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THE RICHMOND PLANET MITCHELL ON SOUTH, RICHMOND PLANET'S EDITOR ADDRESSES CONVENTION OF BANKERS. Business Unprejudiced. Southern White Business Men are Friendly to Respectable and Industrious Negroes—Col. Lowry of At- lanta Bears Witness to Mr. Mitchell's Testimony. [New York Age, Sept. 22, 1904.] John Mitchell, Jr., president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank of Richmond, Va., and editor of the Richmond PLANET, which has just forced the Richmond street railway into bankruptcy by inducing Afro-Americans to boycott its "Jim Crow" street cars, had the distinction of being the first and only Negro delegate to attend the National Bankers' Convention, which met in New York last week. As the daily press in this city in reporting Mr. Mitchell's address before the convention imputed to him sentiments incompatible with the PLANET, a representative assumed by the PLANET, a representative ACE called on Mr. Mitchell at the Murray Hill Hotel, and received an authentic report of his speech. During the session of the convention on September 15, a young banker from Georgia, probably stung by the presence of Mr. Mitchell dragged the Negro question into his address with the remark that he was opposed to all forms of Negro equality, either social, business, or other, and that if the Negro would just keep in his place all race trouble would be civated. Mr. Mitchell bided his time for replying to this attack until a large audience gathered on the morning of Sept. 16 to hear the address of United States Treasurer, Ellis H. Roberts, and then arise to a question of personal privilege. "After the remarks made yesterday by the distinguished gentleman from Georgia," said Mr. Mitchell, "I was uning to return home without explain- convention. I compliment the gentlemen from Georgia on his musical style, which pleased and abused. But I have found that there is no color line in business. The Negro of the South is respected in proportion as he increases his wealth, and the amount of his taxes. It is the leafers of both races who cause all of the trouble, and who are an incumbent upon our progress as a people. We despise our hoodlum element as much as you do. According to the latest census reports there are over nine millions of colored people in the United States to day, and of these, over four millions are bread winners. "We knocked first at the door of religion, and when we had entered found that it led directly to Heaven; but we are not ready as yet to depart thither. We next applied at the door of politics, and when we had entered we found so many stumbling blocks that we were forced to retreat. You told us to leave politics and we have had to do so. We are now knocking at the door of finance. We have entered its labyrinths, and the white men of the South are now serving as cur guides to the point where we hope to be able to shift for ourselves. "The Negroes of this country now have ten savings banks, of which only ten are in the South. They own $499,000,000 worth of farms and farm products, and $700,000,000 worth of property. Do you know Mr. President, that the Negro produces $178,128,000 worth of cotton per year? Do you know that he produces tobacco to the value of $5,756,357 per year? Do you know, sir, that he produces each year wheat to the value of $4,148,639; oats to the value of $5,826; sweet potatoes to the value of $23,499; and corn to the value of $46,687,493. Do you know, sir, that the total annual products of the Negro, excluding rice, hay and buckwheat, amount to $323,437,515.89. "These are the class of people, Mr. President that I represent here to day. I aver that this record entitles us to at least some consideration at the hands of the people of this country. "You will find that there is no antagonism towards the better class of colored people on the part of the better class of whites. We are toiling hand in hand for the material prosperity of the South-Men of the Senator John W. Daniel's type, seated as he is upon the Andes of material prosperity, have no feeling of jealousy against the Negroes who are struggling up the heights. It is only the lower classes of whites who stir up race prejudice and seek to hamper our efforts. We are determined to rise on our dead selves to higher things. When I come to die, my prayer for those who have attacued me will be in the words of the Savior: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what the do.' Mr. Mitchell's address was received with enthusiasm, and constituted one of the memorable features of the convention. The Southern delegates were genuinely pleased and one of them said: "Mr. Mitchell's speech will do a great deal of good for his race and serve to dispel the current opinion in the world that the business men of the, South desire to oppress the colored man. I am glad Mr. Mitchell spoke." Cool. Lowry, President of the Lowry National Bank, of Atlanta, Ga., replied to Mr. Mitchell. He said, "There is no trouble between my race and his race in Georgia; both the loafing white men and loafing black men are despised in my State, I am glad Mr. Mitchell has spoken, and given it on record that the Bankers' Association draws no colorline, and welcomes successful bankers, be they white or black as members. Mr. Bigelow, the President, thanked both speakers for putting the conven- tion on record as to this question, and said, "Rest assured it was not a shadow, Mr. Mitchell, that you throw across our convention; and regarding oratory, yourequence has shown that in speech-making the South has no color line." Mr Mitchell was easily the lion of the Parkers' Convention, and his address made a stir in the daily press. He left New York for Richmond on Saturday night. MEMPHIS TIMES. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 3, 1904. MR. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Mechanics' Savings Bank, Richmond, Va. Dear Sir:— The timely address delivered by you at the convention of the American Bankers' association is much appreciated by the people of Dane, and just as you stated then, the people to assist the South have as yet, never refused to assist the "Negro" so long as he does his part to assist himself. The papers throughout this section of the union have commented upon your speech very freely, and I think, could you see all of them, you would feel decidedly flattered, and the tones in which you have been referred to are very appreciative. In an extended article under the caption, "Financiers of the United States and Canada" to appear in these columns, a most complimentary reference has been made not only to yourself personally, but to the Mechanics' Savings Bank, of which you are President. This article is a general one, dealing with the financial condition of the country, and in conclusion, reference has been made to one or two banks in each state which enjoy a reputation for substantialness, and we have taken pleasure in placing the Mechanics' Savings Bank among the number. Yours very truly, THE MEMPHIS TIMES, C. T. Dye, Secretary [Mound Bayon, Miss., Demonstrator.] The South knows John Mitchell, Jr. He is the most fearless Negro editor in Dixie. He has preached against lynch law so long that one never hears of a man accused of immediately thinking of John Mitchell, Jr. The Richmond PLANET has thundered against the dreaded and dreadful pestilence for twenty years, and aseditor of the PLANET, history will write John Mitchell, Jr., down for posterity. Mr. Mitchell is also a banker. He is President of the Mechanics' Savings Bank at Richmond. As such he has recently added to his America wide name. In attendance at the recent annual gathering of the Bankers' Association, when his ire was aroused by an unnecessary attack on his race by a member, Mr. Mitchell arose. What he said is now history. The words have re-echoed from that speech again and again. It was eloquent. It was practical. It was convincing. And when he sat down hundreds gathered around him to thank him for defending his race. They thanked him for the information he gave and the tidings he bore. And so the whole race thanks John Mitchell, Jr. for his fearlessness through testing years. It thanks him for his bravery at this meeting. When we shall have more John Mitchells to take advantage of opportunities afforded to defend the race, the nation shall become more acquainted with our virtues. And not until then. The Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., the editor of the Richmond PLANET, made a great hit for the black man at the Bankers' Association, that convened in New York the other day. But this does not yet reach his worth. There is more in him and only a few more risings and settings of th- sun will bring it out of him. We remember well reading several years ago what the New York World Society negro editors has follows: "One of the most daring and vigorous Negro editors is John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond PLANET. The fact that he is a Negro and lives in Virginia does not prevent him from being courageous almost to a fault." All honor to our John Mitchell, Jr. A Glowing Tribute from South Carolina. THE WATCHMAN, 1115 Taylor Street, Columbia, S. C. Oct. 12, 1904. HON. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Dear Sir:— On behalf of the people of South Carolina, whom I have the honor to represent, congratulations and thanks are hereby extended for your speech before the Bankers' Association. New York. Your speech was eminently fitting and worthy of one, who has so fearlessly fought the battles of our people. Recognition for individual worth will be felt through-out the country. It has placed you in the front rank among the leaders of the race, and is a just recognition of your years of unreserved toil for a race of which you stand forth as one of the noblest specimens. WM. HOWARD. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1904. A FEW MINUTES TALK TO IN VESTORS. UNITED AID INSURANCE COMPANY. Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Virginia 1894. In order to place our business in other cities and towns, we will make a special offer to those who want to invest and will write us. We have written more than sixty-thousand members in our Insurance Department. We have more than twenty-five branches. We are planning to enlarge our business. We want to place our business in every city and town in the United States, and we are going to do that just as soon as the funds of the corporation will permit. We want to establish a Loan Department, where we can loan money to our policy holders and stock-holders. We want to make a deposit of $10,000.00 in the Treasury of the State. In that way we will be able to show to the word that we mean business. In order to do this the corporation is capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars (2,500 shares at $10.00 each). Of this amount about 500 shares have already been subscribed for at the rate of $10.00, making the present subscribed capital $5,000.00. The remainder, consisting of 2,000 shares is now offered to the public at $10.00 a share. The amounts are cash or part cash and the rest installment. The corporation has paid dividends of 10 percent. It has declared within the last few days a dividend of the same percentage. The corporation has no bonded debts, and its stock when fully paid is non assessable. All shares become dividend bearing from date of final payment. Dividends are payable July in each year. We want reliable agents to handle our stock. Write us to day for stock. J. E. BYRD, President, 506 East Broad Street, Richmond Va. or 619 F Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. A SUCCESSFUL DAY AT 5TH STREET BAPTIST CHU Last Sunday at the 5th Street Baptist Church, a special collection was taken for the new organ and church repairs. The amount collected was $602.42, with two cluts and many other members to report on to mowr. Sunday School class, No. 4, W. W. Fields teacher reported $16.10; Sunday School class, No. 19, Benj. Harris, teacher reported $19.00; the $1.00 Club, W. A. Jordan, President $41.10; Usher's Club, William Mason, President, 67.80; Willing Workers' Club, Mrs. J. A. Graham, President, $151.40; Rally Club, Mrs. Mary Page, President, 72.10; Organ Club, A. McCoy, President, $71.65; Swingers Club, Mrs. Caille Brother, President, $65.50; Secret Service Club, Virgil Hawkins, President, $27.00; Fairmount Club, Mrs. Johnson, President, $19.95 Thus it will be seen that the church workers are busy in helping to raise money to repair the church. The table collection brought up the rear and swelled the amount to $602.42. East-end club, President Mrs Georgianna Walker and Valley Club, President Mrs. Hamm will report to morrow. The pastor preached, morning and evening, and so ended a glorious day in the 5th Street Church, and pastor W. F. Graham is rejoicing. Do You Know Them? Lexington, Va., Oct 17, 1904. I desire to know the whereabouts of Thomas Anderson, son of Annie and Jefferson Anderson of Lexington, Va. They left here some years ago. Their parents are dead and the property has been left to him. Any information concerning him will be thankfully received. Address. Jefferson Anderson, Lexington, Va. $100.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., Oct. 18th, 1904. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia, I. O. of Calanthe ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death-claim of Emma McTowan, who was a member of Sylvester Court, No. 54, of Richmond, Va. her Signed:—Frances Liggons. mark Beneficiary. Witnesses Frances Liggons A. J. Chewning. 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 Sir Joseph W. Terrell, who was a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 29 K. of P. of Richmond, Va. Witnesses:—Eva G. Davis, Maggie V. Brown. When in need of the latest styles in furniture at the most advantagous prices, call on Mr. Charles G. Jurgon's Son. They please over there. See advertisement. Personals and Briefs. Mr. N. Winston will furnish you with the best ice cream and confectioneries on the most favorable terms. He will take orders and serve you in a way that is entirely satisfactory. See advertisement. You don't always buy new clothes, when you have good old ones, if you patronize Messrs Turner and White at 303 and 305 N. Third Street. When in need of fresh meats at the lowest prices, you have no need to go further than 101 W. Jackson St. There you will find Mr. F. H. Jackson and Mr. Charles T. Williams, progressive young men, who are helping the public as well as themselves. Industry and thrift deserve recognition. Patronize them. Messrs M. Lawson & Co. will sell you fresh fish and serve you promptly too. There is no need of sighing about breakfast. Call and see them. An announcement in another column. Father Thos. J. Duncovan, Superior of St. Joseph's Society, was in the city this week and called on us. He was enroute to Baltimore. Send in your now for the PLANET Only $1.50 per year. Wanted, a Wife. A young colored gentleman, honest and refined, owner of a farm desires correspondence with a colored lady, one who is sincere. Object matrimony. Address.—R. E. B. Care of The PLANET, Richmond Va. Do You Know Him? Any one knowing the whereabouts of Julius Edward Parish, son of Ephraim and Mary Parish or relatives (recives formerly lived in Newark, N. Va.) Mrs. ARLEN/ SH, 35 Spring street, Newark, N. J. Do You Know Him. I desire to know the whereabouts of Nat Young, son of Louisa Harris, who was reared in Hanover Co., Va. by Mr. Isane Ruth. When last heard of beaver living on Waverly Plantation, Cheencyville, La. Anv information concerning him will be gladly received by his mother, Mrs. Louisa Harris, 1021 St. Peter St., Richmond, Va. DEANE—MOON—The marriage of Mrs. Amanda Deane to Mr. Albert Moon will take place Thursday night, October 27, 1904, at 8:30 o'clock at the residence of the bride, 1818 Stockton St., Manchester, Va. Friends are invited, no cards, the couple will leave on the 9:30 train for an extended trip south. Boots and Shoes. European Foot and Shoemakers, 610 Brook Ave, Richmond, Va. Repairing of Ladies' Fine Shoes a specialty, at reasonable prices. Shine, 5 cents. Please Take Notice. All parties having furniture stored at A. Hayes, 727 N. 2nd St., and storage not paid will be sold at public auction on November 15th. 1904. WILL EXPOSE DRUG FRAUDS New York Clerk Promises to Make Startling Disclosures New York, Oct. 18.—In asking for the release on a suspended sentence of Clarence R. Lyon, a drug clerk who had pleaded guilty to selling a bogus article, representing it to be genuine, George Gordon Battle, counsel for the complainants, said that Lyons had given information which probably would result in startling disclosures in connection with the alleged drug frauds in this city. Mr. Battle said that Lyons already had given information about the persons responsible for nearly all the imitations of well-known drug articles in the country. "If he keeps his word, as I have he will," said he, "one of the most startling announcements affectit.; drug stores in this city and country will be made in a few days. The people concerned are some of the biggest, most respected and responsible in the business." Lyons then was released. 55,130 HURT ON RAILROADS 3787 Killed in Accidents in United States in a Year. Washington, Oct. 19.—A report issued by the interstate commerce commission shows that the total number of casualties to persons on railroads in the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, was 55,130, comprising 3787 killed and 51,343 injured. This shows a large increase. The total number of collisions and derailments was 11,291, involving 93,833,077 of damage to cars, engines and roadway. This is an increase of 648 collisions and derailments. RUSSIAN ARMY AGAIN RESUMES ITS ADVANCE Mukden Report Says Japs' Left Was Driven Back With Heavy Loss. Japs' Attempt to Recapture It Resulted In Awful Slaughter, the Dead of Both Sides Lying In Heaps—Japs Repulse Night Attack — Russian Losses 2000 Per Day. St. Petersburg has been cheered by the report that General Kuropatkin has resumed the offensive and by the news of the defeat of the Japanese command of General Yamada and the capture of Lone Tree Hill, which is represented to be the key to the position on the southwest fronts of the contending armies. If the report of the advance is authentic, and the Russians have crossed to the south side of the Shakhe river, a later rise in that stream may have produced conditions seriously threatening failure of General Kuropatkin's plans. For, it is believed, the advance force will be cut off from the reserves and the base of supplies and retreat rendered problematical. It is, however, questionable if the advance movement had proceeded to the point indicated. There seems no immediate prospect of a cessation of the fighting that has been in progress for the last 10 day, although there are signs that tion is falling short, and that the limit of endurance in the troops must have been nearly reached. Jans' Left Driven Back Mukden, Oct. 19.—It is reported that the Russian army is advancing. Rain is hindering everything. The rivers are bank full and the fords are impassable. There are no bridges. Supplies of all sorts are delayed. There was fighting yesterday on both sides of the great Manchurian road. Cossacks brought in captured guns and Japanese wounded prisoners on October 17. Russian soldiers surrounded the prisoners and gave them bread and water and in other ways tried to relieve their wants. News has just been received that the Japanese left flank has been driven back with heavy loss and its retreat cut off. A Russian regiment is now being hurried to the scene in the hope of completing the rout. The fighting on Monday was confined to the Russian center at Shakhe river, and was mostly artillery fire, the Japanese using big guns and high explosive shells. During the 9 days of continuous fighting the losses were never less than 2000 per day. The hospitals are hardly able to handle the wounded. Nevertheless they have performed wonders. The Chinese have deserted all the villages, and the troops are using the woodwork of their houses for fuel. The country south is desolated. The Japanese still seem to be exerting themselves to force the Russians out of Mukden. A battle is assured in the positions surrounding the town. It becomes more and more evident that the resources of the country cannot support a large army. This season's crops are spoiled. General Kuropatkin remains with the troops, having abandoned his headquarters at Mukden. As this dispatch is filed (Tuesday evening) the Russians are retaining the ground gained at the Shakhe river. Several Maxim guns have been captured. The firing ceased after dark yesterday. Lone Tree Hill, won by the Russians after a desperate struggle, was the object of a gallant unsuccessful attempt at recapture by the Japanese. In spite of the awful slaughter with which they had been driven from the hill, the Japanese returned to the charge during the night of October 17, recognizing that the hill was the key to the position on the southwest front. Nine regiments participated, creeping up through the night and delivering a furious assault at dawn. But the hill had been bought too dearly by the Russians to relinquish it, and the Japanese were driven back with terrible slaughter. The battlefield of Lone Tree Hill presents the most awful spectacle it can be conceived. Russian and nese dead are mingled in heaps extricate confusion. The gren strewn with broken rifles the smashed in hand-to-hand. Everything seems to have been as weapons. The Russian doctors working heroically on the slopes of the hill in the attempt to save those of the wounded who still survive, but the Japanese keep up a sniping fire and render the work of relief difficult and dangerous. The continual vigilance of the combatants, and especially the serious acceptance by the Japanese army of the Russian advance, promises further fighting, although there has been already ten days of unprecedented and exhaustive conflict. The Japanese have been alternately testing the Russian Russians in a monotonous and bitter day to day resistance on the line of contact. The Japanese apparently feared that the Russian advance would develop a superior force of reserves. The duration of the contest already exceeds by several days the common prophecies, as it was believed that neither side was capable of such expenditure of men and munitions, which already is in excess of all the previous fighting within 25 miles of Liao Yang. The Russians appear to hold positions in the plain along the Shakhe river, extending from the railway to Da Pass, beginning at the mountains; but the bitterness and tenacity of the fight indicate certain situations in the eastern army about which little is known. Japs Repulse Night Attack. Tokio, Oct. 13.