cordance with God's Best Deal- tugs with His CRlldres. That which we earn, or which we work for, is worth more to us than that which is given to us without any effort on our part. This is in accord- ance with God's best dealings with His children, and all of man's experi- enee tends to confirm this truth. Even in Eden, before man’s fall, man was wet to dress the garden and keep it. He had to work for his living while yet at his best, and while God was caring for him as His favorite child When later, in the wilderness, the children of Tersel were being ted by God, and fed by bread from Heaven day by day, they had, each and all, to earn enough for @ living by picking up their need- fal food. When the rich Boaz was won to an interest in attractive Ruth, the Moabitish young widow, he did not say to the laborers in his lordly fiekis: “Give her all the grain she needs. or wants,” but he said: “Let her glean, even among the sheaves.” That was the better way for Ruth. Having what she gleaned was better than would have been having what was given her in charity. It was the same tn the new dispensation as in the old. The word of the apostle was, as to the early Christians: “If any man will not work, neither let him eat.” Our highest privilege is of working for ouz living, not of living without work. Let us be grateful that we have the bless. ing of work. When we have a living support in connection with work, that fs something more to be grateful for. May we be spared from living without work!—8. 8. Times. No Sudden Falls in Character, No one falls allat once. What seems like a sudden fall is really the sudden breaking of @ shell from which the Interior has been gradually removed. A boiler suddenly bursts over on the ‘West side in this city and a half-score of men and women are killed, but that boiler had for many years been pre- paring for the final catastrophe. Rust and wear shad done their work. How much we need the exhortation of the apostle: “Examine yourselves wheth- er ye be in the faith; prove your own selves.” —N. W. Christian Advocate. Dida't Interest Her, | Gray—Yes; I tell my wife every- thing I do; don’t you? ‘White—I did for awhile, but had to quit. My wife said it was too stupid for anything.—Boston Transcript. Hard to Please. “f£ can’t get on with that young woman at all.” “What's the trouble?” “Oh, she gets mad when I say.she’s mature, and she gets mad when I say she’s immature.”"—Detréit Free Presa. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. SUMMER STYLES FOR MEN. Fashionable cuffs are short and round cornered. ‘The green in vogue in neckwear is for the florid. It makes the other kind took bilious. The latest double-breasted sack suit is in striped flannel, coming well ever the hips. The lapels are moder- ately large. Our new possessions have supptied mames for summer headwear. Thus we have the Manila straws, the Porto ‘Rican palms and the Guam Panamas. The donble-fold collar has come down. It is no longer fashionable to ‘wear the tail snowy bands which were the mode Inst summer. The Dest height is an inch and a quarter. __A.xwell the from a French source is ‘called the “Tubp.” This has the ends Founded and opened and lined with a solid color of silk to contrast agreeably with the coior in the outer surface of the cravat. This is ad- justed into a bow of medium size and the top Nps of the ends are raised slightly by the deft hand of the wearer, the reeult being regarded as clever. To the average man a summer over- coat will seem a ridiculous suggee- tion, but there are times when it is very useful. Hence the feather- weight raglan made of covert cloth, boxey in shape. It ts skeleton fin- ished, except the sleeves and shout. ders, which are luxurously silk lined. This is intended for the seaside, mountain, traveling or to wear over an evening dress suit. Of course it wil never do for extreme heat, but then it's something new. This summer's cloths are striped flannels, serges, _ feather-weight worsted, cricketing clothe and home- spons. In the Sannel class the ruling grounds are black and dark blue, set off with faint or chalk _ stripes. Serges in the best makes only are recommended. They are cool and make up fittingly. For elderly men trousers in light worsted end cont and waistcoat of sicilian are advised for eaey going business wear. The white waistcoat fs suggested for s change with this combination. ADVICE TO HOUSEKEEPERS. To keep eggs pack them, when new laid, in salt, with the emall ends downward. Before using a new broom steep it in warm water for a few minutes and it will last longer. Always ave your kettles filled with boiling water. A kettleful of deiling water has saved a life before now. Clean beets before boiling them, but be careful not to break the skins it's bright cotor ia wanted after they are done. In whipping cream Imve it ag cold ‘as possible, then beat roptdly with a cream whtp or churn egg-beater. Slow whipping makes butter. In cooking onions and cabbage plenty of water should be used and it is well to change it at least once, because af the strength of the flavors. To restore gilctoth melt halt an ounce of wax in a saucer of turpen- tine, Rub over the ollcloth with this, using a clean piece of flannel. Pol- ish with a soft cloth. Never put soda tn the water in which you wash china that has any gilding on #. Soda injures the gild- ing. Instead use soap, which an- swers just as well and has no ill ef- focta, Pineapple juice drained from the fruit and mixed with currant, lemon, blackberry or raspberry juice thakes a delicious drink. A few wedges left to fioat m the lemonade bow! im- Prove the flavor of that beverage. ‘To keep fish never put one on top of another, but wring a clean cloth out of cold water in which some gglt has been dissolved. Wrap the fish separately in this, lay on a dish and keep in the coolest place possible. INDIVIDUAL MENTION. Sir John Ramsden is the richest of all English baronets, His income is esti- mated to foot up $840,000 a year. Oliver Stevens, of Boston, has been the county district attorney for 27 con- secutive years, He is a democrat, but has been twice reetected by the repub- Veans. Mrs. N. O. Murphy, wife of the gov- ernor of Arizona, was kidnaped by Ins dians when an infant and rescued from them by James D. Monihon, late mayor of Prescott, Ariz. John W. Gates, the steel magnate, is probably one ore best amateur bil- liard players in the country. He is very fond of the game and plays it nearly every evening. Miss Annie Tracy Morgan, daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan, is a crack shot with 6 rifle and very fond of hunting big game. She is alsoa born sailor and & good yachtswoman. Prof. Brander Matthews, who, after 18 years of waiting, has just been elect- ed to the London’ Athenaeum club, was originally nominated for membership to that body by Matthew Arnold. According to Judge, George H. Phil- Uips, the Chicago “corn king,” (not chi- ropodist, but grain speculator), start- ¢@as an elevator boy. He says his great trade secret has been aiways to get onto something that is bound to go up. 5 Dr. H. Huber, a retired physician of Ottawa, O., recently purchased a six- ton granite bowlder and has decided that it shall mark his grave. On a pol- ished surface he has had this inserip- tion engraved: “Here rests a refugee who fought in 1848 in Germany for liberty, Born in Vilingen, Baden, Ger- many, February 26, 1820, Died —, P.S, Sorry I cannot leave my future ‘ahinon 0 Eyen That Fatis, “There is only one sure cure for smoking,” remarked the physician, “and that is death.” “They tell me,” rejoined the drug- gist who attends church occasionally, “even that fails in some cases."—Chi- cago Daily News, ‘The Measurement. “Do you think a man in politics is measured by the ambunt of money he hes?” or “Certainly not,” answered Senator Sorghum. “What counts ix the amount of money he spends.”—Washington Star. | Overbeard Im Chicago, | Mrs. Flatterby-—Did you ever see as fickle a woman as Mrs. Michigoose? She was divorced from her hus!-and two months ago, an@ sow #he has ar- ried him again! Mrs. Kindly—But her second hue Dend was euch a fature!—Judge. ‘ Eastly Remembered, One's memory may be bad. ond yet, ‘0: Christian men and brothers? Hi seems we never can format ‘The good we do to others. Peladoiane pene o = cB WA <i ae» R : \ 4ISR im TS i) (SN WW { RY = rr ya IN T ga je 3 os Derk Pedestrian—And the last thing poor John did was to kiss me. Fair Cyctist—Ah! and then be died, fone ane nae HOW MANY MER— Like to be spoken of as possessing Political influence. Show a weakness for trailing in the wake of social swells. Show a weakness for exhibiting a dig roll of bank notes. Speak of themselves as the gentle- manly end of politics, Think themselves considerably smarter than every other man. Boast of a fondness for children which never is in open evidence. Want to be considered competent ermics of music and the drama. Carry letters in their coat pocket which should have been burned. Base their opinions of a clergy: man's sermon of his voice rather than on his argument. Think it an evidence of great his. toric knowledge to talk of Waterloo, Wagram and the burning of Moscow. Philadelphia Bulletin. Oure for Meiascholy. When you figd yourself overpow- ered, ne it merece melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind to somebody.—Keble. Harrison om Sclf-Secking, Self-seeking has no centeanisl— ‘Benjamin Harriaca. Net to Be Forgotten. “Your wife is very forgetful, isn't she?” Yeu: bet mot) nnscty a feupacdalio Ta line sects he back taenaeee Jeaubetiog that awe sll coekinia her last summer's hat.”—Philadelphia Press. Get pS EES. 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Va. 11.90 Fm. wo 2) BUUTHERN EXPRESS ¢a' Ei Miiete guna hate oe haSz Qrwens vero. sallavery. asta Uxanotis Sleeper oven at Richman ¢ me. > i a ‘Gonmects at Denville ana’ Onarlotte, with Rew’ ork" aud Porids: xpress freon New York suaTem par erin ore. Rectlons Yor ‘il Fioci3a, points. tise fis Washisnoe one Sonshwortes Lae c tse@ (Ho 7, oarcving through «leepers “*Gesireiue: ana Mt iso, jana atiaase Hosert serore: Weasesaee at SE ve itont ays, on days, Washington to Ser” Prancisce SiiSont shane: with conncetigns fe i petmus in Geass, Mexion amd Cail 20 Pm Re. J, sella iain daily wor On: Totte, 8G: Soamects at Meestey ics fondbeetecmie meet Gerson and Durham and at Greeusbor- Se _Dertam. Baugh. aed Winwise Ssieae vet Dusvilie efi wet ‘su tistner ‘States Fast Mail, solid train, da) 7 to Rew Orisans and points Seats, wais) Seirise sleepers te wew Or'eany ese Seemsenmilte connect ug’ for Nasas aUebens’ fume driwine rom sleeper _ Bich: Beegl canter alles Sons. an 6.007, ms mo TT 10cAL, daily eneeps Bac 7. Nigr'Rovevilie snd intermesiate pois c TRALM iS ARRIVE AT RICHM OND. = tin, trom Auante Auguste, sshert! Or Ngai pein soe i 10.4 Mstrom Reyevitie i local stations, Tecan Vansant Taste. os. and ta berween Manthosler ana Ne soon eee eee York River Link, weeztonn The Favorite Route North. LEAVE RICEKOXD simone Linh, Dally ensept Buns DaisGonnecting at Wert Point with sears Landings" ttope on'y a¢ seations Ds Green Quinton aud: Wert Point. "Frain Ka. we 3007. Loo 2 Bxp est dolly oxcnpt Bauday for Zects with singe at Lanter Manor wo Walker fon aud Tappssanncck: ‘Train No. 14,698 4. =. trom, Virginig Bean Sisto for West Poin Feta ee ‘Manerfor Walkerton, and ‘Tar ‘TRAINS ARRIVE AT RIOKMOND (Seetion frees Baltiorecs extept Mondasec Inés a.m. dal'y_exceptivundays and Mondays Fetst and tntermeaian sees nn Polat and tn te eiations. focdey G00 P.M arriving Saittaore ‘C's “* Sweamers call at alwonds end _York- town Tucedays: Thursdays and Satur Peas Ssetaye Weseesnise and Tiane ©: Winns er rooseoger Agent r tuo E. wain 81 dickmond: Va, J. M. Curr, Traffic Manager. 8_H. Hampwick. Gen. Pas. Agt. FRANK 8. GANNON. Third Viee-Pree. ad General Mane. ner, Washington, D. C. WANTED—A first-class presmen ations to = Ga ? THE PLANET, ‘Biehmond, Va Ren: cenglinint 24 RE QP Pupsaicxacns & Poromac R. R. Sohedule in Effect May. 26, 1901, LEAVE BYRD 8", STATION, 290 AM May for, Mgabing ton and Frrarehastre ata” quate. ton and New Fork. . 8:50 ALM; Fusesy only, for Washin AMS tadpoles Sora, Slopeat focdica™ Nien tind Teal wee: ac Sa hina” te Quant cae a. a BRR Gaeta ita Ok : Qaskinsion ‘Aad vointe Boru, Slope stttiba, Glen aiten cna tnedl “statlese, aanland “ts ico inclusive, buat BoM iy axeept fundey, for droge site Uleatien a Se coral, ars, Wi ievFanersar. Connect, with Wales Ct 2 May Dolly for W Ter Mo RY sera" Saar ane |, Doswell, Frea- seppabaie, Brooke, Wigewate: and poet! sone ocner eee Sena to ’Rew "York wand Weshingtoa wo Tauadelpnis” Axstva Brae-Srazer Staion. M0 A. May Batty. Wide wa 840 A. M., Datly. Preaenic a wanes ford, Doswell, ‘Sentand, and Sundays, 'aiseper New York to P.M.. Datly, ae Bur stor t LS P.M. ° so mo ~~ < Pasian incluais iow Alten nur ue, refethbe, Batgriarioncae tultordSeewel, asbiand aud aereens a dauy stope at Fredericusbarg Gat P.M Cowell gebiand end ibe Polina dirs tain ‘New York Ena Wasuingeon. - My Dally Stops al at 0 Fe Mo ear” Vakntics to arkinns fneltave, ‘Siew allen Sma Re BiguT Pastor cas Accommopation Taains. (Daily except Sunday ) 725. M. Lesves Riva for Auniand DSR ASS ME ee Paertees G90. a, Leaves Biba tor sshien $00 5: Bs, Writves Fit trom tealaas. ES DAE Mave nord stece Steten trom Frederiksborg 352 P.M, arrivenieibe Hem ashiand | S. a. L. through Trains. Vie 8. A. L. Junction and &. F. & P. Bailroad. LEAVES A L ee STREET 8TA 3 4 640 a. Detiy, for Washington _ anc Dine ela etopat an red Zhickapurg nue Gututlce See sae Ren vere 2:5 Pat Bayt Washington an Frederiessvurg ane Quantic Pullman Biuetir to wet York ARRIVE £,A4,L BROAD SIREET 8Ta T10N 205.0. Daily. Stepe. at Fredericr Bene eet ad one sop, a, Suess tom New Font 10:00 P. M. Daily. stops at vrea’ksbur; and Ashland. Sleeper row new orn W. P. TAYLOR, Trafic Manager. 2.7. B. MYERS, President. YIBGINIA NAVIGATION COMPANY'S JAMES-RIVER LUNE opp ireneest aed ames Rive neato seTieoanecuing Pointing’ Kartel Braumnd Fesamentag Laavas Monat, Wan See cereee’ bottares Set Xetpon iitwe Mania ys rand Oroher piecsy sand oises in hantorn Virginie nad Coreune: Vn WHsIORR, RDWARDE. BARNET rea? ones “Atlantic Coast Line. TRAINS LEAVE Rit MOND uae STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMI°2D Daily Arrives Petersburg 9:54 Fs 7m, NM rfolk 11;80 %.m. Stops ovly at Petersburg and pricipal stations east of Petersbarg. 9:05.A.M. Dai y. Arrives Petersburg 9:50 a. m., Weldon 11;50 a. m.. Fayetteville 4:25 p m., " harleston 10:55 p. m.. Savannah 2:55 a.m, Jacksonville 8:80. m.. Port Taw pa 7:10 p.m., onpeete at Wilsoo with No 47 arriving Goldsboro 8: 25 p. m’, Wilmington 6 p. m. Pal!- saan Sleeper New York to Jeckson- le. 11:55 A. M. Daily, exenpt Sundey. Ar- ives Petersburg 12:20 p. ts. Stops Manohester. Drewry’s Binff, Con- traila, apd (hester on sienal. 3:15 P.M. OCKAN SHORE LIMITED, Daily. Arve: Petersburg 8:48 p m. Norfolk 6:86 p.m. Stove only st Petersburg, Waverly and Sal- 4:80 P.M. Daily, exeept Sunday. ar tives Pesersburg 6:20 p. m., Wel den 7:42 p m., and Rocky Mount 8:66 p, m. Makes alf intermediate stops, 6:00P.M. Daily Arrives Potersburg 9:40 p.m. Makes all stops 6:87 P. ML: FLORIDA AND WEST IN- DIAN LIMITED. Daily, Arrives at Petersburg 7:87 p. m. Connects with Norfolk and Western for Nor. folk and intermediate pointe, Em- 8:40 p. m. (eonnets with At. Rictie and Banville for stations be. tween Emporia and Lawrenceville. Weldon 9:18 p. m, Fayettesville 12:82 «. m-, Obarieston 6:23 a. m., Savanah 7:00 ¢. i. Jasksonviile 215 p. m., Port m NEW LINE to Middle.Geargie Foine—Arriving Auguste 7,56 « ta., Macon 11:1 a. m., Atlanta 12; 85 pm. Themarrille 2:25 p.m, Palimas Sleepers New York to 2 dee soc harleston, Port Tampa, Jacktonille, Auguate and incon, 9:10 P. M., Daily, Arriving Petersburg 9:5 pm, Binneste at Petersbure with Norfoik and Western railway. arriving Lyichbdurg 2:30 a. m., Roanoke 5a. m., Bristol 10:40 » m. Pullmas Sleeper Richmond to Lrnehbarg, WO P. M’Daily, Arrives Petersburg 21C em. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICBMOND, 8:20 A. M. Daily, From Jacksonville. Savannah, Bharicstor, Atlante. Macon, Auguste and all poln% 7:85, m. Daily From Petersburg. oe and the West. 6:45 a.m Daily, except Sunday, Pet- ereburg local. 11:10 a m dally. except Sunday From Goldsboro and intermediste ate- tions, Norfolk snd Suffolk. 11:42. m. Daily, from Norfolx, Suf- folk and Pe : 11:06 a.m. Sunday from Norfoik Suffolk end Petersburg. 