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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XX NO. 9. WHAT MAKES THE FLOWERS GROW? Come, gretty Nell, I pray you tell What makes the flowers grow? "Why, Mamma smiled." Replied the child, "She smiles so sweet, you know." "When Mamma talks And slowly walks With me the garden through, The flowers sweet, Seem to repeat— I love your Mamma, too." Thon guileless thing! May nothing bring May soul of sin to know: May Mamma's smile Thy life beguile To in sweet goodness grow. K. of P. Notes. The outlook for Knights of Pythias and Courts of the Calanthe for the year 1903 is most encouraging to the members of the Order. Success has perched upon her banner for the past year, and clubs (at less than the regular fee) are being organized all over the State. (See Venus Club note.) The benefits derived are so great from so small a fee that it only needs to be explained to be taken advantage of by the people. The Mechanics' Savings Bank has made unparalleled success in twelve months, and does honor to the Order and Board of Directors for its excellent management. The Women's Business Department will soon be launched upon and open new avenues of employment to the Court members. A Grand Mass Meeting and Stock Rally for the members of the Order will be held Thursday, Feb. 12, 1903, at 7:30 P.M. at Sixth Mt. Zion Church. Every member is expected to be present wearing the regalia of the Order. The Staff, Board of Managers and Board of Directors will have special seats. A fine program. Venus Lodge, No. 46 expects to make a large club 4th Friday in February to add to its membership. The rate allowed is $5.50 to join instead of $50, the regular fee, benefits as above. This is excellent chance for all who desire to receive money and reap great benefits to come in. The Lodge has some of the leading men in the city among its membership, the Grand Chancellor, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., and the Cashier, Mr. Thos. H. Wyatt and Mr. D. J. Chavers are enrolled there, and many prominent citizens are in the club to be made. Nelson Williams and Dr. Vass Snowed Under. [Nashville, Tenn., National Baptist Union.] The courts of Virginia have disposed of the case of Nelson Williams, Jr., vs. John Mitchell, Jr. for ten thousand dollars damages which Nelson Williams sought to get from John Mitchell because the latter published the proceedings of the First Baptist Church, on the night that he (Williams) moved to exclude Mitchell from that church. The case lasted five days, with Nelson Williams and Dr. Sam Vass laboring diligently to get a conviction. After deliberating for forty-five minutes, the jury gave Nelson Williams a verdict of one cent. This means that John Mitchell goes scot free and that Nelson Williams pays the cost of the court. Of course Dr. Vass will help him in all of his tribulation: he will assist him in paying costs, etc., and in that way help him to overcome his anguish. We have always felt sorry for Bro. Nelson Williams, because he was an automaton that danced whenever Dr. Vass jerked the string. We expected him to dance until his troubles became greater than he could bear. That day has come but thanks to Dr. Vass and his big white society, "Nelse" is not forsaken. Experience is the dear information that taught Nelson Williams one valuable lesson. It will be a long time before Bro. "Nelse" will make another Bulldog motion to exclude John Mitchell from the church because Dr. Sam Vass advises him to make it. Poor "Nelse" He is entitled to much pity. The Union charged Bro. Nelse with being dominated and controlled by Dr. Vass. It turns out just as we said. Now it is that "Nelse" is up against the odum of public sentiment and the big end of the cost of a suit filed by him for damages. John Mitchell has been vindicated, Dr. Graham and the Fifth Street Baptist Church sustained, Gregory W. immortalized, and "Nelse" and Dr. Vass snowed under. Now let "Nelse" redeem himself. Pay the cost of his silly suit and part company with Dr. Vass. Folly ends where genuine hope begins. Let "Nelse" consider this, amend his ways and swear eternal vengeance against unsafe leaders like Rt. Rev. Dr. Prof. Samuel Nathaniel Vass, of American Baptist Publication society fame. That's all!!! It's enough to make a horse laugh, to refer to the lecture of Rev. D. Webb Davis, Tuesday night, Feb. 10th at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. WANTED—A person, male or female to clean up building, one day in each week. Apply Business, care of PLANER. ULTIMATUM TO ALLIES ULTIMATUM TO ALLIES Demands For Preferential Treatment of Venezuelan Claims Refused. PEACE WANTED, NOT ALLIANCES In Accepting Demands Venezuela Would Aid in Maintaining Hostile Alliance Against Herself-May be Submitted to The Hague Tribunal. Washington, Feb. 3.—Herbert W. Bowen, Venezuela's representative in the negotiations at Washington for a settlement of the claims against that country, has sent through the British ambassador here what amounts practically to an ultimatum to the allied powers of Great Britain, Germany and Italy regarding their insistence for preferential treatment in the settlement of their claims against Venezuela. This note, which the British ambassador received shortly before 9 o'clock last night, was cabled at once to London, copies of it being transmitted to the German and Italian embassies for transmission to Berlin and Rome. It is in reply to the proposition submitted at a joint conference of the negotiators yesterday by the British ambassador that the allied powers be allowed two-thirds of 30 per cent. of the custom receipts of the ports of La Guaira and Porto Cabello, and that the United States and the other claimant nations, France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Spain and Norway and Sweden content themselves with the remaining one-third of this percentage, that is 10 per cent. of the receipts of those two ports. In the note received by the British ambassador from Mr. Bowen the latter refuses point blank the proposition for a 20 and 10 per cent. division on the ground that to recognize the principle it embodies would be absolutely offensive to modern civilization. In view of the fact that the negotiators are agreed on all save the question of preferential treatment, the ambassador is informed that Venezuela has decided to submit that question to The Hague arbitration tribunal. Acceptance of this proposition, Venezuela contends, carries with it a raising of the blockade, the general understanding being that the blockade would end when the negotiators at Washington had reached an agreement. It is understood that in refusing this last proposition submitted by the British ambassador on behalf of the allies, Mr. Bowen takes the ground that he cannot accept in principle the contention that blockades and bombardments of forts, and the consequent killing of helpless men, women and children, entitles any powers or alliance of powers to preferential treatment at the hands of a civilized nation. It is claimed that, should the peace powers and the blockading powers agree to such a principle, they would incorporate in the law of nations a doctrine in conflict with the tenets of all modern day ethics. Moreover, Venezuela, it is stated, regards the preferential demand of the powers as objectionable because it would enable the continuance of the triple alliance of Great Britain, Germany and Italy for a period of six years or more, and in accepting it Venezuela would be encouraging and abetting the maintenance of hostile alliances against herself. The British ambassador is informed in the note that Americans, north and south, want peace, and not alliances. More Complications London, Feb. 4.—Reuter's Telegram Company says it is officially informed that the attitude of the allies regarding the so-called priority claims against Venezuela has been misunderstood, thus increasing the complications. It is explained that the allies do not insist on the precedence of their claims over others, but insist that they shall be regarded as separate, to be dealt with direct between themselves and Venezuela. Until a specific arrangement is made for the satisfaction of their claims they are determined to continue the blockade. It is further stated that the allies do not bind Venezuela regarding the sum to be periodically paid or the time in which the debt must be paid off. Kissed His Wife and Then Shot Her. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 4.—A special from Winston-Salem, N. C., says: Banks Miller and his wife had a dispute Monday and decided to separate. She left her husband, taking their two children to the home of relatives. Last night Miller called to see his wife, and after talking over their misunderstanding the wife consented to live with her husband again. As he started to leave the room he asked his wife to come to the door and kiss him good night. She complied with the request. Miller immediately thereafter turned RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1903 around and fired at her, the ball taking effect in her right breast. The husband then placed the pistol to his head and fired. When the officers arrived at the house Miller and his wife were lying on the floor dead. There were two eye-witnesses to the awful tragedy. Local Option for Vermont White River Junction, Vt., Feb. 4. The advocates of local option carried the state yesterday, and after more than half a century of prohibition cities and towns of Vermont will, after March 1, be permitted to decide whether or not intoxicating liquors shall be sold in those communities. The total vote, with seven small towns missing, is 30,588 in favor of a license law and 28,946 opposed. The missing towns gave a total vote of less than 300 at the last election. BYRNE THROWN OUT BY SENATE Committee Won't Confirm Him U. S. District Attorney for Delaware District Attorney for Delaware. Washington, Feb. 3. 3. The senate committee on judiciary yesterday agreed to recommend that the nomination of William M. Byrne for United States district attorney of Delaware be rejected. This action was taken after quite an extended discussion. The ground for the action of the committee was the connection of Byrne with Delaware politics. It was agreed to delay the report in order to give the president an opportunity to withdraw the nomination. Mr. Byrne belongs to the Addicks faction in Delaware. He was formerly district attorney, but resigned to run for congress on the Union or Addicks ticket. He was defeated and reappointed to his former position. The vote against reporting the nomination stood 7 to 6. Among the allegations made was that Byrne had been a "Regular" but changed to a "Union" Republican when the Addicks faction offered him the congressional nomination. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL Society Formed to Erect a Tablet in Washington. Washington, Feb. 2.—The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, organized for the purpose of erecting at the national capital an appropriate and truly national memorial to the "author of the Declaration of Independence," through its president, Admiral George Dewey, has issued an appeal to the American people for funds to carry out the object of the association. Every contributor will receive a certificate acknowledging his subscriptions, and carrying with it membership in the association. In time to come these certificates will be "badges of honor." Contributions, checks, money orders or drafts should be made payable to the order of the treasurer of the association, Mr. Jesse B. Wilson, president of the Lincoln National Bank. The association is now complete in its list of officers, every state being represented by a vice president, and in some cases by a member of the board of governors. No great movement of a similar character in this country, it is claimed, has as its officers more men of national character and influence than this organization. The association, it is stated, is thoroughly non-partisan, the design being merely to raise a memorial to Mr Jefferson as the writer of the Declaration of Independence. Among the vice presidents of the association are the following: Delaware, John S. Russell; Maryland, Admiral W. S. Schley; New Jersey, Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton University; Pennsylvania, Robert E. Pattison; Virginia, John W. Daniel; West Virginia, Charles J. Faulkner. A DASTARDLY MURDER Miner Kicked and Stabbed to Death By Infuriated Foreigners Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 2.—Constanta Sobrilefski, a Russian and a well-known local miner, who had worked during the strike, was yesterday kicked and stabbed to death by 21 of his infuriated countrymen, who are all either miners or laborers working in and about the mines at Plymouth and Larksville, three miles from this city. The party had all been at a dance during Saturday night, many of them not returning to their homes until noon yesterday. The deed was committed on the public highway near the Boston mine breaker at Larksville. The murdered man, with almost every bone in his body broken, was removed to the nearest undertaker's establishment. One of the gang, named Powell Laudofski, confessed to being implicated in the killing, and the other 20 assassins were all rounded up by last evening and committed to the Luzerne county prison. A blood-stained handkerchief belonging to the murdered man was found in possession of William Krovitski as he was being searched in the warden's office. It was one of the most dastardly crimes that has ever been committed in this county. N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 30, 1903. GREETING;— The subordinate lodges and the members thereof are hereby requested to assemble at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church Thursday Feb. 12th, 1903 at 7:30 P.M. The members will wear the regalia of the Order. Business of importance will be discussed and the work of the organization analyzed. Able speakers will be present to entertain the audience. Given under my hand and the seal of the Grand Lodge this 30th day of January, 1903. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Grand Chancellor, THOMAS M. CRUMP, Grand Keeper of R. & S. SEAL Office of the GRAND COURT OF VA., I. O. CALANTHE, 511 N. 3RD. ST., RICHMOND, VA., Jan., 30th, 1903. GREETING:— The subordinate Courts and the members thereof are bereby requested to assemble at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Thursday Feb. 12th, 1903 at 7.30 P. M. The members will wear the regalia of the Order. Business of importance will be discussed and the work of the organization analyzed. Able speakers will be present to entertain the audience. Given under my hand the and seal of the Grand Court of Virginia this 30th day of Jan. 1903. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. Grand W. Register of Deeds SEAL Valley School Roll of Honor, Week Ending Jan. 30, 1903. Fourth Grammar—Elizabeth Mitchell, Lottie Height, Lillie Washington, Florence Phillips. Third Grammar—Oscar Jackson, Albert Lewis, Sophia Dandridge, Martheenia Mankins. Second Grammar—Sullivan Pitchford, Ethel Jones, Mary Vandervall, Elsie Tyler. First Grammar—Leroy Brown, Otie Johnson, Gertrude Harris, Joseph Anderson, Blanche Walton, Rosa Moody. Eighth Primary—Marie Brown, Pearl Brown, Flora Jackson, Martha Page, Zora Washington. Seventh Primary—Annie Holland, Vivian Kemp, Ella White, Josephine Robinson Lillie Booker. Sixth Primary—Ruby Macklin, Josephine Jackson, Lilian West. Fifth Primary, No 34—Jos. Pernell, Annie Harris, Alma Hamm, Fannie Braxton, Gertrude Walbarrow, Bessie Wills, Zipparah Yearman. Fifth Primary, No. 35—Mabel Grammar, Morris Tyler, Lula Fox, Thomas Scott, Harvey Winston, Virginia Brown. Fourth Primary—Louise Duncan, Ruby Johnson, Irene Pitchford, Henry Robinson. Third Primary, No. 37—Ida Hargrave, Amanda Reid, Essie Jenkins. Third Primary, No. 38—Adeline Hill, Gertrude Elllett, Rosa Wingfield, Chas Walbarrow. Second Primary, No. 39—John Moody, Cabell Hill, Eli Anderson, Chas, Hunt, Joseph Brown, Wm. Anderson, Linwood Byrd, Irvin Guy, Eugene Winston, Cora Whitaker, Corn Smith, Willie Burrell, Isetta Keiley, Annie White, Marie Williams, Sadie Dabney, Effie Caskie. First Primary, No. 40—Major Brown, Robert Montgomery, Leon Cook, Wm. Gregory, Edward Jenkins, Elisha Kidd, Daniel Lewis, Elisha Munford, James Montgomery, Jacob Robinson, Fred Scott, Lonnie Williams, Noah Thompson, Manie Harris, Alberta Coleman, Gladys Hill, Laura Muse, Mary Kenney, Blanche Smith Second Primary, No. 41—John Hargrave, Albert Lancaster, Charles Shields, Chastian Williams, Eddie Watkins, Mary Gal'more, Matilda Harris, Mabel Kelly, Louisa Robinson, Mary Smith, Lottie Robinson, Lily Scott, Adele Wells. First Primary, No. 42—Alex. Dandridge, Harry Ellis, Hilmil Hepburn, Shirley Kenney, Chas. Mann, Jackson Morris, Herman Orange, Jos. Scott, Jones Williams, Cecil Young, Harry White, Sarah Allen, Bessie Bell, Roberta Brooks, Cora Crump, Agnes Jones, Leola Jones, Gertrude Lee, Clara Lewis, Bessie Montague, Laura Lancaster, Eva Scott, Ruth Woodson. "Two and Two Make Four." "Two and Two Make Four" by Rev. D. Webster Davis at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Tuesday, February 10th. Prizes to the persons selling the highest number of tickets above 75. Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, pastor. If you wish a rare treat, go and hear the famous lecturer. PERSONALS AND BRIEFES. First-class bitters there! Mr. S. W. Robinson will always furnish you with your money's worth. Mrs. P. C. Easley furnishes fine pure ice-cream and you will do well to call and see her. The Knights of Pythias and the Courts of Calanthe will have a grand mass-meeting and rally at the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Thursday night, February 12th. The public is invited. Rev. G. William Ward, pastor of the Monumental Baptist church, of Chattanooga, Tenn., called on us. Rev. T. H. White, the brilliant young pastor of Clifton Forge, Va., called on us this week. Mrs. M. A. Hughes of No. 1413 Hull St., Manchester, Va., who has been very sick the past week or two, is improving. We hope for her a complete recovery. The Mid-winter Carnival will be the attraction of the season. The place is the Pythian Castle Hall, 511 N. 3rd St. It will commence on the 16th and last one week. Mr. Roseberry Moslby, the popular member of Samson Lodge. No. 16, is quite ill at his residence. His many friends hope for his speedy recovery. Have you paid your subscription? Mr. W. P. Epps, the well-known clerk of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, who has been so ill is out again. He had a severe attack, but will soon be able to resume his duties. Rev. W. H. Dixon, pastor of the First Baptist Church at Newport News, Va., was in the city this week on a tour of recreation. His health has been poor and he is endeavoring to regain his usual good health. Prof. J. H. Blackwell was agreeably surprised on last Thursday night by a number of the Sunday School workers of whom he is superintendent. You never saw a Turkish Auction. Well, we should say not, when the purchaser is unacquainted with the lady of the purchase until after he has bound the bargain. Who'll be the King of the Carnivall Some say, T. M. Crump, T. H. Wyatt, Foster L. Lucas, Chas H. Lewis, J. Henry Stokes and Willis Wyatt. Only one can win, which one? ——The collector called to see you. Did you delay him? The National Baptist S. S. Union The regular monthly meeting of the National Baptist Sunday School Union will convene on next Sunday, Feb 5th, 1903, at 3 o'clock P. M., at Zion Baptist Church, Manchester. Excellent program. Rev. W. R. Ashburn, B. D., will deliver the installation address. Rare treat; all are invited. $150.00 Paid NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 29, 1903. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the claim of Sir Frank Taylor of Benevolence Lodge, No. 34, K. of P. N. A., S. A., E., A., A. A. & A. Signed:— ROWEA TAYLOR, No. 88 Johnson Ave., Huntersville, Norfolk, Va. Witnesses:— M. ISBELL, K. of R, and S. H. C. CARTER, M. of E. J. W. GRANBY, D. D., G. C. Fifth Street Baptist Sunday School Last Sunday was banner Sunday. Quite a lively interest was manifested. Banner number 1, was won by class number 19, taught by brother Benj. Harris. On next Sunday it is a special request that all our scholars and parents and friends be out. School at 9:30. Be on time. --- All members of the Independent Glee Club are requested to attend a meeting of great importance, Sunday, at 3 P. M. at 800 West Moore St. W. D. JONES, Pres. W. B. SMITH, Musical Director. Johns' & Scott's Grand Vaudeville Company will appear at the True Reformer's Hall, Monday, Feb. 9th, 1903. This show is full of comedy and music. You should not miss this rare treat. Come and hear Polk Miller's Famous Quartette. You will enjoy yourself. Doors open at 7 o'clock, curtain rises at 8:30 P. M., Admission, 15 and 25 cents, Reserved seats, 35 cents. LOUIS PARKER, Manager. To Be Congratulated [New York Age.] John Mitchell, Jr., the redoubtable editor of the Richmond PLANET, was sued for ten thousand dollars damages for libel by Deacon Nelson Williams. The jury brought in a verdict for Brother Williams of one cent damages. As one cent verdicts do not carry with them the costs of court, Brother Williams won but a barred victory. Editor Mitchell is to be congratulated on escaping at such small cost. We trust that now he will turn his attention to publishing as good a paper as he can, and avoid church fights in the future. Criticises Brother Williams—A Plain Statement. PITTSBURG, PA., Feb. 3, 1903. Special to the Richmond PLANET: HON. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Dear Sir;— I saw in you were having some trouble with Brother Nelson Williams and the First Baptist Church of that city. I always thought that you and Booker T. Washington were two of the brainsiest young men, have of the Baptist faith and I believe that the baptist people throughout the universe are proud of both of you. The new church directory which is the statute book on Baptist polity and government, Hiscock being the author, and the directory is a guide for churches and ministers. Too many of our ministers and churches try to take snap judgment and exclude a member from the church, without taking gospel steps, hatching up notions of their own. They should read the church government a little closer. I understood that you were sued for ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and only had to pay ONE CENT. This ought to be a lesson to the Baptist family to stay out of law. Let the ministers stop suing the churches and the memorializing one another. When a member is exorcised from one of the Baptist churches not, regularly, a sister church has the right to take you. I am a close reader of our statute book. It will tell you when you are right and when you are wrong, and I believe that the Fifth St. Baptist Church had a right to take you in as a full member. The Baptist government is a grand one and the church is not a church of slavery and political schemes. The Baptist government is a successful one, with all of our ungratefulness. Our church is a prosperous one. I only wish that we had more of our Hon. John Mitchell, Jr.'s, and Prof. B. T. Washington's. The Baptists to-day stand with a membership in the United States of America of 4,269 073. We gained last year 43,000 members and there are in the United States two million of Negro Baptists. There isn't another Negro organization that has reached a million among the other churches. Some of our members are too eager to exclude members from the church without any legal charge. It would be better to pray a little and show some mercy. I also noticed, Mr. Editor, that some of our churches are sending ministers to be ordained to Baptist associations when no messengers have such right. It isn't warranted of God and by any Baptist authorities. According to Baptist polity, council is called from sister churches to attend to that matter. This is the executive court according to Baptist polity. It seems that so many of our churches and ministers do not understand what our Baptists really teach and practice. It is because they do not hear those enough. Our first guide was Hiscox Standard Manual, secondly, Hiscox Church Directory, thirdly, every thirty years, the copyright runs out, hence the new church directory is a statute book that we use now for Baptist churches Bishop Edward T. Hiscox, D. D, LL. D, is the author, and this guide has been accepted in the United States, by both colored and white churches of the Baptist family. We have but one church, but many independent bodies. But each body must believe in the same faith and the same polity. I think that this article will be quite a lesson to the Baptist family in general. Let us be gentle; let us be kind and affectionate to one another. $150.00 Paid. NORFOLK, VA., Jan. 29, 1903 This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia One Hundred Hours ($150 in payment of the death claim) Allen Hart who was a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 44 K. of P., N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. M. ISBELL, K. of R. and S. H. C. CARTER, M. of E. J. W. GRANBY, D. D., G. DEATH FROM A FALL. William Cook's Skull Fractured While Cleaning Windows. A dispatch from New York to the family today brought news of the death of William Cook, Jr., colored, of No. 18% Mercer street. There was a brief mention of the cause, a fall from a window, resulting in a fracture of the skull. Mr. Cook had been for some time employed in New York as assistant janitor of a large building and at the time of the accident was engaged in cleaning a window. His wife was formerly Mrs. Jennie Harris. The body will probably be brought to New London for interment. - New London, Conn. Exchange. There will be a Grand Mass Meeting and Stock Rally at the Sixth Mt. Zion Church Thursday, Feb. 12, 1903, at 7:30 P.M. Every member of the Order is requested to be present wearing the regalia. PROGRAM Scripture Reading, Rev. A. S. Thomas. Prayer, Rev. S. C. Burrell. Music, "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name." The K. of P. a Power for Good, Rev. D. W. Davis. Our Bank a Success, Mr. Thomas H. Wyatt, Cashier of the Mechanics Savings Bank. The Courts of Calanthe the Prop of the Order, Rev. J. Andrew Bowler. Music, "I Need The Every Hour." Selection, Miss Eva G. Davis. Soon, by Miss S. Alice Kemp Burrell. The Business Department of the Order, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., President Mechanics Savings Bank. Music, "Bless be the Tie that Binds." Stock Rally. Thanksgiving Prayer, Rev. W. F. Graham. Benediction. Dr. Graham Receives a Present On Friday, Jan. 30th, the President of the American Beneficial Insurance Company was invited to attend a special meeting of the agents of that company. After talking over the regular business and hearing the reports from different agents, Mr. Paul Ervin, after having made a meat and beautiful little speech, presented on behalf of the agents a handsome and costly Morris adjustable chair to the President. The latter expressed his thanks and appreciation in the highest terms. The following are some of the names of those who contri- mited to the purchase of the present: M.C. Warner, Paul Ervin, B. H. Peyton, M. J. Hewlett, Willie S. Page, D. J. Bradford, Lee S. Smith, Mitchell R. W. Moss, Lee S. Smith, Miss Alice Robinson, P. H. Sayles, Mrs. Louisa Weaver, John Foxell, J. D. Booker, Mrs. Mary A. Page, Mrs. Julia A. Boud, Daniel Henderson, Mrs. Addio Lemas, P. L. Bryant, Miss Fannie H. Vaughn, H. Fawtierley. The American in Norfolk The work of the American Benefitia Insurance Company in Norfolk is progressing very nicely, indeed, under the skillful management of Mr. E. R. Artist. They are writing up new members every day. They are succeeding nicely in writing up straight life policies also. Mr. Artist has for his book keeper Mrs. L. M. Artist, and the following are his hustling agents: Messrs. L. H Scott, W. G. Tate, W. J. Bailey, W. H. Wood, Howard Corbin, R L. Robinson, William, A. Jackson, J. T. Holt, Linburn Hurdle. --- A grand concert will be given by Mrs. Goodwyn Monday night, Feb. 9th, at the Second Baptist Church for the benefit of the Union Baptist Mission church. This will be one of the grandest affairs of the season. Admission, 10e. REV. J. S. C. GOODWYN Pastor. The Richmond Hospital will be opened Monday Feb. 16. Friends and stockholders are cordially invited to inspect. The Training School for nurses will be opened Monday March 2nd. Address all applications to Dr. D. A. Ferguson, 609 N. 2nd St. The beautiful Cantata of Daniel, or the captivity and restoration, will be presented at the 6th Mt. Zion Baptist church Monday night, Feb. 16th, 1908, under the auspices of Troop A., J. R. Holmes, Captain. Come and see Daniel in the Lion's Den. This scene with Daniel in the Den surrounded by Lions is worth the price of the admission. Another feature of the Cantata is the Three Hearts in the Firey Furnace. This scene is destined to be as real as possible. No money or money has been spared to make this the grandest Cantata ever presented to the public of Richmond. CASTE Queen, Miss H. Bell Fitzhugh. King, Mr. Samuel L. Johnson. Azariah, Mr. William H. Coy. Sister of Azariah, Mrs. J. V. Hawkins. Companions of Azariah, Messrs, John Washington and R. Beverly. Daniel, Mr. Thomas L. Turner. Herald, Mr. Richard Beverly. 2nd & 3rd Presidents, Messrs. R. Beverly and Samuel Wilson. Trio of Female Voices, Mesdames Emma J. Wingfield, Christina Coy and Miss Hardiane Willis. Trio of Male Voices, Messrs. Nelson Booker, Samuel H. Walker, and R. Beverly. Chorus of Israelites, Mrs. Pollie Wilson and others. Chorus of Assyrians and Persians. Mrs. Thos. L. Turner, Misses Sarah and Edmonia Anderson. MRS. SOPHIA LEMUS, Organist. MR. WM. H Coy, Musical Director. Admission, 10cts. DAINTY DRESS ACCESSORIES forded a simple and very successful means of transforming the appearance of some blouse for which familiarity night, otherwise, have led to the proverbially resulting contempt. But, this season, these particular and pretty dress accessories have been brought into still greater prominence and importance by Dame Fashion's edict concerning the wearing of lace on every possible occasion—and garment, and it is an edict which—knowing as we well do, the wonderfully becoming effect of lace—we are all most anxious to obey. A sample I have seen is a berthe of real point de Flandre lace, in a lovely design of flowers and foliage. It is so shaped that it can be worn in a variety of different but equally effective ways, it will do good service either on a day blouse or an evening bodice. Then again I saw a frilled lace schuu which has endless possibilities for picturesque arrangement, one of the prettiest being certainly shown in the illustration, for here the soft folds of the lace follow the square of the decollelate, and are caught together at the left side, the long scarf ends then falling far below the waist, and so lending their decorative grace to the skirt as well as to the bodice. Note next the dainty detail of the sleeves sketched with "Well, I'm not sure as to that," replied the young drummer in honeyed accents, pressing both hands to his ears, "but of one thing I can assure you, my dear sir, and that that I was not brought up in a boiler factory."—Syracuse Standard. 2 SATURDAY..... FEB. 7, 1903 John Crow, of Jamaica. "The indolence of the people and the lack of non-enforcement of sanitary laws," said a recent arrival from the West Indies, "makes some of the Jamaica towns candidates for first-class garbage service. There is one creature which attracts attention from the visitor when he first lands on the island. It is a bird called John Crow. So highly is he honored that a range of mountains in the eastern part of Portland parish has been named after him. Here, like the maroons, John Crow has his own domain. Black of coat, ragged of wing, red as to head, looking as if he had just emerged second best from a fight, he has been misnamed vulture, but John Crow is protected by the law as a swavenger. He is always overhead, or in the street, backyard or stable—in fact, everywhere where filth abounds, and he clears it away by a gastronomic process peculiarly his own. John Crow fears no man and he offers no indignity to a passer-by, with the exception that John Crow has a veryoud breath. He sleeps on backyard fences, in trees and about houses. He rises with the sun and begins his sanitary duties for the health of those about him—Baltimore Sun. Ancient Death Chamber The governor of the ancient citadel of Aquila, contemplating repairs in the subterranean arrangements of the old pile, a wall was broken through, whereupon an ancient death chamber was discovered full of bodies of men and women, many of them wearing uniforms and fine dresses. The bodies being shut off from air, were perfectly preserved; there were coffins. Some of the corpses leaned against the walls, others lay in heaps on the floor. Investigation showed that the dead were prisoners of war during the French invasion of 1795, and that they were murdered by the garrison or by the French when the citadel was taken. Many of the bodies show stab and shot wounds; others had knives and stilettos sticking in their throat or breast. One hundred and forty-five bodies were recovered, among them many belonging to noble Italian families, according to papers found in their clothes.—London News. Here's a New Fur. Everyone has heard of Astrakhan star, but how many have heard of "breitschwanz?" Yet it is also Astrakhan fur, though not exactly the kind of fur that is usually worn. It is obtained, not from living animals, but from those which have not yet been born, and it naturally follows that in order to obtain it the mothers must first be killed. According to foreign journals, "breitschwanz" fur is in great demand at present, and, as it is not easily procured, it is unusually costly. The name "fur" is hardly applicable to it, as there are only faint traces of hair on the tender skin.-Detroit Free Press. Decrease of Betting Early in the last century men betted on every conceivable sport and pastime. Nearly every cricket match of which record exists was for 500 or sometimes 1,000 guineas a side. At every cock fight there was a great deal of wagering; people backed horses as they do now. (except, as it appears, usually for much larger sums than are now betted), and very often odds were laid and taken about the result of a day's shooting.—Badminton Magazine. Still Belligerent. Miss Peacemaker—Come now, why don't you and Miss Oldun become friends again? Miss Snape—Oh, I don't see the sense of going to all that trouble for her. "But it isn't any more trouble for you to make up than it is for her." "Don't you believe it. She's used to making up, for she's been doing it for years."—Philadelphia Press. Rotten in Denmark "The returns show," cried the candidate, "that I was defeated in my own vision. They only gave me 78 votes. There's been some crooked work there." "You think you really got more votes than that?" "Well, I should have, for I paid for 100." Philadelphia Press. Plenty of "Publica." Eleven public houses in a village which only contains 13 dwellings, is a record which will be hard to beat. Such a village is to be found in County Derry, Ireland, the only premises not licensed being the police barracks and a creamery. -Pearson's Weekly. What Uncle Renben Says I has allus made it my boast dat I was an honest man; but to tell you de truth I was nebber left along for a nitid wint anybund's hundred dollars and giben a chance to prove myself a cascal—Detroit Free Press. Curious Life Preserver. A life preserver invented by a Hamburg engineer looks like an ordinary pocketbook, weighs but one and one half ounces, and on wetting becomes inflated with gas to sustain 200 pounds three days.—N. Y. Sun Purposely Mishandled. "I'm going on the stage," announced the ambitious amateur, proudly. "Oh, well, everyone to his taste," replied his sarcastic friend. "If you like it, of course, it's all right, but when I'm going anywhere I prefer to go on a railroad train."—Chicago Post. An Early Glimpse at Summer Materials THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY DAINTY DRESS ACCESSORIES UMMER is yet a long way off, and our interest in the dictates of Dame Fashion can scarcely be stretched so far in advance, and yet it would seem that we might take a UMMER is yet a long way off, and our interest in the dictates of Dame Fashion can scarcely be stretched so far in advance, and yet it would seem that we might take a wee bit of time and space for a few words as to summer modes and summer materials, both of which are already being seen in the display rooms of the wholesale houses, where they are being shown for the benefit of early purchasers. That the summer fabrics are more beautiful than ever before, both in texture and design, goes without saying, since the whole trend of fashion is toward more dainty effects, more refined elegance of every sort. The first installment of new foulards shows this tendency quite as conclusively as any of the new materials since the patterns are not so pronounced as formerly and the colors less striking. The most charming novelty in this fabric is the chiffon foulard, very thin and sheer, as the name implies, with a dainty little lace stripe at intervals. In effect these foulards are mostly in one color, a white ground delicately patterned over with pink, blue, green or black, and most attractive in any case. They are a yard wide, too, which is another advantage, and the general all around popularity of thin materials is sure to establish them in favor without any delay. The new foulards show satin stripes and figures in the same tint as the ground and forming a part of it, the patterns scattered over them regardless. Pongee effects in tint and weave, are brought out very effectively among the new foulards, and then you may HE collar, or fish, or berthe of lace have—admittedly—always formed a dainty and decorative addition to either a day or evening bodice, and included by T No Need of Shouting. "Shut the door," bellowed the irate merchant. "Where were you brought up, sir—in a sawmill?" THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA have checks if you like—small checks of two shades of one color broken by a white line, which forms a large check. One pretty check has little moons of white scattered over it, the pattern multiplying through endless variations. The white foulards patterned with black are charming, and the varied sizes of polka dots and rings have bobbed up again quite as important as ever. In any material for summer wear the polka dot is popular and especially among the challies. The dress goods buyer will tell you that he is always sure of the result of any investment in challies which are patterned with polka dots, as they are bound to outseall all the other designs, leaving them quite in the background. The most charming surprises among the new materials for summer are in the cotton fabrics and the pretty mixtures of silk and cotton, cotton and linen and all linen. The new weaves of linen, the glossy finish and the mottled effects of color in the ground are telling points in their favor and are quite convincing enough to settle any doubts about the purchase. What is called the knicker effect is a feature among the new linens and linen and cotton mixtures. It is an irregular bumpy thread woven in closely enough to give a rough appearance, which in effect is very stylish. But there are smooth linens in white and the daintiest of tints which are quite as good style. It is evident already that linens are to have a great run this coming season, and this is not at all surprising if you stop to note the tendencies of fashion to develop all the possibilities in the novelty of one season in the following one. the fichu, the soft white chiffon being held in closely to the arm just above the elbow by many rows of gauging, while then the released fullness of the filmy fabric falls in a series of deep, handkerchief points. It is a particularly graceful version of the fashionable sleeve, and would tend to bring right up to date any blouse or bodice which was only stamped as of last season's production by the shape of its sleeves. Another pretty thing seen in the stores now is a most ingenious and dainty device for transforming a decollete dress into a high-necked dinner dress, when occasion—or the temperature—makes the wearing of a low bodice either unnecessary or inadvisable. Made with a transparent yoke of lace, from which a deep frill of finer lace falls over the bodice almost to the waist, and with lace frills also finishing off the elbow sleeves, this little "dinner sacque" is most easy of adjustment, and most becomingly effective in appearance. It is quite capable, again, of transforming a plain and even dowdy bodice into a smart and presentable affair, so it seems to me that Dickins and Jones' new "dinner sacque" is going to be a great success. Another good idea is a cascade frill of lace, so arranged on a shaped band, as to make its arrangement inside a fur coat or cape the simplest and quickest matter possible. Still another pretty thing is a fascinating little coffee coat, whose mellowtoned lace is effectively contrasted with threadings and long-looped bows of black velvet baby ribbon. ELLEN OSMONDE A Sad Predicament. A vaudeville artist out west recently adopted four pickinaninies, ranging in age from four to six years, in order that she might use them in a comedy sketch. Now she has lost her voice and her employment, and will be obliged to hustle for a livelihood in some other field in order to support the little negroes until they shall be 21. - Chicago Chronicle. The component parts of the glorified sparrow. All these various feathers are added to the plain little creature you see on the street. who desire to be smart on economical lines. Now the common sparrow, as Nature has designed it, is rather a dull-looking creature, especially when it is dead. The feminine desire for color and sharp contrasts which our charming lady friends have alone inherited from their disreputably savage forefathers—or foremothers—is not satisfied by the shaded browns of the feathery street arab. The manipulator of modern millinery magnificence is, of course, perfectly aware of the tastes of his clients. Does he content himself with "stuffing" each sparrow, sewing it on a shape, and sticking his "creation" into some retailer's shop window? No! He sees possibilities in that silent little bundle of brown feathers, and acts accordingly. He has a large staff of workers, some of whom call themselves artists — in many cases a justifiable claim—and into their hands he delivers his latest consignment of dead sparrows. The latter when they reach their destination, are only worth about a penny a dozen—sparrows are cheap to-day. Now, the sparrow—forms the foundation of a brilliant scheme in color and feathers. It first undergoes the experience of a bath for cleaning purposes. Then the little limp creature is hung out on a line to dry, a companion of several in a similar plight. The subsequent glorification of the sparrow progresses by rapid stages. The feathers of more pretentious representatives of the winged world are called in frequent requisition. Pigeons, for instance contribute largely to the material for building up the glorified sparrow, and even the common or back garden rooster turns in handy at a pinch to aid in the transformation. The sparrow, limp and bedraggled, passes through the hands of an artist who possesses the knack of brightening up everything he touches. Under his magic treatment the poor little bird grows stout and robust, not to say sprightly in appearance, once more, as in life. Now the time has come for a change of clothing; the sparrow is introduced to a master of the brush, and he, with a few swift strokes, transforms the dingy brown of the bird's feathers To the extra pigeon's wings are added guinea chick feathers, and the begus wings are complete. into such brilliant hues that the common little sparrow is a sparrow no longer in appearance, but rather one of those beautifully-coated creatures which we seldom see except in the windows of fanciers or at the Zoo! When the "foundation" has become "a perfect little beauty," it is time that the decorative accessories should be made to add further importance to the subject. And the preparation of the component parts is not a whit less elaborate than that of the sparrow itself. It is first of all necessary that the unimposing wings should be added to. Millinery license allows a bird more than one pair of wings—in fact ornithology gets a very poor show indeed when a "real nice thing" in hat architecture is being produced. It has been decided by the designer of millinery ornamentation that a pair of pigeon wings, properly prepared, will add to the dignity and attractiveness of the manipulated sparrow. Having previously performed the operation of introducing a pair of grayish-white wings to a dyeing-dish—whence they emerge transformed into Message Around the World. Just 2,360 minutes was the time taken by an ordinary cable message in going round the world from Boston, via Vancouver and Australia.—Scientific American. Cause of Many Failures. Many a fool man casts a shadow on his life by standing in his own light.—Chicago Daily News. MINIATURE VOLCANO. How to Get Up an Eruption at Home That Will Make a Pretty Little Spectacle. If one could only stand off and admire the grand spectacle made by a volcano in eruption, without being in danger from it and without anybody else's being in danger, there isn't one of us who would not look on the privilege as a rare treat. But as real volcanoes have a way of making themselves terrible to the spectators, and of killing people and laying the country waste, a miniature one, one that will make a pretty little spectacle, and not do any harm at all, is greatly to be preferred. Here is the way to prepare it: Get a large flat glass dish, and in the HOW TO MAKE A VOLCANO middle of it stand a small vial filled with claret wine, and stoppered with a cork through which a small hole has been bored with a red hot wire. Now, get some clay or common earth and build a miniature mountain around the vial. Build it high enough to conceal the vial entirely, but leave a small hole in the top of the mountain clear down to the cork in the vial. Thus the miniature volcano will be all ready to be set off. Strange to say, not fire, but water, will be needed for this purpose. A real volcano has both, for the explosion is caused by the contact of water with red-hot melted rocks down in the earth, and the enormous pressure of the steam thus generated breaks open the earth and throws out the melted rocks as lava. But this little volcano can be started into action simply by pouring water into the glass vessel until it comes two or three inches above the top of the little mountain. Then give the water a rotary motion and watch for a few moments and you will see red streaks coming up through the water and gradually spreading out into a red cloud. The volcano is erupting! But what makes the red wine rise through the water in that way? It rises because it is lighter than water. It would have remained in the vial, of course, if we had not poured the water into the vessel, but when the two liquids have come in contact, the lighter rises to the top. Your teacher would tell you that wine has less specific gravity than water, but we are not using scientific terms.—Brooklyn Eagle. MOST REMARKABLE CAT Kentucky Feline is a Formidable Rival of the Pelican and the Greedy Fish-Hawk. Capt. W. J. Stone, of Lyon county, is the possessor of the most remarkable cat in the world. This cat, not content with the ordinary prowess of the feline species in catching birds and rodents, has entered a new field and is a formidable rival of the pelican and fishhawk. According to Mr. Sidney Snooks, deputy surveyor of the port, and a son-in-law of Capt. Stone, it prefers fish to any other form of food and regularly goes fishing in Stone's lake, the big sheet of water on Capt. Stone's farm. "I don't like to tell this story," said Mr. Snooks, "because people are apt to class it as a fish story, when it is really only a cat story. The fish are merely incidental. Anyway, I always think of Mark Twain's story of the cat that ate the coconut, and I am willing to produce the cat at any time to prove my tale, provided some one else will supply a pond of clear water well filled with fish. "Jasper began his fishing expeditions several years ago. We often found after a day's fishing that the cat would eat the heads of the fish the cook threw away. One day he followed a party of us to the lake, and his appointment was great when he found that we deposited our fish in the basket instead of leaving them where he could make a meal. After awhile some one noticed Jasper crouched on the bank, his eyes set, just as he watches a sparrow he is after. Suddenly his paw shot out and from the water he brought a gasping perch, which he soon put where it would do the most good. After that the cat made regular trips to the lake."—Louisville Courier Journal. Game of Alliteration. Provide each player with a pencil and paper and every two minutes give out a letter. During the two minutes each player is to write a sensible sentence, each word of which begins with the letter given out. If S is given out some one might write: "Simple Susan sat sewing skillfully," or the like. When as many letters have been given out as there are players, each player must read one sentence. Anyone with a sentence longer than the one read aloud marks his sentence, beginning with the same letter as the one read, plus, with a sentence shorter, minus. The one with the most plus marks is the winner. Score One for Johnny. Mamma—Johnny, did you wipe your feet on the mat when you came in? Johnny—I couldn't get my shoe-strings untied; they were in a hard knot. "But what have shoestrings to do with it?" "I couldn't wipe my feet without taking off my shoes, could I?"