—The Russians fiercely assaulted General Oku and attacked Generals Nodzu and Kuroki on Monday night, but were everywhere repulsed with heavy losses. JAP COLUMN ENVELOPED Broke Through Russian Lines, But Abandoned 14 Guns. AUTHOR: Tokio, Oct. 19.—The Russians enveloped General Yamada's column on Sunday, October 16, and captured 14 guns. The Russians are now concentrating in front of the left army under General Stalin, and under General Nodru, and another great battle is expected. Those are the first guns to be lost by the Japanese during the war. A report telling of the disaster to General Yamada and stating the conditions at the front reached Tokio during the night. It is as follows: "The enemy's infantry, about a regiment strong, attacked part of the right army occupying Shangpintalzu and Talchaku on the morning of October 16, but the Russians were routed by a court attack, and at 9.30 o'clock retreated toward the north. "On the evening of October 16 a mixed detachment, under command of Major General Yamada, was sent to help part of the left army attacking the enemy north of the Shakhe river. It commenced its operations at the right wing, driving off the enemy. The detachment captured two guns and two ammunition wagons. "Having attained its object, the detachment, after sunset under cover of darkness, began retiring toward its original position. In the meantime at 7 o'clock the enemy, a division strong, made a vigorous advance and enveloped both wings of the detachment. Severe hand-to-hand fighting ensued. "The detachment succeeded in driving off the enemy in front, but was unable to resist him on both flanks. After breaking through the Russian line the detachment reached its original position. Our artillery lost most of its men and horses and was compelled to leave behind nine field and five mountain guns. "The enemy in front has been heavily reinforced, and especially in front of our centre army has the enemy's strength been enormously increased. "The enemy's strength against our left flank of the left army amounts to a mixed brigade. "Our casualties during the battle of October 16 reached about 1000." Russian Cruiser Sunk By Jap Shells. London, Oct. 19.—A despatch from Shanghai to the Morning Post says it is reported there that Japanese shells have sunk the Russian cruiser Bayan in the harbor of Port Arthur. Fight Near City of Mexico. Mexico City, Oct. 13.—Three killed and 15 more or less seriously wounded was the result of a tragedy and subsequent encounter with goldiers by three brigands in this federal district. The dead are: Laurino Frias, Santa Julia, Nestor Flores, a bandit, and a soldier, name unknown. Crazed by drink, the three bandits, Nestor Flores, Rodrigo Saledo and Petro Herrera, went to the residence of Vicente Godinez, at Santa Julia, a northern suburb of this city and called for Godinez. When he came from the house, accompanied Frias, a servant. He upon the land and God news ofilities o. at once died in battle, whither it was the desirados had fled the battle ensued. Nearly every soldier in the squadron was wounded. PRICE, FIVE CENTS WEINSEIMER IS GUILTY New York Labor Leader Convicted of Extortion. New York, Oct. 19.—The jury in the case of Philip Weinseimer, president of the Building Trades Alliance, or trial for extortion, returned a verdict of guilty shortly before midnight last night. He was at once remanded to the Tombs until October 28, when sentence will be pronounced. Weinseimer has been on trial for more than a week in the court of special sessions. He was charged by George J. Essig, a master plumber, with extorting $2700 under a threat not to permit work to continue on the Chatsworth apartment house here unless the money was paid. The jury retired late in the afternoon, and on account of the length of time taken for deliberation Weinseimer and his counsel expected a disagreement or acquittal. When Weinseimer heard the verdict he trembled and grasped the railing to steady himself. When his pedigree was taken he answered in a voice scarcely audible. His counsel said that he would at once appeal the case on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence. FIRE ON RECEIVING SHIP Flames in Coal Bunker Threatened the Hancock. New York, Oct. 18.—Fire was detected on the United States receiving ship Hancock at the New York navy yard. It is not known how long the fire in the Hancock had been burning when discovered, but judging by the progress it had made it must have been several hours. A fireman had occasion to open a watertight compartment compartment leading to a coal bunker when he found that the place was filled with smoke. In spite of the almost exertions, it was several hours before the seat of the flames could be reached. Meantime, the smoke invaded every part of the ship, and at one time it was almost overpowering in the officers dining room. By shifting large quantities of coal from the bunkers, the firemen got to the seat of the trouble, and after hard work the fire was completely put out. The Hancock is the most important receiving ship in the navy, usually having a thousand sailors and newly enlisted men aboard waiting for assignment. The cause of the flames is shrouded in mystery. REV. JESSE Y. BURK DEAD cissured milk hastened end of retary University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Oct. 19.—Rew. Jesse Y. Burk, secretary of the University of Pennsylvania, died at the rectory of Zion Church, of which his son is the rector. Although active and of cheerful disposition, Mr. Burk was in ill-health from early childhood. For years he was crippled by rheumatism and some time ago had his right hand amputated to overcome the ravages of cancer. He finally succumbed to tuberculosis of the lungs, following an attack of pneumonia. His death was undoubtedly hastened by the use of formaldehyde for the preservation of milk. He had been put on a milk diet, and before the addition of formaldehyde to the milk was discovered had been poisoned and his digestion impaired by the adulterant. STILL FIGHTING MINE FIRE 2,000,000 Gallons of Water and Culm Emptied into Burning Colliery. Shamokin, Pa., Oct. 19.—Two million gallons of water and culm were emptied into the burning Enterprise colliery without effect. W. L. Connell, one of the principal owners of the operation, stated that he had no idea of the extent of the fire, and that it may take a lengthy period in which to extinguish it. The mine officials have been unable to determine whether the fire has extended further than the bottom of two working levels. So far no cave-in has occurred. The Reading and Pennsylvania railroads over the burning district are being closely patrolled by watchmen. Boy Died of Fright. Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 17.—Jacob Rutt, aged 15 years, of Martindale, this county, was shot in the legs while gumming with Charles Weaver, about the same age. He died later, and the attending physician says his death was due to fright. The shot, which hit him about the knees, was of small calibre and the wound was not serious. Heart failure was the immediate cause of death. Rutt says he was accidentally shot by Weser, while the latter states that Rutt's gun fell and was discharged. one Outlaws Killed. t. 19.—A force under Lieu- s of the constabulary, has large number of Pulajanes trains of Eastern Samar, notorious outlaw Oyome followers. v 2 e—eoOCC"_"=—". Sees eS y a Be A a ite 5 ZN oi PZ Sa g ‘MDL SATURDAY .. OCTOBER 22, 1904 ‘POULTRY: AND: BEES - FSS FLAT “CEILING THE THING. Bow to Build a Chicken House That ‘There has been a good deal said about how chicken houses ought to be built. Just allow me to give our readers a few useful points regarding natural heat during cold winter months. A chicken house ought to have a flat ceiling, eith- er tar papered or plastered, the walls, too. My reason for having a fat ceil- Conde tt Settee * Pio A | HOUSE WITH FLAT CEILING. tng fs, so that the natural warmth will de evenly distributed, Put up all the Toosts that you have room for close to ‘the ceiling—as chickens like to be weil ‘up—ziving plenty of head room. Win- ‘ows should only be half-way up the ‘side of the building, as the giass is hard to heat. Don’t give too much ventila- tion; two small holes up throueh Hie eeiling will be enough in the cold aights.—Henry Matthew, in Epitomist. THE MOLTING OF POULTRY Process Was Hastened Successfully by the Experts at Rhode Island ‘ Experiment Station. An interesting discussion is now go- Ang on among poultry raisers as to the possibility of hastening the molt- ing of fowls. It has not been believed that any method except a steady feed ‘of well-balanced rations would do this. There is an impression, how- ever, that even this does not always = aten the slesite!, period. as the 27 Wing period of the sunumer 1s some- times extended by the high feeding, thus pushing the period of molt- ing. Some one conceived the, idea of starving the fowls long enough to stop the production of eggs and after- Ward so feeding that the formation of néw feathers would be begun, It was reported that great results were obtained with this method. . It does “Hot appeal to feason very much, but the lite experimenting that has been “Aone ic discover” what there is in it has given results favorable to the method, At the Rhode Island experi- “ment station last year fowls that were laying were deprived of foed on the Sth of August and were made to fast for 12 days. The hens finally stopped laying eggs on the seventh day of the fast. After the thirteenth day of the deprivation of food the fowls were again given food a litle ata time, but of highly nitrogenous nature. In ® short time the result was seen in the formatton of new feathers, and with- in 30 days from that time the molting [Bas_concladed and the hens began to “lay. This experiment was made with Rhode Island Reds. Whether the re- sults can be obtained always is yet to be proved. It is amatter, well worth fookine into. PRACTICAL BEE NOTES. ‘The color of honey varies greatly, ranging from water-white toa very dark brown. Fifty ponnds of surplus honey per hive in a season Is a fair average in most localities. In grading comb honey for the mar- ket, face the case with a fair sample of Its contents. Light honey fs not always the best in flavor, though it always brings the Righest price. Bees do not need daily attention, but can be given sufficient food at one time to last all winter. Honey separated from the comb has @ tendency to granvlate very quickly, especially in autumn, Bottled honey should be of a fine flavor and light in color. Dark honey looks bad in glass, and ts a drag on the market. Bleaching honey impairs its flavor and makes it impracticable. It would be better to have dark, good honey, thar light, poor honey. Bottled honey fs, asa rule, purchased ‘by a class of customers who demani &@ fancy article, and are able an willing to pay a fancy price for ft. ‘aight colored honey is gathered fron Buch flowers as clover. basswood ani mountain sage, while the dark Is gath ered from buckwheat, autumn flower and whitewood. When Feeding Aquatic Fowls, In feeding aquatic fowls we should ear in mind that in a natural state their food Is always mixed with water to some extent. They can searcely swallow dry food, and the corn is not &s good for them in the grain as it is ground coarsely, and mixed with wheat bran in asoft mash. A duck or goose 48 never so happy as when floating in the shallows of a creek or pond, where the tender, =tmy crowth at the bot- tom may be reashet with the bill, by Dp-ending, ang p-*ting with the feat for a balance. Marshes and reedy Piaces, where there are tender spronts, water bugs and creatures of the dark and dank—that's the natural foraging ground of the web-footed feathered tribe—Farm ‘and Ranch. THE SEASON FOR CULLING. Wow Is the Time for Sending Every Old and Superfluous Bird to the Markets ‘The season is at hand when oe in the poultry yard should be cuitec out and sold, Old hens, unlikely pul lets and supertiuous roosters, young and oid, should be placed in fattening quarters and fed for the market. Ik Pays either the fancy poultry breede ‘Or common market poultrymen to wit: ter prime birds oniy. There is nc Toom to spare for non-paying fowls and quite an amount is lost by keep: ing the culls that are found in the bes! ‘as well as the poorest flocks. Full-biooded pouitry is always in de mand, and those who would sell at fancy prices must be very careful te closely cull down to the best specimen: Of varieties according to standard re quirements. The breeder makes mistake in keeping any fowls tha are undersized or lacking in good nat ural vitality though they come fron & high-priced strain. ‘The best is non too good for breeding purposes'in th produetion of market poultry just th same as in the direction of the show room. Cititing severely now and keep: ing only the best is the way to ze business chicks next spring, strons enough to get out of the shell an¢ grow and thrive in spite of the vieis situdes they may encounter during growth. It fs a good plan to dispose o hens that are late in molting — unies ‘they are of extra value. Such hen: won't lay eggs enough in winter pay their board. Spring chickens are a fair price ot the market the latter part of Septem ber, and the whole flock will be in bet ter condition if they are sold closely with the other surplus fowls at thi: season. Then in November-before th first cold snap comes to cause them t lose flesh, we fatten and dispose of th rest of the culls to give the layins hens plenty of room. Crowding the Poultry house causes disease and dis comfort, and it is the healthy, happy hens that lay the high-priced” winter _eggs.—Fanny M. Wood, in Ohio Farmer KITTENS ADOPTED BY HEN Biddy Made Her Own Chicks Shift for Themselves to Care for Feline Stepehilaren, This white leghorn hen has adopted ss her charges four frisky kittens which wore abandoned by their ows mother. The kittens have become the objecta of all the Hen'a maternal af 13, at anil ites . off? X «il \ \ Hy lilt, ‘iI a: \ ih 1 ir. on ORE ap peeer: vas eS. % i ee OM ofS ee SZ is i] SSAA!’ AG xy pe \w fv x Ww PTFE Err per erry fection. says the New York Tribune, ’ while her own chicks have been driven off by her to wander in the barnyard and shift for themselves as best they can. ‘The kittens follow the hen about by day, and at rivht they nestle under her soft, warm wings and enjoy the com- fort and protection which should go to her disearded chicks, ‘The hen will allow no person to bande the kittens when she is near. All who Attempt to do 80 are attacked by her. She is owned by Joseph Hockberger, of York, Pa ee PROTECTION FOR CHICKS. An Arrangement Which Prevents the Old Bires from Trampling Little Ones to Death. Many times the ttle chicks are de- prived of their feed and often trampled to death by older Lac «oS at feeding RSA {lme. This trouble SSS ean be avoided by ee dy providing a pen or : ~ ‘a dae eueeee ake Ho SS ee ne rene a SSSA, | Kime. This trouble is & providing a pen or ys & cover such as is shown In the illustration. Slats may be substituted for wire. Under this the little chicks may be fed without be- ing crowded away by the larger ones. It is so arranged that the frame may be raised on stakes as the chicks grow. —B. M. Briggs, in Farm and Home. | An Incubation Experiment. | In the incubation experiments, 8,677 eges from various sources have Deen set in the incubators. Of these, 7,205, or 82 per cent, wore fertile |Three thousund three hundred and forty-eight, or 46 per cent., of the fertile eggs were hatched. This was 28.6 per cent. of the total number. The efficiency of hatching under various conditions | ranged from 0 per cent. to 84 per cent. | These experiments were planned in th« Wirection of testing the efficiency of the machines and the influence of moistur¢ and room temperature upon the hatch —Rhode Island Station. een Wananemunt That Wine. Industry is not the only thing re- quired on the farm. If it were, great many men that fail would suc- eeed. Keeping eternally at a thing does not always bring success, in spite of the trite saying that it does. In- telligent management is also requirec and this kind of management often re quires a good deal of information ir several directions, ‘The Next Step. | “Is your country place. finished yet” “Oh, yes. Why, I have already’ be- gun alterations on it.’—Detrolt Free Press. THE RICEMON D PLANES, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. ee | HINTS ON COOKING FRUIT. | rns Fun for All Po Not Destroy the Flavor of a Pleas- | around the ne ing aad Beaithful Dish by stit goes a w ie ond gown Is a A paragraph Siugh bas been going] volte trimm Fun J.overs. |e: round rath anally, nforms npels of sary ,_& Terrible Possibility. “Well, I seecyou're borrowing trouble again. Whats the matter now?” “Oh, George,” she replied, “I've just been thinking what if our dear Little darting should when she grows up be- come a minister's wife.” “That wouldn't be so terrible, would ier" : “Mercy, yes. Think of what the wom- en in the congregation would always be ‘saying about her."—Chicago Record- Herald. | A Correction. } “Yon called me a ‘political jobber’ in your paper this morning,” began the irate visitor. | “Yes,” replied the editor, “that was /@ bad break. I discharged that typo immediately.” | “Oh! then you didn't mean to say that?” | “Certainly not. I write ‘robber’ yery plainly."—Philadelphia Press. | ‘High-Handed. | “They took my money by bigh-handed methods,” complains the victim. | “Tell us about it,” we say, realizing that we are in fora tale of woe and that it is best to have it over with. | “There's not much to tell. First I “Went up against an ace full, and the rest of my stack went when the other fellow sprung a royai flush on me."— | Juése. Backhanded Politeness. Ethel (breathlessly)—Oh, Jack, dear, what did papa say when you asked for my hand? Jack—He said that I had annoyed hith so long by being around the house so much that I'd grown to be a sort of nec- essary evil, and he'd miss me tf 1 stayed away. So he invited me to join the family circle—Detroit Free Press. | Avoiding Suspicion. Miss De Style—Horrorst. Why have you adopted a grocer’s scale and a yard Stick as our coat of arms? | Mrs. De Style—I wish people to ksow that our money war made in honest trade. Otherwise they might suspect that your father or grandfather he . been jcaptain on the police force-—N. ¥, Weekly. | A Consoling Thoug\st. Brambie—Yes, I'm ugly. | haow I'm “ugly; but there sone great consolation, Friend—What is that? Bramble—If ever [ should Secome great, and the American people si.oild Tesolve to erect a statue to my memory, they wont’ be able to make me out ugiies ‘than I am.—N. ¥. Weekly. ‘Too Healthy. 2 OTE, COMRTATWAG ES,” gals ee, Aillyons .o bin). ug tances, “I nave Just been examined for life insurance, ‘and the company’s physician says I ‘ought to be gosd for 25 years yet." eq All Hight, I'm glad, of course; but our engagement is off."—Houston Post. | Love Before Art. | “Are you going to star next sea- son?” asked the soubrette, “No,” replied the leading lady, “I'm still if Jove with my husband, and 1 can't get any of the managers to give ‘me a chance without a divorce."