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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL.XIX NO.14 BAPTIST POLITY THE MODE OF PROCEDURE THE RECOURSE OF AN EXCLUDED MEMBER—A CHURCH AND THE LAW. The Calling of a Council—The Explanation Plain—The Rules Which Govern The Baptist Denom- Hiscock's New Directory for Baptist Churches, also known as the Baptist Polity on Page 202 says: "Since a church may err, and invalidate its action of exclusion by irregular and unjust methods of procedure in discipline, as well as for insufficient cause in exclusion; we may enquire, what are the more common mistakes in processes of discipline, which would invalidate such action and give a member, thus disfellowshipped, good reason to complain of injustice done to himself?" After stating the causes it says: SHOULD GIVE THE CHURCH "COOLING TIME." "He [excluded member] should, after a little time, and when the heat of excitement has died down, make an appeal to the church for a re-hearing of his case. In doing this he should give his reasons for claiming that he did not have a fair trial, and that he was unjustly judged. If a new hearing should be granted, with the opportunities he claims, then he must submit to the results. If the new hearing should be granted, but with similar irregularities as at first, then he is left in the same attitude as at the end of the first trial. If a re-hearing be refused, then: SHOULD ASK FOR A MUTUAL COUNCIL. 2. He should request them to unite with him in calling a mutual Council to which the case may be submitted. If this request be granted, he will have the selection of one-half of the Council. Whatever the result of such a reference may be, it would be unwise for him to prosecute the matter further. At any rate, the action of a Council so convened must be very extraordinary to justify him in any further attempts at self-vindication. If this request for a Mutual Council be declined by the Church, then: SHOULD PRESENT HIMSELF TO ANOTHER CHURCH. 3. He might present himself to some other church and request to be received to its fellowship on his experience, as an excluded member, giving them all the facts. The church thus appealed to might think it wise to call a council to advise them as to the propriety of receiving a member excluded from a sister Church. Should they, however, see fit to receive him—as they would have an answer to about a Council—that would dispose of the person giving him Church standing and fellowship again, and he would have no occasion to pursue the matter further. WOULD HAVE NO CAUSE TO COMPLAIN. And should this be done, the Church which excluded him could have no just ground for complaint. One church has the same right to take a man in as another has to put him out. But should the Church appealed to, for any reason, decline to receive him or to call a Council, then: AN UNDOURTED RIGHT. 4. He might with propriety—and it would be his undoubted right to do so as the only further step toward redress—call an ex-parte Council, before which the whole case could be laid; both as to his trial and exclusion and as to his subsequent efforts for reconciliation. Of course he should be ready to place before the Council, when convened, all the facts, and evidence needed to justify his course in having called them together.[13] THE EXCLUDING CHURCH NOT TO PARTICIPATE. On page 328, Paragraph 37 "When persons, excluded, as they believe unjustly, resolve to call a Council ex-parte, they cannot be expected to ask the excluding Church to send delegates to sit in the Council. It would be contrary to a natural sense of justice for those who had prejudged the case, and decided against the plaintiff, unfairly as he believed to be asked to sit against its decision. Such persons could not be regarded as unbiased or impartial judges. But the excluding Church should be asked to send some one to the Council to give information to the body, and to present their version of the case." Pastor Called. OAKLAND, CAL., March 2, 1902. This is to certify that Rev. J. H. Dwelle, A. M., of Georgia has been called to the pastoral charge of Beth Eden Baptist Church of Oakland, Cal. Rev. J. L. Allen resigned to take charge of Mt. Olive Baptist Church of Portland, Oregon. A. A. WATKINS, 952% 6th Street, Oakland, Cal. An Unprovoked Murder. NOTTOWAY C. H., VA., March 10. Mr. Lewis Watson, a colored man employed as a brakeman by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, was accidentally shot and instantly killed at Jordan's Bank, a bar room between this place and Crewe, late Saturday night, by James T. Davie (white) a fireman in the employ of the same company. Davie was firing a pistol out the door to frighten some colored boys who had just left the bar room, when Watson, of whose presence he did not know, stepped into the doorway, and received the bull in his temple. Davie was much distressed by the accident, and at once went to the home of Sheriff E. M. Jones and surrendered himself, informing the officer of what had occurred. A Coroner's jury was empanelled on Sunday morning by Justice John T. Tuggle, and after a full investigation a verdict was returned, holding the shooting to have been accidental and exonerating Davie. Miss Roosevelt's Present. Mr. R. Antoine Rogers of New Orleans, La. sends us a clipping from the New Orleans Times-Democrat telling of the wonderful skill of Mr. Samuel E. Davis (colored) a master-mechanic, who has just presented Miss Alice Roosevelt, the President's daughter, with a magnificent made with his own hands. It possesses are musical qualities, and Mr. Davis is declared to be a wonder in this line. Thinks It a Great Journal. BOYDS TAVERN, ALB. CO., VA., March 3, 1902. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., Dear Sir: I received the PLANET. Think it a great journal. I have not the least idea of it stop coming in our home. Please find P. O. Money Order for one dollar and a half ($1.50) for a new term. Yours for the PLANET and the colored race. WICKS- In fond remembrance of our dear little son, Austin Wicks, son of Lucy and David Wicks, who died Feb. 27th, 1902. We had a lovely treasure once, He was our joy and pride, We loved him, oh! perkas too much, For soon he slept and died. All is dark within our dwelling, Lonely are our hearts to-day. For the one we loved so dearly, Has forever passed away. Sympathy of a friend, MATTIE SMITH. RICHMOND, VA. March 12, 1902. In memory of our brother Toney, who departed this life March 5th, 1902, after a long illness. God came and took him to Himself. He was a loving brother and loved by all. He bore his afflictions with patience and told us all he was going to live with Jesus. He was in his 21st year. Leaves a dear mother, three sisters, two brothers to mourn their loss, but our loss is his eternal gain. Done by mother and sister, MRS MARY E. HECK. BROWN—Mrs. Fannie Brown, daughter of Jesse Trent of Powhatan Co., Va. departed this life Wednesday, February 19th at 8:55 p. m., at her residence, 112 E. Grace St. She bore her sickness with Christian fortitude and died in the full triumph of faith. She leaves a husband, two sisters and three brothers and a host of friends to mourn their loss. She was a loving sister, a dear and affectionate aunt. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is still; A place is vacant in our home Which never can be filled. By her sister, LELIA BOULDIN. The League Bar Association of Richmond, Va.--Organized Mareh 11, '02. Object of Association:—The said Association is designed for the expressed intention of uniting the colored practitioners at the bar, before the courts of this city and commonwealth; associatively for the purpose of a legal brotherhood, intimate vocation relationship, assistant helps, mutual culture, with the firm conviction of the necessity of a more efficient recognition in their vocative pursuits, heretofore neglected and ignored collectively. Admission of Membership:—No person who has passed an examination as an Attorney-at-Law and has neglected or failed to practice as such in this state within two years from the date of the granting of said license shall be allowed to become a member of this association. The officers for the first year are as follows: Charles F. Whittle, president; Giles B. Jackson, 1st vice-president; J. Thomas Hewin, 2nd vice-president; J. Henry Crutchfield, secretary and treasurer; Edward S. Brown, librarian. Remember, your subscription is due. pay our collector when he calls. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1902. SISTER HEWLETT'S EXPLANATION Created Excitement Last Sunday Morning. NO COWARD—WHY SHE SAID THE CHURCH BOOKS SHOULD BE LOCKED UP. Sister Margaret Hewlett, who weighs anywhere from 175 to 250 pounds, created some excitement at the First Baptist Church last Sunday morning after services. She was highly disgusted over the report in the PLANET concerning her wanting the church books locked up. She was after the Acting Clerk, Thomas H. Wyatt, whom she believed told the PLANET's reporter about the affair. She wanted the deacons to take the matter up as she regarded the affair as injuring her character. She had a communication which she desired to have published in the EVENING LEADER, but it seems that the journal declined to do so. This did not put Brother Thomas H. Wyatt is the best of humor, because he knew he had not given out any information whatever. A WHITE GENTLEMAN'S OPINION Sister Hewlett called at the PLANET Office. Editor Mitchell was out, but later met her on the street. She explained that she had been incorrectly reported. A white gentleman had told her that the reports of the First Church meeting must have been written by some one who was there and took down the proceedings. From this, she was of the opinion that the church-books must have been left so that some one could examine them. She had said while coming up from the church that the books should be looked after. Brother Wyatt came to her and asked her if she meant to reflect on him and she said she did not. She never ate her words and she was no coward. She did not say that she knew what she was talking about. Brother Jonathan had said she didn't have any sense or didn't know what she was talking about and her daughter had told him that was her mother he was talking to. Brother Jonathan had not replied in the best of humor. THOUGHT BROTHER WYATT DID IT She had said that if Brother Wyatt had carried the news to the PLANET, he was no better than a murderer. She had written a piece to he published, but the pastor had advised her not to do it. Editor Mitchell asked her for the communication, saying that he would publish any article she might bring to him. She declared that the sisters had interrupted Brother Farley not about his saying the women should not be allowed to vote, but because he spoke in the way he did about the dead man. She thought the deacon were the cause of all the trouble any way. There were numbers of members in the First Baptist Church who still had love in their hearts for Editor Mitchell. Then Sister Hewlett proceeded to give her opinion. HOW IS THE NEWS OBTAINED? Promising to give as best he could her version of the affair, Editor Mitchell bade her good day, doffed his hat, and Sister Hewlett appeared to be much relieved. As a matter of fact, Editor Mitchell knew all about the affair at the First Baptist Church meeting within three hours after he reached the city from Norfolk where he had been the Monday night before to institute a new lodge. None of this information has come from either the clerk or acting clerk. Neither was it secured from the church-books. He has been useful not to even converse with these offends upon the subject for fear that some one might presume that the information came from this quarter. PROMPT SERVICE. We have been in the business too long not to be able to get correct news when we want it. Mr. Ralph W. Tyler, who for the past fifteen years has been on the staff of the Columbus Evening Dispatch, perhaps the only colored man in the north holding an important position on a white daily, has been elected editor in chief of the Encyclopedia of A. M. E. Ministers, and he is now at work on it. Mr. Tyler continues in his position on the Dispatch. It is claimed that this Encyclopedia will show the A. M. E. ministry to be the strongest and most potent organization existing among colored men. John Colgin, white, inspector of the Raines lights in the James River fell overboard in the James River, Monday, 3d inst. His body was recovered on the 6th inst. He resided at 215 Nicholson St., Fulton. HONOR PUPILS. HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL Week Ending February 28, 1902. Senior A—Carrie Adams, Nannie Carter, Mabel Harris, Annie Moody, Ruth Sully, Pearl Tancil, Esterine White. Senior B—Carroll Thomas, Ida Crump. Intermediate A—Connie Tinsley. Junior A, 1—Pearl Bland, Cynthia Edmondson, Amanda Nelson. Junior B, 1—Flora Carter, Justine Williams. Junior B, 3—William Pemberton, Pearl Davis, Julia Lawson. Week Ending March 7, 1902. 6th Grammar—Mrs. R. D. Bower, teacher: Belle Morris, Charles Brown, Roscoe Mitchell, Robert Jones. 5th Grammar—Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher: Viola Grey, Mamie Smith, Jennie Jackson. 4th Grammar—Miss L. B. Wills, teacher: William Partee, Lillie Harris. 3rd Grammar—Mr. D. W. Davis, teacher: Gwendola Brown, Maggie Baker, Tamar Carter. Mary Daggett, Georgie Grey, Lillian Holmes, Emma Mitchell, Mary Turner, Addie West, Ernestine Wells. 2nd Grammar—Miss V. A. Holmes teacher: Mamie Johnson, Rebecca Mitchell, Bessie Edwards, Mary Jenkins, Martha Minor, Rachel Lemes. 1st Grammar—Miss M. H. Smith, teacher: Arzelia Storrs, Cora Smith, Serena Robinson, Hazel Brown, Perzelia Brown, Alice Augustus. 8th Primary—Miss L. J. Corbin, teacher: Cornelius Gaston, Frances Giles. 7th Primary — Miss C. F. Brown teacher: Neami Hill, Florence Sterrs, Addie Jones, Nellie Jones. 6th Primary—Miss M. C. Tinsley teacher: John Piperson, Bettie Fitzughn, Cassie Nelson, Eddie Yancey, Hermi- one Jackson, Mabel West, Rhoda Bowles, Mamie Lewis, Bernetta Young. 5th Primary—Miss M. E. Allen teacher: Willie Dabney, Henry Dawson Granatt Graves, Lorenzo Jones, Ellis Mayo, Enmanuel Stuart, Viola Washington, Erna Benjamin, Katie Gilpin, Carrie Harris, Maleon Jackson, Carlotta Kersey, Arneta Stokes, Mary Miller, Lucy Williams, Nellie Fisher. 4th Primary—Miss M. R. Crump teacher: Mercer Burrell, Marie Brown, Richard Jackson, Franklin Jones, Sallie Gayles, Estelle Briggs, Annie Carter, Sarah Sydney, Lein Giles, Robert Harris, Bessie Ware, Theresa Hayes. 3rd Primary — Miss E. V. Trent, teacher: Ira Deane, Thurbow Jones, Charles Storrs, Edward Eldridge, Addiron Royster, Jack Wyche, Louise Christian, Sarah Cox, Lula Eggleston, Hortense Grey, Erma Holmes, Lizzie Johnson, Ida Skipwith, Lenettie Stewart, Viola Wells. 6th Grammar—Ethel Bowler, Elizabeth Gregory, Georgia Holcomb. 4th Grammar—Carrie Rogers, Eddie Miles. 2nd Grammar—Nettie Banks, Clotelle Griffin, Marthenia Mankins, Octavia Robinson, Hattie Steward, Emma Burford. 1st Grammar—Lenora Burrell, Unity James, Philip Patterson, Eliza Johnson, Hattie Covington. 8th Primary—Joseph Anderson, Leroy Brown, Willie Cary, Ernest Hamm, Gerrrude Harris, Otilee Johnson, Rosa Moody, Lily Walker, Blanche Walton. 7th Primary—Marie Brown, Collin Johnson, Bolling Crump. 6th Primary—Ernest Edwards, James Monroe, Annie Holland, Annie Freeman, Emmet Coleman, Ida Phelps, Jesse Finch, Lottie Thompson. 5th Primary—Geo. Murray, Rosa Perkins, Hattie Reed, Florence White. 4th Primary—Mrs. F. P. Walker, teacher—Mabel Grammar Agatina Jones Pearl Payne, Ella Stevens, Wm. Robinson, Thos. Scott, Fred Tharp, Harvey Winston, Martha Barrett, Blanche Eddleton, Millie Washington, Mildred Smith, Virginia Brown, Elizabeth Jefferson, Hazel Tyler, Wm. Mankin, Trevillian Wickham. 4th Primary. No. 36—Bessie Wells, Gertrude Walbarrow, Fannie Braxton, Eva Thomas, Mary Woodson, George Dance, Joseph Pennell. Spencer Dance. 3rd Primary—John Lipscomb, Joseph Sampson, Arthur Roots, Irene Pitchford, Mattie Thomas. 2nd Primary. No. 38-James Byrd, J. Milton Dabney, John Elllett, Charles Hunter, Cornelius Manual, William Nash, Joseph Stokes, Arthur Stamps, Edward Taylor, John Thomas, Walter Walker, Richard Wingfield, Whitman Washington, Charles White, Charles Young, Harry Pearl, Pearl Brown, Mary Blake, Maddie Dixon, Dora Jackson, Nollie Johnson, John Wingfield, Charlotte Smith, John Maxo 1st Primary, No. 39—Eli Anderson, William Anderson, Linwood Byrd, Joseph Gibbons, Cabel Hill, Sadie Dabney, Julia Fox, Mary Green, Alma Minson, Julia Moore, Katie Thomas, Marie Williams, Sarah Fox. 2nd Primary, 40—William Brown Robert Bell, Clinton Jennings, George Moody, Mary Brooks, Elizabeth Graves, Ida Hargave, Eliza Montague, Emma Moody, Henrietta Wilkinson, Josephine Garnett, Estelle Wilkerson. 1st Primary, 41—Charles Shields, John Hargave, Albert Lancaster, Bessie Bell Evelyn Bowler, Lily Evans, Maria Nash Rosetta Wilson, Elizabeth Patterson. The Mechanics' Savings Bank of Richmond, Va has received on deposit from Jan. 1, 1902 to March 13, 1902 inclusive, $(21,297) 38.70. Twenty-one thousand, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eight cents. This a fine finding. The patronage of this institution is gratifying and the depositing of money continues. Lynchburg Observes The 38th Annual Celebration of Pythianism. On Wednesday night, Feby 19th, 1902, Pioneer Lodge No. 28, New Era Lodge, No. 36, the Uniform Rank and Court of Calanthe assembled at Court St. Baptist Church in commemoration of the 38th Period of Pythianism. The line of march headed by the Uniform Rank in their gay new uniform, followed by Pioneer and New Era Lodges presented a scene long to be remembered. At 8:45 p. m. they reached the church where they were joined by the Court of Calanthe. As the massive pipe organ pealed forth the melodius strains of a beautiful march, these noble knights and fair Calanthes wended their way until they found themselves standing between the massive walls of of the old Court St. Baptist Church, there to listen to addresses by of Lynchburg's most leaders. Ater the usual devotional exercises, the D. D. G. O., Sir W. J. Wells are and stated the object of the meeting, and introduced the speakers of the day in a most befitting manner. The first speaker was Prof. U. S. G. Patterson, who spoke at some length on the object and principles of Pythianism. He spoke with telling effect and made a favorable impression upon the audience as he brought forth the facts and figures, showing the strength of the Order, and the great achievements that had been accomplished in so short a time. Not only by the Knights but also by the Court of Calanthe. He urged the ladies to join the Court of Calanthe as it was the best insurance for women; an insurance that gives them the largest returns for the smallest outlay. Two Court Clubs are now being formed, one by Mrs. Julia Watts, 315 Federal St., and one by himself. The former having already 30 members with 24 paid up, while the other is not far behind. He concluded by making a strong appeal in behalf of Pythianism. Next, Rev, J. C. Jackson was introduced. Sir Wells stated that while the Rev. was not a member, he hoped that he would be before many months passed by. Rev. Jackson after making a few introductory remarks, gave a brief history of Pythianism in the State of Virginia which had been only fifteen years, and when you consider the fact that the Negro had only a few years since made free, it is marvelous to know what progress he has made, and in so short a time Pythianism has found its way into every continent. He stated that he had nothing to say against any order which is for the uplifting mind, but he wanted to call special attention to that which stands for brotherhood, friendship and union; and with it the Friend Rank which stands for strength and union. He compared them with a spy he heard once, of a man who found a book, and when he opened it he found so much money that he was not certain whether it was money or not; so on going to the first fellow he met he related his story and asked him if he had lost a pocket book. After stating how much good the Pioneer and New Era Lodges had done in shaping the lives of great men, he then made special reference to the Court of Calanthe and the wisdom of the Knights in making provisions for the ladies, and that he could not pass over in his speech without making mention of the Court of Calanthe. He spoke of the goodness of the Lord to us and went on to make mention of the Bank and that it had aggregated $12800 the first month. He spoke of the joy he gave him to speak to the best people of nuremberg, some from every congregation. He spoke of the paying off of $12800 inside a period of two years. He urged the men to stand up as men, that they had done well and that he did not have whether he was buried in a pine bed and a band following on to the grave or not, but tell him whether he had lived an honorable life so that his wife and children may go onward and upward. He spoke to some length on obligation and urged the Knights to stand for peace, justice and purity, though they may suffer death. He implored God to bless both the lodges and Courts of Calanthe, and concluded by calling upon sinners to find peace with Christ that they may be able to join the Uniform Rank above. A. G. LANGHORNE, Master of Exchequer, New Era Lodge, 36. MR. HUMBLES TO THE RESCUE. He Saves Virginia Seminary—Loans $4000—Rejoicing Throughout The State. Mr A. Humbles, the colored capitalist of Lynchburg has notified Rev. W. F. Graham, president of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Theological Seminary and College at Lynchburg. Va that he will loan the institution ($4000) four thousand dollars, with which to pay off the second mortgage held by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, which institution was forclosing the same with the prospect of closing the institution and turning out the students. The offer has been accepted. Mr. Humbles has more than once come to the relief of the school. He loaned the institution ten thousand dollars at one time. He is estimated to be worth $40,000. A Compliment From Mississippi. [Canton, Miss, Baptist.] Hon, John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond PLANET, addressed a large audience in Washington, D. C., January 15th, on the subject of Judge Lynch and his victims. Mr. Mitchell is a fearless and bold writer and speaker. No man in this great country has done more in efforts and in writings to put an end to lynching. It was through this great man that Mary Abernathy, Barnes and others lynched in Lynchburg, Va. a few years ago. This great and good deed, if none other than Mitchell, Jr. before this country as a great man. He has worked ever since that the law might have its course. Charged With Stealing. Charles F. Allen (white) book-keeper for F. S. Dalton & Co., 16 Governor St. was arrested last Monday upon the charge of embolizing $3000. It is said to be the result of fast living. It seemed that his employer has been indisposed during the past five weeks and signed checks on the First National Bank in bringing Allen to fill them out. He did to the firm's loss and his satisfaction Must Have Been Murdered. William F. Clayton (white) who resided at 739 N. 4th St. was found in an unconscious condition Sunday mornings on the corner of 6th and Leigh Streets, at about 4 o'clock by David Mayo, (colored). He reported the fact to the Second Police Station. Clayton was removed to the City Hospital where he died without having regained consciousness. It is thought that he was murdered. Clayton seems to have been a painter by trade but a gambler by profession. It is now asserted that there is a woman in the case. The only thanks the colored man Mayo seemed to have gotten was to be himself suspected of the murder and to have the charge made that probably some other Negro murdered Clayton for the purpose of robbery although about $5.00 was found on his person. National Baptist S. S. Union. The regular monthly meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Union of Richmond, Manchester and vicinity will be held on next Sunday, Murch 16, 1902 at 3 o'clock p. m. at the Macedonia Baptist Church, 21st and Grace Sts. An excellent program will be rendered. Come and hear the fine address on "Courage" to be delivered by Rev. Jas. H. Rose o' to the 4th Baptist Church. All are invited to meet. The union is destined to do great and good work in Richmond and vicinity. B. H. PEYTON, Pres. E. A. WILLIAMS, Cor. Sec. The M.