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THE RICHMO VOL. XXI NO 48. NINE TICKETS IN THE FIELD Brief Synopsis of the Elections to be Held November 8. 27 GOVERNORS TO BE ELECTED New York, Nov. 1.—Nine national political conventions were held this year, and nine candidates for president and vice president of the United States were nominated, but only six electoral tickets will be generally voted for next Tuesday. Besides "the two great political parties," seven others made nominations—People's, Prohibition, Socialist, Socialist Labor, Continental (Labor), National Liberty (Negro) and Lineoln (Negro). The two negro parties, however, apparently ended their work when the national conventions adjourned, as no electors have been selected, or at least none will appear on any official ballot; and the Continental party seems to be confined to Illinois, and, perhaps to Chicago, the place of its origin. The terms of 30 United States senators expire March 4 next. Seven of the vacancies have already been filled, and the legislatures of 23 states to be elected next Tuesday will fill the other 23. Members of the house of representatives are to be voted for in all except three states—Maine, Vermont and Oregon, which have already elected their congressmen. In 27 states a governor and all, or nearly all, the elective officers are to be chosen; in five states minor state officers are to be selected, and in 13 sectors are to be voted for. Colina enjoys the distinc- ing only one ticket in the other st four to six. Illinois leading with seven. There are three Republican tickets in Delaware, but only one variation in the names of the candidates, the nominee for governor of the "Regulars" refusing to abide by the decision of the factional conference which resulted in the withdrawal of the "Union" candidate and an agreement upon a compromise ticket. The Republicans in Wisconsin will have a choice between two tickets for state officers, the "Stalwarius" having decided to keep up their fight against La Follette. The electors on both tickets, however, are identical. The Democrats and People's party, or Populists, fused on the state ticket in Kansas and Nebraska, but in both states the People's party named separate presidential electors. In Nevada the Democrats and one wing of the Silver party divided the minor state officers to be voted for, but the "Stalwart Silver" men put up their own electors. The People's party, which indorsed Mr. Bryan in 1896 and 1900, has an active organization in 32 of the 45 states, the nominees for state officers and electors being on the official ballot in 12 states, and for electors in 20. Efforts to this end were made in a number of other states, but the requisite number of signatures to petitions were not obtained. The Prohibitionists have electoral and state tickets in 27 states and electoral tickets in 12 others—one less than in 1900. The Socialists (called in some states Social Democrats) have electoral and state tickets in 32 states, and electoral tickets in 11 others—seven more than in 1900. The Socialist Labor party have whole or part electoral and state tickets in 12 states, and electoral tickets in two others—six less than in 1900. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION President Roosevelt Designates Thursday. November 24. Washington, Nov. 2.—The president has issued the Thanksgiving Day proclamation, setting aside Thursday, November 24, "to be observed as a day of festival and thanksgiving by all the people of the United States, at home and abroad." The proclamation was issued from the state department by Secretary Hay. It acknowledges the debt of the American people to God for the blessings upon the nation during the past year, in which "reward has waited upon honest effort," and calls on the nation devoutly to give thanks unto Almighty God for the benefits he has conferred upon us as individuals and as a nation, and to beseech Him that in the future His divine favor may be continued to us. Gunnar Accidentally Shot to Death. New York, Nov. 2.—Louis Stark, of Park Ridge, N. J., was accidentally shot at Pearl River, N. Y., by Frank O. Mittag, senior member of Mitttag & Bolver, manufacturers of typewriter supplies, in Park Ridge. Mr. Stark was superintendent of the factory. The men had been out bird shooting and were on their way home Stark was getting into their automobile, and Mittag, standing directly behind him, attempted to take the loaded cartridges from his gun, when it went off. The duckshot in the shell hit Stark in the back of the neck, tearing a hole in his skull. He died without uttering a word. Mittag was not arrested. Woman Held For Streeting Beatles Wolman Heir For Shooting Banker. Danville, Va., Oct. 31. S. H. B. Buchanan, a banker, of Jonesboro, Ga., was shot in this city. He was in the room of Mrs. W. T. White, at the latter's home, at the time and she has been arrested, charged with the crime. She declares, however, that it was a case of attempted suicide. Buchanan is said to have a wife living in Georgia. Mrs. White says she knew Buchanan in Georgia before coming to Virginia. BRITT LOST ON FOUL Young Californiaian Had Gans Nearly Out, When He Lost His Head. San Francisco, Nov. 1- Jimmy Britt, sf California, lost the light-weight championship of the world when he fouled Goe Gans, of Baltimore, in the fifth round. He had sent Gans to his knees in the fifth round, and then, losing his head, gave him a vicious punch, and Referee Graney promptly awarded the decision to Gans on a foul. The same thing happened in the fourth round. Gans had dropped to his knees to escape a blow that did not land. Britt struck at him, but Graney would not allow the foul. In the next round, however, Graney very promptly recognized the foul fighting. It looked almost from the start as if it were Britt's fight. He actually outboxed Gans and landed blow after blow. In the fourth round it was apparent that Gans was scared and barring a foul the fight was Britt's to a certainty. V. No excuse can be made for him in his head, it certainly seemed that Gans invited a foul. The result was a great shock to the biggest crowd that ever filled the pavilion, but fair-minded men agreed that Graney's judgment was just. Britt went at Gans like a bull terrier, landing body blows alternating with swings on the jaw. Britt was frantic with rage when he realized that he had lost the fight, and rushed at Graney, striking wildly. Graney, who is something of a boxer himself, fought back, but the police interfered and separated the belligerents. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT Baldwin Airship Proves Satisfactory Over Short Courses St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 2.—Another successful flight of the Baldwin airship was made at the World's Fair, under the guidance of A. R. Knabenshue, of Toledo, O., who maneuvered the "California Arrow" at will, high above the western portion of the exposition grounds and descended in the stadium, adjoining the aerial concourse, amid the cheering thousands, after a flight of 36 minutes. Monday Knabenshue took the airship up to an altitude of 2000 feet, and, circling around, descended in the aerial concourse within 100 feet of his starting point. Yesterday he went up to an altitude of about 1600 feet, and after directing the course of the aerial vessel at will descended on the exact spot upon which he had decided to land. Satisfied with the demonstrations of the airship over short courses during these two trials, Inventor Baldwin announced at the conclusion of the flight that Knabenshue will undertake a 15-mile flight over a designated course, the choice of the course to be left to newspaper men, and the flight to be made regardless of the wind conditions. Bank Held Up, Cashier Killed. Cody, Wyo., Nov. 2.—The First National Bank of Cody was held up by two bandits, and the cashier, R. R. Middaugh, killed. The robbers rode into town and went straight to the bank and dismounted. One entered the bank and the other held the horses outside. Cashier Middaugh refused the robber's demand for money and was shot and instantly killed. The noise of the shooting brought a crowd to the bank, but the robbers had fled instantly after the shooting, without further attempting to get money. All the available men in town were soon in hot pursuit of the fugitives, who headed for the Hole in the Wall, the famous wilderness refuge for outlaws. A report has come to town that the thieves are surrounded, but this is not confirmed. Man's Body Found On Railroad. Newport News, Va., Oct. 31.—The dismembered body of C. H. Johnson, of Richmond, Va., was found on the tracks of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway at Toano Station, 30 miles from here. A freight train had passed it, but the James City county authorities, who are investigating, suspect foul play or suicide rather than accidental death. Johnson leaves a wife and several children in Richmond. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1904. A Notable Legal Victory. The action of the jury in the United States District Court in Trenton in acquitting Constanskie Melinski, who was indicted by the United States Grand Jury on the charge of stealing a package containing drafts of the value of $6,000 from a United States Mail car at the Communipaw Depot of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, was not only in accordance with justice and the facts of the case but was a brilliant legal victory for Mr. T. A. Spriggins, the welk knw owner, who represented the interests of the defendant. The defense claimed that Melinski, who was employed as a car cleaner by the railroad company, found the drafts on his car. Mr. Spriggins so ably and effectively supported this contention that no room was left for doubt and the jury promptly acquitted his client. Incidents of this kind have, however, been by no means rare in Mr Spraggin's professional career. He has frequently been identified with important cases which he has conducted not only with ability, but in the majority of instances, with success. Mr Spraggins was born in Rustburg, Va., June 13, 1870. He attended the public schools and subsequently the Petersburg Virginia Normal and College Institute, remaining there for four years. He afterwards attended Howard University at Washington, D.C., where he studied in making the Graduate course in 1855 and taking the Graduate in 1896. He took up his residence in 1896 and was admitted to the Bar in 1808 and has been in active practice ever since. He is noted, among other things, for the care with which he prepares and tries his cases and for the fidelity with which he looks after the interests entrusted to him. In view of these facts it is not surprising that his practice should be an important one, or that he should hold a high place in the confidence and esteem of not only his immediate clients and of his fellow-practitioners, but of the public generally.—Mercantile and Financial Times. The meeting of the Y. m. O. A. conference was an hour of joy to every man who attended last Friday evening. The meetings in the jail and alms noun produced good results last Sunday. General Secretary S. O. Burrell has made to do visits to James Goode, who is sentenced to be bang. Some weeks ago, Goods accepted Christ when our General Secretary called to see him. He says, "He is growing stronger every day in the Lord." About 100 boys were out to hear Pres. Clifton Cabell last Sunday. His address was just what the boys could understand. Subject, "Playing Marbles" The president's applications were very timely and helpful. Cashier Thomas H. Wyatt gave the men last Sunday an address that will not be forgotten very soon. Subject, "Show Thyself a Man." Mr. Wyatt was very pointed in his thoughts. The solos which were rendered by Mr. Joseph Woolholt were very impressive. Do not forget the explanation to day at 5 P. M. at the Y. M. C. A. rooms by Prof. B. F. McWilliams. Free for everybody. Come. Men be on time Sunday for committee work. Women and men are invited to the 15th Anniversary of the Young M'sens Christian Association, Sunday 3:30 P. M. at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. Dr. G. D. Pinckney will preach the annual sermon. Subject, "The Value of a Definite Aim. Special music by the choir of the church, under the directions of Director A. McCoy. Come and bring your neighbor. Seats are free for everybody. Come early and get a good seat. Rev. R. J. Bass will conduct the week of prayer, November 14th, Monday 7 P. M. at the Leigh Street Methodist Church for men only. Mothers and sisters, see that your husband and sons attend this week of service. Every home is asked to have special prayer. Every pastor is asked to say a word for the young men Sunday, November the 13th during the services at his church. The king om of God must be built upon the hearts of men. The Y. M. C. A. congratulates one of its men who was elected President of the Negro Baptist Congress, in the person of Rev. W. H. Stokes, A. M. We wish him much success. 817.00 to World's Fair, St. Louis Mo., via Southern Railway. On Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays during month of November, the Southern Railway will sell coach excursion tickets, limited ten days, not good in Pullmans from all stations in Virginia to St. Louis and return at round trip rate of $17.00. Fifteen days tickets and tickets limited to Dec. 5th on sale daily at greatly reduced rates. Through Pullmans, day coaches and Southern Railway Dining Cars, via Southern Railway through the "Land of the Sky." For further information apply to the ticket agents. Equality Picture Every colored American citizen should have this beautiful picture of equality showing President Roosevelt and Booker T. Washington dining together in the White House. Sent anywhere on receipt of price, 25 cents. ADDRESS—Colored Art Exxchange, Box 189, Chambersburg, Pa. ND PLANET A WEEK'S NEWS UNDENSED. Edward M. McCrabb as temporary suscere Cornelius Van Col died suddenly. Edward M. Morgan has been named as temporary sucess of Postmaster Cornelius Van Col, new York, who died suddenly. Five tramps we wreck on the Waite road at Sadorus, Ill., after hail has put off the train three times. Clarence Fields, an American soldier in the Philippines, sentenced to 50 years for killing a Filipino, has been pardoned by President Roosevelt. Frederick G. Kline, under arrest at Chicago, has been idified as one of the men who held up and robbed the Illinois Central "Diamond Special" train August 1. Friday, October 28. The negro Baptist convention, with preachers and lay delegates from all parts of the country, held its sessions at Richmond, Va. Thomas J. Raycroft, a wealthy coal dealer, committed suicide in a Chicago hotel, and his body was not discovered until two days later. Bellamy Storer, American ambassador to Austria-Hungary, sailed from New York on the steamer Deutschland on his return to his post. Too proud to beg, and having spent her last cent, Miss Ella Bagley, who is said to be well connected in the south, committed suicide by tearing illuminating gas in New York. Saturday, October 29. The ninth annual convention of the Maryland Bankers' Association was held at Annapolis, M. The home of former State Senator John R. McCarty at Pittsfield, Mass., was robbed of jewelry wined at $10,000. Jilted on the eve of her wedding, Miss Annie Kline and 22 years, of Ashland, Pa., surrendered through the heart. Lake, Ms. by his brother, who mistook him for a deer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cornwell, of Detroit, Mich., are dead from the effects of breathing coal gas thrown out by a defective stove. Monday, October 31. Charked with killing her husband eight years ago, Margaret Glindelsperger was indicted at Chillicothe, O. Kicked senseless by two masked highwaymen near Shamokin, Pa., John Kowala was robbed of $15 and a gold watch. The body of William Morris, who disappeared from a steamer at Newport News, Va., 10 days ago, was found in the river there. Fire destroyed the large warehouse and stables of William E. Headley, at Chester, Pa., burning 23 horses to death and entailing a loss of $40,000. Missing for some weeks, the body of Harry W. Messer, travelling freight agent of the Pennsylvania railroad, was found off T wharf in Boston. Tuesday, November 1. A New York policeman, in attempting to stop a speeding automobile, had ammonia squirted into his face by persons in the car. Elmer Erickson, captain of the Madison, Wis., football team, died of concussion of the brain from injuries received in a game. While tinning the roof of a three-story house in Philadelphia, James O'Connell lost his foothold and fell to the pavement, being instantly killed. Henry D. Oliphant has been appointed clerk of the United States circuit court for New Jersey, to succeed his father, General S. D. Oliphant, deceased. Exercises commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Columbia University, New York, were held and cornerstones for four new buildings laid. Wednesday, November 2. Josiah Lippincott, of Camden, N. J., was accidentally asphyxiated by illuminating gas. Secretary Metcalf, of the department of commerce and labor, has gone to California to vote. Emanuel M. Friend, one of New York's most prominent criminal lawyers, died suddenly of heart disease. In a quarrel over a trifling dispute, Enoch Chaconis stabbed Joseph Wables to death in a saloon at Shenandoah, Pa. Three German steamers landed over 5000 passengers in New York in a single day, among them being 3488 steer-ers passengers. Archbishop Elder Dead. Cincinnati, Nov. 1.—Most Rev. William Henry Elder, archbishop of Cincinnati, in his 86th year, died, after suffering four days from a severe case of la gripe, complicated with extreme weakness. The archbishop was conscious to the end, and his last words were a prayer. He feebly said: "Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners at the hour of our death. Amen." He then kissed a crucifix, and with a peaceful smile on his face breathed his last. Those present at the bedside were Coadjutor Archbishop Moeller, Rev. Father Gallagher, Archbishop Elder's secretary; Dr. Be Courcy and several Sisters of Mer ARBITRATION WITH FRANCE Treaty Signed For Peaceful Settlement of Possible Disputes. THE TEXT NOT MADE PUBLIC Washington, Nov. 2.—Secretary Hay and Ambassador Jusserand signed a treaty providing for the settlement by arbitration of any possible disputes between the United States and France. It is drawn on the lines of the Anglo-French arbitration treaty. While the treaty is the most brief ever negotiated here, every line of its short text is full of meaning. Out of reference to the United States senate, to which this treaty will be submitted when it assembles in December, the state department is not able to make public its text. However, it is very much like the treaty which was negotiated October 14, 1903, by Lord Lansdowne for England and Ambassador Cambon for France. It is the opinion of the officials here that this convention does not in any way threaten the predominance in this hemisphere of the Monroe Doctrine. The treaty is to be followed soon by one between America and Italy, and there is reason to believe that some progress already has been made in that direction. A similar treaty with Switzerland will come next, according to the present plan, and it is probable that a whole set of arbitration treaties will be negotiated, as mentioned by Secretary Hay in his New York speech. Warmly Approved In France. Paris, Nov. 2. The news of the signing of the arbitration between France and the United States in Washington is received here with the warmest expressions of approval, particularly in government circles, where the treaty is regarded not only as a strong bond between the two republics, but also as an important extension of Foreign Minister Delcasse's series of peace treaties. The initiative was taken over a year ago, when Baron d'Estournelle de Constant, the leader of the French arbitration movement, wrote to President Roosevelt expressing the hope that the Anglo-French entente might have as a sequel a Franco-American entente. President Roosevelt expressed his hearty approval, saying that Secretary Hay would take up the question. Ambassador Porter manifested the heartiest satisfaction at the successful conclusion of the negotiations. He said that the relations between the United States and France were fortunately so cordial that it was to be hoped the terms of the treaty might never be invoked. The public and press strongly approve of the treaty, mainly because of the friendly attitude of France toward the United States, and also as another notable achievement of M. Delcasse, whose recent pacific influences in the Anglo-Russian crisis have emphasized the benefit resulting from the various ententes he has succeeded in establishing. GYPSIES DISCHARGED Rumor of Another Important Arrest In Phoenixville Tragedy. West Chester, Pa., Nov. 1.