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THE RICHMOND PLANET MONUMENT UNVEILED. HONOR TO COL. MITCHELL'S MEMORY. Pythians Gorgeous Showing. MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE WITNESS ED THE IMPOSING SCENE. They Hear His Deeds Rehearsed.—Members of the K. of P. From all Parts of the State. MITCHELL VOL. XVIII NO. 37 MONUME UNV HONOR TO COL. MEMOR Pythians Gorge MORE THAN TEN THOUSAN ED THE IMPOSI They Hear His Deeds Rehearsed From all Parts of MITCHELL Never but once in the history of the race, and never before in the history of the state has such a tribute been paid to the noble dead as when on Monday last, with grand parade, the Pythians dedicated the monument in Evergreen Cemetery, beneath which rests the precious dust of their hero, Col. Thos. W. Mitchell. Indeed, the occasion was more of triumphant eulogy of Pythian pride than of funeral rite, for in these fourteen months since first the state mourned for "Tom" Mitchell, the keenest of grief has worn away and in its place there lives in the hearts of men that hero worship which found such tumultuous expression on last Monday. The greatest of our citizens stood side by side with men of note from most every point and paid, without regard to creed or party, the last and delayed honor of the living to the dead. His perseverance filled that honor filled the city on such an occasion added its surging paean to trumps of marching Knights. A SEA OF SPECTATORS. Before the Brigade Staff reached the city limits to take part in the unveiling ceremonies, the streets were filled with people, who cheered vociferously as the brave looking man rode by decked in gold and black. When the cemetery was reached a strange sight met the eye. All around the square, in the centre of which stood the grey monument, were, what seemed to be black walls, formed by the thousands of spectators who filled the grounds. To the north and west there were two solid lines of humanity. People had crowded to the grounds hours ahead of the parade in order to secure even standing room. PROCESSION REACHES THE CEMETERY. Major E. A. Washington, who had been driven directly from headquarters to the ground in a carriage was the first of the official to arrive. Then came the newspaper men. The Aids arrived at 5:52 and cleared the space about the stand. Surrounded by his staff, Col. Meckins, who was in command arrived at 6:24, rode to the right of the stand and discounted. Next came Capt. T. M. Crump (mounted) commanding the First Regiment. Planet Co., No. 8, acted as escort to the family at the grounds. The carriages arrived in double line at 6:37. After entering the gates, the long line of military was marched eastward of the monument. COL THOMAS W. MITCHELL. while the carriages containing the family proceeded directly north, passing the stand, turned about and came to a stand still almost between the stand and square. The first carriages were occupied by Mrs. Thomas W. Mitchell and her two children, Roscoe and Rebecca. The grounds were now rapidly filling back to the southern gates with that surging throng of humanity to which seemth no end—now eager and all impatient. The great Municipal Band with their pretty uniforms had already entered with the First Regiment and taken their position at the west-end of the stand. But another muffled drum was heard. White and red plumes were again seen to dip and bow with the steady movement of duck pants. This was the entering of the Second Regiment, headed by the famous Excelsior Band of Norfolk. SUPREME LODGE SESSION. The Knights of Pythias At Chicago—A Large Attendance Promised—Brilliant Outlook A Grand Barge To on the white superintendent, be kicked him fearfully. "I was sent for. A policeman there and wanted to arrest the Superintendent was blood was explained to me by the whi Then came carriages with Monument Association and Planet Lodge, No. 23. CEREMONIES BEGIN. From my position on the stand I could not see whether all were in place now or not, but at any rate. President Benjamin Peyton arose and d proceeded to open the exercises with invocation by Rev S.C. Burrell of the colored Y.M.C.A. The addresses were made by Revs. J. H. Brice and D. W. Davia. Profound silence fell over the great concourse of spectators, who stood motionless with uncovered heads as the two little children, Eva Lee Graham and Junius Smith moved steadily down the steps and out toward to the square. Entering the enclosure of the ropes they caught hold of the cords. Some one gave the signal and the veil dropped, revealing a magnificent shaft, erected and dedicated to a noble, gallant knight and champion of right, whose precious dust Richmond shall forever be proud to hold in its silent keeping. Architecture has paid high tribute to leaders of mankind, but never was a memorial more worthily bestowed or more gratefully accepted by any people. It is a unique structure that now stands out in bold relief to Col. Thomas William Mitchell. THE CHURCH POLITY. The Law That Brother Briggs Didn't Want to Hear. It may be of interest to some of our Baptist readers to have presented to them some sections of the Baptist Church polity, better known as Hiscock's New Directory for Baptist church, published by the American Baptist Publication Society at Philadelphia, Pa. These extracts are those which Brother Tom H. Briggs, whose record everybody about here knows, declared that the church did not want to hear: "Nor can a church exercise authority over its own members in any respect except as to spiritual concerns. With this personal rights and duties as members of society, it cannot interfere. It can not dictate wl. at they shall eat or drink or wherewithal they shall be clothed; what associations they shall keep, what privileges they may enjoy, except that in all these they shall do nothing which shall be inconsistent with their position and profession as Christians." * * — Page 50. "Nothing can be considered a just and reasonable cause for the withdrawal of fellowship, and exclusion from the church, except it be clearly forbidden in, or manifestly contrary to the Scriptures, and what would have prevented the reception of the individual into the Church had it existed at the time and been persisted in. Even these who do not usually lead to disfellowship, providing they be confessed and forsaken." * * * —Page 180. "Nothing can properly be considered a reasonable cause of offense or just ground for discipline, but what is manifestly contrary to the Scriptures. Members may see many things in others which they dislike—personal idiosyncrasies perhaps offensive, but which cannot be justly sonicated subjects for complaint, or ecclesiastical censure. They are matters for Christian forbearance, to be endured, if they cannot be corrected in some other way." * * * —Page 179. "The sphere of a church authority is therefore distinctively and exclusively moral end spiritual." Those so-called churches whether of the past or present, that have assumed dictatorship over their communicans in all matters both sacred and secular have forfeited their claim to be recognized as true churches of Christ and are to be held as religious societies only. They have transcended all proper bounds violating personal rights by their assumptions. * § § —Page 50. "If a member attempts to bring before the Church, or in any other way make public, any matter of private grief or offense, before he has fully pursued the above course, according to the Gospel rule, he makes himself an offender thereby—subject to labor and discipline. —Page 128. UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED. Editor Mitchell is Honored by Citizens of Saratoga, N. Y. SARATOGA, N. Y., August 9, 1901. To Hon. John Mitchell, Jr. Richmond, Va.; Sir:— It affords us great pleasure to inform you that your name was presented to the Frederick Douglass Literary Association by its esteemed President, Mr. J. T. Lee as and honorary member of the above named Association. You were unanimously elected in token of the appreciation that is felt by its members for your splendid achievements, and the great work you are doing for the race. We have the honor to be, Very truly yours, P. C. NEAL, Chairman Worden House. Committe on Notification, M. V. Carter, John G. Shelton. The Knights of Pythias At Chicago—A Large Attendance Premised—Brilliant Outlook—A Grand Parade To Take Pluce. CHICAGO, IL., August 26, 1901. The Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A., & A, will meet here to-morrow morning. Already the advance guard is on the ground. Grant, Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., of Virginia arrived at 7:15 a.m. over the Illinois Central or what is now known as the Big 4 Route. He was accompanied by Sir L. W. Hollbrook of Dawville, Va., and Supreme Lecturer N. A. Twitty of Suffolk; Va. On the same train came the Supreme Chancellor S. W. Starks, General J. M. Hazlewood, General J. A. Campbell of Charleswood, West W., with Collins Co., No. 1 under command of Capt. Jno. Mickie of the same city. Cincinnati sent a company also. They were met at the train by a brass band. The encampment presents a most picturesque scene. The tents are arranged in military style and have attracted much attention. The headquarters are at 2821 State St. and Mr. Lawrence A. Newby never tires of entertaining visitors. Grand Chancellor A. W. Lloyd is on the ground booming St. Louis, as the next place of meeting of the Supreme Lodge. A world's fair will be held there in 1903. He has lodges to assist in the work. Those who have registered at headquarters thus far are Arnold Stone, Edward Wade of Hot Springs, Ark: E. J. Lewis, Montgomery, Ala; T. A. Brown of San Francisco, Cal; J. C. Ross, Savannah, Ga; C. A. Shaw, Brunswick, San Joseph H. Ward, and William J. I. Reed, Indianapolis, Ind; Frank Blount, Louisiana; C. K. Robinson, St. Louis, Mo; A. Riggs, Springfield, O.; Wm. Noel John, Springfield, O; R. F. Boyd, Nashville, N. I. R. Crawford, Tenn; W. H. Wolls, Memphis, Teum, John Mitchell, N. I. R. Twitty, L. W. Holbrook, of Richmond, Va, Rupert Jefferson, Parkersburg, W. Va., Lewis M. Mitchell, Austin, Texas; J. W. Anderson, Dallas, Texas, Wm. R. Morris, Minneapolis, Minn. CHICAGO, ILL., August 27th, 1901 The National Encampment of the Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., at the corner of 33rd and Wentworth Ave., is certainly a fine affair. It is the first of its kind ever known in the history of the organization. To the right, as one enters the gate, are the headquarters of Major-General R. R. Jackson. When we entered, he was busily engaged in superintending the placing of the cots for the companies which had taken up quarters here. The scene was picturesque. There are 182 tents. Guard mount takes place at 9 A. M. and dress parade at 6 P. M. Electric lights have been run into camp and at night the grounds are almost as bright as day. Brsgadier General John Mitchell, Jr., of Virginia was invited to share the tent of the Major-General. COL. MARSHALL TALKS FREELY Col. John R. Marshall was an interested observer of the affair and was forward in superintending the arrangement of the camp. Col. Marshall commanded the 8th Illinois Regiment in the Spanish-American War and was for a long time Mayor of San Luis, Cuba. He related his experiences in early life. By-the-way, Col. Marshall is a most aristocratic looking individual, being of magnificent built and somewhat disposed to be portly and on the Cleveland build. He is an ardent Republican, and one would take him to be a white man upon the first observation. BORN IN VIRGINIA. He said that he was born in Alexandria, Va., and worked there two years for Hon. Morton Marye, now Auditor of Public Accounts, for $5.00 per month. THE TROUBLE AT NEWPORT NEWS Upon his return from Cuba, when he arrived at Newport News, Va., he learned that Mr. Morton Marye, Jr., was in that town, being an architect and he called to see him. After conversing a few moments, he asked him if he knew Jack Marshall, the embolied boy, who worked for his father named Marshall. He said that he did. "Would you know him, if you saw him?" He replied that if you thought that he would. "Well," replied Col. Marshall. "I am Jack Marshall." NEGROES IN ILLINOIS A look of incredulity passed over the features of Mr. Marye and he recovered sufficiently to remark, "Well, they make Colonels of Negroes in Illinois. — (white) that you knew is only a Captian." However, Mr. Marye was glad to see him and sent word to his father that Jack Marshall was passing through the state. Col. Marshall said: "When I reached Newport News and our luggage was being transferred by a detail of my men appointed for the purpose, a corporal had a cigar in his mouth smoking. The white superintendent slapped his jaws, knocking the cigar out of his mouth. BEAT HIM BADLY. The result was that the detail jumped on the white superintendent, beat and kicked him fearfully. "I was sent for. A policeman was there and wanted to arrest the men. The superintendent was bloody. It was explained to me by the white man that he had aimed to knock the cigar from the cedered soldier's mouth, and his fingers had touched him in the face in so doing. They also said that a pier had been burned sometime ago entailing a loss of a million dollars. "I asked the lieutenant about it and he said that the white superintendent had smacked the soldier's jaws. I told the superintendent that these soldiers just from Cuba. They were fighting men in my command and over 100 officers. My men do not take orders that way. If you had told the officers that smoking was not allowed on these piers, the corporal would have thrown away that cigar. As it is, I shall not permit the arrest of these men. The work was proceeded with and their was no further trouble," concluded the Colonel. FINE EXERCISES AT THE CHAPEL. Quinn Chapel, A. M. E. Church is one of the finest structures in this city. It is built of stone and handsomely finished on the inside. This was the scene of a fine gathering to listen to the welcome addresses to the Supreme Lodge. It was nearly 9 o'clock when Sir George T. Kersey, P. Committee of theinois and Chairman of the Committee a most felicitous manner introduced Dr. Wesley as the chairman of the evening. Mr. — Henderson then sang a selection which was roundly encored by the audience. As A Subscriber Sees It. RICHMOND, VA., Aug. 21, '01. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir: I have read the proceedings of the church meeting on last Monday night. It looks as though the sentiment of the First Baptist Church is to continue in the wrong way. The church ought to practice what it preaches. There is one thing the church will have to do before it can get right and that is they will have to deal with Brother Nelson Williams, Jr. He has lied in his heart and with his hand, before God and man. Is it possible that the church will let him remain in the church without dealing with him? The Bible teaches us that the pastor can dig for your brother, you will fall into it yourself. The pit which Brother Nelson Williams, Jr. has dug, for Brother John Mitchell, Jr. is open and wading for Brother Nelson Williams, Jr. If Brother Mitchell is in it, he ought to be taken out of it and Brother Williams put to it, or let him alone for the wrong he has done. I believe everything would have been quiet at the church by now if it had not been for him. Anybody with common sense ought to know that a letter which is read in an audience of 200 or 300 people is not private or secret. There are some persons no doubt who would like to see Brother John Mitchell, excluded from the church but would like to see a fair way without taking advantage of the. The attention of the public is turned to the First Baptist Church to see what will be done with Brother Nelson Williams, Jr. for forgery. To All Whom This May Concern. Benjamin Upshur has desorted his wife, Mrs. Lucy Upshur. He left me financially embarrassed, also attempted life. I was married in New York City. —Rev. Z. D. Lewis and wife have been spending a few days in New York with Mrs. Frances Miles, formerly a member of the Second Baptist Church of Richmond. They have spent an enjoyable time with Mrs. Miles who is an excellent hostess and knows how to make it pleasant for her guest. The Doctor and his wife left New York City on Tuesday, Aug. 27th for Buffalo to attend the Pan-American Exposition. —Mrs. John E. C. Farrar and her daughter have returned to the city after a pleasant stay at the Bay Shore Hotel Buckroe Beach, Va. The Richmond City Gun Club will have a special sermon preached to them at Leigh St. A. M. E. Church by the pastor, Rev. W. A. C. Hughes Sunday 3 p. m. Special music by the choir. You are cordially invited to attend Mr. R. T. Cogbill, Sr., expresses profound regret to learn of the death of his nephew, Mr. Willie Cogbill, who died at his residence in Washington, D. C. He was highly respected by white and colored people. Mrs. L. G. King and daughter, Berthel, of Manchester, Va., have returned home from their extended trip north. Miss Ada G. Foster has returned from a trip to Philadelphia. She is much improved in health. The communion services of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Sunday evening, Sept. 1. Rev. W. F. Graham, assisted by Rev. D. Webster Davis will administer the Lord's Supper. Miss Etonia L. Banks has returned to the city after spending two month at Virginia Beach. MORE ABOUT THE TROUBLE. A Reminder of Last Year—Cooperationists Outwittec.—True Reformer Burrell's Activity. Exposure Too Much For Them—Trying to Muzzle The Press. The trouble at the First Baptist church dates back to the time when an effort was made to retire Rev. James H. Holmes. D. D., or rather to put him out the pastorate in order to make room for the divine who has been chosen as per the arranged plan. The appointment of the committee on pastor, consisting as it did of the deacons and fifteen members of the church was the first step. The Cooperationists took an act.ve part in the affair. S. N. Vass, A. M., of the American Baptist Publication Society was active. COOPERATIONISTS' CANDIDATES His candidate was Rev. A. W. Peques of Raleigh, N. C.; Rev. J. E. Jones, D., another cooperationist was wedded to Rev. J. Milton Waldron of Jacksonville, Fl. In the meantime, the name of Rev. W. H. Brooks, D. D. was presented. His popularity in this city made it evident that without machine efforts his election was a forgone conclusion. He was regarded as an anti-cooperationist, being a member of the National Baptist Convention which met in this city last year at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. In the meantime, Rev. W. T. Johnson, who is also a cooperationist was being boomed by the True Reformer managers, who were Cashier R. T. Hill, and Grand Worthy Secretary, W. P. Burrell. They endeavored to secure the retirement of Rev. A. W. Peques by telling his supporters that his remaining in the field would promote the election of Rev. Dr. Brooks. CANYASSEE AT WORK. This had its effect. Canvassers were put out, both male and female. They went from door to door, telling of the qualities of Rev. Johnson. Clubs were organized and ladies who knew nothing of the machinery at work or the deep laid plans on foot were drawn into the crowd and as a result witnessed one of the most disgraceful scenes on the first Monday night in June ever seen in this or any other city. Editor Mitchell, who had not taken any part in the affair up to this time, and was simply there as a member of the church entered his protest. The church double door entrance, was Grand Worth secretary, W. P. Burrell directing his forest. He was not a member of the church. Being a deacon in the Moore St. Baptist Church, his interference was as unwarranted as it was unprecedented. Sunday School scholars from 8 years of age upward were there to vote. It was a wail and a hurrah. DEACONS INSULTED The gray-headed deacons, some of whom had been in the church more than 40 years were jeered and hooted. No one was given attention or permitted to speak uninterrupted unless they were in favor of Rev. W. T. Johnson. Those who interrupted among the men were Rev. Tom H. Briggs, whose record is known from Screamersville to Rockets, Rev. Robert Watkins, who was a guard at the penitentiary during the Adjudgetter Rule; and Brother Henry G. Carter, who, up to that time, had not begun to wear those big-leg white breeches and shad-belly coat, besides other males and females too numerous to mention. So shameful was the scene that Editor Mitchell wielded the report of the meeting, thinking that a change would come over the mob which had usurped the functions of the church and the secret organization which had interfered with the call of the Almighty. PUBLISHED IN OTHER JOURNALS The proceedings of the church meeting was however published in full in the AMERICAN HERALD occupying about three columns. In the meantime, Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the name to the application for the meeting had published a short account in his little paper and stated that the PLANET has said nothing about the church-meeting. Ladies met the editor and criticised him for not saying something about the meeting. Editor Mitchell attended the church-meeting on the first Monday in July and was treated with the same discourtesy practiced in the meeting before. Among those who did this were Rev. Tom H. Briggs, whose record is known from Screamersville to Rockettts; Rev. Robert Watkins; who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster rule. "I move that she be silenced," William Henry Davis, and Brother Henry G. Carter, who that night wore those big-leg white breeches and shad-belly coat. RESOLUTIONS IGNORED. It was that night that resolutions calling for an investigation of the methods of calling a pastor were presented. The week following the PLANET contained in its reportorial columns the article entitled "Did God call a pastor? This created a sensation. No denial was made as to its truthfulness. Instead of investigating and prefer- ring charges against the guilty parties, the ring proceeded to devise plans to injure the individual who was regarded as having made the exposure. The cooperationists have been shelved and the Theist Reform ring controlled by Gerrit Huthy Secretary, W. P. Burrell and Cushion W. was in full control. This ring was and is opposed o President Wm. L. Taylor, who is also Grand Worthy Master. WENT AFTER THE PRESIDENT Having captured the First Baptist Church, securing one of their anti-Taylor men as pastor, it was a subject of general comment that the secret circular containing an attack primarily upon President Taylor appeared just about one week after the election at the church. seems that Brother Hill's salary had been raised to $150.00 per month. Brother Burrell's salary had been raised to $150.00 per month, and it was charged that Brother L. Taylor had secured so much greater increase than either of the two officials that there was a cold, yes, that tired feeling when they met President Taylor. WANTED TO SILENCE THE PRESS Then the orders went forth. Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., presented a paper to the Deacon Board calling for a meeting and having for its purpose the exclusion of Editor John Mitchell, Jr. from the church. An effort was made to do it, but the matter was carried over to the regular church-meeting and Editor Mitchell cited to show cause why the right hand of ownership should not be withdrawn from the church. As there is nothing in the written constitution of the church prohibiting the publication of the church proceedings and as the meeting was an open one, members from other churches being admitted, it was regarded as absurd to bring the matter up. NO REGARD FOR THE POLITY. The Baptist, polity was disregarded and the 18th chapter of Matthew ignored. Any reference to Gospel steps was with contempt and thus nearer completion one of the most disfruitful chapters in the history of the First Baptist Church. WAS TELLER THERE. Interesting Facts—Brazen Effrontery. The Church Controlled.By a Secret Organization. At the meeting of the First Baptist Church, Monday night, Aug. 19th. "Everybody knows Tom H. Briggs appointed Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the [names to the application for the meeting, as teller to count the vote. It is now said he counted almost double. "I moved that she be silenced" Wm. Henry Davis was in the committee room where he could do no harm. Rev. W. T. Johnson has secured a residence adjoining True Reformers' Bill in this city and is in easy touch with another R. T. Hill of the True Reformers' Bank, and Brother W. P. Burrell, who controlled the political wires which secured the election of Rev. W. T. Johnson as pastor of the First Baptist Church. The installation exercises have been arranged during the week that the Grand Fountain will be in session here and that organization will no doubt take a part in celebrating the great triumph at the First Baptist Church and also furnish the crowd. Conservative True Reformers are not approving the idea, realizing that it will tend to discredit the organization and cause other churches to view with alarm this unwarranted interference with a church of the Living God. TAYLOR-DANDRIDGE. The marriage of Miss Alberta L. Taylor of No. 419 Catherine St., to Mr. Geo. Dandridge, of Westwood, Va., was celebrated at the residence of Rev. White, of N. 1st St., Monday, Aug. 26th, at 9 oclock. The happy couple will reside at 1514 W. Leigh St. TUCKER—Died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Robinson in South Boston, Halifax Co., Va., on Monday, July 29th, 1901, Mr. William Tucker in the eighteenth year of his age. He died in the full triumph of faith and was willing and waiting for the messenger death. He leaves three daughters and one son to mourn their loss viz: Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs. Nannie Wyatt, of South Boston, and Mrs. Margaret Carter, of Richmond, Va., and Mr. Harrison Young of Newport News, Va., and a host of grand-children and great-grand-children. He is not dead, the one we cherish. For he the path of virtue trod, His casket, it indeed may But not his soul, for that's with God. His light was trimmed and freely burning, When rang the cry, "Behold he's here," And from the world's enticements turning, He met the bridegroom without fear. By his grand-daughter, NANNIE B. OWENS. Miss M. Madoline Seay, after spending two week's vacation in the Capitol City, Washington, D. C. with her cousin, Miss Florene Jenkins has returned to the city, delighted with her trin NOT LIKE OTHER MEN Copyright, BM, by Frederick van Hansscher Dey. CHAPTER X. "YOU ARE A WOMAN—A WOMAN LIKE ME." HERE are times when tears are appropriate; there are moments when a gush of them will perform miracles which nothing else can do. Being in themselves the extreme of weakness, it is nevertheless certain that they often impart unexpected strength. Erna Thomas had no intention of crying when she hastened to the bedside of Lisle Maxwell. There existed no logical reason why she should cry unless to shed a few sympathetic tears after the manner of women generally. There was every reason why she should not do so. She was not constituted "after the manner of women generally" in any sense of the word, for she was a typical western girl, who, bereft of her mother in her infancy, had ruled her father and his household with a rod of iron ever since her birth. But she was superlatively feminine in all things, deliciously feminine in most of them, strikingly so in the fact that nobody could tell, herself beast of all, what she would do next. Frank, generous, open hearted, impulsive and headstrong, her rod of iron was incased in velvet, and her most imperious commands purred themselves into favors bestowed. She was fond of excitement and mastery. What woman is not? She was conscious that for the first time in her life she was part and parcel with a romance and that she stood upon the very verge of a precipice that overlooked a mystery of the most remarkable kind. Her heart bled for the girl upon the bed whose father, yesterday a strong and vigorous man, was now a corpse, and she was dismayed by the magnitude of the task that confronted her. Think what she had to do! The measure of consolation which it was her duty to administer to the orphan paed into insignificance in the presence of the revelation for which fate had destined her to be the medium. The young girl whose form was stretched upon her bed believed that she was a man; had been taught to despise all women; had been educated to regard them as inferior creatures. She must be told, and at once, that she belonged to that despised class, and the knowledge promised to impart a sorrow as potignant as had that other event which had left her fatherless. It was possible that the disappointment and dismay occasioned by the repulsion might neutralize the agony occasioned by the death of her father; it was possible that it might augment her grief; no one could foresee the consequences to her of this unprecedented chain of events; but whatever those consequences might be they must be met, and the only human being in all the world who by reason of the sudden knowledge thrust upon her was competent to meet them was a young girl, just past 18, whose understanding of the questions with which she had to cope was limited to the experiences of a maiden whose entire life had been surrounded by every safeguard that a doting father could marshal to his aid when circumstances had compelled him to rear and to bring to maturity a motherless daughter. Erna's innocence and ignorance, however, rendered her strong for the task. She took up the burden all the more readily because she did not realize what it involved. Her innocence was as complete as Lisle's, her ignorance as profound. Solitary speculation had carried the latter into regions which Erna had never regarded as worthy of exploration. She had lived all her life in such near proximity to the mysteries of creation that she had been unconscious of their existence. Lisle had been isolated so far away from them that when the knowledge came to her that they did exist she had striven with all her soul, gropingly, in the dark, but certainly in search of light, and the two girls stood upon equal ground, half way to the goal to be attained, but widely separated by their journeys, like two who, having started at the same point, but in opposite directions, to meet again at the other side of the world, pause when only half the journey is made, neither one wiser than the other. One had searched through the darkness toward the light eagerly; the other had wandered with the light without being aware that the night dwelt anywhere upon the earth, until across that infinite space which separated her from the other that still voice called to her for aid. Therefore when Erna, having put her father from the room, turned and beheld Lisle's eyes fixed upon her, she hastened to the bedside, dropped upon her knees and did the very thing that she was resolved not to do—burst into tears; and while she cried she put out her arms and wound them around Lisle's neck, laid one of her cheeks against the cool, white face of the orphan and so compelled the one who should have received consolation to administer it. It was in a crisis like this where Lisle Maxwell's masculine training served her best. She scorned all unnecessary exhibition of emotion. Her woman's heart had faltered and faltered beneath the sudden blow of her father's death. Nature had proved herself stronger than the education of years. But it was different now. The shock had come, the blow had fallen. She had yielded to the overwhelming effects, but she would not falter again. "Why do you cry?" she asked, rising to a sitting posture and gently but firmly disengaging the clinging arms around her neck. "It is my father, not yours, who is dead. I do not cry. Why do you weep? For me?" "For you, Liske. It was so sudden, so awful." Erna's tears ceased to flow. She bethought herself suddenly of the situation: Liske, habited as a man, believing herself to be one, sitting upon the edge of the dismantled bed; Erna upon her knees before her, scantily clad, with her disheveled hair like spun gold distributing its mazes over her bare shoulders and upon the trousered knees of her companion; the morning sun streaming in through the window, gilding the scene with glory, bestowing its warm approval upon a scene before which an uninformed beholder would have recolled in dismay. The girl who believed herself to be a man, profoundly ignorant that such things as conventional proprieties existed, realized nothing unusual in the situation. The girl who had been taught to observe with religious care realized its absurdity. Her face blushed scarlet. Her eyes danced with unbidden north, and a smile crept stealthily to her lips and softened and parted them while it glistened upon the moisture in her eyes like a sunburst kissing the sea. She started to her feet and took a step or two backward, and Liske, being free, also rose. Thus they stood facing each other, and Liske, for the first time, discovered that her dandelion shirt was open. She did not blush. The circumstance affected her only as it would have affected a child. "How came I here in this room?" she asked wonderingly. "Did I swoon? Did I lose consciousness? Did I bring me here?" "Yes, to all of your questions," replied Erna. "You were unconscious so long a time that I thought it best. Sit down again. I wish to talk with you." "You do not look strong enough to carry me," murmured Liske slowly, conscious that she was amazed that Erna should have carried her wet woo- "How came I here in this rooms?" she asked wonderingly. "How come I here in this rooms?" she asked wonderingly. during why she was so. "No, I cannot remain here now. There is much for me to do. Is it—true—is it true that my father?" "Yes, Lisle; it is true. I am so sorry for you." "Thank you. My father is there—in his room. I must go to him." "No, Lisle; no—not now. My father is there. He will do all that can be done. There is nothing for you to do—at least not now. I have sent for a physician and for a malister. I thought you would wish it. I also sent a man after Craig Thompson—that is, I told my father to send the men." "It was kind of you to think of it all." Lisle walked to the window and looked out upon the new day, striving hard to keep down the tears that rose unbidden to her eyes. It was a struggle, but she conquered. Presently she turned and retraced her steps to Erma. "You wish to talk with me?" she said. "Very well. After I have seen him again I will talk with you, but let us go out into the sunlight. There is a grove of pine trees a little way from the house. When I was a child, I helped my father to set them out. We will go there. Will you come?" "Yes; wait for me on the porch—or, no! Remain here until I speak to papa." She darted away before Lisle could reply, was gone a moment and returned. "You may go to the room where your father is," she said. "Papa is there. After that wait for me at the front door. Then we will go to the grove together." Lisle left her to her toilet and went slowly toward the chamber where reposed the still form of Richard Maxwell. Mr. Thomas was there and two of the servants also. They stood respectfully aside when Lisle entered the room, passed to the bedside and with folded arms stood for several moments quietly regarding the silent sleeper. Bending low, Lisle touched her lips against the cold, dead face, then went out from the room, moving like one who walks in a dream. Fifteen minutes later, beneath the spreading boughs of the pines, Lisle and Ernst stood facing each other. "What will you do now, Lisle?" asked Ernna. "You cannot remain here without your father." "Why, yes, I will remain. There is nothing else for me to do. I am familiar with every detail connected with the operation of the ranch. It is the only thing that I do know. There is no place else for me to go. I know nothing of the world—your world. Mine is here; its boundaries are there"—waving her right hand—"to the extent of my vision; no farther. I think it was my father's desire that I should remain here always after he was gone." "It could not have been so. Isle. You did not know what your father knew concerning you. You do not know what I know. There is a secret which your father kept from you all your life. Why. I do not know; nobody knew—nobody but himself—and now he cannot tell it to you. I am sure, Lisle, that he did not mean to die without telling it." "A secret! My father never had a secret from me—never!" "He had one secret, Lisle." "How can you know that he had a secret from me? He scarcely spoke to you." "I discovered it myself, Lisle." "How? When? Where? What is the secret?" "I discovered it last night when you kissed me-at least I believed I did. After you fainted away, while I worked over you, I became convinced of its truth. It will startle you when I tell it, Lisle; it will shock you almost as much as the sudden death of your father. I am afraid that it will pain you. It concerns you; it is about you. Have you ever thought, Lisle, that you are not like other men?" "Yes, often," Lisle spoke dreamily. "I have talked it over with my father." Only last evening, just before you came, we were discussing it. I know that I am different from other men, but I do not know how or why. Is that the secret? "Yes, Lisle; that is the secret. You are not like other men; you are not like men at all. Lisle, dear Lisle, you are not a man; you never were a man; you never can be a man; you are a woman. Lisle—a woman like me." CHAPTER XI SOME REVELATIONS ISLE MAXWELL remained perfectly still, staring hard at Erna. She heard the words, but she did not, could not, comprehend them. Erna had expected an outburst of passionate anger or vehement unbelief. There was neither. Somehow her earnestness had impressed the truth of her statement upon her companion. It may be that without realizing Lisle was prepared for the announcement. It certainly meant less to her than Erna could have supposed that it would. "Tell me more," she said presently. "How do you know—how did you discover that I am a woman? How may I know that I am one?" "I believe," replied Erna, "that your own heart has told you already that you are not a man. Don't you see that you are like me?" "Like you? No. I do not think that I am in the least like you. I am taller, broader, bigger in every way. We are not alike; we are very different." "Oh, dear! Throw off your coat and waistcoat again, as you were this morning when you called me to go to your father. There! Do you not see that your hips are like mine. Press your sides so, here at your waist. Now do the same to me. I have left off my 'instruments of torture,' and so I am not bullet proof this morning. Don't you see that, though larger than I am, you are shaped the same? Men are not formed that way." Lisle observe slowly and wonderingly. Her calm eyes studied the blushing face before her with an expression that was filled with awe. "Are they not?" she asked presently. "Are men created after one mold and women after another?" "Certainly." "Always?" "Always." "Is that all the difference?" "Of course not, you goose!" "What are the other differences?" "Why, everything is different, I suppose." "Do you only suppose? Don't you know?" "Oh, dear! Come into the house. Let us go back to my room. We can talk better there. You look so much like a man in that dress that out here I feel as though the eyes of the whole world were upon us." "And if the eyes of the world were upon us, what then? Is there anything to be ashamed of?" "No- that is, not really. But it looks so. Come, will you go back?" "Yes." They returned together to the house, and Erna, having closed and locked the door of her room, began again her difficult task. "Now, Liesa," she said, "please hear me through to the end of what I am going to say without asking any questions. Every one that you ask is sure to be the very one that I least expect, and it is pretty sure to be the one that I do not in the least know how to answer—that is, not in words. I never knew before today how ignorant I am myself of things that I ought to know. That is, I thought all the while I knew about them, while the fact is I do not know much more than you do yourself. I suppose it is for the same reason that the Egyptians never thought of studying their own pyramids until a lot of foreigners blew into the country and discovered that the hieroglyphic writings meant something. I have lived next door to the pyramids all my life and never thought them worth the trouble of study, and now you have materialized on the scene, and you want to know all at once every secret that is connected with them. Now I can show you the way to the pyramids, but I don't in the least know what the writings mean. Did you ever read the Bible?" "My father used to read it to me." "Did he ever read about the garden of Eden?" "No: I do not remember it." "Of course not. It is about a woman, and he wouldn't read that. Well,"—desperately—"there was such a place when God made the world, and there was a man there. He was all alone. There wasn't another human being in the whole world, and Adam—that was his name—was lonely. I'm not surprised at that. It must have been horrid. He raised some kind of a row about it, and so one night while he was asleep God took a rib out of his side and made a woman out of it. After that Adam became the father of all men, and Eve—that was the woman's name—became the mother of all women. Men are all made after the same pattern as Adam, and women are all made after the same pattern as Eve, and they are no more alike than a horse THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA. BE NOT DECEIVED To the COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA. KING OF ALL HAIR TONICS, "OZONO." BEFORE. AFTER. Mr. Henry Stewart of Roanoke, Va., writes: Before using Ozono my head was perfectly bald. Now a nice growth has appeared. Ozono is perfectly grand. MRS. Mart Holman, of Valley Mills, Texas, writes: Ozono is the only hair tonic that has ever done my hair any good. It has caused my hair to grow long and straight. Mr. George Branch, Mahon, Texas, writes: Ozono has done me a world of good. Everyone that uses it will use no other hair tonic. BEFORE. AFTER. Miss Maggie B. Proctor, Fairfield, Texas, writes: I have used Ozone, and give it my hearty recommendation. I have been fooled so often it does me good to recommend honest goods. BEFORE AFTER Henry Bell, Creeds, Va., writes: I cannot say too much in favor of your goods. This is the universal opinion in my county. and a cow-at least not to my mind. Now, look here! I have an idea. My clothes are much too small for you, but I am going to dress you up in them. My goodness!" "What is the matter?" "My trunks! I had forgotten all about them. They've been out on the prairie all this time, and everything will be ruined or stolen." Lishe smiled. "They are here in the house," she said. "I gave orders last night about them. Shall I have them brought here?" "No. If they are safe, that is all I care. The clothes we have on are all we need. We will change. You shall wear these, and I will try yours. Take them off." "In your presence?" "Certainly." "I have been taught by my father never to"— "Bother your teaching! I am your teacher now!" "Well, at least you need not put these on," said Lisle. "I have other apparel here. You shall have a much better suit than this one." The extra suit was soon forthcoming, and after that the two girls worked on in silence, with here and there an interjection from Erma. Lisle did not offer any remark, and every question that she would have asked during the process of removing their outer garments was nipped in the bud by vehement protests from her companion. The interjections came when the work of arraying Lisle in feminine apparel was in operation. The "instruments of torture" were made to fit by altering the lacings, and when at last they were clasped around Lisle's waist, so tightly that she found it difficult to breathe, Erna believed that the most heroic part of the work was done. Nothing about the costume came together, but woman's ingenuity is ever equal to feminine emergencies of dress, and the difficulties were surmounted one by one, so that at last Lisle stood before her instructor, having successfully donned everything except the tight fitting waist and skirt and the footwear. "There!" exclaimed Erna, stepping back a few paces and viewing with undisguised admiration the consummation of her toll. "You are simply glorious!" she added. "As a boy you were unmistakably handsome, but as a woman you are simply out of sight." You TRADE-MARK. BEFORE. AFTER. BEFORE. Recognizing the fact that there are many Sellers now on the market, and knowing to a ceil and simple, we wish to make a straight-forward through line, a personal and a fortunate circumstance, acquired the receipt purchased to any extent until 1875, when it was success, and thorough test by the colored honest, legitimate money, to all that test of the confidence of every member of the color hair to grow long and straight, soft and fine, a whichever ground it may appear upon the x who imitate and make capital out of the x marked success, numerous firms have entered straighteners, many of which are worthless, or damage to the hair and skin because, which are filled with animal fats, and do the sound a warning—be careful what you use on advertisements and big words. Buy the King FORE. AFTER. fact that there are many SO.CALLED hair-growers a market, and knowing to a certainty that many of these wish to make a straight-forward, honest statement to make at the request of your late secretary, Mrs.S.M. Lawrence, acquired the receipt for 02000. It was no doubt until 1875, when it was put upon the market and a rough test by the colored people of that time it was merely used to all have sex, more than a worthy every member of the colored race, because they found a straight, soft and fine, and as beautiful as an April article appears upon the market there are always a capable out of the matte, more hairy, more serious firms have entered the market, offering hair of which are worthless, causing the hair to fall out, and the colored people are buying these spun a animal data, and do the hair more hairy than ever, careful what you use on your hair. Do not be deceived big words. Buy the King of all Hair Tonics. OZONO. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit $50. Now, we ask you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to forfeit $50.00 if we had preparedations, if they were not true to all we claim for them? We have advertised for seven dollars, and we are glad to say that every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied in every respect. which is sold with an iron-clad guarantee to do $0.00. Now, we ask you a plain question—would you wear a shirt? We have advertised for several years under the every one who has used Ozono has been satisfied, 100,000 people are to-day using our prop Ozono. Ozono straightens without any outseams. Kinky, Harsh, Curly, Refractory, Troublesome and straight. It will cure your head of Alema, Eczema, Dandruff and Scurf cannot live after it from falling out. It will restore gray hair and soft. Now, right here, let us make a statement: straighten the hair, but when they send the prop Ozono straightens without any outseams and the hair stays straight forever. You can on the hair are seen in a day or two after the first wash, which is good at any time: Out this sum of One Dollar, and we will forward to you bottle of Electrical Skin Refiner, which makes plastics more durable. We package one package of our own CHEMICALLY PURPLE, which lastly, to prove our liberality, we will put in an Aide Throat or Mouth, all forms of Wombe also. In doing so we bring Short Hair and the ones has granted us this package and odors arising from simply to introduce honest goods. In order to tions of our goods, and to avoid mistakes, we have a Metropolitan Bank of R I A last word. OZONO 1.00 long growth. Send us $1.00 at once, and receive your order. BOSTON C in iron-clad guarantee to do all that is claimed for it, you a plain question—would we absolutely agree to take your preparations, they were not true to all we asked for several months after the first application of Ozoon has been satisfied in every respect, we to-day using our preparations, and every purchase of Ozoon we positively take the King's Refractory, Troubleshooting Refractory, Refractory. Troubleshooting Refractory will cure your head of all itching, worrying scalp, and Sordur cannot live after Ozoon has been applied. It will restore gray hair to its natural color, make it us make a statement: Many firms are advertisers but when they send the preparation they tell you they will burn up the life of the hair, and when with it they will burn up the life of the hair, and straight forever. You can stop the use at any time. in a day or two after the first application. and once a bottle—4 boxes do the work. We make you a disease, we will burn up the life of the hair, and we will forward to you four large boxes of Ozoon Skin Refiner, which makes black skin bright, red skin diseases, we remove all facial imperfections. we will also remove wrinkles, moth patches, freckles, and look young and the yomu look younger. include one package of our celebrated Scalp Soap, which makes all forms of Womb Diseases, Chhlblains, Sorea and odors arising from the human body, such as hair, skin, and the other head Long Hair. The soap is a bottle of pure soap that is this trade-mark on it, you will make no mistake two heads on it. As to our responsibility, we refer you to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va. OZON is a pharmaceutically prepared hair and growth. If your hair is already straight, you can send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent to us. BOSTON CHEMICAL CORP. 310 East Broad Street, BOSTON CHEMICAL CORP. A last word. OZOZN is absolutely guaranteed to straighten hair and cause a beautiful glossy, long growth. Send us $1.00 at once, and the goods will be sent the same day we receive them. 310 E. BROAD ST., RICHMOND, VA. I enclose you $1.00, for which please send 4 Boxes of Ozono, worth $2.00; 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, v Odor, worth 600.; 1 Package Scalp So Name. Street. County. If you want lots like above, send $3.00, let her write her name on a piece of paper. $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 1. Ozono, worth $2.00; 2. Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, Electrical Skin Food, worth 50c. 1. Package (1 pin, with 50c.; 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. House No. City. State. Like like above, send $3.00. If you have a friend who has name on a piece of paper and pin to coupon when you buy it. 1 enclose you $1.00, for which please send at once the following goods: 4 Boxes of Ozone, worth $2.00; 2 Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth $6.00; 1 Bottle Electrical Skin Food, worth $6.00; 1 Package (1 pint) Anti-Odor, worth $6.00; 1 Package Scalp Soap, worth $6.00; Total: $4.00. are perfectly beautiful! Let me let me skip this shirt on to you. It won't meet, and it's too short, but I can make it do. The waist will never come together in the world, and we'll have to do without that. Oh, dear, what a ravishing creature you are! There! I can talk to you now without feeling that every drop of blood in my body had gone to my face. I could not get rid of the idea before that you were a man after all. Now I know that you are not. Look at yourself in that glass. How do you like it? "I don't like it. This steel jacket is the worst of all. Aren't you going to dress in my clothes?" "No. I don't want to. Come here, Lisle, and sit down beside me. Are you so very uncomfortable?" "I feel as though I were in a vise. Must I wear clothing like this always?" Must I wear clothing like this always?" "Always?" with a vehement nod. Then, with sudden emphasis and wisdom, Erna added: "But not at once. The people on this ranch must not know of the discovery we have made—at least not now. You must be to them as you have always been." "Why?" "Because you would not be safe here if they knew that you are a woman." "Why? Do all men have women so? Would they seek to kill me?" "Kill you? No; but you would not be safe." "Bab! I do not fear them." "Of course not. That isn't the question. I do not exactly know what is the question, only that it would not be just the thing to do now. When Craig Thompson comes, we will take him into our confidence. He shall tell you what to do; papa shall tell you what to do." "You are sure, very sure, that I am a woman, Erna?" "Goodness gracious, yes! I hope so. Heavens, you almost frighten me! Don't you see that, as small as I am, my instruments of torture needed but very little letting out in order to reach around you? Don't you see how they bring out your shape, so that it is like mine, only a little more so? Don't you see that we are alike in a lot of other ways?" "Yes." "Well, don't that settle it?" "Yes, I suppose that settles it," said Lisle slowly. She stood for a moment as though turned to stone, but her eyes became fierce and her lips drew together ominously. "Yes, I am a woman, one of the outcasts of the world—the cursed of all mankind! Qh. God, how I hate my- ```markdown ``` AFTER. O-CALLED hair growers and hair straight- tainty that many of these are frauds pure ward, honest statement to the colored race r late secretary, Mrs. S. M. Moore, through for O'DONN, who was offered to take up upon the market and met with marked people of that time it was pronounced an claimed hat, it and worthy in every respect red race, because they found it to cause the and as beautiful as an April morning. Now, market there are always a number of people wetts a hat, it offers hair growers and hair- using the hair to fail out and doing great people are buying these spurious compounds, hair more than than good. To these let us your hair. Do not be coerced by flaring of all Hair Tonites. to all that is claimed for it, or we will forfeit would we absolutely agree to forfeit $30,000 if they were not true to all we claim for them? we are glad to be a good friend and are glad to say that in every respect, arrations, and every purchaser recommends will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, will positively take the Kinks out of Knotty, it itching, worrying scalp diseases, Itch. Ozono has been applied. It will stop your to its natural color, making the hair long Many firms are advertising remedies to preparation they tell you to use hot irons, up the life of the hair, and cause it to drop but Ozono is necessary, stop the use at any time. The good effects first application. is do the work. We make this liberal offer, our four large boxes of Ozono and one large kakes black skin bright, rough skin soft and eves all facial imperfections, and actually our electrical Skin Food—both patches, freckles, and all facial blem- looker. debated Scalp Soap, which is absolutely mature and otherwise of Electrical Skin Food— package of Ant-Odor, a positive care diseases, Chilblains, Sore and Frosted Feet; the human body, such as feet, arm pits, etc. protect the public in general from imitate- we have placed upon our coupon our Trade- head Long Hair. The U.S. Government ment, you will make no mistake. the responsibility, we refer you to the Editor Hichard, VA. we have patented hair and cause a beauti- ally straight, you can use it to secure a and the goods will be sent the same day we CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. CHEMICAL CO., and at once the following goods: Bottle Electrical Skin Refiner, worth worth 50c.; 1 Package (1 pint) Ansi- ap, worth 50c. Total, $4.00. House No. City. State. If you have a friend who has no coupon, and pin to coupon when you send your order. "Look at yourself in this glass. How do you like it?" self; how I loath myself; how I despise everything about me that makes me a woman! My father is dead. So be it. I am glad that he is dead. He knew, and he deceived me. I asked him, and he led to me. If he were not dead, I would kill him! I would kill him, I say, as I killed Jim Cummings—as I would have killed others had they tried to eat me a woman. I—1. Llise Maxwell, am that despicable thing called a woman. My God! You, Erna, do not know the horror of it. You have never known what it is not to be a woman. You have done me a service, and I thank you, for I would not live a life any more than I would tell one. Richard Maxwell is dead. I will never think of him as my father again. Perhaps he also led to me about that; perhaps his whole life was a lie, like the one that he made me live. It may be that my name is not Lisle Maxwell. I do not know who I am. I only know what I am not. You thought because I was calm that my heart was not breaking. I only wafted for proof, for I suspected before you spoke. Now I know! Take off these garments or I shall tear them off and ruin them. Quick! I am going mad, I think! Off with them! I will not live to walk forevermore hand in hand with my own shame! I will kill myself, as yesterday I would have killed a man who had dared to tell me what I now know to be the truth! Off with them!" [TO BE CONTINUED.] Miss Annie A. Wise, Onancock, Va. writes: I and my sister have both used Ozono and we recommend it to everyone. It is the finest hair grower and straightener on earth. BEFORE AFTER Mr. W. C. Diggs. Swarthmore, Pa. says: I have used your preparations. They have done more than you claimed for them. I heartily recommend them. BEFORE Mise Giara M. Bentley, Topka, Kan, says: My hair was short and knotty and kinky. Now it is long and fine. Ozono did it. Miss-Glara M. Bentley, Topeka, Kan. says: My hair was short and knotty and kinky. Now it is long and fine. Ozono did it. MR. Mark Taylor, Haverhill, Mass., says: Your discovery is little short of a miracle and surpasses the ingenuity of man. Miss Louisa Logan, New Orleans, La., says: I send you my photograph, so that you can see what your Ozono has done for me. He Couldn't Lose Them. Mrs. Naggs—I understand your husband is unable to meet his creditors. Mrs. Waggs—Don't you believe it. He can and does meet them much oftener than he cares to.—Chicago Daily News. Worked Up. "I understand you made money in that stock deal." "Yes, I came out on top." "How did you manage it?" "Got in on the ground floor."—Philadelphia Press. A Natural Inference. Charley Litewate—I've got a deuce of a headache, don't yer know. Sarcastic Friend—That so? Must be one of these "aching voids" we sometimes read about.—Judge. Not Wholly Debarred. Dolly—Then you and Kitty are not friends any more? Polly—No; but she still tells me all the compliments she gets.—Chicago Record-Herald. O, time is short, and time is long. And 'tis a merry, songless song, And cloudy March is sunny June, When love with love is well in tune! — Ellis Wortman, in N. Y. Independence IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. The makers of fire engines have formed a combination, with a capital of $9,000,000. The Chinese population of the United States is decreasing and the Japanese population is increasing. A writer in the Public Library Bulletin says that the first free public library ever established was that of Petersboro, N. H., in 1799. According to Bridge Commissioner Shea's report New York owns 78 bridges, costing $24,792,510, not counting 439 structures of a bridge-like character that are described as part of the highways, and not counting several bridges in the course of construction and on which several million dollars have been expended. Too Much. Mistress—Now, Bridget, there is one thing I must insist upon. If you break anything I want you to come and tell me at once. Bridget—Sure, ma'am, I can't be runnin' ter ye every minute of the day—Brooklyn Life. REPANET Season Seems to Be Given Over to Ethereal Fabrics. Chantilly Lace, Chiffon, and Soft Spotted Materials of Every Kind Are in Great Demand —Some Dainty Gowns. (Special Chicago Letter.) IT IS getting more and more difficult with each passing hour to adequately describe the beautiful and luxurious fashions of the season. Take, for instance, the up-to-date summer gowns now on exhibition at the leading shops. All that I have A STYLISH SUMMER GOWN. seen thus far have displayed a wonderful intricate mass of fine tucking and puffing, shirring and plaiting, to say nothing of the vast amount of exquisite handwork that appears on both shirt and bodice, and anything like an accurate description of their manifold charms seems an impossibility. These gowns are essentially summer ones, and the season of 1901 seems to be given over entirely to ethereal fabrics, with lace and chiffon perhaps playing the most important part of all. There is a perfect craze at the present moment for black chantilly lace, traped over white chiffon, and the possibilities of this artistic combination are indeed great. While on the face of it I am bound to confess it sounds extravagant, such a gown, if properly fashioned, will be an ideal one for evening wear throughout the entire winter season. The rage for spotted materials has not abated in the least, and it is safe to predict its continued popularity for the remainder of the summer. The fabric of this description most sought after at present is of a soft, silky texture, showing a cream ground dotted all over with medium-sized black spots, and, while not at all pretty, it is pronounced exceedingly smart-looking. To my mind it is too dazzling for general wear, but as it has the air of novelty, besides being decidedly Frenchy in appearance, it is likely to remain a favorite for some time at least. Fashionable dressmakers are still fashioning their handsome summer gowns of crepe de chine and foulards of every description, trimmed with any quantity of lace and ribbon velvet. Many women complain bitterly of the price of crepe de chine, but it is really good investment, for no fabric cleans more beautifully, and when the powers of the cleaner have been entirely exhausted the dyer's art can FOR LATER SUMMER DAYS. be resorted to with absolute safety as regards good results. Consequently crepe de chine is, after all, a most serviceable material for both day and evening wear. The new muslins are simply delightful. Each year they seem to get more and more beautiful. The most popular are those of French design and the particular fancy of the moment is to mount them over sheer white swiss. Some of the newest models are frilled almost to the waist, the bodice being made quite simply, finished with the inevitable lace collar or fishu of hand-embroidered lace. The charms of the simple white muslin gowns are as countless as the stars, and yet it is one that few can afford to wear. It is a gown you simply cannot economize on, for it must be dainty and fresh and of beautiful quality, and. above all, simply made to be a suco. The most desirable result cannot be achieved unless one is prepared to expend what would buy two ordinary dresses, so if your parse be miserably slender leave the dainty white frock to those who can better afford the luxury, consoling yourself with the well-known fact that white is sometimes trying and always accentuates every imperfection of form or feature. A few Japanese muslims have made their appearance. They are very beautiful to look upon, but the designs are inferred to be large and somewhat sprawling, and therefore require the most careful treatment. Good results can only be attained by the skillful touch of the artistic dressmaker. Nothing could be more fetching than the blouse waist of the moment, no matter of what material it may be fashioned. The sweetest looking are made of China silk, mounted over a tafetta silk lining, cut to pouch slightly in front, and elaborately trimmed with yards of finen-colored lace. Others again are of the ever-popular crepe de chine, very handsome indeed, while not a few desirable models are made of silk mull in both pure white and delicately tinted colors. The glory of the all-face blouse has not departed by any manner of means. In fact, popularity seems rather to wax than wane. The newest blouses of this description are fashioned of white or black lace, draped over chiffon of a corresponding color, and trimmed very sparingly with lace and narrow ribbon velvet. I make mention of the fact that many of the smart-looking blouses are made without collars, the neck being prettily finished by a frill of soft lace or a narrow band of velvet. After becoming accustomed to this comfortable neck dressing it hardly seems credible that any sane woman ever wore high, choking collars, canvas lined, and of the most unyielding description, on her pretty summer gowns. If collars are used at all nowadays they must be soft and transparent, and I very much doubt if we ever return with good grace to stick buckram, whatever Dame Fashion may in the future decree. Sleeves continue to be an interesting topic in the world of fashion. The new sleeve is either very long or very short, and in either case is made without that rather objectionable puff near the wrist, of which, by the way, we are all distinctly tired. I rather like the shorter sleeve in the real ICK A PERFECT BLOUSE WAIST. summer frock, provided, of course, the wearer have a pretty arm. Whether the slight puffiness above the elbow seen on many of the newest sleeves will lead to an exaggerated fullness later on remains to be seen, but for this season at least we are not likely to suffer from something very outre. Traveling coats this year are charming and quite inexpensive as compared to those of last season. There is a strong feeling just now in favor of the linen coat, cut either in empire or princess style. Linen is quite a relief after the alpaca of other seasons, which material always seemed to me utterly lacking in style. Other traveling wraps are made of plaited glace silk, rather elaborately trimmed with insertions of cluny lace. Speaking of traveling coats one's thoughts naturally turn in the direction of holiday making, when prominent among the necessary items of our outfits will be a neatly made and becoming bathing dress. These dresses nowadays are given as much care in the making as any other garment, and are procurable in several different styles and at very moderate cost. The most popular style this season is made in the tunic and knickerbocker shape, fashioned of serge and trimmed with several rows of braid. The favorite color is navy blue, with white braid trimming, although the charms of dull serge with braidlings of black are not to be deprived. The millinery of the hour is delightful; its chief charm to my mind being found in its exquisite sweeping curves. Romney and Gainsborough shapes are the order of the day, and these are of course always trimmed with long drooping plumes. Very quint are the new rosettes on the summer toque. They are made of soft silk and look like huge mushrooms perched on the side of the crown, and while not at all pretty are considered chic in the extreme. Flat shapes are much in vogue, and so they are quite popular will probably be worn throughout the early fall. Much of the success of a becoming hat depends upon the way the hair is dressed, and just now Dame Fashion decrees it shall be dressed in the low simple style of years gone by. But no hard and fast rules are hid down, and if it is more becoming to wear the hair dressed high it is permissible to do so. Waving is still in vogue, but it is not exaggerated, and as nearly resembles the natural thing as possible. KATE GARDNER. Paying. "Did that mining stock you bought turn out to be a paying investment?" "Yes," answered the mild-eyed man, after an ineffectual effort to cheer up. "It has kept me paying assessments ever since I first got hold of it."—Washington Star. THE RICHMOND PLANET. ICHMOND, VIRGINIA JOTTINGS OF THE POETS. The Rules That Failed. He longed to live a hundred years, And turned from dissipation; He managed daily to indulge In proper recreation; He was smoked nor chewed, He husbanded his powers And never varied from his rule Of keeping proper hours. Te made a study of the forms And mysteries of diet; He shunned the busy marts of trade, To live in peace and quiet; He wore hygienic hats and shoes, Hygienic shirts and collars— He'd never have slept without fresh air, For twenty thousand dollars. He might have lived a hundred years, As he so much desired. If he had not lain down one day And suddenly expired. They rubbed his hands, they called his name. Alas! he would not rally— He and a sturdy William goat Had frickled in an alley. -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. Nature's Voices. No fuse note ever strikes in Nature's music. Pure melody in every tone, the strain Of harmony is in its depths, the sweetness Of brook, of wind, and pattern of the rain. A drowsy sense of comfort in the lapping Of waves upon the beach. A grand, deep strain M organ in the long, majestic chapping Of thunder, rumbling in the lightning's train. The hum of bees, the insects in the meadow Beating their wings in tones as sharp and shrill As tree toads utter in the falling shadow, The happy song of birds; all chanen and thrill. A thousand voices touch our hearts and senses. From faintest echo in a cave, to roar Of ocean rushing in bewildering fury To gather in his arms the waiting shore. -Chaire K. Acken, in Farm Journal. Peace. The heart where peace abides is like the ocean Whose depths the surface storms can never move, But still abides in deep, unruffled quiet. For the foam-flecked waves that roll above. The heart where peace abides is like the heart. The limped dome where clouds in suken might May come and go; but through each rift appearing The blue shines forth, the same serene and bright. Oh, send our hearts this blessed peace, great Father! The world is blessed and blessed through you. That thus endowed and cheered through Thy dear love. This life becomes to us. Thy faulty children. A fortunate of the better life above- Miss E. H. Warner, in N. X. Observer. Harvest Song. Summer all is pleasure past. Summer charm is a tale that's told; Days of reaping have com, at last. Days of ripeness and days of gold; Down the meadow-way, glad and strong. Love comes singing his harvest song. Love is brown with his harvest toil; Brown and brawny of limb is he. Mary master strong in the garden moll, Love of pasture, and plant and trees Treasure-borne, he plods along Singing brightly his harvest song. And in answer the autumn breeze Sings a pleasant and fair refrain, Through the boughs of the orchard trees, Hark, the echoes about him being Nature's singing her harvest song. —Frank Walcott Hutt, in Farm Journal. Path Just Wide Enough for Two. Beginning yonder 'neath the hill, The meadowland meandering through It wanders at its own sweet will, As she and I were wont to do. Just wide enough—not very wide— Just wide enough for her and me— But ah, the flow's that bloom beside The bending branch and bird and bee! A king's estate I'd covet not, Yea—happier than a king I'd be, E'en though all penniless my lot, If there could come again to me A chance to hold again her hand, A summer sky of radiant blue— The blackbird's song to speed us, and The path just wide enough for two! -Mary Small Wagner, in Town and Country. If Jean Were Here. I know the world is picturesque; I hold its shyest daisies dear, And there'd be one on my desk If Jean were here. I know the summer sweet would wring A song from out the shadows drear, And there would be a heart to sing, If Jean were here. I know that where these shadows flit, And that his burden, hard to bear, I would thank God for all of it If Jean were here. And though I lift not from earth's sod Eyes to a Heaven full of fashionals clear. These lie might bless the Unknown God If Jean were here! -F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. Happiness. I would not care to sit upon A throne if none could share The glory of my state with me Or shout in thankfulness to see Me wisely ruling me. I would not care for millions if I neer might hear the praise of others who accounted me Threaten me to hide and happily Trod newer, fairer ways. I would not care to gaze upon Earth's surface to see Another fair day dawn if there Could be no others who might share It and be glad with me. — S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. Captain of High Purpose. Let timid sailors homeward fire Let fearsome phoenix cry "alack!" When captains of high purpose dare There is no turning back. The charm of indirection lures The flotam drift on ocean wide— Adventurers, whose hope endures Just to a change of tide. But, here and there, there sail life's seas Stout hearts that strive to weather all; Nor stormy doubt nor calm's long case Their faith shall overhaul. Life in Six Chapters. CHAPTER I. Born. CHAPTER II. Bred. CHAPTER III. Engaged. CHAPTER IV. Wed. CHAPTER V. Worried. CHAPTER VI. Dead. -Town Topics. AT HOME AND ABROAD. The first stamps to be issued by the British government bearing the imprint of King Edward VII. will, it is said, be a complete set for use in the Transvaal. The design is said to be a profile of his majesty on a background of deep carmine. The new town of Lawton, in the Comanche country, was named after Gen. Lawton, whose detachment cap- tured the famous Indian desperado Geronimo. This last of the Indian terrors is now a virtual prisoner at Fort Sill near the new town of Lawton. The immense steel floating dock to be located at Algiers, in the state of Louisiana, which was built at Sparrows Point, Md., by the Merian Steel company, is practically completed. It is the largest floating dry dock in the world. Over 13,000,000 pounds of steel have been used in its construction. SUCCESSSUL WOMEN. Boston has the first Indian typewriter and stenographer. She is Miss Wah-ta-wass. Mrs. Emma A. Summers controls the Los Angeles oil markets. She handles a good fourth of the output of the Los Angeles field. Cats are Calve's pets among animals. She finds them the most independent and coquettish of created things and full of occult influence. Wild verbena is her perfume, carnation her flower, autumn her season, Ophelia her favorite role. It is said that Mme. Rejane is frequently seen in public in a carriage drawn by mules with white-hatted couchman and footman and the jingle of many bells. The general effect suggests the circus or a bold advertisement of some new postrum. Mrs. Elvine Mason, the widow of David Mason, a millionaire resident of Bristol, N. H., has given that town $10,000 for the start of a home for the aged, and adds that the gift will be increased from time to time as the work on the home proceeds. Misses Roxa, Isabel and Alice Adams, of Illinois, are successful fish farmers. They raise gold fish and silver fish, properly called paradise fish, for the Chicago market. The silver fish belong to the nest building family and are reared in a small lake. The work of caring for the fish is light, intensely interesting, and the only hardship is properly housing them in the winter. Jurvath Phecretion A gentleman who is no longer young, and who never was handsome, asked his son's child what he thought of him. The boy's parents were present. The youngster made no reply. "Well, so you won't tell me what you think of me? Why won't you?" "Cause I don't want to get licked," replied the sprig of a rising generation—Tit-Bits. Another Life Saved. "Would you die for me?" she whispered, Looking up and sweetly sighing. Then he answered, bravely: "No dear; Don't you know my love's undying?" Philadelphia Press. FATAL SIGHTEDNESS. 