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THE RICHMOND PLANET LEAD QUARTERS MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK The Grand Court, Independent Order of Calanthe at Richmond, Va., May 22, 1992. VOL. XIX NO. 25 THE GRAND LODGE SESSION GREAT DISPLAY-THE OFFICERS ELECTED. The Banquet a Fine Affair. Heavy Increase All Along the Line. The Grand Lodge of Virginia adjourn ed Thursday night, May 22nd, after one of the most successful sessions in its history. The officers were elected as follows: Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr., Richmond, Va.; Grand Vice-Chancellor, George L. Pugh, Newport News; Grand Prelate, Rev. J. H. Brice, Annapolis, Md.; Grand Master of Exchequer, Wm. M. Reid, Portsmouth; Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, Thomas M. Crump Richmond; Grand Master-at-arms, S. S. Baker, Richmond; Grand Inner Guard, Wm. Ellis, Jr., Richmond; Grand Outer Guard, J. W. Granby, Norfolk, Medical Register, Wm. E. Atkins, M. D. Hampton. Dr. Wm. Troy has been appointed Grand Master of the Work in place of Sir John Mitchell, Jr., reelected G. C. THE STREET PARADE. The parade on Tuesday, 20th inst was a grand affair. The [First Brigade assembled at the Pythian Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd street, at 3 p.m. under the command of Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr. Photographs were taken by Photographer J. C. Farley, who is a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 1. The parade was headed by Chief Marshall A. D. Price and the following aides: D. A. Ferguson, Roseberry Mossy, Joseph Scott, S. S. Baker. The Brigade was escorted by the following staff: Colonels John R. Chiles, Assistant Adjutant General; Jesse Scriggs, Acting Chief of Staff, D. W. Johnson, Signal Officer; E. F. Robinson, Brigade Muster Officer; E. R. Jefferson, Surgeon General; Augustus Taylor, Brigade Quarter Master; R. M. The Grand Court, Indepen Sears, Inspector General; Aid-de-Camps Majors W. H. Cunningham, John J. Bly, J. J. Booker, J. J. Corprow, Col. Casper Rowley of the Major General's Staff was accorded the post of honor. All staff officers were mounted THE REGIMENTAL DISPLAY. The First Regiment was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. A. Washington, but who transferred the actual command to Capt. T. M. Crump, acting Major. Then came Major J. Henry Stokes, Captains Willis Wyatt, Quartermaster; W. H. Jones, Commissary; A. J. Smith, Adjutant. Companies:—Eureka, No. 1, Captain R. S. Nelson, commanding; Planet, No. 8, Lieut. A. Jackson commanding. Blooming Lily, No. 11, Captain E. E. T. Steward, commanding. The Second Regiment was commanded by Colonel Edward Langley, Captain W. H. Tyler, Adjutant; Lieutenant-Colonel B. R Bowling; Major W. T. Jones, M. D. Surgeon; Captain Boston Snead, Captain J. E. Price, Capt. Calvin Phige, Major William Troy. COMPANIES IN LINE. the companies participating were as follows: Maceo Guard, No. 16, of Newport News, Captain B. F. Jackson, commanding; 1st Lieutenant W. P. Reed, 2nd Lieutenant James M. Clark; Joseph T. Wilson, No. 14, Hampton; Roanoke, No. 4, Newport News; National, No. 9, Norfolk; Norfolk, No. 9; Norfolk; Man ning, Portsmouth; Hannibal, No. 3, of Portsmouth; Pride of Berkley, No. 17, Captain Moses Baker commanding; Cowaway, No. 18, Norfolk, Petersburg Co. The line of march was from 3rd street to Marshall, to Broad, to 11th, to Capitol Governor, to Main, to 6th, to Franklin, to Broad, to Leigh, to Oak, to Walden. The nine display was complimented by both white and colored, many of whom were forward in declaring it to be the finest of the kind ever seen in this city. THE LITTLE ZOUAVES. The little boy Zouaves were everywhere complimented. They marched well, only three or four being placed in carriages, the others marching to the end of the route without a complaint. They were commanded by Capt. Roscoe C. Mitchell. Their new suits arrived from Chicago just in time for the parade. Why the competitive drill did not occur on last Tuesday evening after the troops had been massed on the field is known only to a few, and is attributed to as many causes. The march was a long and tiresome one covering fully three miles and a half. After the arrivals of the various commands on the field, a short rest was taken during guard mount and other preparation preparatory to the prospective drill. The Brigade Staff, headed by its commander General John Mitchell, Jr. with his chiefs and aids, struck the field in a gallop at 6:10. The judges for the drill were Captains W. S. Cowan, B. A. Graves, W. H. Andreas, H. Smith, A. L. Morton and Joseph St. Glipin, all colored officers of the U. S. A. THE CALL SOUNDED The call for the first company was sounded at 7 o'clock, Captain Jackson of the Maceo Guards reported, but time would not allow him to take part in the drill. Another officer reported at the second call with a scattered command and declined to drill under the United States Army regulations with army officers as judges. The third call was silent without any response. The judges then reported to the Brigadier General results, who informed them that if the had failed to report the prizes were thereby feited. The judges were then dismissed with instructions to report at Castle Hall for refreshments. The mass-meeting at the Fifth Street FEDERAL QUARTERS AND DOCUMENTS MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK Student Order of Calanthe at Rich Baptist Church, Tuesday night was well attended. Prof. A. V. Norrell acted as Master of Ceremonies. The address of welcome was delivered by Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M. in well chosen language. The response was made by Col. Wm. M. Reid of Portsmouth, Va. in well chosen remarks. Music was furnished by bands from Norfolk, Hampton and Richmond. The grand banquet at Price's Hall on Thursday night was a magnificent affair. The music was furnished by Messrs Moses Johnson, Jas, Langhorne, Eddie Jones, Wm. B. Smith, and James A. Dixon. Mr. Price's palatial parlors were thrown open for the benefit of the guests. Covers were laid for 250, but fully 300 were accommodated. The grand march presented a brilliant spectacle, with beautiful ladies in the costumes of the season and handsomely uniformed men graced the occasion. The table was magnificent, and the menu, all that could be expected. All were loud in their praises of the affair. Marriage Announcement. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Terrell, formally announced the marriage of their daughter, Mattie G. M. to J. Thomas Hewin, Esq., to take place at the Ebenzer Baptist Church, June 4th, 1902, at 10 a.m. A reception at their residence, No. 1801 St. John street from 7 to 12 o'clock p. m. Friends are invited. HEAD-QUARTERS MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK Grand Lodge, K. of P., and Grand Court, I. O. Calanthe at Richmond, Va., May 22, 1902 Grand success has been achieved for the Sharon Baptist Church. $551.87 were raised on last Sunday. Numerically this church is among the smallest churches in Richmond, but the membership of this church is in full accord with its pastor, Rev. A. S. Thomas, who is rendering invaluable service, not only to his people, but to the cause of God in general The collections were as follows: from the table, $46.55; clubs seven Tribes, Mrs. Lousia Flowers, president, $47.15; firewill working Sons and Daughters, Mrs. Meyer Miller, president, $115.00; Queen Esther, Miller, president, $158.00; Queen Esther, Miller, Eveline Edwards, president, $138.75; Pallet Club, Mrs. A. S. Thomas, president, $200.32; Golden Leaf, Miss Susie Daily, president, $10.00; Sabbath School, $40.00 Total $551.87. hmond, Va., May 22, 1902. Mr. Jones Honored. The Bon De Von Social Club honored Mr. James Jones of Montreal, Canada with a banquet, Monday night, May 26th, 1903. The club was brilliantly lighted, and music was furnished by Smith's Orchestra, composed of the following: Mr. W. B. Smith, Jr., Louis Parker, Edward Watkins and John Jones. The officers of the club are Messrs Harry Mallory, Pres, Joseph Woolfolk, Vicor Press, Henry Seely, Secy. George Preston, who did all his service demonstrate to the Canadian gentleman, Virginia's hospitality to one residing in a country under the government of a crown. All Past Chancellors of the city are requested to attend a meeting Sunday 5 p.m. at the Pythian Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd St. —Deacon A.T. Grimes of 5 West Leigh St. is out again after an illness of more than ten weeks. He was under the skillful treatment of Dr. Sarah G. Jones. Mr. Grimes is one of our leading colored citizens, holding the position of Treasurer of the Richmond Beneficial Ins. Co. It is very gratifying to the public to learn of his recovery. Entered into life eternal on Thursday morning, May 15th, 1002 at the Lincoln Hospital, New York City, Henry E Jackson, in the $2nd year of his age, after a brief illness of 8 weeks. Henry was formerly of Richmond, Va., but for the past 16 years had resided in New York City. Although he was sick but a short while, he bore his sickness and suffering with a Christian fortitude, and he died in the full triumph of faith and the blessed assurance of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. During the struggle between life and death, he would be heard singing and praying and would be heard horrified; he simply laid his head on Jesus' hands and breathed his life out sweetly there. For a number of years, he was a member of the Moore St. Baptist Church of Richmond. Henry made himself very popular in New York by his excellent and interesting recitations, and his services were always in demand. Few young men can boast of such an excellent record and reputation as he did, for he was well beloved by this community, and his death will be a great shock as well as a surprise to his many friends. He leaves a wife and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Henry was under the skillful care of the following trained nurses and the writer; Miss R. L. Morrow, Miss Julia Coggswell, Mrs. Trent and Mrs. Carey. "He feeds in pastures large and fair, Of love and truth divine; A child of God, O glory's heir, How rich a lot is thine. A hand almighty to defend, An ear for every call; An honored life, a peaceful end, And Heaven has crowned it all." His friend, R. H. EPPS. BENJAMIN—Richard Benjamin, beloved husband of Corn Benjamin departed this life Wednesday morning. May 21, 1908, at his residence, 91st St. Paul St. The funeral took place Friday afternoon, May 23, at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Wm. H. White, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. H. Stokes. He leaves a devoted wife, one daughter, two sons, four grandchildren and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss, but we sincerely hope that our loss is his eternal gain. None knew him but to love him nor named him but to praise. Honorary pall-bearers, William H. Jones, Lewis Hall; George Clarke, Joe Henley. Funeral director, Wm. Isaac Johnson. Dearest husband, thou hast left us, We our loss most deeply feel; But 'tis God who hast bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal. BENJAMIN—James H. Benjamin, beloved son of Cora and Riohard Benjamin, departed this life Oct. 14th, 1900 in Jean Lazon, Philippine Islands. His funeral took place Friday afternoon, May 23, 1902 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. W. H. White, officiating, assisted by Rev. W. H. Stokes. He had been a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church for seven years. He was a loving and devoted son, kind and affectionate brother. He leaves a devoted mother, one sister, two brothers and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss, but we sincerely hope that our loss is his eternal gain. Rest in peace dear brother, Rest on Jesus' breast. Died Suddenly at 6th Mt. Zion. Mrs. Rachel Penn, who has been resided at 800 St. Paul St. died during TEND QUARTERS MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK A Portion of the Uniform Rank, K. of P., just before the Parade at Richmond, May 20, '02 the morning services of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Sunday, May 25, 1902, from an attack of indigestion. She entered her pew about 10:30 a.m. and in less than fifteen minutes was taken with fainting spells from which she died. Mrs. Leslie Woodson, assisted by others carried her in the basement of the church. The ambulance was summoned but when it arrived she was dead. She was buried from the above named church, Rev. W. Wines officiating. In Memoriam. Died at his home, 1218½ Taylor street Mr. Wm. Mosby, in the 24th year of his age. He leaves a wife, one child, father, one sister and two brothers to mourn their loss. He gave his heart to the Lord about 5 years ago and became a member of the Fifth Baptist Church A Portion of the Uniform Ran where he showed his Christian fidelity and love. He was a peaceful neighbor, a loving husband and father and a Christian gentleman. Although his health had been declining for several months, he bore it all without complaint, showing forth that calm resignation to God's will, that only a Christian could have borne. He was married about 3 years. Funeral at the River View church conducted by Rev. George E. Johnson, who preached a strong sympathetic sermon, logical and instructive. His plea was, may God comfort the dear ones, Brother Mosby loved so much on earth. Only a little while and those broken ties will all be united in a land where love rules as Lord and Master. Brother Mosby died about 12 months ago. Funeral on May 10th, 1902. One precious to our heart has gone; The voice we loved is still; The place made vacant in our home Can never more be filled. VICE-PRESIDENT ELECTED. The Board of Directors of the Mechanics Savings Bank in meeting assembled for that purpose last Friday night, May 23rd, unanimously elected Mr. H. F. Jonathan Vase-President in place of Capt. W. A. Hankins deceased. The deposits of the Mechanics Savings Bank at the close of business Thursday May 29th, amounted to $45,149.91. ECHOES FROM THE CONVENTION. A Grand Showing — Able Speakers. The Baptists Jubilant. PETERSBURG, VA., May 17, '02. Many speeches were made and much money collected in yesterday's session of the Virginia Baptist State Convention in session in the Gilfield Baptist Church, of which the Rev. Dr. G. B. Howard is pastor. The entertainment of the delegates is still a subject of favorable comment. All were most hospitably treated. Rey. Dr. J. B. Smith, fourth vicepresident called the convention to order and Revs B. P. Watkins, R. C. Powell and Alexander Gordon conducted the devotional exercises for thirty minutes, during which time many prayers were offered, each having in it an appeal to God for the $10,000 which the Negro Baptists had started out to raise for their work in the state. EDITOR MITCHELL SPEAKS. John Mitchell, Jr., author of the Richmond PLANET, a paper published in the interest of the colored race, was introduced and delivered an address. He said that there were two separate and distinct races in this country, and each would have to work out its own salvation, build up itself and one not depend upon the other. In this direction he offered some good practical advice to the members of his race, inspiring them to be self-sacrificing, self-reliant and self-supporting. "am for Negro enterance," he said. "and that reason some have attempted to consign me to the hot region to feast on fire and brimstone. "There is a principle involved in this, and I am for that principle. We have HEAD-QUARTERS MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK k, K. of P., just before the Pa Negro banks, Negro merchants, Negro lawyers, Negro doctors, Negro dentists, Negro druggists, and Negroes in all kinds of business. We are separate from the white people and it is folly to say that we are co-operating with them, for we are not, in the sense of co-operation and I do not believe in the kind that some of our people are doing. COLORED LEADERSHIP. These white people employ white teachers and say that it would never do to place a Negro at the head of these schools over white men, and in order to avoid this, I say let us have Negro schools for Negro children and employ Negro teachers, such an institution as we are now having at Lynchburg. "We have a number of friends among the white people in the south, and they are willing to help us, to encourage us, but they don't want us hanging around after them. They have carried us around long enough, and when we stand out to do something for ourselves, they give us God's speed. Some of our best friends among the white people, are southern men and women and are living in the south. "We want to live in peace and harmony with all man-kind, and we intend to do it too. We feel that every Negro man, woman and child should be doing something, that their children should be taught race pride and manhood. I am for the Negro all the time, and I want to say to this convention, that I am with you, my paper from this day will have a mission, and that mission will be to help to build up these "Negro" enterprises, to help to foster the work of the National Baptist Publishing Board which is furnishing literature for our boys and girls in the Sunday schools." MR. FARLEY IS EMPHATIC. John Mitchell, Jr., was followed by J. C. Farley, a colored photographer of Richmond, who made a telling speech: He was in favor of Negro enterprises, and urged that the men who were for building up would strive to make better women and lift them up to a higher standard in this country. These two speeches brought to the floor the Rev. S. A. Garland of Lynchburg, who shouted, "We are tired of being bossed around and now we are going to do our own bossing. Let us have something that course no man can boss that which b抱怨 to others, and in order to take our b抱怨 to bosses, you must have something. Let us then say every cent on the Virginia Theological Seminary and College, and then we can boss all we please. Let us pay our debts, meet all our obligations and then we can afford to have something to say, to be independent." VIRGINIA SEMINARY CLOSES. Grand Times at Lynchburg—The Graduates. The eleventh annual commencement exercises of the Virginia Theological Seminary and College took place at the Court Street Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Va., May 29th, 1903, at 8 p. m. This was one of the most successful events in the history of the institution. The raising of the ten thousand dollars at the Virginia Baptist State Convention seemed to have inspired even the students with new life. President G. W. Hayes deserves great credit for the magnificent showing of the institution. The programme was as follows: Grand March, Seminary (Patterson) Mrs. Hettie M. Jackson. Invocation Invocation. Chorus, "Welcome." Salutatory, "Self-made if Ever Made" Dora E. Tucker, Va. Oration, "The Nation's Storm Center," Aquillo Timms, Md. Solo, Miss Clara B. Matthews, Farmville, Va. German Oration, "Schuldikeit bon Berrlichkeit," Carrie J. Shearer, Va. ade at Richmond, May 20,'02 Oration, "The Preacher Demanded for To-day," Matthew W. Williams, Ky. Solo, Prof. U. S. G. Patterson, Lynchburg, Va. Greek Oration, "Vital Factors in Race Development," Jennie C. Brown, Va. Oration, "The Work to be Doed," Joseph C. Harris, N. C. Solo, Miss Laila Payne, Danville, Va. Oration, "The Force that Wins." Alice Lewis, Va. Valedictory, "Non Palma Sine Laboe," Lena B. Trent, Va. Address to the graduating class and the presentation of diplomas. Farewell song. The following are the graduates: Normal—Lena Belle Trent, Dora Ellyson Tucker, Aquila Timms, Sallie Curran Brooks, Carrie Johnson Shearer, Alice Virginia Lewis, Sarah Scott Lewis, Maria Ann Crutchfield. Academic—Jennie C. Brown. Ministerial—Matthew W. Williams, Joseph C. Harris. Uniform Rank, K. of P.. Attention. Send P. O. order for 75 cents to J. O. Farley, 532 E. Broad street, Richmond, Va., and receive by mail one 14x17 picture of the first and second regiment of the U. R., K. of P. Every face clear and distinct. Extra large size. PLUET RELIGIOUS MATTERS Long since, in some distress, I heard one pray: "LAD, who prevalent with resistless might, Ever from war and strife keep me away, My battles fight!" Strength for the fight. I do not ask that Thou shalt front the fray. And drive the warring foeman from my sight; I only ask, O Lord, by night, by day, Strength for the fight! When foes upon me press, let me not quail, Nor think to turn me into coward flight; I only ask, to make mine arms prevail, Strength for the fight! Still let mine eyes look ever on the foe, Still let mine arm or case me strong and bright; And grant me, as I deal each righteous blow, Strength for the fight! And when, at everide, the fray is done, My soul to Death's bedchamber do Thou fight, And give me, be the field or lost or won, Rest from the fight! TROUBLES THAT NEVER COME. They Are Unsubstantial as Mist, Yet Exert a Very Harmful Power Over Us. The story is told of a lady who for a time kept a list of impending troubles. It was a relief to see them down in black and white. Some months later, in looking over the list, she was surprised to find that nine-tenths of these troubles had never materialized. They had an existence only in her imagination. The troubles that never come form the heaviest part of our daily load. The worry, the fear caused by these apprehended miseries, often work sad havoc with brain and nerves. The actual sorrows, the bereavements, the disappointments have their comfort and cure. But there is no cure for troubles that never come. They are haunting ghosts, unsubstantial as mist, yet very real in their depressing and harmful power over us. There is toil in in our daily living, there is weariness; still blessed rest will follow. But the weariness of imagined burdens drags the very heart and hope out of those who indulge in these unhealthful fancies: There's a song to lighten the toll, And a staff for climbing the height, But never an Alpine stock For the hills that are out of sight. There are bitter herbs enough In the brimming cup of to-day, Without the sprig of rue From to-morrow's unknown way. Each day comes as a fresh gift from the hand of God. In it are just the experiences His loving wisdom has ordained. Meet with a brave heart all that is in the day's portion, but shrink not from phantom lions, or from shadows that seem to blot out the sun--Young People. CHRISTIAN CHEER. To be saved singing is to be saved, indeed.