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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL.XIX NO.9 A PEACEFUL MEETING. THE FUSS-MAKERS DISAPPOINT RAILROAD WORK AT THE MOST BAPTIST CHURCH. A Brief Session—Bro. Jones Shakes With Brother Jonathan—Pastor Johnson In the Saddle—He Prevents a Crash of the Warring Factions. No Church Hill Linen Washed There. The regular meeting of the First Baptist Church last Monday night was not marred by scenes of wild disorder, and for the first time in many months "peace reigned in Warsaw." It was evident that powerful influences had been at work to produce this result, and it was plain that Rev. W. T. Johnson, B.D. was uneasy, lest some one of the rams might break away from all restraining influences and launch the church into the midst of a turmoil, the like of which even as compared to the former meeting would be a breeze to a storm. ALL WERE THERE. It must not be understood that the leaders of the contending factions were not there. They were ready for the fray, but a glance at the complexion of the congregation told the story that the rams were heavily outnumbered and to bring up the Payne matter would lead to a crushing defeat. There sat Brother "Hisdquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting. He was crestfallen and disappointed. He saw the "handwriting on the wall". His forces could be led to the attack only to be ignominiously slaughtered. He did not know whether to look over those gold-rimmed spectacles or under them, although he cast furtive glances at the members who had come out to put down the fuss-makers, and if possible have perpetual peace within the walls of Zion. DUMB AS AN OYSTER. BROTHER SHAD BELLY'S BABY: Just like a sick' kitten sat Brother Henry G. Carter, now known as "shad-belly," because many warm months ago, he wore those big-legged white breeches and shad-belly coat. He seemed to be as yet mourning over the embalmed remains of his "baby." John J. Spottswood, who was so ignominiously slaughtered in his fight for the deacon board and whose "corpse" should have been carried out upon the hill-side with "Brother Shadbelly" hopes, and none but the rams to do him reverence. COULDN'T BRING IT UP AGAIN Then too, could be seen Brother Robert Watkins, who was guard at the peni- century during the Readapter Rule. He seemed well-nigh heart-broken, because he was the one who had openly announced that at this meeting he would "bring it up again." Never before did he look older. He was apparently too full—of emotion to talk and he cast furtive glances from one side of the church to the other, thinking perhaps of those days when he with Bro. Thos. H. Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockettets were invited to preach in the pulpit of the First Baptist Church. THREE BARRED FROM PULPIT The only difference between those two and Brother Evans Payne is that the latter is debarred from the pulpit by resolution of the church and they are debarred from the pulpit without a resolution of the church. They glared at Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D. but said nothing. He had the reins in his hand and he held them to the close. They looked at Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting, but there was no sign of recognition. He looked like a man dazed by university. CHAMPION JONES WAS FRIENDLY Even Rev. Dr. J. E. Jones was silent. When the meeting adjourned, he grasped the hand of Brother H. F. Jonathan and stated that he could tell that this much was done by him. Treasurer R. T. Hill was silent too, but his countenance was clouded. No further reference has been made to that money box which he forgot and left elicited at the church: but which, where found had been opened by somebody and they don't know who. There were striking figures on the other side. Rev. R. J. Bass was there to try conclusions once more with the elements which he in conjunction with others had time and again defeated. BROTHER BOWLER ANXIOUS Rev. J. Andrew Bowler gave evidence of having undergone a terrible strain and he was plainly anxious for it to be over. Brother H. F. Jonathan now admitted to be one of the best posted members on church polity was evidently anxious for "the show to begin." The deacons were non-communicative The election of new ones seemed to have had a harmonizing effect, and nothing but praise is heard concerning the men selected, unless persecuted or unlawfully secret caucus of the rams who state in unmeasured terms their opinions of some of the brethren whom they claim have gone back on them. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL The regular meeting of the First Baptist Church took place on last Monday night. It was about 9 o'clock before Chairman W. T. Johnson called the assemblage to order. Brother Thomas H. Wyatt acted as church clerk in the place of Brother B. P. Vandervall, who is as yet confined to his room with rheumatism. One brother asked whether other persons than members were allowed in the church. The chairman replied that it had been a courtesy to permit members from other churches to sit with them. He moved that all members from other churches be requested to retire. This was agreed to. The minutes were read and adopted. MOVED TO ADJOURN. After the transaction of the routine business, Brother R. T. Hill moved to adjourn. This was carried and after a very short session, much to the surprise of the persons who had gone down there to see a repetition of the "cat and dog time," the body had one of the shortest and most peaceful meetings event, the history of the church. It was a sizeless session that tiled its way out of the Fire. he hoped. Ourself. They tried to look pleasant, but it ended in a ghastly smile. They had stood at the gr. o of their hopes. The end had come. THOSE MOURNING COAT-TAILS. Once more the coat-tails of Brother Robert Watkins, who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster rule beat time to a dead march as with measured step and solemn tread he climbed Gospel Hill and wended his way to the headquarters of the fuss-makers to tell how it was done. The other side was not exultant, but evidently experienced grim satisfaction. It is plain that the better elements are tiring of the trouble at the First Baptist Church and it may be that the pastor will be able before the next meeting to declare a truce and end the horrible conditions which have served to scan dalize "Old Zion" from one section of the country to the other and caused a practical demonstration of the scriptural announcement that "glory has departed from Israel." Let us hope not forevermore. Rev. Phillips' Great Work. The Metropolitan Baptist Church, of Washington, D. C., of which Rev. Robert Johnson, D. D. is pastor, has for the last three years had to raise about $2,100 in payment of the general debt of the church. Having raised in May, 1901 $528,49, the remaining $1600 had to be raised by Nov. 1, 1901. The members started out after this amount Oct. 1st, and by Dec. 1st had in hand $1400, the people having rallied with a will. We raised about $5000 per year. January 1st, 1902, with God's help we changed the work to a revival meeting and sent for Rev. C. H. Phillips of Beaver Dam, Va., who conducted the meeting for fifteen days with a better success than we have had for years. There were 125 converts during the 15 days. Rev. Phillips is a Christian gentleman, a gospel minister, and an evangelist of the first type. He knows how the word of God should be given and gives it in small and broken doses. May the Lord bless his work wherever he may go. We start out with renewed vigor this year, having a new set of trustees and in part a new board. You will please pray that we may make the landing SMITH.—Died at her home in Notto- way Co., Jan. 24, '02 Mrs. Julia Gilbert Smith, a lady well beloved by all who knewher. She was born in the thmonth of March, 1830 and died at the age of 72 years. She was known to be a devout Christian, and leaves one son, several neces, and nephews and a host of friends to mourn their loss, which we feel sure is her eternal gain. She was also the aunt of Mrs. Lucy J. Brown. Notice! There will be a meeting of the club to form a Court of Calanthe at the residence of Miss M. L. Chiles, 114 W. Leigh street, Tuesday, February 11, 1903, at 5 p. m. Owing to the illness of her mother, the meeting could not be held before the parties are requested to be present as we wait. We are meeting when the court will be media. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1902. BIDDLE BROTHERS DEAD BIDDLE BROTHERS DEAD After Desperate Battle Murderers Are Recaptured Near Butler. MRS. SOFFEL SHOOTS HERSELF The Brothers Fought Desperately, and Were Only Taken After One Was Mortally Wounded and the Other Riddled With Shot. Butler, Pa., Feb. 1.—Edward and John Biddle, who escaped from the Allegheny county jail last Thursday, aided and accompanied by Mrs. Peter H. Soffel, wife of the warden, was recaptured last Friday by a posse of officers. They were traced to near this place and the authorities at Pittsbug were notified. The Pittsburgh officers were met at Butler by Deputy Sheriffs Rainey and EDWARD BIDDLE Noon and Officers Frank Holliday and Aaron Thompson. The officers were certain that they were on the right trail. It was only a question of time when they would catch up to the escaping condemned murderers and their guilty companion. The Blddles and Mrs. Soffel ate dinner at J. J. Stephens at Mount Chestnut, five miles east of Butler. They had made a detour of the town of Butler, and after going several miles MRS. SOFFEL MRS. SOFFEL. east turned north and then west. The Pittsburg officers, only a few miles in the rear, took the wrong road for about eight miles, but when they found out their mistake they made up for lost time by telephoning and telegraphing ahead for fresh horses They reached Mount Chestnut not less than half an hour after the Biddles and Mrs. Soffel. At this point fresh horses were awaiting them, and the chase for life began anew. The two sleighs, with the eight officers aboard, started westward, and met the Biddles and Mrs. Soffel at McClure's barn, two miles from Mount Prospect. The Biddles having learned that they were almost overtaken, and, taking what they considered the only chance they had, drove eastward and met their doom. The Pittsburg and other officers were armed with Winchester rifles and revolvers of large calibre. They shot to kill, and their aim was perfect. The Biddles tried to kill to the last of their string, but not one of the eight officers has a wound as the result of the battle. When the detectives got to within about 60 yards of the fugitives they opened fire. The Biddles promptly answered with shot gun and revolvers. When Ed Biddles fell and Mrs. Soffel saw she was about to be captured she bulled a bullet into her breast. Ed Biddle got a bullet in the breast which penetrated his right lung. John Biddle may recover, his wounds, although numerous, falling to reach a vital spot. The escape of the officers is miraculous. The Biddles have demonstrated on several occasions that they are good marksmen, and Mr. Editor:— Grant to me a few lines in your paper to deny a malicious falsehood that has been circulating, reflecting upon me and my family. As a rule, I do not believe in tracing rumors, they are best let alone. However, I wish to say those who seem to be so much interested in my PRIVATE are that I gave my wife, Julia Reed, the mobile or Raglan about which there has been so much talk. I bought it on the 25th day of November, 1901, of Julius Sycle and Sons, corner 2nd and Broad streets. I paid for it and hold receipts for same. The Association having lost by fire two barns and four valuable horses, Monday night, January 20, 1902, representing an actual money loss of at least $1,500, and being without funds to rebuild, is forced to make appeal to the public for money aid to restore what has been lost. The white and colored people of, the commonwealth are equally interested in having this reform school of the Association accomplish the best results possible by reforming delinquent Negro minors, since the decrease of crime adds to the moral well-being and material growth of the state by assuring better citizenship. Already 143 boys have found an asylum in the Virginia Manual Labor School under the protective care of the Association within in the two years and four months from its opening. You are respectfully asked to contribute liberally towards raising necessary money to cover fully this serious loss which so greatly embarrasses this Christian work of reform for colored children. The $500 insurance will cover but one-third of our loss. You are asked to send your contribution to the Treasurer or the President. By order of Executive Committee:—Dr. B. L. Winston, Rev. Dr. D. N. Vassar, Rev Dr. Joseph E. Jones, W. D. Cardwell, S. H. Shackleford, George P. Haw, William B. Lvons. Body Taken Out — Horses Couldn't Stand. The funeral of Mrs. Annie Taylor took place last Sunday at 11:25 a. m. at the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Rev. W. H. White preached the funeral. All went well until after the body had been placed in the hearse by the pall-bearers. When the horses started off, the icy roads caused them to slide. The hearse was partially overturned, the glass smashed and the coffin disarranged. The remains were returned to the church and another hearse ordered. The vehicle was badly damaged. The front axle was broken. It belonged to Mr. Joseph Billey. Funeral Director Brown had charge of the remains which were finally interred in Evergreen cemetery. It was after 3 o'clock when a double team truck removed all that was left of the hearse. Fifth Street Baptist Church Debt Must Go. The members of the Fifth St. Baptist Church will please keep in mind that by act of the church three months ago the week beginning May 18th, continuing through the 25th, 1903 was set apart as Rally week. This is the final effort for the liquidation of the last of the long standing debt. We desire in that week to raise One Thousand Dollars. On the first Sunday in June, it is the aim of the church along with the Tenth Anniversary of the pastor to have the mortgage burning. Let the members far and near keep this in mind. Members out of the city may send money to help in this final rally to the pastor. The storm did not discourage all last Saturday. The attendance of the explanation on the Sunday-school Lesson was good. Prof. Hovey makes this hour very helpful. It will pay you to join this class. Free to both women and men. Sunday was another gala day with the Young Men's Christian Association. It was the pleasure and privilege of all who attended the meeting at the Presbyterian Church under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association to take a trip to the Holy Land by the way of the lecture which was given by Dr. R. P. Kerr, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Grace street. The why they should have failed yesterday to bring down their men is a mystery. After the Biddles fell to the snow-covered ground the officers picked up the apparently lifeless bodies of Mrs. Sofel and the Biddles and came back to Butler, bringing the stolen sleigh, patched up harness and worn-out horse that the trio had tried so strenuously to get away with toward Canada and liberty. John Biddle died at 7.35 on Saturday evening. His brother, Ed, who had been unconscious practically all day, survived until 11 o'clock, when he, too, went over the great divide. Mrs. Sofel, who developed symptoms of pneumonia, has a chance for life, and unless some unforeseen complication sets in, will recover. The bodies of the brothers were taken to Pittsburg and turned over to Harry Biddle. To prevent the demolition of the coffins and the mutilation of the bodies of Edward and John Biddle, which in all probability would follow their burial if the spot were known generally, Harry Biddle has arranged a secret plan to dispose of his brothers' remains without letting the public know where or when the interment will take place. A great deal of sympathy for the boys is expressed on all sides, and not a few of the female portion of the crowd expressed a desire to see what manner of a man Ed Biddle was that he should exert such a wonderful influence over men, and particularly women. The jail doors were closed, and no one got in but the doctors, who attended the autopsy and the coroner's jury, which organized Sunday morning. The verdict of the jury was that Ed Biddle came to his death by a revolver shot fired from a 32-calibre revolver by himself, and that John Biddle met his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by the officers in the discharge of their lawful duty. A lost love letter from Ed Biddle to his sweetheart, Mrs. Kate Soffel, found in the snow near the bloody scene of their capture, reveals the long and careful plot for their escape from the Allegheny county jail. The letter clearly shows the hazardous undertakings of the infatuated woman to secure the escape of the Biddles. Since December 2, 1901, they had been making preparations to escape. The discovered epistle tells how Mrs. Soffel carried the saws to the cells of the Biddles. It manifests the extreme enamoration of Mrs. Soffel for the murderer and burglar. It clearly shows the wonderful influence Ed Biddle had over Mrs. Soffel. Mrs. Soffel fell in love with Ed Biddle in November. The burglar soon realized his power over her. It was not long until he started to write love letters to her. Mrs. Soffel fell madly in love with Ed Biddle, and about the early part of December he proposed a plan of escape to her. She conceived to lend him her ald. Between December 14 and 16 they had completed all arrangements to escape from the jail. Then they learned of the governor's respite. After this Ed Biddle almost persuaded Mrs. Soffel to fly with him and his brother. The contents of the letter show it was originally agreed that Mrs. Soffel was to leave the city for Canada on the eve of the boys' escape. BRIGGS NAMED FOR TREASURER New Jersey Contest Won By Present Official By One Vote. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5.—The Republican joint legislative caucus yesterday afternoon decided on ex-Mayor Frank O. Briggs, of Trenton, to be supported in the joint meeting for state treasurer. Mr. Briggs received 32 votes to 31 for Senator Charles A. Reed, of Somerset county. It was not until the last vote was cast that the contest was decided. The roll stood 31 to 31, when Assemblyman Wright, of Burlington, the last man to be called, announced himself for Mr. Briggs. The nomination was made unanimous. There was but one ballot. Mr. Briggs is assistant treasurer of the John A. Roebling Sons Company and a bank director and is a graduate of West Point. No time has yet been fixed for the joint meeting of the legislature, when Mr. Briggs will be elected state treasurer. The election will be for a full term of three years. The position pays $6,000 a year. Old Man Perished On Mountain. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 5—John Sagelman, a well-known and respected resident of Red Rock, this county, has been missing from home since January 14, and it is feared that he died on the mountain. Sagelman was the sole survivor of a social organization composed of eight men, the members of which climbed to the top of the mountain on the anniversary of the club each year, which was on January 14, and fired three shots from a gun. It is believed the old man lost his way and has perished from the cold. Yours for justice and truth, HARRISON REED BROAD NECK FARM, Hanover, Va., Jan. 22, 1902 JOHN H. SMITH, President, Hanover, Va.; JOHN L. WILLIAMS, Treasurer, Richmond, Va. SMASHED THE HEARSE. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. RICHMOND sail was made very pleasant by the choir music which was rendered by Section, No. 1, of the First Baptist Church Choir. All who failed to have heard this lecture missed a great deal. Subject, "A walk about Jerusalem." All were made to feel that they were there. Dr. Kerr is an able man and is always sought for the good of his fellow men everywhere. The duet by Madames Carrie B. Hawkins and S. Alice Kemp Burrell added much to the meeting, accompanied by Miss Nannie Osborne. Director Tharp knows how to help on such occasions. The harpist that was out shows that there are some who appreciate a lecture. Watch for the date of the one. Give the Young Men's Christian Association your heart support and it will be able to do more towards preventing many from falling and helping those who have fallen. General Secretary S. C. Burrell received a very kind letter from Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, stating that he would have been glad to have spoken for the Young Men's Christian Association but for other engagements, but through the kindness of Dr. Kerr many were permitted to hear Dr. Talmage Sunday night. Explanation on Sunday-school Lesson Saturday 5:30 p. m. Committee for the work will please be on time Sunday. Boys meeting Sunday 4 p. m. Special papers by the boys: Masters Randolph Poindexter, Frank S. Perval, Arnold Hill and W. A. Saunders. Men's meeting Sunday at 5:30 p. m., subject, "One accord." Open meeting for all. Every man is invited. Good singing, free to all. In reporting the reception which was given to our boys by the Ladies Auxiliary, the following names of the committee were omitted: Mesdames Kate Knight, Virginia Brown'and Miss Sallie Willis. PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. Funeral Director A. Hayes has been quite ill and is as yet confined to his residence. Mrs. Nancy Anderson, who underwent an operation at the Old Dominion Hospital is improving. Mr. James N. Vandervall of Orange, N. J., has returned home after a brief stay in the city. He visited the PLANET Office. Mr. B. P. Vandervall is slowly improving, although confined to his room as yet. Miss Lizzie Wills has resumed her school duties. Mr. W. H. Lucas of Washington, D. C., who has been in the city for several weeks called on us. Mrs. Harriet E. Thompson has been very ill, but is now much improved. —Messrs. Clarence Harper and Cabell Dixon are spending the winter at St. Augustine, Fla. —Mr. Montague E. B.anks, the son of Mr. Joshua Banks, arrived in the city from Philadelphia Tuesday and is visiting relatives and friends. —Rev. J. T. Carter has been indisposed, but is now much improved. —Miss Ethel Peterson and Mr. Henry L. Whitlock of Philadelphia, Pa. are visiting their relative, Miss Sallie C. Whitlock of Lynchburg, Va. —Mr. Royal Threat of No. 38 West Leigh St. was seriously injured by a fall Wednesday. January 29, 1902. His many friends hope for him a speedy recovery. Tennessee Letter. WARREN, FAYETTE CO., TENN., January 29th, 1902. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. Dear Editor:— I must say that the PLANET is the best and only Negro paper that I know of, which stands up and speaks for the colored race. Please allow me to say right here that it should be the duty of every Negro in the United States to hold up your hands as Aaron did the prophet's hand, by sending you their subscription to the PLANET, the great Negro paper, to enable you to continue to press the colored people's case before the world. I believe that we have some good white friends in the South who will rise to our rescue, when they see that we are using every effort to help ourselves. Our worst drawbacks are due to sin and bad conduct of our young people. I believe God will ever withhold his blessings from the Negro race until they stop their meanness. God has promised that no good things would be withheld from them that walked unrightly. I hope you may find space in your great paper to drop these few lines as I have never seen a line in print from this part of the country. I hope our people may be more particular in training their children to be more polite and that will help to gain friends. May the God of peace ever be your strong arm to bear you up in the grand and noble work which you have undertaken, to fight the cause of the Negro race is my prayer. Yours, a lover of the Negro race, (Rev.) ISAAC J. PERSONS BLOOMING LILY LODGE,15, K. P CELEBRATES. Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15, K. o P. celebrated their Tenth Anniversary with a banquet, at the St. Luke's Hall, 31st St., Monday night, Feb. 3rd, 1902. The occasion was one of pomp and grander, made more so because it was graced by the presence of the Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the State of Virginia and Supreme Lectorer of the Supreme Lodge, K. of P., and two or three other other Grand Officers. On behalf of the lodge, the welcome address was delivered by Sir L. C. Miller, which was very instructive and was delivered in appropriate language in a very fortable manner. Speeches were also made by Mrs Anna Taylor, Grand Director, I. O. C., Sir S. S. Baker, Dr. Chas E. Wilder and Rev. Absolom Randolph. After the speeches the guest marched down to the dining hall while the orchestra, composed almost entirely of Pythianis, played some of the latest matches composed by a colored man and a Sir Knight. The spacecous dining hall was decorated with the colors of the Order, and the table which accommodated one hundred guest at a time, was decorated with white lilies, which was emblematic of the name the lodge bears, and was indented with everything which goes to make up a first-class banquet. Peace, love and harmony, some of the many characteristics of the Order, prevailed throughout the entire evening, and all present enjoyed themselves to the fullest extent; and the Banquet, which was given as a reunion of the families of the Knights of Blooming Lily Lodge, was a grand success in every respect. It established among the people confidence in the Order, and and many men went away with the determination of uniting themselves with the grand old Order, and to raise Blooming Lily's banner higher and higher. Dancing was engaged in by all those who could, and those who couldn't, regretted for the first time in their lives that they did not know how. Much credit is due the following Sir Knights who composed the Reception Committee in handling such a large gathering with satisfaction: Robert Turner, Chairman; C. E. B. Steward, L. Clarence Miller, Secretaries; Geo. E. Booker, W. L. Sayles, W. H. Hill, W. E. Noble, Johnson Young, Craven Tate, Robert Johnson, W. H. Toast, Gabriel Watkins, Alfred Fowlkes. FIRST HONOR PUPIES. Week Ending January 31, 1908. 6th Grammar—Hattie Kemp, Sallie Harris. 5th Grammar—Viola Brown, Missouri Tharps. 4th Grammar—Warner Banning, Mary Mankins, Lucy Phillips. 3rd Grammar—Clarence Jeter, Nannie Minns. 2nd Grammar—Edward Stanton. 1st Grammar—Lillian Davis, Joseph Brockenborough, Daisy Flippin, Cotlie Griffin, Marthemia Mankins. 6th Primary—Albert Finch, Sullivan Pitchford, Emma Tinsley, Elise Tyler, Mary Vandervall, Estelle Walker. 7th Primary—Joseph Anderson, Leroy Brown, Alfred Newton, Willie Cary, Gertrude Harris, Queen Jones, Rosa Moody, Maud Poindexter, Blanche Walton, Lily Walker, Otilee Johnson. 6th Primary—Zoia Washington, Marie Brown, Alberta Lockett, Bolling Crump. 5th Primary—Wingfield Coleman, James Monroe, James Ross, Alfred Stokes, Lillie Booker, Lelia Dabney, Annie Freeman, Elizabeth Hall, Annie Holland, Vivian Kemp, Ruby Harris, Ida Phels, Hattie Price. 4th Primary—George Murray, Mary Francis, Rosa Gaines, Rosa Parkins, Rosa Pemberton, Florence White, Lillian West, Josephine Jackson, Julia Pemberton, Janius Anderson, Bland Banks, Virginia Seaton, Robert Jones, Parish Lewis. 3rd Primary, 36—Bessie Wells, Melissa Kinney, Eva Thomas, Gertrude Walbarrow, Mary Woodson, Willie Richardson, Spencer Dance, James Scott, Marie Randolph, Annie Hudson, Lizzie Edwards. 3rd Primary, 37—Mabell Grammar, Joseph Scott, Adolphus Edwards, Hazel Tyler. 2nd Primary, 38—Oscar Allen, Harry Black, Arthur Hope, John Lipscomb, Walter Philips, Prunella Anderson, Lillie Hill, Gertrude Harris, Norw Jones, Virginia Kenny, Marie Miller Irene Pitchford, Blanche Muse. 2nd Primary, 40—James Maye, Horace Nicholas, Arthur Roots, Lena Brown, Fannie Baker, Adeline Hill, Marion Thomas, Annie White, Lula Johnson. 1st Primary, 39—Moses Brown, John Henry Ellett, Asa Lipscomb, Cornelius Manuel, Edward Taylor, Whitman Washington, Richard Wieldfield, Pearl Brown, Eva Coleman, Dora Jackson, Charlotte Smith, Rosa Wieldfield. 1st Primary, No. 41—Rolling Millett, Frank Kelly, Weidon, Lewis, Charley Walbarrow, Virginia Dixon, Ida Hargrave, Pearl Harris, Eliza Montague, Amanda Reid, Mamie Thomas. THE JUDGE "WE WILL HAVE HUMANITY HERE OR I WILL KNOW WHY." CAMPFIRE STORIES A MEMORY OF THE WAR. Now the Surgeon Brought General Ben Butler to His Way of Doing Things. We knocked the ashes out of our pipes and refilled them before a gentle hint from the colonel brought from Dr. Rush the remark, writes H. L. Cleveland, in Chicago Record-Herald: "I don't suppose I have ever told you the story of the question I once sent to Ben Butler? I asked Ben: "Is it proposed that a hospital shall be a halfway ground between a battlefield and a graveyard?" "The occasion for this interrogatory brings to mind the manner in which a prisoner of war manifested his gratitude to the representatives of those who had conquered. The story goes to show that a man is a man always when he is born right, and that prisoners are not always as murderous as those that escaped from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth. "It was toward the close of the civil war that I was placed in charge of the officers' hospital at Hampton, Va., and just back of Fortress Monroe. I found a good many invalid union officers in the hospital, and there were between 50 and 60 confederate officers there all ill and all prisoners. My instructions in regard to the care and feeding of them were to take the same care of their living as was given the union men. I attempted to carry out these "WE WILL HAVE HUMANITY instructions in spirit as well as letter. "There was another Chicago surgeon at the hospital besides myself, but he was under me. My work was agreeable, and I found the confederate officers a gentlemanly set of fellows, who had done their duty as they saw it, suffered and were now about ready to begin to prepare for a better kind of living than making war. Among them was a young lieutenant, Ellis Lewis, to whom I took quite a fancy. "One day in making my rounds on reaching the confederates I found them pale, trembling, unnerved. In endeavoring to ascertain what was wrong with them I found that they had not had meat for more than a week, and that their rations were being kept from them. Lieut. Lewis said this had been going on for some time. "Still,' said I. 'I have given explicit orders that you shall be fed the same as the union officers here, and I have given no orders that meat shall be kept from you.' "But we get no meat,' answered Lewis. "I called up the Chicago man who was in charge of the feeding of the prisoners, and who is now a prominent citizen, and I asked him if he were responsible for depriving the confederate officers of meat. He said he was. I asked him why he did this when I had given contrary orders. "Do you suppose,' he asked, 'I am going to give these men any more than I can help when their government is starving our people in Libby and Andersonville.' "That has nothing to do with the case," I said. "You will feed these men as I have directed, or one of us will leave this hospital. Charges will be preferred against you, and I will make them. We will have humanity here or will know why." "Shortly after this incident took place I learned that charges had been preferred against me to Gen. Butler. I was accused of favoring the confederates. That was a pretty serious charge in those days, but I was compelled to laugh when I found out that the charges were based upon my having required that the confederate and union sick should be fed alike. "Col. Schaeffer, of Gen. Butler's staff, was directed to visit me with a board of inquiry and investigate the matter. Now Schaeffer before the board commissioned work, and he said to me: "This is very serious business, doctor. You are charged with favoring the confederates, and Gen. Butler wants all the facts." "My instructions," I replied, 'have been to discriminate against none in this hospital. I do not understand that I am to feed union men and starve confederates. I do not understand that course is justified by any rules of warfare. What the confederates Plenty of 'Em About. Miss Smart—That Mr. Gadden seems to be at home anywhere. Mr. Sharp—Er—yes—except at home.—Ally Sloper. The Soul of Courtesy. She—Was papa kind to you? He—Oh, very considerate. After he got through with me he rang for an ambulance.—Town Topics. themselves are doing does not concern me so far as the conduct of this hospital is concerned. I am not here to slaughter prisoners. You can go back and ask Gen. Butler if it is desired by him that I shall make this hospital a halfway ground between a battlefield and a graveyard. By —, if it is, I'll fight the proposition.' "Col. Schaeffer posted off to Gen. Butler at once and told him what I had said, and also my detailing the circumstances of the meat order. Old Ben was a pretty shrewd man and sagacious in many things. When Schaeffer had finished he looked up and remarked: "I guess we had better let Rush alone." "Some time after this a new batch of prisoners was brought to us and lodged in the same part of the hospital the other confederates were in. They had only been there a short time when one rainy night Lieut. Lewis, sick, barefooted, hatless, made his way to my headquarters and roused me. "Doctor,' said he, 'you have been right with us, and we wish to show you that we can reciprocate. The new prisoners that have come in are armed. They propose in the night to overcome the guard, kill him and get away. I come to warn you, but you must protect me, for if they knew I had betrayed them they would kill me.' "I had only a single guard at the hospital, and an escape meant the ruin of my reputation. I got Lewis into a safe place and telegraphed to Fortress Monroe for troops to be sent as fast as they could come. I made it a rush message, and I got them fast. The hospital was surrounded, and in due time the new prisoners were disarmed and the escape prevented. "I shivered, though, until I had soldiers enough on hand to save myself HERE OR I WILL KNOW WHY." It was too close a call. If the prisoners had escaped I could never have explained the matter, especially in view of the fact that I stood out for treating them with humanity at a time when most sane men were strongly prejudiced against acting toward the south with any mercy. "I shall not forget the manner in which Lewis, who might have escaped, too, warned me and saved me. It only goes to show that anywhere in this world, when you have another man in your power, it pays to treat him squarely. You have nothing to gain by rubbing it into him, and you have much satisfaction to store away in after thoughts that you were merciful when mercy was not expected." NOT ON THE FOURTH. A Michigan Soldier Who Would Not Surrender on Independence Day Gen. Duke, of Louisville, who was at one time fighting for the south, was accosted by an old confederate, one of Morgan's men, who told this story, says the Detroit Free Press: "July 4 we met at Green River a well entrenched federal force under Col. Moore, then of Michigan, who, after the war, lived in Louisville. An imperative demand for his surrender was made, and bets were offered that he would not fight. Col. Moore responded in a most courteous note. He said that if ever he had to surrender he would prefer above all things to surrender to so distinguished a soldier as Gen. Morgan, but that no union soldier could think of surrendering even to so famous a command on the Fourth of July. 'If you had reached here on the 3d my answer might have been different. If I can possibly detain you until the 5th of July without interfering with other arrangements for your journey, I might consent to parley, but a surrender on the Fourth of July is out of the question.' As we had imperative engagements elsewhere, we could not defer to this very courteous gentleman, and we determined to attack, inflicting a loss of eight killed and 30 wounded on the enemy, but we were repulsed with a loss of 100 killed and wounded, and among the killed was poor Chenault, a brave soldier, who bet a companion a bottle of whisky that the place would surrender without firing a gun." It is reported that among the fossils unearthed by Prof. Woodward at Pikermi, Greece, during the past season there were a number of skulls of horned horses.—Albany Argus. Inexperienced She—What do you mean, sir, by kissing me in this manner? He—Well, eh—you're the first girl I ever kissed.—Judge. Boys Will Be Boys. "Pa," said Mrs. Methusaleh to the oldest of his race, "I wish you'd spank Abimelech. He's been pulling Bildad's hair again." "Lemme see," quoth the patriarch, "how old is 'Bim now?'" "He's 247 years next birthday." "Well, you must make allowance for th' boy, ma. He's young yit."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA OF ALL NATIONALITIES Fifteen hundred pounds has been given by Sir John, Long "to promote the teaching of the songs of Scotland" among the school children of Dundee. Typhoid fever in South Africa has been spread largely by means which sanitation could not cope with, the germs being conveyed into food and water by flies, and by the dust which parvades everything. The Formosan gold mines are situated in the neighborhood of Kelung. The output of gold in 1898 was about 112 pounds; in 1899, 343 pounds, and for the first six months of 1900, 365 pounds. The gold is all sent to Japan. Eighteen peasants of the district of Tscherdinsk bearing the family name of Dyavol (devil) have sent a petition to the czar asking for permission to change the name to Bugolubow (God beloved). This request was granted them. The Russian empire contains more than 65 independent radical groups. It is a veritable tower of Babel. Even with the omission of Siberia and central Asia there remains in Russia, in Europe and the Caucasus alone, 46 different peoples. Poland has a wealth of animal superstitions. The goat is there considered the best harbinger of luck, while the wolf, crow and pigeon are looked upon as unlucky. The skin of a cat worn on the chest is alleged to cure consumption. To cure ecataract in the eye, take a black cock, make him look at the sun, look at it yourself, then throw the cock on the ground, jump on a fence and crow three times." HOUSEHOLD HINTS Mice are banished by laying wild mint in their haunts. Sprinkle flour on burning oil. It will quickly extinguish it, whereas water would spread the flame. Tea, coffee or cocon stains should be removed with boiling water; if obstinate, with a weak solution of oxalic acid. The crown of a crushed straw hat should be dampened with cold water and stuffed very lightly with old, soft paper. Then put to dry in a hot place. It will be blocked to its original shape. It should not be overlooked in coloring plaster casts that only certain subjects are suitable for coloring. Those which represent subjects that in the original are in white marble should not be colored beyond the shade of old marble. Housekeepers will find a canton flannel bag made with the downy side outward to slip over the broom on cleaning days a great convenience for dusting the walls. Make the bag with a drawstring, so that it can be tied securely on to the handle of the broom. MEN OF MEANS. Thomas A. Walker, a wealthy Hardin county, Iowa, stockman, landed in New York city in 1838 with but 24 cents, and still possesses the identical 24 cents, which he will retain as a valuable heirloom for his children's children. Alexander McDowell, clerk of the house of representatives at Washington, although at present a banker and capitalist, was at one time a poor composer on an Oll City, Pa., weekly. He is fond of telling how he laid the foundation of his fortune. Senator Warren, although at present surrounded by all the luxury of the prosperous man, delights in telling stories of the days when his bed was a pine box filled with hay in an attic and when he had to get up every morning at three o'clock, feed the cows, split a lot of wood before breakfast and then walk three miles to school. A friend of William C. Whitney the other day spoke of the latter gentleman's lavish style of entertainment. Mr. Whitney said in reply: "I have the money and can afford the expenditure. It is the duty of every rich man to spend as much as he can afford, and that is my way of helping those less fortunate than myself. Better give employment than give alms." GERMAN INTERESTS. German companies now have six steamers plying regularly on the river Yangtse between Shanghai and Hankow. The German peasantry have a curious instrument called the nagelgeige or nail violin. It is a circular frame of wood in which are set 60 or 70 iron pins, played with a bow. It is the practice in Berlin when any poor person dies and leaves no heir to have the bed disinfected and stamped by the official stamp of the town council. In this way a large number of beds are collected, and are then lent to the very poor. ART NOTES. In spite of his age Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is an art student. M. Hamard, the French sculptor, has just completed at Paris the model of a statue of Marshal Rochambeau, to be presented to the city of Washington as a companion to the statue of Lafayette. Miss Helen Hyde, of San Francisco, won the first prize in a Tokio art exhibition, in which her work, done in the Japanese manner, came into competition with that of native painters. She began her studies of oriental folk in San Francisco's Chinatown. He Needed It, Anyway. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—You say she is a very indulgent mother. Mr. Crimsonbeak—Yes; she gives her children everything they want. "I saw her giving the boy the slipper the other day; he didn't want that, did he?" "He wanted it about as bad as he wanted anything, I reckon."—Yonkers statesman. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Schedule in Effect Jan. 27. 1902. Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 10:25 A. M. No. 9 daily for Durham, N C. Dan ville, and all local stations, south, con- lucting at Burkville for Farnville and Lynchburg; at 4:25 for local stations outside Durham. Not for Oxford or Henderson; at Durham; for Raleigh, Goldsboro, and all North Carolina points. 2:30 P. M. No. 29, limited train daily, for Jack, sessional and all Florida points, from Nassan, etc., Connects at Moseley, with Farnville, and Powhatan Railroad; at Greenbrook for Durham, Raleigh and Woodside stations, with N. C. 35. United States fast mail, solid train, daily for New Orleans and points South which carrier leaves to New Orleans. Drawing Room Sleeper, Richmond to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through train, with Shipper, Salisbury to Memphis. 11:30 P. M. No. 11, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, and points South. Sleeper for Danville, Georgia, with Charlotte and Charleston open at Richmond 9:30 P. M. Connection with New York and Florida Express and Southwestern Limited, which can be through Sleepers to Augusta, San yamana, Charlotte and Washington to Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete Dining-Car Service. Also Pullman Tourist Sleepers Friday, not on weekdays. Washington to San Francisco, without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. 6:00 P. M. No. 17, local daily, except Sunday for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND. 6 A. M. 5:43 P. M.) From Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, Asl.ville, and all points South. 8:40 A. M., from Keysville and local stations. 3:25 P. M. from Durham, Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations. LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapolis. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH LEAVE RICHMOND. 4:30 P. M., No. 16, Baltimore Limited, daily except Sundays, connecting at West Point with steamers for Baltimore and York River landings stops only at stations between Baltimore and York River. No. 10, Daily except Sundays, local express for West Point, and intermediate stations, Connects with stage at Lake Monitor for Walkenkort and Tappahannock. 5:3 A. M., No. 74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at Lake Monitor for Walkenkort and Tappahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 9:15 A. M., daily from West Point, with connec- tion from Baltimore, except Mondays 10:15 A. M., daily except Sundays and Mondays 5:15 P. M., daily except Sundays, from West Park,下午4点 Steamers leave West Point daily, except Sundays, 5:31 p. m., arriving Baltimore 8:30 a.m. Steamers call at Almonds and Yorktown Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Clay Bank and Gloucester Point Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. C W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. S H HARDWICK, G. P. A., F. S GANNON. Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. C Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Petersburg, Waverley and Snuffols. 9:05 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg. Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Roanoke for Pristol, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleeper or Roanoke to Knoxville. 3:00 P. M., Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 3:20 P. M. P. Stops only at Petersburg Washington, with buffalo train and folk with Steamers to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington 7:23 P. M. Suffolk, Norfolk and intermine instations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. M. 9:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Rosnoke. Connects Lynchburg with Washington and Charlotte. Steeps Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans, Cafe, Parlor and Observation Cars Radford to Attalla, Al. Pullman, Steeps Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and and the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. M. Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER,* City Passenger and Picket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent. General Office: Roanoke, Va. NOVEMBER 27, 1901. 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 Clifton Forge. Connects for Orange, Culpeper and Mannassas. 10:20 A. M. Except Lynchburg. Lexington ton, Clifton Forge. Connects except Sunday for Rosney, Alberene and New Castle. Parlor car to Clifton Forge. 2:45 P. M., Daily. St. Louis and Chicago Limited, Dining Car train, Pullman for Chicago. Connects to eight hours, quickest line West. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. Local train follows St. Louis Limited from Gordonsville to Staunton, except Sun- day. 3:45 P. M., Daily. Local to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Pullman to Old Point. 4:45 P. M., Except Sunday, "Atlantic Limited" to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Portsmouth. Connects at Old Point for Baltimore, Washington and Cape Charles Steamers. 5:15 P. M., Except Sunday for Bremo. 6:10 P. M. Except Sunday to Doswell. 10:30 P. M. Daily F. F. V. Dining Car train. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman to Hinton, connecting with Parlor Car to Cincinnati, and Pullman to Cincinnati, Louisville, and the West. ARRIVE NEW MAIN ST. STATION. 8:00 A. M. Except Sunday, from Doswell. 8:00 A. Daily from Cincinnati. 8:00 A. Daily from Doswell. 10:00 A. M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 12:40 P. M. Except Sunday, from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 3:20 P. M. From Cincinnati. 6:35 P. M. Daily from Clifton Forge and Lynch burg, and except Sunday from New Cast tie, Lexington and Buckingham Branch 7:20 P. M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth 8:15 P. M. Except Sunday from Clifton Forges Apply at 80 E. main street, 903 east Main St. Murphy's Hotel, or New Main St. Station ticket offices for further information. H. W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G. P. A., A. G. P. A. Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect Jan. 14, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 4:07 A. M. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington, and beyond. Stops at Milford, Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to Washington and New York. Dining Car. 6:45 a. m. for BYRD STREET STATION, Florida and beyond. Limited, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to New York. Dining Car. 6:54 a. m. except Monday, from BYRD STREET STATION, New York and Florida Special, for Washington and beyond. Makes no stop All Pullman Cars. Do not have other than usual Pullman charge. Dining Car. 7:24 a. m. Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, accommodation for Ashland and intermediate cars. 8:00 a. m. Sunday only from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond Stops at Eiba, Glen Allen, and local sta- tions Ashland to Quantice inclusive, Oe coquan and Alexandria. Buffet-Purior Car. 11:15 P. M. Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION accommodation for Ashland and Trains Arrive in Richmond Southward. 6:40 A. M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION accommodation from Ashland and Interstate Railway. 8:40 a. m., Daily at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Alexandria, Widewater, Brooke Stops at Bourg, Milford, Dowell, Ash land, and Elba. Other stations Sunday. Sleeping car from New York to Richmond. 12:58 P. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION. Stops at local stations, from Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen and Elba. 2:00 P. M., Daily, at ELBA STATION. Stops at Alexandria and Fredericksburg. Sleeping car from New York, Dining Car. 2:30 P. M., Daily at MAIN STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericks burg, Dowell and Ashland. Sleep in Car from New York. 5:52 P. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION. Accommodation from Ashland, and in intermediate points. 7:13 P. M., Daily, at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Dowell, Ashland. Sleeping cars from New York to Washington. Dining Car. 8:40 P. M., Daily, at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Alexandria, Dowell, Ashland, Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen, and Elba. Buffet Parlor Car. 11-40 P. M., Except Sunday, at BYRD-STREET STATION, New York and Florida Special dealer no steps. A Pull man 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. SEABOARD AIR-LINE R. R. 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. 10:37 p. m. "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Columbia, Savannah, Southwellville, Miami, all points, Southwest, Cuba, West Virginia. 10:37 p. m. "Atanta Special" for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Camden, Southern Pines, Pinehurst, Athens, Atlanta, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Nashville. 2:38 p. m., "Seaboard Fail Mail," for Petersburg Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Pine Hurst, all points in Florida, Ala- tonia, asville, Memphis, and all points South Carolina. 9:10 p. m., "Seaboard Express." Daily for petersburg, Noralina, N.C., and all inter- mediate stations. Connection at Noralina at Henderson at Henderson at 2:39 p. m., Raleigh, N.C., at 3:00 p. m., and Durham, N.C., 3:38 p. m., daily, except Sunday. 5:00 p. m., Amondi and Petersburg Local, Daily Petersburg and all intermediate stations. 11:45 p. m., "Richmond and Petersburg Local" "Petersburg and Petersburg and Dulph intermediate police." Trains leave Richmond for Washington New York and the East daily. No. 34, at 6:45 a. m. and No. 38, at 3:12 p. m. a. m. and No. 39, at 3:12 p. m. a. m. and Port Tampa for all Florida East Coast points, and Cuba, and Port Rico. At New Orleans for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND DAILY 6:35 p. m. | From all points South and South 8:05 p. m. | west 8:00 a. m., Daily, except Sunday, from Petersburg (Local) CAFE CAR SERVICE. Cafe Dining-Cars will be operated in Trains Nos. 31 and 34, "Florida and Metropolitan Limited," between Hamlet, N.C., Savannah, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., between Hamlet, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. Service a la Carte, Prices moderate; no canned goods handled but the freshest and finest meats, vegetables, and staples served. This is an innovation, and will be found a great addition against meal stations or table de hote dining cars. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE Nos. 37 and 34 "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" Drawing Room Sleeping Cars and Through Drawing Room Gallee, between New York and Tampa. Also Through Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta. Nos. 37 and 06 "Seaboard Fast Mail" Through Drawing-Room and Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Tampa, connect- ing Home with Sleeping Car to Atlanta, connection with which Through Fullman 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, Portsmouth, Va. Schedule In Effect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA 11:35 A.M. M. Daliy, Petersburg 12:10 M. Macon 11:15 A.M. M. Atlanta 12:35 P.M. M. Thomasville 2:25 P.M. M. Pullman Sleeper New York to Wilmington, Charleston, Pet Tampa, Jacksouville, Augusta and Macon. 9:10 P.M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:35 P.M. M. Macon & Western railway, arriving at Lynch burg 2:30 A.M. M. Roanoke 5 A.M. M. Bristol- burg 2:30 A.M. M. Pullman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:30 P. M. Daliy. Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A.M. 11:50 P.M. Daily, except Sunday. THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL. Arrives Charleston 9:36 A.M. M. Savannah 10:50 A.M. M. Jacksonville 9:36 P.M. M. St. Augustine 10:50 P.M. Tampa 10:40 P.M. TRAIN DRIVEN RICHMOND. 3:57 A.M. Daily. Pullman, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Augusta and all points South. 6:40 A. M. Daily, except Monday. From Tampa, Shall, Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston. 7:35 A. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynch and West. 8:48 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11:10 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Goldsboro and intermediate stations. Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Norfolk and Petersburg. 11:10 A. M.Sunday only. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:15 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Peterson. 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points Son. 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Petersburg. 8:56 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. J. R. KENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMMERSON, General Passenger Agent C. S CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agt., 838 East Main Street. WANTED TO BUY FOR CAS Old Brass Fenders, Candle Stocks, old Pewter and Silver Plated Ware, old Blue Dishes and China Ware, and in fact, every thing old fashioned. 219 W. Broad St. Richmond, Va. 12-7-1m Opening of Winter Tourist Season. The Southern Railway, which operates its own lines over the entire South and forms the important link in the great highway of travel between the North and South, Florida, Cuba, Mexico, the Pacific Coast and Central America, announces for the winter of 1901 and 1902 the most superb service ever. Its splendid, regular service will be announced by the New York Limited, a magnificent Pullman train, which will be operated between New York and St. Angustine, Florida. 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 import 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 in inaugurated early in January, 1902, and will run solid be between New York and St. Angustine, Florida. All of these trains carry dining cars thus providing a great convenience and time-saver to the public. W. I. JOE FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N HACKS R Orders by Telephone or Te pers and Entertainment Old 'Phone, 686, Residence W. I. JOHNSON. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 48. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally stituted under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. It is two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand oppo- tunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize ledges. Kindly address, G. W. ALLEN Supreme Voyager, 346 W. 37th Street, New York City. THE FIGHT Asheville and Hot Springs, N. C., "The Queen of Resorts" offers to the pleasure-seeker the charms of a mild and delightful climate, and a scenic vista of unparalleled beauty, and to the invalid balmy breezes redolent of renewed health and strength. Excursion tickets on sale daily via Southern Railway at greatly reduced rates. Double daily limited train service, con sideing of elegant day coaches, Pullmans and dining cars. Call on any agent or representative of the Southern Railway for a complete "Winter Homes" folder. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. 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. D. 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. AND ENBALMER, 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 cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laudresses, waiters, waitresses, coachmen, butlers, farm hands, day laborers, bellmen, general housework, etc., etc. Address, J. H LEWIS, Manager, Inter-State Real Estate and Employment Agency, 73 Summer St. Trenton, N. J. The Private Employment Bureau. HELP WANTED AT ONCE. Are you out of employment or do you want a good salaried position. If so, we can place you in any city you prefer in the United States. No pedding from house to house. Write us to-day. THE PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU, 2804 Armour Ave., Chicago, Dl. 12-21-4t $15.00 To Such as Wish. Fifteen Dollars to such as wish, One hour's writing each day. Work at once. Prompt pay. Self addressed stamped envelope for reply. No fake. Try it please. Mrs. Z. M. REA, Grove Cottage, Box 173, Southern Pines, N. C. WANTED—WOMEN TO GO NORTH If you can cook, wash and iron for northern families, we will send you a ticket and give you a good situation. All applicants must be strong, and All applicants must be strong and healthy. Enclose stamp. Address. "Winter Homes in Summer Lands." The Southern Railway is distributing a very comprehensive booklet descriptive of "Winter Homes in Summer Lands." It is beautifully illustrated, the illustrations being accompanied by reading matter relative to the various health and pleasure resorts located in the Southland. In the booklet will be found an alphabetical list of Hotels and Boarding houses, their location, proprietors, number of guests accommodated, and rates per day, wear and month. The booklet is the most complete issues of its kind ever distributed. A copy may be had by asking any Southern Ry. Agent or representative. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. V. P. & F. K. of W. MASTER and SLAVE By... T. H. THORPE Copyright, 1901, by T. H. Thorpe. LEON'S life hung for weeks on the merest thread. Fever consumed his body and mind, creating hallucinations peopled by Odette, Oakfell and Estelle, whose names were oftened on his parched lips. The excess of his punishment was discussed throughout the parish in terms condemnatory of Quillebert, to prosecute whom should the jockey die determination was expressed. The medication of Dr. De Roux seemed impotent, a profound and omnious gloom settled upon the slaves on all the plantations, the patrol of constables was nightly re-enforced by volunteers, Quillebert's bottle and card familiars obscured themselves, and he felt deeply disturbed by the entire situation. He drank brandy at home and rum at Dede's cabaret at Manura. In this latter he was blasphemously inveighing against the doctor's unskillfulness when Dede remarked: "It is you who lack sense. Why don't you stop throwing away money on De Roux and drop a gold eagle in the lap of old Mother Deshautelles, Laure Luneau's grandmother?" "What can she do, you pitted idlot?" Quillebert snapped. "Do you take me for a fool, Dede, or are you really simple enough yourself to believe such crazy stuff?" "Crazy stuff!" exclaimed Dede. "I tell you, Quillebert, those are facts, and there are hundreds more known. She is the most powerful doctress since the old nun Bazilla died, who cured the bishop of Natchez of a snake bite. But it isn't every one she will serve, for she is a pious woman. She may refuse you, who are such a fool as not to believe what you cannot understand, who do not believe in God or the saints or the devil. When you jockey dies and the planters begin hold meetings, perhaps you will longer believe in rum, cards, or whil and yourself, which thus far have made up your creed." Quillebert's philosophical skepticism was demolished by this last stroke of Dede's, and, visibly frightened, he said: "And do you think this old witch will not sell her charm for my gold?" "Though she takes it, gold cannot buy her," Dede replied. "You risk failure if you depend upon yourself and gold alone, for the priests have put on you the brand of heretic and on your gold the mintage mark of hell." "Except what I give them," snarled Quillebert. "That's plain," laughed Dede. "They purify by exorcism whatever goes to their holy uses. But there is just one chance for you, Constant, and it should be a good one." "And what is that?" Quillebert anxiously inquired. "Laure Luneau," Dede answered. "You made a great fight for her at the election of the bell's godmother, and she is your friend for that. Moreover, she hates that overbearing American Oakfell and the simpering doll Estelle Latolais, and she is a true Gascone. Her grandmother will do for her what she might deny to the rest of the world. Seek Laure and at once." "You are right, Dede, and yor Gasson wit has not been entirely burned out by your rum, which is so fiery that I believe it is distilled where the priests say my gold is coined. Give me another glass of it, and I will see my little partisan this very day. Gascon shrewdness is a match at any time for hectoring Americanism, and we'll head off this infernal abolitionist Oakfell yet." "What is that you say? Abolitionist!" exclaimed Dede, placing before his patron the brimming glass of liquor. "No so loud, idiot!" Quillebert said, and, with the look of cruel ferocity which came into his visage whenever his malevolence was at work, he added in a low, grumbling tone: "Did not his speech at Baton Rouge prove him an abolitionist? I believe he has been tampering with that rascal Leon. I be- Iieve he is at the bottom of all this scare about an uprising among the negroes if Leon should give the pretext by dying. I believe he has been bargained with by the abolitionists to be paid double the price of his own slaves for his services in setting all the others free. But say nothing about this now. Dede; only watch and listen." Emptying the glass at one draft, though the liquid heat forced the brine to his hardened eyes, he mounted his 00. She was unaware of Quillbert's presence. horse and briskly rode down into the swamp in the direction of Mother Deshautelles' house, leaving Dede with bristling brows drawn down, bloated chin lowered to his chest and countenance of tarnished brass wrapped in an expression of deep cogitation. The dwelling of the doctress was a tight and durable cottage built of cypress logs danbed with mud, resting upon pillars of cypress butts, arranged into four large chambers, which were divided by a broad hallway, with the inevitable deep veranda in front and the usual kitchen accessories in the rear. Its site was an eminence, a geological aberration in this region of dead levels, where swamp forest broke upon the bare alluvion at the junction of Bayous Rouge and Des Glaises. Mother Deshautelles had never had slaves of her own or planting interests, but had made the income of a small fortune inherited in France suffice for the frugal yet comfortable maintenance of herself and daughter and, after the latter's death, her granddaughter Laure. In former years she had been much in demand as midwife and slick nurse. Her rewards enabled her to hire a negro man to cultivate her garden and provide fuel and a woman for kitchen and cow sheds; also to purchase the largest, stoutest of buggies and the most powerful of mules to draw it, for she was a person of heroic stature, and now in octogenarian years her obesity was such that only with much labor could she walk from room to room. Her journeyings, accomplished with exertion and discomfort, were limited to attendance at the mass at Easter and Christmas and responses in extreme cases to the calls of neighbors who had exceptional claims to her consideration. Her massive head and face were of leonine majesty. The thick white hair and undimmed eyes still spoke strength of character. She was in truth a woman of forceful personality, respected by the intelligent, feared by the ignorant and superstitious. A short distance within the swamp lay a shallow marals, or pond, choked with water lilies and swarming with ecrevisses, the red crayfish of Louisiana. Bareheaded, barefooted and ankle deep in the marals stood Laure, with hoop net at the end of a long, slight staff, scooping ecrevisses into a basket on her arm for the making of broth for the evening's meal. So intent was she in the pursuit that she was unaware of Quillebert's presence until, after silently feasting his prudent eyes upon the firm, trim limbs and brown and red cheeks of the unconscious girl, he laughed aloud and accosted her: "Ha, little Gasconne, what a picture—the forest, the marals, the illies, the nut brown maid with twinkling feet and blushing cheek! Father Grhe has no painting in his church at Mansura to match this one in my church, the great church of nature." "M. Constant," she cried, "it is not nice to creep out of the bushes at one like this! Go away—at least until I can put on my stockings and shoes!" The fush in her face was for surprise, but the sparkle in her black eyes was not for offense. "I will not budge an inch," he said, "so come out, my nymph, for I want your aid." "Glad to be of service to you, M. Constant, but I will not stir a step till you are out of view," said Laure, with a resoluteness which he saw it was useless to combat. He knew she would stand there like a statue until the stars came out if her demand was not complied with. "And how long shall I be kept out o' flow, my empress?" "When I am ready," she replied, "I will sing— "Soldier, soldier, marry, marry me." sober, sorter, marry, marry me. "But that will bring every gallant within hearing of your siren voice," said Quillebert, "and I crave a secret conference with you." "Then I will sing so low that only the Chevallier Constant de Quillebert shall hear," she said, with a mock alt of lofty assurance. "Pray abbreviate the banishment of your languishing knight as much as you can, for— THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA "I have little to my And far to go, Quick, dear, quick!" rejoined Quillebert and rode back into the forest. Laure steed motionless until she could no longer hear the sound of the horse's feet; then, peering searchingly into the thick undergrowth behind which her visitor had disappeared, she tripped lightly out of the water and, dropping net and basket, seized her shoes and hose. With the nimbleness of a doe she sprang behind a huge cypress tree and the concavity of its trunk converted into a toilet, where, drying her feet with grass and leaves, she was quickly shaken. Taking her hat from the palmette spike on which it hung, she adjusted it fetchingly upon her head and, stepping out, took up the net red and leaned lightly upon it as a staff. Verily she looked the sylvan beauty of the peets as in rich contralto she sang: "Soldier, soldier, marry, marry me." Quillebler could not have been far distant, for the line was hardly finished when he emerged from the bushes, having tied his horse to a tree. "What a change, my little actress, from the bowwishing to the bewildering!" he said. "I do not like to hear an old man talk so, and young man never say such things to me," she complained. "Be patient, Laure. You will hear enough of that 'sort from acceptable lips. Now, little one'-Quillebler had suddenly become grave-"listen to some serious talk, for I am troubled. Will you do me a friendly turn? It is not for nothing. I have at home a beautiful little watch made at Havre, inlaid with rubies and diamonds. If what I wish is accomplished, that watch shall nestle beneath the satin belt you will wear at the next ball." "M. Constant, surely I need no bribe to serve you. I am already under more obligation than I can ever discharge." "Nonsense, child. I do not mean to bribe you, but I do mean that no one can ever confer a benefit on Constant Quillebert without being the gainer thereby." "What is it you desire me to do?" "It is this: My jockey has been very slick since he was whipped for running away. Some think he will die. That incompetent De Roux does not know how to handle the case. Oakfell, who is thought to be paid by the abolitionists, is in an underhand way seeking to arouse public sentiment against me and has already excited old Latiolais' shallow headed granddaughter, who has said some bitter things to the priest Grhe and others. She has the notion that the swaggering American is looking her way, and she struts mightly." "The double faced thing!" exclaimed Laura vindictively. "Should Leon die," continued Quillebert, "it is thought Oakfell will urge a popular demonstration, maybe a prosecution. I would avoid all this. If Leon recovers, I will pay back the spiritors with interest." "Estelle, too?" demanded Laure. "If she gets in the way, she shall have her share," he answered. "Then what can I do?" she asked, with a satisfied air. "This—persuade your grandmother to give you the cure for Leon." "Oh. M. Constant! I fear your unfriendliness to the church will prevent." "How? Does any one here give more to the priests and the convents than I do? But that is not to the point. I am not sick. The cure is for Leon. Besides, I am your friend, Laure, and your enemies are my enemies." "Must you have it today?" "At once. There is not one minute to spare. If Leon is not better by tomorrow morning, he will not live the week out." "I will try," Laure consented after short reflection. "Take this; it may help your argument," said Quillelbert, handing her a shining double eagle goldpiece. "Back into the bushes, then, till I return," said she. Quillelbert did as he was bidden, and the girl walked rapidly to the cottage. The half hour of her absence appeared to him all but interminable, and it was as one freed from long imprisonment that he sprang from the matted vines and brush when she stopped beside the tree holding her hands behind her and sang: "Soldier, soldier, marry, marry me." "Well?" he exclaimed. "She was very unwilling," said she. "But"— "I got it," she anticipated his question. "Here it is." And, holding forth her hands, she exhibited in one a narrow band of snow white cloth about ten inches in length made of unspun cotton fiber beaten and pressed while saturated with water. The other held a roll of the cured skin of a garfish, in which the cotton strip had been incased. "Grandmother raised this cotton in the garden from seed obtained in Egypt by her brother, who was a soldier of the emperor. She had every boll taken from the stalk as it opened and carried to her room. With her own hands she picked the lint, muttering prayers and crossing herself all the while. She soaked and pressed it with her own fingers, and I am sure she put a prayer between every two layers. She says that if before 9 o'clock tonight this holy fillet is laid over Leon's eyes and temples he will get well." "Pretty one, you are a Jeanne d'Arcl! Give me the fillet," Quillelbert eagerly demanded. "Take it and win," said Laure. "And share the spoils of victory with my little lieutenant," he added, rolling the strip and replacing it in the fashskin. In an instant his horse was heard bounding through the dry swamp. Another sound of horse's feet fell up on Laure's car, and she ran to the skirt of the wood to receive a most elaborate bow from the exquisite Evariste Oakfell as he cantered along the opposite bank of the bayou and to catch the notes of his fine tenor voice caroling: "Soldier, soldier, marry, marry me." Her heart beat wildly with a delight she could scare explain, but was suddenly stilled by the thought that Evariste may have seen Quillelbert, heard her signal to him and construed their meeting as she would not for the world have him construe it. The gait of Quillbert's steed was not lowered from a run until, throbbing and covered with foam, he was halted at his stable. Quillbert took no chances with the clock, but at once proceeded to the cabin where lay the emaculated, sinking, falsely breathing