-W. G. Master P. B. Ramsey and his staff will leave on a special fast train via Southern Railway for Charleston, S. C., to attend the Masonic Congress and Knights Templar Inter-State Drill and Encampment on Sunday, April 6th at 2:30 p. m., arriving in Charleston April 7th at 7 a. m. He invites all members of the craft throughout the jurisdiction to accompany him. The following delegates have been appointed by him to represent the Grand Lodge of Virginia: P. G. M., J. Hugo Johnston, Erthicks; Dr. H. L. Harris, Grand Secretary; Hon. A. W. Harris, Petersburg; D. D. G. Master John Overton Lewis, Richmond; Rev. R. Spiller, D. D., Hampton. He wishes to communicate with all who desire to go with him. --- —Prof. W. Philip Dabney, formerly of this city, but now of Cincinnati, O., writes a ringing denunciation of the cruel and brutal murder of Chas, Crutchfield, October 8th, 1901, by police-officer Shaffer. It seems that a white prostitute informed Shaffer that a Negro had insulted her. He followed him to his room and shot him to death. The jury discharged him. The communication appeared in the Cincinnati Brotherhood of Feb. 27, 1902. —Mr. Richard Sampson, proprietor of the Palace Barber Shop at 323 N. 6th St., paid ns a visit this week. British General Captured by Delarey After Being Wounded. BLOODY BATTLE AT WYNBURG British Suffered a Terrible Reverse, Three Officers and 38 Men Being Killed, 200 Missing, and Guns and Baggage Captured. London, March 11—It was announced yesterday that General Lord Methuen and four guns had been captured by the Boers, commanded by General Delarey. The news came like a thunderbolt to London. The news was received in the house of commons amid great excitement. The reading of Lord Kitchener's telegram by the war secretary, Mr. Brodrick, was listened to in deep silence, which was broken by loud Irish cheers. Instantly there were cries of "Shame!" "Shame!" from the government benches. Then the Irish members seemed to think better of their outbreak and suddenly subsided. The subsequent eulogistic references to General Methuen were received with cheers. In brief, Lord Kitchener announced that when General Methuen was captured, wounded, with four guns, three British officers and 38 men were killed and five officers and 72 men were wounded. In addition one officer and 200 men were reported missing, Lord Kitchener's dispatch is as follows: "Pretoria, Saturday, March 8--I greatly regret to have to send you bad news of Methuen. He was moving with 900 mounted men, under Major Paris, and 300 infantry, four guns and a pompom from Wynburg to Lichtenburg, and was to meet Grenfell, with 1,300 mounted men, at Rovirailnes Fontein, but Friday morning early he was attacked by Delaire's force between Twe-Bosch and Palmietknell. The Boers charged on three sides. "Five hundred and fifty men have come in at Mariblogs and the Braalapan. They were pursued by the Boers four miles from the scene of the action. They report that Methuen and Paris, with the guns baggage, etc., were captured by the Boers. Methuen, when last seen, was a prisoner. I have no details of the casualties, and suggest delaying publication till I can send definite news. I think this sudden revival of activity on the part of Delarey is to draw off the troops who are pressing De Wet." In a second dispatch, dated Sunday, March 9, Lord Methuen says: "Paris has come in at Kraisan, with the remainder of the men. He reports that the column was moving in two parties. One, with the ox wagons, left Twe-Bosch at 3 a. m. The other, with the mule wagons, started an hour later. Just before dawn the Boers attacked. Before reinforcements could reach them the rear guard broke. In the meantime a large number of Boers galloped up on both flanks. These, at first, were checked by the flank parties, but the panic and stampede of the mules had begun, and all the mule wagons, with a terrible mixture of mounted men, rushed past the ox wagons. All efforts to check them were unavailing. Major Paris collected 40 men and occupied a position a mile in front of the ox wagons, which were then halted. After a gallant but useless defense the enemy rushed into the ox wagons, and Methuen was wounded in the thigh. Paris, being surrounded, surrendered. Methuen is still in the Boer camp." Then follows the number of casualties. The killed include Lieutenants G. R. Vening and T. P. W. Nesham, of the Royal Artillery, who were both killed while serving their guns with case-shot. A dispatch received last evening from Lord Kitchener says: "The force under Delarey was almost entirely dressed in British uniforms. This made it impossible for the infantry to distinguish between their own men and the enemy when the mounted troops were driven in on them. The enemy numbered 1,500 men. They had one 15-pounder and a pompom." It is feared that Lord Kitchener's incomplete accounts have not told the worst, and the public is anxiously awaiting details. China Protests Against Exclusion. Pekin, March 12.—The Chinese government has presented to the United States minister, Mr. Conger, a strong memorial against the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion law by the United States. The government here particularly objects to the exclusion of Chinese from the Philippine and Hawaiian Islands, representing that the Chinese had acquired extensive commercial interests there and were closely connected with the islands by family ties, so that repression of free intercourse would result in peculiar hardships. Some Prophecies for Spring and Summer Styles IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE WOULD BE A REVIVAL OF THE MODES OF THE THIRD EMPIRE. HE talk in the fashion world is still of spring and summer modes, and while each adds new variety to the offerings for the coming seasons there is yet much HE talk in the fashion world is still of spring and summer modes, and while each adds new variety to the offerings for the coming seasons there is yet much that is but prophecy. Undoubtedly many of the fashions of the third empire will be revived for this season; the low coiffure with the curls falling on the neck, or in cascades at the back; the triple-founced skirts; the THE LADY OF THE ROOM A PRETTY HOME GOWN OF VELVET AND LACE. shady hats; and, above all, the tiny, narrow, black velvet ribbons running in and out of our laces and embroideries. Boleros are more beautiful than ever. For ball dresses they are made of lisse or chiffon, which serves as a foundation to a trellis work of gold or chenille, and between the cross-bars, or lozenge-shaped spaces, are tiny flowers of crepe, or beautiful jeweled crystal drops form an artistic ensemble. Netlike fabrics are most fashionable for evening gowns. Blouses of black silk-fnet are worn over under-bodices of coral, turquoise or apple-green satin. Sometimes pastilles of chenille are embroidered in spiderweb pattern on the net, and the sleeves are finished off with silk fringe. Colored velvet ribbons, richly embroidered with jet, make lovely trimmings for these blouses. It is a significant fact that dresses are no longer so tight round the hips, and flow out more lavishly from below the knee. Some people predict the advent of the crinoline, but in any case it is safe to know that skirts are not quite so sheathlike and clinging as they were a few months ago. The all-round short skirt, with a few very narrow and flat plaits at the back, is a general favorite for ordinary wear, while dressier skirts are adorned with strappings of cloth, velvet or silk, applied in divers ways, or lengthwise tucks; or with plaited or box-plaited flonces, which are graduated in depth towards the front. A great many tight-fitting bodices are seen, made with long basques, or tails at the back. The Norfolk bodice THE LADY OF THE TOWN VELVET TEA-GOWN WITH LACE AND SABLE. is to the fore again, and is very adaptable for wearing in the house, or for cycling and country use. It makes up equally well in frieze, serge, or in fancy flannel, in which material the plaits are frequently embellished with fancy feather-stitching. Neither expense, time nor pains are spared in the making of blouses, which are as lovely as they are varied. If anything, slips are really more fashionable than blouses. We are only beginning to realize their great utility, for so many can be stowed away in a small space that really nothing can compare with them for visiting or traveling. Soft, black satin slips made with half-inch wide tucks, and inlet with lovely Irish point insertion, are most useful possessions for evening wear. Cream and white nun's velling. How She Knew "And then," said the little one who had been to a concert and was describing it to her brother, "there was something from Wagner." "Huh!" retorted the brother, scornfully; "a lot you could tell about it. How did you know it was from Wagner?" "Because," she replied, confidently, "they made such an awful racket."—Chicago Post. prettily tucked, and combined with lace, makes charming slips, which have the merits of being warm in wear and easy to clean at home. The tucks on blouses and slips are, indeed, varied, some quite narrow, others quite wide; then there are very narrow box plaits down the front and back, which are kept as flat-looking as possible. Many of the flannel blouses fasten at the side in Russian fashion, the edge which fastens over being scalloped out, each scallop centered with a pretty fancy button. Coats are mostly built on the lines of the redingote, or in the "coaching" style, that is, with bold revers, double or triple capelets, with long basques, and double-breasted fronts. As to materials, the choice is too extensive to mention any in particular. Glace velvets are a novelty; they are of a very fine, rich make of velvet, with a silvery white gloss over the surface that gives the effect of hear frost. In gray, turquoise-blue, rose-pink and mauve this fabric is indescribably beautiful. It is used for day and evening wear, and will make superb court trains. The zibelines have become as "furry," if one may coin a word, as petty itself. In millinery, the most fashionable toques are exquisite combinations of sable, lace and ermine. They are often raised at the side with most beautifully shaded cream and plink roses, or newer still, with starry sprays of velvety edelweiss, a flower that seems peculiarly decorative for this kind of toque. The flat, felt hats of the plateau order are extremely popular, but they require careful putting on; such awkward cavities are left by the meandering brim that the low coiffure does not fill up. A good plan is to arrange either a bandeau, or a sort of velvet turban or drapery, which is fastened on the hair apart from the hat, and to poise the hat securely over this. These turbans can be made of different shades A of panne, soft silk or velvet, and will be found very useful to wear with a black, white or fawn hat. Short skirts for street wear are to be worn, and the newest are made to quite escape the ground. Blouses continue as much in favor as ever, and for the spring season the Indian pattern velweeves and flannels will be much worn. Tea gowns are of course in vogue just at this time, and the two that are shown in the illustrations are exceptionally beautiful models of these garments. Both are of velvet, and are so constructed that they may be suitable for either dinner or at home evening gowns as well as the less formal tea gown. The one that is quite decollete is trimmed with white lace on long stole ends edged round with mink and fastened with claps of jewels. The other gown is also fastened with similar claps, but has the fur as a center edging and a band of lace placed upon the velvet, running down each side of the front. For early spring wear, the season that is almost if not quite upon us, the tailor-made will have the old-time vogue, though they are more elaborate than in the former seasons for several years back. The one illustrated is of the softest of panne cloth, in a lovely shade of amethyst, velvet of a pansy purple tone and snowy ermine with its effective touches of fur. It is destined, of course, for wear when the weather is too mild for a complete coat of fur, but too changeable to admit of fur-being disposed with altogether, and you will find that the ermine collar cut as it is in a deep square at the back will give just the necessary and pleasant amount of protection. The touch of lace, too, at the neck may be noted as specially becoming. Keeping the Hands Set Common petroleum jelly acts like magic upon some persons' hands and wrists, and for genuine family use outvies half the expensive creams extant. An Error in Anatomy The King—Varlet, thou liest in thy throat! The Knave—Pardon, your majesty, but that is impossible. I always speak through my nose.—Judge. Paradoxical Sally Gay—After he had kissed you good-night for the last time I suppose he took just one more? Dolly Swift—Oh, yes! Several dozen one-mores, in fact!—Puck. Always Hard at Work. Mrs. Tattler—I'd have you know I weigh my words. Mr. Tattler—It must keep you awfully busy—Yonkers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Pickerel Waited Until Kimble Went and Killed a Deer. Then the Old Walloper Made Things Lively for His Human Autonaut, But in the End Was Ignominiously Vanquished. "The biggest pickerel I ever caught," said Jack Kimble, of Panpack, Pa., to a New York Sun correspondent, "waited to have its fight out with me while I went and killed one of the biggest doe deers I ever saw, although I didn't want to kill the doe. I had to. "It was over on Big Pond, in Palmyra. George Killam and I were fishing through the ice. One of my tip-upa had tipped with a vim that only a big fish could put into a tip-up, and the minute I grabbed the line and began to haul in I knew the boss pickerel was on the hook. "Big pickerel like that are apt not to stay on the hook a great while, and if you want to land 'em you don't want to give 'em much time to dally with the hook, and at the same time you want to be mighty careful how you haul 'em up from below and out of the hole in the ice. "I didn't give this fellow any more time than I thought was necessary for him to get a good hold on the hook, and I was hauling him up without any delay n the hauling. I had got him where I could see him surging in the water and doing his best to get loose, and his jaws stood open like an alligator's. "Gosh'lmighty!" said I. 'He's the daddy of 'em all.' "Just then I heard something that I hadn't expected to hear, but I knew instantly what it was. It was the plaintive bleat that a doe deer gives when in horror or pain. I forgot about the big pickerel. I dropped the line, and it went whizzing back through the hole in the ice. "I looked in the direction from which the cry of the deer had come. A quarter of a mile away, near the upper edge of the pond, I saw the doe. She was a big one, and was struggling on the ice with three hounds, which had chased and captured her. "I started on a run toward the deer, hoping to get to her in time to rescue her from the dogs and save C. L. B. "HE'S THE DADDY OF 'EM ALL!" her life, but although I got there in very quick time, and clubbed the dogs off of the doe, they had injured her so badly that I had to kill her. The season for legal killing of deer was over, but neither George Killam nor I could see any good reason why we should let that nice fat lot of venison, although we had to kill it against our will, lie there and be feed for dogs, so we took it ourselves. "Those infernal dogs," said I to George, "have cost me the landing of the boss pickeler of Big Pond," for I hadn't the slightest idea that the pickeler would stay on the hook and wait to have the fight out with me. "Consequently, when I got back to my tip-up and saw it still in the air, I was considerably surprised, but when I took of the hold in the air to haul it up and got a jerk that almost pulled me into the hole, I could hardly believe it could be. a second jerk, though, woke me up. "George,' I hollered, 'blamed if he hain't waited for me!' "I took up the fight where I had left it, and by and by had the old walloper out on the ice, where he tried his best to get at me and snap his jaws on me, until I knocked him in the head with an ax. "Now, to say a pickerel weighed nine pounds may not seem very big, but in a country where, if a fellow catches one that weighs three pounds he will walk ten miles to tell about it, a nine-pounder is more than a whopper. And that is what this one that waited to have its fight out with me until I went and killed a deer weighed—nine pounds." Lizards Change Their Color The common lizard changes its color like the chameleon. It will become black after remaining upon black soil for about half a minute, but upon an old-fashioned wooden fence the animal soon assumes the motley gray hue of a weather-worn rail. Upon a green leaf the same lizard will take on a greenish tint. Feed Wheat to Live Stock. Kansas farmers are feeding wheat to their cattle. It is said that in the absence of profitable fields for investment for grain-sale money they are holding their wheat for better prices. He Believed Him Friend—Too much whisky makes a body talk, don't it? Col. Soak—I should say so. Why, you just ought to hear my wife when I go home drunk—Harlem Life. Papa (trying to read) - Yepl Papa - And your nose? Papa - Sunny Papa—Yes—just about as much as I have. Mamma—And—and— Papa—Your mother's temper. Mamma—You brute! — Brooklyn Life. Box Nature Mrs. Smarte—Helen, get that Towser boy to come over here this afternoon. I want to get him to saw and split that kindling wood down cellar. Helen—He won't do it, ma; his mother says he's the laziest boy in town; she can't get him to do the first thing around the house. Mrs. Smarte—That's all right, Helen. Because a boy won't work at home is no sign he won't work like a navy almost anywhere else.—Boston Transcript. A Bluff. Dr. Price—I'd like you to settle my bill for services during your recent illness. Joakley—I understood from what you said that my case puzzled you so you couldn't charge me anything. Dr. Price—When did I ever say that? Joakley—The very first day. You said you couldn't make anything out of it. Philadelphia Press. Anniversary Thoughts "Hubby, dear, do you know that we will have been married ten years next Tuesday?" "Yes. I realize that we are getting along, and should begin to economize for the needs of the future." No Bad His Choses He—Suppose I should kiss you. What would you think of me? She—I would think you were not a gentleman. He—Then suppose I would miss this most tempting opportunity and not kiss you? She—I would think you were a fool. —Chicago Tribune. Locating His Soft Spot. Patience—He must have a soft spot in his heart for me. Patrice—Why so? "He says he is always thinking of me." "But you know a man doesn't think with his heart. The soft place must be in his head."—Yonkers Statesman. Just What He Got "Yes, I had all the fellows in the place for my rivals when I was courting." "And yet you carried off the prize?" interrupted his enthusiastic friend. "Well," corrected the other, slowly, if not severely, "I don't altogether know about that, but I married the girl."—Tit-Bits. The Voice of Envy Mrs. Highblower — I fairly envy those Italian women—the way they can carry things on their heads. Mrs. Gushington—How so? Mrs. Highblower—Why, if I were as strong as that, think of the tiara I could wear at the opera!—Town Topics. Suspicious Prosperity Aunt Dinah—What makes yo' think yo' husband's got another wife 'sides yo, chile? Mrs. Johnson (over the washtub)— Cause he don't do no wo'k, an' he's so mighty flush!—Brooklyn Eagle. Gladdest and Saddest. The saddest words of tongue or pen, Likewise the gladdest words, we know: The saddest are: "It might have been." The gladdest are: "I told you so." —Philadelphia Record. NICE AND LIGHT. Customer—Is your bread nice and light? New Baker's Boy—Oh, yes—rather, mum! All our four-pound loaves weigh three pound and a 'arf.—Ally Sloper. A Fault of Charity. "Hit's all right fer charity ter begin at home," says Brother Dickey, "but hit happens too frequent dat she makes up her mind ter stay dar!"—Atlanta Constitution. Merely an Understudy. Canvasser—I presume I am addressing the head of the house? Enpeck—Well-er—not exactly. But during her absence I act as her representative.—Chicago Daily News. From Experience "Paw's weather strips are felt," said Bessie, as she examined the door. "So are his shingles," sobbed Tommy, who had been caught smoking in the woodshed.-Chicago Daily News. The Die Was Cast Clergyman—Matrimonial responsibilities, my children, should not be undertaken lightly. The Groom—Er—no, I suppose not; but I suppose it's—er—too late to think about that.