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THE RICHMOND PLANET. THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Chairman Johnson's Ruling-Prevented Vote-Deacon Smith Persistent Brother Briggs Defeated-The Fifth St. Baptist Church. The Meeting of the Baptist Council. The regular meeting of the First Baptist Church was held last Monday night, Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., presiding; B. P. Vandervall, clerk. After the transaction of routine business, other matters were taken up. Out of a membership of 2500, less than 100 persons were present, one of the test votes being about 18 to 41 or 69. WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE. The interesting feature was the action of Deacon Harrison Smith in moving that the church withdraw from the General Association and send its money and its delegate to the Virginia Baptist State Convention. Chairman Johnson ruled it out of order, stating that the church had decided to send its money to the General Association. A motion to reconsider was therefore the only way that the proposed legislation could be enacted. A TELLING POINT Deacon Smith moved that the action of the church be reconsidered. The chairman ruled that he could not make the motion, inasmuch as he had not voted for it. Deacon Smith explained that inasmuch as the church itself had never voted to join the General Association, no one had voted for it. Chairman Johnson ruled the whole discussion out of order. DIDN'T WANT BROTHER BRIGGS On the question of sending a delegate, Brother Thomas H. Briggs was nominated and Brother R. J. Bass. Both were sent from the room while the voting was in progress. As a result, Brother Briggs was snowed under. The vote was 18 for Briggs and 41 for Bass. This was sad news to the fuss-makers and carried consternation into their camp. ANOTHER INVITATION. Near the close of the meeting, Chairman Johnson handed the clerk a communication from the Fifth St. Baptist Church, inviting the church to send a committee of seven to the Baptist Council which meets Tuesday. May 13th to consider the case of John Mitchell, Jr. After the reading of the communication it was tabled. The meeting then adjourned. MR. ADAMS' RINGING WORDS Commends the Planet—The Race and Its Defender. Mr. H. Adams of Washington, D. C., sends us $3.00 in payment of his own and Mr. George Williams' subscription to the PLANET and says: "I cannot close my letter on my subscription without commenting on your paper. Your little paper is a valuable paper. It defends every human being in the right and condemns every man in the wrong. I has no favorite persons. I wish toGod it was so that you could be elected. Congress for I know there would be something done or tried to be done to advance our race and every poor human being that is upon the American soil. I hope the time will soon come that you will be placed in a position of high power that the whole people may see your aim. I know you would gain confidence of millions. Let the PLANET fight on for every thing that is right and just, and God will bestow His blessings upon the work and those that do the work and all good will follow it." Through the efforts of Rev. J. H. Burkes of Manchester arrangements have been made whereby all parties desiring to attend the Va. Baptist State Convention which convenes in Petersburg May 14th to 18th can secure a round trip ticket over the Richmond & Petersburg Electric line for 50 cents. Badges which entitle you to purchase such ticket can be secured from Rev. J. H. Burkes of Manchester, Dr. W. F. Graham and B. H. Peyton, 728 N. 2nd S. Richmond, Va. Thursday, May 15th will be Richmond Day and it is hoped that more than 1000 persons will avail themselves of this opportunity and attend. 5th Street Sunday School The attendance at the 5th St. Sunday School. Last Sunday being Banner day a collection of $12.14 was raised. Banner No. 1 went to class No. 4, W. W. Fields, teacher. Banner No. 2 to class No. 20, R. H. Singleton, teacher. Deacon W. P. Burrell and Rev. R. J. Bass addressed the school. DR. A. BINGA'S 80TH ANNIVER- People from all over the city of Manchester and Richmond were found wending their way to the First Baptist Church Sunday, May 4th, 1902 to pay honor and respect to their beloved pastor and friend, Dr. A. Binga, Jr., who has served this church as pastor for the last thirty years. From the way people attend his church and the large collections he raises, show that Dr. Binga is held in high esteem by his members and the people generally. He is a man of whom the race is proud. All people, both white and colored respect him because of his ability, uprightness and the pure life he lives in his community and wherever he goes. His anniversary exercises were introduced first by his church presenting him with an excellent suit of clothes of which he was very proud. The first exercises of the day were held in the Sunday-school, where a special programme had been arranged under the wise leadership of Prof. J. H. Blackwell. The principal speaker was Prof. C. L. Winfire, who delivered a very strong and intelligent address upon the life of the pastor. At eleven o'clock, we listened to an able sarmon, filled with God's truth, delivered by Rev. E. V. Peyton of the the M. Zion Bapt. Church, of Richmond, Va., most excellent music rendered by his son. After which a brief history of the church was given by Deacon C. H. Munford, which showed that since Dr. Binga's pastorate of this church, he has baptized one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-one persons, married together and fifty-three couples and preached the funerals of nine hundred and thirty persons. At the afternoon services, the church was again filled with anxious and loving hearts to listen to their own son, Rev. W. T. Johnson, B. D., of the First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. He preached as was expected a powerful sermon. The music at this service was rendered by Dr. Binga's choir, which is always equal to the occasion. When the hour of 8 P. M. arrived another large number of people had assembled to listen to the congratulatory exercises. Among those who spoke at this service were Deacon C. H. Munford, Rev. Richard Wells, Prof. J. H. Blackwell and brothers W. H. Hatcher and Woodson B. Mann. The amount of money raised on the building for the month ending May 4th, 1902, amounted to $315.00. This church will soon be out of debt. The church debt is now something less than one thousand dollars. Every department of the church is united and we speak for this congregation greater things in the future. The members of this church should feel proud in having such a good man to lead them. THAT BAPTIST COUNCIL Will Meet Next Tuesday-Editor Mitchell Will Be Heard. The Baptist Council to consider the case of John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond PLANET, who was, as it is alleged, unlawfully excluded from the First Baptist Church for permitting the publication in the reportorial columns of his journal the proceedings of a church-meeting will meet next Tuesday, 3 P. M. at the Fifth St. Baptist Church. The outlook is that there will be present some of the leading divines in the state and country. Arrangements have been made to receive them. The public will no doubt be admitted to its deliberations. Editor Mitchell will appear in his own defense reviewing the case and citing facts to sustain him in his contention. It will be remembered that the church violated its own law and permitted his unlawful exclusion while he was on the floor in his own defense. Out of a membership of 2500, the vote was 64 for exclusion and 56 against. Loyal St. Baptist Church Returns to Its First Love. Loyal St. Baptist Church, at Danville, Va., which has been identified with the General Association has completely reversed itself since the retirement of Rev. W. M. Moss, B. D., as pastor. It voted to return to the Virginia Baptist State Convention and endorse the effort of the colored people towards the building up of their own industrial and religious enterprises. It clinched the matter by calling as pastor Rev. A. A. Galvin of Staunton, one of the most pronounced race-men in the state. Providence Baptist Church, St. James street road, about two miles from town. The car will carry you within a few blocks of the church. There will be a grand rally for the purpose of raising money to pay off the indebtedness of the church. Come one, come all and help us. At 11:30, sermon by one of our able divines; 3:30, sermon by R. Z. D. Lewis, D. D.; at 8:00, sermon by Rev. P. P. Ballon. Deacon Wesley Jones, moderator; Rev. J. T. Carter, master of ceremonies. By order of the church. 2t Mrs. John G. Smith, who has been indisposed for three weeks is so much improved as to be out again. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1902. COURTS OF CALANTHE CELEBRATE THEIR 5TH ANNIVERSARY. In compliance with the law of the Supreme Court of Calanthe, the Courts of Richmond assembled in the lecture room of the 5th Street Baptist Church, Sunday, May 4, 1902 at half past two p.m. to offer up Thanksgiving to the Lord for the blessings bestowed upon them for the past year. During the forenoon the weather was cloudy but by time for exercises it was clear and balmy. The Brigadier General, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., and his brilliant attired staff accompanied the Uniform Rank and Sir Knights to the church in honor of the ladies as is their custom. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors of the Mechanics' Savings Bank occupied front seats. The church was elaborately decorated with palms and cut flowers and the Court colors in ribbon streamers decorated the vases. The Grand Worthy Counsellor, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. acted Master of Ceremonies. The services began by singing "Bless be the tie that binds." Scripture recited by Rev. S. C. Burrell, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Deacon E. A. Washington offered the opening prayer in a fervent chapel. Miss Matt G. Terrell held the audience spell bound as she recited "Trouble in the Amen Corner," in a most graceful manner. She elicited boundless praise from the vast audience. REV. BOWLER'S EFFORT. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler was then introduced by the G. W. Counsellor and as this was his first attempt to preach to the Order, he stated to the audience his desire that they bear with him if he failed to come up to their expectation as he was young in the ministry and pastor of only a small church and he felt highly honored to be called upon to serve them on such occasion: He stated that his subject was, "The last shall be first and the first last." His theme was "Woman." The audience was charmed, seemed enchanted! The sermon abounded in beautiful figures and was eloquent and forcibly delivered. The principles of both departments of the Order were so intertwined and interwoven there, the discourse that it was the unanimous opinion that Rev. Bowler had equalled all his predecessors on similar occasions and all want to hear him again. A TRIBUTE TO WOMAN. He certainly proved that though woman was created last, in all ages past and the time to come, she was and will be first in all that is pure and good, and he pictured in the distant future from the "tendency of the age" she will excel man and rule the world. He referred to the G. W. Counselor as the Moses of the Pythian organization and explained in detail the advance made under his wise leadership. He highly complimented Miss M. L. Chiles, the Grand Worthy Register of Deeds as second only to the G. W. Counselor in influence and management of the Courts of Calauthe whose success has become so phenomenal in such a short while—49 Courts with over 2,000 members in 5 years. Sister Anna Taylor was also complimented for being the leader in the State for Courts, having gotten up 11 courts. THE SPECIAL PRAYER The Thanksgiving prayer was offered by Rev. Archer Smith, who did not fail to let the Lord hear that he dreaded the time when woman will lead in the affairs of the world instead of man. He seemed thoroughly aroused and in earnest while he offered thanks for other blessings he dreaded the "new dispensation." Mesdames S. Alice Kemp Burrell and Carrie V. Hawkins sang in their charming manner a duet that captivated the audience. The G. W. C. then addressed the vast assemblage a few minutes on various points of the Order and urged them to stick together as a race and put their money's together for good. THE FINALE. A collection of over $24 was given to the church and $10.19 to Rev. J. Andrew Bowler. A vote of thanks was extended to all who took part on the program, and to Miss Chiles and her committee of ladies who arranged everything so nicely. Benediction by Rev. Archer Smith. The church was packed with an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. The first anniversary of the Bands of Calanthe will be celebrated Sunday, May 11th, 1902, at Sharon Baptist Church at 3 P. M. Matrons and children are requested to meet in the lecture room at 2 P. M., sharp. Mrs. ANNA TAYLOR, G. W. Mother; L. E. MILES, G. W. Sec. We received an invitation to attend the commencement exercises of the Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical Colleges of Howard University, May 6th, 7:30 P. M., at the Congregational Church, Washington, D. C. Compliments of Dr. David Crockett Moon of Manchester, Va., a graduate in medicine and James E. Jackson of Richmond, Va., a graduate in pharmacy. HONOR PUPILS BAKER SCHOOL Week Ending May 2nd, 1902. 6th Grammar, Mrs. R. D. Bowser, teacher—Belle Morris, Kate Dawson, Mary Payne, Roscoe Mitchell, Pearle Dodson. 5th Grammar, Miss M. L. Chiles, teacher—Viola Gray, Inez Jones, Jennie Jackson, Arsena Lamas, Susie Monroe, Bernice Nelson, Alice Price, Mamie Smith, Mattie Underwood, Louis Lemus, Claiborne Storrs. 4th Grammar, Miss L. B. Wills, teacher—Lillie Harris, Annie Giles, Connie Farley, Anna Calloway, Lillie Lipscomb, Irene Williams. 3rd Grammar, Mr. D. Webster Davis, teacher—Wendola Brown, Maggie Baker, Tamar Carter, Mary Daggett, Georgie Grey. 2nd Grammar, Miss Vera A. Holmes, teacher—Annie Thomas. 1st Grammar, Miss M. H. Smith, teacher—Cora Smith, Azelia Storrs, Adah Greene, Alice Augustus, Serena Robinson, Susie Smith, Edna Webb. 8th Primary, Miss L. J. Corbin, teacher—Percy Stowe. 7th Primary, Miss C. F. Brown, teacher—Naomi Hill, Ethel Jackson, Florence Stors. 6th Primary Miss M. C. Tinsley, teacher—John Pierson, Eddie Yancey, Ada Carter, Lena Carter, Maggie Farrar, Hermione Jackson, Bertha Lee, Mamie Lewis, Pauline Morris, Mary Pierson, Louise Robinson, Mabel West, Bernetta Young. 5th Grammar, Miss M. E. Allen, teacher—Alfred Coles, Gratton Graves, James Robinson, Emmanuel Stant, Veola Washington, Erna Benjamin, Katie Gilpin, Carrie Harris, Esther James, Malneon Jackson, Carlotta Kersey, Armeta Stokes. 4th Primary, Miss M. R. Crump, teacher—Mercer Burrell, Robert Harris, Franklin Jones, Benjamin Wilkerson, Mildred Anderson, Marie Brown, Engenia Ellis, Martha Terrell, Ethel Forrester, Sallie Sayles, Bessie Ware. 3rd Primary, Miss E. V. Trent teacher—Thrlow Jones, Ruby Green, Ida Skipworth, Frank Cephas, Hortensa Grey, Nettie Stewart, John Sheppard, Erna Holmes, Ethel Ellis, Ira Deane, Goldie Lee, Ethel Minor, Chas. Storrs, Gussie Daggett. NAVY HILL SCHOOL. 6th Grammar—Fannie Cowan. 5th Grammar—Junius Brown, Katie Moran. 4th Grammar, Miss Lena V. Isham, teacher—Lillie Fox, Goldie Young. 6th Primary, No. 50, Miss Virginia B. Harper, teacher—Dora Watson, Garnett Randolph. 6th Primary, Miss Earle A. Lee, teacher—George Burrell, Robert Carter, Albert V. Norrell, Jr., Pearl Banks, Vigier Bobie, Lillian Fraysier, Ruth Fox, Mattie Norrell, Rosa Page, Mary Richardson, Kate Stephens, Lottie Washington, Annie Williams, Otelia James. 5th Primary, Miss M. L. Tinsley, teacher—Marshall Daniels, Henry Freeman, John Haywood, David James. 5th Primary, No. 2—Henry Johnson, Mary Cable, Emmett Brimage, Marie Baker, Lucy Branch, Jane House. 4th Primary, No. 1, Miss M. E. Morris, teacher—Washington Day, Earnest Murray, Leroy West, Martell Books, Lettie Pratt. 4th Primary, No. 2—Willie Arvin, Sherman Brown, Willie Grandison, Robert Grandison, Robert Hamilton, Arthur Weaver, Bessie Booker, Irene Gregory, Sophia Johnson, Mollie Johnson, Adell Richardson, Bertha Watkins. 3rd Primary, No. 2—Benj. Brown, Bellmore Lea, Edith Hill, Marie Hope, Minnie Smith, Inez Stuteley. VALLEY SCHOOL. Week Ending May 2, 1902. 6th Grammar—Ethel Bowler. 5th Grammar—Dora Smith. 4th Grammar—Carrie Rogers. 3rd Grammar—Edward Stanton, Gertrude Stanton. 1st Grammar—Fannie Robinson, Mary Vervall, Elise Tyler, Unity James, Lenora Burrell, Emily Tinsley. 8th Primary—Joseph Anderson, Leroy Brown, Willie Cary, Gertrude Harris, Blanche Walton. 7th Primary—Bollingi Crump, Pearl Brown, Rosa Nelson, Zoie Washington, Susie Williams. 6th Primary—Vivian Kemp, Annie Freeman, Annie Holland, Lottie Thompson, Ida Phels, Ernest Edwards, Emmett Coleman, James Monroe. 5th Primary—Preston Harris, George Murray, Virgie Williams, Rosa Gaines, Rosa Pemberton, Ruby Maclin, Rosa Perkins, Lillian West. 4th Primary—M3—Mabel Grammar, Agatha Jones, Kate Shorts, Hazel Tyler, Eva Williams, Millie Washington, Charles Davis, Osborne Mason, Wm. Mankin, Thomas Scott, Morris Tyler Harvey Winston, Henry Winston, 4th Primary, 26—Gertrude Walbarrow, Zipporah Yearman, Bessie Wells, Alna Hamm, Eva Thomas, Annie Harris, Willie Richardson, Julia Pegram. 3rd Primary—Irene Pitchford, Arthur Hope, Adnie White, Mattie Thomas, James Mayo, Ruby Johnson, Louise Bolling. 2nd Primary, 38—Charles Young, Mattie Jackson, Rosa Wingfield, Chas. White, James Byrd, Ollie Bosher, Pearl Brown, Maria Brooks, John Elett, Asa Lipscomb, Cornelius Manuel, Mattie Dixon, Mary Blake, Edward Jeannett, Dora Jackson, Nollie Johnson, John Mayo, William Nash, Charlotte Smith, Edmonia Venable, Malinda Payne, Eddie Robinson, Raymond Scott, Leroy Smith, Richard Wingfield, Edward Taylor. 1st Primary, 39—Joseph Gibbons, Eli Anderson, William Anderson, Vernon Cheatham, Russell Carr, Irvin Guy John Grey, John Moody, John Russell, Robert Starke, John Russell, Rufus Williams, Alex Watt, Eilea Caskie, Sadie Dabney, Nellie Kidd, Isetta Kelley, Alma Minton, Eilea Moore, Katie Thoinas, Cora Whitaker, Maud Williams, Marie Williams, Annie White. 2nd Primary, 40—William Brown, Zebulon Lancaster, Edward Mankin, George Moody, Charles Walbarrow, Gertrude Ellett, Ida Hargrove, Eunna Moody, Eliza Montague, Susie Christian. 1st Primary, 41—Andrew Barnes, John Hargrove, James Smith, Albrun Smith, Charles Shields, Chastain Williams, Isetta Bots, Lily Evans, Lucinda Gaines, Bertha Lawton, Elizabeth Patterson, Maria Nash, Louisa Robinson. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The Sunday School lesson was explained by Prof. G. R. Hovey, vice-president of the Va. Union University, last Saturday. The meetings which were held in the jail and almshouse were very impressive and much interest was manifested. The boys took an active part in Bible study for boys last Sunday. A special paper was read by Master R. D. Williams, Jr. Lawyer Whittle was present and gave the boys very much encouragement by his timely remarks. A large gathering of men was present to hear Mr. W. R. Walker, assistant State Secretary, who made an impression upon them which will not be forgotten very soon, by his address which was full of those thoughts which will help all men to do right, subject, "The Christian Soldier." The solo by Mr. F. Robert Stokes was enjoyed by every man present. Explanation on the Sunday School lesson to day 5 p. m. Do not forget the hour. You are invited. Committee for the outside work will meet Sunday, 10 a. m. sharp. The boys will have one of their former members who has just returned from the Philippines deliver a special address to them Sunday at the rooms at 4 p. m., in the person of Mr. Rienzi B. Leum, subject, "His Personal Experience While Serving in the Army." Let the members of this department be on time, 4 p. m. The men will have an open meeting Sunday at the rooms at 5:39 p. m., subject, "Out of Death Comes Life." Mr. A. C. Johnson will render special solos accompanied by Prof. Thomas H. Wyatt. Be on time, men and bring the other man, 5:39 p. m. The Night School is now having its examination. We wish all of the students success. Dr. D. A. Ferguson continues to make improvements, he has added a new set of electric fans to his dental parlors. The Virginia Baptist State Convention meets next Wednesday with the Gildfield Baptist Church of Petersburg, Va. We received an invitation to the 25th anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Holmes of Arlington, Va., in honor of their silver wedding, May 5, 1902. Prof. G. M. Elliott, principal of the Industrial and Ethical Institute at St. Angustine, Fla., was in the city and called on us. We received an invitation to the 14th annual commencement of the St. Paul Normal and Industrial School, May 7th at Lawrenceville, Va., Rev. James S. Rassell, principal. Mrs. Mary Page, who did so much in the erection of a monument to the late Capt. Emmett Scott, is President of the Rally Club of 5th St. Baptist Church and will give a select entertainment of Moving Pictures and Phonograph Concert Monday, May 12th at 5th St. Baptist Church. Come and help her. Admission, 5c. and 10c. Captain L. M. Pleasant of the Un'iform Rank, K. of P. was in the city Sunday to visit his Son, Mr. Chas. S. Pleasant and his niece, Mrs. E. J. Crane of W. Jackson St. He had been to Washington on official business and was enroute to his home in Savannah, Ga. Mrs. J. L. Royall and daughter of Blackstone, Va. is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Doswell, 75 B Avenue, Huntsville, Norfolk, Va., where she will spend the summer. ANOTHER LODGE AT LYNCHBURG. The Grand Chancellor There—A Company Organized. LYNCHBURG, VA., May 7, 1902. Sir John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias arrived here yesterday afternoon over the Southern Railway from Danville, Va. He was met by Deputy Grand Chancellor, W. J. Wells. He proceeded to True Reformers' Hall where Celestial Court, I. O. of Calanthe was in session and presided over its deliberations. He explained the work of the business department of the Order, Mrs. Julia Watts, Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor was present. At night a lodge of Knights of Pythias was instituted at the hall on Church St. The following filled the chairs: G. G. John Mitchell, Jr; G. V. C. Charles Harrison; G. M. at Arms, J. B. Joney; G. P., Wm. P. Allen; G. M. of Exchequer, Charles H. Wells; G. K. of R. & S., George Ward; G. I. G. Lee Moore; G. O. G., Joseph F. Williams, G. M. of W. U. S. G. Patterson; Grand Attendants, John Ellis, John Lynch, Jack Ellis, John Stewart; Edwin Rosser, Thos. Hamilton, Wm. Davis, W. J. White, C. H. Higginbotham, Shields Williams. The new organization will be known as Golden Star Lodge. The following officers were installed: C. C., Homer Mitchell; V. C., Wm. B. Moorman; Prelate, Jefferson Anderson; M. at Arms, J. W. Brooks, M. of Work, Jefferson Clark; K. of R. & S., Randall White, 1007 Madison St. M. of F., W. A. Goff; M. or Exchequer, B. F. Pannell, O. G., James Dixon; I. G., Pitman Walker, Attendants, George Clarke, E. B. Branch, Silas Franklin, Refreshments were served. This lodge was gotten up through the efforts of Deputy Grand Chancellor, W. J. Wells and was complimented: Sir John Mitchell, Jr. then appeared in the fatigue uniform of a Brigadier General and instituted Invincible Company, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias with the following officers: Captain C. A. Harrison; 1st Lieutenant, U. S. G. Patterson, 2nd Lieutenant, J. T. Hamilton; Recorder, C. H. Wells; Treasurer, J. B. Jones; Guard, Wm. P. Allen; Sentinel, Lee Moore. This company was organized through the untiring efforts of Sir U. S. G. Patterson. An effort will be made to uniform at once. Sir Mitchell made a most interesting address on the business department of the Order. He left at 2:05 a. m. for Richmond. Attention Odd Fellows! All lodges of the G. U. O. of O. F. of this city are requested to assemble at Price's Hall Sunday, May 11th, 1902, at 2 o'clock P. M., sharp to attend our annual-Thanksgiving sermon which will be preached by Rev. Perry at the Fifth Baptist Church (Sydney) at 3 o'clock P. M., May 11, 1902. Sisters of the various Households of Ruth are cordially invited. Capt. C. W. YOUNG, Chairman; P. N. F. CHAS. P. WHITE, Sec'y. All persons who will attend the Virginia Baptist State Convention at Petersburg, Va., May 14th to 18th, 1909 will send their names at once to the pastor, Rev. G. B. Howard, 124 New St., Petersburg, Va. Notice. CHESTERFIELD Co., May 5, 1902. The First Baptist church of Centralia of which Rev. T. H. Johnson is pastor and his deacons feel very much encouraged. The first Sunday in May was a high day at the church. The day was bright and the church-going people turned out in full. Sabbath work was started in a most cheerful and helpful manner. On the 4th day of May was the day to elect a pastor, Rev. T. H. Johnson was elected pastor for the year 1902 by a large majority. Done by order of the church May 4th, 1902. Princeton, N. J. Notes. Rev. D. S. Kliegh preached in the Bright Hope Baptist church Sunday evening. The house was crowded. The Sisters and Daughters of Charity gave a grand supper Thursday evening, it was grand and the society deserves much praise for the treat they gave to their friends. Supper was served to over a hundred guests. Rev. Dr. J. P. Sampson, pastor of Mt. Pisgah A. M. E. church goes to conference this week. We hope that he will be returned to us. Mrs. Sampson is a most charming lady and is liked by all. Victory in New York. Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham telegraphs us from Philadelphia that New York has rallied noble to the appeal and giving $721.69. This is a fine showing and is another testimonial concerning the oratorical ability of this son of Virginia. Danville Aroused—Mrs. Holbrook's Efforts—The Grand Worthy Counsellor Initiates. DANVILLE, V.A., May 6th, 1902. The Grand Worthy Counsellor, John Mitchell, Jr. arrived here yesterday afternoon via Southern Ry. He was met by Sir L. W. Holbrook, Captain W. A. Millner, Deputy Grand Chancellor, Wesley H. Jones and others. A carriage was waiting and he was conveyed to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook. He organized a court of the Independent Order of Calanthe last night at the Masonic Hall. The following filled the chairs: G. W. Inspectix, Mrs. Pattie Stokes; G. W. Inspector, Mrs. M. T. Parham; G. W. S. D., Mrs. Miss Lizzie B. Harvey; G. W. J. D., Mrs. Ella H. Price; G. W. G., Mrs. Annie B. Claiborne; G. W. E., Miss Mary N. Holbrook; G. W. Cond., Mrs. S. J. Holbrook; G. W. Assistant Conductress, Mrs. Daisy Pannell; G. W. Herald, Miss Amanda Hairston; G. W. Protector, Mrs. Leauna Adams. 33 organizations were initiated. The new organization will be known as Queen Esther Court. The following are the officers installed by the Grand Worthy Counselor: W. C., Mrs. Lucy Reed Watkins; W. I. Mrs. Carrie A. Mude; W. Inspector; [Mrs. Colia C. Winslow; S. D. Miss Julia A. Smith; J. D., Miss Annie V. Brown; O., Mrs. Amanda Hill; R. of D., Miss Julia E. L. Coles; R. of A., Mrs Mary Bell Clark; Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Amanda West; Escort, Mrs. Jennie Crawley; Conductress, Mrs. Rosa Lipscomb; Assistant Conductress, Mrs. Alice Long; Herald, Mrs. Nannie King; Protector, Mrs. Hattie Franklin, Trustees: Mesdanes Helen Corbin, Marguerette Gunnell, Nannie Sue Mitchell. Mrs. S. J. Holbrook, the Deputy G. W. Counselor deserves much credit for the success attending her efforts in organizing this new court. Grand Worthy Counselor Mitchell was outspoken in his praise of her. He spent a portion of the day here visiting friends leaving at about 2 o'clock for Lynchburg, Va. on business connected with the Order. Sir Mitchell paid W. H. Cunningham $100 on account of his wife who was a member of Hermione Court. No. 127. Ordination Council. FREEHOLD, N. J., April 24, 1902. A council met with the Second Baptist church of Freehold on the above date by the request of the church to ordain Brother J. R. Brown who is now their pastor, to the work of the gospel ministry. The council was called to order at 3 p. m. open with a hymn by Rev. W. H. Wallace of Ashbury Park, Scripture reading by Rev. R. A. Bolen of Ashbury Park, Prayer by Rev. J. W. Person of Frankford, Pa., afterwhich Rev. Bolen was elected moderator, and Rev. T. E. Johnson of Hopewell was elected Secretary, after hearing the statement from the church of their object of calling the council. The roll of delegates was called nine chwhrwa was invited. The council then proceeded to examine the candidate and after being before them for over two hours the council was perfectly satisfied that Rev. Brown was worthy of being ordained. The evening service was opened at 8 p.m., hymn sung after which scripture was read by Rev. T. E. Johnson, prayer by Rev. J. R. Boddio of the allihob Baptist church of Scranton, Pa., sermon by Rev. J. W. Pierson of the 2nd Baptist church of Frankfort, Pa. Rev. Wallace prayed the ordination prayer. Rev. R. A. Bolden presented the Bible to Rev. J. R. Brown and Rev Boddie gave charge to the church after which the council was dismissed and all went home praising God. Meeting Postponed. On account of the very stern weather Tuesday last, the meeting of the council was the Nickel Savings Bank was adjourned on the evening of the 12th at 7:30.0 clock. Notice. Office of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A. A. & A. RICHMOND, VA., May 8, 1902. All members of the subordinate lodges are hereby directed to assemble at the Castle Hall, Tuesday, May 20th, 1902 at 2 p. m. to participate in the Pythian Parade. Given under my hand and seal this 8th day of May, 1902. Pink French Hermione Drill together with a beautiful variety program will be given at the True Reformers' Hall, Monday night, May 12th, 1902 for the benefit of Mt. Carmel Baptist church, Rev. W. H. White, pastor. Fifty-five little folks, queens, fairies and gnomes, will save Red Riding Hood from the wolf on above date. Who will miss this interesting entertainment of children under the management of Mme Fannie Payne Walker, who has never failed to please? Again the price 15 cents admission will entitle some pur chaser of lucky ticket a prize. Managers, Madame Fannie Payne Walker and Editor E. W. Brown. Pianist, Miss Effie Stanford. HE PLANET SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1902 A SMALL BOY'S AMBITION My brother Fred's the nicest man, so big an' straight an' tall. Why he can do all kinds of things that I can't do at all! And you always hear him whistlin' while he's a-workin' round. Sometimes he doubles up his arm, 'an' says to me: "Now, pound." An' when I pound him (awful hard) he only laughs at me. When I am big that's just the kind of man I'm goln' to be. Sometimes when I've been hammerin' an' the nails won't go in straight. My brother Fred he comes along, an' says: "That's my hammer an' he taps just once or twice. An' all those crooked, bent-up nails go in as straight an' nice! An' then he laughs an' picks me up, till I am tailer'n he. An' when he big that's just the kind of man I'm goln' to be. Sometimes when I'm playin' round, I break things an' feel bad. But Fred he comes whistlin' along, an' then it took so sad. Then off he goes and pretty soon I hear him comin' back. An' what I broke all mended up so ma can't find the crack! I don't cry then, but laugh, an' mamma laughs, an' no does. Once I was sick a-vlistin', I guess I was 'most dead. But my ma she knew what to do—she sent for brother Fred. An' I was thinkin' all along as he was bringin' me, "Wam I am big bigg'r" just the kind of mom to be" -Emma F. Bailey, in St. Nicholas BOUND IN CHORDS It was evident that she did not love her, and yet it was announced that she was to marry him. I was only a guest in the house, but the affair troubled me and I sought long and earnestly for an explanation of it. So far as I could judge Mary had a distinct aversion to Ralph Weston, rather than an affection for him, but nevertheless he seemed to dominate her life. She feared him, but for some reason chose to keep secret the cause of that fear. I could see her almost shrink from him when he called, but she dared not refuse to see him or break the engagement which her father had sanctioned. What was the secret of his power? I asked myself. Why did she not go to her father—easy-going, blind old Mark Tottenham—and tell him she could not marry this man? I could see no reason why she should sacrifice herself. Her father was wealthy and Weston was not. Surely the latter had no hold upon the old gentleman that made such a marriage imperative. On the contrary, my observation led me to believe that Mr. Tottenham thought he was acting for the best interests of his daughter. He liked Weston—who could be extremely affable and entertaining when "BUT I INSIST!" HE EXCLAIMED he wished, although usually rather taciturn—but there was nothing to indicate that he had his heart set on the match. Yet Mary shuddered a little when her accepted suitor called, then greeted him with a show of cordiality and went blindly with him to the little reception-room, from which from time to time strains of music were wafted. Weston was a musician of no mean ability, and occasionally entertained us all with selections on the piano, but the fitful way in which he played when they were alone together impressed me as being rather strange. He seldom played a selection through in those circumstances, but seemed rather to run over the keys idly, improvising or giving a few bars from one air and then a few from another. Once when he was doing this I thought I heard a wild, pleading cry of "Oh, don't!" and then a half-smothered shriek, and, when he played for us all, the frightened look in Mary's eyes was enough to haunt a man for life. Apparently, however, I was the only one who noticed it. Finally, overstepping even the liberty accorded to an old friend, I spoke plainly to her. I told her it was plain she did not love him and asked her why she did not go frankly to her father, tell him so and break the engagement. The bare suggestion seemed to fright her, and she shuddered as she answered: "I dare not, I dare not. He'd kill me." "Kill you!" I exclaimed. "Nonsense. Your father has only your welfare at heart, and—" "No, no; not my father," she interrupted. "I mean Mr. Weston. He has the keynote." The keynote! I was more mystified than ever, but she gave me no chance to ask for an explanation. She hurried away as if already alarmed at what she had said; yet it seemed to me that she regarded me after that as one who was more in her confidence than others and to whom she might look for protection from some impending evil. Still I could not understand what she meant by the "keynote," and she avoided the subject as if it were fraught with great personal danger. When I asked her to explain she trembled and shook her head. "No one would believe me," she said. "It is so strange, so weird. And he would kill me. He has threatened to and I know he would." "Your nerves are overwrought," I replied. "Unless I misjudge the man, he would not know one end of a revolver from the other, and this is not the age for that sort of thing, anyway." "But you don't understand," she insisted, laying her hand on my arm as if that gave her confidence, but nevertheless looking about her in a frightened way. "He has the keynote." "That's what you said before," I returned, taking both her hands and holding her in front of me. "What do you mean by it? Tell me frankly. I'll believe you and I'll help you." "If I thought you would?" she said, doubtingly. She seemed on the point of telling me her story, but evidently thought better of it. "Wait," she said. "You shall see for yourself. He is coming to night, and I will hide you behind the curtains. But don't let him kill me! If he tries to do it, knock him down—brain him—drive him away from the piano at all cost!" There was a world of pathos in the earnestness with which she said that, and for the first time I began to understand the affair. There is a keynote to everything, as science has demonstrated. Just the right chord will make a glass shiver into a million pieces. If the keynote of the largest building could be discovered, the structure might be crumbed into dust, and it is not an unknown thing for articles in the vicinity of great organs to fall in pieces. Indeed, I myself have felt the sudden emotional thrill that comes from the striking of a certain chord. That evening I was carefully concealed behind the window draperies when Weston called, and it is needless to say that my interest was intense. She shuddered as he drew her toward him, but remained passive in his embrace. "To-morrow," he said, "we will be quietly married." "No," she replied, and I could see that it was only with an effort that she forced herself to say it. "But I insist!" he exclaimed. "I will no longer run the risk of losing you, and you promised yesterday." "I've changed my mind," she answered, shortly. "Have a care!" he returned, menacingly, releasing her and moving toward the piano. Whether it was my presence that inspired her I know not, but for the first time, as she afterwards told me, her spirit was roused and she dared him. "Kill me if you will!" she cried. "Since the fateful night since you first accidentally struck that chord and saw the effect it had on me I have lived in almost constant fear of death or insanity, which is worse. I have trembled whenever you have touched the keys, even in the presence of others. You have played, as it seemed to me, on the live nerves of my body and from very fear forced me to acquiesce in whatever you proposed, but I am through with it. I will not marry you to-morrow or at any other time." "Think again," he said, softly, but nevertheless threateningly, as he seated himself at the piano and idly ran his fingers over the keys. "Remember! This is a power I will have always. I have no fear that I will kill you, but wherever I may find you I can inflict upon you the exerciating torture that you dread. Even at the altar this chord—" He never finished the sentence, for as he spoke she uttered a sudden cry. Her face became deathly white and she swayed and shook like a leaf. I sprang from behind the curtains, but before I reached him he had struck the chord again and with a moan she collapsed and sank in a heap on the floor. I did not handle him very gently, and when the others came in, attracted by the noise, he was in a fit condition to interview a doctor. He said when he left that he would find an opportunity to carry his threat into execution and that she never would be able to escape that chord so long as both he and she lived. She and her father left for a European trip a week later and Weston disappeared soon after. He intimated that it was his purpose to follow them. If he did, and her father remained in the same humor in which I last saw him, I am satisfied that there is one musical genius occupying a grave somewhere on the continent. But I have heard of no such tragedy. Strange English Emperor An unusual sight was witnessed at a funeral at Horsell, England, the body being drawn to the churchyard in a four-wheeled farm wagon painted red and blue, and attached to which were couple of farm horses. The funeral was that of Richard Brettell, solicitor, of Chertsey, and it was his last request that he should be conveyed in this manner to the grave. The journey from Chertsey to Horsell occupied two and a half hours, and six farm laborers walked by the wagon the whole distance, in addition to which they bore the coffin from the vehicle into the church. His Cigar Lighter Wigg—I saw Skinnum light a cigar with a $20 bill. Wagg—I'll bet it wasn't receipted. —Philadelphia Record. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BOY PLAYED BUTCHER. Knocked His Little Brother in the Head and Was Preparing to Skin Him Alive. Playing the role of a cow because his six-year-old brother, ambitious to "be a butcher like papa," told him to, almost cost the life of the four-year-old son of Charles Haners, of Marshland, near Goshen, N. Y. When found he was unconscious, strung by the heels alongside a recently slaughtered animal, and just about to be skinned by the enthusiastic young workman, who had asked his mother for a knife. The boy had been a wonderful observer of his father's methods. He had often watched him throw a rope over the beef, knock it senseless, string SHOWED HER THE "COW." it up to a beam in the slaughter house and prepare it for market. He was filled with his ambition to emulate his father, and energetically lassoed his little brother. When the noose tightened about his neck the little chap trudged submissively along behind his captor until the slaughter house was reached. Then the elder brother took a small iron bar and dealt his captive a blow that knocked him senseless. Then he fastened the rope around his ankles and hoisted him up by means of a windlass. A few moments later he appeared in the kitchen where his mother was at work. "Gimme the knife," he said, "cause the cow is killed, and I'm goin' to skin 'im." The mother accompanied the boy to the slaughter house to see what he meant, and was horrified when he showed her, with much satisfaction, what he called the cow. She lowered the little boy to the floor apparently lifeless. She worked over him two hours assisted by a physician, and at the expiration of that time consciousness returned. The boy's injuries will not prove fatal, but the amateur butcher is much disgusted with the interference with his play. William Had His Own Way for a Time, But Then 'the Worm, His Wife, Turned. A gentleman, whose hobby was studying the mental equipose of the brain, always maintained that one need never get flustered in the presence of danger, provided he will deliberate and do things in the ordinary manner. By this means both life and property could be saved. One night, he and his wife were awakened in their hotel by the alarm gong and the cry of "Fire!" He arose and besought his wife to be calm and considerate, and to dress as usual, neglecting no part of her every-day habit of procedure. Silently the poor. "THAT'S TRUE WILLIAM." frightened woman hurried on her clothes and gathered the loose articles of their wardrobe into a valise, while her husband carefully adjusted his cavat and brushed his coat. Then he scolded his wife for not noticing the tooth brushes. These, together with his shaving pad, he packed away in a bag, and, taking it in one hand, with the other he led his wife down the staircase into the street, where they were greeted by the cheers of the crowd. "Now, Mary," he remarked, "you see, owing to my theory and presence of mind, here we are safe and sound, and you have not forgotten a single thing." "That's true, William," she replied, "but since the fire is out I would suggest that you go back and put on your trousers." Who Lost Five Dollars? A banker found a five-dollar note. He paid it to the butcher, the butcher to a farmer, the farmer to a merchant, he to a washerwoman, she to the same bank. The banker then found it was a bad one. Who lost in the transaction. TROLLING FOR WILDCAT. Pennsylvania Railway Man's Unique Method of Catching a Troublesome "Varmint." A Susquehanna (Pa.) correspondent says that support Hubbard, of the Delaware & Hudson road, has made a novel record as a troller. For a week or two the trainmen have noticed a big wildcat in the vicinity of Fairview, and several times the crew discharged revolvers at it from the caboose, but the alert cat just "waked the other eye" and skurried into the laurel bushes. Then a bright idea struck Conductor Hubbard. He had a Carbondale blacksmith make a big iron hook. This he baited with a chicken and attached a piece of bell cord to it. When the train was going down the heavy grade, the other KILLED THE BEAST night, Conductor Hubbard hung the line from the rear end of the caboose, keeping the chicken a few inches above the track. When the train was rounding a sharp curve the wildcat suddenly sprang from behind a pile of railroad ties and seized the chicken. Hubbard gave a hard, quick pull, and in a moment the screaming, struggling cat was upon the platform. After a severe struggle the trainmen killed the beast with a hatchet and a crowbar. It welged 50 pounds. Hubbard will collect the scalp bounty from the county and have the hide made into a coat to wear when hunting in the mountains next winter. Monkey Points Himself Red. A pet monkey is owned by Dr. James Nevins Hyde, of Chicago. A short time ago the animal discovered a bottle of brandy in the doctor's laboratory and drank considerable of it. In a little while he felt so jolly and mischievous that he resolved to paint the town red. In his efforts to get out of the house he stumbled upon a box of carmine powder, and with this he painted himself red, from his nose to his tail. ROOSTER KILLS HAWKS. Red Game Bird, Famed for Endurance and Pluck, Makes Short Work of His Enemies. The novelty of a game rooster pitied successively against two monster chicken hawks was witnessed the other night in the front show window of a Main street saloon, at Zanesville, O.. At a cocking main at Newark a red game rooster belonging to Jake Hartmeyer killed all the crack birds put up by Newark and carried off many hundreds of dollars for the Zanesville sports. The other night Hartmeyer wagered $200 that his rooster could kill the two big chicken hawks which for several BEGINNING OF THE FIGHT. days past had been confined in a cage in C. W. Morrison's saloon window. The wager was accepted and side bets aggregating $1,000 were made. The novel contest of the game chicken against the birds of prey was witnessed by the mayor and a crowd aggregating 200 people. The hawks were the largest ever captured in this section, measuring more than four feet from tip to tip of their wings, and it was the general expectation that short work would be made of the chicken. The first fight was short and vicious. Both birds rushed at each other. The hawk caught the rooster by the throat, but before he could rend the game chicken the latter prodded him to death with the steel gaff with which he was armed. When the first hawk was dead the second one was immediately thrown into the cage. The second fight was a longer and harder one, but it also ended in the hawk being killed by the gaff being thrust through its neck. Entirely Rational "Yes; he said if he had his choice he'd rather be an ex-convict than anything else." "The idea all. How eccentric!" "Not at all. You see, he's just been sent to prison for a term of ten years."—Catholic Standard and Times. Otherwise Employed A Good Play. Katharine—Papa, I'm going to do something to help cut down your heavy family expenses. Papa—What is it, daughter? Katharine—Papa, I'm going to marry our doctor.—Brooklyn Life. A Bouquet for Her Next Day. He—Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, you know. She—Yes; I never saw anyone who could pass a florist's as often as you can without stopping to even look in the window.