9 Near-Sighted Professor—This is a most beautiful rug.—Fliegende Blactter. 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Jacks mills Tampa Kashville, and Memphis. and Atlanta New Orleans, also. Fullman Tourist sleepers for all at Washington and days. Washington to San Francisco without change, with connections for all rooms in Texas, Mexico and Cali- 12 0 P M Ne. 7, solid train daily or chr. Har- village and Powhatan railroad at Keysville for Clarksville, Oxford, Hea- ford, Powhatan, Durham, Raleigh, and Winston Salem, at Dandville with no. 8 United new Orleans and point South, whil- carries sleeper to new Orleans and new Orleans connecting for Nassau & Habana. luxet drawing room sleeper Richmond to Birmingham and Atlanta. Train sleeper Sainbury, Mo. Memphis. 6.00 P. M., 10.07, Local, daily except Sunday. Kevrille and intermediate poles TRAINS RIVIVE AT RHINE MOND. 6.00 A. K. YORK RIVER LINE, WEST POINT BAIMORNE LIMITED, Daily, except Sundays connecting at West Point with steam transport and at Quinton and West Point. Landings, stops only at stations between Quinton and West Point. LOOK L. Express daily except Sunday for West West and intermedia stations. connects with stage at Lester Manor to Walker- ton and Tannahannock. Train No. 74. 5:00 A. M. LOCAL MIXED, leaves daily, except Sunday from Virginia Street Station for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with Intermediate Manner, for Walkerton and Tap pahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND 9:25 a.m. Bally, from West Point, with Connection from Baltimore except Mondays. 9:48 a.m. daily, except Sundays and Mondays 5:15 p.m. Daily, except Sunday from West Point and intermediate stations. steamers leave West Point daily except Sunday 6:50 P.M. M. arriving Baltimore 8:30 a.m. Steamers call at almonds and Yorktown Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Clay Bank and Gloucester, Point Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Third Vice-Pres. and General Manager, Washington, D. C. WANTED-A first-class pressman Send samples of work and recommendations to. THE PLANET RICHMOND RICHMOND, Va RF & P KILOHMOND FERDERICKS BURG & POTOMAC R. R. Schedule in Effect May. 26, 1891. LEAVE BYRD ST. STATION, 8:30 A. M. Daily, for Washington and points North. Stops a Milford, Fremont, and Washington, Pulliam Sleepers to Washington and New York. 8:20 A.M] Sunday only, for Washington and points North. Steps at 1. box, Glencairn and local station, Ashland to Quantico inclusive. Buffet Pajar Car. 8:50 A.M Daily except Sunday, for Washington and points North. Stops at Elba, Glenn, and local stations, Ashland to Quantico inclusive. Buffet Pajar Car. 12:00 M Daily, except Sunday, for Washington and points North. Stops at Elba, Glenn, and local stations, Ashland to Quantico inclusive. Buffet Pajar Car. Connects with Congressional Limited at Washington. 7 42 F. M., Daily for Washington and points North Stops at alba Ashland, Dowell, Milford Freerieksburg, Brooke, Widewater and Quailtown tions Sundays. sleepers Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. ARRIVE RYDER-SUNSET STATION. 8 40 A. M., Daily Stops at Wide water Brooke, Fredericksburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, and Eiba. Stops at other stations Sunday Sleeper New York to Richmond 12:54 P. M., except Sunday, stops at local stations Quantico to Ashland and Ingham, Glen Allen and Eiba. Buffet Parlor-car. 2:42 P. M., daily Stops at Fredericksburg milfordDoswell, Ashland and Eiba 6:37 P. M., daily stops at Fredericksburg Doswell, Ashland and Eiba Pullman car from New York and Wadlington. 8 40 P. M., Daily Stops at local stations Quantico to Ashland Ingham and Eiba, Buffet Parlor-car. ACCOMMODATION TRAINS. (Daily except Sunday) 7 15 A. M., Leaves Eiba for Ashland. 4 00 P. M., Leaves Byrd St. for Fredericks 6 40 P. M., Leaves Eiba for Ashland. 6:40 A. M., arrives Eiba from Ashland. 8:35 A. M., arrives Byrd Street Station from Fredericksburg 5 52 P. M., arrives Eiba from Ashland S. A. L. Through Trains. Via S. A. L. Junction and R. F. & P. Railroad. LEAVE S A. L. BROAD STREET STA 110 6:40 a. M., Daily for Washington and points north, stops at Fredericksburg and Quantico Sleepers to New York. 8:35 P. M., Daily for Washington and points North, stops at doswell Fredericksburg and Quantico Pullman Sleeper to New York. ARRIVE S. A. L. BROAD STREET STA 110 2:35 P. M., Daily, stops at Fredericks points doswell and Ashland Sleeper from New York. 10:30 P. M., Daily, stops at Fredksburg Doswell and Ashland. Sleepers from New York. W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. E. T. D. MYERS, President. VIRGINIA NAVIGATION To Norfolk, Fortsmouth, Old Point, Swampscott, News, Cliburnum and James River lakes and Connecting a Old Point and Norfolk for Washington, Baltimore and the North. NEDDY AND FRIDAY AT 7 . M. Electric-cars direct to wharf. Fair only $1.50 and $1.50 to Norfolk, Portsmouth, Old Point and Newport News. Music by a grand Orchestra. Freight received daily from above-named places and all points in Eastern Virginia and North Carolina. IRVIN WEISIGNER @specialtenders EDWARDE, BARNYREF, send Atlantic Coast Line. Schedule in Effect January 14 1801 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED Daily Arrives Petersburg 9:34 : 1. m. N. rfolk 11 : 9 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg and principal stations east of Petersburg. 9:06 A. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:50 a. m., Welden 11 : 50 a. m. Fayetteville 4 : 25 p. m., harleston 10 : 55 p. m., Savannah 2 : 55 a. m. Jacksonville 8 : 30 a. m. Port Tampa 7 : 10 p. m., connects at Wilson with No. 47 arriving Goldsboro 8 : 25 p. m., Wilmington 6 p. m. Pullman Sleeper New York to Jacksonville. 11 : 55 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 12 : 30 p. m. Stops Manchester, Drewry's Bluff, Centralia, and Ghester on signal. 3 : 15 P. M. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED, half. Arrives Petersburg 8 : 48 p. m. Norfolk 5 : 35 p. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverly and Sufolk. 4 : 30 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 5 : 20 p. m., Welden 7 : 42 p. m., and Rocky Mount 8 : 56 p. m. Makes all intermediate stops. 6:00 P. M. Daily Arrives Petersburg 6:45 p. M. Makes all stops 6:57 P. M. FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED. Daily, Arrives at Petersburg 7:87 p. m. Connects with Norfolk and Western for Norfolk and intermediate points, Emporia 8:40 p. m. (connects with Atlantic and Danville for stations between Emporia and Lawrenceville, Weldon 9:18 p. m. Fayetteville 12:32 a. m., Charleston 5:23 a. m., Savannah 7:50 a. m., Jacksonville 12:15 p. m., Fort Tampa 11:30 p. m. NEW LINE to Middle Georgia Points—Arriving Augusta 7:55 a. m., Mason 11:15 a. m., Atlanta 12: 85 p. m., Themasville 2:25 p. m., Pullman Sleepers New York to Willington, harleston, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and Mason 9:10 P. M. Daily, Arriving Petersburg 9:55 p. m., Connects at Petersburg with Norfolk and Western railway, arriving Lynchburg 2:80 a. m., Roanoke 5 a. m., Bristol 10:40 a. m. Pullman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:30 P. M. Daily, Arrives: Petersburg 12:16 a.m. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND, 8:20 P. M. Daily, From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Mason, Augusta and all points South. 11:10 a. m. daily, except Sunday From Goldboro and intermediate stations, Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 a. m. daily, From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 11:08 a. m. Sundav only from Norfolk Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:10 p. m. daily, except Sunday, From Petersburg. 7:22 p. m. Daily From Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldboro and all points South. 7:30 p. m. Daily from Norfolk, Petersburg and intermediate stations. 8:56 p. m. Daily, From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. T. M. EMERSON Traffic Manager. J. R. KENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMERSON, General Passenger Agent O. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger, Ag S24 East Main St. W. P. TAYLOR. OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP CO DAILY LINE FOR NEW YORK, RECEPT SUNDAYS Passengers can leave Richmond daily gross Sunday, or Chichester and Ohio railway, P. M. or Chichester and Pensbury road. (Norfolk and Western route) 9:00 A.M. continuing at Norfolk with Old Domini Lincoln station sailing same evening at clock for New York. Tickets on sale at Richmond Transfer Company's, 808 east Main Street; Cheesapeake and its adjoining streets; and Sherburne road depots, and at south and east Main Street. Richmond. Baggage cheatthrough. PERIKINT. for New York and all points beyond can be shipped by steamers. sailing from Richmond every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIENDLY, this steam carriage steel passengers only. Manifest closed one hour before sailing time. Freight received and forwarded and through bills of lading issued for all northern, eastern and foreground ships. FROM NEW YORK* Passengers can leave daily except Sun daiday (Saturday 4 M.) to Norfolk or K oil Point Company connecting with Norfolk and Western railroad or Cheesapeake and Ohio railway. Freight for Richmond by steamer via Nes. North and Wednesdays 3:00 P M Sat durays, 4 M Sailings from company's pier. No 3 Nort River foot of Beach Street. Freight receive daily except unday. Forarbarking. N & RY. W Norfolk AND Western SCHEDULE IN EFFECT Nov. 19, 1899. NAVE RICHMOND, BYRD STREET STATION. 9:30 A. M., Daily—Richmond and Wash- tatille Limited; and Norfolk. 11:35 A. M. Stops only on Petersburg, Waverley and Suffolk Second class trains accepted on this train 9:30 A. M., Daily—The Station. Lynchburg. Roanoke. Columbus, and Chicago. Pullman Sleeper Roan and Columbus; also for Bristle, Knoxville and Pullman man sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville 6:45 P. M., Daily for Norfolk. Suffolk and in intermediate stations; arrives at Nor- folk at 8:45 P. M., Daily, for Lynchburg and Roanoke Connects at Roanoke with Washington and Chattanooga Limited. Dallas, and New Orleans. Roanoke Memphis and New Orleans. Parlor and Observations Car Rd- ford to Astala. Ala. Pullman Sleep- ing at Lynchburg and Lynchburg, and berths for loco- panay at 9:00 P. M. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Petersburg to Roanoke. train arrives from Lynchburg and the West daily. Train arrives from from Norfolk and the East 11:35 m. and Ve- tuelled Limited 7:00 p. m. Office; 888 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER City Passenger and Tailor Agent C R DOSLEY District Passenger Agent W B BEVILL General Passenger Agent Rosnoke Va. The Economy' 208 N. 38D STREET. W. O. TURNER,| Prop. FINE TAILORING CLEANING DYEING and REPAIRING. RAILWAY. "CAPITAL CITY ROUTE." Short Line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Ouba, Texas, California and Mexico, reaching the Capitals of six States. Schedule in Effect May 26, 2001 Leave No. 27 No. 81 Richmond 2:40 p m 10:40 p m Petersburg 8:27 p m 11:80 p m Raleigh 7:40 p m 4:10 a.m Arrive Hamlet 10:85 p m 7:00 a.m Atlanta 9:00 a.m 4:45 p.m Leave Hamlet 10:50 p m 7:20 a.m Arrive Columbia, east'n time 2:00am 10:85 a.m Leave Columbia cent'l time 1:05 a.m 9:40 a.m Arrive Savaonab 4:52 a.m 1:47 p.m Fernandina 9:30 a.m 6:00 p.m Jacksonville 9:15 a.m 6:10 p.m Tallahassee 8:15 p.m 6:30 a.m Ocala 1:48 p.m 1:00 a.m Orlando 5:10 p.m 7:40 a.m Tampa 5:40 p.m 6:15 a.m Port Tampa 10:80 p.m 8:30 a.m Miami 9:45 p.m Train No. 41. leaves Richmond 9:30 a.m. daily for Petersburg, Norrline, N.O., and all intermediate polls. Connections at Norrline with train arriving from Henderson 2:10 p. m. and Raleigh 8:50 p. m. daily, and Durham 4:15 p. m. daily, except Sunday. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, New York, and the East daily. No. 44 as 6:40 a. m. and No. 66 at 8:30 p. m. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East Coast points and Cuba and Porto R. 30. At New Orleans for all points in Texas Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND DAILY 6:32 a. m. No. 34} From all points south 3:21 p. m. No. 68} And south west. 5:46 p. m. No. 38—From Nolina, N. O. Petersburg and local points. SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE Nos. 81 and 84- Florida and Metropolitan Limited. Drawing-room and Sleeping-cars and Through Day Coaches between New York and Tampa. Through Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping cars between New York and Atlantic. Nos 27 and 66- Florida and Atlanta Fast Mail. Through Drawing-room Buffet Sleeping-cars between New York and Jacksonville, connecting at Hamlet with Sleeping-cars and from Atlanta, in connection with which Through Pullman Tickets are sold Finest Day coaches. R. E. L. Binch, Gen'l Pass. Agent. C. & O. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. ROUTE. For Newport News, Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:00 a. m. (except Sunday) Local. 9:00 a. m. Daily, Fast train. Stops only at Williamsburg. connects at Norfolk for Newport News. Va. Beach Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday with Boston steamers. 8:45 p. m. (daily) Local. Connects at Old Point daily with Washington and Cape Chavies steamers, and except Sunday with New York (Old Dominion and Baltimore steamers. WESTBOUND. 10;00 a.m. (except Sunday) for lif- ton Forge, connects for Orange Warrenton, Manassas Branch, Hagerstown and Lexington. No.1 2:45 p. m. daily St Louis limited, with Pullman for Cineinnasn, Louisville, St Louis and Chicago No 7, local train follows No 1, except Sunday, from_Gordonsville to Staunton. 5:80 p. m. accommodation, except Sunday to Doswell. connects at Roncoverte, except Sunday with Greenbrier River Railway. LEAVE EIGHTH ST. STATION. 10,80 a. m. daily for Lynchburg; Lexington, and Clifton Forge, connects except Sunday with Buskingham and Alberene branches, parler ear. 5:15 p. m. accommodation, except Sunday to Columbia. TRAINS ARRIVE BROAD STREET STATION. x 8:00 a. m. From Doswell. * 8:30 a. m. and * 8:30 p. m. from Cincinnati. 12:50 p. m. x7:05 p. m.* 10 p. m. from Norfolk and Old Point. Trains marked * are daily, thus with x are daily except Sunday. Apply at 809 east Main, 908 east Main, and Murphy's Hotel for further information. The National ANTI-MOB and LYNCH-LAW ASSOCIATION [Incorporated.] Headquarters, Buffalofield, O. H.C. Jenkins Pros., Jas. Harris, Vice Pres., E.T. Butler, Organizer, S.E. Huffman, Sect. Will organize in every state of this Union. Agents wanted in every locality. Apply to. E. Huffman, Scoy., bring stock of Milk, Wine, Beer and Protection. Write the Secretary's memo Huffman for circular giving full particulars The National ANTI-MOB and LYNOH-LAW ASSOCIATION [Incorporated.] Headquarters, Springfield, O. H. C. Jenkins, Pres. Jas. Harris, Vice Pres. K. W. Butler, Organizer, S.E. Huffman, Sec. Will organize in every state and the Union. Agents wanted in every locality. Apply to. 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The special grand jury in session at Wetumpka, Alabama, for the purpose investigating the lynching of Robert of WHITE (colored) about three months ago preferred charges against the three white bailiffs who had WHITE in charge. They refused to testify and as a result were sent to jail August 22d. It would seem that they were guilty of a conspiracy to bring about the execution of the prisoner. THE question now before the Constitutional Convention is whether or not the revised constitution shall be submitted to those citizens for ratification who are entitled to vote under the present constitution. Ordinarily speaking, there should be no question about it. The Democratic Party in endorsing the call of a constitutional Convention pledged its members to the ratification of it by the people. It is now proposed to proclaim the constitution or so much of it as relates to the suffrage. If this is done, then the present constitution is ignored and the convention assumes revolutionary authority not delegated to it by any instrument in existence. We feel satisfied that all of this disregard of solemn obligations will "return to plague the inventors." It is a poor lane that has no turn and a disgusted and thoroughly aroused people will yet wrest from the hands of the asurpers the power which they unlawfully control. FIRED ON THE MOR ALABAMA is furnishing surprises for the entire civilized world. JIM BROWN (colored) charged with elonious assault was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged September 20th, 1901. This did not seem to suit the mob, which had no doubt brought pressure to bear to produce this result, and it proceeded to go up against the sheriff and his deputies. It is said that the trial was one of the wiftest and fairest trials ever witnessed in ALABAMA. How it could be so swift and so fair with a mob around the courthouse, insisting either upon the hanging of the prisoner or the jury will be the question for us all to consider. Judge PELHAM pronounced the senenced and the court-room was cleared of about one-half of the mob. The remaining half was said to be surly and bent on mischief. Mr. J. L. GARRETT, the father of the girl urged the mob to disperse and is quoted as saying: "If you have any expect for my feelings, if I can have any weight in your hearts, let me urge you as good citizens to go home and obey the law, and I will never cease to thank you from the bottom of my heart." And yet, even this appeal did not have the effect expected, and Sheriff North had much trouble to clear the court-room. Twenty-eight deputies, armed with revolvers and shot-guns, were stationed in the front hall and at the windows of the court-room. One of the mob, with revolver in hand started to mount the stair-way, followed by two or three others. Then the firing commenced. The mob fired into the windows. The sheriff and his deputies returned the fire and ARTHUR BLANKENSHIP was wounded and his brother, WALTER killed while pointing his revolver at the windows at which the Deputy Sheriffs were standing. The mob dispersed and Sheriff NORTH left at once with his prisoner for Birmingham, Ala., where he was safely landed in jail. Gradually the mob is being forced up against fearless officers of the law who will do their duty regardless of the consequences. God grant that others may become imbued with the same spirit. Then lynch law will go. THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. THE Republican platform adopted as Roanoke August 22d contains a declaration of principles which will enlist the patriotic support of every right-thinking man in the commonwealth. It contains the following: "We declare our confidence in the virtue, intelligence, and patriotism of the people, and our willingness to trust to them the decision of all political isues and election of all civil officers. We denounce all attempts to discriminate in favor of or against citizens of Virginia, on account of race or color because such discrimination is a violation of the Constitution of the United States, which we respect and obey as the supreme law of the land." It says further. "We protest against the proposition to confer the right of suffrage on unworthy persons on account of the merits or the achievements of their ancestors as tending to create a privileged class and discrimination against others equally worthy. We favor the right of suffrage being left as fixed by the present Constitution of Virginia, with such laws and guarantees as will secure to every qualified voter a free ballot and a fair count. We arraign the Democratic party of Virginia for the willful, deliberate, debased and fraudulent elections that have been held in this State for years past. Controlled by lust for office, impelled by fear that they were in the minority, they have prostituted the manhood in their own ranks until the reeking corruption has borne fruit in the demand, which has caused the assembling of a Constitutional Convention, in the hope that by restricting the suffrage they would minimize the fear of Republican victory." And again: "We enter our earnest protest against the scheme to promulgate the new Constitution without submitting it to the people, or of submitting it to an abridged electorate as being illegal, and in violation of the solemn pledges made to the people of Virginia by the Democratic convention, which met in Norfolk, and by the Legislature in the law assembling the Constitutional Convention. Speaking of the poll-tax, it says: "We are opposed to any increase of the poll-tax, because it would impose an unjust burden on the poor man. The payment of the poll-tax as a proerequisite of voting has heretofore been tried in this State, and proved such a source of bribery and corruption that the law was indignantly repealed, and we have no reason to expect better results in the future." It is evident that the Republican managers intend to deserve success even though they may be unable to secure it. It is a pity that the Democratic platform was not equally as outspoken for great principles and as strictly in accord with the Declaration of Independence as the Republican platform seems to be. Then the merits of the respective candidates could have been the issue rather than the principles for which they stand. The division of the colored vote seems to be out the question, but the temporary elimination of it by the usual methods seems to be a "dead" certainty. Bostonian Sarcasm Uncle George—Tom Taylor says he noticed that you have grown remarkably pretty. Clara—So he has begun to take notice, has he? Probably he'll begin to talk by and by.—Boston Transcript. In the Sea Garden. Young Crab (inspecting the eel)—Ma, do you think this is a "live wire?" Mother Crab—No, Ronald; but you will think it is if you touch it! That is an electric cell—Brooklyn Eagle. Averting a Sarcasm. "You seem very self-satisfied today," said Miss Cayenne. "Yes," answered Willie Washington, "but don't let that influence. Everybody says I've got dreadfully poor taste."—Washington Star. After the Sermon. He—I couldn't make out what he was driving at, could you? She—Not very well; but how clever he must be to understand it all himself!—Brooklyn Life. Willing to Oblige Collector—Say, I'd like to know when you are going to settle this bill? I can't afford to come around here every day in the week. Slowpay—You can't, eh? Then what day will it be convenient for you to call? Collector—Monday. Slowpay—Very well; call every Monday—Chicago Daily News. RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA GLEANINGS OF FACT. The province of Quebec is 293 years old; Montreal, 259; Toronto, 109. The carat used in estimating the weight of gems is a grain of Indian wheat. Coffee is planted 400 trees to the acre, and the yield averages a pound a tree. The cultivation of sugar extended from India to Persia some time in the ninth century. A floating bottle dropped in the Gulf stream will cross the Atlantic in about 180 days. English beekeepers average 50 pounds of honey from their hives, American only 20 pounds. The United States grants 25,000 patents a year, England only 8,000. Canada grants 4,000 a year. London's fire brigade puts out a fire at an average cost of £40. New York pays £138 for the same service, and Cincinnati holds the record with £95 per fire. The only occasion upon which a peer or peeress wears a coronet is at the coronation of a sovereign. At the moment when the archbishop of Canterbury places the crown on the head of the new monarch every peer present at the ceremony dons his own coronet. The invasion of London by American visitors has reached unprecedented proportions and never before have there been so many wealthy Americans in the English capital. At one fashionable West end hotel a dozen multimillionaires are staying with their families, and money is being spent with a prodigality which the British "old nobility" must regard as demoralizing and detestable. PERSONAL GOSSIP Gov. Orman, of Colorado, is a native of Muscatine, Ia., and went to Colorado as a poor boy in 1869, getting work as a railroad laborer. He rose in the business and has been connected with it for 30 years. Booker T. Washington, having in mind the evils which result from the burial associations which flourish among the negroes of the south, says that the leaders of that people "must teach that one bathtub is worth ten coffins." The old Patterson home on Patterson street, in Lexington, Ky., is to be removed to Dayton, O., by Thomas H. Patterson, a grandson of the founder of Lexington. The home is one of the historic spots which make the Kentucky town famous. Edwin Ginn, who is to build several model tenement houses in Boston, has made a long study of social conditions in that city, where he is one of the largest real estate owners. He says that now a man with only ten dollars a month for rent cannot possibly get there a place fit to live in. Dr. George W. Heatley, a wealthy retired dentist, of Brooklyn, wished to buy some property adjoining his handsome residence in South Elliott place. His neighbors refused to sell and likewise refused to buy his property. Now he has a large sign on the front of his house offering $500 to any real estate agent who will sell the place "to negroes only." The street is one of the most exclusive in Brooklyn. HEALTH HINTS. Prout should be a large portion of one's breakfast. Hardwood floors and rugs are better than carpet on sleeping floors. Hot water cools and cleanses, cold water "irrime," and massage irons away ugly facial lines. But have a care how and where you rub or you will create lines. After bathing in the surf the lips are often blue. The heart is in revolt. Take a few breathing exercises and then watch your lips freshen toward red. Women should take five minutes a day from work and lie flat on the back, all muscles relaxed, with eyes closed. This will be found a wonderful preserver of health, beauty and strength. The bath is a semi-religious observance during torrid weather. Those who must bathe in a thimble of water, so to speak, should spend a long time in rubbing the body gently with a coarse towel afterward. If you feel restless keep the fact to yourself. Avoid rocking chairs when you are entertaining or are being entertained. Don't fidget your feet, thrust them forward, or call attention to them by crossing and uncrossing them. One expects boys to go through a hobbledehoy stage when they don't seem to know quite what to do with their limbs, but in a girl that sort of thing is intolerable. OF PASSING INTEREST. The world produces a million pounds of silk a week. Oxford university has voted to do away with the Sunday afternoon sermons. The railway companies of Great Britain pay on an average £1,300 a day in compensation for damage. In size, not counting colonies, the European powers stand in this order: Russia, Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy. Several pairs of pigeons which a scientist has observed in Paris have raised their young in nests made entirely of hairpins collected on the paths of the Luxembourg. Fort Worth papers are authority for the statement that a conductor of the Chicago, Rock Island & Texas railroad, during the recent rush to El Reno, to register for government homesteads, collected, on one run, 241 fares and tickets on the tops of the passenger coaches. DECISIONS OF THE COURTS. In an action for divorce in Kentucky the court of appeals of that state in the case of Lambert vs. Lambert (63 S.W. Rep. 644), holds that neither the husband nor the wife is a competent witness against the other. Where a strip of land is conveyed as an "alley," the supreme court of Illinois holds that a private alley is meant, and the court also held that a private alley cannot become public, except by condemnation, by grant, or by dedication. An office of a hotel is a public place within a city ordinance providing for punishment of any persons quarrelling or wrangling in a public place, according to the supreme court of Kansas, in the case of City of Howard vs. Stroud (65 Pac. Rep., 247). In North Carolina a note indorsed and transferred by a married woman, without her husband's knowledge or consent, does not vest the title in the indorse, according to the supreme court of that state in the case of Vann vs. Edwards (39 S. E. Rep., 66). One who makes an excavation upon his land is not bound to so guard it as to prevent injury to children who come upon it without his invitation, express or implied, but who are induced to do so merely by the alluring attractiveness of the excavation and its surroundings. A person who uses a nontransferable mileage ticket and who signs the name of the owner of the ticket, is not guilty of forgery, holds the supreme court of Missouri in the case of Merrieles vs. Wabash Railway company (63 S. W. Rep. 718), provided he was authorized by the owner to sign his name. In a prosecution for murder, where it is claimed that the death of the deceased was caused by a blow on the head, the court of criminal appeals of Texas in the case of Minson vs. State (63 S. W. Rep. 647), holds that a photograph showing the condition of the brain of the deceased, after removal of the skull, is admissible in evidence. THE KING AT WORK AND PLAY The king is an inveterate smoker. Edward VII is rather a light eater except at dinner, and has never been a great wine drinker. Whether in England or on the continent, the king receives by telegraph every night an abstract of the work of the house of commons. One of the happiest moments of the king's life was when he won the Derby with Persimmon in 1896. This had long been the ambition of his life. Shooting, the king places above all other entertainments that can be offered him, and his principal visits have always been paid in the shooting season. In his own set his favorite topic of conversation has been clothes. Over the fashion of a tie, the cut of a jacket, and even the shape of a boot, he will grow logacious. The king is an expert shoemaker, a handicraft he chose to learn when a boy, being obliged by his royal parents to learn some trade. He has worn shoes of his own make. The king, the lord mayor and the constable are the only ones who know the password of the Tower of London. This password is sent to the mansion house quarterly, signed by his majesty, and is a survival of an ancient custom. Ruler of the largest empire the world has ever known, Edward VII. of England, the mightiest of monarchs, reigns over about 400,000,000 people, or a quarter of mankind. In other words, nearly one person out of every four owes allegiance to him. One hobby of Edward's is collecting crystals. For some time he has been collecting historic specimens, those expensive baubles which for centuries have been regarded in the orient as revealers of the future. Last year, at an auction of crystals his majesty was outbid by an American woman, who paid $4,000 for a crystal. He also knows all about ceramics and bronzes. AS DAME FASHION DECREES The latest spangle is square. A new shade of blue is called angelique. Up-to-date ribbons have tucks on the border and gauze centers. Nun's veiling with shiny colored silk borders are among the dress novelties. An odd model for a foulard gown is of ice-blue, ringed with white and black. Small studs and cuff-buttons of baroque pearls will appeal to the shirtwist girl. It is predicted that brown will be a favorite color in the autumn. Castor, beaver and zibeline tones will all be seen. Gobelin blue and other old blue shades are favorites just now in Paris, and many artistic gowns have been seen in these tints. Pearls and brilliants form some of the handsomest hat forms. Many enameled ones are made in imitation of Florentine and Russian mosaics. Apparently the correct suit for early fall tennis, yachting and boating is to be white, with stylish choice resting between serge, alpaca and flannel. One stunning gown of white serge was plaited at sides and back, the plaits finished with a stitched band of bright red taffeta. Another was trimmed with straps of bright green. Very striking effects in trimming are made with black velvet ribbon, in striping, crossing and recrossing to such an extent that whole gowns are literally covered with it. Colored velvet ribbons, too, are used in many fanciful designs. Took Pity on Him "Are you any relation to my sister?" He blushed and stammered until the young lady, taking pity on him, solved the matter by saying: "No; but you'd like to be—wouldn't you, Alfred?"—Tit-Bits. Love of Dress Briggs—Woman's love of dress has been the ruin of many a household. Griggs—Perhaps that is why Baldwin fell in love with that chorus girl. Surely she cannot think much of dress, or she'd wear more of it.—Boston Transcript. Troubles of the Rich Crawford—Why is it a disgrace to die rich? Crabshaw—Because if you do a lot of women will come forth and claim that you married them,—Town Topics. True Reformers To Be Entertained The best talent of Richmond will give a grand Musical and Literary Concert to entertain the delegates, friends and public during the 21st Annual Session, Wednesday evening, Sept. 4th, 1901 at the True Reformers' Hall, at 8:30 sharp for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home. Professors Dabney, the great Negro pianist, and D. Webster Davis, the greatest Negro poet and humorist, the stars of the occasion. Admission, children, 10c. Adults, 25 cents. Do not miss this musical treat. Record of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church-85th Anniversary. September 3, 1867, September 1, 1901. The Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church was organized September 3rd, 1867 on Browne's Island by the late Rev. John Jasper and Rev. Peter Randolph, with nine members. Wm. Banks, Ralph Hilton, James Barrett, Deacons, Peter Baker, Francis Cary, Henry Clarke, Abbie Clarke, Mary Wells, with Grandison Taylor first clerk of the church. They at first worshipped in a horse stable, then in a private house next in a carpenter's shop. In 1869 they moved to the present site in a small church. After remodeling it several times and then finding it too small to accommodate her congregation, in 1887 we built the present church at a cost of $24000, twenty-four thousand dollars. Balance on church debt at the last report, January 1, 1901, $7,100. We have 800 members on roll with one of the finest Sunday Schools in the city. Order of Service. There will be preaching by the following divines Sunday, Sept. 1st, at 11;30 a. m. Rev. E. Tart, Sunday at 3 p. m., Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M., 8 p. m. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. Monday, September 2nd at 8 p. m. by Rev. T. S. Banks. Tuesday, September 3rd, 8 p. m. by Rey, A. S. Thomas. Wednesday, September 4th 8 p.m. by Rev. W. H. White. Thursday, September 5th, 8 p.m. by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B. D. Friday, September 6th, 8 p.m. by Rev. Kemp. COMMITTEES Committee on Decoration; C. H. A. Strother and T. S. Burleigh. On program and Church Record; A. W. Parham, Quinn Shelton, and G. W. Mimms. On Printing: Willis Thompson and Robert Smith. On Palladio John Wilson, Quinn Shelton and Geo. Mimms. W. W. WINES, Chairman; A. W. PARHAM, Church Clerk. Great Cleaning Out Sale I will sell all summer millinery Saturday and Monday at the lowest prices. Come and be benefitted by the sale at your own price. MRS. M. D. CHAMLE.. 9e8 E. Broad St. E. M. C. A. Notes. Committee on the jail and alms house work reports that the meetings last Sunday were good and all manifested much interest. Master Arney Hill read a very helpful paper to the boys last Sunday. Subject: "Associates." The boys were glad to have their Pres. Clifton Cabell with them again. The men were out in full last Sunday to hear Rev. S. P. Robinson of the 6th Mt Zion Baptist Church deliver an address which will ever be remembered. Subject: "Conscience." All men should have heard our brother. We were delighted to welcome Brothers Jacox and Custis of the Norfolk Y. M. C. A. The meetings for the religious committee Sunday will need a strong force, come out and lend a helping hand. Bible Study Sunday 4 p. m. for boys at our rooms. Bro. Joseph Arrington will address the men Sunday 5:30 p. m. at our rooms. Make yourself a committee for this meeting let us see that you know one man, good singing. Bible Class taught by Prof. G. R. Hovey, Dean of wayland school on Satu day 5 p. m. Sept. 28th. Night School Monday 8 p. m. Sept. 30. Remember the Y. M. C. A. is the place for you we will be glad to welcome you, tell your friends. Miss Pearle E. Tancil has returned to the city after spending a month's vacation in Washington, Alexandria, Arlington and Falls Church. Miss Mattie Robinson will reopen her school at her residence, 1004 N. 8th St., Monday, 16th, 1901. Parents desiring children to enter can apply at above address. Sir J. M. 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This now undergoing important improvements, accommodate 700 people is now being hotel with comfortable rooms and spacious dining room is being built. The high and the service is the best. Open to Church, Sunday.school and Society plenics hall for Summer Conventions. NO LIQUORS. Ed, Address. HORE HOTEL COMPANY, P. O. Box 364, Hampton, Va. W Murray, [merely with John Podesta] Grand Country Produce MEAT A SECIALTY 18th St. Prompt Delivery of Goods. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD Buckroe Beach! RIGHT ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. SEA-BATHS, SEA-FOOD, SEA-AIR. The managers of the Bay Shore Summer Resort, on the electric car line near Hampton and Old Point, have pleasure in announcing that that their Resort will be opened to the public for the season of 1901, on Wednesday, May 29th. This popular Resort is now undergoing important improvements. 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LOU HARRIS, VICTORIA MOON, LILLIAN H. PAYNE, JULIA H. HAVES, ROSA E. WATSON, DELIA LEWIS. Christian Workers Assembly, Montreal N. O. July 21st August 4th, 1991. O. July 21st-August 4th, 1901. For the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell tickets from all stations on its lines in Virginia to Black Mountain, N. C. railroad station for Montreal, N. C. and return fare one and one-third for the round trip, selling dates July 19th to 22nd inclusive with return limit August 8th, and from all stations in North Carolina as one fare for the round trip, selling dates from North Carolina points July 20th to 23rd inclusive, with return limit Aug. 8th. +8 et ery A, “— SES Se we einai ive: 0 1901 —_—_——— SCHWAB'S LARGE CHECK Given For $4,032,000 It Baye ‘ Bethlehem Steel. TTHE BIG DEAL 18 CONSUMMATED New Boards of Directors and New Of- ficers Were Immediately Elected. Company Remains Independent, But ‘Will Be More Aggressive. Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—The Bethle ‘hem Steel comparty, which also in- cludes the Bethlehem Iron company, yesterday passed into the hands of Charles M. Schwab. A check for $4,- 032,000 was deposited with the Girard Trust company by Drexel & Oo. in payment of 168,000 shares of Bethle hem Steel stock. The total number of shares in the company is 300,000. Im- mediately after the receipt of the check a new board of directors and Rew officers were elected. The new board consists of R. P. Lin- derman, E. T. Stotesbury, R M. Mc- Tivaine, Archibald Johnston, George F. Baer, J. P. Ord, Charles McVoagh. The officers are: E. M. Melivaine, presi- dent; A. E. Borie, vice president; H. 8. Snyder, secretary; A. N. Cleaver, c ; Archibald Johnston, general ARR See All® the directors are new with ‘the exception of Mr. Linderman and Mr. Stotesbury, who served on the ‘old board. George F. Baer is presl- dent of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway company. E. T. Stotesbury is & member of the firm of Drexel & “Co. J. P. Ord and Charles McVeagh sre sald to be New York capitalists. Messrs. Linderman, McIlvaine and Johnston were connected with the old ‘Bethlehem Steel company, the former “8 president. President Mcflvainié Jeclined to state ‘whether Mr. Schwab had purchased ‘the stock for himself or for other per sons. He said, howewer, that the com- Pany would remain independent, but would be more aggressive than i had ‘been in the past. Mr. Schwab agreed to purchase the Bethlehem Steel stock at $24 a share, Provided the Bethlehem Iron company Was included in the sale. A meeting *of the stockholders of the iron com pany was held, at which it was de -elded to sell to the steel eompany. ‘Then the directors of both companies -agreed to accept Mr. Schwab's offer. Monday wes fixed as the limit for de Posting the stock to be sok. Many -of the shareholders, it is said, did not avail themselves of the opportunity, but the time will be extended for them. “The stock other than tho 166,000 shares paid for yesterday which has bean de- posited with the trust company will be taken up within the next 20 days at the same rate per share. SIZING UP OUR WORKER English Laborers Come Over to Study American Methods. New York, Aug 27.—On the Ancho: ‘Une steamship Ethiopla, which arrives Jast night, came 12 workingmen whe have been sent to tour this country and study trades by an English paper ‘The men were selected by popular ‘vote. A. Nicol Simpson, conductor af the party, said: “We will visit Washing ton, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, Cleveland East Liverpool, O.; Buffalo, Ottawe ‘and Montreal. Woe shall remain a few days in each city. The delogates come over here to gather information ‘and study questions in which the Brit ish artisan is vitally interested. We ‘Will inquire into the conditions of the American wage earner, how they are houses and ltve, thelr hours, uaions nd other things of interest to us an the other side.” SHAMROCK HAS ANOTHER SPIN, Experts Beginning to Think She le a Dennersue Proneaition New York, Aug. 28.—The Shamrock XI was given a good long spin yeeter- day both inside and outside the Hook. She was tried in windward work and Droad and close reaching. In fact the challenger was given everything ex- cept a spinnaker run in a breeze that sometimes piped up to 12 knots and at no time was under eight knots, ‘The good opinion of her speed, merits ‘and ability to carry lofty canvas was emphasized. Many yachting experts who saw her Performance call her a wonderful boat. All say she is the most dangerous Proposition that has ever come over the waters hunting for the America's cup. She has life in her every min- ‘ste. She gathers way with remark- able rapidity, is quick in stays, points very high and stands up under a tre- Mendous spread of canves like the Proverbial steeple. CARRIE NATION IN BALTIMORE. Left Philadelphia Yesterday, After Telling What Should Be Smashed. eal eee) ane a ee | Philadelphia, Aug. 28.—Dispatches from Baltimore tell of the safe arrival ot Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas smasher. She left here yesterday af- ternoon and everyone from Mayor Ash- ‘bridge down breathed a sigh of relief, Before leaving she was asked what Reeded smashing in Philadelphia. “Well,” she sald, “there's the mayor ~ be should be smashed. Do you know 1 believe he was in his office yesterday when I called, and was afraid to see me. All your public officials and lots ‘of women should be cttended to. The women dress too gaily here. They should be more modest and weae @lothes something in this style,” point- ing to her famous duster. While being driven to the station Carrie saw s patrol wagon, and yelled ‘at tae policemen: “Next time you see ® saloon smash it.” FRANCE BREAKS WITH TURKEY. Ambassador Constans Left Constant nople On Monday. Parle, Aug. 28.—A somtoficial note ‘has been issued announcing that the Porte, not having carried ont its up- dertakings with regard to the disputed questions between the French and Ot toman governments, M. Constans, the Prench_ambassador, acting under in Pa \ = ly SS . 4 oe Os @ M 1A 4) aaa | Lite << ia Gee \\ fees BE KEE SS yy? = EQS THE SULTAN OF TURKEY. structions from the foreign minister of France, left Constantinople on Mon: day, the date named in his last com munication to the Porte on the sub Sect. With the departure of M. Constans the relations between France and Tur- ke may be regarded as broken off. Munir Bey, the Turkish ambassador to France, has been telegraphed to not return to Paris. KNIGHTS CHEER SCHLEY. ears Cates. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 28.—All Louie ville and its visitors are talking about the most noticeable feature of yester- day's grand parade of the Knights ‘Templars That was the cry of “Schley! Schley! Hurrah for Schley!” with which the crowd all along the route greeted Columbia Commandery, No. 2, of Washington, D. C., of which Admiral Schley ts a member, The ad- miral had been expected to march with his command, but was unabie to get here. Later, when the formal weicome to the Knights was extended by Judge ‘her, of Louisville, geting for Gov- eoncoaaan til teens man W. C. P. Breckinridge, the men- tion of Schley's name elicited Applause 80 enthusiastic that both speakers were compelled to stop for several ‘minutes. It is estimated that over 300,000 People witnessed the parade, which extended for four miles. Thirty thou- sand Sir Knights in full uniform were in ne, forming an Imposing spectacle with which to Degin the 28th triennial conclave’ The crack commanderies from Chicago, Ptttaburg and San Francisco attracted special attention by their magnificent appearance. SAMPSON-SCHLEY CONTROVERSY Forsyth Says Trouble Was Caumed By a Junior Officer Taking Command. Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 26—Captain James McQueen Forsyth, U. 8. N., who had charge of the naval station at ; Key West during the Spanish-Amert can war, spent yesterday in Kansas City, on bie way from Gam Francisco to his home st Philadelphia. Captain Forsyth was formerly in command of the battleship Indiana, and has been associated with both Admirals Schley | amd Sampson at different times im bis career, Speaking of the famous con- troversy, he sald: | “While we have been instructed by the navy department not to discuss [the merits of the case, every one knows that the navy department looks upon the controversy as an unfortu- nate affair, We believe there was ‘plenty of glory for all concerned, The fact that a junior man was Placed in command above his seniors te respon- sible for the whole business, Samp- son was a captain and the seventeenth ranking officer of the navy. No ene ever thought of him as the successor of Admiral Sicard, and I don’t believe he ever thought of it himsetf, but he was familiar to the people of Wash- ington, and they decided to place him in command, Of course, the officers who outranked him did not like tt. Is ie not to be expected that they would, but Washington said Sampson, and that settled tho matter. Schley was among the officers outranking Samp- son, and he was thrown directly under the juntor’s command. He naturally felt the promotion more than any of the others.” | ANOTHER NEGRO BURNED. Tennessee Mob Inflicts Summary Pun | ishment On Negro Ravisher. |, Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 26—Henry i Noles, a negro, was yesterday burned jD¥ & mob of 6,000 citizens fer crim inally assaulting and shooting to death | Mrs. Charles Williams, wife of a prom inent farmer, near Winchester, Tenn, last Friday. Admitting his crime and asking his friends to meet him in slory, he met his fate without even a groan. | "He mounted the stump stolldly and jaughed as he began his statement. He paid: ]_“*Tell all my sisters aad brothers to meet me in glory. Iam going to make ‘that my home. Tell my mother to meet me where parting will be no more.” “Why did you kill Mra, Wiliams?" was asked. “I just done that becanse I had noth- ing else to do.” Parne!l Monument to Cost $40,000. London, Aug. 28.