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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL.XIX NO.10 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BAD BREAK BY THE PASTOR. STORMY SCENES ON COMMUNION SUNDAY. The Law Violated—Muzzled the Members. FREE SPEECH NO LONGER TOLERATED. Dramatic Conclusion of a Long Struggle. If ever man, like Lucifer fell from a high estate and belittled himself in the estimation of all conservative people, that man was the Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., when on last Sunday morning after preaching a good sermon, he ruled like a Czar and in defiance of the established custom and usage of the church permitted the transaction of secular business even to the setting of a time to receive bids for the remodelling of the present church structure. This was done on commission Sunday, a day so sacred to every believer that no business is transacted, not even in the deacon board. GAGGED THE CONGREGATION No one who witnessed the stormy scenes which followed could debt the truthfulness of the reports which have found their way into the columns of the PLANET. They saw the presiding officer supported by the clique which has disgraced the church deliberately suppress all discussion of a motion, which motion could not be made under parliamentary law, without being subject to discussion. They saw men of the calibre and character, like Deacon J. C. Farley, one of the leading photographers in this country, Brother H. F. Jonathan, a respected wholesale and retail dealer; Deacon Shepherd Shorts, who is respected by both white and colored, and Rev. Wm. A Mitchell, well known as a devout Christian gentleman, unceremoniously quelled, while a man like Brother "Hindquarter" Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting was recognized to move the pending question. TO NULLIFY CHURCH ACTION. This was done in a vain efforts to nullify the action of the church in debarking Rev. Evans Payne from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church. The motion was made in accordance with a re request of Pastor Johnson that he be given full control of the pulpit. Gray-haired saints turned away in disgust at the shattering of their idol. They had believed that Rev. Johnson They had believed that Rev. Johnson had proved too strong for the temper. They could well remark, "At last thou stand' before me undisgrised." GALLED WITHOUT NOTICE The meeting was called without previous notice and a motion, subject to debate was passed without debate. The callfor the pending question was clearly out of order until reasonable discussion had been indulged in by those who were opposed to its passage. Deacon J. C. Farley and Brother H. F. Jonathan were on the floor, having arisen immediately after the motion to give the pastor full charge of the pulpit, and who were opposed to it, and yet Chairman W. T. Johnson recognized Brother "Hindquarter" Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting and who was in favor of the motion. He moved the pending question. This was declared carried. In this Rev. W. T. Johnson boldly violated Hiscock's New Directory for Baptist Churches, Page 578, which save:— THE LAW IS PLAIN "If two members rise to speak at the same time, preference is usually given the one farthest from the chair or to the one opposing the motion under discussion." Hiscock's New Directory for Baptist Churches, Page 578 says: ** "Nor does a call for the question deprive a member of his right to speak." The question and the pending question are one and the same. Chairman Johnson in refusing to hear either Brother Farley or Brother Jonathan violated this section of the law as laid down for the guidance of the church. GENERAL MOTIONS DEBATAM. All motions are debatable, and accordingly subject to discussion, except the previous question, for indefinite post-placement, to commit, to lay on the table and to adjourn. Hiscock's New Directory is even more emphatic and shows that a motion which should not be discussed cannot be voted upon and must be dismissed. On page 585, it says: "If, when a question is introduced any member objects to its discussion, as foreign, profitless, or contentious, the moderator [Chairman] should at once put the question 'shall this motion be discussed?' If this question be decided in the negative the subject must be dismissed." It will be seen then that Chairman W. T. Johnson, who is presumed to be as well posted on the Baptist Polity as any divine in the state violated every principle of it. THE RIGHTS OF MEMBERS Deacon Farley made a demand upon the chair for his rights and protested against the curtailment of his privileges and yet Chairman Johnson boldly disregarded him and put the motion in violation of the Baptist Polity, Page 584, which says:—"Questions relating to the rights and privileges of members are of primary importance and until disposed of take precedence of all other business, and supercede all other motions, except that of adjournment." THAT SOLEMN OBLIGATION: Could Rev. W. T. Johnson do all this without violating his obligation solemnly taken when he was installed pastor of the First Baptist Church? There with hand uplifted to Heaven, he pledged himself to be guided by the Holy Bible and the law of the church. Brother Thomas H. Biggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockets can do it; but how could a Rev. Johnson out-Briggs—Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockets. PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL At the close of the services last Sunday morning at the First Baptist Church Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., requested the members of the congregation to remain in as he had something important to say. This being the second Sunday in the month and known as communion Sunday, no one thought for an instant that any business would be transacted as it is contrary to the custom and usage of a church. It is also the rule to give previous notice of at least one week previous of all special or called meetings of the church. Chairman Johnson presided. Brother Thomas H. Wyatt acted church-clerk vice Clerk B. P. Vandervall, who is indoosed. MADE FOUR REQUESTS Rev. Johnson said that he had four requests to make of the church. The first was that the time for receiving bids for remodelling the building be changed to the fourth Monday. A motion was made that the request be granted. Deacon Harrison Smith objected to this, declaring that the time was not sufficient and that the architect had not completed the plans upon which the bids were to be made. Deacon Abner Cooley concurred in this opinion. The motion was carried. Rev. Johnson asked that he be granted a leave of absence on the third Sunday in March for the purpose of preaching the installation sermon of Rev. W. M. Moss, B. D., at the Bank St. Baptist Church of Norfolk, Va. On motion, the request was granted. A NEW REGISTRATION. Rev. Johnson asked that the church order a new registration of the members of the church, and have slips printed in order that he might tell where the members live and visit them and find out how many children were in the families and get them to attend the Sunday school. On motion, this request was made. Rev. Johnson stated that he had labored under many difficulties and that a man with the strength of a Samson or the wisdom of a Solomon did not over-come them if he were hammered. He declared that the church was disagreeing with the National Baptist Convention, the Virginia Baptist State Convention and not fully in accord with the General Association of Virginia, which was born in the church, and which was entitled to the church's support. THE CONTROL OF THE PULPIT. He wanted the church to give him entire charge of the pulpit. Deacon Shepherd Shorts arose to enquire in what respect the pastor did not have charge of the pulpit. So far as he knew he had complete charge of the pulpit, unless he referred to the action of the church in debarring Rev. Evans Payne from the pulpit. Rev. Johnson asked if this was not interfering with his charge of the pulpit. Treasurer R. T. Hill moved that the request be granted. Then pandemonium broke loose, while the surprised congregation looked on in wonderment. WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THEM. Deacon J. C. F. Carley claimed the attention of the chair as did Brother H. F. Jonathan, Rev. Wm. A. Mitchell and numbers of others. Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting was deliberately recognized over them all. He moved the pending question. "You can't do that, Brother Chairman!" exclaimed Deacon Farley, "you can't do that! I am opposed to the motion and he is in favor of it." But the chairman ignored all appeals. Deacon Harrison Smith exclaimed that the pastor could not run that church regardless of its members. Ories of "Question! Question!" came from different parts of the church. A PARLIAMENTARY BLUNDER. In the exilement Chairman W. T. Johnson did not put the vote on T. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1902. pending question, but proceeded to vote directly on the motion to give himself complete control of the pulpit and immediately declared it carried while the body of protesting members were on their feet clamoring for recognition. It seems that this action was the result that preconcerted arrangement which was have taken place at the last regular church, was it was so understood on church-hill, and occasioned much surprise when it did not take place. WHY ACTION WAS POSTPONED The postponement was evidently due to the presence of a large number of members opposed to the scheme of the fuss-makers. The trouble at the First Baptist Church is now worse than at any time before. It is stated that the church has voted four times in some form or other upon the layye resolution and each time has been favor of debarring him from the pulpit of the First Baptist Church. [The columns of the PLANET are open to Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., and any member of the congregation to explain, if they can, this remarkable departure from the commands of the Scriptures and decrees of the Polity.—Ed.] The 4th Quarterly Meeting of Third St. A. M. E. Church. The pulpit will be filled morning and night Sunday, February 16th by Rev. E. H. Bolden, P. E. A grand time is expected, notwithstanding, we try to have that at every service. The Preacher will give a lecture Monday night, February 16th subject, "Woman." He is a natural orator Come and hear him, Admission 100. THE STARLIGHT CONCEPT Monday night last was a success. The audience was good and some of the best people of Richmond were present. I wish to say just here that we must respect our own talent for if we do not, we need not expect others to respect them. Of this however I will say more in the future. I am yours for prosperity, J. STRANGE. Mr. James H. Ward of No. 516 Norton street was presented with a fire daughter February 4th, weighing 8½ pounds. The Merry Twelve. The pretty home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo-W. Dandridge was thrown open on last Friday evening the 7th inst., the occasion being the third annual supper of the Merry Twelve. The parlors were beautifully decorated with red shaded lamps, running cedar and holly and pink carnations, and the dining room showed a coloring of blue and a centerpiece of golden gate roses and ferns. With the strains of sweet music and the presence of lovely young ladies made the occasion the swellest social function of the season. Dancing and games were indulged in until a late hour, later which supper was served and the menu was surely the masterpiece of some caterer's hand. After supper dancing was resumed and there was not a discordant note until the orchestra played "Home, Sweet Home." Among those present were Misses Florence Coleman, Patience Scott, Minnie Scott, Madeline Seay, Martha Emmis Augustus, Hattie Johnson, Annie Taylor, Ella Jackson, Maria Smith, Nannie Hope, Gertrude Browne. Esterine A. White, Mary Smith, Ella Dawson, Gertrude Augustus, Matthew Chas, Chas. Thos. Eps, Cliff Cabel, Chris Foster, Jno Bagby, Andrew Dabney, Walter Jones, Jno M. Jackson, Jos. eph Gipin, Jno James, James Chiles, Philip Clark, Robert Brown, Ed Turner, Rufus Brown, Alex Jackson, Robert Spencer. An Extended Trip. President Elliott of Harvard University plans to make an extended journey to California and the far West early in February and will be journeying home through the South toward the first of April. He will speak at many important educational gatherings and institutions, and has decided to include the Tuskegee Institute, of which Prof. Book T. Washington is Principal, in his itinerancy. His present plan will bring him to Tuskegee, April 1st and he will remain over until some time during the day of April 2nd, taking full time to inspect all the departments of the institution. His visit promises to be made a signal occasion by the authorities of the Tuskegee Institute. Pastor Johnson's Anniversary The 7th anniversary of Rev. R. O. Johnson, B. D., as pastor of the Moore Street Baptist Church will take place Sunday, February 16, 1902, with appropriate services. 11:30, sermon by Prof. Diggs of the Virginia Union University; 3 p. m., sermon by Rev. F. W. Williams, B. D., pastor of Rising Mount Zion Baptist Church; 3 p. sermon by Rev. E. Payne, pastor of 4th Baptist Church. All are cordially invited; please bring an offering. A. G. Rose, Church-clerk. REV. DR. LEWIS CREATES A SENSATION. CONDEMNED HIS TRADUCERS. False Reports Circulated—Brother Reed's Disclaimer. The Row on Christmas Day. THE DEACONS SUSTAIN THE PASTOR.—HIS CHARACTER UNSULLIED. It has been the policy of the PLANET never to publish rumors or scandals which were being privately circulated until they have become public property by being brought into the courts or published from the rostrum. For this reason, it has said nothing about the trouble which occurred Christmas Day in the neighborhood of the Seco Baptist Church and which resulted in the publication by Mr. Harrison Reed of a communication in these columns. CHASTISED THE MADAME. It seems that Mr. Reed became incensed with his wife, Julia and went in search of her. He found her at the Second Baptist Church and as soon as she was on the outside began to tear, cut or otherwise destroy a very fine Raglan or Automobile cloak which she wore. Now whether this was done on the church steps, in front of the church or on Byrd Street deponents sayeth all of them. As they live near the church, a mistake could be easily made. CONNECTED THE PASTOR Anyway the name of the pastor of the church was at once connected with the affair and it was falsely circulated that the reverend divine bought the Raglan, gave it to the Madame and that this caused the rumpus. As to the other false reports circulated with even more positiveness, space and a forbearing public forbid its publication. THAT INSTALLATION SERMON The sermon of Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D., at the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church at the installation of Rev. R. V. Peyton was the subject of additional discussion and tended to increase the talk concerning the Raglan incident. Rev. Lewis declared that no regularly ordained pastor should be engaged in secular employment such as president or insurance companies, Bank Directors and the like. He claimed that it was inconsistent with their high calling. DR. BINGA OBJECTS This called forth a mild protest from Rev. Dr. A. Binga, who is president of an insurance company and did not tend to win the favor of Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham, Rev. W. L. Taylor, and Rev. R. J. Bass, who are regularly ordained ministers with charges and yet accepted of insurance companies. It was further alleged that Rev. Dr. Lewis at the time he was presaching the sermon was Vice-President of an insurance company. So much for that, in the way of an explanation. THE ELDER'S REMARKS Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D., pastor of the Second Baptist Church proached an able and interesting sermon on last Sunday morning. At its conclusion, he said that some one had been telling lies on him. He declared that a member of the church had made a publication in the papers and he wished the church to know and understand that the case had been investigated by the Deacon Board. The brother had declared that he (Reed) had bought the Raglan himself from Julius Sycle & Son. That Mr. Sycle did not have one large enough for his wife and sent away and had one made to order. A CLEAN CHARACTER Rev. Lewis declared that he (Lewis) did not buy the Raglan, and knew nothing about its purchase. The reports circulated were false from beginning to end. Brother Reed had stated that he knew nothing against his (Lewis) character of the elephant man. Rev. Lewis declared that certain persons had been biting at his coat-tail ever since he came to Richmond and now they had never gotten any higher. WILL STAY AT THE CHURCH This was done by persons who had come to the city with bells of immorality. He would place his character against that of any person in Richmond. No one knew anything wrong about his naoral character. He knew how to visit and did visit his members' houses and conduct himself as a gentleman. He intended to stay at the Second Baptist Church as long as the people wanted him. He had said that a minister of the gospel could not do his duty and run insurance companies. NOT NOW PRESIDENT. He was at one time president of an insurance company and it did not succeed until he got out of the office. It had done better since than ever before. He called upon Deacon Armstead Washington to corroborate the statement. He had been elected Vice-President to about two years, but it was unable to protest and he never attended any of the meetings. The brotheen around the altar responded with their approval to the statements of Rev. Dr. Lewis. DEACON WASHINGTON SPOKE TOO At the conclusion, Deacon Armstead Washington said that Brother Lewis was innocent of the charge. The Deacon Board had investigated the matter and Brother Reed had stated that he bought the Raglan. Brother Lewis did not have anything to do with the insurance company. He (Washington) was the one who worked the clique to make him Vice-President of the insurance company. Rev Lewis did not attend any of the meetings. He did not even attend the Odd Fellows, for he carried his money to the meetings. He did not see the Lake except occasionally in the sister's meetings. In the afternoon, communion services were held at Rev W. H. White preached, Rev Dr. Lewis again discussed the Raglan incident, and at night services he "spread his wings" in denouncing his traducers. He declared he is a clean man Rev. Lewis is one of the most eloquent pulpit orators in the state, and his friends regret the necessity for his open condemnation of the affair, believing that the false reports would have sonen "put to sleep" by the conservative elements who took no part in them. The subject is now being generally discussed throughout the city. SMITH—Miss Lottie Smith died at her residence, No. 116½ West Jackson street; Saturday, February 8th, at 11:15 o'clock; in fourteenth year of her age. She leaves her mother, father, relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Funeral took place Tuesday, Februry 11th 1902, from the Ebenezer Baptist Church at 3 o'clock. A sweet solo was sung by Mr. A. C. Johnson, "Some Sweet Day." A very impressive sermon was preached by Rev. W. H. Stokes. Funeral Director, W. I. Johnson officiated. She was loved by all who knew her. The floral designs were numerous and costly. Just came to show how sweet a flower In paradise would bloom. E're sin could harm or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care, The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there. Passed Away. Lottie, age 14 years, the only daughter of Mrs. Roxie Smith, passed quietly away at her residence, 116½ W. Jackson St., Saturday evening at quarter past eleven o'clock. The funeral took place Tuesday at 8 o'clock p. m. from the Ebenezer Baptist Church. A large concourse of friends and acquaintances were present. We had a little treasure once, She was our joy and pride, We loved her, alh perhaps too well For soon she slept and died. All is dark within our dwelling, Lonely are our hearts to-day; For the one we loved so dearly Has forever passed away. According to the Resolution of the General Alumni Association, Lincoln University, each Alumnus is requested to inmediately send his present address to the Vice President, Lincoln University, Chester Co., Pa. By order of the General Alumni Association. Rev. Wm. CREDITT, D. D. President. Hon. JAS. S. LANIER, A. M., Soo'y. P. J. AUGUSTUS COXR, Local Secretary Dr. Graham's Trin North. Dr. W. F. Graham has been in Philadelphia the past week lecturing and preaching at the Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Dr. G. L. P. Talaferro, pastor. Great crowds flocked to hear him each night. On Thursday night a great edginess meeting was held at which time the Doctor spoke on "Race Reflections." Money was raised for Virginia Seminary. We will speak more of this meeting next week. The Doctor will preach at Fifth St. Baptist Church to-morrow. 