—Chi- cago Record-Heraid. | Reason for Silence. - | “I believe in saying what T think,” sald the young man in the flappy trous- ‘ers. *T've often wondered why you don't talk very much,” said the girl with the ‘trick of saying what she thinks— Cleveland Leader, Fame’s Short Cut. To make wel! known a humble name Requires no devious tricks; If you would qui-tly rise to fame Just change our politics, Houston Chronicle FROM THE BOTTOM. q ee ee ay sh oe" = f Ss a 4 eS . O= Mather =neasnoes a9 een he great meu siwage start Sean te bob- tom and work thelr way to the top. Sor—Do they start that way when they want to dig Well? Chicago Journal. Got the Title. Sie mated ine nue Sartore creviosd He upsaited as vital Pug cule to her land, Fees eS “Never mind,” said the friend, sooth- ingly, “you'll wake up some morning and find yourself famous.” “Not much!” growled the pessimistic poet, “it would be just my luck to over- sleep myself that morning.”—Philadel- phia Press. py || “Mrs. Higbee is worried nearly to Geath.” “What over?” | “She can’t find out anything about the family that moved In next door to her.” =n. ¥. Mail. Vivid Imagination. Gerald—t claim to be a gentleman. Geraldine—But we all haven't your {magination—Vown Topics. HINTS ON COOKING FRUIT. Po Not Destroy the Flavor of a Pleas- ing aad Beaithful Dish by the Use SF Soda. A raph Wideh bas been going the rounds ra vely, informs the housewife tle soda (sale- ratus) added to sewed fruit when it is being cooked Josseus the quantity of sugar reqffiredito sweeren it. | While this ts trig, It is ejually the fact that Ehe Gk accomplishes this result by desis, (ge the acidity of the fruit, ara (440 fucees the life and favor are, (a5 extent, injured. breton ta suagpeeyes dan been add is rather fiat gi) tasceless when com- pared with ome ich is mace entirely of fruit, sweetenad with susar. The wise ai truly economical housewife will uo. destroy the flavor of a healthfal “nd pleasing dish of stewed fruit In ofier to effect a saving 80 very Very Shi.il. Fruit that k ayerly acid, such as cranberries, ret “rants, sooseberries, ete, will call fo fess sugar in sweet- ening if they afe prepared in the fol- lowing manner: After washing the fruit, place it in am azate kei‘le and cover with clear, cold water. Set the } Kettle over the fire and bring the con- tents quickly to the boiling point; pour oft the water, and then set the kettle where the fruit ‘vii cook slowly in the usual way, adiing only enough water |to keep the fruit trom burning. Add Sugar suificien “to make the preserve palatable, and/To not‘add the sugar ani Just before the frnit is removed from the fir since less, is required than when tv sweetening is cooked with the frai ‘The jnlee o water that was poured off the fruit at/frst, can be made very cold, sweetened with sugar and served as a drink> ¢ may also be used in place of waver or milk for the founda- tion of a pudding sauce, a little sugar being added and the whole thickened with core stareh or arrowroot. Apples or pevrs may be sliced and cooked in this .t Jule Instead of using water in (usual way, and it can also bo used In mineemeat, in fruit cakes or Dolled puddings. Sruit should meyer be placed on the | front of the range and stewed like a vexetable. Its appearance is much more attractive if it is kept as entire a8 possible. Apples and pears shonld be ent into quarters or elzhths, and laid in the saucepan carefully, a very little water or fruit juice added and the cover Kept om the saucepan all tne time they are belng cooked.—What to ‘Rat. HERE IS SOMETHING NEW. How to Make a Barrel Swing Which Can Be Hung from the Porch of Your House. This picture will show you how to make a barrel 8Win, They are novel and comfortable, ani’ jook very quaint hanging from the porch uf a country house, All you have to do, seys:the Detroit FroevPree fe tb sv away a part of AUe barsel, a the p.c.use shows, and Free tom, we ew-eves into ‘ths Tour, sesevt wureic Co thee w fastened rope #, ich moet above an fron rine, wife: comes just above the AN INGENIOUS AFFAIR. head of the person sitting in the swing ‘The barrethead is fitted into the bottom half as a seat, and may be covered with cushions or left bare. HOW TO HAVE NICE HANDS French Manicure Says Much Can Be Done by Keeping Nails in ‘Good Order. Longing for lovely hauds is natu- ral. It is @ recognized fact that French- women possess the most beautiful hands. The hand itself is neither too fat nor too thin, but exactly in propor- tion with the long, slender, tapering ‘fingers, while the nails are of a beautiful ‘delicate pink, their charm enhanced by the pretty half-moons at the base of each, ‘With the view of learning the secret of some of the beautiful hands in Paris, Tonce called upon the best-known mani- cure of the French capital and asked her to tell ie her method of dealing with hands which had grown thick or fat, with the fingers short and square, says a writer in the Philadelphia North American. “In the frst place,” she sald, “I get a basin of skin food or soft sweet oil and fill it until the hands are almost covered. T! ; makes the fingers soft and oily, am after a time I lift them out and giv them a thorough wash- ing with very hot water and very good soap. “The hands are then dried and a littlc skin food rubbed in. “If you want pink pails, a littte rouge Is put upon (he nail, and if you want them very bright, the polisher is used. But if you prefer them dull, then leave them just as they are.” FANCIES OF FALL FASHION. Buttons Will Be the Conspicuous Fea- ture of All Autumn and Win- ter Garments. Fashion makersare working under the impression “bat we will have a long and pleasant #utumn season, and with this end in view ore turning out some charm- ing between-seacon garments. The Eton coat and skirt here illustrated are df light brown linen tiiimed With bands ‘of tucking and a little embroidery ‘around the neck and buttons. With this suit goes a white straw toque with solid brim of pale green cut leaves. The sec- ond gown is a dainty frock of pale blue voile trimmed with bands, cuffs and lapels of sapphire biue silk. The white ‘straw hat is trimmed with shaded bius plumage. ‘The New York Times gives some re- liable hints concerning toilet accessories for the com's” season. Buttons, it says. Will be conspicinns the coming fail and winteag et ee handsome cies: SSR GRRE oe waistcoats, cuffs and girdles, they are artistic avd beautiful, and there is the additional attraction to the woman who wishes exclusive styles, that while the masses may also use "buttons their purses are ynadle to compass the really handsome fancy buttons that partake cl tha watiractt eabbnines wae meena. E-Slp 28 a (oe 5 | é ; LGN ( \ pile \ i fi 1 ASS ies | a \ \ ag the WAS bi i Z ANS ML quently there is no danger of their tres- Passing on the exclusives’ territory Buttons for the Directoire coats are a necessity, and some very beautiful jew- eled ones, as well as those in nouveau art designs artistically worked in col- ored metals, will Le used. Rhinestones, many in flat designs, will lead these jew- eled buttons, Some of the new metal buttons are so miade as to closely resemble delicate em- broideries on silken grounds. New yet decidedly old-fashioned but- tons like those our mothers used to wear are covered with colored silks, tufted with velvets of contrasting shades. Indeed, several of the novelties in buttons are reminiscent of the preced- ing generation, Coral and turquoise cabochons set in rims of silver, rnold or steel are shown, but these are not new. As Pavnin is using Dresden buttons in the new yellowish-tinted reds and pur- plish blues with patterns outlined in gold, these buitons are among the latest importations. Other colors as well as those mentioned are also in evidence. A new thing in pearl buttons is the Introduction of colored centers, Cro- chet and braid buttons to combine with braid trimmings are quite the thing. Another of the new buttons is a tufted- back black ivory for uze on tailored and mourn.ce ¥*aring apparel. The tufted buck vermiti the button to be easity inereeuuney by the gataneR:s i for tise ‘pon. In the better braids for trimming pur- Poses the Japanese patterns and Ideas are seen, and the Cinmond-patterned silk braids are much in evidence, A novelty in passementeries is the use of suede in various shades as a baek- ground for the embroideries and ap- pliques of sitk and beads. Snede is also being used for yests with collars and cuffs to match, but there is no prospect of its being generally fashionable. A dark-blue broadcloth coat and skirt had its coat showing a pale yellow suede vest embroidered In tarnished gold ef- fects and having buttons to mateh the embroidery, The cnffs and flat collar showed strips of the embroidered suede eet tm the dark blac vatvit Decming tie | foumeation of thees ecseseerton. How Beauty Is Preserved. A writer in the Chicago News says that late hours and the excessive use of the eyes In poor light or on trains and cars, worry and ill health are the prolific source of wrinkles. ‘The wom- an who Is asleep before midnight, who wears glasses if she needs them to read with, who does not use her eyes by a poor light and who follows these common-sense directions can, if she is still young and wrinkleless, preserve her complexion for many years, and she who is already showing imperfections can prevent their _be- coming more marked—in many in- stances removing them—by properly cleansing and nourishing her skin And that at a very small cost, as these directions are especially "for those possessing small incomes, | Blesching a Hair Switch, ‘This method of bleaching a hair switen fs recomnichded: Make a strong solu- tion of peroxide of hydrogen and add one teaspoontul of ammonia toeach pint of the solution, Soak the switch in this ‘over night, or until quite light. It will require a long time to Bleach it entirely white without ruining the hair. When light enough, rinse well in bluing water, Before using any recipe found in print ask your druggist about it. Often mis. takes of one or more letters, or the omis. sion -or addition of one or more words or letters may materially change, if not entirely ruin the value of the recipe, All in His Hands, Eminent Surgeon—I operated on Mr. Bullion for appendicitis to-day. His Wife—Dear me! I wonder who will have it next! | Eminent Surgeon (absent-mindedly) /—I don't know, I haven't decided yet. Lite. As Compared. “A woman,” remarked the bachelor Doarder, “always reminds me of an exe.” “The answer?” | “You can never tell her age by her Jooks,” replied the b. b.—Chicago Daily News. Flow He Stood. Yer Trusband—What do yor ween, Maria, by letting me stand here lke a fool while you are running all over the store after bargains? ‘His Wife—I car ‘t help how you stand, @ear.—St. Louls Republic. f B \. Mechanics f net. \ { -33e= \ Savings Bank | aecaea | OF RICHMOND, VA BS” aed en |} | \ Seca yy ——stx North Third Strect—— ES RY RoW Sa ae kat et oe Sh es Z 9 \ Capital, $25,000, Money received on deposit and interest paid on a ‘amounts above $1.00 which remains 60 days and over. Money Loaned on Satisfactory Security. Business Accounts Handled Promptly, Amounts of ten cents and upwards received on deposit. ‘This establishment is fitted up in the most improved style, having large Y_hite vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every’ moderns conaeee fence for safety and the uccommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Oashier. Banking Hours bave been arranged for the special convenience of the work- tog people as follows: 9 A.M. to4P. M. Saturdays, 9AM. to 8 Pee, "Ato close Saturday at 8 P.M. and open sgain at 5 P. ME, remaining open -ntil ¥ P.M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICERS: JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. ALP. JONATH AN, Vice-President, THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier, BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Rev. W. F. Granam, D. D., Jno. R. Cures, B. P. Vawvery. ALL, E.R. Jerrersox H! F. Joxaruax, Tuomas Situ -D. J. Cavers, J. 0. Farey, Jxo. T. Tayior, B.A. Wasnixatox, RW. Wimixa, = Wutias Custano, 3.3. Carter, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Fres. THOMAS M. CRUMP, Sro'x, W. I. JOHNSON, 4 eS 1 FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EHBALMER. 1 Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad! HACKS FOR HIRE: { Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Sup pers and Entertainments promptly attended. ‘ Oid "Phone, 686, Residence in Building, New Phone, 18. QA f Ry KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD Bf ONO Sf eat) —_——— ay Fahd V.P, & F. K. of W. ‘ ie Sc | TO WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: ve Ee This organization has been chartered and legally iu es g Bl Sort, for the purpose of unlting tgeties aif secoeease ie Aree tenon the Brobt Bases of Chat. benchcal tea Sy atorsine elites wet cotton ak ots ate te he aca aaatead gitcian Hie treat teuke s¢ all eescet tastes ‘of monlerm events. & gsand oppe> tunity for active men. Deputies wanted in allsections of the conairy to orgeaye lodges - Kindly address, G. W. ALLEN Supreme yovager, 446 W. 87th Street, New York City, ets pesto Be ee eae. } Ont of Town Orders Solicited and. will Receive Prompt and Oareial Auencion Isaac Straus and Co. Family Wine, Liquor and Cigar Store, 422 East Broad, St. Richmond. Va, WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OFgey” Mt. CaP Ue tie chy ° "Phone 2234 BUFFET IN REAR. sesssnscossoncessor eee Ean FIRST CLASS .s Restaurant, Barber Shop, Pool Room, Boarding House and Employment Office. CuaRtes H. Bamey, Proprietor and Manager. Center Ave., opposite R. R. Station, Lock, 13. mos Atlantic Highland, N. J. ’ { ] J WINSTON S ICE-CREAM ts, i= Evers, Sty! f Wholesale and Retail, Parlors Open Day and Night Special Attention to Picnics, Festi- # vals, etc, Estimates given. @ (HF All the latest and most y rinks of the fountain, fresh on hand. TOBACOO AND CIGARS. Phone, 2253. WINSTON’S, 537 Brook Avenne. FRANK WALLER, JR. PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER, 14 W. Baker St., Richmond, Va. Residence, 1 E, Orange St. Prompt attention given to all mat ‘orders. Satisfaction guaranteed All Kinds of Painting Done Cheap Give me a call before going elsewhere “THE ECONOMY,” $03 N. 3rd St., Fine Tailoring, | SELEANING, a DYEING,"2>! 2 AND REPARING, MRR Ww. Oo TURNER, PROPRIETOR Kin-Killa ogre Aw gudentul prosamtion for straight ening kinky bair. Compernded fran Prrsician's prescription, it in cbectat, we Saimless. Will positively render. te coorsest hair soft and Wavy. Onee tried always called for. Large size bok tles 50 cents, or sent prepaid by mail for 60 cents in stamps er moncy-crder. gS Send 10 cents in stamps for generous sample to ea 8.7. Worcestan, "> <3 Agent Kin-Killa Co.,} 65 Thomas St," = Portland, Me. Please mention this paper when ordere ing. RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED at DENTISTRY +. PAINLESS EXTRACTION ..., For beautiful Teeth, Comfort, Pleasure and Health, Orrick Hovns:—From & A. M." to 6P M. Old Phone, 816. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 102 W. Leigh St. Richmond, Va, AND HUNDLEY, LEADERS IN | Q . Quality Furniture PARLOR SUITS, We have some twenty-five or thirty suits bought, most of which will be in stock ina few days. “Don’t do a thing” until you see this line. MORRIS CHA IRS. This always popular chade of rest will be in as much,de- mand this fall as ever. Part of our stock has already ar rived and $10 values vie with $15 values of a year ago, all, see our mock of Bed Room Far aiture and save time and money. | Gi sy Hun P | ! 09-11-18 B. Broad St. i, KORNE ee pes V4), <7 eoS® 2 watts, HARRYSTUY INE Soe anaes) REWARDS SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I~Story opens fn Richmon®, (We. on day Fort Sumter surrendered. Dr.’ Francis Brodnar makes Yemarkatie Rechest of his iriend, "Dick Somers te EG comers siullyagrees. BW te te Garry, blinds. a whose Bose 2 oneh.c? Mor eat me “queer fons, and finally.” when’ abe. 1s ost st Gis power of certain cnetales, ts to’ grant her an honorabie divorce. CHAPTER t1—According to the agreg: tment, Somers is mysteriously marrige eryouns woman, who te called iranoem Gnd being tect with her, they tall tn toe} frith each other. Upon her insintenos he Menta'a match in the dark room that hey may sce rach other A pistol shot Sings out. Somers falls with = sear found Just as Drodnar comes fo take fhm away. He is couveyed te the doo fers once. CHAPTER 111—Somers, on his recet ars, Tecelves’ tclcgram’ te report, teas tice immediately. Tle learas Frances Hirel tnd she the doctor to tal hee jchard Somers passes out of het life Re serve his country. His duty dene Please God, ani she nels Ma arm hs Brill fotlow ‘her to the end of the carthe™ CHAPTER IV—Woman named Loulse fe visited by Raymsnd. Holbin the fae Ger of her child, who has not kept Bia mise to marry her, and who Bears Fins Tesembiance "to Dick” Somers e telis of having. in her. desperation, ehot © man who ce thought wae he, CHAPTER V_Frances’ father, John Brookin, makes his will bequeathing her bertain property upon condition that eke Marry THolbin, his stepson. Just before Re dics sho disiilusions his mind. ef nes tion that she had been disloyal te: him, @nd tells him a trend has wished hes fo cay to him: “Ask Rasmond Holbia qwhat he has done with Loulse (the @y- fag man's niece); for he { the man whe betrayed her by a mock marriage, and took her abroad.” ‘CHAPTER Vi—Holbin's absence from Me Drookin funcral is noticed He busy in the deserted residence ef de. seased unraveling the mystery of the oom Bection between the shooting. told. him Ey Louise, and the impiled charge again Rim made by Frances. Ie finds evidence Sf a rival's presence In Frances” room Gad nis evit mind file with suspicton a oper te CHAPTER VII—Holbin decides to ast Dr. Brodnar if he kuows te man whe was shot In Frances’ room. ‘The docto faseris he bad boon ahot there, and tha ‘suspected Mrs. Brookin’” (ifotmin' ther) of being the woman who Are Gieshot, whlch, he deciares, missed. i mark. . CHAPTER Viit—Bamea in attompt t Ber snything from "De Mroduar, Tol turns to Frances, but Is agin un successful. However, by © skilifil move Ge man has made & most powerful tn Bression upon the woman he hopes. t Barry. “CHAPTER IX—Holbin having exhaust ed all his resources for incormation com ferning the victim of the shoving. a Tast turns to Frances ‘old mamng*’ bu Senin falls. CATAPTER X—Upon this he goes to hi THler's room and mekewo clead reas ef the facta. She summons Dr. Brodnar Sad demands to ktow the information h ea who then denounces: her. Uber Rine‘ton, who comes out of his conceal meat’ in' the rooth and attacks the doe for with a Knite. ‘The doctor escapes fees Frances long enough to tell he what he knows about Somers” assailant nd drives away. Aisconstruing histean tng, thisiing Loulse bad been jealous 0 @ccount of Somers attentions te, ber Sho visits Louiro. full of sympathy fo latter's troubles, but. nothing comes pai turdw wa Givin cut of kee mind CHAPTER XT. © Sorrow unmixed with remorse fs the @oul's education. The soul of the woman who grieves in silence broadens and decpens, sending down jato her own Ufe far-reaching roots and un- folding upward rare auxiliary blos foms that fill the life about her with divine breathings. Such was the ex- perience of Frances Brookin. Thrown Back upon herself, conscions of inno- ence, and feeling always the presence of sorrow, the sorrow of a great dis- appointment, she saw. her girlhood Slipping away faster than time itself; for it is true that age is the sum of @xperience rather than years, and all BE ife may be lived between the stt- Gng and the rising of the sun. Bub With Frances this change was not the shrinking of the soul into forgetful- Bess; it was an enlargement of view and perspective in which old headlands assumed smaller proportions, New— {imperative cuties they seemed, arose and met her; new responsibilities pre- gen'ed themselves; she faced them all bravely, hopefully, lovingly. The fine gus’ F of her soul proved itself in the casting ont of all the bitterness which had in the first hours of her misfor- tune stormed its citadel and raised somber banners there. ‘The vietory over self won by this frail girl was eo Marvelously complete that no eynicism supplanted her innocent faith in the eternal existence of truth and good: ness and their ultimate triumph over evil. Her touching acceptance of life in its new aspect was not born ins Hay. There were weeks of anguish; there wére months of dull heartache Gnd loneliness; there were tear-wet Pilowsand nights of erying ont agains fate; for the death of an ideal is the saddest death in all the universe, sine for this there is no resurrection, ‘Th girlish ideal of Frances Brookin was ead at last, and slept under the petal Of a faded white rose. Richard Somer: Was out of her life, ont of her heart The man slie loved had never existed she told herself. He wasa dream, : Fomance, an immaculate conception 0 @ virgin mind. ‘The real man was th Unworthy offspring of base, world! Passions; he