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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL.XIX NO.7 THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MADE A SCENE IN THE EDIFICE. A DISGRACEFUL INTER- RUPTION. DEACONS ELECTED. Good Selections—Sad Times in the Barn-yard. PASTOR JOHNSON RULED. There were mournful times among the rams last Sunday morning when the congregation of the First Baptist Church proceeded to elect deacons to fill the seven vacancies then existing. All seemed to be able to control their feelings except Brother Thomas H. Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockets. WANTED THEM TO REMAIN. After the regular services, the congregation was requested to remain for the purpose of electing deacons. But few seemed to have accepted the invitation. Two-thirds of those present were females and the highest vote cast was 155. Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., called the meeting to order. Owing to the continued indisposition of Clerk B. P. Vandervall, brother Thomas H. Wyatt discharged his duties. OBJECTED TO THE BALLOT. Brother Thomas H. Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rocketts, arose and objected to the use of the printed ballot. He thought the old-way of writing the names of the persons on strips of paper was good enough for him and the church. Chairman Johnson ruled that nothing was in order, but to take the vote. But the speaker would not yield up the floor, claiming that the church had the privilege and the right to change the present system. WANTED HIM TO SIT DOWN. Then came cries of, "Sit down!" Some one moved that the chair be sustained, but it was not stated, because brother Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockettts, seeing that the sentiment was so overwhelming against him reluctantly resumed his seat. There sat brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting; brother "Shad-belly" Oarter, who many months ago wore those big-leag white breeches and shad-belly coat, and brother "I move that she be silenced" William Henry Davis, now known as "The Turk," the seat of whose breeches should be at the bend in the knee; but of the brother, who not only was turned upside down by Pecker Johnson, but practically he was stuck into a mudhole, head first, while his feet virtually played a cake-walk in the sacred air. DEACONS ELECTED He was hot in the collar, but he grunted and said nothing. The following were declared elected: James Burton, John Bolling, Daniel Holman, James H. Harper, William Van Jackson, William R. Minor and Peter Riley. When this announcement was made there were sad times at the headquarters of the fuss-makers. NO FLAG HOISTED. They didn't haul the flag up to half-mast or tie creep on the door-knob or carry brother John J. Spottswood out on a shutter, but they just looked as though they all said, "Dar now!" Brother Spottswood was brother "Shad-belly" Henry G. Carter's baby. When off duty, you'd hardly see one without the other. Of all the names presented, he was the only simon-pure, unmutated ram in the whole list of monkeys, a board-on-board, and once more the mournful possession filed up, "Gospel Hill" on the way to headquarters to tell how it was done. THE BROTHER DISGUSTED. Of course, Brother Thomas H. Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamerville to Rockettts, thought that the others should have come to his support. He was naturally disgusted to be shown to the public as having no following and with nobody to follow his leadership but himself. - GOGD SELECTIONS. The deacons selected are men of character, and will no doubt do much towards correcting the scandalous conditions now prevailing in the First Baptist Church. Whether it can be accomplished in one, two or three months, or a year remains to be seen. THE KICKERS NOT RECOGNIZED. However, there is scarce a member of the church, but what admits that grievous mistakes were made by that irresponsible crew and hope for the time when conservatism will be permanently triumphant and all blunders rectified. As far as it is observable, not a single member, actively engaged in the outrageous happenings at the First Baptist Church, has been elected to the deacon board. A Noble President Remembered by Her Followers. On Monday night, January 30th, 1902, the parlor of Mrs. Eliza Dudley was brilliantly lighted up. This was not an occasion of a matrimonial ceremony, but it was the members of the Rising Sons and Daughters of the Star of Bethlehem, of which ledge Mrs. Eliza Dudley is president. Their coming was indeed as unexpected to her as snow is to the people in the month of August. They came, bringing many things to her as a token and congratulation of her noble leadership. They declared that she had been to them as Moses was to Israel. Her kindness, faithfulness and tender spirit will forever live in the hearts of her members. A handsome present was presented by them through Mr. E. G. Fitzgerald, the Head Staff of the order. His remarks were indeed excellent and encouraging to those present. Brother William Shelton also made an excellent speech. This occasion was indeed an awakening of the history of this order, for since December 6th, 1896, when the organization was first set upon the sea of time, it has done a noble work. It has organized 4 subordinate lodges, all of which are in a prosperous condition. It is also chartered under the laws of the state of Virginia. The names of those present were: William Shelton, Mary E. Robinson, Elia Ivison, Sarah Kain, Nannie Levi, Bettie Brown, Rosa Morris, Lizzie Reynolds, Martha Smith, Ela Smith, Alberta Brown, Susie J. Braxton, Sallie Fitzgerald, Lelia C. Burrell, Etta Robinson, Addie Johnson, Emma Scott, Mary Eliza Robinson, Caroline Reynolds, Andrew Stanford, James Hallomond, Lacy Brown, Kasiah Shelton and E. G. Fitzgerald. On account of business of importance, those who were not present sent to the president many loving words and said that they are coming soon. President responds, "I am indeed more than lifted up by your presence here to-night. I did not think my leadership during the past five years was so much appreciated by you. With eyes filled with tears and a heart overflowing with joy I extend to you my deepest thankfulness, only hoping that I may be allowed to lead you on to greater victory than these which you now claim to have already accomplished. Your kindness will forever be stamped in my memory and shall be continually spread throughout the history of my life." By order of Rising Sons and Daughters of Star of Bethlehem. ELIZA DUDLEY, President; ED. FITZOERALD, F. S. W. L. RANSOM, W. S. $150. Paid. NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 20, 1902. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Va., One Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($150.00) in payment of the death claim of Sir Frank Haywood, who was a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 3, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. Signed: A. J. FAULT, Administrator. MISS LEE'S DENIAL. Didn't Like the Advertisement—Received Many Proposals—An Embarrassing Situation. PITTUSHG, PA., Jan. 21. '02. The Richmond PLANET, Dear Sir:— In December you published an article headed "A Husband Wanted," signed Maggie Lee. I did not authorize you to print such an article, nor the party who sent it to you, to do so. He says it was a joke. It is no joke for me, as it has caused me great annoyance. I hear it wherever I go and have received dozens of letters from as many states. * * * Yesterday I received a copy of the PLANET of January 18, 1909 with a "HusbandNot Wanted," signed Maggie Lee. I knew nothing of this article until reading it in your paper. The one who signed that committed a forgery. The articles were not true. I do not want a denial such as was published in the PLANET of Jan. 18th. I know no reporter, nor have I been in conversation with one. * * * Southern Literature. The following is a list of attractive publications issued by the Passenger Department, Southern Railway: "Winter Homes in Summer Lands," "Hunting and Fishing in the South," "Land of the Sky," "Charleston and her Exposition," "The Beautiful Sapphire Country," "Illustrated Folder—Cuba, Nassan, and Porta Rica." Copies may be had upon application to ticket agents. C. W. WESTBURY. LONG LIVE DR. BINGA! Stands Up for His People—The People Applaud Him. On last Sunday night a new pastor was installed at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church. Dr. Lewis, of whom I had heard a great deal in days gone by and here of late, preached the sermon, and so having only a few days away in Richmond before returning north, I thought I would avail myself of the opportunity of hearing the distinguished prelate. What might have been a good sermon was spoiled by the Reverend gentleman's attack upon other preachers for endeavoring to be helpful to their race along business lines, and I am sorry to say that I returned to the city of New York sadly disappointed. Just think of it, the Reverend gentleman condemned preachers for having any thing to do with merchandise, banking, insurance business or any thing of the kind. NOT MUCH ENCOURAGEMENT. Since we cannot get much encouragement from the leaders of the white race, is there not to be found help in those whose salaries we labor and work hard to pay as pastors? But while I was cast down, the great Dr. Binga of Manchester came to my rescue. In giving the charge, he took issue with Dr. Lewis, declaring that the minister of the gospeps among our people had a two-fold duty to help the people he homes, get something in this life in ours, that might be more useful as citizen. He declared that it was no harm to be wealthy, because if we have wealth we could do more to help others. WARNED THE NEW PASTOR. He warned the new pastor to be honest and upright, not to wear a long face in the day and a short face at night, and when he made his rounds in visiting his members, not to stay too long in one place. I don't know what was the matter with the people, but I do know that they went wild over Dr. Binga's remarks. I was surprised when Dr. Lewis was condemning the insurance men to hear one cry out in the audience, "Brother Lewis, you use to be in one." But the doctor insured saying, "I used to, but I made my罢eose." And then somebody showed me a copy of the Virginia Baptist in which I found Dr. Lewis' name as vice-president of an insurance company. DRAWS DIVIDENDS He has stock in it and draws dividends like the other stockholders. I do not condemn him for that, I congratulate him, but I do complain because of his attack upon others for doing the same thing that he is doing. By inquiry, I found out that Dr. Graham is president of an insurance company, director of a banking institution; that Rev. R. J. Bass is president of an insurance company; that Rev. Archer Ferguson is a director of the Nickel Savings Bank; that Rev. Binga is president of an insurance company, and that Rev. W. L. Taylor is president of the True Reformers' Bank and all the business of that concern. All of these preachers are pastors. Are they an injury to their race? I think not. Preachers the gospel, help your down-trodden race, open up banks, insurance companies, and any other business that will lift us up from the dust and ashes of humiliation. I am respectfully yours, HAPPY HOOLIGAN. National Baptist S. S. Union of Richmond and Velocity. Last Sunday at the Fifth St. Baptist Church at 3.30 p.m., a most interesting Sunday School Mass Meeting was held. Quite a large gathering of Sunday School workers was present, and they enjoyed a very excellent program. Singing Scripture Reading - Rev. M. H. Payne Prayer - Rev. A. B. Smith Song Address - Mrs. Lucy Coles Recitation - Annie Payne Recitation - Rosa Johnson Recitation - Wesley Graves Solo - Miss Belle Fitzhugh Recitation - Eva Lee Graham Recitation - Estelle Christian Essay - Miss Esterene White Trio Misses Martha Taylor, Pearl Christian, C. C. Williams Recitation - Regina Jonathan Address - Supt. Richard Beverly Remarks - Revs. M. H. Payne, A. B. Smith, Potter, Hawkins, Peyton and others. Benediction - Rev. Watkins, So impressed were the Sunday School workers of this great gathering that at once a Sunday School Union was organized under the name of the National Baptist Sunday School Union of Richmond and vicinity with the following officers: President, B. H. Peyton; First Vice- President, Miss Sarah Carter; Second Vice-President, Mr. James Potter, Third Vice-President, Mr. R. H. Singleton, Recording Secretary, Mr. A. W. Dandridge, Assistant Secretary, Mr. W. M. Carter, Corresponding Secretary, Miss Emma Williams; Treasurer, Rev. A. B. Smith; Chaplain, Rev. M. H. Payne Chorister, C. C. Williams; Organist, Mr. Richard Beverly; Assistant Organist, Mr. R. H. Fauntieroy; Sunday School Inspectrix, Mrs. Lucy Coles. The installation of officers will take place on the third Sunday in February, 3:30 p. m. at the Fifth Street Baptist Church conducted by Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. The public at large is invited. It is rumored upon pretty certain authority that the friends of the National Baptist Convention including all of the Northern, Eastern, and Middle Atlantic Carolina will far down as the North Carolina will grow with the National Baptist Publishing House to establish its first great Branch house in the city of Richmond under the management wise and efficient lead-ship. When it shall have been established, it will be a Branch house such as the American Baptist Publication Society for its white constituency and not a supply office. This will make glad the hearts of the This will make glad the hearts of the earnest Baptist workers of this State. Pythian Notes. The regular meeting of Planet Lodge, No. 23, K. of P., was held on Monday night, Jan. 20, 1903. The attendance was very good. Grand Deputy Captain Willis Wyatt, assisted by Grand Attendant, S. S. Baker, installed the following officers: B. H. Peyton, M. of W.; Rev. D. W. Davis, C. C.; Robert S. Forrester, V. C.; W. Henry Jones, Piate; Captain T. M. Crump, M. of F.; W. A. Kyles, K. of R. & S.; J. L. Burrell, M. of E.; C. C. Williams, I. G.; Robert Primmer, O. G.; Grand Representatives, B. H. Peyton, Edward Turner. The following brothren were shown the mysteries of Pythianism. Rev. M. H. Payne, Deacon Jas H. D. Wingfield, Percy Sears, Whit Mosby, Jno. Walker, Chas. Young, and still there are many others. The Planet Lodge is endeavoring to carry the banner of Pythianism higher and higher. Installation Services at the Sixth Mt. Zion Church on Last Sunday The installation services at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church on last Sunday were well attended. Rev. R. Graham of Manchester preached an inspiring serion in the morning, and those who were fortunate enough to be present in the afternoon will long remember the serion, preached by Rev. W. T. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, as one of the ablest sermons heard in our city. Though the church was packed to the doors, and standing room was at a premium, almost perfect order was maintained throughout the entire service, and every one seemed benefited. The installation serion was to be preached at night by Rev. Z. D. Lewis, who filled the pulpit. The charge to the church, Jr. Owen delivered by Rev. A. Binga, Jr. Owen, in Manchester, Va., fell like oil nup on troubled waters. It was masterly, well timed and intimate to the occasion. Every sentence seemed backed by a force of character elevating in the extreme, and for a space the congregation was lifted to the highest plane of Christianity. The scene was very touching. Rev. R. V. Peyton, the installed pastor, stood facing Rev. Binga receiving the charge. Rev. Peyton is all that he represents, and a man of God, and his people have the greatest confidence in his ability as a pastor. They feel that they have the right man, and spare no pains to show their love and appreciation of him. The officers of the church deserve credit, yes much credit, in the arrangement of their programme. Now brethren, our duty is plain, let us pray, for some of these God-called men, whose ability to twist God into so many shapes, as to put him entirely to the pale of harmony with the Holy Spirit seem to be their greatest power, whose ideal work is to slander and be slandered. So we simple-minded Christians pray that our church may not be desecrated and our people may prize fighting rings to get off personalities. This produces an influence demoralizing, and should not be tolerated by praying Christians and working Christians. The parent who loves his children will work for them, give them advantages and show them the way in life, and that means something more than talk. This is true of a leader; if he loves his people he will find expression in actions, not altogether in air. Yes, Moses loved the children of Israel and we are taught he was no orator. Love is measured by results. We admire the man who stands for something elevating, we love the man who does something worthy, we praise the man whose character speaks loudest and best. And the time is past, far past, when jaw and jaw alone can win the first place in the affections of a toiling and down-trodden people. Brethren, let us pray for such men, jaw men, else we will be called on to serve God as diabolical in spirit as an African-god is in form. They give out an impression of many gods and set us to wondering which particular god called them, and as ore brother puts it, there must be somewhere a god of mud. WANTED. Experienced Shoe-maker. Apply to BAROFF'S. 515-Louisiana St., Fulton. (Washington, D. C. Record, Jan. 17th 1902.) JUDGE LYNCH DISCUSSED. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., OF VIRGINIA DISCUSSES THE LYNCH PROBLEM AT BETHEL. THE KEYNOTE TO PROSPERITY Tells How the Negro in Richmond Has Made Such Vast Strides, and Says The Whole Race Must do the Same. The Bethel Literary was crowded to the doors last Tuesday night to hear John Mitchell, Jr., the fearless editor of the Richmond PLANET, on "Judge Lynch and his victims." The address was admirable indeed. The big audience applauded the speech vigorously at every stage, and there was not a time when he was not lost in his subject. Mrs. McAdoo recited two selections very acceptably. (Then followed the speech in full.) (Washington, D. C., Colored American, January 18th, 1903.) JOHN MITCHELL, JR. AT BETHEL The Doughty Editor of the Richmond Planet Discourses Eloquently Upon Judge Lynch and His Victims. Before an Overflowing and Appreciative Audience—Coming Attractions- John Mitchell, Jr., Esq., Editor of the "Richmond PLANET," held forth on last Tuesday before the famous Bethel Literary Society at Lincoln Memorial Temple in a masterly and eloquent address on "Judge Lynch and His Victims." It was manifest from the very beginning of his remarks that Mr. Mitchell had the earnest and sympathetic attention of an audience, which more than filled the church, not only because the subject was of such moment, but because they knew that the speaker had come from the hot-bed of oppression and prejudice, and yet had stood it for years in fearless defense of the right. His remarks were both illustrating and drawing from a varied experience. Statistics were furnished as material and intellectual progress of the Nebraska in the South, the same being considered the cause of race animosity. Personal bravery, the part of Negroes, wronged or attacked, and race unity were urged as being essential to respect and success. A bright and entertaining discussion was participated in by Messra Lewis H. Douglass, Jno. W. Cromwell, L. M. Hershaw, R. S. Smith, and M. J. Gordon. Mrs. Julia Wormley McAdoo recited selections from Eugene Field in such a brilliant manner as to receive voiferous applause. Mr. Wm. H. Joiner, 1st Vice-Pres., presided in the absence of Mr. F. L. Caroza, Jr., President, who is detained at home because of illness in his family. A Surprise Party. On Friday night, Jan. 10th, 1902 Miss S. Ella Johnson, 515 Harrison St., was much surprized by a party of girls and boys led by Mia Eliza Brown. Those who came were Misses Bettie Archer, Hattie Jackson, Hennie Mende, Carrie Dabney, Lavinia Johnson, and Messrs Julian Carrington, Willie Smiths, Ira Smithers, James Archer, Early Harris, Clarence Walker, Robert Johnson and William Brumskill. They all had a nice time and retired with a standing invitation to come again. Sympathy Extended. Our friend and co-worker, Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, having met a severe affliction in the loss of his devoted mother, we, the members of the Baptist Ministers' and Deacons' Conference feel called upon to express to him our sympathy with him in this the hour of his deep sorrow. The consolation that he has so often given to others now comes to his own heart. Our Father, whose chastenings are meant in mercy, has seen fit to afflict him, but out of the darkness there shines the blessed ray of the hope of reunion beyond the smiling and the weeping. May the God of all grace comfort and strengthen him and enable him to seek not unto the darkened grave, but in the fields beyond and realize that his dear mother "is not lost, but gone before." Mrs. Chiles Ill. Mrs. Martha Chiles, mother of Colonel John R. and Miss Marietta L. Chiles was stricken with paralysis on Sunday evening last at her residence, 114 West Leigh St. She has been unconscious ever since. Her daughters, Maggie, now Mrs. Geo. Gibson of Tuskegee, Ala.; Julia, now Mrs. Jeter of Newport News, Va., and her son James Alexander Chiles of Lexington, Ky, and C.; Richard Chiles, of Washington, D.C. has tasted to her bed-side. From the inner chambers of the farthest east, Where mystery dwells and fates and fairies feast— Where wisdom first came forth upon the earth And blessed the nations which had thereof their birth— Where poey scared to sublimest heights And arts and science in their arching flights Did charm the world to that intense degree, That seemingly such ne'er again shall be.