2:10 p.m. Daily, excep: Sanday, From UFR. T:tap m. Daily From Miam', Port ‘auaps, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmmgton, Goldabo: 78:0 p. me Dally rom Mecfolk, Pa 20 Ds m. . Peters snd ntermediate static ms 8:56 p.m. Daily, From Petersburg, Lyoehbarg and West. . M. EMERSON. Traffic Manager, 3. R. KENLY, General Manager. 4. M, EMERSON, neral Fassengor Agent C.8 OAMPSELS Division Passonge. Ag 894 ast Main 3s, W. P. Tarion. sLD DOMINI@N STEAMSHIP Oc Re oP Sas eee Me Ee Bare Lama rom aw TORE, axcart soma. Possecn ron ear, ZORe tara weeny Sudip Tie Chesapeats and Oui rcliway, any is Ghoenmeats one ous rien, reed, (Worfolk and Westerm reutet.o0 4. Tet hewitt ee Rien aaa Eine Meamer sailing same evening at T tna Relea sare acaterieart tat, Ses ctiraanearennend cat Rec, cast Main Street, Richmond. Baggage cheen- eee aan naar, toe ioeegy Sacer, elit a Metta oaY ay oer this feamer cafricn ste qaemeM. te Sn tcc magus piietiereneed sehen before uta tm Eiteh! feared irey scans cost and fereiga porus, pocnes ger. x cheer oe sy uae x —. 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TERE AP ro: FINE TAILORING CLEANING ‘DYEING 3 nN Ss e A a L. & RAILWAY. “Q\PITAL OLTY ROUTE” Short Line to Principsi Cities of the South and Southwest, Portia Dat ba, Texss, Oaliforcia and Mex- ico, resohing toe Uapitale of six States. ee ee a ee, CO ee: Leave No, 37 102,38 Biehmona . .........2:40 pm p= Petersbargeeemw3:27 Pm 11:30 pm Raleigh. 740 pm Ale me Artie Hemet... 10:85 pm 7.008 m Atlante... 9.00 am 4:45pm Leave Hamlet... nseeel0:60 pm 7:20 0m Arrive polambie, eas’n time 2:00am.10:85 ame ve ‘Qolambis seat’! time 1:05 » m 9:40 am Arrive BeveOMAh enn 4:520m 1:47 pm Fernanding.....-.”. 9:80am 6.00 p m Jeoksonville. "9:15am 6218 pm Pallbassee.n 28:15 pm 6.30 nee Qeale...eemeweneneen 1248 pm 1:00 a me Orlando... B10 pm 7340 0m Pampers coce one 8:40 pm 6°15 8 Port Tampa......... 10:30pm 8:80 am MN ne sca Che m.,dally fot Petersburg, Noriice m., lor Pet rg, Nori N 0. aod ail intermediate palais’ Gonneetions at Norling with train ar. riving frum Henderson 2:10 p.m. and Ralelgh 8:60 2 ‘daily, and” Dorhem 4:15 pm. aig! ereept Sunday. ‘Trains leave Ricumond for Washing- ton, New Y.rk and the East fatty. No. 44 a: 6:40 a. m. and No. 68 at 8: P.m. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida Bart, Coot Rointse and Cubs a d Porto R so. At lew Orleans for all points in Texas Mexioo and Oslitornia. ‘RAINE ARRIVE AT RICHMOND Daitr. 6:82. m.No 3 | From all points souk 8:21 p.m.No.68{ and southwest, 5:46 p. m. No. 8$—From Nurlina, N.C., Petersburg and loeal points. SUREFIXG-CAR senvice, Nos. 81 and 34—Fiorida and Metre- elitan Limited. Drawing room ted Eleeping-sers and Through Day Coseh- gy between Now York, ond Tampa. ‘awing-room Buffet Bleep ing cam bevwees New Yack aia ta. Noe. 27 and 66—Floride and Atlante Fast Mail. Through Drawing-room Buffet Sleepiox-cars between New Youk and geesoarile, connecting at jamlet with Sleeping-cer from Atlante, in connection with whieh Through Pallman Tickets are sold Finees Day coaches, foo a Mp tee im 5 My J. M. Barr, 1st V.P, & Gen'l Mang Portamoutb, Va. B. E. L. Bacch, Gen’l Pass, Agent. G ® & 0 ¢ "OMe Ratienee os SOS Bay 26,1901, From Riehmond, LEAVE BROAD-STREET stalon For Newport Ne . Old Poiat, Norfolk aad Portsmoush, = 8:00 a. m, (exeept Sunday) Local. 9:00 a.m Daily. Fass traio. Stops on- ip at Wuliatnsbarg. sonneste st eres menpas sere. va. Beach Mondey, Vedneeday, Fri. day and Savirdey with Booey steamers. 8:45 p.m. fealty) Local. Connects at Old Pont ally with Washing. tom and Cape Obaries Steamers, and + xoept Sunday with New York (Old Dominion ard Balt more steamers. warrnouxp, 10,00 & m (except Sunday) for lit, ton Forge, connects for 0: Warrenton, Manaess Branss, Hogerstown and Azington. No.t 2:45 p, m. daily 8t Louis limited Eoutaviiin Be Lot nd Cnet nuiaville, ais and © No 7, loeal vrain follows No 1, oe cept Sunday, {rom Gordonsville 5:80 hy Staunton. ati « :80 p.m. seeommod ation, exeopt Sun- day to Doswell, 10.454 m. daily, with Pullman for Cincinnati, bicago, Louisville, St. Louis, ete, onrects at Ronceverte, ‘except Sunday with Greenbrier River Railway. LRAVR EIGHTH sr, srariox, 10,80 s. m. daily tor Lynchburg ; Lex- ington, and Clifton Forge, on- Reets except Sunday with Buek- ingham and Alberene branches. parler ear. 5:15 p. m. secommodation, exee; tt Sun Pasy to Oclumbe = AINS ARRIVE BROAD 8TREEt ‘Sal eee n, 8,60 From ‘well. Sites m. ced" Bio r ea. from Cin- sinpati. 12:50. m. 27:05 o.m.* 10 p-m. from Norfolk and Old Peint. x 8:15 p. m., from Clifton Forge, and §tauntor, Et AIN ARRIVE EIGHTH STRE! ie STATION. 40 }.'from Columbia. ba) - = from Clifton. 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COMUNICATIONS—When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue our paper, you should give your name and address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. COMMENCES—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent the former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va., as second class matter. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 1901 WE are advancing despite the gloomy outlook and dissappointing conditions. THERE are times when exposure is the only remedy for the dangerous, corruptive influences in some of our churches. WHITE mobs and colored mobs should be put on the same level and made to feel the strong corrective power of the aw. SELF-PRESERVATION is the first law of mature, and should be exercised in dealing with unreasoning, blood-thirsty individuals, be they white or colored. --- COLORED people, who have no self-respect tend to injure the race more than anything else and we should labor to the end that we shall become the best behaved class of people on the face of the globe. LET us not forget that we still have white friends who wish us well, and they know that we are doing all in our power to improve our conditions. THE Constitutional Convention is in session again. The cutting down of salaries and the decrease of offices, which white men are holding, have for the time being over-shadowed the Negro question. COLORED men, the conduct of some of our people makes us ashamed, but let us not despair. The white folks have the same kind of material with which to contend on their side. We must fearlessly condemn the vicious, disreputable elements amongst us even though we become unpopular in so doing, and we must commend the thrifty, honest elements, who are doing so much to increase their material wealth and win the esteem and respect of all classes. THE THIRST FOR BLOOD. THE noticeable increase in the number of lynchings is the direct result of the agitation against the colored people. The report which came from Smithville, Tenn., tells of the first lynching in the history of De Kabb County, Tennessee. It seems that CHARLES DAVIS, whether white or colored, "deponent saith not," was charged with having assaulted Miss KATE HUES Sunday evening, July 28th, 1901. He was arrested, and as the first witness began to testify, the friends and relatives of the girl made for the prisoner. There was a scene of the wildest excitement. DAVIS, the white man made an effort jump from the second story win low and escape. Revolvers were drawn and fired, which added to the confusion. tired, which added to the confusion. He was captured before he could jump. The sheriff, one of his deputies, a constable and the father of DAVIS were severely injured in their efforts to prevent the lynching. Their names are sheriff J. T. ODUM, Deputy BOB ODUM and Constable MANEY PASS. The lynching party of about 25 persons carried DAVIS about a quarter of a mile from the courthouse and on August 24, 1901, hanged him to a tree. No information is given as to what became of the judge or whether the jurors participated in the lynching. It shows, however that the indiscriminate setting at defiance the law will react upon the white people themselves. There is something lacking in our form of government, which shows that license is too often taken for liberty. News came from BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, that CHARLES BENTLEY (colored) charged with the murder of JIM VANN, alias WILLIAMS, a white man, was lynched Friday, August 2d, 1901, near LEEDS, ALA. His body was riddled with bullets. No information is given relative to the torture to which he was subjected before his spirit took its flight to the other world. There was no suspicion even of criminal assault. For fifteen hours three hundred armed white men attempted to drive every colored man from the neighborhood of PIERCE CITY, MISSOURI. Monday, August 19th, the mob killed WILLIAM GODLEY, accused of murdering Miss WILDE. They shot to death his grandfather, FRENCH GODLEY, who was innocent of any crime and then burned to death in his own home an aged colored man whose name is PETER HAMPTON. This work of deviltry and despiliation was followed by the burning of the houses of five colored men. The arsenal of the local military company was broken into, the rifles secured and with them dozens of colored men were driven from the town. The lawlessness subsided only when there were no more colored people upon whom to wreak vengeance. Many of the colored people with their children are hiding in the adjoining woods, having neither food nor shelter. Others, foot-sore and weary, having lost everything in the mad rush, have go e further for many miles seeking shelter. Every colored man in the town has been required to leave, except a few railroad porters and a demand is to be made that these must leave. It has since been ascertained that the mob lynched the wrong man and that WILLIAM GODLEY was really innocent. Nevertheless, not only was he murdered, but also his aged grand-father. Train-loads of armed white men have come to this point from all directions. They are bent on blood-shed and no effort seems to be made by the authorities to check the work of carnage. The hard-ware stores sold arms to white men, but refused to sell to colored people. It is estimated that not less than thirty colored families were driven from their homes and are now wondering upon the face of the earth. These grusome scenes have been followed by others, but none have tended to shock the civilized world so much as the one reported as having taken place Saturday, August 17th, 1901, at Nelson's ranch, $2\frac{1}{2}$ miles east of RED RANCH, TEXAS. ABE WILDER, a colored man charged with the murder of Mrs. CALDWELL (white) was captured. He was taken to a tree and swung up in the air, presumably by the body as there was no desire to hang him. Wood was piled up underneath, kerosene oil poured over it, and he was dangling above this, while being slowly roasted alive. The heart-rending appeals made by the victim echoed and reechoed for a long time as this crowd of human fiends danced around the funeral pyre of the then living victim. The horrible details of this outrageous murder will never be known, but it adds another chapter to this bloody his, historical period through which we are now passing. Law is a mockery and to be arrested upon the charge of a heinous crime is to be lynched. What is to be done? This is the question for the conservative men of both races to consider. It is gradually dawning upon us all that lawlessness is affecting both races and the disposition to visit summary punishment rather than have recourse to the law everywhere apparent. Few officers are willing to blast their reputations and do their sworn duty. The lower elements, both white and colored have become too intolerant. The laws of both God and man are being disregarded. What is to be done? Individually speaking, we have about made up our minds as to the proper course to pursue, but what are the masses to do? Are they to be driven from their homes? Are innocent individuals to be lynched first and investigation made afterwards? Are the court-houses to be desecrated, and the penalty visited even before the defense has been heard? Are the officers of the law to be sustained or are we to continue to permit this carnage of blood, this roasting of human beings, this disregard of all of the forms of civilized government? We are drifting steadily to a period, akin to the French Revolution. Colored men are as helpless and in as much danger as were the early settlers upon the frontiers of this republic. Like them, every colored man should prepare for the worst and be ready to sell his life as dearly as possible. It is a dark day for the colored peo- RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ple of the country; but continued effort faith in God and the determination to die like brave men rather than to go down to death as cowards will certainly better the condition of those who remain behind and awaken the conscience of the nation to a full realization of the terrible conditions which now obtain. I much law must not. SENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 15.—The gunboat Machias left Norfolk for Colon this morning with a full complement of marines and with plenty of supplies and ammunition. New Orleans, Aug. 15.—A storm has been raging at the river's mouth for over 24 hours, and the water in the river is backed up fully five feet. Many rice fields along the lower coast are under water, and orange lands will be damaged. Roanoke, Va., Aug. 20.—A commission merchant named Waxelbaum, Macon, Ga., was shot yesterday at Rural Retreat by the daughter of B. H. Neff, proprietor of the Alamo hotel at that place. Waxelbaum is still alive. The cause of the shooting is not known. Pensacola, Fla., Aug. 17.—The French steamship Cyrano, which arrived yesterday, reports that the American steamship Evelyn, ten days from New York for this port, went around at 8 o'clock Thursday morning about eight miles from Pensacola bar. She is listed and is fast going to pieces. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 15.—At yesterday's session of the constitutional convention Mr. Sanford, of Montgomery, introduced an ordinance prohibiting the granting of franchises by municipal corporations for 50 years or more without submitting the question to a vote of the people. Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17.—By a vote of 141 to 3 the International Typographical Union adopted the recommendation of the committee on the allied trades and tripartite agreement to abrogate the agreement with the Pressmen and Bookbinders' Unions, and the matter will be submitted by referendum. Sporia, Ga., Aug. 17.—In a fight at a country store near this place last night one man was killed and two severely wounded. In an altercation between two men named Stanley and Brooking, Boyer, a bystander, intervened as peacemaker and was shot in the head by Brooking and instantly killed. Coal Creek, Tenn., Aug. 15.—Coal Creek is two feet higher than ever before. Half the town is inundated and the people are moving to higher ground. Seven bridges and trestles on the Southern railway near Coal creek are reported washed away. Six houses were washed away near Coal Creek. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 16.-Late last night Governor Longino received a telegram from Adjutant General Henry, stating that the Governor's Guards, called for by the sheriff of Panola county, arrived at Sardis at 7 o'clock last night. They have James Dunningham, a negro, in charge and are guarding the jail. Dunningham is charged with attempted criminal assault on a 7-year-old girl. Richmond, Va., Aug. 20.-Fire destroyed what is locally known as the J. Wright company plant of the American Cigar company, at the corner of Twenty-third and Cary streets, yesterday. There were about 400,000 pounds of leaf tobacco in the building, owned by the American Cigar company, and this, with the machinery, it is estimated, was worth $115,000. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17.—The weather bureau here has warned all outgoing shipping of the approaching storm and notified them that it will be unsafe to venture out to sea, especially past dangerous Cape Hatteras, until the disturbance has blown over. Hampton Roads and the inner harbor are thronged with ships waiting for a safe time to depart. Among them is the gunboat Machias, which has loaded supplies, men and ammunition and is ready to leave for Colon. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 19—The Spanish minister at Washington has asked Vicente Guerra, the Spanish vice consul here for the names of the subjects who were recently deported by the citizens vigilants committee as leaders of the Resistencia cigarmakers strike, and for an investigation of the whole affair so far as Spain is concerned. The vice consul says that so far as he can ascertain all of the deported Spaniards were naturalized citizens of the United States. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 20.