11:80 a. m., text, "If it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it." 8:00 p. m., subject, "The mixed church called to judgment." 8:00 p. m. There will be at the church a gathering of the National Baptist Sunday School Union. Dr. Graham will install the officers. The public is invited RICHMOND THE CONVENTION DISCUSSING HOT TIME THERE-FIGHT OVER COMMISSION. The Legislators Angry - The Suffrage Question - Much Talk and But The unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention is here yet afflicting the citizens of Virginia with its useless oratory. It is in a most embarrassing position. It occupies the hall of the House of Delegates and the legislature of Virginia is seriously hampered on this account. LEGISLATURE ANGRY. To make bad matters worse, the legislature looks with jealous eyes on the convention, and the result is that the members speak in contemptuous terms of the latter body and awakened more bitter comment than the report of the committee on establishment of a corporation commission. TOO MUCH TALE. This has aroused the worst feeling among the contending factions. The unconstitutional "Constitutional Convention has indulged in so much randomness that a proposition was offered to limit it." This was defeated and as a means of "evening matters up," it was decided to meet twice a day. THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION The discussion of the suffrage question seems to have brought forth no proposition which has met with anything like unanimous support. Some want the grandfather clause, some want the educational qualification, some want the underst.nding clause, and some want the underst.ng well enough alone and *s*ck to the o'1 drageous Anderson—McCormick patent double-back action disfranchising law. WOULD DISCUSS ALL NIGHT The discussion of the suffrage question elicited so much debate that it was decided to have conferences of the Democratic members every night, where talks could be indulged in. This did very well for a time, but there seemed to be no end to the discussion even by this methadized for the worst hopes have been realized for the corporation commission provision has the flood of talk which has now extended into the time and place held by the Negro disfranchising contingent. POSTPONED THE MEETINGS The meetings of the Suffrage Conference have been accordingly posponed. As to when the unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention will adjourn, some think it will be next summer, some next winter, and some at the time of the next flood. The colored people are indifferent. Anniversary Celebrated. On January 30th, Ever True Lodge, No. 66, of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria held their anniversary at Price's Hall. Deputy J. B. Taylor was master of ceremonies. Scripture reading and prayer by Rev. A. Smith. Welcome address was delivered by Mr. J. W. Thompson, Grand Chief of the order. Response, Mr. W. I. Johnson. Short addresses by Mr. J. B. Taylor, Mrs. H. L. Johnson and Mrs. G. W. Jackson. Mrs. L. E. Miles then rendered her report which showed the standing of the lodge to be in a good condition. After which Mr. W. H. Hotcher in a few well chosen remarks presented to her a purse from the lodge as a token of respect and appreciation for her good work. Mrs. Sarah E. Smith rendered some very appropriate music which added greatly to the entertainment. This part of the programme being completed, the guests then retired to the dining room where the table fairly groomed under the weight of the many delicacies of the season. Union! Union! The National Baptist Sunday School Union will convene with the 5th Street Baptist Church Sunday, February 16th, 1002, at 8 o'clock p. m. An excellent programme has been prepared. The installation sermon will be preached by the pastor, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. Friends of various churches are invited to attend. E. A. WILLIAMS, Corresponding Secretary. Rev. R. V. Peyton, the recently installed pastor of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church seems to be giving satisfaction. He holds the congregation spellbound by his eloquence and has created a most favorable impression upon all who have been fortunate enough to hear him. PRICE,FIVE 5 CENTS Another Lunenburg Case. It seems that Mrs. Faust, a German lady, of Lunenburg County, whose husband was absent from home was murdered February 4th, 1902 by an unknown party or parties. Several colored persons have been arrested on suspicion and are lynching threatened. The last one was Otway Eps, a colored man who is half-witted. It seems to be a foregone conclusion that he knew nothing about the murder. Since that time, Sidney Hambrick, Doug Gorman and Ham Bagley have been under arrest. Governor Montague has taken every precaution to prevent a lynching in the county. There will be a lecture given at 6th Mt. Zion Baptist Church Monday night, February 17th, 1999, by Rev. D. Webster Davis for the benefit of the Colored Orphan Asylum. Subject, "Front Porches and Back Yards." There will be good music furnished by Trout's class of which Miss Margaret Tinsley is a member. Mr. A. C. Johnson and Miss Margaret Tinsley have kindly consented to sing special solos for the occasion. Admission, 10c. Mrs. BETTIE GRAVES, Matron, Miss NANNIE B. JONES, Managers. The club to form a Court of Calathea will meet at the residence of Miss M. L Chiles, Tuesday, February 18, 1902, at 5 p. m. All of the ladies are requested to be present, as the doctor will examine all who have paid up. --- If you want first class insurance at a moderate cost, call and see the Woman's Union. It will do all that it promises to do. PERSONALS AND BRIEF Mr. Malachi Brown of Etna Mills, Va. called on us. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. has been in Philadelphia during the week, assisting Rev. Dr. G. L. P. Taliaferro in the great revival at the Holy Trinity Church. Mr. J. H. Butts has left for Cincinnati, O. and Detroit, Mich. on a business trip. He will return in a short while. Dr. P. B. Ramsey's new calendar has been praised from one end of Richmond to the other, and his skill in dentistry is the subject of much favorable comment. He's at home to callers. Mr. Chas. R. Parker of Springfield, O. called on us. He was with the Richards and Pringle Georgia Minstrels. Mrs. Martha A. Chiles, who has been so ill is improving. Her daughter, Mrs. Maggie Gibson and children will leave for their home, Tuskegee, Ala., February 15th, 1902. For fine wines, liquors ate. for family use, call on Mr. John M. Higgins. He's too well known to need a recommendation. ——Sir Knight R. B. Mosby, who has been sick for the past two weeks at his residence, 910 N. 3rd street, is steadily improving under the skillful care of Dr. Sarah G. Jones. Mr. Wm. Tennant, the grocer carries a full line of all of all the necessities of the season. His prices are very low and stock first-class. V. M. C. A. NOTES. A large number attended the explanation on the Sunday School lesson last Saturday. The work in the city jail and the almshouse was good last Sunday under the directions of Brethren Stephen Branxton and F. W. Quarles. All parents need to feel proud of the boys who are taking advantage of the opportunity to be helped. The papers last Sunday by the boys were excellent. Subjects; Companions, Honesty, and Faith. Keep the boys at it and the future will be bright. The open meeting last Sunday for men was felt by all present. A special effort was made to reach those men who did not know Christ. One young man was present who desired special prayer, while 165 other cases were presented by friends. Explanation on the Sunday School lesson to-day at 5 p. m. Early meeting for men at our rooms Sunday 9 a. m. Men, rise early and come out and take a part. Remember we are to seek our brothers. Bring another man with you. The Y. M. G. A. of the Virginia Union University will celebrate its 2nd Anniversary Sunday at 3:30 p. m. at the University. The city Y. M. C. A. will attend the exercises. Remember men, that we will not have our men's meeting Sunday, but will help the University Association its services. Watch for the meetings Sunday, February 23, at our rooms. Every man is invited Sunday, Feb'y 16th at 3:30 p. m., to the Virginia Union University. Free. Bring another man with you. A Ren eee. A ~ nth. \ & << . — Home~-Made Gowns from Parisian Models ERC at ea le ec We Add the Finishing Touches to the Designs of Parisian Artists. 2 o = \ OME few years ago every well i dressed woman thought it H necessary to buy at least @ é part of her gowns in Paris, ‘Then came a hue and ery regarding ethe patronizing of home industries. “The greatest of this came at about sthe time of the war with Spain, when American women of fashion wished ~to make a display of their patriotism wand chose this way of doing it. After whe need for a display of their patri- é Orin fact st 75 | LI > FA ERY A PRY eS i | cima \ i ye s mat. Ka 1s NY CITB Vee So Ef, ie ese yy ue ae ; 1 E seg He Ae Pap os F « 18 SS aor CARDINAL BROADCLOTH, TRIMMED RDINAL BROADCLOTH, Tat ‘estism was over they would have gone "back to Paris had they not have fouad Fit quite as easy to secure equally as sexclusive modes in America. Ameri- sean genius had made the most of the ~spportunity offered them at the time when the wealthy patrons of fashion Shad wished to display their patriot- Sasm and demonstrated their ability to please. Bat, while we boast of American camade gowns, and point with pride ste the fact that the money formerly smpent in Paris is now being spent at home, we cannot fully overlook the Start, much as we would like to, that Sait 4s to Paris we still look for our Aldeas, The difference between the opresent and the past is that to-day it vais the dressmakers and tailors who “aravel to Paris, rather than the pur- echasers of the gowns. They go there sto make a systematic study of the "Paris styles, and bring back with “them the fundamental ideas that are Stecorporated into cach season's sgowns. Our gowns may be made in Mew York, in Chicago, in any other American ‘city or town, the details ef trimming may be our own, or the ~@ressmaker whom we employ, but the eveal foundation still comes from EParis, which is still the center of ‘SAfashion, On the other hand, we send to “Paris many of the details that are successfully employed there in the wfesigning of gowns. While we copy wthe fundamental ideas of the season's eatyles the Parisian dressmaker ix not wabove taking from us many of the smovelties of decoration, for which we sare becoming somewhat noted. ‘The New York winter season opens cemith the opening of the horse show. f GaP Re og S fr tea ne GH ine q wy i WR s a | =) yy ie « ©@F BROWN VELVET, SAGLE AND JET, Wrevious to that time, no matter what “the weather may be, fall styles are cpermissible. But the fashionable “woman's winter wardrobe must be saisplayed for the first time at the Sherse show. For this reason we may mew consider the winter season on in Biew York, as the horse show has ~eome and gone. 3s was a gorgeous affair, fully equal “ao any past effort in the same line, sand from s distinctly fashionable ~woint of view surpassed anything ever seen in New York. It fully illus- “trated the full measure of prosperity sand extravagance which the city is wenjoying at the present time. Of course the gowns, the coats and “Meats were the principal attraction, as whey always have been. But the most ¢ What He Had Saved, Mr. Jones—I haven't saved a dollar ~ainee I married you. Mrs. Jones—What an idea! You've saved nearly half of what you Mid in vsthe bank at that time!—Puck. Gooa-ny Summer, “How old is she?” “Oh, very, very old. She's quit pull- “Ming out her gray hairs." — Chicago BRecord-Herald. Roticeable gowns bore the Parisian stamp. Not that they were Paris made, for of these there were very few, but they were originated ip Paris, and with a touch or two of originality in the way of trimming had reproduced Parisian winter mod- els. . ‘The coats attracted quite as much attention as the gowns, as well they might. One that was especially no- ticeable was a striking full length carriage coat made of cardinal red broadcloth, and trimmed with red panne velvet and stitched with black silk in a fancy way. It was a Parisian design supplemented by the stitching which was a great addition to the original, of which I was so fortunate as to see a picture. The original gar ment lacked the finish the black silk stitching gave to the New York copy. The coat had a large pointed bertha that fell over the top of the sleeves, with long ends in front, ornamented with stitching and large black vetvet buttons. A high Medici collar of Per. sian lamb fur, with the Persian lamt forming a square yoke. Very large, loose, bell-shaped sleeves, with the velvet and stitching to finish in a deep. cuff. The coat was fitted in at the back, with an under plait that flared half way. Another coat that was of a more extravagant order, though not se startling, principally because of the lack of brilliant color, was one made of brown velvet and trimmed with white velvet, sable and jet. It fell te about half way below the knees, and so revealed the handsome gown of fawn broadcloth at the bottom. It was made with a sack front and 9 rather close fitting back. A yoke ef fect of white velvet in large, loose tucks, finished at the outer edge with black jet in a scroll design. Below this was a circular flounce of the vel yet, trimmed with sable, extending around the collar and over the shoul > LW) es) Sty b | BS >) Um fh AE Xe CIR Se lees) (Co | 9% AC : CSS) < So SRY St Sy san ve EEE ek ders. Large, bell-shaped sleeves, with sable to finish and jet above. A ‘scroll design of the jet was worked out on each side of the front below the col- lar, with many loose ends of jet beads falling nearly to the bottom of the coat. The hat worn with this was carried out in velvet, with sable trim- mings and duchess lace. Far was noticeable as a trimming and even as complete garments, in both coats and gowns. In fact, fur is said to be “the thing” in the modes of the winter season, and the display at the horse show but emphasized this statement. There was one cos- tume that well illustrates this point. It was fashioned of the finest earacul, a fur whose infinite possibilities of smartness you begin to think that you have never fully realized till you see its satiny softness flow- ing out into a perfectly hanging skirt, which was further made notable by encircling insertion bands of black silk Russian net, through whose open: work meshes comes the shimmer ot the white satin beneath. On the blouse bodice the net formed a series of stripes on the fur, and, by the way, there was a method in its decorative detail, for this particular and nove! form of trimming has been chosen in order to afford ventilation to the fu1 costume and prevent it from becom ing too warm. For further finish there was a scarf of black panne loosely knotted in the front of the blouse bodice, its ends being tipped with gold. eanay Davinecs ‘The Most Beautiful Orchid. One of the rarest and most wonder ful orchids is a native of the isthmus ot Panama. The early Spanish set tlers named it Flor del Espiritu San- to. It grows in marshy places from a decayed log or sometimes from the crevice in a rock. The leat stall reaches several feet in height and the flower stalk, which grows from the bulb, bears 12 or 15 buds. ‘The flower is a pure white, and right in the heart of it is a perfect image of 2 dove, with drooping wings, snowy breast, gold-tinted head, and erimson beak. Carrots Make Them Sing. Russia boasts of the world’s great- est choir. It is in the Cathedral of Alexander Nevoski, in St. Peters- burg, and is attached to a convent erected in honor of the patron saint of Russia. Its members, of which there are about 30, are all monks, and are chosen from the best voices in all the Russian monasteries. They eat carrots.—St. Louis Republic. THE RICHMOND PLANE, RIGHMUND. VIRGINIA. WHAT OUR FOETS SAY Mow Often We Forget! We are (oo heidiess of the little things Done tor our comiort by our ows each ay: Too thoughtiess of the cheek owe aps might Miss; ‘The xraceiu: Word—so short a were vs say! We notice not the tired fect hurremg ‘On our small errands; tail (o heed the meek Word of reproof, nor sicken with the ehought ‘That at our blunders less kind lips might ‘speak. God (rains His angels tn our vimpie homes, While we search sky ware for we radiant wings; And heaven's lght plays about the patient souls Who at our hearthstones daily toil and sing— How often we forget, till dear tired hands And tender watchiul eyes Weary of waiting tor our tardy thanks Sup into Paradise. ~Kate Whiting Patch, in Youth's Com- ‘panto. Sa \icaenei tee eee ‘The days are long and bright and fair, ‘The skies are biue—in Sunshine Land! No thought of grief can enter there, No dream of death or pain or care, And glad hearts never know despalr, ‘A bappy place is Sunshine Land. Come, dear one; hand In hand we'll go Across the hills to Sunsh.ue Land. It ts not far, und weit anow ‘The pach chit winds, LOW Lush, now low, Full sweet the summer biceacs blow Througe Neds a-tigwer, in Sunshine Land. Good night, olé world! We're on the way From ail’ your woe, to sursiine Lang! A smile of thanks our tare wal pay; ‘To-duy wall soon be yesccrday’, So We must husien Whe we my ‘Phrousn alties ol Joy, co Sunshine Lands Jessie. Pied, in arm und Home, An Old-Fashioned Woman, No clever, brilliant Uunker she, With coll(ge record an degree: She has not known the pains of fame, ‘The world has never heard her name. diome is her kingdom, love her dower— She seeks no other wand of power. Around her childish hearts are twine, As round some reverend salnt enshrined, ‘And find ail purity and good In her divinest motherhood. She keeps her faith unshadowed stii— God rules the earth in good an ill, This sad oid earth's a brighter piace Ail oF the suuehine of Ker dice; Her very, amie w blessitig throws, Aud hearts ure huppier white she goes, A gentle, clear-eyed mesenger, To whisper iove—thank God tor her! —L. M. Montgomery, in N. ¥, Weekly. A Test of Patience, Perhaps in that milienniai time Whick nations ail await, We'll bid tareweil to every A Aud teel no tears of tate. ‘Your collar buttons won't get lost, Your trousers will not bag; ‘The motorman will always stop Whene'er a car you flag. Your shoe soles never will get thin, Your buttons won't come off, Your friends will always throw bouquets And never stop to scott. At makes us smile whene'er we think Of all this comfort great— And yet the solemn thought occurs: Is very long to walt. ‘The Home Light, The light of home's a wondrous light, Bo tender Is its shining, So soft it follows through the night, Our weary road outlining. Though lonely and tor years we roam, Far from the ones who love us, Yet ever shines the Light of home, Like God's grace spread above Us The light of home's a wondrous light, ‘Through life it follows, seeming, Yet when with age the hair is white, Clear in the front “tis gleaming. It shines from where our loved ones are ‘Oh, this ts love's divining! And through the gates of heaven ajar At last we see it shining! —Ripley D. Saunders, in N. ¥. Weekly, ‘Scien eee 1 see bim pass and say: “Alas, Poor boy!" Not that he's of the hungry class, Poor boy! His face is nelther thin nor pale, I've heard him tell no moving tale Of parents lying "neath the grass, Poor boy! He's finely dreseed, and yet I say: “Poor boy!” What gibes and taunts are flung his way, Poor boy! His foolish mother keeps his curis Flung o'er his shoulders like a girl's He's twelve years old if he's a days Poor boy! —S. EB. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herala. The Maotict. When I am glum and feeling blue, ‘Why does all earth seem that way, too? When 1 am feeling blythe and gay, Why docs the whole world seem at play? When I was touched with love divine, Why did the stars more brightly shine? When jealousy or hate controlted, ‘Why did the stars at once grow cold? I sometimes fear to burdened be With such responsibility. For good or better, bad or worse, I regulate the universe! “Household Wores. The Better Song. T thought to write a grand, sweet song ‘That would thrill the souls of many men— A symphony both great and strong, ‘Undying words from living pen But all unsung came back to me ‘The tuneless notes, with empty ring. ‘They had not reached humanity. Nor soothed one heart's embittered sting. In pity for a mother's woe, | I wrote a simple, heartfelt lay; A crumb of comfort to bestow, And light, perchance, dark sorrow’s way, ‘Men loved my song and praised each part, And to its every fault seemed blind; It touched the chord of mother heart ‘And lo! it touched all human kind. —Minnie McBurney, in Wellspring. Othe See eee a ee In my gifts I travel far As the needy nations are— North and south and east and west; Givers’ travels are the best, In my gifts I dig amine Down where lordilest treasures shine— Gratitude of hearts oppressed; Givers’ Klondikes are the best. In my gifts T mount and rise Through the reaches of the sklex To a Heaven of Joy and rest; Givers’ wings are far the best. —Amos R. Wells, in N. ¥. Independent, Possibilities, A little rift among the clouds "To let ‘the sunahine through, And lo! the day that was so dark is brightened and new giories mark ‘The ways that we pursue. A smile that costs the giver naught, ‘A’ little word of praise, And some one, wavering, may take The way wherein his ‘work shall make Him happy all his days, 8. E. Klser, in Chicago Record-Herald. India’s Famine, ‘The last great Indian famine affect. td 54,000,000 people, and was caused by & deficiency of 11 inches in the rain- fall.—N. ¥. World. j ‘The Name on the Umbrella, ‘The name on an umbrella docan’t necessarily belong to the man who has the umbrella.—Chicago Daily News, SOUTHERN ca 10:25 L., No. 9daily for Durham, N C. Dan ‘iis und alt cal feationg. south, Gon snes teksten bonis ona on ‘Sordelk Brewton fo Danville: a Raleigh: Goldsborn, nna ei ares Oates Ne 7 ited | 2:90 P. M., No, 2, limited train daily, for Jnok, a ae aaa Oa, fa ‘Naneat, ete, Connects nt Monsey. with Farmville, and Powhatan Ralirosd: nt Greenmtage for Derkam, Kaleigh gad Winston-Salem sat Charlotte: with No. SS, United States fnet mail, solid see: Shily for New Orleans and pounts So - hich chetes seers fo tv," Orienna Brewing Roch. Slecpor, ichmond ts Atlanta’ end sirogbam. Through phis.” Dining-CarService. > 11:90P.M., No. 1, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, “Aagustyy dackoonviite, Yad Bomber south” comer for Duin, pen nt ichmot 9.) Br Comte on with New. York and. Mortda i arriow upronah Ginepers to A‘gtita St Barrios rs tA Yannah Jacksonville; Tampa: Nashville Homphininnin, Neve Oriente Pullman Torrist Sieepor Monday, Wed Relays ant Fridays "Washingtan to Betigme for al poests i Worse Sesion and California, a3 6:0P. M.,No, 17, local daily, except Sunday, tor Keysville’ and interinediate points, TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND. oA. at) SUP. Mo From Atlanta, Augusta, Jackson- ile Aa clean al pointe South 840A. Mtr nevafitle and local stations. S252! AL from Durham, Charlotte, Danville thd intorineadiate tations: LOCAL FREIGHT, Nos. 61 and é2 between Manchester and Neapo- YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH. corn, MAYERIGHMORD, tween Quinton and West Ponts AC RoW Tan ser, om Saye ee ence pe ie 89 4, 8'No. %4, local mixed. Leaves daily, Sredlate statibus connection’ with tees "Lester Manor for "Walkerton aed ‘Tappahannock. (TRAINS: ARRIVE RICHMOND. retain coareaycoen Ma S:i5 Ps Me daily cxcert Sundaya, frome Wet sqeem eee Was Eg A anne Sundays, 5:81 p. m., arriving Baltimore 8:90 a. Steamers call at Almonds and Yorktown reciente Almont sod Yonters ape and Prdapa= home Momaays, Wesdnes © W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 8 H HARDWICK, G.P. A., F. 8. GANNON, Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. O Nor‘olk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901, LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. Pe A Reet ar Se Buns iy Sha ae aa eof head Sea oa. SHC RS Eg Sty gee, ere Chicago. | Buffet Parior Car Petersburg folie tatncroapeatac Scat eater ge Sipe litt Beep saor NRE NGELIA arm ne Sater traaeiy trite, Shea cpteeain saat OS Ree en es 328 P.M. for Suffolk, Norfolk and tntermed- Fear en tan irae 9:10P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke.” Com rect a’ Lynchiniry with Waskington era eee a tena a Row Grionie Cafo ator ed irarmer simmer oe hee che een aaa Seay pried oma Pe ee Rosa a eee ree ER ace ieaaeerat's PEN Ee an rane dt act oa Pi ESes meee : Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER,* City Passenger and Picket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Aaente General Office; Roanoke, Va. do. If a Re eee NOVEMBER 27, 1901. C. & O. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST. STATION LEAVE RICHMOND. 9A. M., Daily, Local t0 Old Point, Norfolk ‘amd’ 'POcesmnoutt 10:10 A.M. Except Sanday. Local to Calverton Glitton Forge. Connects for Sele vegruaies neat 10204, M. Dally for Lynchburg, Lexington se ear ences Castle: Parlor car to Giifton Forge” 45P. M., Dally, St. Louie $98 P.O Ta gt car an Onlong Limit. StncinnathsLoutrvili, sind St. bora 5 ects for Virgin Het Seine poy train follows Se Louis ‘Etat foeet Gorell estatnton, excep Se ‘845P.M. Daily. Local to O14 Point, Norfoli SOE Gad Portimonlh: Bullman wo ON Bee ASP. Mi. Excopt Sunday, “Atinatic Limited" (6 P WG dnd Points Norton ad Boca Eapor Car Cosnacts at olf Pan for ice Breamsores eee ne Cape Char- 5aBP. M., Rrcept Sunday for Bremo. 5:89 P.M. Bxoept Sanday to Doswell. . M. Dally F. ¥.V- Dining Car train. ee Nee: Nigina, Hot Springe Sir Sarto Gmetsniae and Pah gece Sinmati, Lousvilie, and the West. ARRIVE NEW MAIN ST. STATION, 4:00 A. M. Except Sunday, from Doswell. S33 £8 Dally rom Ginehanatt 10904. Me Daly trom’ Novfole ‘and Porte- ww Bement Sanday, from Norfolk and oa Me Bl from ito Fore and Lynch CaF Me on Drang, and except Sunday from Sta Coe + ther oxington and Buck nham Brash 7:20. 3¢- Daily from Notfolle and. Portsmouth EIDE: AE BSW! Sindy trom Curton' Bosge APR 8 Se annie seeets merreant miata Get Bt othcea for farther information, ne H.W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G.P.A. AGP. A. Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect Jan. 14, 1902, Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 407 AM from BYRD STREET STA- Hoke Wain py ‘Cars to We Aeaaie, Goce fener Succ nan Marware conta BPN AALS, AER BT Kawai Praneistice tet ene “ baer te es tn om Winn aimaaP STAGE ee ohne Abpiniiee tea eivon, Manes ects St ak ne TM. Except , from ELBA STA- en Mey om omer SAAS poke meee arn eee "Gulia cole REN STE eae eae ee coqtian and Alexandria. Butter Patios 8:00. m, Recent Sunday from BYRD STREET sic ite onaee re BYND STREET Stops at Elbe, Glen Alien and. local sta: fiogn se iin, ten Alena orate Se eee te eee alten eee eee he ee 08 Hag iat fe EYED ot foe fact mem eee ee Buifet Parlor Car, Connects with Con’ pepormon Saree ae PBEATION fr wattage a and berend BEATS Or eotngt and beyond foes Sra eee a Ms sa ea Nina ae oe > my Rasy antes. fre the EUED Sr SEAN main a Es ining: neat aes eee tia Oo eeboeeea ene teas Gar to New York. Dining Gare Pa ¢207. jes Rens Santayana BA Mobeaet Semtay, from ELBA 9A a Soe sor. Sse BYRD STREET, STATION, Eg Sa SA oP i Aen Boer alton. Yee seghars peo Widereter, ame Er Mo satis Seer, at EAT amoae iDiehiae pet eases obs ta eu "ION Accommodation for Astiand sai pox Arenal ‘Trains Arrive In Richmond South- re esi en pia ele 1 Rest inayat LRA STATION ose al etnies ent rams SEATION. Accommodation Prom Fred SRARON Accretonae Pron ts so a.m: bulge BYAD tmnt ste tiox Penrcnrerice sutra, Poel, ae cer aree mara: Sool Sess Bie rome aay tee Saiy, coon a0 My Beep Sunday we BYRD ave SEATIO’ ston a local ations, from Allen and Elba. Moe ian ae hears wt adie ncn 2 BMY, MA, STATION. se ge 290P. M. Daily, at MAIN STREET SABO MAIN SR ERT SEAHON, ores Set Reems Peres Ser se tees Ses os rna tara 2, Rent Sunde at ELLA STATION. Semaedatign, fron Astin 713 P. M.. Daily, at BYRD-STREET STA- ION. Stops nt Alexandria, Preden igheairg Bove, Arian ed a. Ehetcy ot, aioe and fe aoe kab wy an wrenbeiae ety ‘TION. "Seaps nt iocal stations: Wash Bia, Bets neler ation, Was ees edad telat: WP. M. Daily at MAIN STREET ERAMON, oy amd Motrepntia Doswell, and Ashland Sleep- fig Gait tron Note Tork Diner ager aie acmnaeeiesn wa Samy a eas aes meee wee tere icetee kahit Seniey sh erRD Sener SEAROS Sow fork ane Pe Seriek,, Mees, All Ba See ee ow. F cavIon, Truths smagor: w.D DUE, anes ieee aes as SEABOARD AIR-LINE R. R. “Capital City Route” Short Line to ‘Principal Cities of The South and Southwest. Plorida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, Reaching the Cap- tol of Six States. SCHEDULE LN EFFECT DEC: 1, "01. Trains Leave Richmond Daily—Main Street Station, Wap. yu “Pork and Metepelten Limit "ie Huser aeegtenae tte Sachera Pe, Saath Southgate eae 10:37 Pm. “Atianta Special,” for aoe Menger ele” cubaes meni Sintatinory"Ciacass wet Memphis and call paints onthe "and 2:8 p patina rat a fee Hisnaare“aateigns Suture Pane Pine ae fl ery Weis, “at tar thei Sada Semple reine Sain ea te o:10p. Re Sanaa ae” Daly for Pat yung Norsiaal Sc, aaa hee fed eatin” Csnntn't Sr Eisen rue arsine ye ena nd Burham, N°, 3:A3"p. am. Rially Sate Sua sp. eM and Peterburg tonal Bay Bearer aad a ea mati sp fey Hmend an Petree Loa ail técrmedtinte potnia, =" sean lave nthal or Washington New Tork andthe et hy SO See Noy lend Sine step Cos tides tt Jackson ville and Port Tam- Biafra" At Ne Grd fata Se in Texas, Mexico and California ae TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND— DAILY. 6:35p-m, |Promall plate South and Sout tebe antes Gs me SSP eaten pace > 9 pitas bay! 3:0 2 i" Daly, exoopt Sunday, from Peters = CAFE ban Tee i os Sanaa pide nat Serer Rog Mateeen tamict Nice SxPauah a hin Peles Nor adi 2 tae Set Wists Cae brio Sacer ste roar handled but the froashest and finest Se Meester agent coon aati maga ad oneal SategUrEaas hote diag cant SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. sod 94-" Ford and Motropatian L ined Drawing Hop Sleeping Gar trough Hay SendhaySebwees Wak fork Se Huant” RU roush Dralion ale Brag Gat betwee Now Wonk sak it Z tn 9-"Seatoard Fast Sai, Sree Senet ear ar gees Saeed neers Sian one coach felis RSrotar sua” Pat Bat Soak = %. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agt. 836 East Main Street: J. M. BARR, Ist V-P. and G. M. R. E. L. PUGH, os * ™~tsmouth. Va. | . | W. I. JOHNSON, e FUNBRAL DIRECTOR°AND BMBALMBR. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Sup- | oy pers and Entertainments promptly attended. °c Old ’Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 48. —— es QAReTees KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD ‘ SR Lad EK glen es Arar V.P. & F. K. of W. 3 Ge pe TO WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: a] a’) ‘This organization has been chartered and legally 5 © SI BIISI stituted under the laws and statute of the state of | cae San on tie: breait ctor et Chatty sence am Praternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity, Ks two distinct military and nniform ranks will secure for this organization place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand oppoe tunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organist lodges, Kindly address, 9 * : G. W. ALLEN Supreme Voyager, ada 846 W. 87th Street, New York’ City. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Bifect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 a. m., NORFOLK LIMITED, Daily. Ar- svc Peterburg GOL AS AES Norte EESe es Bian” at Pecosare Wayoriy® ad en? 006 a.m Bir’ Rede entre, 9:48 BW ioa ATEN. Seema is P.M, Charleston 10:5 p.m. Savannah and teow Bae ame ben ees Reviving at Goldsboro S28 i Natalee goa Raha Biscotti Fr tndadenlvite We ete Pin Me A Becks for, Drewry's Biutl, Centralia and Chee: Son 0p. m OOKAN, SHORE LMATEED, Daly Redon sega ary Pa ame only ab Petcrebarg Waverly and Suite 490p. m. Pnilyeropt Sunday, Arriyes Pet rae Oaaey see Pet esky Siount Ua. Me Make ee can 5° Dalg Rivivon Potorsarg 7p. m., paar. MOMLOMOR & West INDIAN LIM Teed Bae. onto SOLAN, UM | ERP contin Ain Noreate'a Wesccee a geeececeeh ana eeeaes ies | BERS erate Ree eerie tenes ee | Emporis And £awrenceville:) Weldon ERE Re cteie a a Oe eaten 4 BE ere ook Bee | dateetue SES Bane 8 fae Raitt 20, DOLE, SERA | Reena aaa ha Be isunevile 2 BM Palusa Scope Row'fote to, Wstiningtan Cancion Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and 2107. Ee Baily. Arrives Petombure 9:9 Be Dank eshreteeemeee tk 2025 fs | Say Sk Seaeaserhs Be rn | we A.M.” Palimab Siocper lchmond a0 #2 MM BUB® arrives Peterburg 12: 1130 P.M Dally, except Sunday, THE NEW T5nR ARO PEGA eek a a ra ee Ls eae eee ts a eon Raphing OE Se ease tie BE : ‘TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, 2:5 A.M, Dally, From Sechsonvle, Sevan a ages gee al ‘polnts South, sow a. SBMS ati nd From ‘tam 00 A a Be Aiton Sachuinele” saan 7:35.4. M. “Daily. From Petersburg, Lynch- Gergen Wat, saa KE"Bully okey Banday. Peterburg ° 1120-43" "Daily,excopt Sanday, Prom Golde reco pan iene ney, Treen Oat a aatecas tee ala Biv Norfolk, Suftk and 12:10 A. M. mage, ont . From Norfolk, Suf- eM alraad festa saan EBs oot Bitar, Pom Pe TH8P. M. ly. From Miami, Port Tamy Tootsie, "Barua, ea Wilmington, ro, “and all’ points 0:00 P.M Daly. From Norfolk, Suffolx, and Kerth tap. MBE prom Petorsbars, Lynch vatrg and Went ‘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. jan. 14. WANTED TO BUY FOR CAS, Old Brass Fenders, Candle Sricks, ol Pewter and Silver ‘Plated Ware,” old Blue Dishes and China Ware, and in fact, every thing old fashioned. RICHMOND ANTIQUE FURNITURE €0., 219 W. Rroad St., Richmond, Va. i2-7-1m Opening of Winter Tourist Season. The Southern Railway, which oper. ates its own lines over the entire South and forms the important link in the great highway of “travel between the forth and South, Florida, Cuba, Mexi co, the Pacific Coast and Central Anier- ica, announces for the winter of 1901 Siterut tee sea gain cei . te service will beaugmeaedlyy tho Southors Pals Limited, a magnificent Pullman train Which will be operated between New York and St, Augustine, Florid.. The Highway of Trade and Travel. The Southern Railway begs to call at- tention 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 impor tant through counections, through car arrangements, complete dining car ser- vice, quick and convenient schedules, commends it te the traveling public. Tn addition to the many local trains operated by this progressive company, the following through limited trains are ran daily: “The Washington and South Western Limited,” “The New York and Florida Express," +The United States Fast Mail,” “The New Yorkand Atlan- ta Express," “The Washington, Rich: mond and Florida Limited,” “The Washington and Chattanooga Limit ‘The Southern’s Palm Limited, form. erly known as the New York and Flor. ida Limited will be inaugurated early in January, 1902, and will ran solide tween New York and St. Augustine, Florida. Allof these trains carry dining cars thus providing a great convenience and time-saver to the public. “Land of the Sky.” Asheville and Hot 3; N. Oo, wine Queen of Renate! cahen nae pleasure-secker the charma of s mild and delightful climate, and a scenio vis- ta of unparalleled beauty, and to the in- valid balmy breezes redolent of renew- ed health and strength. Bxoursion okt on le, daly via Southern Railway at greatly luced. rates. Double daily limited train service, com sisting of deus day coaches, Pullmans snd dining oars. Call on any nt or representative of the Southern Rateae for a complete “Winter Homes" folder. ©. W. Wesrevry, D. P. A., Richmond, Va, — The Greatest of All—The “Southern Railway.” The winter Schednles and trcuge car arrangements of the Southern way for the approaching season will. be superior in many respects to the splen- aid service heretofore offered by this stem, "Te has through cars to slmost every important point in the South and South- West, and by means of its connection one can reach any and all points with Perfect comfort. Its schedules are ar- ranged toform all through connections, and with its complete dining car service on all through trains, proves a great timo saver and convenience to the trav- eler. On Nov. 24th a through limited train between Washington, D.C. ané Jack- sonville, Fla, via Richmond will be add- ed to this territory which will afford the very best service ‘between Washington, Richmond and all points South. ‘The train will be composed of Pullman Sleepers; Day coaches, and dining cars of the latest improved designs. With this new service one can leave ‘Washington at i@;50 a. m. Richmond ag about 2:40 p.m., reaching Jacksonville the following morning at 9 o'clock, At- Janta ar 6:10 6, ma, Now Orleans at 820 Pm; Memphis 710 p.m, Chattanooge F:40'a. m., and all other Points in South and Southwest similar quick sor- vice is offered. ALPHEUS SCOTT, x CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR +++ AND EMBALMER, ‘Open Day and Night. -Office and Qirlonus soe PEt Choe tae Orders By Telegraph and Telephone pemEey attended to. All basiness oen- lentia}. Old Phone No. 3183. To Tuose 1 Want or EMPLovsenr: We desire the names and post-office addresses of competent, industrions, reliable colored women, men, and girls, wishing situations in the north as cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laundress- ¢s, waiters, waitresses, coachmen, bat- lers, farm hands, day laborers, bellmen, general housework, e:e., eto. Address, J, H. Lew, Manager, Inter-State Real Estat and Employment Agency, ‘73 Summer St., ‘Trenton, N, J. —_——_ Tho Private Employment Bureow. _ HELP WANTED AT ONCE. Are you out of employment or do. you want a goon salaried position, If so, we aan, place you in any city you prefer in nited States, (0 peddling from house to house. Write us to-day. ‘Tue Patvate Exrtovmest Burean, 2804 Armour Ave., Chicago, IM. 1291-46 $15.00 To Such as Wish. Fifteen ee. as yish. One hour's writing each day. Work at ones. Prompt pe Self addressed. stamped envelope for reply. No fake. ‘Try i ‘Mrs. Z. M. Rea, Grove Cottage, Box 178. Southern Pines, N. 0. WANTED—WOMEN TO GO NORTR If youcan 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: healthy, Enclose stamp. Address, Hunter & Parrersoy, 211 E. 103St., New York Oity “Winter Homes in Summer Lands.” | The Southern Railway is distribating avery comprehensive booklet desorip- tive of “Winter Homes in Sammer Lands.” It is beautifully illustrated, the illustrations being accompanied by reading matter relative tothe various health and pleasure resorts located in the Southland. In the booklet will be found an alpha- betical list of Hotels and Boarding hous- es, their location, proprietors, number: of guests accommodated, and rates per sy ‘Week and month. the booklet is one of the most com- warns issues of = a ever eoeiac ! copy may by asking any Southern Ry. Agent or representative, ©. W. Westaury, D. B.A. ‘Richmond, Va. 4 4 ee Rane . F aie Sea ates Me: Be k WTB eee es 2G TN Bate Mea A : ee Re Re n eee ee ery Boterday by Zoune *SDNSLINO eal, Wane, ve JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. Aifcommunications intended for publication should besentsoasto reach us by Wednesday. TERMS IN ADVANCE, ma cun en et a SecSeericehtecane, > Ee Ssicvaeae =. fe Seine niseiena ae a oe erat sheaves ne). ag Singlo Copy, - rakdcs ae Sepetinearan at oes? Beroneinch,one insertion, = = $8 Bor one inch, each subsequent Insertion, 25 For two inches, three month, = 6.00 or two inches, ix months, = + "= 1000 Bor twoinches; nine monthe, "=" - 2 1400 Fer two inches twelve months, + 2 900 Marnageand Funeral Notices) =. 