Richmond Planet

THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XX NO. 13. DELAWARE'S SENATORS Pressure From Washington Used to Break Famous Deadlock. HALL CROWDED TO SUFFOCATION Special Session of Legislature Elected J. Frank Allee (Union Rep.) to Long Term, and Congressman L. H. Ball (Regular Rep.) to Short Term. Dover, Del., March 3.—For the first time in four years the state of Delaware yesterday secured full representation in the United States Senate. At a special session the state legislature elected State Senator J. Frank Allee (Union Republican), to the senatorship which expires in 1907, and Congressman L. Heisler Ball (Regular Republican) to the term expiring in 1905. The selection was undoubtedly due to pressure from Washington brought to bear upon the Regular Republicans in the legislature who have all along been opposed to the election of J. Edward Addicks or any of his adherents to the United States Senate. Congressman Dick of Ohio, came to Dover yesterday in the interest of Republican harmony. He established headquarters at the Hotel Richardson, where prior to the joint session of the legislature he received a delegation from each faction. He advised the acceptance by the Regular Republicans of the Union Republicans' proposition agreed upon in Philadelphia Saturday, that a Union Republican be elected to the long term senatorship and a Regular Republican for the short term, Addicks himself being eliminated. In this connection Mr. Dick said: "The Regularars should accept the proposition of the Union Republicans. This is the best thing to do, and is what the National Committee want. I am doing all I can to bring about our result." Anticipating the likelihood of an agreement between the Republican factions, Democratic State Chairman Saulsbury presented a proposition to the Regular Republicans agreeing to use his influence for the election with the aid of the Democrats of two Regular Republicans to the United States Senate. This proposition was approved by the advisory committee of the Democratic state committee, but was not ratified by the Democratic legislators in caucus. In the meantime a compromise was effected between the Regular Republicans and the Addicks forces, resulting in the selection of a Senator from each faction. The thirty-sixth and last ballot resulted as follows: Long term—Allee, 30; Saulsbury, Democrat, 17; J. H. Hughes, Democrat, 1; Woodburn, Democrat, 1; A. E. Sanborn, Regular, 1; E. W. Tunnel, Democrat, 1. Short term—Ball, Regular, 31; Kenney, Democrat, 19; B. A. Hazell, Democrat, 1; E. Cochran Jr. Democrat, 1 In expectation of a settlement of the senatorial difficulty, politicians and prominent men from every section of the state were present at yesterday's sessions of the legislature. The election of Messrs. Allee and Ball was announced to an audience that filled the house of representatives to suffocation. Men were standing upon the window ledges, and so compact was the crowd that many of the spectators stood upon the shoulders of others, supporting themselves against the walls of the assembly room. The noise and confusion on the part of those who came to witness the proceedings was great that many of the legislators became bewildered and apparently did not know how to vote when the roll was called. The appearance of Congressman Dick in the hall was the signal for wild and prolonged applause. During the voting he occupied the seat of Representative Townsend, and beside him in the seat of Representative Jones sat Mr Addicks. The latter evinced much satisfaction when the result of the vote was announced, and was the first to congratulate Mr Allee. The election is regarded here as an Addicks victory, because of the refusal of the Reggular Republicans to agree to a compromise with the Democrats. France Not Opposing Cuban Treaty, Havana, March 4.—M. Brouwaert, the French minister to Cuba, says there is no foundation for the statements published here under a Washington date, to the effect that France is opposing the ratification of the reciprocity treaty with the United States, and is threatening to make reprisals against Cuban products if the treaty is put into effect. M. Brouwaert says the Cuban demand for French luxuries will increase under the era of prosperity which will follow the carrying into effect of the reciprocity treaty. Pension For School Teachers. Harrisburg, Pa., March 4. A bill to pension school teachers after they have become superannuated was in- troduced in the house yesterday by Mr. White, of Lackawanna. The bill provides that the teachers shall have served 30 years in the state before they are entitled to a pension, which shall be paid out of the state treasury. The minimum amount of the pension shall not be less than one-third of the average monthly salary of the teacher for the last five years preceding retirement. A week of enjoyment will be had in the 2rd Annual Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, commencing Monday night next, the 9th inst. Monday night, Spelling Match; Tuesday night, Speaking Contest; Wednesday night, Quartette Competition; Thursday night, Little Folks Drill; Friday night, Choir Competition. N. B.—The Contest is still open to any Speaker, Speller or Quartette. "Have you a good opinion of yourself." Try. A. Pleasant Occasion. On last Monday night a goodly number of the First Presbyterian Church, with their friends, gathered in the lecture room of the church and built a mountain of supplies for the family store room and filled a purse with coin and currency and then sent for the minister who came and joyfully accepted what, in the goodness of their hearts, they had provided for him. Among those who contributed to the occasion, or were present were: W. N. Crawford, H. B. Gee, N. P. Pollard, Wm. H. Turner, F. N. Martin, Alfred Rollin, Mrs. Laura Moore, Misses Cora V. Lytle, Mary J. Downey, Belle Downey, Bertha Downey, Annie S. Keene, Lillian Hodges, Lala R. Forrester, Annie W. Cunningham, Bessie Whittle, — Singleton, Mrs. John D. Frasier, Mrs. Lucile Malloy, Mrs. Emma Shepperson, Mrs. Jamie Mayo, Mrs. Emma Scott, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Ruth Huff, Mrs. Ethel A. Turner, Mrs. Mary F. Satt, Mrs. R. Price, Mrs. Mary Whittle, Mrs. R. Mee, Mrs. Cunningham, M. L. Josey, Geo Mallett, Jos. Kemp, Willie Hicks, Aubrey Taylor, Junius Mosby, E. P. Hill, Mrs. Cornelia Bossell, Jerry B. Smith and others. The occasion was pleasant, not only to the recipient of the favors, but all present. Many pleasant words were said and refreshments were served. The pastor extended his heartfelt thanks to all the good friends who helped, and prays that showers of blessings may come upon them. The Grand Chancellor in Fulton.... Much Interest Manifested in S. S. Work. The visit of Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr., to Fulton, created much enthusiasm among the Pythians. He delivered to them an eloquent and man- ual sermon. U. L. Baptist Church on the 23rd nul. They anticipate having him with them again. Stpt. Whiting is very much pleased with the increased attendance and interest manifested in the R. Mt. Z. Baptist S. S. during the past two months. This marked progress is due to the strenuous efforts the pastor, Rev F. W. Williams, his wife Mrs. Bessie Williams and the officers and teachers of the school. The installation exercises on the 22nd were excellent, the installation address being delivered by Rev A. Ferguson. Y. M. C. A. NOTES: The meetings by the committees were a success last Sunday. Three hundred men were out last Sunday to hear Prof. J. R. L. Diggs, who gave them a very straight talk. Subject: Life's Value. Never before have we heard the Prof. so practical. The men were so much interested that you could hear the general secretary's watch tick. Not a man who was present went away without a new thought for good. All the men need is the truth from a man who is trying to do the square thing. The Y. M. C. A. Quartette proved to be of a very helpful feature to the work. The songs sung were in touch with the meeting. The boys crowded the rooms last Sunday and were benefited by the address. Prof. G. R. Hovey, Vice-President of the Virginia University University, will explain the Sunday School Lesson at our rooms Saturday 5 P. M. Women and men are invited. Jail work and alms-house work requires the committee to be on time Sunday. There is much to be done. Boys meeting at our rooms Sunday 4 P.M. Do not miss this meeting. 4 P. M. Do not miss this meeting. Man for man Sunday 3:30 P. M. at the True Reformers' Hall. Lawyer J. Henry Crutchfield will speak to the men. Subject: Return With Your Shield, or on it. Special music by the League Mandolin and Guitar Club under the direction of Mr. John Ghee. Seats are free. Find the other man. Bring him. Be on time. 3:30 P. M. Come and enjoy yourself. Remember that our rooms are open daily. The fellows are making use of rooms. All men are invited. Captain T. M. Crump, who was crowned King at the Pythian Mid-Winter Carnival, and won the prize, will be present with Peerless Quartette in the Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Wednesday. Many say he will again win the prize. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1903 FINANCIAL BILL DEAD Senator Aldrich Blames the Democrats For Its Failure. DELAWARE SENATORS SWORN IN Mr. Elkins Scored Republicans, Saying They Were False to Pledges In Regard to Statehood Bill — House Ground Out Legislation Slowly. Washington, March 4.—The defeat of the Aldrich financial bill was witnessed in the senate yesterday, when it was displaced by the Philippine tariff bill. Mr. Aldrich explained in detail his measure, and then, facing the Democratic side, he said: "We have appealed to you in a business-like way to give to the treasury a chance to stop the process of contraction and to provide what is equivalent to a means of expansion when it is imperatively needed by the business of the country, and yet you say 'No, we will talk your bill to death for political effect.' A small lot of men in the senate has deliberately, with malice aforethought, murdered this bill. "The destruction of the bill by you gentlemen," said he, speaking to the Democratic side, "as sure as the sun rises will impair confidence in business circles," and he added that he wanted to put the responsibility where it belonged. One of the features of the session was the fact that for the first time in two years Delaware was represented in the senate. J. Frank Allee and L. Heisler Ball, elected for the long and short terms, respectively, appeared in the senate and were sworn in by President Pro Tem. Frye. Besides the two years that Delaware has been totally unrepresented in the senate there were two years previous to that time when there was a vacancy in one of the seats. Mr. Ball's term of service will expire in two years, while Mr. Allee has four years to serve. The senate for the first time in four years has its full membership of 90. In the course of the debate yesterday Mr. Elkins declared that the Republican party had been false to its solemn pledges in three successive platforms with respect to statehood for Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico, and he said that it was the first time that party had been guilty of filibustering. He declared that upon the Republican majority rested the responsibility for the defeat of several important measures in the senate. At 1.30 o'clock this morning the conferences agreed on the general deficiency bill and later it was sent to the senate and passed. The conference report on the naval appropriation bill was presented and agreed on, and at 1.52 the senate adjourned. Proceedings in the House. Yesterday was almost a repetition of Monday in the house. Slowly but surely through the operation of ceaseless roll calls the conference reports to complete the necessary legislation were ground out. The Democratic opposition did not abate and was continued until congress expired. During the debate on conference reports members on each side got in political speeches, and several times party passion flared up. Just before the recess bedlam broke loose, and there was an exchange of high words between two members on the floor. A personal altercation seemed imminent in the confusion, but was avoided by the intervention of friends. The actual business done at yesterday's session consisted of the adoption of the conference reports on the immigration, public buildings and the sundry civil bills, and the reference of the president's veto message of a Virginia claim bill to the committee on war claims, the adoption of a resolution to correct clerical errors in the immigration bill, and the passage of a senate bill to authorize the treasury department to coin scouvenir coins for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association. EXTRA SESSION OF SENATE President Declares Public Interests Demand Attention. Washington, March 3.—The president yesterday issued the following proclamation: "By the President of the United States of America: A PROCLAMATION. "Whereas, public interests require that the senate should convene in extraordinary session therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim aid declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the senate of the United States to convene at the capitol in the city of Washington on the 5th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. "Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington, the second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-seventh. Cuba Excludes Chinese. Havana, March 4.—A Chinaman and his wife arrived here on board the steamer Vigilancia from New York. They were not permitted to land, and the immigration inspectors have not authorized them to return to the United States, so they are in a quandary. A Chinaman who arrived here three mon' is ago from Tampa was disposed of yesterday by being shipped to Mexico or the expense of the steamship company. The latter also paid his living expenses for three months. The Excelsior Quartette, of the West End, under the leadership of Prof. W. H. White, will bring a large crowd with them when they enter the Prize Contest at Mt. Olivet on Wednesday night next. Shall they carry the prize with them, or to whom should it be awarded? Come and see. Prof. Wm. McOcy, leader of the Twentieth Century Quintette, says: "That prize should be kept in the East End." What do you say? The Choir Contest in the 3rd Annual Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Friday night, the 13th inst., will be one of the leading features. Will your choir win the prize? Come and see. Guess who will be the King or the Queen of the Carnival. Personals and Briefs. — You need a set of teeth? Call on Dr. P. B. Ramsey. He is polite, obliging and prompt to serve customers. See notice. — Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham has returned from a most enjoyable visit to Mississippi and Alabama. Fifth St. Baptist Church Quintette will be in the Prize Contest at Mr. Olivet Baptist Church on Wednesday night next: Come and see who will win the prize. — The company is all right. The Woman's Union has made a record of wlch it may well be proud. It pays its claims promptly. Send in your application. — Sample copies of the PLANET furnished free on application. Shall we send you one? — The Fifth St. Baptist Church will soon install a large new organ. It will be one of the finest in the South. —Mrs. S. L. Mitchell, Grand Lecturer, is at work among the courts of Portsmouth, Va. —Mr. S. J. Gilpin, the reliable shoe dealer is known to furnish the best kind of foot-wear. Call and see him and his prices will suit you. —You may go further, but you cannot fare better than you will at Mr. Wm. Custalo's place of business. It has been re-painted and it looks all right. See advertisement. The General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. the Rev. Scott Burrell, will wear even a brighter smile than usual should the Y. M. C. A. Quartette win the prize in the Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Wednesday night next. —Save your money. You can do this in no better way than to deposit it in the Mechanics' Savings Bank. You can deposit ten cents at a time. Call and see Cashier Wyatt about it. Superintendent D. J. Chavers is now giving his entire time to Greenwood Cemetery. Business there has been steadily one the increase. Mr. John M. Higgins is on of the best known citizens in this community. If you want all right bitters, call and see him. See Advertisement. The Uterie Quartette has never failed to give satisfaction, and will surely please the audience at the Carnival—at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on Wednesday night next. Mr. A. O. Booker is one of the leading grocers in this city. His business tact has enabled him to build up a trade that is lasting and profitable. When he sells produce, you will find it just as he represents it to be. The Pythian Club on Church-hill will be instituted next Thursday night, 19th inst. It was organized through the efforts of Sir O. M. Steward, of Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15. COOK'S ATTENTION— $8.00 per month for a cook and house cleaner. If in need of a good home with a small family, or if desirous of a change, send name giving references, to Special Notice to Colored Barbers. A very rare business opportunity for a colored barber with a little capital. For particulars., address. WANTED -A Sober, Inductions and Reliable Pharmacist. Appl. Geo. W. Rison, 119 Market St., Dan, ev. Va. CROWNINSHIELD TO RETIRE Rear Admiral Asks to Be Relieved of Active Duty. Washington, March 4.—Two interesting and significant communications were received yesterday at the navy department from the European station. One was from Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler Crowninshield, commanding the European squadron, asking to be placed on the retired list of the navy under the provisions of the personnel law. The other was from Lieutenant Henry H. Ward, naval secretary of Admiral Crowninshield, resigning his commission in the navy. It was said at the navy department that Secretary Moody had cabled acceptance of Admiral Crowninshield a request to retire, and also express regret at the loss the navy would sustain. It is expected that the admiral will haul down his flag about March 30. He will not return to the Ualad States on a naval vessel, and probably will spend some time in Europe before coming home. The navy department contented itself at first with the brief statement of the admiral's application for retirement without explanation of the reason therefor. It is known, however, that the officer was dissatisfied with the re-arrangement of the armored squadrons following the Carribean manoeuvres last winter, which deprived him of the further use of the Illinois as a flagship. The circumstances under which he came to be deprived of this ship, one of the latest and most formidable in this or any other navy, were entirely impersonal. A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE Woman Tired of Life Kills Herself In Haddonfield, N. J., Boarding House. Philadelphia, March 2—A woman who gave her name as Mrs. Charlotte G. Wellington committed suicide Saturday by inhaling chloroform in a fashionable boarding house in Haddonfield, N. J. The woman left a note to the proprietress of the boarding house, in which she said: "I am the last of a distinguished family, left so alone that I am tired of life. Will you kindly see that my remains are decently buried? I enclose money to pay expenses. My clothes give to the poor. Please keep this as quiet as possible." With the note was $75. The woman came to the boarding house about February 20. She was always apparently in good spirits. She was about 50 years of age, refined and plentifully supplied with money. In conversation with other persons in the house she often referred to having lived in Boston and Albany, N. Y., and to having boarded in Mt. Holly and Medford, N. J. ADRIFT ON FLOATING ICE Twenty Lake Michigan Fishermen May Winter Lake Michigan Fishermen May Perish Unless Quickly Rescued. Menominee, Mich., March 3. About 20 fishermen are in peril on a large body of floating ice that suddenly broke loose Monday afternoon between Bailey's Harbor and Chambers' Isle. A strong west wind has been carrying the ice floe out toward Lake Michigan, and it is feared that unless the men are quickly rescued it will be broken up by the waves at Death's Door, the entrance to Lake Michigan. Three men managed to get off the ice floe at Fish Creek, and three were rescued farther down the bay. It is reported that several more were rescued last night just as the ice was bearing down on Death's Door. Captain Hill, of the Hill Steamboat Company, with a picked crew, has gone to the rescue. Among the men reported to be in danger are Henry Woodbeck and his 12-year-old son, and Captain Peters, of Menominee, and Joseph Naperilsky, the lighthouse keeper. LADRONES CAPTURE A TOWN Disarmed the Police and Surprised the Constabulary. Manila, March 4. — Ladrones captured the town of Ous, in the province of Albay, on Monday. They at first disarmed the municipal police, and then surprised the constabulary garrison. A few of the constabulary obtained rifles and resisted stoutly, but they were finally overcome. Two of the constabulary were killed and 15 were captured. At the request of General Allen, General Davis will furnish two companies of scouts to assist the constabulary in suppressing disorder in Albay province. Colonel Scott has been sent to Albay to command the joint forces. Murder In Coal Mine. Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 3.—An atrocious murder took place of the Temple Iron Company at Olyphant. Frank Dombosky, a miner, got into a dispute with a miner named John R. Griffith over a can of oil, which the latter accused the former of stealing. They came to blows, and finally Griffith struck Dombosky on the head with a heavy mine spray, killing him instant- 1y. Griffith surrendered himself to the authorities and is now in jail at Olyphant. There had been a bitter feeling between the two men for some weeks past. EXPLOSION KILLS SIX Edison Cement Plant at New Village N. J. Wrecked. Easton, Pa., March 3.