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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL.XIX NO. 13 WARM TIMES THERE FIRST BAPT. CHURCH AND THE CHURCH HILL MUDDLE. Deacon Farley Creates a Sensation—Wants a Committee Appointed. DEACON WILDER'S WARNING. Brother Bass' Declaration—The Body Divided. The regular meeting of the First Baptist Church last Monday night was stormy and the scene rivalled the worst exhibition that has yet taken place. So loud became the discussion that it was not difficult for one to stand on the sidewalk and hear all that was said by the disagreeing members. WOULDN'T COME OUT. Rev. W. T. Johnson's effort to secure a large attendance of the members was a failure. At no time were there more than from 250 to 300 persons present out of a total membership of 2500. The others, having apparently become disgusted stayed away. A test vote was 54 to 71, the others sat still and did not vote. One of the most remarkable happenings was the manner in which the church dealt with the proposition of Rev. W. T. Johnson to bring about a mutual council between the English Baptist Church and the Mi. Olivet Baptist Church. The matter was tabled, much to the embarrassment of Rev. Johnson and the chagrin of Rev. Andrew Bowler who enquired, am I at?" STILL DISORDERLY. The scenes of disorder and disgraceful conduct, supplemented by the most senseless intolerance was apparent, when Deacon J. C. Farley, by special permission of the chair proceeded to address the members. He called attention to the fact that it was the rule of the church that females could vote only in matter of a call and dismissal of a pastor. DEACON FARLEY'S DECLARATION. Deacon Farley declared that the females were the cause of the trouble. Then followed an explosion Chairman Johnson was powerless. He remarked that the sisters should be careful and not prove Brother Farley's word true. But this had but little effect. The sisters walked out, while those who remained continued to interrupt the speaker. The chairman declared his time out and he resumed his seat. WANTED A COMMITTEE. Another feature of the meeting was the attitude of Brother "Hindquarter" Nelson Williams, Jr., who forged the names to the application for the meeting, who wanted a committee of three appointed to compile statistics and set the tone right before the public. Sister Margaret Howell of the opinion that the church books should be locked up to keep the PLANET from publishing what was done. THE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL. The regular meeting of the First Baptist Church was held Monday night. Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D. presided, while Brother Thomas H. Wyatt served as Clerk vice, B. P. Vandervall, indisposed. Romans 5th chapter was read in the church, and prayer was offered by Rev. J. E. Johnson. The minutes of the previous meetings were read and approved. The death roll called. THE METHODIST SISTER Brother R. T. Hill reported on a sister who was a member of the Methodist church, but who had been immersed. She wanted to know whether the church would require her to be baptized again. Brother Hill stated that he had found out in Hiscock's Directory that she could be received without further baptism. Rev. W. T. Johnson concurred in this view, while Rev. J. E. Jones, D. D. stated that it could be done. Brother Robert Watkins, who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster Rule was of the opinion that she should be baptized again. Deacon J. C. Farley and Deacon Harrison Smith thought so too and stated their reasons. MUST BE BAPTIZED AGAIN. The church decided that she must be baptized by a Baptist minister. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church arose to enquire whether the church had received a communication from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Chairman Johnson called Rev. W. H. Stokes to the chair. He sated that he had no idea that the conversation with Rev. Bowler would be repeated again or would be brought before the church. He had hoped for peace between the Mount Olivet Baptist Church and Fourth Baptist Church. Rev. Bowler asked that it be read. Chairman Johnson stated that if there was no objection it would be read. The communication was read. The communication was tabled. A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler then arose to a privileged question and stated that the Mt. Olivet Baptist church had acted upon the advice given by Rev. W. T. Johnson, and had made this move for peace. The tabling of the resolution led him to ask, "Where are we at?" He also desired to know whether or not the action of the church on that Sunday morning was construed to change the relationship of the 4th Baptist church to the First Baptist church, and had resulted in removing the barriers to Rev. Evans Payne's admission into the pulpit of the First Baptist church. THE CHAIRMAN SILENT. To these questions, the chairman made no reply, and none were vouchsafed from any quarter. Brother Thomas H. Briggs, whose bad record is known from Screamersville to Rockettts arose to reply, but the chairman ruled that as Brother Bowler was speaking to a privilege, question he was out of order. Deacon J. C. Farley was recognized by chairman Johnson, who stated that he had requested the privilege of saying a few words. It was granted, and he proceeded to express his regrets at the situation of affairs. THE FEMALES AND THE'PASTOR. He reviewed the former action of the church and declared that the cause of the trouble was due to women voting in the church. He cited the law of the church which permitted women to vote only in the election and dismissal of a pastor. Deacon Farley got no further. The sisters began to walk out, while those who remained talked in out the meeting. The church was in an unprair, Sisters! sisters! said Chairman Johnson, "Don't prove what Brother Farley said to be true." He declared that Deacon Farley's time had expired. Then arose Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting. He stated that he had recently been on a trip and everywhere he went they were asking him about the slanders about the church. He moved that a committee of three including the pastor, be appointed to compile the statistics showing the condition and progress of the church. BROTHER JONATHAN'S ENQUIRIES Brother H. F. Jonathan then arose to enquire if the statements in the PLANET were true. He also wanted to know of Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting, if he forged the names to the application for the meeting? Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting, said that it was maliciously untrue. Deacon Jas. Wilder opposed the appointment of a committee. He said all the PLANET wanted was something to go on and was just waiting for it. He advised the church to have nothing to do with the papers. It was best to keep out of the papers and go right along. THE CHURCH DIVIDED Brother R. J. Bass opposed the motion. He declared that the church could not send out any publication to the world while the church was divided, one-half against the other. The pastor knew that there were members in the church not speaking to each other and it would never do to go to the public in this condition. Deacon Shepherd Shorts moved that the motion be tabled. Some one else moved to adjourn. Chairman Johnson said that owing to the lateness of the hour, he would entertain the motion to adjourn. It was carried and so ended the meeting. Rev. W. H. Stokes, the newly elected pastor of the Ebenese Baptist Church asked for his letter during the meeting and it was granted. REV. JOHNSON'S WARNING At the conclusion, Rev. W. T. Johnson told the sisters that the brethren could almost fight in the church meeting and when they went out they would shake hands and laugh and talk. But the sisters would talk about it going up Broad St. and everybody would know what they had done. He hoped they would come down to covenant meeting next Wednesday night and not come with the fire they had that night. Then filed out the usual procession. The climbing of Gospel Hill was unattended by any excitement save that of Sister Mary Hewlett, who said that the church book would be locked up to keep the PLANET for getting them. This aroused Brother Thomas H. Wyatt who wanted to know what she meant. She disclaimed meaning any harm, saying she did not know what she was talking about. The matter was thus peacefully adjusted. THAT PECULIAR DENIAL In reply to a question by Brother H. F. Jonathan, Brother "Hindquarter" Williams, who forged the names to the application for the meeting declared that he did not forget the names to the application for the meeting. The columns of the PLANET are open to him to make such a denial. If signing a person's name to an application without the person's consent is not forgery, what is it? When the denial is signed, a few more words to say upon the subject and then no one will doubt the truth of the assertion about the forgery. Come on, Brother "Hindquarter." The PLANET's columns are at your disposal. Remarks:-Bev. L. T. Barker departed this life Thursday morning, February 27th, 1903. He has been in Pittsburg all the year, except three weeks before his death. The parents monthly meeting of the Fireside School was held Sunday, March 2d at 3 p. m. at our church. The work is destined to do much good. Sacred Star Concert:—A sacred star concert will be given on March 9 at 3 p.m. All of the leading star singers will take a part in the programme as follows: Prof. Coleman and Madame and Prof. Diggs of the Union University will deliver orations between the songs. Among the songsters are Mesdames Cross, Burrell, Hawkins, Walker, Zemora Wood, Mrs. Olivia Boldin, Rosa K. Jones, Lena V. Jackson, Misses Nannie B. Jones, Effie Stanard, Messalq Q. W. Moon, M. Sydney Mayo, Christopher Jackson, Wm. B. Smith, Ed. Ellis, Jr., and Mr. Trent's double quartette of Ebenezer Baptist Church will take part. Everybody invited free, but a collection will be lifted to purchase hymnals and defray expenses of the choir. Managers: Mrs. F. P. Walker, John A. Walker, Edward Ellis, Jr. Reiteration:—I am preparing for the Annual Conference. Those of you who have not discharged your duty, please come forward at once. See your leaders, stewards and pastor. I am yours for Third Street A. M. E. Church. Anniversary Sermon. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler will preach the anniversary sermon of Macedonia Working Club, No 1, at the Macedonia Baptist Church, 21st and Grace streets, Sunday, March 9th at 8 p. m. He will be accompanied by his choir. Found His Mother. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., Dear Sir:— Sometimes ago you enquired of my mother through your paper and I am glad to say that it was successful just as I had predicted. The cost of the first insertion which was s. efficient, 50 cents, I will send with an additional amount for one year's subscription for your paper. Enclosed you will find money order. One of our readers desires to know when and where Rev. Rev. E. D. Dromgoole was ordained in Virginia Any information given by the Elder or those who ordained him will be received with thanks. (Rev.) R. W. FIELDS, 4-2d Avenue W. Park, Asbury Park, N. J. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The explanation on the Sunday-school Lesson last Saturday was well attended. The meetings in the jail and almshouse last Sunday, conducted by the committee, produced good results. General Secretary S. C. Burrell conducted the meeting for the mothers, who hold meetings around the fireside, last Sunday at the Third Street Methodist Church. What Richmond needs to day is just such work as these mothers are doing. God bless their efforts. The Bible Study for boys last Sunday was well attended and all took an active part. Rev. W. W. Wines, Jr., addressed them last Sunday and said many things which were very helpful. Subject, "The true man." The solo rendered by Mr. Staples and accompanied by Mr. Thomas H. Wyatt added much to the meeting. You are invited to the explanation on the Sunday-school Lesson to-day at 5 p. m. Meetings in the jail and almshouse Sunday at 10 a.m. Be on time, men. Rev. D. N. Tate of Baltimore, who has been to the Holy Land will address the boys Sunday at 4 p.m. at the rooms: Be on time, boys. For boys only. An open meeting for men Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at our rooms. Subject, "A good soldier." Come out and take a part. Good singing. Find another man and bring him. The spirit of God is being felt with us. One soul has accepted Christ and others are interested. Men, pray for the down pouring of God's blessings. Our night school is meeting with much success under the principalship of Mr. James Roher, secretary of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday School, assisted by Miss Columbia Williams. Watch for the date of the big meeting which is to be held at the True Reformers' Hall. A strong Y. M. C. A. man has been secured for this meeting. String music and male quartette. Remember, your subscription is due Pay our collector when he calls. THE CHURCH HILL TROUBLE. Rev. Payne's Silence—Communication Under The Table. It seems that Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D. has been endeavoring to act in the 'role' of a peace maker in the trouble now existing between the Mt. Olivet and the Fourth Baptist Churches. MT. OLIVET'S INVITATION. RICHMOND, VA., Dec. 23rd, 1901. Mt. Olivet Baptist Church to Fourth Baptist Church. GREETING: Dear Brotheren:— As the year is drawing to a close in the political world, efforts are being put forth to bring about a better understanding and peaceful solution of their various difficulties, why should the churches of the living God, said to be composed of the representatives of Peace, be behind them in stories for an amicable adjustment of the differences, which many say are the causes of the non-progressiveness of the Christian influences for good, in this State and city. As many here attribute the estranged condition of the spiritual affairs in our community among the colored brethren, to our past disagreement in arranging a mutual adjudication for our differences SO ADVISED BY REV. JOHNSON. As many interested in the spiritual status of our city primarily, and in both of us secondarily, have expressed a desire that a proper solution of the differences be adjusted. And as Rev. W. T. Johnson, the newly elected pastor of the First Baptist Church, having no knowledge of the differences, and wishing to be properly informed, has advised that, we, the Mount Olivet Baptist Church, endeavor, if possible to bring about a perfect agreement whereby a Mutual Council be called between us, the Mt. Olivet Baptist' Church, and you, the Fourth Baptist Church of Richmond, Va. WANT THE PAST BURIED For the sake of peace and the cause of the Blessed Master; for the good of the people of the several churches; for the best interests of all concerned; and for the good of the denomination; let the past be buried, admitting that there were mistakes on both sides and go on untidely in Christian fellowship. We, the Mount Olivet, accepting the above advice in good faith are willing to agree thereto; or, We, in church meeting assembled, do heavy express our willingness to open correspondence with you to perfect arrangements looking forward to a call of the Mutual Council, wherein matter of our differences may be carefully presented, and weighed from the beginning. EQUAL WILLINGNESS WANTED. Trusting there may be an equal willingness on your part to open this correspondence, looking forward to the arranging of said Mutual Council, or an action in accordance with the advice given by Rev. Johnson, we remain. Yours for the advancement of a cause that is dear to us all, each and every one. M. T. OLIVET BAPSTIST CHURCH. Rev. J. ANDREW BOWLER, Pastor. W. E. NOBLE, Clerk. P. S. We adjourn to night subject to a call of the pastor to consider any communication or communications, you may deem right and just to send. M. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. The following letter was sent to the sister churches: IONORED THE INVITATION. RICHMOND, Va., Feb'y 14, 1902. Dear Brother: As it has recently come to our knowledge from a source whose truthfulness cannot be denied, that we, the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, neither wants peace, nor would we have it, if we could get it, and also, that we have never been in a position to have a Mutual Council, nor to agree to anything that would bring about peace; now, in order that you may be able to take a proper view of our standing in the matter, we do herewith send you a copy of another Fourth Baptist Church on December 29th to have a special committee of three, who delivered into the hands of the 4th Baptist Church on the night of the same day, and we beg to inform you that up to this date, we have received no answer whatever to the said letter, neither one way nor the other. NOTHING ELSE TO DO. We leave this matter with you to consider, as to whether there be anything else that a Christian Church could do that would bring about peace between itself and a sister church. Wishing that the God of Heaven, whom we all trust and serve, may enable you to rightly divide truth from error. We are yours in our Redeemer's name, M.T. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH M. OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH. Done by order of the church in church meeting assembled, this the 12th day of Feb'y, 1902. W. E. NOBLE, Clerk, Rev. J. ANDREW BOWLER, Pastor. RICHMOND, VA., March 3, 1902. Editor RICHMOND PLANET: I am proud to say to you that our work in the hands of the Negro Baptists is making commendable progress. Never before have we the colored Baptists of this State been so stirred they are now to do great work for the denomination. From every part of the State connection from the pastors and Christian workers who propose to be in Petersburg in May prepared to help raise the $10,000. We are aroused. Indeed, it looks now as though we are going to have excursions running from East, West, North and South bringing in great crowds of Baptists to see it that the ideal of their hearts (Virginia Seminary) is freed from debt. Since I made my appeal in the columns of the PLANET, I am receiving assurances from all sides in Richmond, regardless of denomination, to the effect that their money will be forthcoming in due time to help us in the struggle We are very greatly encouraged. Let no one tremble or fear, Virginia Seminary is safe. We are in position to know what we are talking about. It would be surprising for some people to know how firmly this idea of Negro Baptist self help has taken hold in the State of Virginia. For example: churches, whose pastors led them out of the Baptist State Convention without telling them what they were doing, are to-day coming back to their first love. We will break some startling news to the public in a few weeks along this line. Just think, the Fifth Street Baptist Church Sunday School was the first in the State to take literature from our Publishing House in Nashville, Tenn. I sent the other day for an official statement of the number of Sunday Schools in this State using that literature. We received tabulated a list with location, names of schools and persons ordering the literature for the schools. To day there are 307 Sunday Schools in this State taking our literature. Is not that progress, especially in a State where every foot of the ground had to be contest? And again, it is now a recorded fact that out of 14,000 colored Baptist Sunday Schools in the United States, 12,000 are using literature direct from our Publishing House, and that is why we keep on our way rejoicing and "feel like going on" in the mighty work of the Baptist cause. Respectfully yours, W. F. Graham. An Agreeable Surprise. On last Sunday morning, Dr. D. A. Ferguson was agreeably surprised when his Sunday School class of young men presented him a handsome gold head umbrella, for which he is very grateful on account of the unanimous spirit of good will with which it was given. The following young men compose his class: Messrs Joseph Arrington, Richard Bates, J. A. Carroll, Clifton Cabell, Lemuel Eggleston, J. E. Fountain, Henry Goode, Mac Claiborne, Willie Pride, J. C. Taylor, Augustus Jefferson, Frank Johnson, Charles Hooper, President, Charles Chester Carter, Robert Crawley William Dickerson, Joseph Egleston, John Fultz Gee, Gee, W. Morton, Albert Pride, Thomas H. Smith, Bismarck Winston, Henry Wells, W. Wesley Mayo, Sec'y. PERSONALS AND BRIEFES. Mrs. M. D. Tancil, wife of Dr. R. F. Tancil, was called to Alexandria this week on account of the death of her mother. Mrs. Ellen Jones of Pure Gold Court, who has been indisposed for several weeks at her home, 1023 west Leigh street is getting along nicely and will soon be out again. Mrs. Howard Clarke of Jersey City, N. J., is the guest of Mr., and Mrs. James Custalo, 1107 North 5th street, Richmond. She will be pleased to see her friends at the above number. Rev. A. B. Smith is improving after an illness of four week, under the skillful treatment of Dr. Sarah G. Jones. We return thanks for an invitation to the Grand Re-opening of the Fitzgerald Auditorium Cafe at Atlantic City, N. J., March 12, 1902. —Dr. Wm. H. Hughes, formerly of Manchester, Va., but now of Washington, D. C., has been appointed Assistant Surgeon of the Freedman's Hospital. This speaks well for this promising young man and his many friends are wishing him continued success in the Capital of the Nation. The S. Coleridge Taylor Choral Society of Washington, D. C. is proving a success. It is named in honor of that eminent Anglo-African composer of London, England, S. Coleridge Taylor. Mr. John F. Cook is President, Mr. John T. Layton, Musical Director; and Mr. Andrew J. Hilyer, Chairman of Committee on Publicity and Promotion. The Call Accepted. Rev. L. A. Carter of Alabama, who is a student at the Virginia Union University has accepted the call to the pastorate of the Third St. Baptist Church and will be installed the 4th Sunday, the 23rd inst. Rev. Carter is a young man and a fearless gospel preacher. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Another Ledge and Company at Norfolk. NORFOLK, VA., March 5, 1902. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., arrived here last night via C. & O. route for the purpose of instituting a new lodge of Knights of Pythias. He was met at the wharf by Col. R. M. Sears, and escorted to the residence of Col. Edward Langley, 37 Queen street, whose Madame Lodge was used for him. Pythias Lodge, No. 21, was in session and accompanied by Col. R. M. Sears and District Deputy Grand Chancellor J. W. Randolph, the Grand Chancellor entered the lodge room. After delivering a ringing address on the business prospects of the order, the following were assigned to the chairs: Grand Vice Chancellor, H. Anderson; Grand Prelate, R. M. Sears; Grand Master of Work, J.L. Royall; G. Master-at-Arms, J. Dagner; G. Inner Guard, A. Pollard; G. Outer Guard, Kelly Jones; G. 1st Attendant, P; Jones; 2d Attendant, C. F. Perry; 3rd Attendant, T. B Stewardr; Assistant Grand Master-at-Arms, J. E. Cole. Twenty-four persons were initiated. The organization will be known as Tidewater Lodge. The following are the officers of the new Grand Vice William H. Mills, master of work; Solomon William H. chancellor commander; William McKate, Elijah chancellor; Ezekiel Tillet, prelate; Elijah Gordon, keeper of records and seal; Willie Tabb, master of exchequer; Linwood Carter, master of finance; Lee Manley, master-at-arms; Willie Gilliam, inner guard; John Bunch, outer guard. After the initiation of the candidates, Progressive Company, Uniform Rank was organized by Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., with the following officers: William H. Mills, captain; Linwood Carter, 1st lieutenant; John Bunch 2nd lieutenant; William Tabb, treasurer; J. W. Cain, sentinel; James N. Brown, right guide; Charles H. Butts, recorder. These two organizations were gotten up by Col. Edward Langley, and the Grand Chancellor was outspoken in his commendation of him. All repaired to the dining hall below where a bounteous repast was spread. Gen. Mitchell spent what was left of the night at the residence of Col. R. M. Sears and left at 6:50 Tuesday morning for Richmond. 8150 Paid. BERKLEY, VA., Feb. 21, 1902. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia ($150 00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sir Thomas F. Paige, who was a member of Bruce Lodge, No. 31, Knights of Pythias, N. A. S. A., E., A., A. & A. Signed: AMELIA P. SYKES. Witnesses: J. M. Paul, George B. Clarke, D. D. G. C. A Pastor Remembered. On Friday night, Feb'y 14, 1902, the members and friends of Bethel Chapel of the C. M. E. Church, West end, of which Rev. P. Ballod is pastor, showed their appreciation by kindly leading a surprise on him on the above night. Those present were as follows: Rev. B. Booker, Sisters Victoria White, Eveline Edmonds, Hester Brown, Susan Flippin, Isabella Morris, Candis Jones, Florence Lockly, Mary Overton; Brethren J. Johnson, John Wortham, Lewis Brown Robert Strange, John Taylor, — Brown. After a delightful time, they returned to their respective homes with a hearty "we will call again." Chaplain Steward's Suggestion—Col ed Tobacconists For The Phil- inpines IBA, ZAMBALES, Dec. 3, 01. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr. Editor of the PLANET: Dear Sir:— Permit me as a stranger to intrude upon your attention a moment to present to you as a newspaper man, and as a reformer the following facts: 1. The Philippines have the soil and climate for the cultivation of rice, cotton, sugar cane, hemp, tobacco and coconuts, also cocoa or chocolate. 2. We have plenty of people in the U. S. skilled in the culture of all of these except hemp and cocoa. A year ago I referred some tobacco people to you, who wished to secure the service of some one skilled in the manufacture of plug tobacco. I believe a few colonists could do well here. Pure Gold Court, No. 59, held its regular meeting at the Castle Hall Monday evening, March 3rd. There was a large attendance, and a vast number of business was transacted. The court is in very prosperous condition. Wound Him Up. [Columbia, N. C., Southern'Sun.] Of all the pharisee, fakes and hypocrites Ben Tillman is prince. Everybody knows that Tillman's morals are not shocked at being called a bully, lyncher, liar, or any other epithet that describes an outlaw and a blackguard. Indeed when true to his real nature, his glories grow fat under this peculiar luxury. But the other day the Wisconsin senator wound "Brave Ben" up and made him play the part of the jackass who wanted to sing like the grasshopper. Like a Bully in a Beer Garden. [ Washington, D. C., Record.] The disgraceful affair in the United States Senate Saturday between Tillman and McLaurin of South Carolina should be an object lesson to the American people. For seven years they have been unusually patient with the senior Senator from South Carolina, and have borne from him in the Senate and on different public platforms at the North and West, exhibition of coarseness and vindictiveness that are unworthy of the historic state which he misrepresents, and of the American nation. Like all men of his stamp, he has regarded this forbearance and patience as an evidence that an implied acquiescence in the principle (9) which he boldly espouses or his immunity from censure or criticism. Embolden by this belief he has become more and more aggressive, utterly indifferent, as to conventionalities, praise or blame, following only his inclination and impetuosity. It is perfectly natural that he should over step the bounds, reproached the marted McKinley and treat the Senate chamber as a bully would a bear garden. Fell from a High Pinnacle [Charleston, S. C., Messenger.] The actions of Tillman and McLaurin in the United States Senate last Saturday brought down upon South Carolina more than a disgrace and both should be severely reprimanded for their heinous offence. Both men have fallen from a lofty pinnacle in the estimation of all American citizens who regard law and order in all things. They fell upon their own word and pierced it in their own side. If McLaurin lost self control of himself in so far as to use unhobbing the Senate then he, Tillman, should have had sense, strength enough to restrain himself, for there comes a time in the lives of all men when men can afford to sass their manhood rather than to take advantage of a public honor and dignity conferred upon them "by the people and for the people." [Boston, Mass., Guardian.] If Tillman had not in any way made a monkey of himself there might be some cause for palliation, but as he has made it a point to abuse and attack everybody and drag about his murdering of Negros it is now time for the senate to act in self defence. A speedy expulsion then of Tillman and McLaurin is what the country demands. The Thing to Do. [Baltimore, Md., Republican Guide.] The thing to do is to suppress anarchism, put it out of the hall of Congress, banish it to Siberia and all its evil doctrines from our midst. President Roosevelt did the proper thing when he withdrew his invitation to Tillman to dine at the White House with himself, Prince Henry and honorable Senators and Representatives of this government. Why of course, a little reference to the pagilistic Senator might have aroused his ire and who knows but that plates and glasses might not have been flying from his hands at the head of some of the distinguished men. The President deemed that it would be an offence both to Prince Henry and to the honorable Senators to sit at meat with a common fisticuccar, who perhaps would be appeared at the dinner with a black eye or a bleeding nose, the result of his resent encounter. PORTSMOUTH, VA., Feb. 25, 1902. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollar, payment of the death claim of Sir W. H. Jarvis, who was a member of Rescue Lodge, No. 4, Keeper of Pythias, N. A. S. A., E. A. A. A. A. He Signed: MARY D. x JARVIS. mark. Her JANE x JARVIS. mark. Witnesses: M. A. Baker, C. C. James H. Brown, M. at A. H. F. Knight, M. of F. Wm. M. Reid, K. of P. & GURIOUS TRICK WITH AN EGG—How to Emulate the Wonderful Example of Christopher Columbus B VANISHING ELEPHANT. Explanation of the Manner in Which a Magician Performs One of His Best Tricks. Come, let us fancy that we are in the hall where a famous magician is giving a performance. One number on the programme, we notice, is "The Vanishing Elephant," and we wonder what it means. Surely he is not going to bring an elephant on the stage, and with a wave of his wand make him disappear, as he does a watch, an egg, or a bird! But now we shall know, for the elephant comes next, and here is the magician making things ready. He moves to the front of the stage a small wooden stand with a circular top. The top is supported by a single upright rising from a broad base. Between his thumb and his finger the magician holds a little figure of an elephant, which glistens like silver. Taking his position near the stand, he thus speaks to the audience: "During my visit to East India, ladies and gentlemen. I witnessed a strange disappearance. I am going to reproduce that disappearance this evening, and I trust that it may interest you as much as it did me. The little wooden stand here serves to isolate the elephant which I now introduce, cutting it off from all communication with the stage and the surroundings. I mount the elephant on the little column, and thus make a miniature statue of it. The little animal is pretty heavy, as you may know from the sound it makes as I drop it on the table. There! We will now place a glass shade over the statue. Now, as you know from the sound the statue made when I dropped it on the stand, it is not light enough to rise and float off through the air, and yet I am going to make it disappear. "Pardon me if I now cover the shade with this colored handkerchief; it does not reach all the way to the bottom, but that does not matter. As I have said, I am going to cause the THE VANISHING ELEPHANT Bittle silver elephant to disappear by making it pass through the shade, and away into space. Where would you like to have it reappear? Shall it be in the pocket of some one in the audience? Very well. I take my wand and command the elephant to leave. One, two, three! He has gone! Let us remove the handkerchief and see for ourselves!" The cover is taken off, showing the stand without the elephant, which is found in the coat pocket of a gentleman in the audience. Well, how is it done? It is the simplest thing in the world—when you learn the secret. The statue is frozen mercury. The conjurer of the present day knows a great deal about science, and he can freeze mercury as hard as stone by evaporating solid carbonic acid dissolved in ether. He puts the fluid mercury into a mold shaped like an elephant, and thus makes the statue by freezing. The disappearance of the elephant is simply its melting into fluid mercury again, which runs down the hollow upright from a stand. The little elephant taken from a gentleman in the audience is a real figure, made of metal and then silvered. It gets into this gentleman's possession by collusion, or by some trick of the magician's.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. GURIOUS TRICK WITH AN E An egg, as has now been shown by an expert, can be made to occupy any desired position. First blow out its contents and then, but not until the interior is thoroughly dry, pour fine sand into the empty shell until it is about a quarter full. Finally cover the holes in the shell with white wax so as to prevent anyone from noticing that it has been tampered with. The egg can then be placed in any position. It is, however, always necessary to shake it a little so that the sand may roll down to the bottom only by this method can Her Pet Fad. Mrs. Jones—Mrs. Robinson is the greatest woman to stick to a fad I know. Brown—Why, I never heard any mention that before. Jones—Can't help that. It's so, same. Just see how she has admiring that husband of hers years and more. — Boston apt. THE BLARNEY STONE. After You Have Kissed It Honeyed Words Will Flow from Your Lips in Rare Profusion. The Blarney stone is situated at Blarney castle, Ireland. The castle is about eight miles from Cork, and may be reached by a charming ride on the Cork & Muskerry railway. There are two Blarney stones—the real one, which is difficult of access, as shown in our illustration, and another which has been inaugurated for the benefit of nervous people who do not care to be swung head downwards from the KISSING THE BLARNEY STONE battlements of the tower. Blarney castle is a scene of much curiosity to tourists, who never fail to pay the place a visit; principally with a view to kissing the Blarney stone. The guides who point out this interesting relief will assure you that by kissing the Blarney stone you will be given a gift of speech that will never fail you in gaining your desires. Honeyed words will flow from your lips, you will beat Chrysostum, the gold-mouthed, in oratory, and win your way everywhere and with everybody—London Tit-Bits. HINT FROM DICKENS. In an Amusing Way the Story-Writer Tells Us That Thought Without Action Is Waste. Those who have read Nicholas Nickleby will remember the school at Dotheboys hall, and its master, Mr. Squeers. Mr. Squeers' method of instruction, it will be recollected, was to connect thought with action. "Spell 'horse,' H-o-r-s-e. That's right. Now, go out and rub him down!" Or, "Spell 'clean.' C-l-e-a-n. Now you take and clean the winder, and you'll not forget it!" Mr. Squeers' other methods with his pupils were such that his system, as a whole, was deplorable in its results. But in this one respect he had perceived a great truth about young minds—that to know a thing should be to put it into use. Education, if it teaches us only to think and dream, instead of to do, is a flat failure. The young man who can spell d-u-t-y, and then do it, is better educated than the one who translates Greek into English at sight, but fails to translate thought into practical useful action for himself and others. "The end of man," says Carlyle, "is an action, not a thought." Knowledge is power only as it transmutes itself in act. The true thinker sets things moving, and leaves behind him something accomplished, something added to the world's stock. And physiologists "ell us that a "barren impulse," a useful thought never put into deed, recoils on the mind, and weakens it by just so much; while every active impulse of good, carried out, reacts for strength and sanity. Dickens has given us, laughingly, a valuable hint. We will do well to take it.—Wellspring. A Wonderful Beaver Story A story comes from the Yellowstone National park to the effect that a keeper caught and tamed a young beaver. When left in a room alone one day the youngster asserted its inherited traits and industry, and built a dam across one corner of the room, using among other things chairs, books, a pair of old boots, and even an empty pistol that had been left within his reach. EGG—How to Emulate the Wonderful Example of Christopher Columbus. the proper equilibrium be maintained. A different process is required if we desire after the fashion of Columbus to stand an egg on its head. First the egg be beaten and then tiny grains of meal and beaten with sea salt. Then it must be placed in a warm stove with the end downward. As a result, the sealing wax soon melts and forms a solid mass with the grains of meal, and this mass, when it cools, will complete the sealing of the egg. The holes can then, as above explained, be covered with white wax. Needed No Assistance A country doctor was once riding over a wild stretch of down, and asked the lonely shepherd how he managed to get medical assistance for his wife in the isolated cottage where they lived. "Well, sir," replied the shepherd, in all good faith, "we dwn't ha' no doctor; we just dies a nat'ral death."—Tit-Bits. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. RHYMES FOR THE TIMES. Tale of Two Valenflues. A youth once loved a maiden fair— Straw was the youth and brave— And of the maiden's suburn hair He often used to rave. He said it shone like purest gold Above her queenly brow, But that was in days of old— He isn't in it now. Instead of taking it himself He sent his brother Bob. And gave him in the current pelf, A quarter for the job. Alas! The small boy proved untrue— False to his sacred trust— He sold it to a lad he knew And pocketed the "dust." Then at the corner store he bought Another valentine, Twas of the so-called comic lot, And to it he did sign Our hero's name and sent it on Unto the malden fair. Who, when she read: "Yours truly, John", Wept, screamed and tore her hair. And verily she had just cause To raise an awful row. What did her eyes behold? Just pause And listen to me now: A creature clad in fiery red. And black and brown and blue, With crimson tresses on her head. Her eyes of verdant hue. When next the lover called to see The maiden young and fair, Her papa came—ah, woe is me— And kicked him down the stair. His love—once warm—has grown quite cold Since that eventful day, And now my tale at last is told. The Pennies of the Poor The Pennies of the Poor. (Myron T. Herrick, treasurer of the McKinley Memorial association, states: "There has been practically no contributions from the men of wealth. They have left the building of the memorial to the wage-earners.") What tablet or shaft or pillar Could glean through the coming years Like a built by poor folks' pennies And telling of poor folks' tears? A memory rich in unfalling— A monument firm to exture Is that which is builted strongly On the pennies of the poor. No epitaph half so noble; No tribute so sure to live. As that to be served by the pennies— The pennies that folk give. Pillar and post and column. Base and entablature— How they would rise in grandeur From the pennies of the poor? Who could desire greater honor? Who could aspire to a fame Richer than one told in pennies That free from the poor folk came? For the memories of the poor folks Are changeless and true and sure, And shatter clean and honest Are the pennies of the poor -W. D. Nesbit, in Baltimore American. Valentine. Valentine The valentine I gave you first Took all the pennies I could chase An apoplectic heart immersed In many eyes or paper lice With sentiments in my heart Beneath a flap. 'Twas rather neat. The next I sent was but a scroll Containing lines in praise of you. A fond effusion of my soul. The next I sent was hothouse bred. With stems I purchased by the yard. Attended by a friend at the head. Attended by a friend at the head. No message; though my heart was warm. That sort of thing was beastly form. Not gifts to-day, but hot demands. You'll find beneath this seal of mine. Dear love, I come with empty hands To ask you for a valentine. For the years of loyal fee. Have you noticed for me? -Griswald North, in Munich's Magazine. Home in Winter. The cold has not embittered all The world that lingers in its thrall, Nor have the storms hid every place We have the storms hide your face, Through blinding snows we follow still The spotless highway o'er the hill; And you and I know many a path, That home's complete enchantment hath, After the main road; now and then, We find at last the old home glen. Come, you who brave life's storms, who know. A colder world than all the snow, What deep, warm corner of your heart Lights up a shrine that time nor art Nor fame's wild fire nor failure's shade Can bear Surely, there lingers sweetly there A sister thought, a sister prayer, A keepsake, or a kindly plea FHome, wherever home may be. —Fritz Krause, warm Journal Somebody's Valentine Yellow and marred and old, With its glided heart half torn apart And a stain on its silken fold; Yet each faded flower has a magic power, For I know by the tender line, That the treasure gray, I have found today, Was Somebody's Valentine. Did my grandma know in the long ago The love of a laddle young? Or her sisters fair, did they hide it there, The gowns and the cloaks among? In the oaken chest with the very best Or the satins fine And the furs and lace-what a funny place For Somebody's Valentine! —Lalia Mitchell, in Good Housekeeping Winter Dreams Deep lies the snow on wood and fields; Gray stretches overhead the sky; The streams, their lips of laughter sealed, In silence wander slowly by. Earth slumbers, and her dreams—who knows But they may sometimes be like ours?—Lyrics of spring in winter's prose That sing of buds and leaves and flowers; Dreams of that day when from the south Comes April, as at first she came, To hold the bare twig to her mouth And blow it into fragrant flame,—Frank Dempster Sherman, In Atlantic Two Valentines. Cupid will bring you this, So greet him with a kiss, O sweetheart mine! And if you bid him "stay", He will remain alway, An everlasting valentine! A rose, to symbolize thy face, A lily, love, to show thy heart, Wherein I hope to hold a place Till you shall make us part. In love's sweet manner, dear heart of mine, Receive, I pray, this Valentine, -William H. Gardner, in Boston Budget. A Mystery. "Mamma," said Elsie, looking up from her Sunday-school book "there's one thing I can't understand about Adam and Eve." "What is it, dear?" asked her mother. "I know where their meat and vegetables come from," said Elsie, "but where in the world did they buy their groceries."—Golden Days. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SOUTHERN RAILWAY Schedule in Effect Feb. 16, 1902. Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 10:20 A. M., No. 9 daily for Durham, N. C. Dan- ville, and all local stations south, con- tinue to Durham. N. C. and all local stations West; at Jeffreys for local sta- tions North; at Danville for Oxford for Henderson. 2:30 P. M., No. 29, limited train daily, for Jack senville and all Florida points; Havana, Nassau, etc., Connects at Moseley, with Fayetteville, Railroad; at Raleigh, and Greensboro for Durham, Railroad; and Winston-Salem; at Charlotte with No. san Diego in the States fast mail, solid train, daily for all points, and points South which carries sleeper to New York. Drawing Room Sleeper, Richmond to Atlanta, with Liberty to Memphis. Dining Car Service. 11:30 P. M., No. 11, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, and Gulf Coast, Sleeper for Danville, Gulf Coast, and Charlotte, open at Richmond 9:30 P. M. tion with New York and Florida Express and Southwestern Limited, which cruises through Sleepers to Augusta, Sa- vanah, da Nassau, Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete Dining-Car Service. Also Pickup and Ferry Services, Wed nedsdays and Fridays, Wanted to San Francisco, without change, with con- nections for all points in Texas, Mexico and Australia. 6:00 P. M., No. 17, local daily, except Sunday, for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND. 6 A. M. 5:43 P. M. From Atlanta, Augusta, Jackson South, Asl. Eville, and all points South. 8:40 A. P. From Durham, local stations. 8:35 P. M. From Durham, Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations. LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapo bs. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH 4:30 P. M., No. 16, Baltimore Limited, daily except Sundays, connecting at West Point with steamers for Baltimore and York River landings; communications be tween Quinteen and West Point. 2:35 P. M. No. 10 daily except Sundays, local express for West Point, and intermediate stations. Connects with stage at Lehigh Monitor for Walkerton and Tap pannock 53 A. M., No. 74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at Water Tower for Walkerton and Tappanhock. TRAINS AREIVE RICHMOND 9:15 A. M., daily from West Point, with connection from Baltimore, except Mondays 10:45 A. M., daily except Sundays and Mondays 5:15 P. M., daily except Sundays, from West Point, and indpct. Steamers leave West Point daily, except Sundays, 5:31 p.m., arriving Baltimore 8:30 p.m. Steamers call at Almands and Yorktown Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Clay Bank and Glencoe Point Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. C W. WESTBURY, D. P. A. C W. WESTBURK, D. P. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va S H BARDWICK, G. P. A., F. S. GANNON, Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. C Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk, Hawksbury. Only at Petrus- burg, Hawksbury and Suffolk. $ 05. 1 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Ramone, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Columbus. Pullman Sleeper Ramone to Columbus; or for Bristol, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleeper Ramone to Knoxville. 3:00 P. M., Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Nearby from New York. Stop only at Petersburg Waverly and Bayside for folk with Steamers to Boston and Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 7:23 P. M., for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermedi- ate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:30 P. M. M. 9:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Com- petes at Lynchburg, washington and Chattanooga. Limited. Pulaski Sleepers Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe, Parlor and Observation area. Riedford to Attala, Ala. Pulaski Sleepers between Richmond and Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleepers Ferguson and comuke. Trains arrive Richmond Lynchburg and and the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:19 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. m. Office 888 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER City Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent. General Office; Roanoke, Va. de. 18 FEBRUARY 10, 1902. C. & O. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST. STATION LEAVE RICHMOND. 9 A. M., Daily, Local to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. 10:10 A. M. Except Sunday. Local to Calverton Clifton Forge. Connects for Orange, Culpeper and Manassas. 10:20 A. M. Except Sunday. Lynchburg, Lexington ton, Clifton Forge. Connects, except Sunday for Rossey, Abercene and New Castle. 2:10 P. M. Except Sunday. "Washington and Lincoln Limited for Norfolk vioid Old Point. Paint and Fabric cars from Washington to Old Point without change. Connects at Old Point with Old Dominion Annex Boat for New York state. 2:45 P. M., Daily. St. Louis and Chicago Limited. Dining Car train, Pullman for Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. Connects for North West. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs, with train follows St. Louis Limited from Gordonsville to Staunton, except Sun days. 4:00 P. M. Daily. Local to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Pullman Car train. Connects at Old Point with Washington, Baltimore and Cape Charles steamer. 5:15 P. M., Except Sunday for Bremo. 5:30 P. M. Except Sunday to Doswell. 10:30 P. M. Daily F. F. V. Dining Car train. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman Car with Farlier Car to Cincinnati, and Pullman to Cincinnati, Louisville, and the West. ARRIVE NEW MAIN ST. STATION: 8:30 A. M. Except Sunday, from Doswell. 8:40 A. M. Daily from Cincinnati. 8:40 A. M. Except Sunday from Bremo. 10:00 A. M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 12 Noon Except Sunday, from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:30 P. M. Daily from Cincinnati. 8:30 P. M. Daily from Clifton Forge and Lynch taile, Lexington and Buckingham branch. 