jockey. Producing the gleaming fillet, he stretched it over the closed eyes and sunken temples of the seemingly drying man and on their lives charged the awed negroes in attendance to see that there it remained till morning. Leon slept fitfully through the night. At break of day he awoke from delirium, Odette and freedom to consciousness. Quillbert and shackles. CHAPTER VIII. ARTICLE 351 THE cooling air of November had checked the fruiting of the cotton plant and quickened the sweetening of the sugar cane. The harvesting of the one was ending, of the other about to begin, when a small company came together at "L'Esperance" upon Oakfell's invitation. Though not numerous, it reliably represented the best sentiment of the parish—Baldonline and Brulleton from lower Bayou des Glaises, Milleoaze and Celmesnotte from Berodine and Mereauville, Jewett and Fyrth from Bayou Bousf and Huffpower, Bisset and Dufse from Coeville, Yalins Meullett from Bayou du Lac, Father Ghe from Mansura. A truly satisfying dinner, topped by venison and mallard ducks, had maintained the good fame of the Oakfell board, and, the servants being withdrawn by Mrs. Wyley, guests and host, over their coffee, considered the case of the jockey Leon. Briefly and clearly Oakfell stated the result of his examination of the law and the facts. In proof of Quillebert's guilty knowledge that he had not even the shadow of a claim of ownership, he read this extract from a certified copy of the deed signed by his and Poydra, the agent of the heirs of Queyrouz: "The oldest son of the said negress Olive, called Leon, is not included in the present sale, a condition without which the present sale would not take place and is void if the purchasers disregard it." And, as establishing Leon's right to freedom, he cited the article 3510 of the civil code: "If a master suffer a slave to enjoy his liberty for 10 years during his residence in the state or for 20 years while out of it, he shall lose all right of action to recover possession of the slave unless the slave be a runaway or fugitive." "This provision of the law," said Oakfell, "the distinct exception in the act of sale and Quillebert's peridly in entrapting the unsuspecting boy have determined me, gentlemen, to institute suit in behalf of Leon for freedom, and I have felt that I should declare my purpose to those friends and neighbors whose judgement and esteem I value most." All looked to Baldouino, who after a moment of silent thought confidently spoke their response: "Your resolution increases our respect for you. Quillebert is a shameless demoralizer, an evil influence in the community. His chief gains have notoriously been from gambling and usury. His instincts are low, and his practices are scandals hurtful to our young men. This theft of a man from A They found him at a sharp bend in the public road. himself is the crowning disgrace he has put upon our parish. In undertaking to thwart and rebuke him you do a true service to the good people of Avoyelles, Mr. Oakfell, and shall have the support of all of us here." "Not only our support, Mr. Horace," exclaimed Valsin, "but our protection also." "The danger is not to me, but to Leon," Oakfell replied. "I fear that Quillebert will kill him outright in the rage into which the suit will throw him." "Then," said Fyrth, whose presidency over sessions of the lynch court in the early days of the state had made his name a dread to evildoers and whose countenance testified a terrible courage, "he must in advance be warned that he cannot live 12 hours in Avoyelles afterward, and I suggest the priest as the proper person to notify him. Do you object, sir?" addressing Father Grhe. "I do not," replied the latter, and the party dispersed. As prearranged by Oakfell, the sheriff, charged with the service of the legal processes, called at the house of Father Grhe, and the latter accompanied him on the visit to Quillebert. They found him at a sharp bend in the public road skirting the Bayou Rouge, seated upon his horse and conversing with Laure Luneau, sole occupant of her grandmother's exaggerated buggy, to which was harnessed the colossal mule. Coming suddenly upon the two, they saw the girl quickly snatch from Quillebert's hand a small watch and long golden chain and furtively bestow them under the seat of the vehicle and were amused at her confused efforts to recover the loosened reins and drive on before they spoke. "Pray do not be disturbed at this interruption of your tete-a-tete, made-moiselle," said the sheriff, doffing his hat. "I have but to deliver these papers to M. Quillebert and be off, with apologies for the intrusion." And he handed the documents to Quillebert. who received them mechanically, without so much as looking at the large written characters indorsed upon them. "Before reading those papers, M. Quillebert, allow me to speak with you," said Father Grhe, riding near him and is in an undertone communicating the particulars of the meeting at "L'Esperance" and the warning in the words of Fyrth. In the struggle to suppress his anger Quillebert's face was that of a demon. It became knotted with swollen relasus his bloodshot eyes glared like a hated brute's; his heavy lips, though tightly pressed together, shook like storm swept waves of a muddy stream, and his fingers convulsively worked the papers they clutched into a ornured and shapeless lump. Father Grhe turned his eyes away from the revolting spectacle, but Laure gasped upon it fascinated. "The cowardly creoles join the bullying Americans in threatening a Frenchman with lech law, and you, monsoir priest, are their herald, eh? That is the case!" at length Quillebert muttered heartily. "It will only aggravate the situation to use insulting adjectives," answered Father Grhe. "Those citizens have but adopted a heroic mode of forestalling a possible and deplorable outcome of an appeal to the law in humanity's cause, and I have borne their message in the hope of preventing two murders. Mile, Luneau, you seem to have the confidence of M. Quillebert." He accompanied these words with a significant look at the girl. "Advise him against his dangerous impulses." Her face was instantly afame, and her eyes became orbs of wrath, but she made no audible reply nor returned the bew of the priest and sheriff as they rode away. "You see, my little Gasconne," said Quillebert. "what flows from a combination of maudlin hysteria of the Estelle Latelbels type and abolition ambition and avarice of the Oakfell brand." "The Horace Oakfell brand, you mea," Laure retorted sharply. "M. Evariste, I am sure, has no part in these doings." "So, so!" mused Quillebert aloud, as if detecting something, yet doubling whether the discovery pleased him. "Not M. Evariste, eb? Ala! Well, let us see. Estelle, yes. Oakfell, yes. But not M. Evariste; no? She has lost her reason on Oakfell, but not M. Evariste, eb? And I have thought he was praying at her church." "Not so. I do not believe a word of it," snapped Laure. "Nor I now. I must have been misled by the frequency of his visits at the Latiolais house." Observing that Laure's vexation was approaching the limit of restraint, he adroitly gave his comments another direction. "My hatred of the one made it too easy for me to do injustice to his half brother. I should have remembered that Evariste has French blood. His grandfather was a grand rascal of '33. Estelle's great-grandfather was a grand gentleman of '39. There should be more pulsant sympathy between him and the true Gasconne maid than between him and the simpering descendant of a supercilious and skipping emigre. We may have a friend in the enemy's camp." "But the warning must be heeded," Laure said. "For the present, yes." Quillebert reluctantly assented; "but my day will come." "If you prudently employ those days which lie between." "That is enough." And with a stinging blow of the whip Laure started the big mule into a swinging trot toward the junction of the bayous. Reaching the point where the road cut the levee and wound down a soft, steep bank to the narrow bridge at the crossing, she beheld Evalerie on the other side riding briskly out of the swamp from the direction of the prairie, and, though she could have passed over the stream before him, she chose to halt at the water's edge and await him, unseen from her grandmother's cottage. He had not observed her when he emerged from the forest, nor was he aware of her presence until he had begun the descent of the almost sheer declivity with apparent recklessness, but with justified confidence in the sure footed beast that bere him. Checking his horse at the bridge's approach and saluting Laure laughingly, he said: "Apres vouz, demoissele." "No. M. Evariste; pass over to this slide. I have something to say to you," she replied, and in a moment he was at her buggy's wheel. "Tell me," said she, "what is the meaning of this persecution of M. Constant? Is it neighborly? Is it not abolitionist?" "I have no part in the business, believe me," he answered. "It is not the sort of thing to interest me. My brother affects philosophy, humanitarianism, altruism and other isms which appeal to his emotional sature, but which have no charm for me, and it seems he has undertaken the affair as a knight of old would sally forth to chop the head off a dragon." "To win a fair lady." Laure furnished the conclusion from her reading of the Trouveres in the old books sent to her grandmother by the brother who had served the emperor in Egypt. "I do not comprehend, mademoiselle," said Evariste. "Who can be the fair lady of this exploit?" "Estelle Latiolais." She shot the name at him, intently watching his face. It fushed; hers paled. But, forcing a smile, he answered: "You are but guessing, mademoiselle. Horace has not seen Mlle. Latiolais since she went away to the convent near four years ago." "It is you who guess, and badly. The grandchild of the doctress needs not to guess. Attend to me. The night Leon ran away he went to your brother, sent by Estelle, with her request that he would procure the rogue's freedom. At the very moment M. Constant was leathering the wretch as he deserved your brother was pressing the hand of Estelle Latiolais passionately in his and pledging himself to the scheme for her sake." "How can you have knowledge of these things?" His eyes and voice betrayed agitation. "How can you be ignorant of them who see your brother every day and the lady but little less often?" She saw her advantage. "This is no answer, mademoiselle," he said pevvishly. "If I could feel under duty," said Laure, sighing, and catching a warmer look in the young man's eyes, she added with an air of trusting frankness: "But I will tell you, M. Ivariste, how I know, for, though I have not convent education and accomplishments, I am not one to smile and conceal, pretend and deceive. Know, then, that old Olive, Leon's mother, comes frequently to my grandmother and to her has told these things as she learned them from Odette, the maid of Estella. They are true. No one dares lie to the decretess." "Probably. I thank you, mademoiselle. Good night." The young man raised his hat with his right hand as he tightened the bridle with his left. "But," exclaimed Laure, as if to stay him; then, suddenly changing her purpose, amably repeated "Good night, monsieur," and, crossing the bridge, toled slowly up one bank, while Evariste's horse bounded up the other like a chamols over an Alpine wall. He gave bridle and spur to the fleet animal, whose speed was timed to the storm that raged within his breast. His brows were drawn downward and together, and from under them his eyes looked fiercely, but saw only the images created by his frenzy. He could but believe that his frequent visits and warmth of manner had plainly notified to Batelle his passion, though it was as yet undecided in speech, and the ostentatious suavity of her reception of him, as he now regarded it, was sufficient warrant for confidence that his devotion was acceptable. His brother's patronizing munificence and studied show of candor had pulled him into a sense of security against any possible clash between their desires. Yet those two had met on a memorable day. An arduous task had been imposed by her and taken up by him, which necessarily implied reciprocal regard and trust, reward of the tenderest nature and the hope thereof. Their hands had clasped, and he, for the guerdon of her favor, had set forth in a venture perilous alike to his life and his political prospects. Only a perfect understanding of the most ardent character could explain all this, so skillfully hidden from him. Horace, taking advantage of his (Evariste's) dependence in fortune, was ruthlessly trampling his heart underfoot, for he could not but have known his love for Estelle. Should he submit to be thus ignored in that which was most vital to his happiness? Would life in such submission be worth living? No; a thousand times no! Horace boasted American bravery. Evariste would meet it with a trait, inherited from his ancestor, which had contributed to the deep red of the French revolution. The unguided courage of his brother was a dot; his own talent was a patient, calculating engineer. He would await the proper time for its employment, and the effect would be the horrid crash of all that had been builted on his wrongs. This was the first shadow that had fallen upon his life, and his soul surged darkly as a tempest tossed sea when the winded horse stopped at the gate of the Oakfell home. Seeing Horace advance toward him, he gave the command of Gloster "Dire, thoughts, down to my soul! Here Clar and greeted his brother with a smile Caller—Don't forget to tell Miss May I called? Servant—I'll go up and tell her right away, sir—Brooklyn Eagle. Sensible Advice. Young Lady—A friend of mine is engaged to a man, and now he refuses to marry her. What would you advise her to do? Old Lawyer—Is the man wealthy? Young Lady—No. He hasn't a dollar. Old Lawyer—Then I'd advise her to write him a nice letter of thanks.—Chicago Daily News. Likely to Have It. "He likes excitement," said the young man. "So I supposed," replied the dear girl. "Why?" "Well, his choice for a wife made that the natural inference."—Chicago Post. Great Discovery. Harold—Well, Percy, did you find gasoline a good remedy for chapped hands? Percy—Splendid! Not only did it cure the chapness, but everyone in the ballroom detected the smell and thought I owned an automobile.—Chicago Daily News. How He Saved His Life. “What, you here again!” exclaimed the woman at the back door, when Weary Willie presented himself. “I thought you were dead!” “Oh, no,” replied Weary, touching his hat; “I didn’t eat that piece of pie you gave me last time I was here.”—Yonkers Statesman. A Grave Mistake "So Rev. Mr. Goodley was a failure at that church, eh?" "Yes, he tried to bring the congregation into harmony with his ideas, instead of bringing his ideas into harmony with the congregation."—Philadelphia Press. Pronale Meeting in a Turkish Bath Resting Room Brings Out a Ro- mance of the Philippine Is- lands and China. The Chicago Tribune tells this story of two men who went in a Turkish bath establishment. After the rub they lighted their pipes and lounged. There is no conventionality between men in such a place. After these two had looked at each other for a moment one of them said: "I see you have an American eagle inked on your arm. Pardon me for mentioning it." "I was just looking at the bird on your arm," replied the man in a gray blanket. "It seems to be quite arti- tic, if you will excuse my close observation." "Thank you. I was thinking the same of yours. Must have been done in China. They do these things wou- derfully clever over there." "It was done in China. You have been there?" "O, yes. I had a bit of experience over there from which I have not quite recovered. By the way, that bird of yours is evidently the work of some Mongolian artist." "Yes. It was done, however, by one in Manila." "Manila?" "Yes. In 1899." "Mine was done in Peking last year. Just after the siege." "I remember that little affair myself. I've got a scar on my left shoulder to remind me of it if my memory should conclude to not the rascal." "That's interesting. I had my bird done when I was in the hospital. It wasn't so sick as I have been right here—in dear old Chicago. But I was awfully tired. The woman who persuaded me to let that celestial fresco this was an American." "Same here, old man. Will you try my tobacco?" "I don't mind. By the way, the woman in my case had come up from MOTION ALCOHOL RUB DOWN "SEEMS TO BE QUITE ARTISTIC." Luzon. She was on the island with her father, or brother, or some of her kin, blest if I remember which. Sympathetic voice to match, and so on. One of those women whose face cuts no ice. All in her manner. What a sylph she was in a waltz. That's where I first saw her. That was in Manila, come to think of it. "Yes. Got a match? That business you mentioned—waltz? Remember which one it was—I mean when?" "Don't I? I had waited some time to get my dance with her. There was a chap who seemed to have her for every dance. One of those confounded volunteer lieutenants. Tennessee regiment, or something. He was a good dancer, though. It was on June 4, my birthday, 1899. I think it was Friday night; but no matter about that." "You say you were in Peking at the siege?" "Some. And the sylph of the walz was making the round of the sick with some cussed old sawbones, whom she called 'Unky.' They had come up from Manila. She didn't know that I had been her partner in the Manila walz. But she had this bird put in here. Where did you go from Manila, if I may ask?" "To Peking. I had some business up there and took a hand in the even-up. I came back home six months ago. I'm here for a vacation." "I'm on extended leave of absence. Sick, you know. Expect every day I shall be ordered back to my regiment. Can't fool that pill-bags much longer. Ever been in the service?" "Yes, little bit. Volunteer, though. Went out from old Tennessee to help you fellows in the Philippines." "Live in Tennessee now?" "Yes, always lived there. Wouldn't live anywhere else. Got a match?" "Here's a box. Say, old fellow, excuse my calling you that--maybe you know what became of the woman who got you to have that Chinese vaccination on your arm?" "I reckon I do." "Where is she now, do you know?" "Reckon I do." "Reckon? You confounded southerner. Why don't you say 'guese? There's too much certainty about the word 'reckon.'" "There ain't no uncertainty in this case. She's my wife." "Hell! I beg your pardon." "That's all right. Can't you come down to Memphis and spend a few days before your sick leave expires?" "Not by a blamed sight. Here goes for another smoke." But they dined together that night. Big Boom in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is showing considerable business activity. It already has eight printing offices. A Common Mistake. He thought he had a thought, A splendid thought, that might Give happiness to men; But when he got his pen He found that it was night But just an itch to write -Chicago Record-Herald. BET JULIET JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. 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COMMUNICATIONS.—When writing to us to request your subscription of the document our paper, you should give your name and address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. COMMUNICATIONS.—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent 'be former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va., as second class matter. We have received the fine Missionary Calendar for '02, issued by Rev. L. G. JORDAN, corresponding secretary of the Foreign Mission Board. It is unique, original and convenient, a boundless source of information and will inspire every member of the race who is fortunate enough to secure one of them It is announced that twenty per cent of the white voters eligible so to do have failed to qualify under the new constitution of Alabama, and they are thereby disfranchised along with the much-abused Negro of that same commonwealth. This is a practical demonstration of the fact that no measure aimed at the citizen of color can or will fail to react upon the white man. The safest and best plan is to do right and let the results take care of of themselves. PRESIDENT M'ILWAINE'S ASSERTIONS. The New York INDEPENDENT in discussing the unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention of Virginia says: "After a long recess the Virginia Constitutional Convention is again at work, and finds it a harder task than ever to keep the promises made to the people when the convention was called. It was promised that the same should be done that had been done in Louisiana and Mississippi; namely, that as many as possible of the Negroes should be deprived of the suffrage, while not one white man should lose his vote. But somehow or other this promise delays its accomplishment. The wise men find that this is not an easy thing to do. They are partly disturbed by the very reasonable threats that the representation in Congress of those States which limit suffrage will be reduced; and they are, we are most happy to see, still more restrained from action by a sense of the unfairness and injustice of every proposition by which the Negro shall be treated differently from white citizens." It continues: "An admirable speech in the convention, and one which must have much influence, is that made by Dr. Richard McIlwaine, president of Hampden-Sidney College. In it, he compares the statistics of two counties in the State, one in a western county, and the other an eastern Negro county. He finds in both a sad amount of illiteracy, although greater in the Negro county. He then compares the arrests and convictions for crime in the two counties, and he finds that here the relative position is reversed; the white county has a much larger percentage of arrests and convictions for crime than the Negro county. He proves that the prevalence of ignorance and crime is not to be charged against the Negro only, but equally against the white people. His conclusion is of the clearest and is most vigorously expressed. He argues that there be no more lying and cheating at the polls, no more false counting, no effort to shat out a man because he is black, but that absolute and equal justice be granted to both races. He would have every old soldier vote, every man who pays a certain small tax, and then he would shut out every man equally, white or black, who cannot read and write; and then, in order to insure that votes are counted, he would have viva voce voting." Dr. RICHARD McILWAINE is one of the most distinguished instructors this state has ever produced. He deals with facts and figures and lines them up besides great right principles. His kind, however, is sadly in the minority in this state. Men of his calibre do not soil their hands with the politics now in vogue in the Old Dominion. The colored people of this section will join with him and support the proposition which he submits to the convention. Whenever any basis of agreement is reached which will carry with it the disfranchisement of any class without regard to race, color or previous condition of servitude, the colored brother will bow in humble submission, confident that he will be able to surmount all difficulties and find his way to the poll. The INDEPENDENT concludes: "All this is not quite to our liking; we have got beyond it hereabouts. But it is honest, it is fair and decent. And it is all presented with such weight and dignity and reinforced by such appeals to a good Virginian sense of right and justice, that we cannot but hope that it will prevail. It may be that it will be the honorable distinction of Virginia to build a dam and dike against the further progress of the wave of constitutional distranchise which threatened to overwhelm the whole South. That will give new distinction to the State, and a good part of the honor will be due to President McIlwaine." It is good to have hope, and we are gratified to see that the INDEPENDENT indulges in it, while discussing the remarks of the distinguished Virginian. There are many more like him and we join in the hope that the predictions may be realized and that "some good may come out of Nazareth." THIRTEEN SEAMEN LOST Three Coal Barges and Crewe Go Down During Storm. New York, Feb. 5.