—C. H. Spurgeon. There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.—R. L. Stevenson. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation. The Spirit of God is the bringer of joy, but the spirit of man is the transmitter of cheer for other men. Make yourselves good conductors of the joy of God, if you pretend to love your friends.—I. O. R. A gloomy Christian will never get on, and the man who seeks to win others for Christ ought in his life and character to exhibit something of the peace of Christ. * * * To serve God joyously is to help to purify and increase the good of the world.—R. J. Campbell. The man who enjoys helps others to enjoy. He cannot keep his sunshine to himself. It is here that, turning from the imperfections of its followers, we see the Divine wholeness of the Master life. A prophet of the invisible, Christ knew and loved the seen. The world of birds and flowers, of happy sunshine and human fellowships, was also His world. A Messenger from the center. He dwelt with gladness in the outer court, knowing it was also a part of the Father's house—J. Brierley. The Higher Life If we are to succeed in the things that relate to the higher life we must be under discipline, the hand that offends must be cut off, the habit that wenkens must be given up. It is not a broad and easy way to which we are called any more than the rugged path of knowledge is easy; it is a straight and narrow way, and it calls for those who are in earnest, who are brave, whose faculties are keenly alive. Rev. V. E. Tomlinson. A Guide. The Christian conscience should be a guide. There are certain methods in legitimate business that a Christian cannot practice. Whether he employs labor or whether he is himself em- ployed, his conscience should reveal to him what is legitimate in business.— Rev. W. G. Partridge. Our Mission. To live and to help others to live in our mission.—Rev. E. C. Moore. "ONE OF OUR OWN FOLKS." A Beautiful Example of Christian Charity-The Ex-Convict Given a Home. Modern philanthropy abounds in maxims for the treatment of the unfortunate. One of the best known is the statement that help must not be given without investigation. The experience of all charitable associations bears it out, and in the majority of cases it is undoubtedly a good working rule. Occasionally, however, one comes upon a case in which the old-fashioned, impulsive human sympathy is extended with such splendid results that the rule, wholesome and necessary as it is, seems useless and heartless. Frank Harrison was just recovering from pneumonia, and was discharged from the hospital of the state prison on the day when his three-years' sentence expired. He coughed heavily as he came into the office of the Massachusetts Prison association and asked for help and work. The secretary was sorry for him, and dreaded to tell him that she had neither to offer him; yet there was no fund from which she could give him financial aid, and at the moment no position to which she could recommend him. "You come back here this afternoon," she said, "and I'll see if I can do something for you;" and she smothered the hope that he would not come. So Harrison betook himself to one of the benches on the common and sat in the sun and tried to forget his cough and his despair. Presently a pleasant, elderly woman seated herself beside him. It was not long before she remarked his cough. "Young man, you ought to take something for that cough. First you know, it'll settle on your lungs." "Oh, I guess not, ma'am; I'm just out of—the hospital. I shall pick up in a few days." "Well, you have your wife make you some cough sirup with an onion in it. It's a sight better than these boughten sirups." "My wife—my wife's dead, ma'am; I haven't a relation in the world." The motherly face turned toward him for a moment and the blue eyes filled with tears. "Young man, I want you should come home with me. I don't know anything about you, but you look honest, and you need nursing, and I should love to do it. My husband will be glad to see you. He likes company. I want you should come right along. I don't believe you were fit to leave the hospital." Harrison was half dazed by this audacious kindliness. He protested faintly against it, but that night the feverish, heartstick man found himself a guest of honor in a plain, Christian home. For a fortnight he was nursed. Then he was offered work at carpenter with his host. Five months went by, and one day he reappeared before the desk of the secretary of the Prison association and poured out his story. "I can't stand it another day! Those folks are as good to me as—as if I was an angel. I can't stand it! They wouldn't look at me if they knew—" and he broke down and cried as he had not cried since he was a boy. All the pain and shame of crime and punishment and reviving ambition were in his tears. The secretary was equal to the situation. She left Harrison in the private office and took the first car for the house in the suburbs. She told the whole wretched story of Harrison's past life to the two plain folk who had brought the ex-convict back to life. When she came to the last word, "mother" wiped her eyes and said: "You tell Frank to come right back here. Why, he seems just like one of our own folks!"—and one of her "own folks" he remains to this day. Is not the phrase a homely echo of "one of the least of these my brethren, and does it not outshine much modern caution?—Youth's Companion. Beware of Covetousness Wealth is legitimate; gain, in itself, is right. The acquisition of wealth plays an important part in the affairs of men, in the development of the race and of the individual. There is a peculiar pleasure in seeing the well-tilled farm and the full barns, the large store, distributing the productions of the earth, or of man's skill, to all the people; in seeing the great engines driving the complicated and powerful machinery; in looking at the great systems of travel and commerce. We stand amazed before the productions of wealth and power. In this there is the instinctive reverence for man. There is brain power, there is intellect, there is the triumph of man in training the forces of nature to do his will. We have no complaints or lamentations in all this. But when wealth becomes the great object, when life is consumed for it, then it becomes base and the man a slave. It is against this the warning is: "Take heed, and beware of covetousness, for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things he possessth."—United Presbyterian. The Power to Love A fairy who lacked the power of loving, in despair carves an alabaster heart and hangs it by her bed of moss, saying in sorrow that her heart could not love till that white stone should turn to ruby red. An angel came and touched the weeping eyes as they shut in troubled sleep and bade her do every day some deed of kindness. Every new ministry traced on the stone heart turned to red its cold white till the stone was changed to a ruby—Edward Rowland Sill's Poem of "The Ruby Heart." Cleanliness of the Museum. While there are doubtless many good traits about the Mohamedans, and, as the old lady did about Chris- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA tianity, their religion would be a good think if it were lived up to, it is difficult to reconcile the facts. For example, the Koran and the teachings of the prophets enjoin personal cleanliness as necessary to salvation. The Moslems always bathe before they pray. They would not dare enter the house of prayer with unclean hands or feet or faces. Hence when the muzzzin's call is heard from the minaret, five times a day, faithful Moslems go first to the fountains that are found outside of every mosque and bathe themselves. There are innumerable bathhouses also in which genuine Turkish baths and massage are given. At the same time their houses are positively flicky, too filthy, as a rule, for human beings to occupy, and the streets of Constantinople and every other Turkish town are indescribable in their nastiness. The clothing they wear is as dirty as their bodies are clean, and their food is often unfit for sanitary reasons.—William E. Curtis, in Chicago Record-Herald. Spanish Idea of Beauty A Spaniard on a tour of this country says that many American customs strike him as being most peculiar. "For instance," he says, "I have seen advertisements in your papers of what you call dermatologists who remove superfluous hair from women's faces. Their places, I learn, are called 'beauty parlors,' and I find that in your country the women are much amused when hair grows on the upper lip. They go to the 'beauty parlor' and submit to a painful operation in having this hair removed. Now, in Spain it is just the other way. Our women consider it a mark of beauty to have a growth of soft, downy, dark hair shading the mouth. A woman who would have this taken off would be considered crazy. But then I suppose every nation has its own ideas of beauty." —Detroit Free Press. His Objection. "Prisoner," said the stern old judge, "the jury, by a vote of 11 to 1, has found you guilty of smashing all the windows and ruining the stock of ten millinery stores. Have you anything to say before sentence is passed upon you?" "I have," announced the prisoner, rising to his feet. "Say it." "I protest, your honor, against this verdict. I was not tried by a jury of my peers." "On what do you base that objection?" "Why, only one of 'em is married." —Baltimore American. Plague of Wild Dogs. In Northern Patagonin a reward is offered for the extermination of the dogs that overrun that part of the world. The ancestors of these wild dogs were a pair of tame collies which were taken over by a Scotsman straight from his native heath. The animals have retained their natural instinct in connection with sheep, but instead of guarding them they prefer killing them; hence the farmers have always to be prepared for the sudden advance at any time of a strong herd of the wild creatures hungering for mutton.—N. Y. Sun. How Happy He Must Have Looked. She was a woman who was methodical in her discipline. "Now, Willie," she said, "you have disobeyed me, but I won't whip you now, because we're going to have company to dinner, and I want you to look bright and cheerful and pleasant. But after they've gone I'm going to give you the worst whipping you ever had. Now, hurry up and get dressed, for I want you to look nice and happy."—Chicago Post. A Heavy Piece or Pie The old man who was waiting for his train was worried. "I've heen tell o' heavy pastry," he remarked, "but this here beats all. I weighed myself on one o' them slot machines, an' then I had a piece o' pie at the lunch counter, an', havin' another penny, I weighed myself again. It showed that that there pie weighed six pounds." "Did you weigh yourself on the same machine both times?" asked the policeman. "No." "Then that accounts for it. Try the first machine again." A minute later the old man was back at the pie counter demanding the return of his money on the ground that the machine showed that he hadn't had any pie at all.—Chicago Post. Electricity in Odora It is generally believed that odors are emanations of indefinite minute-ness, and it is well known that many odorous substances are volatile. Thus the rose, the wallflower, the violet and innumerable liquid and solid scents are supposed to be throwing off particles inconceivably small, yet with energy enough to excite the olfactory nerve. Air conveying odors has been sent through tubes packed with cotton wool, which it is known would stop any particle 100-10000ths of an inch in diameter. Musk has diffused its scent for years, and at the end of the time the most delicate balance has failed to discover any loss of weight. One wonders whether these odor active bodies are giving forth scent ions, and whether these have any electric characters.-Science. Drawing the Line "If there is anything I resent," said Mr. Sirius Barker, as he took a bite of graham bread and sipped his gruel, "it's the assumption of titles of distinction by any and everybody." "Yes," answered the friend; "we do have a great many 'majors' and 'colonels' and 'judges' who are neither military men nor lawyers." "Yes. I'm a patient man. But I draw the line somewhere. I am just waiting for somebody to come along calling himself 'professor', because he's a champion ping-pong player. Then I'm going to say something sarcastic." - Washington Star. A Belle of Malpha A remarkable story is current with regard to Sir. Sir Ian Hamilton's spectacles. It appears that the gal- lant officer, then a subaltern, lost a pair of spectacles in the battle of Majuba Hill. They were apparently picked up by a Boer whom they suited and who kept them for 20 years. In the early part of the present year the spectacles were found on the body of a dead Boer. There could be no doubt as to their identity, for the case had Gen. Hamilton's name on it, and they were in due course returned to their original owner.—Bradford Observer. Hard to Satisfy "Life insurance people are queer," observed the man with the incandescent beard. "Are they?" askee' the man who is introduced at this point for the purpose of leading up to the next line. "Yes. First they convince you that you may die within a week, in order to get you to apply for a policy, and then they must convince themselves that you will live a hundred years before they will issue it."—Baltimore American. Broad Insinuation. "It appears that you are brushing me 'down rather heavily,' said the man who had consented to stand, "Aren't you new in this business?" "No, sah," responded the boy with the broom, "I've been brushin' down all my life." "Ah, then you always worked around a hotel?" "No, sah, I used to brush down mules in a livery stable."—Chicago Daily News. His Undying Love The Bride—Do you really love me as much as ever? The Groom—Oh, yes; but I don't realize it fully until I go in the smoking room and absent myself from you. Think I'll go now.—Brooklyn Life. Bad Effect of Charity Work. It is quite exceptional to find in a child bred in parochial charity institutions that healthy individuality which is characteristic of children who have been boarded out in the freer and more natural atmosphere of family life.—London Lancet. Not the Other. "Did you ring for ice water, sir?" asked the bell boy, putting his head inside the door. "I rang for ice!" thundered Col. Mintjo, who was stirring something in a tumbler.-Chicago Tribune. Montezuma's Millions The long-buried millions of Montezuma may some day be found in the hills of Yucatan, near Lake Chichan-xanabe. It is estimated that the fund still unaccounted for amounts to 450,000,000,000 pesos, worth in our gold about $180,000,000,000. This mysterious fund has been growing these 600 years, starting at something like 1,000,000 pesos. Many lives have been lost in the impenetrable forests of Oaxaca, Chipas, Guatemala and, Honduras in the search for this treasure, which, in the opinion of most folk, is a myth. Last year a young explorer from Chicago declared that he had traced its hiding place to the vicinity of Quezatebeque, which is at the base of the Mirandon mountains. Here he contracted the scourge and barely escaped with his life.—Detroit Free Press. Male Taster or to Wome Male tastes as to Women. Maldives who have passed their thirtieth year may now claim that they represent the most perfect and advanced type of maidenhood, and look down upon girls who marry before 25 as very much more akin to savages, for it is a well known fact that the age of marriage advances with civilization. Everywhere the more mature woman is to the fore. The tastes or men in this regard seem to have undergone a complete revolution, and instead of fluttering about the inexperienced girl, talking pretty nothings, they are matching their experience, broadening their horizon, sharpening their wits, in clever conversation with some brilliant and beautiful woman.—Health. She Ought to Know Four-year-old Ruth was sented on the floor tending to the cares of a large family of dolls, one member of which was in rather a dilapidated condition. "How old is that dollie, Ruth?" inquired a visiting friend. "She is 50 years old," answered Ruth, gravely. "Why, Ruthie," exclaimed Sister Margaret, "I don't think she is as ancient as that." "Margaret," and the large brown eyes were raised in surprise, "I certainly funk I ought to know the ages of my own children." And Ruthie was right. The doll had been her grandmother's.—Little Chronicle. A Phenomenon Explained "Why is it," said Mrs. Miggs, "that a single man is so anxious to take a girl to the theater, and seems to care so little about plays after he is married?" "That's very easily explained," answered her husband. "It is due to a certain deplorable but inevitable masculine vanity. When he takes the girl to whom he is engaged to the theater he knows she is comparing him to the handsome hero of the play, and to the disadvantage of the hero. After marriage she doesn't hesitate to tell him flatly that he looks like a low comedian." -Washington Star. How He Know "I hope, sir," said the clergyman, turning to the groom after the happy pair had been made one, "that the marriage you have just contracted will prove more satisfactory than your first." "W-why," gasped the astonished husband, "how did you know that I had ever been married before and that the venture had not turned out to my liking?" "That's easy," replied the good man. "You gave me only a dollar for tying the knot."—Chicago Dally News. It Is His Business Many a temperate sexton fills a drunkard's grave.—Chicago Dally News. CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Insure Love and a Happy Home For All. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sectal weakness, loss vitality, night losses, varicosece, 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. 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The receipt is free for the asking and they want every man to have it. 4-5-02-ff WANTED--5 INDUSTRIOUS COLORED MEN and women can be made working for us, and we good done for the race. This announcement is of special interest to men and women of the race who desire to work themselves up. Full furnished furnished free. Apply by letter only. Address 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 COMMITTEER, No. 610 Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois. Miller, Graves & Wright, BILLIARDS AND POOL Nos. 216-218-220 Eighth Street, Huntington, W. Va. Barber Shop Connected, 216 8th St. Best Wines, Liquors, Beer, Cigars. 5-17-3m. Seaboard Air Line R. R. "CAPITAL 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 APRIL 13, 1988 TRAIN$ LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN ST STATION -DAILY Near East. 2:55 P.M. 10:37 P.M. -Lv. Richmond. 2:56 P.M. 11:20 P.M. -Lv. Petersburg. 2:57 P.M. 4:12 P.M. -Lv. Raleigh. 2:57 P.M. 7:00 P.M. -Lv. Hamlet. 10:35 P.M. 7:00 P.M. -Lv. Hamlet. 7:50 A.M. 8:35 P.M. -Ar. Atlanta. A. M. 10:35 A.M. -Ar. Columbia. 1:05 A.M. 9:40 A.M. -Lv. Columbia. (Eastern Time.) 4:55 A.M. 2:10 P.M. -Ar. Savannah. 1:55 A.M. 7:00 P.M. -Ar. Atlanta. 10:50 A.M. -Ar. St. Augustine. 4:55 P.M. 6:45 A.M. -Ar. Tampa. 10:50 A.M. 7:00 P.M. -Ar. Atlanta. 7:50 A.M. 2:55 P.M. -Ar. Atlanta. 2:00 A.M. 10:35 A.M. -Columbia. (Eastern Time.) 1:05 A.M. 9:40 A.M. -Lv. Columbia. (Eastern Time.) 4:55 A.M. 2:10 P.M. -Ar. Savannah. 1:55 A.M. 7:00 P.M. -Ar. Jacksonville. 10:50 A.M. 6:45 A.M. -Ar. Tampa. 10:32 P.M. 10:38 P.M. -Ar. Charlotte. 1:35 A.M. 10:38 P.M. -Lv. Chester. 4:55 A.M. 2:20 P.M. -Nashvillewood. 6:13 A.M. 2:50 P.M. -Lv. Athens. 7:50 A.M. 3:55 P.M. -Ar. Atlanta. 11:25 A.M. 7:20 P.M. -Meson. 6:25 P.M. 9:20 P.M. -Ar. Montgomery. 2:55 A.M. 2:54 P.M. -Nashville. 6:25 P.M. 1:40 A.M. -Ar. Nashville. 8:20 A.M. 8:20 A.M. -Ar. Memphis. Train No. 35 leaves Richmond 9:10 P. M. daily and Richmond 10:30 P. M. daily mediate points. Connection at Noralina with train arrive Henderson 2:10 P. M. and Ral- lane 3:10 P. M. and Durham P. M. daily except Sunday. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, and Richmond—No. 34 at 6:45 P. M. and No. 66 at 3:45 P. M. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East coast points and Cuba, and Porto Rica; 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. 4:35 P.M. No 66 From southwest. 5:35 P.M. Noralina, N.C. Petersburg and local points. SLEEI ING-CAR SERVICE Nos. 31 and 34—Florida & Metropolitan Limited, Pullman Drawing-Room, and Sleeping Bed between New York and Campa, tec-tulled Coachs between New York and Campa, and between Richmond, and between Richmond and Jacksonville. Pullman Sleeping Cars (daily) between Jacksonville and Tampa. Also through Drawing-Ramp Sleeping Cars between Jacksonville and Atlanta, and Cafe-Cars between Hamlet and Atlanta and Hamlet and Savannah. Pullman Drawing-Booft Cup Sleeping Cars between New York and Jacksonville, connecting at Hamlet with Sleeping Car-to and from Atlanta, in connection through Atlanta, are sold. Pullman Nacot-Cars between Jacksonville and Tampa. Finest Day Coaches. W. J. MAY, City Ticket Agent. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agent, 1006 East Main Street. Phone 65 We promptly obtain U. S. and Foreign PATENTS Send model, sketch or photo of invention for free copy on patentability. For free book How to secure TRADE-MARKS with Patents and C.A.SNOW & C. Opposite U. S. Patent Office WASHINGTON D. C. C & O PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST, STATION. MAY 4. 1902. 8:55 A. M., Daily F. F. V. Limited to Old Point, Norfolk and makes, makes except at Williamsburg and Hampton. 10:20 A. M. Except Sunday. Local to Calverton, Clifton Forge. Connects for Orange, Cincinnati. Local to Lexington. 10:20 A. M. Daily for Lyndon, Lexington ton, Clifton Forge. Connects, except Sunday for Rosney, Aberene and New Caledonia. 2:45 P. M., Daily, St. Louis and Chicago Limited. Dining Car train, Pulman for Cincinnati, Louisville, and St. Louis. 5 to St. Louis. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. Local train follows St. Louis Limited from Gordonville to Staunton, except Sunday. 4:00 P. M. Except Sunday, "Seaside Limited" 4:00 P. M. Norfolk and Portsmouth 4:00 P. M. Portsmouth and Parker 4:00 P. M. stops except at Williamsburg and 4:00 P. M. connects at Old Point with Washington, Charles steamers. Connects at Norfolk with O. D. S. for New York. 5:00 P. M. 10:30 P.M. M. Daily F. F. V. Dining Car train. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. Pullman to Huntington, connect with Parlor Court to Cincinnati, and Pullman to Cincinnati, Louisville, and the West. ARRIVE NEW MAIN ST. STATION. 8:30 A. M. Except Sunday, from Doswell. 8:40 A. M. Except Sunday, from Cincinnati. 8:40 A. M. Except Sunday, from Bromo. 10:30 A. M. Daily from Old Point Norfolk and Portsmouth. 2:15 P.M. M. Daily Sunday, from Old Pon t Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:30 P.M. Daily from Cincinnati. 6:30 P.M. Daily from Old Point, Norfolk and Portsmouth. 8:15 P.M. M. Except Sunday from Clifton Forge and Charlesteeville. Apply at 80 East Main Street, Murphy's Hotel, 80 East Street Station ticket offices for further information. H. W. FULLER, JOHN D. POTTS G. P. A. A. G. P. A. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Effect Jan. 14, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICH AJ—BYRE STREET STAI 9:00 a. m., NORFOLK J Arrives Petersburg 3. M., Norfolk Waverley, and Suff 9:05 a. m. Daily. Arrives m. Weldon 11:50 A. ayetteville 4:25 P. Charleston m. Savannah 2:55 A. Tampa 7:10 p. Connects at Wilson with No. 47 arr. at Goldboro 3:25 Wilmington P. Sleeper New 10. 11:55 a. m. Daily, exec. sunny. Arrives Pet- tesburg stops at Manchester, wavers, u. 3:00 p. OCEAN LIMITED, Daily Arrives at P. Weldon 3:30 P. M., Nor- folk p. n. only at Petersburg Waverley, u. 4:30 p. Daily. Sunday. Arrives Pet- tesburg, s. m. Weldon 7:35 p. m. Rocky Mo. s. m. M. Makes all inter- nections. 6:06 P. M. Daily. Petersburg 7 p. m. Makes all stops. 7:28 P. OCEAN & WEST INDIAN LIMITED, P. M. C. arrives Norfolk & Western for Norr m. and intermediate points; Atlantic m. connects with Atlantic Empor m. and Lawrenceville). Weldon 9:30 P. ayetteville 12:32 A. M. Char- lotte m. Roanoke 12:40 P. M. Port Tampa at 11:30 M. M. TO MIDDLE GEORGIA POI. - Arriving August 7:55 P. M. Ma. s. m. M. M. 12:35 P. M. th.ville 2:23 P. M. Pullman Sleeper n. tork to Climbing, Charleston, P. Tampa Jacksonville, Augusta and M. 9:10 P. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:35 P. m. n. netta, railway, arriving at Lynk org 2:30 A. M. Roanoke 5 A. M. Bristol m. nullm sleeper Richmond lynchburg. 11:30 M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A. M. 11:50 Daily, except Sunday. THE NEW YORK AND N.Y. M. Sleeper Charleston 9:38 A. M. Savannah s. m. A. M. Jacksonville 2:30 P. M. St. Augustine 4 P. M. Tampa 10:30 P. M. THAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND 8 M. Daily. From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Augusta and all points South, M. Daily, except Monday. From Tampa, St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Savannah and Charleston. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynchburg and the West. A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. A. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Goldsboro and intermediate stations. Norfolk and Suffolk. A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. A. M. Sunday only. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 1:15 P. M. Daily, except Sunday. From Petersburg. 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa, Savannah, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points South. 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and 8:50 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. J. R. KENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMMERSON, General Passenger Agent. C. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agt., 838 East Main Street. jan. 14. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:30 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Peten- burg, Wavayle and Suffolk 8:05 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago, Pullman, Pike Street Petersburg to Columbus; also, for Bristol, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 8:00 P. M. for Suffolk, Arrives Norfolk 6:20 P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly and Connects at Norfolk with Steamers to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 7:29 P. M. for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. 8:10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects at Lynchburg, with Washington and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman Sleepsers Lynchburg to Memphis and Nashville. Arrives at Nashville and Observation Cars Redford to Atlanta. Pullman Sleeper between Richmond and Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy. Also pullman Sleeper Petersburg and Redford. Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and the West daily at 7:35 A. M. and 8:56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. m. Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER, City Passenger and 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. 4:07 A. M. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Milford, Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Stops Occoquan Sunday. Stops Carlsbad Washington and New York. Dining Car. 6:45 a. m. Daily from MAIN STREET STATION, Florida and Metropolitan Limited, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to New York. 7:00 A. M., Except Sunday from Elba Station, accommodation for Ashland and Ashland Station from Elba Station. 8:00 a. m. Sunday only from BIRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond Stations at Ashland and beyond and stations Ashland to Quincy, include, Negley, Occoquan and Alexandria. 8:50 a. m. Except Sunday from BIRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond. Stops at Elba, Glen Allen and local stations Ashland to Accolby inclusive, and Alexandria. 12:30 Noon, Except Sunday, from BYRD STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops in Ashland, Dowell, Milton, Frederick, Alexandria, Buffet Park Car, Connects with Congressional Limited. 4:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the BYRD STATION, for Washington and beyond. Frederick burg and intermediate stations. 5:05 P. M., Daily, from Main St. Station, for Washington and beyond, Stops at Dowell, Frederick burg and Alexandria. Sleeping 18:35 P. M., Daily from Byrd Street Station, for Washington, and beyond. Stops at Elba, Ashland, Dorswell, Milford, Fredranch, Amarillo, and Alexandria. Stops at other stations Sunday. Sleeping Car, Richmond to New York and Washington to Palm Beach. 11:15 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive Richmond South- ward. 8:40 a. m., Daily, by Byrd N. Station. Stops at Alexandra, Oocquan Widewater, Brooks Fredericksburg, Milford, Dowell, Ashland, and Elba. Stops at other stations Shipcar car from New York to Richmond. 12:50 P. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET N. Stops at local stations, from Washington, Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen and Elba. 2:02 P. M., Daily, at ELBA STATION. Stops at Alexandra, Fredericksburg, Lorton or Oocquan. Sleeping Car from New York, Dining Car. 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- ington. 8:50 P. M., Daily at BYRD-STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria and local stations Quantico to Ashland inclusive, on Allen, and Elba. Buffet Parlor Cars. 10 29 P. M. Daily at MAIN STREET N.Y., 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. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager. W. D. DUKE, General Manager. President. SOUTHERN RAIL Y Y SOUTHERN RAIL Y Y Schedule in Effect Feb. 16, 142 Trains Leave and Arrive 14th S 10:50 A. M., No. 9 daily for Durham ville, and all local stations and all local stations of Durham. Lynchbur stations West; at Jeffreys stations on Norfolk Division of Oxford Division 2:00 P. M., No. 29, limited train service and all Florida nassau, etc., Connects Fremont, at Lincoln Grenbourside for Durh Winston-Salem; at Ch United States fares point South, which carries sleeper to New Orleans Drawing room Sie At Richmond to train with Sleepe hury to Memphis. Dining-Car. 11:50 P. M., No. 11, South Atlanta, August fair for Danville, Greensboro, Sa open at Richmond tion with New Eastern Limited, which carries through vannah, Jacks Amphis, At Camphis, At Complex Pulman Tot nesdays an sleeper Mondays, Wed nesdays an sleeper Mondays, Wed sleeper Washington to SanFrancisco without change, with con nights in Texas, Mexico and Califo 6:00 P. M. No. 17. ooc. daily, except Sunday, for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS AR RIVE IN RICHMOND. 6 A. M) 5:48 P. M.) Pro tanta, Augusta, Jackson- ville, A ville, and all pointe South. 8:40 A. M.) cysville and local stations. 8:25 P. M.) Pro urham, Charlotte, Danville and in Nos. 61 and 62: between Manchester and Neapollis YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE AVORITE ROUTE NORTH 4:30 i. No.16 Baltimore Limited, daily ex- epit Sunday for West Point, connect- e West Point with steamer for matimore, West Point with landings mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays ii. No.10 Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays express for West Point, and intermedi- ations, Connects with stage at Deser Manner for Walkenkorn and Tapaphnack. M. No. 74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except M. Sunday for West Point and inter mediate stations, connecting with stage at Tampa Junior for Walkerton and Tappanahawk. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND 1. A.M., daily from West Point, with connex with C.M., Monday, Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. 2. 0:45 A.M., No. 9, Wednesdays and Fridays. 3. 0:3P., No. 10, West Point and intermediate station. Steamers call at Almonds Clay Bank and oncecester Point. Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. C ALPHEUS SCOTT, CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR ... AND ENBALMER, Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 3006 P St., Church Hill. Orders By Telegraph and Telephone promptly attended to. All business confidential. Old Phone No. 3182 Abyssinia a Rising Power in the Old World It Is Not the Black, Barbarous Nation the Majority Imagine It to Be. ward VII. Where many an American millionaire will not dare to tread, the dark-skinned gentleman from Abyssinian will be given unquestioned right to disport himself. What does the word Abyssinia suggest to you, the name Menelek? Heathenism and blackness and all manner of barbarity? If so, you are no more ignorant than many; few, save those that have more than superficial interest in political and missionary affairs, being cognizant of the fact that Abyssinia has long been a Christian empire, for hundreds and hundreds of years, and that a ruler of Abyssinia has borne the title dear to European monarchs, "Defender of the Faith." One writer speaks of Abyssinians as a semi-barbarous Christian people, but probably they themselves think it is the old, unadulterated type of Christianity that they, alone of all the world, hold to with tenacity, defend with such zeal. Many Jewish customs are noticeable among them. They trace their empire back to the days of Solomon and his famous guest, the queen of Sheba; and claim their line of kings sprang from these two. A. [Illustration of a man in a feathered headdress, wearing a crown and a robe with intricate patterns.] MENELEK, KING OF ABYSSINIA. trace it back to these two. With such illustrious forbears it is no wonder the Abyssinian sovereign bears the proud title of "Negus Negusti" (King of Kings); and that the people knowledge no other race their equal. The highest plateau in Africa is that of Abyssinia. The people are mountainers, hardy, independent, jealous of foreigners and hostile towards them. They are not an agricultural folk, the land being given over largely to pastureage; sheep, cattle and goats finding abundant sustenance and flourishing accordingly. Forests of very valuable timber add to the riches of the land, while coffee and ivory, the chief exports, further suggest the character of the country. Though close to equatorial Africa, Abyssinia is blessed with a climate healthful and invigorating. Surrounded on two sides by the deserts of the Soudan, it rises a green oasis in a parched land; with sound of running water, sight and shelter of leafy tree, and broad extent of grassy plains. Ancient Ethiopia was the designation given to what is known in the present day as Abyssinia. Its earliest history we have no authentic account of, but we have evidences that the Ethiopians were held in esteem by the most cultivated nation of ancient times, the Greek. They were converted to Christianity in the fourth century. In the fifteenth century, a handful of Portuguese settled in Abyssinia and brought in some outside influence. When the king that had protected them died, his successor and the priests treated them badly, the colony ended in failure, and Abyssinia was again shut to foreigners. In 1867, when Theodorus was king of Abyssinia, an English expedition penetrated his fastnesses and made known to the world a great deal concerning this hitherto very exclusive nation. King Theodorus, angered because the British government had paid no attention to a letter he had sent to the queen, soliciting her friendship, in 1864 seized and imprisoned the British consul, Mr. Cameron, and all his suite. A messenger, Mr. Rassan, was sent out bearing a letter, signed by the queen, demanding the release of the captives. Mr. Rassan himself was imprisoned. In 1867, an expedition, consisting of 4,000 British and 8,000 native troops under Gen. Sir Robert Napier, was dis How the Japanese Sleep The Japanese never sleep with the head to the north. This is because the dead in Japan are always buried with the head in that position. In the sleeping rooms of many of the private houses and of hotels a diagram of the points of the compass is posted upon the ceiling for the convenience of guests.—Albany Argus. A patched from India to bring Theodorus to terms. It took a little time. There was a slaughter of the natives on the plain of Arogi, but it was not until Magdala was bombarded that Theodorus realized that the British were too many for him. As the English entered the palace he shot himself, preferring death to the disgrace of defeat. John, or Johannes, his successor, fell in 1889 in the war against the Dervishes of the Soudan, but prior to his fall he was engaged in conflict with Egypt in regard to the boundary question, a conflict in which the latter was worsted. Gen. Gordon endeavored to arbitrate the matter, but was not successful in his mission to the haughty Abyssinians; for several weeks he was kept prisoner by them, and it is doubtful if he was even allowed an audience with the august "Negus." Johannes was succeeded by Menelek II. When Menekel aspired to the throne he was assisted in the subduing of his rivals and the accession to the kingship by the Italians, with whom he made a treaty, by virtue of which the Italian government claimed a protectorate over the whole empire, although Menekel himself did not give the treaty any such interpretation. When the Italians first began colonization in Abyssinia, they occupied Massowah, the sea port and seat of government of Tigre, the northernmost of the Abyss- ```markdown ``` sinian kingdoms. Massowah is a very hot place, unfit for residence by Europeans, and the Italians presently began to look for more salubrious surroundings. Persistently they pushed their way southward, making considerable headway until Menelek's men, an army over 10,000 strong, assumed the aggressive toward them. During the conflict with the Italians, Menelek and his officers treated their adversaries with courtesy and generosity, on one occasion furnishing them with transportation for their wounded and their baggage. The Italians, at the battle of Adown, March 1, 1896, were utterly defeated, 12,000 being left dead on the field. When peace negotiations were concluded with Menelek, the Italians renounced their protectorate MAP OF ABYSSINIA. over Abyssinia, evacuated the kingdom of Tigre, and the boundaries of Italian possessions were definitely drawn. The Negus rules over a territory of 150,000 square miles and a population of 3,500,000; a people of Coptic, Jewish, Arabian and negro extraction. The ruling class are the Ethiopians, who are of Arabian descent. Owing to the fact that the form of Christianity is derived from the ancient Alexandrian church, the Russian government has been interested in the maintenance of the independence of the empire. The French and English have permanent representatives at King Menelek's court. The French are building a railroad from Jibutil to Harrar and Addis Abeba, a distance of 470 miles. The telegraph has also begun its work in that country, and its click is heard at Addis Abeba, the capital of Abyssinia. KATHERINE POPE He Didn't Mean Europe. The pastor was making a call. The pastor was making a call. "Ah, Mrs. Fastleigh," he said, dolefully, "have you made any preparations for the journey to the other land?" "Oh, yes," was the animated reply. "My traveling dress and several others are all done, and John is going to order the steamer rug and a new trunk to day."