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THE RICHMOND PLANET TWO AWFUL TRAGEDIES. Richard Fox Killed--Popular Officer Shinberger a Victim. THE ALLEGED MURDERER CAPTURED—AN EXCITING CHASE—THE LAW SUPREME. NO TALK OF LYNCHING—GOODE WANTS TO SEE EDITOR MITCHELL. VOL. XXI NO. 30. TWO AW TRA Richard Fox Officer Shinbe THE ALLEGED MURDER CITING CHASE—TH NO TALK OF LYNCHI SEE EDITOR James Goode, colored, shot and killed Richard Fox, colored, in the saloon of Mr. S. W. Robinson at 18th and Franklin Sts. Saturday night, June 25th at about 11 o'clock. He claimed that Fox struck him with a club and he shot him. The staten out of the bar-tender and a customer is that Fox ran into the bar followed by Goode. Fox stumbled and fell and Goode placed the muzzle of the revolver at his head and fired, killing him almost instantly. The ball went entirely through the skull. ORDERED TO LEAVE Mr. Robinson had ordered Goode out of the place but a short time before. He came in the place with another man and commenced to swear. He was told to stop that or get out. He told Mr. Robinson to go hell and walked out. It is stated. Fox had beaten Goode with a kick earlier in the day. Fox was a factory hand. Goode is from North Carolina. He is an ex-penitentiary convict and has been living in the worst section of this city. The case was not captured. The city was seized and due after clue was followed. It was reported that the murderer was at Lavinia. Nichols' house, 1308. Second St., opposite Hospital St., and police-officers under the command of Police (inspector John F. Shinberger repaired to the place to arrest the man. OFFICERS RAIDED THE HOUSE. Detectives Gibson, McMahon and Officers Matten, Walton and Stockman were in the party. Detectives Gibbon and McMahon entered the front door, while Inspector Shinberger watched at the back gate. James Johnson, alias "Bellow" and General Randolph, alias "Snowball" and the colored woman were found in the house. On the second floor, they found a colored man, named Johnson, whom they mistook for Goode. Another colored man was seen attempting to get out of the back way through the yard toward the back gate, that was open. He was ordered to halt, but ran faster. The moon was behind a cloud and the yard was dark. THE INSPECTOR'S DEATH WOUND A volley of pistol shots was fired at the man, who reached the back gate, "Who's that?" said Inspector Shinberner. The colored man dashed by him firing, it was alleged, as he ran, Inspector Shinberner returned the fire. It was soon found that Inspector Shinberner was wounded. The ball entered the right breast about two inches to the left of the nipple and ranged downward coming out between the eleventh and twelfth ribs, in the back about three inches to the right of the spinal column. A PUZZLING QUESTION The track of the bullet would indicate that the Police Inspector had been accidentally shot by his own officers. He was one of the tallest men on the policeforce, but this is explained away by a statement that he was crouching or slightly bending at the time. Be that as it may, there are many, who believed and yet believed that the wound was inflicted by his brother-officer Goode has since given color to this view, and the questionation by positively declaring that he did not shoot the police officer, although he did kill Richard Fox. A POPULAR OFFICER Police Inspector Shinberger was one of the most popular men on the police-force, being admired and beloved by citizens, regardless of race and color, and there was universal regret over the sad occurrence. He was removed to Virginia Hospital where it was decided to operate upon him. He was 63 years of age and everything was very much against him. THE MURDERER CAPTURED. His death which followed was not unexpected. Jim Goode was subsequently captured July 3rd in a ravine nearairmount, a suburb of this city, where was lying with arms extended and revolver in one of his hands, by Police Gary and Wiley of Richmond andTable Mills of Henrico County. Though armed with revolvers they hurry to grab him and sent one number to watch him and shot guns to the captured. Goode resumedrecovering apparently fagged out. He was taken in a wagon to the city jail. no demonstration againstoff of James Goode was called in the Police Court last Wednesday, morning. E. M. Roscher, Esq. was assigned as counsel. Examination was waived and he was sent on to the grand jury. GOODE WRITES TO EDITOR MITCHELL. That Goode realizes his pledgeament is evident from the following plaintive letter received last Thursday. "Richmond, Va., July. Dear Sir: Mr. Mitchell, I write you this letter as I desire to see you at once. I am in an awful condition, a 1ng ways from home and without help with death staring me in the face and I desire deeply to see you at once. Hoping that you will come as soon as you get this letter, I am P. S. Please come and have a short talk with me. I shall depend on seeing you. Don't delay Yours truly." Seven Pines Baptist Church. SEVEN PINES, VA., July 6th, 1904—The Seven Pines Baptist Church of which Rev. F. B. Mitchell is pastor, Henrico County, Va., has just closed the most successful money rally ever known in this place by way of raising money to remodel their church building. This rally was started late last year by organizing working clubs connected with the church system with a view of bringing together the surplus $400.00 (four hundred dollars) for the fourth Sunday in May, 1904, but circumstances were of such as to change these plans to the 4th Sunday in Ju.e. 1904. Ministers taking part in the exercises were: Rev. Thos Green, of Second Bethel Baptist Church this county who preached the first sermon of the day, June 26th, 1904, when $224 90 (two hundred and twenty-four dollars and ninety cents) was raised. Rev. W. W. Young of Coalfield, Va., preached at the night service. the pastor Rev. F. B. Mitchell preached W. dinesay night, June 29th, '04, and Rev. Evans Payne of the 4th Baptist Church preached Friday night July 1st, '04, when a sum of $13 83, Thirteen dollars and eighty-three cents was raised. The prize of a three dollar banner that was offered to the club reporting the highest amount of money was won by the East End Club, No. 1. The contest for the prize of Two Dollars in gold to the individual reporting the highest amount, on Gleaners laid between Mrs. Martha Harris and Mrs. Ida Taylor, both of Club No. 1. Sister Harris reported $15.15. Sister Taylor reported $17.83. Both having done so well, Brethren decided to reward them both with a like prize $2 00 in gold each. The Church also present- ed the pastor with a small purse of $7. 00 as a token of respect. Clubs reporting are as follows: East End Club, No. 1 ... $ 60.41 Southside Club, No. 2 ... 40.50 West End Club, No. 4 ... 48.45 Strong Hold Club ... 25.00 East End Penny Club, No. 1 ... 3.00 West End " " No. 4 ... 8.40 Seven Pins Concert Club ... 10.00 General Church Subscription ... 35.75 General Church Collections throughout rally ... 8.97 Grand total collected $240.48 NOTES—The Reformers of this section are yet in a prosperous condition forging to the front holding up the banner of Reformism. Rev. Thos. Greene held his money rally Sunday; July 3rd, 1904. Committee Deacons; J. H. Vaughan, R. Kinney, and F. L. Hill, Church Clerk. WILSON—TINSLEY—The marriage of Miss Mary V., Tinsley to Mr. Thomas G. Wilson will take place at her father's home, 4 W. Courts St., Wednesday evening, July 20th at 4 o'clock P. M. Friends are respectfully invited. No cards. Rally Next Sunday at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. The rally of Mount Olivet Baptist Church will be held next Sunday, July 10th, 1904. 12 tribes are to report their work. Services for the day: -11:30 A.M., Rev W. R. Ashburn, Zion Baptist Church, Manchester. 4 P. M., Rev W. F. Graham, D. D., 5th St. Baptist Church. 8:30 P. M., Rev Hugh Williams, Fountain Baptist Church. The choirs of the 5th St. and Fountain Baptist Churches will accompany their pastors. All are welcome. Rev J. ANDREW BOWLER, A. M., Pastor. MOSBY—Pinkey Mosby, wife of Mr. Roseberry Mosby, died suddenly Wednesday, July 6th at 6 P. M. Funeral will take place Sunday in Prince George County, Va. The remains were conveyed to that county, where the funeral services will take place and the interment will be made in the family section there. The Ministers' Conference of Richmond, Manchester and Vicinity shows its Respect and Esteem for Rev. Dr.W.F. Graham. At the closing session of the Ministers' Conference of Richmond, Manches ter and vicinity, Monday, July 4th. FIGHT OFF PORT ART Russian Tornado Boats Att CRAFT—Mrs. Maria Craft, the mother of Miss Charlotte Craft, departed this life June 28, 1904 at her home near Whittles, Va. She was about the age of eighty years and a member of the Camalite Church for 36 years. The funeral was preached by Rev A. A. Galvin, B. D., pastor of Loyal St. Bapt. Church. The attendance was large and the services were very impressive. Her daughter deserves much praise for her special care of her in her old age. Danville, Va., July 3, 1904. JOHNSON—The funeral of Mr. Walker Johnson took place from the Third St. A. M. E. Church, Sunday, July 3d, 1904, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. R. Kate Turner, Mrs. Lizzie Brown, Mr. William Johnson, Mr. James Johnson, his sisters and brothers and a host of friends survive him. Mrs. R. KATE TURNER. EPPS - Departed this life June 14th, 1904, Mrs. Betsie Epps at her residence, 324 Jefferson St., in her 70th year. She leaves two daughters, 5 grand children and two great grand children to mourn their loss. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we loved is still, A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled Rev. Johnson of the First Baptist Church officiated at the residence. Mr. A.D. Price, Funeral Director. Mother and Daughter Pass Away. Meltion Va July 7, 1904 Departed this life May 14, 1904 Miss Lora B. Desper. She was willing to go to meet the Lord. Departed this life June 4, 1904 Mrs. Julia Desper. She leaves husband, fath er, four brothers, a sister, and many friends to mourn their loss. There were only three weeks between the two deaths. Mr. Johnson Has Passed Away. The funeral of Mr. Walker H. Johnson, who died very suddenly on last Thursday June 30th, took place from the Third St. Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a member, last Sunday at two o'clock and was largely attended. The Richmond Lodge and Eureka Co. Knights of Pythias, of which he was a member, turned out in full with much honor to their Beloved One. Mr. Walker Johnson was the husband of Mrs. Virginia Johnson and the devoted father of Miss Jessie Johnson. Favored carousel, Oh papa dear, You've gone home, and left us here. A.M.D. A.D. Dice office. $150.00 Endowment Paid. Hammond, V., July 19, 1904. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. and A. ($150.00) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Samuel Dobson, who was a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 1, Knights of Pythias. Signed:—BETTIE M. DOBSON, Administratrix. Witnesses: John R. Cogbill, Robert Alexander; Mrs. Matilda Nelson is visiting her aunt in Amelia Co., Va. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lewis left last week for Old Sweet Springs, Va. Mrs. Maggie Johnson of 1007 St. Peter St., left this week for New York to visit her relatives. Rev. Dr. B. W. Tyrrell, pastor of Diamond Hill Baptist Church of Lynch- burg, Va., called on us. He is remodel- ling the church and the congregation has increased his salary $100 more. This is a movement in the right direc- tion and will result in a two-fold in- crease in the receipts of that body. Mrs. Booker Leftwich left for New York Friday morning, July 5th to visit her mother; will be gone for two weeks. House closed. Mr. Joseph Evans of Pittsburg, Pa. requests all who owe him for the Planet to settle up by next Saturday. Day Star Band Organized. Day Star Band was organized on the above date by the Grand Worthy Mother of the Children's Department, Mrs. Anna E. Taylor. This Band was gotten up through the efforts of Mrs. Julia A. Watts, Sr. Matron and Mrs. Merriman, Jr. Matron. They deserve much credit for their grand and noble work. Very many parents of the children were present and were highly gratified at the initiation of the children, composing 35 in number, with expectation of a good many more applications. The Minister's Conference of Richmond, Manchester and Vicinity shows its Respect and Esteem for Ray, Dr W. E. Eickhart. At the closing session of the Ministers' Conference of Richmond, Manchester and vicinity, Monday, July 4th, 1904. Rev Evans Payne brought to the attention of the Conference the fact that Rev Dr. W. F. Graham had resigned the pastorate of the 5th St. Baptist Church. In well chosen words Rev Payne stated his regrets and at the conclusion of his remarks he presented a resolution which was received, discussed by Rev Dr. A. Binga, Jr., Rev C. Burrell, Rev W. W. Wines, Jr., Dr. O. H. Phillips, Rev A. S. Thomas, Rev J. F. Hunga, Rev W. T. Johnson, Rev J. T. Turner, Prof. R. Kelser, Rev J. H. Fainterley, Rev R. J. Mitchell, Rev R. J. Bass, Rev R. J. Johnson, B. D., and Rev Joseph Perry, and afterward adopted and placed in the hands of the following Commitee for publication: Dr. C. H. Phillips, Rev Evans Payne, Rev Joseph Perry, Rev W. W. Wines, Jr., and Dr. W. T. Johnson. It was evident in the good natured spirited discussion of the following resolutions that each brother held Rev. Dr W, F. Graham in the highest esteem and entertained for him profound respect on the account of his great work and worth to the local church which he pastors, the community in which he lives, and to the country in general, the great field of his operation. RESOLUTIONS OF REGRET. Whereas, we have learned with regret, that Rev. Dr. W. Graham has signified his intention of severing his connection as pastor of the 5th St. Baptist Church, and Whereas his twelve years pastorate of said church has proved his aptity as a leader, presacher, sober, and a christian gentleman, and his usefulness in our community as a man and Whereas thus svering his connection with the church will, in our opinion, great success, progress of the church and mar the seeing of the many who have learned to be him so dearly; Therefore be it Resolved, that we the Baptist Ministers Conference of Richmond and Manchester unite in an appeal to our brother, Rev. Dr. W. Graham, to reconsider his intention and remain as pastor of his church. Resolved 2nd That we take this course believing that for him to remain as pastor of said church will be for the good of the flock and all concerned. Resolved 3rd, Since we have learned to love him for his counsel, activity and general usefulness in our Ministers Conference, we therefore make this car nest request of him to remain pastor of the 5th St. Bapt. Ohrhur for our sake. Wants Him to Reconsider Richmond, Vr., June 27, 1904. At a meeting of the Foreign Mission Board of the Virginia Baptist State Convention held at the 5th st. Baptist Church on the above named date, the following resolutions offered by Rev. D. W. Davis, D. D., were passed: Whereas, it has come to our knowledge that Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D., the Chairman of our Foreign Mission Board has received his resignation as pastor of the 5th st. Baptist Church of this city, and Whereas, he has done untold good as a pastor and man of God and has been of great benefit to our Foreign Mission work, therefore be it Resolved 1st. That we regret that he feels called upon to take this serious step, and take this method of expressing our appreciation of him as a man and a worker in the Master's vineyard. Resolved 2d. We trust he may be able to see his way clear to reconsider his determination and remain with the congregation for which he has accomplished so much good. Resolved 3d. We feel in our judgment that he can accomplish more for the Master and for his race in his present position, and our prayer is, that he may live many years to fill this place to which God has especially called him. Signed:—Foreign Mission Board Rev. G. B. Howard, D. D.; Rev. C. H. Phillips, D. D.; Rev. J. Andrew Bowler, A. M.; Rev. A. B. Smith, Rev. D. Wbsster Davis, D. D; Rev. M. B. Huscel, Secretary. The Monthly Meeting of the National Baptist S. S. Union. The regular monthly meeting of the National Baptist S. S. Union will be held on next Sunday, July 10th, 1904 at the 6th St. Baptist Church, Rev W. F. Graham, D. D., pastor at $30 P. M. Excellent programme in store for all who will attend. This Union is making great efforts to raise its quota $1000.00 needed for State Missions and education at the Convention in Danville in August. All are requested to donate to the cause. Should an envelope or a letter not reach you, send your donation to any of the officers of the Union. B. H. PEYTON, President E. A. WASHINGTON, Vice. A. W. DANDRIDGE, See y. WANTED—Women to sell our toilet powder, guaranteed to destroy and prevent all bodily odor arising from from perspiration. $5 to $10 dollars a day can be made. Send 25 cents for full size box as trial. Money refunded if not as claimed. THE GEM SHOP. 49 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PLANET FIGHT OFF PORT ARTHUR FIGHT OFF PORT ARTHUR Russian Torpedo Boats Attack Japanese Transports. SOME ;SHARP SKIRMISHING Ta Tche Kiao, July 2, via Liao Yang, July 5.—A fight between Russian torpedo boats and Japanese transports was reported off the coast this afternoon. Heavy cannonading was heard from the seaward. An officer who came in declares that from a hilltop near the coast he saw vessels engaged in a fight, but they were too far off to distinguish them. General Kuroki has begun to retire, probably as a result of the rains, which have flooded all the rivers and threatened to cut him off from his base of supplies. Nearly all the customary fords are now absolutely impossible. Landing Army to Take Port Arthur. London, July 5. — The Standard's Tien Tsin correspondent, under date of July 4, says that since June 27 the Japanese main squadron has been engaged in landing men at Daliny preparatory to a final attack on Port Arthur. He adds that the Japanese final operations in the rear of Port Arthur will probably bring matters to a final issue within the next few days. SHARP SKIRMISHING Russians Sustained Loss of Over 200 Killed or Wounded. St. Petersburg, July 6. The general staff has received the following dispatch from Lieutenant General Sakharoff, the chief of staff of General Kuropatkin, dated July 4. "On July 3 the advance guard of the Russian force operating east of Liao Yang occupied a position at Langtse Pass. Towards evening the same day our scouts asserted that a detachment of the enemy's advance guard, 1500 strong, had occupied the villages of Ekhavan and Tcha-Kumen-Za, on our front, the main force having remained in Fen Shui and Mo Tien Passes. At this moment we discovered the movement of a Japanese detachment, consisting of a battalion of infantry, to turn our left flank positions in the Yangtse Pass, in the direction of Lian Dian Sian. In order to check this movement a force was sent forward in the direction of the threatened point. In order to learn the strength of the enemy's position in front of Langtse Pass, the commander of the detachment ordered out was reinforced and a recoonolering party of 10 companies was sent in the direction of Ekhavan, under the command of Colonel Letschitsky. With the view of making a demonstration insuring the return of Letschitsky's detachment, three companies, under Lieutenant Colonel Garnitsky, marched to Mahamulizza, about a mile and a half south of Ekhavan, to the crossing of the roads leading to Sin-Khl and the Lok river passes. Firing began at 2.30 p. m., July 4. Garnitsky's column reached the cross roads and dislodged a company of the company's advance guard, which was almost annihilated. Simultaneously Letschitsky's column dislodged the enemy's advance posts without firing a shot and approached the foot of the heights, which were surmounted by Temple. Temple is less than a mile east of Ekhavan, where, although exposed to a heavy front and flank fire, our troops dashed forward and dislodged the Japanese from their entrenchments and occupied the pass. As the enemy was preparing to deliver a frontal and flank attack, our column then retreated, as previously instructed. Three companies of Garnitsky's force occupied the position which they had been ordered to secure. "Our casualties were: Letschitsky, bruised and wounded; Colonel Poapelow, Lieutenant Colonel Trakhemovsky, Captain Sololeff, Lieutenants Markoff, Latkine, Bobroslavsky and Kozine, Second Captain Palyes and several other officers wounded, and 200 soldiers killed or wounded. "The enemy's principal forces are at present concentrated at Vandapudze, in the direction of Hai-Cheng, and at Schikouyo, about 10 miles west of Siyen, on the road to Kal Chon. "Reconnaissances July 3 discovered that the enemy is fortifying in the Ta Pass." Populists Name Ticket Springfield, Ill., July 6.—Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, for president, and Thomas H. Tibbles, of Nebraska, for vice president, was the ticket nominated by the Populist national convention. The names of William V. Allen, of Nebraska, and Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, were also placed before the convention for president, but before the list of states had been completed in the roll call their names were withdrawn and Watson was nominated by acclamation. VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY RICHMOND 627 DROWNED ON SINKING STEAMER 627 DROWNED ON SINKING STEAMER Vessel Bound For New York Lost Off Coast of Scotland. STRUCK ROCKS IN HEAVY SEA Aberdeen, Scotland, July 6.