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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOL. XXI NO. 4. ANOTHER UNION MEETING. Fifth St. Baptist Church Communion, Many Churches Join Her—A Grand Time—The Warring Factions Fraterize. The Fifth St. Baptist Church, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., pastor, was the scene of a communion that will long be remembered by the church goers of this city. The warring religious factions of the Baptist churches come together in a communion service that was met for the many happy and felicitous expressions on the part of the leaders who participated in it. THOSE OLD FASHIONED HYMNS The sirging of the old-fashioned hymns before the exercises began was a stirring feature. Rev. Dr. Graham announced that inasmuch as Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lewis, Rev. Evans Payne and himself had been mostly concerned in the fighting, the congregation would expect to hear the most talk from them. He had ascertained the other day something that he could not account for before. While talking with Dr. Lewis, he noticed that Lewis had gotten bald from fooling after him and that he had gotten gray from fooling after Lewis, and they had shaken hands and decided that they would fight no more. PROMINENT DIVINES On the rostrum were Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lewis, Rev. Evans Payne, Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D. Rev. A. S. Thomas, Rev. Archer Smith, Rev. J. R. Griffin and Revs. Thomas, Morris, Watkins, Willis and many others. Rev. Dr. Lewis lined the hymn, "Go preach my gospel, saith the Lord." He announced that inasmuch as they were nearing the river, they had decided to have peace in Richmond and had effected a union of all of the churches. Rev. Evans Payne read the Scriptures and Rev. Thomas prayed. This was followed by singing. Rev. Dr. Graham enlivened the occasion with his witticisms and as "the church" packed from the rostrum to the door and the galleries held one congested mass of humanity, the scene was most inspiring. REV. PAYNE STIRRED THEM. Rev. Evans Payne was introduced and that he was happy was evident to every one. The opportunity was before him and he made good use of it. He aroused the congregation to a pitch of religious enthusiasm, which was for the time being startling, as he depicted the sufferings and trials of Jesus. At one time the Bible was on his shoulder as he knelt down and again on his head as he arose up again, while a sister rushed up and down the aisle shouting and giving expression to her feelings. But Rev. Payne continued to speak until in the exhuberance of his joy, he sang a hymn, commenting between each verse. The congregation caught the inspiration and the point was carried, while Rev. Payne sat down, mopping his brow with evident satisfaction. DR. LEWIS SPOKE TOO He was followed by Rev. Dr. Lewis, who took a similar course and with his well-trained gestures and striking attitude gave forth a steady stream of biblical information, while the congregation looked on and responded. "We are not going to fight any more," he said feelingly. The congregation responded, believing that not only had the hochet been buried, but the handle "hit it." The remarks of Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson were timely and to the point. He concluded them with the hymn, "It is finished." It was very impressive. MANY DEACONS PRESENT There were many deacons from the sister churches and they were lined out as they were served with bread and wine. There was an amusing incident during the time Dr. Lewis was speaking. He had gotten off in one of his flights of oratory, when one of the deacons approached him with the wine and insisted on his taking it. He paused just long enough with an air of impatience to say "I don't want anything" and proceeded with his remarks. Colored Telegraph Messengers. The Western Union Telegraph Company continues to employ colored messengers for the delivery of telegraphs, and they are giving satisfaction. The agitation here against the company has subsided. It is now reported that the colored youngsters will be equipped with the regulation uniform. Out of Debt Now. The Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. R. V. Peyton, pastor, is now free from debt. This divine, during his brief pastorate, has succeeded in raising $500 which was the balance on the debt of $24,000. The parties holding the mortgage at first refused to supersfer the notes with a deduction of interest, but this was later allowed through the efforts of Treasurer A. Hayes. We return thanks for an invitation to attend the full dress supper of the E B. R. O. No. 1, of Richmond, Va., Friday evening, Jan 8th, 1904, at Price's Hall, Mr. Ooanie White, president; Mr. Dave Wood, secretary. On Christmas night about 10 o'clock while Mrs. Mildred Johnson and her little family were quietly seated around their fire side, feeling sadder than usual, having just lost her little grand daughter a few days previous, a sudden knock around them from their reverie, and when the door was opened Troop "C" filed in and took possession of the whole house. It is needless to say the family was dum founded and joyfully surprised when Rev. Scott C. Burrell stepped forward and presented the handsome china press in behalf of the Troop "C" in token of the high esteem in which they bold Capt. Mildred Johnson. If refreshments were abundantly served by the ladies, Words failed Mrs. Johnson as all the gratitude that she felt for their appreciation, and she could only ask God to send rich blessings upon all the members of her troop and spare them to do greater work for good. All left feeling that it was more blessed to give than to receive. Committee: Mrs. Lillie Anderson, Mrs. Annie Price, Mrs. Nannie Dicker, son, Miss Mary Baker, Mrs. Betsy Pollard. A Voice From Massachusetts. Brookline, Mass., Dec. 28, 1903 Editor of the PLANET. Dear Sir: The peace meeting recently held by the Baptist divines in your city and the union of all good people whom they are ably leading, affords far better encouragement to the struggling masses of the Negro people than the so-called National Negro Suffrage League, which latey convened at Washington, D.C. The effort on part of the Baptist ministers of Richmond to bring peace and unite the forces of the different colored Baptist churches is characteristic of a wider unity and a greater degree of divinity of the understanding that the Christian church will live longest and conform to a higher standard of morals and accomplish more religious good in the spirit of unity than in the sentiment of discord. ALL SHOULD HARMONIZE The spirit of this peace meeting should characterize the whole of the Negro race in one organized united effort to promote the cause of industrial education, to secure our civil and political rights granted by the Constitution; for moral and religious good, for financial betterment and the ownership of property. Had the so-called National Negro Suffrage League, before convening at Washington, D. C., been actuated by any one of these principles the convention would have been of greater success. Peace meetings are conceived in a spirit of harmony, it comes forth in love and exist in unity for the moral betterment of the masses, particularly of the Afro-American people. But it is evident that a spirit of wickedness was in the conception of the National Negro Suffrage League, a sentiment of discord attended its birth, disagreement, shame and disgrace are now its companions. AN UNWORTHY OBJECT. It was organized to oppose the praiseworthy achievements of Dr. Booker T. Washington, to retard the material and financial progress now being made by the colored people of Virginia and of other Southern States, to invalidate the timely advice to the colored people by the able John Mitchell, Jr., of the PLANET and to weaken the indispensable opinions enunciated by the brilliant T. Thomas Fortune of the New York Age. This is the purpose for which they organized, and are silly enough to believe that the better class of intelligent colored will follow them to ruin, disgrace and shame these are the self-same parties who did all in their power to stop free speech at a meeting held here in Boston to hear the advice of Dr. Washington; and the same parties who had to go to jail in consequence of their riotous acts. ROBERT W. CARTER S150 Endowment Paid Statesville, N. C., Dec. 26, 1903. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of James Harris, who was a member of North Star Lodge, No. 53, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. Signed:— DORMAN THOMPSON. Administrator Elected Officers- At this morning's meeting of the Philadelphia Baptist Ministers' Conference, held at Griffith Hall, an election for officers to serve for the next six months was held. It resulted in the choice of the the following officers: President, Rev. Edgar Dox, of the Tloga Church; Church; Vice-President, Rev. Alcocked, colored, of the Monumental Baptist Church Secretary and Treasurer, Rev. Joseph A. Bennett. Mr. Bennett was re-elected by acclamation.—Ex. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1904. Celebrated 21st Birthday. One of the most enjoyable parties this season was given by M. Mas. Chas. Houston in honor of the twenty-first birthday of her daughter, Miss Pearle L. Smith, of $116\frac{1}{2}$ W. Jackson street, Dec. 26, 1903. The home was beautifully decorated in holly, mistletoe and cedar. [Games of all kinds were indulged in and Mr. Walter Baker delighted the guests with many selections on the piano. Later all were invited into the dining room where all the season's delicacies were served. The table was beautifully decorated in smilax asparagus, cut flowers and shade lamps. In the centre was the large heart may cake with twenty-one vari colored candles burning. In behead of Miss Smith the guests delivered short speeches, teas, etc., wishing her to let her life ever shine as bright as those candles. Miss Smith received many valuable presents. Among them was a beautiful lamp given by ten of the young ladies, and two large gold-framed pictures by the young men. The hostess received her guests from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Among those present were Misses B. G. Taylor, Fannie B. Scott, L. J. Mosby, Lucie M. Peane, Annie Smith, Lucie Jordan, Bessie B. Langhorn, Adalena P. Scott, Virginia Seay and Lizzie Brown; Messrs. Jos. Smith, Ottoway Sampson, Jos. Christian, Jos. Wesley, W. D. Robinson, W. Fitzgerald, Henry Goode, J. T. Birtchett, Paul Mabrey, W. M. McCray and others. At a late hour the guests left for their several homes, wishing all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. The supper was chaperoned by Mes- The supper was chaperoned by Mes- dames Lawson, Knox and Dixon. —Sir W. W. Manns of Danville, Va. called on us. —Rev. L. H. Dickerson, who has been located temporarily at Bryn Mawr, Pa., is in the city and called on us. —Master F. Morris Murray, of Alexandria, Va., called on us. He is the guest of Dr. D. A. Ferguson. —Mr. Alfred Dudley, of Newport News, with Mildred Dudley, of this city, called on us. —Sir J. C. Randolph, the R. W. G. C. of the Knights of Damon, was presented with a handsome book case as a token of esteem by the Knights of Damon and Daughters of Dionysious. —Mr. W. B. Torando, Grand Master of the Locomotive Firemen and Assistant Grand Chief of the colored Brotherhood of Railway Trainsmen, is in the city for the purpose of organizing the colored brakemen of the Atlantic Coast Line and other railroads of North America. He resides in New Orleans. We have received a handsome calendar from Messrs. Johnson & Pettis, of Pocahontas, Va. They are progressive merchants. Major I. J. Miller, proprietor of the New Enterprise Clothing Store, left the city last Tuesday night for Columbia, S. C. He was accompanied by his accomplished Madame. He expects to return here in about two week. It is very probable that he will make this city his place of permanent residence. Mr. Richard Wilson, of Arlington, Va, in company with Miss Pear-Tancil, called on us. He has been visiting his step daughter, Mrs. R. F. Tancil, 630 N. 90th St. --- WANTED—Agents to work Southern District of Illinois, soliciting for Industrial, Sick and Death Benefits Association. Good position for right party. Write at once. PEOPLE'S UNITED INDUS, ASS.N. 7161% Washington St Springfield, Illinois. A Delightful Time With the Agents of the American Beneficial Insurance Company. On last Tuesday evening the American Beneficial Insurance Company gave their agents a happy reception. The exercises consisted of the following: Song, "America." Prayer—Dr. W. F. Graham. Song, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name." Welcome Address—by Secretary and General Manager, Mr. B. H. Peyton. Response—by Agent D. J. Bradford. Original poem by the Poet Laureate I. L. Bryant. Recitation, "Uncle Rastus and the Whale Question."—Ida A. Kyles. Very fluent and brilliant addresses were delivered by Mr. W. Manns, of Danville; S. Alexander, of Manchester; General Superintendent John H. Howard, General Sick Inspector R. H. Fauntieroy, General Inspector M. J. Harris and Rev. A. B. Smith, V. L. Hawkins and W. H. Jones. Dr. W. F. Graham, the president, delivered the speech of the evening on "The Success and Future Possibility of the Company." After which all partook of the delicacies of the season that had been so bountiful prepared. Those present consisted of the following: Misses Ida Kyles, Pollie Olarke, Misses A. Graham, Misses Madasmes, Josie A. Graham, Mary E. Sarah Mitchell, Adda Lena, Linda W. Messrs W. Henry Jones, M. C. Waller, John R. Holmes, Paul Ervin, R. T. Batts, W. W. Manns, V. L. Hawkins, F. L. Bryant, Jas T. White, Willis S. Pace, A. B. Smith, D. J. Bradford, Lee Smith, Richard Beverly, B. H. Peyton, R. H. Fauntleroy, M. J. Harris, S. Alexander, John W. Howard and Dr. W. Fenning. All present voted the occasion an evening of pleasure, and left with renewed vigor for greater accomplishments of work in the coming year. Before closing for the holiday season Mrs R. D. Bower arranged and impromptu the closing exercise. All of the Grammar Grades assembled in the sixth Grammar's room and indulged in some hearty and enthusiastic singing. The exercises were marked by singing the new school song to the tune "Maryland, My Maryland," with remarkable paths and earnestness. Mr. Crump, the faithful and efficient Principal said in the cause of his few, well chosen remarks of good will to teachers and pupils that he had been Principal of Baker School for 32 years and that he was not ashamed of his record. Mr. Crump has indeed been one of the most earnest and conscientious educators of colored youth that this city can boast. A strict disciplinarian, but uniformly fair, impartial and kind in his treatment of Teachers and pupils, he has won their lasting respect and veneration, and it is their earnest prayer that he may be long spared to continue the splendid work carried on at Baker for 32 years that has made her one of the leading, if not the leading school in the city, for efficiency, discipline, neatness, and the heartiest good-will and co-operation between principal, teachers and pupils. OH! BAKER FAIR. Oh Baker fair! O Baker fair! How fondly we adore thee! Oh Baker fair! O Baker fair! How fondly we adore thee! T'was here we came in days of yore To fill our minds with useful lore And as the years still find us here. O Baker we adore thee! Oh Principal and Teachers dear! How dearly do we love thee, Oh Principal and Teachers dear How dearly do we love thee, You've striven hard to truth impart With earnest zeal and truthful hearts And so we sing now ere we part, Oh, Teachers, dear we love thee! And as the years go swiftly by Our hearts turn fondly to thee; Tho' time and change our hearts may try. Forever we'll adore thee! Tho' other schools we may attend Not one can seem like thee, dear friend We'll sing thy praise till life shali end, Oh, Baker, we adore thee! WILSON - Departed this life Thursday, Dec. 24th, 1903, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Virginia Haskins, No 1219 St. John street, at 6:15 p.m., after a painful illness. She bore her sickness with great fortitude and died in the full triumph of faith. She leaves one daughter, two sons, two sisters and a host of friends to mourn their loss. One less at home! The charmed circle broken a dear face, Missed day by day from its usual place, But cleansed, saved, perfected by grace, One more in heaven! One less on earth! Its pain, its sorrow and its toil to share, One less the pilgrim's daily cross to bear, One more the crown of the blest to wear At home in heaven! WANTED—Cooks and house-girls for this and Northern cities. Wages good. Transportation furnished. R. W. Els- om, 417 E. Broad St. Panama's First Election. Panama, Dec. 28. — Elections for members of the constitutional convention took place yesterday in every part of the republic. The results are not yet known, but telegrams from the interior report the apparent triumph of the candidates proposed by the popular junta composed of Liberals and Conservatives. For the first time in the history of the Isthmus the elections in the city of Panama have been conducted with any attempt at bribery or other irregularities. Hanged Herself in Police Station. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 28.—Mrs. Elizabeth Kent, wife of John R. Kent, deputy state prison keeper, hanged herself in a cell at the First precinct police station. The woman had been arrested at her husband's instance for intoxication. Remembered "What is a stomach pump?" asked the teacher in physiology. "Takin' a trip acroest the lake," promptly responded Tommy Tucker.—Chicago Tribute. THE GZAR WANTS PEACE But He Thinks It Eater to Appear Anxious For War. CLASH MAY EE POSTPONED St. Petersburg, Dec. 29.—In official circles here the delay in presenting Russia's reply to Japan it not regarded as omnious. On the contrary, the fact that Russia, in accordance with Japan's request, is actually reviewing the matters in dispute, is regarded as a favorable sign. It is pointed out that had Russia replied immediately unfavorable deductions might have been drawn, and although Russia believes her proposals were extremely conciliatory, containing all the concessions she can make, this does not exclude the possibility of finding alternative propositions in some portion of the general scheme of settlement which may more closely coincide with Japan's wishes. If careful reconsideration discloses the possibility of such a course, it is said that there is every reason to believe it will gladly be embraced. The consensus of unofficial opinion among those associated with the government, but not responsible therefor, is that the czar is so peacefully disposed that he will make such concessions to Japan as are necessary to prevent war, provided that no unforeseen events force the hands of the governments concerned. At the same time, the czar, it is pointed out, agrees with those who believe that preparation for war is the best safeguard of peace, and that apparent willingness to allow matters to be submitted to the test of arms is more likely to lead to a satisfactory compromise than an exhibition of overmuch peacefulness. This unofficial opinion, however, believes the controlling party in Russia regards Korea as necessary to the consolidation of Russian interests in the Far East, and, therefore, is determined to prevent the peninsula falling into Japanese hands, and that any concessions Russia now makes to Japan will only be with the object of deferring the difficulty until a more seasonable time. One reason why the British alarmist news fails to convince the Russians is the perfect understanding here of the benefits Great Britain derives from a continuance of the strained situation. It was known here a year ago that Great Britain was planning to occupy Thibet and extend the railroad to a point in the Yang Tse Valley, which is reachable by gunboats from the sea. Great Britain's forward movement at this time excites both admiration and rage, the former for the clever political move, the latter because Russia is so preoccupied in the Far East that she is unable to prevent Great Britain from creating her own Manchuria in the Yang Tse provinces. It is pointed out here that the present situation affords Great Britain the same opportunity as actual war between Russia and any third power. TERRORIZED BY FOOTPADS Two Armed Men Create Excitement In Towns Along Pennsylvania Road in Towns Alameda Pennsylvania R. K. Philadelphia, Dec. 28.—Two white men, with revolvers, bleen open a safe, held up several persons and otherwise caused considerable excitement in the suburban towns along the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad. Two men were held up at Haverford, and later a man escorting several ladies was stopped by the same men, but the screams of his companions scared the footpads off. Several hours later they appeared at Strafford, covered an aged watchman with revolvers and blindfolded him. The men then bleen open the safe in the railroad station, which is also used as a postoffice, and took about $1000 in money and stamps. The police have a good description of the burglar, but they have been unable to find any trace of them. $500 Reward For Train Wrecker $500 Reward For Train Wrecker. New Castle, Pa., Dec. 30—General Superintendent J. B. Yohe, of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroad here, has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest of the criminal who opened and spiked the switch at the southern end of the New Castle Junction yards, which caused the derailment of the west-bound train from Pittsburg. The heavy padlock had been wrenched loose and was found battered and twisted. The tracks of the miscreant who opened the switch were clearly seen in the snow and were visible for some distance up the hill. The automatic signal lights showed white after the accident, indicating a clear track. New Jersey Judges Appointed. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 30—Governor Murphy has announced these appoin- tments: Allen B. Endicott, of Atlantic county, as circuit court judge to succeed the late Judge Nixon Enoch A. Higbee to succeed Allen B. Endicott, as law judge of Atlantic county; Charles L. Carrick, as district court judge in Jersey City, to succeed Otto Crouse, resigned. Mr. Carrick is a Democrat, as was Judge Crouse. Judge Endicott and Judge Higbee are Republicans. Fatal Fire In Philadelphia Philadelphia, Dec. 28. — The overturning of an oil stove at 708 Spring Garden street caused a slight fire, during which two persons were so seriously burned that they died in a hospital. The victims were Mrs. Jane Butler, aged 51 years, and her brother, Thomas Devine. Several other persons were rescued from the house after being burned, but they will recover. Bound Watchman, Robbed Postoffice, Richmond, Va., Dec. 30.—J. L. Garrett, the town watchman of West Point, was held up by three men armed with revolvers. They bound and gagged him, marched him to the postoffice, broke in the door, blew open the safe and robbed it of considerable money and a package containing $2100 in bonds. Garrett was compelled to take a seat and witness the whole performance. The robbers escaped. No Receiver For Tidewater Steel Co. Chester, Pa., Dec. 29.—Judge Johnson has refused to appoint a receiver for the Tidewater Steel company. The court said that the statement of the company's officials showed the corporation was solvent, and he did not feel that the court should interfere with its affairs. WILL MOVE FROM BIG STONE GAP Bristol, Va., Dec. 30. It is reported that D. B. Wentz, general manager of the Stonega Coal and Coke company, is soon to leave Big Stone Gap, returning to his former home in Philadelphia, where in the future he will make his residence. It is also said that the main offices of Mr. Wentz's companies are to be moved from Big Stone Gap to Stonega. It is said that Mr. Wentz's decision to return to Philadelphia and there make his home is in accordance with the wish of his family, which has been approhensive as to his safety since the disappearance of his younger brother two months ago. For years Mr. Wentz has been prominently identified with the development of the mineral interests of Southwest Virginia. 25 Years For Habitual Criminal 25 Years For Habitual Criminal. Dedham, Mass., Dec. 30. — In the Norfolk county superior court Judge Alken sentenced George Nichols, of Philadelphia, a notorious criminal, to 25 years at hard labor in state prison, on the ground that he is a habitual criminal. Nichol, who is 60 years of age, is now serving a term of not less than 10 years, a sentence imposed in September last. The man's right name is said to be Albert Steiner He has operated in various sections of the United States under the names of Adolph Bender, Charles Lewis, Philip Donnelly and Philip Webber, and has served time in the state prisons of New Jersey and Rhode Island. HEIRESS TO $8,000,000 MISSING Miss Ethel Rovell, of Birmingham, Ala., Mysteriously Disappears. Meridian, Miss., Dec. 30.—Miss Ethel Rovell, of Birmingham, Ala., who is said to be an heiress to a large fortune, has disappeared and relatives are anxious about her. Miss Rovell had been in Meridian since November 1, visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. M. Huskey, and was to remain here until February. On Wednesday last she left her aunt's residence to do some shopping, and has not been seen or heard of since. The disappearance has been reported to the police. Miss Rovell is said to have inherited an estate left her by Mrs. Minerva Benford, of Denver, Colo. The mother says that the report that the girl is heir to a fortune of $8,000,000 is true, and that she is to come into possession of money a year from this time. Allentown Suspects Disob Allentown Suspect Discharged. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 29. — Coroner Scheirer's jury held an inquest in the case of Agnes Minerva Leiby, who died under mysterious circumstances on Thursday last at the home of William J. Clader, where she was a servant. No testimony was adduced as to violence to Mrs. Leiby, and the jury found that death resulted from cerebral hemorrhages, due to a fall, and from weakness aggravated by a specific physical condition. The coroner thereupon discharged from custody William Kunkle, Frank Tobias and Mrs. W. J. Clader, who had been arrested on suspicion of connection with the woman's death. 