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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XIX NO. 34 EDITOR MITCHELL ANSWERS. A REPLY TO THE FIRST .BAPT CHURCH. THE AGITATION CONTINUES.— TROUBLE IN ZION. Wants the Journalist Cast Out.— Wrong First and Wrong Last. Rev. Johnson Helpless.—A Deplorable Situation. The First Baptist Church has at last broken its long silence and continues the agitation of a subject which can but lead to its further humiliation. The review of the trouble as stated by its committee is as damaging to the church as anything that has ever appeared in these columns. We have said nothing of the collaring of Deacon Benjamin Harris on a Sunday morning during sacred services by Brother Henry G. Carter. Deacon Harris about 80 years of age and told his friends of the affair with tears in his eyes. Brother Carter was before the Deacon Board and was required to apologize at its meeting July 12th, 1902. Editor Mitchell issued the following reply: An article recently appeared purporting to have been ordered by the First Baptist Church at its beginnery meeting, June 2nd, 1902. It states that the person has ceased to be a virtue and that it now necessary to speak out in bold and an equivocal language. So be it. It asks; What have we done to merit the scoring? We shall be pleased to enlighten that body in language too plain to be misunderstood. It permitted scenes in the house of God too disgraceful to be tolerated by any Christian people. WILL BE LONG REMEMBERED. The calling of a pastor will be long remembered. Hats were waved on canes, a hurrah followed and those who were favorable to others than the successful candidate were jeered and booted and the writer of this article was threatened with bodily injury. No one of these offenders have been called before the church to be reprimanded, much less to be excluded. Despite all this and in the interest of peace and harmony, I moved to make the objection of Roy, W.T. Johnson unanimous reasoning that these people would come to their seminary, and those who disagreed with them with that kindness and consideration consistent with good breeding and true religion. ASHAMED OF THEM. God knows I was ashamed of the people who had done so much to disgrace the church and the columns of the PLANET were silent for one month. When I visited the next church-meet, the same spirit of intolerance existed and nothing was entertained not in keeping with that spirit of intolerance so plainly displayed the meeting before. I notice that this committee has published this alleged private letter. If it was a crime for the editor of the PLANET to publish the letter, why should it be a virtue for the church to do it? A PECULIAR PREDICAMENT The First Baptist Church does not deny that the vote to call Rev. W. T. Johnson was not unanimous. It does not state that the negative side was never called for by the chair. If then it was not unanimous, what becomes of that official notification to Rev. Johnson stating that he had been unanimously in what predicament does it place him in that situation, that had never been tendered to him? Truly may he exclaim, "Save me from my friends!" A DAMAGING ARMISSION The committee makes a most damaging admission, when it says that Dr. Jones declined to yield the floor for a motion requesting me not to publish Mr. Johnson's letter. It admits that no such motion was made either before or since. It is needless to remark that had such a request been made by the church, it would have been respected by the Editor of the PLANET. It was not made. There is no law upon the books of the First Baptist Church prohibiting the publication of its proceedings. The church-meeting was an open one, in that others than members of the First Baptist Church were permitted to be present. The Moderator did not request the Editor not to publish the letter stated that the Editor would not do so and if he had made such a request it would only be a matter of courtesy as to whether the request would be complied with. AN IMPORTANT OMISSION The church is silent as to how I came before the church. The constitution of the church provides that all cases of discipline shall first come before the Deacon Board. I have never been cited before the Deacon Board. No one has been to see me to convince me of the erudit. The laws of the church were violated. A meeting was called and an effort made to try and exclude me in my absence and it was only by the most strenuous efforts that they were prevented from so doing. THE LAW OF GOD. The Holy Bible, Matt. 18th Chapter provides the mode and method of dealing with a brother Has the church complied with its specific decrees? If it has not, why not? Is not only refused to obey the laws of God, but declined to be g ideal by its own laws. The case should have been reported to the Deacon Board and the Deacon Board should meet me. The Deacon citing me to appear before the church have made my statement and if I did give them satisfaction, I should have been sent on to the church and if I filed or refused to hear the church then it would have been in a position to treat me as a Publican and a sinner. A VIOLATION OF CUSTOM AND LAW. As the matter now stands, the church is up against the law of God and not up against John Mitchell, Jr. The following is the charge—a written communication, which was not sent to me by any committee: RICHMOND, VA., July 18th 1901 First Baptist Church, To Brother John Mitchell, Jr., Dear Brother—You are hereby summoned to our next church-meeting the first Monday in Aug., 1901 to show cause why the hand of fellowship should not be with-drawn from you, upon the following charge:— "Brother John Mitchell, Jr., is hereby charged with publishing the private letter of Rev. Johnson to the church and the business of the church in disregard of the church-Polity and the authority of the Baptist Church, same appearing in the PLANET of July 6th, 1901 Nelson Williams, Jr. Done by order of the church, July 16th, 1901. Rev. T. H. Briggs, Chairman, B. P. Vangervall, Chargh Clerk THE QUESTION OF QUESTIONS. Was such a communication in violation of the Scriptures and the Baptist Polity? Was it a violation of the custom and usage of the Baptist Church? It would not be proper to characterize the statement of the church when it says that on the night of the alleged trial, I was arrogant. I was polite. I obeyed the chair. I suspended whenever a paint of order was made, no matter how blunt it was and I smiled throughout the proceeding. To say, I was disgusted, would be to add that I was a used. THE MOB-SPIRIT Here were a class of people, practicing the very errors and imitating the very vices that I have been condemning in the white mobs for the last twenty years. I saw the same spirit in Chesterfield county, when the 16-year-old Simon Walker was on the verge of eternity, having been condemned to death. I saw the same spirit in Nanssemond county, when the new departed Isaac Jenkins was beaten, hanged and shot. I saw the same spirit in Charlotte county, Va., when I was threatened by a white mob for standing up of the same spirit in this case. I saw the same spirit in Nansburg county, Va. and at Farmville, Va. when the two women were condemned to death in violation of right and in defiance of law. I fought it out then and I will do so now. COULD NOT LEGALLY PASS THE MOTION. I was accorded the floor at the First Baptist church by a vote of the church. I have been the presiding officer of the National Afro-American Press Association of which my esteemed friend, Hon. Cyrus Fields Adams is now President, and am presumed to be well posted on parliamentary law; but will some one tell me how any one could make a motion to exclude me while I held the church; or none legally. If the church gave me the first vote, my would not the church have to take it away from me by a vote unless. I of my own will yielded the floor? STRANGE RULING. But the First Baptist Church "parliamentarians" knew better than this. Out of an approximate membership of 3500, I was illegally excluded by a vote of 66 to 64. But the committee makes a most damaging admission again. It says that I was charged with one thing and excluded for another. What more need be said? The case of right ends here. Such an admission in any carinal court would guarantee a new trial. But these people not only state that they did this, but that they also denied the plea of the accused for a re-hearing. CHURCH VIOLATED THE POLITY This was in violation of the Baptist Polity, Page 204, Section 1. This plea was published and the public can judge whether I did it in the proper spirit and in keeping with that same Polity which says that an excluded member should "give his reasons for claiming that he did not have a fair trial, and that he was unjustly judged." Certainly it was right and proper that the church should have stated its reasons for not replying to my communication. No Muqtah Council and this in violation of the Baptist Polity, Page 204, was not granted. A directed by the Baptist Polity, for which this same church professed to have so much respect to apply to a sister church for membership. AN IMPARTIAL COUNCIL. I did this and that church called a council of disinterested and unprojiced divines and lay-men. The First Baptist Church was invited. They recommended that I be received and this was done by the Fifth Street Baptist Church. The Baptist Polity, which the First Baptist church seemed in my case to be so unaccompanied to aphold and sustain, says that "should a church receive a member who had been deceived, harming, and denied a Mutual Council, the church which excluded him could have no just ground for complaint." THE PAYNE-LEWIS COMBINE. THAT INSOLENT DEMAND. The First Baptist church demands that the Fifth Street Baptist church drop me within sixty days. Is this in the proper spirit? Is it not in violation of the Baptist Polity which the First Baptist church is so anxious to uphold and maintain? On Page 302 it says: "A church may exscribe a member judged unworthy of further fellowship, after due process of disciplinary law; but having him off, they cannot continue to hold him, terror over him, and bar him from counsel, and even the sympathy of others, simply on 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." ALLEGED PROSPERITY The church's committee says that the church is prospering, and then makes the following additional damaging admission: "The spiritual and religious condition, while not as good as we would like to have it, is steadily on the increase." What other way is there to gauge the true progress of a church? The meetings are stormy and the discussions acrimonious. Attempts are as yet being made to cust the Deacon Board. Money is made at dance halls, gambling dens, theatres and upon the racecourse, but the spiritual growth is primary in the progress of a church. DIDN'T REMEMBER THIS The church and its committee are silent on the committee of ten, consisting of five members from each side, that met in one of the ante-rooms of the church and after praying upon bended knees reached a compromise agreement. It did not tell of the action of Chairman Briggs and Nelson Williams, Jr., in adjourning the meeting, while this committee was trying to make a report. It does not state that the member who forged the names to the meeting called for the purpose of bringing about my exclusion has never been up for trial before the church or punished, although his offense has been time and again brought to the official, notice of the church. NO FEELING OF BITTERNESS. For our part, we are permeated with a feeling of pity rather than by a pang of bitterness. I have done the best I could in behalf of humanity and in the defense of the race with which I am identified. Standing in the presence of God, I affirm that the meetings at the First Baptist church in connection with the call of a pastor were the most disgraceful ever seen here, that the allegations in the resolutions referred to can be substantiated and we should not be ashamed. It is with regret that we say this, but when men insist in forcing upon us a policy so as variance with true religion, the issue must be met. STILL FERL SECURE. I am in the Fifth Street Baptist church and the feeling there is such as to justify me in feeling secure. If, however, my elimination from the Baptist church would insure peace, and my heart's blood satisfy the reconcilables, I stand ready to make the sacrifice. If the stormy scenes through which I have passed and am now passing are true indexes of the composition of the Church, then I confess that I am to retire from the aarm of earthly religion, and to change God's pure and unadulterated gospel as set forth in the teachings of the good and lowly Jesus. I have done the best I could. WEARY OF TURMOIL. We are tired of the strife and turnover of this life and we are ready whenever the end comes to await and receive our reward, being brave enough to face the horrors of hell or happy enough to welcome the joys of heaven. One thing we know; with all of our sins of omission and commission, we have done the best we could and we hope that a forgiving Saviour will be more kind and more useful than the First Baptist church, but like the Fifth St. Baptist church will welcome me and with His own hand wipe all of the tears from my eyes. Organizes A New Insurance Company—Great Enthusiasm Displayed in Richmond Meets—Approval of Everybody. $2,500 Worth of Stock Sold in 2 Days—$845 00 Received in One Night. The American Beneficial Insurance Company was organized July 28th, 1902. During last week the city of Richmond was stirred from center to circumference over the organization of this new enterprise. It meets the hearty approval of all the people. Richmond is proud of it; for it is well known that she is the center of the Negro business world. Dr. Graham is known so well in the world of business as well as in the church that the people have implicit confidence in him. They are always willing to follow wherever he leads. This account's for the popularity at the very beginning of The American Beneficial Insurance Company. Let it be remembered that it was only last Sunday from his pulpit that Rev. Graham announced the proposed organization of this new company, and on Monday the citizens of Richmond took $2,500 00 worth of the Capital Stock at $10,00 per share; then came Monday night when they met in the office rooms of the Company at 615 N. 2nd St., and after organizing, laid down in spot cash $845.00 on the table as a part of the Capital Stock. MANY BUYING STOCK. Everyday the people are crowding the office buying stock. The Capital Stock is $10,000. The Company proposes to open up Bunch Offices in all the cities of the State of Virginia and sub-partitions in all the states in America. In fact, it is the date citation of Dr. Graham to make this the greatest Negro insurance concern that has ever been brought into existence. They propose to open up business of various kinds throughout the country, and thus be a blessing to the people in paying their claims and giving employment. In fact, Dr. Graham declares that in three years time he proposes to have 1,000 young people at work as agents, book-keepers, clerks, managers, store-keepers and farmers. He calls upon the generous public who have hitherto shown their confidence in him to join in and help push this new enterprise to the front. There is no doubt about it, success has been assured and the Company will soon be located in a handsome new building of their own. A BROAD LATITUDB. The stock-holders will not be confined to the city of Richmond but wherever the work spreads, the citizen will be allowed to take stock. Indeed, while the Capital Stock $10,000, it is expected that it will soon have to be increased to $100,000.00. It can be well seen with what popularity this new Company starts off when it is remembered that the stock-holders who first laid down their money are the following well known citizens:— WELL-KNOWN CITIZENS. W. F. Graham, R. H. Fauntleroy, V. L. Hawkins, Daniel Henderson, Edward T. Coleman, Augustus Phillips, B. H. Peyton, James Page, James H. D. Wingfield Joseph Loving, M. C Waller, Mrs. Jennie Hawkins, Nelson G. Booker, A. V. James, A. W. Dandrie, John Gravres, M. H. Payne, Powhatan Baker, Robt Seay, Washington Branch, Jefferson Miles, Wm. H. Newton, Carver Taylor, Richard Randall, Thomas H. Wyatt, Miss Florence E. Coleman, James H. Chiles, John Beard, Willis B. Martin, W. W. Fields, Alex M. Coy, Arthur Hayes, Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, A D. Price, Miss Eva Jonatha, Mrs. Mary E. Harrison, John R. Holmes, Mrs. Georgia Payne, Mrs. Annie M. Coleman, R. L. Taylor, C. H. Lewis, Roderick Bearer, Att. J. Thomas Hewin, Photographer J. C. Farley, James West, P. C. Easley, Jno. T. Brown, N. Norman, Mrs. Lucy Booker, T. Archer, Samuel Branch, Harrison Smith, Mrs. Ida Graves Thompkins, Mrs. Lucy A. Coles, Hezekiah Jonathan BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The following are the Board of Officers and Directors:— Dr. W. F. Graham President, Dea. Edward T. Coleman, Vice-president, V. L. Hawkins Treasurer, B. H. Peyton A. M. Secretary and Manager, Prof. Robt. H. Fauntiery, Cashier, J. Thomas Hewin, Attorney, Dr. John Merriweather Examining Physician, and Deacon, James Page, Joseph Loving, Deacon James H. D. Wingfield, Lewis Cheatham, James H. Chiles. In part with the Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company, for which Dr. Graham labored night and day even until one night before his retirement from office, desired to make him present of a suit of clothes which he gracefully refused and thereupon the following resolution was passed by a unanimous vote in the annual meeting of that organization. GOOD WISHES FROM THE COMPANY. Richmond, Va., July 26th, 1902. To whom it may concern: This certifies that Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham has been the competent and most efficient leader of The Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company for the last eight years. He has never fal ered in leading us on to victory. At all times he has shown the deepest interest in the Company, and as he retires from the presidency of this Company, we, the Company, through committee take the greatest pleasure in expressing our highest confidence in him as a Christian gentleman, minister of the gospel, and leader of his race. Respectfully, J. E. Byrd, Committee: Jno. T. Taylor, J. J. Carter. They are to have a good time on the union excursion of the Mt. Olivet and Mt. Tabor churches, Monday Aug. 18th. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The work by the committee last Sunday was a success. Meetings were very impressive. The boys' meeting was well attended and all enjoyed the special papers. The men were addressed last Sunday by Mr. John Williams who said many things which were helpful. One of the members of the White Y. M. C. A., was present and made some very encouraging remarks. The jail and alms house committees are expected to be out in full Sunday 10 A. M. Bible Study for boys Sunday 4 P. M. conducted by Master Wiley Ferguson. Men's Meeting Sunday 5:30 P. M. at the Rooms. Special Address. Do not forget that the men are working hard to raise $1000.00 by Sept. 28th, 3:30 P. M. All women are invited to the massmeeting for woman only Sunday 4 P.M. Third St. Methodist Church. Special address by Rev. D. Webster Davis, A. M., Subject: "The women who wont." Special music by a female quartette under the directions of Miss Nannie B. Jones. Admission Free. Bring another woman. Be on time. —He opened his mouth'too wide, but he did not fail to mention the church union excursion to Buckroe Beach Monday August 18th. This is to certify that I received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worry Counselor of the Grand Court of Va., I. O. C., $100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sister Fannie Brown of Rosetta's Court No. 173. SIGNED: A. L. Morton, Administrator. WITNESSES: J. Andrew Bowler, Eva G. Davis. One of the grandest picnics that has ever been given at Winddale Park was given on last Thursday by "The Ladies Glee Club," and Miss Dora B. Johnson of 408 W. Duval street was taken very ill. We hauved to have some of Richmond's best doctors on hand, Dr. John Merriweather and Dr. H. L. Harris, who rendered valuable services. The American Beneficial Insurance Co. is perfecting arrangements for the purchase of a commodious structure for their new headquarters. Remember the Old Boys! They will go to Washington August. —It should have been W. Inspectrix Miss Minnie Branic. —Remember the church union excursion to Buckroe Beach Aug. 18th. JORDAN—JOHNSON—MRS. Texanna Jordan and Mr. John Johnson were united in the holy bonds of wedlock, July 24, 1902, by Rev. W. H. Stokes. Over 860,000 Deposited There. The Mechanics Savings Bank opened Jan. 1st, 1902 and $23,708.00 has been deposites there up to the close of business Wednesday, July 30th. This is a very fine showing. Deposited of ($10) ten cents and upwards are received and 4 per cent interest allowed on all amounts remaining 60 days and over. The public is invited to call and inspect the palatial head quarters of this establishment. Cashier Thomas H Wyatt will render prompt and skillful service. Woman's Day Inauguration at the Fifth St. Baptist Church Sunday, Aug. 10th, 1902, at 8:30 o'clock p. m., under the auspices of Circle, No. 15. Admission, free. Be on time and bring your friends. Fans will be given away free to every one that attend this service. — Mr. W. L. Randolph, manager of the Roanoke store of the Reformers' Mercantile and Industrial Association is visiting his parents on church-hill. We hope him continued success. Windleda Park seems to be growing in popular favor. The lawn party every night with music by Messrs. Eddie Jones and Curtis Jordan is being liberally patronized. Mr. Steward has arranged for a sacred concert on Sunday from 8 to 8 p.m., free to the public, for the lawn party, who is conducting the lawn party has landed on a free cake-walk to take place every night next week. FATAL ELECTION RIOTS Congressional Contest in Southern New Jersey Ends in Bloodshed. BOTH SIDES CLAIM ELECTION John Morley Was Killed In Camden, Pugilist Joe Goddard Fatally Shot In Pensauken Township, and Two Others Seriously Stabbed. Camden, N. J., July 29—The primary election for delegates to the convention of the First congressional district of New Jersey were held yesterday afternoon and evening in Camden, Gloucester and Salem counties, which comprise the district. The candidates for the nomination are Henry C. Loudenslager, the present congressman, and J. Alpheus Van Sant. The contest has been one of the most bitter ever held in Southern New Jersey. The polls were open from 5 p. m. to 8 p. m., and the three hours were marked with serious fighting. John Morissy was killed in this city, and Joe Goddard, the well-known heavy weight pugilist, of Philadelphia, was probably fatally shot while electionering in Pensauken township. Policeman Harry Miller was dangerously stabbed in this city, and a fourth man received serious wounds at "Dog Corner," near Merchantville. Goddard was at a voting place in Pensauken township when he was shot. He was with a number of men who were traveling from one polling place to another. The pugilist got into a quarrel with a colored constable named Robert Washington. It is alleged that Goddard assaulted the constable with a bare ball bat, and the colored man, in self-defense, shot Goddard in the head. The constable surrendered himself to the police, and the wounded prize fighter was brought to the Cooper Hospital here, where the physicians say he may die. Near the same polling place Constable Isaac Fowler, while in a fight, was stabbed twice. His wounds, though painful, are not considered serious. There was considerable trouble in Pensauken township and at Merchantville, and a number of persons were badly beaten. The most serious affray occurred at Third and Beckett streets, in this city. Each side had a crowd at the polling place at that point, and a general riot was started. When it was all over it was found that a man, who was later identified as John Morissy, of Philadelphia, aged 35 years, had been shot through the heart by some unknown person, and a policeman, not in uniform, named Harry Miller, had received two cuts on the head and a probably fatal stab wound in the left lung. There were a number of other persons in the fight hurt, but not seriously. Both sides claim the election, but the returns from the three counties indicate that Loudenslager has secured a majority of the delegates. The adherents of both Loudenslager and Van Sant are charging each other with fraud and with bringing large numbers of repeaters from Philadelphia. The convention will be held at Woodbury Wednesday. CONDEMNED MURDERER TO WED Intended Bride Was Indirect Cause of Crime For Which He Will Hang. Baltimore, Md., July 30.—John Wesley Devine, colored, who is to be hanged on September 19, announced yesterday that he will in a day or two marry the woman who was indirectly the cause of the crime for which he will suffer the death penalty. Rev. George W. Lane, a baptist minister, the murderer's spiritual adviser, says he will perform the ceremony. On May 19 Devine quarreled with Mary Jones in the house in which they lived. He assaulted the woman, and she summoned the police. As Patrolman Donohue entered the house the negro shot and killed him. Devine was tried and convicted of the murder. Mary Jones has visited the condemned man frequently, with the result that Devine, who appears to be very contrite, has proposed marriage. Rev. Lane says he will marry and baptise Devine at the same time. Was Determined to Die St. Joseph, Mo., July 30.—Charles Preble, a prominent farmer and stockman, residing near Lanham, Neb., made three attempts to commit suicide yesterday before succeeding. He first tried to shoot himself through the heart, but the bullet, the last one in the revolver, failed to strike a vital spot. He then leaped into a 50-foot well, but was taken out by relatives. Later he took the rope from the well and hung himself from a rafter in his barn. Heavy floods, which ruined hundreds of acres of his crops, causing him heavy losses, is responsible for the act. You no doubt know that our church was sold at Public Auction July 25th. We are now face to face with a situation which we must manage or in a few days be in the street without a home. The property is offered to us now by Mr. Brya, Attorney for the First National Bank, City, for $300.00 provided $750.00 of that amount be paid down. We are not able to pay this amount down but have placed in his hand $50.00 as a guarantee that the $750.00 will be paid in the next thirty days and if we fail he is to keep the $50.00. We made many propositions but this is the only one he would consider. If we raise the $750.00 the balance will be arranged in payments so that we will always be able to meet them. We have about fifty members who can help in this struggle and they are doing their best. They have deposited $50.00 and have subscribed $550.00 making $400.00. They will do their best but we must appeal to the public for assistance. We must save our home. Our fathers and mothers worshipped on this spot. They were buried from this church. The place is hallowed because of their prayers and we shrink at the idea of having the church torn down and dwellings built there, or having the place turned into a play ground for the public school children. We are helping to oppose the powers of evil that exist in the city and with sin playing the havoc it is we don't believe the church of God can afford to lose a single Fort, Christian Soldier. We appeal for help. The power of debt and discouragement has its hand in our throat, we are wrestling to free ourselves. Will you come to our rescue? We solicit help in any way you may see fit to render it, by a direct contribution, through a club or society of which you may be a member or by soliciting among your friends with a Punch Card which you can get from the Pastor, No. 9 F. Daval Street. All contributions may be brought or sent to the same address. Don't let this appeal pass idly by, but come to our rescue with something, be it ever so small and remember that the effort of the next thirty days will either keep or kill this church. It is said that where the Stars and Stripes go up, they go up to stay. Let every person who believes in the Kingdom of Heaven say, where the Banner of the Cross has been floating no power shall haul it down. Promising that if we are able to keep the church and thus keep together to ever be with you in strengthening the Kingdom of Christ, We are yours, The Members of Leigh St. Methodist Church. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Va., One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sir James Bawldwin, who was a member of Damon Lodge, No. 12, K. of P. N. A., S. A., A., A., and A. SIGNED: Daniel Bawldwirz W. H. Dixon, W. T. Jones, M. D. J. J. Booker. A Card of Thanks. RICHMOND, VA., July 29, 1902. Dear Editor: Please allow me through the vaultable columns of the PLANET to thank Mr. A. D. Price for giving my children an afternoon outing last week in two of his large wagons. Yours in Christ, BETTIE GRAVES, Matron Colored Orphan Asylum. Love at Sight. Manchester A. M. E. Church, Rev. S. Mason, pastor, will occupy the pulpit morning and evening. Subject for the evening will be "Love at sight." Sunday-school, 9:30 a.m. Fair Play Literary Society Monday night at S'clock. All are invited. —Col. John R. Chiles is at his post of duty again after his painful illness. He is looking unusually well. —The Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A. E., A. A. & A., are progressing rapidly in this city and state. —Rev. R. J. Bass and Rev. J. Andrew Bowler will go to Buckroe Beach with the church union excursion Monday, August 18th. —Mrs. S. W. Robinson and children accompanied by her niece, Miss Bertha Walton are visiting Buckroe Beach. —Mrs. Margaret Hewlett, formerly of Manchester, Va., but now of Philadelphia, Pa., after an absence of eight years is now visiting her relatives and friends in Manchester. —The Mechanics Savings Bank is making extensive improvements on the corner of St. Peter and Jackson streets. Three new houses are being erected. Similar improvements are being made by the same concern on the corner of 7th and Baker Sts. —Quite a sensation was caused in this city by the announcement of the retirement of Rev. Dr. Graham from the presidency of the Richmond Bancificial Insurance Co. Mr. E. F. Johnson, the former Vice-president has succeeded him. He resides in Sydney. 北川羌族自治县 RAFFERTY'S WAY By Clinton Dangerfield HE Brownlow and Henderson quarrel had risen to bitter heights when Nelly Henderson came home from the east. She threw herself impetuously on to her father's side of it and told herself HE Brownlow and Henderson quarrel had risen to bitter heights when Nelly Henderson came home from the east. She threw herself impetuously on to her father's side of it and told herself that she hated young Brownlow, whom she had known so well before the days of the misunderstanding. She was riding down a rocky defile. Her face was flushed, her arms weary, for she carried her pet lamb, Billy, an obstreperous favorite, who ran away on every possible occasion. Billy was seasick and rebellious, and when she stooped over her gate latch he wriggled out of her lap and jumped to the ground. With an exclamation of impatience she dismounted and began a lively but vain chase. She was in despair when a tall figure appeared on the rocks above, and, taking him for one of the ranchmen, she called peremptorily for aid. The newcomer darted down. A brisk, undignified scramble ensued, and Billy was placed, kicking and struggling, in her arms, while she herself faced Herbert Brownlow. "I beg your pardon," she said coldly. "If I had recognized you, I would never have given you this trouble." "Don't apologize," returned her companion cheerfully. "I am very glad to have come to the rescue." "There's no question of rescue," said Miss Henderson ungraciously. "I would soon have had him. Billy is always easy to catch." "Very easy," murmured the other, glancing at his scratched hands and trawd trousers. "And please understand one thing," she continued—"if you ever hear me call for help, it doesn't mean you. It's bad enough to live close to people who shout from you under cover of the law." Here such an ominous expression came over his face that she stopped, rather frightened. "Will you go on? I should like to hear the rest of the catalogue." "Then you shall!" the girl cried recklessly. "You have stolen a tract of our land. Your men have cut our fences and branded our strays." "Are you aware," said Herbert calmly, "that the man from whom your father purchased that tract never owned it; that we paid hard money for it to the true possessor; that it was so proved in court? Your other charges are equally unfounded. In fact, the only instance round here of soaking other people's property has been the case of a certain pet lamb born on my father's ranch." Miss Henderson clasped the outraged Billy closely. "Have you the assurance to say my lamb was stolen from you?" "I could prove it if I chose. But don't be alarmed. You are welcome to him, only it might make you a little more generous in your remarks about others." "I never heard of anything so impertinent!" gasped Miss Henderson. "You think because I am a girl you can call me a thief, but you shouldn't get off as easily as you imagine." Two days later a man presented Her- bert with a very dirty note which ran as follows: Mr. Herbert brownlow you are Herbert summoned to attend justice court on the Seventeenth instant to answer for defamin the Character of miss Nelly Henderson the Case rests on the ownership of one white lamb complaint has been accused of staining the said great injury of her feelings and Reputation. If you Have any Witnesses bring Those. [Signed] Foster Campbell represented all that Clark county knew of law. He owned a large copy of the code, in which he could not read a word, but this did not trouble him, as an old cripple whom he had befriended and who was termed clerk read his patron to sleep on the intricacies of the law every night. The two principals in the trial reached the court, which was situated on the justice's plaza, at exactly the same time. Miss Henderson looked with dismay at a large crowd of spectators. It dawned on her that it was Saturday and that every ranchman within fifty miles had taken a half day to see the trial. "What are these horrid men doing here?" she exclaimed wretfully as the justice helped her to alight. "I thought there'd be just you and me, the witnesses, and—and Mr. Brown-low. I will wait." "Kain't do that," said the justice decidedly. Brownlow stepped forward. "I told Miss Henderson she could have the lamb. She may drop the whole affair if she chooses." "She kain't," said the justice firmly. "Neither of you kin go nole prossin' things around here like that. What begins in my court finishes." "I intend to finish," said Miss Henderson, sweeping past Brownlow and taking the chair reserved for her. The justice cleared his throat. "The first case on docket is Miss Henderson versus Mr. Brownlow. Mr. Brownlow has aggrieved the complainant's feelin' by callin' her a "That I never did," said Herbert agrilys. "This court is not used to interruptions," said the justice irritably. "This case will be determined by the lamb. If it proves to be Miss Henderson's, Mr. Brownlow will pay what damages the court sees fit. Is the lamb here?" One of the Henderson ranchmen brought Billy forward. "Miss Henderson," pursued the court, "will state her grounds for believin' the lamb hers." The girl rose. She made so pretty a picture in her dark habit that Brownlow secretly cursed himself and Billy. "Three weeks ago," she said clearly. "I wanted a pet lamb. As we have few ewes on our place, I asked these men, who are trusted employees of my father, to get one for me. They brought me that lamb from one of our own ewes." The two "trusted employees" referred to looked innocently around. They remembered—yes—but they now sore in unshaken chorus that the lamb was born on the Henderson place, where he had been a favorite from his birth. They triumphantly retired, and Herbert came forward. "The lamb," he said quietly, "was also a favorite of mine from his birth, so much so that you will find my brand under his throat." There was a ripple of excitement. Billy was examined. There shone the brand with startling distinctness. "May it please the court," said the county clerk, "that there brand could have been stuck on any time while the creetur was runnin' round, which it did frequent." "Shut up, Jim!" said the court brusquely. "Who you reckon is runnin' this case? Now, Mr. Brownlow, who seen you brand that sheep in your own yard?" A Brownlow ranchman came forward. Unfortunately he was known A woman stands in front of a group of men seated at a table, looking up at her. She is wearing a hat and a long dress. The men are dressed in suits and hats, and some are wearing cowboy hats. A sheep is visible in the foreground. "I'm going home." for a liar, and the court, who had been impressed by the brand, looked puzzled. "Ain't there no more witnesses?" he demanded wearily, and when a negative ensued he sat thinking. The clerk spoke out boldly: "May it please the court, I kin tell all present how old Judge Rafferty established a precedent in such a case as this way back when I was a youngster." "Go on," said the court, much relieved. "Twas almost oozily like this," wheezed the clerk, "only 'twas a sorrel colt 'stead of a sheep. The parties had known each other for some time. "Twas Ann Hatfield an' Samuel Massey as claimed the colt, an' there they stood, the girl lookin' as sassy as you please at Massey. She were a pretty girl, though not so much as Miss"— "Keep to your argument," said the court abruptly. "Well, Rafferty he couldn't decide, an' says he, 'No common law kni p'int on this matter,' says he. 'I kn turn to the Bible,' says he, 'which is a mighty good code in itself,' says he, 'an' follow the example of Jeremiah,' says he—'or was it Isaiah?'—who cut that uninform baby in two,' says he. 'I'll just slice the colt in two,' says he, 'an' give you each half.' "At that Ann she gave a scream, an' her big blue eyes filled up pitiful. 