— Dawn sallies forth arrayed in white and gold, With gentle step and grace but nothing bld.ld; So sweet her face that all before her bows, And earth delights to make and pay her vows. As she advances, darkness flees away, For night cannot withstand her gentle away; The stars grow pale and gently disappear Declaring that approaching day is near. Her robes of gold and white now turn to red And purple through which golden rays are shed. All radiant while sweet smiles enwreath her face And she stands forth the very soul of grace! Her gentle reign is of the briefest scope, Her form is comely, sweet, inspiring hope. We hail her coming, hail her going away, Because her going brings the perfect day. O. M. STEWARD. PETERS—After an illness of two weeks and three days, Mr. Moses Peters fell asleep January 16th, 1902, at 5:30 a.m. His funeral was preached from his residence, No. 504 Webster St., Saturday at eleven o'clock a. m. Rev. W. H, Stokes, B. D., officiated. He leaves a wife, three sons, Mr. James H. William, and Charles Peters, also one daughter, Miss Lucy A. Peters and three sisters, each of five grandchildren and a host of friends who mourn their loss. We hope our loss never goes away. HUTCHINSON—Mr. Wash Hutchinson departed this life January 13, 1902, at 4:30 p.m. in his residence, 623 Kenny Street in the 56th year of his age, in the full triumph of faith. He had been in ill health for 15 weeks with a complication of diseases of which he had been a great sufferer, but he bore his afflictions with Christian fortitude and patience. He is survived by his wife and daughter and seven grandchildren to mourn their loss, but we trust our loss is his eternal gain. He had been a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church for 34 years, from which his funeral was preached by Rev. H. Stokes. He was a member of Cunningham Council, I. O. St. Luke, also a member of the young men's Mechanical Star Club No. 1. He was laid to rest in Evanston Cemetery. Mr. A. D. M. office officiated. The floral designs were beautifully and tastefully furnished by Mr. F. E. Harris. The pall-bearers were as follows: Honorary, Messrs J. J. Carter, J. H Stokes, George Jackson. Active: Mature, M. Booker, O. H. Matthew, Christopher Baker, James Baker, Abraham Smith, Bonnie Booker, William Allen, John Polke. A Funeral Director Gone. The funeral of Cornelius J., son of the late Henry and Lavinia Cooke, who departed this life Thursday, Jan. 16th, 1902, at 4:20 p. m., in the 27th year of his age, took place from the First Baptist Church, Sunday January 19th, at 11 o'clock a. m. He leaves to mourn their loss four brothers and four sisters. Messrs John O., Jacob A., and Christopher C. Cooke of this city and W. S. Cooke of Newport News, Va. Mrs. Mildred C. Jones, Misses Mattie E., Carrie I., and Lavinia Cooke. The funeral was largely attended, and was conducted by Revs. W. T. Johnson and S. C. Burrell. Mrs. Dickinson Wins Her Suit The divorce proceedings of Jno. H. Dickinson against his wife, which has been so vigorously fought in the Law & Equity Court of this city for the last five months, were decided on Dec. 30, in favor or Mrs. Dickinson. Owing to the popularity of Mrs. Dickinson, especially on Church Hill, where she resides, this case has been the subject of much comment, and since its dismissal she has been the recipient of many congratulations. Mr. Dickinson was represented after H. Dickinson was made the interest of Mrs. Dickinson was endured for by Mr. A. L. Toliver, who conducted his side of the case with much skill and ability. ```markdown ``` The Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church and the Ebenezer Baptist Church profited by the experience of the First Baptist Church. The better elements retained control and Rev. R. V. Peyton and Rev. W. H. Stokes were called without a hitch. It is evident that unlike the First Baptist Church, in both of these cases "God called the pastor." FIRST HONOR'PUPILS. MOORE SCHOOL. Week Ending January 17th, 1903. 6th Grammar—Lucy Daniel. 5th Grammar—Nelson Washington, Lena Booker, Lilia Mines, Annie' Williams, Esther Willis, Netta Woolridge. 4th Grammar—Walter Johnson, Alice Lewis. 3rd Grammar—Robert Coles, Elsie Carter, Ollie Frayser. 1st Grammar—Miss Eva E. Christian, teacher: Lena Holmes, Julia Parker, Lillian Fleet, Celia Minor. 8th Primary—Lula Gray, Sallie Reader, eva Sledd, Katie Cox. 7th Primary—Geneva Trent, Rhoda Neal, Lindsey Glasgow, Estelle Themes, Amanda Sayles, Sallie Cowan, Earnest Morris, Albert Martin, Harriet Booker, Ethel Shelton, Arkey Wint field. 5th Primary—Ida Collins, Mario Cousins, Lillian Jackson, Rosa Jackson, Daisy O'neal, Nettie Trent, Mattie Walter, Ernest Branch. 3rd Primary—Virgie Smith, Ida Booker. 3rd Primary—Mary Gray, Bettie Mayo, Lilla G. Cuvillay, Serlestine Bolling, Harvey Page, Leroy Johnson. 2nd Primary—Clarence Parsons, Joseph Shelton, George Brown, Clarence Booker, Moselle Lawson, Louise Morton, Eulalia White. 2nd Primary—Sam Mayo, Fred. Reid, Willie Smith, Isaac Randolph, Mary Coles, Rosa Thomas, Syra Wyatt, Louise Johnson, Maggie West, Estello Shores, Helen Mosby. 1st Primary—Willie Jackson, Paul Carter, Abraham Smith, Grace Branch, Rebecca Johnson, Creola Carter, Will Ellett. 1st Primary—Wavaly Jackson, Eddie Randolph, James Sidney, James Thomas, Bruce Wray, Queen Brown, Addie Glover, Alice Green, Lacy Hilton, Mary Hudson, Lillie Walker, Clara Edwards. NAVY HILL SCHOOL --- Week Ending January 17, 1902. 6th Grammar—Mr. A. V. Norrell teacher: Royal Bouldin, Martha Heu- derson, Rosa James. 5th Grammar—Miss R. B. Brooks, teacher; Fannie Cowan. 4th Grammar—Miss Lena V. Isham, teacher: Maggie Grinnan, Cornelia Murray, Coralasee Norrell. 2nd Grammar—Miss C. L. Brown, teacher: Mamie Campbell, Maria Willi- ams. 1st Grammar—Edward Broady, Mil- dred Johnson, Louise Robinson, Julia Grey. 8th Primary—Miss M. L. Jasper, teacher: James Ware, Nora Allen. 7th Primary, 50—Miss Virginia B. Harper, teacher: Martha Williams, Leanna Davenport, Mary Brown, Mel- vin Logan. 6th Primary — William Frazier, Walter Gee, David Mantley, Ralph Primus, Robert Woodson, John Young, Louis Crump, Carrie Anderson, Rebecca Carr, Eva Payne. 5th Primary, 11—Miss E. Madeline White, teacher: Mary Richardson, Pearle Banks, Mattie Norrell, Annie Brown, Albert Norrell, Rosa Page, Virginia Booker, George Burrell, John Freeland, Kate Stephens, Dora Watson, Lottie Washington. 4th Primary, 1—Miss M. E. Morris, teacher: Lena Ellis, Loretta Hopkins. 4th Primary, 55—Miss S. E. Brown, teacher: Eddie Mitchell, Pleasant Thomas, Lucy Branch, Mary Cabell. 3rd Primary, 56—Miss S. E. Brown, teacher: Sherman Brown, Andrew Brown, Willie Milton, Arthur Weaver, Marie Bolling, Florence Bryant, Irene Gregory, Captola Logan, Rosalie Primus, Adell Richardson, Eliza Gaitor. 2nd Primary—Miss M. C. Trice, teacher; John Johnson, Frank Mason, Iana Hudson, Nita Hope, Minnie Smith, Julia Kinney, Beatrice Edmonds, Martha Jonathan, Elizabeth Dudley, Inez Stetley, Edward Stetley. 3rd Primary—Miss M. C. Trice, teacher; Pierce V. Glenn, Leroy Agland, Eugene George, Leroy West, Sterling Vaughan, Rosa Reese, Millie Granderson, Rebecca Stith, Emma Randolph, Alberta Caesar, Estelle Pleasant, Lottie Pratt. 1st Primary, 1—Miss Julia I. Stephens, teacher; Irvin Adams, Clarence Friend, Wesley Graves, Samuel Morgan, Cornelius Minor, James Wells, Mamie Bentley, Florence Hunt, Jennie Jones, Mary Terry, Ruth Loundes, Williana Lewis, Irene Minor, Ivey Morton, Alice Myers, Fannie Nightingale, Bessie Randolph, Pearl Stovall, Julia Taylor, Mary Trinton. ist Primary, 11—Miss Julia I Stephens, teacher: 'Ruby Banks, James Burton, Haywood Cabell, Samuel Grandi son, Willie Harris, Eddie Jones, Matti Grammar, Martha Griffin, Ethel Howell, blanche Hurte, Mattie Scott, Julia Staton, Lena Stith, Era Talley, Marion Payne. (CONTINUED ON 8TH PAGE.) Hymn to the Holy Spirit. Music by ROLAND ROGERS 1. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls in spire, And light en with care 2. En a ble with pet, pet, pet, light The dul nosed of our 3. Teach us to know the Fa cher, Son, And Thoe of both, to les tial fire, Thou.... tha a noat ing, Spirit art, Who blinded sight, A point and cheer our soul ed face With be but One, That through the a ges all a long... dost Thy seven fold gifts in part, Thy bless ed une tion the a but dance of Thy grace Keep far our foes, give This may be our en leen song..... Praise to Thy a from a bove Is comfort, life, and fire of love, peace at home, Where Thou art Guide no ill call count. ter nal mer it- Fa cher, Son, and Holy Spir it A mom. RELIGIOUS MATTERS It Is Well to Forget Our Cares and Burdens and Remember Only Our Blessings. We know that into many individual lives has come darkness and the bitterness and sorrow that is unspeakable. Our hearts go out to them in the fullest of Christian love and sympathy. But is there not even still some room left for thankfulness? Is there not yet much of blessedness left to you, for the loss of which you would most bitterly mourn if suddenly bereft? Turn aside for a little while and trust this heart burden to the Lord, and let him carry it for you, and think of the better and brighter things that are a part of your lives. "Give thanks for sun and dew and love and flowers. For dawn and eve, for life and labor's quest; Thanks for our meed of youth, for rapturous hours. For folded hands, and, best of all, for rest." A good man will be truly thankful under all circumstances, however diverse they may be. When things go well with him he praises the mercy of God, and his heart is filled with gratitude. If ill comes upon him he magnifies the justice of God. He is alike thankful under all conditions, for he knows that God is good and means only good to him. And his thankfulness, under all circumstances, is full of good cheer and strengthening courage. We can always find abundant cause for thanksgiving if we so desire, just as some find it easy to murmur and complain if the smallest speck of cloud appears in their great heaven of blue. If we should thank God for all His goodness to us our whole lives would be spent in thanksgiving, for every moment brings to us some blessing for which we should be thankful. Our faces and our hearts ought at least to reflect back the sunshine of Heaven, which should not be allowed to pass without some token of recognition and acknowledgment of gratitude. We know how we feel the ingratitude of others toward ourselves, and the sin is magnified ten thousand-fold when perpetrated against the Almighty hand which dispenses only blessings upon us. It is well, then, that we sometimes turn away from ourselves, forgetting, if but for a day, our cares and sorrows and burdens, and dwell with grateful remembrance upon those blessings which we do have. If the cup of worm-wood and gall be pressed to our lips, however bitter it may be, we shall still find in it some drops of sweetness and consolation. It is a cup from the Father's hand, and meant for our good. We may not see it now, but goodness prompts His every act, and hereafter His infinite wisdom, which our finite reason cannot fathom, will be all clear to us. For even these things, "be ye thankful." Take them with thanksgiving, and with a trusting heart look up into your Father's face, and take heart of courage for the future. So shall you be strong, and no tempests or stormy winds shall work you any harm—Christian Work. Faith Gives Stability The firmest thing in this inferior world is a believing soul. Faith establishes the heart on Jesus Christ, and hope lifts it up, being on that Rock, over the heads of all intervening dangers, crosses and temptations, and sees the glory and happiness that follow after them.—Robert Leighton. Security. We are truly secure only when our eye is on Jesus and our hand locked in His hand.—Robert Murray McCheyne. Hymn to the 1. Come, Holy Ghost, our soul 2. En a ble with per pet 3. Teach us to know the Fe - les tial nre, Thou.... th' blinded sight, A - noint and be but One, That through the doest Thy aven-fold gifts im the a - best dance of Thy This may be out ene - lem from a - bove Is com - fort, h peace at home, Where Thou art G ter - nal mer - it - Fa - ther, S In a Bad Way "You'll have to excuse my dolly," said the little four-year-old, with great dignity. "She's indisposed." "What is the matter with her, Kitty?" asked the visitor, with a show of friendly interest and sympathy. "She's lost all the sawdust out of her stomach," replied Kitty, "part of her left leg's gone, she's got nervous prostration and can't wink her eyes."—Chicago Tribune. PUBLIC THANKSGIVING. Some of the Reasons Why Our Great National Festival Should Be Perpetuated. We have heard the question asked why it is worth while to hold public Thanksgiving services. God can see our hearts, it is said, and knows that we are grateful. Why assemble ourselves together to utter our gratitude? Why, it may be replied, hold public meetings for any purpose? Why gather for worship? Why meet in public halls to listen to political addresses? We assemble ourselves together, and rightly, because there is a positive and great benefit in so doing. From the point of view of the individual, public thanksgiving is more impressive and helpful than private. New reasons for gratitude are suggested and those already familiar take on an added importance. The very sight of other men and women similarly drawn together reminds one by suggested comparison and contrast of the profound reasons for thanking God which exist in one's own history. A new tenderness of spirit, a keener sense of the divine oversight and love, and a new sympathy for others fill the heart. From the point of view of the community, too, public thanksgiving is important. We are not merely individuals but individuals in society. We need, depend upon and enjoy one another. In many ways our common life is as real and significant to us as our private life. We experience perils and benefits as communities. We ned and receive the Divine guidance as citizens not less truly than as individuals. The propriety and obligation of public thanksgiving are felt more widely than they are confessed Were gratitude to God expressed only private its expression often would be neglected and, however sincere, never, when put into words would have for anyone the same weight and value which that has which takes form in the assembling and uttering thanksgiving in public It was a true instinct which prompted our colonial ancestors to maintain the ancient custom of public thanksgiving ordained of God among the Israelites and maintained with considerable fidelity down through the centuries. It would be a sad day for our land if the old custom were to be abandoned. The self-centered life may fail to feel gratitude to God and express it, but the sympathetic life, the largest, noblest, most Christlike life needs and eagerly welcomes the opportunity to praise the Almighty publicly and in union with others for all His goodness.—Boston Congregationalist. THE GIST OF THE MATTER. The life of Christianity is in the death of Christ. The heavenly vision does not come to the slumbering church. The brightest truths are often dug out of the darkest doubts. There can be no music in life where there are no silences. God sends no storms without His rainbow arching somewhere. Truth is in danger of becoming false when it becomes fossilized. No government can make a people free when their hearts are enslaved. There is no man so poor as to be without the influence of his example. The family altar is the heart of the home and determines its health. The feet of the kicking church member are not shod with the gospel of peace. Natural law without God behind it is no more than a glove without a hand in it.—Ram's Horn. Survival of the Fittest. The least twig growing in Christ shall stand it out and subsist when the tallest cedars growing on their own root shall be laid flat on the ground.—Thomas Boston. The Holy Spirit. Music by ROLAND ROGERS. inspire. And light en with care ual light. The dul need of our ther. Soo. And The of both. a notating. Spirit art. Who cheer our all ed face. With be a ges all a long. part. Thy bless ed une ties grace. Keep far our foe, give a song. Praise to Thy a life, and Bro of love. Guide no ill can count. Son, and Hope. Spirit it. A man. The Quiver. Matinee Seasons. Laura—I'm going to ask that girl in front of us to take off her hat. Clara—Oh, wait until the second act; I want to see just how it is trimmed.—Detroit Free Press. Sensible Thing to Do. "When your teacher wants to get a train of thought, into your mind, what does she do, Willie?" "Why, sometimes she tries to switch it in."—Yonkers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA:—In the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, November 13th, 1901. Matthew Howell, Plaintiff vs. In Equity, Anna Howell, Defendant The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii for the plaintiff from the defendant and an affidavit having been made and filed that diligence has been used on behalf of the plaintiff to ascertain in what county or corporation the defendant is without effect it is ordered that she do appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this notice and do what may be necessary to protect her interest in this suit. R. W. Ivey, p. q. To Annie Howell: Take notice that I shall, on the 17th day of January, 1902, at the office of E. M. Roscher, corner Prentiss and Clay streets, Richmond, Va., between the hours of 9 a. m. and 9 p. m., on that day proceed to take the depositions of J. W. 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THE fair and election were bad as notified to Oakfell by Father Grhe. It was a notable occasion. The quaint little hamlet of Mangrove whose residents were all French and whose verandaed dwellings and shops fronted its single street, broad and umbrageous, in two ranks of unequivocal yellow, was throughout the day denied its accustomed sleep by noise of buggy teams and saddle horses hitched to its trees and the chatter and laughter of women, young and old, pretty and otherwise, who vended gumbo, roast fowl, coffee, cake and claret punch at famine prices to the men boisterously patronizing their tables. The concourse was distinctively French. No English word was heard in the greetings, jests and chatterings. The pale puns of the Holy Family convents at Marksville and Mansura chaperoned cooves of shy girl pupils and stood between them and the bold glances of dark eyed youths, and the priests of Moreauville, Choupique and Marksville lent the influence of their presence to the interests of their good brother of Mansura. The four reverent gentlemen, smoking cigars in front of the schoolhouse 007002 "Good day, fathers four." In which the fair day was held, were accosted by Quillebert, whose manner evinced but slight respect for their profession and who was, truth to tell, displeasing to them by reason of his boasted fondness for the literature of Voltaire. "Good day, fathers four," was his alary salutation as he approached. "Do you know a strange thing? Whenever I meet more than one nun or more than one priest there are always two or four or some greater number of them, but never three. They seem to avoid the number of the Trinity as if they feared it would bring bad luck. Now, that is even odd, is it not, my good fathers? How do you account for it?" And he laughed loud and hard at his own wit. "That is up more strange than my own experience. Constant," said Father Galotte. "Whenever I have met the devil he has always been alone." And, jabbing his pudgy forefinger against Quillebert's ribs, he shook from his throat an oleagous gurle which had served him as a laugh since his first appointment to a parish in Louisiana. "Which," explained little Father Chaline of Moresauville, "makes quite plain Father Galotte's frequent and easy victories over him of the cloven hoof. One lone devil is no match for him." The laugh was now a quartet, and Quillebert did not long hesitate to make it a quintet. "Well, in this encounter of my own seeking I yield to numbers and will pay tribute in forage to my vanquishers," Quillebert said, with a mock air of submission. "It is noon and time for solid nourishment. Come with me, fathers, to old Mme. Goudeau's table and take a stout absinthe and anisse, and then we will sample Mother Pierrot's turkey and rice with a bottle of bordeaux." And as host he led the priests into the building. Mme. Goudeau received her patrons with profuse acknowledgment of the honor conferred, and with great ceremony mixed five glasses of the appetizing decoction. "Sante to you, fathers, and success to my candidate," was Quillebert's sentiment as he raised the green liquor to his lips. "Domnus nobiscum," responded Father Galotte. "How is the election progressing?" "Satisfactorily," said Quillebert, "Laure Luneau is a sure winner. My guess now is that she is 22 votes ahead of Estelle Latiolais, and the race was really between those two. It is too late in the day for Estelle to overcome such a majority, as her strength was chiefly from Borodino and the Big Bend of Bayou des Glases, and it has been voted. I am sorry for her; but, then, Laure's father and I came from the same part of France, and, you know, I had to stick to my clan. I have worked hard for Laure, and she cannot be beaten. How proud the sancy little Gasconne will be!" Having laid a coin upon the table, Constant was leading the way to Mother Pierrot's, when Mme. Goudeau called: "Hold. M. Constant, till I give you your change." "No change is coming to me, madame, I gave you a gold dollar, and 20 cents a piece for five absinth anisettes is cheap enough for a church fair." "No. M. Constant, this is not $1; it is a five dollar piece." "Oh, Mme. Goudeau, your sight is falling like that! This comes of reading your prayer book so much. Put on your spectacles, madame, and examine the coin carefully, and if you find it a five I may stop again for the change." And, bowing merrily, he moved on. "Well, that is handsome of Constant and will get him two more votes for Laure Luneau," remarked madame to Maximilien Cantonet, an ancient ex-justice of the peace, who in religiously intoxicated condition devoutly assisted her with the bottles and glasses. Mother Plerrot bustlingly superintended the carving by her mulatto man and served five heaping plates of breast and back, declaring one gobbler to have been a 20 pound bronze and the other a cream yellow of equal weight and both to have been fed on pecans for three weeks prior to their martyrdom in the cause of the church. A pyramid of steaming, flaky rice flanked each plate, beside which was set a bottle of bordeaux wine of good body. There is no need to discuss the efficacy of the absinth. The fact is, the five portions were disposed of