—Excitement was created here yesterday by an extra issue of La Federacion, the organ of La Resistencia, containing a very incendiary article from Louisa Herera, the woman secretary of the strippers' union of Resistencia. Louisa Herera is well known in New York and Chicago, where she handled a number of strikes. She calls for Resistencia to pack up and leave Tampa in a body "as a grinning skeleton," using words too profane to reproduce. Her article is taken by the general public to mean arson, and she says they should leave if the blood of the officers have to run in revenge for the men spirited away from here. A demand was made last night for her arrest. Mobile, Ala., Aug. 19.—The Louisville and Nashville railroad, which had to suspend business between this city and New Orleans, was put in condition yesterday, the first train from New Orleans arriving in Mobile during the day. Telegraphic communication with New Orleans was obtained yesterday for the first time since the storm. Several linemen, who have been working below here, came into Mobile last night. They say that the water in the Tensas swamp, through which the Louisville and Nashville railroad runs, completely demoralized the wild animals which have their haunts in that wild waste. Many deer came upon the railroad to escape the flood, and the linemen caught one which was so exhausted by swimming that it was unable to get away. A big black bear also came out of the swamp, but was not captured. Report Shows That Number Were Drowned in Islander Wreck. 108 PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD Many Returning From the Klondike Threw Away Gold To Save Their Lives—Heroic Captain Foote Stayed On Board Until the Last. Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 20.—It is now known that 67 lives were lost as the result of the apalling disaster to the steamer Islander which struck a floating iceberg off Douglass, Island at 2 a. m. on August 15. The ship went to the bottom in 20 minutes, carrying men, women and children to watery graves. It will be some time before the names of the greater part of the victims can be obtained. One man, who had just come from the Klondike, whose name could not be learned, is reported to have taken his portmanteau to the care of the purser, Mr. Bishop, and with the grip containing dust amounting to $40,000 in value, grasped firmly in his hand, jumped from the sinking steamer to a boat close by, and falling to reach the boat, he went down with his treasure. The death of Captain Foote was very pathetic. He remained on the bridge until the steamer was foundering. When the vessel commenced to sink and it was seen that no expedient could avail, the captain, it is said, jumped into the life raft, which was already taxed. Realizing that his weight would work havoc there, he exclaimed: "I see there are too many here, so good-bye, boys," and swam away. He was shortly afterward seen to sink. J. T. Snyder, of Junan, who attended the inquest over the survivors at that place, says the tes imony tended to free Captain Foote from any negligence. "A stowaway," he says, "was discovered in the forward water-tight compartment. When the vessel struck the water rushed in on him and he set up a big bowl, and, being immediately under the sailors' quarters, one of them thoughtlessly rushed down and opened the compartment, which allowed the sea to come rolling into the sea, carrying the body of the stowaway, to the sailor with it. This was done without the captain's knowledge, and I think excused him for thinking, the vessel would float for several hours, which it would have done had he water-tight compartment not been opened, and he could have beached her in a small bay about three miles away. It was established that if the pilot had carried out his intention he could have gotten her on the beach without the loss of any lives except the stowaway." HOME FROM MANILA, U. S. General MacArthur and Staff Arrive On Transport Sheridan San Francisco, Aug. 19.—The transport Sheridan arrived yesterday from Manila, bringing General MacArthur and staff, the officers and 869 enlisted men of the Fourteenth Infantry, Company A of the Battalion of Engineers, 262 discharged soldiers, 39 prisoners, 69 discharged civilian employees, five marines and 12 stowaways. The prisoners are nearly all short-term men, most of them soldiers of the Fourteenth. Lieutenant Colonel Quinton is in command of the Fourteenth. A passenger on the Sheridan was Captain S. W. Newton, of the Thirty-fourth Volunteers, who took a prominent part in the capture of Aguinaldo. In an interview General MacArthur said: "Wer has wrecked the Philippines and laid waste whole districts. The people in many districts have relapsed into barbarism. The best conditions prevail in northern Luzon. You may say that the whole territory is pacified but not tranquilized, but it will not be many months before law and order are observed everywhere. ·SIEGE GUN EXPLODED. Private Killed and Several Fatally Hurt At Target Practice. Junction City, Kan., Aug. 20.—While at target practice about 9 o'clock yesterday on Fort Riley reservation, half a mile north of this city, a seven-inch 107-pound shell exploded as it was being placed in the breech of a section gun of Siege Battery C, Seventh Artillery, commanded by Captain Van Duren. Private Watson was killed, three others were fatally injured and five severely hurt. DYNAMITE KILLS SIX Fire In Round House Reached Explosive, With Dire Results. Little Falls, N. Y., Aug. 20.—The Mohawk & Melone round house at Herkimer was discovered to be on fire at 10:39 last night. Watchman Gilbert and an engine tender named John Beck, assisted by residents of the vicinity and members of the bridge building gang, attempted to extingush the flames. While they were battling with the fire a large quantity of dynamite stored in the building exploded with terrific force, killing Gilbert and Deck and four others. OVER TWENTY WRECK VICTIMS. Paducah Steamer, Struck By Squall, Sinks Instantly. Paducah, Ky., Aug. 21—Seventeen, and perhaps 22, lives were lost in the wreck of the steamer City of Golconda at Cottonwood Bar, four miles above Paducah, Monday night. It seems that the most culpable carelessness was the cause of the catastrophe. A A. Peck, the pilot, claims the engineer left his post, and he could not manage the boat with the engines helpless. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Wednesday, August 14. Dexter Gaslor, New Orleans' chief of police, died last night. A dispatch from Moscow says Count Tolstoy is going to the Crimea soon. Ex-President Cleveland is at Buzzard's Bay on one of his old-time gunning trips. The Grand Rapids Fire Insurance company has been purchased by the Hartford Fire Insurance company. The first bale of new Louisiana cotton was sold at the cotton exchange in New York yesterday for 15 cents a pound. Thursday, August 15. Fire at Chapley, Fla., destroyed half the town, causing a loss of $100,000. The Wabash railroad will purchase the Omaha and St. Louis road for $3,500,000. It is said that Lord Kitchener will return from South Africa the middle of next week. Commander Wise, who died yesterday, was in charge of the training ship Enterprise during the Spanish war. Jules Liebon, the famous Berlin opera producer may come to this country. The West Point cadets are at the Pan-American exposition, where they will give daffy exhibition drills until Aug. 28. Edward A. Allen, of Indian territory, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. The American Protective Association closed its convention at Atlantic City by electing officers. Former Judge John B. Stoom died at Stroudsburg yesterday morning. Colonel Clease, formerly insurance superintendent of Illinois, was arrested for stealing photographs and records from the interior department. Saturday, August 17. It is said that all the Omaha street railways will consolidate. The battleship Iowa has arrived at San Francisco. Twenty-four saloonkeepers were each held in $200 ball at Atlantic City for selling liquor on Sunday. Bishop Shanahan, of Harrisburg, and half the priests of his diocese will enter Overbrook Seminary for a week's spiritual retreat. Colonel Myron T. Herrick, an old friend of President McKinley, called upon the latter yesterday at his Canton home. The Houston and Texas Central, a Southern Pacific property, has absorbed the Central Texas and Northwestern. Edward V. Sheppard, chief clerk of the patent office, was dismissed yesterday for alleged carelessness in having lost certain moneys sent to the office by mail. Insurance Superintendent Yates, of Illinois, refused to revoke the charter of the Aetna Fire Insurance company of Hartford, Conn., on the ground that it was not within his power. He was notified that the Aetna was violating the state's laws. Monday, August 19. Queen Alexandra of England left Homburg for Copenhagen yesterday. Queen Sophia of Sweden is again seriously ill. Edmond Audran, the French composer, is dead. He was born April 11, 1842. A. W. Graham, first vice president of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, died yesterday at Petosky, Mich. John B. Nicklin, of Chattanooga, was elected president of the Southern Baseball League last night. It is semi-officially announced that the Kaiser will meet the Czar within a short time at Carlsruhe. Tuesday, August 20. The Southern railway announces that its lines are now all open. Captain Eris M. Gabrielson, formerly of the United States revenue service, died yesterday at Edgerton, Mass. Receivers were appointed at Baltimore yesterday for the Parkton Lumber company, of Baltimore county, and the Chesapeake Lumber company. King Oscar of Norway and Sweden has accepted President Loubet's invitation to witness the close of the grand manoeuvres of the French army at Rhelms. Wednesday, August 21. The new Wagner theatre in Munich was opened last night. Clark Gibbs, the old-time black-face minstrel, died yesterday at Trenton, N. J. Destructive forest fires are reported in large tracts of pine timber in Grimes county, Texas. American agents are busy in Belgium recruiting Belgian glass blowers for service in the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Marchand, of Fashoda fame, has been promoted to the chief command of a brigade of French troops in China. At the Winona Bible conference last night the conference sermon was preached by the noted Scottish evangelist, Rev. John McNeill, of Glassow TEXAS HAS A NEGRO BURNING. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 21.—A dispatch received here from Whitesboro, Tex., says the negro Alfred Wilder, charged with the murder of Mrs. Caldwell, the wife of a Grayson county farmer and a bride of but six months, at her home on Saturday last, was captured by a mob and burned at Nelson's Ranch, two and one-half miles east of Red Ranch, last night. The negro was taken to a tree and swung in the air. Wood and fodder were piled beneath his body and a hot fire made. Then it was suggested that the man ought not die too quickly, and he was let down to the ground, while a party went to Dexter, about two miles distant, to procure coal oil. This was thrown on the flames and the work completed. PINKERTON'S CLEVER CAPTURE. Alleged German Embezzler of $375, 000 Caught in Milwaukee 600 Caught in Milwaukee. Chicago, Aug. 17.—Shadowed by the police of Paris, hounded by the detectives of Scotland Yard, looked for by the sleuths of New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati, Gerhard Terlinden, of Dulisburg, Germany, accused of forgery and embezzlement by the German government, was captured in Milwaukee by Chicago Pinkertons and brought to this city for safe keeping. The prisoner is wanted by the German authorities for having forged and hypotheticated 1,500,000 marks worth of charters and securities, the property of the Garhardt Terlinden Company of Dulisburg, of which he was manager. 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K. of W. WOMAN'S UNION. ST. LUKE'S HALL, 900 ST. JAMES RICHMOND, VA. We pay sick Benefits Promptly. Death Benefits in 24 hours after sat- satisfactory proof has been filed in the Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: THE PLANET SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1901 IN A TUNNEL FOR DAYS Two Men, Trapped in Cleveland's Crib Horror, Rescued. KNEW NOTHING OF THE FIRE Thought They Were Doomed To Die, But Worked Desperately To Dig Their Way Out—Prepared To Eat Raw Mule Meat. Cleveland, Aug. 20.—Adam Kest and Joseph Eugine, two of a dozen or more wort men who were trapped in the water works tunnel 200 feet below the surface of Lake Erie, by the burning of crib No. 2, last Wednesday morning were rescued from their horrible position late yesterday afternoon and are now lying semi-conscious at Huron Street hospital. With careful nursing the physicians say they will soon recover their former strength and probably be none the worse for their thrilling experience. Shut off from the upper world, the men knew nothing of the catastrophe that killed so many of their comrades and imprisoned them. They knew that something had severed their connection with the crib. They knew that beyond the air lock, behind which they had taken refuge, the air was too foul to breathe. But they supposed that the trouble was temporary. Each day they expected their comrades to come down the tunnel to their rescue. When their signal for help, tapped on the air pipe, was at last answered from the crib, Kest and Eugine were preparing to eat raw mule meat. Their deliverance came just in time to make unnecessary this desperate effort. At the hospital last night the two men were permitted to talk for a short time and they related some of their experiences. They said they did not know there had been a fire and they could not account for their plight, unless some accident had happened, which would soon be repaired. As the time passed by, however, and hours lengthened into days, the men were beginning to fear they were doomed to death either by starvation, suffocation or drowning. "We gave up more than once," said Kest. "We lost track of the time. I did not know whether it was six days or three. The gas must have made us sleepy. We slept a lot I know. We did not know whether it was day or night down there. The darkness was awful. We tried to get out several times. Each time the gas drove us back. At last we decided that it was get out or die, and we made a try, tapping on the pipe as we went along." NO REVOLT IN COLUMBIA. New York, Aug. 21.—The officers and passengers of the steamship Orizaba, which arrived from Colon yesterday, said that the reports of trouble between Venezuela and Colombia were greatly exaggerated. "We neither saw nor heard anything of any trouble while in the harbor," said Captain Smith. "I did not go ashore myself, but I know that everything was peaceful and quiet. The government had put a few soldiers on the trains running across the isthmus, but that is often done." Colonel J. R. Shaler, general superintendent of the Panama railroad, who was a passenger on the Orizaba, ridiculed the reports of battles and incursions at the isthmus, and said there was no revolution in Colombia. Neither had there been any interference with his road. He continued: "The fact that I have left Colon for a trip to New York is evidence that there is no disorder or trouble what ever at the isthmus. I read of a battle which I knew never took place. There were many battalions engaged and 900 dead, but there were never any such forces, and they never saw each other and nobody was scratched. People who do not understand conditions down there take these stories seriously, but those who are on the ground do not." POLICEMEN HELD FOR TRIAL First Arrests in New York's Latest Reform Inquiry. New York, Aug.21—As a result of the judicial inquiry being carried on by District Attorney Philibin, Justice Jerome and the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Crime, into the conduct of the police department, warrants were issued yesterday for the arrest of Wardman Glennon, Wardman Dwyer and Sergeant Shields. The three police officers were quickly arraigned before Justice Jerome who held Glennon in the sum of $2,000 and the others in $2,000 each, security being at once furnished. The evidence upon which Glennon, Shields and Dwyer were arrested was given by five witnesses. It related to an alleged disorderly house on West Thirty-third street, which they are charged with failing to suppress. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 20—Flour steady; winter superfine, $1.25@2.30. Penn sylvania roller, clear, $2.00@3.15. city mills, extra, $2.40@2.65. Rye flour slow, at $2.65@ 2.80 per barrel. Wheat off; No. 2 red, spot, $75%@74%. Corn declined; No. 2 yel- le, $60%@64%. Oats weak; No. 2 white, clipped, $44%@45%. Hay in good demand; No. 1 timothy $67@7 for large bales. Beef firm; beef hams, $19.50@2.50. Pork熟成; family, $27.30. Live poultry, for quoted at 8%/20c, for hen, 8%/7c, for old roosters. Dressed poultry at 10c, for choice, fowls, 5c, for old roosters. Butter steady; creamery, 21%c. Eggs: New York and Pennsylvania, 17c. Potatoes first; Jersey, 60%/7c. OIL FIRE STILL BURNING. Philadelphia's Big Casualty. Philadelphia, Aug. 21. The fire which began Monday afternoon at the works of the Atlantic Refining company at Point Breeze, in the southwestern section of the city, is still burning fiercely this morning, and Chief Baxter, of the city fire department, has given up hope of saving any of the company's property. The one hope of the company's officials and the firemen was in their ability to pump the oil from the tanks not yet reached by the flames into reserve tanks in an isolated section of the yard. An explosion late yesterday afternoon carried away the pumping machinery, and nothing remains now apparently but to permit the confaguration to burn until all the oil is consumed. It is believed this morning that the five lives lost in the explosion of the big gasoline tank on Monday night completes the list of fatalities. The fire is still raging and is eating up oil at the rate of $100,000 a day, according to the estimate of President Lloyd, of the Atlantic Refining company. Firemen and officials are powerless. The fire must literally burn itself out. The cooperage shop has been swept away, and in its destruction 40 men narrowly escaped death. The tanks of benzine are going. Earthworks have been thrown up to keep the Schuylkill river from becoming flooded with blazing oil. The firemen say they are working in the dark. There is danger all around them, they say, and they do not know where the danger spots are. MILLIONS INVOLVED In Suit Brought By Tennessee Farmers Against Copper Companies Against Copper Companies. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 21.-Judge McConnell, sitting at Cleveland, Tenn., yesterday dissolved injunctions granted two weeks ago in a case that involves millions of dollars. At Ducktown, Tenn., $5,000,000 have been invested in the copper industry and two mammoth smelting plants built. About 40 farmers claim that their land has been ruined by the fumes from the plants destroying all vegetation, sulphuric acid being used in the process. They filed suits for damages and abatement of the alleged nuisance and were granted injunctions two weeks ago, the observance of which practically shut down the plants. Three thousand men are employed in the industry and one feature of yesterday's hearing was the presentation of a monster petition signed by 3,000 citizens of Polk county asking the dissolution of the injunction. The Tennessee Copper company and Ducktown Sulphur, Copper and Iron company are the plants involved. Detroit, Aug. 21.—While the clerks in Horace Steere's jewelry store on Woodward avenue were busy in the rear of the establishment yesterday afternoon a man walked in and grabbed a tray of diamonds worth $4,000 just as his presence was discovered. The clerk shouted and the thief ran out and down Woodward avenue with the clerks in pursuit. Policeman Wagner joined the chase and the thief was pursued into the public lighting plant on the river front. Here an employee saw him empty the contents of the tray into a handkerchief which he slipped into his pocket. Throwing away his straw hat, the thief put on a cap and then walked boldly out and met the pursuing policeman, who, however, recognized him despite the change of headgear. He was arrested and 34 diamonds were found on his person. The prisoner gives the name of Charles Meyers and says he just arrived here from St. Louis. SHOWN THROUGH THE PALACE Japanese Emperor Pays Unusual Honor to American Admiral Washington, Aug. 21.—In a report of the unveiling of the statue commemorating the landing of Commodore Perry at Kurthama, Japan, Admiral Rodgers says: "On July 12 I was received in audience together with Captains Mackenzie, Sperry, Commander Swift and my personal staff by the emperor and by the empress. After the audience we were by direction of the emperor, shown through the palace. This, I am informed, is an unusual honor, as is also the granting of an audience to a foreigner during the summer months. On the same day I also called on the princes of the royal family." Another Victory For Jack O'Brien, London, Aug. 20.—Jack O'Brien, the Philadelphia, pugilist, knocked out "Dido" Plumb of London in the sixth round of a 15-round contest at Newcastle last night, winning the 154-pound championship and £650. CHICAGO WORKERS JUSTIFIED. Steel Men Say They Should Not Violate Personal Honor. Chicago, Aug. 21.—A statement addressed to labor organizations and to the public, signed by 14 men who claim to represent the members of the Amalgamated Association employed in the steel works at South Chicago, was issued last night. It is an extended argument in justification of the refusal of tae South Chicago men to violate their contract with the Illinois Steel company. In conclusion it says: "The principles of union labor are as dear to us as to any men in the country who earn their living by honest toll, but we do not think we should be expected to violate every rule of business integrity and personal honor for a matter of sentiment, for this is a time when we must not let our sympathy get away with our better judgment." PRETTY WOMAN AIDS TRUST Former Friend of Strikers' Families Helps the Strike Breakers Pittsburg, Aug. 21.—A feature of interest is added to the contest at the Lindsay & McCutechon mill by the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA claim of the strikers that Mrs. Fred Baugh, wife of the superintendent, is escorting the strike breakers to and from the mill. She has always been very popular with the mill men, and the pickets say they would rather face a regiment of soldiers than do anything improper in her presence. They say that in peace times she nursed their families, and that they simply cannot interfere with her or the men she escorts. PITT8BURG TUBE MEN STRIKE Employees of Pennsylvania Worke Went Out Monday. Pittsburg, Aug. 20.—The men of the Pennsylvania Works of the National Tube company in this city joined the strikers last night, and it is expected that the force in the Frankstown plant will follow them today. About 600 men left the Pennsylvania Works, and it is almost certain that all of the remaining 600 will join in the movement and completely tie the property up. There are about 600 men in the Frankstown property, and the total number of men added to the army of strikers by the movement will be about 1,800. It was understood earlier yesterday that the National Tube company had announced an advance in wages, and it was thought that it would hold the ren. SYMPATHY FOR STEEL STRIKERS Texas Legislature Extends Moral Aid and Denonctions Trust. Dallas, Tex., Aug. 17.—The morning session yesterday in the Texas house of representatives at Austin was occupied with resolutions extending sympathy and moral support to the steel strikers and denouncing the steel trust. Delegate McFall made a speech in favor of the strikers and against the trust. The resolution is now the pending business, and will come up in the morning hour from day to day until disposed of. PLAY OF ANCIENT RULERS. Alexander the Great preferred taming fiery and unmanageable horses to any other diversion. Honorius, ruler of the western empire of Rome, was supremely happy when playing with a pet hen. Charlemagne devoted much of his spare time to swimming, and easily outstripped all who competed against him. A queen of Denmark, as a pastime, made dresses, and proudly claimed that most of her garments were the work of her own hands. Caligula, emperor of Rome, amused himself by feeding human beings to wild beasts, in a portion of his palace expressly arranged for that purpose From nothing can a more correct idea of the peculiarities constituting the individuality of those who figure conspicuously in history be gained than from a consideration of their recreations and pastimes—not always in harmony with the character generally attributed to the persons themselves. Peter the Great allowed himself not rest from work. In those hours which other rulers would have devoted to relaxation, he was diligently laboring at forges, in shippavards, in mills of various kinds, and thus acquired the knowledge which enabled him to raise Russia from a half-civilized province to a mighty empire. WHAT HOME IS Home has a cool hand and a soft voice—and sympathy. Home is where you can speak your mind and criticise your employer. Home is where you can pull off your shoes and put on your slippers. Home has a quiet rest for the tired head, and home is where you can cry out your heartweariness. Home is where you can shove the day's burdens into the hall closet and hold yourself straight and free once more. A home is a responsibility, but not any more so now than in the time of our fathers. No man or woman worthy of the name will shirk a responsibility that means the welfare of our country. It is that responsibility that makes sturdy citizens and selects great men to rule us. Home is earth's Eden to those who wish it to be so and will strive to make it so. A little more thoughtfulness, a little less selfishness; a little of self-abnegation and a good deal of sentiment; much of imagination and a great lot of lovableness; an ideal to grow to and enough practicability to keep things moving smoothly; such constitute the haven that most of us look forward to and that some of us reach. SCIENTIFIC BREVITIES. The American quail has been successfully acclimatized in Sweden. One inch of rain equals 100 tons to the acre. Etymologists declare that the sugarcane has 227 varieties of insect enemies. Dew falls on a yellow surface more readily than on green. On red and black it will not usually form. On September 7, 1896, the astronomer Wolf made a record by discovering seven planetoids in one evening. The silkworm thread is one five-thousandth of an inch in diameter, that of the spider one thirty-thousandth. The sun's light is equal to 5,563 wax candles at one foot from the eye. It would take 800,000 full mons to equal cloudless sunshine. Vaccination is very strictly enforced in Germany, and very loosely in France. Germany's loss by smallpox is only 110 a year; that of France 14,000. The Conclusion Was Sound. Buttle—Yes, I find that marriage is economical. Shyer—You spend less than you used to, do you? Buttle—Well, not exactly that; but it comes to the same thing; I have less to spend.—Brooklyn Life. Mrs. Harmon Alexander, who lives three miles south of Riga, Mich., has unknowingly become a bigamist, and legal steps will be at once taken by her to straighten out the entanglement. Twenty-five years ago she married Alfred Treadway at Traverse City. In due course of time a son was born to them. Treadway was of a convivial nature, and began to come home rather the worse for drink. His wife expostulated with him and endeavored to induce him, for the sake of their child at least, to give up drinking. Her pleadings were of no avail, and things went from bad to A man is running away from a woman in a dress. hood, and, like hundreds of others, became dis- count of country life, and went to the Klondike a weeks he wrote home that he was sick, but he turn trip to Seattle by a man whom he knew, but he did not mention his name. The most friend would interest himself in her son in the discussed the matter with her husband. He husband, supposed to have died years ago, a him her life story, and said to him that she deth. The thought that the strange friend young man's father never came to her until A suggested it. From that time on she had no peace of mind over the possibilities of her husband's return by the authorities of Seattle of the death of that the body would be shipped home in care. The remains were received at Traverse Ground. Treadway, who had deserted her ye to make himself known, says the Chicago In when he learned she had married again. He told her she was breaking the laws of God and who could not be her husband while he lived home, while he disappeared after the burial of After a long talk with her present husb it was best to separate. Alexander, who beli- band, deeded the farm to her and departed for went to Monroe, it is said, with a view to Whether she will seek a legal separation from remarry Alexander is not known. hood, and, like hundreds of others, became discouraged with the humdum of country life, and went to the Klondike about a year ago. In a few weeks he wrote home that he was sick, but would be cared for on a return trip to Seattle by a man whom he knew, and whom his mother knew, but he did not mention his name. The mother could not imagine what friend would interest himself in her son in that far-off country, and she discussed the matter with her husband. He instinctively thought of the husband, supposed to have died years ago, as his wife had frankly told him her life story, and said to him that she had no positive proof of his death. The thought that the strange friend of her son might be the young man's father never came to her until Alexander one day carelessly suggested it. From that time on she had no peace of mind. Mrs. Alexander brooded over the possibilities of her husband's return. Recently she was notified by the authorities of Seattle of the death of her son at that point, and that the body would be shipped home in care of the young man's father. The remains were received at Traverse City, the old family burying ground. Treadway, who had deserted her years before, did not hesitate to make himself known, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, and taunted her when he learned she had married again. He had no excuse to offer. He told her she was breaking the laws of God and man by living with a man who could not be her husband while he lived. She returned sadly to her home, while he disappeared after the burial of their son. After a long talk with her present husband, Alexander, they decided it was best to separate. Alexander, who believed himself her lawful husband, deeded the farm to her and departed for the west. Mrs. Alexander went to Monroe, it is said, with a view to consulting some attorney. Whether she will seek a legal separation from her first husband and then remarry Alexander is not known. CAME HOME MUCH WORSE FOR DRINK ENTERTAINING A MONKEY The Simian Reysterate Get Tipy and Proved an Expensive Guest to a Party of Merrymakers. A party of Parisians who had been lucky at Longchamp agreed to celebrate their good fortune with a little banquet. They were very merry, and, coming across a monkey on their way to the eating house, they entered into negotiations with its owner with the result that it was soon trotting along by their side. A halt was then made at a café for the purpose of indulging in appetizers and their new friend was treated to a drink, too, which was the unfortunate cause of the complications which followed. Hardly had the jovial party reached the restaurant when the monkey began to betray symptoms of tremendous elation. It became so lively that a cord had to be borrowed to attach it to a leg of the table, as it was diverting itself with a series of leaps and bounds of a very risky character. As ill luck would have it, when the young men were in the middle of their repast the cord snapped and the mon- FUN WITH THE DINNER SERVICE key, now free, made up for lost time by rushing about the room in quite a frantic manner. In a few minutes the dinner service was reduced to a complete wreck. Broken plates, glasses and bottles strewed the erewile convivial board, any amount of other mishief being also wrought. After a discussion which lasted fully an hour it was finally agreed that the sum demanded by the proprietor of the restaurant should be paid to him, and so horrified were his customers at the responsibility which they had incurred through the ownership of the animal, whose naturally lively spirits had been no dangerously slated by that fatal drop of abstinence, that they presented it to him as well. She Was Armed What a fearless girl Miss Travel is. She goes everywhere without an escort." "Yes. She uses a stiletto for a hat pin."