—Philadelphia Bulletin. MAP OF ABYSRIN!A. THE RICHMOND, PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SALT POWER ENGINE. It Is Made of Cardboard and, If Properly Arranged, Is Bound to Run Splendidly. Here is an engine which works just like a real engine. The cardboard wheel goes flying around, the piston rod works up and down in its spool cylinder, and the crossbeam, surmounted by two American flags, seesaws fully as perfectly as those run by steam. The power used in this little engine is not steam, though, but salt, yes, common salt! such as you use at table. The engine itself is made of cardboard or pasteboard, and as follows: First cut out a wheel of pasteboard or cardboard six inches in diameter. Make it with spokes and just like wheel in picture. Then cut out a pasteboard driving rod five inches in length, a crossbeam eight inches in length and a piston rod in shape of that shown in picture, six inches in length. Also cut out a pasteboard support for crossbeam eight inches in length, and two supports for flywheel, to rest in each three inches in length. Now take a box cover and fasten the upright for the crossbeam in position, as here shown. Then stick a pin through this upright and fasten the head of it firmly to the pasteboard with sealing wax. Also stick a pin through each end of the crossbeam and fasten the heads of these firmly in position, which should be horizontal, with sealing wax. With a hatpin make a hole in exactly the center of your crossbeam and slide it onto the pin in the center of the upright. Attach driving rod and piston to the crossbeam in the same manner. After this place little bits of paper over these pin points to within three-eighths of an inch of the crossbeam. This will prevent the machinery from coming apart. Now, take your fly wheel supports, and fasten them to the box cover, one on each side, and just in a line under the point of the crossbeam, when the latter is in a horizontal position. Bore a fair sized hole in each support and another in exact center of wheel, then pass through supports in wheel a hatpin axle—through the wheel first and supports afterward. Fasten the head of the hatpin which projects beyond SALT ENGINE IN ACTION the wheel firmly to the pasteboard with sealing wax. Place a large spool on the box for cylinder, and drop loose end of the piston rod into it. Now fasten the driving rod to one of the spokes of the wheel, about an inch from the axle, and exactly in position as shown in the illustration. Greatest care must be taken to have driving rod arranged properly. Now that your little engine is all set up, cut out four pieces of stiff writing paper two inches by $1\frac{1}{4}$ inches, and crease over one side of each, about a quarter of an inch, as shown in diagram. Attach these papers to hatpin circle with sealing wax. See diagram. Now take a pasteboard box, bore a hole in the bottom of it and set it in position on some books in such a manner that when the salt falls through the hole at the bottom of the box it will fall directly onto the paddles of the writing paper wheel. Be careful to place your flywheel supports perfectly level with each other, and also see to it that holes in supports, pliston and driving rod are such that there will be no friction. If arranged properly this little engine will run splendidly. You may use as large box as you please for holding the salt, and, too, by tipping one end up, as shown in the illustration, the salt will run out for a much longer period without replenishing. Make all fastenings with sealing wax. A pasteboard shoe box will furnish you with just the material you need for the manufacture of this little engine. -Meredith Nugent, In Milwaukee Sentinel. HOW TO JUGGLE FIRE ```markdown ``` A During the middle ages ordeal by fire was one of the methods employed for accertaining whether a person accused of a grave crime was innocent or guilty. If such a person was able to walk unaccented over hot plowshares or through a blazing fire, he was adjudged innocent; if the heat left any mark on his flesh, he was consid- Filipino Laborers for Hawaii. Representatives of Hawaiian planters are in the Philippines to ascertain whether it is feasible to import farm laborers from the archipelago to Hawaii. The scheme is generally regarded as impracticable, for the reason that the percentage of skilled agriculturalists among the Filipinos is very small—Chicago Inter Ocean. PRETTY LITTLE TOY. How to Make a Candle-Light Merry- Go-Round That Will Delight All Who See it. Now boys and girls, here is the prettiest merry-go-round you ever saw, and you will all think so your- selves after you have made one, un- less I am very much mistaken. Just imagine it, too! This merry-go- round is made entirely of paper, with the exception of the two upper disks, or floors, which are of thin card- board. The lighted candles make it go round, and you will all be surprised how quickly it does go round. To most of you it will be news that a flat piece of paper will float for CANDLE LIGHT MERRY-GO-ROUND an almost indefinite period, and a surprise, too, to learn that it will carry an astonishing amount of weight while afloat. For the fun of it place a piece of writing paper in a dish of water and just see how much it will carry. By careful distribution of the weight I have placed on a single sheet of floating writing paper a table knife and fork, a small pair of scissors, a large wooden spool, besides a number of one cent pieces! It hardly seems possible, does it? But try it for yourselves and see. As for the merry-go-round, when it is set in a pan of water, and in a darkened room, a prettier sight you never saw. Why, the picture does not begin to do justice to it. Now all try and see what you can do. Cut out a disk of writing paper, any size you please, and fasten to this in an upright position four narrow columns of rolled writing paper, with sealing wax. These columns should be carefully rolled and fastened with sealing wax. Now cut out two light cardboard disks—very stiff wrapping paper will answer—for the second and third floors. Place one disk on top of first set of columns, fasten it with sealing wax, and on top of this set four more paper columns exactly in position as shown in picture. On top of this set another disk, and on top of this again a paper wheel, which should be made as follows: Whittle out a delicate stick about six inches in length and fasten these crosswise on top of the longest stick; now slip over these cross sticks square pieces of writing paper at angles as shown in illustration. After this fasten the whole in an upright position in exact center of top disk. Cut out four more delicate sticks, attach these in horizontal positions to disk on second story—see picture—and slip over ends of these triangular pieces of paper at angle as shown in picture. Now place candles in position under these four pieces of projecting papers, and also two candles on top, under the wheel, but before placing candles in position set your merry-go-round very carefully into a pan of water. Light the candles, turn out all other lights in the room, and you will have a merry-go-round that will please and delight you. By varying the angles of the papers' projection beyond the second story and the papers on the wheel, you will be enabled to make the merry-go-round travel faster or slower, as you may wish.—Meredith Nugent, in N. Y. Herald. Horses, giraffes and ostriches have the largest eyes of land creatures, cuttlefish of sea beasts. ```markdown ``` ered guilty. In performing this trick the person who is holding the coals feels no pain, simply because he has covered his hands with a mixture of gum, starch and the yolk of an egg. His hands are encased in impenetrable armor, and, consequently, he can toy with hot coals as safely as he could with marbles. A Woman Pipe-Thief The French have produced the most remarkable kleptomaniac on record. This is an old woman whose passion for smoking has impelled her to pilfer pipes from Parisian shops with such industry that no fewer than 2,600 were found in her lodgings. All were meerschaums, and 39 were well colored.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. THE LYCAON PICTUS. Strange African Dog That Looks Like a Hyena and Steals Antelope and Other Game. What is regarded as the most curious dog in all Europe was captured a few months ago in the Soudan and was presented to the zoological garden in Paris by M. de Labrettoigne du Mazel, director of foreign affairs in Senegal. The scientific name of this animal is "lycaon pictus," and it is the first specimen that has been taken alive, at least in modern times. Prof. E. Ostalet admits that it slightly resembles a hyena in color and in the STRANGE AFRICAN DOG shape of its head and teeth, but on the other hand its hind legs are of the same height as the front legs, whereas the hind legs of a hyena are shorter. Moreover, its form, which closely resembles that of a sheep dog, is much more elegant than that of a hyena. Its color is yellowish, black and gray, and its countenance is very intelligent. In Africa these dogs often annoy sportsmen by carrying off antelope and other game which they have killed. When they cannot get a meal in this way they must hunt for prey themselves, and, as they are possessed of great speed and endurance, they quickly run down any animal they pursue. According to antiquarians, the old Egyptians were wont to train these dogs and use them for hunting antelope. ANIMALS ARE GREEDY Tastes of Three Gats and a Dog Are Very Peculiar, But a Jersey Frog Will Eat Everything. Considerable attention has been given for years by a Newark man to the peculiar appetite of the animals he has met. Mr. Magruder has a whifet dog and three cats. The grandmother tabby has recently shown an appetite for the white faky cinders of anthracite coal and gorges herself upon them whenever she gets a chance. All three cats will eat bread and cheese, but will not eat sweet cake. The old cat is fond of clams and oysters, raw or cooked, and at a pinch will eat cooked potatoes. Tommy Magruder says that the cats are not a patch upon the whiffet for cranky appetites. The dog eats oranges, when they are peeled and quartered; is fonder of fish than of meat; eats all kinds of nuts; despies pork; has been known to swallow a live sparrow with one gulp; eats rubber bands with avidity, and is more greedy about fresh candy than anything else in the world. She will crack up and swallow pieces of coal, will eat honeysuckle blossoms and roses whenever they are given to her and delights in chewing ice in summer. In talking about queer things he had seen inside of creatures he had opened in his time, Magruder said: "The greediest thing in the world is a frog. I once killed a frog up at Singac in the Passaic river which had swallowed a fresh water mussel and was slowly digesting the shell so that it showed pearly in spots and around the edges. "Another one which I caught near the same spot contained a water turtle still alive and measuring two inches in length. I have frequently found frogs full of crayfishes. Two or three times I have taken dead sparrows and wrens out of frogs which did not seem to be much bigger than the birds they had caught and swallowed. "Once I saw a frog in the act of swallowing a small ground snake. I have heard of rogs pulling down and swallowing young ducks, and I believe the yarn, although I never saw an instance of it. "I have found dace, trout and minnows in frogs, but never found one that had eaten a pollywog, so I am willing to believe that the frog is no cannibal. "The frog is stupid in his greed, and I think he often swallows things like the mussel, which he was undoubtedly sorry for afterward. Cows and other animals often do that sort of thing, you know. I once knew of a cow that swallowed a two-ounce bottle containing muriatic acid. Many a cow has been killed by swallowing nails, glass and metal things."—N. Y. Sun. Annual Waste of Gold Each year, says St. Nicholas, the world loses a large amount of gold. An impalpable golden dust—so infinitely fine as to seem rather a vapor than a dust—is worn from all gold in use and passes forever from our wealth and our knowledge. And in our handling, enough gold to make one person incalculably rich disappears every year, lost as absolutely as if it had never existed. MEN AND AFFAIRS. Hermann Bergmann, said to be a distant relative of the emperor of Germany, is in the Cincinnati workhouse. Gen. Walter Kitchener, brother of Lord Kitchener, is going to India to take over the command of a first-class district. Amos W. Brandt, a citizen of Des Moines, Ia., has presented Speaker Henderson with a gavel made from Philippine hardwood. Due de Loubat has presented to the College of France an annuity of $1,200 to be expended in a chair of American antiquities. It is a novel departure in French academic organization. Andre Castaigne, the distinguished French artist, visited the grave of Edgar Allen Poe in Baltimore recently and gathered grass and weeds to carry back as mementos to the poet's friends in France. Owen D. McGovern, a Brooklyn truckman, has fallen heir to $100,000 from his uncle, Father McGovern, the oldest priest in the archdiocese of Hudson, N. Y. He says he will continue his trucking business. Henry H. Edes, at a recent meeting of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, read a paper in which he said that Prof. John Winthrop and not George Washington was the first person to receive from Harvard college the degree of doctor of laws. Michael Donky, who a few months ago married Mrs. Mulesky, who kept a boarding house in Jersey City, was arrested on his wife's complaint for being disorderly. He said his stepson, Edward Mulesky, had kicked him out of the house. Frank Patterson, of Port Chester, N. Y., fell from the top of a flagpole on the top of a hotel at White Plains, dropped off the tower down to the roof and caught himself at the eaves. His only hurt was a bruised arm, but he says he has had all the flagpole business he needs. John Sincox, of Sterling, Kan., has 11 children and 51 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In his family there has been but one death, that of his wife, in more than 50 years. He never lost a child nor a grandchild and in 50 years a doctor never crossed his doorstep on professional business but once. All the Rhodes family manifested idiosyncrasies. None of them ever married. The empire builder's sister, Miss Rhodes, is of a very masculine appearance and took great pleasure in riding among the strongholds of the rebellious natives to distribute glass beads and other articles of clothing for the native warriors. Josef Hofmann is more than a piano player. He is an expert mechanic and an inventor as well. Since his arrival in this country this season for a concert tour he has secured at Washington a patent right for an improvement on a steam engine. This is the second patent that the young pianist has secured in this country this season. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM London eats 15,000,000 fowls a year. Eight British commanders have been granted dukedoms. A mile of hedge and ditch occupy, on an average, an acre of land. Wildows in Great Britain outnumber widowers by almost two to one. The royal dock at Portsmouth, with an area of 293 acres, is the largest in England. Great Britain contains 60 species of mammalia, 274 of birds, 14 of reptiles, and 263 of fish. British survey vessels discovered last year 272 dangerous rocks and shoals, which were recharted. Torquay and Cork are the warmest places in the United Kingdom. Their mean temperature is 52 degrees. The average Scotchman weighs 165 pounds; the Welshman, 158 pounds; the Englishman, 155 pounds, and the Irishman, 154 pounds. The biggest geyser in the world is at Rotomahana, in New Zealand. Its area is just an acre, and its spouts rise to 300 feet. The right of trial by their peers, which belongs to hereditary members of the house of lords, does not extend to bishops. At London docks, the highest tide of the year is 22 feet. It occurs on March 30; the lowest—about 16 feet—occurs on September 30. TOLD OF THE WOMEN. Women in Russian spinning mills earn about five dollars a month; weavers get about $8.50. The rose is the emblem of secrecy in Greece and accordingly this flower used to be hung over the table where guests were entertained in token that nothing heard there was to be repeated. Mrs. Minnie Davis, of Omaha, Neb., thinks she is the youngest great-grandmother in the United States. She was married at the age of 13, became a mother at 14, a grandmother at 28 and a great-grandmother at 45. She has children who are younger than her granddaughter. The other day in Paris a young lady was walking when suddenly the wind blew the end of her boa into the wheel of a passing cab and she was thrown down and nearly strangled. She was taken to a hospital with a fractured jaw and a broken arm. For painters Mme. Melba has much admiration and for writers a kind of reverence. One somehow never associates books with great singers; in their journeyings the costumes leave so little space for works of literature in their trunks. Mme. Melba's favorite books may be seen at her home on a little table by the fireplace. There is an easy chair near it and the pages of Rossetti, Shelley, Keats and Fitzgerald's "Omar" show that they have been read. "Why do you put so many Latin quotations into your speeches?" asked the friend. "I'm sure most of us don't understand them." "That's just the point. Misery loves company. I want to be sure there is some one beside myself who doesn't know precisely what I am talking about."—Washington Star. Two Ways of Working It. Poet—I have written a fine poem that I am going to send to The Hightoned Magazine. Friend—But if they don't take it there, what will you do with it? Poet—Well, then I can sell it to a comic paper as a nonsense verse—Puck. Life's Labor. Manhattan—How careworn old Broadway—Weil, it is no wonder. After spending 30 years walking the slack rope of commercial success, he is now trying to climb the greased pole of social distinction.—N. Y. Sun. Separated. The parlor sofa holds the twain Miranda and her love-slick swain, Heandshe. But hark! a step upon the stair, And papa finds the matting there He and she. -Philadelphia Press. A "Well, madam, you've got your wish—you've married a rich husband." "No, dear, I have married a rich man, but a poor husband."—Ally Sloper. **Hen Peck Explains Things.** She—Oh, I don't think Solomon was such a wise man. He—Well, he was for those days, dear. Of course, that was before you and your mother came to this earth. —Yonkers Statesman. A COURTEOUS FARMER. Relinquished His Right to the 'Phone Because His Business Was Not Very Important. "I was out in a town in the interior of the state," said a Chicago business man to a Cincinnati reporter the other day, "and, desiring to telephone, I stepped into the headquarters. There was a farmer just PHONE ahead of me, and he turned to me and said: "If you wish to use the wire first, go ahead." "But you have the privilege," I re- plied. "Yes, but I'll waive it.' "I only wish to talk with Chicago, while your message may be one of life or death.' "Oh, it's not so bad as that,' he replied, with a grim smile. 'My wife eloped with a windmill man last night, but you go right ahead with your talk. I was simply going to notify the constables along the line to let her slide right along.'" Here's a Snake Story. In the zoological gardens at Nimes, France, a tessellated snake, measuring about 38 inches, recently devoured within a week a black-marked snake only three-quarters of an inch less in length than itself and a viperine snake of 17 inches. The former could not have been in exactly prime condition, for it had not, at the time of its death, touched food for 393 days. One of the viperine snakes in the Nimes collection, though not the one in question, had previously fasted for 464 days. Wonder If This Is True? The children of parents who are both red-haired become gray at an early age. An Explanation. "You can't believe half that a man says when he is in love," said the young woman, reproachfully. "That is very easily accounted for," answered Willie Washington. "When a man is in love, half the time he doesn't know what he is saying."—Washington Star. Got More Than His Share. Sue Brette—I see it stated that if the eggs were equally divided among the inhabitants of the country, each human being would get 141. Foote-Lighte—Gracieux me! I got that many one night while on tour out west!—Yonkers Statesman. Ready for Business Tramp—Please, mum, if you'll kindly help me on me journey, I'll be much obleeged. Housekeeper—Huh! On a journey, eh? Tramp—Yes, mum; I'm goin' west to start a bank—N. Y. Weekly. "Yes—not brutally, you know; but I managed it." "How?" "Told her what my salary is."—Tit- Bits. A Vile Conundrum. Crimsonbeak—Do you know why a good man is like a bad oyster? Yeast—I’m sure I don’t. "Why, you certainly know that it is hard to keep a good man down, don’t you?"—Yonkers Statesman. THE PLANET published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, JR., at 311 North 4th Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. One Copy, one year, $1.50 One Copy, eight months, 1.00 One Copy, six months, $50 One Copy, four months, $50 One Copy, three months, $40 Single Copy, $0.05 ADVERTISING RATES. 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RICHARDSON, with his friends were barricaded in a house. An at tempt was made to storm the place with the following result: ED. BATTLE, (white), bailiff of Fulton county, dead; EDWARD CRABTREE, (white) city policeman, dead; H. G. OSBURN, (white) policeman of Fulton county, dead; THOMAS GRANT, (white) city policeman, dead; S. A. KERLIN, (white) wounded; W. A. WRIGHT, (white) wounded in the left shoulder; W. L. Jackson, (white) wounded in the thigh; OWEN HEARD, (white) county policeman, wounded in the arm; Officer SPRADLIN, (white) wounded in the arm. It will be seen that four white men It will be seen that four white men were killed and five wounded. The following colored men were killed: WILL RICHARDSON. He died in his own house and was burned to death. He never surrendered, but killed four men before he yielded up the ghost. JOHN HARRINGTON, an unknown colored man, thought to be CHARLES CLISBEY. WILL GREGG. SHEPHERD FINZER, a hackman was shot through the hand. It will be seen that four colored men lost their lives and one was wounded. The affair took place a few hundred yards outside of the city limits. The county police attempted to raid the place, and when unable to succeed called upon the city police for assistance with the above terrible results. When it was ascertained that they could not frighten the colored men into submission, the Governor was appealed to for the military. There were only three colored men in the barricaded store. They were armed with a number of Winchester rifles and a small gatling gun. The colored men knew how to shoot and every crack of a rifle seems to have found a lodging place in the body of some one of the besiegers. A colored man, named WILL GREY was heard to say that it was a shame to kill colored people that way. He had no sooner spoken the words when he was riddled with bullets. He died that night. The better class of white people were conservative. Gov. CANDLER's proclamation had a soothing effect and no further bloodshed was precipitated. An entire block of buildings were de- stroyed. It seemed that RICHARDSON owned the store while a colored woman, named ANNIE MILBURN owned the house from which he made the death-dealing defense. The affair is generally regretted and its effect can only serve to inflame the lower elements of both races. Still, RICHARDSON's desperate defense was all that could be expected and his action in selling his life as dearly as possible shows that colored men are learning the lesson taught by white men only too well. It is unfortunate that the officers of the law figured in the affair. It is unhope that lawless mobs shall receive dose after dose of that kind of medicine. After RICHARDSON and his companions had killed one white man, there was nothing in store for them but the gallows, and they had sense enough to know it. Discretion is said to be the better part of valor, and had the members of the attacking party exercised a little of it, they might have been alive and well to "The worm will turn." ROCHAMBEAU STATUE UNVEILED Washington, May 26.