—There is every reason to believe that three barges, coal laden, from Newport News for Boston, have been lost at sea as a result of the storm of Sunday night, and that 13 people, comprising the crews, have perished. The barges were the Antelope, Belle of Oregon and Mystic Belle. They were in tow of the tug Richmond, and the finding of a piece of wreckage bearing the letters "O. P. E." lends confirmation to other information at hand. The Antelope was towed to New York by the tug Claverton, and was there transferred to the Richmond, which was to have towed her to Newport. During the height of the blow the Richmond's heavy towing hawser snapped and the barges went adrift off Fire Island. The tug Richmond belongs to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company. Agent Willett, of that company, says that on Sunday afternoon the Richmond, in command of Captain McConnell, left Liberty Island, in New York Bay, with three barges in tow, coal laden. Each barge had on board three men. Besides these there was Captain Miller and his wife, who acted as cook on the barge Antelope; Captain Harding on the Belle of Oregon and Captain Rogers on the Mystic Belle, a total of 13 persons. Captain McConnell, of the Richmond, said he did not give up the hope of rescuing the men on the barges until it became too dark for him to distinguish them. The tug then made for Newport. Captain McConnell thinks the barges and those aboard of them have been lost. A body found on the Long Island beach has been identified as that of Captain C. L. Miller, of the Antelope. On one arm of the body the initials "C. L. M." were tattooed. Part of the stern of the Antelope and another barge were found not far from the place where the body was washed up. THE MINERS' CONFERENCE Operators Voted Unanimously Against the New Scale. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 5.—The mine operators and mine workers, in the secret session of their joint scale committee, yesterday, disagreed upon every one of the seven propositions submitted by the miners, and the whole matter was referred for discussion to the open joint conference. There the operators voted unanimously against the scale proposition offered by the miners, and the whole matter was finally referred back to the joint committee. It became plain that the operators will not grant the scale asked by the miners. The failure to agree in joint conference, as well as in the deliberations of the joint scale committee, will lead to the reference of the disputed questions to a sub-scale committee of operators and miners and a prolongation of the conference. HARRIS-MEEK SUIT POSTPONED Witnesses Failed to Appear and Court Issued, Attachments. Clearfield, Pa., Feb. 5.—The Harris-Meek libel suit did not come up for trial yesterday, owing to the failure of material witnesses for the defense to obey the summons of the Clearfield court to "be and appear here in their proper persons," etc. Attachments were issued for Thomas Bigelow, Major A. M. Brown, ex-Speaker W. T. Marshall, John McTighe, ex-Lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon, W. W. Nesbitt, John H. Smith and others out Pittsburg way; Ward R. Blis, Clarence Wolf, Philadelphia; Lieutenant Governor Gobin, Lebanon, and several Harrisburg and Philadelphia newspaper correspondents. Trial of the case was postponed until the witnesses appear. Negotiators Had Cross Call. London, Feb. 5.—A Sofa dispatch says that during the negotiations with the brigands for the release of Miss Stone, the captive missionary, the house in which the American party was lodged burned down, but that the inmates escaped with the money to be paid as ransom. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA JUDGES' PAY INCREASED JUDGES' PAY INCREASED Senate Passed Bill Raising Salaries of Supreme Court Justices. ALL AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN One Proposed Increase For Cabinet Officers From $8,000 to $12,500 a Year—Senator Dryden Inducted Into Office. Washington, Feb. 5.—After a brief discussion yesterday the senate passed the bill providing for a 25 per cent increase in the salaries of United States judges. All amendments were voted down, including one to increase the salaries of cabinet officers from $8,000 to $12,500 a year. By the terms of the bill the following salaries are to be paid United States judges: Chief justice supreme court of the United States, $13,000; each associate justice, $12,500; circuit judges, $7,500; district judges, $6,250; chief justice court of claims, $6,125; each associate justice, $5,625; chief justice court of appeals. District of Columbia, $5,000; each associate justice, $7,500; chief justice supreme court, District of Columbia, $6,750; each associate justice, $6,250. During the remainder of the day's session the urgency deficiency bill was under discussion, the principal tariff measure being laid aside temporarily. Mr. Hansbrough, of North Dakota, made a spirited defense of Judge Arthur N. Noyes, of the district court of Alaska, and Alexander McKenzie, upon whom an attack was made in the senate. This preclitated a long discussion of the Noyes case, legal and technical rather than personal. No action could be taken on this subject, but the discussion was continued today under the latitude allowed. John F. Dryden was inducted into office as the successor of the late Senator William J. Sewell, of New Jersey. Mr. Dryden was presented to the president yesterday by Senator Kean. They were accompanied by a number of friends from Newark. CUBAN RECIPROCITY Ways and Means Committee Will Report a Measure to House Washington, Feb. 5.—Representatives Baboock and Long, Republican members of the ways and means committee, called on President Roosevelt yesterday and discussed with him Cuban reciprocity. It was stated by a Republican member of the ways and means committee that there was little further doubt that the committee would report some measure of Cuban reciprocity. Another member of the committee expressed the conviction that the rate of reduction would be about 20 or 25 per cent. Other members of the committee insist that the minds of several members are still open and that definite conclusions as to the course of the committee are not yet warranted. Chairman Payne says there is no material change in the status of the subject, as the hearings recently held have not yet been printed, and these are regarded as quite important in assisting toward a solution of the question. Employs' Wages Attached. Altoona, Pa., Feb. 5.—Yesterday the Pennsylvania Railroad offices in this city received from Philadelphia a list of 39 attachments for wages, issued by G. O. Smith, of West Virginia. Many of the men whose compensation is attached are residents of Johnstown and are employees in the Cambria Steel company's works near there. Smith proposes to collect the claims through the Pennsylvania Railroad company, which owns a controlling interest in the big Johnstown industry. Killed By Premature Explosion Washington, Feb. 5.—A premature explosion of nitro-glycerine carelessly handled by an operative at the Cerberite Manufacturing Company's plant at Ardwick, Md., nine miles from this city, yesterday, killed Richard J. Martin, the superintendent, and also slightly injured two workmen. Eight tons of material of high explosive strength stored close to the scene of the accident were not disturbed. Lieutenant Restored to Duty Washington, Feb. 5.—The president has exercised clemency in the case of Lieutenant James P. Howell, of the Sixth Artillery, convicted in the Philippines of drunkenness on duty and sentenced to be dismissed. In view of certain extenuating circumstances, the president has set aside the sentence and ordered the officer's restoration to duty. Foundrymen Strike. Reading, Pa., Feb. 5.—Two hundred and fifty employees of the North Reading plant of the Reading Foundry Company struck yesterday afternoon, and the place was closed down, as there were not enough men left in the shop to keep it going. Several weeks ago the management announced a reduction of 10 cents per day in the wages of every employee of this department. A committee was appointed to call on the management, but the interview was not satisfactory. Fatal Coasting Accident. Peoria, Ill., Feb. 5.—Six boys coasting down a hill last night crashed into an electric car, and four of them were injured, two of them fatally. The police were guarding the crossing, but owing to the darkness the coasters were not seen in time to prevent the accident. The injured are: Richard Day, skull crushed and hurt internally, will die; Wallace Markley, hurt internally, will die; Earl Langton, injured internally; Roscoe Coyle, right leg broken. Bill to Increase President's Salary. Washington, Feb. 5.—Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, yesterday introduced a bill increasing annual salaries as follows: President of the United States, $100,000; vice president, $25,000; cabinet officers, $15,000 each; members of congress, $10,000. Another bill by Mr. Wilcox fixed the salary of the governor of Hawaii at $2,000, with a schedule of salaries for various other Hawaiian officers. The Plague in the Middle Ages. It is consoling, now we are hearing to much about epidemies and infection, to compare the precautions taken against smallpox with the more unpleasant ones enforced in the middle ages. For, although the great plague of 1655 is the one we know most about, not a generation passed in the 300 years preceding it which was not marked by a pestilence that carried off about one-fifth of the population of London alone. As long as the poor only were attacked nothing was done; then victims were counted among the rich, and vigorous measures were forthwith taken. All infected houses were closed, and any inhabitant forced to go out of doors carried a white rod to warn people off. From every pump in the city 12 buckets of water were drawn, three times a week, and poured down the street. Good Queen Bess went one better, of course, and set up gallows for the hanging of any citizen who had concealed a case of plague. No doubt, if she still lived, she would hang the conscientious objector instead—London Chronicle. The Natural Remedy. There is an old negro in Washington who believes that the art of healing is a "gift" not to be acquired. A friend who knew his point of view recently attempted to draw him out. "You say you are a natural doctor, Uncle Enos; now what would you recommend in a case of ague?" Uncle Enos leaned on his broom in silence for a moment, lost in thought, but when he spoke it was with the calm assurance of an oracle. "De bes' medicine for de ague would be an efflorescent powder, to puff out de skin and lift it off de bones. When de skin is drawn tight over de bones, and de ague begins to shrink it, de bones is Jes' nachelly painful and an' acheful, sah. But if efflorescent powder it fizz an' fizz inside an' puff out de skin, an' oblivate de difficulty in a sho't time, sah!" -Youth's Companion. Dogs in Europe The European dog census has been completed and shows us that France, with 2,864,000 dogs, holds the European record. Not only are there more dogs in France than any other country in Europe, but there are more per 1,000 inhabitants than in any other European country. France has 75 dogs to every 1,000 of its inhabitants. Then follow Ireland with 78, England with 38, Germany with 31 and Sweden with 11. There are 2,200,000 dogs in Germany, 1,500,000 in Russia and 350,000 in Turkey, though tourists who have resided in Constantinople earlier this number falls short of the actual total, which they think to be larger in Turkey than elsewhere. In France there is a dog tax, and every dog is registered—a condition which makes the computation comparatively easy in that country. The number of dogs in the United States is estimated at from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000.—N. Y. Times. Higher Education In Germany the opinion is said to be gaining that higher education is overdone. The universities continue to graduate throngs for whom openings in which they can earn a living are few. If advanced education will assist a poor man in the task of bread-winning, it is a thing to be desired, but if its attainment consumes a number of his best years and he then finds himself adrift, evidently in instances, at least, there can be such a thing as too much learning. Colleges and libraries may develop capacity, but they cannot always develop opportunity along with it.—Buffalo Courier. Over the Danger Line "Weary," said Shiny Patches, as the two were resting as usual, "this is my birthday, and I draw a deep breath of relief, for I am out of danger." "What are you talking about?" asked Weary. "I am 35 years old, and for some time I have known that between the ages of 20 and 35 men do their greatest work. It has kept me worried, but now I feel safe." - Stray Stories. Knew When to Keep Away. "Is your mistress in, Mary?" inquired the head of the house, as he came home. "No, sorr. The dressmaker spoilt her new silk, an' she's gone there to see about it." "W-h-e-w! Just say to her that I am called away on important business, and won't be home until late."—Stray Stories. Murder by Telephone. An attempt to commit murder by telephone is reported from Mascore, in Algeria, the telephone wire having been connected on the high road with the electric light wire, on which a current of 10,000 volts was in almost constant use.-Cincinnati Enquirer. An Unkind Cut. "Isn't it queer," remarked Newpop, "that when I begin to sing to the baby he immediately becomes quiet?" "Nothing queer about it," rejoined Mrs. Newpop. 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He considered most of these as unreliable, judging from what he had seen of them. In general it was impossible to prevent retaliation by private soldiers under all circumstances. As a rule, the witness said, American prisoners were treated well by the Filipinos. "This, so far as he knew, was uniformly true of the Filipino officers who were high in command. There were some cases to the contrary on the part of subordinate Filipino officers. He had not known anything of the reports of the killing of Filipino prisoners with the knowledge of General Metcalf, of Kansas. Governor Taft said that notwithstanding he was not in an attitude of favor to military rule, it was still his deliberate judgment that "never had a war been conducted in which more compassion, more restraint and more generosity had been exhibited than in connection with the American war in the Philippines." In this connection, Senator Culberson made inquiry concerning the effect of the policy of concentration in the Philippines. Replying, Governor Taft said that General Bell's order for concentration had been published since his departure from Manila. He, however, had talked with General Bell on that point and had told him that he did not consider such an order necessary, because h was of the opinion that a proper degree of pressure brought to bear on the wealthy men of Batangas would have the effect of causing the province to yield without making a sweeping order of concentration. After reading a part of General Bell's order, Senator Culberson asked if he still entertained the same opinions previously expressed as to the military policy in the Philippines. To this General Taft replied: "The war has been all over in these islands, and that remains is a crime against civilization. It is also a crime against the Filipino people to keep up a state of war under the circumstances. They have worn out the right to any treatment but that which is severe and within the rules of war." This statement led Senator Patterson to ask whether the witness did not consider that even a small number of people who were waging a war for independence do not deserve consideration at the hands of the American army. In response, Governor Taft said that the great majority of the people of the islands desire peace and that the insurrectionists by their acts were preventing the mass of the people from settling down and earning a quiet living. Instead of being allowed to do this, they were kept under a system of terrorism, which should be stopped. Strike On B. and O. Imminent. Cumberland, Md., Feb. 5.—A general strike of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Railroad Conductors, Locomotive Engineers and the local firemen on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, especially along the Pittsburgh division, is imminent. President Loree, of the Baltimore and Ohio has refused to recognize the above brotherhoods, giving as his reason that the road was now under the control of a different company. 106½ E. Clay St., RICHMOND, VA. A Corner In Pineapples. A Corner in Pineapples. Chicago, Feb. 5.—The Mills Bros., who it is claimed operated a peanut corner last year with success, are said to have a corner in pineapples, it is reported that the pineapple deal involves $5,000,000. Practically the entire crop of Cuban pineapples for the year 1902 has, it is said, been secured by the firm, which assures them control of the pineapple market for the entire United States. Gas Renders Many Unconscious Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 5.—The main supplying the town of Plymouth with gas bursted Tuesday night, and the escaping gas found its way through the cellars into about a score of houses on Jeannette street. Many families residing on the street were rendered unconscious by the gas, and the timely arrival of a number of physicians saved the lives of not a few. Will Not Ascent Intervention London, Feb. 5.—The British government replied to Dr. Kuyper, the Dutch premier, that if the Boers in the field desire to negotiate for peace negotiations can be entered into, but only in South Africa. The British government adheres to its intention not to accept the intervention of any foreign power. Nine Fireman Killed St. Louis, Feb. 5—At least nine men were killed and as many more injured in a fire which broke out last night in the five-story stone and brick building of the American Tent and Awning company. The building suddenly collapsed and the half dozen men were caught in the crash and killed. A. Good Text. Bishop—How are you succeeding here? Struggling Pastor—The standard of morality is rising gradually. "I am glad to hear that." "Yes, I am no longer obliged to demand cash in advance."—N. Y. Weekly. Getting Back at Doc. "I once treated a mule and he didn't kick as much as you have," said the doctor to the obstreperous patient. "Oh, well, the mule didn't have to pay your bill," said the patient, quickly—Yonkers Statesman. Then He Gets Nosey Mrs. Biggs—Your husband isn't much for show. He always dresses very quietly. Mrs. Diggs—Huh! You ought to hear him sometimes when his collar button rolls under the dresser.—Chicago Daily News. She Made Up for Him. Mr. Citily - I should think you would greatly miss not having a barber out in the suburbs. Mr. Isolate (of Lonelyville) -Oh, no! My wife talks to me while I am shaving myself -Puck. Essentials. There are three things with which, if wise, And knowing where contentment lies, A man keeps on good terms for life— His stomach and his wife. —Brooklyn Life. Miss Cecelia Murphay is said to be extremely handy with her brush at the academy.—Harlem Life. An Old Story. Castleton—Willie, for a younger brother, you don't seem to have much curiosity about your sister and myself. Willie—No. I did when the fellows first came, but now I guess I've seen all there is to be seen—Detroit Free Press. Think of the Courage Required! Happy Hogan—Say, Birdie, didn't ye never have yer picture taken? Birdie Blinks—Picture nuthin'I "Never have de price?" "Course I had de price—but I never had de nerve."—Judge. Secret Out. She—I wonder what makes the Widow Brown so popular with the men? He—Oh, she always shuts up and listens when a man wants to talk.—Chicago Daily News. He—What was the result of your visit to the palmist? She—I've got a fortune coming to me some day, and I'm five dollars out now.—Puck. His Strong Pull. Beekman Streete—There's a man over there who has made a fortune through his pull. Astor Howes—Politician? Beekman Streete—No; dentist.—N. Y. Times. Another Lie Nailed. Dora—The papers say you are to marry Lord Tonnott. Clara—It's a base slander. I'm only engaged to him.—N. Y. Weekly. Money Saved. Money Earned Mrs. Climber—My dear, Mrs. Highup has had her portrait painted by a celebrated artist, and I haven't a thing but common, ordinary everyday photographs to show. Husband (a wise man)—Huh! The idea of advertising to the world that her complexion is so bad it won't stand the camera!—N. Y. Weekly. Omission. Tears gathered in her great gray eyes as she read the contemporaneous account of her wedding. "The newspapers don't say one single word as to the cost of my lingerie!" she exclaimed. "As if I were not ja the Four Hundred!"—Town Topics. An Accommodating Judge An Accommodating Judge. A good story is told of Mr. Jelf, who has just been appointed a judge of the high court. On one occasion, when he was recorder of Shrewsbury, a prisoner, who was something of a hypocrite, tried at a quarter sessions to melt his heart with tears. "Never, my lord—never," was the reply. "Well, don't cry," the recorder replied. "That can easily be remedied. I'll send you there now." — London Globe. He Didn't Win Willis—What makes you so blue, Wallace? Wallace—Why shouldn't I be blue? A fellow offered $100 for a case of catarrh he couldn't cure, and I let him try his hand on me. "Well, what of it?" "Why, he cured me, confound it!"—Harlem Life. Female Prisoners in England. Between 40,000 and 50,000 women pass annually through the prisons of England and Wales. Taking the figures for last year it appears that 72 per cent. had been previously convicted, 42 per cent. five times and more, and 15 per cent.—about 7,000 women—$0 times or more.—N. Y. Sun. To Adopt American Form According to an order of Gen. Wade in the Philippines, hereafter in the business of social address the American "Mister," "Mistress" and "Miss" will take the place of the Spanish "Don," "Senor," Senora" and "Senorita."