was nothing te her bu & name. Political events hastened the gir into womanhood and towards tha Marge tolerance with which the stren; Soul at last invariably encysts the in azplicable and unwelcome facts it can Bot avoid. With one leap the tere gouth entered the arena of war, ani Wirginia hills echoed the mingle Sheers of contending armies and th thunder of mighty guns. Tichmon Seemed to have become, as in a éa3 the center of intrigue and of action On every side flashed the gold and si yer of war's rich trappings. Plume anced in the breezes and the conte erate gray met the eye, rest where j would. From the capitol the banne of a new nation floated proudly, an © beneath it echoed the tramp of mare} I Oe night. Men. in this hitherto staid old | southern city, hurried, under the spur of emotions ihat seemed born of acon- tagion in the air, and anxious women went about with willing hands to ald in every department they might in- vade. Among these, her life adjusting itself easily and gratefully to the new demands, was Frances Brookin, the tenderness of her fine face softened and @eepened into divine womantiness, ‘the love-ray eloquent in her melting eyes. | awtittly the holiday side of #2 ees had faded out of view. Agonized si- lence swallowed up laughter. For the drift was coming in from where the storm of battle raged, wrecks of hue man forms once freighted with life's rarest merchandise. Soon every hos- pital, every available space in church and public building and the most spa- cious of private homes were to have their quota of the wounded, the éying, and thedead, The southern woman was entering upon that field of labor in which she achieved her noblest dignity, her fame its immortality. Foremost among those who first gave their en- jergies, their whole lives to the allevia- tion of suffering, the inspiration of the | hopeless and the despairing, was Fran- |ces Brookin. Free to dispose of her time as she would and with an abun- dant means at her disposal, she made herseif a ministering angel wherever a soldier suffered. Day and night she |Jabored, sustained by boundless patri- otism and an elation for which she could not account, try as she would. She failed in her seif-analysis. from ignorance of the fact that « voice that has once spoken to the heart is never quite silent afterwards, and that Youth when it buries its ¢.24 tramples not the sod above it. Fiery hatred of the invader possessed her, as it did her sisters; bred in the bone and nour- dshed with the mother's milk, it could not be quelled except by years of gentle | assuciation and a common cause, but I by a strange paradox this bitterness excluded every stained and bleody blue uniform or haggard northern face. | Out of the fight, these were ever out of the sweep of a Southern woman's ver- :geance. Upon the suffering prisoners | Frances delighted to lavish the tender- ness of her nature, now broadened and €eepened by its own ministry; and | Something touchingly human carried her among them, although she was not ~eonseiansof ih + = For this had come to pass: within the heart of Frances Brookin there lived a fiction, the Richaré Somers o! her gitlish dreams: Richard Somers as she had seen him face to face one night under the burning match, his voice Finging strong and true and tender upon her hearing. Before him, shut ting him into the sanctity of her room fhe had dropped a veil of iridescent gossamer, and within that room, seex [only through the veil, the man Livee jand reigned and had his kingdom ‘Through this veil, too, stirred by the breath of the suffering and the dying ‘of his own country, he spoke gently tenderly to her in the lonely hours © her vigils. The other Richard hac been dismissed, not harshly or hastily not in anger, but sadly—a man un worthy; a man at war with the trutl and nobleness of her nature and at wa / with her peopte. No one knows hoy | such fictions come about, but th - Learts of most women carry them, And time had helped Frances, fo Jooking back she re-established: man, ’ vital facts that lessened the sadness o | memory; the man must once have bee - noble—his deeds of merey and gentle } mess proved that; innately noble h ) must have been when she met him, fo - in the face of a great temptation h r had kept his promise to his friend, eve } to the extent of shutting his | eye -' against the girl whose arms had bee >, Avout him, whose lips breathed love fo ‘him, And somewhere, despite all th L trickery, there was still nobility, fo >" gilentiy he had ridden away, faithf > to his friend. We had lain under be 2 hands wounded by the pistol shot, an - no woman ever hated a helpless, suffe 1 ing man, As for his deceptions, hi y plots, some fearful necessity, must har > compelled him. The other woman She had been too base for him—she ha ® | been at heart a murderess. She it ws -\ who had dragged him down, And wi Fhe not caring for the child? Franc ® would not have admitted it to herse A had she realized it, but in the deptl : of that heart she had forgiven Richan * Somers. Her heart was big enough 1 t (hold him and all his weakness. We + | there @ loss of something from her m ® | ture? Or was there a gain? ©; No message had ever come to h © from Somers. no good or evil repor 9\ None? Yes, just a scrap soon after tl $ | war began. From some one, Brodna S| probably, since his name was upon | te | ghe had received a northern paper gi '» ing im its war gossip information thi * | Richard Somers had been reinstated | t | the army and promoted to be captal © | of artillery. X| But one day early in the spring | '* | 1862, when the great federal moveme : Vagainst Richmond was beginning a ¢ | When every train was bringing in * | bloody harvest, she leaned above % | wounded enemy. The question so oft | asked, “To what command do you t ah Re alates amie perers pectrhen Agee E RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGIN again, illumined like some strong pic- ture under the swift magic of the light- ning. ‘The wounded man saw in her face the glow of its reflection, ‘Tri- umph shone in her eloquent eyes, a sudden agitation locked the soft white Banas. “Do you know him, miss?” “12 Yes, yes! Is he well—is he safe?” ‘The man read more than she suspected, and turned his eyes away embarrassed. Be was singularly helpless from his wounds, aud she had his face at her mercy. Her woman's instinct dis- cerned bis thought; her lips moved without sound, but her soul was in the appealing look riveted upon him. “L think—not,” he said, reluctantly, at last. “In fact, I know that he—is wounded.” “Dead!—you mean!” she gasped in the struggle to conceal her anguish. “No, miss—not exactly that; but bad= ly wounded—very badly, I am afraid.” “Where is he?” She made no effort then to concea! the truth. She was on her knees, her eyes close to his. “In God's name, my friend, tell me—tell me all! Can't you see? can’t yousee?” She cored bes fewe, uuable to con- nee, “ET ean only tell you what I know, 'miss. He was not dead when I saw him last. Our guns were in the live when ‘the charge came. ‘The line was broken at both flanks, and the yelling confed- "erates were swarming about us. Every Bosse we hud ~as down, when word ‘came for us to look out for ourselves, Vand back we went to eseape capture— | what was left of ns. Well, miss, some- Yody said then that No.3 had been ‘left loaded—double-shotted with can- M4ster; the man at %e lanyard had fall- en dead just as he lifted his hand to | pull. And so the gun stood, ready to : te turned upon us. Then Capt. Somers ‘halted and looked abont for some one | to send back; but I think, miss, he must have seen that the chance was | desperate. It was only an instant, and ‘he wouldn't order any map to go; he ‘rushed forward over the 50 yards, | reached the gun and seized the cord. | He was my captain, and I couldn't leave him there, you know, so.1 had followed him, too. ‘Then up in front an army of gray seemed to rise as from the ground, | and they fired a volley as he pulled on | the lanyard. I threw myself on my face and eseaped. When I looked up the crowd ahead was disordered and torn, but still coming on; and the cap: tain lay by his gun. I crawled over j and laid my hand upon him, | “Tom, he said, cool as I am right | Bow, ‘I'm gone, but if you get out take | the papers in my pocket and my watch | tomy mother!” {took them as he tolé me. He fainted, J think, and I "was j afraid he was dead, but he breathed }again. And then, miss—tI hadn't triee « itsince I was a boy—he was lying upor vhis face, and rolling over, Ilay upor y him, back to back, locking my arms , through his. Turning over suddenly 1 had him on me adead weight,and then somehow, I got up. The whole thing ‘Was not s minute long. The confed. erates gave me a cheer fnstend of a vol {Tey til the voys rushed back tomeet us I got it in both legs then and this shoul der, and down we went. Theboys tool ‘him and left me, which was right; fo four men had died there to save hin and I looked like the fifth.” France! was kneeling by the wounde? mar , When he finished, stroking his cheel and brow, her frame trembling, Oh, brave! brave!" she cried. “Gos bless you and keep you—and kee} you!" 'she sank her faée beside him sobbing for joy. “The watch—the pa pers!” she cried, excitedly, remember Ing his commission. “Oh, sir, Lam bi | I am his nearest relative, south .' Give them to me, give them to me!" | “In my coat,” said the strange | gently, a wan smile upon his pale face , “Don't worry, miss; I guess the cap * tain" pull through all right.” Th | watch was there, and there too wer "the letters sealed for his mother read; for delivery if he were picked up dea by friend or foe. No line for ber, th | woman who loved. him once—loved hit +! as she had known him, Upon the inne ease of bis watch was his own nam t and address; and still no line for her "the woman who held him so dear, Bu - in the locket dangling from the chai =| there were two lines cut into the vir r gin gold: | SPrences, my wite, ,! “Richmond, April 3th, 3867" 5! How roseate then grew life for th a girl, He remembered! He bad key ; her words with him night and day » He loved her; he had told no fals r hood for the value of her father 1 wealth, As she stood by the wounde ¢ soldier, his eyes resting in sympathy o ] her, her own sceing nothing but th - face in that half-lit room where he s shrine was raised, all that was le! e af resentment vanished out of he ? heart, When afterward she realize i this she was amazed and troubled. s' One federal soldier at least in all t? s ‘ hosts that fell into confederate hant s had no cause to complain of his nur f ing. A hospital streteher bore him { s ‘the home of Frances Brookin and int d her room. It was her whim, and th o ‘stepmother was indulging her whin sin those days. There Frances at -' mammy, with William as a helper az e ARDS ACR = lars is our lines. He is wounded, but has re- covered sufficiently to travel. He will not enter the service again, sir; his in- ' juries inespacitate him.” “And is that all?” “ant” | “May I ask why this extraordinary ‘interest in a private soldier?” The ' president was smiling. his sad, kind face questioning her closer than his lips ‘alone. She described the scene of her 'friend’s heroism, the quick interest of ‘her hearer revealing the kindly heart | within him. | “Grand!” he said, briefly. “I should be glad to see him—but no"—and he "turned slightly towards the mass of ' papers—“the crowd wait>” | “The man that this soldicr saved,” | she said, simply, “was a—kinsman ol ‘ mine—one to whom I am greutly in ' debted.” | “And is that all?” | “That is ail,” she answered. But uv- der the pleyiul, mocking gaze of the ' president sic felt her face grow ori ' son, He smiled and bowed gravely from j his chair when he noticed the tell-tale binsh, |. “That is att” he said, One line upor | A.sheet of official paper and the touch | of a handbell, and Frances found her- | self under the guidance of a messen: | geron her way to the wardepartment. | At the door of the department she me! { Raymond Holbin in a new and glitter | ing uniform. He was coming out, but seeing her, stopped in surprise. | “You here!” he exclaimed. | “why not?” She gave him but « glance, a sarcastic smile playing about , her lips. | “Tt is no place for women; you should be at home.” | “It is ne place for:men; you shoule not be at home, Capt. Holbin.” An . angry reply arose to his lips, but he checked it. “You know why Iam not,” he said; “I have been unfairly treated; but say the word, and I will go even as a private soldier—if , ou will prom ise—” | “It is immatertal to. me whethes (Fou ROOF siay,” sue, Bd passed in, Holbin waited am at and fol + lowed her, keeping out of her sight. | N¥hat was it the young woman swanted?” ho asked of a ¢lerk ac quaintance, with careless indifference |) when she was gone, “An order for the parole of a pris oner and a pass through the lines. Uns Raymond watked away in deey { thonght, a messenger polnted him ou toa hotel porter, mua swe latter hand (ed him a sealed envelope, Within this }yas a card bearing the name “Low (TO BE CONTINUED.) Unmoved. “I understand,” said the indignant citizen, “that you used large sums of money in the election.” | “That's all right.” answered Senator ‘Sorghum, cheerfy, “I'll get it all back one way or another."—Washington Star. ‘The Young Papa. “Popley’s baby is beginning to talk now.” | “Has he been boring you with some .stortes about it?” | “No; but I sat next tohimatthe lunch rounter to-day and I heard him say ab- tently-mindedly to the waiter: ‘Dim- me a Jink of water, p'ease, "—Philad:l- phia Press, | Slightly Mixed. ‘The ctotheniine with a dozen sheets Swayed gently to and fro; > And the half-tanked poot muttered: “Phe word's a sheeting ow.” —Citcinmatl Boautter. | HOW SHE FIGURED TIME. sam 2 ales ed } ; Adah 5 2 ‘ \ e Bea t ; 3 4 | (GBB e 8 mir! “ sree oy Ky ( Lee fre. LED i os du Gad © - <a = howe He (alarmed)—Gracious, the clock has just struck one, andl promised your grandmother I'd go at 12! | She (comfortably)—How glad I am! ‘We've got 11 hours yet—St. Louis Re- public. ; Semewhat Sten’: From scraps the clever pugilist Oft oxtracts a lot of cash: But the scraps he doesn't relish, ‘Come in the guise of hash, Cincinnati Enquirer, Lost All, “A burglar came to my roem and took my diamonds, and I lost everything 1 possess,” said the actress. “Why didn't you use your voice?” asked the reporter, “Oh, I lost that, too,”"—Youkers States. man. ‘ Re ee el Rs Se a ae Wl Bt a uN me an fa: ee pANC, lg OR Me, - EN a “SOMETHING FOR NOTHING” What Former Governor Altgeld of Illinois Had to Say to the San wena In former Gov. John P. Altgeld’s new book just published, “The Cost of Something for Nothing,” occurs a pas- sage concerning the liquor traffic which might have been written by one of our own reformers, says the Union Signal, “In America, the liquor traffic has Fielded great profits both in manufac- turing and in retailing; and men en- gaged in this business show, for 2 time, evidence of prosperity. Some of the most palatial homes in this coun- try belong to brewers and distillers, their equipaces are the best, and thelr manner of living Is sumptuous. “One generation of brewers and dis- tMlers in America has passed away and we can study their lives and pas: judgment on their work. The most Impressive thing that strikes the ob- server of these men is the universalite of their morat ruin. “Personally, many of the men en- gaged in this business are not only men of ability, shrewdness and enter prise, but they are men of kindly im- pulses and inclined by nature to be generous; and some of them possess considerable ewiture. “Why should a Ddlight hang over them? It is the moral taint in thei business that comes home to them with its trail of death, “Why say moral taint? Because the effect of the whole business, as non conducted, is to eater to the weak. A NATIONAL PROBLEM. ee Cnhae Gal i farrat f re Bi ci hag} Seu Ware) 7. Whee aes (ae eer cg cee, ae “ig Fe ei Re ee ot ot Nay pf ‘Soe a c Zeer; » OT ica, UNCLE SAM 11\5 AN ELEPHANT ON a SES Messes, to ‘estroy the character and lower the social status of ten ahd of communities; and this demoralization and ruin reaches back to the source from which it sprang. “Vibrations in (he atmosphere move tn a circle in all directions from the point of disturbance, and all that come within that circle feet more or less of ‘the shock. In the traffic in Mquor, both the hand that delivers and the hand that receives the liquor become palsicd. “If liquors were made and sold as drugs and groceries are sold, the ef- fect would be different. If men took them as they take drugs and food, a small per cent. would be used, and the demoralization following would be comparatively: small But the mamifacturers of liquor want to make money, and they en- @eavor to swell their sales. For this purpose they exicourage the opening of saloons, “These saloons become lounging- places, where characters and habits of Industry are drstroved, where habits of drinking ani carousing are formed that pull down’ not only the individual but his family; and every time the drunkard and his family sink a noteh lower, the moral effect tends to bight the family of the saloonkeeper, the brewer, and the distiller, who created the conditions from which this ruin proceeds. It is the reactionary effect of human conditct, The mlerabe of mor: ‘Al degradation works backward as well ax forward” Showing One's Colors. The superintendent of a seamen’s mis- tion says that one of his yours: saliors, who had sigued the pledge and worn the white ribbon, had to enter a hospital later_on. The physician preseribed srandy; but when he saw the ribbon he shanged the medicine, saying: “I can sive you something that will take the place of it; I never mean to do anything ‘Uhat will rouse a dormant appetite if T tan help it.” Sech an emblem, like the badges of certain organizations, is a positive safeguard. “You'll often be laughed at after you put on this uni- form,” said Gen. Booth on one occasion to a company of the Salvation Army, “but you'll not so often be tempted. All the devils run from a soldier that shows his colors.” Unchristian Conduct. A government that will sell to 250,000 Wf its people the monopoly to make and sell fourteen hundred millions of dollars” worth of poison, the use of which cre- ates an uncontrodable appetite which when sated makes paupers, idlots, luna- ties, fornfeators, adulterers, thieves, liars, Sabbath desecrators, suicides and murderers; sending annually the bloat- e@ carcasses of 2 hundred thousand of them to the grave, and as many souls tc hell, may be a Christian government. But, says the National Advocate, these are not the mari.s by which “all men may know that itis Christian.” STIMULANTS. They Are of Various Kinds and They Work Due Mil to the Hiu- man Race, The use of stimulants {s becoming ‘more and more common, Some {esi unable to begin their day’s work with- out a stimulant of some kind, ‘They wake in the morning without sufficient strength or ambition to get out of bed, find A &Y feel tie need of sometning } whip them up. They start out to work, but @0ut 10 or 1 o'clock a faint or exhausts “@ feeling comes over them, and they ins Si2€ they need something to stimulate .'em. Some go to the nearest drug 2% and procure a so- called “pick-mea Ps” While others re- sort toa bar and ) Mulge Ina drink of spirits. ‘There is a Tether class who depend upon the pi,® stil another who would not do any af these wicked things, who go to the tes, 1t- But all of these are slaves to a eX mulant. During the siceping heurs We store ep energy to be used in carrA'E fur- Ward muscular, glandular ami n/ental activity during the day. Wher in health we start on the duties of thé @ay with ihe brain and nerve cells stored full of energy, but toward even~ ing we begii to fecl a little weary, providing we do with our might what our hands or minds find to.co; this i physiological fatizue. Nature says all muscular and brain effort should ecase; man needs rest and sleep; he needs to store up more enersy. Nature tries to reserve a certain amount of energy to carry forward the | Vital functions of the internal organs during sleeping hours; for the heart must be kept pumping, the lungs in- haling and the liver and other orzans eliminating the wastes formed during the day. Many, however, get to the point where nature calls for rest long be- fore night. This is because they have @ depleted capital to start with, and long before that time are living upon the reserve. When they have that ex- hausted, tired feeling, instead of @o- ing the wise and sensible thing, getting & rest, they take a so-called siimulant, This fs supposed to impart energy and strength, but It is a deception. When & person takes a stimulant, he robs the digestive organs and the heart of that which nature tries to reserve for them. In a Iittle while, if this course is pur- sued, the person becomes a chronic dyspeptic and finally a total wreck. Stimulants are not nutrients. They do not add, but subtract enerzy. If this Is continued, finally the action bf the heart, the vital pump, fs interfered with and arrested. Hundreds of people resort to stimu- lants, imagining that they Import Strength. What wonld you think of a man who starts in business and invests A certain sum of money and remains in business for five years, and during that time lives upon the orlsinal capi- tal that he invested, yet flattering him- self that he is doing well? The time must come when his bankers will in- form him that he is on the verge of bankruptcy. This illustrates the case of a man who starts life with an excellent hered- tty, good mental and physical powers, and who, by the use of stimulants, keeps up. He lives upon and is ex- hausting the principal, and surely comes to the point of physical bank- ruptcy. He says: “Nothing hurts mo.” His flushed face is to him an evidence of health. Nature finally protests in unmistakable language and notifies him of his true stata. a= ‘Much of our {lt health and chronic tnvalldism may be traced to the use jet these narcot!s silmulants. The sub- stances that we rely upon so mich are decetvers, which whip up, but never bulla up. TEMPERANCE ITE2S. Drink Is a greater destroying force than all cther physient evils combined, Henry Ward Beecher. DD. + The temperance forces of Grexon car ried thelr lcs! option measure by 3.000 majority. ‘The Jaw applies to precinets, wards and counties Moral suarton for the man who @ytoka; Mental auasion for the man who thinks: Legal suagion for the drunkans makers Privon suasion for the mtatuie breaker. 