'You kain't do that,' says he. "Then,' says Rafferty, 'we'll do my way—I'll marry you both out of hand, right here,' says he, 'an' there needn't be no more disputes over the lamb—colt. I mean—never no more!" "I'm going home," she declared chokingly. "I don't care what becomes of the lamb. I'll never touch him again. There's my purse," she added, flinging it into the justice's lap before he could rise. "If I owe anything, pay it." She was in the saddle and galloping down the road before the court had time to recover. "She's done spilt a real interestin' case," said the clerk regretfully. "It's goin' to be thrown out, after all. Here's the bill of costs, your honor. Mr. Brownlow will want to pay his share." "Who's goin' to take the darned lamb?" cried the court. "Mr. Brownlow, you mout as well have him." "I don't want him," said Herbert, with nearly as much repressed fury as Miss Henderson had shown. "I kain't have him here," protested the alarmed justice. "It ain't legal to leave things on the court's hands, an', besides, he'll eat all my garden sass. Blast you!" he added to the clerk. "It's all your fault. She didn't like what you said about that old fool Rafferty." A swift impulse decided Herbert to take the fat little creature and drop him in the Henderson yard. Meantime Miss Henderson rode neward, quite unconscious that she was an object of interest to two villainous looking horsemen who were passing that way after leaving the last town by request. Not till now" hands were on her reins did she realize her peril, and, strange to say, her cry for help was in Herbert's name. Riding just above her in the defile where he had first captured Billy, he heard her voice and came down on the maudraurs. Before the impetus of Brownlow's horse the nearest thief went down, broncho and all. The other showed fight, and a brisk exchange of shots took place, but when the fallen one regained his horse and fled the braver rogue followed suit. Sobbing with relief, Miss Henderson turned gratefully to her rescue, who sat stiffly in his saddle, now clasping Billy across his broad chest. "How generous and brave!" she cried eagerly. "I have been horrid to you. I just wanted to make you uncomfortable and—" Uncertain About Her Age. A Boston servant, like many of her class, does not know her age. She has lived with one family 11 years, and has always been 28. But not long ago she read in the newspaper of an old woman who died at the age of a hundred and six. "Maybe I'm as auld as that mesilf," said she. Indade, I can't alive."—Boston Christian Register. Active. "You had a surprising nerve to come over that fence," cried the housekeeper, who had ignored the ringing of the front door bell. "Yes," replied the smart installment collector as he landed in the back yard, "but my agility, madam, is that not more surprising in a man of my age."—Philadelphia Post. CURES WE Insure Love and How any man self after years weakness, loss of icocelle, etc., an gans to full size your name and Medical Co. is, trot, Mieh., are the free receipt that any man in home. This is offer, and is en from their mind to off of. "Dear Sire," thanks for your tre and the benefit. It has complained just as vigorous cannot realize. "Very well," said her escort hoarsely and curtly, "Shall we ride on?" Miss Henderson complied. Under the influence of his abstracted and almost ungracious manner she felt her old grievance returning and held herself stiffly. They rode on in silence until she perceived a great spot of crimson soaking through the wool of the patient Billy. She cried out in pity. "He's hurt. Let me take him." "Yes, take him," said Brownlow indistinctly, and as she drew the lamb on her lap her escort pitched forward on his horse's neck with barely the strength to cling there blindly, and the horrified girl understood. Billy was dropped with a swiftness that dazed him, and he stood helplessly gazing after the strange patr, for Miss Henderson had her arms around her enemy's shoulders and was desperately trying to hold him in the saddle until they could reach her father's ranchhouse. But even this ride home was not so hard as facing the county clerk six months afterward and being congratulated that, after all, the case had been settled in "Rafferty's way." It's the Men. The bell ringers of a certain church usually leave the question of tips to one of their number, and the matter could scarcely be left in better hands. If the visitor leaves the belfry as rich as he entered it, it is not because Jim, as we will call him, has not dropped a pretty significant hint. On one occasion a visitor fancied he heard a strange creaking which seemed to proceed from high up the tower. "It seems to me," be remarked, "that there's something up there wants oiling." "Nay, nay," said Jim. "Tain't up theer. It's doon here!" "What d'you mean?" asked the visitor. "Well, you see, sir," calmly explained Jim, "that theer creakin' allus comes on about 'lowance time. None of us has had a drink this mornin', an' if anything wants dlin' tain't the rope—it's the men!" The men were promptly "oiled" too—Cassell's Journal. How the Pole Is Elected Let us pass the jealously guarded barriers and place ourselves in the vast Pauline chapel, where morning and evening the cardinals come to vote until the pontifix is chosen by the necessary two-thirds majority. See, there are the three presidents of the ballot, a cardinal bishop, a cardinal priest and a cardinal deacon. At the altar is a cardinal making oath that he will cast his vote without intrigue or favor of man, but on his conscience, for the greatest glory of God and the best welfare of the church. Rising from his knees, he passes to the center of the chapel, and there before the three presidents he places his vote in a chalice, and so do all the other cardinals present in turn. Each ballot paper bears in a faded hand the name of the cardinal for whom the vote is cast, while on one corner is written the name of the voter. The latter is carefully folded over and sealed, not to be published unless an election is made.—Lippincott's. A Otneh Wango—I don't understand how Brown manages to lock so prosperous! Gowan—That's easy—his family are vegetarians!—Brooklyn Life. Be Lenient. "You shouldn't judge a man by the cigars he gives you," remarked the philosopher. "Some one may have given them to him."—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. The Actor's Farewell "They treated me so handsomely at the farewell banquet last night," said Mr. Barnes Tormer, "that I assured them I would come back very soon." "Yes," said Mr. Pepprey, "so Crittick told me. But he said otherwise the affair was very pleasant."—Philadelphia Press. Not Always Needed the theater, and have no chaperon. Mother—You must have one, of course, or you shan't go. It's from Mr. Slimpurse, I suppose. "No, it's from Mr. Fatpurse." "Um—never mind about the chaperon."—N. Y. Weekly. Very Convenient at Times. "But we can't leave man out of our calculations entirely," said the advanced woman regretfully. "Certainly not," admitted the one who was not so far advanced. "When there are any expenses to be met it is most convenient to have him around."—Chicago Post. A. Necessary Ingredient The tenderfoot was announcing his intention of showing the foolish westerners a thing or two about high life. "I," he asserted, "have plenty of dough. Don't forget that." "You," murmured the Mexican monte dealer, "will be a pudding for us."—Baltimore American. Pessimistic. "When the speaker said the average woman was not mentally as strong as a man not one woman present took it to herself." "Why not?" "Because every woman thinks she is above the average."—Chicago Daily News. Uncertain About Her Age. A Boston servant, like many of her class, does not know her age. She has lived with one family 11 years, and has always been 28. But not long ago she read in the newspaper of an old woman who died at the age of a hundred and six. "Maybe I'm as auld as that mesifl," said she. Indade, I can't remember the time when I wasn't alive."-Boston Christian Register. Active. "You had a surprising nerve to come over that fence," cried the housekeeper, who had ignored the ringing of the front door bell. "Yes," replied the smart installment collector as he landed in the back yard, "but my agility, madam, is that not more surprising in a man of my age?"—Philadelphia Press. Explain Thing. Ping—How did you come out on that stock deal last week? Pong—Lost $500. Ping—But I thought you said a friend had given you a pointer? Pong—So I thought—but it turned out to be a disappointer—Chicago Daily News. In Boston. First Boy—I'm sorry you're troubled with insomnia. I suppose, however, if one resolutely thinks of nothing, sleep will come. Second Boy—I've tried that, but I've been forced to the conclusion that nothing is unthinkable—Brookliyn Life. Personal Experience "Do you believe in hypnotism?" asked the young man who never heeds the flight of time. "Yes, indeed," answered Miss Cayenne, "where there are people who can put me to sleep simply by talking to me."—Washington Star. --- A Suggestion for the Hallan. After the organ-grinder had been working for about ten minutes the woman sallied forth and addressed him. "Taint no use," she said. "You don't get no money for that an' you don't deserve none. If you'd put as much of the same kind of work on a churn you wouldn't have no trouble makin' a good livin.'" —Chicago Post. Brother Dickey's Resolution. "Dey's been a powerful力尔 eir airt-quakes en fire en briststone in dewor' lately, en hit do look lakde worl' had done gone en made up its min' ter come ter an end fero sho," said brother Dickey. "Things look so onsartin in dart dickauxn. I hes done made up my min' ter quit payin' house rent in advance!—Atlanta Constitution. The Trent Man They had quarreled, and the new bride was weeping copiously. "Don't ory so, Bertha," said the young husband, penitently. "That's j-just like you!" she sobbed. "You don't want to l-let me have any fun at all!"—Chicago Tribune. One of Two Things. 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Old Dominion steamers for New York. 5:30 p. m., Daily- For Newport News and Old Point. Makes principal stops. Main Line West Bound. 10:10 p. m., Middletown Clinton Forge; Daly to Charlestownville, and Clifton; between Charlotteville and Clifton Forge connects for Orange, Culpeper, Calvert and Manasquens. 2:30 p. m., Middletown Clinton and Louisville Express, express car cafe to White Sulphur and Hinton, except Sunday Pullmans from Gordonville to Cincinnati, Louisville, except Sunday, Virginia Hot Springs. As local train from Gordonville to Staunton follows, with stations, except Sunday. 7:00 p. m., Daily- For Newport News, special Sleepers to Cincinnati, Indianapolis and St. Louis. Parlor cars Cincinnati to St. Louis. Except Sunday. 10:30 p. m., Daily- Limited. Pullman to Hinton, connecting with Pullman to Cincinnati, Louisville and the West. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. James River Division. 10.20 a. m., Daily—For Lynchburg, Lexington, New Castle and Clifton Forge; except Sunday for Rosney and Alberene, Parker car PENNSULA DIVISION — From Norfolk and Old Point, arrive 10 a.m., m daily; 2:30 p.m. m daily; 3:30 p.m., m daily; Local arrive 7:30 p.m., m daily. MAIN LINE — From Cincinnati, 7:45 a.m. m daily; 9:45 a.m., Daily and 3:30 p.m. m daily; from Clifton Forge 7:55 p.m. m daily; from Clifton Chicago 7:55 p.m. daily from Charlestville: Local from Doswell arrive 8:30 a.m., except Sunday. JAMES DIVISION — From Clifton Forge and Lynchburg 6:25 p.m., m daily and 8:30 a.m., except Sunday from Mantoo. Apply at 800 E. Main, Murphy's Hotel and Hotel Jefferson for further information, Rates, tickets and Pullman Reservation. W. O. WARTHEN, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT. C. E. DOYLE, H. W. FULLER, GEN'L M'G'R, GEN'L P. A. Seaboard Air Line R. R. "CAPITAL CITY ROUTE" Short line to Principal City of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals of both States. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 13, 1993 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN STATION Train No. 35 leaves Richmond 9:10 A.M. daily to Burlingburg, Noralina, N.C. and all intermediate trains arrive in Richmond 2:10 P.M. and Reliege 3:56 P.M. daily, and Durham 4:54 P.M. daily. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, and New York and the East daily—No 34 at 6:45 A.M. Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East coast points and Cuba, and Porto Rica; at New Orleans for all pointinTemas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND—DAILY. 6:35 A.M. No 34 From all points South. 4:55 P.M. No 66 and Southwest. 4:55 P.M. No 30, Noralina, N.C., Petersburg and local points. SLEEI ING-CAR SERVICE. Nose 34 and 84—Florida & Metropolitan Limestone, Pullman Drawing-Droom, and Sleeping Cars between New York and Richmond, and between Richmond and Jacksonville, Pullman Sleeping Cars (daily) between Jacksonville and Richmond, Pullman Sleeping Cars between New York and Atlanta, and Cafe-Cars between Hamlet and Atlanta, and Cafe-Cars between Hamlet and Atlanta, and 62-66-Seaboard Fast. Mail, Pullman Drawing-Buffet Sleeping Cars between Hamlet with Sleeping-Car to and from Atlanta, in connection with which through Pullman tickets are sold, Pullman Parlor-Cars between Jacksonville and Tampa. Fines Day Coaches. W. J. MAY. City Ticket Agent. WANTED—5 INDUSTRIUS COLORED MEN and women in each locality. $10 to $20 per week can be made working for us, and much good done for the race. This announcement is of special interest to man and woman of the race who desire to work themselves up. Full particulars furnished free. Apply by letter only. Address: UNITED MFG. PUB. COMPANY, 1107 & 1109 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. 4-5-02-8m Didn't Like the Substitute. Mrs. Hoyle—My husband is never satisfied. Mrs. Doyle—Neither is mine; he has always kicked because he couldn't find his collar button, and now he has a wart on the back of his neck, but he isn't satisfied with that. N. Y. Times. Dealing in Futures. Bess—Is it true that young Simkins offered himself to you last night? Nell—He did Bess—And did you accept bim? Nell—Well, not exactly—but I have an option on him for ten days.—Chicago Daily News. Rebound. Mrs. Blusterby—Mrs De Booster says that no man can be a gentleman unless he has a college education. Mr. Blusterby—Well, that only proves that women who have college educations are not necessarily ladies.—Puck. What Johnny Thought. “What does Gabriel Grubb mean, auntie?” “Gabriel Grubb is a character in one of Dickens’ Christmas Stories.” “O, I thought maybe it was another name fer angel food cake.”—Chicago American. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 8:00 a. m., NORFOLK LIMITED, Daily. Arrives Petersburg 8:31 A. M., Norfolk, 11:35 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Wewerly. 9:05 a. m., Daily. Arrives Petersburg, 9:49 a. m., Weldon 11:35 a. M., Fayetteville 4:25 p. k., Charleston 11:15 p. m., Savannah 3:05 p. k., Baltimore 10:35 p. m., Tampa 10:39 p. m., Port Tampa 10:39 p. m., Connects at Wilson with No.40, arriving Goldsboro, 8:25 p. m., Wilmington 6:00 p. m., Poughkeepsie Sleeper New York to Jacksonville 11:10 a. m., Daily. Arrives Petersburg 11:35 a. m. Stops at Manchester, Dale's Bluff, Centralia and Chester on sign. 3:00 p. m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives at Petersburg 3:00 p. M. Norfolk 5:30 p. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly, and Suffolk. 4:30 p. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Pot- ley at Petersburg 3:00 p. M. Weldon 7:30 p. M. Rocky Mount 10:00 p. M. Makes all inter- mediate stops. 6:06 p. M Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m. makes stops. 7:26 p. M. M. ORDINAL & WEST INDIAN LIMI- TED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 8:00 p. M. Connects with Norfolk & Western for Norfolk and intermediate points. Emporia 9:08 p. M. (Connects with Al- madenia and Emporia and Lawrenceville). Weldon 9:43 p. M. Fayetteville 1:15 A. M. Char- lotte 8:10 A. M. Jacksonville 12:30 p. M. Tampa 10:00 p. M. Port Tampa 10:30 p. M. NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA POINTS—Arriving Angus 8:00 A. M. Macon 11:20 A. M. Atlanta 12:45 p. M. Seward ton, Charleston, Port Tampa, Wilmington, Charleston, Port Tampa, Jackson- ville, Augusta and Macon. 9:45 p. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10:30 p. M. & Western railway, arriving at Lynch- burg 2:30 A. M. Roscoe 5 A. M. Brisston 10:40 A. M. Pullman Sleeper Richmond TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND 4:12 A. M. Daily. From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Anguista and all points South. 7:36 A. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynchburg and the West. 8:48 A. M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11:10 A. M. Daily. From Goldsboro and intermediate stations. Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Lynchburg. 1:50 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg Roanoke and intermediate points. 4:30 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg and intermediate points. 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Petersburg. 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Charleston, Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points South. 8:56 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. H. M. EMMERSON, Assistant Traffic Manger. W. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent. C. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agent. 838 East Main Street. Norfolk and Western R. R. November 24th, 1901. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Nevada Lake, only at Pete- sburgh, Waverley and Snuffs. 9: 5 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parior Car Potersburg to Chicago and allow dinner to Columbus; also, for Bratel, Columbus, and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 9: 0 P. M. Arrives at Petersburg 8: 30 P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverley and Suffolk. Connects at Norfolk with Steamers to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 7: 23 P. M. for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10: 40 P. 9: 10 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects at Lynchburg, with Washington and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman Steepers Lynchburg to Memphis and Norfolk. Occupies Cars Radford to Attala. Also Pullman Sleeper between Richmond and Lynchburg, Berths ready for occupancy. Also Pullman Sleeper Petersburg and Roanoke. Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and the West daily at 7: 35 A. M. and 8: 56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11: 10 A. M.; from 11: 42 A. m., and 6: 30 P. Office 888 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER. City Passenger and Ticket Agt. O. H. ROSLEY. W. 