—N. Y. Press. ee SGP Le woos ia ENA NS ome Reena so ae ; pa pei ge ae WHISKY HIS RUIN. @ne of the best Greek scholars in ‘New York city is a guard on the Sixth Avenue Elevated railway. Not long ago a famous professor in one of our leading universities published a yol- ume on certain features of the an- cient Grecian dialects, of interest aly to scholars. ‘The “L” guard re- ferred to wrote to a newspaper, Pointing out several errors made by the professor in his book, and signed himself by his road and number. After a month's search a correspon- dent found the man. “How does it happen,” he said, showing his card, “that you, a Greek scholar of first rank, should be doing such work as this?” He looked at the correspon- dent sadly, and his red face flushed more than usual. “I was the best az i cal Ee iy aN a (] 3 ele : By oP ia guy “4 yi SA Ai ee Ff '\\\ epi WHISKY WAS THE CAUSE OF IT. Hellenist of my year at Dublin,” he replied. “My Greek is still what it used to be, but my career has been ruined by—whisky!” AMERICAN LIBERTY. ‘Wut Alcohol Help the Soldters Main- tain Kt—Six Strong Indict- laine Agiinas he: eve It goes without saying that our army should represent our best American citizenship, The character of the men who wear the United States uniform should represent the flag that floats over them; that flag Stands for the upholding and defense of lberty under law. Its defenders, therefore, should’ be not only brave ‘but morally and physically strong, law-abiding men, Abundant testimony might be cited on this point, showing that alcohol blunts the sense of duty and obliga- tion, that it disqualifies for devotion, even at the cost of risk and sacrifice, to the good of one’s country and its Principles. Such devotion constitutes the sublimest patriotism and true courage. In all climates, in all condi- tions, and in all countries, that such Patriotism is lowered in the soldier by beer drinking is the testimony of both science and experience. ‘The thought of liberty as freedom from all restraint except such as duty to God und the rights of others pre- scribe, has been a slow evolution through centuries of human experi- ence at countless cost of blood and treasure. It has found its highest ex- pression in government in our repub- lic. To the American soldier is in- trusted the defense of this priceless liberty. Our first indictment against beer is, then, that it lowers the soldier's moral nature and thus weakens his efficiency to meet the demands of his high calling. Modern warfare demands intelli. gent alertness, coolness, _self-re straint, strength and precision of musele and protracted endurance in action. Among the experiments per formed in Prof. Kraepelin'’s labora- tory was one which shows how alco hol affects that precision of muscle ‘whieh is an essential requisite in the man behind the guns. The subject held down, with a finger of each hand, two Morse keys, one of which he was to release on a given signal, the ‘right hand upon one signal, the left upon another. After taking al- cohol the subject would often release ‘the keys a little sooner than he would in his normal state, but he released eftener the wrong key. Musculaz ™movement was precipitated without Proper control. The cool head and steady eye and nerve necessary tc the unerring marksman are sacrificed by the use of alcohol. ‘Our second indictment against beer for the soldier, therefore, is that i impairs his physical strength. For ¢ modern military authority to ignore this testimony of science that alcoho weakens physical strength is utter folly. A famous military authority said: “The army moves upon its stomach.” ‘That being true, it is very important to learn how the alcohol in beer wil affect the process of digestion and its organs. In the very elaborate experi ments on the effect of alcohol anc digestion reported by Chittenden anc Mendel, in the American Journal o: Physiology, they found that the di gestive process took from one-half te Ce ee™ She Knew, “Seems to me that the rising gener. ton is rising pretty fast,” said the Bachelor, who expects soon to become @ benedict, after his friends had giver ‘him up as hopeless, “1 was out walle ing with my intended the other day, and her smali niece, a girl not over seven years of age, accompanied us Naturally, the conversation, owing te the near approach of our wedding day, took a turn that was interesting t to of us, but not to the third. “Finally I turned to the young lad3 ‘who is soon to be my bride, and said with a smile: “*E suppose all this tale is over the little one’s head?” “Before she could reply, the nose o! the ‘little one’ went up several degrees and she answered, icily, Ker words fall ing like so many hallstones on a tin roof: “‘Oh, don’t mind me! I know what At ist I've been in love myself!” “Tt was several minutes before I'suc ceeded in catching my breath."—De- troit Free Press. ‘The shortest history on record, probably, has ‘been written by Senor Carlos Escribans, a Peruvian. It is only 100 words in length. Following is the English translation: “The Asiatia origin of the primitive Peruvians ad- mitted, their rudimentary civilization ended with the appearance of Maneo Capac, founder of the Inca empire. His 13 successors, continuing his policy constituted that vast theocratic and communistic monarchy which aston. ished the world. Conquered by Pizarro (1838), it became a Spanish colony, whose 14 viceroys kept it in medieval darkness, and whose heavy yoke provoked the independence pro- claimed by San Martin (1821), cement. ed by Bolivar and Suere at Junin and Ayacucho, The republic established, anarchy supervened, presidents rapid. ly succeeded, until the disastrous wat with Chili, which, chastening minds, has prepared the future.”—Detroit Tree Press. |, 2he piano in a very primitive form 4s found in Matabeleland, where, prim- itive as it is, it is as much appreciated as the finest “grand” in our own coun: try, even though it consists merely of a number of pieces of iron strung on |8 wooden board. A picture of one of these shows 23 pieces of iron of vary- ing lengths and breadths, no two alike, arranged in an ascending scale along ‘the board. Thus a scale of 23 notes is | produced, quite sufficient for elaborate tunes. To add to its sonorousness, the | instrument is usually pat inside a hol- low gourd, round the opening of which bits of bone are placed, with the same | end in view. The performer sits, places the gourd on his knees, the opening | toward him, and then plays his “piano” With both hands through the opening. |The iate Mr. Bent, the great South Af- rican traveler, describes the sound as “decidedly melodious,” and recalling a spinet.—Good Words, Singular Religion of Japanese, Japan's religion has no creed, no ceremonies necessary to its practice, no sacred legends or mysteries, and nothing of the machinery of Spiritual power which characterizes great reli: gions in other countries. It makes no proselytes. It opposes no belief and insists on none. But it is the animat- ing spirit that causes a Japanese to love his children, to be kind to his wife, to help the stranger, to be loyal to Japan, to devote his life te her service.—Chicago Tribune. . ‘They were discussing the labor ques- tion. “I believe in shorter hours,” said Mr. Linger. “So do I,” replied Miss Keedick, earn- estly, “I think an hour and a half is plenty long enough for an evening call.” As the young man had been there three hours, he began to {ook for his bat.—Harlem Life. Rologan’s Tipsy Towers, Bologna’s two square leaning tow- ers, the Garisenda and the Asinelli, which are more startling than the tower of Pisa, are safe. A rumor was started that they showed signs of weakening, but a commission of en- gineers pronounces them as solid as ever. The Asinelli tower is 315 feet bigh and was built in 1109, The Gari- ‘senda was built a year later, and was originally taller, but is now only 153 ‘feet high. Its inclination, however, is greater than that of the other tower. =N. ¥. Sun, Alaska’s Queer Dogs, Alaskan dogs are called malamutes and are a cross between a dog and a wolf. About two months after birth they are trained to draw little wagons, and soon become very useful ‘They do not bark, but utter a melan- choly howl. They have long hair and can sleep in the open air with the thermomefer 60 degrees below zero. They are fed once a day, usually at night.—N. Y. Sun. In the last four years the taxable wealth of Mississippi has increased $32,000,000, and there has been a large increase in population. The develop- ment has been largely due to the util- ization of the magnificent forests of long-leat pine in the southeastern part of the state—Indianapolis News, Not Imposstbie, “You may not believe it,” said the young man with the bad eye, “but I found a needle in a haystack once, when I was a boy.” “How long did it take you?” {n- quired the other fellows. “About the tenth part of a second. Isat down on it."=Chicago Tribune, Improvement of Havana, It used to be that the people left Havana in the summer if they could afford it, in order to avoid death by yellow fever. Last summer the city ‘was a delightful place to live in, and there ‘were but 30 cases of yellow fever. —N. ¥. Sun. Woman of It, Clare—I broke my engagement with Jack Swiftleigh last night. Ile's too fast. Maude—Foolish girl! Don’t you know that people should wed their lanuutes$= Cabuaes tune tee when alcohol was given with meals ‘than it did when it was not. Recent experiments made by G. Rosenfeld, of Germany, to ascertain the effect of alcohol on the liver, showed that alcohol caused an ee cumulation of fat in the liver whieh ‘may appearas fatty degeneration or fatty infiltration and that it also di- minished the amount of glycogen in the liver. Since glycogen is the sub- stance which is burned or oxidized in the muscles to afford museular ener- gy it is easy to see why alcohol weakens the muscles. Third indictment—Beer will hinder the soldier's digestion of his hard- tack, Other vital organs affected by the strain of military life are the heart, kidneys, lungs, ete. Fourth indictment against beer in the canteen—Science and experience show that alcohol instead of helping any organ of the soldier's body to do its best work has the power to injure any one of them, although not neces- sarily every organ at the same time. Military statistics show that the Proportion of men killed or fatally wounded in battle during the war is only a small fraction of the large number of soldiers who die of dis- eases, largely epidemic diseases. Ex- perimenters have found that alcohol greatly increases susceptibility to disease and diminishes the ability to Tosist disease germs. This is true not only of large amounts of alcohol, ‘but of what is called its moderate use. The most recent experimenter on this point, Laitinen, says: “Alcohol under all circumstances increases the susceptibility of the animal body for infection, whether it be given before or after the inocula- tion and whether in a few large doses or in numerous small ones ex- tending over a long time.” Fifth indictment against beer for the soldier—Alcohol predisposes to the diseases that are more to be dreaded by the soldier than bullets or bayonets, All this, perhaps you say, may be true of taking too much, but the lim- ited amount of beer the soldier is al- lowed to drink in a post exchange or canteen ought not to be forbidden him because some one else has drunk too much. Under the most careful regulations there is no guarantee that the men who patronize the canteen will con- fine themselves to small amounts, and even if they should scientific re- search to-day shows small amounts to be harmful. Sixth indictment—The little alcohol in beer has the power to create an un- controllable and destructive appetite for more, ‘The great mass of testimony from which we have culled a little, shows that there is no justification in ob- servation, experience, science or rea- son for the sale of beer either with or without government sanction to the American soldier. It is said that beer should be sold in the canteen because the soldier will get it anyway and that if he buys it outside the’ saloon keeper pockets the profits, but if it is sold in the canteen the profit from its sale contributes to the purchase of luxuries for his mess. That arrange- ment is asking a man to poison him- self in order that goodies may be bought with the profit on the poison, ‘The proposition is an appeal for the use of beer that the government ought never to tolerate. Beer is Poisonous because it contains alcohol. Let the luxuries be placed in the ex- change at cost price, where the men can buy them directly inatead of in- directly through the profits on drinks that unfit them to represent and de- fend American liberties, ‘The sum of it all is this: moral and physical strength are needed alike in civilian and soldier in all our land in order that both may be true rep- resentatives and defenders of our blood-bought liberties. ‘To repeal the anti-canteen law and restore government consent to the sale to the soldiers of beer or any al- coholic liquors would be to announce to the world that we have decided to weaken our defenses and to invite at- tack. Abolish alcohol from the habits of the 75,000,000 inhabitants over whom the stars and stripes are float- ing, then, with God’s blessing, we may safely trust that the heart, brain and brawn of this people will be equal to the demands of the future and that liberty will be safe in their hands—Mary H. Hunt, in Union Sig- nal. . Potter county, Tex., has voted out its saloons, ‘The Birmingham (England) Tem- perance society has recently cele- brated its seventieth anniversary. Their iew. hall, which is being con- structed, will hold over 1,000 persons, ‘The very large yields of wine in re- cent years in French vineyards are attributed largely to the importation of vigorous American vines to replace those killed by phylloxera. The qual ity, however, is said to be inferior to that of the wine made from the old French vines. “There are two classes of persons who should not use tobacco—minis- ters and physicians,” said Bishop Me Cabe recently to a number of young ‘men who were candidates for deacon'e orders, and all the young men had to sign the usual pledge to abstain from its use, before they were ordained. Inebriety is a condition of dimin- ished and defective consciousness o! the relations of time and surround. ings. The memory is unable to accur. ately record events, and the senses fail to give correct impreasions; the brain cannot coordinate or discrimin. ate such impressions, and a state of anaesthesia is present which often deepens into imbecility. The inebri ate is thrown out of harmony with his surrourdings and the organism is both mentally and physically enfeebled, and he becomes unfit for normal life and living—Journal of Inebriety. A Full Peck, Hewitt—I once got good measure, Sewett—When was that? _ “When I was in a peck of trouble,"— THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIR¢ ee ‘Ste trecetea! | Pere’s Wistars. ‘The Matabeiciand Pianc. Singular Religion of Japanceac. Applying Her Belict. Bologna’s Tipsy Towers. Alesira’s Gucer Dans. Progress of Micsissioni_ Improvement of Havana. Womees af fe. Straightens Kinky, Curly Hair r, . . li | OZON 4 & TRADE MARK | \ 3) (0) Sh f \Zz A ere 4 = BE WARNED _—-= NN order to protect the Va from the numerous quack nostrums now on the market, which claim to straighten and canse the bair to grow long, and which are ae put up by a lotof quacks, charlatans, and fakirs, who have no chemical skill, with the sole idea to as your hard-earned and ye you nothing in return for your money but a dirty, or mass of worthless greases, which injure the hair and cause it to fall out, we have placed our trade-mark, ‘granted tous the Government: of the United States of America, on every box of OZONO, King of all Hal-Growers and Hair-Straighteners. This trade-mark con- sists of two heads, as shown in this advertisement—one head showing short, curly hair, the other showing long, flowing hair. Any preparation showing the heads with the hair done — a coil, or showing features different from the faces shown in this advertise- ment, isnot OZONO. Seeing our marked success with the true hair- straightener, OZONO, King of all pee eS ome firms are now widely advertising spurious compounds, and trading on the reputation that we have made for OZONO. not be fooled by these flaring advertisements, which are all promises. Buy the genuine and only original Gaal Hair Tonics, OLONO. Two hundred and ‘hity. thousand Repent Soe ar bought OZONO in the twelve ‘months. ‘OZONO is sold in every State in the Union, all over Europe, Asia, Africa, and Sou “America, also in Cuba and the West Indies. Its fame has travelled around the Bren | ‘because it is a true Hair Tonic, that straightens without eee assistance. Nohotironsare used; nothing but OZONO. It not only straightens the hair, but produces a long, silky, beautiful, luxurious Es of soft, fine hair. To come es your hair is more than foolish, when tel can increase its beauty by a ieatto coe of OZONO. Wecan send OZONO to any place that you may live in, no matter where you may live. 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Baclosed find 81.00, for which please fend me the following foods, as by your offer: Four large boxes of Oxome, Worth. ooo ass. --8A OO Sis latte Betis or xiecirical @xin Wood... 38 ‘Sue large package Paris Scatp Soar worth. a3 Name. House Mo, Street. Post-Office. i Wearest Express Office_ emeiiiinat County. State. ——eE A Romance of Finance, An clement of romance attaches in most countries to the annals of national debts in respect of the struggles and vicissitudes to which they relate, but in Egypt, a land where finance spells polities, the story of the public debt is pre- eminently romantic. Recklessly and prodigally contracted, that debt has for years pressed with crushing severity upon the docile Egyptian peasantry; but the astonishing fea- ture of its history is that, in the end, out of evil came good. The public debt, with its association of grind- ing taxation and of the koorbash, was destined itself to become the salvation of the fellaheen, Foreign intervention in the interest of the creditors brought with it the for- eign control which has secured the Egyptian peasantry better condi- tions of life than they have enjoyed for centuries, possibly better condi- tions for the mass of the people than have ever been known on the Nile. Reform in Egypt grew out of the necessity of protecting the labor of the fellaheen and of securing them such immunity from extortion and maltreatment that the fruit of their toil would suffice to meet the obligations imposed upon them with. out their knowledge and without ‘their assent—North American Re- Pe dca iepesiis tae MR ts Iremember how amused I was when Mme. Eames told me how eapitally Jean De Reszke, who undoubtedly is the greatest of living terors, imitates animal sounds—how he “bow-wows” and “meows” with the same voice which has thrilled thousands. Also how Edouard De Reszke delights in imitat- ing the sounds of various orchestral in- struments; but in order to do this he is obliged to assume the pose of the player, so that if he is imitating the sounds of a celle he sits as “f he had the instrument between his knees and ‘were drawing # bow across the imag- inary strings. As for Plancon, when- ever he and the prima donna step out upon the stage together he always whispers to her just as they are leav- ing the wings: “Now, they are going to see the two most beautiful noses in the company.”—Gustay Kobbe, in Wom- an'’s Home Companion. Indlans at Werk. A requisition was recently received at the Indian supply depot at Omaha for plows for the Sioux Indians. As this was the second request received within a short time an investigation was ordered. The first lot had been received all right, and had been used to prepare Indians’ lands for srriga- tion. On being asked to show the inspector the ditches and reservoir, the Indians proudly led him to a large dam built so high that all the surrounding country was inundated. The back of the dam_was composed of the new plows, They had used the entire shipment for the purpose. And now the Indians at Standing Rock agency are undoing their fall work.—N. Y. Tribune. Domestic Science, A girl who had been very clever at college came home the other day and said to her mother: | “Mother, I've graduated; but now I must inform myself in psychology, Philology, bibli—” = “Just wait a minute,” said the moth- er. “I have arranged for you a thor- ough course in roastology, boilology,, stitchology, darnology, patchology, and general domesticology. Now, put on your apron and pluck that chicken.” —Tit-Bits. . After the Wedding, ‘The Courttess—You've no idea how embarrassed the count was when he proposed to me. | The Dear Friend—I heard it took considerable of your father’s money to pay his debts.—Judge. ‘The Impownible, First Ragmuffin (in front of toy window)—I wonder if Heaven is as fine as that? ‘ | Second Ragmuffin—Naw, of course ‘not. You must be stuck on Heaven. | —Harlem Life. fincas Gear Stubbs—Since my wife has taken up bowling she is always after me for money to play the game. Penn—More pin money, eh?—Chieae go Daily News. Misunderstood. Hospital Doctor—Have you ever been asphyxiated before? Mose—Yes, sah; in de lef shm— but it didn’t take, sah—San Francis- co Bulletin. ; ehcs ets Miaees” techni io “ He—Will you sit out this dance? Sho—No; I can't stand sitting down uring « dance —Yonkers Statesman, Not m Miracle, Either, Larry—Was thor iver inything iny more wonderful thon th’ camel going tro th’ eye av th’ needle? Denny—Yis. Oi’ve sane me two- bundred-pound ould woman go tro me vist pocket, bedad.—Chicago Daily News. : Domestic Trisis, Mrs. Swagger—That horrid Mrs. Puf- fins, next door, has bought a new rag- lan coat just like mine. Her Husband—That’s the way it goes. Now I suppose Puffins will have it in for me.—Boston Post, “Extreme Measures Needed, So great has been the killing of birds in France for military purposes that the department of agriculture is con- sidering some extreme measure to prevent their wholesale destruction. — N. Y. Herald. make it or long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, hhumllinting scalp diseases. To make the hatr grow out again on beld spots espe- cially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. "The Boston Chemical Com- Dany holds a, charter granted by the State of Vir. fina. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of .d, Va., and to the Southern Express Com- pany. Register your letters; it protects you. Ad- ‘your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY. 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. | Queer Traits of Locomotives, “The queerest thing about machin- ery,” said an old railroad man, “is that different machines, all built on exact- ly the same lines, with every part of the same size and of the same material, possess a distinct individuality. Take locomotives, for instance. A railroad will build a batch of engines, say, 20, of a certain class, All of them will ‘be of the same dimensions, the same ‘details in every particular, and yet ‘avery one will behave in a different manner, There will be as much dif- ference between them as between 20 men. Some will steam well, others not. One will be cranky in a certain particular, and a second in still an- other way. One will be stiff, rigid; another loose jointed. And then, just like members of the human family, some will be remarkably unlucky, through no fault of their own, while their mates go through life without a seratch.”—Galveston News. Se Quite a number of royal ladies are adepts with the rifle. One of these is Portugal's plucky queen, who recent- ly received the German medal for sav- ing life. Her majesty isa keen sports- woman, and can handle her gun with & precision which is positively deadly, Queen Helena of Italy is ancther clever shot. She spends much of her time in her pretty little hunting lodge in the island of Monte Cristo, and is as clever with the revolver as with the rifle, Duchess Carl-Theodore of Bavaria and her sister, Archduchess Carl-Ludwig, the grand duchess of Luxembuurg, and the grand duchess of Hesse are others who can hold their own with the gun. Our own queen and her daughters pre- fer the rod to the gun, and may be regarded as expert fisherwomen.—Chi- sago Record-Herald. 7 ———__ Sheer 0d Won Sen, He had been paying tribute at the shrine of the fair maid for many moons, and his progress was any- thing but satisfactory. One evening when he called the object of his giant heart throbs was admiring » pair of shoes she had just pur chased. “Aren't they lovely?” she queried. “I paid seven dollars for them at Fittem’s.” “Is it possible!” he exclaimed in af- fected astonishment. “What an awful big price for such @ very lit- tle pair of shoes.” ‘That night before retiring the happy maiden stole softly upstairs to her mother’s bedside and broke the news of her engagement—Chi- cago Daily News. The Mean Thing. Perdita—Trust Delia to get around the men! Penelope—Yes. She has given it out that she does not see why a woman cannot dress well on $200 a year.— Brooklyn Eagle. 5 cos ‘The Final Stage, Mary Ann—I am afraid, Julius, you are tired holding me on your lap. Julius—Oh, never mind; sit stil I was tired awhile ago, but it doesn’t hurt now—I'm numb.—Harlem Life, His Opinion. Friend—There’s lots of folka yet that hang up old horseshoes for luck. Blacksmith—Well, I think there's more luck in makin’ new ones.—Puck, A Candid Statement, He—Do you suppose you will ever, get tired of my making love to you? She—There’s no feason why & shouldn't.—Detroit Free Press. i a were eee He is a good physician who adminis ters medicine to the heart in theshape of wit and humor—Chicago Daily News. aud His Hope. Sue Brette—I see they have named eigar after your leading man, ‘The Manager—Well, I hope to gras cious it will draw better than he does, —Yonkers Statesman. 4 Not the Way to Get Ahead, You will never get ahead by fok lowing the, erowd.