8 Baoding and Transient Notices pertine, 10 "-POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DE. ROMINATION THAN TWO CENTS NOT |, RECEIVED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. ‘Tun PLANET is feued weekly. The subserip- sion price fad Sear, wr dvince: There are rocn warsby which money can be erpiynan/atuaripsk in Pent Oles Ma Sion Manes cntiery aad then cehe'ot tees Ein be procured, ina Registered Letter, Jonry Qnnens.—Yon can bas & Money Ont Fret nane Fons Olfcn sublet thee ep onen ene we will be respons dle for tts Expires Moxey Onpens can be obtained. at ety ofice of tae Amesican prone Cnetes Taited States Express Co nnd the Welt Fare Bonn} Cone xprece Compane. We wil ete Soeeeiia fae aoey seek Ey ey of tenn sone Semen the Ropron Maney Order’ raat Sid SGnventent way for forwarding mowey. Beorcrenen Lerren It a Money Order Cini or an Exprans_Oflce te mok_ wae freaks your Bectiaater will Register the Pater Jou atch fersend us on fume of ton enin.? Siren A dhe letter beiese or ntclon Sine troed’ “you ean sond money in this Sihacrat Our risk ‘Wecannot be responsibie for money, sent in ettersin any other way than one ge the fot aye arutitned sbove. it yoke mead reer ioe ey inany other way, you must do it at your Se Rexnwata, orc.-1f you do not want Tam piacontinacd foratothe year Afr sot Frineription he run oat, you then natty oe by Rectal Gard to diwontinae ie. Thre courte have decided that Kuler bers to newspapers who do Set onder their paper drecontintd ae the ce Fetiomok tine for which i hat been, pad Eee hatte for the payment of the mubierpion Sotogtate when key order ‘the pepar” discon COMMUNICATIONS :—When writing to us scrum gem ruhapiton ot tract Ser'taper, Sou shouta jive your ammo. neem Ster'{n tail" otherwise we cannot And your Sine on ons bole ORANG OF ADDRESS —In order to chang Akonddres ofA tulmeriber, we must be eon XG former ax well uw the prewvit adress, Entered fn the Post Oflice at Richmond, Va. ees SATURDAY, FEB 15 1902. We return thanks to the citizens of Gineinnati, O., for an invitation to at. tend the formal opening of the Cincin aati Building at the South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition at Charleston, 8. ., February 15, 1902, andto make the bailding our head quarters during our stay in that local- ity. Tmos. W. Ganoyar and Colonel Ca- tox of Alexandria are the monstrosities of the present legislature of Virginia. Both are advocating ‘Jim Crow” street ears for the commonwealth. The out- look for the passage of such a measure is not gratifying. It will cause trouble and entail much ost upon the railroad companies. It will not be long before those Negro-ha- ters will want us to,actually get off the face of the earth. ‘Tae Colored National Emigration As- scciation with those who are in favor of Jeaving the United States for Africa, Cuba, Hiawati or any other part of the world, where the Negro cau have man. hood, civil and political rights, regard Jess of color will hold a convention at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 28th, 1902, for the parpose of devising some scheme to this end upon which all can unite. ‘The call is signed by the Rev. W. H. Hesnp, President. Bishop H. M. Tury. eis the leading spirit in the move ment. Twa Washington, D. ©. Cororep AMxRICAN pictures a gloomy condition of affairs at tho nation’s capital, . Itdeclares that race prejudice is stead ily on the increase, that the hotels and Yestanrants are closed to the colored cit- sons, that the theatres and places of. amusement colonize them, that “Jim Crow cars” ran into the depots unchal. longed, that automobiles will not carry colored passengers, that it is difficult to rent decent houses in respectable lo- ealities. ‘Well, all of this should tend to drive the eolored people together and organize bpon a financial basis, buying all that is necessary for their comfort and amase- ment. It’s. sad condition of affairs in Wash. imgton, though. Iris stated on the best of authority that the feeling between the legislature of Virginia and the unconstitutional “Constitutional” — Convention has reached the “breaking point.” The Petersburg, Va.. INDex-APPRat humor. ously illustrates this in the following article: “The legislature will soon come back Soimownin mucearoo Gen en aan the Constitutional’ Convention like the 1ady canine that borrowed a kennel. Tt standing not only on the nine points of law which inheres to posses. sion, but on its sovereignty also, which fe pbove all aw. The ogislarare can take another recess until the holi- days or the flood, as it may deom best.” DR. MORGAN’S POSITION. ‘The Lynchbarg, Va., Oukistian On- Gaxizex publishes in fall the corres- pondence between Rev. Dr. T. J. Mor- GaN, preaidentof the AmEnIcAN Bap- mist Home Mission Sucterr and Rev. Dr. R. H. Bow1ina, president of the Vinointa Baptist State Convention. ~The former has decided to foreclose ‘second mortgage on the Virginia Semi- nary and thereby force a sale of the institution which is recognized through- out the country as the temple of learn- ing of the Negro Baptists of the United States. This ie done becanse of its op- position to and disapproval of the course of President G. W. Haves. We are at a lom to understand how Dr. Moraax can defend his position He does not say that the children of that institution have wronged him or his, or that the Board of Trastees of the iustitution has taken any action reflect ing upon the organization of which he is the official head. He does it because he says Prof. Haves sighed a mortgage and Prof. Haves says he did not sign it. For this reason, he proceeds tonttempt to destroy the school in order to “kill off" one man. He would shoot the in- nocent in order to rench the guilty, re gardless of the fundamental principle of criminal law which says that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men escape rather than one innocent man be pnn- ished Dr. Moraan has reversed this by sey- ing that it is better that three hundred innocent persons be panished than that one guilty person should escape. This statement ts made upon the basis that all that Dr. MorGan has said is trae. We desire to show that even granting all that he contends, he would still have ‘no justifiention for his attitude, But, did Prof. Hayes tell an untra hp Did he sign the mortgage and then say he had no recollection of having done so? This is the question which can be submitted to the Viremta Baptist Stare Coxvestion at Petersburg in May. ¥ If he did sign the mortgage and Dr. Monon has his genuine signature in New York, why +hould the distinguish. ed Dostor press the matter further? What can he hope to gain by so. doing? We regret to note the widening breach between the Baptists of this state. A truce shouid be declared and harmony prevail. ‘The commonwealth is large’ enough for both. But, if the Society 1s determined to try conclusions upon the lines marked ‘ont, the course of every Baptist of color isplain. The mortgage controversy will be lost sight of and all of our peo- ple will be called upon to rally in sap- port of that institation of learning at Lynchbarg. the destruction of which would be a dire calamity to the Baptist hosts of old Virginia, Rev. Dr. Bowina’s letter sets the Pace and rings out the warning. The Statements therein contained will be cordially approved by the great mass of colored Baptists. ‘Mr. A. Huxstes, the wealthy colored Baptist of Amherst County holds first mortgage on Virginia Seminary. He has stood between it and destruction before and we feel safe in saying that he will do so again, For this, he will receive his rerans for our pockets are not as yet empty or our treasuries entirely depleted, and When the red flag of the American Bap- tist Home Mission Society is hoisted at Lynchburg, it will serve only as a waraing signal for the Baptists to ay and come to the rescue. ¥ Nothing could arouse us as this would do, and the soouer the agony is over the better. | Dr. Moxaan, in our jadgment, has made a mistake. ‘Tue Cleveland, O. Gazette now an- noances that President Rooskvet is worse than McKINLrY in the matter of the appointment of colored men to of- fice. Yes, worse than Brother Hanna, who is Editor Smith’s arch enemy. Well, we salt see what we shall see, Potnt of View. “It is hard to lose one’s relations,” said the seedy individual with a mourn- ing band on his hat. “Hard?” echoed the man whose check {s good for a million. “Why, sir, it's simply impossibie."—Chicago Daily News. | Round the Smoke-Room Fire, Douser—My wife, sir, oh! if you knew her, you'd say my wife is one woman in 50,000, | Mouser—And my wife, sir, ah! if you heard her talking to me sometimes you'd say she was 50,000 women in one. —Ally Sloper. as Shae an: _ First Broker—Did you win or lose in that big drop in stocks to-day? Second Broker (loftily)—That's my business, sir. Say, can you direct me to a five-cent lunch counter?—N. Y, Weekly. Not = Sure “Test. He—You must have known from the first that I was in love with you, by my actions. ‘She—But it's natural for some men to be foolish!—Puck. No Wonder, ‘Mistress—What makes your pota- toes so soggy? New Cook—Please, mum, the water they was boiled in was very wet.—N, ¥. Weekly. Bobby Knew. School Board inspector—Whe ts it that sits idly by doing nothing while everybody else is working? Bobby — The teacher. — Giasgow ‘Times, ‘The Troabie, Jack—You seem afraid to pop the question? Billy—No; I'm afraid te question mew.” —Judoo. THRRICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. PATERSON PARE-SWEPT More Than Twenty-six City Blocks Wiped Out. THE Loss eka Read $8,000,000 wsames Starses in Traction Power House and Swept Through Business Part of City With Relentless Fury. Hundreds Are Rendered Homeless. Paterson, N. J, Feb. 10.—A great fre swept through Paterson yester- Say, and in its desolate wake are the embers and ashes of property valued st $8,000,000. it burned its way through the business section of the city and claimed as {ts own a yma- jority ef the finer structures devoted to commercial, civic, educational and religious use, as well as scores of hovses. There was but small tribute of Ife and injury to the conflagration, but hundreds were left homeless and thousands — without employment. More than 26 blocks of the city have been destroyed. The business section of the town lying between Prospect street, Broadway, Paterson and Mar. ket’streets was wiped eut completely. The residence portion destroyed ex. tended from Pearl street to Market street and from Straight street to Carroll street. What started the fire {s not certain, dut it ie thought that one of the feed wires running into the car barns was responsible. From the car barns the flames leaped to other buildings close by, and these were burned before the first call firemen reached the scene. ‘The fire came at Saturday midnight and was only checked after a des. perate fight that lasted until late yes- terday afternoon. Every city and town within reach of Paterson sent firemen and apparatus to the relief of the threatened city, and {t took the united efforts of them all to win the battle. A northerly gale gave the con- Aagration its impetus and carried its burning brands to kindle the blaze afresh at other points. The firemen made stand after stand before the wall of fire, but were repeatedly driven back, and when victory finally came to them they were begrimed and ex- hausted. Buildings Destroyed. A partial list of the properties de- stroyed follows: Public _buildings—City hall, public library, old city hall, police ‘station, No. 1 engine house, patrol stables, high school and school No. 16, Churches—First Baptist, Second Presbyterian, Park Avenue Baptist, St. Mark’s Episcopal and St. Joseph's Roman Catholic. Banks—First National, Second Na- tional (partially), Paterson National, Silk City Trust, Hamilton Trust and Paterson Trust. Club houses—Y. M. C. A, Knights of Columbus, Progress Club, St. Jo- seph's Hall and Hamilton Club. Office buildings—Romaine building, Katz building, Marshall & Ball's, Cohn building, old town clock, old Kinne building and Stevenson building. Telegraph companies—Western Un- fon and Postal Telegraph. ‘Theatre—The Garden. Newspapers—The Evening News and Sunday Chronicle. Stores—Quackenbush & Co. dry goods; National Clothing company. Kent's drug store, Kinsilla’s drug store, Muzzy's hardware and general merchandise store, Marshall & Bail clothiers; John ' Norwood, paints; Oberg’s grocery, Wertendyke's gro: cery, P. H. & W. G. Shields, grocers; “The Paterson,” dry goods; Jordan's piano store, Sauter & Co, pianos, Feder & McNair, shoes; Zendler’s con. fectionery; Lappin’s tea store, Ra- sowski’s millinery, Brohal & Mueller, shoes; C. E. Beach, automobiles: Morehead & Son, clothiers; Paterson Gas and Electric company, Skye’s drug store and Mackintosh's drug store. An estimate made from a general inspection of the smouldering ruins placed the number of dwellings and apartment houses destroyed at 500, and the number of families left with out shelter at 1,000. The fire began its work of destruc. tion at the power house of the Jersey Cee” Sinoteon ‘wad Siena fy ae Wie wh a fg) oe A, age a ck Ckone gee en) Po Pp Ae eye PaaS aE oe ae eee On See ee ‘company, which fronted on Broadway and extended a block to the rear of ‘Van Houton street. It commenced in ‘the car shed, and was burning fiercely when one of the employes detected it. It was leaping through the roof, and the gale was lifting it in forks and swirls when the fire apparatus came clanging into Broadway, Main and Van Houten streets. The firemen tried to hem it in, but it speedily ¢rossed Van Houten street in one di- rection, Main street in another, and, gaining vigor as it went, burned un- checked down into the business dis- trict. Every piece of fire mechanism in the city was called out, but fire and kale were masters. A great torch of flame rose high in the alr, lighting up the country for-many miles and earying a threat and warning to the people and property in its path. There were efforts to rescue furniture and stock, but the speed with which the ‘fire moved gave the rescuers little time. Property was often moved to a place of presimed safety, only to de eventually reached and destroyed. The warning to many was brief, and they were forced to flee, scantily clad, into streets giazed over with ice and swept by the keen wind. Three relief meetings were held yeaterday afieruocn, the principal one @f which was attended by Governor Freakin Murphy, Mayor — John Hinchilffe, Recorder George B. Senior, whe under the city’s charter is fire marabal. In a few momcnis $800 was handed to the mayor for immediate use, but the ebief magistrate said that while the city had suffe ed a terrible Visitation, he was in @ position to say that there was very little distress. The business section ef the city had been Practically wiped out, but the resi- dence portion which suffered was that in which well-to-do citizens lived. Main street was soon arehed over with @ canopy of fire for a block, and then for two blocks, as the flames fastened a ee ena nice Pern a) Pes L ee [ patbescecst teem |) Locos tt ait : Eas etre <a anaes ee sae ai gi Walaa (Aas ce oes | E iste Be fe fic GA ely tee Oe Oe ne. Stee bala: ing. The firemen fought with every resource of their craft and the im Dulse of desperation, but the flames found new avenues in Ellison and Market streets, and got beyond all control. Calls for relief went out to every city in this portion of the state, and the jaded fitemen labored on through the hopeless hours of the morning. The city hall. a magnificent structure, surmounted by a great clock tower, situated on Washington, Ellison and Market streets, finally caught fire, and with it all of the splendid business structures that sur- rounded it. They made a great fur. nace of fire that burned with « flerce roar. There was a series of explosions and scores of walls fell when the fire left them strengthless. Flying fire- brands carried the conflagration ove: some buildings and around others, and it therefore burned in an irregular course. ‘These brands finally cleared the tracks of the Erie railroad and Ramapo avenue, and, alighting on Straight street, started another great area of fire, in which the destruction and desolation wrought was nearly as great as in the other. Second Fire Starts. ‘This second great fire started at the angle of Park avenue and Washing- ton street and swept almost un- checked until on these two thorough- fares there was no more fuel. On the right-hand side of Market street it encountered Sandy Hill Cemetery as & barrier to check it, but on the left- hand side at Carroll street it claimed St. Joseph's Church, a great classic stone building. It was on this second great fire that the volunteer firemen from the outside cities did their most heroic and effective work. They fell back only when they had to, and when the natural obstacle interposed they selzed the chance and stopped the fire. The final and one of the most des perate fights of the day occurred in mid-afternoon back in the first fire area at the Hamilton Club, situated at the corner of Church and Ellison streets. The handsome club house caught, and the exhausted firemen Were rallied around it. They were anxious to save the structure, and. besides, failure meant that the fire might take new headway among the Properties adjoining the club house. ‘The building was doomed, however, Dut a torrent of water kept the fire to the premises. The four walls of the club house stood, but the root col- lapsed and the interior was completely burned ont. Paterson rests in valley, and the conflagration was an imposing specta- cle from the rim of hills that wall It in. Columns of flame climbed high in the alr and shed their ght for miles. Hundreds of persons hurried into the city before daylight to watch the work of destruction at close range, and when the day came thousands more Joined them. With the crowd came thieves and looters, but there was not much pillaging. Under orders from Governor Franklin Murphy, who hur. tied here from Jersey City, Companies A. C, K and M, of the Fifth Regiment, N. JN. G, assembled at thelr ar: mories and were held as a reserve force. The police, deputy sheriffs, hundreds of special watchmen and firemen united in protecting property during the day, and when night came ‘a grim order clearing the streets was Assued by the city and county av- ‘thorities. A Silver Statuette of Schley. Baltimore, Md, Feb. 12—A solid silver statuette of Rear Admiral Schley, six inches high, has been re- ceived by Isidor Rayner, counsel for the admiral. Mr. Rayner has no idea who sent him the statuette. Attempted to Gurn Altoona. Altoona, Pa, Feb. 12—Firebugs started nine fires im, this city last night, the damage from’ which will amount to about $2,500. The firemen had one of the hardest nights they have experienced for a long time. Stephen Yeager, 19 years old, of this city, who served a season in the Hunt. ingdon Reformatory, was arrested om suspicion of being impTicated in caus- ing nearly all the fires. Some citizens guarded their properties with guns. Enveloped In Blazing Oil. Allentown, Pa., Feb. 12.