6. W. Bungay. | And when the victory shal! be com- plete—when there shall be neither @ slave nora drin!iard on the eari)—how proud the title of that land whieh may truly claim to be the birthpiare of both these revolutions (hat shal! have ended in. that vietory—Abraham Lincoln, February 22, 1812. ‘The Canadlin Pioneer gives a list of 80 munleipalities in the province of On- tarlo in which no liquor shops are al- lowed. In some cases Heenses are pro- hibited by the town by-laws, and in oth- er cases the licensing commissioners re- frain from issuing licenses where public opinion ts adverse to their doing so. Rohrsville, Md., has no saloons as the result of a court decision. When a pe- titfon for a saloon received 16 names the temperance people were aroused, em- ployed a lawyer and worked hard with the result named. The law of the state requires 12 signatures of respectable freeholders within a radins of two miles. ‘Sitbiwiall. inven ait hehehe: Lord Chief Justice Coleridge stated, | from the bench of the suprome court of England, that “Judges were weary with calling attention to drink as the prin- cipal cause of crime," but he could not refrain from saying that “if they comd make England sober they wonld shut up nine-tenths of the prisons.” ) ‘The Moderate Drinker. Every man who, accor@ing to his own ‘notions, is only a moderate drinker, places himself by this indulgence on a lower intellectual level and opposes the fall and complete utilization of his in- ‘tellectual powers.—John J. Abel, M.D, Johns Hopkins University. Looking for Bargains. ‘The woman candidate faced the un- manly man who wished to sell his vote. “No, sir,” she said. “I will not give you a dollar for your vote. It is not worth it. But, say, I'll give you $1.97 {f you can manage to vote twice!"— Dineinnat! Enquirer. Varied Tmpressions. “What do you think of Mr. Biggins?” “He's cne of those human enigmas,” answered the smart girl “You can’t make up your mind whether he looks stupider than he is or whether he fs stupider than he looks."—Washington Star. was Buceatta Go wae “How long have you been married?” “Oh, about two years.” “And do you consiler your wife an angel yet?” “No, not yet."—-Superior (Wis) Tel- £ CAUCHT BY HIS TAOUSERS Tree Lima) Holds a i ipht Prowler Ome til Oticws of the Law Release aud Arvest Him. i David Brooks wa: rrested on the limb of a tree in a yard a: Ot Second Street, Louisville, Ky., the other night by the police. Dayz had been prowke ing about William Grom’s rear yard, and when it was evident the family was alarmed, had thought it best. te retire, There fs a tree in the Grom yard an@ 4 powerfully high fence, David thought to reach the one by ciimbing the otter, and this he did just as Sergt. Davis, Corporal Gunther aud Patrolmes Werhle and Hori, summoned fan on YU Wy iH an ba Ve aN re ed and * ey y lie ers £Q a “apes? S | (Ge, Soon tral station, entered the front yar@ But drink was David's undoing. About one-fourteenth of what had been @ quart of whisky was still in the bots te. From his position in the tree Das vid leaped for the fence, ut somebody —probably faie—had driven a nail, an old rusty nail, in the very tip of the limb, and there David's trousera caught, Straight through the seat of hir newly acquired trousers the ot resty nail plunged, and there Davi hang. Had he drunk less freely he might have left only his trousers to be captured by the officers. but David hadn't drunk less freely, and so the charge of suspected felony was placed against him at the county jail “I didn't like these old pants when 2 bought ‘em,” said David, who fs col- ored, “but that old second-hand deales persuaded me to buy ‘em. KITTENS IN CLERK'S COAT Cat Gives Birth to Family in Official’s Garment and Refuses to Be ) Dislodged. ‘When business was done and it was time for everybody in the Tombs police court, New York, to go home the other afternvon “Cheriie” Aunties, ome of the clerks, reached for his coat. He found it had fallen to the floor and that the office eat had taken jt for a bed. The gat seemed indispored to surrender ft “Charlie” investigated, aud found the eat had two reasons for refusing. Each wars kitten “Well, I'l be darned!" said the clerk, Just then the telephone bell rang, and ae | SSS — BA ica << a pil } es ty yh | ey aia | td Wee) A a ry i. Le iy, Eo ts ip ee ie Ge FR i LR Za 7p) i SS fetes POL, | | aI eos wee ee WHAT THE CLERK SAW, “Charlie” answered it, When he got back and tried to take possession of his much needed garment he found the cat had reenforced with three more reasons, und the kittens were five. “Keep the old coat,” sald the clerk, and, borrowing one from a friend, he left the cat In possession, When he got up to the Seneca club at ‘Twenty-sixth street and Broadway he found that the story of his experience with the cat and kittens had preceded him, Nearly every member of the club had a picture of a cat or a kitten, and handed it to “Charlie.” Lightning Plays Queer Prank. Lightning played a queer prank in the home of Miss Fthel Spooner, at ‘Marrisville, R. 1. It entered her par= Nor, strising the bird cage, and the hook and chain by which it was sus- [pended were thrown through the open ‘door into the next room; the spring had disappeared, probably being nvelt- ed by the bolt, and the cage itsel/ was blackened and hurled to the floor. The canary that oconried the eae is still as lively as ever. Courtship Lozg Drawn Out. Bohemia is the country of long court ships. In no other part of the world are they so abnormelly drawn ont. It fs not rare to boar of engagements which have evicted from 15 to 20 yeara. An ol wa) dled recently tn Prague at the ago of 9, who bad beem courting a gwoetheart for 02 years On the Wrong Trail. Miss Phoebs-—Mr. Johnson dle gonel- man T's settin’ mel ap foi, sp: ads two follahs.a woow ls cxcsiagehise, Nows don't dat show ar nes ob prow eenvent—Aprearances. fi: docelttul, gal. De prosperity tes fn Stable Keeper Jackson’= pocket, He am de man yo’ wants tr sei yo'r cap fol— Fadi. 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When writing to us to renew your subscription or to discontinue paper, you should give your name and ad dress, in our otherwise we cannot find you. CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change address of a subscriber, we must be sent to our as well as the present address. Subject in the Post Office at Dundas. SATURDAY.....OCTOBER 22, 1904 The political out-look leads the average man to believe that Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT will succeed himself in the White House. COLORED men, the Negro-haters are active, but God is raising up liberal minded white men in all sections of this country, who are speaking in our behalf. AFTER all, colored men, we should be careful of ourselves. We can do our cause much harm by our intemperate actions. We must merit the respect of the better class of white people in the southland. This can be done by good manners, the acquirement of money and property and the embracing of the advantages of an education. Despite the statements to the contrary, we should bear in mind that there is no color-line in business. When the Negroes own large blocks of stock in the railroad systems that now girdle the South, a way will be found to give all the rights and privileges to the Negroes that are accorded to the white people. Mr. Chas. H. Williams, one of the greatest advocates of equal justice to all men in this country was the innocent victim of a collision with a bicycle during the month of September at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is much improved, however. It would be a calamity to our people to lose him. THOSE FIVE FACTORS. PROF. S. C. MITCHELL of the Richmond Baptist College spoke at the True Refermers' Hall last Monday night, under the auspices of the Colored Y. M. C. A. of this city. The subject of his lecture was "Five Factors in the Negro Problem." His address was less surprising for what he did say than it was remarkable for what he did not say. He dealt with the moral, educational and economic factors, handling each of them with the skill of a trained diplomat. He gave expression to some positive views, but surrounded them with a worldwide application in such a way that none of his fair-minded hearers could take offense. He declared the policy he advocated would apply with equal force to white people. He was in favor of a lower education for the masses and a higher education for the leaders, giving it as his unqualified opinion that the elevation of the latter in this respect was absolutely essential to fit them for the positions that they were destined to occupy. He stated that the first three were fundamental factors, while the social and the political factors, enhancing the last two, in his opinion had better be permitted to take a Rip Van Winkle sleep and that it would be best for the colored people to make no effort at this time to arouse them. Prof. MITCHELL was careful to say that his views were expressive of the sentiment of the average southerner and we believe that he was correct in his conclusions. Of course, there are extremists among the white people and among the colored people, who will antagonize these latter views from their respective stand-points, still we see here a platform upon which the conservative white and colored men of the South-and can stand, in discussing the great questions. The social factor is easily disposed of, for it has already been settled in $i_{n}$ Dixie, for social conditions regulate themselves. Colored men resent the presence of white men in their families, either as visitors or servants, white white men invite the presence of colored men in their families as menhals, and never think for an instant of a changed family relationship. The Negro servant has been trained to aspire no higher than the position he holds. In dealing with the political factor, the conditions are different. It is true that it is a privilege, but it is a fundamental one and no race or people once free can yield up will gly the right of suffrage, without giving forth those signs of inferiority which betoken degredation and a return to bondage. Still, as a Prof. MITCHELL says, this phase of the question can be permitted to take a Rip Van Winkle sleep to all intents and purposes, for when you educate the leaders of the Negro race to the highest point, you put in motion those forces which will tend not only to awake the living, but almost vitalize the dead so far as the question of vital political rights is concerned. We can therefore afford to accept with equanimity, Prof. MITCHELL'S recommendations in the premises. Time will afford the great solution and the higher education of our leaders will be the agency. Take it all in all, this distinguished educator is the true friend of the white people of this section. His way is God's way and it leads to the platform of equal and exact justice to all men, which, after all is the only place where true happiness is found and permanent prosperity is perpetually watered from the fountain of eternal truth. AFTER THE LYNCHERS! THE following telegraphic report explains itself: "Columbia, S. C., Oct. 19th — Four months ago Kitt Bookard, a Negro, was lynched at Eutawauville, Berkley county, Gov. Heyward recognized it as a case in which a test of the law could best be made. When the local authorities failed to discover the perpetrators the governor employed two Pinkerton men, and these, under the direction of an officer, were charged with beating for three months, with the result that to-day J. H. Palmer, S. A. Eadon, Pink Martin, B. Martin and A. Bueler were arrested, and are to-night being brought to the penitentiary for safe-keeping, the Berkley jail being insecure. Three days ago a young man implicated in the killing, but now a witness for the State, was brought here and is now in jail. Warrants were at once issued for six men, all of whom, it is alleged, participated in the lynching of Bookard. Last night the solicitor telegraphed to the governor that he could not get local deputies to undertake to serve the warrants. The governor had four men sent from Charleston, and stood ready to send a company of soldiers if there was resistance. Five of the six men were taken to-day and the other will probably be captured. Bookard was taken from the guardhouse in Eutawville, tied hand and foot, stabbed to death, his body mutilated, and then sunk in the river. The town marshal is one of those arrested." It seems that the Governor of South Carolina means business. Some of our people may construe this activity to mean that he is determined to protect Negroes. Not at all. It is an attempt to uphold the law at all hazards, but to do this he must protect the Negroes committed to the care of the officers of the law. It is a practical demonstration though that lynchers can be apprenended and punished, when there is a strong minded and determined Chief Executive to enforce the law. It will be astonishing to every one not acquainted with the upper class of white men's character to know that such efforts should be made to panish these murderers. The effect will be highly beneficial even though the guilty men escape deserved punishment. When you have a southerner inst you, a bitter fight is ahead with the chances not altogether in your favor. When you have the same individual for you, the "fur will fly" in your interest and the outlook will be as encouraging as sunshine on a clear May morning, Lynch-law must go! Woman Found Dead In Her Home. Bridgeson, N. J. Oct. 19. — Mrs. Frank Rasinger, wife of a farmer living near here, was found dead in her home, with a gunshot wound in her body under the heart. Frank Rasinger, the husband, says he found the body on the floor upon returning to the house from the barn. A shot gun was found near the body. The county authorities are making a rigid investigation to learn whether it is a case of accidental death or suicide. Negro Attacks White Girl Altoona, Pa., Oct. 13.—A negro attacked Miss Annie Love, a white girl on her way to her home at Nealmont, a Tyrone suburb. He beat her over the head and robbed her, but before he could assault her he was scared away. One suspect has been arrested. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA THREE BLAMED FOR SLOGUM DISASTER Steamboat Inspectors Charged With Negligence by Investigators. WILL BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE Washington, Oct. 17.—Investigation of the General Slocum disaster, in which nearly 1000 persons lost their lives, by the national commission created for the purpose has been completed, and the report of the commission was made public today. In connection with the important findings of the commission presented in the report, President Roosevelt, to whom the report was submitted, has written a letter to Secretary Victor H. Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, briefly summarizing the report and directing him to carry into effect the recommendations of the commission. He also directs that Robert S. Rodie, supervising inspector of the second district, steamboat inspection service, and James A. Dumont and Thomas H. Barrett, local inspectors in charge of the port of New York, be discharged from the service, the commission holding them directly responsible for the laxity of the steamboat inspection to which the Slocum disaster was directly attributable. President Roosevelt's letter to Secretary Metcalf follows; "My Dear Sir: I have received the report of the 'commission of the United States on the investigation of the General Slocum disaster,' and the report of the department of justice of October 12, recapitulating what has been done by the department of justice in connection with the criminal proceedings taken against various individuals because of their connection with the disaster. It appears that the department of justice has already secured indictmentss against the master and captain of the Slocum, and against the managing directors of the Knickerbocker steamboat company, to which company the Slocum belonged, for misconduct, negligence and inattention to duty by the captain, and for aiding and abetting therein by the managing directors. Furthermore, the department of justice has secured indictments against Henry Lundberg and John W. Fleming, the assistant inspectors of the steamboat-inspection service, who actually inspected the Slocum, for fraud, misconduct and inattention to duty. Lundberg had been appointed merely on probation in the service, and has been dropped. There can, of course, be no further action taken about Fleming until his trial has been finished, although it does not follow that an acquittal would prevent the department from discharging him from the service. "In addition, the department of justice has secured the indemnity of the manager and three employees of the Nonpareil Cork Works of Camden, N.J., for putting upon the market compressed cork servers for the use in making the pay servers, each of which blocks contained in its centre a piece of bar iron weighing several ounces. This last offense was of so heinous a character that it is difficult to comment upon it with proper self-restraint. It appears that the national legislature has never enacted a law providing in set terms for the punishment of this particular species of infamy, doubtless because it never entered the head of any man that so gross an infamy could be perpetrated. I suggest that you report this whole matter to congress, transmitting these two reports, and at that time calling special attention to the need of imposing an adequate penalty for the making or selling of defective life-saving appliances. "In order that I may be informed as to the exact condition of the service in all its parts, I direct you to order a searching investigation, in continuance of the investigation of the commission, into the conduct of the central office and of every outside subdivision of the service save that in New York. You will also lay before congress a request that the law be changed in the various particulars recommended by the commission. I wish particular emphasis laid upon the proposal of the commission that there be created by law a special body thoroughly to investigate the laws which are supposed to provide for the safety of passengers on steamboats, especially on excursion boats, where the prime causes of danger are the overcrowding and the filmsy and highly inflammable character of the superstructure." Senator Proctor Re-elected Montpellier, Vt., Oct. 19. — Senator Redfield Proctor was re-elected to the United States senate by the Vermont legislature in separate session. The election will be officially confirmed today, when the two branches meet in joint session. In the upper branch of the legislature every vote cast was for Senator Proctor, but in the house the Democrats supported their candidate, John H. Senter, of this city. Of the 236 votes cast, 205 were for Senator Proctor and 31 for Senter. Small-pox On U. S. Transport. San Francisco, Oct. 18.