8:45 P. M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:15 P. M. Except Sunday from Clifton Forge. Apply at 8:00 P. m. east Main St. Murphy's Hotel, or New Main St. Station ticket offices for further information. H. W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G. P. A. A. G. P. A. Schedule in Effect Jan. 14, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward 4:07 A. M. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Millard, Frederickburg and Alexandria, and Washington and New York. Dining Car. 3:12 p. m. Daily, from MAIN STREET STATION for Washington and beyond, Stops Doswell, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria. Sleeping cars to New York. 4:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the BYRD STATION for accommodation for Fredericksburg and intermediate stations. 6:12 p. M. Daily, from Washington and beyond, Stops at Fred ericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Car to New York. Dining Car. 6:30 p. M. Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, Accordance for Ashland and intermediate points. 8:05 p. M. from BYRD-STREET STATION, Washington and beyond, Stops at Elahe Miford, Miford, Fredericksburg, Brooke, Widener, Stortico, and Alexandria. Stops at other stations Sunday. Sleeping Car, Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. Trains Arrive In Richmond Southward. 8:40 a. m. Daily, at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Alexandria, Widewater, Brooke Predierlsburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, Ashland, Stops at other stations Sunday. Sleeping car from New York to Richmond. 12:53 P. m. Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION. Stops at local stations, from Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Alen and Elba. 2:00 P. m. Daily, at ELBA STATION. Stops at Alexandria and Fredericksburg. Sleeping Car from New York, Dining Car. 2:00 P. m. Daily, at MAIN STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Doswell, Ashland, Sleeping Car from New York. 5:52 P. m. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Doswell, Ashland, and in intermediate points. 7:13 P. m. Daily, at BYRD STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Doswell, Ashland, and Elba. Sleeping Car from New York to Washington. Dining Car. 8:40 P. m. Daily, at BYRD STREET STATION. Stops at local stations. Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Alen 10 29 P. M., Daily at MAIN STREET STATION. Florida and Metropolitan Limited. Stops at Alexandria, Frederickland and Ashland Sleeping Cars from New York. A car, Car, 11200 P. M., Except Sunday, at ELBASSTATION Accommodation from Ashland. 11-49 P. M., Except Sunday, at BYRD-STREET STATION, New York and Florida Special. Makes no stops. All Pullman Car. No extra fare, other than usual Pullman charge. Dining Car. W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. W. D. DUKE, E. T. D. MYERS, General Manager. President. SEABOARD AIR-LINE R. R. "Capital City Route" Short Line to Principal Cities of The South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, Reaching the Capitol of Six States. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT DEC. 1, '01. Trains Leave Richmond Daily—Main Street Station. 10:37 p. m. "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" for Petersburg, Henderson, Southern Pines, Columbia, Savannah, Sacksonville, Tampa, Miami, all points Southwest, Cuba and the West Indies. 10:37 p. m. "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" for Henderson, Raleigh, Camden, Southern Pines, Pinchurst, Athens, Atlanta, Montgomery, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis and all points South, South and 2:38 p. m. "Seaboard Fast Mail" for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Pine Hurst, all points in Florida, Alabama, Atlanta, Nassau, Memphis, and all points South and Southwest. 9:10 p. m., "Seaboard Express," Daily for Petersburg, Noralina, N.C., and all interstate stations. Connection at Noralina with train service at Henderson at 2:09 p. m., Raleigh, N.C., and Durham, N.C., 3:53 p. m., daily, except Sunday. 5:00 p. m., Petersburg and Petersburg Local," Daily, Petersburg and all interstate stations. 11:45 p. m., "Richmond and Petersburg Local" "except Sunday, Petersburg and Billings." Trains leave Richmond for Washington New York and the East daily. No. 34 at 6:45 a.m. and No. 38 at 3:12 p.m. and Jacksonville and Port Tampa for All Florida Eastern states, and Cuba, and Port Rico. At New Orleans for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND—DAILY. 6:35 p.m. | From all points South and South 3:05 p.m. | West. 8:30 a. m., Daily, except Sunday, from Petersburg (Local) CAR SERVICE Cafe Dining Cars will be operated in Trains Nos. 31 and 34 "Florida and Metropolitan Limited," between Hamlet, N. C., Savannah, Ga., and in Trains Nos. 32 and 33 "Atlanta Special," between Hamlet, N. C., Atlanta, Ga., Service a la Carte, Prices modern, goods handled but the freesthest and finest meats, vegetables, and staples served. in innovation, and will be found a great convenience. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE Nos. 37 and 34 "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" "Drawing Room Sleeping Cars and Tampa." Also Through Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta. Nos. 27 and 66 "Seaboard Post Mall," Through Drawing Room and Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Tampa, connecting at Hamlet with Sleeping Car to and from Atlanta, in connection with which Through Pulman Tickets are sold. Finest Day Coaches. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agt. 836 East Main Street J. M. BARR, 1st V.P. and G. M. R. E. L. PUGH, Portmouth, Va. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 a. m., NORFOLK LIMITED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 8:31 A. M.; Norfolk 11:20 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverly, and Suffolk. 9:05 a. m. Daily, Arrives Petersburg, 9:49 a. m. Weldon 11:30 a. M. Fairyetteville 4:25 a. M. Savannah 2:55 a. M. Jacksonville 8:29 a. M. Tampa 7:10 p. m. Connects at Wilson with No. 47, arriving at Goldsboro 3:25 Wilson 6:00 p. m. Pullman Sleeper New York 8:00 p. m. 11:55 a. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 12:35 p. m. Stops at Manchester Buff, Centralia and Chester on signal. 3:00 p. m. COEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives at Petersburg 3:30 P. M. Norfolk 5:20 p. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly, and Suffolk. 4:30 p. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 7:35 p. m. Rocky Mount 9:00 P. M. Makes all inter- mediate stops. 6:06 P M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m. Makes all stops. 17:38 P. M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIMITED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7:50 Eastern for Norfolk and intermediate for Yorkshire. Emporia 9:33 P. M. (Connects with Atlantic and Darville for stations between Emporia and Norfolk. Emporia 9:36 P. M. Fayetteville 12:32 A. M. Charleston 6:43 M. Savannah 9:6 A. M. Lunenburg 12:45 P. M. Port Tampa at 11:30 P. M. 9:10 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:55 P. M. Connects at Petersburg with Norfolk & Western Railway, arriving at Lynkne bury 2:39 A. M. Railway to Bristol 10:49 A. M. Pullmab Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:30 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A. M. 11:50 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL. Arrives Charleston 9:39 A. M., Savannah 10:39 A. M., St. Augustine 2:39 P. M., St. Augustine 4:30 P. M. 10:39 P. M. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 3:57 A. M. Daily. From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, and all points South. 6:30 A. Daily, except Monday. From Tampa St. Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston. 7:35 A. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynch- burg and the West. 8:48 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11:10 A. Daily, except Sunday. From Goldsboro and intermediate stations. Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Norfolk. 11:10 A. Sunday only. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:15 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Petersburg. 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Washington, Goldsboro, and all points South. 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 8:50 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynch- burg and West. T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. J. R. KENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMMERSON, General Passenger Agent C. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agt., 838 East Main Street. jan. 14. WANTED TO BUY FOR CAS Old Brass Fenders, Candle Stocks, old Pewter and Silver Plated Ware, old Blue Dishes and China Ware, and in fact, every thing old fashioned 219 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 12-7-1 Opening of Winter Tourist Season. The Southern Railway, which operates its own lines over the entire South and forms the important link in the great highway of travel between the North and South, Florida, Cuba, Mexico, the Pacific Coast and Central America, announces for the winter of 1901 and 1902 the most superb service ever offered. Its splendid regular service will be augmented by the Southern Palm Limited, a magnificent Pullman train, which will be operated between New York and St. Angustine, Florida. The Highway of Trade and Travel. The Southern Railway begs to call attention to its unequalled facilities for reaching all points in Florida, the South and Southwest. It is justly termed the representative railway of the South, the highway of trade and travel. Its important through connections, through car arrangements, complete dining car service, quick and convenient schedules, commends it to the traveling public. In addition to the many local trains operated by this progressive company, the following through limited trains are run daily: "The Washington and South western Limited," "The New York and Florida Express," "The United States Fast Mail," "The New York and Atlanta Express," "The Washington, Richmond and Florida Limited," "The Washington and Chattanooga Limited. The Southern's Palm Limited, formerly known as the New York and Florida Limited will be inaugurated early in January, 1902, and will run solid between New York and St. Augustine, Florida. All of these trains carry dining cars thus providing a great convenience and time-saver to the public. W. I. JOHN FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N. HACKS FO Orders by Telephone or Tele- pers and Entertainment Old 'Phone, 686, Residence W. I. JOHNSON. FUNERAL DIRECTOR-AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686. Residence in Building. New Phone, 48. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally situated under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Me Its two distinct military and uniform m place in the front ranks of all sacred institu tunity for active men. Deputies wanted i lodges. G. W. ALLEN Sug 846 W. 27th Street. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize lodges. Kindly address, "Land of the Sky." Asheville and Hot Springs, N. O., "The Queen of Resorts" offers to the pleasure seeker the charms of a mild and delightful climate, and a scenic vista of unparalleled beauty, and to the invalid, balmy breezes redolent of renewed health and strength. Excursion tickets on sale daily via Southern Railway at greatly reduced rates. Double daily limited train service, consisting of elegant day coaches, Pullmans and dining cars. Call on any agent or representative of the Southern Railway for a complete "Winter Homes" folder. The Greatest of All—The "Southern Railway." The winter Schedules and through car arrangements of the Southern Railway for the approaching season will be superior in many respects to the splendid service heretofore offered by this system. It has through cars to almost every important point in the South and Southwest, and by means of its connection one can reach any and all points with perfect comfort. Its schedules are arranged to form all through connections, and with its complete dining car service an all through trains, proves a great time saver and convenience to the traveler. On Nov. 24th a through limited train between Washington, D. C. and Jacksonville, Fla. via Richmond will be added to this territory which will afford the very best service between Washington, Richmond and all points South. The train will be composed of Pullman Sleepers, Day coaches, and dining cars of the latest improved designs. With this new service one can leave Washington at 10:50 a. m. 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It is beautifully illustrated, the illustrations being accompanied by reading matter relative to the various health and pleasure resorts located in the Southland. In the booklet will be found an alphabetical list of Hotels and Boarding houses, location, proprietors, number of guests accommodated, and rates per day, week and month. The booklet is one of the most complete issues of its kind ever distributed. A copy may be had by asking any Southern Ry, Agent or representative. JHNSON. AND EMBALMER. M. Foushee St. Corner Broad. OR HIRE: Legraph filled. Wedding, Supp- pts promptly attended. In Building, New Phone, 48. OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD W. P. & F. K. of W. ization has been chartered and legally the laws and statute of the state of New purpose of uniting together all acceptable broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial andoral condition of humanity. wranks will secure for this organization a unions of modern events, a grand oppo in all sections of the country to organi ome Voyager, New York City. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va. MASTER and SLAVE By... T. H. THORPE Copyright, 1901, by T. H. Thorpe. WITH the line of Federal occupation extending along the east bank of the Mississippi from New Orleans to Vicksburg and the Confederate army of the transmississippi department hovering about the western and northern borders of Louisiana, the people of Avoyelles were in a state of insulation which made life harder day by day and at times appeared to mace even the very possibilities of existence. Commercial navigation of the rivers, on which they depended for much of their supplies, was stopped. A number of the largest planters had taken refuge with their slaves and animals in Texas and the Indian Territory. The scarcity of all staples of food and clothing increasing from month to month, labor was but poorly sustained and diminished crops were cultivated under formidable and multiplying difficulties. Medicines were a desideratum sorely needed. Privations and suffering were present actualities. Selfishness grew apace, community interests waned, social phases disappeared, and indifference to neighborhood concerns prevailed. And thus it was that, though a numerous cortege attended the obsequies of Mother Deshautelles, the doctress, who was found dead in her thronelike chair, with Egyptian cotton in her hands and an unfinished fillet in her lap, yet when Laure accepted the protection of Quillebert and became his housekeeper, an event which in normal times would have set the entire parish by the ears, the spirit of gossip and censure materialized now in mere shruggings of shoulders and shakings of heads. On returning to the cottage after the funeral Quillebert had said to her: "You cannot live here alone. Your father and I were friends. I am older than he would be if alive. Do not mind what these dolls about here may say. Look to your own interests. Come to my house. When this war is ended and I have finished the harvest it yields to me, I may go back to France to end my days. Perhaps we may then marry." And Laure had replied: "No; we will not marry then or ever, but I will go and keep your house. I have no knl here. It is nothing to me what the neighbors say. I can truly speak worse of them than they of me, and they know it. I am not beholden to any one and will make my way according to my own notions, not those of others." In the autumn of 1862 news percolated into Marksville and thence spread rapidly that a terrible battle had been fought near Perryville, in Kentucky, between divisions of the armies commanded by General Buell on the Union side and General Bragg on the Confederate and that Judge Taillleur and Horace Oakfell had been slain and left on the bloody field by their retreating comrades. For many months the report could not be verified or tested, communication with the army of the southwest being cut off by the Federal lines east of the Mississippi, but general credence was given to it. An added gloom settled upon the people. Father Grhe strove in vain to prevent these tidings from reaching Estelle. She staggered as if under a bludgeon's blow, but tears came not to her relief. Odette knelt beside her and repeated like a devotee telling beads: "There is no proof Mr. Horace is dead. Then, mistress, do not believe it." And by dint of her strange persistency she lodged a doubt in Estelle's mind, which brought her the consolation of a frail hope. "The obliging Yankee took the job off my hands so far as Oakfell was concerned." "I suppose," Laure commented, "Evariste will now think he can persuade Estelle Latolais to marry him and will speed his steps accordingly." "I hope so," said Quillebert, still pleased. "It would be a fit punishment for her, and my vengeance would be satisfied." "He shall not marry her," Laure exclaimed hotly. "And you shall not marry him," retorted Quillebert in sudden rage. "Let him say that, not you. My grandmother never used 'shall' or 'shall not' to me. Then do not waste your energy in laying commands upon me. You cannot steal my liberty as you did the negro jockey's." Laure's defiance was pronounced with such fire, contempt and insinuated threat that Quillebert qualled beneath her flashing eyes, and, swallowing the coarse retort that rose to his lips, he whistled a prolonged note of mock surprise and walked to the room where his treasure of brandy was stored. But he stiffly resolved that Evarliste should wed Estelle and in that connection took from his strong box a bundle of papers bearing the signature of Leonidas Latiolais. Selecting two, he read them carefully and tied them in a separate parcel, which he laid away by itself. To the curious Evariste's grief was evidenced by his self seclusion. For the space of a week he was not seen at the Lartiolais home, Quillebert's place or Dede's cabaret. He immured himself behind locked doors at "L'Esperance," and Mrs. Wyley saw him only at meals. She, good soul, was overwhelmed by sorrow. She could not trust herself to mention the dreadful rumor to Evariste, even to question its verity. But he, when alone, passed his time otherwise than in mourning. It was a busy week with him. He counted and recounted the money he had hoarded since his brother's departure, calculated over and over his gains CHAPTER XIV. THE BLIGHT OF WAR. And Laure had replied: from the contraband ventures exploited with Quillebert, scanned repeatedly the written obligations of old man Latolaiols which he had purchased from the Frenchman; but, though the effort involved the full measure of his strength, he refrained from opening the sealed envelope which Horace had delivered into his hand before marching to the dangers of battle. He contented himself for the present with the belief that it contained a disposition in his favor of all the Oakfell estate. The thoughts, schemes and resolves which occupied him during those seven days were such as consume or sear the soul, and he came forth with hardened countenance, compressed lips, cruel eyes and contracted brows. His first call was on Estelle, whose pale face and stricken look stirred his secret resentment. She greeted him sadly and almost weening, said: "Tell me, my friend, that you do not believe this awful news about your brother; that you have good reason to disbelieve it." "Alas,ademolseille," he replied, affecting a distress he did not feel, "I have no more reason for belief than the existence of the rumor and none for disbelief other than the absence of official or authoritative corroboration. I can only hope that Horace still lives." "God grant he lives! God grant he lives!" she murmured, sinking into a chair. "Amen to that," said Evariste solemnly. "But should the all wise God have decreed differently, I pray you, demolseille, to feel assured that you have in me a friend and protector as devoted and as brave as he, though not as gifted." "Yes, yes." She seemed to be speaking to herself without looking at her visitor. "He said so and bade me trust his brother. But God grant he lives! God grant he lives!" "Estelle, am I never to be regarded by you save as the suggestion of another man? Can you not see"—Her surprised and pained glance apprised him that he was betraying anger, and he checked the utterance of harsh words that sprang from his heart, for he knew his time was not yet ripe while a chance remained that Horace still survived. "Pardon me, mademoiselle," he added humbly. "My distress has made me a sick man, irritable beyond my power of self control. I will not come to you again until I am better." "I hope that will be soon," she said, giving him her hand. He next sought Dede's. Passing Quillebert's house, he was halted by Laure. "Your brother—is it true that he is dead?" she asked. "I do not know," he answered. "What do you believe?" "Nothing." "What does she believe?" pointing toward Estelle's home. "She mourns for him." "For a reason I will not state." "Do you know the reason?" he asked testily. "I do not. I sense it. I inherit that from my grandmother." "Bah. Laurel! That is nonsense, which you did not inherit from the doctress." "Have it your own way. But there is a second reason why you will not mourn." "What is that?" "Because you will not be sorry." "Do you not think you are overstepping the bounds?" "I have no bounds. I talk so because I know you. I have studied you, but I need not have done so, for I understand you without." "Well?" "You are in danger." "From whom?" "Yourself." "Then I am doomed, for I cannot escape from myself." And Evariste laughed at his poser. "But you can escape," Laure said, undisturbed. "How?" "Avoid Quillebert from this time on." "That would be inconvenient, though it would not break my heart." "And leave off your hopeless pursuit of that girl," again stretching her arm down the bayou, "for you shall never marry her." "Is that a threat?" he demanded. "It is a prophecy," she said, with a confident air. "I was not aware Cassandra survived Troy." "I do not know what you mean, but you know what I mean." "Well, I thank you," he said, gathering the reins of his bridle and raising his hat. "Unless you heed you shall have no cause to thank me." She kept her eyes fixed upon him until he disappeared behind the crest of the bayou bank, and then with all the intensity of her nature she exclaimed: "He shall come my way! I will it." Evariste continued to the cabaret and there found his two customary companions at their usual devotion to rum and cards. Quillebert was restive and hastened the intoxication and departure of old Latiolais, after which he drew his chair near to Evariste and said: "What are your plans now that your brother is dead?" "They are not definitely formed. I must have verification of this report." "But you believe it?" asked Quillebert. "I incline to." "If it prove true, what is your purpose toward Latiolais' granddaughter?" "I will marry her." "Yes, when I convince her she must in order to save her home and the old man's honor." Hes at the moment of my death. I give and bequeath unto Estelle Latolais, testament." "How will you do that?" How did you do that? "By means of the papers I bought from you and the two you still held, which I will buy also." "You mean the power of attorney and the order to cancel her mortgage upon his plantation?" "Yes." "How did you learn I had them?" "Never!" said Evariste, setting his teeth together determinately. "The papers are subject to your demand. Give me your hand." Quillebert said exultingly, adding as he chuckled, "Aha, my little Laure of the 'shall' and the 'shall not'." "What do you mean by that?" sharply asked Evariste, eyeing Quillebert suspiciously. "Oh, as you said just now, it is not necessary to explain," replied the latter, continuing his low, malevolent laugh. "We will await the confirmation of the news." And await they did, though impatiently enough, until two winters and springs had rolled by and fallen into the immeasurable and insatiate maw of the past. Though the battle of Perryville became a known historical fact, no list of the Confederate dead was obtainable, and no survivor returned to give the roll of the slain. Between Avoyelles