—Amid the enthusiastic demonstrations of a great concourse of people, the superb bronze statue of General Count de Rochambeau, who brought the forces of France across the sea at the hour of greatest peril in the American revolution, was unveiled yesterday. For the first time in its history the national capital witnessed the sight of rank on rank of French seamen swinging through Pennsylvania avenue and mingling their cheers with those of the American blue jackets and soldiers, while at the same time the French tri-colors were entwined with the Stars and Stripes and the sound of the Marseillaise was heard along with the "Star Spangled Banner." After an impressive Invocation by Rev. Dr. Stafford, President Roosevelt delivered the address of welcome. He spoke in strong voice and with great earnestness, pausing frequently at the outbursts of applause. As the president concluded his address, the Countess de Rochambeau caught up the cords to the flags enveloping the statue, and the massive bronze figure emerged through the folds of red, white and blue. At the same instant the "boom," "boom," of an artillery salute came from a battery of heavy guns nearby, and the strains of the French national hymn, "The Marsetillaise," came from the Marine Band. It was an inspiring moment and, led by President Roosevelt, the entire assemblage joined in cheering HANNA IN CONTROL Ohio Republican Convention Unanimous For the Senator mous For the Senator. Cleveland, May 28—The feature of the Republican state convention here yesterday was the unanimity of sentiment in favor of Senator Hanna. He has been the center of interest since his arrival from Washington last Sunday. The conferences of leaders with him continued yesterday, but when it came to the meeting of the delegates by congressional districts, the sentiment for him was demonstrated in an unprecedented degree. His friends had claimed 18 out of the 21 districts, and more than realized their expectations. Interest centered in the selection of state committeemen, as the new state central committee, selected yesterday will have control next year, when members of the legislature are elected who will choose the successor to Mr. Hanna in the senate. It is claimed that there was only one anti-Hanna man selected on the new state committee, and that he "has been reconciled." BURIED UNDER TONS OF DEBRIS Many Corpses of Fernie Mine Disaster Will Never Be Recovered. Will Never Be Recovered. Vancouver, B. C., May 27.—A special from Fernie, B. C., says: The explosion which killed 151 men occurred in one of the lowest workings, known as Beaver Pit. The wreck of the workings is said to be complete. Hundreds of tons of rock and coal were brought down upon the unfortunate miners by the force of the explosion. Some of the bodies are buried beneath from 50 to 75 tons of debris, and many corpses will never be recovered. Eight more bodies were recovered yesterday. Many of the surviving white miners are arranging to leave Fernie. SPANISH CABINET RESIGNED Crisis Was Caused By Discussion of Religious Question. Madrid, May 28.—A crisis in the cabinet has occurred. At the meeting of the cabinet yesterday Senor Canalejas, the minister of agriculture, insisted upon the necessity of convening the chamber immediately to discuss the religious question. The other ministers opposed this proposal, and Senor Canalejas resigned. After this action the remainder of the cabinet placed their portfolios at the disposal of Senor Sagasta, the premier, to enable him to solve the difficulty. $65,000,000 For Harbors. Washington, May 28.—The confeeers on the river and harbor bill have reached a complete agreement and reported it to the senate and house today. As the bill is finally agreed upon it carries a total appropriation of about $65,000,000, an increase of $5,000,000 over the measure as it passed the house and a decrease of $4,500,000 as it passed the senate. Instead of $200,-000 for the improvement of Buttermilk Channel, New York harbor, only $90,-000 is to be appropriated. The senate amendment appropriating $50,000 for the improvement of Allegheny river at Natrona, Pa., for construction of lock and dams numbered four is stricken out entirely. The senate committee on naval affairs will report favorably the bill providing for the retirement of Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hebson. Cass Dawerson shot his wife in the back, killing her instantly, and then committed suicide in a hotel at Denver, Coio. They were circus performers and had lately been giving street shows. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. OPERATORS CHEERFUL They Believe Many Pumpmen Will Remain at Work. OFFERING $3 A DAY FOR MEN Mine Workers' Leaders Expect All Pumpmen In Hazleton District to Strike On Monday Next If Concessions Are Not Granted. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 27.—The operators are more cheerful than they have been at any time since the strike began. Returns from several districts where the engineers and pumpmen were polled show that many voted against a strike. The operators declare that they will now have no difficulty in keeping their pumps going, and that although all the firemen go out they will be able, with their clerks and bosses, and the aid of the coal and iron policemen, to keep up steam. If they need non-union firemen they can get them readily, they state. The men needed to man the fires will be housed at the mines in order that the strikers shall have no opportunity to interfere with them without breaking into the company's grounds. As a result of a poll made by the executive board, the local mine workers' leaders expect that all the engineers, firemen and pump runners in the Seventh, or Hazleton, district will respond to the strike order on Monday next if they are not granted an eight-hour day by that time. In this region all these men are affiliated with the United Mine Workers. Some of the firemen and pump runners wanted to go out with the miners two weeks ago, but were restrained by the district officers. Meetings of the executive board are held daily, and the leaders are in close touch with the situation at every colliery. Coxe Bros. & Co. had agents in town last night, offering $3 a day to men wanted as pump runners, to take the places of the strikers on Monday. At the Derringer colliery of Coxe Bros. & Co. such feeling has been manifested by the people against a clerk who took the place of a fireman that he fears to return to his home. He is quartered in a caboose near the mine. The caboose is guarded day and night by two special officers. It is not possible to conceal the fact that the mine workers, especially in the Lehigh region, are becoming very restless. The miners in the last-named region openly declare that they will not permit the pumps to be run by non-union men. The spirit of unrest is also, according to reliable reports, pronounced in all three districts and the conservative leaders are apprehensive lest disorder should occur before the return of Mr. Mitchell, who is expected by Thursday. Rev. Father J. V. Hussie, rector of St. Gabriel's Church, opened a school for striking breaker boys. The attendance was so good that an additional school will be started today. It was learned last night that Duncan Moorehead, the timekeeper at the Carson washery, had been shot by a drunken Italian, who narrowly missed wounding several other people on the Yorktown bicycle path, as he was on his way home to MeAdoo on Sunday night. The Italian is a striking miner, but it is asserted that he did not know Moorehead, and that the shooting was purely accidental. MINERS EAGER TO FORCE ISSUE Anxious to Get Out Soft Coal Men to Shut Off Supply. Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 28.—The report that President Mitchell had conferred with members of the Civic Federation in Chicago, and that efforts to settle the strike were about to be renewed, was received with indifference here. The miners are willing and anxious to submit their claims to arbitration at any time, but they do not expect the operators to yield, unless the union succeeds in controlling the situation by completely cutting off their coal supply. The idle miners are more intent on learning how and when the bituminous coal is to be shut out of the eastern markets than they are to hear peace reports, which are no longer regarded seriously. As the railroads are burning soft coal, the miners are satisfied that the anthracite supply is about exhausted, and they are in favor of cutting off the bituminous supply at once. It is estimated that from 7,500 to 10,000 mine workers, mostly young men, have left the Wyoming Valley for the bituminous fields in the west and large cities throughout the country. Should the strike continue for another month, and the miners continue to leave at anything like the rate they arenow doing, the operators may be embarrassed by a scarcity of labor that will force wages beyond the scale demanded by the strikers. ANOTHER MINERS' STRIKE Men In the Virginias Make Demand For Increase In Wages. For Increase in Wages. Huntington, W. Va., May 26.—The United Mine Workers, who have been in session here for the past two days, adjourned Saturday night after ordering a general strike of all the miners in West Virginia and Virginia to begin June 7, and last until the demands of 10 to 22 per cent. increase in wages are granted. This, with those who will be compelled to quit work on account of the closing of the mines, will render 125,000 men idle in the two states. Teddy, Jr., Returns to Groton. Washington, May 27.—Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the president, has fully recovered from his attack of pneumonia, and left here yesterday afternoon for Groton, Mass., where he will resume his studies. Cholera Kills United States Officer. Manila, May 28—Captain Charles E. Russell, of the Eighth Infantry, is dead. He was the first officer to die of cholera. Up to the present, in Manila, there have been 25 cases of cholera and 20 deaths among the Americans, and 13 cases and 10 deaths among the European population. The cholera totals to date are as follows: Manila, 1,165 cases and 935 deaths; provinces, 5,001 cases and 2,878 deaths. SIDEWALK COLLAPSED 200 Persons Drop 20 Feet by Break of Temporary Structure. ONE KILLED AND 100 INJURED Accident Happened While Crowd Was Watching Parade In Honor Rochambeau Commission In New York. Contractors Under Arrest. New York, May 28—Elvin L. Coolidge, circulation manager of the New York Commercial, was almost instantly killed and about 100 others injured last evening by the breaking down of a temporary sidewalk at fifth avenue and Eighteenth street. Some of those injured may die. Those who fell were part of the crowd gathered to watch the parade of militia in honor of the visit of the French Rochambeau commission to this city. Two hundred persons were on the sidewalk when it gave way. They were precipitated 20 feet into an excavation for a new building, and fell upon piles of building material. The accident occurred just as the head of the parade had passed the corner. The French visitors had gone past, and knew nothing of the accident until some time later. Troop C had just ridden by and the Twenty-second Regiment was passing when the crash came. The officers in command at once gave the order to break ranks, and 50 militiamen were detailed to the work of rescue. Hurry calls were sent for police reserves and ambulances, and in a very short time those who fell were assisted out of the excavation, and the work of binding up wounds and conveying those most injured to hospitals was in full swing. The authorities are busy endeavoring to discover who was to blame for the accident. Coroner Scholer says the sidewalk had not been built of material strong enough to stand such a great weight as burdened it last evening. He said the real cause of the accident was the giving way of an upright timber, 12 by 12 inches in dimensions, that extended from the bottom of the excavation to the cross beams on which the sidewalk rested. About three feet of this timber, he said, was rotten and very weak. Considering the nature of the accident and the number of persons in it, the hospital surgeons express surprise at the few who received serious hurts. Many were able to go directly home after having their injuries treated by the ambulance surgeons. E. L. Coolidge, who was killed, received a fracture of the skull. He leaves a widow and four children. The coroner ordered the arrest of Contractor Cowan and of J. G. Miller, the sub-contractor. Mr. Cowan, however, had heard of the accident, and went to the police station, where he saw the coroner. Cowan explained that he was not responsible for the accident and promised to appear at the inquest in case he was wanted. James Lawton, foreman of the work at the building, was arrested by the police and later allowed to go under ball of $2,000, a charge of homicide having been placed against him. The contractor, sub-contractor and foreman insist that they warned the police to keep the crowd off the sidewalk, as it was not built to stand so great a strain. PEACE CONFERENCE DEADLOCK Boore Still Have Many Points of Difference. With England. ference With England. Pretoria, May 27.—The prevalence throughout South Africa of the optimistic feeling in regard to the peace negotiations is hardly based upon solid facts. The protraction of the conference at Vereeniging is not necessarily a hopeful sign. The delegates to the conference, although they have abandoned their hopes of securing independence, still have many points of difference with the government, while an obstinate minority continue to regard the resumption of hostilities as the best outcome of the present situation, and at any moment these points of difference may be accentuated into a refusal to continue the negotiations. It is most unlikely that those who are in favor of peace will throw up the sponge so long as a decent minority is desirous of continuing the struggle, and all these dissant elements must be taken into account before it is possible to give any sort of prediction as to the issue of the present negotiations. Farmer's Wife Murdered. York, Pa., May 27—Mrs. John Anstine, aged about 50 years, wife of a farmer residing near Red Lion, this county, was found lying in a woods near her home last night, having been brutally murdered by some person as yet unknown. She was lying on her face behind a pile of rails, her head crushed in, her face and neck cut and her dress cut and torn. She had been to Red Lion and had started to walk home. She was soon near the woods, but as she had not reached her home by nearly nightfall her family started to search for her, finding the body. There is no clue to the murderer as yet. Flowers For McKinley's Grave. Washington, May 28.—A floral tribute was sent from here today by the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., to be placed on the casket containing the body of President McKinley, at Canton, O., on Memorial Day, George E. Davis, quartermaster general of the department, conferred with Secretary Cortelyou, and it was decided to send the remembrance to Mrs. McKinley for her to take to the cemetery. A similar offering is to be sent from the White House. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. General Lloyd Wheaton sailed from Manila today for San Francisco on the transport Sherman. The convention of the Free Sons of Israel at Atlantic City adjourned yesterday, to meet again in 1907 at Atlantic City. The house passed a bill authorizing the International Y. M. C. A. to erect buildings on public reservations in the WE TRUST YOU AND SEND OUR GOODS TO YOU ON CREDIT. We Pay all the Express Charges. YOU can earn from $10.00 to $50.00 a week selling our great remedy. If you already have a position, you can make good money by working in your spare time. Now is the accepted time. Write before some one else gets the Agency, we only want one Agent in a place. How many opportunities to make money have you lost? Here is a chance for every man or woman, boy or girl, to make money every day in the year. IRONAL, the great natural medicine, is a certain cure for all diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, Bowels, and Blood. It cures Headache, Backache, Cramps, Pains in the Shoulders, Arms, Breast, Back, Legs, and Lungs. 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Admiral Schley last night was initiated into the order of the Mystic Shrine at Washington. Rear Admiral James H. Sands has been detailed as commander of the League Island navy yard, Philadelphia. A furniture trust, composed of 200 leading manufacturers, is being organized in Chicago, with a capital of $25,000,000. The United States cruiser Topeka arrived at Port au Prince, Halti, to protect American interests during the present rebellion in Haiti. More than 100 coal miners from the Pennsylvania anthracite coal fields sailed for Europe yesterday from New York on the steamer Augusta Victoria. Herbert L. Brice, a half-brother of the late Senator Brice, committed suicide in a sanitarium at Flint, Mich., yesterday. Burglaries entered the tapestry factory of J. B. Ryers & Co., near Paterson, N. J., and stole $5,000 worth of silk tapestries. John W. Churry, of South Bend, Ind., yesterday shot and killed his sweetheart, Susanne Kiskemet, and then killed himself. 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Kingstown, Island of St. Vincent, May 28—On Saturday night the dense clouds forming a canopy over the greater part of the island lowered and a severe thunder storm, accompanied by a heavy rainfall, broke over St. Vincent and continued until Monday, causing the mud streams in the Windward district of Georgetown to be flooded. The water pipes were damaged, several houses were washed away and two lives were lost. The rainfall was so heavy that it disturbed the bodies of the buried victims of the volcanic disaster, and corpses, with putrid flesh hanging to the bones, were exposed to view. During the rain storm the Soufriere Volcano appeared to give forth dense clouds of vapor and steam, rising to a considerable height and spreading over the neighborhood. Roaring sounds from the mountain also caused apprehension of another eruption. Further interesting incidents that occurred during the recent eruption of the volcano are continually coming to light. 