by the five men with every indication of hunger, thirst and appreciation. "Is our little Laure still ahead, M. Constant?" inquired the old woman. "She is and will remain ahead till the poll closes at half past 5 o'clock," Quillebert replied confidently. "Leonidas Lattolais is no politician. He believed he could elect Estelle by simply interesting the neighbors on Bayou des Glaises, while I have electionered for Laure not only on the bayon, but on the prairie also. She has had votes today from Marksville, Isle de Cote, Le Coligne, Par en Haut, Bayou Blanc and even Pointe Maigre. "You have indeed been very active," said Father Grhe. "I am edified to see you manifest such interest in a matter of the church." "It is not the church—no," Quillebert protested: "it is politics with me. Who ever enters a canvass against me cannot win by sitting quiet and looking amiable. He has got to travel and maybe get mud on his shoes. Good Mother Pierrot, this will about pay for our refreshment," he added, placing a coin in the old woman's palm. "But this is $20, M. Constant!" she cried in amazement. "I said it it would about pay for our refreshment, and thank you," said he, walking away. "Such a generous man! I wish he was on better terms with the church. Certainly I must get some more votes for Laure," soliloquied Mother Plerrort as she dropped the glittering golden eagle into her silken purse. Declining with thanks an invitation to join the priests in pipes at Father Grhe's house. Quilllebert sauntered along the grassy sidewalks of the street and had proceeded but a short distance when he encountered Dr. De Roux and Leonidas Latiolais lounging under a flowering china tree. Latiolais looked bored and worried. He knew nothing of the condition of the contest, but he felt he had not perfectly championed his grandchild's candidacy and was apprehensive of the result. Her defenf would grieve him deeply, and he would lay it to his own顺leness. "Ah, my friends, this is a slow affair for full blooded men," remarked Quillebert. "You both look as thoroughly dejected as I feel exhausted. Can we not have a small game and hasten this afternoon off? Else I will go into the graveyard and take a map." "Yes," said Dr. De Roux, "let us go to Dede Lebrun's cabaret at the coulee bridge and swap chips; either that or I will go home. I cannot stand this any longer." Latiolais hesitated, then consented, and the three proceeded to the one storied public house of the village, where in the back room they were joined by the brothers Tailleur of Isle de Cote, and supplied by Dede, the stunted, swarthy, pock pitted proprietor, with cards, chips, rum and whisky toddles, they were soon absorbed in the problems of American poker. Quillebler was not without ulterior aim in his proposal. He was confident of Laure Luneau's election should no especial activity be displayed in her rival's interest and concluded that the surest means to prevent that would be to seduce her champion from the field; hence he set about to make the game unusually attractive by betting boldly and drinking freely, and in a measure his tactics proved successful, for soon the attention of the players was so engrossed that they were unconscious of the flight of time and the passing of many buggies and troops of horsemen over the coulee bridge into the one street of Mansura. To the surprise and, it must be admitted, the disappointment of Father Grhe, Oakfell did not appear at the fair. The priest feared he had forgotten his pledge of support to Estelle given at the house of the ferryman at Bayou du Lac on the night he so narrowly escaped death. But he took heart when at 4 o'clock he saw Valsin ride in at the head of seven neighbors from the Bordelon slough and lead them to the poll for Estelle, and ten more from Lac de la Pearle marched up in the same interest, and these followed at short intervals by dozens and twenties from Choupique, Cottonport, Pointe Midi and a company of non-Catholics from Evergreen and the surrounding plantations, and learned that every one of these late comers deposited a vote for the granddaughter of Lattolais. The game at Dede's was running high, and the strong drink had taken possession of the players, when at 6 o'clock a cheer from the schoolhouse fell upon their ears. They knew the THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA 83. Bestowed the name "Ste. Cecile." priests had counted the vote and announced the result, and the cheer was for the victor. Quillebert doubted not she was Laure, and hastily gathering in the winsights, which, as usual, had fallen his way, he proceeded with his companions to learn the exact figures. His heavy eyes and purpling face took on an expression of cruel exultation. Latolatols lagged behind as if loath to hear the decision. Seeing Father Grhe in the doorway of the schoolhouse, Quillebert called: "What's the majority, father?" "Seventeen," the priest said. "Is that all?" said Quillebler coarsely. "At 1 o'clock she had 22 over Estelle Latiolais." "Who had?' asked the priest. "Laure Luneau," shouted Quillebler. "But Estelle Latiolais has now 17 votes over Laure Luneau, and the poll is closed. Estelle Latiolais is elected godmother of the bell," said Father Grhe. Quillebler's features fairly quivered with rage, but his exclamation, no doubt profane, was drowned by the renewed cheer from the crowd, while old Latiolais' white face was wet with tears of joy, unexpected and unmerituted. The fast falling darkness speeded the dispersion of the assemblage, and the choosing of the church bell's sponsor was a scored event in the history of the parish. The christening day of the bell was the most perfect of that incomparably lovely season, the Louisiana spring. The pale blue sky had not a fleck in it. The bosom of the little prairie was spread with velvety green sprinkled with buttercups and violets, and on the edges of coulees bright willows rocked in the gentle breeze. The lanes were bordered by walls of dark cherokee vines, against which white roses glistened in the sunlight. The cones dotting stretching branches of pecans were opening in light hued leaves, while afar in the swamp above the bluish gray festoons of Spanish moss could be seen the feathery fringe which later would be plumes in the crowns of royal cypresses. The soft air was scented with jasmine, china flower and sweet gum and rang with the joyous song of the mocking bird. The bell, secured upon the stoutest of plantation wagons, drawn by six sleek mules, was arrayed in a robe of white swiss, set off with bauds of blue satin and bunches of pink roses. A string of red coral, the gift of the god, mother, encircled its brow, above which was a wreath of white magnolia blooms. The wagon was clothed in white cotton cloth, the harness of the mules decked out with knots and bows of ribbon, and the herculean black who drove them was attired in his holiday raiment, with a broad red sash across his chest. The cortege escorting the bell in its progress of six miles from the ware- house at Marksville to the church at Mansura was composed of full 200 persons on horses, in buggies and afoot. It was headed by Eloi Durant, the ancient volunteer sacristan, bearing aloft a banner of blue silk on which was embroidered in yellow the name of the sodality society. Following him rode Homer Debellevue, holding a tall, slender wooden cross painted white and garlanded with flowers. A dozen younger men with silk banners inscribed with sacred legends formed a cavalcade preceding the carriage of Father Grhe, who in black robe and cap, white surplice and glacied stole sat between two acylates gowned in red and white and carrying censer burners. On each side of the wagon six horsemen sashed with blue rode as a guard of honor to the bell and then the fair sponsor in an open conveyance seated beside her grandfather. She was attired in white, a thin veil over her hair and shoulders, and held a nosegay of large white roses in her lap. A sweet, childish face, brown hair and hazel eyes distinguished the victor of the contest, a girl of 15, gentle, shrinking and blushing. On a roan pony at the side of the carriage a young mulatto woman rode and screened the face of her mistress with a sunshade. The cavalcade closed with vehicles, in which were many women, matrons and maldens, and a long line of white youths and negroes marching afoot came after. As the procession wound past the Marksville church the bell in the tower, rung by Father Chaline himself, greeted its new sister with a merry peal, while all the men uncovered their heads. Arrived at Mansura, the bell was reverently lifted and hung in the sheltered temporary scaffolding which had been provided for it at the church front, and around it the people arranged themselves in a wide circle. Two trays of white roses were placed on the scaffold, an acolyte brought from within the church the silver vessel of holy water and sprinkler, the aromatic gums in the censers were lighted from live coals, and Father Grhe, reading the words of dedication and bathing bell and flowers with incense and blessed water, bestowed the name "Ste. Cecile," chosen by the sponsor. Estelle sang a sweet "Ave Maria" in a voice so fresh and musical that it reached the hearts of all, and the very birds seemed to cease their warblings to catch its tender melody. She repeated after the priest her sponsorial vow of unfailing solicitude for the bell, to care for it and protect it and pray that it should be the ever eloquent messenger summoning increasing numbers to the worship of God. "Gloria In Excelsis Deo!" was sung by the choir, after which Estelle emptied the trays of flowers over the bell and distributed them among the throng, by whom they were now regarded as especial aids to boiliness. As the sinking sun touched the rim of the swamp forest the chime from the spire at Marksville came floating over the prairie on the moistening evening air. Estelle stood before the scaffold, and all heads were reverently bowed. Father Grbe, with padded hammer, struck three mellow notes upon the side of the bell. "The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary," sweetly chanted Estelle. Again the strokes fell gently. "Behold the handmaid of the Lord," the girl intoned. "Be it done unto me according to thy word," answered all. Thrice more the musical waves rose in undulating ascent skyward. "And the word was made flesh," she sang, with a graceful genuflection, in which the multitude joined, replying: "And dwelt among us." The bell of Mansura had toled its first Angelus. CHAPTER IX "ESPERANCE" was a fair domain of 1800 acres, which, with slaves, live stock, mills, gins and implements, had descended to Horace Oakfell from his mother at her death in 1837. She as sole heir had inherited from her father, Colonel Bixlow. A thousand acres were under fence and in culture of sugar, cotton and corn; the remainder was woodland. A yield of two hogsheads of sugar and five barrels of molasses per acre by the open kettle process of reduction then in vogue and 500 pounds of lint cotton to a like area attested the prodigious fertility of the fields. Oakfell's father endured widowerhood a year and married Fidelle Gaspar, a Spanish looking girl of 16, daughter of Antoine Gaspar, who. It was said, had escaped from Paris with a price on his head after the fall of Danton and who was remembered as a man of cruel aspect, taciturn and furtive, as one haunted by a terrible fear or horrible memory. He was shiftless and poor, but his daughter was humble, plous and beautiful. She was mistress of "L'Esperance" six years, ministering to her stepson as to a superior being, and on her deathbed prayerfully besought his interest and protection for her own little boy, Evariste, whom she left at the dependent age of 5 years Mme. Fidelle was universally loved and by none with greater fervor than by Horace. The fullness of his boyish affection he transferred to the half brother, now like himself motherless, and generously assumed responsibility for his welfare. The demise of their father in 1854 gave to this assumption the character and obligations of actuality. Evariste was dark and beautiful as his mother. His figure was slight and exquisite, with hands and feet small and delicate, like a woman's. Neither the squirrel nor the swallow surpassed him in agility and gracefulness, but his manner was undemonstrative, secretive, and, avoiding playmates, he was ever content to be alone. His eyes were black, his lips thin and firm. To these sons the father had left nothing but a debt owed in Kentucky for blooded horses, which Horace speedily discharged, Evariste was portionless; his brother bade him consider himself half owner of all the estate and assured him that partition should be made on his attaining majority, or as soon thereafter as he might deem it desirable, and made unstinted expenditure for his maintenance and education. The elder's fraternal love was sobered by paternal solicitude relieved of all austerity. The difference between the ages of the two was five years, Evariste being 19 when Horace was sent to the legislature. The home was now presided over by the Widow Wyley, whose long experience as the wife of an overseer had given her a knowledge of the negro character which enabled her to rule efficiently and kindly. Thrift and neatness came naturally from her Dutch mother, as did also her passion for cows and bees. Her face was big and red, and so was her heart; her hair was white and strong, and so was her nature. Binker Wyley, her stalwart son, was the abstemious, tireless overseer, who had announced on taking charge that the lash was only for oxen, mules and dogs and to whose shrewd, frugal management was due the fact that the prosperity of "L'Esperance" was second to that of no plantation in the parish of Avoyelles, with the possible exception of Baldoulino, on Bayou des Glases. The dwelling was a brick structure of two stories, with broad covered verandas projecting from the second in front and rear. On the ground floor, which was tiled, were at one side of a wide hall a dining room and housekeeper's sanctum, at the other an office, library and medicine store, in which were kept considerable quantities of medicaments of approved use on large plantations. The second story contained parlor and sleeping apartments, high ceilinged and spacious, separated by a hall corresponding with the one below and reached by exterior stairways piercing the verandas. The furniture was heavy, old and rich. An acre set in pecan, walnut and fig trees and inclosed by a high white fence made a shady lawn between the house and the public road along the bank of Bayou Claire. On the left were the overseer's house and plantation stores, a hundred yards farther the negro quarters, barns, stables and cattle sheds; on a bend of the bayou was the steam cotton gin and at the rear of the fields the brick sugar mill, with long, low roofted purgery and massive chimney for bagasse burning. The warm day was closing. Oakfield sat at the western window of the office near a table on which lay written reports which had been left with him by the overseer. From a perusal of them he had turned to a volume of English poetry and read these lines; He finds his fellow gulloy of a skin Not colored like his own and, having power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. And what man, seeing this And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head to think himself a man! The book was closed upon his finger, and with lowered eyes he pondered these thoughts when the open doorway was filled by the generous figure of Mrs. Wyley. "Mr. Oakfell, where is Evariste to day?" she asked. "I have not seen him since morning." "He went to attend the races at Man sura, I believe." Oakfell replied. "You will not, I hope," she said, settling herself comfortably in a rocker, "think me meddlesome if I question the propriety of one so young frequenting such gatherings, where gambling, drinking, profanity and sometimes homicide are the features. I forbade them to Binker. Evariste goes to them so often." -The old lady's manner evinced the sincerity of her anxiety. "I appreciate your interest and desire you always to speak your thoughts without restraint on any subject which may concern my brother," said Oakfield. "In this instance, however, I think you need have no apprehension. Horse racing, you know, is expressly encouraged by our law, which puts betting at it on an equal footing with other contracts. It has received the countenance of our best citizens and has thus had its respectability preserved. Were such as Evariste to absent themselves the turf would soon degenerate to a mere gambling affair and contest of chicane. So long as honor rules the track the excitement is healthful to men. I have no misgiving of Evariste. He is thoughtful and prudent beyond his years, has a perfect control over him himself, which I envy him, and his spirit is too high and proud to yield to a low temptation or to be led by an unworthy example. My faith in him is perfect, and I love him as if he were my son." "How blessed he is to have such a brother," said Mrs Wyley, her fears for the one forgotten in her admiration of the other "There he is now," exclaimed Oak fell, rising and going to the door "Was there ever such a little man beauty as he? And he is so free from vanity that I do not believe he is at all aware of his good looks." Evariste had alighted from his foaming horse at the gate and having thrown the biddle to a negro boy was walking up the bricked path to the house with the easy step and calm air of one returning from a short and leisurely stroll in a shady grove, his regular breathing betraying no sign of the hard run of 11 miles he had given the panting beast now being led to the stables. And Horace's tribute of unconsciousness of self was scarcely sus tained by the faultlessly fitting suit unfucked collar and fashionably ad justed neckscarf, the dainty shoes and carefully locks resting on his shoulders in a glossy black roll. And a suspicion of dandiness might have had confirmation in the delicate perfume scattered from his handkerchief as he passed it across his brow. "How was the sport today, my boy?" Horace asked cheerly as Evariste entered the room. "One excellent half mile race between Quillebert's Charlotte Corday and Judge Elgee's Belle Cheney," said Evariste. "The others were only ordinary." "How was the betting?" "Quite brisk. The odds were in favor of Belle Cheney. I took Charlotte Corday and won $60. She came in by a neck. Leonidas Latlatiols backed the Elgee mare and lost heavily. Father Galette parted with some of his tithes on the same risk. Somebody told Elgee that his jockey had been tampered with by Quillebert, and he swore he would kill them both if the charge could be proved. For a time it looked as if some blood might be let, but friends interfered, and the matter quieted down." "Who rode Charlotte Corday?" Horace inquired. "Quillebert's yellow boy Leon. By the way, brother," said Evariste. "Quillebert got into a boastful vein when his mare came in winner. He said he had set in to beat Belle Cheney and knew from the beginning he would do it and declared that when he made up his mind to a thing nobody in Aveyelles could overmatch him. Little F1 Ferrier spoke up and asked how about you electing Estelle Latiolais godmother of the bell. He said it was not you that did it. Father Galotte asserted it was you; that he had it on good authority. Quillebert was stunned. He had never suspected that you had a hand in that. He became furious and I believe was about to relieve himself of some complimentary remarks about you when he caught my eye looking steadily at him and concluded to bottle his rage. But I never saw so ferocious an expression settle upon a man's countenance as that which came over Quillebert's as he turned away. I fear he is your mortal enemy from this time on. Beware of him, brother." "He is a bad man and hurtful to the community," said Oakfell, "but he is a coward and need not be feared, only watched. I very much regret my name was mentioned in connection with the contest over the christening of the bell. It was quite contrary to my wish." "If you had seen how delighted Estelle was when her grandfather told her what Father Galotte bad said, your regret would not be so poignant." "Did you see her? Where?" "At Father Grhe's house. The priest insisted upon my dining there with her and her grandfather, and I tell you, brother, the priest is your stout friend, though you are not a Catholic. He declared there never has been in this parish your equal in all the good qualities of head and heart and that you were the ablest, safest leader the people could choose. Estelle's eyes sparkled and her face flushed with pleasure at these encomiums upon you, and she charged me with so many pretty messages of gratitude to you that my horse was blown up with the weight of them. When her face lights up in that way, it is radiant beyond compare. I am sure at 20 she will be the loveliest woman in Louisiana." "Boy, boy," said Horace, smiling, "you are becoming excited, going into a rapture. Miss Latolials must indeed be a vision to move you thus from your famous imperturbability. Calm yourself, my little Evariste. It is some time yet before you will be 21 and still longer before Estelle will be 20. "From the signs of today," said Evariste, with a tinge of bitterness in his voice, "you are the one interested in her twentyth birthday, not 1." "Well, supper is by no means so far off as that." interposed Mrs. Wyley good humoredly, "and if you will hasten to your room, Evariste, you will get the dust of the road brushed off you before I have the bell rung." As the young man, acting upon this reminder, disappeared into the house his brother remarked: "What a boon it is to be gifted to live the fullness of life as that boy does. Though of grave and sedate exterior, his whole being vibrates in sympathy with the life around him. Every breath he inhales is a draft of sparkling wine to another man. His sleep is but the opiate effect of the day's joy; his eyes close in thankfulness for the day that has passed and open in eagerness for the day that begins. Apparently impassive, he is keenly observant of and responsive to every event, possessing a marvelous power of seizing and assimilating what is pleasant and rejecting what is disagreeable. He delights in the graceful spinning