—Six men are dead and 25 or 30 others are injured, several of them seriously, from the effects of an explosion at the Edison cement plant, at New Village, N. J., seven miles from here, on the line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. A large part of the plant was burned. The bodies of the six men are in the ruins. Their names have not been learned. The most seriously injured, all of whom are burned, are: E. E. Darling, New Village; William Staatz, Stewartsville, N. J., may die; Harry Rose, Phillipsburg, N. J.; R. H. Goodwell, New York; George Bowman, Clinton S. Race, Easton; Alexander Wolf, Stewartsville; George Bowman, Harry Wilkmen, Broadway, N. J. All of these men have been brought to Easton. The remainder of the injured are being cared for at New Village and Stewartsville at farm houses in the vicinity of the plant. Special trains have been running between New Village and Easton all night, and more of the unfortunate men are expected to be brought to the local hospital. The explosion occurred in one of the large coal bins and was caused by the ignition of a quantity of gas. The day force had discovered a slight fire about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, but the men thought they had extinguished it. Foreman Rose went to the bin just before quitting time, and as he opened a door a terrific explosion occurred. The bin was blown to pieces and the workmen who were at or near it were injured. The wreckage took fire and the flames spread rapidly, and for a time no effort was made to check this progress, the attention of the uninjured being directed to the care of their loss fortunate companions. The coal bin, the blower house, the fine coal house, the coal storage building, three conveyors and one receiving tower are in ashes. Assistance was asked form the Washington, N. J., fire department. MORE STRIKE ARGUMENT Company and Miners' Attorneys Summoned to Washington. Scranton, Pa., March 4.—The Scranton attorneys for the anthracite coal companies and District President Nichols and Attorney John J. Murphy, for the United Mine Workers, were yesterday summoned to Washington to again argue the question of the weighing of coal before the strike commission. President Mitchell has also been notified to appear before the commission. They will appear before the commission tomorrow. Representatives of the operators have also been summoned for a conference in Washington tomorrow. All the local lawyers who appeared before the commission and District President Nichols, of the United Mine Workers, left this morning for Washington. PAID FOR LYNCHING. Champaign County Settled With "Click" Mitchell Estate. URBANNA, O., March 3. — Champaign county yesterday paid $5,500 for lynching "Click" Mitchell to George M. Elchelberger, the administrator of the dead man's estate. The original judgment was for $5,000 and the $500 represents the interest on the $5,000. "Click" Mitchell wrs lynched in the court house yard on the four h of June, 1897, and the case has been in the common pleas, circuit and supreme court ever since. H. C. Smith, colored, of Cleveland, is the author of the law under which the suit was brought. Mitchell, it will be remembered, confessed to having assaulted Mrs. Eliza Gaumer, and a frenzied mob mob him to a tree in the court house yard after the militia had fired on the mob, killing two and wounding a number of others: Summer School at Normal For many years there has been conducted at Normal a summer school. In accordance with the demand this summer school will open June 30, 1903. All arrangements have been made to make it a successful session in every respect. First class lecturers have been engaged and the best of instructors employed. The wholesome atmosphere, good water, delightful climate, all tend to make Normal a veritable summer resort and one of the best places in the country for study. Normal is situated four miles from the city of Huntsville and is 400 feet away, with two railroad stations, turnpike telegraph and telephone conveniences, pedagogy, child nature, literature, reading materials, trade trades in general and any branch of literary or industrial study may be pursued here. Practice teaching under able instructors will be made a specialty. For further information apply to W. H. Council. PRICE,FIVE 5 CENTS HONOR ROLL VALLEY SCHOOL Week ending, Feb. 27, 1903. Fifth Grammar—Ira Frye, Julia Mayo, Third Grammar—Joseph Burruss, Hunter Goode, Judson Mankins, Virginia Christian, Lillian Davis, Williana Farmer, Elise Tyler, Mary Vandervall. Second Grammar—Millard Scott, Mamie Scott, Gertrude Harris, Louise Young. First Grammar—Pearl Brown, Lynn wood Henley, Susie Williams, Marie Brown, Zoie Washington, Florence Jackson. Eighth Primary—Robert Brown, Ernest Edwards, James Monroe, Jesse Simms, Robert Stanton, Lily Booker, Florence Broore Lemon, Lily Dabney, Marie Hill, Annie Holland, Lily Jones, Vivian Kemp, Ethel Kemp, Josephine Robinson, Beulah Thomas, Ella White. Seventh Primary—Ruby Macklin, Perkins Perkins, Willie Nelson, James Ross, Flora Anderson, Elizabeth Hall. Sixth Grammar—Morris Tyler, Fannie Braxton, Mabel Grammar, Alma Hamm, Agatha London, Gertrude Walbarrow, Bessie Wells, Virginia Brown, Lula Fox, Eva Thomas, Charles Davis, Thomas Scott. Fifth Primary—Eddie Bosher, Ernest Branch, Andrew Smith, Louise Bolden, Celeste Henderson, Lenora Kenny, Matthee Thomas, Irene Page. Fourth Primary No. 34—Charles Walbarrow, Maria Brooks, Emma Moody, Annie White, Rosa Wingfield, Nora Jones, Celestine Daniel. Fourth Primary No. 35—Roland Ellett, James Miller, Edward Taylor, Virginia Dixon, Mildred Gardner, Essie Jenkins, Henrietta Wilkerson. Third Primary No. 36—Cabel Hill, Oscar Brown, Irvin Guy, Sarah Chestine Cora Smith, Elizabeth Graves, Chestine Gregory, Charlie Shields, Eddie Watkins, John Moody. Third Primary No. 37—Wellington Lewis, Samuel Gaines, Samuel Robinson, Malinda Payne, Loroy Smith, Victoria Williams. Second Primary No. 38—Edward Jenkins, Elisha Kidd, John Parker, Leon Cooke, John Grey, Henry Overton Lonnie Williams, Noah Thompson, Irene Claiborne, Mammie Harris, Lucy Overton, Blanche Smith, Ella Waller. First Primary No. 39—Edward Carter Milton Shelton, James Williams, Henry Hilton, Julius Williams, Easter Chase, Martha Christian, Mattie Jefferson, Laura Thomas, Lila White. Second Primary No. 40—Alex Dandridge, Harry Ellis, Milton Hepburn, Thomas Henderson, Shirley Kenny, Sherman Kenny, Herman Orange, Jones Williams, Cecil Young, Bessie Bell, Sarah Allen, Roberta Brewster, Ruth Craft, Goldie Fields, Leola Jones, Bessie Montague, Eva Scott, Ruth Woodson. First Primary No. 41.-Walter Brown, Willie Anthony, Arthur Bradton, Eddie Harding Harrison Lee, Edgar Mann, Lebenon Meckins, Walter Palmar, George Robinson, Jos. Walker, Lewis Williams Lilian Christian, Mannie Hargrave, Ethel Kenny, Maggie Mann, Nicey Morris, Manie Renzo, Flossie Palmar, Jennie Winston, Ruth Williams. Make your engagement now for the 3rd Annual Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Rev. J. A. Bowler, pastor, commencing Monday night next, the 9th inst. —Mrs. J. B. Vandervall, formerly of this city, has returned to East Orange on account of illness, being so advised by her family physician, Dr. W. K. Davis. Her husband now residing in Richmond will soon join her and their son. The Planet can be obtained from the well-known and reliable Mr. Joseph Evans, of Pittsburg, Pa. Many tickets have already been sold for the Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. The Pythian Cadets, Capt. Roscoe Conkling Mitchell in command, will be present on Monday night of the Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. —Mrs. Anna Taylor, the Deputy G. W. Counselor has been confined to her residence by sickness. Her many friends regret her indisposition and have visited her in great numbers at 120 W. Hill St. She has our sympathy. Col. Jesse Scruggs is indisposed at his residence, 913 N. 7th St. The Liliputian Quartette will sing at Mt. Olivet Baptist Wednesday night of the Carnival. $4.00 to $8.00 a day guaranteed to every person sending their name and address to HELP WANTED—Try our method for making money at home during spare hours. Send 250 in stamps for shipment of material and instructions how to work. You will pay us after you learn the work. HOME EMPLOYMENT Co. Cincinnati, Ohio It G.D. 2 HE PLANET SATURDAY,.....MARCH 7, 1903 FORGOT WHO HE WAS The Strange Case of George' Nipper, Now of Denver. Left His House in Indian Territory Ten Years Ago and Was Declared Dead by-Wife and Courts. A Jekyll and Hyde story has developed in Denver, Col. Ten years ago George Nipper was a prosperous business man. He disappeared with $10,000. Nothing was heard from him until a few days ago, when he was recalled by a friend. He was then traveling under the name of George Williams. A few years after Nipper had disappeared his wife collected $15,000 insurance on his life. Inspector W. M. Chapman, of the insurance company which paid the amount, found Nipper in a lodging-house. The man recalled his past life and told the following story of his weird experience: "They tell me it was ten years ago. I can't say as to that, but I remember now I went to Houston, Tex. Yes, that's the place. I started for there, anyhow, whether I reached it or not. On the way I was stricken with paralysis, and they sent me to a hospital. When I started for Houston I had $10,000 in cash with me, but what became of it I never knew. "I can see myself in the hospital now. There are the white walls and the beds, and the silent nurses flitting about. I am in a chair, and the nurses wheel me around. I don't speak to them, though, nor do I understand what they say to me. It is all like a dream. From what my friends tell me now, I was in that hospital nine years. My wife thought I was dead, and so did the insurance company, and I-might as well have been for all the good I was. "Well, one day, when I seemed much better, they put me on a train and gave me five dollars. The con- "NIIPPER! DON'T YOU KNOW ME?" ductor looked after me, and when Denver was reached he said that was where I got off. What happened to me here I can't just remember, but I wandered around somewhere, finally getting to the county poor farm. How long I stayed there I don't know, but one day in September I was on the street selling lead pencils. A man approached. Why. I don't know; but something impelled me to ask him for alms. As I stretched forth may hand he stopped and stared at me. "Nipper! Don't you know me?" he said. "I didn't know him and I told him my name was Williams. But he insisted I was Nipper, and pointing to this scar on my hand said he could identify me by that. "The man who recognized me was M. W. Woodward, a cigar dealer. He knew me in Claremore, I. T., years ago, and he has been my benefactor since our last meeting. He has kept up what little life there is in me, paying my bills from day to day. To-day I met another good Samaritan in Mr. Chapman, of the insurance company. He gave me money, and his generosity brought tears to my eyes." The local body of masons, in which order Nipper stood high before his reason was dethroned, will circulate a subscription list in his behalf, and raise money to send him back to his home in the territory. The insurance company that paid the $15,000 when it could not locate Nipper after a seven-years' search, will also watch the old man closely. If Nipper should release them from any further liability the company may decide not to begin an action against the wife. On the other hand, the policy was paid up, making the wife the beneficiary in case of death. Nipper, though legally dead, is physically alive, and being alive is entitled to the money paid to his wife. The wife, it is said, has married again, and is not particularly anxious to get the first husband back. When she received the insurance money she was obliged to furnish a bond and surely, and this, Inspector Chapman says, will fully protect his company from having to pay the policy twice. Germany Heads the List. In Germany, one mar. in 213 goes in college; in Scotland, one in 520; in the United States, one in 2,000, and in England, one in 5,000. The Building of Our Executive Departments A Little History of the Establishment of Those That Have Been Added Since the Founding of the Nation. HE recent act of the national house of representatives in passing a bill to establish a department of commerce and labor marks the second step towards the ad HE recent act of the national house of representatives in passing a bill to establish a department of commerce and labor marks the second step towards the addition of another member to the president's official family. At its last session the senate passed a measure to the same effect, but differing somewhat as to details, and it now only remains for a conference committee to agree upon these points. The importance of the commercial relations of the United States, both foreign and domestic, and their rapid growth in recent years, has been laid before each succeeding congress for several years past, with the object of creating a separate department to guard and develop their interests, but opposing interests have always succeeded in blocking legislation until the present bill, under the charge of Congressman James R. Mann, of Illinois, was passed. Although coming at this late day, the new department will not be the least in importance, as it will embrace many important bureaus at present under the jurisdiction of other departments. The national bureau of standards, const and geodetic survey, bureau of immigration and the bureau of statistics, according to this bill, are to be transferred from the treasury department; the census department from the department of the interior; the department of labor, Chinese immigration and the fish and fisheries commission are also placed under the jurisdiction of the new department; the bureau of foreign commerce transferred from the department of state and consolidated with the bureau of statistics. The measure also authorizes the president, in his discretion, to transfer other bureaus for the collecting of statistics and the interstate commerce commission to the new department. A bureau of manufactures and corporations, to promote and develop HON. THOMAS EWING, First Secretary of the Department of the Interior. the various manufacturing industries of the United States is also provided for. When the measure was under discussion a strong effort was made to strike out the "labor" part of it, making it simply a department of commerce, but the attempt was unsuccessful. Although it has not been officially announced, there is evidently good grounds for the belief that as soon as the two branches of congress come to an agreement on the measure and it is signed by the president, Hon. George B. Courteytou will be appointed to the new cabinet position. Mr. Cortelyou, as private secretary to President Roosevelt and to President McKinley, will bring to the office of commerce and labor a long experience and thorough familiarity with the details of his new office. History shows that congress in the past has been very conservative in creating new cabinet departments, and it is now almost 14 years since the last official adviser of the president was added to the cabinet, in the person of Norman J. Coleman, of Missouri, who was appointed secretary of agriculture soon after the passage of the act creating the department, which occurred on February 11, 1880. The constitution of the United States made no provision for the creation of executive departments, vesting all executive power in the president. At the first session of congress in 1789, the departments of state (at that time called the department of foreign affairs), of treasury and of war (which included naval as well as military affairs) was established, and the heads of these departments, who were called secretaries, together with the attorney general, head of the judicial department of the government, constituted the first president's cabinet. The government postal system was established in 1794, but it was not deemed of enough importance to admit its head, the postmaster general, to the cabinet councils, and it was not until 1829 that the postmaster generalship was made a cabinet office. In the meantime, in 1798, the navy department was separated from the war and made a separate cabinet department. Fifty-one years later the department of internal affairs was set apart from the department of state and the office of secretary of the interior established. Next came the department of agriculture, and now the department of commerce and labor is about to be established. Washington realized the importance of a navy to protect the coast when the colonies were about to make their Not Likely. Lady—Does your mother know that you're smoking? The Kid—Well, as I live about three miles from here, I don't tink dat she does.—Chicago American. Choking Him Off. Visitor—I've known your father for 20 years— Bobby-Aw, don't tell me your troubles!-N. Y. Journal. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND; VIRGINIA strike for liberty. As early as 1775 he called the attention of the continental congress to the matter; before any definite action had been taken he had fitted out five or six armed vessels at Boston to pick up some of the British transports and storeships in the vicinity. On October 13, 1775, congress authorized the fitting out of a swift sailing vessel with guns and men for a three-months' cruise, and on that same day appeared the germ of our navy department in a committee appointment to direct marine affairs. This committee consisted of Silas Deane, John HON. NORMAN J. COLMAN. First Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. Langdon and Christopher Gadsden; Stephen Hopkins, Joseph Hewes, Richard Henry Lee and John Adams were added October 30. This committee was first styled the "marine committee." The gallant victories of Paul Jones show the important part the new navy played during the revolution, but the victories were not without serious depletion among our ships. Littie was done towards the rebuilding of the navy, and some years later, when trouble with France was brewing, the mistake was fully seen, and steps were taken to provide an effectual naval force. It was then that the office of secretary of the navy was created, and on April 30, 1798, Benjamin Stoddart, of Maryland, was made a member of the cabinet as such officer. Later in 1842, the department was organized on its present lines. When the state department was established it was well able to handle all matters that came within its jurisdiction, but as time went on and new states were added to the union, it was found necessary to create a separate department to look after matters of purely internal administration. Legislation to this end was effected on March 3, 1849, when the department of the interior was established and Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, at that time secretary of the treasury, was requested by President Harrison to assume the duties of the new secretaryship. The department was composed of eight bureaus—the bureau of public lands, pensions, Indian affairs, patients, education, railroads, labor and labor statistics. It was not many years before the duties of this new department had increased to such an extent that it was deemed advisable to create still another separate branch to be known as the department of agriculture. This was done in 1862, but it was many years HON. GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Who May Be the First Secretary of the Department of Commerce. before its head was raised to the dignity of a cabinet officer. This department grew out of the voluntary distribution of seeds begun by the commissioner of patents in 1836. After separation from the patent office the head of the bureau was first styled "commissioner of agriculture," and in 1869 the bureau was made a department and its head made a member of the cabinet. Isaas Newton, of Pennsylvania, was the first man to hold the commissionership, Mr. Coleman being the first secretary. The duties of the department were defined in the act establishing this new branch of the government service, and were "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure propagate and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." With the progress of agricultural science, scientific branches have been added, until the department has become one of the greatest scientific establishments in the world. JOHN B. GARING. A Mystery. Customer—Are you sure this fish is fresh? Waiter—I don't know, sir. I've only been here three days.—Town Topics. No Love Lost. "You have accepted George! Why, you know very well that I don't approve of him." "That's all right, mamma. Neither does he approve of you."—Life. JUST A FEW RECORDS Met, Wooed and Were Married in Thirty Minutes. Most Touching Romance of 1902— The Tiniest Bride — World's Champion Smoker and Prize Spanker. In diverse and curious fields the record breakers were busy during the year 1902. The love-at-first-sight record was ruthlessly shattered in the early springtime, when Madison Ormsby, aged 59, went down to Kansas City from Omaha and met Miss Jessie Turner, who evidently still retained irresistible charms, notwithstanding that her forty-fifth birthday was wound up on time's relentless reel. They met by chance and were introduced by a common friend, whereupon they hiked away to the courthouse and were married just as soon as they could get the license and line up in front of a judge. "It's just 30 minutes since first we met," said Ormsby, as pleased as Punch, "and herr we are with the knot tied." Whether the knot remained tied does not concern this history. It was in the early weeks of the year that the romance of Miss Mildred Deuel, of Richmond, Va., set a new mark for those important stages of life which most women reckon by years. In the brief space of ten minutes she was a maid, a wife, and a widow. In a San Francisco hospital she became Mrs. Richard Miles Stanton while her husband was dying, a victim of fever contracted in the service of his country in the Philippines. Clasping each other's hands, when it was too late to summon a minister, the young people took the vows of matrimony under a civil agreement, which was duly witnessed by relatives of both, and a few minutes later Lieut. Stanton was dead. The tiniest bride of the year appeared in St. Louis is April, when Miss Bertha Clark, scarce 15 years old. HIKED AWAY TO COURTHOUSE weighing only 75 pounds, and attired in short skirts, eloped with Frank McCoy, nearly twice her age, and became his wife. The year still was young, and so were Miss Rose Masson and her flancee, Michael T. McGovern, when they appeared before the clerk in Chicago and established a new record as youthful applicants for a marriage license, which they obtained. The bride was 15 and the bridegroom two years her senior, their combined ages being 32. Speed records in divorce cases are not unusual or startling in these days, but when grounds and speed both are considered, the crackerjack of 1902 unquestionably was the case of John W. Langley, of Columbus, Ind., who obtained a decree in less than 15 minutes separating him from his wife Mary. He alleged that she had a habit of taking a darning needle to bed with her and jabbing him with it when he fell asleep. When he protested she would get out of bed, plant herself in a rocking chair in the middle of the floor, rocking violently and bringing her heels down with a bang at each rock, and for two hours would sing at the top of her voice: "Oh, won't it be joyful when we part to meet no more!" During the year a story went the rounds of the press about a man who pretended to be the champion smoker of the world. For 20 years he had smoked, he said, one and one-quarter pounds of tobacco a week, so that in the period named he had actually reduced to smoke an amount of the weed equal to ten times his own weight. A remarkable record, truly, but it must give way to that of the champion smoker of the British army, a private in the Third battalion, Royal Warwickshire regiment, who from his youth up regularly consumed one and one-half pounds of tobacco every week, until his regiment was drafted out to South Africa. His supply was then curtailed, which almost broke his heart. The principal of a school at Manchester, Conn., holds the record as a spanker. Armed with an ordinary ruler he administered 47 spankings in 13 minutes one day, thus turning tearful boys and girls away from him at the rate of three and eight-tenths boys and girls a minute. Among the novel records of the period must be included that held by James Stewart, of Leyden, N. Y., who announces that he has lived on this earth 104 years without ever having told a lie. He goes George Washington one better by saying that he can lie, but won't. This remarkable centenarian used alcoholic beverages and tobacco freely until he was 90, when he took a new chute and swore off. Brewsome Excellence of an Eastern Traveler in a Small Town in Arizona. During one of the afternoons this week several men were smoking and "awapping yarn" in a Baltimore street "var store," says the Baltimore Sun. "I is the story one of them told: "Abou' 11 o'clock on a stormy night in November of last year a friend and I stepped from a train in one of the small towns of Arizona. A broken-down market wagon was the only vehicle about. We hailed the driver and were taken to the only hotel which the town could boast. We found the proprietor "GREAT HEAVEN!" HE SHRIEKED. asleep in his chair, which was tilted against the front of the bar. He was awakened by our noisy entrance. "To our dismay we were told at first that there were no accommodations to be had, the hotel being filled with cattle dealers. But upon our insistence the proprietor consented to put us up for the night. My friend was assigned to a room over the dining room, while I agreed to bunk with the proprietor's son, who was already asleep. "A short time after I retired there came a noise at my door. Two men stepped boldly into the room and opened bags that they carried. Presuming that they were robbers, I kicked my bedfellow on the foot, but he did not move. I kicked him again, and as he did not respond I threw my arms across his face. 