and the dwindling army of the southwest lay the impassable Union line along the mighty river. But at length when this latter stretched to the western shore and beyond the region of middle Louisiana came the confirmation so devoutly wished. In rags and unshod, his right arm handless and his left leg from the knee gone, Valsin Moullot hobbled back to his old home, discharged as incapable of service. To eager listeners, many of them weeping, he recited what of the engagement he had seen, which was little, for he was in the heat of it. He told of the drought parched section of Kentucky, dusty and waterless, through which forced marches were made: how, east of Perryville, his retreating division was halted and formed for action under a broiling midday sun; how the warriors of both sides were famished for drink, while the only spring on the field lay in an apple orchard, on one side of which was a A "What do you mean by that?" low stone wall protecting a battalion of Illinois infantry. His wan face glowed as he described the charges of his company on this wall to uncover the spring. The first was under Captain Tailleur, who fell at the brink of the pool with a mine ball through his forehead. Lleutenant Oakfell led the second, received a murderous volley within 40 feet of the wall and bit the dust with Leon, the jockey, who had joined him at Corinth and followed him as body servant and cook of his mess. The third charge was about to be made under the leadership of Lleutenant Brulleton when a shell exploded in Valsin's face, and he knew no more until he recovered consciousness in a canvas covered wagon jolting through the passes of the Cumberland mountains to find himself minus a foot and a hand. He had lingered about the camps and hospitals until he was formally reported as unfit for duty, discharged and ordered to return home as best he could. His journey back was long, tedious and painful and now that it was accomplished appeared to him a hideous dream. When the doleful story of Valsin was carried to Estelle, she looked with streaming eyes far into the blue vault above and whispered: "Horace, hear me. Your voice called my love into being, and now my love is dead. No other voice than yours shall ever recall it to life." CHAPTER XV. NEVER had Evariste breathed so deeply and freely, never had his pulse beat so strongly, as after hearing Valsin, an eyewitness, rehearse the heroic fall of his brother. His spirit bounded; he felt his powers expand; he saw the path to the goal cleared. It was an effort to feign grief in the repetition of the story to tearful Mr. Wyley, but his acting was superb, and it sufficed to excuse hasty retirement to the privacy of his room and the request that no one should be permitted to disturb him. Tiptoing steps past the locked door and underneath the curtained windows testified the respect of the household for his sorrow. With hands unsteadied by the extreme of exultation he opened the small brass ribbed box of ebony in which the sealed envelope had lain since the day he had received it from Horace and promised to defend Estelle from harm. Drawing his chair into the subdued light which filtered through the window curtain, he broke the seal, took out the one sheet of paper and, unfolding it, read: PARISH OF AVOYLOLLA, LOUISIANA, May 6, 1861. I. Horace Oakell, of "L'Espérance" plantation, in the parish and state above written, of lawful age and without forced heirs, being of sound health both in mind and body, but knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and especially having in view the perils of war, into which I am about to enter, do make this will and testament in the clographic form. I give and bequeath unto my brother, Evariate Oakell, one-half of all my estate of whatsoever kind and wherever situated which I may pcs- I give and bequeath unto Estelle Latiolais, granddaughter of Leonidas Latiolais of the parish and state above written, the remainder of my cate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situated which I may possess at the moment of my death. I appoint my said brother, Evariate Oakley, sole catee of my estate to dispense him from giving bond, and I direct him to request of my estate by liceation within one year after probate and deliver to said Estelle Latiolais her share in gold money or its equivalent in interest bearing securities to be approved by the parish budge. This testament has been dated, written and signed by me on one sheet of paper on one writing. HORA OAKLEY. So intense was the shock he experienced from this perusal that his head fell forward, and for a moment his state was one of semiconsciousness. But rage, bitter, unspeakable rage, sent the blood surging hot from his heart. The veins of his neck and temples gorged; his face grew livid. Had he been of full physical habit he would have died in the tempest of wrath which burst within him. An hour he sat motionless except for the twitchings of his countenance, like those of an anesthetized patient under the surgeon's knife. But one thought was defined in his dazed, congested mind, and that took the form of an infinite, malignant curse upon the brother, who thwarted him even from his undiscoverable grave. Exhausted, weak as a child coming out of a catalytic spasm, he tottered across the room and fell panting upon his bed. The calmness of collapse came upon him, bringing a gradual return of connected thought. In his view Horace's malevolence to him was manifest. The purpose of the bequest of half the estate to Estelle was so to burden the conscience of the sentimental girl with a weight of gratitude to his memory that the bestowal of her hand to another would to her seem the basest of crimes. He had sought to make her life one of virgin widowhood or religious seclusion. The plain animus was to baffle the suit which he anticipated that Evariste would press. The latter would not admit that his passion was unknown to Horace. How was this stroke to be parried? Now, if ever, was the crisis out of which his boasted cunning, the gift of his Latin ancestors, should bear him victorious. What was this weapon used against his life's life? What was the character of an olographic will? What was his status without the will, no living person but himself having seen it? He dared not consult a lawyer. No one of the craft known to him possessed the degree of secretiveness to invite his trust. Rising and borrowing strength from a decanter of brandy, he took down the civil code of Louisiana and, turning over the leaves, every one of which bore the pen notes and thumb marks of his brother, rested his eyes upon these lines: Article 1681. The olographic testament is that which is written by the testator himself. In order to be valid it must be entirely written, dated and signed by the testator, subject to no other form and may be made anywhere, even out of the state. Article 1684. The olographic testament shall be paged if he be sealed, and it must be acknowledged and proved by the declaration of two credible persons, who must assert that they recognize the pen notes written, dated and signed in the testator's writing, as having often seen him write and sign during his lifetime. "The perfection of simplicity" Everiste muttered, "and from all the forms of testament allowed by the law he has deliberately selected this one for my discomfiture. Shall I suffer it to wreck my hopes? Shall I not strangle it before it sees the light? What would be the effect of that? Let me look further." Delving again into the code, he found that he, though only half brother, would have inherited the whole estate to the exclusion of other collateral heirs had Horace died intestate "Oh, Horace, you stupid American dolt," he solemnized glaringly, "to leave in my hands this cursed instrument of your ill will and expect me to turn it upon myself—to commit suicide with it! You never understood me. You never tried to understand me. It is too droll. Between me and success stands only this flimsy barrier, erected by a stolid mind, and away it vanishes in smoke!" He seized the will and struck a match, when he was startled by a sharp knock at his door. Throwing away the match and thrusting the will into his pocket, he demanded: "Who is there?" "It is I." Mrs. Wyley answered. "A letter has been brought by a messenger, who says an immediate answer is required." He opened the door and received the following note: Come to Dede's at once. Matters of importance require consideration and action now. QUILLEBERT. "Tell the messenger, please, that I will come," he said to Mrs. Wyley, and then to himself: "Perhaps this is fortunate. It may be well for me to breathe fresh air and get back to the normal, possibly to consult Quillebert, before taking steps which could never be retraced. He is an expert on all matters of this complexion." "I have news for you," said the later. "Tell it." "The Latiolais girl wants to become a nun." "She will forego that wish when I make her realize the consequences to her grandfather." "You are still resolved on that?" "More inflexibly than ever." "Then I have other news." "Tell it." "Your brother left a will." Evariste paled and exclaimed: "Who says so?" "Valsin Mouillot." "How does he know?" "Your brother told him he had left his will with you." A cold moisture bathed Evariste's brow. "Moreover, he made the same statement to the priest Grife the day before he went away. But neither of them knows its dispositions," continued Quillebert. "The people will expect you to produce it soon." "My God!" said Evariste, realizing the futility of denying the existence of the testament and his need of an adviser. "Your summons came in the nick of time to save me from ruin." "How so?" asked Quillebert. "I was on the point of burning the "Why?" "Because it divides the estate evenly between Estelle and me." "Honc!" grunted Quillebert. "Maybe that is an intimation of his wish that she should marry with you." "No. It was intended to make her his widow and fortify her against the duress I meant to apply through old Leonidas. She will never consent to become my wife if that will goes into effect." "You are right," Quillebert said after a moment's thought. "Where is the document?" "I have it here," replied Evariste. "Let me see it," Quillebert demanded. The testament was exhibited. Quillebert read it slowly and deliberately, with half closed eyes and knit brows. A man in a coat is holding a camera up to his face, while a woman sits at a desk in the background. For an hour he labored thus. proof that his genius was actively working. Looking up without raising his head, he said: "Who has seen this besides yourself?" "No one but you." "Are you sure?" "Yes. It has been locked in my desk since Horace gave it to me, and the key has never been out of my possession." "Honc!" Quillebert stretched himself to a half reclining position, thrust his hands deep into his pocket and, with his eyes riveted upon the will, plunged into a cogitation so profound and apparently so forceful that it seemed a bodily action instead of an intellectual operation. This silent function was prolonged, and Evariste became impatient, though he dared not disturb it. Suddenly Quillebert rose, drew from his pocket a number of letters, and, tearing from one a blank page of thin French made paper he took up the will, turned the key in the door and walked to the rear end of the room where a single window let in the light from the west. Finding pen and ink on the wide mantel, he placed them on the window ledge. "What are you doing?" asked Evariste. "Stay where you are." Quillebert replied. He spread the will against the dirty window pane, illuminated by the almost vertical rays of the evening sun and over it the page of transient paper. With slow movement he plied the pen, stopping at intervals to rest his hand and wrist, and for an hour labored thus, uttering never a word. Then, emitting a sattled snort, he removed the two sheets from the glass and, laying them before Evariste, said: "How does that strike you?" Evariste was amazed and exclaimed admirably: "You certainly are a master. Constant." "But you can improve on that. Your fingers and wrist are more supple and steady than mine. Only take time and be careful." And Quilllebert drew the thin sheet toward him and lit a match. "Don't do that. Give it to me," Evariste cried. "No, no," his companion answered, with a sapient grin. "This is mine. You have the suggestion." And, touching the flame to it, he turned the burning paper with his fingers until every part was converted to ashes, which he crumbled with his hand and stirred with those in the huge fireplace. For many days Evarialiste remained on the plantation. His reticence and thoughtful mien were taken for sorrowing. Much of this time was spent in his room. He aged visibly. The poignancy of his grief was attested. A month later, wearing on his hat a band of black, he sought audience of Father Grhe, who received him with courtesy, but not with warmth, briefly speaking the expected words of condolence. "Father," he said, "my dear, generous brother left with me a sealed envelope instructing me to open it on learning of his death. I have just done so and found it to be his last will and testament in the olographic form. Here it is. Kindly read it and say whether you recognize the handwriting to be entirely his, for I know you have often seen him write and sign during his lifetime." He had got by rote the very wording of the code's formula. The priest carefully studied the paper, throwing now and then a searching glance upon the subdued countenance of his visitor, and said: "Yes, I recognize the writing to be that of your brother." "You will so testify in court, father?" "I must, if called." His tone implied reluctance. "You were one of his closest and most highly esteemed friends and for that reason, father, I deem it meet and desirable that you should be one of the witnesses to prove his testament." "Be it so," said the good man, though he plausely wished the request had not been made. Evariste now sought Noreau, the old time clerk of court, and, putting to him the same interrogatories, received the like responses. And in due course, on proof of handwriting delivered by Father Gre and Lucien Noreau and of death made by Valsin Mouillot, the parish judge attached his parapath and ordered to be executed "in all its parts and particulars" the following instrument propounded by Evariste as the last will End testament of Horace Oakfell: PARISH OF AVOFTERLE, LOUISIANA, May 6, 1891. I. Horace Oakfell of "L'Esperance" plantation, in the parish and state about his age, and without forced heirs, of sound health both in mind and body, but knowing the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time thereof and especially having in view the perils of war, into which I am about to enter, do make my last will and testament in the dioclear form. I give and bequeath unto my brother, Evariste Oakfell, all my estate of whatsoever kind and wheresoever situated which I may possess at the moment of my death. I appoint my brother, Evariste Oakfell, sole executor of this testament and dispense him from gift bond. This testament has been dated, written and signed by me on one sheet of paper at one writing. Horace Oakfell. Receiving the letters testamentary sealed with seal of the court, his warrant of dominion over all the Oakfell fortune. Evariste proudly traversed the parish, returning to "L'Esperance" as its master. "Ah, Horace," to blimself he said, "in your narrow bed beneath the apple trees do you dream? Can you see your mean craftiness made a stepping stone to my will? Do you now believe that I am fit for neither law nor politics? O wise Horace, do you not know that success is the only thing worth striving for; with that it I rise in my own esteem and advance in the respect of my fellow men? Do you not understand the difference between your arrogant daring and my patient courage? Have you visions, sleeping hero? Behold this one. The beautiful, melting Estelle is no longer a virgin widow. Her sweet, blushing face is under the bridal veil. Rouse yourself, dear brother, and be present at the marriage fee." "I will," said a voice, which froze his blood and caused him to reel in his saddle. "I will send a squad with the corporal to guard the cotton," continued the voice, and, looking around, he saw and saluted two officers of the Union forces passing behind him on the crossroad to Coudé de Francais. [TO BE CONTINUED.] Soft Answer That Failed. "And always remember this, my son," said the man who was trying to give his boy a proper start in life, "that 'a soft answer turneth away wrath." "No, it don't," little Willie replied. "Day before yesterday at school I had Charley Jameson nearly scared to death, but I gave him a soft answer, and that made him think I was afraid, so he got mad and hit me on the nose before I knew about it. You don't get me to go givin' any more soft answers. A good big bluff's the thing to fire at them if you want to turn away wrath."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Race Horse. His speed is not surprising. In a minute you will find He will run off with the money That it took a week to get. —Washington Star. Hubby—What are you going to get me for Christmas? Wifey—How much are you going to give me to spend?—Syracuse Herald Winter Pest We could maul him with a cane. The man who never shuts the door. -Chicago Daily News. Already Considered. "Do you not feel that you would like to serve your country so as to be honored in song and story?" "I have already had that distinction," rejoined Senator Sorghum, rather stiffly; "I guess I have been mentioned in as many comic songs and amusing anecdotes as any other man in the country."—Washington Star. Practice Makes Perfect Angela (to whom Edgar has been proposing)—Tell me, Edgar! Did you ever say anything like this to any woman before? Edgar (in a burst of honesty)—My dear girl, do you think that it could be done like that the first time?—Tit-Bits. Willing to Compromise "I think," said the amateur palmist, slanting the maiden's hand toward the light, in order to see the lines more plainly—"I think you are going to be married twice." "Oh, dear," she said, "can't you just cut off the think and make it a dead sure once?"—Chicago Record-Herald. He Didn't Want to Say. "They say," began Mrs. Twitters, "that there is a fool in every family Do you believe it, Mr. Saunders?" "Well, er—I hardly know," stammered Saunders. "You see, I am the only member of our family."—Town Topics. Indefinite Instructions. Lady (to clerk in clothing store)—I want a pair of trousers for my husband. Clerk—What size, madam? Lady—I don't know the size, but he wears a 15 collar—Smart Set. No Favoritism "Please, ma'am," said the boy who had been absent, "I was kidnapped." "That is no excuse," replied the teacher. "I cannot allow you liberties simply because your parents happen to be rich." "Town Topics" Willie's Definition Wille (at his lessons)—Say, pa, what's a fortification? Pa—A fortification, my son, is a large fort. Willie—Then is a ratification a large rat?—N. Y. Tribune. TRAVELS OF A CAT. "Barney," Born at Sea. Has Sailed Many Voyages and Was Rescued from a Shipwreck. "Barney" is the name of a remarkable cat, the property of Capt. O. W. Look, of Jonesport, Me. Barney was on the schooner E. I. White, which was wrecked off the Bahama islands a few weeks ago, and was saved and brought to Mansfield by Edward Wilson, steward of the boat, and shipped to Jonesport, where she will spend the winter with her mistress, the wife of Capt. Cook, going to sea again as soon as opportunity offers. She was born on the ocean on board the schooner 4½ years ago, and has always been to sea. The picture was taken on the voyage from the Canary islands to Barb BARNEY ON HIS TRAVELS. does. She has been to most all the West India islands, South America and several southern ports. Twice in midocean has Capt. Look hove the vessel to and rescued her, she having fallen overboard, once from the spanker boom and once from the tafraill. In speaking of the cat Mr. Wilson said to a Boston Globe reporter: "‘Barney’ was the strangest acting cat I ever saw. She would not allow any cats or dogs to come aboard the boat while in port. She was what might be termed the monarch of all she surveyed. “If we passed a steamboat at sea and the whistle was blown, ‘Barney’ would at once seek a hiding place. So frightened was she that at times she would remain in hiding two or more days. “She is a great bird catcher, a fine mouser and will tackle a rat as large as herself.” TALK OF THE LODGE. It Made Such an Impression That the Member Repeated It Partly in His Sleep. Out in Kansas there are a good many Swedes, and very exemplary citizens they make. One of these representatives of this state's foreign population stayed out late one night and at breakfast the next morning his good wife Huldah demanded an explanation. "Where were you last night?" she asked in a before-breakfast tone of voice. "Ve haf a special meetin' of te lodge, Huldah, an' everything for te gute of te order." "Last night you were talking in your sleep and you said something about two-cent limit. What did you mean?" "O. das var nodder faller's fault. Hac var talkin' 'bout raisin' te assessment an' das mek me hot." "WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT!" "And you said you 'was in.' What did that mean?" "Vell, et meant dot Aye var member an' hayoust so mutch to say as any-body." "When you said: 'I'll open it,' what did you mean?" "Some feller could not get onto the door, Aye tank. You see, dear vife, et is lock all tem." "Once or twice I heard you say: 'It's a showdown.' What does that mean?" "Huldah, Aye haf no right to tal yeng outside of te lodge, but Aye vill tal ye dis: Das means in lodge language: 'God bless mae home.'" First of Canal Locks. The first canal lock built in America is preserved as a relic near the present site of the Soo canal. It was built by the Northwestern Fur company in 1736. It is 38 feet long and eight feet nine inches wide. It had a lift of nine feet and a depth of 3½ feet. During the war of 1812 it was badly wrecked. The early day fur companies used this little water way to lock down their small cargoes of valuable furs. Oldest City in the World. So ancient is the city of Damascus, in Syria, that there is no record of its origin in any written histories. Country Sense. Farmer A, of Mountainville—How much did you get for ver ters? much and you get too yer lates? Farmer B. of Por: Jervis—Wahl. I didn't get as much as I expected and I didn't expect I would—Harlen Lep. Only a Question of Time Mrs. Benham—The doctor says mother's illness has not yet rea a serious stare. Benham—Well, I propose to wait—Town Topics. THE PLANET published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, Jr., at 311 North 4th Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. TERMS IN ADVANCE. ADVERTISING RATES There are FOUR WAYS by which money can be by mail at our risk. — In a Post Office Monetary Money Order, and when none of these can be procured, in a Registered Letter. MONEY ORDERS. — You can buy a Money Order at your Post Office, payable at the Richmond Post Office, and we will be responsible for its delivery. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS can be obtained at the office of the American Express Co., the United States Express Co., and the Well Fearn's Company. EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS are possible for money sent by any of these companies. 