—Boston Transcript. THE GLORIFIED SPARROW VEN the humble little sparrow, the familiar feathered friend of those who seldom see anything else of bird life, is not spared by the merciless demands of such something very tasty in color, the artist proceeds to add to their beauty and, at the same time, relieve the daing of the color scheme by deftly working in a few feathers from a guinea EVEN the humble little sparrow, the familiar feathered friend of those who seldom see anything else of bird life, is not spared by the merciless demands of fashion. The headgear of the eternal feminine—that altar of vanity upon which many a beautiful creature is sacrificed—when it cannot boast of rarer decorative finery in the shape of slaughtered innocents, has often to be "built up" to suit the advanced tastes of ladies ```markdown ``` something very tasty in color, the artist proceeds to add to their beauty, and, at the same time, relieve the daring of the color scheme by deftly working in a few feathers from a guinea-chick. In due course the extra pair of wings is attached to the body of the sparrow, and in such a way that the real wings seem to be a supplemental part of the larger ones, and not vice-versa—a fact which does credit to the responsible artist. The little chirper is now beginning to assume a more important appearance—indeed, it may be said that the tout ensemble even at this stage is rather imposing, what with color and added life. But more has to be done before the censor of millinery wares is satisfied. Several gosling feathers have been treated with brush and pencil until they too look "dashing." This is done by the artist, who rapidly brushes a few strokes of specially prepared colors diagonally on each feather. In the meantime, a couple of goose-quills have been so cleverly deprived of a portion of the feathers that, when the remainder are curled and twisted, a very fair imitation of a pair of osprey feathers is produced, ready for the artistic manipulator who is preparing the feathery masterpiece. I have watched the preparation of these quills with great interest. There is, I believe, a great demand for them during the autumn and winter season, and therefore large numbers are turned out in the factory. The girls employed at this work have very deft fingers, and work at a surprising rate; whilst, so cleverly is performed the ripping away of superfluous feathers, the paring of the "bony" part of the quill, and the curling of the dainty imitation of osprey feathers, that to the ordinary eye the completed article seems quite genuine. The painted feathers and the imitation osprey feathers are cunningly added to the wonderful "creation" by the artist, who manipulates the various items at his disposal with a stolidity and matter-of-fact composure worthy The glorified sparrow complete. of the nation to which he belongs, for the feather-worker is one of the exiled children of Russia. Quickness, minus fuss, is the forte of not only this man, but of almost every worker—mostly foreign—in the factory, whose proprietor kindly gave me facilities for obtaining material for this article. By this time the glorified sparrow has almost reached the zenith of its splendor. There is not very much more to do to complete the extraordinary creature which, no doubt, will elify the public when it makes its appearance in its intended destination—the hat of some lady with a taste for striking finery. A fan-like collection of prettily-dyed feathers is evidently the clou of the whole thing. This is cleverly added on to the rest of the multi-feathered construction, and without a sigh or a smile of relief, the "artist" lays the "confection" down beside him in a box which holds several others of a similar description, and goes on with another set as if there was no possible end to his work. It may be said that duplicate "birds" of this description are seldom produced by the same firm. In some way or other an alteration of color or position of feathers suffices to produce a slight difference in appearance, but the result is the same—the construction, from cheap but attractive materials, of a creature which is a cross between a bird of paradise and a peacock! Look at the final photograph and compare the sparrow with his appearance in the first photograph, remembering that his complexion has also altered. I think it safe to say that even his maternal relation would fail to recognize him: P. LANDER. Largest Anchor Ever Made What is said to be the largest and heaviest anchor ever made was recently forged at the Charleston (Mass.) navy yard. It weighs over eight tons and cost nearly $2,000. It is 15 feet long over all and nine feet six inches wide over the points. The palms are 32 inches wide. The cable for this anchor is unique also, as regards weight, each link weighing 60 pounds. Three hundred and sixty fathoms (2,160 feet) of it are to be supplied. The Reply Unkind. Ella- How can one grow old gracefully? Stella—I don't know; how do you manage it?—N. Y. Herald. "No! But I know how much it cost per alderman!" - Puck. He Had Made an Impression. In a rear green car moving along the avenue toward the capitol the other afternoon sat a pretty and handsomely gowned woman of 30 or so. Occasionally her eyes wandered to the back platform, upon which a couple of men were standing, enjoying their cigars. One of them was a big, good-natured-looking chap. The car was about at Sixth street, when a pretty woman in the car caught the eye of the big fellow on the rear platform. She screwed her left optic into a most mischievous wink and smiled at him. He smiled back at her. "Well, you're all right, beau," jovially remarked the man standing next to the big fellow on the platform, who had observed the pretty woman's wink and smile. "That queen's yours, all right." "Well, I hope so, pal." good-naturedly replied the big chap, grinning and throwing away his cigar butt. "I've been married to her for eight years now." Then he went into the car and joined his wife, while the man who remained on the rear platform looked foolish.-Washington Post. Portraits on Tombstones Marble dealers take a keen interest in an enterprise, which had its origin in Denmark, for reproducing the pictures of dead persons on their tombstones. They say that it is very probable that the movement will spread to America in a short time. The picture-on-the-tombstone craze started among the Danes as a result of the use of artificial marble. A Danish master builder succeeded in producing a stone of such delicate tints that it was impossible to distinguish it from the natural product. The imitation of the more expensive species was found to cost far less than the natural, and is made in any form desired—columns, plain or fluted, and capitals—as readily as flat slabs. The durability is said to be as great as that of the genuine marble. It was found that it was possible to reproduce, by carving, a picture of the deceased person, in the imitation marble, much easier and far cheaper than the work could be done with the genuine article.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Queered. Constituent—"Mr. Pubman, I have read that speech you delivered the other day on the question of public ownership, and there's one thing I can't understand about it. What did you say so much about aluminium for? You spoke about it 50 times in the course of your remarks, and I couldn't see that it had any connection with the rest of the speech. Eminent Citizen (mortified and indignant)—Aluminium? Good heavens! The ignorant that copied the speech for publication must have got it wrong. The word I used so much was 'altruism!'—"Chicago Tribune. Too Much of a Task On one occasion when a boarder had devoured everything entable en the table within his reach, and when the landlady had supplied until her strength and patience were well-nigh exhausted, she suddenly broke out with: "I shall certainly have to raise the price of your board." "Don't think of doing such a thing," he replied, "it is nearly killing me now to eat all I pay for, and should you raise my board and compel me to eat more it will be the death of me."—Chicago Chronicle. Malta's Population. Malta is the most thickly populated island in the world. It has 1,360 people to the square mile. Barbados has 1,054 people to the square mile. —N. Y. Sun. The Wealth of India Practically the entire commercial wealth of India's 300,000,000 inhabitants is in the hands of 90,000 parsees and rajahs. -Albany Argus. 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 Bed Room. For niture and save time and money Call, see our stock of Bed Room For niture and save time and money. Passenger elevator. Sydnor & Hundley, RIPANS There is scarcely any conditions of ill-health that is not benefited by the occasional use of a R-I-P-A-N-S Tabule. For sale by Druggists. The Five-Gent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. RE PLANET SATURDAY: FEB. 7, 190 MY OLD SWEETHEART. No I ain't a-gwine to do it—ain't a-gwine to stop an think— For the crisp midwinter medders stretch away beneath my feet. An' the sunlight comes an' paints it, an' the air is like a drink I'm a goblet all a-sparkle with a bubblin' draught an' sweet. "Tain't no time fer no old sweetheart to come driftin', driftin' in. Fer no memory to tantalize and drive a feller back; "Tain't no time for no thinkin' of no ill" 'Tain't no time to go a-thinkin' of no ol' time days an'ln. Ner of old sunshiny medders, per a windin' country track. But it kep' a-gittin' stronger till I seen yer tang curls. An' I-derm it, I ain't never gwine ter dream 'o you no more! Bindin' long the shore, Ner the ripples that the sunlight useter filter down an' gleam. Oh, my 'time blue-eyed sweetheart, you recall the shagbark tree, Where we lingered long one sunset an' I carved your name an' mine! An' I carved two hearts around 'em, one An' a-dreamin', dreamin', of the days we useter know! An' I shouldn't dream o' those days, for you're here, an' jest as true. An' I shouldn't dream an' an' sweeter than the days o' long age. →J. M. Lewis, in Houston Post. Her Numerous Darlings ```markdown ``` THE dear boys," mused Harrie, in a soft, little voice, "I wonder what they are doing to-day?" Kilburn drew in his oars and, folding his arms across his chest, regarded her in silent jealousy. "Who?" he asked, after awhile, in a tone highly indicative of studied unconcern. "They? Oh, the dear boys are my dearest friends, my partners, my—darlings!" Kilburn grunted. He longed inexpressibly for the right to protest, even the privilege, but, these denied, he could only bury his spleen in the mockery of trite frivol. "What an enviable lot," he said, ardently, "to be your darling." "Darlings," corrected Harrie, with a dainty toss of her red curls. "Oh!" Kilburn went back to his oars, muttering something quite intelligible to civilized Jews. Harrie straightened and her nose went up. "I beg your pardon," said she, quite chilly. "I merely observed that there was safety in numbers." "Yes," she commented, with a disdainful sniff. "You don't believe me." "Why not?" "Oh, a woman's reason, I suppose." Harrie laughed in a musical little "COMPLIMENTARY TO ME," HE OB- SERVED. fashion, and, leaning forward, touched his arm lightly with the tip of her gunshade. "We won't quarrel about it, will we?" "Of course not—but—" "Well?" "How many of them are there any- way?" "Why, four or five—let's see—" "Four or five!" Kilburn dropped his cars and stared. "Four or five!" Harrie eyed him witheringly. "When you have finished being rid- iculous," she delivered, incisively, "per- haps I shall continue." Kilburn subsided at once and re- versed his shell. For several minutes neither spoke. Harrie was gazing past her vis-a-vis at the thin blue line of trees in the distance, the tips of her pink fingers trailing idly on the smooth surface of the lake. "I'm through," remarked Kilburn, when the silence had become oppressive. He watched her moodily, an odd, suppressed light in his eyes. "Very well," said she, her face breaking into sudden dimples, "there's Dick and Phil, Teddy—" "Tom, Jack and Bill," he broke in with great rudeness. Harrie stiffened belligerently. "I'm afraid," she began, with sudden severity, "that—" Kilburn flushed apologetically. "I-I was merely-jesting," he explained, in sheepish hestitation. "That is the worst of it," retorted Harrie, in a very cold voice. He gave an uneasy glance into the pink, deprecating face and shifted his position a trifle nervously. "I am very sorry," he said, deeply contrite. "And I am very glad—that you are very sorry," she returned, pursing her dainty lips as she untied the strings of her big sun-hat. "Will you forgive me then and—proceed?" he asked, timidly. "I had finished. That is all but one." She paused, her eyes in a little pre-occupied way on the glancing water ahead. "And that one?" "Alex." Kilburn started. "My own name!" he exclaimed, involuntarily. "Your own name?" queried Harrie, with innocent eyes. He flushed, then paled and flushed again. "Then, there are two of them?" he said, in a grays voice. "Two—yes." she responded, half-musingly, a far-away smile in her wide, gray eyes. "And this other—er—Alex, he is he—he do you—" he broke off in desperation, and, gripping his oars, sent the boat spinning forward at a perilous pace. "I regard him more tenderly than I do all the rest," said Harrie, with the utmost composure. Kilburn slowed down, and, leaning forward, searched her face narrowly with his piercing eyes. "Now, Dick is decidedly the handsomest," she went on, enthusiastically, "dear, dear old Dick! What wouldn't I give to be with him now." Kilburn snorted. "Complimentary to me," he observed, with rising ire. Harrie laughed as she laid her hat on the seat beside her. "Phil is more sedate," she pursued, ignoring his interpolation, "but none the less charming for all that; in fact, of all, I believe he is the very cleverest. And I do admire brains," she concluded, with sparkling eyes. Kilburn clamped his lips together and manipulated his oars in stoical silence and with stoic determination. He wondered vaguely as to her opinion of him on the point of intellect. Presently he pulled in and let his boat drift for a few minutes. "There's Teddy," he suggested, with laudable indifference, considering the fact that he was even then turning the knife in his own heart. "Oh, yes, Ted, of course; I had forgotten. That is, I had not exactly forgotten, but I was thinking of something else. Fancy anyone's ever forgetting Teddy!" Kilburn winced and ground his teeth silently. "Is this Teddy, then, so very remarkable?" he asked, friendly. "Such beautiful black ringlets!" she rhapsodied, "and such eyes! Oh, you should see Ted's eyes; they are—quite indescribable." "Then I certainly don't care to see them," he returned, with indecent haste. "Anything nondescript is my pet aversion." Harrie smiled benignly, toying with the bag at her belt. "You would like Ted right away," she said, unguardedly. "You would want to hug him." Kilburn stared. "Hardly," he said, contemptuously. "Would you?" "O, I do—all the time." He drew his hat down over his eyes and ran the boat in to an abrupt landing. "Miss Appleton, you are impossible—I don't understand you," he said, in an altered voice. Harrie swung her sun-hat over one arm and sprang lightly to the shore, ignoring his proffered assistance. "Ive the greatest notion to steal your oars and push your old shell out on the lake, leaving you both to the mercy of wind and wave," she threatened, with pink cheeks. Kilburn stepped gloomily out beside her and fastened the boat in silence. Then they turned and walked up the beach. "Do you remember the young collie pup you gave me when I was a very little girl?" asked Harrie, speaking first, after a long pause. The other nodded. "Yes," he said, bitterly. "Are you going to tell me that he is dead? Everything connected with me—and you—seems—" "No, he isn't dead by any means," she broke in petulantly. "I was going to tell you—" She paused, watching him with a tantalizing eye. "Well?" "I was going to tell you that—that—" Kilburn came to an abrupt stand-still and caught her wrist sharply between his fingers. "What?" he demanded, sternly. what he demanded, sternly. "That I had—named him —Alex—for you," she said, half-hesitatingly, wincing a little under his grasp. Kilburn relaxed his pressure, and his eyes met hers with a sudden dawning thought. "If you weren't such a silly," said Harrie flatteringly, "you'd have known all along that I was talking about my dogs."—N. O. Times-Democrat. Balance of Power The preeminent feature of international life is no longer the maintenance of the balance of power, but the correlation between national economy and foreign diplomacy, says the Review of Reviews. Several causes have led to this result; such as the natural increase in population, resulting from protracted peace and the introduction of hygienic measures, making it compulsory to provide new and effective means of support; the annihilation of time and space by means of steam and electricity, thereby bringing nations into closer touch; and, finally, the extraordinary expense involved in a war. In Berlin the project is being considered of a seven-mile underground electric road which will cost $14,000,000 to build and four years will be required to build it. "I tell you, I'll be boss of my own house when I'm a man!" said little Bennie. "That's what your father thought --- when he was your age, Bennie," replied the boy's mother.—Yonkers Statesman. Felicitous Remarks. Barber (flattered)—Very glad. I'm sure, sir. Customer—I thought I was being sandpapered.—London Pick-Me-Up. A Society Hall-Mark Mr. Pompon—Marie, I warn you again—you must keep within your allowance. Miss Pompon—O papa, if a girl isn't in debt nowadays, she simply isn't in it!—Brooklyn Life. Sure Enough. Mr. Styles—Gracious! I've gone and left my gold studs in that shirt you sent to the laundry this morning! Mrs. Styles—Don't worry, dear. They'll come out in the wash.—Yonkers Statesman. MEN AND AFFAIRS. Dr. T. G. Simpson, of West Fairlee, VT, owns the musket from which was fired the first shot, at the battle of Bunker Hill. It belonged to his grandfather, Maj. John Simpson. Lord Amherst, of London, collects crowns, and has a cabinet with a number of fine specimens of discarded skypees, including the crown worn by Charles II. at his coronation, the crown worn by George IV, and the one made for Queen Adelaide. Following the example of some other seals of wealthy families, Henry K. McHarg, whose father is president of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke company, has entered the offices of that corporation in Radford, Tenn., and will begin a practical study of the mining business. Young McHarg is 20 years old and is an only son, his father being many times a millionaire. Quite a youthful reporter asked Mark Twain for an interview on the coal situation. The newspaper man began by saying: "Mr. Clemens, I have been instructed to interview you on the humors of the coal famine." The New York Times says that the veteran humorist gasped feebly for a moment and then replied: "Young man, you go back to your editor and tell him if he emptied all the short and long dashes in his composing rooms into the forms he would then only be able to set up a prelude to my opinion on the coal situation." Mr. and Mrs. James Brazis, living near Kingfisher, Okla., were married three times in the same day, and probably hold the record. They came to Kingfisher to get married and after getting a license were united by the old probate judge, S.E. Sanders. The groom thought that perhaps it might be well if J. M. Graham, probate judge elect, should also perform the ceremony, so Mr. Graham tightened up the nuptial knot. The bride still had a lingering doubt as to the legality of either marriage and the services of a clergyman were called into requisition. After the third ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Brazis went home. IN FOREIGN CITIES. The number of marriages recorded in Berlin in 1901 was 19,838. Outdoor musical performances are not permitted in St. Petersburg. The street passenger traffic of London gives employment to 50,000 persons. There are 102 centenarians in Connaught, Ireland, and 1,160 persons over 90 years old. It is estimated that about 3,000 women and girls are employed in flower selling in the streets of London. As a precaution against infection small silver currency is now being disinfected by the municipal authorities at St. Petersburg. Swarms of plague-infected rats which infest the stone wall along the sea shore at Yokohama have been entombed alive, the authorities having had every hole and crevice in the wall filled with cement and pebbles. St. Petersburg is fighting a rat plague of tremendous proportions. For three successive days rats wandering to the river to drink stopped early morning trains on the suburban Newski railway. The police are distributing rat poison to all householders free of charge, and soldiers armed with sticks watch the road to the river where rats procure their morning drink. INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL The oat and sugar crop of the United States have each increased sixfold in 50 years. The most economical processes are used in the lake region for the recovery of copper, so that it is found that ore yielding $1 \frac{1}{2}$ per cent. will pay costs. A French industry is the conversion of old shoes in a paste which is transformed into morocco like imitation leather. This is used for wall papers, trunk coverings, etc. A gigantic shoe trust exists in Russia. Nearly all the shoes sold in that country are manufactured by one firm in St. Petersburg, which is one of the most prosperous stock companies in the world. Screw propellers, it is pointed out, have not followed the usual course of improvement from accumulated experience, and, while great numbers of new blades have been brought out, there has been no tendency to evolve an accurate theory on scientific design. Such anomalies are the variable running of duplicate propellers are still unexplained. The lack of progress is attributed to the reticence of sea-going engineers, whose practical observations seldom reach constructors. How It May Be Done. She was inclined to be sentimental. He was nothing if not practical. "Would that you could tell me how to mend a broken heart," she said. "I have known of cases where it has been done by splicing," he replied. That was the remedy tried in this case.