—All of the gypsies arrested at Phoenixville on suspicion of having been connected with the murder of little Michael Miorski were given a hearing and discharged. After the hearing there was a rumor prevalent that another arrest in the case was to be made and that certain members of the gypsy band had furnished evidence which was regarded as important. District Attorney Lack declined to say what the character of the evidence was, but declared: "We are still actively at work in search of evidence, and we fully believe that we are on the right track. Had we been permitted to work undisturbed on our line at the start, there might have been results of a satisfying character reached before this. We mean to keep up the investigation until every clue we can discover has been run out to the end." Preacher Dropped Dead in Pulpit. Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 31—Rev. C. H. Hess, a Dunkard preacher, dropped dead in the Dunkard church at Wrightsville while delivering the sermon at the funeral of Levi Strickler. Rev. Hess had just made the remark, "I am ready to die," when he fell to the floor and by the time the horror-striken mourners reached his side he was dead. He was 65 years old. Ames Jury Disagree Minneapolis, Nov. 1. — The fourth trial of former Mayor A. A. Ames for illegally receiving money from women resulted in a disagreement. The jury, after having been out 76 hours, report- its inability to agree, and the court discharged the jurors. It is likely that all the indictments will be dismissed. Explosions Shake Vesuvius. Explosions on Lake Vesuvius: Naples, Nov. 2.—The cone on the crater of Mount Vesuvius, which formed during the late eruption, fell into the crater with a tremendous roar. There immediately ensued explosions that shook the whole mountain, followed by the emission of an immense black column, which gradually spread, falling in one of ashes over the curve within a radius of 10 ft. turbance lasted but THREW MAN IN COKE OVEN Fire Was Drawn, Bones and Teeth of Murdered Man Found Masontown, Pa., Oct. 31.—Steve Borok, employed at the Besemer coke plant, reported to the police last night that he saw a man thrown into a coke oven and cremated. Borok says he saw three men scuffling on top of an oven, and a moment later saw two of the men jump to the ground and disappear in the darkness. Just then flames issued from the oven as though fuel had been tossed into it. Coroner Hagan ordered the oven drawn, when blackened human bones and teeth were found. The murdered man and his assailants are unknown. More Trouble for the Street Car Company. The street car situation in this city is becoming more complicated, and the Negro-hating management is having no end of trouble. The Metropolitan Trust Company of New York has filed a petition asking permission of the United States Circuit Court to sue the Receivers of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company and all of the subsidiary companies connected therewith. Mr. William B. Horn blower, one of the mostSys in the cofn. associated with the counsel for the paints. In the meantime, the reduced travel on the lines and the shortage of money adds to the complication. It seems that in order to meet the changed conditions the number of street cars in active service have been reduced. There being less cars running in order to make the time required of the city ordinances, those on the lines are run faster, thus increasing the danger to the walking public. Many persons are being injured. One of the cars ran into a funeral conducted by Mr. A. Hayes, crippled the horse and injured the driver. Another ran into a carriage owned by Mr. Thomas B Hicks badly injuring the driver. The Passenger and Power Company was fined $10.00 in the Police Court last Wednesday morning for permitting a car to run at an unlawful speed. It is apparent to every observer that "fast expresses" are being run on all of the street-bar lines of the city. This enables the company to do with less cars and less conductors and motor men, while the colored people, who are walking carefully steer clear of these death dealing vehicles. Many white people are disgusted with the new arrangements and practically all of the coated people. Gone Before. The funeral of Mr. Isaac Nelson, who departed this life August 18th, 1904, after an illness of six months was preached in Oak Grove Baptist Church, Aug. 19, 1904 by Revs. H. B. Johnson and J. I. Brown. He was forty years of age. He was quite young when he embraced religion and was Secretary of his church for fourteen years; also Secretary of the Mangochin Sunday School Union. He leaves a wife, three boys, three girls, a mother, brother, sister and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. "Sleep on dear brother and take the rest; We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee." RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE Whereens, It has pleased Almighty God in his all-wise providence to remove from this earth, the soul of our brother and assistant Superintendent, Isaac Nelson, we bow in humble submission to Him who doeth all things well. "Servant of God, well done "Dearest brother, thou has left us, We our loss most deeply teal; But its God, Who has bereft us, He can all our sorrows heal. "Yet again we hope to meet you When the day of life is faint. There in heaven with joy to greet you, Where no farewell tear is shed " Done by order of Oak Grove Baptist Sunday School. Com.—Misses Mildred N. Carter, Charlotte Coleman, Carrie E Trueheart, Messrs, Lee Trueheart, Joseph Johson, Supt., Carrie E. Trueheart, Sec. Adopted by Mangohick Dist. S. S. Union. —The Negro Baptist Congress at Lynchburg last week was a success. Gone to Rest REID S. FERRY, VA., Oct. 21, 1904. Sister Martha Etta Doles, the wife of Brother David Doles departed this life, Oct. 21, 1904 at the age of 36 years. Her funeral took place Sunday, Oct. 23rd at half past 2 o'clock at the Little Bottle Baptist Church of which she has been a full standing member for eighteen years. It was preached by Rev. W. M. Thompson of Suffolk, Va., assisted by Revs. J. W. Lawrence, W. H. Gray and James Smith. The Rev. Thompson chose for his text, Romans 8th chapter, 35th verse; subject; 'Who Shall Separate Us from the love of Christ?' He preached an able and a heart-soothing sermon that would cause you to mourn way down in your soul. Sister Doles was a full standing member of two lodges; the O. C. Stone, No. 236, I. O. of G. S. and D. of S. and the W. B. H. M. Society by which she was decently pat away. Funeral director Mr, B. B. Eliott. A loved one has gone. Sister Doles was loved by all who knew her. The longest procession that was ever witnessed in Nassau County, followed her to the Bethel cemetery where she now has at rest. She left behind her a husband, four children, three sons and one daughter, one brother, Mr Richard Artice of Newport News, Va., one sister, Mrs. Catherine Hawrell of Chuckuckuck, Va. and a host of friends and relatives to mourn their loss. We hope our loss is her eternal gain. She died in full triumph of faith in the Lord. Sleep on dear Martha and take your rest. It's hard to bear the loss. Personals and Briefs —The Mt. Carmel Baptist Church is an ornament to the northern section of the city. Kev. W. H. White, the pastor is a great worker. —Mr. Robe of the Fayette. —Mr. L. of Muskegon, Michigan sends in two yearly subscribers. Many thanks. —For latest style winter garments and first class clothing at lowest prices, call on Major I. J. Miller. See advertisement. —Pain in the stomach is troublesome, but can be soon relieved, if you call on Mr. William Custalo, and take his remedies if you have no pain, call anyway and you'll feel better. See advertisement. ——Mr. William Miller is making great preparations for the opening of a first class hotel on the corner of Second and Leigh Streets. The amount of money being invested there is quite large. ——For fine shoes at reasonable prices, remember Mr. S. J. Gilpin. He is also an up-to-date shoe repairer and does guaranteed first class work. ——President W. F. Denny is infusing new life into the Freedmen's Endowment Association. His office is now equipped with all of the modern conveniences. ——Mr. Robert W. Williams is ready to serve the Church hill constituency or those of any other Hill. See announcement. ——The Mechanic's Savings Bank has purchased the two houses at 814 and 816 N. 5th St., paying $3,000 cash for them. ——Have you ten cents? Deposit it with the Mechanic's Savings Bank. ——Mr. Charles G. Jurgen's Son will supply you with the best furniture at the most reasonable prices and on terms to suit. Call and see them. ——The Woman's Union at Second and Duval Streets is now in handsome quarters and seems to be progressing. The progresive and energetic, Mrs. Patsie Keiley Anderson is the moving spirit there. Davis and Bright. Employment Union and Real Estate 1607 Broadway N. Y. Tel. 6291 J. 38th St. Situations waiting, good wages, for women to do general house work. Also for men, porters, waiters and general utility. Fire paid, write for tickets at once. WANTED—To sell gentleman's full dress suit, in good condition, cheap. Appropriate for job. $150,00 Endowment Paid Davie, V., Va., Oct. 28th, 1984. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, J., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights Pythas, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. (£150 (0) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death claim of Sir Aaron B. Woody, who was a member of Moravian Lodge, No. 13, K. of P, of Danville, Va. Administratrix. Witnesses:— Sir Wye L. Williamson, No. 13, K. of P. Sir A. H. Claborne, No. 13, K of P. A. W. Milmer, D. D. G. HE SUNET ATURDAY..... NOVEMBER 5. 1900 THE DAIRY Payment on the Basis of Fat It Contains Is Fair for All Parties Concerned. Cheese factories are rapidly changing in many parts of the country to the method of purchasing their milk by the Babcock test, paying for it according to the amount of fat it contains. This is as it should be. The old idea that the amount of fat in the milk had nothing to do with the amount of cheese it would make is entirely erroneous; and besides, it tends to develop poor conditions for both cheese factory and patrons. When patrons come to realize that the amount of cheese made is dependent upon the amount of fat in the milk, those who are producing good milk will demand that their milk be paid for on a fat basis, otherwise the man with the poor milk will receive part of the returns that should come to them. Prof. E. H. Farrington says that for every pound of butter-fat contained in 100 pounds of milk 2.6 pounds of cheese can be made. Thus, milk with three per cent. fat in it would make cheese that would weigh 7.8 pounds, while if the butter-fat amounted to four pounds in 100 pounds of milk, that is, was what we call four per cent. milk, the amount of cheese made would be 10.4 pounds. Prof. Farrington is an expert in these matters and his figures are probably as accurate as can be obtained. They demonstrate very forcibly the advisability of buying by the test even for cheese making. Moreover, the quality of the cheese is influenced by the quantity of fat in the milk as the greater the per cent. of fat in the milk the richer the cheese. Payment for the milk on the fat basis will cause an effort to breed for a richer quality of milk, and this will react upon the average quality of cheese from that factory, enabling it to bring a better price on the market and in the end will result in higher prices for the milk. Like many other farm operations, in studying the effect of a given action, we must look Simple Expedient Which Is of Great Practical Value, Especially for Small Wells. To tilt the pail when drawing water from a well, or when balling out a cistern, use the simple expedient shown herewith. Attach a small cord to the lip where the handle is attached to one side of the pail, and pass it through a loop made in the pail rope. Pull on the small cord to tilt the pail when it rests upon the water. When full, pull on the pail rope, the two lines then being grasped as one. The bank cistern, use the simple expedient shown herewith. Attach a small cord to the lip where the handle is attached to one side of the pail, and pass it through a loop made in the pall rope. Pull on the small cord to tilt the pail when it rests upon the water. When full, pull on the pall rope, the two lines then being grasped as one. The buck-et is then easily and quickly brought to the surface. The device is a most excellent one, especially in small wells. —Orange Judd Farmer. CEMENT TROUGH FOR COWS The Invention of a Wisconsin Dairyman Who Considers It of Considerable Practical Value. My cow mangers are made of cement and are built as shown in the accompanying cut. The platform, b, is made of plank. The timber, e, to which the swing stanchion is fastened, is sawed platform, b, is made of plank. The timber, e, to which the swing stanchion is fastened, is sawed slanting on the side next the cows. The trough, c, and top of rack, d, slant toward the cows one-half inch to the left. The gutter, a, is nearly level with the cows.—Charles Edminster, in Farm and Home. Opportunities for Dairymen Opportunities for Darrymen. Last year England imported 219,000 tons of butter. The United States exported about 4,000 tons. These facts leave a fair inference that England offers an open market for more than 50 times as much butter as we are in the habit of exporting. England's purchases of this article from foreign countries and from her colonies amount to about $100,000,000 a year. Our export sales of it approximate $1,500,000. England purchased last year about 136,000 tons of cheese. Our total exports were in the vicinity of 8,000 tons, worth about $2,250,000. Canada, whom we are prone to regard as an economic inferior, exported ten times as much as we did. This leaves a fair inference that there is in England alone a possible market for some $40,000,000 worth of cheese every year. —N. Y. Sun. A Cure for Kicking Cases To keep a cow from kicking while being milked is too simple a thing to argue about, said a practical farmer the other day. We just buckle a strap gungly around the body in front of ud- der and she can't move her hind feet. She won't try it more than once. Colts can be broken of kicking in the same manner, but they require the strap buckled tighter than the cow does.—Midland Farmer. SOUNDS LIKE GOOD SENSE Canadian Expert Says That Dairy Cows Need But Very Little Exercise in Winter. Regarding the exercise of dairy cows in winter, Mr. Glendinning, speaking before the Western Ontario Dairymen's association, said: "My experience is that a cow does not require much exercise when she is giving a lot of milk, and we do not make a practice of letting our cows out. I will give you an experience I had two years ago. I hired a man to take care of the stock, and I put him in charge while I was out on institute work. He had been there a couple of weeks, and I went to the stable Sunday morning, and he said: 'Say, boss, don't you think it would be a good thing to let these cows out and give them a little exercise?' He had always worked for men who gave their cows a good deal of exercise; they generally had a straw stack. I said I did not think they needed it. Well, he thought they would be better, and I thought it was an opportunity to teach him a lesson. There were two rows of cows, eight in each row, 15 giving milk and one dry, and I said: 'You can let the cows out if you have a mind to.' It was a nice, warm morning, and the snow was melting a little outside. The snow: 'I will let this stable out first.' 'No,' I said, 'turn out both these rows.' He said: 'There will be an awful run; we will never get them in.' He turned them out, and the cows backed out, and went out just the same as they would if they had been turned out every day, and every one of them went out in that way till we came to the dry one, and she went out with a jump; and when the others saw her running, they thought they would take a run, and they ran across the barnyard four rods, and then they began to stop and look around as much as to say: 'Well, this is not very ladylike,' and every one of these cows went into the stable inside of ten minutes. I told him to let the doors remain open, and not drive any of them in, and they all went in except the one that was dry. That was about the first of February, and these cows had not been out of the stalls from the 5th day of December. I think if the dairy cow required a good deal of exercise these cows would have required it. They were giving a good lot of milk and were well fed. I have not very much hesitation in saying the dairy cow does not require very much exercise. She has a great deal of exercise in working up the product she consumes in the milk." LITTLE DAIRY POINTERS Cream irregularly ripened makes streaked butter. Dry salt cannot be worked into dry butter successfully. The cows should be thoroughly acclimated with the milk. Never breed a "kicky" cow. Your hard needs cows, not mules. Sourced milk affects the cream injuriously. Get the cream off in time. Slow milking frets the cow. Hasten the performance as much as possible. Never put a fine cow in the care of a poor milker. The milker makes or unmakes the cow. The manure-coated cow is a proof that her owner is in the wrong business. He should change occupations. Scrub cows, on scrub farms, fed on scrub rations, cared for by scrub persons, produce nondescript milk and butter that is hardly good enough for axle grease. Fresh cream and ripened cream mixed will always result in dubious butter. A "mess" of cream in a churning should be of one degree of ripeness throughout. Some cows set the "dairy marks" of the experts at defiance and give large yields of good milk. All the same, the good dairy cow should show certain feature in size, shape and general make-up.—N. Y. Farmer. FEED CALVES SEPARATELY. How to Build a Stanchion Which Is Sure to Prevent Loss of Valu- able Grain. Where there is a large bunch of calves to be fed there is always more large bunch of e is always more or less trouble resulting in waste of feed from their continual crowding and pushing To get rid of this trouble I built a light stanchion on the plan shown in the cut. The upright pieces, a, which form the lock, are of 1x4-inch stuff. The distance from the top piece, which may be 2x4, to the bottom piece is three feet six inches. For the smaller calves stanchions are four inches apart where their necks are placed. The upright, a, when open, as shown at c, rests against the rigid plank, b. Such a line of stanchions can be put up almost anywhere in stables, yard or field, at little cost, and after using them for a time the builder will appreciate the time saved as well as the economical benefits secured—Paul Svenson, in N. E. Homestead. Many Varieties of Butter Some queer uses are made of the name butter. "Paraffin butter" is made out of wood tar, and shea-butter is described as follows: Shea-butter is exported from East India and Africa and is made from the kernel of Bassia parkii. This kernel is of the size of a walnut and surrounded by a fleshy capsule which is edible. The tree attains a height of about 25 to 35 feet. The fat is rather tough in consistency and sticky, varying from white to greenish gray in color, and is rather rich in stearine. Another Misunderstanding Another Misunderstanding. Judge—Let me clearly understand; did your aunt die intestate? Witness—Oh, no, my lord; she was a most sober woman; almost a teetotaler, in fact—Ally Sloner. THE RICHMOND PLANET Fun for All Fun Lovers. Adding Insult to Injury. The day had been appointed for the ceremony which was to make one of two, but for some reason best known to the fickle maid she had relinquished the glittering solitaire. "Oh, well," said the young man in the case, "I don't suppose I could be happy with a woman who dyes her hair, anyway." "Sir, 'tis false!" she exclaimed indignantly. "Is it??" he rejoined. "I thought it was only dyed."—Cincinnati Enquirer. Reversing the Rule "So!" exclaimed the rejected lover, "All you have wanted of me has been to photograph me in every conceivable attitude, because I am a 'good subject'!" "I confess it, Mr. Spoonamore," said the fair camera fiend. That is all." "Before being shaken I have been well taken, anyhow!" he howled, grasping his hat and rushing forth into the chilly darkness of the night.—Chicago Tribune In the Fall. In the fall the shabby lawyer tries to win a suit of clothes; in the fall a deeper crimson roosts upon the toper's nose; in the fall the politician gets his work on the stump; in the fall the festive coalman upward makes the prices jump; in the fall the summer maiden at the seashore ends her stay; in the fall the bunko artist selleth gold bricks to the jay.