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Battle of Manila Bay May 1 four years ago Admiral Dewey won his memorable victory in Manila bay that gave to this country a new island empire in the far east Battle of Manila Bay Admiral Dewey won his memorable victory in Manila bay that gave to this country a new island empire in the far east. The enthusiasm with which the news of that victory was hailed in the United States has seldom, if ever, been equaled since the day that marked the close of the long civil war. So great has been its effect upon American policies that we can afford to pause for a moment to rehearse its important details. The admiral, then a commodore, was a man of action, and no sooner did he receive the news that war had been declared than he sailed from Hong-Kong with his squadron, consisting of the Olympia, his flagship, Capt. Charles V. Gridley; the Raigate, Capt. Joseph B. Coghain; the Baltimore, Capt. Nebeham M. Dyer; the Boston, Capt. Frank Wilder; the Mamaroo Commander Oscar W. Farenholt; the Coryord, Commander Asa Walker, and the Petrel, Commander Edward P. Wood, for Manila. The Spanish fleet was lying at Cavite in the sea. The Spanish naval officer, a naval motor entered to give battle. He was an M. B. unexpected guest, the Spaniards not being used to such energy as it took to put the American fleet into the Philippine harbor at so early a date. They had failed to prepare for his recoction and he sailed past Corregidor island, concluding what was supposedly impregnable defenses, almost before the garrison were aware of his presence in the vicinity. It was not until after his last ship was well past that they thought to give battle to the during Sankaka, then sent a few harmless ships after them. Day had not yet broken when Cavite was reached, and Dewey quietly awaited its coming. When the sun rose in the east instead of immediately beginning the destruction of the Spanish ships that lay before him the daring sailorman preferred to play with his enemy, and so weighed anchor and sailed up to the defenses of Manila with which he exchanged a few shots as a wrist MAP OF MANILA BAY. Showing Positions of American and Spanish Fleets During Battle of May 1, 1898. ter of international courtesy, then returned to give more detailed attention to the Spanish fleet. It was early even when he got back again to Cavite, so early that it was only 19 minutes past six, when, with the Olympia 5,500 yards from the enemy's ships, he uttered those historic words: "When you are ready, Gridley, fire." Instantly the eight-inch guns of the good cruiser broke forth in smoke and flame, and began raining a shower of steel upon the Spanish ship. Gradually the American fleet drew closer. Submarine mines exploded in front of them, but they did not waver. The Spanish gunners answered the challenge of the Olympia's guns with a shower of projectiles of equal size, but without doing any considerable damage. As the American boats got within closer range the smaller guns added their roar to that of the larger ones, and the terrific fire was kept up until 7:38 when Dewey felt THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. MAJ. WISLEY MERRITT, The First American Military Governor of the Philippines. that he had had enough for a beginner, and not wanting to spoil a good thing too soon, quit for breakfast, and a pull at the pipe or cigar. It was not until 10:50 that he again went at the Spaniards. He had furnished sufficient sport for his sailormen, and now intended to finish the job in a hurry and put the enemy out of their misery without further loss of time, and before it could interfere with his dinner arrangements. The midday meal would be served aboard the flagship at one, and it was necessary that the job be completed and the muss cleared up before that time. To accomplish this every gun, big and little, that could be brought into play, was used, and it was little more than an hour before all of the Spanish batteries were lying by the bottom of the bay or destroying and at 12:30 a white flag run up over the Spanish batteries at Cavite proclaimed their surrender. As they do things on board an American man-of-war 30 minutes was ample time MAJ. GEN. ARTHUR McARTHUR. Second American Military Governor of the Philippines. in which to attend to the wants of the few, slightly wounded and prepare dinner to which Admiral Montojo was invited, but declined. The Spanish loss was 12 ships—their entire Anatistic squadron—and 618 men either killed or wounded. For that little morning's work Admiral Dewey gave to the United States something like 125,000 square miles of territory, and secured for himself the thanks of the American people and the rank of admiral in the American navy—and not an American sailman killed or an American vessel seriously injured. The Spanish flag that came down at Cavite that day was never to rise again in the Philippines. Our War in the Philippines Dewey's victory at Cavite, followed by the combined land and naval fight that resulted in the surrender of Manila to Gen. Merritt and the American form to this country new with which to lea- encountered for a continuous reveal natives, fighting sons that prompt The victories of 1898, relieved Spa- ritories, but at tha- ferred from her rebellious subjecta troubles for a centa- On the evening a on August 13, gave to and untried problems As in Cuba Spain had almost a century almost ations on the part of the for almost the same reated the patriots of Cuba. May 1 and of August 13, of her vast colonial ter- same time it trans- the United States the that had given her just February 4, 1899, at 8:30 o'clock was fired revolution of the Full American occupation, continued to the pream now, after almost two fighting, seemingly near 8:30 o'clock was fired the first shot in the revolution of the Filipino american occupation, continued to the war now, after almost two fighting, seemingly near The Filipinos demanded absolute independence of the America this country refused to concise way, may be acce of the present rebellion in During the three days folk of the first shot the America the insurgents from the li they occupied outside Manzil possession of the suburb of fighting american troops were supposed to army of 20,000 Filipinos 13, was the between ch that the falolos was paign was s was fol- on March govern- The battle of Pasig, on Marcel next important engagement be two forces. It was early in Mar advance on the rebel capital at 2 begun. The first fight of this cam on March 26 at Malinta, and this allowed by the capture of Malolese 31, but Aguinaldo had moved his GEN. A. R. CHAFFEE. Present American Military Ommander in the Philippines. ment to San Fernando, and upon his departure fired the government buildings. The victory was a signal one, however, as it resulted in the capture of subsistence stores valued at one and a half million dollars. The American troops continued to push northward toward the new rebel capital rapidly, and on April 10 was fought the battle of Santa Cruz, which place was captured on April 25, and on May 5 San Fernando fell into the hands of the American troops. The capture of this place practically closed the campaign to the north of Manila until the close of the rainy season. Gen. Lewton's command returned to Gen. Lewton's office on May 24 after having marched a disheveled 200 miles, fought 22 engagements, taken 28 towns, captured and destroyed 300,000 bushels of rice, and with a loss of only 6 killed and 35 wounded. But the intrepid officer, who was later to lose his life in the conflict, was not allowed to rest his troops. He was assigned to command an expedition against Gen. Pio del Pilar, who was operating around the RHOB HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT. First American Civil Governor in the Philippines. shores of Laguna de Bay, and from the third of June to the thirteenth of the same month succeeded in driving the insurgents not only from the shores of this body of water, but from around the shores of Manila bay as well, and soon after had driven the enemy from every stronghold in Cavite province. Gen. MacArthur opened the second campaign to the north of Manila on August 9, when he moved against Angeles. Bacolor was first captured, and on August 16 the army arrived before the intrenchments at Laguna de Bay, captured when lost of but two killed and 19 wounded. During the same time Gen. Young had taken the towns of San Mateo, Balcuag and Quincua. While American troopers had been fighting the insurgents in Luzon the rebellion had spread to other islands and insurgent garrisons had been established in Panay, Leyt Cebu, Negros, Samar and other islands. Gen. Miller had captured Iloilo on February 11; Bacolod, in Negros, was taken by Col. Smith, and on February 21 Cebu was taken by Capt. Cornwall, of the Potrel. On August 24 Gen. Bates returned to Manila from the Sulu group and announced the signing of an agreement with the sultan MAJ.-GEN. HENRY W. LAWTON. Killed Dec. 19, 1890, While Leading Attack. at San Mateo, Luzon. extending American authority over the entire group. Campaign followed campaign rapidly, but there was little severe fighting for the American troops. On October 2, 1889, came the first overtures for peace on the part of the insurgents, but the attempt was looked upon by American officers merely as an effort to gain some recognition of the Filipino government and was futile of any result. On November 1 a movement was begun against Tarlac, then the insurgent capital. Mabalacat was the first place captured, and on the following day, November 9. San Fabian fell into American hands, and Tarlac was captured on November 12, but Aguinalde and his government had moved. The following day the insurgents were attacked at San Jacinto, the place being captured, but not until it had cost the life of Maj. John A. Logan. The fighting continued with but small loss to the Americans until Dagupan, the northern terminus of the railroad running from Manila, was reached on November 20. Four days later President Bautista, of the Filipino congress, surrendered himself to Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Otis telegraphed the war department at Washington that "the insurgent government could no longer claim an existence." At that time the insurgent treasurer, secretary of the interior and president of its congress were in American hands. The American troops pushed steadily northward, and on December 5 Gen. Young's command arrived at Vigan, near the northwest extremity of Luzon. In order to follow the rapidly dispersing enemy Gen. Young divided his force into smaller bodies of troops and dispatched them in different directions for the purpose of capturing Gen. Tino and Gen. Del Pilar, and on December 11 Gen. Tirona surrendered the whole of the district to the American forces, Capt. McCalla, of the navy, accepting the surrender. During the middle of December two notable events occurred. The first, on De cember 18, was the rescue of Lieut. Gilmore, of the navy, and his men, who had been captured near Baler, April 12, and the officer was the death of Gen. Lawton, killed during the fight at San Mateo on December 19. By the opening of the year 1900 the insurgent opposition had dwindled to but little more than a force of scattered bandits, and guerrilla warfare was the rule. The northern portion of the island had been pretty generally cleared, and Gena. Schwen and Wheaton began a campaign against the insurgent forces in the south. BRIG.-GEN. PREDERIICK FUNBTON. Who Captured Aguinaldo March 23, 1901, in Isabella Province. and Gens. Bates and Bell headed an expedition which left Manila February 16 to drive the enemy from the Camarines. Both of these expeditions encountered considerable opposition from small bodies of insurgent troops, but were in the end successful in accomplishing the objects for which they were organized with but small loss of life. The details of the campaigns of 1901 and of the present year are so fresh in the public mind that a rehearsal of their details is unnecessary. Of last year the two most important occurrences were the capture of Aguinaldo by Gen. Funsten on March 23 and the establishment of civil government in the islands by the Taft commission on July 4. There has been considerable fight among the campaign armies, with its attendant hostility, still probably not soon be forgotten, either by the participants or the American public, and now promises to result in a number of court-martials for different army officers. The recent surrender of Gen. Marwar has seemingly virtually ended the organized opposition to American rule, and the officials at Manila are in hopes of an early and permanent peace. The "Little governor" was the foundation of the Spanish system of government in the Philippines in the Philippines, lowest, lowest, lowest of the oceans. Spain's Method of Government ficial ladder, and ruled in the parish. He was an official of but little power, with but small opportunity for "graft," and whose greatest perquisite consisted in the wearing of the official hat, a stiff, mure-room-shaped affair, liberally covered wish. FLAG OF THE FILIPINOS. Upper Stripe Red, Lower Blue, Sun and Stars Yellow on White Ground. ornaments of silver bullion. Of far more influence were the priests, an influence that was much more often exercised for good than for bad, and many evidences of their rule are to be found throughout the islands in the shape of roads and bridges. To be sure the natives were taxed for far more of these conveniences than were built, but it is a question if any would have been built, it not been for the priests. The real government of the islands lay in the hands of the governor-general, a crown appointee. He was assisted by a council of state. The minister of the colonies at Madrid was the direct head of the government, as he was of all the Spanish colonies, but he was assisted by an advisory council for the Philippines, residing in Madrid, and to this council was specially intrusted the interests of the Philippines. The islands could never be properly termed a Spanish colony. They were held only as a military possession. To extend money from the people, under the various forms of taxation that cunning and rapacious had devised, was the sole purpose of Spain and the business and object of the governmental officers that were maintained there. How much these extortions amounted to, will never be known outside of Spanish official circles, but there were but few Spanish officials sent to the islands who did not return to Spain with a competence, the greater part of which was the result of various forms of brethren and official disloyalty. SHE KNEW, HIM. He—I was held up by three men on the way home last night. She—I'm glad there was some one there to hold you up.—Chicago Journal. An Advantage. I'd like to be a merry bird, With wings so strong and fleet. For then I might go out in spring And never wet my feet. —Washington Star. Knows His Place. He—That dog goes around with your husband all the time, doesn't he? She—Oh, yes; the dog knows his place.—Yonkers Statesman. Easy When You Know How. Briggs—Did you have any trouble making love to that Boston girl? Griggs—Not after I had broken the ice.—Town Topics. Criminal—No; but Ive got a first-class lawyer.—Puck. Easily Remedied. "Now see what you've made me do!" tried the girl who was writing a formal note accepting a young man's theater invitation. The little girl who had jogged her elbow looked at the blot and laughed. "I'll fix it," she said. "It's easy." She took the pen and scrawled above the blot: "This is a kiss." "That's what I always do when I make a blot," she explained.—Chicago Post. British Ambassador Succumbed to a Long Illness. Washington, May 26.—Lord Pauncefote, British ambassador to the United States, died at the embassy Saturday morning at 5:35 o'clock. The improvement which had been noted in the ambassador's condition LORD PAUNCEFOTE. during the week received a sudden check Friday evening, when it was noticed that he was experiencing great difficulty in breathing. Soon after 3 o'clock Saturday morning a distinct weakness of the heart developed, and the pulse began to collapse. Death came so peacefully that it surprised even the physicians, who feared that the asthmatic affection would prevent troublesome when the end came. With the exception of a few details the arrangements for the funeral services are complete. Lady Pauncested yesterday signified her approval of the arrangements made, by which services are to be held Wednesday at noon in St. John's Episcopal Church, after which the body is to be temporarily deposited in a receiving vault at Rock Creek Cemetery. A military escort will be provided by the war department to attend the funeral, which will be of a state character. A large number of messages of condolence from all over the world were received at the embassy yesterday, but they were not made public. JARDEN MURDERER HANGED William Lane Paid With Life Penalty of Awful Chimes. Philadelphia, May 23.—Singing in a high, quivering voice the words of an old Methodist hymn, William Harman Lane, the colored man who, on April 1, shot to death Ella Jarden and her two little daughters, went to the gallows yesterday morning. He died as one who did not realize the end. Wide-eyed, staring towards the glimmering southern windows in the western corridor of Moyamensing prison, Lane mounted the scaffold steadily. He stood upon the trap for a few brief seconds, seeming neither to see the large crowd of spectators huddled beneath him, nor to know that the executioner had placed about his neck the grim rope of death. The words, "There's not a friend like the lowly Jesus," caught in his throat as the knot was vigorously tightened behing his right ear. He stood stolidly — hopeless. The black cap shut from his eyes the last sight of earth. A keeper moved him forward a few inches, so that he stood directly in the centre of the scaffold. The drop fell at 10.08. His death was painless, for with the drop almost he ceased to be conscious. He was pronounced dead at 10.27. One of the most atrocious crimes, flendish in its miserable heartlessness, was legally accounted closed. The execution was pronounced the most successful one ever held in Moyamensing prison. KAISER INVITES OUR GENERAL2 Corbin, Young and Wood to See German Military Manoeuvres than military maneuvers. Washington, May 27. It is stated on authority that Generals Corbin, Young and Wood have been formally invited by Emperor William to attend as his personal guests the German military maneuvers next fall. The first overtures in that direction were adopted by General Von Plessem, at the instance of Prince Henry during his recent American visit, but they have since been extended in regular form, and they will be accepted by the three generals. Brothers Fought Duel to Death. Corry, Pa., May 28.—Two brothers fought a duel with revolvers on a farm ten miles from this city yesterday and both are dying. Spencer and Laverne Page have had some difficulty over money matters and it is said that bad feeling has existed between them for some time. Yesterday Laverne drove to his brother's farm and accused him of unfair dealing. Spencer drew a revolver and fired on his brother, who had also drawn a revolver from his pocket, and thus, with one on the ground and the other in a wagon the duel to death was fought. Two shots took effect in Spencer's head, inflicting fatal injuries. One ball lodged in Laverne's body just over the heart. He cannot live. Havana. May 28.—Herbert G. 