—N. Y. Times. MEN ARE SO STUPID. Statement Is Proved by Mr. Wilkins' Dinner Party. Wilkins came home Wednesday night jubilant. "Say," he announced, "I met Graham to-day. He and his wife are in town for a couple of days. I asked them out to dinner to-morrow night—thought you'd be glad to see Mrs. Graham." "Archibald Wilkins!" his wife exclaimed, "don't you know that tomorrow is Thursday, and the maid's day out? And I've never had the Grahams here to dinner before—and I want things particularly nice! Of all situations!" Wilkins looked blank, but his masculine mind soon carelessly pushed aside as trivial the terrors of his wife. "Pshaw!" he said, comfortably. "You can cook better than the girl, anyhow. I'm awfully sorry, though, to make you so much work. But say," rather hesitatingly, "while we're about it, why not have the Brown's? They're such chums of the Grahams. Six wouldn't be any worse than four, would it?" Mrs. Wilkins withered him. "That's just like a man," she said. "Of course it would. Think of the extra serving and dishes!" "All right," said Wilkins, meekly. "I saw Brown, though, and mentioned that if the Grahams came we wanted them." Mrs. Wilkins rose, a tragic figure, "You need to be shut up under restraint, Archibald," she said, sternly. "For goodness' sake, don't spring any more three-quarters invitations on me! Why didn't you ask the whole town and be done with it? Just keep away from Mr. Brown. They don't need to know whether the Grahams come or not." On the fatal Thursday Mrs. Wilkins abandoned her holiday fancy work and valiantly started in after lunch-oon preparing for the Grahams. With C. A. T. THE TABLE WAS A DREAM. care she set her table for four, spent an hour sorting out silver and fencing in each place with it, arranging doilies, cut glass and centerpieces. When she finished her back ached, but the table was a dream. She was cheered by the roast—such a delicate piece of lamb and just right for four. Also she was comforted when she finished hollowing out four rosy, shining apples and filling them with a delicious salad with big nuts on top. With the foresight of a general she planned every step and decided that, after all, it wouldn't be as bad as she had thought. At 5:30 Wilkins came home. "How fine your table looks!" said Wilkins. "Say, I met Mrs. Brown getting on the car, and she asked me to explain her husband's jumbled remarks concerning their coming to dinner to-night. She said she didn't quite understand. I told her that if they were to come I'd run around and tell her." Mrs. Wilkins dropped into a kitchen chair and mechanically mopped her eyes. Her cheeks grew pinker and pinker. "You're insane," she sobbed. "I haven't got enough dinner for the B-Browns! And the table is all fixed! And if you don't go and tell them to come ahead they'll think I'm a w-wretch not to second your invitation! But I can't have them! Archibald Wilkins, you got into this mess, and now you can just get out any way possible! I've enough to do get dinner on the table! Please g-g-go away and don't bother me." Wilkins went, abject, crestfallen, marveling on the intricacies of the feminine mind. Beverishly he entertained the Grahams. Just as his wife had the dinner ready to serve and the soup on the table the bell rang. Then out into the kitchen burst the craven Wilkins and Mrs. Brown. "My dear," gasped Mrs. Brown, "I worried so that I decided the best thing to do was to come over boldly and ask. Men are so stupid! And if you did expect us it was just as bad for us not to come, as to come when we weren't expected! And you're to be honest, and send us home, if it's all a mistake!" Mrs. Wilkins swallowed hard. "Why, of course you're expected," she said. "Just go right in and see the Grahams. Dinner will be ready soon." It was 20 minutes later, says the Chicago Daily News, that Mrs. Wilkins summoned her guests to an enlarged table, soup like mush, an overdone roast and four salads for six people. And her smile, when it met the guilty eyes of Wilkins, was terrible. THE EDUCATIONAL WORLD. Sir Frederick Treves, the famous English surgeon, says that he was very lazy as a student. He never won a prize; indeed, according to his own account, he never had the audacity to try for any. Eskimo children at Cape Prince of Wales are taught to read and write by missionary women. The school- house in writer is a major no, while in summer the work is conducted on the sea beach, with the sand for a door and the blue canopy of heaven for a covering. William Tecumseh Scott, president of Franklin (ind.) college, and William Henry Harrison McLoy, the janitor of the institution, were in the same graduating class of 1861, the present janitor proudly carrying the honors of the class, while the president went trailing in the intellectual dust. Ian Maclaren has come out against what he calls "over education." In a recent address before a teachers' association in England the writer said no one ought to be educated beyond his measure and thus rendered useless for his natural work. On the other hand, no one should fail to receive that education, however advanced or costly, what his talents deserve. President Woodrow Wilson, of Princeton, who has taken a stand against the shortening of college courses, made an interesting address before the Twentieth Century club, of Boston, in which he defined a sophomore as follows: "I can't for the life of me see how a man can expect to graduate a sophomore who ever saw a sophomore. They are lovable fellows. The sap of manhood is flowing in them, but it hasn't reached their heads." ALL ENGLISH. Between 900 and 1,000 ships go up and down the English channel every day. Liverpool has just received its first consignment of mahogany from Australia. The exchequer benefits by about £12,000 a year from fines levied at the metropolitan police courts. Part of the mane of a charger ridden by the duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo has been sold in London. English clergymen were prohibited from marrying for rather more than four centuries, beginning from the reign of Ethelred. As it was apparently suffering from indigestion, a bullock was slaughtered near Spalding, England, when its illness was found to have been caused by a tennis ball it had swallowed. Tell-tale tattoo marks recording their constancy in love identified two prisoners in North London recently as deserters. "I love Lottie Barton," confessed the left arm of one, while the other man bore the initial letters of the name of the beloved object. ELECTRICAL GLIMMERINGS Electricity is to be used for lighting the bow, masthead and compass lamps of the British torpedo boat destroyers now being built. The electrical roads of the country have a nominal capital of $1,600,000,000, employ 300,000 persons, who are paid $250,000,000 a year, and run 60,000 cars over 20,000 miles of track. Ten miles of electrical road are building to one of steam road. During recent experiments in Berlin, by the aid of the invention of Dr. Pupin an American, for lessening the resistance in long-distance telegraph and telephone wires, messages sent by telephone were audible to persons standing 30 feet or more away from the receiver. A sublime spectacle was witnessed a few days ago in a Tyrolean valley near Tanneheim. A violent storm arose suddenly and many globes of lightning rolled over the surface of the lake. Then a column of water arose 30 feet high from the middle of the lake and from its top small flashes darted. The spectacle lasted three minutes. SPARKS AND FLASHES Switzerland is to have still another connection with Italy—an electric railway from Coire to Arosa. "Etherogram" is said to be Mr. Marconi's preference for a name of dispatches sent by his wireless method. He disapproves of "Marconi-grams," because, he says, it savors too much of self-advertisement. Prof. Mason, of the Smithsonian Institution, says that the most needed achievement of 1903 is the discovery of a satisfactory method of economizing electricity. Some day, he says, in the not distant future, the rivers will make all the electricity we want. We shall harness the streams and they will heat every house, run every wheel and light every lamp. IN THE JEWELRY LINE. Daintily pretty is a gun-metal pencil, set with turquoise. A novel jewel box contains a number of small boxes that swing out at the side. A pretty belt clasp shows two large turquises surrounded with double rows of pearls. One of the favorite designs in coral is in carved roses, the deep red predominating over the pink shades. In one of the jewelry shops is to be seen a novelty in horn coiffure combs studded with small diamonds. Short and to the Point Indifferent correspondents will sympathize with the lad who, after he had been at a boarding school for a week without writing to his parents, penned the following letter: "Dear People: I am afraid I shall not be able to write often to you, because, you see, when anything is happening I haven't time to write, and when nothing is happening there is nothing to write about. So now, good-by. From your Georgie."—Liverpool Post. Willing to Take Advice. The jury brought in a verdict of "Not guilty." The judge said, admonishing, to the prisoner: "After this you ought to keep away from bad company." "Yes, your lordship. You will not see me here again in a hurry."—Tit-Bits. THE HEART OF A JAP BY EDWARD B. CLARK His name was Soo Tokion and he was the only Japanese student at a big university on a big lake. Her name was Helen Sturtevant and she was an American student at the same big university. Soo was a little fellow like nearly all of his race. Helen was a great splendid creature who towered more than a head above the little Jap. Professors and students alike had ample opportunity to note the fact that Helen was a head taller than Soo, for the little Japanese was with her whenever opportunity afforded. The students said that Tokion came very near being a Greek word and they wondered how the name wandered to far-off Japan. They said that the Jap didn't have much of the appearance of a Spartan about him, though he did have scholarship that might be called Athenian. At his first name, Soo, they laughed. It fitted him, they said, for it was a name that went with his build and weight. Of course the boys called him "Susie" and the Jap never minded it at all until he found out that Susie was a girl's name, and that it was given to him in a sort of contempt for his pigmy build. The Japs are noted wrestlers, and one day Susie astonished a big fellow who had applied the girl name to him by standing him on his head and nearly breaking the tormentor's neck in doing it. After that even the husky football players sunk the name Susie and spoke to the little Jap cordially and called him by the name given him in the orient. Now, Helen Sturtevant had attracted Soo the moment his eastern eyes held her. It's curious, but it's as true as the synoptic gospels, that little men, that is extremely little men, generally manage to fall in love with big women. Helen Sturtevant liked the devotion of the Jap. She treated him with an amused sort of toleration. Every woman likes devotion, even though it is shown by a little chap. Soo Tokion was a Buddhist, but he had become a Christian, or what is more likely pretended conversion, so that he could go to chapel and sit near Helen Sturtevant. It was a fair-haired goddess that he was worshiping while on his knees, rather than the God of the Christians. Because Helen Sturtevant "I HAVE HEARD, AND I AM SORRY MISS HELEN." was taking a course in elocation and dramatic art Soo undertook the same course, and this gave him other opportunities to be near the adored one. The coeds gossiped much, and at times rather noisily, about the devotion of Soo to Helen. As the girls put it the little Jap was awful cut up about the fair American and it was a shame that because Helen Sturtevant liked admiration, she must encourage Soo to go on breaking his heart when there was no chance of Helen's mending it for him in the way that Soo wanted. Helen had so many beaux among the American students that it was just barely possible, some of the coeds thought, that she might let Soo attach himself to their train, for Soo was reputed to be wealthy, and the big bunches of hothouse flowers that went to Helen in zero weather when hothouse flowers cost a mint, would have been very acceptable to any of the other fair sisters of the university. Helen Sturtevant had no very serious thoughts about the Jap. She did like him in a certain way, and the bonbons he sent were delicious and the flowers were fragrant, "and surely," the girl said to herself, "he can't mean anything serious, for he must know how utterly impossible it would be for me to think of such a thing as loving him, let alone marrying him." Helen Sturtevant was bent on following the career of an actress. She had natural gifts. Absolutely impartial persons had told her that, and the girl felt it herself. Her father was a man of some means, and he grudged nothing that would go toward the education of his daughter and the helping toward the realization of her dramatic dreams. One day a dozen of the coeds were gathered in the university art studio. They were waiting the arrival of an instructor, and while waiting they sat and gossiped. Helen Sturtevant was there. The night before at a musical the attentions of Soo Tokion had been more marked than ever. He had brought a great bunch of American beauty roses to be given to Helen when she had trumphantly finished her part in the programme. It was midwinter, Mixed to Him. "Your speech is very strange," said the foreigner. "I went to the ball game and sat in the grand stand, and others had a grand time standing up." -Detroit Free Press. "It's a place where married people repent," replied the boy at the foot of the class.—Philadelphia Record. 3 and American beauty roses were quoted at fabulous prices. "Helen," said one of the coeds, "you'll bankrupt Soo, rich though I understand he is. Charlie Nelson sent me one rose last night, and one of the girls told me she had asked the price of 'beauties' and they were $3.50 each." "You'll do something worse than bankrupt poor Soo, Helen," said another student; "you'll break his heart unless you keep it sound by marrying him. Frankly, dear child, everybody is talking about this thing, even the professors. Why don't you marry him?" the girl questioned, half mischievously. Helen fushed. The idea of marrying Soo was preposterous. "Do you suppose any American girl would marry an oriental?" she said. "The far eastern peoples have no more conceptions of the rights of a woman as a wife than has the unspeakable Turk. They may think they love a woman, but not one of them would sacrifice his own pleasure for her, let alone anything higher." An instructor came into the studio and called the students out. Behind a screen in the corner stood a man a man in truth, though in stature he was but a child. It was Soo Tokion. He had been at work on a clay model when the students entered. He was about to make his presence behind the screen known, when there came the words which held him silent. Now he stood trembling, and with something in the depths of his oriental eyes that was past sounding. "No such thing as sacrifice known to my people for those whom we love?" he murmured to himself. "No regard for the rights of woman as a wife." Then Soo Tokion murmured something in his native tongue that sounded like a prayer. The next day there came a blow to Helen Sturtevant. Her father had failed, failed utterly and miserably, and she must give up her course. The girl was crushed bodily and mentally. The news flew through the university Helen's father's business had gone to the wall and Helen was to leave. The stage dream had vanished with the rude awakening. Soo Tokion heard. He sought the girl out. She was sitting alone in a corner of a music roof. He went to her softly. He carried one rosebud, spotlessly white, in his hand. The girl looked up as he came. She saw him and above her own misery came the thought of what she had said the day before, and her heart smeate her. "I have heard, and I am sorry. Miss Helen," said Soo. He put the white rose in her hand and then started to speak again, but his voice broke. He uttered the one word, "Helen," and before the girl knew it he had seized her hand, kissed it and was gone. Two days after the body of a man, a little man, was recovered from the waters of the big lake. It was not hard to identify the drowned. One week afterward Helen Sturtevant was informed by a law firm that she was the sole heiress to $25,000, the entire fortune of Soo Tokion, university student. With the announcement was inclosed this letter, addressed to Helen in a handwriting she knew well: "You must keep on with your studies. I loved you. We of the east consider it a virtue to do things for those whom we love." There is a little chapel now being built near the Presbyterian mission in a village just outside Yokohama. It is to be called the Soo Tokion chapel. The village was the birthplace of Soo Tokion, student at an American university. The money was made over to the missionaries by some one known to them only as a classmate of him for whom the memorial was to be erected. The chapel's cost was $25,000. In an American city a regal looking girl with sad eyes is working her way slowly but steadily upward in the profession of dramatic art.—Chicago Record-Herald. Texas Makes War on Rats Health officials at Houston, Tex. and throughout the coast country of Texas have begun a campaign against rats to prevent the entry of bubonic plague. The rats will be fed on plaster of paris, mixed with sawdust. Every building in Houston is being baited with this mixture. Plaster of paris hardens in the stomachs of the animals, which drink directly after eating it, and kills them. This city is infested with thousands of rats. Persons refusing to assist in destroying them will be prosecuted. Never Touched Him: "As you handle spirits," remarked the man with the fringe around the extremity of his trousers as he faced the bartender, "it stands to reason that you are a spiritualist." "We'll let it go at that," replied the man behind the white apron, "but I'm right here to inform you that I don't practice slate-writing. See?"—Cincinnati Enquirer. Railroad Opnits Omnibuses "Porte - Maillot - Hotel de Ville," probably the Paris omnibus line best known to American visitors, running, as it did, through the Rue de Rivoli and up the Champs Elysees, has been abolished, owing to the competition of the underground railroad. Best and Worst. When a man's temper gets the best of him it shows him at his worst.—Chicago Daily News. Church—Do you think he is a well-proportioned man? Gotham—No; his lungs are away out of proportion to his brains.—Yonkers Statesman. HE PLANET ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion, . . . $ 50 For one inch, each subsequent insertion, . . . 25 For two inches, three months, . . . 6.00 For two inches, four months, . . . 10.00 For two inches, nine months, . . . 14.00 For two inches, twelve months, . . . 20.00 Marriage and Funeral Notices, . . . 50 Standing and Transient Notices per line, . . . 10 THE POSTAGE STAMPS OF A HIGHER DE- NOMINATION THAN TWO CENTS NOT RECEIVED ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE PLANET is issued weekly. The subscript on price is $1.50 a year, in advance. COMMUNICATIONS—When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue your paper, you should give your name and ad- dress in it, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change the address of a subscriber, we must be sent a former as well as the present address. Entered in the Post Office at Richmond, Va., second class matter. SATURDAY, ..... FEB. 7, 1903 The low, degraded, criminal classes mongst us should be treated as lepers. We must set a premium upon honesty, virtue and all of those principles which to make up a great people. REMEMBER that all white persons are not our enemies, and we should be care- ful, lest we offend some who are our best friends. The trouble is that every colored man thinks that he is just as good as every other colored man, and not quite as good as the worst white man. THE Lynchburg, Va., CHRISTIAN ORGANIZER has been amusing its readers with a dialogue btween Nelse and Sam, and Nelse and Reub, relative to the recent $10,000 suit. REV. DR. Holland Powell, of Detroit, Mich., has been elected secretary of the Educational Board of the National Baptist Convention. He is a worthy divine and the selection will give satisfaction throughout the country. It was published that Rev, R. R. JONES, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Va., refused to permit the body of RUFUS MOORE to be brought into the church or to officiate at the funeral, because a white undertaker had charge of the remains. It seems to us that this was a case of giving the white brethren a dose of their own medicine. Let us presume that a white family in this city employed a colored undertaker to bury a white man, which one of the white pastors in this city would permit the remains to be brought into the church or would officiate at the funeral? Some things that look all right when white folks do them, look all wrong when colored folks practice the same kind of tactics. Our people are learning some things slowly, but they will know them all after a while. --- ```markdown ``` OUR contemporary, the BAPISTE SEN- FINEL is of the opinion that the course of the PLANET is not all that it could wish and we regret that we are unable to see through its glasses. It represents the co-operationists side of the controversy and bewaits the fact that our course lies in an opposite direction. Our past record is an open book and our future will be consistent with the past. If NELSON WILLIAMS, JR., and the First Baptist Church of this city represent the type of religion that our religious friend is practicing, then it holds out no inducement to sinners to come within its fold. When we are wrong, we are willing to admit it. When we are right, we will contend so the end. These people violated every precept of religion, ignored their own laws and finally submitted the case to a tribunal of "un-believers." The court ruled against them and stumped their iniquity where it can be read of all men. We were upheld by a Baptist Council and by a court of equity and a further vindication is hardly needed in this neighborhood. We are g'ad to note there is a disposition on the part of our Negro-hating friends in the southland to keep the races separate hereafter. We had come to the conclusion that they had about abandoned the experiment. The mistake was made in attempting to do it on steam and electric cars and in waiting rooms at the railroad stations. Some of these Negro-hating white men who turn up their noses at Negroes in the day time are as lively as bed-bags in crawling to them as soon as the sun goes down in the night-time. Every sensible colored man in this section is in favor of keeping the races separate, even if he has to invoke the aid of the shot-gun to do it. Let us have a law, making it a felony for a colored person to carnally know a white one or a white person to carnally know a colored one and then we will see who will get the worst of the bargain. No colored man need to go after a white female for we have white Negroes, brown Negroes, yellow Negroes and black Negroes and any individual who is not satisfied with this assortment that God and the white folks have given us should be made to get off the face of the earth. CAN DECEIVE NO LONGER DESPITE the fact that every effort to disfranchise the Negro in the southern states has been followed by the announcement that it would settle the race question, it is evident that every step in this direction has been followed by a renewed agitation of the subject. The feeling to-day, with the offices in every southern state absolutely in the hands of white men, is more bitter than ever was known in the history of the country. The hope of some of the most conservative elements that the relinguishing on the part of the Negro of all of his rights would be followed by an era of good feeling has not been realized and we now witness the remarkable spectacle of a President of the United States being condemned by southern journals and mildly chided by some northern ones, because he refuses to violate his oath of office and make color, instead of efficiency, the requirement for appointment to office. It emphasizes one point and that is that the citizen of color must no longer appear before Mordecai of American prejudice as a Negro, but as a citizen of the United States, entitled to all of the rights and privileges of any other citizen. The man, be he white or black, who thinks that we should refrain from asking for this or that because we are alleged to belong to this race or that will not be the guide for us through this period of combat for our rights as an American citizen. The cry was that the opposition to us was based on our ignorance and not specifically on our color. Now the Negro-haters have thrown off all concealment and disclosed the cruel purpose of their deception. STILL AFTER US. We had hoped that with the elimination of the Negro as a political factor that the rancor against him would be appeased and that an effort would be made to soften the racial antagonism which appear to make itself seen and felt upon every occasion. We had read the sugar-coated articles in the Richmond, Va TIMES and had been lulled to sleep by the cooing lullaby of the millenium, which, according to the Richmond, Va., DISPATCH was sure to follow. We confess that we did not believe a word of the statements made; but observing that the average white man in Virginia and the southland, together with a percentage of the "brethren in black" loves to be humbugged, we thought that it would be well to rest on our oars and wait and see. "Let us relegate the Negro question to the rear forever," was the cry. "When this is done, white men can divide up and vote their sentiments, unalarmed by the dangers of Negro supremacy. As for you, Mr. Nigger, it will be the best thing that ever happened to you. When you are removed from politics, all of the antipathy and abuse of you will cease." Well, practically all of the white folks and not a few of the Negroes believed this, although the writer of this article was one who slept with one eye open. We know better. We knew that history, but repeats itself and to expect such a remarkable happening was to upset the fundamental laws of nature and reason which have been in operation since the world was created. As a result, there is scarcely an issue of the Richmond, Va., TIMES-DISPATCH, but what it has a dissertation upon the much abused Negro, whom it claims to have killed and buried. Its latest effusion was on Rev. Dr. CHAS. H. PARKHURST of New York, whom it charges with having said: "Even at this day, so long after the proclamation of emancipation, there is in many parts of the South a condition of veritable slavery. Although we claim to be a civilized people, there is a degree of barbarianism in our treatment of the black race that is not exceeded in any part of the world. And although we send out missionaries to Christianize other lands, there are communities in the South as un-Christian as any part of heathendom." Now, what is the use of quibbling or begging the question? Is not the statement true? We live here and we know it to be true. What has that to do with whether a lynching occurs in the North or the East or the West? We know that these barbarities are practiced in the South. We know that burnings at the stake are advertised in advance, that excursion trains are run to see the show and that all of the tortures of the Spanish Inquisition are inflicted upon men made in God's image. We know, too, that a man is more severely punished for injury to a dog than he is for injury to a Negro, providing the person inflicting the injury upon the Negro is a white man. THE STRIKE COMMISSION Reading Company Closes With Much Statistical Evidence. WITNESSES IN REBUTTAL CALLED Reading's Attorney Denies That Mr. Baer Charged Strikers With Twenty-one Murders—Mrs. J. P. Morgan Attends Hearing. Then why viol our eyes to the truth? Senator B. R. TILLMAN has made an open confession to the world. It is indelibly stamped in the records at Washington. Dr. PARKHURST is as much opposed to this lawlessness in the North as he is to it in the South. It should not be forgotten that the toleration of this species of outrage in the southland has led to its spread in the North and West. You can no more confine lawlessness to one section without an effort to suppress it than you can confine small-pox, yellow-fever or the bubonic plague without the usual hygaenic measures to stamp it out. The TIMES-DISPATCH is doing us no good by this eternal agitation. The Negro is devoting himself now to business and industrial pursuits. But a small proportion of them as compared to the body politic is concerning themselves about political questions. Then why not permit them to rest or rather to work in peace? You and your associates have thrown a pall over the Negro's aspirations and sunk deep the dagger to the heart of his hopes. Is it too much to ask in the solitude of his mourning to be let alone? Under the "beneficient influence" of Democratic rule, you have nullified the Sumner Civil Rights Bill. You have copied after Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia and thrust out the best type of Negro in the world, the Virginia Negro into the Jim Crow Car as though he was a leper. With the most liberal system of Democratic government in the world in this state, you have brushed it aside and supplemented it with the most ostracising, Negro-hating Democracy ever known in the southland and last, but not east, you have attempted to keep from the box every respectable Negro, while admitting to the right of suffrage well-night every white ignorantus and jail-bird. What more then do you want? Is this not enough? No, it is not. The cupidity of the Negro-haters grows with what it feeds upon. The question will have to settled again, but it will never be done by a war of races. It will be settled by a war of white men, and as strange as it may seem, even as it was in 1861, the Negro will be found on both sides of the conflict. As for us, we were born here. We are true Virginia stock and we shall say all that we please, keeping within the letter of the law, until the end of the chapter. "You may veil your eyes, but you cannot hide The sun's meridian glow. The heel of a priest may tread us down and a tyrannus work us woe." But never a truth has been destroyed; They may curse it and call it a crime. Hinder and stay, slander and slay, its teachers for a time. And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong. And ever justice damn it. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED Thursday, January 29. The Maine legislature yesterday held exercises in memory of the late Thomas B. Reed. The Italian cabinet has adopted a bill providing a wireless station for messages between Italy and South America. The Karsas legislature yesterday elected Chester I. Long to succeed William A. Harris as United States senator. The torpedo boat flotilla which took part in the naval manoeuvres in the West Indies arrived at Norfolk, Va., yesterday. Friday, January 30. An American chamber of commerce was organized at Berlin, Germany, last night, with 101 members. Seven Chinamen, said to have been smuggled into this country, were arrested at Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday. Chief Justice J. Brewster McColum, of the Pennsylvania supreme court, is seriously ill at his home at Montrose. Levi Ankeny, milloinaire banker, of Walla Walla, was elected to the United States senate yesterday to succeed George Turner, of Washington. Mr. Bristow, of New York, introduced a bill in the house yesterday to increase the salary of the president of the United States from $50,000 to $100,000. Saturday, January 31. Last evening Mrs. Roosevelt gave her usual Friday evening musical at the White House. Mrs. Betsey M. Lewis, aged 101 years, died yesterday at the Harrisburg Home for the Friendless. The sultan of Turkey received United States Minister Leishman in private audience yesterday. The Maryland Telephone and Telegraph company was sold yesterday to a syndicate for $2,000,000. The Alabama legislature passed a bill prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper in the state. James Tulloch, a Chicago manufacturer, choked to death while eating supper yesterday. A piece of meat lodged in his windpipe. Monday. February 2. Mrs. Adam Reichert, during a family quarrel on Saturday, shot and killed her husband at Hazleton, Pa. About 600 carpenters and joiners went on strike today at Wilkesbarre Pe. for an increase of wares. THE STRIKE COMMISSION THE STRIKE COMMISSION Reading Company Closes With Much Statistical Evidence. WITNESSES IN REBUTTAL CALLED Reading's Attorney Denies That Mr. Baer Charged Strikers With Twenty-one Murders—Mrs. J. P. Morgan Attends Hearing. Philadelphia, Feb. 3.—The operators yesterday finished the presentation of evidence to the anthracite coal strike commission, and the afternoon session was devoted to testimony in rebuttal on the part of the miners. Much statistical evidence was offered by the Reading Company, showing in figures the conditions existing in the mine regions and comparing the prosperity of the mine workers and their children with that of persons engaged in other occupations in various cities. W. W. Ruley, head of a statistical bureau conducted by the coal carrying roads, was called to testify regarding the coal production, the amount of the commodity shipped, and the prices received. The data, he said, was furnished by the coal companies. Among the spectators at today's session was Mrs. J. P. Morgan, wife of the New York financier. She entered the court room with a party of friends. Mrs. Morgan appeared to take a keen interest in the proceedings. She nodded her head at clever points made by counsel, moved her chair about to get a better look at various speakers, and smiled at the many humorous bits of evidence. In lulls of testimony Mrs. Morgan, through her lorgnette, quietly surveyed all portions of the room, apparently unconscious that all eyes were centered upon her. A. C. Wilson, of Pottsville, land agent for the Reading Company, presented statements showing the property valuations and the taxes paid by the company on its property. H. I. Newcomb, statistician for the interstate commerce commission, introduced tables showing the average annual earnings during 1901 of workmen employed in several manufacturing towns of the state. The statistics affected 478,789 wage-earners and the total of wages amounted to $2,213,849, or an average of $462 a man. The average in New York, witness said, was about $5 higher, but in the New England states, the difference is immaterial. The average daily earnings of anthracite miners, witness said, are about $2.05, making the yearly average about $620. J. J. Michner, in charge of the Reading Company's telegraph office here, said that from investigation he learned that breaker boys worked shorter hours and received better pay than telegraph messengers and boys in department stores. The presentation of these statistics ended the testimony for the operators. Mr. Wolverton, addressing the commission, cited John Mitchell's arraignmen of President George F. Baer and John Markle for charging the United Mine Workers with responsibility for "21 murders committed in the mine regions." Mr. Wolverton contended that such a declaration had never been uttered by Mr. Baer, and he referred to the official record for corroboration. In reply Attorney Darrow retorted that he had no recollection of Mr. Baer making such an utterance to President Roosevelt at the conference preceding the naming of the strike commission, but he was confident Mr. Markle had used the expression, and the record would so quote him. Reference to the early proceedings substantiated this explanation, and the incident closed. Counsel for the miners also took occasion to deny the published statement that the union had withdrawn its demand that the miners in the Schuylkill region be paid by weight. The demand for pay by weight, he said, did not affect the Schuylkill district where it is impracticable. The afternoon session was devoted entirely to rebuttal testimony. R. J. Beamish, a newspaper man, was called to refute the statements that a reign of terror existed in the coal regions during the strike. A dozen men who had been hired in this city to serve as coal and iron policemen during the strike said the disturbances were few and of a minor character. Daniel T. McKelvy, a justice of the peace of Hazelton, testified that the striking miners had offered to assist him in maintaining order. C. D. Gallagher, of Plymouth, a miner in the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Company, was questioned regarding the alleged restriction of the coal output. He knew of no case wherein the miners were responsible for this condition, but stated that what limitations were made were the result of the company's failure to furnish enough cars. Regarding the question of payment by weight, he said he did not know the general opinion of the miners as to whether the coal should be weighed before or after it reached the breaker. For himself, he believed it should be weighed before leaving the mine. In answer to questions by Commissioner Watkins, the witness thought payment by the day would be desirable for the miners, but something of a disadvantage for the operators, because under that method the men would not work as hard as they do at present. Rev. P. J. McMahon, of Minersville, said the Mine Workers' Union had used its influence to maintain order during the strike. A committee representing the United Mine Workers, he said, had called upon him and requested him to suggest to his congregation the necessity for preserving the peace during the strike. He was asked why it was necessary for the committee to thus appeal to him, and he replied that the strikers had on several occasions been guilty of slight misdemeanors. The officials of the union, feeling that acts of the kind would militate against the successful issue of the strike, the request was made to all the clergymen in the vicinity. 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Their testimony was similar to that already adduced. It is expected that the sessions in this city of the commission will close in a few days. The final sessions, according to the present plans, will be held in Washington. Whether or not any coal carrying railroad presidents will be called as witnesses is not definitely known. It is also believed that President Mitchell will not appear again before the commission, unless it is in Washington, when the closing arguments are made. Danger From Coal Famine Danger From Coal Famine Passed. Philadelphia, Feb. 2. — Saturday night closed the busiest month in the history of the Reading Railway Company. In January the company brought down the main line nearly 1,100,000 tons of anthracite, and the officials claim that they have the best of the situation, and that there is now enough coal to prevent any one from suffering for the want of fuel. During the past week the company brought down over 10,500 cars of hard coal to 273,000 tons, besides furnishing the industries and many furnaces with hard coal of the larger sizes. PROBINGJERSEYCENTRALWRECK Statement of Engineer Davis Read to Coroner's Jury. Plainfield, N. J., Feb. 4.—The coroner's inquest on the collision a week ago between a Philadelphia express train and a local near Graceland, on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, when 23 persons were killed or fatally hurt and 50 badly injured, was begun yesterday before a jury composed chiefly of city officials and merchants. The most important testimony was that introduced by Dr. Westcott, county physician of Union county, who read the statement made to him by Engineer Davis, of the Reading express. Dr. Westcott said he obtained the statement from Davis on the evening of January 28. It is as follows: "I started from Jersey City, going west, at 6.13 p. m., with a leaking steam chest, which had been cracked for a month or so. Steam in large quantities was escaping, and it was necessary for me to shut down the steam to see the tower signals. I said to the fireman: 'We must go carefully in order to see the signals.' We arrived at Elizabeth two minutes late. Between Cranford and Westfield the front injector broke, and jumping up to put it back I missed my signal after passing Cranford. I saw the Westfield station and the passenger train when within 60 feet of it. I applied the emergency brakes and knew no more until I found myself in the back of the cab, with a car seat upon me and fire all around me. I am 34 years old, and have been an engineer for 12 years." The statement was sworn to by Davis before Dr. Westcott as commissioner of deeds. A similar statement by Davis to the chief of police of Plainfield was also put in evidence. Two Newsboys Fatally Scalded. Two newbies Patally Scaled. 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A minority report, signed by Representatives Kitchin (@em.), of North Carolina; Vandiver @em.), of Missouri, and Roberts {Rep)., of Massachusetts, also was sub- mitted. The full committee upon convening yesterday took up the report submit: ted by the sub-committee, of which Mr. Foss was chairman, which bad ‘been charged with the preparation of findings for the committee. Two hours were given to its consideration, during which time there was much dis- cussion as to the form different find- ings should take. ‘There was desire on the part of some of the members to make the findings more sweeping in some respects. The majority report, after reciting the res- ‘lution directing the naval affairs com- mittee to investigate the charges of bribery, and reviewing the evidence heard, submitted the following find- ings: “That the charge made by Mr. Less ler that an attempt had been made to corruptly influence his action respect ing proposed legislation is sustained by the evidence; such attempt, in the ‘opinion of the committee, having been made by one Philip Doblin, on bis own inttlative and responsibility, with the {dea of making money for himself if he should find Mr. Lessler corruptly approachable. “That there is no evidence to sustain the charge of an attempt by Lemuel E. ‘Quigg and the Holland Submarine Boat Company or any of its agents to cor ruptly influence a member of the com: mittee on naval affairs respecting pro Posed legislation pending before said committee and the house. “In view of the foregoing, we recom: mend that the clerk of the committee be directed to certify to the attorney general of the United States a copy of the testimony taken at the hearing. ‘with a request that he take such action as the law and the facts warrant.” ‘The minority report states the cir cumstance of the resulting investiza tion and submits the conclusion of the minority, the first of which is as fol lows: “That the charge that an attempt was made to corruptly influence a member of the committee on naval af fairs respecting proposed legislation pending before the house is not sus tained.” The minority differs with th« ma Jority only in its first conclusion. In other respects the conclusions are iden tical. By a vote of 9 to 6 the committee de elded against the proposition to au thorize additional submarine torpedo ‘boats. HOBSON CANNOT RETIRE Navy Department Unwilling to Allow Him to Quit. Washington, Feb. 3—The navy de partment is unwilling to allow Con. structor Hobson to retire from the Ravy even upon resignation outright and the abandonment of the privilege of going upon the retired list. ‘The reason for the unwillingness is the pressing need of the construction corps for the services of just such young officers as Mr. Hobson, and the effort will be made to induce him to remain ‘on active duty. The construction corps has lost the services of four able offi cers during the past year, and with the rapidly increasing amount of con- struction work the navy department feels that it must stop the drain. Stepped in Front of Engine. Richmond, Va, Feb. 3.—A Chris: tlansburg, Va. special says Fleming Young and Mrs. Lilly Stewart were killed by a Norfolk and Western “pusher” engine, near Montgomery station, Sunday afternoon. They were walking on the westbound track, an4 in order to avoid a freight which was approaching stepped on the eastbound track, directly in front of the engine. and were run over by it before the engineer could stop. Quntenced te Tisentetios Venea Camden, N. J. Feb. 4. — Thomas Humphreys, a negro, who last August killed John Campbell, also colored, at Woodbury, near here, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Garrett to 25 years’ imprisonment. The murder was the result of a quarrel over a dice game. William 3. Bryan will attend the darbecue of the Jefferson-Jack:son-Lin. coin League at Columbus, 0., Febru. ary 12. Former President Cleveland was flected first vice president of the Princeton (N. J.) ish and Game Pro. tective Association, ‘The Chicago authorities began the sale of coal to the public at cost, ant the demand became so great that or ders had to be limited to half a ton each. Tuesday, February 3, The United States Supreme Court yesterday took @ recess for three ‘weeks. IN THE REALM OF POETRY. When Pa Saya Grace. ‘When Pa rays grace He looks up like the world to him Was full of good things to the brim, His eyes are like un angel's, while ‘The sweetest, most forgiving smile Is on his face, He takes his piace Before the goodies Ma has spread Aa if upon each dish he read Bome pious message from above. An’ every glance seems full of love When Pa says grace, An’ yet he'll chase ‘The cat downstairs an‘ slam the door, An’ grow! at everyone before ‘The meal time comes, an’ often Jar The alr with words not like they are When he says grace. Ma says the trace Of that sweet spirit which reveals Itself in thankfulness at meala Is everywhere, an’ ought to be { At all Umog present a> when we Are sayin’ grace, An’ in that case ‘I’m “clined to think, rememberin’ how Pa frets and ruffles up his brow When he sifts-ashes or saws wood, it’s appetite makes him feel 00d When he says grace, Boston Courier. Mian ines ‘Like barks that cleave the billows of the main, Ang score with furrows white the mighty leep, Some gliding onward with majestic sweep, And others idly lagging in thelr train, Like ships deep laden with a wealth of gain, ‘That slowly mount the towering surgee steep, OF lke the light-rigged crafts that swift- ly ereep Acrosg the reaches of the trackless plain— ‘The days across Time's ocean take thelr way, And each morn finds, within the port of ast, One ship’forever anchored—Yesterday: ‘While in the Future's offing, flying fast Or plodding slow, the Present sails for aye, To mingle with the fleet of ages vast. Wiliam Tyler Olcott, in S. 5. Time ‘The 014 Pocketbook, ‘They've tossed me aside: I am frayed and ‘torn And like the man who has done his best And can do no more, I am left to rest In the spot where they flung me, old and worn: The world has forgotten the joys I've borne, I have lost the charm that I once pos- sessed For the smiling host and the parting ‘guest, Ané am only a thing that they pass in scorn, ‘et, Uke the old man who fs worn andgray, T, "too, am useful—the same as he; ‘The busy ones push him out of the way, || Pursuing their fortunes anxiously: Ike the poor old man, thous I've had my ‘The Children are glad to play with me, —S. B. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald, Tae Geitient Saneeses “Twas a growly, spotted Leopard, ‘On the plains of Timbuctoo, Who met one sunny morning With a happy Kangaroo, “a “Your suit is really startiing« “~~ Said the latter, witha smile, {1 “For polka-dots no longer Maas Are thought the proper styles "" ‘And though no criticism ne ‘On your tailor I would cast, , 1 have a strong suspicion that ‘The color isn't fast, For—" But here an ‘interfuption Most sudden did occur, : Which filed the air around them ‘With what resembled fur; And the Leopard sometime later, Much larger round the walst, ‘Mused tong in pensive manner gp, that Kangaroosy “good taste.” Samuel Scoville, J@, in St. Nicholas, “Sometime.” Sometime—ah, be tt far away!— ‘We two must say good by; Ang one shail cold and slient ie, Grief mute, the other stay. Like meshes of a worn-out glove ‘Must sometimes rend apart— Why whisper thus, foreboding heart? — ‘The strong links of our love. ‘ In dreary day or darksome night, Deaf to heart-breaking sighs And blind to anguished eyes, ‘One soul shall take its Might. Sometime such shalt be our sure fate! ‘And yet a Whisper saith: “BUli shall ye, conquering Death, Back for the otlier wait!” =Wilitam Struthers, in Boston Transeript, wekae cre er All the world goes wrong some days, ‘But Just keep a-aingin' Brambles all along the ways, But Just keep a-singin’. Clouds are dark an’ dank an‘ cold, Pleasure’s dirge seems bein’ tolled, ‘An’ yeh feel yeh're gittin’ old, But Jest keep a-singin’, Don't let nothin’ mar yer front, But Just keep a-singin’, Don't back down fer any stunt, But just keep a-singin’. Don't let nothin” stop yer song, Just go Jiggin’ right along — ‘Things can't keep a-xoln’ wrong, If yeh keep a-singin'! —J. M, Lewis, in Houston Post. rhe Wait. I met a threadbare wait below the town. Sad were his eyes, and from his dusty ‘cou Roses no longer crimson éangied down, Pebbles that had been kistes decked bls throat, He held a cup, and listlessly and slow Drank wine, as one who had no Joy there- of. And when T asked Ms name, he answered “My name is Habit—once they called me Love.” Agnes Lee, in the Atlantic. a dil ne Men claim that women are tardy—in fact, that they're never on time, ‘That among their thousand sweet virtues promptness you never will find. But { know of a dear little woman, quite worthy of praises in rhyme, ‘Who is pretty and gracious and charming, and always, yes, always on time, She never is freitul and furried, nor given to dumps nor to tears; She's a beautiful Grecian maiten who has ‘posed on my clock for years! —Emima C. Dowd in Ladies’ Home Jour- nal. ‘The Foolish Big Word. The foolish think big words are splendid, And that within them wisdom lies, But big words never were intended ‘To form the language of the wise: Through smallest words that he may find ‘The sage reveals his depth of mind. The speeches of the fool are freightea With words he chooses for thelr length; When sense is with a big word mated It dwindles, robbed. of half its strength; The world needs no big words at all, Bince Love and Hope and Do are small. 8. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Heraid. Her Hasband’s Uniform. At the Paris pawn house about 950,000 watches and 60,000 wedding rings are deposited every year. The oldest objects there in 1900 was a suit of clothes on which five franca had been advanced in 1869. It be- longed to a soldier who fell in the war of 1870, and whose widow paid her annual due on it for over 30 years in the hope of being able some day to redeem it..Brooklyn Eagle. THE.RICHMOND PLANETS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ~ _. Hardest Fart of Practice. “And what,” they asked of the surgeon who saved Mr. Tightfist from an untimely end, “what did you consider the most difficult stage of ‘the operation?” “Collecting the money,” he an- a@wered, with a smile of conscious skill—What to Eat. | Mow M Wen. __ Newlywed—You bachelors are fool- ish. Now, when a married man gets a few dollars ahead he doesn’t go and spend it on some woman he’s stuck on, Bachelor—He doesn’t? Newlywed—No; he buys something for his wife.—Judge. Merely a Procautton. “How's her health?” “Excellent. Why do you ask?” “Oh, I just wanted to know if it would be safe to ask her about it. I don't want to give her an opening for a long-winded description of her ills.” —Chicago Post. Value of Advertising. “To what do you attribute the cura- tive properties of your springs?” asked a visitor at a health resort. “Well,” answered the proprietor, thoughtfully, “I guess the advertising T've done has had something todo with it.” —Tit-Bits. oe ae ae “Is he a young man of brains?” in- quired an old gentleman respecting a swell youth. “Well, really,” replied his daughter, “I have had no opportunity of judg- ing. Inever met him anywhere except in society.”—Tit-Bits. Diaappointed. “So you were held up by bandits?” “Yes, and that isn’t the worst of it ‘They simply took my money without detaining me long enough: to give me a start as a magazine writer or a lee- turer.”—Washington Star, Running Vown the Scale. ‘He used to buy his coal in “lump,” “Ege” followed In {ts track; “Nut" war the next he purchased. Now _He's glad to get piain slack. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, | IN SUNNY ITALY. | The International Historical Con- gress, which had to be postponed last Year, will open its sittings in Rome on April 2. When the last fragments of the ruined campanile in Venice were re- moved 30 bottles of wine were found unbroken in the custodian’s room. Two arctic dogs brought back by the duke of Abruzzi from the polar regions, have been bitten by a mad dog and are being treated for hydro- phobia. A beautiful villa on Lago Maggiore is one of the prizes offered by a Milan newspaper to regular subserib- ers. Many Italian journals have or- ganized regular lotieries, with prizes of $100 to $5,000. The Messagero, of Rome, sends out men who distribute money prizes to persons whom they meet with a copy of that newspaper in hand, ‘The Monroe Club, of Boston, has endorsed Richard Olney as the Demo- cratic candidate for president. ‘W. D. Freediand, a business man from Clinton, N. J., dropped dead yes- terday at Riverside, Cal, from a para- lytic stroke. While returning from church Sun- day evening Mary Williams, of Eck- man, W. Va., was shot and killed by @ discarded sweetheart. Jordan Coy, a negro, was killed and an Italian injured in the falling of a seaffold im the Princeton (N. J.) Uni- versity gymnasium yesterday. Wednesday, February 4. The internationat convertion of the Epworth League will be hed at De- troit, Mich. July 16-19. Fire destroyed six blocks in the bus- iness section of Middlebury, Vt., yes- terday. Loss estimated at $150,000, A bill providing for the abolishment of capital punishment was introduce in the New York legislature yester- day. By an explosion of nitro-glycerine at Marietta, O., yesterday Mrs. John Newell was killed and her two sons seriously injured. Charles C. Morris a cook aboard the ‘new battleship Maine, now lying at League Island Navy Yard, Philadel. -phia, fell down an open hatchway and broke his neck. Fatal Grade Crossing Accident. Lewiston, Pa., Feb. 3.—An omnibus running between Lewiston and Lewis- ton Junction was struck by a moving ear at a grade crossing on the Milroy Branch railroad yesterday evening and completely demolished. Mrs. Charles C. Kline, of Lewiston, was instantly killed and R. M. McCoy and James Long, the driver, both of Lewiston, se- HMously injured. Two others in the om- nibus were slightly hurt, GENERAL MARKETS Phladelpha, Pa, Feb. 3. — Flour Was stescy; winter superfine, $2.70@ 2.90; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.16 Ay city mills, extra, Brgtie ‘ye flour was quiet at $3.15@3.20 per barrel. Wheat was firm; No. 2 Penn- sylvania, red, new, 80c.’ Corn, firm; No 2 yellow, local, 5S4c. Oats were quiet; No. 2 white, clipped, 43c; lower grades, ars. pan was steady; No. 1 timothy, 0.50@21 for large bales. Beet Wis steady’ beet ‘hams, 319630, Pork was firm; family, $e ive poultry, 18c. for hens and 9@9%%c. for old roosters. Dressed poultry, 13%c for choice fowls, and 10c. for old roos- ters. Butter was steady; creamery, 25c. per pound. Exes, begs? New York and Pennsylvania, Se. Re dozen. Potatoes were steady; choice. 68@70c. per bushel, Live Stock Markets. East Liberty, Pa. Feb. 3. — Cattle PeTEdem: choice, $5.10@5.25; prime. H80G6; good, 4.506475. “Hoss were Slow; prime ‘heavies, §7@7.03; 'me- alums, $i@705; heavy yorkers, $7: Ught yorkers, $6957; pigs, $6.$0@7! roughs, $5.50@6.50. Sheep were steady; Dest werhers., $4.05@480; culls and gommon. $262.50, choice’ lambs, $6@ 10; veal calves, 37.50@3. Bast Buffalo, NY. eb. 3.—Cattle steady, unchanged; piime steers, 93 5.25; ‘butchers’ ‘steers,, $3.76@4.60; heifers, 93.50@4.25; cows, $2.600 4.25; bulls, $304.25; stock heifers, $2.50@9. Veals, ‘strong’ and 25c. higher: to $8.5009: common to, good, Mo. 50@ 856 logs were active and higher; heavy, TOG T 10; mixed $1G7.05; yorkers G70: Dia $7 18@7.20; rougha, $64 %, MARS, $5@5.50, | Sheep and lamye Were steady; top iambs, -$6.30@6.40: soils $2. ford. $2s@E25: yearlings $Gb.35; Ewes, $436G440; sheep, eos TESTING STRENGTH OF SNATIS tae Fhe te a) Va yy) gz w= eh ~ > Ee! _— BS = At a7 eS Goo Sy SaaS wo == SS DOGS AS TRAVELERS. They Seem to Possess Some Peculiar Power Which Galdes Them to Their Destination. In the old days of the James river canal a fine setter was taken by his master on a packet boat which was so crowded that the dog was put in the captain's cabin to be out of the way. His owner reached his destina- tion after nightfall, and had taken so much wine by that time that he was carried off the boat, and no one remembered his setter. Next morning the captain took the dog on deok with him, but was much afraid he would jump off to the tow- path and try to return that way, and so handsome an animal would have been in danger of being stolen. Carlo, however, lay perfectly quiet, but with an air of listening that at- tracted notice. Toward noon he heard the sound of the horn of a packet coming from the opposite way, and as the boats passed each other he made @ leap and was next heard from as having got off at the place where his master had stopped, and as having gone at once to the house where he was a guest. Could human intelligence have sur- passed that? This same dog lay on his master’s ‘grave and refused food until he died from starvation. But I do not give this as a case in point. A gentleman who lived 100 miles from a city moved there with all his Possessions, including a bulldog which had been raised at his father’s home, where he had hitherto resided. He was locked up in the car with the furniture, and in the bustle of un- loading he disappeared, aud two days afterward he reached his former home, coming by an inland route, as was known by parties who recog. nized him, so that he evidently marked ont his own path without reference to: the railroad on which he had been carried away.—Christian Endeavor World. NEAT DOLL BOOKCASE. sieia wire ana gin ea BAL Either a boy or a girl can make the cunning little doll bookcase like the illustration. Save your spools, and get all you can from obliging neigh. bors and aunts, who would be glad to have their empty spools taken out of their way. Select spools all of one size, and with good glue or cement fasten the spools one on top of the other, to form the upright of the book. case, gluing the shelves in between the spools at the proper intervals. The a fe poaeonet q H LCaan « 5 Ti sh ‘B.S SB: Alene ine nes " Sip cet anh 12 eee 1. ety = 5 THE BOOKCASE COMPLETED. shelves for this small bookcase are ct- gar box covers, and the spools are a dark wood nearly the shade of the shelves, and the whole case is var- nished over. The bookcase may be made large enough to hold your «is- ter’s little library, and the shelves may be made of any pretty wood, such as is especially used in fretsaw work. ‘The book shelves will not be strong enough to hang from the picture molding with books in, but should be placed upon a shelf low enough for the little girl to reach her favorite story books.—N, Y. Tribune. Sleeping in WaleOe Janes. The Japanese never sleep with the head to the north. This is because the dead in Japan are always buried with the head in that position. In sleeping rooms of many of the private houses and of hotels a diagram of the points of the compass is posted upon the celling for the convenience of guests. | TESTING STRED : =o oN — ir 9 3p eee NAILS are not generally considered Uke muscular development, yet. thelr Powers are by no means to be despised ‘This was recently proved by a llttie French boy in Paris, whose experiments showed some startling results : He picked up a couple of ordinary gargen snails. To the outer surface of the shell of each he glued a crooked pin. A piece of cotton was tled to the crooked pin, and then its other end was attached to the ob- fect to be moved. One of the French boy's former playthings—a tin cart on wheels ‘Was chosen. Placing the cart on a perfectly level sur- face, he thus harnessed the snails to It ———_—_—_—_—_—_—_——.. Wanted = Monopoly. Edith—George is so unreasonable, | Mertie—What's he doing now? Edith—As soon as I accepted him he Insisted that I should break all my other engagements.—Judge. ee Natural Advantage. : She—What a well-bred air of repose young Simkins has! He—Naturally. He was born lazy to begin with,—Chicago Daily News, EGG AND CARD TRICK, It In Not Very Diteutt (o Perform, Ale though Tt Wit Myxtity AM Your Friends. With a wineglass half full of water, an egg, a ring and a playing card you may perform a very neat and pretty trick for the amusement of your friends. Lay the card on top of the glasa and on the card place a good-sized finger ring. Now balance the egg, small end upward, by placing it on the ring. ‘Thus you will have a unique struc ture, apparently firm and nicely bal- anced. which it is your purpose to demolish by a mere flick of the finger. In other words, you are te i N : => oT LAY EGG ON CARD ON GLASS. let the egg and the ring fall into the glass without your touching either of them. How are you going to do it? It is the easiest thing in the world, if you do it in the right way. All you have to do is to flick the corner of the card with the second finger of your right hand, and if this is done exactly in the direction of the level of the card it will fly out and let the ring and egg drop into the glass. The water in the glass will prevent the egg from breaking. A similar trick may be performed with a card and a coin balanced on the forefinger of your left hand. The coin must be placed exactly in the center of the card, which will be over the tip of your finger, and when you flick the card away the coin will rest on your finger.—Brooklyn Eagle. STRICT DOORKEEPER. Mow a Chinese Servant Misunders stood the Instructions Given ‘Bho by Mis Mistaese, ‘When the Andersons went to Call- fornia they rented a small furnished house and engaged a Chinese man-of- all-work. ‘The house was well situ- ated and tastefully furnished, and Wing Lee proved to be « good cook, clean and respectful. <4s soon as the Andersons were aet- tied the neighbors began to call, and it was then that the fact was discov- ered that Wing was absolutely devoid of any ideas as to the ushering in or out of guests. So one morning the ladies determined to instruct him. Providing him with a tray, Miss An- derson went out, rang the bell, was shown into the parlor and waited while the calm Chinaman carried her card to Mrs. Anderson. This was repeated several times, until the ladies were quite satisfied that Wing was perfect in his role. That evening at $:30 the bell rang. Wing shuflied majestically to the door, while mother and daughter hung breathlessly over the banisters to watch the result of their teaching. ‘They heard a gentleman's voice ask if the ladies were at home. ‘They saw Wing present his tray and re- ceive a card with an alr which made them mentally pat each other on the back, and then they saw him draw a card from his sleeve, “Mine!” gasped Miss Anderson. “The one we used for the lessons!” Wing compared the two carefully, and, returning the one which the caller had just handed him, he re- marked blindly: “Tickee no good. No can come,” and calmly shut the door in the fact of the astonished | guest.—Little Chronicle. After a few minutes’ coy retirement to thelr shells the smalls emerged and began to craw! along. ‘The threads became teat For an instant there was a pause, ‘Theme excessively slowly and laboriously, with many’ tiny Jerkes—the cart followed ite une ‘willing. steeds. Incredible though It may souné, the snails @rew the cart along easily, ven when Weights were put upon it. Tho drawing Shove, from a photograph taken ina art Gen near Paris, shows two snails grating 2 two-pound weight.” ATchough thes” dit e ata decidedly felsurely pace, and with frequent ‘pauses, the deadweight behind tiem seemed to cause them ne inconvens | fence: oy Behind the Scenes. First Chorus Girl—I did a good thing to-day. Second Chorus Girl—What's his name?—Baltimore World. Best at Armis Length. “Do you want a close shave, sir?” “No. Keep as far away as you can. Garlic, ian't it?”—Cleveland Plata [Dealer ae Weak Men Cured Free. (@) ay oP) Bey A & 5 hf : Cs KA Ns rn Wut, gig = A sR , CX) SE Sah me NT KS SG i i AWS Vaal ene = ‘s; fy) Vaid Le JOHN, LET’S SEND FOR IT TG-DAY. 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A many excursions have already been booked for “Beach Park’ for Jas ‘and July, The various attractions and ‘improvements at this popular resort ‘gives it more prominence each season; ‘To close proximity to Richmond, and the unlimited supply of the moat whole: some artesian water, together with many other natural advantages, places it second to none as a pleasure and health resort for Richmond people. King William Pier, a substantial structure, extending 689 fect in length and 25 feet wide over the York River, with waterproof roofing as a_proteotion from sun and rain, adds consiflerably-to ae and convenience for pic-ric and other outing parties. ‘ Tn addition to the new Beach Park Hotel, now Doing erected, you will find gther hotels and many ‘nico boarding ouses, furnishing cheap rates anc first-class accommodations. ‘Phe principal attractions are such ae fine fishing, ing, sailing, merry-go- Found, shooting illeries, steam and naptha launches, a large dancing pavil- ion witha band of music day and night, Several wells of fine artesian water on ‘the grounds, and various other attrac- tions to suit'the older people as well as the little ones. For any other information apply at or Write to the Southern Ry. office, 920 K. Main St.. Richmond. Va. A CLEW BY WIRE dar <<] _ INTERESTING SITUATIONS! ‘WILL BEGIN SOON. 5 sult of perfect manly strength and vigor for life ‘The doctor wants all suffering mon to share with him the knowledge he haa personally attained, Hesende the re- coipt free, and all the reader noed do. is tosend his name and address to. Dr- Knapp Medical Co., 825 Hull Building, Detroit Mtch , requesting the free re: ceipt as reported in this” paper, Tt is @ generous offer, and all men ought to be glad to have such an opportunity. ———$$——— z Ax to Squattop. “Now, there's old Squaltop. 2 Feckon he's the ctingiest man in the { United States, And he's got money te | burn, T betieve he exprets to take with him when he dies” | AWenls at te ages take t6 with him, | he'll certainty have a chance to burm iN, Y. Herald. | Accomplinhed Flatterer. 1 Jinks—to-day 1 pleased a pretty, , Noman by telling her that a certaim { red-faced, snub-nosed, bald-headea |, mortal looked like her. 7 + Winks—Get out! i 1. Jinks—The red-faced, snub-nosed, bald-headed mortal was her first baby.—Tit-Rits. Et ] Risers ysmacap asec fe RET methine went t Git for a iadyg Something which will remind her of me when she looks at it,” said the young man. “Oh, yes," said the dealer; “over there are a lot of articles made of mone key skin.”—Yonkers Statesman, , ie Lack. Mr. Newlywed—When we were. married you said you were 18, i Mrs. Newlywed—Well, do you meam, to insinuate that I was older? Mr. Newlywed—Oh, no; but frém my luck since I've thought perhapa you were 13.—Judge, Surpriae Due for Jack. Clara—dnek intends to have everys thing his own way when we are mayo ried. i Clara’s Mamma—Then why will you marry him? ' Clara—To retieve his mind of a falee impression.—N. Y. Daily News. A Gloomy Peasimint. Noessit Ci sconsolately)—The rick are getting richer and the poor poorer. Friend—\What's wrong now? Nocash—M'<. Fotpnrse hax refused me, and is gems to marry Mr. Cous pon-—N. Y. Weekly. le Wak ae a ane ea “Did your doctor diagnose youn ease?” “Yes, he Cingnored it all right, but. when I got!" pid for that lwas omg of money and we-had to drop it-"—Chie cago Record-Hernld. : WONDERFUL : DISCOVERY | ; Curly Hair Made Straight By > & ‘ ‘aus § , ‘ =e : e | al Tihs Mas ' ) . IN FROM om Sore RIGINAL ; OZONIZED OX MARROW ‘ (Copyrighted.) 4 ) , This wonderful hair pomade is the only sate @ pet eee cease ee a ete eater eas ornate a § foray yonrv apd candy thnsande:Warrasiod @ Enso hceetes eran ares § SSDS AS SAAS ceo feenietar cuts ecmiea cna § Bet Rae Meneses § = i poet eis § ese ay et a eg aero aenart we cee & eerste Wk weet ee cccees Wieser iress plainly to aration! ) OZONIZED OX MARROW : 70 Wabash Aven Chteafo, Tivol + panampelynye tne, cabin Wanted Weekly-100 Cooks lomseatina and Yoltcweses ‘eed York and other Northern eifies. we peter ferithed.” Alo so Fare for Maryland.” Si R. W- ELson, v.° 4376. Bread St. Richmond V2. 6 THE PLANET SATURDAY... FEB. 7, 1903 BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE. Bridge Painter Fell One Hundred Feet and Saved Himself by Not Losing His Head. A thrilling incident is told by the St. Paul Pioneer Press of the marvelous escape from death of a man while painting a bridge 100 feet above the Mississippi river: One afternoon Anderson was swinging happily like a bird on a twig six feet below the roadway of the high bridge, and about 100 feet above the Mississippi river. The seat of the swing was a short piece of plank. It was attached at each end to ropes, which, passing through a block, returned to the swing as a single rope. By lengthening or shortening this rope the man could raise or lower himself. "I was hanging close to one of the steel rods," said Anderson, "a rod that I was painting. My rope was good and fast. I had no warning of any danger, when the sky and the clouds and the bottom of the bridge dashed past my eyes, and the air whistled in my ears like a typhoon on the China seas. I knew I was going down head first. "I wasn't frightened. I said to myself: 'Now, I'll strike the river before long and if I keep going this way I'll hit the water head first, which will be just as good as diving; and, being a good swimmer, I can easily get ashore.' "But about 60 feet down—I didn't measure the distance then—my head struck one of the cross-rods a slanting blow. My legs sort of huddled up as I fell, probably, and came down full force against the rod. I could hear the bones crack. They made quite a loud noise like a percussion cap. Then I thought to myself: 'Well, this is your last cruise, for sure,' and things got black before me. I guess I fainted. "But the cold water brought me to. I bobbed up as natural as a harbor buoy. But as soon as I made my first kick, or, rather, tried to make it, I found that both my legs were hanging as heavy and dead as shot in a canvas bag. They didn't pain me, though. But when I found I couldn't swim I felt my gun was spiked for sure. "Just then I heard the crew up aloft hollering: 'Good boy, sailor! You're all right! Keep it up! Boat's coming! Keep a-paddling, Jackie!' It did sound fine and hearty, let me tell you. And so I kept a-paddling until a man reached me in a boat 15 minutes after I dropped down." 1 SCREECH OWL TALKS Tells Our Boys and Girls How It Lives and the Dellencies It Enjoys Most. Good evening! Do you wonder why I did not say good morning? Well, it is just because my day begins with the dusk, and in the morning I go to bed before you get up. Did you ever get caught when you didn't want to be? One evening when I was sitting in the old pear tree near the woodshed, wondering where the plumpest mice would be most likely to appear, a farmer boy sneaked up behind and grabbed my legs. He put me in a cage and then his big brother, who was an artist, made a picture of me. But I SCREECH OWL'S PORTRAIT. quinted one eye all the while so I would look very wise and knowing But they were very kind to me and tried to give me food and water. They gave me a raw chicken neck—bah! I don't care much for chickens, not even little ones, and I never eat them unless very hungry indeed. Why didn't they bring me a live mouse? I ate some of the chicken neck because I was nearly starved, but after several days my toes began to curl up and cramp and I couldn't sit on my perch, so the big brother said they must let me go again. When I was free I got a nice breakfast of mice the very first thing, though it was hard to catch them with my toes so numb. They call me Screech Owl. I know you are frightened sometimes and run home when you hear me in the lonely woods, but that's just because people have told so many bad stories about me, half of which are not a bit true. They have said I eat little chickens, but I don't, though I do sometimes dine on English sparrows. Still, as long as there are plenty of mice I don't want anything better.-J. Marion Schull, in Orange Judd Farmer. The Almighty Dressmaker. Mabel-Clothes do not make the man, you know. Jack—Of course, not; but it's quite different with women, isn't it?—N. Y. Herald. --- A JUMP AT CONCLUSIONS --- THE end of the day had found me ten miles from my camp; and I was sitting at the fire of the lumber camp listening to the boys swap lies as they broiled and ate choice bits of the tenderloin from my deer—the relics of which hung from a sugar pine limb in the edge of the wavering firelight. The conversation turned on the subject of drinking. "They's a special Providence watches over drunk men!" said a grizzled old logger. The sentiment seemed to meet with approval. "I has in mind one special case," continued the old fellow, "an" that is Bill Keeney. This yere was so long ago you fellers don't come in none on them retrospections, but I remembers it as well as though it happened yesterday. Bill shore had a special Providence watchin' over him an' he kept it busy day an' night! "I was workin' in a big camp down on Mill river them days. We was loggin' away up on Gopher mountain, and had a little narrow-gauge railroad runnin' back to the lumber camp, with a dinky engine an' a string o' flat cars. We'd get out a trainload of logs, load 'em aboard the train, an' run 'em down to the top of the bluff above Mill river. There we had a big board chute half a mile long, which went as near straight down as it was possible to slide a log an' have it keep in the trough. As I says, this yere chute is half a mile long; but we turns a log loose in it an' in exactly 13 seconds the big stick plunges into the deep water of Mill creek at the bottom! "Of course they're a lot o' friction from first to last; so consequent we has to keep the bottom an' sides of the chute greased all the time. Even with that the boards takes fire occasional an' burns up a big section of the works. "This yere Bill Keeney I mentions is employed at the bottom of the chute. It's his business to watch that no tenderfeet don't come rompin' around there sein' the sights an' a-gettin' mixed up with them flyin' saw logs none. He also attends to greasin' the chute an' clearin' away the splinters when a log hits the bottom wrong, jams acrost the chute an' flies to pieces. Bill watches the top. When we takes down the red flag, Bill works in the chute after puttin' up his own red flag. When we puts up our signal Bill gets in the clear an' stays there till the trouble's over. "Once't or twice't Bill takes too big a drink, an' forgets that the red flag's up. I recalls two different times when several thousand feet 'o solid timber whizzes past his head so close it knocks his hat off; but that there special Providence is on duty reg'lar, an' Bill don't get killed none. "But one day they's something happens that riles Bill all up, an' leads to them excitin' episodes I contemplates relatin' to you when I starts out to round up this yere tale. It happens this way: Bill had just got in a fourgallon jug that mornin', an' he was devotin' himself to it most assiduous. Didn't have much time to spare for 'tendin' to the chute he was that busy with his jug. We're late that day, an' we're firin' down the timber at a great rate. "Durin' a lull in them festivities, an' while Bill is back of his shack a-samplin' of his jug, Bill's ole razorback sow gets into the chute an' starts in to eat up all the grease. If they're anything she's plumb loco on it' rancid grease. She grunts with joy, an' absorbs that grease with a thankful prayer. She's the only hog in all that country, an' she figures she has the grease market cornered. "Now, it's just at this interestin' moment that the biggest log of the whole bunch arrives. It hits that ole sow, goin' at a rate of speed that would make a streak o' lightnin' look like the efforts of a sick lightnin' bug winin' away out in the marsh. They ain't no sow left then, but Bill Keeney happens to reel out of his shack at that sad moment, and he hears the squeal goin' by on its way to glory. "Now, Bill loves that sow, an' he takes on powerful over her obsequies. He goes back to his shack, loads up to the limit, an 'then heads for the top o' the bluff, where we're workin' away as innocent as sheep. That special Providence helps him up that hill, an' past the precipices, an' when he arrives in our midst he is in a fightin' rage. He mentions that he means to clean out the camp; an' seein' that he carries his ax, an' judgin' by the mean glitter in his eye we deem he means about what he says. "Now, it happens that I'm the nearest to him, bein' just on the other side of a log we're in the act of startin' gently down the chute toward the long slide. Bill starts over the log at me, swingin' his ax, an' cussin' plentiful an' copious. I yells at him to go back, but he thinks I'm scared of him, an' he comes on. When he's on top o' that log, it sudden hits the incline, an' away they both go together, Bill goin' down headforemost, a-stickin' to the log like a big black lizard. "Well, we mighty busy that day, an' the boss 'lows it ain't no use wastin' the afternoon goin' down to gather up the remains. He considers such a wanton show of idleness downright sinful—especially when we all lays a hundred dollars to a white chip they ain't half an ounce of remains down there to pay the corner for his trouble. But after talkin' it over we decide that it's a proper show of respect for the departed fer a committee to go down. Bill ain't such a bad chap when he sober, an' he's been with us a long time. So me and Jack Burke goes down an' puts on a look of woe as we approaches the dreadful scene. "We nearly faints; for there's that Bill Keenan, cahn and sober, greasin' the bottom of the chute! "He looks up with a s steepish grin when we approaches, an' tells us he hopes we ain't come down with no hard THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA. feelin's; he'd been drinkin' a little in the mornin', an' wasn't exactly responsible. "We assure him they're nothin' to forgive, an' we all goes over to the shack an' has a drink. It was durin' the fifth drink, if I remember correct, Bill mentions that he made the trip "BILL GOIN' DOWN HEADPORE- MOST." easy an' graceful, an' a special Providence personally conducted that log an' kept it from rollin'. 