—John Redmond, M. P., formaily announces that he has concluded @ preliminary contract with Augustus St. Gaudens, the Irish-Amer- sean sculptor, for the Parnell monu- ment, at a cost of $40,000. Only $3,000 has as yet been subsoribed. | ————_____ Tetes O8 Gaiters Das 2 Beaumont, Tex, Aug. 27—An oll gusher is going wild here, defying all ‘mechanical skill to stop #. Two men were killed yesterday trying to shut nt of. THEJRICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIE FTA RRS Te = hi GE ede Thee p | Besitte ttn tk ese | f SEY V4 “« A WAR-TIME MEMORY. EAm'oea sisaeaa cant Abowt the Good see ot rs, Hay “Affairs of state?” smilingly asked ‘® guest at the white house a few weeks |g0, as she passed through the Green Room and saw the presidest and an old soldier deep in conversation. “No,” was the reply, “better than that; we were talking of » good wom- an.” “It wae Mes. Hayes,” the sokiter con- tinued, pomting to a beautiful portrait on the wall. “The last time I saw her sho stood in this very room, but the first time I saw her was in cainp in the mountains of West Virginia. “She had come with her little buys to visit her husband, who was colonel of my regiment. That morning the rocks slong the Kanawha river were slive with our boys, fishing. The at- tention to the lines was almost breath- leas; but never a fish was hooked that the unfortunate angler didn’ cry: ‘Te got him! I've got him, Mrs. SSS Pisa UR “Nie. eal ERK io zl ba hs Ye) a Lee awe NCE y yy ee ‘Hayes, but I wish you had Rim on your line insteadt’ " | Practical joking as common in the army then, as it has always been, and ‘many were the tricks played upon the Taw recruit, “There is a woman up at the colonel's headquarters who does the soldiers’ washing,” the men would assure the neweomer; or, “You can get that coat mended over at that shanty,” Pointing to the log cabin with a drive- way through the middle. They soon diveovered, however, that Mra. Hayes ‘was too considerate of the poor home- sick fellows to allow them to be humiliated. She always took the bundles, and when help could not be found she put the olothes in order her- self. “Other women sometimes visited the camp, brushing by us in their long traing” the old soldier continued. “Mra. Hayes would come along with no train, no flounces; a little shawl over her shoulders; one child by the hand, another holding on to her skirte; hor baie smooth, her face beautiful, the soldiers flocking around her. She would awk how they were, if their ra- tions wore good, if they had letters from home. We all loved hee.” The following summer the youngest child sickened and died, and such were the exigencies of the case that the Httie body had to be sent alone to frends in Cincinnati. A few weeks later the regiment was ordered off to battle, and the little steamer arrived to take Mra. Hayes and the children back to their home. The boys were filled with excitement, Thay had often drilled and marched with the companies. They begged to accompany them now as they went to a real battle. So the boat was turned up the stream, and the boys, in thelr little uniforms, marched five miles nlong the shore with the soldiers. There the boat anchored. Mrs. Hayes. went ashore, and sat ons log to re- wiew the troops as they passed before her, the band playing all her favorite airs. “Do you remember it?” the old sol- ier had asked President McKinley, who, although quartermaster at the. time, was little more than a boy him- self, RAE Sy ‘The president nodded. “That Is one | thing,” he said, as he rose, “that we | st eae a oe Faith Not Without Works, One of the most popular as well as most energetic clergymen of. the London East End is Rev. Richard Free, who, to stimulate the spiritual courage of his flock, has published this advertisement in the Topical Times: “If any West End church will pay us for our work, and allow the pay. ment to go to our little church af St. Cuthbert, here in Millwall, we will give them a thorough spring cleaning. “I have 30 men, women, boys and girls, who will scrub, sweep, dust and polish te their owa hearts’ con- tent and that of their wealthier friends in the common faith, and will 16 it gladly for the sake of their lit- Ue church. “And I believe, with the experience U have acquired, I can now beeswax and polish a floor or varnish chaira with anybody, and my wife is Al at painting and decoration.”—Youth's Compaaion Should Both Be Settiea, Young ladies and promissory notes should be settled when they arrive at maturity.—Chicago Daily Newa. me es pea ENGLISHMEN OF NOTRE. |, Viscount Mountmorres is a bona fide English wobleman who works hard for s living. Born very poor—the poorest in the kingdom, indeed—be has worked at several trades and was once @ news- boy. Gen. French bas proved to be the most successful of all the English di- fision commanders in South Africa, for he not only bas made no mistakes, but hes done effective work from the tery beginning of his campaign in the eastern Tranevaal. _ Receatly, on his ninety-firet Dirth- Gay, Rev. John Spurgeon, father of ‘the famous Charles Spurgeon, preach- er, laid the foundation stone of the Sonth Norwood Baptist chureh im Eng- land. He i# » Cengregationalist and Probably ie the oldest living minister of that denomination. John Moriey rarely “takes his wabke abroad” without one or more of his Pet dogs, to which he is devotedly at- tached. In bis old journalistic deys his favorite dog always accompanied him to bis office, waiting patiently for him wotil the day’s work waa over And 1 was time for the homeward jour- ney. Abways 9 greet smoker, the king of England since bis succession has smoked harder than ever. The ezar of Russia and kaiser of Germany, when they want to please him, send him ape- cial brands of cigars and cigarettes, and the king ia return dispatches to those august personages his own fa- vorite brands. arent cael ADVICE TO YOUNG MOTHERS. Dont’ feel the baby with a spoon. The proper food for babies is moth ers’ milk. Fresh air ts the beeath of .tfe mm « baby's nostrils, Keep the baby cleaa and % wil stand the heat better. Don't etick the nipple in the baby’s mouth every time i cries. Remember, the baby needs @ drink of water as mnch as you do. Do not ket the baby steep tn the same bed with any other person. Don't Geug the baby with patent medicines, but tf sick call a doctor. When the baby is between the ages of one aod six months, prepere ite milk to ouit Hs age. Don't overfeed the baby; there more danger of giving too much at & time than too Httle. Wait till the baby gets tts teeth before you put food into its mouth that needs to be chewed. Use a common bottle for feeding with a robber nipple and no tube, and keep bottle and nipple clean by ‘boil ing and scrubbing. If the breast milk gives out or for any reason other meane of feeding become necessary, get the best mill you can afford, and make it ae pearly Luke mpthers’ milk as possible, ae ALL ENGLISH. There are almost 120,000 free mneons Tegistered under the great lodge of England. They belong to 2,320 lodges The average weight of an Englisl boy of ten is 67 pounds; of a man o bo 156 pounds; of a man of 00, 1¢: ‘pounds. England has 91 joint atock banks with 3,179 branches; Scotland ten, with 1,099 branches; Ireland nine, with 51! branches. ° Norwegian shipping comes first o! foreign nations in British ports. She clears 6,000,000 tons a year, agains {4,000,000 from Germany. Two tons of beet are equal in feed ing value to four tons of hay, but its cultivation hes proved t6o expensive to be profitable to English farmers. The average British resident gete in & year by post 54 letters, nine post cards, 17 book packets and ofrculars four newspapers and about two par- cel. Althongh the value of the late mar quis of Bute's property oxceeded $5, 000,000, the amount on which inherit. ance duty could be levied waa only $4,840,000. The tax was $392,000, GOSSIP OF THE STAGE, Sarah Bernhardt has such a horrot of fires that semrything he wears os ‘the stage is made of fireproot mate rinks. ces ‘Mme. Odilon (Countess Rakoffski) the most famous of German actresses plays only for love of her art, being many times over a millionaire, In Austrian theaters no one is per mitted to appear on the stage in a uni. form bearing any resemblance to those used in the army of that coun- try. 7 ON A Em egy astnent a Emma Calve said in @ recent inter. view in Paris that she had now only ‘one ambition, and that was to become an actress. “I have made a success as & grand opera singer,” she is reported ss saying. “I am rich, too. But what I now want to be able to do is to move people by acting as I have already done by my singing.” ae Sars Secret of Popularity. She's getting old, she scarce can oe She's deat as any stone. But stil she's popular, for she's ‘A model chaperon, —Phitudeiphta Bulletin, tT. CRUEL crm. oe pf LA] * ie LO how Woukl-Be Editor—Ah! Mtes Alicts, when my paper comes out I shall have some thrilling stories in it. Some- thing that will regularly male your air curt. Alicia—Er—yes; that's what I ex- Dect il Be toed tor meet on Papers.—Ally Sloper. Geralé—I wish you could find « Place for me in your heart, Geraldine—Well, some people take everything to heart, but I'm not one of them.—Hrooklyn Life Rela . Above Mis head, as he worked, thers hang, In an elaborate frame, « doflas bin “A relic with a himtory, I doub’ not!” observed the other. “Yes, the trophy of my really frst great financial victory,” replied the man of affairs. “N te the first dolar I ever escaped from a eummer hotel with!" When asked if he bed had recoures to a rope ladder be merely laughed @enying nothing —Detro#t Free Prees. Pat His Foet on “Did—did your wite ever boke a ehocolate cake?” seked Nuwed, coc tiously. “Loads of "em," reptied Okbwed, Proudly; “why?” “Well, my wife beked hee first one Yesterday and placed # out on the porch to cool. I came along and thought the dern thing waa a has- wock.”—Ohio State Journal, Might Be Wore, Practical Father (angrity)—I om told thet that young man who comes to sce you writes poetry. Daughter—Y-e-s, father, be does. “Huh! Publishes #, too, I sup- pose?” “No. No one will print #." “Then there's some hope for him,” NX. ¥. Weekly. ¥ ‘obs Peaiee tee ce “I saw Binks to-day and he was in terrible shape—both eyes closed and bruises all over. Be jen't @ quarrel- fome man, is he?” ~ “Oh, no; quite the revere, He never sees a quarrel thet he doesn’t want to act as peacemaker.” “Ab, that explains ft, then.”—Cht- eago Post. eee eee A Mabiehseed Metiobiee Mrs. Gotham—Whet ¢ii you most enjoy during your trip abroad? Misa Plightie—My visit to the howe of Thomas Carlyle “You did?” “Yes, indeed. The hendsomest young man I ever sew wae watching ™me when I wrote my name in the visitors’ book.—N. ¥. Weekia An It Sometimes Happens, “A girl should net mary too young,” she said. So she waited. “But, unfortunatety,” ghe edded a few years later, “the most desirable men seem to be after young wires” Thus it happened that ehe kept on waiting. —Chicago Poet i ee ee ‘The Spider and the Fiy. Mrs. Oldboy—Oh, you needn't talk, John. You were bound to have me. You can’t say that I ever ran after ‘you. | Oldboy—Very true, Maria. And the trap never runs after the mouse, but ft gathers him in all the seme—Tit- Bits. ated “And you say that Jorkine was cured of a bad case of Insomnia by suggestion?” “Yes, purely by suggestion. Hts wife suggested that since he could not sleep he might as well sit up and amuse the baby. I worked Hike a charm."—Chicago Record-Herwkd. ‘Lusmell Ciedin’ Mra. Newbride (who hae been bak- ing)—I wonder who firet invented sa- gel cake? Mr. Newbride (who hed to sempte the baking)—I don’t know, bat I fan- cy it was one of the feiten aagels.— Philadelphia Record. Sees Philosophte. : ‘When Fortune with a cudgel strften “Tis vain to fuss and fret, ‘The man who can’t get what be ites Should tke what hecea gets, = Philadelphia” Prese, TL oswh on. Soe ree ae ae es | > Ss Ki) A 3 Xv 3 Sa A Re We hy) Shi i INANE A rh WN, ul Hl [Le Ry i; Nay iF 7} PANS | NSE Ne ADA! iY sli iS ~ Cr steno ) Mrs. Chatterleigh—Farey, dear, at the Browns’ last night they were all saying how glad they were to hear you were at last engaged! Of course T didn’t believe the report, dear, and said 1 wondered how anyone could be so stupid ax to imagine anything 9o absurd.—Punch, wa kaa Qh! Wad some power the giftle gte ue To see some folks before they wee wel ~Puck. es Good Cireatation, “My dear sir, it strikes me tha this is a pretty round bill.” “Yes, I have sent {t around ofter ehough to make St appear so, and now I hope to get it squared."—Bal- timore Jewish Comment. ,_ Not What Be Meant, “What a debt we owe to medical science,” he said, as he put down the Paper. “Good heavens!" she exclaimed, “haven't you paid that doctor's bill yet?"—Chicago Post. ‘Tie Ware of Waeaee, “There is cne thing about modern society that puzzies me,” said the philosopher. “What's that?” “The older women are all the time anxious to get in; the young and Pretty ‘ones want to come out."— Smart Set. Her View of It, “Yes,” said the gitl in blue, “she Protested vigorously, and still he Kissed her.” “Now, doesn't that fust show the luck that some girls have?” asked the girl in white. “I've tried it twice and I lost the kiss both times."—Chi- eego Post. 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Rozzi, a @istinguished puptl of the Femowned Florentine petter, Andrea dei Sarto, filled hig studio with auk mais until # resembled & iienagerie. Otiver CromweHt, thet stern ok! Puritan, whenever he found an op- Portunity to do so, had a game of “tlind-man's buff” with hts chikiren, Cardinal RicheKen frequently neg- Jected his mintsteriel duties that he might have a frotie with bis cats and Kittens, of which be hed 9 lorge col- lection. Mme. de Matntenon, who for 30 years was queen of the French court under Louis XVI. passed her heisure moments in ministering to the wants of the poor aml needy. Edgar A. Poe, the brittient Ameri- can writer, discovered tnexpressible satisfaction in wandering through graveyards. And the same is said to be true of witty end genial Otiver Wendell Holmes, ...... #g80°8™ | VIRTUES OF THE ONION. | Itis with the oniot as with the lemon, Tts devotees regard it #6 8 panacea for & good many ills afd @s a preventive of many of the disorders to which flesh is heir. wae ‘The onton ts really a vety ordinary vegetable, but there is one point which distinguishes it, and that is the some. what ‘Tigh Percentage of sulphur it contains. Possibly the virtues ascribed to it depend on the presence of this ehement. 97S ge aa D Like the lemon, the onion may Jay claim 29 antiscorbutie properties that fe, to qualities which render it a Preventive of scurvy. its mineral constituents inciude 4 proportion of Potash salts, ded probally its anti- scorbutic qualities gepepd upon these latter compounds. The onion ix doubthes® a healthfat enough vegetable, but its supposed sleep-producing powers are safd to be. mythical. The virtue of onion juice. 8s a remedy for the stings and wasp at. tacks is conceded In the cottager’s Tepertoire of “first-aid” expedients, onion juice, rubbed on the ating, rep- resents the ammonia of a more ad: Yanced stage of domestic medicine Clarence Doodleby—Gwacious! How stout you are getting! Gussie Noodleby (smilingly)—Ya-as? Then you've noticed it? “Noticed it? Why, evwybody Is we- mawking wbout it.” (Exeitedly)—“Weally? And do you think I'll soon be in « condition ta be ‘able to sympathize with King Ed- ward ?"—Puck. eg at any is is certainly a most generons offor get the following. falcon from Dr. "3 ly mail ows wi men think” of ‘his gonerousity:— “Dear Mr, Knapp—The results could not have boon better. noticed a warm foeling, as of re fe, an exquisite experience STrenened pa, athe apt your treatment, and I cannot withhold an expression of gratitude to you for having thas led ma to the way of resto. ation, st an Tooke brighter; life odes more chen over supposed it would and nothing can be of more service to a weakened man than your priceless receipt. A Hard-Hearted Man. “Do you see that prosperous-loole ing fellow ower there?” “Yes.” “Well, for 20 yeers that chap hag taken his living out of the very mouths of other people.” “How's that?” “He's a dentisn*—N. Y. Times, ak! Tibeeilbiie Geniatines: “What is your idea of a man of honor?” “A man of honor,” #akd the French nobleman, throwing out his chest, “ix one who will pay bis wine bifl aad cami debt, crn if he bas to marry Ju order to get the money."—Waslie ington Stee. Debetentiany the Same. “Deen buying another calfskin raeor strop, here you? That's a waste of money, AN I ever use for sharpening my reor is the palm of any hand.” “Well, in"? thet the same thing? Chie Tribune “DISCOVERY. Made Str: ¥ ‘aight By eae ee Ma Se rer NIZED ae Seca eae ee s i Siiees: vs ae evecare arate eae fae aes ; iver aoe = ies Save Epes ry cae Sy eee ae Becerra : x ‘All oxpress ses cee a eens ces oe Hage ae peel Aer a cad EE to. | HOWARD UNIVERSITY. —):o:(— j | MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ; Ineladiog Medios!, Dental and Pharmaceatical Colleges. Thirty-fourzh Session (1901-1908) ‘a Tuition feo ta, motion Dental Col- lege each $80. Paarmacy College, $70, All stadente mast register dbetore Oot. 191, 1901. For catalogue or further information apply to F J.SHADD,M. D., See’y, é OLR St. N. W., Washington, D, go aan \ = REC PLANET FANCIES OF THE POETS The Fishin' Fever. Long about this time o' year I sort o' gita a wish I'd jus' cut loose a spell na' fish an' fish an' fish; Bittin' all-fired weeery of th' stuffy town. Want to go where I can hear the water tricklin' down. Thru' a middet summere an' in underneath a tree. Where the o' sun, kind o' peeks an' shimmers down at me. One day saw a little gal a-dabblin' of her feet In a gutter stream that made a puddle in the street. Sittin' ther upon the curb an' keepin' mighty stil. Had a bent pin on a line an' fishin' fit to kill. I stood there a-echin' fer to hug that kid an say "You tell right, an' this o' man is feelin' jis' that way." "Long about this time o' yearer workin' I ain't fit! Got the fishin' never on an' oain't git over it. Want to git out all alone an' set a dreamin' dreams. Want to smell the pine trees an' to hear th' mountain streams; Want to git on top th' range an' waller in th' grass. Then look down an' see the world a mile er two below; There is something magic in a breath o' mountain air. Makes a teller feel somehow that God Himself is shy. "Long about this time o' year, w'y, don't you understand? Want to go to Nature and to grab her by the hand. -Rocky Mountain News. Pilgrimus. Love held my hand; and yet, as fain to part. His gaze yeaned outward, to the path untrite. side— Nay—what would tempt thy restless feet to room? Knowst thou not, sweet, I am thy world, thy home?" Then, as we fared space, our journey on, My mind o'ermiled with swift and varied thought, Lo! from my hand Love's clinging hand was gone. Where Love's dear feed had stepped, but, Love had fled, I walk alone. If there be earth or sky How should I rock, who look not right, not left? If good or grace I pass them blindly by Of hope to seek, or power to find, bereft; Knowing too late my poor vaunt to recall Love was my refuge, home, my world, my all! -Madeline Bridges, in Frank Leslie's Monthly. In August. Now when the grove is stitched to the oore, And all the parched grass is summer- killed, 1 think of vehement March and how she filled These arid roadsides with a murmurous pour Of rushing streams from an exhaustless store. This breathless air, to trope slumber stilled. Recalls those early passionate winds that thrilled The spirit, blending with the water's roar. Just as in rich and dusty-leaved are. The soul goes back to brood on swelling buds Of hope, desire and dream in childhood's clime. So I turn backward to the spring-lit page. And hear with freshening heart the deep- voiced floods. That to the winds give their melodious rhyme. -Ethelwyn Wetherald, in Youth's Companion. More Irony of Pate. He bore the colors at Bull Run And came unscathed from there; At Malvern Hill and Seven Pines His cheering rent the air; At Gettysburg he fought the men Who rallied under Lee- He fought at Frederickseburg and marched With Sherman to the sea. His heart gave back a brave response To stricken Cuba's cry; He helped to storm the hills and heard The Spaniard's bullets fly; He saw the proud Castillan sheath His cruel sword, and when The beaten tyrant sailed away, Came marching home again. He fought on many a bloody field Where men by scores were slain. And twice was caught in wrecks and thrills He crossed the stormy main— And died upon the glorious Fourth Because he longed to know And drowned over the water He Had touched off didn't go. -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. Unheard. All things are wrought of melody, Lighthead, yet full of speaking spells; Without the rock, within the tree. A soul of music dwells. A mute symphonic sense that thrills The silent frame of mortal things; Its heart beats in the ancient hills, In every flower sing. To harmony all growth is set— Each seed is but a music note. From which each plant, each violet, Evolves its purple note. Compact of melody, the rose Wooves the soft wind with strain on strain Of crimson; and the lily blows Its white bars to the rain. The trees are panees; and the grass One long green green beneath the sun— Song is their life; and all shall pass; Shall cease, when song is done. Madison Cawein, in "Weeds by the Wall." The Mountain. Purple mists lie on the mountain Through the early morning hours, Rising only with the sunshine, Or condensing into showers That enlarge the sparkling rivers, And refresh the grass and flowers. Dreamy peace rests on the mountain Through the satyrium summer days, And the osprey sunrise, On the quiet streets, lonely ways, Rising like a poet's dreaming Through the purple mists and haze. Roemin stillness clothes the mountain Through the peaceful hours of night, And the stars come from the darkness And grow luminous and bright, And they bathe the peaks and valleys With their soft and subdued light. P. H. Sweet, in Farm Journal. crevassees and glaciers in the arms of compan- were almost gone, saved by the daring inven- man who turned himself into a human tobog- of Demoss, Ore., arrived below the snow line on not after a descent unparalleled in the history of a party of 25 who started to make the ascent to the crater is a desperate one. The Tacoma Unconscious, borne over crevasses and glaciers in the arms of companions, and finally, when hope was almost gone, saved by the daring invention and heroic feat of one man who turned himself into a human toboggan. Miss Bethel Rawson, of Demoes, Ore., arrived below the snow line on Mount Hood the other night after a descent unparalleled in the history of mountain climbing. Miss Rawson was one of a party of 30 who started to make the ascent of Mount Hood. The climb to the crater is a desperate one. The Tacoma O THE DECENT WAS MADE LIKE A FLASH. ash, of Corvallis, Ore., suggested that a sled be on which Miss Rawson had been carried for a which she had been wrapped to save her from was adopted at once. Using ropes and twine, from clothes, a rude sled was hastily improvised. be strapped to the board and to carry the girl party propelled the sled over the snow. Prof. tion, clung to the girl while the others tugged was tried for perhaps half an hour, but it was and the exposure much longer and survive. one forward with another suggestion. He proman to toboggan, to hold the girl in his