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How a Husband and Father in Jail as a Result of Drink Was Restored to His Family. A man came slowly into the city after traveling over frozen country roads all day. He limped as if unacustomed to continuous walking, and he looked chilly in his thin suit. His hat was drawn down over his face, which showed a week's growth of beard. Until sunset he kept in the streets which ran beside the wharves and between great storehouses, then he drifted into the poorer section of the town, and called at a house for food, which was given to him, and which he ate in sheltered corner. But the winds blew cold, and he was soon on his feet again, limping toward the heart of the town. As he reached the broader streets he saw that the stores were gay with colors and brilliant with electric lights. There were wreaths and white doves and crosses, and he rubbed his eyes in a perplexed fashion, looking from side to side. At length he said to himself: "That's it; it's Easter time. It always did come this time o' year." Then as he walked on he muttered: "Things have changed mightily in five years." He paused at length before a small shop window full of brightness. There were babies' caps and socks, and little red shoes, yes, and dresses, mittens, mufflers, and handkerchiefs; while on the floor were cheap toys—tin carts, wooden soldiers, villages, sets of dishes, and dolls with red cheeks and shocks of yellow hair. This window was not lighted by electricity, but with kerosene lamps whose reflectors were as bright as silver. There seemed to be a brisk trade at the little store, for the door swung to and fro with the sharp clang of a THE MAN TOOK THE PARCEL bell, as women and children passed in and out. The air that escaped from within was a puff of warmth and appetizing odors, a mixture of crisp fried potato and peppermint candy. While the man still stood in the shadow a boy and a girl came down the street chatting merrily. When they reached the little store they stopped. "Our window looks most as pretty as the ones up street. It looks real cozy," said the girl. "Yes," the boy assented, "but we can't afford to keep things just to look pretty. I was hoping mother'd sell some dresses and things to-day." "She has, she has!" exclaimed the girl, eagerly. "Don't you see they're different? There's a red dress in the corner instead of a blue one, and one two—three caps are gone. The soldiers, too—more than half are sold." "Yes, they've gone like hot cakes. That's the checker for boys," said the little fellow, with a businesslike air. Just then the girl noticed the man, and asked, timidly: "Did you want to buy something?" "No, no," he stammered; and then, as if to excuse himself, he added: "What's the name of the man that runs this store?" "It isn't any man, it's mother and us," the boy responded, proudly. "Oh, you haven't any father?" "None to speak of"—then in a lower tone, "he's—well, he don't live in these parts." "Roscoe Stacy," warned the sister, as they went up the steps, "Mother wouldn't like you to speak that way. Let's go in." They entered the door, which closed with a melodious jingle. The man had given a start of surprise when the little girl spoke her brother's name, and he now stood as if rooted to the ground, his hands nervously clasping and unclasped before him. A few moments passed, and the little girl reappeared in the doorway, and held out a paper parcel to him as she said: "Mother thought perhaps you'd like some bread and butter. She says she hopes you know its Easter eve, and that Jesus thinks of everybody tonight." The man took the parcel with a word of thanks and limped away. He wiped his eyes again and again with the back of his hand. "That's her—that's Marthy all over," he murmured. "And she an' the kids're in business. That shows what a smart woman she was. And I knew it, an' took the money she earned, an' then—" The groan that escaped his lips drew the attention of several who were pass- ing, but he did not notice. "God knows I was crazy drunk when I struck her down, an' I've had five years to think it over. Five years—and she an' the kids're in business." He wandered on without purpose until he reached a small park which he well remembered. There were iron seats under the trees, but no one cared to sit there in the cool night air. Even the policeman, who usually walked back and forth, was absent, and the fountain was still covered. There was no sound but the dreary rustle of shrrleaved oak leaves as this man—only a week out of prison—sat down in the black shadow of an electric light. "I'm glad I didn't write that I'd been pardoned out. What'd she care about good behavior? She's getting along prosperous—she an' the children. That was little Elle that come to the door an' spoke so gentle. She cried when they took me off—the little dear—an' said they shouldn't 'buse her pa. I was always good to 'em when I was—sober. That was five years ago, an' now—why, she was fixed up like anybody's girl. Her ma didn't spend the money for drink. If I could see Marthy an' tell her I was sorry." Tears fell and froze on the man's cheeks. "But she couldn't forgive a man—no, a brute—that would strike her down. I've thought about that—so long—I guess I hate myself as much as she hates me." He sat there numb with cold, and wondering why he did not move on and leave the city forever, when a sudden recollection came to him. "What was it little Ellie said? Her mother hoped I knew 'twas Easter eve, and that Jesus was thinking about everybody to-night. That's just like Marty. She was always saying a good word to folks that was in trouble, an' she knew about Jesus then. I suppose Ellie told her there was a poor old tramp out there. But she said: 'He's thinking about everybody to-night,' an' that means me. If He thinks about me does He mean me to go to Marty and try to live once more as I'd ought to?" The stars were very bright overhead, and they looked down in a friendly way through the shivering branches. One was larger and brighter than the rest, and it sent a gleam of hope into the man's heart. He stood up and lifted his right hand as if in solemn compact. Then he turned and walked back as rapidly as he could toward the gay window of the little store, toward the woman who had forgiven him years before and was praying and longing for his return—Mrs. O. W. Scott, in Union Signal. MORE LIABLE TO DISEASE. Careful Experiments Which Demonstrate That Alcohol Weakens Power to Resist Infection. Whether alcohol increases the susceptibility to infection or not is a question of great importance and one in which comparatively little work has been done. So far as experiments have been made on animals it would seem that alcohol, like carbonic oxide, etc., does render the consumer more liable to fall a victim to the germs of infectious diseases, and this view is supported by clinical experience in the tropies and elsewhere. Seeing that brandy and other alcoholic stimulants are frequently given to patients suffering from infectious diseases, the question presents itself whether we are increasing the disease or not by giving them. Dr. Laitinen has recently experimented on no fewer than 342 animals—dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, fowls and pigeons—with a view to settling the question. As infecting agents, cultivations of the anthrax, tubercle and diphtheria bacilli were employed. These were chosen as types of acute infection, chronic infection and a pure intoxication. The alcohol employed was, as a rule, a 25 per cent. solution of ethyl alcohol in water. In greater strength the alimentary mucous membrane of the birds became inflamed. Some of the dogs had 50 per cent. solutions. It was given either by esophagus, catheter, or by dropping it into the mouth from a pipette. The dose varied with the animal and its weight, from one and a half cubic centimeters in the case of the pigeon to 60 cubic centimeters in that of some of the dogs. It was administered in several ways and for varying times; sometimes in single large doses, at others in gradually increasing doses, for months at a time, in order to produce here an acute poisoning and there a chronic poisoning. A full account of these experiments is given in an elaborate series of tables, to which we must refer the reader for details. Briefly, Dr. Laitinen found that in all these cases without exception the effect of the administration of alcohol, in any form whatever, was to render the animal distinctly, sometimes markedly, more susceptible to infection than were the controls.—British Medical Journal. ITEMS. The value of the spirits sold in Great Britain during the year 1899 was over $800,000,000. This was $30,000,000 more than the amount sold in the United States. This year Great Britain led all the other nations in the amount of spirits consumed. Last year France took the lead. Under the Tillman dispensary law in South Carolina the state statistics show that the sales of intoxicating liquors have increased five times as fast as has the population. Consequently the liquor dealers are nowhere crying out against the dispensary law like they are against prohibition. It has been found that in one of the German districts the children receive no warm drink before coming to school, but only whisky or schnapps. Scrofula is very prevalent among them, and it is thought that lung tuberculosis will be added to this when the children grow up and become laborers. Bad Dancer. Ida—Did Charley Stumbles tell you that he was down at our dance? May—Yes, and he said he made a deep impression. Ida—Indeed he did; right on my toe—Chicago Daily News. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Farmer Jones was awakened by a suspicious noise in his barnyard, and, going out with a club and lantern, in an angle between the chicken-coop and barn he saw a colored neighbor standing bolt upright, with his eyes closed. After receiving a sharp blow on his head the intruder opened his eyes. "Where is I?" he asked. "Is dat you, Farmer Jones? I 's spect I've been walking in my sleep again. I often does walk in my sleep and jus' stand 'round and don't know where I is"--N. Y. Herald. Mister Trouble. If you meets wld Mister Trouble, Don't you stop on tarry; Tell 'im: "Howdy do, suh Got ez much ez i kin carry!" -Atlanta Constitution. REASON ENOUGH. Willie—I licked him because he insulted me. Father—You did, did you? What did he say? Willie—He said I looked like my father—Chicago Daily News. The Optimist The Optimist. 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Since dawn they had ridden over maddening miles of this interminable desert, without the exchange of a single word. The American's pride of race in not "knuckling" to a dirty "Greaser" by speaking first had been gradually but inexorably borne down in part by the terrifying stillness and monotony of this blistered waste, but much more by the unnatural silence and immobility maintained by the other. He had always learned himself a fairly brave man, and the uncanniness of the whole situation was getting upon his nerves. What a fool he had been to ride out, absolutely unarmed, into this pale sea with this granite-faced devil. He felt, savagely, that he would give all he possessed to mash that grim mouth, to crush the Light from those narrow, steely eyes. Presently he began to speak rapidly, thickly, as one hurried on by an uncontrollable something apart from himself. "Look here, now, I blame you. I know that I kept after the girl until she gave in to me. But how was I going to know that she would kill herself because I had to go away? If course, I knew you loved her, but I didn't see any reason for that stopping me. Oh, I know you'd have married her where I couldn't; but that's just the point, I couldn't. I'm engaged to a girl up in Nevada, and all my prospects depend upon my marrying her; so you see how I was placed, don't you?" The Mexican gave no sign that he had heard. His left hand, holding the thin reins that ran to the dejected mouth of the weary mustang, rested on the high pommel of the "buck" saddle; and his right hand clasped. IMMEDIATELY BENEATH THE AMERICAN'S EYES with quiet significance, the butt or the heavy revolver in its stamped-leather holster. Not a muscle of his face relaxed its fixed strain. It made the American's jaws ache to look at him. He waited mechanically for the answer he knew would not come; then burst out again in a franzied effort to batter down the stony ramparts of the other's deadly silence. "You hound, you! You'd have done the same thing in my place. You'd have done worse if you could. Why don't you say something, you dirty Greaser dog? You're a filthy coward! Get down off that horse and light me like a man. No, of course you won't. Ugh. What a beautiful God I was to think that you would help me to get away from her relatives. You would show me a safety way across the desert and over the frontier would you? Yes, you would. Ah! You dog, you! What I want to know, is what are you going to do with me? Answer me that. Answer me. What are you going to do with me? Hey? Say something, can't you! Say something." His voice had climaxed to a furious yell; but now he fell quiet suddenly, watching with fascinated eyes the phlegmatic mask of the utterly immoved Mexican. His burst of rage had been but a sorry cloak for the old terror that was clutching at his heart. He realized this with increasing alarm; and worse—he knew that the Mexican knew it. In spite of the terrific heat his face and hands were jummy cold, and he shivered fitfully. They rode on through the long morning in clammy silence that unbroken save for the muf-shuffling of the mustangs' on the pillow sand. The Mexican had fallen into a dull ap and rode like a sick man, his stooping lollingly upon his. The Mexican did not change his attitude by so much as a hair: riding erect and elastic, his face—a stone, and his eyes—ice. Presently the sun dropped abruptly over the far edge of the sandbank, and there succeeded a brief twilight of the blanched grayness of death. The Mexican swung himself lightly from the saddle and with a gesture to his companion to do likewise began to loosen the "bellyband" from his sweating mustang. This new move was viewed by the American with suspicion and alarm; but, seeing that no immediate danger was imminent he alighted slowly on the further side of his fellow traveler, and cautiously unsaddled the animal. The Mexican, in the meantime had staked out his horse with his riata, and was now busying himself with the preparation of some coffee over a small spirit-lamp. When this was done he spread a blanket upon the sand, and, motioning the other to be seated opposite, they ate a slender meal of crackers and canned corned beef, washed down with the steaming coffee, and topped off with a sparing drink from the water-bottles. Dinner over, the Mexican stretched himself at ease upon the blanket, with a brown paper cigarette between his slender fingers; fixing the American, between the smoke wreaths, with a sustained, impersonal regard under which the latter soon found his eyelids drooping with irritating persistence. The significance of this over-mastering drowsiness did not dawn upon him until, in a moment when he had wrenched his gaze from that impenetrable, idol-mask of a face opposite, with the cigarette smoke curling above it like streamers of incense, his eyes fell upon the other's tin coffee cup. It was full. In the act of rising to shake off the deadly lethargy which was overcoming him, he swayed unsteadily for a moment, and then fell heavily back upon the blanket. When the American next opened his eyes, his gaze rested on a strange sight. Far down near the horizon's rim, a cold, glittering moon was flashing a pale radiance over a frozen white sea. At least this was the first impression on his confused senses, from which the numbing effects of the drug he had swallowed had not yet disappeared. The weird appearance of the desert was further heightened to him by the fact that his eyes were nearly on a level with the sandy surface; and he had much the feeling that a swimmer in a heavy sea, and out of sight of land, might experience. His gaze roamed dully over the bleak expanse, and finally rested on a dark blotch a few yards in front of him. He watched it in a puzzled way, his fogged mind struggling vaguely to shake itself clear of the mist-weight that lay upon it. Suddenly the blotch stirred, and the marble face of the Mexican gleamed like a white cameo in the moonlight. Recollection and physical sensation returned to the Amerlean in a bound. His muscles tautened in their preliminary to attempt movement, but his frame refused to respond. His glance darted downward and encountered—sand. He was buried to his neck. In an ecstasy of madness and frenzled terror he strained every muscle, nerve and fiber of his imprisoned body until the blood literally burst from his nose and mouth. It was useless. He was as immovably fixed as if he had been in a bed of cement. Then he raised his bloodshot eyes in mute questioning to the silent figure seated in the moonlight. The response came quickly. The Mexican rose deliberately, and releasing the re-saddled horses from their tether, he led them in front of the helpless captive and stood for a moment looking coldly and speculatively down upon him. Then his face seemed to break up as a mirror is starred in breaking, and he smiled a frosty, devilish malignant smile. Still smiling, he drew from his saddle bag a paper-wrapped parcel. Carefully unrolling this, he disclosed an open book which he deposited face downward upon the sand immediately beneath the American's eyes. The printed space was heavily blackened over with ink, all but one line, and this stood out, easily readable in the dazzling light from the desert moon. The line ran: "Ocho por ocho, O'Dente por dente." (An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.) The unhappy American was quick to grasp it all. He ran his glance to the top of the page: "Del Neva Testamento." The Mexican mounted his horse and grasped the reins of the companion animal. His smile had broadened and there was cool amusement in his eye. "What you call—ah—some Screepture—No?" he said gayly. Then, leading the American's mustang, and with out one backward glance, he rode placially back in the direction from which they had come.—Overland Monthly. Mixed on His Vowels He was a short, corpulent, important-looking man, and as he walked down the aisle in the church in which he was a much-respected and honored member he seemed fairly to radiate self-love and self-approval. He stopped a few paces from pew No. 5 to allow his matronly-looking wife and three stunning-looking and blooming daughters to precede him, when, to his disgust and amazement, he discovered that it was already filled to overflowing with some strangers. Hastening to the back of the church, where the negligent ushers were engaged in an animated conversation concerning the spring styles, he demanded in a voice filled with indignation and fire: "Who's occupewing my pie?"—N. Y. Commercial. Latest Theory About Drowning. The latest theory in connection with drowning is that no water enters the lungs, and that heat, properly applied, with artificial respiration, will resuscitate persons who have been under water an hour. This feat has been accomplished by the doctor who advances the theory. What a Lead Penell Will Write. "Allowing for breaks and scratches," says a statistician, "the lead penell will write 55 columns of solid matter, or an eight-page paper of seven columns to the page.—Chicago Post." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA LITTLE MEN and Little WOMEN This off money ever ★ FULL 3 1/2 A TOUCH IN PASSING. Girl's Experience That Furnishes a Powerful Argument Upon the Choice of Companions. "It's queer the way different people make you feel," the girl said, thoughtfully. "I don't mean people you know or love, but people that you just brush up against. The other day, for instance, when I went over to see Helen, Sadie Graves was there calling. She stayed an hour or more, and the whole time she tallied about nothing but style. Now, usually, you know, the clothes question doesn't bother me a bit—I like to be well dressed, of course—but I don't worry over it, for there are always so many better things to think about. But it was two whole days before I could shake off Sadie Graves, and then it was only because somebody else helped me. I just lived and breathed clothes, fretted over dresses that were made last year, and planning how I could fix them over and longing for all sorts of new things; it seemed to me that I must be stylish; that I couldn't stand it not to be. Sadie made you feel as if it were the one thing in the world that a girl should live for. "But the second evening Uncle James had a caller, and I happened to be in the parlor. After the first greetings they didn't notice me at all, and I just curled up in my corner and listened. Uncle James had been reading Mr. Rlis' Ten Years' War, and he and father had talked it over a good deal. That had been intensely interesting, but this man had lived it and helped. Oh, if you could have heard the things he told. All my little, selfish, contemptible thoughts about clothes, and what people thought of me, just shriveled up and blew away. I had got back to the real 'worth whiles'—the being glad and grateful for all the rich things one has in one's life, and the trying to help wherever one can. It didn't seem as if I ever could be small again. And yet I suppose I should be—if I were with Sadie Graves. I wish I might never meet her again, until I've grown big enough in my thoughts not to care!" Was not the little experience a mighty argument upon the choice of companions and conversation?—Wellspring. THIS FROG CAN FLY. Uses His Great Webbed Feet as Sails to Swing Himself from Tree to Tree. Upon seeing the expansive membrane on the feet of this little frogs, shown in the picture, you might easily imagine him using them in the hot climate of his home (Borneo) as fans to keep himself cool. To be sure, a frog fanning itself with its feet would be a funny sight, but I J. think this little fellow can do it, though naturalists do not report ever having seen him so employed. They do, however, know positively of one use he has for them, and that is, in sailing from tree to tree. They enable him to do this in the same way as the wings of our modern flying machine enable its inventor to remain for a time in the air. When he wishes to leave the tree on which he is resting, he leaps into the air, at the same time spreading out his great webbed feet for sails, using them so as to maintain a horizontal position, and thus with a long, slanting flight, reaches another tree 20 or more feet away. When he has finished the flight the toes are drawn together inclosing the membrane between them so that except for the awkward length of his feet you might take him for only a common tree frog.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. There is a good fishing story in an Irish contemporary. The enthusiastic anglers arranged a fishing match to decide the respective merits of the worm and the minnow as bait. For hours they sat patiently on a bank without getting so much as a nibble. At last the proprietor of the worm suddenly said that he had got a bite, and, jerking his line out of the water, discovered at the end of it the other man's minnow, which, having by this time grown hungry, had devoured his worm. An Electric Fire Trap. Electric rat traps are in use in Amsterdam. They are connected by a wire with a supply of electricity. The place where the bait rests is the only part of the trap which is a conductor, and the moment Mr. Rat touches this, a shock closes his career. A Trappist Monk's Prayer. Many letters come to the monastery announcing the death of relatives of the monks; these are seen by the abbot only, and at chapter he may simply announce: "The mother of one of our number is dead; let us pray for her soul.' Never to his dying day does the bereaved Trappist learn that he was praying for his mother.