'I hits the water head-first', says Bill, 'an' the next thing I knows I pops to the surface a hundred yards down stream. Then I swims ashore, an' goes to work!" The old man shook his head sagely. "But they's such a thing as trustin' Providence beyond the limit!" he said. "At the end the loggin' season Bill went exploitin' down around Yuma, and drunk a quart of mescal on a bet. Now, they ain't no special Providence that's able to hold cards agin Greaser whisky. So consequent, when them orgies is over, Bill's tunin' up his harp in a better land!"—San Francisco Argonaut. DISCOVERY IN GALAPAGOS. Many New Species of Birds and Reptiles Have Been Found in the Islands. Since the recent announcements made concerning the results of the Rothschild expedition to the Galapagos islands scientists have been much interested in the reports. The expedition took place in 1897, but the members of the party were pledged to secrecy about it until Walter Rothschild, who defrayed the expense of the trip, should have published his scientific book upon the researches of the expedition. That book has recently appeared in London. The expedition was under the direction of Prof. Charles N. 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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 Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is neede- ed in house furnishings. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special GHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street METAL CRIT FOR SUNDAY READING Thy grace benign sustains my earnest quest, Thy shadeless light unveils the perfect truth. Thy very greatness is my fullest rest, And beautifies my spirit's primal youth. Give me to rise on morning's wing to see Beyond horizon's rim, the city fair, And peer through pearly gate on glassy sea, On wealth untold in lasting beauty rare. Unblemished gleams from lofty lucent lucent sphere, Tell of a feast where kindred spirits throng. The prairie in heart shall see the vision clear, And lips annoted chant their thrilling song. -Rev. H. T. Miller, in N. Y. Observer. MEDITATION. In Just as Necessary to Spiritual Well-Being as Is Rest to the Body. There are two distinct principles in life, both of which are absolutely necessary to healthy existence. These are exercise and rest. They are life's balances. So much rest in one scale means possible so much work in the other. The harmonizing or balancing of these two principles makes a life normal and gives promise to possibilities. Nature illustrates the necessity of these two principles in physical life by apportioning time to each. She gives man day for work; she provides night for the generation of new vigor. During the day man expends energy that he may regain new supply in restful sleep. By night he stores up new strength to put it forth again during his working hours. Thus these two portions of life are complementary; one exists for the other; one is impossible without the other. If a man neglects rest he forfeits energy, says Christian Work, and his work suffers. God has so provided for our physical nature. But His laws are no less binding upon the spiritual life. Man must work in order to preserve his spiritual well-being. And he must withdraw at times from the output of spiritual activity to replenish and reenergize the powers of the soul. Christ was teaching one side of this truth when He drew the parable of the talents. He who buried his talent lost capacity from non-use. They who used gained. And again, when He said to His disciples: "Come ye apart and rest awhile," He emphasizes the other side; for He knew that expenditure demanded refilling. The active side of Christian life has been emphasized again and again. And it should be; for its place and importance in spiritual progress and vigor is unquestionable. Spiritual exercise gives fiber and character to religious life. But outward activity is only the manifestation of the spiritual life within. And because that life is a reality we should treat it with at least the same respect we pay to our physical being. Both are governed by laws that make for health when obeyed. Either will grow debilitated, devitalized, when the laws are disobeyed. If our spiritual life demands rest for recuperation, no less does our higher life demand that which corresponds to physical rest, in order that the spiritual demand may take on new strength for wider activity. The time of prayer and meditation is that time when the soul draws nearest to God and is most conscious of His real presence. Most beautifully has Paul H. Hayne expressed the desire of the soul for prayer and meditation in one of his sonnets: Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And in the depths of heavenly peace re- longs to commune with thoughts of tender Longs to commune with thoughts of tender power. Thoughts that ascend like angels beautiful. A shining Jacob's ladder of the mind. But this quiet hour in the spiritual life is by no means a time for mere passivity. Meditation is not stagnation. It is frequently a time of earnest struggle. The deeps of the soul are often broken up. But the spirit of God moves upon the face of the waters, calling into being new energies and new influences. Within these quiet hours of pregnant striving are born the forces that expand and deepen life and mold it into solid character. From these silent hours go out lines of light and strength that bless others as well as ourselves in word and deed. In preparation for the positive activities of Christian living, prayer and meditation correspond to that time nature sets apart for replenishing natural forces. Is there not need for the Christian world to more practically learn this lesson? The age in which we live is not a meditative one. The mass of men never stop to think; they do it on the run. The unremitting commercial spirit seems to have penetrated every domain of life. The world of rush and competition has affected the spheres of home, society and religion. Ours is an age of unrest, nervous, energetic, brilliant. Eternal vigilance and ceaseless activity are the price of success in business. The student is hurried through a curriculum stretching over a dozen years. His diplomas bear witness that he has gulped down much Latin, Greek and mathemat- hes. His after life, too, often declares him one more among a large class of mental dyspepties. The ministry has been swept into the rushing current. The message of God to His people is a polished serenity, written under tremendous pressure, in certain fixed time. The study is a grist mill. Sermon-making is a "grind." Every spare hour is invaded by an urgent call. Rest is an incident. Work, work, work is the main business of living, and shattered nerves and drained powers are matters for post-mortem consideration. We do not disparage hard work. The work that gives the very best that is in man, that uses his very best powers, that is intense, self-sacrificing, unselfish, comes nearer to expressing the Christlife. But work that entirely neglects the worker, that wears out with never a thought of building up, that seeks gain and forgets character, that seeks objective results and neglects health of mind or body, that work has at its heart selfishness. And in the Christian life it has as its result spiritual loss and failure. An examination of life's activities will reveal its throbbing commercial spirit. It has gained our country a unique position in the eyes of the world. It has characterized our age as materialistic. And it has forced a warning from the lips and pens of thoughtful men. Our age is in danger of running itself out of breath and dying of heart disease. In its chase for wealth it may run away from God; and in its flight it may throw off those moral principles that bind together strong government and that are the sinews of normal national life. If the trend of the times is away from the Sabbath as a day of rest, then the first day of the week is a vital problem. Somewhere and sometime under God's providence a halt must be made. Let us pray that it come too late, when our resources have slipped through our fingers and our strength is exhausted! For we cannot afford to disregard the time element in true progress. We cannot neglect rest that is essential to true growth. God rested and proclaimed it necessary for life. Nature observes it, obeying the law of her Creator. Nations have deliberately set aside some stated period for rest and grown vigorous and powerful. And in the individual, spiritual life develops and strengthens by communion with God apart from the confusing activities of busy, distracting work. The prayer closets have molded the characters that have wielded the greatest influence upon the religious life of the world. A knowledge of the soul life, its weaknesses and dispositions, and a consciousness of God's intimate fellowship with the soul. His provision of strength in weakness and guidance for all dispositions develop living testimonies to His power and prepares for consistent, vital Christian life. GOD'S EDUCATION OF MAN. The Ordinary Day, with Its Routine of Drudgery, Is the Time for Learning. God's fatherhood makes Him a teacher. Man's childhood gives him a claim to be taught. For man is not a finished product of God's skill, but a product in the making. Our will, our thoughes, our knowledge, all need training. And because we are God's children one prayer we may always make with confidence is that of the Hebrew psalmist long ago: "Teach me Thy will; for Thou art my God; Thy spirit is good; lead me in the land of uprightness." It is unthinkable that God our Father will leave such a childlike, earnest prayer unanswered. Yet some of us are like foolish children who refuse to learn unless they can go to some famous school and listen to some well-known teacher. We forget that the greatest instructor of all dwells in every man who turns to God with true penance and seeks His presence with a childlike faith. "He shall teach you," said the Master. The place of teaching matters little if we have God's Spirit to assign and follow up the lessons, and if we first possess the scholar's willing heart. It is, then, in the common circumstances of our lives that we are to learn the lessons of God's school. Unusual conditions and experiences are like examinations which test and declare what we have learned. The ordinary day, with its routine of drudgery, is the time for learning. He who despises this common school of life, with its little tasks and opportunities, its frequent perplexities and its recurring weariness, despises the plan of God for his education. To recognize God's teaching in these experiences of common life requires faith and obedience. God's will for daily work is plain enough in outline through the revelation of the Word and the long experience of His children. If we use our present knowledge and listen for His voice in conscience, willing ever to carry out His will, we shall know of His teaching. All Christian experience is here at one. He who desires to do shall know, It will not be without mistakes and disillusionments, but in experience with Him our growth in knowledge shall proceed along with growth in character toward a completed strength in Christ.—Boston Congregationalist. Spear Points: Inspiration is God's answer to our aspiration. He is a traitor to man who is not true to God. Only the unworthy cause will use unworthy means. There is suffering without sin; but there is no sin without suffering. Men may do their worst, it matters not if you have chosen the best. Long wind with God will not counterbalance short weight with men. To be conformed to the truth is better even than to be informed on it. If you use a mirror to find your own faults you will forget to use a microscope for those of others.—Ram's Horn. His Opportunity. Mrs. Henpeck—To-morrow will be the fifteenth anniversary of our marriage. Henpeck—You needn't taunt me with it.—Detroit Free Press. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Schedule in Effect Nov. 30, 1902 Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 7:30 A. m. No. 7 Danville, ..... Charlotte, and all local stations south of Danville, will be tions to Lynchburg, also with D. & W. Ry for Martinsville and stations on that line at Greensboro for all stations, ced and w. W. 12:50 p. m., No. 13 limited train daily for Jack, sonville and all Florida points: Havana, New Orleans, and Pawtucket Railroad; Farmville, and Powhatan Railroad; Greensboro for Durbane, Raleigh and Winston-Salem; at Danville, with No. 51 limited train daily for New Orleans and points South which carries sleeper to New Orleans, Columbia, Savannah and Jacksonville,迈克城 to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through coach for Chase City, Oxford and Durbane. Through train, with Southbury to Memphis-Phils. Dining-Car Service. 11:05 p. m., No. 11 Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Augusta, Jacksonville, and points South. Sleeper for Danville, Charlotte, Salisbury, at Richmond. Open at Richmond. P. M. connection with New York and Florida Express and Southwestern Limited, which carries through Tampa, Amherst, Nashville, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete Dining-Car Service. 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Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at Zion Monitor for Walkerton and Tappahannock. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 9:15 A. m. No 15 daily from West Point, with departure from Baltimore, except Monday. 10:45 A. m. No. 9, daily except Sundays and Mondays. 4:50 P. m., daily except Sundays, from West Point and intermediate stations. Nos. 15 and 16 will no step between Richmond and Quinton. Steamers sail from West Point 5:00 p. m. daily except Sundays. Steamers at Gloucester Point, and Yorktown, Wednesday days and Fridays, and Yorktown and Almora Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. C W. WESTBURY, D. F. A., 920 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A., C. H. ACKERT, General Manager, shining, D. C. Richmond, Fradericksburg and Potomac Railroad. Schedule in Effect Jan. 11, 1903. Trains Leave Richmond Northward. 4:15 A.m. Daily from BYRD STREET STATION, for Washington and beyond. Stops Milford, Frederickburg and Alexandria. Stops Washington and New York. Dining Car. 6:15 A.m., Daily from Main Street Station for washington and beyond. Stops at Frederickburg and Alexandria. Buffet sleeping cars; to New York. 300 p. m. Except Sunday, from the Bryd St 300 p. m. Intermediate for Fredericksburg and intermediate school. 5:05 P. M., Daily, from Main St. Station, for Dowell, Stops at Dowell, Frederick's Brooks, Brooks, Alexandria, Except Sleeping Car to New York. Except Sunday, from ELA STA TION. Accommodation for Aashand and intermediate points. 8:05 P. M., Daily from Byrd Street Station for Dowell, Stops at Ela Ashand, Dowell, Milford, Brooke, Widewater, Quantico, and Alexandria stations Sunday. Sleeping Car, Richmond to New York and Washington to Philadelphia. Except Sunday, from ELBA, STION Accommodation for Ashland and intermediate points. Trains Arrive Richmond Southward. 12:25 Daily at Main Street Station from Washington and beyond. Stops at Alexandria Frederickburg, and Dowell. Buffet sleeping east from York. 6:40 M. Excelsior Sunday at ELRA STATION Accommodation from Ashland and intermediate points. 8:00 a. m., Daily at Byrd St. Station, Stops at Alexandria, Occoquan Widewater, Brooks Bucklesburg, Milford, Doswell, Ashland, and Buffalo. Buffet Sleeping car from New York to Riverside. 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, Stops 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, Oco Quantico Fredericksburg, Milford, Dos well, Ashland. Buffet Sleeping car from New York. 6:00 P. M. Except Sunday at ELBA STATION Accommodation from Ashland, and in terminated 6:46 P. M., Dally, at STREET-STREET STATION Stops at Alexandra, Frederickss burg, Dowell, Ashland, and Elba. Sleeping from New York and, Washington, Dining Car. 11:30 P. M., Except Sunday, *ELBA STA-* *living* accommodation from Ashland. 11:40 P. M., *Elba* Street Station. New York and Florida Special from Washington and beyond, makes no local stops. All Pullman cars and Dining cars, no extra charge other than regular fare. ALPHEUS SCOTT, OHURCH HILL Open Day and Night. Office and Ware rooms 2006 P Sf., Church Hill. Orders By Telegraph and Telephone promptly attended to. All business confidential. Old Phone No. 3183. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARKIVE NEW MAIN-S. STAT ION. NOVEMBER 29th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:45 a. m. Except Sunday Newport News Local. All stops. 9:30 a. m. Daily- For Old Point, Newport Newport and Norfolk. Two hours and 25 minutes to Norfolk, Stops burg, Newport News Hampton and Phoebus. 4:00 p. m. Daily Except Sunday- For Old Point, Newport News and Norfolk 2 hours and 25 minutes to Norfolk Stops Newport News and Hampton on Burke E. E. E. Gordonville to Old Point Connects at Newport News on Mondays. Thursday, Saturday, & m. Steamers to Baltimore; at Old Point with Washington, Baltimore and CapeCharles steamers at Norfolk with Oakland. 5:00 p. m. Daily—For Newport News and Old Point. On Sunday only connects for Norfolk. Makes principal stops. **Main Line West Bound.** 10:10 a. m. Daily to Clifton Forge; connects for Orange, Culpeper, Calverton and Manassas. 2:00 p. m. Daily, Cincinnati and Louisville for Gordonville, Pullman Sleepers, from Gordonville to Cincinnati, and Louisville. Dining Car on at Gordonville. Connects for Pullman, from Gordonville to Steauon follows, for local stations, except Sunday. 5:15 P M Except Sunday. Accommodation to Gordonville. 7:00 a. m. Daily - St. Louis and Chicago special Daily, with Pullman cars; Richmond to Cincinnati; Gordonville, Indianapolis, and St. Louis. Parlor car. Incline to Chicago. Dining car on at Gordonville. **James River Division.** 10:20 a. m. Daily—For Lynchburg, Lexington, and Clifton Forge; except Sunday for Rowan, Aberdeen and New Castle. Parlor car MAIN LINE. From Gindinastian the west 7:45 m. daily; and 8:30 p. m. daily 7:40 m. daily; and 8:30 p. daily. Local 8:30 a. m. except Sunday. JAMES RIVER DIVISION. - 6:35 p. m. daily & apply 8:30 a. m. except 8:15 lay & apply at 890 e. east Main, street, 903 east 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. Nov. 30th, 1902. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION 9:00 A. m. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:30 A. m. M. Stops only at Peterson, Stops at Wakefield only to let off passengers holding tickets from Richmond and Petersburg. 9:00 A. m. CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Lynchburg, Roanoke, Columbus Cincinnati and Chicago. Buffet Parlor Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pullman Shuttle to Cincinnati. Bluefield to Cincinnati: also for Bristol. Knoxville and Chattanooga. Bristol-Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. or Roanoke to Knoxville. 12:20 p. m. Express, for Farmville, Lynchburg, Roanoke and intermediate stations. 8:00 P. m. Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 5:20 P. m. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverley and Suffolk. Connects at Norfolk with Steamers to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 6:56 P. m.; for Suffolk, Norfolk and intermediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. 9:35 P. m. M. Shore, Roanoke. Connects at Lynchburg, with Washington and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman Sleeps Lynchburg to Memphis and Memphis. Car Sleeps Radford to Attalus, Ala. Pullman Sleeper between Richmond and Lynchburg. Burths ready for occupancy. Pullman Sleeper Petersburg and Roanoke. Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and the West daily 7:35 A.M. 2:00 p. m. and 8:30 P. M.; from Norfolk and the East at 11:00 A. m., 11:42 A. m., and 6:50 P. m. Office 838 Main St. JOHN E. WAGNER, City Passenger and Ticket Agt. C. H. BOSLEY. General Passenger Agent. General Office; Roanoke Va. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE Schedule In Effect Nov. 30, 1902. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND—BYRD STREET STATION. 6:56 P. M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIMITED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7:38 P. M., Connects with Norfolk & Western Railway, intermediate points; Emporia 8:48 P. M. with Atlantic and Danville for stations between Emporia and Lawrenceville); Weldon 9:09 P. M. with Wilmington 10:10 a. M. P. M., Port Washington 12:47 a. M. A. M., Savannah 7:55 a. M., Jacksonville 1:05 P. M. Tampa 10:00 P. M. Port Tampa 10:30 P. m. NEW LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA P. M., Arriving Augusta 8:25 A. M. Macon 11:35 A. M. Macon 11:35 A. M. Pullman Sleeper New York to Wilmington, Charleston, Port Tampa, Jacksonville, Augusta and Macon. Dining-car service. 9:35 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10:15 P. M. Connectat Petersburg with Norfolk & Western railway, arriving at Lynchburg 2:45 A. M. Roanoke 4:45 a. M. bristle to Pullman Sleeper Richmond to Lynchburg. 11:55 P. M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A. M. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 1:57 A. M. Daily. From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Anquita and all points South. 8:48 A. M. Daily. except Sunday. Petersburg Seal. 11:13 A. M. Daily. except Sunday from Rocky Mount and intermediate stations. Norfolk Surf Club. 11:42 A. M. Daily. From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:00 P. M. Daily. From Petersburg Roanoke and Jacksonville 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 Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. H. M. EMMERSON, Traffic Manager. W. J. ORAIG, General Passenger Agent. O. S. CAMPBELL. The Greatest Offer Yet! JUST WHAT THE LADIES WANT. Send A Good Photograph. WE WILL SEND YOU A HANDSOME GOLD-PLATED BREAST-PIN WITH YOUR PICTURE HANDSOMELY COLORED AND REPRODUCED THEREON FREE OF CHARGE. They can be worn by either male or female, being called either Button or Medallions. We have made special arrangements with one of the largest concerns in the country to furnish all new subscribers, who pay $1.50 cash in advance for the PLANET one of these handsome Medallion free of charge. Fill out the Coupon and send it with $1.50 together with a good Photograph of the person whose features you desire reproduced in colors and we will send the button or medallion. All photographs will be returned. Enclose 5 cents extra to pay postage on the same. If you are not satisfied, your money will be refunded. Send us one yearly subscriber and we will send one Medallion. Two yearly subscribers, two Medallions. Now is the time to take advantage of the offer. The Medallion alone is worth the price of the subscription. Short line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest. Florida, Cuba, Texas, California, and Mexico, reaching the Capitals of Six States. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV23, 1902 TRAINS LEAVE RICHOND-MAIN AIN ST. STATION-DAILY. No. 27. No. 31. 2:58 P. M. 10:35 P. M. -Lv. Richmond. 2:58 P. M. 11:20 P. M. -Lv. Petersburg. 2:58 P. M. 4:15 A. M. -Lv. Raleigh. 9:38 P. M. 7:15 A. M. -Ar. Hamlet. 9:38 P. M. 9:15 A. M. -Ar. Hamlet. 7:38 A. M. 4:00 A. M. -Ar. Albany. 1:15 A. M. 11:20 A. M. -Ar. Columbia. (Eastern Time.) 2:20 A. M. 10:25 A. M. -Lv. Columbia. 2:20 A. M. 10:25 A. M. -Lv. Central Time.) 9:15 A. M. 7:00 P. M. -Ar. Jacksonville. 1:15 A. M. —6:45 A. M. -Ar. St. Augustine. 10:32 P. M. 10:30 A. M. -Lv.ampa. 10:32 P. M. 10:30 A. M. -Lv. Chester. 12:51 A. M. 10:30 A. M. —Lv. Greenwood. 12:58 A. M 2:55 A. M. -Lv. Athens'. 7:38 A M 10:30 A. M. -Ar. augusta. 11:48 A. M 2:40 P. M. -Ar. Mason. 6:25 P. M 9:20 P. M. -Ar. Montgomery. 6:25 P. M. —5:25 A. M. -Ar. Mobile. 7:25 A. M. 2:55 A. M. -Ar. Orleans. 6:55 P. M. 1:90 A. M. -Ar. Nashville. 8:20 A. M. 8:20 A. M. -Ar. Memphis. Train No. 35 leaves Richmond 9:10 A.M. daily for Petersburg. Norlina, N.C., and all interstate connections to Norlina with train arrival Hemingway 10:20 A.M. and Raleigh 8:34 P.M. daily, and Durham 4 P.M. daily. excels Sunday. Connectations at Jacksonville for all Florida points. At Tampa for Havana and all points west. U.S. airports: gomery, New Orleans for all points in Texas, Mexico and California; also, for Chattanooga, Nashville, and all points west. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND-DAILY. 6:35 A.M. N. No 34 From all points South. 4:53 P.M. N. No 66 And southwest. 