through the air of the falling leaf, but will not look at it when it has touched the dust, and with all his air of unconcern he is a phi- MARCUS MAYER Evariste was walking up the bricked path to the house. Evariste was walking up the bricked path to the house. iosopher, quick to adjust men and things and give them their proper estimate. "If I heard another speak in this way without naming the person, I would understand him to describe Mr. Horace Oakfell rather than Evariste." Mrs. Wyley remarked. "No, no!" said Oakfell. "My temperament is too opaque. Everything affecting it throws a shadow. I antipate dangers. I brood over events, I busy myself to guard against troubles which may never arise. In some of my moods life seems a grewsome necessity. Not so with Evariste. To him it is all a glad song." "What do you think will be his calling? Will you make a lawyer of him?" "By no means." "How so? Do you not like your own profession?" "As a branch of learning, a science, a mental discipline, yes. But as a practical profession I loathe it already. No, Evariste will never be a lawyer by my advice." "What then? A physician or a minister?" "Hardly the latter," said Oakfell, smiling. "I do not think his bent of mind is toward religious enthusiasm. You have put a question the answer to which I have not thought out to my own satisfaction. This is the nearest approach to a plan that I have yet been able to formulate. I fancy politics and dislike the practice of law and therefore at times incline to propose to Evariste later that he shall manage our joint interests on the plantation while I exploit a political career." "That seems a wise arrangement." Mrs. Wyley assented, "leading to the happiness of yourself and brother and the good of the people." Binker Wyley, in clean apparel duned after his day of toil in the fields, joined his mother and Horace, and, Evariste returning, the four at the signal of the bell proceeded to their evening meal of poultry, hot bread, rice, coffee, milk and preserves of figs served by two quick moving griffle women and fanned by the waving of peacock feathers in the hands of two silent boys of ebon black. As they ate and conversed songs and laughter and the jingling of harness chains told of the coming of the laborers from the furrowed reaches of sugar cane and cotton plant. The supper ended, the three men, leaving the room, found standing under the veranda, hat in hand, a young quadroon of small stature and intelligent face. He was well clothed, and his manner was polite and humble. "Well, Leon," said Oakfeil, "this is a surprise. I should have thought after jockeying so skillfully for Mr. Quillebert today you would have been kept at home tonight to be exhibited to his admiring friends." "He did try to keep me, Mr. Horace," replied Leon, "but I would not stay." "What! You ran away, Leon? Do you not know the patrol law and the danger of your being out after dark without Mr. Quillebert's written permission?" "I came away, Mr. Horace. I did not run away, and I know of the patrol law," answered the young fellow firmly, but not offensively. "I had to see you tonight, sir, and I have come to tell you my troubles and ask your advice and help. If I am wrong, you will tell me so. I will believe you and submit to punishment. If I am right, you will tell me so, and I hope you will help me. I have always believed you to be the best man in this country, and I know you cannot do or aid a wrong. I beg that you will hear me." Tears rolled down his face, and his hands were held out beseechingly. "I cannot refuse to hear you, Leon," said Horace. "Walk into my office." "Mr. Horace, will Mrs. Wyley be so good as to be present when I tell you about myself? She has known me all my life. I want her to hear me. She may know much about me that I do not. Will she be so kind as to come into the office, Mr. Binker?" turning to the overseer. "I have no doubt she will," the latter said. "Request your mother to do so." Horace said to Binker, "and you, Leon, go to the kitchen and get supper. Come here half an hour from now." "If you will excuse me, brother, I will go to my room. I believe the tragedy of 'Richard III' will interest me more than Leon's melodrama." Evariste said and mounted the stairway. Oakfield lighted a cigar and awaited Mrs. Wyley and Leon in the office. [TO BE CONTINUED.] An Expected Reply He was only a medical student in his second year, but he had all the cookiness of an old and skilled practitioner. 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COMMUNICATIONS—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent by former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va., as second class matter. SATURDAY, JAN. 25, 1902. THE Washington, D. C. BEE has opened fire on President Roosevelt and condemns him unsparingly. The BEE is very much displeased with some of his recent appointments. We have received a handsome half-tone picture of the ssoe buildings of the Virginia Union University of which Dr. M. Mac Vicar is president. It is one of the finest educational structures in the South. We have received a handsome calendar of the leaders of the Virginia Baptist State Convention. It is from the press of the Virginia Theological Seminary and College, and is a credit to that institution. President HAYES is a great leader. STILL BLUNDERING. The unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention is again in session here, wrangling over its work. It has attempted to make radical changes, but has from time to time been checked. The greatest blunder as yet recorded is its action in making the term of office of a senator two years instead of four. The body was intended to be the conservative wheel of legislation, and serve as a check upon the hasty action of the lower body. This radical movement tends to destroy that very purpose. It has become so tired out with the franchise discussion that it is being discussed in the party cancus. The latest reports indicate that they are no nearer a solution than they were at first. They want a plan to disfranchise the colored citizen and violate the Constitution of the United States, without violating the Constitution of the United States. In other words, they want water to run down the hill without the water running down the hill. They want the man to shoot the turkey, without the man shooting the turkey. They want an act done without doing the act. They are trying to find a way of doing an impossibility. Whether or not they will or can succeed admits of no question. The amusing part of the whole business is found in the fact that the legislature of Virginia and the unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention are at logger-heads, and the indications are that if the two were left in the same room together long enough that snake-like one would swallow the other. The body is being unmercifully condemned and colored folks are not the only ones voicing the condemnation either. ANOTHER VICTIM. A.C. Moon, a white planter near Strayhorn, Miss. was shot Sunday afternoon, the 19th inst by SAN BOWIE, a colored planter and school teacher. Strayhorn is about fifteen miles west of Sentatobia, Miss. Bowie was educated, man of means and so satisfied was he that he was justified in his action that he surrendered himself and W. B. Scroggin and B. Coe, two irresponsible white men were deputized to take him to Sentatobia. When he reached the arkabutta bottom, a few miles from Strayhorn, a mab of white men surrounded the party, took away the guns and ordered Scroggins and Coe to move as fast as their legs could carry them. Bowie was shot to death. The surprising part about the matter is that Moon is not dead. We have time and again warned colored people against surrendering themselves to so-called officers of the law when they are charged with crimes of this nature To do so is to court instant death. If a sheriff cannot protect a prisoner, he has no right to arrest and disarm him. And if a prisoner knows that a sheriff, a deputy, or a self-constituted officer cannot protect him, and to yield himself up to him is to die; he should realize that it is just as bad to die with the ague as with the fever. The only recourse then is to die with a gun in his hands, flirting into those who would take his life and dying when he cannot help it. Lynch-law must go! GOOD NEGROES IN VIRGINIA. The Petersburg INDEX-APEAL in its issue of the 22d instant says: "The claim that Virginia has a better type of Negro population than other Southern States is not sustained by recent occurrences. Following close on the horrible crime persecuted by a Negro on a young married woman in a populous part of Lynchburg, and in the open day, comes the report of another outrage near Norfolk on an aged woman by a young Negro. The protection which the vigilance of the authorities in Virginia affords these friends against swift, summary and sufficient punishment seems to have no deterrent effect on them, if indeed, it is not an encouragement to the indulgence of their brutish passions." And we pause to remark that the horrible, inhuman, uncivilized punishments visited upon the Negroes in the states of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Arkansas seem to have no deterrent effect on them, if indeed it is not an encouragement to the indulgence of their brutish passions. The INDEX-APPEAL concludes as follows: "It is to the credit of the race, however, that the Norfolk rapist was captured by a Negro. This is very much to the credit of the race, for nothing will contribute more to the suppression of the crime than the active cooperation of the respectable colored people against it. Let them not forget that there is always a probability that lynch law will be invoked as a punishment for rape." This is gratuitous advice to the colored people who have always discounted crime and condemned rape. If the two cases cited are to be used as a criterion of the race's proclivities, then the same reasoning should be applied to the more favored white people of the commonwealth. A white man near Old Point, Va., criminally assaulted his own daughter. He was neither lynched, raped nor punished by the law; but, if we mistake not, was released on a technicality. A white man at Old Point, Va., criminally assaulted an Italian white girl. He was arrested and held by the United States authorities. His life was not offered as a forfeit. A white man in this city, the agent of a reputable insurance company, criminally assaulted a colored child in Fulton. The matter was "hushed up" and the magistrate released the prisoner. WILLIAM O'BOYLE (white) murdered Alma HAMILTON, (colored). He stamped her to death, killing her unborn child. It was a murder so brutal that a white jury sentenced him to death. He secured a new trial and another white jury sentenced him to death. He made an appeal to Gov. TYLER, who declined to interfere, and he is now making an appeal to Gov. A. J. MONTAGUE for a commutation of the death-sentence. Is it any more unusual for a colored man to commit a crime than it is for a white man to commit a similar offense? We beg leave to remark that no crime charged against the Negro has ever exceeded in atrocity some other one perpetrated by a white man. The INDEX-APPEAL is one of the fairest Democratic journals in the state and accordingly will concede that crime knows no color and is confined to no race. It is practically universal. The law-abiding white and colored people should condemn crime and wage a war upon the depraved and criminal classes regardless of their race, or religion, or previous condition. Lynching is anarchy and to tolerate it in any case is to invite its operations in all others. We do not know of a heinous crime as yet committed by a Negro, but what some other Negro was the first to apprehend and betray the alleged guilty party. Lynch-law must go! Miss Stone's Ransom Forwarded. Constantinople, Jan. 22.—Nowwithstanding the efforts made to keep the matter secret, it was ascerained yesterday that the money subscribed for the ransom of Miss Ellen M. Stone and Madame Tailla, her companion, has been forwarded to the Americans who have been negotiating with the brigands for the release of the two women. The whereabouts of the negotiators is withheld by the officials here. THE RICHMOND PLANE1, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. CANALREPORTINSENATE President Sends Finding of Commission to Congress. ADVANTAGES OF PANAMA ROUTE Estimated Cost of Constructing Nicaraguan Canal is $45,000,000 More Than Panama, and Annual Cost of Maintenance Would Be Greater. Washington, Jan. 21.—The president yesterday sent to congress, with a message simply of transmittal, the supplemental report of the isthmian canal commission, in which it is unanimously recommended that the offer of the new Panama Canal company to sell all of its rights, property and unfinished work to the United States for $40,000. 900 be accepted. After quoting the correspondence which passed between the commission and the officers of the Panama Canal company in Paris, the report says: The totality, without exception, of its property and rights on the isthmus, mentioned in the cablegram of January 9, includes the following classes of property: There are fifty-six parcels of land to which the title rests in the Panama Canal, company, amounting to about 30,000 acres, which, with the lands belonging to the railway company, cover nearly all of the ground required for the actual construction of the canal. There are scheduled 2,431 buildings, divided among 47 sub-classifications, used for offices, quarters, storehouses, hospitals, shops, stables and "miscellaneous purposes. Among them are two large permanent buildings in Panama, one used as the inspectors' residence, and the second as the general offices; large general hospitals at Colon and Panama, and several important buildings at Colon. These buildings are furnished. There is an immense amount of machinery, consulating of floating plant (tugs, launches, dredges, etc.). The excavation already accomplished upon the main canal line was carefully computed and was found to be 36,689 cubic yards. The value of the maps, drawings and records in Paris, on the isthmus or elsewhere, all of which are to be transferred to the United States is placed at $2,000,000. Summing up the total value of the property it is found to be: Excavation done, $27,474,033; Panama railroad stock at par, $6,866,300; maps, drawings and records, $2,000,000. Total, $36,360-333. To which add 10 per cent to cover emissions, $36,667. Total, $40-000,000. The last item is intended to cover any buildings, machinery, railroad shares, additional excavation to date of purchase and other assets which may be of value to the United States and have not been included in the other items. The estimated cost of constructing the Nicaragua canal is $45,300,704 more than the cost of completing the Panama canal. The estimated cost of maintenance and operation is $1,300,000 greater at Nicaragua than at Panama. The Panama route would be 134.6 miles shorter than the Nicaragua route from sea to sea, with fewer locks and less curvature, both in degrees and miles. The estimated time for a deep draft vessel to pass through the Nicaragua canal was placed at 33 hours, as against 13 hours for Panama, these estimates being the time of actual navigation, and not including delays for winds, currents or darkness. But for the purpose of permitting the new Panama Canal company to enter upon the negotiations which have resulted in the present offer, Colombia has waived prohibitions and has authorized the company to treat directly with the United States, with a view to the use and occupation of the territory of the former for canal purposes if our government should select the Panama route for an isthmian canal. Such a transfer of title thus approved would give to the United States the same right, title and interest in the premises that the new Panama Canal company now has, but that would not be sufficient. The existing concessions thus purchased would be valuable only because their ownership by the United States would remove the obstacles in the way of negotiation between the two governments for the occupation of Colombian territory by the United States for canal purposes; but these concessions are unsatisfactory and insufficient, and a new arrangement must be made if an isthmus canal is to be constructed by our government across the isthmus of Panama. Cashier Found Dead. Norfolk, Va., Jan. 22.—John L. Pearce, prominent in society in Norfolk, and cashier of the Standard Oil company's branch here, was found dead yesterday morning by a newsboy. The body was in a small skiff in Roanoke* dock. The coroner's jury returned a verdict giving congestion of the lungs and kidneys as the cause of death. The body shows no marks of violence. Will Address New York Legislature. Fulton, Mo., Jan. 22.—Bank examin-Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith has been secured by Senator White and Assemblyman Alds to deliver the chief address at the joint memorial exercises to be held by both houses of the legislature about the middle of February. Boer War Has Cost $231,000,000. London, Jan. 22.—In the house of commons yesterday Sir Michael Hicka-Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, stated that between April 1 and December 31, 1901, the South African war had cost Great Britain £46, 300,000. GOV. MURPHY TAKES OFFICE New Jersey's Executive Installed With Improving Ceramics Imposing Ceremonies. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 22.—The inauguration of Franklin Murphy as the governor of New Jersey took place at Taylor's opera house at noon yesterday in the presence of an assemblage which filled the building. The members of the two houses of the legislature occupied seats on the stage. Among those in the boxes were Mr. Murphy's family. Governor Murphy came to Trenton on Monday evening, and he and the retiring governor spent the night at the residence of Adjutant General Oliphant. The two governors were escorted to the opera house by the joint inaugural committee of the legislature. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Gummere, of the supreme court. Retiring Governor Voorhees, in handing to his successor the great seal of the state, spoke very briefly. The new executive, after he was introduced to the legislature, made his inaugural address. The feature of the day's events was the parade. Including the National Guard, there were probably 8,000 men in line. The parade was 40 minutes passing a given point. In addition to the four regiments there were two batteries and two troops. In the civic part of the parade the Drake Zouaves, of Elizabeth, and the Frellinghuysen Lancers attracted the most attention. Both had unique uniforms. The parade was a success notwithstanding the threatening weather, and it was long after the parade was over that the rain began to fall. Governor Murphy held a reception at the state house yesterday afternoon and again last evening. The state house was beautifully decorated, and this was particularly so of the executive chamber in which the receptions were held. A large crowd of people attended each reception. TAFT ON PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS Governor General Says War Is Confined to Two Provinces. San Francisco, Jan. 22.—Governor General Taft, who arrived from Manila on Tuesday night, landed yesterday afternoon. He started for Washington today, but will stop at Cincinnati, his home, en route. Discussing conditions in the Philippines, Governor Taft said: "I wish the press would correct the impression that there is war in all the islands. The insurrection is confined to two localities—the province of Batangas and the Island of Samar. I received a cable from General Wright, who is the acting governor in my absence. It was said that owing to General Bell's strong repressive measures the trouble in Batangas was being quieted. He further said that 700 rifles had been surrendered, and that conditions were generally favorable. There is no doubt that Batangas will be as peaceful as any of the other provinces soon. "The dispatch says that there are 483 teachers in the islands in 450 places, and 200 of these places are unoccupied by United States troops. I may say that the Filipino is not hostile to the teacher. One was captured some time ago, but he was sent back in a hammock. The inference is plain that they entertain no hostility toward pedagogues or pedagogy. "I wish to impress upon everybody that civil government is a success. There is a strong peace party in the islands, and it is composed of the most influential men among the Filipinos." IOWA'S SENATORS CHOSEN Allison and Dolliver Re-elected By Large Malorities. Des Moines, Ia., Jan. 22.—By a strict party vote, both houses of the Iowa legislature yesterday afternoon for the second time in the history of the state, elected two members to the United States senate. Senators Allison and Dolliver were re-elected by a majority of 26 in the upper house and 68 in the lower. These selections were ratified at a joint session today. Suicide Followed Defeat For Office. St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22.—William Hoffmeister, of St. Louis, ex-supreme recorder of the Legion of Honor, committed suicide at the Planters' Hotel yesterday by shooting. George M. Ackley, of Kansas City, witnessed the deed. Mr. Hoffmeister was defeated Tuesday night for re-election as supreme recorder of the Legion of Honor by C. P. T. White, after a sensational contest. Ackley, who says he was in an adjoining bathroom when the shot was fired, expressed the belief that Hoffmeister killed himself because he had been defeated in his candidacy for re-election. $26,000,000 For Chicago University $26,000,000 For Chicago University. Chicago, Jan. 22. It is rumored in faculty circles at the University of Chicago that John D. Rockefeller is contemplating a gift of $26,000,000 in order to see the complete development of the university according to President W. H. Harper's plans and under his direction within the next few years. According to the rumor, Mr. Rockefeller wrote to President Harper and asked: "What is required for the completion of the university?" Dr. Harper replied: "Twenty-six millions and some hundred thousand dollars." Subpoenaed Governor Stone. Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 22—Editor P. Gray Meek, of the Bellefonte Watchman, was in Harrisburg and served subpoenaes on Governor Stone and Attorney General Elkin to appear as witnesses in the libel suit brought by State Treasurer-elect Frank G. Harris, of Clearfield, against Mr. Meek, to be tried at Clearfield the second week of February. Mr. Meek went to Philadelphia last evening to subpoena several members of the legislature and state officials in that city. Tobacco Trust to Invade Mexico. Laredo, Tex., Jan. 22.—A Monterey, Mex., special says: The American Tobacco Company is preparing to invade Mexico for the purpose of securing control of the tobacco industry. This was practically admitted by Wells Baldwin, of New York, one of the general representatives of the company, yesterday. Mr. Baldwin said he was not at liberty at present to talk about any plans that the company has in reference to Mexico. "Schley and Santiago." Chicago, Jan. 22. "The first copy of "Schley and Santiago" left the presses of the W. B. Conkey company yesterday. The book contains many striking historical events, including fac-simile of autograph letters, and also a letter bearing Admiral Schley's signature, and dated Hotel Richmond, Washington, January 1, 1902, referring to the author. LUMBER TRAINS CRASH LUMBER TRAINS CRASH Cars Dashed Down Mountain and Collide With Log Train. FOUR WORKMEN WERE KILLED Men Were Loading a Car When Crash Came, and the Cara Were Smashed to Splinters—Saw Train Coming, But Too Late to Save Themselves. Williamaport, Pa., Jan. 22.—A message from Cross Fork, Potter county, says: A frightful accident on the lumber road of the Lackawanna Lumber company occurred above here at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and four men were killed instantly. The names of the victims are as follows: H. J. HERBSTREET, who leaves a wife and child. W. A. BENNETT, who leaves a wife and two children. PETER CZEC, widower, who leaves eight grown children. OSCAR SANBER, single. At the place named the men were engaged in loading logs on a car, when a runaway train, consisting of four cars loaded with pulp wood, came dashing down the incline road at terrific speed, crashing into the car upon which the men were working. An Italian standing nearby saw the fast approaching cars and tried to give warning, but too late for the men to get to a place of safety, and the crash came with frightful force, killing the four men and smashing the cars into splinters. The place where the fatality occurred is on th side of the mountain, and the grade is 75 feet to the mile. The four runaway cars broke loose about a mile above the spot and had acquired a speed of fully 50 miles an hour by the time they reached the log train. THE PANAMA NAVAL BATTLE Insurgent Warship Was Unrecognized Until She Opened Ease Colon, Colombia, Jan. 22.—The Chilian line steamer Lautaro, seized by the late General Alban, armored and used as a man-of-war by the Colombian government, and the Pacific Steam Navigation company's steamer Chicuto, chartered by the late General Alban, while anchored close together in the harbor of Panama, near the Island of Perico, were unexpectedly attacked early on Monday morning by the revolutionary steamer Padilla and the tug舟 Darien. After some active firing by all four vessels, General Alban was killed. Fire broke out in the forward part of the Lautaro, and this vessel sunk. The Chicuto was superbly handled during the engagement and was very aggressive. General Alban, who displayed daring courage, was shot on the steamer's deck. General Garcia, a veteran officer, has been appointed military governor of the district in succession to General Alban. Senor Arjona is the civil governor. The capture of Panama by the revolutionists is considered impossible, owing to the number of government troops there. Suffocated By Gas. Baltimore, Jan. 21.—George Albeit went to sleep on a bundle of papers in the cigar store at 759 Columbia avenue, Sunday night, and was found dead from asphyxiation by gas yesterday morning. Twelve persons who lived in the rooms above the store were also affected by the fumes, but all will probably recover. Albeit was lying close to a gas stove, and it is thought that he turned the cock which supplies it by moving his foot during his slumbers. Sharkey Posted Forfeit Money. New York, Jan. 22. -Tom Sharkey yesterday clinched his proposed fight with Jim Jeffries by posting $2,500 forfeit money with a newspaper in this city as a guarantee that he will fulfill his engagement with the Yosemite Athletic Club of San Francisco. According to the articles of agreement signed by Sharkey and Jeffries, forfeits of $2,500 by each of the principals and the clubs must be in the hands of the referee by February 1. Railroad Shopmen Strike. Railroad Shopmen Strike. Washington, Ind., Jan. 22.—The trouble arising from the discharge of the 32 employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern shops, 30 of whom were members of the American Federation of Labor, culminated last night by the calling of a strike. It is said that 300 men went out this morning, and the strike will extend to all departments of the shops, involving 800 employees. Fitzsimmons Fell Down Stairs. New York, Jan. 22.—Robert Fitzsimmons, the ex-champion heavy-weight pugilist, fell down a flight of stairs in the Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn yesterday. It was believed that he seriously injured himself. He complained of very severe pains in his back and side, and it was feared that his spine had been hurt. Plet to Burn a Town Failed. Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 22.—An unsuccessful attempt was made to burn the town of Shinnston, in Harrison county, O., yesterday. Several houses were st on fire at the same time, but prompt discovery saved the town. Trouble over illegal liquor traffic is said to be the cause, but there is no clue to the miscreants. Polish Church Burned. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 22.—St. Casimer's Polish-Lithuanian Church, at Plymouth, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon, with the parsonage adjoining, the total loss being about $20,000. An overheated furnace was the cause of the fire. Pope Elevates Columbia Priest Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 22.—The honor and title of right reverend monsignor, or domestic prelate to his holiness, Pope Leo XIII, was conferred yesterday upon Rev. William Pieper, rector of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church of Columbia. He is the only priest in this state who now bears the title. The elevation came as a reward for fruitful work on the Episcopal see. PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT Berlin, Jan. 21.—Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia while in the United States will visit Chicago, Milwaukee, Niagara Falls and Boston. These points are embraced in the itinerary which has been cabled here by Dr. Von Holleben, the German ambassador at Washington. This program was submitted to Emperor William and Prince Henry yesterday and has been approved by them. Its general outline is as follows: February 22—The arrival of the prince and his suite at New York. February 23—The official welcome by the representatives of President Roosevelt, the governor of the state of New York and the mayor of New York city. February 24—The launching of the yacht at Shooters Island and a dinner to be given by Prince Henry. February 25—A reception in honor of Prince Henry, a dinner in his honor to be given by the mayor of New York, and, if consistent with these functions, a reception by the Press Club. February 26—The prince and his party will proceed to Washington, where the prince will reside at the Germany embassy. He will exchange calls with President Roosevelt and be entertained at dinner at the White House. February 27—Official receptions and visits and a dinner at the German embassy. February 28—The prince and his party will start for Chicago. The apportionment of the prince's time between Chicago, Milwaukee, Niaraga Falls and Boston has not yet been precisely made. In fact, although the foregoing is the official plan as it stands today, any part of it may be subsequently modified. Cablegrams on the subject of the program are still being exchanged. SEVEN DEAD IN CAMP FIRE In Five Minutes Escape Was Cut Off and Victims Were Cremated. Hambleton, W. Va., Jan. 22.—Early yesterday morning Camp Five, of the Creek Boom and Lumber company, several miles from here in the forest, took fire and burned so rapidly that seven of the 40 men asleep in the building failed to get out and were burned to death. Following is the list of dead: John Morrisley, John Riley, George Van Horn, Arthur Hedricks, Thomas Hickey, Mike Crannon and Forrest Manard. It was not more than five minutes from the time when the alarm was given until there was no chance of escape. The camp was 22 by 50 feet, and the upper part all in one room, and in this the forty men were sleeping. Two very small windows and the narrow stairs afforded the only ways of escape, and those who went to the windows, a dozen or more, had to jump 12 or 15 feet, the others rushing down the steps like sheep, pushing and tumbling and falling over each other. After they were out some of the men inside could be seen in the flames, but not a cry came from the building. The dead were almost entirely cremated. There were scarcely 40 pounds of flesh and bones of all brought here last night in a little box. The men who escaped lost their clothing and were compelled to travel through eight inches of snow almost naked to another camp a mile away. Boy Carreid Under the Ice. Boy Carreld Under the Ice. Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 21.—Henry Dillon, a 12-year-old boy, while skating on the Phillipsburg dam on the Walkkill, near here, skated into an airhole. The current carried him under the ice for nearly 500 feet to a dam, over which he was carried by the rush of water, falling 15 feet. There are many rocks below the dam, but young Dillon fell into a deep pool, out of which he floated into the swift water below. His companions reached the dam just as the boy was carried over and rescued the unconscious lad. He was soon revived, and yesterday he showed no bad effects of his narrow escape. Refused to Accept Wages. Hazleton, Pa., Jan. 21.—Because store bills were withheld from their pay, which they allege is contrary to law, the miners at the Beaver Brook colliery of Dodson & Co. yesterday refused to accept their wages for the first half of January. The men will continue at work until the return of District President Duffy, of the United Mine Workers from Indianapolis, when the semi-monthly law may be taken into the courts. Was Shot From Ambush. Manila, Jan. 22.—Captain Benjamin M. Harthorne, Jr., of the Seventh infantry, was shot from ambush and killed on January 2 in the eastern part of the island of Samar. Captain Harthorne was recently transferred from the Ninth to the Seventh infantry. Owing to the lack of telegraphic communication in Samar the news of Captain Harthorne's death came by mail. Assistant Secretay of Navy Injured. Washington, Jan. 22.—Assistant Secretary of the Navy Sailing sustained a severe fall on the ice pavements yesterday. A cut on the side of the head and one on the lip, as well as several bruises about his knees, resulted, but it is thought no serious results will follow. Jamestown, N. Y., Jan. 22.—A boy 20 years old is under arrest in this town, charged with bigamy. Matthew N. Davis, it is alleged, has two wives, one of whom is only 16 years old, and two other 18 years. Live Stock Markets East Buffalo, N. Y. —Cattle fairly steady; veals, $697.75; choice, $3@8.50. Hogs fairly active and lower; heavy, $6.65@7.5; mixed, $5.50@6.60; pligs, $7.55@8.50; roughs, $5.40@6.85; stags, $4@4.50. Sheep steady; tops, $4.15@4.35; culls to fair, $2@4; wethers, $4.50@7.75; yearlings, $4.50@5.85; toops, $5.90@6; culls to fair, $3.75@2.85; East Liberty, Pa. Jan. 21. —Cattle fair; choice, $6.40@6.60; prime, $5.85 @; good, $5.35@5.65. Hogs lower; prime heavies, $6.50@6.60; best medians, $6.40@6.46; best yorkers, $6.20 @; right do, $6.15@5.15; pigs, $5.70 @; heavies, $4.50@5.65; culls and wet herds, $4.50@4.65; culls and common, $1.50@2.25; yearlings, $3@4 &8.5; veal calves, $7@7.50. Schedule in Effect Jan. 14, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 4:07 A. M. Daily from BYED STREET STATION, for Washington and Stops at Milford, Fredericksburg and Alstonsburg, taking Cars to Washington and New York. 6:45 a. m. Daily from SEABOARD AIR-LINE b. Florida and Metropolitan Limited, for Trucks and Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to New York. Dining Car. 6:54 a.m. Commencing Jan. 17, except Monday, from BYRD STREET STATION, New York, special for Washington and beyond, Make a request, All Pullman Cars. No extra fare other than usual Pullman charge, Dining Car. 7:24 a.m. Except Sunday, from ELRA STATION, accomodation for Ashland and intermediate points. 8:00 a.m. Only from BYRD STREET STATION, Ashland and beyond. Stops at Elsa, Glen Alexria, and stations Ashland to Quantico inclusive, Coquitlam and Alexandria. Buffet Park Car. 8:50 a.m. Except Sunday from BYRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond. Stops at Elsa and local stations, Ashland to Quantico inclusive, Coquitlam and Alexandria. 12:50 Noon, Except Sunday, from BYRD ST. $A11A10$ for Washington and beyond Shuttle Elkland, Dowell, Milford, Frederick's Land, Alexandria, Buffet Pair Car, Connects with Congressional Limited. 3:12 p. m. Daily, from SEABOARD AIR-LINE ST. LOUIS for Withington and beyond Hops at Dowell, Frederick'sburg, and Alexandria. Sleeping cars to New York. 4:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the BYRD ST. $A11A10$, recombination for Frederick's bury and intermediate stations. 6:12 P.M. 6:12 P. M., Daily, from ELBA STATION, for Wellington and beyond. Stops at Fire and Emergency Lendrina. Sleeping Car to New York. Leaving Car. 6:30 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, Accompanied for Ashland and intermediate points. 18:59 P. M. from BYRD-STREET STATION, and beyond. Stops at Eldab, Ashland, and ckrishick, Brooke, Widewater, Quincy tions Sunny, and Xandrin. Stops at tions Sunny, and Sleeping Car, Rich- mond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. 11:15 P. M. Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION. And beyond. Stops at Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive In Richmond Southward. 6:30 A. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION 7:00 A. M., Except Sunday at HARBOR and inter- mediate point. 825 A Accept Sunday at BYRD STREET STATE AT Accommodation. From Fredric- bucksburg, New York. 8:30 a. m. Daily at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Alexandria, Widewater, Brook Street, Milford, Dowell, Ashland, and Elba. Stops at other stations Sunday. Sleeping ear from New York to Richmond. 12:58 P. Accept Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION at local stations, from Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Stanley and Elba. 2:30 P. M. Daily at SEABOARD AIR-LINE P. S. M. steps at Alexandria, Fredrickburg, Daunden and Ashland. Sleeping Car from New York. 2:30 P. M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION. Accompaniment from Ashland, and intermediate points. 7:13 P. M., Daily, at BYRD-STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandrin, Frederickburg, Doswell, Ashland, and Elba. Sleeping cars from New York to Washington. Dumfries. 8:40 P. M., Daily, at BYRD-STREET STATION. Stops at local stations in Allen, to Ashland inclusive, Glenn Allen, and Elba. Buffet Farlar Car. *Carrying Car* 1120 P. M., Except Sunday, at ELBRAST *Station Accompaniment from AHSTAH* A. 11-40 P. P. Except Sunday, at BYRD-STREET STATION, New York and Florida Special, makes no stops. All Pullman Car. No extra fare, other than usual Pullman charge. Dining Car, W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. W. D. DUKE, E. T. D. MYERS, General Manager. President. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION 90 A. WILLIAMS O'DOLFK LIMITED Arrives at Petersburg, Waverley and Suffolk 90 5 A. WILLIAMS O'DOLFK LIMITED 9:05 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Buffalo. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke, full-time or Bristol, Roanoke to Columbus; ala. or Bristol, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, full-time Roanoke to Knoxville. 3:30 P. M., Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk P. M. P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly and Jaffa. Connects at Norfolk with Steamer to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 7:38 P. M., Mount Suffolk, Norfolk and inter- mediatestations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. M. 9:10 P. M., Lorry Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects at Lynchburg, with Washington and Chattanooga. Pulls Pulman Sleepers Lynchburg to Memphis, New Orleans, Cafe, Partor and Observation Cars Released at Atlanta, Ala. Pullman Sleepers Sleeper between Richmond, Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy. 4:00 P. M., Also Pullman Sleeper Petersburg and Richmond. Arrives Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and is the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:50 P. M., from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. M., 11:32 A. m., and 6:50 P. m. Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER, City Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent. General Office; Roanoke Va. dc. 18 dc.18 The Highway of Trade and Travel. The Southern Railway begs to call attention to its unequalled facilities for reaching all points in Florida, the South and Southwest. It is justly termed the representative railway of the South, the highway of trade and travel. Its important through connections, through car arrangements, complete dining car service, quick and convenient schedules, commends it to the traveling public. In addition to the many local trains operated by this progressive company, the following through limited trains are run daily: "The Washington and South western Limited," "The New York and Florida Express," "The United States Fast Mail," "The New York and Atlanta Express," "The Washington, Richmond and Florida Limited," "The Washington and Chattanooga Limited. The Southern's Palm Limited, formerly known as the New York and Florida Limited will be inaugurated early in January, 1902, and will run solid between New York and St. Augustine, Florida. All of these trains carry dining cars thus providing a great convenience and time-saver to the public. AC PLANET CHARGED WITH DECEIT President Mitchell, of Mine Workers' Union, Accused. OTHER OFFICERS ARE INCLUDED Miss Meredith, a Former Employee, Accused Officers of Withholding Facts of Pearce's Shertage, and Said They "Willfully Lied" to Committee. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 22.—Charges against President Mitchell, Secretary Wilson and the executive board of the United Mine Workers of America were the first order of business before the convention yesterday afternoon. The unexpected announcement that the charges would be taken up caused a flurry of excitement in the convention. The charges were made by Miss Millie Meredith, a former employee of the national office. A committee was appointed to escort Miss Meredith to the convention hall to explain her charges. They related to the alleged defaulcation of former Secretary-Treasurer Pearce and accused President Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer Wilson of not giving out all the facts concerning Pearce's actions, declaring they "wilfully lied" to the miners' committee a year ago. She demanded an investigation of the books to see how much Pearce's shortage really was. She intimated that both Mitchell and Wilson sought to protect Pearce, and, for that reason, did not give out all the facts, and charges that Pearce frequently presented bills for double the amount of purchases. She also said that Pearce's "extra money" amounted to $2,000 a year, while Mitchell and Wilson reported that he had taken only $160. Miss Meredith declared that Mitchell allowed Pearce to go away as a "sick man" and send in his resignation from French Lick Springs. At the end of Miss Meredith's statement Mr. Wilson arose. He denied the truth of the statement, and said it was the outgrowth of spite. Miss Meredith, he said, was recently discharged as an assistant secretary. She is the young woman to whom a gold medal was presented for discovering the Pearce shortage. President Mitchell said he wished to reply to the charges, but the convention took a recess for dinner. When the convention reassembled Mr. Mitchell addressed the delegates, denying the stories contained in Miss Meredith's statement. His remarks were frequently interrupted by applause. President Mitchell made affidavit that the statement he made to the Mine Workers' convention a year ago was the truth and the whole truth. He submitted the affidavit to the convention. Following the conclusion of President Mitchell's statement there was a protracted discussion. A resolution was offered during the confusion expressing confidence in President Mitchell and the other accused officials and condemnation for Miss Meredith, but it was voted down, and National Organizer Evans submitted a substitute resolution calling for the appointment of a committee of seven to investigate all charges and report to the convention. This was adopted. MURDERER COLLAPSED Execution of John Lutz at Wilkesbarre Was Sensational. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 22—John Lutz was hanged here yesterday morning for the murder of his wife 26 months ago. The drop fell at 10.17 o'clock, and his neck was broken. He collapsed on the scaffold during the last minute, and would have fallen had not the sheriff seized his arm and steadied him until the drop fell. When the rope was being adjusted he cried out in agony: "Oh, don't!". Then he utterly collapsed and the execution had to be hurried. It was the most sensational hanging that Luzerne county has yet had. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. The entire business portion of Arapahoe, Okla., was wiped out by fire. The Brotherhood of Railway Employees will hold its next convention in May, 1904, at Chicago. Two men were killed and three injured in a dynamite explosion near Machay, Idaho, yesterday. John E. Kollcamp and Harry Ream, of York, Pa., were acquitted on the charge of highway robbery with assault to kill Elmer Fry. David McConaaugh, aged 78, the oldest member of the Adams county, Pa., bar, is dead. He was the originator of the Gettysburg Memorial Battlefield Association. Friday, January 17. Clem A. Pruitt was shot to death by William Pititzer at Pitser's home, at Frankfort, Ind., during a dance. Thomas Mills and Henry Grenfeldt were killed by a premature explosion in the Wabash mines, near Custer, B. D. President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a state dinner last night to the justices of the United States supreme court. The American Protective Tariff League met in annual session in New York yesterday and elected officers for the ensuing term. Samuel Houch was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa., while having a bullet wound in his hand dressed. He is charged with robbery. Saturday, January 18. Three miners were killed and several injured in a dynamite explosion in a mine at Carterville, Mo. The shortage of former City Treasurer Stuart R. Young, of Louisville, Ky., is placed at $40,520 by experts. Harry C. Long pleaded guilty in the Federal court at Wilmington, Del., to abracting money from the mails. Finlay Gray, of Quincy, Ind., who was spending the winter at Miami, Fla., committed suicide by shooting. Henry Schaub, of Newark, N. J., who murdered his wife and child, was sentenced to be hanged on Feb. 28. New Mexico's claims for statehood were presented to the house committee on territories by a committee of prominent citizens. Monday, January 20. Fire in the Globe yarn mills at Fall River, Mass., damaged the plant to the extent of $200,000. Ohio Masons of the Scottish Rite will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the order next month. Town Treasurer Albert Jennings, of Wellesley, Mass., admits a shortage of $25,000, procured by forgery. Memorial services commemorating the birthday of General Robert E. Lee were held throughout the south yesterday. Mrs. Albert J. Yeager, of Allentown, Pa., who was injured in the trolley accident at foot of Lehigh Mountain, four weeks ago, died yesterday. The Daughters of the Confederacy of Wilmington, N. C., adopted resolutions endorsing the action protesting against the production of "Uacle Tom's Cabin." Tuesday, January 21. The transport Grant, with Governor Taft of the Philippine Islands, arrived at San Francisco. Leonard Roeder, of Quincy, Ill., celebrated his 102d birthday. He witnessed the battle of Waterloo. John Moses, aged 70 years, one of the leading manufacturing potters in the United States, died at his home in Trenton, N. J. Governor Stone appointed William J. Hughes to be magistrate of court No. 15, Philadelphia, vice Richard C. Lloyd, deceased. The Pennsylvania and New Jersey Trust company, capital $100,000, filed articles of incorporation in the county clerk's office at Camden, N. J. Wednesday, January 22. President Reosevelt yesterday nominated Dr. P. M. Rixey to be surgeon general of the navy. The old receiving ship Vermont of the U. S. navy has been stricken from the naval list and will be sold at auction. The United States transport Buford sailed yesterday from New York for Manila with a large number of soldiers. Paul Krotler, formerly a draughtsman in the engineering department of the U. S. army, committed suicide by hanging at Omaha, Neb. The submarine torpedo boats Pike and Grampus, which are being built at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, will be launched February 1. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 21. —Flour weak; winter superfine, $2.75@3; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.30@3.50; city mills, extra, $3@3.25. Rye flour quiet, at $3.30@3.40 per barrel. Wheat quiet; No. 2 Penna, red, $8.62@7c; Maryland, white, local, $6.7c; Oata steady; No. 2 white locust, 54c; lower grades, 50c. Hay firm; No. 1 timothy sold at $15.50@16 for large bales. Beef steady; beef heams, $18.50@20. Pork firm; family, $19@ 19.50. Live poultry, at 10%10c for fens, and 7c for old roosters. Dressed bales for choice towels, and 7%71c for old roosters steady; creamy, 27c. Egg steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 28c per frozen. Potatoes were quiet; eastern, $8@88c. per bushel. CABBAGE CARRIER How to Make One That Is Light and Durable and Can Be Carried Between Rows. The cabbage carrier figured and described by Rawson in his work on market gardening is light and durable and can easily be carried between the A CABBAGE CARRIER. rows of cabbages. It is made of such size as to hold all that two men will want to carry. In transporting produce to market a very substantial wagon is used. As regards construction, it corresponds in some points to those ordinarily used in the city for moving heavy furniture or for heavy express service, but is rather more strongly built than most of these, and is mounted on four strong elliptic steel springs, instead of three. An ideal condition for spraying is when the wind is still. As there are few days when the wind does not blow, it is extremely difficult to obtain ideal conditions for the work. When the air is still the spray may be evenly put on the tree and little of the mixture will be wasted. When the wind is blowing it becomes necessary to spray the tree from several sides to get a uniform application. Some of our best sprayers find it advisable to spray from not less than six different positions. If the air is still a tree may be sprayed all over at one time. But when the air is in motion one-half of the tree will have to be left till the wind changes.—Farmers' Review. How to Keep Cider Sweet The following formula will keep cider sweet for an indefinite length of time: Let it ferment until sufficiently acid to suit taste; then bottle in campagne bottles of one quart each, putting one raisin and one clove in each bottle; cork tight, wire securely, keep in a cool cellar, and in three months it will be fit for use. Care must be exercised when opening to let the gas escape gradually or your bottle will be emptied all over the room. It makes a drink superior to champagne and does not make the hair pull after using. More than one raisin put in will burst any bottle made. Country Gentleman. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. THE TAG ENDS OF THINGS. The largest artesian well in the world is 14 inches in diameter and 684 feet deep. It is at Cerritos, in California. To prevent stoves, or even farm utensils, from rusting, when not in use, rub them over with a rag dipped into kerosene. Milwaukee is laying cement curbs and gutters, in the place of the customary stone, and the experiment is said to be wholly satisfactory. The vacation visitor to Maine in recent seasons has been so numerous and so generous in his expenditures that the prosperity of the Pine Tree State has taken long leaps ahead. The crown that will probably be used for Queen Alexandra at the coronation next year is that made for Mary of Modena, the wife of the second James. It has 2,673 white diamonds and 23 rubies, besides many smaller stones. An ingenious Frenchman has invented an artificial worm. It is made of india rubber, is intended for bait, is indestructible and completely fools the fish. With this worm no time is lost in baiting the hook, as there it remains until the fisherman chooses to remove it. There are 122 cotton mills in operation or under construction in South Carolina, and on the basis of the assessors' returns their actual value is $31,000,000. This makes cotton manufacturing an extremely important industry in a state of the size and wealth of South Carolina. CURIOUS INFORMATION. San Francisco is to have a five-story office building exclusively for physicians. Double the time of the sun's rising gives the length of the night; double that of his setting gives the length of the day. Beef and herring haxe exactly the same value as food. Taking beef as 100 in units of food value, duck is worth 104, salmon 108, butter 124. Mount Edgecomb, in Alaska, has one of the largest craters in the world, being five miles in diameter, which is filled with dense forests 2,000 feet below the rim. The sugar cane of China is said by botanists to be an entirely distinct species from that of India, and this fact is supposed to indicate that the development of sugar cane was carried on independently by two different nations at the same time. The word "habit" is one of the most peculiar in our language. If you take off the first letter, you still have "a bit." If you remove the second, the word "bit" is still on hand. Decapitate that by removing the "b," and "it" is still a word. Take off the "i," and you find the old "habit" not "t" totally destroyed. GOSSIP OF ACTORS. Phil May, the caricaturist, is going to appear on the stage in London in a play that has been written for him. Sir Henry Irving is shy about offering passes to cab drivers since one declined the favor with the remark: "The missus prefers the waxworks." Some one asked Sarah Bernhardt recently in Paris if it were true that she had fallen a victim to the automobile craze. "Not at all," the actress replied, "but I have had to get one in order to ride in it and thus escape being run over by one." Genealogy presents some curious problems in the case of Me. Patti, She was born in Madrid, her father a native of Catania in Sicily and her mother a native of Rome. She was brought up by an American stepfather in the United States, married two French husbands, before she settled down in Wales, and is now the wife of a Swedish nobleman. To prevent any difficulty in consequence of this complex state of affairs in connection with her property she has taken out letters of naturalization as a British subject. FORMER BRITISH SOVEREIGNS Henry VIII. was enormously fat and easily overheated. At the slightest exertion his face became purple. Edward I. was six feet two inches high, and it is said that the tips of his middle fingers extended below his knees. Elizabeth, in her old age, had a red nose and was very much ashamed of it. One of her maids of honor has left a very curious account of the scrupulous care with which the queen's nose was painted and powdered before any public appearance. George IV. was fond of perfumes, but did not care for the English manufacture. He had all his perfumes brought from Paris, and a factory in south France was kept running full time during the season in making perfume for the king and royal family. TOLD IN NUMBERS Water is 820 times heavier than air. The death rate in the United States is 17.8 per 1,000 population. A tumbler contains about ten ounces of water; a teacup six ounces. A barrel of water fills a box two by two feet and 17 1-3 inches deep. The census shows that the number of Indians in Massachusetts increased from 428 in 1892 to 587 in 1900. The official entomologists of Georgia predict that within a few years the Empire state of the south will contain more than 100,000,000 fruit trees. Learned It in Church. The Minister—Do you ever try counting to put you to sleep? The Deacon—Oh, yes; this way—firstly, secondly, thirdly, and so on. Yonkers Statesman. Sized Him Up Correctly. Charles—Did the tailor take your measure? Algy—I think he did. He said I'd have to pay in advance—Tit-Bits. 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Seeing our marked success with the true hair-straightener, OZONO, King of all Hair-Growers, numerous firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. Do not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original King of all Hair Tonics, OZONO. Two hundred and fifty thousand colored people bought OZONO in the last twelve months. OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the world, because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without any outside assistance. No hotions are used; nothing but OZONO. It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious growth of soft, fine hair. To neglect your hair is more than foolish, when you can increase its beauty by a few applications of OZONO. We can send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. The price of OZONO is 50c. a box, sent to any point on receipt of price. Four boxes is a complete treatment. In order to introduce this great Hair Tonic, we will send to you, on receipt of only $1.00, the following grand aggregation: Four boxes of OZONO; one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN REFINER, which softens rough skin and brightens black skin, making it several shades lighter, worth 50c.; also one bottle of ELECTRICAL SKIN FOOD, Nature's cure for all skin diseases, such as Pimples, Tan, Acne, Icth, Eczema, and Itch. It also removes Wrinkles, and makes the skin soft and pliant. We will also include a one-pint package of ANTI-ODOR, which removes all smells and odors arising from the human body, such as feet, armpits, &c.; also one bar of our PURITY SCALP SOAP, made expressly for the human scalp. This grand aggregation offer is made to introduce honest goods. Cut out this coupon and mail to us, with $1.00, and we will send the goods the same day we receive the money. If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50c. extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Enclosed find $1.00, for which please send me the following goods, as by your offer: Four large boxes of Ozone, worth $2 00 One large bottle of Electrical Skin Refuser 60 One large bottle of Electrical Skin Food 50 One large pint package Anti-Color, worth 25 One large package Purity Scalp Soap, worth 25 Total $3.50 Name House No. Street. Post-Office Nearest Express Office County State Very Approachable. Tapperton—I am going to ask Mr. Bullion for his daughter's hand tonight, and I am so nervous I can't think. Billington (who knows Mr. Bullion) No use being nervous. Mr. Bullion is very approachable. "Eh? Won't he kick me out?" "I'm overjoyed. What do you think he will do?" "He'll laugh."—N. Y. Weekly. She Loved Flowers Empress Frederick was always a great lover of flowers—that is the reason why flowers covered her coffin; and, says a German writer, "she knew the names of each variety in English, German and Latin." It was her habit when taking a drive in the country to jump every moment out of the carriage, for her wondrous eyes, which saw and noted everything, would pick out a flower she knew and loved even when driving rapidly. There was not a day of her life that she did not work at something in art. She fitted up a studio in every palace in which she dwell, and here she drew, worked at sculpture, or embroidered. Two of her pictures on one occasion brought more than $5,500—Detroit Free Press. Natural Sequence Mrs. Growells—I do wish you would give up smoking, John. Growells—I'll do nothing of the kind. I intend to smoke as long as I live. Mrs. Growells—Yes, and after that you will begin to blaze. — Chicago Daily News. Umber—Dauber is a wonder. Crayon—So? "Yes; he painted a speaking likeness of a deaf mute."—Town and Country. The Old Man's Revenge. It is not often that an old man admits that he is a back number, unless it is when he wants to rub it into another man who is still a little older.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat. The reason some farmers never extract the latent gold in dairy cows is that they persist in looking to the grain and corn fields for it. Mr. Henpeck Speaks Up. Cobwigger—Do you think a man's foolish to get a divorce? Henpeck—That depends on whether he intends to marry again. — Town Topics. "Do you miss your husband as much as when he first went away?" "No, I am becoming reconciled. You see, he sent me a power of attorney."-Brooklyn Life. Rebuilding, Reduction Sale. The Greatest of All—The "Southern Railway." The winter Schedules and through car arrangements of the Southern Railway for the approaching season will be superior in many respects to the splendid service heretofore offered by this system. It has through cars to almost every important point in the South and Southwest, and by means of its connection one can reach any and all points with perfect comfort. Its schedules are arranged to form all through connections, and with its complete dining car service on all through trains, proves a great time saver and convenience to the traveler. On Nov. 24th a through limited train between Washington, D.C. and Jacksonville, Fla. via Richmond will be added to this territory which will afford the very best service between Washington, Richmond and all points South. The train will be composed of Pullman Sleepers, Day coaches, and dining cars of the latest improved designs. With this new service one can leave Washington at 16:50 a.m. Richmond at about 2:40 p.m., reaching Jacksonville the following morning at 9 o'clock, Atlanta at 6:10 a.m., New Orleans at 8:30 a.m., Atlanta at 10:30 a.m.,attantaoga 7:40 a.m., and all other points in the South and Southwest similar quick service is offered. OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE Schedule In Effect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 a. m., NORPOLK LIMITED, Daily. Arrives Petersburg 8:31 A. M., Norfolk, at Petersburg, Waverley, and Suffolk. 9:05 a. m., Daily. Arrives Petersburg, 9:49 a. m., Arrives Fayette, 9:49 a. m., Charleston 10:55 a. m., Savannah 2:55 A. M., Jacksonville 8:30 a. m., Port Tampa 7:10 p. m., Connects at Wilson Waverley, and Goldsboro, 3:25 p. m., Wilmington 6:50 p. m., a Sleeper New York to Jacksonville. 11:55 a. m., Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Peterson, Cornwall, Mackenzie, Drewry's Bluff, Cornwall and Chester on signal. 3:00 p. m., OCEAN SHORE LIMITED, Daily. Arrives at Petersburg 3:30 P. M., Norfolk, at Petersburg Waverley, and Suffolk. 4:30 p. m., Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg, 5:18 p. m., Weldon 7:35 p. m., Riverside 9:00 P. M. Makes all intermediate stops. 6:06 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m., Makes all stops. 7:32 P. M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIMITED, P. M., Connects with Norfolk & Western for Norfolk and intermediate points; Emporia 9:08 P. M., (Connects with Atalanta, Emporia and Sawenville); Weldon 9:30 P. M., Fayetteville 12:32 A. M., Charleston 9:30 P. M., Savannah 9:06 A. M., Jacksonville 12:45 P. M., Port Tampa at 11:39 P. M. NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA POINTS.—Arriving Augusta 7.55 A.M. Macon 11.15 A.M. Atlanta 12.35 P.M. Thompson 12.35 P.M. Near York to Wilmington, New York to Wilmington, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and Macon. 9:10 P. M. Arrives Petersburg 9:35 P. M. Connects at Petersburg north and Westbury, at western railway, arriving at Lynchburg 2:30 A.M. Roanoke 5 A. M. Bristow 10:40 A.M. Pullmab Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:30 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A.M. 11:50 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL. Arrives Westchester 10:30 A.M. Savannah 10:30 A.M. Jacksonville 10:30 A.M. Augustine 4:00 P. M. Tampa 10:40 P. M. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 8:57 A. H. Hainey. From Jacksonville, Savannah, Chicago, Chicago and Mason, Augsburg, all and all points on the coast. C. & O. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST. STATION LEAVE RICHMOND 9 A. M., Daily. Local to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. 10:10 A. M. Except Sunday. Local to Calverton or Orange. Connects for Oranges, Culpeper and Mansassae. 10:20 A. M. Daily for Lyman Forge. Lexington ton, Clifton Forge. Connects. Except Sunday for Rosney, Alberene and New Castle. Carlar car to Clifton Forge. 2:45 P. M., Daily, St. Louis and Chicago Limit. C. Dinning Car train, Pullman for Cincinnati, connecting St. Louis and St. Louis to eight hours, quickest est. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs, and train follows St. Louis Limited from Gardensville to Staunton, except Sunday. 3:45 P. M. Daily. Locat to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Pullman to Old Point. 4:45 P. M., Except Sunday, "Atlantic Limited" to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Pullman, Connects at Old Point for Baltimore, Washington and Cape Charles Steamers. 5:15 P. M., Except Sunday for Bremo. 5:30 P. M. Except Sunday to Doswell. 10:30 P. M. Daily F. F. V. Dining Car train, Con- nects for Virginia Hot Springs, Pullman to Cincinnati, connecting with Parlor Hill, connecting with Pullman to Cincinnati, Louisville, and ARRIVE NEW MAIN ST. STATION. 8:00 A. M. Except Sunday, from Dowell. 8:00 A. M. Except Sunday, from Dowell. 8:00 A. M. Except Sunday, from Breno. 10:00 A. M. Daily from Norfolk and Ports- mouth. 12:40 B. M. Sanders from Sydney. 12:40 P.M. M. Except Sunday, from Norfolk and Sussex. 3:30 P.M. P. M. from Cincinnati. 