—Lippincott's Magazine. THE FLYING FROG. An Electric Fire Tran MATCH GUN FOR BOYS. Here's a Toy That Will Afford Fun to Youngsters Who Are Bright Enought to Make One. We will show you how to make a real gun. Take a glass tube of one-half inch in diameter and about five inches long, and close it at one end with sealing wax. Wheels and gun carriage are made of cigar-box wood. To fasten the barrel, glue a hollow piece of cork on the gun carriage, as figure shows. The wooden parts of the gun are connected by tacks and glue; as axle for the wheels use a strong knitting needle or a piece of wire. To prevent the wheels from coming off the axle, stick a large A sword in the hand. glass bead on each of the axle ends. Load the gun with a parlor match, inserting it head first, and closing the opening of the barrel with a piece of cork or bread kneaded into a small ball, to make it airtight. Do not insert too tightly, or it will prevent the match from flying out. The gun is fired with a second match, as shown in figure. The match will explode with the report of a miniature cannon and fly from three to five yards, enveloped in a blue cloud of smoke.—Louisville Courier-Journal. BURIED BY A COUGAR. Hunter Has an Experience with Hungry Wild Beast That He Will Not Soon Forget. A hunter who was trailing after bear meat in British Columbia reports to the Western Sportman an experience which he calls a "narrow grace." If the incident happened as the hunter tells it, it was indeed a narrow graze; but one cannot help suspecting that some of the invigorating ozone of the northwest has got into the story. Nevertheless it is worth hearing. "It was a warm day, and along in the middle of the afternoon I began to pine for rest and a pipe. It was all quiet and no traces of game, and so when I'd had a comfortable smoke I stretched out for a nan. "It must have been an hour later that I woke up and found myself covered with two feet of leaves, snug as the babes in the wood. I was all tucked in that cozy that nobody else could have done it but a cougar, and most likely a female cougar at that. It occurred to me with some force that I'd been filed away for future reference, and that I hadn't waked up any too soon. I didn't soothe me to figure on that cougar stewing me away as a dog hides a bone. It seemed that the best thing for me to do was to countermine that cougar's mine, as it were. So I hunted up a log about my size and covered it with leaves—a nice, fat hump on the ground. Then I shinned a tree close by, assuring myself beyond any doubts or peradventures that nobody had meddled with the working of my repeater. "The cougar came in such a short time as to show how fortunate it was I had waked up when I did, and with her, as I had calculated, were a choice lot of young ones. She had left a dinner located and had been off to get her family. "Well, that cougar circled around the pile of leaves for a matter of minutes, crouching and pickling a nice select place to spring from. When she got satisfied and made the leap she went through the air tremendous, throwing the leaves in a whirlwind and scratching and snarling. It was some of a shock when she found the log, but she didn't display any disappointment. She just took the scent and came to the foot of my tree and looked up, real venomous. "It seemed to her an awkward job to handle, I having my gun ready go, and the cougar had an inspiration. She went to a tree about ten feet away and started to go up. She was after that meal and not to be discouraged by any trifles. It was her idea to climb up above me on the other tree and then bring me down with a flying leap. "I didn't lose any more time with experiments or speculations, but let her have it the first time she came round the tree. The ball went through her jaw and breast, and the varmint went to the ground. The young ones were running around, and I knocked them over, too, with the gun. "Since then I haven't gone to sleep in the woods so careless and casual like." Assemblages in Turkey. Assemblages of all kinds are being prohibited in Turkey, the authorities regarding them as dangerous. 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E. Searte, ry. S. C. Burrell, R. H. Hines, S. H. Munford, M. H. Pane, Rev. J. Rosy L. A. Greene, G. W. Morris, A. B. Smith, R. E. Nancil, M. D. W will particiate in the exercises. A special address will be delivered by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B. D. Remarks by Deacons Edinburgh Archer, E. T. Coleman, James Page, Jas. Wingfield and other members of the deacon board. Attorney J. Thomas Hewin, Deacon J. C. Farley, Deacon Harrison Smith and others will take a part. Music will be furnished by the Fifth St. Choir. Five minutes papers will st. Be read by Mrs. Annie Belle Haskins Ellis and Mary Marv Smith. Master of ceremonies. Prof. B. H. Peyton. The members and friends who desire their names to be enrolled with those that shall ascend in the sweet incense of the mortgage burning must all have their names in by Sunday morning and the afternoon collection. It is hoped that all the friends and members will have the crosses in, and their subscriptions before the mortgage burning takes place. Last Sunday's rally netted $1000.01. It was truly a great rally. The clubs reported like organized soldiers, and right well did they rally. Free Will Workers Club, Mrs. W. F. Graham, pres. $ 212.74 Rally Club, Mrs. Mary Page, president $ 167.78 Macedonia Club, Mrs. Isabella Wilkerson, pres. $ 158.85 East End Club, Mrs. Georgianna Walker, pres. $ 72.00 Oak Ridge Club, Mr. W. A. Jordan, president. $ 62.53 Ushers Club, Mr. W. M. Mason, president. $ 52.00 Young Reapers Club, Miss Lizzie Brown, pres. $ 41.32 Valley Club, Mrs. Edith Roman, president $ 36.55 Fairmount Surprise Club, Mrs Johnson, president $ 26.80 When all the clubs had reported it was found that there was lackened just $12.00 to make out $1000, then followed a scene long to be remembered. It seems that the members were kindled with a fire of inspiration received at the recent session of the Virginia Baptist State Convention. The pastor led off by giving $5.00 more, then followed Deacon Wingfield and others on and on until the amount was reduced to $19.43, and then there was a lull. The stormy weather of the evening had kept three-fourths of the congregation away so the pastor was reluctant to press the question further and as he was about to say leave the $19.00 off until the next Sabbath, Mrs. Selena Freeman arose and presented her personal check for $29.00. This amount was given through Mrs. Wrennell's club. There there up shouts and songs of joy, and a rising vote of thanks was tendered Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. W. F. Graham thereupon a motioned that the meeting be closed with a thanksgiving prayer. The congregation arose and sang "Go preach my gospel said the Lord." Bro. James Hill led in prayer and the people went home rejoicing. Bro. Jno. Mitchell Jr., who was received into the church in the afternoon, contributed 100 votes. He was also received Rev. Judkins, a very promising young man of the Union University. Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The explanation on the Sunday School lesson was well attended last Saturday. All were helped. The work by the committees was a blessing to many. The papers by the boys last Sunday were excellent and showed they had given them special attention. Rev. D. W. Davis, A. M. was at his best last Sunday. Every man said that the best had been saved for the last. The character of Sampson will not be very soon forgotten. At the close of the meeting many of the men were ready to confess their faults. The music rendered by Revs. Davis and Stokes gave much life to the meeting. Much to the surprise of the General Secretary, the men voted that he should go to the Secretaries' Conference which is to be held in Maryland. Without a word they gave about $14.00 toward the trip. Secretary S. C. Burrell thanks the men very kindly and is happy to know that he has a corner in their hearts. Meeting closed by singng "Bless be the tie That Binds." Everybody who attended the closing of the night school at the Third Street Methodist Church were pleased with the work which has been done this term. Program: Music by the choir, prayer by Dr. W. F. Graham, pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, music. Welcome Address, Master Thomas W. Smith; Recitation, Miss Lathia Allen. "Getting the Right Start, Master Jade Day," the Education on "Paul Carrington; "Good Night, Miss Mary Thomas; Music, "Night School." W. H. Watson; Selection from Patrick Henry, Master Hymes Daly; Symmetrical Education. Miss Ella Taylor; A Definite Aim, D. J. Bradford Education, Robert Crawley; Perseverance, W. A. Randolph. Address to the school by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B. D. Mr. James H, Roher, silver medal for the best spelling book and Mr. Geo, W: Bragg, silver medal for attendance was presented by Mr. W. S. Morgan to R. Singleton and Thomas Jackson. Music. We were glad to have with us Rev Nelson Brown and Rev. D. Webster Davis. Benediction by Rev. Brown. Miss Columbia Williams very kindly remembers her scholars. Explanation on the Sunday School lesson to-day 5:30 p. m. Bible study for boys Sunday 4 p. m. Bro. D J. Ross will address the men Sunday 5:30 p. m. at our rooms, invite the other man to come. Received the Right Hand of Fellow ship. The communion services at the Fifth St. Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon were very impressive. A large crowd was present. Clerk James H. Chiles read the names of Rev. Judkins and Editor Jio. Mitchell, Jr. as having been received into the church at the last regular church meeting. Dr.W.F. Graham then extended the right hand of fellowship to both of the brethren. The present later Editor Mitchell returned to his seat, after which he partook of the sacrament of the Lord's supper. Thus began his first practical experience as a member of the Fifth St. Baptist Church in accession to the dean of the church. Baptist Council which convened in this city recently Congratulations From Georgia. MONTEZUMA, GA., May 19, 1902. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., Richmond, Va. Dear Brother— Accept my congratulations for your triumph in the most stubbornly fought ecclesiastical battle in the history of the Baptist church, "i.e. since the enfranchisement of the Negro." I believed all along that you were right; but now, I know it, since the rendition of the righteous verdict of 200 or more of the most eminent prelates and Christian workers on the American continent. It is strange that the pastor of the First Baptist Church didn't rule so as to have given you a fair trial and the matter stopped at home. Justice will reign while fraud dies and brings men to an open shame as it did your opposers in this case. God be with you. You're my man. Yours. S. S. HUMBERT. Personal Paragraphs. —Miss Maggie Carter in company with Mrs. R. E. Wesley called on us. Rev. J. H. Blake, Mont Clair, N. J. called on us in company with Rev. W. A. C. Hughes. Rev. M. D. Delaney of Paine- ville, Va., called on us. He was look- ing well and gave encouraging reports of his section. We return thanks for the invitation to the 11th Annual exercises of the Virginia Theological Seminary and College, Monday evening, May 26th, 1902 at Lynchburg, Va. Rev. John W. Henderson, pastor of the Shiloh Baptist Church called to see us. He was looking well and re- ported his work as progressing most favorably. A Colored Man to be Ordained Priest. On the 21st of June in the Cathedral of Baltimore, Rev. J. Harry Dorsey, a member of the colored race will be elevated to the holy priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. The event might pass unheralded it not that he enjoys the distinction of being the second colored priest ordained in the United States. The Rev. Mr. Dorsey was born in Baltimore, and received his early education in the public schools of that city. Compelled by ill health to abandon his studies, he spent the two following years in regaining his lost strength. At the close of this period, Very Rev. J. R. Slattery became interested in young Dorsey and sent him to St. Paul, Minn., to study for the priesthood under the Most Rev. Archbishop Ireland. His noble qualities both as a student and a youth of piety, soon won for Dorsey the esteem of all with whom he came in contact and a lasting place in the friendship of his Grace—the Archbishop on. At the expiration of one year, however, he was recalled home by Rev. Father Slattery and entered at Epiphany Apostolic College, an institute established by Rev. Father Slattery to rear priests for the Negro mission. Graduating from their in June, '98, the young levite matriculated at St. Joseph's Seminary the following September. Ill health again arrested his progress and he was forced to lay aside his books in the endower to recuperate. A lapse of four years ensued ere he was able to resume his course. In the interim, he taught school with much success in Richmond, Va., and his native city. In September, '97, he returned to his university, the philosophy and theology at the seminary, should be noted that the students of St. Joseph's Seminary attend the lectures at St. Mary's Sulpician Seminary, one of the oldest and most renowed seats of theological training in America. That his career as a seminarian has been crowned with laurels, is evident from the fact that he has carried off the three degrees given by that famous national seminary to its students. The Sulpician Fathers justly pride themselves in the success of their young protege, and will ever follow with interest his upward strides to honor and renown. The life's work of Rev. Father Dorsey, soen to be, will be among the people of his race in the far south. We are confident that the years will but serve to render him more dear to the sacred heart of Jesus; more valuable in the eyes of his fellow men and a blessing to the people to whom he will be sent. My his future life in the ministry bear abundant fruit of his labors as a student and seminarian. We wish him long years of usefulness and a career so fraught with good works that he may merit one day to hear from the lips of Christ the sentence: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant!" Father Dorsey will celebrate his first Holy Mass at St. Francis Xavier's Church, Baltimore, on the 22nd of June. L. H. B. Baptist State Convention. Send 60 cents to J. C. Farley, 538 E Broad street, Richmond, Va., and you will receive by mail one 11x14 picture of the Baptist State Convention, held in Giffel Baptist Church of Petersburg, Va. Every face distinct. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Children's Day Exercises at Sharon Baptist Church, May 11, 1902. The Bands of Calanthe held their exercises at the above named church with "All hail the power of Jesus name," Congregation; song, School; The day has come—Ada Ferris; Scripture reading—Susie Monroe; prayer; song by school; short address—Pastor; recitation—Five little girls of Church Hill; Go ye hear God's truths—Mary Johnson; recitation—Narcissus Jones; Grand P. C. and children's day—Rosa Lewis; recitation—Ethel Gwathmey; recitation and song—Eight girls; Life beyond—Gertrude Taylor; Who is on the Lord's side?—Lizzie Moore; recitation—Isabel Johnson; His mother's songs—Bessie Jones; duet and chorus—Rosa Lewis and Lelia Richardson; address—Mr. John Mitchell, Jr.; Simply trusting—Master Bub Pervall; song—School; God sends his sunshine—Master Bub Pervall; Mrian song—Fannie Robinson; recitation—Addie Jones; recitation—Florence Jane; recitation—Miss wife Roe Jane; recitation—Miss Rose Agnes; Beyond the river—Five girls; solo—Lnla Blackwell; The Bank—Vera P. Allenn; recitation by Pauline Clarke and V. Richardson. A short address was delivered by Sister Anna Taylor, the Grand Worthy Mother with reference to the benefits of the bands. Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson and Mrs. Lucy E. Miles were present. Mrs. A. E. Jackson had charge of the programme. A Card of Thanks. Miss Fannie Elizabeth Burwell, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burwell of 706 N. 2nd street, received a very handsome carriage and go-cart combination of Richmond but now of New York. She is well known for her hospitality She is well known for her hospitality among her wide circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pryor Celebrate Their 20th Anniversary. On last Monday night the parlors of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray of 433 Webster street were brilliantly lighted and decorated with American beauty roses and coronations, the occasion being the 20th Anniversary or china wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Pryor of 211 West Leigh street. The marriage ceremony was performed by Dr. R. E. Jones, who proved himself worthy of the title of D. D. on this occasion as well as M. D. in his every day work. The bride was handsomely attired in a nile green while the groom wore the conventional black. A large number of ladies and gentlemen were present and the handsome selections of china represented the best wishes and congratulations of their many friends. The wedding march was rendered by Mr. Mayo of Fourth First street in his usual graceful manner. We were then ushered down stairs in the dining room where everything that would tend to make one happy was served. The supper being over we were favored with two beautiful solos from the kitchen, and the latter which the crowd wended their way home much pleased with the evening. Mrs. Pryor is sister to Mrs. Robert Mrs. Pryor is sister to Mrs. Robert Gray. Samaritans Celebration On last Sunday afternoon at 6th Mt. Zion Baptist Church there was a large gathering of Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria of Richmond and Manchester, the occasion being the 36th Anniversary of the Order in Virginia. Exercises began with reading Psalm CXXII "I was glad when they said unto me, etc., Music by choir, Introductory Remarks, W. H. Hatcher; solo. S. H. Johnson; Paper, Mrs. L. E. Miles; Address, Grand Chief; Music by the choir; Essay, Miss L. E. Hobson; Address, 'Juvenile Work.' Miss R. L. Johnson; Music by choir. All who participated in the program reflected great credit upon the Order and won for themselves lasting fame. Prof. J. H. Blackwell acted as Master of Ceremonies on this occasion and the eloquent way in which he conducted the exercises shows that he is interested in the Order. The choir rendered some very excellent music. The sermon preached by Rev. Peyton will never be forgotten by any good Samaritan. All who heard him felt delighted. Those seated on the rostrum were as follows: W. I. Johnson, J. W. Thompson, Grand Chief, Mrs H. L. Johnson, Deputy J. B. Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, Deputy W. H. Hatcher, Prof. J. H. Blackwell, Mrs L. E. Miles, Miss L. E. Hobson, Rev. R. R. Graham, Mrs. G. W. Jackson, Miss Lizzie Radford, Mrs. Maud James. Deputies Taylor, Hatcher and Grand Chief Thompson need to feel proud of this gathering for it speaks success for the Order. A large collection was raised for the church. Clairvoyant. Fortunes told. 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Broad street in the city of Richmond, Virginia, between the hours of 6 o'clock a. m. and 6 o'clock p. m. of that day, proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery, depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff; and if from any cause, the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, or, if commenced be not concluded on that day, the time of the deposition will be elapsed and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. Notice. Office of Grand Chief, 112 W. Jackson St., Riohondra, Va. To the Fraternity, Greeting: The 30th Annual Session of the State Grand Lodge of O. G. S. and D. S. of Virginia will convene in Lynch- burg, June 10, 1908. Session will be called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. sharp. 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For all information co CENT Interest Paid on All Deposits ing 60 Days or over. NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the solicited. For all information concerning Stock, Depo 4 PER CENT Interest Paid on All Deposits Remaining 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the Public is solicited. For all information concerning Stock, Deposits, and Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. Apartments are fitted up with modern improvements. Building lighted with gas and electricity. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Flenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and noth ing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine Funera Supplies. WOMAN'S UNION. (INCORPORATED, JULY, 1898.) HOME OFFICE: ST. LUKE'S HALL, 900 ST. JAMES RICHMOND, VA. We pay sick Benefits Prompt Death Benefits in 24 hours after isfactory proof has been filed in Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: PRES., - - - ROSA K. JONES VICE-PRES., - MAGGIE L. WALKER TREAS., - PANNIE C. THOMPSON SECY & MAN'GR, PATSIE K. ANDERSON, LIZZIE M. DAMMALLS, M. LOU HARRIS, VICTORIA MOON, LILLIAN H. PAYNE, JULIA H. HAYES, ROSA E. WATSON, DELIA LEWIS. STOVES, AND ETC. ways, Greater Quantity, variety and Lower Prices here CEDDLY LOW, days willing to arrange mens Pettit, SAVINGS BANK Paid on All Deposits Remain Days or over. The patronage of the Public concerning Stock, Deposits, and