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THE SPUR OF FATE By Ashley Towne COPYRIGHT, 1801, BY CHARLES B. ```markdown ``` RINCESS VERA received General Durban's report with a calmness that would have done credit to a veteran of a dozen wars. She was lying on a couch that had been brought down to RINCESS VERA received General Durban's report with a calmness that would have done credit to a veteran of a dozen wars. She was lying on a couch that had been brought down to her military workshop, and she looked pitily ill. Behind her stood the tall amazon whom Darrell had seen on the veranda in Vladikankas, and the face of the stern and formidable old woman was deeply lined with anxiety. "This is mere weariness," said Vera. "It is possible that I may have overtaxed my strength. I am resting to prepare me for the work that must come tomorrow. There is plainly but one course for us. Your report makes that certainty doubly sure. We could not surrender our comrades in arms even if our case were ten times more desperate than it is. We must break through their lines." "We have no alternative," replied Durban. "Heaven prosper us!" "Our plans are already made," said Prince Klizar, who was present with several of his most trusted officers. "I wish, however, that we could delay their attack for twenty-four hours." "There is no possible chance of it," answered General Durban. "We may as well dismiss the thought." "Your pardon, general," said Darrell; "I have reason to believe that I can accomplish so much at least. I am in a position to exert personal influence upon General Getchikoff." Klizar regarded Darrell with a scowl. Since the opening of the siege they had been on terms of armed neutrality. "What is the nature of that influence?" asked the prince. "If I disclose it to any one," answered Darrell, "it ceases to be valid. You must take my word in the dark that it exists." "This does not greatly encourage me," rejoined Kilziar. "Nevertheless," said Vera, "Mr. Darrell's plan should be tried. If he can protrong the negotiations for a day, we shall have better roads for our march westward, and the enemy will gain nothing." "I require no more than permission to speak with General Getchikeff alone," said Darrell. "You will not get it from him," growled Kilziar. "I think we waste time." Darrell merely bowed. He had caught the eye of General Durban and was satisfied by a glance that he would have no obstacle put in his way when the conferences should meet again on the morrow. Vera had seen this by play, and she also remained silent. Durban presently withdrew and Darrell with him. They walked together in silence toward a point of the fortifications which commanded what must be the field of their endeavor if they should make the attempt to cut the Russian lines. There seemed to be a considerable movement of the Russian troops. "They are closing in a bit," said Durban after a long look through his field glasses. "Upon my wood, they are not all dead of fever." "General," said Darrell, "you are an old soldier and a good one. Have we a chance?" "None whatever," replied the general, with impressive calm. "The formation of the country enables the enemy to plant guns beyond our range, yet sweeping every road by which we can move out. There is no way for us to get our own guns into effective action, for they would shoot us off the face of the earth while we were limbing up. Only the merest rags of our army would ever get through, and they could never get together again into an effective military body. A picked force might surround the princess and carry her to safety, but the chances would be against it." "Do you think that is what Prince Kilzar means to do?" "I know not," answered Durban, "but this I know—whatever he intends, it is not what he says." Further than that the general declined to speak, and the two men fell to praising a gorgeously beautiful set which might well be the last that they would ever see. "By the way," said Durban as they were about to separate, "you shall have your chance with Getchikoff tomorrow. What do you hope to accomplish—a day's delay?" "I fear I can do little," answered Darrell. "The situation essentially involves defeat, whether in battle or negotiation. Kiliziar and his friends are the rock on which my hopes are wrecked." "There might be a way to get them out of the camp," said Durban, staring gloomily at the black preceptices behind the town. "It would do no good," answered Darrell. "Unless they are delivered up the Russians will take the city. Sooner or later they will surely take it, and that means massacre. It means the death of the princess, whom you and I would give our lives to save, for rest assured she will not be made prisoner." "And our sortie tomorrow," said Durban, "is only the same thing under another name." "The best we can hope for is a mere postponement," continued Darrell. "I may secure delay from Getchikoff, but no influence can force him to do the impossible. He has no authority to make any terms or even to show mercy, while Kilziar, whom the cxar holds to be a traitor utterly beyond pardon, remains a leader of our forces or sheltered within our lines. So there's the situation. "Tomorrow will show," answered Durban, returning Darrell's gesture of farewell. Darrell spent a part of the evening in searching for Kevski and the balance in hard smoking and harder thinking. Somewhat after midnight he betook himself to bed and by the exercise of great determination went to sleep. He was awakened shortly after daybreak by a hasty summons from the princess. She was dressed in her military uniform, even to sword and dagger, but when she attempted to rise from a chair upon Darrell's entrance she fell back again, lacking the strength to stand. Behind her stood the amazon, hollow eyed, ghastly pale, the picture of despair that is too proud to be afraid. Vera looked at Darrell steadily for some seconds and then said with dire brevity: "Prince Kilziar has left Gredskov." Darrell was stunned. "Yes; in the night." "He has deserted you!" exclaimed Darrell. "It is more than I would have accused him of." "Let us do him justice," answered Vera, smiling. "He expected me to follow him. I was aroused about an hour ago by one of his most trusted officers, who was the bearer of this message, which I shall read to you. The prince was too prudent to come himself. I would have had him in the guardhouse, where his messenger now is. Listen to this: "Vera, our cause is lost. There is treachery among our soldiers. The American, Darrell, is at the head of it. He has used Russian gold to buy our officers. The force were still loyal, I would attempt to lead traitors. "Yet you and I may have a destiny as glorious as the one we had planned. There are other regions of the earth where we may use our powers and the vast wealth now in our hands. The treasure of Gredeskov is mine, and it was greater than you ever suspected. A part has already been made, and we are now the master, in gold and jewels, I take with me. We shall reach the sea, where friends of mine have already prepared for our escape, and then the world is before us. "Here follow details of the plan by which I was to overtake him under the guidance of the officer who brought me the message. The letter closes with a glowing picture of our new life together—mine and Kilziar's. We were to found an empire in Africa, if I remember rightly, and return some day to free Cirassin. I am ashamed to have given Kilziar so low an idea of my intelligence. Yet doubtless he counted upon my terror—a woman's weakness—for, my friend, this is the end of all of us. This news cannot long be kept from the troops, and then—anarchy. The Russians will overwhelm us, and the only terms will be the edge of the sword." "Vera," said Darrell, his face as white as marble, "this is a matter of minutes. I have not even time to tell you what I hope to do. Give me your authority to speak for you with the Russian commander. Durban can be trusted. We will go out under a flag of truce. Let him be ready in an hour. zave Korna and Varnek among his staff. I need all the trustworthy men that can be found. And now goodby. Remember that I was always absolutely yours; that from the first minute that I ever saw you I was as much constrained to serve you as was the heart in your body. It was a law of nature, and obedience was my only happiness. Goodby." They spoke at three yards' distance, and he did not attempt to come nearer except for one instant, when she gave him a signet ring from her finger. "This is your warrant," she said. "I know not what you will do. I am incapable of thinking. You know that I am fainting with illness. Let that be my excuse. I pray God that you may find a way to save your own life." "He that findeth his life shall lose it." whispered Darrell in English, and he turned away as Vern, stretching out her arms to him, tried to rise and then sank back into the chair, her eyes wet with sudden childish tears. She was for an instant as he remembered her in Paris at the Gordons' house that first strange night. He dared not look at her again. For the next hour Darrell sought for Kevski throughout the camp, but without result except that he heard a rumor of the man's desertion to the enemy. A woman who had known Kevski said that he had stolen out of the city early the previous evening. Darrell joined General Durban and his suit at the northern gate, and the party advanced under a flag of truce, proceeding according to the regulations agreed upon when arrangements for a conference were first made between the armies. Some distance from the tent where the previous meeting had taken place they were met by a staff officer attended by half a dozen crazy Cossack troopers. Darrell looked at those savages and thought upon the taking of Gredskov. The staff officer advanced and exchanged the customary salutations with scent courtesy. "General Getchikoff," said he, "desires me to say that unless you have come with a proposal for surrender without conditions a conference will be needless." "This seems unusual" responded Durban. "We had been given twenty-four hours to consider certain terms." "Those terms are now impossible," replied the Russian curly. "We shall resume active operations at noon." It will readily be understood what "active operations" would mean to the force in Gledskov, deserted by its most important military leader and a dozen other officers of high rank. Durban's face had a grayish pallor, but his voice was perfectly calm as he said: "We have not come to propose un- conditional surrender, but to continue negotiations of great importance to both sides." "I regret to say," responded the officer, "that all possibility of negotiations has ceased and that our attack begins at noon." "There remains, then, nothing to be done," said Durban, "except to transmit this communication to General Getchikoff." He gave the officer a sealed note written by Darrell, and at a signal one of the Cossacks came forward and "I propose the terms mentioned yesterday," said Darrell. "You are mad," retorted Getchikoff. "I will take this city without conditions." "After which glorious deed," responded Darrell, "you will return to Stavropol and later to Paris, where you will marry a beautiful widow worth many millions." "Even as you say," answered Getchikoff. "Let us see about that," retorted Darrell. "In the first place, what will table and handle all floor. "Be called that these in Paris, sul in St. Them. W. from your Paris? You with of Course he had tensed by CY took it, galloping back to the Russian took. There was a delay of perhaps a quarter of an hour, and then General Getchikoff appeared, attended only by three members of his staff. He rode to the tent of conference and, dis- mounting, stepped within. The others remained outside. Then the Cossack who had carried the note returned with his report. "General Getchikoff condescends to hear what Colonel Darrell has to communicate," said the officer. A minute later Darrell and Getchikoff were face to face in the tent alone, and the real battle of Gredskov opened with an exchange of keen and search- ing glances. CHAPTER XX ETCHIKOFF sat behind a table on which lay a revolver ready to his hand. G "I did not understand your communication," said Getchikoff, "but if you have any plea to make"— "If you had not understood what I wrote," replied Darrell, interrupting, "I should not be here. I told you that the American consul in Stavropol was fully informed as to the circumstances of my trial in that city and my presence here and that if you were anxious to avoid an international complication which would make matters exceedingly hot for you it would be well for you to hear what I had to say. I mentioned also that I had a private proposition to make regarding the surrender of Motman Khan." "I am not prepared to treat for the delivery of that prince into my hands today," answered Getchikoff. "Because you feel sure of taking him?" Getchikoff nodded. "You may not be aware," said Darrell. "that there is a secret path from Gredskov to the mountains"— The Russian interrupted him, smiling. "We know all about the secret road," he said. "It is fully guarded." "That is what I wanted to know," rejoined Darrell. "I was fairly sure of it, but it is a pleasure to hear you say so. The secret was put into your hands last evening by a man named Kevski." Getchikoff started. "Did you arrange this?" he cried. "I did not," responded Darrell. "I may have wished to do so, but as Prince Kilzlar was in a certain sense my companion in arms I refrained. It was the private hatred of so insignificant a creature as an ex-turnkey in a prison that overthrew all the shrewd schemes of Kilzlar and doubtless has cost him his life—with the Gredskov treasure, which he values almost equally. You captured the whole party, I suppose?" "We have them all," answered Getchikoff, "and the treasure." "Since the incident has occurred," said Darrell, "I intend to use it for my own purposes." "I don't know what use you can make of it," returned Getchikoff. "It is true that these men fell into our hands in the manner you mention, but how that can help you or the force in Gredskov is more than I can see." "General," interrupted Darrell, "you were prepared yesterday to make terms. You had, as I believe, the direct authorization of the Russian government to show mercy, even to promise a general amnesty under conditions very favorable to the Circassians. All you required was the surrender of certain persons and, of course, the usual laying down of arms, upon which the Circassian soldiers were to return in safety to their homes. By a singular trick of fate all the persons named by you, with one exception—the khan—have fallen into your power. You have decided, therefore, to enhance your own military glory by securing an unconditional surrender of this city. It would be an achievement for so young a general, especially because it would have been done in spite of the weather, to which, by the way, you owe much personally, since it has laid all your superiors flat on their backs in the dellirium of fever and has left you at the head of affairs. Yes, you owe much to the rain, and I bless it with equal fervor." "Why, may I ask?" Inquired Getchikoff, not without a tremor of apprehension. "Because it enables me to deal with you," said Darrell. "What authority have you to deal with anybody?" demanded Getchikoff. with anybody?" demanded Getchikoff. "Behold the signet of the khan," rejoined Darrell, displaying the ring which he had put upon the little finger of his right hand. "Taking your word that it is a valid warrant," said Getchikoff, "what then?" "I propose the terms mentioned yesterday," said Darrell. "You are mad," retorted Getchikoff. "I will take this city without conditions." "After which glorious deed," responded Darrell, "you will return to Stavropol and later to Paris, where you will marry a beautiful widow worth many millions." "Even as you say," answered Getchikoff. "Let us see about that," retorted Darrell. "In the first place, what will happen when you get to Stavropol? You will face the wrath of your father for your conduct in putting me out of the way. Oh, I am well informed about it. You worked your 'pull,' as we say in America, with the chief of the secret police, and then you organized a fake court which condemned me and left no record of its proceedings. When we get back to Stavropol, your father will not thank you for the international complications that will result from your crimes against me." "We," said Getchikoff, "will never get back to Stavropol. Only one of us is going. You will remain." And he pointed down to the ground. "You may kill me and bury me," answered Darrell, "but the American consul in Stavropol is another proposition." "My dear sir," retorted Getchikoff, "I don't believe he knows anything about it or will ever learn anything." "My excellent friend," said Darrell, "he has already learned everything. Glance at this note from him to me. I replied fully by courier, but Consul Lingard will not proceed upon the information until my return." Getchikoff read the consul's note, and he snapped his jaws together like an angry boar. "I will take my chances," he said at hast. "Perhaps you do not fully comprehend," said Darrell gently. "Your troubles will also include a charge of forgery." Getchikoff laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword. "Be calm," said Darrell. "Let us reason upon the matter and see exactly how you stand." Your private affairs are at this moment of far more consequence than the strength of these contending armies. I have had considerable time since we parted to meditate upon your case, for one has much leisure in prison. I have decided that you are a thoroughly selfish man; that your chief terror is your father; that your chief desire is to quit the army, Stavropol, everything of your old life, and live in wealth and luxury in Paris. Your marriage will make that possible. Am I right in these matters?" "I shall do the things you name," answered Getchikoff, "and a dead man buried in the Caucasus mountains will not prevent me." "You are what we call in America a bluffer," said Darrell. "At this present moment you are shaking in your boots, and the cause is that one word 'forgery.' Oh, I have reasoned this thing all out. Who tore up the document found beside the body of Ladislov in Paris? Ladislov himself; the thing is certain. Why did he attempt to destroy it? My friend Gordon answers the question from Paris. Here is a copy of the telegram." And he gave it to Getchikoff, whose brow dripped as he read. "That was a warrant for the Princess Vern Shevaloff," continued Darrell. "It was the sort of document that is sometimes furnished in blank to certain officials, including the governor generals of provinces. It bore the czar's name and was apparently countersigned by your father. Of course such documents possess no validity as warrants outside of Russian dominions, but creatures like Ladislov, the spy, occasionally have to exhibit them when making kidnapping arrests that are winked at by the police of continental cities, and in any case the warrants have to be shown when the prisoners reach the Russian frontier. "My friend Gordon telegraphs that the document is a forgery. He means that your father's countersign as governor general of Stavropol, the province to which the prisoner was to be taken, was forged. The sign manual of the czar was undoubtedly genuine. You observe that my friend says so. Who, then, filled in this document fraudulently and signed your father's name?" "I don't know!" exclaimed Getchikoff, with a dry throat. "You cannot prove that I did it." "My dear general, you were seen to do it" answered Darrell. "You filled that document out in the French cafe the day I refused to lend you my pen. Gordon knows it and has his witnesses," he continued, making his story the stronger as he saw the other's terror increase. "Let us be just to you. You were drunk when you did it—carefully intoxicated to the right point by your good friend, Captain Ladislov. We will consider Ladislov for a moment. He was in the pay of the Gorski family, who are Stavropol people, and they desired revenge upon the Princess Vera for the death of their relative. In some way they contrived to have this blank warrant abstracted from your father's papers and sent to Ladislov. There is no other possible method of accounting for his possession and use of it. Your father, believing that the Getchikoffs had injured Vera's family enough, had refused to ald in her capture"— "You can't know all these things!" exclaimed Getchikoff. "Why, man, you told me that yourself," rejoined Darrell. "You mentioned your father's sentiments to me while we were riding down from Paris to Stavropol—while you were plotting to have me suppressed on my arrival—and it was the only sincere thing you said to me. He was away from the city during these events, which made matters easier. But let us return to Ladislov. You were the man who could forge your father's hand. If you should do it, Ladislov figured that your father, should it be impossible to keep Vera's arrest from his knowledge, would not dare to punish those concerned in it because you were the chief sinner. It is no small thing, my friend, to tamper with a document bearing the exam's signature. It bars you, for your life's sake, from Stavropol. You have said that only one of us can return. You are not the one!" Gotchikoff reached out his hand for a gotchikoff of water that stood on the table and in chasing it broke off the handle and upset the vessel upon the floor. "Be calm," said Darsell. "Remember that these facts are known to Gordon in Paris and most of them to our consul in Stavropol. I alone can suppress them. Well, we have now barred you from your native land. How about Paris? Gordon says