—Puck. Often the Care Bacon—Who is that insignificant looking little man on the other side of the street? Egbert—Why, that's one of our most prominent citizens.—Youkers Statesman. Those Foolish Questions. "Do you really love that girl?" "Love her? Love her? And she the only child of a man worth $2,000,000, and who has one foot in the grave and another on a banana peel. Love her? Go away. You tire me." — Chicago Tribune. Not Always Fair. We're told that all is fair In love; and yet, and yet. The man has her May be a bleached brunette. — Philadelphia Record. Fargone—Ah, good afternoon, Ber- tie, is your sister engaged? Bertie. I guess she is this time sure, this ring she got from a fellow last night scratches glass. — St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Friend in Need Harold—Why, I have an ample income, and— Rupert—Don't say another word, old chap—I'll help you blow it!—Puck. "He says that he always makes hay while the sun shines." A hard question. "Daddy," asked little Jack, "where does a snake begin when he wants to wag his tail?"—N. Y. Tribune. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Effect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 a. m. NORSELIMITED. Daily. Arrive Petersburg, 9:30 a. m. Boston, 11:30 a. m. Stops only at Potersburg, Waverley, and Suffolk. 9:00 a. m. NORSELIMITED. Petersburg, 9:49 a. m. Weddon, 11:30 a. M. Payettville, 4:25 a. M. Charleston, 10:25 a. m. Savannah, 2:55 a. M. Jacksonville, 6:00 a. m. Port Tampa, 7:10 a. p. Connell at Wilson with No. 47, arriving at Goldboro, 8:25 a. m. Wilmington, 6:00 a. p. Pullman Station, 8:25 a. p. 11:55 a.m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg 12:35 p.m. m. Stops at Manchester, Drewry, Bluff, Centralia and Chester. 3:00 p.m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives at Petersburg 3:30 p.m. M., Norfolk 5:20 p.m. m. Stops only at Petersburg Waverley, and Suffolk. 4:30 p.m. Occupied Sunday. Arrives Petersburg, 3:30 p.m. M., Wadden 7:00 p.m. M., Rocky Mount 9:30 p.m. M. Makes all intermediate stops. 6:00 p.m. Makes Petersburg 7 p.m. M. Makes all stops. 7:23 p.m. M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIM. Daily. Arrives Petersburg, 7:50 p.m. M., County and intermediate points; Emporia 9:30 p.M. (Connects with Atalanta and for stations between Emporia and Sawyerville, 9:30 p.M. Fayetteville 12:32 p.M. M., Charleston 6 A., Savannah 9:06 A., Macon 11:15 A., Thomasville 2:23 p.M. M. Pullman Sleeper New York to Wilmington, Charleston, Port Pampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and Macon. 9:10 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:55 P. M. Connect at Petersburg with Norfolk and at Eastern railway. Arrives Petersburg 8:25 P. M. Railroad. Arrives 5 A. M. Brooks 10:30 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 Jackson 9:38 A. M. Savannah 10:50 A. M. Tampa. Augustine 4:30 P. M. Tampa 10:40 P. M. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 6:40 A. M. Daily, except Monday. From Tampa, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston. 7:35 A. M. From Petersburg, Lynch- burg and the 8:48 A. M. Daily, except Sunday, Petersburg local. 11:10 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Golds Mall, for immediate stations. Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points South. 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Petersburg. 8:56 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. ALPHEUS SCOTT. Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 3006 P St., Church Hill. Telegraph and Telephone promptly attend a press con- fidential. Old Phone No. 3848. TO THOSE IN WANT OF EMPLOYMENT: We desire the names and post-office addresses of competent, industrious, reliable colored women, men, and girls, willing situations in the north as cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laudresses, walkers, waitresses, coachmen, butlers, farm hands, day laborers, bellmen, general housework, etc., etc. Address. J. H. Lewis, Manager, Inter-State Real Estate and Employment Agency, 73 Summer St., Trenton, N. J. 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. for Farnville, Lynchburg and all local stations West; at Jeffreys for local sta- tions Danville; at Dauville; at Oxford for Hendershot. 2:30 P. M. No. 29, limited train daily, for Jack seville and all Florida pointe: Havanah and Farmville, and Powhatan Railroad; for Greenboro for Durham, Raleigh and Wake Forest, and Powhatan Railroad; for No. 35, United States fast mail, for New Orleans daily for New Orleans and points South to Drawing Room sleeper to New Orleans, to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through train, with Sleeper, Salisbury to Memphis-Dining-Car-Service. 11:30 P. M. No. 11, limited Express daily for Atlanta, Augusta, points South, Sleeper for Danville, Openair Library and Charlotte openair at Richmond 80 M. M. reception with New York and Florida, Florida and Southwestern Limited, which carries vannah, Jacksonville, Tampa Nashville Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Pullman Tourist Sleeper Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays Washington to Seville without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. 6:30 P. M. No. 17, local daily, except Sunday for Keyville and intermediate points. TRAINS ARRIVE IN RICHMOND. 5:43 P. M.) From Atlanta, Augusta, Jackson ville, Ashlea, and all points South. 8:40 A. M. From Keysville and local stations. 3:25 P. M. From Durham, Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations. LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapolls. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH. LEAVE RICHMOND. 4:30 P.M. M. Baltimore willuminate daily except Sundays in West Point with steamers for Baltimore and York River landings stops only at stations beween Baltimore and York. 12:15 P. M. No. 10 Daily except Sundays, local express for West Point, and intermediate stations. Connects with stage at Le Mans Manor for Walkout and Tappehannock. 55 A. M. No. 74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and inter mediate stations, connecting with stage at the theater for Walkerton and Tappahannock. [TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. *9:15 A. M., daily from West Point, with connection from Baltimore, except Mondays *10:45 A. M., daily except Sundays and Mondays *15:15 P. M., daily except Sundays, from West Steamers leave West Point daily, except Sundays, 5:31 p. m., arriving Baltimore 8:39 p. m. Steamers call at Almondes and Yorktown Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; Clay Bank and Gloucester Point Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D.C. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Petersburg. Stops only at Pet- esburg, Waverly, and Waverly. 9:05 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pillman Sleeper Roanoke to Roanoke, also for Bristol, Knoxville and Charleston. Pillman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 8:30 P. M., Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 8:30 P. M. St. stops only at Petersburg Washington, the Baltimore, the Boston, folk with Steamers to Boston, New York, Baltimore and Washington 7:23 P. M., Suffolk, Norfolk and interm- mediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:30 P. M. 9:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects 9:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, with Washington and Charleston. Arrives at Charleston Steepers Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans, Cafe, Parlor and Observation cars Radford to Attalia, Ala. Pull cars Steepers Lynchburg to Memphis Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and and the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:50 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 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 General Passenger Agent. General Office: Roanoke, Va. de.18 FEBRUARY 10, 1902. C. & O. PASSEGGER 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 ton, Clifton Forge, Connects, except Sunday for Rosney, Alberene and New Calder. 1:20 P. M., Except Sunday, "Washington and Old Point Limited" for Norfolkvin Old Point, Parlor and observation cars from Washington without change. Connects at Old Point with Old Dominion Annex Boat for New York steamer. 2:45 P. M., Daily, Louis and Chicago Limited. Dining car train, Pullman for Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. 5 to four hour trains. Connects for Virginia Bof Spring Local train follows St. Louis Limited from Gordonville to Staunton, except Sunday. 4:00 P. M., Daily, Local to Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. Pullman to Old Point. Connects at Old Point with Washington Baltimore and Cape Charles steamers. 5:15 P. M., Except Sunday for Bremo. 5:30 P. M., Except Sunday to Doswell. 10:30 P. M. Daily F. F. V. Dining Car train. Connell for Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman Car in connection with Parlor Car to Cincinnati, and to Cincinnati, Louisville, and the West. 10:00 A M. Daily from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 12 Noon. Except Sunday, from Norfolk and Portsmouth. 3:30 P. Cincinnati. H. W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G. P. A. A. G. P. A. Schedule in Effect March 2, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 407 A.M. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Milford, Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to Washington and New York. Dining Car. 6:45 a.m. Daily from MAIN STREET STATION, Florida and Metropolitan Limited, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Sleeping Cars to New York. Dining Car. 6:54 a.m. day, from BYRD STREET STATION, New York and Florida Special, for Washington and beyond. Makes no stop. All Pullman Cars. No extra fare other than usual Pullman charge, Dining Car. 7:24 a.m. Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. 8:00 a.m. Sunday only from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Elba, Glen Allen, and local stations Ashland to Quantico inclusive, O coquan and Alexandria. Buffet Parlor Car. 8:50 a. m. Except Sunday from BYRD STREET Station for Washington and beyond. Stops at Ela, Ashland, and local stations. Ashland to Quinnico inclusive, Occoquan and Alexandria. 12:00 Noon. Except Sunday, from BYRD ST. Station for Washington and beyond. Stops at Ela, Ashland, and local stations. Ashland to Quinnico inclusive, Occoquan and Alexandria. Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Near New Car, Connects with Cong gressional Legislature. 3:12 p. m. Daily, from M A I N ST E T E STATION for Washington and beyond. Stops at Doswell, Fredericksburg, and Alexandria. Sleeping cars to New York. 4:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the BYRD ST. STAT N accommodation for Fredericks burg and intermediate stations. 5:06 P. m. Daily, Washington and beyond, Stops at fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Car in New York. Dining Car. 6:00 P. m. Except Sunday, from ELBA STA- TION,Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. 8:05 P. m. from BYRD-STREET STATION, Stops at Ela, Ashland, Milford, Milfo fredericksburg, Brooke, Widewater, Quin cockridge, Alexandria, Stops at other stations Sunny Car, Car Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphi. 11:10 P. m. Except Sunday, from ELBA STA- TION,Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive In Richmond Southward. 6:40 A. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland and intermediate points. 8:25 A. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION Accommodation from Fredricksburg, and intermediate points. 8:40 a. m., Daily at BYRD STREET STATION Stops at Fredricksburg, Dowell, Ashland, Fredericksburg, Milford, Dowell, Ashland, and Elba. Stops at other stations Sunday, Sleeping car from New York to Glen Allen and Elba. 12:53 P. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION, Stops at local stations, from Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen and Elba. 2:00 P. M., Except 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, Dowell and Ashland, Sleeping Car from New York. 5:52 P. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland, and intermediate points. 7:13 P. M., Daily at BYRD STREET STATION, Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Dowell, 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, Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen and Elba. 10 29 P. M., Daily at MAIN STREET P.O. BOX 1010 Florida and Metropolitan Station, St. Louis, Missouri, Frederick icksburg, Dowell, and Dawell, Aging Cars from New York. Dining Car, 11 200 P. M., Except Sunday, at ELBLASTATION Accommodation from Ashland. 11 40 P. M., Except Sunday, BYRD-BREET STATION, New York, Florida. Makes no stops. All Pullman Car. No extra fare, other than Pullman charge. Dining Car, W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. W. D. DUKE, E. T. D. MYERS, General Manager. President. SEABOARD AIR-LINE R. R. 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. 10:37 p. m. "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" for Petersburg, Henderson, Raleigh, Saratown Pines, Columbia, Savannah, Sacksonville, Tampa, Miami, all points Southwest 2:38 p. m., "Seaboard Fast Mail," for Fashion Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Pine Hurst, all points in Florida, Ala- na, Tenn., Illinois, 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 arrival at Henderson at 2:09 p. m., Raleigh, N.C., and Durham, N.C., 3:53 p. m., daily. Excuse Sunday. 5:00 p. m., Raleigh and Petersburg Local." Daily, Petersburg and all intermediate stations. 11:45 p. m., "Richmond and Petersburg Loaal" "Petersburg and Petersburg and Dark intermediate points." Trains leave Richmond for Washington New York and the East daily. No. 34, m 6-45 a.m. and 2 p. m. *Connections at Jackson and Port Tampa for all Florida East coast point, and Cahokia 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. 3:05 p. m., west. 3:45 p. m., from Norwalk, N. C., Petersburg and local points. 9:40 p. m., Daily. 8:00 a. m., Daily, except Sunday, from Petersburg. CAFE CAR SERVICE Cafe Dining-Cars will be operated in Trains N. C. and 34, Florida and Metropolitan Limited," and in Trains Savannah, Gah., and in Trains Nos. 32 and 33. Cafes between Hamlet, N. C., Atlanta, Ga., Saratoga, Prices moderate; no canned goods handled, least chests and finest meats, vegetables, and staples. This is an innovation, and will be found a. and will be found a great convenience at the station, as against meal stations or table de bain dining. SLEEPING CAR SERVICE Nos. 35 and 34 "Florida and Metropolitan Limited" sleep Cars and Sleeping Cars Through Day Coachies, between Ampa. Also Through Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta No. 27 and 66."Seaboard Fast Mail" Through Drawing Room and Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta, at Hamlet with Sleeping Car to and from Aunta, in connection with which Through Pulman Tickets are sold. Finest Day Coach- es. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agt. 836 East Main Street: J. M. BARR, 1st V-P, and G. M. R. E. L. PUGH. --- MASTER and SLAVE By... T. H. THORPE Copyright, 1901, by T. H. Thorpe. CHAPTER XVL VISIONS. AURE'S quick eye perceived the change in Evariste's bearing. She saw the lofty confidence in his face as he passed to and from the Laitalais. home with increasing frequency and understood that he felt he had been lifted above the level on which she stood, far and beyond her reach. And Quillebert's manner of easy familiarity and assured control she attributed to his belief that her passion for the young man must be attenuated by the suddenly lengthened distance from its object. But her stout heart was not dismayer nor were her faculties blunted by contact with difficulties. Her hate was strong and unpitying; her love was fierce and selfish. She had never forgiven Estelle the defeat in the contest for sponsorship of the church bell. She had an added grievance against her as the magnet which drew him who was her own life's loadstone and abhorred her as the source of Quillebert's hope of power over herself. That Estelle loved Horace and could never love again; that marriage with Evariste would make her life one long, bitter misery, she well knew. But welcome as was that prospect to her hatred, it terrified her love as its doom. Estelle's punishment and her own suffering were inseparably involved. The counter currents of passion met in her, and, as the scientists declare of the sinusoidal positives and negatives of electricity, instead of annihilating each other, commingled and produced a force partaking of the natres of both. Her watchfulness of Quillebert was sharpened, her demeanor toward Evariste grew bolder and warmer, and she refused to admit into her mind a doubt of her final triumph ever both. The cause of the Confederacy was exploring when the Federal commander ordered the burning of the Proshame distillery near Mansura, from which Dede's cabaret had long drawn its supply of rum. That notable bonfiance was thus enabled to double the price for the goodly store of it he had then on hand. The confaguration attracted the country folk in large numbers. Among the spectators were Quillebert, Evariste and Latiolais, who had awaited it at the cabaret; also Laure, returning from a visit to the little milliner at Marksville, viewed the spectacle from a favorable point which she selected near Evariste. When the dense black A "It is only you I want." folds of smoke hung sullenly over the ruin, laying a pall upon the dead damnation, she said to him: "I have seen writhing in that foul cloud the souls of men lost through the product of this vanished manufactory of satan." "Is visen seeing an inheritance like sensing?" Evariste asked sarcastically. "I believe it is. I see visions often." "Is the one power as reliable as the other?" "Yes, but the visions depress me. They are so real." "Then why do you indulge them?" "Because I cannot banish or resist them." "Why, Laure, you may yet become a doctress." "No." "Why not?" "Because you will prevent." "Not I." said Evariste positively "Yes, you," she insisted, with firmness. "Is this another Cassandra prophecy?" "It is a true prophecy. I know nothing of Cassandra. Come with me, please. I wish to stop for a moment at the old cottage to get a book of my granduncle's which I left there." "I will be delighted," he assented, with a condescending air which was not lost upon her. "Are you not fearful that these things will be stolen from the deserted cottage?" "No. The thieves among us will not risk the vengeance of the doctress." "But she is dead." "They dread her curse the more because she is dead." They rode through the swamp in silence. He affected to reinstate the dignity which he thought had been unwittingly lowered by the free converse in the crowd. She gave herself to a train of disturbing thoughts, which flushed and paled her brown face and escaped in sights from her heaving bosom, and she shewed from dark, melting eyes glances of yearning and adoration upon her unseeing companion for which many a Gasconoid would gladly have given all his worldly possessions. Arrived at the cottage, she drew a bunch of keys from her reticule and, begging Evariste to await her on the veranda, unlocked the door and entered. The stillness of the house and all "Why not?" its surroundings, the motionless prospect of open field and rigid forest, the creeping shadows of evening and Laurea's words. "They dread her curse the more because she is dead." worked insidiously upon the scoffer a sense of the uncanny, and Evariste was oppressed by a feeling of the presence of the old doctress. Dreamily he fell into a reverie, in which he seemed to receive a presentiment from the white haired oracle. A footstep recalled him, and he started, as if at an apparition, upon beholding Laure, her head bared and the luxuriant hair tumbling in wavelets about her forehead, clad in the gown of filmy, clinging fabric she had worn the day he gave bar the crescent of rubies and diamonds. Her ripened figure, of voluptuous contour, strained to the utmost the delicate enveloping tissue. Entreaty was in her moist eyes, passion in her mantling cheeks. Quivering lips-and quick breath betrayed the agitation of her heart. Rich, glowing, tropical, her beauty was that of the red lily. Evariste gazed upon her in mute, admiring wonder. "Hear me patiently, Evariste, and weigh well what I will say." There was intense pleading in her voice, and as she drew near to him he could see the rapid throbbing of the veins in her satiny neck. "You have book learning and know the ways and rules of what is called society. You understand the business and politics of men. But you do not know yourself or human nature. I do. It is a gift. Your passions possess you. If you attempt to hide them, they consume you. Opposition slays discretion and sends you on reckless courses. You have never been happy. You envied your brother. His very generosity irritated you. His fortune you coveted and his intended wife. Both desires were enemies to your content. Your heart was lighter when you had none of his fortune than now that you possess it all. You would be more at peace with only the half he promised you." Alarm came to Evariste's face at these words, but whether she detected it or not she continued her dissection of his life without pause. "And should you acquire the woman as you did the fortune, your wretchedness would be complete and beyond other cure than death. She will never love you. Her weak spirit would yield a tearful, meek submission, which would rub against the grain of your temper, hold you back, fret you and end in tragedy." "Indeed, Laure, you talk very like a fortune teller," Evariste said coldly, "and I foresee quite a career for you in taking horoscopes. You will have many patrons, but at present I do not care to be numbered among them." "Do not make light of what I am saying," Laure implored. "Be just to yourself, Evariste, and to me. I know that fine ladies would condemn me in this, but I know they would be hypocrites. Abandon the pursuit of that which can only desolate your life, and—and come, Evariste, to me, who alone can"—Her speech was stifled by a rising sob. Opening her arms to him, devouring him with her passion lit eyes, her face afame, she put aside restraint from her words, which came burning from her ravishing lips. "Oh, Evariste, I love you! I care not what you think of me for saying it. I love you. Do you hear, Evariste? I love you. My love is not what these people about us call love. My love is myself. Apart from it I am not; without it I cannot breathe or sleep or think—I do not exist. And you are my love, you are my life. Without you I cease to be. Would not you defy the world's opinion to save your life? I live but once, I love but once. Life and love, they are but one to me. Then I brave the world to save my love, my life." Pausing for breath, she saw the frown which had settled upon his brew, and as scalding tears coursed down her cheeks she said in supplicating tone: "No other woman can ever know you so perfectly as I do, Evariste. No one can smooth your path as I can. No one will ever understand how to stay and direct your impulses as I will. I can and will be your watchful guardian, your faithful slave. It is not your fortune I crave; it is only you. All interest in the estate I would re-nounce. I would sell this little place my grandmother left and maintain myself upon its proceeds. I care nothing for dress or luxury. It is only you I want. Oh, come to me, Evariste, and let me compel your love and happiness! Save me from myself and let me save you from yourself. Come to me in peace and wait not till you must fly to me for refuge from storm." She was on her knees, and her upturned face shone with the light of devotional prayer. It cost Evariste an effort to steel himself against the power of such a revelation of beauty and passion. But his answer was delivered coldly and harshly. "There is at least one insurmountable obstacle to what you propose," he said. "Name it, and I will overcome it," Laure exclaimed hopefully. "You cannot." He gave a cruel emphasis to his words. "It is your position in Quillebert's household!" She sprang to her feet, every fiber of her being tingling with the sting of this thrust, and glared upon him with the fury of a wounded tigress. "You know your words imply a mean lie!" she cried. Checking her anger, covering her burning face for an instant and gulping back the bitter speech, she presented to him an offended countenance struggling for calmness and added: "But go your way. I cannot renounce you and live. Thus far I have waited and suffered. I can endure a little more. It will not last very much longer, for, Evariste, come to me you will and in the flight of terror. I see it! I will wait! There was in her manner the positiveness of prescience which awed the man who had prided himself on impassibility, and he turned away perturbed and vexed. She re-sutered the dark room and, dinging herself into the huge chair of her grandmother, sat staring into the future until the fury within her had spent itself. As if charged with the sturdiness of spirit which had borne the old doctress through many a trial, she resolutely exclaimed: "He shall not, though it take his death and mine to prevent!" emptorily. "Take care! This is vital to me. I have no time to be wasted by your chicken heartedness or to devote to arguments. Few words are needed. If you will pledge me to marry Estelle Latiolais before the expiration of 60 days, I will give you the papers of old Leonidas now and pay you the $8,000 the day after the marriage. If you fail, I will go to France alone, leaving refines tions. "It is for our resurrection she said: 'No no hope,' ing, a sat was been ill. 