—Cincinnati Enquirer His Finish There was a man in a canoe Who rocked it; and when he was three They dragged all the lake For his form with a rake; It was all there was for them to doe. —Houston Post. SWEETS TO THE SWEET. Visitor—I've brought you a few chocolates. But I suppose you always have quantities of sweets? Dr. -No. I uon. I eat em all -St. Louis Republic. Pertinent Query. But if men went dreading the drop, Say, where is there one among us all That ever would reach the top? -N. Y. Herald. Two Inquiries. "Nellie," called the old man from the top of the stairs at 11:30 p. m., "don't you think it's about time to go to bed?" "Yes, papa, dear," answered Nellie from the front parlor. "What is keeping you up so late?"—Cincinnati Enquirer. A Habit. "Bliggins says that he gives his wife credit for all that he has accomplished." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "He is one of those men who blame their wives for everything."—Washington Star. Unkind. Miss Anne Teake—There is not a day passes that I do not add to my stock of knowledge. Miss Youngbudde—Oh, one is never too old to learn, don't you know?—Brooklyn Life. She Wondered. "Yes," said the Billville citizen, "he learn something every day." "I wonder," his wife replied. "if that's why so many people think you don't show your age?"—Chicago Record-Herald. Making Home Happy. Mrs. Geyer—Men have different ways of making home happy. Mrs. Meyer—How so? Mrs. Geyer—Some do it by staying at home, and some by going away.—Tit-Bits. An Unwise Preference. Sam—Bill says he a dutter de white. Pete—He a am darn fool. Can't anybody wifere eyes open see dat de avage white pusson am not as happy as de avage culldun pussun?—Brooklyn Life. On the Road. "Yep. Paving contractor. I get there just the same."—Chicago Tribune. An Opinion Jones—Mrs. Brown hasn't been looking well for some time. Mrs. Jones—No, indeed! And I think she looks as if she felt worse than she looks.—Judge. Saved by Papa's Wealth. Miss Autumn—At any rate, I was never called homely. Miss Caustique—You would have been only your father is so rich.—Town Topics. High Compliment. "Isn't the duke of Pottedham a very dignified person?" "Exceedingly so. In fact, he was at one time taken for a floorwalker."—Judge. A PECULIAR CITY Some Girls Day in t Rogues A London polly, gives a graph phase of Englis some of the it ments there are who make it a heart every we early closing deeply-rooted. a new partner w one who did du A smart your counter-jumper was heard to boast recently that during the 18 months spent this present situation he had "taken over" a hundred different girls. No content with a fresh companion for each weekly half-holiday, he had also often contrived to provide himself with yet another on Sundays as well. Extreme cases like this are rare, but it is quite common in some business houses where both sexes are employed, for young couples who are comparative strangers to one off together for a holiday. In many situations billings there are plenty of young people whose homes are too distant to sit for one day, who are glad to a date and to be accommodated manner indicated. A day's course is sometimes merely an ingenious run for the purpose of obtaining valuable information. Not long ago a skilful burglar, who confines himself to what he calls high-class work, confessed that one of his favorite methods was to suddenly fall in love with one of the servants of the house which he had planned to plunder, and at the first opportunity to take the girl for a day's outing. The one excursion was generally sufficient to allow him to artfully extract the necessary information which enabled him to after- BORROWS AI BREAD CASH Equally mean and criminal is the somewhat similar trick which is sometimes played on simple women. The dodge consists in accosting likely-looking girls in the street and carrying them off to lunch. The trickster in most cases passes himself off as a lord or a duke, says he has been greatly smitten by the appearance of his dupe, gives her worthless checks or Bank of Engraving notes to buy dresses and jewelry, offers her a magnificent situation or promises marriage, and, on the strength of all this, borrows all the ready cash which his victim happens to have. The deceived one, of course, sees no more of the impostor, unless he leaves her under the impression that he can swindle still more cash out of her, in which case a further appointment is made. A day trip with an old sweetheart was the plan by which a Homerton man recovered the rings which he had previously given her, and which she had refused to return. The engagement had been broken off and an estrangement had existed between the couple for several months. The not very generous swain had made several attempts to get back his rings, as he called them, but without success. At last he hit upon an idea more ingenious than honorable. He made false professions of a desire to renew the engagement, and wrote asking his ex-sweetheart to accompany him on a day's excursion to Margate as an act of reconciliation. Unsuspectingly the maiden complied. But her subsequent anger and mortification were very bitter, for, during the day, the faithless attendant, on some pretext, managed to slip the rings which she was still wearing from her finger. She treated the matter as a joke, and he kept up the defusion for the remainder of the day. When they parted at her door in the evening, however, he retained possession of the rings and left her very abruptly, saying that, having recovered his property, there was no need for him to make any further appointments. Salvation Army Uniforms Salvation Army uniforms for women, including the bonnet, cost about nine dollars. Nearly all of them are made in Luton, England. The fashion never changes, and the girls do not worry about the way the bonnets ought to be trimmed. Sand as Bedding for Cows. Sand is plentiful and inexpensive in Holland, and is used instead of hay and straw as beds for cows. It keeps the animals perfectly clean, requiring only a slight raking in the morning to soften and freshen it. A FISTIC DUEL IN A TREE. Kentucky Negroes Engage in Unique Combat in View of Hundreds James Askridge and Mason Thomas, negroes, who live near Middletown, were the principals in a fistic duel fought high in the branches of a large trees at the plain grounds near War- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. sult of a quarrel between the negroes. Askridge, it is said, told Thomas he could lick him anywhere—on the ground, in the air or under the deep blue sea. This boast was too sweeping for Mason, and he took issue with him. "I can lick you up in dat tree." boast- A ed Askridge, "an' if you don't b'leve it, come on." "You can't do nuthin' you say you kin—you can't whip me no whar." And with this state of things the two clambered up among the branches to prepare for the supreme test of prowess in battle in the air, while a crowd of interested spectators gathered to witness it. When the negroes reached a distance of 12 or 15 feet from the ground each announced ready, and while clinging to a friendly branch with one hand, each proceeded to pummel the other with a determination that furnished amusement for the crowd of picnickers below and bruises for the combatants among the limbs. Finally Askridge hit Mason a telling blow on the jaw and almost knocked him from the tree, Mason saving himself by catching a limb below him. The victor, in taunting tones, then asked the apparently vanquished Mason if he was satisfied. "Now, if you is satisfied I knl lick you in de air, jus' cum down on de groun' an' ill do it down dar," said the confident Askridge. Mason seemed to have sufficient proof and the two crawled down from their strange dueling ground, and after eyeing each other suspiciously for a time separated and forgot their differences. HOW BROWN WENT HOME. He Hailed a Cab and Made an Innocent Medical Man Pay for the Ride. Brown always was a quick-witted chap. Only one other possession of his was as nimble as that wit of his, and that was his money. He was always broke, and always reckless withal. He took a cab once, being a bit unsteady, to convey him from the club to his dwelling, the latter some distance. The cool night air blowing through the open windows sobered him enough to permit of his realizing that he had no money to pay the cahman's fare. Just at this moment the driver made that very usual inquiry: "What address did you say, sir?" And Brown said promptly: "Dr. So-and-So. No. 4 Blank street," the same being around the corner from his own abode. The house reached, Brown dashed up the steps, rang the bell furiously, and through the speaking-tube he implored A man in a coat the doctor to go at once to such-and-such a house. A cab was at the door, and would the doctor take the cab? When the doctor came down Brown bundled him in, gave the driver an address, and then started off. Of course Brown went home around the corner, and of course the cabman searched in vain for the number, and of course the doctor—weil, what could he do? The Japanese, having become rather proud of the way in which they are amazing the Russians, think they are likely to become the rulers of the sea. They, therefore, propose to challenge the New York Yacht club for the America cup. Parker—I have noticed that nearly all the articles on "How to Manage a Husband" were written by unmarried women. How do you account for it? Kerwin—Oh, you don't suppose a married woman is going to give her little plan away, do you?—Cincinnati Enquirer. "There's another feature to this machine," went on the auto dealer. "It is made of fewer parts than any other on the market." "What particular advantage does that give?" asked the possible purchaser. "Why, man, when it blows up you don't have half as many pieces to look for."—Chicago Tribune. COURTSHIPS BASE OF LIFE IN F LONDON. e Lovers for Every Week — Used by Obtain Valuable mation. Station, Smith's Week- account of a peculiar life. It says that in ge drapery establish- ment tenons and girls to have a fresh sweet- As regularly as the which is now such a ditation, comes round takes the place of the he previous week. counter-jumper was only that during the his present situation over a hundred dif- content with a fresh ch weekly half-hol- often contrived to pro- with yet another on Sun- like this are rare, but mon in some business with sexes are employed, es who are comparative off together for a hol- buildings there are people whose homes sit for one day, who state and to be ac- manner indicated. RANG THE BELL FURIOUSLY Japs Are Feeling Their Oats One Sacrad Secret An Argument. JAPAN Money received on deposit amounts above $1.00 which rent Money Loaned on Satisfaction Business Accounts Handle Amounts of ten cents and 1. This establishment is fitted up in the white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, elec lence for safety and the accommodation of For all information concerning Stock Cashier. Banking Hours have been arranged for large people as follows: 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. close Saturday to 5 P.M. and open again F. M. Call by as you come from work. OFFICER JOHN BROWNELL, JR., President. THOS. H.W.Y BOARD OF F. REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO E. R. JEFFERSON. H. F. JONATHAN, J. O. FARLEY. 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 a large white vault, burlar-proof steel chest, electric lights and every modern convenience for safety and the accommodation of the public. For all information concerning Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the Cashier. Banking Hours are arranged for the special convenience of the working people as follows: 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. We close Saturday at 5 P. M. and open again at 5 P. M., remaining open until 9 P. E. Call us by joe from work. OFFICERS: B. P. VANDERVALL, B. R. JEFFERSON. H. F. JONATHAN, OLAS SMITH D. J. OHAVERS, J. O. FARLEY. JNO. C. TAYLOR, E. A. WASHINGTON, J. H. President. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOS. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: REV. W. F. GRAHAM, D. D., JNO. R. HLES. E. R. JEFFERSON. H. F. JONATHAN, JNO. C. TAYLOR. E. A. WASHINGTON, R. W. WHITING, JOHN MITOHELL, JR., PRES. W. I. JOE FUNERAL DIRECTOR Office & Warerooms, 207 N. HACKS FO Orders by Telephone or Tele- pers and Entertainment Old 'Phone, 686, Residence W. I. JOHNSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Forshee St. Corner Broad HACKS FOR HIRE: Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Wedding, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Old 'Phone, 686. Residence in Building, New Phone. 18 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This organization has been chartered and legally situated under the laws and statutes of the state of New York, for the purpose of uniting together all acceptable men on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial Fraternal and to promote the Social and Moral condition of humanity Its two distinct military and uniform ranks will secure for this organisation place in the front ranks of all sacred institutions of modern events, a grand nope unity for active men. Deputies wanted in all sections of the country to organ lodges Kindly address, G. W. ALLEN Supreme voyager 846 W. 87th Street, New York City. Out of Town Order Volcited and will Receive P General Acknowledgement Isaac Straus and Co. Family Wine, Liquor and Cigar Store, 422 East Broad, St. Richmond, Va. WE MAKE A SPECIALITY OFFICE Mt. Vernon, Gibson, Old Jasper, Pennbrook Rye, Wilson, Old Henry, Old North Carolina Cura Whitake and Mountain Apple Brandy IMPORTED DOGGIES WINES, BRANDS, DIES, GINS AND RUMS. Best and most popular brands of CIGARS Goods Delivered Free to 'Phone 2234 all parts of the City. BUFFET IN REAR. FIRST CLASS Restaurant. Barber Shop, Pool Room, Boarding House and Employment Office. CHARLES H. BAILEY, Proprietor and Manager. Center Ave., opposite R. R. Station. Lock, 13. mos Atlantic Highland, N. J. WINSTON'S ICE-CREAM Is in Every Style, Wholesale and Retail. Parnors Open Day and Night Special Attention to Picnics, Festi- vals, etc. Estimates given. All the latest and most popular drinks of the fountain, fresh on hand. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. 'Phone, 2253. WINSTON'S, 537 Brook Avenue. FRANK WALLER, JR PRACTICAL HOUSE 14 W. Baker St., Richmond, Va. Residence, 1 E. Orange St. Prompt attention given to all mail orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. All Kinds of Painting Done Cheap Give me a call before going elsewhere 308 and 305 N.3rd St., CLEANING, DYEING, AND REPAIRING TURNER & WHITE, PROPRIETORS. ```markdown ``` --- Mechanics' Savings Bank OF RICHMOND, VA 511 North Third Street. Capital, $25,000. A deposit and interest paid on a which remains 60 days and over. Satisfactory Security. Handled Promptly. Uses and upwards received on deposit. Up in the most improved style, having a large best, electric lights and every modern conven- tation of the public. Big Stocks, Deposits, Loans, etc., apply to the arranged for the special convenience of the work- 4 P. M. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 3 P. . We can again at 5 P. M., remaining open until 7 work. OFFICERS: Agent. H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. H. WYATT, Cashier. BOD OF DIRECTORS: JNO. R. HLES, B. P. VANDERVALL, NATHAN, OLAS SMITH D. J. CHAVERS, JNO. C. TAYLOR, SHITING, WILLIAM CUSTALO, J. J. CARTER, TES. THOMAS M. CRUMP, SECY. OHNSON, VECTOR AND EMBALMER. 107 N. Foushee St. Corner Broad KS FOR HIRE: For Telegraph filled. Wedding, Sup- piments promptly attended. Vence in Building, New Phone, 18 RIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OF THE WORLD V. P. & F. K. of W. this organization has been chartered and legally under the laws and statute of the state of Idaho for the purpose of uniting together all acceptabl on the Broad Bases of Charity—Beneficial social and Moral condition of humanity uniform ranks will secure for this organization cred institutions of modern events, a grand hope wanted in all sections of the country to organi ress, F. H. Jackson. Chas. T. W. JACKSON & WJ Beef, Pork, Veal and Lamb, 101 W. Jackson St., Richmond, Va. Fresh Country Eggs and Butter. Fine Butter a Specialty. DENTISTRY PAINLESS EXTRACTION For beautiful Teeth, Comfort, Pleasure and Health Pleasure and Health. OFFICE HOURS:—From 8 A. M. to 6 P M. Old Phone, 816. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, 102 W. Leigh St., Richmond, Va. SYDNOR AND HUNDLEY, LEADERS IN Quality Furniture PARLOR SUITS. We have some twenty-five or thirty suits bought, most of which will be in stock in a few days. "Don't do a thing" until you see this line. MORRIS CHAIRS. This always popular chair of rest will be in as much demand this fall as ever. Part of our stock has already arrived and $10 values vie with $15 values of a year ago. Call, see our stock of Bed Room Bu niture and save time and money. Passenger elevator. Sydnor & Hunsley, ACROSS THE LINES BY HARRY STILLWELL EDWARDS Copyright, 1885, by J. B. Lippincott Company. All rights reserved. SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I-Story opens-in Richmond, was on day Port Sumter surroundered. bk. Francis Brockert makes remarkable request of his friend, Dick Somers, which Somers finally agrees. He is to marry, blindfolded, a woman whose name he is not to know, ask no question, and finally when she is out of the power of certain enemies, is to grant her an honorable divorce. aloud: "wound received in my hour —"your face beneath the light match." As he stood thus the let skipped from his hand. "Louise!" whispered, "the man whom Lou shot!" Not in all the vicissitudes his wild career had Holbin recei such a shock of surprise. His mi dazed and bewildered could. CHAPTER II-According to the agreement, Somers is mysteriously married to a young woman, who is called Frances, and her, they fall in love with each other. Unable to resist the lights a match in the dark room that they may see each other. A pistol shot rings out. Somers falls with a scalp ground just as Brodnaar comes to take him. He is conveyed to the doctor's office. CHAPTER III-Somers, on his recovery, receives telegram to report to war office immediately. He learns Frances is well, and asks the doctor to tell her Richard Somers passes out of her life. His duty done, please God, and she becomes will follow her to the end of the earth. CHAPTER IV-Woman named Louise is visited by Raymond Holbin, the father of her child, who has not kept his mother to marry her, and who bears a striking resemblance to a Dick Somera. The tells of having, in her education, not a man who she thought was CHAPTER V–Frances’ father, John Brookin, makes his will bequeathing her certain property upon condition that she marry Holbin, his stepson. Just before she had dispossions his mind of notation that she had a friend loyal to him, and tells him a friend to say to him: “Ask Raymond Holbin what he has done with Louise (the dry man’s niece); for he is the man who has her by a mock marriage, and took her as a friend.” CHAPTER VI–Holbin’s absence from the Brookin funeral is notorious. He is busy in the deserted residence of the deceased unraveling the mystery of the connection between the shooting, told him by Louise, and the implied charge against him made by Frances. He finds evidences of his involvement in Frances’ room, and his evil mind fills with suspicion of the pure girl. CHAPTER VII–Holbin decides to call Dr. Brodnar if he knows the man who was shot in Frances’ room. The doctor suspects he had been shot there, and that his mother, Mrs. Brookin (Holbin’s mother) of believe the woman who fired the shot, which, he declares, missed its mark. CHAPTER VIII—Baffled in attempt to learn anything from Dr. Brodner, Holt burns to Frances, but is again unsuccessful. However, by a skilful move, he may has made a most powerful imitation upon the woman he hopes to enrag. CHAPTER IX—Holm having exhausted all his resources for information concerning the victim of the shooting, as in to Frances 'old mammy, but X—Upon this he goes to his him and makes a clean breast at the nasty. She summons Dr. Brodnan, and demands to know the information he has given her, denounces her Liberian son, who comes to the room and attacks the doctor with a knife. The doctor escapes, sees Frances long enough to tell tell her knows about Somers' assailant and drives him out of her mind, thinking Louise had been jealous on account of Somers' attentions to her, she visits Louise full of sympathy for latter's troubles, but nothing comes up to her. Surprised at her arrest out of her mind, CHAPTER XII. she becomes a nurse for the wounded soldier under Richmond. A wounded federal camp under