—Chicago Daily Seadines SYDNOR & \ HUNDLEY. fC | MISS THIS [ OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE | "an | IN , ae tFURNITURE —o SYDNOR & HUNDLEY’ Rebuilding, Reduction 6 ee ori Mae ieee pL PBS SA & ak Seca i Sees FNS: ae > SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1908 —————— LARGE PARTY ARRIVED. | ew a Big Indinna Attorney Fooled @ Rallroad Conductor and Made eisea, cdanecdione: From Indianapolis comes this story ‘ef Mr. Levi Mock, a well-known at- forney and ex-member of the legisle- ‘ture, who is seven feet tall in his stock- mg fect and weighs 305 pounds. He Aives at Bluffton, and the other day he (was very anxious to reach Hunting- Yon, where he was to sit in an im- Portant case as special judge, the at- Yorneys for the plaintiff and defend- nt having agree that he was big senough, at any rate, to be impartial. In order to get to Huntington he would Jhave to change cars at Kingland, the | . Py 7] A ra ey NiCr yc =e Junction of the Lake Erie & Western land the Chicago & Erie railroads. When Mock reached the railway sta- ton at Bluffton the Lake Erie train was several minutes late and the hances were that he would miss con- ection at Kingland. The Chicago & Brie train usually waited for connect- Ang passengers jf there were several to transfer, but the conductor had ‘erders not to hold his train for: one er two persons. After consider- ble argument with the Lake Erie agent Mock got him to send this tele- Bravfto the conductor of the Chicago @ Erie train at Kingland: “Hold train for a large party.” When the Lake Erie & Western train weached the junction Mock got off and hurried to the Chicago & Erie train, Which had been held for “a large party.” The conductor waited for wethers to come, but when the Lake Erie & Western train started away ‘the troth flashed upon him and he turned to Mock, surveyed him from head to foot and said: “Damned if that's any joke, either.” DUCK INSIDE A FISH. Memarkable Discovery Reported by \ the Commander of a United ‘n ‘taste therdnetien tents The remarkable discovery of a full- grown duck in the stomach of a hali- Dut is reported by Capt. Kilgore, of the United States revenue’ cniter Rush, now stationed at Sitka. The Mish, an unusually large one, was aught by one of the quartermasters of the cutter November 13. In a let- ‘ter dated November 14, Capt. Kilgore @escribes the landing of the fish and hi2~ e i wes ee ate | rg sew eee = erSSK 7 ed ff, se NS a. <J/; BM Sas FOSS SRO SSH SPORE y SY RRS ES aN }\ ~~ SES =n ye = seep oe nae Ba Fee te ‘the discovery of the bird as follows: “It has been the habit of the crew when the cutter comes into the har- bar to set a troll near the vessel for hall which are found in these wa- ere from 50 to 75 pounds. ‘When Quartermaster Pedersen, an en- thusiastic fisherman, hauled in his line the other morning he was re- swarded with a fine halibut, weighing 170 pounds. The landing naturally produced quite a commotion on board. But the surprising feature occurred when the halibut was opened in the Process of distribution to the messes. A blue-bill duck as large as a mallard was found in his stomach in a perfect state of preservation, its flat bill, fect and feathers all in place as in Vite. The fish, evidently, not satis- fied with his meal, feathers not being very digestible, came along and took ‘the hook baited with salt herring, ‘which resulted in his capture. I have thousands of fish opened, from to shark, and knew that sea gaught fish, but this is the first instance in my experience when the order was reve’ sed and @ duck was found in @ fish.” * Rlephants Are Not Laxy. An elephant sleeps only about five fours each day. A Modern Instance, Courtship— Matrimony; | Courthouse ‘ ‘Alimony. ef | Town Tepies, THE POET'S CORNER. F Shs Stabin ] The air is clear and erlap and bright, ‘The snow ix sparkling, smooth and white And tempted by thelr magic might ‘The Dells and I are out. Now gliding swiftly down the streot ‘My happy eyes with rapture greet ‘Two dainty forms with faces sweet. Ab, ba! ‘The belles are out! I quickly stop, and, not dented ‘The boen I ask, soon side by side, With laugh and Jost away we glide, ‘The belles and I are out! : Swift as the wind, with hearts so gay We dash along a crowded way, ‘When—cruel Fate o'erturns my sleigh! ‘And belles and Uare out! Excuses uttered o'er and o'er Avail me naught; we reach the door And coldly part.’ Forevermore ‘The belles and I are out! —Chicago Daily News. Whon Te@ate le Antace, Ah, there Is silence im the house! "No shout upon the stairs; No clattering of chairs— Indeed, I think we'd hear a mouse If one should chance to stir. ‘The rocking horse, with bridle loose, ‘Stares blankly at the wall, While motionioss the Dall Lies near the painted, wooden goose, Whence now no squeak is heard. ‘Yonder a train of cars Is ditched; Behind some bullding blocks Quiet hides “Jack-in-Box,” While to the table-legs is hitched No basket, box or cart, ‘What means It all—thts silence deep; ‘This peace so blessed and sweet: ‘This comfort so complete? It means, wee Toddle is asleep. ‘Whist!’ Hush! or all will change. Clara J. Denton, in Golden Days. A Wise Move. ‘There's much to be learned from the een: ‘ate, you'll find, Though many presume to deny It. ‘When doubt on some topic envelopes th mind, Just study its plan and apply it. For silence Is xolden. Whenever your bratr Is tempted into a digression ‘Whose results you confess to yourself are not plain— Go Into executive sesston. And when you are tempted to anger, m} lend, And like to be overly candid, And detract from the dignity which you would lend ‘Wherever your smile ts expanded, Remember “tis often the word that’s unsalé That leaves the most happy impression Don't open your mouth. Leave them guess- tng Instead, Go into exceutive session. - oefeaieheethe daa: tim the Present. ‘But hark! the village bell, with solemn sound, Procluims, in long and melancholy tone ‘That Time again has run his daily round, And claimed the world's achievements for his own! © Time, defacer of the sculptured stone, Destroyer grim of all things here below— ‘The clay-Dullt cottage and the princely Fone By thee are laid, without distinction, low: ‘Without a pause, thou run’st thy swif career— ‘Unthinking man does not percelve ‘ti 50; He hopes another, and another year, ‘Til Death, unlooked for, strikes’ the + fatal blow. In moll lke thine, my being ever shall Of Life's bright Present weave its coronal Robert Mackay, in Success. Refore the Dawn. Before the dawn, the woods awaken fair, And life sings lightly from’ the sllence where ‘The solemn night has fled away forlorn: Nature ts full of hope, and unaware, Before the dawn, ‘The mist hangs low to hide the coming morn, And flowers open in the languid alr; ‘The way amid the trees Is yet unworn Betore the dawn. ‘The song of Lite is sweet beyond com- pare: No golden sunlight shadows dark despair; The earth Is scarce awake, shadow ut: orn: Only the tears of yesterday are there— Before the dawn. —Pall Mall Magazine, ‘tobe soo. The king will have to quit his throne some day, And some cne else will wear the crown, ‘and then ‘The newer monarch's rule may please; be may Win heaven's approval and tft love o! ‘men. ‘The man who gathers mighty millions, too, Must soon oF late pass outward, leaving al, And after him will come some other who ‘Will ft his place or find it e'en too small A greater man than Is the sceptered king ‘And xreater than the richest Ishall be If I can learn to do some honest thing So well no man may come replacing me, ~S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. Go eis ee eee Backwards and forwards, ceaselessebb and flow Within thy mighty bounds, O purple sea! Eternal change meets changelessness In ‘thee: ‘Thy future as thy past will come and go, And every golden ripple on thy breast— Flashing in sunshine, Joyous in its life For a brief moment—sinks into the strife ‘Of tumbling waters; restless, seeking rest. As ripples on Time's sea we corse and go, Swept on the eternal waters fo and fro, Shadowed by clouds, or Joycus In the sun, Drops of that infinite ocean from whose heart We start and thrill, an instant held apart, Before we melt and merge into the One. —Francis Annesley, in Chambers’ Journal ‘Seutain oni %: denny and I, and a blue sky above us— ‘What do we care if the world doesn't love Autumn ts laying ‘Her gold at our feet, Autumn fs saying ‘That life still is sweet! Jenny and I in the deep of the daytime— ‘What do we care for lost flowers o° the Maytime? Autumn Is giving Her smiles where we meet, Life's worth the living, ‘And Ufe stilt is sweet! -F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution, A Winter Pleture, An alr as sharp as steel, a sky Pierced with « million points of fire; ‘The level fields hard, white and dry, ‘The road as straight and tense as wire. No hint of human voice or face In frost below or fire above, Save where the smoke's blue billowing ‘grace Files flaglike trom the roofs of love. —Bthelwyn Wetheraid, in Youth's Com- ‘panion. THE RICHMOND PLANE, RIUMMUND, VIRGINIA. Seme Ancient Ships, Tt is stated that a ship dating from the time of Columbus is still trading between Spain and America. The con- @ition of the Anita—which is sald te be her mame—must resemble that of the ancient sloop Lively, wrecked at Baeton, near Cromer, England, de- soribed as follews in the Whitby Ga- nette, July, 1888: “The Lively was bulk by Mr. Spence in 1786, and is, therefore, more than 100 years eld, and was the oldest Whitby-built ship afloat. * * * We believe she had but ene of her original planks in her, hay- ing been partially rebuilt once or twice.” Anether ancient ship was the Liberty, wrecked in 1856. It was built im Whitby, England, in 1750, and was employed in the ‘coal and Baltic trades, The Russian admiral at Cron- stadt inspected her in 1880, and ex- preased surprise at her ago and build, remarking that he had commanded a ship of 100 guns, but never » ahip 100 years old.—N. Y. World. ‘hex Sieh tinea eneioce ee, ‘The queen of the Belgians, who has Juat oslebrated hersixty-first birthday, ‘comes of the most ill-fated royal house in Europe—the house of Hapsburg— and her cup of grief is more than full. Her hair is said to have been white while she was still {wher thirties. The queen's only son, the duke of Bra- Dant, died suddenly under circum- stances which suggested poisoning; her son-in-law was Crown Prince Ru- dolph, who ended his life in a most tragio manner; her favorite nephew was killed in an accident, and her als- ter is in a lunatic asylum not far from the palace of Brussels. Queen Marie Henrietta has not neglected the social and intellectual side of life, howaver. 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Hee oemamatins Cut Flowers, Faneral Designs, House Decorations for Wedding, Parties, &., Seely Give me a call. 2inch, 8m, BE FLY JET RELIGIOUS MATTERS For all Thy goodness, O dear Lord, I give Thee thanks and praise; For health and strength, for friends and home, For joys that all the days; For glad returning of the day, With coming sweet of morning light, For glories of the world renewed With sunrise gold o'er shadowy night; For all the varied joys of earth, Its winter snow, its summer prime, Its springide bloom, its harvest sun, Each full of beauty in its time; For all my body's varied powers, For faculties of mind, For means to lend a helping hand For others' needs I find; For all the holy joys that wait Within Thy house of prayer, For hallowed Sabbath's sweet return, Forestace of Heaven to share; For peace amid earth's changing scenes, Comfort and sorrow's hour, Assured of ever deterring earth By Thy own loves and power; For glorious hope beyond the grave, "Life immortal given. In peace the brave beloved, Our Father's home in Heaven. —Phebe A. Holder, in United Presbyterian OUR LIFE IN CHRIST. A Helpful Word on the Relationship Which Should Exist Between Christ and His Follower. In the light of God's divine word there certainly must be a relationship existing between Christ and the true believer far above the experience of pardon, justification and sanctification. Yet, if we are to judge by words and acts, how few realize this. To know and understand this is the great need of our time. From the moment when the divine record of Eph. 2:6-7 comes to our hearts as a living reality, Christ is to us our bridegroom. Here it is revealed that God, in great mercy, "hath raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus; that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of its grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus." This most inspiring and potent declaration clearly shows us that we have been exalted to a most gracious position of a standing in Christ Jesus. It is this important declaration that gives us a conscious experience of living in Christ. By faith we stand, and by faith we walk In this union with Christ there is a conscious knowledge that though in the world we are not of it; that "here we have no continuing city, but we seek one to come." The messiahship of our adorable Lord, His presence in this world in person, His words and acts, His doctrines and love, His sufferings and crucifixion, His burial and resurrection, His ascension and the promise that He will come again, all alike bring to our hearts and lives the most blessed experience of abiding and living in Himself. The faith we have in Him in all this knowledge gives us the most blessed consciousness that we are in Him, and that He is to us a living presence continually. Herein is our constant satisfaction in the holiness of God. By this we are made partakers of His holiness; that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. This abiding is of the most vital importance in our Christian life. Indeed, there can be no soul prosperity without it. With it in the constant power of living faith there is joy, peace and strength. "Tis to my Saviour I would live, To Him who for my ransom died; Nor could all worldly honors give Such bliss as crownes at His side." "His work my hoary age shall bless, With worthful vigor is no more, And my last heart is still. His saving love, His glorious power." —A. P. Graves, in Baptist Standard RAM'S HORN SPEAR POINTS. Moral sincerity is the salt of life. Principles are better than precepts. The aimless man is often accused of amiability. There can be no dead member in a living church. It is easy to be liberal with what you do not own. Further service is God's reward for faithful service. The love of home is the beginning of true patriotism. Serf may be but the shadow of God drawing near. Where there is faith there is almost sure to be fighting. We can bear pain without when there is peace within. The most perfect etiquette will prove helpless in eternity. The more human the preacher the more divine will his preaching be. You can never be ruined by others if your riches are those of righteousness. He who has sat at his Lord's table can never be satisfied with this world's trash. Justice. Justice is the only solvent of modern civilization. It is not pity or charity that is to save society, but justice.— William J. Tucker. Character. A character big, though rough, is to be preferred above one small though smooth and symmetrical.— Wellapring. THE HOLY SPIRIT IN REVIVAL An Essential Factor in Leading the Christian and Convicting the Sinner. And shall we say that the day of revival is past? Does the present parched condition of our fields mean that no showers will fall? Is the laborer not to feel the thrill of joy that tomes with the sound of harvesting and the song of "harvest home?" Some say "yes" and others "no." Which is correct? It is a matter of vital interest to us all. A right answer will determine the character of our faith and work. Emphatically I say the day of revival is not past unless the church of Christ is on the down grade to oblivion, which never for a moment will I admit. That methods for to-day and hereafter must be those used in other days does not follow, because it be insisted that the means and power of the past must be the same for to-day and forever. He who is the guide to truth, the convictor of sin and righteousness and judgment to come, who takes of the things of Christ and shows them to us—He, the Holy Spirit of God, third person of the Trinity, a living, acting, almighty person, dwelling in His temple, the church of Christ and the individual believer. He is the presiding genius over all revival worth the name and He is still alive and willing to waken us individually and the church as a body, alive, to pour into our reins the tonic of His power to overcome the lassitude and laziness that sin and idleness and unwillingness have produced, and to make us stronger in faith, more constant in effort, more availing in service. The Holy Spirit must be believed. We are not to "grieve the Holy Spirit of God in Whom we were sealed unto the day of redemption." None but he who has a claim of friendship can be grieved by our misconduct. The Holy Spirit is the friend of all true believers. Not to accord Him His rightful place is to be little and to grieve Him. To grieve Him is to put ourselves where He cannot use us fully. Too many Christians do not give the Holy Spirit His rightful place. The Holy Spirit must be allowed to work. He is the convicter and convicer of men. He opens blind eyes and unstops closed ears and renews worn-out natures and plants new seed and makes new creations in Christ Jesus. He brings to the birth souls struggling into life. "Quench not the Spirit." If He be in a church or soul travelling let Him labor. Let no parent say of the child in whose soul the Spirit of God is struggling: "He is too young." She does not know enough." lest by such discouraging the Spirit be enquipped. The church must work with the Holy Spirit in revival. No church will have the Holy Spirit in revival that says: "Lord, here am I—send Him." Personal loyalty to Jesus (Christ means personal obedience to and cooperation with the Holy Spirit. When the Spirit calls a church to repentance let it fall on its face and repent. What church does not need such repentance from sin, worldliness, mammon worship, frivolity, half-heartedness, unbelief? The number of churches free from these is comparatively small. Why are revivals so few? Not because the Holy Spirit is weak or absent. Water cannot flow through a plugged pipe. God cannot flow through a plugged church and in all too many cases our churches are plugged with uncounted people, worldly Christians, men and women who have quenched the Spirit and dishonored Him by unbelief. May God sound a call by His ministry that shall wake dead churches to a new life and lead them to an obedient end following of His Holy Spirit and we shall have revival deep, widespread, gracious and mighty, that shall bear upon its bosom churches that are now swirling around in some eddy of selfishness or whirlpool of worldliness, making no progress and becoming every day more water-logged. We need a revival of belief in the Holy Spirit's place, personality and power, then He can revive us and through us arouse others and the mercy drops shall quickly become a copious shower that shall refresh the desert and make it spring into a bountiful harvest.—Charles H. Moss, in Baptist Union. Children of a King. No man so highly honoreth God as he whose conversation is in Heaven. Is not a parent disgraced when his children feed on husks, are clothed in rags and keep company with none but rogues and beggars? Is it not so with our Heavenly Father, when we who call ourselves His children feed on earth and the garb of our souls is like that of the world; and our hearts familiarly converse with and cleave to the dust rather than stand continually in our Father's presence? Surely we live below the children of the king, not according to the height of our hopes, nor the provision of our Father's house and the great preparations made for the saints—Richard Baxter. Bishop Whipple as a Boy. Bishop Whipple was as remarkable in some ways when a boy as when he became a man. It is related that one time when a bully was meddling with a boy half his size, he took him in hand and gave him a sound thrashing. Mrs. Whipple was alarmed at his sanguinary appearance. "Yes, I know it's bad," he said "but, mother, you ought to see the other fellow!" His mother was a sensible woman, and bade him always defend the weak and helpless. The same characteristic appeared in later life when he upbraided the government for its treatment of the Indian. The Standpoint of Success. A foot idea is at right if you can make it a-Atchison Globe. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA Metals as Fuel. "Metal may be burnt for the sake of the heat and light they produce, just as ordinary fuels are burnt," said Prof. Roberts-Austen in a recent discourse at the Royal institution in London. But the burning of metals, he proceeded to show, differs from that of ordinary fuels, in that the products of combustion are not gaseous but solid. "The burning of aluminum gives sapphires and rubies in the place of ashes." An instance of burning metal for the sake of light is furnished by the "magnesium star," a contrivance by which a shell packed with magnesium and attached to a parachute is fired electrically, high in the air, thus producing an illumination of the ground beneath at night. This finds its use in warfare. Recently aluminum has been found to be an admirable fuel for producing an intense heat to be used in welding. This kind of metallic fuel has assumed much industrial importance at Essen, in Germany, where, in consequence, "metallurgy enters upon a new phase."—Youth's Companion. Spies in French Private Houses. The "raison d'état" (state reason) has been fully revived in France in connection with the czar's visit. In order to get a police emissary into every house and hamlet in the towns honored by the royal presence, which "raison d'état" demanded, all the inhabitants, without class or distinction, were invited to receive a certain number of guests under the pretext of offering hospitality to the soldiers. The number of "mouchards" thus introduced into private dwellings is astonishing, and one cannot help thinking of all the dossiers that will go to swell the big collection already in the hands of the "Surete General"; for people who have not been permitted to even stand in the streets, to gaze upon the guest whose entertainment they are invited to pay for, will hardly be likely to hold their tongues in criticism of the ministers.-London Mail. Wants Gold for Confederate Note. A letter came recently to the treasury department in Washington from Great Grimsby, England. It contained a $50 confederate note, and in rather pompous language demanded that its equivalent in gold be forwarded at once to the address, given. Treasury officials say that the incident was not an uncommon one. Although the civil war closed 36 years ago, confederate notes and bonds are received two and three times a week. Nearly all of them come from England, where the bonds were sold. Some of the Englishmen, who have been notified that the bonds and notes are worthless, have grown indignant, and replied to the department that they propose to take action looking to the creation of an international incident unless the paper is redeemed.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Walking Match on Shipboard Walking Match on Shipboard. A feature of the voyage of the steamer Coptic, from China, to San Francisco, was a five-day walking match. Sixteen of the passengers entered the competition. The deck was measured, and from six o'clock in the morning until six o'clock in the evening the contestants walked encouraged by the plaudits of more sedentary passengers, who drew up their deck chairs close to the space allotted to the walkers and watched the match. Lieut. Heinrich, of the German army, was the winner, walking 128 miles. A. J. Flaherty, of the Peking consular cadets, was second with a score of 116 miles.-Chicago Chronicle. Good Thing for Poor Brides. A curious custom exists in the Prussian family of selecting every July a half dozen young couples too poor to marry and having them wedded in the garrison church at Potsdam on the anniversary of the death of Queen Louise of Prussia. After the ceremony each bride receives a gift of a sum equivalent to about $125 and a handsome family Bible.—Chicago Chronicle. Hindrance to Success Many a man with great brain power and fine physique who started in life with good prospects has failed to attain great success because of little idiosyncracies, peculiarities of speech or manner; things not in themselves vicious or wrong, but which render him disagreeable or unacceptable to those who have dealings with him.—Success. Her Preferences Young Praisemuch (whose salary is $3,000)—Don’t you think if a girl really loved she’d be willing to marry without expecting every luxury? Romantic Maiden—I’d rather marry a man with an income of $10,000 a year than a millionaire I didn’t love.