'No; would the grandfather.' 'Is he, Muchly distrust idly fall denied.' Resuming the gown she had worn through the day, Laure composed her features and returned to Quillabell's dwellings, loathing it now as a channel house, but choosing not yet to leave it. CHAPTER XVII. THE VIRGIN WIDOW T is the curse of many to desire most these things they have least courage to attempt. Innumerable Cassars are chained to plows by dread of unseen hordes of Gauls; endless rows of would be Rothschilds stand behind counters measuring tape, not daring to leap over into the fluctuating sea of values, and Mirabeau sift mute at every country crossroads lest the world should hiss. A brave act, a bold venture, an earnest word might win the prize, but the arm hangs, the project lags, the lips are dumb in the presence of a possible negation. To such what might be ever holds more terrors than what is. And thus the native hive of resolution Is skidled by a pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great joy and moment, With this regard, their currents turn away And lose the name of action. Evariste Oakell was thus affected. He had rushed into dissolute ways to profit by the evil talents of his brothers' ree. He had recklessly embarked in Quillbert's perilous and piratical commerce to enrich himself. He had ruthlessly spurned the love of a lion heart woman to be untrammeled in the pursuit of a shrinking malden. Without compunction he had traded with a villain for the proofs of a guardian's infidelity to his trust in order to coerce the submission of the ward. Uninhibingly had he suppressed the true will of his brother and propounded a forgery to render defenseless her whom that brother had loved and sought to protect. All these had he dared and done and had experienced no trepidation or sting of conscience. But that to which they had reference only, that to which they were designed as more alps, appalled him. His mind by day and night revealed in imaginations of joyous life with Estelle his wedded wife. A hundred times he set forth determined to make his bliss assured and returned with void yearnings and nothing more. He dared not hear refusal from her pale lips. Could he brave that the course of cruel duress and compulsion he had prepared would be easy, swift and grateful to his temper. But his vanity shrank from her rejection. He sought to convince himself that she would not, could not, say the dreaded word, and yet he knew she had loved Horace and feared she would be loyal to that love. Though armed with the instrumentalities for forcing her consent, he was unable to expel the unquieting belief that the frail, gentle girl was in character such as Carlyle describes his wife, "In her bright career she had more sorrows than are common, but also a soft invinibility, a clearness of discernment, a noble loyalty of heart, which are rare." Impatient, fretting, chafing at his timorousness, he nurtured his design upon Estelle—it was destitute of the tenderness and generous warmth of love—until it became a mania. Yet he lingered, held back, deferred the text of his fate, not noting the flight of time. The dirge of the Confederacy was sung at Appomattox, and still he halted. But another spirit more masterful than his rebelled against this procrastination. "Do you know the war is ended?" said Quillelbert, appearing at "L'Esperance" for the first time during his residence in the parish. "Yes," Evariste replied uninterestedly. "Then the period has come when I must wind up my affairs here and go back to France, for a time at least, if not permanently." Quillelbert continued. "Some of my Christian neighbors are zealous to have the United States authorities pry into my business. My absence will not facilitate them." "Well, Constant, how can I speed you?" "Stoffe our business first. I owe you $8,000 on the last cotton sales. Which do you prefer, the money or the absolute transfer of those two Latiolals papers?" "You said you would give me those papers." "I said I would put them at your service free of charge, but you have never called on me for them, and I have no assurance you will ever use them for the purpose which induced my promise. That brings us to the second thing you must do to speed my departure." "What is that?" "Marry the Latiolais girl." "What bearing has that upon your staying or going?" "This—I have made up my mind that Laure must go with me." "As your wife?" inquired Evariste, aroused. "Not at first; later, perhaps," replied Quillebert. "But she knows too much about my business to be left here." "True enough," Evariste said. "But what has my marriage to do with that?" "Everything." Quillebert said emphatically. "I am not a fool. I can see my nose at midday without a candle. She will not budge an inch while you remain unmarried. I know her thoroughly. She is as set as the rock of Tenerife. When you marry, I can control her, not before. She believes she can prevent you, but she cannot. This matter must not longer be put off. It must be brought to a finish now." "I am not quite prepared"—Evariste began. "As well prepared as you would be a year hence," Quillebert interrupted per- Emptorify. "Take care! This is vital to me. I have no time to be wasted by your chicken heartedness or to devote to arguments. Few words are needed. If you will pledge me to marry Betelle Latoliais before the expiration of 60 days, I will give you the papers of old Leonidas now and pay you the $8,000 the day after the marriage. If you fall, I will go to France alone, leaving A man is being pushed into a chair by another man. "Constant! You will not do that!" Laure Lunan here with a full history of the oligarchic will." Quillobert's face grew hard and cruel. His enunciation of this threat was like the click of the cooking of a rifle. "God above us, Constant!" exclaimed Evariste, trembling violently. "You will not do that!" "I certainly will," Quillobert said savagely. "She will not be believed. The original was destroyed," said Evariste in desperation. "Perhaps. Nevertheless, she could make great use of the story." Quillobert replied, with a vicious nod. The torture inflicted upon him by this message and the prospect it opened before him appeared to deprive Evariste of the power of speech. With terror depleted in his face he stared at his tormentor until the latter stirred him, saying: "I accept your proposition," he said faintly. "Within 60 days Estelle Latiolais shall be my wife." "None!" grunted Quillebert. "Set about it at once." "I will begin tomorrow." "Geed! Quiliebert rose. Reaching the door, he stepped and said: "An odd thing has occurred. My little pistol, the one I kept under my pillow at night and in the armor during the day, has disappeared." "Whom do you suspect? Evariste asked, foregoing a show of interest. "I do not suspect any one yet. Laure is the only other person who knew where the weapons was. But I will discover the thief," said Quiliebert confidently, and, mounting his horse, he rode away. Bvariste returned to his room to breed over the particulars of this most disturbing interview. The importance which Laurea had assumed as a factor in his life startled him as he now realised it. The mention of her name 'connection with the missing pistol caused him an uneasiness, too, he would not shake off. Her passion, pretestations, warnings and prophecies presented her to his harassed thoughts as an impediment to his purpose, inexorable and mysterious. The self denials imposed on the people by the conditions of civil war he had escaped through means of the contraband trade so successfully prosecuted by the genius of Quillabert. From France he stecked his larder and buffet; from Paris he supplied his wardrabe. Hence, when, after a night of feverish unrest, he set out in quest of his brides he was arrayed, primmed and perfumed as because a gallant of the beardvilles, offensively incongruous to the neighbors clad in homespun, the broken fences and grass grown fields he passed on the dusty bayou road. There was unrest, too, at the Laetifolia home. Age, dissipation, hypnotics and remores were hastening the grandfather to wreck and miserable death. Night after night he walked his room with shaking step, sleepless and hemeaning his impotence to recoup his own and Estelle's estates or conceal the unworthy methods by which he had incumbered them to gratify his low appetites. Her written authority to mortgage for maintenance, unquestioningly conferred on his advice, he had meanly used to protect his gambling debts and bills for rum and morphe, leaving the legitimate accounts unliquidated, unsecured and bearing ruinous interest. His perplexity would become known to Estelle and the world at his death, now fast approaching; his memory would be execrated by all honest men; his grandchild would inherit only poverty and his disgrace. The sole escape lay in her preceding him to the grave; his only hope was to die before the storm broke. These goading, unrelenting thoughts banished sleep; distress gave free current to his tears, whether alone or in the presence of Estelle; the coma of opium was his refuge. When Odette announced Evariste, Estelle, tenderly ministering to the vulnerable sufferer, was on the point of leading him to stroll in the garden among flowers she herself had planted, nursed and reared into loveliness. At the name of the visitor a tremor passed over the wasted frame of the old man, but he looked beseechingly at his companion and said: "Go to him, child, and receive him pleasantly. He has been our very solitous friend. Do not keep him waiting. Odette will assist me into the house when I become fatigued." She was gowned in simple white. A deep collar about her neck was clasped by a medallion portrait of her mother in miniature. The pale brow deepened the hue of her soft brown hair. The eyes of dark hazel, large and liquid, the small mouth of perfect curves and the finely molded chin gave a beauty to her face which was eloquent of affection, truth and patience—the beauty which subdues by its gentleness, compels by its sweetness, the beauty which refines prosperity and hallows affliction. "It is kind of you to call, my friend, for our house is sadly in need of cheer," she said, greeting Evariste. "No misfortune has come to you, I hope," he replied, seeking, yet dreading, a suggestion for the declaration he was resolved to make. "You have not been ill?" "No; I must not fall sick, for there would then be no one to nurse my poor grandfather." "Is he not as usual?" "Much worse than usual. I am sorely distressed, over his state. He is rapidly falling. Sleep and appetite are denied him. He is grieving over some imaginary or real trouble which he keeps secret to himself. Oh, why could not this good old gentleman be rescued from that wicked man Quillebert?" "Mademoiselle, I labored for that sincerely." "I believe you; indeed, I believe you. It was not to complain of you that I spoke. It was only to bewall the hard fate. I fear it is now too late." "How too late? asked Evariste in a tone of concern." "I do not think my grandfather will live through the summer. I am sure he will not unless he can be relieved of the mental anxiety that is so fast consuming his strength." Estelle's eyes began to well over as she made this gloomy prediction. "Mademoiselle, what would you do, what would you give to cure M. La-tolaiis and make him what he was ten years ago?" Evariste's nervousness became apparent as he thus suddenly approached the crisis. "Ah, le bon Dieu!" she exclaimed. "I am very weak, and I am very poor, but there is no task I would not undertake, nothing of mine I would not givel But, alas, I am powerless to cure or restate him." "No, you are not powerless. You have the cure." "I?" she said, astonished. "Surely you are jeeting, monsieur. But it is a strange subject for merriment." "Mademoiselle, it is a subject upon which I could not jest if I would," Evariste protested, with warmth. "I re- A man is being pushed down a staircase. "Be my wife," he exclaimed holly, peat seriously that you possess your grandfather's cure. Will you give him the benefit of it? "I love my grandfather so that I would willingly die to save him. But what is this cure, monsieur? How can I restore him? Your words mystify me." "And yet they are simple and easily understood," replied Evariste. "Listen, mademoiselle. I perfectly comprehend the troubles which oppress M. Latololais and threaten his health. He has not the talent for business and has not exercised due care in his affairs. The consequence is that he now finds blimself indebted beyond his means of payment and fears he has involved your interests also. Having the sensitivity of a gentleman, this condition preys upon his mind. His long addiction to drink and drugs has unfitted him to bear the strain. He is shortening his life by silent, corroding grief." "If you have correctly stated the case, monsieur, how can I save the poor dear sufferer?" Estelle asked, terrified. "Will you, if you can?" demanded Evariste. "You need not ask that question," she replied. "Then it rests with you, Estelle. Be my wife and redeem your grandfather," said he, fiercely springing the trap. "Evariste!" she whispered, starting to her feet as if in fright. He also rose and advanced toward her, but was checked by a repelling gesture. "Yes, be my wife," he exclaimed hotly. "Estelle, it has been the dream of my life from boyhood. I have loved you with every breath I drew since long ago we met at Father Grie's table on the day of the races. My love and hope of winning you have sustained me through trials, indignities and injustices. I remained a civilian throughout the war and endured the contempt which is the coward's lot to be near you and protect you. I loved you in silence, for I was poor. But now, Estelle, I have ample fortune. Peace has come; life begins. Be my wife, and my whole existence shall be devoted to your happiness. Share my fortune; be mistress of my estate as well as of my heart. Give me the husband's right to guard your interests, and my joy will be to put away the burdens from your inheritance, lift the crushing load from your grandfather's shoulders and give to his declining years the boon of calm and ease. We will take him to our home, and I will vie with you in affectionate, venerating care for his tranquility and comfort. I can control the debts that bear him down, and I can command Quillebert, Consent, Estelle, and I promise that within a month after our wedding day the debts shall pass into your hands and Quillebert shall pass to France. Do not refuse, Estelle," he cried frantically, observing she was about to speak. "Take time to reflect. Answer me another day." "I need no time for reflection. My answer is ready now and must be delivered. What you ask can never be." She spoke gently and firmly, but her voice was not wholly free of resentment. "Not to save your grandfather from poverty and disgrace?" he said, his face darkening with anger and malice. She staggered, but answered resolutely: "No!" "And yet you said you would die to give him peace and health." "And so I would, but I did not say I would commit sacrilege." "What do you mean?" "I prefer not to explain." He eyed her suspiciously. "You have not taken a nun's vows?" "I wished to do so, but Father Grbe would not give his sanction. He instructed me that I would best serve God through my duty to my grandfather." "And by dooming him to shameful beggary you perform that duty?" he anneered. "The duty must be a sinless one. Rather than profit by a sinful service my grandfather would cheerfully lay his hand in mine and walk forth from this house forever homeless, beg from door to door and sleep under the trees." So serene and self trusting did she appear as she spoke and looked away to the green forest that Evariste felt himself dwindle before her. "Have I asked of you a sinful deed?" he demanded. "Yes. A loveless wife is a sinning woman. I could not give you my love with my hand. I have no love to give." "You were not always loveless. Why now?" "My love is dead," she moaned piteously, no longer able to restrain her emotion, and hid her face against the mantel. "I understand," he said tauntingly, "and lies buried under the apple trees in Kentucky." She turned upon him a withering look of mingled contempt and indignation. "Wretched man." she cried, "how can you speak such ruffian words of the noble dead? Can you not see him hide his head from the shades of his comrade heroes, humiliated by the perfidy of the brother whom his love and generosity strove in vain to make a gentleman? Oh, unhappy ingrate, spare from your desecrating hatred that sacred spot where sleeps your benefactor, whose narrow bed beneath the sod shines with a light the black darkness of your heart will never know." "Then you do not deny that your love lies dead in that same hallowed grave?" persisted Evariste, writhing under the denunciation. "And you seek to play against me Horace dead as you did Horace living." "Monsieur," she cried, do you dare"—"Yes," he interrupted insolently, "I dare anything now. You have made me desperate. I decline to accept this answer as final. I will come this day next week for another. Dare! Yes. I will dare to come again, and I will dare meanwhile to make such provision that you will not then dare say me no again." "Do not return." "I will." "It will be useless." "We shall see." "I will not receive you." "You shall." Blind with rags, he dashed furiously up the bayon road and across the swamp to Dede's cabaret to inform waiting Quillebert of his rebuff. Estelle dew to her priedieu and fell upon her knees. In anguish she prayed for strength to bear her through the approaching ordeal. Rising, she stood a moment gazing into the sky of cloudless blue and murmured softly; "Rest, my Horace. My love shall wake only with you. Remember the vow I made when they told me you were dead. That vow shall not be broken." [TO BE CONTINUED.] NOTES OF NOTABLES. Queen Helena of Italy, who is a skilled artist, has been elected a member of the Academy of St. Luke at Rome. Dr. C. Schick, the eminent architect and Palestine explorer, who died recently at Jerusalem, had been engaged in scientific, theological and topographical work in the east for half a century. Prince Conrad of Bavaria, who has just attained his majority, has taken his seat in the Bavarian house of peers. Three other young princes will take their seats this year, and then there will be 16 members of the royal family in the house. An Austin (Tex.) dispatch says that ex-Gov. Hogg foots up the total value of his holdings in the Texas oil field at more than $80,000,000. He says he has sold a small part of his holdings at Beaumont to English capitalists for $2,260,000. The crown prince of Germany recently violated the rules of the students' corps to which he belonged at the University of Bonn to such an extent that, with the approval of the emperor, he was subjected to two weeks' confinement in his room. The prince does not like university life. Twice the date had been set for the marriage of Miss Holman to Mareoni, the trousseau prepared and everything else ready, but an inventor, absorbed in his dreams and half crazy over his will-o'-the-wisps, makes a poor suitor. Edison is married and happy, but he forgets to go home to meals. He forgets even to go home to bed. He will stay all night working in his laboratory with no idea that the rest of the world is sleeping. Senator Stewart, of Nevada, is no longer called Santa Claus. He has a new nickname, and is now known as "Milk" Stewart. This is owing to the fact that the senator owns a big dairy farm in Virginia and has placed a large advertisement in all the local papers offering to supply the Washington public with clean milk, from clean cows, in clean cans, distributed by clean men for clean prices. "Why do you keep repeating quotations?" asked the irritable man. "Why don't you say something original?" "My dear sir, there's no use of that. Every time I thing of anything god enough to be original I find that somebody said it years ago."