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The fact that the man who assaulted Mrs. Burruss had his face and even his hands covered with the skins of rabbits makes it impossible for her to identify him or even tell whether he was a white man or a Negro. Efforts, however, to unearth the villain are being vigorously prosecuted. Indignation is high and the people are so much aroused that it would be hard to prevent a lynching if the man were fully identified. The Governor will be asked to offer a reward and detectives will be employed. The case bears a strong and striking resemblance in many respects to the Webber case in Lynchburg, which resulted in the hanging of Joe Higginbotham, and to the Faust murder case in Lunenburg, in which no definite results have been obtained. While Mrs. Burress is alive—indeed, is not badly hurt—she is prostrated from her terrible experience and is responding very slowly from the nervous shock. Like Mrs. Faust, she was alone in the country. Like Mrs. Webber, she was brutally overpowered and her throat threatened with a knife. With desperation, she knocked that cruel weapon out of the hand of the savage brute, cutting her hand in doing so. As the knife flew from his grasp the sounded kicked her with his heavy boots and been satisfied to leave her unconscious on the floor, he proceeded to his other crime of robbing the house, broke open the bureau with a hatchet and secured the $33 in cash stored therein, leaving the beaten and fainting woman nearer dead than alive, where as long as she had strength and breath she fought to defend her own person and the property of her husband. It would appear that the man knew the lay of the house and prepared his plans to take the opportunity, which he expected. He came from the rear, where he could not be seen, came through a window in the dining-room and sprang suddenly in the bed-room, where Mrs. Burruss was cleaning up for the day. Masked and gloved in rabbit skins, the powerful man, without answer to her screams, grabbed her throat, and though she fought with desperation she was helpless in his hands. Mrs. Burruss is yet bruised and sore from the brutal blows of the merciless soundel." low transpires that further than fact that some money was stolen in the house that there is not one of truth in the report. one persons in the neighborhood that that the money was stolen. comment is unnecessary. After becoming terribly mixed in the shed. ANOTHER EFFORT TO HINDER US ANOTHER EFFORT TO HINDER US. Mr. CATON of Alexandria seems to be suffering from a severe attack of Negrophobia. He offered a bill providing separate street-cars for white and colored persons and his measure is unpopularly known as the "Jim Crow" street car bill. All of the street-car interests in the state combined and fought the proposition n. The result is that a compromise was effected and the Committee on Roads has unanimously reported a bill providing that the conductor shall assign seats to passengers and as far as possible keep the races separate. How this is to be done in an open street-car is a proposition which would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer. In other words, the legislation upon the subject with which these Negro-haters intend to encumber our statute books enables the street-car companies to do as they please about the matter. It is unfortunate that race prejudice has become so rampant that it is deemed necessary to yield even in this respect to the prejudice. Viewed from any stand-point, the measure is an abomination, although the colored folks of Virginia "do not care a fig" as to what these people do. They have unified and trampled upon their own laws. They have usurped the power of the people. They have oppressed as in every conceivable fashion until they are well-night ready to order us off the face of the earth. Well, we don't propose to get off. We shall protest and protest. We shall agitate and agitate. We shall never willingly submit; but wait for that time when the funeral director comes around to these Negro-haters doors and carry them out to the surface of the earth where they will be placed on a level with the Negroes, who have died before, while their souls will take its flight to the realms that know no racial discrimination, for the hell-fire of the wicked destroys all colors, so it is said and the voice of the white man is similar in every respect to that of the much despised Negroes. Let us take courage. On with your 'Jim Crow' Cars! On with your acts of oppression! The Negro, proud of his manhood, defiant in his courage, and powerful in the possession of true religion, will be with you to the end. Poilite and progressive, determined and aggressive, he will yet win a place in the history of the world and emblazon his name in the Temple of Fame, unmarred by the persecution to which he is now being subjected. DAMAGE AT ALLENTOWN $600,000 Will Hardly Cover Loss—In the Bothelems. Allentown, Pa., March 3.—Six hundred thousand dollars will hardly cover the loss sustained by Friday's freshet. No accurate estimate can be made until the debris and rubbish are cleared away. Valuable machines are literally covered with mud. Until these are cleaned up no figures on the loss can be given out. There were in all about 40 firms and manufacturing establishments that suffered losses ranging from $1,000 to $45,000. Besides there were fully two hundred families whose furniture was ruined. In most instances these are poor people upon whom the loss is a great hardship. 400 Homes Inundated. Bethlehem, Pa., March 3. — More than 400 families in the Bethlehem whose homes were inundated with the high water of the flood are now busy in getting their residences in shape. The devastation of the high water made it more extensive than was at first estimated. It will run to nearly $300,000. It may take a month before all the departments of the Bethlehem Steel and New Jersey Zinc companies plants are in good running order. CAN CURE CONSUMPTION Dr. Flick Tells Jersey Legislators Disease Can Be Wiped Out in 15 Years. Trenton, N. J., March 4.—The house committee on public health gave a hearing on the bill to establish a state home for consumptives. There was a large array of physicians from all parts of the state to advocate the bill. The principal speaker was Dr. Lawrence Flick, president of the Free Hospital for Consumptives at Philadelphia. Dr. Flick said that consumption could be cured. There are in the United States, he said, from 300,000 to 400,000 people afflicted with the disease, and the deaths from consumption reached 150,000 a year. He expressed the opinion that if $400,000,000 could be secured the disease could be entirely wiped out in 15 years. He stated that in Philadelphia since 1884, when the people began to be instructed in the treatment of consumption, the death rate from the disease had fallen off 33 per cent. In the last few years the consumption death rate in London has been reduced 50 per cent. Dr. Flick explained that the method used in the treatment of consumption to effect a cure was forced feeding, plenty of air and exercise. ACETYLENE WRECKS BUILDING Two Dead In Terrific Explosion at a Reading Music Store. Reading, Pa., March 3.—At 10 o'clock last night a terrific explosion occurred in the four-story music store of C. H Lichty The building at once completely collapsed This was followed by the adjoining three-story brick umbrella factory of Mrs. Mary Rolland. Both buildings and contents were destroyed. A number of persons were in the buildings, but they were all accounted for except Mrs. Rolland and a friend, who called to spend the evening. The explosion is said to have been due to acetylene gas, manufactured by a local company, of which Mr. Lichty was president. The building was filled with musical instruments. The total loss is $250,000. Many of the total loss will be about $250,000. Half a dozen people were serious buildings were badly damaged. The scene of the explosion was in the centre of the city and aroused every body within its limits. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SLAVERY IN PHILIPPINES SLAVERY IN PHILIPPINES Governor Taft Declares They Will Resist Efforts to Free Them. THERE IS NOT MUCH CRUELTY Men, Women and Children Are Slaves For Debt, and If We Attempted to End Slavery They Would Probably Turn Their Guns Against Us. Washington, March 5.—The extent of slavery in the Philippines was discussed by Governor Taft before the house insular committee yesterday in response to questions by members. He said slavery was confined to the southern Moro Islands. The investigation made by Governor Taft and his associates had brought out that the slaves included men, women and children, who were slaves for debt, according to the statements made by the datos. The slaves could buy their Liberty, but until this was done the condition ran from generation to generation. The slaves were members of the family and the relation was comparatively mild, if it was possible to consider any form of slavery as mild. Governor Taft said Dato Mandi had already abolished slavery by decree. How effective this was could not be stated. The civil authorities had never recognized slavery in any way, he said, and the military had always released slaves. But the slaves did not understand the advantage of liberty, and Governor Taft said that if we attempted to end slavery by force we would probably find the slaves turning their guns against us. The influence of the United States was, however, growing stronger and stronger for the eradication of slavery. Although our wishes had been made known, yet neither the civil or military authorities had said slavery must cease or war would be made. Representative Patterson, of Tennessee asked the number of slaves. Governor Taft replied that he and his associates had sought to learn the number, with the idea that we might buy them and avert an exercise of force. But when the natives learned this they all represented themselves as slaves. The governor estimated about one-fourth of this southern population as slaves, or from 250,000 to 300,000 in a population of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000. When asked how many sultans there were, Governor Taft answered that sultans and datos were as numerous as barons in Germany or justices of the peace in the United States. In reply to a question by Mr. Patterson, Governor Statford stated that the slaves were punished by their masters, and whipping was not unknown to them, although there was little severity. The slaves were subjected to sale, but he did not know of any separating of mothers from their children. PRINCE HENRY AT MILWAUKEE Milwaukee, March 5—Milwaukee was host to Prince Henry of Prussia for six hours last evening, and gave him a reception that was highly enthusiastic and entertainment that was unique. His special train came at 4 o'clock, and at 10 o'clock was away again on the long run to Niagara and New England. The intervening time was all given over to the reception and entertainment of the royal visitor. It began with a drive through the business and residential districts in review before a crowd that numbered 200,000. Then there was a public reception, at which Governor Robert La Follette and Mayor David S. Rose voiced the official welcomes, and the United Singing Societies raised their voices in mighty chorus. There was also a splendid illumination and a thrilling night run of the Milwaukee fire department. Later there was a banquet, at which the prince met the leading citizens of the city and state. The thousands of German citizens of Milwaukee joined heartily in the welcome of the young prince, to whose house they once owed allegiance, and veterans of the German wars gathered from throughout the state. The fire run followed the reception, and it made a spectacle which was most novel and exciting. Thirty-two companies raced for a mile at high speed. They ran two abreast and 200 feet apart. Darkness had come, and the engine lights made the picture all the more inspiring. Another Colliery For Reading Co. Shamokin, Pa., March 5.—The Royal Oak colliery, employing 300 men and boys, indefinitely passed into the control of the Philadelphia and Rading Coal and Iron company yesterday. The plant up to last week was operated by a company composed of Scranton and Wilkesbarre capitalists, when the sheriff closed down the operations at the instigation of Scranton creditors Checks Stolen From Mail Bag Shucks Grown From Main Bag. Youngstown, O, March 5.—A mail bag containing invoices and checks of the American Steel Hoop company amounting to $20,000, which had been lost at the Lake Shore station, was found in a box car in the Lake Shore yard yesterday. The letters had been opened and the checks taken. Payment has been stopped. Two Drowned While Sailing. Atlantic City, N. J., March 5.—Enoch Townsend, of Linwood, and a Portuguese named John Gonzales were capsized while sailing in Great Egg Harbor Inlet yesterday afternoon off Ocean City and were drowned. The boat went over in a puff of wind and sank before help could reach the men. THE FLOOD IN JERSEY Passalo River Has Fallen and the Worst Is Over. Paterson, N. J., March 4.—The great flood that has inundated a large part of the mill section of Paterson, subsided, and it is believed that the worst is over. The damage was very great. It is estimated that the loss wrought by the flood is as large as that by the fire, while it is stated there is little or no insurance to cover it. Many more families have been rendered homeless by the flood than were made so by the fire. The work of getting those imprisoned in the upper stories of houses in the flooded district went on yesterday. Those who refused to be taken out in boats were supplied with food and other needed articles. At the armory the scene resembles that on the day after the fire. All the cemeteries are flooded and all burials have had to be postponed. Ar rangements are being made to use the old vaults in the abandoned Sandy Hill Cemetery for the storage of bodies. Passalc, N. J., March 4.—Six unknown men were drowned at Outwater bridge, two miles from Passalc. They were trying to keep-debris from the structure, which was weak, when a heavy flow of water struck the bridge and carried it away. The men cried for help, but no one could save them. In the Dundee district, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth streets have been deserted. This is the thickly settled section of the city, and all the families living there have been driven from their homes. It is said that in Wallington at least 300 houses have been made uninhabitable. Business in Passalc is at a standstill. The newspapers have been compelled to shut down owing to lack of gas and electricity, and for the same reason many stores are closed. RIOTING AT NOREOLK Mob of Strike Sympathizers Had Things Their Own Wav. Norfolk, Va. March 5.—A mob of 5,000 strike sympathizers thronged the streets of Norfolk yesterday, on which the main line of the Norfolk Railway and Light company runs, and the police were unable to cope with it. From noon until after dark, when the cars, which were guarded by detachments of militia, had run with difficulty all day, were housed in the barns, the mob had things its own way in the city. In the country, where the barns are, the military was in control of the situation. Cars were repeatedly derailed, wagon loads of stones were piled on the tracks and free fights between the military guards and the crowd occurred during the day at frequent intervals. In one of these a sergeant ran a bayonet into the arm of H. Harmansef. Mrs. Harmansef was standing by her husband at the time. She knocked the sergeant to the ground with both fists, and discolored the face of Lieutenant E. R. Gale, who was near her, with a well-directed blow. Several soldiers were hit by bricks and other missiles thrown through the windows of the cars. A number of arrests have been made both by the officers and military. A conference was held by Mayor Beaman, Police Chief Veltines, Colonel Higgins, commanding the Seventy-first regiment, eight companies of which are in service, relative to placing the city under martial law. There is no settlement of the strike in sight, both sides standing by their first positions. Public sympathy is with the strikers, because it is generally considered that the men, who were getting a maximum of 17 cents an hour for a nine-hour day, were underpaid. LONG'S SUCCESSOR William H. Moody, of Massachusetts, May Become Secretary of the Navy. Washington, March 5.—Prominent among the list of possibilities to fill the vacancy to be caused by Secretary Long's retirement from the cabinet, is the name of William Henry Moody, a Republican representative from the Sixth district of Massachusetts, and said to be connected by marriage with Senator Lodge. Mr. Moody is 49 years old, a graduate of Harvard, a lawyer by profession, and has served three consecutive terms in congress, where he has attained some of the most influential committee assignments. To Expedite the Merger Suit To Expedite the Merger Suit. New York, March 5.—It is understood here that an agreement has been made between Attorney General Knox and the Northern Securities Company to expedite the proposed action against the company. The attorney general will bring suit immediately and will apply for an injunction. In this manner the case may be disposed of within a month or six weeks. The Securities Company officials are satisfied, it is said, that their legal position is sound, and it is on their suggestion that the case will be expedited. Twenty Years For Assault Media, Pa., March 5.—Albert Morris and William Paxson, two of the three colored men who were convicted of assaulting Thomas J. Martin, proprietor of the Steamboat Hotel, in Chester, were yesterday sentenced to 19 and 20 years, respectively, in the eastern penitentiary. Judge Johnson, in imposing sentence, said to Morris that he was not quite as bad as Paxson. The trial of James Pratt, the third man, was continued until next term. New Jersey Official Resigns. Trenton, N. J., March 5.—Thomas R. Watson, assistant custodian of the State House, resigned yesterday. It is practically decided that his place will go to William H. Meseroll, the present document clerk of the State House. Government Buys Bonds Washington, March 5.—The secretary of the treasury yesterday purchased $1,000,000 short 4 per cent. bonds, which makes the total purchased since July 1, 1901, $51,356,420, of all denominations, at a cost of $84,908,622. Counterfeiters In Southern Prison. Atlanta, Ga., March 5.—William L. Jacobs, William Kendig and Thomas J. Stewart, the Philadelphia counterfeiters, have been placed in the Atlanta federal prison to finish their terms of imprisonment. King Abandons Visit to Ireland London, March 5.—It is reported that the projected visit to Ireland of King Edward has been abandoned on account, it is understood, of the aggressive action of the United Irish League. WE TRUST YOU AND SEND OUR GOODS TO YOU ON CREDIT. We Pay all the Express Charges. GENTLEMEN.—I hereby apply for the Agency for IRONAL, the great natural remedy. Please send me at once by Express two dozen packages of IRONAL (24). These I agree to sell for 25c, each, or $6.00 in all. I will send you $3.00 and keep $0.00 for my trouble. The Ironal Co. is to pay the express charges. If I cannot sell the goods, I will return them. BOERS' GREAT VICTORY BOERS' GREAT VICTORY Kitchener Reports 632 Killed or Captured at Voudonop. CHARGES CONFUSED BRITISH Boers Poured Heavy Rifle Fire Into Wagon Convoy and Stampeded the Mules, After Which They Repeatedly Charged the British Lines. London, March 4.—In a dispatch from Pretoria, dated yesterday, Lord Kitchener sends details of the disaster to the escort of the convoy of empty wagons at Vondonop, southwest of Klerksdorp, Transvaal Colony. The British casualties in killed, wounded and men made prisoners reach the total of 632. In addition the Boers captured two guns. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, who commanded the British force, reports that when his advance guard was within ten miles of Klerksdorp, during the fighting of February 25, the Boers opened a heavy rifle fire on the troops from the scrub. The burghers were driven off and the convoy resumed its march, when a more determined attack was made on the convoy's left flank, the Boers getting within a hundred yards and stamped the mules harnessed to a number of wagons. The attacking forces were again driven off. Next morning the rear guard was attacked by a strong force of Boers and, simultaneously, another body of Boers boldly charged the centre of the convoy and stamped the mules in all directions, throwing the escort into confusion, during which the Boers charged and re-charged, riding down the separated British units. Lieutenant Colonel Anderson adds that the strength of the Boers was estimated at from 1,200 to 1,700. Commandants Dolarey, Kemps, Celliers, Lemmer, Wolmerans and Potgieter were all present. Commandant Lemmer is said to have been killed. WAR ON PATENT MEDICINES Are Made From Bad Wristkey. Hazleton, Pa., March 5.—Proprietary medicines were yesterday placed under the ban by the East Pennsylvania Conference of the Evangelical Church, in session here. The resolutions condemning the use of the patient preparations were presented by the committee on sabbath and temperance, and their adoption was unanimous. The resolutions aver that "the government, instead of endeavoring to check the growth of the liquor evil, appears to be pandering to its interests; that unprincipled persons in order to get gain have conceived compounds or so-called "screw balls," 'specifies,' bitter, and the like, the base of which is all cold or often bad whiskey, which causes users to become addicted to strong drink," and that "as a curech we greatly deplore these conditions and pledge ourselves to the support of gospel temperance." The work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union was indorsed. Three Miners Killed Mount Pleasant, Pa., March 5.—Three miners employed at the Standard mine were instantly killed last evening in a mysterious manner. The men were on the cage, which was conveying them to the top, when suddenly they were seen by their companions to fall. A miner who was on the cage at the time said that one of the men had lost his holding, and in an endeavor to save himself pulled the other two miners with him. Alex Strebe was the only name of the victims that could be obtained. A son of Strebe came to Standard last evening from Europe, and arrived about the time of the death of his father. Botkin Appeal Dismissed Washington, March 4.—The appeal of Cordella Botkin, now serving a life sentence in the California state pententia, on the charge of murdering Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover, Del., by means of nolsoned candy sent to her throat, e mails, was dismissed Gives Instant Vigor. 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You will feel stronger and vigorous from the very start. in the United States supreme court yesterday by agreement of counsel on both sides. Attorney General Ward represented the state of Delaware in the matter. Considering Chinese Exclusion Bill. Washington, March 5.—The senate committee on immigration yesterday began executive consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill. The members will consider the measure with great care, and decided to take it up section by section. The opinion is expressed that several meetings will be necessary to complete the committee's work. Linemen Strike For Shorter Linemen Strike For Shorter Hours. Bethlehem, Ma., March 4—Ninety linemen employed between here and Easton by the telephone and telegraph companies struck yesterday for a nine-hour day and time and half time for Sundays when called out for over time. The strike was ordered from the union headquarters at Harrisburg. Atlantic City's Charter Amended. Trenton, N. J., March 5—The senate committee on municipal corporations, in the legislature yesterday, reported favorably the Atlantic City charter bill, after eliminating the section which gave to the municipal authorities of that city control of the punishment of Sunday liquor sellers. This is certainly a most generous offer and the following, taken from their daily mail, shows what men think of their generosity: "Dear Sirs—The results could not have been better. I noticed a warm feeling, as of returning life, an exquisite experience of renewed power, the first day I used your treatment, and I cannot withhold and expression of gratitude to you for having thus led me to the way of restoration, strength and vigor. Everything looks brighter; life offers more than I ever supposed it would, and nothing can be of more service to a weakened man than your priceless receipt." Gregg Retired As Captain. Gregg Retired As Captain. Washington, March 5.—The senate yesterday passed the bill authorizing the appointment and immediate retirement of David McMurtrie Gregg as a captain in the United States army, General David McMurtrie Gregg is one of the most distinguished veteran soldiers of Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point in 1855, when he was commissioned a lieutenant of dragoons, becoming a brigadier general in 1862. He commanded a division of cavalry in the Army of the Potomac, serving gallantly until the close of the war, when he resigned from the service. He was appointed United States consul at Prague in 1874, and was elected auditor general of Pennsylvania in 1890. Anarchists Annex the Government Anarchists Annoy the Government. Washington, March 5.—At the cabnet meeting yesterday a number of matters of minor importance were discussed. The receipt of anarchistic documents, mostly newspapers and pamphlets, by the treasury department, was talked of, and it was decided to bring the matter to the attention of the International Postal Union when it meets. These documents have been coming to the treasury department for many years, mostly to the customs division, but no attention has been paid to them until lately. E GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOOD Susquehanna River Broke Its Record For High Water. WRECK AND RUIN FOLLOWED Bridges Were Swept Away, Railroad Traffic Paralyzed, Hundreds of Families Rendered Homeless and Several Lives Were Lost. Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 3.—A heavy rainfall and rush of water from its upper tributaries caused the north branch of the Susquehanna river to rise rapidly. Sunday morning the gauge showed 31 feet 3 inches above low water mark, surpassing that of 165, which has always been known as a record breaker. The water was over the banks of the river from Pittston to Nantucket and resembled a vast lake. Nearly one-half of the city was under water. At West Moor, Fire Wood and Riverside nearly all the residents vacated their houses. The water had reached the first stories and was gradually going up to the second. Those who lingered too long had to be removed in boats. Two hundred families living in the lowlands in the town of Plymouth had to leave their houses hastily, the water covering the first floors and putting out the fires. At Nanticoke several houses were swept away by the rushing waters, and the people living in them had a narrow escape with their lives. Reports from the mines show that many of them were flooded, and it will take some days before they can be pumped out. Nine lives have been lost in the flood and the damage to property is estimated at $1,000,000. Bridge Destroyed at Harrisburg. Harrisburg, Pa., March 3.—The second and third piers of the famous old Camel Back bridge, on the Harrisburg side, were washed away by high water yesterday morning. The bridge was built in 1816, and was probably the oldest bridge across the Susquehanna river. Much damage has been done by the high water in and about Harrisburg. The Pennsylvania Steel works, at Steelton, and the iron and steel mills in South Harrisburg have been forced to close down on account of water in the flywheel pits. South Harrisburg was under water, and many of the families in that locality lived in the upper stories of their homes. About 200 persons sought safety in the school house at Lochiel. Safe Harbor Inundated. Lancaster, Pa., March 3.—The Susquehanna river has broken the flood record, being higher than at any time in its history. The ice was piled high at places and was within two feet of the bottom of the Pennsylvania railroad bridge. The great mass of ice jammed against the upper side of the bridge, towered from eight to ten feet above its floor. Loaded freight cars were run on the bridge to give it additional weight. The Conestoga emptied a great volume of water against the river gorge at Safe Harbor, and the back water covered that entire town to a depth of several feet. Residents moved to the second stories of their houses or fled to higher ground. Sunbury Was Flooded. Sunbury, Pa., March 3. A 13-foot flood in the Susquehanna river at this place threatened the town with serious damage. Back water had flooded the lower or central portion of the town to a depth of from four to six feet, and the residents were forced to seek shelter on the high lands, leaving their household effects to the mercy of the water. To protect their bridge which spans the Susquehanna river, the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company placed upon it a train of cars loaded with iron. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, February 27. Henry A. Taylor, of New York, was found guilty of conspiracy to bribe a jury at Grand Rapids, Mich. Henry G. Marquand, president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, died yesterday at his home in New York. William Garrison, foreman at Fitley's grain elevator, Camden, N. J., was caught between drilling cars and crushed to death. William Mullikin, a wealthy farmer of Keokuk, Ia., was killed by a bullet which came through a window and struck him in the head. The president has appointed ex- Congressman Myron McCord, of Wisconsin, as United States marshal of Arizona, in place of Benjamin Daniels, whose commission was revoked. Friday, February 28. Columbus, Ga., was deluged by rain last night, which washed away several bridges and did considerable damage. Two small sons of Shaderich Jackson, of Alexandria, Va., were burned to death in a fire which destroyed their home. There were four deaths and nine new cases of small-pox in New York yesterday and a crusade of vaccination was begun. O'Donovan Rossa, the celebrated Fenian agitator, is dying of blood poisoning at St. Francis' Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colo. Manager De Courseur, of the Leavenworth, Kan., Street Car company, was fined $20 for discharging an employee for belonging to a labor union. Saturday, March 4 John L. Mason, inventor of the Mason screw top fruit jar, died in a New York hospital. The cells in the Camden county jail were fumigated yesterday because of a case of small-pox discovered on Thursday. A bill will be introduced in the Virginia legislature to allow women to carry pistols, owing to many criminal assaults recently. The wholesale grocery establishment of L. C. Younger & Co., at Richmond, Va., was damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000. John H. Barnes, of Baltimore, conductor on the Royal Blue line, from Washington to Philadelphia, was arrested for embezzling tickets. Monday, March 3. The unemployed of Paris started rioting yesterday, when 11 policemen were injured and many arrests made. Fire yesterday destroyed the office and warehouse of the J. A. Case company, at Fargo, N. D., entailing a loss of $55,000. Charles W. Julius, aged 59, chief clerk in the engineer department, U. S. army, at New York, was found dead in his office. Robert Downs, of Clayton, N. J. was shot in the left eye by an air rifle in the hands of a boy. He will lose the sight of it. Lord Kitchener's name is mentioned in British military circles for promotion to field marshal to succeed Sir Neville Chamberlain. Tuesday, March 4. The census of New Foundland, which has just been completed, gives the population as 220,249. In a fit of jealousy, Anthony Berry, of Detroit, shot and killed Mrs. Sarah A. Thillman and then killed himself. Professor Frederick James Woodbridge has been appointed to the chair of philosophy of Columbia University, New York. Adjutant General Stewart, of Pennsylvania, who was injured in a runaway accident last August, resumed his duties yesterday. The five-story building of the Aste Press Printing Co., in New York, was wrecked by an explosion. A woman who jumped from a window was killed. Wednesday, March 5. Australia produced 4,333,681 ounces of gold last year. The Crescent Democratic Club, of Baltimore, Md., celebrated its 30th anniversary last evening. The Maryland senate passed a bill to authorize the admission of women as practicing lawyers in the state court. The United States senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of Benjamin B. Brown to be collector of customs at Erie, Pa. The United States cruiser Philadelphia sailed from Panama for Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she will show the American flag for the first time in several years. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., March 4—Flour steady; winter superfine, $2.65@.29;0 pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.25@.50;0 fourth steady; winter superfine, $2.65@.29;0 fourth steady; at $3.25@.35 per barrel steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania, red, $7.15; C corn steady; No. 2 yellow, local, $6.75; Cats were quiet; No. 2 white, clipped, $6.75; No. 1 timothy sold at $15@.15.00 for large bales. Beef steady; beef hams, 19.50@20.50. Pork firm; family, $19@ 15.00@20.50. Pork firm; 11%@12c for hens, and 6 per pound for old potatoes; poultry, at 11%@11c for choice fowls, and at $c. for old roosters. Butter steady; creamy, 30c. Eggs steady; and potatoeous, 27c per dozen. Potatoes were dull; eastern, 80@$3c. per bushel. Live Stock Markets. East Buffalo, N. Y., March 4—Cattle fairly active and 10 @15c, higher for fat shipping cattle; choice steers, $6.25 @6.40; good exports, $5.85 @6.10; veals @6.40; good hogs, $5 @6.75. Hogs active and higher for meat, $6.25 heavy, $6.55 @6.65; mixed and medium, $6.40 @6.50; pigs, $5.75 @8.00 roughs, $5.70 @6.10; stags, $4 @4.05 Lambs active and shade stronger; $6.55 @6.65; good, $4.25 @6.40. Ghee sheep firm; mixed to 8.00 culls to good, $2.25 @4.90; weathers $5.25 @6.50; yearlings, $5.50 @8.00 East Liberty, Pa., March 4—Cattle steady; choice, $6.40@6.50; prime, $6.20 steady; choice, $6.40@6.50; prime, $6.20 prime heavier; $6.50@6.85 dums, $7.55@6.85; heavy yorkers, $6.50 @6.60; light yorkers, $6.30@6.40; plugs $5.75@6.9; roughs, $5.6; Sheep steady, $5.75@6.9; roughs, $5.55@5.50; culls and common, $6.25@3.50; earlings, $5.75@ veal calves, $6.60@7 A Model Child Dickie—Pa, were you a gooder boy'n me when you were as little as me? Father—Yes, indeed, Dickie. I was always a very good boy; but somehow or other I had a great many serious and painful misunderstandings with my parents—Detroit Free Press. A Tribute These men who use enormous words- very frankly tell 'em I must know the wisdom shown in knowing how to spell 'em. -Washington Star. THE REASON WHY. Jack—it's no use; your father won't listen to me, and yet you assured me that he wanted to get you off his hands. Helen—Perhaps that's why he won't listen to you—Cincinnati Enquirer. That Was Easy "How," howled the labor agitator; "can a man keep a large family on eight dollars per week?" "Hungry," said a man who spoke confidently, as if from experience. Los Angeles Herald. The Seat of Happiness. She—But happiness comes from within. He—That's one very good reason why a man should not put too much rich food into his stomach going to bed. Yonkers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA ECHOES FROM AFAR Sewing cotton and pocketknives are the only British-made goods that now hold their own in Brazil. Britons otherwise sane have gone crazy on coronation names for their babes. Out of Edward and Alexandra one fond parent has manufactured Edal. From Louisa, Victoria and Maud, the names of the king's daughters, a zealous baronet has produced Louvima as the name for his own little girl. Divorce was established in Germany in 1875. From 1881 to 1885 the yearly number of divorces was about 8,000, while of late years it exceeds 10,000. In England divorce was established in 1857. During the years 1858-1862 the annual number was about 200; in 1894 about 550; in 1898 about 650. In Austria, where only non-Catholics can apply for a divorce, the number of demands for divorce increased 25 per cent. in four years, and in Belgium about 20 per cent. in four years. A great deal of interest centers in the cargo of blue gum timber which has arrived at Dover, England, from Australia, for the national harbor works. Most of the baulks, or sticks, as they are termed, weigh as much as ten tons each, and range between 100 and 200 feet long. This kind of timber has been chosen for piling work owing to the fact that it will not float, so that, in the exent of the piles being washed away in heavy gales they go to the bottom, and there is no danger of their ramming a ship like ordinary baulks of timber. IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE. Cocoanut is much used in Germany instead of cod liver oil for consumption. The silken thread is spun from two orifices in the nose of the silkworm, the two threads being united by a gelatinous substance. Animals are found to be subject to hypnotic influence. Lobsters, it is said, can be hypnotized by standing them on their heads five or ten minutes. David A. Nicoll, of Baltimore, Md., claims to have discovered the means of making glass soluble. By means of a chemical action he reduces it to a fluid state, when it can be applied with a brush like paint. In Hayt i a new species of tobacco has been produced by cross fertilization, which grows from five to seven feet in height, bearing a leaf 25 inches long by 15 in width. Three or even four cuttings can be made from one plant between November and March. The great majority of mosquitoes never taste either human blood nor that of any animal, not having the opportunity. They live upon vegetable juices and decomposing animal and vegetable matter, found in the localities where they are most numerous, and thus perform a valuable service as nature's scavengers. SCISSORS AND PASTE: In our last issue we had an article headed "A Mother Factory." This was a typographical error. It should have read "Another Factory."—Florence (Ala.) Times. A man in Wilkes county is now living peacefully with his fifth wife. Yet it seems that some of us hardluck victims can't even acquire the first one.—Linecolton (Ga.) News. A cow on Corn hill kicked the pump over yesterday and broke her leg. The cow must shuffle off this mortal coil, but the milkman hopes to be able to continue in business. He thinks he can repair the pump.—Easton (Me.) Democrat. Some time ago a young man in Worcester began using a quack mustache and whisker forcer. The family physician has at length succeeded in saving a portion of the upper lip, but the owner will never be able to pose as a society ornament.—Worcester (Mass.) Spy. IN THE ORIENT Constantinople, 2,260 miles away, is further from London than any other European capital. The material used in the great wall of China would build 160 such structures as the Pyramid of Cheops. Asiatic Turkey is to be rescued from semi-barbarism by the construction of $140,000,000 worth of railroads, one of which will run through Euphrates valley from end to end. The new roads will follow the old caravan routes, and they will touch all the principal cities and towns of Bibleland. The type of horseshoe common in the orient is a plate fitted so as to cover the entire bottom of the hoof, with a perforation in the center. The weight of the average horseshoe is three-quarters of a pound. The native smiths usually cut these plates from sheets of wrought iron, and rudely shape them for the purpose in view. CHAT ANDGOSSIP In the present United States senate are two each of Clarks, Fosters, Joneses, McLaurins and Platts. John M. Penniman, a patrolman on the police force in Boston, has been a police officer for 50 years. He is claimed to be the oldest policeman in the country. The City of Mexico recently honored the memory of the feminine patriot, Donna Josepha Oritz De Dominguez, by erecting a statue in her honor in the Plaza Santa Domingo. King Alphonso's coronation is to be commemorated by the issue of 13 new kinds of postage stamps, each of which is to bear the head of one of the 13 kings of the same name who have ruled over Spain. He Asked. 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Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to LITTLE TRUISMS. Men take less pains to be happy than to appear so. It is so easy for men to say one thing and think another. Mothers are the only goddesses in whom the whole world believes. A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told. There is a certain unguarded warmth that comes across a man now and then that drives etiquette out of his head—Chicago Journal A Sherlock in Skirts Mrs. A.—Why in the world do you leave that little puff of powder on your chin? Mrs. Z.—For my husband to blow off. You know he is such an observing man. Mrs. A.—Is there any reason why you should wish him to blow it off? Mrs. Z.—Yes, I can detect his breath. —Chicago Daily News. Took the Fusal Course "I am looking," said the stranger in the mining camp, "for a man of the name of William Jones. I have traced him here, but can get no further record of him." "The last time I saw Bill," spoke up a grizzled old fellow back of the stove, "he was thawing out a stick of dynamite."—Chicago Tribune. It Didn't Worry Him It was evident that the obedient little maid was troubled. "Mamma insists that I must not see you any more," she said, regretfully. The resourceful young man only smiled. "Well," he replied, carelessly, "if she is satisfied to have us meet in the dark, I am."—Brooklyn Eagle. A Sure Proof Mr. Newlyspliced — So the grocer told you how you could tell oleomargarine? That was good of him. Mrs. Newlyspliced—Wasn't it! He said any time I saw another grocer selling butter two cents cheaper than his I could be sure it was oleomargarine.—Brooklyn Eagle. Proof Enough He—What proof have I that you really love me? She—Proof! Did I not dance with you at the Astorbilt ball? "Yes, but I don't consider that any proof of affection." "You would if you knew how badly you dance."—N. Y. Weekly. That Reminded Him The other day, as two friends were talking together in the street, a donkey began to bray and wheeze and cough in a distressing manner. "What a cold that donkey has," said one of the men. "And by the way, that puts me in mind—how is your cough?"—Tit-Bits. PEOPLE AND EVENTS. It is said that President Roosevelt always shakes hands with the engineer of the railroad train on which he rides. John Clews, brother of Henry Clews, the banker, stamped a silver five-cent piece 46 years ago with the name and birth date of his son, John Clews, Jr., and at once disposed of the coin. One day recently, when his son received change after making a purchase, he found the stamped coin was a part of it. Rev. Dr. Henry Hopkins, the newly-elected president of Williams college, was appointed a field chaplain by President Lincoln before that office was created by law, and since the war he has been instrumental in securing considerable legislation for national soldiers' cemeteries. One of the most expert chauffeurs in Washington is Representative Joseph Sibley, of Pennsylvania. He has an automobile and each morning when congress is in session takes it up the avenue to the east front of the capitol, and then turns it over to an attendant. Mr. Sibley is so expert that he can cut figure eights and do other fancy stunts in steering the machine. A portrait of the wife and child of Benedict Arnold has just been hung in the rooms of the Pennsylvania Historical society. Mrs. Arnold followed her husband to England, and her son—the one shown in the picture—became a lieutenant general. Four of her descendants are in the British army. Twenty years ago Secretary John D. Long was governor of Massachusetts; Senator Cullom, governor of Illinois; Charles Foster, governor of Ohio; Gen. Lew Wallace, territorial governor of New Mexico; John C. Fremont, territorial governor of Arizona; John P. St. John, afterward temperance candidate for president, governor of Kansas, and John S. Pillsbury, governor of Minnesota. CURIOUS LITTLE TALES. Some Chinese medicine consisting of monkeys' toes boiled down and hardened by being buried underground for a number of years figured in a police court case at Shanghai recently. A convincing alibi was recently furnished by a man in France. He was charged with the murder of a girl at Nice, and he brought conclusive evidence to show that he was at that time committing a burglary at a hotel. Avalanches are so common in Switzerland that devices are now being made to control them. The Swiss form earthworks or entrenchments, which are pointed in such a fashion that avalanches coming in con- by your offer: make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to— BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. tact with them are split and so driven aside. A pretty story was told in a London paper the other day of a young man who, at an examination, drew such inspiration from a portrait of his fliance that he passed with flying colors. Unfortunately a correspondent has now told the sequel, the back of the photograph bore an interesting and valuable assortment of dates. MUNICIPAL MATTERS: The salary of the corporation counsel of Boston is $7,500. His term is one year. A shoe firm in Toledo, O., has traced to the depredations of mice losses in greenbacks and other paper money which have amounted to $20,000 in four years. The Central park authorities in New York have bought a number of bushels of peanuts that are to be fed to the scores of squirrels that live in the park trees. In respect to park area the chief American cities rank in the order following: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco, Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburg, New Orleans and Cincinnati. The preponderance of aliens in East side districts in New York city is shown by the fact that in the Eighth assembly district, in which the total population, as returned by the federal census, was 72,125, there were only 4,748 votes cast in November. He—But don't you think you are somewhat extravagant? His Daughter—Now, papa, don't be unreasonable! You know I never ask you for money except when I haven't any!—Puck. Time to Reform. Handout Harry—De lady axed me wuz I a artist. Tiepass Teddy—Dat settles it, Harry. Yer'll hafter git a hair-cut—Judge. Entitled to Praise. "Flirting," said the mother, severely, "is dangerous." "In that case," replied the daughter, "I should think you would be proud of my courage."—Chicago Post. Willie and His Coats Willie had just passed the age of kilt skirts and shirt waists and taken on knickerbockers and waistcoats "just like papa's." He was out of sorts the other day, and his mother, calling him to her, said: "Let me see your tongue." The boy did as he was told, and the mother then remarked: "Why, Willie, your tongue has a coat on it!" "Has it got two pockets in it, mamma?" the little fellow inquired.—N. Y. Times. Her Defense Entitled to Praise. "Let me see your tongue." --- MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN. Chopin's mother, like himself, was very delicate. Schumann's mother was gifted with musical ability. Gounod's mother was fond of painting and music. Spohr's mother was an excellent judge of music, but no musician. Raleigh said he owed all his politeness of deportment to his mother. Wordsworth's mother had a character as peculiar as that of her gifted son. Milton's letters often allude to his mother in the most affectionate terms. Goethe pays several tributes in his writings to the character of his mother. Sydney Smith's mother was a clever conversationalist, and very quick at repartee. Haydn dedicated one of his most important instrumental compositions to his mother. Gibbon's mother was passionately fond of reading, and encouraged her son to follow her example. Charles Darwin's mother had a decided taste for all branches of natural history.—Philadelphia Inquirer. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE GREAT VALUES IN ELEGENT, NEW FURNITURE AT SYDNOR HUNDI Rebuilding, Re AC PLANET RELIGIOUS MATTERS Jesus my Lord, I'll wait for Thee Until the morning. I'm weary of the slim sin. It's strife and toll of noisy dim. It's race wherein few ever win; Yet I would bear the cross for Thee Until the morning. Jesus my Lord, I'll wait for Thee Until the morning. Some day my sun will seek its rest, Strange glory lingering in the West, When we are hie them to their nest, And stars shine wide, wide sea Until the morning. Jesus my Lord, I'll wait for Thee Until the morning. I'll meet lost friends when night is o'er, Where we shall part no more, no more, And love as once in days of yore— But sweeter far Thy face to see, Until the morning. SELF-RENUNCIATION. Therein In Found the Very Heart of Successful Life and Service of the Christian. Six days before the transfiguration Jesus told His disciples that He must suffer many things and be slain. Whereupon Peter began to rebuke Him, saying: "Spare thyself, Lord" (Greek. Matt. 16:22). After Jesus had rebuked Peter in the presence of the disciples (Mark 8:33) He called unto Him the people and preached a sermon on the law of self-sacrifice. In substance He maintains that Peter's doctrine of "spare thyself" is of men, not of God, it makes Peter a stumbling-block unto Christ; unfits one for discipleship, and secures the loss of the soul (Matt. 16:33 ff). But the very opposite law of "denying thyself." He insists, obtains in His kingdom. In that law the disciple must condition his life if he would save it. To "spare thyself" is loss, to "deny thyself" is gain. This was the lesson Jesus gave His disciples to learn the week prior to the transfiguration. Judging from Peter's rebuke and his worldly philosophy, this was a lesson hard for him to learn. To him it would seem to involve loss rather than gain. He rejected it. The rest of the disciples, according to the context, failed at that time to understand it. But Peter and the rest of the disciples must understand it ere the Master could commit to their leadership that momentous enterprise for the success of which He was about to die. For since Christianity was to distinguish itself from all other religions by the incorporation of the law of "deny thyself" first into the life, teachings and passion of its founder and then into the lives of His followers, it follows that it was of supreme importance that the first disciples believe in it. Luke tells us it was "after these sayings," that is, while Christ's sermon on "deny thyself" was both fresh in the minds of the disciples, and their chief topic of conversation, that the transfiguration took place. With Peter. John and James, Jesus went up into a mountain to pray. Doubtless the purpose of His praying with them was to prepare their hearts to believe the doctrine now about to be made plain. What doctrine was this? Evidently that obedience to the law of "deny thyself" pays an exceeding great reward. To convince these foremost disciples of this truth Christ brings upon the scene Moses and Elijah. Surely in all Jewish history there were no greater examples of the law of self-denial than these two men. The appearance of Moses would remind the disciples of his life of self-denial; how he "refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;" how he "accounted the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt;" how he "looked unto the recompense of the reward;" how "he endured as seeing Him who is invisible" (Heb. 11:24-27). The presence of Elijah would call up his life of self-abandonment; how, like Moses and Jesus, he refused the friendship and honors of wicked rulers; how when hungry God fed him, when cast down God lifted him up, when he prayed God answered him; how he escaped the sword of Jezebel, destroyed the prophets of Baal and finally was translated into glory. Could these disciples escape the conviction that these two men conditioned their lives in Christ's law of "deny thyself?" And now as Moses and Elijah talk with Jesus what is their topic of conversation? Of important and illustrous themes there could be no lack. But Moses said not a word about the receiving of the law, his miracles in Egypt, his marvelous travels in the desert, the glory of God on Sinai, which even refer to his raisins, his widow's son, the praying hand and opened the founden, the fire on Carmel, or his translation. They spake with; that is, the vicarious the sin of the world which ought to accomplish at Jeruah? To encourage and commend now in the shadow of the make him strong to en- an angel appeared unto alm in Gethsemane strengthening him, and more, to convince the disciples that the supreme thing in discipleship is self-forgetfulness. The condition of life in which Moses and Elijah appear gives conclusive evidence that obedience to the law of "deny byself" is richly rewarded. As God r guarded His Son with exaltation for obedience unto the death of the cross (Phil. 2:8-9), even so He bestowed glorification upon Moses and Elijah for their self-disregard. To speak of the honor and influence these two men have on earth is to mention a great reward. But they enjoy eternal happiness with God. As on earth they are held in highest esteem, so in Heaven they receive highest glory. The wonder is that as the astonished disciples beheld these things they did not cry out, as did the sorrowful father at the foot of the mount: "Lord, we believe; help thou our unbelief!" And finally, as if to bring the revelation of this truth to a most powerful climax, God Himself indorses it. Indicating His presence with a bright cloud, He says: "This is my Beloved Son; hear Him." is heed His teachings, obey His sayings, believe in self-renunciation and forever abandon all effort after self-preservation. The disciples required no further proof for the reasonableness and blessedness of the law of "deny thyself." The transfiguration scene cleared away their mists of doubt and unbelief. True, they were exceeding sorry after leaving the mount to recall the cruel manner by which their master was to die. It is also true that after the transfiguration they could not under stand how He could be raised from the dead. But from that day henceforth they understood Christ's sermon on "deny thyself." That very day they made it the dominant chord in their lives. As a violinist puts his instrument in tune with the orchestra before he begins to play, so the disciples brought their lives into harmony with Moses', with Elijah's, with Christ's before they began to preach the Gospel. Their conduct was always true to the dominant; through persecutions, through journeyings, in prisons, under threats, under scourgings, when preaching the Christ, they always kept true to the keynote which they struck upon the mount of transfiguration. May this meaning of the transfiguration sink deep into our hearts.—William A. Matthews, in Chicago Baptist Standard. SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND. How True Devotion Flooded a Woman's Life of Drudgery with Light and Gladness. A small, shabbily-dressed, tired-looking woman was cane-seating chairs at a house where she had asked for work. In answer to some thoughtful inquiries, she was led into a conversation about her home life. When pity was expressed that it should be necessary for her to be a breadwinner, she replied: "It makes all the difference in the world what a person marries for. I'm so thankful that I didn't make any mistake. If I had married for anything in the world but love—real, genuine love! What a fix I'd be in to-day! "You see, my husband's been an invalid for nine years. He went into slow consumption four years after we were married, and he hasn't worked six weeks, all told, since; and I've had all the support of him and our three children for nine years, and I've done it by trailin' 'round from house to house cane-seatin' chairs, and all the feelin' I've had about it has been one of thankfulness that I was able and willin' to do it. "Sposin' I hadn't married for love? Sposin' I'd married for riches and they'd taken wings and flew away? Sposin' I'd married for beauty, and sickness and mis'ry had robbed my husband of his good looks? Wouldn't I be in a nice fix? "But I didn't marry for a thing on earth but respect and love for a good man, and I ain't regretted it, and I ain't a bit unhappy or discontented, exceptin' it in the sorrow that comes from the certainty that I ain't goin' to have my husband with me much longer. "Folks that marries for anything else but love has got a lot of unhappiness before 'em that I don't know anything about."—Ram's Horn. BURNING THOUGHTS. With God Egypt is preliminary to Canaan.—Ram's Horn. Many take their business into the house of God who are afraid to take Him into their houses of business.—Ram's Horn. God looketh upon everything we say, or anything we do, and if He seeth Christ in it, He accepteth it; but if there be no Christ, He putteth it away as a foul thing. The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with dimly lighted windows. Standing within, one sees no glory, nor can ever imagine any possible. Standing without, every ray of light reveals a harmony of unspeakable splendor.—Hawthorne. Not till we are ready to throw our very life's love into the troublesome little things can we be really faithful in that which is least and faithful also in much. Every day that dawns brings something to do, which can never be done again.—James Reed. That life is most holy in which there is least of petition and desire and most of waiting upon God; that in which petition most often passes into thanksgiving. Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish and leave it or merge it in God's will.—F. W. Robertson. God has not given us vast learning to solve all the problems, or unfailing wisdom to direct all the wanderings of our brothers' lives; but he has given to every one of us the power to be spiritual and by our spirituality to lift and enlarge and enlighten the lives we touch.—Phillips Brooks. Uncle Eph'm. "Hit beats all," exclaimed Uncle Eph'm, "how de slot machine business is a-growin'. Atter awhile you'll be droppin' a penny in de slot an' gittin' religion." -Chicago Tribune. The Boston Maid Again. She was a Boston maiden whom They took about the town; And showed the interesting things In upper town and down. 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My humorous and gallant “friend the enemy,” Capt. J. B. Kirk, of the One Hundred and First Pennsylvania, re- cently called to me from his picket post inviting me to visit himata designated spot between the lines. Knowing that he @lways had something good, 1 dropped my gun and with great alac- rity met him “half way.” We cordially shook hands, no bloody chasm in sight. ‘The blue and the gray were “all quiet along the Potomac to-night.” ‘The sentinel stars having set their watch in the skies, Kirk and I thought it was needless for us to hold our respective forts—or picket posts. We had met defore and made trades, and almost in: variably I “bested him.” The game was usually about even until we began swapping war stories, and then I was not “in it"—not even “a little bit.” J just let him “spin his yarns,” while 1 drank from his canteen and stored his narratives away back in the treasure safe of memory, relates George Dallas Mosgrove, in National Tribune. At the recent meeting T again “lay for @ story.” After a preliminary SS Vi Co) J ( AS sil (ae Dia es. NY =e Vista lhe i 43 bi 7 Il Los 0 ~ 2 skirmish with gentle words, negotia- tions opened. “Johnny, have you any ‘tobacker’ about them ole butternut ‘close’ o'yourn?” “Yes. ‘Yank. Have you got any store coffee?” “Cain-seed. What's in yourn?” “Some drops the doctor gave me for my rheumatism. But, say, Johnny, 1 haven't got any ‘rheumatics.” The can- teen is nearly full. Take ‘suthin.’ May- be you've got some ‘rheumaties.’ Of course, I had ‘em. Well, we “swapped around” until, the time be- ing propitious, I suggested that he give me a story, I having none to give in re- turn. I got the story allright, which is somewhat as follows: Some time in the fall of 1863, while what was left of our brigade was sta- tioned at Plymouth, N.C, the Heuten- ant colonel of our regiment came to my quarters and informed me that Gen, Wessells wanted to see me, Re- Porting to “Old Pap"—the name by which all the boysaffectionately called the general—he told me that there were two confederate soldiers at home on furlough about ten miles beyond our lines, and that he wanted me to take 13 men and go and bring those rebs into camp. He also gave me a guide, brother to one of themen whom I was to “arrest.” Now, the country was infested with what we called ‘guer- rillas;' that is to say that along the route I was to travel there wereabout 150 old men, boys. and discharged ‘Johnnies,’ who, while not soldiers, were armed and, by some sort of grapevine-telegraph, could get them. selves together in short order, and make things pretty warm for us. if “we'uns” went “foolin’ round", their haunts in small bodies. The next morn- ing my little army, with Springfields and 200 rounds for each man, marched out in battle array. Just outside our lines T halted my command snd or- dered my men to load the guns, at the same time reading an order, on dress Parade, to-wit: “No unnecessary noise on this trip.” About a mile from the lines we met a buggy and I lifted up a loud voice, erying: “Halt!” The buggy Promptly came toa standstill and I dis- covered therein a sharp-looking old man‘ whom I would not select to con- duct a prayer meeting. The interview was somewhat like this: “Where are you going?” “To see a sick woman.” “Are you a physician?” “Certainly, sir.” “Is the lady dangerously i?” “Well—yes—she is very sick.” “Let me see your medicine case.” “T don’t carry any.” “Have you any material thing about your person or in the buggy to offer In evidence that you are a physiciar.?” “Unfortunately, I have not.” “Are you well. yourself?” “¥ think so. Why?" “Because,” I replied, “if you are not well I think a ride in the direction we are going will be good for you, and as T have a man here who has had con- aiderable experience in ‘anatomy,’ and who would be delighted to converse with you concerning matters ‘thera- peutical,’ I suggest that you invite him to take a seat beside you in the buggy. He is good soldier, a dead shot. and will see that you do not— get hurt.” “Bill” having climbed into the buggy, I ordered the command to resume the interesting march. Meet- ing a mounted “citizen,” I ordered him to “fall in,” and on we went. Pree- tntly we ran up against a man leading | mule; then @ boy with a cow; twe ‘more mounted men; another buggy. ‘They all “felt in.” “Bill” and the a leged doctor constituted a eort of rear ‘guard, especially “Bill” Men kept “fallin’ in.” Finally we captured one of the furloughed soldiers, one of the objects of the expedition—found him in a garden pulling weeds. Not a shot Was fired; no blood was shed. In pass- ing a log house we were charged by a bob-tailed little yellow dog. He dashed at us bravely ae would Custer or “Jeb” Stuart. Gne of my men was in the act of repelling the charge with his bayonet, when the old lady of the house appeared at the door. Pushing her brass-framed “specks” to the sum- mit of her head, and removing her clay pipe from her mouth, exclaimed: “La, boys, don’t be afraid of Sancho. He Won't bite nuthin’ but bread an’ meat.” The dog almost immediately turned and, if he had not been bob-tailed, would have “tucked his tail.” We soon captured the second fur- loughed man, brother to my guide, and, as he was a conscript, he wanted to move his family within our lines. I wanted to be accommodating, but how to arrange matters was problem- atical. I put soldiers on the horses of the “mounted citizens.” The cap- tive's wife and children I put into the buggy with “Bill,” making the doctor (2) walk. It was a grand procession. There was a two-wheeled cart drawn by a yoke of oxen and the captive’s cow, also harnessed to a cart, hauling household and kitchen furniture: ‘Three pigs and a calf were also along. Returning to camp I ordered the men who had “fallen in” to “fall out” when they severally came to the places where they had “fallen in.” At the crossroads I told the doctor (2) to go home. He wanted to know why I had made him make the round trip with me. “For the same reason,” said I, “that I took the others—to keep 150 men from attacking 15.” OLD GLORY IN LIBBY. An Unpremeditatca mut Impreasive Praine-Mecting Held tm the abiikate Poe ‘The upper story of Libby prison, wherein nearly 100 union officers were confined, was the scene one Sunday afternoon in war-time of an unpre- meditated but impressive praise-meet. ing. Capt. Mitchell, of the Twelfth Mlinois cavalry, describes the incident in the Springfield Repubilean: A half-dozen parties were playing cards, many were sleeping, several were lying on the floor sick, while one squad of a dozen or more had organ: ized a prayer-meeting. The leader of the meeting was a captain of a Mas- sachusetts regiment, who possessed a fine tenor voice. ‘The interest dragged. Suddenly the captain started up, and taking his place near the center of the room (we had learned from experience that to be near the windows meant 2 shot from the guards), said in a voice loud enough to attract immediate atten- tion: “Let us all sing ‘The Star-Span- gled Banner!” He himself began in an exceptionally fine baritone: “Oh, say, can you see." Cards were dashed aside, the sleepers woke, the sick leaped to their feet,and like magic every one of the entire 93 crowded to the center, singing with the greatest enthusiasm. At least two dozen of the men had fine voices, and never did the grand old words seem so like a mighty anthem. Louder and louder swelled the sound until the chorus of the last verse was reached, when a member of a New York city regiment, a regular Tamma- ny tough, reached his hand into his breast and produced a small silk flag, which he had in some way concealed when searched by the guards on enter- ing, and with a wild shout waved it to and fro. Again and again the chorus was re- peated, and then suddenly the cap- tain changed to “The Army and Navy Forever,” “Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue”—and veritable cheers they were, Tears streamed down the old soldiers’ cheeks, the boys in the toom below took up the shouts, ani three times three were given. Hearing some cheering on the ont- side, T moved cautiously over near the window and looked out. All the guards were in line, with their mus. kets pointed toward the building, while massed up and down the streets were hundreds upon hundreds of peo- ple, four-fifths of them women, clap- ping their hands and waving | their handkerehiefs, showing by their ap- Proval a most remarkable tribute to the power of song, and that the love for “Old Glory” still held a place in ieee Grand Army Twins, Jerome Tyler Richter and Napoleon Harrison Richter are known through- out Indiana as “Ty” and “Po,” the G. A. R. twins, and they are probably the only living twin members of that great body of surviving heroes. In October, 1861, they enlisted in company D, Fifty- seventh Indiana infantry, as chief musicians, and they went through the war side by side. The town of Wit- lamsburg, Ind., where they were born in 1840, was founded by their father, and their mother was the first white roman born in Green’s Fork. The like- ness of the twins is remarkable, and extends to their character, habits and tastes. Their tone of voice and man- ‘ner of speech are so nearly the same that when talking unseen their most intimace friends cannot tell which of the two is talking. The great resem- blance between the twins has led to many amusing incidents. Once in Richmond, Ind., Napoleon was shaved by a negro. Shortly after leaving the shop his brother Tyler entered, and the negro barber was so stricken with superstitious fear at the supposed spectacle of a beard developing a week's growth in ten minutes that he tropped his razor and fled.—Detroit Pree Press. Retween Good Friends, | athe nays he leven the for anes Edith—He says he loves ms for mr- self alone. What do vou think 0” it* Ethel—Well, it's rd telling whe h- cr he's drawing on bis humor or his “weeination —Jadve. THE RICHMOND PLANE, RlummMuUND. VIRGINIA. SS ne A JOKE TRANSLATED. WEAK MEN CUR English Version of One of Mr. De- pew’s Favorite Stories. ceeseenenaiaees SS Pentt *e te Rnaseete Mat Cle “When the average Englishman at- tempts to narrate a characteristic American humorous story he is al- most certain to make a hash of it,” remarks a Washington clubman who spent a good deal of his time abroad, to a Star reporter. “This fact was instanced in a funny way in the smoking-room of the steamer upon which I last returned from England. A middle-aged Englishman, a civil en- gineer, I believe he was, was called upon to do his share of the entertain- ing—we were making a late sitting of it—and he started in to tell a story that he had heard Senator Chauncey Depew narrate at a dinner in Lon- don. Now, I had heard Mr. Depew tell that story, too, and it went about this way: “A New York lawyer named ‘Strange, noted for his wit, was upon his last bed of sickness.” He knew ‘that his end was near, and so he ‘called his wife to his bedside to give her a few final directions. “‘Little woman,’ said he to her, ‘I know that I am going to die, and I am ready to go. But I could not die in peace if I thought there was going to be a lot of fuss and feathers made over me after my death. I don’t, as you know, believe in ostentation as applied to the dead. Now, I don't even want my name carved on my headstone. I wish you'd just have a modest headstone erected over my grave, with these words carved on it: “Here lies an honest lawyer.” * “The dying lawyer's wife demurred at this. “How, she asked her husband, ‘will people visiting .the cemetery know from the inscription on the headstone who lies in the grave? “Oh, they'll know, all right,’ re- plied the passing man of law, with 1S. eX ls Ag) WS ace —_ ME, Be “Wt AM Wy | ie Y/ age ee a- WG [\ IN A atmpR EERO LAT Homuen ta eran a faint smile. ‘They'll read the in scription, and then they'll say: “That's Strange.-” “Now, Mr. Depew told this story in England because he knew how dear- ly the English people love stories that hinge upon‘a play of words, — ‘The story always tickled his English lis- 'teners immensely. “Well, this Englishman in the smok- ing-room of the steamer started off to tell that story something in this wise: “‘Well, y’knaw, I heard one of your fellows—man named Depew—senator or something—tell_a deuced good story, ‘pon me waird, at a dinner awhile ago—deuced good, I declare. It appears, y'knaw, that a New York fellow—man of law, y'know—barris- ‘ter, I believe—was dying, y'see. Don't ‘seem to remember the fellow's name, Let me see, what the deuce was the fellow's name, anyhow? Well, "pon me waird, if I haven't clean forgot ‘his name! However, no matter. Well, this chap, y’knaw, was dying, and he ‘was blooming good natured about it ‘all, y'see, and he wanted to make his wife feel less shocked over it all, y’knaw, and so he called her to his ‘bedside. __“*“My dear,” says the chap to her, y'see, “I don't want to have a lot of botheration and kick-up business, y'see, after I'm gone. I don't want ‘my name”—deuced annoying that I ‘can't recall that chap’s name!—“cn- ‘graved on my headstone. Just put a small stone at the head of my grave, y'knaw, and have carved on it these words: ‘Here lies an honest law- yer.” “Well, y’knaw, the legal chap's wife didn’t like the idea of this, and she told him so. “* But,” she said to him, “how will folks, y’knaw, that read the inserip- tion know who rests in the grave be- neath the headstone?” “Well, y’see, this legal chap was ‘a deuced humorous fellow, y"knaw, and he was bound to have his final Joke, y’see, and so he answered her: “*“On, don't bother about that. They'll read the inscription on the headstone, and they'll say to. each other, y’knaw: “That's extraordinary, whee? ‘Was Favored by Natere. | A dignified bishop, while passing along a London street, heard three vegetable peddlers engaged in a rath- er blasphemous argument. 