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THE RICHMOND PLANET DOCTOR GRAHAM MEETS THE ISSUE. Fifth Street Baptist Church and the Great Baptist Divines. A Ringing Article. THE POSITION OF THE COMMITTEE.—THE BLUNDERERS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES.—WILL STAND BY THE RIGHT VOL. XIX NO. 31 DOCTOR ME The First Baptist The Insoler Fifth Street Baptist Divi THE POSITION OF THE CONSEQUEN On the 24th, of June, the First Baptist Church called an ex-partie advisory Baptist Council, purporting to seek information as to whether she should disfellowship the Fifth, St. Baptist Church. The First Church allowed herself, during the excitement of a mob-like crowd, to exclude John Mitchell, Jr. from church membership. Your reporter availed himself of the privilege of securing a full report by visible means. The council met and after some considerable warm words, a resolution was passed inviting, through committee, the Fifth St. Baptist church to meet them in an adjourned session the 8th, of July, at 10 A. M., to show cause why she should not be disfellowshipped by the First Baptist Church, for receiving John Mitchell, Jr. as a member. The following paragraph shows conclusively that this council did not have sufficient facts upon which to make a Christian decision. THAT PECULIAR PARAGRAPH. Whereas peace and harmony being the chief support of all good institutions, especially the house of God, and in view of the existing condition, and whereas, it is evident to us from the information we have received from the proceedings of the First Baptist Church, that the said church was right in excluding Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. from its membership and the Fifth St., did wrong in taking him, but not being in possession of the facts which led them to this action, therefore, Be it resolved that we request the First Baptist Church to invite the Fifth St., Baptist Church to join in calling a mutual council to show upon what grounds she received her member and why the right hand of fellowship should not be withdrawn. This action on the part of that council showed that they were not in possession of sufficient facts to give wisdom and justice in a final decision and yet, on last Tuesday, this council without being in possession of any mere facts, against the wishes of the more intelligent part of the brethren reached a conclusion which they call expedient. THE FIFTH ST., CHURCH'S POSITION The Fifth St. Baptist Church, having been invited by a committee from the June session of the council to come before them for trial politely sent the council a message through a committee, excusing herself from being advised by Revs. Mr. Payne and Lewis. Evidently the Fifth St. Church felt that if the other churches were willing to be bulldozed by these two men, she could hold herself to such an unpleasant dose. Committee Dr. T. T. Graham, Deacons Edinboro Archer, E. T. Coleman made the following report: A DIPHOMATIC REPLY. Richmond, Va., July 7th, 1902. To the Ex-parte Advisory Baptist Council convened in the First Baptist Church July, the 8th, 1902. Dear Brethren:— Having been invited by you to participate in your Council, we beg leave to submit through a committee our reasons for not attending nor acceding to your wishes as stated to us. First. The Council here convened is an ex-parte Council called originally by the First Baptist Church to which we have not been invited by the said church. Christian politeness, as we seize, should command our sister, the First Baptist Church to have extended to us that courtesy, and in as much as we have settled this matter in an ex-parte council, we are not willing to set in another ex-parte council knowing that the mutual council is by custom and constitution of membership first in importance. A CASE OF IRREGULARITY Second. We cannot subscribe to a council called by a council since we believe that all councils in church affairs should be called by the churches. Third. We cannot see how an exparte council can call a mutual council Charles F. Bray THE ELOQUENT REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., Pastor, Fifth St. Baptist Church. for two churches when one of the churches has had no choice in the selection of its complexion and membership in which we are to participate, it is to be called by the two churches invited, thus giving us the benefit. WAS CAREFUL TO BE COURTEOUS. Fourth. We have taken all precautions to be Christian and courteous in dealing with the case in question (1st.) our pastor visited the First Church pastor; (2nd.) Bro. John Mitchell's application came first before our deacons; (3rd.) our deacons waited on the First Church deacons and were advised to go before the regular church meeting of the said First Church. They went in quest of information seeking to know if what Mr. Mitchell, alleged in his application for membership in the Fifth St. Church was true. EDITOR MITCHELL STATEMENTS VERIFIED. Upon this visit the First Church gave no information except to read the records of the church meetings which excluded Mr. Mitchell. The records in the judgment of our deacons verified Mr. Mitchell's statement. Fifth. We called an council to advise us touching the reception of Bro. John Mitchell because we deemed it prudent and respectful toward our sister church giving her an opportunity to be heard in the matter. The council was one of eminent character and ability. A REPRESENTATIVE BODY One hundred and two churches were invited, seventy-six responded. They were called within the bounds of the Virginia Baptist State Convention and only one or two persons sat in the council without such bounds, and they are life members of the Virginia Baptist State Convention. Nearly every church in this city was invited—that is the colored Baptist Churches. The First Baptist Church was earnestly requested to send a committee of seven to state her side of the question. The council was invited at the time it was because of the matter of economy and convenience. PECULIAR PASTORS. Sixth. This council, my brethren, has in it at least two prominent pastors who do not under any circumstances speak to the pastor of the Fifth St., Baptist Church and therefore we cannot understand how they can advise us without prejudice. Seventh: If there is to be a council RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902. in which we are to participate, it ought to be called by the two churches involved, thus giving us the benefit of a mutual council. Both sides should be heard in full. The history of Mr. Mitchell's case and the developments therein we believe warranted the call of such a council. A MUTUAL COUNCIL WARRANTED The vote by which he was excluded from the First Baptist church warranted the call of a mutual council, and the dissatisfaction existing about the manner of his exclusion warranted the call of a mutual council. Eighth. And now brethren, remember that we cannot participate with you in this ex-parte council which has prejudged us and then invited us to come in to your midst and show why we should not be disfellowshipped. Is that christian? Is it fair? Is it just? We leave you to reflect upon these things. Very respectfully, Fifth St. Baptist Church. Committee: { W. F. GRAHAM, ED. ARCHER, E. T. COLEMAN. } EXPRESSIONS OF APPROVAL: When this report had been read, the entire council gave assent to it by expressions of approval. Indeed, so convinced was Mr. Z. D. Lewis that taking the floor, he held it for nearly three hours, not in argument, [but in abuse, slang and wild asspersions against the Fifth St. Baptist Church. Anybody could see that anger, venom and the neuest hatred lay at the bottom of his heart, Graham and the Fifth St. Baptist Church. Graham had made a speech which will be remembered by those who heard him. He told how it was possible for the First Baptist church to make some mistakes, and cited several instances. REFUSES TO OBSERVE THE HOLY ORDINANCE. He returned to the fact that First Baptist Church had to bow in subordination to Mr. Nelson Williams, Jr., in that he refuses to take the wine in communion, not-with-standing church meetings had been held for him, he stubbornly held out and the church relented. Mr.Graham also referred to the fact that First Baptist church had by vote debarred Mr. Evans Payne from their pulpit, and without ever having rescinded the act, invited him to sit in council to give them advice. TURNED TURTLE. And then, when reference was made as to show the First church baptized for the Mt. Olivet Baptist church on a Sunday morning and then in order to secure a council with Mr. Payne and Mr. Lewis in it, voted on the very next night to disrecognize Mt. Olivet Baptist church exciting disapproval was shown by the whole council. Dr. Grahm declared that he and his church belonged to the National Baptist Convention, the Virginia Baptist State Convention, and supported the educational work at Lynchburg, and therefore knowing the attitude of certain members of the council in regard to those organizations, he did not think that either the First church or the council ought to expect him to bring his church into trial before them. He likewise stated that if the First church had made all those blunders referred to above, certainly it was possible for her to blunder in excluding Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. AROUSING THE WORST PREJUDICE Mr Z. D. Lewis made a slanderous tirade against the Fifth Street Baptist Church and her pastor, charging that the Fifth St. Baptist Church was guilty from very its foundation of being disorderly and irregular. He, likewise, stated that he had some one sit in the Fifth Street Baptist Church and copy a sermon while Mr. Graham was preaching it and bring it to him, which sermon he stated he had filed away. This was unwholesome news to the brethren of the council. He q oited what he caled a part of the sermon. Dr Graham told us absolutely false, so far as been a part of his sermon, and off ed Mr. Lewis $100 00 to produce the sermon. The gentleman failed to do it. CRITICIZED THE PASTOR. Continuing, Mr. Lewis abused Mr. Mitchell, saying that he had (m tenil) thought he was something great and wanted people to baw F him. He stated that the Governor of Mississippi h had been excluded from church and had to go back and that here was Mr. Mitchell with a face as black as his who wanted to be as good or better than white folks. This part of Mr. Lewis' speech was nauseating and made everybody in the house ck: He then turned in a trade against all the preachers who compose the council which sat in the Fifth Street Baptist Church the 13th day, calling them irresponsible nobodies. BROTHER PAYNE ABUSIVE TOO. Mr. Evans Payne of Church Hill. ab- ced the brethren who sat in that council, calling them a set of wild greek. Little W. P. Burrell and Branch Jacson did all they could against the Fifth Street Baptist Church. The thing that seemed to have made them mad-Lewis, Payne Branch Jackson and Irvin East was the refusal of the Fifth Street Church to submit her ease to such men as they are. All the white churches had been invited to this council, only one church came—The Broaddus Memorial—and the delegates from that church had not a word to say, but soon left the house. A PLAIN QUESTION. The question to my mind is, are the churches of Richmond and their pastors going to submit to the leadership of Mr. Payne and Lewis? Are all the ministers afraid of them? Already Rev. Mr. Lewis and Payne have called some of the young brethren neophytes, hoppergrasses, educated fools and sap-headed fools. In open council, they applied these epithets. How can there be peace among the Christians in Richmond with two men building the churches and the church was plainly seen that they have not their match when they attempted to lead. Mr. Graham and the Fifth St. Baptist church around by the nose. --- Revival services, at Manchester A. M. E. Church. Will be conducted by Mrs. E. Kinney Johnson. Her sub- ject at night is Common Sense. Ray, J. S. A Charter Granted. A charter was last week granted to the Young Negro Business Association formed to create and develop industrial and agricultural enterprises and to buy and sell real estate in or out of this state. Capital not less than $1,000 than 1 or more than $10,000.00, divided into shares of $10.00 each. Officers for the first year are: J. M. Dabney, president; W. O. Turner, first vice president; A. D. Price, second vice president; Chatee C. Brown, secretary; Matthew C. White, treasurer; J. K. Pollard, attorney. The above and Henry Madison, Richard Jones, Eugene Christian, Charles B. Basler, Benjamin T. Sirucs and Samuel Miller constitute the Board of Management. Banner Day. Fifth St. Baptist S. S. is still forging to the front. Attendance; last Sunday 333, collection $15.00. Deacon Edinboro Archer gave the school some very wholesome and timely remarks. The deacons and officers of the church seem to be highly interested in the S. S. Each Sunday, the Deacons Board is well represented in the school. Class No. 4, taught by Mr. W; W. Fields, contributed $7.30 capturing Banner No. 1. The following compose the class:— Misses Florence E. Coleman, Lizzie Brown, Alice Epps, Annie Anderson, Berenee Brown, Carrie B. Fitzhugh, Aletha Ragland, Mary Jennings, Ida B. Baker, Lillian V. Taylor, Agnes Burrell, Hattie Reed, Madolin Seay. Irene Merriweather, Cora Jones, Mary Johnson, Ida Jones, Bettie Watkins, Mia Taylor, Mrs. Eileen Sydney. Dr. Gustavo Edward Banner No. 1 to class No. 4. Deacon Edward Coleman presented banner No. 2 to class 19. Sunday School, 9:30 each Sunday All are invited to the Bee Hive Maud Mitchell Coles. Mand Mitchell Cole's the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Cole died at their residence, 235 W. South, St. Charlottisville, Va., July 1st, at 7:30 o'clock, age 10 years and 20 days. After a long illness, feel asleep in Jordan. She bore her sickness with great patience and she will be missed. None knew her but to love her funeral took place from the First Baptist Church. Inperment at Charlottisville --- HARDAWAY—Died at her home in Amelia Co. Va., Ellen Hardaway, the beloved wife of Richard Hardaway, July 1, 1902. She leaves a beloved husband, 7 children, 4 sisters, 2 brothers and a host of grand-children and friends to mourn their loss. Her funeral took place Wednesday, July 2nd, from Liberty Baptist Church of many years she was a consistent member for many years she was a loving wife, devoted mother and a consistent member. No one knew her but to love her. Dearest mother, thou hast left us. We our loss most deeply feel, But 'tis God who hast benefit us, He can all our sorrows heal. One precious to our heart has gone, The voice we leaved is still, The place made vacant in our home, Can never more be filled. Her daughter, HANNAH L. JOHNSON, 516 Harrison St., Richmond, Va. COLLINS—LAWRENCE—The marriage of Miss Mary Collins to Mr. Taylor Lawrence took place at the residence of his aunt, Miss Bessie L. Wilson Thursday morning, July 10th, 1902, at eight o'clock in New York. 844.42 Raised. FIFTH St., MISSION, 17th, & Richard Sts. Fifth St., Mission organized three months ago under the leadership of Rev M. H. Payne, B. H. Peyton and others, is progressing wonderfully. More than 100 children are enrolled with an average attendance of 70 each Sunday. Last Sunday was Rally Day at the Mission. Dr. W. F. Graham preached to a packed house at 3:30 P. M., subject "Lift up Ye Gates." It was a wonderful sermon. Amount raised at this service $32:52, at 8:30, Rev. M. B. Hucches preached a stirring sermon, "Immortality of the Soul" the mission was again crowded notwithstanding the threatening weather. Collection $11:90 Total Collection; for the day, $44:42, cards yet to come in. The Mission is opened every Sunday at 3:30 P. M., also 8:30 P. M. All are invited. Much credit is due the little ones as to how they rallied. Y. M. C. A. Notes. Sunday was a very hot day yet the men did not lose interest. The work in the jail and alms house accomplished many good results. Master Thomas W. Smith conducted the boys meeting last Sunday assisted by Master Wiley Ferguson. Each boy who was present took apart. The hot weather did not cause the men last Sunday to neglect the mass meeting for men at the True Reformer's Hall. About 150 were present. All were benefited by the able address which was delivered to them by Rev. J. E. Jones, D. D., Subject; "Nothing but Leaves." The solos which were rendered by Mr. Christopher Jackson and the selections by the Peerless Quartette of the Second Baptist Church Choir, gave much life to the meeting. At this meeting the men decided to have a rally for the purpose of raising $40000 order that the Y. M. C. A. may be ordered of all indebtedness. Their interest was plainly shown by their subscriptions. Mr. Geo. Bragg one of our leading business men some very encouraging remarks which had an effect. Much interest is being manifested in this move by the young men. Watch for the date of the next meeting. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., pastor of the 5th, St., Baptist Church will address the next meeting. In August. Jail and alms house work Sunday 10 A.M., be on time. Meeting at the rooms for boys Sunday 4 P. M., Special address. Men's Meeting at the rooms Sunday 5:30 P. M. Come and enjoy yourself and use our fans. Be on time. Have you heard the latest? Mass meeting for women only under the mascots of the Y. M. M. C. A. At the Temple St., Methodist Church Sunday August 8, 4 P. M. A. a special address will be delivered by Reed D. Webster Davis. Special music will be rendered. Admission Free. Find the other woman Free. The Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company gave and outing to the agents and friends on July 4th, at their farm, about 4 1-2 miles from the city. A very pleasant day was spent. In the afternoon the large gathering assembled on the green and listened to soul stirring speeches. Pres. W. F. Graham, presiding. The following programme was executed. Short Address by Deacon A. T. Grimes. Address, "Advancement of the Negro" by Mr. Abraham Beverly. "Our Success as a Race" by Prof. B. H. Peyton. Song, My Country Tis of Thee, led by Cap't. T. M. Crump, Sec., and Gen. M.'g'r. of the Southern Aid Insurance. He also gave a very timely address. Rev. Ran alph V. Peyton of 6th, Mt. Zion church was next introduced and gave a very pointed and brilliant address imploring the Negro to move forward. Rev. A. C. Hoghes of the Leigh, St. M. E. Church was listened to with much earnestness as he proceeded to pour out the rugged pathways of the region and his wonderful advancement Mrs. Benj. Jackson made a short and timely speech, saying that we want more true and tried leaders to lead us as Dr. W. F. Graham. Cashier E. A. Washington spoke very encouragingly. The Press, W. F. Graham then delivered one of his finest addresses, setting forth the progress of the Company and their future course. As the words fell from his lips, they sunk deep into the hearts of his hearers and on the next 4th, of July, D. V., even greater results will be accomplished. All present expressed themselves as highly pleased with the farm and desired to return next 4th. Secy' and Gen' M g r. Taylor and Cashier J. J. Carter were busy all day entertaining the guest. Secy' Taylor roamed the farm, while Cashier Carter presided at the ice cream Freezer and the Lemonade barre Among the many visitors were, Sup't R. W. Whiting, D. J. Chwers, Sup't W. P. Epps, Sup't P. R. Robinson, Mr. William Sheppard, Mr. Joseph Wilkerson, William Bolden, Benj Jackson, Isabelle Wilkerson, W. F. Grumham and many others. Notice. To the members of Maceo lodge No. 35. You are requested to be present at your next meeting: Tuesday July 15th, 1902. Business of importance be present at 8:30 o'clock sharp, by order of Maceo Lodge. J. F. Brown, C. C., R. D. Granderson, K. of R. & S. Token of Esteem. At the financial meeting of Jordan Lodge, No. 40, Independent Order of Good Samaritans, last Tuesday night, we were treated with the presence of Sister Maggie L. Walker, Grand Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Lukes. Bro. Jos. N. Myers presided. He introduced sister Walker as a member of Mary Magdelene Lodge, No. 80, Independent Order of Good Samaritans and Daughters of Samaria. She in her brief remarks complimented the lodge on its fine showing and noble work it is doing. She said her mission there was to make a presentation. In her very excellent manner, portraying the service of Brother J. W. Thompson in the lodge, having been a member for 24 years, secretary 22 years, served State Grand Lodge, No. 6, as D. G. C. 4 years, Grand Chief 3 years, is a member of National Grand Lodge and now serving State Grand Lodge as Grand Secretary. In keeping with the wishes of Brother P. G. C. Wm. I. Johnson of 516 Harrison street and the members of the lodge who contributed the fund, she presented Brother Thompson with an encampment jewel of gold. Accepting the token of esteem, at first, Brother Thompson seemed at a lost to know what to say, having taken him by surprise, but in a few choice words, he accepted the present, saying he would wear it with high appreciation for those who gave it and hoped the day would never come when it would less appreciated. Sister H. L. Johnson, associate to Past Grand Chief made a few remarks of encouragement to the new members. A vote of thanks was tendered the speakers and visitors. This lodge has initiated 35 candidates within the last three months. WITNESS. Samaritan Endowment. J. W. Thompson, General Manager and Secretary, visited Drake's Branch Friday, July 4th and paid to the beneficiary of Brother Colter Powell, deceased, a member of Morning Star Lodge, No. 161, in fall for policy, No. 326 in the B. E. Association. This is to certify that I, Colter Powell, Jr., son of the deceased, received of J. W. Thompson full payment of policy of my father, Colter Powell. Signed: COLTER POWELL, JR. Witnesses: Rev. Edward Daniel, Alex. Harris. Got His Letter. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor of the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church has applied for his letter as a member of the First Baptist Church. It was granted last Monday night and it has been deposited with the Fifth Street Baptist Church, of which body he will become a member. PRICE,FIVE 5 CENTS CORONATION IN AUGUST It is Announced That King Edward Will be Crowned Next Month. CEREMONY TO BE CURTAILED His Majesty's Recovery Has Been So Rapid and Satisfactory That It Wam Decided to Crown Him Before Aug ust 15. London, July 8.