—Washington Star. 3 Worth the Price. A certain pompous and officious judge in a western town had just fined a young lawyer ten dollars for contempt of court. After it had been paid a grave old attorney walked up to the bench and laid down a ten-dollar gold piece. "What is that for?" asked the judge. "For contempt, your honor," was the reply. "But I didn't fine you for contempt," answered the judge. "There must be some mistake." "Oh, no; there isn't," replied the old man. "I have cherished a secret contempt for this court for a long time, and I'm willing to pay for it."—Chicago Daily News. Conforming to Best Usage. "Mr. Hargus, when there is a treaty between two powers and one of them breaks the agreement, the other is not bound by it any longer. That is correct, is it not?" "Yes, that's my understanding of It. Nellie, but why—" "Mr. Hargus, you took that tallow-faced Fan Billiewink to the theater last night. Our engagement is abrogated, Mr. Hargus."—Chicago Tribune. A Candid Admission. The rose, likewise the violet. To me seems but a bore. I'd rather have an orchid, 'cause It costs a great deal more. —Washington Star. IN A QUANDARY. A woman sitting in a rocking chair, holding a book. "'Goose!' said my husband, just as he was leaving the house this morning. I wonder whether he wants some for dinner or whether he meant me?"—Meggendorfer Blaster. The Wedding Voyage. Then came a groan of woeful sound. The bride, where was she? A-leaning, simply over the rail, And pleading with the sea. -Chicago Tribune A Giveaway. "Did you hear those two distinct thuds?" whispered the lady medium. "Well, that was theapping of the spirits." "No, it wa'n't," spoke up a shrill voice; "that was paw droppin' his shoes as he jumped in bed."—Chicago Daffly News. Best She Could Do She—The very next morning after you had proposed to her she confided in me and asked me what she had better do. He—I hope you were favorable. She—Oh, yes. I told her I didn't believe she could do any better.—Town Topics. A. Sufficient Person Farmer Mossbacker-What's the object in organizin' a new political party, anyhow? Farmer Stackpole - Why - good gosh, Lyman!- there's a whole lot of fellers that can't get office in either of the old parties!-Puck. Forgot Himself Friend—All men are brutes, my dear. She—Mine is simply abominable! I asked him if he did not think you were as pretty as I, and he said "yes."—N. Y. Weekly. More Importance "I never believe more than half I hear, anyway," said Mrs. Henpeck. "Don't you?" her husband asked, shrinking back into his corner. "But that doesn't keep you from telling it all, I notice."—Chicago Record-Herald. Hia Last Visit. "So you met a frost when you called around," said Tom. "Did you feel chilly?" "Not at all!" responded Dick. "Her father made it warm enough for me." —Chicago Daily News. Why Not, Indeed? Mrs. Towser—You don't mean to say you believe everything your husband tells you? Mrs. Lambkin—Why shouldn't I if it makes me happy? — Boston Transcript. He Is. Will Lingtoo (reflectively)—I tell you, a man has got to take a good deal on trust, in this world. 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Mr. CATON of Alexandria, the Negro-hating patron of the measure has been tireless in his efforts to inflict upon the Virginia public this pernicious and mischievous measure. It is difficult to understand why men like CATON will forever tantalize and oppress a down-trodden, but humble people. They have taken away from us the franchise, and yet they insist upon passing measures which are a disgrace to a civilized and Christian country. It is gratifying to know that men like CATON cannot live always and that death will overtake them through natural processes. We are content to wait. We know that conditions will change, that God reigns, that right principles will survive and that dishonest practices will in time bring upon the Negro-haters its own punishment. It should not be forgotten that the defeat of this "Jim Crow" Car Bill was not due to either the colored people or the principles involved, but to the street railway companies, who could ill afford the expense and inconvenience which its operation would impose. When a poor man, who is unable to pay carriage fare and who balks at a 5 cent fare wants private accommodations at the expense of the company operating the line, citizens are justified in enjoying "a horse laugh." Good bye, Brother CATON! Farewell the "Jim Crow" Street-car Bill! MORE ABOUT THE ASSAULT CASE WE directed attention last week to the case of a Mrs. BURRUSS of Spotsylvania County, Va., who alleged that she had been robbed and criminally assaulted by a man who was disguised with rabbit skins. Several persons were arrested on suspicion, and that some poor color*ed man was not lynched was due only to the forbearance of certain members of that community. A later report explains itself: FREDERICKSBURE, Va., March 7th.—(Special) After a careful and thorough examination by the county authorities into the Burruss affair, they report that not only was the information given them last Monday, which denied the assault portion of the statement sent out, true, but that the robbery part was also false. The facts in the case, as obtained by the authorities, are about as follows: On Monday the 3rd instant, Mr. Burrus notified the authorities that his wife had been brutally assaulted and about $65 stolen from his bureau-drawer by the perpetrator. GAVE A DETAILED ACCOUNT. It had occurred, he said, so his wife informed him, between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, and while he was absent at a mill about three miles distant. That evening Sheriff Harris visited the house and the statement made by Mr. Burruss was conr'd by his wife. Steps were then taken for the capture of the supposed fiend, but no trace of him could be obtained. So significant were the citizens over the supposed reason that the Governor was to be appealed to for a reward, and the county itself inten led to do likewise. It was while the latter was being considered at the county seat last Monday that information was received giving strong evidence that no assault had been committed. WHAT INVESTIGATION REVEALED. It was then determined to investigate, with the result that it was ascertained that there had neither been an assault nor a robbery. The $63 which disappeared was disposed of by Burrs. Burrurs herself, and a large part of it given to a member of her family, who is said to have connived with her to put out the report in order to shield herself and deceive her husband. that will now be done in the matter is unknown, but if a law can be found under which Mrs. Burrus can be prosecuted, there is no doubt whatever that she will be arrested. While all of the citizens are indignant over the matter, especially so are the authorities, and Mr. Burrus himself. Then follows another report: SPOTTSVLANIA COURTHOUSE, VA., March 7—(Special) A thorough and searching investigation of the Burruss assault case was made on yesterday by Sheriff T. A. Harris and Common wealth's Attorney Lee J. Graves before Justice Carrol Goodloe. A number of witnesses were examined, and their testimony revealed beyond a shadow of a doubt the fact that Mrs. Burruss had herself used the money of her husband, and fearing his censure for so doing, skilfully the criminal assault plan for the purpose of deception, which plan was, on her part, so astutely conceived and executed that it not only misled and deceived her husband, but the county officials as well. For some days sensational developments seemed imminent, but happily by means of a searching investigation, the person to whom suspicion pointed so strongly has been vindicated, and what at one time promised to be a stigma upon the county, has roved itself in a mere case of deception. This case will attract much attention in view of the constantly recurring charges of criminal assault and robbery. Mrs. BURRUSS should be punished, and the result of her case will be watched with increasing interest. STILL DISCUSSING. The unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention has reduced the tax rate from forty cents on one hundred dollars worth of real estate or personal property to thirty cents. This was done, it is said, in order to cause the people to accept the objectionable features of the new instrument. The alarming part of the affair was due to the practical demonstration that this would produce a deficiency of sixty-two thousand dollars per year in the state's revenue. Various expedients have been suggested to make up this charge. Another unexpected feature was the depreciation of Virginia securities. The bend-holders noted with alarm this evident impairment of the state's credit. The outlook is not bright, and Democratic journals are already calling upon the unconstitutional "Constitutional" Convention to reverse itself and leave the matter of a tax reduction to the legislature of Virginia. The Suffrage question is up to the Convention and daily sessions are being held. The body meets a few minutes, adjourns, the Republican members retire and the Democrats go on with the session discussing the best way to get rid of that which has been already gotten rid of by the Walton law. The colored brother is not really a party to the controversy. The issue is practically the same as that which exists between the northern and southern sections of this country. In the south, the white men count in the Negro and go to congress upon that representation. In the black counties of Virginia, the white men count the Negro vote and go to the legislature of Virginia upon that representation. A white man in Southwest Virginia is therefore brought into competition with the white man in the black belt and it takes double and treble the effort to get elected in the white counties to what it does in the black counties. The fight is on between these two classes and if the colored brother gets the worst of the bargain, he will not whimper, because politically speaking, he was dead already. The outlook is disheartening, but our material progress seems to be secure, and the cripples can go on with their oppressive legislation for "God reigns and the government at Washington still lives!" Danger in Kisses "I think it is absurd to say kissing is dangerous," grushed Mrs. Lillytop. "What possible disease could be spread by the simple act?" "Marriage, madam," grunted Grumpy.—Tit-Bits. Better Unsaid. Cholly Littlebrayne—Yes, the doctor saved my life, but it cost me over a thousand dollars. Miss Thotless—Oh! Mr. Lyttlebrayne, what extravagance!—Brooklyn Life. A Word of Warning "The camel can carry water for a great many days," remarked the Observer of Events and Things; "but remember, young man, that he don't carry it on both shoulders."—Yonkers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT CUT HIS WIFE'S THROAT Lafayette Gruff Charged With Cold-Blooded Murder. ALSO FATALLY SHOT HER AUNT Mrs. Gruff Ran From the House, With Blood Pouring From Her Neck, and Fell Dead On a Neighbor's Step. Murderer Quickly Arrested. Camden, N. J., March 12—With her 7-months-old baby girl in her arms, Mrs. Lafayette Gruff was murdered by her husband, her relatives say, at the home of her father, in Westmont, N. J., yesterday morning. After he had cut his wife's throat, Gruff is said to have turned on her aunt, Mrs. Susan Gowie, and probably wounded her fatally by firing a bullet into her hear. The crime was committed in a large old frame house on the edge of a deep woods at Westmont. The family were at breakfast when Gruff entered. After he had committed the crime he coolly left the yard, walked down a muddy road and disappeared. Monday night Gruff called to see his wife. It was thought that a reconciliation had taken place. He did not stay at the house during the night. Yesterday morning he called again. His wife, Mrs. Gowie and her other niece, Lillie Bozarth, with the child, were at the reakfast table. Gruff it is said, pulled a revolver and shot Mrs. Gowie. Lillie Bozarth fled, and Gruff, catching his wife in his arms, stabbed her in the throat, severing the jugular vein. Mrs. Gruff ran from the house, with blood pouring from an inch and a quarter gash in her neck. She was found dead on the doorsteps of Constable Paul, a short distance from her home. Her flight from the house was marked by a trail of blood, and the full print of her hand was visible on the rear porch post. In the struggle the coat of Gruff was badly torn. He placed the weapons in his pocket and left the house. Children were passing on the way to school, and he walked with them for a short distance. He passed the blacksmith of the village and bade him a good morning. He then disappeared in the direction of the Pennsylvania railroad tracks. Lafayette Gruff was arrested at his home in Gloucester by Jacob Shiller yesterday afternoon. When locked up in the Camden county jail Gruff broke down. He admitted to Prosecutor Lloyd and others that he had killed his wife, and said he was crazed by her refusal to go back to him. "I couldn't live without her!" he cried in agony. He made no statement as to his reason for committing the crime. Gruff is 21 years old, his wife was 18. Neighbors say that he abused his girl wife and shamely whipped her until she, with their first child, left him and a little home in the village to live with her father and aunt in the old house at the edge of the woods. to Repair Chinese Legation. Pekin, March 11.—A prominent Manchu censor has memorialized the throne for the removal of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States. The censor asserts that Wu Ting Fang corruptly retained, ostensibly for repairs to the Chinese legation at Washington, $80,000 of the Tien Tsin silver refunded by the American government. According to a dispatch from Washington, dated January 23, Secretary Hay that day handed to Minister Wu Ting Fang a draft on the United States treasury for $376,600, the value of the silver bullion captured by the American marines at Tien Tsin. GIFTS FOR ROOSEVELT President Diaz Sent Three Pieces of Exquite Linen. Washington, March 10.—President Diaz, of Mexico, has sent to President Roosevelt three pieces of exquisitely drawn linen. The gift was made through John Barrett, delegate to the Pan-American Congress. The specimens are considered the most beautiful that have ever come to this country. They consist of a tray cover and two serviettes. The basis was the finest linen. The design worked out by the clever Indians of Guadalajara is more filmy than the finest lace and as delicate as a spider's web. Schley In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 11.—Rear Admiral W. S. Schley, accompanied by his wife, arrived here yesterday afternoon from Washington, and last night he was tendered a reception by the Penn Club. A large number of prominent citizens attended the reception. Prior to this the admiral accompanied Mrs. Schley to a local theatre, where he remained for a short time. During his stay in this city Admiral and Mrs. Schley are the guests of Colonel A. K. McClure. Operation On Governor Taft. Cincinnati, O., March 12.—William H. Taft, governor of the Philippines, underwent a surgical operation yesterday at the Jewish Hospital in this city. He had contemplated the operation since his consultation with an expert in New York immediately after his return from Manila. The operation is not regarded as a serious one, and it was successfully performed. The patient is reported as doing nicely. He will be in the hospital perhaps three weeks. Jealous Woman's Crime. Davy, W. Va., March 12.—In a fit of jealousy yesterday, Mrs. Fred Goulding shot her husband to death and then took her own life, firing a bullet into her left breast. SECRETARY LONG HAS RESIGNED setts, Accepts Naval Portfolio. Washington, March 11.—The third change in the cabinet of President Roosevelt occurred yesterday, when Secretary Long submitted his resignation in a graceful letter, to take effect May 1, it being accepted in one equally felicitous by the president. The change was made complete by the selection of Representative William Henry Moody, of the Sixth congressional district of Massachusetts, as Mr. Long's successor in the navy department. This change has been expected for a long time. Mr. Long had intended to retire at the beginning of the late President McKinley's second term, but he consented to remain until certain lines of policy in which he was involved were more satisfactorily arranged. Then when President Roosevelt succeeded, though anxious to return to private life—for Secretary Long will never again enter public life—a strong feeling of loyalty towards Mr. Roosevelt induced the secretary to defer his retirement until it was convenient for the president to make a change. The news that Representative Moody had been offered and had accepted the navy portfolio reached the capitol yesterday afternoon, and Mr. Moody, who was on the floor of the house, was showered with hearty congratulations. For several minutes he held a regular levee in one of the side aisles on the Republican side. Democratic members noticed the demonstrations and crossed over to join in the ovation, his congratulations from that quarter being fully as hearty and sincere as those from his own side of the house. SECRETARY HAY UNDER FIRE Washington, March 12.—The house yesterday entered on the consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill, but as usual during general debate on an appropriation bill, the members who spoke devoted themselves to everything except the bill before the house. Mr. Thayer, of Massachusetts, attempted to take advantage of the division among the Republicans on the subject of reciprocity by bringing forward a resolution to investigate reports that the sugar trust would be the chief beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity. He tried to overturn a decision of the speaker in order to secure action on his resolution, but the Republicans came up solidly against such a course, and he was checkmated. The feature of the day was a speech by Mr. Burleson, attacking Secretary Hay for declining to request the British authorities to furnish passports to go through the British lines to Rev. Hiram W. Thomas and wife, who desire to go to South Africa to distribute Boer relief funds collected in Illinois. Mr. Hitt, of Illinois, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, made a spirited reply to Mr. Burleson, charging the Texas member with attempting to prejudge the case before the evidence was in. Mr. Hitt pointed out that relief funds could be distributed through the Red Cross or the American consuls, and added that it was contrary to international law and usage to allow those in sympathy with the enemy to go through the lines in time of war. TWO MINERS BURIED ALIVE Before Help Arrived. Harrisburg, Pa., March 12.—Jerry Murray and John Hill, miners, were smothered to death yesterday in a culm bank at the Lykena colliery at Williamstown. Murray and Hill were employed on a separator, and there was a sudden rush of coal, caused by the giving way of a mass weakened by the thaw. The fine dust fell down upon the men and they were buried in an instant. Men were immediately put to work to rescue them, but their efforts were unsuccessful, and the miners were dead when reached. Wilcox Held For Trial Elizabeth City, N. C. March 12. The grand jury of Paasquotank county yesterday found a true bill against James Wilcox, the young man in jail here charged with killing his sweetheart, Miss Nellie Cropsey, last November. The indictment charges that on the 20th day of November, 1001, Wilcox wilfully and with malice aforethought killed and murdered Ellen M. Cropsey. Wilcox was arraigned immediately after dinner and entered a plea of not guilty. The court drew a special venue of 250 jurors, and then announced that the trial would begin at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The large court room was packed and excitement ran high. Farmer's Wife Burned to Death: Farmer's Wife Buried to Death. Stroudsburg, Pa., March 12. The upsetting of an oil stove in the home of Philip Flyte, near this city, resulted in the burning to death of Mrs. Flyte and the destruction of the house. Several other inmates of the house escaped in their night clothes. Mrs. Woolbert, a daughter of Mrs. Flyte, was badly burned about the head. The Flytes resided on a farm, and 13 persons, mostly young people, were living in the house at the time of the tragedy. Family Killed By Gas. Sisston, S. D., March 12.—The entire family of L. P. Scone, a farmer living near this place, is dead or dying from the effects of escaping coal gas. Scone and the three children were last seen on Saturday night. Yesterday a neighbor called and discovered the entire family in bed unconscious. A doctor was called, but the girls were dead, and although the son and wife were, revived, they are not expected to live. Death Penalty For Train Robbers. Washington, March 12.—The house committee on the judiciary yesterday authorized a favorable report on the Ray bill for the suppression of train robbery, providing the death penalty, if the attempted robbery caused the death of any person, the penalty in the event no one is killed is fixed at from 5 to 20 years. It shall not be necessary to prove that the train robbers intended to effect the death of any particular person. Burned Husband Alive Dayton, O., March 12. - White Isaac White, colored, was asleep in bed yesterday morning, his wife threw gasoline over him and ignited it. White died of his burns last night, and his wife subsequently made a confession. She is under arrest, charged with murder. 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K. of W. organization 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 and Moral condition of humanity. ranks will secure for this organization situations of modern events, a grand oppo- in all sections of the country to organi- Supreme Voyager, t, New York City. THE PLUG Baltimore, March 12.