Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XIX NO. 39 ROBINSON, THE OLD FAVORITE. Draws a Big Crowd and Gives an Excellent Performance as Usual. [The Daily Rogsster, August. 15, 1902.] John Robinson's circus arrived in town during the night and pitched its tents ready for business to day. Contrary to the usual custom, the show was unable to occupy the usual grounds on some, just beyond Fourth street, but were unable to use the acant territory beyond Sixth street. The grounds are spacious and though somewhat removed from the heart of the city are yet within easy reach. The usual hustle and bustle incident to the arrival of a circus in town attended the unloading of the trains and the removal to the show grounds. Though there have been larger crowds in the city on former occasion this year, the crowds to-day were very satisfactory in size and the show did a good business this afternoon. The circus is a large one and the parade in the morning was the longest of the year and one of the most interesting. The company carries an unusually large amount of stock, which was shown to good advantage. As usual, thousands of people witnessed an essential feature of circus day, for a curious day without a parade would scarcely stir up her interest. In the eyes of the people the parade is the criterion of what the show itself will be, and after a good parade there is usually a good attendance at the main events. The legend, "King Solomon, his temple, and the Queen of Sheba," is prominently announced for to-night. To many who are uninformed as to the significance of these announcements, it would be well to say that the legend is a preliminary heralding of the fact that the angelic grand John Reinhardt Shows is producing among the numberless attractions the most beautiful, sublime and elaborate sacred spectacle that has ever elicited public admiration. In the grand march of time the epoch of the wise King Solomon's reign forms perhaps the most real and salient era in the world's history. There was not a day, not a moment, not an hour of that grand old patriarch's life from the cradle to the grave, but what was fraught with interest, but what was pregnant with memorable incidents, but what was prodded in stirring events and momentous occasions. The Bible contains within its covers no pages so attractive in interests, so impressive in description, so evenerial and so expressive of Davine devotion, so grand in developments as those which relate to King Solomon and his reign. It was a feliciteous thought then of the celebrated artist, John Rattig, that led him to contemplate the reign of Solomon as the subject for a spectacle and to select that period of Solomon's administration when the King is visited by the Queen of Sheba as the theme for his grand all over-shadowing masterpiece of vast spectacular presentations. There is no sense so vivid, so lasting and so conclusive as the sense of seeing, and however studious we may search the scriptures or other sacred history, the ideas that we may form and the impressions we may receive concerning the patrons and sagas, and the scenes, in now. To have reproduced those personages and events and have placed sonographic effect before you; to hear Solomon reutter his wise and prophetic words; to see in person Sheba's illustrious queen; and the pomp and circumstance of her surrounding; to view the great temple of Solomon, not by description, but by actual inspection; to witness personally the sumptuous and replendent festivals of the great Solomon's temple; to see the estimable privileges which John Robinson's 10 big combined shows accord its size; to connect with the great circus, the managerie and the Royal Roman Hippodrome. The performance this afternoon was largely attended and every one present left for home delighted with it. It is promised that the evening show will be even better, as the spectacular production of "King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba" will be seen to a greater advantage and more pleasing with calcium light effects and red fire. It is safe to assume that every seat will be taken to-night, if the weather is favorable. The performance will be given rain or shine and as the tents are water proof and the grounds dry, patrons will suffer no inconvenience when once they enter the tents, Two Wives within Two Months. Mr. John C. Ballon of this city and Miss Althea Daniels of South Boston, Halifax County, Va., were married at the above place last month. Mr. Ballon was married to his late wife last January. She died in July last about the 3d. The recent marriage will doubtless be a surprise to the many friends of Mr. Ballon. May the comfor- life and peace follow him. Not without a thron. Last of the Season—Children's Picnic. The Bands of Calanthe of Church Hill will have a picnic at Winddale park Monday, September 8th. The public generally and the Knights of Pythias, Courts of Calanthe and Bands of Calanthe in particular are invited. Come, go with us and give the children a good time, as this is the last chance they will have for an outing for the next nine months. There will be good music in attendance and plenty of refreshments at city prices. Gates open from 8 in the morning to 11 o'clock at night. Price of admission, adults, 10c, children, 5 cents. Given for the benefit of the bands. Matrons—Mrs. Virginia Wright, Mrs. Sarah A. Stow- Nile Mrs. Mary McKenna From Portsmouth. Dr William Troy, the pioneer colored physician of Portsmouth, Va., has been confined to his bed more than three week with a severe spell of sickness, but we are glad to report that he is now improving and is able to be out again. The Colorad Young Men's Christian Association of Portsmouth, Va., which was organized in March last and is doing a most excellent work here. It has a very capable board of directors and the meetings are well attended by a large number of enthusiastic men. Each Sunday an able address is given and liberal collections are taken up. The colored people of Portsmouth and vicinity are deserving of much credit for the progress with which they are buying property and comfortable homes. Mt. Herman and Brighton which a few years ago were mere vacant fields are to-day almost entirely owned by our people, who have by thrift and energy transformed them into communities, thickly settled with nice houses built by colored contractors. No barroom is permitted to be built in either place, which is indeed a credit to the race. Thomas W. Harold, one of our local riders is doing business at 1832 County street, near Godwin. Mr. Harold, who is one of Portsmouth's swiftest bicycle riders is quite a popular young man and is well ahead of the section by both white and colored people. The bicycle he rides is manufactured by Golddard & Allen of Belait, Was, and is one of the best bicycles made or handle in this section. Mr. Harold has the agency for this famous 19 pound bicycle. Write him. A Charming Event. Ivy Depot, Va., one of the protistest weddings of the season occurred last Wednesday afternoon when Miss Ebertha A. Komieh and Rev. D. H. Chamblayline, B. D., were united in manicony. The groom, with his best man, Rev. Wm. H. Stokes, B. D., walked into the parlor which was profusely decorated with choice flowers and there awaited the bride. While the sounds of sweet music floated in the air, Miss Lizzie Brown, maid of honor, entered. Then came the bride leaning upon the arm of her father, and stood to the right of the groom. Miss Seppie West then beautifully rendered "O Promise Me," while the officiating clergyman, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., impressively performed the ceremony. Much to the regret of the bride and groom, their Richmond friends did not arrive in time for dinner. Miss Kernie and the young divine have long been devoted to each other. It was truly a love match, and mutual happiness is thus assured. The bride has been a favorite in Charlottesville exclusive circle for years. Her amiable disposition, kindness of heart and consideration of others have endeared her to many friends who part with her regretfully. Her father is one of the most prominent citizens of Albermarle county and is regarded by both white and colored as a man of sterling character and integrity. Rev. Mr. Chamberlayne is a native of Richmond, Va., and is well known throughout the state. He is a graduate of the Richmond Normal School and the Virginia Union University. Since leaving the latter institution he has made quite a reputation in the ministry, and is regarded as one of the leading young divines of this state. At present he is pastor of two of the largest churches in the Northern Neck of Virginia. Before going to their home, Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlayne will visit Washington, Baltimore and other northern cities. They will be at home to their friends, Kilmarnock, Va., after Sept. 15th. The many beautiful presents received attest the popularity of the young couple. Pursuant to order of Brig, General John Mitchell, Jr., and in compliance with Law No. 13 Section 28 of Pythian Rules and Regulations, the 'Anniversary Day,' of the Uniform Knights of Pythias of N. A. S. A. E. A.; and A. will be observed with appropriate services on Sunday Sept. 14th, at 3 o'clock. Place to be stated next week. The captains of Planet, Eureka, Blooming Lily, Companies are hereby notified to assemble their men at Pythian Castle at 1:30 o'clock on the above date. A (ard. Friends, help me to put in operation the Boys Union Mechanical Industrial School to give our boys trades, for the benefit of our charitable institutions. Respectfully. JOHN H. O. FARRAR. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1902. 1,060 KILLED BY PELEE 1,060 KILLED BY PELEE Two More Towns Destroyed By Martinique Volcano. Horrible Detonations Were Heard, and the Ground . Rocked and Quaked. Hot Water Poured Down On Lorrath and Basse Pointe. Castries, Island of St. Lucia, British West Indies, Sept. 2. — The British steamer Korona arrived here Sunday evening from Fort De France, island of Martinique. She reports that a terrible eruption of Mont Peez occurred at 9 o'clock Saturday night, and that people who arrived at Fort De France from the northern part of the island reported that the village of Morne Rouge, a summer resort. near the district previously devastated, had been entirely destroyed, and that Le Carbet, a village on the coast, which was destroyed at the time of the great eruption, had been swept by a tidal wave. It has been learned that 1,060 persons were killed on 1,500 injured during the last eruptions of Mont Pelee. According to an official account, the eruption of August 30 was one of the most severe that has been experienced. Morne Rouge and a great part of Ajoupa Bouillon were destroyed. The zone between the River Capote and the Valley of Champ Flore and Fonds Marie Reine has been devastated Mont Capote suffered severely, and the hills around Basse Points were burned. The governor of the island is arranging for the evacuation of the northern parishes and the removal of the wounded. The temperature at Martinique is reported to be almost unbearable. Mont Pele has been in constant eruption since August 15. The night of the 30th there were three separate eruptions. It is impossible to approach the ruined town of St. Pierre from the sea. The people of the village of Le Carbet, on the coast, are terror-stricken and flying to the interior. Hot water is pouring down on Lorrain and Basse Pointe, villages to the northeast of the crater. Horrible detonations were heard, the ground rocked and quaked and articles on tables were thrown to the floor. The governor of Martinique has ordered every available boat to remove people from the coast villages to Fort De France. At 8 o'clock on the evening of Saturday, the 30th, the sky was cloudless. Suddenly and without warning, one-half of the horizon was obscured by a pitch black cloud of dust. This cloud was the centre of most magnificent electric effects, the flashes of light surpassing the most elaborate fireworks. Flames and flashes continued to burst from the clend until nearly midnight. Columns of flame shot-out of the crater of Mont Peier to explode about the cloud in showers of balls of golden fire, which fell through the darkness in myriads of sparks. Three large aureoles were seen in the sky over the opening of the crater. A tidal wave rushed upon Fort De France, and the terrified inhabitants fled in large numbers to the interior. The wave was not severe and did but slight damage. At midnight of the 30th Mont Peleon was quiet; shortly after this hour there came another shower of ashes, accompanied by virid sheet lightning. Volcanic Phenomenon at Kingstown, Kingstown, St. Vincent, B. W. L. Sept. 3.—A remarkable volcanic phenomenon occurred here between 9 and 10 o'clock Saturday night. There was a startling series of detonations from La Soufriere, louder than any since the terrible eruption of May 11. Each explosion shook the buildings of this town. During the period of intense anxiety which attended the detonations two luminous circles, like rainbows appeared in the cloudless sky to the northwest. They were presumably the reflection of the flames in the crater of La Soufriere. Subsequently a dense cloud of steam arose from the crater, but this soon dispersed. CARDINAL GIBBONS ILL Suffers From Kidney Trouble and May Undergo Operation. Baltimore, Sept. 3.—Cardinal Gibbons is suffering from an attack of kidney trouble, and has for a day or two been under a physician's care. Dr. Edward F. Milholland, who is attending his eminence, stated last night that he looked for great improvement in his patient's condition. He hifted, however, that an operation might be necessary to permanently cure the cardinal of his aliment. The cold with which the cardinal has suffered for several days is greatly improved. Cashier Charged With Embezzlement. Mont Clair, N. J., Sept. 3.—Thomas Lippincott, cashier of the Mont Clair Water Company, was arrested yesterday, charged with embezzlement. Experts are going over the books of the company to ascertain the amount of the alleged embezzlement. Officials of the company said it was thought to be between $9,000 and $11,000. Lippincott was arraigned and held in default of $10,000 bail. Roosevelt Congratulates the Sultan. Washington, Sept. 3.—President Roosevelt has canned, through Minister Leishmann, at Constantinople, his congratulations to Sultan Abdul Hamid upon the 27th anniversary of his accession to the throne of Turkey. Guards and Mob Shoot at Each Other After Torch Was Applied Cooper, W. Va., Sept. 3.—The Pochontas Colliery Company's leading mine, which has four entrances, three being from West Virginia and one from Virginia, was set afire by a mob yesterday. It was burning fiercely until late in the afternoon. For several days the operators feared that destruction of the property would result, but all the trouble was anticipated on the West Virginia side, and a strong force of heavily-armed guards has been constantly on duty. Several men yesterday made their way to the Virginia entrance, known as the west entrance, and, detected, applied torches. The guards were notified of the action, but before they could reach the scene the men had withdrawn to a safe distance. Probably $9 shots were fired between the guards and men, but as the latter were chiefly hidden in the heavy woodlands opposite the mine only three men were wounded. Another Mine Fired By Strikers. Roanoke, Va., Sept. 3.—Information reached here yesterday to the effect that on Saturday night striking miners fired the plant of the Susell Creek Company, near Virginia City, in Wise county. The tipple, which was a very large building, was totally destroyed, and the engine house and a number of other buildings were burned to the ground. A number of loaded coal cars were also burned. As far as can be learned, no arrests have been made as yet, and there is no clue as to who fired the plant. THE AMERICAN NOW BECOMES THE OLD RELIABLE. And how is that? Simply because she has the strongest backing of any insurance company conducted by the colored people. Four hundred stock-holders have put their money in The American Beneficial Insurance Company to the amount of $7,000.00. This company did not start by waiting for the people to bring their dimes to enable it to do business, but rather the stockholders planked down the hard cash and made it the "Old Reliable" from the beginning, for it takes money to make a company reliable. In five weeks time the American has opened four branch offices: Danville has sent in over 1,000 members, Lynchburg nearly 700 members, Alexandria and Roanoke will soon be joined by Richmond has leaped beyond 3,000, thus it can be seen that now "The American" has 500 members. Dr. Graham, Jno W. Howard, W. A. Millner, M. W. Davis, J. E. Harris declares that membership by December the first must reach 20,000. The good friends all over the country who are making urgent calls for Branch Offices must be a little patient with "The American." The representatives in due time will get to all the cities. On last Monday night the stockholders met at Price's Hall and raised $364.75 in cash. They will meet again next Monday night. The American is now going right along paying sick and death claims in full, and every body is pleased. Dr. Graham is jubilant over the grand success. In three weeks the office will move into their new office 613 N. 2nd Street. "Is Dr. Graham in Danville?" Yes, and Alexandra AT ST. FRANCIS' CHURCH LARGE CONGEGATION HEAR A COLORED PRIEST. Rev. Father Uncles, a colored priest, formerly assistant at St. Francis Xavier's church in Baltimore, and professor of Greek at Epiphany College, but now at Clayton Industrial Institution, celebrated mass yesterday morning at St. Francis Church, assisted by Rita Ancioux, the rector. He also preached the sermon from Luke 17, chapter 11 to 19 verses. There was a large attendance and those who were present were much pleased with the sermon, which was an able one delivered in an impressive manner and with the use of graceful gesture. At night the little church was literally packed, and many were turned away. After the recital of the Rosary by Father Ancioux a strong sermon on "Faith" was preached by Father Uncles, who at the close pronounced the benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.—Lynchburg, Va., (Daily Advance.) LABOR'S HOSTS PARADE LABOR'S HOSTS PARADE Over 10,000 Union Men in Line in Philadelphia. MITCHELL MAKESTWO SPEECHES Presence of Miners' Chief In Quaker City Was the Occasion of the Greatest Demonstration Organized Labor Ever Held. Philadelphia, Sept. 2—The organized workmen of Philadelphia yesterday paid their tribute to John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and at the same time showed their sympathy in a substantial way for the striking anthracite mine workers of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The presence of the minere' chief was made the occasion of probably the greatest demonstration that organized labor has ever held on Labor Day. In the forenoon a parade was held under the auspices of the Central Labor Union, in which nearly all the trades of the city were represented. It is estimated that more than 10,000 men were in line. After the parade a big picnic was held at Washington Park, on the New Jersey side of the Delaware river, a few miles below this city. There were probably 40,000 persons in attendance. Here Mr. Mitchell made two addresses. His principal speech was made in the grove, where between 4,000 and 5,000 listened and cheered the strikers' leader. Mr. Mitchell said: "This day has been decreed as labor's special holiday, and from one end of the country to the other the great hosts of labor have assembled and are reviewing the struggles of the past and preparing for the struggles of the future. The year that has just elicited has been unprecedented in the growth of the trades union movement and the growth of independent thought and independent action, but with the great growth of the trades union movement new problems have arisen that will tax our greatest strength to solve. We have this year government by junction and ownership by Divine right in their most accentuated form. If one of the most conspicuous of the capitalists of the country properly represents the sentiment and feeling of his associates, then we must take it for granted that they believe that God in His infinite wisdom has given into their control all the resources of our country. I was taught to believe, when a boy, that God loved all His people alike. I was taught to believe that He conferred no more power or favors upon one than upon another; and notwithstanding the declaration of the controllers of trusts, I am not prepared to abandon the teachings of my boyhood days. "Every year sees some struggle of the workers that stands out more conspicuously than other struggles. This year it happens that the coal miners of Pennsylvania are engaged in a life and death struggle for the right to live. Ladies and gentlemen, I am one who believes that the time is not far distant when the workingman will have to solve the labor problem. I am free to say that my own views have been somewhat changed since this strike started. I look forward to the time when those who build the mansions will not have to live in hovels. I look forward to the time when those whose labor builds beautiful edifices whose spires point heavenward will not have to walk past them, too ragged to enter. I stand for the solidarity of the trade union movement. I hope to see the time when ne man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow will be outside the ranks ow his trade union. I look forward to the time when the workers of our country will take possession of their own country." Mr. Mitchell's second speech was confined to an appeal for aid. Among the other speakers at the two meetings was M. M. Dolphin, of New York, formerly national president of the Railway Telegraphers' Union. The entire proceeds of the picnic, estimated at $10,000, will be turned over to the miners' union. New York Wins Hilton Trophy New York Wins Hilton Trophy. Rifle Range, Sea Girt, N. J., Sept. 3. —The record in the Hilton trophy match, a total of 1,098 out of a possible 1,260, established a year ago by the District of Columbia, was surpassed by New York $9 points yesterday, the team representing the Empire State rolling up a total of 1,137. New Jersey finished in second place, with 1,124, while the District of Columbia was third, with an even 1,100. The trophy was presented by the late Henry Hilton, of New York, and is valued at $3,000. It is for teams of 12, from the United States and foreign countries. Personals and Briefs. Mrs. Lucy B. Chiles continues sick at her residence 316 W. Leigh St. Mr. Patrick H. Quarles of Brooklyn, N. Y., called on us. Mrs. Eugene Christian and son are home after several weeks stay at Colemanville Mineral Springs, Va. Mrs. Christian of Washington, D. C., is the guest of Mrs. Eugene Christian, north 7th St. Mr. T. B. Duncan, foreman of the Bluefield Coal Mines informs us that the strike is over and the men ready to resume work. Edward T. Johnson of Howard University, Washington, D.C., passed through the city to-day enroute to Blackstone, Va., his home, where he expects to teach next year. Sir W. C. Venable of Moravian Lodge, No. 13 of Danville, Va., has been appointed Grand Prelate of the Grand Lodge of Vi ginia, Knights of Pythias, vice Rev. J. H. Brice, deceased. Mrs. Ella E. Jenkins, in company with her son George, has been visiting her sick mother at Chula, Amelia County, Virginia, paid us a call this week. She is looking well and said that she spent a grand time in the country and also here. She will return to Washington to-morrow. Mrs. Hannah Lewis and Miss E. Tyler of Huntington, W. Va., and Mrs. S. L. Freedman of New York City are the guests of Mrs. M. T. Lightfoot at Doswell, Va., and also Mrs. Ella Harper of North 7th St., Richmond, Va. Mrs. Isabella Harper of Doswell, Va., is visiting her daughter-in-law of this city. Mr. J. W. Thompson, Grand See'ty has returned from a trip to Newark N. J., New York City, Philadelphia and Atlantic City N. J., and will be at his port of duty for the time being. He reported having been successful in getting his 10th or Royal Fencampment Badge adopted. As the legal authorized badge for the National and State Grand Lodge Officers and Representatives of The I. O of G. S. and D. of S. —Mr. C. O. Shaw, of Brunswick, Ga., one of the most prominent colored men in that locality, called on us during the recent session of the Negro National Business I等ague. He is well off in this world's goods, and his complimentary remarks concerning the progress of the colored people here were gratifying to us. He returned home Friday night, 29th, ult. We were pleased to receive a visit from our esteemed friend, Hon Cyrus Fields Adams, now Assistant Register of the Treasury at Washington, and President of the National Afro American Press Association. He has won his way to a position of national importance and we were pleased to know that he was favorably impressed with this city. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles H Greene, who have been visiting relatives and friends in Manchester, Va., the past two weeks, have returned to their home in Greenbush, N. C., accompanied by Mrs Bessie Holmes, highly elated over their visit. An agreeable surprise was led on them Thursday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Holmes, and a royal time was had until the small hours of morn. September 2nd, 1902. The members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church were again highly instructed in their religious path by the Prof. Tyrrell the ex-catholic, who has come to the baptist brethren and is now doing a major work for his race. His sermon in the morning showed every quality of a well learned man. Miss Annie M. Burus the charming singer of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, left the city on last Saturday for Washington, and he is all alone and looking very sad about her. Miss Jannie Wright left the city for Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Davie Fairfax of Meyersdale, Pa. is in the city. Miss Ellen Johnson left the city last week for Washington, D. C. Mr. Willis Jones has return to the city. The Rev. R. C. Carr passed through the city last Saturday. Mr. Saint L. Angel has returned home from the springs. Mrs. Lucy Daniel of 261 West Main Street has just had new tasty paper hung upon the walls of the lunch room Call and see her. The big exursion that left the city last Tuesday for Staunton, Va., went beyond expectation. The PLANET can be found at No. 305 West Main Street. Mr. Samuel Meadows who was so badly scalded on his engine, at the Southern Union Station some time ago is out again. Installation of Manchester Lodge, No. 11, Knights of Pythias. The following is the list of officers of Manchester Lodge, No. 11, K. of P. R. J. Jackson, M. W.; Geo. E. Scott, C. C.; Milton L. Threat, V. C.; Davie Goode, Prelate; Cyrus Jones, K of R. & S. James T. Thompson, M. F.; Moses Harris, M. E. Fletcher Powell, Master-At-Arms; Elijah Murray, I. G.; Conrad Bacon, O. G. JAS. T. THOMPSON, D. D. G. C. Y. M. C. A. Notes. The committees in the jail and almshouse last Sunday held meetings which produced great results for the Lord. The papers by the boys last Sunday will not be forgotten very soon. Master Wiley Ferguson, subject, "The perils of the corner." Master John Murphy, subject, "Temperance." The address to the men last Sunday by President R. T. Hill was crowded with the best of advice. Subject, "Opportunity." Rev. George E. Morris of Morristown, N. J., also said many things to the men that will help to further the Kingdom of God. Men, take heed. Men, we need you to help us. Meet us Sunday at 10 a.m. for special work. Bible study for boys Sunday at 4 p.m. at the rooms. Everybody is requested to be a committee for the mass meeting for men only Sunday at 3:30 p. m., at Price's Hall. By request, Dr. W. F. Graham, pastor of the Fifth St. Baptist Church will address the men. Subject, "There are holes in our pockets." Special music by a male quartette under the directions of Mr. W. A. McCoy. Rev. D. W Davis, A. M., will take a part in this meeting. Men help us to crowd the hall. Price's 3:30 p. m., be on time. The grand rally will take place Sunday, September 28th, at 3:30 p. m., True Reformers' Hall, under the direction of Rev. D. Webster Davis. Well Trained Agriculturalists The demands in all parts of this country, and in several foreign countries for well trained men of our race in the direction of scientific and practical agriculture are so great that this institution is willing to offer exceptional advantages to young men who wish to come here and take either a regular or post graduate course in agriculture. We cannot begin to supply the demands that come to us for trained men in the direction of agriculture. The positions few, which there trained men are wanted are those in most every case which pay high salaries. We are especially anxious to get hold of men who have received, as far as possible, a good education before coming here, and are ready to enter upon a thorough course of agricultural training. For further information address, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. Held Up by White Men Wednesday night, August 27th as Mr. H. B. Carter was going into his place of employment, 311 W. Franklin street, three white men jumped up and covered him with their pistols. They then searched his pockets. Mr. Carter was entering in the rear and had the key in the lock. They forced him to take the key out. Luckily these men did not secure any money although Mr. Carter had some on his person. After searching him, they found out that Mr. Carter recognized them and knew that they lived in the neighborhood, they made excuses and said that some one had been on their lot, peeping in at the windows. Mr. Carter found out who the men were and swore out a warrant for their arrest. The warrant was served, but the case was not called on last Friday morning. It was afterwards ascertained that the white men's names were E. B. Fisher and J. H. Bradley Visitors to the PUANT Office this week: George E. Stephens, Lynchburg, Va.; Miss Susanna Belle Anderson Springfield, Mass.; G. Grant Williams, Hartford, Conn.; Clifford C. Robertson, Hampton, Va.; James E. Brown, Hampton, Va.; J. H. Johnson, M. D. Washington, D. C.; Miss Mary Clarke, Richmond, Va.; W. A. Massenburg, Norfolk, Va.; W. H. Billups, Clinton J. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa.; Israel D. Lewis, city. Miss Julia Terror, who resides at 802 St. James street was returning home from Barton Heights, where she is employed by a family of white people, Monday night, September 1st, on arriving at 1st and Duval streets by way of the Richmond Railway and Electric Company, she is said to have rung the bell to stop the car, but the mortorman failed to make a complete stop. In an effort to get off, she fell, inflicting an ugly wound on the back of the head. She was taken to Thompson & Benson's drug-store, corner St. James and Duval streets, where Dr. E. R. Jefferson dressed the wound. The Excelsior Silver Star Club. No. I was organized on the 18th of August, 1902. The sermon was preached by Rev. R. R. Graham at the First Baptist Church, Manchester. Following are the officers:—President, Joseph Henderson, vice-president, Moses Hobson; secretary, Ottrell Howell; chaplain, James R. Johnson; banking officer, George Braxton, acting treasurer. Headed by the Olympia Band of Manchester, Va., marshalls, Major J. B. Johnson, Willie Ghee, William Dean and Conrade Bacon, the young men made a grand showing on the above date. THE PLANET SATURDAY, SEPT 7, 1902 FARM & GARDEN. SOLAR WAX EXTRACTOR. Sun Will Do the Work Just as Well If Not Better Than the Kitchen Stove. Every person who has one or more colonies of bees will have use for a wax extractor of some kind. There is more or less danger connected with rendering wax on the kitchen stove; it is better to let old Sol do it for us without risk or expense. Make a box 12 by 18 inches square 6 or 8 inches deep, with a glass cover to fit tight all around; have two legs on the back end fastened with screws for hinges, so as to raise or lower the extractor in order to receive the direct rays of Inside Cover Complex SOLAR WAX EXTRACTOR the sun. Bore a row of small holes into the bottom at the front end, to let the honey drip through into the bowl; take a sheet of tin and bend into the box, the upper edges of the tin to rest on two strips of wood about one inch from the top of the box, the lower middle of the tin not to go lower than two-thirds of the way down. Fasten to one end of the tin a piece of wire netting for a strainer. The tin should not be nailed into the box, as it must be occasionally removed to be cleaned of the refuse which will accumulate. If one has chunk honey to separate from the tomb this is a novel way: Just fill the extractor and it will gradually melt, the wax will remain in the box under the tin and the honey will run through into the bowl. For increased heat put on the south side of a building.—F. S. Herman, in Economist. SILK WORM CULTURE. Many Sections of the United States Especially in the South, Are Adapted to It. Bulletin No. 181, of the Raleigh (N. C.) experiment station gives a condensed history of the culture of the silk worm, with interesting facts about the business as now carried on in North Carolina. Silk worms were domesticated in China about 2700 B. C., and that country is still the greatest producer, Italy, Japan, India and France following. In 1771 this industry was taken up in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and in 1820 it was introduced into the central west. The government issued a manual of silk growing in 1826, and the business became popular along the Atlantic coast, an extensive business being done in the sale of mulberry trees at high prices by nurserymen as food for silk worms. A severe frost in 1841 killed nearly all of these trees, thus practically wiping out the silk business in the north. There are, however, suitable varieties of mulberries that will stand northern winters, and acceptable temporary foods, such as salsify, lettuce, cultivated hemp and some of the legumes. The United States is the greatest silk manufacturing country in the world. It produces practically none of the raw material, yet large sections, particularly in the south, are well adapted to silk culture, as the mulberry tree and other desirable foods flourish. The worms may be tended by women and children in addition to other work about the house. This bulletin estimates that there are at least 50,000 families in North Carolina in which the product of four or five ounces of silk worm eggs could be reared each year, without interfering with other work, making an additional income of over $3,000,000. WISDOM IN PARAGRAPHS: Arrange to go to the state fair this season, and take the boys and girls along, too. Right now is a good time to haul out the manure and scatter it on grass or grain stubble. Plenty of shade from trees or sheds in pastures will save many pounds of flesh during flay time. Don't remind your best neighbor of his faults. He likes to be "jollied" just the same as other people. If there is some especially disagreeable job to do about the farm give it to the boy to do; the hired man might object to doing it. If there is some work that must be done on Sunday, keep the boys at home to do it. Hired help sometimes object to having their Sunday plans broken into—Prairie Farmer. Yankee Implements Abroad Our exports of agricultural implements have grown enormously in the last ten years, but the demand is greater than ever, because many foreign countries are just beginning to use modern machinery. We export last year machinery amounting to $16,313.134; the shipments to Europe were $10,194,530; to North America, $2,608,862; to South America, $1,726,973, and Oceania. $1,010,101. Of the $2,072,418 worth of cotton manufactures exported, $6,628,933 went to North America, $6,355,381 to Asia. $3,321,494 to South America. $2,737,898 to Europe, and $8,74784 to Oceania. AMERICA'S HAY CROP. It Pays the Farmer from $400,000,000 Up Every Year, According to Price and Quality. There is probably no crop that varies more than that of hay, ranging from 45,000,000 tons to 66,000,000 tons, and the acreage varying from 40,000,000 to something over 50,000,000, and this crop pays the farmer annually from $400,000,000 to $500,000,000, according as to the price and quality of the hay. It is the most profitable crop the farmer can raise, and it is harvested with less expense than any other crop he can put in his land. He usually realizes at least $100,000,000 more from hay than from wheat, and often gets more out of it than from corn, so that it is readily seen that the hay crop is of a great deal more importance to everybody, and everything depends on a favorable start. There are also direct reasons why the condition of the hay crop is of great importance to grain speculators. The failure of hay now would make large drafts on the coarse grain supply and would mean higher coarse grain prices, while a very favorable hay promise now and good results later would alleviate in a very great extent the shortage in corn this summer and fall. The time was when very little importance was given this wonderful product, but that has passed, and there is good logic in the importance now attached to the hay situation at the present time. It is not at all surprising that grain men are now calculating on the prospects for a good crop of hay this season, neither is it surprising at the interest shown by the producer and shipper of this valuable product.—Hay and Grain Reporter. CORN FODDER BINDER. The Contrivance Here Described Will Enable the Farmer to Tie Stalks Firmly. It is coming time when farmers are getting ready to top their corn for fodder. As corn has been so scarce this year corn-top fodder will probably be worth more than usual. Farmers know that when tying tops they often get out of order from not being tied tightly enough. By using BINDER FOR CORN FODDER this binder you can tie the stalks firmly. It is made by taking a piece of barrel stave about 18 inches long and two sticks 3 feet long, with rings to slip over end of stick. When closed together fasten hook about 1 foot from lower end. Use a pair of hinges to fasten sticks to the stave and, taking a strap 3 1-3 feet long, with one end fasten to stick as shown. Cut several holes in the end of strap to fit any bundle. When the bundle is bound, take twine and tie. Then release the binder and you have a firmly tied sheaf.—A. V. Herron, in Farm and Home. WOMEN ON THE FARM. The Man Who Asks Them to Plow and Harrow or Make Hay Is in the Wrong. The other day I heard a man boasting about the work his girls had done on the farm. One had been plowing, one harrowing, one doing some other kind of hard labor. He seemed to think it was a thing to be proud of that he had girls who could do such work. Now, it is all right for the women to help a little now and then when the farm work presses. We all know what a relief it is for them to come to the rescue when the weather is "catching" and we are behind hand. But for myself I draw a line straight across the field at the point mentioned by our good friend, the father of those splendid daughters. I do not believe it ever was intended that women should plow or harrow or lift or lug at heavy farm labor. The hay mow of all places is the worst for them. It may be true that by doing this kind of work the women folk can save certain crops from injury or enable us to cut down the bills for hired help. It may be, too, that they are ready and willing to lend a hand wherever possible; but to-day is not all we hope to have in life. 'And of all the poor, wretched persons I know a broken-down woman is most so. What is the use of saving a few pennies today at the risk of loss of health tomorrow? We ought to be sensible about such things. There are things women can do with safety and profit. plowing, harrowing and such work is neither safe nor profitable.—E. L. Vincent, in N. Y. Tribune. Boers to Visit America Before the Boers start earnestly in the process of reconstruction some of the leaders are coming to America to get pointers on modern and up-to-date methods of farming. They know that this country leads the world in agriculture and that here the farming profession is developed to a higher point than anywhere else. It is a wise move to get ideas that will help them to begin right and place them on a par with the best farmers on earth.—Chicago Daily Sun. Head of Firm (to new office boy)— Can you do anything else but whistle and loaf? "Yes, sir. I can play craps."—Life THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA. THE GUITAR OF ROSA DEANE Here, "Darling," his arms, "w "I have ju she sobbed. "There, the her silken tre if your pare us? I am y win my way sake. I will- "It isn't th ma says if I would have I would have e think of the had!" Then she w heart would Herald. THE guitar of Rosa Deane hung on the wall of the ranch house beneath a saber and a gun. The ranch house was out on the Calico trail, where the wheat land came to an abrupt end and the grass land began. That is, if you looked east heads of yellow grain waved and tossed before your eyes until the scene was a blurr of gold; if you turned west there was the range, the lumbering cattle, the cowboy, forerunner of all farmers from Egyptian days to now. And on the dividing line of wheat and cattle stood the home of Rosa Deane, and there hung her guitar for ranger or farmer to twang. "Jerusalem," exclaimed Whalen, of the Buckle herd, the first time he saw the instrument, "that is a roarer. Let me keerlessly draw a few lines from its innerness." Rosa Deane snapped her black eyes and handed him the guitar. It was old—very old. The inaid mother of pearl, the ivory keys, the fantastically carved back, spoke of a day when the guitar was the sweet-voiced "I DON'T LIKE SPOOKS. MISS ROSY." messenger of all young love and troubadors were lurking at every corner. But when the strings were touched—then—then Rosa Deane's guitar gave out its sound. Such sweetness, such softness, such depth of tone and feeling came forth that the rudest player was moved to gentleness. "That inster'ment," remarked Whalen, "is sure human. I've hearn 'em all from the Rio to the Muddy, an' they ain't in it with this one." "My grandfather gave it to my mother in '60," said Rosa Deane, "and she gave it my brother in '75, and when he died it went to another brother, and then he died, and it came to me. My grandfather was killed in the Sloux massacre; my oldest brother was shot on the Little Missouri; the other one died with Custer. The gun and the saber belonged to them. When my mother died father put them up there, and I hung the guitar underneath." "Miss Rosy," said Whalen, respectfully doffing his hat, "I'm a plain critter and not easy with tongue slinging, but you'r family sure hez hed truble. The inster'mt tells all about it." He slipped his fingers over the strings and played—Spanish things, dances, marches, all the musical favorites of the men that live by the herds—things that have not only the lullaby of the wind in them, but its sting and lash, when roused to fury; the songs of the night, of the trampling cattle, the call of the wolf, the meteor's flash, the whinny of the guarding horse. But no matter how gay the melody he evoked, the tones which came from the guitar always carried a minor sadness, something that seemed as if it had a consciousness of its own. Just as there is always in the voice of a woman who has suffered much and long a suggestion of sighs and tears. Have you ever analyzed the laugh of a woman who has borne the cross? Whalen put the guitar back in its place and passed on his way. Rosa Deane took up her housework again, humming the tunes he had left in her memory. She had heard much of Whalen. Her father had said he was the wildest yet best cattleman in the country. There was a story that, he had killed so many men in the southern country he had been forced to come north, and that he lived in constant apprehension of pursuit by avenging friends of his victims. "Still," said Deane, "I understand he never shot until he was attacked, and that the people he put out of the way ought to have died long before. He's mighty quick with a gun and good to everybody when the liquor's out of him. He has money, too—plenty of it." Whalen returned to the Deane home often after his first call. He never entered the ranch house that he did not take down the guitar and play. He would sit for an hour in the door-way, one eye on the instrument, one on Rosa Deane. One day, after he The Heathen Style Rendem—Among the ancient Romans every public dinner opened with a ballet. Headem—Ah, I see. Grace before meat.—N. Y. Weekly. Over the Wire. Hewitt—Do you know that telephone girl? Jewitt—Well. I have a speaking acquaintance with her.