—King Edward will be crowned between August 11 and August 15. His recovery has been rapid and satisfactory that the above decision was arrived at yesterday. No official announcement of the fact has yet been made. The pageant through the streets and the ceremony at Westminster Abbey will be much curtailed from the original plan. Their majesties will drive from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey through the Mall to Whitehall and thence to the Abbey, the same route as taken at the opening of parliament. King Edward passed a favorable day yesterday, and the verbal report given out last night was that his majesty is still doing well. The use by the Prince of Wales of the word "recovery" when he referred to the king's progress at the inauguration of the Raphael Nurses' Home of Guy's Hospital yesterday afternoon is regarded in many quarters as indicating that the royal family considers the king's case most hopefully. Replying to a question on the subject of the coronation stands, the first commissioner of works, A. Akers-Douglas, said it was not proposed to remove them, as it was hoped the stands would still be required for the purpose for which they were constructed. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN HURT Colonial Secretary's Head Crashed Through Glass In Cab. London, July 8.—The colonial secretary, Joseph Chamberlain, was severely cut on the head yesterday afternoon as the result of a cab accident in Whitehall. The secretary's hansom was passing the Canadian arch, when the horse slipped. Mr. Chamberlain was hurled forward with great violence. His head struck and shattered the glass front of the cab. When extricated it was seen that Mr. Chamberlain's head was bleeding profusely. A policeman helped the secretary into a cab and accompanied him to a Charing Cross hospital. Just after the accident Mr. Chamberlain was asked if he felt faint. "No," he replied; "but I am losing a lot of blood." Mr. Chamberlain was returning from his review of the West African Volunteers. Large crowds viewed the manoeuvres, despite the heat. Though Mr. Chahberlain's wounds bled a good deal, they were not serious. The conference of the colonial premiers, which was to have been held today to discuss the question of imperial defense has been postponed in consequence of the accident to Mr. Chamberlain. Y. P. S. C. E. CONVENTION Delegates of Pennsylvania Sooletlew Opened Session at Pittheum Opened session at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., July 9.—The 15th annual and the first biennial convention of the Pennsylvania State Christian Endeavor Union opened yesterday more than 2,000 delegates from every section of the state being in attendance. The first meeting in tent "Endeavor" was held last night, when the address of welcome was delivered and the convention got well under way. President Yates presided and Percy B. Foster conducted the song service. Rev. L. C. Barnes, D.D., pastor of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church, was in charge of the devotional exercises, and Rev. John Weidley welcomed the delegates to the city. Rev. W. W. Williamson, of Altoona, made the response. The audience was large and sympathetic and its mood was an earnest, it seemed, of what the future sessions would be. Mrs. Nancy Anderson continue ill at the residence of her sister, St. Ellen Scott, 117 South Fonshee St. Mr. W. Cary Trueheart, after spending several months in Philadelphia returned home this week. Maggie Logan who has been visiting her mother left Friday July 4th for Atlantic City N. J. Little Mayne Loving in company with her brothers, Joseph and Warren left Saturday for Geochland Co. to spend the summer with their grand father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Allen. We hope them a pleasant stay. Mrs. R. Elnora Wesley left Monday for Charlottesville, Va., where she will have care of a sick child. Vocal and Graphophone Concert, fix benefit Baptist State Missions at Secron Baptist Church. Tuesday night July, 16th, at 8:47 sharp. Admission Mesa. Given by Normal Department off Second Baptist Sunday School. 2 ce 2 Seti Sie PPR 8 LS ‘ ihe : Petre i ie Soe Bee ee gS pete ee Bee ak hee ee Ax Sa . SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902, THE FAMILY LARAMIC. ‘Massh! look at ba-bee on de Ieetie biue chafrs ‘W'at you t'ink he’s tryin’ to do? ‘Wit’ pole on de han’ lak de lumberman, A-shovin’ along canoe. Dere's purty strong current behin’ de stove Were it's passin’ de chimley-stone; But he'll come roun* yet if he don't upset, ‘Bo long he was lef’ alone, Dat's way ev'ry boy on de house begin No sooner he's twelve mont’ ole. He'll play canoe up an’ down de Soo An’ paddie an’ push de poie, Der haul de log all about de piace ‘Til dey're fillin’ up mos’ de room, ‘Ax’ say it's all right, for de storm las’ night ‘Was carry away de boom! ‘Mebbe you see heem, de young loon bird, Wit’ half of de shell hangin’ on, ‘Tak’ heos firse slide to de waterside, An’ off on de lake he’s gone! Out of de cradle do "re goin’ sam’ way On reever an’ Inke an’ sea; For born to de trade, dat's how de"re made, De familee Laramie! An’ de reever she's tyin' so handy dere ‘Or de foot of de hill below, Dancin’ along nn’ Ming!n’ de song As away to de sea she Ko. No wonder I never can lak her song, For soon {t 1s comin* w'en Dey'll Ustan de cali, leetie Plerre an* Paul, An’ w'ere will Ge moder be den? Bhe'll sit by de shore w'en de evening's come, An’ spik to de reever too: "O reever, you know how dey love you s0 Since ever dey "re soln’ you, For yoke of dat sove, bring @o leetle Boy home ‘Once more to de moder’s knee." An’ she'll answer cc prayer I'm makin’ dere, ‘An* back dey'll come safe to me. —Willlam Henry Drummond, in the Cen- _ tury. How Pablo Killed the Grizzly 2 By E. E. BOWLES. HERE was an Indian hanger-on about the ranch, « big Yaqui, one might truthfully say a living bronze model of Hercules, though his cop- per-colored skin fitted smooth and even about his rounded limba and only in moments of tense strain did his sibord and muscles stand out lke knotted cables. The “boss,” while Prospecting for a fresh range, had picked bim up in a half-starved con- dition, out on the desert somewhere, and after bis recovery the Indian showed no inclination to leave. How- ‘ever, he soon proved himself useful, not enly in supplying the outft with game, but asa trailer. So expert was he in the latter accomplishment that Red Pat expressed the belief that “that domned Indian c’n thrack a bir-rd through the sir-r.” ‘The Indian's sole outfit, when found, consisted of a pair of ragged, greasy, overalls, a necklace made of the claws of the grizzly bear, a buck horn handled knife and a” 17-inch Blade and an old Springfield ritte branded “U. S“ He never told us how he came possessor of the rifle, but never tired of telling ef his on: counters with grizzlies; would sep: arate the claws on the necklace into “sets” and tell where and how he Killed each animal. He boasted so Jong and often of his ability t take his knife and Kill a grizzly, that he wanted no better fun, that it was n> wonder when the boys roped a big silvertip up in Box canyon that their frst thought was of Pablo. But the foreman objected. “Now, boss, we've heard him brag so much that we've tired of it; let's show him up.” “Gut ig will be almest Ike murder.” “Don't you be skeerad, boss; the Injun'll either be too busy te come cr, if he does come, he'll git sick aa goon as he sees this bear; we'll only josh him a little.” So word was sent to Pablo of the capture in Box can- yon, and, to the surprise of the doubting Thomases, he goon cams racing up to the scene on the pinto cow pony that had been set aside for his use. “Un grand ono," he fairly shouted in a manner indicating joyous ex- citement ae nearly as compatible with his Indian nature. Dismownt- ing, he ran to the efrcle, which, it may be superfluous to add, was wide of the grisle& monster now mad- dened and biting furiously at the tough ropes encircling his neck and great forepaws. Im a moment Pablo was stripped to bis breech-clout, his old red bandanna kerchief tying back his long black hair. Then he wrapped a strip of heavy woolen blanket about his left arm from the shoulder down over the hand, and, with the help of one of the boys, tied it os securely with a piece of rawhide lariat; then, hanging his necklace o bear's claws over his left wrist, he grasped his knife in his right anc started to advance, but the foreman interfered. “No, no senor,” said Pablo, burriedly fe his Indo-Spanish patois, “the mer sry Pablo is € bosster; thet his wor are as idle as the winds; that his tale are but dreams; that bis heart wil ‘turn white and his blood to water Senor, let me prove I am what I am that a Yaqui fears nothing that ha Jife and moves; let him meet el os senor and in the nights to come, ove aheir pipes about the fire, the men ma; ‘tell of how Pablo of San Ysidro fough vel oso in el Canada.” His plea backe ‘by that of the men prevailed and th foreman reluctantly consented, thoug all the time protesting that a coroner’ warrant ‘would have us all in jail fo manslanghter. Pablo, with little re devils dancing in his eyes, glided t ward the bear which, pearing uprigh: stood over seven feet. exiDast loose your riatas, senor Pablo wants no rdvantage,” called the Indian, and the men obeyed. The mo- ment the ropes were slackened the bear elawed the nooses from about his shag- &y neck and stool unfettered while for Ourselves and horses we sought post tions farther away. When within 15 feet of his enemy, Pablo began moving in a circle about him, dangling the necklace and in a chant extolling the bravery of the Yaquis and the cow- ardice of grizzlies, of that one in par- ticular; calling his attention to the necklace, of the material of which it was composed, torn, Pablo chanted, from the living bodies of his opponent's brethren, and asking why he did not come crawling to his feet like a whim- pering dog. Faster and faster grew Pablo's cir- cling dance, his chant keeping time to his steps; behind the grizly’s rough hair his two vicious little eyes glowed Ike iridescent beads, all his terrible teeth showing in a formidable length of jaw, and those powerful forearms, that could easily break the back of a steer, held much in the position of a pugilist on guard. As rapidly as Pablo moved the bear turned in his place as if on a pivot, always keeping front. Round and round went the Indian in an evér narrowing circle, his dance now changed into a swift run, his chant a series of exultant yells. Suddenly, withont seeming to pause an instant, we saw the flash of sun on stecl asthe knife, turned in his hand, his. long, sinewy, copper-colored body shot down and forward, there was a fearful snarl of rage and pain from the bear as the knife was buried in his paunch, but Pablo was continuing his dance, the knife, not glittering now, still poised in his hand. The thrust and recovery had been so quick that the eye could scarce follow it, but we had seen a shaggy forepaw makea sweeping blow that would have ended the fight had it landed on Pablo's head. ‘The next thrust we noted Pablo's tactics. In his dance he made a feint as if to reverse and thrust to the right, the bear guarded there, but without pausing in his swing Pablo whirled and struck to the left with the same result, and the eircus dance waa resumed. Again enme the feint and reverse, but tt was either too quick or, from expe- rienee, the bear did not guard to the right, but a great, hairy paw shot out with terrible force, landing on Pablo's left shoulder, and heels over head he went fully 15 feet away. “No, no, senors, do not shoot,” he shouted, as he leaped to his feet Just in time to sidestep the charge of his ‘enemy. The bear reared again, the long, shaggy hair on its paunch now matted with blood, and the circling tac tics were renewed. Pablo was not chanting now, his left arm hung at his side, instead of guarding in front of him, and his step was slower. Narrow ing the circle dangerously near the aweep of those forepawa, but always with the bandaged sbouldey and arn to the bear, Pablo continued the at tack, Suddenly he paused, stooped made a vicious swing with hia knife which went home under the left shoul. der of the bear, and as‘the huge paws met around his back Pablo braced him: self to meet the last convulsive em- brace, The great claws tore red furrows in the knotted muscles of that naked back, the blood gushed in streams anc the red jaws closed over the blanketed =. ~ io p) y = ~ eNiciey em Sone Chg anes BS 1%, 4) EEE En a), at pe Sali reg aay! aed ait si “wail 4 hae = L/ >a CNS op —" =e MADE & VICIOUS ewiNG WrTH Hu us SWI and broken shoulder, but Pablo never yielded an inch, once fairly within that embrace and he would have been erished into # lifcless mass, For a moment, God, It seemed wn hour, they stood, then the jaws relaxed, the bear's head and shoulders swayed, his paws slipped from their hold and the Indian stepped back as the huge beast crashed tothe ground. Pablo turned te us with something between 9 smile end a grimace, but there was pride in his tone and bearing as he quietly anid: “Fl oso is dead, senors, and Pablo, of San Ysidro is yet living,” then he stag: gered toward his old pinto pony. messenger was hurried to the nearest station for a surgeon, but by the time he aprived we had the bleeding stoppec and the wounds made by the claws dressed in a homely way. The surgeor pronounced the most serious injury onlya broken collar bone and that, with the flesh wounds, would heal quickly owing to the patient's pure blood anc fron constitution. Pablo's necklace { heavier, and now when beara are th subject of conversation he alte quietl} in his place ‘rolling cigarettes whil others do the talking. —Pittebury Leader. ‘Gen Whecnias Aeaek Massie “Well, aunty, what are your thochts aboot marryin'?” asked « young wom- an the other day of her aunt, a decent body who had reached the shady side of life without having committed mat- rimony. “ "Deed, lassie,” frankly replied the old lady, “I've had but three thoehts aboot it a’ my days, an’ the last fe like to be the langest. | First, then, when I was young like yoursel’, I thooht: ‘Wha’ll I tak’?! Then, ag time began to wear by, I thooht: ‘Wha’ll I get?” An’ after I got my leg. broken wi’ that ‘whummel oot of Saundere MeDrun- thie's cart, my thochtmayne have bin: ‘Wha'll tak’ me? "—Glaagow (Seot Wend) News. : Referred (o am Rxpert, ieieeaaie Horas: y words are there in the dictione=y. on? Pa—Aak mr Vreddie; she uses Imost of thesicrery tay —Boston Cour- ir THE RIGHMOND PLANE, RlcsmUND, VIRGINIA BUILDS HIS OWN C /sFIN. PURSUED BY A BEAR. C é Octoxenarinn Says Ie Wants te 02 | Youth Kidnape Two Tiny Brains an@ Sare That Ke with Vest ina In Compelled by Their Mother - Cominctable ox. to Rum for Mis Life, a ae ee PASSENGER TRAD Richard B. Light, of Dumkirk, N.¥4{ From Watertown, N. ¥., a corre | ARRIVE NEW Mi who will be 8 years old next July, | spondent writes that there has been — has for several months been planning } a notable abundance of bears in the ” LEAVE RIC nd building his coffin, not, howerer. | southern part of the county thialesy gm paty— x on accdunt of any presentiment of | spring, and besides the four full- “ail Stops. approaching death, but merely be | grown bears that have been shot in |820 ® 4. Daily— For, cause he has taken a fancy to have! and near the town of Worth no less 28 minutes to Mor it exactly as he wished, and to have it } than seven black cubs have been cap- 40 ee Pm, Dally Exe made by his own hands. tured alive. Feint, Mewport ‘The coffin is an oblong box made of | Two other cubs, also captured in Wilasebare white pine of a very fine quality. The | Worth, where their dam was shot, Hamgeon onky. | sides are 1% inches thick, The bot-| are “Gaston” and “Happy Hooligan,” aise tom board is of another kind of pine, | the very lively mascots of the Thirty Dominion steame not being easily penetrated by wa-! ninth Separate company. 5:00pm. Dells For N ter. A false bottom of matched pine | Only a few days ago a small bog . doards is placed inside so as to leave of Worth enme across a hollow log, Main Line W @ space of 114 inches between it and and, with all of a boy's ignorance of | 10:10. m., Daily—Loctal the real bottom. ‘The sides are lined fear, crawled into it to investigate. nese for Orange, Tit Gin Fine boards a quarter of He found two black bear cubs about 2:00. Dally Cine an inch thick in a manner that leaves - xpress, Otwery the inside opening for the boay| BREA Brewer eT | to White Supe = g LS Ess ry : fs uh shaped like the old-fashioned dia- mond form of coffin. At the ‘head is a wooden frame which will support a sling of strong cloth for a head rest. This sling and a little black eloth to cover the wood en part of the head rest will be the only pieces of cloth used, as the own- er and builder of this structure, des- tined ta be his last house, does not intend to have any draping of silk ‘or satin, or any other sort of cloth inaide or outside of it. The inside is painted a soft shade of drab. The outside is stained to appear like black walnut. The cover is a single thick board, and will have no opening in it for glass or any other purpose. ‘There are six liandles of bronze. ‘To show what an exact fit he had secured, Mr. Light mounted a chair which stood beside the coffin the other day, stepped into it with the agility of a boy, and lay down in the position in which he expects to lie in his last sleep. Looking up smilingly. he asked: “Inn‘t that all right?" ‘Then he added: “You see, I cannot be easily shaken out of place in this.’ Mr, Light, who has lived in Dunkirk since 1853, was born in England. He was once armorer on the British war ship Cornwallis. He has _inventec many useful tools for which he has secured patents, MONKEY WITH A GUN. Entertains Crowd on the Street and Incidentally Puts Out Eye ef Ohte Inventor. F. 8, Lelder, of Columbus, well known tn Ohio as an Inventor, complained to the police the other morning that the sight of one of his eyes was destroyed by a mionkey. ‘The accident was a most remarkable one. Tuesday evening Mr. Leider was “ Y 2 ‘ee KES ies ee \ ry OS) ay NN gees ee ul) BNR Age 1 Bae i BE. ‘> x wm (A & te (ppt ff — ~ hee Sr eeuty ave within atom standing in the edge of a crowd whieh surrounded an Itulian organ grinder, who had s perferming monkey which was amusing the crowd. The monkey dunced and gave an exhibition of sword drilling. ‘The performance concluded by the monkey firing a gun, which was loaded with a light wad. When the gun was fired the wad ‘strack Mr. Keider in the eye. The in- jury cansed great pain, and Mr. Leidor states that hie physician has informed him that the sight was destroyed. He wants the Italian located and the monkey suppressed. Here's an Honext Lawyer, ‘There is one honest lawyer in St Louis. He recently announced to a client who had been injured in a rail- road accident that the company had agreed to give the injured man $5,000 in settlement of the case. “How much of it do I get?” asked the client. “AN of it,” replied the law: yer, “and you can pay me just what you like. I spent enly about five minutes in talking the matter over with the officers.” The client was sc overcome with emotion that he al: most dropped dead from heart dis case, ree ree eee. “Tve the greatest idea you eves heard of for strenuous play,” declares the young author. “What are you going to dramatize —the cook book?" we ask with fine sarcasm. “Dramative nothing!” he retorts “This is to be purely and entirely ea¢ amazingly original. The heroine is to be a mother-in-law and the hero 4 ‘beseball umpire.”—Judge. | PURSUED BY A BEAR, Youth Kidnaps Two Tiny Bruins and In Compelied by Their Mother _ to Rum Cor His Life, From Watertown, N. Y., 9 corre spondent writes that there has been = notable abundance of bears in the southern part of the county this spring, and besides the four full- grown bears that have been shot in ‘and near the town of Worth no less than seven black cubs have been cap- tured alive. | ‘Two other cubs, also captured in Worth, where their dam was shot, are “Gaston” and “Happy Hooligan,” the very lively mascots of the Thirty- ninth Separate company. Only a few days ago a small bog of Worth eame across a hollow log, and, with al! of a boy’s ignorance of fear, crawled into it to imvestigate. He found two black bear cubs about Bh x eS we MET by ore qi) Hoel | ey i QN AN rs Sha yy Ai CO TNO" pact} ge WA “Oo A 7 - ev four weeks old, took one under each arm and started for home. He had gone less than a quarter of & mile when he heard the mother dear smashing along through the un- derbrush behind him, and when she came in sight the boy dropped one of the cubs and ran with the other. The old bear stopped only long enough to put the onb away in a brush thick- et and took up the boy's trail again. ‘The little fellow sprinted for 300 oF 400 yards, but the cub’s weight handi- capped him and he was forced to drop his prize. While the old bear was nosing over the cub and licking the man-scent from it the boy got so far away that the bear gave up the chase. Wonderfal Contrivanes, Mrs. Crimsonbeak—I see by the pa- per, John, a new device for us2 with telephones has been patented in Syd- ney. It is a clockwork mechanism, with a dial that registers the tim oc- cupied in speaking. ‘The hand of the dial works only when the receiver is taken from the hook. Mr. Crimsonbeak—I wonder if the think couldn't be attached to a wom- an’s jaw?—Yonkers Statesman. —_—__—_* DICK-LED IN Ohto Parrot Set « Mintatertal Confer- ence to Laughing and Broke Up ‘Sha Miectina. “Dick,” the Desl house parrot, of Bucyrus, O., that was sold to a New York man fer $200, has a record for breaking up a ministerial conference which was held in the hotel parlors and had become a weekly affair, Dick was an attentive listener for several weeks, and then decided to get into the game himself, A minister opened the meeting with prayer, and suddenly Dick broke in with “O Lord, vouchsafe to us Thy presence this afternoon.” ‘The minister was disconcerted, and there was a snicker among the as- Oh Ng | G i A op MP Sa : = sembly. The minister began again, but Dick, warming to hia work, piped in with “Give us acoing eyes, hearing eure and understanding hearts.” ‘The snicker deepened into laughter, and the minister stopped, while Dick went calmly on with: “Shed upon us ‘the light of Thy countenance and grant us Thy grace.” | The ministers shouted with laugh- ter, but when they again came to or- ‘der, and a clergyman rose to speak, Dick said, in a tone of deep disgust: “Oh, shut up.”