—John Kelly, 44 years old, according to a statement made by his wife yesterday, and supplemented by a statement written on a sheet of paper by himself and presented to Justice White of the Northern district police station, in this city, was suddenly stricken dumb while profanely cursing and blaspheming. Kelly was arrested Monday night in front of his home on the complaint of his wife. Mrs. Kelly informed the officer that her husband was intoxicated, had chased her from the house and had threatened her life with a razor. His throat and mouth twitched convulsively as he made an ineffectual effort to speak. Yesterday the prisoner was still dumb, and when brought before the justice he laboriously made all his statements in writing. Mrs. Kelly told Leutnant Dempsey that in the midst of his cursing and blasphemy Monday night her husband suddenly choked and trembled all over as though he had a chill. Then he tried to speak, but could only choke and groan. RURAL MAIL BILL PASSED It Increases Salary of Carriers From $500 to $600. Washington, March 11.—The bill to classify the rural free delivery service and place the carriers under the contract system, which has been debated in the house for over a week, was passed yesterday, but in a form that completely changed the purpose for which it was framed. Before it was passed the bill was altered radically by its opponents. All the provisions relating to the placing of the carriers under the contract system were stricken out and the salary system not only continued, but the maximum salary of carriers was increased from $500 to $600 per annum. As passed the bill classifies the rural free delivery service and fixes the compensation of employees as follows: Special agents in charge of divisions, not exceeding $2,400 per annum; special agents, four classes, graded from $1,300 to $1,600; route inspectors, four classes, from $900 to $1,200; clerks, four classes, from $900 to $1,200; the compensation of carriers is not to exceed $600. Danville, Pa., March 10.—The funeral of Congressman Rufus King Polk Saturday was one of the largest in the history of this city. The committees from the senate and congress arrived in the morning. All morning trains brought delegations from the neighboring towns, and when I o'clock arrived, the hour for the funeral, the streets were crowded with mourners, and all stores and factories were closed. The Rev. Dr. McAtee conducted the services at the house. The honorary pall-bearers were fellow congressmen of Mr. Polk, while workmen who loved their employer carried the coffin. All places of business and all works were closed during the afternoon. William Jennings Bryan stopped off on his way to Bloomsburg to attend the funeral. Lacks "Professional Qualifications." San Francisco, March 10.—Joseph Hill, gunner on the United States training ship Pensacola, and survivor of the Maine, has received official notification from Washington that he is ineligible for a commission in the United States navy. The notice says that he passed with credit, but that he was lacking in "professional qualifications." Hill thus meets the same fate as Gunner Moran, whose application for a commission was adversely passed upon last year. Gaynor and Green In Canada Quebec, Que, March 12—Colonel John F. Gaynor and Captain B. D. Green, who are charged with complicity in the Savannah frauds, spent a quiet day at the Chateau Frontenac, in this city. They do not appear to be in the least worried as to the outcome of their case. The provincial attorney general's department has not yet received instructions as to the arrest of the accused. They have engaged counsel to fight extradition proceedings. Against Sunday Eunerals Trenton, N. J., March 10.—The Trenton Coachmen's Union at a meeting Saturday night decided not to drive at Sunday funerals. In this move they have the support of all the undertakers in the city but one, who had a funeral yesterday. His drivers will be expelled from the union. The agitation against Sunday funerals has been going on in the city for some time, and has the endorsement of the clergy of the city. "Dig One Large Grave." Binghamton, N. Y., March 11.—"Dig one large grave; children all dead." So reads a telegram received yesterday by his sister in this city from Thomas Scanlon, whose five children were burned to death at Shinhoppel, Delaware county, Sunday night. They were: Mary, aged 13; Thomas, aged 13; Nellie, aged 8; Dennie, aged 4, and Michael, aged 2. The bodies were brought here in one large coffin for burial. Woman Saved By Presence of Mind. Bordentown, N. J., March 12.—The wife of William Warrack, Sr., living on Mill street, was seriously burned from shoulders to waist by her clothing taking fire from a bonfire of paper she had made in the yard yesterday. With her clothing on fire, Mrs. War- rack had the presence of mind to run to a ditch near the house, containing water, and throw herself into it, which prevented her from burning to death. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, March 6. There are more desertions from German merchant vessels at New York than at any other port. The navy department sold the old monitor Manhattan to Henry Hitner's Sons, of Philadelphia, for $15,218. Rear Admiral J. A. Howell will be retired on the 16th inst. Next to Admiral Dewey he is the ranking officer of the navy. George Hettrick, of Trenton, N. J., who killed John Kraus on Thanksgiving day, was sentenced to be hanged on April 14. Negotiations are being made for options on candy factories in St. Louis, Mo. with a view to forming a trust, with $5,000,000 capital. Friday, March 7. The New York chamber of commerce adopted a resolution urging the maintenance of silver dollars on parity with gold. The Republican convention of Susquehanna county, Pa., nominated Hon. Charles F. Wright for congress for the Fifteenth district. President Roosevelt has been invited to deliver the principal address at the G. A. R. Memorial day exercises at Arlington cemetery, Washington, on May 30. A telegram received at the navy department at Washington from London announced the death of B. F. Stevens, for 25 years United States dispatch agent there. Saturday, March 8. President Roosevelt yesterday signed the permanent census bureau bill. The United States cruiser Olympia is off Yorktown, Va., where she will have target practice. A man said to be Heber L. Bull, of Philadelphia, committed suicide in a Boston lodging house yesterday. Camden, N. J., is nearly free of small-pox, having but 17 cases, all of whom are in the isolation hospital. General Julius J. Estey, aged 57, president of the Estey Organ company, died at his home at Brattleboro, Vt., yesterday. Monday, March 10. President Roosevelt on Saturday signed the Philippine tariff bill. William Gosden, one of the most prominent young men of Richmond, Va., committed suicide by taking morphine. Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department, denied that he intends resigning, from President Roosevelt's cabinet. Charles Foster Kent, Ph.D., professor of Biblical literature at Yale University, surprised his class by strongly favoring hazing. The Philadelphia Base Ball club of the American League will play its first exhibition game on April 3 with a picked team. Creditors of the late Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati, have appealed to Rome for special collections in the United States to wipe out his $6,000,000 in debtedness. Tuesday, March 11. Count Von Buelow, German imperial chancellor, is ill with influenza and confined to his room. The dispute between Germany and Venezuela is nearing a settlement, but the terms are still a secret. The postoffice department at Washington received a conscience contribution of $70 from a resident of Richmond, Ind. Fire which started in the kitchen of the home of Arthur Bouchard, at Matane, Quebec, caused the death of Mrs. Bouchard and nine children. In an explosion at E. C. Dupont de Nemours & Company's powder plant, at Keokun, Ia., two men were killed outright, a third will die and three others are seriously injured. Wednesday, March 12. The glass works of Gill & Co., of Philadelphia, was totally destroyed by fire last night. The loss is $50,000. J. K. Oliver, a well-known business man of Roanoke, Va., committed suicide in a New York lodging house. Margaret D. Stark, aged 76, was killed by a fall from a second-story window of her home in Philadelphia. City council of Toronto, Ont., passed a resolution barring American contractors from bidding for municipal work. The safe in the bank of Bozman & Waters, at Poseyville, Ind., was blown by robbers and $13,500 in money stolen. It was announced at the White House yesterday that President Roosevelt would not visit the Charleston Exposition until the second week in April. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., March 11—Flour firm; winter superfine, $2.65@2.90; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $2.55@3.50; city mills, extra, $2.90@3.15. Rye flour steady, at $3.25@3.35 per barrel. Wheat steady; No. 2 Pennsylvania, red, 88c. Corn steady; No. 2 yellow local, 67c. Corn steady; No. 2 white local, 65c. 51c; lower grades, 49c. Hay steady. No. 1 timothy sold at $15.50@16 for large bales. Beef steady; beef hams, 19.50@20.50. Pork firm; family, $19 19.50. Live poultry, at 12@12½c for hens, 8@9c for old roosters. Dressed poultry sold at 12c for choice fowls, and at 8c for old roosters. Butter added to poultry eggs steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 15c per dozen. Potatoes were dull; eastern, 83@86c, per hushel. Live Stock Markets. East Buffalo, N. Y., March 11.—Cattle steady; veals, tails, $7.75@8.25; others, $5.25@7.50. Hogs strong and heavy; milk, $6.50@8.50; pig, $5.90@6.50; gilts, $5.90@6.50; sheep steady; mixed tails, $5.25@5.50; culls to good, $4@5.15; yearlings, $5.90@6.50; Lamb steady; tops, $6.70@7.55; culls good, $4.75@7.55; sheep steady; mixed tails, $5.25@5.50; choice, $6.60@6.75; prime, $6.20@6.40; good, $5.50@5.90. Hogs lower; best heavies, $6.55@6.65; heavy lorkers, $6.55@6.45; light lorkers, $6.55@6.45; sheep steady; best wetthers, $5.50@5.70; culls and common, $2.50@3.50; veal solves $7.75@7.50 Dangers of Modern Education. Fond Mother—Oh, I am so glad you came in! I don't know what on earth alls the baby. Caller—Shall I run for the doctor? Fond Mother—No, for an interpreter. His French nurse left suddenly to-day, and nobody can understand what he says—The Wave. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA TOLD OF THE TOILERS. Without machinery one man can cultivate 12 acres of cotton. With machinery, 30 acres. England's first cooperative society was established in 1844, at Rochdale, Lancashire, by 28 workmen, with a capital of £28. The Wrapper Makers' union, which is composed of women, has started a series of strikes in New York city for higher wages and recognition of the union. Great industrial depression continues in Europe—in England as well as on the continent, and American emigration officials expect a large influx of foreign working people during the next few years. United Textile Workers is the name of a new organization. It is composed of five national unions in the textile industry—the loom fixers, mill spinners, weavers, slasher tenders and textile workers, which combined. So great is the demand for window glass that one-third more workmen could be employed than are to be had. The trust is cutting prices to force the independents to join them in sustaining prices where it wants them to be. Chicago possesses the largest bascule bridge in the world. This bridge has just been completed by the drainage board for the Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad company at Taylor street. The bridge has two tracks, is 272 feet long and 32 feet wide. Its total weight is 4,800,978 pounds. The structure was built by the Pennsylvania Steel company and cost the sanitary district $500,000. The legislature of Georgia has before it a child labor law which absolutely prohibits the employment in mills of children who are under ten years of age, and further provides that children under 12 cannot work unless they have indigent parents. Another clause in the bill prohibits the employment of children under 14 years of age unless they can read and write. The measure has been favorably reported by the committee on labor. WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS. In Massachusetts 44 per cent. of the population are native born of native parents and 56 per cent. are foreigners. Over 40,000 Hungarian residents of New York city recently celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the landing of Kossuth, the great Hungarian patriot, in that city in 1851. Forty per cent. of our people are farmers, who not only feed and clothe themselves, but all the rest of the inhabitants, besides exporting annually $1,000,000,000 worth of their products. The National Live Stock association, on behalf of United States wool growers, demands that a law be passed to compel every manufacturer of cloth to stamp on his cloth the amount of wool and shoddy in each roll, piece or bolt of cloth produced. There are probably more cranks in Washington than in any other city in the world. Most of them are harmless and are never molested by the police, but they are often a nuisance to strangers. One of them is an old man from the south who believes that the late Jefferson Davis was the greatest man that ever lived. He haunts the corridors of the capitol looking for reporters and correspondents, to whom he desires to tell stories about Davis. MEN IN U. S. SENATE. Senator Mark Hanna receives three bushels of letters daily. He reads none of the letters himself, however, unless they are of a personal nature. By all adds the quietest man in the United States senate is Mr. Simon, of Oregon, who never makes a speech or enters into debate. He is the smallest man physically in that august body, is always found in his seat, spends his time reading or writing, and always votes with the republican leaders. Senator Heitfield, of Idaho, is a noted collector of rare editions. He is the possessor of more curious and interesting books centuries old than any other man in the senate. He was asked recently whether he expected to have opposition when he came up for reeflection. "Opposition," he cried; "well, I should say so. There isn't a man in Idaho but wants to be senator. That's what makes life worth living out west." SOME FIRST THINGS. The first tubular lifeboat was built at Weymouth in 1832. The first shell was used in warfare by the suan of Gujerat, India, in 1480. The first lifeboat was built at South Shields, and used on January 30, 1790. The first insurance company to begin business in this country opened its doors in Philadelphia in the year 1794. The first building on Manhattan Island was erected by the Dutch in the spring of 1615. It was a small structure of logs, answering the double purpose of storehouse and fort. IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE. The newest bureau proposed under the federal government is a bureau of live stock. The best red sealing wax is composed of shellac, Venice turpentine, vermillion and a little gypsum. The biggest average farm in the world is in South Australia, where the average squatter holds 78,000 acres. A working man would need eight and three-quarters pounds of white of eggs as a full day's food; but if allowed the whole egg, could live on two and one-half pounds. --- Betraying His Ignorance Betraying His Ignorance. "I am always putting my foot in it," said Mr. Cumrox, sadly. "What's the trouble?" "I am always displaying the fact that I have no taste or refinement. Mrs. C——me which of two gowns I preferred and I immediately betrayed my ignorance. I admired the one which cost at least $75 less than the other."—Washington Star. 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"And what on earth are you doing there?" "I am writing a poem, my love, on the beauty and brightness of this glorious old world. Please pass the mucilage!"—Atlanta Constitution. Not Bribed. Citizen—People are saying that you were bribed to put through that thieving bill in behalf of the Graball company. Legislator (haughtily)—Huh! Who would there be to bribe me, I should like to know? No one, sir—not a living soul! Citizen—But that company—Legislator—Why, I'm the company. -N. Y. Weekly. A Pleasing Result "You know that measly little cur that my wife made so much of." "The dog that bit me in the leg?" "Yes. A motorman ran over and killed him. Yes. And I had to go down to the railway office and report the motorman so he could be promptly discharged. I went." "What was the result?" "The man was promoted." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. Enduring as the Mountains. "This," said the proud young wife as she passed the plate to her trusting husband, "is white Mountain cake." The deluded man made several attempts to bite it. "What do you think of it, dear?" she asked. "Well," he said, with a feeble smile, "it is very realistic."—Judge. **Thought They Might Need It.** Man of the House—It strikes me that I've seen your face before. Stranger—Yes, you have. I sold you a cook book a year ago. "What are you selling now?" "A sure cure for dyspepsia. Only 50 cents."—Harlem Life. **It Will Even Up Later.** "I wish," said the little girl, "I had two birthdays a year." "Don't worry, Jennie," returned her Aunt Ellen. "When you get to be 30 or over it will seem to you as if they came fully as fast as that."—Chicago Post. One Man's Opinion "According to statistics," said the sweet girl graduate, "women live about ten years longer than men." "Yes," growled the old bachelor, "and they might live 50 years longer if they weren't so shy about passing the 30 mark."—Chicago Daily News. "I wish I could write better," sighed the boy. "Is that all?" asked his mother. 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Freddie—What's a kleptomaniac, dad? Cobwigger—A person who has money enough to pay for what he steals.—Judge. The Editor's Little Joke. Reporter—Here is the notice of two chums marrying two sisters. Editor—Head it, "Putting Two and Two Together."—Brooklyn Eagle. Two Views. "She is what I call a breezy girl." "Yes. I notice she has a good many alrs."—Tammany Times. Remember, OZONO is guaranteed to straighten the hair—to make it grow long, soft, and glossy; also to cure all itching, burning, humiliating scalp diseases. To make the hair grow out again on bald spots, especially around the temples, there is no Hair Tonic on earth one-half so good. The Boston Chemical Company holds a charter granted by the State of Virginia. We also refer to the Metropolitan Bank of Richmond, Va., and to the Southern Express Company. Register your letters; it protects you. Address your letters plainly to—BOSTON CHEMICAL COMPANY, 310 East Broad Street, RICHMOND, VA. Poor Thing! Tess—I don't suppose Miss Passay ever had any beaux when she was a young girl. Jess—No, she was too dignified and old-fashioned. He Knew. Little Eben (who has an mind)—Paw, what does "trous" mean? Farmer Dunk—Why—er guess it means a feller that Tess—And she has none now? Jess—No, she's too kittenish now.—Philadelphia Bulletin. Surely Not. Cholly—I said something to Miss Quickstep the other day, and all she said was that children and fools speak the truth. I wonder, baw Jove, if she meant anything personal! Miss De Muir—Certainly not. Everybody knows you're a child. — Chicago Tribune. Never Thought of Him. Softly (who has fallen overboard, and has been dramatically rescued)—Did you—aw—faint, when you heard them yell, "Man overboard?" Helen (sobbing)—No—no, Cholly. I never once suspected they could mean you.—Tit-Bits. Power of the Press. Famous Scientist (excitedly)—Something must be done to stop the spread of the opium habit among women. Great Editor (calmly)—Very well, sir; I'll put in a paragraph saying that a hankering for opium is a sign of old age.—N. Y. Weekly. Good, But Lonesome. Willie Hand Is the father's joy. He's fourteen. Is a smokeless boy. —Chicago Tribune. Mr. Stubb—Confound it! We are going through a tunnel! I hope it isn't long. Mrs. Stubbs-Ah, John, I remember the time when you told me you wished the whole distance was through a tunnel.-Chicago Daily News. Blessed Among Women. "She is happy in her home life?" "Presumably. She has had the same husband for ten years, and the same cook almost as long!"—Town Topics. Poor Thing! Surely Not. Power of the Press He Knew. Little Eben (who has an inquiring mind)—Paw, what does "ambidextrous" mean? Farmer Dunk—Why—er-h'm! — I guess it means a feller that can steal with both hands.—Puck. The Last Word Again He—I wonder why it is, when two women are parting, that they say goodbye so many times? She—Because each doesn't want the other to have the last word.—Yonkers Statesman. Sensible at Last Aunt Wayback—What kind of a thing do you call that you're wearing? City Niece—Why, thats my bolero jacket, aunty. Aunt Wayback—Well, I must say that's sort o' sensible. The front folds back so you won't drop the vittles on it. N. Y. Weekly. His Expectation. Aunt Becky—Why, some of them fashionable women is so extravagant they won't wear the same dress more'n two or three times. Uncle Abner — You don't say! I s'pose it'll come to be fashionable not to ride the same autermobile more'n two or three times.—Brooklyn Life. SYDNOR & HUNDLEY. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE GREAT VALUES IN ELEGENT, NEW FURNITURE AT SYDNOR & HUNDLEY'S Rebuilding, Reduction Sale. HE PLANET GOSSIP OF ROYAL COURTS. Prince Nicholas, of Greece, recently won a poetic competition held at the Athens academy. The poem was a comedy in blank verse called "The Reformers." Prince Ferdinand, of Belgium, is almost the only one of the royalties of Europe who has no taste for sports. He much prefers books and is, besides, something of a naturalist and botanist. Contrary to the general impression, King Edward has had to pay large sums out of his own pocket for the changes and improvements which he has made at Osborne, Balmoral and Sandringham palaces. These three establishments are not crown property. Empress Eugenie has left London for Paris. She is looking wan and gray. There was not a vestige left of the beauty that fascinated Napoleon. While the ex-empress was riding unnoticed to the station the crowd not far away was cheering the prince of Wales. Emperor William's six sons are to get their education in part at the military academy at Plon. Two of them are there now and three have been there. The crown prince is at present at the University of Bonn and Prince Adalbert is making a long trip on a military training ship. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, although the second oldest monarch of Europe, is still much devoted to hunting, and a climb of two or three hours in his Tyrolean costume is not too much for him. Between the years of 1856 and 1897 he killed in his various domains 1,243 deer, 1,730 chamois and much other game. He is particularly fond of Offensee, where he spends the night in a cabin, and early in the morning the game is driven in his direction. The ozar's kitchen at St. Petersburg is said to outlive in magnificence even that of the most lavish of American millionaires. Not only are the walls and ceiling of black marble covered with valuable ornaments, but many of the kitchen pots and pans, which originally belonged to Empress Catherine, are of solid gold. The kitchen staff is on a par with the general magnificence. The head chef, who receives a princely salary, is assisted by about 270 persons. THE STEEL AGE. Some of the largest steel plants in England are being reorganized along American lines. Mrs. Hetty Green, some of the Vanderbilt and one or two of the Goulds are pushing an $11,000,000 capitalized enterprise to manufacture iron and steel on an enormous scale on the Pacific coast. Lake palaces are being built to ply between the east and west shores of Lake Michigan, to cost $400,000, and of steel, built for speed, making a direct route between Milwaukee and St. Paul by water and rail to the east. At last it looks probable that steel railroad ties will be made to supersede oak ties. A new tie made of steel plate one-half inch thick and as wide as a wooden tie and semi-oval in shape has been tried a year on a road in western Pennsylvania, where the traffic is heavy. The ties are as good as new. If they come in general use it will widen the market for steel. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Hope is all right when mixed with an equal amount of hustle. Many a truthful man has known to lie at the point of death. Don't try to be funny with people who are unable to appreciate wit. It is somewhat difficult for a man to support a wife if she is insupportable. Many a-man's settled opinions are due to the fact that his wife settled them. A woman's touch is known by her washboard, her piano or her husband's pocket book. There is a place for everything in this old world, but few of us have access to an index. The ocean is the only power on earth that can make a woman indifferent to her personal appearance. Some men are unable to obtain credit because they are unknown, and some others because they are known. RANDOM NOTES. The ordinary active life of a locomotive averages 15 years. Brazilian railways are the dearest in the world, the cost of carriage for coffee amounting to about two dollars a hundredweight per 100 miles. The woman's building at the Charleston exposition is a beautiful colonial mansion built 200 years ago and surrounded by gardens filled with old-fashioned flowers. Express and limited trains, according to experts at the New York session of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, have increased the cost of running locomotives per mile nearly 100 per cent. They have also vastly increased the responsibilities of the railroad officials, in requiring block signal systems, clear tracks and delays to way trains, closer inspection and attention to a thousand and one details. A Real Friend. Miss Rougenoir—So he said he didn't like my eyebrows, eh? Miss Kraft—Yes, he said they were too dark. Miss Rougenoir—The idea! Miss Kraft—Yes, but I told him they weren't as black as they were painted. Philadelphia Press. 5th Grammar—Walter Johnson. 4th Grammar—Robert Cole, Peter Hudson, Bessie Anderson, Elsie Carter, Adline Dawson, Ollie Frayser, Williana Green, Emma Lively, Alice Myers, Annie Tinsley. 2nd Grammar—Minnie Booker, Alberta Allen, India Branch, Cecilia Minor, Aretha Randelph. 4th Primary—Ida Booker, Virgie Smith. 5th Primary—Rebecca Winston, Beatrice Pryor. 6th Primary, No. 101—Mary Craig, Rebecca Branch, Marie Cousins. 6th Primary—Daisy Oneal, Nettie Trent, Major Ellis, Percy Rhorer. 7th Primary—Ethel Brown, Odious Robinson, Ethel Young, Clara Johnson, Robert Williams, William Collins. 8th Primary—Geneva Trent, Arabell Minor, Estelle Thomas. NAVY HILL SCHOOL 6th Grammar—Fannie Cowan. 5th Grammar—Miss Rosa B. Brooks teacher—Victoria Berkley, Bessie Branch, Katie Moran, Coralace Norrell, Addie Phillips, Mamie Pierce. 8rd Grammar—Burgess Kemp, Parthenia Lee, Addie Jackson. 1st Grammar—Arthur Broadus, Jas. 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We've got the whole account of the hanging set up, with illustrations, and the form is in the press. Editor (Coolly)—Don't get excited, man. Put over the account, in large capitals: "Johnson Pardoned—Full Account of What He Escaped!"—Tit-Bits. After the Consultation. In describing his early struggles to establish a practice, the doctor had just said: "I used to sit in my office day after day waiting for patients. In fact, I used to sit like Patience on a Monument." "And now," remarked his associate, "I suppose you are accustomed to have monuments sit on your patients."—N. Y. Times. The Healing Touch of Time. Mrs. Dash—The idea of Mrs. Rash having society aspirations; why, her father was a huckster. Mr. Dash—Yes; she's entirely too forward. She ought to hang back until people have forgotten it. Now, in our case, my dear, it was your grandfather who was a huckster—Detroit Free Press. One Method. "I don't see what you all has to git so proud about," said Miss Sadie Cottonball. "Chose you doesn'," answered Miss Miami Brown. "Ise been studyin' de white folks. What you wants to do is jes' put on de airs yohse'f an' let de yuthah folks do de guessin' 'bout whut de reason is."—Washington Star. Wide. "You say Miss Pinkerton is accomplished?" "Why, I never met a more accomplished girl. She knew just a little about every subject I introduced."—Detroit Free Press. Favorable Conditions Parson Primrose—In what way is it embarrassing for you to go to church with your husband? Mrs. Cobwigger—He has a habit of talking in his sleep.—Judge. Her Version. "Yes," said Mrs. Sliptung, "it's true. Aunt Ann insisted that her remains should be cremated, and we're going to have it done, if we can find a cremation."—Chicago Tribune. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A certain English bishop, remarkable for his precise and dignified bearing, was once sitting in the studio of an eminent artist as a living model for his own portrait. Perfect silence reigned for a whole hour, while the knight of the palette diligently went on with his work. At last the bishop, becoming weary of the dreary monotony, ventured to remark: "How are you getting on?" Absent-mindedly the artist replied: "Move your head a little that way and shut your mouth!" His lordship, annoyed at the apparent discourtesy, then said: "Max Lark what "May I ask why you address me in such a manner?" Still absorbed in his work, the artist unconcernedly answered: "I want to take off a little of your sheek."—Chicago Chronicle. The Honest Borrower. Boy—Say, Mr. Smith, here's that snow shovel pa borrowed of you last winter. Mr. Smith (sarcoastially) — What made him send it back so soon? Boy—He noticed that you'd got a new one, and he wants to borrow that. This one's most worn out.—N. Y. Herald. The Original Philosopher. "I have noticed," said the Original Philosopher, "that the person who tells his trouble most is the one who has had the least of it. 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Plant Decorations, Choice Rosebuds, Cut Flowers, Funeral Designs, House Decorations for Wedding, Parties, &c., a specialty. Give me a call. 2 inch, 8m. THE PLANET SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1902 WHEN I WAS COURTIN' RUTH. I like to sit on rainy days within my easy chair. An' smoke my pipe, an' close my eyes, an' wave a truce to care. time. I plum forget that I'm a man, I listen low to hear For Jim was courtin' Milly then, an' I was courtin' Ruth. Perhaps a drive to singin' school some seven miles away. With both the girls tucked close an' saug beside us in the sleigh; Parents For, ah, the drifts are deep adown the lanes of Long Agol But though the nights were cold, our hearts were warm with love's sweet truth, For Jim was courtin' Milly then, an' I was courtin' Ruth I bless the Lord for rainy days, for pipe an' easy chair, They make me plum forget my aches an' paina an' frosty hair, A toddler within my heart more tender seems to grape Toward her, my better half, the Ruth I wedded long ago! An' when dear Jim, my neighbor now, sometimes an evening spends With us, an' brings his wife with him, an' added charm it lends To him of our outstreet of two-an' echo When Jim was courir' Mill, and more When Jim was courtin' Milly, an' when I was courtin' Ruth -Roy Farrell Greene, in Orange Judd Farmer. Cured by Alarm Clocks THIS is the story of the reformation of a city hall politician. It involves two political jobs, a loving wife, an unfortunate taste for stimulants and eight alarm clocks. Possibly, also it may serve as suggestion for the successful treatment of other diposmaniacs. The man in question is an influential ward politician on the democratic side of the house. As a reward for his great activity in the politics of the ward he has been given two jobs, one a day and the other a night job. The duties of neither of the positions are at all confining. At nine o'clock in the morning he is expected to "show up" at the office with which his "day job" is connected and report for the purpose of getting his name on the pay roll for that day. That ends his necessary labor for the day until five o'clock in the afternoon, when he appears at another office and reports for duty on his "night job." That formality over with, he is free to do as he pleases until the next morning. Consequently he has much leisure time on his hands, and he fell into the habit of spending most of it in the company of other politicians, drinking and playing cards about various semi-political saloons. As a result he soon became a sad victim to liquor, much to the sorrow and disgust of his devoted wife. Presently he reached the stage where, after reporting for work in the morning, he would in the next hour or two absorb so much liquor that he was ready to go home and to bed until duty called again at five o'clock. In order that he might be sure to wake up at the proper hour he secured an alarm clock which was HE COUNTED THE EIGHT CLOCKS set to go off at five o'clock. After the clock had been in use for several weeks it got out of order, and several times it did not rouse him from slumber until nearly six o'clock, too late to make his regular trip to the city hall. Finally one evening he woke to find that the clock had played him sadly false. Instead of five it was seven o'clock. He jumped up in a furious frame of mind, opened the window and threw the offending clock out into the street. Then he called for his wife. "Here," he said, roughly, "I got to be called promptly at five o'clock. I just threw that cheap alarm clock away because it was no good, and I want you to go down-town this afternoon and get one that amounts to something. Here's five dollars." "Those cheap clocks are all right, John," she urged. "We just happened to get hold of a bad one." "Never mind," he said. "You do as I tell you. Go down and buy five dollars' worth of alarm clocks, and see whether you can't get me waked up in time." His wife, hurt at the way he had talked to her, determined to obey him literally. The next morning she went down and bought eight 60-cent. alarm clocks. When she got home from her trip her lord and master was sound asleep. She wound the eight clocks. "That's a pretty scene—that balcony scene is 'Cyrano de Bergerac.'" Hanah commented, beginning to glory a little in the grip she was keeping on her atmosphere. "Yes; I suppose so," he assented. "At any rate, it is true what he says about it being a sin in love to play at fencing." "Nonsense. It is an absolute necessity." "To fence in love?" "Yes. Why, where would we be if it was a matter of straight cut and thrust, and no feilts?" "We might be happy—" "We would most probably be bankrupt. The sum and substance of a love story is the fencing—" "Love story? Oh, love story. Yes, I dare say it's eminently necessary. Does it never strike you as cold-blooded, making copy out of the most sacred sensations of the human heart." "To tell the truth, the adjectives torment me so that I haven't time to think whether the sensations are sacred or profane. I know what mine generally are by the time I get the thing in shape." "Yes; profane." "Well, in one sense," she admitted. "That means?" "Why, it means. It means that you have to satisfy your mind with the matter you are going to work on and get yourself into the mood you are going to exploit. If you want to depict a vicious character, you've got to be vicious." "For the time being. I begin to see. Go on." "Why, there is nothing to go on. That is all there is to it." Morris twisted his mustache thoughtfully. Hannah moved her seat so that she might watch the wind-tossed pines. Really if he expected to reach home before the storm broke he ought to go at once, she thought. But Morris showed no intentions of going. He was face to face with an uncertainty, and he meant to win out or lose. "Tell me more about your work," he asked. "I find it interesting." "There is nothing more to tell," she insisted. "There must be." You have not told me how you get up your characters. Do you study them from life or imagine them, or do they just naturally come? "Oh, any way. After you get your atmosphere the characters will develop themselves." "Then creating the atmosphere is the tough end of the job?" "Creating it and keeping it until you are done with it—yes. You see moods are hard to manage." This time Morris did not make the mistake of telling her to go on. He merely nodded and looked interested. "Did you ever try to keep yourself in one frame of mind all day?" "I have done it for a year." "Is that so? How?" He looked at her and smiled a little. "I had some one to help me." I had some one to help me." Hannah moved abruptly and looked out despairingly at the forest. The pines had ceased their tossing and stood silent and solemn, awaiting the downpour of rain lowering over them. Where now was that suggestion of unyielding strength—resistless, aerene? Hannah felt her carefully-created atmosphere slipping from her, and a wall of disappointed ambition began to well in her breast. "It is going to rain," she remarked. "See how still the trees are." "I see. The big fellows like to bluff, but they know how to take their medicine." "But aren't you afraid of getting wet?" "Why, does this roof leak?" He smiled at her disconcerted expression. She was beginning to be herself once more, and his spirit rose with a rush. "Do you want to get back to your work so badly as all that?" He took a restless turn through the room and paused beside her. "If you will promise to do something for me I will go home and let you work in peace." He gazed quietly at the motionless forest, but his voice deepened. Hannah's atmosphere suffered a swift change of currents. "I don't know," she muttered. "But you will try," he insisted. "See, there is the rain." They stood silent for a moment watching its approach. At first faint white streaks stealing up the forest vistas, then an opaque whiteness concealing the distant trunks, leaving the pine tops blurred and misty. The breath of the air grew wet and fragrant, the foremost trunks lost all distinctness of outline and a few large drops of rain splashed against the window sill. "Well," Hannah sighed, "that is the last of my atmosphere." Morris laid an eager hand on her arm. "Let me help you to another one. Here, in this window seat, we could create a deliciously cozy atmosphere with the rain outside, and—will you admit that immortal fellow to share our afternoon? He has been my constant companion for so long now that I doubt whether I could shut him out. He is not bad company. I assure you he has turned many a thunder cloud into a rose-colored mist for me. May he come in?" Hannah made no reply, but she allowed herself to be drawn down into the broad-cushioned seat and—the "deliciously cozy" atmosphere was created. Imbecile. Edith—That Charles Nuthead is absolutely imbecile! Ethel—"Imbecile?" Why, he doesn't even know when "No" means "Yes," and "Don't" means "Do."—Brooklyn Eagle. Permanent Employment "Human nature never was and never will be perfect," said the philosopher, "Of course," answered the reformer, "That slight circumstance is what assures me that I have a steady job in life."—Washington Star. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND: VIRGINIA AS FASHION MAKES THEM. Gun-metal mounting is the latest touch for card cases, wallets and dainty leather accessories. The fortunate possessors of old paste or quaint antique buttons will find use for them now, failing which we have some lovely copies in Parisian paste. Lovely is the "empire" dress of white chiffon, with an overdress of gold or silver spangles. But, with the exception of the jet, no evening dress seems complete without a beautiful berthe of old lace. The most artistic dining room curtains are of art serge or linen plush, falling straight from the pole to just below the sill, without any attempt at draping or tying back. They should be edged with ball fringe of the same color. In place of the conventional embroidery and stitching on silk waists there are to be seen on some of the new ones cloth applications in curves, crescents and cabochons of a different shade from the silk. Cloth flowers are also set upon moussie and gauze waists. Many little buckles are employed on the handsome cloth and velvet gowns to hold down the bands of trimming. A long, slender buckle is used with good effect on several of these gowns directly in front and another in the back to extend the girdle. These buckles add considerably to the waist garniture. To be really up to date your wardrobe must include a Russian blouse of some description. It carries quite military air with brandenburgs across the front, fastened with silver buttons. The skirt which completes the costume is the new three-flounce design, trimmed on the edges with the same decoration as on the blouse. With this is worn a chemisette or rest of contrasting color, giving quite a chic air when embroidered or artistically treated with fancy braids. ABOUT THE HOUSE. A French furniture polish is made of six ounces of shellac dissolved in a pint of wood naphtha and a quarter of a pint of linseed oil. Mold can be kept from a bookcase by scattering here and there a few drops of lavender oil. Never stand gelatine aside to cool unless a light covering is thrown over it to prevent the absorption of germs. In frying doughnuts a large slice of raw potato should be put in the fat and it will prevent the black specks from appearing on their surface. To remove grease from matting cover the spot thickly with chalk and molisten by sprinkling benzine on it. When the benzine has evaporated brush off the chalk and the spot will have disappeared. The latest way of making table linen is to have the three initials interlaced. This style of marking is new and beautiful. The letters used for the napkins may be smaller than those for the cloths. The lunch cloth may be finished and marked to match the napkins. To wash white china silk make a strong lather of white soap and warm water. Rub the article in this and in a second lather if very dirty, but do no rub soap on the silk. Then rinse well in plenty of cold water to which has been added one teaspoonful of paraffin to the gallon of water. Wring in the hands, then roll in a sheet, pass through the wringer and iron after it has stood about two hours. Burned or scorched milk may have its unpleasant taste removed by the following process: The saucepan should be taken very carefully off the fire so that the burned part may not mix with the milk at the top and placed in a pan of cold water until the bottom of the saucepan is quite cool. Then pour the milk carefully away, leaving the burned part at the bottom. NEW YORK'S EARLY LEADERS The first governor was Peter Minuit, appointed in 1636. The first schoolmaster was Adam Roelandsen, appointed in 1633. The first surveyor was (1642) Andries Hudde. He received £80 a year. The first artist was Dirk Hermans, who made a sketch of New Amsterdam in 1635, which was afterward engraved in Holland. The first clergyman was Dominie Bogardus (1633), for whom a church had been built. This church was the first on Manhattan. The first physician was Dr. Johannes La Montagne, who began practicing here in 1636. He was the only doctor in Manhattan for a number of years. The first poet was Jacob Steednam. His poem, "The Complaint of New Amsterdam to Her Mother," appeared in 169, and "The Praise of New Netherlands" in 1661. The first licensed lawyer was Dirk Van Schelluyne. He opened an office in a grocery store in 1650, and hung out the first sign of "Notary Public" in New York. The first engineer was Kryn Fredrick, who was authorized by the governor in 1626 to superintend the construction of a permanent fort on Manhattan Island. The first newspaper was published in 1725 by William Bradford. It was a half sheet of foolscap paper, filled with European news and custom house entries. It was called the New York Gazette. The first mayor was Thomas Willett, selected by the governor in 1665. His house, called Willett mansion, at that time was the finest structure on the island. It stood on the summit of Willett Hill, where the little houses 2 and 4 Willett street now stand. Method in Her Cruelty. "Amy, it seems to me that you slyly provoke your husband to wrath every morning," said the mother to her newly-married daughter. "I'm afraid you do not know what you are doing." "I know exactly what I am doing, mamma. He goes away angry in the morning, and always brings me a nice present in the evening as a peace-offering. He would never be so liberal if left to his own way." Tit Rite left to his own way."—Tit-Bits. WEAK MEN CURED FREE! ) The world's greatest living Specialist who discovered the greatest remedy ever known which has been the means of curing thousands of men of nervous debility, lost vigor, variocelle, night losses failing memory, and all other consequent ces of youthful ignorance or other causes, and restoring the organs to full strength and vigor sends so to every sufferer the entire receipt so that each despairing man may cure himself at home and thus obtain the greatest result of A. D. 