Ladislov helped you with your matrimonial venture. Of course he did; he had to win you. He had the usual wide knowledge possessed by foreign spies. It was comparatively easy to find a rich woman who would marry so presentable a man as yourself, and he knew that a rich wife was what you wanted—a rich Parisian. "Now, what became of Ladislov? He was killed. By whom? By the owner of a revolver which I sent from a station in France to Gordon in Paris, a revolver which I abstracted from your traveling bag, Getchikoff. I was playing detective and playing the game hard. Did you miss the weapon?" "I did," answered Getchikoff, with rage, "but I did not suspect you were a thief." "In the matter of suspicion I seem to have had an advantage," said Darrell, "for I did suspect that you were a murderer." "I am not!" exclaimed Getchikoff, with sudden earnestness and sincerity. Darrell stepped close up to him and spoke in a low tone. "I am perfectly well aware of it," he said. "You were in that cab with the princess, helping Ladislov in his infamous trick. When I threw Ladislov down from the box, you jumped out of the door. You slipped and fell. Lying on the sidewalk, you drew a revolver and fired at me. Ladislov sprang up at that moment, and the bullet struck him in the back, but he was too much excited to suspect that he had sustained a serious injury. You both pursed the cab, but became separated. Ladislov fell dying from internal bleeding and in his last conscious moments attempted to destroy that forged warrant." "You do me only justice," said, Getchikoff boarsely. "The thing was an accident. I did not even fire at you. The weapon went off in my hands as I drew it for protection." "I am a just man," said Darrell, "but I can't answer for my friend Gordon. It lies in my mind that he is not so just as I am; that in case any harm comes to me he will publish you in Paris and before the world as a cold blooded murderer. Why, the case is clear. Ladislov had aided your matrimonial schemes; you had paid him with this forgery. He had you in his power. What more natural than that you should wish him dead? It is the common motive. And now answer me. Can you return to Paris? Can you return to Stavrope? Not without my permission, General Getchikoff." There was a long pause. "I understand," said Getchikoff suddenly, "that you are able to deliver up the khan in addition to the prisoners I now hold. It could be represented that the strategy by which the others were caught was a part of the terms of surrender. Darrell, I will sign those terms, and every person in that town shall be guaranteed safety, every soldier in the army shall be paroled if you will give messatisfactory pledges that neither you nor your friend will do me an injury. But I must have Motman Khan." "Behold him!" said Darrell. "You!" exclaimed Getchikoff. "Myself," answered Darrell. Getchikoff put his hand to his forehead. "Then it is true," be said slowly, "as some of our spies have reported, that the Princess Vera has played this masquerade. There is no one else for whom you would thus risk your life. But it can't be done; it positively cannot be done. I dare not take you back to Stavropol as Motman Khan." "Getchkoff," said Darrell, with deadly tissue, "take your choice. Your A A sudden spasm of pain swept across the Russian's face. From that instant Darrell felt secure. "When you wished my name to be Sergius Bilowski, Bilowski it was," he continued. "It is my turn now to pick an alias for myself." "Rather than carry you back to Stavropol under that name," whispered Getchiklof, leaning across the table, his face livid, "I will give you a chance to break out of Gredskov and escape--you and the princess and a part of the force. I will so weaken our lines in a place which you shall know of that you cannot fail to pierce them. Only give me pledges"— Darrell checked him with a gesture. For a single instant his brain swam with visions. He knew in what light he would appear to Vera after such a feat—what fair reward she had offered Kilzlar if he would save the army of Circassia. "The Princess Vera"—Getchikoff began, as if he had read the other's mind. "I will not ride to my desire," said Darrell. "upon the back of a spurious military glory nor over the bodies of some hundreds of the troops of both armies. Your infamous plan means murder, and I will not bear it. I want to see this foolish fighting end. Your answer" he added impatiently, striking the table with his fist. "Your an- Getchikoff's throat was so parched with excitement that he could scarcely speak. "You win!" he said, and, crossing unsteadily to the door, he called out the order: "Invite the Circassian general and his staff to advance." TEMPERANCE A TEMPERANCE FANATIC. Story of the Heart-Reminding Experience Which Made One Woman a Relentless Enemy of Saloons. I have just returned from the most remarkable temperance meeting I ever attended. I have just listened to the most remarkable temperance address ever delivered. The speaker was a woman that I knew five years and more ago as a frail, diffident creature, but with a lofty spirit and passionate earnestness. In fact, it was just five years ago to-night that I sat with her in her modest sitting-room in East Lynn, when the great tragedy of her life reached its climax. That was before she was known as Mrs. Wentworth, the Temperance Fanatic. That was before she moved strong men at will by her peerless logic and her wonderfully sad-sweet voice. I remember well the scene in her sitting-room that early autumn evening. Two beautiful children, a boy and a girl, clung to her side as she sat in her low willow rocker and entertained me with her bright talk while a happy light played on her face. She had married young at—twenty-Jack Wentworth, a free-hearted, careless fellow, two years older. Somehow she never discovered until after they were married that Jack was fond of his glass occasionally; and when she did discover it, though it gave her a little pang of regret she set about bravely to remedy the matter, with never a fear but what she could keep her young husband from his growing habit. But, like many another woman, she failed. Jack did not care, as he once did, to do a thing simply because it pleased her; he wanted his own way now, and he had it. The coming of the two babies stayed his downward course for a time, but he was soon drinking harder them ever. The little home, once so happy, showed traces of the pinching fingers of poverty. Often there was very little to eat, and in the cold days of winter sometimes no fuel for the kitchen stove. Poor Jack was drinking heavily. He never was really brutal to his family, but he seldom came home sober, and often in a surly mood. But the poor man was not the only one to blame. He had inherited a weak will, and he was sorely tempted and as sorely fell. But one night there came a change, and Jack came home sober. He had been to a new place. About nine o'clock, as he was going up Union street, he heard singing in the St. Paul's Methodist church, and staggered up to the door. An evangelist was holding a special meeting. The sermon was over, and the congregation was singing a hymn. As Jack reached the door he heard them sing: "Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot. To These whose blood can cleanse each spot O Lamb of God, I come, I come!" Up in front the evangelist and the pastor were urging the Gospel invitation without apparent success. "If you're a sinner and need a Savior, Jesus Christ can save you tonight. Will you come?" pleaded the evangelist. "I'll come!" shouted Jack, and marched down the aisle to the platform. There was a buzz and a rustle all over the church. Some thoughtless girls giggled, and an old Pharisee frowned, but the men of God on the platform climbed down to meet the prodigal. "Could He save me, mister?" asked Jack, in a saner tone and manner. "Do you think He could save me, sure?" "Sure," said the evangelist. He came into the world to seek and save the lost." "That's me, I guess," said Jack. "I want Him to save me if He can do it right off now. I can't wait. I'm in a hurry. I've got to get home." The evangelist laid one arm across the poor fellow's shoulder and spoke to him earnestly in a low tone. In a moment or two they were kneeling side by side, and one was pouring out his heart to God for his wayward brother, and Jack, himself, was sober enough to sob like a child and to call on God for mercy. That was the beginning of a new life. He went into church that night pitifully drunk, but he came out sober, and with a strength and a will beyond, his own he persevered until there was sunshine again in the little home, and Annie and the children had a husband and a father worthy of the name. A few months after his conversion the "no-license" vote of the previous December went into effect, and for once in Lynn the law was pretty well enforced. There were no really open saloons, and so no flaring temptations. Under the circumstances Jack found it easier to resist his old appetite, which, even now, occasionally asserted itself. But the city liked so well no open saloons that she voted "no" for two more years. In an evil day, however, the city elected a mayor about whose temperance convictions very little was known, and under his administration and that of his appointee, the city marshal, rum was sold freely and almost openly. This disfigured the voters, and the old, foolish, wicked cry, "If it's going to be sold anyway, let's have the license money," was raised and carried the day. 3 "As I hear your piano very frequently, Mrs. Fortissimo, I suppose that you are up on musical matters?" "Certainly, Mr. Crusty." "Then do you know who was playing when the poet wrote, 'Music hath charms'?" "I do not; but why?" "Well, if you can find out I wish that you would invite that musician to play on your plano."—N. Y. Horald. A Great Bargain Mrs. Winks—A peddler was here today, and I got the greatest bargain—a whole pound of insect powder for only ten cents. It looks just like dirt, but it's awfully effective. I tried it. Mr. Winks—Worked, eh? Mrs. Winks—Yes, indeed. The peddler said I should put a little in water and apply it boiling hot, and I did, and it killed every insect it touched.—N. Y. Weekly. Consistently Morose. "So you won a bet on a borse race!" "Yes," answered the man who refuses to cheer up. "I suppose you are at last willing to admit that you can be lucky." "Not at all. I merely struck an occasion where the other people concerned were greeter Jonahs than I am; that's all."—Washington Star. A. Fit Subject Mrs. De Jarr—Is there an idiot- asylum near here? Mr. De Jarr—I believe so. "Do they take people on their own recommendation?" "My stars! How should I know? Why?" "Oh, nothing, only to-day I got hold of a package of my old love letters." —M. Y. Weekly. His Specialty. "I heard you tell a man the other day," observed the caller, "that a confirmed bunion was practically incurable. Yet you are working away at mine as if you expected to cure it." "I'm trying to make a corn of it, explained the chirospidot. "I can knock out any corn that ever happened." -Chicago Tribune. The Age of Realism. Mabel—In old-fashioned novels the hero and heroine married in the last chapter and lived happily ever afterward. Marion—They write more naturally nowadays. The hero and heroine marry in the first chapter and live unhappily afterward—Town Topics. A Hard Task. "He is the most sanguine man I ever knew. He actually undertook to teach a girl to love him because she said she might learn." "Other men have tried it and succeeded." "Yes, but this fellow tried to teach her by mail."—Brooklyn Life. Observing Child "Where does the electricity come from that lights our houses?" asked the teacher. "It comes from the wall," answered the little girl who resided in an apartment house. "The janitor goes and unbuttons it"—Chicago Tribune. The Wish Echord. "I would like something with check in it," said the slow-paying customer to the tailor. "So would I," replied the tailor, coldly, with an unmistakable meaning in the words.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Sensible Division. Life must hold both joy and sorrow. Smile to-day and smile to-morrow; Let the future all be gay. Leave the yesterday. —Washington Star. He—You haven't changed any since last summer. She—I've changed my name. He—Married? She—No; divorced—Louisville Corrier Journal. At a Fashionable Resort. "May I go bathing, mamma, dear?" I ask, my darling daughter; Put on your buckling suit, But don't go near the water." —Chicago Daily News. Adam's Mistake Freddie-Popper, what does it mean by Adam's one fatal slip? Freddie's Popper—Not hanging on to that rib, I guess.—N. Y. Times. Life Full of Disappointments. "All things come to him who waits." "Yes; and when they come he finds that they weren't worth waiting for." —Brooklyn Life. He—Would your mother let you go to the theater, without a chaperone? She—Not unless I was engaged—Town and Country. "I'm so certain that I'm right," she said, "that I'll bet you a kiss." "Against what?" he asked. "Against another kiss, of course," she answered. He was thoughtful for a moment. "That settles it," he said at last. "I've found a gambling game that permits both parties to win. Let's double that stake." "Chicago Post." HE PLANET TEMPERANCE THE CAN AND THE CANNON. An Incident of the Civil War-Commodore Foote Delivers Short But Powerful Temperance Sermon. At a farewell banquet given to a company of our soldier boys just before they left to fight in the Philippines this true incident was related by a veteran of the civil war, says a writer in the Christian Endeavor World. "In 1862, when Commodore Foots with his gunboat feet was on the Tennessee, I had in charge the provisioning of one of the boats, and it was my duty to see that necessary supplies were constantly on hand. "At that time it was the general belief that the man behind the gun could not be expected to go successfully into a sea fight unless he had plenty of whisky to keep his courage up. So twice a day every seaman in the service received a regular whisky ration, furnished by the United States government. On our boat were 200 navy jackets, who every morning at 11 and every afternoon at five would line up on deck while the allowance was dealt out. The Miquor stood in a huge tin can, and beside the can was a wooden frame in which were set 20 little measures called 'tots.' Each tot contained about three swallows. As the men filled slowly past the can, the tots were filled with a dipper, and each man drank his share. "One noon our whisky gave out. More was ordered; but the time IT MEANS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION." came for the evening ration, and still the expected supply had failed to arrive. This was trouble. The boys had been known to take short rations of beans and bacon without grumbling, but to do without whisky was another thing. 'Row over to the flagship and borrow whisky enough for the evening ration,' was the order given me. So with our great tin can in the stern of our boat and four men to row, I started for the the commodore's vessel, the Black Hawk. "As we came alongside her in the dusk, she loomed up high above our heads; and, glancing up, we found ourselves directly under the savage muzzle of a monster cannon. The load of whisky was readily granted, and soon our can was filled and lowered carefully into the boat. As I dropped to my place and gave the order to pull away, from the deck of the Black Hawk, high overhead came a voice: 'Young man!' "I looked up. There, gazing down at me, with rebukes in his eyes, stood the commodore of the fleet, Commodore Foote. I saluted. "'Young man, what have you got in that can?' "Whisky, sir.' "I thought so; then, after a pause: 'Young man!' "I saluted again. "Look up here.' I looked. "What does that cannon mean?" "Now this questioning made me decidedly uncomfortable, and I scarcely knew how to reply; but those eyes demanded an answer. It means death and destruction, air," I ventured. "He bent down over the guard rail, and stretched out one forefinger toward the can in my boat as if he were taking aim at it; while with the other he painted to the cannon's mouth directly over my head. Young man, this cannon here does mean death and destruction. It discharges a shot that weighs 64 pounds. Yet you, in that can of whisky there, are carrying more death and destruction to our own soldier boys than this big gun will ever carry to anybody." "I waited. That's all, all." "I waited. That's all," said the commodore; "remember it." "I saluted again, and we rowed away. But I remembered it. I was only a boy then, but many a time in the years that followed I remembered the true words our commodore spoke that day. For I saw soores of our boys--young, strong and splendid fellows they were, clean in heart and life when they marched away to war--I saw them come home, untouched by ball or bullet, yet so scarred in soul and cursed in character that their after lives were more sorrowful than were the early deaths of their young comrades who died on the battlefield. Many of these had taken their first taste of liquor from the tote furunlashed and Allied by our government. "It was a fearful wrong that this danger should constantly be thrust upon our young soldiers by the government they risked their lives to save. This wrong, Commodore Foote set himself to attack, for he was a moral hero as well as a hero of war. In 1882 his efforts and the efforts of other brave souls prevailed, and the national congress abolished the whisky ration in the United States navy. "Some dangers no true soldier ever tries to escape. You will face the fighting bravely, I know, and the fever, too, if you must, and, if death will meet death as a soldier should. You will never falter in the face of the cannon. Yet one danger you will meet, that you may well dread and avoid. The danger that lies in the canon and the canteen—to sham this is not cowardice, but rather courage, moral courage, and moral courage is a more splendid quality in any man than is even that soldierly courage which is the record of the American soldier." ARSENIC IN BEER. Discovery in England Shows Tibbidi ahol In Very Serious and Obscure Source of Disease. A remarkable revelation of the most serious injuries occurring in beer-drinkers has come to light in the neighborhood of Manchester, England, in the past two years. As far back as 1884 attention was called to the numerous cases of alcoholic paralysis in this vicinity. A few years after a noted expert described similar cases which seemed to be very numerous in that section. From that time on these peculiar cases have increased, until last year an examination was made and it was found that in the neighborhood of Manchester and the mill districts about, alcoholic paralysis was almost an epidemic. Three hundred cases were noticed at Manchester, and nearly five per cent. of all the cases seen in the hospitals in this region, and extending to Liverpool, and even to London, showed this kind of palsy. A careful inquiry revealed the fact that nearly all these victims were beer-drinkers. An analysis of the beer showed the presence of arsenic in sufficient quantity to account for this peculiar palsy. Experts visited breweries and obtained specimens of beer, finding arsenic in nearly every instance. More careful examination showed that sulphuric acid entered into the manufacture of glucose used in the beer. This acid was made from iron pyrites, and contained quantities of arsenic. It was used on account of its cheapness, and in large quantities by many of the leading brewers. The symptoms following corresponded to arsenic poisoning, and many of the causes died. Others suffered from palsies and diseases of the nervous system which practically incapacitated them for all work in the future. It was found that a large number of brewers used in their beer this cheap glucose containing arsenic, and while the quantity was very small the accumulated effect in persons who drank large quantities of beer was apparent in very serious and obscure diseases of the nerves of motion. Over 500 cases have been noted, and this probably does not include more than a small part of the actual number. Parliament appointed a royal commission on arsenical poisoning in beer, and evidence is now being taken. Of course, the brewers were ignorant of the injury which followed from their beer, and were anxious to assist all efforts to find out the cause and to remove it. Other sections of England have become alarmed, and a very general inquiry is being made as to the cause of this new disease wherever it is not noticed. It is found that alcohol is responsible for a great many of these palsies. The forms of paralysis, from both alcohol and beer, called neurites, are the same, and are inflammations of the nerves of the extremities. A great deal of interest has been created in England, and it is confidently asserted that the disease is dus largely to beer poisoned with arsenic, alcohol and mineral waters where carbonic acid is used to make them effervescing. This disease is well known in this country, but is not very common. Whether the brewers use glucoose prepared from sulphuric acid containing arsenic is not known, but neurites, or pales of the extremities, among beer and alcohol drinkers, can be found in many sections. The common term describing these cases is "theneumatism." Persons who have used beer and spirits to excess call these nerve defects "theneumatic." It is probable that long before these nerve diseases appear the disorders of the brain occur which attract attention, and the other symptoms are supposed to follow. In reality the breaking down of the brain is the result of the obscure inflammation of the nerves rather than otherwise. The stiffness of the lower extremities and difficulty of walking noticed among inebriates is no doubt a very common symptom of this distinct affection, which may not go on to extreme stages. The conclusion from this very startling discovery is evident, that alcohol in any form is a very serious and obscure source of disease, and that in the future we shall be able to trace many diseases to this source that are now unrecognized. Beer used in large quantities and continuously is a very serious destructive agent, not in its intimate effects but in its cumulative action. Beer drinking in England has received a very severe blow with this revelation, and it is to be hoped that its influences may extend to this country and break up much of the fascination which this drink has in the mind of many persons who do not use strong spirits.