—Chicago Record-Herald. Made an Impression "Did the evidence in the divorce suit indicate that Mrs. Flash was giddy?" "I guess so. The judge and five of the jurors wanted to marry her."—Brooklyn Life. At the Wrong Shop Patient—The trouble with me is that I can't sleep. Yet I am always as hungry as a wolf and I work like a horse. Doctor—You had better consult a veterinary.—N. Y. Times. Agreed with George. George—Well, all love—at any rate. I love—the true, the beautiful and the good. Maud (blushing)—I—I thought you did, George, and I'm sure papa will consent.—Tit-Bits. WHEN TO CATCH PAPA. THE MEDICAL CENTER. "Now, dearest, may I go to your father and ask his consent?" "Wait until the end of the quarter, when my dressmaker's bill comes in. He will be more willing to part with me then."-"Ladies' Field. A Qutrain In musty tones the sages wrote each line. Only to sigh and sigh and find no light would shine. But I did surer roads to lead to my content. "So you advise me not to sue," said the client. "I do," said the lawyer. "Well," returned the disappointed client, "it seems darned strange that when a man pays for advice he can't get the kind he wants."—Chicago Post. Not So Bad as It Might Be. "For a defeated man you seem to be rather happy." "Yes," replied the politician, "we went down to defeat, of course, but when I see the other fellows trying to make the 14 offices that are outside of civil service do for 840 clamorous men somehow I can't feel so awfully unhappy about it."—Chicago Post. Seaboard Air Line R. R. "CAPITAL CITY ROUTE" short line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals of six States. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MARCH 2, 1902 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN ST. STATION-DAILY. No. 27 No. 31, 2:30 P.M. M.-Liv. M.-Liv. Richmond. 3:00 P.M. M.-12:30 P.M. M.-Liv. Petersburg. 7:27 P.M. M.-3:44 A.M. M.-Liv. Raleigh. 10:37 P.M. M.-6:40 A.M. M.-Liv. Hampton. 10:35 P.M. M-6:40 A.M. M.-Liv. Hamlet. 8:50 P.M. M-4:55 A.M. M.-Ar. Atlanta. 2 A.M. M-9:35 A.M. Ar. Columbia. 1:05 A.M. M-8:40 A.M. Liv. Columbia (Central Time.) 1:05 A.M. M-8:40 A.M. Liv. Columbia (Central Time.) 4:40 A.M. 12:05 P.M. M.-Ar. Savannah. 9:25 A.M. M-3:40 P.M. M.-Ar. Fernandina. 9:35 A.M. M-3:50 P.M. M.-Ar. Jacksonville 10:30 A.M. 5:10 P.M. M.-Ar. St. Augustine. 10:35 A.M. 5:10 P.M. M.-Ar. Nashville. 1:48 P.M. M-12:40 A.M. M.-Ocala. 5:10 P.M. M-7:20 A.M. M.-Ar. Orlando. 5:40 P.M. M-5:00 A.M. M.-Tampa. 7:55 P.M. M-6:40 A.M. M.-Port Tampa. 10:30 P.M. M-6:40 A.M. M.-Port Tampa. Train No. 30.15 leaves Richmond 9:10 A.M. daily for Petersburg, Noralina, N.C., and all intermediate points. Connection at Noralina with train leaving Henderson 2:10 P.M. and Railroad station, and Durham 4:05 P.M. daily except Sunday. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, and Nashville. Daily - No. 34 at 6:45 A.M. and No. 60 at 5:05 P.M. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East coast points and Cuba, and Puerto Rico; at New Orleans for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND-DAILY. 6:35 A.M. No 34 | From all points South. 4:55 P.M. No 60 | and Southwest. 4:55 P.M. No 104 | North Palm, N.C. C, Petersburg and SLEEI ING-CAR SERVICE. Nos. 31 and 41 - Florida & Miami Limitation, Pullman Drawing Room, Observation and Cars between New York and St. Augustine. Pullman Dining Cars between New York and Rhamnus, and between New York and Washington. Vestibule coaches between New York and Washington, and between Richmond and Pullman Sleeping-Cars (tri-weekly) between Washington and Pinehurst. Pullman Sleeping-Cars between Washington and Tampa, and between Jacksonville and Orlando. Also through Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars between Hamlet and Atlanta, and Cafe-Cars between Hamlet and Atlanta. Nos. 27 and 66—Seaboard Fast Mail. Pullman Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between New York and Jacksonville, connecting at Hamlet in connection Car to and from Hamlet, in connection with which through Pullman tickets are sold. Pullman Parlor Cars between Jacksonville and Tampa. Finest Day Coaches. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agent, 1006 East Main Street Phone 406. PATENTS promptly procured, OR NO FEEL. Send model, sketch, or photo for free report on patentability. Book "How to Build a Furnished Patent and Free." Fairest format offered to investors. PATENT LAWYERS OF 36 YEARS' PRACTICE PATENTS PROCUBED THROUGH THEM. All business with patent advice. Faithful service. Moderate charges. Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks Housemaids and Waitresses for New York and other Northern cities. Wages from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Trans- portation furnished. Also 50 Fairs hands for Maryland. "What do yez want of the mistress of the house?" demanded Norah, belligerently blocking the door. "I want to get her subscript for the blue book," replied the solicitor. "An' fwhat is a bluebook?" "It's a book containing the names of people who move in society." "I'll take wan mesilf," said Norah, after a moment's reflection, "if yez'll have it bound in grane."—Chicago Tribune. Playing with Fire "I think it has become a habit. But, say, do you know my heart was pretty nearly in my mouth the time before the last one?" "Why?" "I was afraid you meant to accept me."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Too Complacent First Sweet Girl Graduate—Is it true, dear, that you are going to marry Mr. Heep? Second Sweet Girl Graduate—Oh! not dear, I could never bring myself to marry an adjective. First Sweet Girl Graduate—An adjective? Second Sweet Girl Graduate—Yes, dear, a thing that agrees with me in everything, you know.—Ally Sloper. And Anybody's. She—Miss Noozy talks as if she was in trade. I didn't know she was interested in any business. He—Yes, she's interested in any business.—Philia elphia Press. Of More Importance. Inventor—I have just succeeded in perfecting a new fertilizer. Friend—Will it enrich the soil? Inventor—Can't say; but I expect it to enrich me.—Chicago Daily News. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Effect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICH AND—BYRD STREET STAT 9:00 a. m., WEDFOLK I I Daily. Arrives Petersburg 3. M., Norfolk. 11:20 a. m. Stops Petersburg, Waverly, and off. 9:05 a. m. Daily. Arrives WEDFOLK 4.90 a. m., Weldon 11:50 A jayetteville 4:25 P. M., Charleston 2.5 P. M., Jackson 8.40 a. m. Port Tampa 9.40 a. m. (connects with No. 47, arriving at Goldsboro 3.25 p. m., Wilming 6.00 p. m., Pulman Jacksonville. 11:55 a. m. Daily. Excursion Petersburg 12:35 u. centralia and Chester on signal. 3:00 p. M. OCEAN F. LIMITED. Daily Arrives Petersburg 12:35 P. M., Norfolk 5:20 p. m. (only at Petersburg Waverly, and off. 4:30 p. M. daily. Excursion. Sunday. Arrives Petersburg; 5.00 p. M., Weldon 7:55 p. m., Rocky Mo. 10:00 P. M. Makes all intermediate st. 6:06 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m., makes all st. 7:23 P. M. Old WEST INDIAN LIMITED. y. Arrives Petersburg, 7.50 P. M., C. with Norfolk & Western for Nor. and intermediate points; Essex and Atlantic (connects with Atlantic Empoil and Lawrenceville); Weldon 9:00 I. jayetteville 12:32 A. M., Charleston 12:32 A. M., Sawanville 9:00 A. M., Jack v. 12:42 P. M. Port Tampa at 11:30 M. E. LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA P. M. Daily, arrives Augusta, 3:50 A.M. Ma. 15 A.M. at Charleston, Augusta, Th.ville 2:25 P. M. Pullman Sleeper nework to Wilmington, Charleston, P. M. tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and M. 9:10 P. M. Daily, arrives Petersburg 9:55 P. M. nectet Petersburg with Norfolk & western railway, arriving at Lynkell ur. 3:25 A.M. Jacksonville, Ristock, A. M. Pullman Sleeper Richmond rchburg. 11:80 M. Daily, arrives Petersburg 12:10 A. M. 11:50 M. Daily, except Sunday, THE NEW ORK AND FLORIDA SPECIAL Arrives Charleston 9:38 A. M. Savannah .50 A. M. Jacksonville 2:50 P. M. St. Augustine 4:00 P. M. Tampa 10:30 P. M. **FLAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.** 8 M. Daily, From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and all points South. 16A. M, Dally. except Sunday. From Golds and Rockies. For immediate stations. Nor- folk and Suffolk. . 24A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, $Suffolk and . 24B. M. Sunday only. From Norfolk, Suf folk and Petersburg. . 25P. M. except Sunday. From Peters burg. 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 Burgesburg. 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., 888 East Main Street. jan. 14. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. * 00:00 A. M. NORPOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Peterson Wayne, Wayne and Snuggle. * 06: 3 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pulman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville, soo, for Bristol, Knoxville, and Chassie. Pulman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 8:00 P. M., Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 8:30 P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Western Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk with Beacons to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington 7:25 P. M., M. for Suffolk, Norfolk and interm- mediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. M. 9:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects Lynchburg, with Washington and Chattanooga. Limited. Seepers Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans, Cafe, Partor and Observa- tion Center. Limited. Manor Sleeper between Richmond and Lynchburg, Berths ready for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and and the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:59 P. m. Office 888 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER. City Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY. District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent. General Office; Roanoke, Va. dc.18 Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect April 16, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 4:37 A. M. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Milford Jordierksburg and Alexandria. Stops on Route 101, Sleeping Car to Washington and New York. Dining Car. 6:45 a. m. M. IN STREET STATION, Florida and Metropolitan Limited, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria. 7:00 A. M., Except Sunday from Ebbet Station, accomodation for Ashland and Ashland and intermediate points. 8:00 a. m. M. IN STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond Stops at Elba, Glen Allen, and local stations Ashland to Quantico inclusive, New Orleans and Alexandria. Buffet Parlor Car. 12:30 Noon, Except Sunday, from BYRD ST. Broadway and beyond and beyond Stops at Elba, Ashland, Belford, Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Bordorf. Connects with Congressional Limited. 4:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the BYRD STATN accommodation for Fredericks burg and intermediate stations. 5:05 P. m. Main St. Station, for Washington and burg to客 at Dowell, Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Sleeping Car to New York. 6:32 P. M., Daily from Elba Station for Washington and beyond. Stops at Frederickburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Car to New York. Dining Car. 8:05 P. M. Daily from Byrd-Street Station, for Washington, and beyond. Stops at Washington, Milford, Milford, Fredr- ickson Brooks, Widwater, Quad- tico, and Alexandria. Stops at other- sides. Sunday. Sleeping Car, Rich- mond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. 11:15 P. M. Except Sunday, from ELBA STAT- ION. Immolation for Ashland and intermediate Trains Arrive in Richmond South- ward. 6:40 A. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland and inter- mediate points. 8:25 A. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION Accommodation from Fredre- and intermediate points. 8:40 a. m., Daily at Alexandra, Oceanquin and AlexandraWidewater, Brooke Fredericksburg, Milford, Dowell, Ash land, and Elba. Stops at other stations Sunday. Stopping car from New York to Richmond. 12:50 P. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET Stops at local stations, from Washington to Ashland, including Glen Allen and Elba. 2:02 P. M., Daily, at ELBA STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Lorton and Ocoquan. Sleeping Car from, New York Divine 6:00 P. M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION. Accommodation from Ashland, and in intermediate points. 7:13 P. M. Daily at BYRD-STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Doswell, Ashland, and Elba. Sleeping Cars from New York to Wash- land. 8 50 P. M., Daily, at BYRD-STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria and local stations Quantico to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen, and Elba. Buffet Parlor Cars. 10 29 P. M. Daily at MAIN STREET STATION. Florida and Metropolitan Limited. Stops at Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Doswell, and Ashland. Sleeping Cars from New York. 11 00 P. M. Except Sunday, at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland, W. T. D. M. BOR. Traffic Manager. W. D. DUKE, General Manager. E. T. D. MYERS, President. SOUTHERN RAIL N Y SOUTHERN RAIL N Y Schedule in Effect Feb. 16. Trains Leave and Arrive 14th S tation 10:20 A. M., No. 9 daily for Durham ville, and all local stations connecting at Burkerville with for W.R.y for stations West; at Jeffrey stations on Norfolk Division at Oxford for Henderson F. M., No. 20 daily for Jack, sville and all Florida Nassau, etc., Connects sville, and Powha at Greenbriar, at Winston-Salem, at Ch 35, United States fas solid train, da- nish, and points South which carries sleeper and Drawing Room She, or Richmond to Atlanta, Bir cham. Through trail with Sleep to Memphis. Dining-Car 11:30 P.M. No.11, South express, daily for Atlanta, August jacksonville, and points to perfor Danville, Greensboro, Sa open at Richmond 13:30 P.M. Charlotte, open at Richmond 13:30 P.M. Charlotte, open at Newark and Florida Express and tour limited, which covers three to Augusta, Sa vanham, Jacksville, villa, San Francisco, Memphis, Atkins, New Orleans, etc. Complete D CUR Service. Also Primmman haysways, neededays an days Washington, with without change, with con nections to points in Texas, Mexico and California. 6:00 P.M. No.17, daily, except Sunday, for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS ARIVE IN RICHMOND. 6 A.M) 5:48 P.M.) Fro Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, Aville and all points South. 8:40 P.M.) Keysville and local stations. 8:35 P.M.) Fro Charlotte, Charlotte, Danville and in mediate stations. I CAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and between Manchester and Neapolis. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. 13:30 No. 16 Baltimore Limited, daily expt Sunday for West Point, connect to Baltimore and York steamer for atmimore and York steamer alondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. N., No.10 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays I. express for West Point, and intermediate connections, with stage at Lester Manor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. M., No.74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and interm connection, connecting with stage at Lester Manor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. J. A. M., daily From West Point, with sonno tuesday, Wednesday, Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. 1:45A.M., No. 9, Wednesdays and Fridays. 1:55P. Only except Sundays, from West Westminster. Steamers last for two hours on Mondays. Wed- nesday Fridays 5:50 p. m., arriving Balti- tic kargo 8:30 p. m. Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. C ALPHEUS SCOTT Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 3006 P St., Church Hill. Orders By Telegraph and Telephone promptly attended to. All business confidential. Old Phone No. 3183. THE KNIFE THROWERS By FREDERIC VAN RENSSELAER DEY, Author of "Not Like Other Men," Etc. Copyright, 1901, by Frederio Van Rensselaer Dey. CHAPTER XI. THE GRAVE CHARGE OF MURDER. WYNDHAM left Carmen Pendleton at her hotel after lingering long enough to have a conversation with Pancho, who was as simple and direct, as straightforward and honest then as he was with Burr Pendleton the night when he took him on horseback to the dueling ground. Wyndham had scarcely taken his seat when there was a rap at the door and the clerk entered, as the official had prophesied, followed by three men, the foremost of whom was Escudera. "I have taken the liberty of bringing these gentlemen with me," he said with the utmost savvity and politeness, "because they are able to substantiate what I have to say. I have a very grave charge to make, Mr. Dis Before leaving the hotel Craig instructed him not on any account to leave the apartments of his mistress, and at the desk down stairs he gave explicit instructions that Carmen was to be denied to all callers, no matter what name was given. After that he felt easier, for now he also feared that the enraged Mexican might attempt a summary vengeance upon the sister of Burr Pendleton. From there he went directly to the district attorney, who, fortunately, was a personal friend and had stood in the same relation to Burr, and to him he related the whole story in detail behind closed doors. He omitted nothing. He began at the moment of his meeting with Burr after his arrival from Mexico and told of every incident that had occurred which could in any way relate to the crime. He graphically explained the discovery of the body, the consternation of James, his own deep perplexity, but also the absolute certainty he felt in his own mind of the innocence of the valet. He related how he himself when a boy had passed many months in Mexico and had witnessed the knife throwing exhibitions that are frequently held there; how it had occurred to him that this Mexican might have thrown the knife, and that when he more minutely examined the position of the body and the position of the knife the suspicion became a certainty. Then he told how utterly hopeless had seemed to him then the possibility of fixing the crime upon Escudera if he were at once accused, but that he believed if he could for the time being cause suspicion to rest upon another and thus allay the fears of the guilty one he thought it might be accomplished. He explained how and why he had sent James away and admitted that the valet was at that moment in his own rooms awaiting gladly arrest or anything else that would lift from his shoulders the burden of constantly living a lie, and then he told enough of the family history of the Pendletons to make his point. He explained the presence of Carmen in the city and told as much of what she had told him as was necessary, and finally he described the scene in the restaurant and told how this same man had attempted to assassinate him by the throwing of a knife. "That knife," he concluded, "is the exact counterpart, so far as the hilt is concerned, of the one that took the life of Burr Pendleton. I have it with me. If you will produce the other, we will compare them, for I have not the slightest doubt of the result." The district attorney sent his clerk to the cabinet for the weapon with which Pendleton was killed. They were placed side by side and found, as Craig had prophesied, to be precisely alike. "There is still another test to be applied," continued Craig. "People who are adept in the art of knife throwing are most particular regarding the weight of their weapons. The more expert the thrower the more particular he is regarding this point. I have known them to file away substance from one in order to make it weigh precisely like the model from which it was made, so that placed upon either side of delicate scales they would perfectly balance. Send for an apothecary's scales and let us test these. If they do not weigh alike to a hair, I miss my guess." The scales were sent for, and they proved that Wyndham was correct. "You have a strong case," sald the district attorney. "It is circumstantial, but it is strong. I will have this man arrested on your complaint." "There are two others who are accomplices, who are accessories before and after the fact—Juan Rodriguez and Emilio Bustamente. They are in the city, but I do not know where." "We will find them," replied the officer. "It will be strange if we cannot get state evidence out of one of them." They were interrupted at that moment by the entrance of a clerk, who fald a card on the desk before the district attorney. "Show him in in exactly five minutes," said the official to the clerk, and when the door had closed be added to Wyndham: "We're in luck. Your Mexican friend is outside, and unless I am greatly mistaken he has his two friends with him, for he can only have applied to me for one reason." "To charge me with the crime." "Precisely. Step behind that screen, Craig, and take a seat. Don't sneeze or cough or betray your presence. In any manner, and you shall hear how I finish with this man. Wait just a moment. You have a minute or two to spare before John brings them in." He drew a pad of paper toward him and wrote rapidly. When he finished, he passed the sheet to Wyndham, and this is what he read: Have warrants issued immediately for Carlos de Escura, y Romero, Juan Rodriguez and Enilio Bustamente, charged by this office with the murder of Burr Pendleton. One of them at least is here now; possibly the others. Send in three officers to make the arrest. Lose no time. The district attorney's signature was appended, and the note was addressed to one of his assistants. "Now get behind your screen, Craig," he said while he folded the document and placed it in an envelope. "Time's up." Wyndham had scarcely taken his seat when there was a rap at the door and the clerk entered, as the official had prophesied, followed by three men, the foremost of whom was Escudera. "I have taken the liberty of bringing these gentlemen with me," he said, with the utmost suavity and politeness, "because they are able to substantiate what I have to say. I have a very grave charge to make, Mr. District Attorney." "Be seated, gentlemen," was the reply, not less suave than the introduction. "What is the charge, Mr. Romero, and whom does it concern?" "Pardon me, sir. My name is Escudera. Romero is the family name of my mother." "Ah, yes! Well, what is the charge, and whom does it concern?" "The charge, sir, is murder. It concerns a prominent citizen of this city, one Craig Wyndham, who, I have strong reasons to believe, murdered his friend, Burr Pendidon." "What!" cried the district attorney, evidently astonished out of his official calm. "The Pendleton case? Craig Wyndham the murderer? Impossible." "You will believe it to be more than probable, sir, when you have heard all that I have to tell you." The district attorney rang the bell sharply and when the clerk appeared said: "Send in my stenographer." Then to Escudera he added: "You make a grave accusation, Mr.