* | Somebody rose, and, taking the cage into the hall, set itdown with a thump. Before the door closed they heard the bird apostrophiaing himself mourn- fully: “Now, Dick, will yoube good?” ‘This was too much, and the meeting broke up amidst great hilarity. 4 Country of Poor Beas Poor beds are the rule in the hotels of Mexico, and they are about as yielding as a doormat. The bed cov- ering is usually just the size of the bed, and when you pull it up to your neck your feet are bare, and when you try to cover your feet you are uncovered almost to the waist. Hard om the Poor Horse. A self-satisfied young man in Ateht- ‘son called on his lady love to take her ‘out driving. While he was waiting in the parlor for her to put the finish- Ing touebes to her costume some au: dacious wags painted his Horse red, i wihiee end bie. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST. STATION. LEAVE RIOHMOND. 7: & m.. Dally— Newport News Local. sae « IRE er a Pen, eer 890 © Nowa aid Nerfohts wo hour and Biinghes to Moro," Biope William 4:00, p.m Dalle Exoupe an NS Pint, Meewport "and Novolke aire and’ Singles to Norfolk. Stops Prilaabarg."Nempor Neti at Hinton aly. Comacts at Out et -—-Ghatiee Seemters? at Nortole with Old 5:00. vor Newport Sows and O14 Main Line West Bound. 20:10 a. m., Dally Lacial to Clitton Forge: con- Rete for Orange, Culpeper, Calverton and Manasas. 2.a0p.h Dally Gincinnatl and Louisville 20D Tecpriaa’ Olmervation parlor cafe oar to White Suipiur. asd Hinton. Pall Tans from Gordaosville to Oncinnatl, [gulavito and the Went; parlor ear to Minginia fos Springs, |X"iocat train froin Gardonvili to ‘Siaanton follows, fortoeal seauions excogtStnday, 8565 D2 eat Go Cncminadl indianapolis Bt Yous Parlor cars Cincinnati to Chicas 10:0 p.m Dely— P. FV. Limited, Pull ‘ota to Linton, connecting ‘with, Pull Bin to Cluchusad Louistitls and’ the » WG Soinocts” for Virginin Hoe | Spins ne Ba James River Division. 10:20. m...Daily— For Lynchburg. Lexington, * Bewt Guiio and Clifton Borge excep! Rima for "Hosney and Altern bas pone Becept Sanday. To Masteo. Arrives Praxis Drvisiox— From Norfotkand Old oicp age a sen 250 ey . Loca urrive 720 p.m, dlls” Mam Liwe— From Chuelnnatl 745 i, Maw fay bdsm Dally and, pm . Sats Peony Troms CUTOS, Forge and ) Sally from Charlottevitle: Local from | BUR GPaR ees ta acim.vexcept: Sane day. Jasces Bryan Drvistox.— From Clifton Forge Fam nd Lynehioane 625 ptm dally and 80 ea eatet Sodas trom Manton: Apply at $008 Main. Murphy's Hotel and ART Yodtteen fon harden inloriontion, Baton Tiskets and’ Pullman Rescrvntion | W. 0. WARTHEN, __. Disruicr PassenGEn Acewr. 0.5. BOYLE, H. W. FULLER, Ger. WOR, | - GennP. A. can} ti o> | ea x On to Chicago THE MIDDLE STATES AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EXPOSITION To be held Chicago from the i4th of August to the L4th of September, 1902. ‘The first practical demonstration ever given to the people of the north of the development nee growth of the Ne race in this section. A grand display of race progress. The nation’s first big event of the 20ch century. Chicago is the freest and most hospitable city in the United States. The greatest sum- Pay Catess aon the Patera it ii anc 1 Race Expositions. Special railroad ‘rates. The 14th of August to the 14th bey nog as 1902. r information, address the OComMMITTER, No. 610 Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, Mlinois. Miller, Graves & Wright, BILLIARDS AND POOL SAMPLE ROOM, Nos, 216-218-220 Highth Street, Huntington, W. Va. Barber Shop Connected, 216 8th St. Best Wines, Liquors, Beer, Cigars. 5-17-8m. a | Seaboard Air Line R. R. “CAPITAL OITY ROUTE” Shoe eciae Teens Ria. and Alexice, reaching the Capitals of Bix = spp SUROULR ON mvwROT APRIL 12,199 STATION—DAILY. oe Narn se warn sty, Recut. tele een eee Maisie Tica) wan eau tie eee etic) face anne ar eee See Se Sven, Sone soe orecie nse Seen aaa a ae fc eee face hee ae noticias) iwiiselnaearneae. Goan: ei mms) di ac Se ee oe SRE e eae ie ee Sere Sense ee Baste renee cee Spee eee ae er Soke a ee. nis. ee aos Tere ee. iat x ee ale eee yea Be. be nares aiaess ata day or ee are ecas + al ‘mediate saints, ‘Connection at Noralina with Se Se Sasa ae ee eb ene alesse se Woates ce Gu agar desea saci ane esas and M., and No. 68 at 5:06 P. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for obverse ae a, ne ge eee Fins imios aa Cabesne TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND—DAILY. Sask mio 4) Wim. ke pottke mec 4:55. xc] No. £2 ‘and Southwest. 5:45 P. M. No. 36, Noralins, N.C, Petersburg inspec SLEEL ING-CAR SERVICE. ou: nad Ob Prt n b Msropotian Ue acide pretae ae ea a t So, atlas Dre iat hess acl cree Slog Wes Bese" Rae geet ch Wit" Banas itp So sty Wee : : = _ Jackson’ ancl“ ee Also: Bee, Draw: Hag Sates See cen tare ef ace cee eg Sse err ero (ee ee | ans Begetsg Roo ae ae Salyers scan [ake pbb means Bhan FG from. At ae Scere a ie neepeeae ae eee between Jacksonville and Tampa. Finest Day cess ‘W. 3. MAY, Oey Tket Agent 2. P. SMITH, Distreg ; 1006. "Phone 45. WANTED-—6 Ixpusrrious Colones Mx and women in each locality. $10. to $2 pes recklgan be mada working f0r ut, and mach Stopecial interest to mens and women oft ‘wennen race who desire #9 work themnnelves up. Tal particulars furnished free. Apply by" letter only. ‘Aare UnireD M'r'a Pom. Company, Tot & Tide Main st. ‘Richmond, Va. Semen 2 CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Tasure Love and s Happy Home For How any man may quickly cure him. self after years of suffering from sectual weakness, loss vitality, night losses, var- icocele, etc., and enlarge small weak or- gans to fall size and vigor. Simply send ae, and address to Dr. Oo., 1823 Hull Building, troit, Mich., and they will gladly send the free receipt with fall directions so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This is certainly a most gener- ous offer, and the following extracts tak- en from their daily mail, show what ‘men think of their generosity. “Dear Sirs:—Please Loca sat sincere pepe for yours of ener te. — men your treaient a. thorongh text and the benefit has been extraordinary. ‘It has completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you ‘cannot realize how happy Tam.” “Dear Sirs:—Your method worked Deautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength and vigor have com- pletely returned and enlargement is en- tirely satisfactory.” Dear Sirs:—Yours was received and 1 had no trouble in making use of the re- ceipt as directed, and can truthfully say it isa boon to weak men. I am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor.” ‘All correspond ace is strictly confiden tial, mailed in pee sealed envelope. ‘The receiptis free for the asking and they want every men to have it. 45.00.48 ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Elect Jan. 14, 1902, TRAINS LEAVE RICHM ».\1-—BYRD STREET STAI $00». m., NORFOLK 12 Daily. Ar Ea m pe” 5 tpn: Warertyy ander} 9:05 am Dally! “Aries. cure. 6:40 a Be eldon cw 2." > ayeutSvilie 4235 BM. Charleston 's"Tns Savannah RSA Me dooke ay e6.te am Port with Na. Garr 'og ot Goldabtes Bese am, Witte. C0 pam Pellman Bictjer Now's | ndksonitie. nasa mo Paige tomar. Areiven Pet ferrDigwrys ou , Contras and Ghee fer Bs aye 8:00p. m. OCEAN, TIAMITED, Deity fis p.m. Suoponiy at Dotcrabery Waveriyan” ide 4:00pm. Dailyjes "Sunday. Arrives Pe DP ceatargsst «mie Welln Fp on Books Sto... COB. M0 Makes atlinter: 6007 pals” fi-~ Petersburg Tp. m. tao St S'S waar peomax une TBED. 4 “Arrives Petersburg, 50 PM, C. <tiswith Norfoies Western Baer seb nitoacene hae Ianfic'" «iLanvitle for stations between + aed Lawrenceville :) Weldon Gar” “gyerteuiliols'at A at Char esto. 1A. 30, Savannah O60 A Ste feck: voteldSP.M., Port Tampa ai XE CINE TO MIDDLE GRORGIA Hor” SArrgng Aurtatn 8 A My Ma ‘TTAB Adana 1230. PME ‘Th “osville2i29 2. M. Pullman Sleeper Bw pore fo Wilton, Charts, Bet Autapa,Jackoonvilie, Auguste and O10P.M Daily. Arrives Petorsbung 0:35 P. Z-ampetiat betorabury wit Nortoh Sun iovk Me Rangke O14, St. Gris “tik: M 20 ay eo * Arrive Potorsburg 12:18 1M. Daily, @ THE NEW © aR ANS TEORIDA SbubiaL ae rivos Cinglenton 8:00. -A- Mt. Savanah RO A. Me Jaclnonvitio #0 Me Augustine 4:00 P.M. Tampa 10:40 BSE PLAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 3. M, Daily. From Jacksonville, Savan- ‘nah, Chatieston, Atlanta, "Macon, At PRESS. ice we ~ ma Be Tiguan Suckstonviie, savas 18... "Daily. Brom Potersbarg, Lynch ore ana Went, eevee” HY ay ily, except Sunday. Petersburg +..16A, Si Daily, except Sunday. From Golds A sora and’ lntcrtenints viata ae Folie and Sugoi: “aM Dlg. From, Norfolk, WutTolle and ee 310A, MSanday only. From Norfolk, Sut ‘otk nul Peorsdirg ee zane. MU Daily exept Sanday. From Pet TH8 PAE" Dally. From Miam!, Port ‘Tam SP. Secuwmnvile, “Savannah, "Charest Wiltsington, Qoidabon and al’ pout e29P. SE Daily, From Norfolk, Susfolk, and cterabairge 8:36 P.M. Dalit’ From Petersburg, Lynch burg and West anes T. M. EMMERSON, Trattic Manager. J’ R. RENLY, General Manager. H. M. EMMERSON, ‘General Passenger Agent 0.8 CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agt., $38 Kast Main Street. jan. 14. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:0 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Neriolk Wav-A. S Boye only Be Pot Sebung. Wavariy and Sadist 9.05.4. M. THE CHIC) [00 EXPRESS, for Lgnchining “Momboke, Columbus, and CHleago. ustet Parior Car Petersburg to Hogsoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke Mile andChattansogar Pulltaun Bisep er Roanoke to Knoxville. 3:00 P. 30, Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Nor {clk Sa) PML. Stons only at Petersburg Naveriy nnd uit," Cxtncots ap Nor folk with "Bteamers to ‘Boston, Prov: dnc New York, Baltimore and Wash 720P. My forButtolk, Norfolk and intermed- ini stations. "APHvos wt Norfolk 10-1 9:07. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Com Teg ab Lynchinirg, with "Washington Bed) Chatfanogn Tinted. “Pallonn Brepere jemphis and Now Orleanay Cate, Parlor and Observe fiom Gur taco to “Attain Ala. Pal Enohborg. Berths ready for oseupas ‘ ; for occupa Sense Me Alo Pullman: oeper arg and Kownoke. ‘Trains arrive mond from ee and Sad the Went daily", ASE. Sd Si P. Mv from Norfolle and ihe Haat ACIIIOA! my Lia? A- tn, and 0:00 Be Office 838 Main St. JOHN BE. WAGNER, City Passenger and Ticket Agt. ©. H, BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, a1 Ofte; Rounds, Var General Office; » Va. de. 18 LZ LES Sige eet eerie | $liecci TRADE-MARKS "i es a ehad . S. Patent Office: + WASHINGTON D.C. Réchmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect May 25, 1902. ‘Trains Leave” Richmend Nerthvord. Daily trom BYRD STREET sTA- I Stiet Pasian see oe te Beas, Ocoee ‘Cars "0 Barca even TATION, Revs M AUN sr BET grAOR Fesan weit Rime for, Wesblngton "ana gerobgtiay, Bi Gare to New Pork 4 = Ga to New Pork'@ Alesaodrie, ”Siboping ie A. Mi extept Bandy from Eb Sta senate eat oe ms, 4 208 from BYRD STREET STATION: tor Wantaniaf" BERD STR ‘at Elba, Glen Alien, local stations. A’htand 15 ts i ll a ical et aati tod (Alexandria, Bumtse ATT qo Siam. picepe: from BYRD STREET SE oie Haste eee Bea yon Ase ae ina 9 ascot” inmtuevstl geetions. Ake eatin ‘Neot, Recep! Sunday, from BYRD s”, STATION, for Worneueny, fom BYR Stops at Elba, Ashland, ‘Dewwelly Miler rege Boab nat Amiri pate, Bra Conners wink Conga, PTA Pa Se. Re mecpt racy va en Sha intormedines sagen," Froderickcburg Sap. A Daly fe" Malm St uation, tee Feng an peal MSS Seton, te Corto New Ysa Aloxandtia” Bicdping inca alr Ba aton tr wae om sn bopud rab Renton a Auzandria. ’ sleeping Gar to Soe 6:0 P. M., Except Sunday from ELBA STa- GR Accommodation for Ashient cot inter- east tom arts ma, mugion aca hom "Ato 8 Kuinnds Beacrattypareed Prk cases feopeas Oo or righ “gaat AW Ee Bichatond to New York and’ Waste SF Seamed te TASE.M-Esoept Sunday, trom ELBA rena, TION Accommodation for Ashland and inter. Trains “Arrive In Richmond South. ward, $:44. 4 Faowps Sanday at ELBA STATION Accomtsodation from Tienda TION eee 8:25 A.M Except Sunda atBYRD STREET SEATON Aecommcati Brom Fredericks oe eal nena a orm aie eee Alernpalin Onan Widest, Stope as ‘ioahare: bined owed gacraay Bree mf car tes ow Foe Senne gran bsiatict tenga: 00 erm {ugton te Ashland inclusive, ‘Gina kilan see #2. M. Duty, at munaerarion ome at Alnandiie ties, ELBA STA’ Tee Kt toca Sleeping Car from New ebtihs se Dain, UMAIN st RRRT x ti Remand, SERERT Stings anit Dotcom Axtitand. (Bleep. ing Car from New York oF. Recep! Sees’ a sels tnd a gran sane TIEP. C., Dally nYRDeremer oo, TION, Store At’ Alemandnies Rear ATA Bare Donel, iia ts" rife ae Gp evnNow fat wank eee, Sen 358 P.M, Daily, at BYRD-STREPT gra. lox sir oh Kota! ‘tod lovnlstatinges Sa Ree. antec es Car, Siew Alten, eth Tinlad AY atm re Fiona ei Bicpgte Alenanras Wrescrckonten Lined Sed Ghia “Scning Cat fe Wea 1100 P. 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Man to take ee) of a horse and cow; woman te Sat: bee oan ea Age, W001 Gtove Ave, city: ALPHEUS S OTT, OHUROH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR +++ AND EMBALMER, 0} id Night. Office Er, sSoms S00 P See Cuore Fin Ord Tv and Telephone prommay atandel tor al ‘business con- tial, Old Phone No, 3183. THE SPUR OF FATE By Ashley Towne COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY CHARLES B. ```markdown ``` RRELL followed the course of the stream, which led him back toward the highway. There was a bridge formed of a single stone arch, and the bushes grew close up to the sides of it. ARRELL followed the course of the stream, which led him back toward the highway. There was a bridge formed of a single stone arch, and the bushes grew close up to the sides of it. The voices of soldiers standing upon the bridge were audible as Darrell crept up in the shadow, and he could hear the trump of many feet. A regiment was marching, but not upon the highway. There must be a road intersecting it and running parallel to the present course of the stream. The stream was so high that it left only a fringe of wet rocks on each side of the arch, and Darrell worked his way along with considerable difficulty. He succeeded in getting through with no worse misfortune than a hard fall on the rocks, and presently he was again within the shelter of the trees beside the water. A hundred yards farther along, the stream bent sharply to the left and passed under the road upon which the troops were marching. It was not an easy task to elude observation under such circumstances, and Darrell narrowly escaped a squad of soldiers that had taken advantage of a halt to fill their canteen. He lay within ten feet of them for many minutes and overheard snatches of their conversation, from which he learned that this force had come by rail to a point not far north of Vladikaukas and had made a circuit of the city, that it was composed of troops from the province of Stavropol and that it was depending upon re-enforcements concerning which there was a rumor of delay. The men were recalled at last, and Darrell passed the second bridge. A little later he ascribed a bill beside the stream, and, being overcome with weariness, he lay down to sleep just as the moon began to light the sky in the east. He awoke at daybreak, stiff with cold and painfully lame as a result of his fall upon the rocks. Hobbling to the edge of the trees, he found that he had accidentally chosen a spot singularly favorable for observation. Despite the roughness of the region, Darrell could see almost the entire extent of the Russian force. The line as he saw it was about two miles long, and doubtless there were skirmishers beyond his vision. There seemed to be between 5,000 and 6,000 men, nearly all infantry. The center was on the main highway from Vladikaukas to Gredskov, and there had been great changes in the disposition of the force during the latter part of the night. The way by which Darrell had come was now the least practicable that his eye could discover, yet he could see other places where a man might pass aided by the roughness of the country and the darkness of night. His proximity to the lue was an element of peril; indeed, he wondered that the very spot on which he stood was not held by a picket guard. Retreating from the place, he became aware of men upon the north slope of the bill ascending, but he eluded them, passing around to the westward. He encountered far less difficulty than he had expected and was soon beyond the reach of anything except some chance scouting party. It seemed to him that the Circassian outposts around Vladikaukas could not be more than ten miles away, yet he was so lame from his fall that even this short distance involved a great exertion and much pain. On the slender chance of finding any boast that a man might ride he visited several deserted farmhouses, securing enough food for his needs, but no cattle. He was in such a condition that a sound ox would have seemed a good mount, but there was none to be had. In one of the houses he was greatly surprised to discover a gun, almost the last thing he would have supposed that a feeling tenant would abandon. It was a muzzle loading weapon of the type of many years ago; but, as there was a supply of ammunition, Darrell thought the gun worth taking. During the day he made very little progress, being twice compelled to lie hidden while Russian scouting parties were about. Sunset found him far to the west of the highroad, uncertain of his way and suffering both from exhaustion and the injury that he had sustained on the previous night. He came at last to a road that was scarcely more than a trail through the woods, and by the side of it he sat down to eat such food as he had and to roast. He fell into a doze, with his back against the moss covered stump of a tree, and it was dark when he swoke. Something had startled him. He felt a thrill of vague alarm as he struggled back to consciousness, and the rusty gun that he had taken from the farmhouse was in his hands without an effort of volition. He heared the sound of a horse's feet, and immediately the beast and his rider came into view, dim in the starlight. Without a thought in his half woken mind, except that he needed a horse, Darrell sprang out into the path, with the gun in his hands, and dried out, "Halt!" It was the horse that obeyed the order. The rider continued to advance, by the law of martia, and he came to rest like a snook of meal on the soft moss by the roadside. Darrell instantly pounced upon him, but it was wholly unnecessary, for the man did not move. He was lying upon his face, unconscious. A hasty glance assured Darrell that the horse would not run. The poor beast was standing as if on woodguns legs driven into the ground. Satisfied in this particular, Darrell looked again to his prisoner and became suddenly aware that he wore a Circassian officer's uniform under a long and ragged coat. In another instant he had turned the man upon his back and was gazing into the face of Korna. There was no sign of injury. Korna had fallen limp as a drunkard and with a drunkard's immunity from broken bones. It was the mere shock that had robbed him of his wits. Darrell was at a loss to understand how so good a horseman had been so easily thrown, and yet the manner of the fall gave some hint of the explanation, so that Darrell was not wholly surprised when Korna had regained his power of speech to hear him mutter in Russian (for he fancied that he was addressing Russian soldiers): "Don't make me move. I'm too tired to stand on my feet." It required some minutes for Darrell to make himself known and to explain his act. Finally Kornia sat up and looked at the American with a glance of comprehension. "I've scarcely been out of the saddle since I left you," he said, "and I was almost played out then. There's a little village in the hills to the west of Gredskov and the mouth of the pass. It is out of the way of everything, a quiet and beautiful place. You wouldn't believe there could be anything like it in this region. There two years ago I met the girl who will be my wife some day. To that quiet spot when we began this war I sent my mother. A Darrell sprang out into the path. knowing what reprisals are sometimes made. My two younger brothers were with her, and she was safe so far as military operations are concerned, but I was afraid that Killian, who knew her retreat, would seek me there, and so I have sent them all farther west. Ah, I have ridden a long way, my friend. I think I was asleep in the saddle when you played the highwayman." He lay back upon the moss with a sigh, and slumber gathered his head into her lap as if fell. Darrell led the horse among the trees and then watched beside the sleeper until the sky over his head began to be silvered by the rising moon. Then he roused him and led him to a brook where the water ran sold as ice. Korna drank of it and then thrust in his head, declaring afterward that he was as good as new and fit for any adventure. The horse was not in condition to carry double, but he was perfectly sound and much refreshed by his rest. Darrell mounted him, and Korna walked at his head. It was in the nature of a relief for the Circassian to walk after so long a time in the saddle, and to Darrell's lame leg the change in method of locomotion was grateful as sleep. They proceeded with caution and exchanged but few words. The light of morning was in the sky when they were challenged by the pickets outside of Vhadikaukas, and an hour later they were both asleep within the walls of the city. They had asked to be roused after two hours of slumber, and this was done. A breakfast that seemed fare fit for the gods to Darrell was ready, and as it was brought in, an orderly appeared with the information that Motman Khan would