—Chicago Record-Herald. Conclusion. She—Are you sure you love me? He—Sure? Why. I never had any agony in my life that made me so happy—Puck. Man Who Married and Deserted Her Years Ago Reappears at Her Son's Death A A A A A a three miles south of Riga, Mich, and legal steps will be at once taken element. Twenty-five years ago she City. In due course of time a son a convivial nature, and began to come his wife expostulated with him and of their child at least, to give up avail, and things went from bad to worse. Tears were followed by quarrels, and one day, after an unusually heated row, Treadway left the house, saying he would never return, to which threat, in the heat of her anger, Mrs. Treadway replied that she sincerely hoped she would never see his face again. Years passed and Mrs. Treadway and her young son, assisted by relatives, managed to live. Several years passed and Mrs. Treadway, in some manner—she would never tell her acquaintances what it was—became convinced that her husband had died in the west. Six years ago she formed the acquaintance of Harmon Alexander, a farmer, who had a home but whose wife had been dead for several years. The son had grown, was working away from home part of the time, and she was lonely. The two decided to get married. They have lived happily together until recently. The son grew to man-came discouraged with the humdrum fondie about a year ago. In a fewick, but would be cared for on a rea-knew, and whom his mother knew. The mother could not imagine what son in that far-off country, and she and he. Instinctively thought of the as ago, as his wife had frankly told that she had no positive proof of his friend of her son might be the her until Alexander one day carelessly face of mind. Mrs. Alexander brooded its return. Recently she was notified of death of her son at that point, and in care of the young man's father. raverse Sea, the old family burying her years before, did not hesitate Chicago Inter Ocean, and tainted herain. He had no excuse to offer. He of God and man by living with a man he lived. She returned sadly to her burial of their son. sent husband, Alexander, they decided who believed himself her lawful husparted for the west. Mrs. Alexander a view to consulting some attorney,otion from her first husband and then MUSIC SOOTHES SNAKES. How a Pennsylvania Fiddler Hypnotized a Couple of Matters and Made Them Dance. Many stories are written in which the charming of snakes by music is the leading feature, and every one who has been to a circus has seen a snake-charmer at work; but the circus snake THE SNAKES HALTED. has been deprived of its fangs and the other is fiction. But Gabe Crandall, a violinist, of Deep Hollow, Pa., tried the art upon two rattlers with such success that he escaped without being bitten. He was walking along a narrow road out on the mountainside on his way to Halstead, where he was engaged to furnish music for a dance. When he reached a point in the road where it winds around a sharp spur and is narrow, he heard the warning noise of a rattlesnake, and, looking up, saw a big reptile directly in his path. It occurred to him that he had read somewhere of persons charming snakes with music. Drawing his violin from its box, began to play. As the low notes of the violin were played the big snakes gradually uncoiled, as if they were coaxed by the music, and, stretching themselves out, glided toward the fiddler. Choser came the snakes, and faster went the bow. When within two feet of the terrified musician the snakes halted, and, winding themselves up, lifted their heads close together. Then Gabe's nerves gave way. He grabbed the neck of his fiddle and brought it down with crushing force on the heads of the snakes. The blow stunned them, and Gabe soon dispatched them with stones. The violin was destroyed. The Truth of Is "What! Still alive, Daniel!" exclaimed the king, when he visited the lion's den that morning. "Yes, thanks be to Heaven," replied the good man. "Why-don't you take credit to yourself?" retorted the king. "You are too modest." "Perhaps. I suppose if I wasn't modest this lion! I would be the death of me." — Press. A CENTURY OF PROGRESS. (It has been reserved for Prof. E. B. Dolbear, of the United States, to give the most striking summary of the world's most famous ship during the century just closed. It is an old ship, the instance of the multum in parvo and brings home the salient points of the century in a way bat volumes of learned disquisition would do.) We received 23 chemical elements, we bequeath 80. We received the stairway, we bequeath the elevator. We received the gunpowder, we bequeath nitroglycerin. We received the tallow dip, we bequeath the are light. We received the sailing ship, we bequeath the steamship. We received the sickle, we bequeath the harvester. We received ordinary light, we bequeath Roentgen rays. We received the galvanic battery, we bequeath the dynamo. We received the flintlock, we bequeath automatic Maxims. We received the scythe, we bequeath the mowing machine. We received leather fire buckets, we bequeath the steam fire engine. We received the hand printing press, we bequeath the Hoe cylinder press. We received the hand loom, we bequeath the cotton and woolen factory. We received the average duration of life of 30 years, we bequeath 40 years. We received the goosequill, we bequeath the fountain pen and typewriter. We received the weather unannounced, we bequeath the weather bureau. We received unalleviable pain, we bequeath aestetics, chloroform, ether and cocaine. We received wood and stone for structures, we bequeath 20-storied steel buildings. We received the beacon signal fire, we bequeath the telephone and wireless telegraphy. We received the painter's brush, we bequeath lithography, the camera and color photography. The nineteenth century received from its predecessors the horse. We bequeath the bicycle, the locomotive and the automobile. WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION. A woman has need of a sharp tongue, since Providence gave her but indifferent fists.—Joscelyn Cheshire. As we grow older all life grows more and more bitter—and we more and more able to bear it.—A Woman for Nothing. Arguments are like birchings; only those know their value who have ceased to have any need for them.—A Royal Exchange. The history of many a woman's tragedy could be summed up by the man's cry of weakness. "I need you. Stand by me!" — Another Woman's Territory. Poetry and most of all amateur poetry—stands for pain. Every line of it spells woe. Either the writer, or those living with the writer, could tell tale.—Robert Orange. It is sometimes instructive to look back and see how Destiny gave us a kick here, and Fate a shore there, that sent us in the right direction at the proper time.—The Crisis. Men who like field sports are, as a rule, earnest, healthy, vividuous fellows, fond of good cheer, with a decided leaning towards making the best of everything.—At Love's Extremes. All this outward show of holiness failed to convince. It was like the smell of musk, which hints of less desirable scents to be overpowered rather than cleansed.—Sir Christopher. I suppose it is the crowning futility of sentimentalism to try to remember all the sunrises and sunsets of one's heydays. It only adds to one's late pathos in Hife to open his old album and smile wearily at the souens that have grown meaningless. — A Journey to Nature. OF FOREIGN INTEREST. The population of Berlin has trebled within 30 years. London has 51 inhabitants to the acre; Paris, 115. New Zealand has 42,000 native (Maoris) to 626,000 whites. Great Paul is the biggest London bell. It weighs $17\frac{1}{2}$ tons; while Big Ben, of Westminster, is only $15\frac{1}{4}$ to a Prince Carl of Roumania is thirteenth in order of succession to the British throne, the German emperor twenty-fifth. Corn is, next to sugarcane, the principal crop grown in Queensland, and is one of the most important products of New South Wales. The new woman has gained a victory in Norway, where she is numerically strong. She has finally persuaded the privy council to declare that hereafter brides need no leniency to "obey" their husbands at the marriage ceremony, unless they choose to do so. (A manufacturer of lace curtains supplies his customers with the following direc- tor laundering.) Shake the curtains well in order. remove all dust. Make strong soap suds and soi- for two hours in tepid water. Ninse in clear cold water sever- times. Spread them out on a curtain stretcher, or tack sheets on the carp- pet and pin them on unil dry. Iron the ruffles and body same as on a garment. Phenomenal. "Why do you want so much space for your account of that fire?" asked the city editor. "Was there anything unusual about it?" "Unusual!" gasped the reporter. "There was something that was never heard of before! The families inside the building had plenty of time to put on their clothes, gather up their valuables and get outside before the roof fell in!"—Chicago Tribune. NOTES FOR RAILROADERS. Our miles of railroad track exceed by more than 10,000 all the tracks of Europe. Out of 100,000,000 passengers by sea all over the world, 30 lose their lives; out of the same number by rail, 47. Hezekiah Earl, of Auburndale, Mass., has just closed vountarily a term of 61 years in the employ of the Boston & Albany railroad. He was a clerk in the freight office. He was born in Boston August 15, 1817, and was a sailor in his youth. He is strong and well, and greatly enjoys his well-earned leisure. According to the Railroad Gazette, 1,968 miles of new railroad were built in the United States during the first six months of this year. The roads were built by 154 companies. Last year 2,111 miles were constructed in the same time. Texas leads, with 245 miles, while Oklahoma is second, with 243 miles. ODD BITS OF INFORMATION. It takes nearly four pounds' weight of grapes to make a bottle of wine. New Orleans has the only paper in the United States that publishes a Sunday evening edition. If you saved the ash of all the cigars you smoked you would have consumed 1,000 before you had a pound of ash. Elks' teeth are scarce and variable in the Indian territory; and it is said that some of the thrifty Indians are digging into the graves of their ancestors to find the teeth buried with them. Herman Smith Turner, recently appointed a cadet from Maryland, has been admitted to the Annapolis academy in spite of the fact that while he is over six feet tall he weighs but 95 pounds. Had a Lovely Time. He—Did you enjoy the concert, dear? She—Very much. I sat next to Mrs. Gadabout, whom I hadn't seen for years. We had a nice long chat.—Tit-Pits. In the Future. Bank President—I suppose I had better notify the directors that you have appropriated $100,000. Cashier—Yes; and while you are about it ask them where is a good place to invest it. Harper's Bazar. Something. Olive—I'd rather spend the winter here than the summer. Violet—I don't see how you can say such a thing. Olive—Why, then we could at least have a snow man—Leslie's Weekly. An Interruption Hewitt—What caused the laughten at church this morning? Jewett—When the preacher said "we shall sleep, but not forever," an absent-minded hotel clerk asked him what time he wanted to be called—N. Y. Herald. "We Girls." Mabel—Jack told me he was sure you painted. Genevieve—The wretch! Mabel—Yes; I told him I didn't be Hove it was anything but salt rheum. —Leslie's Weekly. Sure Enough. Little Elmer—Papa, what is the hand of Providence? Prof. Broadhead—The hand Providence, my son, is what we ally see in the misfortunes of others. —Puck. Poor Fellow. Jester—Poor Doper scarcely gets asleep at night before some one wakes him. Jimson—What does he do? Cholly -She called me a cwank don'cher know. Miss Pepprey -How ridieu'ust! Why, a crank is a man of one idea. Philadelphia Press. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By ```markdown ``` Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges. Thirty-fourth Session (1901-1902) will begin Oct. 1. Tuition fee in medical and Dental Col- lege each $80. Pharmacy College, $70. All students must register before Oct. 12th, 1901. For catalogue or further information apply to F. J. SHADD, M. D, Sec'y, 901 R St. N. W. Washington HE PLANET TRIOLETS OF TRIPLERS. They met where the water was blue. Where the hills sloped away from the sea. They were glad for a gay week or two. Out there where the water was blue— They talked of the things lower do And were trifers both—he and she— They met where the water was blue. Where the hills sloped away from the sea. She laughed in her heart at the way She played with him there by the sea; She toyed with him day after day And laughed in her heart at the way He would pine when she answered him pray. When she turned a deaf ear to his plea— She laughed in her heart at the way She played with him there by the sea. He thought that he toyed with her heart As they loitered out there by the sea; He led her from others apart And she And he thought that he toyed with her Heart As he flirted with all of his art— How they were fooled, he and she. Each time he said, "That was worthless—out there by the sea" S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. FEW days after Gen. Funston had distinguished himself and before Aguinaldo had taken the oath a thoughtful student of human nature would, among the many strolling couples on the old wall at Manila, have noticed particularly two subalterns, evidently on furlough. That one was bored and the other bothered the student would have readily understood, for while the fair man smoked with a sullen indifference his companion puffed on impatiently for a few moments, only to forget his cigar entirely while he again pondered over that troublesome passage in his sweetheart's letter: "If you can get him to do something desperate and daring for his sake and then write home about it you will win my eternal gratitude, as you have already won my love. For now that these rumors of oil being struck on this barren land have begun to circulate around here, I honestly believe she is just crank enough to throw him over as soon as he comes home. Her idea is that he ought to be free to do better—as though he could! You know what a combination of fire and tow he is. In fact, dear boy, unsee you and I can do something BERVING YOUR COUNTRY ISN'T A BIG PAYING BUSINESS." quick there will be two lives turned down." "Deuce take it!" he groaned inwardly. "What desperate thing for a woman's sake can a man do in this sleep place?" "His companion stopped listlessly. And Ford turned to look at him. 