—er—Escudera. Not a word of the evidence you have to give shall be lost." The stenographer appeared at once, and then he added, "Now, sir, begin." "I arrived in New York from Mexico one day in advance of Mr. Pendleton, whom I had known in the City of Mexico. I performed a few slight services for him there, and we became warm friends. I had announced to him my intention of visiting New York, and he gave me a card of introduction at his club, so I presented it at once. I was in the club when he arrived, and I saw him meet Wyndham on the steps outside. They went to a quiet corner together and talked for a long time. Presently I walked past them, and Pendleton, recognizing me, rose at once. We left the club together within a few moments of that time." "Why did you go out of the club?" asked the official. "At his request. He wished me to go to his rooms with him, for no other reason, I think, than that we might talk together uninterruptedly." "Had you business together?" "None whatever. I think that Pendleton wished to get away from Wyndham. In fact, he intimated as much." "Ah, I see." "I remained in his rooms about or nearly an hour. He agreed to meet me at the club again that night. I then went to my hotel." "What time did you leave the club to go to Pendleton's rooms?" "A little after 5." "What time were you to meet at the club again?" "There was no definite time—that evening. He did not come. I called at his rooms the following morning, but, receiving no answer to my summons, went away. I did not know of his death until it was announced in the newspapers." "Then how do you connect Wyndham with the crime?" "Wyndham went to Pendleton's rooms the same evening that I was there, but about 9 o'clock. He was there more than an hour. While he was there Pendleton's valet came out and went away. He was sobbing, and he appeared greatly frightened. Some time after he had gone Wyndham came out. He paused on the steps and looked carefully around him. His face was very white, and he seemed to fear to be seen. He soon started up the street and turned the first corner he came to." "How do you know all this, Mr. Escudera?" "Pardon me. I have unconsciously given the testimony of these gentlemen who are with me. Personally I do not know it." The district attorney wheeled like a flash upon the others. "Were you watching Mr. Wyndham? he demanded sharply." "Not met." "What is your name?" interrupted the official. "Juan, or John, Rodriguez." "And yours?" turning to the remaining witness. "Emilio Bustamente." "Now, Mr. Rodriguez, proceed." "How, Mr. Rodriguez, proceed. "We were not watching him in the sense that you use the term, but we were watching for him." "How was that?" "We were passing the house when he entered it. Bustamente believed he recognized in him an old friend for whose address he had vainly sought. He accordingly inquired of the hallboy for that friend, but was told that no such person lived there." "What is the name of your friend, Mr. Bustamente?" "John Cuthbert," replied Bustamente promptly. "He is an Englishman." "Proceed, Mr. Rodriguez." "When he found that no such person resided there, he decided that his friend was making a call and resolved to wait till he came out. As it was getting late then he believed his friend would not remain long. I demurred, but he prevailed upon me to wait with him." "And you waited more than an hour?" "While we were waiting an old man came out sobbing. He seemed dazed and frightened. He at once thought something was the matter. I spoke to the old man, but he did not reply. After that we waited awhile longer and ultimately saw the man, whom we now know to be Wyndham, come from the house. His behavior was precisely as Mr. Escudera has described it to you." "Why did you not accost your supposed friend, Mr. Bustamente? Or did you?" "No. I saw at a glance that I was mistaken. The light shone in his face when he came out. I could not be deceived then." "How do you know now that it was Wyndham you saw?" "Because I have seen him many times since in the company of my friend, Escudera." "And you also, Rodriguez?" "Yes." "What time was it when he came out of the house?" "I cannot say exactly." "Well, approximately." "Somewhere about 11." "It was 11 o'clock or a little after that when he re-entered the club," interrupted Escudera. "How do you know that, Mr. Escudera?" "I went into the club immediately behind him." "Was that the time you were to meet Mr. Pendleton there?" "There was no stated hour, but it was understood to be late in the evening. I think I so stated." "So you did, so you did. Excuse me." There was a rap at the door, and the clerk entered again. He laid a card upon which there was writing on the table, and the district attorney snatched it up with a furious scowl. "You should place messages like this in my hands, John," he said severely. Then he glanced at the inscription and added: "Tell them to wait at the door and to come in when I ring. I will call them as soon as I have finished with these gentlemen." He turned then again to Escudera. "And upon this you base your charges of murder against Craig Wyndham?" he asked in the pleasantest tone imaginable. "I do." "Why?" "Because it is proved that he was the last person in the rooms of Pendleton. Burr Pendleton was never seen alive after that time. The inquest determined that he was murdered about that time; because the servant went away while Wyndham was still in the house and has not been seen since, and he was publicly accused of the crime, and the police are still searching for him, I understand." "That is quite true. Is there anything more?" "Because Wyndham was made sole heir of all that Pendleton possessed, and he above all others had a motive for the crime. He could easily bribe the servant to assist him or to go away and leave him to do the work alone." "That has a reasonable sound. Have you any more reasons, Mr. Escudera?" "Yes, one more, the weightiest of all." "What is that?" "That old servant James is living in the house where lil's master was murdered and is acting as the valet of Wyndham." "What!" crieled the district attorney again, and he added mentally: "By Jove, if I had heard this before Wyndham told me about it, it might have impressed me—all but the evidence of these two lying scoundrels with you, Mr. Escudera. Nobody with any sense would believe the story they tell." "It is true," said Escudera, replying to the exclamation. "How do you know that?" "I have seen him there. I saw him there last night. I know him well. I have often seen him in Mexico, and I also saw him the night of the murder, you will remember." "Now, Mr. Escudera, and you, gentlemen, what object have you in pursuing Mr. Wyndham with this terrible accusation?" "Simply that justice be done, sir," replied Escudera. "I was Pendleton's friend. I would like to see his murderer punished." "You want justice, then?" "I do. I demand it." "Then, by thunder, you shall have it!" He struck the bell sharply. The door opened, and three officers in plain clothes entered the room. The district attorney waved his hand. "There are your men. Take them," he said. "Come out, Wyndham. These fellows make me slick." CHAPTER XII. RODRIGUEZ'8 CONFESSION FOR a moment the three Mexicans were too greatly astounded to move or to speak, and that moment was sufficient to give the officers a chance to seize them. Escudera wheeled like lightning, but, observing instantly that there was no chance to escape and doubtless realizing the futility of such a thing even if he could effect it, it remained motionless where he stood while the officer nearest him snapped a pair of handcuffs on his wrist. Rodriguez made one herole dash toward the door, but ran straight into the embrace of the officer nearest him and was also handcuffed. Bustamente acted as his half developed nature had taught him to act in emergencies. He whipped out a knife and struck with all his strength straight for the heart of the man who charged upon him. The weapon would have taken effect and there would have been a second murder chargeable against the trilo but for the presence of Craig Wyndham. He appeared from behind the screen where he had been concealed just in time to see the weapon raised, and he sprang toward the maddened man and seized his wrist. He was only partly successful, however. He diverted the blow so that it cut through the officer's sleeve and inflicted an ugly gash on the fleshy part of his arm. Through it all the district attorney remained unmoved in his chair. Indeed there was scarcely time for him to do aught else, for the whole scene did not occupy more than half a dozen seconds. After that there was a picture which would have made excellent material for a tableau—the three men handcuffed, one calm and smiling cynically, another pale with fright and the third furious with baffled rage, the officers beside them, with firm hands upon their shoulders; on the other He whippea out a knife and struck with all his might. side of the table the district attorney, still seated in his armchair and looking ineffably bored, and beside him, with one hand on the back of his chair, the tall, athletic figure of Craig Wyndham, looking like the god of Vengeance satisfied. Escudera was the first to break the silence that followed the short struggle. "I suppose, Mr. Craig Wyndham, I owe this to you," he said. "I think you owe it to yourself and your own treachery," replied Wyndham calmly. "Do you believe that you can fasten your crime upon me?" continued the Mexican. But the district attorney interrupted before Wyndham could respond. "Take those two men from the room," he commanded sternly. "Officer Dunn, remain here with your prisoner, Rodriguez. We have not done with him yet." "Juan"—began Escudera, but again he was interrupted, this time by the officer who had him in charge, who clapped one hand rudely over his mouth and led him out of the room. "Rodriguez," said the district attorney softly when the others had gone, "I do not believe that you are as bad as the others, and for that reason I have kept you here to talk with you alone." The stenographer selzed his pen again and resumed work. "Do you know," continued the official, "that there has not been a moment since Pendleton was murdered when you and your friends have not been shadowed by the police? We have not had you arrested simply because we were waiting for additional proof. And where do you suppose we expected to get that? I will tell you because you could not guess—from Mexico." "From Mexico!" exclaimed Rodriguez involuntarily. The craftiness of the district attorney was too much for him. "Yes, from Mexico," continued the official, inventing as he went along from the tale that Wyndham had told him. "We know, for example, that there was a conspiracy hatched between four of you and that Captain Ignacio Romero, now lying wounded in the City of Mexico, is the chief conspirator. We know that Escudera, Bustamente and you came here for the avowed purpose to assassinate Burr Pendleton. We know it because Romero has confessed." Rodriguez started back and uttered a Spanish oath that is untranslatable. Then, whiter than before, he fixed his eyes again upon the district attorney, who after a moment's pause continued: "It is more than likely, Rodriguez, that you will all go to the electric chair. Escudera and Bustamente certainly will, but you may possibly escape it." "How?" gasped the man, now thoroughly frightened. "By confessing freely everything you know concerning this matter. By doing that you will save us time, expense and trouble, and in return for that I can promise you that the judge will be lenient. You will not be executed. You may get off with a short term in prison. Think it over and answer me, for this is the last opportunity you will have." "I am willing to tell all I know, sir. My life is worth more to me than their friendship." "I thought so." "Escudera killed Pendleton." "Oh, I know that already. Tell me something I don't know." "He can throw a knife straighter than you can shoot a pistol ball. He stood in the bedroom doorway and threw a knife into Pendleton's heart." "I know that too. Tell me something I don't know." "I followed him and Pendleton when they left the club that night. I crept up the stairs after them. I was even in the outer room where I could see Escudera throw the weapon when he did it, and I did see him." "That is better. I know that also, to be sure, but I did not know all of it. Go on." "I was obeying Escudera's orders. He was afraid that we might have to do for the old servant as well, and he thought it might take two of us. It was necessary that Pendleton should be put out of the way at once. I don't know why. It was something about some property." "Escudera told me to follow them and go up the stairs. The minute he was alone he was to open the door so that I could enter the room and secrete myself until the right moment. He had, while Pendleton was in Mexico, asked him to take charge of some papers for him which he pretended were of great value. He asked Pendleton for those papers that night. That was how he got him out of the room long enough to let me in. I hid behind the curtains at one of the windows. We did not much fear discovery, for if we had been discovered the old servant would have been killed also—that is, if my courage had held out, but I don't think it would." "Nor I. Go on." "Pendleton said he was tired and proposed taking a rest because he expected to be up late that night to transact some business with Mr. Wyndham, who was to go to him there." "I understand. Well." "Escudera got his papers and pretended to go, but he waited in the hallway. Presently Pendleton went into the bedroom, closing the door after him. Then old James came in and went out once or twice. The last time he went out through the main entrance. He had his hat on, and I knew the coast was clear. I opened the door into the hall, and Escudera came into the room. He ordered me to do the knife throwing, but I refused. Then he went to the bedroom door and opened it softly. Pendleton was already asleep in his chair and did not hear him. It would not have made any difference if he had, for he would have been killed anyway. Escudera motioned to me and pointed into the room. I looked in and saw Pendleton asleep; then I stepped back. Escudera stood on the threshold in the doorway and threw the knife from there; then he reached in, selzed the knob of the door and closed it. I asked him why he did not go in and get his knife, and he told me to mind my own business. We went out then, I last, and I left the door on the latch so that those who found the body might suspect that anybody might have entered from the street. That is all I know about the killing, sir." "It seems to be quite enough. Where was Bustamente all this time?" "He was watching Mr. Wyndham. He followed him to the house. Escudora and I waited with Bustamente on the other side of the street while Mr. Wyndham went in, for we expected that there would be an uproar at once. To our surprise, there was not. After awhile James came out, and the rest is practically as you have already heard me tell, except about the faked friend of Bustamente." "Well, and after that?" "Escudera went to the club to be there ahead of Wyndham, but he got there about the same moment. Bustamente and I got a drink and went down town." "Now, Rodriguez, I will have your statement drawn off, and you will swear to it. I suppose?" "Office, take him into the little room. Remain there until I am ready for you." "Cralg," said the district attorney when they were alone, "I have a suspicion that this is the best day's work A you ever did in your life. Do you know if that scoundrel Escudera had got here first with his yarn it would have bothered me, and I shouldn't wonder if I had issued a warrant for you. As it was, his story corroborated everything you had said, only it turned the tables on himself. It's a great piece of work for the district attorney's office to accomplish, eh? I think it deserves a small bottle. Let's go and have one." That evening, at the Savoy, Craig related to Carmen every event of the day, and they were exceedingly happy, knowing that justice had placed its iron hands upon the murderers of Burr Pendleton. A week later Carmen received a telegram from Mexico informing her that Ignacio Romero was dead, and subsequently a letter came explaining that he had committed suicide. He had made some trivial excuse to borrow a penknife from one of the nurses and with it had taken his own worthless life. Under his pillow was found a letter from New York, which told of the arrest and undoubted conviction of his friends. Doubtless that was his reason for the act. A month later than that, while Craig and Carmen were sitting at the same table where they had their first luchoon together, he said to her: "Carmelita, you know I told you once that I was a sudden fellow, but I do not think I have been very sudden in this affair of ours. One week from tomorrow I must sail for Europe on important business which cannot be postponed. Will you marry me one week from tomorrow and go with me?" Her answer was "No." THE ANTARCTIC NIGHT It Is Far More Trying Than the Arctic Darkness. From this day (May 17) we were not to see the sun again for two months. At the beginning we did not dread the prospect of this long polar night before us, but before the sun had been gone many days one of us became very ill. Danco lacked the constitution to hold out, and on June 5 he died. It is useless to dwell on sad recollections. He was loved on board the Belgica, and this loss, following on the death of the sailor Wiencke, who was washed overboard by a wave in Bransheld strait, made a deep impression on us. In the obscurity of the mildday twilight we carried Danco's body to a hole which had been cut in the ice and committed it to the deep. A bitter wind was blowing as with bared heads, each of us silent and sad, we left him there—and the foe drifted on. In the antarctic regions, thanks doubtless to the detestable climate, the disastrous effects of the polar night are far more marked than in the north. There is a general lowering of the system, and the heart acts feebly. Several of us developed serious symptoms, and without daily care on the part of the doctor others would not have survived the period of darkness, though it was relatively short. One part of Cook's treatment was very effective and ingenious. Those who were most affected by deficient circulation were made to stand in a half naked condition close to the rediot stove for several hours daily. In this way the action of the solar radiation was in part replaced by rays of artificial heat in a manner admittedly primitive, but none the less beneficial. Life on board during the polar night was of great interest from a psychological point of view. One finds oneself in conditions of existence altogether abnormal and crowded against one's fellows in an uncomfortably narrow space. Some became nervous, excitable and sleepless, with the imagination continually wandering and dreaming. I was one of these. Others, more happily constituted, became chronically tired and indifferent. These slept much. But everybody was content to spend twelve hours a day or more in bed. One of the crew developed maniacal tendencies; another, in more evil case, was brought home insane—Henryk Arctowsky in Geographical Journal. Death Superstitions. According to one superstition a favorite method death has of announcing that a person is to become his victim is to cause the doomed one to sneeze while viewing a corpse, or to have the subject see his face reflected in a mirror while standing near the body of one in whom life is extinct. A sparrow flew into an open window of the consumptive ward at the hospital one day while I was attending a patient and without alighting flew out of another. I was immediately besieged upon all sides by tearful requests to redouble my efforts to effect a cure, as the action of the bird was a certain omen that death would claim some one present within a week. One of the patients died the next day, and the other poor fated ones resuscitated the little spark of hope which feebly flickered previous to the advent of the little bird, thinking, probably, that as one had succumbed they had some chance of regaining their health.—Exchange. New Year's In China. In China it is considered obligatory on all persons to settle every pecuniary obligation before the first day of the new year, a custom that might with profit be imitated elsewhere. The Chinese have also the singular practice of dating all births on the first day of the year on which they occur, so that as far as the record shows every Chinaman has but one birthday, the first day of January. The widest variance is observable in the selection of the day which should be considered the first of the year. Some nations have begun it in the spring, others in the autumn, some in midsummer, most in midwinter; but, whatever the day, the usages and rejoicings which characterized it have not varied so greatly as might be supposed, but have remained for ages almost unchanged. His Chance. Conjurer (pointing to a large cabinet) —Now, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to exhibit my concluding trick. I would ask any lady in the company to step on the stage and stand in this cupboard. I will then close the door. When I open it again, the lady will have vanished without leaving a trace behind. Gentleman In Front Seat (aside to his wife)—I say, old woman, do me a favor and step up.—London Tit-Bits. MAN A RATHER POOR LOT. Some of His Faculties Compared With Those of Other Animals WITH Those of Other Animals. "Man is a vain sort of an animal at all times," observed a thoughtful citizen, "and in his process of naming and classifying things around him he has attempted to leave reminders of himself in every possible place, and he has generally succeeded, for one's eyes may not escape falling on something named after some of his attributes. But when we come to think of it, when we come to look nature squarely in the face, man is not the only thing in the land which can lay claim to highly developed senses. "Take the human eye. Unquestionably the little bundle of nerves in the eye, which make visualization possible and which present the mind with photographic refinements which no art has yet equaled, is one of the physiological marvels and opens up an endless field for speculation in the realm of psychology, that unsolved riddle of science in whose presence even the giants have cowered and skulked in hopeless ignorance. Yet this eye, discerning with so much delicacy when the picture is no farther than the wall of one's room —this eye with its circumscribed limits would be looked upon with dignified scorn by yoh soaring eagle if he only knew how much farther he could see than a human being. "Take the human ear. We may not hear so well as the rats and mice that burrow under the palaces in which we live or the squirrel that capers yonder in the forest and countless other things one might mention. We may differentiate with greater accuracy and trace refinements in sound which these lower creatures may not trace, but when it comes to the matter of catching the sound at long range their ears seem to have been more perfectly constructed. "It is conceded that no human voice has ever been heard which could equal in sweetness of tone the lays which one may hear in the orchard. No human being ever sang more sweetly than Pattt, but she never sang so sweetly as the meadow lark when he pours his gurgling love song out on the summer air or the orole when he shades his silvered octave from the bending bough. "What device for measuring water pressure has man invented which will compare with the nerves which string the sides of the fish? It is a sense which is not represented in the human category. Man must resort to artificialities in order to learn the air pressure and the degree of heat or cold. But it is different with the fish, for he can always tell just what the water pressure is, and he knows how much he can stand, and he acts accordingly. "Take the olfactory nerves. Man is all right when it comes to attar of roses, violet perfumeries and this and that sort, but you may pick out the measiest old hound in the swamps of Mississippi, and if he knew how much superior his sense of smell is to man's—well, he wouldn't want to be caught in a man's company. "No, I am not running my own creed down. I am just relating a few things which ought to make us all natural lovers of the many deserving beauties that we not of in these hurrying times, and among them may be counted the things mentioned. Prove it? Prove nothing. I am just telling you."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. An Ancient Monument: In the churchyard at Bewcastle, Cumberland, England, an isolated spot about twelve miles from any railway station, is a monument bearing the inscription, "The First Year of Ecgrifth, King of This Realm"—L. e., A. D. 670. Another inscription (Runic) on the west side says that it was set up as a "Standard of Victory In Memory of Alchfrith, Lately King" (of Northumbria), who played so important a part in the history of the time. An interesting account of the cross is given in Bishop Browne's work, "The Conversion of the Heptarchy." He says that the inscriptions are "the earliest examples known to be in existence of English literature," and, "looking to the importance in the history of the world of the conversion of England, there is no historical monument in these lands to compare with the Bewcastle cross." The shaft as it stands is a square pillar composed of a single block of gray freestone fourteen and a half feet high. The cross head is gone, but when entire the monument must have been about twenty-one feet high. Some one has said that all the world Loves a lover. That's quite true. Ever you love a girl, why, then. Of course, she's all the world to you. -Judge. A boy holding a mirror stands in front of a woman. Mamma—You mustn't bowl your hoop in the front on Sunday. You must go into the back garden. Tommy—Isn't it Sunday in the back garden, mamma?—Punch. A Longer Lease of Life. The Judge—On the homicide charge I sentence you for life; on the burglary charge I sentence you for ten years. The Prisoner — Tanks, jedgef You've added ten years to mah life.— Judge. An Art Swindle. Customer—When I bought this picture you had a placard on it, "Original by Rubens," and now I find it is only a copy. Dealer—But, my dear sir, the original is by Rubens, nevertheless, isn't it?—N. Y. Times. Mystery Going and Coming Pauline—Just think of the awful things we know about people whom we don't know. Emeline—Yes; isn't it wonderful? And just think what the people whom we don't know may know about us!—Detroit Free Press. Lost and Found "It was so slippery come down here to-night that I lost my feet several times," remarked the awkward dancer to his fair companion, as they were enjoying the dreamy mazes of the waltz. "Well, I notice you've found them again, all right," said the fair one, as she stopped dancing and limped over to a chair.—Yonkers Statesman. SO MAMMA WOULDN'T HEAR. Maude (much exercised on perceiv- ing a very delicate pencil line of down) —What would you do if you had a mus- tache on your lip? Clare (entirely occupied with her own reflections)—Well, if he were nice, I should keep very quiet—Punch. No Doubt True. Of men who never work a kick You doubtless know a few. But turn them loose in a brewery And trouble they would brew. —Chicago Dally News. Straight Tip. Ethel—He careful, dearest. You matter. You pane see you kiss me, matter.—Would you? 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THE Richmond, Va., EVENING LEADER under the caption of "Teach Women to Shoot" said: "We have urged men and women in the rural districts and in the surburban districts to organize gun clubs, to meet regularly once or twice a week and enjoy the sport of target practice. Such clubs should be enjoyable from a social point of view, and inexpensive prizes might be offered from time to time for the best shot. In this way the women would learn how to handle firearms and how to hit the mark. But more than all, the moral effect of these gatherings periodically and regularly would be most wholesome." We agree with the LEADER in this proposition. It is absolutely essential that a man or woman who owns a gun should know how to shoot it with accuracy. It continued: "The scoundrel who assaults a woman is always a coward. He lurks by the wayside and waits for his unprotected victim. He takes no chance of bodily harm, because he feels his physical superiority over his victim. But if he had reason to believe that the woman was armed and that she knew how to shoot and that she would shoot, criminal assaults would be of rare occurrence." The LEADER is right. This has been our contention, for it is applicable to the scoundrel who lynches an unarmed, helpless Negro. He, too, takes no chance of bodily harm, because he feels his physical superiority over his victim. If he had reason to believe that the colored man was armed and that he knew how to shoot and that like WILL RETYNOLDS, he would shoot, lynchings would be of rare occurrence. Moreover, colored women could then protect themselves from the assaults of white secondrels as much so as white women could protect themselves from the advances of black ones. Oh, yes, we are in favor of the target practice idea. One View of It. "Now, you're squabbling again," said the mother. "Well, Dorothy got mad and I got mad," explained the little one, "and we both said mean things." "But you shouldn't," urged the mother. "You should have more self-trol." "I don't want it," retorted the little one. "I'm willing to let Dorothy have all of it." "All of what?" "The self-control." — Chicago Post. A story is told of a Boston lawyer whose quick wit never deserted him, either in the courtroom or elsewhere. One day a client entered his office, and throwing back his coat, sald, irritably: "Why, your office, sir, is as hot as an oven." "Why shouldn't it be?" was the calm response. "It's here that I make my bread."—Youth's Companion. BILLED AS FREIGHT. Young Man's Strange Trip from Kansas City to Chicago. Arduous Journey Made as the Result of a Silly Wager—To the Railroad Company He Was a Sack of Potatoes. Billed as a sack of potatoes, a young man arrived in Chicago the other day from Kansas City tied up in a sack. For three days and a half he had been confined in the sack and during that time he had traveled close to 700 miles in a freight car. The sack which covered him was inclosed in an open fruit case. The traveler, who is Martin J. Klansdigger, a machinist of Kansas City, was nearly famished when he was cut from his prison at the Chicago & Northwestern freight house by a friend who had been waiting for a day and a half in Chicago for him to arrive. Klansdigger began his journey with only a quart of water and two pounds of crackers in the sack with him, this being a condition of the wager which caused him to make the perilous trip. When released Klansdigger was nearly blinded by the dust which had crept into the sack and his throat and mouth were so parched that he could hardly speak, his little cask of water having been spilled after he had been on his journed only a day. For nearly three days, therefore, he had been without water and he stated when he was able to talk that had it not rained he would certainly have died of thirst. During most of the storm the car in which he was packed was sidetracked out in some small country town and the water came through a crack in the roof and fell on the sack. The burlap became quite wet and he was thus enabled to suck from the cloth a few drops which allayed his thirst. The trip was made as the result of a wager between himself and a buffet keeper of Kansas City. The amount of the wager was $300. The conditions FRAIGHT WARE AMUSEABLE "GIVE ME A DRINK, QUICK!" were that he should arrive in Chicago in less than four days, that he should be allowed to carry only a quart of water and two pounds of crackers with him and that he should not be discovered by any of the workmen or trainmen that handled him. He was not discovered and it was not until after his friend who came to Chicago to receive him, Charles Manning, had presented an order and received the "potatoes" that the workmen in the freight house knew what was in the package. Manning, with the aid of an expressman, carried the crate with his freight out on the sidewalk and when Manning's voice was heard by Klaus-digger the man in the bag shouted faintly: "For heaven's sake cut that sack quick and let me out. I'm dying of thirst." Manning lost no time and tearing away the slight bars of the crate he slashed open the sack and released the woe-begone man within. A couple of workmen had followed Manning, the expressman and the burden to the door and when they heard the voice from within and saw the man emerge from the sack they did not remain to seek an explanation. Klansdigger was glad enough to get out of the bag and Manning was thoroughly happy to greet him. "Give me a drink, quick," said Klansdigger, "and then take me to some place where I can get cleaned up." "I would not have that experience again," he continued, "for ten times $300. I am lucky to be alive. I thought I would never get here and this forenoon when I was taken from the car by the freight hustlers I felt like calling out to them. I felt as if I had been through a thrashing machine and there is no part of my body which is not sore or bruised. "The first thing they did to me when I was received at the Kansas City end as a bag of potatoes was to stand me on my head. I had to remain in that position for about an hour before I succeeded in kicking myself down. When once in a horizontal position I was all right and fell asleep. The next morning I was awakened by somebody opening the car door and once more I was stood on my head. That is the time I lost my water, the cask which contained it tipping up. Since that time, which was Tuesday morning, until Friday I have been without a drink and I have not had anything to eat since Thursday night." Newspapers in Sweden There are 751 newspapers and periodicals in Sweden, including 52 dailies. Stockholm has 13 dailies, seven published in the morning and five in the evening, which is a large number for a city of 35,000 inhabitants. Thoughtful. President of Foreign Missions—How in the world did all of these sofa-cushions and fairy-lamps come to be in this box for the Fiji islanders? Miss Hairbrain (earnestly) — W-Why! I thought with all their spears and war clubs, that if they only had a few cushions and jeweled lamps, they could make such perfectly lovely cosy-corners! —Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ADMIRAL SAMPSON DEAD Well Known Naval Officer Succumbed to Long Illness. He Had Been In a Semi-Conscious State For Several Days, and Was In That Condition When Death Came. Mrs. Sampson Prostrated. Washington, May 7.—Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, retired, died at his home in this city at 5 o'clock yea- ADMIRAL SAMPSON terday afternoon. The immediate cause of death was a severe cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in a semi-conscious state for several days, and yesterday morning suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage. At the bedside when the admiral breathed his last were Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Cullerius, the admiral's married daughter; Admiral Sampson's two young sons, Ralph and Harold Sampson; Dr. Dixon, the attending physician, and nurses and attendants. It has been suggested to Mrs. Sampson that the Naval Cemetery at Annapolis would be a proper place for the last resting place of the remains, while other friends have represented to her that he should be buried in Arlington Cemetery, near this city. Admiral Sampson resided in Annapolis eight years, during four years of which he was superintendent of the academy there. Mrs. Sampson prefers Annapolis, but the matter has not been definitely decided. Mrs. Sampson suffered a slight accident four days ago while attending to the wants of the admiral, and has been in bed since. She probably will not be able to attend the funeral services. ARCHBISHOP CORRIGAN DEAD Venerable Prelate's End Was Peaceful and Without Suffering. New York, May 6.—Archbishop Corrigan died at 11.15 o'clock last night. The death of the archbishop came as a great surprise and shock to those in the archepiscopal residence. It was more so to the general public, for the last bulletin of the day was that so certain were the physicians of an improvement in the condition of the patient there would be no more bulletins issued last night. Up to 10.30 there was no evidence of collapse, in fact the archbishop at 10.40 talked with his secretary. At 11 o'clock, however, the trained nurses who had charge at the bedside noticed a change. Acting on instructions, the physicians were telephoned for. After the end came, Dr. Keyes said: "The condition of the archbishop yesterday was excellent. At 2.30 o'clock, when Dr. Delafield and I consulted, Dr. Delafield was so delighted that he told the archbishop he might get out of bed Wednesday and sit up for a while. I made an examination and found that heart trouble was the cause of death. It probably resulted from fatty degeneration of the heart. This was unexpected, as he had been doing well. He was very weak from his first illness, and he was slowly gaining until he had this relapse." The body of Archbishop Corrigan was taken into the cathedral this morning. Mgr. Jos. Mooney, the vicar general, said the funeral will take place at 10.30 o'clock Friday morning. The body of the prelate will be interred in a vault under the high altar of the cathedral. Dismissed By the President Dismissed by the President. Washington, May 7.—The president yesterday summarily dismissed John Grant, United States marshal for the Eastern district of Texas. On April 1 last the attorney general charged Grant with receiving a fee of $2,000 for service in securing for a Beaumont, Tex., national bank a designation as a United States government depository. Grant admitted that he received the $2,000, but stated that it was not as a fee, but was in payment of the legitimate expenses of himself and friends in that connection. Promotion For Lucban's Captor. Washington, May 7.—First Lieutenant Alphonse Strebler, of the Philippine Scouts, who commanded the small detachment of soldiers who captured Lucban, the noted Fillipino insurgent leader, is to be appointed a second lieutenant in the regular army in recognition of his meritorious services. He was recommended for appointment in the regular army by General Chaffee and other officers and recently passed the required examination. British Take Steinkoof. Cape Town, May 7.—The O'Okiep, Western Cape Colony, relief column has occupied Stenkop, to the north of O'Okiep, which was strongly held by the Boers, after fighting April 27 and 28. The British lost six killed and had eight wounded. The Boer losses are said to have been heavy. The Boers asked for British medical assistance. OPERATORS TALK OVER STRIKE Took Action Favorable to Miners and Discussed the Situation New York, May 7.—Presidents of the leading anthracite coal roads, as well as some of the more important independent producers, held a conference of several hours' duration in this city yesterday. According to report, the conference was attended by the executive heads of the Lackawanna, Delaware and Hudson, Reading, Ontario A representative of one of the roads named is authority for the statement that the strike situation was thoroughly discussed, and that action favorable to the miners was taken. The strength of the coal stocks in the afternoon, together with the emphatic statement of a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. that there will be no strike, were accepted as proof that pacific action was taken. Mitchell Denies Peace Rumors. Scranton, Pa. May 7.—Hope ran high last night that the impending miners' strike would be averted, but hope almost completely fled when President Mitchell arrived here at 11.30 o'clock from New York and positively and unequivocally declared that he has had no communication of any kind with operators or the Civic Federation or any one representing either since the answer of the operators was received last Saturday, and that he knew of nothing that could give ground for the reports that peace was assured. Mr. Mitchell would not discuss the situation or the possibility of a convention, and said no statement would be given out until the convention adjourned sine die. WILHELMINA IS BETTER Holland's Young Queen Has Slight Chance For Recovery. The Hague, May 5—It was announced from Castle Loo at midnight last night that Queen Wilhelmina had been prematurely confined at 6 o'clock Sunday evening. Professor Rosenstein, Dr. Roessingh and the other doctors were in attendance. The queen suffered intense agony. The Hague, May 7—Advices received here from Castle Loo late yesterday declare that Queen Wilhelmina's condition again excites grave anxiety. Another consultation of the queen's doctors was held. The result of this consultation is not known. Extreme secrecy is maintained as to the contents of the telegrams dispatched from Loo Palace. This and other measures are believed to indicate that the condition of her majesty is much graver than appears from the official bulletins. It is said that the queen is so weak that she has been unable to take any nourishment since last Saturday. Dr. Roessingh never leaves her majesty's bedside except for a brief and much-needed rest, when he is always replaced by Dr. Pot. Dr. Roessingh very carefully dictates whatever news concerning Queen Wilhelmina's condition is issued from the palace, and he declines to say anything further concerning his patient. It is understood that although the official bulletins represent the queen's temperature as normal, it invariably rises towards midnight, and that never for a moment since last Saturday has there been any cessation of anxiety. CHICAGO SAILORS ARRESTED Charged With Disorderly Behavior In Cafe at Trieste. London, May 7.—In a dispatch from Rome, the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle says that sailors from the United States cruiser Chicago have indulged in disorderly behavior in a cafe at Trieste. Bottles and glasses were thrown about, says the correspondent, and four of the Chicago's men were arrested. The dispatch says that one man was wounded as a result of the disorderly conduct. The men arrested were handed over to Captain Dayton, of the Chicago, continues the correspondent, who paid all the claims for damages against the American sailors. Pennsylvania Treasurer Takes Office. Harrisburg, Pa., May 6.—Representative Frank G. Harris, of Clearfield, who was elected state treasurer last November, took the oath of office at noon yesterday and immediately thereafter entered upon the duties. Mr. Harris succeeds Col. James A. Barnett, of Washington, who will take up the practice of law at Pittsburg. The retiring state treasurer turned over to his successor all the securities, which were found to be correct, and showed a balance of $11,434,367.93 in the treasury, of which $7,808,687.80 is in the general fund. Peace Situation In South Africa Shamrock Will Not Race. Boston, May 7.—A cablegram received by a Boston yachting editor from Sir Thomas Lipton says that the Shamrock II, will not be put in commission this year. The cablegram says: "Useless fitting out the yacht when there are no others of the same class to race against." Commodore Ledyard, of the New York Yacht Club, has stated that neither the Columbia nor the Constitution would be in commission. 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The cablegram which was received yesterday afternoon was as follows: "The following is the full substance of Brigadier General George W. Davis' message from Bayan: "Eighty-four survivors Bayan surrendered unconditionally this morning at 7 o'clock. Sulton Bayan, Raja Muda Bayan, Sulton Pandapatan and all leading dattos dead and many of their followers. Assault on the principal fort, which surrendered Saturday night, one of the most gallant performances of American arms. Colonel Frank D. Baidwin and his regiment deserve all praise for hand to hand struggle in four lines of ditches under walls of fort. These trenches are lined with Moro dead from rifle fire. Have never seen or heard of any performance excelling this gallantry and grit. It is my painful duty to report that the overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss. One officer and seven enlisted men killed; four officers and 37 enlisted men wounded. "After 84 survivors marched out yesterday morning as prisoners, and it was understood they were all, eight others who had concealed themselves in rubbish inside the fort, made a break for liberty, tried way out, but none succeeded. Some Moro wounded tried to stab soldiers trying to help them. "It is impossible to state the number of Moro killed; many lying in tall grass. The surrender saves us from siege and starving out. Impossible to have carried works without scaling ladders, which were ready. Intend to retain prisoners until two or three small adjacent forts are occupied, then with your consent to retain as hostages eight or ten of the principals and release the others. "The force in line of advance consisted of four mountain guns, 470 rifles. This fully sufficient. Could not have used more men advantageously. Had we sent strong column it would only have swelled casualty list. One neighboring data has already presented himself as friend, and I expect a general coming in shortly, when the weight of the blow is known. "In light of present knowledge, could have besieged the principal forts and in time forced surrender, but that would probably have resulted in a sortie for freedom and escape for many. By attacking them they have been completely crushed—the only kind of lesson these wild Moros seem to be able to profit by. Shall invite Sultan of Tarlac to pay me a friendly visit, if he does not do so of his own initiative. Has fort further east, in plain sight and of same strength as was Bayan, on beautiful tableland of 1,000 acres fine upland rice, and urging people to return to its cultivation. "The result to follow this action very important, namely: It secures respect for United States authority in the centre of Moro savagery. "CHAFFEE." MORO PRISONERS SHOT DOWN Thirty-five Killed In Desperate Attempt to Escape. Manila, May 6.—Eighty-four Moro prisoners, under guard, made an attempt to escape yesterday. At a pre- concerted signal they got between the soldiers forming the guard and a company at dinner. The latter, realizing what had happened, fired on and pursued the Moros, killing 35 of them and capturing nine. The other fugitives escaped. Train Victim's Last Message. Delaware, O. May 7—"I am dying beside a railroad track, without a friend, at Delaware. My name is James J. King, of Meadville, Pa" These words were written while his life blood poured from both legs, which had been cut off below the knees by a Hocking Valley train Monday. He had fallen from the train while asleep. Bracing himself against the bank, he tremblingly wrote a dying message and placed it in his pocket and succumbed. King was a member of the Typographical Union, and had been working in Columbia. His father, a prominent resident of Meadville, arrived in Delaware and will return with the remains. Husband and Son Drowned Husband and Son Drowned. Long Branch, N. J., May 7.