—Another boat load containing 17 survivors of the ill fated Danish steamer Norge, which foundered off Rockall Reef, were landed at Aberdeen, Scotland, by the steam trawler Largo Bay. They drifted at the mercy of the Atlantic for six days. When both water and food were gone and when the occupants were almost too exhausted to hope, the trawler hove in sight. Those rescued had eked out an existence on two biscuits per day. When they started from the ill-fated ship there was only one small cask of fresh water in the boat. Before the Largo Bay fell in with them this and the biscuits had been finished and the pangs of hunger had set in. They weathered a gale and continued as best they might, striving to reach the coast of Scotland against the heavy seas. The men had scarcely strength enough to hold the oars. Six hundred and twenty seven persons are still missing. No tragedy of the sea has had more appalling consequences, and none has occurred in a shorter time. The passengers were suddenly aroused from their sleep, terrified by the contact of the bows of the ship with the solid granite, followed by a grinding, rasping sound as if the hull was being shored over huge rocks. Then silence, as the clanging bells brought the engines to a stop. Those of the passengers who were standing at the time the steamer struck the rock were thrown against the bulkheads or on the decks and had not recovered their feet, when a stentorian voice gave the terrifying order: "All hands or deck; hurry or you may sink!" Immediately there was a rush for the narrow companionways, and men, women and children pushed and struggled and made every other effort to reach the deck where the boats swung from the davits. Many persons, retaining their presence of mind, seized life preservers, only to find in some instances that the strings were rotten, and they could not be quickly put around their bodies. Those who reached the deck saw the nose of the Norge plinned directly against the rock. It remained there only a few minutes, for Captain Gundell, commanding, who had immediately gone to the bridge, gave the order to the engine room to reverse the engines. Some men of the engineer force had relatives among the passengers, and after seeing them safely to the boats they heroically returned to their stations below. Slowly the ship backed off, and as she gained way it was found that the water was pouring into her hold. This announcement, called out in Scandinavian and presaging death, added to the supreme fright and agony. The passengers who were piled in the boats were the fortunate ones who were to escape, while the unfortunate, who saw death near, clustered in the vicinity, seething, struggling masses, some on their knees, praying, surrounded by children, others supplicating aid from any one, and shrinking for permission to enter the boats, elbowing, fighting their way to the places from which the boats were being lowered. The sound of grinding ceased, and the bow of the Norge yawed as the steamer returned to deep water. The sea rushed hungrily into the huge rents made by the rocks in the iron hull. Swiftly the vessel began to sink by the bows. Without waiting for orders, without paying attention to their proper manning, the occupants began to lower the boats. Two of the first boats lowered, filled with women and children, were smashed against the side of the ship, and all were drowned. When the upper deck of the Norge was only a few feet from the water it was apparent to every one that only a few minutes more and she would plunge beneath the waves. In the final crisis those who were able to remember clearly what happened say that the shrieks and sobs died away, and that the quiet was only broken by the curses of some men, whose fear found vent in blasphemy. Suddenly one man threw himself overboard, and another followed his example. Still another jumped into the water, and soon round the ship hundreds of persons were struggling in the sea, having preferred death in the open than to being submerged with the ship. Others determined to stand by the ship, hoping against hope that she would remain afloat Three boats it is known succe reached the sea. The passengers tically pulled away from the d. m. ship, passing by poor wretches were still aloft and who vainly be to be taken on board, while from ship came long, despairing cries. The women in the boat which reach Grimsby hid their eyes, but the ma- who were sitting facing the Norge they saw the captain still on the bridge, and the passengers on d. c. attitudes of resignation. While looked the Norge plunged forward, stern shot up in the air and she appeared. The swimmers in the w cinity of the ship were drawn into vortex, around which they swirled chips in the maelstrom. But 12 minutes elapsed from the time the struck until she sank. MAN HUNT IN NEW JERSEY Three Negroes Assault Farmer's Wife After Robbing the House. TWO SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST Burlington, N. J., July 6.—With her 1-year-old babe by her side and bug husband away delivering milk, Mrs. Elsie T. Biddle, the young wife of Charles Biddle, a farmer, living along the Rancocas road, near here, was the victim of criminal assault and robbery by three negroes and a man hunt is in progress throughout the surrounding country. The outrage is one of the worst that has ever occurred in this section and hundreds of men armed with all sorts of weapons are in pursuit of the perpetrators. Mrs. Biddle recognized one of them men as Aaron Timbers, who was recently released from the Jamesbury reform school. The second man is said to be a well known negro character and the third an unknown farm man. Pursuers caught up twice to the negroes and two of them are believed to have been wounded. Later two negro suspects were brought to the Burlington jail. At the lock up a large crowd had assembled and threatened to lynch them. It was with much difficulty that they were gotten into the building safely. Both men declare they are innocent. Mrs. Biddle was washing the breakfast dishes when she heard a knock at the door. Responding to the call she was confronted by three masked negroes, one of whom she is sure in Timbers. This man held a revolver to her head and demanded her money. She protested she had nothing, to which Timbers, who had been employed on the farm and knew the family, replied that she lied and that money was on the second floor. Leaving one man on guard the other two forced Mrs. Biddle to go up stairs and secure the money. Under cover of the revolver she produced $13. The negroes found a watch which they returned on her plea that it was given to her by her mother. The negro who was on guard was called up stairs and Mrs. Biddle's hands were tied behind her and two handkerchiefs stuffed in her mouth. With a revolver pointed at her head Mrs. Biddle was caught by each of the negroes. They then left the place. Mrs. Biddle managed to leave the house and crossing the fields met a neighbor. She told her story, and within half an hour a small peace was in pursuit. Word was sent to all the farms in the neighborhood and to Burington. Dozens of small parties, armed with guns, revolvers and clubs also joined in the chase. Charles Davis, a young farmer, while hurrying to the Biddle home, came across the negroes and opened fire from a gun. One negro was we indicted, but he got away with the others. William Braddock, another farmer, also saw the men and fired at the trio, who also fired several shots. Braddock claims that he hit one of them. Warrants have been sworn out for Timbers and another negro named Byron Fox, who is wanted by the police. A search was made of the home of Timbers' mother, but no clue of him was found. The mother said: "I hope they kill him. He is a wicked boy. He should not be allowed to live." Three Drowned at Princeton, N. J. Princeton, N. J., July 5. — Walter Stead and Frank Rule, of Princeton, and a young man named Rulong, of Philadelphia, who was visiting here, were drowned in Millstone river by the capsizing of their boat. While rowing up the stream the boat got into a treacherous current, which threw it against a rock. The occupants went overboard and were caught in a mass of river grass and roots and carried under. The bodies were recovered three hours later. r r ° ————_—— (ENGR ane. aS ee At We Ne, BATURDAY .. JULY 9, 1904 AN S377) ol ) aN (eas) fetes ey }o)}>=-. 1 ANS Soe or oo epee every man and nation, ‘God will e'erextend fis hand, , under ail conditions, Those obeying His command. neither rich’ or poor are tuvored, “Only for their love to God, Warning thus the Master's favor, reading paths where He hath trod, Whose who love and will obey Him, He will never once forsake, Pet within their souls be dwelling, Inner conscience to awake. Me will teach them life's great lesson ‘That will bring peace into the heart, iad the happiness of spirit ever wilt trom them depart, Whoush the home be poor and humbie, 3 God wil: find a dwelling there, Bf He finds the heart is waiting. And is fled with earnest prayer, Waking Him to come, be with them, And to teach them what is righty Me will quickly hasten thither, Shedding round about His ight, Brery where He's loved and needed He wiil always, quickiy, no, @omiort give to those who seek Him, Love and mercy He will show. nd more room the humble hearts have In which they God's love receive, ‘With less pride and vain ambition “WAU they cause His heart to grieve, WA, the diessed, blessed promiae, ‘That He never will torsake, 2nd If we will love and trust Film, Care of us He'll always take, hen why should we wander from Him Into woridiy ways of sin, What we must, ere reaching Heaven, Have a change of heart bexin? PMiss Martha S. Lippincott, in N. ¥. Ob- server. : WHAT TORERE DID. Mow the Death of a Little New Zea- Jand Girl Brought a Savage ‘Tribe to Christ. Im the early days of the evangeliza- tion of New Zealand there lived in ‘Waikato a girl named Torere. Though wnly eight years old, she learned to wead and to lovea copy of St. John’s ®espel in Majori, which she e#lways ‘Degged to be allowed to carry with her. Bho as the aaughter of a chief named Weakuku, who had become converted Qhrongh the efforis of a missionary. Torere uséd regularly to read aloud @rom her gospel in her father's tent. When the tribe became Christians they decided to take the good news to @ome of their friends in another part of New Zealand; and for this purpose Negakuku organized a party of 15, the ‘Uttle mission band including Torere and her small brother. While halting for the first night, the smoke of their Gres was seen by an unfriendiy tribe on the warpath, who bore down upon ahem, Ngakuki, Tarrying hie little “Gon on bls shoulder, fled up the hit ‘with the others of his company. In the arkness and confusion, however, To- Tere was forgotien; she lay asleep with her gospel under her head. When the war party found that the others had es- ‘eaped, they spent their fury_on the Iit- ‘We girl, who woke no more on earth. (They carried off the small volume with the rest of the spoll. Some of its leaves ‘Were used for cartridge paper, but the greater part of the book eventually fell into the hands of a young Maor!, who read it, and was so impressed by It that he ultimately became a Christian. Eventually that whole tribe became converted. When the chief of the tribe. Torere’s Wurderer, realized the sin he had been qommitting in taking thg lives of his Tellow creatures, Whong others thé Jit- tle pirl, he sent to his former enemy, Negakuku, begging his forgiveness, and ‘also asking permission to enter a chapel—not the chapel Neakukn at- ‘tended, but one In his own village. Without that man's good will he felt he conld rst enter any Christian place of wors! ip. And we are told, says F. Kifckmau, in S. S. Times, that the two men who at one time were at the fiercest enmity subsequently’ “were worshiping God together in the same Place.” Such were the far-reaching re- Bults of a gospel in the hands of a Mao- vichild ..<-octo eo * RELIGIOUS THOUGHT. "| | Piety is not a pain In the Stomach, —Ram's Horn. You cannot begin anything, you never did. Origination, genesis, is God.—Campbell Morgan. . ‘ When a man thinks he {s the whole church he fg apt to ignore tne Head of the Church—Ram’s horn. Contentment is sunlight, discontent- ment is starlight, malcontentment is ‘night.—United Presbyterian. A man does not have to go to Heaven ‘dy freight simply because he cannot express himself in meeting.—Ram's Horn. ‘When the Christian rises above such email details as telling the truth and Gealing honestly God is gwmg to let him drop hard.—Ram’s Horn. No one need go down to eternal death who fs able to turn round and go the other way; for the other way leads to eternal life—United Presbyterian. Sinful Ambitions. Sinful ambitions Are like the balls of snow which the boys roll on the play- ground in the winter. They are cold ‘and unsympathetic; and as they in- crease they gather up the dead grass, sticks, pebbles and whatever will ad- Shere to them; and finished they are ephermerai as the snow out of which they are formed. The sun shines upon them and the soft south winds blow, and they are gone forever, only a lit- tle heap of rubbish—the silt of all their garnerings—remains.—United Presby- terian. SECRET OF JOYFUL LIVING. Sin Is the Discordant Note in a World of Gladness and Beauty— Heaven Is Near. Im a crowd of people, even among the most cultured, there are few faces that express joy, says H. M. McClusky, im Christian Work. Care and wearl- hess, restlessness, and unsatisfied am- dition are unmistakably visible, and often when outward conditions seem the most favoravle, the joyful life finds no expression; for it is an unknown experience. Yet all nature is full of fladness; a wonderfully beautiful world has been prepared for man’s habitation. Why does he not rejoice 4m his possessions? He is out of har- mony, sin is the discordant note; but ‘when by repentance toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ he is at one with God, the discord resolves it- felf into the sweet, rich chord of love. ‘Then there follows the triumphant ob- Neato of joy. ‘The accompaniment is “hot always perfectly harmonious, but |the song goes on uninterrupted to the close. Is that (rue? The Psalmist says: “In Thy presence is fullness of joy.” The Lord's presence is continualiy about us, believers willingly concede the fact. Why then is there not more | Joy? The life is based on a lower plane, Instead of shaping it “according to the Pattern that was showed in the Mount.” The belief of the heart is not worked ut in the life. ‘here are many lovable Christians whose faith never falters [when the Renvier sortows’ come, bet do not see or recognize their Lord in the daily routine, either by seeking ‘Him for hourly needs, or thanking Him for ever-present, numberless ‘Dlessings. Christ gave the secret of foy when He said, “Ask, and ye shall |receive, that your Joy may be full.” It is a constant interchange of interests between the Father and His child. Because He is infinitely great and pow- erful, He is no less the loving, com- Passionate One. A friend said to me: “Do you ask Him about such little things?” as though it were irreverent to speak to Him about the trivial but absolutely essential details of daily liv- Ing. “For though the Lord be bigk yet hath He respect unto the lowly;” that fact alone should fll us with joy. Study to live as in His presence; let all the surroundings as far as possible be in accord with a royal Guest and loving Friend. What a transformation there would be in most homes and lives if all pertaining to them were consciously given over to Him to. ar- range; we executing as under His tm- mediate supervision, without fear, fret- fulness or anxiety. ‘There could be but one result, a full, abounding joy. Would it not be worth while to make the effort? It can only be attained by patient, persistent endeavor; begin- ning with the first moment In the morning, praying hourly to be kep: consciousiy in the presence of Jesus our Lord. In such a life Heaven does not seem so far away and that home is a part of Christ's established king: dom. WAYS OF FRIENDSHIP. The Reciprocal Relationship of Life Which Is a Blessing and a ae ee Once know for & certainty that your friendship is firmly established, and what would you not do for a friend? Yot, at the same time, I doubt if any supreme friendship can rest In simply once knowing. It is entitled ever and again to the joys of reassurance, for only by many infallible proofs does it come to its finest flower, Not that much Is needed, so true Is It, as some one once said (o Stevenson, that “the spirit of delight comes often on small wings.” A word, a look, a tone * ¢ © just the merest intimation that your friend fs stanch and true and mindful and you go on your way re- Joicing. : " Indeed there are signal causes for rejoicing all along the line, since If it may not be one joy, it may be another. Friendship is so preeminently a matter of the spirit that it can take a world of pleasure in simply “living over,” and yet It is enough of a philosopher ‘to subsist on very little tf it must, but ‘only if it must. He who deliberately ‘or thoughtlessly starves a. friendship deserves to lose his friend. As for distance, it 18 powerless gveF It. You can be consciously aéar a friend though an ocean roll between you, and often with a tertain insistent convie- tion that you are In the mind of your (friend. = s - | Anothér witness to the fact that “the pepirtt of delight comes often on small Wings” is, that one can take such sat: isfaction In merely lookfig forward “He that has something ayont nee | gever be weary” runs the Scotch prov erb; and thongh in friendship th something ““ayont” be ever so little, I | WII suffice to lead the spirit Joyous! on. One can fare through a round o commonplace days, rising with indom \Mlable cheerfulness above a world o petty anxieties and worries, if on Knows that the future has a few su | preme hours or even moments in tt [Keeping. And then what serentt characterizes these established friend jahips! When you and your frien }} meet, there need be no eagerngas a8 t what you have to tell or to hear. Th }| benediction of a “God bless and kee |} you!” finding complete expression 1 r!a single earnest glance may suffice, | But wnen one tries to write of a || the Joys and inspirations, they seem t J open out in a long, illumined vist s|gaya Ruth Ogden, in Friendship. An it 1s because this is true, because « this never-failing power to cheer, spire and comfort, that any friendshi f | ts lifted from the ranks of the ordinar -] to the ranks of the supreme, . ‘The Cashier. Bank Examiner—Where fs the cash- ler? Gone to take a rest? President—No, he’s gone to avold ar- ent. —Sinaton Gisbde. THE RICHMOND.PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA SSS — ‘The Way of It. | Native—p “You say that stout chap in the oppo- ' thet! Why tite box owes his fortune to politics?” {chicken hot | “welt, yes; he got so awfully defeated "ther last ton | the first time he ran for office that he has , = } Stuck strictly to business ever since."— w | Puck. |. “t suppos See eybags, “th: te “opacco becs r Ss Grayce—What makes Madge so stuck “°.ty'oq eur I V vp? it is— oO e © Barthe—Oh, hadn't you heard? Guicago bai ‘There's a glue firm using her photograph — as an advertisement. —PhNadelphia Bul- | Always at Variance. jeu, aan “The weather hereabouts,” said the ——— “Hes at stranger, “frequently disagrees with Some ‘Trouble. one me.” | “And did you have any troublenam=) “hays | “Oh, there's aman living {n this town | Ing your first child, Pat?” eeneae! who is worse off than you. The weath-| “Sure, ma'am; there wasn’t aman (oft pu er never agrees with him.” | went home from that christenin’ without “What's the matter with him?” & black eye!”—Yonkers Statesman. “He's the local weather forecaster.” Hore fee Taceaoast. | “1 wonder Philadelphia Public Ledger. | Biss yon banc eatin Sging ak the world,” ‘They All Say It. | her work? : aan eg Towne—My wife saw thenew minister, | He—Yes; and I hope to graciousshe'l £4. for the first time yesterday. ® | do the work better than she does the men jealous. Browne—O! Rev. Mr. Hoamley. What singing.—Yonkers Statesman. | T the have to say about him? | ‘Writers of Fiction. Mother—\ Towne—What every good womam; Ppatience—You say her husband is @ matter? says about a minister, no matter how writer *) Daughter ugly he may be: “He has a good face.”| “ patrice—yes, he’s a writer of fiction. | my beauty. ‘eosin Rake tn Wigs Patrice—Yes, b®’s a writer of fiction. y bea Both Sides of It. When a men gives ear io come, iatceto make remacerebast NOTHING SERIOUS, <> SD ( € wy ae) feo nitty : iy ) 4 h Doe oS __L tell you that girl isdying forme.” | “Humph! 1 haven't seen the family @octor at her house lately.""—Chicago American. | The Revised Version. ‘Young Mrs, Hubbard : Went to the cupboard To get her pug dow some fromage Ge briet But none she found there— Her husband—the bear! Had eaten it all with hls dinner, you see, Puck. . Tust So. ; Little Clarence—Pa, why do they call the end of a college student's school life the commencement? ‘Mr. Callipers—Oh, because that is when the matter-of-fact old world com- mences to take the conceit out of him, oe | Sense of Danger. "So you have quit eating patent food?" “Yes,” auswered Mr. Bliggins, “You know they advertise to make brain, and I'm afraid I'll get to be a resular genius, and have to wait for posterity to appre- clate me."—Washington Star. Safety Appliance. Husband—Why did you want a speak- ing tube from the dining-room to the kitehen? ‘The Wite—So I can give the cook or- ders without having her throw dishes at me.—Chicago Daily News, Silenced Acain. “Have a care, madam,” said Mr.Meek- er, summoning up a little spunk, “The worm will turn!” “Did you ever know the worm to hurt anybody when it turned?" calmly asked his wife—Chicago Tribune. Easily Reconcilable, | “Stoneychap Is such a devout Baptist. I don't see how he reconciles what he hears Sunday with what the Standby ol Soahany does Monday.” “That is easy. «Ol and water don't mix."