arms, strapped to the plank, would make the attempt on side. chance, the party accepted the suggestion, dandellifresh, stretched at full length, was tightly rigged that he might have a chance to guide Rawson's unconscious body was strapped tightly form, feet to feet and body to body. the toboggan on the edge of the steep, gave it girl shot out over the glacier and down through like a sash. was reached the professor, cutting himself loose, the rest of the party made the descent. Miss Rawson to the Maxta camp, where the charge, wrapped her in hot blankets, placed hot and poured stimulants and hot broth between as returned. Later Dr. Young, of Seattle, was Rawson is rapidly recovering from her terrible spair. Then Prof. McElfresh, of Corvallis, Ore., suggested that a sled be built out of a rough board on which Miss Rawson had been carried for a time and the heavy socks in which she had been wrapped to save her from freezing. The suggestion was adopted at once. Using ropes and twine, handkerchiefs, and cloth from clothes, a rude sled was hastily improvised. Prof. McElfresh offered to be strapped to the board and to carry the girl while the other men of the party propelled the sled over the snow. Prof. McElfresh, in a sitting position, clung to the girl while the others tugged and pulled. The scheme was tried for perhaps half an hour, but it was seen the girl could not stand the exposure much longer and survive. spair. Then Prof. McEilfresh, of Cowry built out of a rough board on which a time and the heavy sacks in which she freezing. The suggestion was adopted handkerchiefs, and cloth from clothes. Prof. McEilfresh offered to be strapped while the other men of the party prop McEilfresh, in a sitting position, clung and pulled. The scheme was tried for seen the girl could not stand the expo. Prof. McEilfresh then came forward posed to make himself a human toob while he, stretched on and strapped to to coast down the mountain side. As there was no other chance, the gerous as it was. Prof. McEilfresh, bound to the board, ropes were rigged his toboggan, then Miss Rawson's sank down upon his prostrate form, feet to The other men poised the toboggan a shove, and the man and girl shot out the snow. The descent was made like a slush. When the timber line was reached worked over the girl until the rest of. Then the party carried Miss Rawson women took the girl in charge, wrap water bottles to her feet, and pour her lips until consciousness returned summoned and to-day Miss Rawson is experience. Prof. McElfresh then came forward with another suggestion. He proposed to make himself a human toboggan, to hold the girl in his arms, while he, stretched on and strapped to the plank, would make the attempt to coast down the mountain side. As there was no other chance, the party accepted the suggestion, dangerous as it was. Prof. McElfresh, stretched at full length, was tightly bound to the board, ropes were rigged that he might have a chance to guide his toboggan, then Miss Rawson's unconscious body was strapped tightly down upon his prostrate form, feet to feet and body to body. The other men poised the toboggan on the edge of the steep, gave it a shove, and the man and girl shot out over the glacier and down through the snow. The descent was made like a dush. When the timber line was reached the professor, cutting himself loose, worked over the girl until the rest of the party made the descent. Then the party carried Mies Rawson to the Mazma camp, where the women took the girl in charge, wrapped her in hot blankets, placed hot water bottles to her feet, and poured stimulants and hot broth between her lips until consciousness returned. Later Dr. Young, of Seattle, was summoned and to-day Miss Rawson is rapidly recovering from her terrible experience. Mrs. Myre Trumbull, of Guineestown, Fl., asked the courts for a divorce from her husband, John T. Trumbull, on the grounds that John was a practical joker. Mrs. Trumbull said that John never flirted with chorus girls, or stained out late at night, or drank until friends carried him home, or chased her with a stove poker. John was always a good and faithful helpmeet, except that he thought it was funny to put cold clammy frogs in his wife's bed and put castor oil in the chocolate cake that she took to a church picnic. John was so playful that he thought it real good fun when he put a bucket half full of water over the door when his wife expected company, and he thought it was the greatest joke he A man falls down a staircase. ever heard of to lure the family cow up the front hall stairs and tie the faithful animal in the spare bedroom. Then he told his wife that her mother had arrived and gone up to her room. Mrs. Trumbull burst into the spare bedroom with a glad ory of "mother" and kissed the cow three times before she discovered that she had been deceived and hooked in the eye. At one time when mother-in-law really did come for a nice visit, John had a carpenter fix the stairs so that they folded up like a shutter and the first trip that mother-in-law made down them resulted in her breaking two ribs. Mrs. Trumbull thinks that John is too funny for any use. A Hint for Housewives. A vanilla bean kept in the sugar box imparts a delicious flavor to the sugar. First Lawyer (angrily)—I've a good mind to sue you. Second Lawyer—I shouldn't like anything better. The only one trouble about two lawyers going to law. A lawyer can never do himself justice when he pleads his own case. First Lawyer—That's easily fixed. I plead your case, and you plead mine.—N. Y. Weekly. cage Tribane descented the adventure as follows. At noon, when the party had reached a point 300 yards below the crater rock, a blizzard swept over the peak. Expressed by the obbim and overworn by the intense cold Miss Rawson became unconscious. Calls were sent for assistance from those who had already reached the summit, and the men rushed down and carried Miss Rawson and her companion, Miss Julia Hall, who was still able to walk, to a more sheltered spot, where an effort was made to revive the unconscious girl. Finally the green snow field below the crater was reached. By this time the men had begun to fear that Miss Rawson would never survive the journey, and the need of getting her to shelter and warmth became every minute more imperative. The party husted in the TOO FUNNY FOR HER Fondness for Practical Jokes Lends an Otherwise Exemplary Husband in Divorce Court. JOKE ON MOTHER-IN-LAW. Two Lawyers RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Strapped to a Plank, with Body of Girl Lashed to Him, Prof. McEilreah Dashed to Safety YOUNG PEACE OFFICER. Richard Boscha. 14 Years Old. Frequently Acts as Deputy Sheriff Away Out in Arizona. The youngest peace officer in the United States lives at Congress, says the Arizona Republican. He is Richard Boscha, 14 years old, the son of Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, who has TOOK HIM INTO CAMP. been a deputy sheriff under all administrations in Yavapai county for 20 years—a fearless and efficient officer. Richard Boscha is small for a boy of 14. He has black hair and eyes and a book of great intelligence. He came to Phoenix recently, bringing the 16-year-old son of a county official who had become infatuated with the Coontown 400 and ran away with it. Young Boscha was asked if the young man was glad to go back. "No," he said, "he didn't want to come, but there was no way out of it for him." Another boy, the stepon of a well-known resident of Phoenix, also ran away with the show. 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When the delirium had passed they all began to drink again. I felt for a long time that there was a fault somewhere, but I did not find the remedy. In 1881 a drunkard of the worst type had had four attacks of delirium in one year, and each time after recovering he began to drink again, beating his wife, etc. I pronounced him incurable and advised his wife to secure a divorce. She took him to a little asylum of the Crox Blen at Bale. Here he was cured and became the agent of the Crox Blen at Paris. He sent me his thanks, not without krony, for my good care of him. From that time I understood more and more that the treatment of alcohol patients consisting of the desire to bring them back to moderate Drinking, rested upon a profound error. I endeavored to compel my drunkards to total abstinence, but without the least success. I sought a total abstinence society, but found none. In 1884 a shoemaker in the neighborhood of my asylum came to take my measure for a pair of shoes. He refused the glass of wine that I offered him according to the custom well known in Switzerland. I discovered then that he was at the head of a little temperance society. Delightedly, I asked him if he would take my drunkards into his society. "With great pleasure," he said, "send them all to me." From that day I sent him my drunk-ards, with attendants to care for them. With exemplary patience and devotion he labored with them and took them into his society. And then, for the first time in my life, I saw my drunk-ards cured—not all, but a goodly number. I had, however, the feebleness to still await 18 months observing. I said to the shoemaker one day: "My dear sir, for 1½ years my drunk-ards, hitherto incurable, are being cured. One thing becomes more and more clear to my mind, and that is that it is you alone who cure them and not I. How is this? It is truly a shame for me, a physician and specialist, paid by the state, to have patients cured by a poor shoemaker who receives not a cent here-for, and to feel myself incapable of doing this." "This is, however, very simple," replied the shoemaker, smiling somewhat archaic. "I am a total abstainer and you are not. We make no one a total abstainer without giving the example ourselves." "You are right," I replied. "For a long time I have felt this to be so, and I do not understand why I have waited thus. But from to-morrow I shall be a total abstainer." This was in 1886, at the beginning of the year, and since then I have remained a total abstainer, and I have cured hundreds of drunkards with no further need of the shoemaker. My shoemaker, Mr. Boshart, has become through my influence the deservedly honored manager of the asgium for drunkards at Ellikon. Until 1892 I still had the weakness to offer wine to my guests and friends whilst my wife, my children and myself were total abstainers, to our great advantage as regards health and labor. This troubled my conscience, but I had not yet the courage to overcome custom. In 1892 my entrance into the order of Good Templars relieved me of my wine and of this painful burden. From that time I have felt entirely free and have broken the ties with alcohol.—Translated from La Source Organe de l'Union Francaise by Caroline R. Humphrey, in Union Signal. Saloon Coffee An interesting temperance measure was presented in the New York legislature, recently adjourned, but failed of passage. Its purpose was to oblige all saloonkeepers to sell tea, coffee, milk and chocolate as well as intoxicants. The theory of those who drafted it was that many men who seek the saloons for warmth and light and sociability, and drink from a sense of obligation, would be content with temperance beverages, and perhaps prefer them if they were to be had. The opponents of the bill argued that the saloonkeepers might easily defeat its purpose if they wished by serving tea and coffee of so poor a quality that no one would drink it; but a plan similar to that provided for in the bill has been tried in certain saloons in England, and with considerable success.—Chicago Excelsior. Diamond Cut Diamond In New York a quick-witted toper went into a barroom and called for something to drink. "We don't sell liquor," said the law-evading landlord, "we will give you a glass, and then, if you want a biscuit we'll sell it you for sixpence." The "good creature" was handed down and our hero took a stiff glass, when, turning round to depart, the unsuspecting landlord handed him the dish of biscuits with the remark: "You'll buy a biscuit?" "Well, no, I think not; they are too dear. I can get lots of 'em five or six for a penny anywhere else." DOG SAVES LIVES. Big St. Bernard Who Devotes Himself to Piloting Intoxicated Soldiers Across Tweaks. A large St. Bernard dog owned by Abraham Zimmermann, who conducts a hotel near the national military home at Marion, Ind., has attracted a great deal of attention recently by his marvelous conduct. The hotel is situated in an out-of-the-way place, surrounded by woods, about one mile from the headquarters of the home. The place is frequented by veterans who congregate there to drink and spend their time. To reach the place it is necessary to cross the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad. At this point a number of veterans have been killed who were returning to the home in an intoxicated condition. It seems that the dog has assumed the responsibility of taking care of the veterans that frequent the place and become intoxicated. He begins to manifest an interest in an old soldier as soon as the veteran shows the effects of too much liquor and instinctively commences to keep a watch on him and his movements. When the veteran starts for home the dog accompanies him to the railroad crossing and runs in advance to see if a train is approaching. If one is in sight he returns to his intoxicated charge and places himself in front of the veteran and by barking notifies the soldier of the approaching danger. If the man then attempts to approach the railroad track the dog will seize him by the clothing and prevent him from doing so. After the train has passed he will then pilot him across the tracks and sit and watch him until he has entered the FOUND OLD VETERAN LYING IN THE SNOW. home grounds before returning to the hotel to look after another charge. The big fellow was making his usual rounds of inspection in the woods one day when he found an old veteran who was lying in the snow in an unconscious condition. He attempted to arouse him by pulling at his garments; falling in this he went to the hotel, where he attracted the attention of the landlord and a number of veterans by his queer actions. They followed him to the woods, where they found the unconscious man almost frozen. The rescue party picked him up and carried him to the home hospital, preceded by the faithful dog, who showed by his actions that he was grateful to the rescue party for their assistance and that he was also an important factor in the matter. The dog has positively saved the lives of four veterans. His actions are purely from instinct, as he has never been trained to do the work. He takes no interest in a civilian, but devotes himself exclusively to those who wear the blue uniform of the government.—National Advocate. FACTS. There are 28,894 juvenile temperance societies in the British islands, with a membership of 2,566,000. The number of retail liquor dealers in the United States at the close of last year was 206,000. The total vote of the prohibition party in the election of the same year was 209,000. For continuous beer drinking, so to speak, Egypt holds the record among nations. In Egypt beer has been drunk for 5,000 years, and the "busa" of the fellahs of to-day is made by a process almost identical with that described by Herodotus, mentioned in hieroglyphs and depicted in sculpture as old as 3000 B. C. Fifty counties of Alabama, 50 of Arkansas, 30 of Florida, 133 of Georgia, 90 of Kentucky, 20 of Louisiana, 15 of Maryland, 84 of Missouri, 60 of North Carolina, 70 of Tennessee, 120 of Texas, 55 of Virginia and 40 of West Virginia have adopted temperance regulations which prohibit the sale at retail of liquor within their territory, save on medical prescriptions. The Trent Habit Americans spend $175,000,000 a year on books, magazines and newspapers. This is between two and three dollars a year to the head of population, and would seem to show that we are a literary nation. On the other hand, Americans spend $1,250,000 a year, or over $100,000,000 a month, on alcoholic stimulants, nearly as much a month for liquors as a year for literature. The treating habit has something to do with this. Men do not say to one another; "Come and have a magazine with me," and if by any chance such a thing should occur, the other man would not come back with the invitation: "Now have a novel on me." The treating habit is one of the worst faults of the American people.—Arizona Republican. No Hope. "Have you any reason why sentence should not be pronounced against you?" asked the judge. "Lots of them," replied the prisoner, nonchalantly; "but I guess my lawyer has worked them for all they're worth."—Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA When He Awoke He Looked Like a Lobster and Even the Friends of His Childhood Failed to Recognize Him. Charles Spenser has, according to the Boston Advertiser, furnished to the Emergency hospital a case of sunburn that will figure in history. He accidentally fell asleep on the beach while bathing, and when he awoke found himself unable to get his clothes on. Dr. Bokeman was seated in the Emergency office when an individual clad in a long rogged mackintosh walked pointfully into the outside waiting room. His eyes glared like two holes in a red table cloth, and he extended both arms as if a spider had crawled down his neck. The doctor summed his mem up quickly, and made up his mind that he was dealing either with a lunatic or a victim of locomotor stasis. "Doctor," gaped the visitor, "mix me up a dose of poison quick. I can't move enough to shoot myself." "Oh, you don't want poison," said the doctor, reassuringly, as he stepped up to the man and placed both hands on his shoulders. The patient writhed as if touched by hot coals, and the doctor felt the flesh fairly crackle under the mackintosh. It was an herculean task to strip even this simple garment from the patient. Spencer went camping with several friends a few days ago. They had a tent down the coost, and the days of torrid heat were forgotten. There were swimming and fishing, and Spencer, with his companions, was A man lying on the beach. accustomed to spend hours on the sand. At noon Spenser had a hard swim and threw himself down on the sand afterward in complete abandon. Like Rip Van Winkle, he went to sleep. He awoke just as the sun went down. Spenser had slept with his face to the sand. Old Sol shed a regular Fourth of July smile on his left side first. When Spenser was well done on the left, the sun sped joyfully around to the right and toasted the sleeping man nicely on that side, too. Spenser's legs and feet were buried in a pile of seaweed, and were decorated with strange and artistic devices. Up to Spener's knees a blended lace work of snakes and water plants had been tattooed by the artist Sol. The slizzing of his back and sides prompted the sleeper to change his position, and soon he was well-cooked all over. Spenser swoke with a start, when a thousand bornetts seemed to be stinging him for a prize. Half dazed, he started for the camp, and found his friends wondering at his long absence. He was surprised and disgusted that they were somewhat at odds in recognizing him. When he tried dressing he did not recognize himself. Amidst jeers and laughter, he tried one piece of clothing after another, only to groan in despair and throw them all aside. He walked the beach all night and next day borrowed an old mackintosh and a pair of gunny sacks for trousers. On the train he clung to the back seat and walked up to the hospital because he could not sit down. Spenser felt when he entered that there was absolutely nothing to live for, but under Dr. Bakeman's skill he presently changed his mind. "You certainly look like a lobster," observed the doctor, as he finished with Spenser. And the patient was willing to confess that he was one. Unusual Tribute to Actress An unusual tribute was frequently paid to the late Mile. Genjette, the French actress. For months she enacted the part of a woman who is poisoned by strychaine, and to prepare herself for a faithful representation of the symptoms produced by this drug she had studied its effects on dogs. So realistic were her agonies that medical professors brought their students into the Theater Fransisat to learn to recognize through her manipulations the symptoms of the terrible poison. She Kept Things Going A remarkable woman dwells in Gibraltar, Pa. Recently, during the illness of her husband, Mrs. John Bucher directed all the work in a blacksmith shop, a sawmill and the management of a farm, besides taking care of five children and nursing her husband through a protracted period of sickness. Heroic Cure for Cornea An heroic cure for a corn was tried by Jacob Gunson, an old gentleman of Cincinnati. For years a corn on his great toe had been troubling him. He sharpened a chisel, and with it out off the afflicted toe. Hia Remembrance Casey-Phwat did Dugan bring to yez tin widding? Cassidy-He brought a lot av old tin cans fur th' goat to ate.-Chicago Daily News. Mutuality of Observation. Lady-Excuse me, but your shirt waist and skirt are sagging apart. Tother Lady-Excuse me; soze youre.-Chicago Record-Herald. HANDY DOMESTIC TIPS. If curtains are allowed to dry before being starched they will last clean quite a month longer. To prevent steel brooches or ornaments from getting rusty or dull, when not wearing keep in a box in which there is a little powdered starch. Comfortable doorstep mats for summer evening seats are made of squares of Chinese matting, red at the edge, showing an interlayer of a softer material. Sawdust laid evenly over the floor before putting down oilcloth will cause it to wear much better and deaden the sound of walking. A substitute for cream may be made by beating the white of an egg with a teaspoonful of sugar and a very little water. Put it into the cup before the coffee is poured into them. To clean a painted floor use week soapuds put on a mop and then carefully washed off with clear water. Unpainted floors are whitened by the use of fuller's earth and scouring sand made into a paste and rubbed into the boards. This paste should be washed off with lukewarm water. A quarter of a pound of pearlash in a pint of hot water will remove grease spots. They must be well scrubbed with the pearlash and water. To keep out moths wash crevices with a half pound of alum dissolved in boiling water. Powdered alum should be sprinkled about wherever it is suspected that the moths will make their appearance. The winter's superfinenous bed clothing, particularly the blankets, ought to be wrapped in newspapers and put away in tight boxes or drawers in which boxx and camphor have been sprinkled. Red or black pepper, sandalwood—any odorous substance—is offensive to the insects. ODDS AND ENDS. A record pine log, 94 feet long, 19 inches square and perfectly straight, was recently landed at Leith. Italy and Spain and have fewer houses in proportion to population than any other country. The Argentine Republic has most. Since 1840 European towns have increased 470 per cent, in population, while in the country districts, increase has been but 70 per cent. Britain digs canals more cheaply than other countries. The average cost of English canals being £9,600 a mile, against £10,000 in France and £15,500 in Canada. Potatoes have ceased to be the principal root crop of Ireland. If they are to be compared with turnips by weight or yield—last year, for example, only about 1,542,000 tons, against 4,426,000 tons of turnips. The tusks of Congo elephants are as a rule very large and weigh on an average 60 pounds. Some of them are of extraordinary size. At the Brussels exhibition a pair of tusks were on show each of which weighed 196 pounds. At the Moon sale of coins in London a silver Oxford crown of King Charles I. brought $745; an Oliver Cromwell pattern gold 50-shilling piece, $700; a "petition" crown of Charles I. in silver, $1,575; a pattern crown in gold of George III., 1817, $720, and a double sovereign of Edward VI., $1,275. RUSSIAN ECHOES. Russia's Asiatic possessions are three times as large as the British, but have only 25,000,000 people compared with 997,000,000 under British rule. The first Russian newspaper was established in 1702, by order of Peter the Great. The Russian press intends to celebrate the anniversary next year. Count Tolotoi is keenly skeptical of physicians. When he learned of the diametrically opposed views of his case by the doctors he said: "You excellent people know everything that medicine teaches, but medicine itself knows nothing." The Novoye Vremya, Russia's semi-official newspaper, advocates an alliance between Russia and Japan, saying that the Japanese government would be thus released from British dictation, while the Corean question would be less trouble. FROM SWITZERLAND The latest electric railway planned in Switzerland is from Interlaken to St. Beatenberg. Geneva is trying to attract sinful tourists. It is announcing that baccarat may be played for unlimited stakes in the Kur Saalhereafter. Zurich, in Switzerland, seems to have more clubs in proportion to its population than any other city. In 1893 the number was 534, but this had increased to 771 in 1901. The first men to ascend Mount Blance were Balmat and Paccard in 1786. They gained the prize offered 26 years before by Saussure for so doing. At present an average of 50 parties climb it annually. QUIPS OF PARAGRAPHERS Boiling anger scalds nobody's fingers but your own—Ram's Horn. Nearly every man believes that Napoleon had a lot of unnecessary weaknesses.