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According to the census just completed, the total number of foreigners now resident in the country is 1,037,778. Malay kites are being used on the French river Moselle for towing boats. An experiment was tried with a kite six and one-half feet long, which towed a boat containing six persons and made good headway against a strong current. American clocks are to be found in the most remote hamlets in Siam. Phosphate rock mined in South Carolina in 1901 amounted to 82,656 tons, as compared with 119,208 tons in 1900. New York's new tunnel is far advanced, and the engineers have worked out their complex problem without an error. An army of men is burrowing under the main streets of the city without interrupting traffic in the least. Please find enclosed $1.00 to the following address: NAME,..... STREET,..... CITY OR TOWN,..... COUNTY, STATE,..... closed photograph which The artesian well at Grenelle, Paris, took ten years of continuous work before water was struck, at *v* depth of 1,780 feet, says the Engineer. At 1,259 feet over 200 feet of boring-rod broke and fell into the well and it was 15 months before it was recovered. A flow of 900,000 gallons per day is obtained from it, the bore being eight inches. PHONE, 577 BY A MARRIED WOMAN. ON THE CONTINENT. INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS The Greatest Offer Yet! Send A Good Photograph. WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDSOME GOLD-PLATED BREAST-PIN WITH YOUR PICTURE HANDSOMELY COLORED AND REPRODUCED THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. They can be worn by either male or female, being called either Button or Medallions. We have made special arrangements with one of the largest concerns in the country to furnish all new subscribers, who pay $1.50 cash in advance for the PLANET one of these handsome Medallion free of charge. 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It is a generous offer and all men ought to be glad to have an opportunity. NEW PHONE, 1133 Actual Size. The Southern Railway's Palatial Richmond and Florida Limited. The Washington, Richmond and Florida Limited is the name of the Southern's new train, inaugurated Nov. 24, 1901, and is being operated daily between Washington, Richmond and Jacksonville, Fla. It is in every detail a complete train, composed of day coaches of the very latest improved patterns, Pullman drawing-room cars and dining cars. The day coaches go through from Washington and Richmond to Charlotte, Ocunbala, Savannah and Jacksonville, and Richmond a drawing-room sleeper is added going through to Atlanta and Birmingham. AeChollette this sleeper is attached to United States Fast Mail, forming through service for New Orleans, Memphis and all the South and Southwest. The important connections and quick time made by this train makes it one of great importance to Richmond and the territory through which it runs. It leaves Washington daily 10:50 a.m., Richmond 2:30 p.m., arriving Jacksonville 9:15 a.m. following morning, and correspondingly quick time is made to all other Southern points. This service is in addition to the numerous train operated daily over the main line, thus making five limited trains daily with dining car service between the North and South over the Southern. Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks. Housemaids and Wastresses for New York and other Northern cities. Wages from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Transportation furnished. Also 50 Farm hands for Maryland. R. W. ELSON, 417 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By TAKEN FROM LIVE: OZOZIZED OX MARROW (Copyrighted.) This wonderful hair pomade is the only safe preparation in the world that makes kinky or curly hair straight as shown above. It now falls out, and it is the only one of the hair from making out or breaking off, even during the hardening process. The hair grow long and silky. 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M. 246 W. 31st St. (Near 8th Avenue.) NEW YORK CITY. Enclose Stamp for reply. Please mention the PLANET. Tonsorial Artist. 20 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. FIRST CLASS SHAVING AND HAIR-CUTTING. Our Styles are the Latest and can not be easily imitated. Your patronage respectfully solicited. THE PANET BRITISH BREVITIES. England and Wales have 62 towns of over 50,000 people. South Shields has a large colliery, the St. Hilda, within her town limits. The source of the Severn, 1,500 feet above the sea, is a spring of iron water. The 163 foxhound packs in England and Wales contain 6,172 couples of hounds. For every 100 people who live in the country in the United Kingdom 258 live in town. Scotland has 787 islands round its coast, but only 62 exceed three square miles in area. India takes 29 pounds out of every 100 pounds of cotton goods which England exports. There are usually over 7,000 children in British reformatories, and 28,000 in industrial schools. Sixteen thousand tons of alum are made yearly from shale raised in the north of England. London's fire brigade last year experienced over 800 false alarms, of which 250 were maliciously given. Of Scotland's 30,902 square miles, 631 square miles are water, and 485 beach and forshore, useless for agricultural purposes. About 350 acts of parliament were passed every year during the last century. Of these little over one-third were public acts. In 1875 132 steam and 317 sailing vessels were built in the United Kingdom; last year 423 steam vessels and 29 sailing vessels. Of 12,525 criminals convicted in one recent year in England and Wales, 44 were sentenced to death, 10 to penal servitude for life, and 91 to over 10 years' penal servitude. POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE. A check for $10, given by President Roosevelt in aid of the Washington Newsbys' home at a bazaar last week, was framed by the lady receiving it and sold it at auction for $50. There have been four postmasters general from the state of Wisconsin—Alexander W. Randall, Timothy O. Howe, William F. Vilas and Henry C. Payne, the incumbent of the office. Not to be out of the prevailing fashion, William F. Havemeyer, the sugar magnate, has given to the New York university a special library of private or limited editions, consisting of about 300 volumes, 175 of which are rare works on American history. Canada has a group of young sculptors of whom much is expected. One of them, Hamilton McCarthy, of Ottawa, is making the bronze statue which the government of Nova Scotia will erect in Halifax to commemorate the services of Nova Scotia in the South African war. Fairhaven, Mass., is proud of Henry H. Rogers, the oil magnate, who was born there and has spent millions of dollars and much of his time in improving and decorating the town as he might beautify his own home. He has already given to the town a library, waterworks, a drainage system, town hall, schools and a church. Lord Stanmore, who is now 72 years old, enjoys the distinction of being the last peer created by Mr. Gladstone. He is the son of the earl of Aberdeen, who was prime minister in the '50s, and in whose cabinet Mr. Gladstone held the chancellorship of the exchequer. He was not only private secretary to his father, but he was attached to Mr. Gladstone's special mission to the Ionian islands. OF A GENERAL NATURE The harbor where Admiral Dewey fought his battle is to be improved by the expenditure of $2,000,000. Cuba imported 116,000 Chinese coolies 30 years ago. Within five years 67,000 of them were dead. Good mortar should contain one-third lime. Mortar with one-sixth only of lime is not safe for use in building. The Caspian sea has but 11 pounds of salt to a ton of water; while there are 81 pounds in a ton of ordinary Atlantic water. Shagreen, now made from the skins of sharks and rays, was a name originally applied to a substance made from the hides of horses and asses. Seltzer water takes its name from the village of Nieder Seltzers, in Prussia. A spring there discharges 5,000 cubic feet an hour of this mineral water. Lake Baikal's greatest distinction is its size. It is the largest fresh water lake on the Asiatic or the European continent, being 400 miles long and from 16 to 65 miles in width. The shrew was originally the shrew mouse, which, when her young were helpless, would fight desperately in their defense, and so well known was the courage of this little animal, which would even go out of its way to seek an enemy at times when the nest needed protection, that the word became applied to a woman who was ever ready to seek quarrel. Fast and Loose She--Don't you think your friend Smiley's manners are rather loose? He--Possibly; but Smiley himself is nearly always tight--Chicago Daily News. Doesn't Look Reasonable. "She says no man has ever put his arm round her." "Oh, I don't believe it. Why, she's been sleefhidding dozens of times."--Chicago Post. Mr. Robt. J. Allen is ill at his residence, 1116 Bichanan St. Mr. R. H. Walker, Jr., editor of the BAPTIST TRUMPET of Indianapolis, Ind. called on us this week. Miss Florence Taylor has returned home after teaching in Dinwiddie for the past five months. The Astoria Beneficial Club return thanks to their many friends for their patronage in their bazaar which was a success. Miss Nannie M. Burrell of Richmond, Va., but who has resided in New Bedford, Mass. the past three years has been very ill. We hope she is improving. We have received a communication from Buckingham Co. concerning the attempt to poison a female public school teacher with powdered glass. No name was signed to the article. —Mr. W. M. King of Louisiana sends us a communication fraught with good advice to our people. Up to this writing, we have been unable to find space for it in our columns. —Lieutenant Jesse Randall has purchased a fine horse and large top-covered wagon for piano and furniture moving. —Rev. J. T. Turner has been to Plainfield, N. J., for the last month to assist Rev. Wallace in his protracted meetings. One hundred and forty-two souls have been added to the church. —Sir Knight R. B. Mosby is rapidly improving at his residence, 910 N. 3rd street, under the skillful treatment of Dr. Sarah G. Jones, and he hopes to be able to be out next week. CLEANING FLUID: For cleaning clothes, carpets, etc. etc. guaranteed equal to any of the high priced preparations advertised for that purpose. You can get ingredients at any drug-store for a trifle and make money selling it to your neighbors. This receipt has sold as high as $10 and one man gave a horse for it. Send 50 cents for formula and fall directions. Address O. H. LATCHFIELD, Merchant Tailor, 85 Main St., North Adams, Mass. 3-15-02-3t WANTED—Names and addresses of 5000 respectable colored girls for high class domestic service in the north as cooks, chambermaids, child nurses, laudresses and general house-work. Address, INTER STATE REAL ESTATE AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, 73 Summer Street, Trenton, N. J. Notice 1 F. After March 16th, 1902, my address will be 836 Bank St., Norfolk, Va. W. M. Moss. 2.15.1908-31 Do You Know Her 3 I desire to know the whereabouts of my sister, Hester Gilmer. She left here in the employ of white people. Address MILLIE JOHNSON, 9 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. Good Roads Convention, Richmond, Va., March 17—23, 1902. For the above occasion, the Southern Railway begs to announce special rate of one fare for the round-trip from all stations on its lines within radius of 150 miles to Richmond, Va., and return. Tickets to be on sale March 19th, 20th and 21st with return limit March 25th. No one should miss this opportunity for gaining knowledge on the subject of construction of good roads. The Southern Railway Good Roads Train will be at Richmond from March 17th to 22nd with a corps of engineers, skilled workmen and modern machinery to give practical exhibitions of good road building. The State Convention will be held at Richmond March 19th, 20th, 21st and delegates from every county in the state are expected to be present. Among the prominent speakers will be Gov. Montague, W. H. Moore, President of the National Good Roads Association and many others. For detailed information apply to any Agent of the Southern Ry. Annual Convention Virginia Christian Endeavor Union, Richmond, Va., March 28—30, 1902. The Southern Railway begs to announce special rate fare and one-third on certificate plan in the sale of tickets from all stations on its lines to Richmond, Va., and return, on account of the above occasion. 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. 3-8-03-2t Confederate Veterans Reunion, Dallas 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 Dallas. IMPORTANT NOTICE Change C. & O. Schedule—In Effect Monday, February 10th, 1909. Fast train now leaving Richmond at 4:45 p. m. for Norfolk, Old Point, etc. will, on and after February 10th, leave Richmond at 2:10 p. m., except Sunday, connecting at Old Point for Norfolk and with Old Dominion Annex Boat for New York Steamer. Afternoon train for Norfolk, Old Point, etc., now leaving Richmond at 3:45 p. m., will, on and after February 10th, leave Richmond at 4:00 p. m. daily connecting at Newport News for Norfolk and at Old Point with boats for Baltimore, Washington and Cape Charles. Trains arrive at Richmond on and after February 10th from Norfolk, Old Point, etc., at 10:00 a. m. daily, 12:00 noon, except Sunday and 6:45 p. m. daily. No change of schedule west of Richmond. --- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 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 overs 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 $85, and correspondingly kw rates from all other points. The Southern Rail- line has a short route and quick time to Dallas and offers the choice of routes 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 land 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, 1902 was set apart as Rally week. This is the final effort for the liquidation of the last of the long standing debt. We desire in that week to raise One Thousand Dollars. On the first Sunday in June, it is the aim of the church along with the Tenth Anniversary of the pastor to have the mortgage burning. Let the members final keep this in mind. Members out of the city may send money to help in this final rally to the pastor. 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. DON'T! ORDER A SUIT OR BUY ONE READY MADE. We can save you money and annoyance. Our representative, G. H. Scott will be in town, stopping at the Hotel Reformer, with a fine line of Woolens. Any order reserved for him will be highly appreciated. Thanking you in advance for consideration. Yours very respectfully, CHAS. S. CARTER, Merchant Tailoring. 266 Queen St., Norfolk, Va. 1t (Under Col. Y. M. C. A.) 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. 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. 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 7ICE-PRES., - MAGGIE L. WALKER TREAS., - FANNIE C. THOMPSON SECY & MAN'OR, PATSIE K. ANDERSON. LIZZIE M. DAMMALLS, M. LOU HARRIS. VICTORIA MOON, LILLIAN H. PAYNE, JULIA H. HAYES, ROSA E. WATSON, DELIA LEWIS. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. REGISTERED AT 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 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 a face into a person four or five shades lighter, and a miniature person perfectly white. In forty-eight-hourshade shades in skin spots and black spots, it does not turn the skin in spots but blends the skin in a maining beautiful without continuing. Will remove wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, plumps or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and smooth. Dark spots removed without harm to the skin. Will color the you wish, stop to use the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER that goes in every one dollar box is enough to keep it from falling out. Highly perturbed and keeps it from falling out. Many of our customers say one of our door boxes is the box we sell it for one dollar box. THE NO-SNUFF we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. RICHMOND, VA. Do You Know Them? I desire to know the whereabouts of John Talatero, Major Wooldridge, Dennis Minor, who was in Co. B, 119 Regiment, which was made up at Camp Nelson, Kentucky, and was discharged at Louisville, Ky. Also John Clark, Walker Clark and Lewis Clark, who were in the same company and regiment. They belonged to William Jordan in Powhatan County, Va., and we separated in Richmond. They went to Powhatan County, Va., their home and I came to Buckingham county, Va. We worked at the Salt Works together. Any information will be thankfully received by ANTHONY COX. Bell Branch, Buckingham Co., Va. 8-15-02-38. 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 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. 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 Easer 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 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 Anunt, whom was a stewardess on a boat, flying between Norfolk via Baltimore. Maiden name, Ellen Smith. 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 intosituations, erected a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional improvements contemplated, will be an induction 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. 2930 p. Street; Wm. Custaldo, 702 East Broad street; W. H. Jones, 1083, St. Peter street; W. H. Jones, 1083, St. Peter street; Samuel Meredith, 1328 N. 26th street; Joseph Robinson, No. 49 1st Market or 2811 9-mile Road; D. J. Chavers, Snupt., 1837 Carrington Street. TO CONFEDERA And Their We offer you the Shortest phis Gateway traversing the side trips can be made to Hot homa and Indian Territory. SIDE TRIP to OKLAHOM SIDE TRIP to HOT SPR SPECIAL TRAINS and F STOP-OVERS AT ALL TURNING. TICKETS ON SALE APR FINAL RETURN LIMIT M TO CONFEDERATE VETERANS We offer you the Shortest Route through the Memphis Gateway traversing the point from which the cheapest side trips can be made to Hot Springs and points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. SIDE TRIP to OKLAHOMA CITY and return, $3.60 SIDE TRIP to HOT SPRINGS and return 1.25 SPECIAL TRAINS SPECIAL TRAINS and FREE CHAIR CARS. TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 18th to 20th, INCLUSIVE FINAL RETURN LIMIT MAY 15th. For further information address For further information address, W. T. SAUNDERS, GEN. AGT. PASS. DEPT. Frisco System. ATLANTA, GA. W. T. SAUNDERS, Frisco System. MECHANICS' MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. CAPITAL $25000. 4 PER CENT Interest in ing 60 D LOANS NEGOTIATED.— is solicited. For all information co Loans, Etc., apply to the Cash Apartments are fitted up with modu gas and electricity. Polite officials will OFFI JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. GEO. W. L BOARD OF DIRECTORS:—J. C. FA JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, SHE 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, SECY, 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 Notice !!! Tried to Business. Helen—Poor, dear George must be devoting himself to business strictly. Florence—What makes you think so, dear? Helen—Why, he only writes to me twice a day, now—Tit-Bits. Heaviest at Lower End. Patience—Really, half the time he doesn't know which end he's standing on! Patrice—Oh, nonsense! His feet certainly can't seem as light as his head! —Yonkers Statesman. Sympathized with Pa. "Willie, remember that you should always speak when you're spoken to." "Well, mamma, if pop should do that, he'd be talking back to you all the time, wouldn't he?"—Yonkers Statesman. Irish Delegates in Philadelphia. Philadelphia, March 12.—The Hon. William Redmond and the Hon. Joseph Devlin, Irish members of the British parliament, who are in this country in the interests of the Irish cause, were given a reception at the Academy of Music last night by the Irish-American citizens of this city. There was much enthusiasm, and several thousands of dollars were contributed toward the fund the Irish representatives are raising in this country. Governor William A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, presided at the meeting and made a brief address. Among the other speakers were Archbishop Ryan, of this city, and Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland. Park On Blackwell's Island Albany, N. Y., March 12—The senate cities committee gave a hearing yesterday afternoon on the Slater bill permitting the lease of Blackwell's island to the United States government for the purpose of establishing a naval station, and for the additional purpose of creating and maintaining a public park on the island. The bill will probably be reported favorably. Miners Prepared to Strike. Shamokin, Pa., March 12.—Ice President Paul Pulaski, of the Ninth district, United Mine Workers, and inspector of local unions, said last evening that there will be $147,000 in the treasury of the district, and that the money would support the miners of this region for six weeks in case of a strike being ordered next week by the mine workers' convention. From Pennsylvania. McDONALD, PA., March 10, '03. Rev. Ivry of North Carolina has been carrying on a very successful revival here at McDonald First Baptist Church for the past few weeks. John Anderson of Midway is lying very low at his home suffering with hemorrhages of the brain and his recovery is doubtful. Mr. L. J. Jarrett is confined to the house suffering from a dislocated ankle received while at work in the mines. Mr. Nathan Edmonds, one of our young business men has taken charge of the Brook Restaurant on East Lincoln Ave. and wishes the patronage of all. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wooten of Oakdale, pa., visited Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams of Fanny St. on Sunday March 9, 1902. THE MIDWAY LUNCH ROOM 726 N. 3rd St. Richmond, Va MEALS FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. Term Reasonable, Quick Service. Give Me A Call. WANTED—An experienced Dress maker. For terms and particulars ad dress. STATE VETERANS for Friends St. Route through the Mem- point from which the cheapest Springs and points in Okla- MA CITY and return, $3.60 INGS and return 1.25 FREE CHAIR CARS. POINTS GOING and RE- RIL 18th to 20th, INCLUSIVE MAY 15th. GEN. AGT. PASS. DEPT. ATLANTA, GA. SAVINGS BANK Paid on All Deposits Remain- bays or over. The patronage of the Public Concerning Stock, Deposits, and tier. Burn improvements. Building lighted with be pleased to serve you. CERS: WM. A. HANKINS, Vice-President. EWIS, Cashier. BARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. R. JEFFERSON, O'CY, D. J. CHAVERS, WM. A. HANKINS. MABLE WILLIAMS Mas. "S" H. D. Lock-box 153, Covington, Va. AsthmaCureFree. 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