6:35 P.M. M. Daily from Clifton Forge and Lynch P. M. Daily from Oak Lea, the Lexington and Buckingham Road. 7:20 P.M. M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:15 P.M. M. Daily from Clifton Forge and Charleston. Muppy at 809 E. main street, 903 east Main St. Murphy's Hotel, or New Main St. Station tick- t office for further information. H. W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G. P. A. A. G. P. A. ALPHEUS SCOTT, CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR ... AND EMBALMER, Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 3006 P St., Church Hill. Orders By Telegraph and Telephone promptly attended to. All business con- fidential. Old Phone No. 3183. TO THOSE IN WANT OF EMPLOYMENT: We desire the names and post-office addresses of competent, industrious reliable colored women, men, and girls wishing situations in the north as cook chambermaids, child nurses, laudre- ness, waiters, waitresses, coachmen, b lers, farm hands, day laborers, bell- general housework, etc., etc. J. H. Lew Manager, Inter-State Real Estate and Employment Agency 73 Summer St., Trenton 6 RE PLANET SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1903 HORTICULTURE Holl of Proper Texture Is Able to Support Trees with But Little Surface Moisture. How deep will trees root? The answer is impossible to give at this time, as not sufficient data has been collected to give the information desired even for a single variety. But the depth of rooting of most plants is found on investigation to be far greater than has been suspected. In the accompanying illustration we show a peach tree that was grown at the Arizona experiment station. The soil earth is shown to the depth of 34 Deep rooting of peach tree. (179) Clay and gravel HOW TREE ROOTS GROW. fect, at which point the soil water or water table is found in this case. It will be noted that the roots reach a depth of 20 feet, and are then 12 feet above the water table or soil water in the soil. It will also be noted that the spread of the tree in nowise corresponds to the spread of the roots in the soil. It has been a popular fancy that the spread of the branches of a tree represents the spread of its roots. This fallacy should have been exploded without the use of diagrams, but it has not been. We all know that when trees are grown in tubs the branches cover a square area very much greater than the surface of the tub. The most important lesson to be learned from this illustration is that soil of proper texture is able to support trees with very little surface moisture. This explains why some of our apple and peach orchards have been little affected by the droughts that have destroyed other economic plants. HOW TO PIT POTATOES. Ohio Farmer Describes a Method Which He Found to Be Successful for Several Years. Having had some experience in pitting potatoes and with good success I will give my method. Select a sloping spot of ground. Take your spade and make a ditch three and a half feet wide and eight to ten inches deep, throwing the ground to either side. Make the bottom smooth so you can use a wire scoop next spring when you take the potatoes out. Make the length of ditch to suit the amount. Dump in your potatoes, piling them as high as you can. Now shovel earth right on them to the depth of six inches. Let them alone now till cold weather. Let all the rain that falls till then go right through them. It won't hurt them, I tell you, for I tried it. It will surely keep them from sprouting in the spring. When cold weather approaches cover them with six inches of straw, on top of this put six to eight inches more of earth. Let it freeze within two inches of potatoes, then put on a good coat of manure, which will stop the frost from going any further, and when you open in early May you will find them perfect for seed. Be sure and have the outside ditch as deep or deeper than the one in which the potatoes are. J. K. Culler, in Ohio Farmer. GOOD GRAPE for the West. The R. W. Munson is one of the best varieties of grapes that has fruited in the experiment station vineyard at Stillwater, Okla. During the past summer, it has shown its ability to withstand almost any drought. It was the only one of about 50 varieties in the vineyard that was not badly damaged by the green leaf hopper or thrip. Its foliage remained free from these insects and retained its dark green color throughout the season. Vine large, rapid grower; cluster, medium to large, cylindrical, often shouldered; berries large, round, black, evenly ripened; skin thin, tough; pulp tender, juicy, sweet, very good flavor, ripe just before the Concord. A correspondent reports to the Rural New Yorker of a novel method the employed in clearing an orchard of old trees. Many of our western readers may find in the experience of this New York orchardist a suggestion worth trying for themselves. He says he "had 1,000 old peach trees to clean out, and found it rather slow to work with ropes, pulleys and team. I used a thrashing traction engine for the dollars per day and coal furries; had a stout chain 20 feet long and two men to hook and unhook and from the trees. Re- sult, pulled 500 trees in ten hours, roots and all, clean from the ground. The soil is a stiff loam, and was pretty dry and hard. The trees stood 18 feet apart, and it was very seldom that the engine had to back." EARLY SWEET PEAS. They Require Different Treatment Than the Late and Continuously Blooming Varieties. For the first sowing of sweet peas, the ground should be prepared in the fall, any time before the ground freezes too hard to work thoroughly. Select a warm sunny spot, sheltered from the north and west winds, arranging if possible to run the rows east and west. Spade the ground deeply, working in a liberal supply of well-rotted manure, and top-dress with air-slaked lime and wood ashes, one quart of the former to four quarts of the latter for 12 or 15 feet of double row. This should be thoroughly worked into the soil, and the bed should then be covered with coarse manure or any kind of mulch to prevent freezing too deeply. Remove the mulch early in the spring, and as soon as the surface is sufficiently dry to work nicely rake the soil until well fined and sow the seed. Sow in shallow drills five or six inches apart and cover not to exceed an inch in depth. Sow as soon as the ground will admit of working, even if the frost is not out below, as there will be little if any danger of injury from freezing. In this way the blooms may be had long before they can be obtained from the seed sown for later blooming. Sowing for late and continuous blooming requires far different treatment and will be treated at length later on.—J. E. Morse, in Rural New Yorker. GROWING SUGAR BEETS. Prof. Keddie Gives Seven Good Reasons Why This New Industry Should Prosper. 1. It is the means by which the people can subvert a huge monopoly. 2. It is a legitimate industry, brought to marvelous degree of perfection by American skill and ingenuity, and the people have a right to its full benefits. 3. The large amount of capital invested which deserves protection. Thirteen sugar factories have been erected in our state at a cost of $7,000,000. Next year the number of factories will be increased to 20. There are now growing 60,000 acres of sugar beets in our state. 4. It is the money-getting crop for our farmers. Last year there was paid to Michigan farmers $1,500,000 for sugar beets. In Bay county in 1900 the mortgages on 51 farms were paid off by money received for sugar beets. The price of farm lands near sugar factories has increased by five to ten dollars an acre. 5. It is a home industry, and the benefits abide with our people. 6. It is the natural antagonist of monopoly, and by its very nature is incapable of forming a trust of any kind. 7. It is the only great manufacturing industry in which the farmer must secure his share of the profits.-Dr. Kedzie, of Michigan Agricultural College, in Detroit Free Press. His Mission. 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[Special Washington Letter.] "THERE are more than 5,000 rural free delivery routes now in operation," says the first assistant postmaster general, "and there are upwards of 60,000 petitions on file for this service. They come from all parts of the country." "Did you get 60,000 applications?" Did you say ooze applications? "Yes, upwards of that number; and petitions are coming in every day, and by every mail. The people have read of this innovation for the benefit of the farm dwellers, and they are determined to take advantage of it. Farmers for many years have reasoned that as citizens of this republic they are as much entitled to have their mail delivered at their residences as are the citizens who dwell in towns and cities. "Of course, at first there were very few farmers who reasoned that way; but their number increased gradually until their views compelled recognition. When this service began, six years ago, it was undertaken in a half-hearted manner. But when Perry Heath took it up in 1897, with characteristic energy, the service soon began to become practical as well as practicable. "We first had an appropriation of $50,000. Then we got $300,000. Then we asked for more and more, until last year we had $1,750,000 for the work. But during the present fiscal year we have $5,500,000. This enables us to go ahead with considerable alacrity in the work; but for the next fiscal year we should have not less than $5,000,000; and we hope to secure appropriations for $10,000,000 and that will enable us to do business on a bigger scale than we have been able to work hitherto. Of course, this work has been experimental for several years, but now it is beyond that stage, and is in practical operation. Therefore it must be maintained." One of the special agents who has been engaged in the establishment of these routes explained the manner of work in an interesting manner. He said: "When a petition is received by the department, it is jacketed, indexed, and referred to its proper field division. For example, suppose a petition comes in from any state west of the Mississippi river. It would belong to the western division, which has headquarters at Denver, Col. The special agent in charge of that vast division is William E. Annin, a veteran newspaper man, who was for a number of years a Washington correspondent of some leading newspapers. "Well, when a case is thus received at division headquarters, it is properly filed, and then referred to a special agent in the field. I have just been hard at work in the Seventh congressional district of Iowa, and will tell you how the work has been done. In the first place, there were exactly 50 cases for that district. The congressman, Mr. Hull, had indorsed every petition. Without his indorsement nothing would have been done in any case. "These cases were divided off into counties, and I devoted myself to a county at a time. The city of Des Moines is in Polk county, and I took that county first. I attended to the EXAMINING THE ROUTE wants of Valley Junction, Polk City, Grimes, Ankeny and Runnells. I'd take a case early in the morning, go on the steam cars to the point to be investigated, and there find the postmaster, who would provide a livery team and go with me over the proposed route. "No route is permitted to be more than 25 miles in length. When you remember that the horses and driver must go over the route every day in the year, excepting Sundays and national holidays, you will understand that the strain is such that it would be physically impossible to keep the pace on a longer route without breaking down. At some seasons of the year it is practically impossible for the teams to traverse the roads. For example, last May and June the roads were well-nigh impassable, the rain seeming to be continuous by day and by night for weeks. "It being settled by the department that no route shall be more than 25 miles long, the postmaster prepares a map of the proposed route, and has it ready for the special agent when he calls. In each case I send word a week in advance, so that the postmaster would have plenty of time to get ready For the work of the day. The map would be made on common paper, with quadrilateral lines for the sections of the township; all of the sections being numbered. The route would be outlined about these sections, and as we were driving I made it my business to note the kind of roads we were traversing. Then, for every house on the route I would make a little dot on the map on the proper side of the road. For every schoolhouse I made a little flag, and for every church I made a little cross. I also made note of the streams, bridges, hills and low ground which might be undesirable for a route in bad weather. It was a full day's work every day; and in the evening there was no time for rest and recreation, because it was necessary to arise in the morning when called, in order to take a train to another locality. "For seven weeks the work went on that way, without any let up. The rough draft maps and notes of the routes were filed away very carefully. After all of the territory had been "GLAD YOU'VE COME AT LAST." carefully examined, a competent firm was employed to make perfect maps for the permanent use of the department. In each case a blue print was made of the accepted map of route and presented to the postmaster for his future use. "Then came the work of writing up all of those reports. It is necessary that proper persons shall be selected to carry these routes. Each carrier must have a substitute to carry the mail when he is indisposed. Carriers and substitutes must give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties. It is the duty of the special agent to see to it that the carriers are properly instructed. The report in each case shows clearly all salient facts concerning the proposed route, in order that the special agent in charge of a division thoroughly understand the case, and give it such indorsement as meets with his judgment. "Each case is finally forwarded to Washington, where the chief special agent and his assistants reach final conclusions concerning the work. The general superintendent gives direction to all of this work and keeps it so well in hand that he knows every day where each employee is engaged and upon what work. He has a large map of the United States in his office; and there, with little stick pins bearing their names, he locates all special agents and inspectors in the field. Each agent is required to send to his chief, a week in advance, a statement of his itinerary for the ensuing week; and thus it is known from day to day where every man is at work. "In my travels I made inquiry of carriers concerning their work, its increase or decrease. Without exception I found that the mails have increased during the past year in the volume of mail sent and received. "Another thing interested me everywhere, and that was the interest the people take in improving their roads. Just north of Nevada, Ia., there is a stretch of two miles of rich soil, so rich, that it would be impassable in wet weather. The farmers along that road raised $500 to pay for the graveling of the road, in order that they might have rural free delivery. The same spirit is everywhere manifested and I look for good roads as a result of this postal innovation. It is a better way to get good roads, too, than the way which Coxey proposed with his tramps a few years ago. "The interest taken by the people is something wonderful. As we drove along the roads, the postmaster handling the reins while I had map and penil in hand, we met farmers taking loads to town, or saw them in fields, or in door yards; and, as the postmaster would call out: 'Get your mail box ready,' they would cheer and say: 'We're glad you've come at last.' In some cases the petitions have been on file for fully a year, and the people anxiously waiting all that time. The cause of the delay has been the lack of appropriations for the employment of a sufficient number of special agents to examine and report on the proposed routes. There is enough money this year, and there will be plenty available next year, and the good work will go on." When we remember the fact that nothing like this work has ever been undertaken before, that there has been no precedent for any movement, it is simply marvelous that this rural free delivery service has been built up into such a systematic machine in the space of four years. Mr. A. W. Machen, the general superintendent, has been charged with the full responsibility of the work. He needs and will receive no higher commendation than that uttered recently by the postmaster general to a senator: "No complaint is made, except that the service does not come fast enough to please all of the people." With ample appropriations, the work will now go fast enough, until every farmer has complete postal facilities. SMITH D. FRY. Seldum Fedd—Well, pard, w'at you been doin' since I seen you last? Soiled Spooner—Givin' imitations of a man lookin' for work.—Puck. There Are Others. "Have you tried any of our Excelsior breakfast food?" "Yes. It tastes like it." "Like what?" "Excelsior."—Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. IN VARIOUS PLACES. Three new railway lines are projectad in Turkey. Cuban railroads are compelled by their charters to carry mails free. Japan sent 63 ships through the Suez canal last year, or more than Spain (34) or Denmark (27) and nearly as many as Italy (82). The Hoangho, or Yellow river, of China, is 2,800 miles in length, and drains a territory equal to one-third the area of the United States. The new Spanish income tax schedule is based on the idea of taxing business profits wherever found. Banks must pay 15 per cent. of their income to the government, besides five per cent. more on all dividends paid, while ordinary corporations must pay 12 per cent. on income and eight per cent. on dividends. The marshy ground of the Ganges delta, with its vast masses of vegetation, decaying under a tropical sun, is the native home of the cholera. In that pestilential region the cholera and plague are found every year and all the year round. Every cholera epidemic which has desolated Europe, every visitation of the plague, is believed to have started from the mouth of the Ganges. Bologna's two square leaning towers, the Garisenda and the Asinelli which are more startling than the tower at Pisa, are safe. A rumor was started that they showed signs of weakening, but a commission of engineers pronounces them as solid as ever. The Asinelli tower is 315 feet high and was built in 1100. The Garisenda was built a year later and was originally taller, but is now only 155 feet high. Its inclination, however, is greater than that of the other tower. FRENCH FACTS. Gold has been discovered at Clairac, in France, during the sinking of a well. France's annual consumption of wheat (including seed wheat) is 346,236,000 bushels. This happens to be one of the comparatively few years in which the wheat harvest is unequal to meeting the home consumption of bread in France. Two bird stories come from France. According to Le Figaro a canary breeder named Bourez is going to raise red canaries by feeding the par ent birds on cayenne pepper. He has succeeded so far in raising birds of an orange-red tint. French poachers are making big hauls of partridges and other game birds by using automobiles with nets and a bright light. They run the automobiles at a swift pace along the public roads, and the birds, attracted by the light, fly into the nets. There seems to be no violation of existing game laws in the practice. MUNICIPAL NOTES Chicago has invested close to $1,000,000 in golf grounds. Fairmount park, at Philadelphia, tains 2,740 acres; Central park, New York, 843 acres. Nome's population this winter is estimated at about 3,000, which is 1,500 less than last winter. The first manufactory of edged tools, including axes, hatchets, chisels and cutlery, was opened in Hartford, Conn., in the year 1826. Previous to that date it is said that coarse butcher knives and hunting knives were made by blacksmiths, and the better quality of cutlery was imported from England. The Municipal Art society, of New York, will exhibit at the St. Louis exposition a model city block, full size, intended to show what a city might be if designed from the start by competent artists and engineers. Buildings, sidewalks, pavements, sewers, lamp-posts, signs, will all be as perfect as they can be made. A WOMAN NEVER- Likes to give money to woman alms solicitors. Tells the exact truth regarding the size of her shoes. Wants a saleswoman to think economy regulates a purchase. Gives up in an argument so long as she can find a word to answer back. Frankly admits that she has been wasteful of time on a shopping tour. Is quite willing to confess that another woman has more tact than she. Misses an opportunity to tell of the trouble she has with her dressmaker. 