receive them presently. Korna looked sharply at Darrell, and when the orderly had withdrawn he asked: "Whom do you expect to see?" "I have no doubts upon the subject," answered the American. "My only puzzle is the reason for this masquerade." "The princess desired to take the field," replied Korna, "but Klisiar persuaded her that she could not do it as a woman. So she took this name of Motman Khan, which was assumed by a member of her family during a brief but futile uprising following the peace of thirty old years ago." "He is no fool, this Klisian," rejoined Darrell. "It is far better-for him--that the troops should cheer her as Motman Khan than directly as the, Priacea Vera," said Korna. "It makes her a military leader, in which capacity she cannot hope to rival Kindler, who is the best soldier that ever kid an army in Crassia--and I say that though I hate him for ten thousand reasons." "Being so good a soldier," said Darrell, "why has he permitted this grotesque invasion! What good can he hope to gain for Crassia"— "I think," said Korna, interrupting, "that you have the making of a fairly good soldier inside your own skin, a good enough soldier, in fact, to understand this whole situation. I have done my best for my country with my THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA innuence and with my sword. That is all that I can say." "Shall we present ourselves before the khan?" said Darrell, rising, and Korna bowed gravely in assent. CHAPTER XIII. IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KHAN TMAN KHAN had established headquarters in a house that had been occupied by the colonel commanding the Russian garrison in Vladikauksa. A much more pretentious residence might OTMAN KHAN had established headquarters in a house that had been occupied by the colonel commanding the Russian garrison in Vladikauka. A much more pretentious residence might have been chosen, but the khan had preferred this simple abode, perhaps because of its military associataus. Upon the way there Darrell learned something of the taking of the place through the conversation of an officer, a friend of Korna's, who had got news of his arrival in the city and had come to greet him. It appeared that, though there is a railroad to Vladikaukas, the garrison had not been re-enforced at the outbreak of the struggle to the extent necessary to hold it, and, even so, the force within the walls had retreated upon very small provocation, in the officer's opinion. He said flatly that the city ought to have been held without much difficulty and that the Russian retreat from it ought to result in a court martial or two. "However," he added, "we can't hold it, and the sooner we make a junction with Prince Killiar the better." He was surprised to hear from Darrell that so numerous a force lay south of them. According to the best of his information, no adequate report of the conditions had reached the khan. Outside the house of the khan there was evidence of a good but somewhat spectacular military discipline. An unnecessary number of sentries stood upon guard, and they challenged all comers in a manner that suggested to Darrell the military dramas that he had seen in his own country. His heart swelled with pity for the woman he loved thus playing soldier in this preposterous campaign. Upon the veranda of the structure he beheld a woman with the figure and warlike bearing of Brunhilde, but too old for the role, and he learned that she was a princess who had been a sort of military heroine in the fighting days of the sixties. This formidable person retreated within the house as the party advanced, but Darrell was glad to have seen her. Pausing for a moment in the hall, he was conscious of a boyish excitement agreeable to the heart as any touch of youth is to the man who has seen much of life. A door opened. He heard the sound of Vera's voice, and the blood rushed to his face. The princess sat by a long table upon which were many documents and maps. By her side stood a gray haired man in a general's uniform. He was a typical Circassian, slender limbed, disproportionately broad in the shoulder, his face stamped with that sort of pride which requires nothing but the man's existence to account for it. Yet this expression was modified by anxiety and by a deference for the princess which was not without fineness of quality. Darrell marked the man because the opening door revealed him before the princess. Then he saw nothing but Vera. She had grown much older in these months, and her face revealed lines that belonged not to its years. Yet she seemed to have borne her hardships without loss of health. Her color was good and her eyes were wonderfully bright. Her shoulders were covered by a gold embroidered cape that did not lack a feminine suggestion. But Darrell saw under the table two riding boots that might have been a man's except that they were not big enough, and at the tope of them baggy trousers like a Turk's. "M. Darrell," said Vera in French and very coldly, as he thought, "I regret to hear of your misfortunes, though I do not yet understand how they could have happened. Be assured, however, that you are safe within our lines and that I shall soon had a way by which you can return to France." "With your permission, excellence," replied Darrell, "that is the least of my anxieties." "I do not comprehend," said aba. "I do not comprehend," said she. "I will go where you send me," he answered, "whether to France or elsewhere, if it be upon your service, but I wish you might find use for me nearer at hand." "It may be so," said she, inclining her head in such a way that, in obedience to the nod, he stepped aside, permitting Korna to advance. "Excellency," said Korna, "I have to report that when your order regarding Mr. Darrell was brought to Gredskov it was delivered to me as an officer of Prince Killiar's staff. The prince was then outside the city for the purpose of overtaking, a caravan which, having come through the pass, was endeavoring to escape without paying toll to our cause. Believing the matter urgent, I rode out and attempted to deliver the order. The prince refused to receive it, and when I insisted he attacked me with his sword. We were alone together—or supposed ourselves to be so—in a room of a farmhouse by the highway, but through a strange coincidence Mr. Darrell was concealed in a room overhead. He came to my assistance, and we both escaped, leaving the order in the prince's hands. I have come here to seek your excellency's protection." The situation involved more points of military etiquette than Vera felt able to decide onhand, and she looked out of the corner of her eye at the general, who stood by the end of the table. She felt a woman's sudden resentment that her order should have been treated with disrespect, but also she was moved by that feminine instinct of utilities which let her perceive that, after all, the object of the order had been attained. Moreover, she doubtless knew what was the matter with Prince Kizlar, and so long as he had not actually slain Darrrell from jealousy the crimes of attempting to do so appeared less black than it should. What she wanted was an easy way out of the difficulty, and the general so understood. "Does Colonel Korna desire to make formal charges?" he asked. "I will do not to breed discord in this critical hour," replied Korna firmly. "My own petty wrongs are not worth considering. I mention them merely that my report and the fact of my presence here may be understood. What I desire is a chance to serve our cause, and, if I might make a request, it would be that I should be assigned to duty here." "General," said Vera, "my desire is to grant this request. Will you assign Colonel Korna to duty." "I would welcome him upon my staff," said the general, whereupon Korna made proper acknowledgments, and the accident seemed happily closed. "As to the Russian force now lying between us and Gredakov," said Korna. "I have certain information, but Mr. Darrell has much more, so that I hesitate to speak before he has been heard." This judicious remark brought Darrell back to the center of the stage, and his report was eagerly received. It appeared immediately that his information was far more accurate than any that had previously been brought in. His estimate of the Russian force, with sketches of its position, made the situation seem far more serious than it had hitherto been considered. It was obvious that the Russians must expect to co-operate with a force moving down from the north and that the plan was to annihilate the little Circassian army in Vladikaukas. "The position which they have taken," said Darrell, "is merely that of the greatest advantage in case your force should attempt a voluntary movement toward Gredskov. At the proper time they will advance to invest this city closely upon the south, but they do not wish to do it prematurely because they are not strong enough to take the place by assault, and an indecisive action might result in bringing up Prince Killzar's army in their rear. Clearly there has been some hitch in their plan, for the thing was to have been done quickly; otherwise this flying column of Russians might be caught by Killzar's advance and be in a bad place. Something has delayed their larger force that was to move down from the north, or you would already be engaged with it. They certainly must have expected to take Vladikaus this morning." "Kilzlar's scouts should have reported the presence of this force," said Vera, "and he should already be advancing." "We have no knowledge that such is the case," said the general. "We cannot assume that the prince is in possession of information equal to ours. The immediate need is to send word to him. He is probably in the same position that we were in before Mr. Darrell's arrival, aware, of course, that the communications had been cut, but in ignorance that it had been done by a force sufficient to menace seriously our position here." "Let the messengers be chosen at once!" exclaimed Vera. "I will prepare the orders. We will catch those kassians like a gnat in a glove." And she made a very graceful gesture to enforce the metaphor. "I will attend to this matter, in person," said the general, "with the assistance of Colonel Korna. In the meantime it may be that Mr. Darrell will prepare duplicate maps of the Russian position as he saw it. They will be carried by our men and will assist them in getting through the lines." Darrell bowed as the general and Korna left the room. Vera made a place for him at the table beside her, and he began his work without a word. Sentries paced the veranda outside the windows, and two were on guard in the hall, but no one was within hearing. The noises of the camp came very faintly, and the sound of Darrell's pencil was audible in the room. "I trust that you conveyed my thanks and my apologies to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon," said Vera suddenly. Darrell passed his hand across his forehead as one does who would steady his wits. "I was not authorized to speak for you," he said, "but I know that they fully understood. Of course your sudden departure gave us great anxiety. We were afraid that in escaping from the police you had run into the hands of the czar's agents. It was for that reason that I went to Stavropol, remembering that you had said you might be taken there." "But I told you where I was going!" she exclaimed. "I gave you word for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon. I gave you the means of seeing me again in Paris." Darrrell slowly shook his head. "I know nothing of this," he said. "It was all—all in your hat," she cried, stammering pretty in her excitement. "All in my hat?" he echoed. "I really beg your pardon"— "I could not find you that last night," she said hurriedly. "Your hat was lying on the table. I wrote a note and put it under the hand inside, so that you must find it when you put the hat on." "I haven't seen it from that day to this," said Darrell. "A servant must have taken it to my room." They sat looking into each other's face in silence for at least a minute, each thinking of the pain of mind that this trivial accident had caused. "I heard that you had gone to Stavropol," said Vern. "but I could not guess A "Let the messenger be chosen as messor" "that you were in search of me. In Stavropot you disappeared, and I fear ed that you had been murdered by some avenger of Ladislav. It was al most by guessworm, founded upon the vague rumor, that I came to believe you had been taken to Gredskov." Darrell's voice was not free from a tremor of emotion as he rejoiled: "How did you know anything of my fate?" The mere fact that you were sufficiently interested to make a single inquiry repays me a hundred times for all I have suffered." "I had agenda in Stavropol," said Vera, coloring, "upon your matters. Having heard that you had traveled in that direction with Ivan Getchikoff, my agents thought you worth an inquiry. They learned that you had been arrested upon your arrival, but neither they, working secretly, nor the American consul, protesting openly, could gain any knowledge of what had happened to you afterward. It was given out that you had been immediately released and had left the city. Your baggage was obtained by the consul, who received also a packet forwarded to you in his care from Paris, by Mr. Gordon doubtless. These things were in the consul's hands three weeks ago." "Three weeks ago!" cried Darrell, rising slowly. "Have you had word so late?" Vera's cheeks were burning. "We have still our agents in Stavropol," she said, "and occasional communication is possible. They have thought it worth while to report to me in regard to your affairs." "Then nothing else in the world matters in the least," he said. "I do not magnify your interest in me, but"—She cheeked him with a look that was both intense and smiling. "You couldn't," said she almost in a whisper, and at that he laid his hand upon hers, which was palm upward on a pile of military reports. "Vera"—he began, but suddenly there was a clash of guns and sabers in the hall. The princess rapped upon the table with the scabbard of her sword, a much bejeweled weapon that had lain across a chair beside her. At the summons an orderly appeared with the rigid haste of a toy monkey on a stick. Vern pointed to the door communicating with the hall, and presently the orderly announced two officers, who were admitted. They came with reports that concerned the practical details of war, and Darrell heard them with a divided attention, working meanwhile upon his maps. One of them spoke mostly of cannon, and Vera's questions showed a surprising comprehension of the subject. Singularly enough, Vera when speaking of ordnance ceased to seem a play soldier. What she had to say about the capacity of certain light batteries whose disposition seemed to be a subject of some question struck Darrell as apt and accurate beyond criticism. Darrell had followed the charlot of war in many quarters of the globe and indeed had officered troops, white, black and yellow, in the whirl of various emergencies, for which reason this Circassian campaign had appealed to him as a grim and awful joke. But somehow when Vera talked of artillery the thing seemed serious. Perhaps it was the surprise that a woman should know anything whatever about the subject. "Your excellency," he said when the officers had withdrawn, and then, "I beg your jardon; I am uncertain what form of address you prefer." "Under the present circumstances," she replied, glancing around the empty room, "I prefer the style which you used just as these annoying people came with their reports." "Vera," he cried, "I—" "That is it," she said, "but in public 'excellency,' highness' or anything that suggests itself. I am indifferent. And now the maps, the maps! You are slow, sir." And Darrell, under the compulsion her gaze, fell to work earnestly. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Preparing for Coming Events. Binks—Why did Risley join the priesthood—is he grieving so over his wife's death? Minks—Not he. His wife was a theosophist, and believed in reincarnation. She prophesied she'd be back in six years, so Risley's gone in for celibacy. —Town Topics. Her Dear Friends Maud—Haven't you noticed that Iabel is being a good deal of trouble with her eyes these days? Mabel—No. How? Maud—She can't keep them off that young Sweeper when he happens to be in her neighborhood.—Chicago Tribune. The Way of the World "Things are very badly arranged in this world." "How so?" "Why, the man with the money usually lacks the digestion and the man with the digestion seldom has the money."—Chicago Post. Not the Popular Kind. "He prides himself that his new novel is perfectly clean." "I suppose it is. I don't imagine it will ever get soiled from frequent reading." -Philadelphia Bulletin. As Seen from Afar "United States senators are mighty busy people," said Farmer Cortossel. "Yes," answered his wife, "it appears like they was either makin' or breakin' laws all the time."—Washington Star. A Vegetarian Bizzer—Yes, my wife chews the rag a great deal. Buzzer—Why, I didn't know your wife was a vegetarian—Ohio State Journal. Timely Advice. Bill—They say rubber is very high. Jill—Yes; you ought to begin and economize with your neck, my boy—Yonkers Stateman. Not True to Life. "Why do you call it a fairy tale?" "Because it says they were married and lived happily ever afterward."—Chicago Post. Approximate Juggles—That actress need him for trifling with her affections, and the fury gave her a verdict for six cents. Waggles—So the damages were trifling—Town Topics. CAMPFIRE STORIES "Tramp, tramp, the boys were marching," Till the earth ran red and reeled. For your blessing at the starting We our gueron for the field; And with And now again we're coming, When 40 years are gone. But O, we miss your welcome As the Day would miss the Dawn; A army army marchea, The pale army lessless deed, The million sleeping comrades Who at your bidding sped. "We are coming, Father Abraham, The few who yet remain, To sing our ancient battlesong About the rest again; And soon we'll our banners, And cross the river, too, And rest with you in glory All your gallant boys in blue! -Private Dazell, in National Tribute. CATHEDRALS UNDER GROUND Southern Caves That Were Used by the Confederates During the War as Powder Houses. A few of the vast caverns of the south have long been famous. Several of the southern states abound with these beautiful and impressive works of nature, and there are many far more worthy of the attention of the scientist and tourist than is the great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, which is, aside from its vast extent, the least attractive of the many caverns visited by the writer. No one who has ever visited the romantic Luray Caverns in the Shenandoah, writes Frank H. Taylor, in the National Tribune, will be satisfied with an exploration of the Mammoth Cave, carrying in his hands the only means of illuminating his way. Probably the most fairy-like group of caves yet discovered in the western hemisphere are those of A CAVE BATTERY. Bellamar, located some five miles from the city of Mantazas, in Cuba. They are reached by volcanic over a road rough even for a Cuban highway, but one is well repaid for the fatigue as well as the ordeal of the high temperature in the caves when once he has been admitted to the presence of their splendor in stalactites, stalagmites and unsullied frost-work wrought in stone. The lower and new caves at Bellamar were opened to the public in the winter of 1880, upon the occasion of the visit of Grant, Gen. Ehl Sheridan and their families, an incident in which the writer had the good fortune to participate. Aside from their interest as marvelous phases of nature, the caves of the southland have a romantic relation to warfare and our national history. As far back as the revolution such of these underground retreats as were then known were the scenes of activity due to the great deposits of clay, rich in saltpeter, essential in the manufacture of gunpowder. During the civil war powder works were located at nearly all of the caves in the southern Blue Ridge country. The novelist of the confederate eras has, as far as I am aware, failed to make use of this fertile field of romance. At the Weyer caves, Nickjack Cave, near Lookout mountain, and at Natural Bridge evidences are still in existence of the extensive work done in excavating the cave clays and their reduction to saltpeter. These caves were also frequent retreats well known to the confederates, whose sudden and mysterious disappearances through the well-concealed entrances, has puzzled many a pausing commander of union troops. There are tales in the valley of the Shamandoah of whole batteries which have been unlimbered and concealed securely in the depths of the mountain, to reappear at critical moments, take a marching column in the valley below, and then suddenly sink into the earth again. High up along the lofty western shore of the south branch of the Shenandoah river are the Grottoes of Shendun, formerly known as the Wayer Cayes. These and the adjoining Fountain Cave are by far the most impressive, beautiful and varied caverns the writer has seen in this country. A dozen years ago, when the great boom-wave swept down the valley, making fortunes on paper over night for the native land holders and creating new towns like a string of beaches all along the line of the railroad, a manufacturing city was planned here upon the broad valley plain in front of the cave hill. It was called "Shendun" but the railroad authorities wisely kept the old sign of "The Great toe" upon the station building. Shendun adore and fell. Its inception was born in the brain of Maj. Jed Hotokkiss, of Staunton, once topographical engineer to Stonewall Jackson, and well-known figure in the valley. When the "boom" had swept past it left at Shendun a heap of ashes where the hotel had stood and a group of and looking factory buildings beside the track and a solitary second-hand street car stranded in the midst of the fields which had so recently figured as choice commercial and homestead sites at prices that would make Washington real estate men mad with joy. Down beside the South branch in the little grist mill that