—The transport Logan, which has arrived from Manila, is in quarantine, owing to the appearance of a case of small-pox during the voyage. The vessel brought 160 cabin passengers, including several army officers and 950 returning troops, 25 military prisoners and six insane prisoners. A. Football Victim Cory, Pa., Oct. 19—Charles Schreve, aged 12, of Union City, died as the result of being kicked in the head while playing football. A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Thursday, October 15. Colonel James P. Averill, Jr., vice commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, died suddenly at his home at Atlanta, Ga. Carter Harrison, mayor of Chicago, called on Judge Parker, the Democratic presidential nominee, at the Hotel Seville, New York. Chris Larsen was killed and Frederick Diamond and James Woods were The Bargain Procession Increases DAILY J. H. Busby, 00 Broad St. KENTUCKT AM. J. N. KIPPLEBERD & LTD. fatally scalded by a bursting steam pipe in the Hampton apartment house in Chicago. Herman E. Haas, charged with embezzling $20,000 from a Chicago bank, and who was arrested at Colon, Panama, has arrived at New York in charge of officers. Friday. October 14. The archbishop of Canterbury sailed from New York for England on the steamship Cedric. Charles H. Locher, well known in financial circles throughout Pennsylvania, died suddenly at Lancaster, Pa. Christopher Redfern, of Philadelphia, took a dose of muriatic acid by mistake for medicine and died an hour later in great agony. General Charles P. Ball, a prominent Confederate leader and former member of the Alabama railroad commission, is dead at Montgomery, Ala. The registration this year at the University of Pennsylvania is 2631, the freshman class being the largest on record, numbering 816 students. Saturday, October 15. Andrew Leoonhardt was hanged at Baltimore for the murder of his wife in 1833. All the public schools of Worcester, Mass., held memorial services in honor of the late Senator Hoar. orney General Moody was thrown from his horse while riding at Washington, but escaped injury. Walter Finney, former cashier of the Second National Bank of Belair, Md., was sentenced to jail for five years for embezzling $25,000. While Lewis Krause, aged 17, of Philadelphia, was attempting to fix the grate in a stove, his clothing took fire and he was fatally burned. Monday, October 17. Isaac Acheson, mayor of Binghamton, Tenn., has been sent to jail for 30 days and fined $50 for selling liquor on Sunday. Four United States soldiers were killed and seven injured by the premature explosion of a mortar at Fort Banks, Winthrop, Mass. Charged with misappropriation of funds of the defunct Gallion, O., national bank, former President T. L Hayes was indicted at Cleveland. While three burglaries were leaving his store, Henry Prinsky, of Pittston, Pa., wounded one of them with a shotgun, whereupon they dropped their plunder and fled. Tuesday, October 18. Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd, of New York, who was recently elected Episcopal bishop of Kentucky, has declined the office. The anniversary of the Sunday School Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church of America will be held at New York October 27-31. Funeral directors and livery drivers of Elgin, Ill., will take no part in Sunday funerals, and will do their best to prevent any being held on that day. Edward O. Johnson, a lawyer of Syracuse, N. Y., committed suicide in bed by saturating the bed clothing with chloroform and wrapping them about his head. Wednesday, October 19. The Economy Powder Mills, near Reading, Pa., were destroyed by fire, caused by an explosion. No one was injured. The jewelry store of Mrs. Schwartz, on the oakway at Atlantic City, was entered by thieves and $1800 worth of jewelry taken. The Great Council of Pennsylvania Daughters of Pocahontas held their annual session at Allentown, with 400 members present. Otis R. Barker, 93 years of age, a prominent woman in mournher, was thrown from his carriage and instantly killed at Pittsfield, Mass. Rev. Washington Gladden, of Columbus, O., has resigned the presidency of the American Missionary Association, the greatest home missionary association in the country. Officers of M. E. Local Preachers. Camden, N. J., Oct. 18. "The National Association of Local Preachers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at their session here, elected the following officers: President, William Boswell, of Philadelphia; vice presidents, John R. Wright, Washington, D. 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Special round trip tickets to permit you to investigate and full information furnished upon application to W. T. SAUNDERS, D. P. A., FRISCO SYSTEM, 1108 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. McGIRT'S MAGAZINE. $5. Per Day Sure. Agents are making $5.00 per Day Selling "McGIRT'S MAGAZINE." 120 W. Hill St., Richmond, Va JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, V TAP UIRNES ee A eet AE Sesh iagumee 9 cecenae OCTOBER 23, 190: SATURDAY OCTOBER 22, 1904. B Z/pSX—rhi | G84 Os Te Pog atin ri pee eager eee een tea In Nquid streams the glory beams; ‘The first bright mys are streaming: And near and far, “neath dying star, ‘The golden sun is beaming. © wake! O wake! the night is gone; Arize, your dreams forsaking: Arm for the batties of the day, For now the duy is breaking. “Tis come! ‘tis come! the volces dumb ‘Haye burst to cholrs of praises, Aa every lite bird of song ‘Its sinless voice upraises. © daydreak!—hear:—where tm the part ‘For you in ail this singing? ‘The birds are glad bolog; above ‘The angel Larpe are ringing. Rot te tt daybreak In thy soul? ‘Then rise and sing His praises. {he glorious sun oftighteousness From gloom your spirit raises, Forth from the night, forth from the ‘gloom ‘While sliver stars are dying— Hila light, His glorious light broadcast ‘The gicom of death defying. © victory! He died for met ‘Then I am free forever. ome back—thou nighti thy gloom and pall Shall fright my soul, no never! Day foods the whole wide world with tight ‘Where clovers sweet are swaying; ‘Where birds have sung farewell tonight, ‘Falth's morning prayer ls praying. Bright streaks of light first burst the sky, ‘And then, the night defying, ‘The holy Mood of golden dawn Swept down the gloom 4-dying. ‘Then—O effulgent day, giad day ‘© pesimody of glory? Bathe tn the tide, thou gloom-cast soul, ‘And know thou, too, the story. —B. F. M. Sours, in United Presbyterian, THE TROUBLED WATERS. ‘They Overtake Every Christian, But with Jesus in the Boat All Is Well. The disciples tempest tossed on the ea of Galilee, with Jesus asleep in the hinder part of the boat, is a perfect ple- ‘ture of the devout saint oppressed by the world, the fesh and the devil. Another scene, a little later, graphically illus- trates the same condition: Jesus is om the mountainside in prayer and His be- loved followers are “toiling In rowing:” literally distressed or tormented. The same word is used by the centurion who said that his servant was sick of the bailey, grievously tormented, and by the demons who asked of Jesus: “Art'Thou come to torment us before the time?” This ts a good word to express the sore triais of many of (he saints to-day. They are “tolling” or distressed of tormented by the stress of circumstances, personal- ly oF in the home or in business or in thelr spiritual relations. But what a comfort that “the Master of ocean and earth and skies” Is with ust “With Christ in the vessel we Iaugh at the storm.” He is never asleep in His glorified state, nor so occupied ‘with His high priestly function that He falls to notice the distressed and tor- mented of His Heavenly people down here in the hostile and foreign element ofearth. Thank God, He is always near at hand, ready and giad to be called te our relief. He is ours “to command.” In the Fourth Watch, when our case Seems hopeless, in the darkest hour He comes walking upon the water to our relief, saying: “It is I, be not afraid.” Then our belief ts rebuked, our hearts subside and we repose restfully in the arms of infinite and omnipotent love. “Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the morning.” Oh, soul, heartbroken by sorrow, over- come by temptation, crushed by ad- versity, wondering how leng you ean hold out in the present distress, asking what the end shall be, prophesying fail- ure, thinking yourself forsaken of God, look up and be of good cheer, Thy God lives, ‘Thy Saviour will never leave thee or forsale thee. The furnace will not be heated too hot for thee. Listen to the great Refiner: “When through the flery trite hy path- My grace ai Isufictent shalt be thy supply, The Hames cannot hurt thee, 1 ony destan Thy Grove to consume and thy gold to re- fine Let us cultivate the habit of trusting God when fie scems to be far away, urges Rev, W. J. Mosier, in Christian Work. When the healing is delayed, when the money does not come, when the position is not fond, when the Derseeution is not abated, when theloved one Is not saved or reclaimed, let us Teckon on Him Who calis things that are not as though they were and Who rais- eth the dead and quickencth whom He Will and ere long He will rebuke the ‘winds and the waves of temptation and trial, and there will be a great calm, and ere long He will appear on the troubled ‘water and finally we shall reach the land whither we are going, and for which our eager, weary sonis were longing. An ever present Christ with every bellever fs an assured fact. The apprehension of the fact means patience in trial, Joy In tribulation, thanksgiving in everything and rejoicing evermore. Tust Like Jesus. A French missionary doctor in Africa ‘Was setting out to visit a patient, when Ris lttle boy asked: “Papa, where are you going?” “I am going to see a little boy who is very sick; are you not glad that your papa can help the sick little boys?" “Yes,” the child replied, “it's dust like Jesus." ‘This child's remark muggests both the work and the reward of the medica! missionary, The reason why you do not trust Him iore is Uist you obey Lim so Uttle. If you would only ask what God would have you do, you would Soon find your confidence growing.— George Macdonald. HOW TO FIND TRUTH. It Is im Yieldiag to the Revelations Which Are Given to Us Day by Day. One of the most puzzling questions. perhaps, that can be addressed to any reacher, and has often been addressed to me, is this: Why does God not make it so that there shall be no room for doubt concerning duty, destiny, heaven, and things to come, concerning Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Father of our spir- Rs? Why does not God write as it were across the sky with the finger of phe- nomena the truth which all men can read? Why should not the vision al- ways and everywhere be granted tomen in common? “I do not know where to look for the truth,” cries many a young man who stands upon the very threshold of the truth that was meant for him. 1 will tell you how I always answer such & question if it is addressed to me, says Rev. R. J. Campbell, of the City Temple, London. It is this: There is only ono ‘Vision, 50, far as yeu are comeasaai, he vision which Ged =ss-= See pomp tt fronts you now, and obedience to that ‘will lead you to another, and obedience again will lead you higher still. Obe- dience to your vision means consecra- tion to your duty. We talk as though there were uncertainty concerning the things that matter most. God has left Ro uncertainty in His world concerning ‘the things that matter most just now; and the vision to which every man should conform his life is walling for ‘him, and shining on him in the midst of the things of common day. | ‘There is no man or woman in thls Place but that has seen a heavenly Yislion. The only question for you and me is: What response have we made to that vision? Oh, how few scem eas- fly able to discern the Divine in the midst of the common things! God comes to man upon the highway of life and In the midst of the ordinary duties of life, and heavenly vision is granted —not to the man who runs hither and thither, secking for “some great thing to do, or secret thing to know,” but in the way of duty, and in the midst of the trivial, as it seems, and the humdrum and the commonplace. Seek for God there or you will find Him nowhere, A REAL PRAYER. How a Little Girl Received a Prompt and Full Answer to Her Petition. A little girl whose sick mother had no bread, knelt down by the bedside, and said, slowly: “Give us this day our daily bread.” Then she went into the street and began to wonder where God kept His bread. She saw a large baker's shop. “This,” thought Nettie, “is the place.” So she entered confidently and said to the big baker: “I've come for it.” “Come for what?” My Guily bread,” she sald, polating to the tempting loaves. “I'll take two if you please—one for mother and one for me.” “Adl right,” said the baker, putting them into a bag, and giving them to his little customer, who staried for the street. “Stop,” he said, roughly; “where 4s your money 2” “I haven't any,” she said, simply, “Haven't any!” he repeated, angrily; “you litte thief, what brought you here, then?” The hard words frightened the litte girl, who, bursting {nto tears, said: “Mother is sick, and Tam so hungry, In my prayers I'said: ‘Give us this day our daily bread,’ and then I thought God meant me to fetch it, and so Tcame.”* ‘The baker was softened by the child’s simple tale, and he sent her back to her mother with a well-filled basket. GLEANINGS. Its no use blaming nature if you refuse nurture.—Ram's Horn. When you kill a good resolution you revive an old enemy.—Ram’s Horn. No one has lost his labor who has labored for the lost.—United Presby- terian. When the church owes last year’s coal bill it is not going to catch this year’s converts—Ram's Horn, “Better lose count enumerating your ‘Dlessings,” said Maltble D. Babeock, “than lose your blessings in telling over your troubles.” It is not time you want, but fire. Who would not cry out to God, 0, make my life how short I care not, So that it can have the fire in it for an hour!—Phillips Brooks. Sun, moon and stars are God’s tray- eling preachers; apostles on their jour- neys confirming those who fear the Lord; judges on circuit condemning those who worship idols—C. H. spur- geon. As man looks up he sees God's stars reflecting the light of the far off sun As God looks down He sees His shin- ing ones in this dark earth giving off the pure white light of the Son of the Infinite.—United Presbyterian. A man must not choose his neigh- Dor; he must take the neighbor that God sends him, In him, whoever he be, Hes hidden or revealed a beautiful brother. The neighbor Is just the man who is next to you at the moment ‘This love of our neighbor is the only door out of the dungeon of self.— George Macdonald. Unfailing courtesy, kindness, tender- ness and consideration for others are some of the greatest ornaments to the character of the child of God. The world can understand these things if it cannot understand doctrine. There 4s no religion in rudeness, roughness, Dluntness and incivility. ‘The perfec~ tion of practical Christianity consists in attending to the little duties of holi- ness as well as to the great—J, C. Ryle. Sotto Voce. The Groom (to himself)—What brite T've heen, and how I mus bavi frightened her. ; The Bride (to herse!f)—Well, I'v aled he is cotng to beso castlytacnace? —Preaklyn Life, THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. EER SS ee THE Dust. vi NNY| . | " = Parave Propucr or wew yore | 2 os CITY CLVILIZATION, | 3 ar: . ' ; | 3 : How He Mécts His Juliet, What She | = e Says to Him and He to Her— | ‘ Laying the Foundation of | = * | The Bowery Jobunie, like most other New York institutions, is an original Product. You sce iis like nowhere else, He came into existence with the advent of the traveling burlesque companies Which have dominated the cheap va- riety theaters for the last ten years, and his development has been rapid. Like his Broadway brother, says the New York Sun, the Bowery Johnnie may be of any age over 16. It all depends on the juvenility of his heart. He is just jas likely to be a blue-eyed youth with hair parted in the middle, patent leath- er shoes and the Bowery’s latest cut suit and a pocketbook that needs replenish- ing as he is to be fat and bald headed. The female members of Bowery burlesque companies ere not always de- void of talent or lacking a pretty face. BBS © toe wal bate Girt who captt- ‘he Foannte’s heart To see her he waits in front of the theater where the women members of the company | usually make their exit, or sits ex- | pectant in the cafe, if the theater has a cafe annex, as it usually has. In the lat~ | ter case he Invarlably alts vis-a-vis with , the object of his adoration waiting to invite her to have a drink. Naturally, an easy method of intro- ducion is to send the charmer a note, not a sloppy note, but usually very much to the point. A few years ago a minor pugtlist whose reputation was based on the fact that he had defeated a man who ‘was once the sparring partner of a box- er who was whipped by Terry McGov- ern, sent one of these notes to a chorus | girl, who was mean enough to thow {t around. This is what it contained: | 1 mw de show to-night and wants to meet youse. I'm Mickey the Kid, pugiint and scrovper. If itis allright an youse are ‘on de fevii meet meat MeGurks after de show. MICKEY THE KID, athlete. But the average Bowery Johnnie es- chews the formality of note writing if : is as Zs JN) Cry A oN Nh NN, S he can avoid it, Sometimes he sends news of his intentions to his idol by a stage hand. | “A friend of mine,” says Cupid's am- | bassador, “would like to make a date | wit’ youse, He's allright. He's a good feller. Don't throw him down, ‘cause | he's me pal.” Of course, the girl may protest that she has a previous engagement or that she never goes out with strangers, or that she has promised to be home at a certain time. But it ts current tostl- mony that she rarely does, She appreci- ates an invitation tosupper, and a tryst 4s made in the theater cafe. The popu- lar introductory phrase is: “What will you have?” and the Indy Is expected to fay: “Beer.” after which the conversa- tion ranges to the weather, the show, ete | “Tm glad 1 met you," Romeo wil probably say aficr awhile, “and 1 hope TH sce you again after to-night,” “Of course I will he pleased to meet Fou once more,” Juliet will reply. “7 enjoyed your sociability very much, in- deed I did, and that ain't no joke.” “L love the stage,” says Romeo, with much earnestness, “and I wish I was an actor. Say, it must be lovely to be an actress.” “Oh, I don't know,” answers Juliet, “There are other jobs as good. You see, Thate traveling and appearing in tights. But you know Lillian Russell and Paul- ine Hall and Lulu Glaser and all those Broadway soubrettes have appeared in tights. I don’t say that Lean aet as good as they can, but I guess I have a better shape, haven’t 12" Which is the chance for which Romeo has been waiting. “You can bet your life you have,” he says with much feeling. “They don’t come no better than you." And he feels then that the foundation of his love affair is well Iaid. For suppers the Bowery Johnnie pre- fers the Chinese restaurants as centers of town gayety. He does not regard fa- Vorably expenditure on flowers. Them an up-to-date Bowery Johnnie thinks the height of extravagance. ! Wore Mustache After Death. It is well known that human halt grows after death. This was convine- ety demonstrated to a young widow ‘im Liverpool. She attended a spiritual- Astle seance and tn a dim light was shown the specter of her husband. She embraced the specter. found him to be ‘rather warm and substantial for a ghost and rapturously kissed him, Then ‘she made the discovery that although ‘to Ife “her Jim” always had a closely shaven face, he now wore a luxuriant mustach. A New Experiment. Inquiring Friend—What on earth tn- @uced you to marry, old man? De Bauchee Loosefish—Why, dear boy—you see, I've tried everything else.—Ally Sloper Man’s Way. Unto his friends, both far and near, | “Without ose thought of price, | The average man will freely give | “Both opision and advice eee = iM 2 R Lees 4 S 3 3 5 3 * . o iF bs = q . “a “ ® s ca ' i @ i 4 2 4 2 o > Mas. 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Brewington ‘died about three months ago and, ac- ‘tording to the slatements of | his driends, he has been prowling around ‘the village at night for more than two months. He appears to his friends only at night. One negro wi o bas a family and a as rae Willers: BY WY returning home In the early morning hours solemnly vows that never again ‘Will he attend to business matters after dark. He declares that he met the spirit of Brewington a few nights ago fn a llttle skirt of woods near their church and the sight that met his eyes nearly scared him to death. To a New York World correspondent be said: “I nebah in all my bohn days seed sich a uncommon sight. I wah Jes’ Ink I's friz fas’ to de yeath wid my mouf wide op'n, my eyes sot an’ a-trem- bin’ ike a dawg wid a half dozen agers. Couldn't talk, but I promis’ de Lawd den an’ dah in my hald et He'd drive dat thing away I'd quit my fool- (shness and ten’ church, n’ I'm agwine for to do it. Dat thing had long ho'ns fea’ lak a old-time ox an’ a tale ‘bout tix foot, as sharp as a razah, De black smoke wah a-flyin’ out ob his mouf lak tt wah comin’ out ob a steam injun, Wid a snort an’ a slash ob his tail he cut down a lot of pine trees an‘ den lof—an’ so did I. When it come good fay I went to look at de damfg and foun’ de pine trees all a-standin’. No, boss, I'm done wid sin.” Farmers with peach orchards, melon Patches and chicken roosts are highly pleased with the good work Brewington Is doing. Sweat Hanae. Ernestine—Yes, indeed, Jack brought me a box of the most delicious candies T ever tasted. Eva—You don't say! Did you smack your lips? Ernestine—Oh, he attended to that. —Milwaukee Sentinel. In Tokio. Lady Customer—t'd like to buy a door mat. Jap Merchant—Here {s something very nice in Russian bear and they are very popular this year; the whole nation is wiping its feet on them.