'Great heaven!' I shrieked, greatly startled, as the face was ice cold. The men, hearing me yell, fell over each other endeavoring to get out of the room, never stopping to pick up their lanterns or effects. "I immediately dressed and went down stairs, relating my story as best I could to the landlord, who, now wide awake, listened attentively. To my astonishment I learned that instead of being assigned to room 10, which was occupied by his son, I had been put in No. 15, which contained a corpse. The men whom I supposed were robbers were undertakers, who had come to prepare the body for burial. What they thought when they heard the supposed corpse make such an outy I could only surmise." MARRIED IN CARRIAGE Young People Find a Unique Way to Overcome Annoying Legal Difficulties. A romantic wedding took place the other day in a carriage at the boundary line of McLean and Ford counties, Illinois. Lance Gentry and Bertha Stubba, both prominent young people of Danvers township, were the principals. They planned to surprise their friends by being married at the home THE ERROR DISCOVERED of an aunt of the bride in Gibson City. The marriage license was procured in this, McLean county, and when the ceremony was about to be performed in Ford county the error was discovered. Rather than delay the marriage, the couple persuaded Rev. J. A. Aubrey to accompany them in a closed carriage, and the party drove to the McLean county line, where the ceremony was performed, the three concerned all remaining seated. The party then drove back to Gibson City and the interrupted festivities were resumed. Army Life Producer Lunacy. Lunacy, it is declared by a French investigator, is more prevalent among military men than any other professional class. He asserts that out of every 100,000 army or naval officers, 199 are hopeless lunatics. Of the liberal professions, artists are the first to succumb to brain strain; next come the lawyers, who are followed at some distance by doctors, clergy, literary men and public servants. Just a Reminder. Tom (angrily)—I leave you to-night forever! Gladys—All right, dear, but remember that I have an engagement for tomorrow night.—Town Topics. Practical View of It. "The spirit moves me!" exclaimed the poet. "Well," said a friend, "that's cheaper than paying house rent."—Atlanta Constitution. Remarkable Plant Growth. Some tropical plants can really be seen to grow. An eminent scientist, who has been making measurements in the botanical gardens at Builtenzorg, Java, records a growth in a bamboo of 17 inches in a single day. Another bamboo was observed to add eight inches to its height dailly for 58 days, while two others grew four inches steadily for 60 days. HAIR HIS BAROMETER This Man Can Foretell the Weather by Its Antics. Mr. Rule's Thatch Is Prophetie and Has Never Recorded a Failure —Only Case of Its Kind on Record. "Feels a good deal like snow," remarked a traveling gentleman at the Albany hotel to Gabriel Rule, of Bangor, Me., a tall, slender man, who, says the Denver Post, comes west once a year to look after some mining properties in Utah. "It is going to snow," returned Mr. Rule, with confidence. "Yes, that's what the weather man says," said the t. g. "I haven't seen any of the weather man's predictions," remarked Mr. Rule, "nor have I once looked at the sky or consulted a barometer, yet I'm certain we will have snow to-night. In fact, I know it." "Know it?" "Yes, know it—look at my hair." The traveling gentleman did as he was bidden. He saw a rather heavy brown growth that came down over Mr. Rule's ears in a queer little wave. Yet there didn't seem to be anything remarkable in this sight. "I don't see anything about your hair that's different from any other hair, except, maybe, it's a little longer than some." Mr. Rule laughed gently. "That's because you haven't had a chance to observe it," said he. "You notice, however, that the ends are beginning to turn up just over my ears, don't you?" Yes, the other man had noticed that. "Well, an hour ago they were as straight as strings. In a little while they will be still more curly. They are curling now very gently, even imperceptibly to you, though I could tell it in the dark. I can feel them curling." "Feel them?" "Yes, my hair is very sensitive; there never was a barometer that could equal "LOOK AT MY HAIR." my hair for noting coming changes in the weather." "I can tell from the way my hair moves. When there's rain coming my hair curls more rapidly and with greater tension. When there is a heavy rain coming it kinks up tightly. This snow that's coming to-night is going to be a light dry one; I know that from the way it pops." "What, the snow?" "No, my hair; lean this way and listen closely." The gentleman of travel did so, and heard a faint sound like the snapping of tiny twigs. "You can hardly hear it," continued Mr. Rule, "but to me it is quite loud—whack! whack! whack! like that. It's the electricity in it, I suppose. Anyway, I have found that indicates dry cold weather. But the curling tendency of my hair also means some moisture; so I have for my equation cold air and dry air, gradually becoming damper, which equals light snow." "And in rainy weather does it stay all crimped up?" "You bet it does; that is, until it begins to break away. I can always tell, five or six hours beforehand, when the clear weather is coming." "I should think you'd find this peculiar feature very serviceable to you." "Oh, I don't know," said Mr. Rule, smiling, as he ran his fingers through his intelligent locks, thereby increasing the snappings of the hairs till they sounded like diminutive fire crackers. "Other people pay more attention to it than I do. Back home my friends keep tab on the weather by it, and the way I'm generally saluted is: 'Gabe, how's your hair?' "Or it is: 'Gabe, take off your hat and give us a weather bulletin.' And they joke about it a good deal, but, all the same, they depend on it, and I say this much, that it never gave a false alarm yet." And Mr. Rule adjusted his hat carefully on his prophetic thatch. Husband Prime of Raffle. Edward J. Eisebrenner, of Rogers City, Mich., wants a wife so badly that he has decided to act as prize for a raffle. He has issued 1,000 tickets which will be sold at 25 cents each in Rogers City, Posen, Metz and La Rooque. The only condition which the wifeseeer imposes upon the female purchaser of his matrimonial tickets is that she must be a respectable, healthy, unencumbered Catholic between 40 and 55 years of age. Eisebrenner is a widower, 55 years of age, five feet four inches tall, weighs 170 pounds, healthy, well preserved, black hair, blue eyes, speaks English, Polish and German, has one boy 15 years of age and a farm of 80 acres, 26 of which is under cultivation. WIDOW MET HER SON. Queer Result of a Woman's Experience with a Matrimonial Newspaper Advertisement. Strange things that happen through matrimonial advertising are continually coming to light. In most cases the persons who take this way of selecting a life partner are no longer young, and when their schemes "gang agley" they receive only ridicule from friends and acquaintances. It would seem that a large city is a lonely place for a widow, as numbers of these seek a husband through matrimonial agencies and through personal advertisements in papers. A young and buxom widow of Berlin recently decided that it is not good RECOGNIZED EACH OTHER for woman to be alone, and as she had mourned the conventional time for her deceased lord and no one came forward with an offer to replace him, she resorted to an advertisement, which seemed less indelicate than proposing. She received many replies and spent much time and thought before being able to reach a decision as to which gallant she preferred. By their letters each was an extremely desirable party, and she almost wished that she might select more than one. She finally fixed her choice on a letter purporting to come from a prosperous country merchant. She gave a brief and flattering description of herself, mentioned the style of the costume she would wear, hat, gloves, etc., and ended by saying that he could easily identify her, for she would have in her hand a bunch of red roses, and suggested that he wear a few violets as a boutonniere. A few minutes before the appointed time, in a fever of expectancy, she took her stand at the appointed trysting place with eyes eagerly scanning each man who entered the room. She was shortly rewarded by seeing a young and handsome man enter wearing on his lapel a dainty bunch of violets. He recognized the widow at once, but did not approach her. She also recognized him and was ashamed that he and she should meet in this manner. Why? She had discovered too late that she had made an appointment with her own son, a lad of 18 years. A Clear Case. Jaggles—I see the scientists have determined that only the male parrots learn to talk. Waggles—That's probably so, to judge from the language they use.—N. Y. Times. Does It Elimself. "They say some blind reptiles actually distinguish colors by the sense of tonch." "That's nothing; there are times when I feel blue myself."—Boston Commercial Bulletin. Manifest. Man (getting shaved)—What politician did you shave with that razor last? Barber—Why? Man—Because it has a pull.—N. Y. Times. Laiting Consequences. Cora—Are those dangerous microbes that are found in kisses? Her Maiden Aunt—They are, my dear, when they prove to be the germs of matrimony.—N. Y. Sun. SYDNOR AND HUNDLEY, LEADERS IN Quality Furniture We have some twenty-five or thirty suits bought, most of which will be in stock in a few days. "Don't do a thing" until you see this line. MORRIS CHAIRS This always popular chair of rest will be in as much demand this fall as ever. Part of our stock has already arrived and $10 values vie with $15 values of a year ago. Call, see our stock of Bad Room. Fur 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 Tabsula. For sale by Draggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains 2 supply for bottle. A CLEW BY WIRE OR AN INTERRUPTED CURRENT BY HOWARD M. YOST. [Copyright, 1894, by J. B. Lippincott Co.] CHAPTER I—Nelson Conway, suspected of a Philadelphia bank robbery, reaches Bidington on his way to the old Nelson homestead, gets Jake Lunsicker to drive him home to the blood-worked,� and�-like,� in Jake's wife Sarah, a servant 16 years before to his grandfather Nelson. CHAPTER II—A year previous Conway, paying teller in a Philadelphia savings bank, was invited to the home of Florence and the city. More than 1000 of them, not all now to return to bank as early next morning as usual he arranges with Horace Jackson—a fellow employee—to be on hand when the clockwork should release combination of fault. Returning to bank service at the Conway, the Conway discovers the cash reserve of $20,000 missing. CHAPTER III—Conway is accused of theft, but Mr. Morley, a trustee, proves an alibi for him, without however removing the general suspicion. CHAPTER III—Perry expresses his confidence in Conway but says officially he must hold him in doubt, whereupon Conway resigns his position. Mr. Morley also believes in Conway's innocence, but he cause of public distrust exacts a promise that his friendly relations between Conway and Florey was more than disliked than continued until Conway proves his innocence. CHAPTER V-Florence shortly after this writes to assure Conway of her continued love of her family and the long deserted, Conway hears strange noises; sees a ghostly figure in the moonlight, and he is told of the tention of himself. Unearthly voices are heard even after daylight comes speaking in disjointed unmeaning phrases. Conway learns that her daughter have a summer residence in near neighborhood. CHAPTER VI-Discovery is made that Conway has been walled up. Florence driving by with her father sees Conway, but offers no salu- ness Jackson has frequently been coming from city and sometimes calls on the Morrison. CHAPTER VII The probability that I had a rival in the field, and one who had a free road while I was handicapped by the suspicion of a crime, filled me with desperation. Had I only followed my first impulse, and not allowed a whole year to intervene without making an attempt to clear myself! If you want anything of consequence done, do it yourself, was a maxim I had always believed in, and as far as possible followed out. But in this one most important instance, where the circumstances affected my whole life and promised to annul all possibility of future happiness, I had held aloof with a supineness for which I could not now condemn myself strongly enough. I knew the bank officials had used every effort to recover their property. I knew the shrewdest detectives had been put on the case. Notwithstanding this, nothing had been discovered. How could I, then, hope to succeed! Where could I begin? There was not the least sign of clew to work on. I soon drove into Twineburgh, and had no trouble in locating Mr. Sonntag's office. An undersized old fellow with bristling gray hair was seated at a desk, his back toward the door. He took no notice of me, and, after standing for a few minutes gazing at the back of his head, I made known my presence. "I wish to speak to Mr. Sonntag," I said. "Take a chair; be at leisure in a moment," came the answer, in quick, jerky tones. He did not even turn his head, but went on with his work. I sat down and looked around. It was a typical small-town lawyer's office I was in. There were a few law books in a small, rickety bookcase on one side of the room, a few rough wooden chairs, warranted to cause a backache only to look at them, a few old maps and calendars, most of the latter of former years, hanging on the walls, a wooden spittoon filled with dustwax on the floor, a rusty stove, from which the discolorations of the fires of the last winter had not been removed, standing in one corner, and, lastly, the desk before which was seated my agent and lawyer. I thought the old fellow, judging from his back, was in complete harmony with his surroundings; but I soon found I had misjudged the man. For when he finally arose, turned toward me and favored me with a searching glance from a pair of the keenest steel-blue eyes I had ever seen, it was very evident his. Sonntag was not as rusty as his surroundings. There was something familiar to me about him. Had I met him before? I could not remember. Arising, I was about to make myself known, but before I could utter a word he stepped briskly up to me and with a smile extended his hand. "I am glad to see you," he began. "Of course you are my client, Mr. Nelson Conway?" "Yes, that is my name," I answered, somewhat surprised. "But, as you have probably never seen me before, although your face does seem familiar, I should like to ask how you knew." "Nothing remarkable about it at all. You wrote me from Paris, you remember, stating the probable time of your arrival home. And, although I have been here only six months, I have got to know, by sight at least, every one about this place. Therefore I knew you were a stranger, that Mr. Conway was about due, and—well, there you have it. Have you just arrived?" "Indeed. And where are you stopping?" "Over at the old house, of course. Where else should I have gone?" "Oh, I supposed you would have put up at the hotel here in Twincourgh until we could get things in a little better shape for you at the homestead. How did you find things?" "Considering that the house has been vacant so many years, I was very agreeably surprised to note the good state of repair it is in," I replied. "I have tried to follow out the plans of my predecessor as far as possible. You think you will enjoy yourself in Nelsonville?" he asked, flashing an in- quiring glance at me. "Oh, yes. I hope to have absolute rest and peace, at any rate," I replied, somewhat hesitating, for my sojourn at the old house had certainly not begun restfully. I had slept but little the night before. "Nothing about the arrangements I have made for your comfort to prevent it, is there?" he asked. "No. You have done well. I want to ask you, before I forget it, why did you have the cellar off of the old storeroom walled up?" A look of perplexity came over his face, and, as he did not seem to comprehend my question, I went on more explicitly: "There were two doorways, one leading to the storeroom and the other leading to the outside. Both these doorways have been built up with solid masonry to correspond with the foundation walls. I simply ask out of curiosity what your reasons were for having it done—not that I have any objection." My question was a simple enough one. Mr. Sountag seemed to think it necessary to ponder over it, however. "Let me see. The cellar you have reference to is directly under the room you proposed in your letter of instruction to me to occupy," he finally said. "Yes, and there used to be two doors to-" "And they have been built up?" he broke in. "Yes. Do you not know about it?" I asked, in surprise. "No," he replied, shortly. "Then you did not have it done?" "Certainly not. I had nothing to do with it. Know nothing about it." he answered, decidedly. "If they are built up, it has been done within six weeks. For when I received your letter announcing your intention to occupy the house for a time, I went all through the place, and those doorways were not built up then. I even went into that cellar. It was a damp, musty hole, and I intended to call your attention to it and ask what you wished about it." "Well, that's strange! Who could have done it!" I exclaimed, thoroughly perplexed. "How did you get into the storeroom? I had to kick open the door." "Oh, I had a key to the outside door, and got in that way. I'm! It is, as you say, very strange, indeed. But resume your seat, Mr. Conway." Again the thought occurred to me that I had met Mr. Sonntag, or at least seen him, somewhere before. "Did I ever meet you?" I asked, voicing my thought. He glanced quickly at me, and then smiled as he said: "Look like some one you know, do? I" One often meets people who put them in mind of some one else. Now, regarding this cellar affair, Is there anyone you know who is interested in your property?" he asked, in a brisk, business-like manner. "No one," I replied. "I am the last of my race—a lonely man, and one who is sick at heart, I was about to add." Mr. Sonntag's face became serious, and I thought there was a touch of pity on it. "Cheer up, Mr. Conway. The tables will turn some day, and you will forget the time of trouble and despondency," the old lawyer said, cheerily and hopefully; "perhaps sooner than you have any idea of. Now, then," he continued, returning to his brisk, business-like manner, "some one has walled up those doorways. Who was it, and for what purpose? If it was done with the idea of a hiding-place, what was the thing to be hidden? Something which was never again to be reproduced, evidently, or the room would not have been wholly sealed. Perhaps there was a secret entrance provided. But then, why should your property have been selected? Were you alone when the discovery was made?" "No, sir. A woman who used to act as nurse girl when I was a young one was with me, and also Mrs. Snyder, the widow who takes care of the house." "Yes, I know. I believe the old widow can be relied upon to say nothing about the circumstances if she is told not to. How about the other, your old nurse?" "She would do anything possible for me. I was her idol when a child, and now devotion for me seems to have been augmented in proportion to my stature. Sarah is wholly trustworthy, and if I requested her not to mention the matter she would have her tongue cut out rather than breathe a word of it." "That's good. The discovery had best be kept secret," the old lawyer said, reflectively. "There is another thing I wish to mention, though perhaps it is hardly worth dwelling upon. Mrs. Snyder thinks there is something strange about the house. And she has so succeeded In impressing my old nurse with the idea that Sarah is quite concerned about my staying. She seems to be imbued with an inexplicable fear that something harmful threatens me." "Indeed! What do you mean when you say there is something strange? You mean mysterious?" the old lawyer asked, in the manner he would have used in cross-examining a witness. "Yes; Mrs. Snyder claims to have seen mysterious lights at night, and heard strange noises." Mr. Sonntag's eyes lost their shrewd expression for a few moments; he relapsed into deep thought. "Have these mysteries any relation to, or any connection with, the sealed cellar?" he finally asked. "The woman said nothing about the strange events being located in any particular place, and I did not think to ask her," I replied. The old lawyer's question