—Brooklyn Life. é Cause and Effect. First Man—Since I built my house here the value of property in the neigh- Dorhood has greatly depreciated. | Second Man—Of course; I don't won-_ der at it—that fs, | mean—Good-morn-| ‘ing.—Tit-Bits. | She Had Her ‘Way. | “L thought Henpeck’s doctor said he would have to stop smoking or it would ‘will him?” | “He did; but you know his wife is | Saving cigar-coupons to buy a plano.”"— [ae i Big as That? Mins Wabash—We girls in Chicago | often have our toes stepped on out in the suburbs. é | Miss Gotham—Gracious! Do they reach ‘way out there?—Yonkers States- ‘man, | Change in Relationship, Harris—Was that your sister I saw, with you yesterday afternoon? Barlow—She wasn't when you saw us. It was later in the evening when she be ¢ame my sister—Boston ‘Pranscript, | i Postal Inefficiency. “There is only one commodity in the ‘United States that cannot be had on the fnstallment plan.” “What is that?” “Postage stamps.”—N. Y. Times. Question of Degree. ‘Wagner—Is it proper to say “drank,” er “drunk?” Jaguer—It depends altogether on ‘ow far gone you are—Philadelphia ‘Telegraph. i Quite Up-to-Date. Brown—Mrs. De Smythe seems to be extremely up-to-date. ‘Jones—Yes—they say her husband te one of the Iatest things out,—Town Top- ‘os. pa ‘The Way of It. “You say that stout chap in the oppo- tite box owes his fortune to politics?” “Well, yes; he got so awfully defeated the first time he ran for office that he has. stuck strictly to business ever since.”— Puck. Stuck Up. Grayce—What makes Madge so stuck op? Edythe—Ob, hadn't you heard? ‘There's a glue firm using her photograph. as an advertisement.—Phitadelphia Bul- letin. fox So “And did you have any trouble nam- ing your first child, Pat?” “Sure, ma'am; there wasn't a man went home from that christenin’ without & black eye!”—Yonkers Statesman, Hopes for Improvement. She—Do you hear Matilda singing at her work? He—Yes; and I hope to gracious she'll 4o the work better than ehe does the singing. —Yonkers Statesman, Writers of Fiction. Patlence—You say her husband is a writer? Patrice—Yes, he’s a writer of fiction. “Oh, well, all husbands are that!"— Yonkers Statesman, ‘A Queer Bank. “I can give you a position In my bank, but you will have to wait for promotion until somebody dies or resigns.” | “Don't you ever have any default- ers?”—Town Topics, Her Reason. “I never thought she loved him.” “She didn't.” | “Then why did she marry him?” “She had a grudge agalust him."— Chicago Post. | Killing Fumes. | Mrs. Myles—Do you allow your hus- band to smoke in the conservatory? Mrs. Styles—Oh, viy, yes; the fumes from his cigar kills the bugs. “I should think the fumes from the Kind of cigars that he smokes would kill the plants."—Yonkers Statesman, Honesty. “By the way! I didn’t leave my money in my other clothes, because this is the only suit) I own, and I haven't a check which I can't get cashed until to-morrow, so you might lend me a dollar until the week after next."—Brooklyn Life. A Dilemma. “I happened to get into a poker game at the club last night with my dest girl's father.” “Did you win or lose?” “Both, I'm afraid. I won from him, but I'm afraid that'll lose me the girl.” —Philadelphia Press. Too Practical. “Why did she resign from the Com- mon Sense society?” “Because they left the realm of theo- retical reform and began to talk about using common sense in the matter of their own clothing.”—-Chicago Post, Spiteful Cat. The Plain Girl—Oh, I ‘sbouid so like to be beautiful. The Beautiful Girl—Why, dear? ‘The Plain Girl—Because, if you're beautiful, you don’t need to be clever nor good-tempered.—Ally Sloper. _ em Danger Avoided. : Daughter—Is it really bad form to g0 shopping without a chaperon? Mrs. De Style—Excessively. Young ladies who shop without a chaperon are always sure to forget themselves and buy things.—N. ¥. Weekly. QUITE UP TO DATE. ox a4 I | a Long eal gw oa PLES DS SP 2 Oy i of 3 at yes aaa , ky 2 FI a , < | aS ¥ of \ as yey a Hix—My tailor has just invented Duttonless trousers. Diath tat Tee been) wearing them ever since my wife Joined that literary club.—Chicago Journal. ee rer | ‘The man who cannot take a joke | _To bea bore has grown: Bae eres Goer wos canis vend jane idea tals it gs hia ome aes Where He Stole First. Mrs. Bacon—Do they teach the boys to steal at college, John? { Mr. Bacon—What on earth are you talking about? “Why, I heard Bob say that it was at college where he learned to steal first.” “Well he was talking baseball."— Yonkers Statesman, Drew the Crowd. | Missionary (Gulehville) — Dear! Gear! It’s too bad. I am told there has just been a lynching. | Deacon Hairtrigger—Yaas, parson; you said you wished we could have a big crowd here to the openin’ of the religious revival, and I told you I'd bring ‘em. They're all here—N. Y. ‘Weekly. Rate of a Jewel. Wife—: discharged the cook to-day. Husband—Why, I thought you said ‘mot long ago that she was a perfect jewel. Wife—Yes, but jewels, you know, \ more ornamental than useful— Cincinne\! Enquirer. ( ‘Very Progressive. | Tourist—So Squire Mossback {s con- sidered y's most progressive citizen? — | Native—Progressive. He's more’n thet! Why, the old cuss has hed his jchicken house whitewashed twicet in ther last ten years.—Chicago American. ‘Why She Objected. “I suppose, my dear,” said old Mon- eybags, “that you object to my using tobacco because it is a poison.” “Yes,” replied his young wife; “be- cause it is—er—such a slow poison.”"— Chicago Daily News. ' His Vocation. “What does Windem do?” “He's a safe blower.” “Eh?” “Always telling tall stories about himself that nobody can show are not true.”"—Puck. His Only Use. | “1 wonder if he's really of any use in the world,” remarked the girl in blue. / “Oh, yes,” replied the practical girl in gray. “He can be used to make other men jealous.”"—Chjcago Post. | ‘The Hand of Time. Mother—-Why, my dear, what's the matter? Daughter (tearfully)—I—I am losing my beamy. “Nonsense!¥ “Oh, it’s true. I went to Bargain & Co.’s to price goods, and the clerk whe walted on me began to look tired before Fa been there an hour—boo, hoo, hoo!” —N. Y. Weekly. | Se | “Do you consider Buskin a great ac- tor?" “No,” answered Mr. Stormington Barnes. _ “He speaks very admiringly of your performance.” “Buskin is not a good actor, but he isa remarkably fine critie.”"—Washington Star. His Only Chance. “Isn't it ridiculous,” remarked Sin- nick, “how some fellows get the habit of talking to themselves?” “Oh, I don’t know; that habit might o you some good,” replied Minnick. “You'd stand a chance of hearing something good about yourself ecta- sionally.”—Philadelphia Press. ‘Handicapped. “In order to enjoy a good night's Test,” said the physiclan, “you should lie on the right side only. “It is post- tively injurious to le on both sides.” “But how can I help it, doctor?” re- Joined the patient. “You'seem to have Overlooked the fact that I am a law- yer."—Cineinnati Enquirer. Strongly Recommended. Lady (engaging a page boy)—Well, how soon can you come? Page (readily)—At once, mum. Lady—But, surely your present mis- tress won't like that! Page (brightly)—Oh, yes, she will, mum. She'll be only too glad.terset 33d ‘ot e!— Leadon Pant Not Poute. | Man (who has gone in to order some false teezh as advertised) —I should like | to have aset like that. | Dentist—I am afraid you can't have those; they cost more money. Man—Humph; it does seem hard that & fellow mayn't pick his own teeth.— Ally Sloper. _ stue™sun . A Deep Problem. “Mildred, what brings that young man to the house so often?” “Well, his mother’s stepfather mar- ried a second cousin of 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.”"— Tit-Bits. Club Finances. “But,” expostulated Jones, “if you'd only pay me what you owe me I could pay Smith what [ owe him.” | “L know it,” said Robinson. “But Smith wouldn't pay me what he owes me. Youand I would merely impoverish ourselves to enrich Smita. Powe Tape tes, | Jumping at the Conclusions. “Hello, old man! You don’t look as ‘Well as when | saw you last.” } “No, I haven't been getting much sleep the past few nights.” | “Well, well, When did it happen? | Why, t didn’t even know you were mar- | Tied.”—Philadelphia Press. MATTER OF OPINION. \ * ‘ 2 : T Seoes LS “Say, waiter, how do you pronounce C-a-m-e-m-b-e-r-t cheese?” “It is largely a personal matter, str. A gentleman who was in here last night Pronounced it the worst he ever saw."— Chicago Tribune, Says the Young Father. Ia sleeplessness contagious? Why, ‘There's no visease to mateh tt ‘Whenever baby gets it 1 ‘Am alway sure to eatch it, =Phitadetp! a Ledger, ‘es on iin a ane hacer. Hewitt—De you believe in this theory that marriage prolongs life? TJewett—Si:; U've known a number of ministers who would have starved to death if it hadn't been for wedding fees. —Town Topics. Cheering Him Up, ~_ Cholly—I can’t live without your daughter. | Mr. Gotrox—oh, yes you can. 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With his long, white, nervous fingers he adjusted the delicate needle, and rolled back his left shirt-cuff. For some little time his eyes rested thoughtfully upon the sinewy forearm and wrist all dotted and scarred with innumerable puncture marks. Finally he thrust the sharp point home, pressed down the tiny piston, and sank back into the velvet-lined armchair with a long sigh of satisfaction. Three times a day for many months I had witnessed this performance, but custom had not reconciled my mind to it. On the contrary, from day to day I had become more irritable at the sight, and my conscience swelled nightly within me at the thought that I had lacked the courage to protest. Again and again I had registered a vow that I should deliver my soul upon the subject, but there was that in the cool, nonchalant air of my companion which made him the last man with whom one would care to take anything approaching to a liberty. His great powers, his masterly manner, and the experience which I had of his many extraordinary qualities, all made me diffident and backward in crossing him. Yet upon that afternoon, whether it was the Beaune which I had taken with my lunch, or the additional exasperation produced by the extreme deliberation of his manner, I suddenly felt that I could hold out no longer. "Which is it to-day?" I asked—"morphine or cocaine?" He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened. "It is cocaine," he said, "a seven per cent. solution. Would you care to try it?" "No, indeed," I answered, brusquely. "My constitution has not got over the Afghan campaign yet. I cannot afford to throw any extra strain upon it." He smiled at my vehemence. "Perhaps you are right, Watson." he said. "I suppose that its influence is physically in bad one. I find it, however, so transcendently stimulating and clarifying to the mind that its secondary action is a matter of small moment." "But consider!" I said, earnestly, "Count the cost! Your brain may, as you say, be roused and excited, but it is a pathological and morbid process, which involves increased tissue-change and may at last leave a permanent weakness. You know, too, what a black reaction comes upon you. Surely the game is hardly worth the candle. Why should you, for a mere passing pleasure, risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed? Remember that I speak not only as one comrade to another, but as a medical man to one for whose constitution he is to some extent answerable." He did not seem offended. On the contrary, he put his finger-tips together and leaned his elbows on the arms of his chair, like one who has a relish for conversation. "My mind," he said, "rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse A "MY MIND REBELS AT STAGNATION." cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession—or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world." "The only unofficial detective?" I said, raising my eyebrows. "The only unofficial consulting detective," he answered. "I am the last and highest court of appeal in detection. When Gregson or Lestrade or Atheiney Jones are out of their depths—which, by the way, is their normal state—the matter is laid before me. I examine the data, as an expert, and pronounce a specialist's opinion. I claim no credit in such cases. My name figures in no newspaper. The work itself, the pleasure of finding a field for my peculiar powers, is my highest reward. Put you have yourself had some experience of my methods of work in the Jefferson Hope case." "Yes, indeed," said I, cordially. "I was never so struck by anything in my life. I even embodied it in a small brochure with the somewhat fantastic title of 'A Study in Scarlet.'" He shook his head sadly. "I glanced over it," said he. "Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science, and should be treated in the same cold and emotional manner. You have at- tempted to tinge it with romanticism, which produces much the same effect as if you worked a love story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid." "But the romance was there," I reconstrated. "I could not tamper with the facts." "Some facts should be suppressed, or at least a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them. The only point in the case which deserved mention was the curious analytical reasoning from effects to causes by which I succeeded in unraveling it." I was annoyed at this criticism of a work which had been specially designed to please him. I confess, too, that I was irritated by the egotism which seemed to demand that every line of my pamphlet should be devoted to his own special doings. More than once during the years that I had lived with him in Baker street I had observed that a small vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner. I made no remark, however, but sat nursing my wounded leg. I had had a Jezail bullet through it sometime before, and though it did not prevent me from walking, it ached wearily at every change of the weather. "My practice has extended recently to the continent," said Holmes, after awhile, filling up his old brier-root pipe. "I was consulted last week by Francois Le Villard, who, as you probably know, has come rather to the front lately in the French detective service. He has all the Celtic power of quick intuition, but he is deficient in the wide range of exact knowledge which is essential to the higher developments of his art. The case was concerned with a will, and possessed some features of interest. I was able to refer him to two parallel cases, the one at Riga in 1857, and the other at St. Louis in 1871, which have suggested to him the true solution. Here is the letter which I had this morning, acknowledging my assistance." He tossed over, as he spoke, a crumpled sheet of foreign notepaper. I glanced my eyes down it, catching a profusion of notes of admiration, with stray "magnifiques," "coup de maitres" and "tours de force," all testifying to the ardent admiration of the Frenchman. "He speaks as a pupil to his master," said I. "Oh, he rates my assistance too highly," said Sherlock Holmes, lightly. "He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge; and that may come in time. He is now translating my small works into French." "Oh, didn't you know?" he cried, laughing. "Yes, I have been guilty of several monographs. They are all upon technical subjects. Here, for example, is one 'Upon the Distinction Between the Ashes of the Various Tobaccoes.' In it I enumerate a hundred and forty forms of cigar, cigarette and pipe tobacco, with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash. It is a point which is continually turning up in criminal trials, and which is sometimes of supreme importance as a clew. If you can say definitely, for example, that some murder has been done by a man who was smoking an Indian hunkah, it obviously narrows your field of search. To the trained eye there is as much difference between the black ash of a Trichinopoly and the white fluff of bird's-eye as there is between a cabbage and a potato." "You have an extraordinary genius for minutie," I remarked. "I appreciate their importance. Here is my monograph upon the tracing of footsteps, with some remarks upon the uses of plaster of Paris as a preserver of impresses. Here, too, is a curious little work upon the influence of a trade upon the form of the hand, with the lithotypes of the hands of slaters, sailors, cork-eutters, compositors, weavers and diamond polishers. That is a matter of great practical interest to the scientific detective,—especially in cases of unclaimed bodies, or in discovering the antecedents of criminals. But I weary you with my hobby." "Not at all," I answered, earnestly, "It is of the greatest interest to me, especially since I have had the opportunity of observing your practical application of it. But you spoke just now of observation and deduction. Surely the one to some extent implies the other." "Why, hardly," he answered, leaning back luxuriously in his arm-chair, and sending up thick blue wreaths from his pipe. "For example, observation shows me that you have been to the Wigmore street post office this morning, but deduction lets me know that when there you despatched a telegram." "Right!" said I. "Right on both points! But I confess that I don't see how you arrived at it. It was a sudden impulse upon my part, and I have mentioned it to no one." "It is simplicity itself," he remarked, chuckling at my surprise—"so absurdly simple that an explanation is superfluous; and yet it may serve to define the limits of observation and of deduction. Observation tells me that you have a little reddish mould adhering to your instep. Just opposite the Seymour street office they have taken up the pavement and thrown up some earth which lies in such a way that it is difficult to avoid treading in it in entering. The earth is of this peculiar reddish tint which is found, as far as I know, nowhere else in the neighborhood. So much is observation. The rest is deduction." "How, then, did you deduce the telegram?" "Why, of course I knew that you had not written a letter, since I sat opposite to you all morning. I see also in your open desk there that you have THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. A sheet of stamps and a thick bundle of post-cards. What could you go into the post office for, then, but to send a wire? Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth." "In this case it certainly is so," I replied, after a little thought. "The thing, however, is, as you say, of the simplest. Would you think me imperient if I were to put your theories to a more severe test?" "On the contrary," he answered, "it would prevent me from taking a second dose of cocaine. I should be delighted to look into any problem which you might submit to me." "I have heard you say that it is difficult for a man to have any object in daily use without leaving the impress of his individuality upon it in such a way that a trained observer might read it. Now, I have here a watch which has recently come into my possession. Would you have the kindness to let me have an opinion upon the character or habits of the late owner?" I handed him over the watch, with some slight feeling of amusement in my heart, for the test was, as I thought, an impossible one, and I intended it as a lesson against the somewhat dogmatic tone which he occasionally assumed. He balanced the watch in his hand, gased hard at the dial, opened HE BALANCED THE WATCH IN HIS HAND the back, and examined the works, first with his naked eyes and then with a powerful convex lens. I could hardly keep from smiling at his crest-fallen face when he finally snapped the case to and handed it back. “There are hardly any data,” he remarked. “The watch has been recently cleaned, which robs me of my most suggestive facts.” “你 are right,” I answered. “It was cleaned before being sent to me.” In my heart I accused my companion of putting forward a most lame and impotent excuse to cover his failure. What data could he expect from an uncleaned watch? “Though unsatisfactory my research has not been entirely barren,” he observed, staring up at the ceiling with dreamy, lack-luster eyes. “Subject to your correction, I should judge that the watch belonged to your elder brother, who inherited it from your father.” "That you gather, no doubt, from the H. W. upon the back?" "Quite so. The W. suggests your own name. The date of the watch is nearly fifty years back, and the initials are as old as the watch; so it was made for the last generation. Jewelry usually descends to the eldest son, and he is most likely to have the same name as the father. Your father has, if I remember right, been dead many years. It has, therefore, been in the hands of your eldest brother." "Right, so far," said I. "Anything else?" "He was a man of untidy habits—very untidy and careless. He threw away his chances, lived for some time in poverty, with occasional short intervals of prosperity, and finally, taking to drink, he died. That is all I can gather." "I sprang from my chair and limped impatiently about the room with considerable bitterness in my heart." "This is unworthy of you, Holmes," I said. "I could not have believed that you would have descended to this. You have made inquiries into the history of my unhappy brother, and you now pretend to deduce this knowledge in some fanciful way. You cannot expect me to believe that you have read all this from his old watch! It is unkind, and, to speak plainly, has a touch of charlatanism in it." "My dear doctor," said he, kindly, "pray accept my apologies. Viewing the matter as an abstract problem, I had forgotten how personal and painful a thing it might be to you. I assure you, however, that I never even knew that you had a brother until you handed me the watch." "Then how in the name of all that is wonderful did you get these facts? They are absolutely correct in every particular." "Ah, that is good luck. I could only say what was the balance of probability. I did not at all expect to be so accurate." "But it was not more guess work?" "No, no; I never guess. It is a shocking habit-destructive to the logical faculty. What seems strange to you is only so because you do not follow my train of thought or observe the small facts upon which large inferences may depend. For example, I began by stating that your brother was careless. When you observe the lower part of that watch case you notice that it is not only dinted in two places, but it is cut and marked all over from the habit of keeping other hard objects, such as coins or keys, in the same pocket. Surely it is no great feat to assume that a man who treats a fifty-guinea watch so cavalierly must be a careless man. Neither is it a very far-fetched inference that a man who inherits one article of such value is pretty well provided for in other respects." I nodded to show that I followed his reasoning. "It it is very customary for pawnbrokers in England, when they take a watch, to scratch the number of the ticket with a pin point upon the inside of the case. It is more handy than the label, as there is no risk of the number being lost or transposed. There are no less than four such numbers visible: my lens on the inside of this case. Inference—that your brother was often at low water. Secondary inference—that he had occasional bursts of prosperity, or he could not have redeemed the pledge. Finally, I ask you to look at the timer plate, which contains the key-hole. Look at the thousands of scratches all round the hole—marks where the key has slipped. What sober man's key could have scored those grooves? But you will never see a drunkard's watch without them. He winds it at night, and he leaves these traces of his unsteady hand. Where is the mystery in all this? "It is clear as daylight," I answered. "I regret the injustice which I did you. I should have had more faith in your marvelous faculty. May I ask whether you have any professional inquiry on foot at present?" "None. Hence the cocaine. I cannot live without brain work. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was there ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the y flow fog swirls down the street and drifts across dun-colored houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material? What is the use of having powers, doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them? Crime is commonplace and existence is commonplace and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth." I had opened my mouth to reply to this tirade, when, with a crisp knock, our landlady entered, bearing a card upon the brass salver. "A young lady for you, sir," she said, addressing my companion. "Miss Mary Morstan," he read. "Hum! I have no recollection of the name. Ask the young lady to step up, Mrs. Hudson. Don't go, doctor. I shall prefer that you remain." CHAPTER II. THE STATEMENT OF THE CASE. Miss Morstan entered the room with a firm step and an outward composure of manner. She was a blonde young lady, small, dainty, well gloved, and dressed in the most perfect taste. There was, however, a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means. The dress was a somber grayish beige, untrimmed and unbraided, and she wore a small turban of the same dull hue, relieved only by a suspicion of white feather in the side. Her face had neither regularity of feature nor beauty of complexion, but her expression was sweet and amiable, and her large blue eyes were singularly spiritual and sympathetic. In an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents, I have never looked upon a face which gave a clearer promise of a refined and sensitive nature. I could not but observe that as she took the seat which Sherlock Holmes placed for her, her lip trembled, her hand quivered, and she showed every sign of intense inward agitation. "I have come to you, Mr. Holmes," she said, "because you once enabled my employer, Mrs. Cecil Forrester, to "YOU WILL, I AM SURE, EXCUSE ME." unravel a little domestic complication. She was much impressed by your kindness and skill. "Mrs. Cecil Forrester," he repeated, thoughtfully. "I believe that I was of some slight service to her. The case, however, as I remember it, was a very simple one." "She did not think so. But at least you cannot say the same of mine. I can hardly imagine anything more strange, more utterly inexplicable, than the situation in which I find myself." Holmes rubbed his hands, and his eyes glistened. He leaned forward in his chair with an expression of extraordinary concentration upon his clearcut, hawk-like features. "State your case," said he, in brisk, business tones. I felt that my position was an embarrassing one. "You will, I am sure, excuse me," I said, rising from my chair. To my surprise the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me. "If your friend," she said, "would be good enough to stop, he might be of inestimable service to me." I relapsed into my chair. "Briefly," she continued, "the facts are these: My father was an officer in an Indian regiment who sent me home when I was quite a child. My mother was dead, and I had no relative in England. I was placed, however, in a comfortable boarding establishment at Edinburgh, and there I remained until I was seventeen years of age. In the year 1878 my father, who was senior captain of his regiment, obtained twelve months' leave and came home. He telegraphed to me from London that he had arrived all safe, and directed me to come down at once, giving the Langham hotel as his address. His message, as I remember, was full of kindness and love. On reaching London I drove to the Langham, and was informed that Capt. Morstan was staying there, but that he had gone out the night before and had not returned. I waited all day without news of him. That night, on the advice of the manager of the hotel, I communicated with the police, and next morning we advertised in all the papers. Our inquiries led to no result; and from that day to this no word has ever been heard of my unfortunate father. He came home with his heart full of hope, to find some peace, some comfort, and instead—" She put her hand to her throat, and a choking sob cut short the sentence. "The date?" asked Holmes, opening his notebook. "He disappeared upon the 3d of December, 1878—early ten years ago." "His luggage?" "Remained at the hotel. There was nothing in it to suggest a clew—some books, and a considerable number of curiosities from the Andaman islands. He had been one of the officers in charge of the convict guard there." d he any friends in town? bus in town"? "Only one that we know of—Maj. Sholto, of his own invention, the Third-fourth Bombay infirmary. The major had retired some little time for care, and lived at Upper Norwood. We were municated with him, of course, but he did pot even know that his brother officer was in England." "A singular case," remarked Holmes. "I have not yet described to you the most singular part. About six years ago—to be exact, upon the 4th of May, 1882—an advertisement appeared in the Times asking for the address of Miss Mary Morstan, and stating that it would be to her advantage to come forward. There was no name or address appended. I had at that time just entered the family of Mrs. Cecil Forrester in the capacity of governess. By her advice I published my address in the advertisement column. The same day there arrived through the post a small cardboard box addressed to me, which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl. No word of writing was inclosed. Since then, every year, upon the same date, there has always appeared a similar box, containing a similar pearl, without any clew as, to the sender. They have been pronounced by an expert to be of a rare variety and of considerable value. You can see for yourselves that they are very handsome." She opened a flat box as she spoke, and showed me six of the finest pearls that I had ever seen. "Your statement is most interesting," said Sherlock Holmes. "Has anything else occurred to you?" "Yes, and no later than to-day. That is why I have come to you. This morning I received this letter, which you will perhaps read for yourself." "Thank you," said Holmes. "The envelope, too, please. Postmark, London, S. W.; date, July 7. Huml Man's thumbmark on corner—probably postman. Best quality paper. Envelopes at sixpence a packet. Particular man in his stationery. No address. Be 'at the third pillar from the left outside the Lyceum theater to-night at seven o'clock. If you are distrustful, bring two friends. You are a wronged woman, and shall have justice. Do not bring police. If you do, all will be in vain. Your unknown friend.' Well, really, this is a very pretty little mystery. What do you intend to do, Miss Morstan?" "That is exactly what I want to ask you." "Then we shall most certainly go. You and I and—yes, why, Dr. Wilson is the very man. Your correspondent says two friends. He and I have worked together before." "But would he come?" she asked, with something appealing in her voice and expression. "I should be proud and happy," said I, fervently, "if I can be of any service." "You are both very kind," she answered. "I have led a retired life, and have no friends whom I could appeal to. If I am here at six it will do, I suppose." "You must not be later," said Holmes. "There is one other point. Is this handwriting the same as that upon the pearl-box addresses?" "I have them here," she answered, producing half a dozen pieces of paper. "You are certainly a model client. You have the correct intuition. Let us see now." He spread out the paper upon the table, and gave little darting glances from one to the other. "They are disguised hands, except the letter," he said, presently, "but there can be no question as to the authorship. See how the irrepressible Greek e will break out, and see the twirl on the final s. They are undoubtedly by the same person. I should not like to suggest false hopes, Miss Morstan, but is there any resemblance between this hand und that of your father?" "Nothing could be more unlike." "I expected to hear you say so. We shall look out for you, then, at six. Pray allow me to keep the papers. I may look into the matter before then. It is only half-past three. Au revoir, then." "Au revoir," said our visitor, and, with a bright, kindly glance from one to the other of us, she replaced her pearl box in her bosom and hurried away. Standing at the window, I watched her walking briskly down the street, until the gray turban and white feather were but a speck in the somber crowd. "What a very attractive woman!" I exclaimed, turning to my companion. He had lit his pipe again, and was leaning back with drooping eyelids. "Is she?" he said, languidly. "I did not observe." "You really are an automaton—a calculating machine!" I cried. "There is something positively inhuman in you at times." He smiled gently. "It is of the first importance," he said, "not to allow your judgment to be biased by personal qualities. A client is to me mere unit—a factor in a problem. The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. I assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor." "In this case, however—" "I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rude. Have you ever had occasion to study character in handwriting? What do you make of this fellow's scribble?" "It is legible and regular," I answered. "A man of business habits and some force of character." Holmes shook his head. "Look at his long letters," he said. "They hardly rise above the common herd. That might be an a, and that I am e. Men of character always differentiate their long letters, however illegible they may write. There is vacillation in his k's and self-esteem in his capitals. I am going out now. I have some few references to make. Let me recommend this book—one of the most remarkable ever penned. It is Winwood Reade's 'Martyrdom of Man.' I shall be back in an hour." I sat in the window with the volume in my hand, but my thoughts were far from the daring speculations of the writer. My mind ran upon our late visitor—her smiles, the deep rich tones of her voice, the strange mystery which overhung her life. If she were seventeen at the time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty now—a sweet age, when youth has lost its self-consciousness and become a I SAT IN THE WINDOW, VOLUME IN HAND. little sobered by experience. So I saf and mused, until such dangerous thoughts came into my head that I hurried away to my desk and plunged furiously into the latest treatise upon pathology. What was I, an army surgeon with a weak leg and a weaker banking account, that I should dare to think of such things? She was a unit, a factor, nothing more. If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o'-the-wisps of the imagination. CHAPTER III IN QUEST OF A SOLUTION It was half-past five before Holmes returned. He was bright, eager and in excellent spirits—a mood which in his case alternated with fits of the blackest depression. "There is no great mystery in this matter," he said, taking the cup of tea which I had poured out for him. "The facts appear to admit of only one explanation." "What! you have solved it already?" "Well, that will be too much to say. I have discovered a suggestive fact, that is all. It is, however, very suggestive. The details are still to be added. I have just found, on consulting the back files of the Times, that Maj. Sholto, of Upper Norwood, late of the Thirty-fourth Bombay infantry, died upon the 28th of April, 1882." "I may be very obtuse, Holmes, but I fail to see what this suggests." "No? You surprise me. Look at it in this way, then. Capt. Morstan disappears. The only person in London whom he could have visited is Maj. Sholto. Maj. Sholto denies having heard that he was in London. Four years later Sholto dies. Within a week of his death Capt. Morstan's daughter receives a valuable present, which is repeated from year to year, and now culminates in a letter which describes her as a wronged woman. What wrong can it refer to except this deprivation of her father? And why should the presents begin immediately after Sholto's death, unless it is that Sholto's heir knows something of the mystery, and desires to make compensation? Have you any alternative theory which will meet the facts?" "But what a strange compensation! And how strangely made! Why, too, should he write a letter now, rather than six years ago? Again, the letter speaks of giving her justice. What justice can she have? It is too much to suppose that her father is still alive. There is no other injustice in her case that you know of." "There are difficulties; there are certainly difficulties," said Sherlock Holmes, pensively "But our expedition of to-night will solve them all, Ah, here is a four-wheeler, and Miss Morstan is inside. Are you all ready? Then we had better go down, for it is little past the hour." I picked up my hat and my heaviest stick, but I observed that Holmes took his revolver from his drawer and slipped it into his pocket. It was clear that he thought that our night's work might be a serious one. Miss Morstan was muffled in a dark cloak, and her sensitive face was composed, but pale. She must have been more than woman if she did not feel some uneasiness at the strange enterprise upon which we were embarking, yet her self-control was perfect, and she readily answered the few additional questions which Sherlock Holmes put to her. "Maj Sholto was a very particular friend of papa's," she said. "His letters were full of allusions to the major. He and papa were in command of the troops at the Andaman islands, so they were thrown a great deal together. By the way, a curious paper was found in papa's desk which no one could understand. I don't suppose that it is of the slightest importance, but I thought you might care to see it, so I brought it with me. It is here." Holmes unfolded the paper carefully and smoothed it out upon his knee. He then very methodically examined it all over with his double lens. "It is paper of native Indian manufacture," he remarked. "It has at some time been pinned to a board. The diagram upon it appears to be a plan of part of a large building with numerous halls, corridors, and passages. At one point is a small cross done in red ink, and above it is '3.37 from left,' in faded pencil-writing. In the left-hand corner is a curious hieroglyphic like four crosses in a line with their arms touching. Beside it is written, in very rough and coarse characters, 'The sign of the four,'—Jonathan Small, Mahomet Singh, Abdullah Khan, Dost Alkbar. No, I confess that I do not see how this bears upon the matter. Yet it is evidently a document of importance. It has been kept carefully in a pocketbook; for the one side is as clean as the other." "It was in his pocketbook that we found it." "Preserve it carefully, then, Miss Morstan, for it may prove to be of use to us. I begin to suspect that this matter may turn out to be much deeper and more subtle than I at first supposed. I must reconsider my ideas." He leaned back in the cab, and I could see by his drawn brow and his vacant eye that he was thinking intently. Miss Morstan and I chatted in an undertone about our present expedition and its possible outcome, but our companion maintained his impenetrable reserve until the end of our journey. It was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzling fog lay low upon the great city. Mud-colored clouds drooped sadly over the muddy streets. Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splatoons of dif- 3 fused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement. The yellow glare from the shop windows streamed out into the steamy, vaporous air, and threw a marky, shifting radiance across the crowded thoroughfare. There was to my mind something eerie and ghost-like in the endless procession of faces which flipped across these narrow bars of light—sad faces and glad, haggard and merry. Like all human kind, they flitted from the gloom into the light, and so back into the gloom once more. I am not subject to impressions, but the dull, heavy evening, with the strange business upon which we were engaged, combined to make me nervous and depressed. I could see from Miss Morstan's manner that she was suffering from the same feeling. Holmes alone could rise superior to petty influence. He held his open notebook upon his knee, and from time to time he jotted down figures and memoranda in the light of his pocket lantern At the Lyceum theater the crowds were already thick at the side entrances. In front a continuous stream of hansons and four-wheelers were rattling up, discharging their cargoes of shirt-fronted men and beshawled, bediamonded women. We had hardly reached the third pillar, which was our rendezvous, before a small, dark, brisk man in the dress of a coachman accosted us. "Are you the parties who come with Miss Morstan?" he asked. "I am Miss Morstan, and these two gentlemen are my friends," said she. He bent a pair of wonderfully penetrating and questioning eyes upon us. "You will excuse me, miss," he said, with a certain dogged manner. "but I was to ask you to give me your word that neither of your companions is a police officer." "I give you my word on that," she answered He gave a shrill whistle, on which a street Arabled across a four-wheeler and opened the door. The man who had addressed us mounted to the box, while we took our places inside. We had hardly done so before the driver whipped up his horse, and we plunged away ata furious pace through the foggy streets. The situation was a curious one. We were driving to an unknown place, on an unknown errand. Vet our invitation was either a complete hoax—which was an inconceivable hypothesis—or else we had good reason to think that important issues might hang upon our journey Miss Morstan's demeanor was as resolute and collected as ever. I endeavored to cheer and amuse her by reminiscences of my adventures in Afghanistan; but, to tell the truth, I was myself so excited at our situation and so curious as to our destination that my stories were slightly involved. To this day she decries that I told her one moving anecdote as to how a musket looked into my tent at the dead of night, and how I fired a double-barreled tiger cub at it. At first I had some idea as to the direction in which we were driving; but soon, what with our pace, the fog, and my own limited knowledge of London, I lost my bearings, and knew nothing, save that we seemed to be going a very long way. Sherlock Holmes was never at fault, however, and he muttered the names as the cab rattled through squares and in and out by tortuous by-streets. "Rochester row," said he. "Now Vincent square. Now we come out on the Vauxhall Bridge road. We are making for the Surrey side apparently. Yes, I thought so. Now we are on the bridge. You can catch glimpses of the river." We did indeed get a fleeting view of a stretch of the Thames with the lamps shining upon the broad, silent water; but our cab dashed on, and was soon involved in a labyrinth of streets upon the other side. "Wordsworth road," said my companion. "Priory road. Lark Hall lane. Stockwell place. Robert street. Cold Harbor lane. Our quest does not appear to take us to very fashionable regions." We had, indeed, reached a questionable and forbidding neighborhood. Long lines of dull brick houses were only relieved by the coarse glare and tawdry brilliancy of public houses at the corner. Then came two rows of two-storied villas, each with a fronting of miniature garden, and then again interminal lines of new staring brick buildings—the monster tentacles which the giant city was throwing out into the country. At last the cab drew up at the third house in a new terrace. None of the other houses were inhabited, and that at which we stopped was as dark as its neighbors, save for a single glimmer in the kitchen window. "THE SAHIB AWITS YOU." On our knocking, however, the door was instantly thrown open by a Hindoo servant clad in a yellow turban, white, loose-fitting clothes, and a yellow sash. There was something strangely incongruous in this oriental figure framed in the commonplace doorway of a third-rate suburban dwelling house. "The sahib awaits you," said he, and even as he spoke there came a high piping voice from some inner room. "Show them in to me, kiltmutgar," is cried. "Show them straight in to me." (TO BE CONTINUED.) Referred to the Ad. Man. "I am deeply interested in discovering the Lost Tribes of Israel," said Musty, as he came in and sat down the busy editor for an hour's discuss of the subject. 