her care. He has been with Capt. Somers, who had at the same time been desperately wounded. Frances' love and sorrow for Somers returns upon this news of him. CHAPTER XII. Louise has an interview with Holbin, and later with his mother. She has come into possession of evidence proving a common-law marriage. Mrs. Brookin sees necessity of getting married, but temporarily yields to all demands, and agrees upon full repatriation. CHAPTER XIII- Holibin wins the gratitude of Frances by offering to export her wounded federal (now well on the road to recovery) across the lines. He has returned the Frances interest in the soldier. The next soldier is the soldier is found dead, shot in the back. CHAPTER XIV Locked within his own room, Raymond Holbin drew from his pocket the packet of papers taken by him from the murdered man with the official order for which he had committed the crime. The order read: "Pass the bearer, Thomas Riley, paroled prisoner, through the lines." "It will not do Loisue much good, anyway," he said, "even were I disposed to give it to her." The name "Martha Somers" upon the sealed packet attracted his attention, and he recognized in a Delaware address beneath the home of Richard Somers. He remembered then the dead soldier's description of the battle in which he was wounded, and guessed that the packet contained the papers given to him to deliver. Holbin would hardly have troubled himself to wade through a score of farewell pages from a soldier to his mother, and would have promptly destroyed the whole collection, but that the remaining envelope, addressed to Richard Somers, lay before him, and upon it his eye caught the Brookin crest. "This is very different," he said to himself with interest. "Let us see what Frances has to say to the fellow." He broke the seal and read: "I send you back, well and free, the man who saved your life; I found him严重 wounded—a prisoner. It is all that I have been able to do in return for your kindness to me. In the wound you received in my house, Think me not indelicate when I say that the sweetest memory my heart carries is in the memory of your face beneath the match that night and of the words "Purse my wife," which you have engraved in my heart, which I have placed a message to you. Forget me; it can never matter much, for a sea of blood rolls between us. Good night. God be with you till we meet—in Heaven. "FRANCES." Hobbin sat gazing blankly upon the lines. His head was in a whirl. "Her husband! her husband! Pshaw! he exclaimed with an uneasy laugh, springing to his feet and beginning to walk the floor, "this comes of the damnable work youonder to-day; my nerves are simply unstrung." He took a bottle from his dresser, poured out a stiff drink, and tossed it off with one gulp. Then he went back to his table and, picking up the letter, read aloud: "wound received in my house" —"your face beneath the lighted match." As he stood thus the letter slipped from his hand. "Louise!" he whispered, "the man whom Louise shot!" Not in all the vicissitudes of his wild career had Holbin received such a shock of surprise. His mind, dazed and bewildered, could not arrange a deduction beyond the discovery that Richard Somers was the man around whom so much of mystery had gathered, and that Frances referred to him in the tender word "husband." He laid his hand upon the bell-cord and hesitated; then his wicked smile came back again as he pulled it. "Tell your mistress I shall be glad if she will favor me with her presence here," he said to William. When a few minutes later, Mrs. Brookin came into the room he failed to hear her. "What is it, Raymond?" she asked. Housed himself and spoke rapidly. "Frances got her wounded soldier a pass through our lines, and to please her I carried him to the front. After he left me I found these papers in the buggy where he had dropped them. The fellow's captain is Richard Somers." "Richard Somers!" "And now, madam, read the note from Frances to him and let me congratulate you upon—" She read it rapidly, and when her amazed face was lifted he added: "Your son-in-law." "I do not understand! What does it mean?" "Answer that question for me, mother; my head has ceased to be of any assistance. Undoubtedly, however, the woman who you lead me to believe gave you her promise to marry me somese day is already in point of law Richard Somer's wife and has forfeited her right to any part of her father's estate. Madam, fortune favors the bold; I congratulate you!" His manner betrayed an intense excitement and bitterness. "Wait, wait!" said the woman, quietly, her eyes riveted upon the letter. "It seems that he was her husband that night. Was not that night prior to the signing of the will?" "Yes, the night before." The son, looking upon his mother's face, could find no evidence of satisfaction there. It was ghastly. "Why, what is it now?" "A stronger will and a clearer head than we are ingrained has been at war with us. Now the law, but they were trying to defeat the will in advance. It does defeat it in some way, or our enemies would not have taken the risk. If Frances were really married before the will was signed, she cannot comply with its requirements, and the law will not demand an impossibility." "Well!" He bent forward, his voice reduced to a whisper. "We have lost, you and I. Except for my pittance, we shall be beggars upon the day that Frances comes of age; and that day is near at hand." A long silence followed, and then the eyes of mother and son met. "Do you not share alike if the will fails?" "No. The intention of my husband will be operative; only the condition fails. There is no hope that way." His mother looked from him and spoke slowly. "Is there no remedy?" he asked. "Yes. If Richard Somers is not living when Frances comes of age, or should Frances—" "Mother, mother; take care!" The words burst in sudden energy from the wretched man. "Lift a hand to harm but one hair of her head, and, by the Mother of God—" "Hush! Hush!" she said, quietly. "You love her; that is enough. She is safe." "Swear it." "Read the other letter," she said, disregarding him. "It is likely that a man would mention his wife in his last letter to his mother." Raymond stripped off the envelope and shook two letters to the table. One, unsealed, was addressed to Mrs. Martha Somers. "Nothing but gush," he said, running his eye hurriedly over the lines. Mrs. Brookin had picked up the other, which was addressed to Dr. Brodnar. "We are getting to the heart of the mystery," she said. "Read this one." Raymond read in silence first, and then, leaning forward, excitedly read aloud: "Go to the girl I married at your request and say death has dissolved the bond. Break the news to her as gently as possible, for I have been vain enough to be prepared for the death of my wife, but prepared the way by your mercy, and our loneliness and excess of gratitude accomplished the rest. Let me confess that I have been foolish enough to love her and to dream that some day you would permit me to be alone. But this cursed war has killed my dream, Brodnar, and if this letter reaches you, it will be after it has killed your friend also! Go to her and say that since he met her Richard Somers has loved her as a man loves but once." There were other lines dealing with the friendship between the two men while in Paris and containing a tender farewell. "It is now plain to me," he said. "The meddlesome soundrel Brodnar is the author of the whole plot!" Mrs. Brookin folded the letters into their places. Her hands were without a tremor. "Let them keep their secret. To inform them is to arm them. We will continue to be—their dupes. Richard Somers may not be living when Frances reaches twenty-one; who can tell? The man who lost those letters has, I suppose, ere this made a full report." "The man who lost the letters, mother, has reported elsewhere with a bullet through his heart." "Raymond!" "What does it matter? We are killing them in front of our lines every day. One behind counts for little. He THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. had a pass; I needed it. I need it now more than ever." The woman's face glowed with a sudden light. "You are too rash, my boy; take no steps before consulting me. In the meantime these papers have no value for us. Burn them, burn them now! But no! give me the letter to Brodnar; it may be valuable some day as evidence that Richard Somers is dead." One by one Holbin held the others over lighted matches and saw them vanish into ginders. His mother placed her hand upon his shoulder, "Raymond, you are again planning to cross the lines—" "I know what I am doing! Do not seek to influence me." "What do you mean?" "There is no time for explanation, nor is there any need, for you already understand. It is sufficient to say that I am going across the lines more than one purpose now." "There are all sorts of people in an army," she said; "I have seen it stated that many officers killed in battle are shot from behind." "That is one," he replied, "and men who serve their country in time of war are forgiven many things. I am in possession of that which will secure for me a review of my case and restore to me my commission. I have offered my sword to the confederacy once; the next time I will offer it point first!" "You have valuable information for sale. Is that what you mean? Go allow upon that line; if you draw your sword against Virginia openly you sacrifice all interests here. Better be a friend to both sides, and when you come back with proofs that Richard Somers is really dead all may yet be well. If she is free at 21 the will is binding, even if it were held that she has not already sacrificed her interest." "Come what may," he said, passionately, "while I live Brodnar shall never see Frances Brookin the wife in truth of Richard Somers." "Nor while I live," said his mother; "there is my hand upon it." "Ungrateful boy! Where is your promise? Do you repudiate that? Have you forgotten your danger?" "No, but she shall not suffer at your hands. Leave her to me. And, mother, if you ever find us dead together in that room downstairs, have no thought of me. The man who has neither love nor revenge has nothing to live for." He seized his hat and rushed from her presence. CHAPTER XV. Col. Richard Somers dismounted and took refuge upon the veranda of a little cottage that fronted a crossroad near Mechanicsville while his artillery thundered by and unlimbered in position to face the enemy. Men, horses and officers were worn out with fatigue and hard fighting and eager for an opportunity to snatch a few hours of rest. The two great armles had covered upon the memorable seven days' fight which was to swing around Kichond and leave a bloody path to Malvern hill. The cottage seemed deserted, but presently an aged negress made her appearance from somewhere and pathetically attempted to extend its hospitalties to the officers who began to swarm into the yard. Clinging to her skirts was a little girl of six or seven years, whose fair complexion, blue eyes and silken curls bespoke a patrician parentage, but whose frail figure and incessant cough gave evidence of a fatal weakness. "Her ma is done dead, sah," said the old woman, respectfully, when Col. Somers hurriedly questioned her concerning the family, "an her pa left 'fo you-all come; done come yistydish an' go right back to town. He don't stay hyar anyhow." "But that child must not remain here; she is in danger every moment. You must move out!" "Whey we goin' move, sah? Don't know nobody any better off'n we are roun' hyah. Master tell me to stay right hyah, an' I goin' ter stay hyah. Better tek yo' folks an' move on, sah, whey you started." Somers had other things to think about, and turned away. Very likely the movement next day would carry them beyond the cottage, and the danger was not pressing at the moment. In the morning the child might be sent to the rear if necessary, and to-night he rather welcomed the adjuncts of refined life. He had use for the old woman, for he was but recently out of hospital and somewhat spoiled by nursing. He made himself and officers comfortable in the best rooms after the manager of old campaigners and prepared for the short rest which he so much needed. Somers had made the necessary dispositions and, left alone upon the porch for a moment, his thoughts reverted to the cherished memento in his locket, the worldless message of love which had so mysteriously reached him. It was just one slender curl—the curl that had vouched his cheek, he was sure, and with it a name. They were enough; no words could have summoned up more vividly the scenes of that darkened wing-room, nor have told him more eloquently that within the excited city there was one heart which held no hatred for him. It was no hour for dreaming, and he roused himself to the present. Around him were contending hosts of doomed men, the spirit of war hovered over the rude camps, and death lurked in the shadows, eagen for his harvest. From the distance, the echoes of dropping shots came faintly to the ear, and presently what seemed to be a small volley. This volley claimed his attention and that of the junior officers, and he had ordered a sergeant up to inquire as to the cause, when the sound of rapid hoof-beats approached upon the road, and in the dim light as he waited a frightened horse, pursued by half a dozen troopers, sped by. Presently the men returned leading the captured animal and carrying its late rider. The latter was youthful and clad in confederate gray, which was drenched with blood and covered with dust; for the wounded rider, clinging desperately to the mane of the horse as he lay extended upon its neck, had finally fallen and been dragged until the weight stopped the runaway. The face of the unfortunate fellow had escaped, and so young and so fair was it, even the hardened soldiers were touched. "He insists upon seeing an officer," said one of them. "Claims to have secrets to tell." "Place him upon the porch and call a surgeon. Where did he come from?" Somers was strangely affected. "Don't know. He came riding headlong through the rebel pickets. I think, and they got him. We didn't shoot at all, for it first the horse seemed to be loo and when we did see the young fell on him, we knew he was too near one to escape. We had orders against necessary alarms, and so we ran him.own." The surgeon came and laid up the jacket of the now unconscious offerer. He waved back the curiousoup and motioned for Somers to amy reach. "A woman!" he bickered. He came riding the rebel pickets. I ot him. We didn't first the horse, and when we did we on him, we knew one to escape. We unnecessary alarms, "wn" The surgeon the jacket of the offerer. He wavedoup and motioned each. "Is it possible room!" The roughed the frail form it upon the bed in amination disclose from behind has through the body. "Is it possible! to my room—to my room!" The roughest soldiers again lifted the frail form underly and placed it upon the bed in ide. A hurried examination disclose he wound; a shot from behind had passed entirely through the body. "She cannot live," said the surgeon, gently, as he arose and covered up the white form. "There is not the slightest chance for her." The sentence of death seemed to inspire her with a sudden consciousness. She opened her eyes widely, and they rested in wonder upon the blue unit™ms and strange faces. "What has happened?" she asked, wenkly. "Where am I?" "You have been wounded, madam," said the surgeon. "badly wounded; but you are in friendly hands." "Ahl! Raymond—told me—that he had—had arranged with the picket—to pretend only to fire—oh, they have—killed me!" She shuddered, but with sudden return of full consciousness she "LOUISE!" HE SAID, SADLY, STANDING BY HER SIDE. cried aloud: "My papers—they are valuable!—where are they?" "We have none, medam." "Oh, Godl—wha gonyl—oh, sirs, I suffer, I suffer so." "Drink this!" "I am placing a glass of stimulant to her lips; "more if you can; it will sustain you." "In the saddle pockets—my papers!" Her eyes closed in exhaustion. A young officer who was sent to find the documents came back quickly: "Saddle trailing underneath; pockets empty." She heard him and understood. "Lost! Then—I, too—am lost. Raymond!—Raymond!" She turned her face away and wept silently. "Gentlemen," said Richard Somers, hoarsely, "will you leave us? I know this unfortunate woman." He was instantly the focus of wondering eyes, but for a moment only. The little group saluted in silence and withdrew. "Louise!" he said, sadly, standing by her side. The eyes of the woman were fixed on him as he sought to control his voice. "Who spoke—who called Louise?" "It was I—" "Richard!" "Yes; sadder, older—but Richard still. God knows I speak the truth when I say I have nothing in my heart for you but the tenderest sympathy." Her eyes clung to his face through the spasm of pain that twisted her body and drew the beautiful mouth into a thin line of scarlet. "How may I help you? I would help you?—Louise, if I might." "Tell me—upon your soul's honor—is—is it—death?" He covered his eyes and stood silent. She waited in agony; he did not answer her. "Death!!" she said, in horror. "Help me! help me, Richard!" Sobs shook her, and she stretched out her hand to him as one who is drowning. A cry burst from the lips of the manly soldier, a cry no less agonized than hers. "Louise! Louise!—I would give my life to help you! Don't speak, don't look at me that way!" "You must help me—you must! Quick—let me whisper! He will come—he won't refuse now! He was—to come—soon! The marriage—must—must be fulfilled! Bring him—bring him—to me! Bring my child!" "Impossible, Louise," he cried. "You do not know what you are saying. He is beyond the enemy's lines!" "Ah—but—but he is—coming! Water—water!" he placed the drink quickly to her lips—'coming, Richard! Bring him—I am dying—tell him—I am dying—I—Louise—dying! Nanon! Nanon!" "I am a soldier," he said, "sworn in my country's defense. My life belongs to my country—not to myself. No one would give me permission to go on such an errand. And if I were captured I should die as the spy dies!" "Richard—you and I—are—in God's presence!" "Yes; in the presence of God!" "Kneel here. I shall tell you now-" I swear in His presence—I have loved no man in life—but you—but you!" "Hush!" I whink. hands tore feebly at a slender chain that had slipped down into her bosom, and drew a little locket into view. He recognized it. "I believe you," he said, gently, at length. And he did; he had never doubted it in his heart. "It is the last prayer of the woman—who in all these years—of suffering—shame—has loved you! Go to him! He will come—my child's life—save the child for—her mother's sake! Let me see her!" The soldier had faced every danger of the battlefield without a tremor. In the presence of this woman's awful agony his heart failed him. "The lost papers—duplicates—duplicates! Richmond is yours—Lee's army—destroyed!" He stood up then, and was cool, his eyes reading her pale face as an open book. He turned to the door. "Surgeon," he said, "come to this poor girl. Louise, I will return." He rode to headquarters and laid before his chief all the facts. A long discussion followed. "It is a desperate venture, general, and if I fail-death! I know that. But if I succeed, it may mean life for many a man in this army. Still, let me be frank; I shall go not for that alone." The decision is with you, colonel. My advice is against your plan. And yet—if that information opened the road to Richner, it would mean Gen. Somers." "I have your permission?" There was no answer. "I shall start in 30 minutes, then," said Somers. The general gave his hand in silence and turned away. "Avoid capture," he said, sadly. Day by day familiar faces were passing from him. "I shall not be captured. If it comes, it will be a soldier's death," was the reply. He reentered the presence of Louise clad in the uniform of a confederate captain. The old negress was with her, and, hat in hand, a young man, her son, was delivering a message to her. Somers caught enough of the words to gather that he came from Richmond. "How did you pass through the lines?" he asked, abruptly. The negro grinned and was silent. "Can you guide me through—quick, man, speak." The negro looked at the uniform. "Yes, sah. But it's er long ways now—an' through the swamp, too." "Louise, for your sake and the child's I shall try. If I return no more—it will be because I—have failed!" "Come—to me, Richard—knee. And now, God—bless you. "Tis a sinful woman's prayer—but He will hear—even me, a murderer!" "Murderess! Louise!" "I tried to kill him—tried to end it! I fired to kill in my despair—it was the wrong man; I saw dimly—through the blinds—another woman's room—under the light of a match only—and I killed him—an innocent man!" "Louise—in Richmond—through the blinds—a year ago?" "Ah, you heard of it?" "I was the man." "It cannot be!" "It was a wing-room. She was kneeling before me, and the bullet struck here!" He drew aside his hair and rested his finger upon a white spot. "Brodnar—" "God is comforting me," she whispered. "The rest will come." Tears streamed down her cheeks from her closed lids. Somers chose the moment to leave her. "Keep her alive until morning," he said, to the surgeon. "I will come then—or not at all." And then to the negro: "Now, my boy, $100 in gold if you guide me safely into Richmond and back. Will you need a horse?" The negro shook his head. "No horse can cross what I goinfer go." He led away briskly into the Chickakominy swamp, and when Richard Somers found the stars again he was within the lines of his enemy with the Richmond lights in sight. Not until then did he remember that he had no knowledge of Raymond Holbin's whereabouts. He stopped, amazed that he had failed in this vital matter. "Do you know Mr. Holbin in Richmond," he asked of the negro, "Mr. Raymond Holbin?" "Yes, sah, 'course I know him. We all b'longs to es ma." "What! Then that house back yonder! Whose is that?" "Dat's his house, sah, I reck'n. Don't nobody come out but him, to see es little gal." "His girl! Her name—what is her name?" "Calls 'er Chicky most generally. Sometimes he called 'er Nanon." Somers stopped then and stood with his face toward the stars in breathless reverie a few moments. "My boy," he said, "you saw the woman who was shot?" "Yes, sah." "She is dying; that is her child and she does not know it. Here is all the money I have with me; it is yours if you will go back with all your might and tell her about the child. Do this, my boy, and God will bless you." "How you gointer get back, mARTER?" "Thatdoesn'tmatter!