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Andain would I share its gain. But little hands clung to me all day long; At night its blessing had made me strong. The white-winged dove had flown. And what was the loss, and what the gain? Long years passed—in a nobler strain My zeng was sung—the listening world Was hushed at its glad refrain. And into a matchless word was wrought The balm and blessing of my lost thought— My dove with its pinions furled. The dear God knoweth His own time best; His deep love searcheth the world's un- rest; He chooseth aright—the seed is sown. And safe in its own place pressed. By whom, what matter? Full well I know, My baby's touch and the sweet lips' glow Gove to my trust alone. -Rebecca Linley Tripp, in Youth's Com- panion. In the Painted Woods (Copyright, 1901, by Authors Syndicate.) YOUNG MASON, who lay on the couch in the portico, ground his teeth, it was about the only thing that he could do, and cursed the road, the horse, the accident that held him a prisoner in this dense wilderness—a prisoner bandaged and shorn of his strength. As the days passed his evil star rose slowly to the zenith. The perfume of the vanished summer was in the fern-bed that grew knee-deep beyond the porch; the maple branches glowed red as rubies; the beech trees illuminated the woods, and from behind a fallen log near by a Bob White sent his clear, exultant call. He clinched his hands and groaned. To be free once more! To walk through the sweet-scented fern, gun cocked, eyes alert—since the time of the Pharaohs, it seemed, he had been chained to the cot. His evil star, that had reached the horizon and the atmosphere was flooded with light of a celestial, rosy hue: She was his sister's friend, she told him, as she stood on the porch, a tall, distinguished girl; she had heard of his accident, they were camped only a half-mile away; she had come hoping she might, if ever so slightly, relieve the tedium of his days. He had heard of her social triumphs—her beauty; he had heard that men raved over her, although they said she had no soul, and in this sweet, friendly way she had come to him in his hour of need. After that afternoon there was always a look of expectancy in young Mason's eyes turned toward the brilliant forest. He blessed the accident that held him a willing prisoner. The cushions on which he was propped were hers, the books were hers. She came each afternoon. She laughed with him, talked to him, read to him, sang sweet old-fashioned songs while the sun, blood red, dropped behind the mountain side, and his boyheart swelled. From the camp below half a dozen men came ostensibly to inquire of his health, but in reality to accompany her home, and it pleased him to see her haughty and indifferent to them—to him she was all tenderness, all friendliness and womanly gentleness. Whimsically, as is the privilege of a sick man, it pleased him to think her a princess who came through the sunlit, painted woods, to him, an exile in pain. There were other fancies too—beautiful fancies. One afternoon he watched for her, his brows knotted with a puzzled frown. He held an unopened letter addressed to her; a servant had found it in a lot of old rubbish. He remembered that she had been one of the gay party that camped in the old farmhouse two summers before—it was there she had known his sister, and Boyd had been of the party. Boyd was some ten years the senior of young Mason, and he was gratified and honored by the older man's friendship. There was a letter in his pocket that tolk him Boyd was coming to share the tedium of his convalescence—would be there that very night, in fact, and the bold, firm handwriting was the same as that on the girl's letter. When the princess came up the steps young Mason put the letter under his pillow, and a sudden sense of pending calamity possessed him. For a little while he would listen to her voice, have her smile on him, and watch the gestures of her hands with their odd, foreign-looking rings. The night would bring Boyd. And afterwards? His mind didn't go any further. They touched on many subjects and he brought the conversation around to the mountain-party that had met under the shadow of the great hills two summers before. "Have you seen Boyd since his return from the west?" he asked, abruptly. "No," said the princess. "He has found other interests since he went west and has dropped the old friends—but I can scarcely claim so much." There was an odd little chill in her voice. "Oh," with a breath of relief, "I thought—I thought—" e princess threw back her head defiantly and looked at him through half-closed lids. "One's friends are so good," she said. "They think for them and thus simplify life." She laughed—a laugh that held no heart, or much. "I was right, then." His lips trembled in a way that would have gone to her heart if she had loved him. He drew the letter from under the pillow and handed it to her silently. He seemed not to see the color, a warm, joyous wave, that swept her face and left it still and white. When she had read the letter she looked not at him, but at the mountain in front of them purple with the sunset mists. "Corrinnne," he said, softly. She turned, a strange light, perhaps the reflection of the dying day, on her face. "Princess," he said, brokenly. She stooped and kissed his brow. "Jack, you dear boy," she said, "I thank you." She had not questioned his possession of the letter. "Foolish boy," her voice was low and tender, "he trusted our happiness to a letter. He loved me! It can't help things now—but to know!" She bent and looked into the boy's eyes with eyes that held no thought of him. "Jack, dear," she said. "I've got to speak! Ive stifled it so long—I've so skillfully got up my smile to meet the world! Jack, dear, when your time comes, it isn't the woman that you will be happy with, remember, it is the woman without whom you will be unhappy. In all the world there's only one for each of us—only one who understands. You'll know her." A sudden radiance, as of a happy memory, lit her eyes. "You may realize with a shock, after your first meeting with her, that you have outraged the conventions and bared your soul to a woman that you never heard of before, out there's a splendid shamelessness about it." In her smile there was the sweetness that had been his Waterloo. Her hand closed over SHE WAS ALL TENDERNESS. his. There was a sudden wistfulness in her face, as she said: "And if you never find her, Jack, life must go on and on without her." In a flash she was gone. Young Mason lay quite still. His eyes were fixed on the wood for, down its painted aisle lighted by beech trees like gigantic lanterns, with sweet, wet eyes downcast, and lips a-quiver, his princess, all unconscious of the happiness that was so soon to overtake her, walked slowly. The hush of twilight fell on the world. The great spaces above were filled with colorless clouds that suddenly, wave on wave, blushed pink as the heart of a seashell. Young Mason, awaiting a man's delayed greeting, choked back the sob in his throat—he was only a boy, remember, and with brave eyes smiled down into the wood, now enchanted. OVERZEAL OF YOUTH. Rebuke of Lord Lyons to Sir Edward Malet for His Haste in Writ- ing a Draft. The self-confidence of youth in business matters often receives a necessary check. Sir Edward Malet relates in "Shifting Scenes" an incident wherein he was very properly rebuked by his chief in the diplomatic service, Lord Lyons. While we were at Washington, says Sir Edward, the head of the chancery gave me a letter to which an answer had to be written, and told me to draft it. I dashed off what I thought would do, trying to make it as short as possible, and it went down for approval. In due time the box came back, the head of the chancery unlocked it, took out the bundle of drafts, and presently stalked angrily to my desk, holding my luckless effusion between his finger and thumb. My writing was stroked through from end to end, and underneath was written: "Brevity is the soul of wit, but I object to absolute nonsense—L." I was deeply hurt, but the lesson sank in, and I never again "dashed off" a draft. At another time the cock-sureness of youth came under Lord Lyon's displeasure. Allusion was made one day to the assault on Marshal Haynau, the Austrian general who was reputed to have flogged women during the Hungarian rebellion. He was brutally attacked in 1850 in London by brewers' draymen and cruelly beaten. The subject was talked about at dinner, and one of the young secretaries took the part of the draymen on the plea of "served him right." Lord Lyons struck in quietly. "Do not attempt," he said, "to find an excuse for an act which was a national disgrace." Defends Ragtime Music "They should never suppress ragtime music" said Mme. Emma Nevada, the singer, when she returned from Europe the other day. "Ragtime music is all right. Some of the songs are pretty and deserve to be let live, besides ragtime is popular and the people want it." Mme. Nevada has been away two years and has sung in nearly every large city in England and on the continent since last she appeared before an American audience. "Say, tell me the good things first." ↳ N. Y. Herald. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS. The "wheel" surcharge on the recent issues of Salvador has been described as a sunburst. The Garzon, Colombian Republic, provisionals, March, 1884, issue, were largely bought up by a dealer in Garzon, who at first was the sole source of supply of the stamps. One of the most interesting sights appealing to the interest of the philatelie tourist in Europe is the famous stamp bourse of Paris. The Parisian stamp "bourse," which virtually is but a convocation of curbstone brokers, with all the semi-romantic associations that cluster about it, is a fixture of fact and in consequence there is some excuse, perhaps, for the exaggerations and distortions with which it has been described by the press of probably all civilized countries in the course of the occasional article on philately. It had its conception late in the 50's. Thirty-five years ago, when the collection of postage stamps was thought to be mere child's play, the stamps worth hundreds of dollars to-day could be bought for a few cents each. A few years later five dollars was the highest price asked for the rarest stamps, with a few exceptions, such as post office, Mauritius, Reunion, etc. At that period the collection of coins was esteemed a propar pursuit for serious men, and the price obtained by dealers in America for ordinary coin was from two to ten times what is asked to-day for the same coins. The fashion of stamp collecting waxed greater each year, as that of coin collecting waned. Of course, the well-known great rarities have generally held their prices, and in some instances even increased. It is an interesting speculation whether coins and stamps will not begin to change their relations to each other. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE. Michigan's school fund permits of a per capita appropriation of two dollars. Prof. Henry M. Howe, of the school of mines, Columbia university, has been elected an honorary member of the Russian technical school at St. Petersburg. Emma Henry, of Knoxville, age 87, has been the star pupil in the Eastport colored school there for six weeks. She lost her husband, who was 103 years old, about a year ago, and concluded to enter school as a cure for ennui. The report of the University Club of New York city shows that the total membership is 2,829, exclusive of army and navy officers. Of this number Columbia has 286, Yale, 823; Harvard, 570, and Princeton, 250. A Columbia university club has been incorporated in New York city with a membership to begin with of 450. Seth Low is one of the incorporators, as are also Abram Hewitt and Nicholas Murray Butler. Douglas Story, writing in Munsey's on the universities of Europe, says that Russia has no university more than 150 years old. In all, there are ten universities in Russia, but the students are rarely Russians. At Dorpat, of the 1,600 students, more than 1,100 are Protestant Germans, 250 Jews and only 95 are orthodox Russians. Russian students have no college life, the university being a series of lectures. The students hate the professors. DICTATES OF FASHION One attractive tan cloth gown is trimmed with the soutache braid in black and white. Corset covers of fine lawn are occasionally trimmed with deep cream lace insertions and edges and are pretty when worn with deep cream-colored petticoats. New French felt hats in rough beaver and shaggy camel's-hair effects, also in mottled, heather-mixed and granite weavings, are worn en suite with utility costumes of like pattern. Turquoise matrix is as fashionable as ever. The turquoise is, moreover, the stone for December, so that a lucky charm may very appropriately be given on Christmas, which is the world's birthday. Then, too, the turquoise signifies "prosperity," a pretty idea for the new year. Steel and black are combined frequently with good effects this year. In some of the smart stocks the dots of velvet which make a good trimming for so many things are set upon a lace or net foundation and encircled with beads, black and steel alternating Lines of black and steel beads are to be seen in other combinations on stocks PERSONAL MENTION King Edward wears a No. 7 hat, the kaiser $6\%$ and the duke of Cornwall $6\%$. Sir Joseph Dimsdale, who has just been installed as lord mayor of London, is a graduate of Eton, and is the first Eton boy who has filled the office for a period of 130 years. Dmitri Kosjsujajkean, an Armenian who arrived at the Garret Biblical institute, Illinois, to study theology, has changed his name to "Mr. Little," as none of the professors were able to pronounce his Armenian name. Russell Gardner, a rich Mississippiian, has constructed a pleasure yacht, the Alice May, furnished it sumptuously and lives on it almost the entire year, in the summer in northern waters and in the winter along the Gulf of Mexico. King Edward is a disciplinarian as regards his court. It does not do for any of the gentlemen of his household to be absent without leave. His majesty is said to have telegraphed to a very high officer in Scotland merely to remind him that the court is at present in London. Could See No Reason Surprised Foreigner—Do you mean to say you have special elections for congressmen in your country? Surprised Foreigner — Why, from the way you people talk about your congressmen I shouldn't think one of them was worth the expense of a special election. —Chicago Tribune. 3rd Grammar, Mr, D. W. Davis, teacher—Wm. Partee, Anna Calloway. 2nd Grammar—Miss V. A. Holmes, teacher—Tamar Carter. 1st Grammar, Miss M. H. Smith, teacher—Mamie Johnson, Martha Minor Lou Conley, Rebecca Mitchell Aurelia Lipscomb, Snow Winfrey, Besie Edwards, Rachel Lemas, Amy Robinson. 8th Primary, Miss L. J. Corbin, teacher—Azelia Storrs, Rosa Goodwin. 7th Primary, Miss C. F. Brown, teacher—Cornelius Gaston, Emily Greene, Theresa Chiles, Wyndham Carter, Leora Smith. 6th Primary, Miss M. C. Tinsley, teacher—Laura Augustus, Florence Storrs, Gertrude Gose, Ethel Jackson. 5th Primary, Miss M. E. Allen, teacher—Charles Grey, Bernetta Young, Hermione Jackson, Mabel West, John Pierson; Marie Lewis, Mary Pierson, Bettie Fitzhugh, Edward Yancey, Maggie Farrar. 4th Primary, Miss M. R. Crump, teacher—Lorenza Jones, Viola Washington, Malneon Jackson, Mary Miller, Ellis Katie Gilpin, Esther James, Arneta Stokes, Emanuel Stuart, Carrie Harris, Carlotta Kersey, Sarah Thompson. 3rd Primary, Miss E. V. Trent, teacher—Mercur Burrell, James Edwards, Richard Jackson, Marie Brown, Ruby Coots Gertrude Powell, Egennie Ellis, Ethel Forrester, Martha Ferrell, Lillie Pinkle, Jayles, Sarah Sydney, Pinkle, Theresa Hayes, Hazel Johnson, Susie Johnson, Amy Lipcomb. --- Did you borrow this paper? Why not subscribe? It is only $1.50 per year. Rev. W. T. Hall, pastor of High Street Baptist Church of Danville, Va. called to see us. Messrs. W. Cary Truhheart, Ottoway L. Sampson, Henry Epps, E. Jackson, S. Brown left the city last Saturday for St. Augustine, Fla., where they will spend the winter. Cashier E. A. Washington has been confined to his bed this week. Miss Lizzie Wills resumed her duties at school this week. Mr. B. P. Vandervall is yet confined to his residence by sickness. Reverend W. H. Stokes, the young pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church has preached very able sermons since his installation and is steadily growing in the favor of his congregation. Have you paid your subscription? Send in the amount. We desire to thank those subscribers who have been forwarding the cash for their subscriptions. Y. M. C. A. NOTES The explanation on the Sunday School lesson last Saturday was very instructive. Reports from the city jail last Sunday were very striking. About 183 prisoners were found there. The boys were extremely happy last Sunday over the papers which were read by their associates. Each boy who had a paper showed that he had given it some special study. The papers were original. Dr. J. E. Jones addressed the men's meeting last Sunday. The men were more than pleased with the most practical thoughts which the doctor gave to them. This is what we need. A man said once that he loved the preacher and was willing to support him, but when he sent forth the doctrine that men ought to carry the Religion of Jesus Christ into their private lives he had gone too far. Oh if such was done, what a change would come to our city. Explanation on the Sunday School lesson to-day 5 p. m. by Prof. G. R. Hovey, Vice-President of the Virginia Union University. Meetings in the 'ail, almshouse and on the streets Sunday at 10 o'clock a.m. and 3 p.m. Masters Roscoe Conkling Mitchell, Jacob Daily and George Jackson will give the boys special papers Sunday at 4 p.m. Lawyer J. Thomas Hewin, Chairman of the membership committee will address the men Sunday 4:30 p.m. Subject, "Humanity." Good Singing. Here you are, Sunday, Feb'y 2nd, at 8:30 p.m. for both women and men, a lecturer at the Presbyterian Church, corner Monroe Church Catherine St., by Dr. R. P. Kerr, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Grace St., subject, "A Walk About Jerusalem." Special music by section 1 of First Baptist Church Choir under the direction of Director W. H. Tharps. Duet by Mesdames Carrie B. Hawkins and S. Alice Kemp Burrell. Accompanist, Miss Nannie Osborne. Remember the admission is free for both women and men. FOR SALE—One black Funeral Car, newly painted, with rubber tires. Can be seen at Conrad Street, corner Adams and Broad Street, Richmond, Va. WANTED. Wanted, a home in a kind Christian family, for a strong, healthy colored baby boy, 8 months old. Address, Mrs. R. B. ANDERSON, 213 W. Third St., 1m. Plainfield, N. J. All Ware and No Fare. Guest—Will you kindly tell me how you cut this beef so thin? Walter—With a carving knife. Why? Guest—Nothing; only I was just wondering if it was done with a safety razor.—Judge. Could Not Face Disgrace. The Wife—I understand that the man they rescued from the burning building tried to commit suicide. The Husband—No wonder. He had on a pair of pajamas his wife had made for him.—Smart Set. How It Affected Him Cholly--Does your father say anything about me? Edith--Dear me, yes! Mamma says he'll never get ever his hoarseness unless he stops holling every time he speaks about you--Puck. Cause and Effect. "To what do you attribute the remarkable increase of kleptomania in late years?" "To the fact that the dry goods stores keep more detectives."—Harlem Life. HOW CLOTHES GOT NAMES. Mackintosh is the name of its inventor. "Umbrella" is from "umbra," a little shade. The word "gown" comes from the Welsh "gwn." "Troussau" comes from the French "trousse," a bundle. "Stays" express support, from the French word "estai." "Corset" is a French word, from "corse," the body, and the diminutive "teite"—namely, a little body. "Garter" comes from "jarretiere," the French word, and "garetto," the Italian, which denotes the bend of the knee. "Pocket" means "poke," a bag or pouch, with the diminutive, the pocket being only a little bag inserted in a garment or any other article. "Hose" is an Anglo-Saxon German word, derived from the Icelandic "hsa." "Stecc" is the Anglo-Saxon for stocking, which means a trunk. We derive "polonaise" from the Poles, who call their surtout the polonie; but "pellisse" comes from the Latin "pillicea," which was generally made of fur. The word "costume" is derived from the French word signifying custom, and dress from the French word dresser, to make straight, and this is derived from deriger, to direct. Petticoat comes from the Anglo-Norman outdoor garment, which was called a "cotte" and was subsequently modified into coat. Petticoat, or small coat, is due to petty, signifying small. Skirt is from the Anglo-Saxon word scyrtan, to shorten. We have come to consider that which covers the lower part of the body as a skirt and the upper part the bodice, the word bodice being the plural of body, for more than one bodice is mostly worn. INDIVIDUALITIES. Rev. Dr. Joseph Dombrowski is the rector of the only Polish theological seminary in America, located at Detroit. He was born in Warsaw, studied at the university of that city and took part in the revolution of 1862. Capt. Ernest Goldschmidt, who was recently mentioned in the Gazette as deserving of praise for distinguished service in the South African war, is a son of Jenny Lind, the once-famous vocalist. He belongs to a Welsh regiment. Thomas P. Watts, of Louisville, Ky., who agreed to eat the large straw hat he was wearing last election day if the republican ticket should be defeated in that state, has engaged a celebrated cook to make the task as light as possible. At the general missionary convention of the Methodist Episcopal denomination in Pittsburgh, Bishop James N. Fitzgerald, of St. Louis, incurred the displeasure of his fellow delegates because of his devotion to chess. The bishop is very fond of and an expert at the game named, and no complaint regarding his fad ever reached him before. Gladys—Were you alarmed when he kissed you? Ethel—Dreadfully! Gladys—And did you scream? Ethel—Oh, no! It was a still alarm. —Puck. SEABOARD AIR-LINE R. R. "Capital City Route" Short Line to Principal Cities of The South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, Reaching the Capitol of Six States. SCHEDULE 1N EFFECT DEC. 1, '01. Trains Leave Richmond Daily—Main Street Station. 10:37 p. m. "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Sacramento, Pinnacle, Columbia, Savannah, Sockscoville, Columbia, Miami, Alpine, Southwest, Cuba and the West Indies. 10:37 P. m. "Atlanta Special," for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Cumber, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Athens, Atlanta, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Nashville. 2:38 p. m. "Seaboard," points South, and Boston, Boston, Faleh, St. Petersburg Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pine Pine Hurst, all points in "Florida, Alanta, Athens, Nashville, Memphis, and all points South and Southwest. $:10 p. m. "Western," points for Petersburg, Norfolk, N.C., and all intermediate stations. Connection at Norlina with train training at Henderson at 2:59 p. m. Raleigh, N.C., 3:59 p. m. and Arlington, N.C., 3:59 p. m. daily, except Sunday. 5:00 p. m. "Richmond and Petersburg Local" Daily, Petersburg and all intermediate stations 11:45 p. m. "Richmond and Petersburg Local" Daily, except Sunday, Petersburg and all intermediate points. Trains leave Richmond for Washington New York and the East daily. No. 34 at 6:45 a. m. and No. 36 at 6:38 p. m. Connections at Jacksonville and Port Tampa for Florida East Coast points, and Cuba, and Port福州, Appalachian for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND—DAILY. 6:35 p. m. From all points South and South 6:35 p. m. from all points North 6:45 p. m., from Noralina, N. C., Petersburg and local points. 9:40 p. m. Daily. 8:00 a. m. Daily, except Sunday, from Petersburg (Local) CAFE CAR SERVICE Cafe Dining-Cars will be operated in Trains and Metropolitan Limited," between Hamlet, N.J. and in Trains Nos. 32 and 33. "Atlanta Special" and in Trains Nos. 34 and 35. "Atlanta, Ga., Service a la Carte, Price modern goods handled but the freshest and finest merchandise on staples served." This key innovation is found. This is an innovation, and will be found a station or be against meal stations or station de hote dîte dining car. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE Nos. 37 and 44 "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" "Drawing Room Sleeping Cars and Tampa, between New York and Tampa. Also Through Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta. Nos. 27 and 66 "Seaboard Fast Mail" "Through Drawroom-Room, Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Tampa, between Hamlet with Sleeping Car to and from Atlanta, in connection with which Through Pullman Tickets are sold. Finest Day Coaches. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agt. 836 East Main Street J. M. BARR, 1st V.P. and G. M. R. E. L. PUGH, District Passenger Agt. Asthma Cure Free! Asthamalene Brings Instant Relief and Permanent Cure SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLAINLY. 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