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He was deservedly popular among all class, is irrespective of race or color. He was in the full vigor of manhood and was regarded as one of the ablest and best officers on the Police Force. The colored people of Richmond, who respect legal authority and abhor lawlessness have viewed with genuine regret the happenings of the last few days. The ignorant, the vicious and the utterable' characters must be kept in objection and the good name of our city maintained at all hazards. Among the mourners at SHINBEROU's tomb is a figure in ebony, representing the best that there is in the colored race and praying for him a happy admittance to that rest beyond this veil of tears. Peace to his ashes; rest for his soul. MR. PAGE AND NEGRO IMMORALITY. "Pure mortality is a plant which grows in heaven."—DR. VINET. "What is man, that he should be clean and which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous. Bohoh, he putteth no trust in his wits. The wits are not clean in sight."—HOLY BINLE. MR. THOMAS NELSON PAGE "threw history to the winds" and established himself upon a pedestal of purity from which view-point, he vain-gloriously asumed to criticize and comment upon the immorality of the Negro. That he should have served to the readers of McCLURE'S MAGAZINE such a nauseating dish as is indicated by his utterances is indeed surprising. He claimed to be friendly to the Negro and this is the way in which he demonstrated his friendship. He said: "They [Whites] will tell you further that education such as they receive in the public schools, so far from appearing to uplift them, appears to be with out any appreciable beneficial effect upon their morals or their standing as citizens. But more than this; universally, they will tell you of the general deprivacy and retrogression of the Negroes at large in sections in which they are left to themselves, closely resembling a reversion to barbarism." Is it possible that Mr. PAGE does not know that the above statement constitutes a charge against the civilizing effects of education rather than a reflection upon the Negro. If a physician prescribes for a pa- patient, who is ailing and the remedy fails to cure, is it good sense to allege that the patient is worthless or that the medicine is either good-for-nothing or was improperly administered? Statistics prove the opposite of what Mr. PAGE asserts. Education is known to elevate and reform. Its effect is civilizing and Mr. PAGE should know it to be. The majority of Negroes convicted of crime are uneducated and of those who have book learning and are guilty of wrong doing, it is shown that they were only given a smattering of education. When Mr. Page speaks of the Ne- version to barbarism he should remember that he is a product of the community in which he lives. White men have become barbarians. Human beings have been roasted while they lived and red-hot irons forced into the quivering flesh while the mob danced to the "music" of the howls and wails of the victims. Burning at the stake is a common pastime ih TEXAS, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA and many other states of this Union. If the white man reverts to barbarian on short notice, what should be expected of the Negro? Mr. PAGE is a "friend" to the Negro so much that he was named by President ROOSEVELT as being one of his referees in dealing with southern ap pointments and yet he said: "It is generally assumed that progress, as applied to a class or a race, signifies some advance in moral standing, or, at least, some improvement in the elements of character on which morality is based." The above statement is axiomatic in its character and must be accepted by every student of ethics and lover of fair-play. Under its provisions, the Negroes cannot be convicted and he knows it, but he hastened to dissemble and remarked: "It is unfortunate that the statistics in the field of morality cannot be ob-ained; but in this field, as in others, the testimony of those who have had the best opportunities f.r observation is all one way. Southerners of every class and calling, without exception, bear witness to the depressing fact that, leaving out the small upper fraction, the Negro race has not advanced at all in morality." The above is a very cool proposition as well as a very audacious one. Let us use. If you will leave out all of the Whites, who have advanced in morality and leave only the Whites, who have not advanced in morality, it will show that the White race has not advanced at all in morality. Well, sir, this is enough to make even a stoic smile. If you will leave out all of the Negroes who are educated and consider only those who are uneducated, it will show that the Negro race has not advanced at all in education. If you will leave out all of the Negroes who are religious and consider only those who are not religious, it will show that the Negro race has not advanced at all in religion. If you will take four ounces out of a bag of sugar that weighs a pound and consider only what is left after the four ounces have been taken out, you will find that the bag of sugar does not weigh a pound. That a gentleman of Mr. PAGE's intelligence and prominence should resort to such demagogic argument is astounding and shows his innate hatred of the kindliest race of people on the face of the globe. He continued: "Unhappily, the fountain is tainted at the source. The great body of the race have scarcely any notion of the foundation principles of pure family life." Who tainted it, Mr. PAGE? Who herded the Negroes like cattle and encouraged them to avoid racial suicide? Who profited by their fecundity? Who placed women upon the auction block where their persons were exposed and examined by lecherous purchasers? Who sold wives from husbands, brothers from sisters, daughters from mothers and babes from the breasts of the weeping devotees? Who violated every principle of morality and taught the Negroes that there could be a religious life without a moral one? Who raised up Negro children with the white ones, both of which offsprings could call them father? And yet you, Mr. PAGE, a distinguished gentleman who knows all these things have the hardihood to speak about the Negro's immorality. It is sir, the white man's shame. There were and are to-day mullattoes, who truly claim kinship to some of the ablest and best white people in the Southland, and be it said to the credit of some of them, they have faithfully looked after the Negro relatives of their own flesh and blood. You must have recognized this for you said: "It is usually charged that slavery was responsible for the absence of morality throughout the race. Doubtless, during slavery there was a sufficient amount of immorality to be the basis for almost any reasonable charge, yet study of the question has convinced at least one person that the illicit relations between the two races during the period of slavery have probably been greatly exaggerated." This then is an admission of guilt. But Mr PAGE not only admits that the Whites were guilty, but concedes that they are guilty now. Here is what he said: "He has come to believe further that while illicit intercourse between the two races is less and, perhaps, markedly less now than it was during the colonial era, the morality of the great body of the Negro race has largely increased since that time." He continued: "That this immorality exists, is the testimony not only of the Whites, but also of members of the race who have, with an open mind, madea study of the conditions of their people. Perhaps the most remarkable study of the Negro which has appeared is the book entitled, "The American Negro," by William Hannibal Thomas, of Massachusetts." Wherever the educated and the ignorant come together in wrong-doing, the educated is more to blame. Wherever the "superior" and the "inferior" races come together in wrong doing, the "superior" race is more to blame. The family tie is regarded and the number of marriages solemnized throughout the Southland as well as the records of the public school system show that Mr. PAGE was sadly lacking in information concerning the true moral condition of the colored people among whom he once lived. Were Mr. PAGE not such a distin- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. guishel gentleman of the F. F. V. stock of this commonwealth, we should apply to him with all of its inferences, the well-known English maxim, "Evil be to him who evil thinks." But after all, the Negro is but the poking-glass in which the Whites may see themselves reflected. That the Negro has improved in morality admits of no question, for any improvement whatever removes him from that degradation of slavery from which the legions of the North rescued him. Mr. PAGE then delves in fifth and searches the sewers of calumny in order to ruin us before the thoughtful white elements of the New World. He then gloried in the utterances of Mr. WILLIAM HANNIBAL THOMAS of Massachusetts and said: "No inconsiderable part of its value is owing to the fact that the author, a free, colored man, has had both the power to observe closely and the courage to record boldly the results of his observations. In the chapter on 'Moral Lapses' the author sys: 'All who know the Negro recognize, however, that the chief and overpowering element in his make up is an imperious sexual impulse which, aroused at the slightest incentive, sweeps aside all restraints in the pursuit of physical gratification. We may say now that this element of Negro character constitutes the main incitement to degeneracy of the race and is the chief hindrance to its social unplifting. "The Negro's ethical code sternly reprobates dancing, theater attendance, and all social games of chance. It does not, however forbid lying, rum-drinking, or stealing. Furthermore, a man may trail his loathsome form into the sanctity of private homes, seduce a wife, sister, or daughter with impunity and be the father of a score of illegitimate children by as many mothers, and yet be a disciple of holiness and honored with public confidence." Mr. PAGE remarked: "His chapter on this subject will be, to those unfamiliar with it, a terrible exposure of the deprivation of the Negroes in their social life, but it is only what those who have studied the subject know. The curse of this frightful immorality is over the church and the school, and gives no evidence of abatement. Mr. PAGE cited the unsupported testimony of a colored man who lives in MASSACHUSETTS, ignoring the statements of such distinguished race leaders as Prof. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON and Prof. W. H. COUNCILL of Alabama and Prof. R. R. WRIGHT of Georgia a d Prof. W. E. B. DUBOIS, who have made a special study of the subject. He quoted the following mausegett statement which it is impossible to prove by any information in the hands of any one in the known world: "The simple truth," admits the writer already quoted, "is that there is going on side by side in the Negro people a minimum progress with a maximum regress." "It is, therefore," he says on page 183, "almost impossible to find a person of either sex over fifteen years of age who has not had carnal intercourse. And again, on page 184, he declares Marital immoralities, however, are not confined to the poor, the ignorant, and the degraded among the freed people, but are equally common among those who presume to be educated and refined." Mr. PAGE added his unsupported testimony, based upon hear-say testimony, too flimsy to bring about the conviction of a yellow dog in the night-time. He said: "Unfortunately for the race, this depressing view is borne out by the increase of crime among them; by the increase of superstition, with its black trail of unnamable immorality and vice by the homicides and murders, and by the outbreak and growth of the brutal crime which has chiefly brought about the frightful crime of lynching which stains the good name of the South and has spread northward with the spread of the Negro ravisher. It is a fact which no one will deny that the crime of rape was substantially unknown during the period of slavery, and was hardly known during the first years of freedom; it is the fatal product of new conditions. Twenty-five years ago women in the South went unattended, with no more fear of attack than they have in New England. To-day no woman in the South goes alone upon the highway out of sight of White men, except on necessity, and no man leaves his women alone in his house if he can help it. Over 500 White women and children have been assaulted in the South by Negroes within that time." Mr. PAGE, we live here and you err grievously when you say that no white woman can go out upon the highways out of sight of white men. Your own assertion proves the falsity of your statement. There are nearly ten million Negroes in the Southland to-day and during a period of twenty-five years, only five hundred white women and children have been assaulted by any of them. This would bring the case down to less than one-thousandth of one per cent. What race can show a better record? But Mr. PAGE tells about the Negroes' immorality; what about the White man's vices? Has he forgotten the lecherous conduct of the Whites in their march to PEKIN, CHINA in order to rescue the legations? The natives were raped, robbed and murdered and there were no Negroes in any of the armies there represented. Mr. PAGE should know that virtue and morality is a prominent feature of African life. The Negro was not corrupted until he came in contact with the Whites and their rum. He talks about Mr. THOMAS' chapter on "Moral Lapses." Has he ever read "If Christ Came to Congress," portraying the leading representatives as engaging in debauchery of the worst kind and resorting to immoral excesses that would disgrace the inhabitants of the Feejee Islands? Has he read "If Christ Came to Chicago," portraying again a similar depravity among the upper class of whites? Has he read Dr. CHARLES H. PARKHURST's ringing denunciations of crime and criminals in New York City, and the successful raids, proving the truth of all that he was kind enough to say? Has he read the ringing denunciation of the immoralities of the high-life in Washington city by a distinguished bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church? Has he read Mr. HENRY WATTERSON's criticisms of the immorality of the "Smart Set" at Newport, Rhode Island? Has he read the admissions of the Morman Elders, (all White) at the Senatorial investigation of the case of Hon. REED SMOOT, the United States Senator from Utah? This took place, Mr. PAGE in Washington D.C., where you are located. Mr. PAGE remarked: "This is a terrible showing, and the most depressing part of it is the failure of the Negroes to address themselves to the moral improvement of their race." He states this too, although he should know that every school and college of the thousands in the Southland are devoting its efforts to the moral and educational training of the young. The educated Negro ministry which is an important factor now in the south's development is doing the same thing and families, cultured in every respect and moral in every particular may be found from the Mason and Dixon's Line to the Gulf, from the Narrows of the Chessapeake and the Everglades of Florida to the Golden Horn of the Pacific. But what is the record of the Whites on this question of immorality? Let Biblical History speak first and then profane. Mr. PAGE will find in GENESIS, 18th and 19th chapters some very interesting reading on Sodom and Gomorroh. By reading Chapter 38, he will learn of the fate of DINAH and the vengeance of her brothers. By reading Chapter 39, he will be informed of JOSSEH's temptations and the weakness of his mistress. By paying attention to II SAMUEL, 11th chapter, he will learn of the weakness and immorality of that great warrior, DAVID. A perusal of the Bock of JEREMIAH will prove to be of untold benefit and a source of much beneficial enlightenment. He should then come to the New Dspensation and read the charges contained in the 16th chapter of MATTHEW with reference to the immorality of that day and time, while the 28th chapter will further enlighten him upon the same subject. The 7th chapter of MARK will tend to rivet the attention and emphasize the fact that immorality has existed in all ages. It has been said that "like priests, like people." It is equally as true that a people's morals may be gauged by its leaders and that the average man will not be any better than those who have been delegated to lead him. What does the history of Whites say on this question? Mr. SWINTON, [white] the historian on page 157, paragraph 174, in speaking of the decay of the Roman Empire says: "They [Romans] became effeminate, luxurious and corrupt in morals; marriage was not respected; the old Roman faith waned, and it was said that two anguins could not meet in the street without laughing in each others' faces." This is not enough for you, Mr. PAGE, read the history of the Carloivingian Kings, who ruled FRANCE for three centuries, and whose beastly immorality has never been equalled nor surpassed in the whole civilized world. As a result, they became imbeciles, and their im- morality extended to members of the same family. They are accredited to the Whites, Mr. PAGE. Read too the history of HENRY VII, of ENGLAND, who had six wives and one ANNIE BOLEYN, was beheaded by his order in 1536, and another, CATHERINE HOWARD was similarly executed by the same power. Of him MACINTOSH. [white] says: "Perhaps no other monarch since the emancipation of woman from polygamy has put to death two wives on the scaffold divorced another whom he owned to be faultless, after twenty-four years of wedded friendship and rejected a fourth, without impinging blame to her, from the first impulse of personal distrust." It may be fair to state that the wives whom he had beheaded were found guilty of adultery. In speaking of the English in the 17th Century; Mr. SWINTON, [white] the historian says: "In the English people there seems to have been a remarkable vein of course and brutality; nor is this wonder ful when the practice of every day life is considered. Masters beat their servant husband beat their wives daily. Teachers used the last in the principal means of imparting knowledge. The mob rejoiced in fights of all kinds, and shouted with glee when an eye was torn out, or a finger chopped off in these savage encounters." Here is another chapter from Mr. SWINTON, [white] the historian. In speaking of the age of Queen ELIZABETH, the most glorious period in English history, Mr. SWINTON the historian on page 345 says: "It is remarkable that while ELIZABETH increased in power and resource, she became more noted for feminine weaknesses. Her favorite in middle life was ROBERT, EARL of LEICESTER a profligate and a trifler. In her latter life, she listened to the addresses of the RATL, ESSAY, a king man of greater courage and better principle, but also head-strong and weak. ESSAY, who had acquired popularity by seal brilliant military enterprises, began at length to assume an insolent superiority over the Queen, who was on one occasion so much provoked by his rudeness to give him a hearty box on the ear. * * * Yet her character was a strange blending of the base and the noble, the weak and the strong." Yet she was called the Virgin Queen. RIDPATH, [white] the historian in speaking of Rome and its decay portrays DOMITLANUS [white] the Emperor as follows: "Having no regard for his own horrible vices, he undertook to reform the morals of the state * * * Meanwhile in his own basilica, some of the most dissolute characters known in Roman society roamed at will and added, their breath to the already penitential atmosphere. The empress, DOMITILLA was corrupted by one of the King's favorites bearing the significant name of PARIS. * * * The outrageous profligacy and ruinous excesses which prevailed in the times of CLAUDIUS and NERO had brought about a natural reaction in favor of the rough and savage virtue of the olden times." Couple this with the citations from the record of our own day and time which we have previously oiled and it will be seen, Mr. PAGE that the Whites do not possess morality as their only asset. But what about the Negro? He has had a hard time of it. True, he is open to many of the charges made against him, but his has been a rugged road to travel. He is accumulating property, advancing in education, and improving in morals, but it is disappointing to be misrepresented and slandered by one whom he had accounted to be his friend. Colored men, do not be discouraged. Colored women, value your character, and scorn the white tempters and the colored ones too who infest the Southland. A race is gauged by its virtues, and rises in the scale of progress and material worth in proportion to its improvement in education and morals. Mr. THOMAS NELSON PAGE has deeply wronged us and no doubt has poured for h much of this kind of argument against us into the listening ears of the President of the UNITED STATES but a brighter day is coming by bee and bye. It behooves us to go forward confident that we shall be able