has ground along comfortably these many years, and which incidentally operates the dynamos which illuminate the temples of the Shendun Grottos. In the delightful Virginian sketches to be found over the signature of "Porte Crayon in Harper's Magazine some 45 years ago, the Weyer Caves were first brought to public notice, although their existence had been known since the year 1804, and they had been long a favorite point of local resort. The ground plan of the Grottos indicates four distinct groups of chambers. In the first series are the Entrance Hall, Statuary Chamber, Solomon's Temple, Throne, Great Cataract, Shell Grotto, Pantheon, Lawyer's Office and Weyer Hall. Included in the second group are the Armory, Shield of Aax, Balustrade Passage, Tapestry Chamber, Cathedral Chancel, Drum Room, the Dungeons, Senate Hall, Crystal Spring and Star Room. In the third group are the Theater, Spring Grotto, Diamond Glen and the Organ and Choir. This group includes also the Dining-Room, the Wilderness, Natural Bridge, Jefferson Hall, Tower of Babel, and the lovely Garden of Eden. In the fourth group are the Grottoes Ridge, the Oyster Shells, Coral Ridge and the Tinkling Spring. These names are given in detail in order to suggest the wide variety of the strange and marvelous formations which enrich these chambers of silence to a greater degree than those of any similar group of caves in the world. GENESIS OF ▲ FORTUNE. The Happy Chance Through Which a Poor New York Clerk Became a Multi-Millionaire. One western millionaire came into the possession of his wealth through his own abilities, beyond a doubt, but it is also true that his opportunities were excellent. And they came to him in an unusual way. It happened, says the New York Sun, that the wife of a very rich man had for many years gone to a certain shop in New York for her gowns, and had always been waited upon by the same woman. One morning she went to the store to order a gown. After the business of getting the new dress had been transacted, the saleswoman said to her: "This will be the last time that I shall have the pleasure of waiting on you, Mrs. X——, for I am going to be married." When the customer expressed an interest in her plans, the woman told her M. "TM GOING TO BE MARRIED" that she and the man to whom she had been engaged for several years had decided that they might as well get married as wait, especially as she had managed by prudence to save a little money. Said the customer: "You bring your betrothed to my house to-night to see me. I would like to meet him and have my husband know him, too." A time was set and that night the saleswoman and her betrothed visited the wealthy patron. The latter introduced them to her husband, who talked with the man and was favorably impressed with him. He learned that the man was able to make only a small income at his business. Before the man left the house, a date for a subsequent visit had been set. The man, of course, came back, and the result was a place for him in one of the millionaire's mills near a western city. That was his beginning. To-day he counts his millions on more fingers than his two hands possess. And his fortune came through his meeting with the millionaire and his good luck in making a favorable impression on him as well as on his ability to take advantage of the opportunities that came to him. The Chump's Argument. Callow Youth—Only tools are certain; wise men hesitate. Fair Maid—I don't know about that. Callow Youth—Well, I'm quite certain of it:—Chicago American. Vein Hopes Vain. "How is it," demanded the angry stockholder, "that our gold mine has stopped work?" "I believe it isn't in the vein for it," replied the promoter, sooily—Philadelphia Press. He—it was a case of love at first sight with Count De Ratmusteshe, wasn't it? She—Oh, yes! One look at Bradstreet's settled his fate!—Puck. 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Peace is all right, but the privileges which we now enjoy were not obtained through that agency. Don't let us forget that. We are as much opposed to the lawless, shiftless, insulting colored elements as we are to the lawless, shiftless, insulting white elements. We are against both. COLORED people must encourage rural enterprises and create business for themselves. White people are getting tired of our depending wholly and solely upon them for employment. ONE of our contemporaries found out that the colored brother was going back to the farm, but complained because he was going back to his own farm. We are for the right. When the anti-cooperationists get so blinded by prejudice that they convict a man be cause of conscientious opinions rather than the charge alleged against him, we shall condemn them even as we have condemned the lawless elements at the First Baptist Church. We should be respectful to white people. We should treat white ladies with respect and courtesy on the street-cars even as we have been and are doing now. These simple evidences of good breeding will make friends for us in unexpected ways. We should be respectful to our own people any way and no advice is needed on that branch of the subject. It now seems that an effort is being made to lash all of the churches into line under the leadership of two ministers, regardless of the right involved. The plan has to a great extent miscarried, The false cry of traitor, bribe-takers, etc., seemed to have had little effect on those devout Christians, who have spent the best years of their lives in the cause of the Master. We should like to know what cooperation or anti-cooperation has to do with whether a church acted right or wrong in violating the tenets of the Baptist Polity, and the plain decorations of the Scriptures. The colored people will be heard from and these false teachers and leaders will get sent to the rear. Gov. DAVIS is from Arkansas, and not from Mississippi. He was excluded from the Baptist Church for drunkenness, immorality and gambling. He did not return to the church that excluded him, but to another Baptist Church, located in his former home. The church that excluded him did not call a secret council to pass upon the case, neither has it withdrawn the righthand of fellowship from the other Baptist Church that received him. This is for the benefit of the preacher who got his facts mixed up with his prejudices. THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH'S WANTS. THE First Baptist Church of Richmond has been having a stormy time during the past four months. Its membership is rent by dissension and its deliberations characterized by a spirit of intolerance and bossism which have disgusted all conservative classes and made its name a byword and a reproach in this community. We have purposely omitted a record of its proceeding because it would have a tendency to cause the world to wonder whether or not it was impossible for the God-fearing membership to assert its power and relegate these disturbing elements to the rear. Not satisfied with having illegally excluded the editor of this journal from its membership by a vote of 56 to 64 and despite the fact that he has been vindicated by a council composed of 76 churches and a representation of three hundred able divines and laymen, it now, upon the advice of its partisans the First Baptist Church calls upon the Fifth St. Baptist Church to drop the editor from its membership upon the pain of having the righthand-of-fellowship withdrawn from it, by the First Baptist Church. After noting the disorderly proceedings, it will seem to the public that the Fifth St. Baptist Church and all other churches endeavoring to live up to the tenets of the good and lowly Jesus would welcome such a withdrawal. During all of this discussion, no opportunity was given the party most interested in the controversy to be heard. So far as we are concerned, our lot is cast with the FIFTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH and we shall abide by its decrees. We have found ourselves in the midst of friends—strong, stauchn friends and we believe that we can trust them to the end. Before the discussion is ended these misguided people will find out that JOHN MITCHELL, JR., is neither dead nor sleeping in religious sense. He has friends in Richmond, in Virginia and in the country at large, Jealous partisans cannot cripple either him or the PLANET. The designing men who are spawning hot or cold as suit their fancy will find out that the people, the open-hearted colored people will fathom their motives, discountenance their methods and foil them in their purposes. God knows we have engaged in this controversy from the purest motives. When colored men do wrong, engage in disreputable practices, insult white and colored citizens, disgrace and pollute the temple of God, we shall oppose them with all the energy we possess. Hiscock's Directory, better known as the Baptist Polity, on Page 202 reads as follows: "A Church may exscribe a member judged unworthy of further fellowship, after due process of disciplinary law; but having cut him off, they cannot continue to hold the rod in terror over him, and bar him from counsel, and even from the sympathy of others, simply on the ground of their action. And they ought to be ashamed of themselves if in any wise, they attempt to follow him with maledictions after they have cast him out." This is the mode of procedure defined and advice given. The Fifth St. Baptist Church did not act of its own volition, it was advised by a counsel of unprejudiced divines and laymen. It took its instructions from that source and it is hardly to be presumed that it will shift its position and take orders by way of the disorderly characters of the First Baptist Church. 15 DEAD IN A TROLLEY CRASH Cars Collided Head-On, With Terrible Velocity. Utica, N. Y., July 5.—On an electric railroad near Gloversville last night there was a collision between two cars crowded with passengers, by which 15 persons were killed and 29 injured. For a distance of four miles north of Gloversville the Mountain Lake Railroad, an electric railroad, connects Gloversville with a popular place of resort or picnic ground. As it was the Fourth of July, the place was crowded with pleasure-seekers. At a distance of about two and a half miles north of Gloversville there was a collision between two cars, one bound north and one bound south. They came together head-on with terrific velocity. As a result, the 15 persons were killed outright and 29 injured, the latter more or less seriously. Supposed Oil Volcano Supposed On Volunteer. Guthrie, O. T., July 9.—Great excitement has been caused at Tulsa, Indian territory, owing to the discovery by surveyors working north of that place of cracks in the sides of mounds, as though from great pressure underneath. Gas is escaping from the fissures and a continual bissing and roaring can be heard. On the extreme top of the highest hill there has been a small volcano at work, raising up large boulders and tossing them aside. Experts state that it is a great oil and gas field, and that pressure from a great depth has caused the commotion. The inhabitants of Tulsa are becoming nervous over the state of affairs. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. FOR SUNDAY READING THE PRAYER DENIED. I asked the Lord that I might be A beacon-light for all to see; A shining influence from afar; A bright and heavenward-guiding star! Instead—He heeded my way around; He led my feet to lowly ground; He shut me in where none could see. And gave this humblest work to me! Yet dare I not repine or sigh. I guess His wise and loving "why;" Each day I work, each hour I live. Thanks for my prayer denied I give; The wisdom of His choice I trace. And bless Him for my lowly place! —N. Y. Observer. JUDGING. Some Instances Showing How Easy It Is to Add to the Misery of Others. A young man from the country walked into a city picture dealer's store and asked to look at some pictures. Several were shown him, when noticing on the wall an engraving of a little child looking up into a mastiff's face he asked in a diffident tone its title. "Can't you Speak?" was the quick reply. The young man's face flushed, and bristling up, he advanced aggressively. "What do you mean?" he demanded. "I mean just what I said," was the cool rejoinder. "The name of that picture is, "Can't you Speak." The young man was chagrined at his ill-advised conclusions. And so should we often be could our mistakes and misapprehensions come home to us as his did. You have heard, perhaps, of the minister and his wife who set the small town where they lived agog with their reported blickerings, until it was discovered that they had simply been rehearsing a dialogue to be given at a social entertainment in a neighboring city. A woman, prominent in church circles in a suburban town, was reported to have given a rose to a motorman as she was leaving the car. She was accused of flirting and of all sorts of improprieties. Tongues wagged and a dire outcome was prophesied for her, until it became known that the motorman had a sick wife to whom she sent flowers almost daily. "I saw her waiting in the corner grocery for a man who came out of a saloon, and then they walked off together. Now what do you think of that for a teacher?" The story was repeated and additions made. Clouds began to lower above the young teacher's horizon, and it was long before they were dispelled. But she had only been obeying the orders of her principal in getting the services of a policeman in citizen's clothes to investigate a robbery in the school. A clue had been furnished in the saloon while she waited. Trifles light as air are indeed proofs strong as those of holy writ to the suspicious-minded and the idle. And what irrevocable harm does this judging, "honest" though it may be, do! The only thing to do is not to do it. Make up your mind that you, at least, will not add to the world's misery and anguish in this way—Young People. Might Make Themselves Useful. Mr. Gaswell—We are having a good many late frosts, which endanger fruit and vegetables. Mr. Dukane—Yes; but it would not be so bad if those late frosts caught the early flies.—Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram Doubtful. Bluffer—I would challenge that cad, who insulted me, to a duel, if I was sure of one thing. Biffer—What's that? Bluffer—That he wouldn't accept the challenge. -Ohio State Journal. Looking Ahead "But," she said, "we are little more than strangers as yet, you know." than strangers as yet, you know. "Yes," he answered, "but don't let that interfere. We can break off the engagement after we get better acquainted if necessary."—Chicago Record-Herald. WASN'T LOAFING. Nice Old Gent—My little boy, have you no better way to spend this Sabbath afternoon than by leaning up against that wall, idling your time away? Nice Little Boy—I ain't a idling my time away—no fear! There's some chaps over the wall a-sneakin' the fowls and they've giv' me tuppence to look out for coppers!—Tit-Bits. Worked Both Ways. She has two strings to her bow, always—Bhie's like wherever she goes—Likewise, to be honest she has Always and ever two beaut. -Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Does This Jar You? Jars of jelly, jars of jam, Jars of potted beef and ham, Jars of clams, meat, Jars of mincemeat, jars of spice, Jars of orange marmalade, Jars of pickles, all homemade, Jars of cordial elder wine, Jars of honey superfine. Would the only jars wore these Which occurs in families! —Answers. How a Woman Would Solve the Street Car Difficulty I like to get in the neighborhood of city business women now and then and hear their discussion of metropolitan affairs. As a rule, they are well-dressed, good-natured, alert, their jostling against so many of their fellow creatures having given them care for appearances, a certain cheerful philosophy of life, and needed independence. I make a point of choosing place at table. hear their discussion of metropolitan affairs. As a rule, they are well-dressed, good-natured, alert, their jostling against so many of their fellow creatures having given them care for appearances, a certain cheerful philosophy of life, and needed independence. I make a point of choosing place at table, when I am down-town for lunch, where I can observe and study these modern breadwinners. The other day I eat at the same table with two in a Chicago restaurant and was regaled by what one had to say in regard to settling the vexed question of how women are to obtain seats on the street cars. And it is a vexed question in Chicago. Quite as much of one as to how the city is to settle the street franchise fight. In a town in which the business is practically confined to one small section of less than a mile square, and the people employed in that section must secure means of transportation to homes that lie from three to eight miles away from business places the question of seats in the cars is not to be passed over lightly. After a hard day's work in office, store or factory it is not pleasant to have to stand in a jerking, jumping car all the way to a suburban home. "Four smokers, that's what will do it," was the remark that first attracted my attention and caused me to hait a big red strawberry in midair. I put down my spoon and looked at the speaker. What under the sun was she referring to "four smokers." That might mean so many things. It might mean four men—or even some women in these days;—it might mean four obnoxious factory chimneys. I didn't know, and so gave it up and studied the speaker. I saw what I considered the typical, fair-salaried woman of business. She certainly was no spring chicken, but she wore her years lightly; looked fresh, well groomed and well fed. In addition, though her clothes were not costly, they were worn with that air for which we have no better word than "style." From the veil in her hat to her sturdy-boots she was a city woman. She went on: "We'll have to come to it, sure. Just look at the carloads of women that go look at the carload down town every morning in the week, stay down and work all day long, and go home on the cars at night. How many of them get seats, I would like to know." "Oh, Men, I Love "I am sure I don't know," answered her companion, elder rly, patient, a little sad and tired looking. "I have gotten so in the habit of standing, I shouldn't know how to behave if I had a chance to sit down." "You mean your muscles have gotten the standing habit and would refuse to act if you had a chance once in awhile to bend to a seat?" suggested the gayer one with a little laugh. The other smiled wanly and made no reply. "Well, I tell you the thing isn't so hard if you could only make men at the head of affairs believe it. Standing up and being knocked about as I have day after day and year after year has made me do some pretty tall thinking about the matter. You know I use the elevated, where the cars are crowded just as much as anywhere, and it struck me as I stood on the platform the other day with about a million women and two million men all ready to make a rush the second the gates were opened, that all that was needed was to give the men a little more room. You know, generally, they are stronger than we, and the way they can, and do, use their elbows and shoulders to distance us poor things is something irresistible. Just pen 'em up by themselves and give them more room. Say, put four smokers on every train. "Then they can jostle each other in a fair-for-all rush, and the women will be in their own class in the running." e for a time, while paid attention to cherch. I looked at her, and could not tell whether she was in fun or in earnest. Half-and-half. I concluded. Pratty soon she began again: A "You k now men, I love 'em all. I am no men-hater; no one loves 'em better than I do; old ones and young Street Car. The "Hawg" on the ones, big ones and little ones, rich ones and poor ones; but the "hawg" on the car makes me hate am sometimes. Why, I simply couldn't get along without men. They rest you so after men. No Hand with a Hammer. Mrs. Dorcas—Why shouldn't a woman go into politics? Dorcas—How in the world is she going to nail a campaign lie?