22 DEAD IN HEAD-ON COLLISION Frightful Wreck On Pere Marquetta Road Due to High Wind Head due to High Wind. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 28.—The death list resulting from the head-on collision between two Pere Marquette railway passenger trains, near East Paris, stands at 22, with 29 persons injured, several of them probably fatally. It was the most disastrous wreck in the history of the Pere Marquette system, and instead of being caused by man's carelessness or mistake, it is charged to the high wind, which extinguished the red signal light in the order board at McCord's Station, where the west-bound train was expected to stop and receive new orders. Two minutes before the train rushed by McCord's the light was burning, says the operator there, but in that brief interval the blizzard that was raging extinguished it, and train No. 5 flashed by the station to crash into eastbound train No. 6 near East Paris. The trains, which were two of the finest on the system, were reduced to a pile of broken timber and metal with the dead and injured crushed and pinned down by the fragments of the heavy cars. No. 6, east-bound, was composed of a mail and baggage car, combination smoker, buffet parlor car, day coach and diner. The baggage coach, caught between the engine and the heavy train, crumpled up like pasteboard, only the roof remaining partially unbroken. The big blind mail coach heavily bulkheaded, took the brunt of the blow, withstood the crash and communicated it to the smoker. The smoker was swept clean as the mail car telescoped its entire length, and turned over at the north side of the track. The smoker in turn crashed several feet into the parlor car, and it was at the rear end of the smoker and forward end of the cafe car where all the passengers were killed and wounded. Within a space of six feet square, the bodies of two women, a boy and a man were taken out. ASKED TO RESIGN John Ward, Chief of New Jersey Factory Inspectors, to Steen Down. Trenton, N. J., Dec. 30. - It is rumored about the state house that Governor Murphy has asked for the resignation of John C. Ward, chief of the department of factory inspection. Neither the governor nor Mr. Ward would discuss the matter. Mr. Ward left Trenton without placing his resignation in the governor's hands. It is generally believed, however, that the rumor is well founded, and that Mr. Ward will resign in a few days. The management of the department was practically taken out of Mr. Ward's hands some months ago and given over to the governor's private secretary, John L. Swayze, who is a lawyer. Since Mr. Swayze has had charge the department has been very active in prosecuting violations of the child labor law. There were practically no prosecutions under Mr. Ward's administration, and this led to considerable complaint from labor organizations. The department of factory inspection consists of a chief, an office deputy and six field deputies, who have different sections of the state to look after. The complaints made by the labor organizations were made against certain or the field deputies. Since Mr. Swayza has had charge of the inspection work has been under more immediate supervision of the central office. THE POPE ON CHURCH MUSIC Pontifical Note Recommends the Use of the Gregorian Chant. Rome, Dec. 29. After a long discussion with experts, principally with the famous composer, the Abbe Perosi, director of the Sistine choir, the popa has issued of his own accord a note on the subject of sacred music in the churches. In this note, which appears in the Osservatore Romano, his holiness formulates rules for church music, which recall the churches to a strict observance of the instructions issued by former pontiffs. The popa, who is a keen student of music, condemns the transformation of liturgic music into compositions for concerts. The pontiff is strongly in favor of the Gregorian chant, and has ordered the Abbe Perosi to compose a Gregorian mass for the centenary of St Gregory the Great, next Easter. This mass will be conducted by the abbe in the Chapel of St. Gregory, and will be participated in by 500 singers. Steel Trust Reduces Wages. McKeesport, Pa., Dec. 30.—Notices of a wage reduction were posted at the local plants of the United States Steel Corporation. The cut includes every employee and will graduate down from heads of departments to laborers, the latter receiving but a slight reduction. Work on additions to the present plant and the new $10,000,000 works will be pushed. Ten thousand men are affected by the wage reduction which will be generally accepted. AE PLANET ENTIRE FAMILY EXTERMINATED Cleveland Machinist Kills His Wife, Three Children and Himself. CRIME CAUSED BY POVERTY Cleveland, Dec. 21. — Roscoe W. Derby, a machinist and about 45 years of age, exterminated his family by shooting his wife, his three children and then himself. The crime is believed to have been due to despondency over the impoverished condition of the family purse and the near approach of Christmas. The crimes were extraordinary in their thoroughness and there was evidently no mishap in their enactment. The wife was killed first while sleeping at her husband's side in bed; two of the children were killed as they ran rither and thither through the house in the darkness of early morning endeavoring to escape their merciless parent. The third child was killed in its bed after his elder brother and sister had been killed. The dead are: Roscoe Derby, his wife, Della; Harold, aged 8; Alice, aged 7 and Thomas, aged 5. The crime is believed to have been committed about 4 o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Derby was shot to death in bed, two bullets having been fired into her forehead and a third, probably fired after the children had been exterminated, in the back of the neck. Mrs. Derby probably was killed during sleep, the expression on her face showing no sign of a struggle and it was calm and peaceful. Two of the children, however, probably had a struggle with their infuriated parent, because they had been awakened by the noise of the revolver being fired and sought to escape him, but without avail. Harold's body was found lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen and that of Alice in the dining room with her face to the floor and a bullet in her breast. Harold may have been chased by his father, as there was evidence of flight in the manner in which the furnishings of the kitchen were thrown about. From the location of the bullets in his head the boy evidently was caught by his father in a strong grasp and held while the weapon was placed against the little fellow's forehead and the bullets sent into his brain. There was also evidence of a struggle on Alice's part. The last of the children to die was Thomas, aged 5. He had remained in bed, probably still asleep, and also received bullets into his head, dying instantly. After the extraordinary crimes had been committed the perseverator of them went into the bed room where his wife had been killed and lying down at her side fired a bullet into his own brain and died at his wife's side. A number of pool room checks were found about the house, showing that Derby had been trying his luck on betting. The first knowledge of the crime was made in a letter written by Derby to a friend who lived not far away and which was sent him by special delivery. The letter was to the effect that when it had been received the Derby family would be dead. When the friend hurried to the house all that had been promised was seen to have been fulfilled. FATAL FIRE IN NEW YORK Two Firemen Perished in Blazing Factory Building. New York, Dec. 22. — The famous "Two-Nines" fire alarm, summoning more fire apparatus than any other alarm provided for by New York's fire department, was sounded for a terrific fire which destroyed the six-story factory building of the Herrmann Furniture and Plumbing Cabinet Works, in Mott street, and the four-story varnish factory of the firm, run under the name of the H. Herrmann Lumber Co. A quarter of a million dollars damage was done. Battalion Chief Martin Coleman perished in the fall of two great walls of the factory, and another fireman is missing. There was a frightful panic among the Italian inmates of the swarming front and rear tenements opposite and in the rear of the burning buildings, and the firemen and police reserves from three precincts had the utmost difficulty in getting the people out to the street. Battalion Chief Coleman had entered the building with a number of men, including Lieutenant Jones and father Smith, the fire department chaplain. They were about 25 feet inside, when fire came through the walls and the building shook. The firemen saw the danger and dashed for the outside. The chaplain escaped, but a beam fell and hit Coleman and Jones, pinning them to the floor. Father Smith, with three firemen, turned back to the rescue and dragged out Jones, who had managed to stagger to his feet. Jones in pulling himself out, felt for Coleman. He found him so plinned that he could not rescue him, but got his helmet, which he put on and escaped. Within a minute the entire rear and side walls fell. Remarkable Engineering Feat Newark, N. J., Dec. 21.—A remarkable engineering feat was successfully accomplished by the shifting of the great double-decked draw of the Lackawanna railroad bridge over the Passaic river from one pler to another. The draw, which weighs 1000 tons and is 220 feet long, was shifted a distance of 35 feet and lowered $11\frac{1}{2}$ feet. The lifting power was the rising tide acting on pontoons, on which the draw was raised and floated to the new pler. where it was lowered into place by means of saul plungers. The transfer was effected in the presence of President Truedale and other officials of the railroad and many thousands of spectators. CUT OUT 30,000 NEGROES New DisFranchisement Bill Ready For Maryland. Baltimore, Dec. 23. — Attorney-General Bryan has drawn up a bill for submission to the legislature which will disfranchise some 30,000 negro voters in this state. This action is in line with the issue raised by Senator Gorman and the Democratic managers in the recent state campaign. As the legislature will be overwhelmingly Democratic, the bill, which is for a constitutional amendment, will be passed. It provides that before any person shall be entitled to vote he shall be able to read and to write at dictation any section of the constitution of Maryland, or he shall have paid for the two preceding years state and county or city taxes, unless he was entitled to vote in one of the states of the union on January 1, 1867, or at some date prior thereto, or unless he is a legitimate, lineal descendant of some person who was entitled to vote at that time. No property or educational qualification shall be required of persons entitled to vote prior to 1867. The bill is based on the "grandfather" clause" in the North Carolina Election law. MINE ENGINEER A HERO Badly Injured By Explosion of Air Tank, He Hoisted Men to Surface. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 21. - John McGinnis, engineer at the Mount Jessup shaft, in Peckville, proved himself quite a hero. Near his station in the engine room an air tank used to help in ventilating the distant parts of the mine exploded. He was blown against the wall with such force as to fracture his arm and fairly cover him with cuts and brushes. Flying coal dust almost blinded him, and the shock rendered him half conscious. Suffering and dazed as he was, he rushed to his engine, signalled the men to take the carriage and raised them all safely to the surface. Then he swooned. He was the only man about the place who could run the engine, and had he not retained his senses and nerve it is probable that the 50 men in the mine would have been the victims of the gas that would have accumulated with the air cut off. The force of the explosion badly damaged the engine house and broke windows in both Jessup and Peckville. SEVEN BOILERS BLOW UP Three Killed, Six Injured and Building Destroyed. St. Louis, Dec. 22.—Seven boilers in the power house of the St. Louis Transit Company exploded, killing three employees, injuring six and wrecking the building. The explosion broke window panes several blocks away. The brick walls of the boiler house were thrown outwards and the heavy truss roof, after being thrown high in the air, dropped directly over the debris, imprisoning 20 employees. All the electric lights went out, and darkness prevented prompt work in rescuing the injured, whose cries could be plainly heard. Fire broke out in one portion of the debris, but was extinguished before it gained much headway. The cause of the explosion is not known. Several street car lines were brought to a standstill for a time for lack of power, but other power houses were hurriedly connected and the cars were soon put into operation. A REMARKABLE OPERATION Western Surgeon Takes Daring Step to Save Man With Broken Neck. Sloux City, Ia., Dec. 22.—An operation having no parallel in the surgical world was performed at St. Joseph's hospital by Dr. William Jepson, who has the chair of surgery at the state university. John Norstrom, of Danbury, Conn., fell from a load of hay, striking on his head and breaking his neck. He has been almost paralyzed for weeks, and Dr. Jepson decided to operate on his broken neck. Accordingly, a portion of the third cervical vertebrae was removed, the false growth of tissue was cleaned out and the bone replaced. The patient is doing well, with every prospect of recovery. Operations have been performed for the relief of a dislocating of the lumbar vertebrae, but no other case is known in which the cervical vertebrae, situated so near the medulla oblongata, the seat of the vital bodily functions, has been successfully removed and replaced. Thought She Was Poisoned and Died. Chicago, Dec. 23. "Not poisoned, but dead because she thought she had been poisoned" was the singular verdict pronounced by Coroner's Physician Springer after performing an autopsy on the body of Virginia Jackson, an aged colored woman and former slave. The autopsy was performed in the belief that the strange circumstances of the woman's death were indicative of murder. "This old lady thought she had been poisoned," said Dr. Springer, "and it affected her heart to such an extent that it killed her." A neighbor known to be a friend of Mrs. Gillespie gave Mrs. Jackson a bottle containing a kind of brownish liquid. Evidently, say the police, the old colored woman jumped to the conclusion on feeling ill immediately after she had tasted of the contents of the bottle that she had been poisoned, and the fear of death killed her. Lost Arm In a Corn Sheller Burlington, N. J., Dec. 21.—Charles Flower, employed on the farm of Harry Wright, near Burlington, was feeding grain into a corn sheller when his fingers caught between the cogs. Before the engine could be stopped his entire arm had been drawn into the hopper and mangled so that a physician found it necessary to amputate it near the shoulder. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, December 17. President Roosevelt sent to the senate the nomination of Joseph W. Eifler, of Illinois, to be an inter-state com- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. merce commissioner. The employees of the Wilkesbarre and Wyoming Valley (Pa.) Traction company have accepted an increase of 5 cents a day in wages and will not strike. Mrs. Daniel Manning, of Albany, N. Y., has been elected president of the World's Fair board of lady managers, vice Mrs. James L. Blair, resigned. While running at high speed, an electric car at Cleveland, O., was thrown down a high embankment by the breaking of a wheel and 20 persons were injured. Friday, December 18. William J. Bryan spent a day at Moscow, Russia, and paid a visit to Count Tolstol. General Lew Wallace is in New York taking the X-ray treatment for a cancerous growth on the nose. Colonel B. Frank Eshelman, judge advocate general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, died at his home at Lancaster of a complication of diseases. Benjamin Benedict, his wife and 3-year-old daughter were burned to death and a 17-year-old daughter fatally injured in a fire which destroyed their home at Aahland, Ky. Saturday, December 19. Coffin manufacturers from all parts of the United States met in Chicago to form a combine. President Roosevelt has nominated I. Snowden Haines to be collector of customs for the district of Burlington, N. J. In an explosion following an attempt to open a can of powder, one man was killed and two fatally injured at Avonmore, Pa. While temporarily insane, Mrs. Anna Krenen, of Leseur, Minn., drowned herself and two children in a cistern at her home. Theodore, Jr., and Kermit Roosevelt returned to Washington from their school at Groton, Mass., to spend the holidays at the White House. Monday, December 21. Both houses of congress have adjourned until January 4 for the Christmas holidays. Thirty families were rendered homeless at Bayonne, N. J., by a fire that destroyed several tenement houses. Less, $30,000. Having secured the Republican national convention, Democrats of Chicago organized to secure their party's presidential gathering. In a shooting affray at a party at Marietta, Ga., Clarence Cantrell and William Shipp were killed and two others injured. There was bitter feeling between the participants for some time. Tuesday, December 22. The United States supreme court has adjourned until January 4. George B. McClellan, mayor-elect of New York, has sent his resignation as a member of congress to Speaker Cannon. The Christian Party will hold their national convention to nominate candidates for president and vice president at St. Louis, May 1 and 2. A Madrid dispatch says a project is on foot for the marriage of King Alfonso, of Spain, to his cousin, the Princess Maria Del Pilar, of Bavaria. She is 13 years old. Miss Elline St. Clair, the school teacher of Sullivan, Ind., who was ducked in the ice cold water of a pond by her pupils, filed suit against them for $10,000 damages. Wednesday, December 23. Burglaries blew open the safe in the Tower Hill (Ill.) bank and escaped with $5000 in cash. Mrs. Mary A. Rogers was found guilty at Bennington, Vt., of killing her husband and sentenced to death. Passaic, N. J., has an outbreak of typhoid fever, the cause of which cannot be traced. Eleven new cases were reported. The remains of 24 private soldiers who lost their lives in the Philippines were buried at the National Cemetery at Arlington, D. C. Miss Rose Beach, aged 17, of Harrisburg, Pa., committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid. She was a clerk in a manufacturing establishment, and killed herself because her accounts were tangled. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 23. — Flour steady; winter superfine, $3.10@3.30; Penna, roller, clear, $3.60@3.75; city mills, fancy, $4.75@5.1; Rye flour was quiet, at $3.35 per barrel. Wheat firm; No. 2 Penna red, new, $83@8.19; Corn firm; No. 2 white, clipped, $43.10 quiet; No. 2 white, clipped, $43.10 lower grades, 41c. Hay steady; No. 1 timothy, large bales, $16@16.50; Pork firm; family, $19@20. Beef steady; beer hams, $20@21. Live poultry, 14c for hens; 8c for old roosters. Dressed poultry, 12½c for choice fowl; 9c for chicken; winter steady, creamy 27c. Eggs steady or corn or Penna, 36c. dozen. Potatoes steady; per bushel, 78@89c. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23. Wheat firm; spot, contract. 87%@ 28%c; No. 2 red western, spot. 77%@ 88%c; No. 2 white, spot. 77%@ 88%c; by sample, 73%@ 87%c; on, do. grade 78%@ 87%c. Corn firm; spot, old. 49% @ 49%c; spot, new. 48%@ 48%c; steamer mixed, 47%@ 47%c; southern white; do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, white, 41%@ 41%c. Oats firm; No. 2 white, 41%@ 41%c; No. 2 mixed, 39%c. Rye firm; No. 2, 60c; No. 2 western, 61c. Hay quiet; No. 1 timothy, 14$b0. clover; mixed $13; creamery, 26$27c. do, ladle, 16$18s. Eggs firm, gt 30, dozen. Live Stock Markets. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. 23.—Cattle higher; charge, $5@ 5.15; prime, $4.70@4.75; fair, $3@3.60 heavy and light Yorkers and pigs, $4.50 @4.65; roughs, $3@4.50. Sheep were lower; prime wethers, $4@1.25; choice lambs, $6.10@6.25; veal calves, $7@ 7.25 per 100 pounds. A FAMILY MURDER Relatives of Miss Gillespie Indicted at Rising Sun, Ind. Rising Sun, Ind., Dec. 23.—In its report of the investigation of the as sassination of Miss Elizabeth Gillespie on December 8, the grand jury returned true bills of murder in the first degree against James Gillespie, a twin brother of the murdered woman; Mrs. Belle Seward, her widowed sister; Mrs. Carrie Barbour, a niece of Dr. Thad. A. Reamy, an eminent physician of Cincinnati, and Myron Barbour, her husband. Mrs. Barbour is sister-in-law of Dr. William Gillespie, brother of the mur- Jered woman. Bench warrants were issued immediately by Jude Downey, of the circuit court. The Gillespies were expecting the arrests, and Dr. Gillespie drove to the home of the accused in a closed carriage and brought the accused to the court house, surrendering all of them to the court. The indictments charged them with "feloniously, maliciously and with premeditated intent" causing the death of Elizabeth Gillespie. A conspiracy among members of the murdered woman's own family to kill her is charged. James Gillespie, her twin brother, is the one who is charged as the principal, although all are charged with murder in the first degree. Each entered a plea of not guilty, Captain Coles, attorney for the defendants, presented petitions for writs of habeas corpus on the ground that there is not enough evidence to indict and that their liberty was withheld on a charge of a crime of which they were innocent. SURPRISE IN BECHTEL CASE District Attorney Says He Has Witness Who Knows Whole Story. Allentown, Pa., Dec. 23. — District Attorney Lichtenwalner confidently expects to convict some of the persons under bail for alleged implication in the murder of Mabel Bechtel, Mr. Lichtenwalner has a star witness, who, he says, knows the whole story of the crime. "There is one person," he says, "who knows the truth and did not hesitate to tell it. This person will be the star witness of the trial. By the testimony of this witness the direct evidence I speak of will be made known to the jury. No one out myself knows the identity or whereabouts of this person." The district attorney declines to say whether this witness is a man or a woman, but intimated that the state would direct its principal attack against Mrs. Bechtel, the mother of the murdered girl. "I have in my possession," said Mr. Lichtenwalner, "facts bearing directly against the accused persons that are not known to the public. The most sensational disclosures are yet to come. You were under the impression that the entire story has been told. It has not. It will not be told until the trial. And when the true story is told it will be startling in the extreme." JAPAN ANSWERS RUSSIA Czar's Government Asked to Reconsider Certain Essential Points Sider Certain Essential Points. Tokio, Japan. Dec. 22.—Japan's reply to Russia's proposals on the Manchuria-Corea question was handed to Baron De Rosen at a conference between the Russian minister and Foreign Minister Komura, at the Russian legation. Japan's reply is in no way in the nature of an ultimatum, but she asks Russia to reconsider certain essential points in her note to Japan. Baron De Rosen has now sufficiently recovered from his recent illness to resume the negotiations. Sixty military engineers have been dispatched to Corea to replace the civil telegraph operators attached to the Japanese telegraph lines on the Corean peninsula. It is officially asserted that the step taken has no military significance. St. Petersburg, Dec. 22 - Officials of the foreign office do not share the pessimistic feeling regarding the situation in the Far East which now seems to be general. They say there is no reason to despair of a peaceful settlement of the difficulties over which Russia and Japan are at variance. GUILTY OF KISHINEFF MASSACRE 25 Persons Receive Sentences Rang- ing From 6 Months to 7 Years. Kishineff, Bessarabia, Dec. 22.—Two Russians named Gentschin and Marselejik, who have been on trial charged with murder as the authors of the massacre of Jews here last spring, were sentenced to five and seven years' penal servitude respectively. Twenty-two other persons charged with being involved in the massacre were sentenced to periods ranging from one to two years each. One person was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and 12 were acquitted, while 48 civil actions brought against the accused were dismissed. The costs of the prosecutions must be paid by the convicted persons. I. O. O. F. to Bar Saloonkeepers. Springfield, O. Dec. 22—Grandmaster Charles C. Pavey, of the Ohio grand lodge of the Independent Order of Old Feliows, has issued a circular to the effect that on January 10, 1994, all saloonkeepers, bartenders or professional gamblers either quit the order or those occupations. In the event of a refusal to cease such callings, they will be tried and expelled. Pope Grants Dispensation Washington, Dec. 23.—The apostolic delegation has received word from Rome that the pope has granted dispensation from abstinence on New Year's day, which falls on Friday this year. The delegation has sent out letters to all the bishops notifying them of this fact. His Trouble. "Have any buzzing in your ears?" asked the doctor, who was trying to diagnose the case. "No," replied Mr. Henpeck, "not except when I have to stay in the house."—Chicago Record-Herald. Another Young Wife. Mr. Honeymoon—Why are you studying the cook book, darling? Mrs. Honeymoon—I am going to wash to-morrow, love, and I want a recipe for cooking the clothes.—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. No Cause for Worry. She—Oh, Henry! I found the cat on the table, eating the biscuits I made for your supper! He—Don't worry, dear; a cat has several lives, you know!—Yonkert Statesman. Suspiciously Polite. "Pardon me, but am I addressing the lady of the house?" "You are not, an' what's more, you won't. 