opened up a new train of thought. Could it be possible that the strange voice I had heard proceeded from the sealed cellar? "Ah! I suppose the women are superstitious and think the place is haunted. Such ideas generally get abroad about old, long vacated houses. But you do not mind their talk? You are not afraid of ghosts, are you?" The old fellow's eyes twinkled merrily. "Well I have never come across any of those shadowy beings. I could tell better after I met one. I hardly think talk alone could frighten me," I replied, somewhat shamefacedly, remembering how nearly I had been unnerved the night before by my own reflection. "I will be over some time to morrow, and will see if anything can be done regarding the mysterious cellar," Mr. Sonntag said, as I rose to leave. "And—pardon me for referring to the unfortunate affair—have you heard of any new developments in the robbery case?" "What! I exclaimed, "you know of it too?" "Certainly. I lived near Philadelphia at the time and I read the papers," he replied, smilingly. "It seems I cannot escape hearing of that terrible affair." I said, bitterly. "And I acted the part of a fool, too, in the matter. Instead of putting forth every effort to find the perpetrators I let the thing go; let others, who could not possibly have had the interest in the case that I had, undertake investigations. I am rightly served for my supinness, for I have heard nothing about it at all. I know what I knew the morning of its occurrence, not a bit more. Others have failed; I intend to see now what I can do." "You intend going into the affair, then?" he said, dryly. "I do, with all the energy and resource I am possessed of." "Do you know how near you came to being arrested for the crime?" Sonntag asked. "Why, yes. I know, of course, that would have happened could anything have been found against me." "Well, there was enough to hold you, on suspicion at least." "Then why did you not arrest me? I am sure I was willing. I courted a trial." "It was very seriously talked of among the trustees. But the president opposed it, for one," Sonntag said. "Yes, I know he really believed me innocent." "But his objection was not the strongest influence which arose in your behalf," continued my agent. "The strongest, most powerful opposition to our arrest came from one whose influence outweighed even the president's." "You cannot mean—" "Sylvester Morley," interrupted the lawyer. "Mr. Morley!" I exclaimed, joyfully. For I knew, great as Sylvester Morley's influence was, there was one who wielded a greater, since she could influence her father. Was it her sweet self that had come to my m aid through her father? It would be happiness to know this; but then—why had she passed me without a greeting? My face must have told a whole story to the shrewd old lawyer. When I turned toward him again there was a very grave expression on his face, and a contemplative look about his sharp eyes as he regarded me. "You seem highly elated by this," he said. "Oh, I am. What young man would not feel highly honored in knowing that a man of Mr. Morley's standing had defended him?" I exclaimed. The old fellow saw the blush which spread over my face, however, and he smiled as he replied: "I do not court your confidence, but it is plain there is some power behind Mr. Morley which led that gentleman to defend you. Now, believe me, Mr. Conway, I do not ask for curiosity; there is a grave purpose in the question I am about to ask you." he went on, as the smile died from his face and what seemed to me to be deep concern appeared instead. "The question is this: Are you an especial friend of Miss Morley's? Are you engaged to marry her?" "No. But, had the suspicion of the robbery not fallen upon me, I probably would have asked her to be my wife long before now," I replied, rather wondering at myself for telling this to the old fellow on so short an acquaintance. "Ah, she loves you then." "That I cannot say. I believe she did think very highly of me at one time; but I promised not to hold any communication with her until my innocence was known. It is a year since then. Whether her feeling for me has changed or not I do not know." "You have stuck to your promise, then?" "Why, certainly!" I answered, with some indignation at the implied doubt of me. "Now about the investigation you desire to engage in," Sonntag said, changing the subject rather abruptly. "What do you propose to do? How go about it?" "Oh, hire some smart detective," I replied. "I suppose that will be the only way. What else can I do?" "Do you think the bank officials have done nothing? Do you think you could find any shrewder detectives than have undoubtedly been working on the case? If the bank with all its tremendous resources has not succeeded in running the robbers down, how can you expect to succeed when your limited means would make your search merely a superficial one?" "But, heavens, man! what am I to do? Carry this load to the grave? Why. Mr. Sonntag, this suspicion of me, you cannot imagine what a horrible thing it is, how it darkens my life!" I exclaimed, in bitterness of spirit, as I realized how hopeless my case seemed. "You have been patient so long under your trouble, a little more endurance will not hurt you." Sonntag said, in answer to my despairing words. "You'll come out of it all with flying colors some day. Now it may not look so to you, but to me it appears that you have done a great deal yourself, in the investigations which no doubt are still in progress." "How can that be? I have done nothing." A. B. "Ah! She loves you then." "And that is exactly what I mean. That very course seems to me to be a great feature in the search, though you cannot see it in that light." Sonntag smiled in a knowing way. "In what respect has my supineness aided the case?" I asked, curiously. "By allowing the real perpetrators of the crime to feel secure in their position, knowing as they probably do that you are still the only suspected party." I was much impressed by the old fellow's words. "You ought to have been a detective." I remarked, at which he turned his sharp glance toward me and answered: "Yes, I might have done something in that line. But I prefer a quiet life." Sonntag followed me out to the buggy. I took up the lines, but a thought occurred to me, and I delayed my departure to voice it. "Do you know Mr. Morley?" I asked. "No, I do not." Sonatag's answer. "Then where did you get your information about that gentleman's defense of me?" "Oh, such news gets out sometimes. Still, I don't mind telling you. It was from Horace Jackson I received the information." "From Jackson!" I exclaimed, in surprise. "You know Jackson, then?" "Yes; merely a speaking acquaintance, though. He comes here quite frequently." "How can he get away from the bank?" I asked. "He is not employed there now. Jackson has become quite wealthy, at least so he himself says. He has made some big strikes speculating in coal lands. He said he could not afford to devote his time to the bank for a paltry salary when his interests outside had grown so important. So he left about five or six months ago." "Then he did finally fulfill his threat of leaving," I remarked. "He was always talking about leaving." I continued, in explanation. "As he still held on to his position notwithstanding, it got to be a standing joke in the office about Jackson quitting the job." "Ah, indeed? He seemed, to desire that every one of his associates might expect his leaving at any time?" remarked the lawyer, with a significance I could not then account for. "I suppose so, or he would not have reiterated his intention so frequently. And he's become rich? No wonder. He told me once he was interested with Mr. Morley in a few business ventures. Well, he's lucky. You'll be over, then, to-morrow?" "Yes. Good-day." (To Be Continued.) Mrs. Wayupp--Rev. Dr. Orthodox says that he believes all people in the hereafter will continue the work they began on earth." Mrs. Highupp--That's just lovely. Then there will be dry goods stores to go shopping in--N. Y. Weekly. More Than Enough Judge—The jury has found you guilty of bigamy. Have you anything to say before I pass sentence upon you? Prisoner—Well, judge, I'll leave it to you if havin' two wives ain't punishment enough.—N. Y. Herald. Only Possible Reason. "Yes," said the sweet young thing, proudly. "I've never been kissed by a man in my life." "You ought to quit eating onions," said the old bachelor, sourly.—Chicago Tribune. A Cruel Stab. "Yes, Miss Searenyellough's poodle died yesterday. It was awfully pathetic. She kissed it good-by." "Kissed it, it? Well—er—was that before or after the doctors had abandoned hope?"—Baltimore News. Safely Hived. Were I a honey bee to-day. Mine were a pleasure deep; All winter long they'd keep away And kindly let me sleep. -Washington Star. NOT A LINGUIST. Oliver—Pa, what does bon-mot mean? Pa—Oh, don't bother me! Get your Latin dictionary and find out for yourself!—Ally Sloper. THIS EARTH OF OURS His Atmospheric Conditions and Lighting Facilities Are Far Superior to Those of Any Other Planet. EVERYBODY is interested more or less in the earth on which he lives and the planets which the discerning eye discovers in the heavens. To demonstrate their various revolutions is the pleasant task of the astronomer who, to the average individual, is a person to be envied and honored. Prof. Schiaparelli, the famous Italian astronomer, has recently completed a protracted study of the planet Mercury and has succeeded in charting its surface. He finds that Mercury is the only planet which is heavier than the earth. Taking the density of the earth as 1, that of Mercury is 1.26. No other member of the solar system, not even the sun itself, can compare with our globe in weight. Jupiter, the largest of all the planets is 1,400 times as big as the earth, but only 300 times as heavy. Mercury holds the two records for being heaviest, bulk for bulk, of all the planets, and of being nearest to the sun. But in all other respects the earth beats it. Mercury is only three times as large as the moon. It has little or no atmosphere, and, consequently, equally little water. Moreover, it seems fairly certain that it no longer revolves on its axis like our planet, but resembles the moon in turning one face always towards the sun. If you put down the figure 6, and add after it 21 noughts, you have the approximate weight in tons of the world we live and work in. Venus, and not Mars, is the nearest of all the planets to ourselves. It also resembles the earth nearly in size and weight, and during its occasional transits across the sun's disk we can see its atmosphere. Mars is nearly 50,000,000 miles farther from the sun than the earth, but it is so much less hidden by clouds that we can tell more about its shape and make than about any other members of the solar system. Out of 100 square miles of our earth 72 are water and 28 are land. SOUTH POLE NORTH POLE NORTH POLE MAP OF THE PLANET MERCURY. (Made from Photographs Taken by Prof. Schlaparelli.) In Mars water is so scarce that it is probably hoarded with great care; and the atmosphere so thin that its inhabitants, if any, must be provided with oxygen cylinders like those used by balloonists. Mars has two small moons, and therein it excels Mercury and Venus, which have no such light-giving satellites. Jupiter is so covered with ever-changing bands of cloud that practically nothing is known about its surface. Its atmosphere must be thousands of miles deep, so that the inhabitants, if any, can never see the sun, which makes it certain that no creature belonging to this earth could live there at all. Jupiter also is a great sufferer from storms. Wind which blows 90 miles an hour on our planet levels everything before it. On Jupiter a 200-mile breeze is of common occurrence and blows for weeks at a time, as we can see by the movements of the clouds. Jupiter has four moons, but as they shine only with reflected sunlight the four together give only one-sixteenth as much light as our own moon. Saturn is destitute of animal life. It is 745 times as large as this earth, but weighs only 90 times as much. It is, in fact, only three-fifths as heavy as its bulk of water. Anyone moving to Saturn, therefore, from this earth would be unable to keep afloat, even were he the best of swimmers. Saturn evidently is in a liquid condition, for astronomers watching this planet have noticed that it constantly changes shape. One side of it will bulge out as much as 400 or 500 miles. On this earth we get just 90 times as much heat and light as Saturn has from the sun, and all of Saturn's moons, eight in number, cannot make up for the deficiency, for their combined light is but one-sixteenth that of our satellite. Uranus and Neptune are so far away that our knowledge of them is limited. Uranus must, indeed, be a dreary place. Its year is 84 of our years; its axis slopes much, and its winters, at least 42 years long, must be appalling. At the height of summer the sun looks about 1.390th as big as it appears to us. Neptune is so far from the center of the universe that to it the sun appears as a star does to us. All of which goes to show that this earth of ours is, after all, a most desirable place to live on. Sound Teeth Are Scarce. A German dentist at Crefeld examined 5,300 school children, and found that only 4.37 per cent. had sound teeth. . A MEDAL FOR AMIABILITY It Is a Qunility of Character That Makes the World Better and Brighter. There is a statement being made in some papers to the effect that at a school gathering some time ago a boy was awarded a medal for amiability. He was not specially apt in his studies; he was not singularly studious; but He was such a sweet-spirited fellow, he kept everybody in a wholesome humor, he was ever cheerful, he always lent a hand where it was needed—so they gave him a medal for being amiable. The incident is such a wholesome one that it is worth mentioning here with the suggestion that there are not a few of us who might well seek to imitate the lad, even if there were no medals to be given out. As one goes in and out among people, noting their temperaments, their likes and dislikes, their frankness — which is often another name for abruptness to the point of pain—there grows the longing for more amiable people. What a different world it might be if each of us determined to bring some sunshine into it. There is sunshine in the way we shake hands with people, in the way we greet them as they pass on the street, in the office and store. There was a father who made an agreement with his two little boys; they were to always make sunshine, ever to be amiable. One day the little five-year-old came to his father and said: "Papa, Willie is making clouds." "And what is the other laddie making?" His drooping head told the story; it usually takes two to make clouds; an amiable heart is likely to drive the clouds from other lives. If an award was being made for amiability would your name be called?—Baptist Union. CRUMBS SWEPT UP. Every lot is happy to a person who bears it with tranquility.—Boethius. bears it with tranquility.—Boethius. If we want to find life poor and narrow, all we have to do is to choose shallow companions and read trashy books.—Wellspring. Take time to breathe a morning prayer, asking Good to keep you from evil and use you for His glory during the day.—Canadian Churchman. Truth is the highest virtue and seldom grows wild. It is difficult to speak the truth, and those who have tried it longest best know how difficult it is.—George MacDonald. "No one ever reached Heaven by living a careless, listless life. As Oliver Wendell Holmes once said: 'To reach the port of Heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor.'" Whatever of success I have attained is due to my unfailing custom of reading my Bible and of praying every morning before I leave my room. No difficulties nor stress of business keep me from thus preparing myself for the day.—Booker T. Washington. The honest service of Jesus Christ pays the soul a rich dividend of solid satisfaction. There is no wretchedness in a true Christian's trials; his bruised flowers emit sweet fragrance. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are love, joy and peace; the promise of the Lord Jesus is that His joy shall be full. The sweetest honey is gathered out of the hive of a busy, unselfish, useful and holy life.—Theodore L. Cuyler. Relaising with Hex Minnie—Well, I'm glad Kit Spurlong is going to be married at last. Lutie—The tone of your voice doesn't indicate it. Minnie—But I am. When the list of marriage licenses is published everybody will find out she's 37 years old.—Chicago Tribune. Not Just What She Wanted. "Well," he said, drawing himself up proudly, "what if I have a past? Such a thing is not uncommon nowadays. "Oh, no," she answered, "I realize that. But I never cared for the common. I think I'll wait for some one with a future."—Chicago Record-Herald. A. Soft Answer, Etc. Hezekiah—Jonas, are you aware that the hairs of your head are numbered? Jonas—Yes. The Almighty would have to take to fractions if he ever undertook a census of yours.—Harvard Lampoon. Quite Different. May—But why do you think he made a mistake in taking up music as a profession? I always though he played the fiddle rather well. Ann.—it's quite evident that you never heard him perform upon the violin—Brooklyn Life. Net Knocker "How did you like the sermon this morning?" "Oh, it was a beautiful discourse! I don't believe Satan himself could have taken offense at anything in it."—Chicago Tribune. **Damped Her Ardor.** Ada—Jack actually proposed to me during the sermon at church, yesterday. Clarice—Oh! don't let that worry you, dear—he often talks in his sleep.—Ally Sloper. **Funny Name.** He—I hear he calls his wife Fan; funny name, isn't it? She—Why, no; I don't think so. "But it seems so to me. You know most fans you can shut up."—Yonkers Statesman. The Critics. Ida—They say it was a case of love at first sight with him. May—What a pity he wasn't a medium and could have taken a second sight—Chicago Daily News. Afraid of Commitment: "So you don't want your constituents to know about the luxury you are maintaining." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "Some constituents are pretty selfish. They'll think that if I have any extra money to spend I ought to pay it out for votes."—Washington Star. Defective Vision: Crimsonbeak—My wife is the greatest woman for changing things around I ever saw. Yeast—What's wrong now? that—what's wrong now? "Why, never can find the keyhole in the front door, place two nights in succession."—Yonkers Stateman. 2 SHE SAVED HIS LIFE. Quick-Wilted Girl Improvised Tour niqueet When Young Man Cut Artery in Arm. William Schuster, son of Emil Schuster, a wealthy wine merchant of Mount Vernon, N. Y., is trying to find the beautiful young woman who by her quick action saved his life as he lay almost unconscious upon the sidewalk slowly bleeding to death from a terrible cut in his arm. Schuster's father has a country place at Fleetwood, near Mount Vernon. Young Schuster cut his right arm as he left Deady's hotel. In the chill he thrust his arm through the clams "YOU ARE ALL RIGHT NOW." door, ripping open an artery in two places, but did not realize how badly he had been hurt. He attempted to reach his home, but fell to the sidewalk in Fleet street in a faint from exhaustion. He was revived by a touch on his forehead, and saw a beautiful young woman kneeling beside him. "Don't move. I'll help you," she said. "I'm a trained nurse and used to handling such cases." In a moment she had whipped out a handkerchief and bound it tightly about the wounded arm. A pebble was defly placed directly over the artery, just below the shoulder. A pencil from Mr. Schuster's pocket was used to twist and tighten the improvised tourniquet, and in a moment the blood ceased spring from the wounded artery. "You are all right now, I think," she said to the young man, who was almost too weak to thank her. "I'll wait until some one comes to take you home," she said, and stood near him until Dr. Banning, of Mount Vernon, appeared. Then the young nurse slipped away without giving any hint as to her identity. "This clever work saved your life," said Dr. Banning. MADE A HASTY EXIT. Louisville Story Teller Talks About the Sensational Sequel to a Stolen Kiss. After various offerings of candy and flowers buggy drives and front seats at the theater, the young gentleman decided it was time to declare himself and win his reward. Accordingly he called on a Saturday evening, when the young woman was sure to be at home, and when no other callers would interfere. In his most irresistible manner he asked for a kiss. The girl refused. "Then I shall kiss you anyhow," said the young man, not thinking for PAPA WAS ASTONISHED. a moment that she really did not want him to do so. "Then I shall tell papa," said the girl in her sweetest tones. Nothing daunted, the young man seized and kissed her not once, but several times. The girl hastily left the parlor and flied up stairs. "Papa," she said, "Mr. —— is down in the parlor. He is much interested in hunting and I was telling him of a new shotgun you purchased to-day. I tried to explain about it to him, but couldn't, and he wants you to bring it down and show it to him." The old gentleman was delighted. He took the weapon from its case, put it together and carefully rubbing off the few specks of dust gathered on the barrels, started down the steps. As he entered the parlor door, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, he was astonished to see a young man rush wildly across the room, jump through the window and disappear into the night. Brazil's Big Coffee Crop. About half of the coffee consumed in the world comes from Brazil Birds Shun Firefires. Birds never eat fireflies, and really seem to shun their vicinity. The Source of Wealth. 