—T. D. Crothers, in Union Signal. He who cannot rule his own appetite is unfited to run his neighbor's affairs—Ram's Horn. NONDRINKERS BEST FIGHTERS What the Boer War Has Shown as to Effect of Spiritual Drinks on the Battlefield. It is known that the aturdy president of the Transvaal republic, Kru A THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA gef, is a total abstainer, and that in his country many effective measures have been taken for the suppression of alcoholism. In the present war with England, the use of alcohol has been prohibited by the Boers, and the significance of this fact has been discussed by one of the nonabstinent partakers of the campaign Fr. van Stratenen, in an article sent from Lorenzo Marques to the Deutente Warte. He says that people in Europe are generally of the opinion that before a battle the soldier must have his brandy, that it gives him courage, warms his stomach, increases his power of resistance and endurance of fatigue, and makes him oblivious of danger and hunger. In the Boer army the drinking of brandy was forbidden, and the introduction of spiritous liquors into the camp was prevented as much as possible. "From these regulations," he says, "we have obtained the best results. In all weather our people have sat in the saddle and traveled hundreds of miles with scarcely the loss of a single man. There were no uniforms manufactured according to the teaching of hygiene. Everyone went clothed just as he would about his work in time of peace. Many had not even one warm cloak, and yet we endured the fiery heat of the African day and the following piercing cold of the night without injury to health. We were often for months under no roof, and in no bed, but no 'stomach warmer' was ever handed out. "I have during the campaign asked various physicians their opinion on this point. They are almost universally of the opinion that the wonderful power of endurance of the Boer army has in great part been due to their total abstinence from spirituous drinks. Men say that brandy makes privation more endurable. No word of that is true. It is also a fable that when one takes spirituous drinks it relieves fatigue. All that is true is that the drinker does not measure the extent of the danger, and on that account disdains it, even if he is cowardly by nature. In earlier times when the method of fighting was to run down the antagonist by a wild dash, alcohol probably had its effect. But modern scientific warfare has other features to reckon with. The intoxicated madman who might rush over the field in vehement charges would be shot collectively and individually under the quick fire of the repelling gun. But now tranquillity, cold-blooded deliberation, iron endurance, a steady hand, a clear eye, a quick decision, are the qualifications the warrior of the present day must possess in order to make the rifle in his hand his formidable weapon. To remain hour after hour undercover, and coolly, with the sharp-shooter's eye, wait the cautious approach of the enemy, or, in attack, to scan with falcon's eye every stone, every rise of ground, every molehill in order, if possible, to come upon the enemy unperceived—that is business which requires actual courage, but not that drunken tumbling into danger with which one whose brain is clouded by the use of alcohol enters into a battle. The thing is not to underestimate danger, but to recognize it, by foresight to diminish it, and, if that is not possible, to meet it coolly. "How far the hygienic experience which we have gained by the prohibition of spirituous drinks in this war will prove correct for non-African conditions is difficult to decide at this point. Personally I think that general conclusions may very certainly be drawn from the facts here given, and will only add that the auxiliary European troops which are accustomed at home to the use of spirituous drinks have done very well with tea and coffee. Their condition of health was also entirely satisfactory, although many in this war became accustomed for the first time to the African climate, and most of them knew only by heresay of the fatiguing hunter's life of the subtropical campaign. "Conversely, it very frequently happens where troops and officers defy all measures of prudence and break into stores of brandy or wine that great injury follows"—Berlin Educational Transcript. NEWS AND COMMENT. As an evidence that drunkenness is disgraceful, we call your attention to the fact that every drunkard tries to lie out of it.—Washington (Ia.) Democrat. A French physician, Dr. Bourneville, reports that among 2,072 boys and 483 girls suffering from idocy, imbecility and various paralyses, there were 40 per cent in whose cases alcoholism in one of the parents or both was found. When the lofty chimney of a distillery was being flushed an observer said: "How many persons would be killed if that chimney were to fall?" Whereupon a bystander replied, with bitter truthfulness: "It will kill many more if it stand!"—National Advocate. At the recent session of the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars, at Syracuse, N. Y., the report of the prohibitory committee indorsed the abolition of the army canteen, and the juvenile templar committee recommended that among the qualifications of grand lodge lecturers freedom from the use of tobacco, profanity and gambling be required. The young queen of Holland is a total abstainer and ostentatiously refuses on all public occasions to take wine. 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Wag es from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Transportation furnished. Also 50 Fairs hands for Maryland. R. W. ELSON, 417 E. Broad St. Eichmond, Va. 6 naa + Easter tem Sa Te Aaa aes Eas vie BS ae pee SOL Reem me os a SATURDAY , AUGUST 2, 1903 eS NE 8a CUhEe Mivslied te the house now, and silent the ieee aicaeeaee eich te te mactceragi ee ee re erty oe a Lullaby, ladétet Whe stars and the moon are on guard In the ‘The maimed woolen dog lies at rest on the ‘Where the Noah's ark travelers are soat- ct ‘Whe train is derailed and wreeked there Sere es ae SS cere sing et a Bomsaiz Maze for eter phere et em eas iirene eee [pee ofthe Ene By JOHN H, RAFTERY. T'S queer how some of these bright- | est, best college fellows fail to * when the real struggle begins. Take Ingham, for instance, hewnsthe star of every year from freshman to Graduating, a football hero and a man among the many men of his year. And yet when he left college ‘end started in Yon his own hook,” se to ee he dida’t seem to be appre- ciated. His mother said he was teo modest; his father said he was a @reamer, and Mary Frans, who had worshiped him at school, said: “Give him time; he's bit slow, but he'll got thers.” 7 Bhe went to Chicago to study music the same week that.saw Ingham in- Stalled as a clerk in the Bank of Cres- ton. A clerkship in a country bank isn’t calculated to emblazon the Genius of any man, but the job looked alluring to Ingham, who was poor, ‘and he took it because he loved his mother and wanted to nurture her in her old age. He wrote queer, ram- Dling letters to Marie every ‘week, and in answer got words of cheer, ee and encouragement. She told that Chicago was the “place,” and that helf the successful men might go to school to him with proft. } When Ingham’s mother died he had ‘a few hundred dollars saved up and the funeral expenses left him enough to pay his way to the city. It took him three weeks to find employment, and then he was a bit ashamed of hit Position. Bill clerk in a soap fac ory is pot the situation calculated to ‘Unrill the vanity of a college gradu- fate, but Ingham could have borne his ; | Hecke) Acne cn | ts) C2! Se, ie€ NGG BY tai 2 ia Bs = AN a IE a ie teat es ) Z ee | ess ie ~vibe: we ex GhEdy enters humiliation better if a visit to Marke had not been a necessity of his life He concealed from her the tact of his presence until he had found work, and then, with a swelling heart and a sense of his degradation, he called at her address in Weodlawn. “What are you going to do—Joe?™ she asked. “I don’t know exactly,” be said, flushing with the memory of his soap factory. “You know, Miss Franz, ese “Miss Franz!” she ejaculated; since When, pray? Here I am calling you Joe and you come back with ‘Mise Franz.’ Now, don't do that, Joe.” “Well, then, Marie," he resumed, the pallor of hops whitening his good face; “well, you now I haven't much choice. It’s a case of work with ma I haven't a sou, you know, and what- ever I do—at first, anyway—must be for the money there is'in it. I've got @ place—” “Good for you," she laughed. “Good boy. And you just came. I told you it was only a question of nerve.” “T think I have that,” he was say ing, but she rattled ahead. “Look at Charley Hughes. He's here, already a rising—some say a brilliant—young lawyer. Why, you always excelled him at college, didn’t you, Joe? _ Of course, he’s a lovely fellow— (Ingham winced again) and I like him ever so much, but the point is, he's no smarter than you, is he?” “Why, I didnt know Hughes was bese,” sald the digident Joe, his gorge rising at the thought that per- haps Marie had seen so much of his old classmate that her interest in himself was xecondary; ‘do you seo much of him?" MS Mrs. Wentworth had a secret dread of the first day of May when the saloens were to be opened, but she said nothing and kept up a stout heart. But Jack never wavered. He stood by bis guns like a good sol- dier, and so the spring. slipped into summer, and summer into autumn, and love and reason were still upan the throne. As I sat with the mother in the cozy little sitting-room that night and saw the two lovely children, happy and well-cared for, at her knee, I realized, as never before, how much oiterence it made to have the father sober and industrious, | “I have almost forgotten what fear is," she said, with a happy light in her | oyes. “Iused to worry'a great deal at | first, and especially last May when the saloons were opened again, If men outa enly know how some other men are tempted by an open saloon, no | amount of meney would bire them to vote ‘yes.’ | ‘The twolittle heads at her knee were drowsy with sleep, and the mother put them to bed, returning presently to finish our conversation, “Jaek is the best of husbands,” she went on. “He seems to be trying to atone for those few years of unhap- piness he gave me. But I forgave him long ago. 1 love him too well”—she paused with a sudden start, and a look of fright swept over her face. Some one was coming up the statrs with the shuffling, uncertain, diundering of a drunken man. My heart stood still as Mrs, Wentworth went to the door and opened it with feverish terror. “My | God! my God! It's my Jack! It’s my | Jack! © Jack! Jack! Jack! What. shall Ide? My God! what shallI do?” ‘The next day I learned the whole story. Some fiend in human shepe had induced him to just taste the quality of a little flask of French brandy. He yielded. Like a ronring and ravenous wild beast, the old appetite aroused it~ self and insisted on being gratified, and before ten o'clock thet night Jack Wentworth was drunk pq ever he had been. Most of the next dey he lay in 0 @runken stupor, but toward night, when nearly sobered, he aroused him- self and sneaked out of the back door. He was fearfully humiliated, He dered not leok his sweet wife in the face; he dared not ask forgiveness, though he knew it might be had for the asking, and even without it; but while he bung his head in shame the old appetite clamored for appéasal. Again it was his master; aguin be yielded, and egain he came along home drunk. ¥ As he went in at the door bis little girl ren screaming from his presence. Angered by her fear of him, he ran a 8) i rete Wi Ly) {At — PL, “SAY, WHATS THE MATTER HERE ‘after her and caught her just as he reached the head of the stairs, but staggered uncertainly and father and child fell with a deafening crash to the hall below. The father rose to his feet sobered in en instant, but his child lay motionless o pitiful little white heap before him, The mother had heard the noise from her work in the kitchen and in an instant was kneeling beside, her little girl calling on her to speak and on God for merey. She looked up into the face of her husband with dry eyes, too crushed to weep. “You have killed ber!" she eakd, very slowly, as one dazed and unconseious of what she was saying. “You have killed my darl- ing!" And picking the little one up in her arms she hurried to the adjoining bedroom and laid her on the bed. Them throwing herself down, beside her child, she wept. It was all too true, Nevermore the little feet would run on love's errands, nor the merry voice make sweet music. ‘The feet were quiet forever, and the | music of her voice wav quiet in death, For a moment the father stood sto- pefied, then going to the old secretary in the sitting-room he took from the bottom drawer « revolver that had not been used for years. Examining it carefully to see if it wae loaded, he put the house. ‘The next morning, as the the house. The next morning, as he milkman was coming into town, he found the body of Jack Wentworth ly- ing fn aclump of bushes on the Salem voad with a bullet-hole in his temple. For three years after that I heard nothing of Mrs. Wentworth. 6he moved away froma Lynn, and I lost all trace of her until six months or more ago I began to hear of a wonderful Wwomsa temperance agitator, who car- ried bee listeners by storm, and wae makings mighty revival of “no license” throug® many Massachusetts com- munities. To-night I heve heard her for the first time. Her power is past all belief. No wonder that men are curious to know the seeret of her tm tensity and the passionate fervor of her eloquence; bat ahe keeps her se- cret well. Never, in any of her public ttorances bag she spoken ofthe eel past that has driven her out fnto thie pubMe work, diffldent anid timid though she still ie; ‘but I know, and I do not wonder. God bless her with more mouest<itacle Snaee. A Bit of Advice. He-—I gave Jones a bt of advice I told him that before be married hi girl he should look her mother over She—Well, what happened? He—Jonee mafried the mother.— Chicago American, ™ THE RICHMOND EL AMET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA. His Impression. . noo SPS Kheve often wondered aol 2 II OI if I should find a burglar in the > ARYA se Ale yuse,” seid Mr. Meekton'e wile “Tg en't think I'd faint.” S ‘ “No,” answered Leonidas, ‘Tem / sure your presence of mind would not 6 Severt you. And it youcan remember some of those talks you rehearse to me, I don't know what mighta't hap- gen to the burglar."—Washington Star e j eee fe ee reas “Charley, dear,” said young Mra. Torkins, “I did just what you told me to.” “You mean about economizing?” “Yes. Instead of buying sifloia steak, I bought a porterhouse. It Isn't nearly so large, you know."— Washington Star. A Summer Expertence. The earth fs clad in aplendid greens Its‘ garb delights our souls ‘Til uke a moth the tocust comes ‘And eats it full of bolos Washington Star. NASTY ONE FON DADDY, Ca By _ ae ce => / it 5 up we I AP KT SSP wy SON ts ¥ Ail = NN i Hh aa ae I awl. 3 RS TE | ‘The Aunt—The little darling! He's Just exactly like his father, too. | ‘The Mother—Yes, indeed! Sp fond of his bottle —Ally Sloper. | pe te area Chureb—I see that Texan bes called bie new of] well “The Senator." Won- Ger why be gave # that name? (Gotham Deoetuse tle euch « “epout- es," I supposo—Yonkere Stateaman, A Husband's Eplgram, She—How many mon owe their uo cesein life to their wires? He—And how many more men owe their wives to their success in Iife}— N'Y. Wonka. elon Sms tel eee _Gtles—How is your son, th’ builder, gittin’ slong? Esra—Well, he would do fust rate ef be only bad more patience. Silas—So would my son, the doo- ‘tor—Qiicago American. & stad tm Point, Bill—Do you know ft spoil cigar to let tt gqout? 