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Part of our stock has already arrived and $10 values vie with $15 values of a year ago. Call, see our stock of Bed Room Furniture and save time and money. Call, see our stock of Bed Room Fuf ulture and save time and money. Passenger elevator. Sydnor & Hundley, 709-11-13 E. Broad St. X X The Watch-word should be We carry a full line of SUITS, from $1.00 up to $18.00 up to $4.50. UNDERWEAR and mixed. Special discount a in the place. The only one of Goods promptly shipped to any New I. J. MILLER, Prop. H. W. H. Wood and Coal, Cigar AT THE LOWEST YOU CAN SAVE MONEY ALL GOODS DELIVER TELEPHONE A. C. BOOKER 501 WEBSTER S PHONE 577. A. D. P THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR, All orders promptly filled at short rented for meetings and nice entertainment conveniences. Large picnic or band wag ing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Supplies. 212 EAST L [Residence OPEN ALL DAY & NIGH Wood and Coal, Cigars and Tobacco. D Coal, Cigars and Tobacco. THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES. SAVE MONEY BY GIVING ME A CALL. GOODS DELIVERED TO YOU FREE. TELEPHONE 1307 BOOKER, Prop. 101 WEBSTER ST., RICHMOND, VA. E 577. RICHMOND, VA. A. D. PRICE, RAL DIRECTOR, EMBALMER AND LIVERYMAN. promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls lungs and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and noth- as carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine Funeral 2 EAST LEIGH STREET. [Residence Next Door.] L DAY & NIGHT--Man on Duty All Nigh& KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD AT THE LOWEST MARKET PRICES. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY GIVING ME A CALL. ALL GOODS DELIVERED TO YOU FREE. TELEPHONE 1307 A. C. BOOKER, Prop. 501 WEBSTER ST., RICHMOND, VA. PHONE 577. RICHMOND. VA. A. D. PRICE, THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR, EMBALMER AND LIVERYMAN. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class carriages, buggies, etc. Keeps constantly on hand fine Funeral Supplies. 212 EAST LEIGH STREET. OPEN ALL DAY & NIGHT--Man on Duty All Night KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally instituted under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. The military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization unt ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand oppose men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize Kindly address, This organization has been chartered and legally situated under the laws and statute of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial and Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity. Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organization a place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand opportunity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organize lodges. Kindly address, G. W. ALLEN Supreme voyager, 846 W. 87th Street, New York City. Mechanics' LLL Money received on dep amounts above $1.00 which re Money Loaned on Satisfa Business Accounts Hand Amounts of ten cents and This establishment is fitted up in the white vault, burlar proof steel chest, eleience for safety and the accommodation For all information concerning Stock Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged received on deposit and interest paid on a love $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Accounts Handled Promptly. Lots of ten cents and upwards received on deposit. Aishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large star-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern conven- tion and the accommodation of the public. Information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the urses have been arranged for the special convenience of the work- ows: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturday, 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. We 3 P. M. and open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until you come from work. OFFICERS: BELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THON, H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVERS, J. C. FARLEY, JNO. T. TAYLOR, R. W. WHITING, WILLIAM CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER, CHELL, JR., Pres. THOMAS M. CRUMP, SEC. New Enterprise !! New Stock. New Prices. AL to the People of Richmond and the State of call and examine our Stock of Clothing, Hats, Gents' Furnishings before making purchases as we are the only Colored Clothiers in the state. well selected line of goods for Gentlemen, La- children. We know we can please you both in quality. An increase of business means an in- kers. Many Negro Problem to solve, the only way to do up and patronize colored enterprises. OWN FIRST, LAST AND ALL TIMES." for men, youths and children from $2 up to $15.5, from $1.00 up to $4.00. HATS, from 25cts. options for men and women, both wool, cotton ministers and Students. Don't make a mistake in Richmond. Country Orders Solicited and state. Money received on deposit and interest paid on amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly. Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit. This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having a large white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for the special convenience of the working people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturday, 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. We close Saturday at 3 P.M. and open again at 5 P.M., remaining open: until 5 P.M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THON. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. CHILES, B. P. VANDERVALL, E. R. JEFFERSON H. F. JONATHAN, THOMAS SMITH D. J. CHAVIERS, J. C. FARLEY, JNO. T. TAYLOR, E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, WILLIAM CUSTALO, J. J. CARMBER, JOHN MITCHELL, JR. FRES. THOMAS M. CRUMP, SEC. New Enterprise !! New Stock. New Prices. AN APPEAL to the People of Richmond and the State of Virginia to call and examine our Stock of Clothing, Hats, Shoes and Gents' Funnishings before making purchases elsewhere, as we are the only Colored Clothiers in the state. We carry a well selected line of goods for Gentlemen, Ladies and Children. We know we can please you both in prices and quality. An increase of business means an increase of clerks. If there is any Negro Problem to solve, the only way to do it is to build up and patronize colored enterprises. Booker's Market 501 Webster St. A FULL LINE OF FINE GROCERIES AND FRESH MEATS & VEGETABLES V. P. & F. K. of W. Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA Capital, $25,000. 528 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. SCOUNDRELS & CO. By COULSON KERNAHAN Author of "Captain Shannon," "A Book of Strange Sins," "A Dead Man's Diary," Etc. Copyright, 1890, by Herbert S. Stone & Co. I ATTEND THE COUNCIL OF SCOUN- DRELS. "Who's there?" said a voice from within, in response to the stealthy summons which I rapped upon the door of the gipsy wagon where the council was assembled. "Number Seven," I made answer, in accordance with instructions. I heard a bolt slip in its socket, but the door was opened so cautiously that there was scarcely space for me to squeeze in. Nor should I have been sorry to have squeezed out again the next instant, for, though the light was of the dimmest, the air was too soot and greasy with the stench of burning colza that it stuck in my throat like a mouthful of oily soup, and I felt my stomach twisting in protest under my belt. The next instant the light, which apparently had been turned down at my summons, was turned up again. I cannot say that the interior of the wagon was much pleasanter to the sense of sight than to the sense of smell, for the smoky 'amplight so jaunficed the faces of the six of us, that we resembled nothing so much as a batch of sea-sick passengers who look askance at each other, wondering who will be the first to give the signal to succumb. "We are waiting for our chief, Councillor Number One," said the man who had opened the door. "Did you pass any one like him on the road, Councillor Number Seven? He would, of course, be wearing his councillor's disguise, but whether he had his bag with him, as usual, I can't say." I did not consider it advisable to inform this honored colleague of mine that the bag to which he alluded was tucked away in a hayrack, where I had bestowed it only a few minutes before, and that the owner of the article was lying on the railway line with his brains on the wrong side of his head, so I contented myself by replying that I had seen no one after I had left Leigh. The man at the door inclined his head gravely in acknowledgment, but said no further word, and for some quarter of an hour we stood there without speaking. Except for our breathing and the ticking of our watches, there was a silence which every moment became more oppressive and more aggressive. To my overwrought nerves it seemed singing with disaster. It was like a brooding presence, ominous of evil, and soon—what with the feid air and the heat of the place—I began to feel light-headed, and could have sworn that this same silence had slowly begun to gyrate around me, like a gigantic wheel that increased in momentum with every revolution. Nor was I the only one of the company with "nerves," for when a sleepy but would-be-sober beetle, gravely wheeling homeward from some seductive beetle-haunt, blundered against a window pane—as a drunkard, who, vowing that he can walk straight, reels against a tavern door—the whole six of us jumped like startled cats at the sound of his horny tap. The incident was not, however, without a sequel, for one of the party (1 discovered afterwards that he was Number Two), whose "jump" had been accompanied by a word unacustomed to cars polite, but whose sins were not all uncovered by that cloak to the wearer of which much may be forgiven, that cloak which can transform the raggedest of rascals into a presentable personage and an agreeable companion—need I say I mean a sense of humor?—took advantage of the diversion to make a sensible suggestion. He remarked that he had always been taught and was quite prepared to admit the truth of the Scriptural precept that "the way of transgressors is hard," but as for himself he did not see why the transgressors—as he presumed the occupants of that wagon were—should be poisoned in this world as well as roasted in the next, and he begged leave to move that either the door or the window be opened. It was not a brilliant observation, but it brought about two good results—the letting in of some fresh air and the letting out of the awkward constraint which had bound us. Laughter is the greatest of levellers. To ask a man to drink with you—which, according to our English social code, is the very running up of the flag of fellowship—is not half so effective in setting you and him upon good terms with each other, as is a hearty laugh in common. From laughing at this allusion to the way of transgressors we went on to discussing the situation as it then presented itself, and as there was still no sign of the advent of Number One, we decided that something had happened to detain him, and that, as we could do nothing without him, we had best postpone the discussion of business till the next day, when he would, no doubt, make an opportunity to join us. In the meantime we must pass the night where we were, so each of us proceeded to make himself as comfortable—or, rather, as little uncomfortable—as he could in our very luxurious lodgings. For myself, with the unusual circumstances, the tragle struggle in the train, the impatient tossings, turnings, twistings and sighings of my companions, vainly straining after case on their most uneasy couches, I slept never a wink all night, and was glad indeed when morning was far enough advanced for one of us to venture abroad in search of breakfast for his colleagues. It was not long before he hurried back empty-handed, bringing us, in place of breakfast, news which was no news to me. "Fellow councillors," he said, with evident agitation, "I have terrible tildings for you. Our chief, Number One, was killed on the railway last night. He must have been walking along the line on his way to join us, when he was knocked down between Benefeet and Leigh by a passing frain. They were bringing his body in when I got into the village, and, though he was wearing no beard, I recognized him at once. For half a minute no one spoke, and then one of the councillors said curiously— "How did you recognize him if he wasn't disguised?" "By his clothes, in the first place," was the answer. "He had the blue serge suit, turn-down collar and spotted tie which we all wear. But I should have recognized him quite apart from that, for I was to some extent in his confidence, and, in fact, met him by appointment only two days ago." "Who are you, then?" said the man who had constituted himself spokesman. "I am Councillor Number Two—the oldest member of the society, next to our late chief. I was the first man to whom he unfolded his schemes and I was the first whom he invited to become a councillor." "Can you prove this?" asked the other. "I don't mean that I doubt your word, but, as none of us knows each other's name, there is nothing to prevent any of us from claiming that he is the senior member of the council. And if Number One is really dead, it will be necessary to elect his successor without delay, if the work of this society is to be carried on." "Quite so," said Number Two. "Who is to be that successor will be for the council to decide, and need not yet be discussed, but as you challenge my statement and call upon me to prove that I really was in our dead chief's confidence let me ask if you or any other councillor can tell us what business was to be discussed at the meeting last night?" "No, I can't," said the spokesman. "Is there any other councillor present who can?" He looked around inquiringly, but no one spoke, and with something of a triumphant air, Number Two went on. "The business which was to come before the meeting was two-fold. First the newly-appointed Councillor Number Seven was to make his report in regard to the removal of the traitor, Councillor Number Seven that was." "Go on," said the other, nodding. "We might have guessed that far, even without being in the confidence of the chief." "The second business," said Councilor Number Two, without noticing the interruption, "was to arrange a matter of importance. A week or so ago the police raided a house. No. $9 Fassett Square, Dalston, in which a considerable quantity of dynamite was stored. That dynamite had been brought there from the continent by a man in the pay of our chief, acting on behalf of the council. Can any one present tell us the sequel of the raid?" He paused and looked around in quirking, but received no answer. "I thought not," said Number Two, with evident satisfaction. "I can, as it was told me by our chief himself. Listen! The police made what they thought a big haul of dynamite, but they have left behind them more than they took away, and last night the facts were to have been placed before the council, that the dynamite might be secured and used for the carrying out of an enterprise which Number One has long been contemplating. Can any one tell me where the explosive which the police failed to find was concealed?" Again there was a sullen silence. Then Number Two went on speaking with the air of a man who feels that he has the game in his own hands. "In the cellar of the house I am speaking of there were a few dozen bottles of wine, half a dozen bottles of spirit and a small cask of beer. The wine and spirit the police took with them and the beer they drank, leaving what they supposed was the empty barrel behind them. Their way of looking at things evidently was that, as barrels were made to contain beer, and as this particular barrel did contain beer—and good beer—and beer was made to be drunk, all they had to do was to drink the beer and there was an end of the matter. If they had taken the trouble to ascertain whether the barrel contained anything else but beer they would have left the house with full hands as well as with full bellies, for the barrel was divided into two compartments, the lower containing that concoction of the devil, as our feetotal friends would call it—Double X, and the upper that pretty little plaything, which it has been left to man and not to the devil, to devise—dynamite. "Well, gentlemen," he went on, in a brisker and more business-like tone, "you all know the story of the quarrel between Lord Cranthorpe and his work people—that he has reduced the wages of more than 1,000 men and women who work in his mill, taking 20 per cent. off the men's payment and 25 off the women's, and has refused to listen to anything which is to be said on behalf of the people or to receive a deputation on the subject. He has taken advantage of the fact that he is rolling in money and that they are entirely dependent upon their earnings to act toward his fellow-countrymen as the rich acts towards the poor in Russia. At this moment hundreds of families are starving through his greed. He is the best-hated man in England to-day, and nothing we can do would make the societies which we direct more popular among the people who support us than a blow aimed at him. This dynamite of which I have spoken was brought to England by the instruction of our late chief, who had intended at the next meeting of the council to propose the blowing up of Lord Cranthorpe's house in Plantagenet Square. If this could be accom- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. plished by us successfully it would give a wonderful stimulus to our work all over the world, and would cause subscriptions to pour in, which, as the first handling of whatever money is subscribed is one of the privileges (shall I say perquisites?) of being on the council, is a very desirable state of affairs. Gentlemen, there is not a moment to lose. I know the house where the dynamite is concealed. If you will appoint another member to act with me, I will endeavor to obtain possession of the explosive that is concealed at Fassett Square, and to meet you here at midnight this day week, that we may make the necessary arrangements for using the dynamite in the manner in which our late chief intended—I mean in blowing up Lord Cranthorpe's house in Plantagenet Square." He paused and looked around him in a somewhat dramatic, not to say melodramatic, manner. But he had spoken so confidently and with such evident conviction that it was very plain he carried his hearers with him. Just as we see a thread of ringed fire shine out upon the charred edges of a sheet of paper, when a live coal has dropped from the grate, so, as the last words fell from his lips, there ran around the circle of listening councillors a thin murmur of unmistakable approval. In the next instant—as the ring of smouldering fire breaks out into open flame—the murmur of approbation swelled into something like enthusiastic applause, and the very councillor who had hitherto seemed suspicious of Number Two's credentials called out—"Hands up, those who vote that Like a parcel of school-boys who shoot out eager hands for permission to reply to an easy question which has been asked by the master, the whole of the listening councillors (myself included, for I thought it wise to stimulate the enthusiasm of my quondam colleagues) held up an assenting fist. "Against," called out the self-constituted chairman; and there being no response, he, so to speak, let fall the hammer with a decisive "nem. con." "Thank you, brother councillors, for this mark of confidence," said Number Two. "The dynamite should not be left in that house an hour longer than is necessary. I should like, if possible, that I and whoever be appointed to work with me should catch the next train up, and I beg to propose that all other business before the council be postponed until we meet here seven days hence at midnight." This also receiving the assent of the meeting, the council next proceeded to settle who should act with Number Two in obtaining possession of the dynamite. Lots were cast, and the duty falling to the share of Number Three, he was instructed to join Number Two in London, traveling thither by the other line, to avoid attracting attention. "The only matter that remains for us to settle," said our self-constituted chairman, Number Two. "is that of our departure from this wagon. We must at different times and by different routes; and as Number Two and Number Three are leaving this morning, I propose that Numbers Four and Five should wait until nightfall, and go by different routes, and that Numbers Six and Seven should leave tomorrow morning, one traveling by the Tilbury line and the other by the Great Eastern." This was an arrangement by no means to my liking, as it would give Number Two and Number Three a day's start of me, and I had made up my mind to devote my best energies to frustrating their attempt to lay hands upon the dynamite. But, as my colleagues, Number Four, Number Five and Number Six, gave ready assent to the proposal. I did not think it wise to demur, though I contess it was with no little reluctance that I saw Number Two and Number Three depart upon their errand of devilty. CHAPTER VII HOW I CAUSED A HORSE TO RUN AWAY AND THEN RAN AWAY MYSELF. My first business after leaving the wagon next morning was to regain possession of the dead man's bag, which I was disappointed to find contained nothing more important than a false beard. I then took the train to London, and after hurriedly changing my clothes at my chambers, I made my way to No. 89, Fassett Square, Dalston, the house where the dynamite was concealed. As I turned the corner of the square, a brewer's dray drew up at No. 81, and a man wearing a red cap and an apron of brown sacking jumped down and knocked at the door. It was opened by another man at the moment I was passing. Both looked curiously at me, and then the driver of the dray said, in what I thought was an unnecessarily loud voice— "I've called for the empty barrel, and to know if you have any orders for our firm." Had I not heard his voice I should have guessed instinctively that he was Councillor Number Two, and that the asking for "orders" and mention of "calling for the empty barrel" was a mere blind with which to deceive the casual passer-by. The man inside the house was, I had little doubt, Councillor Number Three. How he had effected an entrance I did not know, but this driving up in open daylight of a brewer's van in which to take away what was apparently an empty barrel was a piece of "bluff", which, if only by virtue of its very impudence, might well have been carried through to a successful issue. "Oh, yes, that'll be all right," said the man who had opened the door. "You'd better come down into the cellar and fetch it." No one happened just then to be approaching, so the instant the door was closed upon this precious pair of scoundrels, I struck the horse that was harnessed to the dray under the belly with my stick, making at the same time that peculiar clucking sound which signifies in the language current between horse and man "Go on." As I had intended, the animal plunged, and then started off down the square, the heavy van jolting behind him noisily. The sound must have reached the men inside the house, for the door was opened again hurriedly, and the two of them ran out into the road. Jammer "WHOA! WHOA!" When they saw what had happened, the fellow dressed like a brewer rushed in pursuit of the runaway, calling "Whoa! whoa!" as he went, and the other fellow, though he did not join in the chase, walked slowly after him to witness the result. Here was my chance. I had strolled along in the opposite direction from that in which the horse was going, and the two men, having eyes only for the runaway, had not looked my way at all. Treading on tip-toe, so as not to be heard, I stepped softly back, and crouching down almost on all fours when I reached the gate, I scrambled along the pathway and into the house, banging the door after me as I entered. In less than half a minute the door was tried, and then I heard some one, whom I took to be Number Three, muttering an oath to himself under his breath. Soon after, there was the rumble of the returning van, and putting my ear to the key-hole, I could just catch what was said by a voice which I recognized as that of Number Two. "What are you standing there for, without a hat, you fool? Anybody would think you wanted to attract attention. Why don't you open the door and get inside?" "I can't," was the reply. "The door blew to while I was looking after you, and the key's inside. But you've got a duplicate, luckily, so it won't much matter." "Yes, it will, for my duplicate at home," was the angry answer, "You've made a pretty fine mess of it, after all the trouble I've been at, to get an entrance and to arrange about the dray. Well, we can't get it without a key, and, what's more, you can't stand here bareheaded, or we are sure to be noticed. You'd best go somewhere and get a hat. In the meantime I'll get rid of the dray (we can't bring it here twice in the same day), and get my key and meet you at the corner of the square. We shall have to open the barrel and take the stuff away in bits, instead of in the lump, and it will be a risky job too. Now then, come along. We've no time to lose." Once they were gone I began to explore the house from the top downwards. In a cupboard of the front bedroom I found a packet of plans and papers, which I commenced to overhaul. Some of them puzzled me not a little, so much so that I must have spent more time poring over them than I was aware of, for the two conspirators had not been gone very long before I heard a latchkey turn in the lock downstairs. "We must look slippy about it," said a voice, which I recognized as that of Number Two. "It's lucky I hadn't tar to go to get rid of the dray and to get the other key. We'd better go down in the cellar at once." In another moment I heard their footsteps upon the stairs that led to the basement, so I slipped softly down into the hall, where I could still catch the sound of their voices. Number Two was speaking. "Come, hurry up with those tools," he was saying. "The police are