—go! go! Here is your money—be quick now!" "Bring it along wid you, marster." The negro vanished as a shadow within a shadow. "And now, Louise," said the soldier, as he plunged on into the city, "God is comforting you!" So far as the chance of detection was concerned, Richard Somers was as safe on the streets of Richmond that night as in his own camp; but he realized that perhaps he had a difficult task before him to find Raymond Holbin. And if he found him, what then? The city was in a turmoil. Excited men and women crowded the streets and wounded soldiers were on every side. There was to be little sleep that night in Richmond or in the next five to come, for the fate of the city hung in the balance during the seven days' battle. Somers carried off his novel experience boldly, and, passing into the Spotswood hotel, he sought a directory. His search for Holbin's name was at once successful, and, taking a note of the address, he went forth and prepared himself for the final trial. His safety lay in the character of the service he was rendering to the woman to whom Holbin owed much. At least he argued so. How little he knew the depths of villainy he was about to probe! A policeman directed him to the address secured, and he found himself before a spacious and pretentious mansion of the older style. There were lights in front and he hesitated, prompted by some intuition. If he could get to the rear, he imagined, and question a servant, the risk would be less. There seemed to be a garden and a wing, and upon a side street he found an entrance through an iron gate, which stood ajar. Entering and passing a horse tied in the shrubbery, he approached the wing-room without connecting the place with any impression of memory; but suddenly, as he neared the closed door, the plashing of a fountain smote his ear, and the experience of a memorable night rose to mind. The iron gate, the gravel walk, the shrubbery and the wing-room! All were there; and above all the low music of the fountain. Then, swift as a flash of lightning, rose his promise. He was pledged not to enter. But as he stood, his mind confused and without power to measure the significance of the new facts, the door opened and a young woman stepped out. The light from the iron lamp swinging overhead fell full upon her. He saw that her face was womanly, sad, and beautiful, a face hallowed by the sufferings of others like unto those he had seen so often in the convent and hospital. A vague half memory of it arose in his mind. He lifted his hat instinctively as she paused in surprise. "I fear you have made a mistake," she said, gently. "Whom do you seek?" At the sound of her voice he uttered a low cry; and then— "Frances!" At the same instant she recognized him and started forward; but, checking the impulse, she drew back, stunned and distr. ssed. "God has arranged it for us," he said, a glad note in his voice. "I have found you without seeking; I have looked into your face without knowing—why what is it?" The girl had drawn beyond the reach of the arms stretched out towards her and was sadly shaking her head. "What does it mean?" she said, in fear, her voice trembling. "Why are you here in that uniform?" "Upon a mission requiring the utmost secrecy, Frances; discovery would cost me my life! I shall explain—" "A spy! You a spy! Ah, I can believe all the other things now—they told me only the truth!" She began to wring her hands; but, suddenly drawing up her slender figure, she said: "Capt. Somers, leave these premises at once—and Richmond, or—yes, even I—will give you up to the law." He saw her mistake, but he was as proud. "You condemn me without a hearing." "Your uniform, your presence in this city condemn you!" "No Somers was ever a spy. I have risked my life to help a dying woman." he said, quietly. "I came here to see a man named Raymond Holbin." "Raymond! What of him?" "You know him, then?" "Yes! Yes! He is here—in this house!" "Take him my message, and we part for all time, Frances; tell him that Louise is dying—tell him to come here to me—" "Louise! Oh, sir—wait! Will you not tell me who is Louise?" "A lovable woman whose life has been a failure. It was she who fired the shot that night—not at me who once loved her, but at Holbin, as she thought, the man who had brought her nothing but sorrow." Amazed and dumb, Frances was regarding him with questioning eyes. "And the child?" she began, weakly. "Ah, there is the most pitiable part of it. Holbin has never married Louise." The girl covered her face an instant. "Forgive me," she said. "I wronged you—my friend." "You do not say my husband. So let it be." "I cannot," she answered, in great distress, "when I think of my poor boys dying and dead all around me!—some day when it is all over, perhaps;—but not now, not now! But oh, sir," she explained, looking in terror about her, "come inside, come in; the danger is frightful." Somers drew himself up and saluted, "Kindly deliver my message. I shall wait here." "You must not—you shall not! Quick, sir, into my room." "It is the room of a young girl," he said; "if I am discovered there the life that I lose is nothing compared to her loss!" A struggle was going on in her heart. Her face was white, and a wan smile dwelt upon it. "It is your wife's room," she said, "and you will be safe there." He took the hand, touched his lips to it, and suffered her to lead him. Above their heads, a woman, hearing every word, leaned out a moment. The upward glare of the swinging lamp lift up her face, savage in its vindictive joy. As Richard Somers entered, the room the woman overhead closed the blinds gently. The floor she traversed gave no warning to those below. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Barred Mrs. Blue—Are you going to join the Audubon club this winter? Mrs. True—I intended to, but they say bird's wings are all the style in millinery this fall, and I don't see how I could possibly join and be consistent—Detroit Free Press. Somewhat Different Tom—Did you ever notice with what style and grandeur Miss Flatleigh sweeps into a room? Jack—Yes; but when it comes to sweeping out a room she isn't in with her poor old mother.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Luck in Misfortune "Great guns!" exclaimed the absent minded man. "I just stuck the lighter end of this cigar in my mouth." "How fortunate you were in discover it at once, my dear!" rejoined his wife—Tit-Bite. BAD BOY IS CHECKMATED. How a Wise Old Bachelor Persaaded His Squalling Nephew to Shut His Mouth. A bachelor is not usually credited with a knowledge of the proper treatment of children, but sometimes, say the Chicago Inter Ocean, they step in where angels fear to tread. A confirmed specimen, who is pretty well on in years and not very fond of children, went to see a married sister the other day, and found her trying to amuse her little boy, aged five years. Not long after he arrived she stepped out of the room to attend to some household duty of other, leaving him alone with the child. The latter eve A man in a suit stands in front of a child sitting in a chair, who is screaming with excitement. The man points to the child, who is holding a book. The scene is set in a room with a wall and a window. "CRY LOUDER!" he dubiously for some minutes. He was a spoiled child if ever there was one, and had no idea of making promiscuous acquaintances. The bachelor tried to make the little one laugh, but all he got for his antics was a sour look. Finally, without any warning, the child burst out crying. Here was a quandary, to be sure. He didn't dare to pick the boy up and soothe him. His attempts in a verbal line were dismal failures What should he do? Finally a thought struck him. He looked at the crying youngster, and the crying youngster looked at him through his tears. He was evidently much pleased with the impression he was making. "Cry louder," said he. The child obeyed. "Louder yet," urged the bachelor. A yell went up that would have done credit to an Indian. "Cry louder still," insisted the man, and the boy did his best to obey. "Louder!" fairly howled his uncle. "I won't!" snapped the infant, and he shut his mouth with a click and was quiet for the rest of the day. THE BLUFF THAT Mr. Staylate Attempts to Fool His Better Half, But Instead Is Fooled Himself. A clock in a near-by tower had just toled off the hour of 4 as he arose unsteadily from the card table, where he had sat for three hours, stretched his weary limbs, bade his comrades goodnight and started in the direction of his home. After a half hour's walk, in which all the lamp post and telegraph poles insisted on getting in his way, he arrived at his home, took out his bunch of keys, at last found the elusive keyhole and softly opening the door and discarding his shoes at the foot of the stairs, climbed heavenward on all fours. With "YOU'D BETTER GO TO BED." cat-like footsteps he crept across the threshold of his bedroom and proceeded to undress. He heard his wife move restlessly, which made him hurry, and in doing so he upset a chair. Stepping quickly over to the cradle in the corner he commenced to rock it violently. "Is that you, John?" came his wife's voice from the bed. "Yes, dear," he replied. "Well, what in the world are you doing?" she asked. "Why, I'm rocking this blamed kid to sleep." "How long have you been there?" "Since 11:30." "Well, John, I think you had better get right into bed, as I have the child in here beside me, and, moreover, I've had him here ever since 11 o'clock last night." Rich Wives for Aristocrats A company has been organized in London for the procuring of wealthy brides for impoverished aristocrats. A percentage on the estimated wealth of the bride is the fee for this work, to be paid within a week after the marriage takes place. A. Mean Trick. Clara—Why in the world did you engage yourself to that Mr. Hardhead? Dora—He took me at such a disadvantage that I had to. "Nonsense!" "Oh, but you don't know. He proposed to me in an ice cream saloon, and I knew perfectly well that if I didn't accept him he wouldn't ask me if I'd have another plate."— N. Y. Weekly THE PLANET shed every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL at 31 N. North 4th St. Richmond Va. 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Post Office Postmaster SATURDAY . . . NOVEMBER 5. 1904 COLORD men, we are making giant strides in a quiet, but effective way. We should not lose hope, but press forward. Yes, all of this lynching, burning at the stake and assassination of colored people in the South is injuring that section more than it injures the Negro. Still, when the South is injured, the Negro is injured; but the white South is injured most. God is not dead and his truths are immutable. We shall see the dawn of a brighter and better day and if we do not see it, our children will see it, and that is some satisfaction during our lifetime. COLORED folks, buy land and engage in business. If you fail, you will land on the ground where you were before and you can get up and try again. COLORED folks never be discouraged, live within your means, educate your children and your future will take care of itself. OUR people should by all means cultivate politeness in their children. It will tend to give them a meal of animals a time, when otherwise, they would go with an empty stomach. IDLENESS and laziness is an abomination. Teach your children to avoid both. A shiftless, good-for-nothing Negro is just as bad as a shiftless, good-for-nothing white man. Both should get off the face of the earth and lose no time in doing it. THE Baptist Ministers of Richmond, (white) adopted a series of resolutions last Monday at their usual meeting that will rank with the best dissertations upon this subject and will place that denomination in the forefront of the religious bodies now making pleas for the observance of the laws of the land and the observance of those great principles which have stood the test of the ages. We have read the resolutions carefully and we have no hesitation in saying that they virtually announce the dawn of a new era of liberality in this section of the South-land. It is only surprising that the principles portrayed and the facts announced have not been the subject of discussion before this. Weshall discuss these resolutions in another issue. They are far too important and far-reaching in their declarations to be dismissed by the wave of a hand. The leaven is working. God has heard and is answering our prayers and the pulpit, the white Baptist pulpit, is awakening from a long sleep. Lynch-law must go! THE political out-look is bright and brightening, if we are to judge by the reports which are being sent out from reliable agencies in New York. The almost universal feeling seems to be to "let well enough alone." President THE ODORE ROOSEvelt is a remarkable character. He is to an extent hand-mapped rather than helped by the possession of the presidential office. Persons who have been necessarily disappointed may use their influence to encompass his down-fall. He has met all of the issues presented in a manner that has tended to strengthen him. His defeat would paralyze financial interests for a while and bring disaster to many of the business enterprises of the country. The attitude of the Democratic Party with reference to the colored people and the demand by many of its journals for the repeal of the 14th and 15th Amendments make it utterly impossible for the average colored citizen to do otherwise than cling to the old land-mark and vote with the Party of Emancipation. REWARDS OFFERED THE town counsel of Berkley has offered a reward of $500.00 for the arrest and conviction of the lynchers of the colored man, GEORGE BLOUNT, and the county of Norfolk has supplemented this by a reward of $1,000.00 and the Governor of the state announces that he will offer a reward also. Still no one has been arrested. That these murderers can be arrested and punished hardly admits of a question. Turn-key FERRELL should unquestionably be proceeded against. It is a reflection upon the community to have in office a man, who seems to be unable to resist the temptation to deliver up prisoners at will, provided his visitors produce revolvers and threaten to kill him. The colored people of Berkley have conducted themselves in a model manner, but it is evident that conditions there are not at all satisfactory to them. The only way to emphasize the opposition to mob methods is to arrest and punish the persons guilty of it. The best time to punish a lyncher is at the time he is practicing his unlawful profession. One or two dead or wounded lynchers will establish beyond question the facts relative to identity. If colored men had attempted to lynch a white prisoner, even though their faces were concealed by masks, all that it would have been necessary to do the next morning would have been to go out in the road-way an examine the lifeless bodies of the men engaged in such murderous practices. Conservative colored men will learn more sense after a while, and a solution of these embarrassing questions will materialize. WAR PANIC IN LONDON Alarmist Reports Concerning Russia Caused Great Excitement. WAS NOTHING TO JUSTIFY IT London, Nov. 2.—Negotiations between Great Britain and Russia looking to a settlement of the North Sea affair are progressing favorably, and there is not the slightest danger of any friction arising between the two governments. Th constitution of the international commission under The Hague convention is on the verge of settlement. In spite of these pacific conditions, that can only be compared to the panic that can only be compared to the epanic created on Sunday, October 23, when the news of the slinking of the trawlers in the North Sea was received. Not for years have so many alarmist reports and flaming extras flooded London. The most extraordinary feature of this scare, which was serious enough while it lasted, is that there was not one single circumstance to justify it. The excitement started when the newspapers announced the departure of the Russian Baltic squadron from Vigo. The public were not in possession of the information cabled by the Associated Press to the United States that only the officers concerned in the firing on the British trawlers would be detached, and jumped at the conclusion that Russia had broken faith by not detaining the vessels involved in the affair. On top of this came wild reports of tremendous activity at Gibraltar. Hour by hour the news from Gibraltar became more serious, until at last the climax was reached with the announcement that the British fleet had cleared for action. Some even said the fleet had sailed to meet Rojestensky's squadron. In huge type the papers made the parallel statements: "The Russian fleet has sailed"—"The British fleet has cleared for action." No newspaper and no person seemed able to explain these events. The reassuring information available in the United States that the sailing of the Baltic squadron from Vigo was with the knowledge of and agreeable to the British government was not even hinted at by the papers here. The news from Gibraltar became more and more airmist, and finally the foreign office was overrun by reporters, some of whom brought the rumor that Admiral Beresford had already sunk the remnant of Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. Ambassador Benkendorf at that moment was quietly discussing with Foreign Minister Lansdowne the personnel of the international commission, but it was popularly rumored that he was receiving an ultimatum. Premier Balfour, Admiral Sir John Fisher, commander-in-chief at Portsmouth; Lord Selborne, first lord of the admiralty, and Prince Louis, of Battenburg, director of naval intelligence, were all in conference, and it was openly hinted that they were THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA planning the first stroke of war. As a matter of fact, they, like Lord Lansdowne, were engaged in considering names that had been suggested for the international commission. When all London was in this state of mind, and while everybody who might be supposed to know anything was constantly being asked "Has war been declared?" the foreign office decided to adopt a course most unusual for it, and in order to allay the public excitement, gave out to the press the following statement: "Before the Russian fleet left Vigo instructions were given to the Russian admiral, with the view to preventing injury or inconvenience to neutral shipping during the passage of the Russian eet to the Far East. "In compliance with Russia's engagement, four Russian officers have been left behind at Vigo. "The two governments are now discussing the terms with reference to the international commission which will be entrusted with the proposed inquiry." FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR Hundreds of Jap Guns Battering North- erly and Easterly Forts. Verry and Easterly Forts. Tokio, Nov. 2.