—N. Y. Sun. See-Saw. Piker—What do you do with all the money you make furnishing tips on the races?" you have been with women all day long. They are breezy and entertaining, and nothing could make me want to get rid of them for any length of time. It's only on the cars I want them to go off and behave themselves. And even there, if I had a comfortable seat, I should like to have one of them by to talk to. But when it comes to standing an hour, I prefer a seat to their society. "Did you ever notice that it is the man who takes the most room who rides the farthest. The man who lives away out at the end of the line is just sure to be an uninteresting nuisance. I never could fathom the reason for this unless it is that they are married men, and the younger ones live in the boarding houses nearer the center of town. But these uninteresting nuisances just sit, and sit, until I feel like asking them, as the Irishman did: 'Hain't ye got no homes.'" "Of course, I don't blame them for sitting," answered the patient lady. "It makes them tired, too, to stand. I suppose. I never have a seat, and I do get so tired." "Makes 'em tired!" snorted the other. "I guess being tired doesn't make it necessary for them to spread all over creation and open their papers to their wildest extent. I never saw anything like the way some big, fat men will lie over half the car and flourish the newspaper over the other half. Whenever I get a chance to, I step make it necessary for them to spread all over creation and open their papers to their widest extent. I never saw anything like the way some big, fat men will lie over half the car and flourish the newspaper over the other half. Whenever I get a chance to, I step on their toes and pretend I am just on their toes and "A Place in the Wood pretend I am just work Where I Lean." about to fall, so I can give them a full benefit of my avoudupos. And, you know, Mrs. Macy, that is something." And the offender laughed maliciously. "Of course, I always apologize profusely, and look sweetly and appealingly at their scowling faces, but I promise you I keep quite dangerously close to their sensitive feet. I try to take the place of their conscience, see?" The naughty lady laughed again, but her companion, uncertain as to what her attitude should be, looked mildly disapproving. The one was the opposite of the other. Presently the speaker continued: "I never get a seat, haven't had one since vacation; but I simply will not hang on to a strap. I positively refuse to sway back and forth in a manner unbecoming my weight and dignity, clutch at a piece of leather too high for my poor arms, and go around those curves in an unconventional, not to say improper, attitude of affectionateness toward the nearest seated individual, a man, of course. No, my dear, I always find something to lean against, spot it the moment I enter a car. There's a place in the woodwork of a certain car all worn away where I lean." "I am never so lucky as to get anything to lean against. It will躲 icky as to get anyt- it. It usually seems good fortune to me if there is an extra strap that I can get to?" replied the other. CINEMA "Just ima gine what a position we women folk are in that haven't a single pocket and have to carry all of our bundles in our hands, even such trifles as handkerchiefs and a lead pencil. I tell you I was jealous the other day when the man that won over me in the race for a seat sat there without a thing in lap or hands; although, of course, all his 15 pockets were bulging with things—from one a big bottle peeped forth, two evening papers were thrust in another, handkerchiefs and gloves showed in a third. O! it made me wild to look at his comfort. I braced against a door, always opening and shutting, and trying at the same time to keep in my hold gloves, handkerchief, pocketbook, papers, a parasol, and a pair of shoes that I had been obliged to carry home myself. No wonder women are worried looking. If only we had pockets, or the train had four smokers." KATHERINE POPE "How many angels are supported on the point of a needle?" is an old scholastic question which students of theology meet in their studies. The late Dr. Talmage was on one occasion in the company of some young men fresh from college. They were discussing the query in a spirit of levity, when the famous clergyman suddenly turned to them and added: "Well, how many angels do you think?" As no one answered, he went on with despair. "I'll tell you fire." Then he answered his answer with a story. The stormy night he was coming home late, and noticed a light in the window of a room where he knew a woman lived whose husbands were at sea. He wondered what reason up so late, and he went to see. He found her hard at work sewing by her lamp, while her five rosy children were sound asleep beside her. "There," said Dr. Talmage, "was a needle supporting five angels." Not Too Exacting. "Ah! professor, if we could adequately express our admiration!" "I know ee's difficult, ladies; but I am satisfied vee my admirers do ze best zey can!"—Puck. The Men Pleased Him. Mrs. de Fadd—The latest fashion is to have the piano built into the wall. Mr. de Fadd (wearily)—Well, that's sensible! Let's wall up ours.—Tit-Bits. W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 48. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD This organization has been chartered and legally stituted under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and It is two's direction to promote the societal and moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the frontline allied to the mission of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize lodges. Kindly address. MINERS' DEFENSE FUND Labor Unions and the Public Will be Asked to Contribute. MITCHELL APPROVES THE PLAN Effort to Be Made to Concentrate Resources of Organized Labor In Behalf of Miners, who Will Only Accept Aid When Their Funds Are Gone. Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 9.—A national defense fund, to which all organized labor and the public in general will be asked to contribute, is the latest proposition placed on foot to help the striking anthracite coal miners if they need assistance in their struggle for higher wages and a shorter work day. Harry White, of New York, secretary of the National Garment Workers, and a member of the conciliation committee of the Civic Federation, held a long conference with President Mitchell yesterday, during which the plan was approved by the miners' chief, and Mr. White will at once begin preparations to carry out the plan. President Mitchell wants it understood, however, that the Miners' Union will accept no aid until their own resources are exhausted. Mr. White came here authorized by several labor organizations to place the proposition before President Mitchell. After the conference President Mitchell had nothing to say about the matter beyond the brief statement that he approved the plan. Mr. White gave out the following statement: "President Mitchell will accept the co-operation and whatever aid may be rendered by labor organizations of the country and others, but with the understanding that it is to be only used when their own funds become exhausted, which will not be for some time. Mr. Mitchell says that before soliciting outside support the miners at work must set the example themselves by contributing a considerable portion of their earnings to sustain their fellow members in the hard coal fields, who are fighting their common battle. This will be determined upon at the Indianapolis convention. Mr. Mitchell also welcomed the aid tendered by men of means and influence outside the ranks of organized labor. "Efforts will also be made to originate a movement throughout the country, so that the unions and others may be prepared to collect funds when the time is propitious. Public men will also undertake an independent movement and solicit subscriptions from those not connected with labor organizations. This movement will be inaugurated in New York city, and the labor organizations and sympathizers in all the principal cities of the country will be called on to appoint committees to carry on similar work. "All friendly newspapers will be asked to co-operate. The scheme, in brief, contemplates the concentration of the energy and resources of organized labor in behalf of the miners' cause, a result which has never before been achieved. It involves the raising of a given amount of money each week for which provisions and other necessities of life will be purchased. The plan has the approval of President Samuel Gompers, and it will be placed before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor for endorsement at its sessions, which open in San Francisco next week. Heat Victims In Pittsburgh Pittsburg, Pa., July 9.—Two deaths and seven prostitutions were added to the heat victims in Pittsburg yesterday. Of the seven cases of prostitution the majority were mill workers, and it is reported that all are in a serious condition. The intense heat of the day necessitated a stoppage of work by hundreds of mill and furnace workers. Costa Rica Volcans Active Managua, Nicaragua, July 9.—The Democracia, of this city, reports that the volcanoes of Mirad Valle and Rincond Vieja, in Costa Rica, situated respectively 80 and 60 miles southeast of Lake Nicaragua, are in active eruption. Drowned In Swollen Creek Johnstown, Pa., July 9—Jeremiah Lavely, aged 55 years, and a Civil War veteran, together with two horses which he was driving, were drowned in the Stony Creek, near the center of the city, yesterday afternoon. Lavely, for some unknown reason, had driven into the creek at a place known as Euelah's Ford. The rains had swollen the creek to an unusual depth, and the swift current quickly carried the horses and driver down stream. Hundreds of people, unable to render any aid, lined the banks and saw Lavely disappear. W. I. JO FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N HACKS F Orders by Telephone or Tele pers and Entertainment Old 'Phone, 686, Residence KNIGHTS C TO WHOM IT This organ situated under York, for the men on the Fraternal and to promote the Social and I Its two distinct military and uniform place in the front ranks of all sacred instu- ntity for active men. Deputies wanted lodges. G. W. ALLEN Scl 846 W 87th Street New Outing and Picnic Park at Jones bore. There is a New Outing and Pio-nio Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Lee on the Eastern Branch of the C. & O. R. R. convenient for Picnics by wagon or rail. There is a large pavilion that will accommodate 800 persons and other attractions such as swings, base ball etc. Excellent water on the grounds. You cannot find a more desirable resort for church, Sunday School, society or private picnics or one that will afford a more perfect day of rest, recreation or pleasure. For particulars as to dates and rates apply at once to JNO. H. BRAYTON 10 W. Jackson St. Notice !!! The East End Memorial Burial Association of Richmond informs the public that having purchased six (6) acres of land, situated in Henrico County, near the city of Richmond, adjoining Oakwood cemetery and that they are disposing of the same, in sections, half sections and at the following terms. Sections, $25.00 and Half Sections, $15.00. The situation of this Cemetery is high, dry and rolling and accessible to the Richmond Traction Street Railway and Seven Pines Railway lines, adjoining Oakwood cemetery. This Association has at a considerable expense divided this tract of land into sections, erected a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional improvements contemplated, will be an inducement to those desiring or contemplating purchasing resting places for their deceased relatives and friends. The attention of the general public is solicited and advantageous inducements offered. J. R. Griffin, President, No. 2413 E. Broad street; E. A. Washington, Secretary. Old 'Phone, 1983. For information, apply to John coleman, Keeper, No. 2920 P street; Wm. Custalo, 702 East Broad street; W. H. Jones, 1037, St. Peter street; W. H. Lewis, 806 Buchanan street; Samuel Meredith, 1233 North 28th street; Joseph Robinson, No. 49 1st Market or 2811 9-mile Road; D. J. Chavers, Supt., 1827 Carrington street. RIPANS There is scarcely any conditions of ill-health that is not benefited by the occasional use of a R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule. For sale by Druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. 726 N. 3rd St. Richmond, Va. MEALS FROM 7 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Term Reasonable, Quick Service. Give Me A Call. MRS. S. L. MITCHELL, Proprietress. Go to Beach Park. Westpoint Excursion and Picnic Grounds...Only 30 Miles, One Hour's Ride From Richmond, via Southern Ry. A great many excursions have already been booked for "Beach Park" for June and July. The various attractions and improvements at this popular resort gives it more prominence each season. To close proximity to Richmond, and the unlimited supply of the most wholesome artesian water, together with many other natural advantages, places it second to none as a pleasure and health resort for Richmond people. King William Pier, a substantial structure, extending 689 feet in length and 25 feet wide over the York River, with waterproof roofing as a protection from sun and rain, adds considerably to the beauty and convenience for picnic and other outing parties. In addition to the new Beach Park Hotel, new being erected, you will find other hotels and many nice boarding houses, furnishing cheap rates and good first-class accommodations. The principal attractions are such as fine fishing, boating, sailing, merry ground, shooting galleries, steam and naphtha launches, a large dancing pavilion with a band of music day and night, several wells of fine artesian water on the grounds, and various other attractions to suit the older people as well as the little ones. For any other information apply at or write to the Southern Ry. office, 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. Old Phone, 1232. New Phone, 1553. THE PRIVATE LIVERY 700 CATHERINE ST. QUICK TRANFERING AND MOVING. Saddle or Driving Horses, Buggies and Surries To Let at Lowest Prices. N. B. Tandem Lessons Given. Strict attention given to all orders. George Jenkins, Proprietor. 图 HOT CHASE AFTER CONVICT Harry Tracy Pursued by 1,000 Men and Two Bloodhounds. Seattle, July 9.—Harry Tracy, the fugitive Oregon convict, who has killed six men and wounded several others since June 9, is being hotly pursued by men and dogs in the country southeast of Se ttl, and will probably be slain or captured. His pursuers, who have with them two fine bloodhounds, are only a short distance behind him. Tracy made another very extraordinary escape from one of the posses after him yesterday afternoon. Word was received at the sheriff's office that Tracy had been at the house of a Mrs. Gerald, near Renton, for five hours. Fifty armed men at once hastened to the scene. When they reached the place they scattered and took positions so they could watch the house to the best advantage. The peculiar actions of Mrs. Gerald convinced them that Tracy was still in the house. On the arrival of Sheriff Ceddhee the posses closed in on the house, only to learn from Mrs. Gerald that Tracy had given them the slip. He had left the house by a rear door ten minutes previously while the posses were taking up positions to watch the place, hid for a few minutes in some bushes and then quietly slipped away through the woods towards Palmer. The wonderful coolness and daring of the convict was never more fully exemplified than in this instance. In the back yard of the Gerald home, Anderson, the man whom Tracy had kept a prisoner from the time he left Port Madison, was found tied to a tree. Tracy had tied Anderson while the posse was in full view of the house. The bloodhounds were put on the trail, and are reported to be only a few minutes behind him. Fully a thousand armed men are now engaged in the pursuit, including a posse which has taken the train for Palmer to intercept Tracy in his flight toward Cedar Mountain. A TRIPLE DROWNING Two Women and Child Lost by Cap sizing of Sail Boat. New York, July 7.—The wife of Captain Tiomann N. Horn, of the Ninety fifth Company, Seacoast Artillery; his daughter Frances, aged 5, and Miss Alice McMahon, of Nyack, N. Y. were drowned in Sandy Hook Bay yesterday. Captain Horn is stationed at Fort Hancock, on Sandy Hook. Captain Horn had made up a sailing party to go on out the bay in his small cat-ridged yacht "Midget." Those on board were, in addition to the captain, Mrs. Horn, with their two children; Miss Horn, a sister; Dr. Waterhouse, his wife and Miss Alice McMahon, a sister of Mrs. Waterhouse. At a point about half a mile off Old Camp Low dock a strong puff of wind caused the sail to gybe, and in a moment the little vessel capsized, throwing all hands into the water. Captain Horn and Dr. Waterhouse made every effort to save the women and children, but a strong ebb tide quickly swept them beyond reach, and before any other help could be had Mrs. Captain Horn, Frances and Miss McMahon were drowned. The others clung to the mast of the capsized vessel for about 15 minutes, until a sailboat, containing W. B. Tatt, of Atlantic Highlands, N. J., and Walter Tubbs, of this city, came up and rescued Mrs. Waterhouse. At the same time Captain Hortung, with his launch Edna May, of Newark, N. J., rescued Captain Horn and his baby boy. Miss Horn and Dr. Waterhouse and brought them to Atlantic Highlands. RECEIVERS FOR BAY STATE GAS Trenton, N. J., July 8.—Judge Kirkpatrick, of the United States circuit court, yesterday appointed George D. Hallock, of Tainfield, N. J., receiver of the Bay State Gas Company of New Jersey. This is the company that was organized by J. Edward Addicks and others for the purpose of controlling the Boston Gas Light Company, the Roxbury Gas Light Company, the South Boston Gas Light Company and the Bay State Gas Company, of Boston. The application for a receiver was made by Frank L. Day & Co., of New York, who hold $160,000 worth of bonds of the syndicate. Day claims that the syndicate has defaulted in the payment of interest on the bonds; that it owes in interest $278,987, and owes the Mercantile Trust Company $10,000. It is charged that the syndicate permitted the four companies named to create a floating indebtedness of $233,-000, and that the total liabilities of the Bay State Gas Company of New Jersey is upwards of $,000,000. Boys Die of Poisoning. July 9.—The Shanghai cor- of the Daily Express says en English and American ding the inland mission Che-Foo wore soiled with r partaking of chicken ple. the boys died, says the cor- supposedly from ptomaine Electric Light Plant Burned. Allentown, Pa., July 2.—The Lehigh Valley Traction Company's electric light plant was totally destroyed by fire last night. The fire started near the switchboard while six men were on duty, and they tried hard to ex- fungish the flames with sand and water, but the fire got beyond control and the entire plant was destroyed Two 500-horse-power cross compound engines, 13 dynamos, an alternating machine and seven boilers are included in the loss. What to Wear if You Wish to be in Style Gossip of the Seasonable Modes by One Who Knows What They Are. VERYBODY, by that I mean everybody who studies the mode from a personal standpoint, must approve the tailor costumes of the present moment is banded with strips of plain-face cloth, and trimmed further with motifs of the same on collar and cuffs. The hat in the same picture is one of the fashionable flat shapes of the summer. VERYBODY, by that I mean everybody who studies the mode from a personal standpoint, must approve the tailor costumes of the present moment. The greatest feature of the summer tailor gowns that attracts instant notice is the lack of the revers that have so long been a part of every modish tailor costume. Now they A A OOAT AND SKIRT OF LINEM. are gone, and it is rather with a sigh of relief that we part with them. It is just possible that the revived elimination for the gently sloping shoulders of the early Victorian era, when our tailor modes came to us by way of London, a fact that is still true of tailor modes, has something to do with the discarding of the revers. Such an effect was scarcely possible with them. The newer tailor gowns have charming little closed front bloused-coats that may be treated either as a blouse or a coat, according to the needs of the moment. In this lies a thrifty advantage that will not be overlooked by the women who devise ways of economy. Such a costume may be worn in the cooler days as a blouse, while on days when Old Sol is pouring down upon our heads and seeding the mercury clear to the top of the tube it may be worn with a little lace chemisette front. Another advantage in the lack of revers. The newer form may, after it has been discarded as a street dress, serve quite well as a tailory morning frock for home wear by the adaption of the idea of the chemisette front. Linens are, of course, among the favorite materials for summer, and some unusually attractive and novel effects are being produced in it. I show one gown of linen, composed of a coat and skirt that I am sure might be well adapted to the needs of many who are looking for something that is not too expensive or decidedly modish. Another of the illustrations is a widow's gown fashioned in crape. It is trimmed with black chiffon embrideries. The sleeves are of black chiffon, in double fold, and therefore ```markdown ``` A MODISH MOURNING GOWN IN CREPE, not transparent. The chiffon embroideries in this gown are but another expression of the passion for manipulation of material, and our modistes are getting unusually clever in the magic maneuverings of chiffons, or silks, or even velvets Into the semblance of flowers and leaves and tassel-like appendages. The other illustration is of a gown that will serve many practical purposes. It is of a light-weight wool and silk material, though it could be of canvas or voile quite as well, and Real Aggravating Knew aggravating. Jack—Wasn't that a mean scandal about Ethel? There wasn't a word of truth in it. "Did you notice with what,lofty after that homely Miss Upmann carried herself?" "Yes. It was what you might call 'plain sailing.'"—Philadelphia Bulletin. THE RICHMOND PLANEI. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA is banded with strips of plain-face cloth, and trimmed further with motifs of the same on collar and cuffs. The hat in the same picture is one of the fashionable flat shapes of the summer, and is trimmed with lace and cherries. Crepe de chine is one of the most fashionable materials for summer dresses for smart occasions. Any quantity of lace may be overlaid or inserted, or motifs of the same dainty adornment placed at intervals are fashionable. Voile, transparent enough to show the glimmer of a silken lining, is another great favorite. There is a certain dark blue voile, of a metallic tint, which is worn over green glace with excellent effect. A delicate pale yellow voile was laid over a brighter yellow glace; the bodice was pouched in front, opening narrowly over a center vest of plaited cream chiffon. The rest of the bodice was laid in tucks, divided by lines of silk braid in the palest cor-color; and the skirt was decorated with tucks and lines of braid that continued on, to all appearance, from those on the corsage. The fact that there was a junction was concealed by a deep belt of glace stitched many times, and a postilion basque was also constructed of the glace, stitched, tucked and striped with braid. A yoke collar of guipure lace harmonized with a strip of similar lace as a heading to the shaped flounce that footed the skirt. Foulard is again worn a good deal, the satin-faced variety monopolizing favor. Embroidered lawn is a good trimming for foulard, but here as elsewhere lace comes first. The newest collars are of lace laid on chene silk, the blurred patterns of the fabric showing between the inters A woman in a long dress and a hat. GOWN OF FANCY WOOL AND SILK MIXTURE. stices of the lace; and this makes a good finish to a foulard frock, taking care that the colors are harmonious. More airy fabrics are used under various fancy felines. One is bedight satin crepe de shine, another crepe mousseline. Many of the finest silks and satins, too, are used simply as under-dresses for veiling with net, silk; muslin or lace. True it is that this velling is so diaphanous—usually only one thickness of a very delicate covering—that the lovely material beneath is no more hidden thereby than is the cheek of beauty by her light film of tulle when she walks in the park. In each case it is not concealment, but enhancement, that is obtained. Lace is less used now for the complete covering of the silk or satin gowns than net of the very finest kind. The best net employed is called "flat dentelle"—that is to say, the net groundwork on which lace motifs might be appliqué. On this, for a fine toilette, there is placed embroidery work in silk, or chiffon and ribbon appliqué, or pearls and soulas are lightly scattered about. Why the name of fair Louise de la Valliere should be given the newest fashion in trinkets I am not prepared to say. A "La Valliere" is certainly the Parisian name for the very fashionable little adornment of the hour, a single stone hanging close up to the throat or collar on an extremely fine, almost invisible chain. The latter is preferably of platinum, as that makes the strongest chain possible, and so can be as fine as a hair. On it, or at each end of it, dangles the bauble; a fine diamond, or a specimen ruby or opal, for choice, set invisibly, and appearing, when looked at from a little distance, to sustain itself by some magnetic attraction. Preper Name for Him "What would you call a man who is trying to learn to play the fiddle, pop?" "A nulsance, my son."