—Detroit Free Press. 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Rates Reasonable, All the Comfort oo cittome ae Orders received by letter or telegraph. MES. BOOKER LEFTWICK, PROPRIBTRESS, SIGN.2dSt, iehmond, 5 THE PLANET AROUND THE "Gosh," said a grizzled veteran to a Chicago Inlet Ocean reporter, "I hope those Russians who put up such a fight at Port Arthur were not new to bombardment. If they were I will bet a pound of hard tack they were scared a good many times when the saps first got their range. Nothing scares a fellow worse in the beginning than a well organized bomber ment, and nothing is accepted with greater indifference by soldiers when they get used to it. "I remember an experience we had while camped at Gaulle bridge in the summer of 1851. The art of war was new to us then, and we believed if any man pointed a gunon in our direction A man running away from a fire. HAD NARROW ESCAPE. (Ball from Rebel Gun Knocked Cup of Coffee Out of Soldier's Hand.) And let drive he was bound to kill somebody. Imagine our consternation when the confederates across the river opened on our camp from guns high up on the preceptibles hills. We couldn't understand how they got there, and their boldness in erecting batteries so near our own camp paralyzed us. In addition they sent solid shot rolling over our parade ground and among our tents. They knocked a cup of coffee out of a man's hand and knocked a kettle of beans off a fire built just right to cook beans. We were surprised that the general did not order us to move camp at once, but he did nothing of the blind. After we had been bombarded for five or six hours he rode down to see us, and found the boys chasing the enemy's cannon balls on the parade ground. He laughed and sald the experience would do us no harm, and it didn't. "The confederates blazed away at us every day for seven days, and we wondered why the general didn't do something about it, but we didn't care whether he did or not. There were live-in incidents every day, but not a single man in our regiment was hurt. One day Capt. Fee, our quartermaster, decided to ride down the river road from Mount Tompkins to our camp. He was a striking figure and he rode a striking horse, and scarcely had he started on his trip when the confederates turned their guns on him. "The road followed the river bank, river close on one side and a high, precipitous cliff close on the other. The cannon balls from the rebel batteries crashed against the cliff, bringing down showers of fragments and splinters from the rock. Capt. Fee's horse didn't like this, and the boys expected to see the captain turn back. Instead he gave his high spirited horse the rein and he came down that road at a gallop, the confederates firing at him as rapidly as they could load. As the captain came into camp the boys cheered him lustily and the confederates at the batteries across the river joined them. Our boys said that if the confederates couldn't hit a man and a horse under such favorable circumstances they couldn't hit anything, and they became contemptuous of all bombardments." Words the Mare Understood words the mare Understood. "It is a queer thing the way animals learn the meaning of certain words," said Mr. W. T. Reeves, of Little Rock, to a Washington Post reporter. "I remember as a boy a certain old gray mare that belonged to our family, which one of my older brothers had ridden the whole time of his service in the confederate army. She was a magnificent saddle animal and ordinarily as gentle as a lamb, but if anyone ventured to say, when on her back: 'Look out, the Yankees are coming!' she would proceed to bolt at the very top of her speed as though terror stricken, and it was a difficult thing to quiet her down. I suppose the words had in some way been borne in upon her equine intelligence during the conflict, and they must have had some frightful meaning. Once I addressed them to her to my sorrow, for, suddenly wheeling, she left the road and plunged into a thick piece of woodland, with the result that a projecting limb knocked me senseless to the ground. After that, when astride of the old mare I suddenly avoided all reference to the Yankees." Elis Luck. "What kind of luck have you had with your automobile?" "First rate." was the answer. "It has been undergoing repairs so much of the time that there has been practically no opportunity for accident."—Washington Star. IS WORTH PRESERVING. Where the Men Who Fought for the Union Came From and What They Looked Like. New York furnished the most troops for the union cause—nearly 550,000 men. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Massachusetts followed in that order. Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia were the only states not to contribute troops to the union cause. Only ten states exceeded their quota. The following table shows the number of troops requested by the government and the number furnished by each state: The following incident, reported by a correspondent of the National Tribune, took place near Judge Va., during the late unpleasantness. Mayfield Kiser, now of Dickson county, Va., was a man of strong union proclivities. The confederates often took him to the army by force, but he had a particular penchant for escaping. Upon one occasion, while the company to which he belonged was stationed in HE PLAYED THE HOG. Lozwell county, every avenue of egress was so well guarded that escape seemed impossible. Kiser noticed that a number of large hogs often came within the lines, and went out at will. After trying every other method and failing to escape, he decided to "act the hog." So, after dark one evening, observing the swine going out toward the line of sentinels, he got down on his hands and knees and made himself look as much like a hog as possible. By this ruse he passed the picket lines without detection, and when safely beyond the lines he transformed himself into a biped of goodly proportions. Being asked afterward if he grunted, Kiser replied: "Well, yes; I outgrunted the biggest hog in the lot!" Worth Trying. He—I understand for some maladies physicians are recommending yawning. She, yawning, as the clock strikes 12.—Yes; I think I'll try it for that tired feeling—Yonkers Statesman. THE RICHMOND PLANET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. JOB DEPARTMENT 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. OF THE LATEST STYLE BOND, FINE WRITING—FLAT AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOPES, ETC. 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 Our street-entrance is retired and has no objectionable features, the most fastidious lady being able to enter without embarrassment or annoyance. 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 EXCURS We print Handbills, Quat Sheet posters, Tags, Tickets, L utes, Visiting Cards, Mourning WE HAV Our OF THE WE CAN PRINT A BILL A A Three-S AS LARGE AS A Our street-entrance is reti fastidious lady being, able to o LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE, Medical Examiner—Suppose you should have a patient with some disease which you knew nothing about. What would you do? Student—Charge him five dollars for the examination, and then send him to you—N. Y. Weekly. Easily Explained. "And why did you insist upon standing by Miss Sniffen all through the reception? I k. you don't like her." "Of course I don't. Didn't you notice how my new gown made her's look cold and dead?"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Found an Angel "True, but she tells me that she once lived with your mother, and stood it for three weeks."—N. Y. Weekly. A Concrete Application. Little five-year-old Edith was taken to a dentist, who removed an aching tooth. That evening at prayers her mother was surprised to hear her say: "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our dentists."—Little Chronicle. Relieved. The Wife—I have given orders to have the duck carved in the kitchen, to-day, dear. The Husband—Ah! then I can give thanks in good faith—Yonkers Statesman. Defining Him. "Explain, if you please," said Miss Prim, "What you mean by that slangy word 'slob.'" Said Miss Pert: "It's a man with a long mustach Who eats green corn on the cob." -Chicago Tribune. THE MAN FOR THE PLACE. BASE BALL TO DAY WARNING DELEGATE "Say, but wouldn't I make a dandy umpire. I'm so used to ter callin' fellers out on strikes!"—N. Y. Herald. 'Twill Be Lower. 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And in fact everything that is need ed in house furnishings. RUGS AND CARPETS. Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS. Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. S. C. G. Jurgen's Son 421 EAST BROAD ST., between 4th and 5th Street Subscribe to THE PLANET. $1.50 per year." RK OF ALL OUR AIM is to please our patrons and to give them the best service at the lowest prices, consistent with satisfactory work. LEGANT ALL SHOW ANY ONE DESIRE om Embra TINE WRITING—FLAT AN ELEVEEES ARE COMPETENT AND OFFER OF THE PUBLIC, BEING WITHIN THE features, the most or annoyance. FOR FUR Jo PETER past and present and future in a DEAD TIME, the power of any two Mediums you ever met. In tests she tells your mother's full name before marriage, the names of all your family, the names of your present husband, the names of your next if you are to have one, the name of the young man who now calls on you, the name of your wife, the names of your marriage, how many children have or will have, whether your present sweetheart will be true to you and 'he will tell you when you will have one and his name, business and date of acquaintance. All your future will be told in an honest, clear and honest manner, and you should know the success of their husbands and children; young ladies should know everything about their sweethearts or intended husband, and you should go into business until you know all, do not rely 'our customs prevent your consulting. This subject has received no little attention by eminent men and even cottage professors, but it is not without reason that they are infringers in our midst with oily toenails, perhaps the gates of wisdom have not been closed to them. It takes a great deal of study to become an accomplished medium and by a continuous and unentiring effort, the key to the work of apperception is the study of the human body by MRS. MARTH for the benefit of humanity. CHICKASHA, INDIAN TERRITORY. (BOX, No. 958.) 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. We print Church Envel- ALL DESCRIPTION and to service at consistent work. We furnish "cuts" when complete special work in our line, call and see us an T LINE OF DESIRING TO SEE THEM. traces a full T AND LINEN PAPER, ENVELOP WE HAVE ONE OF THE OF WOOD Of Any Job Printing T AND QUICK-WORKING. OUR OFFICE WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF BROAD ST. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, AND John Mitch 311 N. 4th St W. S. SELDEN, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER. Warerooms: 1508 E. Broad Street OLD 'PHONE, 1484 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, APPLY TO John Mitchell, Jr., S. J. GILPIN, 506 E. BROAD STREET, Richmond, Va. DEALER IN Fine Boots, Shoes, and Ladies Gaiters, All Kinds of Fine Footwear. I name be- er a family, and busi- me of your name of the name of best of what may ask ese adver- dency human oughts for phraseology in tendency the business persons will what they confront desavor to now so as a Medium. by unfair business New Phone, 478. ROBT. S. FORRESTER FLORIST 215 E. Leigh Street, Leonard's Reliable Prescription Drug Store 724 North Second Street. A WE HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST ASSORTMENTS OF WOOD-TYPE Of Any Job Printing Establishment in the city. 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. RESIDENCE, 1308 E. Leigh St. Richmond, Virginia. H. F. 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PURE GOODS, FULL, VALUE FOR THE MONEY. 1610 East Franklin Street, [Near Old Market.] RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. THE PLANET SATURDAY..... OCTOBER 22, 1904 A FISH STORY. long ago, rather than to show the way the luring h to throw. had the flies—a perfect book— With every size and style of hook. My lines were sik, both strong and light; I thought my outfit was just right. I had a gaff, a landing net— Of nothing was I sky. I always make a point to get The best that coin will buy. I had a basket for the fish— All that an angler bold could wish. The livelong day we fished that stream— This story you may doubt— But, howsoever you may deem, I simply united them out. The boy was not so lucky quite; In fact, he hardly had a bite. He bought four beauties from my string— My charges were not high; Well, my its not a common thing— That I shall not deny. I can't tell why it happened so, It happened, and that's all I know. -Chicago Daily News. A WOMAN'S DEFIANCE By C. S. VALENTINE (Copyright 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) PAULINE CARTERET looked at the face her mirror reflected with a keen and searching scrutiny. It was a face attractive not on account of its beauty only, but also for the intensity of feeling and the capacity of loving deeply, which was revealed to an observant person in the depths of her glorious dark eyes and the tender curves of her small, mutinous mouth. Pauline was not patient by nature, but she had schooled herself in that virtue for the last year as carefully as she had schooled the children under her care in their lessons in grammar, geography, and so on. Most women can be patient as long as the positive necessity exists, but when that is removed forbearance ceases to be a virtue. Pauline was like the average woman in this respect, and it was because her mother was last seen, and that she was examining her features so carefully. No, they had not deteriorated in the least in the last year; time had but served to make her beauty more glowing, more alluring. She had other proof besides that given by her mirror; two men, both prominent in the town and able to grant her every desire, had begged for her hand in marriage. Others, too, paid her homage. But though she managed to retain their friendship she refused their offers of love. So it came to pass that the people of the town called Pauline Carteret, the school mistress, cold. But Pauline knew that they were wrong, she and one other. Jack Hobart knew that Pauline was not cold, knew that she could love with a passion which seems to vibrate in the air of the anguorous southland from which she came. And he had reason for this knowledge. A year ago Pauline had yielded to his entreaties and married him secretly. He had not dared to marry her openly because his grandfather, upon whom he was dependent, had set his heart upon his taking unto himself a wealthy wife. But Pauline's beauty had fascinated him, just as his care-free, happy disposition, handsome looks, and charming manners had won her heart; and so, against her better judgment, against her strong tendency to avoid all forms of deceit, she had at last given in to his pleading. They were married at an obscure little sea port and remained there for one month—a month crowded to the last hour with perfect bliss for both. Then old Mr. Hobart fell ill and Jack was called to his bedside. A month later he died and there was no obstacle in the way of an announcement of their union, but Jack unaccountably delayed making it public and Pauline, who was an orphan and had no one with whom she could advise, was too proud to demand what he seemed unwilling to offer. When she came back at the beginning of the school term he came at once to see her and in the joy of being with him again she forgot, for the time, that he had not insisted upon her resigning from the school and taking her rightful position in his home. Jack was of such a pleasure-loving disposition that he disliked giving up his bachelor freedom and the flattering attentions bestowed upon him by mothers with marriaged daughters and those of the girls of the town, with whom he was a great favorite; besides, he argued, Pauline was safe, for she was bound to him by the law of God and He had no fear but that she would be true to him and he told himself that he would settle down after he had had his filing, which his fortune now permitted. In the meantime poor Pauline toiled away at her teaching, resolutely refusing the gifts and money which he would have showered lavishly upon her. She read his nature aight, recognized his shallowness and selfishness, but despite it all she still loved him, although she grew very impatient. She began to go out more and received the attentions of other men and became so gay that Jack grew jealous and forbade her amusing herself in that manner. "You do the same, I'm sure," she said, laughing lightly, "and I've never objected, have I?" "No," he answered, slowly "no, you have not. But for you—well, it's different, you know." "I fail to see the difference," said Pauline, quietly, and abruptly bade him good night. That was the night upon which she had consulted her mirror and had been assured that she had lost none of her charms that had won her his love, and she had turned away with the determination to make one desperate throw for happiness and if that failed to go away where she would never see the man who was her husband again. The next evening she met him on the street and he walked home with her. "Pauline," he said, abruptly, "you are allowing Barrow to pay you too much attention." "Really? A small matter like that can hardly concern you." She spoke coolly, but her heart beat rapidly and she could scarce control her voice. Here was the opportunity she had wished for and she waited eagerly for his next words. "It does concern me and I positively forbid your encouraging him further," he answered, harshly. Her heart sank in her breast. He had had his chance and lost it. They had reached the door of her boarding house and she turned and confronted him. "I am sorry you disapprove of Mr. Barrow," she said, smiling faintly, "for I have made up my mind to marry him." "You must be mad, Pauline!" he cried. "You are married already." "Who knows it? You have told no one nor have I. You have no proof of the marriage—you remember I have the certificate in my possession. I can destroy it, and the past will gom naught but a dream. Mr. Barrow offers me his love and the proud position of wife to the wealthiest and most distinguished man in this town. Why should I deny myself all happiness, merely because you no longer care for me?" "But I do! For Heaven's sake, Pauline—" "Good-by," she said, and closed the door in his face and turned the key. Her beat upon it futilely with his fists, but she did not open to him. When she heard his receding footsteps she dragged herself up to her room and threw herself A "I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO MARRY HUM." "I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO MARRY HIM." upon her bed, where she lay sleepless through the long watches of the night. She had made her play, she had cast her all, like a desperate gambler, on one throw, and awailed the result with painful anxiety. She had not meant her threat, but she would wait until the morrow and then, if her pitiful plot failed, she would go away. She removed all traces of a sleepless night and went down to breakfast, when the bell rang. Her entrance caused a cessation of conversation and the other boarders looked confused until one of their number approached her with an open newspaper, and held out his hand. "Allow me to be the first to offer my congratulations," he said, cordially. Her glance fell upon the paper and she saw, in large type, the announcement of her marriage a year past. Ah, her play had not failed, after all. He was not willing to give her up to another. She drew a long breath of relief and looking up saw her husband entering the room. He went up to her and put his arms around her before all the watching eyes. "You must come with me, Pauline," he said firmly, but tenderly, "I cannot live without you any longer." WOMAN WARNED BY DREAM She Obeyed the Admonition and Saved Herself from a Watery Grave. Mrs. F. C. Johnson, living four miles northwest of Quinlan, Kan., was saved from drowning through a dream. Several nights ago she dreamed she had slipped into the well on the place while attempting to draw water. So impressed was she with the dream that the next morning she fastened a long rope to a heavy iron stake, driven deep In