—Atchison Globe. Before marriage a timid man doesn't know what to say and after marriage he is afraid to say it.—Chicago Daily News. There are persons who do not know how to waste their time alone, and hence become the scourge of busy people.—De Bonald. Decidedly Up to Date "Is she an up-to-date girl?" he repeated. "Is she? Well, rather. Why, do you know what she did?" "What?" "Well, sir, when the young man to whom she was engaged began to show indications of a desire to reconsider, she went into court and applied for an injunction to restrain him from breaking the engagement. —Chicago Post. The author had written himself down an ass. "But is this literature?" protested the other. "I do not know, sir!" replied the author, respectfully. "I have reason to suspect that it is not. For not only are many publishers anxious to publish it, but I have been offered vast sums for the stage rights as well."-Detroit Free Press. Encouraging Tees—There goes Ursula Hope with Jack Timmid. Jees—Yes, she's setting her cap for him. Tess—Do you really think she cares for him? Jess—Yes, indeed. You know her full name is Ursula May Hope. Well, she signs all her letters to him now: "U. May Hope."—Philadelphia Press. Finish of the Fiends Wilcox—These cigarette concerns are becoming very liberal with their prizes. Gold watches, plaques, organs, etc. Smythe—Yes. I guess it is only a matter of time when they will present tombstones and pay all the funeral expenses of their victims.—Chicago Daily News. A Full House Wanted. Mrs. Bhugore—I thought her divorce exit was to have come up in the June term of courts. Mrs. Swellman—It was, but she had it postponed until the September term. She felt it would be impossible to secure a decent audience during the summer, as nearly everyone is out of town.—Philadelphia Press. Darktown Photography "Perliteness am er mighty good thing, an 'hit doar' cost unnifin'," remarked Unoke Eben, "but hit ait't ter be 'spected dat yo' all is gwine ter wake er man up at two o'clock in de mawnin' foh de purpose ob sakin' his permisher ter visit his ben roost. Hit's mo' perilite ter let him enjoy his slumers."—Chicago Daily News. A. Household Convenience Mrs. Tidey—I never knew till I married Arthur how much a full beard lightens the duties of a housekeeper. Visiting Friend—Why, what has a full beard to do with housekeeping, Laura? Mr. Tidey—It makes such a nice crumb catcher.—Leslie's Weekly. His Advantage "I have played a desperate game and I have lost," remarked the stage villain, just before his final disappearance. "But you are a darn sight better off than we are," murmured a tirstlooking man in the front row, "we paid money to get in."—Boston Transcript. He Envied Him "Was he excited when his companion fell overboard?" "Not in the least. He simply fanned himself with his bat while they were fishing the fellow out and remarked: 'He always did have all the luck.' —Chicago Post. Here's a Power "Why in the world is it," remarked the observer of events and things, "that a woman, in choosing a shoe, will pick out the smallest one she can wear, but when it comes to a hat she gets the largest one she can find?"—Yonkers Statesman. The bus is busy, and it is it. Where does the bus beat the bus bit, But when a weary, I go out to sit And rest upon the porch, such nights as It shakes me that for "get-up and git" The she mosquito beats the busy bee —Chicago Record-Herd. He—I have been unlucky three times. She—How? He—My first sweetheart became a nun, my second married another man and my third became my wife.—Hei-tere Walt. Pastoral. "Why does finding four-leaf clovers bring luck?" "Well, the man is already in luck who has time to hunt four-leaf clovers."—Chicago Record-Herald. Discouraging Penelope—Was your rejection of him a success? Perdita—No, a flat failure. He absolutely refused to do anything desperate.—Detroit Free Press. A Preliminary Test. "Jimmie, I told you not to eat those green apples." "Well, ma, I tried one on m' rabbit an' he ain't dead."—Chicago Record-Herald. Those Dear Girls. Madge—Charlie proposed twice before I accepted him. Marjorie—Didn't you hear him the first time?—Town Topics. Got Things Mixed Mr. Suburb—Rock? Good lands! You've got things mixed. I told you to bore for water, man—water! I don't want a stone quarry.—N. Y. Weekly. "You're the flower of my life!" he whispered. And she blushed as she answered: "Yes? Which flower do you mean?" "Well, darling. It's the spray I mean, I guess." "And why do you say the pansy?" "Because It's so nice to press." Philadelphia Bulletin. A MISFIRE. "Ah, madam, you look to-day as fresh as a—as a 20-year-old—ah—rose, madam!"—Der Dorfbarber. discriminating care, because the onions timely, with a most import- With comprehending art she mixed the golden mayonnaise. Which, really to her credit, was deserving highest praise. Then she added the potatoes (humming guy a little ballad). As she thought: "How pleased will hubby be with this delicious salad." But at lunch she was the saddest little girl you ever saw. When he said: "Arent these potatoes, not a little raw?" -Loopon Tit-Tit Minute Caution "Every woman ought to know something about cooking," said the wise girl. "I don't know about that," said Miss Cagenne. "In case of incompatibility it gives the husband a chance to blame her for his dysppepsia."—Washington Star. Height of Consideration. Carrie—I played for Mrs. Graham for a good hour, and I sang several selections besides. And when I had finished, if you'll believe it, she hadn't a word to say to me. Esther—How considerate in her!—Boston Transcript. Reproof Nearly Imparted. Benham. Why don't you stop reading and look at the scenery? Mrs. Benham-Oh. I'll see it some other time; anybody, to hear you talk, would think this was going to be my last wedding trip.-Town Topics Kaww For Business The Girl in the Pink Shirt Waist— Is the fortune teller at the Gypsy encampment any good? The Girl in the Blue Shirt Waist— Well, she prophesied that I would be engaged to be married three times this season—truck. Right Up to Date Sculptor—What sort of bust do you wish of yourself? Mr. Newrocks—Well, I ain't particular, but I'm gettin' it to please Mrs. Newrocks, an' she says it must be a mythological one.—Brooklyn Eagle. Irate Customer—Look here, young man, I bought this hair tonic from you, and it is absolutely worthless. Shop Assistant—We can't help that, sir. Irate Customer—But you guaranteed each bottle. Shop Assistant—Exactly, sir, but we didn't guarantee the tonic—Tit-Bits. Human Inconsistency. "The world is too much with us!" We quoth with weary sigh—Then, when we're not invited, We sady wonder why. —Puck. CORDIAL APPRECIATION She—I like some of your articles very much. She—Well, I liked the quotation from Balzac.—Punch. Looks Suspicious. Is it a sign, or is it not. And one that needs attention due. That, when the cashier buys a yacht He means to be a skipper, too? —Judge. Tastes Differ. Dealer—Here, madam, is a horse I can recommend—sound, kind— Old Lady—Oh, I don't want that sort of a horse. He holds his head high. Dealer—Kh? Old Lady—I like a horse that holds his nose close to the ground, so he can see where he's going. N. Y. Weekly. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. DEALER IN DEALER IN FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. 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Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public at the same old stand. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Meals At All Hours. New 'Phone. 1261. Wm. Oustalo. Prep H. F. Jonathan, Fish Oysters & Produce 120 N. 17th St., Richmond, Va. Orders will receive prompt attention. Phone 157. PATENTS Cavities, and Trade Marks obtained and all the entireness condensed for motivateurs Fees. Officers pay U.S. Patent Office and we can secure them less than than remote from Washington. Bend model, drawing or picture, with drawing and advice, if patentable or not, by any charge. Oversee all patenting. A PAMPER. "How to Obtain Patents, cost of same in the U.S. and foreign countries, and free. Address: C.A.SNOW&CO. Our patent office, Washington, C. &. HE PLANET MONUMENT UNVEILING. In Honor of Col. Thos. W. Mitchell. We raise this monumental shaft Here on the shores of time, And on it write an epitaph, In classic prose or rhyme: To honor our heroic dead, Who chose a lot so wise, Whose spirit hence to God is fled, Whose dust thereunder lies. Brave soul was his whose honor we Uphold before the world, That all may read as here they see His character unfurled: How noble deeds live after death— How friendship love and truth RespiRE with immortal breath And ever blooming youth. How those who fall in duty's line, While sowing seeds of love, Do never die, but go to shine In higher walks above. For, though in the prime of life they fall, And we lament them sore, 'Tis only a chance of sphere, that's all They're alive as heretofore. Because he sought not Fame's fair face Fame blessed him triplefold, Because for glory he'd not race, His glory all behold: Because he loved his fellow man And sought not selfish ends, With pleasure, all his past life scan, Approved by foes and friends. A race of men as yet unborn Shall read upon that stone, How life cut down in brilliant morn, Inspite of all still shone— Because the deathless principle Of God was in it shed, And hence it could not die—was full Of life amongst the dead. And thus inspired they shall fight To uphold the truth divine, To establish right against all might, As light in darkness shine, That justice, mercy, love may reign In all the earth's wide space, That sin no longer mar and stain In realms marked out for grace. Thus, worthy acts of those who sleep In death's serene embrace, Shall live to sooth fond hearts that weep For dear ones gone apace. And those who bravely stand for right, Though dead live on for good, Their sun shines on and knows no night Like tide e'er at the flood. So, if this life whose record we Recite to-day with pride, Has nerved one soul to nobler be— With God and right to side— It will not have been lived for nonght, Nor yet have died in vain, A miracle it will have wrought, And more than life have gained. To All Whom It May Concern. For the past 30 days or more there have been false rumors circulating concerning a benevolent society known as the Rising Sons and Daughters of the Star of Ethelheem, No. 1. This Society has three subordinate lodges and the Motherhood department, the later which on or about the 2nd Sunday in June disbanded, by a vote of 20 to 1. This caused a greater of trouble in the Number 1 lodge as there was already dissatisfaction on account of a charge against one of its members, viz: Catherine Dickerson, who since that time has resigned office and membership. Therefore many of the members of No. 1 have left, and they together with a portion of those who once formed the Motherhood Department have formed a society known as the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, and this lodge desires this to be thoroughly understood by the public since some of the head officers of the No. 1 Lodge are going around spreading false rumors and abusing certain members of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty. They also are over-estimating the present worth of their lodge, and denying the fact that its members are still leaving. They also claim that the Motherhood Department has not disbanded which thing is false in the highest sense of the word of those few are still together who have not joined the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and still retaining the same name, we, the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, are prepared to prove that they are illegally existing. The main cause of the total disbandment of the Motherhood Department was because the majority wanted to be admitted into what is called the "Union" and the two officers referred to in the beginning made a general canvass and misled the weak-minded people, thus causing the present result. This is only an outline of the affair. Further details will be published and personal discourse will be used if necessary. Yours for the right. SONS & DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. Place of meeting 3019 P St., on each 1st and 3rd Night night of the month From Suffolk, Va. The 3rd Sunday in August will long be remembered by the good people of Suffolk, Va. It had been previously announced that Rev. Richard Wells, pastor emeritus of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Richmond and Rev. El TarlT of the Tabernacle Baptist Church would be present and preach on that day. The reputation of these two noted divines was sufficient to insure a crowd. Long before the services the people, irrespective of denomination or church affiliation were seen wending their way to the Pine Street Baptist Church of which Rev. M. B. Hucless is pastor. During the three services large and appreciative audiences listened to eloquent and profound sermons from these Richmond pastors. These services were made more interesting other than by just the great sermons, but the great Queen of Song, Madame Emily Price Tartt sang at each service to the great delight of all present which was evidenced by their return on Monday eve to her entertainment she gave for the benefit of the church. Too much praise cannot be paid Madame Tartt or the strong support she received from some of the best talent of Suffolk. This church is absolutely out of debt. Many improvements have been made since Rev. Huccle took charge. Out the constant growth of the congregation demanded other improvements for which purpose this grand rally was held. The pastor had asked for $150.00 on that day and before the services closed that night the people to the surprise of all present had given in cash $150.52. Too much credit and honor cannot be paid to the broad and liberal-hearted people of Suffolk. Whenever the call is made they are found obediently responding —Miss Lillie Belle Porter left the city Wednesday for Portsmouth, Va. She was accompanied by Miss Darnie Butler to be her guest until September 15th, 1901. From there she will go to Hampton and Old Point, Va. VIRGINIA. In the Circuit Court of Henrico Co., "In vacation", Aug. 23, 1901. In Chancery { Frank MARTIN, Plaintiff vs. MARINDA MARTIN, Df't. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonium by the plaintiff, Frank Martin, from his wife, Marinda Martin, defendant, on the grounds of desertion for a period of more than three years. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Marinda Martin, is a non resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she do appear here within fifteen days, after the due publication of this order, and do what is necessary to protect her interest herein. JOHN E. BROADDUS, Clerk. You are hereby notified that on the 15th day of October, 1901, at the Court house of Henrico County; Virginia, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m. and 5 o'clock p. m. of that day, I shall proceed to take the depositions of Wm. H. Lyons and others, to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Equity pending in the Circuit Court of Henrico County, Virginia, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendant. And if from any cause the taking thereof be not commenced with, or if commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of depositions will be continued from day to day and from time to time between the same hours, and at the same place until completed. FRANK MARTIN, By Counsel. GEO. W. THOMAS, p. q. TRIAL CLUB. NO.1. Social Outing For The People to Spots 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 seem special attention. We shall be pleased to meet the proper officers of any organization and make special arrangements 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, Sec'y. 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 Catawba, 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. Unvelling 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 25th 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 inclusive, with final limit to September 16th, 1901. By depositing such tickets with Joint Agent at Cleveland on or before 13 o'clock on September 15th, and after fifty (50) hours of deposit, an extension of final limit to October 8th may be granted. Miss Mamie S. Porter left the city Thursday to visit friends and relatives at Louisa C. H., Va. She is accompanied by Mrs. Murray and her daughter, Miss Bessie. While away they will be the guest of Rev. Thurston. From there they will go to West Virginia. THOMPSONS' DINING ROOM. 702 E. BROAD STREET Is the best and only Up-to-Date place in town to get your meals. All cars pass our doors. Open all night. Give us a call. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks, Housemaids and Waitresses for New York and other Northern cities. Wag- es from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Transport treatment furnished. Also 50 Farm hands for Maryland. R. W. ELSON, 417 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A Wonderful Face Bleach. AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to 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-LIP complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of the face brown, be brown person four or five shade lighter, and a multitone person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours shade or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin brown. Will maintain beautiful without continual use. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, plumps or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Small pox pits, tan, liver spots are removed with a gentle, colorful gel the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER. that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling out. Highly perfumed and with hair soft and easy to comb. Many of our customers prefer a worth ten dollar, yet we sell it for one dollar a box. THE NO-SMELL thrown in free. When someone sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O. D., it will come by express, 25c. extra. In any case, it is time that we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. CRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. ON AND September WE WILL Our New CORNER FOUSHEE MAYER & THE GREAT PROVIDER Center building and on ST. PAUL NORMAL AN ON AND AFTER September WE WILL OCCUPY New Store FOR FOUSHEE AND BROAD YER & PET GREAT PROVIDERS FOR THE Center building and one next to it, not yet erected. NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL ON AND AFTER September 1, WE WILL OCCUPY MAYER & PETTIT, THE GREAT PROVIDERS FOR THE HOME. THE FIRST FOUR BUILDINGS IN THE VIEW. THE FIRST IS A TOWERED MUSEUM, THE SECOND A MUSEUM, THE THIRD A MUSEUM, AND THE FOURTH A BUILDING. THE FIRST BUILDING IS A TOWERED MUSEUM, THE SECOND A MUSEUM, THE THIRD A MUSEUM, AND THE FOURTH A BUILDING. ST. PAUL NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, LAWRENCEVILLE, VIRGINIA. Admits both sexes of 12 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 JAMES S. RUSSELL, Principal. Lock Box 149, Lawrenceville, Va. in sexes of 12 years old and upwards. Has Primary Departments where young men and women are pre- full corps of competent Teachers and Instructors and Trade Departments. In the reach of the poorest. Students who are in other bills, amounting to $0.00 a session, are a some department of industry in the School. Deficits awarded all completing the required courseings lighted by Electricity. Location most heatest. For Catalogue and any additional information Admits both sexes of 12 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 DEALER IN THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND VIRGINIA $4.00 A YEAR. SINGLE COPY, focts. For Sale by all Newsdealers. SAMPLE COPY • FREE. Address NEW YORK CLIPPER, NEW YORK. 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 restore you to perfect health. Millions of people, the best and leading ones in the United States, will testify that I am the most wonderful healer of all complaints in the world. I use nothing but herbs, roots, barks, gums, balsams, leaves, seeds, berries, flowers and plants made into teas, for all complaints. I have cured thousands that the most skillful physicians and the best hospital physicians in America have given up to die and said there was no cure for them. I cure the following diseases: Heart Disease, Consumption, Blood, Kidney, Bladder, Stricture, Piles in any form, Vertigo, Quincy, Sore Throat, Lung, Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Rheumatism in any form, Pains and Aches of any kind, Colds, Bronchial Troubles, Sores, Skin Diseases, all itching sensations, all Female Complaints, La Grippe or Pneumonia; Ulcers, Carbuncles, Boils, Cancer, the worst forms without the use of knife or instruments; Eczema, Pimples on face and body, Diabetes of Kidneys or Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. 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. MEN! Are you tired of working, drudging, for other men? Do you ever feel any desire 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 dependant, write to me for information, and I'll call and explain. Address by postal, "Information," care of the PLANET D AFTER number 1, WILL OCCUPY New Store, THE AND BROAD STS. & PETTIT, ORDERS FOR THE HOME." one next to it, not yet erected. ND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL and upwards. Has Primary, Normal and long men and women are prepared for the Teachers and Instructors employed in a propost. Students who are not able to pay to $50.00 a session, are allowed to work industry in the School. Completion the required course. The ground policy. 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. 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 put 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. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDSOME GOLD-PLATED BREAST-PIN WITH YOUR PICTURE HANDSOMELY COLORED AND REPRODUCED THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. They can be worn by either male or female, being called either Button or Medallions. We have made special arrangements with one of the largest concerns in the country to furnish all new subscribers, who pay $1.50 cash in advance for the PLANET one of these handsome Medallion free of charge. 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RAPHAEL, 67 East 129th St., New York City. TRIAL BOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL FOR SALE BY ALLDRUGCISTS. Do not Delay. Write at once; addressing DR. TAFT BROS'. MEDICINE CO., 79 East 130th St., N. Y. City. Dr. Prince's New Discovery TRIAL BOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL FOR SALE BY ALLDRUGCISTS. Do not Delay. Write at once; addressing DR. TAFT BROS'. MEDICINE CO., 79 East 130th St., N. Y. City. Is guaranteed to cure Corns and Bunions of every description. $25.00 will be paid in any case where it fails to cure. We have hundreds of testimonials which attest the value of this Never-Failing Remedy. Price, 50 cents. Agents wanted in every city and town on big commission. Address all orders to JEFFERSON ART GALLERY, 523 E. Broad St. 'PHONE, 577 Actual Size. CHAINED FOR TEN YEARS MAY FLUER ASTHMA EVERY BRINGS RELIEF. DR. TAFT BROS'. MEDICINE CO Dr. Prince's New Discovery DR. PRINCE, P. O. Box 22, Station A, Richmond, Va. Russell's Nerve And Bloop Cure. 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