5:35 P.M. Noralina, N.C., Petersburg and local points. SLEEI ING-CAR SERVICE Money to Loan On Easy Terms Rents are being advanced every day. It is cheaper to buy. After you have bought, the price cannot be raised on you. We will loan you the money to buy, or pay off your mortgage on such easy monthly terms that the money you pay in rent will pay for your house. Call on. GEO.C. JEFFERSON, Times Building, No. 6 North Tenth Street. Fred G. Gray, 208 West Leigh St. THE STOVE MAN. You can have all kinds of Stoves Repaired and put up. Also your Roofs, Gutters, Conductors Repaired and Painted at a reasonable price. Your patronage will be highly appreciated. FRED G. GRAY, 208 est Leigh St., Richmond, Va. The JUST Actual Size. this offer is, without the least doubt, the greatest value for the least money ever offered by any newspaper in the whole history of journalism. ★ FULL SIZE ★ ★ GOOD PAPER ★ 3½ cts. SHEET MUSIC a Copy LARGE TYPE ★ UNABRIDGED ★ WE have made arrangements with one of the largest music houses of Boston to furnish our readers with ten pieces, tall size, complete and unabridged. sheet music for thirty-five cts. The quality of tans sheet music is the very best. The compo'er' number will over the continent. None but high-priced copyright pieces or the most popular reprints. It is printed regular sheet-music paper, from new plates made from large, clear type — including colored titles — and is in the way from the DON'T FORGET that the price you have to pay for this sheet music is only thirty-five cents; that for this you get ten pieces, not one; that it is sent to any address, postpaid; that the little details are up to the standard, including colored titles; that the full title is published; that the instrumental pieces give the bass as well as melody; that this sheet music is equal to the published. Also don't forget to make your selection at once, to send us the order, and to tell your friends about this Sheet Music Offer, Satisfaction guaranteed. Order by Numbers, not Names. This offer holds good to any of our subscribers or to any person sending a much as 50 cents for a subscription to the PLANET. 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 **number**s, 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. THE PLANET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. Senator Hoar is well-to-do. His family has been in comfortable circumstances for generations. He has lived carefully, though well, and his possessions have increased moderately with time. Billiard experts in congress yield the palm to Senator Mallory, of Florida, whose work with the cue is of the highest order. Only Congressman Cochran, of Missouri, and Congressman Lanham, of Texas, are supposed to be in his class, and both concede the Florida man's superior skill. The roll call of millionaire senators in the Fifty-eighth congress will stand about as follows: Clark, Hanna, Depew, Platt, Kean, Dryden, Elkins, Bard, Keren, Perkins, Wetmore, Proctor, Scott, Quay, Alger, and Addicks. Perhaps about one senator in every six is a real live millionaire. Senator Dubois was feeling a bit out of sorts and on the advice of his physician went to Atlantic City for some sea air. "How did you make out?" the senator was asked on his return. "Not very well." Dubois replied. "You see, I went for sea air and every minute of the four days I stayed there was nothing but a land breeze." A reporter saw Senator Hoar coming out of the white house and said: "Can I say that you have been talking with the president on the trust problem?" Mr. Hoar beamed through his spectacles as he replied slowly: "Let me see. Yes, you could say that." "Then, senator," began the reporter, but the venderable Yankee interrupted: "Yes, you can say that, but it wouldn't be true," and he walked away chuckling. The national house of representatives has concluded that Congressman Sheppard, of Texas, has the most delicately balanced conscience in the entire body. When he started back from his holiday he had through tickets from Washington, but he found that by coming on the route he had selected he would be four hours late for the opening of congress. This discovery was made in St. Louis. Mr. Sheppard promptly threw away his tickets and bought another which landed him in Washington just in time. He wondered why more seasoned statesmen laughed when he told of this experience. The Texan is only 27 years old, which may go a long way toward accounting for his extreme fidelity to duty. BY WAY OF VARIETY. Germany's tallest soldier is a noncommissioned officer six feet eight inches in height. A chain of banks to be conducted by a central institution is to be organized in San Francisco as soon as the details can be completed. Canada's trade increased in the fiscal year to June 30,1902, $35,188,058, having been in the aggregate $414,431,831, according to the department of trade and commerce. Many German railways stations have tunnels by means of which the different tracks are safely reached. It is now proposed to have such tunnels at important street crossings in Berlin. In the United States and Canada the telegraph poles are usually spaced 55 yards apart, and on the average the number of rail lengths passed over in 20 seconds gives very nearly the train speed in miles per hour. A novel scheme has recently been evolved by which a train will not only be lighted by electricity, but the power will be obtained by a rotary fan attached to the front end of the locomotive. Tests have shown that on an ordinary train five cars can be illuminated in a night and that the battery in the morning will have nearly its maximum charge of electricity. IN SOME OF OUR CITIES. The report of Coroner Dugan, of Philadelphia, showed that in the last year 3,709 deaths were reported and 2,804 inquests held. Milwaukee's police trials are but few. Only nine policemen were tried on charges last year out of a force of 281. This represents a great improvement in the past ten years, as there were 42 trials in 1889. Residents and property holders on Thirteenth street, in Atlanta, Ga., have petitioned the authorities to change its name to Piedmont place, explaining that the name "Thirteenth" is somewhat in the nature of a stigma because of popular superstition and is detrimental to their interests. City Engineer Ericson, of Chicago, says that there is a waste of 76 percent. of all the water pumped and, his plea for the introduction of many more water meters having been unheeded, he will be compelled to ask for an additional appropriation of $200,000 or more for the city pumping stations. First Attempt Coroner—Do you believe the deceased died a natural death? Witness—How should I know. I never say him die before?—Cincinnati Enquired. Cowbells in the Himalayas. Swiss cowbells have been introduced into the Himalayas as a protection for battle against tigers. The tigers are made to run as soon as they hear the bells.—Chicago Chronicle. A Generation Ago coffee could only be bought in bulk. The 20th century way is the way—sealed packages, always clean, fresh and retaining its rich flavor. LOOK OUT FOR THE OPENING CHAPTERS OF OUR NEW SERIAL BY HOWARD M. YOST. J.K. FIRST INSTALLMENT WILL APPEAR IN OUR NEXT ISSUE DO NOT FAIL TO READ IT. NOVELTIES FOR THE DESK. A charming desk set of brass is shown, every article of which curls up in the form of a water lily. Moire letter paper looks like the real thing. Another fancy paper shows stitching effect around the edges. Small waste-paper baskets have the effect of wood on the outside with pretty hand-painted designs. They are lined inside with pale-colored silk. And now there is a novelty in the way of correspondence paper, in which the letter sheet is much longer than it is wide, so that the sheet must be folded twice instead of once to fit in the envelope. Dress and Redress The man who has but one suit of clothes has no redress.—Chicago Daily News. Coloring Butterflies New kinds of living butterflies can be produced from existing forms by greatly increasing the temperature of the place where the butterflies are kept. A difference in coloring and even in form has thus been obtained by Prof. Fisher in recent experiments.—Science. A Hereditary Trait "No want him," said the Indian, pushing back the ticket; "cost too much." "Ah, I see," mused the ticket agent; "the influence of heredity is strong within you. You want a scalper's ticket."—Judge. Pay the collector when she calls. Every additional trip entails extra expense. --- —Why hesitate about going there. For pure medicines and prescriptions carefully compounded according to orders, Mr. T. W. Leonard cannot be excelled. You know him. Therefore patronize him. WANTED—A first class class setter. Must come well recommended. Apply at the PLANET office. Don't fail to go and hear the famous lecturer at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church Tuesday night, Feb. 10th. MADAME E. HACKLEY Coming to Richmond. Mrs. E. Azalia Hackley, soprano, graduate of the University of Denver, College of Music will make her the first appearance in the South at the Twelf Reformers' Opera Hall, February 17th, 1903, at 8:90 o'clock, under the auspices of St. Phillip's P. E. Church for the purpose of reducing its building fund. Mrs. Hackley is reputed to be the most accomplished singer of her race that has ever appeared behind the footlights. Her voice, a clear soprano, of rare sweetness, is under remarkable control. Her selections are of the choice kind and are rendered with that artistic skill which captivates her audience. The south in general and Richmond in particular are to be felicitated in having the opportunity to hear an artist whose voice, temperament and melodic technique place her among the singers of the highest order. Madame Hackley will be supported by local talent, whose musical ability is already well-known to lovers of music in our city. To mention such names as Madame F. Payne Walker, Miss Margaret Tinsley, Mr. Edward Ellis, Jr., the W. Smiley Jr., "Lilliputton" Quintette and Mr. Christopher Jackson, is sufficient to assure you of tone of the musical to be given. These artists, supporting the greatest Prima Dona of the race, promise to Richmond one of the rarest musical treats ever offered to any community. The date is February the 17th, 1903, the place is True Reformers Hall THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA. BELSHAZZAR Under the auspices of Amizonia or Banner Troop, No. 1, of the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. R. V. Peyton pastor and Mrs. C. H. A. Strothers, Lieutenant of Troop. The Richmond Musical and Dramatic Association will repeat at True Reformers Hall Monday night, Feb. 16, 1903, the beautiful Dramatic Cantata of Belshazzar. Admission, 25 cents, Reserved seats, 35 cents. Tickets of admission can be purchased of the following committee of troop. Mrs. Maud James, Mrs. Kittie Johnson, Miss Mary L. Archer, Miss Virginia Preston, Mrs. C. H. A. Strother, Chairman. I can give good homes and good wages for any number of colored girls as House Work, Cooks, Waitresses, also man and wife in same family. No fares paid. D. S. KREMER, 27 N. Juniper St., Phila, Pa. jn-24-2t. You should send at once to the great credit house, name what furniture you you want and it will be sent you. One dollar down and 50c per week and pay the freight. Address all orders to C. T. Fletcher, Philippi, P. O. Barbour Co., W. Va. Where the Negro Came From An answer to the question, is he a beast? Do you know if Adam and Eve were white or colored? This book gives many points on the race question. Price 10cts. I beg to remain yours truly. Prof. S. W. Patterson, Schools of Psychiatism, 45 w. 66th, New York City, N. Y. 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 Penicola not later than Feb. 28th, and upon payment of fee of fifty cents, an extension of limit to not later than March 14th, 1902 may be obtained. This offers a rare opportunity to those wishing to visit these delightful cities at one of the most delightful seas, The Southern is the through car lin 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 Richmond 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 35th, 1903. To California via the popular New Orleans Route. Double daily limited service via Southern Railway and Sunset Ronte. 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. The Grand Lodge of the United Waiters' Union. Organized May 2nd, 1902, at Hot Springs, Va., for the purpose of helping its members in cases of sickness and death and in securing employment. Death Benefits. $75.00. Sick Benefits. $1.25 to $2.25 per week. OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE. R. N. Smith, President, Hot Springs, Va. J. H. Dickerson, Vice-President, Charlottesville, Va. S. D. Pannell, General Secretary, Lexington, Va. R. N. Smith, Treasurer, Hot Springs, Va. Rev, W. H. Hacket Chaplain, Covington, Va. M. W. Pannell, M. D. Medical Director, Stanton, Va. We are organizing subordinate lodges throughout the state. For further information write to the President, R. N. Smith, Hot Springs, Va. BLACK SKIN REMOVER. 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The 10-SWELL throws Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post-Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail postage prepaid or if you want it sent C. O. I., it will come by express, 25c. extra. In any case, please call to do what we claim, we will return the money or send a box free of charge. Packed so that no one will know contents except receiver. GRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street, BROOKMONT, VA. THE MAPS OF THE WORLD FIND TWO HIDDEN CRITICS OF COLUMBUS. HO!! FUN!!! PLEASURE!!! AND BENEFIT AT THE MID-WINTER CARNIVAL! Pythian Castle Hall, 511 North Third Street, Richmond, Virginia. ONE WEEK COMMENCING Feb. 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20th. For the Benefit of the Business Department of the Knights of Pythias and Courtsof Calanthe. THE GRANDEST ENTERTAINMENT OF THE SEASON. Who will be the King of the Carnival? Voting until Friday, Feb. 20, 1903. MONDAY NIGHT. All the lodges of Knights of Pythias will be out in full. Inspection of Staff. Turkish Auction—The ladies to be auctioned off to the highest bidder will appear behind a canvas so that only the outline of them will be seen. The purchaser will be introduced to his lady in person after the sale is concluded. Plenty of fun in this. TUESDAY NIGHT. Cadets Drill. A "Mun Social" and Guessing Match. This will be another feature of great interest. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Indian Marriage or Gypsy Marriage and Rag-a-muffin Match. You will laugh till your sides ache. Courts turn out. THURSDAY NIGHT. Masquerade Entertainment. A prize for the prettiest mask and one for the most ridiculous. The one who can name correctly the greatest number of persons masked will get a prize. FRIDAY NIGHT. Crowning the King and awarding prizes. The voting for the Carnival King will go on throughout the week. VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE One Share of Stock to the Court and also Lodge that turn out nearest its full membership. Three prizes for ticket selling. Come one, Come all. 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Address letters and money orders to Madam Allen, Post Office Box 458, Lexington, Va. Instruction given in professional massage of the face head, neck, and body. Scalp, hands, and nails treated and tautg. All muscles of the face and body scientifically taught. The friar sends for Garcia Fernandez, a friend and physician of Palos, likewise, Martin Alonzo Pinzon, a distinguished navigator, and several pilots and mariners of the same town. A consultation is held. HO!! FUN!!! PLUS AND BENEFIT A MID-WINTER C Pythian Castle 511 North Third Street, R ONE WEEK COMMIS Feb. 16, 17, 18, 19 For the Benefit of the B ment of the Knights Courtsof Calanthe. THE ENTERTAINMENT O SON. Who will be the Carnival? Voting until 1903. MONDAY NIGHT. All the Pythias will be out in full. Turkish Auction—The lad off to the highest bidder w canvas so that only the outl seen. The purchaser will lady in person after the sale ty of fun in this. TUESDAY NIGHT. Cadet Social" and Guessing M another feature of great int WEDNESDAY NIGHT. Gypsy Marriage and Rag-a will laugh till your sides out. THURSDAY NIGHT. Mam ment. A prize for the pre for the most ridiculous. The correctly the greatest numb will get a prize. FRIDAY NIGHT. Crownin awarding prizes. The voti King will go on throughout VOTE FOR YOUR One Share of Stock to the Cov that turn out nearest it Three prizes for ticket Come all. ADMISSION: MADAM ALLEN'S SCIENCE TRADE MARK THE ONLY MADAME ALLEN'S F FOR THE HAIR COLORED WOM & THIS MADAM ALLEN'S MARVELO Stops hair from falling out in a short time, makes it long, wavy and glossy. Price, 30 c Madam Allen's Scientific Skin Food rem from the face and hands, and makes them like Madam Allen's Twentieth Century Wond blemish of any kind from the skin and make teed harmless. Price, 25 cents. Madam Allen's New Discovery Corn Cure Madam Allen's Tooth Powder absolutely h sweetens the breath. Price, 25 cents. Agents wanted, liberal price offered to ther ton, New York and New Jersey. Address le Allen, Post Office Box 458, Lexington, Va. massage of the face head, neck, and body. S tanght. All muscles of the face and body sc Erdoement Association The Endowment Association of Viri is the leading life insurance company of America and the only life insurance company operated by colored people. This company was chartered April, 1902, and since that time done a thriving business—paid all death claims, paid for license and have enough money on deposit to meet any demand that may come to us. If you want to carry insurance or a claim you can listen to our agents when they call on us. S. Stanton, President, P. A. Crump, Secy & Mgr. No. 709 N. 2nd St. DENTISTRY ```markdown ``` OFFICE HOURS:—From 8 A.M. to 6 P. M. Old Phone, 816 DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. THE NEW NEGRO POET. POETICAL WORK. OF. PROF. JAMES E. McGIRT. His Poems are declared by both America the greatest written in this age regardless a work in literature for his name that the Books can be bought for half price two cloth bound volume silk finished. Persons desiring to become agents, will His poems are endorsed by Mr. Julian Hla Wheeler Wilcox Rebecca Harding I (Send Money Order.) are declared by both American and English criti- ritten in this age regardless of race or color, and theature for his race, that will last for ages. The can be bought for half price. The d volume silk finished, will be sent to any one. to become agents, will ask for agent's terms wi- ndorsed by Mr. Julian Hawthorne, Col. A. K. McClox Rebecca Harding Davis, Margaret Sangster order.) by both American and English critics to be among ge regardless of race or color, and that he has made race, that will last for ages. for half price. The complete work, finished, will be sent to any one. Send 750. ents, will ask for agent's terms with their order. r. Julian Hawthorne, Col. A. K. McClure, Miss El- Harding Davis, Margaret Sangster and others. His Poems are declared by both American and English critics to be among the greatest written in this age regardless of race or color, and that he has made a work in literature for his race, that will last for ages. The books can be The books can be bought for half price. The complete work, two cloth bound volume silk finished, will be sent to any one. Send 750. Persons desiring to become agents, will ask for agent's terms with their order. His poems are endorsed by Mr. Julian Hawthorne, Col. A. K. McClure, Miss, Ella Wheeler Wilcox Rebecca Harding Davis, Margaret Sangster and others. (Send Money Order.) WRITE, J. E. McGIRT, Perot St., King's Bridge, N.Y. DEAL HOME. THE PLACE WHERE Spend All Your Life pretty as any in the land if only make it so, ILL HELP YOU. RMS ARE YOURS. TIT & CO., lessor to Mayer & Pettit. Furniture and Carpet Co., Foushee & Broad Sts. AN IDEA THE PLACE You Speak All You May be as pretty as you will only make WE WILL OUR TERMS PETTIT Successor to M Southern Furniture Cor. Foushee AN IDEAL HOME THE PLACE WHERE You Spend All Your L May be as pretty as any in the land you will only make it so, WE WILL HELP YOU OUR TERMS ARE YOUR PETTIT & CO. Successor to Mayer & Pettit. Southern Furniture and Carpet Co., Cor. Foushee & Broad Sts. AN IDEAL HOME. THE PLACE WHERE You Spend All Your Life May be as pretty as any in the land if you will only make it so, WE WILL HELP YOU. OUR TERMS ARE YOURS. PETTIT & CO., Successor to Mayer & Pettit. Southern Furniture and Carpet Co., Cor. Foushee & Broad Sts. A. D. P THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR, E All orders promptly filled at short notice for meetings and nice entertainment conveniences. Large picnic or band wagging but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Supplies. 212 EAST LE [Residence] OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT MECHANICS' S A. D. PRICE GENERAL DIRECTOR, EMBALMER AND I are promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or te mage and nice entertainments Plenty of room with Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable less carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand 12 EAST LEIGH STREET [Residence Next Door.] L DAY & NIGHT--Man on Duty MANICS' SAVINGS D. PRICE, ECTOR, EMBALMER AND LIVERYMAN. at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halie entertainments Plenty of room with all necessary or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and noth jiggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine Funeral ST LEIGH STREET. residence Next Door.] NIGHT--Man on Duty All Night S' SAVINGS BANK All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halles rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing first-class carriages, buggies, etc. keeps constantly on hand fine Funeral Supplies. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT--Man on Duty All Night MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. Capital $25000. 3 PER CENT Interest B ing 60 D LOANS NEGOTIATED.—T is solicited. For all information cox Loans, Etc., apply to the Cash Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. M. to Apartments are fitted up with modern gas and electricity. Polite officials will OFFIC JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. THOS. M. W. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. C. FA- JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., JNO. T. TAYLOR R. W. WHITING, THOS. M. CRUMP, ILLIAM CENT Interest Paid on All Depositi- ing 60 Days or over. NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of their all information concerning Stock, De- partment, apply to the Cashier. Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturday 9 A. M. to 3 M. to 7 P. M. Are fitted up with modern improvements. Buildi- city. Polite officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: NELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. WES, B. P. VANDERVALL, D. J. CHAVERS, W. MHELL, JR., JNO. T. TAYLOR, H. F. JONATHAN, THOS. WHITING, THOS. M. CRUMP, SECY, E. A. WASHINGTON, ILLIAM CUSTALO. Interest Paid on All Deposits Remaining 60 Days or over. TED.—The patronage of the Publication concerning Stock, Deposits, and the Cashier. to 4 P. M. Saturday 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. and 5 P. M. to 7 P. M. with modern improvements. Building lighted with officials will be pleased to serve you. OFFICERS: President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. HOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. J. C. FARLEY, W. F. GRAHAM, E. R. JEFFERSON ANDERVALL, D. J. CHAVERS, WM. A. HANKINS, O. T. TAYLOR, H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH, M. CRUMP, SECY, E. A. WASHINGTON, J. J. CARTER, ILLIAM CUSTALO. Scription for 3 PER CENT Interest Paid on All Deposits Remaining 60 Days or over. LOANS NEGOTIATED.—The patronage of the Public is solicited. For all information concerning Stock, Deposits, and Loans, Etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturday 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. and 5 P. M. to 7 P. M. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THON. H. WYATT, Cashier. Have you paid your subscription for for the past year? Have you paid it for the New Year? Why not do so at once and enable the PLANET to enjoy its Christmas with you? WOMAN'S UNION. BOOKER'S Market. (INCORPORATED, JULY, 1898.) HOME OFFICE: ST. LUKE'S HALL, 900 ST. JAMES RICHMOND, VA. We pay sick Benefits Promptly. Death Benefits in 24 hours after satisfactory proof has been filed in the Office. OFFICERS & BOARD: THOMPSON ANDERSON. AU HARRIS, AN H. VES. LEWIS. All goods delivered free. A. C. Booker, 501 WEBSTER, STREET. 6mths Old 'Phone, 1307. PAYNE, JULIA H. HAYES, ROSA E. WATSON, DELLA L. KWIS 'PHONE, 577 The New Poet of the Race. WRITE, J. E. McGIRT. NEW PHONE, 1133 THE MIDWAY LUNCH ROOM, 726 N. 3rd St. Richmond, Va. MEALS FROM 7 A.M. TO 8 P.M. Term Reasonable, Quick Service Give Me A Call. MRS. S. L. MITCHELL, Proprietres. The leading Grocery in the city for its low prices. This store should be patronized by all Afro-Americans, a full line of Green Groceries and Poltry, Wood and Coal.