Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XIX NO. 45 THE AMERICAN MAKES THE PEOPLE HAPPY. Hear The Reasons Why. The 7th, Oct., closed the first ten weeks work of the American Beneficial Insurance Company. The growth in membership has been phenomenal as the following will show: in Richmond 8,699, Danville 1,955, Alexandria 923, Lynchburg 828, Norfolk 667, Washington, D. D., 300, Roanoke 360, Charlottesville 59, total 13,160 with Staunton to be heard from, and still the people are being. The straight life work has begun and in a few weeks every branch office will be operating in this line of insurance business along with the sick benefit work. President Graham desires that all the friends who are calling on him in this and other states for branches to be opened to be a little patient, as he will come to them as soon as possible. WRONGED HIS SISTER. MARTINSVILLE, VA., Oct. 14, '02. Dear Sir: The same old story again as the people seem to be moved at my replying through your paper to help in my struggle. There has been a crowd of colored people appointed to look into this thing and they have been aroused by the best white people in this town to report my mother to the county attorney, and then if he doesn't take it up, I am going to report the case to Judge N. E. Smith and if he doesn't take action on it, I am going to report it to Judge Sanders at Rocky Mount, Va. There shall not be any rest for the white brute until some one takes it up. The last year, they hung Garfield Hairston for only attempted assault and now I can't get any one to help me to have Edmond Williams even caught and brought to trial, although he criminally assaulted my sister. He slipped over to Wytheville and stayed a sort while and then came back. He went around, it was her all the time. I am not the kill him. If he thinks that he be killed, let the law kill him. Help Garfield. White people, who help me to get justice on Edmond Williams? He looks to be forty, but he is not. My sister is still ill. I think that Douglass English should be punished. It took place inside of his house and he has compromised it. He has a house full of girls, too. Boys, how can he stand it? I am told that Edmond Williams has left town again, Monday, to stay a few days. SAMUEL HAIRSTON. Personals and Briefs. Mr. Thomas Smith of Chicago, Ill., called on us. Rev. Haskins will preach and baptize at the 2nd, Baptist Church Sunday afternoon 3 P. a. Miss Louisa Brown and Miss Sarah Owens of Chicago, Ill., in company with Miss Nannie B. Jones and Mrs. Zemoria Wood called on us. Mr. J. W. Edwards of Newport News, Va., is spending a week in the city visiting his friends. Mr. W. Henry Jones is now collecting for the Planet in place of Mr. A. J; Smith, Jr. All amounts can be paid to him. The St. Luke's business department has decided to erect a $12,000.00 building on the adjoining lot St. James and Baker Streets. Mr. Isaac Lawson said to have been awarded the contract. Messrs. Moore and Archer have completed the tenements near the corner of St. Peter and Jackson Streets. The work was done for the Mechanics' Savings Bank. The work gave entire satisfaction. They are building two more on the corner of Seventh and Baker Streets. Mr. James S. Ferrester, the skilled caterer, now resides at St. Peter and Jackson Streets. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., returned to the city this week. Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D., and Rev. Evans Payne continue to speak to him as he passes by and the indications are that the truce recently declared will last until the first of the year if not longer. The hatchet handles are still in sight, but no move has been made to grab any of the handles as yet. —Rev. H. L. Barco and Rev. Wm. Cousins were in the city this week. The Pianet will be sent to you four months for 50 cts. —WANTED IN DANVILLE—A first class Pharmacist. By addressing Mr. Geo, W. Rison, No. 119 Market St., a paying position can be obtained. —The Woman's Corner Stone Association is prospering by the prompt paying of its obliging. —Read the music and medrillion offers. It will pay you to try them. Every one is delighted with the handsome portrait furnished Tree of charge. —The marriage of Miss Lena V. Isham to Mr. Randolph William will take place Wed. Oct., 22, 1902, at Ebenezer Baptist Church at 5 P. M. Friends are invited. —Rev. C. H. Phillips of Beaver Dam Va., was in the city this week. He has been conducting revival services at the Zion Baptist Church at Newport News, Va., Rev. C. E. Jones, pastor. There were 65 conversions. OPERATORS AGREE TO ARBITRATION Commission to be Appointed By President Roosevelt. THEIR DECISION TO BE FINAL Miners to Return to Work When Appointments Are Announced. BROUGHT ABOUT BY J.P.MORGAN Financier and His Partner Held Conference With President Roosevelt and Secretary Root, When Operators' Proposition Was Announced, Which Covers the Suggestion Made By Strike Leader at Former Conference. Washington, Oct. 14.—By authority of J. Pierpont Morgan, who with his partner, Robert Bacon, and Secretary Root were in conference with President Roosevelt at the temporary White House last night for an hour and a half, a statement was given out by Secretary Cortelyou in which the presidents of the coal carrying roads and mine operators propose a commission of five persons to adjust the differences and settle the coal strike in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. The proposition is believed by the administration to be satisfactory to the miners, as it covers the proposition made by President Mitchell, of the Mine Workers' Union, with the additional conditions that it is believed the mine workers will accept. The statement is as follows: The Statement. Secretary Cortelyou, by authority of those present at the White House, made public the following authorized statement concerning the conference: J. P. Morgan came to Washington with his partner, Mr. Bacon, at the request of the coal companies, who desired that as a matter of courtesy their statement should be shown to the president before it was made public. Having been laid before the president by Mr. Morgan, it is now given to the press. To the Public—The managers of the different coal properties comprising the anthracite coal fields wish their position in the present strike to be understood, and therefore make the following statement of facts: There are in the anthracite regions about 75 operating companies and firms, and 147,000 miners and workmen (of which 30,000 are under age), comprising some 20 nationalities and dialects. Of these workmen possibly one-half belong to the United Mine Workers' Union, of which Mr. John Mitchell is president. The remaining workmen in the anthracite fields either belong to no union whatever or do not belong to the Mine Workers' Union. The present strike was declared by the Mine Workers' Union on the 10th day of May, 1902. Since that time many workmen belonging to or not willing to follow that organization were working in and about the mines. From 17,000 to 20,000 are now at work. Many more have wished to work, but have been prevented by a course of violence and intimidation towards those working, and towards their families, accompanied by the destruction of properties and the fear of death of bodily harm to every man who wishes to exercise his right to work. Why Arbitration Was Refused. A schedule is annexed hereto showing some of the things done to create this reign of terror, and every instance stated can be verified by reference to the officers of the law—civil and military—in the anthracite region. This violence has continued and steadily increased, notwithstanding repeated disavowals by Mr. Mitchell, and it is clear that he either cannot or will not prevent it, and that the rights of the other workmen cannot be protected under the supremacy of the Mine Workers' Union. For these reasons the arbitrators heretofore proposed have been refused. The coal companies realize that the urgent need of coal and the apprehension of an inadequate supply for the approaching winter calls for an earnest effort to reach a practical conclusion which will result in an increased supply, and the presidents of the companies desire to make every effort to that end which does not involve the aban- donment of the Interests committed to their care and of the men who are working and seeking to work in their mines. This responsibility they must bear and meet as best they can. They, therefore, re-state their position: That they are not discriminating against the United Mine Workers, but they insist that the Miners' Union shall not discriminate against or refuse to work with non-union men; that there shall be no restriction or deterioration in quantity or quality of work, and that owing to the varying physical conditions of the anthraite mines, each colliery is a problem by itself. Suggest a Commission We suggest a commission to be appointed by the president of the United States, to whom shall be submitted all questions of issue between the respective companies and their own employees, whether they belong to a union or not, and the decision of this committee shall be accepted by us. The committee should be constituted as follows: 1. An officer in the engineer corps of either the military or naval service of the United States. 2. An expert mining engineer, experienced in the mining of coal and other minerals, and not in any way connected with coal mining properties, either anthracite or bituminous. 3. One of the judges of the United States courts of the eastern district of Pennsylvania. 4. A man of prominence eminent as a biologist. 5. A man who by active participation in mining and selling coal is familiar with the physical and commillar with the physical and commercial features of the business. It being the understanding that immediately up the constitution of such commission, in order that idleness and non-production may cease instantly, the miners will retrun to work and cease all interference with and persecution of non-union men who are working or shall hereafter work. The findings of this commission shall fix the date when the same shall be effective, and shall govern the conditions of employment between the respective companies and their employees for a term of at least three years. GEORGE F. BAER, W. B. THOMAS, W. H. TRUESDALE, T. W. FOWLER, R. M. OLYPHANT, ALFRED WALTERS. While no official statement was made at the White House after the operators' address was made public by Secretary Cortelyou, the opinion was expressed that the way is now open for a complete settlement of the strike and that the mines will soon be in operation once more. The issuance of the statement followed a conference at the White House which assembled very quickly after Mr. Morgan and his partner, Robert Bacon, had reached Washington on a flying trip from New York. They arrived about 10 o'clock last night in a special car and drove at once to the Arlington Hotel. They met Secretary Root and the three gentlemen walked over to the White House and were shown at once to the president's room. They remained with the president until 10 minutes of 12 o'clock, and then came downstairs. Secretary Root's face was beaming, and although he would say nothing as to the conference, he seemed so satisfied that those who saw him believed that good progress had been made toward a settlement of the great question, which has been giving the administration so much concern. The three gentlemen, on leaving the White House, went to the Metropolitan Club, while the president retired immediately to his room for needed rest. The proposition of the coal officers was a result of the visit of Secretary Root to New York and his conference with Mr. Morgan on Saturday. Mr. Morgan at that time expressed a keen interest in the situation and a desire to bring about an adjustment if possible. Following this talk with Secretary Root, there was a conference in New York yesterday, at which the proposition of the coal operators was agreed to, and Mr. Morgan was delegated to bring it to the president, in the belief that such would be the courteous course, and the best way of promulgating the offer of settlement. MINERS MAY NOT ACCEPT Coal Strikers Divided On Operators' Proposition to End Strike. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 15.—From a thorough canvass of the situation as it exists there is every indication for believing that the new arbitration plan proposed by the presidents of the coal-carrying railroads for ending the miners' strike will not be accepted in its present form. There is a division of opinion among the strikers, but there is no doubt that a majority feel that the offer to have President Roosevelt select the arbitration commission along the lines suggested by the operators is not fair, and that it unduly limits the president in making up the board. The miners, it is safe to say, will abide in the advice of their national president, in whose judgment they have the utmost confidence. President Mitchell declines to say how he personally looks upon the proposition, but last night he gave to the press the following statement: "I fully appreciate with what anxiety the people of our country are awaiting the end of the coal strike. The coal operators have not addressed the Miners' Union or its officers in making their public statement. It is, therefore, impossible for me to state the attitude of the miners at this time. I am now, as I have always been, deeply sollicitous of the interests of the public and the welfare of the mine workers, who have been on strike for the past five months. A formal statement defining our position and intentions will be issued just as soon as we are in possession of the full meaning of the proposition of the operators." The district presidents also maintain silence as to their personal opinion on the proposition, excepting President Fahy, who yesterday gave an inkling as to how he viewed the new turn of affairs. In reply to a query, he said: "The strike cannot be settled without the consent of the men. We are not dealing in gold bricks of any kind, and you can make any deduction from that you want." MORO CHIEF INVITES WAR Sultan of Bacolod Sends Dafiant Letter to General Sumner. Mantla, Oct. 13.—The Sultan of Bacolod, Mindanao, has rejected the friendly overtures of General Sumner, commander of the American forces in Mindanao, in a defiant letter, in which he invites war. The sultan says: "The Sultan of Baccolod desires war forthwith. He wishes to maintain the religion of Mohammed. Cease sending letters. What we want is war. We do not desire your friendship." Friendly Moros report that the Sultan of Baccolod is fortifying his strongholds. He is in possession of many rifles. It is expected that an American column will be sent from Camp Vlcars to capture and reduce the Baccolod stronghold. It has not been decided when the move is to be made. $35,000 For Broken Neck. Chicago, Oct. 13.—Thirty-five thousand dollars for a broken neck was the verdict in Judge Kavanagh's court Saturday against the Union Traction Company in favor of Frederick Thoerfell, a carpenter, formerly employed by that corporation. About a year and a half ago, while building a shed for the company, Thoerfell fell from a scaffold, his neck being broken. During the progress of the case in court Thoerfell appeared with his head in what is known among surgeons as a "jury mast." He is also compelled to use crutches. The case is one of the few on record where the victim of a broken neck has lived. Thursday, October 8 William J. Bryan yesterday began a campaign on behalf of the fusion ticket of Nebraska, and will continue until election day. John H. Backenstee, president of the Farmers' Bank, of Hummelstown, Pa., died suddenly yesterday of apoplexy while in the bath room at his home. Burglars dynamited the safe in the ticket office of the Pittsburg and Western Railroad Company at Allegheny yesterday and secured $800 in cash. Kentucky's monument to the memory of the Confederate soldiers who fell at the battle of Perryville, Ky., was unveiled yesterday in the presence of 10,000 people. Lawyer J. Alexander Chiles of Lexington, Ky., was in the city last week. He has been attending the G. A. R. Encampment at Washington and took the opportunity to visit relatives and friends. Mr. Robert A. Jackson, one of our former typographical artists arrived in the city last week from Pittsburg, Pa. He traveled extensively throughout the north during his absence from our midst. He is looking well. The various Lodges of the G. U. O. O. F. of the State are respectfully invited to take a part in entertaining the G. S. of England on his visit to this City Monday Oct., 27th 1902. W. M. T. FORRESTER, Chairman. N. W. ANDERSON. Sec. THE SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA. A Great and Powerful Institution with the People. All Taxes Required by the State Paid to Date—Protection to its Policy Holders. Over One Hundred Thousand Dollars Paid to Widows and Orphans in Nine Years and Six Months. IN SICK AND DEATH CLAIMS THE PROMPTEST OF THEM ALL. Chartered Feb. 25, 1893.—Home Office 504 N.2nd St., Richmond, Va. For nine and half years have met every obligation promptly. Its methods of operation have established an enviable reputation. Will live while the Negro lasts. The Southern Aid Society of Virginia has by its honest methods of operation and prompt payment of sick and death claims won a place among the people of Virginia that it merits and for which it is justly proud. orders of the Board of Directors, a agents of the Southern Aid Society wherever located are by the publication of this notice authorized to write sick benefit insurance, beginning October 6, 1903, for three months, ending January 6, 1903, all persons of sound health and mind between the ages of two years next birthday and sixty years next birthday as per table of rates in applications, for one-half membership on payment of application fee (first week's dues). The Southern Aid Society has the In order to let the public know the vast amount of business that is being done by this great Negro Enterprise, (which has heretofore refrained from newspaper publications and sensational growth, and only upon merit forged its way step by step to the front position it now occupies in the insurance realm of Virginia,) the following record is published: Sick claims paid in nine years and six months: No. claims. Amount. 24987. $74,961.00 $74,961.00 Death claims paid in nine years and six months: Total sick and death claims paid, $112,761.00 One hundred and twelve thousand, seven hundred and sixty-one dollars. It can be seen that the Southern Aid Society has paid its claims and the people are doing the talking. Heretofore sick benefit companies, operating throughout the State of Virginia, have been considered Societies and ha e not been required to pay insurance taxes, but many are exerting laws of the State of Virginia, every such concern issuing contracts of insurance and have not a representative form of government—ritualistic works and society meetings; such as Masons, Odd Fellows, etc., are subject to insurance taxes, and have been so classified by the Auditor of Public Accounts. The specific tax is $000.00 per annum and in addition a statement is required and 1 percent of gross earnings of all such concerns doing business in the State of Va. This tax will run from $400.00 to $1000.00 per annum depending upon the amount of business done. The Southern Aid Society of Virginia has complied with all the requirements of the State of Virginia and issue contract of insurance under full protection of the law; with full powers to loan and borrow money, sell stock and pay legal debts. The Southern Aid Society has ample capital and good real estate holdings, and knowing that there are numerous small companies throughout the State of Virginia that may possibly not be able to meet the requirements of the State the Southern Aid Society invites correspondence on this matter. Address the General Secretary and Manager, Thos. M. Crump, 504 North 2nd Street, Richmond, Va. Our reference as to financial standing: Savings Bank, Grand Fountain, U. O. T. R., Richmond, Va.; Mechanics Savings Bank, Richmond, Va.; Nickel Savings Bank, Richmond, Va. As for our real estate holdings, refer to the clerk of the Chancery Court of the city of Richmond, Va. It is a risk to run insurance without having paid the required taxes, as the penalty is one hundred dollars fine and suspension of business until paid. One-half of said fine goes to the literary fund of the State and one-half to the party who reports the concern doing business without having paid its taxes. And the policy holders of such concerns run a risk. The Southern Aid Society having shared so liberally of the patronage of the public in the distribution of their insurance membership, feels that it has been it peculiar merit for promptness in payments of sick, accident and death claims, and being grateful to its members, friends and the public, have decided to show in some tangible way its appreciation and it desires to help the large number of persons, therefore by RICHMOND IN AID Y OF VIRGINIA. Standing Unsurpassed Powerful Insti the People. Its Works. One State Paid to Date—Protect- Over One Hundred Thous- Widows and Orphans and Six Months. CLAIMS THE PROMP- THEM ALL. Office 504 N. 2nd St., Richmond, Va. orders of the Board of Directors, a agents of the Southern Aid Society wherever located are by the publication of this notice authorized to write sick benefit insurance, beginning October 6, 1902, for three months, ending January 6, 1903, all persons of sound health and mind between the ages of two years next birthday and sixty years next birthday, as per table of rates in applications, for one-half membership on payment of application fee (first weea's dnes.) The Southern Aid Society has the best contract for sick, accident and death insurance in the field—no limit of weeks to draw, you are protected every week from date of joining until death, at which time the Society pays your assigns the death claims. Agents make the largest salary working for the Southern Aid Society. Write to-day for terms and territory, Southern Aid Society of Virginia, 504 North 2nd St., Richmond, Va. OFFICERS AND BOARD. Armistead Washington, President. Edward Steward, Vice-President. Thomas M. Crump, Sec. & Gen'l M'g'r Walter E, Baker, Treasurer. B. L. Jordan, General Inspector. A. D. Price, James T. Carter, Rev. Sid ny stanton, H. B. Burrell. From Charlottesville. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA., Oct., 14, 1903. At the Ebenezer Baptist Church the pastor Rev. A. B. Coleman has begun a revival for the benefit of those who feel that they need a Saviour. Many of the pastors have taken part in the meeting and from the earnestness of the christians of the city there will be good results. We are glad to note Rev. R. B. Hardy is out again after several weeks of sickness. The Rev. W. F. Graham passed through the city enroute to Washington this week. He was looking well and appeared to be very happy. The Rev. L. B. Goodall left the city this week for West Virginia after a pleasant stay here. Mrs. S. A. Jones and Mrs. L. B. Foster, Michaicknick Iowa, are visiting near the University of Va. Mr. Saint L. Angel has return from Washington, D. C. Mr. Lewis Jackson has returned home from the Warm Springs. Mr. Clarence Carry has return from Washington, D. C., well please with his trip, no wonder! Mr. Cornelius Whitlock went to Washington, D. C., last week. Mrs. Jennie Dewey who has been spending the summer with her sister. Mrs. C. Whitlook has return to her home in Washington, D. C., after a pleasant stay. Mr. C. T. thinks that Mr. C. C. would have stayed a while longer if she had just said stay, truth. Yes! Mr. C. C. said that he was going to see the G. A. R. but he seen A. E. B. that all. Well we are glad that Danville has waked up. All write Mr. O. P. C. good luck to you, look for us next week. Mr. James L. Wallace of Hanover, Va., and Miss Mary E. Brown of Richmond, Va., were married Sept. 23rd 1902, at 50 West 185 St. New York City. The ceremony was performed by Rev. N. S. Epps. The bride wore a gown of white crepe de chine ornamented with cream lace and pearls, she carried a bouquet of white roses. Missrene Freeman who was her maid of honor was costumed in white crepe de chine trimmed with lace and spangled passemanthe she also carried a crown. Mr. John Marshall of Brooklyn N. Y. was best man. A reception was held at the bride's residence after the ceremony at 210 West 62nd St., New York City. PRICE, FIVE 5 CENTS FIRST HONOR PUIPLS VALLEY SCHOOL Week Ending October 10, 1902. 4th Grammar—Elizabeth Mitchell, Edward Stanton. 3rd Grammar—Nettie Banks, Eva Hartwell, Kate Johnson. 2nd Grammar—Sullivan Pitchford, Mary Vandervall, Bettie Washington. 1st Grammar—Otie Johnson, Mand Poindexter. Gertrude Harris, Joseph Anderson, Leroy Brown, Blanche Walton. 8th Primary—Collin Johnson, Marie Brown, Pearl Brown. 7th Primary—Lily Jones, Vivian Kemp, Annie Holland, Beulah Thomas. 6th Primary—Flora Anderson, Mary Francis, Rosa Gaines, Ella Harris, Joseph Ephine Jackson, Ruby Macklin, Rosa Perkins, Lilian West, Parrish Lewis, Alfred Stokes. 5th Primary, 34—James Pernall, Robert Carrington, Spencer Dance, Victoria Anderson, Fannie Braxton, Susie Garner, Annie Hudson, Annie Harris, Gertrude Walbarrow, Virginia Seanman, Mary Woodson, Zipporah Yearnman. 5th Grammar, 35—Mabel Grammar, Osborn Mason, Ella Stevens, Millie Washington, William Mankin. 4th Primary—Maria Anderson, Mabel Wells, Leonora Kenney, Blanche Muse. 3rd Primary, 37—Oscar Allen, Roland Ellett, Asa Lipscomb, Arthur Stamps, Edw rd Taylor, Ernest Venable, Emmett Willis, Maude Fields, Lillie Hill, Ida Hargrave, Essie Jenkins, Amanda Fields, Charlotte Smith. 3rd Primary, 38—Harry Black, James S. Burrell, John Christian, John Milton Dabney, John Ellett, Wellington Lewis, Willie Nash, Charles White, Maria Brooks, Harriet Copeland, Mattie Dixon, Susie Smith, Mamie Thomas Eliza beth Thomas, Annie White, Victoria Williams, Gertrude Ellett. 2nd Primary, 39—Cora Overton, Cora Smith, Cora Whitaker, Joseph Brown, Charles Hunt, Joseph Dixon, William Anderson, John Moody, Hattie White, Julia Moore, Annie White, Eli Anderson, Vernom Cheatham. 1st Primary, 40—William Gregory, Leon Cooke, Elisha Kidd, Robert Montgomery, Mamie Harris, Mary Kinney, Lucy Overton, Laura Muse, Gladys Hill, Julia Parker, Rebecca Mankin, Blanche Smith, John Parker, George Brooks. 2nd Primary, 41—John Gaines, Chas Shields, Dean Taylor, Christian Williams, Matilda Harris, Mary Smith, Sallie Watkins, Mary Galimore. 1st Primary, 42—Alex. Dandridge, Eddie Harding, Shirkey Kenny, Jackson Morris, George Robinson, Jesse Taliafero, Jones Williams, Agnes Jones, Annie Riley, Eleanora Taylor, Ruth Woodson, Clara Lewis, Bessie Montane. National Baptist S. S. Union. The National Baptist S. S. was held on last Sunday, October 12, 1902, at the Zion Baptist Church, Manchester, Va. The edifice was well packed and a most interesting programme was well rendered. A very fine and timely welcome address was delivered by Rev. W. R. Ashburn, B. D. He showed forth the wonderful development of the union and the rapid progress our race was making. The recitations of the little ones were soul-stirring and every one went away well pleased with the evenings programme. The duets and solos by the older ones were in keeping with the great name of the National Baptist S. S. Union. Collection was very good. President B. H. Peyton after being absent from the Union the past two months on account of sickness, presided with his usual ability. Col. E. A. Washington delivered a fine address on "Faithfulness." The next Union will be held at the Fifth St. Baptist Church on the 3rd Sunday in November—17th, 1902. CARTER-The funeral of Frank Carter, son of Rev. J. T. Carter, who departed his life Oct. 6th 1902, took place from the Moore St., Baptist Church Wednesday Oct., 8th at 11:45 A. M., with most impressive ceremonies. The funeral was preached by Rev. R. O. Johnson assisted by Rev. Evans Payne, after which a most feeling prayer was offered Rev. S. C. Burrell. His sufferings ended with the day. Yet lived he at its close; And breathed the long, long night away, In statue like repose. But when the sun in all its state, Illumined the eastern skies, He passed through Glory's morning gate, Rally to the Sharon Baptist Church. The members and friends of this church are requested to be present on to-morrow and help us to raise the small sum of $175.00, which we must have at once. There will be interesting sermons at every service. Dr. Z. D. Lewis will preach at 8 o'clock P. M. aa 5 eS yy FTA SY Rae TSS Bee eo Be x BBA oS BES CN Rah, Z, pax gene ee Baronvay, —...00r 16, Ww NIGHT ON THE GREAT DEEP. 1 gaze upon the darkened sky, ‘Begemmed with many a sliver star; Thear the waves beat angrily Against the moonilt harbor-bar. No maiden's song from casteled steep; ‘Night broods, a spirit o'er the dvep. Tieft the city by the shore, Yet see its distant blaze of light! ‘0, angel, Death, yet brooding o'er Some happy home art thou to-night? Lhear no measured tramp of crow’s— ‘Naught but the winds in ratilingshrouds. ‘Fe waves, that leap from Ocean's breast, Like gidey youth, thy strength an grace— And thou, fair moon, the proud Night's guest— Alone?—Nay, with thy emiling facet ‘The shore recedes; the hours pase by; At sea from friends, yet God Is nigh! Why stake we on this Ife our all? The grave is waiting, dark ard deep— If ye have God and Joy ye've all ‘There is of lite! Those riches keep! ‘D, trust ye to the Pilot's hand, Ere ye may reach the (air Home-landt Arthur E. Smith, in Christian Work. The Haunted Schoolhouse By LOU LESSERT._ HE tranquility of the sleepy little T town of Minton was much dis- turbed. For two weeks the air had been thick with hair-raising stories concerning a dilapidated log school- house that stood about two miles from town. Strange lights had been seen moving about the ruins and flitting mong the branches of an immense forked oak standing just across the road. A belated traveler, passing the schoolhouse after nightfall, had been frightened by a white object that roxe trom the foot of the forked oak, ut- tered unearthly groans, and then ap- parently sank intothe earth. In short, it was the general opinion that the old building was haunted. Even the boldest would not pass it after dark unless compelled to travel that road. About ‘five miles from Minton lived an eccentric farmer named Zachariat Hinser. He was a very superstitious man and was, as his neighbors phrased it, “saving to stinginess.” In his youth he had married Angelina Bradley, the Pretty daughter of | Schoolmaster james Bradley, who, for many years, taught school in the log schoolhouse on the rond to Minton. Death had ‘claimed Angelina, and for two years her oldest daughter, Charity, had man- aged the household affairs, Nineteen-year-old Charity, who had inherited her mother's good looks and gentleness, did not lack admirers; but Zachariah told her most devoted suitor, George Burton, that Charity should not get married before reach- ing the age of 22. George did not like the idea of waiting three years for his bride, He thought that his salary as rural mail carrier would provide for Charity as well as her father did; and he mentally aceused Zachariah of car- ing more to save the expense of a housekeeper than to promote the hap- Piness of his eldest daughter, One evening, when George was call- ing at Hinser’s, several neighbors “dropped in” to have a neighborly chat. The conversation soon turned to the sensation of the hour and one ghost story after another was told. Charity was surprised to notice that George, who usually made light of ghost stories, was stening intently to all stories told. He talked but little, and when not listening to the wonversation idly turned the leaves of an old album containing pletures of dead and gone ancestors of the Hinser Yamily Young Jim Hinser. whore face was unusually grave, seemed faseinated by the gruesome tales, When Farmer Dunton began to speak about the Strange sounds he heard in the viein- ity of the old schoolhouse, the boy sanddered, choked upon a bite of ap- ple. and left the room. “Poor Jim.” thought Charley, “how whey have frightened him! | Such stories should not be told before chil- aren.” ‘On the following day Zachariah took ‘@ load of wheat to the Minton mill, ‘Owing to broken mill machinery he was unable to start home until late in the afternoon. By the time he neared the schoolhonse it was almost dark, and he @id not relish the idea of pass. ing it. He wished he had not listened tothestories told the night before. Be- ing in an uneasy state of mind, he was horrified to observe the figure of Mas- ter Bradley seated on a high stool just outside the door, his elbows on his ‘Amnees, and his: chin resting in the palms of his hands. He was dressed in a well worn suit of rusty black. A fur cap was on his head. How well Zachariah remembered that swallow-tailed coat and far cap! ‘The frightened man could neither ‘speak nor move. The horses plodded on until opposite the forked oak, when the figure rose to its feet, and, carry- ing the stool, advanced into the road in front of the horses; and, raising its hand, pointed an accusing finger at Zachariah, who could only gaze, spell- bound, at the white face, and the sunk- ‘en eyes which seemed to glow like fire. The horses stopped when the ap. parition stepped infront of them. Then in hollow tones came these words: “Zachariah Hinser, beware my anger! You drove my daughter to the grave by your everlasting money-get- ting. She died not of disease, but of overwork: she was starved for human companionship and the society of good Books, both of which you dented hes And now you are pursuing the same course with your own daughter—de- — — nying her a nome of her own where she might be happy. Again I say, be- ware!”. Without another word, the specter, still carrying the stool, walked back of the schoolhouse and disappeared. Groans were now heard issuing ap- parently from the foot of the forked oak. Power of motion returned to Zachariah and he started his horses ga run for home. The next morning he surprised Char ity by telling her that she might get married, as he knew of a good house- keeper that he could get. Knowing her father too well to ask why this sudden change of mind, Charity simply said: “Thank you, father,” and lost no time in communicating the welcome intelligence to George when he made his daily round with the mail. Zacharinh’s nerves were so shaken that he did not care to pass the ruins soon again. So he sent Jim after the remainder of the mill-feed cautioning him to be home before dark. George Burton, in. bis mail-wagon, was jog- ging along, whistling jeyously and thinking of the little heme he and Charity would soon occupy when— what caused him to stop whistling so suddenly? Why did he crack the whip over his horse's back as a bend in the road brought the log schoolhouse into view? Was it a ghost? No, only the ‘sight of curly-headed Jim Hisner com- ing out of the ruins and climbing the forked oak. By the time George reached the building Jim was depositing packages of various sizes in bis wagon. For some reason, as George stopped near Jim, both burst out laughing. “Here, Jim, shake hands,” said George, and tell me what in the world you had hidden in the hollow oak.” “Chestnuts,” answered Jim, whose face was still wreathed with smiles, “You see, I want to study hard at school this year, so’s I can pass the Boxwell examination and go to Minton high school next year. Father won't buy me the books I need. He says a spelling book, reader, arithmetic and copybook are enough for any boy. So T gathered chestnuts, and about every other night for two weeks I've been here to hide ‘em, so’s father wouldn't know Thad em. Now I'm going to sell ‘em. This bushel of chestnuts will buy $3.20 worth of books. I'll keep my new books at school and father will never know I have them, for he never visits school.” “Where did you get your light?" queried George. “I kept it under a pile of leaves in the schoolhouse. No one ever bothered it, I guess,” grinned Jim. “You've been asking questions long enough, It’s my turn, now, George. Where did you get your swallow-tailed coat and wig and stool? And how did you make your eyes so shiny and your voice so queer?” “Well, Jim, I'M tell you. I saw your Grandfather Bradley's picture in the album, and the idea came to me that if T'd put on an old swallow-tailed coat of my grandfather's, and that long- haired wig I wore in the drama last ! winter, use a little phosphorus around eae) eae) Ze a woes. Vie See Wo NES il ls Nae)” «5 fb aN Z cael a. “AGAIN I SAY, BEWAREr’ my eyes, and pad my cheeks with hick orynuts to change my voice, I'd pass in the twilight for Master Bradley.” “I should say you did pass! Just as I finished hiding my chestnuts 2 heard a wagon coming and I knew it was ours by its rattle. Of course, 1 didn't want father to see me, so I put the empty sack I'd brought the chest- nuts in over Towser’s head, so’s he couldn't bark, and held him down in the fence corner by the tree—that Wasn't the first time I'd muzzled him that way, either. And when you walked out there I was so seared that I purt’ near let Towser go, and he tried to growl; the sack being over his hend made it sound kind of queer.” “I guess we're even, Jim, for U didn't know what in creation was making such an unearthly noise. You see I | wasn't expecting another ghost on the scene. Wasn't {t lucky that I didn't choose to make my appearance. from the fence corner by the oak tree? If Thad jumped over the fence and struck youand Towser, I'm afraid there would have been a ghostly mix-up, not cal- culated to impress the most super stitious.” Charity is now Mrs. George Burton. Jim is teaching school in the Burton district and boarding with his sister. Charity often wonders why her hus- band takes such good care of his grand- father’s spike-tailed coat. — Ohio Parmer. Prize for Potato Drying. It would seem to be a very simple matter to dry potatoes, but in Ger- many, where potatoes are now ex tensively used for making alcohol and for feeding cattle, a prize of 20,000 marks, about $7,000, has been offered to the inventor of the best method of drying potatoes on a large seale. ‘The cost of transportation is enormously reduced by drying, as may be seen from the fact that three and a half tons of fresh potatoes yield only one ton of dried ones. In consequence of the recent devel- opments in the use of potatoes, Ger- man farmers have gone extensively into the raising of them.—Youth’s Companion. King Chulalontorn of Sivm hag 4% other names. Awfally Tired. “Don’t you ever get tired doing noth- Ing?” asked the housekeeper. “Lady,” replied the tramp, “I git so tired doin’ nothin’ dat Teart doco in’ elge.”—Philadelphia Record. THE RICHMOND PL, ; VIRGINIA. IN TERRA DEL FURGO character. ‘Their great skill ir man tx.. Shox UE aging their canoes and obtaining | ,, Domestic — Me food is their strongest point. weuetegrd 3 @ aborigines of Te: del Fy * eo Strange Things May Be Seen in| proper are known us ihe Ona tod, | DU sin, and— That Unknown Region. ans and consist of wandering groups. |, Mr- Shortp They are considered to rank first | t'me)—Have Tete among the three tribes who were | Dill to see if i ‘Tribes of Aborigines, Once Powerful, | formerly proprietors of the Magel- ) “N-® sir. Now on the Verge of Extinction | lanes. Harburton is a little station f, “Hs! 1 tho A Coast of Rugged Rocks of a curving peninsula extending into }*20W that it and Woods. the Beagle channel, Stock-raising ia [Some other « — the principal indust z oR (ibesksd Gaceuena sacs: the principal industry and means of oy 1. tia sue gradual diminution W and disappearance of the dif- Zerent tribes of Indians inter- est in ther habits and eustous is develop:ng to a greater degree than ever im the past. ‘So many nations have become extinct, leaving few traces, that scientists are compelled to do a great deal of guess work to enable them to piece together an unsatisfactory life history of the vanished peoples. Recently attention has been called to the fact that the natives of Pata- gonia and the neighboring islands are rapidly dying out, and several small exploring expeditions have coasted through the waterways of that region with the double purpose of forming a better , acquaintance with them and ascertaining what steps may be taken to prevent their becoming extinct. To the noted Eng- lish traveier, W. S. Barclay, and oth- ers, the world is greatly indebted for facts recently discovered relating to humanity in this chilly, tempestuous portion of our hemisphere. ‘The Yahgans are, perhaps, as in- teresting as any. Their language is soft and rather musical, while their slight association with white men has shown them to be gentle and kindly disposed, but, including men, women and children, they now num: ber bu: about 200, while, before they came in contact with | civilization, they aggregated several thousand. ‘Their time is fully employed in pro- curing food from the rather barren région which they inhabit. They use some scanty clothing obtained from white people, but in the past went about naked. Their diet consists al- most entirely of mollusks and differ- ent varieties of fish. Mussels are found along the shores : i aes Seer ee . a. ae Sats Fae SAS Cnet reer ron THE STATELY CREST OF CAPE DIVIDE. of the straite and inlets in practical- ly inexhaustible quantities. Moun- tains of their shells are piled along the shores, seemingly larger. than could be constructed by human agen- cy alone, Many of these serve as a burial place for the dead. Vast quantities of kelp and other seaweed stretch, miles upon miles, at a lit tle distance from the beach, afford: ing a passageway through comparw- tively still water for the imperfectly constructed canoes which the wom- en paddle along that the men in the bow may fish or harpoon fur-bear. ing water animals which the dogs seare up as they run alongside on the land. The life, in their almost nude condition, is a hard one in a climate where in one day may be experienced both an almost tropical heat and aretie cold. ‘Their dreary and forbidding region extends along the shores of the is. : 2 i ie ne : oy : a VAN < Tee Hees t oi RS Ee ss ee a) ieee nes pi Bae Nee tert lands east of the Brecknock pass, stretching along to Cape Horn. The most southerly permanent settle- ment in the world is the mission established for them at Tekinike, a peninsula on Hoste island, A small, spired church stands on a hill of soggy peat. A rough pier runs into the water. The huts afford an in- secure shelter from the blasts and are inhabited, without regard to sex or kind, by humanity and dogs. As one stands on the shaking peat in the raw, chill and bitter wind, with angry waters visible from one point of view and barren, rocky mountains from another, with the strong-scent from the mussel beds filling his nostrils, extinction, as a race, does not seem so appalling. In every way the Yahgans show weak- ness. They are addicted to alcobol and seem to lack moral stamina, ‘Their faults are mostly of a negative Se — Xt Wan His “Hello” “You can't marry my daughter, young man; she is already spoken for.” “That's al right; I'm the fellow ‘who telephoned you.”—N. ¥, Herald. | Dide't Work, Caller—What’s all that howling up- staire? } Mrs, Boardem—That faith-cure doc- tor has the toothache—N. Y. Weekly Dida’ Wasek character. Their great skill ir man- aging their canoes and obtaining their food is their strongest point. ‘The aborigines of Terra del Fuego Proper are known as the Ona Indi- ans and consist of wandering groups, ‘They are considered to rank first among the three tribes who were formerly proprietors of the Magel- lanes. Harburton is a little station of a curving peninsula extending into the Beagle channel. Stock-raising is the principal industry and means of income to all farmers in this vieini- ty. This is a friendly meeting-place for the Ona tribes and neighboring sheep are safe from their depreda~ tions while hereditary tribal enemies of many generations unite in games. These Indians refuse alcohol in any form, although its use degrades all ‘the surrounding tribes, both in Pata- gonia and on the islands. As one of the chief articles of diet of the Ona is the guanaco, or sheep, endurance and bodily strength with a certain fide: howe are hia islandard asoel- ences, His height and general phys- ical development are remarkable. Fighting and hunting. are his chief occupations, when engaged in which he casts aside his one garment, a ‘guanaco mantle. This is his only protection from heat, rain, and snow while he tramps over his rugged is- Jands during all seasons. Knives have come to his hand- but recently and he is awkward in their use, but his bow and arrows are his own pe- culiar weapons and with these he is expert. A bit of sheep’s hide is bound across his, forehead as a sort of disguist while he is pursuing hin prey. His development is far beyond ‘that of the white man, while the ‘Yahgans with their fish diet and life ‘spent canoeing have imperfect ex- tremities. With the incoming of gold-seekers, and the class that always follow in their wake, the chances of subsist- ence for the Onas has grown less and they now number but about 700. Betwen the Onas and Yahgans are the Alacaluf Indians. Little is known of them beyond the fact that, like their neighbors, they are gradually dying out. Their country extends from Smyth's channel on the Chilian coast to Brecknock pass, and presents a network of passages and inlets of which but a limited number appear on the charts. Here the hills are heavily wooded and snow falls to great depth. Vessels approaching Terra del Fuego and the neighboring islands from the North Atlantic frequently stop first at the excellent harbor of Port Stan- ley, om one of the eastern Falklands, This ix the capital of the only terri- tory belonging to the English in these waters. There are about 700 inhab- itants in the little village and they, their buildings and surroundings re- semble those in northern Scotland. ‘There are a resident bishop and gov ernor and a general alr of prosperity. From this point to the entrance of the straits of Magellan fs but a short distance. Tt is only comparatively re- cently that explorers have sailed these waters in any great numbers. It was formerly believed that evil spirits drove invaders back from the entrance. The fact is that the 40-foot tide rac- ing through and the strong southwest wind, which prevails three-fourths of the year, are sufficiently forbidding to deter any one who has not a stanch craft under him from encountering the fierce currents and ragged rocks after the opening is passed. However, the Indians propel their frail canoes through the most dangerous places with the utmost ease. A monthly service of national trans ports has been started by the Argen- tine government in order to encourage colonization. Ragged rocks alternate with pebbly beach along the borders of the Magellanes, and the scenery is varied by mountains, dense forests, sunny plains and snow-covered Helds, all interlaced by waterways. Some of the names of points where one touches are interesting and sugges- tive. Cape Desolation, Cape Froward, from which one may coast in either of three directions, and Port Famine. A Pacific outpost, Cape Pillar, is a light- house station. "To the south, on Daw- son island, a mission is situated. At some points, the shore upraises and immense glaciers eend down shattered fragments in the shape of icebergs, In other places are great stretches of quaking bog and peat moss. In various parte of the islands the dark green anaretic birch grows in great pro- fusion. Brecknock pass presents @ most desolate appearance. In order to reach safe water, a point of the island must be passed where the long, cold waves roll in terrific fury, At Cape Divide the northern and south- ern passages merge into one. From Navarine island, an open strait leads to Cape Horn, the bete noir of sailors. Off from the point of Terra del Fuego lies. Staten island, the penal military ‘settlement of Argentina. Of all dreary places, the desolation and cold here ‘seem most terrible. EDWARD JULIEN, A Family Jar, Mrs. Timmins—John, I must say you are the narrowest-minded man I ever ‘saw. You have an idea that nobody is ever right but yourself. | Mr. Timmins—Better look to home. Were you ever willing to admit that anybody was right who differed from you? Mrs. Timmins—That's an entirely different thing, and you know it, John ‘Timmins.—Boston Transcript. ‘Mr. Shortpurse Entertains. , Domestic—Beggin’ your pardon for fnterruptin’ you and your company, sir, but the grocer is here with this bill, sir, and— Mr. Shortpurse (anxious to gain time)—Have you looked over that Dill to see if it is correct? “N-o, sir.” “Hal I thought not. How am I to know that it is not full of mistakes? Some other day, when I have more time—" } “Oh, I'm sureit’s all right, sir. He's very good at figures.” _ “How should you know that?” “Why, sir, he said this was the twen- ty-seventh time he’s called for the bill, and I know that is eo, ‘cause I kept count myself.”—N. Y. Weekly. ‘On @ Perfamer, , Here tes Otto Musk, who ha@ ; The pescetulest of ends. He was the ecenter of a large Cirele of loving friends. icant Mie One, wax. ail Gra) eee DL SO Wa 1, oe aig. NO Nan ae a)’ | DYN it iy —{at i) 1 AES Ke a = \ == CAT Re SNL SeeeEe/s ee Toes a Lottie (of the profession) —Oh, fame is so hard to obtain. Itisso difficult to ills tee af toe eetesiey eee just onght to live in our suburb fora day or two, my dear.—Moonshine. eee “What's that explosion in the front of the car?” asked the passenger on the rear seat. “Nawthin’ much,” said the conduc- tor. “Man just got hot in the collar.” “What's that got to do with the ex- plosion?” “Everything. The collar was cek luloid."—Paltimore News. $$$. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARRIVE NEW MALN-ST. STATION. OCTOBER 5th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND. tS. m.. ba a ai age a Newport News apy Dae ee ie 490 pom “Du? rope Gundag For Point, Bogpeet Norfolk. Two | Sones Seni men heen Hamy af, a anew, 0% Caer ot Oe, Point Bans neaamters! at Narfone wih 08 sa ps epiabn tamer for New nk 9 Pe Make Weasel ome Main Line West Bound. 10100. m., Looted Sunday t0, Clifton eee Forges connects for Orange, alpeper Calverton and Manassas. 200 p.m. Dally Cincinnati and Louterite ot, Siren cece aeons | Gtamath and Louisvilie, connects {01 irginia Hoe! Spring” AC local tral | from Gordonville to Biaaton, follows, 790p. me Daily Besoin Chiengs Sect ieconas toenil ‘Balas to atntagion ana , Mile Gincsnoat, (polis, St. Loui ome. a A aaa oa em, ssnehbarg, Lexington rg Desig Foe Trace | Fors Romer and “Aiberene and New Gitte, Patlor car 5:15 p. ma Except Sunday. ‘To Bromo. : Arrive. Pasreyea Diyistox — From Norfolk and OW TPoihe arrives Haya hada” an Petey daily: Liv mo nd #20 pam Mary Lise: Brom Cinehimatl, 748 a.m. daily: od Spe mie dally. from Ott Bory faid'p. ma exept Sanday. Lacs « from Doswoll arrives 8290 mss) except ” Bundag. Jaonrs Riven Drmsos— Prom Cfton Fors aim, except Sunday from Bremo. Apply at sib © Main, Murphy Hotel, and Hotel Jefferson for further information, Bats Hokots and Pullman Resapvation. ‘W. O. WARTHEN, District PassenceR AGENT. C. E. DOYLE, H. W. FULLER, ; Gey’L M’a’R. GenxniP A. Norfolf and Western R. R. Sept. 28th, 1902, LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives, at Norfolk 11:20 A. M. Spe only ‘ad Pet SU uahsdeetany Oe a pmol olding ‘tenets fon Rieasond an ae 0.064, BPH “OHICAGO. EXPRESS, to Ghicago:, Gutter Parior Gar Botcrmberg hy gy SS ee £2 Sota al Bet aor or Roanoke to Knoxville. 12000. me Boone Eipres for Farmville, Eivndbburg: Ronnske und interniedints 800P. 3 Soca Shore Limited. Arrives Nor Srl nl eal "Saget nt Nas RAS Geena to Becton, Beer dence, New York, Baltimore and Wash- 126 P. Meer auttne, Norfolk and intormed. Se “Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 9:85 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Con- a Sea" Shatlanoy “cling “Pals Se? Srlent Calo Parlor and Ober ERG RRAA eae eet fim Sleeper CohvesnWaimond an ae he ee Sratae Sevins Rikinced ees Lynching and The Wert daily FAM S00 pene ana 8:06 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East Setiok! BOWS A ma and 60'S = Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER, City Passonger and Ticket Agt. O. H. y District Pamenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Agent, General Office; i 4 SOUTHERN RAILWaY *rains Leave and Arrive 1éth St. Statiox 10:16 A. M., No. 9. M. C. Dax sairieemrees ae Sad allio stations West; at Jeffrey> socal Eine a Nortik'Orrisce ‘So Salle 2:80 P. M., Nc Hmited train Jack Ph tale are ae Farmville, and’ Powhatan nal: at Shesetets or, Brahe, tlegh ‘United States faet mail, train, iy tor Now rien» and poines Sout crgies egpers ‘Orleans Brawing Room icumond te fentn, with Mecpers Belstay ta Nae phis." Dining-Car-Service. 146P.¥, No. 11, Southern daity to SSP Minnis, dingusta vacant Bit South Blooper” far Pavia cant Righmond 2:50 Bae Cone ‘thom with Now: York nod Florida Bs Dress and Southwestarn hiseited whch Etrrng Ubroueh "Ieepare to Ausra Rpnnmh, Jacktonvilie Tampa Messe Memphls,"-Atianta, New. Orleans. ete Geraplete_Dining-cur "servion Als Pullman Tonrist Sleopor Mondis. We Rowiays and. Pridaye: Washiseton SonFvanclaco, without change: wih cos nections for all points in ‘Texas, Mexiec sa California ¢:09. 46, No, 17 local daily, exeept Sunday, for Reyaville. td ‘sttorsiodiote potas - TRAINS AK KIVEIN RICHMOND, TAM ASP-M.) From Attanta. Auguste, Jackson ae Mile Ashita nen afl Siena 8:0 A. Me. from Keywilie and towel tions. S252: M from Derlam, Conrlotte, Dave aha intormediotentaatons LOCAL FREIGHT. Nes. 61 and 02 botween Manchester and Neapo YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH. LEAVE RICHMOND. 4207. No. 18 Baltimore Limite, daily ex ieeat Wont Point ‘wit ater =i iimore and. Yorkcriver land 2415p. m. No.10 daily except Sundays, local ‘Vaprese for Weet Point, aud tatarmedt eciaime, Connect. elt a Sector Manor for Walkerton and Pap 5:04 At ‘No. 74, loont mixed. Leaves daily, Sheclate statizam, commenti’ wits cag M Lester Manor tor "Walkerton Teppahannose e TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 15 A.M, No 15 dai at oa a ey Soe Pen 1:6 AML'NG8, dally except Sundays and <P. Mal oxcupt Sundags, from Woat Nos. Joana ie i make: ‘Ro stop between Bicqeamory sal from. West Polnt $0 p.m. daily except Sundays. Steamers call at Glow cester Point and Clay-bank, Mondays, Wednes- Sttedige Ahad and saturday OW. WESTBURY, D. PA, 920 K. Main St., Richmond, Va. 8. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A., ©. H. AOKERT, General Manager. Washington, D. 0. “OAPITAL CITY. ROUTE” Seaboard Air Line R.R. Short lino to Principal Cities of the South Hin and Mesiecs rexchtog the Copitcla et SCHEDULE IN EFFECT APRIL 13, 192 TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—MAIN ST. STATION-DAILY, a Kot wo ti, 23B va. 1048 Fa —Lv. Richmond. BRE Reh ioe Rese ae daa ob. , WS Roe Fal —AT: Hamalee: Ibis wa: 75)4oa—ivs Hanlot Twa w, bar wear AtlaneS. Nit Banus tee | 1WBA M904. 0t~ Ly. Columbian (Gontral Time, 4354.u. 2:07. xc~ Ar, Savannahs Sab AM: “Fir car dncksonie weep 4: oe “Ar St Augustine, Bah 064 Ar. Bump Wwe re 704. Ly. Ta0ca. Was t.a——Ar Ataia. HWA. wakase—ar-Columbiay > “Eastern Teme, 1:06 Aa. 9:04.x.—Lv. Columbia. 4:55 aoe. 2320 v. —Ac, Savane 1030 4:—Ar Re Augustine Caan o Sa fk. Oi Armor. Tarapa. War. w. 10084. w.—Ar. Charlotte. TRAM BEA wm. Chester fai ae. ase, My. Greonrood. 68 a.m. 2:00. M.—Lv. Athens. FoaaS $a 6x —ar atta 1gS4. ue. ta wear. Magan, tat “ape. Saar Montgomery. 28bAnucar Mobile F354 a—Ar. Now Orleans 6:55 rw. ia A Ae. Nadie. S200 6p t NOAr Menphis: ‘Train No. 95 leaves Richmond 9:10 a. a daily for Butorsbarg: Noralina, N: G-vand all intae mediate points ‘Connection at Noralina witt Gainarriving Henderson 240 oar end fet SEE 2 ANG «daly oe : ‘Teuins leave Richmond for Washington, and Now York and the East dally So. Stat O38 wet Nou at Ste ee Connections at Jacksonville and Tampa for ail Flosdn Hast comet ‘points and Culss a Porto lion, at New Oflcans for all palate Tenen Manis wad Gulltornte: TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND-DAILY 035.4, x1, No M ) From all points South SEES Bush Bet aor ae No. ee andtosal pots. SLEELING-CAR SERVICE. Now. $l and 8¢—Plorida & Metropolitan Lim iuody PulltnanDrawing-itoam, ad Gani tetween New York and,‘Tampas Vest? Daled Conshies between ‘New. Yor ana Yeh Eiond and between Hichasond and’ Jecksce Wille.” Pullman Sleeping Care (dally) between Jeckionvalg and Tam: Aso shrvgh Dene Siconing Cara hetween New Yo an Atlante, and ‘Onte-Curs, between "Hansict ‘tid Addants'and Haunice and Savannah. Nog Mand’ de_Seatonrd Fant Mal, Pu oo ghicerte ee at Hamlet with Sleep nd from {nan counection with whe thotpl Pa Dotween Jacksonville and Tampa. “Finest Day CONN Wy. J. MAY, City Ticket Agent, 2. P. SMITH, a District Pawonger Agent, "Phone 406. New Outing and Pic.nic Park at Jones: boro. Thereisa New Goting and Pio-nio Park, Jonesboro, at Fort Leon the Eas tern Branch of the O. & O. R. R. con venient for Picnics by wagon or rail. ‘There isa large pavilion that will ac- commodate 800 persons and other at- tractions such as swings, baso ball eto, Excellent water on the grounds. Yoa brat dy sir eho il, society or a , San ool, - eras ot cece more fect of rest, or pleasure. For particulars as to dates ‘and rates apply at once to Jno. H. Braytor, 10 W. Jackson St. THE MIDWAY LUNCH ROOM, 726 N. 3rd St. Richmond, Va, MEALS FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. ‘Term Service. “Give Me Gall, MRS. S. L. MITCHEL(, Proprietross, Richmond, Fredericksburg and. Potomac Railroad. Schedule in. Rifsct May 25, 1902. ‘Trains Leave Richmond Northward. tS Ae Pally trom BERD ar Wemtington my staTiox. 5 asd Maton for | Washington and. ‘Btope ewe from Eibe intermediate pointe. $0 a.m. Sunday BYRDSTREET STATION, for Ws ‘beyond. St Elbe, Gla ‘eet 4 nce Ba ‘Oecoquss, $08. m. 3 gb bryce ie at Elbe, Glen Allen and. local siatiena, Aske Jand 9 “Accotink inolualve, Seminary si Aas Noon 2 . STATION, for Washington from BYRD ST. Fmt cts aaa are ree 4:00 p.m. ‘Except Sungia , from the. st. Slation, Secommodation Tor Fredatiensbase se intormodiate cations 2 Foes crea corn ea Gieito New York 2 6:12 P. M., Daily from Elba Station tor Wash- fngtonand yond. ars fat Ashland Brederieke: York. "Dt sing Cars, Coens Car ow 6:80 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STA- TION tAcosnumadation for Ashland and inter: es P.M, Daily trom Byrd Street for Washington, and gent Seops a nib Athland, Doswoll, Milford, Frederickabares Brooke, Widewater, Quantico, and Alexandria. Stopa at other slations ‘Sanday. Gar Richmond to New ork and’ Washing. (on to Philadolpiiin. HABE. i., Exoent Sunday, from EL 5 ‘TION Aceoiumodation for hadland- wee Weta prctinte palate + Tains Arrive In Richmond South ward. 6:40 A. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Apcomesodation "from Achiand apd inter: 25 A. St. Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION Accommodation From Fredericks: tung, andintermedinte pointe, Reid am Dally at Bra Rt Station. Alexandria, Occoquan idewster Brooke tdoxsburg. Slikterd, Dowell, Aehine. ‘Elin. Stope at other stations Sendaye ng cnr fram New York to iichimend, STATION, Stops tt lore Metis Foes Bee 38; Stops at loeal stations, fro Eictom to damian inclesive, Gia "alien an Aaa. Me Day, at ELBASTATION: Stopa at Alexandiin, Lotton, Oscomuane Prodariole ‘parg and Milford. "Bleeping Car trom New SEP, Me, Daly, UMAIN STR eT STATION. “Stops nt Alexanden, Proderigke Milford, Doswell and Ashland. sleep: ing Gar from Kew York 00 P.M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION. Ascountamiation from “Ashiand, and iy tormods te potnta. Tie P. M., Daily, st BYRD-STREET era. TON, sto at Alomndria” Pretoria Gistronkew York to "Wash ington. Dising i P.M, Daily, at BYRD-STREET STA TION.. ‘Stops at Aloxandrin nd localotatings ‘Quantico to Ashland includve, Glen Allene sha Ells. Botfet Parlor Car. 10 P. M., Daily at MAIN STREED GEATION, Fortin and Metropolitan Limited. Btopa at Alexandria. Fredericksburg, Doswelly thd Ashiand “Sleeping Cars from “Now one! IAPR a, Eecapt Sanday, pp ELBA SEAS TION! Acovinmodation fn, Menlo ‘Traffic Manaier. W.D. DUKE, E.T.D. MYERS, General Manager. Provident, oe COAST-LINE. | Schedule In Effect June. 8, 1902. TRALNS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 11:208 m. Stops only at Petersburg, oe oi. ce pee SS is soi pm Bara gate iod a es at Wilnom witht Noni, arriving ro. 88 pms Wilmington ® Fu, Paltmaan Biouper Now "cv bo Mle % my Daily, aor pccctess a.m.” pions "ah Mansion Drewrys hat, Contra and Chostat on sigan 1310 P.M Daily, arriving Potersbarg 1:30 P.M Connects with Norfolie, and | Wega Fala for Hounoke and ter Biaits Gockralie and Chester. "7 * $00. m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily. ‘Arrives 98 Potorsburg 8:30 P.M, Nor ESS" A Sines Saly at Potohbure, Waverly, anc Suffolk. 4:90 p. m, Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Pet ‘oraburg,Sc18 pr an.s Weldon 7:85 fh. ime Rocky Moa ¢0 408. M. Makes all tater 6:00? Dally. Acrives Petersburg TD. ma ae F Sakon all stope’ 725P. M. FLORID. & WEST INDIAN. LIM- ITED. Daily Arrives Petersburg, 8 FAP Pall. A ewe Se [inporin #508 PMC (Connects, wth AS: Inne and Danville for stations between, Enporis an Lawnmcovilen) Waldon Sealer a, Wypetfovlie yo aN Cage Yesesonviile. 12:00 Ey Taupe 10a PSE Bort Pampa 103008 be e NEW LINE ‘TO MIDDLR: GEORGIA POINTS — Arriving Angusta 8:10 A. My Masow iiavac Me Atlante fein eM Bulimman Sleapor Now York to Welsaing ton, Charleston, Fort Reape, Jacbsoe wile, Auguste ahd Macon: cusp. 3k ‘bails Apmves Potorsiure 10:25 B BM. Gonnectéat Petersburg Wilt Norte Suresh A Me Roanoke SS. Bestel IANA Rukia Shep Bakmand tan P.M Dally. Arrives Petersbarg = TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND, 432 A.M, Daily, From Jacksonville, Sevan ‘hah, Chatientony" Atstta, ‘Macon, ‘ha asia and ell polnds Sout 725 ata Dally. Room Petersiurg, Tamneh- ing and the Weak $48 A. ‘Dally, except Sanday. Petersburg 0 A.M. Daily, From — Goldsboro tid intermediate stations. Noe hil ana’ Buffali. 1142 A.M. oer. From Norfolk, Suffolk and 10 PMDally” Prem Petersburg Roanoke fo PAS SSE RR eotare and “ntcrmiediate points: 6:50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Saffolk, and TS PAE Daly® Prom Miami, Port ‘Tam AGP: Facksonvite, " Sayannall, - Charleston, een Cea and all’ points 840 P.M" Dally, From Petersburg, Lyach- burg and West, ‘T. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. 4H. M. EMMERSON, Assistant Traffic Manger. W. J. ORAIG, General Passenger Agent. o. Rede | aoe Rasen Se, reccdasin alg hocceeenen teeiges Oot WANTED—5 Lxpveraious CoLoneD am ANTED—§ Lxpveratous CoLonep Maw and Svomen th ‘ek fosalty. 19 eo tabeet freak ean be made working for us, and mach {pod done for the ruse. Pils anncuncoment is ‘Of special interest to men and women of the aoe who desire to work themselves Up. Fut | particulars furnished free. Apply by letter = UMTAD re Pun Compaxy, Tite Ti Bat BT" 5c00m See | ALPHEUS SCOTT, CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR +. AND EMBALMER, ; Open Day and Night. Office and Gecctonnsiee bat cceee Hit, Onders By Telegraph and ‘Telephone Bicntat “Oi Phone No 3830 1 OS ae Se Pe tak RE HE Tt HR UN He RE ES B/E \ nib a7 8 ‘oie YELLOW Via / s eA \MAN, (ae aTuniume story $88 oe 1x =. 7) OF THE BOXERS ATK ae ty IN CHINA. est iN ey 1 HB] BV cARLToH pAUE. 5-5 = Ke 1G oe = CHAPTER 1. the man. “My mother made me-promix SEE GION OF THE RIDDEN WRAMWG For a full Ave minutes after the man had disappeared she stood stock still -against the window peering intently through the curtain. Then she threw herself back into the nearest armchair, ‘with a sigh, and as I looked at ber I saw that she was very pale and evi- det tly greatly agitated. “Why, you are going to faint.” I said. “What is the matter with you?” “Nothing, nothing.” she gasped. Then: “Davie, Davie, has be goue?” “Qf course,” I answered, “long ago. Why?" But she seemed plunged in thought and Jid not answer. Presently she looked up at me and said, “Did I be- tray myself?” had, to admit that she had acted In "way that was strange to her. It was the first time I had ever seen any one ‘come to.our door who had been treated ‘with such scant courtesy. Usually the most hospitable of women, she seemed suddenly to have lost that polite con- sideration for others which I had al- ‘ways asseciated with her. And the more surprising was it in this Instance, -@s the man came as a friend of her “husband. Upon my mentioning this ‘ohh Tae E ; I pa Fe epost iehe suddenly burst out with: “But he is no friend, Davie. Be sure of that.” Surprised, I questioned her, and after some hesitation she drew a letter from her breast and favored me with #.cu- Hous, confiding look. “This letter I recelyed from your £a- ther this morping,” she said. “Reag it and tell me what you think of it You are big enough now to under- stand.” Her looks and her manner of speak- ing Impressed me so strangely that It was with a fooling of trepidation I be- gan 4 perusal of the letter. It bore neither address nor date, but the stamp on the envelope showed it had been posted tn Ballarat. What he, a sailor man, was doing at that inland town of Australia he did not explain. And, truth to tell, so strange a man was he that a letter from him dated from the north pole or the mountains of the moon would have astonished us but little. * After expressing regret at his un- avoldable absence and telling in no un- certain Janguage the intense longing he had to behold his wife and child ‘once more, he becaine mystic, vague and hinted at certain misfortunes Which dogged the steps of the most ‘eserving, trom which I gathered he and fate were not on the best of terms. “Then from vague generalities he de- movuded, to particulars and tntormed ‘TS that he quarreled with some former friends who had become his bitterest enemies and who had sworn to be revenged on him. He did not fear them himself, but he begged my mother to treat with suspicion any one who said he came from him. After warning her in words which I but vaguely understood he concluded: “Guard yourself well until I come. It will not be long now, as I have fintsh- ed my last voyage. Be careful whom you entertain, with whom you travel. Suspect your own shadow.” ‘This was sufficiently vague to be alarming. As I handed the letter back to her I saw more clearly the fear In her face, but the questioning look she gave me remained unanswered. What could I say; what advice could a boy of 15 give? To be sure tt was plain enough that my father bad made ene mies, but I had no doubt whatever that he was capable of taking care of himself. How his quarrel conld per sonally affect me or my mother I was at a loss to comprehend. Therefore 1 returned her inquiring look with one equally uncompromising. “Perhaps you can understand now why the sudden appearance of this stranrer upset me. What if he ts your father’s enemy, what if he fs seeking to do him an injury? Heaven knows," she continued, “what {t all means, bu your father would not write in thi: strain unless the matter was one ot the utmost importance.” An: yet I eannot say that I was un duly lnopressed. for a few ideas begar to buzz confusedly in my brain, and | tried to grasp them and set them {1 proper order. With this end in view | . took up my hat and went out, hopin, that I might have_another glimpse 9 Slough and round: to the railway sta- tion, yet never saw a sign of the. man with the strange eyes. If I were to say that my father's warning made me very frightened I fear I should hardly be confining my- elf to the truth. “I think my mother's ‘erious face caused me the greater alarm. Once awsy from it the warn- ing did not seem fraught with much es or, if it were, I could not grasp it. Uncle Jim would probably be over thst afternoon, We should hear what he bad to say. Jim was a man of uerve and practical common sense and as such always knocked the bot- tom out of my silly, sentimental fan- cles. || As I returned along the road T saw j bis well known trap standing before |our gate, tho big bay stamping impa- | tlently and tossing the files from his j ears. High up on the driver's cushion sat Saunders, the boy, @ diminutive rascal with a wizen face. He greeted me with a formal salute and an exten- j sive grim and favored me with the su- perfluous bit of information that the gur'nor was up at the ‘ouse. Then, after asking him sundry questions con- cerning bis rate, his dogs and the chase generally, I turned to open the gate, when I was attracted by ‘something which I saw on one of the posta. At first I thought that the village ur- chins had, in accordance with thelr usual custom, beem endeavoring to de- face our paint, and mentally express- ing the pious wish that I had only caught them at the game I stepped up closer to inspect their handiwork. The gate and the posts were grained so as to represent a light wak, aud as the work had only been completed some three mouths previously | was ex ceedingly proud of Its smart appear. ance. To my surprise, however, [ found that the destroyers had confined them- selves to one particular design. ‘This was an elliptical or egg shaped ring drawn with a red pencil, The design was very accurate, the steadiness of the Ines proclaiming the adept. That it was meant for an egg there could be | no doubt. A little filling in would have made the drawing perfect. Afraid to attempt n cleansing of the post for fear of making a smudge, 1 turned toward the house, meaning Lat er on to obliterate the mark with # wet cloth; but as I entered the hall I heard the volce of my Uncle Jim tn the ad- Jacent sitting room, and I forthwith forgot all about the sign. At the time of which I write my un- cle was a man just verging on to 40, 8 well set up, powerful creature, with a good natured face, rather Inclined to | ruddiness. He was a man who seemed .| to enjoy every hour of bis life, and I || don’t believe I ever saw him when his | Dlue eyes had not a merry twinkle in | them. ‘Therefore the serious look with ,| Which he pow greeted me was just a | little disconcerting. My mother’s trou- | bled face also added a chilliness to the | reception. | “Well, Davie, lad,” said he, “what ts Jal this that has been troubling. your mother?” T told him all I knew, repeating word [for word that which had passed be- | tween me and the stranger. | “I have heard as much,” said he, ‘}when I had finished, “and upon my word I can’t see any cause for this tn- | easiness, Your mother has got a fright, | my boy, and etbig Lean say will con- | vince her of her folly.” | You may call it folly tf you Ike,” ‘she replied, “and I wish Y could think |} 80, but I feel sure my husband would ‘not have written In this strain without | good cause.” || Jim shook his head. Out of respect -| to her feelings he did not say what | was on the tip of his tongue. He had .| not his sister's admiration for my fa- -| ther. [| “A man who can leave his wife and :| child for seven years is capable of | writing anything,” he growled. .| “Ah, but you don’t understand,” she || replied. “You don’t know the dangers .| and vicissitudes of a seafaring life. If he has not come, you may be sure it »| was for very good reasons.” c “Humph!” grunted Jim, but perhaps 1 | even he loved her all the better for her »|loyalty. No doubt it was foolish, but tj it is that foolishness which endears yj women to us. I thought she looked 1} her best and her prettiest just then, -|and if Jim hadn’t been there to poke :|fun et me I would have given her ¢ t| good kiss. -| “Still,” said he as he slowly began t s | Gil his pipe, “I consider vague, terrify [| ing scrawls no excuse for such an ab e| sence, and if I were you I should try to think that they were written after— y|I mean under—much mental depres */ sion, the result of a systematic squar r | ing of the elbow.” z She shook her head. "| “1 believe it to be nothing of th t} kind. Do you imagine that the comin; S|of this stranger right on the top o' ¢ | Bob's letter was all a matter of chance No; he knew my husband was leavin; | Australia, and he meant to see him n| For what reason? Ah, let me knov I | that and I shall know everything. Bu n | tell me, does it not strike you as bein; Ziweew emricoma thea? Y cshanid -wenale: ‘THE RICHMOND PLAN«Tt, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ee ee ee WES WO aes Hop. London and, disappointed in not find- ing him there, came-on here.” “But don’t you seo if Bob came in the ship with that letter be would not be here yet (unless be came overland from Brindisi) for another eight or nine days. I do not hesitate to say that the last thing be would think of would be to come overland, but those who do ‘not know him so well might reasonably suspect otherwise.” “Well?” said Jim, bis blue eyes 1ook- lng more puzzled than ever. “Well.” eald my mother slowty and very impressively, I thought, “what { make out of it Is this: That man did not come by the ship which brought the letter from Australia; otherwise he would have known that Bob was not here, But he belleved him te be on the ship and, speculating on the chances of his comix overland, gave him time to get home.” “But why should he believe that Bob was on the ship and of what tm- portance was it whether he was or not?” “Now you get beyond me,” she said, “put I believe, why I cannot tell you, that that man knew my husband was coming by @ certain abip, that my hus- band knew of this and for some rea- son of his own changed his mind.” “Dear child,” said my uncle, “you wWeaye quite a pretty romance. That Iittle head of yours is full of surprises. I know a mystery is dear to a woman, almost as dear as a bit of scandal, but don’t build too much on ft or you will be disappointed. The man had proba- bly done his business with Captain Bob out in Australia. It might have been a serious mining speculation— Ballarat, you know, is a great mining center. If such ts the case, what more natural than that the mn, hearing Bob was coming by a certain ship, should be anxtous to see him?” “Why did he refuse to leave his mame?” “As he sald, it was probably tmma- terial. I’ve often enough sald the same thing. Trust me, your husband will soon turn up with a glowing prospec- tus in his pocket describing a marvel- ons property which is within easy reach of Ballarat. I know those pros- pectuses. I've drawn up a few of them myself, In which I have described with wonderful fidelity a reef or a region I have never seen. Believe mo, your ‘husband will presently blossom into di- rector, possibly the chatrman—if they can't buy a lord—of the Great Ballarat Gold Mining company, of which your mysterious foreign gentleman with the strange eyes will most likely be the vender.” My mother immediately recognized that it was no use arguing with him when he affected that mood, and, dear fellow as he was, she always avoided the elty in talking to him, for once set going on that topie he was a difficult man to stop. So she went out to sec about some tea, and while she was away he Informed me that there was a local Christy minstrel show in Maiden- head that night, for which he had two tickets, and that he had driven round to see If I would care to go. Of course it meant staying the night at his house, but he would drive me ever after breakfast the next morning. Boy like, I Jumped at the offer, thongh I did not fall to noticé*that my mother gave hor consent with Just a little relue tance—a reluctance which I know m3 uncle falled to perceive. Indeed, i ‘was no unusual thing for me to spent days together with him when 1 was home for my holidays, and 1 am sure the thought that she might no! want me to go never for a moment oc curred to him. - I fancied that she held me longer tn her arms than usual when the time came to say goodby. Her great eyes too, wore a sad, wistful look as the3 met mine, and I think now, as I pic ture that scene afresh, that the strang light which I noticed in them must have been caused by unshed tears. And though I knew no cause for tears | recollect well that she touched some point of tenderness within me and tha I kissed her again and again, and tha even when half way down the littl path, moved by some unaccountable {m- pulse, I turned suddenly round, rushed back to her and threw my arms abou her neck. “Come on, you baby,” erled Uncl Jim, who stood smiling by the oper gate, but as I passed him he laid his hand affectionately on my shoulder and I saw a great gladness in his eyes, He loved his sister no less than I, an¢ that formed a sweet bond of sympathy between the three. ‘Then I sprang into the cart, and Un: cle Jim came tumbling after me. Saun. ders, the aforementioned wizoned old man of 14, let go the horse's head, an¢ away we went. My mother, standing in the poreh, a pretty, pathetle figure ir & white gown, waved us a last fare well. eet? SEE THE SIGN AGAIN. That evening was made memorable for two things—one that happened at Maidenhead, and one that happened elsewhere. But how could one foresee? How sad it 1s that God, who sends us the warning, has not endowed us with intelligence enough to understand It. Much could not be expected from a boy of 15, though even he might have seen something had he taken the trouble to look. But In no way was I the superior ot other boys. Power was not given me to peer behind the curtain of the future. 3 ‘That night passed very pleasantly. We drove into Maidenhead, as arrang- ed; had dinner there and afterward visited the entertainment, over which, I remember, I roared with laughter: I would give something to be able to laugh now over such imbecilities, but I think all the laughter died in me that night. Just as some men dissipate wildly before they blow thelr brains out or crack Jokes in the face of death, 80 drew I the longest, loudest and last note of laughter out of me on that oc casion—that is, laughter free 0! thonght, of intellectual restraint. Some times I would Uke to Isugh, but re membering I stop as one who has n¢ right to be merry. The bone clapping Christy fs to me a sight as sad as death itself; the Jar and jingle of th tambourine set every nerve in me shud. dering. The drive back after the perform ance was delightful, aibelt that th oe es th a ee ee clear, good road, our horse was a sure footed beast, and Uncle Jim, who wa» ‘an excellent whip, knew every inch of the way. So we dashed along in fine style, the great lamps projecting thelr glare Into the gloom beyond. My un- cle had lit bis pipe, and being, lke my- self, In excellent spirits he chanted snatches of the comie songs we had but lately heard. And yet over there through the darkness, where we could ‘not see, what was happening? Ob heavens! I slept so soundly that night that 1 id not wake until close upon 9 o'clock of the following morning, and then it ‘was the opening of my door that caus ed me to raise my heavy eyeiits. Ther ‘stood Uncle Jim, the inevitable pip: between his Ups. “Now, then, steepyhead,” be eried, “are you going to stay there all day?" Once awakened It did not take me long to dress, and after a sturdy break fast I reported myself to him in the stable yard, and about an hour after we set out on our return Journey. And still no shadow darkened the sun. The ‘alr was fresh and balmy. I drew {t in , deeply and bummed to the whirl of the | wheels. | I was not a Uttle astonished upon Mriving up to our gate to see that the blinds had not yet been drawn, for my { mother was usually an eurly riser, and 1 knew that one of her first acts was to draw the blinds and open the win- dows. My uncle also noticed that some- | thing was amiss and made some focu- Jar allusion to the household having ! overslept itself, then bidding me hurr; | and wake them up. I sprang from the | trap, opened the gate and rushed uy the path; but, though I knocked loudly | upon the door, I recelved no answer to | my summons. I knocked again and ‘again and put my ear close to the key: hole, hoping to hear the sound of her feet, the swish of her skirts, as she came along the passage, but an awful stillness pervaded the whole house, 1 stillness which fell like a chill upon me Leaving the door, I went first to the ining room window, then to that o! the drawing room, but they were both securely fastened. I rapped on ench of them in turn, and still no answer cam: to relieve the sickening anxiety whict had now taken possession of me. “Can't you make them bear?” shout ed my unele, who, sitting bigh np tr | bis dogcart. easily overlooked the gat and commanded a view of the path way. I shook my head. | “Then go round to the back and se | if you can find the girl. I suppose you | mother has gone to do her marketing.” Ours was a square, two storied build | ing standing in tts own grounds. Be fore It was a pretty little patch o: | tower garden which gave on to th | roadway; bebind was our kitchen gar J den, inclosed by a low brick wall. Be yond that again were fields and In th | distance the roofs and chimness of | | few scattered houses. 1 hurried roun Jto the back by the side uath an | searched the garden In vain for th | sight of a fluttering petticoat. 1 passe |} by Janet's room (Janet wax the serv ‘| ant. who bed been with us for the pas \) AK wt | A a = Dye ed ; “Speak, lad! What has happened?” two years), but the window was shut, the blind down. I tapped loudly on the glass and then passed on to the back door. Trying the handle, I falled to open it. I knocked: no answer. I knocked loudly; I beat the panels with my open hands; I even used the toe of my boot. But there came no patter of feet, no unbolting of locks. ‘The echo sounded dréarily for @ moment and then all was still. And now the fear which had already selzed me paralyzed for a moment or two both limbs and intellect, and a ‘horror of which I could not grasp the meaning turned me cold to the finger ‘tips. seemed Intuitively to guess that Twas face to faco with some dire ca- lamity, and yet I could form no con- ception of what it really was. I only know that my Inner eye gazed upon an inner chaos, and that the sight was so appalling that It froze every drop of blood in my veins. My uncle's voice calling awoke me from the stupor, and like one in a dream 1 moved to com- plete the circuit of the house. But as I passed the scullery window I noticed that it was not locked, though {It had been fastened tightly. The catch, press ed against the pane, was plainly vis! ble above the sash. I leaned agains! ‘the sill and raised the window, and tr a voice which startled even myself, I was so full of fear, I cried out: “Moth er, mother! Janet, Janet!” But neve a sound came back. Then a dreadfu shuddering setzed me, and I felt th ‘Derves tingle right up my back to mj brain. Had I seen a ghost on a dart night I could not bave been smitter with a greater dread. Reeling back I made my way roun to the front of the house and tried t ery out to my uncle, but my tongu clave to the roof of my mouth. I fel as though I should never speak again “Good heavens, Davie,” he cried, see Ing my white face, “what ts the matte with you?” and almost before I knes what had bappened he had sprun trom the cart, opened the gate and wa holding my face up to his. “Speak, lad!” he continued excitedly his face full of anxiety. “What ha bappened? What have you seen?” “Nothing,” I said. “But they do ne answer—and che scullery windew | )Gasbed round to the back of the bouse. Lat bis heels. He knocked as I did but with a Ike result. fle sboute:! through the open window. but only the ‘echo of bis volce came back. and this! ‘smote upon bis beart and lined with anxiety bis face. “Davie,” he sald. “I fear something bas bappened. Don’t blub,” as I clutch- ed bim by the arm and turned a ter- rifled face up to bis. “It may be noth- ing much. We shall see. Are you afraid t go in through that window ‘and open the back door for me?* | 1 was, but I had some pride eo t gasped out. “No.” : “Good Ind.” and-he patted me en- couragingly on the back. “Come here and 1 will belp you. There's nothing to be afrald of.” he added consolingly “Your mother and the girl bave evi- dently gone out tozetber. We will get in and wait until they return. Now. then. one, two and up.” ‘The window was some five feet from the ground, but with bis ald I quickly scrambled across the sill and peered Into the room. Renssured by what I saw. which was the scullery in Its nsual state of perfect tidiness, I got through the window with Uttle difp- culty and let myself down upon the table which stood beneath. Then, with nothing more than a hurried glance about me, I dashed through the kite. en, out Into the passage and opened the back door. My Uncle Jim imme Aiately entered. For a moment he seemed to hesitate, looking about bim for some sign or token. ‘Then he went along the pas- Jsage to the front of the house calling ‘oudly. but receiving no reply sprang to the stairs and without a word mounted to my mother’s room. Ar riving there, he stopped for a moment or two and contemplated the closed door: then be knocked gently thereon No reply coming he knocked louder, louder, and then he turned the handle. Peeping behind him, I saw that the room Was still shrouded in gloom, the blinds being closely drawn. He called her by name, but bis voice sounded hollow and ghostly as it circled round and round the oppressive chamber. No sound came from the bed, no move- ment. He turned and drew up the blind and let a flood of Ught Into the dark room, and as It lit up the bed 1 saw It fall upon a tress of my mother’s har, which drooped back over the pil- low. She was lying there enveloped In the counterpane, her form clearly out- Ined beneath the clothes; but she was so still, so dreadfully still. Uttering an involuntary ery I sprang ‘cross to her, and before my uncle could prevent it { bad snatched the coy- ering from ber head. A ghastly white face met me, two vague, distorted eyes stared up Into mine—eyes in which glared too plainly the hideous placidity | of death. “She {s dead." I wailed, “she ts dead.” and. vuable to look death In the face, 1 fell upon my knees by the bed and buried my face in my bands. Presently my uncle touched me on the shoulder. As I looked up at blm with blurred eyes {t seemed to me that his erstwhile Jovial face was ghastly with pain or rage. “Do you know what bas happened?” he said, his votce cold and cutting ar death itself. And not waiting for an answer he at once replied to bis own query, “Your mother has been mur- dered!” “Murdered!” I gasped. “Yes, murdered!” he repeated. “Look! Don't be afraid, she connot hurt you Look—and remember.” He drew me close to the head of the bed, and once more 1 gazed upon the deathly pale face, the distorted eyes which, seen through a mist of tears. were awful in the extreme. As I stared down at the pale face I could not quite realize that this was death or what death really was, but a vague, sicken ing sense of loss numbed all my ener- gies and filled the world with a vague desolation. It was the first time I had gazed upon death, and I tried to learn Its meaning. She was there, my moth- er, the sweet soul [ had known so long. bad loved so dearly. Save for that un- ‘wonted pallor, those fixed eyes, there was no difference In her. Yet she knew me not; she would know me no more. 1 might weep, I might pray, but she would heed me not. And though Jn Ife T was her all fn all I had passed from her, as it were; 1 was that of which she knew not. This was death. “See,” said my uncle, whose yolce was low and charged with deep emo ‘tion, “she has been strangled!” And ‘he pulled back the nightdress from her white throat, and I saw that it was encircled with a hideous purple band. ‘The murderers had done their work ‘deftly. By this time my eyes had cleared of ‘the mist, and I had courage really to ook my mother in the face. Across her forehead a great lock of loose halr had fallen, and as with loving Singers my uncle pressed It back he gave a sudden start as though he had been ;stung. f “Heavens!” be ried. “They were 'Tnot satisfied to kill. They have muti- iB darkbess. Out Grom che oes oc. drawn we saw the girl's outline tp the bed in the far ewser Guessing ip stinctively what wax the matter. ms uncle rushed nerows, aul there th: ‘game awful wight met our came. The girl wax dead, wtraniled ax my motives ‘had been, and aponsher forebead wa- “the saine red brown sla. My nucle seened duu:founded at tht Aisplay of Gendixt: matignity Cron 'iy [a man of resource. he looke! tatieins ly my way as though lv erpected mic to give bin an answer to tile hideous eo Uy va NG TZN De f) ALD e 3 sa ¢ Mauss go Jor the police,” he sald. | riddle. I replied with a frightened ‘stare and wondered vacantly, conscious only of the fact that 1 was trembling all over and that a cold fear had warp- ed my understanding and my courage. ‘We went down stairs and out at the back door—why, I cannot tell, mechan feally no doubt, having entered that way. As we caine within sight of the front gate t suddenly cried out, “I have It,” and before my uncle knew what I was doing I had slipped from him and was dashing down the path way. “What?” he cried. “The sign! The sign!” In ® moment I was through the gate and closely scrutinizing the post, but the sign of the egg had been obliterat- ed. I looked closer; I examined both osts, but not a trace of It could I find. And my brain, overwrought, doubted tts own knowledge. I stood vacantly staring at the unspolled posts. Had I really seep the sign? “The sign,” repeated my uncle as be came up. “What do you mean by thet?” Then I told him what I had seen up- ‘on the post, and his face grew very se rious. It was evident that he did not belleve me the victim of an hailucina tion “This te terrible work. Davie.” be sald. “Heaven knows what the end of tt wil! be.” Then we discovered that the hors: and trap had disappeared. It will be remembered that my uncle bad Jump. ed out quickly and come to me, for getting even to take the precaution of locking the wheel. As a consequence the borse had wandered off. It bad been his intention to send me off to the police station while he kept wateb over the house, but now both of us had to see out in different ways Lacklly, buveevert at the frst bend ot the rond te ealled to me, and on re turnlog to bis aide I beheld the horse and trap In charge of a local pollcemat conilng up the read “L seed him xrazing by the way- side.” explained the official, “and 1 a once snys to myself ah, | knows that ‘ere trap. It belongs to Mr. James Davie, what lives on the other side o the Maiden’end road. and 1 thinks to myself”— But my uncle cut bim short, for Bad: deley was known as the most loqua- clous peeler tn the district. On an or inary oceasion the gag would have been the price of a pint of beer: now was the word “murder.” Baddeley turned very white. My anele led him into the house and showed bim what had taken place, but he merely rolled his eyes In horror, and crying out, “Don't touch nothing!” he burried from the room, saying he would go and find the inspector. My uncle led me into the sitting room. Placing bis hand tenderly upon my shoylder, he said: “Davie, we two are all that’s left. But I loved her dearly, and she was an angel to you. She must know how we feel. Here let us promise to be good friends always.” Well, what could I say? I flung my self tn his arms and gave way to a pas stonate outburst of tears. (10 BR CONTINUED) + Seer Beee Comes ae 15 Since the fall of the Campanile in Venice, the gun that used to ennounce noon and sunset {s silent. oe ‘thin ilipbaaee tues Gace ‘You're filled with some ambitious scheme; With skill you next devise its Perfection crowns your youthful scheme~ ‘Ang Plerpont Morgan buya ite Washington ster 5 Slieaieas saute. | “Jack calls me his queen,” said the girl in blue proudly. “Is that all?” returned the girl in pink pityingly. “Why, Harry calls me his ace.”—Chicago Post. P Pepelar Kate. “Kate is becoming quite a favorite,” said Van Braam to Dinwiddie. “What Kate?” _“Reciprocate.”—Pittsburg Chroni cle-Telegraph. Sa OR Soraya aay ae a | “There's the most ignorant man I ever met. He thinks that Julius Caesar was emperor of Germany.” “What a charming historical novel he could write.”—Town Tall. : Deut te. Moffit—Is there any good substitute for rubber? Harding—Well, a pair of opera glasses do fairly well at times —Puck Good Manager. | “You seem to manage remarkably ‘well on your housekeeping money.” “Yes. The tradespeople haven" sent their bills In yet.”—N. Y. Herald, 3 "uisiaaaaammemmmmmemememmmeememed CONCERNING POSTAGE STAMPS The two-pound rose-red of Rhodesia, 1590 issue, catalogues $30 in Sixtieth ‘cuition, is selling by Lendan dealersat $11.50, and can be bought of the Brit- ish South Africa company, in London, for face value—$9.74. A Melbourne paper announces that the £2 Victoria, long promised, has at last been issued, The stamp will not be used in appreciable quantities by the public, but it will, however, serve 4 useful purpose, when affixed to doo- uments covering the isue of an equi alent number of circulars or papers. which will then only have to be brand- ed: “Paid at Melbourne,” instead of having stamps affixed to each one of them. While the descriptions of counter. terfeits in the philatelic press have an admitted instructive value, yet it is known that they do not have so great an influence as is cometimes supposed. It seems that the average collector is: not a stamp student who revels in the comparison of minute details—he does not take the time if he has it. He buys from reliable dealers and he feels safe in trusting to their knowledge. If at any time they are at fault and sell him a forgery, he knows that he will suf- fer no loss, but have his money or ite equivalent refunded. The poor results attained in the printing of the new British stamps have led to the suggestion that the an- thorities in England make inquiries ‘anew as to the relative merits and Practicablitiy of the two methods of stamp printing, surface and recess. Years ago, in England, the line engray- ing process was discarded in favor of typogtaphy, but the argument is now advanced that the successful applica~ tion of steam printing to line-engraved Plates (all the old British line-en- graved stamps were hand-printed) has equalized the comparative cost of the process, and eince the authorities seem to have given up the exclusive use of doubly fugitive colors—the washy purple and green—the arguments of the De La Rue, eurface-printing, party have been sadly weakened. VARIOUS MATTERS. Georgia fruit growers are claiming that the peach crop of their state yielde more money to the producers than does the cotton crop. ‘The two American cities in which the number of colored inhabitants is im creasing most largely are Washington and Philadelphia. The registration of roters, except such as become of age between August 1 and election day in November, is now complete in Alabama, and it foots up 185,500, of whom 183,000 are white. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has described the United States as a “gigantic furnace.” ‘The London Express «ays that he thus retaliates on the Yankees, who would have the world believe that Canada is ® gigantic refrigerator. ‘The skin of the diamond-back rat- tler is utilized in Florida as,a barom- eter. When preserved like rawhide and hung up the skin will begin to sweat at the first indications of a storm, even though several hours before the arrival of the atmospheric disturb- ance. The farmers of Walla Walla county Wash., are laying their roads with straw. Every fall the highways be- come deep with dust, making traveling hard on man and beast. Heavy rains meant mud, and the dust could not be removed without destroying the road- way. It then occurred to an enter- prising individual that if all of the farmers would contribute straw, and all hands assist in laying it on the Toads most traveled, there would be a great change for the better. The ex- periment was a decided success. HINTS AND HELPS. Watercress is a good, all around braceup for the system. Coarse, brown paper, such as is used by butchers, is best for draining fried things upon. It is said that ordinary lima beans are good to allay thirst. They have also many beneficial properties. Wipe the mica doors of your stove with a cloth dampened with vinegar, and the dust will come off, leaving the mica bright, Strange as it may seem, a clear day is much better for making fruit jellies than a cloudy one, as the atmosphere affects the boiling of sugar. ' ‘To steam potatoes peel them, and when very clean put them in a colan- der over boiling water; cover tightly with @ lid and leave them until done. Soda and ammonia have a tendency to make silk and woolen goods yellow if used in the washing, while borax tends rather to brighten. If clothes are not thoroughly rinsed the color will always be bad. A FEW CONUNDRUMS. What has only one foot? A stock- ing. What game do the waves play at?’ Pitch and toss. How do bees dispose of their hon-| ey? They cell it. What soup would cannibals preter? A broth of a boy. What sort of men are always above board? Chessmen. Who is the oldest Iunatic on ord? Time out of mind. When fs a man more than a man? When he fs beside himself. What is a muff? Something that} holds a lady's hand and doesn't squeeze it. | When is a clock on the stair dan- gerous? When it runs down and strikes one. { *Why is a pig in the kitchen like a house on fire? The sooner it's out the better—N. ¥. World. . ——_ ~ eee . He Took the Hint. Bil—You went to see the girl's fa- ther? Jill—That’s what Tata. “And you say he kicked yon out?” “Yes.” “Did you ask for his daughter's hand?” . “T should think not! Don't you sup- Pose Ican take a hint?"—Yonkers Statesman. HE PLANET Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, JR., at S11 Ninth 4th street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. 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COLORED men, conditions are exasperating; but let us continue to be polite and obliging to the white and colored people among whom we live. --- THE colored people are making rapid progress along all lines and the Negro-hating white men vainly endeavor to check it by the enactment of prejudicial laws. No news has been received from the sane CHARLES TIMBERLAKE, (white) who was ordered carried to an insane asylum, in order that he might escape the gallows for raping the pitiful, Mrs KEZIAH BANKS. The coal strike is well-nigh settled. The questions at issue have been submitted to a commission of seven to be appointed by President ROOSEVELT. Thus the politicians have gotten the strike out of the way of the congressional elections. We cannot afford to trust the low, disreputable, insulting colored man with a shot gun or any other kind of a gun. He is sure to make trouble for himself and everybody around him; but the intelligent, self-respecting, self-supporting citizen of color should be well-stocked with all kinds of hunting implements and plenty of ammunition to keep them going when the time comes to use them. COLORED men employed on a road near Petersburg, Va., struck for an increase of wages as they were being paid $1.00 per day. The contractor threatened to blow them up with dynamite and they were arrested and the white country Justice Gerow convicted the colored men, confining them in the jail for six months. They have taken an appeal. Truly is the colored man's condition pitiable. EDITOR T. THOMAS FORTUNE in a recent issue of the New York Age read the riot act to the Republican managers, relative to the "ily white" movements in the southern states. It had its effect. President Roosevelt's statement of his position followed. We have contended all along that the political future of the Afro-American in the South rested in the hands of his political brethren in the North. FORTUNE is all right and so are those allied with him THE mob spirit in Kentucky is as rampant now as ever. The continued lynching of colored men has led to the attempted lynching of white ones. A white mob surrounded the jail at Lexington, Kentucky, on the 15th inst., and nothing could be done until the leaders of the lynching party were conducted through the jail and assured that the two white men, EARL WILSON and CLAUDE O'BRIBN had been removed to Louisville, Ky., and were accordingly out of reach. Circuit Judge PARKER made a speech to the mob. The men who had congregated there for such a purpose should have been jailed. Our system of government is demonstrating its weakness in more ways than one, and it will not be many years before it will fall to the level of the South American republics which some of us seem so fond of criticizing. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has given the colored people to understand that he does not approve of the "illy white" movement in the South for the retirement of the Negro. We could not see how he could approve of it unless he intended to get off the Republican platform. With some of these Negro-hating white men, it seems that the older they get, the less they have. It is now proposed that the Richmond City Council undertake a job of self-investigation. This may be a good suggestion, but the results will hardly be satisfactory to the public. It will be closely akin to confession to the Saviour. Only the Saviour and the one confessing will know, and as for the punishment, why that will come in the hereafter, when things mortal will have put on immortality. WAS IT A MISTAKE ? THERE seems to be a growing sentiment which now partakes of a settled conviction that the enfranchisement of the Negro immediately after the Civil War was a mistake. We have never been able to understand from what source people believing in this doctrine derived their information. To argue it is to attempt to upset the theories upon which this republic was founded and to go back to the English doctrine of caste. Certain it is that King GEORGE III and his supporters were as much believers of the inherent inferiority of the colonists, as are the Negro-hating elements in this country to-day in their opinions concerning the race with which we are identified. When human nature is closely scrutinized, it will be found to be very much the same everywhere, when it is subjected to similar conditions. The Negro has served this country in all of its wars and in no instance has the badge of cowardice been stamped upon his fore-head. The testimony of the best Generals this nation has ever produced agrees with the conclusion that for bravery, perseverance, docility, endurance and loyalty, few races have ever equalled the black man of the United States. This much abused object of pity was for 250 years submitted to the rigors of a most galling slavery. The wealth of the South to-day is the result of his labor. His wearing of the blue and his shouldering of the musket in 1863 settled the contest and gave victory to the staggering armies of the Republic. Could a people who had worked their way to the front during the days of peace aid fought their way to fame during the days of carnage be rightfully denied liberty and all of the essential elements which go to make its possessions glorious? Was the enfranchisement of the Negro a mistake? The gates of Castle Garden swing inward and a horde of the lowest elements of Europe crowd our shores to enjoy the fruits of a victory in which they took no part. Their children are welcomed to the schools of the country and through the coffee-mill of naturalization their male associates are granted a franchise, and save alone the Presidency, every right and privilege is granted to them. Was the enfranchisement of the Negro a mistake? We cannot believe that it was mistake. It was not a gift. It was a purchase bought with our blood. The nation may be forgetful and listen to the siren voice of the tempter, but when the citizen of color is denied the right of suffrage, and the nation concurs in the outrage. Justice will shed a tear and the God of Heaven frown at the exhibition of ingratitude and the degredation of one of the greatest principles of the Declaration of Independence. A Peculiar Wedding Ceremon Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 15.—An interesting wedding took place here last night, when Eleanor Gertrude Stephens, of Boston, became the wife of Dr. Herbert Edmund Peckham, of Brooklyn. The ceremony was composed by the groom and took half an hour in its performance, the contracting parties doing all the talking. At its conclusion the minister officiating declared the contracting parties man and wife. No ring was used, the bride presenting to the groom a pink rose and receiving a white lily. The bridal party numbered 15 persons, and all faced the assembled guests while the service was in progress. Mining Engineer Dropped Dead Reedy Island, Del., Oct. 15—Thomas O'Brien, a mining engineer, a passenger on board the steamer Chatham, from Philadelphia, for Savannah, dropped dead last night. The steamer anchored off Reedy Island, awaiting orders. O'Brien's home was in Birmingham, Ala. His parents are supposed to live at Chester, Pa. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 13. — Three masked men held up the Pacific Coast express train of the Burlington Road four miles from Lincoln early Saturday morning. They used explosives on the express car, shattering it badly, and after wrecking the safe, riffed it of its contents, securing booty of an estimated value of $50,000. On the crest of a hill, midway between the city and the town of Woodlawn, the engineer saw a red light waved across the track and brought his train to a standstill. Two men sprang into the cab, covering the engineer and his fireman with revolvers. The express car was cut from the balance of the train and sent ahead a short distance. The robbers found the door locked, and after commanding the messenger, William Lupton, to open it, and getting no response, fired two or three shots into the car. The door was then opened. A heavy cargo of dynamite tore the safe to pieces. Fourteen packages, sald to contain $100 each, were taken, together with other valuables. The messengers were not molested, nor were the trainmen asked for their personal property. Brakeman Moore, who alighted from the rear coach to go ahead, found a revolver pushed into his face, with a warning to go back where he belonged. He ran back four miles to the Lincoln yards, and was the first to give the alarm. The Burlington officers have offered a reward of $1,000 for the capture of the robbers. PIUS FUND CASE WON International Arbitration Court Decides In Favor of Collinie Bishops In Favor or California Bishops. The Hague, Holland, Oct. 15.—The International Court of Arbitration yesterday decided the Pious fund case by condemning Mexico to pay $1,420,-682 in silver to the Californian bishops. The case, which is the first to come before the court, arose out of a fund subscribed in Europe in 1597 for the support of the California missions. It was administered by Mexico from 1767 until the conquest of California by the United States. Since that time the respective responsibility of the two nations for the fund has been in dispute. The hearing of what is known as the "Pious Fund Claim" began before the International Court of Arbitration on the 1st of September. The claim was made by the Catholic bishop of California on the United States, through the Mexican government, to recover a considerable sum of money now in the treasury. The United States government acknowledged that the money received long ago from Mexico should be paid to somebody, but questioned who that somebody was. The Hague tribunal, after hearing all the testimony, has settled this point. A FORTUNE IN A DESK New York, Oct. 15.—A fortune of over $100,000 was found yesterday in the desk of Police Captain J. J. Donahue, at his desk in the station house, where he dropped dead last week. The sum of $34,000 in cash was found in a small iron box in a drawer, and diamond jewelry, valued at $11,000, including a solitaire ring worth $1,500, was found in another drawer. The rest of the property included $15,000 in United States Steel stock, $1,000 in gold mining stock, $15,000 in Metropolitan Railway stock and five life insurance policies of $2,000 each. The discovery of the treasure was a complete surprise, the captain having been thought to be worth about $75,000 in other property. Chautauqua Mismanaged Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 13.—A bill in equity was filed Saturday in the office of the clerk of the United States circuit court by Frederick W. McKee, of Pennsylvania, who sues in behalf of himself and other members of the "Chautauqua Assembly," known as the "Chautauqua Institution," against the "Chautauqua Assembly," the "Chautauqua University," and the "Chautauqua School of Theology." Mr. McKee charges that the Assembly has been grossly mismanaged and is now heavily indebted to an extent beyond the ability of its available assets. He asks to have the consolidation of societies declared void and for an accounting of the funds. Famous Prison Ship Found. Famous Prison Ship Found. New York, Oct. 14. After lying buried for over a century the famous English prison ship Jersey, in which several hundred Americans were martered while the British held New York in the days of the Revolution, has been accidentally discovered at the Brooklyn navy yard by the workmen who are putting up the launching stays for the battleship Connecticut. Historical associations have been searching for the Jersey for fifty years. The half burned hull of the ship is lying under 12 or 14 feet of dirt and water and is in perfect condition. Will Recommend Tariff Commission. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 15.—Postmaster General Henry C. Payne, in an interview yesterday said that the forthcoming annual message of President Roosevelt to congress probably will recommend that a permanent tariff commission be appointed, which can at all times hear testimony concerning the varying interests of production and trade. Mr. Payne further said President Roosevelt favors a reduction of import duties upon products which no longer need protection. Appointed to Philippine Commission. Washington, Oct. 14.—General James F. Smith, of California, has been appointed a member of the Philippine commission to succeed Bernard Moses who is to retire January I. General Smith filled the important office of collector of customs for the Philippine Islands, which he resigned to accept the present position as associate justice of the Supreme court of the Philippines. Judge Smith is a prominent Catholic. TEMPERANCE NOTES How She Was Made So by Her Husband Manfully Taking the Pledge. Bob Marshall lived in a rough town in Pennsylvania and was the hardest drinker of the many hard drinkers of the place. Not that he ever lay in the gutter or ever neglected his business. No, he was a very industrious man, had a good house, a good, quiet wife, and a family of bright, well-cared-for children. He belonged to that class of men who can drink heavily with little perceptible effect. During the last temperance movement a zealous worker in the cause, a little pale-faced woman, went to T——(this was Bob Marshall's home) for she had heard it said that if any people on earth needed to be warned against drinking it were these. Many persons had advised her against going to this rough town. She would be derided and insulted, they said. When she applied for the use of the town hall it was denied. "We know all you can say," said the man applied to. "You can't tell the drinking man half as much about the evils of intemperance as he can tell you. Almost every man in this town drinks and folks aren't going to turn out to hear themselves abused by a woman who ought to be at home minding her house and children. You'll be insulted and perhaps assaulted and the law will have to interfere for your protection." The pastor of one of the two churches of T—— was absent. In the other there were nightly meetings of prayer for a revival. So the little woman could get neither church. But that May evening, at 6:30, about the time when people were leaving their tea tables, the town bell began to clang in a quick way, which startled and alarmed everybody. Some one said he guessed there was a fire and some one else, half hearing this, reported that there was a fire, and soon the word was running from mouth to mouth and men and boys and women were hurrying towards the town hall from every one of the SHE FELL ON HER KNEES AND CRIED. crooked strenge. When a goodly crowd was assembled in the yard and everybody was asking everybody else where the fire was and why the bell was ringing and what was the matter, the pale little woman appeared first on the hall steps and then on a dry goods box near and began to speak. "My friends," she said. There was a full in the talk all about her, for her voice was clear as a bell and surprisingly full for such a little body. "My irides," she repeated, and this time the words penetrated farther and those who had not heard her saw her standing up there. The people massed about her and became silent. "You ask what is the cause of this alarm. I will tell you. There is growing in this town a tree against which I must warn you. Listen! When I tell you of the baleful influence it is exhaling and when I point it out to you will promise me to lay the ax to the root and how it down and cast it into the fire?" I wish I could reproduce that speech entire for you. But I could no more do it than I could paint the movement and the music of a river. That assembly of men in their artisan clothes, of women in their kitchen aprons, of children in their school dresses, caught their in the lengthening shadows, seemed turned into statues by the earnest, eloquent appeal of a small woman. The address was short and at its close Mrs. P. — said: "I would like to speak to you again to-morrow evening. Will you come to hear me?" "Yes! yes! yes!" was the response from all parts of the crowd. "Then meet me here at 6:30 to-morrow." The next morning the authorities waited on the determined little woman and offered her the use of the town hall. This was the initiation of one of the most noticeable temperance movements which ever visited a little town. Bob Marshall stood up against it and behind Bob Marshall stood scores of men and behind these scores of men stood scores of women. Many of Bob's neighbors and friends and cronies who had signed the pledge went to him with the story of their new liberty and their new hope and begged him to covenant with them; to promise them and their wives and their children, as they had promised, to sustain from all traffic in drink. "It is hurting others," the temperance people urged. "You're at the THE WOMAN IN BLACK. Weird Apparition Startles the Superstitious Residents of a Philadelphia Suburb. Wilkie Collins' famous "Women in White," who has thrilled thousands of readers by her strange adventures, has a fair rival near Willow Grove, Philadelphia. The stranger who has terrorized scores of pleasure-seekers in Montgomery county is described as a stately woman of prepossessing appearance, who dresses in deep black. Overlook avenue, near Willow Grove, is the thoroughfare selected by the supposed mysterious shade for her phantasmagorical perambulations. The mysterious female wears a long The mysterious female wears a long black cloak, falling to her feet, and the C. DRAY RAISED HIS CAP. hood of this garment is always drawn close about her head. Her dress, according to eye witnesses, is like that worn by the stately dame of generations long since gone. The cloak and hood are of decided colonial cut and pattern. On Friday night, according to witnesses, the beautiful phantom appeared on Overlook avenue, meandering slowly and apparently in deep contemplation. On one side of the thoroughfare is a thickly wooded tract of land belonging to W. W. Frazer, and on the other side a blacksmith shop. George Dray and Clayton Hawks, who work in the smithy, allege that they have seen the woman many times before. When she passed the blacksmith's shop Dray stepped up to her and politely raised his cap, said: "Madam, you must enjoy walking the road late at night." The alleged shade vouchsafed no reply, but scurried into the darkness. Determined to fathom the mystery, Dray fearlessly pursued the woman. In relating his experience he stated that he pursued the figure for half a mile, when it mysteriously disappeared in Frazer's woods. With cold beads of perspiration on his brow Dray returned to the smithy and related his experience to Hawks. Calvin Beck, a resident of Overlook avenue, says he saw the woman a few nights before. Frank Frease, another resident, also encountered the beautiful shade. He says that he discerned the faint outlines of the figure on his lawn. Frease alleges that she remained in one position for nearly three-quarters of an hour, gazing pensively into the sky. HE COULDN'T BREATHE. Rope Choked Him and Consequently Pat Declined to Finish a Job of Suicide. Pat had come over to America with the expectation of finding money lying around loose, only waiting for some one to pick it up. Of course, says the "SURE AN' I THRIED THOT." New York Sun, this was long ago. Pat had soon become disillusioned and was always glad to get hold of odd jobs which would net him a little something to help him keep body and soul together. Finally, becoming tired of the struggle, he decided to end it all, and was industriously tying a rope around his waist when his landlord happened in on him. After watching him curiously for a few minutes, he asked: "What's up, Pat? What are you trying to do?" "Troyin' to choke meself, av coarse," was Pat's answer. "Choke yourself? You can't do it that way. You'll have to put the rope around your neck." "Sure an' I throiled that, but I couldn't breathe." Lubricated the Infant. The other day, says the Liberty (Mo.) Advance, Paul Hunt saw his mother olling her machine. He asked her why she did it. She told him she oiled the machine to keep it from screaking. Soon afterward she heard the baby crying, and Paul had poured oil in its eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. She asked him why he did it, and he replied: "To keep it from screaking." Mineral Deposits. His mines are full of carbon. But he holds it from the mart. His clothes are full of money. And he has a marble heart. —Washington Star. He Showed His Conceit. Phyllis—Harry is the most conceited man I ever met. Maud—What makes you think so? Phyllis—Why, he first asserts that I am the most adorable woman in the world, the most beautiful, intellectual, and in every respect a paragon, and then he wants me to marry him! —Washington Times. Hint for P. O. Department. 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The East End Memorial Burial Association of Richmond informs the public that having purchased six (6) acres of land, situated in Henrico County, near the city of Richmond, adjoining Oakwood cemetery and that they are disposing of the same, in sections, sections and at the following terms. Sections, $25.00 and Half Sections, $15.00. The situation of this Cemetery is high, dry and rolling and accessible to the Richmond Traction Street Railway and Seven Pines Railway lines, adjoining Oakwood cemetery. This Association has at a considerable expense divided this tract of land into sections, erected a fence around its boundaries, which with the additional improvements contemplated, will be an inducement to those desiring or contemplating purchasing resting places for their deceased relatives and friends. The attention of the general public is solicited and advantageous inducements offered. J. R. Griffin, President, No. 2412 E. Broad street; E. A. Washington, Secretary. Old Phone, 1983. 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AND MOVING. s li SEAN fy aie i =a = 1902 ATG es Bk pS ee eee eee ‘Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The land of the brave and the frees My heart's most tender devotion ‘Shall ever go out unto thee! ok ‘The land of the corn and the ving, ‘The jand of mountain and lea; ‘The land where the sough of the pine ‘Responds to the call of the sea. ‘Here's a hall to the knightly elation, Abandoning home for the fray. ‘To Hight for the weal of the nation— Brave boys of the blue and the gray. The stars and the bars forever— ‘© lay them sacred away: ‘The stars ard the stripes jot them ever Wave over the biue and the grey. Uneover and bow Cown the head, QO pray for the blue and the gray: Lat Us leave in God's keeping our dead, Forgiving, forgiven, united aiway. Thomas May Thorpe, in National Trib- une. , ee & DEATH OF A BOY SOLDIER. Pathetic Incident of the Battle of Chanceliorsvile Related by an Ex-Confederate, ‘There lay dying on the battlefleld of Chancellorsville, Va, on May 3, 1863, about 109 or 10 yards south of the Chancellor house, and on the right of the old pike, looking south from the Chancellor house, a boy of some 15 or 16 summers, belonging to the union army. ‘This boy was shot by shell, I think, and wes left on the field after the union forces were forced back, and ss the com- FERN eyo AS) e asi aN RG, G =) | a Ae \h Ch EA gm ‘3b ag aD ee e aes Zs Bee = NT, an ais ee < eee mand to which the writer belonged took possession of the vacated field his attention was attracted through the shrieks, prayers and appeals of this boy, that he went to him, and at once was attracted by his youth- ful appearance and shocked at his awful eondition, We asked him how ft happened that he was in the army, as he looked so very young. He replied, saying he disobeyed his dear mother. He also said that he had to die withont ever seeing her again, and in the hands of his cap- tors. Oh! how he prayed to God for forgiveness. We asked him, so much were we interested in his welfare, as well a8 being greatly affected by his Prayers and sufferings, if thero was anything we could do for him. He asked for water. We took his ean- teen to a spring near by and re- turned it filled with watereand gave it to him. Oh! how thirsty he was, apparently drinking all. I was not sur- prised at this, as it is characteristic of wounded men to be thirsty. ‘The sun's rays were beating upon his brow, and I arranged him a shade, as well as arranging bis head on an improvised pillow, as the cireum- stances and time would permit. He had upon his person a watch and chain, and I said to him: “As you know you are going to die, won't you give me your watch?” He replied: “No.” His reason, which was a good one, was that it was the last thing his mother, including a kiss, gave him, and he wanted to keep it as long as he lived. This sufficed, ro far .as I was concerned; but I did assist in concealing the chain from view, fearing some other confederate might not be so gener- ous as I had been. I took his name and the name of his mother, and their post office ad- dress, promising to write his moth- er if an opportunity ever presented itself; but two years Inter, when I was captured at Fort Gregg, I lost in the excitement my knapsack, con- taining my portfolio, in which the addresses were, and as time wore on forgot them, if I remembered them at all, at the close of the war. I have an indistinct recolection that his name was Hall, and that he was from the state of Indiana, but of this Iam not sure. He must have been mortally wounded about nine or ten o'clock on the morning of the third, and presumably just where he lay, and we trust some of your many readers can tell more about this boy, who undoubtedly died where he lay, but not before we were ordered to move, consequently the writer could not be with him and administer to his wants in his last moments. The writer will ap- iate any information as to this or boy if anyone, and there ought to be some of his comrades yet liv- ing, can recollect the circumstances. ‘The writer would like his mother, @ living, to know how her dear boy prayed before he died—George W. Kemnedy, Rice's Battery, MeIntosh's Battalion, ‘Third Corps, A. N. V., New Market. Va. HATS AND CAPS IN THE ARMY. Reminiscences. of @ Civil War Vet- eran, in Which the Former Fig dee im Sicne:Weneeahin. “My granddaughter,” said the ser grant, in the Chicago Inter Ocean, “asked me the other dey if I wore # hat or o cap in the army. I ‘wore both, but just when I wore the one and when the other I couldn't re- member at first. But I remembered ‘@ day on the long march from Tennes- see to Louisville in 1862, when I car- ¥ied water in my bat to bathe the face of en exhausted comrade. I remem- dered that at Stone river I alept with my bat over my face one night, end that when I came to le down the next night there were three holes in the crown of the hat I wore and a plece out of the rim, and I thought some of the boys had taken my hat end lefta ragged one in its place. “My memory was a little hazy in the matter of hats at Chickamauga, but I remembered that while we were at work on the forts in front of Chat- tanooga two days Inter the rebel sharpshovters put two — bullets through the upper pert of the hat I wore, without my knowing it,and that all the boys thereupon pushed the crowns of their hats up to their full height. I remember that when the pontoon bridge at Bridgeport broke, and I went into the water, my hat floated and was not two feet from me ‘when I came up from my journey to the bottom. | “I remember that in. starvation times at Chattanooga one of the boys brought in about a peck of shelled corn in his hat. Iremember that just before the battle of Stone river Irpde into Nashville and wore a cap. But I remembered also that on the first ‘day of hard fighting at Stone river I clapped my hat down over a equirrel whieh, erazed by fear, ran over me two or three times trying to get into my pockets. I remember that I lost my bat going up Missionary ridge, and that the colonel called me down a: week later for wearing en officer's cap. T remember that on the night of the big snow in May, 1864, at Ooltewah, Islept in comfort with my hat over my face. In fact, I must have worn a ‘hat @ good deal of the time.” | “A hat,” said a Fourteenth Ken- tucky man, “wes serviceable in more ways than a cap. It was better in ‘the rain, and more protection against ‘the sum It could be jammed and ‘beaten into many shapes, and could ‘be-used in disguises to better advan- tage than.acap. A fellow could break guard with a high-peaked het, and ‘change it In a minute toa low-crowned fedora-like headpiece. A prisoner could wear his hat jauntily faring ‘over his face one hour, and make his escape the next with hat slouched Uke an old farmer's, and when {t was necessary to deceive the enemy as to reenforcementa or as to the strength of a defensive line a few deft pate and bangs at the hats of a aquad or a company made great change in the ap- pearance of men. “In August, 1862, our brigade, com- posed of the Thirty-third Indiana, Forty-second Ohio and Fourteenth Kentucky, and commanded by Gen. John F. De Couroy, wae atationed at Tazewell courthouse, ‘Tennessee. When Gen. B. Kirby Smith advanced to Richmond, Ky., and moved toward ‘Frankfort with intent to inaugurate Richard Hawes governor of the state, our brigade fought Gen Stevenson's division at Tazewell. ‘The instructions were to hold Stevenson as long as possible, and Gen. De Courey proceed- ed to do {t in his own way. “The Forty-second Obio and the Fourteenth Kentueky formed the line of battle to resist Stevenson’s advance, and while we were skirmishing with the enemy Gen. De Courcy would ‘march the Thirty-third Indiana quiet ly around our flank and then noisily in on the Bull's Gap, or Cumberland Gap, road, with drums beating and => ~ ky i By Na pes, BAS P Ds Wel d iam OED? EE i ew Yay Ys Wi \, 4a Y Ly I) ‘ ey DISGUISES TO BETTER ADVANTAGE. flags flying, and-we in line would cheer as if receiving reenforéements. Then the Indiana boys would give their hats and caps a new twist, would again move around the flank and in new formation woulf come in as another reenforcement. “This was kept up until Stevenson concentrated his whole division to at- tack what we had made him believe was a strong union force. We paid dearly for our deception in the end, Decause Stevenson attacked with troops enough to overwhelm us. At the first onset the Forty-second Ohio and Fourteenth Kentucky were driven back in such haste thai we lost our haversacks and blankets, We fought all day without food, falling back foot by foot, but maintaining our line of battle. Gravestone for War Heroine, A bowlder from the Boston common has been given by friends of the late Miss Lizzie Van Lew, the friend of federal soldiers during the civil war, to be placed on her grave at Richmond, Va.—Indianapolis News, ‘What Pleased Him. Marian—I showed those verses you wrote me to papa, and he seemed pleased. Harry—He did? Marian—Yes. He said héwasso glad to see you were not a poet.—Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. HAD THE SYMPTOMS. Why the Young Woman Knew 1 Proposal Was Coming. The Youth Who Wanted to Make Her His Own Asked Questions About Clubs and Smoking and : Rick WueaLitembaree, They happened to meet ina shop the ache day, and, according to London ‘Tit-Bits, ‘they had a conversation which sent one of them away with ‘floods of light illuminating ber soul. She was one of those girls who are adored by. old ladies, and constantly Anvited to tea by them to meet bach- ‘elor sons, and who count all the beaux ‘they ever had on the fingers of one band. The other—well, she was dif- ferent She was one of those madden- ing creatures who are always mysteri- ously eupplied with roses and bonbona and escorted to the theater on the first nights, in spite of the fact that all the other girls are agreed that “there is absolutely nothing in her.” ‘The lat- ter young woman was meditating over some silks when the other one greeted her. “T sepnge you are trying to decide between the old rose and the pale green?” she eaid “Well, no,” replied the other girl, frankly. “You see, I am getting my wedding things, and I think I'll bare both.” ‘Phen she gazed down to blush ‘and looked up to see the effecte of her words. “Is it possible? I” “Yes, dear, and you can’t imagine how nervous I am.” “I only hope you—” “Will be happy? Of course T shall. Why, I can always make him do just ‘what I choose.” ‘The other girl pursed up her lips and looked envious. “Oh, I shouldn't like that st all. The man I marry must be one that Ican obey.” “Not at all, my dear. It is all very nice to talk that way to the men. ‘They like it, and st sounds pretty, be- sides doing no harm, until you are really going to marry one of them, N° ip) ac i aa \\ nie a 1) i ND eV Weit\ 4d) AN AN when you want your own way, just like any other sensible woman.” “Well, do tell me how he—" began the other girl, dreamily. “Proposed? But he haen’t done it etl” PSbot T thought that you” “Were selecting a trousseau? So I am, goosie. You see, it is just this way. He will call at eight this evening, and by nine at latest we will be formal- dy engaged.” “But how do you know?" helplessly aeked the other girl. “Simply by precedent. When aman asks you in ap anxious tone if you ‘think’ married man ought to give up his club, you may know that his inten- ‘tions are serious, and when he follows it up a few days later by asking you if you don’t think a man has a right to smoke all over his own house it is high time to decide when the wedding shall be.” “My goodness!” “Yes, but that wasn’t what cor- vinced me.” “Oh, do tell me about ft!” “No, it was simply Ike this: Imet him in the street yesterday, and he was reading a paper so intently that he didn't even see me till Ispoke. Then he blushed violently, and in gredt con- fusion thrust his paper into his over- coat pocket. Well, he went home with me and—now, you must never tell this as long as you live!” “never, never will.” “Well, I was so curious to see what he had been reading that confused him, that I made an excuse to slip out into the hall where his coat was hanging and took the paper out of his pocket, and what do you think it was?”", “oh, I can’t imagine.” “It was a household paper, and the article that he had been reading was one which proved conclusively that two people could live a good deal more cheaply than one, Now do sou see why Iam commencing to select my trous- sean?” she asked, triumphantly. “Yes, I do,” meekly replied the other girl Burglar Did Reporter act A professiofal burglar in Bertin found a new and original way of add- ing to the ordinary profits of his pro- fession. After each burglary he sent # full account of it to one of the daily newspapers, and for this he received Payment in the usual way. But he tried his plan once too often. 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But her dim eyes follow the misty path of the bird that's flown away. "Tears for the years With their hopes an' fears. Tears for the dead, sweet years!" So I lead her back to the shadow, where the lonesome relics be. An' I tell her: "God gave the gift of tears to you, dear, an to me! Tears for the years With their hopes an' fears. Tears for the dead, sweet years!" —F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution. The Winning of Belinda BY RHODA OGDEN. IT WAS one of those early April days when the softair blew up the valley, stirring and swelling the young buds on the trees. You could almost see the grass grow, and, if you listened, you could surely hear the frogs, even while the sun shone, piping loud and shrill by the river. Dr. Lea, coming back from a long round of visits among the miners of Dry Branch, felt this spring air stir the young blood in his veins. The red birds from the beeches on the hill called to him "Belinda, Belinda," while the water as it rippled over the stones below echoed softly: "Belinda." As he came around the turn of the road he saw the Belinda of his thoughts standing by the gate, and feeling irresistibly drawn he turned towards her. "Give me some of those violets, Miss Belinda," he said, beechingly, putting out his hand toward the bunch she had just been gathering. "What do you want them for?" she asked, teasingly, holding them behind her. "Because they are yours," he said, simply. "Nonsense, do you want everything that belongs to me?" and she opened her black eyes in feigned surprise. "You know I do," he replied, seriously. "You are so in earnest, you can never take a joke," she said with an injured air. "This is no joking matter to me," he answered, and tried to take her hand that was resting now on the gate, but she quickly snatched it away, saying saucily: "Some day perhaps you may, when you do something to make me look up to you. As it is now I don't have to lift my eyes to you," and she looked mischievously straight into his. She regretted her words almost as soon as she had said them, when she saw the hurt expression on his face. But she did not speak—and after a moment of silence he turned away. "You are in an impossible mood this evening and I am only doing my cause harm. Until to-night then," and waving his hat to her, he sprang up the hill toward a strangling row of miners' "THIS IS NO JOKING MATTER TO ME." houses, and was soon lost to sight behind the tall paw-paw bushes. Belinda leaning idly against the gate, gazed thoughtfully at his retreating figure. She repeated to herself again and again that he was too young and inexperienced, she wanted a man who had fought hard battles and won great victories. She recognized his fine qualities, his talents and their possibilities, but she wanted to see them tested; his boyishness provoked her, while the nobility of his character she did not fully appreciate. She shrugged her pretty shoulders as she thought, with something between a smile and a sigh, that Dr. Lea would be back, like the "moth round the candle" that very night. Ever since that day six months before when Dr. Lea had come as her father's assistant, she had known he would fall an easy prey to her or her sisters. There was Serena, engaged at sixteen to one, married at twenty to another. Belinda ended her reverie with almost a wish that the next would prove of harder heart, it would at least be more exciting, and life at Dry Branch needed all the exhilaration one could give it. She turned reluctantly from the gate and the charming view down the valley and walked slowly to ward the house. As it grew dark she watched for him from the open door. She saw the corn-stalk fires blaze from point to point along the river, the mountains dark against the sky, and the stars come out one by one. But still the doctor's quick footstep did not sound on the path, and Belinda began to think that after all, though she did not want him just yet, she could not do without him. One after another the young men connected with the neighboring mines dropped in, and music and laughter sounded through the open door of the "Old Doctor's" hospitable home. Belinda dancing to the ragtime two-step, her crimson ribbons set off her white neck, a flower tucked in her dark hair and her black eyes sparkling, was the very personification of youth, happiness and life. Suddenly as she passed the window she saw her brother Earl's face, white, with frightened eyes. Her heart almost stopped beating, for she felt instinctively that something dreadful had happened. Hearing her frightened cry the dancers paused, the music broke off, and the young people gathered about Earl. "Oh what has happened?" they cried, breathlessly. "Fellows," he said, excitedly, "come out to the road. Lea has been clubbed and badly hurt trying to save a child from a drunken brute—pay day, you know, and some of the roughest miners are wild with drink. He is lying unconscious now. I tell you Lea has pluck," the boy added in awestruck tones. "He pitched into a man three times his size, and crazy drunk, he saved the child, but he—" and Earl, unnerved, broke down with a sob. No one noticed Belinda leaning white and faint against the window. The old doctor and young men followed Earl, leaving the frightened girls to crouch by the fire, for the night had grown damp and chill. Belinda's light words of the afternoon came to her again and again through those long hours. After what seemed an age Joe Hildreth came to tell them that Lea was seriously injured, they did not yet know the full extent. He had been carried to the office. Later he came for Bellinda. Lea was conscious now, and had asked for her, would she come? Throwing a coat about her, Joe half led, half supported her across the porch and lawn to the office. There he paused. "Miss Belinda," he said, huskily, "you have plenty of grit, you will need it all now. We fear Lea has his call, but it will not do to break down before him." So, trembling from head to foot, she braced herself for anything, as they pushed the door open and entered the large, low room. The windows were open to the spring night, the sounds of the running water in the creek and the pipe of frogs penetrated the stillness. Belinda never heard these sounds again without seeing that scene she looked at now. Dr. Lea lay propped up on a couch, his delicate, thin face deathlike in its pallor, the young men and the old doctor about him. They withdrew as they saw her, as she came near him she saw that he was indeed very near the borderland of life and death. Her own life dwindled to nothing before this great experience that had come so close to the man who loved her. She forgot everything now but that, as she fell on her knees beside him. He was too weak to speak, but the look in his eyes as she grasped his hand told her enough. "Sidney," she said, unhesitatingly. "you must live, and for me, or I shall never forgive myself for my idle words this evening—somehow until to-night I did not know." He did not speak, but a look of perfect content shone on his face, and presently she saw he was sleeping as quietly as a child, still holding her hand tightly in his. She did not know how long she knelt there, but as she rose from her knees the dawn was breaking, and a wood-thrush was calling to its mate from the hill.—Home Magazine. PENETRATING AMMUNITION. West Point Gun Was Loaded with Ham Sandwiches and Made an Impression. At West Point, among so many young men full of health and animal spirits, it is inevitable that there should be plenty of jokes afoot, even to the extent of pranks constituting breach of discipline. A favorite form of mischief consists in tampering with the gun. Once, at least, according to H. Irving Hancock, the reveille gun was loaded with a peculiar kind of ammunition, says Youth's Companion. When the sentry comes in from guard-duty at night, he finds coffee and sandwiches in the tent which serves as cadet guard-house. As it is not easy to gauge his appetite, there is generally a liberal supply of the sandwiches. An officer and a member of the board of visitors were walking one morning before reveille. 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BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is need- ed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST. between 4th and 5th Street REPLANET SATURDAR, OCTOBER 19 1903 LIVE STOCK The Hogs Will Thoroughly Root Up the Enclosure and Fertilize It in a Short Time. A cheap movable hog pen is shown in our illustration. Use four pieces three by three-inch stuff, each three feet long for the corner posts, and eight eight-inch boards any length desired for the sides. Nail bottom boards six inches from the ground and the top ones eight inches above the others. OUTLINE OF PEN. Place a trough at one end and secure by cleats and strips nailed to posts. To prevent shoats jumping out, additional strips can be nailed above or a smooth fencing wire strung round at top. Raise the pen up on one end, call three or four shoats and drop the enclosure over them. The hogs will thoroughly root up and manure the enclosure. Two men can move the pen—J. G. Allshouse, in Orange Judd Farmer. COAL OIL FOR LICE. It Is Sure to Rid Hogs of Vermin, But Should Be Used with Consider- able Caution. Coal oil is sure death to every louse it touches, but it does not always kill the eggs, and must be used with caution to prevent blistering the skin of the hog. When a large drove is treated the work can be done very quickly by using a spray pump having an attachment for mixing the oil and water, and the pump should be so that it will use about five parts of water to one part of oil. When such a mixture is thrown over the hogs in a fine spray, only a little of the oil is used to cover the whole animal, and if the spraying is done in the evening nearly all the oil will have evaporated by morning and there will be no blistering of the skin when the hogs are exposed to the hot sun on the following day. So little oil is used in the spraying that few of the eggs will be killed, and the work should be repeated at the end of a week and again at the end of the second week. If the work is thoroughly done three sprayings will be sufficient. Lice never infest clean hogs when they are not brought from an infested drove, and the hog raiser who has a clean herd cannot be too careful to keep it so. No stray hog should be allowed on the premises, and any which are purchased should be examined very carefully before they are to run with the others. The oil mixture should always be kept where it can be used immediately, if any indications of lice are seen—From U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin, No. 100. Roots in the Cattle Feeding Roots in the Cattle Feeding. In all parts of the old world the feeding rations of cattle include roots. In this country little attention is paid to them, though nearly all scientific feeders advocate their use. In the feeding of beeves roots are valuable, especially before the finishing period is reached. The amount to be fed each day must depend on the size of the steer, but to a 1,000-pound steer 50 pounds a day may be fed at first and this may be increased. As the time for finishing approaches, the daily allowance of roots should be decreased as the food affects the hardness of the flesh, too many roots making it soft. The best feeders advocate cutting the roots, slicing them. Some pulp them and mix them with the forage, delaying the feeding till the forage is moistened by the pulp.—Farmers' Review. Feeding Wheat to the Hogs Farmers frequently have a quantity of wheat that is not merchantable and would be glad if they could convert the same into cash. This is easily done if he has a few hogs to feed. Get a coal oil barrel; fill three bushels of wheat in the barrel; heat 16 gallons of water till it boils; then pour it over the wheat; cover close so as to prevent the steam from escaping; let stand for 18 hours, at which time it will be in prime condition to feed. One bushel will produce 14 or 15 pounds of pork, so that there need be no loss to the farmer, though his wheat be musty. I have practiced this method of feeding wheat for ten or more years, and am feeding it now once a day to my hogs and shall realize at least 80 cents per bushel from its use.—E. F. Isley, in Epitomist. Destiny of the Hog Skin The oily, greasy, thick pig skin is arousing new interest. Heretofore, the slaughterhouse has not seriously bothered itself about skinning the hog, while his green hide left on the carcass and unincumbered with expense brought eight cents per pound when weighed in as cured ham or smoked bacon. The scientist will not let things alone, however, and it may yet pay to strip the hide from the hog for commercial purposes. The leather strip per has demonstrated his ability to shave hides almost to tissue leather. It is claimed that he can split the leather to the thinness of a cologne bottle stopper cover and manufacture that article at a ridiculously low price. FEEDING FARM HORSES. New Hampshire Tests Place Cost at 3-4 Cents for Feed for Each Hour's Work. Prof. C. W. Burkett, of the New Hampshire experiment station, has been conducting some experiments in the feeding of horses. The investigations include the amount of water consumed, the cost of feeding and the method of feeding. The trials extended over two years. The amount of water consumed was recorded in all the tests. Both the ration consumed and the amount of work performed influence the quantity of water drunk by workhorses, although the individuality of the horse has the most marked effect. In the present investigation the quantity of water varied from 25,895 pounds to 32,997 pounds per years. Following are the principal conclusions drawn by the author: Any food stuff or combination of foodstuffs furnishing the desirable nutrient at least cost should be considered in preparing rations for horses. A mixture of bran and corn, half and half, is a good substitute for corn and oats for feeding work horses. Corn stover is a good substitute for timothy hay for winter feeding of horses, because of its feeding value, the yield per acre, and commercial value. A change from a grain mixture, consisting partially of linseed-oil meal, slowly or abruptly, does not cause a decrease in weight in horses if a proper substitute ration is fed. The average cost per year for actual food supply per horse was $74.32. The average cost for feed per hour's work done during two years was 3.4 cents. TRAP DOOR FOR BARN. Aside from a Little Ingenuity and a Few Cents for Hinges It Calls for No Expense. I send sketch of a trap door that is both safe and convenient. Pieces (a) are fastened to the wall with strap iron hinges. They swing back against the wall when not in use. They are made of ten or twelve-inch plank. B is the door, also made of planks. The battens are inch boards; the upper one is four inches shorter than door. The a's come against the ends of upper BARN TRAP DOOR batten and are flush with the edges of door. The door is made fast to the a's with hooks and staples, and fastened to the floor with strong hinges. A board the length of upper batten is nailed between the a's to the wall. The door rests on bearings when lowered. —C. W. Gamble, in Ohio Farmer. WITH SHEEP AND GOATS. Wool is always a profitable farm product. An inferior ram means a deteriorating flock. The Angora goat is increasing in popularity everywhere. Michigan experiments show that sheep will thrive on beet-sugar pulp. Through the first ten months of its life the lamb requires thorough care. The owners of brushy farms find the Angora goat a great, speedy and profitable clearer of roughage. The lamb that is "slack behind the shoulder" is not a good animal to buy. Insist on fullness at that point. Low land, with pools of stagnant water should not be used as a pasture for sheep. Animals kept on such land are apt to be troubled by liver fluke. Pasture may be very good, and may seem economical to pasture sheep, but a little grain in the ration will insure vigor and growth, and that is what we want. When putting on a flock of sheep start well in the scale of breed, blood, pedigree and individuality. Sheep will fall downhill in quality, and to get them uphill in quality means careful work.—Midland Farmer. Pork for the Farmer The farmer that can produce the pork for his own family without having to depend on the outside market is indeed lucky. He can have all the expenses of shipping, freight commissions and the profits of wholesalers and retailers. HeH cannot only produce the kind of pork that suits him best, but he can produce healthy pork. He can feed his hogs food that will produce hard instead of soft pork. The objection to producing a high class hog for the market is that it costs the farmer much more in the way of feed and he gets no more for him. Naturally the farmer, when raising hogs for his own consumption, can afford to produce the high-class hog, and it is his aim to produce a pork that contains a large proportion of lean meat and very small proportion of fat. It will be in the interest of his family's health to do so.—Farmers' and Merchant's Review. Make the Profit Yourself. The farmer that sells a horse in poor condition is almost certain to lose money thereby. The ordinary buyer wants a horse that is sleek and fat. So much is his the case that some men in the cities make it their business to cater to this requirement. They buy horses poor in flesh. They fatten them up, finish them off with oats and sell them at a good advance.—Farmers' Review. Then the Struggle Began. Wood—Extremes meet. Tucker—They do. To-night I ate some angel cake and deviled ham.—Puck. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA MARRIED AT MIDNIGHT. ow Jersey Policeman, Sympathetic Justice and Obliging Jeweler Help Brooklyn Runaways. Policeman Flanagan, of Jersey City, was halted on Grove street at 11 o'clock the other night by a well-dressed young couple, who at first appeared somewhat embarrassed. "What is the matter?" asked the officer. "Well," said the young man, "we want to find a minister or a justice of the peace. Can you direct us to one? The fact is," he added, becoming bolder after the ice had been broken. "we "WE WISH TO GET MARRIED." wish to get married and the ceremony must be performed to-night." Flanagan said that he thought Capt. John Kelly could arrange the matter. He escorted the couple to the Seventh street police station and sent for Justice Martin D. Kelly. When he was told why his services were needed and that it would be necessary for him to provide witnesses, he called on Arthur McGraw and Miss Fanny Ludwig, two neighbors, who accompanied him to the police station. Justice Kelly was about to perform the ceremony when it was discovered that the prospective bridegroom had failed to provide himself with a ring. Having taken the measure of the bride's finger, Capt. Kelly sent an officer to arouse a jeweler on Pavonia avenue and the ring was secured with little delay. After that the ceremony was quickly performed. The bridegroom said he was Francis B. Riker, of Brooklyn, and the bride described herself as Ada M. Dunn, 22 years old, also of Brooklyn, employed as a stenographer by a New York firm. They said Miss Dunn's parents objected to her marrying on the ground that she was too young. Mr. Riker said he and Miss Dunn talked the matter over and finally concluded to go to Jersey City and be married. They had little doubt that the bride's parents would forgive her. NEW ROOSTER STORY. While Still in Egg State Bird Collided with Train and Now Whistles Like Locomotive. The following story was published recently. It was attributed to Representative Flanagan, of New Jersey, a millionaire from Morristown. He told the story at a picnic of Patrons of Husbandry at Tuttle's Grove, near Morristown. "I was riding from Baltimore to Washington on a fast train one day," said Mr. Flanagan. "The car window was open. As we passed another express train going in the opposite direction a hen caught in the vortex be- THE SCHOOLMASTER INQUIRIES tween the two trains was lifted in the air and slammed against the side of our car. As it struck, an egg was cast in the open window and fell in my lap." "Of course it didn't break," said a cynic among the listeners. "It did not break," went on the representative. "Because of its premature appearance the shell was not hard, but tough and leathery instead. I took it home and put it in an incubator and in time hatched out a fine chicken." "Did you observe in the egg's offspring any evidence of prenatal influences?" asked the schoolmaster, shoving his glasses up on his forehead. "Only this," said the representative, "the chicken was a rooster, and whenever it tried to crow it whistled like a locomotive." Fights with Black Bear Assessor H. B. Peterson, of the town of Atlanta, Wis., had an encounter with a large female black bear the other morning. The bear presented herself and three cubs at the home of Mr. Peterson and was in the act of taking possession of his bee hives when they were noticed. Mr. Peterson fired upon the bear, when she made a fierce fight. He fired again, this time wounding her. She then disappeared in the woods. He killed the cubs. They weighed 90 pounds apiece. SOME NOTABLE OLD MEN Chief Engineer Carl Neupert, of the Hamburg-American liner Auguste Victoria, the oldest chief engineer of the line, has complained his one hundredth trip. When he returns to Hamburg he will have completed 780,000 miles of ocean travel. He says he will not retire until he has traveled a million miles. Patrick T. Kanneally believes himself to be the oldest peanut vender among New England summer resorts. He celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his beginning business at Salem Willows, Thursday, July 10, and during that time he has sold 15,000 bushels of peanuts in pint bags, making 960,000 bags in all. He is totally, blind. Hoggy Jaggene, who was a drummer boy for Andreas Hofer in the war against the great Napoleon, celebrated his one hundred and second birthday in Vienna the other day. He became attached to the person of the peasant general when nine years old, attended him in all his great battles and still remembers many of the heroes of that day, particularly Victor Eugene, Napoleon's beloved stepson. Ashaway, R. I., boasts the possession of a more notable group of seven old men than can be found in any other town of its size. The remarkable group met the other day at a photographer's and had their pictures taken. Their ages range from 83 to 92 years, the average being 83 years and 7 months. All are farmers and each is still actively at work, the oldest, Matthew S. Kenyon, having dug seven bushels of potatoes one day not long ago. SHOWN BY THE JEWELERS. Hatpins show large French brilliants set in balls. Long pearl necklaces are shown which tie in the back with silver tassels. For evening wear there are jeweled tortoise-shell combs which come in sets of three and four. Little gilt pins that securely clasp the bow worn low on the back of the hair in the new low coiffure are among the novelties. Sterling silver vases come in beautiful designs, being tall and slender in shape to accommodate long-stemmed flowers. Among bug pins is a dragon fly with wings of emeralds and ruby eyes. Butterfly pins have wings set in emeralds, diamonds and rubies. One of the newest things in jewelry this fall is a thumb seal ring, coming direct from Rome. The ring of either silver or gold is massive in appearance and the seal is large enough to be of practical use in sealing letters. It bears an engraved coat of arms or a curiously wrought monogram, plain letters not being considered good form. A silver walnut on the end of milady's long chain is more than an ornament. Some contain a tiny powder puff and powder, a small perfume bottle, besides a place for the pictured face of a sweetheart. Others are intended to hold small change—nickels and dimes—and have a sort of string to hold the coin secure, while others hold a thimble and a small emery. INDUSTRIAL ODDS AND ENDS. An iron shaving has been cut by the Brush Electric company which is 237 feet long. Four thousand seven hundred and seventy miles of thread have been spun out of a single pound of cotton. So accurate a science is triangulation that the length of Salisbury Plain was ascertained, with a result that differed five inches only from its measured value. Mr. Chen, proprietor of the Tsing Tai firm of Kobe, Japan, has purchased a spinning mill at Shanghai, in which 20,000 spindles are in operation and 1,500 operatives are at work under five Japanese overseers. He has formed a very poor opinion of the capacity of the Chinese as operatives and means to try to employ Japanese overseers and operatives to a considerable number. FOR THE SMOKER. A burntwood pipe rack bears the motto: "My castles in the air go up in smoke, but I don't care." A unique tobacco jar is a very queer crocodile sitting on his hind legs. The head lifts off to allow the tobacco to be put in A unique china tobacco jar represents a stack of wheat sheaves with a jolly-looking black face peeping around the side. A funny little match or cigarette holder suggests pork and beans, as a natural-looking pig sits beside a bean pot. This is in china. A cigar holder that would add an odd touch to a man's den is a good-sized and very green china frog with bulging eyes. The month is held wide open and is to be filled with cigars. THE HOME DOCTOR A very young child's mouth should be washed out after feeding with a weak solution of boracic acid. 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Any 100 for $3.00. Write your name, full address, and list of pieces wanted by **the numbers**, enclose this, with stamps or silver, and mail or bring to address given below, and the music will be sent direct from Boston, postage prepaid. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St, Richmond, Va. THE PLANET KNOX ON THE TRUSTS Discussed by Attorney General at Pittsburg Banquet. POINTS OUT EVILS AND ABUSES Says Overcapitalization Is Most Noxious Feature, As That Furnishes Temptations For Others—Congress to Regulate Trusts. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 15. — Attorney General Knox addressed the members of the Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Schenley here last night. There were 700 guests present. The subject of his address was "The Commerce Clause of the Constitution and the Trusts." Mr. Knox was afterwards entertained by W. H. Keech, chairman of the committee in charge of the meeting. In part Attorney General Knox said: "The people, by common consent, have denominated the great industrial and other corporations now controlling many branches of commercial business, trusts. That there are evils and abuses in trust promotions, purposes, organizations, methods, management and effects none questions except those who have profited by those evils. That all or any of these abuses are to be found in every large organization called a trust no one would assert who valued his reputation for sane judgment. "The conspicuous noxious features of trusts existent and possible are these: Overcapitalization, lack of publicity of operation, discrimination in prices to destroy competition, insufficient personal responsibility of officers and directors for corporate management, tendency to monopoly and lack of appreciation in their management of their relations to the people, for whose benefit they are permitted to exist. "Overcapitalization is the chief of these and the source from which the minor ones flow. It is the possibility of overcapitalization that furnishes the temptations and opportunities for most of the others. They should be subject to visitorial supervision, and full and accurate information as to their operations should be made regularly at reasonable intervals. Secrecy in the conduct and results of operation is unfair to the non-managing stockholders, and should, as well for reasons of state, be prohibited by law. "The constitution provides: 'The congress shall have the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the Indian tribes.' Plainly, the power must reside somewhere, either in the nation or in the states' reservations; but the effect of present doubts is to create a dilemma under which, apparently, all power vanishes, the states saying, some of us do and some of us do not approve or permit monopolistic production; that is our concern, but when the products cross our borders the problem passes beyond us and becomes a matter of national regulation and control; and the nation appearing to reply, I can deal with commerce passing beyond any one state, but effective regulation here may indirectly interfere with production, and that is a state matter which I may not touch. And so the national and local sovereignties halt and the delictum escapes. "Conceding that the present law is not effective throughout the situation, we come to the final alternative: May not congress, under the existing constitutional grants, amend and extend the law, and thus remedy its defects and so effectively regulate national and foreign commerce as to prevent the stifling of competition, the regulating of output and price, and the restraining of national and international trade? If the answer to this question should be in the affirmative, a second question follows: How might congress so amend the present law? "I do not scruple to say that in my judgment the more a thoughtful mind reflects on the first question, the more unhesitatingly will an affirmative answer be returned. "The president said in his first message he did not think the authority of congress to protect the people against the evils of the trusts had been exhausted. The views I have expressed are but an amplification of his. My whole purpose in what I have said is to challenge the proposition that we are helpless under our system of government to deal with serious problems which confront us in respect to our greatest interests. Since the radical questions of human rights and human governments have been settled, the production, preservation and distribution of wealth receive the chief attention of civilized peoples." Friday, October 10. Oxford University, of England, yesterday conferred the honorary degree of doctor of civil law on Ambassador White. The postoffice at Jefferson City, Tenn., was broken into and robbed of $200 in cash and $500 worth of stamps. W. A. Wilson, city clerk of Dover, N. C., was robbed of $600 early yesterday by burglars, who blew open the safe in his office. The annual session of the Pennsylvania Daughters of the American Revolution was held at Bellefonte yesterday and today. Chicago yesterday observed the 31st anniversary of its big fire, by several banqueta. Secretary of the Navy Moody was among the speakers. Saturday, October 11. John Reed, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania Railroad, was killed at Morchantville, N. J., yesterday while coupling cars. By a premature explosion of a dynamite charge near Anderson, S. C., two white men were killed and three seriously injured. Commander-in-chief Stewart, of the G. A. R., yesterday reappointed Quartermaster General Charles Burrows, of New Jersey. MacQueen and Grossman, the anarchists, arrested in Paterson, N. J., last July for rioting, were yesterday released under $17,000 ball each. Monday. October 13. Hon. Bernard Moses, of California, a member of the Philippine Commission, will retire from that body on January 1. Emperor William, of Germany, bestowed the Prussian Royal Order of the Crown upon Captain Sveendrup, the Arctic explorer. Sir Michael Herbert, the British ambassador at Washington, was presented to President Roosevelt at the temporary White House today. President Roosevelt, accompanied by his wife, took a long drive through Washington and suburbs yesterday. The wound on the president's leg is said to be healing nicely. Tuesday, October 14. United States Senator W. P. Dillingham was re-elected by the Vermont legislature today. President Roosevelt yesterday appointed Henry West commissioner of the District of Columbia, to succeed the late John W. Ross. The second trial of Roland B. Molleux, accused of the murder of Mrs. Katherine Adams in December, 1898, began in New York yesterday. The Toledo, O., plant of the Republic Iron and Steel Company closed down yesterday, being unable to secure coal. Several thousand men are idle. Wednesday, October 15. Chicago's miners' relief committee sent $11,656 for the support of the Pennsylvania coal strikers. Rumors of the serious illness of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., at Cleveland, O., are denied by his mother. Charles Curran was shot and killed yesterday in a New York restaurant by an Italian waiter. The motive for the killing is not known. The Pennsylvania State Council, Daughters of Liberty, met at Pittsburgh yesterday and today. The council has 21,000 members and 165 councils. Lightning tore through the roof of a negro church at Beaumont, Tex., yesterday while a funeral was in progress and killed one man and injured five others. TWO AERONAUTS KILLED TWO AERONAUTS KILLED Car Attached to Balloon Broke, Dropping Them to the Earth. ACCIDENT OCCURRED OVER PARIS Aeronauts Were Seeking a Place to Descend, When Wires Broke and the Car Crashed to the Ground, Burying Them Beneath It. Paris, Oct. 14.—M. de Bradsky, the French aeronaut, and a companion named Morin were killed by the falling of De Bradsky's airship yesterday. The pair started in De Bradsky's navigable balloon from the aeronautic station near Vaugiard. The airship made a successful ascension, sailing evidently under perfect control, over the Grand Boulevard, and off in a northerly direction. When the balloon arrived over Stains and was several hundred feet in the air the aeronauts called to some workmen in the fields, asking the direction of Pantin. De Bradsky and Morin were seen moving about the car. Suddenly one of the wire ropes broke, and then another gave way, and the car, weighing 880 pounds, crashed to the ground, burying the aeronauts beneath it. They were crushed, their legs were broken and their faces were bloody, but they were not disfigured. The bodies were taken to St. Denis. An eye-witness gave the following account of the accident: "I was standing on the steps of my building, when I heard a voice calling. I looked up and saw an airship a hundred yards in the air. M. Morin was leaning out of the car and asked through a megaphone where was a suitable spot to descend. I indicated a place in the neighborhood, and the airship proceeded in the direction I had indicated. A few moments later I saw the balloon turn sharply, and at the same moment I heard a noise like the tearing of cloth. The piano wires attaching the front of the car to the balloon had broken. Other wires followed suit, the car became detached and it fell to the ground 200 yards distant. The balloon itself bounded up into the air and disappeared. I hurried to the spot and found De Bradsky dead and terribly bruised beneath the motor. M. Morin was lying under the remainder of the car. He lived but a few moments." The catastrophe sent a thrill of horror through Paris, following the disaster to the Brazilian aeronaut, Severo, who was killed May 12 last, and whose balloon started from the same shed in a southern quarter of Paris as did De Bradsky's balloon yesterday. cylindrical part was longer. The balloon proper contained 2,789 cubic feet. The frame was 70 feet long and was made of steel tubes. It carried a car 16 feet long, suspended 10 feet below the envelope of the balloon, which guarded it against risk of fire from the 16-horse-power petroleum motor. De Bradsky was a Hungarian baron, 36 years of age, rich and clever, and had been in the diplomatic service. He made his first ascension in 1901. Morin was his engineer. He leaves a widow and three children. Professional Pride. "You gave that peeler a whole lot o' wrong clew. What did you do it for?" asked Bill de burglar. "You hadn't nothing to gain by it." "I know it," said Muggay de crook. "It's a heap o' satisfaction to outlie a Detective."—Chicago Tribune. 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 losses, varicose, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send VIRGINIA; Court for the 30th, day of S WILLIAM S VS; SUSAN SMITH Honeless Case Mrs. Flimly—You say Mrs. Noodle is a fool! Mrs. Bimly—Fool? Why that wom an will go to a church fair and go home with the idea that her invest ments were all bargains.—Town Top fa. One Great Difference "What's the principal difference between the wise man and the fool? There's no one so wise that he isn't a fool sometime, is there?" "No; but the wise man knows when he makes a fool of himself, and the fool doesn't"—Chicago Post. Doing No Harm One day Willie, aged five, was crying, and his mamma said: "Willie, you are getting your face all dirty from crying," and Willie replied: "Well, it wasn't clean when I started."—Philadelphia Record. Well Up in Sailing-Craft. Harold—Jerrold has bought a sailboat. Harold—Oh, yes, he has got his life insured and joined the church—Judge. It Was a Match. He was practical, and had been making love on that basis. She was a little that way herself. "Can you cook?" he inquired. "Can you supply everything to be cooked?" she replied. "Tit-Bits." A Desperate Undertaking The Black Cat—We're organizing a glee club for serenading purposes. Won't you join us? The Maltese Cat—On your way, Mister Donthink! No suicide clubs for me!—Brooklyn Life. Before and After "You don't mind my talking so much, do you?" she asked. "No, indeed; but," he said, facetiously, "I may mind after we are married." "But I shan't mind then if you do," she answered. "Fit-Bits. Engagement 06 "Yes; she advised him to practice economy, and he started in by getting her an imitation diamond."—Detroit Free Press. Seaboard Air-Line Railway, low rates to California and the West. Every day during the months of September and October, the Seaboard Air Line will sell one-way second class setters tickets to California and other Western points at exceedingly low rates. Service offered by the Seaboard unsurpassed by any railroad in the south. Further information cheerfully furnished by agents or representatives of S. A. L., or call on or address. Z. P. SMITH, District Passenger Agent, 1006 East Main St., Richmond, Va. Want to Find Them. I would like to know the whereabouts of my brothers William and Anderson Robinson. When last heard of they were working in Richmond. Also my sisters Sallie, Jane and Louisa Robinson, Sallie married and went to Washington to live. My father's name was Walker Robinson, he was absent at the time of the war and has not been heard from since. My mother's name was Martha Robinson, and when last heard of was living with Sallie. My name is Frank Robinson. My information concerning them will be gladly received by addressing the same. FRANK JOHNSON. 94 Ashland, St. New Haven, Conn. 3t. NORTH CAROLINA STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR. RALEIGH, N. C., Oct. 27-31, 1902. For the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell special round-trip tickets to Raleigh, N. C., at one fare, per fifty (50) cents, for the round-trip, this indicates one admission to the t rail, applicable on points within the state of North Carolina. Also, Norfolk, Richmond, Lynchburg, Danville, and intermediate points in the State of Virginia; tickets on sale October 25th to 30th, with return limit November 3rd. A very low rate will apply for military companies and bands in uniform, twenty or more on one ticket. For Special Occasions.— Womans' Foreign Missionary Society of Virginia, Richmond, Va., October 21st-24th, 1902. Special rates four cents per mile one way distance for round-trip; tickets on sale Oct., 20th-21st, return limit Oct., 26th. Annual Meeting Womans' Missionary Union of Virginia and North Carolina, South Boston, Va., Nov., 5th-8th, 1902. Special rate as per Tariff Two will apply; tickets on sale Nov., 8-4-5, return limit November 10th. Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons and Grand Commandery Knights Templar, Richmond, Va., Nov., 11-13, 1902. Four cents per mile one way distance for round trip; tickets on sale Nov., 9 13 inclusive, with return limit 16th. United Daughters of the Confederacy, New Orleans, La., Nov., 12-13, 1902. One first class fare for the round trip from all points; tickets on sale Nov. 8th-9th, 1eith, return limit ten days from date of sale. $ American Bankers Association, New Orleans, La. Nov. 11-13, 1903. One first class fare for the round trip from all points; tickets on sale Nov. 8-10, return limit ten days from date of sale. Baptist General Association of Virginia Norfolk, Va. Nov. 13, 1903. Norfolk, Va., Nov., 13, 1903. Four cents per mile, one way distance for round trip; tickets on sale Nov., 12- 14, return limit Nov., 19th. For detail information as to the above, inquire of any Southern Railway ticket agent. 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 losses, variocele, etc., and enlarge small weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to Dr. Knapp Medical Co., 825 Hull Building, Detroit, Mich., and they will gladly send 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. It has completely beaced 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 COLORED Cotton Field hands to grow Cotton in West Africa. Comfortable homes and just treatment guaranteed. Deserving applicants please write to New Cotton Fields Limited, 43, Devonshire Chambers, Bishopstgateset, London, England. FREE To quickly get our catalogue of useful goods in 1000 new homes we give a Solid Rolled Gold Scarf PIN Free to the public every day and enclose 8 stamps. Address PRUNTY & CO, 5438 Sidney Avenue, Braddock, Co. VIRGINIA: In the Circuit Court for the County of Henrico, the 30th day of September, 1903. In Vacation, Thomas Robinson, Plaintiff Vs. In Chancery Vs In Chancery. Nannie Robinson, Defendant. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a Mensa et Thiro by the plaintiff against the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the plaintiff has used due diligence to ascertain in what county or corporation Nannie Robinson, the defendant is without effect, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication hereof and do whatever may be necessary to protect her interest herein. J. Henry Crutchfield, p. q. To Nannie Robinson: Take notice that I shall on the 21st day of November, 1902, at the office of J. Henry Crutchfield, numbered 12111. E. Broad street, in the city of Richmond, Virginia, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day, proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery, depending in the Circuit Court for the county of Henrico, Virginia, where they are defendant and I am plaintiff; and if they can cause, the taking of the said depositions to be commenced on that day, or if commenced, no the conclusion on that day, the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day, or from time to time, at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. Respectfully. VIRGINIA: IN THE OLERK'S OFFICE OF THE LAW AND EQUITY COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, IN VACATION. THE 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1902. vs. (In Chancery.) John P. Allen et al. D. defendants. The object of this suit is to sell a lot of land in the city of Richmond, Virginia, fronting 31 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, and that there may be persons interested in the real estate to be devised 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 MEADE WHITE and W. D. GAY, P. Q. A copy teste P. P. WINSTON Clerk. Removal. Mr. T. C. Tinsley, Tinner and Plumber has removed from 433 Brook, Ave. to North East corner Clay and Graham, Streets, where he will be pleased to serve his many friends. Do You Know Him? I desire to know the whereabouts of his son, William H. Bowman. He was last heard from in Richmond. Any information will be communicated to his father by sending same to DENNIS JOHNSON, 96 Bryn Ave., Kingston, N. Y. Wanted by a lady, a position as shorthand teacher. References given on application. Address. M. LULU HILL, No. 310 Sidney St., South Bend, Ind. FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Lynchburg Horse Show Association, October 22—24, 1902. Special rate of one fare, plus fifty cents (admission fee) for the round trip, from all points in Virginia, including Washington, D.C. Tickets on sale October 21, 22, 23 and 24, with final limit October 27, 1902. MEETING KING'S DAUGHTERS and SONS Roanoke, Va., October 22—24, 1902. Special rate of four cents per mile, one way distance for the round trip, from all points within the State. Tickets on sale October 20th, 21st, 22nd, with final limit October 28, 1902. VIRGINIA; In the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, this 30th, day of September, 1902. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimoni by the plaintiff against the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after the due publication hereof and do whatever may be necessary to protect her interest herein. a copy Teste; P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, ESQ. PQ. TO SUSAN SMITH. Take notice that I shall on the 20th day of November, 1902 at the office of J. Henry Crutchfield numbered 12111 E. Broad St., in the city of Richmond, Va., between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M., of that day proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, I am plaintiff and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day, or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. Respectfully, WM. SMITH, by counsel J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, 1 Q. 10-2-03-4t. WOMAN'S UNION. Yours truly Sandy Anderson, Mineola, Tex. DENTISTRY PAINLESS EXTRACTION For beautiful Teeth, Comfort, Pleasure and Health. OFFICE HOURS: From 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. Old Phone, 816. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. Money to Loan On Easy Terms Rents are being advanced every day. It is cheaper to buy. After you have bought, the price cannot be raised on you. 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For all information on Loans, Etc., apply to the Casual gas and electricity. Polite officials will OFFICE JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. THOS. R. W. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. C. R. JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALLE JOHN MITCHELL, JR., JNO. T. TAYLOR R. W. WHITING, THOS. M. CRUMMER WILLIAMS St. Paul M. LAWRENCEVILLE ADMITS BOTH SEXES 12 BOYS' BLDG. Central building, Boys Dormitory. Has Primary, Normal amenities in addition to special Stenography and Typewriting. The reach of the poorest. Board and on months. Students pay a portion of Session opens October 1st 1902. New buildings and grounds lighted by electric lamps apply to the Principal. REV. JAMES S. RUSSELL, CENT Interest Paid on All Deposit in 60 Days or over. NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of publicized. For all information concerning Stock, D. etc., apply to the Cashier. Ants are fitted up with modern improvements. Building security. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: CHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, W. THOS. 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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 A. D. THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR, All orders promptly filled at short rented for meetings and nice entertain conveniences. Large picnic or band w ing but first-class carriages, buggies, e Supplies. 212 EAST L A. D. PRICE GENERAL DIRECTOR, EMBALMER AND clients promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or te- meetings and nice entertainments Plenty of room with s. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable -class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on ha- 212 EAST LEIGH STREET A. D. PRICE, 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. 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