—When Mrs. Thomas Rickert, aged 45 years, of South Allentown, was ready to go te ded Inst night she blew down the lamp chimney in order to extinguish the light. The lamp exploded, scattering the Diazing ofl over Mra. Rickert. The unfortunate woman lingered in agony for several hours, ding from the ef- fect of her injuries yesterday morning. RS Se ee ee AND SEND OUR ‘GOODS TO YoU ON CREDIT. Wre Pay all the xpress Charges. ecraataiernunmtamratce arm OU can earn from $10.00 to $50.00 a week sellin, our great remedy. If you already have a: Hon, you can make good money by working in your spare tek: Now is the accepted ao Write before some one else gets the Ager ', 88 we only want one Agent in a place. low many opportunities to make money have you Tost? Here is a chance for every man or woman, boy or gz, to make pooner ores. oer in the year.” IRONA L, the great natural medicine, is a certain cure for all diseases of the Stomac! Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, Bowels, and Blood. It cures Headache, Back- ache, Cram, Colic, Pains in the Shoulders, aece Breast, Back, Legs, and Lun; Cures. a, Sore ‘Throat, Dropsy, Kidney Diseases, Fevers of all kinds, Malaria, Gout, Demtenos and all diseases. the human system which are not of an organic nature—such as Cancer and Consumption. It is re cially curative in Asthma, Scrofula, Syphilis, Eczema, and all breaking-out diseases of theskin, Al cures all forms of diseases Peculiar to women.’ Itis Nature's own, remede,, Non-poisonons, and no. dose, no matter how large, ean hurt any one. It is taken both internally and appliod externally on Sores, Eruptions, &e. The price is 25e., mailed to any address on receipt of price, We want one agent in every locality to sell this great remedy, Itnever fails to satisly. If you want the Agency, send your application quick, and we will send the goods promptly by express. “Send mo money; just fill out the Bote eads and We will not only send you the goods, but we will also pay the: express on this end. ‘Now is } Rot this fair? You can cee that we are not frauds or fakirs, for we teat you with our goods.” We will send you two dozen packages of IRONAL these you sell for S56, each, or $6.00 in ail. You keep $3.00 and send us $3.00. ‘Alter you have sold out, and remitted the money to us, you can get all the goods on credit from us that you want. Write your name and address plainly, so that we can read it. If the name is not plainly written it makes trouble and delays shipping the goods. Address all communications to— TEI IROMAL co., 106% E. Clay St., RICHMOND, VA. THE IRONAL Co., 106} E. Clay St., Richmond, Va.: . GrnriemEn,—I hereby apply for the Agency for TRONAL, the great natural remedy. Please send me at once by Express two dozen packages of IRONAL (24). These I agree to sell for 25e. each, or $6.00 in all. I will send you $3.00 and keep $3.00 for my trouble, The Ironal Co, is to pay the express charges. If I cannot sell the goods, I will return them, oe ee eS il et Sai een Sea The Namo of tho Street I live on z_____________ The numbor of my house is__ My Post Offee fe By Ceetye My Stoto is________ Wy nearest Express Offce is If there is no Express Office in your town, state nearest town where there is one. SIX. SEAMEN. RESCUED drew of Burned Schooner Picked Up by Passing Vessel, CAPTAIN SET FIRE TO SHIP Knowing She Would Sink, Captain Medley Fired Vessel Before Enter- Ing Rescuers’ Boat—Men Suffered Terribly From Cold. New York, Feb, 12—The schooner which was burned to the water's edge off 4 point north of Cape May on Mon- day night was the Mary Graham, from Norfolk to New York, and the crew is safe, having reached here late yesterday afternoon. They were picked up by the schooner J. C. Clifford. Cap- tain F. H. Medley and five seamen composed the crew of the Graham. She was a two-masted schooner, and left Norfolk, Va., three weeks ago with 187,000 feet of pine lumber, consigned to a New York firm. From Captain Medley the following facts were gathered: About half-past 5 o'clock last Saturday morning the schooner was caught in the ice which was coming out of the Delaware river, ‘and the captain, fearful that he would be crushed or the schooner blown ashore, dropped both anchors, being at that time eight and a half miles northwest of Cape May, in nine fath- oms of water, The schooner was leak- ing, and the crew was kept at the pumps. They suffered terribly from the cold, and the hands of Mate Charles Anderson and sailor Gus Bun- son were frost bitten. Plenty of hot coffee reduced the men’s suffering con- siderably. Heavy sets were breaking over the vessel, and the bowsprit was carried away. Soon afterward both masts went by the board. In falling over the side of the schooner the masts car- ried away the only boat. This left the crew helpless, and their only hope of safety lay in being picked up by a Passing ship. The schooner was one mass of ice from bow to stern by this time, and to add to the peril the cap- tain found she was in danger of sink- ing, being an old vessel. To lighten her the captain had about 20,000 feet of lumber thrown overboard. Despite all efforts the achooner was ‘setting rapidly when the J. C. Clit- ford, also a lumber-laden schooner, hove fn sight. The Clifford lay to about 100 yards from the Graham and sent a boat with a mate and three sail- Ors to rescue the crew. On account of the ice the small boat had great aim- gulty in forcing its way through the Water, and the mate had about given Up hope of reaching the sinking schooner, when a sudden change in the wind made a passageway through the ‘ee, through whieh the hardy crew rowed to the Graham. Sceing that there was no chance of saving the vessel, Captain Medley set fire to it before entering the Clifford’s doat. In explaining this action, he sald that the vessel was over 30 years old, and her hvll was in such a bad condi- tion that he knew she would soon sink. JERSEY OFFICIAL RESIGNS Comptroller Hancock, Opposed te State Treasurer; Steps Out. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 11—State Comp- troller Hancock last night placed his resignation in the hands of Governor Murphy. The resignation was purely & formal one, but its presentation was the result of the election of ex- Mayor Briggs, of Trenton, to the office of state treasurer. Mr. Hancock is also a resident of Trenton, ana op- opsed Mr. Briggs’ election. At the time he stated to the governor that if Mr. Briega was elected he (Han- cock) would resign as state eomp- troller. Mr. Hancock stated that there 4@ no personal feeling or controversy between himself and State Treasurer Briggs, as he knows Mr. Briggs is a gentleman of the highest standing and witb qualities that f bim to fill the office of state treasurer. 5 held a conference last night, and it was practically agreed as far as they Were concerned that Mr. Hancock's place should go to Camden county, and the Camden members of the legis. lature held a consultation and agreed to present the name of J. Willard Mor- gan, formerly city solicitor of Cam- den. Mr. Morgan will have the solid support of Essex county, and it is generally conceded that he will be se lected for the place. WAR ON MOSQUITOES Bill Before Jersey Legislature to Eradicate Insects. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 12.—The first bills of the present legislature to be passed were house bills that met with No opposition in the assembly. There were five in all. Three of them amend the present laws authorizing munici- palities to build joint sewerage outlets. One of the other bills passed ‘appro- priates $14,000 for the erection of a monument on the Antietam battlefield. ‘The other bill to be passed was to re- imburse soldiers of the Spanish-Amer- fean war for money expended for clothing. ‘The bill appropriating $50,000 to enable Professor Smith to make ex- periments for the eradication of mos- Quitoes was reported favorably. Pro- feesor Smith said that oe was more & preventative than a’ cure, and that it Involved the drainage of those sections where the mosquitoes breed. TALMAGE IN TRAIN WRECK Received Severe Shaking Up and Lost Wit at Gee ers ee ee nd Valdosta, Ga., Feb. 12—Rev. T. De Witt Talmage had a narrow escape in & train wreck at Dupont, on the Plant system, yesterday afternoon. At Du- pont the train ran into an open switch and collided with freight cars on the siding. A number of cars were smashed into splinters, Dr. Talmage lost a part of his baggage, but sus- tained no worse injury than a severe shaking up. Three men of the train crew were injured. COUNT TOLSTO! DYING, Well-Known Russian Reformer Has Suffered a Relapse. St. Petersburg, Feb. 12—Count Leo Tolstol has suffered a relapse and is dying. According to a dispatch from Lon- don, February 10, alarming advices regarding the condition of the Russian reformer, who is in the Crimea, had been received by Count Tolstoi’s agént in England. Count Tolstof is suffer- ing from heart failure and inflamma- tion of the lungs, Revising Statement of Faith, Philadelphia, Feb. 12.—The Presby- terian revision committee resumed its labors yesterday in Westminster Hall of the Witherspoon Building, confin- ing Its attention to the Brief State. ment of Faith for popular use. The Brief Statement contains 16 chapters or sections, which were formulated by the committee last December while in session at Washington, D. C. The committee is now going over the Statement, chapter by chapter, and making changes where they are thought to be necessary. The first three chapters as outlined at the ses- sion In Washington were reviewed yesterday and conclusions reached in the first two. The revision commit- tee will adjourn next Friday rega-d- Jess of what progress has been mada. Celebrated Burhing of Anthracite Coal Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 12.—The 94th anniversary of the first successful burning of anthracite coal in a erate ‘was celebrated at the Fell Hotel in this city last night. Jesse Fell was the Proprietor of the place 100 years ago, which was then known as the Old Feil tavern. The old fireplace and grat are still intact, and the room tn which they are located was gayly decorated yesterday in honor of the anniversary ‘The marvelous growth of the anthrw- cite coal trade in the last 100 yearr, and what it has done to make the eommonwealth of Pennsylvania great was the theme of those who made ad- ‘iiitiaiaie PRINCE HENRY COMING Even If Illness of President's Son Re | sults Fatally, Prince Will Start | Journey — Emperor Aceompanies: | Him to Station. Berlin, Feb. 12—Prince Henry of Prussia will sail for the United States on Saturday, as arranged. Even should President Roosevelt's son's illness re- sult fatally before that time, it ts probable the prince will enter upon his journey, unless {t should appear to be President Roosevelt's desire that his visit be deferred or omitted alto- gether. = Eee 7 At the farewell dinner given last night by Emperor William to Prince Henry, Andrew D, White, the Ameri- can ambassador, occupied a seat on the right of his majesty, while Count Von Buelow, the imperial chaneellor, sat on Emperor William's left. The other members of the American em- bassy present were John B. Jackson, secretary; Commander William H. Beehler, aval attache, and Major John B. Kerr, the military attache. Admiral Von Tirpitz, secretary of the German admiralty; Vice Admiral Von Seckendorff,” Herr Von Kisendecher, the Prussian represontative at Carls. Tuhe, Baden, all members. of Prince Henry's American party, and Count Von “Eulenberg, Emperor William's chief court ‘marshal, were also present. During the dinner Emperor William was chatty, jolly and interesting, and English was the only language used. Mr, White showed the emperor a ca- ble received from Secretary of Sta Hay saying that the son of reat Roosevelt was better. After dinner the party spent an hour fn the Ubrary, smoking Emperor William, Mr. White and all the others then accom: panied Prince Henry to the railroad ‘station, the train leaving for Kiel at a few minutes after midnight. INAUGURATION IN APRIL. Amendment to Constitution Changing Date Adeoted By Senate. ee | See | eee Washington, Feb. 12.—Upon the re quest of Mr Hoar the senate yester- day proceeded to the consideration of a joint resolution proposing an amend- ment to the constitution of the United States respecting the commencement and termination of congress, changing the date of the Inauguration of the President and vice president from March 4 to the last Thursday in April at noon, the commencement and ter- mination of congress to occur at the same time. Mr. Stewart protested against the passage of the resolution, but by vote the senate overruled his objection, and adopted the resolution by the necessary two-thirds vote, ‘TRAPEZE PERFORMER KILLED aes Supped * rom Loop and She Fell 35 Feet to Floor. Newport News, Va, Feb. 12.—Eva Gilbert, a trapeze performer at the Powhatan Theatre, broke her neck last night during the performance. In her aerial act she swung from a trapeze, catching her foot in a loop about 35 feet from the floor. Her foot slipped from the loop and she fell headiong to the floor almost among the horrified audience. She died in ten minutes, The woman came here about etx weeks ago. Her home is in New Yorkg She is a widow, but was known as Miss Gilbert, although it fs said that her real name {s Galbraith, A yellow rainfall at Manthe, France, was found to contain mineral matter composed of carbonate of eal cium and lime sulphate and chlorates. ‘The American Peace Soclety of Bop ton sent @ petition to congress favor- ing independence of Philippine Islands when they can maintain a staple goy- ernment. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1909 YOUNG ROOSEVELT IMPROVING Favorable Turn In Disease Greatly Relieved President and Wife. Groton, Mass., Feb. 12.—The reports from the sick room of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., the oldest son of the president, who since Thursday last has been ill with pneumonia at the Groton THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR. school infirmary, tended to show an improvement, and at 8 o'clock last night his condition was authoritatively stated to be better than it was at the same time last night. The crisis of the disease is still to come and is looked for tonight. The president and his wife both believe their son will meet this crisis in good condition, and, passing it successfully, will recover. In fact the slight favorable turn in the disease has greatly relieved the strain on both of them. Will Maintain Peace In Far East. London, Feb. 12. The discovery that their far eastern policies were identical, resulted in Great Britain and Japan signing an agreement to maintain the status quo and general peace in the extreme east, and to maintain the independence and territorial integrity of China and Corea, and in securing equal opportunities in those countries for the commerce and industry of all nations. The agreement may be regarded as an outcome of the events of the past two years. Throughout the Boxer troubles Great Britain and Japan had been in close and uninterrupted communication and actuated by similar views. No Philippine Statehood. Washington, Feb. 12.—Senator Carmack yesterday introduced a joint resolution saying that congress looks with disfavor to the early or ultimate admission of the Philippines to statehood or to any action on the part of persons holding office on authority of the United States to sanction or encourage any movement for that purpose. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. The school children of Minneapolis, Minn., contributed $685 to the McKinley memorial fund. An explosion in the Lance mine at Plymouth, Pa., badly damaged the inside workings. None of the employees were injured. The price of stoves was advanced by the Southern Stove Manufacturers' Association at a meeting held in Chattanooga, Tenn. Albert West, the negro who murdered a Chester policeman and was nearly lynched, was placed in the Eastern Penitentiary for safe keeping. Friday, February 7. James Egan, who served under Admiral Farragut during the civil war, died at Joliet, Ill., yesterday. The senate yesterday passed a bill appropriating $2,500,000 for a post-office building in New York city. Armstrong Hensley was hanged at Erwin, Tenn., yesterday for the murder of his 6-year-old stendaughter. Mary Miller, 31 years old, of Philadelphia, committed suicide at her home by swallowing carbolic acid. Captain Richmond P. Hobson was the guest last night of the New Haven (Conn.) Business Men's Association at their annual banquet. The Brown University Corporation, of Providence, R. I., accepted John D. Rockefeller's gift of $75,000 for the erection of a social and religious building. Saturday. February 8. The Orinoco Steamship Company, capital $1,000,000, was incorporated at Trenton, N. J. Count De Lucenay, of Calcutta, India, was sent to jail in default of bail at El Paso, Tex., for perjury. The Red Wing Sewer Pipe company's plant at Red Wing, S. D., was destroyed by fire. Loss $100,000. Fire destroyed the Vendome Hotel, at Minneapolis, Minn., causing a loss of $75,000. Many guests had narrow escapes. C. M. Cole and Henry Reynolds were killed by the breaking of a scaffold on which they were painting the interior of a building at Atlanta, Ga. Monday, February 10. The International Woman Suffrage Congress will convene in Washington next Wednesday. The Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church, at Lebanon, Pa., was damaged by fire to the extent of $5,000. The Stationary Firemen's Union, of the anthracite coal region, will hold their convention at Nanticoke, Pa., on March 1. The Filipino junta of Hong Kong, China, has flooded Manila with pamphlets expressing sympathy at the death of President McKinley. A street motor dashed into a Cleveland and Pittsburg freight train going at full speed at Cleveland, O., and five men were seriously injured. Tuesday, February 11. Ground was broken at Princeton, N. J., for the new $250,000 gymnasium for Princeton College. It is reported that ex-Secretary Gage will assume the presidency of the United States Trust Company, of New York. The battleship Illinois, to be the flagship of the reception squadron to meet Prince Henry, left Newport News for New York. Andrew Carnegie sent a check for $100,000 to Stevens Institute of Technology, in Hoboken, N. J., to endow the laboratory of engineering. General Fitzhugh Lee lectured last night on "Peace and War in the United States and Cuba" before the National Union Organization of Chicago. Wednesday, February 12. Three business blocks of Alliance, O., were burned yesterday. Loss, $60,000. More than 400 houses were destroyed by fire at Canton, China, yesterday. The national convention of railroad commissioners met in Charleston, S. C., yesterday. Fifteen men were injured, five seriously, in a dust explosion at mine No. 5, near Bon Air, Tenn., yesterday. Indianapolis, Ind., has been designated as a regular inspection point for cavalry horses purchased for the British army in South Africa. Interest On Jersey Deposit. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 12.—There is to be an effort on the part of a number of representative bank officials of the state to arrange some uniform rate of interest to be offered for deposits of public funds. It would seem that the general opinion of bankers is that 2 per cent. is enough to pay, and Governor Murphy says this is all the state can reasonably expect. Phenomenal Coal Find Hazleton, Pa., Feb. 12.—A new vein of coal from 60 to 80 feet thick has been located on the Van Winkle Milnesville colliery. At this day such a find is regarded as phenomenal, as the mammoth vein at Milnesville was the first to be worked in the anthracite region, and most of the vein was thought to have been removed some time ago. Admiral Sampson's Sister Dead. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 12.—Mrs. L. E. Ellis, wife of Dr. L. E. Ellis, of this city, and a sister of Rear Admiral W. T. Sampson, died at her home late last night. Besides her husband, she leaves three children. Fatal Fire at Essington. Chester, Pa., Feb. 12.—While playing with the kitchen fire yesterday, James Shockley, a colored boy, set fire to his home at Essington. He ran to the Philadelphia Yacht Club House, where his mother was working, leaving a little girl in the house, and the child was burned to death, her body being found in the ruins of the house, a frame structure. James Selberling made a futile effort to rescue the child. Sunken Transport Raised. Manila, Feb. 12.—The United States transport Wright, which was wrecked November 28 last by striking an uncharted rock at the entrance of San Jacinto in. bor slaking in 15 feet of water, has been successfully raised. How One Fortune Was Lost. Old Bachelor Uncle—Well, Charlie, what do you want now? Charlie—Oh, I want to be rich. "Richl Why so?" "Because I want to be petted. Ma says you are an old fool, but must be petted, because you are rich. But it's a great secret, and I mustn't tell it!" —Tit-Bits. Taking in the Money. "Talking about inventions," said the business man, "I have a little machine in my place that would make me a millionaire, if I could only keep it going all the time." "You don't say? What's that?" "A cash register."—Philadelphia Press. Mustn't Do It Again Poet—I was pleased to see my poem in your paper. Is there any money—Editor—Oh, no; we shan't charge you anything this time. It is your first offense, you know. If, however, it is repeated, we cannot let you off again so easily.—Boston Transcript. Easily Explained. "I wonder why the baby cries so much," said the young mother. "That's easy," answered the bachelor uncle. "Why is it?" demanded the mother. "Because it is a baby," replied the uncle—Chicago Post. No Mixed Drinks "Did the prisoner indulge in objurgations?" asked the young attorney of the witness. "No, sir," replied the latter. "I never knew him to take anything but whisky."—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Poor Boy. And no doubt they were quite right thereway —Philippe Press Chollie—What a wealth of hair Miss Fortescue has! Willie—Yes; I believe that pompadour and switch were quite expensive.—Chicago Tribune. Honest Indignation. "What, sir; you take me for one who can be bribed? You insult my sense of honor—but in case I really were such a man, how much would you give me?"—Tit-Bits. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA After Months of Patient Submission the Worm Turned. And His Strong-Minded Matrimonial Partner Met Her Waterloo—Righteous Fury That Led to Permanent Peace. There lives in a small town in western New York, not far from Buffalo, an estimable lady with matrimonial proclivities. She has married three times and is yet barely past middle life. Her various names have blotted from memory her maiden name, but she became Mrs. Green on entering matrimonial relations with her second husband. Mr. Green died a few months after the marriage, but Mrs. Green did not believe in living single, and she cut short the conventional period of mourning in order to enter unincumbered into negotiations with a well-to-do farmer, who had paid her some attention in her younger days. The affair progressed with eminent satisfaction to both interested parties, and finally culminated in their marriage. Just one cause of dissension arose to mar their connubial bliss, says the New York Times. The new partner of Mrs. Green's joys and sorrows was known to the world as "Smith." Now, Mrs. Green did not care to descend from the halo of that noble Anglo-Saxon name Green, to the most plebeian ranks of the Smiths. She refused, therefore, to be a silent member in the partnership, and insisted that her friends continue to call her Mrs. Green. Here the trouble arose. Mr. Smith did not like the iden, but he was one of the submissive kind whose ideas do not count. Their friends, however, refused to call her anything but Mrs. Smith. The submissive husband finally arose in his wrath and applied an effective remedy. The women of the township have a vote on school matters, and a meeting was to be held in the district school, two miles from the Smith farm. The day of the meeting turned out to A man and a woman stand at a desk, the man holding a pair of scissors and the woman pointing at them. HERE THE TROUBLE AROSE. be stormy, but Mrs. "Green" insisted on going, regardless of the weather. By six o'clock in the evening the roads were under several inches of mud, and the rain was still pouring down. Mr. Smith had his orders, however, and obediently harnessed up his team and drove his wife through the mud two miles to the scholhouse. The meeting was called to order and the roll taken of the property owners present. Mr. Smith's name was called. He responded with a mild "Here!" His wife's name followed — "Mrs. Smith!" No reply, although that lady sat at her husband's side. She would be "Mrs. Green" or nobody. Mr. Smith was righteously furious. At the close of the meeting he went to the shed for his team and drove up to the school door. His wife came out to join him for the trip home. As she gathered her skirts to step into the rig Mr. Smith inquired: "Have you seen Mrs. Smith around here anywhere?" His wife was somewhat taken aback by this unexpected sally, but recovered herself and replied: "No! I have seen no such person." "Oh, excuse me," continued her husband. "I was looking for my wife, but if she isn't here I'll drive along home." He whipped up his horse and vanished in the darkness, mud flying from wheels and hoofs. His wife stood for several moments looking in the direction he had taken, too much astonished at such an unheard-of exhibition of independence to say a word. When she came to herself the teams had all driven away. She had ample time to think several things as she trudged alone toward home, through the mud, which came over her ankles at every step, and the steady downpour, which soon soaked her to the skin. When she finally reached home she was too much exhausted to even assume an injured expression. Her husband was sleeping peacefully, and she did not disturb him. She was "Mrs. Smith" from that day forth. Treasures of the Aftecz Explorers in the neighborhood of Chama, Guatemala, have discovered treasures during their excavations in search of mines. Coins and jewels, decorating corpses buried centuries ago by the Aztecs and Montezumas, have been found. So far the valuables have amounted to over $50,000. Workmen on the Chama plantations are wild, and have abandoned their usual work to hunt for buried treasures. How Peace Wna Restored. "Theo," and her eyes sought the last embers of the dying fire, "you are not kind as a husband should be. You never give me any jewels." "Jewels!" and his basso voice seemed to come from his heart. "You ask for jewels? Anyone with diamond eyes, ruby lips and teeth of pearl ask for jewels? Why, the rarest jewels gold could buy would only be superfluous." Then, for the first time for days, she kissed him—Tite-Bite. 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If you send $3.00, we will send you four lots; if you send $2.00, we will send you three lots. If you have a friend who wishes to take advantage of this lot, let them pin their name to this coupon, and the goods will be sent promptly. If this offer is read by some one who does not own this newspaper, they can get the goods by simply sending $1.00 and mentioning the name of the paper in which they saw our advertisement. Parties who desire one of our MAGNETIC COMBS, which aids materially in the straightening process, can obtain same by sending 50c, extra. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to BOSTON CHEMICAL CO., 310 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. Enclosed find $1.00, for which please send me the following goods, as by your offer: Four large boxes of Ozono, worth ..... $2 00 One large bottle of Electrical Kill Refiner ..... 50 One large bottle of Electrical Skin Food ..... 50 One large pint package Anti-Ocor, worth ..... 25 One large package Purity Scalp Soap, worth ..... 25 Total ..... $3.50 Name ..... House No. ..... Street. Post-Office ..... Nearest Express Office. County ..... State A Milk Dealer's Lament A milk dealers' Lament. The milk dealer, who also sells meat and other necessaries of life, sighed as a customer went out indignant because the dealer insisted upon his having a receptacle for his intended purchase of milk. "They come here," said the dealer, "and expect me to furnish them with milk, bottles and all. But I've gotten tired of that sort of game. Those bottles cost us quite a sum, and in nine cases out of ten where we let them go out we never see them again, notwithstanding the promises of customer to return them. Then, of course, we have to buy more bottles. I was 'easy money' so long that the milk department of the store was cutting into the profits. What do they do with the bottles? Why they use them to put up catsup and fruit. I got after one woman that had been working me for bottles for some time and a search warrant showed 35 of my bottles on her preserves' shelves."—Detroit Free Press. Royal Residence The most attractive of the Dutch royal residences is Loo, where the young queen of Holland was overtaken by illness, which caused her subjects such grave concern. It is a comfortable though grand country house. The living rooms were delightfully arranged and furnished by the late king, who had excellent taste in such matters. At the end of one of the fine avenues which are the pride of the park, stands out the old castle, a rugged feudal pile, built for a hunting lodge early in the sixteenth century. During the first republic in France, Loo, being regarded as a private palace of the Prince of Orange, was confiscated and converted into barracks.—N. Y. Sun. Spoiled His Pleasure Gen. W. H. L. Barnes contributes the following mite to the many other good jokes that the opera has given us. On Saturday, while being shaved, he happened to ask his barber if he had attended the Grau performance at the Grand. The answer was in the affirmative. "How did you enjoy it?" "Not at all, sir. From my place in the gallery I could see your head below me and it mortified me to notice that I had not parted your hair straight."-San Francisco Wave. Strange Etiquette. If the king or queen of England sign their name in a visitor's book it is customary to provide them with a new pen, which is not used by the hoste or the other guests unless it be handed them by the royal visitor. Another small point of etiquette connected with pens and paper is that in writing a letter direct to the British sovereign; it is written on thick, white paper, on one side only, and is placed in an envelope large enough to contain the letter unfolded—N. Y. Sun. No Cash in Town. As illustrating the scarcity of money in Porto Rico it is related that when a government check for $3,049 arrived in Manati a few days ago in payment of the town's excise collections for the preceding month it caused a genuine sensation. The city employees and their immediate army of creditors commenced to parade in front of the mayor, who stood up holding the check so that all might see. Two thousand and forty-nine dollars! The mayor told the people that the check could not be cashed, as there was not money enough in the whole town, not even if all the business houses combined, for the purpose of cashing it. He then told them that they had to wait for their money until some one could go to San Juan to cash the check. The mayor, envied by all, became tired from holding the check in the air, folded it, placed it in a cigarette box, wound it with red tape and locked it up in the safe.—Army and Navy Journal. What to Expect The woman candidate was starting out. "And now, John," she said, "give me all the small change you have." "What for?!" asked her husband, as he sponged the baby's face. "Oh, I can buy some of the nicest votes you ever heard of to-day for $1.98." - Chicago Daily News. Generous. Mr. Newlywed (solicitously)—And how do you get along with the butcher, love? Mrs. Newlywed—Oh, splendidly. He is such a generous man, Mortimer. When I order a four-pound roast he always sends one weighing six or seven.—Brooklyn Eagle. Making a Sale. Scribbler—I bet Spacer five dollars I'd sell that joke to the editor, and I did. Liner—Then you're five dollars in! Scribbler—No, I'm five dollars out! It cost me ten dollars to get him drunk enough to buy it!—Judge. Bee's Venom for Rhenatism A physician of Vienna advocates as a remedy for rheumatism the saturating of the patient's body with the venom of bees. For the purpose he extracts the venom, applying it artificially in the way of punctures. He founds this treatment on his discovery that rheumatic patients do not suffer from a bee's sting.—Science. Would There Were More Like Him. Johnny is seated at the piano reading. Johnny's Mother (from above)—Johnny, why aren't you practicing? Johnny—I am, ma. "Well, I don't hear anything." "Well, I'm practicing the pauses."—Btray Stories. 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Manning—What is there to be said about the girl, anyway? Mrs. Manning—Well, there is one thing, at least. She never gave her mother a cross word. Manning—Yes, that is something. Does she not live with her mother? Mrs. Manning—Bless your heart, her mother died when the girl was less than a year old.—Boston Transcript. Figured Out. "There is one peculiarly striking thing which I have observed during my 50 years of studying economies," said the gray-haired sage. "And that is?" "That the man who howls for a state of things whereby all men shall own the same amount of this world's goods is the man who has nothing, never did have anything, and wouldn't be able to keep it if he did have it."—San Francisco Bulletin. SYDNOR & DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE GREAT VALUES IN ELEGENT, NEW FURNITURE AT 6 pe “4 ee hee eo AN CARON eat ees IGEN NSS. Sie %. A BATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1902 The Courtship of Hod and Jason 0 By HAYDEN CARRUTH. as cae Mi Code ee ee a eget re Tote J tant at Hawleyburg, the home of Many experienced and intrepid liars. It is doubtful if the Hawieyburgers themselves believed it all, though of great capacity in this line. But the Widow Gilbert certainly did exist, though now married in accordance with the tale she also had a farmon which was a’ likely hollow where the chief occurrence might have taken place. Perhaps it was the simple truth fier all. ‘Truth is stranger than fic tion—at Hawleyburg it was very much more of a stranger. ‘There were several versions of the Jegend known; let us take that of “Old Dad” Highbotile, who maintained a sa- Yoon at Botinger's grocery store. “When the Widder Gilbert was a- running her farm,” Old Dad would say, as he munched a dried apple and looked 8 the newcomer with a flabby eye, “she used to have to keep a couple o Rired men, that there boy o' her'n not Being able to do much work beyond hooking my watermelons and raising the Old Harry generally. ‘The widder was a pretty likely-looking woman, Jemme tell you—bloo eyes and a fetch: ing way. Abe Trotter and Jim Buck was going to fight a duel about her, but they compromised on pizening each otherses dog and sowing pusley seed 4n cach otherses garden. Used to think ix. them days that the wider put asort ofa soft-appearing eye on yours trooly Dut Tt shy. “This sumnier the widder had her Usual two hired men. One was Hoe Bickley and the other Jason Dobbs Wel, now, you know how it is. with hired men—-always lazy as all get-out, ©F more 80. Bound to soldier on you mo matter what you do. ‘The only way to get anything out of ’em is to work right alongside of em and prod ‘en along. Leave one of ’em working alone end he'll just nat’rally lay right dows and never wiggle a wiggle till he sees you coming. And these year men, lod and Jason, was just the old great grandfathers of all lazy hired men, Ge to sleep right in their tracks, stand Ang up, with their hoes h'isted into the ir ready to hit a weed. They'd both Worked for me, and the only way J ever could get anything out of either of ‘em was to use ‘em for scarecrows; and finally it even got so the crows would roost on ’em—and the fowls of the air roosted on its branches,’ as the good book says about the ginger seed But what do you think?—both of these year shiftless galoots feil dead in love with the widder. And it had the queer est effect on 'em. Hod braced up and went to work like a steam engine Work? Wry, he just sot up nights ta work, Worked in season and out o Season, rain or shine, Done the work ‘of three men if he done a stroke Thought sure he'd catch the widder with his pesky industry, you see. But it had just the opposite effect on that there Jason. Seemed to just sort 0 petrify him. Couldn't seem to move it he tried. Managed to stir about « little if the widder was watebing him but at other times just elapsed. The wider had a pertater patch down back of the barn in a little holler where she Kept Jason a-hoeing the main part of the time. But all the hoeing he done you could a-put in your eye. Didn' work enough to keep his hoe bright Just as soon as the widder’s back was turned Jason Would get upon the fence and set down and go to sleep, his fee! resting on the second rail and his el dows on his knees and his face in his hands, Always, regular, all day long there Jason sot, snoring steady. I tel you Satan never found no work for them idle hands to do, "cause wouldn't work at nothing. ‘The rea son that Jason got on the fence wa that the ground down there in the holler was sort o' wet and sudgy and he was afcerd of rheumatiz, “Well, it made Hod mad to see his self doing ail the work and Jason al the resting, even though he was sur he would catch the widder by it. He didn’t like it ‘eause the widder woulda’ discharge Jason, and he sot. abou bringing ridereule onto his head. Fus! he knocked down the rail fenee and lef Jason without his natural means o Support. But he knowed this wouldn’ do, with old Deacon Thorp's cow: ranging about secking wot they migh devour, so he put up a wire fence not barbed wire, ‘cause it wasn't im vented yet, but old-fashioned smoot! fence wire. Strung up five wires fron Post to post down ‘long the side 0 the pertater patch and ‘erost the holle where Jason was ‘customed to roost “There, says Hod, ‘I reckon that wil fetch him. Leastways he'll have to laj down on the sudgy ground now and ge the chills, and I'll get rid of him, any how.’ But didit fetch him? Notmueh Jason just put his coat on the to} wire, clumb up, sot down, hooked hi heels on the sccond wire and wen plumb to sleep as soon as the widde wasn't looking. In fact, I think h slep’ better, ‘cause he swayed a litth in the breeze and it sort o° rocked hin and made him dream he was a chil again in his mother's cradle, “At fust Hod was dead beat. ‘He’ too many for me,’ says Hod. ‘The wid sar ahi Waseda Minin can oo chee “It was about the middle of @ warm afternoon, and Jason was a-sleeping quietly on his wire at the bottom of the holler. “This holler, you know, is ‘mebby 40 feet below the tops of the Hittle knolls each side of it. Well, Hod went down along the fence and pulled the staples out of the posts that held the two top wires all the way acrost the holler, leaving them fast on the farder side. ‘Then he hooked the wid- der’s team on the ends up by the bara and drawed them two top wires up tight, and fastened "em solid to the posts by the barn. Of course Jason | went up with the wires, and when Hod got through there Jason was swing- ing gently in the summer breeze 30 feet from the ground, his face buried in his hands and his hoe balanced ‘ecrost his lap. “Well, it being near the road, the un- yoosial sight tracted "tention, and soon @ passel of us was a-waiting below to See wot Jason would do when he woke up, we reckoning he would be some flabbergasted when he seen where he was. After quite a spell, there being no sign of his waking up, Hod went to the house and got the dinner horn and come out and tooted it furious. When this welcome sound struck his ears Jason sort o° tossed up his head and opened his eyes. Then he looked off and seen the bloo sky, and the white clouds, and felt hisself floating in the air, ‘There,’ he says, sort 0 s'lil’quiz- ‘ing to hisself, ‘that there toot was old Gabriel's trump, just as I s’pected, and T'm an angel, like I ought to be. Poor old Hod, I s'pose he’s down in t’other place!’ “Then he sort 0” worked his head around and caught sight o’ the ground and partly sensed the sityoowa- tion. ‘Hello,’ says he,‘ pears’sif eome ‘by telegraph. Always ‘lowed if 4 didn't stop working so like a house afire that I'd get catched by something fast.’ Then he studied the lay of | things a little more, and says he: ‘See here, Hod; it I'm going to labor and alate and do ty owe wotlk dal Aalbo? aa he ANZ Ss Sy papa op NRE 2: Wd $eie- agdSe, yourn any longer the widder's got to give me a patch o' pertaters to work in where the ground ain’t li’ble to drop down like a trap door. S'posing 1 hada’t a-been on the fence—I'd a-had my pesky neck broke by that dog- goned yearthquake. Now you just send that supper up to me by berloon or tell the widder PM quit and go back to working in the broom factory.’ “Then Hod seen it wan't no use, and we r'ared up a ladder and took Jason down, and he made a bee line for the house, and called for a snack to eat, though it wan't more'n four o'clock. And that ended Hod’s trying to make Jason work.” “But Hod got the widow, didn’t he?” asked the neweomer. “Well, you don’t know much about women, seems to me. Not much, he didn’t. The widder was so mad about the way they had used the poor fellow that she fired Hod then and there, and in two weeks married Jason.” “But what did she want of sucha no- account husband?” “No account? Well, there you show that you didn’t know the widder. She had a soft bloo eye, but I forgot to mention her tongue. Under her infloo- ence Jason is the hardest working man in the county, Works harder than Hod did that summer. Rip-snortingest worker and the best provider that ever looked through a shirt collar.” i een Seana ee ae During the blizzard of '99 I started one day from the central office of the bureau of charities to distribute money to some cases reported for “in- stant relief.” In an attie I found a poor widow, a seamstress, with one child, a boy of six. The room was cold and bare; there was no fire; the windows were loose and snow lay upon the floor. The boy had been kept in bed for two days to keep warm. 1 asked the usual questions and gave the woman two dollars. All this be: fore I discovered the boy. Suddenly his head bobbed from beneath the bedelothes, and at sight of the two bills his eyes became moons. “Gee-e-e, mister! All that for us? ‘Then we can give some to Ted Burns’ mother downstairs to buy coal. Can't we mom?”"—Rev. David M. 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Leigh Street, RICHMOND, . - VIRGINIA, city eorons, ee Roney Decorations for Wedding, Parties, &., Sapecinlty. Give meal oe THE PLANET Henry Sparks Buys a Horse IT WAS evening, an hour after dinner, when Henry Sparks, surrounded by his family, sat at the cleared dining-room table reviewing books. Henry is the literary editor of the Daily Breeze. Henry wasn't feeling well that evening, a fact that boded ill for the young woman who had written the new novel, "The Gory Path to Fame," which Mr. Sparks just then had under consideration. The youngest Sparks kid tipped over the ink bottle. Henry swore. The imprecation, rather a mild one, was intended to be under his breath, but it was heard and the eldest daughter left the room looking grieved, while Mrs. Sparks looked rather more than shocked. "Henry," she said, "you need exercise. You are irritable and not altogether proper. Since you've been literary editor you've stuck so close to the office and house that your temper has suffered and we have suffered with it. When you were night police reporter you were ever so much nicer, because you had plenty of outdoor exercise, even if you did keep late hours and come home smelling of station houses, smoke and occasionally whisky. Here we are living in a suburb, and if you'd only buy a horse the children and I could drive and you could ride for an hour or two every day, and I know we'd all be happier for it." "Eliza," said Mr. Sparks, "I know I'm a grouch, and I need exercise, but if you think because I wrote such a learned review of "The Horse Breeders' Companion" the other day that I know anything about horses, you are woefully mistaken. I don't. However, I suppose I can learn to ride, and if you can find a good, gentle horse fairly cheap I'll buy it." Two days later Eliza Sparks flourished in her husband's face a circular which she had picked up in a street car. This is the way it read: "For sale—Fine family horse, good driver and saddler, out of Flora Temple nineteenth, by Pride of the West; has no public record, but can trot a mille in 2:20 without pushing; warranted sound; has only one fault; is afraid of elevated trains, and gentleman owner wishes to sell her into suburbs, where she will have kind treatment; worth $1,200; may be had by proper party for $150. Inquire of coachman, private stable rear of residence, 100,000 Kenmore avenue." "There, Henry," said Mrs. Sparks, "it's just what we want. Here's a kindhearted gentleman who wishes to place his family horse at a great sacrifice where it will be well treated. There are no elevated trains about here, and so we needn't worry about that. A $1,200 horse for $150—why, we actually make more than $1,000 by buying the animal. Let's go around quick. I am afraid somebody else will be there ahead of us." Henry Sparks put on his hat and coat with alacrity. When they reached A THE COACHMAN. the place on Kenmore avenue it did strike Henry that the place savored rather more of a cheap sales barn than it did of a gentleman's private stable, but he dismissed the thought as unworthy. The coachman was an oily individual. He led forth the mare, which was a well-groomed looking animal, plump, and with a shiny coat and a fairly good mane. "Ain't she a beauty, sir?" said the coachman. Henry Sparks put on a wise look and stroked the animal's neck at arm's length. He would have looked at the tail if he had not a wholesome respect for the rear part of a horse. In the meantime Mrs. Sparks, who had been at the animal's head, said: "O, Henry; do buy her. She has perfectly beautiful blue eyes." Just at this juncture a stranger entered the stable. He was a large man with a big, yellow watch chain. "I want to buy that mare you advertised," he said to the coachman. "I'm sorry, sir," was the reply, "but this 'ere gentleman," pointing his thumb at Mr. Sparks, "has the first call." "Ain't she a beauty?" said the stranger. "I want her bad; I know her pedigree. I'll give you $175 for her if you'll let me have her." "I can't do it," said the coachman. "It wouldn't be fair to this gent, and, besides, he lives in a suburb and the boss wants the horse to go there." "Henry," whispered Mrs. Sparks, "buy quick or the coachman will sell him to this man." "I'll take him for $150," said Mr. Sparks. "Done," said the coachman. Then Henry Sparkes paid $75 for a buggy "which will be of no use now that the mare's gone, and so we'll let it go at a bargain." The Sparkes drove for a week. Their purchase never showed any symptoms of speed, and, in fact, was something more than a laggard on the road. It was fed oats and oats and oats, but it grew alarmingly thin and patches began to show in its hide. One day it began to limp painfully. It was that day that Henry and his wife had resolved to drive two miles to call on W. C. "TLL GIVE YOU $175 FOR HER." friend. They forgot that the way led under a branch of the Northwestern Elevated road. They were within half a block of the structure when a faint scream came from Mrs. Sparks "Henry, the only thing this animal is afraid of is the elevated. If a train comes along we'll be dashed to death." Henry grew visibly white, but he set his teeth and said: "I guess we can get under before anything comes." Then he laid on the whip, which made the horse increase its pace at the rate of at least one mile in 24 hours. They had reached a point directly under the center of the structure when two trains going in opposite directions thundered overhead. The noise made was a terrifying, hollow roar. Mrs. Sparks threw her arms about Henry's neck. As for the horse, it didn't so much as prick up its ears. It floundered on with painfully halting feet, as though such a thing as an elevated railroad had never entered into its sum of life. Henry Sparks released his wife's arms. He gave her one look, turned the horse and buggy sharp around and drove as fast as the reluctant animal would admit straight to a livery stable, where the Sparkses had been accustomed to hire outfits before they had started a stable of their own. "Johnson," said Mr. Sparks to the livery keeper, "look at this horse and tell me what it's worth." Mr. Johnson looked the animal over carefully. Then he turned to Mr. Sparks and said: "If you'll take it out on the Archery road, beyond the limits, where they slaughter horses to make sausage, I think you can get four dollars for this mare." Henry Sparks looked pained. Then he pulled out the circular which had led him to purchase the animal. Mr. Johnson read it and grinned. "Old story," he said, "older than this horse, and that's saying much. They groomed it and doctored it and made $146 out of the beast." Henry Sparks took his wife home and then went straight to the Lake View police station. He swore the officer in charge to secrecy. The officer made the affirmation with a decided grin, and with many a mental reservation. He read the circular. "You can't do anything, Mr. Sparks," he said. "I guess the law won't touch 'em." When Henry left the station he thought he heard some one laugh—in fact, he thought he heard several laughs—for Henry was known in the station as a former police reporter. Three days later Henry Sparks was walking through Washington street carrying some book reviews to the office of the Breeze. He saw coming toward him Sam Lever, with whom he had been a companion night police reporter for two years. When he got abreast of Sam the latter, who had been looking straight ahead, stopped suddenly and said: "Why, it can't be possible that this is my old friend Henry Sparks? Why, how you've changed!" Sam had seen Henry every other day for five years, but he kept his gravity. "I understand, Henry, that you're contemplating leaving the newspaper business to become a horse trader." Then as Henry clutched Sam's arm and led him toward the side entrance of a refreshment shop Sam chuckled and said: "Say, old man, to think that you did North side police nights for two years and then went and got stuck on a game that's been played since the time of Jehu. Henry, it's no wonder that you've degenerated from a live night police reporter into a common literary editor—Edward B. Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald. Didn't Want to Boast "Bridget, were you entertaining company in the kitchen last night?" "Well, mum, that's for thim t' say. Oi was ather doin' me bist."—Philadelphia Bulletin. Anoint the nails at the root every night with vaseline or dip them in warm sweet oil. This will cause them to grow better and they will not split. Of Little Use. Bich kin are usually of no use except to point to with pride.-Atchison Globe THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A Marriage in Persia. Before dinner is served the bride goes to the bath, accompanied by female relatives and friends. At night, as the procession of the bridegroom approaches, alms are distributed, and women and children look on from neighboring roofts. Loud cries from the women welcome the bridegroom on his arrival, while the bride, carefully veiled, mounts the horse awaiting her at the door. All the men who have been feasted and entertained join in the procession, in which lanterns are borne. The bride's departure is a signal for the discharge of fireworks and a great beating of the big drum. The final ceremony is similar to one observed by the Arabs and the Copts; namely, the sacrifice of sheep. These are killed as the bride steps over the threshold of her new home. One wonders what the idea is underlying the sacrifices. Are they intended as acts of propilation inherited from an earlier age, when people thus endeavored "to appease the anger of the gods," or of the spirits of their ancestors? Or is it merely a way of sealing in blood an important act and covenant?—Woman's Home Companion. Vinegar from Prunes The Oregon agricultural experiment station is performing a very useful service in some experiments which is it making in producing vinegar from prunes. The most serious problem which confronts our prune growers is the profitable disposal of the very small prunes and of that portion of the larger sizes which partly ferments in drying. Prunes, being very sweet, will produce a large quantity either of alcohol or of vinegar. The vinegar produced from prune juice in Oregon is said to be so strong as to require its dilution by one-half to bring it down to the commercial standard. If the prune vinegar proves satisfactory to consumers its manufacture will prove of great value to our prune growers as an outlet for the inferior stock which, to some extent, they cannot avoid producing—San Francisco Chronicle. The Man and the Baby Once upon a time a father was sleeping soundly, while the mother was awake, sitting in bed with a crying baby in her arms, trying her utmost to quiet it. Finally her great stock of patience became exhausted. "John," she said to her husband, as she pushed him with her foot, "please get up and carry the baby around the room for a few laps. The little darling is holding out his arms to you and crying for you to take him." The aroused husband got out of his comfortable bed, took the baby from his wife and started on a four-mile traip. Moral.—A call to arms gets the brave men out.—N. Y. Herald. Climate of Mexico Americans who have lived in Mexico and now are residing in the French Riviera, and in the south of Spain, admit that "there is nothing like the Mexican climate." Italy, famed among Britons for its climate, is frequently treated to heavy snowfalls, and, as the houses are not built for winter comfort, only the hardiest tourists endure it. Here, at least, one can drop down by railway to places like Cuernavaca, Iguala, Orizaba, Jalapa and Cuaulta and be warm. This is a highly privileged country, despite all contemporary grumbling.-Mexican Herald. Mirrors at the Corners A district council of Suffolk, England, has resorted to novel means of preventing accidents at dangerous street corners. Three roads in the authority's district meet at awkward angles, and collisions between vehicles have been rather common. Widening by demolition of house property being impossible the surveyor recommended the erection of mirrors. By this means drivers can see through brick walls, so to speak, and the experiment has proved successful.—N. Y. Sun. How It Fitted. Mr. Doubleduff (effusively)—I think Miss Simpkins is every bit as good a dressmaker as that expensive Madam Soakyou! Why, that waist she made fits you like the paper on the wall! Mrs. Doubleduff (grimly)—Yes! Like the paper on this dining-room wall, that you put on yourself!—Brooklyn Eagle. Matrimony Exposed. Mr. Doubleduff—Heart to heart talks have to be understood to mean the exchanging of opinions, not necessarily complimentary, between two people. Mrs. Doubleduff (sweetly)—Yes; in other words, sort of husband to wife talks.—Chicago Daily News. The Way of It. Briton—You Americans have no picturesque old armor hanging in your ancestral halls? American—Oh, no! Our pioneer forefathers, you remember, fought and conquered the British and the Indians without armor—Puck. The Coming Test Anxious Young Man—Camilla, is your love for me absolutely dead? The Professor. "And yet," said the professor, struggling with a burnt and blackened steak of unusual toughness which the cooklady had just brought in, "they say woman's work is never done!"—Chicago Tribune. The Lesser Evil. "You're such a wretched writer, I wonder you don't get a typewriting machine of some sort." "I would, but that would show what a miserable speller I am."—Philadelphia Press. An Objection. "Don't you appreciate the opportunity of voting?" "I sho'ly does," answered Mr. Eratus Pinkley. "Do only trouble is daté job ain't stiddy enough."—Washington Star. WEAK MEN CURED FREE! 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Acting on the supposition that a mental review would lead him to a correct conclusion, she said: "Now, go away back—" Unconciously from the entire class there came a responsive murmur: "And sit down." The teacher was compelled to join in the audible smile, and hardly knows yet whether the boy's answer was right.—Syracuse Herald. Poor Man. Pettijohn—Women are paradoxical creatures. Pillsbury (wearily)—Yes. My wife has got one of those hats that they wear at an angle of 45 degrees, and she is forever asking me: "George, have I got my hat on straight?"—Brooklyn Eagle. "Honest, now, Uncle Eph'm," said one of the young men, "did you ever, in all your life, have as much money as ten dollars at one time?" "I was wuff eighteen' hun'd dollars once," replied Uncle Eph'm, stiffly, "jes' as I stood."—Chicago Tribune. Disguised. Wifey—Why, George, don't you know whose picture it is? It's mamma's! Hubby—Is it? Oh, yes. 