pretty sure to keep an eye upon the place still. The only wonder is that they haven't left some one in charge. Good God! what's that?" And then I heard another and a deeper voice— "Move a step, either of you, and I fire. They have left some one in charge. Will you surrender quietly or shall—" The next instant there was the report of firearms, followed by a scuffling noise and a cry. I waited to hear no more. "I'm better out of this than in it, and for several reasons," I said to myself. "My explanation wouldn't satisfy either side, if I were called upon to make it. If the Syndicate of Scoondrels gets to know I've been playing the spy on them, there would be another vacancy in the council, for the villains would never rest till they'd poisoned, or drowned, or knifed, or dynamited me. And I don't know that I should find myself altogether popular with the police if I had to tell them my story. Besides which, they mightn't believe it, and, for all I know, I might find myself in the dock along with the other two. So I'll leave you to settle your little difference among yourselves, gentlemen." One can think in three seconds what cannot be written down in thirty. The report of the pistol was still ringing in my ears as I opened the door, and, stepping out, walked away at a pace which, though it was not so rapid as to attract notice, was, I can promise you, smart. Very glad I was too when I had turned the corner of the square, but it was not until I found myself in a crowded thoroughfare, and I knew that I had put a good 500 yards between myself and the place, that I began to slacken. The evening papers had no more eager reader than I that night, and it was with no little consternation that I saw the following announcement in a late edition: "A tragic discovery was made this afternoon at 89 Fassett Square, Dalston, the house in which a quantity of dynamite was recently discovered by the police. Constable X24 noticed when passing on his round that the front door was open, and on entering and searching the premises, he discovered in the cellar the dead body of The policeman who had been left in charge. The unfortunate man had been stabbed to the heart, but by whom there was no evidence to show, but that a struggle had taken place was clear from the fact that a revolver, one chamber of which had been discharged, and which has been identified as his property, was found lying beside him. It is, however, supposed that the crime was committed by some member, or members, of the gang by whom the dynamite had been concealed on the premises, and that they had revisited the house, not knowing that the police had left anyone in charge." And in the "Stop Press" space in the paper, which is devoted to late news, I found the following—to me extremely significant announcement: "The police refuse to give any particulars in regard to the sensational murder of a policeman at Fassett Square, Dalston. Our representative, however, succeeded this afternoon in obtaining a short interview with the wife of the murdered man, who has informed him of a curious circumstance in connection with the case. This is that an empty beer barrel, which was lying in the cellar where the body was found, had been very carefully taken to pieces, and this she is confident was not done by her husband, who she assured our representative had no tools on the premises by which the work could have been accomplished." "This is bad news!" I said to myself as I laid down the paper. "The seconddrels have not only got clean away, but they have evidently accomplished the object of their visit, and succeeded in taking the dynamite with them. It makes me feel very uncomfortable about the whole business; although even if I had gone down to the cellar I should not have been in time to save the poor fellow's life; and after all, if the police don't take proper steps to guard premises which they are in charge of, it's their affair, not mine. "But now that I know the seconddrels have got possession of the dynamite, and that they intend to use it in blowing up Lord Cranthorpe's house, I will make it my business to see that they don't do anything of the sort; and, knowing what I do of them and their plans, I think I shall succeed, though I fancy I'm setting myself a risky job." TO BE CONTI UED ) Absolutely Safe. "Have I any rival in your affections?" he demanded, fiercely. "No-o," replied the lovely girl thoughtfully. "At least, I cannot think of anybody else I regard with equal indifference."—Town Topics. An Illusion. For pelf man resolutely schemes, Despite the wealth that he secures; The other fellow's dollar seems the most starless as big as youra —Washington Star. A He—I'm sure I can marry any girl I please. She—Yes, but could you please any? —N. Y. Times. Modest. Indeed. "He seems to be a modest, unassuming man." "He is. Why, he actually admits that he might not be able to run an automobile that he never saw."—N. Y. Times. Two Evils. "It's hard to have a lot of debts that you simply can't pay." "Oh. I don't know! It's worse to have a lot that you simply have to pay." —Philadelphia Public Ledger. A Model of Industry Unmasonic Sanford—Is your father as enthusiastic upon the subject of free masonry as he used to be? Merton—Yes, he threw the thermometer out of the window because it got over 33 degrees.—N. Y. Times. Nothing But the Best "Has your husband provided a mausoleum for you?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle. "Oh, my, no! Josiah was bound to have hard wood floors all through the house."—Chicago Record-Herald. Missed the Fun "Did you have a good time in the city?" they asked when he returned. "Naw!!" was his reply. "Why, I was there two days an' there wasn't a bunco steerer come near me."—Chicago Post. "Sure thing," repiled the officeseeker, "and I'm willing to take my turn."—Chicago Daily News. An Erroneous Impression. "The world moves and we've got to move with it." "True, but the trouble is too many of us get the idea that we're moving it."—Chicago Post. SCHWAB F.LES ANSWER TO SUIT Dennis He Attempted to Wreck Shipbuilding Company. WAS NOT ONE OF PROMOTERS New York, Dec. 23.—Charles M. Schwab filed his answer to the cross bill of the United States Shipbuilding Company and James Smith, Jr., its receiver, in the United States Circuit Court for the southern district of New York. The case is that of the company and its receiver against the New York Security and Trust Company and Mr. Schwab. After admitting certain of the fundamental facts which have heretofore been established, Mr. Schwab takes up the various allegations and charges of the cross bill. He says: "I deny that I ever was or became one of the promoters of the shipbuilding company or that I and a number of persons associated with me acquired the capital stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company, as averred in said cross bill." Emphatic denial is made that he ever conceived any scheme of transferring to the shipbuilding company the stock of the Bethlehem Steel Company at an excessive rate or upon conditions permitting him or his associates to control the shipbuilding company or to absorb for his benefit "all of its property and assets, to the injury of its creditors and of its bona fide bondholders and stockholders or otherwise." Continuing Mr. Schwab says: "I deny that with any purpose of accomplishing such intent and purpose or otherwise I or any associates of mine represented to the shipbuilding company that the said shares of stock were worth the sum of $30,000,000; that the said steel company had during the fiscal year ending July 31, 1902, made a net profit in its operations amounting to the sum of $1,441,208; that its said surplus assets on July 31, 1902, amounted to $4,118,000." Mr. Schwab denies that he ever made any false representations regarding the Bethlehem Steel Company and denies that his stock on July 31, 1902, was not worth to exceed $7,500,000. Mr. Schwab is of the belief that the stocks received in exchange for the steel stock did not exceed the value of the steel stock. He denies that the bonds were issued without consideration. He avers that neither he nor his associates conspired with the "dummy directors of the shipbuilding company" to have inserted in the mortgage to the Security and Trust Company and in the charter of the Shipbuilding Company provisions which would give him or them absolute control of the shipbuilding and steel companies, with the power to so manipulate the corporations as to cause default in the payment of the interest, thereby defrauding creditors, stockholders and bondholders of the shipbuilding company. Mr. Schwab says that he and his associates had nothing to do with the withholding by the Bethlehem company of the dividend payments on the 300,000 shares of its stock owned by the shipbuilding company, for the purpose of wrecking the latter concern. He asserts that on the other hand, "although often requested so to do, the steel company has refused to declare such dividend." The defendant continues: "I deny that I or the Security and Trust Company, or the directors of the shipbuilding company, or of the steel company, or any associates of mine, acted fraudulently or in bad faith in the premises or for the purpose of destroying and wrecking the property of the shipbuilding company, in the interests of myself or any associates of mine, and I deny that this suit is brought at the instance of the reorganization committee and myself or any associates of mine for the purpose of carrying out the aforesaid or any other wrongful and fraudulent plan and scheme, or of profiting and taking advantage from the alleged defaults occasioned by any wrongful or fraudulent acts, to the injury of the shipbuilding company, or the bonafide creditors, bondholders or stockholders of the shipbuilding company." After specifically denying any and every charge of fraud, unlawful combination, conspiracy or wrongful act in his connection with the affairs of the Bethlehem Steel and United States Shipbuilding companies, Mr. Schwab details the history of his relations with the two concerns. He says that upon his return to the United States on March 17, 1903, he found the shipbuilding company in financial difficulties and learned for the first time that many of the representations in the prospectus of the shipbuilding plants were false. He also found that more capital was needed for the shipbuilding company, as well as for the Bethlehem company, the money for the latter to go for betterments. Mr. Schwab adds: "I was then and have ever since been and am now able and willing to return all the securities received by me or by Messrs. Morgan & Co., and to rescind the whole transaction, and I hereby tender the same for that purpose." Held Court at 3 A. M. Norfolk, Va., Dec. 21. — To save Charles Bynum, a negro, from lynching, Justice Morris, of Driver, Va., held court at 3 a.m. by the light of the fire the negro is accused of having started. Bynum is charged with having burned the barn of John L. Bond. In the fire several five horses and a number of vehicles and farm implements, together with several thousand pounds of cotton, were destroyed. He was held for court. Where They Talk Much. "That long-winded capa is awfully tiresome," remarked the stranger. "Yes," admitted the native. "He's most wore us out 'round here, but I guess we got it fixed to get relief by puttin' him where he belongs." "Where is that?" "We're goin' to send him to congress. He'll do us proud there"—Chicago Post. 2 The Real Effort "It is very hard," says the girl with the new fall suit, "for a girl not to appear be trying to attract attention." "It is a great deal harder," asserts the girl with the red-trimmed hat, "for her to attract attention and give the appearance of not trying to make an effort to have appear that she is not trying to attract attention."—Judge. A Wholesale Disappointment. "Marrige," acridly said the Grizzly Bachelor, with a grin as pessimistic and mirthless as that of a laughing hyena, "is always a disappointment to the fellows who don't get the girl, and to the girls who don't get the fellow; also, to the girl who does get him, and to the fellow who gets her.—Puck. The Happy Poor Wiseman—I thought you said he was very rich. Why, I heard him pitying the poor to-day. Jenkins—Well, doesn't a rich man ever pity the poor? Wiseman—Not if he's very rich; then he envises the poor.—Philadelphia Ledger. A Happy Medium. If you'd content and happy be, Then heed the precept old, And neither leave yourself away. Nor let yourself be sold. —Cincinnati Enquirer "So that is Mr. Versey, the post. De tell me what you consider his cleverest work." "Getting his poems accepted after they are written." — Boston Globe Literary Appreciation Literary Appreciation. "Are you fond of poetry?" asked the young man with curly hair. "Yes," said Miss Cayenne. "Poetry has done a great deal to make life easier. It gives people an opportunity to use quotations instead of being original and thresome."—Washington Star She Might Succeed. Proud Mother—Did my daughter sing for you? Opera Manager—Yah. "Do you think she could succeed on the stage?" "Bossily—eef giften a bart mit zinging in it."—N. Y. Weekly. An Assured Future. "How did Bolvar's get-rich-quick scheme pan out?" "Very well. Bolvar doesn't have to worry about ways and means now." "Really? Where's no living?" "Third tier, Sing Sing. Ten years lease."—N. Y. Times. Where They Are "My husband and I," said Mrs. Newlwed, "spend our evenings now reading aloud to each other. It's just splendid. Why don't you and your fiancee do that when he's calling on you?" "Graceless!" exclaimed Miss Sweetley, "how is it possible to read in the dark?" "Philadelphia Press." Anticipation Vs. Experience. Old Gentleman—Do you think, sir, that you are able to support my daughter without continually hovering on the verge of bankruptcy? Sultor—Oh, yes, sir; I am sure I can. Old Gentleman—Well, that's more than I can do. Take her and be happy.—N. Y. Weekly. All at the Foot. She—I suppose you began at the foot in your profession? He—Why, they are all at the foot, in my profession. "Indeed! Might I ask what your profession is?" "Certainly; I'm a chiropodist."—Yonkers Statesman. A. Sorry Outlook Parson—Of course you are not afraid to die, Brother Jones. Your good wife, who went before, will meet you at the pearly gates, you know. Sick Man—Yes; and a peach of a time I'll have explaining to her all I've done for the past ten years!—Judge. Two Wishes. "I wish," he said, "you could make plee Like mother used to bake." "And I," said she, "wish that you made The cash pa used to make!" —Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. DID HER BEST. A Mrs. Tawker—One-half the world doesn't know how the other half lives. Mr. Tawker—Well—that's not your suit, the—Alley Sloper. REAL PLANET published every Saturday by JOHN M. CHEE JR. at 811 North 4th Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., - EDITOR. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. MONEY ORDERS—You can buy a Money Order on your Post Office, payable at the Richmond Post Office! We will be responsible for its arrival. MONEY ORDERS can be bec'ated at your United States Express Office and the Well Bancorp and Co.'s Express Company. We will be responsible for money sent by any of these companies, and convenient way for forwarding money. REGISTERED LETTER—If a Money Order Post Office or an Express Office, it is not within your jurisdiction. 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Entered in the Post Office at Bichond, Va. second class letter. AGAINST MR. GORMAN. "God moves in a mysterious way," and our enemies are confounded. This was never better exemplified than in the case of Senator GORMAN. During the recent campaign in Maryland, he was outspoken in his hostility to the Negro. It was said to be a bid for southern support in the National Democratic Convention. In order to force himself to the front as the Democratic leader, he formulated a plan by which the Democrats were to oppose the treaty with the alleged Republic of Panama. This has called forth a protest from the New Orleans TIMES-DEMOCRAT which declares that the Democrats of the South will not follow Mr. GORMAN in any such a campaign. To dig the canal across the isthmus of Panama will result in untold benefit to the commercial interests of this section. This journal boldly declares that to follow Mr. GORMAN is to invite merited defeat. It concludes its estimate of this Democratic leader in the following language: "Much was claimed by Senator Gorman's friends when it was decided that he should be the Democratic leader in the Senate, but these claims have been dissipated in a day by his substitution of offensive partisanship for patriotism in a matter which is in all its aspects a national question and in no respect a political question." This registers "the finish" of one of our greatest political enemies. "His goose is cooked" so far as the Democratic presidential nomination is concerned, and the blunder by him made will mark him as a demagogue of the "last water." Truly is God "fighting for Israel!" and the colored man's interests will yet be protected. FAILURE OF SOUTHERN ELECTION METHODS. THE Petersburg, Va., INDEX-APPEAL discussed "The Suffrage Problem" in its issue of December 29th and said: "Since the fateful eru of reconstruction of the Union by the restoration of the seceded States, the South has had many difficult and trying questions to deal with, but none that was more perplexing than the suffrage question, the crux of which was to solve it in such a way as to eliminate the illiterate and vicious element of the Negro vote without violating the Constitution." It continued: "The task was rendered all the more difficult because there was an utter lack of co-operation with the whites on the part of educated and respectable Negroes, who persisted in making common cause with ignorance and vice, thus obstructing the work of suffrage reform on one hand and the mental and moral improvement of the Negro race on the other." What else were they to do? What else would you have done? They could not separate the issues without endangering the cause for which they con- tended. They stood ready to support the intelligent, law abiding white men against the ignorant and the vicious as applied to white and black men, but the white men of Virginia would not have it so. White men defended ignorance and vice existing in white men and attacked not only ignorance and vice among colored men, but education and virtue among the same class of people. The intelligent, industrious, self-respecting colored people of this state have always stood ready to support any legitimate purification of the ballot, so long as that purification was not based upon race, color, politics or religion. It then stated the conditions as they now exist, showing that the South asked to be let alone and even this favor has not tended to simplify the situation. It said: "Since the birth of those preposterous notions, a generation has passed away, and time has softened much of the ransom and resentment that issued from the war between the States, and the North now sees the situation with a clearer vision and a more correct apprehension of the difficulties which encompass the race question in the South, particularly, with respect to suffrage and citizenship, and there is an apparent willingness to let the men who stand nearest to the burdens to do the living. Undoubtedly that simplifies matters, but it does not solve the problem fully and satisfactorily." Then followed this strong, emphatic, but true language: 'Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia North Carolina and, in fact, all the Southern States have passed suffrage laws directed against Negro suffrage, but in nearly every instance the laws have acted as boomerangs, and resulted in disfranchising almost as many whites as Negroes. That has been almost universally true of the invention of paying taxes for any considerable time in advance as a qualification to vote. In Virginia, where the plan has just been adopted, we have most impressive evidence of its effect in a greatly reduced white electorate, and we now find ourselves very much in the fix of the people of New York, who imported English sparrows to destroy caterpillars, and later were anxiously looking for some larger bread for the caterpillars to destroy the English sparrows. The threat of disfranchisement does not seem to have terrors enough to compel the white voter to part from his $1 or $1.50 as the case may be Indeed, white citizen, otherwise eligible to vote, eagerly embrace this convenient avenue of escape from the button-holding of enterprises and soliciting candidates. The plan restricts suffrage, beyond doubt, and also restricts the white electorate pari passu with suffrage." There you have it. History is repeating itself. The truths stated by WENDELL PHILLIPS and emphasized by CHARLES SUMNER are immutable. Wrong-doing never pays in the long run. Honesty is the best policy and the Golden Rule is the only safe guide for nations as well as for individuals. Let the politicians continue their agitation in attempting to sever the friendship existing between the better elements of the black and white races. The result will always be same, for God's promises are unchangeable and His decrees are immutable. On the other side of the River, we shall have justice done, and this long-suffering, praying, struggling race will live with God forever, in that bright and happy land. "Yes, truth will conquer at the last, as round and round we run. And ever the wrong is proved to be wrong. And ever justice done." HANLON GETS AWFUL BEATING Referee Probably Saved Him From Beating By Yonatan Gomez ing Killed By Young Corbett. San Francisco, Dec. 30. A mereful referee probably saved Eddie Hanlon from being killed by "Young Corbett," when he stopped their contest in the middle of the 16th round. For two rounds previous Referee Graney had begged Hanlon's seconds to take their man out of the ring, but they kept the game youngster at it, and finally Graney, fearing that a fatality might result, ordered the fight stopped. No man ever received such terrific punishment in a San Francisco ring, and probably "Young Corbett" is the only man in the country who could administer such a beating to Hanlon. When the San Francisco boy was carried to his corner, still conscious, but unable to walk, his seconds worked vigorously to revive him. The terribly beaten lad, however, commenced to vomit blood, and things looked very serious for him for a short time. He was finally revived and was carried out of the ring by one of his seconds. Before he left, "Young Corbett" paid a high tribute to his skill and gameness and saluted his brother prize fighter with an affectionate kiss. It must be said for Corbett that he was as merciful under the circumstances as he could be. During the 14th and 15th rounds he, too, was anxious to have the fight stopped in order to save Hanlon needless punishment. The fight demonstrated that Corbett is any man's superior at his weight. At no time during the contest was he in any apparent danger, and when it ended there was not a mark upon him. Hanlon's most peculiar and very effective defense was all that saved him from a knock-out early in the game. Even when he became tired and could not protect himself, Corbett could not land a knock-out blow. In the 13th and 14th rounds Corbett began to show what he could do. The men were allowed to fight in the clinches, and Corbett, leaning his head against Hanlon's shoulder, and with his arms free, would punch him in the stomach with his right and swing fierce short lefts on his jaw. That was the beginning of the end. In the 15th round Corbett backed Hanlon into a corner, and when the San Francisco boy swung feebly Corbett swung two lightning lefts and Hanlon went down. He took the count of eight, but struggled to his feet and again received the terrific punishment that Corbett was dealing cut to him. It was then that Graney wanted the fight stopped. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA REPLY TO COLOMBIA NOT YET READY Administration Regards Ratification of Canal Treaty as First Step. MR. ROOT ACTING FOR MR. HAY Washington, Dec. 30.—At a meeting of the cabinet called by the president the Panama situation was the principal subject under consideration. All members of the cabinet except Secretary Hay, who is ill, Secretary Shaw and Attorney General Knox, who are out of the city, were present. The meeting was one of the longest held for several weeks, the session consuming quite two hours. At the conclusion of the meeting the members were not communicative, but it was learned that in addition to a discussion of matters relating to Panama several departmental matters of minor importance were considered. Secretary Root was delayed nearly half an hour in his arrival at the meeting, having been in conference with General Reyes, the special representative of Colombia. This circumstance caused it to transpire that during the illness of Secretary Hay, Secretary Root has been designated by the president to conduct the negotiations of this government with General Reyes. Secretary Root laid before the president the details of his interview with the Colombian minister. Careful consideration was given to the Colombian note filed with the state department by General Reyes, but it can be said that no answer yet has been made to it. The note was submitted by the Colombian minister in Spanish. Some delay was encountered in the translation of the document, but finally the translation was laid before the president and Secretary Root for consideration. Secretary Root informed General Reyes that the reply of this government was not ready, but that it would be given him as soon as possible. Secretary Root will give the response to General Reyes when a decision as to its precise nature shall have been reached. No intimation of the contents of General Reyes' note or of the reply of this government is given from any authoritative source. It is known, however, that the administration regards the ratification of the treaty with the Republic of Panama as the first step to be taken in the entire pending matter. What this government may do subsequently will be determined, at least, in part, by the circumstances then surrounding the case. Just now, it is said authoritatively, there is nothing in the situation to arouse serious concern. General Reyes has not indicated to Secretary Root what his intentions are regarding his future movements. It is presumed he will remain in Washington at least until the reply to his note shall have been received, but so far as can be ascertained nothing definite is known as to his intentions. General Reyes' frequent conferences with the officials of the administration have enabled him to realize that the United States will not retrace a stop on the Isthmus. Whether Colombia may hope for relief from congress in the shape of an indemnity for the loss she has suffered in the secession of Panama is a matter which can be left open for the present, it is said, Colombia and the United States are concerned now with the broader question as to the interpretation of the treaty of 1846. Returning a visit of Secretary Root, made several days ago. General Reyes called at the war department and was with the secretary half an hour. General Reyes took occasion to reiterate the great pressure he was bringing to bear on his people to remain quiet until his mission is finished. The secretary fully appreciates the delicate position of General Reyes, and it is possible will be able to give him some suggestions as to how the Colombians may be made aware of the real situation here. Secretary Hay No Better Washington, Dec. 29.