—Imperial headquarters published a series of reports covering the operations against Port Arthur during the months of August, September and October. The chief interest centers in the tremendous attack which was begun October 26 and is still continuing. Hundreds of Japanese guns began battering against the northerly and easterly forts on October 26, the infantry moving forward with desperate rushes where the artillery had prepared the way, while the ploneers and sappers were running mines against the Russian forts. The reports record a series of desperate encounters at close range and tell a dramatic story. The reports, beginning with that covering the attack of October 26, are as follows: "From 8.30 o'clock in the morning the forts on Sungshu and Rihlung mountains, the eastern group of forts on Keekwan mountain, and a fort lying to the north of the latter, were bombarded with our siege guns and naval ordnance, and 250 shells took effect. Two of the most important covers on Sungshu mountain fort were destroyed by our shells. One 15-centimetre gun was dismounted and another damaged. One gun on the northern fort of East Keekwan mountain was destroyed. "From 2 o'clock in the afternoon other siege guns were directed against the trenches on all slopes of Sungshu mountain and Rihlung mountain and against the trenches on the south side of Pohsian mountain. All of these trenches were heavily damaged. A portion of our right wing charged against the trenches on Sungshi mountain and a portion of our centre wing charged against the trenches on Rihlung mountain and on the southern part of Pohsian mountain and took possession of them without heavy loss. "During the night the enemy resorted to every means to obstruct our work, assaulting and using bombs. At the same time the Russians' worked energetically in effecting repairs on some portions of their forts damaged by our shells. "On October 28 the bombardment with heavy and other siege guns was continued and its effect was good. Two hundred and eighty-five effective shells have been counted, and besides these several other shells took effect on the forts of Anshu mountain, Itz mountain, Palyu mountain and on a hill 203 metres high. "A conflagration occurred in the old city, and a second conflagration was observed in a factory at the northeast base of Golden Hill, which lasted for three hours. During the night a machinery building near the harbor was bombarded by our guns, which also protected the work of the engineers. "On October 29 the bombardment was continued with an increased number of shells. On the same morning at dawn 100 of the enemy assaulted our line extending toward Rihlung fort, but they were repulsed with heavy loss. Simultaneously a similar force of the enemy assaulted our mine projected against Sungshu mountain. Our men bravely withstood the attack, but were forced to lose a portion of the mine, which, however, was regained with the assistance of the artillery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. "Our bombardment is proving increasingly effective. A number of shells from our heavy guns are taking effect. We counted 350 of the shells. Besides this, heavy damage has been inflicted on the Laoluechuikao. Itz mountain and Paiyu mountain forts and those lying between them. "Five Russian ships which were being used in clearing mines were also bombarded. Three of them were heavily damaged and the other two were set on fire." Russians May Retreat Russians May Retreat. St. Petersburg, Nov. 2.—The expectation of serious delevopments at the theatre of war has again failed of realization. The official dispatches record nothing more serious than the usual skirmishes. The strategists at the war office are generally inclined to believe that the expected great battle may be deferred, and possibly may not occur this year, though the Japanese may make a desperate effort to flank General Kuropatkin and compel him to surrender Mukden. If General Kuropatkin is convinced that the Japanese are now numerically superior he may decide to draw off, as it would obviously be unprofitable to risk a general engagement until the vast armies to be placed under his command can reach Manchuria. Whatever happens, however, it is not likely that the Japanese can take Kuropatkin unawares. SHOT HALLOWEEN MERRYMAKER Fired to Frighten Tormenters and Killed a Boy. Westfield, N. J., Nov. 1.—Shooting to frighten Halloween merrymakers, a bullet fired by Harold M. Wilcox, a well-known citizen, struck John Barling, aged 14, in the mouth. He staggered across the street and dropped dead. A party of youths had been annoying Wilcox. When he went out of his residence, resolver in hand, the crowd left, and, thinking to prevent their return, he fired in the opposite direction. Unknown to Wilcox, a number of children were approaching, and the bullet struck the Barling boy. Wilcox carried the body of the dead boy to his house and notified the police, who took him into custody. e is Only Legal Re e For Governor. publican Norm Wilmington, D. seph H. Chandle ernor of Delawar publican ticket, of the peace a name of Preston candidate for go on the official bu for governor on b Dr. Chandler was Regular Republic publican candidate drew, but Dr. Ch off the ticket "In case Mr. Lea is elected," Dr. Chandler said in an interview, "we will take the matter to court and protest his election on the ground that the election was legal, as he was not the legal candidt to." Takahira Rallies From Sinking Spell. New York, Nov. 2.—Last night it was said that Japanese Minister Takahira, who was operated on for appendicitis, had a slight sinking spell, but that he responded almost immediately to stimulants and recovered his former strength in a few minutes. It was stated that the sinking spell did not mean that the patient was any worse. Today his condition was said to be better than it was yesterday. GENERAL MARKETS Philadelphia—Flour firm; winter superfine, $3.75@4.5; Penna, roller, clear, $5.15@5.30; city mills, fancy, $6.40@6.60. Rye flour firm; per barrel, $4.40. Wheat steady. No. 2 Penna, red, new, $1.13@1.13%; Corn steady; No. 2 yelow, local; 1.13%; Corn steady; No. white, local; 1.13%; Corn steady; No. white, local; 36c; lower crusts, 35c. Hay steady; No. 1 timothy, large bales, $14.50@15; Pork firm; family, $17. Beef steady; beef hams, $23@24; Live poultry steady; hens, 12%c; old roosters, 8%c; Dressed poultry firm; choice fowls, 13c; old roosters, 9c; Butter steady; creamery, 26c; per lb. Eggs steady; York and Penna, 26c; corn. Potatoes firm; new, per bushel, 53%c Baltimore - Wheat weak; spot contract, $1.12%@12; spot No. 2 red western, $1.14%@15; steamer No. 2 red, $1.06%@10.7; southern, by sample, 90c@$1.10; southern, on grade, $1.01%@10.8; northern corn, $4.92%@20; new southern yellow corn, $4.56%@70; oats steady, No. 2 white, 34c; No. 2 mixed, $33%@33; Rye easier; uptown No. 2 western, 90c Hay firm; No. 1 timothy, $14.14%@50; No. 1 clover; mixed, $12.12%@50; Butter firm; fancy firm; on $12%@18; fancy creamer, $24%@20; on $12%@18; ladle firm; per dozen, $30.60; Cuneat large, 10%@11c; medium, 11%@11c; small, 11%@11c. Live Stock Markets. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburgh—Cattle firm; choice, $5.30%@5.0; prime, $5@2.0; fair, $3.00; Hogs steady; prime, heavy, $5.40%@5.0; medium, $5.30%@5.5; heavy Yorkers, $5.30%@5.5; light doe, $5.10%@5.15; pigs, $4.90%@5.5; row cows, $4.25%@5.0; steamer steady; southern, $4.25%@5.0; common sheep, $1@2; spring lambs, $3.50%@5.6; calves, $7.70%@7.0. Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. 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The largest features, but the principles McGIRT'S Agents are making $5.00 per Day Selling "McGIRT'S MAGAZINE." aut pea + a shy US SL ee SPE iis fecal i eee ee Giscanir NOVEMBER 5, an WAN Ne SRT lp YEN egies a ee fs> \nll> Ny = 9 ae oo eee ‘Mow sweet in life's weak, feeble breath, Po mover fear the sting of death, But silently await the Power Phat takes us at the given hour, Amd look to Heaven, man’s greatest prize ‘Where tears can never dim the eyes. ‘Blew sweet to know that all is well, Fes cas, a8, caslly foretett ous welcome that's in store 1 BEBE landing ‘on ‘the other shore. counties thousands gladly. sing Sweet praises to the Christ their King. Boew sweet to think when suffing pain, ‘Mee soul is free from every stain, ‘Peat ta the coming of the dawn, Bee're nearer (o the Master drawn, Where sorrow shall forever cease, Aad love reign out in perfect peace Bew eweet the thourht that night or day, Whene'er we humbly choose to pray, ‘rat every honest spoken word 3s sympathetically heard, Se quickly does it reach ‘the ear Of Him Whom mortais all should fear. How sweet to know that after all, ‘Phe power of Satan can't enthra!l A single soul, who. will but try Hiis wicked ways to e'er defy. But if his company you keep, Prepare eternally to weep, George McKenzie, in Boston Budget, FAMILY RELIGION. The Custom of Days Gone By and Some Reasons Why Changes Have Come. 2m the days of the patriarchs ani tribal divisions, religion was family Teligion. This was not a matier of chance, it was by direct revelation of God that men so worshiped Him. “Amd thou shalt shew thy son in that day;” “And thou shalt teach them dil- dgently to thy children, and thou shalt talk of them when thou sitteth im thine house;” “That the genera- tion to come might know them, even ‘the children which shall be born; who shall arise and declare them to their ‘ebildren.” ‘There is no change in this matter. At ia still true that the home is the ‘bem place to teach and exemplify the 8 of the | says J. Mervin ‘hioregaeNathe pee tr ttn ‘that in these days the family religion {not so strongly emphasized as it ‘was 100 years ago. People of mid- le age can remember many such stories as those my mother used to tell me. When she was a young gir! she lived in a deacon’s family. It ‘was ip the pioneer days, when the for- ests were being cleared, and the strug- gle with nature was a struggle for ex- istence among the rugged hills of New England. There was scarcely time enough for all the work to be done, and yet those men had no thought of neglecting the worship of God in their homes. And so in Deacon Manley’s family, while the deacon read a long portion of Scripture, the girls washed the dishes, and while he offered a long prayer, the girle combed their long hair, so as to be ready for the long walk to school. And in the homes, too, the children were taught the prin- cipal facts and the great truths of the Bible. Every one knows that religion is not formally taught in the home as it used to be. In seeking to find a cause for this de- cline of family religion, some critics have laid the blame.at the door of the Sunday school. Family religion has declined, and the Sunday schoo! has flourished; therefore, it is evident that Parents have transferred the respon- sibility of religious instruction to the Sunday echoo!l, and the home has Jost its power as a teacher of reli- gion, Tam not at all of this opinion. So far as I have been able to observe, the Sunday school has helped the home to preserve its religion, The decline in family religion has heen largely caused by the unprecedented changes that have come to family life during the century, They have affected many other things besides family religion. Deacon Manley’: time was his own, but his grandson, also an active church worker, must take the 7:03 car to town. Old conditions are changed, But whatever may be the cause of the change, the Sunday school of to- day can do a great deal to promote Feligion in the home. The time is coming When wr wii] get adjusted tothe rapid changes of our times. when there will be a revival of old-fash- ioned, neighborly feeling, and the fam- fly ties and religion will be empha- ‘Sized more strongly than in the days of old, FAITH AND PRAYER. Prayerless preaching will be power- ‘ess. A man cannot pray up until he learns to pay up. ‘The fever of fear is often mistaken for the fervor of faith. A mustard seed of faith is worth a mountain of forms, ‘The devil always wants to prove our faith by our fortune. It’s no ure praying for sanctification when you need sand. A child on his knees is mightier than @ giant tall as the skies, When aman hasan immovable faith In God he will be ever on ihe move for ‘men, At is worth while losing the evident Value of prayer while vou make up your ‘mind whether it is cbjective or subject. adeiteen« Fon emiiieich een ‘The measure of love te sacrince. 1 test of It is not in the enthusiasm with which it is expressed, not in its demonstrativeness. 11 1 measured by blood drops.—A. Z_Consad. HOPEFULNESS IN TRIAL. The Need and tho Blessing of the Up ward Look When Things (hve Dark. Sean ecee a a Ociarac” mre ne) Wee tae trlals and the desotation of Jerusaler which he loved, Jeremiah exclaimed “It is gocd thata man hope ‘There is & bright side to ai trial. It is God's tool to sharpen the saints. Untilled ground goes to weeds. The prosperous Christian soon forgets God and His manifold bénetits. Edmund Burke became the chastened, softened, eloquent orator that he was through the death of his only son. There is a legend of an artist who had found the secret of the wonderful red which no other artist could imitate. The secret of his color died with him. But after his death an old wound was discovered over his heart. This re- vealed the source of the matchless hue im his picture. AMiction brings out the heart's biood which gives color and Ufe and attractiveness and power and ‘Successful achievement in all the work of life. ‘The sepulcher in the garden may yet become the place of the soul’s resur- rection and thus transform the whole into something more than Edenie beauty and loveliness. Expect great things to be wrought out by trial, by Him who makes*all things work to- gether for good to His people. Don't demand of God untimely deliverance lest He grant it and with it send lean- ness to the soul. Be willing to endure the thorn in the flesh continually if your suffering may be an example to others and if “the power of Christ" may be more fully upon you and if thus you may hear as not otherwise the inspiring words: “My grace is suf- Geient for you.” But be hopeful at all hazards. Expect the trials God has given to bring good to you and to all concerned and glory to His name and then you can always be hopeful in it, yea, you will be enabled to rejoice in it, says W. J. Mosier, in Christian Work. You will “count it all joy when you fall into divers trials.” You will “glory in. tribulations also,” and you will “rejoice evermore and in every- thing give thanks,” and will possess that godliness with contentment which ts great gain. Also quietly wait for deliverance. “Wait for the Lord and He shall Strengthen thy heart.” “They ths. wait apon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and ‘not faint.” “A great painter in time of sore trouble went to his friend for comfort. Good advice was given bat It brought no help. He then went to ‘another, who said, after hearing his story: “We shas't be disturbed and a Pa fell upon his ty asking his frien to do the same. When they arose the troubled man said: “You have put me In the way of getting, yes, and obtain- ing the very comfort that I stood in heed of. God bless you!” John Brown, of Haddington, said: “No doubt I have met with trials like others, yet so kind has God been to me that I think if Me would give me 4s many more years to live, I would not desire a single circumstance in my life changed, excepting that I wish there had been less of sin. On my coffin might be inscribed: ‘Here lies one of the cares of Providence, who early lost both father and mother, and yet never wanted for the care of either.’ A commander of a victorious army Bave to each one of his soldiers a medal giving the time and place of the Sreat battle, having underneath it the Inscription: | “I was there.” So when we reach glory, and look back upon the battlefields of life, if we have car- ried ourselves nobly and fought suc- cessfully and mastered all the trials, we shall be glad to say of every one af them: “I was there.” Then we Shall see that these light affiictions of earth have worked out for us an ex- ceeding great and eternal weight of glory. But we must improve these oppor- tunities of trial as much as possible. ‘There is a beautiful Indian legend of @ good spirit who, wishing te please a beautiful princess, led her into a ripe and golden cornfield and said to her: “If thou wilt diligently pluck these ears of corm, they will turn into pre- cious jewels, the richer the ear the brighter the gem. But thou mayest only pass through this cornfield once and canst not return the same way.” As she went she passed many beautiful and ripe ears, hoping to fina better ones, but soon the stalks grew thinner and the ears poorer, and further on they were blighted and she did not think they were worth picking. Sor- rowfully she looked back over the field, regretting the golden ears she had neglected and los:. So if the trials of life are properly improved, every one of them will be transformed into an everlasting gem of beauty and glory which shall exait the character through eternal azes. But if not met and mastered, as is made possible by the grace of God, the very trisis which ie a as ae, aa eee Biiacaess. As a blind bird in it: flirnt so is he who goes throuja the world and dis- cerns not the beauty of his Maker. As the bird has no spirit of sore. so the blind sou! Is not actuated by tie epirit of worship. As ihe biré knows not where it saali rst fe wings when weary, neither knoweth ethe sightless wan where his prayerless spirit shall repose when he bas reached the end.—Unitec Presbyterian, Such Is Life. ‘s “1 find this world divided into iw classes of critics,” writes a youn mother to this cfiice: “those who crit cise when I whip my ehiicren and thos. ho blame me when I ¢on’t.”"—Atchiso. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Tee ree ate Soe TR ee ee og 3 ae ao Kj WITHOUT A WARNING a cence MAN STRICKEN TOTALLY BLIND * Pe ar AT WORK BENCH. | so oe d = a | Bee a In the Twinkling of an Eye Power| eS of Vision Leaves a New York Ci- | = 4 i * garmaker—Cas. sidered | 4 , toe ee a fe While rolling cigars at his bench, Morris Brown, of New York, a power- fully built mau, who had searcely known @ day's sickness, was stricken blind the other afternoon. The power of vision Went out of his eyes like an electri flash, There was no warning. His eyes had never troubled him. He was 48 years old and never wore glasses. One instant his sight was perfect, the next itwasgone. An agonizing shooting pain that lasted only the fraction of a second was the only thing, except the terrifying blackness that told the man of his mis- fortune. Brown has been a cigarmaker near- ly 30 years. The physicians at Bellevue think his blindness is due to nicotine poisoning. It is their belief that the constant inhalation through the nostrils of tiny particles of tobacco had paralyzed the optic nerve. An eye specialist will be summoned to the hospital to diagnose the case and direct the treatment. It was Brown's birthday. Before he left his home, 1386 Second avenue, for work, he planned to get off early in the afternoon and go with his wife and two children on an outing. Brown had worked for years in the cigar factory at 353 Bowery. He was one of the most skilled men in the place and was liked by his many associates in the factory. A few minutes after one p. m., when the crowd of workers returned to their benches and all were busily engaged, Brown suddenly gave a shriek, crying out: “I cannot see. Everything is black. T cannot see my hand.” ‘The other workers ran to his bench, ‘His eyes were open, and except for a iy I | ni a \ - s oi ae pS \" twitching of the lids seemed normal. Brown would rub his eyes and hold his hand up close to his face and say: “I can't see it. Everything is dark.” Max Bittner, the foreman, thinking the man had suddenly gone mad, sald: “Look at me, Brown. You can see me. I'm right in front of you.” “I can't see you, Max,” Brown moaned. “I can’t see anything.” Some of the women in the place be- ie to get hysterical. Mr. Jacoby, thinking the cigarmaker was merely AM, sent out one of his clerks for a plirsican, When the doctor arrived and looked over Brown he advised that the vigarmaker be sent at once to a hospital. When Brown reached Bellevue he was almost dazed by this calamity. It was some time before he could talk to the physicians connectedly. His wife was sent for and after she had talked with him for awhile he became calmer. On the records of the hospital his mal- ady was entered as amaurosis, which simply means total or partial loss of vision, No directly similar ease could be re- called by any of the physicians at Bellevue. About nine years ago the hospital had a case of toxic amaurosis, but the poison came from other causes than tobacco. Mr. Jacoby, the employer of Brown, said the’ he never before heard of a cigarma. +r losing his sight by nicotine poisoning He said that «gar rollers have develuped lung diseases and pul- monary troubles by constantly breath- ing in particles of tobacco. ‘The Bellevue physicians said they were not in a position to prophesy about the chances of Brown recovering his sight. There are cases on record where the sight had been restored after ‘the nicotine poisan had been eliminated ‘from the system. ‘Woodpecker’s Savings Bank. Among the woodpeckers of California there is one kind, popularly called the carpenter, which is of such careful habits that many a friendly society might take a lesson from it. Although the winter is not very severe, the bird well knows how hard it will then be to obtain food. So it begins early to lay by for the frosty day. It stuffs the holes of trees with acorns, and it isartful enough to chosoe those that contain the larvae of insects. ‘The larvae thrives on the fruit, and In the course of time becomes a fattened tit-bit for the bird. Pine tres, on which acorns do not grow, have often been seen, dotted or plugged all over with them. How Population Increases. ‘The population of the earth doubles in 260 years. All in the Course of Time. It was very muddy. We were going to town in the buggy and my little brother was much worried because we Were going so slow I said: “Mamma, I've forgotten my rubbers; what shail I do after we get out?” “That doesn’t matter,” said Edmund, “it will be ary when we get there.”"