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Give mea Shek wa A Gilt Rc ah A Ae SNR aS Ve . sa as TURDAY, AUG. 2 ~ 1908 THE ire ‘ge to the man who, fettered, far away, hear thees wolces snd tay tot obey: fear the Diner whisper and’ the: clear streams say” ome back to Us, ox the free mountats es thy, heart tq there let thy feet bide” ‘Never may he, a slave to duty, reap Aour content who hearm In waking sleep, The ruffed grouse drumming in the shad- owe dep: ‘The leap of trout; and hearing may not go Back to the hills that have bewitebed ‘dim 0. Never may he, though lover true and tried, Bs wre of perfect peace Dealde bis bride Who. eaiches tn ba love's even opened i. ‘The oe of some wellioved, remembered doa ‘That lien deep-hidden tn the forest cool. Woe to the man, who walled all about, ‘May hear these voices calling from with- out: Hear the pines singing and the torrents oats Recon to Us, on the wild moustatn sides ‘Where thy heart is, there let thy feet buon" Soren Gaia. A NATURAL-BORN KICKER 'HE man who aMeges that he be- longs over toward Pochuck came swinging in apparently _ heavily charged with news of late Pochuck happenings and so eager to unload them that he did not pause even long cenough on the tavern threshold to stamp the mud off his boots. He flopped down on a chair and ‘opened his mouth to enter into de- tails at once. Baldy, the landlord, ‘was in lively discussion on the sub- ject of hoss with Farmer Bill Leon- ard, who lives opposite Goose Pond mountain, but breaking away from ft suddenly, he said, after first re- marking quite loud to Terry, the Scotch-Irish terrier, that if he didn't get out he'd step all over him: “Lsuppose that old Charles P. Tar rington, who lives over back of Hope- well Junction, was the ding-bumble- gusted kicker and complainer, and ‘the most unappreciative and un- grateful follow-citizen that ever grabbed stumps.” Farmer Bill Leonard pushed his shair back and looked surprised and ‘uneasy. The messenger — from Pochuck sat with his mouth still open, but unrelieved of a word of ‘the news it was surely stocked with, and stared at the landlord, who seratched a match on his trousers leg, relit his cigar butt, and salde “Yes, yes. Most amazing and per- sistent kicker and complatner was old Charles P. Barrington. Ungrate- ful and unappreciative, too. “See how, it was the time his wife was sick. Everybody liked Mrs. Charles P. Barrington. She was the nicest, dearest old lady you ever saw. She pined for trout. “Tt was in the early spring. There was snow on the ground yet, and the erecks were bank high and had ice on ‘em. It was worth any one's life, almost. to go out and even try to get trout. But a couple of us young chaps made up our minds that dear old Mrs. Charles P. Barrington should have the trout she pined for, no matter what happened, and we went out to get ‘em. “I won't tell you how we waded through snow up to our waists, al- most; and tumbled into the icy Seg ( Nils , A al Moo Atl wy SEZ hy Zz Ey ma af, . sea LIL WORTH ss 1 1 WAS WORTH A creek; and caught colds that laid us up for a month and cost big doctor's bills; and how we finally bought the trout of a fellow who had managed to catch half a dozen, somehow, and who wouldn't sell ‘em for less than two dollars. But they were for nice old Mrs. Charles P. Barrington, and ‘We bought ‘em, and took ’em to the Barrington place, wringing wet as we were, and all but frozen. “Charles P. Barrington came to the door himself. We handed him the ‘trout—nice ones they were, too— and told him they were for Mrs Charles P. Barrington. He took ‘em, looked ‘em over, and then growled out: “‘The trout's all right, I s'pose. But it's a wonder you wouldn't ‘a’ leaned ‘em before you brung ‘em!"” ‘The landlord paused to scratch an- other match. The mouth of the Pochuek newsbearer was atill open, but whether news would have begun to issue from it is not known, for Baldy, the landlord, spoke up again, right away. ia Then,” said he, “see the time ‘Gharies P. Barrington's uncle died “*Yes,’ said he. ‘The .farm’s all eight, I s'pose. But it's a wonder Uncle Todd wouldn't ‘a’ cut the ‘brush and fixed the fences a little before he went to willin’ It to folks. ‘There's most a quarter of an acre o' brush that’s got to be cut in the ack lot, and more than ten rod o! ‘fence that's got to be fixed. Before (Uncle Todd went to leavin’ his farm to folks it’s a wonder he wouldn't ’a’ ‘out that brush and fixed that fence!” “Bound to kick and complain, Gharles P. Barrington was, and be | unappreciative and ungrateful. But what started in to making folks , travel miles out of their way to seo Buch a"ding-bumblegusted kicker and ' complainer as old Charles P. Barring- ton was something that out-ding- bumblegusted anything in the way of Kicking and complaining, and of in- gratitude and unappreciativeness, | that even old Charles P. Barrington had ever given a specimen of. |. “A great big pepperidge tree stood | in a field on his place, and he wanted it out of the way the worst kind, i but if you know anything about pep- Peridge trees you'll know that it ‘ain't any gentle piece of work to move one out of the way. There's no more grain to a pepperidge tree than there is to a cork, and the wood is as tough and springy as rubber ; belting. ; “So, by blasting a tree to pieces with dynamite or such, you get i , into chunks you can handle, the wood makes first-rate firewood, but it'd be worth a good deal more than | soins could pay for it te make it Profitable to put on the market. “Well, old Charles P. Barrington figured and figured on what it would cost to blast that pepperidge tree out of the way and grub the roots up. Any way he could figure it he couldn’t make the cost come out, so he felt that it would warrant him in doing the work, but he. wanted { that treo off of that lot mighty bad. | “He used to lay awake nights try- sing to Usink up how he could do it, but there wis no use, and it worrled him Hike Sam Hill. One night in the summer time there came up a big thunderstorm. {_,“It’s.a great place for thunder storms, back of Hopewell Junction, and the lightning does cut up around there enough to make some folks tall At least it used to when I lived j over there. Well, this thunderstorm came up and seemed to just more than throw itself about the Barring- ton place. i “The lightning shot sround and aropped down in regular chunks. When old Charles P. Barrington got [up next morning and went out to {take a look over his farm, he found ; that the big pepperidge treo was gone. Lightning had struck it, and ; the tree stood there cumbering the , lot no more. |. “And lightning had done more than simply strike that tough old pepper fige tree. It had cut and split that . tree up into cordwood lengths, and ranked it all up in rows ready for hauling away. i, “Now you would naturally suppose, knowing how bad old Charles P. Bar. :Tington had wanted © get that tree out of his way, that he would have {just jumped and howled with J0F when he saw that it was gone, and ,Rot only gone, but all ready out and j measured to put on # profitable mar- | ket. { “But did he? Not he He was old Charles P. Barrington first, last and all the time, He looked at the wood ja corded up as regular ax could be, and then growled out: { “It's a wonder the lightning could- n't just as well ‘a’ chucked that wood \ over the fence yonder, into the wag- on that’s standin’ there and not put me to the work o’ comin’ in here and loadin’ it.’ { “Well, there! When folks heard of that kick, they took to traveling ‘miles out of their way to see the man jwho was such a dingbumblegusted kicker and complainer and ungrate- fui citizen as old Charles P. Barring- ton was. And—" { “But say!" interposed Farmer Bill Leonard, while the man from over \ toward Pochuck still stares at Baldy \with his mouth open. “That light- |ning. What did folks seem to think of that?” | “The lightning?” said the landlord, as if he wasn't exactly elear as to what the lightning had to do with it. “Oh, what it did to the tree? Why, that wasn’t anything out of the way for lightning back of Hopewell Junction, and nobody thought much lof that pepperage tree act.” ' | Baldy, the landlord, paused. Farm- ,er Bill Leonard sighed. The man ) from over toward Pochuck closed his mouth with a snap, rose from his chair, glared a moment at Baldy, the landlord, ‘and strode Pochuckward without a word. | “Now ain't that too bad!" ex: claimed the landlord, going to the door and looking after the retreating Pochuek citizen. “Just as like as not, now, we'll never know what he came Unpopularity of Chauffeurs, Even in New, York city, where reverence for the native aristocracy is inbred, they are beginning to mob automobilists who run over people in the streets. This should serve aa a caution to local chauffeurs, says the Chicago. Chrontele, who have to deal with @ people more or less wild and woolly—not to say strenuous. Stade sae tints cla / Mrs. Armitage S. C. Forbes, of Loe Angeles, Col., originated the idea of honoring the sailor dead by casting flowers upon the waters. A revenue cutter was placed at her disposal this year. teen Ht Sounds Netter, “Is Cholly really looking for a job?” “Oh, dear, no. He's looking for an opportamnity to consent to accept a po- sition.”"—Chicago Post. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHM@ND. VIRGINIA A Trouble with Old Friends, “It is too bad,” said the visitor from home; “but people who acquire wealth tre not the same to their old friends.” “Perhaps there ix a reason for that,” replied Mrs, Cumrox, reminiscently. “People who acquire wealth have feel ings the sumeas any one else, and their vld friends sometimes hate a very su perior way of saying, ‘Humph! Iknew them when they were as poor as Job's turkey!" "Washington Star. | Left in the Dark. ; & little girl about three years old was out playing when suddenly it be- game very cloudy. She ran into the house dnd startled her mamma by saying: “I'm not going to stay outdoors any more." “Why?” asked her mother. “Because God blowed the sun out” Little Chronicle. Looking for Excitement. “You can't te® me,” eaid young Mra Torkins, “that poker is as gooda game as progressive eucher.” “Why not?” asked her husband. “There isn't enough excitement. Tye known men who have played ‘poker for years without getting angry Gnd not speaking to each other. Such a thing doesn’t often happen in pro- gressive eucher.”—Washington Star. F ‘Gan htteaition ade “Say,” said the young writer who had been engaged by the circus man to write up a prospectus of the show, “L've about exhausted my vocabulary on this thing. Have you a thesau- rus?” “No, by thunder!™ said tho clreus man. “We've only got a rhinoceros, but Tl cable over and buy one."—N. ‘Y. Times. Tarned Girls’ Heads, “Do you see that tall chap, Pedro? Well, he has turned many a girl's ead.” “But he te neither handsome nor rich.” “I know that.” “Then how did heturn girls’ heads?” “With his preparation. He manu- facturea hair bleach.”—Philadelphia Record. Se A Foollah Question, Dore—Oh, I'm in such distress of mind and I want your advice. I am loved by three men, and I don't know ‘which to accept. Clara—Which one has the most money? | Dora—It I knew that, do you sup- pose I'd waste precious time running ae fer advice?”—N. Y. Weekly. ‘Seems Aes tniimenack: She—Dut how do I know gou love mo? | He—Why, I can't sleep nights) think ing of you. | She—That proves nothing. Pa can't ‘sleep nights thinking of you, but I hardly think it is love—Judge, t A Victim of Wealth, [_Patience—I told you her money would come pretty close to ti her head. ee Patrice—Well, has it? "She used to be a brunette; now she's a pronounced blonda"—Youkers Btatesman. Talking It Over Outatde, “She always said she preferred to be the wife of one of the plain peo- |ple, but they say the man she mar- ried is heir to a fortune.” | “Sti she's got her wish all right. I never saw @ homelier chap than he ts in my Mfe."—Chicage Record-Her- ald. A Queer Wik, He—How charmingly you sing. She—Do you really think so? He—Oh, yee, indeed, T never listen to you without wishing you were where my folks in Colovado could hear you Stake ansecee | ‘Taken by Storm, Fe etolo a kiss! So quick “twas done | She did not know what he was at, Be never stole another oue— } Bhe gave them to him after that, Pahebhee ee JUST WHAT HE HAD NEEDED. So i a TEC): AE Se ag aes Df PA £ 2 IGG Y Mes al $ ; li ‘ oF ew eee " h l PRS j i ( eos BAe ese aan S ah) S35 ‘The Curate—Well, and what did you think of my sermon? ‘The Form Bird—Capital. The very thing I wanted. I hadn’t slept 6 wink for 6 week.—Moonshine. ‘Siesath aes oitiae wee, | Landlady—Yes, sir; two chickens went fato that soup. | Boarder—Never mind, ma'am, mever mind. No harm done; no one Would ever suspect it, I assure you— Brooklyn Life. Great Learning. Kind Lady (horrified)—My child, I hope you don't swear! | Small Boy—Naw, not much; but I’m Asarnin’. Say, youse otter hear my Paw!l—Ohio State Journal. Digeing for tt. “When man is working hard, why €o they say he ts digging away?” | “Because, my boy, he is after the root of all evil, and how else can he each it?"—Chicago Post. ' Familiar Term Defined, | Tommy Figjam—Paw, what fa ao plutocrat? Paw Figjam—It fe 8 man who, when he sees a new necktle that pleases his fancy, goes and buys a suit of clothes to mateh the tie.—Los | Angeles Herald. | Frigid, “When I hear a man spoken of os hetuing $49,000,000 oF $50,000,000 in ‘cold cash,’™ remarked Uncle Alen See “I always wonder if he didn't get {t by freezing out his competitors"—Chi- eogo Tribune. . An Eatimate of Art, “Have you ever written anything ‘that you were ashamed of” inguired the severe reiative. : | “No,” answered the suthor. “But? hope to some day. I need the money.” —Washington Star. =—* a sn uate In aero Little Ethel, e Columbus five-year. ‘okt, recently hear her mamma say that Shere wasn'ta match in the house. That night when the mother beard ‘Bthel’s prayere the little girl eoncind- od by saying: | “And please, Dod, wend usa box uymatches, Amen.” |_ “Why do you ask God for matches, Ethea™ asked the parent, in surprise. | _ “Coa,” replied Ethel, “didn't Aunt Ruth say that matches waz made in Heaven ?”—Ohio State Journal. “A Soft Aawer,” Eto, | Young Wife (poetically)—You al- "Ways seemed to have plenty of money before we were married. Loving Husband—It wae only seem- ing. I had very little. ‘Young Wife—And you told me you expected to be rich: | _Loving Husband—I am rich, my Gear. Tre got you. |" Ghe subsided.)—N. ¥. Weekly. aE RE Pye 4, 7 have asked you the old, old ques- ton, “Miss Ardhart, and you have an- swered no,” said the rejected suitor, pieking up bis hat and gloves, “but I call your particular attention to the tact that I haye not asked you the still older one, whether or not you could learn to love me!” |, Whereupon she impulsively called ‘him back Chicago Tefbunp. Jollying Htm Along. | *T haven't had a single call since I ‘opened my office ten days ago,” com- plained the newly fledged M.D. “Here eit day after day like Patience on a monument.” | “Oh, well,” don’t get discouraged,” Fejoined the sympathetic friend. “It's only & matter gf time until you have 2 res under monuments.”—Chicago ily News. At Her Own Risk. } “Reep your inouth shut,” exclaimed the brutal husband, who wae teaching his wife to play ping pong. } “How dare you speak to me lke that!” she demanded. “All right, then, keep it~open,” he eoquiesced, “but remember, if the ball 4e-lost, you pay for it."—Ohlo State Journal. } ae | Office Boy—There’s a gentleman hére with w bill— The Old Man—Tell the chum to call again. | Office Boy—With a bill you've got agin him, that he wante to pay. | ‘The O14 Man—Ah! Show the gentle: men in.—Baltimore News, A Business Head, “You ought to have been ashamed to take mopey for that mule.” “Iwas Kind o” shamed,” answered Mr. Erastus Pingley. “I was mighty glad to git shed of him. But,I was ‘afraid dat if I offered him to you foh nuffin you'd get euspicious,"—Wash- ington Star. ‘The Mystery of Secrets, Elle—Belle told me thatyou told her that seoret I told you not to tell her. | StellaShe's a mean thing. I told her not to tell you I told her. Ella—wWell, I told her I wouldn't ten you she told me—so don’t tell her I Hd —TH-Bits, Sess: nether os |, “My mamma,” said the little potato bug," saya I smusn't play with you.” “Why not?” demanded the young grasshopper. | “She says you're tough; ‘cause | Fou're always spitting tobacco juice — Philadelphia Press. A Self-Conatitated Monopoltet, ‘That wisdom ls the trucat wealth Ts an assertion just, ‘The egotiat imagines he - Has organized a trust Washington Star. i ‘ON THE FARM, =i 26 epee ott es AAA wae BRS lena yO bug eX . mn A TT AEH RN | ae dl \ OASIS ERNE SEIS He EY DAN HY” VA . o) ye (aN G EEE Wii W\ GI lq I)! Ay ! f Ya eM 1 PA V i ie | j=" ,, “Yes, I had that put up in large let- ters so that ‘he who runs may read.” “Or, rather, he who reads may Ste es t The One Slight Boast, 014 Mount Pelee was Joking | In eplte of our regrets. | Guoth he: “Although I'm smoking, I don't smoke olgarettes.” —Washington Star. he os “I just dote on rainy days,” eafd the jJemon-haired: girl with the dreamy eyes. | “Doubtless I would too,” replied the angular maid, “were I compelled to | wear my last summer's elothes.”"— Chicago Daily News, Not Like Other Sperm, “I'll bot the tide thinks iteelf a heawy fetches “Why?” “Because it comes mn every night | with @ long green roll."—Yale Record. 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M. to 9 P.M. MRS. M. B. MARTH, | 246 W. 3ist St. (Near 8th Averue) NEW YORK CITY. Enclose Stamp for reply. (2 Please mention the Puaxet. Way reg Ret $~Wejrompcy chain bs rd feeerepart oh Fateniabiltn ror fice tok, icsnast TRADE-MARKS. "i yi Opposite U.S. Patent Office ___WASHINGTON D.C. 8 aS be Sea. i “SATURDAR, AUG. 2, 1002s VIOLENCEINCOALSTRIKE Crowds Assembled at Collferies and Stoned Non-Union Men. MITCHELL TO ADDRESS “LOCALe™ Labor Leader Denies Report that Strik- ers Will Receive No More Relief for ‘Two Weeks, and Says Contributions Will Be Received Right Along. Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 30—President Mitchell will start this week to Ail some engagement he has to deliver ad- @resses before United Mine Workers’ assemblies in different parts of the anthracite region. Ever since Mr. Mitchell made his headquartera in ‘Wilkesbarre be has been besiege by committees from various “locals,” who wanted him to name a date on which be could deliver an address. It is sald ‘he will visit the Schuylkill region first and deliver addresses at Shenardoah ‘nd Mahanoy City. Mr. Mitchell says ‘there is no truth in the report that he stated to a committee of merchants ‘who waited on him that there would be Bo more meney to distribute among the strikers until August 16. He claims contributions will be received right along from miners’ organizations and ether labor uniora ‘A crowd of 1,600 men and boys pre Yented the resumption of work at the Wanke washery at Duryea yesterday morning. A number of men came down from Scranton to work at the washery. They were at once surround. ed by a threatening crowd. Sheriff Jacobs sent four deputies to the scene, ‘but when they arrived the mob had dispersed. The men who had been Bired to work at the washery were Dadly frightened, and when the train for Scranton came along they jumped ‘aboard without mueh ado. A volley of stones followed them. The operator of the washery says be will not make mother attempt to resume operation. WIll Ask For Troeps. * Shamokin, July 80—One thousand men, women and children assembled at the a Company's Cameron cra- ery last evening and hooted and curred non-union men as they quit work. A Qglesation of toys stoned several wb: as they entered town. Crief Burgess Thomas and the police cha: ged the crowd and put them to tight. Che ‘coal company oMfictals say they «ill ask for troops if there ts a continuance ‘Of the attempts to annoy the workwen . Non-Union Men Stoned. Mount Carmel, Pa, July 80.~Two crowds of strikers numbering fully three thousand men, women and chil- ren, collected at all the Reading and Union Company operations batween here and Shamokin last'eventag and Rurled stones and sticks at the non- union men. Six of the latter were ‘cap tured by the mob near Richards oal- Mery and were badly pummeled. On Promising to remain away trom the colliery until the ‘strike ende they were Uberated. Several scores of non-union men remainedsat a couple ef the mines _ BBM digbt afraid to face she, strikers who aré picketed along rads leading Into town, STRIKE MAY LAST TWO MONTHS It Is Believed Anthracite Mines Will Not Start Before October. Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 80.