the ground, and threw the loose end of the rope into the well. She instructed her little boy, at the same time, to grasp the rope should he fall into the well. During the afternoon of the same day she went to the well to draw water, and, slipping on the wet platform, slid into the open curb. The well is 24 feet deep and half full of water. The plunge took her away under, but upon coming to the surface she seized the rope and climbed out hand over hand, using the side of the wall as a brace. In relating her experience, Mrs. Johnson says that all she could think of while falling in the well was that the rope was there. Sunshine in Disease The sun bath is useful in almost every form of disease in which an acute febrile process is not present. It is especially valuable in neurasthenia, all forms of dyspepsia, rheumatism, diabetes, gout, skin disease and chronic maladies of every sort—Indianapolis News. An Earnest Seeker "Man proposes..." spake the parson, When a spisher waved her fan, And spisherers all giggled As she asked: "Who is the man?" "Cinchpanin Enquirer." PRACTICAL CO-OPERATION Western Grain Raisers Band Together to Get Fair Prices for Their Farm Products. A Sensitive Conscience. Carrie—Goodness, it's that horrid old bore, Wilkins. Tell him I have gone out. Belle. No, I won't tell a story. The tendency of the times is toward cooperation, and the most interesting movement just now is seen in the cooperative associations being formed in the middle west. The growth of this movement for the consolidation of grain raisers has been upon a far different basis from the visionary plan of early days. In the first place these associations are in the hands of shrewd business men, who can handle financial affairs in a way to produce results. It is said that one of the wealthiest and most successful millers in the west, whose mills are reputed to bring a profit of $55,000 a year, is now manager of a long line of farmers' elevators, and at a meeting at Kansas City a few days ago it was reported that 75 elevators scattered through Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska are listed in the association. It was reported that the stockholders had received a dividend of eight per cent, after paying expenses, and were selling grain at a larger profit than could be secured from the ordinary elevators. The plan of the cooperation is purely business-like, with politics and sentiment in the background. The stockholders are farmers, and the elevators are run on a basis of actual cost, the profit being returned to the farmer in dividends. The key item in the management is the requirement that every producer is to sell to the association elevator, or if he sells elsewhere shall pay one cent a bushel of the amount received to the association company. This makes it impossible for their rivals to run them out of business by bidding higher for grain. The towns where these association elevators have been established for four years are favorably impressed with the plan, and the management has continued to return profits, the numbers are being extended, and there are enough now to compel the railroads to give them equal privileges with the old line institutions. —Prairie Farmer. HOME-MADE CORN CUTTER Simple Device for Whose Construction Nothing Is Needed But a Sledge and Scythe Blade. Where large fields of corn are grown a cheap, quick system of cutting the crop is essential. The simple device shown in the illustration, which can be readily constructed by any handy man on a farm, is made from a sledge and a scythe blade. The size need not be exactly as described, but the body must not be too wide to go easily between the rows. The sledge part is three and one-half A CHEAP CORN CUTTER feet long by 25 inches. Nine. The runners are of two-by-three-inch chestnut, and the cross boards of one-inch hardwood. The blade of an ordinary scythe is fastened to the right-hand corner. The point of the scythe is braced out at an angle of 45 degrees, with a brace of three by one-inch hardwood, bolted to the scythe six inches from the point. The brace is then firmly bolted to the sledge. A large box is nailed to the sledge for a seat. A steady horse accustomed to cultivate between the rows should be used. The corn is cut close to the roots and about six or seven acres can be cut in a day. A stiff rod of wrought iron bent as shown and bolted to the front of the sledge helps to collect the cut stalks, the driver also guiding with his right hand the stalks as they fall.—I. A. Fiske, in N. E. Homestead. DEVICE FOR CORN FIELDS. How to Make a Corn Horse That Is Sure to Save a Lot of Very Hard Work. When the corn is standing nice and straight take a rope about five feet long and fasten a ring on one end, and a snap off some old line on the other end. Take two stalks in adjoining rows and put the rope around them; snap the snap into the ring at one and hasten a ring on one end, and a snap off some old line on the other end. Take two stalks in adjoining rows and put the rope around them; snap the snap into the ring at one side of the shock, then cut your corn and set it against this. When the shock is filled, pull out your rope by taking hold of the snaps. This makes it nice when you come to husk the corn, and it stands well. Put the rope around just about half way up the stalk.—H. C. Eberly, in Epitomist. The Moisture of Good Hay. The moisture content of hay when it is put into the mow varies greatly, this depending largely on the way in which it is cured. Some hay that is made from grass cut late and cured in dry weather has in it so little moisture that during the winter it may frequently increase in weight. As a usual thing, hay does not increase in weight during the winter. If it is cut quite green and stored in an imperfectly cured condition it will often be found with such a large percentage of moisture in it that spontaneous combustion is possible. Hay cured properly will have in it a considerable quantity of moisture and will tend to lose this moisture during the winter, and this loss will equal ten per cent. of the bulk in many instances. Her Sweet Little Brother Dashaway—You say your sister will be down in a minute, Willie? That's good news. I thought perhaps she wanted to be excused, as she did the other day. Willie—Not this time. I played a trick on her. Dashaway—What did you do? "I said you were another fellow!" exclaimed Willie, triumphantly.—Tit-Bits. A Sensitive Conscience. Carrie—Goodness, it's that horrid old bore. Wilkins. Tell him I have gone out. Belle—No, I won't tell a story; but I will say that you have not come back yet."—N. Y. Times. Can't Afford to Ride. Little Clarence—Pa, why do they call Mr. Broadhead a walking enyclopedia? Mr. Calipiers—Because, my son, like most men who are full of wisdom, he is too poor to own an automobile.—Town Topics. Persevering. "And if you refuse me," blissed Percy Vere. "I shall follow you to the ends of the earth." "Gracious!" replied the be attulful girl. "Are you a book agent or insurance man?" - Chicago Daily New In Congo Land Traveler (grazing upora cleared space garnished with little heaps of human bones)—This is a cemetery, I suppose? Belgianized Native Guide (with a smile)—No, M'sleu, des am de—er—er—rest'raunt—Ally Sloner CIVIL Dr. Doem Gude—A very serious case. Dr. Wise—I should say so. He made an assignment a week ago.—Chicago Journal. The Appropriate Thing The Appropriate Thing. She called herself, forsooth, a bachelor girl, And asked a manner quite bohemian, And, after 11 seasons' giddy whirl, She married an old granny of a man. -Chicago Tribune. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Short Line to Principal Cities of the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba, Texas and Mexico Schedule in Effect April 17th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN STATION-DAILY 2:20 p. m. "SEABOARD MAIL," composed of fifteen cars. Sleeper, Pullman Farrier Car and Cafe Car. to Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Hamlet, Finehurst, Atlanta, Camden, Columbus, Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Tampa. 10:35 p. m. "SEABOARD EXPRESS," composed of day coaches, "Pullman Cars to Atlanta, Jacksonville, and Tampa.....420 Garson south of Hamlet—T. Henderson Hurst, Atlanta, Camden, Columbia Savannah, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa, and New Orleans. 9:10 a.m.-local for Orlando, Hamlet and Charlotte. TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND—DAILY. 6:35 a.m.-m.-No. 44, from Florida, Manta, and the Southwest. 4:55 p.m.-No. 66, from Florida, Atlanta and Southwest. 5:30 p.m.-No. 33, from Norlina and Local Points. W. M TAYLOR, City Ticket Agent. H. S LEARD, DL Pass. Agt. *No. 800 E Main St., Richmond, Va* *Phone 405* SOUTHERN RAILW Y Effective May 29th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:00 a.m. - Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:30 p.m. - Daily. Limited. Brent Pullman. 13:00 p.m. - Daily. Limited. New Orleans. Memphis, Chattanooga and all the South. 6:00 p.m. - Ex. Suzanne. Keysville. 1:40 p.m. - Daily. Limited. Pullman ready. 4:30 p.m. - North South. YORK EVER LINE The favorite to route Baltimore and eastern pass. Leave Richmond 4:20 p.m. Daily except Sunday. 4:45 a.m. - Except Sunday. Local mixed for east point. 2:15 p.m. - Daily except Sunday. Local for West point. 4:20 p.m. - Except Sunday. For West Point, connecting with steamers for Baltimore and West Point. Steamers call at Clay Bank and Yorktown, Mondays, wednesdays and Fridays, and at Gloucester Point and Almond, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Trainings at Richmond RICHOM. 6:38 a. m. and 6:22 p. m. -From all the South. 6:35 p. m. -From Charlotte and Durham. 6:34 a. m. -From Keysville. 6:34 p. m. -From West Point. 0:45 a. m. -From West Point. 5:10 p. m. -From West Point. S.H. HARWICK, Pass Traf. M'g'r. H. C. ACKERT, G.M. H. W. TAYLOE, G.P.A. C. W. WESTBURY, D. P. A., Richmond, Va. ATLANTIC COAST-LINE TRAINS LEAVE MICHMON DAILY BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 a. m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 10:00 a. m. Express to all points south 12:10 a. m. Petersburg & W. Worc. 13:00 a. m. Petersburg and W. Worc. 14:10 p. m. Goldsburg local. 14:55 p. m. Goldsburg local. 7:25 p. m. "Florida West Indian Limited" To point South **AMIRI AMIRI LICHOND.** 4:07 a.m. 7:35 a.m. 8:25 a.m. except Sunday 10:45 a.m. except only 11:40 a.m. 1 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 8:50 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 9:05 p.m. **Except Sunday** C. S. CAMELL, Div. 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Also don't forget to make your selection at once, to send us the order, and to tell your friends about this Sheet Music Guide. Satisfaction guaranteed. Order by Numbers, not Names. This offer holds good to any of our subscribers or much as 50 cents for a subscription to the PLANET. Address, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., 311 N.4th St., Richmond, Va. PRICE OF ABOVE PIECES. Any 10 for 35 cents. Any 21 for 63 cents. Any 43 for $1.25. Any 100 for $3.00. Write your name, full address, and also pleases want by the numbers; a like this, with stamps or silver and mail or to address given below, and the num. . . . be sent direct from Boston, postage prepaid THE LIGHT OF THE SUN BISHOPS FAVOR DIVORCE REFORM Episcopal Clergy Adopt Admendment Forbidding Remarriage. WAS REJECTED BY DEPUTIES Boston, Oct. 18.—The house of bishops, one of the legislative bodies of the Episcopal general convention, adopted an amendment to the canon on marriage and divorce forbidding the remarriage of any divorced person. The amendment was substantially the same as that which was rejected by the house of deputies on Friday last. The action of the bishops was not unexpected, as the sentiment of that body was well known. In fact, a similar amendment was passed at the San Francisco convention three years ago, but failed, as was the case this year, to secure the support of the other house. A conference of committees representing the bishops and deputies will be held to consider the disagree-ment, but leading clergymen do not anticipate that the deputies will re-ade from their vote of last week. In the house of deputies a proposed canon providing a court of review, to which appeals may be taken from the decisions of diocesan courts, was reported, and its essential features adopted, though several minor provisions went over. Among these was one grouping the dioceses and missionary districts into seven provinces, each province to have a court of its own. A proposal to establish a court of appeals, a sort of supreme court, to be composed of the bishops of the church, was referred to the next convention. The amendment to the canon on marriage and divorce is as follows: "No minister shall solemnize a marriage between any two persons unless by inquiry he shall have satisfied himself that neither person has been, or is, the husband or the wife of any other person then living, from whom he or she has been divorced for any cause arising after the marriage." Several additional amendments were presented in the house of bishops, one of which provides that a divorced person shall not be admitted to the sacrament. There is a proviso, however, that the sacraments shall not be refused a penitent person in imminent danger of death, nor to any person who shall solemnly aver that he or she was the innocent party in a divorce for the cause of adultery. Another amendment, which was adopted, compels all clergy to observe closely the state laws on marriages and provides for the presence of at least two witnesses. The bishops voted to nominate missionary bishops for Cuba, Hankow, China and Salt Lake. Pugilist Accidentally Kills a Man. Boston, Oct. 18—Neison C. Hall colored, was killed and Joe Walcott, the colored pugilist, was shot through the right hand by the accidental dis- charge of a revolver in the hands of Walcott early this morning. The ac- ident occurred in the ante room of Union Park hall, where a dance was in progress. Walcott was arrest- ed and later removed to the city hosp. Walcott said that he was ex- hibiting a magazine revolver of large calibre to Hall when from some un- known cause it was discharged. The bullet passed through Walcott's hand and then pierced Hall's heart, killing him instantly. INFANTA MARIA DEAD AT MADRID Bister of King Alfonso Succumbs After the Birth of Daughter Madrid, Oct. 18.—The Infanta Marina de Las Mercedes, princess of the Asturias, sister of King Alfonso and wife of Prince Charles of Bourbon, gave birth to a daughter and died shortly afterward. The princess of the Asturias was queen of Spain till the birth of her brother, the present king. She was born in 1880, and was married in February, 1901, to Prince Charles of Bourbon. They hd two sons, Alfonso, born in November, 1901, and Ferdinand Maria Alfonso, born in February, 1903. Will Buy Forepaugh Circus Buy Poreapaug Circus. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 17.—Al G. Fields, the well-known minstrel, corroborated the report that he is about to close a deal for the Forepaugh and Sells shows. The name of the show will remain unchanged. The contract reads that delivery is to be made at winter quarters in Columbus, O., November 23. Associated with Fields as part owners in the enterprise will be Elm. M. West and Owen M. Evans, of Columbus, O., and Charles S. Wood, of North Adams, Mass. Jersey Democrats to Visit Parker. Esopus, N. Y., Oct. 18.—A delegation of New Jersey Democrats is expected at Rosemount next Friday, when Judge Parker will respond to an address. No definite arrangements for the affair have been made, but it is understood that Judge Parker will speak against alleged extravagances in government departments. Live Stock Markets. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburgh-Cattle active, extra, $5.65@5.75; prime $5.10@5.20; fair, $3.20@4; common to heavy hogs, $5.55@5.10; lower, prime heavy hogs, $5.55@5.10; columns, $5.50; heavy Yorkers, $5.55@5.10; pigs, $5.15@5.10; rolls, $5.25@5.20; pigs, $5.15@5.10; sheep stronger; prime wethrough, $4.25; good mixed, $3.75@4; culls, $4.25; animal, $1.25; spring lambs, $4.60@6.10; veal calves, $6.00 per 100 pounds IT WAS SILKEN BECAUSE HIS PRAYER WAS ANSWERED. He Petitioned for Rain, for Which He Was Grateful, But Objected Seriously to the Storm That Came with It. The New York Weekly vouches for the truth of the story here told. In a certain rural section of New York, it says, the farmers were suffering great uneasiness for their crops, on account of a terrible drought of unusual duration. The knowing ones had all prophesied; the wise ones made their guesses as to when rain would fail, but all these predictions failed to bring rain to the parched fields. At length the pious part of the community said that nothing but prayer would bringrain so, one Sabbath morning, after Sunday school was over, one of the most pious members, a deacon rose and said: "Well, brethren, you have all tried your signs and you've killed and hung up all the snakes you could find; the rain crow has croaked, but none of these has brought us rain. And no wonder; prayer is what we need. If you want rain we must pray for it, and we do need it. If we do not get a shower by next Friday our crops will be ruined. Let us all continue to pray in private. If rain does not fall by Wednesday, let us all come together at my house and pray for it till it does come. We will beseech Heaven with our prayers, and God will hear and answer them." Wednesday came, but no rain fell. The heavens were as blue and clear as on a fine midsummer day in Italy. That night the neighbors all repaired to the deacon's with anxious faces and heavy hearts, but the deacon's face was cheerful. "Oh, we will get rain this evening; we have not prayed earnestly. 'As believing ye shall receive,' and you will get full measure." The prayer meeting was opened, and first one and then another prayed, until it became the deacon's turn to lead. Before his prayer was over, clouds began A man in a suit stands under a rain shower. He looks up at the sky with a surprised expression. BRACED AGAINST THE DAIRY. to gather, and the heavens were darkened. The deacon took heart and began anew. The clouds became more dense, and soon the welcome sound of rain drops was heard on the roof. The deacon could pray no longer. They must all go out on the plaza, and watch the blessed drops as they poured down. The deacon walked about his plaza, rubbed his hands, and as the rain continued to pour down he would ever and anon exclaim: "I told you so. Prayer was what we needed. You didn't pray with your hearts, but your lips." Still the rain poured. After awhile the deacon began to look uneasy. Such pouring rains would wash his lands. Still it rained, and now the wind began to blow. The deacon's face was beginning to lengthen visibly. His lands were washing terribly, and the wind was tearing about in his new orchard, uprooting his fruit trees and breaking and tearing them up. In out in his back yard was the deacon's dairy, containing all his nice crockery ware. By and by it began to rock fearfully. With a look of mingled wrath and fear, out rushed the deacon and braced himself against the dairy. It tottered, but the deacon tugged and strained, and righted it again. Wiping his streaming face, he shouted: "Oh, yes, Mr. Lord. I'll tell you know I'm some myself," and he glared around fiercely to see if anyone disputed. But the wind still shrieked and roared around the dairy. The deacon braced himself and righted it for three successive times, but at last the wind, as if tired of its play, gave one mighty roar and, rushing upon the dairy, snatched it up, whirled it half round, and dashed it violently to the ground, breaking all the old man's cherished china and delft on one fell blow. The deacon, having narrowly escaped being caught in the fall, came slowly into the house, and turning, looked over his disasters with a look of deep disgust on his face, as he growled forth: "Waal, nabors, the Lord has overdone the thing. Take Him on an average, anyhow, I believe He always does as much harm as good, anyhow." Chinese Use Ancient Coins The antiquity of Chinese civilization may be inferred from the fact that at the present day there are in circulation coins which were minted 300 years before the Christian era, and bearing likenesses of emperors who reigned in those days. Paraffin Removes Tar Stains. To remove tar stains use paraffin and for paint stains try paraffin and turpentine. Miss de Muir—I'm sorry, Mr. Spoona- more, but it cannot be. . . . Pardon me for asking the question, but have you ever been disappointed in love before? Young Spoonamore—Hundreds of times, Miss de Muir; hundreds of times. It's nothing. I always get over it. . . Pardon my lapse of memory, but didn't I propose to you once or twice before?— Chicago Tribune. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA To prove it, I Send a Trial Package Free By Mail. 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