—The condition of Secretary Hay remains unchanged. Contrary to the expectation of his physician, the secretary's bronchial trouble has not yielded readily to treatment, and Mr. Hay probably will leave Washington early in January for Thomasville, Ga., for a visit to Colonel Oliver Payne. The mild climate there has helped the secretary before, and it is hoped may again prove an effective cure. Murderer Drowned Trying to Escape Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 29. — Jacob Meyers, a buckster, was fatally stabbed by Joseph Curry, an Italian laborer, in a quarrel in a hotel at Duncannon. After the stabbing Curry was chased by a posse of citizens, and to escape them he jumped into the river. The swift water carried him under, and he was drowned before a boat could be launched to rescue him. Meyers lives at Duncannon, and is 35 years old. Curry was employed at the Duncannon iron Works. Penna. Lawyers to Meet at Cape May. Uniontown, Pa., Dec. 30.—At the meeting of the executive committee in Uniontown it was decided to hold the next meeting of the Pennsylvania State Bar Association in Cape May, N. J., June 28, 29 and 30. On motion of W. H. Staak, of Philadelphia, a minute was adopted of the death of Victor Gullon, of Philadelphia, for three years president of the association. This will be the first meeting of the association outside the state. VALUE OF EARM PRODUCTS Report Showing Acreage and Production of Principal Cereals. Washington, Dec. 29.—Final returns to the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture from regular and special correspondents, supplemented by reports of special field agents, show the acreage, production and value of the principal farm crops of the United States in 1903 to have been as follows: Corn, acreage, 88,091,993; production, 2,244,176,325 bushels; value, $952,868,801. Winter wheat, acreage, 32,510,510; production, 399,867,250 bushels; value, $286,242,849. Spring wheat, acreage, 16,954,457; production, 237,954,585 bushels; value, $156,781,977. Oats, acreage, 27,638,126; production, 784,094,199 bushels; value, $267,661. Barley, acreage, 4,993,137; production, 131,861,391 bushels; value, $60,166,313. Rye, acreage, 1,906,894; production, 29,363,416 bushels; value, $15,923,871. MAY PROBE MORMON CHURCH Efforts to Unseat Senator Smoot May Result in General Investigation. COMMITTEE MEETS JANUARY 9 Washington, Dec. 30.—Senator Burrows, who is chairman of the senate committee on privileges and elections, which is conducting the investigation of the charges against Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah, said that the committee probably would meet on Saturday, January 9, for the continuance of the inquiry. While Senator Burrows has received no notification from Senator Smoot he thinks it probably that the reply of the latter to the charges against him will be ready by the time mentioned. Senator Burrows would make no forecast of the proceedings of the committee. All depended, he said, upon the nature of the response. Before going to Salt Lake City Mr. Smoot said that he probably would deny some of the charges and admit others. If Mr. Smoot's denial is such as to challenge the authenticity of the information upon which the accusations are based it is the opinion of some of the members of the committee that the authors of the charges will be given an opportunity to prove them, and in that event there probably would be quite a general investigation into the present day practices of the Mormon church with reference both to marriage and politics. If Senator Smoot should admit the charges as a whole, which is not considered probable, there would be nothing left for the committee but to consider the legal aspect of the case and decide whether the facts alleged, even if true, disqualify a man for a seat in the senate. The present indications are that the question will be before the committee for some time. URGES SMOOT TO DEFY SENATE Apostle Advised By High Mormon to Admit Relief In Rebuke Admiteller in Polygamy. Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec. 28 — Frank J. Cannon, former United States senator, and a high Mormon, advises Senator Reed Smoot, the apostle, whose seat in the senate is being contested, to come out boldly, admit that he believes in the Mormon doctrine, including polygamy, and defy the senate to unseat him. Cannon tells Smoot to act the part of a man and loyal churchman, saving: "The bold way is the best. Senator Smoot is one of the apostles of a church which claims direct revelation from heaven. The voice of God is superior to any earthly voice. As an apostle Senator Smoot would obey the will of God against the will of any man. Why not come out and say so and challenge the senate of the United States to the issue? What possible object could be gained by equivocation? The apostles were selected as witnesses for God and His restored revelation. Here is the greatest opportunity afforded one of them. Will it be lost by the church?" 7000 Sheep Burned to Death Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Seven thousand sheep were burned to death at the East Buffalo Stock Yards. The long sheds in which they were confined were swept by the flames before any of the animals could be released. The loss is estimated at $75,000. It was stated by Superintendent Leigh that the fire would in no way interfere with the handling of live stock here. Plenty of space is available in the cattle and hog sheds to house the sheep arrivals. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, December 24. Three men were killed by a premature explosion of dynamite at the Union Iron Works, at Ironton, Ohio. Ten indictments were returned by the Chicago grand jury against persons who took part in the recent street car strike. One of the walls of the old 13th regiment armory, in Brooklyn, N. Y., fell, killing three workmen and injuring seven others. Mayor-elect McClellan, of New York, has appointed former Assistant Secretary of the Navy William McAdoo a police commissioner. President Roosevelt has denied 13 applications for pardon, granted four pardons to restore civil rights and exercised clemency in 11 other cases. Saturday, December 26. Great Britain and Cuba have officially recognized the Republic of Panama. Professor John Todd Hill has been appointed United States consul general at Greytown, Nicaragua. Fire in the large department store of B. Lowenstein & Bros., at Memphis, Tenn., caused a loss of $200,000. A wad of paper which William Spoor poked into his ear 20 years ago was removed by a doctor at Catskill, N. Y. The submarine boat Moccasin, ashore on the coast of Virginia, is sinking in the sand and may never be floated. Armed with a loaded revolver, C. M. McMichael, of Boston, was arrested at Hallifax, N. S., charged with passing forged express money orders. Monday, December 28. The Republic of Panama has reduced its postal rates 50 per cent. The Sharon (Pa.) Steel Hoop company has announced a reduction of 10 per cent in 1200 men's wages. While driving across the tracks of the Reading Railway at Hancock Berks county, Pa., Aradus Frey and Sylvester Fegley were struck by a train and killed. Jumping from the top of the 10-story building of the Methodist Book Concern in New York, George F. Green, a compositor, was mangled almost beyond recognition. The international Machinists' Union will shortly start voting on a proposition to amalgamate with the Allied Metal Mechanics, 150,000 men being affected by the contemplated change. Tuesday, December 21. The tar paper plant of the Bordman-Foster company, near York, Pa., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $60,000. The Russian government has placed contracts in this country for 3,000,000 pounds of beef to be shipped to the Orient. The American Bridge company, at Trenton, N. J., has reduced wages from 1 to 20 per cent. Over 700 men are affected. Colonel Henry L. Thomas, for 34 years translator in the state department, Washington, died of pneumonia, aged 68 years. He spoke and translated French, Spanish, Italian, German, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic and Greek. Wednesday, December 30. William J. Bryan sailed from Liverpool on the steamer Celtic for New York. By the explosion of a locomotive on the Erie railroad at Port Jervis, N. Y., Fireman Frank Loven was killed, Engineer Wallace fatally injured and three others seriously hurt. Mrs. Day, wife of Justice William R. Day, of the United States supreme court, underwent an operation for tumor of the breast at Canton, O. Her complete recovery is looked for. To prevent a double lynching, Neely Zimmerman and George Burk, colored, were taken from Council Bluffs, Ia., to the penitentiary at Fort Madison. They criminally assaulted two white women. Train Wrecker Gets 10 Years Norfolk, Va., Dec. 29.—Arthur Lee, alias Charles Lee, was sentenced to 10 years in the state prison at Halifax, Va. for derailing the Southern Railway train No. 3 at Milton Station, November 1. Lee was captured while removing rails from the Southern's tracks at Jefries Junction, December 12. For this attempt to wreck he received a five-year sentence. The negro's scheme was to wreck a train near a station, and in the confusion following rob the cars. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 30. — Flour steady; winter superine. $3.10@3.30; Penna, roller, clear. $3.60@3.75; city mills, fancy. $4.75@5.2. Wheat firm; at $3.55 per barrel. Wheat firm; Corn firm; at 2 yellow, local, free. quiet. No. 2 white, clipped. $43½; low grades, 41¢. Hay steady. No. 1 timothy, large bales. $15@15.50. Pork firm, family. $2@20. Beef steet; $2½ for hen. $2½ for poultry. 12¢¢ for hen; 8¢ for old roosters. Dressed poultry, 12¢¢ for choice fowl; 9¢ for old roosters. Butter steady; creamy, 27¢ per pound. Dressed New York and Penna. $3¢ per dozen. Potatoes steady; 78¢ @80¢ per bushel. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 30. — Wheat dull, but firmer; spot contract, 88½%@88½%; steamer No. 2 red, 80½%@88½%; steamer No. 2 red, 80½%@88½%; ern, by sample, 74%@88½%; do, on grade, 80½%@88½%; Corn firm; spot, old, 50½%@50½%; spot, new, 49½%@49½%; Gats firm; No. 2 white, 41¼%@41¼%; Gats firm; No. 2 mixed, 39½%@49½; Rye firm; No. 2 western, 61½; Hay quiet; No. 1 timothy, $14.50; No. 1 clover, $13.10; No. 1 oak, $13.10; do, creamery, 26½@27€; do, ladle, 16 @18€. Eggs firm; 30€ per dozen. Live Stock Markets. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dec. 30—Cattle were strong; choice, $@{5.15}; prime, $4.70@4.75; fair, $3@ 3.60. Hogs were higher; prime heavy and mediums, $5.10@5.15; heavy and mediums, $5.10@5.15; heavy and mediums, $5.10@5.15; light Yorkers, $5.05; pass, $4.95@5.15; prime, $3.4@4.5; Sheep were stady; prime, $3.4@4.5; Sheep culls and common, $1.50@2.25; choice lambs, $6.10@6.20; veal calves, $7@ 7.50 per 100 pounds. The Failure of Success It is a peculiarly sad thing to see how prosperity often separates disciples from their Lord. Here is a young man who has seen a turn in the tide of his affairs. Prosperity fills the sails of his ship and he is moving finely over the sea. He has a good cargo, and he will make money—considerable money. But there is a note of spiritual indifference in his tone, all the more noticeable because he formerly had such an earnest spirit, and seemed to enter into the service of the Kingdom with such zeal and eagerness. That he will come to a day of regret is as certain as the sun shining yonder. He cannot turn down the things that have made him without mourning over them in a day when it will be too late to recover himself. What a pity to let prosperity separate you from the best things. The call of God is just as loud in the time of prosperity as in the day of adversity. Did you ever hear His voice in the wind that blows your sails to a prosperous port?—Baptist Union. Trivial Things. The empire of thought-to-day is constantly invaded by the anarchy of fleeting and trivial interests. Religion itself, instead of being the supreme influence in life, becomes for many only one of its multiform incidents. So the great causes of God and humanity, the great problems which knock so urgently for solution, are left unanswered, because our minds are distracted by a multitude of trivial concerns which dissipate strength and sap energy.—Rev. D. S. Mackay. Hi Occupation "Oh, yes, he works anyone he can for anything he can."—Chicago Post. **Bees Annoyed by Skunks.** In the late summer and fall bees are sometimes greatly annoyed by skunks. The cooler the weather the more disastrous are the depredations. Their scratching on the hive causes the bees to fly out in large numbers, and those not devoured by the skunks perish from the cold. Large swarms are sometimes ruined in this way. A steel trap is the quickest and surest way to get rid of the skunk nuisance. The trap should be attached by a chain to a pole about a rod long with which the animal can generally be removed and drowned without any odor.—Prairie Farmer. RELIGIOUS MATTERS FAITH IN GOD. When dangers come, we fear the worst, And yet, God rules and reins above; He has a purpose from the first, He rules and reigns in love. We know not why, we see not how; And yet, God's plans for us are best. Whatever comes to Him we'll bow, We'll trust—and in Him rest. Whate'er befalls, the time will come When darkness fades before the light; When we with joy shall reach our home, A home forever bright. This faith in God shall be our stay, Our anchor when wild billows roll. Our piercest storms shall pass away, John M. Morge, in N. Y. Observed. A LITTLE LEAVEN. The Symbol of Evil Because of Its Insidious, Swift, Penetrating and Transforming Power, "A little leaven leaveneth the whole jump." That is an adage, and the emphatic word is the adjective little, says Wellspring. Every one knows that leaven leavens, but it is not so generally understood how small a quantity will do the work. A little yeast will diffuse itself through a large pan of dough, and many a young housekeeper has spoiled many a baking because she has used too much yeast. Just a little is sufficient. Yeast is alive, and anything that is alive, no matter how insignificant in appearance, will achieve great results if you do not check it by a higher form of life, and only give it time in which to work. Leaven is like contagion, and contagion spreads from centers so small they are not visible to the naked eye. A little smallpox—just that on one small boy—will leaven, unless fought, the entire school and at last the whole community. Moral leavening works in precisely the same way. So secret and insidious and swift and penetrating and transforming is leaven that men came early to see in it the symbol of evil. For evil works in secret and with intense and conquering energy. In Jerusalem and also in Rome and in many another city the priests of religion banished leaven from their feasts and ceremonies at certain seasons of the year to remind themselves and the people that all malice and corruption must be driven from the heart. It is because influence is so subtle and so powerful that our Lord called it leaven and exhorted His disciples to beware of it. "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" so he said and says. And Paul, taking up his thought, reminds the Corinthians and the Galatians that a little leaven is sufficient to leaven a whole lump. There was one rotten man in the Corinthian church, and it was fatal to allow him to stay there for the reason that the little leaven—one bad man held in esteem and high position—will demoralize and degrade an entire congregation. In the churches of Galatia there was a false idea abroad. Along with it there went much truth, but one false principle introduced at the basis of Christian teaching will weaken and ruin the whole; which, being interpreted, means that one evil companion will, unless resisted, undermine and pollute an entire social circle, and that one evil habit left neglected in the heart will spread infection and death into every department of life. Oh, that young folks were wise, and that they would beware of the leaven, of unrighteousness, no matter how little the leaven may be! GOOD FOR FITS Passlon, Idleness, Extravagance, Ambition, Despondency, Doubt and Fear-All Have Remedies. For a fit of passion—Walk in the open air; you may speak your mind to the winds without hurting anyone, or proclaiming yourself a simpleton. For a fit of idleness—Count the ticking of a clock; do this for one hour, and you will be glad to pull off your coat the next and work like a beaver, says an exchange. For a fit of extravagance and folly—Go to the workhouse or speak to the inmates of a jail, and you will be convinced that "Who makes his bed of brier or thorn, must be content to lie fortorn." For a fit of ambition—Go to the church yard and read the gravestones; they will tell you the end of ambition. The grave will soon be your bedchamber and the earth your pillow. For a fit of despondency.—Look on the good things God has given you in this world and to those He has promised to He followers in the next. He who goes into His garden to look for cobwebs and spiders no doubt will find them; while he who looks for a flower may return into his house with one blooming in his bosom. For all fits of doubt, perplexity and fear.—Whether they respect the body or the mind; whether they are a load to the shoulders, the head or the heart, the following cure may be relied on, for I had it from the Great Physician: "Cast thy burden on the Lord, and He will sustain thee." When to Look for Stars. When it grows dark the stars begin to appear, and the beauties of the heavens are seen in their glory at midnight, not at noonide. In our spiritual skies it is as in our natural skies. New lights from God's love are seen by us, as we look up, when losses and trials cause darkness to shut in about us where before all was bright. As Carlyle says: "The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough."—S. S. Times. SACRED MEMORIES. Religious Influences of the Home Have a Power Beyond Human Ability to Compute. The religious influences of the home are potent. Its religious life ought to be pure, cheerful, full of sweet content, its piety unassuming and goodness real. Then its joy will chasten every sorrow. The Bible has a place in the family as a household treasure. There, with no doubts or cavils or questionings about it, it is read by the quiet firelight as the gloom of evening time comes on. Who can forget the sacred associations of those hours? The morning incense and evening oblation of ascending prayers, the gathering in the old parlor on Sabath afternoons, the deep-toned organ notes, the sacred songs and sweetly solemn tunes. There is the child kneeling at mother's knee in snowy white night robes not purer than the little heart, and the sweet voice is lifted softly, tenderly, in words of prayer, reverently saying: "Now I lay me down to sleep." Or, when older grown and the voice better modulated, but not sweeter, and the vision broadened, the wisdom clearer, joining all the family circle in repeating: "Our Father, who art in Heaven." How well we remember the last gathering for prayer about the old heartstone, the tremulous words of adoration and petition, the singing of "God be with you till we meet again." Then, with silent hand-clasp the Mizpah end, and we go out to tread life's busy pathway, with its sweet melody ringing in our ears, and the religious spirit of the home lingers yet. Religion in the home! There Christ writes His image on many a child heart, never to be effaced, but to be brightened and enlarged all along life's journey. How we pity a man who has no homes; who has no tie of family; in whose heart are sad traces of neglect in youth; whose retrospect of home is a dreary blank! How much he needs the friendship of Christ, and homes that are full of joy ought to be opened to him. The genesis of a home! Who can describe it! Here is a maiden fair and graceful and a man noble and brave. She is coy and winseme, he is stalwart and strong. Together they plight their love, and there is a betrothal. Love's golden clap binds it and love's canopy hangs above it. Then come the marriage altar, the bridal wreath, the wedding bells and then home. There is a doubling of every joy and the halving of every sorrow. She brings the dower of her good sense and serenity of temper, and he hirs undaunted courage, an indomitable will, and together they share many a cup of joy and drink many a cup of sorrow. The world looks to womanhood for its moral and spiritual advancement. In the home we find its highest type as wife and mother. Here she manifests her sublime faith and womanly courage. Here she shows the supremacy of disinterested love and service.—Rev. A. G. Welch. HELPFUL AND TRUE Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.—Arthur Helps. Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choice of good and evil we have made through life.—Gelkke. The heart that cherishes anger is like an ocean in storm—an emblem of tumult and not of peace.—United Presbyterian. Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others as by self-examination thoroughly to known our own.—Fenelon. Selfishness cannot forgive. Love cannot help forgiving. * * * Love defines our neighbor as the man whom we can help, and measures our duty to him by what we would wish for ourselves.—William De Witt Hyde. The whole secret of remaining young in spite of years, and even of gray hairs, is to cherish enthusiasm in one's self, by poetry, by contemplation, by charity—that is, in fewer words, by the maintenance of harmony in the soul.—Amiel's Journal. Love men's possibilities, as your Lord has seen them, and it will not be difficult to be patient with the stages of imperfection by which they attain. Is not time theirs as well as yours? And shall you learn nothing for their advantage from the patience of your Heavenly Father?—Isaac Oden Rankin. CONVENIENT AND CHEAP: Plan of a Hen House That Combiner All the Desirable Features of the Best Structures. Here is a hen house which is both durable and cheap. It is built out of sheeting lumber, one layer covers the cracks of the other, and will make a good roof if lapped like shingles. The house is built twice as long as it is wide; over one-half is partitioned off North Shannoners Oat 31 O Wheat O Corn 80m² WELL ARRANGED HENHOUSE for scratching room. Nos. 1 are doors; two and seven are windows covered with pickets and storm doors for the windows at night. No. 3 are nests; four are roosts, which are nailed on poles, the poles fastened on posts five by a piece of iron, coming from one side of post up over pole and down on the other side; this loop holding it down, still letting pole turn, letting the roosts be hooked up on the walls by means of these loops and nails, leaving the room free to clean out. The droppings may be thrown out of window seven, then let the roosts down on posts six, and they are ready to use and don't touch the wall. Hang carbolic acid in bottles under the roosts put tobacco stems in the nests, put lime on the floor, use the match freely with old nests and litter, and it will be clean with no vermin.—Mrs. S. Holland, in Epitomian. "Why, he talked to me for a straight hour, and then ended up by saying: 'A word to the wise, you know.'"—Chicago Post. THE PULCHER SATURDAY ..... JANUARY 2. 1904 Up Against It. "Sir, I don't think I quite catch the drift of your remarks," said the haughty maid who seemed to have suddenly developed a case of refrigerator heart. "Well, I seem to catch your drift, all right, all right," rejoined the young man who had been trying to frame up a proposal. "It seems to be something on the order of a snowdrift."—Chicago Dally News. His Fate. "You're not going to bar me out, are you?" the newly arrived spirit pleaded. "Oh, no," replied St. Peter. "You're the street railway magnate, aren't you?" "Yes, sir." "Well, just hang on to one of those straps over there for eternity or so."—Philadelphia Press. The Advertiser's Version. "Tis said that little drops of ink Do oft make countless thousands think; But what of more importance is, It makes them buy and leads to bliz. H. He—Yes, indeed, my brother Tom is a wonder. She—How so? He—He was the judge at a baby show last week and he came out of it without a scratch—Chicago Chronicle. The Latest from Limerick. Said the widow, a pretty young Mrs: "Sir, I really don't know what a krs." Then the bold man in haste Put his arms round her waist And exclaimed: "My dear madam, thras."—Tit-Bita. Setback. Lady of the House—But why don't you go to work? You look well and strong. Supplicant—Lady, I'd like to work, but the union won't let me. I'm a burglar by profession, lady, and I was blacklisted for working after hours.—Boston Transcript. Keeping Him Guessing Dumley—I wonder what Sharpe meant te-day when I told him that Tinker called me a fool. Erling—What was it he said? Dumley—He said Sharpe was so conventional. Now what in time could he have meant by that?