—Victor Wedderston and his son Louis left here Saturday to go to Pleasury Bay and bring a boat from there through the Shrewshawy river. They have not returned Yesterday Mrs. Wedderston discovered the boat empty in the River and not far away two hats, which she identified as those of her husband and son, were found. Barn and Cattle Burned West Chester, Pa., May 7.—Albert Darlington's barn, near Glen Mills, was burned yesterday. Nine horses and 12 cows perished. The loss is about $10,000. The fire is thought to be the work of an incendiary. Moody's First Court Martial. Washington, May 7 — The first court martial case to come before Secretary Moody for action is that of Captain Bertram S Neumann, of the Marine Corps, recently tried at Pensacola. It was alleged that he failed to pay cartain old standing obligations, and also that he failed in his duty in regard to certain mess funds in his charge. The result of the trial has not been promulgated. Concentration Order Rescinded. Concentration Order Rescinded. Washington, May 7—General Chaffee has cabled the war department that he has rescinded the order for the establishment of reconcentration camps in Laguna and Batangas provinces, the only provinces in the Philippines where the system has been practiced. These provinces lie on the south shores of Laguna de Bay, and are about 40 miles distant from Manila. W. I. JO FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N HACKS F Orders by Telephone or Tel pers and Entertainme Old 'Phone, 686, Residence W. I. JOHNSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 48. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally stituted under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize lodges. Kindly address, G. W. ALLEN Supreme voyager, 346 W 37th Street, New York City. TRUST YOU UR GOODS TO YOU ON CR all the Express Charge 106 1/2 E. Clay St., RICHMOND, VA. A Colored Man Received Degree From Theological Seminary. Theological Seminary. Princeton, N. J., May 7.—At the 90th annual commencement of the Princeton Theological Seminary, held yesterday, the fellowship in Hebrew, $600, was awarded to Albert B. Dodd, of Greenwood, Mo. Among those who received the degree of bachelor of divinity was George S. Stark, of Baltimore, the only colored man in the senior class, and the only one of his race to receive this degree from the seminary. Other fellowships were awarded as follows: The New Testaments, $500, George J. Russell, Montclair, N. J., and George S. Green; fellowship in church history, $400, Benjamin F. Palst, Jr., Cornwells, Pa. MINISTER TO CUBA NAMED Washington, May 6.—H. G. Squiers, secretary of the legation at Pekin, has been selected by the president to be minister to Cuba, and General E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, has been selected as consul general at Havana. Mr. Squiers selection fulfills the very first requirement laid down by the president, namely, that the minister to Havana should be a man of diplomatic experience. He is a native of Canada, but was appointed from New York. In 1894 he was appointed second secretary of the United States embassy at Berlin, retiring in 1897. FIVE MEN BURNED TO DEATH Disaster Caused By Boiling Over of Ladle of Hot Hslag at Steel Works. Ladle of Hot Slag at Steel Works. Harrisburg, Pa., May 7.—Five men dead and three seriously injured is the awful record of an accident Monday night at the open hearth steel department of the Pennsylvania Steel Works at Steelton. The disaster was caused by the bolling over of a ladle of hot slag at a furnace. Its fiery contents engulfed eight men in a pit, from where they were powerless to escape. The victims were all Austrian laborers, one of whom was burned to a crisp, and the others were horribly burned in all parts of the body. Rev. Sabine Elected Bishop Philadelphia, May 7.—At a meeting of the Synod of New York and Philadelphia of the Reformed Episcopal Church yesterday at St. Paul's Church, the Rev. Dr. William T. 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St. Paul, May 6.—"An enterprise of a great inter-state and international commerce" is the declaration of the Northern Securities Company given in the answer, filed by the attorneys for that corporation, in the suit brought by Attorney General P. C. Knox on behalf of the United States, to enjoin the so-called merger of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways. This answer was filed late yesterday afternoon in the United States circuit court in this city, and at the same time individual answers were also filed by the various railroad magnates, including James J. Hill and J. Pierpont Morgan. These various papers follow the same lines. The answer of the Northern Securities Company is divided into two parts. The first is largely a denial of the petition, respecting many charges of conspiracy, and respecting the purposes of the organization of the Securities Company. Instead of owning a majority of the shares of the Great Northern or of the Northern Pacific Company, it is stated that those who are interestd in the organization of the Securities Company do not own within $26,000,000 of a majority of the Great Northern shares, and little more than one-quarter of the Northern Pacific shares. In the second part of the answer, the purchase of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company is taken up, the reasons for such purchase having been, it is alleged, "seriously stated in the petition." It is denied specifically and generally that any stock thus secured is to be held or used "for the purpose of placing under one control the railways of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific companies, or their business; or to restrain competition between the companies; or for any other purpose than to manage each of them for the benefit of their shareholders and of the public." The answer declares: "The 'anti-trust act' was not intended to prevent or defeat an enterprise, in aid of a great competitive inter-state and international commerce, merely because such enterprise may carry with it the possibility of incidental restraint upon some commerce, trifling both as respects territory and volume. Nor was the act intended to limit the power of the several states, to create corporations, define their purchases, fix the amount of their capital and determine who may buy, own and sell their stock. "Otherwise construed, the act would be unconstitutional, because: The power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states does not give congress the power to regulate any of the matters above mentioned, in respect to corporations created by the states; and, because Persons may not be deprived of their property without due process of law, by taking from them the right to sell it, as their interest may suggest." A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, May 1. Chief Engineer Francis C. Dade, U. S. N., retired, died in Philadelphia yesterday of heart disease. The biennial convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs opened at Los Angeles, Cal., today. Reports from all parts of New Mexico indicate that sheep are dying by the hundreds on account of the drought. Flags on all the executive department buildings in Washington were at half most yesterday in memory of ex-Secretary Morton. James A. Allison, of Columbia, assistant corporation clerk in the auditor general's department of Pennsylvania, fell dead last evening of heart failure. Friday, May 2. Ex-Secretary of the Navy Long and wife left Washington this morning for their home in Massachusetts. Admiral Remey arrived in New York yesterday on the Brooklyn, after a tour of sea duty in the far east. During the last three months American manufacturers have shipped more than 1,000,000 tons of steel rails into Mexico. The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company yesterday declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, the largest since 1892. It is rumored in Washington that professor Fessenden will retire from the weather bureau in order to put a wireless telegraph system to commercial use. Saturday, May 3. General Funston was tendered an enquest at Denver yesterday by the officers of the National Guard of Colorado. Harry Wilson, of Scranton, aigger the Standard Steel Works, fell 40 to the ground yesterday and was instantly killed. California fruit growers have organ- under the name of the California butors, to secure better prices eir crops. Amalgamated Association conn at Wheeling, W. Va., adjourn- tederday, after deciding to meet year at Columbus, O. Monday, May 5. Mrs. Roosevelt and son, Theodore, Jr., returned to Washington last night from Oakland, Md. President Roosevelt Saturday sent the nomination of H Clay Evans to be consul general at London to the senate. The city of Brooklyn will receive a set of colors from the crew of the United States cruiser Brooklyn, recently arrived from the Phillippines, in recognition of the silver service given to the cruiser. Under Saturday's date Senator McLaurin issued a lengthy statement to the people of South Carolina defending his action in the United States senate, and claiming he was elected as an independent Democrat. Tuesday, May 6. Yale University bestowed the degree of LL. D. on Lord Kelvin, of England, yesterday. President Roosevelt sent to the senate yesterday the nomination of Frank P. Sargent to be commissioner general of immigration. The new United States infantry post at Indianapolis, Ind., will be named Fort Benjamin Harrison, in honor of the late president. Members of the United States embassy to the coronation of King Edward VII. will sail on the St. Paul from New York, June 4. President Roosevelt yesterday received the members of the Sixth Pennsylvania Lancers Veterans' Association, who are on their annual tour. Wednesday, May 7. The first meeting of the executors of the will of the late Cecil Rhodes was held in London yesterday. F. Bret Hartle, the American author, died in London yesterday. He was born in Albany, N. Y., 63 years ago. The Shenago tin plate works, at New Castle, Pa., were almost completely wrecked by a cyclone yesterday. Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, appointed Dr. S. T. Davis, of Lancaster, as a member of the state board of health. Congressman J. S. Salmon, of the fourth district of New Jersey, died suddenly yesterday at his home in Boonton. Miss Mabel E. Maguire secured a verdict for $10,000 damages in the Camden, N. J. supreme court against Dr. Jacob W. Davis, of Camden, for breach of promise. PHILIPPINE ATROCITIES Senator Lodge Warmly Defended the Administration. Washington, May 6.—In vindication of the administration's policy in the Philippines, Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts, addressed the senate yesterday. Long before he began to speak the galleries were thronged with people, and the attendance on the floor of the senate was unusually large. Mr. Lodge warmly resented the imputations cast on the president, the secretary of war and the army for the alleged cruelties and atrocities said to have been practiced In the Philippines. He said every effort had been employed by the officials in authority to prevent such cruelties as had been referred to, and measures had been taken to punish those guilty of them. Such things, however, were incidents of every war, and could not be prevented absolutely. He had no defense to make of many of the cases of torture which had been cited, but the men of the American army had been provoked almost beyond human endurance. He cited scores of instances of cruelties and tortures practiced by the Filipino Insurgents on American prisoners. Men had had their ears cut off; had been disembowelled; had been driven into streams, and while drowning shot to death; had been tied to trees and stoned to death by women and children, and buried alive. Others had been shot and boiled treacherously while succoring the wounded. In the face of these horrible atrocities some of the American troops had been guilty of administering the "water cure," but the instances of this kind were isolated and no part of the general policy in the Philippines. He warmly defended General Chaffee for his conduct of military affairs in the islands, and paid a brilliant tribute to his heroism and patriotism. As he concluded, his defense of the American army and the American administration drew cordial applause from the galleries. GENERAL MARKETS. Philadelphia, Pa., May 6. — Flour was steady; winter superfine, $2.85;@30.15; Pennsylvania vanilla roll, clear, $3.40;@36.55; wheat was quiet at $3.25; Rye flour was quiet at $3.25; 3.30 pork Wheat was firm; No. 2 Pennsylvania, red, $88;@88.12; Corn was steady; No. 2 yellow, local, $68;@88.12; Oats were lower grades, clipped, $51;%c lower grades, 50.0c; Hens No. 1 timothy sold at $1.50;@16 for large bales. Beef was steady; beef hams, $20;@21; Pork was firm; fam- ments, $12; for poultry sold at 12;%c for hens and 12;%c for old roosters; spring chickens, 23;@26c. Dressed poultry sold at 12;%c for choice fowls, and at $8;%c for old roosters. Butter was steady; cream- ments, $12; for hens and 12;%c for owl and Pennsylvania, 16c, per dozen Potatoes were dull; eastern, 95c;@1. Live Stock Markets East Buffalo, N. Y., May 6—Cattle were steady to firm; veals were steady. Hogs were strong and 5@10c; higher; heavy, $7.35@7.45; mixed, $7.10@7.30; pigs, $4.40@6.50; roughs, $6.75@6.85; cattle, $4.75@5. Sheep and lambs were steady. East Liberty, Pa., May 6—Cattle were lower; choice, $6.70@6.85; prime, $6.25@6.60; good, $5.70@6.20. Hogs were slow; prime heavies, $6.85@6.95; best mediums, $7.715; heavy yorkers, $5.85@6.95; light yorkers, $6.60@6.75; cattle, $4.40; roughs, $5.50@6.50. Sheep were heavy; cattle, $5.70@6.85; culls and common, $2.50@5.50; choice lambs, $6.50@6.75; veal salves, $5.50. Mrs. Soffel Pleads Guilty. Pittsburg, May 6.—Mrs. Kate Sofel, the wife of Warden Soffel, of the Allegheny county jail, who figured in the sensational escape and recapture of the Biddle brothers last January, was called into court yesterday and entered a plea of guilty to the charge of alding and abetting in the escape of the prisoners. She will be sentenced next Saturday. Fatal Gasoline Explosion. Plainfield, N. J., May 7.—By the explosion of a can of gasoline in his shop at Scotch Plains last night, Robert Jahn, a sheet metal worker, was probably fatally burned and his 5 year old son Herman was burned to death. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA REAL LIFE ROMANCE. This, on the Stage, Would Be Classed as Melodrama. Only Shows, However, That Truth Always Is Stranger Than Fiction -The Story of Poor Hans Kessner's Wooing. Considering the lovemaking and romanticism of real life, there is no such thing as melodrama on the stage. Few tank scenes, with real water, in the ensemble, could be staged with the realism that is chronicled almost every day in the news reports of the country. The galleries, even, would protest against the "fairy story" element that is in them. Imagine the love affair of Hans Kessner and Miss Dora Hanson put upon the stage as an example of the legitimate. Two years ago Kessner was a farmhand, working near Plattsmouth, Neb. The Hanson family were neighbors of Kessner's employers, and Dora Hanson, a favorite daughter, was the belle of the neighborhood. A dozen young men of the place had sought to marry her, but she had refused them all. Certainly when Hasn Kessner chanced to meet her while assisting with the Hanson harvest he had no hope of winning her affections. Perhaps it was his utter forgetfulness of himself that first drew her to him. At any rate, a woman cannot smile upon any man as Miss Hanson began to smile upon the simple-hearted Hans without awakening hopes. Suddenly the whole neighborhood was thunderstruck with the announcement of the engagement of Dora Hanson and Hans Kessner. The announcement was a double humiliation to the young men who had been refused. No one knows where it began, but in a few days a plot was hatched against the match. An idle vagabond in the neighboring village was drawn into it, and for the promise of $100 in case he A STRUCK HIM OVER THE HEAD. prevented the wedding he agreed to stop it at any cost. This was two years ago. When the day of the wedding arrived this tool of the plotters posted himself near the Hanson barn, near which Kessner would have to pass, and as the bride-groom came up the man stepped out, accused Kessner of owing him $200, and threatened to expose him to the Hansons if it was not paid on the spot. Kessner denied the charge strenuously, but the accuser became more and more impudent, until finally, angered beyond measure, Kessner seized an old pick handle and struck the fellow over the head. The man dropped in his tracks as if shot. For an instant Kessner bent over him, and, seeing no sign of life in the man, he turned and fled into the gathering dusk. Confederates of the man were near, and they took up the sense'ess body, carrying it into the house, where the prospective bride waited. They told her that Kessner, drunk and brutal, had assaulted a friend and, leaving him for dead, had escaped. The man was nursed back to consciousness, and in a day or two was himself again. He joined in the scandalous stories that were circulated everywhere, and finally nearly everybody had forgotten him, save the girl, who remained true. Two weeks ago Hans Kessner, handsome, well dressed and prosperous, appeared at the Hanson homestead. In a moment Dora Hanson was in his arms. Loyal, always, she could take the explanation-for granted. These explanations were so much stronger than fiction that their truth was on the face of them. Kessner, believing that he had killed a man, had fled to Germany. He went to Hamburg and engaged in business, prospered and about the 1st of January, when he received a letter from an old friend in Missouri, he was worth more than $100,000. This letter, in answer to one that Kessner had written, explained that the supposed victim was only stunned, that he had recovered fully, and that the whole story of the deep plot was out. Kessner prepared at once to sell for America, and his arrival at the Hanson homestead was the climax of the romance. The wedding was performed in the Hanson parlor by the same minister who had ben summoned two years before, and the young couple already are settled in their new home in Hamburg, Germany. New Zealand's Big Company In Rotomahona, New Zealand, there is an immense geyser, which covers an area an acre in extent, and constantly throws columns of water to vast heights, some of them ascending 300 feet, with clouds of steam, which go much higher. The Best She Could Do. 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A Mean Fellow Clara—Of all mean, selfish, worldly, despicable creatures, I think Mr. Huggem is the worst. Dora—Why, what has he done? Clara—When I refused him, he did not commit suicide, or go to a mountain cave, or anything. He's engaged to a girl I hate. N. Y. Weekly. Some Consolation "Ah!" sighed the young widow, "no other man can ever fill poor John't place. I loved him from the bottom of my heart." "Of course," replied the sympathetic friend, "but you know there is always room at the top."—Chicago Daily News. Always the Best "Oh, we have by all odds the best show on the road," says the advance man. "There are some pretty good ones going," ventures the listener. "I acknowledge that, but we've got 'em all beat. Why, we have a sexette with 45 girls in it!" - Judge. Not a Great Drawback. Friend—There's an amateur dramatic organization in your village, isn't there? Suburbanite—Yes, but I usually manage to find an excuse for not attending their performances. - Harlem Life. Speaking from Experience. She—Do you think if a girl has powder on her face it is dangerous for her to go near the light? He (brushing off the lapel of his coat)—No; I should say there's more danger in the dark. - Yonkers Statesman. Mamma—Susie, what do you mean by all this noise? See how quiet Willie is. Susie—Of course he's quiet, ma—that's our game. He's papa coming home late, and I'm you.—Tit-Bits. An Extreme Case. Richmond—They say Meekleigh is awfully henpecked. Bronxborough—I should say he is. Why, it's a positive relief to that man when his mother-in-law comes to visit him.—Judge. Wife—Wake up! There are thieves in the house! Husband—Go down and show them your new bonnet, and they won't waste any time looking for money here.—N. Y. Weekly. Its Weak Point. The Actor—Do you really think that picture looks like me? The Soubrette—Yes; but I have no other fault to find with it.—Tit-Bits. 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Leaves Richmond, daily at 2:30 p.m. via Southern Railway for Jacksonville and all Florida points, St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Miami and all Florida East Coast points, Havana, Cuba and Nassau; Tampa, St. Petersburg and all Florida West Coast points. Solid train to Jacksonville without change, Drawing-Room Pullmans, Dining car and the finest of Day coaches. Round-trip excursion tickets on sale daily at greatly reduced rates. HAVE YOU SEEN SYDNOR & HUNDLEY'S ENLARGED AND BEAUTIFIED FURNITURE STORE, AND ELEGANT FRESH STOCK. AT 711 EAST BROAD ST. - > Pa tes : he ae ee Peupe Whee Aika: | IRS — ay ” {A poet has said of the saloon that It ts appropriately called a bar.) A bar to heaven, a door to hell ‘Whoever named it, named it well, A bar to manliness and wealth, ‘A door to want and broken health. | A var to honor, pride and fame, ) A door to sin and grief and shame; | & dar to hope. a bar to prayer, | ‘A door to darknest god despair; | A bar to honored, ugecul lite, ‘A door to braWags, senseless strife: | Abar to ail thavs true anc brave, A door to every drunkard’s grave; | Adar to joy that home imparts, | A door to tears and aching hearts; ‘| Adar to heaven, a door to hell, ‘Whoever named it, named it well. National Advocate. DRINK WAS HiS UNDOING. Story of Criminal Who Might Have Escaped If He Had Let Siewks atime “It was one of the strangest cases that ever came under my notice,” Said the detective, “and it shows how ® little thing can cause a man’s un- @oing. I was in Louisville at the ‘time and was present at the execu- tion of the man, and the word that @oomed wretch spoke to the gaping ‘and morbidly curious crowd from the scaffold I have never forgotten and never will forget. Across the river, in Jeffersonville, is the Indiana state penitentiary, and this man — War- her, I believe his name was — was a convict in the penitentiary. He had ‘Deen in many years, and during all ‘the time of his imprisonment he bad, of course, never tasted liquor, which was the primary cause of the striped suit he wore. “In a quarrel with another convict 4m the shoe shop, where both were working, Warner stabbed his fellow convict to death with a shoe knife. p fo fA @D A S| spe Seals eae . i ae Zz : é WV HISKCY BROUGHT JUN TOTS. ‘He was taken from the prison to the county jail, tried for murder, and zentenced to death. Some days be- fore that set for the execution a photographer took some pictures of the murderer, and these the man Bold to visitors on the plea that he wanted the money for a decent fu- neral after the decree of the law should have been carried out. His sales were many, and he had more than $100 for his funeral. Two days before the time set for the hanging the man broke jail and escaped clear ef the town. Of course a hue and ery was raised for him and the po- lice of every town within a radius ‘of 400 miles had a description of the fugitive and all officers were on the Jookout for him because of the sub- stantial reward offered by the sher- 4%. The very night of the escape of the gallows-sentenced man we were sitting around the main police Station in Louisville talking about the breakaway. “A call for the wagon came in, and when the vehicle returned the oft cers carried a limp and unconscious figure into the station and dumped it to the floor in front of the desk sergeant for registration, and that officer was perfunctorily going through the searching process, wher he turned the drink-unconscious mar over, and, looking at his face, recog nized him as t®@ condemned murder. er who had the night before escaped from the jail across the river. in In diana. For years the man had beer without the taste of liquor, and wher he had the chance to drink it and the money with which to buy it he did drink it, and he was hanged two days aster in the Jeffersonville jail. At he stood before the crowd assemble at the scaffold the man, with th hangman's noose in his hand, raise it aloft and raised it in the direction of the upturned faces and said, sim ply: ‘When you raise the glass o liquor look in the bottom and yor will see the shadow of this rope. That was all, and then they hange him."