—N. Y. Times. had hung the instrument under the gun and saber and was about to leave, one of the strings gave forth a long-drawn note, sad and sweet. Whalen started and involuntarily dropped a hand to the butt of his gun. "That oughtn't to frighten you, Mister Whalen," laughed Rosa Dene, "for the guitar does that often. Sometimes in the night it wakens me up. It's just the tightness of the strings makes it so and changes in the weather. Sometimes I like to think it's talking perhaps to my brothers and mother and perhaps without us seeing them they just passed their hands over the strings." "I don't like spooks, Miss Rosy," rejoined Whalen, shifting unessily on his feet. "I don't like things I can't see. Thet inster'm is sure human. Hear it?" Again a note, wierd, rising and falling. Rosa Deane could not reassure Whalen as to the cause for this. He rode away, shaking his head and much disturbed. She told her father of the incident that night and he said that Whalen had been in a nervous mood for a week or more. A rumor was about that a half-breed Mexican from the Rio was on the range looking for him and trouble was expected. The half-breed's brother had been killed at Laredo by Whalen and the latter had been trailed to the north. "There'll be a killing, sure," said Deane, "when they come together, and I guess Whalen will have the best of it. He's out looking for the Mexican now; he won't rest until the matter is settled. I suppose Whalen thought the guitar was giving him a kind of warning. The cow men are superstitious." A day or two later Whalen came back to the ranchhouse and took his old seat in the doorway, with the guitar. "Miss Rosy," said he, "I'm gettin' kind a tired mower' round without a rope on me. I'm jest hankerin' to be tied. I ain't done nothin' ever what I war 'shamed of, e'en ter killin' the greaser. I never hurt a woman, ner a kid, ner stole nothin', ner war ornery with a boss. I never hurt a man what war mindin' his own ranch. I hev money, an' I like yer gait. I'll be sure good to yer if you wants me, Rosy." And that settled it, for Rosa Deane had made up her own mind long before that she loved Whalen, loved his music, his daring on the range, his courage. She gave him a quick answer: "I'll take you if you cut out the liquor, except when you're with me. You can drink at home, not away." the cow man stayed to supper; he won the approval of Mr. Deane to the marriage; he sat out under the stars, and the guitar gave forth such music as had never come from its strings before. Rosa and Whalen walked down the trail, and he said to her: "Sure, Rosy, what holds a man level is a woman. If he won't lie and means to tote fa'r it only needs a woman to do the rest. I love you, Rosy, same as I loves my boss." The girl of the prairies, the western girl, put both her arms about his neck and gave him a hug and a kiss for his words. She was satisfied. The two were back to the door of the ranchhouse. Whalen's horse stood there saddled for the ride home, the guitar hung in its familiar place. The cow man's lank form was outlined against the night as the light from the house door shone on him. Over on the trail, crawling like an Indian, came the Mexican half-breed. He had journeyed far for such a moment as this. The call of the blood of his brother for vengeance tingled his ears. He raised himself ever so little, his gun covered Whalen. He fired once, twice. One bullet sped through the cow man's body. The other went wild, passed through the open door, and struck the old guitar. Again the long-drawn note of weariness and death, the minor of life. Then the cry of a woman—Chicago Record-Herald. Portrait of a Queen. Here is a portrait of Queen Alexandra by an American girl in London. "We don't go to the theater to witness a play, but to see the audience. I thought we were going to be disappointed and not see her at all, but just before the curtain went up she and the king came in with some other people. She is rather tall and very sweet looking, but, oh, most awfully thin. She has lovely blue eyes, with a shine in them, like a baby's, but I was disappointed a bit, for I thought she had golden hair. To be quite candid, her hair is of quite a manhogany tint, but it was charmingly coiffured, and showed off her diamonds beautifully. * * * She looked very young and girlish, but I think she has the saddest face I've ever seen. She listened very attentively, and when she smiled you felt as though you wanted to have a good rousing cry. I don't wonder one bit that people in England love her, for they simply can't beli it."—Detroit Free Press. An Emergency Case Johnny—Please, ma'am, we’re goin' $^2$ have company, an $^3$ ma wants $^4$ borrow your rubber plant an $^5$ a cupful o' sugar.—Philadelphia Inquirer. A Real Gentleman. Church—Is he kind to his wife? Gotham—Oh, my, yes! Why, he speaks just as softly to her as he does to the cook.—Yonkers Statesman. "I have just been to see mamma," she sobbed. "There, there, pet," he said, stroking her silken tresses, "don't worry. What if your parents do refuse to forgive us? I am young and strong. I will win my way. I will be rich for your sake. I will— "It isn't that," she broke in. "Mamma says if I had only gone to her it would have been all right—that they would have given their consent. And think of the wedding I might have had!" Then she wept again as if her poor heart would break.—Chicago Record-Herald. All the Requirements. Resident (of Boomtown)—We are trying to have this place incorporated as a city, and it's high time, too. Tourist—Not the necessary population, I suppose? Resident—Not quite; but every man in this town knows that the aldermen and the police are thoroughly corrupt.—Brooklyn Life. Sure to Be at Home Mrs. Westend—Good morning, Mr. Northend. I want to run in and see your wife. Is she at home? Mr. Northend—Yes; she'll be at home all day. When I left she was trying to make up her mind to go out and have a tooth extracted—Tit-Bits. All in a Flutter "How does the young doctor manage to get so many patients?" "Well, you see, he's so handsome that every time he feels a woman's pulse it becomes abnormal, and so, of course, he prescribes a course of treatment."—Philadelphia Bulletin. His Guess. "Why is it," said the self-conscious young man who is to be married, "that all the world loves a lover?" "Perhaps," answered the coarse and cynical person, "it is because pity is akin to love." - Washington Star. Nipped. Kraft—The boss has promised to give me a raise in my salary next week. Newitt—Sorry, old man, but I haven't got a cent to lend.—Philadelphia Press. C & O PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MAIN-ST. STATION. AUGUST 17th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND 10:30 p. m., "F," F. V. I. Limited except Sunday to Hinton, connecting to Hinton to Hinton, man to Cincinnati, Lotsville and the Washington. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. James River Division 10.20 a. M. for Newburgh, Lexington, Lexington, New Castle, Burlington, except Sunday for Rosney and Alberene Purple 5:15 p. m. - Egypt Sunday. To Mantee. Arrive. PENNSULA DIVISION — From Norfolk and Old Point, arrive 10 a.m. by 7:20 p.m. and 8 a.m. by 8:30 p.m. Exit New York, daily. Local arrive 7:20 p.m. daily. MAIN LINE, From Cincinnati, 7:45 a.m. daily. Local arrive 7:20 p.m. daily. From Cifton Forge 7:15 p.m. except Sunday from Cifton Forge and daily from Charlestville; Local from Charlestville arrives 8:30 a.m. except Sunday. JAMES RIVER DIVISION — From Cifton Forge and Lynchburg 6:25 p.m. daily and 8:40 p.m. DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT. C. E. DOYLE, H. W. FULLER, GEN'L M'G'R, GEN'L P. A Norfolk and Western R. R. Norfolk and Western R. R. May 25th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 12:00 A. M. Stops only at Pet- terson. Waverly 12:00 A. M. Stops only at Watford. Only toilet to Suffolk. Stops holding tickets from Richmond and Petersburg. 9:05 A. M. CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus and Chicago. Buffet Parlor for Potterburg to Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Roanoke for Bristol, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 1:10 p. m. Roanoke Express for Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke and intermediate at Petersburg. 7:25 P. M. ; for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:30 P. M. 9:45 P. M. ; at Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Connects at Lynchburg with Washington and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman Sleeps Lynchburg to Memphis and New Orleans, Cafe, Pantor and Observatory. Pullman Sleeps between Richmond and Lynchburg. Berths ready for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and the West daily 7:35 A. M. 1:50 p. m. and 8:56 P. M. ; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. M. Office 838 Main St. City Passenger and Ticket Agt C. H. BOSLEY General Passenger Agent. General Office: Roanoke, Vs. SOUTHERN RAIL W Y Schedule in Effect July 20. 1902 Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 10:15 A. M., No. 9 daily for Durham, M. D. Dan ville, and all local stations south, connecting to Norfolk, M. D. for Norville, Lynchburg and all local stations West; at Jeffrey; for local stations at Norfolk Division to Canville; at Henderson 2:30 P. M., No. 20 daily for Jackson sville and all Florida points; daily for Jack sville and all Florida points; Havana, Nassau, etc. Connects at Messeley, with Farnville, and Powhatan railroad; at Gatlinburg, North Carolina; at Winston-Salem; at Cl arlotte with No. 35. United States fast mail, solid train, dakota for New Orleans and New Orleans South, which carries Sleepers to Memphis, Drawing Room Sleeper, Richmond to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through train to Memphis, Sailsbury to Memphis, Dining-Car Service. 11:05 P.M. M., No.11, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, and Gainesville, South. Sleeper for Danville, Charlotte, open at Richmond 9:30 P.M. M. treatment with New York and Florida Exp ress and Southwestern Limited, which u nloads the Selah, Jacksonville, Tampa Nashville Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete, Dining-Car Service. Also Premium Tailored meals, connec days and Fridays Washington to San Francisco, with outchange, with con nections for all points in Texas, Mexico and 6:00 P.M. M., No.17 local daily, except Sunday, for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS ARIEVE RICHMOND. 7 A.M) 5:43 P.M. M.) From Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, Ashville and all points South. 8:40 A.M. M. from Keysville and local stations. 9:40 A.M. M. from Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations. LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapoils. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH 4:30 P. M. No. 16, Baltimore Limited, dally ex- ported at West Point with steamer for excursion at West Point. 5.00 A. M. No. 74, mixed mix. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and inter mediate stations, connecting with stage at the Theater for Walkerton and Tapahamock. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 9:15 A. M. No 15 daily from West Point, with connection from Baltimore, except Monday. 10:45 A. M. No 9.0, daily except Sundays and Mondays. Mondays. 4:50 P. except. Sundays, from West Point and intermediate station. Nos. 15 and 16 will make no stop between Richmond and Quinton. Steamer will West Point 5:50 p. m., daily except Sundays. Steamers at Gloucester Point and Clay-bank, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Yorktown and Allmonds. Steamer at W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A., C. H. ACKERT, General Manager, Washington, D. C. Seaboard Air Line R. R. "CAPITAL CITY ROUTE" Short line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals of Six States. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 13, 1902 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN ST. STATION-DAILY. No. 27. No. 31. 2.15 P.M. 10:35 P.M.-Lv. Richmond. 2.35 P.M. 11:30 P.M.-Lv. Petersburg. 2.55 P.M. 12:30 P.M.-Lv. Petersburg. 2.75 P.M. 7:00 A.M.-Ar. Hamlet. 10.35 P.M. 7:20 A.M.-Lv. Hamlet. 10.35 P.M. 7:30 A.M.-Lv. Atlanta. 2.45 P.M. 10:35 A.M.-Columbia. (Eastern Time.) 1:05 A.M. M. 9:40 A.M.-Lv. Columbia. 4:55 A.M. 2:10 P.M.-Ar. Savannah. 9:15 A.M. 7:00 P.M.-Ar. Jacksonville. 10:55 A.M. 4:55 P.M.-Ar. St. Augustine. 10:32 P.M. 7:20 A.M.-Lv. Hamet. 7:50 A.M. 2:55 P.M.-Ar. Atlanta. 2:00 A.M. 10:35 A.M.-Columbia. 1:05 A.M. M. 9:40 A.M.-Lv. Columbia. (Central Time.) 4:55 A.M. 2:10 P.M.-Ar. Savannah. 9:15 A.M. 7:00 P.M.-Ar. Jacksonville. 10:55 A.M.-Ar. St. Augustine. 5:45 P.M. 6:45 A.M.-ar. Tampa. 10:55 A.M. 10:22 A.M.-Lv. Chester. 8:43 A.M. 12:35 P.M.-Lv. Greenwood. 6:13 A.M. 2:50 P.M.-Lv. Athens. 7:50 A.M. 5:40 P.M.-Ar. Atlanta. 11:35 A.M. 7:20 P.M.-Ar. Mason. 6:25 P.M. 9:20 P.M.-Ar. Montgomery. 6:25 P.M. 9:20 P.M.-Ar. Moldau. 7:25 A.M.-Ar. New Orleans. 6:55 P.M. 1:40 A.M.-Ar. Nashville. 8:20 A.M. 9:20 A.M.-Ar. Memphis. 8:20 A.M. 9:20 A.M.-Ar. N.C. m. daily intermediate points. Connection at Norfolk and train training Henderson 2:10 P.M. and Ral- lery. No. Norfolk and the East daily. No. 34 at 6:45 except Sunday. Trains leave Richmond for Washington, and New York and the East daily. No. 34 at 6:45 Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for all Florida East coast points and Cuba, and Porto Rica; at New Orleans for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND-DAILY. 6:35 A.M. Mo 34 | From all points South. 6:35 P.M. Mo 66 | Southwest. 6:35 M. Mo 03, Noralina, N.C., Petersburg and urban SLEEING-CAR SERVICE Nos. 31 and 34—Florida & Metropolitan Limited, Pullman Drawing-Droom, and Sleeping Cars between New York and Tampa. Tested New York and Tampa, Tested Atlanta, and between Richmond and Jacksonville. Pullman Sleeping Cars (daily) between Jacksonville and Tampa. Also through Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between New York and Tampa. Tested Atlanta and Tampa, Tested Atlanta and Hamlet and Savannah. Nos. 27 and 62—Seaboard Fast Mail. Pullman Drawing-Room Buffet Sleeping Cars between Atlanta and Hamlet with Sleeping Car to and from Atlanta, in connection with which through Pullman tickets are sold. Pullman Parlor-Cars between Jacksonville and Tampa. Finest Day Coaches. W. J. MAY, City Ticket Agent. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agent, 1000 East Main Street New Outing and Pic.nic Park at Jones boro. There is a New Outing and Picnic Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Lee on the Eastern Branch of the C. & O. R. R. convenient for Picnics by wagon or rail. There is a large pavilion that will accommodate 800 persons and other attractions such as swings, base ball etc. Excellent water on the grounds. You cannot find a more desirable resort for church, Sunday School, society or private picnics or one that will afford a more perfect day of rest, recreation or pleasure. For particulars as to dates and rates apply at once to JNO. H. BRAVTON, 10 W. Jackson St. THE MIDWAY LUNCH ROOM. 726 N. 3rd St. Richmond, Va. MEALS FROM 7 A. M. TO 8 P. M. Term Reasonable, Quick Service. Give Me A Call. MRS. S. L. MITCHELL. Proprietress. Richmond, Frederickksberg and Potomac Railroad. Richmond, Frederickksberg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect May 25, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 422 A. M. Daily from EYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stop at Milford, Frederickickburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Cars to Washington and New York. 6:45 a.m. M. Daily from M A I N S T R E E T STATION, Florida and Limited, Attention town and beyond. Stops on Fredericksburg and Alexandria, Sleeping Cars to New York. 7:00 a. M. Except Sunday from Elba Station, and for Ashland and Ashland and intermediate stations. 8:00 a. m. Sunday only from BYRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond, Stops on Glen Allen, and local stations, Ashland Chase, Alexandria, Coquan and Alexandria. Buffet Parlor Car. 8:40 a. m. Except Sunday from BYRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond, Stops on Allen and local stations, Ashland to Acotink inclusive, Seminary and Alexandria. 12:38 Noon. Except Sunday, from BYRD ST. Station for Washington and beyond, Stops at Elba, Ashland, Doral, Buffet Parlor ricksburg and Alexandria. Buffet Parlor Car, Connects with Congressional Limited. 14:00 p. m. Except Sunday, from the Bryd ST. Station for Washington and beyond, Stops on Fredericksburg and intermediate stations. 5:05 P. M., Daily, from Main St. Station, for Washington and beyond. Stops at Doswell, Predator and Alexandria. Sleeping Car, New York 5:12 P. M., Daily from Ela Station for Washington and beyond. Stops at Fredericksburg and Alexandria. Sleeping Car to New York. 5:30 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. 5:45 P. M., Daily from Byrd Street Station, for Washington, and beyond. Stops at Ela, Ashland, Dowwell, Milford, Fredericksburg, Stoke, Idwater Quantico, and Alexandria. Sleeping Car, Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. 5:55 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive in Richmond Southward. 5:60 A. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION, Accommodation from Ashland and intermediate points. W. D. DUKE. General Manager. W. P. TAYLOR. Traffic Manager. E. T. D. MAYOR. President. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE. Schedule In Effect June. 8, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 a. m. NORPOLK LIMITED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:31 A. M. Norfolk, 1:20 a. m. Weldon at Petersburg, 9:36 a. m. Daily. Arrives Petersburg, 9:40 a. m. Weldon 11:30 A. M. Empress 11:38 a. m. ... Jayton at Savannah, 12:35 P. M. Jacksonville, Savannah 8:30 A. M. Jacksonville 8:30 a. m. Tampa 10:00 p. m. Port Tampa 10:30 p. m. Connects with No.40, arriving Gainesville, 3:25 P. M. 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New York = ere Pe > POS! 20SSS3-4 —_—_— . road in the opposite direction from th CHAPTER Iv. tity. as bso cine eh prt re eee PRAM] ance tes cmonitye the TAS horses, Lut Joun took pleasure in exhibiting his superior knowledge by showing ae Just what to do. I must have been an apt pupll, for he nodded approval every time I attempted to do the work ac- cording to his directions, But 1 was not cut out for menial labor. It was the anticipation of finding out more about Charles Goddard, my new mas- ter and companion tn crime, that bad first tempted me to accept such # posi- tion as groom. I soon found out, however, that he had skillfully banished me from his presence. He never appeared around the barn, and so far as seeing him was concerned I might as well have been @ hundred miles away. He went out riding every day, but John bitched up the horses and drove up to the front of the house, where shrubbery and ‘trees hid them from view. I stayed in my place five days with- out catching a glimpse of my master oF of Miss Stetson, and I was on the verge of throwing up the position in a = i disgust when events took a different turn, On the morning of the sixth day Mr. Goddard appeared at the stable door where I was grooming his best trotter and took me by surprise. “William, are you accustomed to driving?” he asked me before I had a chance to greet him with a good morn- ing. TF wax the first time. we hat met alone since that eventful nicht when we bad robbed the Stetson mansion, and I was a little concerned to see if he would show any sign of recognition, His parting injunction had been that we should not know each other again unless we met under conditions similar to our first encounter. A glance at his face showed that he was still deter. mined upon pursuing the same course even when we were alone, 1 would not be outdone in keeping an honorable agreement, and I answered im accordingly. “Yes, sir; I have driven good horses a little.” “Well, Jobn ts gotng to take the gray stallion to the city, and 1 want you to hitch up the team and drive me over to Miss Stetson’s at 10 o'clock sharp.”* “Yes, sir. I'll be there on time.” He hesitated a moment, looking straight at my clothes. I divined bis meaning. “T can put on John’s clothes,” I sald. “We're about the same size, and they wilt ft" “All right. ‘That will solve the prob- Jem. I will depend on you to be there in thme.” He walked hurriedly out of the barn, flecking the dust from his neatly fitting trousers with a riding whip. His figure was almost as perfect as the setting of his face, and I unintentionally fell to admiring it. He was every inch a gen- tleman, and the mystery of his strange double life was intensified. What rea- son had he to rob a house in the dead of night and that house belonging to a woman he loved? ‘Phen it occurred to me that he had been searching for some papers or artl- cles that concerned his welfare and that the robbery of the silverware was only an incidental feature of the night's work. The goods were probably taken out to cover up his tracks, to give the impression that some ordinary burglar had done the work. Satisfied with this solution of the mystery, I de- termined to stay in my position as groom for some time longer, hoping that events might reveal more to me and give me a chance in time of assist- ing MryGoddard in his trouble, for the truth was I had taken a strong liking to him and wished to be near him, Promptly at 10 o'clock I rattled up to the house with the team and waited for my master (I did not consider it lowering. to call him that), who soon appeared on the piazea dressed with immaculate taste. His face was a trl- fle paler than I had over seen it before, but otherwise he was unchanged. I liked the new duties assigned to me and looked forward with considerable fnterest to the outcome of the ride. I would at least have an opportunity to study the two together, He dismounted at the front door of the Stetson house and lightly ran up the steps, taking two at a time. He was gone about fifteen minutes, during which time I studied the house and the various windows which opened upon rooms in which I must have been, Miss Stetson appeared more beautl- ful than ever that morning, confirm- impression. She notiaed inclination of the two took thelr seats, down the old country EY GEORGE E. WALSH Toad in the opposite direction from tht city. For a time they remained silent, but after we bad covered a tulle they be- gan to couverse In monosyiiables. This in tme ylehled to more animated cou versation, conducted In an undertone that made hearing very diiicuit. 1 have always prided myself upon my gvod hearing, and it is due to the acuteness of this sense that 1 caught any of the conversation. As they became wrapped ‘up in their talk they unconsclously raised thelr voices a trifle. As near as ‘I could hear the important part of thelr conversution was as follows: “I wish Dr. Squites would leave that old haunted house,” Miss Stetson was saying. “It makes me feel cold and clammy every time I pass it, and what must it be to live in it all the time!” “Probably very disagreeable, espe- sially to one of your temperament,” Mr. Goddard replied quietly. “Or to one of your nature,” she an- swered, with a rising intonation of her voice. “But Dr. Squires does not seem to mind it," he added, unmoved. “I have offered to let him have a room in my house, but he prefers to stay where he is. He says he cannot pursue his in- vestigations so well anywhere else.”" “What are his studies and investign- tions? He ts so'mysterious about them that my curiosity 18 excited.” “Ask him, and be will probably tell you.” “I have, but he always puts me off— tells me to wait until some day when he is ready to announce his discovery to the world, Then he will tell me the first one.” “A great honor to you, I am sure, but 1 should demand to be let into the secret now.” ‘There was a little frony in bis voice which no one could mistake. “Why do you not aspire to the same honor?” she asked in sharp, piqued tones. “I understand that you are just as ignorant of his secrets as I am.” “Yes, I am. I know nothing about his studies, He never lets me go be- yond his office, which is on the ground floor in front, but then there is no spe- cial reason why he should take me into is secrets.” “Isn't he a friend of yours, and didn’t you bring him here?” “I brought bim here, but not as a friend. I understood that he was skilled tn certain lines, and I brought him here as a medical adviser, I am responsible for nothing more thun that.” “You talk very differently from what you @i@ six months ago. There was nothing toe good for you to say about bin.” “I'm saying nothing against him now. I merely disclaim responsibility for him except 2s a medical adviser.” “I do not think he needs you as a sponsor for -his character,” was the sharp rejoinder, “Probably not.” The quietness of the reply added fuel to the fire, and the silence which followed was ‘no indication of thelr feelings. I dropped the whip purposely on the seat back of me, and in turning to pick it up I caught a momentary glimpse of thelr faces. ‘They were both pale, and they were gazing intently at the scenery on opposite sides of the carriage. During the rest of the ride very little conversation was carried on between them, and I had ample time to think and reflect. The result of my cogita- tions was that I determined to pay Dr. Squires a visit and see what I could Aiscover of his secret studies and in- vestigations. “Following the natural bent of my mind, I of course decided to make the visit in the dead of night and unannounced. Something more than ghosts and spirits would be re- quired to keep me off the premises where there was any chance of making @ good haul or of discovering any secrets that might be turned to good account later, careful preparations before attempting to enter a house, and long experience in my business has made me extremely cautious. I never undertake a job with- out due consideration of all details. A sneak thief may go around from house to house in an aimless sort of manner and enter the tirst one that 1s not prop- erly barred, but not so with a pro- fessional. John always sent me off to exercise the horses on the few days when Mr. Goddard did not use them, and I em- Ployed these spare moments to ac- quaint myself with the surrounding country. 