to hold out. "Until the day break, and the shadows flee away." "No man's condition is so base as his; None more accursed than he; for man esteems Him hateful 'cause he seems not what he is; God hates him 'cause he is not what he seems; What grief is absent, or what mischief can Be added to the hate of God and man? A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. New York Chinese have contributed $657 to the General Slocum relief fund. The final detail in the payment of the $40,000,000 to the Panama Canal Company has been completed. Amherst College has awarded the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Secretary of the Navy Moody. O. L. Hayes, former president of the Galion, O., national bank, has been held in heavy bail for false entries in the bank's books. Dr. Mary Partridge, of Bennington, Vt., committed suicide by drowning at Red Rocks, Lake Champlain, due to continued ill health. Henry Young, night editor of the North American, one of the best-known newspaper men in Philadelphia, died after a lingering illness. Friday. July 1. W. H. Maxwell, of New York, was elected president of the National Educational Association. Colonel Joseph Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture, died at Delta-O., where he was visiting. Charles M. Schwab, former president of the United States Steel Corporation, has resigned as a director. Dr. Floyd Whitecomb, of Warren, Pa., was drowned at Frewsburg, N. Y., while fording the Conowago creek. William H. Owen, manager of the Western Union Telegraph company at Elmira, N. Y., and his wife were found dend in their home. It is believed they committed suicide. Saturday. July 2. The Chicago grand jury indicted 42 bookmakers for gambling at the Hawthorne race track. President Roosevelt has appointed Colonel Theodore A. Bingham, who will be retired this month, a brigadier general. By having his head armor knocked off, John Metcalf, a submarine diver, was drowned in the Delaware river off Chester, Pa. Ex-Senator Marion Butler, of North Carolina, has resigned as chairman of the executive committee of the National People's Party. While sitting on the track asleep, Charles Moncrief, of Bridgeton, N. J., a brakeman on the West Jersey railroad, was struck by a trafa and killed. Tuesday, July 5. The Williamson Veneer Works, at Baltimore, Md., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $60,000. W. H. Quinn, a bookmaker at the Vancouver, B. C., horse races, was held up and robbed of $8600 in cash. A canoe containing two girls was swept over the falls in the Merrimac river, at Lawrence, Mass., and both were drowned. John Alexander Dowle and his restoration host will invade London in the near future, being carried there in a fleet of gospel ships. William Powell, a rejected juror in the Gillespie murder trial at Rising Sun, Ind., became insane over the case and committed suicide by shooting. Wednesday. July 6. By a majority of over 400 votes Charlotte, N. C., has voted for prohibition. Joseph Thompson, of Trenton, N. J., has resigned from the Equal Taxation Commission of New Jersey. Albert N. Dalrymple, of Newark, has been appointed private secretary-to Governor Murphy, of New Jersey. Brakeman Harry Harding, of Sunbury, Pa., was jailed under a train of freight cars at Pottsville, Pa., and instantly killed. Colonel James Regan, Ninth U. S. Infantry, has been detailed to attend the encampment of the Pennsylvania militia at Gettysburg July 23-30. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia, Pa., July 6. — Flour steady; winter superfine, $4.10@3.25; Penna roller, clear, $4.30@4.55; city mills, fancy, $5.20@5.30. Rye flour steady; per barrel, $4.15. Wheat firm; firm; No 2 yellow, $1.02@1.03. Corn firm; No 2 yellow, $1.02@1.03. Corn steady; No 2 white, clipped, 49c; lower grades, 47c. Hay steady; No 4 Free! Free! Free! TEA. TEA. TEA. True Reformers' Store A Glass of Ioc Tea, made from the Best 60-cent tea in the world. Reformers' Store, 6th and Clay Sts. GIVE US A CALL. umothy, $15.50@16, large balls4. Pork firm; family, $16. Beet steet; beef hams, $20@21. Live poultry steady; hens, $11.5% old roosters, Sc. Dressed poultry firm; choice fowl, 12%c; old roosters, Sc. Butter firm; creamy; hens, $11.5% old roosters, New York and Penna, $3.90 dozen. Potatoes steady; new, per bushel, $1.75@2. Baltimore, Md., July 6. — Wheat dull; spot, contract, 85%@85%c; spot No. 2 red western, 85%@85%c; steamer No. 2 red, 79%@79%c; southern, by apples, 85%@85%c, 79%@79%c. Corn quiet; spot, 51%@51%c; steamer mixed, 48%@48%c; southern white and yellow corn, 50%@50c. Oats quiet; No. 2 white, 46%c; No. 2 mixed, 43%@43%c. Rye dull; uptown No. 2 western, Butter steady; cream, Imagine, 85%@85%c. Ory 24%@24c; do ladle, 15%@16c; stom packed, 12%@13c. Eggs熟 at 17c. Live Stock Markets. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburgh, Pa. July 6 — Cattle steady; charge, $6.10 @6.25, prime, $5.70@6; fair, $4.40@ dium, $5.50, heavy Yorkers, $5.70@ 5.75; light Yorkers, $5.70; pigs, $5.60 @5.65; roughs, $4@4.75; sheep slow; prime, sheep lamb, $4.35@4.10; common lamb, $1.50; lice lambs, $4@7; veal calves, $6@7. 1904 JULY 1904 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 STRUGGLE WITH A GRIZZLY. Hunter from Ohio Has Experience in Sierra Madre Mountains Which He Won't Forget. J. L. Anderson, a tourist from Sandusky, O., had an exciting experience recently while hunting in the Sierra Madre mountains. In telling the Mexican Herald about the matter, before leaving for his home, Mr. Anderson said that he was in northwestern Chihuahua hunting for big game and suddenly encountered a large grizzly bear. The animal started to run, when he fired, only slightly wounding it in the FIERCE FIGHT FOR LIFE. side. The sting of the bullet infuriated the beast, and quick as a flash of lightning it turned and attacked its assailant. "I fired one more shot," said Mr. Anderson, "but the bullet went wild, and before I could defend myself the bear was upon me with a mad, wild rush. It threw me down, and then began a fierce fight for my life. The claws of the beast severely lacerated my body. It caught my left arm above the 20c. each 10c. dozen 4 for 25c. 35c. bag 35c. bag 20c. Peck 3 for 25c. 6 for 25c. 6 Jars for 25c. 6 dozen for 25c. 1 lb box, 8c. 6 boxes, 25c. 6 boxes, 25c. 2 cans, 25c. 3 for 25c. 2 cans 25c. 10c. pound 10c. pound. Y SPECIALS. Tea, 5 Pounds Sugar, 50c. TEN DAYS ONLY. AVOID THE RUSH. Hams and Shoulders. 6th and Clay Sts. A CALL. elbow and broke the bones. With my other hand I got out my hunting knife but could not stab the animal in any vital place. Death seemed inevitable, but fortunately the contest occurred on the edge of a sharp precipice. The bear lost its balance and rolled over the cliff to a ledge 40 feet below. It almost carried me with it, but I clung to the underbrush and finally crawled away. I did not look to see where the bear went, but got out of that place as soon as possible." Mr. Anderson is still suffering from the effects of his terrible experience, and it will be several weeks before he recovers. HONEYMOON TRIP ON FOOT Two Loving Mountaineers Walk from A bridal trip on foot from Louden county, Tenn., to Crawfordsville, Ind., is an innovation in the honeymoon line William Hurst and his bride, who made the novel bridal tour, spent one night at the police station at New Albany, Ind., and departed on their journey northward. "You see, me and Lucindy was married last Sunday night," said the bridegroom. "She had relation in Indiana, near Crawfordsville, and we just owed that w'd go and visit 'em. 'I pears like times is better up here, and if I can git work we'll stay. We had no money, so we thought we would chance it a-foot." The couple were Tennessee mountaineers. The bridegroom was tall. AT THE POLICE STATION slender and stoop-shouldered. He wore a blue check shirt, black sack coat and a pair of blue cottonade trousers that terminated midway between the knees and the tops of his brogan shoes. The bride was dressed in a blue calico dress and wore a fascinator over her head. Strategy of a Collie Dog. A remarkable addition to the list of stories indicating animal intelligence comes from Ithaca, New York, the seat of Cornell university. A collie belonging to Prof. W. F. Durand and a bullterrier belonging to Dr. L. Coville had long been enemies and had fought many battles, in which the terrier was usually victorious. On January 8 the foes met again near the edge of the Fall Creek gorge, where the precipice drops 100 feet vertically. The collie, finding itself overmastered, ran to the verge of the cliff. The terrier followed and, according to eyewitnesses, the collie circled about until, seizing an opportunity, it deliberately pushed its enemy over the edge. The terrier was dashed to death on the rocks below, and the victor, after peering down at the body of his fallen foe, trotted away with head and tail aloft. Wear and Tear. Mrs. Brown—Is your Johnny hard on footwear? Mrs. Lamson—I should say he is have to get my slippers resoled ev two or three weeks.—Puck. Wear and Tear. THE PLANET SATURDAY ..... JULY 9, 1904 HYPNOTIZED A BEAR. CROSS-EYED BEAST YIELDS TO CROSS-EYED MAN. Bruin Meekly Followed Si's Hired Man and Was Led to Slaughter Without a Single Growl of Protest. From Sherburg, Vt., a New York World correspondent writes as follows: "If you ever run foul of a cross-eyed bear and can't capture him get a cross-eyed man to hynotize him and you're sure to get the bear." This is the advice Si Bugge gave out at the general store the other night, and Si should know, for he's about the most likely individual in the fishing and hunting line in these parts. Besides he's had an experience of the kind himself. When SI was down from the "Medders" last week to hire Ben Jerome to help him sugar he let on that the cross-eyed he-bear which caused him no end of trouble stealing his live stock last summer had come back and he was "pestered most' I death." "I've been arter him ferr nigh ont' a gear," he declared, "an' an' I don't no cluser t' gittin' him now than I was last fail. Even th' parson's sot agin th' critter sense he broke up th' meet-in' down t' th' Holler b' runnin' up th' alsa an' scinn' th' people." Ben, who is afflicted with one cross-eye, admitted that some action should be taken to rid the community of the pest. A big boiling of sap was just reaching the consistency of sirup late one afternoon early in the week when Si, who was keeping a sharp watch on the fluid, heard footfalls without the door. Thinking it was Ben returning with more sap, he lifted one end of the big pan and yelled to him to help pour off the sirup. There was no response. "Hurry up, gol durn ye, er th' hull mess'l burn!" he shouted. Still there was no response and Si was very angry. Peering through the steam BRUIN WAS HYPNOTIZED he made out a cross-eye blinking at him through a knot-hole in the door. The sight exasperated the farmer beyond measure and, cropping the pan on the arch, he threw the door open and the cross-eyed bear jumped on him and bore him to the floor. There is some question as to which was the most startled, but the odds favor Si. At all events the farmer leaped over the stirp pan frog fashion and dove through the only window, taking the sash with him, an ran into the arms of Ben. "Bar, th' cross-eyed un," he gasped, "Whur." asked Ben. Si motioned toward the sugar house, from which the strong odor of burned maple stirp was issuing. Ben gripped the farmer by the shoulder. "I'll git him!" he whispered, hoarsely, "You scoot t' house for a gun while I hypnotize th' cuss. I seen a feller with an eye suthin' like mine do it t' a dawg down t' th' county fair last fall an' I kin do th' same t' h' h' b'ar." Si didn't just comprehend, but he was only too glad of an excuse, and he legged it to the house a quarter of a mile distant for his carbine. The moment he had turned his back Ben drew in a long breath and cautiously approached the sugar house. Ther were sounds of pans rattling within, and he rightly judged that bruin was investigating the results of the last boiling. Cautiously opening the door, he swung his swivel eye on the bear and whistled. For an instant the astonished animal stood motionless, and then uttering a low whine arose on his haunches and almost grinned. This was Ben's cue to back out, and slowly and with his eye diving from one point of vision to another he cautiously withdrew. The bear, hypnotized, followed. "I seen 'em jest es soon as I clumb over th' pasture fence," said Si, telling the rest of the story. "Ben was backin' and th' b'ar was movin' 'long on all fours jest es peaceable es a dawg an' now an' then lickin' th' sirup off his chops. He didn't pay no attention 't me an' I yelled 't Ben so he wouldn't take his eyes off the varmint. "I was afeard if I went round the cuss he'd turn tall, so I hid b'hind the atun wall an' waited f'm to pass. When they got 'longside Ben's eyes was poppin' out an' I histed th' ole carge an' let th' b'ar hev it back of theear. Thet finished him." An is so proud of the episode that couldn't take a wake of oxen for some eye. He is thinking of going the hynotizing business some fall. Orrisen in Si's estimation and the has agreed to give him an all job. Brooklyn Maid of All Work Asks $10, 000 for Mr. Kittle's Kisses, Hugs and Squeezes. A New York newspaper correspondent thus itemizes the bill: To Broker Charles S. Kittle, No. $1 Wall street, sandy kisses, hugs, hand squeezes, etc. (under duress).....$10,000 The creditor is Emma Kelacey, a servent, 20 years old. The consideration was delivered, or rather the damage was done, on the afternoon of March 25, at the home of Charles S. A HE HELD HER FAST. Kittle, 1288 Degraw street, Brooklyn, in the absence of Mrs. Kittle, according to the legal papers duly setting forth the transaction, filed by Emma Kelacey in the Kings county supreme court. The case will be heard in the June trial term. Mr. Kittle repudiates the bill, says it is blackmail and will fight the suit to the end. Emma says in the papers that it was her misfortune to be alone in the Kittle home when the master of the house returned unexpectedly from his office. He proceeded to the kitchen, she declares, and put his arm about her waist. Then, she avers, he kissed her again and again, causing her much mental anguish, and physical discomfort. He held her fast, she asserts, bruising her arms and neck. At that moment the bell rang. "My God! my wife!" cried the broker, according to the complainant. He ran to the door. Emma locked herself in the butler's pantry. Kittle returned, says the complaint, and made speeches through the door, thereby adding to the bill of damages. Things were growing critical when the doorbell once more came to the rescue. This time it was Mrs. Kittle, and the girl set about preparing dinner. The next morning she packed her trunk and left the house. With her lawyer, George A. Mott, she figured up her bill of damages at $10,000, and papers were served on the broker two weeks ago. He answered them through his attorney, James W. Ridgway. He makes a general denial. GIRL FACES BIG BURGLAR Incidentally She Gives Him Tongue- Lashing and Makes Him Return Spoils. "Hand over $23 and you may go." The person who made the demand was a girl, young, fair and slender. The person to whom it was addressed was a burly man, who cowed before the gaze of the young woman. One day not long ago Miss Katherine Fleming, of 426 South Waller avenue, in Chicago, was in the kitchen at her home, when she discovered the shadow A man and a woman are standing in front of a wooden desk. The man is wearing a dark coat and a hat, while the woman is wearing a long dress with a bow. She is extending her hand towards the desk, and the man is looking at her with interest. "HAND OVER THAT MONEY!" of a moving form in the dining-room. Quietly she slipped around to a door leading into the dining-room, opened it quickly, and confronted a burglar, who was just in the act of stuffing some greenbacks in his pocket. So surprised was the burglar that he stook stalk still, unable to move under the gaze of the young woman. "Give me back that money," she demanded. Then calling to her mother in an adjoining room, "Mother, how much were there in the purse on the sideboard? Twenty-three dollars!" All right. Mister Burglar, now you just hand over that $23 and you may go, although I have a notion to have you arrested." Trembling like a leaf, the burglar counted out the money which he had taken from the sideboard and handed it over to the young woman. Miss Fleming pointed to the open door, and the fellow slunk through it like a whipped cur, and hurriedly boarded a passing street car. He wore a heavy false beard to hide his identity. THE EFFECT OF FEAR: Imagination a Potent Factor in Acquiring a Fatal Disease. "Of the whole number of persons supposed to die of disease," said a prominent physician the other day. "I should say that at least fifty per cent are really carried away by fear. Were it not for this element mortality would be far less than it is." In support of this statement he cited various cases where the element of fear THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA had entered largely in as a potent factor to persuade people that their time had come. Presentiments, prophecies, premonitions and general nervousness all played their part. On the other hand, a short time ago a patient of a New York hospital was frightened into getting well. This man was brought in an ambulance, supposedly dying from heart failure. He was laid on a table and a diagnosis showed him to be suffering with hysteria. The surgeon turned to one of his assistants and, asking for a knife, remarked that he would cut down to the heart and find what the trouble was. The patient gave a yell and, leaping from the table, started for the door. Remonstrance was in vain. That man was cured and never came back. Some time ago four criminals, condemned in Russia to die, were taken to a house and shown several beds, in which they were told a number of cholera patients had died. As a matter of fact, the beds were new, never having been slept in. The criminals were informed that they would be set at liberty if they would undergo the ordeal of sleeping severa'. dights in the beds. From the prisoners' point of view it was a possible, though a desperate, chance of escape. They one and all decided to take the chances. At the end of the time prescribed two were uninjured and went free, but the others developed all the symptoms and died of Asiatic cholera. Two physicians determined to take advantage of the impressionable mind of a female patient and prove a theory for the benefit of science. The lady had complained of an itching on her back. She was told that a blister would be applied. Instead, a common postage stamp was applied, and, so runs the chronicle, performed all the offices of the plaster which was not there. A college professor was once the subject of a practical joke at the hands of the students. They met him one after another, and each successively inquired after his health, saying that he looked ill. He took to his bed, a physician was called and for days the professor imagined he was ill.—N. Y. World. ONLY A MISTAKE, AFTER ALL. And Nothing for a Respectable Colored Gentleman to Worry About. A serious blunder occurred in a West Virginia county not long ago. A number of the farmers had sustained losses of sheep from their respective flocks, and, being skeptical to the efficiency of the law officers, one night took the matter in their own hands. A dozed or more of them proceeded some miles away, to the house of Rebohoth Jenson, and, notwithstanding his protestations of innocence, gave him a severe drubbing. The affair created no little stir, as Rebohoth was a very respectable colored man, who owned a snug little farm and was a deacon in the Baptist church. He had the confidence and esteem of his white neighbors, who were so worked up over the matter that they considered the expediency of an investigation that should lead to the punishment of the raiding party. Within a few days the farmers discovered they had made an awkward mistake, the guilty party having been caught red-handed and had made a full confession; so, being in the main a right good set of fellows they decided to offer balm to Rebothob for his many wounds. Three of their number were designated a committee with full power to act, and they hastened to the discharge of their duty. Old Rebothob was sitting in his neat little cabin with bandaged head, while his wife was applying a cooling wash to his lacerated back. The committee looked foolish and scarcely knew how to begin; but finally one of the number stammered out an apology, and added that they were willing to pay a reasonable amount as recompense for his sufferings. "La, child, how you does talk, sho'lly Meackin' sich a furse dut I's ershamed on ye! You jon's git back ter yer homes n' stay dary. I ain' axin' nuffin' n' doun' want nuffin'. Wy honey, if I done tuck on erobut de mistecrs es white folloses I'd jes' be plum 'mis'able harf de time." —Chicaro Tribune Fooling the Keeper A humorous old suburban farmer tells the following story of how he once fooled a toll-gate keeper: "It was when I was a drummer," he said, "and selling goods around through country towns in these parts. I was goin' through one of these old gates, and I slowed up a bit and asked of the old fellow at the door: 'Ah, my friend, do preachers pay to go through your gate?' 'No, sir,' said he; and with a profound obeisance he waved me on and backed into his little room. "Well, after that I passed through some eight or ten times, when one day he accosted me as I drove up: "Good day, sir," he said; "what church do you preach at, sir, may I ask? "None, my good fellow, none,' I replied. "What! Didn't you tell me you wuz a preacher,' said he. "No," I said, "I only asked you if preachers had to pay I was just a little curious to know." Well, you should have seen that old fellow's face, as it dawned upon him where the joke came in."