—Yonkers Statesman. Not Rusty. 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Manila, July 7.—As a result of the proclamation of amnesty of July 4, the guard of American soldiers has been withdrawn from the house where Aguinaldo lived in Manila, and Lieutenant Johnson, Aguinaldo's custodian, brought the Filiplino yesterday to see General Chaffee. It was the first meeting between the American general and the leader of the Filiplino revolution. Lieutenant William E. McKinlay, of the Ninth Cavalary, acted as interpreter. Agualinaldo was told that he was free to go anywhere he pleased, and General Chaffee asked him if he had any complaint to make of American discourtesy or harshness. Agualinaldo replied that he had no such complaint to make. He told General Chaffee that he was going to visit friends at his home in Cavite Viejo, in Cavite province, and inquired what protection the American authorities would afford him. He seemed to be afraid to venture out. General Chaffee replied that Agualinaldo would get the same protection as any other citizen. The former Fillipino leader then asked General Chaffee to prevent the courts from requiring him to testify in civil suits. General Chaffee replied that he had no authority to grant this request, and advised Agualinaldo to make a social call upon Acting Civil Governor Wright. This Agualinaldo said he would do, but that he would go at night, as he was timid about appearing on the streets in daylight. The release of the former Filipino leader has renewed speculation as to possible vengeance upon him by friends of General Luna and his other enemies. General Luna was a Filipino leader whom Aguinalde caused to be killed in 1899. Burlington Shoe Factories Closed. Burlington, N. J., July 8.—For the first time in 20 years the six shoe factories of this place, employing about 1,500 men and women, are idle as a result of a conflict between the manfacturers and their employees. More than half the population of the town is dependent upon the shoemaking industry for a livelihood. Recently shoemakers, men and women, organized under the name of the Burlington Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, No. 1. The manufacturers objected to this proceeding and last Thursday posted notice that their factories that only nonunion would be employed. The shoe workers held a meeting Saturday night, result that not one of men appeared at the city. The employees hands on the manu- Gored to Death By a Bull. Guthrie, Okla., July 7.—Miss Jennie Harrison was gored to death by a bull at Odemah, in Green county, yesterday. The animal knocked her down and ran its horns back and forth through her body. WHAT GLOSSINE WILL DO Grand Plein. Grand Plein. Ho, for a grand Picnic at Windale Park by the Banks of Calanthe, Monday, June 30, 1902. Good music, Plenty of refreshments. Come one, come all. All the Courts and Lodges are earnestly requested to join in with the children. Admission, 10cts. 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THE PLANET SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902 WAR REMINISCENCES AN APPLE JACK CAROUSAL. A Find That Resulted in a Hilarious Old-Time and a Singular Situation. "Apple jack," said the captain, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, "was the worst liquor a soldier ever drank, and yet I cannot remember that it ever precipitated any riot or serious breach of the rules. When our boys first struck apple and peach brandy in southeastern Kentucky and Tennessee they knew very little about it. They would prowl about the smokehouses on the farms and fill their canteens with apple jack and take what they regarded as an ordinary snifter, expecting to be moderately stimulated thereby. But, as a rule, they became fool drunk, and after repeated experiments, they looked upon apple jack as a very bad thing to take in the presence of an enemy. "Fellows with an appetite would take whisky is a way to not promote any feeling of general disability, but they never could handle apple jack in the same way. On the march from Wild Cat mountain to Nashville, in October, 1862, the men were on short rations and there was a great temptation to drink heavily. But to the credit of the boys it ought to be said that, realizing the danger, they kept themselves well in hand. In traveling through the union settlements it was not difficult for men who drank to receive information as to where barrels of apple brandy were secreted. "On one occasion I knew that the stragglers under my immediate command had found a barral of apple jack. To my surprise, however, not a single man showed any signs of intoxication during the afternoon's march. But when we went into camp I noticed that there was a good deal of conferring among the men, and I divined that probably a dozen were not in sympathy with the majority. I suspected that there was a scheme afoot, and there was, but it was not the kind I suspected. The men told off six privates, one corporal, and a sergeant to stand guard. The others let themselves loose on a regular, old-fashioned spree. Each man had a canteen of apple jack, and before midnight they were all as drunk as fools, except the eight men on guard. "These eight men armed themselves with hickory switches, and when the intoxicated men became uproarious and unmanageable, they whipped them into subjection. In considerable alarm I interfered, and advised against this proceeding, when EACH MAN HAD A CANTEEN I was informed by the non-drinkers that this programme had been agreed upon by the men who were now in a frenzy of drunkenness. They knew about how they would act, and they had solemnly sworn in the sober contingent to use the gad on them. "The scenes of that night were beyond description. They wore mostly on the froliesome, ridiculous order. The drunken men labored under the impression that they could walk on fire, and they would rush up to the heap of burning logs with intention to show that fire could not hurt them. Then the men with the hickory switches would come into action, drive the fire-walkers back into the tall grass, and make them lie down. While they were doing this another squad would make a raid on the fire, and they would be whipped back, but finally every canteen was empty, every drunken man was asleep, and the next morning the march was resumed with all the men as quiet as if participating in a funeral. I was assured that the resulting headaches were something to remember a lifetime. "All of the sufferers were good soldiers. Only a few of them were habitual drinkers. Many of them never tasted apple jack after the experience of that night. Two of them are living in Chicago, and one of them, now strictly temperate, has often assured me that he carries the marks of the switchings received that night, and that he remembers distinctly the feeling that came with his third drink, that he had been transformed into a hog, and felt impelled to grunt and squeal and take to the woods. He always concludes his story with: 'No more apple jack for me!" THE FIRST SHOT AT SUMTER Was Not Fired by Roger A. Pryer, Who Might Have Had That Doubtful Honor. I know not the man who fired the first shot in the civil war in America, but who might have been that man, and nearly was, says a writer in London M. A. P. Roger Pryor in recent years has been a dweller in New York, and for a time occupied a position on the judicial bench. In his hot youth, however, he was one of the young bloods of Virginia whose favor helped to fan the flames that burst into the awful conflagration. By a curious coincidence he was one of the party that demanded the surrender of Fort Sumter. With breathless interest I listened to him one night as he told the story of the eventful day when he and his friends paid a visit to Fort Sumter with the demand that the northern troops should give the place up. Even when they are going to fight—even when they are going to hang—in whatever position and tragedy of life they may find themselves—Americans are thoroughly human; I suppose it is part of their democratic training under a republic. And so it was that this interview, fateful with such awful consequences — to end in the destruction of a million lives — took place with pleasant- JUDGE ROGER A. PRYOR ness on both sides. The garrison received the deputation in a hospitable spirit; drinks even were exchanged. But both sides tookup their position with that inflexible and iron determination which is another American quality. And then the confederates went away; and soon after the order was given that the fortress was to be attacked, and that the first shot in the fight was to be fired. Lightly, I dare say, those wild young fellows thought of what they were about to do; for if the men of the south had not been reckless dare-devils they would never have provoked this struggle—the end of which was as certain as anything could have been in history. Somebody suggested to Roger Pryor that his hand should have the honor—as it was supposed—of firing the first shot. Though he was so young and so hot-headed, some good angel whispered into his ear that this might turn out to be one of those acts of heavy and calamitous responsibility that would haunt a man's conscience, and perhaps blight his life forever afterward, and he waived away the proffered honor. Another man too eagerly took it up, cannot recall at this moment what was this poor man's name. But it will be easily remembered in America. I understand that the awful fact did have those very results, which Roger Pryor foresaw in one of those moments of prophetic foresight that sometimes come to men. The man who fired the first shot was bound to become known to the whole American world, and was thershy a target of attention, attack, pity. It weighed upon and overwhelmed him, and I believe he felt for a long time like a marked and doomed man; an outcast and an accused one. How it ended with him I do not recall, but I believe his death was tragic. Height of Hoosier Soldiers Height of Hoosier Soldiers. A record of the height of Indiana soldiers in the civil war shows that out of 115,284 there were 15,047 feet 10 inches high, 8,706 feet 11 inches, 6,879 6 feet high, 2,514 6 feet 1,157 6 feet 3 inches, 406 6 feet 3 inches, and 336 over 6 feet 3 inches. Commenting on these statistics, Dr. Gould, actuary of the United States sanitary commission, wrote: "It is evident from our statistics that the Indiana men are the tallest of all natives of the United States, and these latter the tallest of all civilized countries."—Indianapolis Journal. A Bull Run Tree At the historic field of Bull Run today, the guide leads his visitors to a certain cedar tree that grew so much faster than the others in that locality that an investigation was made, revealing that it had grown over the remains of an unknown soldier, which had not been carried away to Arlington with the others.—San Francisco Argonaut. Determination. Determination counts for more than anything else in character-building, as it does in other forms of effort. Every temptation to desist, to let things go, "to let well enough alone," unless resisted, will keep you from arriving at the goal first set.—Success. **Generous to Herself** Aunt Hannah—Oh, I don't think Mary would do such a mean thing as that. I have always heard people say she was generous to a fault. Uncle Gegeer—When the fault happens to be hers, she is.—London Tit-Bits. **His Preference.** "Which side of your face would you rather have shown in the picture?" asked the photographer. "The outside," answered the sitter, who had heard of the advance made in X-ray photography.—Baltimore American. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA. A Truly Remarkable Example of Brute Intelligence. Odd Alliance Between a Dutiful Little Fox Terrier and a Clucking Old Hen on an Indiana Poultry Farm. George Ullrich, of Hammond, Ind., is the owner of a dog that is, perhaps, the most remarkable example of brute intelligence ever heard of outside the fairy books of Grimm and Andersen. Mr. Ullrich, who is a poultry raiser on a small scale, noticed a few days ago that one of his setting hens was in the habit of frequently leaving her nest and remaining away for a long time. Fearing that he might lose a brood of chickens through the heen's neglect, he set about to make arrangements for keeping the eggs warm during her absence, and to that and decided to transfer the nest to the basement, alongside the furnace. Upon entering the henhouse, however, he discovered that his wishes had been anticipated by his pet dog, Princess, a female fox terrier, which he found crouching on the eggs. He endeavored to induce the animal to leave the nest, but she refused to do so until the hen returned to her duties. This state of affairs continued until the eggs were hatched. The moment the hen would leave the nest the dog would dash into the henhouse and "slit" upon the eggs until the clucking blddy had finished her outing and was ready to assume her rightful place. As soon as the chicks were out of the shell Princess asserted her right to share with the hen the care of the progeny. Last week a reporter of the Chicago Record-Herald called at Mr. Ulrich's home, which is situated on Conkey avenue, on the outskirts of Hammond, and found Princess out in the yard with her adopted young DOG HELPS OUT BIDDY. about her. A few yards away the hen scratched and clucked, but the chicks seemed to prefer the society of their foster mother. The day was damp and cold and "as a hen gathereth her chicks under her wing" so Princess with gentle paw and persuasive nose was trying to cuddle the peeping brood into the shelter of her maternal breast. To the reporter Mr. Ullrich said: "I put 15 eggs under that hen, and every one hatched out a chicken. A pretty good record, wasn't it? But that was due to Princess. The eggs didn't have a chance to get cold or spoll. At first I was afraid the dog would break them, but when I saw how carefully she 'set' upon them I decided to let her alone. In fact, she was a better sister than the hen." Just then one of the chickens attempted to run away, when, quick as a flash, Princess opened her mouth and for a brief space it looked as though the dog had swallowed "a warm bird," but in an instant the chick was dropped to the ground unharmed. The canine instinct which prompts a mother dog to carry her young in her mouth had momentarily asserted itself. "Don't be afraid," said Mr. Ullrich, in answer to the reporter's startled look of anxiety, "she does that often, but never hurts them." As the newsgatherer made ready to depart a strange dog entered the yard. "Now you will see some fun," said Mr. Ullrich. But it was the hen that came to the rescue. With outstretched wings she flew at the invader and chased him ignominiously from the premises. "Old Biddy has perfect confidence in Princess. But woe to any other dog that tries to come near," said Mr. Ullrich. "I have tried several times to wean her from the chicks by keeping her in the house, but it was of no use. The moment I would let her out she would make a dart for the henhouse and whine until I let her in. By and by the chicks will begin to scratch for themselves, and then I don't know what Princess will do." Bullets Made of Garnets. Bullets made of precious stones are rarities in warfare. But during the fighting on the Kashmir front, when the British troops defeated the rebellious Hunzas, the natives used bullets of garnets incased in lead. The British preserved many as curiosities. Still Keep Strange Yow Still Keeps Strange Vow. Among the Boer prisoners at Bermuda is one whose hair now reaches his shoulders. At the beginning of the war he vowed he would not have his locks cut until the Dutch had conquered in South Africa. LOVE. What It Means to the World-Divine Affection Better Than Human, Because Wiser. I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.-St John, xiv. 21. Can you conceive what this old earth would be if there were no love in it? Love is the riser Jordan in which we are all baptized and consecrated to a new life. It flows by every home in the land, making green our lowland meadows, irrigating the desert places and covering the sandy soil with flowers. Life would otherwise be a dirge, but love makes it a paean of praise. Take all but love, and there is enough left to make us content and happy; give all but that and you may as well give nothing, for he who gives all but sunshine gives only frost and ice and cold. Our confidence and trust in each other, our loyal friendship for each other, our charity of judgment toward each other, our willingness to sacrifice for each other—all born of love—are the saving grace of the world. They are fragrance, they are music, and they are the bow in the sky predicting a heavenly morrow. Love points to God and insists on immortality. If one is pervaded by the spirit of love, not as kindled shavings, which burn intensely and suddenly go out, but like the altar flame of the Druids, which was never extinguished, he need not argue about immortality, for he has the right to demand it of the Almighty, for such a Divine passion is not satisfied with this life, but seeks a higher development in a larger place, with larger opportunity. Love is at once the prophecy and proof of eternal existence, and nothing else will satisfy the appetite which God Himself has implanted. He would hardly be a Heavenly Father who should so fashion us that we should find our supreme happiness and our highest education in love, and then at death suddenly blot it all out. If God's power were limited, such a state of affairs would be conceivable, but with a God whose resources are boundless it is not conceivable—a symphony hardly begun before it is ended. That would be a curious exhibition of wisdom and power. On the other hand, it would be a distinct act of cruelty. The song that is only partly sung when death bids us hush must be finished in some other cline; the task so nobly begun but left incomplete must be resumed elsewhere, or this is the strangest world ever heard of, and the greatest enigma, a world in whoh death is more powerful than God. Think of a planet without love. It is well-nigh impossible. Such a planet would not be worth living in. One would rather not be born than inborn in such a world. Only your own advantage to be fought for and won! Greedy souls clamoring for more and refusing to share a morsel with their neighbors—a life and death struggle to get for yourself and to keep from others—a wretched world, too forlorn for words—no blue sky, no green fields, no riville making music, only a dreary, barren waste of sand, with but one highway, and that leading Nowhere. It is impossible to think of such a world until God has been dethroned. Man's love is a very beautiful thing, but it lacks the special peculiarities of God's love. Man's love is weak, but God's is wise. God loves us so much that He holds us to our ideals, and, through merciful, He will tolerate nothing less. He commands us to be all He knows we can be, and assists us with the whole trend and current of the universe. He will accept no imperfect gift. There is a sternness and a glory in God's love which we find it difficult to understand, it is so unlike our love. When we love we condone offenses, excuse faults, and so encourage both. The more we love, the more partial and the less critical we are. It is because our love is human, while His is Divine. His love makes us nobler, develops and educates, while ours, pure and sweet as it is, is apt to have the contrary effect. There is no favoritism with Him, and when you have His approval you may be sure that you have the qualities of character which can lawfully claim it. His is the perfect love, while ours is imperfect. But even our human love bring Heaven close to earth. Our family relations, that of father, mother, husband, wife, child, are all separate beneficients. They clear the rugged path of experience with that sympathy which frightens temptation away and fills the field with flowers and with a happiness which can be had in no other way. Better still, it tearfully and joyfully points to that perfect day in which our broken ties shall bind themselves together once more, and in which the mansions of God shall be filled with loving hearts which will thenceforward know no parting. George H. Hepworth, fn N. Y. Herald. Science Aiding Commerce With the spread of American influence in distant parts of the world, the work of the government scientific bureau is rapidly widening. Alaska and the Philippines have recently called forth extra efforts from the coast and geodetic survey in charting the coasts of those lands. 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THEY musT QWEAR ALLEGIANCE As Military Governor. Washington, July 5.