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MARCH 7, 1903 The Negro is increasing in wealth, influence and numbers. COLORED people should support race enterprises and read race journals. We return thanks to Senator John W. DANIEL for packages of garden seeds. Poor Negro! He is being butchered in the yard of his enemies and slaughtered in the house of his friends. We shall give our opinion of the inside history of the BOOKER T. WASHINGTON luncheon at the White House next week. The colored people are going to win out. They are in more danger from their traitorous selves than they are from their attacking enemies. COLORED men, the outlook is bright, despite the ominous mutterings of our enemies. They are making inroads no doubt on our flanks, but the right of the line and centre have gone so far ahead along the road of progress that the success of the Negro-haters is only temporary and can have no material effect on the permanent result of the engagement. --- CHAMPAIGN County, Ohio, has paid $5000, and $500, interest for the lynching of OLICK MITCHELL. The money was given to the heirs of the unfortunate colored man. This result was attained under the Ohio Anti-Lynching Law which was introduced and forced through the Ohio legislature by the persistent efforts of Hon. H. C. SMITH, editor of the Cleveland, O., GAZETTE. Mr. Smith needs to be congratulated and so does the Buck-eye State of Ohio. EDITOR H. T. JOHNSON of the Philadelphia, Pa., CHRISTIAN RECORDER was awarded $500.00 in a suit against the Pullman Sleeping Car Co., for refusing to sell him a meal on one of their dining cars between Richmond and Washington. Editor JOHNSON seems to have the right kind of "sand in his craw." He can get his meals served on time hereafter. AN UNWARRANTED ATTACK THE attack made on the Ebenezer Baptist Church by way of its pastor and Deacon Board through the columns of the Richmond, Va., NEWS-LEADER of Last Monday by that resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, and his corp of fuss-makers was a most disgraceful proceeding. The official letter of the Deacon Board, signed by Mr. W. P. Epps, Church Clerk, was published verbatim in the columns of a daily newspaper by the very people who had condemned the PLANET for publishing the public letter of Rev. W. T. JOHNSON, B. D. These people seem never to tire of abusing people who do not agree with them. The colored people of this community desire peace and are weary of the intestinal broils. The time has come for us to relegate these mischievous forces to the rear. The race is now confronted with great questions and it will take the combined energies of us all to win out. This influential northern society is being placed in a most unfavorable light before this community by its short-sighted partisans. An explanation was published in the News-LEADER of last Tuesday that did not explain, but on the contrary tended to aggravate what had already been said. The Deacon Board of the Ebenezer Baptist Church is composed of as conservative body of Christians as are to be found in any part of this state. Rev. W. H. STOKES, whom these people essayed to criticise is one of the most brilliant, God-fearing, "minding his own business" divines to be found any where in this country. As a pulpit orator, he has few equals. His character is above reproach and his courteous, Christian bearing has marked him as a divine of remarkable qualities. Why should they want to go into the public press and attack him, simply because he disagreed with them on a matter of minor importance? And they attacked Rev. Scott C. BURRELL, the General Secretary of the colored Y. M. C. A., a Christian gentleman, so mild in his temperament and courteous in his disposition that a two-year-old child will instinctively approach him without hesitation. They misrepresented him. Is it possible that these alleged Christians' venom has no limits? Rev. BURRELL's record is known of all men. He is one of the most influential Christian workers among all classes in this city to-day. And yet he was not spared by the leaders of a "Bible Conference." It seems to us that these leaders of this Bible Conference need to read that good Book and profit by its instructions even more so than these people whom they are inviting to attend the meetings. Of course this brother from North Carolina sells Bibies and this awakening of interest in the reading of them may serve a two-fold purpose. These people are never so happy as when they are engaged in trying to break some colored man down. Rev. R. V. PREYTON, that remarkable pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church was similarly treated, despite the fact that he had made a record in his present field of labor that is marvelous. They attacked that superb Christian leader, Rev. Dr. W. F. GRAHAM and now they direct their vitriolic weapons upon the Ebenezer Baptist Church, its Deacon Board and its pastor, threatening them through the columns of the white daily press. Well, they are in the wrong stream for their own safety and when Ebenezer is attacked, it rallies as one man. Let us have peace! HIS COLORED FRIEND The Richmond, Va., TIMES-DISPATCH in its issue of February 28th, pays the following tribute to the "old issue" Negro: "Senator Tillman has on his plantation in South Carolina a Negro man named Joe Gibson, who has lived with him for thirty years. Joe has charge of the premises, carries the keys and takes care of everything in Mr. Tillman's absence. In speaking of this man the other day, the Senator said: "'I do not know whether I belong to Joe, or Joe belongs to me. Anyhow, we have been together for thirty years, and we have agreed to live together until one or both of us die, and when I go away, if I go first, I know he will shed as sincere a tear as anybody. I would die to protect him from injustice or wrong.' "This is one of the old time Negro gentlemen of whom we have often spoken. They are an honor to their race, and to the 'ole Mis' who trained them. White men are proud and fortunate to have such Negro friends. The pity is that the dear old gentlemen are fast dying out." There is one important thing which Senator TILLMAN failed to state in his references and that is the amount of salary he was paying this faithful servant of ante-bellum days. As he doesn't belong to JOE, we presume that he thinks that JOE belongs to him. But the white labor unions are on the field of action now and they are successfully demanding the discharge of these old-time Negroes and the installation of the new-time white men in their places. This has constituted the cause of some of the bitterest contests ever known in this section. To be plain, it is this old-time Negro element that makes the precipitation of a race war impossible. There are white men who will risk almost their lives to help and protect certain colored people for whom they have formed an attachment and there are colored people who will do the same thing for certain white people, whom they respect, esteem and love. A singular case of this appreciation occurred in this city at the Chancery Court, then presided over by the late Judge J. C. LAMB. Mr. JOHN M. SHEPHERD was the janitor and no colored man has ever been appreciated by his white friends more than he. The white men's unions demanded his discharge and insisted upon a white man being appointed to his position. Judge LAMB refused positively to do it. Mr. SHEPHERD retained the position up to the time of Judge LAMB's retirement and death. But "another king arose, who knew not Joseph." The clamor for SHEPHERD's place continued and Judge LAMB's successor removed SHEPHERD and appointed a white man in his place. It was but a few weeks later that the Angel of Death hovered over SHEPHERD's household—the dread summons came and the spirit went to the other world where no doubt, he and his white judicial friend are basking in the smiles of the Almighty. If the rising generation of colored people could be made to see and understand, could be made to take a course of practical instruction in that Chesterfieldian system of that ante-bellum Virginia politeness, we sometimes think that our paths would lay through more pleasant places and our friendships formed with white men would last up to the grave. four original appointments of Negroes to office in the South have been made during the present Administration, and but one of these has met with strenuous opposition. On the other hand, President Roosevelt has, perhaps, appointed more men to office from among the conservative whites of the South than all the other Republican Presidents put together. It is plain, therefore, that the reason for the present ferment must lie deeper than the mere appointment to office of Negroes. The true reason is that these appointments have been taken at the South as evidences of an attitude on the part of the President toward the race IS THE PRESIDENT President T written a letter editor of the A TUTION, in which will put of color to think we do not like show that he fo unconsciously y titude of ary MR. THOMAS NELSON PAGE'S DELIVERANCES. MR. THOMAS NELSON PAGE of Virginia has contributed a most interesting article to COLLER'S WEEKLY on "The New Aspect of the Negro Question." It contains statements which it would be well for every colored man in the country to consider. By degrees, every thoughtful citizen will arrive at a conclusion concerning President Roosevelt's policy, which will be very much akin to a arousing a drowsy man from a sound sleep. It will no doubt be a startling revelation to some, who had been too quick to reach conclusions. Inasmuch as President Roosevelt in a recent letter, addressed to Mr. CLARK HOWELL, editor of the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, names Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE as a referee in the matter of appointments in the South, his remarks therefore will have a peculiar significance. Mr. PAGE says: The Negro question has recently and somewhat unexpectedly appeared again at the South. After holding the stage for over thirty years to the complete clusion of other questions, it has for the last five or six years seemed almost "as good as settled," and the South has congratulated herself that this settlement was for the peace and well-being of all classes of her people. The colored race, more or less eliminated from politics, under wiser counsel than had formerly prevailed, was applying its energies to build itself up industrially. The white race freed from the incubus that had weighed it down so long, had immediately begun to divide on economic questions. With this appeared to have passed the chief cause of misunderstanding between the two sections of the country—the North and the South. The division was not enough to break the solid South; but it was quite enough to contribute to the election of a Republican President and Vice-President. To illustrate: Fifteen years ago, the leading social club of Virginia, the Westmoreland Club of Richmond, had not a Republican in it. Two years ago a majority of the members of that club voted for McKinley and Roosevelt. This is an adroit way to state an embarrassing question. If the division was not enough to break the Solid South, when can it be hoped to exercise such a potent influence? The statement that the majority of the members of WESTMORELAND CLUB supported McKINLEY is of small consequence. It was not much more than "a drop in the bucket." The members of this club would have supported any other man, provided the money question was an issue as was the case during the McKINLEY campaign. The success of the BRYAN free silver policy meant the ruination of the members of the club as well as the financial destruction of the club itself. Still these people's influence not only failed to make any perceptible change in the vote in VIRGINIA, but had no appreciable effect upon the vote of even the city of Richmond, where the greatest amount of capital is invested. He continues: When, in the Wilmington riot, Northern men marched shoulder to shoulder with Southern men, and when the Mississippi Constitution passed the Supreme Court of the United States, the South considered that the Negro question was at rest, and for the first time since the war felt free to divide on other lines of public policy. Vain hope this! It was murder in both cases. One was the murder of citizens; the other, the butchery of the law. No such settlements can last. God has decreed otherwise. Such was the state of the case when McKinley and Roosevelt were elected, Mr. McKinley, by his extraordinary tact, won the good-will of the Southern people. His successor fell heir to this good-will, in addition to a large amount of popularity quite personal to himself. He was one-half Southern, by blood; his career had been one to appeal peculiarly to the imagination of the South; his character commanded admiration; his brief but honorable military career was tablihed him further in his esteem. In his command, for the first time since the war, a Southerner found that to be a Southerner did not operate against the chance for military preferment. It is probable that there was not a more popular man in the South than Mr. Roosevelt when he succeeded to the Presidency. His first Southern appointments were made from Democrats who had supported McKinley, and added to his prestige. Mr. PAGE says further: This was but a year and a half ago. Within this brief time conditions appear to have totally changed. The Negroes throughout the country are in a state of upheaval. The popularity of the President with the people of the South has suffered a sudden eclipse. The deepest feeling is beginning to be stirred. It is claimed by some that this change is due to the appointment of Negroes to office. But in the judgment of those better informed, this does not account for the present ferment. President McKinley filled over thirty places with Negroes, among them such important offices as the collectorship of the ports of Wilmington and Beaufort, North Carolina, and St. Augustine; the collectorship of customs at Savannah, Atlanta, and Georgetown Ga; and the postmasterships of Athens and Darien, Georgia; Beaufort and Florence, South Carolina; Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and others—all without causing a fraction of the excitement that has arisen of late, while only four original appointments of Negroes to office in the South have been made during the present Administration, and but one of these has met with sarcronous opposition. On the other hand, President Roosevelt has, perhaps, appointed more men to office from among the conservative whites of the South than all the other Republican Presidents put together. It is plain, therefore, that the reason for the present ferment must lie deeper than the mere appointment to office of Negroes. The true reason is that these appointments have been taken at the South as evidences of an attitude on the part of the President toward the race question which the South reprobates far more than the selection of however many Negroes for office. And again: The first of these causes was undoubt edly what is now known as "the Booker Washington incident." To make this understood it is necessary to speak plainly. Conditions at the South have changed within ten years. The old relation between the races has changed. Those who have made that relation one of kindness and affection are passing away. The races are wider apart to-day than they have ever been. It is, in the main, those who knew the old relation that retain the old feeling. The new Negroes who has gets an education, becomes the "Afo-Africanian." Every question in which the Negroes is concerned becomes now a race question. The Negroes will not have it otherwise, and the whites must act accordingly. The most passionate aspiration of the new Negro is for social equality. Mr. PAGE errs sadly in this. Social equality is a night-mare that has no existence in fact. No man can cross the threshold of another man's door without an invitation so to do. When he extends the invitation, he should have no cause to complain, because he accepts the courtesy extended. In referring to the "lily white movement" in the South, Mr. PAGE says: This, however, passed, and might have passed completely, but for another act which appeared to point in the same direction. For years, throughout the South, there has been the growing hope that the Negro might be excluded from politics, and that another party might arise to which the whites might turn without finding themselves in the association that affiliation with the Negro party in the South has for the most part signified. It was generally held that this would mean the removal of the most debasing element of politics; of the chief cause of misunderstanding between the North and the South; and the opportunity for the South, relieved from the thraldom incident to the existence of only one party, to place herself in harmony with the rest of the country. This movement was advancing propitiously when the Administration intervened. One or two men who had made themselves prominent in it were removed from office. It is said that they would have been removed anyhow for violation of the general order prohibiting officeholders from too active participation in politics, and that the fact that they were excluding Negroes from their conventions had nothing to do with their dismissal. It is possible that they ought to have been removed. At least, however, the circumstances were unfortunate. It looked as if these men were being disciplined for trying to form a partly exclusively of whites. The Negroes so understood it, and the whites so understood it. Mr. PAGE gives one section of his case away, when he says: The South does not fear social equality. It knows that it can not be. But it fears the consequences of anything looking like the most remote recognition of it. It feels, as no one else can, the consequences of "every agitation of this kind." "Social equality" and the "Sword and Torch"—terms which none would have ventured to use five years ago—are beginning to be openly advocated by candidates for office at "Afro-American" meetings. The conclusion of his admirable article is made in the following conservative vein: Happily, there is still a conservative element among the Negroes at the South—mainly composed of those who knew the old relation between the whites and the blacks—who repudiate such incendiary doctrines. And, happily, there are those among the whites who know the President. These know that however he may have misunderstood conditions there, he has no intention of fastening again on the South Negro domination or of fostering social equality in any form. "Those who know him best feel that he has simply been misunderstood, and believe that in time the whole South will recognize it. They recall what he said a few years since in the "Sewanee Review," and republished in "American Ideals": "The whole civilization of the future owes a debt of gratitude, greater than can be expressed in words, to that democratic policy which has kept the temperate zones of the new and the newest worlds a heritage for the white people." The world has not changed since then and neither has Theodore Roosevelt. Colored men, what does all this mean? Is it possible that you have "eyes that see not and ears that hear not?" According to Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE's assertions, the South has been too quick to reach the conclusion that the present occupant of the White House was against the white man and according to our opinion, the colored man has been too quick to think that the same distinguished individual was in his favor. We take it that Mr. ROOSEVELT has been vainly endeavoring to have the white South to understand that he will appoint as few citizens of color to office as possible without violating his oath of office. Color cannot be made a bar to office under the provisions of the Constitution of the United States. In the light of the statements of Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE that President ROOSEVELT has appointed fewer Negroes and more conservative white men than all of the other Republican Presidents put together, it would seem that Secretary ELINH ROOT was not far from the truth and knew what he was talking about when he said, "In a short time, the white man will succeed in excluding the black man from all offices in the southern states." Solah IS THE PRESIDENT WEAKENING? PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT has written a letter to Mr. CLARK HOWELL, editor of the Atlanta, Georgia, CONSTITUTION, in which he makes statements, which will put the conservative citizen of color to thinking. We confess that we do not like the letter. It seems to show that he feels keenly the criticisms to which he has been subjected and he unconsciously places himself in the attitude of arguing that he has done exactly what the southern Negro-haters wanted him to do, so far as he could without violating his oath of office. It seems that the colored and white people of the south have misunderstood the President; the one admiring him because they presumed that they had another President ULYSSES S. GRANT in the White House and the other condemning him for the same reason. Both were mistaken in their conclusions. It seems that President Roosbvelt had begun a policy that was and is revolutionizing southern appointments and which will ultimately result in virtually excluding colored men from all political offices in the southland. In other words, the offices held by them will be so few in number as to practically result in their total elimination. That this is true is proven by the assertions of his own Secretary of War and certified by himself over his own signature in his letter to Mr. Howell. It is evident to our mind that the colored vote in the North is the only factor which prevents a step even more radical than the one now marked out by the Chief Executive of the nation. In the hue and cry over the Indianola, Miss., Post Office affair and the CRUM appointment, the dust raised has blinded the average colored brother, preceded as it was by the Booker T. WASHINGTON dinner at the White House. But what does Mr. ROOSEVELT say? Here it is: "In making appointments I have sought to consider the feelings of the people of each territory so far as I could consistently do so without sacrificing principle." According to this theory, where will the colored brother land? It looks to us that it will be upon his head instead of upon his feet. And again: "The prime tests I have applied have been those of character, fitness, and ability, and when I have been dissatisfied with what has been ordered within my own party lines, I have without hesitation, gone to the opposite party—and you are, of course, aware that I have repeatedly done this in your own State of Georgia. I certainly cannot more care as a bar to holding office, any more than I could so treat creed or birthplace—always provided that, in other respects, the incumbent is a worthy and well-behaved American citizen. Just as little will I treat it as conferring a right to hold office." The above is a straight-forward statement and yet, from a party stand-point, it is open to criticism. Under its provisions, he might say that even where a colored Republican was qualified to hold a Federal position, that because a white Democrat was better qualified that he will give the position to the white Democrat, or his ruling might apply with equal force in eliminating a white Republican. Down here, the Democrats will appoint a white man to office over a highly educated, respectable, property-owning colored man, even though the white man is ignorant, disreputable and doesn't own the bed in which he sleeps. In plain language, Mr. Roosevelt tells Mr. Howell that he will give the Southern Negro haters every thing he can give them without violating his oath of office, and even with this assurance, they are still howling. The most significant portion of the entire letter is contained in the following assertion. "I ask you to judge not by what I say, but by what during the last seventeen months I have actually done." We know what he has said, but what has he done? We would not be willing to believe that Mr. ROOSEVELT wrote those words, were it not for the fact