'What's up, Cranmere?' "We are going east in three weeks." "Yes; I know." "Poorer than we came out." "Serving your country isn't a big-growing business." "Dash the country! I came out here in hopes of finding an opening. The Philippines offer such splendid opportunities—to a man with money. My word for it, Ford, I've a good mind to desert and turn gold prospector." "A fellow was talking to me about gold the other day," Ford replied, absently. "Who was it?" Cranmere asked, quickly. "A fellow with a history," Ford returned, slowly. "A hundred and some odd years ago, before Vargo made tobacco a government monopoly, this man's grandfather was one of the rich men of Luzon. It seems he lived in one of the districts that had to go on growing tobacco whether it paid or not. It didn't pay. The family got poorer and poorer until when Mantal inherited the fragment of the fortune he moved north to Botanes in despair—went to raising horses. That didn't pay, either; then he tried pearl fishing. Now he has come back to Luzon with an alluring gold story." "That's what I want to hear about. I believe there is gold in Luzon." "I don't. Not in paying quantities. If there had been, Spain would have found it out a hundred years ago." "What is this man's yarn?" Cranmere persisted. "You see that?" Ford asked, pointing to a haze of smoke to the southward of the men. "Yes; some volcano." "It is the volcano Taal, only 850 feet high, and it stands on an island in the Lake Bombon. It is about this lake that my friend Mantal solis his "I've heard that story often," Cranmere commented, impatiently. "So have I. And that its waters used to be salt?" "Yes. Where does the gold come in?" "This is Mantel's idea: Bombon has an outlet, but no inlet; therefore it must have subterranean sources, and he holds that it is fed by an underground river that flows from the heart of the island. He believes that he could enter this river by diving, and by its means go straight to the mountains, where he will find gold. The whole foundation for his theory is a blind fish found in Bombon." "A blind fish! That means a good deal. Does he expect to tag his experiments alone?" "No; he is looking for some American fool enough to go with him. He is afraid to trust the natives." "I'm his man!" "I believe there is something in it." "Death, most likely." "You will send that fellow Mantal to me to-night?" "See here, Cranmere, this is the craziest scheme ever started. That lake is a hundred fathoms deep and covers a hundred square miles." "He was a pearl fisher," Cranmere continued, without noticing his friend's interruption, "and I dare say still has his diving rig. We would need a boat, but that can be managed. It is no use kicking, Ford. I'm going to give this thing a trial. I tell you, man, rather than ask that little girl to wait another six months for me I'd go to the infernal regions if there was a chance of making enough by the trip to get married on." Ford's jaws snapped upon a vigorous protest. He could write to Lucy tonight. A beastly two weeks, but when he came back everybody would be talking oil. "There is Mantal now. I'll send him to you," he mattered. "Good luck, old man." They shook hands warmly, and the next day it was reported that Corporal Cranmere had gone to a neighboring village to spend his furlough. Ford, writing to his sweetheart certain passages to be read aloud, drew a vivid description of the desperate undertaking. "He told me once," he concluded, "that for the sake of getting enough together to be married on he would cheerfully make a trip to hades. Well, he has struck something worse than hades this trip. Whoever his girl is, she must be almost as lovable as somebody else—he's awfully gone on her. Poor fellow, I hope he will come back alive, now that his land promises so well. "And I hope," he mottered, as he posted the letter, "that she will be so scared and miserable for the next six weeks she'll learn some sense. I've no patience with a girl that can't be satisfied when a man has told her that he loves her. Histrionics be hanged. I'm glad Lucy doesn't go in for that sort of thing, dear, sensible little soul that she is!" This was how it happened that when Corporal Cranmere, none the worse for his wild goose chase to Lake Bombon and the long homeward voyage that had followed close upon it, dashed into the private parlor of a San Francisco hotel and found a worn-looking girl with big eyes and white cheeks, who had no high-flow proffers of freedom to make. Only an eager whisper that she was glad, so glad he had not been killed in that horrid volcano. "Never mind, sweetheart," he said, soothingly, "the Philippines are not so bad. But Texas is the place for us. Isn't it?" "Wherever you are, dear boy," she answered, contentedly. WANTED THE BRICKS BACK. There lives in the old, fashionable quarter of Georgetown, across the Rock Creek bridge from Washington, D.C. a member of an old Virginia family. He is a man of high professional attainments, but of testy and irritable temper, says the Chicago Tribune. His next-door neighbor is a retired major. noted for the eccentricity of his habits. Between the two there has always existed anything but a friendly feeling, and they are continually doing all in their power to annoy and harass each other. One night recently during a serious storm the major's chimney was blown down. Crash went the bricks through the roof of the judge's house, and thence down through floor after floor, carrying havoc in their course. The man of law was in no good humor as he contemplated the destruction and what made maters porse it was the major's chimney which had occasioned the wreck. His mind was actively engaged in devising some process by which he could get satisfaction from his arch enemy, when a note arrived from the latter, couched in the following language: "Send me back my bricks immediately, or I will put the matter into the hands of an attorney." Why She Was Med One morning, in kindergarten, a wee mite of womanhood had been trying to attract the teacher by every resource of which she was capable, without directly saying she had something to tell. Finally, the young girl went over and sat beside her, whereupon little Rachel flounced her skirts, puckered up her forehead, and, clinching her hand, exclaimed: "Oh, dear, but I'm mad." The teacher was surprised, for Rachel had seemed to be laboring under a delightful secret. "And why is it little Miss Sunshine angry?" asked the instructor. "Well, everybody was mad at our house this morning. Mamma scolded Sister Jane, and auntie scolded mamma, and papa said: 'O darn,' and left the table, so I guess I can be cross, tco." Motherhood. A Sad Face. Mr. Bilkins-What a sad face that woman has. Mrs. Bilkins—Yes, poor thing. She has either loved and lost, or loved and got him.—N. Y. Weekly. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COMPARATIVE COMFORT. With His Heed in a Hornet's Nest This Soldier Was Safe from the Enemy's Fire. "I was in Chickamauga park a short white ago," said an old veteran who had been discussing the reunion at Memphis, to a New Orleans Times- Democrat man, "and I was impressed with the number of old veterans who still hang around the hills that have been made memorable in the country's history by the fierce battle that was fought there in the '60s. There is something pathetic about it to me. "They are typical of the character of the man who followed the for- FACE IN A HORNET'S NEST. tunes of the lost cause. But many of them are full of good stories, and I recall one story told me by an old confederate now running a livery stable in Chattanooga. He is fond of telling it on himself. It was during one of the preliminary skirmishes at Chickamauga. "The federal troops had reached the top of the hill, and the confederates had been forced down on the other side. They hid behind stumps of trees, fell over behind logs and sought other places of concealment in their effort to escape Yankee bullets. 'I fell over behind a leg, with my face down,' said the Chattanooga liveryman, 'and I could hear the Yankee bullets whistling over my head or burying themselves in the log behind which I was hiding. "In bugging up close to the log I had shoved my face in a hornet's nest. The hornets covered my face and head, and I lay there picking them o. one at a time until I found an opportunity to escape. Soon after that I met a ragged looking soldier, and he said: "Great goodness, Jim, what on earth is the matter with your face?" I told him I had shoved it into a hornet's nest while dodging Yankee bullets. "You must have suffered fearfully," he said. "No," I replied, "I never experienced a more delicious feeling in my life," and really I never enjoyed anything so much as I did the sting of those hornets." The old liverman chuckled over the story, and no doubt he really felt that the hornete' nest was a pleasure resort under the circumstances." PUG ROBS MISTRESS. Dog Steens Bank Books, Deeds to Valuable Property and Money to Make a Bed. Mrs. Elizabeth Fleckneck, of No. 540 Metropolitan avenue, Williamsburg, N. Y., found some lost bank notes and deeds of property under peculiar circumstances the other day. Two weeks ago she discovered that a tin box belonging to her had been forcibly opened and $400 in bills; three bank books and property deeds stolen. THE MISSING PAPERS FOUND. 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Write orfull particulars to Boston Chemical Co., 310 East Broad St., Richmond THE PLANET SATURDAY, AUG. 24, 1901 My Friend, the Doctor By James T. Sullivan. "HELLO, Frank," was Tom Actor's greeting, as he entered Atherton's apartments one evening. "I called to have that theater party of ours postponed for a few weeks." "Can't do it," answered Atherton. "I've already invited the girls and we can't back out now." "But you must," protested Tom. "Just read this," and he handed a telegram to Frank. It read: "Tom Actor, Boston, Mass.: Everything all settled for marriage Monday. Want you for best man." "De Jordan." "Well, I'll be blowed," said Frank. "So Dr. Jordan is going to get married. Why, I didn't know he even had a girl." "He didn't," said Tom. "That is, it wasn't intentional on his part at first." "Do you know who the fortunate one is?" asked Frank. "Yes, I know her very well," answered Tom. "It's really the most amusing case I have ever heard of. You know when I went away last summer, Fred, the doctor's brother, was with me. From the very start he made a hit with the fair sex. "One of the young women staying at a near-by hotel had the misfortune (or, to be more accurate, the good fortune, for so it proved eventually), to sprain her wrist, and word was sent over to our hotel asking if we had among our guests a physician. On the spur of the moment I said my friend was one, for I knew he understood a little about medicine. "So we went together, and I introduced Fred Dr. Jordan, of Boston. The young woman was very glad to see him, and Fred examined her wrist, finally declaring it was not very serious. He called for water and linen, and bathed her wrist for some time, much longer, in fact, than I thought necessary under the circumstances. Finally he bandaged the wrist, smilingly assuring her it would be a matter of but a few days when it would be as well as ever. "The young woman was profuse in her thanks, and that he might send her a bill she gave him one of her cards. It read Miss Marion Fiske. When we returned to our hotel the other guests, hearing me call Fred "Doc" took it for granted he was a physician. One of the young women, in fact, recalled how she had met him at a reception, and asked him if he did not remember the occasion. "As he and his brother, being twins, are nearly as much alike as two peas. FINALLY HE BANDAGED THE WRIST. and confuse their friends as to their identity at times, it was not strange that a nominal acquaintance should get them mixed. "The injured wrist, however, afforded Fred an excuse to make visits to the other hotel, and under his careful treatment it grew better wonderfully fast. This treatment included long walks, rowing, swinging for hours in a hammock, etc. It was delightful for both, apparently, but finally Fred had to go back to town. "Just before the train pulled him out he fished in his pockets for a card, and having decided not to make a confession disclosing his true identity until Miss Fiske came to town, he handed her one of his brother's cards, on which was his address. "Once he got back to town he had so much to do in order to make up for his absence that he forgot all about his firtiation for the time being. He then decided one day to drop Miss Fiske a few lines for old times' sake, and when it was finished he simply signed it 'Sincerely, Doc.' "Miss Fiske speedily answered it. So the next day Dr. Jordan found among his mail a dainty scented envelope. When he opened and read the letter he could not recall who 'Marion' was, nor any person in Jefferson whom he knew, and he tossed it on his desk. "When Marion did not receive any answer to her missive that week she became a bit disconsolate, and at last made up her mind to spend Sunday in town. Her failure to reply had not worried Fred very much, as he was up to his eyes in work. "Sunday afternoon Miss Fiske, having persuaded herself that her wrist was paining her somewhat, decided to visit her friend, and had no difficulty in finding the house, as it bore a sign with the doctor's name. 'He was probably very busy,' she mused as she rang the bell. "A few minutes later Dr. Jordan entered, and Miss Fiske hastened across the parlor to meet him, exclaiming: 'Why, how do you do, doctor?' "Very well, thank you," he answered. "Won't you please be seated?" "His distant manner disconcerted her, and she was at a loss what to say, but finally managed to ask: 'You got my letter, did you not?' "Your letter! What letter?' he asked, trying to recall if he had ever met his visitor before. "Why, the letter I wrote you from Jefferson," she replied. "Jefferson? O, yes, I recall it now. It came a few days ago. I've got it right here,' and turning to his desk he picked up the missive. "Why didn't you answer it?' she asked. "Well, you see, the fact is you—er—forgot to sign your full name,' he answered. "She must be insane,' the doctor thought to himself, 'and I'll humor her,' while Miss Fiske concluded he was under the influence of some powerful opiate that destroyed his memory temporarily, and so she said: 'Why, yes. How stupid of me to send it that way!' "Thinking to recall his mind to Jefferson, she extended her arm and said: 'My wrist does not bother me at all now, and I don't believe it ever will, do you?' "Your wrist! Wasn't it your head you had trouble with?' he said, doublingly. "My head?" "O-er-I mean your hand. Why, looks as if it never was injured." "The interview was becoming embarrassing to both, so Miss Fiske cut it short and departed. "Well, of all the crazy women I've ever met, she takes the premium,' said the doctor, after she left. 'First she writes me a letter, then visits me and tries to convince me I know her. Some of her friends had better look after her.'" "Miss Fiske meanwhile was deeply thinking of the benevolent influence of drugs. 'Why, if some one told me of such a thing I never would believe it,' she said to herself. "That evening, after dinner, she started for church, and just as she was nearing the edifice she heard a familiar voice say: 'Why, Miss Fiske, is it really you?' Turning around, she beheld her friend, the 'doctor.' "The other day when I answered your letter,' she replied. "Letter! Why, I got no letter,' said Fred. "How can you say that when this very afternoon you showed me the letter!' she retorted, rather angrily. "This afternoon? I was out of town this afternoon. I went up to Jefferson to see you, only to find you gone." "Really!' she said, somewhat sarcastically, and then, suddenly remembering about the drug, thought to herself the remarkable similitude of this case to that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. "They had reached the door of the church, and as services had begun, further conversation just then was impossible. Nevertheless, they did a great deal of thinking. "Fred became very angry at Miss Fiske's apparent attempt to deceive him, and when they left the church he made no attempt to converse. She thought it was another of his strange moods, and when the door of her residence was reached, she quietly said 'Good-night,' which he answered somewhat grumblly. "I could never be happy with such a fellow,' she said to herself, while he wondered how he ever grew to like her. When he got home he was in a surly mood, and his brother inquired what the trouble was. 'Nothing much,' Fred replied. "'I'll bet a woman is in some way responsible for your present frame of mind,' said the doctor. 'Cheer up my boy; it's good you are not married to some woman, especially to one similar to a caller I had to-day. She had an insane notion that I had treated her wrist for sprain not long ago." "What's that?" "She tried to convince me that I knew her, and she wrote me this letter,' he went on, tossing the missive he had received from Miss Fiske to his brother. After one glance at it a light dawned on Fred, and he burst out into a hearty fit of laughter. "What's the matter now; are you going insane also?' asked the doctor. "Insane! No. This letter was intended for me. Why didn't you give it to me when it arrived? "How long since you became an M.D.? "Let me see; it's just two weeks ago since I received my degree,' said Fred, laughingly, 'and that young woman who called on you to-day was my first patient.' Then Fred told all about the affair at Jefferson. "It appears to me we both owe her an apology,' remarked the doctor. "'Undonbtedly,' said Fred. 'Let us write one now explaining the case, and we will both sign it.' "The following day, when Miss Fiske received the letter, and later, when the two brothers appeared at her home in person, she realized the mistake all had made, and she enjoyed it as heartily as the others." "Then I suppose Fred proposed to her eventually and this is the result," said Frank. "No," Tom answered. "In fact, the doctor being in town all the time, while Fred was away, saw more of her, and decided to marry her himself, and she agreed, or the marriage would not be taking place next week. It's lucky for him he is Fred's brother, or he might find himself in trouble." "That's right, too," said Frank "Well, under the circumstances, I guess we'll have to excuse you, and postpone the theater party."—Boston Globe. Courage Mrs. Meek—I only wish I had as much courage as our baby. Mr. Meek—What does he do? Mrs. Meek—Why, he actually talks back to the hired girl.—Ohio State Journal. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA HOW PEOPLE DROWN Impression That a Drowning Person Comes to the Surface Three Times Said to Be Without Foundation. F ALL the stories about drowning people, this is the most singular and interesting that the writer has ever heard. There is a free bathing beach in the Potomac river which is carefully guarded, and yet quite a number of bathers have lost their lives there. One of the life savers there to-day said: "In all my experience, and I have had considerable at various watering resorts, I have never known of a single instance of a drowning person calling for help. "It is generally supposed that persons struggling in the water call for assistance, but such is not the case. For some reason, which can hardly be explained, they never signal help. They simply throw up one hand, not both, mind you, and under they go. I have noticed this particularly at the Washington beach. In not a single instance has there been a call for help. I have pulled persons from the water within a few feet of the raft who were struggling for life, yet who never uttered a single outcry. "It was only that I happened to notice their peculiar actions in the water, and not the noise they made, that impelled me to go after them. Time and again I have seen poor swimmers start from the shore and after paddling a short distance throw up one hand and go under. It is the most remarkable thing imaginable that they give no signal of distress when help is so near. I have often asked rescued persons why they did not call for help, but they could give no explanation. They knew they were drowning, but the only sign of their peril was the involuntary raising of the arm. I have become so accustomed to this sort of thing—that peculiar manner in which a drowning person throws up the hand—that among a score of bathers diving, ducking and splashing about I can tell the one in danger in an instant. "When he goes down it is with head thrown far back. As the water washes over the face up comes the hand. Then it slowly disappears, going under inch by inch. "Then if anything is done it must be done quickly. I have heard many stories of a drowning person making a great racket to attract attention, but I do not believe them. When more than one person is in danger I have known of calls, but invariably they came from the one who could swim enough to save himself, but who could not bring the drowning one ashore. The one in immediate peril simply goes under without a sound. I have been with fairly good swimmers who became exhausted, and who, without a word of warning, threw back the head as though about to float or swim on the back, and go under. As they sank one arm came up. "One would suppose that a person who could swim would be exempt from this dumbness in the moment of danger, but it is not so. Of course, many persons who start from shore get out so far that they realize they cannot get back without assistance, and will call for help before their energy has been all spent. Possibly they may manage to keep afloat until assistance comes, so when they cry out they are not actually drowning. When it comes to giving up and going under they sink slowly, but without a sound. "The more I think of this phase of the drowning question the more remarkable it seems. Boys have been drowned here who would have been rescued had they but called once. They have gone under surrounded by companions and so close to the life guard that rescue would have been JUST BEFORE DROWNING. assured bad there been any signal whatsoever. "The impression that a drowning person comes to the surface three times is a mistake. In fact, in most cases he goes under once and stays there unless one goes after him. Ordinarily, a person overboard takes enough water into the body on first sinking to weight it so that it will not rise to the surface, but there seems to be no rule of nature governing this. "I suppose if one goes under with the lungs full of air the body will come to the surface, but usually the first sinking is the last. "This is our experience at the beach. Cases have been quite numerous where good swimmers dived from the raft and failed to come to the surface, going under, and staying there until one of the guards went down for them. Of course they were brought up unconscious and could not tell why they did not come up as usual. This is another of the mysteries of drowning. If there are more ways of killing a cat than one, so there are more reasons than one why people drown. Good swimmers, bad swimmers, and those who can't swim at all go under and stay from time to time. If people will go into the water, people will drown. We guard against accidents to the best of our ability, but occasionally one goes down never to come up alive. We guards sit here and watch, go in and drag out all who a) pear in distress, but despite our vigilance suddenly some one will be missed, going down without a word, surrounded by half a hundred persons, any one of whom would possibly have been able to extend a helping hand. "As soon as the alarm is sounded everyone is called from the water and "IVE JUST COME IN, MISTER." the guards begin diving and searching along the bottom. It is impossible for anyone to remain under long without being discovered. We have been very successful in saving those who have been taken from the bottom by working on them ashore. In only a comparatively few instances has it been impossible to revive the bather. Of the drownings the public always hears, but the lives that we save at the beach seldom attract attention. Day after day boys have been rescued who probably never even told their parents that they had been on the point of drowning. "The first thing a boy does on being rescued, if in a conscious condition, is to tell a lie. He will declare that he was not drowning, but was only trying to fool some other boy. It seems to be regarded as a rather disgraceful thing to be caught in the act of drowning. It doesn't reflect very much credit on the average boy, but it is a fact that as soon as he finds that a companion with whom he came to the beach is missing, the survivor begins to think of home and mother, and in nine cases out of ten will start for the bath house without giving the alarm. "As to how long it is possible for a person to remain under the water and live I do not know. The longest I have any personal knowledge of is 15 minutes. This was the case of a colored man. He fell from a steamboat wharf at a summer resort in Maine. He came on the steamer which blew as it reached the wharf. I heard the whistle and looked at my watch. It was four o'clock. Afterward I went to the wharf and was told that the man fell just as the whistle blew. No one had gone after him, so I dived in and brought him out of 20 feet of water. I looked at my watch and it was 15 minutes and some seconds after four. I had no hope for the man, but he was taken to the hospital and survived. I saw him often afterwards. "Boys should always have elder brothers or fathers or guardians with them," very earnestly said the lifesaver. "They will remain in the water too long, unless they are restrained. Almost invariably when I command a lad to come out he promptly replies: "I only just come in, mister, 'deed I did. Jimmy, there, has been in for a long time;' when, as a matter of fact, both little rascals have been in the water for two hours or longer. Remaining long in the water weakens people, no matter how strong they may be naturally. The water opens every pore and sucks the skin dry. The boys who are allowed to stay in the water more than an hour are in fit condition to have cramps and drown. The youngsters would stay in the water until they sprouted fins, but the beach attendants are watchful and compel them to come ashore. Very often, after they are dressed, they look so different that they can come back inside of 15 minutes and get into the water drain. "During the past week 4,873 people took plunges from this beach, including men and strangers visiting the city, with boys or attendants. Some of the boys have formed clubs for aquatic sports, and they contest as earnestly as the members of popular organizations. They swim stated distances, accompanied by skiffs and life guards. They dive for depths or distances, but are carefully watched so that life-savers can dive after them if they do not come up very promptly. Altogether, this swimming beach on the Potomac is one of the most enjoyable and healthful of the summer resorts of the national capital." And, he might have added, always one of the most dangerous. Why They Like Missonaries. The cannibals of Fly river, Guinea, do not eat missionaries because they have any religious dislike to them, but because as nonconsumers of rum and tobacco their flesh is more palatable than that of most other white men. They turn with aversion from flesh tainted with the flavor of alcohol and tobacco. The World's Largest Prison France's new prison at Fresnes, some eight miles from Paris, is the largest in the world. Pro and Con. I'd be a bermit; sweet indeed 'twould be. To dwell where stiff, starched garb I'd never see; But, oh, at eventide, 'twere dull, I fear, To have no soda fountain squizzing near. —Chicago Record-Herald. A Good Enough Way for Him. "I wouldn't cry like that, my little man." "Well, you can cry any old way you want to this is my way."—Brooklyn Life. Poor Girl! He—What do you girls call that club of yours? She—The Analytical. He—H'm! What do you analyze? She—Other people's reputations chiefly. N. Y. World. Forget to Ask She—The jeweler says the diamond in my ring is not genuine. He—Um-er—he told me the ring was real gold. I forgot to ask him about the stone.—N. Y. Weekly. "Don't Fret." If you want to keep cool Just follow this rule. It'll be fine on an across yet: "All the 'Don't' that you find Let in one be combined— 'Don't fret.'" —Philadelphia Bulletin. SOMEWHAT INVOLVED. Young Wife—Our marriage has not been as happy as I thought it would be, and I didn't think it would.—Moonshine. The Difference. The bee stings once and then May never sting again; The slanderer, day after day, In wanton malice stings away. —Chicago Record-Herald. The Terrible Infant. Host—So sorry you have to be going. Guest—Indeed, I am, too. By the way, I'm not sure about my train. It's nine-something, but— Host's Eldest—It's 9:32. Pa said he hoped you'd take that one—Philadelphia Record. Human Nature Sniffles—What do you see up there? Biffles—Nothing. Sniffles—Then why do you stand here and look? Biffles—Well, I saw half a dozen people looking up, and I am trying to find out what attracts them.—N. Y Herald. Against His Principles. Perambulating Pete—Ive jus' been deeply insulted, Leary! Languid Leary—How so, Pete? Perambulating Pete (indignantly)—De loidy at de last house accused me of tryin' "to work" on her sympathy! —Brooklyn Eagle. Guilty as Charged. Upgardson—I am told you have been talking about me behind my back. Atom—That's the way I have always talked about you. I never talk about a man in front of his back.—Chicago Tribune. Not Artistic First Artist (sneeringly)—Dauber evidently believes in painting the sort of bosh the public wants, and not in following art for art's sake! The Silence of Discretion. "Your cook sits on your front piazza every evening." "Well, we like the back porch just as well, and of course we never say anything to hurt cook's feelings in the hot weather." - Chicago Record-Herald. Perfectly Absurd. Ethel—That detestable Mrs. Brown said that I looked 30! Maud—How perfectly absurd! Ethel (elated)—Frankly, now, how old do you really think I look? Maud—About 40. Tit Pita. Shirt Waist: Henry—Are you partial to shirt waists? David (absent-mindedly)—It depends upon what kind of young woman is inside of them.—Boston Transcript. The Thirteen Superstitition. "Thirteen dollars and a half seems a high price for such a comparatively short trip," said the man with the traveling bag in his hand. "We thought people would rather pay that than $13," replied the agent of the steamer line, with an explanatory and apologetic cough.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Worst Yet Farmer Hayrake—Deacon Perkins did get stuck awfully on his last New York trip. Farmer Whifletree—How wuz that? Farmer Hayrake—Why, he took down six o' those old gold bricks o' his'n and swapped 'em off for 50,000 shares of oil stock—Puck. Her Chance "Look at those two bad boys in the river," said Mr. Markley, as they crossed the bridge. "By the way, dear, that reminds me," replied his wife, "let me have a couple of dollars? I've got to get a pair of undressed kids."—Philadelphia Press. Debarred "So Spudder's going to join your fishing club, eh?" "No. He heard that a man had to be a pretty good liar as well as a fisherman, to join." "Well?" "Spudder can't fish."—Brooklyn Life. Solving a Problem "One of our troubles at the club," said Cholly, "has been to make the waitahs distinguishable fwum the membahs at our evening weceptions. But we've solved it at lawst." "Ah!" remarked Kostick. "By getting intelligent-looking waitahs?"—Philadelphia Record. Expediency. "On what platform will you stand in your next campaign?" asked the friend. "It won't be any platform," answered the candidate. "It'll merely be a rough scaffolding, thrown together to meet the necessities of the occasion." - Washington Star. It Is Effective. "Do you think the inhalation of gas will cure whooping cough?" asked the woman who was thinking of taking her child to the gashouse. "If one inhales enough gas," replied the doctor. "It will end any kind of an illness."—Chicago Post. His Favorite Dish "What is your favorite dish?" inquired Mrs. Frontpew of Rev. Longface, the new pastor. She felt sure it was chicken, but it proved not. "Er—the contribution plate," answered Rev. Longface, absently.—Ohio State Journal. Truly Good. "He is very religious, I understand." "Yes. He insists that all his employees shall have alarm clocks so that it will not be necessary to call them to work on Sundays by blowing the factory whistle."—Chicago Record-Herald. Fntth, It Was So. When Pat Devine kissed Kate Maggee She was as mad as she could be. But when he kissed her, "Kate, be mine." To 'er twas human to forgive Devine. —Philadelphia Press. NEW OF 11. Dr. A-I performed an operation on Bornson yesterday. Dr. B-Yes, I know; saw it in the papers. Fact in Fiction "Of making many books there is no end!"— This truth would be as maddening as it looks Did not this joyous fact its succor lend: One season sees the end of many books! —Puck. On the Ground Floor. First Politician—Do you think we'd better take the public into our confidence? Second Politician—Oh, we'll take 'em in all right!—Brooklyn Life. And for All Time Wyld—There are no finished orators in congress. Martin—No; but they deserve to be. —Brooklyn Life. A Summer-Resort Chill. Clarence Clumsy—May I have the next dance? Miss Frost—Why, certainly, I don't want it. —Judge. Involuntary. "Old Kutchpenny left $200,000." "Well, he didn't do so intentionally." —Town Topics. Where He Was Efficient. "Your son," said the teacher, "has missed it on arithmetic." "A dune in history." "Yes." "And there's no good in him." "Perfessor," said the farmer, "have you ever heerd that boy cussin' of a Georgia mule, under a brilil' sun, in a ten-acre field?"—Atlanta Constitution. Imagination Required. Bilkins—Your friend Scribbler seems to be always short of funds. If his books don't sell, why don't you try him at office work when you need a new man? Boomer—No use. A man who can't succeed as a novelist hasn't imagination enough for the real estate business.—N. Y. Weekly. As Others See Us Giles—Well, you certainly have plenty of room for doubt. Miles—How's that? Giles—There is plenty of vacant space under your hat.—Chicago Daily News. Protected. Tommy (tearfully)—If yer don't gimme back dem marbles yer fobbler. I'll tell me big brudder. Patsy—G'wan an' tell him! Fe dasn't do nothin'. Tommy—He doesn't? Why? Patsy—He goes wit' me sister. See? —Puck. A Week off Head of Firm—I shall not be well enough to be at the office for several days. Clerk—Why, you look all right now, sir. Head of Firm—But I'm going shopping with my wife this afternoon.—Harper's Bazar. The Lightning Gossip Routé. "Well, that's quick work." "What's that?" 