—National Tribune. Career Before Her. I suppose you loved your last husband, said Mrs. Hunter, of Jersey City, N.J. say City, to Mrs. Lakeshore, of Chicago. "I haven't married my last husband yet," was the reply. "If you mean to express a supposition that I loved my most recent husband, I can say that I did."—Town Topics. Forging the Fetters Mrs. Enpeck—I think, Henry, that our daughter has made a very satisfactory marriage, and that she will succeed very well in the management of her husband. Henry Enpeck—Why do you think so? Mrs. Enpeck—I overheard her talking to him this morning, and she got him to agree to a proposition like this: "If you will do as I want, I promise to do the same."—Tit-Bits. Not True to Nature. A visitor to a museum reports that he saw a countryman standing before the bust of a woman in a collection of statuary. The woman was represented in the act of coiling her hair, and as the visitor came up the countryman was saying to himself: "No, sir; that ain't true to nature. She ain't got her mouth full o' hair-pins."—Tit-Bits. Mrs. Dr. Cornelia White RATTLESNAKE IN BLANKET. Why a Western Railroad Contractor Removes His Bed Covers Before Turning In. John L. Carter, railroad contractor of Colorado, always upon preparing for bed removes the covers and shakes them thoroughly before daring to turn in. The reason he does this is that about the middle of last July, when he was at Tucumcari, N. M., with a construction party of the Rock Island railroad, he had an experience that made a very vivid impression upon him. "After an unusually hard day's work I entered the quarters of the engineer late V. H. ALL READY FOR BATTLE. at night so worn out that I did not even strike a light," he said. "but throw off my clothes and piled myself into one of the beds along the wall. In a few minutes I was sound asleep. "Frequently during the night I was awakened by what seemed to be a moving ridge in the bed. I was too sleepy to get up and investigate, however. "Rising early the next morning, I began the task of folding up and putting away the blankets on the bed, as was the habit of the men in the camp. As I jerked the third one from the bed and gave it a vigorous shake I heard a heavy thud on the other side as of some body striking the ground. "There, all coiled up and ready for battle, lay an immense prairie rattlesnake." With the aid of some of the men about camp who had answered his call Mr. Carter killed the reptile. It was exactly five feet in length and as large around as a man's wrist. COW KNEW HIDE OF CALF. Strange Case of Animal Identification Occurs in a Court Room Out in Oregon. James Lee, charged with larceny of a calf, was tried in Hillsboro, Ore., before Circuit Judge T. A. McBride. The lost property was taken from Mr. Dennis, of Patton Valley, over one year ago, but the trial was continued until this term because some of the witnesses could not be found. The evidence showed that the herd of cattle with which the calf was running had been rounded up in a pasture near by and the calf and its mother driven to Mr. Lee's corral. One of the witnesses had seen the mother of the calf shut in an enclosure near the defendant's premises, but the Cows grazing in a field. RECOGNIZED CALF'S HIDE, calf was not in sight. 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Grant how to fish, and opened oysters for the great commander while the two were aboard the Warner Dixie's waters, and he takes delight in getting out the little old photograph and skimming over his logbook to refresh his memory as to the details of a campaign in which he was led to be a figure. It was during the first years of the war, when Banes was one of the forces that helped propel the Warner, steamboat then engined in carrying officers and troops between Fortress Monroe and Harrison's Landing, that fell in with Grant. Indeed, President Lincoln was also aboard that vet ran of Philadelphia steamboats on several of these occasions. On one of these trips, when Gen. Grant couldn't see enough martial activity ahead to keep him thinking, Banes rigged up fishing tackle and taught the general how to catch fish with a trolling line and spoon. And later, after the warrior had tired of that diversion, Banes opened oysters—those luscious Norfolk bivalves—for him till the general could eat no more. It was on that occasion that the eminent soldier gave the young engineer his portrait, with the remark above quoted. On another occasion, while Gen. Grant was aboard the Warner, a race was started between that steamer and the Philadelphia. "Look here," said the general, coming down to the engine room and addressing Banes, "I'd like to see our boat win a little social race of this sort. You know how to make her do it. Show go in and show them our wakes." Danes, added to the highest pitch by the stokers, did win that race and A Gen. Grant was first to pat him on the back and say: "I knew that was the stuff you were made of! We couldn't lose with her engines handled in that way!" Banes was up in the saloon and breakfasted with Grant that day; for the great genera never considered anything too good for a winner, whether in the engine room or on the captain's bridge. And some of the fish they ate together that morning were caught by the chieftain, whom Banes had taught his best tricks in the art discensor. "There were some queer cases in the army," said Sergt. Grimshaw. "We had one man in Company B. Fifty-second Ohio, who best the band. I don't believe any other company in the army had his equal. His name was Patrick Lynn, and he was one of the recruits who came to us in the winter of 1883-54. He was of medium size, about 45 years of age, and carried himself like a soldier of experience. He would go anywhere with the bravest, and was in the thickest of the fight at Kenesaw, Jonesboro, and other places, but he was never known to are a gun. He was always well to use the front, with men who lived rapidly, but he never pulled a trigger. No one understood it. Pat did his duty as he understood it, and we let it go at that."—Chicago Inter Ocean. As order for the observance of Memorial day on May 30 has been sent out by Gen. John C. Black, commander in chief of the grand Army of the Republic, to veterans throughout the United States. They are directed to strew the graves of sol diers and sailors with flowers and hold fitting ceremonies. The veterans are also enjoined to gather for the worship of God on the Sunday preceding Memorial day. TALES TOLD BY VETERANS. A Praying Man at Vicksburg—Grant in New Orleans—Pick and Shovel Cure. "Yes," said the sergeant, "I was a praying man in the army. At least, I prayed once under very distressing circumstances, and my prayer was answered. After the surrender of Vicksburg and after the army was ordered forward in the new campaign I was detached for hospital duty, and was put in charge of 16 sick men of the Ninety-Fourth Illinois. It was extremely difficult to obtain the bare necessities of life, and my poor sick comrades, unable to help themselves, looked to me for food and care. "The army was intent on the new move. All the quartermasters and commissaries were looking to supplies for the troops ordered to advance. No one A man kneeling in a river. "I KNELT DOWN AND PRAYED." paid any attention to me or my pleas for sick men. Everybody from highest to lowest seemed to have forgiven us. Thoroughly discouraged, I went outside the hospital camp, crept into the bushes, knelt down, and prayed. The load was lifted from my spirit. I returned to camp to find that we had not been forgotten. Supplies soon came, and with them orders to transfer my sick men to Illinois. "I went into the battle of Springfield, Mo., in 1882 with a prayer on my lips. I came out with seven bullet holes through my clothes and without a cap, the latter having been shot off my head. And yet there was not a scratch on my body, and I was never, in the hottest fights, disabled by a wound. Here I am long past the fifty-year milestone, hale and hearty, preserved. I verily believe, by the grace of an all-wise Providence. Yes, I was a praying man, and I believe my prayers were answered." "I served in Gen. McNulty's regiment myself," said another Ninety-Fourth. "I was on duty as a private in New Orleans when Gen. Grant visited that department. The day he was to return north many of our regiment gathered on the street leading to the landing to see the general and his escort pass. As Gen. Grant passed the point at which I stood the horse ridden by one of the department staff shiled and bolted squarely into the general and his mount. "Grant was a good horseman, but, despite all his efforts, his horse bolted, because unmanageable, and threw his rider. Grant contained injuries that made him an invalid until the battle of Missionary Ridge. I did not give the incident at New Orleans much thought until the cotton buyers and others whose plans for speculation had been spoiled by Grant started the story that the general had been thrown from his horse because he was drunk. Then I felt that the soldiers who witnessed the accident ought to tell the truth." "It is a mistake," said the captain, "to say that Grant was an invalid until the battle of Missionary Ridge. He was lame, but great Scott! he was the most active lance man I ever saw. The morning after he slipped into Chattanooga, several weeks before the battle of Missionary Ridge, he limped over to the old railway station and surprised a lot of fellows who were leading warriors after the manner of soldiers who didn't care a tinker's dam for anybody. They didn't know Grant was within a thousand miles of Chattanooga, but they recognized him and buckled down to work. They wondered as they worked what the elf man with a care was up to. They learned the next night, when they were ordered across the river and down to Shelmound to support Foaker." "Talking of sick men," said an Eleventh Ohio man, "our surgeon used to tell a good story of a man whose case puzzled all the doctors in our division. This particular man had been sick for some weeks, when the regiment was ordered from West Virginia to Kentucky and Tennessee. Nobody knew what was the matter with him, except that he was very sick, and the doctor decided to try an experiment. "He had the invalid carried to an army wagon and put in without blanket or straw. Then there were thrown in loosely several picks and shovels, and the wagon was started on its rough journey riverward. The jolting of the wagon kept the picks and shovels on the move, to the great inconvenience of the sick man, and he shouted to the surgeon, 'What in thunder did you put these shovels and picks in for?' "The doctor rode up and explained that, as he had a mysterious disease that had baffled all treatment, the surgeons had decided that a man so affected could live only a short time, and the picks and shovels had been put in so that he might be buried without loss of time. Thereupon the fellow swore he wouldn't die, and, rousing himself to effort, got well. The heavy dose of pick and shovel cured him."—Chicago Inter Ocean. Fiction. "I understand he's a writer of fiction." "I should say so. You ought to see the letters he sends his wife when he's off of town."—Chicago Post. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. JOB DEPARTMENT EXCURSION We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placard minutes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stations WE HAVE Our St OF THE LATE WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL A Three-Sheet AS LARGE AS A FRO OUR IS W Our street-entrance is retired and fastidious lady being able to enter w EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS EXCURSION WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS We print Handbills, Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, Placards, Society Cards, Minutes, Visiting Cards, Mourning Stationery. WE HAVE AN ELEGANT LINE OF SAMPLES WE CAN PRINT A BILL AS SMALL AS A DODGER. A Three-Sheet Poster AS LARGE AS A FRONT DOOR. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST OF WOOD-T Of Any Job Printing Establishment Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. Making One Themselves. "My! look at the crowd of women trying to get in that department sore." "Yes, it's a regular rush." "But it's so early. The doo's aren't open yet." "Yes; they're the women who followed the line of advice in the ad: 'Come early and avoid the rush.'"—Philadelphia Press. A Prejudiced Opinion. "So you tink de country's goin' to de bad?" said Flodding Pete. "Sure," answered Meandering Mike. "What's de trouble?" "Too many free libraries an' not enough free lunch."—Washington Star. A Change. Old Boarder—What's for breakfast? Hope not ham and eggs again. Walter Girl—No, sir; not ham and eggs this morning. "Thank the stars! What is it?" "Only ham."—N. Y. Weekly. Finale. "Are you still making visits to your dentist?" "No." "How's that?" It is thoroughly equipped to do all kinds of printing on short notice. We make a specialty of Society printing and work for Insurance Companies, such as Financial Think a Moment. They say that faith is dying out, And so we have been told; But yet consider the amount. Of hair restorers sold! -Town and Country. HIS IDEAL. "No," said the fair girl, "it's no use. You don't come up to my ideal." "Perhaps not," he answered. "But I don't care if I can only get anywhere near my own." "Your own?" she answered. "What is your ideal?" "You."—Chicago Journal. A Baseball Mystery. Effect and cause are studies strange; There's no one who can tell Why whom one person hits a ball The rest all want to yell. —Washington Star. In Serious Trouble. "She's in a frightful dilemma." "How so?" "Why Jack to her last night and insists upon having an answer before she will have time to learn whether Tom intends to propose."—Chicago Post. Cards, Policies, both straight life and benevolent, Physician's Certificates, Sick Cards, Application blanks, Agents Report Sheets, Rate Cards, etc. VISION WORK Charter-Sheets, Half and Whole Placards, Society Cards, Min- ing Stationery. WE AN ELE WHICH WE WILL Stock Roof LATEST STYLE BOND, F AS SMALL AS A DODGER Sheet Poster A FRONT DOOR. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF tired and has no objectionable enter without embarrassment , 2213. WHICH WE WILL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRING TO SEE THEM. OUR PRESENT CORP OF EMPLOYEES ARE COMPETENT AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE IS WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN FIFTY VARDS OF BROAD ST. Just Out! If you have read the Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, you ought to be sure and read the **SEVEN SEALS** by Mrs. Lucinda Young. This Book sells for $1.00 and is meeting with great success all over the country. Truly a great book. Address all communications to MRS. LUCINDA YOUNG, Lambertville, N. J., AGENTS WANTED. ap16-6m M. LAWSON & CO., DEALERS IN FISH, OYSTERS AND GAME, FRESH MEATS & GROCERIES All orders receive prompt atten tion. 619 Brook Ave. 'Phone 1580. MRS. P. C. EASLEY 615 N. Second St. ICE CREAM, CONFECTIONARIES 'CAKES, ETC. | Lawn and Pic-nic Parties, Festivals, Weddings etc., furnished with the best high-grade Ice Cream or the Shortest Notice. 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In tests she tells your mother's full name before marriage, the names of all your family, the names of your present husband, the name of your next if you are to have one, the name of the younne man who now calls on you, the name of your present wife, the name of your year of your marriage, how many children you have or will have; whether your present marry you, if you have no sweetheart she will tell you when you will have one and his name, business and date of acquaintance. All your friends should know your plain manner and in a dead trance. Mothers should know the success of their husbands and children, young ladies should know everything about you. Do not keep company, marry or go into business until you know all, do not let silly religions be the reason. The mother is the only one in the world who can tell you the full name of your future husband with age and date of marrying, and tells which of them the conclusion can be reached. It is not every one who placards himself or herself a medium that can stand the test of what you know. ADVICE BY LETTER, $1.00. HOURS FROM 10 A. M. TO 9 P. M. MRS. M. B. MARTH, 246 W. 31st St. (Near 8th Avenue.) NEW YORK CITY. Enclose Stamp for reply Please mention the PLANET. We print Wedding Invitations, and High Class Stationery for Balls, Parties, Picnics and all entertainments of a social nature. ALL DESCRIBE and to service at consistent We furnish "cuts" when de- complete special work in our in our line, call and see us and T LINE OF S RESIRING TO SEE THEM. races a full T AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOP WE HAVE ONE OF THE OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing E T AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. R FURTHER INFORMATION, AP John Mitch 311 N. 4th St W. S. SELLDEN, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Warerooms: 1508 E. Broad Street, OLD 'PHONE, 1484 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr., S. J. 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I have a spare room for bodies when the family have not a suitable place. All country orders are given special attention. Your special attention is called to the new style Oak Caskets. Call and see me and you shall be waited on kindly. 'Phone, 2778. The Custalo Honse. Having remodeled my bar, and having an up-to-date place, I am prepared to serve my friends and the public on the same old stand. Choice Wines, Liquors and Cigars. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. Meals At All Hours. New Phone, 1251. Wm. Oustalo, Pte. S. W. ROBINSON. NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. All Stock Sold as Guaranteed. * PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronage is respectfully solicited. JOHN M. HIGGINS DEALER IN CHOICE GROCERIES WINES LIQUORS AND CIGARS. PURE GOODS, FULL VALUE THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin [Near Old Market RICHMOND, THE PLANET EXCITING CHASE WHICH DAZED ALL BEHOLDERS. Young Wife, Sans Gown, Pursues Her Husband Up the Side of a Cliff —Patrolman Haggerty Is Baffled. There was an open exhibit of lingerie at New York the other morning that beat anything the dressmakers' show charged half a dollar to see, and it was free to all Harlem. A domestic quarrel which began in an apartment house at 14 West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street was adjourned to the sidewalk so quickly that Mrs. Martin Spiehler, a bride, didn't have time to put on all her clothes without losing a few words on her side of the argument. She didn't lose a word, but chased her young husband down three flights of stairs and into the street just as she was. Although, according to a member of the Kingsbridge Yacht club, the bride was quick in stays, she could not catch her husband, and gave it up after a run of three blocks, and after the cop who joined her had tried to drag the wrong man off a Madison avenue car, thinking that he was the fugitive husband. Splehler, the bridegroom, wore a long rain coat buttoned all the way down. What he had on or didn't have on under that nobody seemed to know, but up to a late hour last night he had not returned for more clothes. Mrs. Splehler wore a straight front corset, a short white petticoat with three or four, perhaps seven or eight, rows of insertion, black stockings and high button shoes. For further details see any department store advertisement of bargains in muslin goods. Spieber plunged down the high stoop of the apartment house and dodged round the corner into Fifth avenue, with his wife in close pursuit. She was dressed just right for sprinting, and would have caught up if her husband hadn't dodged into Mount Morris park M. BEGINNING OF THE CHASE. and taken to the path that winds round and round to the top of the big rock elevation. The road wasn't built for a bridal path, and that may have helped Spiehler. By this time there was an audience and a host of voluntary pursuers led by Policeman Haggerty. "I'm no goat," said Haggerty, as the chase led up the steep face of the rock. "I'll surround the bowler and wait for the lady and gentleman to come down." The citizens of Harlem helped Haggerty surround the rock and watched the fleeing bridegroom and the sprinting bride as they appeared and disappeared in their spiral ascent. "They'll throw each other from the precipice," shouted a man who was getting late for work, but didn't seem to care. "Officer, you must form a human chain at once," said a woman. "What for?" said Haggerty. "Didn't you ever go to the theater? Did you ever see a piece where the gentleman throws the lady from a rock without the police forming a human chain?" Just then the bridegroom reached the summit, dodged through a little pavilion up there, and started down the path again just as his wife reached the summit on the other side. She stopped to get her breath, and that lost her the race, for on the trip down the bridegroom beat her by two laps and a half around the hill. He also eluded Policeman Haggerty and dodged through the crowd in the park to Madison avenue, where he boarded a car. "He got on a car," yelled some one as Haggerty came up. The policeman jumped aboard the wrong car (there was a string of them), and nabbed a man who looked like the young husband. He had persuaded his prisoner to come as far as the rear platform when Mrs. Epcheler, standing on the curb in her short petticoat, said that that wasn't her husband at all. Haggerty let go, and the man who had been disturbed got so interested in the crowd and the bride that he forgot to take the