1 passed Dr. Squires’ house several times in the course of the next few days, examining the premises with a critical eye. I found that the house was located some distance back from the main highway and that it wus nearly con- cealed from view by shade and fruit trees. A small grove of woods backed ‘up to it on one side and an open pas. ture field bordered it on two otber sides. The easiest and safest approach to it, I conceived, was from the wood side. ‘The house itself was an old fashioned flat roofed mansion sadly in need of Paint and general repairs. It was gloomy enough to drive almost any- body away from it after dusk, and I ‘did not wonder that strange stories of ghosts and spirits had been gossiped around by the country people. If I had been a superstitious person, I should have selected the house as the last one to rob, It was probably this idea that CHAPTER VY. agp © was nearly a week after this ride before I could decide upon {a night favorable for a visit te Dr, Squires. It ts a poor burglar ee ae a>, eee THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. to worry if 1 did not appear until the following morning. 1 had friends in the city who might detain me over night. About 4 o'clock I left the barn and started presumably to walk to the city. John offered to dylve mo halt way down if L would wait until after sup- per. but the afternoon was so fine I preferred the walk, | Two wiles down the road T found that 1 wes perfectly concealed from | view of every house, and I quletly slip- Ped over the fence Into the woods. This piece of woods T knew backed up to Dr. Squires house. I concealed the bundle, while 1 pretended that I want- ed to take to the city with me, taking enough tools from it first to answer all my present purposes, | As I approached the edge of the woods T moved with great caution. 1 ‘did not know how many servants the ‘doctor hud, although John had assured me that he had only one, a copper col- fored Indian who was more foreign looking than his master, ‘This servant “never assoclated with anybody else and was elther deaf and dumb or un- able to speak English. | He was a sort of faithful watchdog, I judged, whom the doctor had be- | friended ‘and who would in conse- quence give up his life for him if nec- essary. I had met such zealous man- servants before, and my experience had always been that they are exceed- ingly troublesome. 1 therefore used extra precaution. "While yet some distance from the house I “climbed up into the leaty branches of one of the large trees and, pulling the follage to one side, scanned the house Intently through a pair of strong flieldglnsses, By their aid I could note everything that was going on outside the house and chuld almost see objects Inside the windows. ‘The only advantage I obtained from this was a clearer idea of the most vulnerable points of the house and also the way to escape from the premises in the event of an alarm. 1 saw the sery- ant go about his duties, and later I se- cured my first glimpse of the doctor. He was 2 dark bearded, thickset, well Proportiohed man, and one who would prove a bold and powerful antagonist. More than this I could not say until I found myself at closer quarters with him, I remained in my treetop position until well after dark, watching every- thing that occurred around the house. ‘Then 1 descended to the ground, ate a few pleces of cold meat and bread, drank a little wine and threw myself ‘on the dry leaves to sleep, ‘There was no danger of being discovered {n the woods, and I needed the rest and sleep to prepare me for the night's work. It was shortly after midnight when I opened my eyes again. Habit had made ita second nature with me to awaken at this hour, and I had no fear of over- sleeping myself when I first closed my eyes. I crawled through the under- brush toward the fence which divided the doctor’s land from the grove, and then waited and listened. ‘The house was perfectly dark, and everything Was calm and peaceful. Thad thought of dogs, but had failed to see ‘any around in the afternoon through my glasses. However, to make sure of it I imitated the cry and snarl of a cat—a noise that always brings watchdogs away from thelr post of duty. If the dogs were fnside the house, I would find that out later. But I really saw no reason why dogs should be kept on the place. Satisfled that the coast was clear, 1 made my way toward the bouse, keep- ing well in the shadow of tho trees. Then I made a close examination of the windows and doors. They were locked with old fashioned catches and re-enforced with nails. I selected the doctor's study as the place least likely to be occupied. With a diamond cutter I took a ptece of the glass pane out, making an open- Ing large enough to insert the hand, 1 [worked so carefully that the diamond Point scarcely made any of the grating noise so common when one operates with cheap cutters. ‘This one had been made specially for me, and it was per- fect In every detail. : As I took the piece of glass out and ‘deposited it on the floor of the piazza T listened fntently for a few moments to see if my operations had disturbed anybody. Then I applied my ear to the L hole in the pane to cateb the breathing ‘of any watchdog. Nothing could-be heard of an alarm- Ing character, and so I proceeded to unfasten the window and to open it. Now, if I had been in the elty or the house had been a modern one, 1 should never have thought of opening that ‘window without searching for a bur- fglar ularm, but out in the country, miles away from any assistance and in such an antique house, I did not see the value of a burglar alarm and con- sequently never once gave it consider- ation, I discovered my mistake in an in- stant, however. I had not raised the window balf an inch when there were a ringing of bells and an electric buzz- ing all through the house that made ae Geet SABA. Rak aiehaaee ce Boos ‘Gime rushing down the lawn from: the barn, and in the semidarkness I made out two enornious Dane bounds. The object of the burvine alarm flashed across ty mind in an instant. _ The electric wire that had started the bells to ringing had also relcused the watchdogs, and they were now upon ‘me. | As if by instinct they rushed upon the piazza, catching the scent almost immediately. But in that instant 1 bud turned and fled toward the woods, my only place of safety. Could I reach the woods and climb a tree before they ‘caught up to me? This question flashed through my mind, but I could not answer it. 1 al- ready heard their feet behind me, strik- ing the ground wth heavy patters as they loped rapidly across the interven- ing space. . The biood seemed to rush to my head, and for an inatant T thought of death. T had never been cornetod quite so completely before. 1 gethered ep ny strength for a final effort and cleared the fenee with a bound, hnt as 1 ieaped upward the foremost Dane made a tre- mendous lope and cleared the top rail of the fence In fine style. | We both landed on the other elde, but the force of the hound's leap carried him several feet over my head. Be fore he could turn upon me I had cocked my revolver, and as he made a Savage dive toward me I exploded it fall in his face. The range was so short that the explosion must have partly stunned him, for he rolled! over and kicked few times and then lay quite still. But I had no time to prepare for the second one. As if angered by the sight Seer i S\ LS ore i. ee), Sas CPTORG UPOR HE WER G SNar. of bis dead mate he sprang upon me with a snarl that 1 cau remember to this day. The great red. foam flecked Jaws were close to my face, and 1 drew back with a helpless shudder, 1 could have yelled in fear then if pro: fessional pride had not tied my tongve. I bowed to receive my fate, deter mined, however, to sell my life dearly. But before the white teeth could close upon me I saw a flash of some- thing over the hound’s head; it seemed to my dazed mind like a fork of light- ning. It made a curve downward and then disappeared, but it had left its mark behind, I felt great spurts of hot blood pouring from the Dane's throat on my bands and face, while the brute roiled over with an angry growl. I Jumped to my feet and saw facing me, with the bloody knife tp bis band, Mr. Goddard. For an instant Iwas speechless and almost helpless, but his warning volce brought me to my senses. “You have only a few minutes to es- cape. They are coming. Run!" I heard footsteps on the lawn back of us, and, remembering the athletic form of the doctor and his fuithful bodyguard, I obeyed the words of my master and hurried from the spot, but when I turned to look for my dellverer T found that he had disappeared too, CHAPTER VIL Ce 4 to my quarters in the barn. John was not tp yet, and when he finally came down to the stable I was busily engaged in grooming the horses. ‘The experience of the night had left me a trifle pale and agitated, for in all my experience Thad never been quite #0 near death's gor. But John’s was an unsuspect- ing nature, and I had nothing to fear from him. “You're an early bird to get back so soon in the mornin’.” he said, “an’ your work half done, too, before break: fast.” “T got a lift most of the way out,” T answered. “I caught a milk wagon coming this way.” “You're always lucky, Now, if that had been me I'd tramped all the way an’ never met a soul unless it was somebody to hold me up." “Hold you up!" I sald disdatnfully. “A man of your size and age afraid of being held up by highwaymen?” “I never have been, but there are 0 many burglaries goin’ on roun’ here thot it makes me feel creepylike when V'm out on the road after dark.” “1 hadn't heard of many robberies,” I replied; “none except that of the Stetson mansion the day before Mr. Goddard engaged me.” “Well, you haven't heard everything then, ‘That was the Sfth.or sixth in four weeks, un’ they bave had four more houses entered since then.” This was genuine news to me, and 1 was interested. John continued: “They are alick ones, too, for they never Jeave any trace bebind them. Them “detectives from the city don't seem to be able to do anything. They must come from the elty over might an’ get back again afore mornin’. Bu they can't find any of the stolen goods not in any ef the pawnshops.. It's a fine mystery to be a-hangin’ over the place. You can't tell whtch house will be robbed next. ‘The servants are all talkin’ about leavin’, an” nobody feels safe. 1 ain't sayin’ that I'm not glad that I'm livin’ out here over the barn instead of in the house. They never bother tho stables, an’ I suppose Pm alt right.” “But you'd go to Mr. Goddard's as. sistance if an alarm was given a night?” I said. “I ain't employed for that,” John re piled evasively, shifting his eyes from object to object. “I've got a wife an ehild to look after, an’ there ain't nc ee eas gerd ovens area a eee eee barn dressed in bis ordinary morning smoking Jacket. “Jobn, I've got to make some change here,” he sald. “My butler bus be- come frightened over the recent rob- beries and won't stay, and the rest of the servants are up tu arms too. They all talk of leaving. I must have some Manservant in the house who isn't afraid of every little sound and ready to jump at his own shadow. Now the question ts, Who shall I thstall there?” He looked significantly from John to me. | “Ihave « family to look after,” John began to stammer, and as he spoke « look of annoyance swept across Mr. Goddard's face. I did not let bim fints, for 1 knew that he would only get himself into deeper water by displaying his coward: fee. As a good, faithful coachman and kindly husband John was a success, ‘ut as a man of courage he was a total failure. “If you have no objections, str, 1 would like to offer myself as one will- ing to live in the house and look after things," I safd modestly. “I don't think you will find me afraid of ans. thing or anybody that may attempt to enter your house.” I could not help noticing a pleased expression on his face, although at first 1 expected he would resent my intrusion. I recalled the old, but some times erroneous, saying that “there's honor eveu among thieves,” for in spite of what be knew abont me he wus will ing to trust me. There was certainly & very peculiar relationship springing up between us. “Thank you. William,” be answered, “The change will be agreeable to me. You will have quite a responsible po sition, and 1 will have to trust much to your honesty and tact until this burglar scare passes away. It seems strange that the gang of thieves can- not be caught. I would give consid- erable myself as 2 reward Just to break them up. for they are making the life of our neighbors miserable out here.” “Do you think that there Is a gang of them?” I asked boldly. ~ “Certainty,” he said, without hestta- tion. “How eise could the robberies de committed with such success? Why, have you any reason to believe other- wise?” He looked sharply at me, and my eyes wandered from his as I answered: “No, except that I believe a gang could not operate as successfully as ‘one good skilled professional robber. Where there are too. many one or more will get into trouble sooner or later, and they will squeal upon the others.”” “That's very true, very true,” he sald retleetively. “I had never thought of that, and yet, yes, Jenkins, the de- tective, came to that conclusion some time ago, but I scouted the idea. May- be there is more in the idea than I thought. I will think about it, and if such a man is really terrorizing the neighborhood I should like to see him captured. I believe I will offer a re ward myself for hig capture.” “It would be a good idea,” I replied, “for you would probably never have to pay the reward.” “Why not?” “Well, because a man sharp enough to evade detection all this time is not likely to be caught by somebody work- ing to get a reward.” “That may be, but I shall offer the Teward at once. I'll make it a thou- sand dollars for the man’s capture and another thousand for his coaviction.” “That ought to be suflicient to tempt any confederate to squeal and turn state’s evidence.” “It might be, but I should hate to see the money go to a confederate, for it s my private opinion that a man who tells of his comrade in crime for a reward {8 worse than the man who 1s captured. He is not only a criminal himself, but a coward and traitor.” Mr. Goddard's eyes flashed sharply as he spoke, but I turned away with- out further remark. 1 knew for whose benefit the words were spoken. Did he think for an instant that I would turn traitor and claim the reward which he had offered for his own cap- ture and conviction? And yet how eas- Ny I could do it? He had placed him- self in my power, and now he seemed to challenge me upon my honor to be tray him. But, then, he had saved my lite once, and he undoubtedly knew human na- ture well enough to satisfy himself that there was no danger of my be- traying him. He had in reality made & coup d'etat {n rescuing me from the fangs of the savage Dane the night be- fore, He could easly have stood aside and let the hound finish me, placing me beyond all possibility of ever after ward annoying him, but his interfer- ence, coupled with my sudden change of position which brought me daily {n- to closer contact with him, convinced me that’he wanted to use me for some Purpose. Hither he had some object }to attain through me or he wished to moke me his confederate in order to Aispose of the goods he must have col lected, for I had no doubt that the se- ries of robberies In the neighborhood had been committed by htm, ‘What his purpose was I felt curious [v0 BE conTrxvED.} 6 Co Ce aS oY PR vy 4 BE) CSN Cees gies bis Gast. to rao h ud Lf oe Mh. (THEN OR “a HUNTING MULE-FUOTED HOGS. Sac sa AOS Mine Geren wane ee Dene roe ee Away back in the fifties, when I was Raer arin arpeuen ctr eke tak sietiied clan knoe’ cartes Me nors: tail te tuelihe Chemis Indians had a breed of hogs that had Toprentanl grag ied anserese se Reuavinetic ts te tigate stares Bancuri tien eter aaNet Renee Mace lea he bere Latraantnie Tae Scsieasi saa Wiese oe te Rehan ec cabanas Prac riee ae Arkansas. While on this campaign I Sie Sy 7 Reese Se ae POT Bee Si ale eet A fis gn = 9 ga ial “ sda Iie Pata oA ee Saleen quite often heard the boys speak of xeeing this kind of hogs while out foraging. And just after the battle of Cain Hill I heard some members of my regiment say they had killed two mule-footed hogs in a pen out in the country a mile or two; but I did not #ee them. In the spring of 1868 my regiment went back north to Fort Scott, Kan, Some time after this my regiment and the Tenth Kanses were ordered south again, reports said to Vicksburg, Miss.; at least, we marched across the state of Missouri in that direction un- til we got to Salem, in the southeast Part of the state. After we had stopped here a few days, my regiment ‘was ordered to Kansas City, Mo. We stayed there or In that vicinity until the next winter. In December my company (C) was ordered to Hum- boldt, Kan. In February, 1864, my company and a detachment of Indians went down in the, Indian Territory to brent up a ping of bushwhackers that murdered every sci#ier that traveled the rond between Fort Seott and Fort Gibson. While on this scout I again heard of this peculiar kind of hogs, but up to this time I had failed to see one. ” In the fall of 1864, when Gen. Price invaded Missouri with an army of 25,- 000 men for the last time, every soldier of the Army of the Frontier “had to get a move on bim;” for three months we had not time to think about mule- footed hogs. After Price was defeat- ed at Westport now a suburb of Kan- eae City, and started back south, my regiment was close on his heels until the remnant of his army crossed the Arkansas river at Weber falls, in the territory, a few miles above Fort Smith, Ark. Our horses were either all dead or played out, Iwill not say anything about the good things we had to eat for the last week before we got to Fort Smith, as I am sure that all the “boys in blue” that were on that derrible march will remember all about it as long as life lasts. After our regiment had rested a few days at Fort Smith, about December 1, my regiment started back north by the way of Fort Gibson. As our com- missary wat very scant, we all took every opportunity to hunt for what- ‘ever we could find to eat. We traveled the military road from Fort Gibson to Fort Scott, until we got to Horse creek; there we cut across the prai- rle to the Neosha river, a little east of where the town of Chetope is now. ‘The Necsho river inall dry seasons haw no water in {ts channel from near this place to ite junction with the Spring river. I have traveled in ite bed for eight or ten miles without seeing a drop of water. At this time there were two or three feet of water in the channel. We encamped in a grove of timber on the bank of the river; on the other side of the river there was a heavy body of timber. My partner, Watts Roe, proposed that we wade across the river to hunt for something to eat. It te not a very pleasant un- dertaking to wade a river 200 feet wide and three feet deep in the month of December to take a hunt after one has walked 25 or 30 miles, But when one is starving the case is altogether dif- ferent. So we took our revolvers and carbines and waded the river. My! how cosli the water was. I can feel the chill yet. While we were putting on our clothes I noticed some peculiar- looking tracks in the sand. After we had walked across the bend we saw 4 large hog and some small ones on the other side of the river, but so far away that we could not get ashot. We went ‘a little higher up the river, where we found a low place in the bank, wherea Path led down to the water. Just above the path the beak was 25 or 30 feet high. On this bonk was quite s thicket of bleck haya, We «topped tc eat the hews, as een heat heard the © gun out im the timber, wert to the prairie. Immedi. ately we saw o largeblack hog coming towards us. Watts Roe says: “Now when I grunt you's ready to shoot.” When the hog got within 00 or 60 yards of us, he turned sideways to us, tak ing for the path thet led down to the water. Just then Boe mede a noise 3 Te hog stopper; both owF carbines: cracked about the same time, but the hog loped ahead? down thé bank and plunged in the river, as if he bad aos deen touched. When he had swam about half across the river, young Roe shot a® bim with his revelver. We could see the shot strike him between the shouk ders, on the back. Just then the hog turned over on bis side, and the cur rent and his kicking turned him back to our aide of the river, Just then the soldier that had fired the first shot came to us. When he saw the dead bog floating in the river, he sald: “Boys, 1 will go in and pull him out tf you will divide.” Of course, we agreed ta his terms very gindly. He waded im to his neck before he could reach the hog. He pulled the hog to the shore, but the bank was so steep we could hot pull him out of the water, so we pulled him np the river to a better landing, where we could get him ont of the water. Thad often read stories about hunting the wild boar, but this was the first one I had ever seen. But my joy was complete when I discov ered that he was the Jong-looked-for “mule-footed hog.” Then we knew the strange-looking trucks we had seen in the sand when we crossed the river were made by these hogs, and that there was a colony of the hogs running wild In the woods nlong the river, as there was no one living within miles of this place. OSTERHAUS AND HIS SMELL. An Expression of the German Gea- eral Which Always Gave the ‘Bois Aimzessiont; “Gen. Osterhous,” said the major, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, “was even in his serious moods and bis most Passionate outbursts, a source of amusement to bis men. He mestered easily the science of war, but he could not master the English language, and some of his characteristic expressions: were as household words to the men of his division. When Gen. Leggett’s division was formed for an attack om Little Kenesaw, the general in com- mand sent Capt. Evans, of bis staff, to Osterhaus to ask the latter to con- centrate his artillery fire on Brush mountain, and make a diversion in our favor. “Capt. Evans found Osterhaus seat ed ata little table eating a very frugal meal. He saluted and said: ‘Gen. Leggett’s compliments to Gen. Oster- haus. He directs me to say that he is about to attack the enemy's position on Little Kenesew, and if you wall com centrate your artillery fire on Brush. mountain, the diversion will be of great assistance to Dim.’ Osterhaus looked at Capt. Evans a full minute without speaking, and then said, ex- plosively: ‘You make my compliments to Gen. Leggett, und say as soon as I get through mit this little refection I have here, I will yoost make dem fellers hell smell.’ And betore Cs Evans could report to his chief, Ost. haus’ guus were blazing away 80 e! fectively as to soon silence the ene my’s batteries, “Osterhaus and Sigel were on op- a: in the disturbances of Germany, Osterhans ha a in the Prusaten~ ee Sigel being conspicuous in the revo- lutionary forees, and they had no like Wy lm le AP seb At BAN e EG SA R: Jee Zs Pia HN nan. Zo ry Git 2 VE ik =e i" Vi) - = A wu EURO Th AT INE — Naas: 4 AW 3 ) Shoe “MAKE MY COMPLIMENTS TO OEX. : Tecourn” ing for each other after they entered the unfon army in 1861. Knowing his sensitiveness as to Sigel, Osterhaus’ staff officers were in the habit of drag ging Sigel’s name into the converse- tion when they wanted to see the old German soldier at bis worst in hand- ling the Englishdanguage. On one oo- easion he burst out with: ‘Sigel, Sigel, I hear noding but, Sigel’s fighting. What did he ever do yet? In a fight, I could kick Sigel mit de pante, with one hand tied behind me.’" Where Jacksom Was Baptised, Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jetfer- son (“Stonewall”) Jackson were once stationed at Fort Hamilton, New York harbor, the former while it was being built. Jackson was baptized at old St. John’s church, at Fort Hamil- ton, and the records contain the fob lowing entry: ‘On Sunday, the 29th ot April, 1849, I baptized Thomas Jef- ferson Jackson, major in the United States army; sponsors, Cols. Taylor and Dimmick, also of the army." The baptismal font used for this cere- mony is still preserved.—Detroit Free Press. 1 ee Ese Character ix the condition of en- trance into the presence of God! A character of holiness—Christ in you —is the hope of glory in an end. less eternity—Rev. J.L. Caughey, Inferred Appreciation, Dolly—Edgar Tiffington is so com plimentary. Polly—What does he say? Dolly-Oh! He doesn't say any- thing; but when I am talking to him he cocks his head on one side and shuts his eyes, as if he were listening to a three-dollar concert—Puck. 1 AN Depends, “Two heads are better than one, you know,” remarked the, individual with the quotation habit. “Well, I don't know anything of the kind,” rejoined the glum man, who happened to be the father of twins Chicago Daily News. THE PLANET ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion, . . . $ 50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion, . . . 50 For two inches, three months, . . . 25 For two inches, six months, . . . 60 For two inches, nine months, . . . 10.00 For two inches, twelve months, . . . 30.00 Marriage and Funeral Notices, . . . 10 Standing and Transient Notices per line, . . . 10 # POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DENOMINATION THAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. The PLANET is listed weekly. The subscription price is $1.50 a year, in advance. There are four ways by which money can be obtained. 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The public will naturally want to know why he should have been running his car at any speed which could not be checked within the car's length when he knew that the people were thronging the streets and avenues intent upon getting a glimpse of the Chief Magistrate. Secret Service Agent WILLIAM CAIGA was instantly killed and the President seemed to have escaped only by a miracle. One thing we know—an anarchist is no more to be feared than a reckless motorman on an electric-car. ANOTHER WONDER It is said that wonders never cease. We were deeply impressed with this fact when we noted that the white Republicans of North Carolina, under the leadership of United States Senator JETER C. PRITCHARD organized the Republican State Convention and barred the colored men, regardless of the merits of their contests... It is announced that a vigorous contest will be made for supremacy and that this movement has the endorsation of such a high authority as that of President THRODORE ROOSEVELT. It is "the play of HAMLET, with HAMLET left out." So be it. We have two opinions either one of which is tangible. The white Republicans have alleged that they could win without the incubus of the Negro to hamper their efforts and President ROOSEVELT shares in this opinion. Or, the white Republicans make this allegation and that the President doesn't share that opinion, but has determined to give the plan a trial, in order to convince himself and those who are so vociferous in advocating the doctrine. In either case, the colored brother can look on with equanimity, not to say satisfaction. The divine injunction, "Beware of false prophets!" will yet ring in the ears of the President, and he will yet ask himself the question, "What will it prophet a man to divide the South and lose the North? Or can I insult and throw away the Negro vote of the South without insulting and throwing away the Negro vote of the North? Or what will it prophet a man to gain the whole South and lose his own election?" To be plain, it should be evident to President Roosevelt that none of these expedients can last or be even temporarily successful. Any combination based upon the shelving or ignoring of the intelligent Negro vote of the Southland will be disastrous and the white Democrats will laugh at the northern white man's calamity. When the Republican Party or its leaders disregard great principles and pander to race prejudices, they forfeit their right to either the support or respect of the people. But, gentlemen, go ahead with the experiment. The dumping ground can already be seen in the distance and the grave-yard for the carcasses of the men who are leading the movement is already wide open with a hole large enough to receive them all. Colored men, contend for your rights with care and moderation. "speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward!" THE TROUBLE AT ASHLAND. THE excitement at Ashland, Va., this week emphasizes the fact that the men who have led and are leading this agitation against the colored people are doing great injury to both races. A white man, named Bierne is struck by unknown parties, presumed to be colored. A colored youth, the son of the well-known Solomon Latney is fined $50.00 and placed in jail. A mob of white men opened fire on colored men, who are alleged to have returned the compliment. A colored man, named JAMES MORRIS was shot and killed by the white mob, although some of the white men seemed to be of the opinion that he was killed by colored people, who did not kill him. The militia was ordered to the scene at great expense to the state, and then the town subsided to its usual state of quietude, and with the exception of the growls from the lower elements of both races, the entire populace is wondering why any class of people should have made such fools of themselves. The murdered colored man is admitted to have been highly respected and to have stood well with both races. The white and colored elements who could have been spared are alive and kicking. When white men learn to curb this Negro-hating element in their midst a better state of affairs will exist. In some of these courts, a colored man charged with an offense against a white man has no more show than "a bob-tail-mule in fly-time." The better class of white and colored people have much to think about and it seems to us that the time of action is at hand. Gov. MONTAGUE is certainly conforming to his oath of office and it is plainly apparent that his course was approved by the white officials of Ashland and the white business portion of that hitherto quiet community. GREAT DISASTER IN ALGO BAY Many Persons Drowned. Cape Town, Sept. 2.—Eighteen vessels, mostly sailing craft, have been driven ashore in a gale at Port Elizabeth. Five of them were dashed to pieces and all the members of their crews were lost. Two tugs are also exported to have foundered and a score of lighters are ashore. It is feared that there has been great loss of life. (Port Elizabeth is in Cape Colony, on Algoa Bay, which is on the southeast coast of Africa.) Sir John Gordon Sprigg, the premier, said yesterday afternoon that he feared the loss of life from the gale would be enormous. The storm broke shortly before midnight Sunday night, and was accompanied by a deluge of rain and brilliant lightning. Daylight revealed the beach at the north end of Algoa Bay strewn with vessels lying high and dry, while others were in the surf and being swept by the huge breakers. With the exception of four vessels, which foundered with all hands, every sailing vessel in the roadstead was ashore by midday. Fifty bodies have already been washed ashore. Two Killed and Several Injured In Premature Explosion. Fort Wright, Fisher's Island, N. Y., Sept. 3. While the guns of the fort were firing on the fleet yesterday Edward Roy was instantly killed by the premature discharge of a 12-inch gun, Harry A. Davis died later at the hospital from injuries received, and a third man, Samuel Clevenger, was severely wounded. Several others suffered slight injuries. All the men were privates of the Second Company, Coast Artillery, of the regular army. Roy was No. 2 man at the gun and was handling the powder. He had put a 30-pound charge into the gun, and had just pushed the breech block into place, without locking it, when the explosion occurred. It is supposed that a piece of burning rag had been left in the gun. Roy was literally blown to pieces. Davis was hit in the chest by pieces of flying bone and sustained fatal injuries. Altoona, Pa., Sept. 3. Word was received here yesterday by Albert Garretson, a carpenter, that his brother, Charles Garretson, has committed suicide at Manhattan, Kan., where he lived. Albert is therefore one of three heirs to an estate worth $150,000. The other two are his sister-in-law, Mrs Charles Garretson, and a brother, William Garretson, of New Orleans. Albert Garretson, while industrious, has never been able to get ahead, and his wind fall will be appreciated. He was formerly a city policeman. G. A. R. Aid For Confederates Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 2.—General Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., has issued an appeal addressed to the Grand Army veterans asking that they contribute funds to aid in the erection of a home for ex-Confederate veterans now being built at Mission Creek, Ala. The appeal is a lengthy one, and the chief pays a high tribute to the bravery of the men who wore the gray. Cholera's Army Victime Washington, Sept. 3.—General Chaffee reported to the war department yesterday that there had been 25 deaths from Asiatic cholera among the enlisted men of the army in the Philippines between August 8 and 27. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Without the busy tollers gold would cease at once to buy The things that please the palate or are grateful to the eye. The world still needs the people who must labor day by day. But the world keeps on forgetting, in its easy-going way. The lady in her satine, who is beautiful to see. Forgets that those who labor lend her all her witchery; Without the busy tollers all the millions she commands All her money wouldn't even buy new laces for her stays. Forgets to give the carpenter a single kindly thought; He ceases to remember as he sips his splendid wine If there were no luckless people who must labor day by day. The ones whose names are famous, who are high and great and proud. Forget that pride would die without the busy, weary crowd; With Without the ones who labor none could hope for greatness here. Without the busy tollers all we prize would disappear. - S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald. THE sloop yacht Sibyl lay tugging at her anchor rope in the middle of the Fishkill channel, in Jamaica Bay. June had lain her smiling benediction over all the land and sea. Oases of grass in the black water waved in the pulsing of the obbing tide. A strong breeze from the ocean had kicked up a freetiful sea. The wind was warring with the tide. The wide water reaches were alive with white caps. The spume from the little waves swept the deck of the Sibyl. It was a baptism by sprinkling. The sun was resting his chin on the edge of New Jersey, throwing a fiery pathway up the lifting tide, and painting she horizon with reckless prodigality of color. The angler stood in the cockpit with a ten-ounce rod in his hand. It was fashioned with wood from the jungles of Calcutta. A master workman had welded 100 pieces of this resilient wood together with glue such as Guanarius used in his sobbing violin. The rod was further strengthened at intervals with fibres of crimson silk. The guides were lined with smooth glass and the tip with amber. When at home the rod reposed in a rosewood box carpeted with blue velvet. No woman can ever take the place in an angler's heart occupied by his beat fishing rod. That rod had skittered PLACED THE FISH GENTLY IN THE WATER. PLACED THE NISH GENTLY IN THE WATER. pork rind for pickerel in the wilds of Pennsylvania. It had jerked the gymnastic bluefish from his environment of blue water. It had thrown a thin shadow over the smiling ripples of the Neversink at the foot of Slide mountain. It had conjured leaping grilse from the tide waters of the Miramichi, and still its spring was arrogant, its fiber unimpaired. The reel was a mechanical gem of solid silver, cunningly devised, like a Jurgenson watch, its pivots running on jewels, its barrel multiplied four times with each revolution of the handle. The lightest touch would set it whirling as if in sheer delight of its perfect bearings. For any one but a high priest of the art of angling to touch this reel were a profanation. The line was of 12-thread linen of a special weave, with a tensile strength of ten pounds to each of the 300 carefully paranfilmed feet. The cost of the line only was sufficient to pay a month's rent in a tenement house. The double leader was five feet in length, of carefully selected silk-woven gut, and the hook of blued steek, keen and cruel. It measured three-quarters of an inch from shank to barb, and would have held anything from a shark to a rubber boot filled with sand in a swirling East river racing tide-way. "The wind is rising, sir," said the guide. "We'll have to reef her goin' in. Shall I take up the anchor?" "Not yet," replied the angler. "I have been out here all the afternoon and not a sign have I seen of our old friend, Cynosion regalia. I have chummed him with two quarts of shrimp. I have tempted him with yards of blood worms at five cents per yard, and yet he has not responded to my wooong. I shall try one more case, and then we will pull up the anchor and sail for home." Three of the largest shrimp left in the balt box he carefully impaled on the hook. Then he dumped the remaining shrimp into the bubble and yeast of the bay. They vanished like snow on a pancake griddle. The line ran slowly out, carried by the tide. The twilight was deepening, the breeze freshening. Sea lettuce, weeds and grass floated down and lodged against the throbbing anchor worm. The Silvel yawed and plunged. Still the line ran on and on until 150 feet of water had been covered. Suddenly the line lifted over the intervening furrows of water. The point of the rod went up in the air. The line tightened until it rang a tuna in the stiffening breeze, and little beads of water dropped from it into the bay. Cynosion regalis had come. The angler braced his feet, for the Sibyl was as uneasy as a yearling colt. The fish had struck the hook in the white-plumed apex of a wave, which the departing sun had dyed a vivid crimson. In the red glare he shone like refined gold. Urged by the resilient rod and persuasive revolutions of the silver windlass, the fish came nearer and nearer to the boat, in narrowing areas of a circle, crossing and recrossing the radiant waterway made by the setting sun; the line cutting a little jet of spray before its tense fiber. Only once did Cyncoeion reveal his silvern symmetry as he darted through one water furrow into another in the effort to rid himself of that inexorable line. Frightened at the sight of the boat, the fish dove and tore 15 feet of line from the willing reel and the unwilling angler. But the hook kept his mouth open, and he was slowly drowning. One despairing attempt he made to rush under the boat, but the strong wrist turned him, the landing net slipped under him, and he was laid tenderly upon the rounded, waveswept free-board of the Sybil. Running the hook of a pocket scales through the bight of the snell, the angler raised the fish. "Three pounds ten ounces," said he, "and with a belly rounded like a fifteenth century prior." Then he lay Cynoscion regalls back upon the deck, a living jewel bathed in brine. His sides were silvery, with irregular dark, undulating stripes. His eye looked like a spot of jet in a circle of amber. He lay perfectly still except for a faint motion of his fanlike rudder. As the light touched his armor the burnished scales took on fridescent, kaleidoscopic hues. "Do you think he is dead?" asked the angle. "No, sir; he is only wind-blown." The angler leaned over the side of the boat and placed the fish gently in the water. He lay upon his side, supine, inert. But the waves dandelled him and the juvenescence of old ocean trickled through his crimson gills. His body began to tilt until it stood nearly on an even keel. His dorsal fin rose like a sail on the far horizon. Cynosecion regalis was alive again. One flirt of his mighty tail, one heave of his virile, flexuous body, and he was gone, leaving the angler wet with the spray of his parting salute. Two hours later the angler went down an elevated railway staircase, near Central Park West. At the foot of the stairway a carriage was waiting. In it sat a woman wearing an anxious look. "Oh, John," she said. "I am so pleased to see that you have come back in time. Really, I was getting frightened." "Well, my dear, I don't see what there was to be afraid of." "Why, do you know, I was afraid you would not get back before all the fish stores were closed."—N. Y. Times. Canada's Game Fields To one who knows what the vast solitudes of northern Canada really mean the dread of game extermination does seem rather uncalled for. The latest census of Labrador gives it a population of one man to every 35 square miles. This can hardly be called an inconvenient crowding. There are almost as many persons in a single East side New York block as there is in the whole of Labrador. Why should game become extinct in this region? I must confess I can see no reason why the carloub and the bear and the other animals should not live out their lives just as they have always done. The number killed by man must surely be quite insignificant. The same conditions obtain in northern Ontario, the greater part of the northwest territories, and a very large part of British Columbia. The date is far distant when there will not be sufficient game and to spare for the sportsman who is content to take the bitter with the sweet and to leave behind the luxuriousness of the fashionable resort. —Outing. Things Had Changed Once upon a time an honest and industrious son of northern Sweden emigrated and came to the United States. At the end of 30 years he retired with a competence. The first use he made of his leisure was to revisit the old country, intending to remain a year or two among the scenes of his boyhood, but in two or three months he turned up at his former place of business, which, it is hardly necessary to say, was in Minneapolis. "How is this?" they asked him. "What brings you back so soon?" "Well," he said, "the old country ain't what it used to be. I couldn't get any sleep. It's daylight till it's midnight, and the next morning begins right away already."—Chicago Tribune. No Argument There. "This," said the philosopher, "is a time of unrest. It—" "You're right," interrupted the new papa. "I haven't had a good night's sleep for two weeks."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Proper Answer Mrs. Newlywed—What is the difference between you and a $20 bill, pet? Mr. Newlywed—I'll give it up. Mrs. Newlywed—That's the answer, dear—I need a new hat!—Puck. lung berry Grymes—Well, hardly a snug berth. Rather a folding bed. It only pays $500 a year—Brooklyn Life. Its a Way They Have "I don't know, but she'll make him think that he does." A celer girl can do it, too.—Chicago Post. Mysterious Mixture. One day a gentleman entered a restaurant and ordered a plate of soup. When the waiter brought it the gentleman doubtingly looked at the soup for a moment, and then asked the waiter what it was. "It's bean soup, sir," replied the waiter. "I know it has been soup," said the gentleman, "but what is it now?"—Nt-Bits. What the Copper Said. A young man by the name of St. John Cried-aloud when his corns were stepped on. An the prospects were bright For a terrible light. Till a copper came up and said: "G'wan." -Buffalo Express. Advertiser—From your references I see you've had four places in the last month. Applicant—Yes'm; that shows how muchin demand I am—Chicago Daily News. Inharmonious. What strange contradictions In life you will find— Like a BB hat Over a two-dollar mind. -Washington Star. We Have All Been There. Miss Fairfax—Good mawning', Aunt Caroline. Why sin't you washin' nowadays? Aunt Caroline (removing her pipe from her mouth)—Well, you see, Miss Clara, I'm bin out o' wuhk so long dat now, when I could wuhk. I finds I'm done los' ah taste fo' it.—Judge. Devotion. Friend—Hard up and been married only two months? Well, take cheer and remember love makes the world go round. Benedict (sadly)—Yes, but it doesn't make the milkman and the butcher boy go round: Chicago Daily News. When Poverty Bars "Are you sure you love me for myself alone?" said the heiress. "Yes," answered the blunt but sincere young man. "I love you in spite of your superior fortune. I am willing to marry you and take chances on being bullied by reminders of it."—Washington Star. Hard Lines. Punnett—How are you getting along, neighbor? Throckmorton—Poorly. The necessities of life are so high, by George, that we can't afford to live on anything but luxuries these days.—Chicago Tribune Better Still. "The man who can drive with one hand is the man for me," announced the girl in gray, gayly. "You're easily satisfied," returned the girl in blue. "For my part, I prefer the man who asks me to drive."—Chicago Post. Showing Him En Sue—But, dear, he has some redeeming features. Kate—I'd like to know where they are. Why, he couldn't even redeem his watch after it had been in six months. -Chicago Daily News. Should Have Decided Y "Who was the originator of the idea that husband and wife are one?" "I don't know, but I imagine that whoever it was could have saved a lot of argument if he had said which one." Chicago American. An Extinct Species Second Spinster (wearly)—Oh, I don't know. I don't believe he's coming. I have given up looking for him. -Tit Bits. One-Sided Hardhead—Well, every man has a right to his opinion. Pepprey—Yes, but the trobule is he can't be made to realise that there may be a wrong to it.