—Boston Transcript. Shakespeare Modified Fuddy-Billings has a very high opinion of himself. Duddy-I should say he had! As Shakespeare says, some men are born great, some grow greater as they grow older, and some never find out how little they are—Boston Transcript. Why He Couldn't Spell It. Teacher (in spelling class)—Johnnie, spell fall. Johnnie—'Cause you told me there's no such word as fail—Tlt-Bits. Bricks Without Straw. Mrs. Newliwed—Bridget, we'll have fried eggs for breakfast, and— Mra. Newilweed—Weil, then, just make an omelet. I like that better anyway.—Philadelphia Press. Accounted For Breezy Hedges—Yes, lady—I'm a plumber looking for a job! Mra. Handout—But where are your tools? Breezy Hedges—Tools, mum? Why, a plumber always has ter go back after dem, you know!—Puck. Her Idea Belle—My husband insists that I drove him to drink. Lena—Well, what are you going to do about it? Belle—I think something of getting a divorce and marrying him again to reform him.—Puck. One Woman's Way Young Wife-What do you do when your husband gets cross and wants to scold? Wife (with experience)—I read him one or two of the letters he used to write to me before we were married.—Baltimore American. campaign asking, "How do you stand on the currency market? Are you for gold, silver or greenbacks?" Applicant (for job is spellbinder) — I don't give a durn what kind of currency it is, just so I get it in advance. — Chicago Tribune. Her Papa's. "Gee whizz!" exclaimed the reporter, looking in the report of the wedding in the paper, "I'll bet that bridegroom will be sore." "What's the matter?" asked the spake editor. "He owns an old family homestead out in the suburbs somewhere, I believe, and he told me to say 'the young couple will reside at the Old Manse.' The paper's got it 'Old Man's.'"—Philadelphia Press. A Lack of Harmony First Tramp—You'd better not go to that house. Second Tramp—Why not? First Tramp—Things don't harmonize there. Second Tramp—What do you mean? First Tramp—There's a dog at the front gate and a mat at the front door with "Welcome" on it—Town Tonics. Meant Good Dinners. "Are you glad to see me, Willie?" asked the minister as he took the pride of the family on his knee. "Yeth, thir," lisped the little fellow. "Why are you glad to see me?" asked the good man. "Becauth," answered Willie, "when you vithit uth we alwayth have a good dinner."-Cincinnati Enquirer. Somewhat Different Mrs. Green—How long have you known Mr. Brown? Mrs. Brown—Nearly two years. Mrs. Green—Two years! Why, I thought you went to school together when you were children. Mrs. Brown—So we did; but we've only been married two years—Cincinnati Enquirer. Could Appreciate It Hostess—I have been told that the Russians never touch food or drink without making the sign of the cross. Traveler—Well, there are some Russian drinks, and a good many Russian dishes, that I wouldn't touch without making the sign of the cross and saying my prayers, too—N. Y. Weekly. An Explana⁴⁴ar "I'd like to know why it is," said young Arduppe to his tailor, "that every time you make a pair of trousers for me you get them a little short?" "I suppose," replied the knight of the featherless goose, "it's because I usually find you that way when I present my bill."—Cincinnati Enquirer. The Marble Heart "Don't you remember me? I was in your class in school!" said the enthusiastic girl, meeting an old friend while shopping. "Oh, yes," said the haughty one, adjusting her lorgnette; "but you're in a different class now."—Yonkers Statesman. Cause of It. "I haven't quite determined," said the Charles street father, "whether to have my daughter's voice cultivated here or abroad. What would you suggest?" "Oh," said the obliging neighbor, 'abroad, by all means.' And that's where it all started. -Baltimore News. A Legal Opinion "John," asked the lawyer's wife, who had recently taken up the health-culture fad, "is it best to lie on the right side or the left side?" "My dear," replied the legal luminary, "if one is on the right side it isn't necessary to lie at all."—Tit-Bits. Setting Him Right. "Ah!" sighed the sentimental youth, "would that I might install a sentiment in your heart—" "Sir!" interrupted the practical mald, "I'd have you know that my heart is no installment concern."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Not Observed. "Love is blind, you know, papa," said the pretty girl. "Guess you are right," replied the stern parent. "That is the reason people in love can never see the clock."—Chicago Daily News. PERTINENT INQUIRY. Helen—And why do you love me, George? The Eligible Charcoal Eph. Dey am er whole lot ob people in de worl' dat in de ylign am jess lake de babby eatin' bread an' lasses—dey got he heap矿' on' de outside dan on de inside.—Baltimore News. Made Good Use of It. Have you used the new cook-book I bought you, Bridget?" said the madam. "Yes, ye, mum; I lought the foire this vire isn't with it, mum!" —Yonkers Statesman No Kick Coming. Mr. Roxe—This portrait doesn't look like my wife at all. Artist—I know it doesn't, but it looks as she thinks she looks—Judge. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. FOR --- Sure of Her Taste. "You say your daughter is fond of music?" "I should say so," answered Mr. Cumrox. "When Gwendolyn makes up her mind to play the piano nothing can stop her. And she seems to like it, no matter how bad it sounds."—Washington Star. A. Good Reason "But why do you advertise this as a winter resort when you admit that the thermometer sometimes goes as low as 30 or 40 degrees below zero?" "Well, that's winter, isn't it? Real winter, it seems to me." Chicago Post. Mean Thing. Mrs. Crimsonbeak—This paper says the jawbone of a whale of average size measures about seven feet in length. Mr. Crimsonbeak—It doesn't mention the size of the jawbone of the female whale, I suppose.—Yonkers Statesman. Sad. The girl of to-day, or repeat it with sorrow. If she does, be married, "s The old maid of to-morrow. —Philadelphia Bulletin. A Willie Sappley—To-day I thought of two things at once. I wonder if we have two brains? Vera Smarte—Well, between you and me, Mr. Sappley, I think we have only one—Chicago Chronicle. Delusion. Some think they know, some boast it, some think: some work, some claim, some claim to some work their brains, some claim to exercise them. But a majority just think they think. -Baltimore News. Hard Times Brilliance Bried (disconsolately)—Half my wedding presents are cheap plated things. Mother—Never mind, my dear; no one will suspect it. I have hired two detectives to make themselves conspicuous watching them.—N. Y. Weekly. The Important Point. Blanche—I heard her say some one was as beautiful as Antinous. Do you know who Antinous was? Clara—No, and I don't care, particularly. But I'd like to know whom she was talking about.—Brooklyn Life. Why It Went Back. He—I wonder why that beastly editor sent back that poem of mine? She—Maybe you put something in that you should have left out. Outlapsed. Mrs. Highstepper—She says she considers herself just as good as you. Mrs. Purseproud—I don't see how she can say such a thing. Why, we go to the country every summer six weeks before they do.—N. Y. Times. Just for Fun. "We should have taken that first flat we looked at, Maria. We won't find anything better." "I know, but we might as well look at the others and see how much worse they are."-Chicago American. Just Like a Woman. "Yes," said the returned missionary, "the queen of the savages was clothed in a little brief authority and—" "How was it trimmed?" interrupted Mrs. Newrich, who was a slave of fashion—Chicago Daily News. Simple Operation. "Young Breezely is going to marry that rich old Miss Lark." "I wonder how he won her?" "Stood still, of course, and didn't shy when she made love to him."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Looked That Way. Jaggle—I see you have been reading the report of the government food experts. Waggle—Yes, and as near as I can figure I've been living on germs all my life—Puck. The Dear Girl. Miss Elderleigh—The mountain air is certainly exhilarating. I feel like a two-year old this morning. Miss Younger—And you look it, dear; twenty times over.—Chicago Daily News. A Doomed Man. "Yander come de sheriff ter level on yo' mule." "Le'm come. I done powdered bofe dat mule's hindfoots wild dynamite en gunpowder."—Atlanta Constitution. That's What It Is. "Hope," replied the Cumminsville sage, "is the dream a man has when he's awake."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Misunderstood. Picture Dealer—The artist died before he was 30. Mrs. Greenback—Why, I thought you said he was an "old master."—Boston Post. FUN --- He Told Her at Last. "There is something," he said, "that I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but—" "Oh, Bertie," she said, blushing sweetly, "not here in the car before all these people. Walt. Come this evening." "It's merely that you have a streak of soot down the middle of your nose, but I couldn't for the life of me get a word in till just now."—Chicago Record-Herald. Considerate. "Why don't you try to earn an honest livin'?" "Me frien'," replied Meandering Mike, "I'm afraid dat if I went to work reg'lar I'd save up me money an' git to be a trust promoter. As it is now, I goes along peaceable, takin' only what folkos wants to give me, 'stid o' standin' 'em up an' takin' it away from them."—Washington Star. The Uses of Adversity. "Never was glad for this impediment in my speech but once," said the man from the country. "When was that?" "Fe-fellow asked me h-h-how much I would take for a-a horse, and while I-I I was t-trying to tell him f-forty he offered me fifty."—Tit-Bits. Two of a Kind She (after the honeymoon)—I've often wondered, dear, what you could have seen in me to induce you to ask me to become your wife. He—That's a remarkable coincidence. Don't you know you've asked myself that question a hundred times since we've been married?—Cincinnati Enquirer. Oldest Game Out. "Colf is a very old game, isn't it, pop?" "Yes, my son." "They played golf in the ark, didn't they, pop?" "What are you talking about?" "Why, they had lynx in the ark, didn't they, pop?"—Yonkers Statesman. **Details Not Yet Arranged.** "Grace is greatly worried. She can't decide where to go on her bridal tour." "When is she to be married?" "The date hasn't been fixed yet." "Whom is she going to wed?" "That's another detail that is yet to be arranged. But she has her trousseau all arranged."—Modern Society. Spiteful Thing. Miss Angles-While I was shopping to-day I happened to stop in front of one of those convex mirrors at Bargen's. It was laughable; it made my figure look so ridiculous. Miss Spetz—Are you sure it wasn't just an ordinary mirror, dear?—Tit-Bits. An Insinuation. Phyllis—You are looking rather pale, dear. Why don't you do as I do—take a two-mile walk every morning for your complexion? Isabel—And you really do that? Why, I had no idea it was that far to a drug store.—Cincinnati Enquirer. In the Discharge of Duty. The Constable—The opry house is over that way. The Constable—Well, every once in awhile I have to go to keep 'em from mobbin' the actors.—Puck. A New Departure "Mrs. Knowit has a husband that really thinks something of her." "What has he done?" "Why, instead of betting to win a hat for himself on the election he bet a new bonnet for his wife."—N. Y. Times. Hardihood. Wild and fiery raged the tempest, Man and creature trembled mute; While my chimney, never blanching, Took that time to clean its soot, -Judge. PARTICULAR ABOUT HIS FOOD. The Lady—Help! Help! A lion! He'll eat me up! A Seasonnable Tip. Let every man be up and doing, Fix your eyes on fortune's goal. Let up on the rag you're chewing— Use your vices to peddle coal. Cincinnati Enquirer. Unnecessary. "Mr. Jones never takes a vacation." "No; and his wife is constantly traveling in Europe or Florida." "Oh, well, he doesn't need one, then." -Judge. Abstinence. She—They say he is very abstemious. He—He is. I've known him to tank up and abstain from labor for ten days at a time.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. A Shot That Missed. Mrs. Flirty—Your husband tried to kiss me last night. Mrs. Dash—Ah, well, he's not particular when he is drinking.—The Wasp. LOV --- His Religion. "So you attribute your success in business to your religion?" "Yes, sir." "What is your religion, may I ask?" "Getting the best end of the bargain or having nothing to do with it."—Chicago Record-Herald. Cruel Papa. Lord Littlecash (lovingly)—You are my soul. Edith—Yes; I told papa that. Stranger—What! Are you hanging that man just because he ran off with another man's wife? Is that a good reason? Native—You would think so if you saw the wife—N. Y. Herald. It Makes a Difference. Man wants but little here below When eating a la carte. But when it's table d'hote he wants It all right from the start. -Yale Record. A "Do you think you could love a poor man?" "I shall have to. Papa says any man will soon be poor when he's my husband."—Ally Sloper. An Excellent Rule. The way to choose wives Is the same as for knives. It is idem semper— Be sure of their temper. —N. Y. Herald. Couldn't Do Two Things at Once. Mother—I don't see why the papers condemned that play so. The audience didn't hiss. Daughter—Possibly because they couldn't yawn and hiss at the same time.—N. Y. Times. Independent. Mrs. Bacon—What was the matter with your last cook? Wouldn't she mind you? Mrs. Egbert—Mind me! Why, she wouldn't even mind the alarm clock!—Yonkers Statesman. Really a Serious Matter. Actor—Hurry, or we'll miss the train. Actress—I can't find my diamonds or my purse. "Oh, well, never mind." "Yes, but the purse had ten dollars in it."—N. Y. Weekly. Trouble Enough. "What's the matter with the horse?" asked the dealer of the dissatisfied patron. "Does he run away?" "Run away!" was the reply. "Run away! He won't even walk away."—Chicago Post. A Definition: Little Elmer—Papa, what is politeness? Prof. Broadhead—Politeness, my son, is the art of not letting other people know what you really think of them. Town Topics. Would Seem So "After the last big sale," whispered the girl at the soap counter, "the boss fired six clerks." "H'm!" mused the ribbon clerk. "That must have been a fire sale."—Chicago News. His Lack of Moral Courage. "Ever been held up, Ferguson?" "Often. Whenever my wife wants any money she always tells me of it at a time when there is somebody calling at the house and I can't refuse."—Chicago Tribune. He Might. He—And what do you suppose your father would say if you told him I was an actor? She—He'd say: "Rats!" I guess.—Yonkers Statesman. Living up to His Name. Bacon—I see a man named G. Rafter is running for office in a western city. Egbert—And yet there are persons who claim there is nothing in a name!—Yonkers Statesman. You Bet They Don't "The lighted candles in a girl's birthday cake," remarked the Observer of Events and Things, "do not always throw light on the girl's age."—Yonkers Statesman. Borrowed Plumage that a butler Gretz is Jewitt—I knew he borrowed a lot of my books the other day and then had his picture taken in his library. N. Y. Times. The Reason Gone Him. "Do you know, Mrs. Fanny, I believe I could sit and talk to you forever." "Yes, I believe you could."—Chicago American. W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Certainly Thin. A Little Germantown girl went into the house one day in a great state of excitement, after having caught a glimpse of a remarkably thin woman who had just moved into the neighborhood, and exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, you ought to see the new lady who is going to live in Mr. Johnson's house! She's awful thin!" "Thinner than I am?" asked the child's mother, who had a slender little body, weighing not more than 98 pounds. "I guess she is," said Mabel, scornfully. "Why, mamma, she's as thin as two of you!"—Philadelphia Ledger. At the Sixth Flute Angeline—Oh, Percival! I believe I could eat ice cream forever! Percival (aside)—Blamed if I ain't beginnin' to believe it, too!—Chicago american. Handicapped by Conditions. "What profession do you think Joe had better adout?" asked Mrs Thumper had better adopt: asked Mrs. Thumper. "I dunno," answered her husband. "Joe is rather handicapped by circumstances. The only profession he's naturally adapted to is that of a capitalist, and I don't quite see where he's goin' to get the money."—Tit-Bits. How She Found Out. "Yes, for a year and a half she was in doubt as to whether she loved him enough to marry him or not." "And how did she succeed in finding out?" "There was another girl who got to acting as if she wanted him."—Chicago Record-Herald. Requires Time "Mildred, what brings that young man to the house so often?" "Well, his mother's stepfather married a second cousin of my father's great-aunt. We're trying to figure out what relation that makes him to me, and that can't be done in one evening."—Chicago Tribune. The Main Thing Colonel—No, sir, I wouldn't part with that pocketkite. Major—I don't see why you carry it at all. All the blades in it are broken. Colonel—But the corkscrew isn't. Philadelphia Press. His Suspicion Verified Ethel—I mentioned to pa that you had a private income. Bert—Hum! I thought you'd done something like that. He borrowed a tenner of me.—Tit-Bits. The Pursuit of Fun hunters oft remind us That we too, might get a gun And leave we behind us In the big woods, just for run. -Chicago Record-Herald. THE GREAT DESIDERATUM John Suburbs—Huh, my folks are richer'n yours; we got a nottermobile an' horses an' everything Kitty Commuter—Ho, that's noth'n! we've got a hired girl.—Chicago Tribune. Just Like a Woman. When Green was courting his frow She clung to his neck and did vow to love and shey Him night and day. But—his neck is her footstool now. —Chicago Daily News. R.F. & P. R'-mond, Fredericks b. z. & Potomac R. P W. I. JO FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N HACKS F Orders by Telephone or Tele pers and Entertainme Old 'Phone, 686, Residence Miss Clitimaud (in the country)—What is it that you country people, when you come to the city, always go to some theater is presenting a play full of country scenes—farmhouses, fields, agricultural machinery, hay wagons and such things? Farmer Meadow—Wall, we don't care so much for the plays; but I just tell you it's a mighty comfort to sit and enjoy country scenes without mosquitoes.—N. Y. Weekly. He Explained Mrs. Wayupp—The children tell me that while I was away you frequently used the expression, "a high old time," while talking to your friends. Mr. Wayupp—Y-e-s, my dear. Antique & Co. have a genuine "grandfather's clock," which I was thinking about buying for you. Most eight feet high, and a century old. I'll have it sent up to-day. N. Y. Weekly. Modesty. "Miss Rushit seems to appreciate your wit. She laughed at your saliies yesterday." "Oh, she only meant that as a compliment." "Miss Rushit has very pretty teeth. —Brooklyn Life. A Winner. "When you pucker your lips that way," says the billiardist to his sweet heart, "it is my cue for a kiss." "Is it?" she smiles. "Well, I don't carom many you take." For she had not yet learned the additional interest that may be given the game by the establishment of a ball line.—Judge. Why He Fled. Demosthenes was rehearsing at his home one of his most brilliant orationa "Yes," said his wife; "that's very fine. Now, won't you just step out and discharge the cook?" Suddenly remembering, an engagement downtown, he fled from the house with fear upon his face.—Judge. Dudeley—No, I don't think nonsense Miss Pert—Of course, not even that Philadelphia Ledger. Misunderstood. "Did her father strike you as being a man of brains?" "No—as being on the front steps after midnight." — Cincinnati Commercial Tribune IMPROVING THE BEES. Although the mating of queens cannot be controlled like that of larger stock, with care considerable can be done to breed up and improve bees. If there is no Italian blood in the swarm, the first step will be to purchase an Italian queen. If one has Italians or hybrids they can be still further improved by the purchase of a new queen freshly imported from abroad. It is always well to mark the colonies that have stored the most honey and breed from them the next year. It is very difficult to keep Italian bees pure, as the queens will meet black drones if there are any in the vicinity; but the cross between blacks and Italians is often quite as good. The black bees have some redeeming features, but they are generally too cross for comfort. The theoretically speaking the best time to purchase an Italian queen is early in the season. It should be noticed, however, that they are sold at considerably reduced rates in the fall and so there are financial advantages in favor of the latter. As the queens generally live about three years, it is well enough to purchase one in the fall and have it already for business in the spring.—Prairie Farmer. Profit from Spring Chickens. Spring chickens might be made a much more profitable source of income on the farm if more attention were paid to raising them. It is just as important that a good start be made in forcing the hatching season as in early garden vegetables. There is always a good market demand for the surplus at strong prices. The profit on early chickens should encourage the use of incubators as soon as good eggs can be procured. Then the chicks should be cared for and forced as rapidly as possible. It pays much better to raise early chickens at 30 or 40 cents a pound than later ones at eight or ten cents — Prairie Farmer. A Cheap Fence for Ducks. As large ducks do not attempt to fly over a low fence, an excellent mode of making a cheap fence for ducks is to take two pieces of scantling one by three inches, known as shingling-lath, and saw as many laths in half as may be desired. The sawed laths will be two feet long. Nail them to the scantling, the laths being two inches apart. Let the ends of the lath extend three inches above and below the scantling, which brings the scantling about a foot apart. You will then have a panel that can be fastened to short posts. A fence two feet high is sufficient to cone Pekin ducks—Farm and Fireside. The Greatest Book The Bible is still the greatest book of religion that we possess. The work of our great scholars, as our own experiences, is making this more apparent continually—Rev. C. K. Jones. He who is always borrowing trouble has no storage room for happiness when it comes—United Presbyterian. JOHNSON, R. AND EMBALMER. N. Foushee St. Corner Broad. FOR HIRE: Telegraph filled. Wedding, Sup ents promptly attended. in Building, New Phone, 48. ```markdown ``` HEAVY PLANET NOT THERE. across a new-made grave soft breezes blow, The sun looks down with tender, loving eyes bees, by a little bird sits, singing low, If its heart had lost its spring-time bliss; As if some joy it evermore must miss. ade that grave you sit with head bowed low, Your tears are falling like the summer rain. Early across your brow the breezes blow, The sun looks down with loving kiss in vain; Nor breeze, nor sun, nor bird can ease your pain. Your heart seems crumbed beneath the earth piled high. Have another heart that silent lies. To the earth you lay your ear and cry loud the sleeper's name; no voice replies; Upon the air your piteous walling dies. Wain upon the grave you lie, and throw our arms around as if to clasp the form so still in the cold house below. No kiss sweet from death-scaled lips shall warm. Your aching heart, nor quell the rising storm. Jobs that shakes your frame, as tempests shake The mighty forests, when the Storm King calls From their hidden caves, and bids to take Our way with angry roar that oft appalls Hearts of those upon whose ears it falls. Wourning one, who pour your heart in tears, Not there, not there, beneath the senseless clod, Evermore through the eternal years— Although that form may crumble 'neath the sod. Your loved, your lost, shall be at home with God. In that breeze-swept, sun-kissed grave to-day Look for your loved one, then, but lift your eyes That fair land that stretches far away Scow the sun and stars and widespread skies; That land where no one weeps; none ever dies. Emily Stuart Lawrence, in N. Y. Witness Emily Stuart Lawrence, in N. Y. Witness THE lusty young farmer, prize milker and hay toser of the Twin arms, laid aside his corn cutter and crawled upon the fence, from which observation he could survey the valley below, where the little station was situated. "There comes the train; getting nearer and nearer, Lecta. There, it's grounding the curve and shooting over the bridge and—poor little girl! I know it's tough, mighty tough, for he was your first city beau. The other girls have had them before and knew how to take them. The engine is attemning into the depot yard and—I can see you, dear, I can see you standing by him. Poor Lecta! Now you're shaking hands with him and—no, he don't kiss you good-by. Has got feelings for you and don't want to make you abashed before all the folks. The train's off, the last car is switched around the turn; he's gone, and your summer dream is over, poor little girl!" Then Eli resumed his work. Every time he slashed a stalk he gritted his teeth—why, he did not know. Every time he bundled and stacked he muttered: "There, hang you! Stay where you belong!" Up and down between the rows he went, slashing right and left with his sharp cutter, bundling and stacking, doing the work of two men. Eli knew how to make every motion count. He did not drag nor loiter; he worked, worked, worked until the sun began to sink in the west. Then he unlimbered his back and shouldered his cutter and turned from the field. He reached the path heading to the house, and said, as he looked back over the result of his stay's call: "There, hang you! Stay where you belong!" Stepper over, and Eil is up in his room preparing for the great ordeal of his life. His best clothes are laid on the bed; the wonderful tie that Lecta said was so pretty, the fancy colored shirt that was his special pride, the daa shoes and the nest Fedorn, all his ninety lies there. "Not such a pretty face as the other yellow has got," uttered he, as he scraped the down from his chin. "He's pale and thin, but he can sing and make the most of his good looks. I have no good looks, can't sing no more than a hen hawk. Don't know much poetry—he's got all the poets and their pretty songs