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F. Jonathan Fish Oysters & Produce RE PLANET POLLY SCARED BURGLAR. Made Such a Racket That the Day- Light Housebreaker Fled Without His Spoils. Words in various languages screamed loudly and hysterically caused several neighbors of Louis Rehwald, a shoe-maker of 234 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles, to hasten to his residence at noon several days ago to stop a tragedy or to be in at the finish. The poly-glot talking match kept up incessantly but proceeded seemingly from the name throat, and the debate, or whatever it was, sounded as if coming from the kitchen. A march to the rear of the house revealed a great green poli parrot in a cage on the kitchen table. DRIVEN OFF BY POLLY. The bird was very excited. It jumped up and down, screaming and talking all the while, but none of the Rehwalds were in sight. The neighbors then began an investigation from the outside, which revealed the fact that a burglar had forced the front window with a chisel and thus succeeded in gaining access to the house. He had gathered up a lot of valuables, including several new pairs of shoes, and had stacked his plunder up ready for removal, in a front room, when the idea came into his head to explore the kitchen, probably for catables. This action turned out very unfortunately for the daylight thief, as the parrot no sooner espied the intruder than he set up an unearthly rasket, which so seared the burglar that he had precipitately without taking the trouble to gather up his loot. When quiet had been restored the polly became unusually austere and positively refused to give the detective a description of the thief. The bird is a big Mexican parrot, possessed of a copious vocabulary as well as a current knowledge of several living languages. The detective addressed the parrot in Irish and Spanish, but his talk had no effect, the bird positively refusing to hold converse with the man from police headquarters, greatly to the surprise of the congregated neighbors, who have an idea that this particular polly is almost superhuman. POPULAR IN CHICAGO Porch Parties of Two Which Inventably Lead to Love-Making and Eventually to the Aller. "Oh, Jack!" That is all the neighbors hear of the porch party—Chicago's newest, nearest summer fad. What they see of it is what the moon chooses to reveal, plus the line of carriages and the strip of carpet to the curb. From Gross Point to the Indiana line the front porches of the city, says the Chicago American, are proving so many approaches to the altar of Love. Cushions, a rug or two, the tardy moonlight streaming down over the houses opposite—these are the setting and the properties of the comedy Holdens whose lot is cast in a fictor "OH, JACK!" apartment house whirl away to the summer gardens for an ice and a breath of air. But the girl who owns a set of steps in free simple or by lease murmurs "no" to the invitation of her caller, drops down on the steps beside him when he has finished squeezing the lemons and hums the honeysuckle song while he is hunting for the right quotation. After that it depends on the size of his salary whether they wait a month or a year Grafty bachelors who know of the porch party seek the chairs on the landing, for the man who takes to the steps is lost. Bores and ineligibles swallow their root beer in the mansuem of the back porch. An invitation to sit on the steps is equivalent to a rating in the family Bradstreet, and the young man who draws the golf cushion ranks with the double Confirmed cynos roll at the steps in the shadows, chanting man, spoon, spoon" to a certain air as they drift down the But both Romeo of Halsted court and Ravenon of Drexel boulevard the same disease, and Minnie O'Connor and Miss Vivian are one in the knowledg that the porch party wins a solitary every time. FRILLS OF FASHION Very large buttons are seen on the latest driving gloves. Red linen promises to become a very popular fabric. The latest way to apply lace to a gown is to raise it from the surface with a padding of chiffon underneath. The exaggerated long, pointed waist in front is no longer good form—just a slight elongation is better style. White lawn ties with polka-dot borders are finding favor, as are also the polka-dot ties with applied white borders. Those in the knowing predict a very strong tendency to velvet effects, forming part of the weave in the fashionable fall textiles. The desire to "rustle," such a craze a few seasons ago, has all died out. All the most attractive silkunderskirts are made of soft-finished goods. Blank chantilly lace on black and white foulards is a strikingly effective combination and one frequently seen among displays of handsome gowns. It is said that lace mitts are again coming to the fore with the advent of the short sleeve and low neck. They are found in both wrist and elbow lengths. Touches of black velvet to set off the gown or hat are becoming almost indispensable. A bow tied loosely and set on the side of a hat of paleest blue or pink, with the ends hanging slightly over the brim, is remarkably effective. LITTLE BITS FROM ABROAD. Smallpox is on the increase in France. The forests of Great Britain are valued at £2,000,000. The house of peers is 91 by 45 feet; the house of commons a trifle smaller. May is the sunniest month of the year on an average in the south of England. Germany's population has increased 12,300,000 in the last 30 years, and 4,005,000 in the last five years. A few weeks ago an apothecary shop managed entirely by women—the first of its kind—was opened at St. Petersburg, Russia. The establishment of an American bank in Berlin and London is contemplated. It is believed that this will open the way for American industrial undertakings and exports in the countries of the old world. HATS WOMEN ARE WEARING Black and white and blue in hat trimming is a very good combination this year. Low, flat hats, worn tilted forward over the face and the brim covered with long ostrich plumes, are all the fashion at present. Children never look prettier than in bright red hats, and these are always good trimmed with field flowers. Trimmed with black they are also stylish. "Floppy" soft hats are pretty with the rim softly falling in its natural way and then trimmed with a wreath of flowers with a bow of black velvet in the back. A pretty little hat is of blue straw trimmed with daisies. It must be worn with a gown which it will suit. Daisies, the field flowers, are not good form with elaborate or dress toilets. Miss Mary E. Hamilton after spending the summer with her sister, Mrs. Rubie Robinson in Atlantic City has returned home. RAILROAD NOTICES. Twelfth Annual Convention, National of Letter Carriers, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sept. 2—7, 1901. For the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell special round trip tickets to Chattanooga, from all ticket stations on its lines from Virginia and North Carolina at one fare for the round trip, tickets on sale August 31st, September 1st and 2nd, with final limit September 10th. The Southern offers the choice of all routes to Chattanooga, passing through "Land of the Sky." Virginia State Fireman's Convention, Staunton, Va., Sept. 23—27, 1901. For the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell special round trip tickets from all ticket stations on its lines in Virginia to Staunton and return at one and one-third fares for the round trip, tickets to be on sale September 24th to 27th inclusive, with return limit October 1st. A very low rate will apply for Firemen or Brass Bands in uniform, 15 or more on one ticket. Sabbath School Convention Synod of Catawha, Aberdeen, N. C., August 29-September 1st, 1901. For the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all ticket stations on its lines in Virginia and North Carolina to Aberdeen, N. C., and return at fare and one-third for the round trip, tickets on the certificate plan. Unveiling Confederate Monument, Charlotte, Co., Drakes Branch, Va., Aug. 27th, 1901. For the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell special round trip tickets from Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville. Clarksville and intermediate stations to Drakes Branch and return in accordance with tariff one, tickets to be on sale August 28th to 27th inclusive, with return limit August 28th. Annual Encampment, G. A. R., Cleveland, O., September 10—14th, 1901. For the above occasion, the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all ticket stations on its lines from Virginia and North Carolina to Cleveland and return at one fare for the round trip tickets to be on sale September 7th to 11th in advance, with final limit to September 16th, 1901. By depositing such tickets with Joint Agent at Cleveland on or before 12 o'clock noon of September 15th, and a fee of fifty (50) cents at time of deposit, an extension of final limit to October 8th may be granted. art-24-8t. PRICE—HODGES The marriage of Miss Bessie B. Price to Mr. George H. Hodges took place on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 1901 at No. 8 Lawrence St., N. Y. City. Miss Price was the attractive grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Price of Richmond, Va. Mr. John Mattawer arrived in the city last Thursday from New York on a pleasure trip, expecting to stay in the city until the 27th, when he will leave for Washington to spend 10 days, thence to Nashville, Tenn., to visit friends, from there he will leave for New York. Headquarters First Brigade, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. Co. M D. Meekin, of the Second Regiment is hereby appointed commanding officer of the First Brigade and will at once assure control and discharge the duties of said office during the absence of the Brigadier General from the state and his attendance at the Supreme Lodge, Aug. 27th, to 31st inclusive. All officers and companies are hereby directed and ordered to obey him as such. By order, JOHN MITCHELL, JR.. Brigadier General Commanding. JOHN R. CHILES, Acting Adjutant General. N. Y. And BOSTON LIMITED. KNICKERBOCKER SPECIAL, SOUTH-WESTERN LIMITED, —Famous Trains Between— BOSTON, CINCINNATI, NEW YORK, CHIOAGO WASHINGTON, ST. LOUIS, VIA BIG FOUR ROUTE, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO, Cafe, Library, Dining and Sleeping Cars. M. E. INGALLS, President. W. J. LYNCH, G. P. & Ticket Agent, W.J. DEPPE, Asst. G. P. & T.A. Cincinnati. 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. THE LAST OF THE SEASON. Annual Excursion of the Tents of Richmond and Man- chester to HAMPTON! Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1901. $1.00——ROUND TRIF.——$1.00 Children under 12 years 50cts. You are respectfully invited to go with us to see the Old Folks' Home and other attractions of Hampton. Train leaves C. & O. depot, Broad St. Station at 8 o'clock A. M. Returning leaves Hampton at 7:30 P. M. Chairman, Cordelia Gilpin; assistant chairman, M. J. Cary; secretary, R. B. Woodson; treasurer, Ella Ondley. MEN! Are you tired of working, drudging, for other men? Do you ever feel any desire to be your own boss? Would you like to go into independent business for your self? If so, and if you have, or can get, from $15 to $50, you can soon become a successful business man, a manufacturer, in fact, employing others to work for you. If you have any energy and ambition in your make-up and are willing to work half as hard for yourself to become independent, as you are compelled to work for others as a depend- ent write to us for information, and I'll call and explain. Address by postal, "Information," care of the PLANET. Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks, Housemaids and Waitresses for New York and other Northern cities. Wages from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Transport furnished. Also 50 Farm farms for Maryland. R. W. BLS01, 417 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM Center building and one next to it, not yet erected. LAWRENCEVILLE, VIRGINIA. Admits both sexes of 12 years old and upwards. Has Prima over 20 Trade Departments where young men and women are pre life's work. A full corps of competent Teachers and Instructors of the Normal and Trade Departments. Terms within the reach of the poorest. Students who are their Board and other bills, amounting to $50.00 a session, are a out the same in some department of industry in the School. Trade Certificates awarded all completing the required course and some buildings lighted by Electricity. Location most hea opens October 1st. For Catalogue and any additional information JAMES S. RUSSELL 8-24-4t Lock Box 149, Lawrenceville Admits both sexes of 13 years old and upwards. Has Primary, Normal and over 20 Trade Departments where young men and women are prepared for their life's work. A full corps of competent Teachers and Instructors employed in all of the Normal and Trade Departments. Terms within the reach of the poorest. Students who are not able to pay their Board and other bills, amounting to $50.00 a session, are allowed to work out the same in some department of industry in the School. Trade Certificates awarded all completing the required course. The grounds and some buildings lighted by Electricity. Location most healthful. Session opens October 1st. For Catalogue and any additional information, apply to NOTICE. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA THE WEST END SOCIAL INDUS. TRIAL CLUB, NO. 1. Social Outing For the People to Spetts wood Park, Labor Day Sep- At the earnest solicitation of many friends and the public in general, we have agreed and planned to make Labor Day one of pleasure for all who go with us. The park is situated in a body of large woods, plenty of most excellent well, pump and spring water. A very commodious pavilion, a neat school house for speaking, etc. It is located about 20 miles beyond Petersburg on the S. A. L. Ry. The park is one of the most beautiful to be found for many miles and surpassed by none. All organized Clubs, Unions or other societies will secure special attention. We shall be pleased to meet the proprietor of any organization, and male special arrangement for their accommodation. We oppose no one but invite all to help us now as we have helped them in the past. Let all turn out to enjoy Labor Day, Leave Broad and 16th Sts, at 8 o'clock, leave De Witt at 6 o'clock. See bills. JEFF MARTIN, Pres.; JAKE STOVALL, Gen'l Manager. JAS. DAVIS, See'y. L. J. HAYDEN, INDIAN HERB MEDICINE MAN, 404 West Broad Street, Greatest Healer of the Sick on Earth, Cures all Diseases or No Charge. I cure all diseases that are known to man or beast or no charge, no matter what your disease, sickness or affliction may be, and before you to perfect health. 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I cure any disease, no matter of what nature. All Venereal diseases a specialty. Medicine sent to any address by express. For full particulars, send two-cent stamp for answer, 404 West Broad St., Richmond, Va. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaran- do what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PEACH-LIKE FACE PLEASE. A PEACH-LIKE COBALT obtained if used as directed. Will turn to face you. A person four or five shade lighter, and a mutant person perfect white. In forty-eight hours shade be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots, but the skin remains beautiful without contouring. remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, plumps or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft with small pox plen, tan, liver spots removed without touching. When you get the color you wish, stain the face. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and makes the hair soft and fine. High perfumed and makes the hair soft and fine. Our customers say one of our dollar boxes is worth ten dollars, yet we sell it for one dollar a box thrown in free. Any person sending money in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will mail it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. B. it will come by mail. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a free box of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. THE FORTYTH STREET MUSEUM and upwards. Has Primary, Normal and sing men and women are prepared for their at Teachers and Instructors employed in al- lys. Students who are not able to pay to $50.00 a session, are allowed to work industry in the School. completing the required course. The grounds society. Location most healthful. Session and any additional information, apply to JAMES S. RUSSELL, Principal. Lock Box 149, Lawrenceville, Va. The Greatest Offer Yet! JUST WHAT THE LADIES WANT. Send A Good Photograph. WE WILL SEND YOU A HAND 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 pay 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. WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDSOME GOLD-PLATED BREAST-PIN WITH YOUR PICTURE HANDSOMELY COLORED AND REPRODUCED THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. 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