—Philadelphia Press. Fickleness "Are you still engaged to. Miss Flighty?" "I don't know. I was yesterday, but I'll have to see what there is in this morning's mail before I'm sure about to day."—Chicago Post. Power of Habit to sleep in church the way you do. Mr. Chugwater—I can't help it. It's the only way I know how to sleep. Chicago? Tribune. Maude—Yes; but it's awfully hard to get him started toward home. Chicago Daily News. The Moon Thing Clare—I have a new gown for every day I shall be at the shore. "It seems to me," said the man from the east, "that you stand a great deal more from that man who just left you than you would from anybody else." "Yes," answered Plute Pete. "We've got to. He's one of our usefulest citizens and if he gets anrogent he knows he's in a place where we can't reentit, 'cause if anybody got the drop on him it would stump us for shore." "Who is he?" "The only undertaker in 200 miles." —Washington Star. Not That Kind of a Man. "Say, ma." 42 "What is it, my dear?" "Is pa a self-made man?" "No, darling. If anyone asks you about it you must say that your father is the architect of his own fortune." It should be explained that she had just returned from a three-week's visit in Boston — Chicago Record-Herald. No Scandal. He kissed her. He could not withstand The chance that offered, maybe, He was a politician and She was a voter's baby. A "Look here, this house is clear out of sight of the water, and you told me before I signed the lease of this cottage that I could put a rod out of the window and catch fish in the lake." "Well, I didn't say how long your pole would have to be."—Chicago Tribune. Water balanced it was just As much as they could give and live;— So Mary blamed the trust. —Puck. What He Wants to Know. "I can't understand about this wire- less telephony." said Mary. I can underlaze about this wireless telegraph," said Mrs. Wunder. "Why, it's plain as day," said Mr. Wunder. "They just send the messages through the air instead of over wires." "I know that," said she, "but how do they fasten the air to the poles?"—Tit-Bits. Easily Arranged. Stage Director—Little Eva is ill and will not be able to appear at this evening's performance. Show Manager—0, that's all right; I'll announce that she died before the curtain went up instead of dying during the performance, as usual.—Ohio State Journal. Wants It to Drag. Mrs. Chargem (of Meadowland Manor)—I hope time will not hang heavy on your hands while in the country, Mr. Citamann. Summer Boarder—Have no fear. Time cannot drag too slowly to suit me when I'm paying summer board. —N. Y. Weekly. Fiction and Fact. "I am very sorry, George, you don't admire my new dress," said a young wife. "Everybody says it is charm- ing." "Your friends, my dear, pay you compliments; I pay your bills," replied her husband—Tit-Bits. It's Everywhere. McJigger—I'm just back from rough- ing it a couple of weeks in the Adiron- dacks. Thingumbob—That so? Any game up there yet? McJigger—Sure. Ping-pong—Phil- adelphia Press. And Then He Pouted: He—O! Am I walking too rapidly? I must have been walking faster than I thought. She—Yes, but you could do that and walk much more slowly.—Hos Angeles Herald. **Proved His Innocence.** "Some one took two of my chickens, last night; was it you, Sambo?" "Deed it wasn't, sur. Las' night was Friday night. I is superstitious. I never took nothin' on Friday nights, sur."—Yonkers Statssman. Conditions Reversed "How's your brother? Last time Isaw him he was under the weather." "Ot that's all changed now; the weather's under him. He's got a job as local forecaster. — Philadelphia Press. Lucid Explanation She—I don't understand why a barber talks so much to his customers. He—Simply because his customers are not women. He wouldn't have a chance if it was otherwise.—Yonkers Statesman. W. I. JOE FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 I HACKS H Orders by Telephone or Te pers and Entertainme Old 'Phone, 686, Residence W. I. JOHNSON FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686, Residence in Bulkling, New Phone, 48. 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A great many excursions have already been booked for "Beach Park" for June and July. The various attractions and improvements at this popular resort gives it more prominence each season. To close proximity to Richmond, and the unlimited supply of the most wholesome artesian water, together with many other natural advantages, places it second to none as a pleasure and health resort for Richmond people. King William Pier, a substantial structure, extending 689 feet in length and 26 feet wide over the York River, with waterproof roofing as a protection from sun and rain, adds considerably to the beauty and convenience for picnic and other outing parties. In addition to the new Beach Park Hotel, now being erected, you will find other hotels and many nice boarding houses, furnishing cheap rates and good first-class accommodations. The principal attractions are such as fine fishing, boating, sailing, merry-go-round, shooting galleries, steam and napha haunches, a large dancing pavilion with a band of music day and night, several wells of fine artesian water on the grounds, and various other attractions to suit the older people as well as the little ones. For any other information apply at or write to the Southern Ry. office, 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. Old Phone, 1233. New Phone, 1558. THE PRIVATE LIVERY 700 CATHERINE ST., QUICK TRANFERING Saddle or Driving Horses, Buggles. and Surries To Let at Lowest Prices. N. B. Tandem Lessons Given. Strict attention given to all orders. George Jenkins, Proprietor. V. P. & F. K. of W. RE DENET Had Cut Her Wisdom Toes! Mrs. Sharpleigh (who has five daughters married)—Don't have anything more to do with that Mr. Smoothleigh. He is a miserable hypocrite, who will deceive you in a thousand ways before you are wedded a year. Daughter—Goodnesse! Why do you think so? Mrs. Sharpleigh—He treats me with as much affection and consideration as if I were his own mother—N. Y. Weekly. She Ridn't. "My pa's a millionaire; Love her, she's a child; and she I will not wed for me," she Her face was very plain, but he Who get her didn't care "will not wed for me," said she "My pa's a millionaire; Will she Chicago Record-Howard. "Now, hubby, dear, please wait a second for me; I'll be back in a quarter of an hour." - Fliegende Blaetter. Sometimes Turas Out That Way. He swore he couldn't live without her. When he and she were two; But now they're one he can't live with her— So what's the poor man to do? Judge. Wants Them Trained. "All her smiles seem to be for widowers." "Yes. She's a cowardly little thing." "How's that." "She has no confidence in her ability to handle the untrained animal." Chicago Post. Cruel Parent. "Since you were afraid to tell pups of our engagement I told him myself," said Flossie Featherly. "And what did he say?" asked Mr. Doolittle, anxiously. "He said it was clear that the fools weren't all dead yet."—Chicago Journal. Insuperable Obstacle. Fosdick—Come and see us, Keedick. You'll find us in the same place." Keedick—I thought you intended to move. Fosdick—We did, but we couldn't find a house that suited the cook.—Judge. Enterprise in Dakota. Hotel Proprietor—I have a scheme to get ahead of other hotels. Clerk—What is the idea? Proprietor—I think we might keep a divorce lawyer on the premises and let the guests have his services without extra charge—Brooklyn Life. Otherwise Engaged Madge—Do you think the minister offended any of his congregation by what he said about Sunday golf? Marjorie—Of course not. Nobody who plays golf was there.—N. Y. Sun. On in Retention Church—Do you think appendicitis is caused by grapes? Gotham—Well, I don't know, but I do know that lots of other troubles come in bunches. — Yonkers Statesman. Didn't Mobily Her Henry Peck—Yes, my dear, I shall swear devotion to you with my last breath. Mrs. Peck—Just like you, Henry. I suppose you really will take that long to appreciate me—N. Y. Sun. Clear and obscure Little Katherine—Auntie, what is a souvenir? Aunt Katherine—A souvenir, dearer, is anything we get—we know not where; and keep to remind us of—we know not what—Punk. No Money Left. Wife—You said you were going to take me to Newport, and now you change your mind. And I've bought all my dresses, too. Husband—That's just it. I paid the bills to-day—N. Y. Journal. Desperation in the Suburbs. Mrs. Lonelyville—How in the world have you kept your cook so long? Mrs. Kommuter—Sh! Don't tell anybody. My husband dresses up as a policeman in the evening—Judge. Possibly He—Miss Antique is making preparations to go abroad as a missionary. She—Poor thing! She has given up all hopes of being kidnapped at home. —Chicago Daily News. Among Friends Mistress (to newly-engaged cook)— and now, what shall we call you? Cook—Well, mum, me name is Ber- haat me friends call me Birdie. ible shock to poses. r shock when Shooper. A Friend's Advice. Jack—I have a chance to merry poor girl whom I love, or a rich woman whom I do not love. What would you advise? George—Love is the salt of life, my friend. Without it all else is naught. Love, pure love, makes poverty wealth, pain a joy, earth a heaven. Jack—Enough. I will marry the poor girl whom I love. George—Bravely spoken But, by the way, would you—or—mind introducing me to the rich woman whom you do not love?—N. W. Weekly. Troubles of Those Who Fry. They tell us just to do our best And be exempt from woe; The things we think are best the rest May not see that way, though; The hero may be prone to blow About poor rights he's fought; The gentle poet may not know His masterpiece from ret. —Chicago Record-Herald. "Oh! I just dote on Shakespeare," confessed the young woman. "Shakespeare?" snorted the young man with the cynical countenance. "Why, I read his plays the other night, and all that he ever done was to string together a lot of quotations."—Louisville Courier-Journal. Same Old Story Now is the maid sent by her size To mountain, wood and shore. Where she will very soon acquire Exercise equipment by the score -Chicago Daily News. Appreciated at Last "What did you think of my graduation essay?" asked Marguerite. "It made me very proud of you," answered her father. "I felt that I had not previously appreciated your true worth. You don't know how interesting and sensible that essay made your everyday conversation seem by comparison."—Washington Star. Something Must Be Pulled. Sufferer — I can't stand it any longer. I'm going to the dentist's this instant and have this tooth out. Scientist — Nonsense. Your tooth doesn't ache. It's only your imagination. Sufferer — Then I'll have him pull out my imagination — Boston Transcript : Must Be. Then Head Usher—What makes you think the next play we have is an Irish drama? New Callboy—I heard the carpenter say they were going to have sham rocks on the stage.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. No Danger. The Hippopotamus—I suppose you think I'm the ugliest brute in the jungle? The Monkey—Well—er— The Hippopotamus—Oh! Don't be afraid to speak out! I'm thick-skinned!—Puck. Where It Lived Nickler—Henr you had an accident with your auto. Becker—Yes, Miss Prettigirl and I became so absorbed we let it find its own way home. It evidently lived up a telegraph pole. N. Y. Sun. In 1910. Hiram (rushing in)—Greet Gosh, Mirandy, it's rainin' cats an' dogs! Mirandy—Oh, dear! I'll bet anything that one uv them there airships that wuz carryin' the circus has blown up.—Town Topics. Choosing the Lesser Evil. Distracted Wife—I'm going to the dentist's to have this tooth out. Just mind the baby till I come back. Husband (with alacrity)—You mind the baby, Jeanne; I'll go and get a tooth pulled out.—Tit-Bits. At the Summer Hotel. Wife—We shall not stay here another day. I have just learned that the Van Smythes are paying twice as much for their rooms are we are for ours, although their rooms are not a bit better. Husband—I don't see that that is any reason for leaving. Wife—How stupid you are! Can't you see that the proprietor thinks the Van Smythes have more money than we? And he'll take good care to let every one else know it, too.—Brooklyn Life. Didn't Know Her ou are keeping her dark!" "Q- no, I do not know her," said Nixon. - Nixon is. "There was an accident on the suburban line this morning." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. "My train was on time."—Louisville Courier Journal. All Out. All Out. The outing season has arrived, The days are long and sunny; His family is out of town And he is out of money. —Washington Star. Needless Precaution. "Don't move," said the burglar, showing his revolver, "and don't make a noise, or I'll—" "Say, you needn't worry," the man whispered. "I'm just as anxious as you are not to have her wake up untilafter you get away."—Chicago Reo- cado-Herald. Fotled at Last "I tell yew what, them bunco men didn't git none o' my money this trip," boasted Uncle Silas. "They didn't, hey?" "No, sireel. I lost my pocketbook on the way to town, an' they wasn't nothin' f'er em ter git." - Judge The Way Now. "Do you think she is going to marry Lord De Brekke?" "Very likely. I understand that the expert accountant who has been going over her father's books has reported very favorably to his lordship."—N. Y. Journal. A Delicate Distinction "That friend of yours seems to have a clear conscience." "No," answered Senator Sorghum, "not a clear conscience; merely a bad memory—which with some people answers the purpose much better."—Washington Star. Another Mouth to Feed. Smith—I hear you have a new addition to your family. Brown—Well, you heard right. Smith—Boy or girl? Brown—Neither. A dude son-in-law. —Chicago Daily News. Why She Came Young Husband (to wife)—Didn't I telegraph you not to bring your mother with you? Young Wife—I know; that's what the wants to see you about. She read the telegram!—St. Louis Mirror. Most Likely. Daughter—Wasn't that a beautiful thing I was playing just now, pa? Pa—Er—yes. I think, to appreciate it, one should judge it like an oil painting—at a distance, my dear.—Ally sloper. Not a Fee. Wife—You men is jus' born stingy, Why can't you give me some spendin' money? Husband (a waiter)—'Cause the only customers I has had for three days was women.—N. Y. Weekly. Success Assured Penfield-How does he know his novel is going to be one of the best-selling books of the day? Merritt-Every Carnegie library in the country has agreed to buy at least one copy.-Puck. Fair Warning. Mrs. Hifty—Jane, didn't I see you strolling along the avenue last evening with my husband? Nurse Girl (defiantly)—Suppose you did? Mrs. Hifty—Well, Jane, you'll have to keep better company than that or you can't stay in my employ.—Philadelphia Press. Now for the House. "And now, George, said the blushing but practical maiden, "since everything is settled and I have consented to share your lot—" "Yes, darling." "Perhaps you'd better see about having a house put on it!"—Baltimore News. Girls to Leave Alone. Rounder—There are two kinds of girls a fellow should never flirt with. Saphead—Ya-as? Rounder—Girls who are so young they don't know any better and girls who are so old they mean business. —Town Topics. The Complaint "You object to that man because he used money to secure your election?" "No," answered Senator Sorghum; "that's not the point. He didn't use it. He wasted it."—Washington Star. By Mail for Two Cents "In the next letter you write me," wrote the city girl, who was at the beach, to her mother, "please send my bathing suit. I forgot to put it in my trunk when I came away."—Yonkers Statesman. The Power of Laziness. Hopkins—Why don't you take a rest in summer. Jenkins—It's too dangerous. If I should ever quit work I don't believe I'd ever get started again as long as I lived.—Detroit Free Press. The Young Mother Two years ago she showed to me Her B. A. with an honest pride, To-day she has a new degree— M. A., with a B. A. BY her side. —Life. COMES NATURAL TO HIM. "What makes your dog such a fighter? "Oh, we feed him on scraps."—Philadelphia Press. The World as We Find It. Fudd—This is a hard world. Dudd—And yet everybody is looking for soft places in it.—Boston Transcript. GLOSSINE The True Hair Grower and Hair Straightener IS FOUND AT LAST. Acts Quicker. Smells Sweeter, and Easier Applied than Any Other Preparation. 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The accompanying illustration shows a feeding platform photo HOG-FEEDING PLATFORM graped by the writer on one of the large hog-raising farms in this community. It is, in my opinion, a cheap, ideal platform for feeding corn to hogs, shelled or in the ear. The platform is about 6x12 feet, sufficiently large to accommodate eight or ten fair-sized hogs. The owner of this farm has several just such platforms which he uses in feeding his hogs, so that each litter is kept separate from the others. The platform itself is made of two-inch plank 12 feet long. It is considered best to use plank on account of the wear and tear. I have used both the two-inch plank and inch boards; the inch stuff will do, but will not last as long. In framing the platform the planks should be mounted upon 2x15 set up edgewise. The 2x15 should be be of good pine or oak; either will last well. The plank are securely nailed to the 2x15. On one side of the platform is the trough, and this is a good place for it. It gives the hog a good place to stand while drinking and be free from mud and slush in very bad weather. At the other side and end are nailed 2x15 to keep the corn from working off of the platform when the hogs are eating. The opposite end has no cleat but is left open to give a place to clean the platform readily after each feeding. When building the platform let it inline toward the uncleated end so that in rainy weather the water will wash and clean the platform. The amount of material required to build this platform is less than 200 feet, and at the price of hemlock plank in this market (about $17 per M) it is so cheap that no farmer should try to get along without. The platform will pay for itself the first year and it will last many years.—Leo C. Reynolds, in Ohio Farmer. RAZOR-BACK CROSSES. Experiments Now Being Conducted May Increase the Profits of the Swine Department. The fecundity, vigor and digestive propensities of the razor-back hog is to be utilized in the production of good hams and bacon. Experiments are being conducted at the Wisconsin experiment station in crossing the razor-back boar, direct from the wilds of Arkansas, with Berkshire and Poland-China sows. The first cross is said to be a great improvement over the male parent, both in looks and quality of the same pork. Subsequent generations are expected to accentuate the most desirable porking qualities of the dam, while retaining the keen appetite and natural fecundity of the wild hog. This is a very interesting as well as important experiment. At one time the rough, wild hog of the forest was the only source of pork that our forefathers knew anything about. Thousands of years were required to improve such rough stock to its present satisfactory condition. It is not to be wondered at that during all the necessary inbreeding for special points, the final progeny should lose some of its original digestive and productive vigor. If these desirable qualities can now be extracted from the original type of wild boar and incorporated into our present symmetrical breeds by judicious crossing, the profits from the swine department of the farm will be still greater.—Agricultural Epitomist. Avoiding Risks. "Mr. Binks is an entertaining talker," said Miss Cayenne. "But he is not at all original," answered the envious person. in the curious person. "No; some people show their cleverness by not trying to be original." —Washington Star. Putting Him to the Test. He (angrily)—I actually believe you would marry the first fool that asked you. She (calmly)—Just ask me to marry you and prove the fallacy of your belief. —Chicago Daily News. Important Foreigners Who Figure in the News Reports. ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE 3rd CLASS 4th CLASS ORDER OF THE CROWN 3rd CLASS 4th CLASS DECORATIONS BESTOWED ON AMERICANS BY THE KAISER Sir George Arbuthnot Burns, second baron of Iverclyde, is the hero of the is the hero of the hour in England, as he has seemingly, for a time at least, put a stop to J. Pierpont Morgan's American nizing British shipping. Our astute organizer of mammoth trusts found comparatively little opposition to his scheme of a shipping trust in England, until he Lord Inverclyde hand until he began negotiations with the Cunard line, of which Lord Inverclyde is the head. No one is telling the inside story of the negotiations between the two men, but the English lord seems to hold the key to the situation, and through his refusal to permit his company to join the Morgan combine will probably bring defeat to the whole scheme. It was Lord Inverclyde who appealed to the British government to subsidize a new line of ocean steamers the company proposed to build with which to fight the trust, and which would ply between English and Canadian ports. He could not have hit a more opportune time than the present for making such a proposition, for England is not only courting favor with her great North American colony just now, but the English people are anxious to do any and all things that will help stop the plans of Morgan. The present Lord Inverclyde has figured prominently in the commercial world for only about one year. He is the eldest son of Sir John Burns, is baron of Inverclyde, and was born September 17, 1861. His father became the head of the Cunard company at the time of the reorganization of the concern when the original partners retired from the business, and out of it he amassed a great fortune, all of which the son inherited at the time of his father's death, about one year ago. It was the elder baron who first suggested to the British government the scheme of adapting merchant steamships for war purposes, a plan that is now being generally followed by practically all nations. When Minister Wu leaves us to return to Peking, where it is said fresh honors await him, his place will be taken by another d istinguished Chinaman, who is in respects quite as progres sive and modern a man as the pres ent minister. ONLY THE MEMORIAL Sir Lian Chen Tung is thoroughly in accord with American progressiveness and American methods. He has as good an education as an American college could give him, having been educated in this country. It is such an education as a progressive man wishes when he begins the task of carrying light into a dark country, and that is what Sir Lian has been doing for China. In his native land he has achieved a reputation for marked success as a diplomat and a statesman, though he has as a rule departed from Chinese methods of diplomacy and dealt in stern facts rather than fictitious promises. This will be his first introduction into official life at Washington. After completing his college course he entered the Chinese embassy as the official interpreter, and served in that A dozen or more Americans have been recipients of kingly decorations from Prince Henry. Among them are numbered several government officials, and it is a question as to whether or not they are at liberty to accept either the decorations as any of the little souvenirs in the shape of jeweled cigarette cases, cuff buttons, match boxes, etc., which the prince has so generously bestowed upon those who made his visit to this country pleasant for him, for the law of the land in the form of the constitution distinctly provides that no one in the government service shall accept any decoration or other token of appreciation of intrinsic value from a king or prince without first securing the consent of congress. But that is a question that congress will have to settle if it is ever raised seriously, and in the meantime the presents are arriving and being distributed. The most notable ones are the decorations of the Order of the Red Eagle and the Order of the Crown. The Order of the Red Eagle, which is most highly prized on the two, ranks next to the famous Order of the Black One Definition of it. "What do you consider domesticity in man?" "It is the trait of wanting to stay home when his wife wants him to go out with her." "And what is domesticity in woman?" "That is the trait of being willing to stay home when her husband wants to go out without her." — Chicago Post. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. capacity for three years. Returning to China, he entered the political arena of that country, and rose rapidly, serving as secretary to the special embassy to the Victorian jubilee in 1897, and afterwards as special minister to Japan in the settlement of questions arising from the Chinese-Japanese war. Recently he was connected as secretary with the Chinese embassy to the postponed coronation of King Edward, and will come from London to this country. He is but 40 years of age. Cardinal Girolamo Gotti, the new prefect of the propaganda of the Ro man Catholic church, is one of the most distinguished men in the service of that great religious institution, and for a considerable time his name has been connected with the succession to the papacy in the event of the death of Pope Leo. In fact, it is more man Catholic church, is one of the most distinguished men in the service of that great religious institution, and for a considerable time his name has been connected with the succession to the papacy in the event of the death of Pope Leo. In fact, it is more than mere rumor that Leo is anxious that he should be chosen his successor, and is said to have expressed such a preference to the college of cardinals. Cardinal Gotti has served the church in many capacities in different countries. He is of humble birth, being the son of a dock laborer of Genoa, and has risen to his present position through his own efforts and worth. He began his career in the church as a barefoot Camelite monk, having graduated from the Jesuit college at Genoa and entering the Camelite order soon rose to the head of it. At the time of the overthrow of the monarchy in Brazil there were many difficult questions to be settled in connection with the church in that country, and the task was intrusted to Gotti. It was as a reward for his skill in the settlement of these difficulties that he was elevated to the sacred college in 1895, and since that time he has been prominent in every important movement of the church. The Irish nationalists have strongly protested against the appointment of Lord Alverstone as a member of the royal commission to South Africa. At the same time the appointment gives the best satisfaction to the liberal party, who see in Lord Alverstone an ideal official for the commission. JOHN HENRY BURTON Lord Alverstone is lord chief justice of England to tice of England, to Lord Alverstone, which place he succeeded about one year ago upon the death of Lord Russell. Previous to that time he had been the attorney general of England, and had represented the Isle of Wight in the British parliament since 1885. He has served in the judicial and legislative departments of the English government in many capacities, and is generally recognized as the ripest judicial scholar in England. He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1885, and elevated to a baronetey at the time of his appointment as chief justice. He is nearing the end of his sixtieth year, having been born December 22, 1842, and is the second son of Thomas Webster, in his time one of the most learned lawyers of England. E. L. LEWIS. Eagle in importance, and is one of the Prussian house orders, and was founded by George William, hereditary prince of Anspach and Baireuth as the "Ordeur de la Sineitere" in 1705. 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Jurgen's Son SATURDAY ..... SEPT 6, 1903 NAVY'S FIRST ATTACK Attempt to Capture New London Repulsed By the Army. "ENEMY" SEIZES TWO STATIONS Admiral Higginson Did Not Delay After Hostilities Started, and Seized Army's Signal Station at Martha's Vineyard and Block Island. Newport, R. L, Sept. 2. — Admiral Higginson did not long delay after the declaration of hostilities yesterday to cut out work for the jackies and marines of his fleet, accomplishing in daylight, but under cover of fog, two things that General MacArthur's army had anticipated. These were the seizure of Martha's Vineyard and Block Island and the capture of the army's signal station at each place. Last night he followed up his good work by a demonstration in force against the extreme western end of the line of defending fortifications, but it cannot be determined until later if he actually attempted to force his way into Long Island Sound or simply aimed to give his crews a little big gun practice and his captains the opportunity to manoeuvre within striking distance to determine the location and calibre of the ordnance in the forts. The navy's night attack was not expected at the western end of the line quite so early in the game. The theory was held all day, after it was known that Higginson had secured a base on the outlying islands, that he would send his cruisers for a reconnaissance against both ends of the line, and then swing his fleet into the center or around Newport for a sharp yet heavy attack there, manoeuvring quickly, and then, when things became most interesting, sail to the westward and make his grand effort to force his way into Long Island Sound. This would have been his night attack, for it seems almost certain that the day attack will be against Fort Rodman, the eastern point. Once last night Newport got a scare when a message came from Port Judith that marines were being landed there in the fog. All communication with that point was cut off. Then at 10.30 came an official bulletin announcing the bombardments of Forts Michi and Wright, but when Point Judith signal station was again in touch with the central intelligence bureau, it was explained that the signal men there were given a drill in saving equipment, on supposition that the enemy was making a landing. They cut out the telegraph and telephone wires, picked up their equipment and made a record-breaking retreat, then, returning, re-established the station, doing a creditable piece of work. New London Conn., Sept. 2.—At just 10.20 last night the big guns of Forts Wright, Terry and Michie belched forth almost simultaneously and there was no longer doubt that the first attack in the war game was in effect. For an hour the cannonading continued and the result from the army standpoint is best stated in this official bulletin posted at headquarters early this morning: "Movement to pass through the Race began at 10.20 p. m. Forts Michie, Wright and Terry engaged fifty minutes. Apparently the ships entering have been put out of action by points scored by the army guns." All was quiet at army headquarters when suddenly the reports of the big guns was heard and General MacArthur listened attentively. The attack was on, but it came sooner than was expected by the major general commanding. Vesselle "Sunk" By Cannon and Mines. New London, Conn., Sept. 3.—Major Best, commanding Fort Terry, has sent a report to headquarters, which gives a good idea of the work done by the army in defending its positions against Admiral Higginson's fleet. The report is as follows: "Fort Terry, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1902. Adjutant General, Department of the East—At 4:45 a. m., September 2, a searchlight was revealed in the mist eastward of Gardiner's Pont battery. The Kearsarge, Indiana (or Massachusetts) and Alabama were soon in view and began firing at the battery named, standing to a point to the west and north and some 4,500 to 5,000 yards from the F. C. station. All our pieces soon opened on this fleet (except the six-inch battery). At 5.15 the firing ceased on our side as a telephone message was received from Gardiner's Point battery that the three ships had been sunk in passing over the mine field. At this time the Puritan was seen approaching over the same course as that followed by the three ships just under consideration. Fire was opened on her by the six-inch rapid-fire, the mortar and 10-inch batteries, and continued until word was received from Gardiner's Point battery that the Paritan had been "sunk" in passing over the mine field at 5.37 o'clock. At 6.15 a. m. all the ships and the small vessels allied to in this report were steaming eastward. Under the rules it is believed that all of the ships named were sunk by either cannon or mines, and in some cases both. CLEMENT L. BEST. Lipton's Challenge For America's Gup. Belfast, Sept. 7. &-Mr. Carmichael, private secretary to Sir Thomas Lipp- ton, in authority for the statement that will immediately issue a ar the America's cup. The ill be made through the Yacht Club. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, August 28. The Pennsylvania State Camp, P. O. S. of A., will meet in Lancaster next year. The navy department yesterday accepted the torpedo boat destroyer Trux- ton, built at Sparrow's Point, Md. Burglar's blew open the safe in the postoffice at Ridgetop, Tenn., yesterday and secured $800 in stamps and other valuables. Despondent over losses caused by the strike, Ephraim Luezhover, a saloonkeeper of Shenandoah, Pa., killed himself yesterday. The harness manufactory and several other buildings at Judyville, Ind., belonging to John F. Judy, were destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $100- 000. Friday. August 29. The torpedo boat destroyer Barry made 28.12 knots an hour in her official trial yesterday. Frank Smith, a colored lad, aged 11 years, was drowned at Atlantic City, N. J. yesterday while bathing. Engineer Dan Carey and Fireman Lee were killed yesterday in a wreck on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway near Terre Haute, Ind. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle delivered the annual address before the American Bar Association at Saratoga, N. Y. yesterday Saturday, August 30. Congressman R. C. De Graffenreid, of Texas, died of apoplexy last night at a hotel in Washington, D. C. Masked robbers held up a street car at Spokane, Wash., yesterday and robbed the passengers, one of whom was Chief of Police Reddy. It was announced at Havana yesterday that letters had been received from Greece, Austria and Brazil, recognizing the Cuban Republic. Statistics published by the Russian minister of justice show that 8,691 murders were committed in European Russia last year, an average of over 20 a day. Monday, September 1. Over 10,000 men participated in the Labor Day parade at Kansas City, Mo. today. A trolley car at Kansas City last night ran down a carriage, instantly killing two men. The annual convention of the National Letter Carriers' Association was held at Denver, Colo., today. Murdered by robbers, the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Britton Lewis were found in their home at Gainesville, Fla., Saturday. The bark City of Papeta, loaded with 217,000 codfish, was badly damaged by fire while lying at her dock at San Francisco. Tuesday, September 2. W. J. Bryan was the principal orator in the Labor Day celebration at Lincoln, Neb., yesterday. The 13th annual convention of the Polish Singers' Alliance of America was held in Chicago yesterday. A steam launch containing ten young men capsized yesterday in the Hudson river near Albany, N. Y., and two men were drowned. The customs receipts at Havana for the month of August amounted to $735,885, a decrease of $133,840 for the same month last year. While alone in his office, Alver E. Ives, manager of an ice company at Rivene, Massa, was fatally shot by thieves, who ransacked the safe. Wednesday, September 3. The Wisconsin Democratic state convention was held today at Milwaukee and a full state ticket named. Over $1,000,000 worth of opium was brought to San Francisco yesterday by the Japanese liner Hong Keng Maru. In a collision on the Rock Island Railroad yesterday near Birmingham, Mo., four trainmen were killed and three seriously injured. Fire early yesterday morning completely gutted St. Luke's Hospital, at Jersey City, N. J., and all the inmates escaped in their night clothes. The torpedo boat destroyer Paul Jones, built by the Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, was accepted by the navy department yesterday. MORE TALK ON TRUSTS Roosevelt Says He Has Not Changed His Views on the Subject. The Views on the Subject. Dalton, Mass., Sept. 3. — President Roosevelt yesterday took notice of his return visit to Massachusetts by delivering at Fitchburg another speech on the trust question in order that he might fully answer his critics and to more clearly define his attitude on that subject. He also launched into a defense of the army in the Philippines during his speech at Springfield. President Roosevelt in his speech at Fitchburg said: "If some of these who have seen cause for wonder in what I have said this fall on the subject of the great corporations, which are popularly, although with technical inaccuracy, known as trusts, would take the trouble to read my messages when I was governor, what I said on the stump two years ago, and what I put into my first message to congress, I think they would have been less astonished. I said nothing on the stump that I did not think I could make good, and I shall not hesitate now to take the position which I then advocated. I am even more anxious that I should hear what you think upon it than that you should applaud it. "If by trust we mean merely a big corporation, then I ask you to ponder the utter folly of the maw who either in spirit of rancor or in a spirit of folly says: 'Destroy the trusts' without giving you an idea of what he means really to do. I will go with him if he says destroy the evil in the trusts, gladly. (Applause.) I will try to find out that evil. I will seek to apply remedies, which I have already outlined in other speeches. But if his policy from whatever motive, whether hatred, fear, panic or just sheer ignorance, is to destroy the trusts in a way that will destroy all our prosperity, no. "But, gentlemen, I believe firmly that in the end there will have to be an amendment to the constitution of the nation conferring additional power upon the federal government to deal with corporations. To get that will be a matter of difficulty and a matter of time." CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Insure Love and a Happy Home For All. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sexual weakness, loss vitality, night losses, varicose, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 823 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and they will gladly send COLORED C $10.00 per washer and in good home with desirous of giving reference W NO RAILROAD DISASTER IN ALABAMA Excurection Train Jumped Track, Kill Ing 30 and Inkling 81 Offices Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 2. While rounding a curve on a high embankment near Berry, Ala., yesterday morning, the engine and four cars of an excursion train on the Southern Railway leaped from the track and rolled over and over down the incline, smashing the coaches into kindling wood and causing the instant death of 30 persons and the injury of 81 others. Physicians say that at least 29 of the injured cannot live. With the exception of H. M. Dudley, trainmaster of the Southern Railway, living at Birmingham, and Roscoe Shelby, of Columbus, Miss., all of the dead and injured are negroes, who had taken advantage of excursion rates from points in Mississippi to Birmingham. When the wreck occurred the train was running at the rate of 80 miles an hour, and had just started around a curve on top of a 60-foot embankment. Without warning the tender of the engine suddenly left the track, jerking the engine and the first four cars with it. The cars, which were packed with passengers, turned completely over several times and were crushed like eggshells, killing and crippling the inmates. The dead bodies of the negroes were scattered in every direction, and the moans and appeals for help from the wounded were heartrending. FATAL RUNAWAY ACCIDENT Mrs. Walker Dies of Injuries and Mrs. Annel in Serious Condition Appel in Serious Condition. Lancaster, Pa. Sept. 2—While Mrs. William N. Appel, of this city, and Mrs. J. Stewart Walker, of Lynchburg, Va. were out driving yesterday morning a runaway horse scared the animal they were driving, and it ran away, up- setting the carriage and throwing them out. Both landed on their heads, with the carriage on top of them. Mrs. Walker sustained a compound fracture of the skull, and died last evening at the General Hospital, without having regained consciousness. She was here on a visit to her mother, Mrs. George Calder, accompanied by her four chil- dren. Mrs. Appel's condition is very grave, but there are strong hopes for her recovery. She is suffering from concussion of the brain and severe abrasion on the face. Mrs. Appel is a daughter of President George F. Baer, of the Reading Railroad Company. He was immediately notified, and hurried to his daughter's bedside on a special train, arriving here yesterday afternoon. He left several hours later when assured that Mrs. Appel was in no immediate danger and would likely recover. HEAR MADAME MARY B. STONE. The world famous singer $1,500 exhibition and concert. Forty thousand people destroyed by burning volcano of Mount Peleo, melted brimstone, cinders and ashes raining down; completely destroys an entire city. Judgement day couldn't look more horrible. The Charleston Exposition is now going on. President Roosevelt's Day at Charleston. Battles, wars, great calamities, also the passion play. Great moving picture entertainment. First Baptist Church Monday night, Sept 5th. Second Baptist Church Tuesday night Six Mt. Zion Wednesday night. Admission, 10 cents. VIRGINIA:—IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, IN VACATION. THE 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1902. The object of this suit is to sell a lot of land in the city of Richmond, Virginia, fronting 81 feet on Cabell street, and running back 70 feet, of which James E. Allen died seized and possessed, to commute the dower interest of the widow, and distributed the proceeds among the parties entitled thereto. And Affidavit having been made and filed that John P. Allen and William T. Allen are non-residents of the state of Virginia, may be persons interested in the real estate to be divided or disposed of in this suit, whose names are unknown, such persons being made defendants under the general description of parties unknown, it is ordered that the said non-resident defendants and unknown parties, if any there be, do appear here within fifteen days after due publication hereof, and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this suit. DAVID MEADWE and Removal. Mr. T. C. Tinsley, Tinner and Plumber, has removed from 433 Brook, Ave. to North East corner Olay and Graham, to be pleased to serve his many friends. I desire to know the whereabouts of his son, William H. Bowman. He was last heard from in Richmond. He will be dedicated to his father by sending same to. Wanted-By a lady, a position as shorthand teacher. References given on application. Address. M. LULU HILR. No. 310 Sidney St., South Bend, Ind. CURES WEAK MEN FREE. Insure Love and a Happy Home For All. How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sextual weakness, loss vitality, night nights, varicose, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 833 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and they will gladly and free receipt with full directions so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This is certainly a most generous offer, and the following extracts taken from their daily mail, show what men think of their generosity. "Dear Sirs: Please accept my sincere thanks for yours of recent date. I have given your treatment a thorough test and the benefit has been extraordinary. It has completely braced me up. I am just as vigorous as when a boy and you cannot realize how happy I am." "Dear Sirs--Your method worked beautifully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength and vigor have completely returned and enlargement is entirely satisfactory." Dear Sirs--Yours was received and I had no trouble in making use of the receipt as directed, and can truthfully say it is a boon to weak men. I am greatly improved in size, strength and vigor." All correspondence is strictly confidential, tailed in plain, sealed envelope. The receipt is free for the asking and they want every man to have it. WANTED. 100 COLORED GIRLS to make Cheroots will be paid while learning. The work is healthy, light, clean and easy. Excellent wages can be made after they have learned. Apply at once to VA. ST CHERROOT FACTORY, 25th, between Main and Franklin, St St. --- Southern Employment Agency is the leading agency for good work of all kinds for both white and colored, to obtain a position of any kind, namely as Cook, Chambermaid, matresses, House Cook, Burrower, Butler, Gardener, and useful men Laundress, Gardener, Porter, maids, Book-keepers, Elevators, any place you wish in private family or boarding house. N. F. DREW & BRO. Props. WANTED—To know the whereabouts of Sallis Gatewood. Her address was No. 130 Granby St., Norfolk, Va. Yours truly Sandy Anderson, Mineola, Tex. Notice. I want Six good COLORED BOYS to learn the Carpenter Trade expertly and I want all friends white and colored to send me money to help to teach them. The first profits, I will expend to build a strong, much needed fence around our Cemetery, etc. All money received will publish and name in the PLANET each week. "Don't Disfranchise the Negro." Is the title of a new song just published four verses and chorus. In the song is given a beautiful description of the race, and when sang will find a responsive chord in the hearts of every loyal American citizen in the land. The song will be the means of alleviating some of the intolerations that are perpetrated upon the colored race. If you want to make a hit this is the song to get for it champions our cause. Sent you on receipt of 25 cents in silver. (The Author) I. TAYLOR, 245 W. 39th St. CHICAGO, ILL. WOMAN'S UNION HOME OFFICE: ST. LUKE'S HALL, 900 ST. JAMES RICHMOND, VA. We pay sick Benefits Promptly. Death Benefits in 24 hours after sat- factory proof has been filed in the Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: PRES., - - - ROSA K. JONES VICK-PRES., - - MAGGIE L. WALKER TREAS., - - FANNIE C. THOMPSON SECV'Y & MAN'GR, PATSIEK K. ANDERSON. LIZZIE M. DAMMALLS, M. LOU HARRISE, ZZHH M, DAMMALLS, M. LOU HARRIS VICTORIA MOON, LILLIAN H. J PAYNE, JULIA H. HAYES, ROSA R. WATSON, DELIA LEWIS. AN IDEA THE PLACE WHERE You Speak All You May be as pretty as you will only make WE WILL OUR TERMS PETTIT May be as pretty as any in the land if you will only make it so, WE WILL HELP YOU. Successor to Mayer & Pettit. Southern Furniture and Carpet Co., Cor. Foushee & Broad Sts. Notice. COLORED COOKS' ATTENTION. $10.00 per month for a good cook, washer and ironer. If in need of a good home with a small family, or if desirous of a change, send name, giving references, to NOW OPEN WALKER'S HOTEL For First-class Colored Guests. 