at the end of his tongue. But the summer dream is done for, and Lecta will be glad to see me now, hope. Poor little girl! You'll forget all about it soon. I've stayed away and given you both a clear road. I haven't bothered, nor snooped, nor watched you. You've had your fun. How I'll resume mine." Thus the young rural swain muttered as he arrayed himself in his best. To his elder brother Jim, whom he met at the side door, he said: "Leave the door unlocked for me, old boy, when you come back. You won't stay so late as I. Tildy hasn't had a city bean. I may have to urge Lecta some. Lecta and the young fellow parted to-day. Please shell need cheering up a bit." "Look to you, Ell. Give my love to Lecta," said the other, as he walked away. Jim turned and looked after the tall figure swinging with long skirts through the moonlight, and smattered: "Lecta, pretty little girl— almost 'too pretty for dear Ell—I wonder, I wonder how it will be with you? I wonder how it will be with Ell?" Lecta was leaning on the gate under the beeches. She was leaning with one hand against her chin, the other hand was pressed to her bosom. The monlight, drifting through the branches, fell upon her; she looked almost too dainty and pretty for Ell to approach. She was so occupied with her fancies that she did not hear the sound of footsteps, nor did she see the friend of her childhood until he loomed up before her. Then she started, looked into his eyes and stepped away from the gate. His eyes were so blinded by the beauty of the face before him, his heart was throbbing so with the wonderful spell that he failed to notice her backward step. And Lecta, she did not speak; if she wanted to the words would not come. She only stood there while the words fell softly and slowly from her old friend's lips. If they touched her heart she gave no sign of emotion. "Lecta, I've come again. I waited until the—the other went. I didn't want to bother you while he was here. He was the first city beau you ever had—don't get angry with me for saying that. No doubt he told you of many things you never dreamed of. He said pretty things that girls love to hear. He belongs to a world that is new to you and I. He could tell you about the poets and what they sing. I have heard you and him singing in the parlor when I drove to the factory with the milk. It sounded nice, for your volces were well matched. While I was heaving hay and working like a beaver I used to see you and him riding down the shady tree or gathering flowers in the woods. While I was fishing you and him leaned on the rail of the old rustic bridge in the moonlight. But I didn't care, Lecta. I knew it would soon be over and that you would be glad to see me come again. I kept away and never bothered you and him. He has only known you for a few weeks; he has only walked and talked with you for a short spell—and I have known you all my life, dear Lecta. I dragged you on my sled to school, and tramped paths for you through the snow many a time. I've plotted the first violet for you when you were sick. I can see the sweet smile on your face, Lecta, when you took them and thanked me. Lecta, he has only known you for a few wee's, but I have known you always." The plain young fellow, whose heart was so filled with love, lifted his hat and stood there in the moonlight as the balmy breezes tossed his nair. There was a glad look in his eyes as he held out his hands, and his face was aglow with expectancy. The girl started and again drew LECTA WAS LEANING ON THE GATE back from the gate. She opened her lips to speak, but the words died in a whisper that was like a sigh. Then recovering her composure she leaned forward and reached out the hand she had pressed to her bosom and faintly uttered: "We will always be good friends, dear—dear Eli." He took the little brown hand, and as he pressed it the touch of a ring sent a chill to his heart. He shiv-re1, and his voice lost all its old buoyancy as he said, softly, slowly; "I see-it's all right, Lecta, it's all right. He know you in the few short weeks better than I did during all my life. He walked a few times with you, he sung a few songs with you in the parlor, he stood on the old bridge in the moonlight and said pretty things to you. He did not drag you from the milldam when you went down for the last time, as I did. I would have died for you, then, dear Lecta! I saved you—for your city beau. But I'm glad, dear, I did. For you will be happy, you know. It's all right, Lecta, all right. Yes, dear, friends forever." And the fair young girl's eyes followed the tall form that passed away; and there were tears in her eyes—but her thoughts were for the other one far away from her. When Jim came home he saw a light in his brother's room. He stepped to the door and was about to lay his hand upon the latch when the sound of a sob fell upon his ears. Turning to his own room he said, in a soft, low tone: "She's broke the best heart that ever beat. Women are queer. They have strange ways. This is little Lecta's way. Poor old boy!" Turkish Physicians Also The sultan has cancer of the stomach and can't live more than two or three years. A German doctor made the discovery, says the Chicago Record-Herald, probably because the Turkish physicians were afraid of getting themselves beheaded if they told the old man about it. Apropos of Sausage The sausage-makers know how to do things just right. At their banquet in New York, says the Washington Post, the principal toasts were "Public Confidence" and "Faith." "Tough." Cholly—But why does your father not favor me? Alida—He says you are awfully fresh and, what is more, that you can't earn your salt—N. Y. Times. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Colombia Notified She Can Expect No Sympathy From Europe. GEN. REYES FEARS OUTBREAK Washington, Dec. 22. — Diplomatic pressure will be brought to bear upon Columbia by several European powers to prevent war between that country and the United States. The first step in this direction already has been taken by several foreign powers through their representatives here, who have informed General Rafael Reyes of the futility of any attempt by Colombia to retake Panama, declaring that it will result only in precipitating the Bogota government into war with the United States, and have said to him that the result of such a catastrophe Colombia herself must realize. If this is not sufficient the representatives of these countries at Bogota will be instructed to inform President Marroquin that Colombia can expect no sympathy from the European powers in any move she may make on Panama which would inevitably involve her in war with the United States. The members of the diplomatic corps have been informed by General Reyes himself that he can with difficulty check his people much longer. General Reyes is not talking for publication, but to several European ambassadors he has confided his fears with frankness, and has said that he is doing everything in his power to prevent an outbreak before the conclusion of his mission, but that although his influence with the army is considerable, he is so far away that it is difficult for him to make this felt as strongly as if he were on the ground and in command. Diplomatists whom General Reyes has approached on the subject say that what he most fears is the result of the announcement at Bogota of the failure of his mission. He himself realizes that the most he can hope for from the government of the United States is an offer that it will use moral suasion to prevail on Panama to assume her portion of the Colombian debt. Further General Reyes has been told he can expect nothing. "I came to Washington to save what I could from a shipwreck," he said to a diplomat of high rank. Realization of the true situation, it is said, will not prevent General Reyes from calling on the United States for a reference to The Hague of several of the questions at issue. It is on this point that European diplomats have told General Reyes that it is expecting too much to expect this government to submit any phase of the Panama matter to The Hague. Several ambassadors have earnestly advised the general to impress on his people the fact that Europe wants the Isthmian canal, and that Colombia can expect no sympathy from that quarter. It has further been pointed out by these diplomats that the proffered sympathy of several South American republics can avail Colombia nothing in the event of war with the United States. Great Britain and The Netherlands have taken pains to let General Reyes know indirectly that Colombia reckons without her host if she interprets their delay in recognizing the Republic of Panama as an evidence of their sympathy for Colombia or as due to other than a desire to protect the interests of their financiers, who are the largest holders of government bonds. Boy Charged With Double Murder. Keokun, la., Dec. 23—Arthur Humphrey, a 14-year-old boy, now in the police station here, may be held for the murder of Paul and William Stice. The three boys were playmates, but during a recent quarrel Humphrey threatened to kill William Stice. The two Stice boys and Humphrey disappeared Monday, Humphrey returning in the evening, but nothing more has been seen of the other two. Humphrey was arrested and confessed that the boys are drowned. He says they crossed the river late in the afternoon; that he struck William and knocked him down; then chased him to strike him again and the boy ran into an alrhebe. The younger brother attempted to rescue Lim and the two sank together. Charged With Abducting Wentz. Asheville, N. C., Dec. 22—Charles A. Nelms, who is charged with complicity in the murder of Alice Lamb, at Pineville, Ky., and also as one of the principal abductors of the Philadelphia millionaire, Wentz, is still in jail in this city. When seen Nelms indifferently admitted that he knew his brother and Haynes were charged with complicity in the murder of the Lamb woman. When asked if he knew that he was charged with the alleged abduction of Wentz, he sprang to his feet and vehemently denied that he knew anything about Wentz. Guard at McKinley's Tomb Missing. Washington, Dec. 23.—Officers of the army are endeavoring to find Seconda Lieutenant Floyd C. 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JANUARY 2. 1900 The Sailor's Return BY LAWRENCE HENRY IT WAS in a large dull seaport town on a murray afternoon that an odd-looking man was hurrying up one of the meaner streets, apparently wholly absorbed with the purpose of reaching his destination. His appearance, however, would have attracted no particular attention in the neighborhood, it being evident that he was a sailor, except there was such a decided unempet and half barbaric suggestion in his make-up. His large frame, sinewy and weather-proof, was covered with a tar's blouse and trousers intended for a man many inches under him. While his shaggy long hair and beard were so tangled that the street urchins laughed in merriment as he passed. The man heeded nothing, but hove ahead swaggering from side to side in true sailor fashion, scanning as he went, with eager, alert eyes, the dingy tumble-down houses at either side of his path. Finally he halted before an ancient cottage, somewhat more pretentious than the rest. A quick tremor of irresolution seemed to take possession of him; he steadied himself on the broken gate for a moment, then drawing himself together with a convulsive effort he shoved it open and strode up to the door. A violent swing of the old-style, heavy knocker brought to the entrance a fat, squat, matronly woman of 40, who wheezed out in a husky voice: "And what can 'ee do for you, me hearty?" The sailor fell back, a shade of disappointment puckering his heavy A man and a girl sit on a bench in a park. The man is wearing a suit and a hat, and the girl is wearing a dress. They are facing each other, and the man is holding the girl's hand. The background is a park with trees and a fence. brows. Then in a fumbling, hesitating voice he inquired: "Does Mrs. — Mrs. — Caspar live here?" "Mrs. Caspar, Mrs. Caspar,—never hear of the 'oman,' sputtered the dame, "and 'ee been here going or these five year." The man stood still, as stunned, and muttered, "It was just five years ago," Arousing himself and, desperately, as if clutching for the last straw, he lifted an appealing face. "You must have known a pretty, bright-eyed wife—a a child, a little girl, only so big," he measured with his hands, "almost a baby, with soft golden curls and eyes as blue as the—the—" and he pointed upward. "Come to think on it, I do 'member there was a young 'oman here before me and a brat," answered the unpesticide female, "but 'ee hearn tell since that she went and took up with some land lubber somewhere or t'other." The brawny sailor staggered back as if struck a blow, and without further speech turned and blundered out the gateway. "Wall, 'ee swow!" exclaimed the woman, as she disappeared inside slamming the door. The man wandered heedlessly down the narrow street, a few stray tell-tale tear drops glistening in his frowsy beard. He walked on and on, not knowing or caring where it brought him. He moved as one dazed, while under his breath he murmured, "I might of known it of Nell—she never did set store by any one man, and yet she was my wife—but my baby, my little girl, she was all mine; she it was I most oftentest dreamed of in those long days and nights, she with curls so gold and eyes so blue." He had now reached what was apparently a small park, one of those breathing spots so often found within the confines of the older coast towns. Ambling down one of the paths he soon came to a rude bench, where he sank down, not to rest his sturdy muscles, but a weary mind. Dropping his head upon his hands he gave himself up to the meditations caused by the pangs of a breaking heart. Nothing is so impressive to the average full-grown human as the grief of a big, strong man, but not so awe-struck are the children. This little park apparently was a playground for the poor, and noisy shouts and merry laughter told that the youngsters were about. Running and romping along the paths they soon discovered the uncouth figure upon the bench. At first they were frightened, but after various sallies towards him they became satisfied that he was harmless. Gathering closer, their fibes and jokes came thick and fast But receiving no response from their unconscious, sorrow-stricken victim, the sport grew tame and they scampered on for something worth their while. All but one, a little flaxen-haired girl of seven, perhaps even more ill clad than the rest. She lingered and as soon as her companions were out of sight shyly slipped up to the unheeding stranger on the seat and nestled at his side. "I'm not afraid of you," she gently lisped. He seemed not to hear her, for he paid no attention, did not even move. "Has somebody of yours died?" she continued tenderly. He comprehended that he was spoken to, for he slowly turned his head and looked at his little sympathizer. He gave a start, looked at her again, then laughed a quiet, mirthless laugh and answered: "I guess all of them have died to me." "Oh, that is dreadful. It's bad enough to lose two or three," replied the good samaritan, as she puckered up her rosy lips. "How did they die?" "I went away," he talked as if to himself, "and when I came back they were gone. They died, perhaps, because I was gone so long." "Then why were you gone so long?" "I didn't intend to stay so long," he continued in the same listless way, "but I'm a sailor. When I left my wife and baby girl, she had golden curls like yours, I was off for a voyage to last a six month in the southern seas. Our ship was wrecked below the line somewhere's, one of the equinox's gales, and I hung on a spar until I was beached on one of those thumb-nails, they call a south sea island. I 's pose I was luckier in a way than the rest of them, for they brought up in Davy Jones' locker, but I had to live with some woolly-headed niggers for over four years, without ever seeing a human being's face. But all the time I lived on the thought of some time coming home to my wife and my baby, my little girl with hair like—like yours, Well, one day a ship, a Yankee ship, hove in and brought me right here to port. I wish it hadn't." "Because they were dead?" she whispered "Yes." he answered. "to me." Yes, he answered, "to me." "I know what it is to have somebody die," and two big tears glistened in the little girl's eyes. "My mamma died." "Your mother's dead? Such a wee bit of a thing as you to live without a mother?" The big, unkempt, awkward seaman was forgetting his own troubles. "Yes, it was over a year ago that mamma went to Heaven and now I am alone." As she pressed closer to him a brawny arm went about her and a great, red hand covered hers. "Have you no father?" he spoke softly. "Oh, yes, I have a papa, but he is not good to me. He stays out all night. He does not come home for days sometimes; he talks awful cross to me; he does not love me." "He doesn't love you, and you have curls like—like gold and eyes like—he pointed upward. "No, I know he doesn't love me, because I've tried so hard to see." "What is your father's name, little girl?" He was gentle and solicitous. "His name is Sturm, but mine is Eva Sturm." "Eva! Eva! but not the rest—not Sturm!" he cried explosively, and then subsided. "Do not be frightened, child, because I'm foolish, only Eva, Eva calls me back, but with the name Sturm—I see the nonsense of the thought." "But my name was not always Sturm," she looked up into his face and there was a love light in her eyes. "My papa's name is Sturm, but he was not always my papa. Mamma married twice. My first papa went away and left her; he was my real papa; his name was Caspar—" "Caspar!" shouted the frenzied tar, as he grasped the little child lightly in his arms, "Eva Caspar! I am your real papa. You are my baby, with the curls of gold and the eyes of blue. My darling!" He lifted her in his arms and she clung lovingly to him. "You are to be a lady. I'm rich. There was in that far-off island pearls, great silvery pearls by the basketful and they are all mine, and they are all yours, if you love me." "I love you, papa, without the pearls," she cooed. The less the world knows about a man the more apt it is to extend him its confidence. Good Cigars. "Henriette, some one has been tampering with my cigars." "Yes, sir; the missus told me to break some of 'em and put 'em under the carpet to keep the moths out. But I bought some nice fresh ones for 25 cents a dozen and filled up the box again."—Chicago American. Not a Good One. "Phwat's the matter wid ye?" asked Casey of McGookin. "Tis a bad nose-bleed Oi hov," replied McGookin, the plumber, "an Oi can't stop it." "Huh! 'tis not much av a plumber ye are if ye can't stop a leak in yer own face."—Philadelphia Press. A Question of Cleverness. "So you have bought the pictures that artist was showing you?" Yes, answered Mrs. Cumrox. "He's a very clever man." "Oh, I don't know that it took so much cleverness. Most anybody can sell my husband things nowadays."—Washington Star. Still New at It. "You haven't held public office very long, have you?" asked the stranger. "What makes you think so?" returned the new incumbent. "I see you're working just as though you expected your salary to be cut off if you didn't earn it."—Chicago Record-Herald. A Reasonable Request. He—We had best elope about two a.m.! I will bring my "auto" to the next corner, and— Sne—Oh, couldn't you make it a little earlier, dear—pa and ma do so want to see us off and I don't like to keep them up so late!—Puck. 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The AMERICAN GROCERY and PROVISION MARKET 1221 St. James Street. When you want nice dry, sawed pine wood, call up 2883. We sell ¼ cord for $3.75, guaranteed full measure. A full line of fancy and staple gro- cries and fresh meats. Granulated sugar 4¾ cts per lb. Prices low on everything this week. Hard and soft coal. Hay and Grain. FRANK WALLER, JR PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER, 914 N. St. James St., Richmond, Va. Residence, 1 E. Orange St. All Kinds of Painting Done Cheap Give me a call before going elsewhere DENTISTRY ```markdown ``` OFFICE HOURS—From 8 A. M. to' 6 P. M. Old Phone, 816. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. business. "Tis now the honest farmer packs his apples to town. This is the top row in the sacks. O O O O O O And this is lower down. O O O O O O —Petoskey (Mich.) Lyre. LITTLE BOY LOST. Young Hopeful (who has had one of father's coats "cut down" for him)—Can I take this coat off, mother? I feel so lonely in it.—Boston Globe. Now doth the wind the fecy cloud Chase o'er the turquois sky; Now doth the youngster cry aloud For more home-made mince pie. —Cincinnati Enquirer. The Chnos of Good Order. Wife—Dear me, you can never find a thing without asking me where it is. How did you get along before you were married? Husband—Things stayed where they were put then.—N. Y. Weekly. Nit at Line for Nortolk. Leave Richmond daily at 7 p. m., stopping at Newport News in both directions. Daily except Sunday by C. & O. Railway, 9:00 a. m., 4 p. m 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. by N. & W. Railway; all lines connect at Nerfolk with direct steamers for New York, sailing daily except Sunday, 7 p. m. Steamers sail from company's wharf (foot of Ash Street) Rockets. K. F. CHALKLER, City Ticket Agt., 1212 E. Main St. JOHN F. MAYER, Agt. Wharf Foot of Ash St., Richmond, Va. H. B. WALKER, V. P. & T. M., New York. Nov 1st, 1903. C & O ROUTE. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY. 2 Hours and 25 Minutes to Norfolk. LEAVE RICHMOND-EASTBOUND. 7:30 a.m.-daily-Local to Newport News and way stations. 9:30 a.m.-Daily-Limited-Arrives Williams 4:30 a.m. 5:00 a.m. Newport News 10:30 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 0:00 Point 11:30 a.m. Norfolk 11:25 a.m. 4:30 p.m.-Week days-Special-Arrives Williams 4:30 p.m. 4:55 p.m. Newport News 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Norfolk 6:25 p.m. 5:00 p. m.-Daily-Locales to Old Point. 10:00 a. m.-Exempt Standard Boundary Forge. 10:10 a. m.-Exempt Standard Boundary Forge. 2:00 p. m.-Daily-Special to Cincinnati, Louis ville, St. Louis and Chicago. 10:30 p. m.-daily. Days-Local to Fred's KAls Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis and Chicago JAMES RIVER LINE. 10:20 a. m.-daily. To Lynchburg, New Castle, Clifton and other stations except Sunday to Lexington. 5:15 p. m.-daily. Days-Local to Bremo. TRAIN 3.10 a. m.-daily. FROM Bremo Norfolk or Old Point 10:35 p. m.-daily. 1:45 a. m. Ex. Sun. and 7:40 p. m. daily. Newport From Chattanooga 8:40 p. m. daily. From Chattanooga 7:45 a. m. daily. and 8:30 p. m. daily. Main Line Local from Chattanooga 8:10 p. m. Ex. Sun. Frick's Hall Accommodation. 8:10 a. m. Ex. Sun. James River Line Local from lifton Forge p. m. daily. Bremo Accommodation. 8:30 a. m. Ex. Sun. C.E. DOYLE. W. O. W. ATHEEN. G. Men' Manager. DIST. Fax. Act SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective Oct. 4th, 1903. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a. m.-Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:30 p. m.-Daily. Local for Get Pullman to Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale, Orleans Memphis, Chattah ga and all the South. 6:00 p. m.-Ex. uriy, Chase City. 11:38 p.-M., Dally, *limited; Pullman ready* 9:30 p. m., for *South*. OAK 4 N 1 V The favorite for Baltimore and eastern eastern Kentucky is Richmond 4 30 p. m. Daily ex- cept Sunday. 5. 000 a. m.—Except Sunday. Local mixed for West Point. 2. 000 a. m.—Except Sunday. Local mixed for West Point. 2.15 p. m. --Local for West Point. 2.15 p. m. --Except Sunday. For West Point, connecting with steamers for Baltimore and river ships. **TRIPS AREIVE RICHMOND.** 2.55 a. m. and 6.45 p. m. --From all the South. 2.35 p. n. B. C. ACKERT, G. M. S. H. HARDWICK, G. P. A. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond. Va. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY **TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY** 2 p.m. - p.M. Seaboard Mail - 10:35 p. m. Sea board Mail - 10:45 p. m. Jacksonville Atlanta and Southwest a.m. - Local-For Norlina and Famet TRAIL Mail - 10:45 p. m. No. 66 - From 6:35 a.m. No. 34 - 4:35 p. m. No. 66 - From Florida, Atlanta and Southwest. p.m.- From Norrina and local points. H. S. Distress Passenger Agent, No. 838 E. Main St. Richmond, Va. 'Phone, 405. W. J. MAY, City Ticket Agent. ATLANTIC OAST-LINE. TRAINS LEAVE 'RICHMOND DAILY BYRD STREET STATION. 8:30 a.m. To all points South. 9:00 a.m. To Petersburg and Norfolk. 12:20 a.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 8:00 p.m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 4:10 p.m. Goldsboro local. 5:50 p.m. Petersburg local. 6:50 p.m. To Petersburg South. 9:35 p.m. Petersburg and N. & W. West 11:30 p.m. Petersburg local. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND. 4:07 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 8:25 a.m. except Sunday 11:10 a.m. 11:42 a.m. 2:00 p.m. 6:50 p.m. 4:25 p.m. p.m. Except S. Sund. C. S. CAMBELL, Div. Pass. Agt. W. J. CRAIG, Gen Pass. Agt. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. ORPOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk 11:30. Stops only at Peersburg, Waverley and Sukolk. 8:00 A.M. CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Parton Cape Petersburg to Lynchburg and Nottakus. Pulls up to Canaan and Canaan and Buffet Parton. Utilitytown also. Roxbury, Krovleva, and Knoxville to Cannattoga, and Madison. 12:30 A.M. roxanne Express for Farmville, Lynchburg, and Rounek. 13:00 P.M. Ocean Shores, zaited Arrives Norfolk 11:30. Stops only at Petersburg Waverley and Sukolk. 