that they appear over his own signature and stand uncontradicted. They may be suited to a politician, but are entirely out of place for use by the President of the United States. Why should he not be judged by what he has said and done rather than by what he has done? Should not his actions square with his words and his words square with his actions? If not, why not? President Roosevelt answers the question himself and here is what he says: "In South Carolina I have appointed a white postmaster to succeed a colored postmaster. Again, in South Carolina, I have nominated a colored man to fill a vacancy in the position of collector of the port of Charleston, just as in Georgia, I have resappointed the colored man who is now serving as collector of the port of Savannah. Both are fit men. Why the appointment of one should cause any more excitement than the other I am wholly at a loss to imagine. As I am writing to a man of keen and trained intelligence, I need hardly say that to connect either of these appointments or any or all of my other appointments or my actions in upholding the law at Indiana with such questions as 'socii equality' and 'Negro domination' is as absurd as to connect them with the nebular hypothesis or the theory of atoms. "I have consulted freely with your own Senators and Congressmen as to the character and capacity of any appointee in Georgia concerning whom there was question. "My party advisers in the State have been Maj. Hanson, of Macon, Mr. Walter Johnson, of Atlanta—both of them ex-Confederate soldiers—and Harry Stillwell, of Macon. My right in saying that the Federal office-holders whom I have appointed throughout your State are, as a body, men and women, of a high order of efficiency and integrity? Incidently I may mention that a large percentage of the incumbents of Federal offices in Georgia under me are, as I understand it, of your own political faith. This is true of your own State; and by appalling to Mr. Thomas Nelson Page, of Virginia; to Gen. Basil Duke, of Kentucky; to Mr. George Crawford, of Tennessee; to Mr. John McLhennay, of Louisiana; to Judge Jones, of Alabama, and to Mr. Edgar S. Wilson, of Mississippi, all of them Democrats and all of them men of the highest standing in their respective communities, you will find that what I have done in Georgia stands not as the exception, but as the rule for what I have done throughout the South. "I may add that the proportion of colored men among the new appointees is only about one in a hundred." It seems that his referees in the southland have been Democrats and his appointees have been Democrats. There is but one referee to which he has made no reference and that one is Prof. BookER T. WASHINGTON, the South's colored idol. It seems that it is to him that he looks for guidance in the matter of the few Negro appointments which he must make in order not to be amenable to the charge of drawing the color-line. President Roosevelt continues: "In view of all these facts, I have been surprised and somewhat pained at what seems to me the incomprehensible outcry in the South about my actions—an outcry apparently started in New York for reasons wholly unconnected with the question nominally at issue, as I am concerned at the attitude the people by so many of the Southern people; but I am not in the least angry; and still less will this attitude have the effect of making me the one person I have breadth, to one side or the other, from the course I have marked out—the course I have consistently followed in the past and shall consistently follow in the future." The above assertions have a kaleidoscope effect and may be seen from many view-points. How do the colored folks regard the outlook? Colored men who have been recognized in party affairs and held office will be recognized no longer. A new party is upon the scene of action and while the "lily white Republican movement" will not be recognized as such, the result will be the same and the large majority of office-holding Negroes will be sent to the rear. This is in effect President Roosevelt's declaration, made over his own signature. Again, we ask the colored people to couple this with Secretary Root's candid assertions that "In a short time, the white man will succeed in excluding the black man from all offices in the southern states" and you have a solution of the puzzle. We had hoped that we were mistaken in a conclusion which we have entertained for some time, but if we are to do as the President tells the southern men to do, judge him by what he does rather than by what he says, who can doubt but what we have explained the solution to the seeming problem? Well, it will be a bitter awakening to some of the colored brethren down here, but there is some satisfaction in knowing that God reigns and the colored vote in the doubtful states of the "Northland" still lives. BRYAN WON'T LEAD REVOLT Ridicules the Idea of Gold Democrats Capturing National Convention. Pittsburg, Pa. March 4.—William J. Bryan, in an interview last evening, denied that he will lead a revolt from the Democratic party in case the Gold Democrats capture the national convention, as was reported yesterday from New York. It was said he would bolt the convention and lead an independent movement. Mr. Bryan said that not only had he not made any such statement, but that the contemplated action was improbable, and he did not discuss improbabilities. "Never will you find the Gold Democrats capturing any Democratic convention of national importance. The very idea of it is absurd." 600 Vacancies at Annapolis 600 Vacancies at Annapolis. Washington, March 3.—Secretary Moody has discovered that as a result of new legislation, allowing for the retirement of the outgoing class at Annapolis, there will be 600 vacancies at the Naval Academy. It is manifestly impossible to provide at once accommodations for this number, and Captain Brownson, the superintendent, has been requested to state the extent of his resources for the coming year in the matter of accommodations. Meantime, Secretary Moody is working out a scheme whereby representatives in congress will be able to nominate a cadet each year, instead of two on alternate years. Libelled General Davis Manila, March 3.—William Crozier, editor; Mr. Kenny, manager, and Mr. Green, a reporter of the American, have been arrested on the charge of libelling General Davis. When General Davis expressed his partial disapproval of the finding in the Major Glenn case the American published an editorial, charging General Davis with a desire to curry favor with the administration, in the hope of being selected to succeed General Miles in the command of the army. General Davis referred the article to Governor Taft. 1903 MARCH 1903 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES. Thursday, February 26. Rev. Dr. Harvey W. McKnight, for nearly 20 years president of Pennsylvania College, at Gettysburg, Pa., has resigned. Crazed by the death of his wife, Henry Lippert, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., jumped into the river and was drowned. The Cooper-Wells Hosiery plant at St. Joseph, Mich., was destroyed by fire yesterday, throwing 400 employees out of work. Loss, $225,000. An earthquake shock was felt yesterday at Oacoma, S. D., which lasted several minutes and was severe enough to shake down stones and break the ice in the river. Friday, February 27. J. J. Rowe, of Cleveland, was yesterday elected president of the American Bowling Congress at Indianapolis. King Edward has conferred the grand cross of St. Michael and St. George on Sir Michael Herbert, British ambassador at Washington. A spark from a shifting engine at Peaks, S. C., yesterday, started a fire which nearly wiped out the little town. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Secretary Moody has accepted the monitor Nevada, built by the Bath Iron Works, and directed that she be put in commission about March 1. In an explosion of dust at the Au burn and Alton coal mine, near Springfield, Ill., yesterday, three miners were killed. Ten mules were also killed. Saturday, February 28. Robbers Thursday night blew open the postoffice safe at Garrett, Ind., and secured $1,300 in cash and stamps. Al Maul, the famous National League pitcher, has been engaged to coach the Lehigh University base ball team. Joseph Keenan, colored, was hanged at Greenville, S. C., for murder. It was the second legal hanging in South Carolina since 1884. New York city will pay William Waldorf Astor $467,974 in settlement of a claim for land acquired by the city in improving the water front. President Roosevelt yesterday signed a bill providing for the erection in Washington of statues to Count Pulaski and Major General Baron von Steuben, of the Continental army. Monday, March 2. It is said that American trained nurses are in great demand at present in Paris. Rear Admiral William Harkness, retired, died at his home in Jersey City Saturday of typhoid fever. Judge William R. Day was sworn in today as the successor of Justice Shiras, of the United States supreme court. The United States army transports Logan and Kilpatrick, loaded with troops and baggage for the Philippines, sailed from San Francisco Saturday. Maddened by an unfortunate investment of his savings, Joseph A. Fritz, of San Francisco, shot and killed M. J. Morrison, fatally wounded Miss J. Yardell and then committed suicide. Tuesday, March 3. President Roosevelt yesterday signed the army appropriation and the Philippine coinage bills. Police Captains Schmittberger and Titun, of New York, were yesterday promoted to be inspectors. The state of Iowa has appointed a commission to erect three monuments on the Chickamauga battlefield, Tenn. Captain W. J. Clarke, of the Washington American League club, is coaching the Annapolis naval academy base ball team. Dr. James Mitchell, private secretary to President Lincoln during the Civil War, died at Mount Zion, Ga., yesterday, aged 85 years. Wednesday, March 4. The National Good Roads Association will hold an international congress in St. Louis from April 27 to May 2. Two trafnmen were killed in a collision on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad near Huntington, W. Va., yesterday. Arbor Days in Pennsylvania will be observed on April 3 and 17, in accordance with Governor Pennypacker's proclamation. Dave Johnson, one of the best known bookmakers in New York, says he lost $1,000,000 in the last few years, and will quit the turf for good. The Olive Stove Company's plant at Rochester, N. Y., was completely destroyed by fire. Loss, $75,000. One employee was fatally burned. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., March 3. — Flour was steady; winter superfine, $2.70@2.90; Pennsylvania roller, clear, $3.10@3.25; mills mills, extra, $2.95@3.10; wheat quiet at $3.15@3.20 per barrel. Wheat quiet at $3.15@3.20 per sylvania, red, new, $79.9; Corn was firm; No. 2 yellow, local, $52.1%; Oats were quiet; No. 2 white, clipped, $43.1%; lower grades, $42.1%; Hay was quiet; timothy, $19 for large bales. Beef were quiet; hams, $19@20. Pork was firm, family. Live poultry, 13c for hens, and $9.1% for old roosters. Dressed poultry, at 13.1% for choice fowl, and 10c for old roosters. Butter was steady; creamer and Eggs were steady; New York and Pennsylvania, 16c. per dozen. Potatoes were steady; choice, 68.70% pot bushel. Live Stock Markets. East Liberty, Pa., March 3—Cattle were strong; choice, $ .53.50@.50; prime, $ .51.50@.53; good, $ .46.00@.51; Hogs were slow; prime heavies, $ .74.50 @.75; medium, $ .73.50@.74; heavy orkers, $ .71.50@.72; light Yorkers, $ .71.50@.72; light Yorkers, $ .67.00@.75; rough, $ .80@.67; Shoes, $ .60.00; best wethers, $ .54.00@.50; null and common, $ .22.50@.50; choice lambs, $ .68.00@.7; yeal calves, $ .80.90@ East Buffalo, N. Y., March 3—Cattle were strong; prime steers, $2.55 @ 5.50; heifers, $3.75 @ 4.75; cows, $2.75 @ 4.25; bulls, $3.05; fresh cows, choice, $50 @ 60 per head. Veals steady; tops, $8 @ 2.85; common to good, $4.50 @ 7.75. Hogs steady, heavy, $7.40 @ 7.50. Pigs steady, heavy, $7.35; pigs, $6.75 @ 8.85. roughs, $4.00 @ 7.85; stags, $5.25 @ 5.75. Sheep were strong; top mixed, $5.50 @ 5.75; culls, $2.75 @ 5.40. Lambs higher; tops, $7 @ 7.15; culls, $4.50 @ 9.00; yearlings, $5.50 @ 6.25. Gangrene From a Lemon Lancaster, Pa. March 2—Mrs. Catharine B. Larnish, 57 years old, died Saturday from a peculiar cause. Some weeks ago she was advised to place a slice of lemon on her corn. She used part of a lemon that was cut several days earlier, and the germs in the lemon caused gangrene. Her leg was amputated to save her life, but she failed to rally. THE PLANET THE DAIRY KEEPING COWS CLEAN. A Little Device Which Should Be Carefully Studied Because It's Worth Introducing. The illustration shows a cow stall in actual use. The contrivance over the shoulders of the cow in the unique feature. Cows, when urinating, naturally arch the back, and if confined by rope or stanchion, will crowd as far ahead as possible, thus allowing their waste to fall exactly where they would stand when feeding. The little device shown in the illustration in no way ```markdown ``` COW IN THE STALL interfaces with the arching of the spine, but does force the cow to draw back instead of pushing ahead; thus the gutter back of the cow matches the filth and the floor requires cleaning. There is no rule to give for the exact placing of the structure, as different breeds of cattle differ so in height and length; however, piece No. 2 should be located just back of upper point of shoulders, and from one and one-half to two inches above the back. This gives a chance for free movement and in no way interferes with the comfort of the cow. My cows are Jerseys, and frame is just 20 inches from stanchions. No. 1 is a block on which to fasten No. 2. No. 3 is the upright which should extend to the joint above, and there be fastened. No. 4 is a brace for the support of the frame, and should be nailed very firm, as the cow will break the trap if she can. No. 5 is the gutter.—Orange Judd Farmer. MAKING GOOD BUTTER. All Authorities Are Agreed That Success Depends on Proper Ripening of Cream. The all-important question of the day with creamy and dairymen is how to obtain a uniform and fine flavored butter. Nearly all investigators agree that the secret lies in the proper ripening of the cream; and when we read of the tons of low-grade butter brought into the markets daily, all owing to the fact that the negligence or ignorance as to the proper treatment of the cream lies at the root of this great fault, it appears to be a point worthy of consideration. To state the subject of starters plainly and intelligently, it is necessary to take the fundamental principle of the ripening of cream into consideration. The ripening of cream includes two features upon which the quality of the butter largely depends. These are flavor and texture. The effects of ripening with starters are far more marked upon the flavor of butter than upon the texture, for it is during this process that the characteristic flavors are developed. Cream ripening is merely a fermentation process caused by bacterial growth. This growth is controlled by temperature by which a rise from 60 degrees Fahrenheit, and not to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, induces growth and develops immense numbers of bacteria; while lowering the temperature retards growth. The action of these germs in cream results in the conversion of a part of the milk-sugar into lactic acid, and a slight formation of carbonic acid gas and a few other volatile constituents not definitely known.-Midland Farmer. Electricity and Milk The unusual number of thunderstorms last summer should have been accompanied by a large amount of sour milk, if the old belief that thunderstorms sour milk is true, but there has been no complaint on that score so far as reports show, says Hoard's Dairyman. It is certainly true that milk is frequently found sour after a severe thunderstorm, and it is natural that there should be a popular belief of relation between the two facts, but as soon as we endeavor to verify the claim by the actual trial of sweet milk by electrical discharges we find that the electricity fails to work and the milk remains sweet, for electricity in the form of sparks discharged indefinitely over the surface of milk fails to show any effect in producing acid or souring the milk. The Mixed Milk Ration Roughage is nearly the same everywhere, corn silage, cornstalks and hay. The question is what to use for a grain ration to be fed with the above kinds of roughage to produce the most milk. Most farmers have corn and oats, which they grind and feed mixed with a little bran; this does not furnish the most desirable nor the cheapest ration when production is considered. Leave out the corn entirely, as worse than useless, and substitute cottonseed meal, even at $30 per ton. By feeding four pounds bran, four pounds oats and two pounds cottonseed meal, with allage, cornstalks and hay, or even without the hay, you will get results that will be surprising—Troy (N. Y.) Times. ORCHARD MANAGEMENT Where Hogs and Poultry Are Allowed to Run, Wormy Fruit Will Be Hard to Find. The subject of spraying, using moth traps and any other means to produce better fruit, is being discussed more and more every season. Having secured several hundred trees which will soon be bearing, I have been observing and learning every possible on the subject, and have come to the following conclusion: Spraying intelligently done is the best method to pursue in order to have fruit free from worms, scab or rust and rot, but unless it is done rightly it is work and money thrown away. Among the farmers or those who do not make fruit growing a specialty, the operation is generally useless owing partly to poor machines and cheap materials used and improper time of applying the moth trap is worse than nothing, as it catches more than 50 per cent, beneficial or harmless insects and does not prevent scab and rot. I have visited several orchards where these traps were used and invariably they have had the worst lot of apples that I ever saw. The finest fruit I have found was in orchards where hogs ran and cleaned up all wormy apples and poultry was allowed free range. One orchard which I purchased had chicken coops under nearly every apple tree, and out of twenty-five barrels of Grimes there were not over three or four of wormy apples, and the same was true of other varieties; but scab was very bad and had the trees been sprayed for that trouble I believe fully 95 per cent. of the fruit would have been first class. In every instance, where many chickens were reared in the orchard the fruit was comparatively free from worms, and where both hogs and poultry were allowed free range the fruit was even better. This plan followed for a single season will not give such results, but should be followed every year so that the crop of codling-moth will be lessened each season. This plan, then, should be adopted by farmers and fruit growers, where the orchard is not too large and could be fenced and used exclusively as a poultry yard. Guineas and ducks are even better than chickens at bug catching and will pay for their keep in this way. Some crops, such as cowpeas, soy beans or oats, may be planted for the hogs and poultry and without evil effects upon the trees. In this way the orchard will be one of the most paying spots on the farm—E. B. Davis, in Prairie Farmer. COVER FOR SAP PAIL The One Here Described, Although Very Simple, Will Be Found Very Effective. During rainy and stormy weather in sugar season there is always a great deal of trouble from rain in the sap. Some farmers have covers for their buckets which dispense with any de- COVER FOR SAP BUCKET vices which may be suggested. Among the many ways suggested the following proves to be very profitable. Take a piece of board or shingle about 14 inches long and one-fourth inch thick; round one end out to fit the roundness of the tree. This may be done with a knife or small saw. Then fasten a good stiff wire at the end rounded out for the tree with small staples or cleats. Bend the wire so that it will hold tight to the tree. This will afford adequate shelter.—E. A. Hunt, in Epitomist. Raising Ginseng for Export Ginseng farming is to be tried in Indiana by a company that has just been incorporated. The promoters think there is a great field for business. The export is now more than 500,000 pounds a year. The ginseng brings over six dollars a pound. It all goes to China, where it is a specifie for all manner of ills. The report of a United States consul to that country is to the effect that millions of pounds more could be used if it could be supplied. The Indiana company proposes to plant two acres, and in a year it hopes to have its first crop. A Missouri man, it is said, made $20,000 on his first crop of an acre and a half of ground. As an evidence of the value of the root now it is said that ginseng seeds are retailing at five cents apiece, while two or three-year-old plants come at a fancy figure. The experiment of the ginseng farmers will be watched with much interest. Truly Wonderful Cow A little four-year-old was taken on a visit to grandmamma in the country. There, for the first time, he had a near view of a cow. He would stand and look on while the man milked, and ask all manner of questions. In this way he learned that the long, crooked branches on the cow's head were called horns. 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It is a part of love, not of cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. This we know, for we have learned from sad experience that any other source of life leads to- wards decay and waste.—David Starr Jordan. There is more fear than we will not hear the Lord than that the Lord will not hear us.—C. H. Spurgeon. What. Indeed? "The pen is mightier than the sword." Pray, what then can excuse it For never training on the horse Of pots what abuse it? Philadelphia Press. BE FAIR WITH PROVIDENCE. When Enumerating Things That Do Not Come to You, Count Troubles as Well as Pleasures. We may get and take this good medicine of a merry heart by counting mercles. "It ain't so hard to be contented with the things we have," she the old woman, dolefully, "it's being contented with the things we haven't that's so tryin'." "I don't know about that," said Uncle Silas; "when we begin to look at the things our neighbors have and we haven't, we always pick out just the things we want. They live in a nice house, we say, and we have only a little one. They have money and we need to count every penny. They have an easy time and we have to work. We never say: They have the typhoid fever, but it did not come near us. They have a son in the insane asylum, but our brains are sound. Staggering feet go into their grand door, but nothing worse than tired ones come home to ours at night." You see when we begin to call Providence to account for the things that don't come to us, it's only fair to take in all kinds of things." Count your mercies. There was a dear, serene old lady. Some sweet and beautiful light kept falling on her face. The lines of care and irritation could not be found in it. A woman given to frettfulness and almost annoyed at such steady placidity, asked her the secret of her content. "My dear, I keep a pleasure-book," she said. Speech went on about it and at last the pleasure-book was shown. It was filled with items like these: "Saw a beautiful lily in a window." "Talked to a bright, happy girl." "Received a kind letter from a dear friend." "Enjoyed a beautiful sunset." "Husband brought some roses home to me." "My boy out to-day for the first time after the croup." "Have you found pleasure for every day?" wistfully asked the fretful woman. "Yes, for every day, even the sad ones," was the low-toned answer. Ah, yes, keep you a pleasure book; count your mercies; so you can get and take this good medicine of a merry heart. But, after all, the best way to get and take this good medicine of a merry heart is by the cherishing of a steady faith in God. I have read how Pastor Herne carved over the lintel of his house the motto: "God is overhead. All's well."