—N. O, Times-Democrat. Danger In Alcohol to the Smoker, According to the Lancet, it cannot be doubted that when evil effects ensue from smoking tobacco they are very much intensified by indulgence in aleo- hol. Pyridine, the chief poisonous con- stituent of tobacco smoke, is not so eccily sofuble in water as in alcohol. Pyridine bases cgn be easily traced in the mouth of an immoderate smoker, and especially the smokers of cigars. An aleoholle drink in therefore, caleu- dated quickly to wash out this poison. Bite tr us off and carry it into the sfomach, absorption of the poison ensuing, giv. ing rise to definite toxic symptoms, due not so much to alcohol or pyrk- dine bases alone as to the combined ac- tion of both in the manner indicated. | THE MAN WHO DRINKS. | da’ Pak by hada Cuaesia chats : Is No Place for Him Any- ares | No man to-day has the attention of ‘the world more than Andrew Car- jnegie. People not only wonder at. his gifts, they listen when he speaks. He is not infallible, but his words gre extremely apt to be weighted With sagacious observations and prac~ tical wisdom. “A drinking man," said Mr. Car- negie, addressing a company of Y. I'M. C.'A. railway men a few days ago, “should have no place in a railway system; indeed, he should have no place anywhere.” One of the compelling reasons why Mr. Carnegie has done and is doing | so much to multiply libraries all over | the country, in the fact that the free public library, with the reading habit which it creates, can be made so pow- erful an offset to the ever-curseful saloon. If Mr. Carnegie owned a railway and was responsible for its manage- ment, he would make short work with ‘a drinking engineer, a drinking conductor, with a drinking man up in the switch-tower, or with a drink- ing man in the seat of the train dis- patcher. It would be a criminal cawelessness that should tolerate such a person in such a position. Let some terrible disaster happen— as, also, too often such disasters have happened through criminal care- lessness, and the public be made aware of the facts, the general de- mand would be quick and incisive for the enforcement of at least one form of a prohibition law. The foremost practical statesman in France at the present time is Premier Waldeck-Rousseau. He is a patriot who sees that the worst peril threatening his own country are not foes from without but insidious foes trom within. There is no other coun- try in the world where so much in- toxicating liquor is drunk per capita asin France. Naturally, this fact is awakening alarm. Said this French statesman in a recent address: “The }common use of alcoholic. drinks threatens the perpetuity of the race.” | If, according to Mr. Carnegie, “a drinking man should have no place in a railway system,” where may he fo to find his own safe and accept able place? Surely not in any de- partment of our stupendonsly vast and exacting industrial system of the present day. ‘The great trosts of the time have, at the best, all they can do “to have and to hold” the nec- essary confidence of the public to keep them from tumbling into confu- sion any unlucky moment. | When Charles Schwab, the other day at Monte Carlo, made a spectacle of himself before the world as a gam- bier, it was nowhere taken as a good omen. Let it be generally known that any of these men placed at the head of similar enormous financial or industrial combinations, have be- come drinking men, with’ unwhole- some brains liable at any time to be set on fire with some loosened im- pulse or caprice, such carelessness could not fail to be criminal. In the January Fortnightly Re- view, J. Holt Schooling makes a most suggestive comparative study of the drink bills of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany " and France, Bad as the drink habit in the United States is, the comparison on the whole is strikingly in favor of our country. Mr. Schooling’s con- clusion of the whole matter is that, from the mere plane of our national industrial leadership, “the developed alertness and prompt energy of the American may, it is quite likely, be ue in some part, to their relative abstinence from alcoholic drink.” Indeed, as Andrew Carnegie says, a drinking man should have no place anywhere; least of all, in a home— Union Signal. NOTES AND COMMENT. To offset the temptations of the sa- loons the city council of Gothenburg, Sweden, is adopting systematic ef. forts to provide the working classes with ennobling and refining amuse. ments. It will begin with more and better music, where all can hear it evening visits to museums, municipal playgrounds for children’ and the opening of many new branches of the public library. Dr. L. Bremer, of the St. Vincent in. stitute for the insane, St. Louls, Mo, in referring to how one intemperate habit leads to another, says: “Theré is an alarming increase of juvenile smokers, and, basing my assertion or the experience gained in private prac tice and at the St. Vincent's institute I will broadly state that the boy wh« smokes at seven will drink whisky al 14, take morphine at 25, and wind uy with cocaine and the rest of the nar cotics at 30 and later on.” ee ee ee oe Tn an address at the Stepney . bor- ough museum, Lord Avebury recently spoke on his experiments to test the intelligence of animals. In particular he referred to his favorite ants, and showed how these small insects set an example which humankind might well follow. Wishing to see how ants would treat the drunken members of the community, he tried to. induce 25 ante from one nest and 25 from another te take sufficient alcohol to make them: selves intoxicated. They refused, anc so were bathed in alcohol till they were drunk. Then the 50 intoxicated ants were placed in one of the nests. ‘The other inhabitants, after examin. ing them, carefully picked out the drunken strangers and dropped then into a neighboring water butt. ‘The 2 drunken friends they carried to a re mote part of the nest, there to slee; themselves sober. It Would Seem So, A tombstone epitaph seems to be “A case of posthumous fame, In which @ man gets what he wants After he's out of the game. =Ghieage Daily News. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ——— ——————————————————————————— WOMAN FIGHTS LION. ADIEU DIDI NIN IDS Matr-Ratsing Performance oft wise! GOSV@IVan SS ee YAP Hellot Semmarily Stopped G by Berlin Poltee, The police of Berlin have just put 2 stop to some hair-raising perform | P ; ances in the Frohse menagerie, whose] (@ tents are pitehed in the northern sec-| }§ tion of the city near the Preuzian| [a The star attraction of this circus was Miss Helfot, the lion tamer. Every afternoon and night she en : gaged in what was announced on] the programme as a sham bdattlel @ with a huge lion. Of course the lion is supposed to be generous enough| Fl to show himself defeated by the fain] oe aa Pe fast a oie mt | Ai if Gui ae Cae i AT sl a ion si | 2° ——~ gladiator. As a rule at each per- formance there is a vigorous strug- gle, the young woman even feigning to be on the point of being torn to pieces by the apparently infuriated beast. But in the end she is always victorious and the king of © beasts falls on his back and yields the fight. One night, however, the battle looked more earnest than usual. The thrilling situations were more fre- quent and the animal's roar and rage sounded uncommonly ominous. It was seen by the patrons that Miss Heliot did not display her usual self- composure. There was little of the sham battle in this engagement. In fact, one blow of the lion's paw struck Miss Heliot’s face and to the horror of the spectators blood flowed pro- fusely. Then there was almost a panic when the attendants came rush- ing to the cage with hot irons and Miss Heliot was dragged from the arena in an unconscious state. Never- theless, on the following day the per- formance was repeated, this time suc- cessfully, but since then it has been forbidden by order of the authorities. 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No heritage which a son can possess is worthy to be compared for a moment with the blessed consciousness of having done all that he could to make father and mother happy during their lifetime. An impressive little story to which nothing need be added was recently told by a man whose form is now bent and whose hair is white with years. When he was a boy of 12 he was returning one evening from the hayfield, where he had been at work since daybreak, when his father met him with a request that he go to town to go an errand for him. Any one who has lived on a farm, all who knows what a day's work, from sunup to sundown" means in long time, will understand how the felt. was tired, dusty and hungry," the old man. "It was two miles to town. I wanted to get my supper, and to dress for the singing class. "My first impulse was to refuse, and to do it harshly, for I was angry that he would ask me after my long day's work. If I did refuse, he would go himself. He was a gentle, patient old man. But something stopped me—one of God's good angels, I think. "Of course, father, I'll go," I said, heartily, giving my scythe to one of the men. He gave me the package. " 'Thank you, Jim,' he said. 'I was going myself, but somehow I don't feel very strong to-day.' "He walked with me to the road that turned off to the town, and as he left me he put his hand on my arm and said again: 'Thank you, my son. You've always been a good boy to me, Jim.' "I hurried into town and back again. When I came near the house I saw that something unusual had happened. All the farm-hands were gathered about the door, instead of being at the milking and other chores. As I came near, one of the men turned to me with the tears rolling down his face. "Your father,' he said, 'is dead. He fell just as he reached the house. The last words he spoke were to you." "I am an old man now, but I have thanked God over and over again in all the years that have passed since that hour for those last words of my father—You've always been a good boy to me!"—Youth's Companion. GOLD DUST. What is the range of prayer? The circle of the promises.—United Presbyterian. True religion is a close personal friendship with the Lord Jesus.—A. Murray. I am not careful for what may be a hundred years hence. He who governed the world before I was born shall take care of it likewise when I am dead. My part is to improve the present moment.—John Wesley. It cannot be that I was made so that my thirst should run to the river, and my curiosity to the book, and my friendship to my friend, and yet that my soul should hold pack and hesitate when it is offered the chance to go to God.—Phillips Brooks. The Christian life means the best possible life, and Christian citizenship ans the best possible citizenship, is time we were rid of the notion that a man may be a good Christian an indifferent citizen. "Behave," Paul, "as citizens worthy of the pel of Christ."—Unionist. A New Language me thing has come to me through sorrow which is a true blessing." a Christian woman who, for the time in her peaceful life, had suffered a sudden and great affliction. "I am a person who has learned a new age. Before this, I could enter the joys of others, but I had no of comprehension for their sorrow. I pitied, but I did not under-But now, when I meet those her, it is not pity, but the felicity of their sufferings, that I feel they feel it, too. I can help forgive I was unable to reach or [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit] tablished by the insurgents. Toward the close of the war he was captured by the Spaniards and taken as prisoner to Spain, where he was held in confinement, steadfastly refusing to take the oath of allegiance to the crown. It was not until some time after the final termination of the Ten Years' war that Palma regained his liberty, and then only with the confiscation of his estates and perpetual banishment from the island. After his release he traveled in Spanish-American countries and finally settled in Honduras. There he married the daughter of the president of that republic and became postmaster general. Subsequently he came to New York with his wife and one little child and for 18 years has resided at Central Valley, in Orange county, N.Y., about 40 miles from the city of New York. Here he established a school for Spanish-American boys, which met with marked success, until the duties of the Cuban junta called him to New York. Such in rapid outline is the history of the man who has been called to guide Cuba's ship of state on the troubled, uncertain seas of national political life. Now it is easy to point out the special qualifications which fit Mr. Palma for his duties. His travels, his long residence in the United States, his separation from the heat and strife of the long and dreadful struggle through which Cuba has passed, his freedom from any bias as the result of his opportunity to study events from a distance and to clearly judge the services which the United States has rendered the island, his management of the affairs of the Cuban junta at New York and his calm, clear judgment in avoiding complications and indiscretions which would have compromised the cause of Cuba, these circumstances all indicate how well-equipped President Palma is to perform the task which lies before him. While the war was still on and it was seen that a new republic was to be established in the island under the protection and supervision of the United States, it was but natural for Americans to conclude that the first president of Cuba would be picked from the military heroes, and Gens. Gomez and Maceo were both thought of in this connection. But the former declared he had no ambition for political office, and as time went on it became apparent that Gomez was shaping things in Cuba for the nomination of Palma. Last summer he visited his old friend in his home at Central Valley and secured his consent to become a candidate, and his election followed. Graphter—My dear sir, don't you know that anatomists say man changes entirely every seven years? Tailor—What has that to do with it? Graphter—Well, don't you see I'm not the same person who contracted that bill?—Catholic Standard and Times. appreciate the need of the soul at all. So, through all my own pain, I can gain this comfort, and feel that God is teaching me needed lessons of sympathy and knowledge."- Wellspring. PATIENT ENDURANCE. How to Give the Clouds a Silver Lining—A Law of Christian Living. But let patience have her perfect work.—St. James, 1:4 Patience is generally classed among the minor virtues but so much of life's happiness and usefulness depends on it that we ought to give it a more prominent place. To patiently endure an environment which includes suffering and hardship is nothing less than herosism, and there are unseen and unrecorded instances in which men and women have even shown the courage of the martyr. Patience is always yoked with other high qualities of character. Its nearest ally is self-control, and self-control is as important when you are building a character as a rudder is when a ship is launched. It is literally the steering apparatus which keeps us clear of the rocks and shoals of an impetuous and reckless temper. I would rather have patience with perfect self-control than to have genius, for while genius is erratic and often unbalanced, these other qualities give us poise and equilibrium. Patience is grounded on resignation to the inevitable, which results in a calm endurance under exasperating circumstances, and in the conviction that it is safer to bear ills we have than to fly to those we know not of. When a man cultivates patience, therefore, he becomes master of himself and master of whatever may possibly happen. It is a kingly, a royal virtue, and more depends on its possession than we are apt to think. You can reckon its value by considering its opposite. Impatience is a dangerous quality. It constantly places your self-respect and your relations to your dearest friends in peril. Moreover, it makes unhappy circumstances more unhappy still. You can't rebel against your surroundings with a complaining heart without rendering yourself weak to oppose or change them. Look your life over calmly and impartially and you will find that where you have been at odds with your lot you have made that lot so much the worse and more difficult to get away from, whereas if you had accepted the bitter experience and made the best of it you would have reaped a benefit otherwise impossible. It is equally true that where you have been impetuous of speech you have had cause for regret, while a curbed tongue has been the cause for rejoicing. When you have been silent you have done better than when you have spoken. A bitter word suppressed strengthens the character, while a reckless utterance is like a bomb which is sure to injure if it does not kill a friendship. It is an inexorable law that three-quarters of the world must drudge in order to live. You may wonder why this should be so, but you will find no solution of the puzzle. The simple, stubborn fact faces you, and it ends all controversy. Moreover, all the world, without exception, must sooner or later bear heavy burdens of sorrow and bereavement. The normal condition of man is to be a burden bearer, and I had almost said it is the only healthy condition. There is no smooth road laid down on the chart of life. We all trudge through storm and sunshine. Poverty, sickness, trouble, death are to be found everywhere. Kings and peasants alike have their sorrows. It is the common lot. There is only one question to be asked and answered: How shall we make these experiences contribute to strength of character, and possibly to our welfare? Not, surely, by a restless controversy with the inevitable and inexorable. That state of mind only aggravates the evil without even the shadow of a good result. It is your attitude of mind and heart which decides your happiness or misery. Fight fate and you will surely be defeated; not only defeated, but soured. On the other hand, make the best of the worst, calmly and patiently use events, and extract from them whatever of good they may contain, and your days will swing along with a smoothness that will surprise you. More and better than that, your calmness and patience will have a tendency to draw to you the help of the other world, and if you and the other world come to a harmonious understanding the very complexion of your adverse circumstances will change. In a word, the soul which follows in the footsteps of Christ and in poverty and hard work and misfortune bravely meets and nobly endures will find light in unexpected places and joys where only fears were looked for. There is a subtle law here, and if we can discover it and be guided by it the clouds will have a silver lining and even our sorrows will prove a blessing. God is still with us, and so are the angels of God. With patience and courage we may fit ourselves for their kind services and so make use of the roughest places over which we must travel to the rest and reward of the glorious future—George H. Hepworth, in N. Y. Herald. Genuine Honesty. Be profoundly honest. It would cut down the range of what you say, perhaps, but it would endow every word of what was left with the force of ten. —Phillips Brooks. Spiritual Life. Man's spiritual life is measured by his faith. Faith is necessary in religion.—Kev. Dr. Scott. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Something of the Interesting Life of This Man Who Has Been Soldier, Diplomat and Scholar. OW singularly deity, by a strange combination of events beyond the control or direction of human purpose or plan, sometimes sets a man aside for a time until the supreme opportunity arrives and he is suddenly and unexpectedly called to fill a place which it had been thought another was to occupy. Then that which the keenest prophet had failed clearly to anticipate is accepted by all as the most natural and fitting thing in the world, and it is seen how events and circumstances, guided by an overruling Providence, have conspired to specially fit and prepare for the discharge of the responsibilities of the new duty. Senor Tomas Estrada Palma has been elected as the first president of the new republic of Cuba. What was hardly considered a possibility, if thought of at all, during the heat of the Cuban revolution and the Spanish-American war, has, by the irresistible course of events, come to exist in actual fact. Over 30 years ago, during the Ten Years' war for Cuban independence from 1868 to 1878, Palma fought with the revolutionists, became a general in the Cuban army and was elected president of the provisional government es- THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA. H A Wax Ont In consultation with President Roosevelt, Governor General Wood, who came from Havana to Washington for that especial purpose, and his advisers, it has been arranged with the Cuban officials that the formal inauguration of President-elect Palma and the establishment of the Cuban republic shall take place on the 20th day of May, when the United States forces will be withdrawn from the island at once and the Cubans given full control of their government. In regard to his policy in administering the affairs of the island, President Palma says: "It shall be my aim to strengthen the friendly feeling which exists between Cuba and the United States. The people will understand each other better and reciprocity will come. A low duty on sugar and tobacco in return for low duties on machinery and fabrics would be to the advantage of both countries. Cuba has had enough of politics; now she will go to work. Before the war she produced annually 1,000,000 tons of sugar; when the cultivation of sugar and tobacco is placed on a profitable basis Cuba can turn her attention to other things which flourish in her climate. Although she has mineral resources, she is preeminently an agricultural country." M. President Palma is most practical in his aims and methods, he is modest and unassuming, dignified and reserved, yet democratic in thought and temperament and easy of access. Since under the Platt amendment the United States guarantees the position of Cuba, President Palma remarks that the new republic will have no occasion for an army or a navy, and therefore no need of a secretary of war or a secretary of the navy in the cabinet. Nor does he see the necessity for establishing an elaborate diplomatic service; and at first he would have simply an efficient representative in the United States, with consular agents at such points as trade conditions might absolutely require. His first great object will be to establish favorable trade relations with the United States. Next it is his ambition to continue the educational work so well begun during the United States' occupation of the island. It is fortunate indeed that one who realizes the high value of education to a people has been elected to direct the policy and best interests of Cuba. Palma's long connection with his school at Central Valley has specially fitted him to accomplish the most for the people of Cuba along educational lines, and when one remembers that since the close of the war there have been 20,000 Spanish immigrants to the island it becomes apparent how important is this work to its future welfare and development. The Palma household is made bright and interesting by the six children, to which the Spanish-appearing mamma, Senora Palma, is much devoted. Five of these children have been born at the home at Central Valley and have grown up as little Americans, attending the village school and imbibing the spirit of American liberty and independence which they will carry into their new island home, and there exert an influence which will be most helpful. The oldest son, Jose, is a student at Columbia university. The Palmas are known beyond the limits of their Central Valley home for their charities, having frequently taken friendless children into their family and brought them up as their own. So Cuba not only has a chief executive to whom it can safely intrust the affairs of the government, but it has a man of domestic tastes who will take to Cuba a family that by precept and example will purify and strengthen the home life of the little nation, and which, as is so clearly seen and realized in the United States, is the bulwark and hope of any nation. WILLIS S. EDSON. Wholesome Advice. 