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Although the first of January is the oldest of all holidays retaining a fixed date, it is a curious fact that it has been New Year's day among English-speaking people, except in Scotland less than a century and a half, and in Scotland itself only three centuries. Beginning with the year of Rome, 708, or B. C, 46, the Julian calendar went into effect in the Roman empire, by which the year was made to date from the kalends of January, the first day of the month. It is probable that this was a holiday before the time of the law, as it appeared to have been observed as a festival in honor of Juno, but it soon became the most marked of all Roman festal days. In the Fasti of Ovid that poet tells of the striking religious 'ceremonies of the occasion, the processions of white-robed priests, the music and the baniers, while later writers depict the social observances, the exchange of presents, and the libations of wine with good cheer of every character. From that time onward the beginning of the year was the great imperial holiday celebrated in every land where the eagles of Rome were acknowledged as the emblems of government. At the capital itself gladiatorial exhibitions became a principal feature of the celebrations and continued such for several centuries. In the year 403 an eastern monk named Alamachius was impressed with the wickedness of these combats and went to Rome with the single intention of securing their abolition. On New Year's day of 404 he attended the show in the Flavian amphitheater and rushed into the arena as the first pair of gladiators began their contest, throwing himself between them. The Praetor Alypius immediately ordered the contestants to dispatch the monk and go on with the fight. He was obeyed, but the scandal of the event was so great that the emperor ordered the discontinuance of the exhibitions, so that Alamachius obtained the desired result, though at the cost of his own life. In Great Britain the calendar year began on the 25th of April, and the rupture with the Roman church occurring shortly before Pope Gregory's promulgation of the edict of correction of the Julian calendar, made it impracticable for the English to concur in the change, which was accept- JESUS NEW YEAR'S IN ANTIQUITY. Priest Invoking the Blessings of Heathen Deities. ed, in 1582, by all that portion of the civilized world in communion with the Roman Catholic organization, and by some of the Protestant states. In the year 1600 it was adopted by the Kingdom of Scotland, under James VI., who afterwards succeeded to the throne of England also. In England and her colonies it was different. Among all the revolutionary changes of the seventeenth century the English held to their old ways of computing dates, just as they now hold to their old ways of computing money, notwithstanding the whole world is against them. Even the birth of George Washington in Virginia went upon the public records as having taken place February 11, 1731, instead of February 22, 1732, as it was afterwards made to appear in its corrected form. According to the Julian calendar at that time still in legal force in the British possessions, the year 1732 did not begin until the following 25th of April, which would have been, according to the Gregorian calendar, the 6th day of May, the latter having by this time got 11 days ahead of the former, by expunging the extra days from the centennial leap years. In 1751 parliament enacted that the Gregorian dates should be adopted the next year, and since 1752 the people of English speech have been in accord with the rest of Christian humanity in this point. Whether there were English celebrations of the 1st of January before it came to be New Year's day I have never ascertained, but have supposed that it figured with the other 11 days of Yuletide without any special preeminence except possibly from its being the octave of Christmas. Since it came to be a recognized holiday, subsequent to the reform of the calendar, it has seemed in this country at least to take its character from the customs of continental Europe.—Milwaukee Sentiment. FAMOUS PET BURRO Once the Property of Helen Hunt Jackson and Nowa Familiar Object of a Colorado City. This is Jack, a famous pet burro of the Rocky mountains. Jack is chiefly distinguished as having been once the property of Helen Hunt Jackson, the writer, whom he used to accompany in her travels for material over mountain and plain, and whose grave at the summit of Pike's Peak he has visited several times. Jack was originally in the government service, being used as a pack animal in the early days. After the death of Mrs. Jackson, the JACK, VETERAN BURRO faithful burrow roamed the mountains in a disconcert mood, and was finally adopted by an old fruit seller of Colorado Springs, whose property he now is. Jack, who is 42 years of age and more than ordinarily patient and tractable for one of the mule family, is spending his declining days in indolence and luxury—for a burro. He long ago outlived his usefulness as a trail follower, and is a familiar object to the people of Colorado Springs and an especial attraction to visitors, as he stands munching hay near his owner's fruit stand. He has cultivated an esthetic appetite since he abandoned the mountains, and won't stand for a tin can and cactus diet any more. His owner is over 90 years of age and is one of Colorado Springs' quaint characters. The picture is from a photograph by Miss Jennie L. Thomas, of Detroit—Detroit Free Press. MAKING GHOST RINGS An Interesting Little Scientific Experiment That Any Bright Boy or Girl Can Conduct. Here is a trick that is a very effective one to use at a party, and, although it appears very strange to the spectators when well performed, still it is most simple. Take a pasteboard hat box and cut a circular hole four or five inches in diameter in the center of the cover. Get two pads of blotting paper, each composed of six or eight pieces. Place the box on a table facing the company and tell them that you are about to make some ghosts for them—one for each. Take the pads of blotting paper into another room and then pour on one a small quantity of muratic acid and on the other a similar quantity of aqua ammonia, both of which you can get very cheaply at any drug store. Be very careful to keep the two pads from touching each other. Carry them into the room and put them in the box one on top of the other, clapping on the cover of the box at once. The box will immediately become filled with a thick, white cloud. Now turn the box over so that the hole in the cover is pointed directly at one of the party. Tap the box sharply on both sides at the same time with your hands and a ghostly white ring will come out of the hole and float directly at the person in front of it. By shifting the position of the box and aiming the hole at different ones you can send one of these rings at each person in the room. They will be greatly surprised, and will dodge and try to get out of the way, as a general rule. By renewing the supply of chemicals on the pads of blotting paper, you can afterward amuse the company by taking turns at projecting these rings at a door knob, or some other prominent object, stringing several of them upon it before they melt away and disappear. If two of the rings should knock together in the air, they would bend and straighten out again without lesing their form, just as an elastic body of more solid material.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Saved His Friend's Ears. A prisoner was once condemned by the late ameer of Afghanistan to have his ears sliced off quite as a minor punishment. He had a powerful friend, however, who was much attached to him. This friend begged the ameer, in duly submissive tones, to allow him to perform the operation, a favor which was granted. However, the amateur begged the ameer to show him what portion of each ear he wished to be removed. The ameer accordingly touched them lightly. Whereupon the ingenious and courageous person proceeded to quote a passage from the Koran which said that anything touched by the representative of the Almighty became sacred. The despot smiled grimly and forgave them both. Honey in Hero's Statue The heroic equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., is believed to have hundreds of pounds of honey concealed inside of it. For months bees have been going in and out of the parted lips of both the human and the animal figure. The insects were first seen there last summer, and doubtless have been making honey ever since. There is no way to get inside either figure without doing irreparable damage, but fear is entertained that vandal hands may make the attempt. **Appel for Heray.** Judge—Have you anything to say why sentence should not be passed on you? Bigamist—Just think of my families, judge.—Smart Set. **His Usefulness.** "Chelly doesn't seem to be of much use in the world." "Oh, I don't know; he makes a nice cigarette holder."—Philadelphia Bulletin. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BABY SMOKES CIGARS. Four-Year-Old Russell J. Henry, of Chicopee, Has Used Tobacco Since He Was Two Yenra Old. Russell J. Henry, four years old, sat with his legs crossed on the top of the bar in a buffet at 112 Dearborn street, Chicago, the other day, and puffed at black cigars with the air of a veteran smoker. At his side stood Joseph Henry, his father and proprietor of the buffet, laughing with the bystanders at the startling precocity of his son. "Now for a Havana, papa," said Russell, as he was lifted to a seat facing the crowd that had gathered about him. He is a slender little fel- A "NOW FOR A HAVANA, PAPA." low, three feet high, with yellow hair, blue eyes, and ruddy cheeks. His hands shook nervously as he settled into a comfortable position. He has been a smoker for two years past. Grasping the cigar extended him by his father, Russell bit off the end, struck a match on the sole of his shoe, and was soon smoking furiously. Drawing the smoke deep into his lungs, he expelled it in the form of rings, laughing at the amazed expression on the faces of the spectators. The cigar was held by the boy daintily between the first and second fingers of the left hand. "And what now, Russell?" asked his father. "I think I'll take a strong Key West," replied Russell. "I hardly know I'm smoking," he explained, "when I'm puffing a mild one." The Key West was consumed as quickly as the Havana, and then Russell called for "a good domestic" Russell's performance, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, concluded with a dissertation on the art of smoking, in which he defined the characteristics of several brands of tobacco. "Russell has smoked since he was two years old," said the father. "He first had a mania for collecting matches, pipes, smoking tobacco and cigars. These he would secrete about the house, and finally we caught him smoking on the sly." DOG REUNITES FAMILY Estrangement Between a Sioux Falls Couple Healed by a Faithful Pet Spaniel. Mr. and Mrs. G. U. Snyder, well-known residents of Sioux Falls, S. D. have returned from St. Paul, Minn. where, after parting in anger, they were reunited by Carlo, a black water spaniel belonging to Mrs. Snyder. Mrs. Snyder quarreled with her husband a short time ago. The latter declared she would never see him C. C. BARKING AND PRANCING AROUND, again and left their home. The wife, after departure of her husband, regretted the separation. She ascertained that her husband had gone to St. Paul. With Carlo and a companion, she hurried there. She asked the police to aid her in finding her husband. A detective was detailed on the case, and he and Mrs. Snyder searched the city for two days without finding any trace of the missing man. Almost despairing of ever finding him, Mrs. Snyder, accompanied by her dog, went for a walk. While passing along one of the streets of St. Paul, the dog suddenly gave a series of yelps and started after a man who had just turned into a near-by street. Mrs. Snyder followed, intent only upon preventing the dog getting lost in a strange city. She found the animal barking and prancing about the missing husband. Snyder was as pleased at the meeting as his wife, and it did not take them long to effect a reconellation. nd Out. ever move out to place, Mrs. Bingle- band's idea, and I that he picked it are are no barber- at gives him an ex- to church on Sun- — Chicago Record- If She Only Would. Fate of scatters roses rare. And 'twould be rather nice. If fate in slippery seasons would Scatter ashes on the ice. -Chicago Daily News. Impertinent Question. "I maintain," she said, raising her voice, "that the old and oft repeated assertion that women talk more than men has no foundation whatever in fact!" "Then why," asked the man in the case, "is our common language universally called the 'mother tongue?'" -Chicago Tribune. Getting Rid of Them Mrs. Stubb—John, the ashman refuses to take these old shoes. How can we ever get rid of them? Mr. Stubb—Don't be unceasy, Maria. There is going to be a couple married in the next house to-morrow and we can throw the old shoes after their hack.—Chicago Daily News. Annoyed. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torkins, "isn't a pity that the newspapers are so much behind time?" "In what respect?" "Why, they never print the names of the winner of a horse race until the next day, when it is too late to bet."—Washington Star. Going Easy. "He is dying very calmly," observed the physician, as he felt the pulse of the sufferer. "So like John," softly spoke the prospective widow. "He always was an easy-going man." — Baltimore American. Rev. Dr. Holmes' Residence Sold. The residence of the late Rev. Dr. James H. Holmes was sold Wednesday, Feb'y 14th to satisfy a deed of trust of $440.00 with interest from January 16th, 1902. It consisted of 33 feet on Preston Street, running back 127 feet. The highest bid was $1075.00 and it was purchased by his daughter, Miss W. Colored People Pay Taxes. In response to a resolution of the unconstitutional "Constitutional Convention, Auditor Marye found that $31,976 thirty-one thousand, nine hundred and seventy-six colored people pay taxes on $100) one hundred dollars worth of property and over. WANTED—A good nurse, settle person preferred. Apply at 411 W. Grace St. Meeting Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Richmond, Va., February 18-21, 1902. For the above occasion the Southern Railway announces special rate of fare and one-third for the round-trip, from all stations within the State, to Richmond and return. Tickets on sale February 17th, 18th and 19th, with return limit February 23rd, 1902. Meeting Grand Lodge, Knights of Honor, Fredericksburg, Va., March 4—7, 1902. For this occasion the Southern Railway announces special rate fare and one-third for the round-trip from stations within the State to Fredericksburg, Va., and return. Tickets on sale March 2nd, 3rd and 4th with return limit March 10th. The palatial trains, Nos. 29 and 30 of the Southern Railway run through Fredericksburg north and south daily via Richmond, thus offering elegant service for those attending from points south of Richmond. Washington, Richmond and Florida Limited. Leaves Richmond, daily at 2:30 p. m. via Southern Railway for Jacksonville and all Florida points, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami and all Florida East Coast points, Havana, Cuba and Nassan; Tampa, St. Petersburg and all Florida West Coast points. Solid train to Jacksonville without change, Drawing-Room Pullmans, Dining car and the finest of Day coaches. Round-trip excursion tickets on sale daily at greatly reduced rates. CONCERT. DON'T FAIL TO COME. Concert to be given at the FIFTH ST. BAPTIST CHURCH MONDAY NIGHT, FEB. 24TH, Consisting of some of Richmond's best talent, such as Mesdames Fannie Payne Walker, Mildred Cross, Lena Vanghn Jackson, Mr. Sydney Mayo, Little Billy Smith, Claronetist, Miss Effie Stanard, Mr. Christopher Jackson. MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. CAPITAL $25000. 4 PER CENT Interest Paid on All Deposit ing 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of is solicited. For all information concerning Stock, De Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. Apartments are fitted up with modern improvements. Building gas and electricity. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, B. R. JEFFERSON, JNO. B. CHILLS, B. P. VANDERVAL, SECY, D. J. DACHERS, W. A. HAWKINS, JONN. WITTENBERG, JNO. B. CHILLS, W. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, R. W. WRITING, TROS. M. CRUMB, E. A. WARMINGTON, J. C. CARWEE, WILLIAM CUSTAIO. Stenographer Wanted. A first-class stenographer and typewriter. One versed in book keeping writes a good, long hand, preferred. Address with reference stating experience. Do You Know Her? Mrs. Alice Granville, residence, No. 100 Sawyer street, Boston, would like to know the wherebearstons of her sister, who was a Miss Mara E. Tomlinson, adopted some years ago by a Mrs. Priscilla Davis at Portsmouth, Va., and also same of an Aunt, whom was a stewardess on a boat, plying between Norfolk via Baltimore. Maiden name, Ellen Smith. IMPORTANT NOTICE Change C & O. Schedule—In Effect Monday, February 10th, 1902. Fast train now leaving Richmond at 4:45 p. m. for Norfolk, Old Point, etc. will, on and after February 10th, leave Richmond at 2:10 p. m., except Sunday, connecting at Old Point for Norfolk and with Old Dominion Annex Boat for New York Steamer. Afternoon train for Norfolk, Old Point, etc., now leaving Richmond at 3:45 p. m., will, on and after February 10th, leave Richmond at 4:00 p. m. daily connecting at Newport News for Norfolk and at Old Point with boats for Baltimore, Washington and Cape Charles. Trains arrive at Richmond on and after February 10th from Norfolk, Old Point, etc., at 10:00 a. m. daily. 12:00 noon, except Sunday and 6:45 p. m. daily. No change of schedule west of Richmond. 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, 1902 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 annuity of the church along with the Tenth Anniversary of the pastor to have the mortgages paid. 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. Do You Know Them ? COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 3, 1902. I desire to know the whereabouts of Jacob Turner, Burl Hill or Adeline Smith. I have not heard from them for years. Any information concerning them will be thankfully received. Address ROBERT HILL, 644 Stairing St., Columbus, O. I would like to know the whereabouts of a Mr. Samuel Scott, (colored,) who had a sister by the name of Lucy Scott. I am her daughter, and if this reaches the above named person, for further information please write to: MRS. JENNIE HUNT, McBaine, Mo. The East End Memorial Burial Association of Richmond informs the public that having purchased six (6) acres of land, situated in Henrico County, near the city of Richmond, adjoining Oakwood Cemetery and that they are disposing of the same, in sections, half sections and at the following terms. Sections, $25.00 and Half Sections, $15.00. The situation of this Cemetery is high, dry and rolling and accessible to the Richmond Traction Street Railway and Seven Pines Railway lines, adjoining Oakwood Cemetery. This Association has at a considerable expense divided this tract of land into恋情, erected a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional improvements contemplated, will be an inducement to their desiring or contemplating purchasing resting places for their deceased relatives and friends. The attention of the general public is solicited and advantageous inducements offered. J. R. Griffin, President, No. 2412 E. Broad street; E. A. Washington, Secretary. Old 'Phone, 1983. For information, apply to John Coleman, Keeper, No. 2920 P street; Wm. Custaldo, 702 East Broad street; W. H. Jones, 1037, St. Peter street; W. H. Lewis, 806 Buchanan street; Samuel Meredith, 1223 North 26th street; Joseph Robinson, No. 49 1st Market or 2811 9-mile Road; D. J. Chavers, Supt. 1827 Carrington street. SAVINGS BANK L $25000. Paid on All Deposits Remain- ays or over. The patronage of the Public incerning Stock, Deposits, and ier. on improvements. Building lighted with be pleased to serve you. 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