—Wayland Hoyt. "COUNT YOUR ALLIES." The Man Who Is Making the Good Fight Has Help on Every Hand. Those that are for us are more than those against us. The trouble is that we do not count our allies, while we are constantly numbering the opposing forces. First of all, there are the heavenly hests that are all on our side. It will not do to plead blindness, for the Captain of the Host is always ready to open our eyes that we may see by faith's vision who are for us. But suppose, says the Philadelphia Young People, for a moment we count our allies within sight, not ranged on the encompassing hills. Let us stop and count up all the helps to well-doing and the allied forces of right that rally about us day by day. There is the church of God on earth, with all its complex organization. Do we realize what a strong defense it offers in its restraining influences, and what a help it is in its positive effect? Even the prevalent church architecture is significant. Everyone recognizes a church building at once, and to see a house of this kind is to be reminded that God is recognized in the community, and His laws are considered binding. The presence of Christians in a community has its silent effect. We do not realize how much easier it is for each of us to do right than it would be if there were no outward symbols of God's authority where we live, and no personal representatives of His among us, in the forms of the ministers and church-members, unto whom even the lawless pay a certain respect. Public opinion is, to a degree, molded by Christianity, and by Christians, and evil-doing is at least made harder by these influences. The sound of the church bell, the echo of holy songs, the establishment of philanthropic institutions, such as heathen countries never know, the prevalence of Bibles and good books and helpful printed pages everywhere, all serve as aids to right living and strengthen and countenance us in every good work. Let us count our allies. A Practical Creed. Some of the greatest questions with which humanity has ever had to deal, says the Century, are still to be settled—are, indeed, pressing down upon our own time and day with startling actuality. Now, indeed, is the time for the Christian ideals and precepts of purity, of brotherhood, of kindness, of truthfulness, of fair dealing, of charity, to be kept in sight and mind, in international relations, in the relation of races, in the relations between employers and employed—in a word, throughout the entire world of affairs. It is a practical man, a student of economics—Hon. Carroll D. Wright—who makes the following remarkable statement: "I believe that in the adoption of the philosophy of the religion of Jesus Christ as a practical creed for the conduct of business life, the easiest and speediest solution of those industrial difficulties which are exciting the minds of men to-day anleading many to think that the crisis of government is at hand." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. CAPTURE OF JOHN MORGAN. How the Southern Freebooster and His Men Were Taken by Colonel Shackelford. By the arrival of the Cleveland & Pittsburg train one morning we were placed in possession of the particulars of the closing scenes of John Morgan's great steeplechase through the Hoosier and Buckeye states, says the Cleveland Herald. Gen. Brooks, commanding the department, had gone to Wellsville and established his headquarters in the Cleveland & Pittsburg depot, where he was assigned by the managing owners of the road, who had placed the transportation and telegraphic resources at his disposal. Finding that there was a probability that Morgan would cross the road at Salineville, a train of cars was sent up the road about six o'clock Sunday morning, with a regiment of Pennsylvania infantry, under command of Col. Gallagher. These were disembarked at Salineville and marched to a point about two miles distant, where the confederates were expected to cross. The infantry were posted on some rising ground commanding the road, with orders to prevent Morgan's passage. In a short time the expected troops made their appearance, coming around a bend in the road. On catching sight of the infantry, they halted and turned their horses' heads in another direction. Before they could get out of the trap in which they found themselves, Maj. Wray, with 250 men of the Ninth Michigan cavalry, dashed among them and commenced cutting right and left. The Johnnies made but a brief resistance. A few shots were fired by them and the whole party broke in confusion. Men dismounted, threw down their arms and begged for quarter, while others galloped around wildly in search of a place of escape, and were "brought to time" by a pistol shot or saber stroke. Morgan himself was riding in a carriage. Maj. Wray saw him, and galloping up, reached for him. Morgan jumped out at the other side of the carriage, leaped over a fence, seized a horse and galloped off as fast as horsefish, spurred on by frightened heels, could carry him. About a couple of hundred of his men succeeded in breaking away and following their fugitive leader. In the carriage thus hastily "evacuated," by Morgan were found his "rations," consisting of a loaf of bread, some hard boiled eggs and a bottle of whisky. Morgan and the remainder of his forces pressed three citizens of Salineville into their service as guides, and continued their flight on the New Lisbon road. One of the guides made his escape, and rode back, conveying intelligence of the route taken. Forces were immediately dispatched from Wellsville to head him off, another force followed "BROUGHT TO TIME." in his rear, and a third came down from New Lisbon to meet him. About two o'clock in the afternoon these various detachments closed in around Morgan in the vicinity of West Point. The confederates were driven to a bluff, from which there was no escape, Morgan, with the remainder of his gang, surrendered to Col. Shackelford. Thus ended the peregrinations of John Morgan, the Raider. The Lord Gave Him Both. Three northerners who were traveling in the south visited Richmond, Va., among other places, and asking as to the use and purpose of this or that building, were told in every case that it was a tobacco factory. An aged negro gave them the greater part of the information in one neighborhood; and they, finally tiring of the monotony of the reply, pointed to a white frame building on a hill and asked whose tobacco factory it was. The old fellow peered very steadily at the building and then replied: "Dat, sah, am no fact'ry. Dat am S'm John's 'Piscopal church, where Marse Patrick Henry done get up an axe of Lawd to gib him liberty or gib him deaf." "Well, uncle," asked one of the trio, "which did the Lord give him?" "Pars to me, yo' must, indeed, be strangers hareabouts!" he answered. "Else, it strikes me, yo' know dat, in due time, de Lawd gabe Marse Henry bole." Fall Limit. Jenkins—What I told you was that Dr. Price-Price never insisted upon a fee for his advice from those who couldn't afford to pay him. Markley — Well, when he got through with me he asked me if I had any money, and I said "Yes." "Well?" "Well," he said, "I'll take it."—Philadelphia Press. Feminine Intuition. He—Do you believe that love is blind? She—Yes. But it can smell the cloves on a man's breath just the same.—Cincinnati Courier. Tiffington—Yes, I am. I've begun to think that I look young for my years. —Brooklyn Life. But It Did. Tommy—Did paw say it hurt him worse than it did you? Johnny—Nope; but it did, cuz while he wuz whalin' me I stepped on his corn. —Indianapolis Sun. THE WHITE FRONT PRINTING HOUSE 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. 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BEFORE MAKING Your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of Refrigerators, Mattings, Oil-Cloths, And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROOKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. THE PLANET SATURDAY.....MARCH. 7, 1963 TEMPERANCE NOTES Rev. M. M. Parkhurst, a Chicago Preacher, Asks Employers to Use Cash. "Please do not pay your employees with bank checks," is the latest cry of Chicago's reform element. In a folder neatly printed Rev. M. M. Parkhurst has appealed to every manufacturing firm in Chicago not to aid the maloonkeepers by issuing checks instead of money to their workers on pay day. "We find," says the folder, "that the custom of paying your employees in checks is a serious cause of drunkenness. Large numbers of saloonkeepers by cashing these checks get your employees into their places and put them under obligation to patronize their bars. Many men get trusted for drinks until pay day because they agree to bring in their checks and after paying up the score they begin to drink and spend all their money, going home empty-handed to abuse their families. Hundreds of minors take their first glass when the saloonkeepers cash their checks. Can you arrange some way to pay your employees in cash and help us keep them out of saloons?" HOW IT CAN BE DONE. JUST A STRONG PULL, A LONG PULL, AND A PULL ALTOGETHER, AND OVER HE GOES. A. PLAIN TALK. Some Terse Comments on Danger Into Which the Man Who Drinks Connatantly Runs. Not every man who gets drunk commits murder. But every man who gets drunk commits suicide—to a degree. The drink shortens his life and weakens his powers, mental and physical. And every man who gets drunk is apt to commit murder or any other crime that when sober seems to him beinous and impossible. Any man who puts his manhood aside and puts the devil in charge of himself is taking mighty big chances. He is trifling with his own life and the lives of others perhaps near end dear to him. A word misunderstood by the befuddled brain, an insult or a grievance born in the disordered passions or in the degraded imagination, a weapon at hand—and the thing is done. It is not the man who does it; it is the demon in the drink. The man who deliberately puts that demon in control of himself never knows what it will do with him.—Des Moines Daily News. ITEMS. In the province of Ontario, Canada, a vigorous campaign bearing on the liquor traffic is now well under way. Eutire prohibition of the traffic is not aimed at, but the purpose is to abolish the barroom, and with it the treating custom. The managers of the public school system in Belgium some years ago adopted a very practical way of helping the temperance movement in that country by setting apart a certain day each year, known as "pledge day" in the schools, when the parents are requested to attend, and each scholar who has reached 12 years of age is invited to take a pledge of total abstinence from intoxicants for eight years. An interesting case of convulsions due to the excessive use of tea as a beverage was recently treated in a New York hospital. The patient, a woman aged 46 years, began when very young using several cups of tea at each meal and for the last few years has taken on an average 20 cups a day. Signs of kidney failure and uremic symptoms came on, ending in convulsions and finally come. The patient had never used alcohol—Journal of Inebriety. The Drink and the Bite "The free lunch," it is sometimes said, "is the redeeming feature of the saloon." Hear what Mrs. Chaunqey Dopew says about it: "The free lunch is largely responsible for the enslavement of young men to drink: As sure as a man eats a free lunch, just so sure will he be a drinking man, unless he is possessed of rare self-control. A man makes a drink and a bite. The bite makes him thirsty and the drink makes him hungry, and many a man who would leave a saloon after hav- ing imbibed one drink, will stick all day as long as the free lunch is there. It isn't the drink that keeps him, but the ingenious make-up of the free lunch, and that's why I say it's a blotch on civilization and should be wiped out." SOME STRANGE FACTS. Reasons Sometimes Advanced for Indifference to the Great Temperance Movement. "Our work is to make men Christians and they will be able to resist the temptation to drink." This was the reply of a pastor to our request that he help in the temperance work. Let us examine this statement. While we pride ourselves in being a great Christian people, we are a nation noted for its drunkenness. There are vast portions of the human family who know nothing about Christianity, yet they know as little about the evils of drunkenness. Why? Because there is no drinking. Strange as it may seem, the Brahmin, Buddhist and Mohammedan religions, considered as pagan and false religions, absolutely prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of intoxicating drinks, the curse of nations and religions; while by nations claiming to possess the pure and true religion, this curse is legalized and perpetuated. Strange as it may seem, while the people of pagan nations are renowned for their sobriety, the people of Christian nations are notorious for their drunkenness, and whenever Christian nations have sought by commerce and missions to civilize and Christianize peoples the drink evil has been introduced and proved a curse. We lay it down as a rule to uphold Christianity, but when our brethren speak foolishly we cannot allow it to pass. Dr. Cummings in one of his famous lectures on miracles says: "The secret of temperance is not in the cellar, but in the heart of the landlord of the wine cellar. A Christian man will not become intoxicated if he drinks from a cask. A drunkard will become intoxicated if he drinks from a bottle. It is not in the quantity before you that the element of temperance is, but in the grace of God that has been planted in you." A Christian man will not become inoxicated if he drinks from a cask! As well tell us that a Christian man will not burn himself if he put his hand into a flame, or will not be poisoned if he takes a dose of arsenic. His Christianity will be no protection from the fiery elements of the poisonous substance in either case. It will not do to assert that your Christianity will prevent you from becoming intemperate if you continue to use these drinks. It did not protect Noah, it did not protect Lot. Nor thousands of others who once stood high in the Christian church. Let it ever be borne in mind that alcoholic liquor touches the stomach, the head, and the heart. And it operates on the stomach, the head and the heart of the Christian as it does on the poorest infidel. In its operation alcoholic liquor has power to drive the grace of God from the heart. In Northumberland there is a farm where John Wesley and his followers preached the Gospel for 40 years. The last record of the farmer and his family was, five sons came under the power of Divine truth, and bright hopes were entertained for their usefulness and salvation. Alas! the bottle drove the Bible from the farmer's table, the preachers from the farm, and the sons to dishonor and to ruin. In every sense alcohol touches the heart, and in its work it leaves it as hard and destitute of all proper action as a bit of clay. Because of the prevalence of alcoholic liquor the grace of God has never had a fair chance. Hence we strive to sweep it from the land, and especially from Christian favor and support. And in this as in every enterprise undertaken for the benefit of mankind, the Christian minister has a part, and a very important part to perform—National Advocate. Women Who Drink. A writer in a medical journal utters a severe indictment against the society woman in the matter of alcoholic indulgence. Among the wealthier and higher classes, he maintains, the habit has become almost universal, and this pernicious example has rapidly extended through the various social substrata, for it is human nature to imitate the actions of those who are better favored, and a bad example, like bad news, travels fast. The exhausting effects of the demands of society upon its devotees creates a desire for stimulant. Once a taste, it becomes a difficult matter for women to refuse, should she desire, when offered to her in a new and tempting form, until soon an alcoholic stimulant is essential to her neurotic constitution, and the daily potion becomes a fixed habit. A spirit of recklessness in young women to imitate in secret this vice of the male sex is not infrequently a cause for the beginning of alcoholic indulgence, and for the continuance of which opportunities are easily obtainable. So prevalent, indeed, has it that there are but few, young women of the better classes in the cities who are not familiar with the taste and effects of alcoholic stimulants, and too frequently the so-called attacks of nervous prostration among women are but the effects of alcoholic indulgenoes.—Scotsman. Temperance in Prunia The new Prussian minister for works and railways, Gen. Budde, has instructed the chief officials of the Prussian state railways to take every opportunity of inserting in all contracts for buildings classes calculated to diminish the consumption of spirits by the workmen. The contractors will be required to see that an adequate supply of temperance drinks, especially pure water, coffee and tea, are available, and are to do their best to check the sale of spirits—Berlin Correspondent of London Standard. What We're Coming To. Lakeide—Why are Mr. and Mrs. Wedgain holding a reception? Porker—They're celebrating their silver divorce. N. Y. Herald. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. CHEERED ON BY LOVE. New Jersey Couple Tramped Ten Miles in a Cold, Beating Rain to Be Married. When love gets itself into condition to do things it laughs at a good deal more than locksmiths. That is what George Washington Allen and Gertrude Jarvis thought when they made up their minds that matrimony was about their fit. The couple are residents of Cross Keys, N. J., and they TRAMPED TO GLASSBOBO had "kept company" for ever so long. When the decision to get married took full possession of them a few days ago they looked out upon a cold, beating rain and realized that to reach Glassboro and a minister they would have to travel five miles afoot, because they had no conveyance of any sort, and they needed all the money the hire of such a conveyance might cost. "Can you walk the distance?" asked George Washington of his loved one. "I sh'd think I could, honey," replied Miss Jarvis in her most winning way. Out in the rain and the chill northeast wind, which beat in their faces the entire distance, the couple trudged to Glassbro, found Rev. S. M. Nichols at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage, and were quickly made one, bedraggled as they were. Then, hand in hand and very happy, Mr. and Mrs. Allen trudged over the five miles home. Elephants Are Dying Out. The number of elephants in the world is fast decreasing. In 1855 there were about 370,000. Now there are less than 10,000. True Blue. Customer—This milk looks rather blue. Milkman—Blue! You ought to have seen it before the boss put the chalk in.—N. Y. Journal. The Easiest Way. Hewitt—How do you spell—? Jewett—I don't spell it; I just dictate it to my stenographer.—Brooklyn Life. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SOUTHERN RAILWAY Schedule in Effect Nov. 30. 1902 Trains Leave and Arrive 14th St. Station 7:00 A. m., No. 7 Danville, ... Charlotte, and all local stations seasonally served to Lynnburg, also with D. & W. Ry for Martinsville and stations on that line at Greensboro for all stations east and west. 12:50 p. m., No. 13 limited train daily for Jack, senville and all Florida points: Havana, senville etc., Connects at Moseley, with Farmville at Durham, with Greenboro for Durham, Raleigh and Winston-Salem; at Danville, with No. 55 daily for New Orleans and points South which carries sleeps to New Orleans, Columba, Savannah and Jacksonville Draymond, drawing to Atlanta and Birmingham. Through coach for Chase City, Oxford and Durham. Through train, with Sleeper, Station to Memphis, Dining-Car Service. 11:35 p. m. No. 11, Southern Express, daily for Atlanta, Angela, Jacksonville, and Orlando. South Sleeper for Danville, Dumbo through Baltimore, Washington, open at Richmond 9:30 p. M. Connection with New York and Florida Express and Southwestern Limited, which covers through to Austin, Yankee, Yannah, Jacksonville, Tampa, Nashville, Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, etc. Complete Dining-Car Service. Also Parking Sleeper Monday, wednesday and Friday to San Francisco, without change, with connections for all points in Texas, Mexico and California. 6:00 p. m. No. 17, local daily, except Sunday, for Keswick and intermediate points. TRAINS AKR1VE IN RICHMOND. 6:55 a. m. From Atlanta, Angela, Jacksonville, Ashville and all points South. 8:40 a. m. from Keysville and local stations. 8:25 p. m. from Durham, Charlotte, Danville and intermediate stations. LOCAL FREIGHT. Nos. 61 and 62 between Manchester and Neapoils. YORK RIVER LINE, VIA WEST POINT. THE FAVORITE ROUTE NORTH. Baltimore and York-river landing at 2:15 p. m. No 10 daily except Sundays, local airline stations, intermediate stations, Connects with intermediate for Walkabout and Tappahannock. 5:00 A. m., No. 74, local mixed. Leaves daily, except Sunday for West Point and intermediate stations, connecting with stage at the baner for Walkerton and Tempahannan. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 9:15 A. m., No 15 daily from West Point, with connection from Baltimore, except Kensington. 10:45 A. m. No. 9 daily except Sundays and Mondays. 4:50 P. daily except Sundays, from West Point and intermediate stations. Nos. 15 and 16 will make no stop between Richmond and Quinton. West Point 5:25 p. daily except Sundays. Steamers call at Gloucester Point and Clay-bank. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and Yorktown and Almonds Tuesday and Friday. G. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., 920 E. Main st., Richmond, Va. S. H. HARDWICK G. P. A., O. B. AOKER, General Manager, Washington, D. C. ALPHEUS SCOTT, CHURCH HILL FUNERAL DIRECTOR ... AND EIBALMER. Open Day and Night Office and Workshops 1996 F. St., Chisel Hill Odessa by Telegraph and Telephone apparently attended to. All business concerned. Old Phone no. 3183. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE AND ARKEY NEW MAIN-S. STATION. FEBRUARY 1st. 1903. LEAVE RICHMOND. 10:30 a.m. Daily - For Lynchburg, Lexington, and Clifton Forges; except Sunday to October 14th, Albercear and New Oustle, Porlur car. 5:15 p.m. - Except Sunday. To Bremo. **ARRIVE.** PENNIBULA DIVISION - From Norfolk and Old Point, arrive, 10:30 a.m. daily; and 8:30 p.m., daily, 11:45 a.m., and 7:20 p.m. Sun. MAIN LINE. From Cincinnati the west 8:15 a.m., daily; and 3:30 p.m. daily, 7:15 p.m. except Sunday. Local 8:30; a.m., except Sunday. JAMES RIVER DIVISION - 8:35 p.m. daily and 8:40 a.m. except Sunday. Apply to 8:30 a.m. East Main, street, 903 east Main Street Hotel and Main Street Station for further information, rates, tickets and Pullman Reservation. W O. WARTHEN, DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENT. C. E. DOYLE, H. W. FULLER, GEN'L M'G'R, GEN'L P. A. Norfolk and Western R. R. Nov. 20th, 1908 LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 A. m. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at enburg, Waverley and Suffolk. Stops at Wakefield only to let off passengers hit tickets from Richmond and Petersburg. 9:30 A. m. THE CHICAGO EXPRESS, for Burgundy Roanoke, Columbus Chicagoland and Car Petersburg to Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke to Columbus and Blissville to Knoxville. Pullman Knoxville and Chattanooga. Pull- Sleeper Roanoke to Knoxville. 8:00 P. m. Ocean Shore Limited. Arrives Norfolk 8:30 P. m. M. Stops only at Porssberg Washington. Arrives Norfolk with folk with Steamers to Boston, Providence, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 6:56 P. m. for Suffolk, Norfolk and interm mediate stations. Arrives at Norfolk 10:40 P. m. 9:35 P. m. for Lynchburg, and Roanoke. Con- tinues service to Baltimore and Chattanooga Limited. Pullman Skeeper Lynchburg to Memphis and Ramsey. Cafe, Parker and Observation Cars for Ramsey. Pullman Skeeper between Richmond and Lynchburg. Bursis ready for occupancy. 10:40 P. m. Pullman Skeeper Petersburg and Roanoke. Trains arrive Richmond from Lynchburg and the West daily 7:35 A.M. 2.00 p. m. and 8:15 A. m. from Norfolk and the East at 11:10 A. m. 11:25 A. m. and 6:50 P. m. Office $88 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. 9:00 a. m., NORFOLK LIMITED. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 9:08 a. M., Norfolk, 11:20 a. m. Stops only at Petersburg, Waverley, and Suffolk. 8:30 a. m., DENVER. Arrives Petersburg 9:13 a. m., Weldon, 11:22 a. M., Emperia 10:23 a. m., Payetteville 4:35 P. M., Charleston 11:15 p. m., Savannah 3:00 P. M., Jacksonville 9:05 a. m., Tupelo 7:30 P. M., Connects at Wilson with No.49, arriving Goldsboro, 2:55 p. m., Wilmington 5:45 p. m., Pullman Heeper New York to Jacksonville, 2:50 P. M. Daily, arriving Petersburg 1 P. M. Connects with Norfolk and Western railroad for Roanoke and inter mediate points. Stop at Drewry's Blade, Columbia and at Waverley. 8:00 p. m., OCEAN SHORE LIMITED. Daily Arrives at Petersburg 8:30 P. M., Norfolk 5:20 P. M. Stops only at Petersburg Waverley, and Suffolk. 4:10 p. m. Daily, except Sunday. Arrives Petersburg, 4:33 p. m., Weldon 6:54 p. m., Rocky Mount 6:10 P. M. Makes all inter- 5:56 P M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 7 p. m., Makes all stops. 6:56 P M. FLORIDA & WEST INDIAN LIMBING 7 p. m., M. Connects with Norfolk & Western for Norfolk and intermediate points; P M. M. M. (Connects with Athens and Durham, Emporia and Lawrenceville). Wodson 9:09 P M. M. Wilmington 10:10 a. m. M. M. M. Wilmington 10:10 a. m. A.M. Savannah 7:58 A.M. Jacksonville 1:09 P M. Tampa 10:30 P M. Po'Tamp 10:30 P M. NATIONAL LINE TO MIDDLE GEORGIA POINTS.-Arriving Augusta 8:26 A.M. Mason 11:38 A.M. Atlanta 1:00 P M. Pulman Sleeper New York to Wilmington, Charleston, Jacksonville, Augusta and Mason. Dining-car service. 9:35 P M. Daily. Arrives Petersburg 10:35 P M. Western railway, arriving 5 Lynchburg 2:45 A.M. Roanoke 4:46 a. m. Brisle 3:45 P M. Pulman Sleeper Richmond to Brooksville. 11:30 P. M. Daily, Arrives Petersburg 12:10 A. M. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 4:00 A. M. Daily, From Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Atlanta, Macon, Annapolis and Portsmouth. 8:00 A. M. Daily, except Sunday, Petersburg local. 11:10 A. M. Daily, except Sunday from Rocky Mount intermediate stations, Norfolk and Suffolk. 11:42 A. M. Daily, From Norfolk, Suffolk and Petersburg. 2:00 P. M. Daily, From Petersburg Roanoke and intermediate points. 6:30 P. M. Daily, From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Petersburg. 1:40 P. M. Daily, From Monmouth, Part Champs, Jacksonville, Savannah, Champs, Wilmington, Goldboro, and all points south. 12:30 P. M. Daily, From Petersburg, Lynchburg and West. H. M. EMMERSON. [Traffic Manager] W. J. ORAIG. General Passenger Agent. C. S. CAMPBELL. Division Passenger Art. 838 E. Main St. The Greatest Offer Yet! JUST WHAT THE LADIES WANT. 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JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Publisher, THE PLANET: Please find enclosed $1.50 for the Plan one year, which you will send to the following address: NAME..... STREET..... CITY OR TOWN..... COUNTY, STATE..... closed photograph which I desire inserted in medallion or bottom. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY 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 NOV33, 1902 TRAINS LEAVE RICHmOND—mAIN ST. STATION—DAILY. No. 27 No. 31. 2.15 P. M. 10.27 P. M.—Lv Richmond. 2.58 P. M. 10.27 P. M.—Lv Petersburg. 2.58 P. M. 11.58 A. M.—Lv Raleigh. 9.35 P. M. 11.58 A. M.—Lv Hammett. 9.35 P. M. 7.38 A. M.—Lv Hamlet. 7.38 A. M. 4.00 P. M.—Ar. Atlanta. 1.15 A. M. 11.20 A. M.—Ar. Columbia. 12.20 A. M. 10.26 A. M.—Lv Columbia. 12.20 A. M. 10.26 A. M.—Lv Columbia. 4.55 A. M. 2.35 P. M.—Ar. Savannah. 9.15 A. M. 7.00 P. M.—Ar. Jacksonville. 11.25 A. M. 10.30 P. M.—Ar. Jacksonville. 6.00 P. M. 8.45 A. M.—Ar. Tampa. 6.00 P. M. 7.00 P. M.—Lv Charlotte. 12.21 A. M. 10.30 P. M.—Lv Greenwood. 3.25 A. M. 12.35 A. M.—Lv Greenwood 5.58 A. M 3.00 P. M.—Lv Athens. 7.35 A. M 4.00 P. M.—Ar. Atlanta. 11.25 A. M. 7.30 P. M.—Ar. Macon. 6.25 P. M 9.20 P. M.—Ar. Montgomery. 2.58 A. M. 1.25 A. M.—Monte. 6.55 P. M. 1.25 A. M.—New Nashville. 8.20 A. M. 8.20 A. M.—Ar. Memphis. Train No. 35 leaves Richmond 9:00 A. m. daily for Petersburg. Norlina, N. C., and all inter- esting points. Train leaves Henderson 2.02 P. M. and Raleigh 3.43 P. m. daily, and Durham 4.00 P. m. daily excels Sunday leaves Jacksonville for all Florida East coast points. At Tampa for Havana and all points in Cuba. A. Atlanta for Mont- gomery, New Orleans for all points inTexas, New Orleans, also for Chattanooga, Nashville, and at Miami. TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND-DAILY. 6:35 A.M. No 34 | From all points South. 4:55 P.M. No 66 | and Southwest. 5:45 P.M. No 36, Noralina, N. C., Petersburg and local points. 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Address, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N.4th St., Richmond, Va. RE PLANET SATURDAY.....MARCH 7, 19C HORTICULTURE Minnesota Gardener Describes a Heating Plan That Has Proved Quite Satisfactory. The hotbed that must depend on fermenting manure for its heat is not always satisfactory. Not only is it difficult to regulate the temperature, but the heat sometimes becomes extinct at a stage when the plants are sorely in need of it. I made an excavation five or six feet on the surface, and about a foot deep. Lengthwise along this space were laid three rows of tiling, one along the center, and one about a foot from each side. The tiles were four inches inside measure, and one foot long. These were placed end to end, so as to fit close- HEATED HOTBED COMPLETE. ly, and earth was pressed around them so as to hold every piece exactly in place. Then the excavation was filled with rich soil until level with the surface, excepting at the ends the tiles were left bare for a few inches. The board frame, 5 by 15 feet, was next put in place, so as to leave six inches of each row of tiles projecting beyond the ends of the frame, as shown in smaller cut. At the east ends of the bed, a hole was dug three by four feet on surface, and two feet deep. In this hole a crude fireplace was made of loose brick, and the flue was connected with the three ends of projecting tile. At the west end of the frame a brick chamber was made into which the three tiles LAY OF THE TILES. entered, giving them a common flue for outlet. The top of this chamber was closely covered, excepting a six-inch circular hole, into which a single length of stovepipe was fitted. A sloping door was hung over the fireplace cavity to keep out rain; and the earth was raised high enough to prevent surface water from running into the hole. Soil was banked about the frame and the glass sash put in place. It took six sashes 29 by 60 inches, to cover the frame, and I happened to have on hand six old storm window sashes of that size. Of course the sashes sloped to the south in the usual way. When fire was kindled in the fireplace the smoke came freely from the oatpipe. The tiles were covered with soil to a depth of about six inches. With a good fire, I could quickly warm up the earth on the coldest days of spring. And when once well heated the earth and tilting held the heat for a long time, provided the draft was closed. Unlike beds heated with manure, the heat supply could here be regulated to suit the demand of the prevailing weather.—C. L. Hill, in Farm and Home. SOIL FOR POTATOES It Should Be Light So That It Will Offer But Slight Resistance to Rapid Growth. Potatoes may be grown on a variety of soils; but the most important factor in growing them successfully, after the proper selection of tubers for seeding, is the selection of the kind of soil best adapted to them. Soil in a pulverized state, so light that it will offer but small resistance to the growth of the tubers, should be selected. The ground should be well drained, and have a supply of organic matter sufficient to keep it in a state of moisture, which is necessary to the normal growth of the potato. Plowing under green crops and adding well rooted farm manures will render almost any kind of soil suitable for growing this crop; while newly cleared lands are adapted to some varieties of the potato; as the soil is in a mechanically favorable state to its growth, and has a liberal supply of organic matter, which continues till cultivation exhausts it from the soil. The mechanical condition of the soil is of much importance; as its natural fertility and artificial fertilization will, to a great extent, supply the deficiency of this organic quality, if the soil is in a condition to furnish the necessary moisture. Experience in growing this crop teaches that one year, or two years at most, is as long as this crop should be without change grown on a piece of ground, because the plant food suited to the potato by that time becomes exhausted, and then the germs of disease from the scabby tubers will remain in the soil, and they must be starved out by changing the crop to that which will not support these particular germs.—Frank Monroe Beverly in Epitomist. Pearl Pudding. Cook together four or five minutes one-half cupful of sugar and four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch in a pint of sweet milk. Stir in one cupful of one coatant (the fresh, if possible), and flavor with vanilla. Add fully beaten whites of three eggs and corn into a ring mold. When tit fills the center with chilled and whi- cream—Boston Globe. Forearmed. She—This is the restaurant and one always has to wait so long. He—You know the reason, don't you? "No, why?" "Their prices are so high that they can't afford to serve any dish without first looking up the financial rating of the customer."—The New Yorker. POPE LEO'S JUBILEE POPE LEO'S JUBILEE 75,000 People Crowd St. Peter's to Pay Respect to Pontiff. DAZZLING SCENE IN CATHEDRAL Pope's Appearance Was Greeted With a Tremendous Roar of Welcome. Blessings Bestowed On Many—Pontiff Well Pleased With Demonstration Rome, March 4.—From sunrise yesterday all Rome was on the alert and showing most unusual animation and interest in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the coronation of Pope Leo XIII. The scene on the plazzi of St. Peter's was magnificent. There were assembled many hundreds of Italian troops in various modern uniforms, making a striking contrast with the medeaval costumes of the Swiss Papal Guard, on duty at the bronze doors of the cathedral. The crowds which gathered before the first cordon of troops were impatient as they stood dripping under the persistent rain. When the doors of St. Peter's were opened an almost indescribable struggle occurred, in which the immense crowd pushed and elbowed desperately to reach the interior of the cathedral. The crush was so great that many women fainted. Fully 75,000 were in the hall when the ceremonies began. There were about 1,000 Americans present. At 11 o'clock precisely the great bell of St. Peter's rang out a signal, which was followed by the clanging of the bells of about 500 churches in Rome as they sounded the announcement that the Pontiff was on his way to the Basilica. The life of the ancient city seemed to pause for a moment, hats were raised, and the sign of the cross was made. Shortly afterwards, inside St. Peter's, silver trumpets blared out their message and the Pontiff appeared. The people held their breath for a moment, and then all the pent-up enthusiasm burst forth in a tremendous roar of welcome. From his elevation on the new Sodia Gestorilia, carried by 12 men in costumes of red brocade, flanked by the famous flabelli (spreading feather fans), and surmounted by a white and gold canopy, the Pope appeared to be more than a human being. He seemed to be a white spirit, this impression being added to by the Pontiff's white robes and white mitre, delicate features, face white as alabaster, and his thin hand moving slowly in benediction. When the Pope arrived at the throne the ceremony proceeded rapidly. Leaving the Sedia Gestatoria, the Pontiff knelt and prayed, and then rose without assistance, donned the falda, and the new triple crown, and the celebration of the mass began. At the moment of the elevation of the host a profound silence fell on the assemblage, the guards presented arms, the people knelt, where it was possible for them to do so, and from the copula came the clear, thin sounds of silver trumpets, giving the idea of heavenly music. The Pope then administered the Papal benediction, and retired to a room for restoratives, prepared on purpose every time he goes to St. Peter's. There, addressing Dr. Lappon, his private physician, the Pontiff said: "You see that after all your warnings the ceremony did me good. What touching loyalty!" When the Pope returned to the Vatican from the Basilica he resumed his place on the Sedia Gestatoria and was carried throughout the whole length of the cathedral, rising erect many times to bestow blessings, while many princes, cardinals, diplomatists and bishops bowed low and the crowd saluted him frantically. The ceremony in St. Peter's Cathedral lasted two hours and a quarter, and although it was noticeable that Pope Leo felt the effects of his recent cold, all were surprised to see how well he seemed. His voice was strong, his gestures vigorous, and the frantic cheering which greeted his arrival and departure gave him visible pleasure and brought a faint tinge of color to his face. When the Pope reached his apartments he wished to discuss the ceremony and give his impressions of it, but his physician insisted on complete quiet, on which the Pontiff exclaimed: "The demonstration today has been so affecting. It surpassed all my expectations. I am completely satisfied. There was no note of discord." Prominent Mason Dead Cumberland, Md., March 4. — Dr. Charles H. Ohr, the oldest past grandmaster Mason in the world, died here yesterday at the age of 93. He was at one time a prominent physician, and was the author of several books. General W. F. Smith Dead Philadelphia, March 2. — General William Farrar Smith, better known as "Baldy" Smith, one of the prominent figures of the Civil War, died at his home in this Saturday night, He was in his 80th year, and was born in St. Albans, Vt. He entered Wort Point at the age of 17, and when the Civil War broke out he was made commander of the third Vermont Regiment. He rose rapidly and became one of the leading figures in that struggle. General Smith's death, it is said, reduces the number of living corps commanders of the Civil War to four. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Plended Gullity, of Course. A French mayor, who at one time held the office of stipendiary magistrate, was about to perform the civil service of marriage. "Mademoiselle X——" he said, addressing the bride, "do you agree to to Mr. Z——" here present, for your assisted husband?" And, after the young lady had replied in the affirmative, the mayor, turning to the bridegroom, delivered himself as follows: "Prisoner at the bar, what have you to say in your defence?"—Tit-Bits. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Feb. 14, 1903. Robert Smith vs. Nanny Smith. In Chancery. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorcee a vinculum matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is not a resident of the State of Virginia it is ordered that she appear here within fifteen days after due publication hereof and do what is necessary to protect her interest in this suit. SEA AIR LINE Short line to pr southwest, Florida, and Mexico, reach SCHEDULE IN TRAINS LEAVE STATION—DA 10:28 p.m. cabs slowly Pull Savannah 9 m., St. Angus Henderson, Hamble, Co. The Oxford. It was the woman's custom to spank her boy with her slipper at frequent intervals. "There is nothing quite like an Oxford training," she would explain to visitors.—Puck. Strangers Now. Homer—So you and Mrs. Nextdoor are not on speaking terms? I thought you were bosom friends? Mrs. Homer—So we were until we exchanged domestics.—Chicago Daily News. All-Around Vindication Henley—Smith and Jones each called the other a liar. Have they given each other satisfaction yet? Digby—Yea. Henley—With fists or pistols? Digby—No; they left it to a committee of two of Jones' friends and two of Smith's to say who was the liar and the committee was evenly divided. —Tit-Bits. An Expert Opinion. Cohen (to fellow traveler)—Vot line of goots do you represent, mein friend? Dr. Dippem (stifly)—Well, sir, I am collecting funds to send to our foreign missionaries. Cohen—You've got best end of that job!—N. Y. Times Richmond Vs Union University. DEBATE—Resolved, That "The Future Success of the Race depends upon Emigration." Other literary features. Benefit of Old Folks' Home. Tuesday, March 17th, 8 p. m. Admission: 25cts. and 35cts. T. W. TAYLOR, R' J. KYLES, Managers. 3-7-2t He Chased a GHOST —THAT GREAT LECTURE— YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS IT. Rev. D. Webster Davis will appear at True Reformers Hall, Monday night, March 16th to lecture upon the famous subject— "THE GHOSTS I HAVE CHASED" For the benefit of Young People's Club. Building fund of Mount Carnel Baptist Church. In connection with the lecture there will be an excellent musical programme rendered. Don't fail to hear White's famous QUARTETTE. Admission, 10 cents. 3t Some of the best Spellers in Richmond and Manchester will be in the Spelling Match at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in the 3rd Annual Carnival commencing Monday night, the 9th inst. H. F. Jonathan Fish Oysters & Produce 120 N. 17th St., RICHMOND, VA. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance Phone, 752. 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 O. T. Fletcher. Philippi, P. O.. Barbour Co., W. Va. OSLINE THE GREAT HAIR POMADE Has no equal for Straightning, Growing and Dressing the hair. It will remove every curl from the hair and make it perfectly emasculate. It will restow the hair to its original color; stop it from breaking off and fall- ing out. OSLINE will make the hair as soft as silk and start a luxuriant growth. It is prepared from the finest ingredients and is prefectly harmless. Price 500.cp. bottle or 3 bottles for $1.25. Face Bleach. Our bleach removes freckles, pimples and blemishes the face two to four whithes brighter in ten days. We guarantee a beautiful clear transparent complexion to all who will use this world known lotion. It has no equa any sort of irritation. It is soft and as a babies skin. Try it and be convinced. Price 560. per bottle or 3 betties for $1.25. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS or you can order direct from us. Send money order for goods. Address VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, Feb. 14. The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii by the plaintiff from the defendant. An affidavit having made and filed that the defendant is not a resident of the city where it is located that she appear here within fifteen days after due publication hereof and do what is necessary to protect her interest in this suit. A copy Teste:— P. P. Winston, E. M. Roscher, Pq. Clerk. To Near Me. Take notice that I shall on the 31st day of March, 1903, at the office of M. M. Roscher, 128 W. Clay street, in the city of Richmond, Va., between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the city of Richmond, Va., wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day, or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. Very low rate Colonist mixed class tickets via Southern Railway to the South and Southwest. During the months of February, March and April the Southern Railway will sell mixed class Colonist tickets to California, Texas, Mexico, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington at very low rates. For detailed information inquire of any Southern Railway Agent or write C. W, Westbury, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. The Speaking in the Prize Contest in the Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, on Tuesday night next will be participated in by many of the finest speakers that can be found in this city and Manchester. In recognition of the very fine Musical talent which shall grace the 3rd Annual Carnival at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church this week, commencing Monday night, the 9th, the Cable Co., of the Musical Arts Center, the est pianos with an extra instrumental attachment, for the use of the Quartettes and Quintetts. THE TRAVELS OF A letter to the queen's confessor, Fernando de Talavera, is given to Columbus, and, leaving his son to the care of the worthy friar, he repairs to the Castilian court at Cordova. (Solution to last week's puzzle:—Invert the cap on the on the wall, outlined by right arm and left. 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