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Our Styles are the Latest and can not be easily imitated. Your patronage respectfully solicited. Offer Yet! ADIES WANT. THE VULLET SOME STRANGE BETS Osculatory Wagers of More Than Commonplace Interest. Young German Failed to Deliver a Thousand Smacks in Immediate Succession—Second Attempt More Successful. Four years since, at Berlin, a young man undertook to bestow, for a wager, a thousand kisses upon ten girls — a hundred on each—in immediate succession. A jury was appointed and the operator set about his task, but, although by the terms of the contract he was allowed to wash his mouth out with antiseptic water after every hundredth kiss, he broke down at the six hundredth and forty-second osculation, his swollen lips refusing any longer to obey his will. At a subsequent attempt, however, when he was permitted to rinse his mouth at every fifteenth kiss, he proved successful. Stung to emulation by the osculatory exploits of Hobson, the hero of the Merrimae, a Liverpool gentleman backed himself to the tune of £100 to "buss" in a single day a hundred women to whom he was a perfect stranger. As he was a good-looking fellow, and judicious in the choice of the ladies on whom he operated, all went well until the eighty-third attempt, when the object of his selection, an Irish virago of masculine proportions, resented his advances with such determined vigor that, when he escaped from her clutches it was with two black eyes and a contused nose. Some ten years back a young Frenchman, M. de S—, wagered $4,000 that he would kiss every day for the space of a year a different woman in a different town, all the women to be strangers. Fortune favored him in more senses than one, for not only did he secure the stake, but won a wife as well, losing his heart to a fair maid of Rheims who had assisted him in the execution of his task. Somewhat similar was the undertaking of a solicitor residing in one of THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WON BET AND A WIFE. the southern suburbs of London, who for a bet of $250 engaged to kiss every day for a week the first woman whom he might encounter as he left his house on the way to the city. For five days all went well, for his sister, whom he had let into the secret, was at hand to meet him every morning as he opened the street door. On the sixth day, however, the other party to the wager, resolving not to be outdone in sharpness, contrived to forestall the regular recipient of the lawyer's kisses by a formidable-looking lady accompanied by a still more formidable-looking dog—a huge boar-bound—which on the man of law attempting to approach its mistress, assumed such a minatory attitude that he slunk away discomfitled and the poorer by $250. Two years since a Bradford girl was assiduously courted by two lovers, between whose claims she was unable to decide. At length, at the suggestion of one of them, she agreed that on him that could kiss her the most times within ten minutes she would bestow her hand. Her other admirer being quite willing to abide by this test, a jury of lady friends was convened, and the contest, made all the keener by an added bet of $25 between the rivals, commenced. A spirited struggle took place, which ultimately went in favor of him who had proposed the ordeal, a young artisan, who thus won the bet and a wife. A Brighton gentleman, on being chaffed by his friends on his flirting propensities, swore in a fit of pique that he would not kiss a woman for a year, and offered to back his assertion with $125. He had, however, counted without his host, for shortly afterwards losing his heart to a pretty widow, who was no believer in a cool wooer, he thought it better to sacrifice his money than his future happiness. An election kissing wager took place a short while back at Dodge City, Kan., when Miss Lucy Witers, a pretty school mistress, on one of her admirers, named Harold Owens, offering to bet that his rival, Jerry Simpson, would not be elected to congress, agreed to wager a thousand kisses, valued at a dollar each, on Simpson's success. In the result Owens won, and received the stake in weekly installments of 20 kisses. New Device for Telephones. A new device for use with telephones has been patented in Sydney. 'It is a clockwork mechanism, with a dial that registers the time occupied in speaking. The hand of the dial works only when the receiver is taken from the hook. ACCOMPLISHED PARROT. Polly Can Talk in Several Languages. Sings Like a Bird and Barks Like a Dog. In the household of F. S. Winton, 576 North State street, Chicago, there is a parrot. Many households have parrots, all of them more or less remarkable, but it is doubtful, bird fanciers say, if a search of all the parrot records would disclose a Polly of any land with one title the accomplishments that are possessed by this "African Gray," which Mr. Winston recently bought in Sheboygan county, Wis., as a present for his wife. Polly was famous throughout the land round and about its Badger state home. When the bird was sold the people of the community considered it a personal loss, and Polly was given "write-ups" that were as flattering as though she had departed this life instead of simply having taken a journey to the big city. The Winston parrot, says the Chicago Record-Herald, was the property of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Petersen, of Plymouth, Wis. They bought it when four months old. For five years it underwent a course of instruction, though it picked up about twice as much as it was intentionally taught. It speaks well for the Petersen household that Polly in the whole range of her extensive vocabulary has not one profane word. The parrot was brought to the attention of Mrs. Otto Gaffron, a well-known writer on Wisconsin bird life. It was she who wrote the parrot's biography when the Plymouth people were weeping over the bird's departure for the Winston household. Polly is a linguist. Other parrots there have been in multitudes who spoke more than one language, where has there been a parrot who knew enough to make an inquiry first as to whether the person addressed preferred the one language to the other, or knew one to the exclusion of the other? There must have been consternation in the mind of Mrs. Winston's maid when the first morning after Polly's arrival the bird politely said: "Bitte, Polly will raus," and then, when the bird saw there was no comprehension in the girl's face it said: "Oh, you don't speak German? Well, then you will understand this: Polly would like to come out, if you please." This North State street parrot knows how to spell. She is so sure of the proper arrangement of the letters that she corrects people when they go astray in the spelling of the words. Poll will occasionally say to a passer: "Can you spell?" If the person addressed respond in the affirmative the parrot will say, "Spell dog." If the word be purposely misspelled Polly will instantly spell it correctly, pronounce it, and then, to show that she knows what she is about, she whistles as a man whistles to a dog and then will bark in response. Polly also knows how to spell "kitty," and she can mew as naturally as any THE PARROT LINGUIST. Thomas or Tabitha that sits astride a fence. No robin or oriole knows its own notes better than does Polly. Her imitation of the robin note is so like the real thing that, despite the snowbanks, the person within hearing looks through the window to see what robin it is that has mistaken the season. It may, perhaps, be put down as an unfortunate day when the parrot heard the Wisconsin bluejay at its best, or, better, at its worst. There is perhaps nothing more unmusical in nature than the bluejay's notes. As a matter of fact Polly seems to prefer the jay call to that of the silver-tongued oriole and gives little heed to the preference of her admirers. One might go on indefinitely enumerating the accomplishments of Mrs. Winston's parrot. There are few things that are good to eat of which it does not know the name and for which it does not know how to call vociferously. Polly is no more cracker bird. She calls for bread, coffee, peanuts, apples and other things much more frequently than for the proverbial "polly cracker." She whistles "Marching Through Georgia" from start to finish and beats time with her foot. Some visitor of the Petersen's in Wisconsin once had a sore throat, and ever since that time Polly "gargles" periodically. She has a habit of remaining silent for about 15 minutes, listening to the conversation of the people about her. Then she astounds them by suddenly saying: "I know what you are talking about." The nearest approach to downright impoliteness of which she is guilty is the telling of people that they are stupid. Polly means stupid by this, and she generally puts it in German: "Du bist dumm." Crocodiles and Alligators. The alligator never leaves fresh water, while the crocodile often goes to sea, and in the West Indies has sometimes been found many miles from land, heading directly from an island, possibly out of sight. "Mr. Loftbrow takes himself very seriously," remarked Miss Cayenne. "In what way?" "He asked me if I thought I could THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA be happy with him. As if his presence could make the slightest difference one way or another!"—Washington Star. Breakers Ahead. Austipi (anxiously)—Do you think you have had the proper training for a poor man's wife? Sweet Girl—Yes, indeed. Papa hasn't given me any spending money worth mentioning for years. I always get things charged, — N. Y. Weekly. Sound Logic. The man that hath no music in his soul. Is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils. But he who whistles coon songs all day long Is fit for naught but death by oil that bolls. -Town Topics. At the Woman's Club. "She boasts that she is thoroughly up to date." She isn't. She is eight years behind in the matter of birthdays." —Judra Miss Kittish—it means coaxing a man to propose—Detroit Free Press. The Independent Club elected the following officers for the year at its April meeting: Ghas, Cambell; Presidents, Henry Bolden; Vice, Collins Valentine, Treasurer, Conway B. Reid; Financial Secretary, Powell Williams; Rec. Secretary, W. H. Madison; Serg'-t-at-Arms, Board; D. Bragg, M. S; Mayo, W. O. Turner, L. Tinsley, Chas. Haskins, Jos. Pollard, W. D. Payne, Benj. Circus, M. C. White, Robt. Tyre, including the above officers. FOR SALE. A lady's Rambler Bicycle which cost $65.00, only used twice. Apply to 710 N. 24th street, Richmond, Va. —Rev. J. S. C. Goodwyn will preach a special atm at the Union Baptist church, Sunday, May 11th, at 8 p.m. The public is invited. —Mrs. Martha W. Owens of Orange, N. J. is visiting the Misses Burtons of 102 W. Jackson street. Shampoo Paste preserves and stimulates a healthy growth of hair. Prevents dandruff, cleanses and perfumes the hair! Large bottle and formula for 25cts by mail postpaid. WM. H. HAYES, Fredericksburg, Va. Southern Students Conference of Y. M. C. A., June 14-23; Annual Conference of Y. M. C. A., June 13- 23, 1902, Asheville, N. C. One fare for the round trip from all points to Asheville, N. C. and return. Tickets on sale June 13—14, with return limit June 25th. Summer School, Knoxville, Tenn., June 19th—July 30th, 1902. One fare for the round trip from all points to Knoxville and return. Tickets on sale June 16th, 17th and 18th, 28th, 29th and 30th and July 11th, 12th and 13th with return limit August 15th. Annual Meeting Southern Educational Association, Chattanoog, Tenn., July 1-4, 1902. One fare for the round trip plus $3.00 membership fee. Tickets on sale June 27th to July 1st inclusive, with return limit July 6th, 1902, except by depositing tickets and upon payment of 50cts an extension to Sept. 10th may be obtained. my-10-4t National General Missionary and other committees and Gorman Baptist Conference, Harrisburg, Penn., May 15—20 and May 20—24, 1902. On account of the above occasion, the Southern Ry. will sell tickets at one fare for the round trip from all points in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia to Harrisburg and return, continuous passage in each direction. For National General Missionary and other Committees, tickets will be sold upon presentation of certificates May 13—14th, and for Gorman Baptist Brethren Conference on May 15th to 20th inclusive, with return limit June 3rd, except that an extension of not later than June 30th may be secured by depositing tickets with Joint Agent of terminal lines on or before June 2d. The famous York River Line is choice of all routes from Richmond through Baltimore. Annual Convention Virginia Funeral Directors Association, Richmond, Va., May 21—23, 1902. For the above occasion, the Southern Ry, will sell tickets from all points on its lines within the state to Richmond and return at fare and one-third for the round-trip. Tickets to be on sale May 19th to 22d inclusive, with return limit May 26th. WANTED—Man and wife. Man to take care of a horse and cow; woman to cook; best wages paid. Apply, 2601 Grove Ave., city. Do You Know Them. I desire to know the whereabouts of my mother, Frances Woodson, who sometimes went by Frances Bowles, which was her owner's name. She was born in and sold from Goochland County, Va. into Florida, at which place she was when last heard of. She then had two daughters with her. Any information will be gladly received. Address, MRS. MELINDA ROBINSON, 14½ W. Jackson St. New Outing and Picnic Park at Jonesboro. There is a New Outing and Picnic Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Lee on the Eastern Branch of the C. & O. R. R. convenient for Picnics by wagon or rail. There is a large pavilion that will accommodate 800 persons and other attendees. tractions such as swings, base ball etc. Excellent water on the grounds. You cannot find a more desirable resort for church, Sunday School, society or private pic-nics or one that will afford a more perfect day of rest, recreation or pleasure. For particulars as to dates and rates apply at once to JNO. H. BRAYTON, 10 W. Jackson St. CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Insure Love and a Happy Home For All. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from seculal weakness, loss vitality, night losses, varicocelle, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 1823 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and they will gladly send the free receipt with full directions so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This is certainly a most generous offer, and the following extracts taken from their daily mail, show what man think of their generosity. "Dear Sirs:—Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. 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This great gathering is always numerously attended, but this next session (May 8-15th) is likely to be one of the largest in its history. The fact that it meets in Asheville in one of the most beautiful sections of the famous Western North Carolina, where every prospect—and there are scores of prospects—pleases, will bring many delegates and visitors. In this "Land of the Sky" the sojourners will breathe air of the dryest and most bracing quality. Asheville abounds in excellent hotels and boarding houses, all of which have made very low rates for this interesting occasion; the famous Battery Park Hotel making a rate of $3.50, the lowest in its history. The Young Peoples' Union and the National Educational Society will meet on the 8th, the Convention proper on the morning of the 9th. Tickets will be sold May 6th to 10th, inclusive, with final limit May 21st, 1902, except that by deposit of tickets with Joint Agent, at Asheville on or before May 15th, and payment of fee of 50 cents, an extension of limit may be obtained to include June 2nd, 1902. All tickets sold at Asheville for this occasion will be validated for return passage by the Joint Agent, located at No. 60 Patton Avenue. The trains leave Richmond daily for Asheville, one, the day train, leaves at 2:30 p. m., connects closely at Salisbury, and arrives at Asheville 1:30 p. m. following day. For accommodation of delegates from the East, and points in Virginia and North Carolina, special train will be operated from Salisbury to Asheville, May 8th. This train will leave Salisbury at 7:15 a. m., and arrives at Asheville 11:15 a. m., making direct connections at Salisbury with trains from the East and points in North Carolina and Virginia. A large part of the delegation from Richmond and vicinity will leave Richmond Wednesday, 2:30 p. m., May 7th, but many will use other trains. Those who daily sleeping car reservations are requested at once to C. W. Westbury, D. P., Southern Railway, 920 East Main St., Richmond, Va. The rate will be one fare for the round trip. Tickets Richmond to Asheville and return, $12.00; Burkeville, $10.40; from Danville $7.80, and from intermediate points at corresponding low figures. There will be many delightful side trips and excursions from Asheville at very slight cost. For fuller information apply to O. W. WEESTBURY, D. P. A., 5-3-2t Richmond, Va. WANTED —Colored girls for domestic work for such positions as cooks, housewives girls, chambermaids and waitresses for Philadelphia, suburbs and seashore Best wages paid for competent help Accommodation furnished at this agency and no fees solicited until placed. LADIRS SOUTHERN DIRECTORY. FORWARD MARCH AND RALLY TO Petersburg, Va. Delegates and Visitors coming to the Baptist State Convention, May 14th, 1002 can find first-class Board and Lodging at the SPRATLEY HOTEL, 48 Old St. . Petersburg, Va. Pastors' Room, Reception Free. 5-3-3t. On to Chicago THE MIDDLE STATES AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXPOSITION To be held Chicago from the 14th of August to the 14th of September, 1902. The first practical demonstration ever given to the people of the north of the development and growth of the Negro race in this section. A grand display of race progress. The nation's first big event of the 20th century. Chicago is the freest and most hospitable city in the United States. The greatest summer resort in the west. Do not fail to visit Chicago and the greatest of all Race Expositions. Special railroad rates. The 14th of August to the 14th September, 1902. For information, address the COMMITTEE, No. 610 Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. I can supply places to any number of of Cooks, Chambermaids, Waitresses, and House-work girls in Philadelphia and Surburban homes, Good wages. Address, D. S. KREMER, 27 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, Pa. 3 21-6t Southern Baptist Convention, Asheville, N. C., May 8-15, 1902. For the above occasion the Southern Ry. announces special rate of one fare for the round trip from all points to Ashville and return. Tickets to be on sale May 6th to 10th inclusive, with return limit May 21st, except that by deposit of tickets with joint agent at, Ashville, on or before May 15th, and payment of 50 cents, an extension of limit may be obtained until June 2nd. This promises to be one of the largest Conventions in the history of this great organization. Asheville in the midst of the far famed "Land of the Sky" offers every attraction to the visitor, especially at this season of the year. The elegant through service operated from all points to Ashville, a special Convention train will leave Salisbury at 7:15 a.m. m. May 6th, arriving Ashville 11:15 a.m. m. the through trains from Washington, Richmond and Norfolk connect with this special offering the most comfortable and expedient trip. A Charming Trip. To the Pacific Coast is now possible at so small a cost, comparative, that thousands annually take advantage of the opportunity. Three occasions have been arranged during the Spring, and Summer, when tickets may be purchased to Los Angeles and San Francisco at the nominal rate of $0.55 for the round trip from Richmond and principal Virginia points, with generous stop-overs and the privilege of returning different route if desired. Passengers may avail themselves of either Standard sleeper in which berth rate is $18.00, through, or Excursion Sleeper in which berth rate is $7.00. The route is through the most interesting section of the South, via the Southern Railway, New Orleans, nk Southern Pacific. It most interesting to see New Orleans, San Antonio and El Paso, which last name is just across the river from the old Mexico to Juarez, where all the old customs prevail. For the first of these occasions tickets will be on sale April 19 to 27th, limited to June 25th. Mr. C. W. Westbury, D. P. A., South ern Ry., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. will be pleased to furnish further information. 4-19-3t Remember, your subscription is due, pay our collector when he calls. 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 far and near keep this in mind. Members out of the city may send money to help in this final rally to the pastor. W. F. GRAHAM. 108 E. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. 2-8-3m WANTED—5 INDUSTRIOUS COLORED MEN and women in each locality. $10 to $30 per man can be made working for us, and much good done for the poor. The investment is of special interest to men and women of the race who desire to work themselves up. Full particulars furnished free. Apply by letter only. UNITED M.P.O. PUB. COMPANY, 1107 & 1100 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. 4-5-02-8m CANVASSER —WANTED— to sell PRINTERS' INK—a journal for advertisers published weekly at five dollars a year. It teaches the science and practice of Advertising, and is highly esteemed by the most successful advertisers in this country and Great Britain. Liberal commission allowed. 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