— Little Chronicle. s ; ong a oe 4 , ale 8 Ys ooh oe g 3 Po a 3 oO j a > a 2 at ry : a = a a q ER Dr. Sis 4 3s mm em e z Oo =] ta Ee —e 3 we = oO = ia 5 5 nt PI a0 ° ae : am = BS ao eae. << = So =) a= ae ow ° Si a = Fore B 2 OM eS g = o —— St ae sim, Hee ee = 3 oS ge S Fak ee 2 rat 8 ae a s & ae = oe a oe a @ iPad te oS B o ae eae TE ae E A Fs See pp Te ae =e = oer i =e B ae oe = a E ce fhe ca ee hie a ee = eet oe ° ior ml Se = 2 EB Sie ae hee tt te’s Se a , Sty Colt a eo 5 an oe ie FE. co. ae ee ee a5 oe ee Sue gs = 8 U. 6 ma A Warning Without Avail. “Don’t you know that mpst of the al- coholic beverages are shamefully adul- terated?” “Yes,” answered Col. 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Lieut. Gen. Young, recently retired, enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment at the beginning of the civil war, and his place on the active list is taken by Lieut. Gen. Chaffee, who enlisted at just about the same time in a regular regiment. The careers of these two officers have been singularly alike. Soldierly conduct and attention to duty soon brought them promotion, and they both saw arduous service, and distinguished themselves under fire, and were both repeatedly wounded. When the war ended, Young was appointed to the regular army, and later they both went through the ordeal of severe campaigns and bloody Indian fighting on the frontier. Together they took part as general officers in the capture of Cuba, and shared in the struggle which resulted in the pacification of the Philippines. To this long and varied experience Chaffee added the command of the American forces which took so creditable a part in the rescue of the legations at Peking. It is a wonderful and brilliant record, and is full of lessons and encouragement to the American soldier. There must, of course, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, be opportunity, but with that, just as according to Napoleon's saying, that every private carried in his knapsack the baton of a marshal of France, no soldier need deapair of winning the insignia or a lieutenant general. It demonstrates the fact that merit is recognized and rewarded, and that, valuable as a West Point training may be, it is not indispensable. It is the man that counts most. Much as we may deprecate war there is no likelihood that it will cease in our day, and it is useless to deny the fact that the military career is productive of noble and inspiring types of character, and sterling and admirable traits which a life of peaceful ease usually fails to furnish. Here are men, who, at a time when money and a mad rush for gain seemed to absorb the thoughts of every one, put aside all such desires and give themselves up to a life which involves toll, hardship and danger, deprivation of home ties and enjoyments, and which develops obedience, loyalism, courage and a sensitive regard for truth and honor; a life which requires instant and unquestioning response to duty, the very atmosphere of which is unselfishness and generosity, into which nor sordid motives of material gain can enter, and which shrinks from no danger in the country's service. In what other calling can we find these manly and ennobling traits of character so cherished and preserved? The retirement of Gen. Young and of many of his contemporaries reminds us that before very long there will be left in the army of the United States no one who served in the great GEN. ADNA R. CHAFFEE war. Probably the last survivor will be the drummer boy of Chickamauga, who was a youngster of 12 at the time of that battle, and who is now Col. Clem, of the quartermaster's department, and a popular and efficient officer. Their passage marks the close of a great and heroic era, the far-reaching effects of which no one can now estimate. Not alone from the active list of the army are they disappearing, but one by one they are fast answering to the last roll call. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and Farragut have crossed over, and Lee, Johnston and now Longstreet and Gordon have joined them on the other side. Of their fame as Americans we are all proud, their virtues we may all-emulate, and in the glory of their achievements we all share. Let us not belittle, but rather cherish, honor and provide for the noble profession of arms which gave them to us. sort of bargain-counter affair. Inkerton—Too cheap, eh? "Oh, no; but I tipped the scales at 150 when I went away and 148 when I returned."—Chicago Daily News. INCIDENT OF GETTYSBURG. How a Brave Confederate Soldier Went to His Long Account on Bloody Battlefield. M. V. E. sends the Atlanta Constitution the story of a touching incident of the civil war which has never before been told in print: During the great battle of Gettysburg, and while the chances of success were about equally poised in the balance, a young man from Atlanta, as delicate as a girl, but as brave as Napoleon dare be, received a terrible wound from a cannon shot, which laid open his vitals so that his heart was actually seen to pulsate by his companions, while he was yet talking and telling them of the preparation for the change then at hand, and his willingness to meet his Master. Soon after he was shot Gen. Lee came near. When the wounded man saw him he expressed a desire to shake his hand and bid him farewell. Gen. Lee was called and rode up to the wounded "GOOD-BY, I'M KILLED." man, who was raised to his feet by two of his companions, and, holding his entrails with his left hand, he extended the other to the great captain, saying: "Good-by, general. I am killed, but I have been a good boy, and am prepared to go. I shall meet you in Heaven." Gen. Lee gave him a hearty shake of the hand and said: "Good-by, my boy. I shall try to meet you on the other side." The young man was Lewis Morris, of company D. Forty-fourth regiment, Georgia volunteers, who was known to his comrades as "Crick" Morris. He had a large kinsfolk in and around Atlanta, among them Councilman Morris, a brother. Probably some of them never heard of his dramatic, heroic and triumphant death now. The scene presented is not overdrawn. It was witnessed by many of the sunburnt veterans of Jackson's old corps, a few of whom are yet living to testify to the fact that all who saw it, including Gen. Lee himself, shed tears "Crick" Morris died a few minutes after Gen. Lee rode off, and, like thousands of noble men, is sleeping quietly to-day in an unknown grave. WOMEN WHO SERVED WELL Many of Them Followed the Fortune of War from the Beginning to the End. Miss Georgiana Peterman was a drummer for two years in the Seventh Wisconsin; being then about 20 years old. Those half-soldier heroines generally adopted semi-military dress, and were said to have numbered nearly 400. Mrs. Katy Brownell accompanied the Fifth Rhode Island regiment to the war, of which regiment her husband was a noncommissioned officer. She was the color bearer of the regiment, and was a skillful sharpshooter and expert swordman. She marched with the men and asked no favors as a woman, but bore the brunt of the battle, on occasion, as fearlessly as their comrades. She was in Gen. Burnside's expedition to Roanoke island and Newbern, where her husband was severely wounded. When he was pronounced unit for duty and discharged, she also sought a discharge and retired with him to private life and domestic duty. Bridget Devens, known as "Michigan Bridget," went to the field with the First Michigan cavalry, in which her husband was a private, and served through the war. Sometimes, when a soldier fell, she took his place, fighting in his stead with unquailing courage. Sometimes she rallied retreating troops, sometimes she brought off the wounded from the field, always fearless and daring, always doing good service as a soldier. Mrs. Turchin, wife of Col. Turchin of the Nineteenth Illinois, accompanied him to the field. She was very popular with the men. They went to her with their illnesses and troubles, and she received them with kindness, a good deal of playful banding, and very careful nursing when it was needed. In the spring of 1862 Col. Turchin was taken ill and carried for days in an ambulance. She not only nursed him tenderly, but took his place at the head of the regiment, the men in the ranks and the subordinate officers according her implicit and cheerful obedience. She was not one whit behind her husband in courage or military skill. Utterly devoid of fear, and manifesting perfect indifference to shot or shell, or minnie balls, even when they fell thickly around her, she led the troops into action, facing the hottest fire, and fought bravely at their rest. When her husband was able to resume his command she gave herself again to the care of the sick and wounded in the field hospital—American Tribune. In the Arctic Circle. There is neither thunder nor lightning within the Arctic circle. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. 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I like to git acquainted an' touch elbows with the men. Who, if they tumble down, don't stay, but hustle up again. An' buckle in the harder, all the keener who worryin' about what people say or think, at all. There's lots o' chaps who'd like to win grand honors some fine day. If 'want't the crowd would think, or what the crowd would say A little fling, a little sneeze, at what they do, an' then Away they go, an' never have the heart to try again. Boost up yer nerve and tackle in, deter with our wit and succeed. For men with mite men with sand are jest the men we need. Don't let the "knockers" jar you, but if you should take a fall. Keep tryin'—don't mind what they say or what they think, at all! It's my idea that we should try to carry out the plan Of workin' without frettin'—doin' jest the best we can. Of course a feller's bound to git a-plenty of hat knits. You can't sail unknown channels without bumpin' on the rocks. But what's the use o' whinin' or of setttin' idly by? The only thing a feller ought to do is try an' try. An' keep tryin' on a-tryin' every time he takes a fall. An' not be frettin' bout what people say or think at all. —Farm and Home. THE STORY OF DEBEVOISE By WM. H. OSBORNE (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) THE general manager of the Empire Gum & Gelantine concern, called to Debevoise: "Debevoise," he said, in solemn tones, "P. B. Hathaway has got the government contract, or will have it, this year. I got it from the inside. This is something new for them, and it means a small fortune. And we've got to have their business. I want you to go out and sell P. B. Hathaway all the stuff they'll need. Sell it—that's all." He stopped. "Debevoise," he began again, he is a blamed good salesman, when you keep sober. For heaven's sake keep sober this time." Debevoise fushed slightly, and turned on his heel. "Is that all you wanted to say?" he inquired. "That's enough," answered the manager, "you sell 'em enough stuff so that they can make glue from now to kingdom come. We need the money and we need it bad." Debevoise, he it said, was not the only salesman on the qui vive. There were several who packed up their grips about that time and started, as the crow flies, for P.B. Hathaway & Co. manufacturers of glue and ink and other things. Perhaps Mr. Timothy Higginson, of the house of Porter-Birdsdell, was the most alert of these. "I'm a cracker-jack salesman in gum." Mr. Higginson was wont to tell himself, "I'd like to see the man who can do me at the game." But Mr. Higginson, for a reason of his own, selected as his companion upon this trip, a very sporty friend of his, whose name was Dobbins. Dobbins had a lively eye, a ready tongue and a magnetic personality—but he was possessed of little money, though with an infinite capacity for enjoyment. "Now, Dobbins," carefully explained Mr. Higginson, "you see this roll of bills?" Mr. Dobbins, who had never yet been frightened by a roll of bills, looked at it, and reached for it. But Mr. Higginson still held on. "Now, Dobbins." went on Higginson, "we are going, you and I, down to Donaldson, on business. It is most particularly necessary that my concern. Porter Birdsell, should get an order down there that means a profit to 'em of thousands and thousands of dollars. Now you know me, don't you? You know that I don't go around saying things that sin't so? And when I tell you that there are a dozen men wandering down to Donaldson, and that there are a lot more coming on behind them, and that out of all those men—I am the chap willl land that order—when I tell you, you will wonder why I take you. I'll tell you. There's a man named Debevoire. He thinks he's the real thing in gum. He's good. I will admit. But he has one falling. Whenever he strikes a town, the first thing he does is to fill up, and hang around all the afternoon and evening, far into the night, and next morning he simmers down to business, but not till then. But then, he's all business, and nothing else. Now, here's where you come in. If Debevoire turns up in Donaldson this evening, you're to take this roll of bills—" Againd did Mr. Dobbins reach for it, but failed to eventuate. "And," continued Higginson, "I depend on you to keep that fellow Debevoise drunk as a lord, all night, and a day to-morrow. That's the whole thing. Do that—with this roll of bills, and I can get that order. Whatever you do, keep him drunk, and keep him away from P. B. Hathaway & Co. That's all." They landed in Donaldson. And sure enough, as they sauntered down the street, there was Debevoise walking on the other side, grip in hand, hot and tired and dusty. They caught up with him, and Mr. Dobbins was duly introduced. "Now remember," whispered Higginson, into the ear of Dobbins, "keep him away from that big factor, that you see there in the hollow, and keep him drunk all day to-morrow." Mr. Dobbins, past master in the art of making an evening go pleasantly and fast, started in. And Mr. Debevoise, finding that Mr. Dobbins was made up of the real fibre, joined him. They began with a wine supper that diminished Mr. Dobbins roll to some extent; then they took in the local theaters, then a gambling house or two, then with a few other kindred spirits, sat about a table at the hotel, and just drank, drank, drank. Mr. Dobbins kept constantly at the side of Mr. Debevoise, and kept up a flow of conversation that was remarkable. "Higginson," remarked Mr. Dobbins to himself, "may know how to make money, but I certainly know how to spend it, all right, all right." Mr. Debevoise was not altogether at ease. Something seemed, from time to time, to trouble him. He was trying evidently not to forget himself. But Dobbins was constantly on hand with a fresh order and a fresh sally, and a merry burst of laughter which attracted Mr. Debevoise's attention from whatever he may have had in mind. Once he took out a note book. "I—I mustn't," he murmured to Dobbins. "I—I mustn't forget—business. Business before pleasure, don't you know. I—I mustn't forget." "Pleasure," returned Mr. Dobbins, neatly, "is my business. So I have pleasure before pleasure and pleasure after pleasure; in fact I'm very busy at it all the time." Whereupon Mr. Debevoise called for another round, and time went on—and on—and on. The others left, but the two still remained. Debevoise kept constantly referring to something that he had to do. "I must not forget business," he said. But he did forget business. He forgot everything. It was after five o'clock in the morning that his head sank upon the table and he fell asleep. Mr. Dobbins, who had drunk sparingly during the evening, but who, nevertheless, was weary, called a hotel porter. "I think I can improve on Higginson's plan," he whispered to himself. Then he spoke aloud to the porter. "Porter," he said, "this gentleman and I are due at East Monroe, up on the mountain, at eight o'clock. Can you get us a rig?" East Monroe, as Dobbins had found from inquiry the night before, was a small deserted village far up the mountain side without railroad accommodations. Dobbins reasoned that if Mr. Debevoise were landed there, he would have some difficulty, considering everything, in making connections with P. 7. GOOD LORD, THERE'S THE ORDER FOR THE LEMBLE BLAEMED THING GOOD LORD, THERE'S THE ORDER FOR THE LEMBLE BLAEMED THING B. Hathaway, the manufacturers of glue. The rig was procured—a large, old-fashioned affair; and they hoisted Mr. Debevoise inside, and Dobbins took a seat beside him, and they were off, for a long, gentle, weary drive up the hill side. It was such a tedious drive that Mr. Dobbins himself, was forced to close his eyes; and side by side, the two men slept. At East Monroe the driver woke Dobbins, and, as Debevoise still slept, they carried him gently into the village tavern and put him carefully to bed. Then the carriage turned around and went back home. "Now," whispered Dobbins to himself, as he sat beside the prostrate form of Debevoise in the little room, "now I've got to keep awake, to see that he keeps asleep." Twice did Debevoise start up somewhat wildly, his hand on his notebook, and cry that he must attend to business. But Dobbins religiously piled him with the cup that cheers and inebriates as well, and he dropped off once more. All that day Debevoise slept, and all that day Dobbins watched. At dusk the landlord called Dobbins down to the telephone. Higginson was at the other end of the wire. He had found out at Donaldson that they had climbed the mountainside. "You can come down now," he said to Dobbins, "just as soon as you like. Good-by." Then he rang off. Dobbins went back to Debevoise with a broad grin on his face. "Hey, old man," he said, "wake up. You've got some business to transact. Don't forget that you've got to go down to P. B. Hathaway's." Debevoise stretched his arms above his head and yawned. "P. B. Hathaways," he asked. "For what?" Dobbins grinned. "To get an order for that glue." Debevoise snorted. Then he reached in his inside pocket and drew forth a paper. "Good Lord," he answered, "there's their order, for the whole blamed thing. I had it in my pocket yesterday afternoon, and had packed my grip and was going home when you chaps met me." He rose and slapped his thigh. "By George," he exclaimed, "I knew there was something. For 18 hours I've been trying to send back to the shop a good news telegram and haven't done it yet." Places Italians Above English Reporting upon the "Little Italy" of one of London's most crowded districts, the health officer of the district says that the Italians are "generally superior" to the English persons who are their neighbors. They also take more care of their children, among whom the death rate is low, and they are sober. Connubial Unanimity. Mr. Younghusband—My wife and I are always of one opinion. Cynical Friend—Hers, of course.—N. X. Times. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND VIRGINIA. STRANGE OLD HOUSE. EVEN TRAMPS ARE SHUNNING ITS UNLOCKED DOORS. For Two Years the Property Has Been Vacant and No One Has Come to Fathen Claim. A Hartford (Conn.) paper says there is standing in the western part of the town of So. mourn, not far from the banks of the Housatonic river, a house that has been deserted almost two years, and yet, there is a small colony of Italians living not far away and tramps roam through this region as they do in all parts of Connecticut, nothing in the house, apparently, has been molested, and it, with all its furniture and belongings, is just as it was left when the owner was taken away to the hospital to die, nearly two years ago. The beds in the house have their coverings in place, the kitchen and other furniture has not been touched, and the curtains at the windows are in place, even old muslin curtains, in addition to the regulation paper shades are found at some of the windows. The house is not locked, and has not been, and yet no one except a curiosity hunter ever crosses the threshold, and tramps do not, as would naturally be expected, hold out there during the winter. Last week a party of five young men and women camped out on the west bank of the river and occupied a log cabin. A woman from Bristol was the guest of one of the campersout for a day, and during her stay at the camp an excursion was made to the "haunted house," as it is called in that section. They were warned in broken English by an Italian living near by not to go near the house, but they persisted and found its condition as stated above. One of the women took away with her a book of an ancient date, and one of the men of the party secured an old-fashioned potato masher for use in the camp. When they were ready to return across the river four went in a large rooftop. A man in a suit and hat reads a newspaper while a woman stands behind him. POTATO MASHER SOUVENIR. while the Bristol woman was paddled across the river in a canoe. This woman and the man speculated much as to why the house was left desolate, as they did not know the story at the time, and they conceived the idea of frightening the other members of the party, who had preceded them, by palming off on them a story of a smallpox case. When they reached the shore they proceeded to carry out their plan, and the woman who had the book hurried it as far as her strength would allow, and the man sent the potato masher spinning toward the river. Seeing that their story was being taken for the truth, the perpetrators of it at once told the other members of the party that it was fiction; but the originators of the story, the more the matter was talked over, came before long to believe it with the rest. It was so probable an explanation that it was with feelings of anxiety that the advent of the owner of a steam launch that goes up and down the river was awaited that evening in order that the party might learn the truth about the deserted house. He said that the man who owned the place outlived most of his near relatives, and that a few years before his death he drove out of the place his only living relative, a stepson, and that the latter came back to die on the threshold of the house a few years later. The old man then lived alone in the house until a sore developed on his leg and he was taken by the town authorities to a New Haven hospital for an operation. At that time he expected to return to the house and it was left as any house would be. The operation was fatal, and the old man was buried in New Haven. Whether there are any heirs to the property, which, in any case, is not of much value, is not known, but it is certain that some kind of a story of ghosts or haunts has been started to keep the Italians and tramps away from the place. Sponges on the English Coast Sponges on the English Coast. Although the best sponges come from the Mediterranean, where divers bring them up from the rocks in the depths of the blue sea, a goodly number may be found on the shores of England lying about the beach washed up by the tide or covering rocks or sticking to shells into which they have bored. The shore between the marks of high water and low water has been called Sponge land. Within these limits sponges of many colors may be hunted for in the pools. They brighten the brown beach, these scarlet, orange, yellow, green, white, gray and black patches of sponge. The sponge one usually sees is the skeleton of the jelly-like living animal, and several of these skeletons make pretty ornaments. Retort Civil Giffle—Hi, old man! My, but you are a sight! How'd you get all the skin rubbed off the end of your nose? Spinks (with hauteur)—Not by poking it into other people's business, I can tell you that!—Philadelphia Bulletin. As Defined. Little Willie—Say, pa, what is a confidence man? man who separates other people from their money and confidence simultaneously. -indianaapolis Sentinel. Downtrodden Man Rodrick—So the car was full of ladies. Was there my in standing? Van Albert—I shall aid say so. Some of the ladies were standing on their dignity and the rest were standing on my feet.—Chicago Daily News. "Why does that man in the band run the trombone down his throat?" "I suppose it is because he has a taste for music."—Town Topics. But Not Fanny. Binks—Brown is very slow about paying his bills. It's a standing joke at the club. Jinks—I suppose his creditors consider it a standing off joke.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. "Vinegar never catches files." "So the proverb maler makes write; A fail to catch the ink and tes, likewise, Fail to catch the dri ting vote. -Cincinnati Enquir A Difficult y. "The great secret of success," said the prosperous man, "is the ability to see an opportunity." "Yes," answered the less fortunate friend. "But the trouble is that so many opportunities turn out to be optical illusions."—Washington Star. A Victim. "Yes," said the firema t, "there were two men in the building playing chess and one of them is in the ruins yet. We couldn't get him out." "Why, how was that?" "He insisted that it wasn't his move." —Philadelphia Press. Fatherly Conclusion Farmer Trefog-What makes you think Daniel Webster wuz a smart man? Farmer Hoptoad-Waal, I've been readin' some of his speeches, an' they seem to agree pretty thoroughly with Mary Jane's graduation essays.-Philadelphia Bulletin. Wanted No Quarreling He (encouragingly)—I'm sure of one thing, my angel, you and I will never quarrel as that couple are doing. She (with decision) — Indeed we won't. If you ever speak to me as he did to her, I'll call the police. — N. Y. Weekly. 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 LRB, LRB-C MAIN ST. STATION 10:30 p. m. "BEAUDOARD EXCESS" composed of day coaches, Pulman cars to Cars South of Hamlet, Cars South of Hamlet, To Henderson, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Hamlet, Pinehurst, Atlanta, Camden, Columbia Samish, Jacksonville, St. Augustine, Tampa, and Local for Norlina, Hamlet and Charlotte. TRAINS ARIVER RIGHOND-DAILY. 6:35 a. m.-No. 34, from Florida, Atlantic, and the Southwest. City Ticket Agent. H. S. LEARD, Dis. Pass, Agt. {No. 830} E Main St., Richmond, Va 'Phone 403. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Effective May 29th, 1904. TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND. 7:30 a. m.—Daily. Local for Charlotte. 12:30 p. m.—Daily. Limited. Buffet Pullman 1 to F. F. F. Orleans Memphis, Chattanooga and all the South. 6:00 p. m.—Ex. bus. Kerrville. 1 : 40 p. m. - Daily, limited; Pulman ready 9 : 30 p. m. for all its South. 10 : 30 p. m. for NINR The favorite to route Baltimore and eastern Richmond 420 p.m. Daily except Sunday. Steamers call at Clay Bank and Yorktown, Morton and West Point, and at Gloucester, Point and Almond, Thursdays and Saturdays: 8:58 a.m. and 6:42 p.m.—From the all South. 8:36 p.m. from Charlotte and Durham. 8:24 p.m. from Kemville. 9:26 a.m. from Baltimore and West Point. 9:45 a.m.—From West Point. 5:10 p.m.—From West Point. 10:10 p.m.—From West Point. H.C. ACKERT, G.M. H.W. TAYLOR, G.P.A. H.C. W. WESTBURY, D.P.A. Richmond, Va. ATLANTIC OAST-LINE TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY BYRD STREET STATION. 9:00 a. m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 9:00 a. m. A. C. L. Express to all points south 12:10 p. m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 12:10 p. m. Petersburg and Norfolk. 14:10 p. m. Gold Coast. 14:45 p. m. Petersburg local. 17:25 p. m. "Florida and West Indian Limited" To points South. 9:20 p. m. Petersburg and N. & W. West. 11:30 p. m. 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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY. 2 Hours and 25 Minutes to Norfolk. LEAVE RICHMOND—EASTOUND. 7:35 a. m.—daily—Local to 'Newport News Old Point and way stations. 9:00 4:30 p. m. — Daily — Special — Arrive Will hamsburg 4:36 p. m. Newport News 5:30 p. m., Old Point 6:30 p. w. Norfolk 6:28 p. m. 5:50 p. m.—Daily—Locals to Old Point and Norfolk. 10:45 p. m.-Daily-Limited to Cincinnati, C洛杉矶, Louisiana and Louisville. JAMES RIVER LINE 10:30 s. m.-Express to LynchburgLux- berg, Clifton Forge and principal stations. Cincinnati and West 7:30 a.m. m. daily and 8:30 a.m. local from Clifton 8:40 a.m. m. fr. Gr. Club Orange Accommodation. 8:30 a. m. Ex. Sun James River Line Local from Clifton Forges 6:35 p. m. daily. Monton Accom. 8:40 a. m. Ex. Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVÉ RICHMOND (DAILF), BYRD STREET STATION. 580 A. m. NORFOLK LIMITED. Arrives at Peeburgh. Kops only at Peeburgh. 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Two years from now we may expect To see upon each evening hive This sign: "Hereafter will reive Each man that's over twenty-five." The ratio holds its own, you see; 'Tis but the working of the plan; One over twenty-five will be A superannuated man. Then, two years later, have no doubt A newer placard will be seen: 'Henceforth This Company Bars Out' 'A man whose Age Exceeds Fifteen. A mathematician From which deductions must be drawn— Six years from now your job you'll miss If over five your age has gone. Look, then at Nineteen Hundred Twelve. We need no speils or astrolabe To prove that he who fain would delve Must be a pudgy, prattling babe. But, after that, what will we do To fill the mills with workingmen? Perchance they may once more go through The line from age to youth again. -W. D. N., in Chicago Daily Tribune. ROMANCE OF SINCERE SMITH BY J. C. PLUMMER (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) SINCERE SMITH looked out pen sively over the harbor from the door of her father's eating-house. A modest two-story house it was, on a water front street, offering nothing from an exterior point of view to tempt the appetite save a swinging sign much the worse for wind and rain which gave to the public the information given below: PETER SMITH Meals at All Hours. Late Cook for Capt. Grimes, of the Ship Saragossa. Native mariners all knew, and strangers quickly learned, that the late Capt. Grimes, of the ship Saragossa was a man noted for his gourmanderie Any cook who could please the palate of Capt. Grimes must be a master of his art, and a glance at the sign would prepare the marine palate for a toothsome dish, no matter what he ordered "Ah, me," sighed Sincere, as she gazed vacuously at the water, "I wish I could do something besides cook. If I could play the planner or sing it'd be different, but I can't do nothing but cook. Ah, me." Freckled as to face, with a tint of pink on the end of her nose, and boney as to form, Sincere had had her little romance. Her father had one day hired an assistant, a man of remarkable culinary skill, and, in Sincere's eyes, of wonderful beauty. No man in her scope of vision had such glossy black hair, held down by odoriferous pomatum. No man living, she be believed, had such a taste in neckties, and surely none had such small and shapely feet. At the sight of them she felt ashamed of her own sturdy members. It was not surprising that Sincere's heart should capitulate at once to such a superior creature, and she would gaze at him, preparing some dish, absorbed at the grace of his movements. He had a way of going about the making of an omelet that would have enslaved a Venus if she had had the privilege of being in the kitchen with him. There were times when Sincere fancied that the eyes of Alonzo Whiting looked tenderly on her from amid the unctuous steam of cooking, and surely he had squeezed her hand when she had handed him the pepper. It was an evil day for Alonzo and for Sincere when a man and woman entered the eating house. She was a stout lady with a highly colored face and a loud, penetrating voice. Sincere eyed her coldly and there was no welcome in her tones when she asked as to their wants. "My 'usband,'" said the lady, shrilly. Not having this dish on her menu Sincere repeated her question. "My 'usband,' 'E's here, I know, Halonzo, come hout." Then emerged from the kitchen the caricature of Alonzo Whiting. His hair, rebellious of pomatum, straggled about his head. He shuffled in his patent leather shoes, and his necktie looked dull and faded. "Helliza," he gasped. "Your Heliza," repeated the lady, affectionately. "Oh, Halonzo, owl could you leave me and make me and my brother come hover the sea hafter you?" "Come across the hocean arter you, Halonzo," said the man. "Whether you are worth nine pun seven shilling and fuppence and same to go back his a question." "My usband," said Eliza, turning to Sincere. "E's going back with me." Sincere's heart was broken, but she was a Spartan, and, despite the wound, said proudly: "You are welcome to him." Alonzo, as a man in a trance, prepared for departure while Sincere gared out of the window, seeing nothing. "He wouldn't ave come I'd a car to him to the boat," said Witney. brother to Siren, "I may call me the triphammer of Southark. Feel my harm." But Siren felt no interest in the muscles of Elliza's brother and turned her back to him. Sincere watched the captured Alonzo go down the street, his arm grasped by his wife, with the triphammer closely following, and burst into tears. A note lay on the table in Alonzo's room. "He can sing and play on the planner," it said, "but she can't cook Look on the kitchen dresser." On the dresser lay a beef heart with a knife driven through its center, the last message of Alonzo to Sincere, "Ah, me," sighed Sincere, as she gazed across the harbor, "I wish I could sing and play the planner." It was two years since Alonzo had been captured and taken way. A man stopped before the eating A man stopped before the eating house and gazed at the sign. "Can I get dinner here?" he inquired of Sincere. She replied affirmatively and he seated himself at one of the tables. "Can I get a Spanish omelet here?" he asked. The making of a Spanish omelet had been the chef d'oeuvre of Peter Smith, and he had carefully imparted the secrets of its manufacture to his daughter. She said, in reply, that the omelet was obtainable. Sincere made the omelet according to the rules of art. A luscious tomato was sliced, the freshest of eggs broken and various condiments, including a very suspicion of garlic, then the smoking dish was placed before the guest. When he had finished she asked if there was anything more desired. "Nothing," he replied, firmly. "I don't want to disturb the taste of that omelet. Now, miss, I'll ask a favor. Would you, for a consideration, teach my cook to make an omelet like that?" Sincere replied that she would be glad to teach him without any consideration whatever. "I'll bring him up to-morrow," said the man. On the morrow, however, he came alone for his omelet. "The obstinate dog won't come," said he. "Would you mind going down to the ship with me and show him how to make it?" Sincere agreed and under convoy of the captain she set out for the ship. When she stood on deck the captain bellowed out a demand for the cook 212 "IT'S ME," SAID ALONZO. which was answered by his appearance from the galley. Sincere gave one glance at him and screamed. "It's me," said Alonzo, "hall but my eart. That's on your dresser with a knife through it." Sincere quickly came to herself. "How is your wife," she asked, coldly. "Mrs. Whiting is dead," replied Alonzo, gloomily. "She went hoff in a fit of hanger which cut short her breathing. She 'ad a 'igh temper," and Alonzo shuddered. "Let us make the omelet," said Sincere, softly. The making of a Spanish omelet, or indeed any sort of omelet, where one teaches another, calls for much confidential talk, and in this case there must have been some foreign subject talked of, for, before the omelet had been finished, Alonzo had kissed Sincere. Capt. Howes had his omelet but he lost his cook. Sincere writes her name Whiting now instead of Smith, and it is whispered by epicurean skippers that it is immaterial who makes the Spanish omelets, husband or wife being equally proficient. FILING ON LAND IN TEXAS. When the Rush Comes It Is Only the Strongest Who Get to the Front In addition to the application prescribed by the statute the applicant to purchase school land in west Texas must possess a liberal share of main strength and awkwardness, says the Houston Post, of late date. Odessa was last week the scene of one of the most exciting of all the land rushes yet recorded. The window of the filing office was to be opened at seven o'clock, and by brute force the party to file on the land must reach the window. H. M. Pegues, with applications properly signed stuffed into his boot and without a thread of his shirt left on his body, finally scrambled over the heads and shoulders of the scuffling mass of humanity, and after seven o'clock landed his filings first, which was announced as a signal for hans off and peace. Hardly, a single man could be found who had not lost some and most of his clothes. Joe Dawson, of Odessa, had one arm broken, several others had joints sprained, and there were many bruises. Another Absurd Old Saying. "Isn't it ridiculous to say that half the world doesn't know what the other half's doing?" "Why so?" "Because half the world must live next door to the other half."—Augusta Herald. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A FEW MINUTES TALK TO INVESTORS. 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 world 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 par value 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 terms are cash or part and the rest installment. The corporation has paid dividends of 10 per cent. It has declared within the last few days a dividend, the same percentage. The corporation bonded debts, and its stock when fully paid is not 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. Court Notice. VIRGINIA:—In the Law and Equity Court of Richmond, October 13th, 1904. IN CHANCERY The subject of this suit is to obtain a divorce A Vinculo Martimonii; by the plaintiff from the defendant. An affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is a non resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he appear here within 15 days after due publication of this order, and do whatsoever is necessary to protect his interest herein. You are hereby notified, that I shall on Thursday, December 15th, at the law office of Wm M. Turpin, Room No 11, Shafer's Building, Corner of 10th and Main Streets, in the City of Richmond, Va., between the hours of 10 o'clock, A. M., and 6 o'clock P. M., on that day, proceed to take the depositions of Sarah Wilder and others, to be read in evidence in my behalf, in a certain suit in equity, depending in the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, Va., wherein you are the defendant and I am the attestif. If from any cause, the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day, it commenced be not concluded on that day, the taking of the same will be accounted and continued from day to day on time to time, at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall be completed. Very respectfully. Lady Manager Wanted. I desire a lady manager for a first-class restaurant. Must have good education, good character and experience in managing affairs. One who is competent. An excellent, comfortable home, also a good salary and commission for the right party. Please state experience with references. Address:—LEWIS W. PORTER, Address:—LEWIS W. PORTER, 23 Quebec Street, Cor. South Logan Ave., Oleveland, Ohio. 3t. Her Position. Tess—She talks a good deal about her grandmother's position in society. Jess—Well, all her grandmother's positions were in society. She never engaged as cook with any but the swellest families.—Philadelphia Press, Retort Courteous "Say, why don't you keep yore hogs out uv my corn?" asked Silas Harik, angrily. "Why don't you keep yore corn out uv my hogs?" queried Hiram Oatcake, calmly. "Cincinnati Enquirer." The Stupid Copper Judge (sternly)—Didn't I tell you the last time you were here that I never wanted you to come before me again? Prisoner—Yes, sir, but I couldn't make the policeman believe it—Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. Poor Burglar. Mrs. Benham—I believe there's a burglar in the pantry where I put the pie I made this afternoon. Benham—Well, I guess it won't be necessary for me to go down; the pie will do the work.—Judge. Pocket Money. "Every man should give his wife pocket money," said the liberal man. "Nonsense!" answered Mr. Grumps. 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