—Harper’s Bazar. Exception Proves the Rule. There is one man who can go to a wedding, and his wife won’t ask when he gets home: “How did she look?” It is the preacher, and his wife’s curiosity is all about how much he got.—Atchison Globe. His Favorite Dish. Stuyvesant—What is your favorite dish? 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TS E SAT in his studio, lost in his dream, a dream of early summer @ad bicssoming boughs, under which ® girl walked. His thought followed fer as she went on her way out of ‘the picture, down a lane, and’ to an weld gray house under tall trees. He did not hear the tap on his door mor the step across the thick rug. He started at the hand on his shoul: er, the small hand that was covered with a perfumed and dainty glove He turned dream-drowsy eyes upon ‘the woman who smiled at him. “Your wits must be wool-gather- fg, indeed,” she cried, “for 1 knocked three times. I knew you eere here.” He roused himself. “I have been painting all day,” he made reply, “painting—until I forgot where I was.” She glanced about. “This is not a bad place to wake in nor am I a bad person to wake Zou. T have good news, Eustace. Col erkamp will see you to-morrow— ‘bout sitting for his portrait.” ‘The artist threw back his forehead Jocks. “Oh, yes! but I am tired of por. traits. ‘I cannot idealize the colonel. It:is better to paint pictures of wom- en—they are suggestive, at least, of Sdeals.” She shook out her lilac silken skirts. “Where is my portrait? What more have you done to it?” “Not much—my mood changed.” She gave him a sharp glance. “Your mood changed—and you be gan painting girls in country lanes? Always the same. Is there a bit of concentration, of fidelity, in your make-up?” It was his turn to laugh. “Who can tell? I baile myself But to-day it was worse than usual. Bhall I get out your portrait? You are wearing the lilac gown.” Wearily, it scemed to her, he re- Placed the light and airy canvas with ‘one larger and more pretentious. And ~out from the opal splendor of a sunset scene she, Hortense Grace, looked Proudly. He had done a great deal to it, and, as she looked at it, her face softened. “You are doing your best there, Why put it aside Zor the other scenes? ou cannot finish so much.” “My mood, perhaps," he replied, shortly, “a thing wholly beyond my amaking. There are times when mem ‘ery calls me—and I often obey.” She threw herself into a chair, an eld carved chair with a high back, against which her fair hair stood out well. 2 “Moods again, Eustace? What will Become of you if you allow these moods to come between you and your fame? For you must have fame. You ‘know our agreement. Name for fame. 1 WSS gua) || LeU iy / =e, WL Ge Nee Sar} } Ad Af er a j\ 2 i N WN A iii rh ee a a Pe Ass.” J found you starving; Ihave more than befriended you. Ihave saved you. ‘To avoid scandal, I told my friends, al- ways with your consent, that we are Detrothed. You are received and treated as such everywhere.” He compressed his lips. “You are here—in ease and luxury, You never have a care; yet you indulge 4p dreams—dreams of the past.” He was silent. “You have painted my portrait—and several others. You have several land- scapes. Nothing will be finished for the academy unless you work hard and be done with dreams, You will be # famous artist and we will be mar- ried.” ; ughed low in his throat. ee Mochind fame. Hortense, youare very beautiful and very kind. I wish Jou would tell me why you have de- sired me. I was little more than a vagabond tramp when you first knew ame.” Her eyes grew large and dark. “You are a genius.” “Then you love the divine afflatus, not Eustace Morley?” “Oh, no, no!” “The man? I am much honored. You have done all and everything for me—but I cannot part with what you cail my dreams, not even for as fair a ‘woman as you are.” She looked at him without a vestige passion or resentment. wand these dreams include another oman?” “A girl—the girl I loved—in the long “MIs she stila girl?” “He started—vexed, “No—hardly. Iam not a child my- Sei{—but that makes little difference. She is still the same.” “Ab—then you know?” He colored under his delicate pallor. “I met an old friend—quite by accf- dent. He told me that she had never married.” She measured him with a look. “Turn the canvas around, Eustace.’ He turned it, perplexed at her ealm: ness. She looked at it keenly, Then she said, very gently: “You must go to see her, Eustace; and at once.” He flashed her a look of joy. “Yes—go! I am not at all afraid. You must go, Eustace, and then come back and finish your pictures.” She smiled like a triumphant god. ess. ‘The lace fell away from het throat and showed its beauty. She smiled with a fascination that hac never stirred him before. “Yes, go, Eustace; to-night.” He reddened. “I never have any money, Hortense. You know I cannot keep it—and my expenses are so great.” She laughed a little mockingly. “I am sure you cannot ask me to be purse-bearer for that. Oh, no, I have @ due respect for myself. But go Eustace. Break the silken snare anc go—in your real poverty and hardship See the woman of your dreams—now— and you will return and tell me about it.” A last flash of his manliness arose. “I might not. Take care. I might not.” She was at the door, “But you will, Eustace. You will Go and ‘see her—after these years— and see life as it is. You will return, return to wealth, to ease, to care, te me. You will retorn—for I know you and the stuff of which your dreams are yea He leaned over the window rail and saw her enter her carriage far below “I will have to walk if I get there,” he said; “walk all night. But Tt! go— though I know that Fate returns me here and to Hortense in the end.” MAKING A MATCH. Result of the Inquinitivences of # Chinese Nobleman at an Kven- ine Function, | “One of the interesting novelties o the social life of the new century i: the occasional appearance of our Mon golian neighbors in society,” said 5 matron to a New York Tribune man “It goes to show how small the worle really is and how intimate the nation are becoming. As yet, ‘these visiting noblemen from the orient are few anc far between, but they will undoubted. ly soon be as familiar a sight in ou drawing-rooms as are the titled Hin. doos in England. Although he ofter speaks English remarkably well, 4 Chinaman has no idea of what con: ventionally ought or ought not to be said, and his artless frankness in this respect Is most amusing. He also aske questions with a direct simplicity that is sometimes embarrassing. “A Chinese nobleman who was pre- sented to a young woman at an even ing function not long ago began the conversation after the manner of his nation by propounding a series of questions, At first the answers were easy. ‘Do you live in New York? ‘Have you both parents living? ‘Have you brothers and sisters? ‘How ol are you? “These being answered to his satis faction, he became more particular in his inquiries, “ “Why are you not married?" | “*Perhaps the right person has no! ‘asked me,’ answered the young wom: an, laughing. | “Have you any objection to matri: mony? asked the Chinaman, gravely. Ns"Not in the least,’ she replied, 1m mensely amused by his persistence. | “For the time being he seemed satis fied, but later in the evening he came up to her with a young American, ‘who evidently had no idea of what ‘Was in store for him. ‘This is Mr Robinson,’ began the old man; ‘he is @ graduate of Harvard; he, too, is un ‘married, and also has no objection te matrimony. Why do you not marry him? | “And the edd part of it all was that he actually made the match, for the pair, who until then were not ac quainted, were engaged not long afterward.” “Master of the Musick.” The court position of “master of the musick,” to which Sir Walter Parratt was reappointed recently ir London, is much sought after by com posers. One first hears of this quaint office in 1660, the first holder being Davies Mell, famous as a violinist and ‘clockmaker. John Bannister, his sue ‘cessor, was dismissed because he dared to think that English violinists were superior to those who came from France. In 1672 Thomas Pur. cell, uncle of the great Henry Purcell held the appointment, and he was ‘Succeeded ten years later by Dr Nicholas Staggins, the first professor ‘of music at Cambridge university. Sir Walter Parratt, who is the organist of St. George’s chapel, Windsor, and who is an eminent chess player, was appointed “master of the musick” in 1893 on the death of Sir William Cusins. The band he conducts com sists of 34 instrumentalists, one of whom, the harpist, is a woman. When performing before the court they wear a very picturesque costume of blue.—Chicago Record-Herald. | A simple remedy for dandruff con. sists of powdered borax, two ounces; powdered camphor, one ounce; boiling water, two quarts. When cola, bottle for use. It makes an excellent sham- poo. No soapis needed. Rub into the scalp every few days with a sponge, a siaAtl Break Ge the Rause thee ‘There are over 3,000 firms in the world manufacturing munitions and supplies of war; of these 900 are in America, Businces Is Business, Vandusen—Wpat business is your brother im up in Connecticut? Barnhurst—He raises Havana to- bacco.—-Broeklyn Eagle. THE RICHMOND PLANE1, RICMMUND, VIRGINIA A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED, eri tiie tee ete ete Saiete Sougat the Consumers iégst, Heat and Ice company at Newport News, Va. To escape arrest, J. M. Walsh, charged with burglary, committed sul- cide by blowing out his brains in a Chicago hotel. President Baer, of the Reading Rail- way, denies that his company has made an offer to purchase the West- ern Maryland railroad. Captain Charles Barr, who sailed the Columbia in her victorious race against Shamrock II, has been en- gaged by August Belmont to sail his ‘70-foot yacht Mineola. Friday, January 31. Rey. Madison ©. Peters, of New York, has accepted a call to Immanuel Baptist Tabernacle, Baltimore. The navy department announced that Rear Admirals William T. Samp- son and B. J. Cromwell will be retired on the 9th of February. In a rearend collision of freight trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad at Deerfield, Il, Hugh Cox was killed and three others were badly injured. A bill introduced in the United States senate provides for the union of Oklahoma and Indian territory and their admission into the Union as a state, to be called Oklahoma. Saturday, February 1. There are rumors of renewed dif- ferences between Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, and Prince Henry, her consort. A. J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania railroad, was yesterday elected president of the West Jersey and Seashore road. The Treasury Club, composed of officials of the treasury department, gave a farewell dinner at Washington to Secretary Gage. ‘The senate committee on building and grounds made favorable report for an appropriation of $600,000 for an ad- dition to the Nashville, Tenn., public building. Monday, February 3. King Edward of England will organ- ze bodyguard of native Indian cav- alry. J. Santos Zalaya was inaugurated president of Nicaragua for his third term yesterday. Jacob Christman, of Summit Hill, Pa., died suddenly on Saturday. Aris- ing in the morning in good spirits, he foretold his death. Relatives of James Lee, a resident of Calhoun, Mich., who died yester- day, have found over $6,000 in gold buried in the cellar of his home. It is feared at St. Johns, N. F., that many American fishing vessels bound for Gloucester, Mass. were caught in last Thursday's storm and are lost. ‘Tuesday, February 3. Through misreading of orders a passenger and freight train collided near Savannah, Ga. killing one per. son and injuring three others. A fire at the Cook & White coal mine, at Madrid, N. M., caused the death of two men and did great dam- age to property. It is stated Emperor William of Germany will present Miss Alice Roosevelt with a gold jewel box on the occasion of the launching of his yacht. A lock-out in the four large mills of the American Woollen Company, at Olneyville, R. 1., took place yester- day. More than 6,500 operatives are idle. The second annual sportsman’s show of the International Forest, Fish and Game Association opened in Chi- cago, with an attendance of 10,000 people. Wednesday, February 5. James L. Hall, of Scranton, Pa, a commercial traveler, was found dead in a hotel at Albany, N. Y. Burglars entered the postoffice at Canal Winchester, O. and secured $400 worth of stamps and $20 in cash. The Dowie-Stephenson suit for a re ceivership of the Zion lace industries, at Chicago, has been settled out of court. M. A. Emluck, of Carlisle, Pa., has been appointed an aidedecamp to Commanderin-chief Torrence, of the G. A. RL Owing to the absence of members| the meeting of the board of pardons of Pennsylvania was indefinitely postponed. Heater Turner, of Scottsville, Ky., shot his brother James dead, but not before James had struck him on the head with a Hatchet, inflicting fatal eee / GENERAL MARKETS. Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 4.—Flou steady; winter superfine, $2.65@2.90; Pennsylvania rotier, clear, $3.256@3.45: city mills, extra, $2908.15. Rye flour quiet, at ae .85 per barrel. Wheat moady) No. 2, Penna, red, '§714@88c Corn firm; No. 2 yellow local, 67 67%c. Oats firm; No. 2 white, clipped, ble.; lower jes, 47c. Hay thar No.’ tim Batol, at, $18,50@ 16. for Ee bales. steady: beef hams. 19.00@20.50. Pork firm; family, p34 18.50. Live poultry, at 12%. for hens, and '8@9c. for ‘old roosters. Dressed pemery. sold at 12c. for choice fowls, and at 7%c. for eld roosters. Butter steady; creamery, 28c. lggs steady; New York and Péansylvania, 8c. pi dozen. Potatoes were dull;' eastern, 78@80c. per bushel. Live Stock Markets. East Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 4.—Cattl lower ish meores fair 2 oedion jes, 15@25c. off; veals, tops, $8. G5. Tent ‘£00d, $6.50G8.96- Bop slow and lower; heavy, $6.45@6.50; ized. S-Ab@ets; light do., $6.25 E305" bigs, $62508.40;, Toughs, $5.30 8.70; stags, $4604.40. Shoop: ‘aud lambs active and 10@1%c. higher; sheep Mixed tops, $4. Oris others, $3 440; ethers, $8@6.40; yearlings, $5 6.45; fancy, $5.60. Lambs, ops, $6.25 6.35; culls te good, ee ). Bast art ’a., Feb, 4.—Cattle frm; choice, $¢ .50@ 6.70; prime, $5.900 6.25; good, '$5.60@5.75 loge steady; Bearish sere etouee 40@E45; heavy Yorkers, $6.2006.35: light ¥ Oe ea: igs. $e 50@6: se x Ke Sheep steady; best Bon Vigd popriiies HOeIe; Pe brivee Meiod a: Déaad bass ta tae Giece.. Trenton, N. J. Feb. 4—The body of John Erile was discovered yester. @ay in a suburban sireet, with his body frozen and at the same time badly burned. Ertle’s clothes were also partly burned. The cause of his death is being inves!igitei, but the Police think the mon while drim<ing was smokine a pipe and that bir clothing cancht fire. MECHANICS” SAVINGS BANY’ 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. ll SSS CAPITAL $25000. ————————————— oo ——————— Interest Paid on All Deposits Remain- 4 ing 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the Public is solicited. WFor all information concerning Stock, Deposits, and Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. 4 i a . Building li it gna anil electricity: Polit alcale wil be pleased toners Seulaing Heh with OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. WM. A. HANKINS, Vice-President, GEO. W. LEWIS, Cashier. BOARD OF DIREOTORS:—J. O- Fantey, W. F. Grama, E. R. Jurrerson, 7 be arts in Sento Scant geass » xo. T. Ta: . F. AN, + R. W. Warrixa, Taos. M. Cromp,’E. A. Wasmmaror, J. J. Carrer, | Wriiiam Cusraro. WII Rule In Favor of Schiev. ‘Washington, Feb. §.—The president will decide in the Schley case that Rear Admiral Schley was in command “under orders” of the American squad- ron during the battle of Santiago, This can be said on the authority of a sena- tor with whom President Roosevelt has discussed the case. The phrase “under orders” is intended to let the navy department down easily, but it is delved that even such a gentle turning down will force Secretary ‘Long's resignation and result in the reorganization of that department. Polson Suspect Arrested. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 5.—Dominick Zorora, an Italian laborer, died at the Mercer Hospital yesterday afternoon, and the physicians believe that his death was caused by arsenical pol- soning. The man before he died, through an interpreter, said that his wife had given him something which made him sick. The wife was arrest- ed last night pending an investigation. Bhe denies that she gave her hus- band any poison. A post-mortem ex- amination will be held. ROLL OF HONOR. BAKER SCHOOLr RS A A a ee ee ee | 6th Grammar, Mrs. R. D. Bowser, teacher—Gertrude Augustas, | Sth Grammar, Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher—Belle Morris. er=Bamine Bolling, Jas: Pooney War ¢r—Bassine , Jas. Payne, Wm. Partee, Wm. Randolph. | nd Grammar, Miss V. A. Holmes, Gwondola Brown. | Ist Grammar, Miss M. H. Smith, teacher—Mamie Johnson, | Rebecos Mitchell, Martha, Minor, Amelia’ Tipe comb, Rachel Lemus, Maylon Bolling, Annie Thomas, Minnie Carter. ‘7th Primary. Miss 0. F. Brown, teach- er—Emily Green, Leora Smith. 6th Primary. Miss M. ©, Tinsley, teacher—Naomi Hill, Ethel Jackson, Nellie Jones, Florence Storrs. oth Primary, Miss M, E. Allen, teach- er—Bruce Fountain. Junius Smith, Ed- ward Yancey, Margie Farrar, Hermione Jackson, Cassie Nelson, Mary Pierson. 4th Primary, Miss M. R. Cramp, teacher— Augustine Bolling, Ellis Mayo Esther Beverly, Erma Benjamin Jennie Cunningham, Victoria Farley, Katie Gilpin, ‘Darra Harris, Malneon Jackson, Esther James, Carlotta Kersey, Arnetta Stokes, Fannie Taylor, Sarah Taylor, Lucy Williams. 8rd ‘ecm , Miss E. V. Trent, teach- er—Mercer irrell. James Edwards, Wm. Saris. Willie Jenkins, Winston Payne, ie Brown, Estelle Briggs, Ruby Coots, ee Ellis, Lelia Giles, Sallie Gayles, ikie Howard, There- sa Hayes, Silvia Jackson, Hazel John- ‘son, Susie Johnson, Sarah Sydney. —~ Miss Lottie Smith of 116 W. Jack- son St. has been very ill and is now un. der the treatment of Dra. Edward. Me. Guire, Mernweather and Dunn. —Mrs. Robert S, Forrester has been confined to her bed three weeks with La Gripe. —Sir Knight'R. B. Mosby has beon confined to his bed at his residence, 910 N, 8rd St,, ever since Jan. 28th, under tho treatment of Dr. 8. G. Jones. —Prot. W. B. Patterson, President of the State Normal and. Industrial Gol lege of Montgomery, Ala. was in the city this week, the guest of Dr. R. E. Tonos of W. Leigh St. Wanted. I would like to know the whereabouts ofa Mr. Samuel Scott, (colored) who had a sister by the name of Lucy’ Scott. Tam her daughter, and if this reaches the above named person, for further in. formation please write t rs, Jennie Howe, McBaine, Mo. oo There is scarcely any conditions of ill- health that is not benefited by the oc. “For sale by De si. “the Five-Cent . The Five-Cent pocket is fh foran ordinary occas- The family bottle, 60 conte, on tains a supply for a year. ———- FOR RENT. Nicely Furnished Rooms to let, large and small. Good accommodation. Mus, Garrett, 251 W. 20th St., New York City, | Do You Know Her? Mrs. Alice Gran} residence, Mo, 100: ‘Bawyer ueet, Bees would like to kiow the whereabouts of her sister, who was a Miss sehr ‘omlinson, ‘some years a Mrs. Priscilla Davis at Portemouth, Va" and also same of an ‘Anns, ‘whom Was stewardess on a boat, ween Norfolk vin Baltimore.” "Malden name Ellen Smith. She Knows Them, Ricrmonp, Va., Jan. 20, '02. Mr. Editor, ‘Dear Sir:— T saw an advertisement in Your paper last week. One Charlie Oli Ver wants to find some of his relatives. Tam well acquainted with all of his People who now live in King William Va. 8 For further information {call at No. 911 N. Sand St. Mrs. R. W. Winniaas, Do You Know Them ? Covumavs, O., Feb. 8, 1902. I desire to know the. whereabouts ‘ol Jacob Turner, Burl Hill or Adeline ‘Smith. Lae heard from tiem for years. iy formation concerning them will be thankfully received. Address Rosert Hn, 644 Stanring St., Columbus, O. VIRGINIA: In the Cireait Court of Henrico Coun- to, February 4, 1902. Richardson, Fleming, os Richardson, Susan. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii by the eee from the defendant and an af. vit having been made and filed that the defendant isa non-resident of the oo ie oy Sees (15) days nt pear here teridue Lag igeeeron of this order _— whatever is necessary to protect his in. terest = this suit. e Teste: J. EB. Broappvs, Ulerk. Se Roa a ‘To Fleming Richardson: Take notice that Ishall on the 25th day of March, 1902, at my office, No 111 E. Main street, in the city of Rich mond, Va., between the hours of 11 A M.and 6 P.M.,on that date, procee¢ to take depositions of ©. A. Arthur and others, to be read in evidence in my be half, in a certain suit in Equity depend ing in the Circuit court for the County of Henrico, Va., wherein you are de. fendant and I am’ plaintiff, and if, from any canse, the taking of the’ said’ depo sitions be not commenced on that day, or, if commenced, be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will bx adjourned and continued from day t day, or from time to time, at the same place and between the same hours, uit til the same shall be completed. Respectfully yours, - Susan Rrcwarpson, By Counse. B. M. Roscher, p. 4, 28-4 Notice It ey bs eae noes "_, The East End Memorial Burial Asso giation of Richmond informs the pub lic that having purchased six (6) acres of land, situated in Henrico County, near the city of Richmond, adjoining Oakwood Cemetery and that they ar disposing of the same, in sections, hal! sections and at the following terms. g1sggtionss 0.00 and” Half Sections, 15.00, ‘The situation of this Cemetery is high, dry and rolling and accessible tc the Richmond Traction Street Railway and Seven Pines Railway lines, adjoin ‘ug Oakwood Cometery. | Association has at _a considera. dle expense divided this tract of land intosections, erected a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional pepeorert contemplated, will be an inducement to those desiring or con: femplating purchasing resting, place Ree tasts Seokaael itinst een iends. ‘The attention of the general public. is solicited and advantageous inducements offered. 4 J: R. Griffin, President, No. 2412 E. 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I have since purchased your full sized bottle, and Iam ever grateful. I have a family of four children, and for six years was unable to work. Iam now in the best of health and am doing busi. nest every day. This testimony you can make such use of as you. see fit. Home address, 285 Rivington Street, 8. RAPHAEL, 67 East 120th St., New York City. TRIAL BOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGCISTS ea Do not Delay. Write at once; addressing DR. TAFT BROS’. MEDICINE CO., 79 East 130th St, NY City CHAINED | FOR TEN | Gi YEARS Wap, . R EVER’ Pi mines RELIEF. VIRGINIA; In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, December Bist, 1901 Urea Haves, Complainant vs. in Chancery. Janes Haves, Defendant. ‘ _,, The object of this suit is to obtain’ a Aivorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii by the complainant from the defendant, and on afidavit having been made and’ filed that the defendant, James Hayes is a non-resident of this State, it is ordered that he do appear here within fifteen Gays after the due, publication of this ler and do what is to pro- tect his interest in this suit. Acopy—Teste: er ate ee ee ee ee To James Hazes; ‘Take notice that I shall ou the 17th day Febrnary, 1902, at the Lan Office of Warren H. 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I'am inquiring for my grandfather who is likely to be in this city now. Ho is sometimes known as “Free John,” and has been a barber in Richmond since 1855. He was a free man all his life, hence his name, bat his family was owned by sack Vins ” Free John’s family’s names were as follows: his wife, Nancy Vius, Dangh ters, Harriet, Dinah and Emily Vins, sons, Henry and Thomas Vins. Jack Vius lived 3 miles west of Eulot, Va., King William Co., in 1860, I was then known as “Dandridge Vins.” I ‘Was sold in 1859 and my name was then changed to Charlie Oliver. My father ‘was “Ottaway Boshare,” mother, Har- riet Vins. : eat” Sty reply will be mach accept. Respectfally, Onariie Ouiver, : Greenbrier, Ark. 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