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Eternal peace, from the Almighty Gliver, Joy beyond every joy of worldly birth, Joy in the promised Heaven and new earth —Miss E. H. Warner, in N. Y. Observer. GREATING AN ATMOSPHERE BY F. H. LANCASTER. THE pines were tossing their heads in a tempest of exultant strength; a wild wind had come out of the northwest for a romp. The woman watching them with hungry eyes, unfolded her arms and turned away reluctantly. It was close and amelly inside, and there were people there who expected her to be pleasant, when she could not. With all the yearning of a genius she longed to be alone; to live but a little longer in this atmosphere of serene strength. "If I were an older hand at the business I could keep my atmosphere—as the pines keep theirs." She lingered to let her pulses thrill once more to the resistless strength of those strong, straight stems, and then, folding her arms upon a stern serenity of mood, opened the door and stumbled into the darkened parlor. It was close after the windy outside, as she had expected. "Never mind lights and odors, if you can only keep your atmosphere," she told herself, as she realized with a thrill of uneasiness that there was but one other person in the room. "Blinding, after the play of light outside," he remarked, cheerfully sympathetic, as he came forward to shake her hands. Hannah set aside the pleasurable sensation and greeted him serenely. "There is quite a wind among the pines," she explained. "Yes; I noticed as I walked up, Grand sight. Did you ever notice how it soothes one, the constant roar and ceaseless dashing?" "Like a storm at sea. There are ce certain moods when nothing soothes like a display of reckless unrest—" she paused abruptly. Morris moved restlessly. He was not getting on very well, and he was painfully conscious of the fact. She was usually frank and free with "TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR WORK." him. Women are contrary. An hour ago he would have denied it. With all his soul he hoped that this was merely a passing mood, not a fixed opposition. Good heavens, suppose it were the latter. Suppose she was determined to throw him over after all. The mere thought chilled his blood. There was a troubled light in his eyes when he turned to her again. "Were you busy when I came this evening?" "I? no; that is, not particularly so." "You were some time coming in; I thought perhaps—" he broke off lamely "I cannot know it was you," she explain keenly. Morris felt his trouble keenening. "You is me," he replied ab- I think," she commented, aptation irresistible. did if I know whether it returned, gloomily. "I feeling as though I were other man's show." "Not exactly. Makes me feel like sympathizing with that poor devil, Cyrano, after he had been wooing his sweetheart in Christian's name." and, setting them in a row on the floor beside his bed. At five o'clock the house was shaken by the combined thunder of the eight alarms. The man, roused out of a sound sleep, sat up in bed in astonishment. He glanced down to the floor, where the eight clocks were still in active operation. Then he rubbed his eyes and looked again. There were certainly eight clocks in line. He had heard of men seeing double, but the idea of multiplying everything by eight was new and terrifying to him. He looked to see if there were eight windows. No, there seemed to be only one. Finally he climbed out of the other side of the bed and jumped into a cold bath. Perhaps that would clear the cobwebs out of his brain. While he was in the bathroom his wife came up and removed the eight clocks, so that when he returned from the bath and looked again at the place on the floor where the eight had stood in a row there was nothing to be seen. As he stared at the vacant place the assurance came to him that he was certainly a victim of an optical hallucination, produced by an overindulgence in alcoholic stimulants. He went down and made his regular evening report and came directly home without tasting a drop. On his return he again looked for the clocks, but they were not in sight. This made his conviction a certainty. He carefully concealed the awful fact from his wife. Next morning he reported at the city hall and again came straight home, still refusing to take a drink of any kind. Again he lay down to sleep, but he was too much ashamed and too badly frightened to say a word to his wife about waking him up. She, however, with womanly devotion, brought up the eight alarm clocks again and put them in a row on the mantelpiece after setting them for a joint discharge at five o'clock. At the fated hour they sounded, and the frightened politician sprang up in bed with horror written on his face. The worst was true. He was certainly suffering from a bad case of alarm clocks. It was a new form of delirium tremens, and he, feared, a dangerous one. With raised hand he carefully counted them again, and noted the exact places on the mantel where they were sitting. He could even see the eight second hands moving and the combined ticking of the row sounded in his horrified ears with awful distincessness. Surely he was going mad. Out of bed he jumped and rushed again to the bathroom, where he plunged into an ice cold bath. That would be the final test. If, after his return to the bedroom, the alarm clocks had disappeared he would have absolute proof of his alarming condition. As she had done on the day before his wife had removed the clocks during his absence, and his most dreadful fears were realized when he came back into the room. The mantelpiece was bare. He went over and rubbed his hand along the marble. There was nothing there. He felt faint and weak. Dressing hurriedly, he went straight to a doctor's office, leaving the city hall job to take care of itself, and made a clean breast of it. "Doctor," he said, "I'm in awful shape. For the last year I've been drinking hard and now I'm up against the D.T.'s. Every night at five o'clock when I wake up see eight alarm clocks in a row. Sometimes they are on the floor, sometimes on the mantelpiece. And they are always all of them ringing. Then I go out of the room for a moment to take my bath, and when I come back they are all gone. It's an awful feeling, doctor." "Have you seen any red rats or pale green devils yet?" asked the physician consolingly. "No, I never see anything but the alarm clocks, and I always see eight of them." "That looks bad," said the doctor. "When a delusion recurs in that way and always remains the same it indicates that something serious is the matter." "Can't you do anything for me, doctor?" pleaded the terrified man. "Not much. You'll have to do most of it for yourself. All I can do is to give you something for your nerves, and if you keep on drinking that won't do you a bit of good." "I'll swear off, doctor, and I'll never take another drink in my life." "If you do that you may recover, but if you don't keep your pledge you'll be in the insane asylum in six months." That was five months ago, and during all that time the politician has not tasted liquor. The doctor told his wife all about his confession, and she, like a wise woman, keeps the eight alarm clocks carefully put away, where they will be available in case of an emergency—Chicago Tribune. Her Money's Worth. Bride—Darling, what caused you to pick out Milwaukee as the end of our bridal tour? Groom—It was the farthest place I could get a pass too. Louisville Evening Post. A Serious Case. "My boy," said the proud mother, "never uses slang." "Dear me!" returned the sympathetic neighbor, "what seems to be the matter with him? Nothing serious, I hope."—Chicago Post. HONOR ROLL Week Ending Feb. 28, 1902. 6th Grammar, Mrs: R. D. Bowser, teacher--Hattie Fisher, Belle Morris, Alberta Hughes, Sarah Minor, Mary Payne, Charles Brown. 5th Grammar, Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher--Viola Gray, Jennie Jackson, Arsena Lemas, Mamie Smith. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 4th Grammar, Miss L. B. Wills, teacher—Wm. Partce, Anna Calloway, Lillie Harris. 3rd Grammar, Mr. D. W. Davis, teacher—Mary Daggett, Mary Johnson; Marie Jackson, Mary Lewis. 2nd Grammar, Miss V. A. Holmes, teacher—Mamie Johnson, Martha Minor, Bessie Edwards, Minnie Carter. 1st Grammar, Miss M. H. Smith, teacher—Ernest Briggs, Pervella Brown, Eva Fisher, Rosa Goodwin, Ruth Jones, Serena Robinson, Susie Smith, Ada Greene, Cora Smith, Azelia Storrs. 8th Primary, Miss L. J. Corbin, teacher—Thereseta Chiles, Mattie Dawson, Leona Smith. 7th Primary, Miss C. F. Brown, teacher—Naomi Hill, Ethel Jackson, Nellie Jones, Florence Storrs. 6th Primary, Miss M. C. Tinsley, teacher—John Pierson, Spottswood Robinson, Junius Smith. Eddie Yancey, Lena Carter. Mamie Greene, Hermione Jackson, Bertha Lee, Mamie Lewis, Pauline Jackson, Mary Pierson, Mabel West. 5th Primary, Miss M. E. Allen, teacher—Willie Dabney, Grattan Graves, Lorenzo Jones, Henry Yancey, Emanuel Stuart, Erna Benjamin, Kate Gilpin, Carlson Kersey, Bessie Hodge, Esther James, Fannie Taylor, Malneon Jackson, Mary Miller, Arnetta Stokes, Nellie Fisher. 4th Primary, Miss M. R. Crump, teacher—Mercer Burrell, Robert Harris, Franklin Jones, Mildred Anderson, Marie Brown, Ruby Coutte, Engenia Ellis, Martha Terrell, Sallie Gayles, Lelia Giles, Ollie Smith, Sarah Sydney, 3rd Primary, Miss E. V. Trent, teacher—Henry Anderson, Frank Cophas, Ira Deane, Thurlow Jones, Herbert Kemp, Harry Nibbs, Charles Stowe, John Sheppard, Percy Vaughan, Stanley Wilkerson, Hazel Anderson, Louise Christian, Ethel Ellis, Lula Eggleston, tortence Gray, Erma Holmes, Goldie Lee, Viola Wells, Alberto Smith, Perzel Madison. News From The Philippines. MANILA, P. I., Jan. 15, '02. The exodus of discharged soldiers is now in progress. Several, whose terms of service expired in November and December departed on the transport Warren, after three years of arduous tropical service. The January men are now here awaiting transportation, being mobilized at Camp Warren on the Lunetta. The greatest number will be discharged in March, about (700) seven hundred will be discharged from the 35th Infantry and about 800 from the 24th. The 17th, 20th, 23rd and 4th Infantry Regiments are discharged home. The 4th left on the Transjordan Grant. The 22nd has been ordered to Camp Wallace and will in all probability go on the "Hancock." ARMY OF RECRUITS So by April the army in the Philippines will be an army of recruits as the majority of the men will not re-enlist. Some will return home and no doubt reenlist later. One surprising thing is the great number who will remain in the islands, in various vocations, mostly in mercantile business. Some of the most successful business men are soldiers and a good many are awaiting the homestead law recommended by the Civil Commission in its last annual report. The "Spooner Bill" has everything tied up, on this depends the quick pacification of the Philippines and the resumption of former normal conditions. EXTENDED BANKING LAWS. The Secretary of War has recommended the extension of the American Banking Laws for the Philippines with the necessary modifications to suit the conditions of the country. There is a Bank conducted by Americans here under the Spanish Laws. The Manila FREEDOM in a recent issue published an account of the sentiments of the people of the island of Panay in regard to the Friars. They state under no conditions will they tolerate the presence of the Friars in their midst, and in the event of their restoration they will renounce the Catholic faith and embrace Protestantism. In this, they are led by the native Priests. The Episcopal Church of America has appointed Bishop Brent of Massachusetts, Archbishop of the Philippines. The Catholics have also appointed an American Priest of California to the same position to succeed Archbishop Nozaleda of Spain. PASSED THE EXAMINATION Mr. James R. Robbins, formerly color sergeant of the 25th Infantry passed a Civil Service examination for Stenographer and will shortly be appointed. The other day a discharged white soldier complained through the Manila Freedom because he was refused a job as Teamster by the Quartermaster's Department, who informed him that there were no vacancies and then employed four (4) colored men. The 3rd Battalion, 23rd Infantry was highly entertained by the Headquarter Battalion the first week in January. The Band gave a special concert Saturday evening, Jan. 4th, and then wiped up the 3rd Battalion ball team. General Bell, commanding in the turbulent Province of Batangas has adopted drastic measures, which are bringing about the desired results. For the protection of the peaceful natives, all persons living beyond the town limits in the barrios were made to move in town. TROUBLE IN SAMAR. The 9th Infantry is still having trouble in Samar. A short time ago, Captain Schoeffel with a detail of eighteen (18) men were marching through an overgrown trail when several bolo men sprang upon them without warning and began their deadly work, five were killed and eight wounded. The bolo men fled upon the approach of a company of native scouts who were in the vicinity and hurried to their assistance at the sound of the firing. At the request of Aguinaldo, Attorney O'nail did not make application for his release upon habeas corpus proceedings. Gov. Taft left on the Transport Grant. The natives tendered him a reception on the eve of his departure. I, O, of G, S, and D, of S. Subordinate Lodges of the above order are hereby requested to appoint five (5) delegates to meet in convention at the Navy Hill Hall March 14, 1902, at 8 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of making arrangements for the anniversary, which will take place on the 26th day of May, 1902. J. B. TAYLOR, Deputy, S. T. JACKSON, Associate. Senior A—Walter Davis, Carrie Adams, Lillie Ballard, Nannie Carter, Mabel Harris, Florence Jackson, Bertha Johnson, Rosa Randolph, Ruth Sully, Pearl Tancil, Esterine White. Senior B—Ida Crump. Intermediate A—Connie Tinsley. Intermediate B, 1—Ellen Coleman, Lillian Hodges, Jeannette Mitchell. Intermediate B, 2—Susie Bowman, Norena Brown, Grace Lucas, Mary Poindexter. Junior A, 1—Pearl Bland. Junior B, 1—Hattie Kemp, Elenora Smith. Junior B, 3—William Pemberton, Fanny Harris, Ida Brown, Julia Johnson, Constance Myers, Ethel Murray, Ruby Allen, Irene Grimes. REPORT OF THE CONDITION MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK at Richmond, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, at the close of business, Feb. 25th, 1903, made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts . . . $ 287 50 Due from National Banks . . . $ 9543 50 Furniture and Fixtures . . . 1478 11 Current expenses and taxes paid . . 236 00 Specie, nickels and cents . . . 175 59 Paper currency . . . 350 00 Total . . . $12,070 76 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in . . . $1907 25 Surplus fund . . . 94 42 Individual deposits, subject to check . . . 3681 32 Time certificates of deposits . . . 6887 77 Total . . . $12,070 76 State of Virginia, city of Richmond, ss I. George W. Lewis, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. GEORGE W. LEWIS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of March, 1902. E. A. WASHINGTON, Notary Public. W. F. GRAHAM THOS. M. CRUMP, J. C. FARLRY, Directors. REPORT OF- THE CONDITION NICKEL SAVINGS BANK At Richmond, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, at the close of business, February 25th, 1902, made to the Auditor of Public Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $ 4912.00 Furniture and Fixtures 1600.00 Current Expenses and Taxes paid 152.00 Checks and other Cash Items, 116.00 Exehanges for Clearing-house 225.10 Specie, Nickels and Cents 1384.08 Paper Currency 3620.00 Total $11909.18 LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in $ 5970.00 Surplus Fund 1100.00 Individual Deposits subject to check 4570.18 Time Certificates of Deposits, 269.00 Total $11909.18 STATE OF VIRGINIA, City of Richmond, ss; I, E. A. Washington, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. A. WASHINGTON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of March, 1902. W. NORRIES BAILEY. Notary Public. Correct—Attest. Directors { R. F. Tancil, R. J. Bass, J. Henry Jones Excursion to Washington, Via R. F. & P. R. R. EASTER MONDAY MARCH 31ST Train Leaves Elba at 9 A. M. Returning, Leaves Washington at 6 P. M. next day. Conducted by Mr. and Mrs. George A. Barksdale. Tickets, $2.50—Good on Excursion Train Only. MECHANICS' MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, $ Va. CAPITAL $25000. 4 PER CENT Interest Inc ing 60 D LOANS NEGOTIATED.—T is solicited. For all information co Loans, Etc., apply to the Cash Apartments are fitted up with modem gas and electricity. Polite officials will OFFICE JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. GE0. W. L. 4 PER CENT Interest Paid on All Deposits Remaining 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the Public is solicited. For all information concerning Stock, Deposits, and Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. Apartments are fitted up with modern improvements. Building lighted with gas and electricity. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. WM. A. HANKINS, Vice-President. GEO. W. LEWIS, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS—J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. R. JEFFERSON, JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, SBCY, D. J. CHAVERS, WM. A. HANKINS, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., JNO. T. TAYLOR, H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, R. W. WHITING, THOS. M. CRUMP, E. A. WASHINGTON, J. J. CARTER, WILLIAM CUSTALO For the above occasion the Southern Railway announces one fare for the round trip, tickets to be on sale May 0th to 10th inclusive, with return limit May 21st, except that by depositing tickets with Joint Agent at Asheville on or before May 10th and upon payment of 50 cents an extension of limit until June 2nd may be obtained. This offers a rare opportunity to those wishing to visit favored section (Land of the Sky.) Texas, April 22-25, 1902. For the above occasion the Southern Railway begs to announce one cent per mile in each direction for the round trip from all stations on its lines to Dailas, Workers' Conference on Missions, Chattanooga, Tenn. March 11—13, 1902. For the above occasion the Southern Railway begs to announce special rate fare and one-third for the round trip on the certificate plan, from all stations on the lines. 3-3-02-1t Woman's Board of Home Missions of The M. E. Church South, Richmond. For this occasion the Southern Railway announces fare and one-third for the round trip on certificate plan, from all stations on its lines. All persons who had tickets to sell for the Grand Opening Inspection of the Mechanics' Savings Bank are requested to report as soon as possible to Miss M. L. Chiles or Miss Eva G. Davis at 511 N. 3rd St. Texas and return short line mileage. Tickets to be on sale April 18, 19, 20, with return limit May 2nd, except that by depositing ticket with Joint Agent at Dallas on or before April 30th and payment of 50 cents an extension of return limit until May 15th will be granted. Stop overls will be allowed within transit limit of ticket within S. E. P. A. territory west of and including Chattanooga and Atlanta. The rate from Richmond to Dallas and return will be $28, 65, and correspondingly kw rates from other points. The Southern Railway has a route and quick time to Dallas, and offers the choice of route through Asheville, (Land of the Sky) Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and Memphis, through Atlanta, Birmingham and Memphis; or Atlanta, Birmingham and Shreveport. The farfamed "Land of the Sky" route is without equal, and is the most interested offered. Don't miss the opportunity of passing through "Land of the Sky" the Switzerland of America. Fifth Street Baptist Church Debt Must Go. The members of the Fifth St. Baptist Church will please keep in mind that by act of the church three months ago the week beginning May 18th, continuing through the 25th, 1903 was set apart as Rally week. This is the final effort for the liquidation of the last of the long standing debt. We desire in that week to raise One Thousand Dollars. On the first Sunday in June, it is the aim of the church along with the Tenth Anniversary of the pastor to have the mortgage burning. Let the members far more than this think. Members out of the city may send money to help in this final rally to the pastor. W. F. GRAHAM. 108 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. 2-8-3m 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 Nassau, 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. SAVINGS BANK Paid on All Deposits Remain- days or over. The patronage of the Public Incerning Stock, Deposits, and ier. In improvements. Building lighted with be pleased to serve you. CERS: WM. A. HANKINS, Vice-President. EWIS, Cashier. Notice. Asthma CureFree. 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I write this testimonial wonderful effect of your Asthmalene, afflicted with spasmodic asthma for the skill as well as many others, I chanced 180th St., New York, I at once obtained menced taking it about the first of Novel provement. After using one bottle her ly free from all symptoms. I feel that a inec to all who are afflicted with this di Yours respect. DR. TAFT BROS' MEDICINE Co. Gentleman: I was troubled with As ous remedies, but they have all failed. ed with a trial bottle. I found relief at sized bottle, and I am ever grateful. I six years was unable to work. I am now ness every day. This testimony you can Home address, 235 Rivington St TRIAL BOTTLE SENT ABSOLUTED FOR SALE BY Do not Delay. Write at once; ad CO., 79 East 130th St, N Y City IMPORTANT NOTICE. Monday, February 10th, 1903. 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., 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. 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. m. daily, 12:00 noon, except Sunday and 6:45 p.m. daily. No change of schedule west of Richmond. Do You Know Her? Mrs. Alice Granville, residence, No. 100 Sawyer street, Boston, would like to know the whereabouts of her sister, who was a Miss Mary 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. WANTED—Agents wanted to sell Electric Cough Syrup. Cures a cough in one day. Price to agents $1.50 per dozen bottles. Address, L. A. BRUMSKIN, Box 42. Woodstown, N. J. WANTED—An experienced Dress- maker. For terms and particulars address, Mrs. "S" H. D., Lock-box 152, Ovington, Va. WANTED-Names and addresses of 5000 respectable colored girls for high class domestic service in the north of cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laundresses and general house-work. Address, INTER STATE REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, 73 Summer Street, Trenton, N. J. Notice !!! 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 sections, created a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional improvements contented, will be an inducement to those 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. Custalo, 702 East Broad street; W. H. Jones, 1037, St. Peter street; W. H. Lewis, 806 Buchanan street; Samuel Meredith, 1233 North 26th street; Joseph Robinson, No. 49 1st Market or 2811 9-mile Road; D. J. Chavers, Supt., 1827 Carrington street. There is nothing like Asthamalene. It brings instant relief, even in the worst cases. It cures when all else fails. The Rev. C. F. WELLS, of Villa Ridge Ill., says. "Your trial bottle of Asthmalene received in good condition. I cannot tell you how thankful I feel for the good derived from it. I was a slave, chained with putrid sore throat and Asthma for ten years. I despaired ever being cured. I saw your adverged for the cure of this dreadful and menting disease, Asthma, and ought you had overspoken yourselves, but resolved to give it a trial. To my astonishment, the trial acted like; a charm. Send me a full size bottle." REV DR. MORRIS WECHSLER NEW YORK, Jan. 3, 1901. DRS. TAFT BROS.' MEDICINE Co., Gentlemen: Your Asthalene is an excellent remedy for Asthma and Hay Fever, and its composition alleviates all troubles which combine with Asthma. Its success is astonishing and wonderful. AVON SPRINGS, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1901. from a sense of duty, having tested the or the cure of Asthma. My wife has been past 12 years. Having exhausted my own to see your sign upon your windows on a bottle of Asthmalene. My wife com- bler. I very soon noticed a radical ima- sthma has disappeared and she is entire I can consistently recommend the medi- stressing disease. totfully, O. D. PHELPS, M. D. Feb y 5, 1901. asthma for 22 years. I have tried numer- I ran across your advertisement and start once. I have since purchased your full I have a family of four children, and for in the best of health and am doing busi- make such use of as you see fit. feet. S. RAPHAEL. 67 East 129th St., New York City. LY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL ALL DRUGCISTS dressing DR. TAFT BROS'. MEDICINE Do You Know them? I desire to find my relatives. I left my mother in Sewal, Va. I was sold from her in slavery. Her name was Easir Mitchell, my father belonged to another white man by the name of Barley Brockston, which was his name. I have some brothers but cannot remember but two, Peter Mitchell, being the oldest, Alexander next. Have several sisters but cannot remember but two, Lucinda, the oldest and Margaret Mitchell. The old white man's name was Dickie Mitchell. He had thirteen children, all boys except two. Any information will be gladly received by RIPANS There is scarcely any conditions of ill-health that is not benefited by the occasional use of a R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule. For sale by Druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. Stenographer Wanted. A first-class stenographer and typewriter. One versed in book-keeping and writes a good, long hand, preferred. Address with reference stating experience. H. J. GREEN, Box 116. Charlotte, N. C. 2 14-02-4t WOMAN'S UNION. (INCORPORATED, JULY, 1898.) HOME OFFICE: ST. LUKE'S HALL, 900 ST. JAMES RICHMOND, VA. We pay sick Benefits Promptly. Death Benefits in 24 hours after satisfactory proof has been filed in the Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: PRES, - - - ROSA K. JONES JICE-PRES, - - MAGGIE L. WALKER TREAS, - FANNIE C. THOMPSON SECV' & MAN'G, PATSIE K. ANDERSON, LIZZIE M. DAMMALLS, M. LOU HARRIS, VICTORIA MOON, LUILIAN H. JULIAN H. PAYNE, JULIA H. HAYES, ROSA E. WATSON, DELIA LEWIS. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2 Guaranteed to do what we say and to be the "best tip in the world." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH A PEACH-Like complexion obtained if used as directed. Will turn the skin of a black or brown person to a light brown and a mutlute person perfectly white. In forty-five minutes or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin of a brown person beautiful without continual use. Will maintain beautiful without continual use. Will make moles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or bumps on the face and smooth. Small pox plus, tan, liver spots removed without harm to the skin. When you get it, it will be a light brown. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to keep it from falling apart, grow long and straight, and keeps it from falling apart. It makes the hair soft and easy to comb. Many of our customers say one of our dollar boxes is a dollar box. The NO-SHIELD thrown in free is one dollar box. One dollar box is one dollar box. One registered letter, we will send it through the mail and it will come with a want it s cnt. O. D., it will come by express mail. In any case where it fails to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Failed so that no one will know contents except receive. CRANE AND CO, 122 west Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA.