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THE RICHMOND PLANET Had A Right To Publish Church Proceedings SUCH MATTER IS PRIVILEGED. SO RULED JUDGE MINOR. Mitchell To Pay One Cent. The Case Virtually "Laughed out of Court." The End of the Comedy. The Testimony of the Witnesses. BRILLIANT ARRAY OF COUNSEL.—FIFTH ST. BAPTIST CHURCH VINDICATED.—A VERITABLE WATERLOO FOR THE PLAINTIFF 1. If the jury believe from the evidence that the plaintiff wrote and presented the paper asking the deacons to call the meeting of the church mentioned in the declaration, the defendant had a right to make any statement in reply reflecting upon the plaintiff's conduct in writing and presenting said paper, or in attempting to have the defendant excluded from the First Baptist Church; provided, first, that the defendant honestly believed it to be true; and second, that he made such publications without malice, in reasonable self defense, or in the reasonable protection of his own interests, and that he did not lay hold of the occasion as a mere color or excuse for gratifying his private malice with impunity, but had honestly and reasonably acted in the performance of a duty or in the protection of his own interests; and that he had a right to continue such retort as long as the plaintiff may have continued any attempt to prevent the defendant from being received back into the First Baptist Church, or as long as he took any part in attempting to have him turned out of the Fifth St. Baptist Church. And if you believe that the defendant made the publications complained of under such circumstances and for such a purpose, you must find for the defendant. 2. The jury are also instructed that the law places the burden upon the plaintiff, Williams to show that the defendant, Mitchell, used the occasion as a mere color or excuse for gratifying his private malice with impunity, and did honestly and reasonably act in the performance of a duty or in the protection of his own interests. The court instructs the jury, that no one has the right, even in defending himself, wantonly and unnecessarily to insult or injure another, and should the jury believe from the evidence in this case that the defendant made the publications complained of in the case, that they were untrue, that the words contained in the said publications, from their usual construction and common acceptance are construed as insults and tend to violence and a breach of the peace; that the said publications contained language which was not justified by the circumstances and which was unnecessarily insulting, so as to amount to an abuse of the defendant's privilege of protecting himself, or were made maliciously and wilfully with intent to injure the plaintiff and not merely for reasonable defence of defendant's character or interests, then they should find for the plaintiff. The court instructs the jury, that in determining the question if whether the publications complained of in this case were malicious. The language used in the publications, the frequency, persistence and extent of the publications or use of expressions in excess of what the occasion warranted. If they have been proved in this case, maybe considered as well as the fact that the defendant relied on justification as a defence, if he failed to prove it. The court instructs the jury that the defendant to sustain the defence of justification put in by him in this case, so as to protect him thereby against a recovery must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff forged the names of all the persons embraced in his defence, viz: J. E. Jones, Giles Hayden and Daniel Holman, and unless be has done so, this defence cannot be relied on by him to defeat the plaintiff's recovery in this case. Should the jury find for the plaintiff in this case, then in estimating the damages which they should allow to the plaintiff, they are to take into consideration whether the defendant had been wronged by the plaintiff in any effort which he may have made to have the defendant excluded from the church, or to cause the Fifth Street Baptist Church to exclude him and what motive the plaintiff had in making such efforts, if any. They may also in fixing such damages take into consideration the character of the language itself used in the publications complained of; the length of time said publications continued; their number; the amount of publicity given them: the motive of the defendant in publishing them and the fact that the defendant relied upon the defence of justification in this case. Should the jury find for the plaintiff in this case, they may allow him not only such damages as will compensate him for the wrong and injury done to him, but may, if they believe from the evidence that the conduct of the defendant in publishing the words complained of in the declaration exceeded his privilege and were malicious and wilfully intended to bring the defendant into ridicule and disgrace, give in addition thereto punitive damages. VOL. XX NO. 6. Had A SUCH M SO I Mitchell To Pay The Case Virtu Come BRILLIANT ARRAY OF 1. If the jury believe from the meeting of the church meeting upon the plaintiff's conduct the First Baptist Church, brov publications without malice, it not lay hold of the occasion as and reasonably acted in the plea such retort as long as the plea into the First Baptist Church Church. And if you believe that a purpose, you must find for the 2. The jury are also instigated Mitchell, used the occasion honestly and reasonably act in the court instructs the jury to suit or injure another, and she complained of in the case, that construction and common acceptations contained language amount to an abuse of the definite injure the plaintiff and not meet the plaintiff. The court instructs the jury were malicious. The language of expressions in excess of what as the fact that the defendant's the court instructs the jury to protect him thereby against all the persons embraced in this defence cannot be relied on. Should the jury find for the诉, they are to take into consideration have made to have the defenda what motive the plaintiff had for them. They may also in fixing cations complained of; the lenient motive of the defendant in this case. Should the jury find for the the wrong and injury done to ing the words complained of in defendant into ridicule and dis On Friday night, January 9th, 1908, the jury in the suit of Nelson Williams, Jr., against John Mitchell, Jr., for Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) damages brought in a verdict of One (1) Cent damages for Brother Williams. In this court one cent verdicts do not carry with them the costs of court and so Bro. Nelson Williams, Jr., will have to receive the one cent and is expected to pay the costs which will aggregate any where from $100 to $200. A SURPRISING FEATURE This case had occupied the attention of the jury in the Law & Equity Court since Monday, January 5th, 1903. The surprising feature of the case was of course the verdict, but the most gratifying part of it to the defense was the ruling of His Honor Judge E. C. Minor, who is one of the ablest jurists upon the bench of this state. He sustained the demurrer of Editor Mitchell's counsel that the publishing of the proceedings of the First Baptist church meetings was privileged and that he could not be sued therefor. The question thereupon reverted to the forged names and around this the whole case centered. LEST LAWYERS EMPLOYED. It would be well to see here that HIS HONOR'S INSTRUCTIONS. from the evidence that the plaintiff sationed in the declaration, the act in writing and presenting said provided, first, that the defendant has a reasonable self defense, or in a mere color or excuse for graff performance of a duty or in the plaintiff may have continued an action as long as he took any part that the defendant made the public defendant. Constructed that the law places the burden as a mere color or excuse for the performance of a duty or in the plaintiff, that no one has the right, or could the jury believe from the fact they were untrue, that the wordation are construed as insults and which was not justified by the defendant's privilege of protecting merely for reasonable defence of the jury, that in determining the query used in the publications, they that the occasion warranted. If the relied on justification as a defense, that the defendant to sustain it a recovery must prove by a proof of his defence, viz: J. E. Jones, Gun by him to defeat the plaintiff, the plaintiff in this case, then in determination whether the defendant ant excluded from the church, or on making such efforts, if any. Such damages take into consideration of time said publications in publishing them and the fact the plaintiff in this case, they may him, but may, if they believe for the declaration exceeded his pro grace, give in addition thereto. ence that the plaintiff wrote and presented the declaration, the defendant had a right and presenting said paper, or in attempt that the defendant honestly believed it to self defense, or in the reasonable protec- or or excuse for gratifying his private use of a duty or in the protection of his own if he have continued any attempt to prevent as he took any part in attempting to haveendant made the publications complained. The law places the burden upon the plaintiff, color or excuse for gratifying his pro- mance of a duty or in the protection of his one has the right, even in defending his y believe from the evidence in this case, untrue, that the words contained in the instrued as insults and tend to violence are not justified by the circumstances and wi vilege of protecting himself, or were ma- reasonable defence of defendant's character. determining the question if whether thou the publications, the frequency, persisten- tion warranted. If they have been proven justification as a defence, if he failed to pro- defendant to sustain the defence of just must prove by a preponderance of the e- viz: J. E. Jones, Giles Hayden and D. defeat the plaintiff's recovery in this case, in this case, then in estimating the dam- either the defendant had been wronged from the church, or to cause the Fifth such efforts, if any. les take into consideration the character said publications continued; their num- them and the fact that the defendant. at this case, they may allow him not only say, if they believe from the evidence that tion exceeded his privilege and were in addition thereto punitive damages. Editor Mitchell had employed two of the ablest lawyers now before the Virginia bar. Hon. George D. Wise was at one time Commonwealth Attorney of Richmond city. He served many years in congress and was senior counsel in the celebrated Lunenburg court. Hon. Charles V. Meredith was at one time Attorney. He has been generally successful in his cases and recorded by him in the celebrated Oliverius case gave him a reputation which has extended beyond the bounds of this commonwealth. He is regarded as having few equals in this state and no superior. Mr. J. Thomas Hewin, the colored attorney is a graduate of the Richmond Normal School, also an alumnus of the Boston Law School. THE OTHER SIDE The array of counsel on the other side was brilliant. Williams had originally employed Mr. H. M. Smith, Jr., and Mr. J. R. Pollard, colored. He added to his counsel Mr. Hill Carter, who is regarded as an authority on civil law. The issue was joined and the attention of the community was attracted by this forensic array of counsel as much so as by unique features of the First Baptist church troubles. REV. JOHNSON AN OBSERVER. Rev. W. T. John on sat throughout the case with anxious features, doubtful to the outcome and knowing well it it it it affect to a reverable RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1903 Williams To Pay The Costs. iff wrote and presented the paper defendant had a right to make a good paper, or in attempting to have honestly believed it to be true; and the reasonable protection of his identifying his private malice with protection of his own interests; and any attempt to prevent the defense in attempting to have him turn publications complained of under s. 10 burden upon the plaintiff, William, or gratifying his private malice in the protection of his own interest in defending himself, want evidence in this case that the documents contained in the said public tend to violence and a breach circumstances and which was un himself, or were made malicious defendant's character or interest question if whether the publication frequency, persistency and extent they have been proved in this case, if he failed to prove it. In the defence of justification put reponderance of the evidence that miles Hayden and Daniel Holm is recovery in this case. In estimating the damages which he had been wronged by the plaintiff to cause the Fifth Street Bap eration the character of the language continued; their number; the amount that the defendant relied upon. I allow him not only such damage from the evidence that the condemn privilege and were malicious and punitive damages. tent the First Baptist church of which he is now pastor. Rev. S. N. Vass, corresponding secretary and agent of the American Baptist Publication Society with headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa., and who resides at Raleigh, N. O., found it necessary to "labor" in this field during the entire week that the trial was in progress. The attendance was scant during the opening days of the case, but towards the end the court room was crowded with a living wall of humanity. FIGURED A LARGE VERDICT. Some of the First Baptist church enthusiasts figured that Brother Nelson Williams, Jr., would be awarded damages any where from $2,000 to $5,000. Their surprise and disgust may be readily understood when a jury of white citizens, after about three-quarters of an hour deliberation, decided to give him One (1) Cent. These gentlemen stood nine to three in favor of Mitchell. Three of them were in favor of giving him nominal damages and the other nine deemed it useless to further prolong the discussion decided to give him the muni-ficient sum of One (1) Cent. BROTHER WILLIAMS MUST PAY COSTS. In this court when damages awarded are under Ten Dollars the plaintiff must pay the costs. This was news to Brother Williams and carried much sadness to the representatives of the organization with which he affiliates. Williams has made no secret of th fact that he is any thing but satisfied and he is quoted in the Richmond, Va. Dispatch of last Sunday as saying that there is much indignation among his friends on account of the verdict. Surface it to say that amongst the colored people of Richmond, the verdict has given general satisfaction. The church going people seem to regard it as a vindication of right principles. JUDGE MINOR'S DECISION The decision of Judge Minor that the Editor of the PLANET had a right to publish the First Baptist church proceedings and the letter of the Rev. W.T. Johnson indirectly settled many other issues involved. According to this ruling the First Baptist church did wrong in excluding Editor Mitchell for doing what he had a right to do. It also vindicates the Fifth Street Baptist church in calling a council and in finally receiving John Mitchell, Jr., as a member of that church. The expatriate council which met at the Fifth Street Baptist church with Rev.Dr.G. W. Lee of Washington, D.C., as chairman, was also vindicated for the ruling of Judge Minor is strictly in accord with the action of that body. A STENOGRAPHER EMPEOYED One of the features of the trial was the employment by Editor Mitchell of M. Benj, P. Owens, Jr., who was one private secretary. One Grace Taylor, H. Hockock graphic report of all the testimony of the witnesses. This was done for the purpose of having a complete report of the case, provided it was necessary to take it to the Supreme Court of Virginia. It was especially valuable in dealing with the testimony of Nelson Williams, Jr. His testimony was contradicted in many of its most important features by even his own witnesses. EX-DEACON SMITH'S TESTIMONY Ex-deacon Harrison Smith's testimony attracted much attention. As is usual in the case Mr. H. M. Smith, Jr., wanted to know for whom he voted. He replied in strong language that he voted for Rev. Walter H. Brooks. It seemed to be the purpose of the plaintiff to create an impression that Editor Mitchell and his friends were attempting to bring down here as pastor of the First Baptist Church a colored minister from the frontier. Deacon Smith told of the signing of the plication for the meeting and declared that Nelson Williams appeared before the deacon board alone and asked for a special meeting. He did not state the purpose until the deacon board through its chairman insisted that he should specify the purpose of the meeting. NOT ENOUGH NAMES AT FIRST He then wrote on the bill to consider certain publications. He did not have the necessary number of names at first but soon returned with others making sixteen in all. Chairman Benj. Jackson ruled that it was necessary to have 15 names on the paper. Mr. Smith wanted to know if the witness was a friend of Mitchell's and also if he had no at one time said the PLANET was next to his Bible. The witness admitted that he was and had said so. He stated that Mr. R. T. Hill had called a special church meeting on a Sunday afternoon without any authority from any of the deacon board or the church. DEACON COOLEY'S STATEMENT Deacon Abner Cooley stated that Nelson Williams, Jr., had appeared before the deacon board alone and asked that this special church meeting be called. Nelson Williams, Jr., had sworn on the witness stand that 30 or 40 persons had appeared before the deacon board and that all the persons whose names were signed on that paper were present except two. He had also stated that he knew nothing of the peace council which was held after the exclusion of Editor Mitchell and at which meeting an attempt was made to harmonize the differences between Mitchell and the church. This was flatly contradicted by his own witnesses. HIS WIFE'S TROUBLES Another feature of Williams testimony was the question propounded to him by Mr. Meredith relative to whether not he had any trouble on account of his wife and the Grand Court of Virginia. He admitted that there was a shortage. That he had paid the same with his check. Williams made a most unfavorable witness and his counsel on the next morning found it necessary to place him again on the witness stand in order to make a correction of some of the remarkable statements that he made to the jury. THE STAR WITNESS Mr. H. F. Jonathan was regarded as a star witness for the defendant. He spoke of the origin of the trouble. He was present at the time the paper was presented containing the ailed forged names. He declared that Nelson Williams, Jr., had gone deacon the board alone and that at that time there were very few people in the church the number not exceeding 7 or 8. He saw Williams write the paper and put the names of these people there. His account of the church meeting at which Editor Mitchell was excluded by a vote of 56 to 64 out of a membership of 5500 was interesting and amusing. His description of the ruling of the "Hon." Thos. H. Briggs, the mention of whose name always created laughter held spell bound the attention of the jury. Such ruling as Bro. Briggs practiced was admitted to be without a parallel in the annals of parliamentary proceedings. THAT PEACE MEETING Mr. Jonathan's description of the peace meeting was also a feature, he confirmed the report that Editor Mitchell had placed his case absolutely in the hand of himself (Jonathan) and Bro. J.C. Farley pledging to do anything that they would bind him to do. Bro Jonathan stated that the committee reached an agreement. It embodied concessions from both sides. As they were entering the church a motion was made and carried adjourning the meeting. This was done in order to prevent the committee from making a report. The most rigid cross-examination of the witness by Mr. H. M. Smith, Jr., failed to shake this testimony. Mr. Jonathan answered all questions and was finally told to stand aside. THE RECORDS OF THE CHURCH Bro. B. P. Vandervall, clerk of the First Baptist Church, who had been summoned as witness for Nelson William, Jr., brought the church records as ordered by the court. He was called to the stand by Mr. Meredith and was subjected to a rigid crossamination. The records of the church showed that Nelson Williams, Jr., had called the meeting and after the meeting was called had made the motion to exclude Editor Mitchell in his absence, without a hearing and before he had been summoned before the church. EDITOR MITCHELL'S CORRORORATED They also showed that he had made the motion in the following meeting to exclude Editor Mitchell. The records showed that the plea for a hearing was tabled. That the plea for a mutual council was tabled and that a committee consisting of Nelson Williams, Jr., Tom Briggs, and J. E. Jones had been appointed to arrange for a counsel in order to have Editor Mitchell put out of the Fifth St. Baptist Church. That the Fifth St. Baptist Church had been given 60 days in which to drop Editor Mitchell from its membership and upon its failure so to do, the right hand of fellowship had been withdrawn by the First Baptist Church from the Fifth St. Baptist Church. It was brought out by the testimony of deacon J. C. Farley that he had called for the constitution of the church. Mr. Meredith called upon Clerk Vandervall to read that section of the constitution and to the surprise of everybody it was found that in the written law of the church no member could come before the church on trial until he had first appeared before the deacon board. This settled the case so far as the church procedure was concerned, and sustained the contention of Editor Mitchell. EDITOR MITCHELL TESTIFIES The defendant Mitchell was called to the stand after being duly sworn he said: "I was born at Laburnum, 'Henrico Co., Va. My mother belonged to the Pollards of Hanover Co., and my father to the Lyons, of Henrico Co. When t o years of age I was brought to Richmond and lived at the residence of Attorney James Lyons, which place is now known as Westmoreland Club." Mr. Meredith: "State if there was any trouble in the Courts of Calanthe and the nature of the same." Mr. Smith: "I object." Mr. Meredith: "It is perfectly proper, Your Honor, for the witness to state the facts in this case for by them we expect to show malice on the part of the plaintiff." Then followed a wordy colloquy between counsel. THE QUESTION PROPER rage and—I think the question is paper and the witness will proceed." The witness continued. He stated that he had appointed Nelson Williams, Jrs., Madam as chairman of the finance committee of the Grand Court of Virginia, I. O. Calanthe. At the Danville session in 1898 that after the adjournment, it was ascertained that there was a shortage of $27.35. This was not discovered until after the adjournment of the Grand Court when the report of the finance committee disclosed the fact that $13 had been credited to the Grand Worthy Counsellor which had never been paid to him, similar amount had been accredited to Casper Rowlett, of Newport News, Va.; L. W. Holbrook of Danville, Va., and to the Grand Worthy Register of Deeds. In addition to the shortage therefore the report had been falsified. GIVEN SIXTY DAYS. At the Danville session two years later Mr. Williams' wife was given sixty days in which to make good the shortage. This she failed to do and came to see the witness asking him not to suspend her on account of her failure so to do. She made no denials of the charges against her. The witness indulged her. Finally 3 years later, that is, from the time the money was misappropriated the Grand Court of Virginia at its session at Portsmouth, Va., although she only asked for only thirty days in which to pay the amount, on recommendation of the witness granted her sixty days, after which time provided the money was not paid she was to stand suspended from the organization. The money was paid by her within the thirty days. Mr. Meredith:—"How was it paid?" Answer:—"By a check drawn by Nelson Williams, Jr." The question of co-operation and antico-operation being under discussion, the witness explained in detail the difference. He stated that he was a member of the National Baptist Convention, also the Virginia Baptist State Convention and a trustee of the Virginia Theological Seminary & College at Lynchburg. He had been one of the leading figures in the contest between these opposing forces. HAD BROKEN THE COMPACT He had been in favor of breaking the compact between this institution and the Northern Society and when the latter had attempted to remove Prof. G. W. Hayes as President of that Institution he had come to his support and had won out in the struggle to have him retained. The School was no longer under management of this Northern Society. He then gave in detail an account of the meeting at the First Baptist Church telling how he was interrupted, hooted, jeered and teathed with bodily injury at this church. He explained that he had been a member of the First Baptist Church for 23 years and this was the first time he had ever attended a church meeting. WANTED PEACE IN THE CHURCH He did not desire any trouble, in fact wanted peace, and for this reason, although the meeting was scandalous, had decided to bury all personal feelings and moved to make the call unanimous. The reason he had not published an account of the meeting was because he was ashamed of the proceedings. He presumed that at the next meeting reason would assume sway, but when he went there he found the situation just as bad as before. He had then decided that the only way to bring about a change was to invoke the aid of public opinion and he then published the article "Did God call the Pastor?" THE STATEMENTS WERE TRUE He declared the facts contained therein in true, that there had been no denial thereof and that any one desiring to question the accuracy could do through the columns of the PLANET. He related his visit to Dr. J. E. Jones who told him that he did not sign the paper or the application for the meeting which had been presented to the deacon board by Nelson Williams, Jr., and that he had not authorized any so to do for him. Mr. Daniel Holman had told him the same thing. Mr. Giles Hayward had made a similar statement. He had reported these facts to the First Baptist church deacon board and had published an account of the affair in the columns of the PLANET. There had been no denial of the accuracy of this report and he had stated from time to time that the columns of the PLANET were open to any member of the First Baptist Church. TO EXCLUDE WITHOUT A HEARING He told of Williams' attempt to exclude him in his absence. He displayed the notice sent to him finally by the church charging him with publishing the business of the church and the private letter of Rev. W. T. Johnson in violation of the church polity. He declared that a church could not lawfully send him a written notice to appear, they should have sent a committee to him. That a letter addressed to 2500 people could not be a private letter and that he had not, in publishing the business of the church, violated either the church polity or the constitution of the church. BROTHER BRIGGS RULING. He told in vivid language of the triumph, the ruling of Thos. H. Briggs, of the motion of Bro. Robert Watkins who was guard at the penitentiary during the Readjuster Rule, of the action of Bro. W. H. Davis bobbing up and down and moving that either he or she be silenced. He declared the ruling of Bro. Briggs to be the worst he had ever witnessed. Finally he was excluded while he was on the floor in his own defense, the motion to exclude being made by Nelson Williams, Jr. He was respectful to the chair throughout. He had complied with the specific provisions of Hiscock's Directory and after waiting a reasonable time for the passion to cool, three months later he had sent an application to the church for a rehearing. THE PLEA TABLED. Williams and his crowd had tabled it. A month later he had sent in accordance with the church polity an application for a mutual council. Williams and his crowd had tabled it. Although the church membership was 2500, the total vote ranged generally 100 to 125. It will be remembered that the witness had been excluded by a vote of 56 to 64. Being so directed go by hiscock's Directory better known as the Church Polity, he had applied to the Fifth St. Baptist Church for membership with the idea in view that they would call a council to take the matter under consideration. The Fifth St. Baptist Church had sent a committee consisting of deacons Edinboro Archer, Ed. T. Coleman, Samuel Brown which committee had visited the deacom board and the First Baptist Church and they had been permitted to examine the church records. They found that all that Editor Mitchell had stated was true and so reported to the Fifth Street Baptist Church. 5TH ST. BAPT. CHURCH AND THE COUNCIL. The Fifth St. Baptist Church thereupon had called an exparate counsel composed of 76 churches and 800 delegates. The First Baptist Church had been invited to this council. After examining into the facts this counsel ascertained and declared that the First Baptist Church had erred in dealing with the witness and it recommended that he be received into the Fifth St. Baptist Church and that he was entitled to membership in any Baptist Church in good and regular standing. Upon receiving this advice the witness was given right hand of fellowship in the Fifth St. Baptist Church. The First Baptist Church thereupon appointed a committee consisting of Nelson Williams, Jr., Thos, H. Briggs and J. E. Jones to call a council at the First Baptist Church and they urged the council to give the Fifth St. Baptist Church 60 days in which to drop John Mitchell, Jr., from its membership. A CLOSE VOTE This council was composed of only about 20 churches and on the first vote recommending a mutual council it stood 22 to 23. When finally the vote was taken on the recommendation against the Fifth St. Baptist Church, many of the leading churches had withdrawn and the witness learned that but one more of the entire city had ratified the action of the council. Editor Mitchell must then cross examined by the counsel for the plaintiff. Mr. Hill Carter wanted to know. (CONTINUED ON 8th PAGE.) must be straight and angular. The change in figure is coming much more rapidly than the untutored night think possible, and the designers are lending every aid to its rapid development. It matters not that it is far from the beautiful so long as it is fashionable. "The new figure," explained a specialist, "follows the perpendicular as nearly as it is possible for a woman's outline to do it. In acquiring this figure a slight woman will have a great advantage over her stout sister. The only hope of the latter lies in her corset. "A straight front is to be accentuated, not only below but above the waist line, and the back, too, must look as if a board was strapped to The Novelties ample of this style is shown in the elegant cloak of black box cloth which has been sketched. This original garment is ornamented with geometrical strappings of the same material, and the fronts are lined with pale French gray cloth with a trellis of narrow strips of black cloth and ribbon velvet, the lining being of French gray soft satin. The large picture hat which is worn with tails is of black velvet with a flat crown in the Tam-o'-Shanter style, and a wide brim trimmed in an entirely new way with foils of velvet and satin plaited into one another so that bands of satin form the outer edge of the lining. A cluster of choice ostrich tips on the left side completes the trimming. The smart coat in the sacque shape is made of the palest beaver colored box cloth trimmed with appliques of the same cloth on canvas, which is worked with small designs in black silk. This forms the collar, revers and cuffs, which are edged with stitched strappings of black glace silk and rows of narrow white braid, and the lining is of rich white satin brocade. A lovely feather hat with the sides turned up and caught at the back is black on the outside and white underneath, and it has no trimmings except clusters of black and white feathers at the back, and long loops of black ribbon velvet in the center. A new coat of putty colored box cloth is trimmed with bows and ends of silk passementerie to match with a narrow band of red silk under the passementerie at the neck and on the sleeves. This artistic garment is 血代號 Reedered a Difficult Number Without a Single Mistake and Tac a Disappeared. "Can a fellow get a chance to get in on this?" The question was addressed to Miss Nellie Conarty, organist of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Heart, at Chester, Pa. The choi was singing the requiem for Rev Thomas J. McGlynn, late rector of the church. "Onewald's Mass" was being used and when the organist turned to see who had addressed her she was face to face with a tramp, ragged and dirty, with clothes soiled by miles of weary walking, but with a longing W. G. T. "CAN A FELLOW GET A CHANCE?" expression upon his countenance that she could not deny. She nodded assent to the strange request and the ragged visitor took his place among the singers, who, astonished at the spectacle, forgot for a moment their parts and ceased singing. Rev. Father Baker, the celebrant, paused in the service and looked askance at the organ loft. Then the church was suddenly filled with the rich melody of a tenor voice that made the entire congregation turn and gaze at the choir. The "hobo," for such he said he really was, finished the mass, giving to the singers an enthusiasm and spirit never seen in the gallery before. Then, as the officiating priest left the altar, the tramp turned and slipped from the organ loft as noiselessly as he had entered it. not stopping to give his name nor his history, except to say that he once sang in one of the leading choirs in the country. He had heard the familiar strains as he was about to pass the church, and the music awakened fond memories, he said. PASSING OF THE COAT. Boy Was Worried More About Fate of His Outer Garment Than That of the Rich Man. A well-known Reading (Pa.) merchant was in the habit of paying weekly visits to a farm which he had purchased. To those living along the route he was wont to drive he was at first the object of much speculation, but in due time the cause of his frequent visits became known, as did also the fact that he was a man of considerable influence and wealth. As he was driving along one Sunday morning last summer he saw plooding ahead of him a small boy of the country thereabout, carefully carrying on his arm a coat, which, on account of the heat, he had removed; and, acting on a charitable impulse, C. H. "HOLY MOSES!" invited the thoroughly abashed lad to ride as far as the "Sunday school," having gleaned that to be his destination. They were soon there, but the boy, in his perturbed state, did not realize until he had taken his place in his class that he had left his coat in the carriage. The well-known parable of Lazarus and the rich man having been assigned as the lesson for that day, the teacher, addressing the newcomer, inquired: "What became of the rich man?" "He drove on down the road to his farm," promptly answered the youth, still thinking of the coat. "For his misdeeds," affirmed the teacher, ignoring the answer, "he went to an awful place of torment, from which he can never return." "Holy Moses!" broke in the youth. "He's got my coat with him!" The New Fashionable The Novelties in Winter Coats A A THE NEW FIGURE. HE straight-line rule in fashion has resulted in a remodeling of the feminine form divine. No longer are graceful curves desired; now the line T W INTER coats are very novel in design, and many of them seem to have been inspired by the graceful and simple lines of a Japanese robe. A good ex- Thought He Knew Better. She—It takes all kinds of people to make the world. He—Not for me. It takes only one. —Chicago Tribune. Suffer, Perhaps. "Bellingham's religion is like his property," said Trivet to Dicer. "How's that?". "It's all in his wife's name."—Judge. HMOND PLA LRICHM the spine. Indeed, only spring or curve permitted in lower part of the corset is at its which does not mean, however, that large hips have come in fashion. "On the contrarrier hips are to be compressed as much as possible. As a means to this end the corset is cut longer than it has been for years, particularly over the hips and abdomen—as long, in feet, as it can be and permit the wearer to sit down—and the most strenuous efforts of the makers are directed to pushing down and holding down the flesh on the hips. "And with the help of heavy bones and steels, also strong straps, the latter fastened to the edges of the corset on either side and then to garter clasped below the knee, it is marvelous what sylphlike results are obtained. The straps, as may be imagined, are the least comfortable part of the apparatus; nevertheless, some women wear four of them, two in front as well as two at the side the better to keep the corset firmly in place. After the figure begins to fall into the new lines the straps are less important. From the waist line up there are also marked changes in the cut of the up-to-date corset designed to mold the new figure. As most people are aware, the models worn during the last year or two have been cut very roomy immediately above the waist line in front. This was to give the effect of a low bust. In fact, a low bust has been perhaps the most distinctive feature of the fashionable figure for more than a year. "Now all that is changed. Fashion commands that the bust shall be high in order to promote the straight line which she has made the keynote of the new figure. Therefore, the corset is now fitted quite smoothly in front to some distance above the waist line, and very closely indeed under the arm. "Necessarily, the bust is much heightened. The corset, too, is cut much higher than it was a few months ago." in Winter Coats lined with white satin, and inside the neck and the front edges there is a band of rich oriental embroidery scalloped out at the edge. The becoming toque with this coat has a flat crown of whit cloth with a wide brim of mink, and the sole trimming is a full white ossprey on the left side. This model looks equally well with a brim in any kind of fur, and it is also made with a crown of velvet. Serviceable coats of rough tweed with reversible linings are quite a feature of the autumn fashions, and most of these have a rough hairy surface. A particularly smart one in gray, with a reverse of mauve, has a collar and turn-back cuffs of the lining, which forms an effective contrast; the cut and style are admirable. ELLEN OSMONDE In Prella, Kansas, there are two John Smiths; one is long and thin, and the other is short and stout. Until lately, they have been very friendly, but now they are foes. It appears that a green-goods letter came to town, addressed to John Smith, and was delivered to the fat John. After reading it, he sent it, to the thin John, with the words "Opened by mistake," written on the envelope. Then the thin John walloped the fat John for the supposed insult. When Frank Buettner, a wealthy contractor, of Cleveland, Ohio, awoke on a recent morning, he missed his false teeth, and naturally inferred that he had swallowed them. He was taken to a hospital, where surgeons made incisions in his stomach, to hunt for the missing molars. Before they had sewed up the incisions, his sister-in-law rushed into the hospital, with the grinders in her hand. She had found them under the bed. Landlady—What portion of the chicken would you like, Mr. Newcomer? Mr. Newcomer—Oh, half of it will be ample, thank you—Tit-Bits. Gentle Reminder. Mr. Staylate—Was that ten or 11 that the clock just struck? Miss Cone (wearly)-Will it make any difference? -Harper's Bazar. ure the spine. Indeed or curve permit of the corset is at not mean, however have come in fashion Trouble in Smith Family Hunt for Missing Molars Easily Satisfied. OPEN-WORK STOCKINGS. New Jersey Cenom Objects to Them and Spirited Bride-to-lie Stops the Wedding. The marriage of Miss Margaret McDermott, of Elizabeth, and Lorence Sheehan, of Newark, N.J., was indefinitely postposed in consequence of the discovery by Sheehan that Miss McDermott wore openwork hosiery. The couple went to the office of Edward Markley, justice of the peace, accompanied by two friends, and said they had come to be married. Justice Markley had taken their names, but had not finished filling out the blank for his official report of the FIED THE DOOSENED LACE wedding, when Miss Margaret placed her foot on & chair and the young woman who accompanied her tied the loosened shoelace. The incident disclosed the fact that she wore openwork hosiery. Someone remarked that a clergyman in Brooklyn had lost his charge because of his opposition to openwork hose. "I think the clergyman's view is night," remarked Sheehan. "I think he hasn't much sense," said Miss McDermott. "I wear openwork hose, and am not ashamed of doing so." "I would much rather my wife would not wear such things," said Sheehan. "I shall wear any kind of hosiery I like," said the young woman. "I would not marry a girl I knew would wear such things. You can choose between me and openwork stockings." "I'll not be dictated to by you or anybody else about what I shall wear." There were further angry words, and Miss McDermott turned, and walked out of the office. A FAIR COMPROMISE. Millionaire Who Was Held Up by Robbers Saved His Money by Offering Them a Note. Old Salt was the wealthiest man of his day and vicinity. The country was new, and near the state's metropolis, especially, highway robberies were of frequent occurrence, says the New York Times. Old Salt took a large drove of cattle to the city and disposed of them at excellent prices. He crammed the large sum of money realized into his pockets, and despite the protests of his friends started for home, on horseback, with the certainty that he must ride through a deep forest for hours, in the dark, if he carried out his purpose of finishing the journey that night. The prophecies of his friends were fulfilled. Robbers stopped him in the A "TLL GIVE YOU MY NOTE." wood, and demanded his money in the conventional manner of the craft. Salt was one of those unfortunates with an imp-imp-imp-ediment in his speech. He stuttered painfully. His fortune now proved his salvation. "T-t-t-t-eLL you the ho-ho-ho-nest t-t-t-truth, b-b-b-oys, I ha'n't g-g-g-o-g a c-c-c-e-n b-b-b-by me, b-b-b-ut I'll g-g-ive you my no-note if it'll d-d-d-do you any goo-goo-goo-good." The rascals must have had a sense of humor, and probably somehow believed that their hold-up told the truth. However it may have been, whatever may have actuated them, they told him to go to sh-sh-sh-eol with his note and allowed him to proceed. Italians of the poorer class are noted for their general good health. This is to some extent attributed to the fact that the working people of Italy eat less meat than those of any other European nation. Grass Sprouts in Man's Eye. A small grass seed which had germinated while in a patient's eye has just been removed by a Japanese oculist. How They Do It. Gossipy Man—The Joneses keep up a very imposing establishment. Grocer—They do that, indeed, and my store's the one that's mostly been imposed on—N. Y. Times. A Hunting and Cottage Preserve by WRIGHT A. PATTERSON HIS country is certainly Yorker, as the party on the shores of Kalamazoo. "Where can a man indo found to-day in our co-rued. "Think of the go- of Georgian bay, then of the magni-lable. I tell you there is nothing to be found over here on Henley lake o- are included in the assertion that the It was a beautiful summer's evi- ings are neither too warm nor too- most brilliant in the world, where a appears with the coming of August tu re incits most beautiful form. I trie t of Canada, and our little par- were camped on the shores of Pitt- tween Georgian bay and the Musk- daily excursions to almost half a lea search for the gamey bass. We we- country as was Yorker, and none it a s, indeed, who could have done so l A Madden's Can Crime Rescue by WRIGHT A. PATTERSON "His country is certainly a part, at least, of Paradise," said Yorker, as the party of us sat around the evening camp fire on the shores of Kah-pee-kog lake in northern Ontario. "Where can a man find so much that is pleasing as we have found to-day in our comparatively short journey," he continued. "Think of the gorgeousness of the green-covered islands of Georgian bay, then of the magnificence of the rocks and trees of Crane lake. I tell you there is nothing to beat that unless it is the beauty to be found over here on Henley lake or in the Muskokas. But all these places are included in the assertion that this country is a part of Paradise." It was a beautiful summer's evening in a land where the summer evenings are neither too warm nor too cold, where the sunsets are among the most brilliant in the world, where the troublesome mosquito entirely disappears with the coming of August, where man may commune with nature incests most beautiful form. In short it was the Muskoka lake district of Canada, and our little party of six, including Frazier, the guide, were camped on the shores of Little Kah-pee-kog that lies half way between Georgian bay and the Muskoka lakes, from which place we made daily excursions to almost half a hundred other lakes in a successful search for the gamey bass. We were all quite as much in love with the country as was Yorker, and none felt inclined to dispute his statements, a s, indeed, who could have done so honestly? There had been a full in the conversation which had lasted for perhaps five minutes, and which was finally broken by Frazer. "Tis kind o' nice country up here just now," he said, "but I seen it once when it appeared even rosier to me than it did to-day, an' yet 'twan't quite such a fine day as this after all, if you go to comparin' weather conditions." "What's the story, Frazier?" I asked, for I knew there was something back of that statement. "Well, this story ain't about fishin' exactly, though I'd been sort of anglin' for what I caught about three years, an' the strike was pretty slow, a comin'. But you bet when it did come I knew it meant, business an' I wasn't slow about gettin' action on the line. "You see it was this way. I had been a sparkin' Sallie--that's my wife--for some three years, and she didn't seem to take any bait. I had to offer. Wasn't cause there was any other hook floating 'round that she liked the looks of better, but she just naturally didn't want to be outached. Guess you've all seen them there kind of fish. Makes as man nigh fightin' mad when he sees 'em just a playing 'round his bait down there in the water an' makin' no effort to nab at it. Just plain aggravatin' of the worst sort, you know. Well, that's just the way Sallie was a doin' with me. Kept a floatin' round all the time, but woulded strike. I tried her with all sorts of' tackle from just the plain homespun love love to the highfalconi love letters I copied out of a paper I took for the purpose, an' I tell you the girl as wouldn't shine up to them love letters was a but shy. They was about the silkest worded things I ever see printed in a paper. "A makin' long tracks towards Gravenhurst. But didn't make no, bit of difference what kind of tackle I used, Sallie wouldn't take a shim to it. I stait out c' the woods a whole winter tryin' to land here. Paid that Gravenhurst livery-keeper as much as four and five dollars a week for sleighs a takin' her ridin'; took in all the church sociables with her; played Sauta Claus at the Christmas tree 'cause she asked me to; sent clear down to Toronto; to get her the very finest valentine they had in that town, just told the feller that was a goin' to buy it that it didn't make no difference about price, an' it cos a mora a $3.00, including postage. But it didn't work, for when valentine night I asked her to marry me, an' it was about the three hundredth time I had asked her, she just said: 'What for!' ridin'; took in all the church socc played Sauta Chaus at the Christmas asked me to; sent clear down to T the very finest valentine they had told the feller that was a goin' to be make no difference about price, an' it including postage. But it didn't entire night I asked her to marry me the three hundredth time I had as said: 'What for!' "Well, a whole winter of that w agin, an' when the next one come to the woods. You know that clea the north end of Crane lake? Well, that winter. Stayed up there from day before Christmas, an' was a pillin up for lost time. "Twas about four o'clock the day that Bill Scott came a mosein' into from Gravenhurst, an' when he seed and said Sallie told him to tell me she had a Christmas present for me Christmas mornin' to claim it. If I goin' to give it to another feller. "I didn't know just what that was a goin' to be, but I wasn't goin' on the other feller gittin' it, what lit out for Gravenhurst right away, no summer's day plein' in these cember, an' they ain' lit up by no night, though the moon was a shin make no sort o' difference to me, an was on a pair o' snowshoes a maki wards Gravenhurst. In the tim five feet high, an' on the lakes the feet the other way with a good pile places where the wind had blowed it can bet, but there was a fish a bitin' hurst, an' I was a goin' down there wise I thought it was a bitin' an' I strike. "Took nigh onto three hours to Walkin' was mighty bad; an' the old the wind a blowin' so I thought it jobs by blowin' the trees all down, easier then gittin' cross the lake, fore I struck Healey at the end of wasn't no great shakes, cause the wi and it had blowed most all the snow Healey up to Kah-pee-kog, but 'waa there now, cause the loggers hasn't out the brush. From the end of the where Moore's cabin is a standin' no made a bee line through the timber about this bein' a Paradise. Say, you night, an' you might a changed your pise you ever heard about, an' that howlin' fit to scarce you out of your Gravenhurst, an' I kept a plowin' right or luck, or somethin' else to keep to through. Say, did any of you ever he never did you don' need to cry over laughin' because you missed it. I be is a heap sight more pleasin' to the ee self in the woods at night. "Well, 'twas about four in the and from there on 'twas better sail the snow, off the ice same as it had eight when I fetched up at Gravenhur of mine. An' say, what do you sup bride. That was the Christmas pres off to the woods Sallie begun to get somer, till when Bill Scott started to longer, an' she just sent along that to see if it would fetch me, an' it d home out there on Lake Joseph now so's I can go back home to 'em, an' 'mas present ten years ago this comin' at the church sociables with her; at the Christmas tree, 'cause she clear down to Toronto to get her entine they had in that town, just was a gain' to buy it that it didn't about price, an' it cost a $3.00. But it didn't work, for when valed her to marry me, an' it was about time I had asked her, she just winter of that was kinder discourse next one come around I went off you know that clearing' up there atane lake? Well, I helped make that up there from September till the was, an' was a pilin' up logs to make your o'clock the day before Christmas. Be a moseyin' into camp. He comed' an' when he seed me he came over him to tell me if he seed me that was present for me if I got around to claim it. If I didn't she was another feller. Just what that Christmas present, but I wasn't goin' to take no chance, gittin' it, whatever it was, an' I must right away. You snow, 'tin' up in these here woods in Dein't lit up by no electric lights at moan was a shinin'. That didn't reference to me, an' in a half hour I knewowshe a makin' long tracks to. In the timber the snow was the lakes the ice was a reaching with a good pile o' snow on top and had blower it off. Wasn't just the rain a fish a bitin' on that line of rain down there to reel it in 'fore it was a bitin', an' I wasn't takin' no more than three hours to, git across old Cory bad; an' the old thermometer was so I thought it would beat the utter trees all down. Gittin' through the 'cross the lake, an' 'twas night onto ey at the end of the portage. Gittin' knees, 'cause the wind was comin' strait all the snow off. I followed tree-koog, but 'twasn't the same sort the loggers had built no dame in the end of the channel I struck a standin' now, but 'twasn't the through the timber for Foote's bay. So paradise. Say, you ought to a been it a changed your nands a little. Twad about, an' that not being enough, you out of your boots. But there a plewin' right through, an' a truth it else to keep the wolves off my way of you ever hear the wolves a how need to cry over what you missed. I missed it. I'll bet the tinkle of old pleain' to the ear, an' especially when night. Out four in the morning when I stit 'twas better sailin', 'cause the wives as it had on Healey. 'Twas up at Gravenhurst, an' begin reel what do you suppose was on the other Christmas present I had come after the little begun to get lonesome, an' she he fell Scott started for the woods she could sent along that message about the fetch me, an' it did. Sallie and the kake Lake Jones now for you fellers to go home to 'om, an' it's the same Salliears ago this coming Christmas." “Well, a whole winter of that was under discouragin', an' when the next one come around I went off to the woods. You know that clearin' up there at the north end of Crane lake? Well, I helped make that winter. Stayed up there from September till the day before Christmas, an' was a gillin' up logs to make up for lost time. “Twas about four o'clock the day before Christmas that Bill Scott came a moseyn' into camp. He comed from Gravenhurst, an' when he seed me he came over and said Sallie told him to tell me if he seed me that she had a Christmas present for me if I got around Christmas mornin' to claim it. If I didn't she was a goin' to give it to another feller. “I didn't know just what that Christmas present was a goin' to be, but I wasn't goin' to take no chance on the other feller giten' it, whatever it was, an' I lit out for Gravenhurst right away. You snow'tain' no summer's day picnic up in these here woods in December, an' they ain' lit up by no electric lights at night, though the moon was a shinin'. That didn't make no sort o' difference to me, an' in a half hour I was on a pair o' snowshoes a makin' long tracks to wards Gravenhurst. In the timber the snow was piled up 'bout five feet high, an 'an' the lakes the ice was a reachin' down 'bout five feet the other way with a good pile o' snow on top o' that, 'cerr, in places where the wind had blowed it off. Wasn't just the best walkin', you can bet, but there was a fish a bitin' on that line of mine down to gravenhurst, an' I was a goin' down there to reeil it in 'fore it got away. Leastwise I thought it was a bitin', an' I wasn't takin' no chances on losin' a strike. "Took nigh onto three hours to git across old Crane that night. Walkin' was mighty bad; an' the old thermometer was clear froze up, and the wind a blowin' so I thought it would beat the cutters all out o' their jobs by blowin' the trees all down. Gittin' through the woods wasn't no easier than gittin' cross the lake, an' twasn' night onto eight o'clock before I struck Healey at the end of the portage. Gittin' cross Healey wasn't no great shakes, cause the wind was comin' straight from the west, and it had blowed most all the snow off. I followed the channel from Healey up to Kah-pee-kog, but 'wasn't the same sort o' channel that's there now, cause the loggers hadn't built no dam in the creek an' cleared out the brush. From the end of the channel I struck straight down to where Moore's cabin is a standin' now, but 'wasn't there than, an' then I made a bee line through the timber for Foote's bay. Say, you fellers talk about this bein' a Paradise. Say, you ought to a been in that timber that night, an' you might a changed your minds a little. 'Twas the coldest Paradise you ever heard about, an' that not being enough, the wolves was a howlin' fit to scare you out of your boots. But there was that nibble at Gravenhurst, an' I kept a plowin' right through, an' a trustin' to Providence, or luck, or somethin' else to keep the wolves off my track 'til I got through. Say, did any of you ever hear the wolves a howlin'? Well if you never did you don' need to cry over what you missed. Better do a little laughin' cause you missed it. I'll bet the tinkle of old Santa Claus' bells is a heap sight more pleasin' to the ear, an' especially when you're by yourself in the woods at night. "Well, 'twas about four in the morning when I struck Lake Joseph, and from there on 'twas better sailin', 'cause the wind had blowed most the snow, off the ice same as it had on Healey. 'Twas only a little after eight when I fetched up at Gravenhurst, an' begin reelin' in on that line of mine. An' say, what do you suppose was on the other end of it? A bride. That was the Christmas present I had come after. After I went off to the woods Sallie begin to get lonesome, an' she kept a gittin' lonesomer, till when Bill Scott started for the woods she couldn't stand it no longer, an' she just sent along that message about the Christmas present, to see if it would fetch me, an' it did. Sallie and the kids is a waitin' at home out there on Lake Joseph now for you fellers to git through a fishin', so's I can go back home to 'em, an' it's the same Sallie I got for a Christmas present ten years ago this coming Christmas." Prolonging the Agony. Gagger—How did you like my vaude-ville turn last night? Crittick—Well, I didn't think you took proper advantage of your opportunities. Gagger—You didn't think so, eh? Crittick—No, you had several opportunities to get off the stage much sooner than you did.—Philadelphia Press. Courageous by Proxy. Employer—Well, what did he say when you called for that money? Clerk—That he would break every bone in my body and throw me out of the window if I showed my face there again. Employer—Then go back at once and tell him he can't frighten me with his violence.—Tit-Bits. VIRG T A makin' long tracks towards Gravenhurst. long tracks to- her the snow was piled up 'bout rice was a reachin' down 'bout five o' snow an top o' that, 'ceps in off. Wasn't just the best walkin', you not that line of mine down to draven- o reel it in 'fore it got away. Least- wasn't takin' no chances on losin' a git across old Crane that night, thermometer was clear froze up, and could beat the cutters all out o' their Gittin' through the woods wasn't no min' twas night onto eight clock be- the portage. Gittin' cross Healey had comin' straight from the west, off. I followed the channel from n't the same sort o' channel that's built no dame in the creek an' cleared channel I struck straight down to but, but 'twas not there than, an' then I Iose Foose's bay. Say, you fellers talk tought to a been in that timber that sends a little. 'Twas the coldest Paran- not being enough, the wolves was the boots. But there was that nibble at through, an' a trustin' to Providence, the wolves off my track 'till I got at the wolves a howlin'? Well, if you what you missed. Better do a little at the tinkle of old Santa Claus' bells er, an' especially when you've by your- morning when I struck Lake Joseph, a' cause the wind had blowed most on Healey. 'Twas only a little after est, an' begin reelin' in on that line rose was on the other end of it? A Ient I had come after. After I want tonesome, an' she kept a gittin' louer- er the woods she couldn't stand it no message about the Christmas present, al. Sallie and the kids is a waitin' at or you fellers to git through a fishin', 's the same Sallie I got for a Chri- tag Christmas." Courageous by Proxy. Employer-Well, what did he say when you called for that money? Clerk-That he would break every bone in my body and throw me out of the window if I showed my face there again. Employer-Then go back at once and tell him he can't frighten me with his violence.-Tit-Bits. I followed the channel from Heale up to Kahpeekog. ```markdown ``` Is it That k or Lifet? It is often said, no the shame of contestants for certain n forms of truth, that they are more anxious for "the truth" than they are for real true living. In which case the truth is always harmed. No man can contend for the truth, with victories for it, who wages are unuly battle; who loses the spirit of Christ; who fights for an interpretation of the Book with weapons that are un-Christlike. We shall earnestly contend for the truth; but the truth is nothing if it is not embodied in the life of the contending warrior. He who would fight battles for truth must have the spirit of Him who was the truth; and his weapons were not carnal, his speech was not bitter; on the contrary, he was wiser ameness incarnate. If one had to choose between a crooked life weeded to clear opinions of truth, and a pure life holding some mistaken opinions of truth, there would be no difficulty in the choice. The old version of 7 the New Testament makes Paul say some strong things against thou se who "hold the truth in unrightened issness." The truth always suffers when life and truth are not synonymous—Baptist Union. Ant-Mati le Easy: Mrs. Sweethead — I hear you are studying art. Do you find it interesting? Mrs. Wellington — Delightfully so. I've found a perfectly splendid book on the subjean. It tells just what pictures one ought to admire and why. I find it such a help when I visit the art galleries — Chicago American. Color. Examiner—(reading from list of printed questions)—What were the so-called blue laws? Applicants (for civil office)—I guess they were the laws that was passed for making the milk pure. Exa miner—There isn't any answer here, but I think that's right—Chicago Tribune. "What's the trouble?" "Well, I started smoking to show my boys what a miserable habit it is and how it hangs onto its victim." "Yes." "And now I'm trying to show them wha at an easy thing it is to quit."—Baltimore News. In the Course of Time. I'm going to be a millionaire; My money, I shall hoard it. I'll be a great reformer then. Because I can afford it. —Washington Star. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. "I am worried, about my income." "You shouldn't let a little think like that worry you."—Louisville Courier- Journal. The average number of criminals is 38 to be 1,900, among bachelors, among-married men, the ratio is only 18 per 1,000. SYDNOR AND HUNDLEY, LEADERS IN Quallty Furniture PARLOR SUITS. We have some twenty-five or thirty suits bought, most of which will be in stock in a few days. "Don't do a thing" until you see this line. MORRIS CHAIRS. This always popular chair of rest will be in as much demand this fall as ever. Part of our stock has already arrived and $10 values vie with $15 values of a year ago. Call, see our stock of Bad Room Furniture and save time and money. Passenger elevator. Sydnor & Hundley, 709-11-13 E. Broad St. RIPANS There is scarce any conditions of ill-health that is not benefited by the occasional use of a R-I-P-A-N-S Tables. For sale by Druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. (RE RH UGE TE Et Ete ‘ : : os oe : ot ye, \ YELLOW Wi 4 Ty Th os 2 PA Nina #* Ase =S i A THRIELING STORY. S34 fi = OF THE BOXERS 3 fe ET ' iN_CHINA. Psi Ne : SCART. Rent eee oo ee SHhReRS Ss VS ws © CHAPTER: XXVIIL | have wearehed tonm<nough for you, but , been removed to a separate cell, and J “knew nat how our captors were trent- ing him. The monotony of my exist dence wasibroken oulyiby the dally visit ‘of my) Jailer, who brought mr foot aad water with unfailing regularity ‘Dut who never uttered a word. tu- + deed, even if I could have spoken Chi nese, T'should have been Just as uuhap- pily clreumstanced, for the man who ‘waited upon me, umfortpnate wnateb, «was tongueless. It being quite impossthie for me, sit uated as Taras, to tell:aight from day, 11 reckoned, having -naxother way df theckoning, that my Jailer paid me a morning visit, and im this way I kept vount of the time far some three or sfour weeks. Then my figures got mud- dled, and incthe end J @bandoned my endeavors. ‘With the spirit low, the physical frame exhausted and ‘hepe gone,“ what was there for me but 10 fink Into nothingness and; pass away? And fecling thus I gradually fell inte sueh a comatese state that even Kung and his intemtions no longer plagueé me. It mattered nothing what came Only if he did: not move seon I knew that he would.come too late. ‘Then, after, Jong watting, another Sceue was enacted in the drama. One day, long. long after tho punish- ment of Ah~¥on, the lights flashed yonce more in my cell, men ran to and fro,-and to my_ joy and amazement Tim was presently led in. He was still upright and carried bis Lead as a man ‘who is ready to face any fate, but he was very thin asd haggard, and in spite .ot his bearing there was the Weariness of death in his face. He steod stock still as he saw me sand then took a step forward, peering «closely. “It's Davie?” he gasped. “Yes.” “Thank <Goa!” He satl no more,-mnd really:sthere was nothing more to:be said. Know- fing him as I did and the occasional cynic frame of his apind, I was gure ‘the thought would obtrude itself, Was there so mush to thaak God for? ‘The condemned criminal, ashe stands upon the fatal trapdoor, ax hesfeels the noose nestling round his throst, might have as much cause to thank God that he dx not already dead. Thereiis not always hope while there is life. He was trices. up as before, while my chain was shortened, thus com:pelling me to stand uptight, and fer some min- utes 1 was filled with conjecture as to what would heppes next. Kung's chair was vacant, but ready to receive him, and presently he appeared in com- pany with Koons! and angther. He greeted me with a.smile, which I have ‘@ dim recollection of returning with a stolid stare signifying nothing. Koon- Si grinneé as usual, ‘The other China man, who wore a.sieh silk robe, kept an Impassive face. From Keng and the carpenter my glance went to this individual and there rested. For thee was something horribly familiar about is face, and I cudgeled my brains as § had not done for weeks, But whether my sight had grown dim or my Intelligence dull I know not; this I know, a mist seemed to riso between me and this man through which I vainly trove to see. “Behold our visitors,” eid Kung. “As I have said, I know not thelr names, but perhaps my brother has met them before?” The stranger came close te me and peered into my face, and I drew back ‘with a shudder. It was the yellow man with the strange eyes, Wooching. “You see,” said he, turning to Kung and speaking in Englisu, “he recog: ‘sizes me. Well met, Mr. Kingston.” “Kingston ?” crled Kung, bounding to his feet. “Aye, Mr. Davie Kingston, son of Captain Kingston, who sailed away with the writing of Kung. This other is his uncle, Mr. Davie. This is an un- expected pleasure, gentlemen. Be- Lieve me, after the adrolt manner in which you outwitted me in London I had no hopes of meeting you on the ts- land of Ching-hi. At a later period, if you have time, I should like you to tell me how you did it, for, believe me, your getting away was 4 severe blow to our prestige. We believed that we need only play with you until we wish- ed to strike. In your England one has to be extremely circumspect. Here it is different. It was good of you to come, for It relieves me of a great anx- fety, ax I shall now be able to devote myself to the pursuit of peace. Gen- tlemen, I give you welcome to China.” I could only look at him with burn- ing, wondering eyes, my brain with a confused motion hurriedly retracing the past, but Jim spoke, and despite the treatment to which he had been subjected his voice was clear and firm. “Why do you talk?” he said. “We Tecognize that the game Is up. We played the fool and must pay for our folly, We were not afraid to come Lither. We are not afraid to go hence.” “Bravely spoken,” answered Woo- ching. “It is inexpressibly pleasing to know that our guests are men of suel undaunted courage. I would I bad met you earlier.” “It is not my fault.” said Jim. “J Ne nt en SO ERAT. “1 think don .woong: me somewhat and de not rightly consider all the eir- | cumstances. Why.are you here? You do nat answer. :Iyevill tel! you. To kilt Kung-aod:me. Why? Because, throng our.agency. your sister ant her thusbansl met: thelr denth. \-It te | very uutural. "T have no: fault to find | But consider:amy case. My father war betrayed to death, and I pursued the betrsyor. Whet isonetural.in one in: stance cannot sbe;unnatural. im, anoth- er” ‘The cithanesseot: this: man; che calm: sess ef them all, wasamazing. It was Fvery odd Ao think that: this individual da the sille robe, who-condescemled to argue so puilitely.with kis enems, was }ahe man with the strange eyes who shed walked cup ceur garden, path that aweful day wt Windsor,.who hadafilled my life with :asterror which .wMi al- ‘ways be a partiof-me. \Wooching, the implacable yellow man, the subject ct so, many fears, se many dreams. I could scarcely realize, though standing face to face with him, that this.palite Utale gentleman was, the Oeud.who had wrought such horror to me and imine. Tasges Ike one confounded, amazed, ‘and, strange as itimay seem; bis dread: fulpresence nov awakened in mom feeling more of entiosity than of ter- ror, ,eren though J tknew that death out of his eyes was ctaringame in. the face. Assdim dil not amswer Wooching turned to Keng with a smile. And sll It-waa Impossfille to realize that these njwo men, so gulet, so polite, wielded such awful mower. ‘The im: passive Kung, with the thin, curling Ups, the, meaning smile. Was it,posst- ble that this could be ithe man who (rilled acrime im China and had it exe Cutnd in-a country town In Engknd? Ther was no sign of power, nothing to Impness.pne, as st were, and yet shis grip was as sure as death itself. “I fear our illustrious guests realsae the farce of my argument.” sald Weo- ching. “Well, it is an exeellent thing to have a.good understanding, and tl hope it willenable them te bear phito sophicatly some of the surprises whic} the society has in store for them.” He went back to his position by the! chair, and then Kung rose siowly and came to me. ‘Kor @ time he stared me closely in the face, as though be would devour every feature. His little black eyes, at frst cold and Insulpeable, be- gan to glow, anrpresently (ey _gleam- ed like fire. “It is a long time ago,” he sald, “and aI cannot trace ajfeature. Yet you do not deny that yonzere the son of Cap- tain Kingston?" “1 do not deny It" "You are not wise. A serpent breeds serpents, and as they,are dangerous we kW them.” “Bis lips writhed, ibis eyes gleamed. ‘Fhe memory of my father stirred all that was black and evicked in this mattis nature. He was no longer the Impassive yellow man, Dut a seething caldren of wrath whieh, I feared, would presently bubbleover. “So,” he continued, “you are the son of that dog, that wretched traitor wha! detrayed his friends, thet miserable creature who thought he could pit bis fool's wits against mine? ‘The dog! But he perished, as all perish who would descroy me. Our friendship is sacred, ovr hate is death. For your father's crime I swore that Twould ex- terminate ‘bis brood, and with you will o the Inst dog and son of a dog!" end with his long, yellow fingers he struck me fiercely ecross the eyes and then sputt in my face. “Fools,” he swent on, “to think that you could grapple with me and hope to win—to win where the emperor bimself has failed. Kung, the boat builder, is in Ching-hi today; tomorrow where? But wherever he goes the sign rallies the faithful round him. You have seen it once, twice maybe? You shall eee it again, and you shall feel it, too, before you go hence.” He flew from the ebamber, shouting something in Chinese, and the others quickly followed him, extinguishing the lights as they went. But Jim this time was left to keep me company, and I had no doubt that the last order of Kung had been to this effect. What was the meaning of {t 1 could not guess, but I wes glad of the compan- fonship. It was some consolation to hear even the rattle of Jim's chains. For some time we did not speak at all. Under such conditions there was nothing left for us Dut to deplore our fate, and as Jim was one not much given to railing at misfortune we spoke Dut little, We knew that the end was not far off, and my prayer was for a speedy death. 1 did not want to die, but I had grown go accustomed to the thought of death that Insensibly 1 had robbed it of some of its terror. What I feared was the torture, the threat of Kung foreshadowing some such horr!- ble fate. 1 knew something of Chinese tortures, and ere I was subjected to them T prayed devoutly that God would strike me dead. For a long time we were left in peace—perhaps an hour, perhaps three. I no longer attempted accurately to thn ho ce aoe ee ante Ri Ch IMO. SAND RE (4 Nn YIRG dad grown very unex y andi that t sharp teeth of the caller wereceati deeper and deeper Inte myrmeck. iE! gan to imagine all sorts .6f™horri! things, when suddenty the door-epen! S o- ES I bef AOAN ft M4 NA A de U er AVN lit [i : gps e~ “SAS The stranger came <lsae to measth peered into my face. nolselessly and a man bearimg a: bra- zier entered the cell. That it was the same man I had seem enter before.and that he bore the same brazier T had-no doubt, but as the chamber, suventhere the fire stole out fram the holes. in. the brazier, was in complete darkness I could nut see his face. Hoavever, it mattered nothing. I knew whyiheshad come. Presentiy the wretch squattet! before the infernal instrument and began os- tentationsly to turn the irans, -and when he thought they were sufficient}y heated he withdrew them fromithe fire and held them toward us through the gloom. And once more I saw the fatal sign, but this time red hot, and already AL felt it on my forehead. But our-time was not yet-come, for the man return. ved the Irons:co the fire and then, ikea ‘shadow, stole softly to the door. With eager eyes I watched him dis- appear In the gloom, and presently ‘came the sound of the door being shut, ‘ut of a sud@en, mingling with ft, waa ‘nother sound and one which puzzled me considerebly. Like a sob it seem- eG, a groan almost. Then the stilmess of death followed, and my eyes wan- ‘dered back to the glowing brazier ‘which wrought strange lights and shatdows in thevdarkness, ut my oars were listening at.the door. “What was that?” whispesed Jim “Fleayen knows.” But after waiting for a few moments longer another shadow slipped through the durkness and,came toward us. At first I thought it:was the wretch re turned again, but suddenly a voice ‘came to us through the gloom: “ANU. You belong there?” It wae Ah Yon. CHAPTRR X XTX. Pe SS Sun AND BAe AED A PaOpA, I almost shrieketh aloud with joy. Why? a, moment's eflection gave me pause. ‘Truly it was Ah Yon, but for ‘What purpose? He hed been false to } Rung onee, and kig.;punishment was such that ke was little likely to atfend egein. Yat his wnexpected advent, coming at the psychologice! moment. was answerable for my,great revuleion of feeling. ‘Kes, Ab won,” saideJim, “we are here. What for you males come?” ‘“Makee set: flee,” replied the China. manexcitedix. “No ‘ave time to lowe. In :8, 20 minute Kang, Wooching. come, makeq wee play. After pelhape you belong dead men. “No cam tell Some time makee more tolfure. Some- ithme KDL Kung: no ‘ave lave for you. Wooching welly cluel also. My ‘ave come makee look, see.” “You think we ihave a chance?” “No cam tell. Relhaps. Supposee no exe got-chance, my no belyng come. My t'ink fave chance supposes you be- Yong blayewan.” “Try us," said Sten. As he spake You.kept hopping from me ao Jim,testing qpr chains and jab- bering excitedly to bimself. ‘Shen he selze@ the beazier avd, using it 2s a light, investigated our bonds still more closely. A grpnt of eatisfaction ezcap. ed him, ant..depositing the bragler on the floor, he set to work upon my ghain and in a wery.short space of time had wrenched it ‘from its fastening i the wall. For though it wes no dificult feat for a free man to, escomplish-ghe chain was so arranged thet the person whom it eamfined was utierly power- less to loosen it. -Avd then tf by chanee he did succeed in feceing himself trop the wall he was still.held captive in the cell. ' Jim's release followed quickly, and after a silent handshake with me he turned to Yon. “I thought you would be sorry, Yon,” he said, patting that worthy .on the shoulder. “Get us out af this,-and you shall live in luxury all the days of your lite.” “No wantee luxuly,” eai¢ Yon. “My bleast makee buln, buln—you sebee? ‘My wantee levenge. Kung too muchee cluel, too muchee no good. He makee tolture, I makee tolture. Can do. My ‘elpee you, you 'elpee me.” “It's a bargain, Yon.” ‘Though we were free of the wall, we were by no means rid of the collar and chain, nor could we loosen them, though we wasted a full five roinutes in attempting to do so. The eollars were locked and so ingeniously that without the key a-hammer and chisel would be necessary to force them. However, we wound the chaine round ur bodies, fastening them to the ends of our loose blouses. I found mine a cumbersome appendage to carry, but 1 could have borne it gladly and lightly had it been ten times its welght. Yon next handed us each a knife, ac- companying the gift with these words, “Be welly caleful and don’t be aflaid to use Jt.” ‘Then whispering for us to follow him he took up the brazier and led the way from the chamber. Out- side the door I stumbled over some- thing and might have fallen had not Jim caught me. Yon turned round and lowered the light, and I saw a man ly- ing in a pool of blood, and 1 recognized him as the wretch who had muteiy taunted me with the trons. ‘The pres- ence of this boy accounted for the nolse which we had heard previous to You's entrance, “'Im poor dumb bjnte,” muttered Yon. “No can makee cly. ‘Im gloan welly small. Solly, but "im makee top- side now. No more tlouble,” | (‘On we stile quietly along asnatrow {gaved paxaage whieh. extended for, about & Gozen spacesewind which ded abruptly lm a fightzef steps. These | Yon mounted, thesitaring Just a imo- ament te Tisten. “Welfollowed etre: in his footsteps, Thewext, [ bringer up. ‘the rear. In thisumamer we vers rap- ity reached « thigher level, and then ‘wwe paused once more.” Yon drew Tose. » “Makee: welly:calafet step.” heawhis- “cpered. “You “uldeeane, cap'n. Your ‘fiend ‘cbdee you. \Mekee Knife Senay. | Ne can teil” ). We did as weaveré:pilitden andta'ovr s bare feet xtilewtomg!tirouch the dark, for at thix point Yor had droppet the Ibrazier. Fortumitelysne knew his way. and after sereepluseen for: some tile dime we ame toe further Ligat of steps which, te my yioy, L saw =e bathed with Iki. ‘Ddleed as xoom as| we had reached dhesttep of them we! wen enabled (throutis. a great funnel APL were, toseaerthost y “Ne are itn ithe panda ys. where Bim. Ab Yonmodded. ' Rot how to gat.out? So:tar-we had J ween fortunate in.eluding the vigitance : €.any one who ‘hail! been left to guard tbat strange ‘subterganean.. prison or h mbitation, hut we were mot et. out- ‘s} ele,cand even supposing that we. were we were still on Kuug’s Islatd. and m never less in ithe power of him and bis t-ereatures, I docked up.and aromuti, but could see ho way out of the difficulty. The-walls Tost heer to the dilapidated top, and even ‘the first window was 20° feet above ms. There was no door that I could see, Dutm sinill;paxsnee eaeom to our right, ané when Jin, painted to- ward, title Yon moddeul. “The enly way,” he-sakl. "tmakee thJough _Kung’é loam. «Come. «Look, see! Pelhaps Kung mo there.” ‘We-ergpt on.ps silently as before in the samevorder and presestly, perceived je light.ebaning throughsa-crevice. Yon slackened,and we instinctively follow- ed his exagpple. 1 wandered: what was seonring mext. AS We approached there -was;a-sud- aden clattenas of bolts withdcawnand wpresently ‘the door swung: qpen. Then o®, man’s voice was heard hurriedly Speaking, and shortly after its.owner stgeared Jnythe doorway, :but sheswas. Ike a shadow in the indistinct light, amé I failed mtterly to identify: him. ‘he voice ‘within next axid.sometbing, to. which the .person tn the doorway answered politely, as a servant -wonld to. ais master; then, cloging the deor fofug ater tiny be came toward us. We. squeemd back agaimst che wall, and.beld our breath, .and the manca- tually; passed within a foot.ofwne. “As his figure disappeared at the euil.oftin> passage Ah Ton glided swiftly after him, and we waited in the foreible ex- pectatsen of fearing another death groan. But, mueb to my relief, our oworthy :friend himself returned. amd hsvhispering to Jim;and me as he ppass- ed, “Makee leady supposee my makes! -eell,” he ¢lipped dram us and went to- ward thesdoor. Pushing it opem gen- tly, he diseppeared «within. What. wes happentug now it weuld he impossible to say, and Jin and J sheank stilt closer én;against the wall, aué listened intently. Jt was a terrible ordeal that.qaiting tlre in the dark, expecting we knew nat what. and to me ithe seconds, fraugint with horror as they were, erept onwee! with heavy feet. But presently the, stillness wae startled by a ery, 2 gromm, a sort of sti- fled sirick,. aig! I felt ewery nerve of me tingle with appremenson. For a Uttle qpace we stood srmesolute, and then Jim, calling to me, “ome along, Davie.” rushed forward. fi his heels. Pushing: open the door, we entered, and in the faraorner of a low, tong ehamber which was lightedsby a soll- tary lump 1 saw:the figure pf a man stooping aver something whiqh lay up- on the floa:. Rushing forward, I rec- oguized im the maz our servact Yon, but he was.so (ment upon the thing beneath his (thet be never raised his head at our approach. “Yon, You." cried Sim, “what have you gone?” “Lak see, @epin.” was the gigating reply. He rose.as:he spoke, and f saw that his long anife was smeared with @ substance themame.of-which I guess- €d only too well. The thing benexth bine was a man, but the face was so trancfigured with blood that at the Gest glance I failed;to Tecognize It. A seeon(l, :howvever, dresz from me the one ward, “Kung!” “Yes,” seid Ab Yen, and in his ex, ‘eltement he grinned with a fr : ‘which was perfectly idiotic; “this be- long Kung.” “He ts dead?” | _ “Makee look see,” and he touched. sthe body contemptuousiy with suis bare ‘toes. “My makee one—two—thinst. He fell. Good. Kung makae no more tol- ture. He no more tleatse poor plecee: ‘Chinaman alee samee dog. Bab!" And again he spurned the body and degan to zail at it in his native tengua “My makee mark, you see. Kang makee plenty mark once. He makee no more mark.” As he spoke he polmted with? UD ides. Eng" il. Lyf ae | i CN SH NS a) sheinpchagyt ety Be oP wa ove that this was really tho end of hin ee ee awbovbad been tome a living night. mare. “Kill Kupg.” my father bad sald. It wasall verystrange. “And now,” said Jim, “what ts the ~next:move?” “My ‘ave worked «many day.” said sYou. “*Ave got boat. Must lun down “the Iver.” “And Wooching?* asked Jim. “SNo can telly no-ean stop. Pelbaps ; Wooebing ne likee follow now Kung gone.” He went tothe door which led to the passage and locked tt carefully Good.” be muttered. “Makee that eon fellow stay/bebind a little lon- er “And these things?" said Jim, touch- fing tix cham «You tooked round. then suddenly ran to'the body of Kung and bean to search tt [a moment or two be drew from one of the spockets a bunch of keys PTMY Chek “ave got ‘ere. be said. Wh Otted The locks. anit presently we were The “Now.” said Yon. “you makee follow me. Supposse man ay, ‘Stop! you Sabbee whst to do. Rot no t'ink dan- ger now.” AWe passed) from the room, leaving ‘Kung stretebed upon ithe floor, the fa. tal sign which be had so often used stamped indelibly. upon his forehead. Closing the doer :belind us and duly locking It, we entered another chamber and once more saw the light of day struggling te pierce through an ill de- fined window. Yon immediately went to the doorinnd, opening it, peered out. “All clear.” he said. “Caine.” ‘We needed no second bidding. Pass- ing through the door, we found our selves in a little gardon, which we tray- ersexd with all speed. Yon made for a chump of trees some 200 yards away, and notwithstanding our ewfeebled con- ditien 1 think we cleared that open Space in fairly good thne. Entering the shelter, we stopped to breathe, and I turned back to look at the place witich bad been our prison and. which but for ¥en would have been our grave. ‘The pagode, old, ditepidated, stood on. the brow of a considerable emi- nenoe, and the cottage from which we had escaped, an abode of the poorest description, sestled In an indentation some 50 or 69 yards from the base of the pagoda. One would never assocl- ate the two, and as these old pagodas are ssually Incrusted with reverential Superstition it is highly probable that any. ene alighting on Ching-hi would keep. a respectiul distance from the } venerable structure. In this way Kung could surely comnt on Immunity from prying eyes. Yon gave us a eespite of a moment or two and then fed us onward through the trees. His face was now ghastly in its paleness, and notwithstanding a brooding determination of the brows his jaws clattered nervously tegether. He seemed fully to realize whatshe had done, and a terror over which be had no control took porsession of him. But he led us on quickly, surely, «nd I cknew that his anxiety to get away rom the island would insure us as far #s lay within bis power a quick spd a safe retreat. Presently from @ ;thick clump of shrubs we emerged upon the river, and vanfew paces farther om, bidden among ssome tall rashes, was.a sampan. .Ah Men pointed excitedly to It. ‘Good sampan, good boat, plenty glub. Make lun down-the liver all I. Makee Shanghal side thlee—four day.” (He unmoored the boat,and drew i alongside the dank. Jim looked at aim, aut me.and thew back in the direetion of ithe pagoda. “And Wooching?” he said. | I began to be apprehensive and look- eft him inquiringjy in the faee. “Well?” L asked. “Ele is.etill alive.” _ “Woocking no «makee tlouble now Kamg go.” said Yen. “Kung be belong topeide man.” _ Come, Jim,” I sail. “I am astisfied. Let ws thank God if-we can get away. It would be madness further te tempt Providence.” He sesitated for a moment, but.tor a moment only. Then he sald, “Get in.” I needed no second bidding. He fol- lowed, and Yon, pushing the boat out into the atream, leaped aboard. ‘Ther with all haste we got out the oars and pulled for the opposite bawk, Yon rega- lating the great steering scall aft. Slowly and without mishap we drop- ped down past the island, and ere tong a bend In the river fild even the pagoda from view. 1 breathed a silent prayer. CHAPTER NXX. THE LAST OF THE TELLOW MAN. +Of that voyage down the great river I tave nothing startling to relate. Of course there were many alarms, for we feared greatly that Wooching or some other member of the diabolical associa- tion would give chase, but fortunately such «iid not transpire, and except for the imconventence of such a method of traveling we encountered nothing which duipn Uy we were not able to sur- mount. Mucy an anxious glance was cast back aivug the river, and any junk that overtook us we regarded with the utmost distrust and could scarcely real- ize when it passed without molesting us that it contained no enemy. What ‘was happening away back in the pago- da it would be bard to say. But Kung was dead—Kung, the all powerful and implacable enemy. This, too, seemed @ thing which it was scarcely possible to realize. Hour attcr hour as the boat sped swiftly down the great river 1 sat and thought of what bad been, of the terror that had so long hung over me. And it was ended. Was it? We were still in China, and but half of our work was complete. “Wooching must die. You must kill Kung.” So my father had written long ago. Well. Kung was gone—gone the way 07 all oppressors, smitten by the creature be despised. All powerful and skilled in the reading of men, he bad yet failed to read aright ‘the heart of Yon, because forsooth a servant like Yon was to be beaten for |disobcdience and then forgotten. Yon's regaining of grace was told in a few words. After his branding, thongh his heart was full of revenge, he feigned repentance. and Kung, care- less in bis might, forzot that a cools may haye a soul So in time Yoo was ‘permitted once more to be of use. Thea be ThoMebt oF me ane tow we angle fea Tor wae his ey vensce Well Kung was gone out ae tea | fetant wae Sti aT hence amd gotwitth stamting Yous vetiet that Waoching would Het us nest wats denntfuL Know the peetiaeity wt that dread fat man Well. se evached Shamstar without bustap and ation Stacie there for iwo Moos took ship for Masizkong, imend mate art way buck ta, Met wit alt disymtet Yom wan 80 any cle ay Tar ae fonzkone. Sltere sor had oon hie xuftlenent remuneration to #? him up for the rest ‘of bis life. Indeed Jim wished to take Lim across the great water, but I suc ceeded in dissuading him of the idea Yon was a most exveilent fellow In a pagoda or on & river, but just a lth too violent for a pwateefad Euzlish home. Though be traveled with ‘ue as ou: Servant. hemevertholons sept forwar with the oter cooly pansion a om the moming of the wscond day ou the captain came to Jine and me in our cabin saying that there bad been a row among the coolies and «bat our servant was serbously injured. Of course our thouglits naturally few to the society. and. begging the skipper to show us ‘the way, we burried forward. Yon was still alive. and that was all that could be said of bim. His eyes ‘were glazed, and I don't think be ree ognize us, but, though it may only have ‘been my fapey, just before he \ | Thelast of the weliow man Wooching. ‘lied Isthought:be turned to Jim and ssmiled. ‘Then the doctor drew a cover. ing-over hi, poor ace. | ‘Dread‘ul row.” sald the doctor. “Sudden quarrel for no apparent rea- son. Koivesamd two dead men.” “Blay ave see the other body?” “Gertainly. Come this way.” For some half dozen steps he led us along the passage, stopping before 1 door .on ithe right, which, extracting a key from bis pocket, he unlocked. I entered wer him, trembling with ex- jeltemant. The body was stretched on @ low bunk still dressed in its cooly otis which here and there were ‘lashed and soddec with blood. A eonrse towel was flung carelessly Meross the face. Upon this being: removed a most bor- rible sizht giescnted itself, for Yon's “knife had struck when and where tt could, bet cut and dead and awful as he was { immediately recognized the features of Wooching. Without speaking :f Jooked at Jim, and he looked et me. “It Js horrible,” I sai@ as we turned away. And that wae the tast of the yellow man Wooching. ee ah Meee waa “Vallis: Many years tuose passed since then, aad the girl of wy heart has long been ithe wife of my bosom. Once more we live as those about as, injuring no one, fecring no one. for, as my father had prophesied, with the «death of Wooching and Kung our persecution ceased, thaygh It was long before I.could bring myself to belleve it, and to this day I ean jnever look upon a yellow fee without a stadder. Jim, 1 am glad to aay. is getting quite rosy again and only now needs & good wife to make him sapremely blessed. But beeschews matrimony with « zeal worthy «f a better cause. And yet he has confessed that a woman like Cecil might tempt him to the direful decd But as there is only one Ceeif I have 90 hope for Jiw. But he always stays with us when he fs at home, asd to my boys he is Uncle Jim, just as he was to me. And some times when aM the house is quiet he and I sit over a glass of whisky and a pipe and talk of the awful days that lave gone, never to return; of Kung, the Society of the Hidden Meaning and of Wooching, the yellow man. THE EXD. Real Thing. ‘The tales that people tell us ‘Of cause our teare to flow, But tt taker the waep to get there With his litle tall of wees Chicago Daily News GREAT EXPRCTATIONS. og CL pes Ma Ores ey AL iS Vay, Zo \\ Wes \ 7 AONE A RY ie ‘ RANG) Wp / { ay 4 I Zs Y “ ah \e in >) ZA Ya Ue First Fair One—It's coming on to rain, dear—we've got no umbrellas. ' Second Fair One—Don't fret-—some are coming.—-Ally Sloper. Mina ec a __ She had defied his authority and he ‘was angry. “Didn't you promise,” he asked, “to love, honor and obey me?" “Oh, yes,” she answered carelessly. “I made that promise, but it was with a mental reservation."—Chicago Post. 3 —_—_——SS wa CORSET MADE TROUBLE. It Separated Man and Wife and Re~ waited Them After Many Hearinches. Hidden away in a drawer filled with che innumerable treasures of her trousseau, Mrs. Robert — Livingston Leckman, the beautiful daughter of Sen. and Mrs, Samuel Thomas, of New York, has a dream of a corset which was the innocent cause of bringing the one shadow into the life of a happy married Brookyin couple. A few years ago Mrs. Beekman, who was then Miss Eleanor Thomas, ‘set out with her maid on a trip to the far west. ‘The pride of her trav- cling wardrobe was a corset made of the richest kina of ‘slik and trimmed Py Meter ant Wh hed Ge 4 i FU NT Ms ny’ Seti ) D with lace. After leaving Cincinnati, Miss Thomas missed the corset and called upon the maid for explanation. ‘The maid said sie was sure she had packed it. Inquiry was made of the hotel people, but it had not been Seen. Miss ‘Thomas always was anxious to solve the mystery of the corset's disappearance, and when her father, Gen. Samuel Thomas, went to Cincinnati a year later she asked him to inquire further at the hotel about it. He did so. ‘The clerk looked dazed for a min- ute and then burst out: “Then you don't know that that corset has seporated a most devoted couple and that a lawyer is now here getting evidence upon which to base @ separation suit.” Gen, Thomas was amazed and eagerly Mstened to the story of the adventures of the missing treasure. When Miss ‘Thomas left her room at the hotel her maid ieft the corset in the wardrobe. The next day a traveling man from Brooklyn occu- pied the room. He was suddenly called away, and left orders with the clerk to have his trunk packed with all his possessions in the room and sent to his Brooklyn home. A por- ter, coming across the corset, packed that, so that when the young wife unpacked the trunk in Brooklyn the first thing that met her eyes was the corset Explanations “didn't go” with the wife. There was a quarrel and she went home to her mother. When Mrs, Beekman learned of this she wrote to the wife, telling who she was and how she had lost the corset. The wife was obdurate, and would net accept an explanation un- til Mrs. Beekman called on her a short time ago and convinced her of her husband's inndtence. | WHY HE WAS THANKFUL. | Peculiar Cane of a Young Man Whe Lost His Right Arm hy a Pre- matare Explosion. “The first serious accident case I ever had,” said an old surgeon to a ‘New York Sun reporter, “was that @f a young man who had lost an ara © |e ~~ saa 4 AN) . ie pif i ‘i (I ee RTA 72 A Hh ii. a ce || / Mtl) fd 4 z q me < a S f er “SUPPOSE I'D LOST MY LEFT?" — —his right arm it was, too—by the Premature explosion of a blast. “Somehow he didn't have himself ‘the downheartedness that you might Feasonably expect of a man who had suffered his loss; but, on the con trary, he was really cheerful over it; and this I didn't understand. And f said to him one day that I thought he was a pretty plucky sort of a man to look at things as he did, consid- ering that it was his right arm, too. ““Why, that,’ he said, ‘is the one redeeming feature of the whole busi« ness. Suppose I'd lost my left? “What?” said I. “Why! said the man, ‘I'm left handed! Where would I’ have been now if Thad lost my left arm? Td been up the stump then, sure enough. “So, to be sure, as between the two, It was lucky tor him to lose his right arm; and still it seemed an odd rea- son for thankfulness.” Siataibae* Sudtawanasa.: save you Carper's Magazine?” asked the railway passenger of the train newsboy. “Yes, sir,” replied the literature Merchant briskly; “will you have the unabridged or ‘the expurgated edi- tion?” “What on earth is the expurgated edition?" “It has all the corset advertise- ments cut out."—Town Topics. Sih chia Ee ee THE PLANET Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL JR., at 811 North 4th Street, Richmond, Va. 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This was a centre shot at the Negro voters, who had been claiming that he made appointments to colored men only in the Southland. Big Fire at Mechanicsburg. Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 14. — The worst fire that has visited this place since 1876 broke out in the Thomas block Monday night and continued for five hours. The entire block, including the plants of the Dally Journal and the Farmers' Friend, and the post office, was completely destroyed. Ald from Harrisburg had to be secured to prevent the further spread of the flames. The total loss is $40,000, and the insurance will amount to but half that amount. Wilcox's Second Trial Begu Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 14.—The second trial of James F. Wilcox for the alleged murder of Nellie Cropsey, his sweetheart, at Elizabeth City, a year ago, began at Hertford, N. C., yesterday. The prisoner was brought into court and a venier of 100 men from which to select a jury drawn and adjournment taken. The selection of the jury began this morning at 10 o'clock and the hearing of evidence will probably not begin before tomorrow. Congressman Tongue Des Washington, Jan. 12.—Representative Thomas H. Tongue, of the first congressional district of Oregon, died suddenly at his residence in this city at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon of heart failure following an attack of dyspepsia. Nine-Year-Old Murderer and Suicide. Carbondale, Ill., Jan. 14—Mrs. Frank Trucker was killed on Monday night by her 9-year-old son while the boy was in a fit of rage. The son then committed suicide. The mother had tried to reason with her son, who was playing with a gun, and who paid no attention to her. She then started to take the weapon away from him. As she approached the boy he drew the gun to his shoulder and killed his mother instantly. He then deliberately shot himself. British Premier III. London, Jan. 13.—Premier Balfour again has been obliged to cancel his public engagement on account of illness. BAER ON FUEL FAMINE Tells Mayor Low Companies Are Doing Utmost to Supply Coal. CAN'T CONTROL INDEPENDENTS President of Reading Says His Companies Will Continue to Sell Coal at Present Prices and Will Protect the Public. New York, Jan. 14. — Mayor Low and representatives of the coal carrying railroads held an hour's conference yesterday to discuss the coal situation in the five boroughs of Greater New York. The railroad presidents present were George F. Baer, of the Reading; F. D. Underwood, of the Erie; Fowler, of the Ontario and Western, and Thomas, of the Lehigh Valley, and S. M. Prevost, of the Pennsylvania Railroad. John B. Markle represented the independent operators. Mr. Baer, explaining the position of the coal roads, said: "Mr. Mayor—I keenly appreciate the anxiety of the public to secure an adequate supply of anthracite coal. I can say, with a clear conscience, that the companies I represent have done and are doing all that it is possible for them to do in relief of the situation. The unfounded assumption that there is a coal combination of which I am the reputed head is daily made by certain newspapers. There is no such combination. I am responsible for the acts of the companies of which I am the president, but I am powerless to control the action of the other companies and of the individual operators. "The companies I represent have steadfastly adhered to the policy of selling coal to the public at reasonable prices. To protect the public I have given notice to every dealer that if he sells any of the coal purchased from our companies at unfair prices (by that I mean at a price in excess of the normal profit which a dealer is entitled to receive) we will arbitrarily refuse to deal with him in the future. Some of the dealers assert that this is arbitrary, and that we have no right to impose such terms. Under ordinary conditions I admit that such action would be arbitrary. If it turns out that under the technical laws of the land the enforcement of such an order will subject us to an action for damages I have nevertheless concluded to take that risk. "Fault has been found with the coal companies because they have failed to compel the individual operators to sell coal at reasonable prices, but so far no one has ventured to tell us how we can do it. It is easy to start out with the false assertion that we have the power, but it is not so easy to show where we get it, or how we can enforce it. The prices at which coal is sold by the operators to the large companies is based on the f. o. b. market price, New York harbor. Some of the operators point to the fact that many others have sold their coal at $8 per ton, whereas the circular price of the larger companies f. o. b. New York is only $5 per ton. Litigation was threatened. The coal company having these contracts was compelled to face this contingency. Should the courts decide that the price at which we sold the coal purchased from the individual operators was not the market price, but that the market price was the highest price at which coal was sold in New York, then there was a possibility of having to pay from $3 to $4 per ton more for this coal than we received. In justice to our stockholders we could not assume any such risk, and no fair-minded man could ask us to do it. "But, without reference to the price at which any one else sells coal, the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company and the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company will continue to sell their coal at the present circular price, and will endeavor (as they have for the past two months) to prevent coal dealers from charging unfair prices on the coal these companies sell to them. "The real cause of the present scarcity of coal and our inability to meet the public demand, lies in the fact that no coal was mined during the summer months, and none was, therefore, stored for use during the winter. We are compelled in the winter months of this year not only to provide the normal output of the winter months, but to overcome the deficit caused by the non-storage of coal in the summer months. "We have dealt fairly with New York in the distribution of our coal. We have tried to keep down the price. Early in the fall, before the strike ended, at the suggestion of Mr. De Forest, I directed the whole output of one of the Temple Iron Company's collieries to be sent to New York in relief of the poor. We have responded to every call to the utmost of our ability. "We cannot ship all of our coal to New York. The whole of raildale and southeastern Pennsylvania, with its large and small cities, and with its multiplied industries, are dependent upon us for fuel. We have done our utmost to get bituminous coal to relieve the situation. What more we can do in relief of your city, Mr. Mayor, we will do. Wherever a practical suggestion of help is made to that we will give a hearty response." It was finally agreed by all the coal men present that they would do their utmost to expedite and increase the supply of coal to all dealers in Greater New York and to co-operate with them in selling anthracite at 10 cents per pail for a 25-pound pail of coal. MITCHELL'S LETTER TO MINERS Union Men Requested to Co-operate to Increase Coal Production Philadelphia, Jan. 13. — President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, last night issued the following circular letter to all local unions in the anthracite districts: "Gentlemen—You are no doubt aware that a serious coal famine exists in all the eastern and seaboard cities, due to the shortage of the anthracite coal sup- ply. The situation has reached an acute stage and has resulted in great suffering and hardship on the poor of the cities, whose earnings are insufficient to enable them to pay the excessive prices now being charged for fuel, and it is subjecting the general public to great inconvenience. "To relieve the situation and alleviate, as far as possible, the suffering now being endured, is the duty of every one connected with the production of coal. With this end in view we are prompted to address this communication to all members of our union and request that they co-operate with the management of the mines in an effort to increase the production of coal. The gravity of the situation is such as to require that every mine worker shall exert himself and use every means at his command to this end. SECRETARY MOODY HURT Leaped From Carriage in a Runaway at Annapolis. LANDED ON FACE ON PAVEMENT Mr. Moody Was Rendered Unconscious, But is Not Dangerously Injured—Salute of 17 Guns Frightened Horses, Which Got Beyond Control. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 13.—Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody was seriously, but not dangerously, injured in the naval academy grounds yesterday by a runaway accident. Accompanied by Senator Hale, chairman of the executive officers of the naval academy. Actual Results ness After One Use of ZOMOD "Upon reading this communication in the columns of the daily papers local unions should hold meetings and devise means whereby the daily output of the mines may be increased. These efforts should be continued until the weather moderates and the great necessity for fuel shall be ceased." Ways and Means Committee Reports Bill to Relieve Fuel Famine Washington, Jan. 14.—Congress is now at work in earnest to relieve the people from the exorbitant prices demanded for coal. Yesterday the ways and means committee, after a conference at the White House with the president, made a favorable report on a bill to refund all duties collected on all kinds of coal for one year from the passage of the bill. The bill was brought into the house today under a special rule, and the senate, it is believed, will act with equal expedition, with the result that the bill should become a law this week. The bill reported provides: "That the secretary of the treasury be and he is hereby authorized and required to make full rebate of duties imposed by law on all coal of every form and description imported into the United States from foreign countries, for the period of one year from and after the passage of this act." Midshipman Pearson's Jaw Broken In Fight With F. G. Blasde. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 12.—As a result of a fight between Midshipman Robert A. Pearson, a member of the fourth class, from Concord, N. H., and Francis G. Blasdel, of New York, the former is in the hospital with a broken jaw and Blasdel is locked up. The affair occurred a week ago, and was the result of Pearson's refusal to be hazed by upper classmen. The upper classmen had been "running" him, and some time ago he is said to have fainted under the ordeal. He was accused of cowardice and was required to fight a third class man. Blasdel was pitted against him, who in the first round broke Pearson's jaw. The latter, however, continued to fight until the fifth round, when a first class man present stopped the contest. It is reported that a first class man was referee, and that seconds were chosen by the men from their respective classes. Blasdell has been placed under arrest, and others connected with the affair will probably be arrested also by the academic authorities, who are determined to punish the guilty parties. JUDGE TAFT TO REMAIN Will Continue Indefinitely As Civil Governor of Philippines. Washington, Jan. 14.—After mature consideration, it has been decided by the president that Judge Taft shall remain in the Philippines as civil governor. The decision was reached only after the president had discussed the Philippine question thoroughly with Secretary Root and the other members of the cabinet, and with Vice Governor Luke E. Wright, who has been in this country for two months. Governor Taft is known, as one high official expressed it, "to be thoroughly wrapped up in his work in the Philippines." Yesterday, in response to the president's letter offering to him the supreme justiceship, a cablegram was received from him suggesting, with a sincere appreciation of the tender made to him by the president, that it might be better for him, in view of all the circumstances, to remain where he was. After this it was announced unofficially, but entirely authoritatively, that Governor Taft would remain indefinitely as civil governor of the Philippines. Many serious problems remain yet to be solved with respect to the islands, and the administration is looking with confidence to Governor Taft to reach such a solution of them as will be satisfactory to the people of this country, to the Filipinos and to the world. BLOCKADE MUST BE RAISED Venezuela's Condition Before Adjusting Allies' Claims. Washington, Jan. 13.—Minister Bowen, before leaving La Guaira Sunday on the Dolphin, dispatched a short cablegram to the state department announcing his departure, but not stating what port he expected to make in the United States. Later advices received here indicate that while Minister Bowen comes as Venezuela's commissioner in negotiations looking to a settlement of the claims of the allies, President Castro has made it a condition that the Blockade shall be raised before Mr. Bowen proceeds with the preparation of the protocol for the peaceful adjustment of the claims. Moreover, it now develops that in this request Venezuela is likely to have the support of Italy, The United States, though not a party to the negotiations, of course will throw the weight of its moral inference on the same side. The Italian government does not desire to crush Venezuela, but simply to procure the repayment of claims. The continuance of the blockade by sapping the very life of the country threatens to make it impossible for Venezuela to pay these claims within any reasonable period of time, so that any judgment rendered against her by private arrangement or by the Hague tribunal would be hollow and almost without results. SECRETARY MOODY HURT Leaped From Carriage in a Runaway at Annapolis. LANDED ON FACE ON PAVEMENT Mr. Moody Was Rendered Unconscious, But is Not Dangerously Injured—Salute of 17 Guns Frightened Horses, Which Got Beyond Control. Annapolis, Md., Jan. 13.—Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody was seriously, but not dangerously, injured in the naval academy grounds yesterday by a runaway accident. Companied by Senator Hale, chairman of the senate naval affairs committee, the secretary came here to inspect the new buildings being erected in the naval academy grounds, being driven from the railroad station in Superintendent Brownson's private carriage. The battalion of cadets were drawn up in line of salute just inside the academy grounds, and as the carriage bearing the secretary, Senator Hale and their escort, Lieutenant Poyer, passed in review a salute of 17 guns belched forth from the guns on the Santee wharf. The restive horses attached to the carriage swerved suddenly and got beyond control of the driver. They dashed down the row, past the line of cadets, the driver meantime making every effort to quiet them. The breaking of the pole of the carriage as the spirited animals dashed down the roadway served to render them more excited. As the maddened animals dashed down the hill towards College Creek the driver, seeking to stop them, suddenly turned their heads into a vacant lot between the two houses. Secretary Moody, who had opened the door of the carriage as the horses dashed over the frozen ground, suddenly leaped to the pavement as the carriage made the turn into the enclosure. He landed on his face on the pavement, and was rendered unconscious by the shock. The battalion of midshipmen had broken ranks without orders as the carriage pased by, and very soon the secretary was lifted by tender hands and carried to the nearby residence of Superintendent Brownson, where he shortly recovered consciousness. Slight cuts and bruises on his forehead, nose and face are thought to be the extent of the secretary's injuries. Nelther Senator Hale nor Lieutenant Poyer were injured, as the horses were brought up against a wall shortly after making the turn into the open lot. CONDUCTORS ASK FOR MORE PAY Men of New York Division of P. & R. Present Grievances. Philadelphia, Jan. 14—Reading Railway employees are not satisfied with the equalization of wages plan decided on by President Baer recently, and yesterday a committee of conductors from the New York division waited on Superintendent Beach at the Reading Terminal and presented a list of grievances, together with a demand for $3.19 per day, to become affective February 1. In presenting this letter the committee gave as reasons the increase of traffic in both passenger and freight service. The demands are for $3.10 per day of 11 hours, with overtime at 30 cents per hour, with overtime to begin when a train is more than 30 minutes behind its schedule time. For freight crews a trip shall be considered complete when the crew reaches the terminal point on the run; all additional work requested or running engines to home round house shall be paid at overtime rates for time consumed. Philadelphia Merchant Murdered Philadelphia Merchant Murdered. Philadelphia, Jan. 12—Edward Powers, a produce merchant, was killed early yesterday morning by an unknown highwayman, who attacked him on the street a few blocks from his home. Powers' body was found at daybreak by a policeman. Powers conducted several stalls in the West Philadelphia markett, and left there about midnight Saturday, with $250 on his person. This money was missing when the body was found. His gold watch and chain had also been taken. The merchant's skull was crushed, evidently by a blunt instrument. Non-Union Man Caused Miners' Arrest Scranton, Pa., Jan. 13—George Bowen, the non-union miner poet, who gave some very dramatic testimony before the mine commission here, winding up with the threat that if his house was ever dynamited he would take the life of President John Mitchell, of the mine workers, yesterday caused the arrest of Samuel Newell and John Powell, union miners. He alleges that they spat upon him and declared that as soon as the mine commissionAJourned they will blom him and house to hades. The men were held in ball to appear at court. Killed By Explosion of Benzine Fumes Newark, N. J., Jan. 14. — Sidney Knight, son of Thomas Knight, proprietor of a japanning factory here, was instantly killed yesterday by an explosion of benzine fumes, which wrecked the building. John Mundrick, a workman in the factory, was fatally injured. The explosion was caused by the premature heating of an oven in which some articles coated with a japanning mixture, of which benzine is a part, had been hung up to dry. Transvaal to Contribute $150,000,000 Transvaal to Contribute $150,000,000. Johannesburg, Jan. 14. — Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and the leaders of the mining community here have arrived at an agreement in the matter of a financial settlement. Under this agreement the Transvaal war contribution will amount to $150,000, 000. A guarantee also will be given for an imperial lean of $150,000,000, which is to be expended in reproductive public works in the Transvaal and in the Orange River Colonel. Btole a Whole Railroad Newark, N. J., Jaa. 13. —George Kincead, of Norlstorm, Pa., is under arrest as a fugitive from justice. He is charged with stealing a railroad in ZOMODONE, THE NEWEST AND MOST RAI HAIR GROWER IN EXISTENCE. Makes the Hair grow with lightning-like rapidity. No waiting for results. ZOMODONE prevents Falling Hair, Grey Hair, Brittle Hair, Carly Hair, Harsh Hair and Scurf. Cures Dandruff, Itch, Tetter, Eczema, and Ring-Worm. No more Heads, Scanty Partings, Splitting Ends, and Bald Temples. ZOMODONE gro. luxuriant, soft, fine, silky Hair. Makes the Hair grow down to and below the line in most every instance in which it is used. ZOMODONE is a direct Hair food, and softens and lengthens the Hair, so that it can be arranged in any style desired. 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Toledo, O., Jan. 13.—James Maher, aged 80, is dying as the result of having been frozen while on a street car yesterday. The aged man was riding in the cars all morning, transferring frequently and not knowing just where he wanted to go. He cannot live more than a few hours, the attending physicians say. Pressing. Cleverton—Well, I must go—have an engagement with a pretty girl. Dashaway—Can't you put it off? "No; it's too pressing." — N. Y. Herald. Stranger Than Fiction "Well, sir, I had a funny experience yesterday." "What was it?" "I went into a downtown restaurant to get my lunch and across the table from me sat two middle-aged, prosperous-looking men. They weren't talking about business or money."—Chicago Record-Herald. Profuse Anologier "See here!" said the hotel clerk, "you'll have to move on. We can't have any loitering around the hall." "Well," replied the offender, "the head-waiter told me to stay here till he came. I'm after a job as waiter." "O! I beg your pardon. I thought you were only a guest."—Philadelphia Press. Benefactor of Mankind. "Hobbs is weak, financially, isn't he?" "Well, he hasn't much to boast of, but he gives employment to a great many men." "Who are they?" "Other fellows' bill collectors."—N. Y. Times. He—I believe you are making a fool of me. She—Why should I? — Somerville Journal. Always Taking Chances. Wango—Why is it these Wall street brokers so often marry actresses? Gowan—They can't resist speculating, I suppose!—Brooklyn Life. Decidedly. "Well, the patient is lucky when there isn't any worse termination."—Fuck. A Feminine Dig. "Mrs. Sniffy is awfully uppish, isn't she?" "Yes, made-uppish." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. His Only Failing: Glady's—He is as bright as a dollar. Ethel—Yes; if he was only as easy to get rid of he'd be all right.—Puck. New Version of Old Story. Arthur—Do you mean to tell me you proposed to that Miss Bloomer? 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Send 25c. in letter and 25c. in stamps. All business strictly confidential, Address all letters to: MRS. DR. WHITE 1917 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, Md. 2 Cont stamp and 25 Cents in money for immediate reply. State in what paper you saw this. V. P. & F. K. of W. HEAVYNET COAL EXPERT CORNERED Admits Company Gets Higher Price at Mines Than in New York. D. & H. CLOSE THEIR CASE Strike Commission Refuses to Hear Evidence On Freight Rates—Erie Company Opens Its Case and Calls Witnesses. Philadelphia, Jan. 14.—Having occupied nearly three days in calling witnesses to testify in opposition to the demands made by the anthracite miners, the Delaware and Hudson Company closed its case before the coal strike commission yesterday afternoon, and the commission's attention was then called to the conditions existing in and about the collieries operated by the Erie Company. This corporation manages the Hillside Coal and Iron Company and the Pennsylvania Coal Company, and its counsel before the commission is Wayne MacVeagh, of Philadelphia, and Major Everett Warren, of Scranton. General Wilson, owing to the illness of Judge Gray, again acted as chairman of the commission, and was several times called upon to intervene in the personal titls between opposing counsel over the admission of certain evidence. One of the principal witnesses called before the commission yesterday was Thomas F. Torrey, general coal sales agent of the Delaware and Hudson Company at New York, who testified that the company he represents is deriving no benefit from the present abnormal price which the public is paying for its fuel. Mr. Torrey claimed that in the absence of certain papers relating to the business he was unable to give the commission all the information it desired regarding coal prices. The commission would not hear any evidence relating to freight rates, on the ground that its jurisdiction did not cover that phase of the coal industry. Mr. Torrey explained that the Delaware and Hudson Company had no control over coal prices in New York harbor; that it turned its tidewater coal over to the Hillside Coal and Iron Company at Carbondale, and that his company gets 65 per cent of the circular tidewater price in New York harbor, and that it derives no benefit from the present abnormal retail prices. The Hillside Company (owned by the Erie) receives the other 85 per cent, but allows the Delaware and Hudson a portion of this for hauling the coal 40 miles from its mines to the Erie's tracks. The tidewater price of coal, he said, was $5 for domestic sizes. He did not know what the dealers were getting for the coal in New York, beyond what he learned from hearsay. The company did, he added, sell coal to dealers in New York state and in New England at circular prices. He could not give the prices at certain places or the prices during 1901 without referring to his books, and he promised to have them for the commission later. "What is your company charging for coal at Carbondale?" asked Mr.Darrow. Witness hesitated in answering. "Haven't you sold coal there for as high as $6?" "That may be." "Isn't it a fact that you are selling coal at many points within 25 miles of your mines above the $5 basis that you say governs the sales made by your company?" "Yes, sir. I understand we have been selling coal at or about $6 to prevent the manipulation of speculators." "Oh!" remarked Mr. Darrow, again resorting to his favorite exclamation. Among other witnesses called by the Delaware and Hudson Company were two physicians, who gave testimony tending to show that the occupation of a mine worker is not so unhealthful as physicians for the miners have stated; a real estate agent, who testified to the amount of property owner by miners of the company, and an employee of the Delaware and Hudson Company, who made an investigation of wages paid to bituminous miners, which showed that their pay was under that received by the anthracite miners. The Erie Company then opened its case, and after Major Warren read a statement of what the company intends to prove, began calling witnesses. Captain W. A. May, of Scranton, general superintendent, was the first witness. He told of the improvements made in and about the collieries during the last 20 years, which tended to make the occupation of the miner more healthful. In answer to questions put by counsel he said there was no reason for a miner who is industrious to send his boy to work in the mines, and if he had his way he would make the age limit for boys in the mines 16 years and outside the mines 14. The law now is 14 and 12 years respectively. He described the docking system, and said it is principally left to the judgment of the docking boss. He was opposed to a check docking boss. The average dockage from April, 1901, to April, 1902, at the Hillside mines was $3½ per cent. and at the Pennsylvania mines 10.5 percent. Captain May further stated that the most accidents in mines are due to falls of roof. Many of the accidents, he said, were due to carelessness of the men. They are anxious to get out of the mines, and "familiarity breeds contempt," he said. Speaking of the amount of impurities in the loaded mine car as it comes from the mines, he said there was from 10 to 30 per peat, waste in running it through the breaker. It was not possible for a miner to clean his coal in the mine. A WEEK'S NEWS OONDENSED. By an explosion of gas at a colliery at Mahanoy City, Pa., yesterday three miners were fatally burned. The Central Hotel building, the largest in Mauch Chunk, Pa., was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss, $30,000. Andrew Carnegie has offered to give Camden, N. J., $100,000 for its library provided the city will contribute $10,000 a year for its maintenance. It is reported that Jamaica has prohibited the importation of cattle from Canada and the United States on account of the foot and mouth disease. Senator Quay yesterday introduced a bill prohibiting persons not members of societies composed of war veterans to wear the insignia of members. Friday. January 9. Emperor William, of Germany, will reach Rome April 26, on a visit to the Italian court. The Bank of Louisville, Neb., was broken into and robbed of $5,200 early yesterday morning. The explosion of a gas plant at Mapleton, Ia., broke every pane of glass in town and killed two men. A dispatch from Berlin says Germany will negotiate for a new commercial treaty with the United States in the spring. The 33d annual convention of the National Board of Trade will be held in Washington January 13, to continue three or four days. Saturday, January 10. The monument to the Seventy-third Rogiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers at Chickamauga Park was completed yesterday. The house committee on naval affairs yesterday refused to report the bill to retire Lieutenant Commander Richmond P. Hobson. Governor Nash, of Ohio, issued a proclamation yesterday, calling upon the people of Ohio to observe January 29 as the 60th anniversary of William McKinley's birth Richard Burmeister, of Baltimore, has accepted an offer from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Dresden, Germany, to become head instructor in the piano department. Monday, January 12. Stepping from his engine, Edward Walsh, a popular Erie engineer, was run down by a passing train and killed at Avoca, Pa. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada will ask for a charter to do business all over British North America. Lack of coal caused the closing of the Glucose and Sugar Refining Company's plant at Peoria, Ill., throwing 600 men out of work. Rear Admiral George W. Melville, chief of the bureau of steam engineering, was retired on Saturday, having reached the age Limit of 62 years. Tuesday, January 13. W. J. Bailey was inaugurated as governor of Kansas yesterday. Chief Justice Henry McIver, of South Carolina, died at his home at Cheraw yesterday. While skating on a pond near Whaleys, Del., yesterday 12-year-old Robert Wilson broke through the ice and was drowned. For assaulting a crippled boy at Aiken, S. C., Tom Jefferson, a negro, was whipped by a crowd of white people and driven from the town. John Mitchell will leave Philadelphia next Saturday for Indianapolis to open the United Mine Workers national convention which convenes there the following Monday. Wednesday, January 14. Russia's budget for 1903 places revenues at $948,516,339, and expenditures at $940,202,614. John B. Stetson, of Philadelphia, was elected a trustee of bucknell University, at Lewisburg, Pa., yesterday. United States Senator Mason, of Illinois, yesterday withdrew from the contest for re-election, admitting his defeat. A passenger train on the St. Paul Railroad was wrecked by spreading rails last night at Alton, Ill., killing the engineer and injuring four trainmen. President A. J. Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, has resigned from the directory of the Manhattan Trust Company, of New York, to devote all his time to railroad affairs. ROYAL PROCESSION FIRED ON Bianlac Attempts to Kill Spanish Duke of Sotomayer. Madrid, Jan. 12.—As King Alfonso, Dowager Queen Christina, and the court were returning from church Saturday afternoon, a man who afterward gave his name as Felto fired a pistol at one of the carriages in the royal procession. The bullet went wild and no one was injured. The king heard the shot and put his head out of the carriage window, but was immediately dragged back into his seat by the queen mother. The escort of civil guards threw themselves upon the would-be assassin and overpowered him. Felto was taken to the police station, where he said he did not wish to kill the king, but the grand chamberlain, the Duke of Sotomayer, at whose carriage he had aimed. He was searched and in his pockets were found unmailed letters marked "Registered" and addressed to President Roosevelt, King Edward, the emperor of Germany, and the president of the high court of justice of Mexico, and also receipts for a number of registered letters and a visiting card of the mayor of Madrid. Felto later was put under examination by a magistrate, to whom he repeated his statement as to the object of his shooting. He insisted that he was not an anarchist, and said that his wife, a French woman, had confined him in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner in making this statement did not appear excited, but there are indications that he is insane. Pay our collector when he calls. Mr. Sillitoe's Insurance I WAS taking some letters into the private office of Mr. Bauer, of the firm of Bauer & Middleweek, brokers, in whose service I was a clerk, when I heard a fragment of discourse within which made me pause on the threshold. "He's insured for £15,000." "And if I succeed my share will be-" "Hum! A thousand pounds is a thousand pounds." "Yes, and murder is murder." The speaker who made this grim reply was Randal Haigh, once a man of fortune—to-day a social outcast. He came to our office now and then, I supposed for a little flutter, as he had money occasionally, though nobody knew where or how he made it. He had been forced to resign his commission in the army for some piece of devilry, and had been on the down grade ever since. He was handsome and still young, but there was a wolfish glare in his eyes that marred his good looks. The other speaker was Mr. Bauer, the leading spirit in the firm, a man who, at five-thirty, had made some mark in the city. Bauer posed as a philanthropist, but I had always distrusted him, and I suspected that of late he had speculated too deeply. I paused in the act of tapping at the door, resolving to do a little eavesdropping, which I thought the circumstances justified. There was a pause after Haigh's remark, and then Bauer observed: "Why, really, now, considering your history, Mr. Haigh. I shouldn't have thought you so particular." "My record's none of the best, but A THE FIGHT SILLITOE FELL WOUNDED I've never done anything of this sort —yet." "You want to back out, then?" "You want to back out, then?" "I haven't said I wouldn't do it." "It's a case of more money, then, I suppose?" "It is." "How much? Remember, if I bid higher I can get better men — or, rather, men with better characters, and therefore less open to suspicion." A pause. "Make it 2,000, and I'll do it," said the man, desperately. Bauer haggled a bit, and then 1,500 was agreed upon. I saw that Bauer didn't want to lose Haigh's services, and, judging from his evil record, the man was well-fitted for the work. I waited, hoping to obtain more details, but a noise in the street prevented me from hearing distinctly. I gathered, however, that the affair wouldn't come off for a fortnight; that the victim was to be lured to the Highlands for a walking tour, and that at a certain lonely spot Haigh was to shoot his companion or push him into the loch, and then raise an alarm at the nearest village, alleging that they had been attacked by poachers. "There's no fear of any hitch about the insurance, I suppose?" asked Haigh. "No. Neither he nor the company has the faintest suspicion of my connection with the firm who, lent him the money, and to whom the insurance is to be paid. As to yourself, you can easily prove that you have no interest in his death." "How am I to be quite sure you'll act on the square by me?" "The instant the news reached London I'll pay over the money to anybody you appoint." "Good. Then I'll see him to-night, and settle the details of the journey." At this point I judged it prudent to tip-toe back to my desk, where I planned out my course of action. I resolved to "shadow" Haigh when he visited his intended victim. A gossip with the clerk at the next desk gave me the necessary information, and as soon as the office closed, I hastened to Haigh's lodgings in a street off the Strand. As I guessed, he had gone home to dinner, and I was in time to see him set forth city-wards again. His tall figure and military bearing rendered him easy to follow, even along the Strand. When we had gone some distance he turned down a quiet side street, and presently entered the rectory of Rev. Sherwood Sillitoe, a talented but eccentric Drine, noted for his almost extravagant charity, and his great sue "What has Charlie done with his sofa pillows?" "Why, he's using them as pads for his football suit."—Detroit Free Press. Ought to Be Hen-d. "Is there much tone to her new dress?" "Well, it has accordion plaits and fluted ruffles."—Philadelphia Bulletin. "He's insured for £15,000." "One thousand pounds." "Little enough." Ought to Be Heard cess in the conversion of "society" sinners. I didn't wait for Haigh's coming out, but hurried off to a friend who was engaged in insurance business, to inquire if Rev. Mr. Sillitoe was known to be insured. "Yes. he has been lately insured for £.5,000. He has borrowed largely for this new, charitable scheme of his, I understand, and, as he knows nothing of business, has been persuaded to insure for a good deal more than is strictly necessary," was the reply. Next I called on an ardent member of Sillitoe's congregation, whom I happened to know, and in the course of a chat about the church, inquired if Mr. Sillitoe were going to take a holiday during the summer. "He's going to the Highlands, to a kind of retreat." said my friend. "In fact, he's taking some new convert of his there—some one who's been in 'Society,' but is a pretty black sheep now, I've heard." I ascertained that Glasgow was to be the first stopping-place on the journey, and as I was about to take my holiday, I determined to follow the travelers and frustrate Haigh's scheme at the moment when he was about to carry it into execution, so that there should be no question of bringing the guilt home to the two villains concerned. I was unknown personally to either of the travelers, and I was able to ascertain all particulars about the journey from my friend, so all went well till we reached the hotel at Glasgow where they were to stay the night. Now came the most exciting portion of my task. I had studied the road the travelers would take with the aid of a local guide, and easily recognized the spot where the murder was to take place. I concluded that as it would be impossible to follow them without being observed, I would go on first, and conceal myself among the firs which abounded near the path. 1900 I did so. After a long and anxious time of waiting Haigh and Sillitoe appeared, talking earnestly, and seemingly on the best of terms. They approached the critical point. I braced myself for an encounter with a desperate man. They were there—I held myself in readiness to spring upon Haigh—they passed the spot. I was amazed. Then two shots were fired in rapid succession from the other side of the path. Sillitoe fell, wounded, as a tall, gray-haired man sprang out and aimed a pistol at Haigh. I was so taken by surprise that for a moment I did nothing. Haigh defended himself desperately, but the other was his match, and, moreover, Haigh was evidently unarmed. I soon rushed forward and turned the balance in his favor. As he saw me the gray-haired man uttered a fierce imprecation, fired, and missed me, and then flung himself into the loch, far below the path, where no effort of ours could save him. His voice was that of Bauer. A few, words from Haigh sufficed to explain the situation. tused to be in society "I've turned detective," said he; "and I was put on this thing by the X—Insurance company. They'd began to suspect Mr. Bauer of complicity in certain insurance frauds, and wanted positive proof. They guessed that if he was looking out for a tool I should be the likely man to get the job, and so it proved, for I had not been many times in his company when he made overtures to me. I told Mr. Sillitoe of the conspiracy, and secured his cooperation to defeat a scheme which we suspect has already cost more than one life. We arranged to separate on the hills. I was to go on to the village and announce that we had been attacked by poachers, and that Sillitoe had been thrown into the loch." A pressman whom I knew was to put this report in circulation in London at once, and as Bauer would then pay over the reward to my agent in London, we should obtain the final proof which we required. As it is, Bauer seems to have suspected at the last moment that I was laying a trap for him, and in despair determined to kill both Sillitoe and myself." I am glad to say that Mr. Silliteo soon recovered from his injuries. He and Haigh became fast friends, and, whether through Silliteo's influence, or the sobering effect of the startling scenes through which he had passed, Haigh seems to have turned over a new leaf since his connection with the memorable affair of "Mr. Silliteo's Insurance."—Sloper's Half-Holiday, London. Would Take No Risks "Now, Freddie, go and kiss your little sweetheart and make it up," said Freddie's mother. "No, I won't." "Go and tell her how much you love her and how sorry you are." "No, I won't. Pa says he got into a breach of promise case by tellin' a girl that, and had to marry the old thing. I won't run any risks, I won't."—Tit-Bits. Old Hardeash—Yes, Miss Youngthing has given me some encouragement; at least she hasn't refused me. She says she first wishes to see my family Bible. I presume she wants to make sure that I am no older than I say. Friend—No, she doesn't. "Eh? Then what can she want?" "She wants to see if you come of a long-lived family."—N. Y. Weekly. Philosophically Considered. "Students of the subject say that it is dangerous for a man to have too much meat," remarked the beef trust promoter consolingly. "Yes," answered the consumer; "but you can't always go by what the students say. They have also declared that it is sometimes dangerous for a man to have too much money."—Washington Star. "Sherif sold you out o' house and home?" "Yes suh—thanky." "Never left a penny?" "No, suh—thanky!" "Well, what in the mischief have you got to be thankful for!" "Good Lawd, Marse Tom—don't you see I still livin'!"—Atlanta Constitution. Wrong Diagnosis: "The trouble with you," the doctor said, after examining the young man, "seems to be that something is the matter with your heart." "With my heart?" "Yes. To give it a name, it is angina pectoris." "You'll have to guess again, doctor," said the young man. "That isn't her name at all."—Chicago Tribune. Wanted a Year's Guaranty. "It's almost impossible, dear, to lease a house for a shorter term than one year, nowadays," he said, "so, to protect myself, I must ask you—" "Ask me what?" interrupted his bride-to-be. "To agree not to seek a divorce until the expiration of the first year's lease."—Catholic Standard. One Recompense "Yes, he's blind. As a matter of fact, both his eyes are glass now." "Too bad," she commented, sympathetically. "But—but—" "Well?" "I was just thinking that at least he has the privilege of selecting the color of them now."—Chicago Post. Rather Extreme. "Jigley's just back from Europe, isn't he?" "Yes, and he's mad as a hatter. You know he raised a beard while he was on the other side, and the customs officials wanted him to pay duty on it as a foreign product."—Philadelphia Press Too Much. Mrs. Marryat—Mamma is talking of closing her house and coming to live with us. Do you think you could support both of us? Mr. Marryat—My dear, I can support you very nicely now, but I'm afraid your mother would be insupportable. —Catholic Standard Times. There Are Others "What's the matter with me," said the parrot, "is that I"I—he was an old bird and therefore knew enough to address himself when speaking in confidence. Honest confession is good for the soul, but not for publicity"—talk too many and say too less."—Judge. Paradoxical. Briggs—It's a funny thing about coal. Briggs—I don't see the fun. Briggs—Why, just as soon as it began to come up it went down—Town Topics. Careless Troubadour. "Come to my arms, Nora darling!" He sang as he stood by the gate; But she called from the window above him: "I'm aunt I love you, it Kate!" —Philadelphia Bulletin. AN EVIL FORTUNE. Turkey Fortune-Teller—Beware of a tall, dark man. He is even now seeking to get you within his grasp. 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WONDERFUL DISCOVERY Curly Hair Made Straight By LAWY FROM AGE Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks Housemaids and Waitresses for New York and other Northern cities. Wages from $3.00 to $5.00 per week. Trans- portation furnished. Also go Farm hands for Maryland. R. W. ELSON 417 E. Broad St. Richmond, Va. THE PLANET Elopements That Didn't Turn Out as They Were Planned. That It Is But a Short Step from the Romantic to the Absurd is Demonstrated by These Truthful Tales. When an elopement is successful it is generally romantic. When it is frustrated it is nearly always absurd. It is as short a step from the romantic to the absurd as it is from the sublime to the ridiculous. There are the experiences of Henry Halliday, the son of an English squire, and Miss Margaret Danby to illustrate the point. These two young people and the opponents of their marriage seem to have copied an old English comedy. At least their experiences had been the plot of a play a hundred years before. The father of the bride to be frowned on the match, as fathers do occasionally, and then the lovers, as lovers do occasionally, prepared to defy the parental displeasure and elope. With the assistance of a coachman and a groom belonging to Mr. Danby they escaped from the bride's home one night and got into the carriage, which was closed tightly, Then they dashed away for the railroad station at a furious pace. The rain poured down and the carriage plowed through pools of water. Within the lovers were snug enough, and radiant with the thought that a half hour would find them on a train and beyond the jurisdiction of the aire. The wild dash of the horses never slackened. After a half hour of such riding they began to expect that the station would soon be reached, but the pace kept up. Surely a half hour had passed, but they kept going on. Just as the young man was about to raise a disturbance, thinking that the wrong road must have been taken, the carriage stopped. Confident at last, the two prepared to emerge. As they stepped from the vehicle the young woman's father stepped forward to aid them out. GIRL'S FATHER STEPPED FORWARD. They found themselves at the door of Danby hall. The bride's brothers were gathered around them, and all were laughing. "Come in and get something warm," said the stern parent. "You must be cold after your ride." Of course the coachman had betrayed them. They had been going in a circle which had brought them back to the starting point. The sad story of the English lovers is similar to that of two young people of southern Illinois who had arranged to play with fate and balk papa—the bride's papa, of course. All arrangements had been made for a stealthy departure for Chicago. They left the bride's home secretly, and rode to a distant railroad station. There they hid and waited until train time. Just as the whistle sounded down the road they emerged from their hiding place and ran into the arms of papa and several of his friends. Several vehicles were waiting for them, and, instead of taking the train, they rode home with chastened spirit. It appeared that the lover, in an expansive spirit, had revealed the intended trip to his bosom friends, sworn to deepest secrecy, naturally. The pledge held good until the young man was out of sight, and then—well, the secret was too good to keep, and papa finally heard of it. When the father was asked why he had not prevented the runaway instead of stopping it half way, he laughed and said: "Oh, I thought I would give them a run for their money." Which proved that papa had sporting blood in his veins. There was another case of an ardent lover who found his plans all gone wrong at the last minute. He had arranged with the young woman in the case to call for her at night. He was to place a ladder underneath her window and, mounting it, was to give the signal by tapping on her window. Then she was to descend, and they were to depart in haste. He carried out his end of the agreement, but the father in the case became aware of the plan. When the lover tapped on the window, it was opened. But the next instant a large pair of stout arms, not the slender ones of his sweetheart, were around his neck, and he went into the room with more expedition than grace. It was papa again. The young man left the district the next day. AMERICAN SOLDIERS BRINGING IN INSURGENT PRISONERS Taken All in All, Conditions There Are Not Unfavorable. Natives Are Beginning to Understand That They Must Submit to Our Rule and Western Civi- [Special San Francisco Letter.] WHILE those who, if anyone should know the situation there, report, with reservations, that the Philippines are practically pacified, the nature of these same reservations is such as to cause grave anxiety to those in authority, as well as to all intelligent American citizens. There is a somewhat forcible, if rather inegal, expression, which, in substance, relates to a man who bit off more than he could conveniently masticate. There seems to be a shadowy resemblance between the condition of this gentleman and that of our nation, with its rather embarrassingly large quantity of complications in the interesting islands above mentioned. The question as to whether the situation could have been avoided, or whether it was thrust upon us by necessity, is of minor importance at the present time. A careful consideration of everything which may throw light on existing conditions is, apparently, the duty of every thinking person. As the war correspondence is not the property of the general public, much that has been in the minds of those controlling events remains unknown. It is, doubtless, as well thus, for no American could fully comprehend, even had he been more or less among them, the state of affairs which obtains in our squally Pacific island appendages. Gen. Chaffee, who has recently returned from the archipelago, considers that peace reigns. But it would require that a person be an optimist indeed to believe that the mixed Malay, Tagal, Visayan, Ilocano, Vicol, AMERICAN SOLDIERS BRINGIN Samarite and Moro population, with its semi-savage combination of idolatry, Mohammedanism and Confucianism, on which the good Franciscan fathers have tried to graft the religion of the Roman church, which our own missionaries will endeavor, more or less forebly, to mold into the various forms which Protestantism has taken, will take kindly for any length of time to the civilization which we shall undoubtedly administer, to a greater or less extent, in compact form, from the barrels of our army rifles. What the result would be to us and to other civilized nations, were we to retire from the islands at the present time, it would be impossible to conjecture. We are like a man grasping the handles of an electric battery. Having taken hold, although it hurts FILIPINO SOCIETY LEADERS very badly, it is impossible to let go—at least suddenly. As one of the foremost of the educated Christian nations of the world, we have a duty to perform, as best we may. Nearly all who have been directly or indirectly concerned in the matter have been more or less criticised, and their successors, whoever they may be, or whatever they do, will suffer the same fate for some time to come, although it is probable that none of us, in our own inner consciousness, believes that we could achieve success in their places, whatever our line of action. A large proportion of the Filipinos are inferior, intellectually or morally, generally both. They have no conception of our civilization, while it would be almost equally hard for an ordinary American to descend to a plane where he could appreciably comprehend theirs. They are treacherous and bloodthirsty, while many of them consider that they have been deceived. Whether they have The Coming Era. "So you wish to marry my son, do you, young woman?" Young Woman—I do, madame. Fond Mother—Well, er—is your income sufficient to support him in the condition of innocuous desuetude to which he has always been accustomed?—Philadelphia Inquirer. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA adequate grounds for believing this is neither here nor there. We have these islands on our hands. What are we going to do about it? They did not want our government in the first place, neither do they want it now. In our government, we believe, we have a good thing, which we wish them to become enlightened enough to appreciate and desire. Our own troops have fought heroically with savages who have no conception of the usages of civilized warfare—if there be such a thing. They are now being recalled. There are those who have been on the ground who contend that, for all civil rights vested in the natives in their present uncultured state, there should be an increase in American forces on the island to enforce civil authority. Others, who have enjoyed equal privileges of observation, urge that the Filipinos are submissive and that our men should be relieved from their life of hardship and our public expenses thus lessened. It is due to the latter that about 20,000 native auxiliary troops are being recruited who will act as police and scouts, thus taking the place of our own soldiers. It has been urged that these men are all animated by a spirit inimical to our own countrymen and are acting under the advice and instructions of insurgent leaders who wish them to receive the arms, ammunition and training that will enable them to meet Americans more successfully when another insurrection is started. Whichever way one turns, he encounters another horn of the dilemma. The islanders certainly managed to kill a great many of our men with native weapons. With the revolvers and shotguns which we are providing and their knowledge of the topography of their own country, they would be foes not to be despised. On the other hand, while they quarrel among themselves, and large numbers profess loyalty to our rule, how can we expect progress unless we furnish instruction and the necessary means for carrying it out? Gen. Chaffee denies the report that the loss of life among the Filipinos was great. He states that there have ING IN INSURGENT PRISONERS. been only 741 persons killed in Batanzas since the war began, while rumor had placed the number at 100,000. That in July, 1901, our government had 43,000 soldiers at 631 stations, in August, 1902, there were but 23,000 men in 178 stations. That the savage Moros are likely to give little trouble beyond picking off sentinels whenever possible, in order to obtain their rifles, which they greatly covet. The M-vos have no villages. Their small dwellings are set in the midst of their beautiful rice and corn fields. Nevertheless, the force with which we conquered Mexico was only about one-half as large as that maintained in the Philippines during the past year, when they were declared practically in a state of peace. The "roving bands" managed to kill four times as many of our soldiers during that time as were lost during the whole war with Spain, while 15,000 men have surrendered their arms to our troops. Some of the leading natives, who have changed sides from time to time during the wars and insurrections, now profess themselves loyal to our government. Very little reliance can be placed in them; yet it has been deemed necessary to place them in positions of more or less importance because of their influence among their countrymen. They are generally closely watched. Many of the guerrilla leaders are very able men and work solely for the advancement of their own interests. The greater part of the insurrections are due to these men, who inflame the minds of their fellows until a sufficient number are gathered to compel whole settlements to join their forces against the white men. We have not always been able to give timely support to those who would otherwise have been loyal. Lucbar, at the time of the Samar insurrection, instructed his men to give no quarter to Americans, while our men were as merciful as possible, taking as prisoners those who afterward murdered them whenever they could be found off guard. Our men marched day after day, drenched with rain, through mud and bogs, achieved almost impossible mountain climbing, holding to trees, roots and vines, tore their clothing, hands and faces, in the nearly impenetrable jungles, and return with very different ideas of the difficulties our nation will encounter in civilizing the degraded, fetish-worshiping natives to be found in almost inaccessible portions of these picturesque, semi-barbarous slands. 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Leigh St. Authorized Capital, $5,000: Claims promptly paid as soon as satisfactory notice of sickness or death is placed in home-office. OFFICERS: LOUISA E. WILLIAMS, President KATE HOLMES, Vice-President BETTIE BROWN, Treasurer MILDRED COOKE JONES, Secretary and Business Manager BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LOUISA E. WILLIAMS, KATE HOLMES, MATTIE F. JOHNSON, ANN M. JOHNSON, BETTIE BROWN MILDRED C. JONES. 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 Of every description; also the laest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. between 4th and 5th Street THE PLANET TEMPERANCE A TERRIBLE FOE. The Saloon Exerts a More Baleful Influence Than Would a Boa-Constructor Let Loose. Some time ago, as the workmen were busily storing away a show in winter quarters in an Ohio town, they noticed a motion in a bundle of rubbish in one corner of the large building. Upon closer observation they were convinced that some living thing must be there. After consultation they decided upon a plan of attack. Tearing away the rubbish, they discovered an immense boa-construtor which had escaped from winter quarters two years previously. By her side were eight baby boas, each one weighing 20 to 30 pounds. When she first escaped her weight was only 35 pounds, and her length 12 feet. Now she tipped the scales at 68 pounds and measured over 19 feet. Upon being driven from her hiding place she attempted the lives of the men, and gave them all the fight they wanted for five hours. In the strug WHISKY MORE FEROCIOUS THAN A BOA CON VICTOR. gle she killed a Great Dane dog, valued at $250. For two years this terrible snake had been in the vicinity of the people of that town, but they knew it not. For two years their lives had been in jeopardy while they slumbered on in ignorance and tranquility. How starling to think of! Yet a rum-constrictor, immensely larger and more ferocious, is known to exist in almost every community, from Boston to San Francisco. It not only exists, but is protected by powerful legal safeguards. Occasionally certain communities rouse up and have a tussle with this monster. If they subdue him for a season, he usually finds some way of asserting his beasty power. It is indeed a fierce and fearless foe—Christian Uplook. AN EXPENSIVE HABIT How Much Alcohol Costs the People of Europe as Estimated by Dr. Madden. In a thesis defended before the faculty of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Matti Helenius, a candidate for the degree of doctor of philosophy, gave the following figures as to the cost of alcohol in "blood and treasure" to the people of Europe: During the past 30 years there died in Europe, as the result of alcohol drinking, 7,500,000 people. This is more than died as the results of all the wars of the whole nineteenth century. In Denmark every seventh man who dies between the ages of 35 and 55 dies of alcoholism. The annual number of deaths from alcohol in the countries of Europe he gives as follows: Great Britain 40,000 Holland and Holland 20,000 Russia 100,000 France 40,000 Germany 40,000 Scandinavia and Switzerland 20,000 Comparing the people's liquor bill with their national expenses he finds the following results: In 1898-99, for her great army and navy, Germany spent 750,000,000 marks. The same year for alcoholic beverages she gave 3,000,000,000 marks. In other words, the drink bill of the German people was just four times as great as their military bill under which all the world supposes they are groaning. Sweden pays yearly for defense 35,000,000 kroner. Sweden pays yearly for intoxicants 80,000,000 kroner. Denmark pays annually a military bill of 17,000,000 kroner and an alcohol bill of 63,500,000 kroner. We must not forget that these figures are not those of the professional statistician, who is seeking above all things to create a sensation. They are those of a man who knows that they must bear the closest possible scrutiny of critical minds, for the getting of his Ph.D. depended upon his ability to substantiate his statements. A Medical Opinion. "I will tell you who cannot take alcohol with impunity, and that is very important in the present day. Of all the people I know who cannot stand alcohol it is the brain workers, and you know it is the brain workers that are increasing in number, and that the people who do not use their brains are going down, and that is a noteworthy incident."—Medical Temperance Review. A WHISKY LETTER. Subterfuges to Which Liquor Makes Resort in Disposing of Their Hellish Warces. The following from the Michigan Christian Advocate makes interesting reading: An official member in one of our fine villages forwards to us a letter he had just received from an Ohio distillery urging whisky upon him. Several previous letters had been unanswered, and the firm appears to have been getting anxious for a response. The letter runs as follows: "Dear Sir: Won't you please tell us why you have never favored us with an order, though we have written you several times soliciting your patronage? If you don't use whisky, either medicinally or otherwise, kindly say so, and we will not take up your time with any more letters. If you do use whisky, please be frank enough to tell us why we have not interested you, if you are not willing to fill out and mail us the enclosed card. "We hand you a stamped and addressed envelope for your reply. It will take but a minute or two of your time, and will be a favor which we will greatly appreciate. "A few words more, if you use whisky. Won't you let us ship you a trial order? You don't have to pay a cent, not even a postage stamp, if you are not satisfied. When you receive the whisky, take several drinks, have your friends sample it, and if the verdict is not in our favor, then send back what is left. We pay the express charges going, and coming back, too, if you don't want to keep the whisky. How could an offer be fairer? It certainly indicates that we have confidence in you and in the satisfying quality of our goods. "We thank you in advance for the courtesy of a reply, even if you will not give us a chance to please you and save you money, as we have done with over a quarter of a million people who are now our regular customers. Yours very truly, The — Distilling company." The cheekiness of the above letter is characteristic of the liquor trade. The recipient says he does not know how the firm secured his address, as he has never written them. Then see how the vile stuff is urged upon this good Methodist who "doesn't have to pay a cent, not even a postage stamp," to get the goods and freely sample them. "Take several drinks; have your friends sample it." "We pay express charges both ways." "We have confidence in you." We wonder whether any member of our church has been weak enough to yield to these bold and bad temptations. It is said that the circular has been freely distributed, and that packages have arrived at express offices, which indicates that some people are yielding. The firm claims to sell its entire product direct to the consumer, and that it has "a quarter of a million of regular customers." We would like to see the Michigan "customers" corraled and mark their appearance, the sizes of their brains, color of noses, expression of countenance and steadiness of walk. They must be a sorry lot, who, in this enlightened age, would permit men of gall to thrust upon them stuff that's worse than gall at so much cash per gallon. TALE OF TWO DOLLAR BILL. Sad But True Story Written on the Face of the Last Piece of Money of a Drunkard. A story has been going the rounds for a good while of a $2 bill in circulation on which a drunkard in his last extremity had written a few pathetic facts concerning himself and a word of warning to all other drinking men. The veritable bill seems to have found its way into Topeka or at least one similar to it. W. B.Kirkpatrick, president of the Knights and Ladies of Security, brought to the office of the State Temperance union the other day a $2 bill the property of J. W. Tincher, 414 Western avenue, Topeka, on which is written in red ink the following words: "Wife, children and $40,000 all gone. I alone am responsible. All have gone down my throat. When I was 21 I had a fortune. I am now 35 years old. I have killed my beautiful wife, who died of a broken heart, have murdered my children with neglect. When this bill is gone I do not know how I am to get my next meal. I shall die a drunken pauper. "Tis my last money in all my history. If this bill comes into the hands of any man who drinks, let him take warning from my ruin." The bill containing this sad story is of the series of 1899. It was received by Mr. Tincher quite recently in trade. Many a piece of money might appropriately tell a similar sorrowful story. Frequently a bill or a coin passes through the hands of a happy, well-to-do man or woman or a laughing, carefree girl or boy, which, but a little time before, left the trembling hands of a disconsealable wreck of manhood, degraded and impoverished by drink. The deplorable tale of the $2 bill may fittingly cause serious reflection to people whose eyes see the things about them and who have brains enough to think of what they see. A Great Temperance Sermon. It was not preached by a minister nor even from a pulpit. It did not come from a Christian church, but from the prison where Thomas Sharkey was confined for the murder of Mr. Fish, the New York banker. Thomas Sharkey himself was the preacher, and this is what he said: "If Mr. Fish had not been drinking and I had been sober, they would not have been any trouble, and Mr. Fish would be alive and I out of the tombs." It Was Continuous. "How much did your daughter's wedding cost?" THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Schedule in Effect Nov. 30 1902 Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 7:00 A. M., No. 7 Danville, Charlotte, and all local stations sections on the North Side and tions to Lynchburg, also with D. & W. Ry for Martinsville and stations on line at Greensboro for all stations on that route. 12:50 P. M., No. 13 limited train daily for Jack, senile and all Florida points: Havana, Nassau, etc., Connects to New Orleans, Pensacola, and Greenborsor for Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Sauem; at Durville, with No. 14 limited train daily for New Orleans and points South which carries sleeper to New Orleans, Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville, Durham to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through coach for Chase City, Oxford and Durham. Through train, with San Francisco to Memphis. Dining-Car Service. 11:05 P. M., No. 11, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, and points South, sleeper for Danville, Greenborsor, Salisbury and Charlotte, operation with P. M. M., connection with New York and Florida Express and Southwestern Limited, which carries, too steep to Augusta, Savannah, Jacksonville and Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete Dining-Car Service. Also Dullman and Memphis, and Fridays Washington to San Francisco, with outchange, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. 6:00 P. M., No. 15 limited daily, except Sunday for Keysville and intermediate points. TRAINS AK1A1E IN RICHMOND. 6:25 P. M.) From Atlanta, Augusta, Jackson ville, Ashville and all points South. 8:40 A. M., From Keysville and local stations. 3:25 P. M. From Durham, Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapo ls YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE F. VORITE ROUTE NORTH 4:30 P. M., No. 15 Baltimore Limited, daily except Sundays for West Point, connective stations, at Baltimore and York-river landings 2:15 p. m. No.10 daily except Sundays, local express for West Point, and intermediate stations, connective stations, with stage Lester Manor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. 5:00 A. M., local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sundays for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at Lester Manor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 9:15 A. M., No 15 daily from West Point, with connection from Baltimore, except Monday. 10:45 A. M., No. 9, daily except Sundays and Mondays. 4:50 P. I., except Sundays, from West Point and intermediate stations. Nos. 15 and 16 will make no stop between Houston and New York. Steamers sail from West Point 8:30 p.m. daily except Sundays. Steamers call at Gloucester Kettering and All Windsdays and Fridays, and Yorktown and All Windsdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. G W. Kettering, G. P. A., 930 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A., C. H. ACKERT, General Manager, Washington, D. C. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE Schedule In Effect Nov. 30, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD SREET STATION. 9:00 a. m., NORFOLK LIMITED, Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:31 A. M., Norfolk 11:20 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverley, and Suffolk. 8:30 a. m. Daily. Arrives Petersburg. 8:13 a. m. Weldon 11:22 a. M. Emporia 30 p. M. Emporia 11:22 a. M. Savannah 300 a. M. Charleston 11:15 p. M. Savannah 300 a. M. Jacksonville 9:05 a. m. Tampa 7:00 p. m. Port Tampa 7:00 p. m. (c. m. with wagon arriving, arriving Goldsbury. 2:55 p. Wilmington. 5 p. m. P. m. Pullman Sleeper New York to Jacksonville. 12:20 p. M. Daily. arriving Petersburg 1 P. M. Connects with Norfolk and Western railroad for Ronnoke and inter mediate points. Stop at Drewry's Bluff, Centralia and Chester. 3:00 p. m. OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives at Petersburg 3:30 P. M. Nor. m. Rocky Mount 8:10 P. M. Makes all inter- mediate points. Waverly, and Suffolk. 4:10 p. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg. 4:38 p. m. Weldon 6:54 p. m. Rocky Mount 8:10 P. M. Makes all inter- mediate points. Waverly, and Suffolk. 5:56 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m. Makes all stops. 8:50 P. M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIM- TED. DAILY Arrives Petersburg 7:32 M. Macon for Norfolk and intermediate points; Emporia 8:43 P. M. (Connects with Atlantic and Danube for stations between Lawrence and Norfolk) 9:09 P. M. Wilmington 10:10 m. A. M. Savannah 12:00 m. A. M. Savannah 7:55 A. M. Jacksonville 1:05 P. M. Tampa 10:50 P. M. Port Tampa 10:30 P. m NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA Pittsburgh Arriving Angola Macon 11:35 A. M. Atlanta 1:60 P. M. Pulman Steeper New York to Wilmington, Charleston, Port Tampa, Jackson- ville, Augusta and Macon. Dining-car services 35 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10:15 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10:15 P. & We-teen nursery, arriving at Lynchburg 2:45 A. M. Roanoke 4:45 a.m. b. Brisden 10:15 a.m. Midsleep Sleeper Richmond Lynchburg. 11:30 F. M. Daily - Arrives Petersburg 12:10 TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 4:0f A M. Daily, From Jacksonville, Savannah and Jacksonville, Mason, Augusta, and Jacksonville, Sumter, S.C. 8:48 A.M. Daily, except Sunday. Petersburg local. 11;13 A. M. Daily, except Sunday from Rocky Mount and intermediate stations. Norfolk and Plymouth. From Norfolk, Suffolk and 11;42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and 2 0 0 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg Roanoke and in intermediate points. 6 50 P. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg 7:45 P. M. Daily. From Miami, Port Tampa Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston Wilmington, Goldsboro, and all points South. 8:56 P M. Daily. From Potersburg, Lynchburg and West. H. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. W. J. CRAIG, General Passenger Agent. O. S. CAMPBELL, Division Passenger Agt., 888 EastMain St. WANTED-5 INDUSTRIOUS COLORED MEN and women in each locality $10 to $30 per week. Unpaid work and much good done for the race. This announcement is of special interest to men and women of the race who desire to work themselves up. Full particulars furnished free. Apply by letter to: 450 Main St. UNITED M'F'G PUB. COMPANY, 1107 & 1109 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 4-5-02-6m ALPHEUS SCOTT, CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR ... AND EIBALMER, Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 3006 P St., Church Hill. Orders By Telegraph and Telephone promptly attended to. All business con- fidential. Old Phone No. 3183. C & O PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARHVNE NEW MAIN-ST, STATION. NOVEMBER 29th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND 7:45 a. m. Except Sunday Newport News Local. All stops. 9:00 a. m. Daily For Old Point, Newport News and Norfolk. Two hours and 25 minutes to Norfolk. Newport News bursar Newport Hanpton and Phobos. 4:00 p. m. Daily Except Sunday—For Old Point, News and Norfolk. Two hours and 25 minutes to Norfolk. Stops Williamsburg. Newport News and Hampton on NY. Two hours to Old Point. Connects at Newport News on Mondays. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with M 4 & 5. Two hours to Old Point with Washington. Baltimore and CapeCharles steamers' at Newport with Old Dominion steamers for New York. 5:00 p. m. Daily Except Sunday, for Old Point. On Sunday only connects for Norfolk. Makes principal stops. Main Line West Bound. 10:10 a. m. Local Except Sunday to Clifton Point. Clifton Point, Culpeper, Culverton and Manasas. 2:00 p. m., Daily - Cincinnati and Louisville Express. Buffet pastor car to Gordonsville village. Pullman aparters from Gordonsville village. Pullman aparters in Gordonsville. Car on at Gordonsville. Connects for Virginia Hot Springs. A local travel company to town, for local stations, except Sunday. 5:15 P M Except Sunday. Accommodation to Doowell. 7:00 p. m., St. Louis and Chicago special Daily, with Pullman car; Richmond to Cincinnati; Gordonsville; Ladius- apolis, and St. Louis. Parlor car in town to Chicago. Dining car on at Gordonsville. James River Division. 10:20 a. m., Daily - For Lynchburg, Lexington, and Difton Forge; except Sunny for Roscoe, Aberene and New Castle. Parlor car Arrive. PENNISULA DIVISION. — From Norfolk and Old Point, arrive 10:05 a.m. m., daily; and 6:30 p. m., daily. 11:45 a.m. m., and 7:00 p. m. Sunday. MAIN LINE. From Candmanstad the west 7:45 a. m., daily; and 3:30 p. m., daily. 7:10 p. m., except Sunday. Local 8:30 a. m., except Sunday. JAMES DIVISION. From Candmanstad 1:35 p. m., daily and 8:40 a. m., 8:45 a. m., 8:50 a. m. Apply at 890 2. east Main, street, 903 east Main street, Murphy's Hotel Jefferson Hotel and Main-Street Station for further information, rates, tickets and Pullman Reservation. W. O. WARTHEN, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT. C. E. DOYLE, H. W. FULLER, GEN'L M'G'R. GEN'L P A. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. M. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:20 A. M. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverly and Suffolk. Stops at Norfolk only to let off passengers holding tickets from Roanond and Petersburg. 9:00 A. M. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lincoln, Chicago and Chicago. Buftee Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pullman Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pullman Car Petersburg to Chicago. Also for Bris- tol, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Pull- Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville, or Roanoke to Knoxville. 12:20 D. M. Lynchwood for Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke and intermediate stations. 8:00 P. M. Lynchwood Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 5:20 P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverly and Suffolk. Connects at Norfolk with Steamers to Boston, Provid- ence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 6:56 P. M. for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermed- iate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. 9:35 P. M. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Con- tinued for Lynchburg and Chattanooga. Limited. Pullman Sleeper Lynchburg to Memphis and tion Cars Radford to Attalas, Ala. Pullman Sleeper between Richmond and Lynchburg for occupancy at 8:30 P. M. Also Pullman Sleeper Petersburg and Roanoke. Trains are operated by the West daily 7:35 A.M. 2:00 p. m. and 8:56 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. M. City Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY, District Passenger Agent. W. B. BEVILL, General Passenger Agent. General Office; Roanoke Va. Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect Nov. 30, 1902. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 4:15 A.M. Daily from BYKD STREET STA Train at Milford, Fredericksburg and Alexandra. Stops Occoquan Sundays. Sleeping Cars to Alexandra. Daily from M A I N STREET STATION, Florida and Metropolitan Limited, Washington and beyond. Stops at Alexandra, Buffet Sleeping Cars to New York. 7:00 A.M. Except from Ela Station. accommodation for Ashland and intermediate polls. 8:30 a.m. Sunday only from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond, Stops at Elba, Glen Allon, and local stations, Ashland and Chelsea, Buffalo, Oceancounty, Oceancounty and Alexandria, Buffet Fare Car 8:40 a.m. Except Sunday from BYRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond. Stops at Elba, Glen Allen and, local stations, Aslah Alexandria, inclusive, Parlor car. 12:55 a.m. Except Sunday from BYRD STREET STATION for Washington and beyond. Stops at Elba, Ashland, Doswell, Milford, Frederick burg and Alexandra, Buffet Parlor Car. Connects with Congressional limited. 4300 p. m. Except Sunday, from the Bryd St for Fredericksburg and intermediate station. 5:05 P. M., Daily, from Main St. Station, for Dwell, Dowell, Stops at Dwell, Frederick's Brook, from Main St. Station, for Dwell, Frederick's Brook, Buffet Sleeping Car to New York, exandria. Buffet Sleeping Car to New York, 6:25 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, for accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. 8:05 P. M., Daily from Byrd Street Station, for Dwell, Stops at Ela, Ashland, Dowell, Milford, Brooke, Widewater, Quantico, and Alexandria stations Sunday. Sleeping Car, Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. 13:15 P. M., Except Sunday, from ELBA STATION, for accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive Richmond South- ward. 6:40 A.M. M., Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Acoustic from Glen from the inter- medial point. 8:00 a. m., Daily, at Byrd St. Station, Stops at Alexandria, Occoquan Widewater, Brooks Fredericksburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, and Sunday stations. Buffet Sleeping car from New York and Montclair. 8:25 A. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION Accommodation From Fredericksburg, and intermediate points. 8:25 A. M., Except Sunday at BYRD STREET STATION at local stations, Washington to Ashland inclusive, Glen Allen and Elba. Parlor Car. 2:05 P. M., Daily, at MAIN STREET STATION. Stops at Alexandria, Lorton, Ocoquan, Quantico Fredericksburg, Milford, Dos sland, Ashland. BuffetSleeping car from New York. 6:00 P. M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland, and intermed- ial points. 6:30 P. 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Huntington 7:35 A. M. 4:00 P. -Ar. Atlanta 1:15 A. M. 11:30 A. M.-Ar. Columbia 12:20 P. M. 10:25 A. M. Lv Columbia 4:55 A. M. 2:35 P. M. Ar. Savannah 9:15 A. M. 7:00 P. M. Ar. Jacksonville 11:45 A. M. -Ar. St. Augustine 6:00 A. M. 1:45 A. M. Atlanta 10:32 P. M. 10:33 A. M.-Lv Atlanta 12:34 A. M. 10:30 A. M.-Lv Chestnut 3:25 A. M. 12:33 A. M.-Lv Greenwood 5:58 A. M. 12:33 A. M.-Lv Athens 7:35 A. M 4:00 P. M.-Ar. Atlanta 5:40 P. M.-Ar. Augusta 11:35 A. M 7:30 P. M.-Ar. Macon 6:25 P. M. 2:50 A. M.-Montgomery 2:50 A. M.-Ar. Atlanta 7:23 A. M.-Ar. New Orleans 6:35 P. M. 1:30 A. M.-Ar. Nashville 8:30 P. M. 2:30 A. M.-Ar. Memphis Train No. 265 is based in Richmond, N.C. and all in mediate points. Connection at Northam who train arriving Henderson 2:02 P. 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None but high-pitched copyright pieces or the most popular regiment I printed on regular sheet-music paper, from new plates made from large, clear type. Including colored titles — and is in every way first-class, and worthy of your home. 3,000,000 copies sold This oter holds good to any of our s oler to any per on sending as much as 50 cents for a subscription to the PL. ctr. Address, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N.4th St., Richmond, Va PRICE OF ABOVE PIECES. Any 10 for 35 cents. Any 21 for 65 cents. Any 43 for $1.25. 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 it bring to address given below, and the music will be sent direct from Boston, postage prepaid. 8 THE PLANET HAD A RIGHT TO PUBLISH CHURCH PROCEDINGS. (CONTINUED FROM 1st PAGE.) each copy of the PLANET was not separate and distinct. The witness replied that this was by no means true that he would look on the front page he would see that it ran in volumes and that the papers for each year constituted a book. SOME COLORED PEOPLE BELIEVED. He wanted to know whether it was not a fact that the colored people would believe that the charge of forgery related to a criminal offense. He saw that the witness had some knowledge of law. Editor Mitchell replied that if he was referring to those kind of colored people that were interrupting him at the First Baptist church he would answer in the affirmative. The witness had been careful to state in each issue of the PLANET. "who forged the names to application for the meeting." He reminded Mr. Carter that his knowledge of law taught him that a name might be forged to a document or a paper and it would not constitute a criminal offense unless some loss was sustained. At this reply the counsel for the plaintiff found it useless to cross examine further and they announced to the court that they were through with the witness. DR. GRAHAM'S TESTIMONY. Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., pastor of the Fifth St. Baptist church was called to the stand. He was asked to explain the difference between co-operation anti-co-operation declaring that the co-operationists acted in conjunction with the Northern Societies and controlled all of the Schools and publications that they operated. The anti-cooperationists composed the National Baptist Convention and co-operated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Under the latter arrangement the colored people had the management of their own affairs and had the management of their own money, under the former they seemed to be afraid to trust the southern colored people with a dollar less they steal it. He explained about the application of Editor Mitchell to the Fifth St. Baptist church. He told of the Baptist council held at the church, of the findings of that council. He explained that both co-operationists and anti-cooperationist had been invited and that the President of the General Association (colored) had also been invited. He declared that it was perfectly proper to invite churches inside and outside of the State. The members of the council from New York and Pennsylvania were southern men who were life members of the Virginia Baptist State Convention. Mr. Smith—"Were there any cooperationists in that Baptist Council at the Fifth Street Baptist church?" ALL: COOPERATIONISTS Dr. Graham—"They were all cooperationists." This reply created amazement and Mr. Smith looked at the witness and repeated the question, thinking that he had made a mistake. "They all cooperate with the Southern Baptist Convention," was the smiling rejoinder. The laugh was on the plaintiff's counsel and it was several minutes before order could be restored. Sheriff John E. Epps was forward in declaring, "Gentlemen, this is not the police court." OTHER WITNESSES Brother Henry G. Carter, who has been known in these columns as Bro. "Shad-belly" was called to the stand and testified relative to the signing of the names to the application for the meeting. Bro John J. Spottswood, known to our readers as "baby" testified also, but they were not cross-examined to any extent. Brother Peter Riley testified that brother Giles Hayden had told him that he had signed the paper for the application for the meeting. Mr. Meredith:—If he told you that, did you not know that it was untrue? Did you not know that he cannot write? Brother Riley replied in the negative and he was allowed to retire. Brother W. R. Minor testified that brother Giles Hayden had told him in brother Riley's presence that he had signed the paper for the application for the meeting. SISTER HEWLETT AS A WITNESS. Sister Margaret Hewlett was a most amusing witness. She had been called the fleshy sister by Mr. H. M. Smith, Jr., and when she appeared, her looks bore out the statement. She told about the calling of the meeting, but blundered in contradicting some of the most positive statements that brother Williams had made when on the witness stand. Sister Hewlett was dumbfounded when she was told by Mr. Meredith that she was contradicting brother Nelson Williams, Jr. She was of the opinion and so declared that Editor Mitchell had been notified to be present at the first meeting, the one in which brother Williams had moved to exclude the editor without a hearing, and when she was told that she was all wrong in her statements, her distress was apparent. Sister Hewlett did not tarry long on the witness stand. BROTHER RUSSELL SPOKR PLAINLY. Brother John Russell was one of the most amusing witnesses summoned by the court. What he didn't know would fill a book. He declared that he had made the motion to adjourn the meeting when the peace committee was coming in. He regarded this as a self-constituted committee. "Are you a cooperationist or a anticooperationists?" asked Mr. Meredith. "I don't know what you mean," replied brother Russell. "I aint been to school like you have and I don't know what those big words mean." "When you send delegates to the Baptist convention, who do you vote sor?" asked Mr. Meredith. "The one that goes." "On which side are you in the church?" again queried Mr. Meredith. "On the right side," replied the witness. This brought forth another laugh from the crowd that filled the court. Mr. Meredith popped the stone with a whim, and the band for the witeness to stand aside, smilingly remarked, "Your ignorance is delightful." REV. JONES' TESTIMONY. Rev, Dr. J. E. Jones took the stand and in reply to the question whether or not he was a co-operationist answered in the affirmative. After stating where he was employed and naming the Society which controlled the Virginia U. University he told about the application for the church meeting on which application Nelson Williams Jr., had signed his name. He stated that Editor Mitchell had called to see him at his residence, and had asked him if he had signed a paper calling a meeting excluding him from the church and if he had authorized any one to sign such a paper. He stated he had not done so. He was in favor of a meeting, however that had been called. He had left the church that Sunday morning before the paper had been presented to the deacons and had told Nelson Williams, Jr. to put him down. NOT VERY DISORDERLY. He did not think that the church meeting which called the pastor was very disorderly. He was present when Editor Mitchell was excluded from the church. He admitted that he had been interrupted while making his defense and when asked whether or not he ascribed these interruptions to malice he declared he thought they were due to ignorance. There was not a written law as to the number of names to be affixed to the application. It was due to custom and the deacons usually regulated that. Meredith cross examined Dr Jones in a purcellan court. He wanted to know if he had not seen in the PLANET the statement that his (Jones) name had been forged to the application for the meeting. When the witness replied, he wanted to know why he had not taken steps to correct the said impression. MOVED UNEASILY. Prof. Jones moved unceasing in his seat and admitted that it was due to the fact that he had been previously misrepresented in the PLANET. This disclosed the fact that witness had malice against the defendant and Mr. Meredith was not slow to bring this to the attention of the jury. Mr. R. T. Hill, after being duly sworn, in reply to queries announced that he was a co-operationist. He related the circumstances in connection with the calling of a pastor the First Baptist Church. He admitted that there was disorder in the meeting. He admitted virtually that the vote was not unanimous by stating that 50 or more persons in the audience had not voted and that he had not put the other side of the question. MR. HILL'S REASON When asked about his called a church meeting on Nelson Williams' application and without the authority of the deacon board, he explained that it was because he was chairman of the pulpit committee and no official communication had reached him that the names had been forged. Mr. Meredith:—"Had you seen in this copy of the PLANET the charge that the names had been forged?" Answer: I have not read the PLANET thereby for more than two years." He stated that he had read the headline to articles. HAD HEARD OF THE ALLEGED FORGERY. Mr. Meredith passed to other questions. He then reverted to the subject offered forged names and asked Mr. Hill if he had heard that the names had been forged. Hill admitted that he had heard it. Mr. Meredith wanted to know whether in his position as a deacon he would call a meeting when he had reason to believe that the names on the application were forged. Mr. Hill admitted that he did not think that it would be proper. Mr. Meredith: "Are you sure that you did not see the PLANet of Aug. 13th, 1901 which charged that three names on the application for the meeting were forged." Answer: "Yes." Will you swear that you did not read the PLANet of this date Aug. i3th, 1901? "Yes." was the reply. THE PLANET AS EVIDENCE. Mr. Meredith then drew forth a copy of the PLANET of Aug. 20th. He proceeded to read to Bro. Hill. It was a letter written and signed by R. T. Hill, cashier and W. P. Burrell, Grand Worthy Secretary. It was dated Aug.8, 1901, and began with these words, "We have read in the PLANET of Aug. 13th, 1901 etc." It placed Mr. Hill in a most embarrassing predicament. He had sworn that he had not read a copy of the PLANET of Aug. 13th, 1901 and over his own signature he had written a letter stating that he had read a PLANET of Aug. 13th, 1901. There was a painful silence in the court room as Mr. Meredith announced that he was through with the witness. Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lewis was put on the stand by brother William,' counsel. It was evident that it was expected that he would testify about Baptist Councils and cooperation. Before he had gotten well started in his testimony Mr. Meredith wanted to know whether his knowledge of councils was due to the fact of having any trouble in his church recently. Mr. Smith: I object. Judge Minor sustained the objection, and Mr. Meredith laughingly settled back in his seat and handed back a copy of the PLANET which he was about to use and smilingly said "The Judge won't let me use it." The effect of this question on Bro. Lewis was apparent. It seemed that it had winded him from the outset. He stated that the call of council composed of persons outside of the locality in which the trouble occurred was not in accord with the Baptist Polity. JUST WANTED TO KNOW Mr. Meredith wanted to know whether he had the copies of the Baptist Polity that specified that this could not be done. Brother Lewis said that he had not. Mr. Meredith pointed to the Hiscock's Church Directory with an idea of having brother Lewis find the place in the directory where it was specified that he would be called of churches only in the vicinity. Brother Lewis replied that Hiscock was general on that subject, but that Harvey was more specific. Mr. Meredith wanted to know which church directory did the churches of Richmond use. Brother Lewis said some of them use Hiscock's. of them did not use Hiscock's. Brother Lewis admitted that they did. "Well," said Mr. Meredith, "What about Harvey?" mend and return from all points in the State at rate, fare and one-third for the round trip Tickets on sale January 18, 19, and 20, with final return limit January 25th, 1908. Brother Lewis said Harvey was used mostly by theological students. Mr. Meredith stated that we were looking after the directory that the churches of Richmond use and not after one used by theological students. He would accordingly rest his case on Hiscock's. Mr. Meredith asked brother Lewis whether the members composing the council in the Barksdale case at Danville were called from the immediate vicinity. Brother Lewis admitted that they were not, but it was contrary to custom. Mr. Meredith asked brother Lewis whether the Troy council called some years ago in Richmond was composed altogether of churches in this vicinity. Bro. Lewis admitted that it was not, but said that it was contrary to custom. Mr. Meredith ended the cross-examination of brother Lewis and was told to aside; not however, before being asked by Mr. Meredith how many churches had the action of the exparate council held at the First Baptist church of which he was the leading feature. Brother Lewis stated that he could not name a single church that had done so. Editor Mitchell was called to the stand and was asked whether or not Mr. Mitchell told him that he was in favor of the meeting held at the First Baptist church. He replied that he had not. Judge Minor then read the instructions to the jury and announced that two hours would be allowed to each side. Then began the argument of counsel for the plaintiff. (TO BE CONTINUED.) --- HARRIS—COLES—Mr. J. Y. Harris and Mrs. Lucy A. Coles were married on the evening of January 8th, 1903 by Rev. W. H. Stokes, B. D. Reception, Thursday evening, January 23d, from 7:30 to 10:30 P. M., at their residence, 1821 Dance street, Richmond, V.. Friends are invited, no cards. ALLEN—JACKSON—The marriage of Miss Charlotte B. Allen to Mr. Grant Jackson took place Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1903, at the residence of Rev. Parete. Reception, Sunday, January 18th, at the residence of the bride, 402 Webster street, from 5:30 to 11:30 P. M. Friends are invited. An Error Corrected. Otway Sampson, who was arranged in the Police-court last Monday was not Ottoway Sampson of 105 West Duval St. --- —Mr. W. H. Mosby of 836 Grace street is out the city, visiting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jennie Brown, and hunting in Arringale, Southampton Co., Va. The Municipal Orchestra of which Mr Moses Johnson is leader, will begin its two weeks engagement at Price's Hall next Monday night —Rev. C. H. Phillips left the city Friday for Trenton, J. J., to conduct the revival services at the Union Baptist church, Rev. J. L. Burton, pastor. Manchester Roll of Honor. Month Ending January 2nd 5th Grade—Miss Bertha E. Hughes, teacher, Public Schools—A class, Wesley Coleman, Leslie Graham, Sarah Simmons, Minnie Hilton, Lee King, Herbert Harris, Leonia Howell, Florence James, Robert Hobson, B class, Hickman, Arthur Powell, Lizzie Jefferson, Frenchoilua King, Ora Gogbill. --- STOLEN—At the Mount Olivet Baptist Church Christmas Tree exercises Tuesday night, January 6th, a bag containing $10.00, belonging to the Union Bloom of Youth Sick Beneficial Society for a reward will be paid for its return to Mrs. EMMA RUFFIN, 1116 Pink St., Church-hill, City. The National Baptist Sunday School Union. The regular monthly meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Union was held Sunday afternoon at Mount Olivet Baptist church, President B. H. Peyton presiding. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, the attendance was very large. The meeting was one of the most successful ever held. The recitations and songs were well rendered and much enjoyed. Rev. J. A. Bowler was very entertaining in his remarks. The next Union will be held at the Zion Baptist church, Manchester, Rev. W. & Ashburn will deliver the installation address. The Union will be held on the second Sunday in February, 1908. Among the earnest Sunday School workers present were Revs. Ed. Thomas, J. A. Bowler, M. H. Payne, S. A. Clay, E. J. Hill, J. H. Crutchfield, E. Washington, C. C. Williams, A. W. Dandridge, M. L. Crittendon, Brown Stevens. After two weeks illness of Mrs. C. H. Lewis, she is able to be going around in her room. We have received the Register of Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., for the year 1902-1903. It is one of the most complete publications of the kind we have ever seen. Southern Railway Reduced Rates. Mardi Gras; New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., Pensacola, Fla. February, 18-24, 1903. For the above occasions the Southern Railway will sell special tickets from all stations in Virginia, North and South Carolina to New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola and return, at one fare for the round trip. Tickets to be on sale February 17 to 23rd inclusive, with return limit Feb., 28th, except by deposit of tickets by original purchasers with Joseph Richardson, Special Agent, at New Orleans, Mobile or Pencola not later then Feb. 28th, and upon payment of fee of fifty cents, an extension of limit to not later than March 14th, 1903 may be obtained This offers a rare opportunity to those wishing to visit these delightful cities at one of the most desirable seasons. The Southern is the through car line from this section to all of the above points, requiring but one night on the road from Washington. Richmond, Norfolk and intermediate points. Meeting Virginia Anti-Saloon League Richmond, Va., January 20-22, 1903. For the above occasion the Southern Railway will sell special tickets to Rich- mend and return from all points in the State at rate, fare and one-third for the round trip Tickets on sale January 18, 19, and 20, with final return limit January 25th, 1903. To California via the popular New Orleans Route. Double daily limited service via Southern Railway and Sunset Route. The famous Sunset limited trains now run daily between New Orleans Los Angeles and San Francisco, reducing the time from this section to San Francisco to less than five days and offering every comfort on the finest and safest trains. There is but one Sunset Limited and that is run from New Orleans and in connection with the Southern Railway's through trains. The best way to reach Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona and all Pacific Coast Points. Tourist tickets on sale daily. C. W. Westbury, D. P. A. Anything to Oblige Mr. Greatman—I wish you'd stop printing my portrait every time any little thing happens to me, or else get a new one. You've had that old plate in 17 times. Editor—All right, my dear sir. Anything to oblige. Assistant Foreman (a week later)—I can't find that picture of Sam, the sneak thief, anywhere. Foreman—Well, dump in that old picture of Mr. Greatman. It ain't going to be used for him any more.—N. Y. Weekly. "Oh, butcher, you may think you've won, but surely I'm a head!" —N. Y. Herald. HE HAD A CONSCIENCE. A "I can't comprehend why you dickered so long about the price of that suit. You don't intend to pay for it, anyway." "Just because I've got a conscience. I want that poor chap of a tailor to lose as little as possible."—Fliegende Blaetter. Weighs and Means. Here is a simple problem, yet "Tis hard to answer right; How can a ton of coal so dark Turn out so very light? —Chicago Daily News. Like All Walters. "How obsequious those monkey waiters are toward that pair of ostriches," remarked the Lion. "Yes," replied the beautiful tigress, who acted as cashier in the Jungle restaurant, "they heard somebody say that ostrich tips are very valuable."—Philadelphia Press. An Old Story. Hiram—It tells here in this paper about a German doctor who has discovered a sure cure for consumption. Silas—It does beat all how slow them foreigners are, don't it? Why, they've been sellin' sure cures for consumption down to the village drug store for the last 20 years!—Puck. Equally Ignorant. Assessor—I am sorry your husband is not in. By the way, maybe you can tell me, approximately, the amount of his personal property. The Wife—Why, no! I had thought perhaps I might find out from you.—Chicago Tribune. A Radical Cure. Biggs—I understand Mrs. Strong- mind married her husband to reform him. Bogg—Reform him? Of what? Biggs—He used to be a regular brute to his first wife—Judge. Dinner Table Gallantry. The Hostess—You are such an epile- cure, Mr. Stuffer, that I was almost afraid to ask you to dinner. Stuffer—But the pleasure of your company more than compensates me. -N. Y. Times. Preity High. "It is high C that your daughter is singing?" "I should say so," answered Mr. Cumrox. "Cost me several thousand dollars for her to learn that."—Washington Star. The Limit. Wife—I believe you are the laziest man in the world. Artist—You ought to have seen my brother Bill. He died 'cause he was too lazy to breathe.—Chicago American. Etianette. Mrs. Blank—Is your husband going to Mrs. Jason's funeral? Mrs. Dash—Decidedly not! She never returned my last call—Smart Set. when you are gone, I shall pine away." "Don't," he answered, adding with an uneasy laugh: "Don't pine away, spruce up."—Princeton Tiger. A. Suggested. Biggs—It strikes me that the foolkiller is neglecting his business. Diggs—He's kept pretty busy, I suppose, but you might send him your address.—Chicago Daily News. 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