cop's number. That was the end of the chase. "What's it all about?" asked Haggerty of the breathless bride. "He struck me," she said, "and we marrled, and we've only been married since November. He struck me because asked him for some money to buy clothes." You do need clothes, madam," interrupted Haggerty, holding his helmet be- White Elephants Are Scarce. Only 24 white elephants have been captured since the beginning of the Christian era. This is the declaration of a noted elephant catcher of India. HOW ONE CROP WAS SAVED. The Nebraska State Journal tells this story of a gentleman who was growing wheat in southern Nebraska when the grasshoppers struck him. He had a 40-acre field of wheat that year, promising a big yield, and the prospect of its having to go to feed his enemies, the grasshoppers, was galling almost beyond endurance. Very soon after the vanguard of the hoppers appeared, however, this gentleman made FOOLING THE HOPPERS. an enomological discovery that saved his crop. "I found," he said, "that the grasshoppers were in the habit of climbing the wheat stalks every morning to spend the day feeding on what was intended to feed me and my family. I used to go out to the field to see how they were getting on every morning, and in my impatience at the liberties they were taking with my wheat I would occasionally strike at a clump of them as they hung to a stalk and knock them to the ground. "After awhile I noticed that when a grasshopper was thus dislodged he made no further effort to get his dinner, but remained on the ground until the regular time to climb up the stalk next morning. Immediately on making the important discovery I went and took down our long wire clothes line, and called my wife to come and help me. Then we went through that 40-acre field, dragging the clothes line over the wheat between us, and knocked all the grasshoppers to the ground. There they stayed till the next day. "Next morning we gave the hoppers just time enough to get well started up the stalks when we went out and repeated the proceeding of the day before. The result was the same, and in the course of a few days every grasshopper in that field had died of starvation. Our neighbors came out every morning and called us a pair of old idiots, but we harvested the only wheat crop in that part of Nebraska that year." SPANKS HER BIG HUSBAND George Railed at His Better Half's Gaudy Hosiery and Got a Good Licking, for It. George Kummerlee, of Hoboken, N. J., who is six feet tall and strong enough to tear his diminutive wife in twain, appealed to Recorder Stanton in Hoboken to punish her for her habit of boxing his ears, spanking him across her knees and scratching his face. He complains that she acquired the habit shortly after they were married and that it has grown in ferocity. When Kummerlee explained that her conduct was due to the fact that he AT HIS WIFE'S MERCY. criticised the gaudiness of her stockings, she became indignant and shocked the recorder by displaying black hosiery to prove that she is anything but frivolous in that respect. The recorder angrily ordered her to drop her skirts. "I treated her well," said the husband. "Why, every Saturday night I'd bring home a bag of oranges and bananas, yet she beat me three and four times a week." The recorder discharged the woman. Smallest Government Check. The smallest check drawn by the United States government is paid annually to Maurice Proctor, of Mineral Point, Wis., for carrying the mails from Mineral Point to Dodgeville. The check is for one cent. There were a dozen competitors for the job, and, as Proctor was the lowest bidder, he secured it. He is wealthy, and can afford to do the work for a penny a year. Going the Full Limit Wigg—Biones does everything in his power to make his wife happy. Wagg—Yes; he even argues with her. —Philadelphia Record. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND VIRGINIA. LOST LIKE A PRINCE. THE GAMEST LOSER THAT EVER STRUCK GAMBLING JOINT. Got Rid of $18,000 in One Hour and Then Went Back to Herding Sheep on a Ranch in Wyoming. "There's no way of telling in advance how a man's going to take his complete wiping out in a game of chance," said a Wyoming man to a Washington Post reporter. "I've seen men of long-tested gameness go all to pieces after big l吞ings; seen them suddenly struck speechless, as weak as children, with their lips trembling, like those of women, who are about to cry. On the other hand, I've seen chaps with low foreheads and weak chins and reputations for crawfishing and backing water in tight places, stand four-square to the finishing wrenches of long runs of cewlish luck and take their bitter medicine with hearts apparently as brave as their faces were weak "The gamenest loser I ever saw was a sheep herder, who didn't look to have enough character to stuff a gnat pelt. He was bunching sheep on the Idaho sage ranges for $25 a month and his grub, when an aunt in the east whom he had scarcely ever heard of, much less seen, died and left him $18,000. He didn't have to come east to get the money; a lawyer handed him the bundle in Poatello. He went to Bud McGrath's faro bank and told Bud that he wanted to make a few $1,000 bets. McGrath told him that he'd better hang on to his coin. The herder told Bud that he wanted action on his money, and that if he couldn't get it at McGrath's layout, why, there were others. So McGrath dealt them from the box himself, with a $1,000 limit. I saw the whole play. It lasted only 40 minutes. The herder wasn't in it at any stage of the route, and the game was on the level beyond all doubt. Coppered or open, the herder couldn't land right. It was the fiercest run of evil luck I ever saw a man have at faro bank "TVE HAD MY WHIZZ." When the herder had lost $13,000, McGrath said to him: "You'd better pinch out the remaining $5,000—give yourself a chance." "You hand me out another boxful," replied the herder. 'When I get enough I'll be broke.' "The man was perfectly cool and collected, and he laid down his last five $1,000 bills without a tremor. He picked four straight losers. By that time the box was nearly out. The herder put down his last $1,000 note in an effort to call the turn. He lost out. "Son," said McGrath to the sheepherder. 'I'm no hog. I'll just cut it in two with you,' and he began to count half of the money that he had won from the herder. "No, you won't,' replied the herder, 'but you can give me a drink and a bottle to put in my pocket.' "Better take a couple thousand, anyhow, and run to 'Frisco or Denver,' and have a whizz for yourself,' persisted McGrath. "I've had my whizz,' was the man's reply. He wasn't sulky at all, and he didn't try to look abused. He was simply all man and all game. "Where are you bound for now?" asked McGrath, after setting out the drinks and a pocket bottle. "Back to the old Circle-X,' said the herder, and he started for the ranch an hour later. He had bought three blue flannel shirts, a pair of top boots and a poncho, and he took these things along with him in a bundle. He was found frozen stiff on the bank of the Snake river next winter." Electro-Magnet in Surgery At Salt Lake City, Utah, a nail was drawn from a point close to the heart of Louise Cherry, age 16 months, by means of an electro magnet. The child put the nail in its mouth two weeks ago, while playing on its back, and drew it into one of the bronchial tubes. The exact location was discovered by means of an X-ray skiograph. Dr. A. J. Hosmer, who performed the operation, decided it would be fatal to cut through the lung. Experiments on a dog showed it impossible to extract the nail by ordinary instruments. A long, curved piece of steel, attached to a powerful electro magnet, was pushed down the windpipe. As soon as the current was turned on the nail became attached to it and was withdrawn. New Way of Dressing Wounds Parisian surgeons now dress wounds with silver leaf. The silver is carefully placed on the wound or ulcer, and as cotton soaked in collodion is sufficient it sticks closely to the surface, a little to keep it in place. The effects of this sheet of silver are said to be very beneficial. Fired on the Spot Employer—I have noticed, Mr. Timson, that you, of all the clerks, seem to put your whole life and soul into your work; that no detail is too small to escape your critical attention, no hours too long to cause you to repine. Clerk (joyfully)—Yes, sir. Employer—And so, Mr. Timson, I am forced to discharge you at once. It is such chaps as you that go out and start rival establishments after they have got the whole thing down pat—Tilt-Bits. "B—but I thought the cannibal king was baning and was not eating any meat," protested the shipwrecked sailor. "So he is," responded the cannibal queen, grimly. "but he regards you as seafood."—Judge. No Information. 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Write your name, full address, and have pleases wanted by the numbers; this, with stamps or silver, and mail to address given below, and the num. be sent direct from Boston, postage prepaid HIGHER SYSTEM WILL NOMINATE JUDGE PARKER Democratic National Convention Controlled by Conservatives. BRYANITES IN THE MINORITY St. Louis, July 6.—On the eve of the Democratic nomination for president the prospect is that Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, the candidate of the conservative forces, will win handsily. Where a week ago were doubt, uncertainty, sparring for position, parlaying for time, factional scheming and manipulating to overthrow the favorite, is now the foregone conclusion that the field will come in a poor second. Not only does it appear that the control of the nomination for first place on the ticket will be in the hands of those Democrats who were in the minority in 1896 and again in 1900, but that they will select the nominee's running mate and dominate the platform on which the race will be made. In defiance of such handicaps as were created by the ambitious friends of Gorman, Cleveland, Gray, Olney, McClellan and favorite sons who had followings that has divided conservative Democrats, this element, which advanced the claims of Democratic rehabilitation, struggled against the combined opposition of Bryan, representing the ruling Democratic force in the last two presidential contests, and the personal campaign conducted by William Randolph Hearst. Throughout the week the Parker forces received material accessions, one candidate after another who threatened to sap the strength of the conservatives being eliminated, until the opposition is now confessedly in the minority and seemingly too unorganized to present a fighting front. The band wagon seats are in such demand that a nomination is confidently predicted on the second ballot, and the surprise would be small if the first was decisive. For several days Mr. Bryan and the hand-tied Tammany delegates opposed to Parker have been working to one end—the defeat of Parker, but they have not moved in unison. The Tammany delegates are listed as conservatives and the Bryan forces as radicals, and in consequence their team work has been poor. The Parker opposition was disturbed, but not routed, by the action of Pennsylvania. The 68 votes of that state have been for weeks placed in the Parker column, and are a part of the 500 odd votes that have been claimed for him. They were not instructed, however, and if they could have been secured for any other candidate it would have been a serious blow to the Parker interests. Criticism of the action of Pennsylvania has been free and harsh anomalies of the anti-Parker men, but others say that a proposition made by one of the Pennsylvania leaders is quite fair. It is stated that after the action of the Pennsylvania delegation a member of the delegation held a conference with some of the anti-Parker leaders and said that Pennsylvania, notwithstanding the endorsement of Parker, would give 68 votes to any eastern candidate—with the exception of Hearst—upon whom the opposition could concentrate with enough pledged votes, which, together with the 68 votes of Pennsylvania, would make two votes more than one-third of the convention. Among the candidates named who would be satisfactory were: Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Gorman, of Maryland; Gray, of Delaware; Harmon of Ohio; Oiney, of Massachusetts, and Coler, of New York. Upon this proposition some of the anti-Parker men have been working, but they have not been meeting with much success. Cohesion of the anti-Parker men is apparently impossible. Hearst cannot transfer his delegates, and his supporters cannot promise the instructed and pledged Hearst men for any man after Hearst is out of the running. Massachusetts will give no indication or pledge of her delegates beyond Olinie. The same is true of Wall in Wisconsin, Harmon in Ohio and Cockrell in Missouri, although it is supposed that Missouri would go to Gorman should there be an opportunity. The Gorman men in West Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia prefer Parker to uncertainty and are chasing under the restraint imposed upon them by the venerable Henry G. Davis, who clings to the hope that something may turn up favorable to Gorman. Upon slender threads of various kinds the Parker opposition has hung its hopes, while the Parker men have been moving forward, with calm assurance, to other matters connected with the convention. Former Senator Smith, of New Jersey, who has been holding his delegation in the leash while it was anxious to go to Parker, said that Parker would be nominated unless the disagreement over the platform should drive some state delegations from New York's candidate. A story was current that David B. Hill, flushed with the fruits of victory, would undertake to force upon the opposition a platform so radical that some of the southern delegations would break away from New York's candidate. But the illusion was dispelled. It was learned that Hill would not be chairman of the resolutions committee, but that John A. McMahon, of Ohio, or Senator Bailey, of Texas, would be chairman of the resolutions committee, and that Bailey had been selected to cross swords with William J. Bryan in the debate over the platform on the floor of the convention. Not the least of the efforts of the anti-Parker men has been directed toward preventing a stampede by delegations, whether bound by instructions or otherwise. It is the rank and file that is pressing for band wagon seats, and while the anti-Parker leaders speak disparagingly of the men who are so anxious to be on the winning side, they are aware that these delegates cannot be held together very long in the face of the compact Parker forces, with an almost solid south lined up for him, with New York and Pennsylvania for him, as well as votes in many other sections. It is very difficult to convince the average delegate how Parker can be defeated under these conditions, and he is anxious to participate in the nomination of a successful candidate. Tammany pursued its fight in attempting to foster the favorite son campaign and were claiming 400 votes pledged against Parker. This number is more than the one-third which would prevent a nomination. The Parker forces displayed no alarm at the report that votes were uniting in opposition to the New York candidate. Mr Bryan asserted that Mr. Parker had made no substantial gains, and that the opposition were becoming better crystallized. There are many prominent politicians participating in the convention who were compelled to submit to the will of Mr. Bryan in the last two conventions who are taking unaffected satisfaction in the fact that today they are able to dictate terms. David B. Hill, of New York; Ben T. Cable and John P. Hopkins, of Illinois; former Senator Smith, of New Jersey; Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts; Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and Bourke Cockran, of New York, are among these. On the other hand there are many persons taking minor parts in the proceedings for no other reason than that they held too much power in 1896 and 1900. Many of those who stood by Bryan then are not with him now. Some have returned to the conservatives and are watching in silence the working out of the party program. The making of the party platform will be one of the most interesting of the contests. It is certain that many persons disappointed in their inability to exercise their share of authority in ticket making will take up the platform discussion and advance ideas as widely diverging as those presented in the dozens of state convention platforms offered for the consideration of the national convention. The New York delegation is active in the platform question and the Bryan forces are equally alert. While it is unlikely any effort will be made to reaffirm the Kansas City and Chicago money planks it is deemed improbable that an attempt will be made to declare for the gold standard. Therefore both factions have their ideas as to what the harmonizing plank should be. Around the hotel lobbies there is little platform talk, yet the leaders have never ceased to give it their attention. But it is the spectacular that the masses like. The making of presidential candidates is their role, while platforms are left to the men of letters. Likewise the nomination for vice president has not been taken up seriously. It has been talked in the lobbies, but no expression has been received from the real leaders, and until some indication comes from that quarter the talk will not center for long on any possibility. It appears to make no difference to the hotel lobby ticket maker that many of the persons suggested have eliminated themselves from discussion. TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK Coaches Lifted Into the Air By Torr nade and Hurled Down Rock Road and Hurried Down Bank. Petersburg, Ill., July 6.—An accommodation passenger train on the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railroad, consisting of two coaches, a baggage car and the engine, was blown from the track at Oakford, Ill., 12 miles north of Petersburg, and Baggage-master Wiley was killed and 20 persons were injured. The engineer, who escaped injury, said he watched the gathering storm closely as his train sped along, as he feared from the appearance of the clouds that a tornado might result. As the train approached Oakford the clouds suddenly seemed to concentrate and drop, apparently coming directly towards the train. Realizing that the train would encounter the tornado if it proceeded, the engineer quickly shut off steam and came to a halt. 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PRESIDENT'S QUIET FOURTH Mr. Roosevelt Spent the Day Picnick With His Family Oyster Bay, L. I., July 5.—President Roosevelt spent yesterday planking with his family. It was truly a "glorious Fourth" on Long Island, the sun shining from a cloudless sky and the air being cool and bracing. During the foreonon the president, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt and their children, and two or three others, left Sagamore Hill for a row across the bay toward Cold Spring. Members of the party took with them hampers containing their luncheon, and did not return to Sagamore Hill until late in the afternoon. Last night the Roosevelt children celebrated with a fire works party. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA AGREAT periodical published every month in order that we may have a paper that will be read by both races, the white as well as the colored, that the white race may know the many great men and women of the colored race and what they are saying and doing. 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We learned more about the great men of the least than they ever knew before and that without advance of anything yet attempted by the Negro. from the greatest writers of the race. Agents or day selling this Magazine as they are in an- In order to promote circulation and to create additional interest, we have decided to make the Knights of Pythias, It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge, costing 75 cents each is the only absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges, apply at the main office. a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones in this mystic circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays from $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from 5.00 to $40.00. If you have no Pythian Lodge or Court or Bend in your neighborhood, or ranjee one. For all information concerning the Children's Department, address. For all information concerning special rates of membership for new lodges and courts address. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAAS. FCB. A hand holding a plant with flowers. 311 North Fourth St., Richmond, a. N. A., S. A., E., A., A. AND A. organization is one of the most power has been phenomenal. The Gran over all of the cities and counties is led to organize a new lodge. The biggest features, but the principles signed on Friendship, based on Ch the respectable, upright people of their heartiest support. An endowment and burial benefit per week sick dues. The badge calia. For information concerning the Courts of Sale Department of the Order. It tons to organize a court. Its mem exercise Harmony and prove Love ment and burial benefit of $150.00. only expense for regalia is the co costing 25 cents for funeral occasion S OF CALANTHE or Children's do better than to enter the little one benefits all that could be expe benefits of from $0.00 to $40.00. our neighborhood, or organize one. turning the Children's Department. This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week sick days. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. MRS. ANNA TAYLOR, W. M., 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va. wring special rates of JOI d courts address, 311 JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va.