—The president has formally declared the restoration Of peace in the Philippine archipelago; he has placed the islands under com- plete civil control and has extended general amnesty to the Filipinos who ave been in rebellion. These three things ,marking one of the most !m- Portant chapters in Philippine history, ‘Were accomplished through the issue of three separate orders and prociama- tions, one by the president. over bis ‘own signature, extending amnesty; one through Secretary Root, by the presi- dents’ order relieving General Chaffee from his duties as military governor, ‘end a third, which takes the shape of & general order addressed to the entire army of the United States tn which Secretary Root takes occasion to ex- Press the president's high appreciation ‘of the work {t has accomplished, both im Cuba and in the Philippines, ‘The amnesty proclamation is as fol- lows: ‘Whereas, Many of the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago were fn in- Surrection against the anthonity and Bovereigaty of the kingdom of Spain at divers times from August, 1896, un- tl the cession of the archipelago by that kingdom to the United States of America, and stace such cession many of the persons so engaged in tnsurreo- tion have until recently resisted the authority and sovereignty of the Wnit- ed States; and ‘Whereas, The Insurrection against Ye authority and sovereignty of the United States ts now at an end and Peace has been established in all parts Of the archipelago, except in the coun- try inhakiied by the Moro tribes, to Which the proclamation does not apply; und Whereas, During the course of the Insurre. ion against the kingdom ot Spain and against the government of the United States, persona engaged therein, or those in sympathy with and abetting them, committed many acts in violation of the laws of civilized war- fare, but {1 Is belleved that such acts ‘Were generay committed im ignorance Of those laws, and under orders tssued by the elit or nMlltary Insurrecttonary leaders; Now, Therefore, be it known that I, Theoitore Roosovelt, President of the ‘United States of America, by virtue of the power aud authority vested in me by the Constitution do itereby proclaim and declare, without reservation oF condition, except as hereinafter pro: vided, a full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons In the Philip- pine archipelago, who have participated in the insurrections aforesaid, or who have gtven aid and comfort to persons Participating; in said insuzrectiona, for the offenses of treason or sedition, and for all etfenses political in thele char- acter committed in the eourse of such insurrections pursuant to ordens {ssued by the civi! or military insurrestionary authorities, or which grew out of in- ternal political feuds or dissensions be- tween Filipinos and Spaniards or the Spanish authorities, or which resulted from internal political feuds or dissen- sions among the Filipinos themselves during either of said insurrections; Provided, however, That the pardon and amnesty hereby granted shall not Anclude sue: persons committing crimes since May 1, 1903, in ang province of the archip Iazo In which at the time civil government was established, nor shall ft inchrde mueh porsons as have been heretofore finally eonvieted of the crimes of murder, rape, arson or rob- Dery by anv milftary or civil tribunal organized nder the authority of Spain or of the United States of America, but special application may be made to the Proper authority for pardon by any Person belonging to the exempted classes, aril such clemency as is con- sistent with humanity and justice will be Ihera¥y extended; and, further, Provided, That this amnesty and Pardon skoil not affeet the title or Tixht of th» government of the United States or that of the Philippine Islands to any property or property rights heretofore used or appropatated by the milary oe civii authorities ef the ‘United Stares or that of the Philippine Islands orgavized under authority of the United Siates by way of confisca- tion or otherwise; and, Provided. further, That every person Who shall seek to avail himself of this Proclamation shaW take aad subscribe the following oath before any authority 4a the Philippine archipelago authoriz~ ed to administer oaths, namely: I, —, solemnly swear or affirm, that I recog- nize and aceopt the supreme authority of the United States of America in the Philippine Islands, and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto; that I Ampose vpon myself this obligation voluntarily without mental reservation ‘OF purpose of evasion, 80 help me God. ~ Torn to Pieces by Explosion. Pittsbury. Pa.. July 9—& premature ‘wxploston of dynamite in a biast fur- Pittsburv. Pa., July 9—A& premature ‘Pxploston of dynamite In a biast fur- ace slag dump, near peony Pa, yesterday. killed one man and dinger- ously wounded four others. AM were workmen ¢ngaged in the blasting of ‘the slag. ‘The man killed was George Dezulal, whose body torn to pieces. ‘Khe. injured were ath aeraete teerees and are in a serious condition. Their names are: James Clemming, foreman; Jobn Corlasa, Vincent Archer and Michael Skeliish. It Is believed that the beat from the slag caused the ex- plosion ~ WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED. ‘ieee os a Ben. According to the United States cen- ‘sus report there are 279,719 farms in ‘Ohio, valued wt $1,036,618,180, of which 29 per cent. {s tm land, A. B. Dusch shot and killed Wil Woods at Metropolis, Ml, during @ quarrel. Woods accused Dusch of in sulting his sweetheart. Captain C. W. King, of the Min. neapolis detective force, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary for being an accessory to « felony. The Photo Bngravers’ Union has deen expelled from the American Fed eration of Labor for breaking faith with the international Typographical Union, Mrs. Harriet Avent, eook for A. M. Clary, of Chelsonville, Va. was found unconscious, wiwth her skull fractured, Her husband ts charged with the rime, Saturday, July 5. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ordered 207.000 tons of steel rails for 1908. The Texas.Prohibitionists’ state con Yention met yesterday and named o full ticket. Joseph Merrifield, treasurer of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, was struck by a trolley car and killed One hundred workmen employed by the Spedden Ship Building Company, at Baltimore, struck for an increase ip wages, General Lloyd Wheaton reached Chi- ¢ago, Ill, from Manila, where he will reside, his retirement for age belog set for July 15. The keel of the battleship Nebraska was laid in Moran Bros. & Company's ship yards, at Seattle, Wash, yester- day, defore a great crowd. Monday, July 7. The 20th national convention of the North American Turnerbund opened in Davenport, Ia., yesterday. Canned salmon polsoned Menry Arnis and seven children at Pittsburg, Pa., and one child may die. A cloudburst at Ellteport, Idaho, swept away 12 of more houses and flooded the country for miles. Forty-etght passengers of the Ward Iine steamer Esperanza, from Havana, were put in quarantine at New York Saturday. Laborers in the coal mines of the Altoona district refuse to work less than six days a week, claiming the miners are disobeying fhe four-day order. Rresident Roosevelt has decided to spend the greater -part of the summer at his home at Oyster Bay, N. Y., where he wili transact all immediate public business. Tuesday, July 8. Mary S. Knowlton, aged 70 years, was killed in a runaway accident at Ar- lington, Mass., yesterday. Waiter Arnold and an unknown eom- panion were drowned while swimming In the Maumee river at Toledo, 0., yes- terday. Loula Botha, the Boer general, will spend the summer at Lapanne, a Bel- ginm summer resort, whare his wife has taken a house, Richmond P, Hobson, fiero of the Merrimac, delivered the opening ad- dress at the Winona Chautauqua, at Wareaw, Ind., yesterday. Queen Alexandra yesterday enter: tained 10,060 London servants and pre- sented to each guest a bow of chdco- late and a silver gilt brooch, Vico @hancellor Grey, of New Jersey, isqued am injunction restraining the Glass Blowers’ Assoelation from inter- fering with the operation of the G. W. Jonas glass works at Minetola. Wednesday, July 9. ‘The mereury reached 106 degrees at Metropolis, Ill, yesterday. Philip Joseph Fitzalan-Howard, Earl of Armndei and Surrey, died in London yesterday. The Afth annual convention of the Luther League of Ameriea opened dust evening at St. Paul, Minn. In a fight at a church tn Janold's Val- ey, W. Va, Peter Menaricks was killed and saveral others fatally injured. The fishing smack W. Young was wrecked yesterday ten miles below At- lantic Clw. ‘The crew was taken off. ‘The teeasury department has began aetive preparations to ereet the 150 public buildéugs througheut the coun- try enthorized by the inte cunreces: INY AND MURDER Story Told by Captain of merlean Schooner. 4, Fla, July 9—A sense. y of mutiny and murder h seas is tokl by Captain of the Amerioan schooner ord, whieh has arrived here ventful voyage from Blus- ragua, During the voyage as killed and the crow were constant mutiny, elamorous cod of the mam’ who mur- shipmate, The murderer, Nieholson, was placed tm fer the arsival of the San- 8 port. ry Sanfor left Biuofelds nd whem four days out A. en, the first mate, killed & negro, because he did m some duty to suit the ¢ mate When Captain Mo w what bad bappened he verpowered Nicholson, took from Aim ané@ threw it ‘The mate was then plzved 1d Kept under strict guard essel reached the Pensacola station, when the United shal's office was told of the the high seas and Nichol st here and locked up. Ha en @ prelfmainary trial be ed States Commissioner he shipje officers said that y after the killing four an seamen, countrymen man, openly reseated Reed and threatened olsom from the yard ar 2, two mates and atewe nly white men on the ¥ he combined watchfula rtette prevented a meri Judge Lynch's cou ‘was wrapped ip sails 5 }HE RICHMOND PLANE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Ne Ee : s : ‘buried at sea a few miles trom whe | Notiee. one the shooting occurred, First of the Season, you arv invited to| Gay of May. 10 = us. | REV. BURT SUSPENDED “Grand eyoursion to DeWitt and Spots seme eae oo woods Park, Monday, July, 14th, 1902, Price, Charges Against Mothodlat Minister} tho Paramount Aserciation of Ohureh | Ee Price, . - Unanimously Sustained. Hil.” Fare round trip #octs, Children The object of Lancaster, Pa., July 9.—Yesterday af- under 12 years S5cts. divorce a vine ternooa upon the conelusion of the Dewitt is a beautiful little country! Jintina’ asin trial of Rey. 0. C. Burt, of the Quarry- spot situated on the Seaboard Air Lino | miu evi ville M. E. Chureh, Presiding Elder A. in Dinwiddie, Co., about 40 miles from that the defen G. Kynett tesued the follewing state HOME os 8. A. L Depot, Main St.,| te state of Vir ment: “The charges and specifications yionday, July 14th, at 8:30 o'clock sharp = appear on asainst' Rev. 0. C. Burt have been returning leaves, Dewitt at 7 P. M.,| om the due ae unanimously sustained, and he stands sharp. | Committee. of arrangements. | jr tewet hy | suspended from the exercise of all min- M. Richelieu Barrett, Pres. Wm. H. cone: {sterial functions until the next annual Randolph, Cor., Sec’y. este: session of the Philadelphia confer- SSS J. Henry Crute eral i k Free to Sunda; Rev. Burt, who has family at Quar-’ Winddale —- 'Y - |'To Ellen Price ryville, had planned to elope with Miss : ‘Take 1 Anna Shank, a member of his congre- _In appreciation of the excellent ee a day - Jak gation. Upon the discovery of the tn- sonage given Winddale Park on July pe Crate tended elopement he was thrashed by th, by the Richmond and Manchester | E. Broad stroot the girl's tathor public, hereafter the grounds will be| mond, Virgini a rented to parties for only, two dollars|6 o'clock a. 1 pA SLR “per day and. will be given sbeohsialy, eer Family Murdered and Reohhea ‘tree toany Sunday School desiring to| t f witnes Enid, O. T., July 9.—Near Prudence, 30 miles west of here, the bodies of a man, @ woman and two children, ap- Parently members of one family, mut- lated “into almost unrecognizable shapes, were found yesterday. The dodies had been stripped of all cloth- ing, leaving no means of {dentification. It ir supposed that the family were strangers traveling overland, and that they were robbed and murdered by men who then made off with thelr team and belongings. 1,150 Houses Destroyed By Earthquake Vienna, July 8—The Neue Freie Presse publishes a dispatch from Sa- lonica, European Turkey, saylog that since last Saturday $0 shocks of earth quake, eight of which were violent, have been experienced there. Other dispatches received bere from Salon- fea say that the shock of Mooday morning destroyed 3,150 houses and Killed one child at Guavesne and that two people were killed at Smonica. } | Canal Bill Caused Suicide. \_CBicago. July 8—Broken hearted be cause congress passed th ~>nar anal bill, thereby probe Xi many acres of land owne =~ Nicaragua practically Ws! le shot and killed ©. [Garnera Park Sanitarium, é ‘had been 2 patient since last » ‘Si Siniasiinn Wels Wieeiien For @ moment the father regarded the suitor thoughtfully. “If I reftise my consent,” he said, at Ast, “I suppose you will elope.” “We have no such intention,” re warned the suitor. frankly. “You haven't?” returned the father, seemingly strangely disconcerted. “No, sir." “No Mkelihood of an elopement?” “None atal.” “In that case,” snfd the father withe. sigh. “I suppose I will have to stand ithe expense of a wedding. Take her, my boy—take her."—Brooklyn Eagle. cee “No,” said Mise Cayenne, “I couldn't hink of marrying him.” “Why not?” “He is a dentist.” “Denistry is a very Iverative and highly esteemed profession.” “Yea; but he would have the right to msist on filling my teeth. Fancy giv- ing any one euch a deadly advantage 2 an-argument!"—Washington Star. ‘The Strainer Would Leak, A small boy was sent to the shop me day by his mother to have a new sieve put in te milk strainer. When te came back with the mended strain- wr he set it on a chair and poured tome milk {nto it, Of eourse the nilk ran upon the floor. ‘Bhen he ooked up at his mother and said: “Why, mamma, {t leaks just a8 bad ts ever."—Cincinnati Enquirer. . No More Tips. | Guest—Are tips expected here? | Waiter—No, sah. We don’t accept to vulgah tips, aah. We is free-bolin American citizens, we is, and we wish «© preserve ouah velf-respeet, sah, “I am glad to hear that.” “Yes, aah. All we require te @ re- taining fee, sume am lawyers, eah."— N.Y. Weekly. : nn : Aunt M'riar—Why, Josiar, would you pelieve it, when Cousin Bawstun’s girls ‘went a~shoppin’ they didn’t buy nuthin’ out fish! 7 Josiar—For the land's eaket é Aunt M'riar—Yes, all the bundles thet come to the house woz marked *C. 0. D." platn.—N. ¥. Herald, Shutting Him Om, Borem—Did yeu hear my etortes of my) experiences at— | Peppery—No; but tf you must tell ‘em please try to be like a trusted em- ploye. Rorem—How's that? . ‘eppery—Be short in your accownta, Philadelphia Press, ‘ | seizing the Prabiow. Delight (four years old)—t'm sioh wd tired of theso stupid dolls. Don's, you wish we had a real meat baby brother? | Margaret (six yeara old)—No; if we have any more children I want elther in older sister or @ pair of twina— Brooklyn Life. acerca | “Why do you insist on Mr. Bawler tinging?” : | “Ite @ chofce between two evils," Answered Miss Cayenne. “Ifhedocen't wing he'll talk. And the words of any song are infinitely preferable to hia ‘original remavks."— Washington Star. | er Wife—If anyone élee told me such: tstory as that, I shouldn't belleve a, word of it. Husband—Showldn’ yout | Wite—No. And moreover, I don't, veo why I should make an oxception tm your case, eHther—Brooklyn Life. es SEMMin on ee NOW OPEN ’ -WALKER’S HOTEL For First-class Colored Guests. | 116 South Ave., naar ow Maxket, Peterburg, Ya Notice. First of the Season, you are invited to go with us. Grand excursion to DeWitt and Spots. woods Park, Monday, July, 14th, 1902, by the Paramonnt Ass>cintion of Ohurch Hill. * Fare round trip ects, Children under 12 years 85cts. Dewitt is a beautiful little country spot situated on the Seaboard Air Line in Dinwiddie, Co., about 40 miles from Richmond. ‘Train leaves 8. A. L. Depot, Main St. Monday, July 1ith, at 8:80 o'élock sharp returning leaves, Dewitt at 7 P.M. Committee 0! ants. M Hichelion Barrett, Prot Win Randolph, Cor., Sec’y. Winddale Park Free to Sunday Schools. In appreciation of the excellent pat sonage given Winddale Park on. daly 4th, by the Richmond and Manchester public, hereafter the grounds will be rented to parties for only, two dollars per day and will bo given absolutely free toany Sunday School desiring to have their picnic at this park — Simply name a date not taken, and it will be yours for the asking. "The grounds are also open free to the public every night after 7 o'clock, P. M., and on ae, Sun- day. For further information address, 8. B. Steward, 2818 P. 8t. 7-02-4t RAILROAD NOTICES. ‘Srecia, Raras via Soursenn Ry. The following special rates will apply via Southern, Ty. for special occasion, mentioned. ‘Apply to Agents for de: tailed information... Negro Young people's Ohristion and Educational Congress, Atlanta, Gas August 6to 11th, 1902. ‘One fare for the round trip plus $1.00, plus S0ots membership fee. Tickets on sale Atgust 2nd, and 4th, with return limit 15 days from date of sale. Biennial Meeting Knights of Pythias: sgn Franca, Cal, Angust ue 12th, The special rate of $65.25 for the round trip will a from* all points within state of Virginia, tickets to be on sale August, Ist-7th, inclusive, with return limit Sept., 25th, 1902. = — » epteagle Sunday School Institute, Xe ee Tenn, August 11-25th, FExrres ¢ 5 te will a] from eet heise lone euieele mana Btoitt fraaye « return limit Auguse 25¢5.. Soclety of Am > +) rw id Ornamental Horticu’ w3< >. aa ville, NW. C., August, 19.5 oT One fare for the round trip ir -m * points. Tickets tobeon sale Auz™ + 17, 18 and 19, with return limit Augus., ‘25th, 1902. Annual Meeting Grand BSP. of Bike, Salt fake Cig, tak, August 12 to 14th, 1902. ‘The extremely low rate of $52.00 for the round ap eo ae correspondingly low rates from ’ other ‘points on the Southern ity. ‘Tickets on ‘sale August, 6to 9th, inclusive, with return limit Sept. 30th. | National Fraternal Congress, Denver, Ool., August 26 to 80, 1902. | One firstolass fare for the round trip to ‘Denver, Col., Colornda Springs or Pueblo, Ool., from all points in Virginia and North Garolnia. ‘Tickets on sale Angust, 22 to 28, with return limit Sept 1. 1903. | National Baptist Convention, Colored, Birmingham, Ala., Sept., 17 to 24, 1902. pois farefor theround trip from all points on Southern Ry. ‘Tickets on sale Sept., 14, 15, and 16, with return limit, Sept., 27th, 1902, a | Wanting.Negro Servants North. Professor Council has been. re- gelving ® great many letters from Nebraska, Ilinois and other states ask- ing for Nogro servants. ‘This week. he a very urgent letter from a lady Potatamn ae York asking him to try to get up a colony of various kinds of servants for that section. The writer ask that a “black mammy” be selected for her. ‘These letters are very signifi cant, and indicate clearly that, where Prejudice does not interfere, there is ‘wide field for competent Negro servants jand they will uot only continue, to be the preference of the South, but th North, Bast and West will gladiy wel ‘come ‘the honest, faithful, “loyal ‘anc ‘ competent Negro everywhere, A Baptist minister of 15 years exper- ience oy first grade teacher, is sees of position in school connected or ancon nected with pastoral duties, Can teach any branch of University curriculum, and mene, and typewriting. Address, James A. Burns, A. B., Ph. C., Principal District Schools, Box 311, Biloxi, Miss. “THE ECONOMY.” 803 N. 8rd St., Fine Tailoring, CLEANING, DYEING, AND REPAIRING, W. O. TURNER, PROPRIETOR. SS WS—- Your Fortune Free By Airologicl information you can be guided fechas anes ncaa, “dost Se Birthdate with bwotamps for yostege aaa T Will wend) you your life tending free mentors BE Love, Health and Specvlaticn all'made clear by =, Sevoutipaticns, which have become Bee tea eer aa Pe . Be guided right and enjoy Health, Weald and Happinees All questions om r 5 gananiss, ‘St. James Hotel, —_—_—. “Additional PaswengerService between | Lawreneevilté and Denville, a. eer cede oak tore ce ‘coach ‘on train Sap pee eae Lawrenceville, Vas courenlonce to he irvaling pli nnd rab aonsieee See ‘Richmond and Durham, | VIRGINIA:—In the Law and Busity ‘Court of the city of Richmond, the 27 day of May, 1902. Bee Fete es) = oo = + +. Plaine 8, Ellen Price,. .. ... . - Defendant ix cuakcrry. ‘The object of this suit is to obtain a diyorce a vinculo matrimonii by the Plaintiff against the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant isa non-resident of the state of Virginia, it is ordered that she piper here within fifteen days aft- erthedue publication hereof and do whatever may be necessary to protect her interest herein. sony: ‘este: P. P. Wisston, Clerk. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. 5-31-4t £0 Bilen Price: ‘Take notire that I shall on the 4th day of July, 1902, at tne office of J. Henry Cratchfield, numbered. 12114 E. Broad street in the city of Rich. mond, Virginia, between the hours of §,crolock a. mi. and 6 o'clock p, m. of proceed to © - Siuaral witceanee to na eaa te estiioes im my behalf in a certain suit su chat a ding in the Mw ane ity Gourt for the city of Hichmond, “Wis ginia, wherein you aro defendant and I am plaintiff; and if from any cause, the taking of the said depositions be’ not commenced on that day, or, if com- menced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be ie \- ed and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until ‘the same stall be complotod. ty yours, Henry Price. By counsel. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. How would you like to be a fire eat er? ‘To eat balls of fire without any troub- Jo, you can make an easy living ‘by eat- ire. Brow to oat fire and the receipta to do ie with. |, Printed instructions accom iy eacl , t i bnreoeipt of 81.00." cree Address all ordors to al pn ing St., Nicetown, Phila. 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