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We shall build us mansions in the sky, But what have we built to-day? Tis sweet in idle dreams to bask, Here and now do we do our task? Yes, this is the thing our souls must ask, "What have we to do-day?" - National Advocate. HOW TO SAVE THE BOY. Bad Incident Which Brought Home to One Father the Need of Closing the Saloon. A banker in Allegan county, Mich., three or four years ago voted to license saloons and they were brought back into the county. A few weeks ago ex-Senator Humphrey was at a hotel in Allegan and looking out he saw the banker walking back and forth in front of the hotel barroom, and looking in when anyone opened the door. The senator went out and spoke to the banker. The banker said, "Senator, I am unasy about my boy. Do you think he may be in the saloon, did you see anything of him?" "Yes, I saw him in the back room I WOULD GIVE HALF I AM WORTH TO DESTROY THE SALOON. of the saloon playing cards and drink ing." replied Senator Humphrey. The father seemed speechless for a moment, and then from a heart full of distress, cried out, "Oh, God! how shall I save my boy from ruin?" "You have a grave problem to solve." "I would give half I am worth to destroy every saloon in the county," said the banker. "Ah! It seems cruel to remind you of it now, but you should have come to that conclusion when we wanted you to join us in the fight to keep them out of the county. Now they have your boy, and I do not know what you can do. May God help you." Why should not the father expect his boy to fall in with what he endorsed? Parents! think of that and vote to outlaw the saloon.—State Issue. TEMPERANCE IN AUSTRALIA. Mahuta, the Last King of the Maoris Takes the Total Abstinence Pledge. Temperance and prohibition bulk largely in the latest New Zealand papers, says the London Chronicle. Mahuta, the third and last of the Maori kings, who recently renounced his sovereignty and accepted a seat in the upper house, has publicly taken the pledge by way of encouraging native chiefs to go and do likewise. In the districts around Dunedin, the Caledonian center and the commercial capital of the colony, some scores of public houses have ceased to exist as much through the operation of the local option poll that accompanied the recent general election. As this was the biggest compulsory closure of public houses in New Zealand history some of the leading dailies sent down special correspondents to report and describe anticipated "scenes." But editorial foresight was at fault in this instance. There were no scenes worthy of the attention of a picturesque reporter, probably because there was no liquor available as a motive power. The hotels had timed their supplies to last just up to compulsory closing day. Many private houses in these districts are now private hotels, well supplied with liquid refreshments. Treating of Drunkkards in Norway. In Norway drunkness is punished by imprisonment. As soon as a man is incarcerated the delinquent has a loaf and wine morning and evening. The bread is served in a wooden bowl full of wine, in which it has been soaking for an hour. The first day the drunkard swallows his allowance willingly enough. The second day it seems less pleasing. At the end of eight or ten days prisoners have been known to abstain altogether from the food thus pittlessly presented. This course of treatment finished, the drunkard, except in rare instances, is radically cured. Compensation. Flippie—Stoulleigh is getting so fat that he can't walk. Flippie—Yes; but he is getting so much that he doesn't have to—Town topics. UNDERMINING THE NATION. The German's Innocent and Healthful Beverage, and What It is Doing. To those who are constantly praising the Germans' "innocent and healthful beverage" we commend the testimony of some of Germany's most distinguished sons: Said Luther: "Every country has its devil. Our German devil is a good wine skin. The man who invented beer brewing was a pest to Germany." Said Melanchon: "We Germans are swilling ourselves to poverty, are swilling ourselves to disease, are swilling ourselves to hell." Said Bismarck: "If it were possible to extend the field of legislation so that protection could be afforded to workmen against the demon of drink—this Diabolus Germanicus—a large portion of the social question would be solved." Said Von Miquel: "I want an imperial law that will combat the excessive use of alcoholic drinks." Said Von Moltke: "One of Germany's greatest foes is the abuse of alcohol." Never, perhaps, has the liquor problem presented in Germany a more serious aspect than it does to-day. Germany is coming to its senses; and, having arrived at that painful destination, contemplates an annual national drink bill of $750,000,000 for an annual consumption of 31 gallons per capita. Beer has grown so cheap that servants demand it and children are brought up on it. It is a widespread dogma that a "proper German man," and especially a German student, must be a good, safe drinker; otherwise, he is called "a soft, slow sort of chap." As the German people come to realize these absurdly scandalous conditions, they begin to heed what their own savants tell them—that 180,000 Germans are dragged to the police court every year because of excessive drinking; that nearly a third of the German lunatics are made so by alcohol; that four-fifths of the German idiots are children of drunkards; that half the expense of asylums, orphanages and jails is the indirect product of intemperance; that "the increase of the consumption of beer in south Germany, and especially in Bavaria, has caused the death rate from heart, kidney and liver diseases to rise very rapidly;" and that the shocking number of accidents in factories is in a great measure traceable to alcoholism. Nor will any candid German gainsay the Prussian statesman's declaration that "the drink plague is literally gnawing at the marrow of our nation, and conceals in itself a danger for our further development in every field of progress." While the minister of education said: "Gentlemen, it cannot be denied that if the hand of reform be not soon brought to bear on this canker that is consuming the marrow of the German naion, we shall be confronted with conditions that will in sooth be lamentable."—National Advocate. TEMPERANCE NOTES During the last 12 months while the saloon was running at Wells, Tex., there were 69 cases up before the mayor's court, and during the following 12 months, with prohibition in force, only four cases were before the mayor's court. England's prime minister promised the liquor men that he would introduce in parliament a bill in their interest favoring compensation. Since the prime minister made that announcement in two districts elections have been held; and in both cases men opposed to the government on compensation have been elected. "If the church were united, do you think we would have our nations blighted as they are to-day by the drink traffic? What is the church doing? She is guilty silent and guiltily inactive. Individuals are at work, but the church has never yet risen in the majesty of her possibilities and gripped the question. It is her duty to do it."—Rev. G. Campbell Morgan. Judge Munson, of the Vermont supreme court, in his interpretation of the liquor law before a Rutland county grand jury on September 18, declares that the wholesale liquor dealer must confine his sales to licensed retail dealers, and cannot solicit orders nor deliver goods in other license towns than in those in which he is located. If this decision holds it may bankrupt the leading wholesalers in that state. Jersey Saloonkeepers Alarmed. An amusing complication resultant upon an old tavern law is before the courts in New Jersey. Some enterprising saloon antagonist has unearthed an ancient statute which provides that all places furnishing entertainment for men shall also provide stables for the accommodation of beasts. There is great excitement among the New Jersey saloonkeepers in fear of the enforcement of this law. They hope the next legislature will come to their relief by perhaps repealing the old law. Young Boy—My Boy: "That was my boy!" cried a piercing voice. A temperance lecturer had thrown upon the screen a photograph of a boy dying in delirium tremens. It was a country town, and the photograph had been taken in a distant city. But the mother's heart knew and claimed the boy. "That was my boy!" she exclaimed, as she swooned away. Afterward she said: "Yes, go on and show the picture all you wish. It may save some other mother's darling from the same terrible fate." The New Theme. "How to prohibit prohibition," was the chief theme of discussion at the National Liquor Dealers' association in Baltimore recently. The cry used to be "prohibition does not prohibit," and yet some how, the liquor men always violently opposed it. Now they recognize that prohibition does prohibit, and their problem is "how to prohibit prohibition."—Western Recorder. Last Was the First He—Am I the first man you were ever in love with? She—Yes; and you're the last man I ever expected to be in love with.—Yonkers Statesman. The Hereo Text The Heroic Text. Gashaway—What made you propose to her on the steamer? Cleverton—I wanted to prove I could love her, even when she was seasick. Brooklyn Life. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. PLANET. DOG WITH A SCENT. Displayed His Good Breeding and Delighted His Master-Secured & Thirty-Year-Old Coon Track Under Ground. This is a story of a dog with a remarkable scent. It was discovered in a recent number of the National Blood-hound Magazine, which is published in Fort Wayne, Ind., and the town is celebrated for the veracity of its citizens. The magazine contains photographs of noted hound breeders out in that part of the country and all of them are looking pleasant. Two or three dogs look as if they were laughing and some of the type is askew. No wonder, for the story is there. It has even upset the equanimity of the dog jury in the trial of a pup for chicken stealing, depicted in the frontispiece. The story has to do with a 'coon dog that picked up a 30-year-old 'coon track covered by a foot of earth. That was a nose to make 'coons climb a tree. Gee! No wonder the pictures are on the grin. This is the how of it: Away back in 1735 a ministerial gentleman named Webster squared on land near the place where Anthony Wayne fought the battle of the prostrate timbers. He was making drain pipe one day from an adobe-like clay, and while absent from his task for a moment to tong a hop coal from the fireplace to the bowl of his pipe, a big, fat raccoon, in running across his doorkey, stepped on a piece of unfinished pipe. At the moment when the 'coon put his feet down the clay was in a receptive mood, and the animal made a lasting impression. Mr. Webster saw 'coon signs in his handiwork, but not possessing a destructive temperament he DIGEMOUT WAS BUSY. allowed the clay to retain the footprint. In the course of time the pipe with the impression was shunted into another pipe without an impression, other pieces were added, and finally the whole string of clay cylinders were buried under ground to run the moisture out of the reverend gentleman's front yard. Then the pipe and the footprint were forgotten. Thirty years later a hard-shell Baptist minister by the name of Flannigan—Rev Pat. they used to call him—came from Pennsylvania to visit Rev. Mr. Webster and he brought along with him his celebrated 'coon dog Digemout. The dog was known all through the mountains of Pennsylvania for his marvelous scenting qualities, and his owner was consequently very proud of him. Rev Mr. Flannigan arrived one Saturday night, and the next morning after breakfast and worship and a mutual agreement that it would not cause the recording angel to dip for ink should they go out to see if any 'coons were abroad, the two toilers in the Lord's vineyard stepped forth and were sizing up the surrounding timber for a likely place when Rev. Pat wondered aloud what the dickens the pup was scratching for in the yard. Sure enough, Digemout was busy. His eyes sparkled with warm prospects just beyond his paws, and Rev. Mr. Webster, remembering the old drain, suggested that mink might have crawled into it. Mink? Rev. Pat rather guessed not. Digemout was a 'coon dog, and to 'coons alone he gave his attention. Mink be fiddled, the dog had not forgotten his education. "Sic 'im, boy," shouted the reverend visitor, and Digemout worked faster, breathed harder and looked fiercer. In order to hurry matters Mr. Webster fetched an old shovel from the smoke house and began to dig. In a moment man and dog had reached the drain pipe, and the dog with yell crowling on yell of delight placed his nose into the all-enduring 'coon track made in the molded clay 30 years before. "There," exclaimed Rev. Pat, with overflow enthusiasm, "I knew there was 'coon somewhere beneath the sod; that dog never fooled his master." Model School Regulations In the interest of preventing consumption in the boarding schools of France, only metal bedsteads are permitted; every child older than 12 years must sleep in a room by itself; and in the kitchen and in the dining-room scientific precaution must be taken against the disease. And no pupil or teacher who is known to have consumption is permitted in any school. Circulars, prepared by physicians, are sent to every school principal, which explain in detail preventive measures of all kinds. Russians Marry Young. The European country in which there is the largest number of marriages of men under the age of 21 is Russia. duxentle Classification "When a man turns his attention to any particular thing, what would you call him?" asked the teacher. A rubber-neck, ma'm," quickly replied Tommie.—Yonkers Statesman. A Genuine Artist. Mabel—Sagsby is a fine pianist. Gladys—He is? Mabel—Yes; he can play them classical things and make them sound just like ragtime. N. Y. Times. Little Woman at Bargain Sale. She Knew the Whole Thing Was a Cheat. Didn't Want Any of the Goods Advertised. Wouldn't Make a Fool of Herself. Yet in the End Seemed to the Templation Against Which No Woman Is Proof. "Well, I'm glad of it!" exclaimed the little woman, as she got out of the jam and straightened her hat and borrowed two pins to make repairs to her dress. "I might have known better than to come to this sale. This bargain-counter business is all a cheat, and I'll be glad to know that all these women are sure to be swindled. Just look at em, will you? They are almost tearing the clothes off each other to get at those stockings. I didn't intend to buy any—not me. I wouldn't give it to a tramp to wash his feet with. A friend of mine bought some a few days ago and it gave her a skin disease and made her look a fright. My toilet soap costs 30 cents a cake, and my husband would divorce me if I used anything cheaper! There are two ladies whose husbands allow them $200 a month pin money, and yet they are ready to scratch each other's eyes out over three-cent cakes of toilet soap! There's a sign of pins at three cents a paper. I don't want any you know, but I M. SIMPLY WANTED TO LOOK. marked down to 17 cents. They are simply 15-cent stockings marked up to 17, just as my husband says. They are not fast colors, and they have been kicking around the store for the last year. I simply wanted to look at 'em and see—" Here the little woman paused, drew a long breath, and dashed at an opening in the crowd. It closed up before she could reach it, however, and she was fung back again. "I wasn't trying to get in there," she explained to herself, as she leaned against a pillar to recover her breath. "I now all about that toilet soap, and BEANS LEAD TO ALTAR. Boston Baked Variety No Longer Has Any Terrors for This Smart Young Jerseyman. There isn't much romance in the common or garden variety of beans. Anybody will be willing to admit that, but when baked in the Boston manner they seemed to promote matrimony if in the meantime they do not swell the membership of the suicide club. Otto L. Stoeffer formerly lived in Jersey City. Not long ago he went to Boston—that is, most of him did—and obtained a position. His heart—as the story book tells it—was left behind in the keeping of Miss Josephine Staubinger, of Griffith street, Jersey City. They were both young and were to have been married in two years But they had reckoned without the Boston baked beans. Otto took up the burden of life in Boston and daily the burden became increased by baked beans. This went on for some time and then he sent a call of distress, headed towards Jersey City. A letter from him to a friend announcing that he is to be SICK AND TIRED OF BEANS. married soon throws light on the subject. It is as follows: "Dear John: I cannot stand Boston baked beans much longer. For nearly a year this dish has been set before me at breakfast, dinner and supper. As you know, I have strong will power, but it has been broken down completely by the everlasting and ever present baked bean. After due deliberation I have decided to get married at once, so that I may have something else for meals besides beans. Josephine has consented, and thank goodness there is a prospect of my sliding down to a table and not finding beans on it. The Boston baked have no more terrors for me now. Rejoice with me for my lucky escape." Boy Caught by a Catfish. Otto Scavinsky, 11 years old, had an exciting mussel with a catfish weighing 32 pounds, and but for the timely assistance of two men would probably have lost his life. The boy was fishing on the river bank at the foot of Chestnut street, in St. Paul, Minn., when suddenly his line was jerked violently, and he was yanked headlong into the river. He cried loudly for help, but held on to the line. James Goodhue and Thomas Murphy heard his cries and pulled him out of the water. They landed the catfish, after a struggle. WIFE IS HIS BOSS And She Wouldn't Let Her Husband Off to Defend Himself in a Suit for Divorce. John Helmess could not attend his wife's divorce suit in Judge Tuthill's court at Chicago the other day, because Mrs. Helmess, who is head of the department in which he is employed in a downtown department store, would not I wouldn't give it to a tramp to wash his feet with. A friend of mine bought some a few days ago and it gave her a skin disease and made her look a fright. My toilet soap costs 30 cents a cake, and my husband would divorce me if I used anything cheaper! There are two ladies whose husbands allow them $200 a month pin money, and yet they are ready to scratch each other's eyes out over three-cent cakes of toilet soap! There's a sign of pins at three cents a paper. I don't want any, you know, but I'd just like—" She made a jump and followed a cash girl into the press. That is, she managed to squeeze ahead of an old lady with gold glasses and a young woman with a Roman nose and take them by surprise. They recovered after a moment, however, and crowded her against a dummy woman with such force that she was glad to get back to the corset counter alive. "Never again in all my life will I make a fool of myself by attending another bargain sale!" she gasped, as the tears came to her eyes. "I didn't want those pins, as I said to myself, but I had a curiosity to see them. They are just what I thought they were—brass crowbars, with points so dull you couldn't stick 'em into pumpkin pie. Think of a lady using three-cent pins around her house, when the cheapest second girl or cook would be ashamed to ask for anything under seven! There's a lawyer's wife with a $100 dress and a $25 hat, and yet she's got her elbows into everybody's ribs in her mad desire to buy five papers of pins at a saving of four cents a paper. I'm going home, am. I just dropped in to see the women make idiots of themselves. When you catch me—" At that instant, says the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, her eye caught sight of a sign: "Corset covers for seven cents," and with a push and a jam and a rush she made her way into the crowd and finally reached the counter and ordered two. She was a wreck from hat to shoes, and had broken her parasol and lost her shopping bag, but she had found a real bargain, and was happy at last. Let him off. Hereafter Helmess must "ILL ALLOW YOU ALIMONY." not only report for orders to his divorced wife, but he must pay her alimony of $5 weekly, and that may come hard, for Mrs. Helmess told the court that heretofore she had always supported her husband. "I paid the rent and household expenses for six years," the wife explained, "and gave John a little money each week to spend. He got only a small salary and spent it all on himself." "You have not asked for alimony," said the court. "No," Mrs. Helmess replied, with a smile; "all I care for is the divorce." smile; "all I care for is the divorce." "Well, I allow you allmoney of $5 a week. As head of Mr. Helmess' department I suppose you can see that he pays it." "I can," the department head answered. "I wonder whether she will discharge her ex-husband or raise his salary when she gets back to the store?" whispered a woman who was waiting her own turn for a divorce. Most people nowadays hear a lot about the conservation of waste, but looking through the catalogue of traders of various kinds it is astounding what a number of eccentric commodities are utilized for trade purposes. The skins of millions of eels are tanned and used as leather for bootlaces; frogskin has become one of the most beautiful and useful articles known to the binders of fancy books and the makers of fans; walrus whiskers provide the most elegant toothpicks known to the modern man of fashion; and beetles of a certain kind are exported by the hundredweight for use on theatrical dresses. When Money Talks. A quiet little game is one in which money does nearly all the talking. Presidential Sarcasm "Are there any objections to the minutes as read?" asked Mrs. U. May Leedus, president of the Outsomehurst Woman's club. There were no objections. Nobody had heard the reading of the minutes. For everybody was talking. "Silence gives consent," said the president, loudly. "The minutes will stand approved."—Chicago Tribune. Pertinent Inquiry. "I never use any of the butter sold in the markets on my table," remarked the landlady of a Cumminsville hash factory. "This butter came from my uncle's dairy in Michigan. "That reminds me," joined the freeway boarder, "that physical exercise is a great thing. I suppose this butter acquired its wonderful strength by walking all the way, did it not?"—Chincinnati Enquirer. OOU FIND HIDDEN MAN, DUMBBELL AND INDIAN CLUB. A FIND HIDDEN BOTTLE AND PIPE SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE down. Head of hidden woman is in up-wheel of wagon. Suecer is between ripe Spoon is in man's shirt front, the end of waist. No. 2: Head of policeman is at boy carried under his arm. Back of dog is at boy's wrist, the nose at his breast. Southern A OF V HOME OFFICE -- 504 N One of the strongest and pr fit Insurance Companies in afford to be out of it and when our agents call on you HONESTY THE BEST POLICE OFFICERS A. WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT: E. WALTER E. BA B. L. JORDAN, REV. SIDNEY JAMES T. CARTER, THOS. M. CRUMP, SECRET. SOLUTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZELS: 1.—Turn left side of picture down. Head of hidden woman is in upper corner of wagon top, just over rear wheel of wagon. Saucer is between rim of rear wheel and ice cream freezer. Spoon is in man's shirt front, the end of the handle at his chin, the bowl at his waist. No. 2.—Head of policeman is at boy's left hand, just under bundle of papers carried under his arm. Back of dog is outlined by boy's extended arm, its tail at boy's wrist, the nose at his breast. Southern Aid Society OF VIRGINIA HOME OFFICE--504 N. 2nd St. Richmond, Va. One of the strongest and promptest paying Sick Benefit Insurance Companies in the State. You cannot afford to be out of it and should not hesitate to join when our agents call on you. A. WASHINGTON, PRESIDENT; EDWARD STEWARD, VICE-PRESIDENT; WALTER E. BAKER, TREASURER; HENRY B. PARKER; B. L. JORDAN, Wonder of the World YOUR LIFE READ FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE * For the benefit of those who wish to have their life read by the world's greatest life reader, one that can fall upon that you wish to know, give you back change your life from evil to good, the separated, restore a lost love, draw to you your sweetheart, husband or wife, make people do as you wish them In fact this wonderful WOMAN is the Greatest on Earth. Now if you want to find out what your future life will be and what your past has been, and want to have it changed from evil to good, send at once to this wonder ful medium. Send lock of hair, date of your birth and 25 cents in silver, and receive your life written from cradle to grave. Do not send postage stamps. Address all letters to MRS. DR. WHITE. to MRS. DR. WHITE 1917 E. Pratt St. Baltimore, Md. Wanted—TRUSTWORTHY LADY or Gentleman to manage business in this County and adjoining territory for house of solid financial standing. $20.00 straight cash salary and expenses paid each Monday direct from headquarters. Expense money advanced; position permanent. Address, Manager, 605 Monon Bldg., Chicago. 11-21-08to1-9-04 MELS: 1.—Turn left side of picture, per corner of wagon top, just over rear of rear wheel and ice cream freezer, of handle at his chin, the bowl at his left hand, just under bundle of papers outlined by boy's extended arm, its tail Aid Society VIRGINIA—— 2nd St. Richmond, Va. omptest paying Sick Benefit the State. You cannot should not hesitate to join you. CY is "OUR MOTTO" AND BOARD: WARD STEWARD, VICE-PRESIDENT; BEEKER, TREASURER; B. STANTON, HENRY B. BURWELL BRY & GENERAL MANAGER. THE FRISCO SYSTEM OPERATES Double Daily Trains Carrying Pullman Sleepers. Cafe Cars (a la carte) and Chair Cars (seats etc. Electric Lighted Throughout BETWEEN Birmingham, Memphis and Kansas City AND TO ALL POINTS IN Texas, Oklahoma and Indian Territories AND THE Far West and Northwest THE ONLY THROUGH SLEEPING CAR LINE BETWEEN THE SOUTHEAST AND KANSAS CITY Descriptive literature, tickers ranged and through reservations & upon application to W. T. SAUNDERS, Gen'l Agent, Pass. Dro- OR F. E. CLARK, Trav. Pass. Agent., Atlanta, GA. W. T. SAUNDERS Gen'l Agent Passenger Department ATLANTA, GA. Now Tourist Sleeping Car Line to California. Commencing December 9th, the Frisco System will inaugurate through Pullman Tourist Sleeping Car service between Birmingham, Ala., and San Francisco, California. Cars will leave Birmingham at 10:30 p.m., every Tuesday, and will be routed via: the Frisco System to Kansas City, Rock Island System to Pueblo, Denver and Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western to Ogden and Southern Pacific to San Francisco. Requests for reservations should be addressed to W.T. SAUNDERS, General Agent, Pass. Dept.