116 South Ave., Near New Market, Petersburg, Va 7-14-3m Medical Department Including Medical, Dental and Pharmacetic Colleges. Thirty-fifth Session (1902-1903) will begin October 1, 1903, and continue some (6) months. Ttuition fee in Medical and Dental Colleges, each $80. Pharmacetic College $70. All students must register before October 12, 1903. For catalogue or further information apply to BLACK SKIN REMOVER REGISTERED IN PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. both in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be the "best in the box." One box is all that is required if used as directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PACH-Like complex obtained if used as directed. The skin of a black or brown person four or five shades is applied to person perfectly white. In forty-eight hours shade or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin beautifully. Leaches out white, the skin remains beautiful. Leaches out black, the skin removes wrinkles, freckles, dark spots, pimples or bumps or black heads, making the skin very soft and with a pox pits, tan, liver spots removed without harm. The color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER ORANE AND CO. 122 West Broad Street. RICHMOND, VA. NOT ONE CENT TO PAY! GLOSSINE THE WONDER QUEEN OF ALL HAIR TONICS FOR INJECTIONS SEE INSIDE STRAIGHTENS CURLY KINKY KNAPPY HAIR CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO ST. LOUIS, MO. GLOSSINE Is Queen of all Hair Tonics to straighten the hair and cause it to grow long and beautiful. We will send you a large sample box FREE OF CHARGE, which will prove its value, if you will plainly write up your name and address, or if you will plainly promptly to *CONTINENTAL CHEMICAL CO.* ST. LOUIS, MO. Rents are being advanced every day. It is cheaper to buy. After you have bought, the price cannot be raised on you. We will loan you the money to buy, or pay off your mortgage on such easy monthly terms that the money you pay in rent will pay for your house. Call on. GEO. O. JEFFERSON, Times Building, No. 6 North Tenth Street 105 N. Linden-To sell cheap-house hold furniture, ice-box, kitchen press, parlor suit & etc. end Your Life is any in the land if it so, HELP YOU. ARE YOURS T & CO., --- For Sale. Richmond, Friday, Sept. 12th. $3,500 Daily Expenses. $100,000 New Features. $2,000,000 Invested. Coming in its own Palace Special Trains. 77th year of the Oldest, Biggest and Best Show on Earth. The Pioneer and Perpetrators of Tented Amusement Institutions John Robinson's TEN BIG SHOWS ALL UNITED. John Robinson's TEN BIG SHOWS ALL UNITED. Miss Rose Dockrill Premier Equestrienne 4 Circuses-3 Menageries-2 Stages Roman Hippodrome combined with the grand Biblical Spectacular Production, KING SOLOMON and the QUEEN OF SHEBA an impressive and eminently moral and mind elevating pagenic and scenic spectacle, with its enchanting ballets, magnificent scenery and gorgeous costumes. 100 Beautiful Ballet Girls: 500 men, women and horses in the cast Carl Hagenback's $40,000 herd of Performing Elephants. Elephants that waltz. Elephants that actually play musical instruments. Elephants that do everything but talk. 100 new and novel circus acts. 1,000 rare and costly animal. 50 hair raising races. Grand Free $300, 000 Street Parade. 5 bands of music, Fife and drum corps, Chime of bells, 50 cars and gilded dens, 29 tableaux cars, 12 traps, 300 thoroughbred horses, 60 miniature ponies, Steam caliope drawn by 40 ponies and driven by one man. Two Herds of Elephants. Excursions on all lines of travel. Two Performances Daily, Rain or Shine MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. 4 PER CENT Interest Paid on All Deposits Remaining 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the Public is solicited. For all information concerning Stock, Deposits, and Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. Apartments are fitted up with modern improvements. Building lighted with gas and electricity. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. ADMITS BOTH SEXES 12 YEARS OLD AND UPWARD. BOYS' DORMITORY. Central building, Boys Dormitory on lower line not yet erected. Has Primary, Normal and over Twenty Trades Departments in addition to special courses in Music, Book-keeping, Stenography and Typewriting. A full corps of competent Teachers and Instructors employed. Torms within the reach of the poorest. Board and other bills $0.00 per session of nine school months. Students pay a portion of their bills in some department of Industry. Session opens October 1st, 1902. New spacious Dining Hall being built. All buildings and grounds lighted by electricity. For Catalogue and further particulars apply to the Principal. REV. JAMES S. RUSSELL, Lock Box 149, Lawrenceville, Virginia. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine Funeral Supplies. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT-Man on Duty All Night 4 PER CENT LOANS NEGOTIABLE is solicited. For all i Loans, Etc., app Apartments are fi gas and electricity. JOHN MITCHELL, BOARD OF DIRECT JNO. R. OHILES, E. JOHN MITCHELL, R. W. WHITING St. Paul LAW ADMITS BOTH Central building Has Prima- ments in addition Stenography and the reach of the poor months. Students p Session opens October buildings and ground lars apply to the Prima REV. JAMES 'PHONE, 577 A. THE FUNERAL Capital $25000. BSc at rivawaEs le ean Ne ¥ aed SATURDAY............ SEPT. 7, 1902 Be ee Bak =e A ee -« &c DEESRS MODERN PIGEON LOFT. When pigeons are to be keptin large numbers, it is quite important that the loft be arranged conveniently in order that the work of caring for the birds may be done quickly yet with the least disturbance to the pigeons. When it becomes necessary to have several pens, the best way is to arrange them in line, with a three-foot aisle or walk at the back. ‘The arrangement of the rooms in which: from 25 to 35 pairs of pigeoas may be kept, is set forth in the accom- panying drawing, and is so simple to understand that little need be added by way of explanation. The rooms of the pigeon house are partitioned off with single boards, be- SP eee | ner ee ES Tar iain ins Bey) TA aE Rit Ii ENS WHR eI TS aS YSN i eee es —— = oramon torr serebnion. ing fastened to the floor and ceiling, thus avoiding frame work of any kind where the nest cabinets set. Rooms may be made from 9 to 12 feet wide, the wider the better. They should not be over seven feet high, but could be trom six and a half to seven and a half. They may be from eight and a half to twelve and a half feet deep, not including the aisle, when two feet are allowed for cach nesting apartment. ‘The nest cabinets may cover the en- tire wall space up to five nests high, Jeaving w good roosting place 18 inches ‘wide and the depths of the pen on each side of the room. ‘The pigeon holes to the fly-yard may ‘De minde just nver each cabinet, ac seen in the drawing, with but little dun: ger of draft from any of the nests. ‘One full window will furnish sufficient light for each pen. ‘There is plenty of room on the floor for the wet sink, water dish and two feed boxes. The aisle partition is made with the lower half of boards and the upper half of wire nettings. Built in this way the attendant may pass by the pens as rapidly as he wishes and not disturb the birds. It is quite Important that the birds those that swing either way would tendant is performing his daily work, In pens where one must pass through, it is necessary for one to go very slow. ly and quietly or the birds will rise ‘and ¢kip for the fly yards. The doors should be made to match the parti- tions and hung with spring hinges, those that swing cither way would ‘be best. By having the aisle one can Use a push car or small wheelbarrow in cleaning out pens.—Farm Journal. THE POULTRY BUSINESS. Some Reasons Why None Rut a Many. Sided Man Can Male n Sues Coase ee The successful poultryman must be many-sided. Poultry raising is a com: Plicated business and requires a good deal of knowledge of a good many things. This knowledge is not ae quired in aday. Poultry diseases must ‘be known to a very considerable ex: tent, and this requires thought and study. The knowledge of the diseases must be supplemented by the knowl ‘edge of the best conditions to prevent them. The poultryman must be fa. miliar with the chemical constituents of feeds and understand the balancing of rations. He must be able to din tingdish the different breeds and should know something of the ntand- ards of perfection. His knowledge of all the experiments with poultry should be complete. No poultry book of value should be outside of his Ubrary. To possess himself of the knowledge obtainable by reading he must devote a good deal of time to this branch of his activity. Then he must be familiar with the markets ‘and with the methods of men that buy fowls and eggs. Moreover he must have @ large stock of information as to how to run an incubator. This ie @ hard thing to procure, as it requires much loss of time and material finding out what things are necesssary to be done to insure success. To these things must be added attention to in- numerable details. Recauge the poul- tryman must be many-sided, many that attempt to be poultrymen fail. The man that goes into the poultry, business should do so with his eyes ‘open. He must expect to have ta dearn, and to learn one thing ata time. cia renars? Weekee An Olé Gander on Guard. “Keep an old gander,” says a writer in a gardening paper, “if you would protect young chicks.” trom their enemies in the shape of dogs, cats; crows ‘and magpies. The gen- tleman will be found of great use, shifting al) objectionable characters with commendable promptness. Not only will intruders be smartly looked after, but the gander will make as much noise as possible while per- forming his duty, thus giving the Poultry keeper and game rearer warning when all is not right.” THE WEIGHT OF EGGS. ‘During Incubation It Should Be Stade fed and Regulated with Pains- heclichasie- ‘Couate ‘The following directions are iesued dy the West Virginia experiment ste- tion for finding the loss in weight of ays during incubation: After placing the eggs upon the trays ready for the incubator, set the ‘rays upon a pair of scales reading to ounces and note the total weight of the eggs and trays. (The trays should be thoroughly dry.) After a few days weigh again. Subtract this from the first weight. This will give the ectual loss in the weight of the eggs. Exemple.—Suppose that you hare 208 eggs on the trays; that the first welght with trays is 24 pounds 2 ounces, and that on the sixth day the weight is 23 pounds 6 ounces. Then the loss in weight is 12 ounces. Now look in the table for the loss in weight of 100 eggs for six days. This is 10 ‘ounces. Ten ounces multiplied by 2.08 gives 20.8 ounces, which is the caleu- lated loss for 208 eggs for six days. Therefore the eggs have not been los- ing weight os rapidly as they should, end the eggs should be given more Yentilation or the incubator should be removed to a drier location. (It is as- sumed that the eggs are kept uniform- ly at the proper temperature.) After the eggs have been tested for the in- fertile ones, weigh again and proceed as before. Rules.—If the eggs have lost too much weight, give more moisture, or less ventilation, but in reducing vent!- lation great care should be used, a pure air in the egg chamber is abso- lutely necessary. If the eas have not lost enough weight, open the venti- lators, or place the incubator in a drier place. The table shows normal loss in weight of 100 eggs in ounces for ‘the first 19 days of incubation: ‘1... een Os, Days. LossinOs. Leveecsssecesncess EOS Movcecseveneceees WN 00 BOCINUIIN gig gcc go ROEIINIIN agg UICC gece $e @@ MINI ag Bee Bie ABTS Be Bees goon aa TOI elas Teececilises MABE AEST at BOTTI gee A OTTIINIINN Sele Bevccicceccecsees WBAG Woccsscvececonece B80 Ws POULTRY YARD POINTERS. In feeding fowls study nature, and give them things they like the bert. Sour milk will bring better returns fed to hens than when even fed to pigs. Turkeys when first hatched are very delicate and require considerable care. Young chicks should be fed often, but never given more food than they will clean up. Game chickens have more meat in Proportion to their height than any other breed of fowls. When the chickens are growing fast, it is @ good plan to mix a little bone. meal in their soft feed. Sealy legs can be cured with an oint- ment made of two parts of glycerin and one part carbolie acid. While it is at no-time advieuble to keep food of any kind before the fowls all the time, it will be an advantage to keep milk where they can drink all they want. Fowls do not run together in large numbers, They will always divide into flocks of small size and will select dif- ferent feeding grounds, always provid- 4d they have the opportunity. A growing chicken, like a growing animal, requires plenty of good, wholesome food supplied liberally and often in order to enable them to grow and mature rapidly and to develop properly. Unlike the foal, the calf, the pig and the lamb, the chick must depend on the outsider instead of ite mother for food. It is this taot that is responsi- ble for the high death-rate in the yards of many beginners and some that are not beginners. Nature supplies the chick with food for the first 24 hours and a wonderful constitution.—Rural World. FOR HENS AND CHICKS. A Durable Coop Which In Pronounced Almont Perfect by Those Who Have Tried 1. For several years I lost many young chicks from drowning during heavy showers, and the ubsence of good oops was to blame for it. The coop here illustrated is, in my estimation — Ib A a: ge 2ST lll — IDEAL CHICKEN Coor. | almost perfect. It is 16 feet long, 30 inches wide, 30 inches high in front and. 48 inches in rear. I¢ is petitioned ko as to accommodate ten hens. Each coop is accessible from a round hole cut in the back and closed by a cover On the same side near the bottom is a removable board for cleaning the coop. The front has a hinged cover 18 inches wide to cloxe down at night and during rainy weather. The whole rests on five 2x4’s.—H. Pfaender, in Orange Judd Farmer. ect Ee us oe For obtaining the greatest number of eggs or for the production of the average quantity of flesh, fowls should never be kept beyond the age of three or four years, says Mirror and Farmer. It ix well settled that during the first years of her life a well-fed hen will lay more eggs than ever afterward, From the end of her year she begins to fall off as a et, emd chickens usually raised from aged hens are never so vigor- ous, so healthy or otherwise so promising as are those hatched from the eggs of younger birds that is to say, from those one or two years of age. Not Destitute of Water, “The only objection to this house fx that it has no bath,” said the pros- pective tenant, “That's no drawback,” returned the glib agent. “There's water in the cel- lar.”"—Philadelphia Record. THE SI MONDL PLANES: RICHMUND. VIRGINIA “KINDLY OMIT FLOWERS.” fala hemeet? And te cc, nde tte te bring your | Or vine ove pre tor yma ‘When Tam dead! To-day your tribute T need them now! ‘Waste no laudations on my deafened ear, Nor jay cholce flowers within my tey Your tardy meed of praise 1 shall not hear, ‘Nor understand. BW pile w wealth of Sowers upon my ‘mound, Or speak ‘the Kindly words you should eee ane at S ‘When Yam dead. Go take your offerings to hearts tn thrall, To sorrowing souls with pain and grief distraught, In homes where dark’ning shadows group ‘and fall, And flowers bloom not. ; “Omit the flowers! ‘The bloom of shrub and” tree Leave “not upon my grave to wither there. These demonstrations of your love T shall not see, ‘Nor know, nor care. Pray, do not economize, or make a fetnt To At an aureoin round my head, Or tag my clay with virtues of a saint, | ‘When Tam dead. When the last words are spoken: “Dust to. dust,” And” the last trump you leave me to ‘await, My strange behest you will not then, 1 trust, | Repudiate. Not for the dead are blossoms “from earth's bowers, The ‘simplest rites are ever the most ‘ats But ostentation, eulogy and flowers ee osscinaly” mit ‘Springfield (Mass) Repubtican, The Kidnapping of Eliza Ann > MARY cae HE was not very sick, little Rose Mary, only enough to be kept in bed and have her playthings, and be the one object around which the whole family revolved. Yet her throat felt “horrid,” and was certainly uncom- fortable, with fold upon fold of flan- nel atound it, wet with an ill-smelling something from a queer green bottle grandma had. And Rose Mary grew tired, and a lit- tle cross, with the putting on of the flannel, for grandma drew it so tight she contd not swallow, and Aunt Myra, who was kind but nearsighted, fixed {t over, pricking her neck because she could not quite see where pins ought to go. Then mamma, with her soft, cool hands, fixed it just right. Still the throat did not get better, and Rose Mary's voice grew quite queer and hoarse, and a tiny red spot burned on each cheek, so papa sent for Dr. Ma- eon. He came, looked into her throat, loughed at the flannel and jll-cmelling something from the queer green bot- tle, and left her some medicine that did not taste so very nasty, after which she had a spoonful of grandma's grape jelly. And the throat began to feel better, though the doctor said she must stay snug and warm in bed the whole week through. ‘The first Rose Mary had all her dolls (a) ie WW ra aT i Sig eT { 4 oe & 4 \ feel [~ = on the bed, but one by one she sent them back to the doll house, until only Eliza Ann was left. Eliza Ann was only four inches long, a somewhat bat- ‘tered china doll. |, One day when Rose Mary was com- ing from school she saw a rag-picker’s cart by the roadside with one wheel off, and the rags strewn about the gut- ter. She stood and watched the man mend his cart, pick up his rags and drive off, and as she was turning to go away down in the gutter, where the rags had fallen thickest, she found Eliza Ann, Rose Mary clasped her treasure tight in her chubby hand and hurried home, and from that hour Eliza Ann was the best beloved of all her dolls, She slept with her, she carried her to achool, safe in the depths of a spa- clous pocket; she was sometimes even amuggled to church in the same way. During school hours Rose Mary never played with her, and never in church, only it was a comfort to run her hand into her pocket and feel her beloved Eliza Ann near. Now it so happened at this particu- Jer time thet Eliza Ann had a bad throat too, and had a tiny flannel band around it, with a drop on it from the big. queer, green bottle. Tom, who ‘was two years older than Rose Mary, and was being kept from school by @ sore toe, put grandma's spectacles ‘on and played he was the doctor, com- ing a great many times each day to see Eliza Ann, looking wise and grave, for Dr. Tom considered Eliza Ann a very sick doll Indeed. While Dr. Mason was making bis third visit to Rose Mary, Aunt Myra came to the bed to try on the new knit coat she was making Eliza Aun. It was a pretty coat, too; red, with white scallops all around it, and the foctor, learning Eliza Ann was sick t00, looked into her throat (as well as hegrould while she kept her mouth ‘clowed), and told Rose Mary he thought Dr. Tom was doing just right, and he bad no doubt she would get ‘well about the same time Rose Mary ‘Gid herself. And it was only half af Roe ieten tis Seiten sethantes time that morning, chine to see if Bliza Ann's medicine was working right, that Rose Mary made a dreadtul dis- covery. Eliza Ann was missing! Nobody be- lieved at first that,she was really lost. She must be about the bed, but no, grandma, mamma, Aunt Myra as ‘om looked into every likely, as we ee unlikely, place where Eliza Ann could be, and she was not to be found. Her beloved Eliza Ann lost, and when she was so ill, too! Rose Mary cried until her throat was worse, while mamma tried to cheer with hopeful words, and Aunt Myra looked sadly at the lttle red coat. Then Tom put his medicine box away. “It's a clear case of kidnaping, like that little girl in New Jersey,” he said, “and I'm going to be a detective and find her!™ “But you can't go out with your sore toe," Rose Mary sobbed. Tom looked wise. “You dont know how detectives work,” he told her, Tom thought it was rather a jolly thing having Eliza Ann lost, but he did not tell Rose Mary so. “If Eliza Ann ie to be found, I'm the ‘one to do it, The first thing is to offer & reward.” “I offer five cents,” Aunt Myra said, and “I five more,” said grandma. * “I'd rather be a detective, anyway, than a doctor. Detectives have to be awful smart, and they get killed some- times, too,” Tow said, as he set about making his reward bill. He used red ink on white paper, and when he tacked {t up on the door Rose Mary thought it was @ very nice notice. It read: KIDNAPED! Ten Conts Reward! “Stolen from her home Thursday forenoon, @ little china doll. Four inches tall. Black hair. Blue eyes, one most washed off. Piece broken off left hand. Had sore throat with flannel round it. Name, Eliza Ann Allen. All information to be sent to Detective Thomas B. Allen, Esq.” Then Tom went about saat his head mysterionsly when asked ques- tions. Rose Mary dried her tears, and things looked more cheerful, as how could It be otherwise with so smart & person as Detective Thomas B. Allen, Eaq., working on the case? But noon came, and two o'clock came, and yet there was no news of Eliza Ann. Rose Mary's face grew longer and longer, while Tommy, the less he knew, the wiser he looked. If only hie toe was well, he and Charlie Gay would find the kidnapers! And the thought of the dire fate that would be theirs made Rose Mary shudder. However, the toe wasn't well, and Charlie Gay was away, and Eliza Ann was not found, So matters stood at three o'clock, and Tommy was hinting to Aunt Myra that a larger reward might be necessary, when mamma cried: “Why! Here comes Dr. Mason again!” He came into the house, past mamma, and Aunt Myra and grandma, straight up to Rose Mary's bed, and opened his medicine case, and there was Eliza Ann! “Why! Wherever did you find Eliza Ann?” Rose Mary cried. “In my medicine case,” said the doc- tor, “the very next house I visited after leaving here, and I brought her back the first chance I had. How she got there is a mystery to me.” “The case must have been open when I tried Eliza Ann's coat on,” Aunt Myra said. “You know, I cannot nee very well, and I musthave dropped her in the case instead of on the bed aml nobody noticed!” ‘Then Rose Mary told the doctor how Dadly she had felt, how Tommy had become a detective and how very, very glad she was to have her darling Eliza Ann back again. “And Dr. Mason won the reward!” Tommy cried. The doctor read the notice and shook his héad. “TI will divide the re- ward between you and Rose Mary,” he said, “because it is a very peculiar ease. 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