—The con- Aitions as they oxist today in the coal regions give rise to the belief that the strike will not end befere September; erhaps not until towurd the close of that month. It will take from two tc three weeks to get the mines and the machinery of mining in full working order after the mes have signified their willingness to return to work. In other words, 8 full restoration of min- ing tn the anthracite regions {s not an: telpated before tha month of Octo ber. There have been statements from time to time withia the past few ‘Weeks to the effect that thin, that and the other colliery had on tte roll the james of enough tainers seoking em ployment 10 justify opening up the mines. So far ag the big oompante: ‘are coneernat, thore is none of them that could towiorrow open a single ons of its mines FITZSIMMONS KNOCKED OUT Settries Won Fight In Eighth Round by Twibe: casmiicts< @ieeentenals Franc July 26. — After nddting a bette cf’ olght rounds ‘that was fraught with brilliant and courageous work, Robert Fitzsimmons Jest night forfeited hie last claim upon the heavy-welght championship. He ‘was knocked to the floor by Jeffries land counted ont, after be had so badly punished the ebempion that it was a foregone conclusion ameng the specta- tors that the Cornishman must win. Bleeding from a number of gashes tp the face, apparently weakening, and clearly unable to cope with Fitasini mons’ superior skill, Jeffries delivered two lucky punches as Fitz paused in his fighting to spask to him, and tuned the tida - Fitzsimmons had been fighting at « fuaious gait, cool and deliberate and chopping the champion to pieces wit the terrific rights and lefts that have made him famous. In the eighth round ‘and under a series of hat exchanges ‘Fitzsimmons paused with-his guar’ down and spoke to the ehamplon. The latter's reply consisted of the two ter. rific blows that brought back to hin the Meeting champlonatip and foreve removed the veteran Fitesimmons from the fistic arson. BM took hi defect with amazing cheer. Hi walked to the ceateF oP the ring, and, raising bis hand, addressed the multi- tude, saying: + “The dest man bas won Had I Deaten Jeffries tonight I would have conceded him the championship and retired forever. I retire just the same now, but without having accomplished my ambition. I am satisfied.” “You are the most dangerous man alive,” said Jeffries in return, “and 1 consider myself lucky to have won when I aid.” ‘The total recelpts from the sale of tickets was $31,880; 70 per cent. tc contestants, $22,313; 60 per cent. of 70 to Jeffries, $13,387; 40 per cent. of 70 to Fitzsimmons, $8,926; revenue of club from this source, $9,564. ELEVATED TRAINS CRAGH Na is ak ce Ls gan eee ee ‘of Persons Were Injured. New York, July 22—A remarkable collision occured yesterday between two trains of the Brooklyn Elevated Rallroad on Adams street, which ro- Sulted in the derailing of six cars, the wrecking of two, and the injury of a ‘number of persons, at least two of them fatally. The accident occurred on a curve and ts whigue in the history of railroading, as the colliding trains Were bound in opposite directions on Parallel tracks, aud crashed togethey because of the excessive lean to the left acquired by the inbound train ‘There was not enough room between the tracks to allow of this. The train inbound was crowded with Passengers. A car in this train struck ‘@ car in the train outbound and rip. ped off the side of a car following. Four cars were derailed—two on each train, and the trueks hung over the edge of the olevated structure. Gottfried Moore and Daniel Spellman who were riding on the platform of the Bath Beach train, were thrown be- tween the cars. They bung there until rescued. Charles Shattuck, motorman of the Bath Beach train, was arrested. ‘He states that so far as be could see the signals for his train, they were set Properly, and bis statement ts borne out by Bamuel Norman, the aignalman in the tower. Many of the injured ‘wore taken from the elevated structure by firemen, Trafle was delayed for hee Sr” SLAIN AND GAST ADRIFT Four Americans Murdered By Fill ~ pines In Mindone. Washington, July 80.—Manila papere Tecetved at the War Department give ‘an account af the beginning of the trial of 23 natives in the Island of Mindoro ‘who were charged with Killing of four Americans, The names and identity of the Americans could not be obtained From one of the 23 men arrested a par- tal story of the massacre has been ob- tained. The four Americans approach. ed the shore af Mindoro in a boat, and a8 soon as thoy landed the natives Attacked them. The bodies then were put in the boat and cast adrift. The finding of the boat by the Americans Jed to the discovery of the crime, and confessions from some of the natives gave such facts as have been obtained. Memorial Arch to Schley. Baltimore, July 2%—A memorial arch 1s to be erected in this city in commemoration of the deeds of Ad mira] Winfleld Seott Sehley. With this end in view the Schley Triumphal Arch Association of Baltimore city was tn- corporated yesterday by Dr. Henry Y, Walla, Dr. Melcher Ekstromer, Charles 1. Burkhart, James Gorrell and Henry Q. Bready, It bas no capital stock As explained by one of the tneorpora tors, the plan is to raise by popular subscription a fund suffléient to pay for a handsome arch, “In recognition of the services of Maryland's heso of the Bpanish war.” FUTURE OF THE BOERS Chamberiain Says They Wii Event Satie Bowe Maleate ae Se Sa aan ae Se aah yea London, July $0,—Mr.,@hambarlain's appearance tn the house‘of commans yesterday was marked by a speech, which wan the applause even of such opponents as Henry Labouchere, Ne Chamberlain dealt comprehensively with the past and future of South Af Hea, “We are not going to allow the re sult of the war te be undermined,~ ‘said Mr, Chamberlain, “by intrigues carried on by nominally constitutional “means.” Regarding the future status of South Africa, the colonial secretary said the imperial government had os tabliabed @ crown colony in the strict est sense. The next step would he tc add a sominated official element ‘Thereafter there would be an elected official element, and then nothing but ne and time would separate the new colonies from full self-govern ment, the ultimate goal of their ambi tion. That consummation would no! be delayed; if for no other reason, be cause it might relieve the governmen of the tremendous burden of responai bility involved tn the present situation ; but all must understand that the gov ernment would not be rushed or hus tled {nto any, actlon which circum stances did not warrant. The speaket said he was ono of those optimisti enough to believe that the new colo nies would reach the ultimate goal o thelr ambition mueh sooner than man; persons now thought possible. So fai aa the government was concerned, th: surrender promises would be kept epirit as well as in letter. Discovered Cause of Yellow Fever. Havana, July 20—At yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet, Diego Tamayo, Secretary of government, announced that the American medical commission which is at Vera Cruz, Mexico, stady- ing yellow faver, was of the epiaion that it had discovered the cause of the Gisease and that Me had decided to Write the commission and ask if it Was disposed to give the Cuban gov- ‘ernment any Information in the matter. ¥ the reply of the commission is favor- Able, the Cabinet decided to send Doc- for Gulteras to Vera Cruz to learn the ature of the commission's discovery. 40,000 Acres of Wheat Destroyed. karimore, 8. D, July 20:—Latest re- ports from the district visited by the tall storm estimate that 40,000 acres of wheat are almost a total loss, while auoh more will show from one-quarter } onehalf destroyed. THE RICHMOND ID; VIRGINIA. P N | many INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK Roport of LANS (NATION Sento rouncing curve nate orca? MECHANIC | Throwing Car On-Its Side. ha qeaieren Mahanoy City, Pa., July 29—The Inst ae Royal Proclamation Issued Fixing car of the westbound train due here | \.7s*in, at th | at 1109 a m, on the Mahanoy divé fic Accoun August 9 as the Data, [see ‘of the Lehigh Valley Railroad | Virginian ee was wrecked near Delano yesterday, : KING EDWARD ABLE TO WALK’ ana the 35 occupants of the car wong |Toancand dine SSeS Shs eR ae AED ee ee ee London Next Week. London, July 30—The latest and most reliable infotmation indicates that King Edward's doctors were not mis taken in fixing August 9 os the date pon which bis majesty could be crowned. The sinister rumors which Dave pervaded all classes for the last | few days now appear to have lost that | semblance of probability which made even the members of the cabinet ner Vous lest another postponement of the coronation might be necessitated. ‘The apprehension that King Edward | Would be unable to stand the strain of the coronation ceremony has been ' greatly lessened by the announcement ‘that his majesty is now permitted tc uso bie feet, and, with the ald of « stick, bas done a little walking An other late telegram from Cowes, Isle of Wight, saying that nearly all the restrictions upon the king's diet have been withdrawn, has been welcomed as evidence that the recent ominous Geductions were drawn without dus allowance fo? the doctors’ extreme cau ‘tiousness. While the king was testing his ability to walk two stalwart Jackies stood a his side ‘Those who drew inferences from the fact thet the invitations to Westmin ster Abbey were not dated have had thelr fears dissipated by the royal Proclamation published in the Gazette Jast night, fixing August 9 as the date for the coronation, which post dates ‘end is altogether more important thas ‘anything which might or might no! {have appeared upon the canis of invi ‘tation, | According to the present arrange ments, King Baward and Queen Alex iendra will leave Cowes elther Augus! € or 8 for Buckingham Palace, and wil retura to the royal yacht August 18 |when the entire fleet will pass befor (King Rdward and salute him, thus making @ second naval review. After his return to the yaoht the king is ex ipected to take an extended cruise te {the northward and subsequently t ‘spend some weoks at Balmoral, wher {preparations for the arrival of theli majesties bave already been com ‘menced. { Str Joseph C. Dimsdale, the lor’ (mayor of London, expecta King Ed {ward to visit the clty of London the {Week ending October 11, when a groa! luncheon will be held in the Gull pHall, which ts to be followed by | (royal procession through the south ol ‘London. All these plans may not be joarried out to the letter, but their ar Tangement, combined with the em {phatlc optimism of the king’s physi ‘clans, 1s generally taken as insuring {so far as human foresight can be ro {Med upon, the king's corenation fos | Amenes 0. ; MONSTER OIL TRUST ‘Rookefoller, Rothechid and Nobel [ Have Made Working Agreement. London, July 30.—in its issue of this {morning the Daily Mail declares there \is no longer any doubt that the three jmonster oll tntereats of Rockefeller, ‘Rothschild and Nobel have entered tn ito @ working agreement. “Thus,” eays ‘the paper, “without any publicity the “greatest trust the world has ever seer thas sprung into being.” i, ‘This combination, seys the paper, ‘has been hinted at tn messages from Batoun and Moscow, and it has beer more clearly shown in the offers made to Russian oll exporters by represen tatives of the Nobel and Rothschild’s jintereste for the absorption of th ‘whole of their output. The exporters ‘have been bidden to sell through th Agencles of these interests at a pric ‘arranged by them, or to fight the com bined forees of the three ofl giants This offer was made openly and wit! the idea of maintaining prices, and | has been refused, the Russtan ox porters preferring to fight. }, It wae doubtless this combine, con tinues the Daily Mati, which indueec the Russian government to issue inv! tations to an anti-trust confereuice. Th: Spokesmen of the great combines de ‘clare tt means a fight to the death an: that the Independent exporters canno hope to win. | Boy Wine Shooting Championehic. Atlanta, Ga, July 30.—Holly Thomp son, 8 16-year-old boy, of Savannah, Zealerday vou the gold medal offered by the Atlanta Gun Club, and the ama- teur championship of Georgia, North’ Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama. His record was 25 straight kills. Holtzen. fort, of Waycross, Ued with Thomp: Son, but withdrew in his favon | Horribly Mutilated By Knives. Philadelphia, July 80.—William Chamberlain, colored, 86 years old, of 4028 Ludlow street, fell among the knives of a clay machine at Hennorty’s brick works, Fifty-elghth street and Rabbit Iane, yesterday, and was bor ribly mutilated. He was taken to the University Hospital, where he died poon after admittance. ea pe | _ Fifty Princeton Students Fall. Princeton, N. J., J¢ly 29.—The final ‘reports of the June examinations show ‘over fifty students dropped. This 1s the largest number to be caught at one examination in the history of Prince- ton University, A dozen athletes are /4n the list of fatlurea. The sophomore class was bit the hardest, 2% failing to pass. Gitaia is Catan Aa |. Indlanapolis, July 28.—General Fite. Trugh Leo sald last night: “I believe that the crisis {n Cuban affairs ia now. ‘Tie Cubans were promised an inde pandent government, and they have it. Now they will have to prove that ‘they can give security to property and malatain order m the sland. If they Wo not come sp to the mark the island must become elther a part of the United States or a dependency of this hai Aig Set oe MANY INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK While Rounding Curve Ralls Spread Throwing Car On Its Side. Mahanoy City, Pa., July 29—The Inst car of the west-bound train due hare at 1109 a m, on the Mahanoy divs sion of the Lehigh Valley Railroad was wrecked near Delano yesterday, and the 35 occupants of the car were more of less seriously hurt. The most seriously injured are: Stophen Wacker, Mt. Carmel, leg an¢ head burt; C. F. Ruf, Philadelp: ribs fraetured, head and hands cut _ fternally Injured; Mra. Annie Pan cissk end two children, Mahanoy City hands Incerated, body cut and con tused; Mra. Joseph Price, Wilkesbarre nose fractured and shoulder burt; Rose Syeavage, Hasleton, nose broken, head gashed; Irene and Annabelle Hirsh, Tamaqua, arms bruised an¢ Dody cuts William Stirling, wife and daughter, Wilkesbarre, arms ant legs bruised; Ethel Robinson, Philadelphia arm cut and otherwise hurt. Scarcely ‘one of the 85 persons escaped some in dury. The train was traveling rapidly an¢ rounding @ curve when the accident happened. All but the last car ha¢ gone around the bend, when the rail Spread, throwing the last car on its side and dragging {t for a short dis tance, ‘The passengers were throws heavily against the roof and side ot the coach. EARTHQUAKES IN THE WEST People of Lompoc Valley, Cal., Ran From Their Homes In’ Terror. |. Lompoc, Cal., July 29—Lompoe Val ley experienced a severe earthquake shock at 10.55 o'clock Sunday night At that time a violent shock was felt which lasted fully 30 seoonds, and was 80 severe that dishes, clocks, house plants and other artidies were thrown from shelves. The people were stricken with terror and ran from thei houses, some fearing to return, as other lighter shocks continued for sev: eral hours afterward, Another heavy shock was felt at 5 a m. and one at 11 & ™m yesterday. A large water tank | was knocked over, the earth cracked St many diiferent places and the Santa Incr river bed waa slightly changed at | places, Santa Barbara, Chl, July 29.—a4 Yices received from Los Analos, 4! miles north of this place, report thet @m unusually severe shock of earth quake occurred about 11 o’clook Sun day night, doing damage to the prep erty of the Westera Union Oi1 Com pany, estimated at from §12,000 to $15, 000, | At Marris Station, on the railway, « fissure is reported to have issued, and from tt o stream of water two feet deep and 18 feet wide is now dowing. A slight sbock of earthquake was felt im Gante Barbara shortly before 11 oolock yesterday, but no damage was dane A WEEK'S NEWS OONDENSED. ‘Thureday, July 24 Re sa Mr ‘The Weeleyans, of London, have Talsed $5,200,000 tor the “Twentieth Century Fund" of tho Mothodis! churoh. Emilo Terry, Cuban secretary of as Hleulture, yesterday placed tis resis nation fo the hands of President Palma. Oyster packers of Norfolk and Ports mouth, Va., have formed a combina tlon to regulate prices and for mutual protection. Patrick Brigty, who built the Beth Jehem Iron @mpany's first blast fur nace, 40 years ago, died yosterday ix Bethlehem, Pa. Friday, duly 28. Admiral and Mra. Dewey left Wash ington today for a visit to Mount Po cono, Pa. It ts announced that dedication of the Bt Louis World's Fatr will take place in the Palace of Liberal Arte April 80, 1908. Secretary of the Navy Moody lef ‘Washington today on hts summer va ‘cation, and will not resume his duties defore Bepterbgg 1. | "The barn of Jacob Zook, at Eden ‘Lancaster county, Pa, was struck b3 ‘ghtning yesterday and totally de stroyed. Loss, $10,000. | The United States cruiser Des Moines ‘which fe being built by the Forey Shtj and Bugine Company, of Boston, Mase. will be launched on September 20, Saturday, July 28. Arthur A. Schneider, of Chicago, wa shot and kilted yesterday by an un Known negro, after a quarrel over § trivial matter. |“ Tteutonant General Miles bas select e@ Colonel John B. Babcock as hi chief of staff, to succeed Genera Thomas Ward, retired, « ‘Under a ruling of the treasury de partment, Americans returning frou | Hurope can Import tree of duty #10 ‘worth of merchandise for personal uss | “The war department announced yea terday that the bodies of the fou school teachers murdered in the Phil Sppines will be sent to the Unite Gentes 2 27 eee Six Hundred Girls Are Sulcides, Tacoma, Wash. July 30.—Orieate advices describe an appalling nambe of micides of young women in South ;era China. Tho usual method ts fo | siz-or elght girls to tle themselves to | gether and deliberately walk into th \deop river. Six hundred girls hav committed suicide in thia manner. Th | wholesale suicides have caused mue! slarm, and the anthorities are exert thg strict measures to avert them. Th famine in Hainan cfused many girls t be sold into stavory! and many sough feath in the manner described rathe | than become slaves, The Sonthern Employment{JAgency is the leading ag tor ork of all kinds for oth white and wed, to obtain « position of eae ey as Cook, Ohambermaid, Waitresses, House workers, Waiters, Butlers, Janitors, and useful men Lanndras, Gardeners, -Hiclgentaietogl eaten se an: ‘wish in private family4 of bearing: Raman me . F, DREW & BRO., Props. oo | COLORED COOKS’ ATTENTION. 110.00 jonth for a good cook, te a toner. If in need of a a @ small family, or if Sy oi umnas cool toon Orne Teter. Long, Se | “1004 EB. Oary 8t., == Rishi noma § iv _, Roport of the Condition of the ‘at Richmend, in the commonwealth of ‘Virginia, nt the close of business, July 16th, 1902, made to the Auditor of Pub- lic Accounts of the Commonwealth of Virginia. RESOURCES. ‘Loans and discounts. . .. #040 50 Overdrafts... 1 08 Due from National Banks ....12,869 89 Other real estate... .......". 2,829 78 Furniture and fixtures. "||| 1,007 13 Garrent expenses and taxes paid, 160 82 Checks and other cash items,...’.738 OL Specie, nickels and cents 2150 84 Paper currency... 1,735 78 Total,.... . e $21,842 73 capital stock: Liapuernies. stoc! in $2,925 87 Sarplus fund ase 888 43 Podivided profits 124 04 Individual deposits subject to check, = 7,056 87 Time certificates of deposit. | 110,208 01 Total... gas gaa ao State of Virginia, City of Richmond, ss: T, Thomas H. Wyatt, cashier of. 'the above named bank, do ‘solemnly swear rest of my So regan tt eo my knowledge ani s ‘THomas H. Wyatt, Cashier. Subscribed aud sworn to before me, this 19th day of July, 1902. J. Tuomas Hewrs, Notary Public. Correct—Attest: ; JouN Mircusts, Jn., : 5.0. Fantry, Wat. 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